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Equine Issue A preview of the Minnesota Horse Expo Tim King visits with author and Percheron owner Les Graham A retired veterinarian and his search for good horse food Women ag leaders and educating today’s consumers

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“Land Minds” gives us writers the “I’ve had college graduates that didn’t opportunity to wander into various topics survive the 60-day trial period. I totally while exploring the minds of others. That’s misjudged a recent hire. I finally told him, where I’m heading this time, so read on: ‘I’ll pay you for the last two weeks if you just don’t show up.’ His problem was he Many say the problem in education was never reprimanded for being wrong. today is it has gotten too expensive. To me He was an A student who kept his mouth education is cheap but if it doesn’t lead to shut; kept the seat warm so his high a better job, then it’s expensive. We need to school teachers kept passing him on; but create more employable people, not more this kid had no hands-on ability to handle LAND MINDS people with degrees but without a job. work.”

That is why I think a mentoring program

By Dick Hagen for students is a must.

Anderson is much aware of the tremendous influx of women into agriculture, It might be only two or three days a both on farms and agribusiness. “I week; then back in their classroom don’t think there’s any difference explaining to their fellow classmates between men and women. It just what they did. This teaches verbal skills explaining depends upon their interests. A mentoring program what they did. Good communication skills are sadly during high school would certainly identify those being ignored in education today. interests.

This scenario also invites questions from their “In my days growing up on the farm and our small classmates. Now we have that delightful example of community, we pretty much knew what jobs were students teaching students. With proper classroom available.

In my college days at the University of supervision, this can be an incredible learning expeMinnesota, professors often commented the best rience for all! incoming student was the one who didn’t know The above comments come from Harlan Anderson, what he was going to major in. They reasoned that retired veterinarian, successful forage farmer for was good because this student had an open mind to the Twin Cities equine industry, and delightful cur- employment opportunities.” mudgeon at Idle Acres — his home farm at Cokato, So why the high dropout rate of college students Minn. today? Anderson thinks it’s because many haven’t yet So who are the mentors? I asked Doc Anderson. learned to learn. In a visit with Eric Kaler, president of the University of Minnesota, Anderson said Kaler “If you’re not looking, you won’t see them,” he replied. “The mentors are out there and they’re hun- told him many students today simply aren’t prepared for college. They know college is important, but they gry. How many times these days do you hear an don’t know why. employer say, ‘I can’t find a good employee?’ Those people would be terrific mentors. I’ve enjoyed that “I think that fault lies very directly with our pubopportunity. Right now I have the eighth person lic school systems. Everyone talks more pre-K. But who has had a tour of duty at the crow bar motel I’m wondering if this clamor for more pre-kinder(Anderson’s term for local jail). Even though garten classes is mostly from parents not able, or they’ve had a brush with law enforcement, these are not wanting to pay for day care.” good young people. I tell people, ‘these kids were Anderson relishes weekends when his grandkids ambitious enough to get in trouble, so they’re ambicome to Idle Acres. They enjoy the spacious yards, tious for me when I get them pointed in the right some horses, several buildings, plus a variety of direction.’ The guy I’ve got right now will be running my second production facility. He never held a farm equipment for curious youngsters to explore.

So who is the supervisor? He chuckled, “When they job longer than three months before he came here. come out here they ramble, but Grandpa is in hot “I think any employer can quickly size up a young pursuit — partially for safety, but also because each person’s enthusiasm and skills. In our feed and visit is to be a learning experience. I want their farming operation we hire for 60 days. They can minds to be inquisitive, to be asking questions. quit me anytime they want and vice versa. But after “When my kids were growing up we were blessed, 60 days, I have a 95 percent confidence that I have See LAND MINDS, pg. 5 either hired someone I want, or don’t want.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

8 — Purple corn could be new healthy commodity 9 — Minnesota Horse Expo coming to St. Paul April 28-30

10 — Retired veterinarian is developing healthy snacks for horses 12 — Women ag leaders discuss farm-to-fork movement 14 — Soil analysis vital for making the most of seed and spraying costs

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Thank you to these County Soybean Associations:

Letter: To buffer or not to buffer — that is the question To the Editor: The 2015 Buffer Bill was passed in the wee hours of the morning to meet the session deadline. It did not receive adequate discussions and complete data presentations (ie: all data concerning voluntary Conservation Reserve Program buffers was omitted from any presentation). Good policy decisions are made only with good discussions and thorough research. This bill has clearly proven to be complicated, controversial, confusing and costly, which could have been eliminated if the State had properly vetted this bill and delayed the decision, as several of us implored State staff to do.

and Water Conservation Districts, Farm Service Agency offices and producer-led organizations have been very proactive in promoting CRP, reduced or alternative tillage practices, and redetermination of benefits for ditch systems. The redetermination procedures result in equity for the landowners and the installation of buffers.

The State should have emphasized, supported, and enhanced existing procedures rather than errantly and hastily creating new laws. The buffer bill has served only to divide, rather than have stakeholders working together toward a common goal and vision for our state. The amount of Let me be very clear — I support appropriately placed buffers or alterna- time and money spent in the last 18 tive practices that reduce ditch mainte- months, attempting to correct the nance, reduce water and wind erosion, errors in the 2015 bill is atrocious (And it’s not done yet!). The investthus improving water quality. Many ments should have been used for edudrainage authorities (counties and cating stakeholders, mentoring and watershed districts) along with Soil

be settled before appropriate local decisions are made.

Laws do not make good conservation.

Good conservation comes from commitment, communications, collaboration and common sense. As important as water is to all of us, it is disturbing to see such a flawed process and the resulting poor outcomes. Statutes can be corrected by a majority vote, but the strained and damaged relationships and the broken trust takes much more effort to rebuild and repair.

Moving forward, regardless of the issue, we can’t afford to use a process that yields poor outcomes. The residents of this state expect and deserve more!

Take the time to do it right the first time as we seek common sense solutions and establish good public policy.

Harlan Madsen Kandiyohi County Commissioner/dairy farmer Lake Lillian, Minn.

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supporting drainage authorities of their responsibilities, advocating removing barriers between state and federal regulations, modernizing records and streamlining administration, not creating another level of bureaucracy. Counties are being encouraged by the state to be the enforcer (the only thing that counties would be able to enforce is if the buffer or alternative practice is implemented). There is no guarantee of liability exemption or on-going funding for staffing. I do not believe that local property tax dollars should be used for enforcement or legal expenses for the buffers. Landowners bear the full responsibility for implementation with no compensation for their land.

The questions of landowner compensation, funding, appeal process, administrative penalty orders, public waters extension mapping, etc., must

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Letter: Environmental reviews keep rural Minnesota strong To the Editor: In rural Minnesota, we want a say in what goes on in our community. That is why the very largest factory farms must do an environmental review before they are built. I know firsthand how important this

But at the Minnesota State Capitol, corporate interests are pushing a law that would double the size factory farms can be before environmental review is required. This would mean more and larger factory farms in our rural communities. Right now, proposed feedlots over 1,000 animal units must do an environmental review before being built. This is the largest 7 percent of feedlots in our state and is equal to 3,333 hogs. The overwhelming majority skills no longer needed by this younger generation? of family-run livestock farms in our state are well LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 below this size.

Meanwhile, you farmers have other priorities. because my mother lived in the older family house.

As a lifelong farmer, I know this legislation is Wondering if this will be another year dealing in We might have had a few chores. But if not, they wrong for rural Minnesota and family farmers. negatives is your biggest.

However, your crops will were across the yard at Grandma’s. She loved teachbe planted. Your livestock will thrive. And the good ing and reading to her grandchildren. When they Environmental review is about making sure learned to read, they would read to her. That’s what Lord willing, next fall you will be harvesting great neighbors know what is being proposed and have a I call a perfect learning and loving environment. But yields once again. Much of the world won’t say say. It’s about getting it right and keeping rural thank you. But those of us with the good fortune of this isn’t available for many farm kids anymore.”

Minnesota strong. We can’t let corporate interests talking with you virtually every day understand set the agenda for rural Minnesota. Speak up now I am much aware of this growing gap that your challenges. We admire your dedication. We and let your legislators and the governor know you Anderson speaks of. I have 10 grandchildren, so thank you! oppose legislation. there’s no escaping the cellphone culture of kids Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land.

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er that the group is “Based in Washington, D.C.,” not Iowa. Reinforcing that confusion, NPPC’s Facebook and Twitter profiles list Washington, D.C., as its headquarters, not metro Des Moines.

The pork boys aren’t the only neighborly ag groups in America. The United Soybean Board (the checkoff) is located just one floor from one of its key contractors, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, in the same suburban St. Louis, Mo., office building.

The cowboys are only slightly different. The beef checkoff’s office in Centennial, Colo., is separated from its largest contractor, the NCBA, by one street.

Google maps estimates the walk between the two groups’ offices at a barnyard-ambling three minutes, or 175 yards — and that’s if you take the long way, the sidewalks, and not the backyard-to-backyard lawn.

At one time, coincidences like these mattered.

Now, however, today’s cross-pollination of mandatory commodity checkoffs with voluntary commodity groups often works more to promote each others’ livelihood and six-figure staff salaries than your livelihood and declining salaries.

The proof is in the numbers. As “CEO compensation continues to climb upward,” noted the headline on the Agri-Pulse compensation report, U.S. net farm income continued to tumble — from $124 billion in 2013 to a forecasted $62 billion in 2017.

That’s a 50 percent crash; just to put a number on it.

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According to numbers compiled and Association, Forrest Roberts, took home published by Agri-Pulse, the Washington, nearly twice as much as Ruhland. He D.C.-based ag news service, the top bossreceived $548,993 in total compensation es at ag-centered commodity groups and in 2014, the year before he rode off into a federally-chartered checkoff agencies had comfortable sunset. far better recent years than the farmers Also, Phil Seng, the longtime president and ranchers they claim to serve. and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export For example, Agri-Pulse’s annual comFederation, which receives hefty funding pensation report published last FARM & FOOD FILE from several livestock checkoffs, earned September noted that Steve Censky, chief $461,630 in total pay that same year.

By Alan Guebert executive officer of the American Soybean By contrast, Wayne Pacelle, the top dog Association, received $341,663 in total at Humane Society of the U.S. that most compensation in 2015. livestock groups love to kick, earned If that sounds like a lot of dough for but $425,283 in 2015. a commodity organization to shell out The pork checkoff’s National Pork for a hired hand, it’s peanuts compared to other soy- Board paid Bill Even, its new CEO, $400,000 in bean group CEOs. Jim Sutter, the chief of the U.S. total 2016 compensation — even though, as AgriSoybean Export Council, took home $435,944 in Pulse reported, he worked but a “partial year.” total compensation in 2014, the latest available And, two years ago (again, the latest data availnumbers. able) Neil Dierks, CEO of the National Pork John Becherer, the CEO of the United Soybean Producers Council, received $304,384 in total comBoard, the operational arm of the mandatory, nonpensation. refundable soybean checkoff, did even better. He If all these commodity and checkoff organizations, earned $464,208 in 2015. titles, and salaries appear the same, it’s only The bean bosses, however, were pikers compared because these groups’ structure, pay, and locations to the livestock boys. For instance, in 2014, Tom have grown to be oddly similar.

Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Inc., the For example, it could be just an interesting coincioperating structure over most of the dairy checkoff, dence that the National Pork Board (the checkoff) was paid $618,910 in salary alone. and pork’s most powerful lobbying group, the NPPC, By contrast, Polly Ruhland, boss at the beef check- are located just two miles — or six minutes by car off’s Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research — apart on the western edge of Des Moines.

Board, earned a skinny $287,500 in 2015.

It could be coincidence, right?

Meanwhile, the former boss of the almost totally Then again, when you Google “NPPC,” you discovcheckoff-dependent National Cattlemen’s Beef

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is because outside interests are trying to push a factory hog farm into my township in Goodhue County.

The proposers didn’t want to listen to me or my neighbors or give us details. But because of environmental review they had to.

Children are into cellphones

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corn/change* soybeans/change* Sauk Rapids $2.90 -.01 $8.29 +.15 Madison $3.13 -.01 $8.70 +.23 Redwood Falls $3.13 +.02 $8.84 +.25 Fergus Falls $3.00 -.04 $8.50 +.21 Morris $3.07 -.02 $8.54 +.19 Tracy $3.14 -.02 $8.78 +.19 Average: $3.06 $8.61 Year Ago Average: $3.27 $9.30

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Grain prices are effective cash close on April 25. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain Outlook Corn rallies hard to maintain

Livestock Angles Cattle market at crossroads

Grain Angles Cost of raising heifers

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending April 21.

