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A special treat of small town living is heart is always open. Her volunteers the many instances of community kindshare the same generous heart. And ness that wrap around a growing number everyone is treated to an abundant and of families and lonesome people — espedelicious meal of baked turkey (300 cially during the holidays. Despite our pounds served this year), stuffing, bickering, America is a nation with tremashed potatoes and gravy, various salmendous heart. During the ads plus a choice piece of freshly-baked Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, pies (six different kinds this year).

America’s heart shines with glory!

Dinners are served at the Christian LAND MINDS A great example is Olivia, Minn. Ten Community Outreach Center adjacent to years ago, my wife and I said to each John and Carlotta’s bakery and coffee

By Dick Hagen other, “Rather than dash out to an area shop. Staffed with volunteers, CCOC prorestaurant for that special holiday vides after-school teaching, snacks and feast, why not join up with the crew fun games for children needing special that helps John and Carlotta Eischens attention. do their annual Thanksgiving dinner?”

The ecumenical spirit prevails strongly during We did and we were hooked! this holiday food extravaganza. All turkeys were cooked in the spacious kitchen of St. Aloysius For both Gladie and I, that first event was a total Catholic Church. surprise. We couldn’t believe all of the volunteer helpers that just showed up, rolled up their sleeves, Carlotta said she and husband John took over the put on kitchen aprons and got with the multiple Thanksgiving Community Dinner in 2000 from the tasks of cheerfully serving the people. During that Olivia American Legion. The Legion had been profirst event, we helped serve about 120 people — plus viding this service for about 15 years, but it had simanother 50 take-out dinners which were delivered to ply outgrown the manpower supply of the Legion. area homes and workers at the nearby sugar beet “We continue to be amazed,” plant where there is no shut-down for Thanksgiving. related Carlotta. “The most we had So, about 170 people were served 10 years ago. served previously was 300. Then This year, the number was 461! this year it jumped to 461. I say, whomever shows up is supposed to And these aren’t just Olivia folks. People drive in be here. Yes, as kids we learned from a 60-mile radius because they have heard about God’s miracles.” about this amazing dinner and the good cheer it generates. Plus, take-out dinners keep increasing.

Normally, 40 to 45 volunteers This year, take-outs actually exceeded the number help put on the dinner. This year, Carlotta of folks who came to sit down for their delicious din- Eischens 60 people showed up. ner in the company of others.

“I don’t even ask for volunteers,” I’ve delivered take-outs for the past four years. said Carlotta. “They call and ask if they can help.

Yes, always a treat and sometimes a surprise, People show up at the last minute too. I might have because the address you deliver to didn’t even know 40 volunteers already, but I never say no because If about this special act of kindness. But thanks to a someone is calling and wants to help, there’s a likeneighbor, or a loving family member living elsely reason. Are they alone? Or do they need people to where, magic happens. be with? So I just never say no. As soon as you come through the front door, you are community.”

This year, I delivered to a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Danube. With a tearful eye, he simply Volunteers begin to arrive by 10 a.m. and the food said to me, “My wife died years back. But others service starts at 11 a.m. But before the hustle begins, still remember me. I am so blessed.” all volunteers gather in a large circle. Each introduces themselves and says how many years they have At a run-down house in Sacred Heart, I knocked been a volunteer. If volunteers are first-timers, they on the side door. I could hear someone shuffling to are asked to share why they are here. Most simply the door. He opened the door (not looking very welsay, “Because I want to.” But some also share, “… coming) and said nothing. I said, “I am delivering because I’ve heard about the love and joy that is three Thanksgiving dinners for you.” He appeared shared when serving food and being kind to others.” almost stunned. He stammered, “I’m out of work. I can’t afford anything for my family. Why are you There is no charge for the dinner. People simply giving this to me?” pay what they wish. If they don’t have any money, that’s OK too.

My only answer, “Because someone loves you.” I walked slowly back to my car. The reality of hunger How does Carlotta decide how much food to preand poverty has no boundaries — even in quiet vilpare for such an uncertainty? “We don’t really lages here in Renville County. know,” she admitted. “The first five years or so, we prepared for about 200. Then the numbers kept And that is why more and more people attend Carlotta’s special holiday dinners each year. Yes, she going up. If it looks like we might be running a little bit short, I just start another batch of stuffing. I does both Thanksgiving and Christmas events. Her See LAND MINDS, pg. 6

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Capitol Hill’s tax code Christmas cookie bake-off Business leaders like Warren Buffett Each chamber made a large batch of plans would meaningfully improve economic and the late Steve Jobs often credited buttery cookie dough, flattened it with growth,” Samuelson writes in quoting a their enormous success to simplicity. partisan rolling pins, then cut (and recent Moody’s Analytics report. “Growth would be Buffett repeatedly explains that his best when necessary, re-rolled, re-cut and re- stronger initially, since the deficit-financed tax cuts stock market secret is no secret at all: cut) the dough into the most vote-catch- are a fiscal stimulus. But given that the economy is Buy quality and hold it. Similarly, Jobs ing shapes imaginable. operating at full employment, (we believe) stronger made complex machines (computers, But the final step was the most impor- inflation and higher interest rates will result.” music recordings, cellular telephones) so tant. Congressional Republicans sprinPerfect — instead of December bringing simple and intuitive that even aging kled their unfinished delights with the Christmas and New Year’s, the GOP is bringing FARM & FOOD FILE Oliver tractor drivers can operate them. tastiest fruits, nuts and sugary decora1981 and 2008.

By Alan Guebert The simplicity they advocate is eletions known to hard-pressed billionaires A lucky few won’t have to worry about it, though. gant, liberating and empowering. With and always-hungry global corporations Under the House plan, all estate taxes will be elimia couple of finger taps on your smartto make their handiwork even more nated by 2024. Killing the “death tax” has been the phone, for example, you can buy stock irresistible: Lower corporate tax rates; proverbial Red Ryder BB gun most farm groups in Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, from the no estate taxes; lower pass-through rates; and bighave hoped, prayed, and begged for every Christmas middle of any cornfield or pasture in the world. ger, faster expensing.

— despite a Congressional Research Service estiOf course, at $292,830 a share (its price fell $1,275 All was done, said the cookie makers, so we could mate that shows only 65 farm or ranch estates paid as I wrote the previous 100 words) you may want to unleash corporations to pass their soon-to-be histor- inheritance taxes in 2015. consider other options before that final tap. ic, beautifully higher earnings on to current and The same can’t be said for a handful of people in AD COPY Please readin attached newly hired INSTRUCTIONS employees. These employees, turn, emailthe Trump administration. In fact, if the final GOP We in agriculture, on the other hand, can’t be would rev up the perpetual motion machine — con- tax plan eliminates estate taxes, the heirs of just accused of simplifying much lately. For example, sumer spending — to drive the U.S. economy to four, four White House officials — the president, while nearly every major farm and commodity CODE REP ALREADY LAND 3.7461 x4” five, dare AND we say, six NAMES percent growth.

MerryON AD THE group enthusiastically endorsed Congressional Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Secretary of efforts to reform — ostensibly, simplify — the feder- Christmas!

Commerce Wilbur Ross, and Small Business al tax code, experts agreed during the Senate debate But then the Grinch arrived — the mechanical Administration boss Linda McMahon — collectively of the bill that the effort, if completed, would ironipencil crew who finds cheer in reading footnotes and would save north of $3 billion in estate taxes upon cally add another 10,000 pages to today’s already fine print. Most economists who examined the two their deaths. hog-choking 70,000-page federal tax code. plans believe neither holds anywhere near the corAnd you? Well, you’re probably not going to make porate joy and economic fuel the GOP chorus is Given that single fact (we’ll get to others in a out as well. moment), it’s not possible to call either the House or singing about. Most, in fact, find turmoil in both But hey, enjoy the cookies before they crumble. plans.

Senate-passed tax bills simple or reformative.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly What worries them is that both tax plans add at The competing legislative efforts, in fact, look through the United States and Canada. Past colleast $1 trillion (some predict far more) to the federmore like the results of a Christmas cookie bake-off. al debt that in the coming decade will already grow umns, events and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. v by $10 trillion. “Lowering taxes is good,” writes financial columnist Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post, “borrowing to do so … is bad.”

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Let your inner light shine like stained glass this Christmas You know you’re maturing when you that the beautiful and vibrant stained attend Christmas concerts because you glass windows of the church turned black really want to. And you question your as the night set in. But they were only gray matter when the seating for that black from our perspective inside the 90-minute concert is a hard church pew church. From the outside, the windows — and not a cushy auditorium seat. which feature scenes from the life of Christ — were brilliant with color. There is hardly But as the infant Jesus taught us in the anything more striking than stained glass stable, we make do with our surroundwindows decorating the night. ings. And as the man Jesus taught us, TABLE TALK sometimes the reward is worth the pain.

I thought about how we are like those stained glass windows. When our inner The concert featured a university choir

By Karen Schwaller light shines in the darkness around us, and a group of musicians so talented that others can see it from the outside and one would think the angels came down their lives are enriched by that light. In from heaven to sing and play just for us. the light of day, when our busy-ness, distractions, As I scanned the faces of those young adult singdifficulties and tragedies can darken us on the ers, I noticed that while they all shared a common inside (just as when those stained glass windows theme and a common gift of music, there was a appear dark when we see them from the outside great diversity in their ancestry. And yet, they all during the day), it’s a new perspective. When we stood as one in a church sanctuary in rural Iowa, look through the stained glass windows from the singing about a baby born 2,000 years ago. inside and toward the light, we see that the sun illuminates them and brings them to vibrant life. Just Only the birth of that baby could bring so many as the light of others brings beautiful hope from the people of so many cultures together thousands of years later. After all, Jesus was sent here for people outside into our darkness, or simply, into our lives. of every race. It was beautiful to see and hear the Light is important for stained glass windows to be singing and the amazing musicians giving their beautiful, and it’s the same with people. We need gifts of music back to the one who gave it to them in light from others to help beautify our world view. the first place.

It’s also important that our inner light shines for And all could see — and hear — that it was good. others to see. Because that inner light lessens the darkness and creates beauty in the depths of whatAs I sat in the church that evening, I also noticed

ever crosses, trials or sorrows we might be carrying.

Some wise, unknown person once uttered the phrase, “...Christmas Day is the one day of the year when we all become the people we’ve always wanted to be.”

Our inner light serves as a prism of sorts — refracting, multiplying and spilling onto everyone around us. As we approach this holiday season, we know it’s not necessarily a happy time for all people for various reasons. But if our light shines from the inside, it shows on the outside — creating breathtaking beauty and bringing light into the darkness that shrouds the holidays for some. It may not eliminate peoples’ pain, but it can surely lighten it.

If our light shines bright enough, it can spark great things — even bringing together people of many cultures to celebrate, through music, a baby who would change the world.

That baby changed everything.

Beauty begins with each of us becoming the very people we’ve always wanted to be — not only on Christmas, but every day throughout the year.

Stained glass windows are beautiful from the inside and from the outside. It just depends on where the light is coming from.

Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v

Dinner teaches volunteers the importance of giving LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 tell the servers to back off just a little on the potatoes. We always have some reserves ready in case we need them.

“This year, I honestly don’t know how we were able to feed 461 people. It’s sort of like the biblical story of the loaves and the fishes. I think God just multiplied the food for us. We certainly did not expect that many people.”

There was almost a pie crisis this year. Carlotta explained, “I figured we would need about 30 pies.

But only about 10 pies came in from our various lady helpers. So I put the call out on Facebook at about 9 o’clock. Just like that, ladies were putting pies in their ovens for me. Others were coming in with frozen pies. One dear lady actually drove to a Redwood Falls food store and bought the last dozen pies in the store. We ended up with over 50 pies — custard, apple, even pumpkin pies. Seems like Jesus has a way to make us happy even when we sometimes despair.”

“This year, we delivered to every community in our county,” said Carlotta. “That’s about 16 I was told. We delivered to the jails — both in Redwood Falls and Olivia. Plus 42 meals to workers at the sugar beet co-op at Renville. One family of 10 lived south of Fairfax (about 38 miles from Olivia). When our delivery got to their farm, the people said, ‘No,

we didn’t order this.’ And they had nothing prepared; nothing cooking. Apparently, a neighbor or friend called in asking to deliver 10 meals to this address.

“We always tell our people, if they have a family alone and unable to feed their own family, please call us. We say this is God’s mission. We are simply the deliverers.”

Financially, how does Carlotta and her diligent family handle this huge load? “We have never not had enough to cover all our expenses any of the 17 years we have been doing this. And anything left over, be that food supplies or cash, goes back to the CCOC center for its day-by-day operations for the kids after school.

“We’ve learned people will donate to a good cause.

Food not used up gets packaged and delivered to various apartments in town where we know there are people needing food. We knock on doors. We just simply give it away. Not a drop gets wasted.”

I’ve known Carlotta several years — even before she and John got into their coffee and bakery shop business. I asked her, “When you were a young girl, did you ever think your heart would get this big?”

She responded, “I learned from my Mom. She had a heart for anyone and everyone. All these wonderful volunteers agree: they get so much more out of this than they put into it.”

Coming up on Dec. 25 is their Christmas dinner.

It’s usually a smaller event. “We’re anticipating maybe 200,” Carlotta guessed. “But only God knows how many people will show up. Regardless, we’ll thank the Lord for our blessings and celebrate the birth of our Savior.”

Any shut-down ahead for Carlotta and her trusty helpers is not likely. Carlotta smiles, “We have a young couple that used to come to the Outreach Center as kids. They’ve gone to college, fallen in love, gotten married and have now come back home.

They’ve been shadowing John and I for the last two years — hinting eventually they would like to take over for us.

“If something stops, then we didn’t do our job.

Because part of our job is to teach younger people about serving and giving. This year, lots of 8, 9 and 10-year-old kids were pitching in. Our older guests enjoy seeing these kids waiting tables, serving food and being so polite. The kids love it, plus they learn the special touch of giving rather than receiving.

Yes, they quickly get the fever too. Yes, I think we’ve got a wonderful legacy underway.”

Christianity is in the air at these events. Carlotta summed up, “All we can do is plant the seeds. We serve Jesus by serving others.”

Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land. He may be reached at rdhagen35@gmail.com. v

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Poignant novella asks if you will give of yourself this year A banana for a cupcake was always a good trade.

When you were in grade school, Mom was great about packing lunch THE BOOKWORM with foods you SEZ liked but every now and then, it By Terri Schlichenmeyer was good to eat something different. So you swapped, just as you did with toys and games and love, as you grew older. But, as in “The Deal of a Lifetime” by Fredrik Backman, what would you trade for a life?

The letter started off innocent enough: “Hi,” it said. “It’s your dad.”

But, of course, the young man would’ve suspected that. He’d always had a father.

Just not one that he knew.

Years before, when the young man was a boy, his father was gone a lot, chasing fame, money, and recognition,

“The Deal of a Lifetime” by Fredrik Backman c.2017, Atria $18.00 / higher in Canada 65 pages never being the dad he might’ve been.

There was a time when he knew the boy loved him, but after he’d come home from a trip and it took two days to notice that his wife had left him and taken the boy, the father knew things would never be like before.

And now he was dying.

He’d been told it was cancer, and that his time in the hospital would be his last. Smoking on the balcony (oh, how the nurses hated that!), he noticed a small girl, and she waved at him; never one for children, he waved back anyway, and told her that he’d watch over her one night. Just 5 years old, she included him in her prayers. She said

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that she, too, saw the lady in the grey sweater.

He feared the lady in the grey sweater; everyone did. He knew who she was because he’d seen her before, at birth, at age 5, at age 15, at perilous times of his life. Now she walked the cancer ward with a clipboard, silently and efficiently, and when he stole that clipboard and ran from the hospital in anger and fear, raced off in his sports car, and promptly had an accident, it was she who pulled him from the wreckage.

It was she who made him an offer…

Like many people, you’re already dipping your toes into the holiday season, making lists, pulling decorations from the attic. What kind of gifts will you give this year — or will you, like “The Deal of a Lifetime” — give of yourself?

It’s an age-old question, and author Fredrik Backman asks in a brief, but most exquisite manner. Indeed, at just

65 pages with illustrations, this book is short but every word counts and that’ll hit you square in the heart. Backman’s lady in grey is worthy of sympathy; his father-character is regretful and cynical, wearing his loss like a badge he never wanted, but he’s not as savvy as he thinks he is. When that becomes apparent to both reader and character, beware.

You may shed tears over this book.

You may need to savor it a second time, to feel its words again. However you read it, “The Deal of a Lifetime” is an experience you’ll never trade.

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

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Red Barn Theater brings Hollywood to Hendricks

By RICHARD SIEMERS The Land Correspondent HENDRICKS, Minn. — When three friends — farmers Gary Johnson and Ron Rybinski, and tech-savvy Jay Nelson — wanted to do something for their community, they came up with an unlikely idea. They would open a movie theater.

“We thought it would be the best addition to Jay Nelson our town,” Nelson said.

Their town is Hendricks. With a population of 700, it is the second smallest town with a movie theater in Minnesota.

The Red Barn Theater opened in December 2014.

They purchased the dilapidated building that originated as a movie theater in 1938 but closed in 1972.

After having housed various businesses, it was vacant and in disrepair, a main street eyesore.

“The building was for sale,” Johnson said.

“Jay talked us into throwing in some money and we bought the building.”

That’s when the real work began. The other two looked to Rybinski Gary Johnson to lead the construction. With the help of volunteers, the interior was gutted. Underneath the subfloor they found the original sloping concrete floor.

“The only existing part of the theater was the concrete sloped floor, and the stage was intact,” Rybinski said. “Other than that, it is basically new construction.”

They hired a few contractors to help on major projects but did as much as they could on their own.

It is not a re-creation of the old theater. They named it “Red Barn” to reflect the rural setting, and the lobby décor suggests walking into a barn.

“The old theater didn’t have much of a concession area,” Johnson said.

“Everybody tells me you just walked in the door and there was a popcorn popper.”

Johnson laid out a design for a larger concession area and two accessible

bathrooms. Nelson, the computer guy, put together the completely automated projection room. Rybinski supervised construction and built cabinets behind the concession stand counter, which they got from a store in Brookings, S.D. After hauling in seats from an old theater in Wisconsin, they decided their quality wasn’t up to what they were developing, so they got newer ones from a closed theater outside of Ferguson, Mo. They all put in a great deal of time and effort, and their money.

They borrowed some from the bank, but Rybinski said they haven’t had to add any extra money other than their original Ray Rybinski start-up costs.

They have held special showings for families with autistic children. They have posters and other giveaways for the kids. Nelson told of a foggy night when a busload of people coming from a neighboring town called to say they were going to be late. With the agreement of those already in the theater, they delayed the showing about 15 minutes.

“One of the biggest components of this whole project was nailing the popcorn recipe,” Nelson said. “Without that, I think we fail.”

But they haven’t failed. He said a lot of families are excited that they can

come to a movie and also afford pop and popcorn. Occasionally someone stops in just for popcorn.

The three owners and their families run the theater. With a programmed digital projector that even turns lights on and off, and by selling tickets at the concession stand, they’ve eliminated two positions and are able to staff it themselves. They’ve turned to extended family and friends to fill the volunteer positions when needed.

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It’s all paid off. They have an attractive 132-seat theater which improves Main Street and adds family entertainment to the small town. They started three years ago with weekend shows — Friday, Saturday, Sunday. They’ve DURABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, DIVERSITY DURABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, DIVERSITY since added Monday and Tuesday to the schedule.

Community They wouldn’t have started this project if they expected it to fail. All three DURABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, DIVERSITY said their goal was to break even. But from the outside, their success looks as far-fetched as the original idea.

“We didn’t have a detailed plan on anything,” Rybinski said.

Indeed, what did this trio know about running a movie theater?

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Theater owners make their own unique contributions RED BARN THEATER, from pg. 9 back to Hendricks in 2010, he has served a stint as mayor, and has helped revive his country church.

Johnson and Rybinski have served on the school board. Rybinski led the effort and did much of the work to upgrade the town’s softball field. Johnson built a machinery repair shop on his farm just outside of town, but when his wife, a gymnastics coach, needed a permanent location to coach and teach and hold meets, he converted it to a gymnastics gym. The

Nelson and Johnson work the ticket and concession counter on a Saturday afternoon.

machinery sits outside.

“Everyone in town does a significant amount of community service,” Nelson said. “This is our contribution.”

Though there has never been a clear division of labor — everybody helped where they could — Johnson said they all have their unique contributions. He said Rybinski supervised the construction and is the bookkeeper. Being a cabinetmaker, he is a detail person.

Nelson is the digital guru, Johnson said. He handles all the contracts, scheduling, and marketing, and creates all the on-screen ads, including some entertaining vintage drive-in commercials. He has also created an on-screen game to entertain patrons prior to the movie.

“Sometimes I just supply some bodies to work (at the shows),” Johnson said.

But Nelson disagreed, saying Johnson has the creative impulse. He designed the lobby and is full of ideas. One also gets the impression that Johnson supplies a lot of the enthusiasm.

“I love farming, but I like doing creative things, being around more people,” Johnson said. “Some days I think I may have the weediest crop because I’m always behind somebody else, but that’s OK, the kids are growing up fast.”

All three spoke of great support from the community. Some people have donated labor and money to the cause, and once-in-a-while moviegoers say “keep the change,” which may amount to a few dollars.

