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With harvest upon us, I would like to get in the field and bring in the beans and thank our From The Fields farmers who corn. I hope by the time this is published, shared reports with me and our readers. your beans are in the bin and your corn From planting through harvest, they harvest is well underway. answered their cell phones in shops, pickReaders ups, tractors, combines and in the field.

A reader dropped by The Land office to Thank you Bob Roelofs of Garden City, bring us a bundle of old issues, circa 1983Mark Ditlevson of Blooming Prairie, Nate 84. He was cleaning out his garage when Hultgren of Raymond, Larry Konsterlie of he came across them. The old newsprint Pennock and Corey Hanson of Gary. was brittle and ragged at the edges. The LAND MINDS The growing season is a journey from dusty bundle was tied by a fraying straw

By Marie Wood hope to harvest. A common theme this rope. I was honored that someone thought year is rain and mucky fields. Yet, these back issues of The Land were Corey Hanson up in Gary was dealing worth keeping. Thank you. with drought conditions and brown Letters, phone calls, and pastures for his cattle. It notes from readers make our Life on the Farm Photos served as a reminder of just day. Keep them coming. You how large the state of Minne- Send us your photos: Tractors, fields, animals, are our best sources. sota is. That’s why we look for combines, sunsets, sunrises, family, harvest, One of my jobs here is to farmers across Minnesota seasons, gardens and more. manage our social media. My and northern Iowa. This year, favorite posts on Facebook we didn’t have a northern Please include your name, phone number (not for and Twitter are photos from Iowa farmer. Maybe next publication), town and a brief description. Your the farm. I have shared haryear! photo may be in our next issue. vest moons, combines in the All were extremely patient field, newborn animals, three E-mail: mwood@thelandonline.com in taking my Friday phone generations at work, toddlers calls, answering my questions napping in the cab, sunrises and explaining their work on and sunsets over the field. I the farm. From Nate Hulteven like the harvest photos gren, I learned all about dark of the ham sandwiches you red kidney beans and sugarare trying not to eat before beets.

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From Mark Ditlevson, I learned about cover crops When I am out and about I often take photos of and attended an on-farm event where soil scientist picturesque farm places with red barns, silver grain Frank Gibbs blew smoke through the tile lines to bins and fields of green or gold. How lucky you are to demonstrate healthy soil. Let me tell you … Gibbs live in that setting. may look more like an Allman Brother than a soil I would love to share your farm photos in print and scientist, but he knows his stuff. online. Please e-mail me your Life on the Farm phoMore than once I caught Bob Roelofs in his hog tos with a brief description! Please include your barn. I learned that Larry Konsterlie brings his name, phone number and town. My e-mail is antique tractors to his county fair. Talking to Corey mwood@thelandonline.com.

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Above all, I was most impressed by the commitMarie Wood is associate editor of The Land. She ment and energy these farmers bring to their famimay be reached at mwood@thelandonline.com. v lies, community and industry.

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to negative market consequences like When it comes to the artful science of market losses and even bankruptcy. economics, most American farmers and That’s one reason why Ricardo’s economic ranchers are classic Ricardians, or followprinciples are labeled “theories” — not ers of David Ricardo. Ricardo is an “truths” or “facts.”

18th century English stock trader whose influential book, On the Principles of An even better reason, explains Richard Political Economy and Taxation, Thaler, a non-Ricardian economist at the explained what he saw as the market’s University of Chicago, is that humans are guiding lights. not always rational. So, often, the markets FARM & FOOD FILE they live and operate in won’t always be Any ag econ student from the last 150 years can spot a Ricardian principle a rational either.

By Alan Guebert mile away. Some of his classics include That makes sense. Why else would comparative advantage, the law of hardware stores put the cherry licorice diminishing returns, opportunity cost, display next to the checkout lane if and the ever-useful “theory of economic they didn’t want me to make a comrent.” pletely irrational purchase? Does anyone really need All, not coincidentally, fit snugly into most U.S. two pounds of chewy, artificially flavored fructose? farmers and ranchers’ near-sacred belief that, given Irrational behavior, in fact, explains so many marfree markets and free trade, they’ll out-produce ket consequences that the Nobel committee just everyone else. awarded Thaler its 2017 Memorial Prize in EconomMaybe, but production doesn’t mean profit, and ics. In announcing the award, the committee not only free trade and free markets are ideals, not realities. honored his work on how people are economically In fact, there are huge barriers to both: over-theirrational, but how “they are predictably irrational moon land prices, soaring seed costs, market bubbles, — that they consistently behave in ways that defy currency manipulation, price inelasticities, monopo- economic theory.” lies, monopsonies, tariffs, weather, sanitary barriers, Predictably irrational? ongoing global conflicts …

For example, Thaler explained to the New Moreover, any of these external influences can lead York Times the theory of supply and demand clearly states that people will pay more for an umbrella during a rainstorm. In real life, however, many people SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE will become angry if you charge more for one during SEPARATION, MIXING, AND PUMPING OF a rainstorm. Most, in fact, won’t buy it.

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We down-to-earth farm and ranch folks are predictably irrational, too. How else can you explain

why some of us only buy green machinery and others only red?

Right … it’s complicated. And predictably irrational.

If that’s complicated, how do predictably irrational people around the world design and implement farm and food policies that are effective both nationally and internationally?

Thaler, the newly minted Nobel laureate, might call on his fictional friend, Homo Economicas, to tackle that knotty problem. Econ Man, as Thaler calls him, is part of a group of “highly intelligent beings that are capable of making the most complex of calculations but are totally lacking in emotions…”

In other words, Econ Man is always predictable and perfectly rational.

On one occasion, Thaler put Econ Man to work in his classroom after a group of high-achieving students averaged 70 points on an exam. When their bitter complaints over the test scores finally ebbed, Thaler assured the students that, on his grading curve, 70 still equaled a “B.” That meant nothing to the students. All they saw was “70.”

Econ Man’s solution was beautiful: Thaler raised the value of the next exam from 100 points to 137 points. As a result, the average score on this second exam hovered near 100, not 70. The relative letter grade, however, still was a “B.” The students didn’t care; they saw 100, not 70, and were elated. Predictably irrational? In spades.

How would Econ Man score the 2018 farm bill?

I don’t know, but on his principle alone, Ricardo would give it a 100.

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Mother’s letter to an expecting daughter God has blessed you with this little boy.

Dear Daughter, Take the time to talk to him, play with, In a few days you will become a mother teach, love, nurture and discipline him, for the first time. Maybe you will become give him the gift of saying “no” when you a mother over and over again in your lifehave to, but say “yes” whenever you can. time, but rest assured that while all of And when he gets to be a toddler and your pregnancies and babies/children will wants to kiss you impetuously, let him do be special, there’s just something about it. That time passes all too quickly, and that first one. someday you will long for those days back.

You were that first one for me. Until Give him purposeful work as he grows TABLE TALK you were born, I couldn’t possibly under— something he can be proud of as he stand how someone so small could have

By Karen Schwaller labors. Time is shorter than you realize. such a huge impact on my life. Carrying And before you know it, he’ll be off to his you for nine months was one of the most first day of kindergarten, and you will be profound experiences of my life. It was all so new to in a puddle of tears on the floor, wondering where me, and it held lots of mystery and a certain kind of your baby went.

And when he goes off to college … joy that nothing else in my life could come close to well, you know the story. You were there yourself not matching. that long ago. You will have shared so much together Finally, the time came for you to be born. It was a until then, and the tears will flow. scary time, but there you were — pink and perfect.

He will be a product of his environment, so make it Casting our eyes upon you in the flesh for the very a good one. The best thing you can give to your chilfirst time was unbelievable. I knew you before you were born, and up until then, I had carried you every dren is a healthy marriage, so stay close to each other, talk to each other, remain united in your second of your life. efforts to raise your children together, and go to And now you come to these last few days before church as a family. having a child of your own — a son. It will be the And when you face rough times in your relationtoughest job you’ll ever love. You will have the blessship, take time to regroup. Your decisions affect the ing and arduous job of raising someone’s husband happiness and well-being of your whole family — so and you’ll want to do a good job of that. make good communication part of every day. And It will be hard sometimes. You will be overwhelmed when you need to get away by yourselves for a day or now and then, and you will have to make tough deci- two, you only have to call 1-800-GRANDPA-ANDsions. You will discipline with a heavy heart, and at GRANDMA. We work cheap when it comes to grantimes you may even feel like your children hate you. dies.

But your love for them will never waver. And on Once this baby arrives, you will be different. But those days when you don’t feel very glamorous or you will also be the person God chose to care for this popular with your children, just remember that child of His. We will be learning, too, so please be Adam was created in the wild, and Eve was created patient with us as we learn to grandparent in a in a garden. You will always be beautiful. world that is so different from the world in which we Parenthood, like marriage, is a marathon. You’ll be raised you. a mother for the rest of your life, so it’s important to Dad and I wish you all the best as you start your pace yourself. Remember, “Inch by inch, life is a new role as parents: the toughest, most rewarding cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard.” Keep that saying job a person can ever love, this side of heaven. close by. You will need it.

With Love, There is hardly a word in the English language Mom that sounds as beautiful to a woman as the word, “Mom.” I think God must have designed that word, Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land because there is no other explainable reason that from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be when a child somewhere out in public says or shouts, reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v “Mom!” — every woman turns her head. THAT’s how special it is to be a mother.

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Farmers see latest technology at CFS Field Days

By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor WASECA, Minn. — Farmers checked out the latest farm technology including equipment, as well as precision agriculture and nitrogen management services. Above all, they received advice from growers and agronomists on how to use technology to maximize yields, minimize inputs and farm sustainably.

Central Farm Service hosted about 500 farmers and ag industry professionals at its CFS Field Technology Days at Farmamerica in Waseca, Sept.

6-7. Over lunch, a panel of growers talked about precision agriculture’s challenges, progress and return on investment.

Managing nitrogen was a hot topic due to Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s draft Nitrogen Fertilizer Rule, expected to go into effect fall of 2018. Today, best management practices from the University of Minnesota Extension are voluntary, but they could become mandatory.

Jerry Demmer, a producer near Clarks Grove, explained that grid sampling to determine fertilizer placement is more important than ever with the increased focus on groundwater. His CFS agronomist pushed him to sidedress nitrogen during the growing season and watch yield data. The goal of sidedressing is to supply nitrogen when the crop needs it, without supplying excess when nitrogen can be lost.

“We have to farm smarter,” said Demmer.

Jade Kampsen, CFS regional sales agronomist, works to maximize yield while minimizing inputs.

This requires investing in acres that will return the most. She Jade Kampsen added that CFS precision ag programs offer farmers a detailed record of their fields and practices, which ties back to the Nitrogen Fertilizer Rule.

“We can really show, looking back on the years, that we have been doing the right things and that we are being progressive in some of those sustainable ways,” she said.

Kevin Poppel, who farms between

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Gary and Mary Kress talked with Lauren Schrader (right), precision ag specialist, about drones and precision agriculture at the CFS Technology Field Days. The Kresses have been clients of Central Advantage GS since 2003.

Madelia and Lake Crystal, explained that precision agriculture allows farmers to collect data, make an actionable plan and take a systematic approach to farming.

Kevin Poppel “It allows us to sharpen the tools in the shed,” said Poppel.

With more information, Poppel said it is easier to make decisions. Those decisions tend to be better for both the bottom line and the land. “We are managing every acre now versus every field. Not only are we cutting our costs, we are better stewards of the environment,” he said.

Thanks to precision ag and split applications, Poppel projects that this year he will only use 0.6 pounds of nitrogen per bushel. The standard amount is roughly 1 pound per bushel.

Steve Ziegler, precision farming specialist at Arnold’s, has the unique challenge of getting tools to work across all colors of equipment. Ziegler works with the farmer’s agronomist to build the technology for the farmer. Ziegler also educates customers to make sure the data they are collecting is accurate.

Sensors are the future in agriculture,

according to the panel. Of course, you are already using sensors in your combine yield monitors, for one. In the future, bidegradable sensors will be planted with seeds to create a netSteve Ziegler work in your field to tell you what’s going on in your soil.

Ziegler predicted that the soil testing probe will be go away in 10 years.

Ziegler added that sensor technology will be the driving force in equipment.

For example, sensors on tillage equipment may be able to detect hard pan in your field and adjust the depth on the go.

Central Advantage GS Gary and Mary Kress of Kress Farms near Dodge Center chatted with Lauren Schrader, precision ag specialist with CFS, about her Phantom drone.

She took out the chip that can be connected to the computer to analyze the data. Currently, drones scout fields and add another layer of data to make management decisions.

“The technology is going to get better on these. In the future we will see more uses out of it,” said Schrader.

The Kresses farm with their son and have been clients of Central Advan-

tage GS, the precision ag service of CFS, since it began in 2003. They were already grid sampling soil. With Central Advantage, they continued grid sampling and received variable rate prescriptions for seed and fertilizer.

Every season, they use precision agriculture more extensively.

“You’re saving money and you’re not using as much seed or fertilizer in places,” said Mary.

Gary also sees benefits to the record keeping, especially if the government wants to know what you are doing. His records show yields and what the crop takes up in nutrients. His records also show that he is not wasting seed, nutrients or chemicals.

“Chemicals can carry over. That doesn’t help your crop next year,” said Gary.

As a precision ag specialist, Schrader works on the assumption that not one acre is the same as the next. By analyzing data, she helps growers be more efficient and get a better ROI on their inputs. This is how farmers can grow sustainably, she explained.

“The goal is to be more profitable and stay on the farm,” Schrader said.

NitrateNow Central Advantage GS offers the NitrateNow program, which helps farmers manage nitrogen effectively.

When managed correctly, nitrogen can account for over half of a crop’s yield potential.

The program focuses on in-season nitrate sampling and using management zones to ensure the right amount of nitrogen is being applied. Growers receive a custom side-dress prescription based on soil characteristics and yield data from grid sampling.

Kate Stenzel, precision agronomist, said that on average nitrogen was used at a rate of 0.9 to 1.2 pounds per bushel of corn. In NitrateNow, 0.7-0.8 pounds of nitrogen per bushel is the average, with efficiencies of 0.65 pounds/bu. reached.

That’s a win-win because it’s a good ROI for the grower and the potential for nitrogen loss is minimized. That means less nitrate can reach the groundwater, she explained. v

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Pedal puller pushes home national title

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By Kristine Goodrich The Free Press Staff Writer Photo submitted by Paul Dehn

Gabi Dehn, 10, has won over 60 trophies in her three years of competing in pedal pulling.

She recently won her first national championship.

GOOD THUNDER, Minn. — Gabi Dehn entered the Good Thunder Fourth of July pedal pull three summers ago on a whim.

An older boy told her “you’re going down,” dad Paul Dehn recalled. The comment stoked his then 7-yearold daughter’s competitive spirit. She not only beat the trash-talker, the first-time competitor won the contest.

Now 10 years old, Gabi has over 60 trophies that decorate her living room in rural Good Thunder. In August, she took home her first national title.

Pedal pulling is a junior version of tractor pulling.

Instead of driving a real tractor, juveniles use their legs to propel a tractor-like tricycle. The kids pull a “sled” very similar to those pulled by the real tractors, only a whole lot smaller and lighter. A pulley system moves the weight from the back to the front of the sled, increasing the down force and making it feel heavier the farther its pulled.

Gabi says the key to pedal pulling success is determination. “You have to push yourself to your limits.

Don’t give up,” she said.

Gabi and her parents travel across the state nearly every summer weekend so she can pedal at county fairs and city festivals.

Arnold’s of Alden helped Gabi up her game. The farm equipment store gave her a tractor tricycle of her own. Gabi is on that tractor nearly every spare moment she has when the weather is cooperative, her father said. Sometimes he and the family dog hop in the dump cart Gabi pulls behind her. Other times Gabi piles in whatever heavy objects she can find around the farmstead.

Gabi has placed in the top three for her age at the last three state competitions in Hutchinson, earning her invites to the National Pedal Pullers Association’s national championships in South Dakota. She earned a fifth-place trophy at nationals last year and third place in 2015.

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Book pecks at chicken’s role in bacteria The drummies are your favorites.

Oh, sure, there’s something to be said about a pile of wings with a good buffalo sauce, and few can resist a meaty breast cut, but there’s something about a drumstick that feels like comfort food. Who could THE BOOKWORM imagine then, as in the new SEZ book “Big Chicken” by Maryn

By Terri Schlichenmeyer McKenna, that a bite of chicken could come to bite you back?

How many recipes can you make with chicken?

Many, of course, but it wasn’t until she tasted a “French market chicken” that Maryn McKenna began to wonder why a bird from halfway around the world tasted better than the ones she’d had at home. Like most Americans, she grew up eating chicken and when she began pecking at the subject, she was surprised.

It all started in the 1930s. Until then, chickens were generally raised for egg-laying; roosters were eaten when the flock was culled; and hens were eaten after they stopped laying eggs. Chickens, in other words, were not yet a major crop. But they would be soon and they would need feeding. In search of more efficient, cheaper chicken chow, researchers tried a product that had been mixed with antibiotic, and they discovered that it made chicks grow bigger.

“Word got around,” says McKenna, and soon, every scientist and farmer wanted some Aureomycin mash.

Nobody seemed to think that was a problem, although Nobel Prize winner Alexander Fleming expressed fear that “self-medication” of that sort could lead to problems with penicillin-resistant infections.

But the chicken was out of the coop by then, and antibiotics were the new thing in science and in society. Penicillin could be bought over-the-counter and in cosmetics. It saved countless lives, but by the late 1940s, hospitals began to notice infections that medicines couldn’t stop. Those chickens had come home to

“Big Chicken”

by Maryn McKenna c.2017, National Geographic $27.00 / $35.00 Canada 400 pages roost, and they brought dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria with them. “It was not solely an American problem, either,” says McKenna. It was happening around the world.

Ask anyone who lived through World War II, and they’ll tell you that today’s meal of chicken isn’t what it was back then. But why? The answer is only part of the shocker inside this book.

Reading somewhat like a medical detective novel with personal-interest inserts, “Big Chicken” examines two sides of the same feathered coin: meat, and what we’ve done in our appetite for it. It’s the latter that’s chilling. Author Maryn McKenna draws a long line between antibiotic-resistant infections and meat-raising, in anecdotes that you won’t want to read while you’re eating. There’s heavy-duty science in this book, and exciting tales of research. Readers will also be charmed by McKenna’s tale of a man who rescues heritage chicken breeds from extinction.

And as for the potential-meal-on-the-grill you picked up for tonight?

Let’s just say great-grandma might barely recognize it.

Readers looking for hope will find it here, but there’s an urgency to heed within and it’s going to take real work. If you eat meat you don’t raise yourself, “Big Chicken” sounds a drumbeat of caution.

Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v

Minnesotans clean up at nationals PEDAL PULLER, from pg. 7 This year Gabi took the top prize in the national 10-year-old girls contest, after pulling 210 pounds to the finish line and pulling 252 pounds the farthest.

Gabi said she’s actually more confident of her prospects at the national contest than she is at state because she’s worked out all her jitters.

Minnesotans took four out of the top five trophies this year in the 10-year-old girls division. While each state usually only has three entrants per age group, Faith Guentzel of Madison Lake made it four because

she qualified as a 9-year-old but turned 10 before nationals. She finished in fifth place.

Fellow Lake Crystal Memorial Wellcome Elementary School fifth-grader Charlotte Slama took home the third-place medal. She’s a repeat state and national medal recipient who sometime bests Gabi.

The girls have a friendly rivalry. “We are competitive but we cheer for each other too,” she said.

Kristine Goodrich is a staff writer for The Free Press, a sister publication of The Land. v

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Hurricane Maria tests Olivia firm

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By DICK HAGEN version work, seed advancement projects. So The Land Staff Writer it’s starting over with all of these projects.”

OLIVIA, Minn. — Two words sum up Baumgartner’s crew numbers 23 full-time what happens when a 400-mile wide hurriemployees and upwards of nearly 100 workers cane with 153 mile-per-hour winds hits an during pollination and harvesting. The tropiisland: incredible damage. Hurricane Maria cal weather affords growers three seasons hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 and the result within a calendar year. was the most intense damage this U.S. terri“We usually do two turns in the winter,” tory has ever endured. But there is little Ed Baumgartner said. “We plant in October, hardoubt Puerto Rico will rise again.

Baumgartner vest in January, then replant immediately for Also rising from the rubble will be 3rd Milan April harvest. Then we move into our sumlennium Genetics — the 12-year-old seed research mer crop season which is May through September.” firm of Olivia native Ed Baumgartner.

October plantings are a no go so they hope to plant In his Olivia office on Sept. 27, Baumgartner Nov. 1. Three out of four planters were not damaged related, “We dodged the first Hurricane Irma. It so once operational they plan to get right to planting. swung past just the northeast side of Puerto Rico.

Baumgartner said he and his wife, Deb, expected to Yes, it caused some turmoil, but that’s predictable for fly to Puerto Rico Oct. 2. “We don’t know what all these tropical islands during the hurricane season. we’ll be facing,” he admitted, “but I’ve got such good But the real blow was Maria. It blasted over the people working with us. Once we’re able to get fuel island with category 4 winds of 153 mph. Category 5 and food, we should be getting into our work schedstarts at 155.” ule again.”

Moving at a speed of about 7 mph, Maria continued The couple planned to return on Oct. 9. her devastation across Puerto Rico for about 12 “It’s just a few days to assess damage and lend hours. Accompanying this tremendous storm was about 2 feet of rain in about 40 hours. Power lines some positive thoughts about getting everything across the entire country were demolished. Reports back in gear. Then we’re back home to harvest our predict it will take four to six months to have elec- various research fields in N.D., S.D., and here in tricity restored across the country. But history has Minnesota,” he said. taught the people of Puerto Rico. Many have generan tors because blackouts are a frequent occurrence in Being able to only view the damage via television the tropics. and satellite images was tough for the BaumgartBaumgartner said the storm surge did not hit the ners.

3MG operation. The company has three generators “When we weren’t able to reach our staff members so Dianne Ortiz, his chief operations person, and othfor several days, I thought this was really bad,” he ers dug out two that hadn’t been damaged. “So they said. “I was thinking about all we’d be doing was did have temporary power shortly after the storm.” renting a bulldozer and push everything into a pile.”

3rd Millennium Genetics occupies 600 acres of land Thanks to frequent telephone conversations with in the center of the island just to the east of Santa Ortiz in Puerto Rico, the Baumgartners were able to Isabel. “You can’t see the ocean from our farm,” hear staff on speaker phone. “Just to hear the enthuBaumgartner said. “Mangrove trees, plus pasture siasm in their voices and their spirits was so gratifyareas, buffer our location. But I’m told all the trees ing to us. They had already started making recovery are now history … broken off or pulled out by the plans before they could even get a hold of us.” roots.”

Ortiz developed a work plan, priorities and ways to The facility has five buildings. Each building suscontact and take care of their workers. “She was tained damage, but the machinery under the roofs is going to get them food, water — whatever they apparently OK. Baumgartner’s office is intact with needed to resume their lives. She provided our minor water intrusion and a few pieces of steel roof4-wheel drive pickup to key employees so they could ing over the warehouse space are missing. A newer reach out to other employees and deliver needed building didn’t do so well. Baumgartner surmises it things as they could,” he said. was the first in line when the winds hit.

Baumgartner said some employees gathered food “The roof came off both portions of this building … and water in advance of the storm. One of his project not completely, but we’ve got some gaping holes I’m managers loves to cook, so she became the desigtold. This is the building where our pickups and tracnated cook to feed the workers as they came to work tors were parked. Dianne told me a few windows got each morning. At this stage, that has been about 12 smashed on these vehicles from debris flying around to 15 people each day. inside the building,” he said.

Dianne Ortiz, a native of Puerto Rico, started at Baumgartner’s firm is insured for natural disas3MG as an intern in 2005. “I guess Dianne has hung ters to the facility and equipment. “But we did lose around me long enough to know how I like things about 100 acres of vegetables and all our research projects got totally wiped out, projects like GMO conSee PUERTO RICO, pg 10

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People struggle to get water, food, cash, power

grind. Just surviving adds at least two hours PUERTO RICO, from pg. 9 to your day every day. If you have a generadone,” Baumgartner chuckled, “and she tor, you have to maintain it. You have to find does it better than I do.” water. You have to get cash. You have to get The two big looming projects for 3MG food. are the corn grow outs for many of their They will be without electricity for a clients and a big cotton project with a cotwhile. Power poles are snapped off. They have ton seed client. been moved off to the sides of the road, but in “We set up a rather expensive cotton gin many places, the power lines are still on the facility, so getting cotton seeds into the road. They drive over them. ground is an immediate priority along People turn the generators off at 10 p.m. with the corn grow outs,” said Baumgartand don’t start them again until 7 a.m. It’s a ner. way to be kind to the neighbors. Generators Why cotton? Baumgartner said Costa are loud.

Rica used to be the primary cotton research The diesel shortage is real. Some places are and seed increase location, but U.S. policharging up to $15 per gallon. cies now make Puerto Rico a more desirThe bank lines are unreal, and they are not able location. Plus, the labor supply seems communicating with each other. Everything more reliable in Puerto Rico. is electronic, and because of this, Puerto Rico “We go where the contracts take us,” he is almost a cashless society. With no internet said. “This Minnesota boy has learned Photo submitted and no cell service, you are basically screwed about a lot of different seed opportunities.

This will be our third year of foundation The 3rd Millenium Genetics facility has five buildings at its Puerto Rico fa- if you don’t have cash. Banks will not cash seed production for our cotton clients. We cility. Each building sustained damage, but the roof on a new building blew checks because it is unsafe for people to carry large amounts of cash. They will give you do lots of nursery work. Machines now do off. The machinery under the roofs is apparently OK. $100 cash only and put the rest on your most of our planting and harvesting, but there’s still a lot of hand work too — thinning and account. Then people need to go stand in line roguing seed stock, plus hand-harvesting our again for three to six hours to get more cash, and the research plots. Good, dependable people makes this banks are only open for a few hours every day. all possible.”

There is minimal military presence on the south The couple lives in a concrete home in Puerto Rico side of the island, and they aren’t really needed there. and both are excited about their future.

They should be in the mountains because that is “We were almost prepared to say, ‘Well, we’ve had a where the treacherous roads are. The mountain towns good run for 20 years in Puerto Rico. But if it’s time are harder to access, and they are smaller, so they to fold up shop in the tropics, we’ll just continue with don’t have as many stores, which means fewer supplies for people to purchase. On the south side, even if our work in the northland,” he said. people can’t drive, they can and are walking places.

Each day since Maria departed the island, reports That’s not always possible in the mountains. from his key people have been encouraging. Support If you are traveling to Puerto Rico, cash is the numfrom business friends have helped. The financial AGRICULTURE ber-one thing to bring down with you. Stores don’t operations of the Puerto Rico facility are with a PBR Panel 26 Gauge 36” Span 10 Colors have all the supplies because trucks can’t get in, but Puerto Rico bank that got shut down. Money was you can get something to eat. It’s not what you want unavailable. Baumgartner was unable to pay his farm employees. A seed client became aware of the to eat because that was gone before the hurricane even hit, but you can find something to eat. situation and lent assistance. Others also helped.

Work this season will be limited to one farm. We “Thanks to wonderful people like this, I will have Tuff-Rib Panel 29 Gauge 36” Span 28 Colors will be up and operational by Nov. 1. It will not be COMMERCIAL enough cash to pay my employees a few dollars until our bank reopens,” Baumgartner said. “The good easy or an easy season. They are working ground now.

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important generators are on the island right now. Now we have to wait for it to be brought in or try to source off-island.

Yesterday (Oct. 4) they drove around the farm. All the younger melon plants were lost, but the mature watermelons within about two weeks of harvest survived. They are harvesting them, and everything is being bought directly from the field. Everything is already sold, both seedless and seeded watermelons.

All cantaloupe and honeydew were lost.

Some of the corn nurseries have plants stills standing in them! They are goosenecked over 30 inches, but they are not pounded flat into the field. The plants are all shredded, with just midribs, maybe tassels, and some ears. All the pollination bags are gone, so nothing can be harvested.

Dad said the farm feels like Ground Zero. That said, he is amazed that there are as many facilities

standing as there are because whole trees have been pulled out by the roots.

Angel, our electrician at the farm, is out working because people need him to help get them running, but he is not being paid right now because no one has cash. He knows he will eventually be paid, but right now it puts the family in a bind because they cannot buy the things they need. He is afraid to leave his wife and children at home because people know he is an electrician. He is afraid they will think he has cash and break into the house while he is gone. Since he is unable to communicate with his family while he is gone, everyone goes with him. His son is helping him, and his wife and daughters wait for them in the truck.

Some of the most-needed supplies are bug spray and batteries. Pasta is hard to find. Instant potatoes work well as a food. v

Supplies needed: bug spray, batteries, pasta, instant potatoes PUERTO RICO, from pg. 10 were stored. The roll-up doors are what failed. The vibrations from the wind loosened the rivets, which eventually fell out. On the one side (with the supplies) only one door blew open, so the wind came in and the pressure blew off the roof. On the side with the cotton gin, the doors blew open on both sides so the wind just blew through. It looks OK. The big generator shorted out because it tried to start up during the hurricane when the electricity went out. Next hurricane, the generator will be completely powered down before the storm (it was not this time) and covered. Anthony went to find the $1,300 part to fix the generator, and called when he got to San Juan to confirm they had the part. They had three in stock. On his way there, Anthony took a wrong turn and arrived 20 minutes late. By the time he got there, all the parts were sold out. That’s how

Apply fall nitrogen when soil is cooler than 50 F St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture advises farmers and applicators to check soil temperature and delay fall application of anhydrous ammonia and urea fertilizer until soil temperature stays below 50 F. To assist tracking soil temperature, the MDA provides real-time soil temperatures at 48 locations across the state at https://app.gisdata.mn.gov/mdasoiltemp/. The website includes a map with MDA sites with soil thermometers at a 6-inch depth, North Dakota Ag Weather Network sites at 4-inch depths, and research sites at various depths.

“There are areas of the state where fall application of nitrogen fertilizer is simply not recommended due to groundwater contamination concerns,” said Bruce Montgomery, manager of the MDA fertilizer management section. “Those would be areas with coarsetextured soils that drain quickly or areas underlain by fractured bedrock karst geology. In other areas of the state where fall nitrogen fertilizer application is a recommended practice, the MDA encourages delaying application until soil temperatures cool down.”

On average soil temperatures reach 50 F during the first week in October in northern Minnesota and the fourth week of October in southern Minnesota.

Waiting until soil temperature stays below 50 F before applying anhydrous ammonia and urea increases the availability of nitrogen to next season’s crop and decreases the amount of nitrate that could potentially leach into groundwater or tile drainage.

At cooler temperatures microbial activity in the soil slows down, slowing the conversion from ammonium to nitrate. Ammonium is stable in the soil whereas nitrate moves with water and may leach out of the root zone over winter and early spring.

Although the soil temperature network was established to support application of commercial fertilizer it is equally useful for those applying manure in the

fall. University of Minnesota Extension recommends delaying fall manure applications until soil temperatures at 6-inch depth are below 50 F to prevent leaching losses.

Research from the University of Minnesota at Waseca showed liquid dairy and hog manures

injected in November produced yields 10 bushels per acre higher than manures injected in September and October.

This article was submitted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. v

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Late soybean harvest comes with crop loss, storage issues FOLEY, Minn. —The Oct. 10 crop report shows soybean harvest lagging behind, showing just 22 percent of the Minnesota crop harvest compared to 61 percent last year and 63 percent on a five-year average. Frost on Oct. 10, late planted beans and wet fields contribute to a slow harvest. Some soybeans were quite green for the frost, but with better weather could still mature. Beans will be smaller if not fully developed at frost.

Here are some key points to consider with soybean harvest, based on information provided previously by Regional Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai.

Field losses could be due to soybean pods shattering, lodging, and poor threshing of wet plant material within the combine. Combine header losses can be as high as 80 percent of the total harvest loss. It is important to remember that ground speed, combine adjustments, and the location and speed of the pickup reel have an important influence on gathering loss. These issues can also mean having more crop residue in the bin which can mean storage problems and market discounts.

How to estimate harvest loss: To get an estimate of your soybean harvest loss, check a measured area across the full width of the combine.

Approximately 40 soybeans lost per 10 square feet represents about one bushel per acre. Make loss determinations at several locations and calculate an average. Adjust the combine for the crop conditions.

Correct adjustments pay dividends.

Storage management: Soybeans that are wetter

than 13 percent moisture are likely to mold under warm conditions and buyers usually apply shrink factors and drying charges for wetter beans. If the storage temperature is kept below about 60 F, soybeans can usually be held for at least six months at 13 percent moisture without mold problems. For storage under warmer temperatures or for longer than six months, the recommended moisture is 11 percent.

Soybeans that are harvested at 11 to 13 percent moisture can be placed directly into ordinary storage bins equipped with simple aeration systems (perforated ducts or pads and relatively small fans). Fall weather conditions in the upper Midwest will usually dry soybeans to 11 to 13 percent moisture in the field.

That may not be true of all soybeans this year.

Sometimes growers harvest at moistures greater than 13 percent to avoid the harvest losses at lower moisture levels. Soybeans can be harvested without too much damage up to about 18 percent moisture.

Natural-air drying: Using unheated air to dry soybeans can work well, but it is a slow process (two to six weeks, depending on initial moisture, airflow, and weather). In southern Minnesota, use airflow of 1 cfm/bu to dry 17 to 18 percent moisture beans, 0.75 cfm/bu for 15 to 17 percent moisture beans, and 0.5

cfm/bu for 13 to 15 percent moisture beans. Natural air drying usually works best with average daily temperatures of 40 to 60 F. Low-temperature drying: Later in the fall, or in years with cool, damp weather, it might be helpful to add a small amount of supplemental heat to the air in natural-air dryers. Do not heat the air more than 3 to 5 F though, or you can over-dry the beans and cause more splitting. Research has shown that exposing soybeans to relative humidity values of less than 40 percent can cause excessive splitting. For every 20 F that air is heated, the relative humidity is cut about in half, so it doesn’t take very much heat to produce relative humidity values less than 40 percent.

Sickle headers on combines allow farms to selectively harvest areas of field where they can.

Corn drying note: It takes about 0.02 gallons of propane to dry one point of moisture per bushel. The propane cost per bushel per point of moisture removed can be estimated by multiplying the propane price per gallon by 0.02. For example, the cost to remove 10 points of moisture using $2.00 propane is $0.40.

Divide the propane cost by the corn price to compare percent corn losses that will equal the drying cost. ($0.40/$3.00=0.13 or 13 percent). There are some additional operating costs and labor.

Grain bin safety first: Shut off power to grain handling equipment before going into bins. Tell someone else what you are doing, whenever possible.

Will your cell phone work inside a bin? Be careful on ladders. Consider ladder cages and roof rails.

This article was submitted by Dan Martens, University of Minnesota Extension. v

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commit to their members, sustainability, education, impact, kindness and their community.

Cooperatives exist in a cross-section of sectors, including agriculture, grocery, hardware and lumber, finance, energy and communications, housing, and recreation among others. These co-ops provide over 2 million jobs and create more than $75 billion in annual wages with revenue of nearly $650 billion.

Although similar to other business models, a cooperative has several unique features. It is owned and controlled by its members, who have joined together to use the cooperative’s goods, services and facilities.

A board of directors, elected by the membership, sets the cooperative’s policies and procedures. By pooling resources, members can leverage their shared power to buy, sell, market, or bargain as one group, achieving economies of scale and sharing in any profits generated. In addition, communities benefit both socially and fiscally by the cooperatives’ ability to access and deliver goods and services from across the nation.

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Manure pit safety reduces accidents and disease

SWINE & U

The annual fall harvest is well underway in many parts of the upper Midwest with corn, soybeans and other row UniversityofMinnesota crops moving from the field EXTENSION to the grain bin or elevator.

Crop yield, hog prices, weathfoam can pose as a threat as well, where sparks er and other operation-relatfrom electrical equipment or welders can ignite and ed logistics will occupy the cause catastrophic damage.

SWINE & U mind of every producer.

During this busy time of Tips for human and animal safety

By Jason Ertl year, however, the absence of There are a number of different precautions producone key element on the farm can quickly turn a suc- ers and manure handlers can take to reduce the risk cessful season into tragedy. The failure to recognize of toxic, oxygen-deficient and/or explosive gas expoimportant safety measures, especially those associsure. Like any other type of confined space, manure ated with manure pits and their safety hazards, can pits must be ventilated to reduce the risk of gas endanger the lives of humans and animals alike, buildup. Ventilation fans should be checked regularly which make safety the top priority to everyone as part of the farm’s standard operating procedure, as working on the farm. well as prior to pumping or agitation. Whether the barn is tunnel ventilated or curtain sided, ensure that Dangerous gases from below all necessary fans are operating at 100 percent to The breakdown of manure in pits produces gases maintain proper air movement and recycling. like carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane.