CORN — Reports of uncertain planting weather in the United States provided underlying support for corn early in the week, but near-term forecasts looked drier, the dollar bounced off lows, and conditions for Brazil’s second corn crop improved to push prices lower by the weekend.

Weakness from the wheat also spilled over into corn. The U.S. dollar has been fading and the downside was extended when Great Britain announced snap PHYLLIS NYSTROM elections for June. Earlier weakCHS Hedging Inc. ness didn’t seem to support the St. Paul ag sector; but things changed when the dollar bounced from its lowest point since November.

Weekly export sales were on the low side of expectations at 29.8 million bushels, bringing total commitments to 1.97 billion bushels. The current U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast is 2.225 billion bushels, meaning we need to average 16.5 million bushels of sales per week to achieve the USDA’s number. Mexico said this week they expect to reach trade agreements with Argentina by 2018. The agreement could include tariff-free imports from Argentina for corn and soybeans.

Weekly ethanol production unexpectedly rose 7,000 barrels per day to 993,000 bpd. After spending 23 weeks above 1 million bpd of production, this is the second week below 1 million bpd. Ethanol stocks grew by 100,000 barrels to 23.0 million barrels. Net

Nothing of great consequence has changed over the past several weeks in the livestock markets. The changes which have taken place are for the most part changes in the basis for both cattle and hogs.

These basis changes are reflective for the most part in the futures trade rather than extreme changes in the cash trade.

Cattle futures have seen a very good rally as the nearby contracts have narrowed the basis rather rapidly as we approached the mid-point in the month of April. The cash trade has seen little change over that same JOE TEALE period as the majority of the Broker trade seems to be at or near the Great Plains Commodity $128.00 level. This has narrowed Afton, Minn. the rather wide basis since the first of the month, led by the April contract which will be expiring at the end of the month. After the extended fall in beef cutouts over the last several weeks, it appears there is a change in direction as those cutouts are now increasing over the past few days.

Currently, the fear in the market is that numbers will increase in the weeks ahead and thus the large discounts in the summer and fall futures contracts.

It would appear the cattle market is at a crossroads at this juncture and the supply of cattle versus the demand for beef will set the tone as we head into the summer months. Producers should consider all opportunities and always protect inventories if the occasion arises.

The hog market has been on a price slide in both

Many of our top producers focus on the value of the heifer they’re building, rather than looking at the heifer as a cost or a commodity. It can be a little difficult to break out all the expenses, but this is how it typically looks.

Feed and labor are generally our largest expenses. Feed comprising about 60 to 70 percent of the total cost. Labor is about 10 to 15 percent. We have a lot of other production costs including animal health, breeding, bedding, supplies and so forth.

We also have to attribute some MATT LANGE capital expense and overhead.

AgStar Business Usually, we see a cost of $2.35 to Consultant $3.20 per day. It’s a broad range, River Falls, Wis. as far as heifer raising expenses go. Generally speaking, we see the cost of raising a heifer close to $1,500 to $2,000, and that’s before the value of the heifer calf that she’s carrying.

When we look at heifer raising, one scenario we also pose is which is a better deal? In Case A, we have 705 days at the heifer grower vs. 678. We would think a shorter term would be a better situation as far as cost goes, but what if we alter the rate per head per day? Going from 250 to 260, that’s maybe not quite as clear. Are we willing to pay $0.10 more per head per day to get that days lower? Well, it’s actually kind of a trick question because the rates, the cost comes out to the exact same. A lot of times we focus on the cost per head per day. It’s not necessarily the cost, it’s a combination of the cost and the duration that those heifers are at the grower.

See NYSTROM, pg. 7

See TEALE, pg. 8

See LANGE, pg. 7

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.

Look at soybean rallies as selling opportunities ethanol margins were unchanged week-on-week at 16 cents per gallon.

Gasoline in the U.S. contained over 10 percent ethanol last year for the first time ever, according to the EIA. In 2016, U.S. gasoline consumption was 143.4 billion gallons and used 14.4 billion gallons of ethanol.

Corn planting was just 6 percent complete as of April 16 compared to the average of 9 percent complete. The estimate as of April 23 is roughly 13-14 percent complete due to wet conditions. The average planted by April 24 is 18 percent complete.

The Brazilian government will reportedly offer $159 million in corn subsidies, seemingly small for a 90 mmt plus corn crop. The procedure is for corn buyers to bid at auction for grants they would then receive when they buy domestic corn. This helps support prices to their farmers. The weather forecast for Brazil’s safrinha crop looks favorable. The first corn cargo from Paraguay into the United States since 2015 is expected to arrive in late May for the Southeast feed market.

From China this week, a subsidiary of their state grain trader COFCO, COFCO Biochemical, is anticipating nationwide corn processing capacity to grow from 50 mmt to 70 mmt by 2019. This is expected to help draw down their excess corn stocks in the next 3 to 5 years. Many analysts currently peg their corn reserves over 200 mmt. In previous reports, China’s corn planting was expected to drop over 4 percent this year with production down 3.3 percent.

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center released their outlook for the month of May and for the May-June-July time frame. For the May through July time frame, below normal rainfall is fore-

between corn and soybeans, and growers will be forced to sell something. Argentina’s central bank is considering increasing their cash reserve requirement from 10 percent to 15 percent. This could devalue their currency and encourage farmer selling.

Weekly soybean export sales were the second lowest of the marketing year, down nearly 50 percent from the previous week, and below expectations at just 7.8 million bushels. This was the lowest weekly sales in 15 weeks. Total commitments of 2.046 billion bushels stand slightly above the USDA’s target of 2.025 billion bushels. On average, 61 million bushels of old crop soybean sales are rolled over into the next marketing year. New crop export sales were only 600,000 bushels.

Total new crop sales are 98.6 million bushels compared to 77.4 million on the books last year at this time. The last trading day of the week gave us something we haven’t seen in over a week: a daily soybean export sale of 146,000 metric tons to unknown. The March National Oilseed Processors Association report on April 17 was bearish, coming in at just 153.1 million bushels. The pre-report trade estimate was 156.7 million bushels. Soyoil stocks were 1.815 billion pounds.

Outlook: Rallies are looked at as selling opportunities. By this fall, current prices may look pretty good. In each of the last six years, November soybeans have traded above $10 per bushel between April and harvest. Be ready to act when an opportunity presents itself.

For the week, May soybeans fell just 4.5 cents at $9.51 after touching its lowest point in a lead contract since April 2016, July was 5.5 cents lower at $9.60.75 and November was down just 2.25 cents at $9.59.5 per bushel. May soymeal plunged $7.90 to $309.60 per ton and soyoil was 75 ticks lower at $.3194 per pound. v

Buying heifer that produces more milk could pay off LANGE, from pg. 6

Case A Case B 705 days $2.50 per head/per day

Total: $1,762.50

678 days $2.60 per head per day Total: $1,762.80

With that cost, we’re looking at about $56 of gain in that first lactation, with feed factored in.

What we could effectively do is look at the duration that the heifers are at the grower. So if we take that $56 gain in the first lactation, divided over the 705 days that heifer is at our grower, we could actually pay that grower $0.08 more per head per day. That may be an opportunity to negotiate with a grower to get more productivity, more value of our heifers.

We’ve just brought to you a snippet of the heiferraising expenses we work on with producers to help them evaluate. Certainly, I would encourage you to work with your nutritionist as well as your heifer grower or potential heifer grower to look at your heifers more from a value and margin proposition rather than just a pure cost per head per day.

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It’s not just the cost per head per day that really matters. There are a lot of other factors that play into that: the duration that the heifer is at the grower, as well as potentially the value that we’re getting of that heifer. What quality is she?

In a third scenario, we’re looking at a custom heifer raising situation where the heifer is at the grower for, again, 705 days for both growers. But what if the one grower is charging us $2.75 vs. $2.60 per head per day? Are we willing to pay $0.15 more per head per day? The difference at the end of the 705 days is $1,940 vs. almost $1,840, so we’re paying just over $100 more to have that heifer raised over that same period of time. What if there’s the potential that she’s going to give us 5 more pounds of peak milk in that first lactation? What is that value to us? Is it

worth the additional cost?

When we run the analysis, we use $17 milk. Given the situation right now, that’s not the case, but certainly we can use it as a guide. The increased milk would add $191 of value of having the additional peak milk of 5 pounds. Obviously, there’s added feed cost in order to get her to produce that much milk.

We subtract off about $65 for that relative feed cost, and we come to a cost of just under $0.18 per head per day that we could effectively have a margin on in terms of our heifer-growing situation.

Now, we said we would be paying $0.15 more per head per day, but yet our margin is actually just under $0.18. In this particular scenario, it actually proves we might be better off paying more to get a better quality heifer producing more milk. What could a producer afford to pay a heifer grower for about 450 pounds more milk in that first lactation?

In another scenario, we have 450 pounds more of additional milk at relatively $17/cwt. We’re using a 2.25 feed efficiency on those heifers with the feed cost right around 10.5 cents per pound of dry matter.

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casted from Minnesota into northeastern Iowa and the northern areas of the eastern Corn Belt. For most of the Midwest and Plains, there is an equal chance of normal, below-normal or above-normal rainfall. From May through July for the Midwest and much of the country, above-normal temperatures are predicted.

Outlook: Corn closed unchanged or lower every day this week. Weather in both the United States and Brazil continues to be key to market direction. Without a significant event, weather or otherwise, it will be difficult to maintain rallies. There just isn’t anything very bullish about a 2.3 billion bushel carryout. However, in each of the last 10 years, there has been an opportunity to sell new crop corn higher than the spring crop insurance price. This year that price is $3.96 per bushel. The opportunity may not last long unless there’s a weather issue behind it, so be prepared to act. For the week, May corn crashed 14 cents lower to $3.57, July lost 14.25 cents at $3.63.75 and the December contract tumbled 12.25 cents lower to $3.82 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybean prices suffered this week despite short covering, as weather forecasts improved.

Basis levels were higher as processors tried to attract bushels to the market, but fundamentals remain bearish with large South American crops.

The majority of the U.S. remaining soybean stocks are in commercial hands, and growers are tight holders of the soybeans they own.

In South America, we saw a slight uptick in grower selling as their currencies weakened. Premiums in Brazil edged higher to attract farmer selling, making U.S. soybeans competitive for export business on paper. When quality is factored in, we are still 10-15 cents per bushel out of the market. At some point in South America, there could be a storage squeeze

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Purple corn offers new specialty opportunities

By DICK HAGEN Suntava Purple Corn this The Land Staff Writer ‘Amaizingly’ good. The vivid MINNEAPOLIS — At first color of Suntava Purple Corn glance, growing nature’s means it’s full of health-prohealthiest, highest antioxidant moting anthocyanins, polyphegrain in your corn field sounds nols and other antioxidants. In a bit far-fetched. But it’s hapfact, it’s considered a super pening. The product is purple food. That means it provides corn — specifically Suntava health benefits beyond basic Bill Petrich Purple Corn. nutrition. No other corn comes close!”

At the March 22 Agricultural Utilization Research Institute Ag InnovaProcessed as an extract, purple corn tions Forum in Minneapolis, Suntava is now being promoted as a better President Bill Petrich shared a few alternative to conventional corn syrthoughts with an audience of food sci- ups. Unlike corn syrups, purple corn entists, university crop specialists, extract offers natural color with an financial folks and assorted agri-entre- inherently sweet, refreshing taste. Petpreneurs. The group collectively rich noted it makes an excellent binder shared ideas to find better ways to for energy and breakfast bars, popkeep Midwest agriculture in the spot- corn, cereals, granolas, jellies and light of world food production. jams. It’s also a value-added ingrediPetrich warmed up his listeners with: ent for beverages.

“It took years of dedication, patience “For too long, nutrition has been bred and old-fashioned farming to make out of our food. Suntava is excited to be

Hog market looks oversold TEALE, from pg. 6 futures and cash for several weeks. Adequate numbers combined with a slowing demand for pork initiated the beginning of the slide in prices. The pork cutout has fallen fairly consistently over several weeks now which has put the packer in a situation to protect profits by not being as aggressive as months before in acquiring live inventories. It appears now in the middle of April that the hog market is oversold and the possibility of some price improvement is possible.

As we move past the Easter holiday, the hog market normally experiences a seasonal rally that generally lasts into the summer months.

Whether this scenario pans out is yet to be determined. Obviously, as with the cattle, the hog market price direction will depend on the supply of hogs versus the demand for the pork in the days ahead.

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part of HFI’s (Healthy Food Ingredients) commitment to cultivate foods that are naturally fortified from seed to package. We innovate with Mother Nature instead of against,” said Petrich.

Who’s growing purple corn today?

So far, just a limited number of contract growers mostly in Minnesota, but Suntava is now reaching into Iowa and Nebraska. The initial hybrids were of 102-105 day maturities, but potential new hybrids up to 110-day category are spreading grower interest. They offer the bonus of more yields.

