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When looking at markets across the Political woes are not confined to the board, two similarities seem to stand out. national level. Much closer to home, Production is up and prices are not. county coffers are already squeezed payFarmers are exploring all available ing off debt and providing services manoptions to get the most out of their increddated by federal and state government. ible investments of land, machinery and Road and bridge projects keep being production costs. Technological advancepushed back for lack of funds. In outstate ments in genetics, precision planting, areas, these counties depend on real robotics and animal health help farmers estate taxes to float the boat. And much achieve their goals; but these tools come of that real estate is ag land. LAND MINDS at a price and growers continue to walk It seems to me we have this enormous By Paul Malchow that fine line of receiving enough return U.S. economic juggernaut — agriculture to rationalize the investment. — barely surviving on a year-by-year And in most cases, these investments basis, being forced to make serious are long-range in nature. Equipping a long-term decisions when situations dairy with a robotic milking system is beyond producers’ control can change not going to pay for itself in a year or two. at the drop of a hat. The tightrope isn’t just being Machinery costs make a home mortgage pale in walked by farmers. Millions … no, billions of peocomparison and lenders are not going to give a ple’s lives will be affected if we fall. And there is no 30-year fixed rate on a combine. Farmers gamble safety net. every year the weather will hold, livestock will So what do we do? Whistle by the graveyard, hopavoid disease, and the family will remain healthy. ing demand for product miraculously increases as Most importantly, farmers gamble there will be we produce more and more? Grain experts say there someone willing to buy what they grow. is still a fair amount of the 2016 crop yet unsold Farm organizations such as corn and soybean and we are mere months away from another hargrowers associations, beef and pork councils, all vest. Can we really eat more beef, pork and poultry? agree their commodities need to develop more mar- Can other countries (new markets) which don’t have kets. All indications point to these new markets the wealth of the United States suddenly incorpobeing other countries. rate more imported meat into their diets? But other countries are ramping up their agriculGreater minds may already be at work answering tural operations as well. Brazil is looking at record these questions. We leap to rescue the banks and corn and soybean crops. China has the land, manthe auto industry. There may be some magic pill out power, and now the wealth to be a major influence there somewhere which would rescue the agriculin the world ag market. Neither of these countries ture industry as well. But I’m not seeing it. have the production capabilities and infrastructure I personally believe we don’t just need new marto move product like the United States, but they are kets. We need new crops. We need new products as eager as we are to find new markets for their developed from those crops. Ethanol and biodiesel wares. were boons for corn and soybeans, but we just grow Muddying the world market picture even more is more and grain prices remain low. One in every four political climate. U.S. relations with our nearest pigs raised in the United States is currently exportneighbors teeters somewhere between tolerable and ed. Is it realistic to expect more — especially when troublesome. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is China’s pork machine gets up and running? exploring the dismantling and/or de-funding of proWe have the talent, the work ethic and the experigrams across the board. The Affordable Health Care ence of our nation’s farmers at our disposal. Let’s Act is drawing lots of attention these days, but the help them be successful. impact of a looming farm bill will be even greater Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. for producers and consumers alike. He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com.
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‘Are you busy?’ can be loaded question for farm wives It’s a question many a In my speaking travels, I farm wife has heard over met a woman who told me the years. It’s an honest her husband was having question, and yet it stirs up trouble getting his arm into a little consternation when the business end of a sow to her husband comes in while pull her pigs, so he asked she’s clearly busy working her if she would do it. She on something and asks her, was grossed out at the “Are you busy?” thought, but she mustered up all of her courage to It can be a rather threatenTABLE TALK stick her arm in there that ing feeling since we don’t first time, because she knew By Karen Schwaller always know what kind of her smaller arm would help is needed, how long our probably get the job done. help will be needed, what we’ll smell like when we come back in, I’m pretty sure I would have hurled or if we’ll still be friends after working right there on the spot. together. (Oh, the hog loading stories ...) Her husband tried to encourage her Whenever my husband asks for my by saying, “Just think of them as $50 help, I often think of a conversation bills.” She told him she didn’t mind we once had while out traveling. I saw $50 bills, but, “... these counterfeits a sign that pointed to Leavenworth, (dead pigs) have to go.” Kansas, and said, “Hey — you want to I said to her of the experience, “Well, stop and do a little hard labor while you lived to tell about it, didn’t you?” we’re out and about?” She said, “Yes I did. And so did he.” My husband replied, “We have that Oh, sometimes farmers walk a thin in Milford.” line in asking for their wives’ help.
I understood that. I was her more than three decades earlier, and I grew up on a farm. Coming second is the nature of the beast — especially if there is a crop to plant or harvest, or hay to bale and put away before the rain. Farm babies in the barn take precedence over everything, as do livestock chores, which never go away. In time, she understands that. When she works her first ground she’ll understand what her farmer feels when he’s out there in his own little slice of heaven. I said to her, “You just need to be patient with that.” I didn’t have the heart to tell her she’ll really come in third. No farm wife I know ever ranked ahead of her husband’s pair of pliers. And she better bring a pair with her outside when he asks her if she’s busy. She’ll probably need them while doing her share of the hard labor out there. Karen Schwaller can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v
Letter: Sen. Klobuchar, listen to beginning farmers To the Editor: I live with my family and raise fruits and vegetables in Oronoco, Minn. As a beginning farmer, I understand the need for access to credit and think that Farm Service Agency loans are critical to the farm economy, as they allow loans to be given to smaller
or beginning farmers when banks don’t want to lend to them. As a small farmer, I also see the need for these loans to have limits. Otherwise, banks would likely lend the entirety of the set pool of money to the largest farms over operations managed by small and beginning farmers like myself. Of
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Farm women abide by a lot of unwritten rules. “Everything else comes first” is often the first and foremost one, as she learns to stop what she’s doing to help outside. She sorts and loads livestock, keeps track of the breeding schedule, runs farm equipment, learns how to vaccinate and knows not to hesitate when she hears, “Call the vet!” She learns that an open gate can only bring bad news, and does the housework whenever she’s not at her job in town, in the field or out in the livestock yards. She keeps the records, the books and the peace. A young girl I know who grew up in town was dating a farm hand and was beginning to understand the constraints that farm life can place on relationships. There is always something that needs to be done, and 5 p.m. is a far cry from quitting time. After all, the sun is still out. When we were once visiting about farm life, she asked, “Will I always come second?”
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course, that would defeat the whole point of the program. There are currently two FSA loan programs: direct loans where the government itself lends you the money; and guaranteed loans, where a bank lends the money with the government guaranteeing payment. Currently, the limit on FSA direct loans is $300,000 each for operating loans and ownership loans used to buy land. With rising land prices, beginning farmers need this limit to be raised so they can purchase land and start new farms that are vital to our communities. Yet there is no reason to raise the limit for FSA guaranteed loans, which are already high at $1.39 million. Therefore, I was surprised to see that Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is usually a champion of beginning farmer issues, cosponsored a bill last year (S.3229) that increased FSA direct loan limits, but also almost doubled the limits on FSA guaranteed loans, raising them to $2.5 million for both ownership and operating loans. The average FSA guaranteed loan size in Minnesota during 2016 was only $282,447 for operating loans and $434,336 for ownership loans, nowhere close to the current limit of $1.39 million. What kind of farms are asking for
taxpayers to guarantee loans over $1.3 million? These large loans aren’t for beginning farmers, but a way to allow big banks to provide the biggest operators with even greater funding than they already do, leaving taxpayers on the hook for all the risk. This allows mega-farmers and corporate-backed confinement livestock owners to expand even more, driving up land prices and giving them an unfair advantage over beginning farmers like myself. Why is Senator Klobuchar listening to banks over the interests of beginning farmers who need this money? After organizations like the Land Stewardship Project and Minnesota Farmers Union raised objections last year, the bill did not move forward. Yet I hear that Sen. Klobuchar is still planning on cosponsoring a similar bill that could appear in Congress any day. Why doesn’t she drop the idea of raising the limits on FSA guaranteed loans and focus instead on direct loan limits? Farmers’ access to credit is important, but taxpayers shouldn’t back banks’ multimillion-dollar investments in risky large operations. Senator Klobuchar needs to decide if she is a champion for beginning farmers or the banks. She can’t be both. Erik Tryggestad Oronoco, Minn.
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next five years to add 900 stores to the 1,600 stores it already operates in 35 American states. Its German counterpart, Lidl, just opened its initial 10 U.S. stores. Still, Amazon bought Whole Foods because it sees a new path to profit. Already on that path is the 60 percent of all millennial-aged Americans — people who have reached adulthood since the turn of the century — who use the e-platform to buy everything from laundry detergent to energy bars. As such, Amazon doesn’t need to reinvent the grocery store, it only has to reinvent the grocery cart. Only two percent of today’s $700 billion in annual grocery store sales are made online. Market experts predict that figure will explode to $100 billion by 2027. Big food retailers like Walmart, Kroger, and Safeway hope to share in that growth. To date, however, none have had much success in figuring out how to get their customers out of packed parking lots, crowded stores, and long checkout lines to buy most of their groceries online. Amazon might. Besides, having already paid for Whole Foods in one day on Wall Street, it has nothing to lose in trying. It only has billions — many, many billions — to gain. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. v
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When Jeff Bezos, the founder, chairAnytime anyone, including Jeff Bezos, man, and CEO of giant online retailer steps into grocery retailing, they conAmazon.com, Inc., paid $250 million front problems unique to selling food. for the money-losing Washington Or, as one market analysis firm told Post in 2013, market analysts the Wall Street Journal in reviewing downplayed the purchase as little the Amazon-Whole Foods deal, “The more than a bored techie billionaire entire fulfillment process is more comusing pocket change to buy a hobby. plex and time consuming from the They were wrong. Bezos buys busimoment a grocery shipment arrives … FARM & FOOD FILE nesses, not hobbies. [There’s] the need for refrigeration and By Alan Guebert factors such as expiration dates, smell, By 2015, the Post had turned a profit. and color…” And, of course, price. In 2016, the newspaper announced it would hire 60 more journalists, making Even if you successfully navigate the it the third largest newspaper (behind ordering, transporting, storing, pricing, the New York Times and the Wall and timeliness issues, there’s the cusStreet Journal) in the United States. tomer issue: grocery selling remains an incredibly Some of the same market analysts are now down- crowded, highly competitive business. Two years ago there were an estimated 262,800 food stores in playing Bezos’ latest leap into another business the United States — a 15 percent increase in just known for its low margins, steep competition, and the last decade. fickle customers. These naysayers see Amazon’s recent $13.7 billion move to buy upscale grocer Many of these “new” marketplaces are “old” stores Whole Foods Market Inc. as a risky bet on a tough — like the big box retailer Target and retail pharmabusiness slogging through another of its periodic cy Walgreens — that now sell food basics like milk, flat markets. bread, and canned foods. Others, like Whole Foods, Maybe, but the “Bezos Effect,” the boss’s legendary were upscale specialty retailers that expanded rapidMidas touch, helped turn the Whole Foods deal into ly (Whole Foods now has 460 stores) to chase a growgold in less than a day. After Wall Street learned of ing generation of affluent, urban shoppers. the buyout June 16, Amazon’s share price rose from And the crowded field is about to get more crowdan already-fat $964 to an even fatter $988. The rise ed. Earlier this month, German supermarket giant ballooned the company’s value by $15.6 billion to Aldi announced plans to spend $5 billion over the effectively pay for the entire Whole Foods purchase and bank an extra $2 billion in less than 12 hours. Now that’s bringing home the bacon. Still, the retail grocery business is a minefield compared to Amazon’s online distribution business.
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Tatanka corridor is rich in culture, history, beauty By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer MORTON, Minn. — The Minnesota River was carved into the landscape by the massive glacial River Warren between 11,700 and 9,400 years ago at the end of the last ice age in North America. Of Dakota language origin, the name Minnesota means “sky-tinted water or cloudy-sky water” as shown by the milk-brown color its waters take on when at flood stage. Fast forward to 2017 and the Tatanka Bluffs Corridor is the name for a 40-mile stretch of the historic river reaching from the Upper Sioux Agency in Granite Falls to the Lower Sioux Agency in Morton. “You have a geographic paradise rich in natural and cultural assets just waiting to be discovered,” said Dennis Frederickson, regional director of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Renville County Historical Society Nicole Elzenga is executive director of the Renville County Historical Society in Morton. A move to a larger, permanent building has generated a vast display of history, clothing, kitchen equipment, military uniforms and other memorabilia. The museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and also on Saturdays in June, July and August. “We now have a history of all 10 towns and 26 townships that make up Renville County,” said Elzenga. Adjacent to the Society headquarters sits a church originally built in Beaver Falls. A rustic red, oneroom country school, typical of early generations for rural students, is also nestled here. Elzenga’s eyes smiled, “Once inside, visitors, especially the browser-type, dilly dally the longest in our research library in the museum. Some tell me they found news clippings, photos and articles dating their families back to the 1890s.”