Pit pumping and agitation can release these gases There are almost yearly reports where a fatality and increase their airborne concentration, which has occurred after someone enters a facility or can pose a safety threat to those inside the barn or manure pit during pumping or agitation. Personnel, in close proximity due to their toxic, oxygen-defiboth on-farm and manure handlers, should never cient and/or explosive nature. These gases can be enter the building at this time. Entrances and exits odorless, colorless and may cause serious health should be clearly be marked with a cautionary indieffects even during short periods of exposure. For cator of the pumping or agitation in progress. example, concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, at 600 Producers can contact a PQA Plus advisor or visit ppm, can kill an individual after only one or two www.pork.org to obtain these warning tags, which breaths. Because of this rapid lethalness, there have are available in both English and Spanish. been several cases in the past where multiple farmIf used correctly, commercially available gas and ers died in an attempt to rescue a succumbed indioxygen testing meters can provide readings about gas vidual from a manure pit. High concentrations can levels within or surrounding manure handling facilialso occur at different times of the agitation or ties. There are three types of devices: detector tubes, pumping process. Aggressive agitation at the begindosimeter tubes and solid state detectors. Detector ning, at the end, or when an agitation jet is posiand dosimeter tubes are gas sampling devices that tioned above the surface of the manure, can break give reliable readings for the different toxic gases the crust formed on the top of the stored manure found on the farm and are inexpensive alternative to leading to spikes in gas concentrations. In addition solid state detectors. Solid state detectors, which feato these hazards, methane trapped in manure pit ture a continuous monitoring and audible alarm sys-

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Farm workers and manure handlers should understand and recognize the symptoms associated with toxic gas exposure. It is important to note that while being adequate in their ability to filter out particulate matter, dust masks or other cartridge respirators do not filter out toxic gases commonly found in manure pits.

Persistent cough, shortness of breath, dizziness, episodes of flu-like illness including nausea, headache, muscle aches and fatigue are all indicators of acute exposure. Individuals experiencing these symptoms need to seek medical attention. Animals inside the barn may also exhibit symptoms of gas exposure.

Pigs experiencing high concentrations of ammonia, for example, will have watery eyes and difficulty breathing, and increasing the ventilation in the barn will be necessary to improve air quality.

Farmers and manure handlers should be familiar with the facility’s Emergency Action Plan. In the event of an emergency, time cannot be wasted and the EAP will have important contact information such as the local fire, sheriff and rescue departments. Other helpful contacts to include on an EAP could be the site veterinarian, electrician and poison control officer. GPS coordinates or driving directions to the site are important, as first responders may experience difficulty in navigating to rural locations.

Don’t forget about biosecurity Producers and manure haulers must be in communication with each other before, during and after the pumping process in order to reduce the possibility of disease movement. Recent outbreaks of highly contagious pathogens, like porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, have underlined the importance and necessity to maintain and follow a strict biosecurity protocol.

Research has shown that PEDv can live in manure See SWINE & U, pg. 16

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Local Corn and Soybean Price Index Cash Grain Markets

corn/change* soybeans/change*

Stewartville Edgerton Jackson Janesville Cannon Falls Sleepy Eye

$2.80 +.02 $2.89 +.03 $2.97 +.05 $2.99 +.05 $2.85 +.05 $2.85 +.03

$8.93 +.45 $8.93 +.24 $8.99 +.30 $8.99 +.30 $8.95 +.45 $9.02 +.30

Average: $2.89 $8.97 Year Ago Average: $3.01 $8.93

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Grain Outlook World has plenty of corn

Livestock Angles Beef, pork demand up

Grain Angles Post-harvest marketing

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Oct. 13.

CORN — Corn established a new contract low at $3.42.5 just before the Oct. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Spreads widened out in pre-report trading, which is usually bearish to prices. Carries in the cash market encouraged growers to hold corn off the spot market in favor of higher prices down the curve. There was nothing market moving in the sessions ahead of the report, keep- PHYLLIS NYSTROM ing volatility low and interest CHS Hedging Inc. thin. Many weekly report release St. Paul dates were pushed back a day due to the government Columbus Day holiday, but the WASDE was issued on time.

A bearish WASDE corn report was overshadowed by a non-bearish soybean report. Corn prices initially moved lower in post-report trading, but quickly turned positive when soybeans shot higher. The “big crops get bigger” certainly applies to the October report. The U.S. corn yield was increased 1.9 bushels per acre to 171.8 bu./acre and compared to estimates for 170.1 bu./acre. This is the second-highest corn yield, behind last year’s 174.6 bu./acre. Ear weights were the fourth-highest ever and ear populations were the third-highest ever. What happens when we have an ideal weather year?! Planted acres were decreased 500,000 to 90.4 million acres and harvested acres were cut 400,000 to 83.1 million acres. Production rose 96 million to 14.28 billion bushels vs. estimates for 14.2 billion bushels. Demand increases included 25

The first half of October has brought higher livestock prices despite negative news from the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Good demand for both beef and pork elevated the respective cutouts for both in recent weeks allowing the packers to be in a position to be aggressive in their bidding for live inventories. This has suggested that both cattle and hogs have reached the possibility of an autumn low.

However, the next several weeks will determine if these lows will hold into the winter months.

JOE TEALE The cattle market has been Broker working back and forth in a Great Plains Commodity rather large trading range and is Afton, Minn. currently approaching the higher end of this range. This means that one of two things will happen in the upcoming weeks: Either we break out of the trading range, or fall back into the current range of trade. The technicals would indicate a breakout to the upside, while the fundamentals would suggest that the trading range would remain intact or even slip to new lows.

The coming USDA Monthly Cattle on Feed report should help to clarify the fundamental outlook for the cattle market. At this writing, it would suggest that more cattle are on feed with higher placements than the previous year. The offset would continue strong demand for beef which has not kept pace in recent months — evidenced in the decline in the overall beef cutout. Producers should pay close attention to coming developments and protect inventories if needed.

Many tough tasks require breaking the job down into smaller tasks to complete a mission. Famously, National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineered a successful 1969 moon landing by using a project management style approach. The key was to break the complicated mission into many smaller objectives. They spent an equal amount of time and resources making sure those pieces fit together in the entire plan. In the end, NASA officials realized they wouldn’t complete their mission by the end of the decade if there wasn’t honest GLENN WACHTLER Compeer Senior communication between the Lending Officer responsible parties for each part Baldwin, Wis. of the project. They decided to openly share each serious challenge they faced, especially their attempts that ended in failure. Those failed attempts were not met with criticism; they were met with new ideas and effort from the rest of the team. With this approach, the learning curve accelerated and the mission was accomplished.

Marketing plans don’t have to be rocket science.

“Capturing the Carry” in the market can be a powerful strategy and routinely making forward sales adds a premium to the spot market to compensate for storage costs or the risk of growing and owning a crop. A good plan takes advantage of these premiums offered for forward sales.

Achievable target prices with two-month windows segment my own plan. Grain prices have seasonal tendencies to them and I emphasize selling slightly

See NYSTROM, pg. 15

See TEALE, pg. 15

See WACHTLER, pg. 16

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

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Soybean export sales high, still lag behind 2016 NYSTROM, from pg. 14 million for feed/residual, 10 million for food, seed and industrial, and 35 million for exports. Exports at 1.850 billion bushels may be too optimistic. Ending stocks climbed 5 million bushels from last month to 2.34 billion bushels and are a 2 percent increase year on year.

Ending stocks-to-use ratio at 16.4 percent is the highest since the 2005-06 marketing year. The average farm price was unchanged in a range of $2.80 to $3.60 per bushel. World ending stocks at 201 million metric tons were in line with projections for 201.9 mmt.

Bottom-line, the world is well-supplied with corn.

Weekly ethanol production fell 43,000 barrels per day to 967,000 bpd. Stocks were unchanged at 21.5 million barrels. Crush margins fell 2 cents per gallon to 10 cents per gallon. Weekly export sales were a marketing year high at 62.7 million bushels. Total export commitments at 539 million bushels are down 36 percent from last year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is only predicting a 19.3 percent decline in year-on-year exports. Starting this far behind makes some suspicious that the USDA is too high on their export forecast.

CONAB forecasted Brazil’s main corn crop at 25 to 26.4 mmt this year compared to 30.5 mmt last year.

Planted acreage was estimated to be down 6-10 percent and yields down 8 percent. Brazil’s first corn crop planting was pegged at 36 percent complete versus 37 percent last year and 48 percent complete in 2015.

Outlook: We have a lot of corn yet to harvest.

Demand is questionable in a sea of supply. As of Oct. 8, only 22 percent of the corn had been harvested compared to 37 percent on average. The crop condition was also increased 1 percent, confirming reports of better than expected yields in the Corn Belt.

Without soybean strength and weather issues in Brazil, corn may struggle to move much higher. If Brazil’s soybeans are planted late, it moves the planting of the safrinha crop later, and could shift its pollination into a hotter, drier time frame. For the week, December and July corn each gained 2.75 cents to close at $3.52.75 and $3.82.5 respectively. December 2018 corn was 1.75 cents higher at $3.98.25 per bushel. I would foresee more rangebound trading

MARKETING until we get further into harvest. You may want to consider protecting the downside on unsold bushels with relatively cheap, short term puts, since the recent upswing didn’t originate from bullish corn numbers. Watch South American weather and bean activity for direction.

SOYBEANS — The market limped along leading up to the Oct. 12 crop report. Harvest was stop-andgo in many areas due to rain, but yield reports were mainly better than expected. China returned from their holiday and had their buying shoes on. The USDA announced new soybean sales of 395,000 metric tons to China. There was market chatter about China preferring South American soybeans because of low protein reported in 2017 U.S. meal. This could act as a dark cloud for U.S. exports. Once the report was released, money surged into the market, driving prices the last two sessions of the week to levels not seen since July. The high in November soybeans this week was $10.03.25 per bushel.

The October WASDE report was non-bearish, but most traders wouldn’t characterize it as bullish.

Money rushed into the market and spurred prices sharply higher. The 2016-17 balance sheets were adjusted to satisfy the Grain Stocks report with a carryout of 301 million bushels. The 44 million bushel decline in 2016-17 ending stocks carried over into the 2017-18 balance sheet. Planted and harvested acres for 2017-18 increased by 700,000 and 800,000 acres respectively. The trade was surprised by a cut in yield from 49.9 bu/acre in September to 49.5 bu./ acre this month. The average estimate was 50.0 bu./ acre. This is the first time in five years that the soybean yield has been lowered on the October report, but it is still the second- highest yield on record. This suggests to traders that the yield could be cut another half bushel on the November WASDE report. The production result was unchanged with a crop of 4.431 billion bushels. Exports are pegged at 2.250 billion bushels, unchanged from last month; but could be too high, given expected South American production and our low export commitments for this time of year.

Ending stocks for 2017-18 were down 45 million

Next weeks set tone for winter prices TEALE, from pg. 14 The hog market, which had been drifting lower, appears to have found support near the end of September with the switch in the basis of futures over cash. At that time the pork cutouts also stabilized giving the indication that pork demand was returning to the market.

The next few weeks are critical for the hog market to determine if a fall low is in place. Prices must hold and or improve to signify that prices are in a recovery mode. There are many hurdles to overcome — such

as the increase in the total numbers of hogs as well as the competition with other meats for consumer demand. On the technical side, it definitely looks like further price improvement could be seen the coming weeks. For this to be accomplished, the fundamentals will have to support this — primarily through increased demand for pork products. Therefore, the next few weeks could set the tone for hog prices into the winter months. Producers should continue to monitor market conditions and protect inventories if the market dictates. v

bushels to 430 million bushels. This carryout is a 43 percent increase over last year! This is still a significant amount of soybeans, but much less than the 475 million bushels forecasted in September. If the yield is reduced 0.5 bu./acre next month, ending stocks could slip below 400 million bushels. This could build support for higher prices down the road. The average farm price forecast, however, remained steady at $8.35 to $10.05 per bushel. World ending stocks for 2017-18 were 96 mmt vs. 96.5 mmt expected. The world stocks to use ratio at 27.7 percent is tied for the second highest since at least 1988-89.

Weekly export sales were excellent at 64.2 million bushels, despite the fact China was on holiday during the reporting time frame. Total export commitments at 921.5 million bushels are running 16 percent behind last year. Using the USDA’s 2.250 billion export estimate, they are forecasting a 3.5 percent increase in year-on-year exports. We need to pick up the pace of exports. China has committed to 11.7 mmt of U.S. soybean purchases this year vs. 13.4 mmt last year at this time.

CONAB released their first soybean crop estimate for Brazil this week. They are expecting the crop to range from 106 to 108.3 mmt, down from last year’s record 114 mmt crop. The USDA ag attaché is forecasting a crop of 107 mmt. Safras and Mercado are more optimistic, predicting they could have another 114 mmt crop this year. Safras estimated that the Brazilian farmer still has 20 mmt or 734 million bushels of old crop soybeans yet to sell. They also estimated that they have sold 14 percent of new crop soybeans vs. 26 percent sold by this time on average.

Brazil’s bean crop was 6 percent planted as of Oct. 6, just 1 percent behind the average.

China’s soybean imports in September were up 12.7 percent from a year ago at 8.1 mmt. Expectations were for 7 mmt. Quick loading of soybeans in South America, better crush margins in China, and good meal demand from hog producers were cited as reasons for the heavy imports. The hog comment was interesting because China’s hog numbers are down 6 percent from last year.

Outlook: As of Oct. 8, soybean harvest was just 36 percent complete vs. 43 percent complete on average.

Early yields were fabulous, but as harvest expands, we are hearing less stellar numbers. Attention is not only focused on U.S. yields, but also South American weather for soybean planting. Argentina has a drier forecast, which they need. Brazil’s forecast has some rain in it, which they will welcome. There is chatter about La Nina in Brazil. This weather pattern could mean drier conditions for Brazil. For the week, November soybeans rallied 28 cents to $10.00.25, January gained 27.25 cents at $10.10.25, July was 26.75 cents higher at $10.35.75, and November 2018 beans were up 18.75 cents at $10.10.5 per bushel.

This week’s rally was money inspired, which leaves the question whether it can be extended. South American weather and U.S. yield reports will be the drivers for price direction. v

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Manure haulers must respect operation work areas SWINE & U, from pg. 13 slurry up to 14 days at 77 F and more than 28 days at -4 F, so it is especially important that farm workers and manure haulers follow these biosecurity guidelines to reduce the risk of cross contamination between sites.

Before manure haulers arrive, they should exchange contact information with farm personnel, have a record of previously pumped sites and be famil-

iar with the farm’s biosecurity protocol and line of separation. The line of separation defines the segregated working areas between farm staff and the manure haulers. If either group crosses this line, they will need to repeat the farm’s entry protocol before returning to their respective work zone.

During the pumping and agitating procedure, it is vitally important to maintain this line separation. Manure

WACHTLER, from pg. 14

I use the NASS (National Agricultural Statistical Service) projected price, Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures prices, my own break-even price, advice from trusted advisors, and my own level of risk tolerance to help determine my target pricing for each individual period. Something I learned, is struggling

handlers should be wearing clean coveralls, boots, gloves etc., they need to avoid entering the facility or other buildings, and avoid contact with farm personnel or animals.

After manure pumping and hauling is complete, it is good practice for haulers to inform the producer of any spills or biosecurity breaches that may have occurred during the process.

Cleaning, disinfecting and drying the

equipment and vehicles, as well as changing out of dirty clothes is also a must before leaving the farm.

Protecting yourself, your crew and your animals is the most important factor in a successful harvest season.

Jason Ertl serves Extension educatorag production systems in Nicollet and Sibley counties. Ertl can be reached at ertlx019@umn.edu. v

Time period, not target price is trigger to forward contract more bushels in the higher spring months and avoid pricing in the late summer and early fall. If my target price is not achieved, I will still forward contract half of the bushels I intended to market in that two-month time period in order to reduce risk.

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over selecting a target price can lead to indecision. Don’t let that happen, the price you select is just your target. The time period is your trigger to forward contract. Trust me, you will learn from your mistakes and that is OK! If my target pricing is easily exceeded, I catch up on previous planned sales and get an early start on a portion of the bushels in the next pricing period. Any unsold bushels are liquidated in the seasonally stronger spring period to avoid holding unpriced bushels to July and beyond.

If used effectively, adding more tools like hedge to arrive sales, basis contracts, elevator contracts, and rolling forward pre-harvest sales can increase my return. At the same time, I am executing my pre-harvest plan for next year in similar fashion to complete my overall plan.

Complex or simple, make your very own plan and have accountability.

Don’t forget to communicate your plan with other interested parties and ask for honest feedback. Your will see your learning curve accelerate! v

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Calculate your 2017 crop insurance payment potential Even though many areas protection (YP) policies are expecting very solid corn (yield only) versus revenue and soybean yields again in protection (RP) policies 2017, it is possible that (yield and price), with some corn and soybean producers having differences producers in the upper in the level of coverage, and Midwest could qualify for with some producers crop insurance indemnity choosing optional units payments in 2017. There rather than enterprise units were areas of the region FARM PROGRAMS for 2017. dealt with planting delays In the Midwest, most corn

By Kent Thiesse last spring, while other and soybean producers in areas incurred severe recent years have storms and excessive tended to secure some rainfall during the level of revenue crop growing season. Other insurance coverage, rather than locations suffered through very dry standard yield-only policies. Producers weather and drought conditions, like the flexibility of the RP policies especially in portions of the western that provide insurance coverage for Corn Belt. This weather combination reduced yields, as well as in instances will likely result in some corn and where the harvest price drops below soybean yield reduction on numerous initial base price. In 2017, corn and farms across the region. soybean crop insurance loss With federal crop insurance, every calculations with YP policies and RP year is different, and with the multiple policies will function differently, due to options available to producers, there the likely Chicago Board of Trade are many variable results from crop harvest price for both crops likely to be insurance coverage at harvest time. below the 2017 crop insurance March 1 The 2017 crop year will be no different, base price. with some producers choosing yield The established base prices for 2017

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A. 2017 TA APH Yield B. RP Policy % Coverage C. Coverage Yield (A x B) D. RP Base Price E. Guaranteed Ins. Coverage/Acre (C x D) F. RP Harvest Price (Est. 10-13-17) G. Harvest Guarantee/Acre (C x F) H. Final Guarantee /Acre (Higher of E or G) I. Actual Harvested Yield/Acre J. RP Harvest Price (Est. 10-13-17) K. Crop Value/Acre (I x J) L. Gross Insurance Payment/Acre (H – K) M. RP Ins. Policy Premium/Acre N. Net Insurance Indemnity Payment Per Acre (L – M) O. Threshold Yield (H/J) (Yield where payments begin)

Corn

Soybeans Sample Actual 55.0 _____ 85%(.85) _____ 46.75 _____ $10.19/bu. _____ $ 476.38 _____

Sample 190.0 80%(.80) 152.0 $ 3.96/bu. $ 601.92

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$ 3.49/bu. $ 530.48 $ 601.92

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$ 9.67/bu. $ 452.07 $ 476.38

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165 $ 3.49/bu. $ 575.85 $ 26.07

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CBOT prices stay at these levels, the base prices of $3.96/bu. for corn and $10.19/bu. for soybeans would be used to calculate the RP insurance guarantees for corn and soybeans in 2017.