“We knew the chance of this being successful was limited, but we thought it was the right thing to do,” Nelson said. “We’ve been very satisfied. Our goal was to break even and we’re just a little bit above that.”

They save a little money by not advertising except through their Facebook page. This also allows them to be flexible, like holding over a popular movie or adding an attraction on short notice.

Photos by Richard Siemers

Movies were last shown in the theater in 1972. Aside from the sloping concrete floor and stage, the building was completely reconstructed.

Though it was a long shot, this trio of community supporters has brought a movie theater back to Hendricks that this December celebrates its third anniversary.

They did it without any movie theater experience.

“No Hollywood experience,” Johnson said with a smile. “Just Hollywood looks.”

Any community feedback on that statement?

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By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor ALBERT LEA, Minn. — New Life Christian Church turned its parking lot into the town of Bethlehem to present its Live Nativity on the evening of Dec. 1 and 2.

The church hosted 1,304 people for this drivethrough Nativity of scenes from the story of Christ’s birth. Groups are also welcome to enjoy the experience on foot.

“They were lined up for quite a ways down the street, but we got them all through,” said Sue Foss, office administrator for New Life Christian Church.

For some visitors, it’s their first time attending the event and they are awed by it, said Foss.

“There are some who have made it a family tradition. That’s how they start out their Christmas season,” she said.

The Live Nativity depicts the traditional characters: Mary, Joseph, a doll representing Baby Jesus, the three wise men and the innkeeper. One scene depicts the centurion making a proclamation of the census that sends Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.

A Scripture verse is posted by each scene. Instrumental Christmas music fills the air.

What would a Live Nativity be without real animals?

“We had a camel. Daisy the Cow. We had two baby goats and two baby donkeys,” said Foss.

Mary and Joseph are usually played by a married couple. However, one year, Mary and Joseph were dating.

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THE LAND — DECEMBER 15/DECEMBER 22, 2017

Cover crops improve soil; sheep like them too

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF will survive cold winters. The radThe Land Contributing Writer ishes were included after he had seen YouTube videos of how radPLYMOUTH COUNTY, Iowa ishes can aerate the soils with their — Planning an outdoor field day long, thick growth. The radishes for Nov. 28 in northwest Iowa is usually do not survive the winter. taking a big risk on the weather.

But farmers make plans, hope for “This year we seeded two 40-acre the best and dress accordingly. plots by air on Aug. 25,” said Meyer.

“The seeding rate was one bushel Mid-morning temperatures in cereal rye and two pounds radish. the 40s and a brisk south wind Both plots had standing corn.” greeted attendees of the Ewes and Cover Crop Field Day in Plymouth Incorporating cover crops in soyCounty. The event began with a beans is trickier, he said, as the visit to Tyler and Sterling Meyer.

Photos by Renae B. Vander Schaaf cover crops will start growing as The Meyers are a busy young Sterling and Tyler Meyer have been soon as the seed germinates. If couple, married just a year and ven- grazing sheep in cover crops for the planted too early in the soybeans, the cover crop will grow tall enough turing into farming. Sterling is a past two years. to be cut off during harvest. This is sales representative for Merck Animal Health and works with her father’s pig opera- especially damaging to the radishes. tion near Granville. Tyler farms south of Ireton in a Meyer limits his seeding rate to 58 pounds of seed per no-till corn and soybean crop rotation with his parents. acre to keep costs down. The airplane has to fly some The Meyers raise some alfalfa which is used to feed distance to reload which adds to the cost of seeding. their 130 Polypay ewes. Meyer has been growing Meyer’s 110-day corn was harvested Nov. 11. This cover crops for five years. Over the last two years, he lateness in harvesting has Meyer considering planthas been investigating the use of cover crops as a ing earlier varieties. The radishes do not do well in grazing option for the sheep. shade of mature corn plants. If he could harvest ear“In the fall, the corn residue provides my sheep lier, he wonders if his radishes would be similar in with feed and exercise,” said Meyer. “I was looking for size to the plants he saw in the videos. a similar option in early spring after the lambs were “There is a lot to learn,” said Meyer. “It’s important weaned.” to have a goal in mind. My two cover crop plots have Meyer chose the cereal rye for its hardiness, as it two different purposes. One is focused on agronomics and the other is for grazing sheep.”

He has treated both plots equally as far as planting and soil sampling.

The Meyers’ Polypay ewes graze a corn field after harvest.

Weather has a big effect on how well the cover crops will do. Cereal rye, if not managed properly, can cause huge troubles.

“Planting in standing rye makes for nice planting conditions,” said Meyer. “Northwest Iowa crop insurance rules say that the rye has to be terminated before planting. Since I am no-till, that means using Roundup.”

One year he sprayed the rye with the intentions of planting the next day. Rains kept the planter out of the field for 10 days. By that time, the rye was lying down and had a negative effect on the beans being planted.

Meyer is convinced that there is a place for cover crops. He has noticed the rye has suppressed early weed growth in the spring.

Cereal rye weathers well over the winter, but crop insurance rules dictate the rye must be terminated before planting.

“Cover crops pay for themselves in healthier soil and improved health of the livestock being used on them,” said Meyer. “They also reduce our soils’ erosion rate and help in keeping nutrients we apply to our soils where they need to be.

The discussion of cover crops continued inside at the Craig Cooperative Meeting Room. Lamb burgers were grilled by the Northwest Iowa Sheep Producers.

By afternoon, the sun was shining and temperatures had risen to 55 F. The wind was still making it presence known when the afternoon session began at the Travis See COVER CROPS, pg. 14

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Sheep will graze until snowfall or lambing season starts COVER CROPS, from pg. 12 and Kaylene Hawkins farm approximately 10 miles east of the Meyer farm.

Travis and Kaylene Hawkins’ sheep are currently at Travis’ parent’s farm near Seney where the tour took place.

A flatbed with straw bales took everyone out to the rolling hills where corn had grown all summer. Now, the green of cereal rye, radish, rape and turnips contrasted with the decaying corn.

“This is my second year of growing cover crops,” said Hawkins. “Because of the dryness of the summer, I debated whether I was even going to plant a cover crop. Then a bit of rain fell on Aug. 20. Five days later, the four-seed mixture was air seeded.”

The seeding rate was 59 pounds per acre on 54 acres. The cost of the cover creep seed was $21.88 per acre and $17 for aerial application for a total cost of $38.88 per acre.

When he went to combine his 98-day corn hybrid on Oct. 24, Hawkins saw green between his rows of corn. He liked what he saw.

Kaylene and Travis Hawkins want to keep their land in top condition for their son Richard.

“Things didn’t look quite right when I went back to combine fields where the cover crops had not been planted,” said Hawkins.

Kaylene was walking the fields the day before Thanksgiving and was happy to see good-sized turnips. The radishes also are a decent size. They are not sure if the rape seed germinated as they aren’t seeing those plants.

Turnips’ long roots help aerate the soil.

“The brassicas are starting to die,” said Hawkins. “The cereal rye is entering dormancy so it isn’t as green as it was earlier.”

The 48 ewes (which are guarded by two donkeys) have plenty to eat in the large field. The Hawkins are not sure if the sheep are only eating corn residue or cover crops. It is evident that the grazing is not hurting the cover crop.

At this time, Hawkins plans to leave his sheep graze until snow comes, or it becomes time to bring the ewes back to his farm prior to lambing which begins Jan. 30.

“I have had sheep since I was old enough to join 4-H,” said Hawkins.

“One year, they grazed on corn stalks for a good portion of winter. It was my observation that the ewes were healthy.

Last year, my ewes were in dry lot and were fat and lazy. The ewes seem to like being out in the field grazing. I like the idea too.”

Because of the distance between his own farm and where the cover crop has been planted, he doesn’t anticipate moving the ewes to the field in the spring.

Hawkins has done his research on cover crops through reading.

“I wanted to try something different,” said Hawkins. “This land that was purchased by my great-great-grandfather in February of 1890 has terraces and is farmed with no-till practices. It’s important to Kaylene and myself to keep the land in the best condition we can for our 2-year-old son Richard.” v

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MDA releases new restrictions on use of dicamba herbicide ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced new restrictions on the use of the herbicide dicamba in Minnesota for the 2018 growing season. Dicamba is primarily used for controlling post-emergence broadleaf weeds. The new restrictions are in addition to those announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October. The affected formulations are XtendiMax by Monsanto, Engenia by BASF, and FeXapan by DuPont. The decision follows the MDA’s ongoing investigation and an informal survey last summer into reports of crop damage from alleged dicamba off-target movement.

In an effort to prevent dicamba-relat-

ed complaints in 2018, Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson thoroughly reviewed the new EPA label restrictions, the MDA’s survey results, peer reviewed literature, and sought extensive input from the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Drift Task Force, University of Minnesota Extension weed scientists, and the pesticide manufacturers on the underlying causes of damage.

Based on the review, the Commissioner set forth these additional protocols for dicamba use for the 2018 growing season: Cutoff date: Do not apply after June 20. Setting an application cutoff date of June 20 is expected to help reduce the

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Dec. 18 — What is a Fair Farm Rental Agreement — St. Peter, Minn. — Review historic and projected rental trends, input costs, rental agreements, worksheets and flexible rental agreements — Contact David Bau at University of Minnesota Extension at bauxx002@umn.edu or (507) 3723900 Dec. 19 — What is a Fair Farm Rental Agreement — Pipestone, Minn.

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potential for volatility (movement). The majority of Minnesota soybeans are still in the vegetative growth stage by June 20 and research has shown that plants in the vegetative stage are less affected than those in the reproductive stage.

Cutoff temperature: Do not apply if the air temperature of the field, at the time of application, is over 85 degrees Fahrenheit or if the National Weather Service’s forecasted high temperature for the nearest available location for the day exceeds 85 F. Research has shown that dicamba volatilization injury increased with an increase in temperatures.

“Dicamba is an important tool for soybean growers to manage weeds and

I believe these additional restrictions will minimize the off-target movement,” Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson said. “I want to thank University of Minnesota Extension, and in particular Professor Jeff Gunsolus, for his research report on dicamba, and the Minnesota Soybean Growers for their input on this important issue. We will be closely monitoring the herbicide’s performance with these restrictions in 2018.”

In Minnesota, the XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan formulations of dicamba are “Restricted Use Pesticides” for retail sale to and for use only by Certified Applicators.

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THE LAND — DECEMBER 15/DECEMBER 22, 2017

Tony Kornder is outstanding custom applicator

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – If you want to know the do’s and don’ts of custom application of ag chemicals, be that fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides, Tony Kornder of Belle Plaine is a custom applicator who would have some answers.

In a national competition sponsored by AGCO Corporation, Kornder was named Operator of the Year for 2016. He is a custom applicator for the co-op, Genesis Growing Solutions.

His business card reads “outstanding in his field” so this Q& A is to see how Kornder measures up.

Here are excerpts from a brief interview at the recent Minnesota Farm Bureau annual meeting in Bloomington.

Q: How did you earn this prestigious honor?

Kornder: It’s a national program sponsored by AGCO. It’s for custom applicators across the country.

Criteria is based on years of service, acres covered, community service and value to your company. I was nominated by managers’ staff at Genesis Co-op.

Q: Custom applicators are at the front edge of any and all issues. Any problems with dicamba?

Kornder: Who hasn’t? As a custom applicator, dicamba has been on our radar for a couple of years.

The ‘rollout’ was more of a stumble out of the blocks.

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Q: Are financial damages likely to be assessed or is that simply unpredictable at this stage?

Kornder: That’s unpredictable. The bigger issues are in southern states with more heat and humidity thus more volatilization occurrences. We’re hearing some scuttlebutt from Monsanto and others that they knocked the volatility issue down. At this stage, I don’t know and certainly not making any projections about liability. Some beans got curled and looked kind of ugly but did it hurt in the grain bin?

If there’s no yield hit, there’s nothing to stand on.

Q: How many acres do you cover in your custom work?

Kornder: We’re doing between 32,000 and 38,000 acres a year. Our Terrigator is doing dry fertilizer applications in the spring and fall. For our summer spraying program, I use two or three different kinds of equipment. I don’t work with any aerial applicators. I keep my feet on the ground.

Q: Cover crops are getting more common. Is that an issue for you guys in the custom application business?

Kornder: In our trade territory we haven’t seen much cover crops activity. We’re learning that you spray earlier and don’t use products with residuals which could be an issue after the crop. We’ve done some cover crops after sweet corn comes off … working with radishes after tillage and spreading some dry fertilizer. It’s generating more activity.

Q: How quickly are you and your customers buying into variable rate technologies?

Kornder: We got into it about 20 years ago with different rates of fertilizer thanks to GPS coordi-

nates that pinpoint when and where locations as we work across a field. It keeps getting better, more precise and more efficient. The adoption of auto steer, accustom and auto boom height sensors have made huge leaps forward. Other than the military, I can’t think of an industry that adapts and uses new technology faster than ag. Now we can even change application rates in tight corners so the inside nozzles are spraying less than nozzles on the outer edge of the turn where the boom is going two to three times faster. Sometimes your inside boom is even going backwards and spray rates adjust accordingly.

Infrared sensings, selective shot cameras and more. I don’t doubt anything anymore. Technologies are just simply part of the game.

Q: How do you decide how to buy in on this stuff? Do you need research data to validate your buy-in?

Kornder: It’s like when a new tractor or combine comes out. I tend to say ‘hey, that looks neat … let’s pay attention to it.’ Maybe I’ll let someone else buy into it that first year and work the kinks out. Slow rollouts better fit my style. If it works, it will get adapted very fast. If it doesn’t, it will disappear. We are currently testing a new update on our dispatch systems. All jobs are now sent to each machine via iPad. We don’t use any paper. It’s a nice system and getting better. We’ve made some recommendations to ease operations. I even found a glitch that crashed the entire app.

Q: And much the same approach on choice of equipment?

Kornder: Part is performance of the machine. Part is the service network. If you’ve got issues and can’t get it quickly fixed, you have serious problems. But it also goes on experience we’re having with our various brands of equipment. Everybody makes a nice machine, but there are differences. Those red machines are really quiet. They’re a nice ride. The Terrigator with the CVT transmission is beyond impressive. That rig is probably one of the most technological advanced machines … efficient, smart, easy to operate. It makes a long day in the cab a lot easier.

Q: In view of the continual new knowledge how do you educate your staff?

Kornder: That’s one of the big challenges for our local co-op, Genesis, or any co-op. Finding and keeping quality employees is always top priority in this work. For some time we had a very veteran application crew. But with retirements and job changes, we’ve got new guys coming on. We realized we had to do a better job training our people so we started spring and fall applicator training where myself and the agronomy staff teach applicators different problems likely to occur. If it’s a mistake and you can learn from it, then it mitigates the damage. But let’s not do it again is our procedure when training. We talk the dollar implications too. Guys are paying us See KORNDER, pg. 18

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Groups push for increase of CRP acres in next farm bill Several Congressional quality, prevent soil erosion, hearings and listening protect environmentally sessions on the next farm sensitive land, and enhance bill were held in 2017, both wildlife populations. in Washington, D.C., and Following initiation of the across the United States. program, CRP acreage One of the major items of quickly rose to over 30 discussion at many of these million acres by 1990, and sessions has been the then increased even more, to FARM PROGRAMS around 35 million acres by conservation title of the farm bill, or more 1993-1995, before dropping

By Kent Thiesse specifically the Conservation off slightly following the Reserve Program. CRP 1996 “Freedom-tohas been highly Farm” farm bill. CRP popular over the years, acres then began to and many farm organizations, increase again in the late 1990s, environmental groups and wildlife reaching a peak of 36.8 million acres in supporters are pushing for an increase 2007. in the maximum allowable CRP During a 10-year period from 2007 to acreage above the limit of 24 million 2016, CRP acreage declined by 12.9 acres in the current farm bill. million acres or 35 percent, ending The program was developed as part 2016 with 23.9 million acres. The of the 1985 farm bill, and USDA began reduction in CRP acres was due to high enrolling crop acres into the program crop prices, strong farm income levels, in 1986. CRP has been the largest and and mandated reductions in maximum most important conservation program CRP acreage in the past two farm bills. in the United States since that time, The 2007 farm bill reduced the making major contributions to national maximum CRP acreage from 37 efforts to improve water and air million acres down to 32 million acres,

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and the last farm bill reduced the maximum CRP acreage even further, down to the current maximum level of 24 million acres. The reductions in the maximum CRP acreage were made to encourage more acres to return into crop production, to target CRP acres toward more environmentally sensitive land, and to reduce the federal budget outlay for CRP. As of Sept. 30, there was a total of just over 23.4 million acres enrolled in CRP, which is down from near 27 million acres in 2013, and over 31 million acres in 2009. Currently, there are 16 million acres under general CRP contracts, just below 56 million acres under continuous CRP contracts, slightly over 1 million acres under Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program contracts, and slightly over 400,000 acres in special CRP programs.

There are currently over 638,000 CRP contracts in place, on over 358,000 farms. CRP acreage added in 2017, included 1.17 million acres through Continuous CRP, 390,000 acres as part of General CRP enrollment, and 511,000 acres as part of a special

Grasslands CRP sign-up. CRP sign-up was restricted during 2017, due to total CRP acreage nearing the maximum level of 24 million acres.

CRP contracts expired on about 2.5 million acres in the United States on Sept. 30, and will expire on additional 1.5 million acres in 2018 and 1 million acres in 2019. However, the CRP expirations increase substantially in the years to follow, increasing to 4.4 million acres in 2020, over 3 million acres in 2021, over 4 million acres in 2022, and approximately 2 million acres in 2023. Minnesota had 97,342 acres expire in 2017, and will have 201,294 acres expire in 2018. The expiring 2017 CRP acreage in other area states was 214,572 acres in Iowa, 326,662 acres in North Dakota, 46,138 acres in North Dakota, and 43,843 acres in Wisconsin. Expiring CRP acreage in 2018 includes 157,560 acres in Iowa, 21,588 acres in North Dakota, 50,951 acres in South Dakota, and 27,974 acres in Wisconsin.

Enrollment periods for the General See THIESSE, pg. 18

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Continuous CRP targets most sensitive land sensitive environmental land areas, THIESSE, from pg. 17 such as filter strips, buffer strips, CRP only occur when USDA deems wetlands, etc. CREP is a CRP necessary to try to attract additional partnership with state conservation programs, which crop acres into the program, in order to maintain the target specific watersheds, which includes several desired CRP acreage. Sign up for Continuous CRP is CREP programs currently ongoing in Minnesota. ongoing, and is likely to continue that way for the The average CRP land rental rate in the United foreseeable future. Continuous CRP targets the most

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USDA adjusts the maximum annual CRP rental See THIESSE, pg. 19

Kornder has 20 years experience

KORNDER, from pg. 16 to do a job for them. We need to perform so training is vital. Call if you have a question on our procedure.

Don’t assume anything. I had an opportunity to attend the grand opening of the Asmark AGCO Custom Applicator Training Center in Bloomington, Ill., this summer. Great training for beginners or guys with a couple seasons under their belts. n Kornder has customers in nine counties; application costs vary depending on application and payment schedule. A master agronomist deals with questions about “applicator errors.” If an applicator makes a mistake, usually a make-up application can be done.

Satellite imagery, drones and yield monitors are used to address more complex issues. “Farmers are more demanding now that they have more data to look at.

There is no margin of error anymore. It’s perfect or they expect damages payment,” he said.

Tony Kornder is 40. He and wife Wendy have three children, twins Megan and Adriana who are 10 and 6-year-old Rueben. Kornder Farms Beef specializes in locally-grown beef which they process and distribute fresh to restaurants and customer tables. He also farms 400 acres of corn, soybeans, rye and pumpkins with his dad.

He’s a sixth generation farmer and now has 20 years experience in custom application work. He said, “I grew up on vegetable truck farm, so I had an intimate relationship with weeds when I was just a kid. When on hands and knees pulling weeds I’d ask my grandpa what’s this one. He told me that’s a lambsquarter. I told him I don’t like that weed. It’s hard to pull. So my Grandpa was sort of the sparkplug that got me interested in weed control.”

Grandpa Gene Kornder passed away in 2003. But obviously the legend lives on! v

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Given strong support, increase of CRP acres is possible THIESSE, from pg. 18 rates for Continuous CRP sign-up each year on a county-by-county basis, which are also used as the maximum CRP rates for General CRP enrollment period in a given year. The maximum rental rates are based on the relative productivity of the soils within each county, as well as on the average dry land cash rental rate for each county, based on the National Agriculture Statistical Service annual land rental analysis.

Farm operators in some areas have complained that annual CRP rental rates in recent years are higher than the average cash rental rates for farm land, which is artificially keeping land rental rates higher than they should be. The average CRP rental rate in Iowa has increased by approximately 30 percent since 2014, while during that same time period, the average farm land value in Iowa has dropped by about 17 percent, and average cash rental rates have declined by 11 percent.

Looking Ahead As mentioned earlier, there has been a strong push during the past year to increase the acreage cap in the CRP program above the current 24 million acreage limit in the next farm bill.

Some wildlife and environmental groups have advocated raising the CRP limit to as high as 35-40 million acres, while ag organizations and others have called for more moderate increases in CRP acreage. However, not all parties are on board with increasing CRP acreage in the next farm bill.

There are several major water quality initiatives going on across the United States, including in the Mississippi and Minnesota River basins in the upper Midwest.