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Just north of the museum is the Birch Coulee Battlefield, the site of a fierce battle during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Markers offer accounts of the battle from an Army captain and a Mdewakanton (Dakota) warrior. “Our scenery and native history is unique,” said ElzCheyanne St. John enga. “Just a few miles down the road is Fort Ridgely, scene of the Civil War and headquarters of the U.S. militia in this epic battle with the Dakota Indian tribe. The original stone fort dates to 1853. It has been reconstructed along with the commissary building.” Fort Ridgely was the training ground for Civil War recruits and was attacked twice during the U.S.Dakota War of 1862. Dakota culture Across the Minnesota River from Morton is the 1,700-acre Lower Sioux Indian Community which is populated by about 1,150 at-large members with about half living within the 10-mile service area. This is also home for Jackpot Junction Casino. Prairie West Casino in Granite Falls, sits at the upper end of Tatanka Bluffs Corridor. The Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site on County Highway 2 was originally built in 1853 by the U.S. government. Today this agency represents Dakota culture and history. The site is open on weekends, Fridays to Sundays, from Memorial Day through the first weekend of October.
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Cheyanne St. John is the Tribal Historical Preservation Office site manager. “We focus primarily on the Dakota culture and Dakota history sharing and telling the different histories associated with the U.S. and the Dakota War including both government and Indian policy associated with that time era,” he said. Visitors to the agency come from far and wide. In recent years they have had visitors from Sweden. During the 1850s and 1860s, many settlers were from Sweden. So each year their descendents make this a stop as part of their American travel agenda. St. John is native Dakota born in Minneapolis. But her grandfather, Ernest Wabasha, was born in this community. His great-great-grandfather was Chief Wabasha IV. “So my ties to this area are very strong,” she said. She attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where she earned her bachelor’s degree and majored in museum studies and American Indian art history. “Each year we are breaking the previous year’s attendance here at the agency,” she said. “I think this reflects that Minnesotans and many others are wanting to learn more about the history and culture of this portion of the great Minnesota River Valley.” The Lower Sioux Agency is becoming an educational center in many ways. It has featured native seeds, gardening, archery and tradtional hunting. Visitors can explore three hiking trails with maps and historical markers. Both the Dakota language and English words are used on trail signs. “This integration of the two languages is a new chapter for us and the public. We’re excited. Visitors seem to like this additional education experience too,” said St. John. Recreation The Minnesota River Valley Master Plan was just released by the DNR. The purpose is to develop an outdoor recreation destination which promotes regional economic growth and tourism, as well as conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the valley. Civic leaders from Redwood and Renville counties, including board members of the Tatanka Bluffs Corridor, are collaborating with DNR to enhance tourism in this region. “We’ve long realized this 40-mile stretch of the Minnesota River is unique,” said Tatanka Bluffs Corridor board member Ted Suss. “We’re very much aware of the tremendous hunting, fishing, birding, hiking and biking, horseback riding, canoeing, snowmobiling and even golfing the Tatanka Bluffs Corridor provides. Plus six campsites, each adjacent to the river, make this an even more inviting visit. Working with the Lower Sioux Community and other groups to make the public even more aware of this paradise is our primary objective.” To learn more, visit www.tatankabluffs.com or www.mnrivervalleymasterplan.org. v
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photos. restored, each mural had to be meticulously cleaned. Comparing the freshness We learned that painters of the restored building, carefully worked their way furnishings and artwork through countless layers of to drab, deteriorating facpaint on the four large ets observed on past visits, murals until they found kept Grandpa and the original layer. That Grandma in awe. But color is what visitors see observing the details of a on the walls today. The classic building over 100 project cost $10,000 per years old from the perspecpainting. tive of an adolescent was completely different. The Van Lohs watched as Grandma often took in the senators took time out from Photo by Dave Van Loh their end of-term lawmakgrandeur of the complete Looming over downtown St. Paul, the Minnesota Capitol presents ing at 1 p.m. They uncovpicture while Katherine snapped countless photos a magnificent, powerful impression. ered a plaque commemoof small details that rating the Senate members caught her eye. She captured a number of the State Supreme Court. John who oversaw the renovation. The 89th of objects or scenes her grandparents LaFarge, who was known for his stained Minnesota Senate is the only group that would have missed if they were by glass creations, demonstrated varying convened in three different locations legal system concepts in the paintings. during the restoration process. themselves. The once colorful artwork had become The Van Lohs expected a quiet day for dull over the years from tobacco and Unfortunately, the plaque is not availa tour since it was Saturday. furnace smoke. Before they could be See CAPITOL, pg. 8 They had forgotten that the Legislature would be burning the midnight oil to finish the 2017 legislative year. Rain didn’t prevent sightseers from taking the 45-minute guided tour to such places as the Supreme Court, House and Senate chambers. The atmosphere was quiet upon arrival for the 10 a.m. tour; but an hour later, shouting, cheering and amplified speakers broke the calm atmosphere. A large group was lobbying for public Photo by Katherine Van Loh school funding. The capitol’s rotunda is capped with the secondFour large murals depicting largest unsupported marble dome in the world. different time periods and The largest belongs to the Basilica of St. Peter in cultures adorn the courtroom the Vatican.
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Capitol grand opening celebration will be held Aug. 11-13 CAPITOL, from pg. 8 able for visitors to see because it now hangs behind the Senate Chamber. Isolated photos can’t begin to capture the beauty and richness of the capitol after its restoration. It is something to be seen for yourself. Travelers ooh and aah over the elegant buildings in Washington, D.C., but Minnesotans can experience the same reaction to our beautiful capitol building. ST. PAUL — Minnesotans can be proud of their state capitol building. Recent renovations restored the original beauty of the Renaissance structure completed in 1905. Television viewers may be familiar with the classic backgrounds when a story shows government leaders being interviewed or when citizens gather in the rotunda to make their opinions known on an important issue. The building we recognize as Minnesota’s Capitol is the third structure to serve in that capacity. A territorial capitol was erected in the area of 10th and Cedar streets in 1853.
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This is the view looking from the Capitol’s information center in the southeast corner of the building. All the intricate paintings, like the ones in this photo, have been restored.
Expansions in 1874 and 1878 followed the Greek revival style of the original building. Unfortunately, in 1881, a fire destroyed the first seat of Minnesota government. A new building was erected at the same location in 1882. The style of this building emulated the popular Victorian design, but state government quickly learned that the building was too small for state business. Photo by Paul Malchow St. Paul architect Cass Gilbert’s experAn area of the ceiling was purposely left tise created the third edition of the untouched to demonstrate the effects of Minnesota Capitol. Nine years and $4.5 smoke and age on the paint. The paint- million later, the building opened to the ing had been touched up in the past, public on Jan. 2, 1905. The design of the but old paint was never removed. Capitol eschewed gas lighting and the Another layer was just added. building was completely outfitted with
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Farmers sidedress and clean up after storm
Corey Hanson, Gary, June 19 At Corey Hanson’s farm, they moved the beef cows and calves to the pasture on
May 29. And he’s making hay; baling began June 19. He has sprayed his wheat with herbicides and a little fungicide. He noted unevenness in emergence. He sidedressed the corn with anhydrous. Next he will start spraying the soybeans for weeds. Corey Hanson The corn, wheat and soybeans all look good. The heat has pushed the corn along, but Hanson noted that if corn matures too fast, you can lose yield. “I personally don’t think we’ll have the record yields of the last two years. We are getting back to an average year,” predicted Hanson. The area did receive storms that brought in hail and took down trees in some places, but not in others. “We’ve gotten a few spotty showers, but we’re not in the drought yet. We’re not long on moisture by any means,” Hanson said.
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On Mark Ditlevson’s corn, soybean and small grain farm, he applied the last treatment of fungicide to the spring wheat, which is all headed out. Ditlevson is a no-till farmer who also uses cover crops. Mark Ditlevson “We interseeded some cover crops into about two thirds of our corn acres,” he reported. Rain delayed finishing the job, but “I’ll take the rain too,” said Ditlevson. He also sprayed some soybeans this week. “So far, everything is looking really good. It’s almost scary when it gets like this,” he said.
The livestock survived the heat on Bob Roelofs’ corn, soybean and hog farm. Due to emergence issues, he had replanted about 10 acres of corn on one farm in early June. “The replanted corn Bob Roelofs looks really good right now. It’s 4 inches high,” he said. They’ve wrapped up spraying herbicides on corn and are halfway done spraying the soybeans. On their newly-rented farm near St. Clair, he said, “The 30 acres of beans look really good right now.” On another farm, he is applying a 28 percent nitrogen sidedressing on the corn crop. “We put a lower rate of manure on it in the spring,” said Roelofs. “It’s lighter soil ground so we tablespoon feed it.” As for moisture, the crops should be good for a week, he said.
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On June 11, a hail storm with 70 mph winds traveled down the backbone of Hultgren Farms, a diversified corn, soybean, edible bean and sugarbeet farm. They also have a 90-head cow-calf beef herd. “We had a lot of crop damage,” said Nate Hultgren. “I’m glad nobody was hurt. It looks that bad.” They lost 400 acres: 200 acres of corn and 200 acres of sugarbeets. Hail and multi-peril crop adjusters have been out and the Hultgrens are
working on a game plan. It’s too late to replant those crops. The storm mowed off the leaves of the sugarbeets. Hultgren expects low sugar content and beets that are not harvestable. To grow kidney beans or soybeans there, the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative will have to release the acres. “We might be forced to grow them and harvest them and see what we get,” said Hultgren. The brunt of the storm blew through his township, so a lot of farmers in the area have been replanting soybeans in the last week, he reported. Hultgren is grateful that they had no building damage, but they lost six 100-year-old cottonwood trees, which was a big mess. “We’ll get through it,” he said. “It’s another chunk of expensive education. You get to learn how to deal with this kind of adversity.” Work on the farm continues. The Hultgrens completed the second chopping of hay and finished planting sweet corn on June 17.
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“We escaped any major damage,” said Larry Konsterlie from his family corn and soybean farm. Storms blew through on June 11. He noted a couple trees were down, causing minimal damage to a house Larry Konsterlie on that property. Unfortunately he got hail and wind damage on some corn acres. He had mostly corn where the worst of the storm hit. A hail adjuster is coming out. At this point, Konsterlie is not replanting. “I will have to see how things turn out as the season goes on,” he said. His soybeans are up now, but it doesn’t look like they were affected. He will keep an eye on them. On June 16, Konsterlie was filling the tank for his in-season nitrogen application of 28 percent that he will inject between rows. His first cutting of hay is up and in the building. Now he’s trying to find a place to sell it. “For the most part, things look good,” he said.
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Rural funeral homes keep traditions going strong By DICK HAGEN in a nursing home or assisted The Land Staff Writer living facility where their funds would dwindle. If you OLIVIA, Minn. — Gordy place money in an irrevocable Blem is a funeral director at funeral trust through a Dirks-Blem Funeral Service in funeral home, those funds are Olivia and Renville. earning interest every year. While grief and sorrow is Those funds are completely expressed, Blem said funerals safeguarded from medical Gordy Blem in rural congregations are assistance needs. often a celebration of joy also. Q: Are more people opting for a “Eulogies so often express humor smaller service, or are church and delightful, fun-filled memories of funerals still the preferred choice? the deceased,” he said. “We visit with How about cremation services? joy that our loved one is now living in Blem: In rural Minnesota, the the peaceful comfort of God’s love. We are all sharing a special day in our majority of funeral services are at the lives to honor the life of a deceased one church of the deceased. and putting joy in our hearts is the Cremation continues to be a growing very best tribute.” trend. Today, about 50 percent of funerQ: How many rural families als involve cremation. Cremation as a final disposition is offered through any today preplan their funerals? funeral home of your choice. The Blem: If you and your spouse have funeral home will make necessary planned your funerals, you’re in step arrangements with the crematory, just with about half the population of rural as it acts as the family’s agent with the Minnesota. Pre-planning is not the cemetery with earth burials. Cremataboo of earlier times. It is more easily tion may be preceded by a regular visited about. Many people now want funeral with the body present, or folto set aside some funds to protect their lowed by a memorial service. In the plans should they unexpectedly end up case of a funeral, a rental casket can
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be used for visitation and funeral services, after which the cremation occurs, just as interment in a cemetery takes place after funeral services. Q: Are men reluctant to get involved in funeral planning discussions? Blem: We find the phone call usually comes from the wife. And when they come in to discuss the process, the wife is invariably more open in starting the conversation. The husbands are generally more geared to questions like ‘what is it going to cost?’; ‘do we pay in advance?’; ‘if I suddenly die, then what?’ But by the time they leave our discussion, people are comfortable; happy they came; and quietly realizing how easy it was to sit down together and start a file on their own funeral. Q: Can you share the average cost today for a funeral in Renville County? Blem: When we do an itemization with a family, or an individual, I tell them that I want them to know all the answers ahead of time. ... A traditional funeral with casket, the cemetery costs, and all the different parts that are involved is in that $12,000 to $13,000 range today. If you have a cremation service with all the similar fees the cost would be more in that $8,500 category. Most funeral itemizations usually include about $1,500 to $2,000 of expenses from other persons — such as grave digging, the flowers, death certificates and cost items of the church. We find it prudent to make clients familiar with all portions of a funeral bill as they plan ahead. Q: Going back 40 years when you were a graduate of the University of Minnesota mortuary science, what where funeral expenses? Blem: Way less — as was everything else. Interestingly, Social Security 40 years ago provided a $255 death payment and everyone received that regardless of financial status, married or not married. That would even buy a grave marker in those days. Today that $255 stipend through Social Security still exists. But now you have to be married and have a surviving spouse to receive it. Humorous to me is that of all the things that have changed in the course of our lives, that $255 payment has never changed. Q: If we do not have a burial plot, then what?