Corn and soybean producers had the option of selecting crop insurance policies ranging from 60 percent to 85 percent coverage levels. The level of insurance coverage can result in some producers receiving crop insurance indemnity payments, while other producers receive no indemnity payments, even though both producers had the same adjusted actual production history yield and the same final yield. For example, at an adjusted APH corn yield of 190 bushels per acre, a producer with 85 percent coverage would have a yield guarantee of 161.5 bu./acre, and a revenue guarantee of $639.54 per acre, while a producer with 75 percent coverage would have a yield guarantee of 142.5 bu./acre, and a revenue guarantee of $564.30/acre. If the actual 2017 yield was 165 bu./acre, with a $3.50/bu. harvest price, the See THIESSE, pg. 18

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The CBOT average price for October is used to calculate the value of the actual harvested bushels for all RP insurance policies. As of Oct. 13, the estimated 2017 crop insurance harvest prices were $3.49/bu. for corn and $9.67/bu. for soybeans. If the average

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Properly document yield loss for crop insurance THIESSE, from pg. 17 producer with 85 percent coverage would receive a gross indemnity payment of $62.04 per acre, while the producer with 75 percent coverage would receive no indemnity payment.

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The following marketing analysis is for bushels per acre, up 1.9 bushels from the the week ending Oct. 13.

September forecast but down 2.8 bushels from 2016. If realized, this will be the The U.S. Department of Agriculture second highest yield and production on raised its 2017 and 2018 milk production record for the United States. Area harforecasts in its latest World Agricultural vested for grain is forecast at 83.1 million Supply and Demand Estimates report, acres, down less than 1 percent from the due to “a slightly more rapid pace of previous estimate and down 4 percent growth in milk per cow.” Forecast cow from 2016. Acreage updates were made in numbers for late 2017 and 2018 were MIELKE MARKET several states. lowered slightly however.

WEEKLY Soybean production is forecast at a 2017 production and marketings were By Lee Mielke record 4.43 billion bushels, down slightly projected at 216.2 and 215.2 billion from September but up 3 percent pounds respectively, up 200 million from last year. Based on Oct. 1 condipounds from last month. If realized, tions, yields are expected to average 2017 production would still be up 3.8 49.5 bu./acre, down 2.5 bushels from billion pounds or 1.8 percent from 2016. last year. Area for harvest is forecast at a record high 2018 production and marketings were projected at 89.5 million acres, up 1 percent from September and 220.4 and 219.4 billion pounds respectively, up 300 up 8 percent from 2016. Acreage updates were also million pounds from last month. If realized, 2018 made in several states based on a thorough review of production would be up 4.2 billion pounds or 1.9 available data. percent from 2017.

Cotton production is forecast at 21.1 million Fat basis imports for 2017 and 2018 were raised on 480-pound bales, down 3 percent from September strength in butter imports but skim solids imports but up 23 percent from last year. Yield is expected were lowered for 2017 and unchanged for 2018. Exto average 889 pounds per harvested acre, down 19 ports on a fat basis were raised for 2017 on stronger pounds from last month but up 22 pounds from last butter and cheese exports, and increased sales of year. If realized, the cotton yield forecast will be the butter and anhydrous milkfat are expected to supsecond highest yield on record. port higher fat basis exports in 2018. Skim-solids USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows 22 perexports for 2017 and 2018 were raised, primarily on cent of U.S. corn has been harvested, as of the week stronger expected shipments of whey products. ending Oct. 8, up from 17 percent the previous week Butter and nonfat dry milk prices were lowered but 11 percent behind a year ago and 15 percent befor 2017 due to large supplies, but the whey price hind the five-year average. Corn is rated 64 percent was unchanged at the midpoint and the cheese price good to excellent, down 1 percent from the previous forecast was raised on current demand strength. week, and 9 percent behind 2016.

Continued demand strength for cheese is reflected The report shows 36 percent of the soybean crop is in a higher 2018 price forecast, while butter, NDM, harvested, up from 22 percent the previous week, 5 and whey prices were lowered on larger supplies and percent behind a year ago and 7 percent behind the pressure from international prices. five-year average, with 61 percent of the crop rated good to excellent, down 1 percent from the previous The Class III milk price forecast was raised for week and 13 percent behind a year ago.

2017 on stronger cheese prices, but for 2018, lower whey prices are expected to more than offset increasn es in cheese prices, and the price forecast was lowCash cheese prices lost ground the second week ered. Look for the 2017 Class III to average around of October, ending three weeks of gains. The Ched$16.20 per hundredweight, up a nickel from last dar blocks closed Oct. 13 at $1.70 per pound, down month’s projection and compares to $14.87 in 2016 and $15.80 in 2015. The 2018 average is expected to 6 cents on the week but 15 cents above a year ago.

The barrels finished at $1.6775, down 6.75 cents on range $16-$16.90, down a nickel from last month’s estimate.

FENC The Class IV price was lowered for both years due M E BUI O LDER to lower forecast butter and NDM prices. The 2017 T S S High average is now put at $15.35/cwt., down from $15.55 U Tensil C e F e n Speed cing expected a month ago and compares to $13.77 in rite E nergiz 2016 and $14.35 in 2015. ers Water ing Sy stems FENC G n r S azing E IN Y Suppli U OUR F es T UTUR The USDA’s latest Crop Production reE E L ” “ port forecasts U.S. corn production at 14.3 billion 507-956-2657 Daniel & Terese Hall bushels, down 6 percent from last year but up 1 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA Jeremy • Andy • Tony • Mike percent from the September forecast. Based on Oct. 40133 - 620 Ave. 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 171.8 BUTTERFIELD, MN 56120

the week and 21.75 cents above a year ago. Nine cars of block traded hands on the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and 42 of barrel.

Midwest cheese producers continue to report decreasing milk availabilities, according to Dairy Market News. Spot milk prices into Class III production ranged from flat market to $2 over Class, with some cheese makers expecting prices to increase in the near term. Cheese demand is steady to increasing, as market prices have been fairly consistent in October.

Some buyers, who were holding back on purchasing while expecting price declines, have re-entered the market. “The cheese market tone remains fairly positive, as both block and barrel prices have remained above $1.70 for over a week,” says Dairy Market News.

Western cheese makers report plenty of milk is heading into cheese vats and production is running close to full but contacts suggest that production is in good balance with current demand. “Buyers are providing support to block prices and there is a tendentious view that market prices may be further supported by increasing seasonal demand,” says Dairy Market News.

Perspectives are mixed on cheese inventories however. “While most agree stocks for both blocks and barrels have been drawn down somewhat, some contacts say there is a lot of cheese in storage and others report cheese has become less available. In some cases, manufacturers are offering discounted or older Cheddar blocks to help clear inventories and fulfill purchaser demands,” says Dairy Market News. n Butter started the week losing 2 cents, reversed direction, then reversed again, but rebounded 4.25 cents Oct. 13 to close at $2.3750 per pound, up 3.5 cents on the week and 59 cents above a year ago, with 38 loads sold on the week.

Central butter producers report that cream is still available but beginning to tighten. Retail sales are “bustling,” says Dairy Market News. “Undoubtedly, increasing seasonal weekly advertisements are giving already consistent retail sales numbers a boost.

Export interests are reportedly growing, as well.

Some butter makers report that healthy demand is expected to remain healthy into early 2018.”

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cate another 11,000 mt was entered in the final week for a total of 30,647 mt in 2017, most of it in these final weeks. The program has officially ended for the year and will re-open next March.” n August U.S. dairy exports were up from July and most were up from August 2016, according to the Daily Dairy Report’s Mary Ledman. Writing in the Oct. 6 Milk Producers Council newsletter, Ledman reported that cheese exports totaled 67 million pounds, up 11 percent versus July and 35 percent more than last year. “August cheese exports outpaced the five-year average at 53 million pounds,” the Daily Dairy Report states, and “U.S. exporters made U.S. butter consumption continues to grow, thanks progress in August, with higher year-over-year sales to increasing research which demonstrates that but- volume to Mexico, up 29 percent, and to Japan, up 96 ter is not the demon it was made out to be for many percent.”

“Butter exports expanded to 6.2 million pounds, years. The USDA projects 2017 U.S. butter consumption to top 2 billion pounds, up about 10 percent from up 187 percent versus the prior year and 21 percent more than in July. NDM exports improved to 108.1 2016 and equates to about 6 pounds per person. million pounds, up 16 percent versus July but still n 6.4 percent lower than the prior year due to stiff Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk ended Oct. 13 at global competition. Nevertheless, NDM export vol77.25 cents per pound, down 5.25 cents on the week, umes exceeded the five-year average of 100 million 9.75 cents below a year ago, first time it’s been below pounds for August,” the Daily Dairy Report states.

80 cents per pound in seven months, with 23 cars She concluded with a warning: “Going forward, it trading hands on the week. is critical that U.S. dairy product exports continue HighGround Dairy’s “Monday Morning Huddle” to grow to absorb greater year-over-year milk propointed out that skim milk powder volumes entered duction and correspondingly higher dairy product into Public Intervention increased by 5,512 metric output.” tons for the week ending Sept. 24 and sources indiMatt Gould, editor and analyst with the Dairy and Food Market Analyst newsletter, echoed Ledman’s remarks on the strength of August exports in the Oct. 16 Dairy Radio Now interview, but he warned of clouds moving in. He cited the ongoing discussions over the North American Free Trade Agreement by the Trump administration and what that might mean for U.S. dairy exports, particularly to Mexico, one of our NAFTA partners and our number one dairy customer.

The other threat is falling powder prices now that the EU’s Intervention program has been closed. That has resulted in Europe going head to head with U.S. suppliers, Gould said, and even more powder being dumped onto the world market, just as Canada is having to rid itself of extra skim milk powder resulting from its latest pricing scheme to encourage butter production in that country.

One more interesting piece of news came in the Oct. 11 Daily Dairy Report which states “Reports out of Europe surfaced that there are internal discussions within the European Union to consider sweeping changes to its Intervention program as early as next year rather than wait until Common Agricultural Policy negotiations in 2020. One suggestion would effectively reduce the program’s volume allocation from 109,000 metric tons to zero for the March 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018, period.

“Instead, the commission would have the authority

to establish the purchase price at levels deemed appropriate based on market conditions. The proposal is far from a done deal,” according to the Daily Dairy Report, but one to be closely watched. n Cooperatives Working Together accepted five requests for export assistance the week of Oct. 9 from Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), and Tillamook County Creamery Association that have contracts to sell 740,753 pounds of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese as well as 220,462 pounds of butter to customers in the Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

The product has been contracted for delivery through January 2018 and raised CWT’s 2017 exports to 55.56 million pounds of American-type cheeses and 4.56 million pounds of butter (82 percent milkfat) to 21 countries on five continents. n California’s November Class I milk price was announced by the California Department of Food and Agriculture at $18.49/cwt. for the north and $18.76 for the south, up 47 cents and 46 cents respectively from October and $2.36 above November 2016.

The November Federal order Class I base price will be announced Oct. 18. n A quick reminder that the sign-up period for the 2018 Margin Protection Program coverage is open through Dec. 15. Producers who want coverage, even at the $4/cwt. margin level, must enroll at their local Farm Service Agency office and pay the $100 administrative fee. Unlike past years, those who do not enroll by Dec. 15 will not be granted 2018 coverage. n In politics; the National Milk Producers Federation charged that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent enforcement action against a Massachusetts granola maker for listing “love” as an ingredient in its product “is a clear indication that the agency has time and resources to enforce regulations against the use of the term ‘milk’ on the labels of plant-derived dairy imitators.”

In a letter to the FDA, NMPF pointed out that many of the same criticisms leveled by the agency against Nashoba Brook Bakery›s granola and bread products apply to the manufacturers of plant beverages that are in violation of FDA standards of identity defining milk as the product of a dairy animal.

NMPF’s Jim Mulhern stated; “While we have no doubt that the folks at Nashoba do indeed put love into the manufacture of their product, we hate to see misleading food labels that don’t comply with legal standards that other companies follow.”

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

August dairy exports show big increases over last year MIELKE, from pg. 19 But Dairy Market News says the butter market tone is “mixed.” Prices never reached levels many were expecting, but “strong demand and relatively affordable cream supplies have Central region butter contacts viewing the market tone bullishly.”

Western cream supplies are also meeting butter processing needs and output is steady. “Current butter stocks are stable to slightly higher. Butter sales are fairly strong in the domestic and international markets. However, some buyers/end-users are putting off buying butter as they hope for prices to go down,” says Dairy Market News. “Processors expect demand to increase close to the holiday season.”

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Proven high yields across the northern Corn Belt. Outstanding silage quality and quantity in zone. Semi-flex, girthy ears with exceptional grain quality. Very good emergence and drought tolerance.

Viking 44-98 Relative maturity: 98 days Conventional hybrid

Outstanding yield potential with impressive overall agronomics. Very good drought tolerance due to a very strong root system. Semi-flex, girthy ears with excellent drydown.

Widely adapted to the northern Corn Belt with good south movement into Iowa.

Viking 99-00 Relative maturity: 100 days Conventional hybrid

The next great 100-day hybrid? We feel it’s here. Outstanding top-end yield and very strong agronomics. Good allaround plant health including good tolerance to Goss’ Wilt.

Very good drought tolerance allows this hybrid to move west in the Corn Belt very well. In-season intactness, allows for good harvest flexibility.

Viking 51-04 Relative maturity: 104 days Conventional hybrid

New robust hybrid that can be used as a dual-purpose for silage or grain. First place silage yield and pounds of milk/ acre in U of M silage testing. Excellent late-season health and above average height with good stalks and roots. Best kept on medium to heavy soils.

Viking 13-07 Relative maturity: 107 days Conventional hybrid

Outstanding yield potential. Very strong stalks and roots help make this hybrid widely adapted from east to west across the Corn Belt. Excellent stress tolerance, drydown, and fall intactness. Very good test weight and grain quality.

Viking 53-12 Relative maturity: 112 days Conventional hybrid

New late-season hybrid that yields right with traited hybrid of the same maturity. Medium-tall plant with excellent health, root, and stalk strength. Good performance across different soil types, populations, and management systems.

Has shown excellent results as a dual-purpose silage or grain hybrid.

Dairyland Seed www.dairylandseed.com DS-7781RA – PowerCore Refuge Advanced Hybrid Relative Maturity: 81 days

This hybrid utilizes PowerCore traits and features strong stalks and roots with excellent drought tolerance. It’s a very consistent performer and does well even in cool and wet soils.

DS-7185 – Agrisure 3220 Hybrid Relative Maturity: 85 days

For both no-till and corn-on-corn situations, this hybrid performs well, with its great foliar health attributes and solid agronomic qualities. This product contains the Agrisure Viptera 3220 trait.

DS-9686 – Agrisure 3000GT Hybrid Relative Maturity: 86 days

New this year, this product exhibits top-end yield potential with fast dry down in the fall. It contains the Agrisure 3000GT trait and has opportunity for population flexibility with its semi-flex ear.

DS-9090RA – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Hybrid Relative Maturity: 90 days

This product boasts excellent emergence and can handle cold, wet, tight soils. It has great foliar health and produces large, girthy ears with deep kernels. This hybrid contains SmartStax traits and prefers deep soils with high-fertility environments.

DS-7593 – Agrisure 3220 Hybrid Relative Maturity: 93 days

This hybrid features fast dry down and fantastic drought tolerance. It’s a versatile hybrid that handles a variety of soil types and is at its best performance as a mid-to full-season hybrid. This version utilizes the Agrisure Viptera 3220 trait.

DS-7294a – Agrisure 3220 Hybrid Relative Maturity: 94 days

An excellent east to west performer, this hybrid has excellent grain quality and test weight as well as excellent stay-green abilities. It prefers deep soils and high-fertility environments, and utilizes the Agrisure Viptera 3220 trait.

DS-5494E – Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 94 days

This tall, racehorse style hybrid has great grain quality and test weight. It has highly rated emergence scores and has very good health with excellent dry down. It prefers deep soils and high-fertility environments, and its genetics come from DS-6494 with the Enlist trait technology.

DS-5898E – Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 98 days

This hybrid utilizes genetics from DS-6898. It has high yield potential, very girthy, flex-style ears and very good scores against Goss’s wilt. This hybrid utilizes the Enlist trait technology.

HiDF-4099PRE – PowerCore Refuge Advanced Enlist Silage Hybrid HiDF-3099RA – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Silage Hybrid Relative Maturity: 99 days

With huge tonnage potential, this extremely tall set of genetics can handle the tough acres. It has an excellent milk per acre ranking and a semiflex ear which provides population flexibility.

DS-7599 – Agrisure 3220 Hybrid Relative Maturity: 99 days

A tough hybrid that delivers high yields, this drought-tolerant seed is great for no-till and corn-on-corn situations. It boasts solid stalk and root scores with stable and consistent performances. This hybrid utilizes the Agrisure Viptera 3220 trait.

DS-1101 – Conventional Hybrid Relative Maturity: 101 days

This conventional hybrid has solid agronomics with good stalk and root scores. It has nice grain quality and test weight and features a large, girthy ear with deep kernels. It has excellent foliar health and a good performance east to west.

DS-9802RA – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Hybrid DS-7802PRE – PowerCore Refuge Advanced Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 102 days

With outstanding stalk and root strength and a strong foliar package, this high-yielding set of genetics is a good choice for cold, wet soils. It has girthy, flex-style ears and prefers deep soils and high fertility environments.

DS-7106PRE – PowerCore Refuge Advanced Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 106 days

Using DS-6106 genetics with the PowerCore Enlist trait technology, this hybrid continues to offer stable yield across environments, an outstanding foliar health package, high-quality grain and good test weight. It’s a rugged plant that can handle variable conditions and makes a great choice for both corn-on-corn and no-till situations.

DS-8508SRE – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 108 days

From DS-9508RA genetics, this new SmartStax Enlist product contains the same dominant yield performance, fat, girthy ears, and outstanding foliar health package as its predecessor. This rugged hybrid with strong stalks and roots is a great choice for both corn-on-corn and no-till operations.

HiDF-4808E – Enlist Silage Hybrid Relative Maturity: 108 days

Using HiDF-3808RA genetics, this hybrid includes Enlist weed control technology. This high-tonnage producer features a girthy, flex ear with response to high fertility. It boasts a high starch content, strong NDFd scores and an extremely soft kernel.

Hefty Seed www.heftyseed.com H2512 VT2P Relative Maturity: 75 days

Key early hybrid with excellent plant structure! High test weight and very good early vigor. Strong stalks and roots are the foundation to success and nice staygreen through the season. Fast drydown. Fits in all rotations and soil types across northern ND and MN. Keep your populations up toward the higher end for your area. Responds well to fertility at planting.