Continuous CRP and CREP have been useful to take some environmentally sensitive acres out of production, in order to enhance water quality efforts.

Some ag leaders also point to higher crop production levels and very large U.S. grain surpluses, which have resulted in fairly consistent low commodity prices in recent years, as a reason to increase CRP acreage in the coming years, in order to reduce the

number of available U.S. crop acres.

Some groups that support young farmers and ranchers are concerned that increasing CRP acreage will make it more difficult for beginning farmers to have access to land resources in some areas. They point to the reduced amount of cropland that would be available, and the very competitive CRP rental rates being paid by the federal government, as reasons for their concern.

Looking ahead, advocates for keeping the CRP acreage cap at the current level also point to the fact that 11.6 million acres will expire from 20202022, which would be during the time period of the next farm bill, and is nearly half of the current acreage limit.

They feel the current acreage limit will offer adequate opportunities to enroll environmentally sensitive cropland into CRP in the next five years.

Probably the biggest challenge with increasing the maximum CRP acreage is the cost factor of adding more acreage. The total federal budget outlay for CRP in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30 was just over $1.8 billion, which included just under $1.6 billion in CRP annual rental payments.

Based on the current U.S. average CRP rental rate of approximately $77 per acre, the federal budget would increase $77 million per year for every 1 million CRP acres that are added to the program. So, if the maximum CRP acreage were increased to 30 million acres, it could potentially add $462 million per year to the federal budget for CRP rental payments, which would be an increase of nearly 30 percent above the current level.

Some members of Congress would like to see the program made more flexible to allow for haying and grazing privileges to aide ranchers that are short of grazing land in some portions of the United States. Currently, haying and grazing of CRP acres is only allowed during a drought or other declared federal disaster situations.

Proponents of more flexibility also point to the fact that the Conservation Security Program and the

Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the two major USDA conservation programs on working farm land only have 35 million acres enrolled nationally. Some feel that offering a shorter term CRP of three to five years to idle some environmentally sensitive crop acreage, which could possibly be linked with other farmlevel conservation programs, may offer some flexibility and advantages on existing crop acres.

Given the strong public support, as well as support by key members of the U.S. House and Senate Ag Committees, an increase in the maximum CRP acreage to 28-30 million acres in the next farm bill seems like a potential possibility.

If no new money is added to the spending targets for the next farm bill,

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there would have to be adjustments made in proposed federal spending in the next farm bill to allow for some increase in CRP acreage. These budget adjustments could include lowering the maximum level of CRP rental payments per acre in future sign-up periods, as well as reducing projected budget outlays for commodity programs, crop insurance, food and nutrition and other farm bill programs.

For more information on the current CRP enrollment, expiring CRP acres, rental rates, etc., refer to the USDA CRP website at http://www.fsa.usda. gov/crp.

Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 7262137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank. com. v

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4WD WHEEL TRACTORS (CONT.)

CIH STX275, ‘05, 2780 hrs............... $105,000 CIH 9330, ‘96, 6951 hrs...................... $59,000 CIH 9270, ‘92, 3750 hrs...................... $74,900 Challenger 965C, ‘12, 2610 hrs ........ $155,000 JD 9630, ‘11, 1680 hrs...................... $195,000 JD 9620, ‘05, 3955 hrs ..................... $115,000 JD 9510, ‘12, 2320 hrs ..................... $204,900 JD 9430, ‘11, 1200 hrs...................... $190,000 JD 9630, ‘11, 1005 hrs...................... $178,500

TRACTORS AWD / MFD (CONT.) CIH 235 Mag, ‘12, 2865 hrs.............. $105,900 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 705 hrs................ $144,500 CIH 235 Mag, 13, 1515 hrs .............. $144,500 CIH 225 Mag, ‘14, 805 hrs................ $149,500 CIH 215 Mag, ‘07, 2025 hrs.............. $110,500 CIH 215 Mag, ‘06, 2600 hrs.............. $105,500 CIH 200 Mag, ‘14, 305 hrs................ $142,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘11, 1360 hrs .............. $124,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘11, 2005 hrs ...............$111,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘09, 3840 hrs................ $89,500 CIH 180 Mag, ‘15, 255 hrs................ $142,500

CIH 600 Steiger, ‘12, 1265 hrs......................................$240,500

CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 1210 hrs............................ $261,500

CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 1785 hrs ............ $232,500 CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 2380 hrs ............ $226,500 CIH 540 Quad, ‘14, 975 hrs .............. $307,500 CIH 535 Quad, ‘10, 3720 hrs ............ $189,000 CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1430 hrs ............ $229,500 CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1580 hrs ............ $232,500

CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1785 hrs.............................$232,500

CIH 470 Quad, ‘14, 800 hrs .............. $288,500 CIH 450 Quad, ‘12, 3875 hrs ............ $155,000 CIH 450 Quad, ‘11, 1555 hrs ............ $244,500 CIH 435 Quad, ‘10, 1520 hrs ............ $189,500 CIH 435 Quad, ‘08, 3230 hrs ............ $161,500 CIH STX450Q, ‘03, 6720 hrs ............ $106,500 CIH STX425Q, ‘02, 5838 hrs ............ $109,500 CIH 500 RowTrac, ‘14, 505 hrs ........ $295,000 CIH 450 RowTrac, ‘14, 925 hrs ........ $249,000 CIH 450 RowTrac, ‘13, 555 hrs ........ $267,500 CIH 420 RowTrac, ‘14, 1075 hrs ...... $262,500 CIH 400 RowTrac, ‘14, 1330 hrs ...... $246,500 CIH 400 RowTrac, ‘13, 715 hrs ........ $257,500 CIH 370 RowTrac, ‘14, 160 hrs ........ $275,000 JD 9630T, ‘09, 2415 hrs.................... $204,900 JD 9560RT, ‘14, 955 hrs ................... $285,000 JD 9560RT, ‘14, 1500 hrs ................. $254,900 Versatile 450DT, ‘14, 2105 hrs.......... $239,500

NH T9.560, ‘11, 1100 hrs .................. $215,000 Steiger KM-225, 6875 hrs................... $17,000 Versatile 535, ‘10, 2960 hrs .............. $160,500 Versatile 535, ‘07, 2820 hrs .............. $129,900 Versatile 375, ‘14, 1850 hrs .............. $169,500

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CIH 340 Mag, ‘15, 885 hrs................ $249,500 CIH 340 Mag, ‘15, 970 hrs................ $249,500 CIH 340 Mag, ‘14, 4300 hrs.............. $114,900 CIH 340 Mag, ‘13, 1125 hrs .............. $189,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘14, 2680 hrs.............. $161,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 545 hrs................ $178,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 945 hrs................ $175,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 1275 hrs.............. $175,500 CIH 310 Mag, ‘15, 430 hrs................ $195,000 CIH 310 Mag, ‘14, 415 hrs................ $182,500 CIH 310 Mag, ‘14, 435 hrs................ $205,500 CIH 305 Mag, ‘08, 5890 hrs................ $98,500 CIH 300 Optium, ‘17 ......................... $195,500 CIH 290 Mag, ‘11, 1910 hrs .............. $129,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 110 hrs ................ $219,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 250 hrs................ $219,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 645 hrs................ $198,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 660 hrs................ $198,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘15, 750 hrs................ $189,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘14, 935 hrs................ $175,000

CIH 315 Magnum, ‘14, 2680 hrs .......................$161,500

CIH 275 Mag, ‘08, 3750 hrs.............. $109,000 CIH 260 Mag, ‘14, 595 hrs................ $147,500 CIH 260 Mag, ‘13, 1190 hrs .............. $131,500 CIH 260 Mag, ‘13, 1315 hrs.............. $127,500 4WD WHEEL TRACTORS CIH 245 Mag, ‘10, 2145 hrs.............. $112,500 CIH 620 Steiger, ‘13, 190 hrs ........... $325,000 CIH 245 Mag, ‘09, 2125 hrs.............. $114,900 CIH 600 Steiger, ‘12, 1005 hrs ......... $261,500 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 1255 hrs.............. $145,500 CIH 550HD Steiger, ‘14, 2215 hrs .... $209,500 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 1410 hrs.............. $149,500 CIH 550HD Steiger, ‘14, 2255 hrs .... $209,500 CIH 540 Steiger, ‘15, 425 hrs ........... $274,000 CIH 485HD Steiger, ‘09, 2500 hrs .... $166,500 CIH 485 Steiger, ‘10, 2180 hrs ......... $169,500 CIH 435 Steiger, ‘10, 1795 hrs ......... $162,500 CIH 435 Steiger, ‘09, 1850 hrs ......... $158,500 CIH 400 Steiger, ‘12, 2350 hrs ......... $177,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘12, 1625 hrs .... $173,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘11, 795 hrs ...... $185,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘11, 1055 hrs .... $173,500 CIH 335 Steiger, ‘09, 3420 hrs ......... $134,500 CIH STX440, 5780 hrs ....................... $99,500 CIH 280 Magnum, ‘15, 750 hrs .........................$189,500 CIH STX375, ‘04, 3210 hrs............... $135,000

CIH 180 Magnum, ‘15, 255 hrs ......................... $142,500

CIH 180 Mag, ‘14, 475 hrs................ $125,900 CIH 180 Mag, ‘13, 1415 hrs.............. $112,500 CIH 180 Mag, ‘11, 670 hrs ................ $125,500 CIH MX305, ‘06, 2800 hrs ................ $137,900 CIH MX285, ‘04, 5175 hrs .................. $85,500 CIH MX285, ‘06, 4470 hrs .................. $82,500 CIH MX270, 5985 hrs ......................... $65,000 CIH MX255, ‘04, 5505 hrs .................. $74,000 CIH MX255, ‘04, 6705 hrs .................. $79,000 CIH MX240, ‘00, 6150 hrs .................. $54,900 CIH MX220, ‘00, 4795 hrs .................. $69,500 CIH MX210, ‘05, 4390 hrs .................. $74,500 CIH MX200, ‘01, 5100 hrs .................. $69,900 CIH MX200, ‘01, 6905 hrs .................. $64,500 CIH MX170, ‘98, 6355 hrs .................. $47,500 CIH 230 Puma, ‘13, 920 hrs ............. $139,500 CIH 215 Puma, ‘11, 3300 hrs ........... $105,500 CIH 185 Puma, ‘12, 650 hrs ............. $119,900 CIH 180 Puma, ‘10, 1845 hrs ............. $94,500 CIH 180 Puma, ‘12, 3315 hrs ............. $95,900 CIH 170 Puma, ‘12, 3385 hrs ........... $105,500 CIH 145 Maxxum, ‘16, 110 hrs ......... $106,000 CIH 145 Maxxum, ‘16, 140 hrs ......... $101,750 CIH 140 Maxxum, ‘15, 1950 hrs ......... $79,500 CIH 140 Maxxum, ‘13, 2720 hrs ......... $79,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘15, 265 hrs ........... $88,750 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘13, 835 hrs ........... $69,800 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘13, 700 hrs ........... $87,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘11, 4355 hrs ......... $58,500 CIH 115U Farmall, ‘14, 255 hrs .......... $67,500 CIH 105U Farmall, ‘13, 1190 hrs ........ $49,900 CIH 95 Farmall, ‘12, 710 hrs............... $42,500 CIH 55A Farmall, ‘10, 540 hrs ............ $25,500 CIH 8920, ‘98, 8375 hrs...................... $57,500 CIH 7220, ‘94, 5040 hrs...................... $54,000 CIH 7220, ‘94, 5790 hrs...................... $52,900 JD 8300, ‘95, 5305 hrs ....................... $69,500 JD 8295R, ‘10, 2000 hrs ................... $148,500 JD 8270, ‘10, 3485 hrs ..................... $149,500 JD 8260R, ‘12, 1800 hrs ................... $159,500 JD 7800, ‘94, 2780 hrs ....................... $73,500 JD 6150M, ‘15, 510 hrs .................... $104,000 Kubota M9660, ‘12, 165 hrs ............... $56,000 Kubota M125X, ‘05, 2795 hrs ............. $43,900 McCormick MTX200, ‘04, 2710 hrs .... $49,900 MF 8670, ‘12, 1075 hrs..................... $144,500 NH T8040, ‘10, 1145 hrs ................... $129,500 NH T8010, ‘08, 2195 hrs .................... $89,500 NH T8.330, ‘11, 1045 hrs .................. $134,500 NH T7070, ‘11, 2950 hrs ..................... $99,500 NH T7030, ‘09, 3675 hrs .................... $74,900 NH TV140, 3350 hrs .....................call for price Versatile 2210, ‘08, 7150 hrs .............. $64,500 Versatile 305, ‘12, 955 hrs ................ $114,500 Versatile 290, ‘14, 2255 hrs ................ $94,500 Versatile 280, ‘12, 4835 hrs ................ $84,500

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CIH MXU110, ‘05, 5195 hrs ................ $29,900 CIH 7110, ‘90, 7195 hrs ...................... $45,000 Allis WD45, ‘55 ..................................... $1,500 JD 4450, ‘88, 7715 hrs ....................... $36,500 JD 4230, ‘73, 50085 hrs ....................... $8,950 NH TM130, ‘04, 3765 hrs ................... $36,900

COMBINES (CONT.)

CIH 7120, ‘09, 1750 hrs.................... $149,500 CIH 7088, ‘10, 1490 hrs.................... $139,900 CIH 7088, ‘09, 1510 hrs.................... $129,900 CIH 7088, ‘08, 1400 hrs.................... $145,000 CIH 7010, ‘08, 2565 hrs.................... $125,000 CIH 7010, ‘07, 1845 hrs.................... $135,500 COMPACT TRACTORS / RTV’S CIH 7010, ‘07, 2080 hrs.................... $139,500 JD 4320, ‘05, 385 hrs ......................... $25,900 CIH 7010, ‘07, 2480 hrs.................... $129,500 Kubota B21, ‘07, 880 hrs .................... $13,900 CIH 7010, ‘07, 2655 hrs.................... $119,500 Kubota B9200, 1015 hrs ....................... $2,500 Kubota B2150, ‘90, 4488 hrs ................ $9,500 Kubota BX2670RV, ‘15, 280 hrs ......... $15,200 Kubota BX2370T1, ‘14, 7760 hrs ......... $9,950 Kubota BX2360RV, ‘08, 515 hrs ........... $9,500 Kubota BX2360TV, ‘10, 440 hrs ........... $9,450 Kubota BX2350, ‘07, 415 hrs................ $8,500 Kubota BX2230, ‘04, 360 hrs................ $9,000 Kubota BX2230, ‘03, 1725 hrs............ $12,500 Kubota BX2200, 02, 934 hrs ................ $8,500 Kubota BX1860T, ‘11, 790 hrs .............. $7,500 CIH 7010, ‘08, 2565 hrs ................................................$125,000 Kubota BX1860HST, ‘08, 238 hrs ......... $7,500 Kubota L5740, ‘07, 245 hrs ................ $25,875 CIH 6140, ‘15, 380 hrs...................... $239,500 Kubota L3540D, ‘07, 3315 hrs ............ $25,900 CIH 6130, ‘14, 370 hrs...................... $239,500 NH Boomer, ‘14, 280 hrs .................... $22,500 CIH 6130, ‘14, 450 hrs...................... $232,500 NH TC25S, ‘99, 1155 hrs ...................... $8,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 385 hrs...................... $235,500 Arctic Cat Prowler, ‘12 .......................... $8,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 390 hrs...................... $229,500 Bobcat 2200G, ‘06, 630 hrs .................. $7,995 CIH 6130, ‘13, 515 hrs...................... $235,500 Cub Cadet Volunteer, ‘10, 550 hrs........ $6,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 795 hrs...................... $213,500 Kawasaki Mule 1000, ‘94...................... $1,500 CIH 6130, ‘13, 800 hrs...................... $214,500 Kubota RTV900, ‘06, 930 hrs ............. $13,250 CIH 6088, ‘11, 1440 hrs .................... $149,900 Polaris TM650, ‘04, 915 hrs.................. $2,000 CIH 6088, ‘11, 1750 hrs .................... $155,000 Yamaha G22A, ‘05 ............................... $2,995 CIH 6088, ‘10, 1405 hrs.................... $159,900 CIH 2588, ‘07, 3230 hrs...................... $99,500 COMBINES CIH 9240T, ‘15, 710 hrs .................... $359,900 CIH 2388, ‘04, 1315 hrs.................... $125,900 CIH 9230T, ‘14, 1140 hrs .................. $305,500 CIH 2388, ‘03, 3295 hrs...................... $79,500 CIH 9230T, ‘13, 1520 hrs .................. $275,000 CIH 2388, ‘03, 3835 hrs...................... $85,000 CIH 9120, ‘11, 1220 hrs .................... $195,900 CIH 2388, ‘02, 3365 hrs...................... $74,900 CIH 8240, ‘16, 250 hrs...................... $350,000 CIH 2388, ‘02, 3470 hrs...................... $62,500 CIH 8230, ‘14, 480 hrs...................... $295,000 CIH 2366, ‘04, 3475 hrs...................... $74,500 CIH 8230, ‘13, 1060 hrs.................... $233,900 CIH 2366, ‘02, 3435 hrs...................... $74,500 CIH 8230, ‘13, 1200 hrs.................... $240,900 CIH 2366, ‘99, 3150 hrs...................... $65,000 CIH 8230, ‘12, 810 hrs...................... $224,900 CIH 2344, ‘98, 2580 hrs...................... $62,900 CIH 8120, ‘12, 1350 hrs.................... $180,900 CIH 2166, ‘96, 4335 hrs...................... $44,500 CIH 8120, ‘12, 1305 hrs.................... $189,000 CIH 2144, ‘96, 3750 hrs...................... $43,500 CIH 8120, ‘11, 1080 hrs .................... $195,900 CIH 1688, ‘94, 3780 hrs...................... $32,000 CIH 8120, ‘10, 840 hrs...................... $214,900 CIH 1666, ‘94, 3420 hrs...................... $35,000 CIH 8120, ‘10, 1485 hrs.................... $152,900 CIH 1640, ‘87, 3285 hrs...................... $12,500 CIH 8120, ‘09, 1195 hrs .................... $163,900 JD 9750, ‘00, 3935 hrs ....................... $45,000 CIH 8010, ‘08, 2335 hrs.................... $109,900 JD 9650, ‘00, 3815 hrs ....................... $62,500 CIH 8010, ‘07, 2800 hrs...................... $99,900 JD 9550, ‘01, 3115 hrs........................ $56,500 CIH 8010, ‘06, 2110 hrs .................... $125,000 JD 9500, ‘95, 4675 hrs ....................... $29,900 CIH 8010, ‘05, 3095 hrs...................... $89,900 Lexion 760TT, ‘13, 1365 hrs ............. $225,000 CIH 7240, ‘16, 125 hrs...................... $339,500 Lexion 585R, ‘08, 2270 hrs............... $135,000 CIH 7240, ‘16, 130 hrs...................... $339,500 NH CR940A, ‘03, 3500 hrs ................. $49,500 NH CR7090, ‘13, 1000 hrs ............... $189,000

DRAPER HEADS, BEANHEADS & CORNHEADS (CONT.) (2) CIH 3412, 12R30 Cornhead starting at $27,900 (3) CIH 3408 Cornhead ..... starting at $26,900 CIH 3406, 6R30 Cornhead ................. $29,800 (2) CIH 3208, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $25,500 (2) CIH 3206, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $22,900 (8) CIH 2612 Cornhead ..... starting at $38,900 (3) CIH 2608, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $31,500 CIH 2608F, 8R30 Cornhead ............... $39,900 (3) CIH 2606, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $27,900 (2) CIH 2208, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $14,900 (3) CIH 2206, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $13,900 (3) CIH 1063 Cornhead ....... starting at $5,000 CIH 1044, 4R36 Cornhead ................. $10,500 CIH 1043, 4R30 Cornhead ................... $6,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ..................... $89,900 (3) Drago 18R20 Cornheadstarting at $45,900 (4) Drago 12R30 Cornheadstarting at $38,900 (4) Drago 12R22 Cornheadstarting at $38,900 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................... $33,500 (22) Drago 8R30 Cornhead .starting at $18,900 (2) Drago 8R22 Cornhead .Starting at $32,500 (2) Drago 6R30 Cornhead . starting at $35,000 Geringhoff 12R22 Cornhead .............. $42,500 Harvestec 6308C Cornhead ............... $38,500 Harvestec 5212C Cornhead ............... $55,000 JD 612C Cornhead ............................. $55,900 JD 606C, 6R30 Cornhead .................. $39,900 JD 822, 8R22 Cornhead ..................... $14,900

CIH 2208 Cornhead, ‘02..................................................$19,500

FALL TILLAGE

0% FOR 36 MONTHS ON SELECT USED FALL TILLAGE! CIH 875, 26’ Subsoiler ........................ $89,500 CIH 875, 22’ Subsoiler ........................ $80,900

DRAPER HEADS, BEANHEADS & CORNHEADS

CIH 8120, ‘10, 1485 hrs .................................... $152,900

CIH 7240, ‘16, 280 hrs...................... $329,500 CIH 7240, ‘16, 615 hrs...................... $295,000 CIH 7240, ‘15, 715 hrs...................... $275,000 CIH 7230, ‘14, 565 hrs...................... $259,000 CIH 7230, ‘14, 900 hrs...................... $239,900 CIH 7230, ‘14, 1000 hrs.................... $259,900 CIH 7230, ‘13, 1025 hrs.................... $249,500 CIH 7230, ‘13, 1125 hrs .................... $245,000 CIH 7230, ‘12, 955 hrs...................... $204,900 CIH 7130, ‘12, 1355 hrs.................... $205,000 CIH 7120, ‘12, 1420 hrs.................... $174,900 CIH 7120, ‘09, 1460 hrs.................... $139,900

CIH 3162, 45’ Draper .......................... $67,500 CIH 3162, 40’ Draper .......................... $53,900 (2) IH 3162, 35’ Draper ...... starting at $56,000 (10) CIH 2162, 40’ Draper . starting at $43,500 (3) CIH 2162, 35’ Draper ... starting at $43,900 CIH 2162, 30’ Beanhead .................... $49,500 MacDon FD70, 40’ Draper .................. $45,000 MacDon FD70, 35’ Draper .................. $56,500 (2) CIH 3020, 35’ Beanhead ...starting at $24,500 (3) CIH 2020, 35’ Beanhead starting at $9,900 (2) CIH 1020, 30’ Beanhead starting at $7,000 (3) CIH 1020, 25’ Beanhead starting at $6,500 (6) CIH 1020, 20’ Beanhead starting at $4,500 CIH 1020, 15’ Beanhead ...................... $9,500 CIH 915, 15’ Beanhead ........................ $6,600 JD 635F, 35’ Beanhead ..................... $27,900 JD 630F, 30’ Beanhead ...................... $14,500 Lexion F535, 35’ Beanhead ................ $12,500 CIH 1015, 13’ Platform ......................... $6,900 IH 810, 10’ Platform .............................. $1,500 CIH 4408, 8R30 Cornhead ................. $44,900 CIH 4406C, 12R30 Cornhead ............ $45,000 CIH 4208C, 8R30 Cornhead .............. $52,500

CIH 870, 22’ Subsoiler, ‘09 ................................. $81,900

(2) CIH 875, 18’ Subsoiler . starting at $49,900 (9) CIH 870, 26’ Subsoiler . starting at $65,000 (17) CIH 870, 22’ Subsoiler starting at $46,500 (11) CIH 870, 18’ Subsoiler starting at $35,500

CIH 9300 22.5’ Subsoiler, ‘08 .........................................$43,500

(2) CIH 870, 14’ Subsoiler . starting at $41,500 (2) CIH MRX690 Subsoiler starting at $25,500 CIH 9300, 22.5’ Subsoiler ................... $43,500 (3) CIH 730C Subsoiler ..... starting at $23,900 DMI 530, 12.5’ Subsoiler .................... $12,100

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FALL TILLAGE (CONT.)

