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Aside from farming, is there anything ’Tis the season not only for Valentine’s more stressful in life than Valentine’s Day, but the farm show/exposition/conferDay? Over the course of 30 years with a ence circuit. It might not be everyone’s wonderful spouse, Valentine’s Day has idea of a hot date, but these shows are not always been my shining moment. In attended by a lot of couples. Much like the newspaper business, I’ve worked people-watching at the state fair, I enjoy quite a few nights, had some weatherstudying people at farm shows. related cancellations, made some poor Young couples keep one eye on the choices, and sometimes just plain exhibits and both eyes on their children. dropped the ball. I’m no stranger to LAND MINDS Modern baby strollers are a little larger screw-ups, but screwing up Valentine’s than they used to be and can come in By Paul Malchow Day takes it to another level. handy for hauling coats and hats; But Valentine stress takes me back to along with catalogs, brochures and grade school. If Feb. 14 wasn’t during purchases from the show — oh … and Lent, our class had a Valentine’s Day one or two little ones as well. Dad party. Everyone exchanged the little cutout cards seems to do a lot of the driving of these buggies. you bought at Woolworths. Everyone got a card — Mom is in charge of the cargo. Both parents seem whether they were your best friend or hated enemy. quite engaged with the exhibits and exhibitors. Most look pretty serious and are clearly at the show And hence, the dilemma. on a mission. I suspect, to keep the youngsters from You have a best playground buddy who has been becoming too bored, young couples see the booths through thick and thin. But can you give him a card they want to see and move on. that says, “Be Mine?” What about the smart girl The pace is a bit slower for the farming couples teacher’s pet who nobody likes, but you have a who have been around the block a few times. Farm secret crush on and you want to tell her without shows for them are a little more social — catching anybody finding out? Stress. up with friends and neighbors, along with vendors Many times the girls in my class would include, who have become trusted partners in the farming with the valentine, the little candy hearts with operation. If there is business to be done, it seems words printed on them. As an 8-year-old who loved to fall upon the fairer gender to keep their huscandy, I wasn’t ready for “HOLD ME TIGHT,” or bands on task. He tends to get a little side-tracked, “KISSES,” or “LOST LOVE” from girls who seemed she tends to become a little impatient, but they’ve to openly despise me during recess. been through this before and make it all work out. In some ways, love was a lot more complex back My favorite couples to watch are the senior show then. attendees. With the rigors of farming behind them, these couples seem content to take in the sights, sign Every once in a while (livestock breeding aside) up for a few door prizes, and reflect on the days of The Land will delve into the topic of love. There’s a lot of love to be found in columnists Lenae Bulthuis chisel plows and four-row planters. One or both of the twosomes use canes, walkers or motorized carts to and Karen Schwaller’s contributions. Lenae reasnavigate the shows. They help each other move sures us with love for God and our fellow man; while Karen walks a fine tightrope between love for through the crowd — always staying together, keeping a watchful eye on their partner for signs of fatigue or her family and the desire to be as far away from them as possible. Last June, Associate Editor Marie discomfort. Finding a quiet spot to have lunch, they help each other with wrappers, napkins and drinks Wood wrote a nice Back Roads piece on Gabriell while the rest of the world hurries by. At a bustling Edel and Garrett Larson. Gabriell tends to the calves at Kasper Dairy near Owatonna. Garrett sur- exposition, they are their own world. This is true love. prised her at work one day with a ring and proposal Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. of marriage. Awwwww… He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com.v
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Trade slipped off radar in State of the Union address This morning’s softly falling snow and The Senate Ag Committee has an even below-freezing temperature make it evisteeper climb. Nine of its 21 members are dent that winter’s early end, suggested by running for reelection and, whoa, eight two muddy, 50-degree days last week, was are Democrats from states President just a rumor. The season’s hard evidence — Trump won (some bigly) in 2016. Any frozen ground, frozen lake, frozen me — is guess on how focused these folks will be back and will remain so well into February, on the farm bill this year? predicts the National Weather Service. If President Trump’s State of the Union Frozen, also, are federal budget fights, FARM & FOOD FILE address is any indication, three other top the immigration standoff, NAFTA talks, items on every rural legislator’s to-do list By Alan Guebert infrastructure plans, the dicamba debate… (trade, infrastructure and the budget deficit) are slipping off the White House Congress is moving as slow as molasradar screen. Infrastructure merited ses, too. After all agreed to end the latthe longest mention in the speech, but est government shutdown Jan. 22, the only as some hazy, $1.5 trillion private-public partHouse calendar shows it will be in session exactly nership no one in Congress sees as either doable or four-and-one-half days before the government again even serious. runs out of money on Feb. 8. Serious (as in, “Are you serious?”) seems to be the Congress’s failure to do its budget work is neither operative word on trade, too. new nor news. In the 40 years since it “reformed” its own appropriation process, Congress has passed While at the recent masters of the universe confull-year federal budgets just four times: in 1977, vention in Switzerland, the president again comwhen the reforms took effect; 1989; 1995; and 1997. plained about how the United States is global Despite that bipartisan record of failure, the House trade’s biggest patsy. This time, Europe got the trouAg Committee ambitiously hopes it can pass its 2018 bling Trump Trade Tirade: “I’ve had a lot of probfarm bill by spring. That’s more a dream than a hope lems with the European Union, and it may morph into something very big from that standpoint, from because with no federal budget to guide spending, Congressional committees can’t really know what to a trade standpoint.” include or exclude in forthcoming legislation. A few days later, after round six of the North