DS-8303SRE – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Enlist Hybrid Relative Maturity: 103 days

H2601 RR2 Relative Maturity: 76 days

DS-9804RA – SmartStax Refuge Advanced Hybrid Relative Maturity: 104 days

H2602 VT2P Relative Maturity: 76 days

This SmartStax Enlist hybrid uses genetics from DS-9303RA and has solid stalks and roots. It gets out of the ground early and gives its best performance as a mid- to full-season product.

This exciting new hybrid has stable, high-yielding genetics with quick dry down in the fall. It has an elite foliar health package with good drought tolerance that can handle variable conditions. This hybrid is an excellent choice for both corn-on-corn and no-till situations and utilizes SmartStax traits.

Strong performing early corn. Fast out of the ground. Very good roots and stalk. Heavy test weight. Strong emergence and early vigor make this an ideal candidate for northern U.S. environments. Utilize in-furrow fungicides and starter fertilizer to get off to a strong start.

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V2802 VT2P Relative Maturity: 78 days

High yield potential with great roots. Early flower leads to fast drydown. Handles variable soils and responds very well to intensive management. Very strong performer for its maturity. Likes higher populations for the area and good fertility to really shine. Excellent late season plant health leads to fast drydown and top yields.

H3201 RR2 Relative Maturity: 82 days .

Shorter plant type that puts its energy into yield and test weight. Very early flowering. Use this as your full season hybrid. Stands well into harvest. Strong disease tolerance package. Agronomic characteristics and disease tolerance levels lead to wide placement for this very good hybrid.

Stands well to allow for proper drydown at harvest.

H3202 VT2P Relative Maturity: 82 days

Shorter plant type that puts its energy into yield and test weight. Very early flowering. Use this as your full season hybrid. Stands well into harvest. Strong disease tolerance package. Agronomic characteristics and disease tolerance levels lead to wide placement for this very good hybrid.

Stands well to allow for proper drydown at harvest.

H3301 RR2 Relative Maturity: 83 days

Tough hybrid that outpaces competition in drought environments. Handles lower populations well with good ear flex.

Quick out of the ground! Place this hybrid as your medium to full season hybrid. Shines on the tough ground. Very good roots help it hold on in droughty conditions.

H3302 VT2P Relative Maturity: 83 days

Tough hybrid that outpaces competition in drought environments. Handles lower populations well with good ear flex.

Quick out of the ground! Place this hybrid as your medium to full season hybrid. Shines on the tough ground. Very good roots help it hold on in droughty conditions.

H3502 VT2P Relative Maturity: 85 days

Strong 85 day hybrid with good early season vigor! Excellent root system gives a great base for girthy, flex ears. Good drydown and test weight at harvest. Excellent VT2P hybrid for its maturity with better than average ear flex to take advantage of good conditions. Often a big yield advantage over competitors, especially with intensive management.

H3712 VT2P Relative Maturity: 87 days

Great top-end yield potential! Jumps out of the ground and exhibits very good plant health and staygreen throughout the season. Strong stalks holds up a very girthy ear! Really strong top-end yields for this maturity! Fertilize for a higher yield goal and intensively manage this hybrid as it responds very well. Did see some response to high rates of ALS chemistries, especially pre-emerge. Avoid ALS chemistries, but don’t skip the pre as yield is determined early with this hybrid as it flexes for girth often to 20 kernels around!

H3902 VT2P Relative Maturity: 89 days

Hammers the competition with big yields! Plant this variety first as it has excellent early vigor. Strong roots and stalk.

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Seed Selection Guide Loves placement on good ground. Fantastic yielder that likes good ground, slightly higher populations, and a balanced fertility program. This may be your new favorite hybrid.

H4012 VT2P Relative Maturity: 90 days

Shorter hybrid with a big, girthy ear! Among the best roots and early vigor we saw in 2017! Exhibits a high level of anthracnose stalk rot tolerance. Strong drought tolerance.

Looks great in all tillage programs and soil types. Good ear flex with excellent yield response to intensive management, especially with P, K, and micronutrients. Sensitive to high rates of ALS herbicides and really needs a solid pre-emerge herbicide program as the hybrid is short and there is a lot of ear flex possible.

H4102 VT2P Relative Maturity: 91 days

All around stud hybrid that can handle stressy ground. Great disease tolerance package as well as drought tolerance.

Good drydown and girthy ears. Solid hybrid for all soil types.

Great disease tolerance including Goss’s Wilt. Responds very well to applied Potassium. Placement from Western Cornbelt to East Coast.

H4402 VT2P Relative Maturity: 94 days

Place this hybrid on your best ground and watch it run. Big, girthy flex ears. Great ROI with intensive management. Big time top-end yielder that responds well to intensive management on your best soils. Plant this one first and pour the coals to it.

H4504 SS Relative Maturity: 95 days

Loves your best ground and high management. Excellent late season plant health and looks great all year long. Plant this at the end of your driveway. Big, beautiful hybrid your neighbors will ask about all year. Put it on your best ground and use foliar fungicides and a great fertility program to shoot for your best yields ever. Hybrid with national placement on all soil types. Strong drought tolerance is observed thanks to very good stalks and roots. Handles northern corn leaf blight, eye spot, and Goss’s well. Utilize fungicide applications in gray leaf spot areas.

H4612 VT2P Relative Maturity: 96 days

Big yielder with stalks and roots to match! Early vigor was excellent even in the cold 2017 spring. Strong defensive package leads to consistently strong performance across most soil types. High level tolerance to anthracnose stalk rot. Handled dry soils well. Very good all-around hybrid with excellent yield potential! Ear has some flex for both length and girth. Plant this one first. Will reward you for slightly higher plant population and good fertility.

H4812 VT2P Relative Maturity: 97 days

Powerhouse yielder with excellent early season vigor and growth! Strong roots and stalks. High test weight. National placement line with a fit from the Dakotas to the East Coast.

Works well for silage or for grain. Avoid heavy Goss’s areas.

Requires fungicide applications due to average ratings on other diseases like gray leaf spot. Works best in the good to great soils and in higher fertility situations.

H4902 VT2P Relative Maturity: 99 days

“Go-to” hybrid with great stalks, roots, and yields! Very strong on Goss’s Wilt and Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Heavy test weight and good drought tolerance. Fits the bill for yield, standability, dual purpose potential, and Goss’s Wilt tolerance. Intensive management leads to a strong yield response.

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High yielding hybrid with very good tolerance to Goss’s Wilt!

You’ll want to plant this hybrid early and feed it to push yields! Flexes well for length. Taller hybrid with very good roots and stalks. Works best in the variable to good ground.

Responds very well to added fertility. This is not our lead selection for the tough ground. Did show some sensitivity to high rates of ALS herbicides, especially pre-emerge. Don’t skip the pre, though, as early weed control is key with this hybrid. Responds well to foliar fungicide applications, especially in gray leaf spot country where fungicides are routinely used. Very close relative to H5214.

H5214 SS Relative Maturity: 103 days

H4904 SS Relative Maturity: 99 days

“Go-to” hybrid with great stalks, roots, and yields! Very strong on Goss’s Wilt and Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Heavy test weight and good drought tolerance. Fits the bill for yield, standability, dual purpose potential, and Goss’s Wilt tolerance. Intensive management leads to a strong yield response.

High yielding hybrid with very good tolerance to Goss’s Wilt!

You’ll want to plant this hybrid early and feed it to push yields! Flexes well for length. Taller hybrid with very good roots and stalks. Works best in the variable to good ground.

Responds very well to added fertility. This is not our lead selection for the tough ground. Did show some sensitivity to high rates of ALS herbicides, especially pre-emerge. Don’t skip the pre, though, as early weed control is key with this hybrid. Responds well to foliar fungicide applications, especially in gray leaf spot country where fungicides are routinely used. Very close relative to H5212, but adds below ground insect protection plus significantly improved anthracnose stalk rot tolerance.

H4912 VT2P Relative Maturity: 99 days

H5302 VT2P Relative Maturity: 103 days

Beautiful hybrid with great standability and drought tolerance! Strong performer across all soil types with broad national placement. Very high test weight. Works well in continuous corn with fungicide use. Very close relative to H5114.

H5003 DGVT2P Relative Maturity: 100 days

Big time yield potential and drought protection, too! Solid defensive package with consistent performance and excellent roadside appeal all season. Excellent roots and stalk!

Very good Goss’s Wilt tolerance. Definitely a hybrid to add to your portfolio. Takes on and excels versus competition in tougher ground. Semi-flex ear responds to variable populations.

H5102 VT2P Relative Maturity: 101 days

Strong all-around package! Top-end yields when planted at higher populations. Very good tolerance to Goss’s Wilt.

Excellent roots and stalk. Fits all soil types. Looks great all season long. This is a “go-to” hybrid with solid agronomics and high-end yield potential. Fits on all soils. Grid or zone soil sample and manage fertility accordingly. Inseason fungicide applications recommended. Plant at the higher end of your planting populations.

H5104 SS Relative Maturity: 101 days

Strong all-around package! Top-end yields when planted at higher populations. Very good tolerance to Goss’s Wilt.

Excellent roots and stalk. Fits all soil types. Looks great all season long. This is a “go-to” hybrid with solid agronomics and high-end yield potential. Fits on all soils. Grid or zone soil sample and manage fertility accordingly. Inseason fungicide applications recommended. Plant at the higher end of your planting populations.

H5114 SS Relative Maturity: 101 days

Great looking hybrid with great standability and drought tolerance! Strong performer across all soil types with broad national placement. Very high test weight. Hybrid with national placement on all soil types. Strong drought tolerance is observed thanks to very good stalks and roots. Handles northern corn leaf blight, eye spot, and Goss’s well. Utilize fungicide applications in gray leaf spot areas. Works well in continuous corn with fungicide use. Very close relative to H4912.

High yielding hybrid with fast drydown. Very good roots and greensnap tolerance. Has a good defensive package and strong test weight. This hybrid has been the number-one hybrid on the Hefty Farm for two years because of its topend yields. Push populations, fertility, and foliar disease management aspects of your program to maximize yield and performance.

H5502 VT2P Relative Maturity: 105 days

Great yields across the Corn Belt to the East Coast!

Responds well to intensive management and irrigation.

Good level of tolerance to Goss’s. Heavy test weight! This hybrid is a winner and needs intensive management to stay that way. Manage fertility well with a focus on K, Cu, and Mn for stalk and root strength. Use foliar fungicides and higher populations.

H5504 SS Relative Maturity: 105 days

Great yields across the Corn Belt to the East Coast!

Responds well to intensive management and irrigation. Good level of tolerance to Goss’s. Heavy test weight! This hybrid is a winner and needs intensive management to stay that way. Manage fertility well with a focus on K, Cu, and Mn for stalk and root strength. Use foliar fungicides and higher populations.

H5712 VT2P Relative Maturity: 107 days

Key product for this maturity range nationwide! High yields and a great defensive package. Early flowering to beat the heat. Good candidate for your first hybrid to plant next year.

Loves your best, most fertile ground. Almost the total package with above-average to excellent ratings in almost every category. Works best in your good ground and responds well to intensive fertility and disease management.

H5804 SS Relative Maturity: 108 days

Plot winning yields across the country! Very good disease tolerance including Goss’s. Likes higher populations and fertile ground. Strong roots and stalk. If you have some good, fertile ground this may be the best hybrid on your farm. Use a higher planting population and feed it with starter if possible. Just watch out for southern rust and push for top yield with good overall fertility and management.

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H5812 VT2P Relative Maturity: 108 days

Big yielder with really strong early vigor! Unique genetics with a best fit for I-35 and east. Great roots and greensnap protection! Place this on good ground, fertilize well, and manage intensively to push for top yields! Best fit is I-35 and east mainly due to disease protection (especially Goss’s).

Responds very well to V5-V7 fungicide in addition to VT-R1 fungicide with more yield and improved staygreen.

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H6714 SS Relative Maturity: 117 days

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H6004 SS Relative Maturity: 110 days

High population hybrid with solid agronomics and yield! Fantastic roots and stalks! Handles most diseases very well. Good drought tolerance and test weight.

Use a higher planting population for your area and push this hybrid for top yields.

Utilize foliar fungicides at V5 and VT to keep it clean.

H6102 VT2P Relative Maturity: 111 days

DoublePro hybrid with strong top-end yield potential! Good ear flex with nice response to variable rate planting. Strong tolerance to Goss’s and Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Responds well to irrigation. Closely related to H6104. Fits a wide range of soil types and planting populations. With strong ear flex, you can push it hard for more yield and see a nice return on your investment. Responds well to starter fertilizer and in-furrow biologicals.

H6104 SS Relative Maturity: 111 days

SmartStax hybrid with strong top-end yield potential. Good ear flex with nice reponse to variable rate planting. Strong tolerance to Goss’s and Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Responds well to irrigation. Closely related to H6102. Fits a wide range of soil types and planting populations. With strong ear flex, you can push it hard for more yield and see a nice return on your investment. Responds well to starter fertilizer and in-furrow biologicals.

H6212 VT2P Relative Maturity: 112 days

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Key hybrid with broad national placement! Excellent top-end yield potential with best in class test weight. Very good stalks and roots. Improved tolerance to anthracnose stalk rot. This hybrid has some flex to the ear and does respond well to intensive fertility and crop protection management. Will need a fungicide application or two to keep gray leaf spot away. Has a great plant structure that holds up well through the season. Prefers to stay on the good to great soils for full yield expression. Close relative to H6214 with slightly better drydown.

H6214 SS Relative Maturity: 112 days

Key hybrid with broad national placement! Excellent top-end yield potential with best in class test weight. Very good stalks and roots. Improved tolerance to anthracnose stalk rot. This hybrid has some flex to the ear and does respond well to intensive fertility and crop protection management. Will need a fungicide application or two to keep gray leaf spot away. Has a great plant structure that holds up well through the season. Prefers to stay on the good to great soils for full yield expression. Close relative to H6212 but may retain slightly more moisture at early harvest.

H6413 DGVT2P Relative Maturity: 114 days

Top-end yielder with excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance. Big, tall hybrid with a good stable plant below it. Strong disease protection. Handles drought stress very well.

Broad placement is recommended, especially in drought-prone growing regions and areas where Goss’s Wilt is a concern. High yield potential even with moderate planting populations is possible with intensive management. For best results in droughty conditions with any hybrid, keep early season water table down and manage compaction well to allow deeper rooting to begin the season.

H6502 VT2P Relative Maturity: 115 days

Powerful hybrid! Yields are high and consistent! Great agronomic package with roots, stalk, and staygreen. Very nice disease tolerance levels. Excellent test weight and grain quality. Place this with confidence on most any soils. Responds well to fertility inputs as well as foliar disease protection. Plant at a slightly higher planting population. Strong drought tolerance.

H6604 SS Relative Maturity: 116 days

All-star hybrid! High yield, strong tolerance for Southern Rust, very good standability, solid agronomic package with both roots and stalk, and top notch test weight and grain quality. Broad acre placement. Likes early planting at higher populations. Solid all-around package but responds well to higher levels of management including fertility and foliar fungicides.

H6612 VT2P Relative Maturity: 116 days

Consistently strong performance! Broad placement across much of the southeastern quarter of the U.S. Excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance and greensnap rating. Fantastic stalk quality and root system, as well. This hybrid has a semiflex ear and responds well to additional fertility and in-crop management. Handles Goss’s and most other diseases very well. Has a susceptibility to southern rust that must be managed with fungicides. Dries down faster than its close relative H6614.

H6614 SS Relative Maturity: 116 days

This is what corn should look like! Big, tall, leafy plant with excellent stalks and roots. Gets out of the ground quick and stays ahead of the competition all year. Great stay green late season. Unrelated to H6712. This is your choice for the good ground with proper fertility and a slightly higher planting population. Meet those standards and you’ve got yourself a fantastic hybrid! The plant structure will not let you down, and there’s a pretty solid defensive package on all but southern rust. This is a hybrid that responds very well to high intensity management with fungicides, fertility and crop protection.

Mustang Seeds www.mustangseeds.com 1076 RR Relative Maturity: 76 days

Hybrid likes high-planted populations for maximum yield, will flower early and black layer early, excellent roots and good stalk, very good test weight and fall appearance.

2081 RR Relative Maturity: 82 days

Shorter plant stature leaving less crop residue, very good test weight and early plant vigor, very good stalk and root strength, has good northern movement.

2085 RR Relative Maturity: 85 days

Very good roots and test weight, great companion with our proven 2235 VT2P RIB, good drydown and fall appearance.

0485 CONV. Relative Maturity: 85 days

Very good flex on long style ear, very good performance across all yield environments, nice stay green with very good grain quality and sound agronomic package for early day corn.

3287 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 87 days

Excellent top end yield with this medium-tall hybrid, very good early season vigor, very good stalk rating with girthy style ear.

0288 CONV. Relative Maturity: 88 days

This 88 day will yield with the 92 to 93 day hybrids, very adaptable east to west, keep in zone or north, excellent seedling vigor.

2290 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 90 days

Early flower with impressive early vigor, great performance across varying yield environments, hybrid displays good southern movement.

0994 CONV. Relative Maturity: 94 days

Excellent choice for the high yield acres, medium-tall plant that has good drought tolerance, semi-flex type ear.

Consistently strong performance! Big yields and a solid defensive package.

Broad placement across much of the southeastern quarter of the U.S. Excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance and greensnap rating. Fantastic stalk quality and root system, as well. This hybrid has a semi-flex ear and responds well to additional fertility and in-crop management. Handles Goss’s and most other diseases very well.

Has a susceptibility to southern rust that must be managed with fungicides.

Closely related to H6612.

3895 SS RIB Relative Maturity: 95 days

H6712 VT2P Relative Maturity: 117 days

Early vigor for early planting or reduced tillage acres, semi-Flex ear type with very good stalks and roots, very good drought tolerance.

Yield, grain quality, and versatility! Fits all soil types and has broad placement recommendations from Nebraska to Texas and all the way to the East Coast. Wide leaves and good late season intactness are just two of the factors that lead to the yield and grain quality you’re looking for. Powerful hybrid with a great fit across much of the country. Manage disease with fungicide applications at V5-V7 and VT-R1 and potentially a later application where needed. This hybrid has a semiflex ear and takes advantage of in or near row fertility at planting as well as intensive management throughout the growing season.

Excellent for high management corn acres, push the populations for big yields, excellent stay green with this medium plant height hybrid.

4296 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 96 days 4297 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 97 days

Very good late season health and stay green, very good roots and stalk, performs well in a wide range of yield environments.

7801 SS RIB and 5299 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 101 days

Very good drought tolerance with semi-flex ear, adaptable corn for all yield environments, very good roots and stalk.

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IC4759 – 3110 Relative Maturity: 97 days

Adaptable hybrid at average to high population, strong roots and stalk, has very good southern movement.