DMI 527B Subsoiler............................ $10,900 DMI 527, 5 Shank Subsoiler ............... $13,500 Brillion LCS5-2 Subsoiler.................... $10,900 JD 2720, 22.5’ Subsoiler..................... $59,500 (3) JD 2700, 9S24 Subsoiler . starting at $16,500 (2) JD 2700, 7S30 Subsoiler . starting at $18,500 (3) JD 2700, 7S24 Subsoiler . starting at $21,500 JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler .......starting at $29,800 (2) JD 512, 7 Shank Subsoiler..starting at $11,500 JD 512, 5 Shank Subsoiler ................. $22,900 (8) Krause 4850, 21’ Subsoiler .. starting at $31,000 Krause 4850, 18’ Subsoiler................. $24,900 Krause 4850, 15’ Subsoiler................. $29,500 NH ST540, 5 Shank Subsoiler............ $14,900 Sunflower 4610, 18’ Subsoiler ............ $35,000 Sunflower 4412, 14’ Subsoiler ............ $32,000 (2) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler .. starting at $14,900 Wilrich 513, 22’ Subsoiler ................... $42,900 Glencoe SS7400, 11.5’ Chisel Plow ..... $5,500 Glencoe 7400 Chisel Plow ................. $10,900 JD 714 Chisel Plow ............................ $19,500 CIH 800, 9 Bottom MB Plow ................. $9,500 CIH 700, 7 Bottom MB Plow ................. $7,950 IH 735, 5 Bottom MB Plow ................... $1,500 (2) JD 3710 MB Plow......... starting at $32,500 (2) Salford 8212, 12 Bottom MB Plow ..starting at $45,000

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Claas 980, ‘14, 1590 hrs................... $296,000 Claas 980, ‘14, 1865 hrs................... $271,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 960 hrs..................... $305,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 1435 hrs................... $295,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 1780 hrs................... $217,500 Claas 980, ‘09, 2575 hrs................... $174,500 Claas 980, ‘08, 1730 hrs................... $189,500 Claas 980, ‘08, 2945 hrs................... $160,000 Claas 980, ‘08, 3000 hrs................... $157,500 Claas 980, ‘07, 3030 hrs................... $152,500 Claas 970, ‘15, 965 hrs..................... $324,000 Claas 970, ‘15, 1275 hrs................... $319,000 Claas 970, ‘14, 1085 hrs................... $315,500 Claas 970, ‘13, 1175 hrs ................... $300,500 Claas 970, ‘08, 1450 hrs................... $213,500 Claas 960, ‘15, 800 hrs..................... $288,500 Claas 960, ‘13, 1470 hrs................... $252,500 Claas 960, ‘13, 1490 hrs................... $252,500 Claas 960, ‘12, 1945 hrs................... $232,500 Claas 960, ‘12, 2590 hrs................... $215,000 Claas 960, ‘10, 1440 hrs................... $237,500 Claas 960, ‘08, 2900 hrs................... $195,000 Claas 900 GE, ‘09, 3355 hrs ............ $122,500 Claas 900 GE, ‘08, 3570 hrs ............ $135,000 Claas 900, ‘08, 4050 hrs..................... $99,000 Claas 900CC, ‘07, 2840 hrs ............. $136,000 Claas 900 GE, ‘07, 4025 hrs ............ $114,500 Claas 900 GE, ‘07, 4325 hrs ............ $125,000 Claas 900, ‘05, 3450 hrs................... $118,900 Claas 900, ‘05, 3615 hrs................... $120,000 Claas 900, ‘03, 3300 hrs................... $112,970 Claas 830 GE, ‘11, 1400 hrs............. $171,000 Claas 830, ‘08, 779 hrs..................... $164,500 Claas 830, ‘05, 2020 hrs................... $129,000 JD 7950, ‘10, 3015 hrs ..................... $134,500 JD 7780, ‘13, 365 hrs ....................... $284,000 (9) Claas PU380 Hayhead... starting at $5,000 (10) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead.. starting at $85,500 (8) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead... starting at $55,900 (4) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead.. starting at $55,900 (6) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ... starting at $20,900 (3) Claas RU450 Cornhead .. starting at $28,500 Claas 8R30 Cornhead .......................... $8,500 JD 690, 10R30 Cornhead ................... $75,000 (2) JD 686, 6R30 Cornhead ...starting at $28,500 NH 3PN Cornhead................................ $8,500

SKID LOADERS/EXCAVATORS/TLB

Case SR220, ‘12, 940 hrs ...................$29,900 Case SR220, ‘12, 1305 hrs .................$30,900 Case SR250, ‘11, 917 hrs....................$31,900

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Case SR210, ‘15, 2400 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘15, 2405 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘15, 2500 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘14, 2249 hrs .................$28,900 Case SR210, ‘14, 1525 hrs .................$31,900 Case SR210, ‘14, 3330 hrs .................$24,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 1605 hrs .................$27,500 Case SR200, ‘13, 2555 hrs .................$24,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 2950 hrs .................$25,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 3845 hrs .................$22,750 Case SR200, ‘12, 1295 hrs .................$28,500 Case SR200, ‘12, 2000 hrs .................$26,000 Case SR200, ‘12, 3765 hrs .................$22,500 Case SR200, ‘11, 1345 hrs..................$25,900 Case SV300, ‘14, 2600 hrs..................$31,500 Case SV300, ‘11, 2365 hrs ..................$29,500 Case SV280, ‘16, 65 hrs......................$39,500 Case SV250, ‘13, 585 hrs....................$32,900 Case SV250, ‘13, 2820 hrs..................$27,500 Case SV250, ‘12, 2170 hrs..................$29,250 Case SV185, ‘16, 20 hrs......................$33,600 Case SV185, ‘12, 480 hrs....................$29,900 Case TR270, ‘14, 885 hrs....................$36,900 Case TR270, ‘12, 1325 hrs..................$32,900 Case TR270, ‘12, 1660 hrs..................$33,900 Case 1845C, ‘97, 4915 hrs ..................$12,900 Case 450-3, 2380 hrs ..........................$23,500 Case 450, ‘06, 3845 hrs ......................$21,000 Case 445, ‘08, 5400 hrs ......................$21,500 Case 445, ‘07, 2245 hrs ......................$23,500 Case 440CT, ‘08, 2200 hrs ..................$29,900 Case 435, ‘08, 5320 hrs ......................$19,900 Case 430, ‘07, 3795 hrs ......................$17,500 Case 85XT, ‘99, 3515 hrs ....................$15,000 Case 75XT, ‘02, 4077 hrs ....................$18,900 Case 70XT, ‘04, 2330 hrs ....................$24,500 Case 70XT, ‘03, 3800 hrs ....................$17,900 Bobcat S590, ‘14, 1417 hrs .................$29,750

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4WD TRACK TRACTORS

4WD WHEEL TRACTORS (CONT.)

CIH STX275, ‘05, 2780 hrs............... $105,000 CIH 9330, ‘96, 6951 hrs...................... $59,000 CIH 9270, ‘92, 3750 hrs...................... $74,900 Challenger 965C, ‘12, 2610 hrs ........ $155,000 JD 9630, ‘11, 1680 hrs...................... $195,000 JD 9620, ‘05, 3955 hrs ..................... $115,000 JD 9510, ‘12, 2320 hrs ..................... $204,900 JD 9430, ‘11, 1200 hrs...................... $190,000 JD 9630, ‘11, 1005 hrs...................... $178,500

TRACTORS AWD / MFD (CONT.) CIH 235 Mag, ‘12, 2865 hrs.............. $105,900 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 705 hrs................ $144,500 CIH 235 Mag, 13, 1515 hrs .............. $144,500 CIH 225 Mag, ‘14, 805 hrs................ $149,500 CIH 215 Mag, ‘07, 2025 hrs.............. $110,500 CIH 215 Mag, ‘06, 2600 hrs.............. $105,500 CIH 200 Mag, ‘14, 305 hrs................ $142,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘11, 1360 hrs .............. $124,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘11, 2005 hrs ...............$111,500 CIH 190 Mag, ‘09, 3840 hrs................ $89,500 CIH 180 Mag, ‘15, 255 hrs................ $142,500

CIH 600 Steiger, ‘12, 1265 hrs......................................$240,500

CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 1210 hrs............................ $261,500

CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 1785 hrs ............ $232,500 CIH 550 Quad, ‘11, 2380 hrs ............ $226,500 CIH 540 Quad, ‘14, 975 hrs .............. $307,500 CIH 535 Quad, ‘10, 3720 hrs ............ $189,000 CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1430 hrs ............ $229,500 CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1580 hrs ............ $232,500

CIH 500 Quad, ‘11, 1785 hrs.............................$232,500

CIH 470 Quad, ‘14, 800 hrs .............. $288,500 CIH 450 Quad, ‘12, 3875 hrs ............ $155,000 CIH 450 Quad, ‘11, 1555 hrs ............ $244,500 CIH 435 Quad, ‘10, 1520 hrs ............ $189,500 CIH 435 Quad, ‘08, 3230 hrs ............ $161,500 CIH STX450Q, ‘03, 6720 hrs ............ $106,500 CIH STX425Q, ‘02, 5838 hrs ............ $109,500 CIH 500 RowTrac, ‘14, 505 hrs ........ $295,000 CIH 450 RowTrac, ‘14, 925 hrs ........ $249,000 CIH 450 RowTrac, ‘13, 555 hrs ........ $267,500 CIH 420 RowTrac, ‘14, 1075 hrs ...... $262,500 CIH 400 RowTrac, ‘14, 1330 hrs ...... $246,500 CIH 400 RowTrac, ‘13, 715 hrs ........ $257,500 CIH 370 RowTrac, ‘14, 160 hrs ........ $275,000 JD 9630T, ‘09, 2415 hrs.................... $204,900 JD 9560RT, ‘14, 955 hrs ................... $285,000 JD 9560RT, ‘14, 1500 hrs ................. $254,900 Versatile 450DT, ‘14, 2105 hrs.......... $239,500

NH T9.560, ‘11, 1100 hrs .................. $215,000 Steiger KM-225, 6875 hrs................... $17,000 Versatile 535, ‘10, 2960 hrs .............. $160,500 Versatile 535, ‘07, 2820 hrs .............. $129,900 Versatile 375, ‘14, 1850 hrs .............. $169,500

TRACTORS AWD / MFD

CIH 340 Mag, ‘15, 885 hrs................ $249,500 CIH 340 Mag, ‘15, 970 hrs................ $249,500 CIH 340 Mag, ‘14, 4300 hrs.............. $114,900 CIH 340 Mag, ‘13, 1125 hrs .............. $189,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘14, 2680 hrs.............. $161,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 545 hrs................ $178,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 945 hrs................ $175,500 CIH 315 Mag, ‘13, 1275 hrs.............. $175,500 CIH 310 Mag, ‘15, 430 hrs................ $195,000 CIH 310 Mag, ‘14, 415 hrs................ $182,500 CIH 310 Mag, ‘14, 435 hrs................ $205,500 CIH 305 Mag, ‘08, 5890 hrs................ $98,500 CIH 300 Optium, ‘17 ......................... $195,500 CIH 290 Mag, ‘11, 1910 hrs .............. $129,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 110 hrs ................ $219,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 250 hrs................ $219,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 645 hrs................ $198,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘16, 660 hrs................ $198,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘15, 750 hrs................ $189,500 CIH 280 Mag, ‘14, 935 hrs................ $175,000

CIH 315 Magnum, ‘14, 2680 hrs .......................$161,500

CIH 275 Mag, ‘08, 3750 hrs.............. $109,000 CIH 260 Mag, ‘14, 595 hrs................ $147,500 CIH 260 Mag, ‘13, 1190 hrs .............. $131,500 CIH 260 Mag, ‘13, 1315 hrs.............. $127,500 4WD WHEEL TRACTORS CIH 245 Mag, ‘10, 2145 hrs.............. $112,500 CIH 620 Steiger, ‘13, 190 hrs ........... $325,000 CIH 245 Mag, ‘09, 2125 hrs.............. $114,900 CIH 600 Steiger, ‘12, 1005 hrs ......... $261,500 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 1255 hrs.............. $145,500 CIH 550HD Steiger, ‘14, 2215 hrs .... $209,500 CIH 235 Mag, ‘13, 1410 hrs.............. $149,500 CIH 550HD Steiger, ‘14, 2255 hrs .... $209,500 CIH 540 Steiger, ‘15, 425 hrs ........... $274,000 CIH 485HD Steiger, ‘09, 2500 hrs .... $166,500 CIH 485 Steiger, ‘10, 2180 hrs ......... $169,500 CIH 435 Steiger, ‘10, 1795 hrs ......... $162,500 CIH 435 Steiger, ‘09, 1850 hrs ......... $158,500 CIH 400 Steiger, ‘12, 2350 hrs ......... $177,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘12, 1625 hrs .... $173,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘11, 795 hrs ...... $185,500 CIH 350HD Steiger, ‘11, 1055 hrs .... $173,500 CIH 335 Steiger, ‘09, 3420 hrs ......... $134,500 CIH STX440, 5780 hrs ....................... $99,500 CIH 280 Magnum, ‘15, 750 hrs .........................$189,500 CIH STX375, ‘04, 3210 hrs............... $135,000

CIH 180 Magnum, ‘15, 255 hrs ......................... $142,500

CIH 180 Mag, ‘14, 475 hrs................ $125,900 CIH 180 Mag, ‘13, 1415 hrs.............. $112,500 CIH 180 Mag, ‘11, 670 hrs ................ $125,500 CIH MX305, ‘06, 2800 hrs ................ $137,900 CIH MX285, ‘04, 5175 hrs .................. $85,500 CIH MX285, ‘06, 4470 hrs .................. $82,500 CIH MX270, 5985 hrs ......................... $65,000 CIH MX255, ‘04, 5505 hrs .................. $74,000 CIH MX255, ‘04, 6705 hrs .................. $79,000 CIH MX240, ‘00, 6150 hrs .................. $54,900 CIH MX220, ‘00, 4795 hrs .................. $69,500 CIH MX210, ‘05, 4390 hrs .................. $74,500 CIH MX200, ‘01, 5100 hrs .................. $69,900 CIH MX200, ‘01, 6905 hrs .................. $64,500 CIH MX170, ‘98, 6355 hrs .................. $47,500 CIH 230 Puma, ‘13, 920 hrs ............. $139,500 CIH 215 Puma, ‘11, 3300 hrs ........... $105,500 CIH 185 Puma, ‘12, 650 hrs ............. $119,900 CIH 180 Puma, ‘10, 1845 hrs ............. $94,500 CIH 180 Puma, ‘12, 3315 hrs ............. $95,900 CIH 170 Puma, ‘12, 3385 hrs ........... $105,500 CIH 145 Maxxum, ‘16, 110 hrs ......... $106,000 CIH 145 Maxxum, ‘16, 140 hrs ......... $101,750 CIH 140 Maxxum, ‘15, 1950 hrs ......... $79,500 CIH 140 Maxxum, ‘13, 2720 hrs ......... $79,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘15, 265 hrs ........... $88,750 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘13, 835 hrs ........... $69,800 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘13, 700 hrs ........... $87,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, ‘11, 4355 hrs ......... $58,500 CIH 115U Farmall, ‘14, 255 hrs .......... $67,500 CIH 105U Farmall, ‘13, 1190 hrs ........ $49,900 CIH 95 Farmall, ‘12, 710 hrs............... $42,500 CIH 55A Farmall, ‘10, 540 hrs ............ $25,500 CIH 8920, ‘98, 8375 hrs...................... $57,500 CIH 7220, ‘94, 5040 hrs...................... $54,000 CIH 7220, ‘94, 5790 hrs...................... $52,900 JD 8300, ‘95, 5305 hrs ....................... $69,500 JD 8295R, ‘10, 2000 hrs ................... $148,500 JD 8270, ‘10, 3485 hrs ..................... $149,500 JD 8260R, ‘12, 1800 hrs ................... $159,500 JD 7800, ‘94, 2780 hrs ....................... $73,500 JD 6150M, ‘15, 510 hrs .................... $104,000 Kubota M9660, ‘12, 165 hrs ............... $56,000 Kubota M125X, ‘05, 2795 hrs ............. $43,900 McCormick MTX200, ‘04, 2710 hrs .... $49,900 MF 8670, ‘12, 1075 hrs..................... $144,500 NH T8040, ‘10, 1145 hrs ................... $129,500 NH T8010, ‘08, 2195 hrs .................... $89,500 NH T8.330, ‘11, 1045 hrs .................. $134,500 NH T7070, ‘11, 2950 hrs ..................... $99,500 NH T7030, ‘09, 3675 hrs .................... $74,900 NH TV140, 3350 hrs .....................call for price Versatile 2210, ‘08, 7150 hrs .............. $64,500 Versatile 305, ‘12, 955 hrs ................ $114,500 Versatile 290, ‘14, 2255 hrs ................ $94,500 Versatile 280, ‘12, 4835 hrs ................ $84,500

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CIH MXU110, ‘05, 5195 hrs ................ $29,900 CIH 7110, ‘90, 7195 hrs ...................... $45,000 Allis WD45, ‘55 ..................................... $1,500 JD 4450, ‘88, 7715 hrs ....................... $36,500 JD 4230, ‘73, 50085 hrs ....................... $8,950 NH TM130, ‘04, 3765 hrs ................... $36,900

COMBINES (CONT.)