Blem: In our area, many families already have burial plots. Often it was started two generations earlier by grandparents. If not, our office, like most funeral service firms, will assist the family or individual in securing a burial plot within their community cemetery, or elsewhere. If you are cremated, most cemeteries allow a second burial on top of an existing burial. Or if it might be a longtime family plot with historical significance, your cremation urn can be placed on one end of that plot and a second marker placed there also. As time and things have changed, cemeteries have revised their standards to better accommodate these changes. Q: As our country continues with an expanding military presence in the world, are you doing more military funerals? Blem: It is always a special honor to provide the services for a military funeral. Our numbers are similar to years past. We have total respect for those who have served in whatever branch of service. It is our privilege to help prepare the many details that are part of such a service. The Veterans Service Office in this area does a tremendous job in working with the families of the deceased veterans. This includes the simple and yet important task of getting the flag to us that covers the casket and is then presented to the loved member of that soldier. The Veterans Office also provides the bronze grave marker that is put in place on the grave site after the grave side service. There is always a brotherhood of veterans visibly glad to help and share. Q: What if people can’t afford the kind of funeral they’d like to have? Blem: If a family has no resources for a funeral, our county will assist in making the proper things happen. We assist the family as needed, the county assists with our costs. We take care of each other and that is one of the precious gems of country living. n When death occurs away from home, call the hometown funeral director of your choice. He or she will make all necessary arrangements with the funeral director in the area where death occurred. Dirks-Blem Funeral Service includes Gordon Blem, Derek Harrier, and Dave Grund. Visit www.dirksblem.com. v
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It was the perfect opportunity: Dregni was much older then, more mature, and he didn’t have a job at the time. Excellent. He’d be in charge of everything. He had to be ready for anything; and, “at camp, anything goes.” I have to admit that the first few chapters of “You’re Sending Me Where?” had me smiling. What you’ll read there is pure nostalgia, meant for a Boomer kid who might remember coming home from a week at camp, covered in skeeter bites, scratches, and sunburn. That stops at the point where author Eric Dregni begins his chapters on the immersion camp. The humor is there, but it feels different and it’s harder to remember who’s who in the narrative because kids had to pick an “Italian name” for their stay. That was cute. But by then, the flavor was lost.
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The fork you brought is plenty long. It doesn’t need to reach far. You don’t want to burn the marshmallow; you just want it toasty enough to melt the chocolate between the graham crackers before you wolf down your s’more. It’s a little trick THE BOOKWORM you learned long ago, and in SEZ “You’re Sending Me Where? By Terri Schlichenmeyer Dispatches from Summer Camp” by Eric Dregni, there are others. Who would choose summer school over going to camp? That’s a very good question, and 6-year-old Eric Dregni knew the answer. His mother was surely abandoning him by leaving him at a “comfy” Minnesota day camp, and he made quite the fuss about it. At the end of the first day, of course, she was there to pick him up and all was well. Actually, it was better than well: he was, “transformed … the worst day of my life had become the best one.” “Ever since that first painful day,” he says, “I knew that camp was for me.” At 9, he learned that hatchets don’t do diddly on rocks, that dishes probably shouldn’t be dropped into the lake for washing, that snipes are harder to catch than people say they are, and that aerosol bug spray can start a dandy (and explosive) fire. At 13, Dregni became a “pioneer” on a canoe trip without any water. A year after that, he was part of a group in the Boundary Waters, where motor vehicles are forbidden. Before the invention of cell phones, he saw by example that people get hurt camping and that getting lost was a very, very bad idea. You’d be forgiven if you thought after all this adventure, Dregni might be done with camping forever. He wondered, too, until he was asked to be dean of an Italian summer camp — one of many foreign-language camps in northern Minnesota.
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Farmers, consumers meet around dinner table By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor DUNDAS, Minn. – “People are very afraid of the word GMO. I don’t think they fully understand it,” said Jena Pape, a Hy-Vee dietitian in Oakdale, to Sara Hewitt of Hewitt Farms near Le Sueur. Hewitt and Pape discussed the difference between genetically modified organisms and hybrids, as well as the latest innovations in crop science. Hewitt explained how they use both non-GMO and GMO seeds on their
farm. “At the store, we offer both,” agreed Pape. The farmyard at Wolf Creek Dairy in Dundas was buzzing with conversations like these when CommonGround, a group of farm women, hosted a field to fork farm dinner for about 80 people from the Twin Cities and elsewhere. Diners at the June 20 event included social media bloggers, dietitians and school nutrition workers. Meghan Doyle is state coordinator of
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Consumers and farmers dined and dished at Wolf Creek Dairy in Dundas for a field to fork dinner hosted by CommonGround Minnesota on June 20. CommonGround Minnesota and communications director for Minnesota Corn Growers Association. The state chapter has 34 members who volunteer to share information about farming and food. Members come from all types of agriculture: conventional, organic, livestock and produce. “It’s really about trying to connect people with farmers,” said Doyle. “It’s a fun way to experience a farm.” The beautiful summer evening began with a social hour and appetizers in the farmhouse yard. Barns, shade trees and distant crops completed the pastoral setting. Long rustic tables were set with sunflowers and sprigs of lavender. People drifted in and enjoyed Minnesota wine and beer. Ashley Schmeling, a precision agronomist for Central Farm Service, greeted people. She also farms with her brother, parents, uncle and grandparents on a corn and soybean farm near Blooming Prairie. She is a fifth generation farmer. “I was looking for a way to help promote agriculture for people who don’t have a farm. I wanted to be a resource for people,” said Schmeling. One diner came to hear what farmers talk about. Cattle rancher Rachel Gray of Blackduck told him the first thing she does when she wakes up is check her phone for the weather forecast and then markets. Gray, a former teacher, explained how she went from two paychecks a month to one paycheck every January
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Sara Hewitt (middle) talks GMOs with Hy-Vee dietitians Mary Brunner (left) and Jena Pape (right). when she brings her cattle to auction. She doesn’t know what the check will be. She said everything — her whole year — rides on five minutes at the auction stand. “Your whole heart is in your throat. It’s excruciating,” she said. Gray bought the farm from her mom and dad. Her husband often works overseas so she is the farmer. Her mom told her “You cannot farm without having faith because it will bring you to your knees.” As excruciating as auction day is, calving season is just as exhilarating albeit exhausting, she added. Tour Owned by Paul and Barb Liebenstein, Wolf Creek Dairy is a 400-head Holstein dairy with a freestall barn and double-8 herringbone milking parlor. The dairy produces roughly 4,000 gallons of milk a day. See COMMONGROUND, pg. 13
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Rancher Rachel Gray talks with school nutrition employees from St. Paul Public Schools. raised on pasture or grass. Then they are finished on grain or grass. She told him that finishing cattle on grass takes longer, more acreage and can create a bigger environmental footprint. “Finishing. I never knew there was such a thing,” said Postuma. So grass-fed or grain-fed? Postuma was still processing it all. When he came there he thought grassfed was the best option. “Now I’m looking at these different options to see what makes sense,” said Postuma. “I learned a ton.” Gray added that it’s a personal choice and that’s why ranchers provide both options. They also talked barley, politics and markets. As a Minnesota farmer, Gray is impacted by global events. For instance, Gray explained the agreement between
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They also saw a John Deere track tractor that costs $400,000 along with a 36-row planter worth a quarter million. They learned that the tracks cause less compaction to soil and that farmers make decisions that are both environmentally and economically sound. They learned that in 2050, farmers will need to feed an expected world population of 9 billion which means stepping up production. In the freestall barn, visitors asked questions about milking. Paul explained that they milk three times a day with two people per shift. That means seven days a week and holidays for this couple. About 16-17 people work there and the dairy pays for health insurance. “We do what we can,” Paul said. “Labor’s getting harder to find all the time.” Visitors grabbed handfuls of TMR (total mixed ration) and learned that dairy cows eat about 100 pounds of feed a day. They noticed fans and misters that keep the cows cool. As they left the barn, one visitor said, “There’s so much I didn’t know about everything.” In the milking parlor, a group of 2-year-olds in their first lactation were being milked. “Think of this group as teenagers,” said Paul. Dinner Dinner was served in the farmhouse yard. Guitar music and song from a young, female bluegrass duo filled the air. CommonGround members were scattered among the tables talking with visitors and answering questions. Rancher Rachel Gray sat with a couple from a Minneapolis suburb. Gray raises Simmental cattle and 2,800 acres of barley and hay. Jeff Postuma works for Hennepin County and his wife, Samara Postuma is a “blogher.” She writes Simplicity in the Suburbs about their blended family life with five children. Samara tweeted photos from their date night that she described as “a fun (& educational) evening” in a “magical setting.” Jeff asked Gray about grass-fed versus non-grass fed beef as the media touts the benefits of grass-fed. Gray explained that all beef cattle begin their lives
the Trump Administration and China to allow U.S. beef exports in China for the first time since 2003. “They’re opening the market,” said Gray. Around the tables, farmers and consumSamara and Jeff Postuma ers were finding comenjoyed their farm dinner. mon ground in food and farming and diners got a glimpse into the life of farmers. As usual, nobody left the farm hungry. “The food is delicious,” said Jeff. The first course was a watermelon, feta and arugula salad, artesian breads and butter. The main course was a chicken breast topped with basil, provolone and prosciutto served in a pesto cream sauce, garlic mashed potatoes and lemon thyme carrots. For dessert, folks enjoyed old-fashioned bakery bars: seven layer, brownies, salted caramel and lemon. To learn more or get involved in CommonGround, visit www.commongroundminnesota.com. v
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COMMONGROUND, from pg. 12 Barb is also a member of CommonGround. She enjoys building relationships with people to build understanding of how food is produced. “They just need a touchpoint to ask questions,” she said. Visitors toured the barns Paul and Barb Liebenand buildings. They saw a stein of Wolf Creek Dairy newborn calf still with its mother. They got up close to calves from one to six days old in hutches. They learned that cows are pregnant for nine months, the same as humans.
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Dairy prices see little movement as June draws to close This column was written for the marketage for all products offered inched 0.8 ing week ending June 23. percent lower, following a 0.6 percent move to the upside on June 6. Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows May milk outLactose led the declines, down 11.1 perput in the United States hit 18.9 billion cent, followed by rennet casein. Cheddar pounds, up 1.8 percent from May 2016. was down 3.8 percent, after leading the Revisions added 36 million pounds to the gains with a 14.5 percent jump June 6. original April total, now put at 18.3 billion Whole milk powder was down 3.3 percent, pounds, up 2.2 percent. following a 2.9 percent descent. MIELKE MARKET May cow numbers totaled 9.39 million Anhydrous milkfat led the gains, up 4.4 WEEKLY head, up 2,000 from April and 71,000 percent, following a 1.2 percent decline By Lee Mielke more than a year ago. Output per cow last time. Butter was next, up 2.9 percent, averaged 2,016 pounds, up 63 following a 3.3 percent rise, and pounds from April and 19 above a skim milk powder was up 1.4 peryear ago. cent, following a 7.9 percent advance. Wisconsin was below a year ago for the first time FC Stone equated the average 80 percent butterfat in three years, off 0.7 percent, on a 15-pound loss per GDT butter price to $2.5527 per pound U.S. Chicago cow. Wisconsin cow numbers were unchanged.MinMercantile Exchange butter closed June 23 at $2.59 nesota was up 2.6 percent, thanks to a 55-pound per pound. GDT cheddar cheese equated to $1.8693 gain per cow, but cow numbers were down 2,000. per pound U.S. and compares to the June 23 CME Analysts see the report as neutral to slightly bullish. block cheddar at $1.54. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.0062 per pound and whole milk powder More and more dairy cows are retiring from the averaged $1.3710 per pound U.S. CME Grade A nondairy business. USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter fat dry milk price closed June 23 at 84.75 cents per report shows May culling was up from April and pound. 2016. An estimated 237,200 head were slaughtered under Federal inspection, up 9,100 head from April Cash cheese prices slipped the week of June 19 but and 22,600 head above May 2016. Culling in the first the spread narrowed a little. The blocks closed June five months of 2017 totaled 1.26 million head, up 23 at $1.54 per pound. This is down 7.5 cents on the 33,000 from a year ago or 2.7 percent. week, the lowest since May 4, and the fourth week in a row of decline; but it is still 2.75 cents above a year n ago. The Global Dairy Trade auction ended six consecuThe barrels rolled to $1.3375 on June 20, the lowtive sessions of gain June 20 as the weighted averest price since May 16, 2016. But barrels rallied and finished June 23 at $1.37. This is down just a penny on the week, 16.5 cents below a year ago, but still at a too-high 17 cents below the blocks. On the week, 13 cars of block traded hands at the CME and a whopping 63 of barrel. The cheese leaves the CME’s open outcry and joins butter and powder on the electronic platform on June 26. n Milk will be shifting to the cheese vat from the carton as more schools close for the summer. But temperatures may, pardon the pun, temper milk per cow. Milk continues to be available for cheese producers in the Midwest, according to Dairy Market News. “However, cheesemakers report the flush milk availability of previous weeks has noticeably decreased.”