Barry Anderson, senior agronomist with Healthy Food Ingredients, said the commercial market for purple corn continues to grow not only in the food market but also into dyes, cosmeceuticals, pet food, nutraceuticals, even craft beer. “Its just amazing what opportunities are out there when it comes to working with healthy ingredients such as gluten-free purple corn,” he said.

He indicated some breakthroughs come from their own research technicians at their Fargo, N.D., laboratory; but much of it is other companies coming to HFI with their ideas and thoughts on how to integrate Suntava purple corn into their lineup of foods.

Purple corn is grown much like ordinary corn. But at harvest, there is currently only one destination point and that is to HFI’s processing plant at Moorhead. Some contract acres are still available for 2017 season. Contact

Anderson at (507) 508-0965.

Anderson said projections down the road suggest acres of purple corn will increase exponentially. Growers are paid for bushels of grain though Suntava uses data based on pounds of production being harvested.

His pricing projections for 2017 is competitive with other specialty corns.

For growers who go the route of organic production, market prices will be about double the cash price of #2 yellow.

Growers get paid upon delivery of their corn. Anderson indicated new growers are cautious about their first year with purple corn because it’s something totally new. But acres ramp up rapidly after that initiation year.

During the growing season, purple corn looks much like regular corn. Getting toward harvest, growers will see some differences particularly in the husks. Because this is a non-GMO product, Suntava agronomists will want a buffer field between other corn and purple corn. There is a potential of cross pollination between the two crops.

There’s no restriction on herbicide types.

Yields on these conventional purple corns have been in the 150-160 bushel category planted at lower populations too, like 28,000 or less. Seed costs for Suntava Purple Corn are $190 for an 80,000 unit.

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Calendar of Events May 22 — What We Do with Weeds Down Under — Morris, Minn. — USDA-ARS Soils Lab hosts a lecture from a New Zealand weed scientist — Contact beth.burmeister@ars.usda. gov or (320) 585-8423 May 5 — Oliver Kelley Farm Grand June 3 — 2017 Women’s ConferOpening — Elk River, Minn. — ence — Little Falls, Minn. — Learn Weekend of live performances, farm about marketing, funding, getting on a animals, chef demos, antique steam local board, insurance and success engine tractor — Contact stories from local women farmers — kelley.farm@mnhs.org or (763) 441Contact Minnesota Farmers Union at 6896 or visit www.mnhs.org/kelleyfarm (800) 969-3380 or visit www.mfu.org May 13-14 — Shepherd’s Harvest June 12-13 — 4R Nutrient StewardSheep & Wool Festival — Lake ship Summit — Minneapolis, Minn.

Elmo, Minn. — More than 100 fiber — Learn how to implement the 4Rs of vendors, sheep shearing demos, nutrient management (right source, sheep and llama display, classes, rate, time and place) — Contact The activities, spinning, knitting — Visit Fertilizer Institute at (202) 962-0490 or www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org visit www.nutrientstewardship.com

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SHOREVIEW, Minn. — Spring is here and so is peak foaling season. Having a plan for the unexpected can help in case a mare is unable to care for her baby. To help orphan foals through the early stages of life, Purina Animal Nutrition Center has developed an emergency feeding program.

“As foals age, their nutrition requirements change rapidly,” says Karen E. Davision, Ph.D., director and nutritionist with Equine Technical Solutions at Purina Animal Nutrition.

It’s important to feed colostrum to the foal within the first two hours of life.

“Colostrum or ‘first milk’ provides antibodies needed to build a foal’s immune system and fight diseases,” explains Davison. “After 18 to 24 hours, foals can no longer absorb antibodies in colostrum.”

After a foal has consumed an adequate amount of colostrum, they can be encouraged to accept a foal milk replacer and gradually increase daily intake.

Feeding watered down replacer will not give the foal the needed nutrients. Overly concentrated milk replacer can cause digestive upset and scours. Foals should be fed four to six times a day with bottle feedings or taught to drink from a bucket for the first seven days.

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Minnesota Horse Expo is a weekto all riding, but especially with If you go end event held April 28-30 at the gaited horses. He has a series of Minnesota State Fairgrounds. In its educational products called “Gaited What: Minnesota Horse Expo 2017 35th year, this event showcases Horses, Naturally!” that show how When: April 28-30 horses from many different breeds, to have success with a more natural Where: Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul approach. vendors with information, products and services for both horse and Cost: $11 ages 13-61; $7 ages 6-12 and Professional Rodeo Cowboys owner, and educational presentations 62-plus; free for children 5 and younger Association rodeos are a favorite by well-known professional equine at the Minnesota Horse Expo. The Details: www.mnhorseexpo.org clinicians and speakers. three performances are 7:15 p.m.

Contact: (877) 462-8758 Minnesota’s largest equine trade April 28 and 29, and 3:15 p.m.

The American Sugarbush Harlequin draft horse will show with over 700 booths in five April 30. Rodeos require an addibe a featured breed in the horse barn.

State Fair buildings and lining the tional ticket. Ticket price ranges Photo submitted by Minnesota Horse Expo streets of the grounds creates a marfrom $5 to $12. Tickets can be purketplace for anyone wanting to find chased on the Minnesota Horse Stacy Westfall, Cowgirl Hall of Fame member, will Expo website and at the fairgrounds during the expo. merchandise related to horses and riders. perform a variety of demonstrations on reading your More than 35 horse breeds will be on display in the horse’s body language, speed control, steering and Enjoy live country music entertainment from Horse Barn. They may also be presented in the daily bridleless riding cues.

7-10:30 p.m. April 28 and April 29 on the bandwagon noontime Coliseum Parade of Breeds or Breed Demoutside the Horse Barn and Coasters on Liggett The Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard Street by the Expo north gate. Enjoy, food, beverages onstrations April 28 and April 29, or the daily Stallion Presentations in the AgStar Arena. The Ameri- will perform daily. The guard is a ceremonial, active and the Dirt Road Dixie Band! can Sugarbush Harlequin draft horse will be a duty unit supporting the First Infantry Division, The Minnesota Horse Council owns the Minnesota Fort Riley and the Army in parades, ceremonies and featured breed. cavalry demonstrations. The guard continues the Horse Expo and uses profits from the events to furRichard Shrake, an educator, trainer and icon in historic tradition of the mounted cavalry. ther its committee work for the state’s horse industry. the horse industry for over 40 years, will be offering For the lastest Minnesota Horse Expo information Another daily presenter is David Lichman, a 5-Star seminars on trail riding, showmanship and training.

Master Parelli Professional with a specialty in the and complete schedule, visit www.mnhorseexpo.org gaited breeds. He teaches all over the world helping or call (877) 462-8758. students find a better relationship with their horses, This article was submitted by the Minnesota Horse and the relaxation and posture that are fundamental Expo. v

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Veterinarian developed balanced feed biscuits for horses

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer COKATO, Minn. — Square Meal Feeds is the corporate name for the equine nutrition business of Idle Acres in Cokato. Started by Veterinarian Harlan Anderson, a 1973 University of Minnesota graduate of the College of Veterinary Medi- Harlan cine, Anderson relinquished his tra- Anderson ditional veterinary business to devote full time to the nutrition of large animals.

“The veterinary business was great in my rural Cokato area,” Anderson said. “There used to be lots of livestock out here, especially dairy cattle. And because we’re relatively close to the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, many horses too. Plus, we had the evergrowing population of cats and dogs.

“As a veterinarian I was always asking questions of my livestock clients about the nutrition of their animals. I learned early in this veterinary business that the eating habits of the sick animal were often a clue to their ailments. I would compliment my dairy farmer customers because they usually knew quite a bit about the nutrition of their cows and their calves. Also, total mixed rations were just coming on. Using TMRs, dairy farmers could determine the ingredients for a proper

balance of forages, grains and supplements.”

Anderson noticed his equine friends were less knowledgeable about the nutrition of their horses.

“And that was simply because there wasn’t much research data about nutritional needs of horses. Rutgers University — way out there in New Jersey — was the equine nutrition center for most serious horse people,” he said.

Anderson recalled making better hay was always the ambition of his father. That quest moved his dad into making haylage and building a proper silo for storage.

“Then I went into veterinary medicine,” Anderson recalled. “I enjoyed working with dairy farmers. The dairy buyout in 1985 slowed my vet business so I continued to farm raising corn and alfalfa hay. We had a New Holland baler which cranked out small square bales. It was a good size for equine people in the Twin City area. I eventually sold my veterinary practice because I wasn’t interested in cats and dogs.”

Then Anderson began doing classes for animal owners on how to care for their animals. “The neighboring veterinarians weren’t so happy and wanted to reclaim my vet license. That didn’t happen, but I could plainly see there was a need for equine nutrition,” he said.

Innovation Anderson saw how great TMRs were working for dairy farmers.

“One day I decided, why shouldn’t a horse have a TMR? I was treating some pretty influential horses in the western suburbs,” he said. “I also recognized our considerable time and effort in growing and baling our hay crop — at least four times a season — and then selling those bales to a growing number of horse lovers. Most had no idea of the nutritional value of what else they were feeding.”

Anderson knew that in the dairy, swine and poultry industry, rations were balanced and finely tuned.

“But how can you feed roughage to your horses without any idea the nutrition of the other feed you were using on your horses?” he questioned.

When he was in veterinary school, table scraps were the most common dog food. “Look what the pet food industry has accomplished! I doubt nutritional deficiencies in cats and dogs are even studied at vet school anymore because the pet food industry has done such a phenomenal job of packaged pet foods,” he said.

So Anderson thought why can’t I make specially prepared foods for horses too?

“We worked through a slew of different ideas ending up with what we have today — our biscuit feed.

We did a lot of research to identify all the ingredients needed for a complete biscuit. Some of that was at Rutgers University, the University of Illinois, North Carolina State University and some with horse owners here in the Twin Cities area,” he said.

“Today we deliver a complete balanced diet in a biscuit. The horse owner only needs to provide salt and water for their animals,” he added.

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Hanson adds robotic feeder to its product lineup tem results in more tranquility in the barn. Cattle aren’t crowding to get first crack at the feed when the tractor and TMR wagon comes chugging through the barn once a day. There’s no competition for bunk space. There’s no pecking order because cattle know the robotic feeder will be back in another half hour. Only half the herd gets up to feed. The remaining animals are resting, either standing or laying down, and chewing their cuds.

Another new edition to the Hanson line is an Auger Feed Pusher from Valmetal. This unit sweeps and pushes feed to remix it in front of the cows several times a day. Electronically operated, this rig saves labor and is the only feed pusher that remixes as it goes.

Silos Whether marketing upright silos or bunkers, Hanson said their business is seasonal. Winter season is farm show time and following up on leads. Hanson

is aware of the uncertainty for farmers these days, but he’s also aware of yields smashing records for three consecutive years.

“Who’s to say, 2017 might be another record production year?” Hanson shrugged. “The weather experts seem increasingly confident that our seasons are getting longer and warmer here in the midlands. Last year was a big year for ground storage because of the huge yields, so we’re always chasing that market.”

Livestock farmers are getting more particular about their silage piles.

“We’re moving out lots of 16-foot bunker walls these days. They want more depth because silage less than 8 feet deep doesn’t pack as well,” he said.

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The Andersons’ nutritional marketing adventures have resulted in a new feed for all ruminants including calves, sheep, goats and zoo animals.

Anderson said, “The alfalfa is an amazing plant. My Dad liked raising it.

I like growing alfalfa. Old time farmers relate that when they were mixing feed for their pigs and chickens they would throw a bale of alfalfa into their feed grinder. They couldn’t tell you why, but they would tell you the chickens did better, so did the pigs. Today, science tells us why this works.

“The protein in alfalfa has a full complement of amino acids. Soybean meal is lacking three amino acids. Linseed meal is missing a couple more. So when dairy farmers switched from alfalfa to grain in their grinder mixers, they have to use a supplement with additional amino acids.”

Anderson found that alfalfa provides a better quality protein and our animals do better.

“We use a full bloom alfalfa which the honey bee population enjoys,” he said.

“We want fiber and that’s why full bloom. Fiber is important in the gastrointestinal system. When you have a cereal grain diet ground to a powder, the peristaltic action of the intestine grabs this food wanting to move it down. The fiber in our biscuits slows this action, giving more total time in the digestive tract before being expelled.”

The business core of Square Meal products includes Harlan Anderson as senior partner; son Mark as marketing director; son Richard as “Go To Guy;” and Harlan’s wife, Mary, chief financial officer and behind the scenes “Make It Happen” lady.