CIH 7120, ‘09, 1750 hrs.................... $149,500 CIH 7088, ‘10, 1490 hrs.................... $139,900 CIH 7088, ‘09, 1510 hrs.................... $129,900 CIH 7088, ‘08, 1400 hrs.................... $145,000 CIH 7010, ‘08, 2565 hrs.................... $125,000 CIH 7010, ‘07, 1845 hrs.................... $135,500 COMPACT TRACTORS / RTV’S CIH 7010, ‘07, 2080 hrs.................... $139,500 JD 4320, ‘05, 385 hrs ......................... $25,900 CIH 7010, ‘07, 2480 hrs.................... $129,500 Kubota B21, ‘07, 880 hrs .................... $13,900 CIH 7010, ‘07, 2655 hrs.................... $119,500 Kubota B9200, 1015 hrs ....................... $2,500 Kubota B2150, ‘90, 4488 hrs ................ $9,500 Kubota BX2670RV, ‘15, 280 hrs ......... $15,200 Kubota BX2370T1, ‘14, 7760 hrs ......... $9,950 Kubota BX2360RV, ‘08, 515 hrs ........... $9,500 Kubota BX2360TV, ‘10, 440 hrs ........... $9,450 Kubota BX2350, ‘07, 415 hrs................ $8,500 Kubota BX2230, ‘04, 360 hrs................ $9,000 Kubota BX2230, ‘03, 1725 hrs............ $12,500 Kubota BX2200, 02, 934 hrs ................ $8,500 Kubota BX1860T, ‘11, 790 hrs .............. $7,500 CIH 7010, ‘08, 2565 hrs ................................................$125,000 Kubota BX1860HST, ‘08, 238 hrs ......... $7,500 Kubota L5740, ‘07, 245 hrs ................ $25,875 CIH 6140, ‘15, 380 hrs...................... $239,500 Kubota L3540D, ‘07, 3315 hrs ............ $25,900 CIH 6130, ‘14, 370 hrs...................... $239,500 NH Boomer, ‘14, 280 hrs .................... $22,500 CIH 6130, ‘14, 450 hrs...................... $232,500 NH TC25S, ‘99, 1155 hrs ...................... $8,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 385 hrs...................... $235,500 Arctic Cat Prowler, ‘12 .......................... $8,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 390 hrs...................... $229,500 Bobcat 2200G, ‘06, 630 hrs .................. $7,995 CIH 6130, ‘13, 515 hrs...................... $235,500 Cub Cadet Volunteer, ‘10, 550 hrs........ $6,900 CIH 6130, ‘13, 795 hrs...................... $213,500 Kawasaki Mule 1000, ‘94...................... $1,500 CIH 6130, ‘13, 800 hrs...................... $214,500 Kubota RTV900, ‘06, 930 hrs ............. $13,250 CIH 6088, ‘11, 1440 hrs .................... $149,900 Polaris TM650, ‘04, 915 hrs.................. $2,000 CIH 6088, ‘11, 1750 hrs .................... $155,000 Yamaha G22A, ‘05 ............................... $2,995 CIH 6088, ‘10, 1405 hrs.................... $159,900 CIH 2588, ‘07, 3230 hrs...................... $99,500 COMBINES CIH 9240T, ‘15, 710 hrs .................... $359,900 CIH 2388, ‘04, 1315 hrs.................... $125,900 CIH 9230T, ‘14, 1140 hrs .................. $305,500 CIH 2388, ‘03, 3295 hrs...................... $79,500 CIH 9230T, ‘13, 1520 hrs .................. $275,000 CIH 2388, ‘03, 3835 hrs...................... $85,000 CIH 9120, ‘11, 1220 hrs .................... $195,900 CIH 2388, ‘02, 3365 hrs...................... $74,900 CIH 8240, ‘16, 250 hrs...................... $350,000 CIH 2388, ‘02, 3470 hrs...................... $62,500 CIH 8230, ‘14, 480 hrs...................... $295,000 CIH 2366, ‘04, 3475 hrs...................... $74,500 CIH 8230, ‘13, 1060 hrs.................... $233,900 CIH 2366, ‘02, 3435 hrs...................... $74,500 CIH 8230, ‘13, 1200 hrs.................... $240,900 CIH 2366, ‘99, 3150 hrs...................... $65,000 CIH 8230, ‘12, 810 hrs...................... $224,900 CIH 2344, ‘98, 2580 hrs...................... $62,900 CIH 8120, ‘12, 1350 hrs.................... $180,900 CIH 2166, ‘96, 4335 hrs...................... $44,500 CIH 8120, ‘12, 1305 hrs.................... $189,000 CIH 2144, ‘96, 3750 hrs...................... $43,500 CIH 8120, ‘11, 1080 hrs .................... $195,900 CIH 1688, ‘94, 3780 hrs...................... $32,000 CIH 8120, ‘10, 840 hrs...................... $214,900 CIH 1666, ‘94, 3420 hrs...................... $35,000 CIH 8120, ‘10, 1485 hrs.................... $152,900 CIH 1640, ‘87, 3285 hrs...................... $12,500 CIH 8120, ‘09, 1195 hrs .................... $163,900 JD 9750, ‘00, 3935 hrs ....................... $45,000 CIH 8010, ‘08, 2335 hrs.................... $109,900 JD 9650, ‘00, 3815 hrs ....................... $62,500 CIH 8010, ‘07, 2800 hrs...................... $99,900 JD 9550, ‘01, 3115 hrs........................ $56,500 CIH 8010, ‘06, 2110 hrs .................... $125,000 JD 9500, ‘95, 4675 hrs ....................... $29,900 CIH 8010, ‘05, 3095 hrs...................... $89,900 Lexion 760TT, ‘13, 1365 hrs ............. $225,000 CIH 7240, ‘16, 125 hrs...................... $339,500 Lexion 585R, ‘08, 2270 hrs............... $135,000 CIH 7240, ‘16, 130 hrs...................... $339,500 NH CR940A, ‘03, 3500 hrs ................. $49,500 NH CR7090, ‘13, 1000 hrs ............... $189,000

DRAPER HEADS, BEANHEADS & CORNHEADS (CONT.) (2) CIH 3412, 12R30 Cornhead starting at $27,900 (3) CIH 3408 Cornhead ..... starting at $26,900 CIH 3406, 6R30 Cornhead ................. $29,800 (2) CIH 3208, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $25,500 (2) CIH 3206, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $22,900 (8) CIH 2612 Cornhead ..... starting at $38,900 (3) CIH 2608, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $31,500 CIH 2608F, 8R30 Cornhead ............... $39,900 (3) CIH 2606, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $27,900 (2) CIH 2208, 8R30 Cornhead.starting at $14,900 (3) CIH 2206, 6R30 Cornhead.starting at $13,900 (3) CIH 1063 Cornhead ....... starting at $5,000 CIH 1044, 4R36 Cornhead ................. $10,500 CIH 1043, 4R30 Cornhead ................... $6,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ..................... $89,900 (3) Drago 18R20 Cornheadstarting at $45,900 (4) Drago 12R30 Cornheadstarting at $38,900 (4) Drago 12R22 Cornheadstarting at $38,900 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................... $33,500 (22) Drago 8R30 Cornhead .starting at $18,900 (2) Drago 8R22 Cornhead .Starting at $32,500 (2) Drago 6R30 Cornhead . starting at $35,000 Geringhoff 12R22 Cornhead .............. $42,500 Harvestec 6308C Cornhead ............... $38,500 Harvestec 5212C Cornhead ............... $55,000 JD 612C Cornhead ............................. $55,900 JD 606C, 6R30 Cornhead .................. $39,900 JD 822, 8R22 Cornhead ..................... $14,900

CIH 2208 Cornhead, ‘02..................................................$19,500

FALL TILLAGE

0% FOR 36 MONTHS ON SELECT USED FALL TILLAGE! CIH 875, 26’ Subsoiler ........................ $89,500 CIH 875, 22’ Subsoiler ........................ $80,900

DRAPER HEADS, BEANHEADS & CORNHEADS

CIH 8120, ‘10, 1485 hrs .................................... $152,900

CIH 7240, ‘16, 280 hrs...................... $329,500 CIH 7240, ‘16, 615 hrs...................... $295,000 CIH 7240, ‘15, 715 hrs...................... $275,000 CIH 7230, ‘14, 565 hrs...................... $259,000 CIH 7230, ‘14, 900 hrs...................... $239,900 CIH 7230, ‘14, 1000 hrs.................... $259,900 CIH 7230, ‘13, 1025 hrs.................... $249,500 CIH 7230, ‘13, 1125 hrs .................... $245,000 CIH 7230, ‘12, 955 hrs...................... $204,900 CIH 7130, ‘12, 1355 hrs.................... $205,000 CIH 7120, ‘12, 1420 hrs.................... $174,900 CIH 7120, ‘09, 1460 hrs.................... $139,900

CIH 3162, 45’ Draper .......................... $67,500 CIH 3162, 40’ Draper .......................... $53,900 (2) IH 3162, 35’ Draper ...... starting at $56,000 (10) CIH 2162, 40’ Draper . starting at $43,500 (3) CIH 2162, 35’ Draper ... starting at $43,900 CIH 2162, 30’ Beanhead .................... $49,500 MacDon FD70, 40’ Draper .................. $45,000 MacDon FD70, 35’ Draper .................. $56,500 (2) CIH 3020, 35’ Beanhead ...starting at $24,500 (3) CIH 2020, 35’ Beanhead starting at $9,900 (2) CIH 1020, 30’ Beanhead starting at $7,000 (3) CIH 1020, 25’ Beanhead starting at $6,500 (6) CIH 1020, 20’ Beanhead starting at $4,500 CIH 1020, 15’ Beanhead ...................... $9,500 CIH 915, 15’ Beanhead ........................ $6,600 JD 635F, 35’ Beanhead ..................... $27,900 JD 630F, 30’ Beanhead ...................... $14,500 Lexion F535, 35’ Beanhead ................ $12,500 CIH 1015, 13’ Platform ......................... $6,900 IH 810, 10’ Platform .............................. $1,500 CIH 4408, 8R30 Cornhead ................. $44,900 CIH 4406C, 12R30 Cornhead ............ $45,000 CIH 4208C, 8R30 Cornhead .............. $52,500

CIH 870, 22’ Subsoiler, ‘09 ................................. $81,900

(2) CIH 875, 18’ Subsoiler . starting at $49,900 (9) CIH 870, 26’ Subsoiler . starting at $65,000 (17) CIH 870, 22’ Subsoiler starting at $46,500 (11) CIH 870, 18’ Subsoiler starting at $35,500

CIH 9300 22.5’ Subsoiler, ‘08 .........................................$43,500

(2) CIH 870, 14’ Subsoiler . starting at $41,500 (2) CIH MRX690 Subsoiler starting at $25,500 CIH 9300, 22.5’ Subsoiler ................... $43,500 (3) CIH 730C Subsoiler ..... starting at $23,900 DMI 530, 12.5’ Subsoiler .................... $12,100

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FALL TILLAGE (CONT.)

DMI 527B Subsoiler............................ $10,900 DMI 527, 5 Shank Subsoiler ............... $13,500 Brillion LCS5-2 Subsoiler.................... $10,900 JD 2720, 22.5’ Subsoiler..................... $59,500 (3) JD 2700, 9S24 Subsoiler . starting at $16,500 (2) JD 2700, 7S30 Subsoiler . starting at $18,500 (3) JD 2700, 7S24 Subsoiler . starting at $21,500 JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler .......starting at $29,800 (2) JD 512, 7 Shank Subsoiler..starting at $11,500 JD 512, 5 Shank Subsoiler ................. $22,900 (8) Krause 4850, 21’ Subsoiler .. starting at $31,000 Krause 4850, 18’ Subsoiler................. $24,900 Krause 4850, 15’ Subsoiler................. $29,500 NH ST540, 5 Shank Subsoiler............ $14,900 Sunflower 4610, 18’ Subsoiler ............ $35,000 Sunflower 4412, 14’ Subsoiler ............ $32,000 (2) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler .. starting at $14,900 Wilrich 513, 22’ Subsoiler ................... $42,900 Glencoe SS7400, 11.5’ Chisel Plow ..... $5,500 Glencoe 7400 Chisel Plow ................. $10,900 JD 714 Chisel Plow ............................ $19,500 CIH 800, 9 Bottom MB Plow ................. $9,500 CIH 700, 7 Bottom MB Plow ................. $7,950 IH 735, 5 Bottom MB Plow ................... $1,500 (2) JD 3710 MB Plow......... starting at $32,500 (2) Salford 8212, 12 Bottom MB Plow ..starting at $45,000

SP FORAGE

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Claas 980, ‘14, 1590 hrs................... $296,000 Claas 980, ‘14, 1865 hrs................... $271,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 960 hrs..................... $305,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 1435 hrs................... $295,500 Claas 980, ‘13, 1780 hrs................... $217,500 Claas 980, ‘09, 2575 hrs................... $174,500 Claas 980, ‘08, 1730 hrs................... $189,500 Claas 980, ‘08, 2945 hrs................... $160,000 Claas 980, ‘08, 3000 hrs................... $157,500 Claas 980, ‘07, 3030 hrs................... $152,500 Claas 970, ‘15, 965 hrs..................... $324,000 Claas 970, ‘15, 1275 hrs................... $319,000 Claas 970, ‘14, 1085 hrs................... $315,500 Claas 970, ‘13, 1175 hrs ................... $300,500 Claas 970, ‘08, 1450 hrs................... $213,500 Claas 960, ‘15, 800 hrs..................... $288,500 Claas 960, ‘13, 1470 hrs................... $252,500 Claas 960, ‘13, 1490 hrs................... $252,500 Claas 960, ‘12, 1945 hrs................... $232,500 Claas 960, ‘12, 2590 hrs................... $215,000 Claas 960, ‘10, 1440 hrs................... $237,500 Claas 960, ‘08, 2900 hrs................... $195,000 Claas 900 GE, ‘09, 3355 hrs ............ $122,500 Claas 900 GE, ‘08, 3570 hrs ............ $135,000 Claas 900, ‘08, 4050 hrs..................... $99,000 Claas 900CC, ‘07, 2840 hrs ............. $136,000 Claas 900 GE, ‘07, 4025 hrs ............ $114,500 Claas 900 GE, ‘07, 4325 hrs ............ $125,000 Claas 900, ‘05, 3450 hrs................... $118,900 Claas 900, ‘05, 3615 hrs................... $120,000 Claas 900, ‘03, 3300 hrs................... $112,970 Claas 830 GE, ‘11, 1400 hrs............. $171,000 Claas 830, ‘08, 779 hrs..................... $164,500 Claas 830, ‘05, 2020 hrs................... $129,000 JD 7950, ‘10, 3015 hrs ..................... $134,500 JD 7780, ‘13, 365 hrs ....................... $284,000 (9) Claas PU380 Hayhead... starting at $5,000 (10) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead.. starting at $85,500 (8) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead... starting at $55,900 (4) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead.. starting at $55,900 (6) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ... starting at $20,900 (3) Claas RU450 Cornhead .. starting at $28,500 Claas 8R30 Cornhead .......................... $8,500 JD 690, 10R30 Cornhead ................... $75,000 (2) JD 686, 6R30 Cornhead ...starting at $28,500 NH 3PN Cornhead................................ $8,500

SKID LOADERS/EXCAVATORS/TLB

Case SR220, ‘12, 940 hrs ...................$29,900 Case SR220, ‘12, 1305 hrs .................$30,900 Case SR250, ‘11, 917 hrs....................$31,900

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SKID LOADERS/EXCAVATORS/TLB (CONT.)

Case SR210, ‘15, 2400 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘15, 2405 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘15, 2500 hrs .................$26,500 Case SR210, ‘14, 2249 hrs .................$28,900 Case SR210, ‘14, 1525 hrs .................$31,900 Case SR210, ‘14, 3330 hrs .................$24,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 1605 hrs .................$27,500 Case SR200, ‘13, 2555 hrs .................$24,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 2950 hrs .................$25,900 Case SR200, ‘13, 3845 hrs .................$22,750 Case SR200, ‘12, 1295 hrs .................$28,500 Case SR200, ‘12, 2000 hrs .................$26,000 Case SR200, ‘12, 3765 hrs .................$22,500 Case SR200, ‘11, 1345 hrs..................$25,900 Case SV300, ‘14, 2600 hrs..................$31,500 Case SV300, ‘11, 2365 hrs ..................$29,500 Case SV280, ‘16, 65 hrs......................$39,500 Case SV250, ‘13, 585 hrs....................$32,900 Case SV250, ‘13, 2820 hrs..................$27,500 Case SV250, ‘12, 2170 hrs..................$29,250 Case SV185, ‘16, 20 hrs......................$33,600 Case SV185, ‘12, 480 hrs....................$29,900 Case TR270, ‘14, 885 hrs....................$36,900 Case TR270, ‘12, 1325 hrs..................$32,900 Case TR270, ‘12, 1660 hrs..................$33,900 Case 1845C, ‘97, 4915 hrs ..................$12,900 Case 450-3, 2380 hrs ..........................$23,500 Case 450, ‘06, 3845 hrs ......................$21,000 Case 445, ‘08, 5400 hrs ......................$21,500 Case 445, ‘07, 2245 hrs ......................$23,500 Case 440CT, ‘08, 2200 hrs ..................$29,900 Case 435, ‘08, 5320 hrs ......................$19,900 Case 430, ‘07, 3795 hrs ......................$17,500 Case 85XT, ‘99, 3515 hrs ....................$15,000 Case 75XT, ‘02, 4077 hrs ....................$18,900 Case 70XT, ‘04, 2330 hrs ....................$24,500 Case 70XT, ‘03, 3800 hrs ....................$17,900 Bobcat S590, ‘14, 1417 hrs .................$29,750

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David Bau teaches fair rent to landlords, farmers

By MARIE WOOD said Bau. The Land Associate Editor Bau is quick to remind farmLE CENTER, Minn. — In ers that his calculations are order to break even in 2018, based on averages and no farm Minnesota farmers need $4 is average. Farms will come in corn at 180 bushels per acre above and below. and $11 soybeans at 50 bushEighty percent of rents are els per acre. However, the 2018 cash, but flexible rental agreeprice forecast is $3.25 for corn David Bau ments based on yields and and $9 for soybeans. prices can be negotiated. First, farmers These calculations come from David must look closely at their production Bau, University of Minnesota Exten- costs and revenue. sion educator, agricultural business Land rental rates represent a large management. Using an acceptable portion of direct expenses. Bau price worksheet, he plugs in yields and explained that for every acre, the landdirect, overhead and family living lord receives two-thirds of the net expenses. His numbers come from income and the farmer receives onesouthern Minnesota FINBIN data. third on average in the last 15 years.

In November and December, ExtenBased on data, Bau said in general sion held fair rental agreement work- soybean prices have not fallen off as shops statewide. Bau led farmers and much as corn since 2014. landowners through data and work“In a 50-50 rotation, one’s making sheets to help them look at the history money and one’s losing money,” he and trends of expenses, yields, prices and rents. The goal is to determine a said. fair rent and negotiate a rental agreeThe workshops include several workment. sheets that are available online. The “I try to give out all the numbers so worksheets help producers determine they can make their own assessment,” the amount available to pay rent. His

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Lease Examples: www.aglease101.org Here is an example of flexible rent Fair Rent Program: fairrent.umn.edu based on gross revenue: Base cash rent Questions: David Bau, bauxx003@umn. or 1/3 value of crop on Dec. 15, whichedu, (507) 360-0664 ever is greater. Example is $150 base guaranteed; using harvest yields and 2018 crop budget worksheet for south- prices: west Minnesota resulted in a $104 Corn: 180 bu. x .333 x $3.25 = $195 average rent, assuming a 50-50 corn soybean rotation at $3.25/bu. of corn at Soybeans: 50 bu. x .333 x $9 = $148.50 180 bu./acre and $9/bu. of soybeans at Average rent for corn and soybeans 50 bu./acre. based on harvest yields and prices is If you plug in a higher price or yield, $195 for corn, $148.50 for soybeans or the rent you can pay will increase. The an average of $171.75. rent will also change with your producBau recommends picking four quartion and overhead costs. terly dates to check cash prices at the In 2017, the state average cropland local elevator and average them for the rental rate was $166 according to the year. It’s likely that two of the prices Minnesota Agricultural Statistical will be good for the landlord and two of Service. Be sure to look at the average the prices will be good for the farmer. rental rates for your county. For examThen once an agreement has been ple, the average rental rate is $232 in made, write it down and have both Blue Earth County in 2017, according parties sign it. to USDA National Agricultural StatisFlexible leases offer these benefits tical Service data. for farmers: ability to cover direct A 2.5 percent decrease in cropland expenses; land quality matches rental rental rates is projected in 2018. rates; and looks at financial position.

“Rents are slow to go up in the good For landlords, flexible leases can cover times and slow to go down in the poor costs, strengthen the relationship and can increase the quality of agronomic times,” said Bau. care.

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Local Corn and Soybean Price Index Cash Grain Markets

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$2.89 +.10 $2.91 +.03 $2.95 +.07 $3.02 +.18 $2.84 +.07 $2.86 +.05

$8.99 -.04 $9.04 -.16 $9.08 -.17 $9.12 -.15 $8.95 -.13 $9.01 -.17

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Grain Outlook Corn contracts take plunge

Livestock Angles High production slows market

Grain Angles Financial check-up

CORN — Corn posted a key reversal lower to begin the week, and then continued to leak lower throughout the week. For the week, March corn gave back all the previous week’s gains, plus more, closing 6 cents lower at $3.52.75 per bushel.

The July contract fell 5.25 cents for the week to $3.69.25, and December 2018 was 4.75 cents lower at $3.85 per bushel. Corn continues to stagnate between $3.48 and $3.65 per bushel on adequate demand, ample supplies, and a higher U.S. dollar.

There just wasn’t much to talk PHYLLIS NYSTROM about in corn this week.

CHS Hedging Inc. Weekly export sales were at St. Paul the low end of expectations at 34.5 million bushels, Export sales are running 27 percent behind last year. Total export sales of 901 million bushels are 47 percent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1.925 billion bushel target. We usually have 53 percent sold by now. Weekly export inspections were below estimates at 23.1 million bushels. Year-to-date inspections are running 43 percent behind last year. The USDA is projecting year-on-year exports to be down 16 percent. We have a lot of catching up to do. It wouldn’t be surprising to see exports cut and ethanol increased on future USDA reports.

Weekly ethanol production set a record at 1.108 million barrels per day, up 42,000 bpd. Stocks increased 500,000 barrels to 22.5 million barrels.

The crush margin was unchanged from the previous week at 8 cents per gallon.

The livestock markets have started the month of December in a defensive stance as prices of both cattle and hogs have moved to lower levels. With most of the holiday buying drawing to a close and the fact that meat production is well ahead of a year ago, this has created a negative cast to the markets.