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Cheese production has edged back. Some producers are trying to manage heavy inventories and “some contacts suggest export sales, which are scheduled for future shipment dates, have not been accounted for, thus cheese inventories are not as heavy as widely believed.” Central cheese producers report varied sales activity. Some are seeing slower domestic retail sales, along seasonal lines. The large block to barrel price variance “is at loggerheads with a stable market, according to Central cheese contacts,” says Dairy Market News. Western cheese makers report continued strong production as milk supplies are readily available. Contacts describe demand as good, but not great. Export inquiries seem to vacillate along with the variance between current U.S. market prices and international prices. Inventories are long. Cash butter continued to roller coaster, but closed 3 cents higher on the week at $2.59 per pound, 24.5 cents above a year ago, with 17 cars sold on the week. “Butter’s performance, in retail and food service, is outperforming previous years,” says Dairy Market News, “and continues to keep production facilities busy.” Butter makers are reportedly “attempting to focus production on late summer/early fall expectations, whenever not fulfilling current orders,” but cream supplies are tightening. The butter market tone is healthy, and some contacts are bullish for the near term. Contacts suggest that “global milkfat demand continues to bolster domestic butter prices,” according to Dairy Market News. “Demand for butterfat continues to be a primary driving force within the dairy industry and Western butter output is also strong and focused mostly on putting away bulk butter for needs later in the year. Inventories are ‘fairly heavy,’” but contacts suggest that stocks are “either committed or manufacturers are willing to hold butter supplies until peak butter demand season in the fall and early winter.” Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk finished June 23 at 84.75 cents per pound. down 6.75 cents on the week and 5.25 cents below a year ago, on 11 cars sold. FC Stone reports that the EU Commission sold 100 tons of skim milk powder out of intervention in their latest tender. That, plus slower exports to Mexico and expected increases in global milk output contributed to the weaker CME price. The nation’s coolers are busting at the seams — at least on cheese. May butter stocks hit 313.6 million pounds, up 21.3 million pounds or 7.3 percent from April; but were 11.4 million pounds or 3.5 percent below those a year ago. American cheese, at 847 million pounds, was up 13.5 million pounds or 1.6 percent from April and 89.5 million pounds or 11.8 percent above a year ago. The total cheese inventory stood at a record 1.34 billion pounds, up 7.6 million pounds or 0.6 percen from April and 91 million or 7 percent above a year ago. See MIELKE, pg. 15
Dairy alternatives can’t be called milk in Europe prevent plant-based dairy alternatives from using terms like ‘milk,’ ‘cheese’ and ‘yogurt’ “is a victory for the same battle occurring in the United States.” “During a visit with French dairy cooperative Sodiaal and the French Dairy Interbranch Organization on June 16, NMPF’s board officers applauded the European court’s ruling that upholds the standards of identity and labeling for milk products.” “The European Court of Justice did just what we’re asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to do:
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n Speaking of fluid milk, the 2017 average stands at $16.32 per hundredweight, up from $13.96 at this time a year ago and compares to $16.34 in 2015. The two-week USDA-surveyed butter price used to calculate the Class I value averaged $2.4186 per pound, up 30.7 cents from June. Nonfat dry milk averaged 92.08 cents per pound, up 5.9 cents. Cheese averaged $1.6412 per pound, up 12.9 cents, and dry whey averaged 49.62 cents per pound, down 1.6 cents. “Dairy margins have been mixed since the end of May, deteriorating in the nearby spot Third Quarter while holding steady in deferred slots,” according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging. “Margins remain strong, at levels at or above the 80th percentile of the previous 10 years through First Quarter 2018,” the Margin Watch stated. “Milk prices continue drawing support from strength in dairy product values, particularly cheese and butter.” The Margin Watch warned that “feed prices have been creeping higher due to weather concerns in the Corn Belt. Recent hot weather has reduced topsoil moisture, particularly in the western Midwest, and rainfall has been below normal.” “Corn rated in good to excellent condition for the week ending June 18 totaled 67 percent, on par with last week when the market was expecting a 1-3 point improvement. That figure is below the 75 percent reading for this week last year, as well as the 10-year average of 69 percent for this point in the season. Although it is still early, concerns will grow if hot weather and below-normal rainfall continues into July during pollination,” according to Margin Watch. n In politics, plant-based dairy alternatives are being told to stop milking the dairy industry. The National Milk Producers Federation stated in a June 23 press release that last week’s European Court of Justice ruling upholding European Union regulations that
Uphold and enforce current standards of labeling for milk and milk products,” said Jim Mulhern, NMPF president. “NMPF is leading efforts on Capitol Hill to pass the Dairy Pride Act, which would require FDA to develop a timetable for enforcing standards of identity for dairy foods.” 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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MIELKE, from pg. 14 April fluid milk consumption took a hit. Dairy Market News reported packaged fluid sales totaled 3.8 billion pounds, down 6.1 percent from April 2016. Conventional product sales totaled 3.84 billion pounds, down 6.1 percent from a year ago. Organic products, at 201 million pounds, were down 5.6 percent. Organic represented about 5.2 percent of total sales for the month. Whole milk sales totaled 1.16 billion pounds, down 0.6 percent from a year ago and made up 30.1 percent of total fluid sales in the month, up from 29.7 percent in March. April skim milk sales dropped 15.7 percent from a year ago. Total packaged fluid milk sales for the first four months of 2017 hit 16.1 billion pounds, down 3.1 percent from the same period a year ago. Year-to-date sales of conventional products, at 15.3 billion pounds, were down 3.3 percent. Organic products, at 863 million pounds, were up just 0.6 percent.
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Minnesota trade mission explores market in Cuba By MARIE WOOD of oxen hooked up to a plow. The Land Associate Editor James Zenk, of Minnesota Dry Bean HAVANA — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith Research and Promotion Council, noted that led a trade mission to Cuba to help farmers Cuban growers haven’t had fertilizer or pestiexport poultry, meat, dairy, soy, corn and dry cides since the fall of the Soviet Union in bean products to an island that imports $2 1991. billion in agricultural products. Essentially, “Developing foreign trade is a slow process. Cuba needs what Minnesota is so good at proThis is just a start here,” said Zenk. ducing. At one co-op, Minnesota Farm Bureau PresOn June 19, the delegation of government ident Kevin Paap showed photos of his comofficials and farm leaders traveled to Havana bine and explained how he uses precision following President Donald Trump’s decision agriculture to reduce inputs, be more efficient to enact new restrictions on travel and trade. and use water effectively. Producers gathered “Our job on this trip was to work to extend around him to better understand how we do and expand our relationships in Cuba with things, said Smith. the goal of seizing the opportunity that presThey also visited the ministries of Agriculents itself for trade between Minnesota and ture and Foreign Affairs. Cuba,” said Smith in a conference call with For University of Minnesota Extension reporters. Dean Beverly Durgan, meetings with farmers The delegation included Harold Wolle, presiand farm organizations were the most useful. dent of the Minnesota Corn Growers AssociaPhoto provided by the Office of Gov. Mark Datyon She learned that growers need technology, tion. “The president’s comments are perceived Lt. Gov. Tina Smith visits the Women’s Agriculture Cooperative in research and a connection to universities like as a setback, but we do have that agriculture Boyeros Town, Cuba, on June 21. Kevin Paap showed photos of his our extension service. They need to increase exemption so we can continue to trade our ag combine and explained precision agriculture. crop rotation and improve soil health. commodities with Cuba,” he said. “The farmers here in Cuba are very interAlthough a trade embargo is in place, U.S. exports Wolle added that Cuba has a need for corn, ested in increasing their ag production,” said Durhigh protein animal feed (soy meal and dried distill- of agricultural goods have been permitted since gan. “The farmers here are very interested in orgaers grains) and ethanol. Cuba also needs credit to 2000. In 2015, U.S. exports of agricultural products nizing around co-ops and how co-ops can help them totaled $150 million according to the Office of the buy goods, which is a federal issue, noted Wolle. U.S. Trade Representative. Senator Amy Klobuchar with marketing and distribution.” Food is coming into Cuba from around the world is leading bipartisan efforts to lift the embargo. when the United States is only 90 miles away. Relationships 65’ or 100’ “They’d rather be getting products closer to home. The delegation visited a fruit and flower coopera- 2 Models The desire to have trade with the United States is tive where they grow bananas, plantains, mangos 2” full port swivel and avocados. They were plowing a field with a pair definitely here,” said Durgan. & transport lock. Can be mounted Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Fredright side up or upside down, erickson is working to create a people-to-people pro& crank can be on gram and has found an opportunity in organic agrieither side. culture. At the Minnesota Organic Conference in January, a young Cuban organic farmer was the keynote speaker. He will continue to encourage Cubans and Americans to participate in conferences in each other’s countries. 3 pt. heavy duty “I’m not sure if a tanker-load of corn will show up Rock Lifter here (Cuba), but all we can do is keep moving forward and hoping that will take place,” said Frederickson. v
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By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF tured the product and given her OK.” The Land Correspondent Their products include butter, aged LARCHWOOD, Iowa — Doug cheese, cheese curds, ice cream and Stensland admits he said to his twin white and flavored milk. Butter is just sons Justin and Jason that we need to offered as butter, but the cheeses come make some changes here. They agreed in three different varieties: Farmstead and both did some thinking. Colby, Monterey Jack and pepper jack. Ice cream has at least 20 different fla“I was thinking an improved parlor vors, which keep getting added to. would save on labor and speed up milking,” said Stensland. “Their youthful “My wife Mona is the ice cream queen thinking was far more into the future of flavors,” said Stensland. “She spends than mine was.” hours of time making up trial batches until she gets the exact flavor she wants. Soon Stensland found himself in a Black Licorice was a tough one. I thought car leaving the scenic Big Sioux River she had it perfect several batches before valley of northwestern Iowa for a road Photos by Renae B. Vander Schaaf it got her seal of approval.” trip to Wisconsin. His sons liked the notion of using robotic milking This is where it all starts for the Stensland Family Farms Ice Cream Shop and The milk options include the usual machines. The more he thought about Country Store. Justin and Jason Stensland milk about 170 cows per day with a fat free, 2 percent and whole. But the it, the more it appeared the route to go. robotic system. Stenslands add another option. Their Today, three Lely Robots are milking have owned the machines, they have from SDSU (South Dakota State “Creamline” non-homogenized whole 165 cows throughout the day and night. never been down for more than three University) with a degree in microbiol- milk is the closest thing to taking it The cows come to the machine when- hours. And that includes a time when ogy and farm marketing. Nothing directly from the bulk tank, as the ever they so desire. A sensor records an ice storm knocked out electricity to leaves the farm unless Kim has cul- See STENSLAND, pg. 20 each cow’s individual information, the the farm for five days. temperature of the milk, how much “We used our diesel generator to keep milk the cow produced, and the length the farm running,” said Stensland. of time it took to milk. Other informa- “Before the robots, we had two guys tion such as the time it spends walking milking 10 hours a day. That was not is recorded and helps with keeping the good. With the robots, we have elimicows in tip top condition. nated two full jobs. We no longer were “With the information we gather, it a slave to the dairy.” helps us to be very proactive at treating cows,” said Stensland. “It helps us detect when a cow comes in heat.” The robots wash the udder and teats, rinsed and disinfected. The milking cups automatically attach. As each quarter is emptied, the milking cup releases itself. The cow enjoys a pelleted treat that Stensland smiles and calls candy. Stenslands’ milk goes right to their creamery where The Lely Robots, with its they produce butter, aged cheese, cheese curds, headquarters and produc- ice cream and white and flavored milk. tion facilities in Maassluis Brad Krumrey and Rotterdam, Holland, has expanded Creamery owner With more free time, his sons began into Pella, Iowa. Gorters Clay and 320-979-9221 considering building their own creamDairy Equipment of Minnesota is also ery to process milk — making cheese a local distributor for Lely USA. office: and ice cream right there on the farm. 320-833-2228 “The robotic milking machines are a In 2015 they broke ground. In late lifestyle changer,” said Stensland. “Yes, 2016 they began selling dairy products fax: we are still busy as all get out, but we made with milk produced right on 320-833-2204 do have flexibility. Our quality of life their farm in northwest Iowa. • Repairs has improved.” • Installation “We worked closely with inspectors to • Portable Welding If there is trouble with the milking get the creamery built correctly the • Crane & Boom machines, son Justin can often do the first time,” said Stensland. “One of the Truck Service troubleshooting over the telephone. best things we did was to hire Kim 217 E. Hall Ave. / P.O. Box 126 / Buffalo Lake, MN 55314 • www.ksmillwrights.com During the six years the Stenslands Maassen, a local girl who graduated