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design was a 120-foot wide facility; but he narrowed it to 80 feet due to saved space with this robotic feeding system. The system eliminates the need for a tractor and pull-type mixer in the Mike Hanson barn. That 30 percent reduction in barn size helped finance the automated feeding system.

When the mixer is empty, the system goes in reverse for an automatic refill from the supply bins.

“This makes the feeding process a one-person operation,” Hanson said.

“Some dairies today provide fresh feed 18 hours per day and feed nine times per day. Research shows this multiple feeding system is cost effective and the best strategy to keep maximum amount of fiber in the rumen. More production is the result.”

Dairy farmers have told him that multiple feedings with the robotic sys-

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer LAKE LILLIAN, Minn. — Feed 12 times a day? Sounds farfetched, but it isn’t. Hanson Silo Company can now provide a robotic machine that can travel the feeding aisle of your dairy or beef barn, spooning out Total Mixed Ration feeds to your herd anytime. If that’s up to 12 times in 24 hours, so be it.

The Triomatic T30 Feed Kitchen rail drive robotic feeding system is a robotic mixer that is suspended from a rail system. It travels the length of your loafing parlor quietly dispensing feed to both sides of the aisle.

Standard setup is four bins, plus mineral, according to Mike Hanson of Hanson Silo.

“We’ll have a new dairy barn in South Dakota equipped with this system sometime this summer,” he said. “There are a couple of systems within 500 miles of us; but we think that this will be the first in our area.”

Some savings were immediate for this South Dakota producer. The initial

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Women ag leaders examine farm-to-fork trend

By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor CHASKA, Minn. — When roughly 200 women attended the Women’s Agriculture Leadership Conference at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on April 12, they discussed the biggest trend in farming — consumer-driven agriculture.

This trend comes with the opportunity for farmers to educate consumers.

In a keynote panel on the farm-to-fork movement, experts discussed how to educate and engage consumers through social media and farm tours.

Consumers want to know about animal care and how food is grown, but many are getting false and emotional information on social media. Panelist Natasha Mortenson, community relations and education for Riverview Dairy, advised using social media to explain why you do what you do.

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tain practices are used in dairy cows, beef cattle and crops such as castrating, dehorning and spraying chemicals.

“You all have the whys behind what you’re doing,” said Mortenson.

As the concern over sustainability, soil and water quality has exploded, it might mean doing things differently on the farm. The latest technology and science play a major role.

“We have to look at what’s new and not what we’ve always done,” said Mortenson.

Kendra Helvig, of Helvig Farms, a pig, corn and soybean farm near Truman, expects the farm-to-fork movement will grow in the next 10 years.

Helvig encouraged her colleagues to educate and diversify to promote farm to table on their farms.

“That’s going to be really important to embrace that niche,” Helvig said.

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through the Minnesota Pork Board. Pig farmers answer questions from consumers at community events and farmers markets.

Agritourism and farm tours are more Kendra Helvig popular than ever.

Local farmers get together to host farm-to-table meals with meat, dairy, vegetables and fruit from their farms.

In Stearns County, about 3,000 visitors attended the 2016 breakfast on the farm. Now in its ninth year, Stearns County has a breakfast on the farm committee, said Kate McAndrews of McAndrews Dairy near Sauk Centre. She is also a dairy nutritionist for Vita Plus Corporation.

The breakfast is always hosted by a dairy farm and host farms are lined up for the next three years. Donations, sponsorships and volunteers further the cause. McAndrews volunteers as a tour guide.

“That’s a neat thing in recent history,” said McAndrews.

Farm events often include tractor rides, petting zoos and children’s activities.

In 2016, panelist Tami Bredeson hosted 115,000 visitors to Carlos Creek Winery, her 160-acre family winery near Alexandria. They consumer test all their wines. When they introduced their Minnesota Nice Hot Dish Red, they held a tasting with catered hot dishes, live music and three reds: one that the winemakers really liked, a sweeter red and an even sweeter red.

Visitors chose the sweetest red by an overwhelming 69 percent. The winemaker’s favorite came in dead last.

They bottled the consumer choice and

sold out in less than eight weeks.

“It has been our top selling wine ever since. It’s what allows us to buy new tractors,” said Bredeson. “You do learn so much from your consumer.”

That’s why Bredeson views education as a conversation between farmers and consumers.

Buzz words People go to grocery stores and restaurants with buzz words in their head: sustainable, local, organic, allnatural, non-GMO (genetically modified organism), hormone free, antibiotic free and more. However, these concepts need to be better defined for consumers.

For instance, in Blooming Prairie, Kristin Krell’s family farm grows crops and raises all-natural beef for a company that markets cattle raised on a non-GMO corn, grass and hay diet.

Through nearby SunOpta, the Krells get their non-GMO corn.

“It was a good fit. It is driven by the consumer,” said Krell, who works for Environmental Tillage Systems.

When locals drive by, they are surprised to see their all-natu- Kristin Krell ral beef cattle raised in a small feed lot and not on pasture.

We explain that all-natural mostly refers to the feed the cattle receive, said Krell. “It’s being upfront and honest with people so they understand,” she said.

As consumers demand more specialty products, farmers like the Krells get the opportunity to produce these products. In some cases, meeting the See CONFERENCE, pg. 13

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By TIM KING olate chip cookies and his father’s wisdom and The Land Correspondent acting abilities all play a role in his growth.

BELGRADE, Minn. — Jude Bonner had a Hockey, rat hunting, and bad actors are deal. He’d agreed with his neighbor Mr. Olson important sub plots that nicely fill out the main that if he helped him spread manure using a plot of this well-written story. The main plot is team of Percheron draft horses named Molly about Jude and his relationship to his horses, and Ladd he could have Molly’s colt. He had his family members, and the ever generous and been waiting and checking on Molly every day. wise Mr. Olson. And, since Les Graham is a Now was the time. knowledgeable horseman, the plot is full of “Mom gave me a hug and Dad gave me one of interesting details about horses, their training those looks that lets me know he’s proud of me,” and tack.

Jude said. “The way Mom hugged me, you’d Through all this, through the horsey details, think I was going off to college or something. I the challenges, and the triumphs, Les Graham ran out the back door and headed towards Mr. has Jude grow into mental, physical, and spiriOlson’s. It was a cold, dark and damp night. The tual maturity. He does this well. The most closer I got to the barn, the more nervous I got. I remarkable part of the story is Mr. Olson. Mr. stopped and asked God for strength, warmth, Olson is a beacon for Jude and he is an examand courage. The old adrenaline was pumping ple for a young person. hard by the time I got to the barn. I changed my Graham, who is from New London, and came Photo submitted T-shirt quickly so I wouldn’t get the chills. Mr. to horsemanship in early adulthood, says he Les Graham raises Percheron horses near Belgrade, Minn., and Olson was in the barn fussing over Molly.” writes Christian young adult novels featuring these “gentle giants.” had his own Mr. Olson. His name was John By the time Jude races off to Mr. Olson’s barn Quisberg. in chapter eight of Les Graham’s Christian “Harold had a crazy faraway look in his eyes,” Jude “He’s the model for Mr. Olson,” Graham said. “He young adult novel, “Jude’s Gentle Giants,” we’ve says. “I figured he was going to set the score straight. already learned quite a bit about this 16-year-old Mr. Wright started the game again and it didn’t take helped me drive around the country so I could pick out my first team.” farm boy. long before Harold had Bill Masters on the deck.

When John Quisberg died, Graham used his team He’s got a younger sister named Becky, he’s got two Greg Shants tried to come to his rescue but I cut him loving parents, he’s got school mates that he likes to off. There we were, whistle blowing constantly and of Percherons to pull the wagon carrying Quisberg’s hunt Norway rats and play hockey with, and he’s got Judy Clemons screaming bloody murder from the casket. some kids at school that are challenging his decency sidelines. Greg Shants and I were toe to toe, Harold Les Graham has been touched by his relationship and Christianity. In his book, Les Graham has that and Bill nose to nose. Greg Shants was standing with horses and the people that care about them and challenge take both a physical and spiritual form. there with his long greasy hair and a smirk on his he brings the spirit of those relationships to “Jude’s The bad actors are Greg Shants, Nick Grudden, Judy face. How can anyone be so evil?”

Gentle Giants” and its sequel “Surrendering the Clemons and Bill Masters and, among other things, This episode leads to a rematch on the ice and that Reins.” they don’t play phy-ed hockey fair. Judy has just leads Jude to explore his capacity for vengeance and “When I wrote the book my intended audience was nailed a member of Jude’s team in the throat with a forgiveness, among other virtues. His mother’s chocyoung teen-age boys,” he said. “I wanted to touch their hockey stick. She’s been benched. hearts and give them something good to read. I have been blessed because now I have an audience of both males and females from 10 years to 90 years old.”

You can find Les Graham’s books in book stores other, urged Mortenson.

CONFERENCE, from pg. 12 and libraries. Signed and discounted copies are “We are all on the same team. We are all producing available at www.lesgraham.com. v requirements can be difficult. food,” she said. v “For us as producers, we really struggle with how to get there,” said Bredeson. “An opportunity that would be responsive to consumer demands is to streamline the process for specialty growing and producing licenses, definitions.”

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Mortenson advises getting all your industry certifications such as pork, beef and dairy quality assurances and state water quality certification. Those certifications should be on your labels, website and social media.

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Know your soils to make most of seeds, spraying

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer OWATONNA, Minn. — Like it or not, challenge strips on your own fields may be the only sure way to determine variable rate applications of all your crop input — be that seeds per acre, herbicide rates, insecticide applications, even when and Bernie Paulson how much nitrogen to apply. Let science on your own farm start talking to you and you might be surprised and impressed by how much your soils will tell you.

Bernie Paulson of Janesville has traveled this road several times. In fact, his business card reads: “McPherson Crop Management, Agronomy, Technology and Data Management since 1993.” So with 24 years solving soil chemistry challenges on his own farm and for customers, is he an expert?

“That may never happen,” Paulson chuckled. “That learning curve is still going up, but there must be an ending point somewhere.”

Paulson said precision agriculture always begins with getting smart about the soils on your farm.

“That means soil testing, every four to five years since soil chemistry keeps changing depending upon what and how you are farming that soil. And getting smart about your dirt means challenge strips where you do four or five different input rates side by side. All this data is programmed into your field maps. When you get to your fields, variable application rates will change on the go,” he said.

Mapping input data for each field and then recording harvest data on the fly tells what you need to know about variable rate applications, explained Paulson.

“Our services generally run between $5 and $20 an acre. You as a farmer determine your goals and how you’d like to get there. We’ll prepare an ala carte

menu that tells you earlier. here’s $1 dollar, here’s a Hewitt brings over 10 buck and a half, here’s years experience with 50 cents, here’s 25 cents. precision technology sysHere’s your budget. tems and multiple certiHere’s a $9.25 program fications. As a farmer that includes soil testhimself, he understands ing, mapping of each the impact timely and field and away we go,” precise data can have on he explained. each crop and field.

Paulson experiments He’s also very aware of on his own farm, espegrowing resistant issues cially on tillage. He’s of new weeds to older done ridge till and strip herbicide chemistry. till since 2000. He has “Palmer Amaranth is side-by-side data of an example,” he said. tilled ground, stripPhoto by Dick Hagen “It’s already resistant to tilled ground and no-till Mark Hewitt of Hewitt Precision Insights uses this drone glyphosate and ALS ground. He defines his to provide crop imagery services for McPherson. herbicides. As a farmer, strip till program as a I see we’re starting to total package: a fertilizer tool, a revenue manageuse more chemistries and a rotation of chemistries. ment tool and a seedbed preparation tool. He uses a Hiniker strip till bar for seedbed prep in the fall. The days of just spraying a field with Roundup are Come spring, the only tool he takes to his field is his gone. Use the same herbicide year after year and your weeds will develop resistance over time.” planter.

Variable application rates are part of Hewitt’s ser“This system works,” Paulson said. “There is no vice. “With topographical mapping, we can provide agronomic reason to turn everything black.” different seeding rates. Also perhaps less fertilizer in Mark Hewitt of Hewitt Precision Insights in those poorly drained areas of a field. We can also do Kilkenny is the guy who does aerial images of hun- thermal imagery to measure the heat of a field for dreds of fields for McPherson customers. drainage determinations. Soils that stay wet stay Hewitt uses a $28,000 eBee+ by Sensefly drone. colder. We can help plan your tiling projects accord“We can do 1,500 acres a day. We do in-season imag- ingly. This will also show up in our NDVI (normalery for crop health monitoring. For corn, we’ll fly for ized difference vegetation index) imagery which variable rate in-season nitrogen applications. We’ll measures the reflectance of the crop canopy.” fly your fields as many times during a crop season as A graduate of South Central College in North you wish. We can keep you posted on a new batch of Mankato, Hewitt says he has learned about soil weeds, or a new disease,” he said. chemistry by being a good listener. He first farmed Hewitt understands it isn’t about giving you more with his dad but now farms his own operation. data, but making your data work for you. By utilizing “I picked up a lot of knowledge both in school but imagery, you can detect threats to your bottom line especially on the job. I worked for a precision ag company, Farmers Edge, where I learned a lot about imagery and field mapping. They use satellite imagery which gives a good image of each field,” he said.