Cattle have struggled just to attempt to maintain a slightly lower cash price as well as a slightly lower beef cutout since the first of the month. The JOE TEALE futures market has decidedly Broker moved to a discount to the current cash trade reflecting a Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. defensive stance toward future cash prices. Another contributing factor to the move to a discount of futures to cash has been the liquidation of managed money in the futures market. It appears that there is still the possibility of more liquidation to come.

The fundamental factors affecting the market are not extremely bright either. The number of available cattle ready for market is more than ample to meet the current slaughter demand. The beef cutouts also reflect that the increase in beef supply is enough to meet current demand for the product and has pressured the cutouts to slide in value over the past few weeks. To further complicate matters, the expectations for the December U.S. Department of Agriculture Monthly Cattle on Feed report indicate that placements are likely to be higher once again. Despite the cautiously negative outlook, this does not mean that lower prices are inevitable. Demand will dictate See TEALE, pg. 25

Most grain producers I work with spend some time at the end of the year working on tax planning and completing their balance sheet. The balance sheet and income statement show the fruits of your labor from the past year. They are the foundation of record keeping and critical to do analysis of your farm’s profitability. Some producers like to get a quick financial check-up before the year comes to a close. I have a few quick and relatively easy formulas that I like to use for as a financial check-up with grain GLENN WACHTLER producers.

Compeer Working capital per acre Financial Officer farmed Baldwin, Wis. Working capital is the value of all your current assets less your current liabilities. Current assets are typically cash and liquid savings accounts, grain inventory, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable and marketable livestock. Current liabilities usually consist of operating and inventory loan balances, accounts payable, one year’s term debt payments on items such as equipment and real estate. Be sure to also include any other liabilities due in less than one year. The difference can be positive, which means you have some liquidity; or negative, meaning you are illiquid and have some work to do. I counsel farms to maintain a minimum of $250 for each acre farmed. In other words, the dollar amount of working capital divided by total acres farmed, both owned and rented. This gives you the ability to make timely payments on term debt, capture supplier discounts, or act as a

See NYSTROM, pg. 25

See WACHTLER, pg. 25

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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NYSTROM, from pg. 24 Argentina’s corn crop is 38 percent planted. Early planted corn will enter pollination soon. This year will likely see late planting and harvest overlap.

Outlook: The next World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report will be released on Dec. 12. The average ending stocks estimate is 2.478 billion bushels vs. 2.487 billion bushels last month (lower exports, higher ethanol use). World ending stocks are projected at 202.72 million metric tons vs.

203.9 mmt previously. Brazil’s corn is predicted at 93.26 mmt vs. 95.0 mmt last month and Argentina is estimated at 41.77 mmt compared to 42.0 mmt last month. Look for corn to respect upside resistance from $3.60 to $3.65. But if the USDA report is bearish, we could see new contract lows. The contract low in the March contract is $3.48.75 per bushel. Influence from South American weather forecast will also drive prices.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans responded to less-thanexpected weekend rains in Argentina with “gap and go” upside type action to begin the week. Gains were extended on Dec. 5 when January soybeans jumped to their highest price since late July, hitting $10.15 per bushel. However, uncertain weather forecasts for South America and profit-taking resulted in a pullback in prices, filling the gap left on Dec. 4. The USDA also revised a Nov. 30 soybean sale to China from 525,000 metric tons down to 393,000 mt. China’s Dalian soybeans fell to their lowest level since May. A weaker Brazilian real also promoted sales from the Brazilian farmer, which lent pressure to

soybeans. For the week, January soybeans tumbled 4.5 cents lower to 9.89.75; July declined 4.75 to 10.21; and November 2018 was 4.25 cents lower at 10.04.75 per bushel.

Early week concern over dryness in Argentina prompted the sharp rally in beans, but favorable weather in Brazil should make up for at least a portion of Argentina’s losses. It is very early in the year to declare big losses (crop is 53 percent planted, 4.4 percent ahead of last year), and the market seemed to absorb the idea as the last half of the week saw prices decline. The average trade guesses for Argentina and Brazil’s soybean production for the Dec. 12 WASDE report don’t reflect excessive losses. Keep in mind, there is not a significant correlation between La Nina events and below-trendline yields in South America. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology confirmed La Nina but believes it will be a weak and short-lived event. The bright spot for beans continues to be China. China imported 10.7 percent more soybeans in November compared to last year. In the last two months, China’s soybean imports are up 11.4 percent from last year. The USDA is projecting a 3.7 percent year-on-year increase.

StatCan this week released its updated production numbers. They forecasted canola production at a record 21.31 mmt, up 1.6 mmt from their previous estimate, higher than the highest estimate, and 1.7 mmt higher than last year. Canola oil is competition for soyoil, so this was seen as a negative for soybean prices. For all wheat, they pegged the crop at 29.98 mmt, up 2.85 mmt from their last estimate and 1.75

mmt below last year’s crop. The USDA’s last Canadian wheat number was 27 mmt.

Weekly export sales were very good at 74.1 million bushels, but we’re still 16 percent behind last year’s pace. Total soybean sales of 1.335 billion bushels are 59 percent of the USDA’s 2.25 billion bushel target.

We usually have 74 percent of the forecast sold by now. Weekly export inspections were 66.2 million bushels, better than estimates, but cumulative yearto-date inspections are down 12.5 percent from last year. The USDA is forecasting a 3.5 percent increase in year-on-year exports. I would look for exports to be cut on subsequent balance sheets.

Outlook: Soybean prices will need sustained concern over South American weather (it’s just too early to write off the crop) and fresh Chinese demand to make a run higher. Without either, ample world supplies will be a hurdle to higher prices. Average trade estimates for the Dec. 12 WASDE report are: U.S. ending stocks at 438 million bushels vs. 425 million last month; world ending stocks at 97.82 mmt vs.

97.9 mmt previously; Brazil’s production at 108.21 mmt vs. 108 mmt previously; and Argentina at 56.52 mmt compared to 57.0 mmt last month. South American weather forecasts will continue to be headline news to dictate price direction. Without any new surprises, this week’s $10.15 high will act as resistance.

Very short-term support lies at $9.85.25, then $9.77 to $9.67 per bushel (the low in November). v

Review land debt per owned acre WACHTLER, from pg. 24 cushion during a difficult growing season or low grain prices. With short-term interest rates increasing and low commodity prices, working capital is more important than ever.

Equipment debt per acre farmed Producers should evaluate their intermediate term debt before taking on a new loan to purchase additional equipment or vehicles. There are many reasons to purchase that new piece of equipment. The level of your total intermediate term debt divided by your total acres farmed may help you decide if you want to take on the additional debt, how to structure your payments, or even postpone the purchase.

I counsel my clients to keep the total of all equipment payments added together less than $60 per acre farmed. To find this number, use the sum of the annualized principle and interest payments divided by the sum of both owned and rented farm ground.

Staying below $60 per acre has been more of a challenge with higher equipment prices and aggressive tax planning; but equipment payments can have a large impact on your cost of production.

Another challenge has been that high land rents

can make expanding a poor choice to spread out costs at this time. Even with the challenges of the absolute level of payments per acre, you need to consider this ration when making management decisions.

Total land debt per owned acre Like all of the ratios already discussed, total land debt per owned acre must be considered along with the whole financial picture, because each producer will have relative strengths and weaknesses. Land productivity will also factor heavily into how much debt one acre can support. In general, I like to see about $2,500-$3,000 maximum total real estate related debt per each acre owned for productive farmland in the upper Midwest. Even if the debt is related to only one parcel, I spread that across all owned acres to get this quick ratio.

This quick check-up is intended for additional guidance. Every producer has unique circumstances which make looking at the whole financial picture critical; but this may help you determine which areas you want to take a deeper look into at year end.

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TEALE, from pg. 24 the price direction. Producers should remain in touch with market conditions and protect inventories as needed.

The hog market has seen cash stammer and stutter in recent weeks after a very good price advance through the month of October and November. Pork cutouts have also at the same time begun to waffle in the lower $80s hundredweight — reflecting some resistance by the retailers that they are reluctant to push prices higher at the current time. This has resulted in the packers to be reluctant to be as aggressive in their bidding for live inventories above current levels.

The futures market, which has been at a premium all fall, has now turned to a discount which reflects the change in overall attitude to the outlook in prices.

As with the cattle futures, the hog futures have seen a large liquidation of contracts in recent weeks. This suggests that managed money is also departing the long side of the market at the present time.

The fundamentals continue to suggest that demand remains fairly good for pork. At the same time, the inventory of hogs remains at fairly large levels. The determining factor in where prices go into the next few weeks remains in the demand for pork. Producers should continue to monitor market conditions and protect inventories as warranted. v

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Global Dairy Trade butter price is lowest since January This column was written for the marketing week ending Dec. 8.

Bleeding in the Global Dairy Trade auction was stopped Dec. 5, reversing four previous events of decline. Trading saw the weighted average for all products inch up 0.4 percent, following a 3.4 percent plunge on Nov. 21 and 3.5 percent Nov. 7. And, the amount of product offered fell to 65.1 million pounds, after averaging 76.2 million the past eight sessions.

Leading the charge was skim milk powder, up 4.7 percent, following a drop of 6.5 percent Nov. 21. Buttermilk powder was up 4.3 percent and rennet casein was up 3.4 percent, after leading the declines last time, plunging 12.6 percent There still was a lot of red ink, with butter showing an 11.1 percent meltdown, after it dropped 5.9 percent last time. GDT cheddar was down 3.9 percent, following a 4.2 percent loss, and anhydrous milkfat was off 0.6 percent.

FC Stone equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat butter price to $2.0246 per pound U.S. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter closed Dec. 8 at $2.22.

GDT cheddar cheese equated to $1.6764 per pound U.S. and compares to the Dec. 8 CME block cheddar at $1.4750. GDT skim milk powder averaged 80.49 cents per pound U.S. and whole milk powder averaged $1.2836.

CME Grade A nonfat dry milk price closed Dec. 8 at 68.25 cents per pound.

HighGround Dairy says, “Butter was the biggest surprise at this week’s event, melting down to lows not seen since January. Convergence has

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occurred in the global butter some new interest in intermarket with New Zealandnational markets, cheesesourced product now the makers are watching the cheapest in the world.” cheese and Class III milk futures closely for any sign n that could encapsulate the CME block cheddar fell to belief that cheese prices $1.47 per pound on Dec. 6, may weaken further.” the lowest price since April Dairy Market News says, MIELKE MARKET 11, but closed Dec. 8 at “There is an underlying conWEEKLY $1.4750. This is down 8.75 cern that lower cheese cents on the week and the

By Lee Mielke prices and lagging milk sixth consecutive week prices could make it difof decline; 23.5 cents ficult for manufacturers below a year ago when to recoup costs of the it lost a dime; and at a milk.”

It adds that cheese demand is record 19.5 cents below the barrels. solid now, but “there is some question The barrels closed the week at $1.67, what demand will look like after end of up 13.5 cents and 9.25 cents above a year ago, with 34 cars of block finding the year festivities.” new homes on the week at the CME FC Stone dairy broker Dave Kurzaand 56 of barrel. wski explained the block-barrel price spread concern in a Dec. 11 Dairy Milk remains available for cheese Radio Now interview. He pointed out, production in the Midwest, according to Dairy Market News, with spot milk “if you’re a block manufacturer, you’re paying a Class III milk price but you’re prices flat to $4 under Class for the second consecutive week. Holiday milk selling a block cheese price.” offers are beginning to come in, but The Class III price is made up of both some cheese producers are prepared to block and barrel prices, Kurzawski hold off until prices decline. Cheese said, and if you have a barrel price production is steady and not expected that’s 10 cents over the block price, for to slow until the holidays. Cheese sales example, then your cost of milk is more are steady to slower but the atypical expensive. He says the natural spread inversion of block and barrel prices should be blocks 3 to 5 cents above the remains a concern. barrels. He adds that five of the past Western cheesemakers report a lot of 10 years has seen a barrel over block milk is available and cheese production spread develop in December. is active. “However, cheesemakers also n express, with a certain amount of canCash butter closed Dec. 8 at $2.22. dor, their hesitancy to take on more This is up a half-cent on the week and milk,” according to Dairy Market News. 15.5 cents above a year ago when it “While lower prices are generating dropped 12 cents. On the week, 60 cars

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Some Central butter plant managers eased production the week of Dec. 4. In some cases, retail and food service orders were slower the previous two weeks. Others report steady to solid interest in both salted and unsalted product. Butter inventories are reportedly balanced, but cream has become readily available and contacts suggest this trend will continue throughout the month.

Western churning is less active in some areas despite long cream supplies. A number of processors have plenty of butter to meet their end-ofthe-year holidays obligations and manufacturers are doing their best to keep their inventories in check by finding other avenues to use their cream. Butter orders for the remainder of the year are generally steady to weakening, says Dairy Market News.

CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed the week at a record-low 68.25 cents per pound, which is down 3.75 cents on the week and 29 cents below a year ago.

The October Consumer Price Index for all food was 251.4, up 1.3 percent from 2016. The dairy products index, at 217.2, was down 0.5 percent from a year ago, with fresh whole milk down 4.7 percent; cheese down 0.8 percent; and butter down 3.8 percent. n Down on the farm, dairy margins were mixed over the second half of the month, as spot fourth quarter slipped

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Milk prices recover while feed prices hold relatively steady

dairy products. seeds and grains,” Gray writes.

MIELKE, from pg. 26 “U.S. farmers and ranchers Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides while deferred margins into 2018 all exported $15 billion in farm products in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured improved, according to the latest Marto Canada and Mexico in 2015. Without NAFTA, in newspapers across the country and he may be gin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and those products would have had $657 million in extra reached at lkmielke@juno.com. v Ingredient Hedging LLC. tariffs, including those averaging 6.6 percent on oilThe Margin Watch says, “Milk prices have recovered somewhat in deferred periods following recent news that China will lower their current tariff on U.S. cheese imports from 12 to 8 percent; while some other dairy products, such as hydrolyzed protein formula and pre-packaged infant foods, will likewise drop effectively immediately. Chinese demand has been quite firm and the move should help the U.S. “IF ONLY WE “WE NEED reduce the current high stockpile of cheese.”

HAD MORE A BIGGER “Feed prices held relatively steady over the past BINS SO WE DRYER” two weeks, although soybean meal prices have begun DIDN’T HAVE TO moving higher on indications of strong soybean demand at current price levels,” the Margin Watch HAUL NOW AND concludes.

SELL AT THESE The USDA’s latest National Milk Cost of ProducPRICES!” tion report shows October’s total milk production costs were up from September and a year ago.

“COULD OUR Total feed costs averaged $10.82 per hundredRECEIVING weight. This is up 31 cents from August, 16 cents “MORE RAIN above the September figure, and 18 cents above SYSTEM BE ANY “ANOTHER BREAKDOWN....

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WET BIN WAS CHEAPEST MILLWRIGHT!” Total costs, including feed, bedding, marketing, BIGGER!” fuel, repairs, hired labor, taxes, etc., at $23.03/cwt., were up 63 cents from August, 21 cents above September, and 41 cents above a year ago. Feed costs made up 46.98 percent of total costs in October, down from 46.7 percent the month before and 47 percent a year ago. n • BROCK GRAIN BINS • BUCKET ELEVATORS & CONVEYORS Dairy Management Incorporated’s November • SUPERB SQ DRYERS • DUMP PITS, AIR SYSTEMS, Dairy Market Report states, “U.S. cheddar cheese • MEYER TOWER DRYERS GRAIN PUMPS & MORE prices hit a 10-month high in October, while butter prices softened but remained well above $2 a pound.

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Christmas tree farm fits well in ag-challenged region

By PAUL MALCHOW The Land Managing Editor HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Poor soil and an abbreviated growing season limits most agriculture endeavors in northeast Minnesota. For the past 25 years, Doug and Lois Hoffbauer have battled the temperamental elements to carve out a living on their farm near Duluth.

The linchpin of the Hoffbauers’ enterprise, “Farmer Doug,” is a 40-acre Christmas tree farm. “It’s not the best farmland — lots of clay,” Doug admitted. “But if the (tree) roots can find water, you’re good to go.”

A self-avowed “tree nut,” Doug graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1976 with a degree in forestry. While Doug was overseeing the vegetablegrowing operation at a Duluth correctional facility, the Hoffbauers purchased the land for the tree farm in 1986 and immediately began planting trees.

“There is a real time value in starting an operation like this,” said Doug. “How long can you wait until you get paid?”

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Farmer Doug’s Christmas tree farm is located about two miles from the Hoffbauer home place. About 1,500 trees were harvested this season.

While the tree seedlings grew, the Hoffbauers constructed five high tunnel greenhouses on the home farm and began raising vegetables and cut flowers. They soon found tomatoes were the best cash crop and went exclusively

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“You really can’t plant tomatoes outdoors around here until almost June,” Doug explained. “Even in a good year you probably aren’t going to have fruit until late August. With the greenhouses, we were able to start plants much sooner and could get tomatoes to our customers by late June.”

from mid-October through mid-December and sold over 500 wreaths a year.

With that, Doug estimated they made and sold about four miles of garland. “It was hard work,” Doug said. “This was before Paypal or anything like that. You couldn’t pay by credit card online. All of the addresses and credit card numbers had to be input by hand. Lois would stay up all night just keeping up.”

Doug said Derek and his wife have taken on some of the wreath sale duties, but the Hoffbauers have scaled back. “Getting good labor is a primary concern,” he admitted.

The tree farm is divided into sections — each containing a singular breed of tree. Sections are rotated every 10 years to fight disease. Farmer Doug’s biggest seller is the balsam fir, which makes up about 75 percent of the trees grown. They also raise Canaan fir (a close relative of the balsam), Frasier firs, Korean firs, Siberian firs, Concolor firs, cedars and white pine.

In 2003, the Hoffbauers’ farm served as a test plot for growing Siberian and Korean fir because they are usually raised in higher growing zones, The Siberian fir has a citrus scent. The Korean fir’s needles are dark green on top and silver-colored underneath.

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Lois and Doug Hoffbauer By the 1993 Christmas season, the Hoffbauers were able to offer cut-yourown tree sales. By 1997 they started producing a small number of wreaths.

Their son, Derek, started a website, www.balsamwreath.com, which grew into a mail-order Christmas wreath and garland business.

At the height of the wreath business, the Hoffbauers employed six people

Doug and Lois’ second son, Jesse, handles many of the tree farm’s operations. He teaches special education in addition to planting, pruning and harvesting trees. “We plant about 1,000 trees per acre,” he said. “We’ll plant twice as many as we cut.” Tree planting commences “as soon as the ground thaws — April or May.” See FARMER DOUG, pg. 29

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Disease, deer, vandals are all hazards of the tree business FARMER DOUG, from pg. 28 A 7-foot balsam fir takes seven years to grow and about 20 percent of the trees planted will not survive. The trees are shaped and pruned in August.

Jesse and his crew of four were in the midst of harvest on Nov. 17 and expected to cut a total of 1,500 trees. “Cutting is the hardest job,” Jesse said. “But I have a good crew. We’ll do about 500 a day. We have to make sure it is warm enough to bale the trees. If it gets below 26 degrees, the branches will snap.”

Jesse will also ball and burlap about 200 trees annually for landscaping purposes.

Deer are always a concern and Jesse said they seem to favor young cedars and pines. But Doug said his biggest peeve is human pests. “They think nothing of pulling over and cutting off branches from a tree,” he said. “People want a nice full tree; not one with big branches missing. One year, I had someone cut off the top 6 feet from four 12-foot trees. Now, each of those trees is worth over $100; but now they’re worthless.”

Frasiers onto balsam root stock with good success. However, he added, the grafting process slows the tree’s development by at least one season.

“Minnesota was once the Christmas tree export leader,” Doug said, “but we’re losing tree farms. Ramsey and Anoka counties were prime Christmas tree land, but it has all gone to subdivisions. The land had become too valuable to raise trees where your payoff is 10 years out.”

Doug admitted there is not much Christmas tree competition in the Duluth area, but there are drawbacks as well. While Derek and Jesse’s families would like to keep Farmer Doug going, he knows it will be a challenge.

“Infrastructure is disappearing,” he said. “Equipment and fertilizer is not always readily available and costs more.

“Discretionary income in Duluth is half of the metro area. They’re getting $60-$80 for wreaths. If I charge $40 Lois sells wreaths at the Duluth farmer’s market site from Nov. 18 to Christmas. around here, people start looking at me Doug added Frasier firs can be sus- the second or third rotations. To battle sideways. Our kids are struggling with v ceptible to root disease — especially in the root rot, Doug has been grafting that.”

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American Promise wants to get big money out of politics

By DICK HAGEN She commented that though The Land Staff Writer it is illegal for foreigners to contribute to our political camMINNEAPOLIS — “Five paigns, American companies years ago I found out I was are owned by, borrow money going to be a grandmother. And from and do business with I realized this is not the counmany foreign countries. “This try I want my grandchildren to is a national security risk. inherit. So I set a goal that by the time little Brian is in mid- Victoria Barnes People are up in arms over the possibility of Russian interferdle school the talk around him ence in our elections yet we have no will be about a new amendment to the way of knowing who is contributing to Constitution that will return fair repthe pools of dark money.” resentation to the people.”