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Stensland’s sons started the dairy in 2004 with 40 cows Jason’s wife Paige and Justin’s wife Chelsea STENSLAND, from pg. 19 handle social media, tours and phone calls. cream still rises to the top. They use a Besides ice cream production, their mother low-temp vat pasteurization which means Mona helps with the data entry of bookwork. that while it is being heated to an appropriate temperature, it’s also kept closer to “I also help with sales and tours,” said its natural state. Stensland. “Another neat thing is that the boys asked their Uncle Mark to come back to The Stenslands’ dairy products are sold northwest Iowa to use his skills to manage at a store on the farm, located at 1664 the store in Sioux Falls.” Ashley Ave., in Larchwood. Their products are also available at various stores in The dairy employs eight full time and a northwest Iowa and southeast South few part-time employees, many can work one Dakota; plus, the Stenslands have opened day in the creamery, the next day with crops a store in Sioux Falls, S.D. or the cows. Stensland describes them as being fantastic and a vital part of their suc“Ice cream is also made at the store,” cess. said Stensland. “On Tuesday and Friday, we celebrate ‘squeaky cheese day,’ featurStensland Family Farms’ mission is to ing freshly-made cheese curds that come inspire people to care about where their food in six flavors.” comes from and how it is made, by producing healthy, local farm-fresh food that tastes Besides the dairy products, the delicious. Stensland store also features products from other area producers. Breads, popTo contact Stensland Family Farms, call corn, jams, honey and other items help to Stensland Family Farms connects the consumer directly to the producer at (712) 477-2527 or find them on Facebook @ their store in Sioux Falls. promote other local entrepreneurs. StenslandFamilyFarms. v Family business with 40 cows. The dairy has grown to over Back in the 1870s, when the first Stensland ances- 200 cows, milking an average of 170 cows daily. The tor homesteaded the land, he probably had a dairy cows are fed from their 1,500 acres of organic cropcow to provide milk for the family. In 1952, Art and land. Non-GMO crops are planted. Flax meal is Rosie Stensland milked 12 cows by hand. In 1989, incorporated into the feed providing additional nutrithe dairy cows left the farm. It stayed that way until tion. Jason and Justin talked to their Grandpa about The opening of the creamery resulted in major restarting the dairy. Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our changes for the Stensland family. The entire family is In 2004, the 16-year-old boys entered the dairy once again involved in the farm. Art and Rosie still complete calendar & enter your own events, live on the dairy farm, their three grandsons live or send an e-mail with your event’s details to within a hop and skip of the dairy. Doug and Mona editor@thelandonline.com. live just a few miles away in Larchwood; Doug is at the farm every day and Mona is there too. That is, July 5-8 — Sheep for Profit School — Pipestone, when she’s not at their ice cream store in Sioux Falls. Minn. — The Sheep for Profit School combines lecture, group discussion and farm visits to improve Doug Stensland’s grandchildren are often at the your management skills and increase profitability — dairy, so four generations are working together, Contact Pipestone Lamb and Wool Program, Philip learning from each other. That is an added blessing Berg at (507) 825-6799 or philip.berg@mnwest.edu that Stensland is thankful for. or visit www.pipestonesheep.com 18’ + 2’, 2-7000# Axles Dovetail From Justin and Jason manage the creamery and make Adjustable coupler July 6 — Farmer to Farmer Dairy Tour — Chaska, LED lighting sure things go smoothly everywhere on the farm. Minn. — Learn ways to improve dairy management Fold up ramps Modular Wiring Harness Their brother Kyle helps Doug with the cows and practices that favor your bottom line — Contact AliGoosenecks Drop growing the crops. Their sister Leah Moller is the son Rickeman at University of Minnesota Extension Dual Jacks, Lockable Chain Box, ’N Locks assistant manager of the Sioux Falls store and helps at mdi.sc@co.carver.mn.us or (952) 466-5322 or Dovetail, LED Lights, Modular Wiring Harness, & more. with social media. 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who works with pigs, and, just like any other good habit, it requires discipline. Recently, I visited with barn staff and truck drivers about biosecurity and asked them what they disliked most about the required practices. As might be expected, some mentioned the showering-in, others didn’t care for having to disinfect everything that they brought to work, even if it remained in the break room. Feed truck drivers highlighted the amount of disinfecting they did — cleaning truck tires, cab steps, levers on the truck as well as getting into and out of disposable boots without contaminating the inside of the truck. Everyone knew that it was a very important process and they all understood that the slightest slipup could ruin the disease prevention barrier. This is where a positive team mentality about biosecurity can make it a solid habit. The team may be family members or coworkers. Experienced members can model for newer colleagues the practice of never cutting corners and making it such a habit that it appears to be instinctive. When coworkers address the biosecurity rules in a positive fashion and encourage each other, the practice will be a success. There are very few guarantees when working with living creatures, but practicing an effective biosecurity plan is one important step to protecting the pig farm against disease and loss. Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension. Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu v
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Biosecurity has been an important eleThe low biosecurity caretakers moved ment of pig farm management for decades, freely from the infected pigs to the uninwith shower-in/shower-out practices fected pigs. They walked through a soiled required on larger farms dating back to the corridor, did not use a foot bath, and did early 1980s. On more moderate-sized enternot wash their hands or face. Those pigs prises, clothing and boot changes have been were positive for PEDv in the first day the rule for many years. The goal has after contact with the personnel. always been to prevent the introduction or Medium biosecurity caretakers changed spread of disease to pigs who aren’t sick. their clothes and footwear, washed their SWINE & U Livestock biosecurity practices actually hands and face, and moved from the infecthave three components. Most important is By Diane DeWitte ed pigs to the uninfected through a clean preventing the introduction of new disease hallway. organisms into a herd, controlling the damHigh biosecurity personnel took a shower, changed age done by infectious diseases already in the herd, clothes and footwear, and moved from infected pigs and avoiding the spread of diseases between barns to the uninfected in a separate building, stepped into on the farm. an iodine footbath and put on additional clothing. When working with livestock, producers quickly Pigs in the medium and high biosecurity pens learn that not all risk can be prevented, and that were PED virus negative for 10 consecutive days of infectious and zoonotic disease outbreaks will hapthe trial and for the following 24 hours after the pen. Zoonotic disease is that disease which can be end of the study. Even though caretakers in the transmitted between humans and animals. A pracmedium biosecurity group had PED virus in the tice as basic as a swine caretaker getting a flu vacswabs from their hair and face, they did not transcination each year can reduce the chances of flu in mit it to the pigs in the study. High biosecurity perthe hog barn. Prevention of disease is almost always sonnel were negative for PED virus on their clothes less costly than treatment, and it is a critical comand skin. PED virus is highly contagious and this ponent of animal welfare. study clearly highlights how easily poor biosecurity Ongoing biosecurity research practices by pig caretakers can lead to infection. Caretakers who work with pigs are very familiar Human toll of biosecurity lapses with the biosecurity rules and practices on their farm; A disease outbreak is devastating to the animals, but recent outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea but there is a human cost as well. In the winter of virus and Seneca Valley Virus A have prompted addi- 2013-14, PED virus swept the country, and 8 million tional research. Two studies reported in 2017 have baby pigs died. Pig caretakers experienced tremenyielded measurable results and brought home the dous loss, and farm personnel were demoralized. importance of meticulous biosecurity habits. Pig farmers are daily involved with the life and care A transportation study implemented by veterinar- of their animals and dealing with such a large ians from HANOR Co., Triumph Foods and New death loss takes an emotional and physical toll. Fashion Pork, along with researchers from the In the presence of a reproductive and respiratory University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, and disease like PRRS, team members become very frusSouth Dakota State University explored the prestrated with sub-par conception and farrowing rates, ence of disease in a packing plant. poor piglet survival and impaired growth rates. An They collected environmental samples from pack- additional by-product of reduced production hits ing plant pens before and after pigs were moved in. employees in the wallet, too, by reducing or negatSamples were tested for Porcine Reproductive and ing any production bonuses that they might have Respiratory Syndrome virus and Seneca Valley earned. Many times employees who have been Virus A. through a devastating disease loss are the most Overall, 64 percent of the environmental samples biosecurity vigilant caretakers on the farm. were positive for SVA and 8 percent were positive Biosecurity in all sizes of pig farms for PRRSv. Both of these diseases were found to be Hogs are raised in many different settings in common contaminants of the harvest plant environ- Minnesota, and biosecurity practices have a place in ment. Findings highlight the potential role of the all of them. The most valuable element of a successful packing plant as a link in the maintenance and disease prevention program is exclusion. Limiting or spread of these viruses. Additionally, these study eliminating visitor traffic on the farm ensures that the results reinforce the importance of truck and trailer pigs likely won’t be exposed to potential new diseases. sanitation as part of farm biosecurity protocol. This is as important for the owners of a small pen A farm and barn study was conducted by a group of 4-H pigs as for a large hog farm: Post a sign to of researchers from the Department of Veterinary alert visitors that they cannot proceed into the livePopulation Medicine in the College of Veterinary stock area. Change clothes and boots after going to Medicine at the University of Minnesota animal another farm or attending a county fair, pig sale, research unit in St. Paul. petting zoo or swap meet. Keep a boot bath at the They divided pigs who were negative for PEDv into entrance so that any visitors who do come to see the four groups which were attended by caretakers prac- pigs will step through disinfectant first. Limit the presence of pets and wildlife near the pigs, and ticing low, medium and high biosecurity. Personnel work to reduce rodents in the barn and pens. spent 45 minutes in a pen of PEDv infected pigs, then moved to the test pens using low biosecurity, Adopt a positive attitude about biosecurity medium biosecurity, and high biosecurity methods. Strict biosecurity is an important habit for anyone
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The following marketing analysis is for the week ending June 23. CORN — All together now, it’s all about the weather, weather, weather. Corn gapped lower from the June 16 low as we began a fresh week and weekend rains were more beneficial than expected. Funds were believed to be nearly even when the June 18 bell rang. With updated maps, they set their buying shoes aside, resumed selling and pushed us back into the $3.60 to $3.80 trading range we saw from mid-March to early June. We closed lower for five PHYLLIS NYSTROM straight sessions. The pullback CHS Hedging Inc. came despite the unchanged crop St. Paul conditions for corn at 67 percent good/excellent, which was less than the 1-2 percent improvement expected by the trade. The corn line-up in Brazil is building at ports as they switch to shipping the huge corn crop instead of soybeans. Their corn vessel line-up is 2.4 million metric tons vs. 800,000 metric tons last year at this time. Sluggish U.S. export sales weighed on the markets late in week to keep the negative attitude intact. Weekly old crop export sales were below the lowest pre-report estimate at 20.8 million bushels. Total commitments stand at 2.171 billion bushels vs. the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s target for 2.225 billion bushels. We’ll see if the USDA makes any changes on the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Mexico has bought 6 percent less U.S. corn in the first four months of 2017 compared to the same period last year.