“But drone imagery is much more precise. I can take selected to lead Compeer Financial.

The merger provides expanded capital that will pictures of individual plants. That’s more advanced help Compeer Financial invest in technology and than our machinery is capable of using the data.”

Hewitt, 32, farms 220 acres with 2017 being his other resources to support its client base. It also creates a more diverse portfolio that will create addi- second consecutive year of 100 percent soybeans. tional stability and better position the organization And this year, he says he will start playing around to share its earnings with stockholders through a with variable rate soybean planting. Last year he averaged about 134,000 seeds per acre. cash patronage program.

“Partly to reduce seed costs, I’d like to bring the The boards of directors for 1st Farm Credit Services, AgStar Financial and Badgerland Financial began whole average down, but also do variable rates. I’ll exploring a potential merger in February 2016 and use topography data plus last year’s yield data and unanimously recommended moving forward in August. then determine variable planting rates on a zone by Stockholders received ballots in March,and votes were zone basis,” he said. tallied at special stockholder meetings in each associaTo learn more, visit www.mcmfarmworks.com or tion’s corporate offices on April 7. www.hewittprecisioninsights.com. Bernie Paulson This article was submitted by AgStar Financial and Mark Hewitt were interviewed on March 16 at Services. v the North American Farm and Power Show in Owatonna. v

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Farm credit merger approved MANKATO, Minn. — Stockholders have approved a proposal to merge three farm credit organizations in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Effective July 1, 1st Farm Credit Services, AgStar Financial Services and Badgerland Financial will become Compeer Financial. The new organization’s headquarters will be in Sun Prairie, Wis., and each organization’s existing office locations will continue to provide local service.

As Compeer Financial, the new organization will operate in 144 counties through 47 offices in parts of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Compeer Financial will have nearly 50,000 clients, and $18.6 billion in assets.

“We look forward to continuing the relationships established through our separate organizations and strengthening those connections with enhanced resources and deeper inhouse expertise,” said AgStar President and CEO Rod Hebrink, who also has been

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instructions. “You need to walk down the hallway and say to yourself, ‘I don’t know why daddy said no to me, but I know my daddy loves me and I’m going to trust my daddy.’ I really do love you.” And without prompt the child would respond, “I love you, too.”

As a kid, I was told, “When you’re older you’ll understand.” As an adult, I disagree. The older I get, the less I understand the whys of disease, death, and disaster. I have no words for the horrors innocent children experience from the hands of people they should’ve been able to trust. Maybe you’ve got some stuff you can’t wrap your head around either.

When hard stuff hits, who do you trust? Some people blame God. Others run to Him. The choice is yours alone.

As for me, when I have more questions than answers, I run to what I know. God is good and God is love.

Like the old hymn says, “All other ground is sinking sand.”

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Showy pendulous ropeThe foliage is edible, very like flowers of the annunutritious and is said to al Amaranthus caudataste like spinach. (This tus exhibit gaudy displays will be the year we try from midsummer to frost.

Amaranth leaves in our Other names commonly salad!). Amaranth grains used for this annual can be toasted and mixed include: Fountain Plant, with molasses or honey to Flaming Fountain, Tassel make a Mexican treat IN THE GARDEN Flower, Love Lies Bleeding called alegra. The Aztecs and Kiss Me Over the used the flowers in ceremoBy Sharon Quale Garden Gate. Quite exotic nies. and fanciful sounding My order of seeds arrived names for a plant that last week and comes from a genus that the Amaranthus caudaalso includes pigweeds. tus are now planted and we The plant is bushy and await their germination. big and will grow up to 4 When they are old enough feet in height. We start our to be transplanted outside, plants indoors from seed their usual spot by the around the middle of May black iron fence is ready for and transplant them outthem. The black iron fence side when all danger of is about 4-and-a-half feet frost is over. They can be tall and provides a good planted directly outside, support against high winds. but starting them indoors Contact me if you would will give them a head start like a source from which to on earlier blooming. The purchase these seeds. tiny seeds germinate in Photo by Sharon Quale Sharon Quale is a mas10-14 days. Maintain even ter gardener from central moisture and space about 12 inches Minnesota. She may be reached at apart when planting in the garden.

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portionate to how much we trust.

Trusting God is different. The Bible says God is trustworthy in all His ways. He always keeps His promises, and loves with an overflowing love that does not stop or run dry. He will never abandon, walk out, or give up on you. You have His unbreakable, unshakeable word!

Yet we can even have trust issues with God, can’t we? Hard stuff piled on hard stuff can cause us to question and doubt what He’s doing and why.

In his devotional book, “New Morning Mercies,” Paul David Tripp said that when his children were young and he made a decision they didn’t understand, they would protest.

So Tripp would get on his knees to talk face to face. He would tell them how much he loved them and that he was for them. He explained that he wasn’t going to explain because they wouldn’t understand. They wouldn’t comprehend his why.

Then Tripp gave these walking

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Not everyone is trustwortrusted with his life! thy. It’s why we tell our kids But even when promises not to take candy from are made under oath with strangers; we memorize our the best of intentions, they social security numbers; can still break. Lies are lock our doors; and are told. People disappoint and urged to frequently change manipulate. And if that’s our passwords. It’s why litever been part of your tle girls make pinky promstory, you know how it can THE BACK PORCH poison a relationship. ises and big girls swear.

Trust issues are nothing

By Lenae Bulthuis When people jab and stab new. Back in the day, kings with gossip, lies, and deceit, had cupbearers who tasted their wine we step back. No one wants to cozy up to make sure it wasn’t poisoned. While to a porcupine. We guard our hearts, others wanted to take the king’s life, watch our words, and keep our disthe cupbearer was the one guy he tance. Our love for someone can be pro-

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Dairy product prices continue to make a modest climb This column was written FC Stone’s Dave for the marketing week endKurzawski says, “While ing April 21. milk production came in shy of expectations, the lonThe U.S. Department of ger term indicators on this Agriculture’s preliminary report tend to lean bearish data pegs March milk outas we added 15,000 cows put in the top 23 producing from February which states at 17.5 billion exceeded our expectation pounds, up 1.8 percent from MIELKE MARKET by 10,000.”

March 2016. The 50-state WEEKLY total hit 18.7 billion pounds, USDA’s latest Livestock up 1.7 percent.

Slaughter report stated

By Lee Mielke March dairy cow cullMarch cow numbers ing increased from in the 23 states totaled February and topped a 8.71 million head, up year ago. An estimated 15,000 from February 271,100 head were slaughtered under and 72,000 more than a year ago. federal inspection in March. This is up Output per cow averaged 2,012 pounds, up 18 pounds from a year ago. 17,900 head or 7.1 percent from February and 8,900 head or 3.4 perMilk output for the quarter stood at cent above March 2016.

53.5 billion pounds, up 1 percent from The first quarter total is 793,400 the same period a year ago. Milk cows averaged 9.37 million head, up 57,000. head, up 9,300 from a year ago or 1.2 percent.

Wisconsin’s March milk output was The 2016 slaughter summary up 1.5 percent, thanks to output per showed that 2.92 million dairy cows cow being up 30 pounds but cow numwere “retired” from the dairy business bers unchanged from a year ago in 2016, up 300,000 head from 2015.

Minnesota was up 1.9 percent on a 40-pound gain per cow. Cow numbers n were down 1,000 head.

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The bulls got fed again at April 17’s Global Dairy Trade auction where the weighted average for all products offered jumped 3.1 percent, following a 1.6 percent rise on April 4 and a 1.7 percent gain on March 21.

Skim milk powder led the gains, up 7.1 percent, following a 0.8 percent slippage last time. Cheddar cheese was up 6 percent after falling 4.4 percent. Whole milk powder was up 3.5 percent, after rising 2.4 percent.

Butter was up 2.9 percent, following a 1.6 percent loss in the last event.

Rennet casein led the declines, down 3.8 percent, and anhydrous milkfat slipped 0.5 percent, after it was up 2.5 percent last time.

FC Stone equated the average 80 percent butterfat GDT butter price to $2.1648 per pound U.S. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter closed April 21 at $2.09 per pound. GDT cheddar cheese equated to $1.5705 per pound U.S. and compares to that day’s CME block cheddar at $1.5450. GDT skim milk powder was 92.70 cents per pound and whole milk powder averaged $1.3599 per pound U.S. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk price closed April 21 at 85.5 cents per pound.

USDA’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued April 17, echoed dairy projections in the April 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The Outlook also examined the three most recent month’s commercial disappearance data, reporting that December through February saw year-over-year domestic commercial disappearance (adjusted for leap year) decline 8.7 percent for butter, 9.6 percent for nonfat dry milk, and 15.8 percent for dry whey, but was about the same for cheese. Higher wholesale dairy product prices were cited as the likely factor contributing to the relatively low commercial use.

“Changing price relationships have likely contributed to the increase in cheese exports and the decrease in cheese imports, as U.S. wholesale domestic prices have declined relative to foreign export prices,” the Outlook reported. “U.S. domestic prices for butter and NDM have also become more competitive with foreign export prices in recent months.”

Based on recent milk production data, the milk cow estimate was raised to 9.385 million head, 5,000 higher than last month’s forecast, and

the milk per cow estimate is now expected to be 35 pounds lower for the year, at 23,150 pounds per cow. With these changes, the milk production forecast for 2017 is now 217.3 billion pounds, which is 200 million pounds lower than last month.

Feed prices are still expected to be relatively low, according to the Outlook.

The 2016-17 corn price is $3.25-$3.55 per bushel, unchanged from last month’s forecast at the midpoint.

The soybean meal price forecast is $310-$330 per short ton, $10 less than last month’s forecast at the high end of the price range. The alfalfa hay price in February was $129 per short ton, $1 higher than January but $8 lower than February of last year.

The latest Crop Progress report shows 6 percent of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground, as of the week of April 16, up from 3 percent the previous week. This is half of what it was a year ago, and 3 percent behind the latest five year average.

Eight percent of the cotton is planted, up from 6 percent the week before, 1 percent ahead of a year ago but 1 percent behind the five year average.

The USDA announced the May federal order Class I base milk price at $15.20 per hundredweight. This is down 85 cents from April, but $1.50 above May 2016 and the lowest Class I price since November 2016. It equates to $1.31 per gallon, down from $1.38 a month ago and compares to $1.18 a year ago. The five-month Class I average rests at $16.47, up from $14.18 at this time a year ago and compares to $16.34 in 2015. n CME dairy prices rallied late in the post-Easter week after most had lost ground earlier. Spurred on perhaps by April 20’s Milk Production report, the block cheddar closed April 21 at $1.5450 per pound. This is up 7 cents on the day and the week, and 12.25 cents above a year ago. The barrels, after dipping to $1.3825 April 20, gained 4.5 cents the next day to close at $1.4275, unchanged on the week and a quarter-cent above a year ago.

Five cars of block were sold on the week at the CME and 38 of barrel, 22 on April 21 alone.

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“The substantial gap between organic and conventional milk prices, combined with more price stability, is driving the transition,” says Ben Laine, CoBank senior dairy economist. “We are seeing increasing herd sizes for many existing organic dairies looking to take advantage of size efficiencies and price premiums.”

Speaking of such, dairy margins deteriorated the first half of April, due primarily to weaker milk prices as feed costs held mostly steady, according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging.

“Margins remain above average from a historical perspective but have slipped below the 70th percentile of the previous decade for all but first quarter 2018,” the Margin Watch says. “Milk prices remain under pressure from a large dairy herd that is increasing domestic milk production,” however, “feed costs are expected to moderate due to their own heavy supply outlook.” n In politics, the National Milk Producers Federation gave a thumbs-up to President Trump’s April 18 Wisconsin speech where he blasted “the harmful pricing policy Canada implemented in an effort to stifle competition with the U.S.” The Federation stated it has “repeatedly stressed that trade must be fair and that all countries be held accountable when they break the rules. Canada’s repeated disregard for its dairy trade commitments to the United States has left American dairy farmers enduring the severe and unfair consequences.”

Canada’s ambassador, David MacNaughton, charged that President Trump is wrong, stating in a letter that the facts don’t bear out his claims, and he blamed U.S. over-production for the problems.