Since 1976 the Supreme Court has This comment was by Victoria Barnes, issued a series of controversial rulings a Saint Paul grandmother putting conth that have paved the way to make it siderable effort into a proposed 28 Amendment with the theme of getting easier for billionaires, corporations, big dollars out of U.S. elections. American special interest and even foreign govPromise is the organization she repre- ernments to influence elections and sents. She had her display at the public policy. “These billionaires and Minnesota Farmer’s Union Convention, artificial entities have been given speech rights that go far beyond the held Nov. 17-19 in Minneapolis. voice of individual voters,” said Barnes.

“American Promise has been around American Promise had a big event in for almost two years and I’ve been working on this amendment for almost Washington, D.C., which Barnes attended. “At this conference we prefive years,” said Barnes. pared a plan which concentrates in 38 The objective is to get big money out states to pass resolutions calling on of politics. federal lawmakers to pass an amend-

ment stating that only natural persons have rights under the Constitution; not corporations or any other artificial entities. And money is not speech therefore it may be regulated by local, state and federal governments when it comes to campaign contributions.”

She indicated that so far 19 states have passed resolutions and currently 18 states including Minnesota have bills in their legislative hopper pending on this proposed amendment. Express purpose of this amendment is to get the moneyed interests out of the political system so that dialogue, even on issues like food aid, can be had amongst Americans without the influence from any other groups.

She admits corporations aren’t real crazy about this proposed amendment.

“But luckily Minnesota Farmers Union has a position statement in favor of our ambitions and that is why I am here. I thought at first ‘gosh, can I fight for an amendment? I’m not a lawyer.’ But it’s people like me that make these amendments happen.”

She related that five or six times amendments have been needed to correct mistakes by the Supreme Court in adopting or rejecting the language in specific amendments.

Yes, she has determination. She concluded, “Whatever your passion, if you

are not spending at least 20 percent of your time in getting the moneyed interests out of our political system, you’re just going to be banging your head against the wall.”

The two bills in the Minnesota State Senate and the House will help pave the way to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will get corporate and special interest money out of our elections. The proposed resolution reads: A resolution memorializing Congress; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification.

Victoria Barnes concluded: Imagine a government run by people, not money.

She invites friends and neighbors to help. “We need to work on it now so that when the next legislative session starts in February our support will already be on board. We are the ones we have been waiting for.”

She works out of her home like all other volunteers. She can be reached at mn.americanpromise@gmail.com or (218) 214-2221. v

Efforts continue to eradicate Palmer amaranth in Minn.

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In September 2016, Palmer amaranth was initially discovered and confirmed in Minnesota. To date, isolated populations have been documented in first year conservation plantings in Yellow Medicine, Lyon, Douglas and Todd Counties.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture, landowners and other partners are working to eradicate these infestations before they can spread to new areas. Efforts to this point have been very successful. MDA is also working closely with other state, county and federal agencies, the MN Native Seed Industry and several non-profit organizations to regularly sample and test seed sold in the state for presence

of Palmer amaranth.

Palmer amaranth has a fast growth rate of 2-3 inches per day and commonly reaches heights of 6- 8 feet, greatly inhibiting crop growth.

Reported yield losses have been up to 91 percent in corn and 79 percent in soybean in some states. The weed can also significantly increase production costs for corn, soybean, and other crops.

Report sightings by e-mailing arrest. the.pest@state.mn.us or call (888) 5456684. Read more about Palmer amaranth at www.mda.state.mn.us and search Palmer amaranth.

This article was submitted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

The article originally appeared in “Minnesota Noxious Weeds-Palmer Amaranth.” v

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TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS 1970 JD 4020, WF, Hiniker cab,

2001 JD 8120T track tractor, powershift, buddy seat, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, auto track ready, (12) front weights, wide gauge, 18” tracks, 4,085 hrs., S/ NRW8120T902054 1997 Caterpillar 55, CAH, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, narrow gauge, 25” tracks, 5,457 hrs., S/N7DM01155 1987 Caterpillar 65 Challenger, CAH, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., Chevron drivers, 24” belts at 95%, 8,697 hrs., S/N7YC00297 1984 IHC 3788, 4WD, CAH, 2+2, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, shows 3,808 hrs., S/N290001U10693

MFWD TRACTORS

2013 JD 6125R, MFWD, premium cab, PowerQuad, 24 spd., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 535 hrs., DNR lease return, S/ N1L06125RPDK763864 2012 JD 7230 MFWD, CAH, Auto Quad Plus, left hand reverser, 3 pt., quick hitch, dual PTO, bar axle, (8) front weights, 1,225 hrs., S/ N1L07230GPCG717451 2007 JD 7220, MFWD, CAH, PowerQuad, left hand reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, diff lock, 9,590 hrs., S/NRW7220R061165 1996 JD 8100, MFWD, CAH, powershift, 3 hyd. 3 pt., 6,000 hrs.

syncro, diesel, 1 hyd., 3 pt., dual PTO, 7,845 hrs., S/N228350R 1969 JD 4020, WF, open station, diesel, M&W turbo, 2 hyd., 3 pt., dual PTO 1966 JD 2510, WF, syncro, gas, 1 hyd., 3 pt., dual PTO, front weights, 4,592 hrs., S/N5291R

UTILITY TRACTORS

1991 JD 870 compact tractor 1986 JD 855 compact tractor IHC 424 utility, WF, open station Yanmar YM1900, diesel, 3 pt.

Ford 800, WF, open station, 3 pt.

COMBINES

2000 JD 9450 combine, Maurer hopper topper, chopper, rock trap, mud shields, level land, brown box, 1,687 sep. hrs., 2,417 hrs., S/ NH09450W690123 1989 Case-IH 1680, hopper ext.

JD 6600, 404 diesel, hard to shift into 2nd gear

CORN HEADS 2013 JD 608C chopping, 8x30” 2001 JD 693, 6x30”, knife rolls 1994 Case-IH 1083, 8x30” JD corn head, 8x22”, oil bath drive

OTHER HEADS & SWATHER

2000 DMI Tiger II disc ripper, 5 shank

DISCS

1990 Case-IH 490 disc, 18’ IHC 490 disc, 18’, 3-bar harrow JD BWF disc, 12’, hyd. lift IHC 370 disc, 12’, hyd. lift

PLOWS

(2) IHC 710 plows, 5 bottom, 2 pt.

JD plow, 4x18”, 2 pt., (3) coulters IHC 710 auto reset plow, 4x16”

OTHER TILLAGE EQUIP.

Flexi-Coil chisel plow, 39’ JD 980 field cultivator, 24’ Allis Chalmers 1200 pull-type cultivator, 14’, hyd. lift IHC 45 vibrashank field cultivator, 14’ Spike tooth pony drag JD plow, 3 bottom, & field cultivator

FLAIL CHOPPER & ROW CROP EQUIPMENT

2016 JD 115 flail chopper, 6x30” Case-IH 1830 cultivator, 6x30” IHC cultivator, 4 row M&W rotary hoe

SEMI TRACTOR

1987 Peterbilt 379, day cab, short hood, 3406B Cat, 9 spd., 915,157 miles

HAY EQUIPMENT

2015 MF 1745 round baler, 540 PTO, net or twine tie JD 336 small square baler, twine NH 1465 haybine, 9’, 540 PTO H&S V-rake, 8-wheel, folding, pull-type Throw rack, 16’, steel sides (3) Throw racks, 16’, steel sides Industrias America 625 bale mover Hay rack, 16’, Westendorf running gear

Wacker packer, 18”x18” foot print Wacker packer, 10”x10” foot print

McCormick Deering, 1.5 hp.

Cushman C, original, S/N9016 IHC LA engine, 3-5 hp.

SKID STEER LOADERS Fairbanks Morse Z, 2 hp.

2004 Case 450CT track, 2,665 hrs. David Bradley Briggs & Stratton Gehl 4835, cab, heat, 1,600 hrs.

LAWN & GARDEN

SCRAPERS & BLADES

JD 1445 Series II front mount lawn tractor, 72” mower deck IHC ES-200 scraper, ROPS, IHC engine JD X310 lawn tractor, 42” deck Industrias America 120R pivoting Toro 345 lawn tractor, cab, heater grader Toro Wheel Horse 12-32XL lawn Industrias America box blades, tractor w/bagger, S/N23001326 F12, F10, F07, F08 Mower deck, 6’, shaft drive Industrias America heavy duty Jonsered RT5 tiller, rear tine FORAGE & FEEDING box blade, 10F, 12F Mantis mini tiller EQUIPMENT (5) Industrias America snow Snow pusher blade 1982 IHC 830 pull-type forage pushers Garden cultivator, antique harvester, no PTO, electric spout Numerous lawn & garden items Penta 4100 vertical TMR, 540 PTO Rear mount blade, 6’, 3 pt.

(8) Heavy duty snow pushers, Knight Reel Auggie 3030 TMR SNOWMOBILES 93”, New single axle mixer, left hand 2016 Arctic Cat M-8000 SnoPro discharge SNOWBLOWERS Limited, 1,190 miles JD 700 grinder mixer, 540 PTO 2012 Lorenze, 9’, 3 pt., 2 stage 2015 Arctic Cat M-8000 SnoPro Massey Ferguson 1050 grinder Frontier SB1392, 92”, 3 pt., 2 stage 2014 Arctic Cat M-8000 HCR High mixer IHC 80, 7’, 2 stage, 3 pt., 540 PTO Country Racer, 3,400 miles (2) Balzer forage wagons, 18’ JD, 60”, heavy duty, PTO, 2 stage 2000 Polaris Super Sport 550 Industrias America feed wagon, 1999 Polaris Indy Trail 500 red OTHER EQUIPMENT 1979 Polaris 340 TX, S/N0632784 JD 43 corn sheller w/conveyor Bush Hog pull-type rotary 1987 Polaris Indy 340, S/N1502322 JD 60C silo blower w/tubing 5’ mower, Polaris 530 Custom II, 1,863 miles New Idea 324 corn picker, 2 row King Cutter II TG-72-Y tiller, 6’ Polaris 295 Colt 295, 1,215 miles Silage conveyor, 110v, electric Auger, 12”, for post holes drive MOTORCYCLE & ATVS IHC 2350 hyd. loader, 8’ bucket 2001 Harley Davidson Wide Glide LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Bucket, 8’ (3) Minnesota 4-wheel running motorcycle, 15,544 miles Meyer 3245 R Series V-bottom gears 2002 Polaris Sportsman 400 ATV manure spreader, 540 PTO, hyd.

2002 Honda Foreman ATV, 4WD endgate COLLECTIBLE STEAM Gehl 1410 tandem axle manure AUTOMOBILES ENGINE & TRACTORS spreader, 1000 PTO, end gate Custom-Built ride on steam 1979 Chrysler Cordoba, 2 door, V8 NH 185 manure spreader replica traction engine, 1.5 hp. IH 1926 Dodge, 4 door (50) Wolles Mfg. freestanding cattle panels, sold price per panel hit & miss engine w/belt pulley SHOP EQUIPMENT 1956 JD 520, NF, Roll-O-Matic (80) Continuous fence panels, 20’ Uni-Hydro 45-14 iron worker, front, gas (40) Interlocking corral panels, 45 ton JD B, styled, 540 PTO 10’x5’ 1958 JD 530, NF, Roll-O-Matic front Graco Hurricane electric (9) Interlocking gates, 70”x38” dispenser system, oil pump Massey Ferguson 44, WF, gas (10) Steel livestock gates Electric oil pump on 55 gal. barrel IHC F20, NF, gas, original, (2) Wall mount gates, 32”x50” w/about 30 gal. hyd. oil unrestored (20) Cattle & calf feeder, 30”x90” Buzz saw (5) Feeder bunks, 16’x3’x30”, wood IHC M, NF, 540 PTO, belt pulley Ellis 1500 band saw, needs work Notch bale feeder, 12’x6’, steel DRILLS (4) Welding shop tables w/ Feed bunk, 12’, slant bar, steel shelves JD Van Brunt end wheel drill, 10’ Feed bunk, 8’, wood (8) Work benches, 29”x9”, New Blue Johnson concrete automatic IHC grain drill, 10’, hyd. drive Air sanders & paint sprayers waterer STATIONARY ENGINES Wilton heavy duty vise, 6” (2) Livestock water tanks Maintenance hardware cabinet Maytag single cyl.

2016 Forever Feeders load out Numerous shop tools Nelson Bros 5/8 hp.

60915 chute Reo Model 211 type E1, S/N32418 (29) Round calf hutches ALSO TO INCLUDE: Briggs & Stratton Y type 60399 (3) Cattle scratchers Lauson 55A, single cylinder Skid Steer Loader GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP. Maytag 2 cyl.

Attachments Farm Fans AB120 grain dryer, LP Clinton A860COC single cyl.

Briggs & Stratton MWB single Corn Stoves / Targets Westfield WR60-51 auger, 5 hp.

2014 Harvest International auger, cyl. 1206707 Tires / Parts / Farm Briggs & Stratton FH, single cyl.

42’x8” Support Reo 552 type A, S/N169702 Feterl auger, 30’x8”, 540 PTO & Misc. Items Wands 87-BG-5000, S/N3253 WHEEL LOADER & IHC LA, original, S/N8815 View Full List & Photos at CONSTRUCTION ITEMS Briggs & Stratton 4 type 60083 Unknown (looks like a Maytag) TCM 860 wheel loader, shows Wisconsin F4 2401334 3,596 hrs.

CAMPER TRUCK & PICKUP 2000 JD 918F flex head 2005 GMC 7500, day cab, C7 Cat 1990 JD 925 flex head, 25’, DAM 2WD TRACTORS 1996 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 20’ 1993 Chevrolet Silverado, V8 1994 JD 7600, CAH, quad range, IHC 810 pickup head, 5 belt pickup TRAILERS 16 spd., JD 720 all hyd. loader JD 212 pickup head w/bale spear, 6,680 hrs., S/ 2015 Sooner SR7630 tri-axle Owatonna 260 swather NRW7600H005690 gooseneck aluminum livestock GRAIN CART 1980 JD 4840, CAH, powershift, 3 trailer, 30’x7’ & GRAVITY WAGONS hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6,082 hrs., 2013 S&S Dura Line tandem axle S/N007830R 5th wheel livestock trailer, 7’x24’ 2016 J&M 440 gravity wagon JD 2955, 2WD, CAH, Quad Hi/ 1991 Kiefer gooseneck tandem 2016 J&M 540 gravity wagon Low, 2 hyd., integrated hyd., 3 pt., JD 500 grain cart, 500 bu. axle livestock trailer, 7’x20’ 540/1000 PTO Industrias America 842 tandem Dakon 250 gravity wagon 1975 Ford 8600, diesel, 2 hyd., 3 axle header trailer, brakes, lights Parker J2100 gravity box pt., 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, rock (2) Industrias America 435 Walsh gravity wagon, 250 bu. box, 9,648 hrs., S/NC487034 tandem axle header trailers 2001 Ficklin gravity box, 450 bu.

IHC 1066, WF, cozy cab, no door, Industrias America 430 single EZ-Flow gravity box, 200 bu. diesel, 2 hyd., 3 pt., top link, dual axle header trailer Parker gravity box, 175 bu.

PTO, shows 6,652 hrs., New 2003 Shop-Built tri-axle enclosed Custom-Built wood flare grain starter, S/N29437 trailer, 36’, rear ramp door, lights wagon IHC 986, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., dual 1988 Great Dane van trailer, 45’ PLANTERS PTO, updated TA, 4,362 hrs.

1998 Shop-Built single axle 1970 IHC 826, WF, open station, 2012 JD 1750 MaxEmerge XP trailer, 12-1/2’x81”, w/ramps diesel, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 planter, 6x30”, Unverferth fertilizer Mobile office/work trailer PTO, shows 8,241 hrs., S/ fill auger, radar, finger pickup, JD Great Dane van trailer, 48’ N2510132U013565 whippers, JD 350 monitor Sled-Bed Trail Rider 1970 IHC 826, cab, WF, 2 hyd., 3 2003 JD 1790 planter, CCS, pt., 540/1000 PTO, shows 9,300 24x20”, 2 pt., half-width disconnect, SPRAYERS & NH3 EQUIP. hrs., S/N2510148U014431 hyd. variable rate, John Blue 2009 JD 4830 self-propelled IHC 784, WF, open station, diesel, ground drive pump sprayer, 100’ boom, 20” spacing, 1 hyd., 3 pt., dual PTO, IHC 2250 JD 7100 planter, 12x30”, vertical 1,000 gal. SS tank, hyd. tread adj., all hyd. quick tach loader, 8’ bucket, fold, 1.6 bu. boxes, V-wing row 5-way nozzles, 2600 display joystick controls, (2) wheel weights, cleaners 2009 Top Air sprayer, 3 pt., 45’ bar axle, 2,273 actual hrs.

JD 1240 planter, 4x30”, hyd. lift Sprayer, 40’ boom, 500 gal., PTO 1965 IHC 706, WF, open station, pump DISC RIPPERS gas, 2 hyd. fast hitch, 540/1000 Ag-System Nitro Master NH3 PTO, DuAll all hyd. loader, 7’ 2014 Case-IH 2500 inline ripper applicator, 52-1/2’, set on 30” bucket w/grapple, 8,874 hrs., S/ 2011 JD 512 disc ripper, 22-1/2’ spacing N13577 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

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Roy 605.380.8466

or Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

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LAND AUCTION

Farm Implements

154.5± Acres • Sibley County, Minnestoa

Thursday, December 21, at 10:00 AM at the Lafayette Community Center

540 7th Street • Lafayette, Minnesota

•Available for 2018 crop year with fall tillage complete •Highly productive soil with CPI rating of 91 Offered in two individual tracts •Strong corn base on both tracts or as a total unit!

•Nearly all of Tract 1 is tillable For additional information, please contact:

Lee Williams, AFM/Agent • (507) 341-0097 LWilliams@FarmersNational.com www.FarmersNational.com/LeeWilliams

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www.FarmersNational.com

Farmland For Sale

113 Acres +/- Blue Earth County, MN.

Shelby Twp. No buildings (108.58 Tillable acres)

Call Carl, Agent. 952-944-8737

Real Estate Sales • Auctions • Farm and Ranch Management Appraisal • Insurance • Consultation • Oil and Gas Management Forest Resource Management • National Hunting Leases Lake Management • FNC Ag Stock

THE LAND — DECEMBER 15/DECEMBER 22, 2017

036 Tractors

Schulte 1100 9' HD 2-auger FOR SALE: JD 4450 2WD, snowblower, $3,500; JD 4255 18.4R38 rear tires like new, tractor, QR, 3 hyd, 3 pt, 9100 hrs, 16spd Quad 18.4x38, $26,750; JD 740, 12T Range, 540/1000 PTO, front running gear, $1,350; JD weights, band duals, good 435 baler, 4'x6' bales, twine running tractor, $24,900. tie, kicker whls, $3,900; 507-789-6049 Schwiss 60” 2-auger, skid ldr mount snowblower, International 966 tractor $1,750; 8' skid ldr mount open station, w/2350 loadsnow pusher, $900. (320)769er, good tires, runs good, 2756 will separate, $10,500.

(507) 380-3138 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available JD 7810 MFWD Tractor w/ Hammell Equip., Inc. only 3600 hrs, 19spd Power (507)867-4910 Shift, 18.4R42 rears w/ duals, 3 hyd remotes, 540/1000 Tractors 036 PTO, very nice all around tractor, $64,500. Call 507Case 2390, 1982, New engine 789-6049 200 hrs, near new 12.5-54 duals & 11-16 fronts, 3spd Please visit our power shift, AC, air seat, 3 remotes, 3pt hitch, 600 gal website saddle tanks, set up for 20” www.thelandonline.com rows, $20,500. (641) 590-1102

Jeanne Williams, Agent • (507) 340-6613

JWilliams@FarmersNational.com www.FarmersNational.com/JeanneWilliams Office: (507) 726-2280 • Lake Crystal, Minnesota

035 Tractors

or 612-240-5770 www.FladeboeLand.com

036 Planting Equip

Machinery Wanted

WANTED TO BUY: Grain screener w/ soybean screener, excellent working condition. 507-317-1392 WANTED: Low hrs CIH 7200 or 8900 Series FWD. 763286-2868 Spraying Equip

Morris, MN

2017

LOCATION: 11695 39th St SW, Dickinson, ND 58601. From I-94 Exit 56, (west of Dickinson, ND), 3 miles south on 116th Ave SW, 1 mile west on 39th Street SW.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Reid and Deanna have decided to discontinue the hay portion of their multifaceted operation and liquidate unneeded equipment. Most items are in excellent condition and field ready. PREVIEW & LOADOUT: By Appointment. LOCATION: 14710 County Rd 1, Morris, MN 56267.

MFWD TRACTORS

2010 JD 7430 Premium, MFWD, IVT, left hand reverser, 3,640 hrs.

2014 JD 6140D, MFWD, CAH, 12 spd., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, 925 hrs.

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

2014 Lemken Gigant 10 Rubin 9 high spd. disc., 24’, bought new 2016 McFarlane steel spike tooth harrow, 36’, 8-bar

Track Tractor / Combine / Heads & Header Trailer / Swather / Grain Bagger / Parts Land Roller / Air Seeder / Sprayer NH3 Equipment / Baler / Fertilizer Tanks

ROBBY RIDL 701.290.2364

or Brad Olstad (ND319) at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

2017

OPENS: MON. DECEMBER 18 / CLOSES: WED. DECEMBER 27

PREVIEW: December 8 – 20, 2017, 8AM – 5PM. LOADOUT: Thursday, December 21, 8AM – 5PM.