The erratic movement in livestock prices continues as we move through the month of June and into July. The prospects of seeing this erratic behavior change significantly during the upcoming month is very unlikely due to the changing supply and demand picture for both cattle and hogs. The cattle market appears to be running out of steam to the upside in significantly higher prices. As the beef cutout advanced to a peak not seen for several months, the demand for beef began to wilt. While export demand seemed to be good up until these cutout levels were JOE TEALE attained, the interest in this Broker export of beef also began to slip. Great Plains Commodity This resulted in a very quick and Afton, Minn. sharp drop in the beef cutout and packers immediately drop their aggressive bidding for live inventory. The deep discounts in the futures market thus quickly narrowed as the cash price dropped faster than the futures narrowing up the positive basis for cattle feeders. On a positive note, the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cold Storage report suggested a good draw down on beef stocks in storage. However, the following day, the USDA released the Monthly Cattle on Feed report that showed more cattle on feed and higher placements than were anticipated. This lends one to believe that the struggle between supply and demand will continue with a bias toward supply outweighing the demand in the foreseeable future. This does not mean that the cattle market will collapse but that the momentum is likely to influence the
Volatility in the swine industry continues. Even so, the continued growth of the U.S. sow herd is evidence of ongoing optimism in our industry. Surely there will be growing pains experienced as producers and processors look for ways to take advantage of the 10 percent slaughter capacity increase that will be brought online over the next few years. The added supply of pork product will need the corresponding increase in demand to sustain prices. To prepare for cyclical profit challenges, hungry producers are continuously looking for DARYL ways to improve. More imporTIMMERMAN tantly, they work hard to stay at AgStar Sr. Financial the front of the pack, seeking Services Executive improvement internally to stay Mankato, Minn. competitive with the best of their industry peers. Internal benchmarking The biggest challenge when it comes to benchmarking is finding other operations with which to do a true comparison. Each operation is unique in its own way — with a wide array of accounting and production record-keeping methodology. For this reason, most producers start with benchmarking internally. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of a successful company who has diversified its business across a broad spectrum of industries — both in and outside of agriculture. He shared that the number one thing he focused on across all ventures was yield. He was quick to admit that they have a strong team who aggressively monitors costs, but he knew that success relied on efficiently maximizing
See NYSTROM, pg. 23
See TEALE, pg. 24
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Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.
Weak exports, weather pressure soybean price The average trade guess for the June 30 Planted Acreage report is 89.86 million acres. The last time the United States planted more soybean acres than corn acres was in 1983 when we planted 60.2 million acres to corn and 63.8 million to soybeans. The average estimate for the Grain Stocks as of the June 1 report is 991 million bushel. Last year on June 1, there were 976 million bushels of soybean stocks. Outlook: Prices took a big hit this week as weather forecasts improved and corn pressed lower. Nearby soybeans posted their largest weekly decline in six months. July soybeans dove 34.5 cents lower for the week to close at $9.04.5 per bushel. The low in July this week was $9.00.25 per bushel and the contract low was set in August 2015 at $8.77/bu. We’re not that far away from a new contract low. Psychological support at $9.00 was held, but next support lies closer to $8.84.75/bu. But if weather continues to look favorable, we’ll be headed lower. Headed into the June 30 reports, we could see a profit-taking bounce, but the trend is lower. v
internal dataset is proof of what is achievable and identifies opportunities for improvement within systems. External benchmarking While more difficult, having an awareness of where you are within the pack is incredibly important. You may be improving year-over-year internally, but how do you know your rate of improvement has kept pace with the fast moving industry advancements? Producers frequently tell us they struggle using broad data sets to compare themselves to. Business structures vary widely, as do the results and costs to achieve these results. To provide clarity in these comparison efforts, producers have shared with us that they benefit from benchmarking directly with neighbors and industry peers. Working with other operations’ similar business models and standardized reporting methodologies will give a clearer comparison. Working directly with other producers requires trust, respect and a common purpose to seek continuous improvement. The “why” matters As you talk to individuals, from struggling operations to the most suc-
cessful producers across the industry, the difference benchmarking makes in improvements and competitive edge is why they do it. Benchmarking success is driven by a culture where people are motivated to the process of capturing data accurately, measuring it frequently, and ultimately designing a purposeful action plan to improve and effectively communicating with their team to implement changes. It isn’t enough to simply track your performance and then passively look at the reports from time to time. Building a culture where everyone is engaged in the process is pivotal. For more insights from the AgStar Swine Team, visit AgStarEdge.com. On July 1, pending final regulatory approval, AgStar Financial Services, Badgerland Financial and 1st Farm Credit Services came together to form Compeer Financial, strengthening our commitment to the agricultural community. By combining resources, knowledge and expertise, Compeer Financial will champion the hopes and dreams of rural America like never before. v
Benchmarking improves competitive edge TIMMERMAN, from pg. 22 throughput. I see a similar approach being taken by the successful swine operations we work with. Identifying and measuring key metrics that a production team can incorporate into actionable plans is important. There are a number of great benchmarking companies in the marketplace who can provide a wide array of key production indicators to measure. The trick is finding standardized production-based measurements which incorporate a cost comparison. Looking at total cost per hundredweight sold continues to be the least common denominator when analyzing performance. This blends in production volume with the cost to accomplish these goals. It’s simple, but still the most holistic assessment of how each farm compares month over month and year over year. The three largest cost centers in raising hogs are weaned pig costs, total feed costs and yardage. Start by documenting these measurements. With these costs in mind, look internally to compare pig flows and growers within your finishing barn networks. This
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taken. Congestion at the ports is increasing. Weekly export sales in the United States were a dismal 4.1 million bushels for old crop with a measly 100,000 bushels of new crop sales. Old crop sales were the secondlowest of the crop year and new crop sales the lowest in 16 weeks. Total old crop sales commitments are 2.169 billion bushels, already surpassing the USDA outlook for 2.050 billion bushels. Usually, 55 million bushels of sales are carried over from one crop year to the next; but last year, 73 million bushels were carried over. This year’s carryover could be nearer last year’s figure than the average. New crop total commitments at just 126.4 million bushels continue to be an area of concern. They stand at their lowest total for this time of year in the last 10 years and are down nearly 45 percent from last year. Buyers are not in any rush to make purchases. The Environmental Protection Agency has pushed back the release of 2018 proposed biofuel quotas for at least another week.
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beans eked out a halfcent higher close on June 23. Several issues kept pressure on prices including, improving weather forecasts, a 1 percent improvement in crop ratings to 67 percent good/excellent, chatter that China bought at least 25 South American soybean cargoes for shipment later this summer, fund selling, weak U.S. exports, and expectations for increased soybean acres on the June 30 report. Brazilian growers are estimated to have only sold 58 percent of their record soybean crop, compared to 76 percent sold on average by this time. This may keep a shadow over the soybean market over the next several months. The BAGE left its Argentine soybean production outlook at 57.5 mmt, compared to the USDA’s 57.8 mmt forecast. Argentina’s Ag Minister lowered the soybean crop estimate by 1 mmt to 57 mmt. Argentina’s harvest is pegged at 97.5 percent complete. China’s unloading of soybeans has slowed as an investigation into how imported soybeans may have found their way into the food sector is under-
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NYSTROM, from pg. 22 New crop sales were 4.9 million bushels, bringing total commitments to 113.3 million bushels. The total commitment number is well below last year at this time when we had 177.4 million bushels on the books. It’s estimated that U.S. corn is $14 per ton out of the market to Argentina and Brazil is $4 per ton discount to U.S. origin. The U.S. attaché to Mexico is forecasting 2017-18 corn production at 25 mmt with imports of 15.5 mmt. Of the import total, 15.35 mmt are expected to be sourced from the United States. Buenos Aires Grain Exchange left its Argentine corn projection at 39 mmt with 48.6 percent of harvest complete. Weekly ethanol production in the United States fell from 1.002 million barrels per day to 990,000 bpd. Stocks were down from 22.5 million barrels to 22.3 million barrels. Margins improved 2 cents per gallon to 8 cents per gallon. The average trade guess for the June 30 Planted Acreage report is 89.78 million acres vs. the USDA’s March forecast for 90.0 million acres and compared to last year’s 94.0 million planted acres. The trade estimate for the Grain Stocks as of June 1 is 5.125 billion bushels. Last year, there were 4.711 billion bushels of corn stocks on June 1. Let’s look at Minneapolis wheat. Drought conditions expanded in the Dakotas and eastern Montana. This has been the impetus behind the tremendous rally. North Dakota alone produces 50 percent of the U.S. spring wheat crop. Minneapolis July wheat has soared $1.17.25 from the close on May 15 to the high on June 23. It is overbought technically, but that doesn’t mean it’s ready to roll over. Basis levels for high protein wheat in Minneapolis continue to strengthen. Outlook: For just the 2017 calendar year, December corn’s high was on June 8 at $4.09, and here we are on June 23 setting the calendar year low at $3.75 (so far). In only 12 trading sessions, we went from the 2017 high to the low for a plunge of 34 cents per bushel. SOYBEANS — Soybeans tried to rally in post-weekend trading, spiking to $9.47.5/bu. on June 19, but couldn’t hold the rally and closed lower. That lower trend continued throughout the week, with soybeans closing lower for four out of the last five sessions. July
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Many counties may see increase in 2016 corn payments Most crop producers in the Upper Midwest are enrolled in the county yield-based Ag Risk Coverage (ARC-CO) farm program choice on their corn and soybean base acres for the 2014 to 2018 crop years. Given the decrease in the corn and soybean market prices in the past few months, many farm operators and ag lenders are now wondering what impact that may have on potential 2016 ARC-CO payments, which are scheduled to be paid in October. For the 2016 corn and soybean crop, producers in counties that had very high corn and soybean yields in 2016, relative to their benchmark yields, were likely already projected to get a zero 2016 ARC-CO payment, which will not change in most of those counties. Producers in counties that had 2016 corn yields that were very near or below the 2016 benchmark yields will likely get the maximum, or close to the maximum, 2016 corn ARC-CO payment. However, producers that had 2016 corn yields between 110
percent to 122 percent of estimated 2016 corn their 2016 benchmark yield, ARC-CO payments in many and were previously counties across the Upper projected to receive a 2016 Midwest; however, there corn ARC-CO payment, will will be virtually no effect on likely now see their 2016 any potential 2016 soybean ARC-CO payments ARC-CO payments. increased from earlier Based on June 1 estimates. estimates, many counties in The 2016 Market Year FARM PROGRAMS southern Minnesota and Average (MYA) prices for northern Iowa, as well as By Kent Thiesse corn and soybeans, which some counties in eastern are used to calculate South Dakota, that were potential 2016 ARC-CO already anticipating a payments, are the U.S. 2016 corn ARC-CO average farm-level payment, will now see prices from Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, the ARC-CO payments in October 2017. The 2016 MYA prices will be increased by $7 to $9 per corn base finalized on Sept. 30. As of June 1, the acre. A much smaller percentage of estimated 2016 MYA prices are $3.35 counties in central and northern per bushel for corn, and $9.55 per Minnesota, along with eastern North bushel for soybeans, which represents Dakota, were previously scheduled to a decrease of $.05 per bushel for both receive corn ARC-CO payments; corn and soybeans from the MYA however, those counties that are estimates on March 1. The downward scheduled to receive payments will see adjustment in the projected corn MYA the 2016 corn ARC-CO payments price will have a positive effect on the increase by $6-$7 per base acre from the earlier figures. Approximately six new counties in Minnesota, and two new counties each
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in northern Iowa and eastern South Dakota, are now scheduled to receive a small 2016 corn ARC-CO payment, after being previously projected to receive a zero payment. Five counties in southern Minnesota and nine counties in eastern South Dakota are expected to receive the maximum 2016 corn ARC-CO payment, based on the June 1 MYA corn price estimate. Even following the small decline in the projected 2016 soybean MYA price, all counties in Minnesota, northern Iowa, and the eastern Dakotas are still not likely to receive a 2016 soybean ARC-CO payment. This is due to the record actual 2016 soybean yields in many counties in the Upper Midwest. Even if the 2016 MYA price drops another $.05-$.10 per bushel by Aug. 31, there still would likely be a zero 2016 soybean ARC-CO payment in nearly all counties in the region. Any further small downward adjustment in the final 2016 corn MYA price between now and Aug. 31 would further enhance the level of estimated 2016 corn ARC-CO payments in many counties in the Upper Midwest. Please See THIESSE, pg. 25