7803 SS RIB Relative Maturity: 103 days

Very good Goss’s rating, very good stalk and roots with good test weight, excellent early vigor for early plant or minimum tillage.

8207 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 107 days

Impressive disease tolerance, strong roots and stalk, has very good southern movement, excellent top-end yield.

9209 VT2P RIB Relative Maturity: 109 days

Great yield potential, moves east and west well, very good seedling vigor and greensnap tolerance.

NorthStar Genetics

www.northstargenetics.com NS 79-519 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 79 days

Works in varied conditions but responds well to high management with fast drydown for maturity.

NS 83-538 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 83 days

Agrisure Artesian hybrid with a solid agronomic package featuring impressive emergence and seeding vigor for early planting. Fast dry-down paired with strong stalks allows for harvest flexibility. Contains Agrisure Viptera for control of up to 11 above-ground insect pests.

Superior yield potential for your highest-yielding fields. Best suited for the areas in central and eastern Minn., Iowa and Wis. Contains Agrisure Viptera for control of up to 11 aboveground insect pests.

NS 93-160 CONV. Relative Maturity: 93 days

Very good stability in stalk and root ratings, nice flex ear with deep kernels and disease tolerance with impressive yield.

NS 99-128 CONV. Relative Maturity: 99 days

A semi-flex hybrid with girthy ears that produces high yield potential, very strong Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Goss’s wilt tolerance, great corn-on-corn option.

Rob-See-Co www.robseeco.com IC2862 brand – 3110 IC2862 brand – 3220 E-Z Refuge Relative Maturity: 78 days

Solid root and stalk strength with exceptional yield potential. Contains Agrisure Viptera for control of up to 11 above-ground insect pests. Strong drought tolerance to handle variable soil conditions.

IC5296 – 3120 E-Z Refuge Relative Maturity: 105 days

Consistently high performance in and south of its maturity zone. Excellent plant integrity through harvest. Strong Goss’s wilt tolerance. Performs well even when subject to drought stress.

IC5525 – 3010 IC5525 – 5122 Agrisure Duracade Relative Maturity: 105 days

Agrisure Duracade corn that adapts well to variable soils. Excellent early season vigor for allowing for greater planting flexibility. Great stalk and root strength.

Channeling of grain or feed on farm required.

IC5644 – 3120 Relative Maturity: 106 days

Best suited for growers located east of I-35. This hybrid can be planted north of its maturity zone. Strong performance on variable soils at both moderate and high populations. Tall plant with high ear placement and strong seedling vigor. Excellent drought tolerance.

IC4016-brand – 3120 E-Z Refuge Relative Maturity: 90 days

Exciting top-end potential for high-yield fields for all geographies. Moderately tall with excellent standability and late-season intactness.

Very early flowering for maturity, high test weight, and shorter stature with nice ear placement. Best performance when used as a full season hybrid.

Model 920 Moisture Tester

NS 87-545 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 88 days

A medium-tall showy plant type with girthy ear and good kernel depth. Very strong emergence, and very good top end yield potential.

NS 88-124 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 88 days

An ultra-durable hybrid with nice yield potential and very good disease package.

Model 935 Moisture Tester

NS 90-505 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 90 days

Flexible, durable, and has high yield potential with strong emergence and seedling vigor. Outstanding drought tolerance.

NS 94-162 VT2PRIB Relative Maturity: 94 days

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Very good stability in stalk and root ratings, nice flex ear with deep kernels, and widely adapted across areas that handle this maturity.

NS 84-351 3220A Relative Maturity: 84 days

Excellent root and stalk strength, widely adapted to a variety of soil types with medium stature and nice ear placement.

NS 85-369 GTA Relative Maturity: 85 days

Very high yield potential, excellent stalks and roots, very good late season health, and is widely adapted east to west.

NS 93-339 3220A-EZ Relative Maturity: 93 days

Excellent grain quality with high test weight, excellent stalks and roots and has taller plant structure.

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Council sessions look to define future of ag education

By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor In 2016, 39 percent of agriculture-related jobs went unfilled in Minnesota. The state has a shortage of agriculture teachers, and in turn, graduates, said Brad Schloesser, dean of the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture.

The Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council is working to change those statistics.

Throughout October, they are holding six listening sessions statewide to define the future of agriculture, food and natural resource education through 2025.

At the first session on Oct. 10 at South Central College in North Mankato, educators, producers, farm leaders, agribusiness professionals and local legislators gathered to help define a shared vision and strategies for agricultural literacy, school-based agriculture education/FFA, post-secondary education, teacher preparation and farm business management.

L. Burke Murphy is a senior fellow for the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. “Minnesota’s reputation as an ag leader rests on our ability to be competitive in food, water and energy,” she said.

Recruiting young people into agriculture career tracks is key. “Ag careers have to be for kids who aren’t necessarily farm kids,” said LuAnn Hiniker, regional director for University of Minnesota Extension.

Common themes that cropped up in all groups included recruiting from all cultures and locales, responding to industry needs and bringing value to communities.

High school/FFA The vision for high school agriculture education and FFA is: Professional development for teachers; FFA membership that reflects the demographics of the student body; and added value for students.

For St. Peter High School agriculture teacher and FFA advisor Gena Gena Lilienthal Lilienthal, adding value to the student experience is a top priority. When you can show your students are gaining value in workforce experience, community projects or earning college credits, the administration will support the ag program, both financially and in professional development.

“If you can add value to senior level classes, you can say why this should be done in middle school,” she said.

Exposing middle school students to agriculture education can help recruit students into ag courses and FFA in high school. In addition, teachers can work with juniors and seniors on career exploration instead of the basic science of where does food come from, she explained.

“I’m excited to take some of the big common ideas back to my administration,” said Lilienthal.

Exposing middle school students to agriculture education can help recruit students into ag courses and FFA in high school.

L. Burke Murphy and LuAnn Hiniker Post-secondary education Responding to industry needs must be a priority for college ag programs. The future lies in multiple and flexible models driven by industry, technology and applied experience. For instance, agriculture worker trainings that are not full two-year degrees are needed. One strategy is working more closely with employers and agribusinesses.

Megan Roberts, South Central College agribusiness instructor, discussed the need to improve systems and better use resources across Minnesota State College and Universities, land grant universities and private colleges.

The other two visions are: adaptable curriculum; and a student base that reflects our communities by recruiting non-traditional students.

Farm Business Management Myron Oftedahl is a Farm Business Management advisor at South Central College. In this one-on-one program, working farmers learn to better manage their business through record keeping, setting goals, analysis and identifying resources. For example, instructors and farmers will review the farm’s financials at the kitchen table.

“Our success as ag educators depends on each other’s programs,” said Oftedahl.

FBM instructors, lenders and producers agree on the need to create cloud-based online records for producers by 2025. Rural internet access and speed remains a major challenge. Other challenges include confidentiality and security.

While keeping financial management at the core, the group recognized the need to offer more diverse instruction to meet complex and family farm needs.

The vision to get more farmers involved, including non-traditional farms, will require increased publicity through co-ops, lenders and farm organizations.

Kevin Paap, president of Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, noted that the program must be viable, visible and valuable.

Farmers are finding value as they pay tuition and often stay in the program for many years, but the word needs to spread to more producers.

Another goal is to mentor and train new instructors.

Agricultural literacy Agricultural literacy is about showing people how important agriculture is in their lives, explained Sue Knott, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom specialist.

The vision for 2025 is to expand the use of agriculture in education. One idea is to increase the number of FFA chapters in schools. Currently FFA is available in roughly 55 percent of Minnesota school districts. Other ideas include ag career exploration at all levels, field trip to an ag production area and gardens in all schools.

The group also envisions that agriculture will become a priority in community strategies and public funding.

This may be community gardens or cooking classes.

Garnering public dollars will take informed, active citizens to influence local and state governments.

In addition, the group wants families to be able to make informed decisions about their time, resources and money relating to food. The strategy includes family events such as farm tours.

Teacher Preparation To solve the ag teacher shortage, recruitment is a top priority. One idea is requiring every post-secondary agriculture student to take an ag education course and get hands-on teaching opportunities. The course could be tailored to high school students too.

Ag education recruiters would reach out to students in college programs.

Another vision is to integrate diversity and inclusion training, rural and urban, in teacher preparation programs.

Convening a task force of MNSCU, University of Minnesota and industry partners is recommended.

Next steps Sarah Dornink, executive director of Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council, is leading the statewide sessions. She likens the process to a funnel. Patterns will be identified and visions and strategies will be narrowed down to the real, measurable things that can be done.

Sarah Dornink Committees will meet in November and by March 1, the council will have a blueprint for agricultural education through 2025, in time for the legislative session. The final step will be the MAELC board meeting in June. Dornink acknowledged the timeline is tight.

“I want us to be actionable and see changes in the next seven years,” she said. v

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Franken: Farm bill energy issues essential for Minnesota

By TREY MEWES The Free Press Staff Writer MANKATO, Minn. — As federal officials back off of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, U.S. Sen. Al Franken believes there’s going to be more work to do to ensure farmers and rural communities benefit from renewable energy sources.

The Minnesota Democrat met with regional agriculture and energy experts Oct. 11 at Photo by Pat Christman, The Free Press Minnesota State University to U.S. Sen. Al Franken (left) talks with Minnesota discuss energy initiatives that State University Center for Automotive will be included in the 2018 farm Research Director Bruce Jones before a roundtable discussion on renewable energy bill.

Oct. 11.

“This is added value to our agriconverting wood chips into biofuel to cultural products,” Franken said.

“Biofuels, in terms of ethanol and bio- heat turkey barns, and potential enerdiesel, is extremely important to our gy storage improvements with renewable fuels that would decrease costs for economy.” rural and low-income areas if impleMinnesota is one of the nation’s lead- mented. ing renewable energy producers, and Some experts even advocated for about 1 in 5 Minnesotans have agriculmore flexibility to pursue industrial ture-related jobs. hemp products — which is different Franken, who serves on the Senate than marijuana-based products, though Energy Committee, is helping to write the two have been linked in agriculan energy component to the farm bill tural and manufacturing discussions in that could tweak a few energy pro- the past. grams to better fund renewable energy “We think as a specialty crop it would efforts. The bill would, among other things, link federal funding between open some doors for us,” said Dan fire hazard reduction and reducing Skogen, a former state senator who undergrowth in forests by removing serves as the planning and government relations director for the Agricultural biomass.

Utilization Research Institute.

One of those tweaks would remove a Yet the energy and ag experts were requirement that bio-based material mainly concerned with securing enough work needs to produce energy, which experts say could open the door to more funding to continue renewable energy plastics, chemicals and other products initiatives such as the Rural Energy for America Program grants and loans. made from bio-material.

“There are a lot of great products that Mike Youngerberg of the Minnesota Biodiesel Council points to a new kind could come out of some of these,” said of asphalt sealant made from biodiesel Joe Smentek, director of public affairs products that works better than cur- for the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. “But if they’re not fully rent oil-based sealants. funded, if they’re not funded adequateFarmers could one day be able to ly, they’re worthless.” grow 100 bushels of corn or soybeans It appears the Trump administration for every lane mile, and renewable is souring on renewable energy, howenergy representatives are pushing state officials to use the biodiesel seal- ever. Environmental Protection Agency ant on roads, bridges and parking lots Administrator Scott Pruitt announced this week the EPA would roll back across Minnesota. greenhouse gas regulations established “The city of Hutchinson, Minnesota, under former President Barack Obama. is saving material on their road main- And President Donald Trump has pubtenance budget just by preserving what licly pushed for more coal and oil they have,” Youngerberg said. energy in the past.

Other projects that came up included Franken said after the meeting that

despite the president and his administration’s opposition to some renewable energy issues, Congress needed to push on as more renewable energy gets produced across the United States.

“There’s no question that ethanol is

much more efficient than gasoline in terms of what we’re putting in and what we’re getting out,” Franken said.

Trey Mewes is a staff writer for The Free Press, a sister paper to The Land.v

NOTICE OF FARM SALE BLUE EARTH COUNTY JUDSON TOWNSHIP

LEGAL: Northeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter (NE¼ of NW¼) and West Half of Northwest Quarter (W½ of NW¼) Section Fifteen (15) Township One Hundred Eight (108), Range Twenty-eight (28); EXCEPTING THEREFROM, part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 108 North, Range 28 West, described as: Commencing at the West Quarter Corner of said Section 15; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 59 seconds East (assumed bearing) on the south line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 15, a distance of 791.21 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 03 degrees 45 minutes 34 seconds West, 415.61 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 11 seconds West, 215.97 feet; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds West, 428.03 feet; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 49 seconds East, 320.64 feet; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 57 seconds East, 125.27 feet; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 31 seconds East, 104.46 feet; thence South 02 degrees 38 minutes 32 seconds West, 187.99 feet; thence South 86 degrees 09 minutes 56 seconds West, 154.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 45 minutes 34 seconds East, 541.17 feet to south line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 15; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 59 seconds West, on said south line, 40.06 feet to the point of beginning - 116.26 acres.

TERMS: The real estate shall be sold upon the terms described below: 1.

Potential Buyers shall submit a sealed bid accompanied by a certified check in the amount of $10,000.

The check shall be made payable to the Knutson Casey Trust Account and submitted to Margaret K. Koberoski, Attorney at Law, of Knutson Casey PC, 196 St. Andrews Drive, Suite 100, Mankato, Minnesota 56001. The bid and checks shall be received by 9:30 a.m. on November 1, 2017. Checks for unsuccessful bidders will be returned at the conclusion of the sale.

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The bids shall be opened at Knutson Casey PC, 196 St. Andrews Drive, Suite 100, Mankato, Minnesota 56001, at 9:30 a.m. on November 1, 2017, and the auction will begin at 10:00 a.m. All persons submitting a written bid will be allowed to raise their bids after the bids have been opened.

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The successful bidder will be required to execute a purchase agreement on completion of the bidding and the initial check received will be applied to earnest money. The entire remaining balance of the purchase price, without interest, will be due and payable on or before December 31, 2017, at which time title will be conveyed by a Trustee’s Deed.

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Real estate taxes due and payable in 2017 will be paid by sellers and the successful purchaser will be responsible for all taxes and assessments due and payable thereafter.

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This property is being sold in an “AS IS” condition and the sellers make no representations as to its acreage, tiling, or condition. The potential buyer shall inspect and be familiar with the present condition of the subject property, including but not limited to soil suitability, slope, grade or grades of land, irrigation, flood plain, weed and pest spectrum, habitat areas and the general flow and direction of irrigation waters and drainage.

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An abstract of title shall be furnished to the successful bidder. Title shall be transferred by a Trustee’s Deed. Possession shall be given to the successful bidder upon receipt of payment in full, subject to the existing Lessee’s right to remove any standing crops.

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The owner specifically reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities in the bidding process. Sellers reserve the right to establish a minimum starting bid upon commencement of the bidding process. The Auctioneer shall determine when bidding shall cease.

Owner: Francis R. Sohler Revocable Trust and the Phyllis H. Sohler Revocable Trust.

Information concerning this land or viewing this land may be obtained from Margaret K. Koberoski of Knutson Casey PC, 196 St. Andrews Drive, Suite 100, Mankato, Minnesota 56001, Phone: 507-344-8888, Email: margaret@knutsoncasey.com.

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Iowa pumpkin farm brings smiles to young and old alike

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent ELLSWORTH, Iowa – For the past 10 years, Virgil and Betty Block, both 84, have invited the kindergarten class from the Ellsworth Public School to come to their farm to learn about pumpkins and choose a pumpkin to take home.

They have no real answer for why they started this project.

“Oh, I suppose we probably had too many pumpkins one year,” says Betty. Her husband of 64 years does not disagree. He has fun growing pumpkins and other garden vegetables for their own use and to share with others.

Students at the Ellsworth Public School appreciate the Block’s bumper crop of pumpkins. This year the class of 16 came to the farm on the morning of Sept. 26.

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Virgil Block has hosted Ellsworth kindergartners at his farm for the past 10 years.

Virgil leads the way as students head for the pumpkin patch to begin the hunt for the perfect pumpkin.

Jennifer Fick is in her second year of teaching, consequently this was her second trip to the farm.

“When I told the students about it on Monday,” said Fick. “They were very excited.”

The students were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Block, then lined up in their class formation to follow the Blocks as they rode their John Deere Gator to the pumpkin patch. The pumpkins had been all cleaned and were in neat rows on a former feeding floor.

“This is the first year, I had to take the pumpkins out of the garden,” explained Virgil. “Usually it is dry enough that the students can go in the pumpkin patch to choose their own. The recent rains made it

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too muddy.”

There was plenty of excitement when the students sorted through the pumpkins to find the right one to take home. For some, the pumpkin of choice was immediately made; others looked the pumpkins over carefully before selecting the perfect pumpkin.

See PUMPKINS, pg. 32

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Wet fields are muddying harvest plans Compiled by The Land Associate Editor Marie Wood

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Corey Hanson, Gary, Oct. 6

A heavy frost settled on Corey Hanson’s farm on the night of Oct. 5 when it got down to 30 F. The following afternoon, he was still waiting for the grass to dry under overcast skies and zero wind to get back to combining soybeans.

He began combining his soybeans on Sept. 29, but weekend rain stopped harvest. He was back at it on Oct. 4 and 5. He is a third of the way through the harvest.

His best soybean field brought in close to 40 bushels per acre. His other fields are coming in at roughly 30-35 bu./acre, which is the Norman County average.

“I think they look exceptionally well considering no rain.

Corey Hanson On the same token, it’s about an average yield. It’s nothing big,” said Hanson.

As soon as he gets done with the soybeans, he wants to get at the corn.

Due to dryness, the corn is starting to fall down.

“The stalk was being cannibalized at the end to put everything into the kernel that it could,” he said.

He has a few areas on sand knobs, where the corn is flat. “It looks like it’s been rolled over with a rolling pin.”

The cattle are doing well on their green pastures. They will come off pasture toward the end of October.

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Larry Konsterlie, Pennock, Oct. 6

When it comes to field work and harvesting, “absolutely nothing” is being done at Konsterlie Farms, reported Larry Konsterlie. He said rain was expected in his area within the hour.

“I had to wait for the crop to mature, which is just about there, but now it’s too wet,” he said.

He plans to do soybeans first. He doesn’t have any Larry Konsterlie corn that’s worth picking yet.

“If the weather doesn’t cooperate for beans, we might have to make some decisions. Should we start with corn to get something done?” he said. “If we’re delayed another week, that’s the middle of October all of a sudden.”

Some growers in his area have harvested corn and it’s coming in at 25 to 30 percent moisture. Konsterlie noted the corn being harvested was either planted early or early maturity 90-day corn.

The forecast calls for dry weather for a week or so, but that remains to be seen.

“Maybe we’ll get a window to get some harvest done,” said Konsterlie.

In the meantime, work is progressing and rafters are going up on his machine shed.