NMPF countered, “It’s absurd for the Canadian government to assert there is no relationship between its new Class 7 policy and the lost U.S. milk sales there. When customers in Canada, who have been purchasing milk products from American suppliers for years, suddenly decide to switch to domestic suppliers after Canada implements a major change in milk pricing, it is abundantly clear that the lost business incurred by U.S. farmers is directly tied to Canada’s milk pricing system. The problems this pricing policy is creating for dairy farmers in Wisconsin, New York and Minnesota are real, and they have nothing to do with overproduction.

“U.S. companies had, until recently, supplied Canadian customers during periods of relatively tight supplies and when production increased. The only change has been Canada’s deliberate pricing policy decision, starting last year in Ontario and spreading more recently to other provinces, to create a national ingredients strategy to undercut competition from the United States. Canada didn’t like U.S. farmers supplying their processors’ demand for milk

proteins, so they changed the rules of the game.

First they moved to block our exports and, even more problematic, their new pricing strategy is positioning them to further undercut global powder markets by dumping their surplus on the world market.”

NMPF warned; “This situation is not just a bilateral trade problem for the U.S. Canada’s policy change to manipulate internal prices to export more dairy ingredients globally is of great concern to other nations beyond just the U.S. and is why countries including Australia and New Zealand have also raised objections.”

Lastly, the Progressive Agriculture Organization says it will petition USDA for a national milk hearing to consider changing the method of determining the value of milk at the farm level. Pro-Ag manager, Arden Tewksbury, said they will ask USDA to consider the national average cost of producing milk, as determined by the Economic Research Service, as a starting price for all milk.

“The continued price decline at the farm level has convinced Pro-Ag that the average dairy farmer can no longer exist with the unrealistic prices they are receiving,” a Pro-Ag press release stated. “Some people are urging the ill-fated Margin Insurance Program can be improved enough to solve the dairy farmers’ financial problems. Pro-Ag takes a strong exception to the Margin Insurance Program as being the savior of dairy farmers.”

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

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to Dairy Market News. A number of recently cut-off milk producers will now be sending their milk into Midwest cheese vats due to actions by Canada (more on that ahead). Spot milk going into Class III production continues to range $1.50 to $5.00 under Class. Cheese production, in order to keep up with milk supplies, is active. Demand is generally steady to improving but inventories are long.

Cheese output in the west is also active, with abundant milk supplies. Stocks for barrels are still “sloppy, but blocks supplies are mixed,” says Dairy Market News, but “Several fast food chains are making a move to use more natural cheese on their menus.” Market participants are watching to see how that will impact demand.

HighGround Dairy warned in its latest Milk and feed Market Update that “Supply side fundamentals have become increasingly bearish. Production has continued to surge in the U.S. as herds in the Southwest and Midwest have grown at an aggressive pace which has led to an abundance of milk.”

Spot butter fell to $2.0625 per pound on April 18, but closed April 21 at $2.09. This is up a quartercent on the week and 6 cents above a year ago, with 21 cars selling on the week.

Dairy Market News says butter production continues at active levels with cream available. Strongerthan-expected sales were reported from some manufacturers who expected a slowdown after spring holiday ordering, but orders remain heavy.

Western butter output is also steady. Butter makers are busy trying to find homes for the abundant supplies of milkfat. Cream is moving around the region and finding a place in churns, but often at discounted prices. Inventories are heavy. Some contacts anticipate softening butter prices in the near future however others see support coming from firm international butter prices and greater use of cream in ice cream and other Class II dairy products.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed April 21 at 85.5 cents per pound, up a penny on the week and 10.5 cents above a year ago, with five cars selling.

Thankfully, powder is moving south to Mexico where drought has taken a toll on milk output, but political tensions keep those exports under suspicion.

Getting back to fluid milk, organic is a rising start in the dairy industry, according to a post on the April 13 Agri Marketing website. Citing a CoBank news release, the post states, “Despite the current excess supply environment, rising demand points to a bright future for the U.S. organic milk industry, leading a record number of dairies to transition to organic milk production.”

“Organic milk generates the highest sales of any certified organic commodity, and steady demand growth will lift organic fluid milk market share and further stimulate product innovation,” the report states.

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USED TRACTORS

White 8222, 12-30 w/liq. fert. ......................... $42,000 ‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ......................... $85,000 NEW Massey 1726, w/loader ................................ Call White 6122, 12-30 .......................................... $12,000 New NH T4.75 w/loader......................................... Call NEW NH T9.645, w/Smart Trac ............................. Call NEW Versatile 310, FWA.............................. $157,900 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead .......................... Call NH T8.275, 495 hrs ...................................... $155,000 Fantini Pre-Owned 8-30 chopping NH 8870, FWA................................................ $49,000 cornhead ............................................................. Call ‘12 NH T9.390, approx. 850 hrs. .................. $180,000 ‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ............................. $195,000 ‘08 NH 8010 ................................................. $114,500 ‘01 Gleaner R72 ............................................. $72,500 ‘05 CIH MX210 1700 hrs ................................ $98,500 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ........................................... $105,000 ‘06 Buhler 2210 w/ auto steer........................ $92,500 Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ..................... Call Allis 180 D .........................................................$7,250 ‘12 Challenger MT 665D .............................. $155,000 ‘10 Versatile 435, 1050 hrs .......................... $150,000 New Hesston & NH Hay Tools - ON HAND ‘97 NH 8970, FWA.......................................... $50,000 Allis 185 w/ cab ................................................... 7,800 ‘85 White 4-270, nice ..................................... $35,500 NEW Salford RTS Units ......................................... Call NEW Salford Plows................................................ Call NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders ............................. Call ‘03 Sunflower, 32’, 5-bar spike ...................... $18,000 NEW Westfield Augers .......................................... Call Sunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ......................... Call NEW REM 2700 Vac. ............................................. Call DMI 530B ............................................................... Call NEW Hardi Sprayers.............................................. Call DMI/NH 775, 7-shank .................................... $23,500 NEW Riteway Rollers ............................................. Call ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom ................................. $35,000 NEW Lorenz Snowblowers .................................... Call ‘08 JD 3710, 10-bottom ................................. $20,000 NEW Batco Conveyors .......................................... Call ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar harrow ................ $33,000 NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ........................ Call NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ................................. Call ‘07 NH 170 w/ cab ......................................... $18,900 NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ........................ Call NEW NH Skidsteers - On Hand ............................. Call REM 2700, Rental .................................................. Call NH 230 w/ cab & air ....................................... $37,900 Pre-Owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ............................. Call Pre-Owned Sprayers ............................................. Call

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PLANTERS

NEW White Planters .............................................. Call ‘04 Kinze 3600 16-30 ..................................... $42,000 ‘12 White 8186, 16-30 w/liq. fert. ................... $59,000

All Equipment available with Low Rate Financing

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Person to milk cows in a parlor, afternoon & evening shifts. Call Eau Galle, WI. (715)495-1984 Real Estate

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Sell your land or real estate in 30 days for 0% commission. Call Ray 507-339-1272 Well established liquor store for sale on Hwy. 8 in Barron, WI. $229,000 plus inventory. Contact Sue at 715417-0668 When you want your land sold, 3 words are worth 1,000 agents. Buyer pays our fee. Call for free guide and consultation.

Haas Land Brokers, 507-995-7803

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FOR SALE: NH 276 chute baler, ready to bale; NH 271 chute baler, will bale, low price machine. 320-7794583 or 320-864-4583 JD 435 round baler w/ Heartland stalk chopper, good belts, bale kicker, garage wheels, ready to bale, well maintained, good cond., always shedded. $6,500/OBO. 507-831-3356

WANTED: Land & farms. I have clients looking for dairy, & cash grain operations, as well as bare land parcels from 40-1000 acres.

Both for relocation & in- JD 568 round baler, exc vestments.

If you have cond, asking 20,000. 608-792even thought about selling 8051 contact: Paul Krueger, Farm & Land Specialist, NH round baler 648, silage Edina Realty, SW Suburban special only, 2200 bales, Office, 14198 Commerce $12,500. 920-495-0018 Ave NE, Prior Lake, MN 55372.

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Barn roofing Hip or round roof barns and other buildings. Also barn and quonset Hay & Forage Equip 031 straightening. Kelling Silo 1-800-355-2598 FOR SALE: 8x18 bale throw wagon w/ 7 ton MN, RunSILO DOORS ning gear w/ adjustable Wood or steel doors shipped pole, good cond.; Woods 3pt promptly to your farm earth auger w/ stand, 20”, stainless fasteners auger, like new, call hardware available. evenings. 507-744-2213 (800)222-5726 Landwood Sales LLC

REDUCED PRICES! TRACTORS ’13 Melroe Bobcat S570, cab/heat, 380 hrs .......... $27,900 ’15 Case IH MX250, 300 hrs ........................ $179,500 ’07 Case IH MX305, 3000 hrs ...................... $114,900 ’12 Case IH MX315, 1021 hrs ...................... $174,900 ’03 Case IH STX375 Quad, 500 Auto Steer, 3100 hrs.... $153,900 ’04 Case IH STX425, 7010-38 duals 70%, 3750 hrs ... $114,900 ’11 Case IH STX485 Quadtrac, 2300 hrs ...................... $204,900 ’91 Case 7120 MFD, 5026 hrs ........................ $48,500 ’91 Case IH 7140, 18.4-46 duals, nice ..................... $58,500

PLANTERS Case IH 1200, 16-30 Pivot Bulk Fill .................................. $46,900 Case IH 1250, 16-30 Bulk Fill scale .............................. $59,900 Kinze 3200, 12-30 liquid fertilizer .......................... $32,500 Case IH Tigermate II, 32’ 4 bar .............................. $19,900 Case IH RMX370, 28’ cusion 3 bar .............................. $26,900 COMBINES Case IH 2188, duals, nice ................................ $36,900 Case IH 2366, 2300 hrs., duals .............................. $83,500 Case IH 7010, 1075 hrs ...................... $139,900

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LOADER TRACTORS ‘04 JD 7320 Cab, MFWD, 16 spd., 741 loader, 6316

‘13 NH T8.300, 801 hrs., MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 480x50” tires & duals .........$105,000

hrs...................................................................$57,000 ‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, HID lights, front wts, fender ..................$99,000 ‘05 JD 7420, MFWD, 467 hrs., cab, air, IVT, tranny, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO w/ JD 741 self leveling loader,

COMBINES

less bucket, 18.4x42” tires.............................$62,000 ‘13 JD 670, 1294 eng/647 sep. hrs., premium cab, ‘13 JD 6170R, Cab, IVT trans, MFWD, 859 hrs., w/H380 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,

HID lights, Hitorque VSD, chopper, conturmaster, 520x42” duals ..............................................$167,000

18.4x46” duals .............................................$120,000 ‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., cm, HID lights, ‘09 NH 6070, Bi-directional, 3543 hrs., cab air, w/NH

high torque USD chopper, 520x38” duals ..$157,500

84lb loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO...................$62,500 ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., chopper, 20.8x38” duals ...............................................$55,000 ‘12 Kubota M110, Cab, MFWD, 240 hrs., w/Kubota LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO .............$55,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, ‘11 Challenger, MT 575 B, MFWD, 2242 hrs.,

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FOR SALE: 7,000 bushel Behlen Grain Dryer, Very '12 NH 195 spreader, double Stormore drying bin, $500.

Clean, No rust, No Rot, apron, hyd drive, N gate, 507-273-4206 $4,000. 715-296-2162 Pete like new, $15,500; Westfield 8x41 auger, electric motor Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. drive, exc cond, $1,950; CIH 100% financing w/no liens Farm Implements 035 900 8x30 planter, dry fert, or red tape, call Steve at Yetter trash whippers, Fairfax Ag for an appoint- 2 exhaust shields, 48x11, full shedded, $2,750/Offer; CIH ment. 888-830-7757 rnd w/ handles, $200; Can183 8x30, Libertine cult, tilever racking, 7' wide, 12' $875; Hardi navigator 1100 Used 9,000 bu bin w/ floor, tall, 3' deep, has 6 adjust sprayer, 1100 gal tank, 90' taken down, $2,000; Newer shells, $500; 6 corn meters booms, Hardi controlls, 11,000 bu bin w/ floor, for JD 7000 planter, finger $7,500 320-769-2756 $3,500. Dump pits. 507-256pick-up, good for parts or 7501 rebuilding, $450/OBO; 6 herbicide/insecticide atGrain Handling Equip 034 tachments w/ the windshield for JD 7000 planter, $100/OBO; 1 used black naFOR SALE:Used grain bins, tional air ride seat cloth, floors unload systems, stiadjustable armrests, lumrators, fans & heaters, aerbar support, air up/air ation fans, buying or selldown, $100. 952-292-2019 ing, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates!