HAY EQUIPMENT

SKID STEER LOADER ATTACHMENTS

Quick tach loader bucket, 6’ Caterpillar grapple bucket Quick tach bale mover, 3-tine (2) Notch bale movers, 4-tine Rhino Midsota bale mover, 3-tine

TRUCKS

1988 Peterbilt day cab, L10 Cummins 9 spd., air ride 1992 Ford F800 single axle flatbed truck, 10 spd., V8 propane, shows 216,342 miles

JD 469 round baler, Silage Special, Cover-Edge wrap, Harvest Tech liquid applicator, moisture tester TRAILER JD 946 mower conditioner 1994 Wilson hyd. equipment trailer, New Holland hay rake, 14-wheel 45’, air ride, aluminum slide outs 2016 Notch 10BT-32K HD bale trailer

REID & DEANNA HABERER

For information contact Reid at 320.287.0642 or Scott Gillespie (MN14-30) at Steffes Group, 320.760.3066

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078

Steffes Group, Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355

Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed.

701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782

320.693.9371 | SteffesGroup.com

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Century 750 gal crop sprayer, tandem axle, 60' xfold boom, hyd pump, boom hgt & fold, always shedded, VG cond, w/ or w/out full control, $4,200/OBO. 507-4519614 Wanted

OPENS: Fri. December 8 CLOSES: Wed. December 20 | 9AM MST

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(New Style) Hyd on Coulters, Like New. 319-347-6138

HHHHHHHHHHHH H WEEKLY H H H H AUCTION H H Every Wednesday H H 4:30 PM - Firewood H H H Hay & Straw H H H H Homestead H H Sales, Inc. H H HWY 15 N, H H HUTCHINSON, MN H H H 320-433-4250 H H homesteadsalesinc.com H HHHHHHHHHHHH

REDUCTION

Farm Equipment

038 Tillage Equip

NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE: 2005 1790 16-32 '02 Great Plains Turbo-Till PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, Vertical Tillage unit Model planter w/ liq. Fert., w/red 55, 50 Series & newer tracTT 3000 Series I, center ball system, 500 gal tank, tors, AC-all models, Large weight package, hydraulic E-set planting unit, Yetter Inventory, We ship! Mark wing down pressure, rolling trash whippers, fluted coulHeitman Tractor Salvage spike tooth & basket harters, smartbox insecticide, 715-673-4829 row, 30' working width, pneumatic down pressure, $15,000. (641) 590-1102 inspected annually, & serHarvesting Equip 037 viced at Kibble Equipment, Case IH 36R20 cultivator $55,000/OBO. 507-456-3007 36R20” cultivator set up for FOR SALE: JD 7720 Titan II side dressing, 60' width, 2pt combine, PRWD, 5245 hrs, lift w/ rear assist wheels, Thank you for good condition, double fold, double bar, $12,000/OBO. 320-630-1598 gauge wheels, plumbed w/ reading The Land variable rate orifices, JD 18R20 cornhead 90 series $15,000. (641) 590-1102 039 row units, auger slow down Tillage Equip FOR SALE: JD 2210 field kit, JD poly snouts, Headcultivator, 38.5', 4-bar harsight height control, True- 36 Ft GREAT PLAINS (2006) row, gauge wheels, very sight row guidance, knife Discovator/Finisher w/ Hi good condition, Residue Drag (Double rolls, some extra parts, $15,000/OBO. (651)764-2433 $32,000. (641) 590-1102 Fold) Original Blades (18 3/4”) Real Good. MAN- John Deere 38 Ft #726 MulchKillbros 1800 grain cart 1000 DAKO 46 Ft Land Roller Finisher w/ 5 Bar Spiked bu, terra tires, scale w/ (42”x 5/8 Wall) 3” Shafts Drag (200# Shanks), Real printer, roll tarp, red (Not 2 7/16”) Like New. 319Nice. Landoll #1230 9 Shank $18,000. (641) 590-1102 347-2349 Coulter Chisel w/ Leveler

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WANTED TO BUY: John Deere 200 stacker. (507)8280856 Feed Seed Hay

050

ALFALFA, mixed hay, grass hay & feed grade wheat straw, med. square or round bales, delivery available. Thief River Falls, MN Call or text LeRoy Ose: (218)689-6675 Livestock

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FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls also Hamp, York, & Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts.

320-598-3790 Dairy

055

WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664 Cattle

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

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056 Sheep

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060 Trucks & Trailers

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Miscellaneous

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Registered Texas Longhorn ATTENTION Sheep & Goat FOR SALE: '18 Neville built REINKE IRRIGATION breeding stock, cows, Owners -- Year End Special aluminum grain trailer, 38 Sales & Service heifers or roping stock, top ½', new condition, For pho—NEW 2 Way Sorting New & Used blood lines. 507-235-3467 to or info call or text 218Gates WAS $119 SALE $59.

For your irrigation needs 791-3400 NEW 3 Way Sorting Gates 888-830-7757 or 507-276-2073 Spring calving, Purebred WAS $159 SALE $79.

Black Angus cows, bred to Mineral Feeders WAS $139 Classified line ads work!

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Winpower Sales & Service All are stress free & PRRS DRAINAGE Horse 057 Reliable Power Solutions free. Semen also available PARMA & PUMPS New pumps Since 1925 PTO & automatthrough Elite Genes A.I. parts on hand. Call MinMarg Horse Company Buyic Emergency Electric Make 'em Grow! Comparts nesota's largest distributor ing horses of all kinds.

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

‘15 NH BC5070 small square baler, hyd. tension, hyd. tongue swing, like new ...............................................$16,500 ‘14 Unverferth Seed Runner 3750 seed tender, no scale .................................$15,500 ‘12 Harvestec 5308C, 8x30 chopping cornhead, JD mounts, single pt hook-up ...............................................$19,500

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‘13 JD S680 combine, 2WD, 1580 sep. hrs, 520/85R42 duals .............................. $129,000 ‘15 Case 580SN tractor loader backhoe, 4WD, cab with heat and air, extendahoe, 2 stick JD style controls, 1130 hrs .........$57,000 ‘16 JD Gator TS, 4X2, 150 hrs ............$5,500 ‘03 JD 8420, 380/90R50 duals, ILS, 9100 hrs ..............................................$52,500 ‘13 CIH Magnum 235, new 480/80R46 duals, 540/1000 PTO, through service program, 2235 hrs ..............................$86,000

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PO Box 3169 • Mankato, MN 56002 Phone: 507-345-4523 or 800-657-4665 Fax: 507-345-1027 Website: www.TheLandOnline.com e-mail: theland@TheLandOnline.com Ask Your Auctioneer to Place Your Auction in The Land!

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MANDAKO

12’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter wall thickness • 4”x8” frame tubing 3/8” thick • Auto fold FOR THE BEST DEAL ORDER NOW!

Midsota Rock Trailers Available!

USED EQUIPMENT LARGE SELECTION OF WHEEL RAKES IN-STOCK IH 886 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $14,500 IH 5088 2WD, new motor ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $19,500 CIH 1086, new motor & TA, nice ������������������������������������������������������������������������������$19,500 IH 1566, sharp ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $19,500 H 3088, cab, 2WD, 5300 hrs ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ $17,500 IH 3688, cab, 2WD, 3900 hrs ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $21,000 CIH 9370, 4WD, PS, 4300 hrs ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $77,000 IH 966, nice, no cab ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $11,500 Demco 365 gravity box ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$4,500 Vermeer R2800 basket rake, like new������������������������������������������������������������������� $23,500 IH 766, New Motor, w/Cab 18�4-34 Tires, Nice ������������������������������������������������������� $12,500 NH C227, Skid Loader w/Tracks, 260 Hrs, Consign – 612-275-7674 ��������������������� $38,000 NH L225, Skid Loader 2012, 580 Hrs, Consign – 612-275-7674 ���������������������������� $34,000 CIH MX200, 2WD ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ $62,000 CIH 7240, FWA, 2400 hrs ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $72,000 CIH 8920, 2WD, 2200 hrs ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $64,000 CIH 7220, 6500 Hrs, 2WD ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $47,000 CIH 7220, 2200 Hrs, 2WD ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $71,000 CIH 7230, 2WD 540/1,000 PTO �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $53,000 CIH 7210, 5800 Hrs, FWA ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $55,000 CIH 7230, FWA, 3100 Hrs ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $71,000 CIH 5240, Max FWA, 3100 Hrs with Loader ������������������������������������������������������������ $48,000 CIH 4800 Digger, 24-30’ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������$8,500 & $10,500 CIH 4300, Field Cultivator, 28’���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $11,500 CIH 4300, Field Cultivator, 35’���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $12,500 CIH 4800, Field Cultivator, 24’������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ $7,500 CIH 5278 Ripper ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $18,500 DMI 530B, w/Lead Shank, Nice ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $16,500 Demco 550 Box�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $10,500 Demco 450��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $9,500-$10,500 JD 712 11-Shank Disc Chisel������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $8,500 JD 714 9 Shank ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $9,500 New 10-Wheel Rake On Hand Strex Explorer 10 Wheel Rake������������������������������� $8,900 IH 720 5x18 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $3,000 Mandako New 42 Ft� Roller ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $33,000 Demco 650 Grain Cart ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $18,500 NH 1465 Haybine������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $9,500 Unverferth 430 Box ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $8,500 JD 8300 12’ grain drill w/ grass & press wheels������������������������������������������������������� $7,500

New Sitrex Rakes Available Many New & Used Rakes Available

GREENWALD FARM CENTER Greenwald, MN • 320-987-3177 14 miles south of Sauk Centre

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LOADER TRACTORS ‘04 JD 7320 Cab, MFWD, 16 spd., 741 loader, 6316 hrs .........................................................$55,000 ‘13 JD 6170R, Cab, IVT trans, MFWD, 859 hrs., w/H380 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, ..........$116,000 ‘13 NH T7.210, 350 hrs, MFWD, w/ loader & grapple, 18.4

TRACK TRACTORS ‘14 CIH, 340 MAG Row Trac 287 hrs., luxury cab, suspended frt axle, 18” tracks, 76” spacing, 6 hyd remotes, 3 pt., 1000 PTO ............................$195,000

COMBINES

x 38 rear tires, 3 pt, 3 hyd, 540/1000 PTO .........$89,000 ‘13 JD 660, 4WD, 1598/1066, 2630 display, Contour Master chopper, 520x42” duals ...................$149,000 ‘09 NH 6070, Bi-directional, 3543 hrs., cab air, w/NH 84lb loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO...................$59,000 ‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., cm, HID ‘12 Kubota M110, Cab, MFWD, 240 hrs., w/Kubota LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO .............$55,000 ‘13 JD 6150R, MFWD, IVT tranny, 935 hrs w/ JD 360 loader, electric joystick, 3pt, 580/1000 PTO, 3 hyd

lights, high torque USD chopper, 520x38” duals .... ......................................................................$149,000 ‘04 JD 9760, 3460 eng/2268 sep hrs., Contour Master, Chopper, 184x42” duals ................................$62,000

18.4x42” tires ..............................................$103,000 ‘06 JD 9560 STS, 3038 eng./2278 sep. hrs., levaland

4WD TRACTORS

feedhouse yield, moisture monitor, bin extension, chopper 24.5x32” tires...................................$62,000

‘13 JD 9360, 1799 hrs., powershift, 1000 PTO, ‘96 JD 9500, 5750 eng./3948 sep. hrs., chopper, 620x42 tires & duals ....................................$162,000 bin extension, 30.5x32” tires .........................$21,000 ‘13 JD 9460, 1086 hrs., 5 hyd., hi-flow, 5 valves, ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., chopper, 480x50”, triples ............................................$185,000 20.8x38” duals ...............................................$45,000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs., powershift, diff lock, HID ‘01 JD 9650 STS, 4325 eng/3014 sep hrs, Contour lights 480x50” tires & duals .........................$128,000 Master, chopper, 520x38” duals ....................$44,000 ‘09 CIH 385, 3071 hrs., 620x 46 tires & duals, 4 hydraulics, powershift ...............................$112,000 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, 520x42” duals........$49,000

‘90 FORD 876, 8253 hrs., 12 speed tranny, 520x38” tires & duals ...................................................$27,500 ‘11 Claas Lexior, 740, 1466 eng/899 sep hrs., 4x4 ‘13 VERSATILE 2375, 1482 hrs., 1000 PTO, outback auto steer, 710x42” tires & duals.....$117,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

520x42” duals ..............................................$105,000

WHEEL LOADERS ‘12 JD 824K, 5485 hrs, 6 yd bucket ................$145,000

‘14 CIH 260, 605 hrs., MFWD luxury cab, 4 hyd, 3 pt ‘13 Cat 930K Hi-lift, 5088 hrs, ride control, flex hyd, hitch, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals ..................$115,000 6.5 yd bucket ...............................................$107,500 ‘12 JD 8235, 1235 hrs., 2wd, cab air, powershift, 3pt, 1000 pts, 4hyd. valves, 3 front weights, 18.4x46” tires & duals . $112,000

FLEX HEADS

‘02 Case IH 1020 30’ flex, fore & aft, set up ‘16 JD 6130R, cab, MFWD, 175 hrs, loader ready package w/ joystick, 3pt., 540/1000 PTO, auto quad for tracker .........................................................$5,000 plus tranny, 460x38 rear tires ........................$82,000

CORNHEADS

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd., PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, 1000 PTO, ‘13 Drago N6TR, Fits JD, 6 row 30” Chopping with 480x50” duals, MFWD .................................$110,000 stalk stompers, low acres ..............................$26,500 ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 ‘13 Drago N6, 6 row 30” non chopping, unused fits hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires & duals ........$110,000 Case/IH .........................................................$29,500 ‘13 CIH 290, 1250 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, big pump, 480 ‘06 Drago N8TR, 8 row 30” Chopping cornhead to fit front duals, 480x50” .....................................$115,000 CIH ................................................................$16,000 ‘02 CASE/IH MX 240, 7472 hrs., MFWD, 4 hyd, 1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals ............................$42,000 ‘05 Drago N6TR, 6 row 30” chopping, fits JD combines ........................................................................$18,000 ‘13 NH 8360, 940 hrs., MFWD, leather seats, 4 hyd., ‘02 Case IH 2208, 8 row 30” hyd., deck plates.. ...........

1000 PTO, auto steer complete, 480x50” rear tires & duals .........................................................$119,000 ........................................................................$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

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

THE LAND — DECEMBER 15/DECEMBER 22, 2017

Wanted: Drivers/Farmers!

Farmers - if you’re looking for a great seasonal opportunity with Medical Insurance, contact us. We understand farming!

CDL with tanker endorsement, Hazmat and TWIC cards.

The loads pay on percentage of the total revenue starting at 25% – with standard runs this would be $71,400.00 per year.

Benefits: Full medical and disability insurance.

Sign on bonus of $5,000.00 The runs are daily and home nightly.

We are based out of Rosemount, MN by Pine Bend Terminal.

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PLANNING AN AUCTION? Get the best results when you advertise in THE LAND! HOG EQUIPMENT FOR SALE From Breeding to Finish • 12 Feed Tanks • 14’x54’ Nursery Building • Farrowing Crates • Gates • Fans • Stainless Steel Wet & Dry Hog Feeders • Koehler Generator w/ 6 cyl. engine • Other Misc. Equipment

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TRACTORS - TILLAGE

‘01 2366 Duals 2347/1658 ..............$83,500

‘15 New Farmall, 35 w/ Loader ........ $24,000

‘04 2388 Duals 2340/1936 ..............$99,500

‘91 7140 18,446 85% ........................ $58,500 ‘07 MX 305 3000 hrs....................... $109,500

‘10 6088 840/634...........................$169,500

‘09 MX 245 2100 hrs....................... $118,500

‘10 7120 1304/1004.......................$159,500

‘12 Magnum 315 1050 hrs ............. $169,500

‘13 7130 727/593...........................$199,900

‘03 STX 375 Quad 3000 ................. $139,500

‘13 7230 857/691...........................$219,500

‘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

‘69 JD 4020, 2WD tractor, 18.4x34 Firestone tires @40%, 11Lx15 three-rib front tires, 540/1000 PTO, recent $1000 carb install. 1,368 hrs; JD 158 ldr w/96” bucket Stock#64325 - $13,650 $13,650

‘10 NH T7050 4WD tractor, 540/1000 PTO, 380/85R34 front tires, 480/80R46 rear tires w/matching duals, 195 engine hp, 165 + PTO hp, local tractor, 1,258 hrs - Stock#64212 - $84,900

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

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

New ‘18 Unverferth 2755 seed runner, dual compartment, 275 seed units, 6” x 18’ 180-degree rotating belt conveyor, 11.7 hp (390cc) Honda engine w/electric start - Stock# 64064 $20,740

‘04 STX 425 7710/38 3700 hrs ....... $112,500 ‘11 STX 485 Quad 2400 hrs ........... $199,900

‘10 2020 30’ Head ...........................$11,500

Artsway 240C Shredder.................... $9,950

‘04 2208 8-30 C.H ...........................$21,500

370 28 Cushion 3 Bar ..................... $26,500

‘06 2206 6-30 C.H ...........................$23,500

730C 7 Shank................................... $19,900

‘07 2608 Chopping .........................$26,500

‘04 NH TS100A, 2WD tractor, 540/1000 PTO, l 8.4R34 rear tires, Westendorf TA-26 quick attach loader w/72” Quick Tach bucket, 80 PTO hp, 4,335 hrs - Stock# 64328 - $ 33,500

870 18’ Reel ..................................... $46,500 870 18’ Harrow................................. $41,500

White 8200 12-30 ............................$38,500

Salford 8 Bottom Like New ............. $36,900

JD 1770NT 16-30 w/ Liq. Fert .........$45,000

Tigermate 32’ w/ 4 Bar ..................... $21,500

New ‘17 Lorenz 1600, grinder mixer, 130 bu cap., 18” grinder w/ 32 four-sided 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

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NEW Fantini chopping cornhead .......................... Call Fantini Pre-Owned 8-30 chopping cornhead ............................................................. Call ‘02 Gleaner R62 ................................................... SOLD ‘94 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $38,000 ‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ............................. $195,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65 .................................................. SOLD Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ..................... Call 12’ Gleaner S67, 532 sep hrs ...................... $235,000

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Tim King. Photos by Jan King.

Big Bear and Shining Light

S

ome months ago Teener O’Loughlin Swang was hauling newspapers to the recycling bin. Just before she put them in, she saw a weathered newspaper in the bin. It caught her eye because the 16 foot tall Northome Black Bear dominated the front page. The newspaper was a quarter of a century old — dated January 1992. A few months before discovering the newspaper, Teener had founded the Shining Light Cafe.

The cafe, on Main Street in Northome (population 200), is just a few steps away from the towering bear. So Teener had more then a passing interest in that newspaper.

“I have no idea who put it there,” she said while serving her homemade blueberry pie, “but friends of mine carved that bear. They are deceased now.”

The newspaper article says that Northome’s unnamed wood butchers carved the bear in 1987 because they were inspired by recordsized bears shot by area hunters and because they wanted to serve their community. Once the bear was standing on its street corner, community leaders pronounced the Northome area Big Bear Country and initiated a bear festival. An annual parade, now part of the celebration that includes the Koochiching County Fair, was also started.

Shining Light Cafe took a first place in the August 2017 parade in the category of “Marching/Walking.”

Teener started Shining Light Cafe in the same spirit that those old wood butchers carved and erected the Big Bear. Sure, she wanted an outlet for all the baked goods she loves to make, but she had a bigger vision.

“I had been through hard times and so had the community,” she said. “We all needed a place to get together and be a community.”

So, in May 2016, Teener opened Shining Light Cafe near the Big Bear. The cafe, like a lot of small town cafes, is a cross between an eatery and a community center. When we visited there was a woman at the counter sipping coffee and studying a laptop. In a booth, four teenaged girls were happily chatting and nearby a couple was ordering baked goods to go.

But Teener, her daughter Hattie, and the staff are pushing the envelope somewhat. In the dining room is a fireplace and a pile of children’s toys.

“We have a mother’s group that comes,” Teener says as she scoops up her own granddaughter Adalina. “The kids play and the moms visit.”

There is a piano in the corner if anybody cares to play and nearby the Big Bear stands tall and guards this small town’s shining light. v

Northome, Minn.

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Conrad American Bin 36’ x 7w 24,626 Bu.

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Conrad American Bin

60’ x 10w 99,3.50 Bu. $47,224

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NEW$

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$

List price: 46,600

List price: $223,000

$

15,000

Used$ Sudenga Bucket Elevator

1,000 BPH

YO U R

LOCAL

100’ Hi Cap 36” 10,000 BPH

Sudenga Conveyor 50’ 1618

10,0000 BPH

$16,400

with Motor & Drive

$36,875

$ Sudenga Bucket Elevator

80’ Hi Cap 24” 6,000 BPH with Motor & Drive

$21,500

Sudenga Conveyor 50’ 1214

6,0000 BPH

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$11,400

Prices reflect materials only

48,936

$

List price: $87,700

List price: $130,100

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CF/AB 601 1,155 BPH

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REMOTE DRYER MONITOR

Optional WatchDog™ Software Allow remote monitoring of varying functions from your phone.

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