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“It’s been a pretty good week. The rain finally quit and we could get something done,” reported Nate Hultgren from Hultgren Farms.

Their sugarbeet harvest is about one third complete. “It’s really muddy. We have to push the trucks through the field with a tractor – every truck that’s loaded,” he said.

Their new self-propelled beet harvester even got stuck. That’s Nate Hultgren what 15 inches of rain in a month will do, he said.

“Not ideal by any means, but better than not harvesting. You couldn’t have asked for nicer weather,” said Hultgren.

They are making progress on dark red kidney beans, but they still have more than half of the crop to take out. “Every single load we hauled in we had to pay a drying charge. Nothing’s drying out.” The kidney bean moisture is beginning to come down now.

The farm got two nights of frost the week of Oct. 10. The Hultgrens hope to start combining beans on Oct. 13. Meanwhile, the corn is running at 30 percent moisture.

“This frost was a blessing. Hopefully the frost will kick things into gear as far as drying out,” said Hultgren.

Manure applications from the nearby dairy is continuing. Every day, Hultgren works with the pumper to line up the fields. That will be going on for at least another month.

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“We’re about half done with beans,” reported Bob “The one thing I can tell you is Roelofs from his soybean, corn and going on today is the sun is out,” hog farm. reported Mark Ditlevson from his “Bean yields are excellent if we can corn, soybean and small grain farm. just get them combined,” he said.

Mark Ditlevson The guy that custom harvests for Bob Roelofs For the most part, farmers were not him got about 75 percent of his soyable to combine beans the week of beans out before the rain. “They weren’t too bad, but it Oct. 9 due to cold and rainy weather. There was one day when wasn’t as good as last year,” said Ditlevson. the beans were finally dry enough at about 5 p.m. At Roelofs’ In the last two weeks, there was only one day when they farm, the combine ran until 11 p.m. were able to combine and they got quite a bit done. In his “The local co-op elevator stayed open for us so everybody area, there are many soybeans left to harvest. Everyone is could keep rolling,” said Roelofs. waiting for the crops and fields to dry.

He is hauling manure for fertilizer on some farms and they Ditlevson hopes his custom harvester can combine the are about half done with that job. rest of the soybeans the week of Oct. 16.

“We haven’t started any corn,” he said.

The corn is standing well. “It just needs to dry out,” he In his area, producers are reporting that corn is at 18 to 24 said. percent moisture.

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Purpose of Blocks’ pumpkin patch is to give them away The students saw more small and large pumpkins in a tool shed and a machine shed.

Another highlight of the trip was when Virgil opened the chicken house door to let the chickens run free.

Normally, the chickens are anxious to come out, but that morning, they hesitated in the doorway. But finally they came out much to everyone’s delight.

The visit ended outside the The Blocks’ chickens house where it had begun. were almost as popular Each student was given a as the pumpkins. bag filled with candy, chips and a bottle of water.

They left with smiles and pumpkins. In addition to the pumpkin they chose, the Blocks sent a mini pumpkin for everyone with the teacher.

Once back at school, the students exclaimed how large the pumpkin was that their teacher had chosen for the classroom compared to the tiny ones she had put around it.

Whether the pumpkins were big or small, this comment was often heard, “I really like my pumpkin.”

Virgil and Betty Block grew over 200 pumpkins. As they always have done, every pumpkin was given away. They are now bringing smiles to residents at the nursing homes in George and Ellsworth. Relatives, their church family, and many others including Showing off the day’s bounty are: (front row) Luke Nath and Zachary Schreirer; (second row) Ashley Dykstra, strangers have been blessed through the Blocks’ Tyler McNuss (partially hidden), Ava and John Essman; (third row) Makenna Boltjes, Caitlin Custer, Lauren Gaul, pumpkin patch.

Walker Lynn and Nicholas Lenz; (back row) Virgil and Betty Block, Valentine Jenniges, Kelsey Deutsch, Bree“I just like to grow pumpkins to give away,” said anna Blair, Aiden Timmer, Griffin Schilling and Jenni Fick.

Virgil. v they asked the Blocks questions. They were curious PUMPKINS, from pg. 30 “This is so cool,” said one student. “I have never where the pumpkin seed came from and how a pumpkin grows. Did Mr. Block have to water the plants picked out a pumpkin before.” during the summer?

The students then sat with their pumpkins while

Most 2018 CRP offers suspended WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced it will process many pending eligible offers for land enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program, and it will temporarily suspend accepting most new offers until later in the 2018 fiscal year.

“All current, eligible CRP continuous enrollment offers made through Sept. 30, 2017 — except for those made under the Pollinator Habitat Initiative — will be approved,” said Steven J. Peterson, acting Farm Service Agency administrator. “Additionally, we are temporarily suspending acceptance of most offers going forward to provide time to review CRP allocation levels, and to avoid exceeding the statutory cap of 24 million acres.”

The CRP acreage cap is a provision of the 2014 farm bill. Current enrollment is about 23.5 million acres nationwide. USDA is accepting all pending continuous enrollment offers that were made through

Sept. 30, except Pollinator Habitat Initiative offers.

Pollinator acreage offers are being declined because the program has met its acreage enrollment goal.

Effective immediately, USDA is suspending acceptance of all new CRP continuous offers received or submitted after Sept. 30.

Peterson said, however, that USDA will continue to accept eligible offers for state-specific Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and CRP Grasslands enrollment. Offers are subject to fiscal year 2018 rental rates which have been adjusted to reflect current market conditions and were established after careful review of the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service cash rent data.

For more information about CRP, contact your local FSA office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/crp.

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55780 St Hwy 19, Winthrop, MN 1/4 mi W of Hwy 19 & 15 intersection

Vehicles & Snowmobiles: ‘01 Chevy 1500 EXT cab 4x4, 263651 mi; ‘05 Chevy Impala LS, 242636 mi; ‘05 Chevy Trailblazer LS, 198825 mi; ‘04 Chevy Malibu, 171002mi, newer tires, muffler & brakes; ‘02 Hyundia Sonata, 225650 mi, new tires, sunroof; ‘01 Chrysler 300M, 164625 mi, heated seats, newer tires; ‘00 Honda Civic 2dr, 204760 mi, sunroof; ’00 Mercury Sable, 139200 mi; snowmobiles include: ’11 Polaris 800 Assault 144”, 4830 mi w/ approx. 2500 on engine, under-seat & dash bags; ’99 Yamaha SRX-700; ’97 Skidoo MXZ670; 2 -’94 Polaris Indy 500 EFI; Farm Machinery & Equipment: J D 2500 7-bottom plow; JD 218 bean head; NI Model 203 spreader; Van Dale spreader; JD 48 hyd loader; Stout 66-9 brush grapple; Stout HD72-3 open end rock & brush grapple; Stout 96 snow bucket; Dual hyd loader; NI pull type sickle mower; ant. Farmall trip bucket w/ manure tines; 25 & 15gal sprayer tank, pump & wand; Lawn, Garden, Shop & Tools: Lawn Boy Dur a For ce self-propel lawn mower 6.5hp; Snapper Quantum XRM 6.5hp; Jari 36” sickle-bar mower; Snapper 1030 elec. start snow blower; Ariens ST524 snow blower; Toro single stage snow blower; Southland field trimmer; B&D hedge trimmer; Toro leaf blower; Milwaukee electric drills; Guns, Outdoor & Sport Equip: Ruger Super Blackhawk, .44 magnum, r evolver ; S&W .38 Special CTG, revolver; Ruger Blackhawk, .357 magnum, revolver; Eibar, 6.35mm, semi; Japanese WWII issued, 8mm, semi; 2 - Winchester Model 12’s, 12ga, pump; Winchester Model 97, 12ga, pump; Stevens, 12ga, single-shot; Winchester Super-X Ducks Unlmtd Edition, 12ga, pump, camo; Winchester Super-X Model 1, 12ga, semi; Winchester Model 12, 16ga, pump; Winchester Model 1912, 20ga, pump; 3 -Catamount Fury I’s, 20ga, semi; CZ 620, 20ga, pump; New England Firearms Pardner SBI, 20ga, single-shot; Winchester Model 90, .22cal short, pump; 4 -Rossi .243 MBS’s, single-shot w/ scope; Iver Johnson Champion, .410, single-shot; Winchester Model 42, .410, pump; H Koon Snake Charmer .410, single shot; Winchester Model 70, .30-06, bolt; Winchester Model 94, .30-30, lever; US Pyrotechnics M8 flare gun; ice fish house, pneumatic raising & lowering, solar panel w/ inverter; lg assortment of fishing equip.;

Farm Antiques, Collectibles, Tools, Household, Toys & Misc.

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Area Neighbors

Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002 Lic: 08-17-003

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service, LLC. Terms: 10% Buyer s Premium Fire ar ms buyer s must have valid drivers license. Pistol buyers must have valid “permit to purchase”. Not Responsible for Accidents.

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FOR SALE: IH 1440 4R combine, field ready; 8 row equipment; gravity wagons, (1) is 650 bu; augers.

Retiring. Everything always shedded. 507-866-4628 FOR SALE: Truck, '79 Chevrolet C70, tandem axle, 20' grain box, new motor, no rust, excellent condition; 1200 GEHL forage harvester, 3R30” cornhead, hay pick up, excellent condition. 507-859-2766 FOR SALE: Woods S22CD stalk shredder, good condition.

Photo available, $6,500. 320-295-0706 Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair Repair-Troubleshooting Sales-Design Custom hydraulic hose-making up to 2” Service calls made.

STOEN'S Hydrostatic Service 16084 State Hwy 29 N Glenwood, MN 56334 320634-4360 JD 220 20' stalk chopper, $4,450; Brent 440 gravity box w/ lights & brakes, $4,500; JD 643 oil bath cornhead, $3,250; JD 443 cornhead w/ knife rolls, $2,750; IH 770HD 14' offset disk, $3,950; IH 735 5 bottom vari width plow, $1,900; New 18.4x46 tires on 10 hole rims, $2,600/pr. 320-769-2756 JD Plow 3x16" w/coulters, $950; 6" 3hp Grain Screener, $850; Cosmos 3pt fertilizer spreader, $150; Irrigator w/ 5-6" 26' suction tubes & 25-4" 22' tubes w/sprinkler, $1800. (320) 226-0723

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Kuhn 8124 slinger manure Alloway 20' Stalk Chopper, 4 spreader, asking - Swivel Wheels, 3Pt, $3,500. $18,500/OBO. Kuhn Knight 715-234-1993 8030 mounted on sterling truck, asking $42,000/OBO. CIH 2366 combine, 1,687 sep hrs, 2,666 eng hrs, specialty Both in exc cond. 608-792rotor, long unloading auger, 8051 field tracker, grain loss We buy monitor, header control, Salvage Equipment heavy duty final drives, Parts Available chain oilers. 605-359-6205 Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910 FOR SALE: '98 CIH 2366 Tractors 036 combine 3218 E 2422R field tracker chopper, Ag Leader '07 JD 6603, 110HP, 2WD, monitor, yield & moisture CAH, 2160 hrs, QuickTach monitor, rock trap. 612-508JD loader, machine looks 1194 new, $31,000/OBO. Call 715495-0873 FOR SALE: 1995 Gleaner RFOR SALE: '90 JD 8760, 4665 52, 2,084 eng. Hrs., 1,250 sep hrs, 20.8x42 tires, $50,000. hrs, good condition, very 507-276-8389 clean combine, w/ corn & bean heads, $40,000. 507-995FOR SALE: '93 JD 6300 8110 2WD, power quad, open station, 6200 hrs, $13,900; IH 684 dsl, w/ QT ldr, bucket & FOR SALE: Combines & forks, $6,995; Farmall Sutires; 66x43x25s; JD 6620 & per M, PS, live hyd, NF, CIH 1640. Headers, All sizes $1,995. Can Del. 320-543-3523 gravity boxes. 2700 JD plow. IH 1086. JD 1600 chisFOR SALE: 18.4x38 axle duel plow. Used tractor tires. als; 15.5x38 axle duals. 952320-266-6569 873-5566

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FOR SALE: Used Oliver & White tractor parts for most models or will buy your Oliver or White tractor, any condition. 218-6390315

JD 5400 JD 5400 2WD, cab, air, power reverser, new tires, 68HP, 2500 hrs, excellent shape, $12,500.

(218) 428-9139 NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829 Harvesting Equip

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'92 JD 9500 combine, new rasp bars, many other new parts, always stored inside, 3,100 sep hrs. Call for more info, $19,900. 715-495-0873 '92 JD 9500 combine, new rasp bars, many other new parts, always stored inside.

3,100 sep hrs. Call for more info, $19,900. 715-495-0873 850 Bushel Unverferth Grain Cart w/ Scale, Tarp, Hyd Spout Etc, (30.5x32 Tires) Very Good. M&W #1710 5 or 7 Shank EarthMaster (New Style) w/ Crumbler (Black). 319-347-2349

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FOR SALE: 6R30” JD corn- FOR SALE: 2012 870 Case IH All kinds of New & Used head. 507-383-9565 disk ripper, 7 shank, 14', farm equipment – disc chisdisk levelers, spike toothed els, field cults, planters, Int'l 843 cornhead, 4RN, harrow, no welds, nothing soil finishers, cornheads, $3,000/OBO. 715-450-4102 or dent, $40,000/OBO. 507-383feed mills, discs, balers, 715-743-2210 4992 Alden, MN haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 JD 220 high speed stalk chopFOR SALE: 2012 Krause per for 8-30" rows. Call for dominator, 7 shank, front pricing. 608-548-3862 disk, 2 rear disk gangs, JD 920 bean head, good concrumbler, excellent condidition, good poly, $5,500. tion. 507-273-4421 or 507-534715-234-1993 2048

NEW FARM KING 13X95 ONE LEFT!!

Auger w/ Power Mover Hopper. Dealer

FOR SALE: CIH #14 20' Vripper, 9 shank, pull-type hitch, large frame. 507-7643806

319-347-6282 Can Deliver FOR SALE: Glencoe 4450 disk chisel, 11 shank, like NH 770 chopper, 2R cornnew, $9,950. 507-380-1235 head & hay head, hay head OH'd, $2,000/OBO. Fox FOR SALE: IH 700 5 bottom Brady blower, 66", same as 16” auto re-set plow; IH 710 JD 66, good cond., 5 bottom 18” auto re-set $400/OBO. NI haybine, plow. Both with like new #5112, new sickle & guards, moldboards. 952-873-5566 new hyd pump, good shape, $2,000/OBO. 550 MF com- FOR SALE: IH model 710 4 bine, low hrs, 4R cornhead, bottom trip plow, good con13' platform, $4,000/OBO. dition. 507-835-1248 or 507715-875-4468 461-1825 Tillage Equip

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FOR SALE: JD 1350-1450 6x18” bottom plow, also, 5x16” bottom plow; also JD RG6 row crop cultivator; also skip row cultivator for soybeans. 507-744-2472

'10 Great Plains Turbo Till FOR SALE: Case IH 884 FOR SALE: McKee cornhog Vertical Tillage unit Model 2WD w/2250 quick attach grinder blower, 1000 RPM, TT 3000 Series II HD, cenloader, Dual PTO & 4,324 exc cond, $2,500. ter weight package, hyhrs. Case IH 895 4x4, Glen Flora, WI 715-322-5670 draulic wing down prescanopy roof, shuttle shift, sure, rolling spike tooth and FOR SALE: JD 2720 disk dual PTO, dual hydraulics, basket harrow, 30' working ripper, 5 shank, 12 ½', used 2,316 hrs w/ 2255 loader, FOR SALE: New Idea corn width, nice unit, $26,000. picker, 325, 2 row. 320-286one season, like new, quick attach. 715-896-1050 (641) 590-1102 9998 Call after 3pm. $26,000/OBO. 651-764-2433 FOR SALE: CIH Magnum, FWA, duals all around; STX 375 HD, CIH disk ripper. 218-458-2248 FOR SALE: IH 5088 tractor, 6325 hrs, 3 hyd, 540 & 1000 PTO, used for haying. Call Dan 507-828-6069

Machinery Wanted

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Steffes Auction Calendar 2017

For more info call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com Opens October 18 & Closes October 24 Mr. Spindle Moving Auction, Fargo, ND, spindles, balusters, posts, finials & much more!

Opens October 18 & Closes October 25 Doug Halle Farms Inventory Reduction, Devils Lake, ND, Timed Online Auction Opens October 20 & Closes October 27 David Schindele Farm Auction, Lakota, ND, Case-IH Quadtrac, Case-IH 8010 Combine, Tillage, Trucks & more!

Wednesday, November 1 8AM-12:00PM Norman County, MN Land Auction, Hendrum, MN, 155± Acres in Lee & Hendrum TWP, Timed Online Auction Opens November 1 & Closes November 8 November Online Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, see complete list and photos at SteffesGroup.com Opens November 6 & Closes November 15 William McNamara Farm Auction, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opens November 6 & Closes November 15 Water Jet Machine Shop Auction, Granite Falls, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, November 7 at 11AM Krom Family Cass County, ND Land Auction, Enderlin, ND, 603+/- acres on Hwy 46 Wednesday, November 8 at 10AM Backus, MN Farm Equipment & Land Auction, Backus, MN, 189+/- acres in multiple tracts in Cass County, MN, RE sells at 10AM followed by small items. Major farm equipment sells at 11:15

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Friday, November 10 at 10AM Ray Thorn Estate Farm Auction, North Mankato, MN Opens November 10 & Closes November 16 Kurtis Jahnke Equipment Auction, Durbin, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, November 14 8AM-12:00P Absolute Multi-Family Commercial RE, Kenmare, ND, property formerly known as the Baptist Home & Maple View Thursday, November 16 at 11AM John (Jack) Hennen, Stearns County, MN Land Auction, 90± Acres, multiple tracts in Paynesville, MN November 29 at 10AM AgIron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds West Fargo, multi ring consignment event, Advertising deadline is November 1st!

Thursday, November 30 at 11AM 3rd Annual Alamo Farms Hay Auction, Oakes, ND Tuesday, December 5 at 10AM AgIron Sioux Falls Event, Deadline to Consign is November 6!

Thursday, December 21 at 10AM AgIron Litchfield Event, Deadline to Consign is November 20!

Saturday, January 20 at 10AM Multi-Party Firearm Auction Event, Steffes Group West Fargo, Consignment deadline is December 15!

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WANTED: JD 7720 combine, Reg. Holstein heifers for WANT TO BUY: Butcher Compart's total program w/ bean head & 6RN cornfeatures superior boars & sale. Due Oct. 29-Nov. 7. cows, bulls, fats & walkable head. 320-697-5550 open gilts documented by 715-286-2905 cripples; also horses, BLUP technology. Duroc, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 WANTED: JD 8770, good WANTED TO BUY: Dairy York, Landrace & F1 lines. heifers and cows.