Office THANK YOU hours 8am-5pm Monday – Friday Saturday 9am - 12 for reading noon or call 507-697-6133 THE LAND! Ask for Gary

chopper, 520x42” duals ...............................$149,000

ML98 loader ...................................................$75,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals .................................$72,500 ‘94 FH 6640 SLE, MFWD, cab, loader ..............$25,000 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker,

TRACK TRACTORS

‘14 CIH 380 MAG row trac cut, 290 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 24” tracks, completely auto guidence equipped, suspended front, 24” belts .......................................................$195,000

chopper, chaff spreader, 520x42” duals........$52,000 ‘11 Claas Lexior, 740, 1466 eng/899 sep hrs., 4x4 520x42” duals ..............................................$109,000

TRUCKS

‘13 CIH, 380 MAG Row Trac 1178 hrs., luxury cab, full ‘02 Int 4900 DT466, auto 3060p, tandem, 666k, can have PTO, 15 1/2’ cab to axle .......................$14,500 guidance, suspended front, 24” tracks, 120 inch spacing 3 pt., 4 hyd. Hiflow, PTO ................$180,000 ‘04 Int 4300, bucket truck, 40’ reach, Auto, ‘14 CIH, 340 MAG Row Trac 287 hrs., luxury cab, remotes, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, full guidance......$195,000

4WD TRACTORS ‘12 JD 9410R, 1411 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights,

‘12 Freightliner Sprinter 3500, 15’ body, DLS, Auto ................................................................$15,900 ‘09 Freightliner Columbia II, auto shift, 410 hp., 3 axle ..............................................................$28,000

520x46” tires & duals ...................................$169,000 ‘04 Freightliner MII, bucket truck, 40’ reach, Auto, ‘10 JD 9330 1239 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4hyd powershift w/

HANCOCK, MN 56244 CALL [320] 212-5220 OR [320] 392-5361

PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT ‘15 JD 635FD Flex Draper, Poly Tine Reel, (Optional Conveyor Auger), Short Dividers ... $69,500 ‘15 JD 635FD Flex Draper, Flip-Over Reel, Dual Knife Drive, Optional Folding Long Dividers .......... $64,900 ‘15 JD 612C (12R30”) Non-Chopping Corn Head, Knife Rolls, Row Sense, HHS or Contour Master, NEVER USED! ......................................... $82,500 ‘14 JD 608C Non-Chopping Corn Head(8R30), Knife Rolls, HHS or Contour Master, Low Acres! ... $42,500 ‘15 JD 635FD Flex Draper, Flip-Over-Reel, Dual Knife Drive, Long Dividers..................................... $64,500

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

Fairfax, MN

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

‘14 CIH Tiger Mate 200, 50.5’ field cultivator, 4 bar coil tine harrow, nice condition........... $36,000 ‘10 CIH Magnum 305, susp. front axle, 480/80R50 duals, luxury cab, front duals, 3400 hours ................................................ $85,500 ‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 320/90R54 duals, 540/1000 PTO, 2235 hours, powertrain warranty till 9-2017 ................................................... $89,500 ‘11 CIH Magnum 190, powershift, 380/90R54 duals, 3448 hours, powertrain warranty till 02/28/2018 ................................................ $69,000

‘09 Case IH 385, 3071 hrs., 520x46” ...............$105,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘08 7230 JD, 24 spd., power quad, 4300 hrs., MFWD.............................................................$55,000 ‘14 CIH 260, 605 hrs., MFWD luxury cab, 4 hyd, 3 pt hitch, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals ..................$118,000 ‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd., PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals, MFWD .................................$110,000 ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires & duals.....$115,000 ‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,

423k ................................................................$29,000 ‘96 FL80 Cummins, Allison Auto w/ PTO 4x4, 88k ..................................................................$26,000

CRAWLER DOZERS ‘04 Cat D610XL, 6659 hrs., w/ cab air, 6 way blade, & winch ..............................................................$85,000 ‘08 CatD4K LGP, 2180 hrs., 6 way blade ............$77,000 ‘10 JD 850J LGP, 2926 hrs., cab air, 6 way blade ..............................................................$99,500 ‘08 Case 1150k, 1265 hrs., cab air, 6 way blade ..............................................................$77,000

EXCAVATORS

380x46” tires & duals .....................................$59,000 ‘13 JD 290 GLC, 2271 hrs., w/ aux hyd., hyd. Thumb,

‘10 JD 7630 MFWD, IVT trans., 380/90R50 singles, 2700 hours ................................... $76,000 ‘13 Yetter 3546, 46’ folding rotary hoe ... $14,800

‘13 CIH 290, 1250 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, big pump, 480

front duals, 480x50” .....................................$119,000 ‘07 JD 350 DLC, 5946 hrs., w/ hyd. Thumb, ‘13 NH 8360, 940 hrs., MFWD, leather seats, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, auto steer complete, 480x50” rear

‘12 JD 2410, 33’ chisel plow, tru-depth standards on 12” spacing, nice condition ................. $28,000

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Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291 www.keithbodeeq.com

50” bkt ..........................................................$145,000

tires & duals .................................................$119,000

38” bkt ..........................................................$115,000 ‘15 Komotsu PC, 138 US LC-10, 1038 hrs., 30” bkt, like new machine ..................................................$99,000

LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179

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

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘14 JD 630F Hydraflex, HHS in Rigid Mode, High-Dam or Low-Dam, Warranty, NEVER USED! ........ .............................................................. $34,500

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

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diff lock, 480x50” tires & duals, 85% .............$155,00 ‘12 Pete 587 Cummins, 13 spd, 72” sleeper, 406k ................................................................$40,000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs., powershift, diff lock, HID ‘09 Columbia, 120 Day Cab Detroit, 105 gal, lights 480x50” tires & duals .........................$128,000

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suspended frt axle, 18” tracks, 76” spacing, 6 hyd

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'05 DMI Tiger 2, 34.5' digger FOR SALE: '89 Pete 379 semi, new rubber, good w/ 4 bar harrow, sound truck, $8,000; JD 893 $16,000/OBO; 12 Kinze no 8R30 cornhead, new sprocktill coulters w/ floating ets, chains, $12,000; JD 925 trash whippers, $200/each; bean head, $4,000; '12 12 Kinze seed box extenWoods S20CD stalk chopsions, $10/each. 507-456-0771 per, like new, less than 1000 acres, $12,000. 651-792-6518 '07 JD 9330, 1,800 hrs. no PTO. $130,000 641-640-0453 FOR SALE: 12 Yetter trash whippers; 21' Yetter rotary 1952 JD G snow plow, $4,600. hoe. 763-682-4462 920-987-5276 FOR SALE: 1954 70 JD, narrow front, restored, excelBush Hog 8' off-set disc, lent. 507-649-0963 $2,500; Oliver 4-16" semimounted plow trip bottoms, FOR SALE: 1964 706 Dsl, $450. Call 715-474-6660 good rubber, chains, rock box, 3pt, 3 outlet, great Case IH 600 blower, $3,850; bend loader, 82” bucket, 1 Bale GEHL 7200 green feed new battery meade cab, chopper, $6,850. 608-214-1859 wide front, 8200 hrs, $7,500.

507-931-1769 FOR SALE: '82 4640 QR, SALE: 2 GEHL 7000 hrs, Firestone 42” rub- FOR Grinder/Mixers, like new ber, $25,000; 7200 JD condition, scale, 540 PTO, planter, vacuum, front fold, call for more info; also a dry fert, $13,000; Case IH Schute's Rock Rack, 14' 540 8250 12' haybine, $3,500. 763PTO. 320-360-4927 218-2797

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FOR SALE: 2000 CIH CX100 FOR SALE: Batco 13-35 belt conveyor, electric & hyd MFD, cab, hour meter drive, $5,450; JD 4555 MFW shows 2635 hrs., 18.4x34 tractor, PS, 3hyd, 8,800 hrs, tires, new, 14.9x24, 50%, 18.4x46 w/ duals, $32,500; 3pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 re'69 JD 3020 D tractor, Synmotes, $24,900. 507-525-0642 chroshift, 2hyd, JDWF, 18.4x34 at 90%, $9,500; JD FOR SALE: 2013 Bobcat 72” 7000 8x30 planter, liq fert, finish mower, for Tool Cat Yetter trash whippers, or 4-wheel steer Bobcat, $3,500; Demco conquest like new condition, $3,750. spayer, 1100 gal, 90' boom 320-238-2269 320x46 tires, $7,450. 320-7692756 FOR SALE: 8600 30' International air seeder; 1974 GMC 6500 v8 tandem truck w/ FOR SALE: Fantini chopping 8R & 12R CH; 70' convey all grain & fertilizer Elmer drag, Merritt alum tender; Land runner, 42', hopper grain trailers; '89 nitrogen applicator w/ suIH 1680 combine; 24R30” per cooler; JD 42' 960 cultiJD pl on Kinze bar; Big A vator; JD 45' 980 cultivator, floater; 175 Michigan ldr; call evenings. 218-437-8120 IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708 CH & parts; White plows & FOR SALE: 970 Gehl silage parts; (3) 4WD drive pickbox, chopped less than 10 ups ('78-'80); JD 44' field acreage corn silage per cult; 3300 Hiniker field year; 13.938 tractor tires; cult; IH 260 backhoe; 240 International utility header trailer. 507-380-5324 tractor; Polled Hereford beef cattle. 320-282-4846

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FOR SALE: 20' mounted JD FOR SALE: JD 566 round NEW MANDAKO rotary hoe, $900. 507-327baler w/ net wrap, 9,602 15 Ft Pull Type Land Roller, 1948 bales. 507-461-2943 Hydraulic Turn...........$15,900 FOR SALE: JD 2 bottom FOR SALE: JD 7300 12R30 20 Ft Hyd Turn.......... $19,700 Several New & Used planter, Hardi sprayer w/ plow, 3pt, $800; IH 12' grain 60' boom, tall tires, REM, Mandako Land Rollers 34-40drill w/ grass seed, $1,200; 42-46 Ft On Hand Can Del 1026 grain vac, 20' Aloway IH model 100 manure Dealer 319-347-6282 stalk chopper, 1000 RPM, spreader, $800; AC model C gravity box, w/ poly seed narrow or wide front, new We buy auger. 320-583-6967 motor, restored, $2,000; Salvage Equipment 218-739-5339 Parts Available FOR SALE: NH 7230 disHammell Equip., Inc. cbine, Kuhn RW1600 bale FOR SALE: JD 328 baler w/ (507)867-4910 wrapper, JD 467 round 40 thrower, exc cond, baler, 10 calf huts. 507-995$8,500; (2) steel bale racks, Tractors 036 0818 $500/ea; NH 782 chopper, 1000 RPM, elec control, 2R Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re- '14 Versatile 260, 16spd, Dual adjustment w/ cornhead & pair Repair-TroubleshootReady, Only 400 Hrs, 4 windrow pickup, very good, ing Sales-Design Custom SCV's, $110,000. 715-234-1993 $2,500. 218-462-2196 hydraulic hose-making up '93 JD 7700 tractor, cab to 2” Service calls made.

FOR SALE: JD 594 fide deair/heat, 2WD, 42" rubber STOEN'S Hydrostatic Serlivery rake, good cond, w/factory duals, PS, 1-ownvice 16084 State Hwy 29 N $300; Ford Baler series 504I er. Would consider smaller Glenwood, MN 56334 320small squares, good worktractor in trade, asking 634-4360 ing order, always shedded, $25,000. (608)792-8051 $2,500; NH hay bine, 472, 7', New Haybuster #3106 rock AC 2R snap coupler corn picker, rakes & picks rocks new sickle & sickle guards, planter, dry fertilizer, in1 pass, $27,900 list, Sell rollers in good cond, always secticide, manual, disc shedded, $2,800. 651-210-9371 $20,500. Trade? 320-543-3523 opener, field ready, $1,250.