Hog market may find top TEALE, from pg. 22 market to lower levels in the months ahead. Therefore producers should continue to monitor the market and protect inventories as needed. The hog market has experienced a very good and sustained rally over the past few months. Demand for pork has been the main catalyst in this rally which is evidenced in the recent release of the USDA Cold Storage report that showed a larger draw down in pork stocks than anticipated. This has taken prices back to levels not seen in over a year at over $90 cwt. basis the lean index, and over $100 cwt. in the pork cutout. The concern now would be: Can the demand for pork be sustained at
these higher levels given the competition for meat protein by the consumer? That concern to some degree has been offered by the futures market which had been a constant premium and has now turned to a discount. This could be signaling a turn in market sentiment at least on a temporary basis. From a seasonal standpoint, this is in the time frame that the hog market usually finds a top. So it would appear that the hog market is now at a crossroads of higher prices or a turn down to a retreat in cash in the weeks ahead. This should put producers on notice to keep close attention to market conditions and protect inventories as warranted. v
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Kent Thiesse is a government farm 2016 corn and soybean after the June 1, 2016 ARC-CO payment levels MYA price estimates. programs analyst and a vice president are still estimates, To receive a free copy at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726which are based on the of the Information 2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank. 2016 NASS county yield estimates and Sheet and Tables, send an e-mail to: com. v the current MYA prices. The final kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. payments could vary depending on the final MYA price levels on Aug. 31, or any adjustments made by USDA in the 2016 Corn ARC-CO payment estimates for Minnesota announced NASS yields to arrive at the final 2016 FSA county yields, (All payments listed are per corn base acre.) which are used to calculate 2016 ARC-CO payments. There will likely be Blue Earth = $71/acre (*) Brown = $23/acre a 6.8 percent federal sequestration Chippewa = $36/acre Chisago = $39/acre reduction on all 2016 ARC-CO Cottonwood = $15/acre Dodge = $73/acre (*) payments that will be paid in October, Faribault = $20/acre Fillmore = $31/acre 2017, similar to adjustments made in Freeborn = $53/acre Goodhue = $72/acre (*) the 2014 and 2015 ARC-CO payments. Hennepin = $7/base acre Houston = $33/acre Producers must be enrolled in the Jackson = $53/acre Kandiyohi = $58/acre 2016 ARC-CO program for corn and Lac Qui Parle = $9/acre Le Sueur = $2/acre soybeans in order to be eligible for any Mahnomen = $3/acre Marshall = $36/acre 2016 ARC-CO payments. Producers are Martin = $31/acre McLeod = $24/acre required to enroll in the 2017 ARC-CO program at local FSA offices by Aug. 1 Meeker = $14/acre Mower = $30/acre to be eligible for 2017 ARC-CO Nobles = $35/acre Olmsted = $73/acre (*) payments, which will be paid in Renville = $7/acre Rice = $56/acre October 2018. Given the current Rock = $9/acre Steele = $26/acre projected corn and soybean price levels Swift = $11/acre Wabasha = $63/acre for 2017-18, along with likely increases Waseca = $32/acre Washington = $36/acre in 2017 benchmark yields in many Watonwan = $75/acre (*) Winona = $18/acre counties, there could be a possibility of 2017 corn and soybean ARC-CO (*) Maximum 2016 payment level. payments in many areas, especially if the 2017 crop yields return closer to All other counties in Minnesota are estimated to receive a zero 2016 Corn ARC-CO payment. average yield levels. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Previous county yields for corn, 2016 Soybean ARC-CO payment estimates for Minnesota soybeans, and other crops, benchmark All counties in Minnesota are estimated to receive a zero 2016 Soybean ARC-CO payment. yields and revenues, ARC-CO payment --------------------------------------------------------------------------------levels, and other farm program Notes: information are available on the FSA * These estimates are based on 2016 NASS county yield estimates, and a 2016 MYA corn ARC-PLC web site, which is at: www. price of fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. Kent Thiesse has $3.35/Bu. and a 2016 MYA soybean price of $9.55/Bu. prepared an information sheet titled: * These ARC-CO payment estimates do not include counties with separate irrigated yield Estimating 2016 Corn and Soybean data. ARC-CO Payments and 2016 ARC-CO * Final payment levels could change by 9-30-17. Payment Estimate Tables for most * 2016 ARC-CO payments will be paid in October, 2017. counties in Minnesota and northern * 2016 ARC-CO payments will likely be subject to a 6.8 % federal sequestration reduction. Iowa, as well as for eastern North and — Table prepared by Kent Thiesse, Farm Management Analyst South Dakota, which were all updated
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THIESSE, from pg. 24 refer to the table for updated 2016 corn ARC-CO payment estimates for all counties in Minnesota. The MYA price for a given crop year is used to calculate any potential payments for the Price Loss Coverage (PLC), ARC-CO, and ARC-Individual Coverage programs. The historical MYA prices are also used to determine the benchmark revenues for both the ARC-CO and ARC-IC program options. The MYA price for a given commodity is not based on the Chicago Board of Trade commodity prices, or any specific local or terminal grain prices. The MYA price is the 12-month national average price for a commodity, based on the average market price received at the first point of sale by farm operators across the United States. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service collects grain sales data on a monthly basis, which is then weighted at the end of the year, based on the volume of bushels sold in each month. USDA updates the average M YA price estimates for a given marketing year i n t h e m o n t h l y Wo r l d A g r i c u l t u r a l Supply and Demand Estimates report. T h e WA S D E r e p o r t is a pretty good price estimate for potential ARC-CO payments. USDA also publishes monthly and season-average estimated market prices for various commodities, which are available on the Farm Service Agency website at bit.ly/USDAPrice. Some universities also update projected MYA prices on a monthly basis for selected crops. Kansas State University offers one of the best monthly updates of MYA prices for corn, soybeans, and wheat at www.agmanager.info/crops/ insurance/risk_mgt It is important to remember that the
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FOR SALE:Used grain bins, FOR SALE: Case IH 183 FOR SALE: DMI 470 wagon, floors unload systems, sti12R30” cultivator; 12R30” very nice cond, straight rators, fans & heaters, aer5800 Hiniker cultivator; hitch, rear brakes, lights, ation fans, buying or sell7120 Case IH tractor. 507nice paint, $4,950/OBO. 507ing, try me first and also 427-3561 327-2678 call for very competitive contract rates! Office FOR SALE: Goodyear Di- FOR SALE: IH 810 6 belt hours 8am-5pm Monday – pick-up head, $750; CIH amond Tread Tires, Qty Friday Saturday 9am - 12 1083 8x30 corn head, $4,900; 2 - 30.5 x 32, Ag -10 bolt noon or call 507-697-6133 Demco 550 grav box, w/ pattern, std offset rim, Ask for Gary lights & brakes, $7,450; CIH good condition, 70%, 1830, 16x30 flat fold cult White color, came off $7,500; IH 720 7x18 on land grain cart, stored inside, Farm Implements 035 auto rest plow, $3,250; IH $2,400. (641) 590-1102 700 pull-type 7x18 auto reset FOR SALE: Fantini chopplow, high clearance, $2,450 ping 8R & 12R CH; 70' 320-769-2756 Elmer drag, Merritt alum FOR SALE: Goodyear Narrow Tractor Tires, hopper grain trailers; '89 Qty 2- 14.9x46, 70% tread, FOR SALE: JD 9510 comIH 1680 combine; 24R30” bine, 30.5x32 tires, yield & step rim for 36" cast JD pl on Kinze bar; Big A moisture monitor, 2,700 sep wheel; Qty 2- 14.9x46 70% floater; 175 Michigan ldr; hrs, $32,500; JD 443 4x30 tread, steel duals, ag IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708 corn head w/ knife rolls, 10bolt; Qty 2- axle mount CH & parts; White plows & $2,750; JD 1635 14' HD disk, hubs for duals w/bolts, parts; 54' 4300 IH field cul$3,750; JD 4555 MFW trac$5,500. Great for the tivator; JD 44' field cult; tor, power shift, 3pt, 8,000 sprayer or sidedress 3300 Hiniker field cult; hrs, 18.4x46 w/ duals, tractor (641) 590-1102 header trailer. 507-380-5324 $32,500; 2013 JD I69 baler, net & twine wrap, large FOR SALE: 15' Tandem FOR SALE: '11 3955 JD tires, 11,000 bales, $21,500; Axle Dump Box w/ Tractor chopper, 7.5 hay head, 2RN NH 616 7' 10” disk mower, Hook-up. (507)523-3305 or cornhead. 651-278-1449 $3,950. 320-769-2756 (507)450-6115
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RHINO FLEX WING
78” bucket, 289 hours............................... $31,500 ‘16 JD 8601 RSX Gator, power steering, 289 hours, warranty .................................... $8,500 ‘13 Case 621F XR, wheel loader, JRB coupler, 3.0 cubic yard bucket, 3rd valve, new 20.5R25 radial tires, 4730 hours, just throught service program..................................................... $74,000
‘13 JD 670, 1294 eng/647 sep. hrs., premium cab, HID lights, Hitorque VSD, chopper, contourmaster, less bucket, 18.4x42” tires.............................$62,000 520x42” duals ..............................................$167,000
‘05 JD 7420, MFWD, 467 hrs., cab, air, IVT, tranny,
3 pt., 540/1000 PTO w/ JD 741 self leveling loader, ‘13 JD 6170R, Cab, IVT trans, MFWD, 859 hrs.,
w/H380 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, ..........$116,000 ‘09 NH 6070, Bi-directional, 3543 hrs., cab air, w/NH
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 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO .............$55,000 chopper, 520x42” duals ...............................$149,000 ‘11 Challenger, MT 575 B, MFWD, 2242 hrs., 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, chopper, chaff spreader, 520x42” duals........$52,000 ‘02 Challenger MT 765, 4190 hrs., 120” spacing 30” ‘11 Claas Lexior, 740, 1466 eng/899 sep hrs., 4x4 belts, 3pt, 1,000 PTO .....................................$69,000 520x42” duals ..............................................$109,000 ‘14 CIH 380 MAG row trac cut, 290 hrs., 4 hyd., big
TRACK TRACTORS
pump, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 24” tracks, completely auto guidence equipped, suspended front, 24” belts .......................................................$195,000 ‘13 CIH, 380 MAG Row Trac 1178 hrs., luxury cab, full guidance, suspended front, 24” tracks, 120 inch
‘12 JD 2410 33' chisel plow, tru depth standards on 12'' spacing, nice ................ $28,000 ‘15 New Holland 340, big square baler, single axle, standard baler, 4500 bales ............... $55,000 ‘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, New 380/80R38 single fronts, front wgts., 540/1000 PTO, 3pt w/quick hitch, just through service program, 3448 hours, powertrain warranty till 02/28/2018 ............................................ $65,000
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TRUCKS
‘02 Int 4900 DT466, auto 3060p, tandem, 666k, can have PTO, 15 1/2’ cab to axle .......................$14,500 ‘04 Int 4300, bucket truck, 40’ reach, Auto, 219k ................................................................$26,000
spacing 3 pt., 4 hyd. Hiflow, PTO ................$180,000 ‘12 Freightliner Sprinter 3500, 15’ body, DLS, Auto ................................................................$15,900 ‘14 CIH, 340 MAG Row Trac 287 hrs., luxury cab, suspended frt axle, 18” tracks, 76” spacing, 6 hyd ‘09 Freightliner Columbia II, auto shift, 410 hp., remotes, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, full guidance......$195,000 3 axle ..............................................................$28,000
4WD TRACTORS ‘12 JD 9410R, 1411 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights,
‘04 Freightliner MII, bucket truck, 40’ reach, Auto, 188k ........................................................................ $0
520x46” tires & duals ...................................$169,000 ‘12 Pete 587 Cummins, 13 spd, 72” sleeper, 406k ................................................................$40,000 ‘10 JD 9330 1239 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4hyd powershift w/ ‘09 Columbia, 120 Day Cab Detroit, 105 gal, diff lock, 480x50” tires & duals, 85% .............$155,00 423k ................................................................$29,000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs., powershift, diff lock, HID lights 480x50” tires & duals .........................$128,000 ‘96 FL80 Cummins, Allison Auto w/ PTO 4x4, 88k ..................................................................$26,000 ‘09 CIH 385, 3071 hrs., 620x 46 tires & duals, 4 hydraulics, powershift ...............................$105,000
ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘14 CIH 260, 605 hrs., MFWD luxury cab, 4 hyd, 3 pt
‘08 JD 9870 combine, 4WD, 520/85R42 duals, 1858 swp. hours, nice condition ............... $95,000
‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., cm, HID lights, high torque USD chopper, 520x38” duals ..............................................$157,500
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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,
CRAWLER DOZERS
‘12 JD 750K, 1316 hrs., cab air, Su blade with tilt ..........................................................$125,000 ‘04 Cat D610XL, 6659 hrs., w/ cab air, 6 way blade, & winch ..............................................................$85,000 ‘08 CatD4K LGP, 2180 hrs., 6 way blade ............$77,000
480x50” duals, MFWD .................................$110,000 ‘10 JD 850J LGP, 2926 hrs., cab air, 6 way blade ..............................................................$99,500
‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,
4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires & duals.....$115,000 ‘08 Case 1150k, 1265 hrs., cab air, 6 way blade ..............................................................$77,000
‘13 CIH 290, 1250 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, big pump, 480