320-235shape. 507-523-3305 or 507Terminal boars offer leanHorse 057 2664 450-6115 ness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are WANTED: Schwartz wide Cattle 056 Marg Horse Company Buyproductive, lean, durable. front for Farmall tractor. ing horses of all kinds.

All are stress free & PRRS 623-594-6496 Please call.

(715) 896-2213 3 yr old Registered Black free. Semen also available Polled Irish Dexter bull, through Elite Genes A.I. Fertilizer & Chem 051 proven easy calving, DNA Percheron colts for sale.

Make 'em Grow! Comparts $2,000/ea/OBO. Please call Black Red Dun. $3,000. Call Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: Why Buy Lime? When Bio 715-577-9155 218-206-3463 877-441-2627 Liquid Calcium is cheaper and more effective tan FOR SALE OR LEASE Sheep 060 FOR SALE: Yorkshire, lime! Let us help fix PH REGISTERED BLACK Hampshire, & Hamp/Duroc and Hardpan problems!

ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & The 43rd annual North Star boars, also gilts.

Excellent Also Avail. Organic certiyearlings; bred heifers, Bred Ewe Sale will be held selection. Raised outside. fied Products. Call Gary at calving ease, club calves & Sat., Oct. 28th at 7PM at Exc herd health. No PRSS. (715)533-0174 balance performance. Al the Pipestone County Fair Delivery avail. 320-760-0365 sired. In herd improvement Grounds in Pipestone, MN. Livestock 054 program. J.W. Riverview Once again, we will be sell- Registered Berkshire boar, Angus Farm Glencoe, MN ing 115 head from some of proven, $500. 218-206-3463 FOR SALE: Black Angus 55336 Conklin Dealer 320the best flocks in the counbulls also Hamp, York, & 864-4625 try. The featured breeds inHamp/Duroc boars & gilts. clude: Suffolk, Hampshire, FOR SALE: 4H/FFA Here320-598-3790 Dorset, Rambouillet, ford show steers, over 40 to Katahdin & Southdown. We choose from, 500-700 lbs, Dairy 055 will be giving away (3) $100 lamb bros. beef, Wilson, gift certificates for kids 18 WI. 715-308-1347 800 gallon Mueller bulk tank, & under to use toward the compressor, automatic purchase of a ewe at this washer, complete. 507-523- Registered Texas Longhorn 070 year's sale. For more info, Pets & Supplies breeding stock, cows, 3305 or 507-450-6115 or to request a catalog, heifers or roping stock, top please visit our website at Border Collie puppies for blood lines. 507-235-3467 FOR SALE: Registered Holsale. Bred to herd cattle www.northstarsale.com or stein springers. AI sired & from a family farm. Great like us on Facebook at Spring calving, Purebred bred. 25,000 lbs herd averwith kids. Up to date on North Star Bred Ewe Sale.

Black Angus cows, bred to age. Free stalls & dirt lot. vaccines & dewormed. Call You can also contact Angie our Black Granite son, 715-897-1544 or text 608-769-9964. FaceDeGroot @ 507-825-4211 or some with calves at side.

FOR SALE: Registered Holbook page at: by e-mail at www.teamjsi.com. Call 715stein bulls. 715-255-9242 realdogsthatdorealwork angie.degroot@pipestone.com .

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Classified line ads WORK! Call 507-345-4523

PRIME CROPLAND-FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LAND MATT MARING

Wednesday, November 8 at 11AM Doug & Darlene Spaeth Farm Retirement, Mahnomen, MN Thursday, November 9 at 11AM Bottineau County, ND Land Auction, 1,240± Contiguous acres, multiple tracts in Chatfield TWP

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The Trust of Doris G. Mongeau Rev. Trust has ordered to sell at public auction. AUCTION LOCATION: Clinton Falls Town Hall Building, 3723 N. County Road 45, Owatonna MN 55060.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1 p.m. www.maringauction.com

GREAT INVESTMENT PROPERTY Good Soils-Drain Tile in Place-Located in Part of Section 34 of Clinton Falls Township, Steele County, MN. Northeast Side of the City of Owatonna MN 79.73 ACRES OF PRIME CROPLAND-FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LAND-DRAIN TILE IN PLACE-90.8 CPI-LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WATER PARK IN CITY OF OWATONNA. ALL IN PART OF THE NE ¼ OF SECTION 34, CLINTON FALLS TOWNSHIP, STEELE COUNTY MN, RURAL OWATONNA MN TO BE SOLD IN 2 SEPARATE PARCELS - JUST SURVEYED

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FOR SALE: Patz Silo unloader, 98B, auger feeder & motor. 320-286-5931 FOR SALE: Steer stuffer, 100 bu, excellent condition.

612-202-7944 Norwood MN Cars & Pickups

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FOR SALE: '99 Ford F350, Lariat, regular cab pickup, full power, V10 Automatic, 92K miles, Bradford aluminum flatbed w/ tool boxes, excellent condition, $7,850. 320-905-2058 Trucks & Trailers

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'04 Trail King belt trailer, 60" belt, $17,500. 608-5483862 '69 GMC truck gross weight 26,000 lb., with Schwartz box, custom tarp for box, $3,900. (715)834-6270 Leave message 13' Farm Dump Trailer, Hydro Hoist, $5,000. 715-2341993

THESE 2 PARCELS WILL MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY FARMING OPERATION AND GREAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY Check this land out. • Call for information packet 800-801-4502 or email mmaring@citlink.net

DIRECTIONS TO FARM: From 26th Street NE, Owatonna MN, take St. Paul Road north just past the water park.

PARCEL 1 Area: 53.19 acres, just surveyed; PID# 12.034.1200, 12.034.1300; Crop Productivity Index: 91.3; Soil types: Webster Clay Loam, LeSueur Clay Loam; Tillable acres: Approx. 51.50.

PARCEL 2 Area: 26.54 acres, just surveyed; PID# 12.034.1200, 12.034.1300; Crop Productivity Index: 90.8; Soil types: Webster Clay Loam, LeSueur Clay Loam; Tillable acres: Approx. 20 acres; Located next to Water Park in Owatonna.

TOTAL REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR BOTH PARCELS FOR 2017: $5,224

TERMS OF REAL ESTATE AUCTION: $20,000 down per parcel the day of auction (which is nonrefundable if buyer fails to close). The balance is due and payable in full to the sellers on or before December 10, 2017, at which time the buyer(s) shall receive a clear and marketable Trustee’s Deed and possession. All real estate sells in as-is condition with no warranties or guarantees whatsoever. All real estate sells with no contingencies whatsoever. All bidders and buyers must conduct their own due diligence. All bidders and buyers must have their finances in order prior to auction day. No buyer’s fee.

www.maringauction.com

Doris G. Mongeau Rev. Trust owner

Ron Mongeau & Ken Mongeau, trustees We Sell the Earth & Everything On It.

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WANTED: English Shepherd or Smooth hair Border Collie or Chocolate LabX herding dog. Young adult/pup.

Farm/rural preferred. 608527-5311

MATT MARING AUCTION CO. INC. PO Box 37, Kenyon, MN 55946 507-789-5421 • 800-801-4502

Matt Maring, Lic. #25-28 • 507-951-8354 Kevin Maring, Lic. #25-70 • 507-271-6280 Adam Engen, Lic. #25-93 • 507-213-0647 Broker: Maring Auction and Realty Co. Inc. Lic # 40241191

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LOADER TRACTORS

COMBINES

‘04 JD 7320 Cab, MFWD, 16 spd., 741 loader, ‘12 JD 680, 1436 eng. hrs., 1021 sep. hrs., 2WD, Pro 6316 hrs .........................................................$55,000 drive, 5 speed feederhouse, chopper, 26’ unloading ‘13 JD 6170R, Cab, IVT trans, MFWD, 859 hrs., auger, 520x42” tires & duals........................$149,000 w/H380 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, ..........$116,000 ‘13 JD 660, 4WD, 1598/1066, 2630 display, Contour ‘09 NH 6070, Bi-directional, 3543 hrs., cab air, w/NH Master chopper, 520x42” duals ...................$153,000 84lb loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO...................$59,000 ‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., cm, HID ‘08 JD 6330 Premium Cab, MFWD, 1520 hrs., w/ JD673 loader & grapple.................................$59,000 lights, high torque USD chopper, 520x38” duals .... ......................................................................$153,000 ‘12 Kubota M110, Cab, MFWD, 240 hrs., w/Kubota LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO .............$55,000 ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., chopper, ‘13 JD 6150R, MFWD, IVT tranny, 935 hrs w/ JD 360 20.8x38” duals ...............................................$45,000 loader, electric joystick, 3pt, 580/1000 PTO, 3 hyd ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, 18.4x42” tires ..............................................$103,000 chopper, 520x42” duals ...............................$145,000 ‘11 Challenger, MT 575 B, MFWD, 2242 hrs., ML98 loader ...................................................$72,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals .................................$69,000

TRACK TRACTORS

‘13 CIH, 380 MAG Row Trac 1178 hrs., luxury cab, suspended front, 24” tracks, 120 inch spacing 3 pt., 4 hyd. Hiflow, PTO .......................................$180,000 ‘14 CIH, 340 MAG Row Trac 287 hrs., luxury cab, suspended frt axle, 18” tracks, 76” spacing, 6 hyd

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, 520x42” duals........$49,000 ‘11 Claas Lexior, 740, 1466 eng/899 sep hrs., 4x4 520x42” duals ..............................................$105,000 ‘13 JD 670, 853 eng/606 sep hrs., Contour Master, Chopper, 520x42” duals ..............................$165,000

remotes, 3 pt., 1000 PTO ............................$195,000 ‘11 JD 9770, 1822 eng/1212 sep hrs, Contour Master, chopper, 900x32” singles ............................$105,000

4WD TRACTORS

‘13 JD 9360, 1799 hrs., powershift, 1000 PTO, 620x42 tires & duals ....................................$162,000 ‘13 JD 9460, 1086 hrs., 5 hyd., hi-flow, 5 valves, 480x50”, triples ............................................$185,000

‘04 JD 9760, 3460 eng/2268 sep hrs., Contour Master, Chopper, 184x42” duals ................................$62,000

WHEEL LOADERS

‘13 Cat 930K Hi-lift, 5088 hrs, ride control, flex hyd, ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs., powershift, diff lock, HID lights 480x50” tires & duals .........................$128,000 6.5 yd bucket ...............................................$105,000 ‘09 CIH 385, 3071 hrs., 620x 46 tires & duals, ‘15 Case 621F, 360hrs, 2½ yd bucket, ride control, 4 hydraulics, powershift ...............................$105,000 aux hyd.........................................................$107,500

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘95 NH 8770, 4WD, SuperSteer front axle, 1,000 PTO, front fenders, Mega Flow ready, 18.4R42 rear tires w/ duals, 14.9xR30 Goodyear Dyna Torque frt tires @ 85%, 4,716 original hrs - $ 55,900

‘14 NH T8.410, 4WD, 18spd P/S trans., hi-flow hyd system, Power Beyond, 1000 PTO, HD 3pt w/ quick hitch, lux cab w/ cab susp., high cap drawbar, 5 remotes w/ joystick controls on #4 & #5 remotes – Stock# 63770 - $167,550

‘99 CIH MX240, 4WD, cab w/ heat/air, rear wiper, 5 rear remotes, low pressure return coupler, standard drawbar, 420/90R30 frt tires @ 65%, NO DEF, 6,264 hrs. Price Reduced! Now $54,975

‘02 Case IH 1020 30’ flex, fore & aft, set up hitch, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals ..................$115,000 for tracker .........................................................$4,500

‘12 JD 8235, 1235 hrs., 2wd, cab air, powershift, 3pt, 1000 pts, 4hyd. valves, 3 front weights, 18.4x46” tires & duals . $112,000

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd., PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals, MFWD .................................$110,000 JD 630, gas, 3pt rock shaft, 1 rear remote valve, 540 PTO, pwr steering, 15.5x38 Goodrick rear tires (tires like new). Runs excellent, showing 4,618 hrs on working tach. Very clean, original tractor - $5,950

New Great Plains 1800TM Turbo-Max vertical till w/ rolling harrow & reel, hyd adj. Front gang angle from 0 to 6 degrees.

Requires approx. 165+ PTO hp -Stock# 61988 - $42,880

JD 637, 23 ½’ rock disk, safety tow chain, transport lights, duals on main & wing frames, 3-bar harrow w/ 15”+ long tines, always shedded. - Stock# 64088 - $25,900

‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires & duals ........$110,000 ‘13 CIH 290, 1250 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, big pump, 480 front duals, 480x50” .....................................$115,000 ‘13 NH 8360, 940 hrs., MFWD, leather seats, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, auto steer complete, 480x50” rear tires & duals .........................................................$119,000

New Great Plains TC5109, 9-shank Turbo-Chisel plow, (9) 2,450lb HD toggle trip reset shanks, 7” ripper pts, 15” shank spacing, (19) 22” turbo coulters. Requires 30 PTO hp per shank. Lists at $35,171 w/ freight but before setup – Stock# 62381 - $31,290

Westfield MK130-71 Plus, 13”x71’ gear drive, low profile swing hopper auger, has optional right angle PTO drive gear box & PTO shaft, serviced thru shop & ready to go – Stock# - 62479 - $10,450

New ‘17 Lorenz 1600, grinder mixer, 130 bu cap., 18” grinder w/ 32 foursided hammers, 14” mixing auger, 8’ hyd fill auger, 8”x12’ hyd unload auger, 540rpm PTO. Lists at $23,100 w/ freight & setup - Stock# 63967 - $19,875

Werner Implement Company, Inc. Vermillion, MN 55085 • www.wernerimplement.com Call Mel, Randy, or Charlie

(651) 437-4435 • (800) 770-4634

FLEX HEADS

‘14 CIH 260, 605 hrs., MFWD luxury cab, 4 hyd, 3 pt

‘13 NH T8.300, 801 hrs., MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 pt.,

‘07 Case IH 2020 35’ flex, fore & aft, full finger auger ....................................................$11,000 ‘97 JD 930 30’ flex head, full finger auger ...........$6,500

CORNHEADS ‘13 Drago N6TR, Fits JD, 6 row 30” Chopping with stalk stompers, low acres ..............................$26,500 ‘13 Drago N6, 6 row 30” non chopping, unused fits Case/IH .........................................................$29,500 ‘06 Drago N8TR, 8 row 30” Chopping cornhead to fit CIH ................................................................$16,000 ‘05 Drago N6TR, 6 row 30” chopping, fits JD combines ........................................................................$18,000 ‘09 Drago N6TR, 6 row 30” chopping, fits JD combine .........................................................$22,000

540/1000 PTO, 480x50” tires & duals .........$105,000 ‘02 Case IH 2208, 8 row 30” hyd., deck plates.. ........... ........................................................................$13,000 ‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 ‘05 Geringhoff, roto disc 830 8 row 30” chopping, fits PTO, HID lights, front wts, fender ..................$99,000

JD combine ....................................................$19,000

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

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Arnold’s ......................................20, 21

Kuntson & Casey PLLP....................29

Big Gain ............................................26

Larson Brothers Implement ........35, 37

C & C Roofing ..................................19

Mages Auction Service ....................34

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Mid-American Auction Co. ..............33

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‘03 Sunflower, 32’, 5-bar spike ...................... $18,000 Sunflower 4610, 9-shank ............................... $45,000 DMI Tiger Mate II 40.5 w/ 4 bar ..................... $29,500 DMI 530B ............................................................... Call DMI/NH 775, 7-shank .................................... $23,500 ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar harrow ................ $29,500

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Fantini Pre-Owned 8-30 chopping cornhead ............................................................. Call ‘02 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $85,500 ‘94 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $38,000 ‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ............................. $195,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ........................................... $105,000 Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ..................... Call

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Pruess Elevator, Inc...........................37 R & E Enterprises ............................38 Rush River Steel & Trim ..................10

David Gass ........................................33 Ryan Mfg Flex Til ............................17 Diers Ag & Trailer Sales, Inc. ..........12 Schweiss, Inc.....................................37

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Distel Grain ......................................27

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Smiths Mill Implement ....................39 Southwest MN K-Fence....................19 Spanier Welding ................................31 Steffes Group ..............................33, 36

Hanson Silo Company ......................13

Swift County Monitor ................34, 35

Homestead Sales, Inc. ......................33

Upper Midwest Mgt Corp.................34

K & S Millwrights, Inc. ......................3

Werner Implement Co., Inc...............37

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Wingert Realty ..................................34

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A hot time in Long Prairie

aria Ruiz was demonstrating traditional Mexican salsa-making at the Minnesota Sustainable Farming Association’s Salsa Fest in Long Prairie on Sept. 16.

“Did you guys make these or did your wives?” we ask. They are delicious. “No, we made them,” the men say.

Across the large exhibition hall packed with vendors of all stripes, including local Mexican cooking celebrity Rafaela Orozco, is Salsa del Diablo from Rochester. Guests are packed around the sampling and sales table as owner Joel Kimball and a helper dish out samples of their award-winning salsas. Salsa del Diablo has five different salsa products ranging from Minnesota Mild to the hot-as-a-pistol Satan’s Reaper. Salsa de Diablo’s medium hot Pineapple Mango salsa, named Devils Delight, took first place for fruit processed salsa at Albuquerque’s Scovie Awards in 2016. Satan’s Tears, a pretty darn hot salsa, received a Scovie first place in 2016 and 2017.

“I like to make it by hand in the molcajete,” Maria said as she used a pestle to grind bright crimson chiles against the rough side of the black lava stone molcajete. “My mother gets the chiles for me from Mexico. I use the small tomatillos because the large ones are sour.”

Maria had three salsas for sampling. Besides the shiny mahogany red chiles from her mother she uses roasted and boiled jalapenos, boiled grape size tomatillos, fresh green cilantro, garlic, and perhaps a mystery ingredient that escapes the untrained eye.

“You should try one,” she says.

Long Prairie, Minn.

Actually we tried all three. They are all hot but each has a unique flavor that is as potent as its heat.

Not far from Maria are two members of the Agua Gorda Cooperative. They have tomatoes, jalapenos, banana peppers, and homemade salsa for sale.

Here too, are three salsas to sample — two greens and a red.

In addition to salsas to sample and buy, burritos to savor, and demonstrations to watch, the SFA’s salsa fest featured salsa dancing lessons, handmade rugs from Camphill Village, hand-crafted herbal remedies from E. J. Terra of Swanville, fresh harvested garlic and a farmers market.

In the background was the strong but friendly beat of Long Prairie’s beloved town band, Diamont de Mexico led by musician, vocalist and restaurant entrepreneur Juan Chavez, his uncle Guadalupe, his brother Bernardo and a cast of vocalists, trombonists, and keyboard players outfitted in traditional charrro regalia.

“We’re already making plans for next year,” Mike Stine of the Central Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association said. v

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