715-377-2655 FOR SALE: '05 JD 8520T, 3600 hrs, 30” tracks, 3PT, PTO, excellent condition, $99,900; 1830 CIH 12-30” row cultivator, $5,000; CIH 5300 grain drill, 24' tandem units, $8,000; Seed vac w/ 2 sec. gravity box, $3,000; 3pt forklift, 3 stage 20' reach w/ 4x8 platform, $2,000. 507240-0294 FOR SALE: '06 Buhler Versatile 2210, 2115 actual hrs, MFWD, super steer, new eng w/ full factory warranty at 1975 hrs, front & rear duals, full set of wgts, absolute exc cond. 507-251-6163 FOR SALE: '67 JD 3020 gas, JDWF, 3pt, 6200 hrs, Vaughn ldr w/ fender controls, $6,995; JD 6300, 6200 hrs, Quad Trans, ROPS & canopy, $14,400. 320-543-3523 FOR SALE: '87 JD 3150 MFWD, 95HP, 7,393 hrs, one owner, $18,000. Call 608863-5704 FOR SALE: Case IH 7120 tractor, duals, front weights, good shape, 4 speed reverse. 507-427-3561 FOR SALE: IH 826 hydro w/ WL42 Westendorf loader; IHB Farmall tractor;DMI 300 BU gravity wagon; M&W 200 BU gravity wagon. 507-350-9580 FOR SALE: JD 4450, 1986 2WD, PS, 18.4-42 Firestone deep tread tires & duals, 3hyd, 3pt, front weights, 6011 hrs., exc cond. 218-2056357, Rothsay, MN

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FOR SALE: JD 8400 MFWD tractor, under 5000 original hrs, nice condition, asking $86,000. 507-227-2602 FOR SALE: Kelber 9.5x42” 9-bolt duals w/JD hubs, 90% + rubber. (507) 381-6719 JD 4755 w/ 7090 hrs, 15spd, power shift, 18.4 x 46 rear tires w/ axle mount duals, $33,000. 715-684-9231 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

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NH 8670 FWA, Supersteer, Mega Flow hyds, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 5447 hrs, 14.9x46 rears w/duals, 14.9x28 fronts, $51,000/OBO FOR SALE: 18' Glencoe field Spraying Equip 041 (or best offer). (320)220cultivator, hyd folding 1481 wings, w/ harrow, 3pt, $350; '11 Agchem Rogator, Eng hrs 861, '11 RG1396 CAT C200 gal poly tank, $30. 952Planting Equip 038 9, 311 EHP Rexroth Hydro 442-4259 trans Mich 380/90R46 F85%, FOR SALE: 1600-gal 4-wheel FOR SALE: 30' spike tooth Viper Pro Controller SS harrow, Pepin 30' hyd lift, nurse tank, stainless steel Tank, 1300 gal 120' Boom, 5 section heavy duty drag, 7 section shutoffs Chemical w/ brakes. $1,750; Ag En$900. (507) 380-3138 terprises 700-gal., 40-ft. ApEducator 20" spacing on plicator, 15 discs, John Blue Center, Foam markers 4455 pump. $4,995; John FOR SALE: 40' Noble spring Raven Smartrax Raven tooth drag, $500. 507-327Blue 4955 takeoff pump.

ACC Boom Norac Auto Hgt, 1948 Like new with Fast drive 3" High Cap Pump, 2" & 3" wheel, $900. (507) 381-6719.

Flow Meters, Multiflier dry John Deere #726 30 Ft box, Set up for liquid or dry FOR SALE: JD 7100 corn Finisher Good Blades Real fert. $249,900. Call or text soybean planter, 6R30” w/ 605-595-2408 Good Best Offer. Mandako insecticide box hyd mark20 Ft Land Roller Hyers, Dicky John Monitor, in draulic Turn Heavy Duty very good condition, Model. 319-347-2349 Can Del $3,600/OBO. 701-403-3360

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JD 1780 16-31R planter, MaxUsed parts for IH 720 Emerge Plus, Flexfold, plows, toggle/auto reset. vacuum hopper, 3 bu box, ½ price of new or less. fold-over markers, mechanWe ship anywhere. ical drive, ½ width disconCall Maple Valley Farms nect, heavy down pressure, Randy Krueger no-till coulters, 31x13.5-15 (715)250-1617 tires, drawbar hitch, Truvee openers, walking gauge whls, rubber tire closing Machinery Wanted 040 whls, Seed Star monitor w/ brown box & tractor harness, will operate on com- All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chispetitive tractors, $24,000. els, field cults, planters, 507-430-5144 soil finishers, cornheads, JD 7000, 8R30" Rows, Dry feed mills, discs, balers, Fert, Corn & Bean Meters, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 $6,500. 715-234-1993

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WANTED TO BUY: JD Mod- FOR SALE: '95 Mono Van FOR SALE: Best Way 300- FOR SALE: Demco pull type TopAir 1100 sprayer, new gal 3-pt sprayer, 40-45' Trailer, 53'-102” air ride, 2 sprayers, 1000 gal, 50' el 30 or AC Model 72 or 90 Raven SCS 440 monitoring #7336 Discovator/Finisher booms, w/ 3000 controller, curb side doors, 3-1500 gal boom, new hyd pump, Pull-type combines in any system & liq control valves, (2006) Double Fold Hyd Garmin GPS donut, $1,000. poly tanks, mixing cone, 2” $4,500; 60' flat fold fast condition. 507-838-7580 60' boom; hyd driven Disc Gang Real Good Will (507) 381-6719.

Briggs & Stratton pump, sprayer boom, $800.

507-662pump, 1100 gal tank w/ 200 Rent. Mandako 34 Ft Land $8,000.

507-327-1948 5596 WANTED: 24', 7 knife anhygal rinse tank. Good to exc.

Roller 3 Section Like New. drous bar. Call 507-831-3356 cond, $8,500. 507-380-6001 319-347-6138 Can Deliver

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Medium available. Fox Valley Alfalheifers. 608-792-9423 or 608squares or round bales. Defa Mill.

920-853-3554 788-6258 livery available. LeRoy FOR SALE OR LEASE Ose, call or text: 218-689REGISTERED BLACK FOR SALE: MN 13-ton 6- FOR SALE: Fresh young 6675 ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & wheel gear w/16' new bale cows & heifers. From a yearlings; bred heifers, rack on 12-inch I-beams, closed herd over 30k milk, calving ease, club calves & $3,500. (507) 381-6719 & 135k SEC. Eau Galle, WI. balance performance. Al Steve Weinzirl (715)495-1984 sired. In herd improvement Open pollinated seed corn program. J.W. Riverview outproduces hybrids for Fresh Holstein heifers and Angus Farm Glencoe, MN silage, $67/Bu + shipping. cows, Some Jersey cross 55336 Conklin Dealer 320217-857-3377 also, reasonably priced, 864-4625 free delivery.

608-214-0600 SEED CORN SALE! Yield FOR SALE: 20 Young Angus leading conventional hycows. Due in May. 608-792brids just $129.50. RR/GT, WANTED TO BUY: Dairy 9423 or 608-788-6258 heifers and cows. 320-235Double Stack & Triple 2664 Stack corns available. Combine with “KLEENACRES” FOR SALE: Performance solutions program & save Cattle 056 tested Charolais & Red $100 to $150 per acre input Angus bulls, complete costs. Free catalog: 320- Bulls 12 Black Polled Simperf. info, scan data, fer237-7667 or mental & Sim/Angus, long tility tested & guaranWWW.KLEENACRES.COM yearlings, exc quality, good teed, volume discounts disposition, EZ calving, avail, delivery avail, birth wgts as low as 53 lbs, backed by 54 yrs of seedLivestock 054 service sires: Upgrade, stock production. WakeDream On, Final Answer, field Farms, New RichFOR SALE: Black Angus Coneallys Capitalist, $1,995 land, MN, call Kyle 507bulls also Hamp, York, & for choice.

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‘13 JD 4630, 1082 Hrs, 90’ Boom, TC (H) ‘12 JD 4730, 1330 Hrs, 100’ HTA ................................... $142,900 Boom, 800 Gal SS Tank ..... $139,900

(N) ‘08 JD 2210, 45.5’, Touch Set ‘14 NH T8 .360, 128 hrs. MFWD Depth control ..................$31,500 w/ suspension ..............$179,900

(N) ‘13 JD 4830, 384 Hrs, 90’ Boom, (OS) ‘13 JD DB60, 24 Row 30” 1000 Gal SS Tank .............. $234,900 Liq Fert .........................$174,900

(OS) ‘14 CIH 1255, 24 Row 30” (OW) ‘11 JD 8360R, 2445 Hrs, Liq Fert .........................$159,900 IVT, ILS .........................$184,900 “Where Farm and Family Meet”

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TRACTORS 2013 JD 6125M, MFWD, 24 Spd. Pwr. Quad, Cab, 160 Hrs. ………..$74,900 IH 1066 Open StaƟon, Duals, IH 2350 Ldr, Bale Spear, 8,900 hrs. .$13,900 JD 4450, Cab, 2WD, Quad Range, 140 PTO Hp…………………………….$32,900

HAY EQUIPMENT JD 1219 MOCO, Sickle CuƩer, Urethane Rolls, Good CondiƟon ….$4,500 JD 820 MOCO, Sickle CuƩer, Urethane Rolls, Good CondiƟon ……$8,500 JD 530 Round Baler, 5Ō Bales, 540 PTO Drive……………………………..$3,800 JD 458 Round Baler, 4x5 Bales, Twine/Net Wrap, Bale Ramps …..$18,900 JD 568 Round Baler, 5x6 Bales. Twine Tie Only, Push Bar…………..$17,900

SKID STEER LOADERS 2014 JD 320E, Cab w/ Heat/AC, Foot Controls, 2 Speed .……………$24,900 2013 JD 333E Track Loader, Cab Heat/AC, JoysƟck, 2 Speed………$49,900 2012 JD 320D, Cab w/Heat/AC, Foot Controls, 2 Speed……………..$28,900 2005 JD 320, Open StaƟon, Foot Controls, 1700 hrs…………………..$15,500

LAWN & GARDEN TRACTORS AND ZERO TURN MOWERS 2013 JD X360, 22 HP, 54” Deck, Pwr. Steering & LiŌ ………………….$3,695 2010 JD X534, 25 HP, 48” Deck, 4 Wheel Steer, Pwr. Steer/LiŌ …$4,695 2006 JD X720, 25 HP EFI, 54” Deck, 3pt, 540 PTO, 385 Hrs. ……….$6,495 2014 JD X730, 25 HP EFI, 60 HC Deck, 2WD, 170 Hrs. .……………….$8,495 , , , $ , 2016 JD Z930M Commercial Z, 26 HP Kohler, 60” Deck, 238 Hrs..$7,395 2015 JD Z997R Commercial Z, 37 HP Diesel, 72” Deck, 268 Hrs. ..$15,900 2015 JD Z997R Commercial Z, 37 HP Diesel, 72” Deck, 268 Hrs. ..$15,900

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This week’s Back Roads was written by The Land Managing Editor Paul Malchow.

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Saving o’ the green

or nearly nine decades, birdies have been a feature of Fort Ridgely State Park in Nicollet County. And while robins, bluebirds, finches and thrashers can be found throughout the park’s 500 acres, it’s another kind of birdie which has been attracting a lot of attention as of late.

For about 90 years, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has operated a nine-hole golf course on the Fort Ridgely property.

Course conditions have always leaned on the rustic side to curtail maintenance costs. But the course has a loyal troupe of golfers who enjoy the pastoral setting.

In the spring of 2016, the DNR announced it could no longer afford to operate the course and planned to cover the greens and fairways with native vegetation, upgrade camping facilities and highlight the park’s horseback riding.

A local citizens group and the city of Fairfax scrambled to change the DNR’s mind — invoking legislative action to keep the golf course operating.

After much hand-wringing on one side and bureaucratic stiff-arming on the other, the course will remain in operation.

Recently, the DNR and city of Fairfax Golf Course Advisory Board have created a five-year lease which will allow the course to be reopened and operated by the city of Fairfax. The contract calls for Fairfax to pay rent for the course and pay a percentage of sales to the DNR. Pending legislative approval, visitors to the golf course will not have to buy a state park permit, alcohol sales will be permitted at the clubhouse, and golf carts will be allowed if OK’d by the State Historical Preservation Office.

While this arrangement may be unusual in Minnesota state parks, it is not unprecedented. The state leases the golf course at Fort Snelling State Park to Minneapolis, which staffs and maintains the course.

For those not inclined to golf, Fort Ridgely State Park features wooded ravines and open meadows on the north bluff of the Minnesota River Valley. Popular with campers and horseback riders, the bluffs over-

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looking the Minnesota River offer displays of prairie wildflowers and grasses. Hawks and bald eagles can be seen riding the warm air thermals that rise from the river valley below. A modern campground offers 22 level, grassy sites (15 with electricity) with flush toilets and showers. A separate nine-site campground with just the basics is also available. The park also offers three walk-in campsites for backpackers, a primitive group camp and a 25-unit horse campground. Twelve miles of the park’s trail system are available to horseback riders from spring to fall, and to snowmobilers in the winter. There are over four miles of scenic trails groomed for skiers during the snow season.

Fort Ridgely was built in 1853 as a U.S. military garrison on Minnesota’s frontier. The Minnesota Historical Society’s Interpretive Center at the fort site contains exhibits and information about garrison life and the people and events surrounding Fort Ridgely during the 1850s and ’60s. The old fort site, with five acres of land, was purchased by the State of Minnesota in 1896 to create a memorial to the participants of the Dakota Conflict at Fort Ridgely. v