front duals, 480x50” .....................................$119,000 ‘13 NH 8360, 940 hrs., MFWD, leather seats, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, auto steer complete, 480x50” rear
EXCAVATORS ‘13 JD 290 GLC, 2271 hrs., w/ aux hyd., hyd. Thumb, 50” bkt ..........................................................$145,000
tires & duals .................................................$119,000 ‘15 Komotsu PC, 138 US LC-10, 1038 hrs., 30” bkt, like new machine ..................................................$99,000
‘13 NH T8.300, 801 hrs., MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 pt.,
540/1000 PTO, 480x50” tires & duals .........$105,000
LOADER BACKHOES
‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 ‘14 Volvo BL70B, 724 hrs., cab air, pilot controls, PTO, HID lights, front wts, fender ..................$99,000 hydraulic thumb, xhoe ...................................$57,500
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Cutters New & Used 15 & 20' Dairy 055 See the New Sleek Design14 Holstein bred Heifers, due Cleaner Underneath. Aug-Dec. 651-278-1449 6 Year Gear Box Warranty Dealer319-347-6282We Trade Herd of 80 Holstein dairy cows, RHA of 23,000, AI We buy bred & sired, free stall Salvage Equipment adapted, closed herd. 715Parts Available 568-5771 Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910 Registered Holstein springing heifers for sale, due Tractors 036 July - Sept. (715)286-2905 '08 Case IH 225 Magnum, WANTED TO BUY: Dairy 2450 hrs, 50k Powershift, heifers and cows. 320-235Front suspension, New 2664 600/70-R30 Fronts, 710/70R42 @ 65%, 18 front Cattle 056 weights, 4 remotes, $68,000. 2 yr. Miniature Horned Here(651) 380-0799 ford Bull For Sale. Calm FOR SALE: IH 5088 2WD gentle disposition, raised as tractor, new motor, nice, pet, good home only, $1,200. $20,500. 320-249-8556 Call or text 920-765-1041 JD 6400 MSWD cab loader, Bred beef cows & heifers & rear blade, one owner, 9700 cow/calf pairs. Several hrs, asking $24,500. 608-792breeds to choose from. 8051 (218)391-3031 NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE OR LEASE PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, REGISTERED BLACK 55, 50 Series & newer tracANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & tors, AC-all models, Large yearlings; bred heifers, Inventory, We ship! Mark calving ease, club calves & Heitman Tractor Salvage balance performance. Al 715-673-4829 sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Harvesting Equip 037 Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320CIH 2366 combine, 1,687 sep 864-4625 hrs, 2,666 eng hrs, specialty rotor, long unloading auger, field tracker, grain loss FOR SALE: Simmental Sim/Angus yrl bulls, monitor, header control, Polled, Black & Red, seheavy duty final drives, men checked, ready to chain oilers. 605-359-6205 work. Grass-Lunning FOR SALE: 7720 RWA Grain Simm. LeRoy, MN 55951, loss monitor; 893 corn Bob:507-438-9007, head; Mico-Trak yield monLuke:507-440-6386 itor; chaff spreader. 507- glsimmentals@gmail.com 213-8440
COMBINES
‘13 JD 660, 4WD, 1598/1066, 2630 display, hrs...................................................................$57,000 contourmaster chopper, 520x42” duals ......$155,000
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LOADER TRACTORS ‘04 JD 7320 Cab, MFWD, 16 spd., 741 loader, 6316
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FOR SALE: JD 6 btm 3710 FOR SALE: Case IH 12' FOR SALE: 25 Limousin se- FOR SALE: Angus bulls vari-width plow, exc cond; swather, like new, $4,250; yearlings & 2 yr olds. Stout, men tested bulls, 2 yr olds HD 1600 gal poly water Case IH 19' swather, excelheavy muscled bulls w/ exc & yearlings, Black or Red, tank; Machining Equiplent condition, $4,900. 320performance genetics. Ferlow birth weight, super 293-1432 or 320-260-2213 ment: Milling machine, tility & performance tested. growth. John Goelz, surface grinder, & other Kellogg MN Sullivan Angus. Franklin, MN 507-557-8394 FOR SALE: MF 550 Hydro, equip avail. 507-766-5032 507-527-1034 1143 cornhead, 15' rigid head, 13' flex head, pickup Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Rehead, chopper attach, 4261 pair Repair-Troubleshoothours, $5,000. 715-443-3116 ing Sales-Design Custom hydraulic hose-making up 039 to 2” Service calls made. Tillage Equip STOEN'S Hydrostatic SerFOR SALE: Ag Enterprises vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N 40' 15 disc liquid fertilizer Glenwood, MN 56334 320side dress applicator, John 634-4360 Blue ground driven pump, 700 gal tank. 507-381-6719 Retirement Sale: Combines: '97 JD 9600, 2407 Machinery Wanted 040 sep hrs, RWA; '98 JD 9610, 2397 sep hrs; 912 JD pickup header; (2) JD All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chis930 air reels. Tractors: els, field cults, planters, 180 Allis w/ ldr, Case soil finishers, cornheads, 2290, '82 JD 4440, '01 JD feed mills, discs, balers, 8310 w/ triples & guidhaybines, etc. 507-438-9782 ance system, '94 Case 9270, Case 440 w/ triples. WANTED TO BUY: CIH 600 Trucks: '72 Ford 700, '78 blower. 320-352-3878 GMC Sierra 6500, '90 Volvo tri-axle, 575 United WANTED: Geringhoff PC 630 corn head for parts. 763Farm Tool grain cart. 360-6885 Other Equip: 72' Summers super harrow, 37' 050 Case IH chisel plow, 33' Feed Seed Hay JD chisel plow, 28' Summers diamond disc, '83 WANTED TO BUY: DamBig Red grain dryer aged corn, soybeans, othmodel 4FS12 240 BPH, er grains. Call Schweiger 8600 30' Int'l air seeder, Cattle LLC. 507-236-5181 JD model 7300 12R planter, 90' Ultimate 054 sprayer. 218-437-8120 Well Livestock kept up maintenance & FOR SALE: Black Angus shedded. For more info bulls also Hamp, York, & please call. ‘13 Case SR250 skid steer loader, cab with Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 heat and air, 2 speed, hyd. coupler, E-H controls,
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FOR SALE: Black Simmen- FOR SALE: 5 Registered FOR SALE: Registered An- Semen tested Black Angus gus bulls, 2 yo & yearlings, bulls, sired by Our Sons Of, Polled Shorthorn 2nd calf tal Bulls, Polled, Calving bred for well balanced EPD 10X10, Mainstream and cows w/calves at side. (608) Ease, AI Sires Augustus & & growth, fertility tested. Providence. 323-3503 In Dew Time, Reasonably Miller Angus, Kasson MN. www.teamjsi.com Priced, 2 y.o., yearlings. 507-634-4535 715-483-3866 Megan Sweerin 612-860-8216 FOR SALE: Red Angus yearling bulls, $1,700Cokato, MN $1,800; Oehler Red Angus Registered Texas Longhorn Sim Angus & Simmental bulls, long yearlings & com507-931-5758. breeding stock, cows, ing 2 yr olds, Black Polled heifers or roping stock, top & easy calving, 45+ years blood lines. 507-235-3467 breeding background. Can Deliver. Riverside Simmenwww.thelandonline.com tals Gerald Polzin, Cokato, MN. 320-286-5805
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Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable. All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: 877-441-2627
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'03 Chev Silverado 1500 Reg Cab, Pewter. 100,967 mi, 8-cylinder, Auto, 2WD. Nice truck, $6,900. Call (641) 590-1102
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FOR SALE: 2010 32.5' Jayco 5th wheel 4 season camper, set up at Springsteel Island campground in Warroad, MN, on paid seasonal lot, 2 lrg slides, exc cond, $22,500/Obo. 218-686-0159 Miscellaneous
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40'- 3 legged windmill, $1,000. (715)382-4427 FOR SALE: Westfield 10x71 auger w/ low profile hopper, near new. 507-383-3618
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Big Gain ............................................13 Larson Implement ......................27, 29 Broskoff Structures ..........................12 C & C Roofing ..................................18
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Courtland Waste Handling ..................5
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SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN
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COMBINES
NEW White Planters .............................................. Call ‘04 Kinze 3600 16-30 ..................................... $42,000
Miscellaneous
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‘12 White 8186, 16-30 w/liq. fert. ................... $59,000 White 8222, 12-30 w/liq. fert. ......................... $42,000 NEW Massey GC1705 w/loader ............................ Call ‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ......................... $85,000 NEW Massey 7722 FWA CVT ................................ 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 ‘09 NH TD 5050 w/loader, 1300 hrs............... $36,000 ‘01 Gleaner R72 ............................................. $72,500 ‘08 NH 8010 ................................................. $114,500 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ........................................... $105,000 ‘05 CIH MX210 1700 hrs ................................ $98,500 Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ..................... Call ‘06 Buhler 2210 w/ auto steer........................ $92,500 Allis 180 D .........................................................$7,250 ‘12 Challenger MT 665D .............................. $155,000 New Hesston & NH Hay Tools - ON HAND ‘10 Versatile 435, 1050 hrs .......................... $150,000 Allis 185 w/loader .............................................$9,500 ‘85 White 4-270, nice ..................................... $29,500 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 Tiger Mate II 40.5 w/ 4 bar ..................... $29,500 NEW Hardi Sprayers.............................................. Call DMI 530B ............................................................... Call NEW Riteway Rollers ............................................. Call DMI/NH 775, 7-shank .................................... $23,500 NEW Lorenz Snowblowers .................................... Call ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom ................................. $35,000 NEW Batco Conveyors .......................................... Call ‘08 JD 3710, 10-bottom ................................. $20,000 NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ........................ Call ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar harrow ................ $29,500 NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ................................. Call NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ........................ Call ‘07 NH 170 w/ cab ......................................... $18,900 REM 2700, Rental .................................................. Call NEW NH Skidsteers - On Hand ............................. Call Pre-Owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ............................. Call NH 230 w/ cab & air ....................................... $37,900 Pre-Owned Sprayers ............................................. Call
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WANT TO BUY: Butcher FOR SALE: Yorkshire, FOR SALE: Blue Heeler cows, bulls, fats & walkable & Hampshire, Duroc pups, declaw, wormed, pacripples; also horses, Hamp/Duroc boars, also pers, $400. Call 715-279-3756 sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 gilts. Excellent selection. Raised outside. Exc herd Purebred Australian Shephealth. No PRSS. Delivery WANTED: Beef & Dairy herd from working stock. avail. 320-760-0365 feeder cattle. Also, have D.O.B May 10th, $350, shots beef bulls for sale or rent. & dewormed. 715-308-3501 (218) 391-3031 Piglets and adults, Mulesoot breed, docile, red-marbled Standard Australian Shepherd Puppies For Sale. meat. Argyle, WI. Valerie Sheep 060 Parents working farm 608-636-5503 dogs. Vet checked, shots, FOR SALE: Sydell corral wormed. Ready for their system G, like new, $1,700. Pets & Supplies 070 new homes. MN License 906-466-2535 or 906-553-5334 564268, $500. (651) 923-4517 FOR SALE: AKC German Shepherd puppies, Swine 065 075 Schuzhund breeding, excel- Livestock Equip lent bloodlines & disposiCompart's total program tions. Suzette Riches, Hol- FOR SALE: Drum fan on features superior boars & loway, MN 320-394-2189 wheels, $175; lots of sheep open gilts documented by equip, Call Keith at 612-400BLUP technology. Duroc, 2923 York, Landrace & F1 lines.
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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Tim King. Photos by Jan King.
Music H.O.F.? You betcha!
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n the walls of one of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame’s three rooms packed with Minnesota musical memorabilia are dozens of brightly colored posters announcing band engagements across the state. Whoopee John will be appearing at the Spicer Pavilion in May, Wilfahrt’s Concertina Orchestra will play at the BIG Carnival Dance in some unknown town on October 19th of some unknown year, and Louis Armstrong and his All Stars will play a three night gig on a Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at Glenwood’s Lakeside Ballroom. Imagine dancing to Louis Armstrong on the shores of Lake Minnewaska on a warm Tuesday night in May. Would you ever forget it? Not forgetting the story of Minnesota music and musicians is the role of New Ulm’s Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Although Armstrong was not inducted into the Hall of Fame because he never lived in Minnesota, other unforgettable musicians such as John Denver, Prince, and the renowned Teddy Bear Band are inductees. “To be inducted they have to have lived in Minnesota and have made a difference in the Minnesota music scene,” Bonnie Ubl of the 29year-old museum and Hall of Fame said. To that end, there are band leaders such as the University of Minnesota’s Dr. Frank Bencriscutto; television and radio personalities such as Garrison
Keillor and KEYC-TV’s Chuck Pasek; and fascinating musical hybrids such as Jeanne Arland Peterson who was WCCO radio’s house vocalist for 20 years and also played the organ for the Minnesota Twins. Each year since 1989, the Hall of Fame has honored six new inductees. This year they include the Apollo Male Chorus, Jim Johnson and the Underbeats, and the Meire Grove City Band. The induction ceremony and banquet, on the first Friday in November, will be a gala event. “It’s like New Ulm’s Academy Awards,” Ubl said. There are even star sighting rumors that circulate through town. “The year Prince was nominated he didn’t actually come,” Ubl said. “But people said they saw a long black limousine cruising the streets that night. Some people said that was Prince.” But Eddie “Skeets” Washinowski, an accordion player and radio announcer with roots in Worthington and northern Iowa, came to his induction in 1994. So did opera composer Dominick Argento in 1999. Each of these contributors to Minnesota culture and music, along with all the other inductees, has a display case of artifacts dedicated to them at the Hall of Fame. The organization’s website is www. mnmusichalloffame.org. v
New Ulm, Minn.