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American Free Trade Agreement talks concluded in Montreal, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer again confronted Canada’s negotiator, Chrystia Freeland, over what he said was America’s “$87 billion trade deficit” with its northern neighbor. Freeland, standing next to Lighthizer in the press conference where he made the charge, replied that his facts were not only wrong, but that they were dead wrong. Lighthizer’s approach, however, is how this administration rolls. Left unchallenged, it says and does things that are wrong in fact and dumb in effect. For example, if you add up the White House’s swift departure from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership last year, its going-nowhere NAFTA negotiations this year, and now its new “problems” with EU trade practices, Trump’s America First trade strategy looks more like America Alone. That approach is both dumb for the nation and deadly for America’s farmers and ranchers. Because, whether you or I think it’s the right farm policy or not, Congress is writing a multi-year farm bill completely tied to trade. Which begs the simple question: With whom? The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. v
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Letter: FWU is behind family farms To the Editor, A travesty is happening in this country to the family farmer. Family farmers are being paid prices for the food they produce that are the same as 30 to 40 years ago, with cost of inputs increasing weekly, and all of this without a cost of living raise. If you like getting food from other countries, where their inspection standards are subpar, then stop reading this letter right now. There is so much being imported that we could produce here, if it wasn’t for the multinational corporations that want to get rid of the family farm. Farm Women United is tired of some of those in “officialdom” telling us to get “more efficient.” FWU was formed to fight for the family farms that normally do not have a voice at the table. You may say that there are other organizations out there that are fighting, and you are right. There are a few, but there are more that want to get rid of the small to mid-size family farms than keep them. FWU is unique because it is made up of women who present the farm woman’s point of view about the farm and food crisis that threatens our nation’s rural communities and, therefore, our food supply. We stand beside our family, our spouse, or significant other, doing the farm work, only to see how the low prices are making them depressed — some to the point that they take their own lives. This needs to stop! Spread the word about Farm Women United. We can use all the members that we can get to help us fight this fight. It is not going to be easy. The more voices we have making the chatter, the more seriously they will take us. If you would like to help, check out our website, www.farmwomenunited.org. We are currently running a “Green Ribbon Campaign” to support the family farms. If you would like a ribbon, let us know and we will send you one. Stand with us in getting fairer prices for our family farms. Our coops aren’t doing it. Our milk processors aren’t doing it. Our food handlers aren’t doing it. We are no longer going to stand by waiting for something to be done or for a federal farm bill to be drafted without any input from us. Most Americans do not realize how much food we import or from what countries we are importing. Support your local farmers by visiting and buying from local farms or farm markets. They are in most of the larger cities around the country and in smaller towns, too. The time is now for us to take control of our food again. If you are not a farm woman but would like to support FWU, you can wear a green ribbon to support family farms. We lose our family farms, we lose our nation’s domestic food supply. Tina Carlin Communications Director Farm Women United
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Book of gardening tips is helpful for brown or green thumbs Normally, you’d never allow it. Holes in your yard? No way! Trenches near your garage? Nuh-uh, except in the spring, when you start thinking about hostas in those holes, tomatoes in the trenches, daisies in the divots. Oh, how you love a garden, and with “The Grumpy
Gardener” by Steve Bender, you’ll get a shovelful of ideas. Larry, Mary, Geri, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? If you’re frowning now, remember that even the most dedicated, experienced gardener has a dud now and then. But there are ways to mini-
mize that. Steve Bender has ideas. The first thing you’ll want to know is your zone, which is not at all new-agey. Growing zones are delineated areas that indicate average low winter temperatures. You’ll need to know your zone to know THE BOOKWORM where a plant might thrive or SEZ die. By Terri Schlichenmeyer On that last note, you’ll find the “Grumpy” in “Grumpy Gardener.” There are many garden and landscape plants that Bender wishes would just die. Here, find a list of the Five Most Awful Plants; reasons why you don’t want a river birch, cottonwood, or weeping willow in your yard; and why you should never move next door to someone who adores bamboo. If you hate critters in your garden, learn what bulbs they won’t eat, what they like, and how to get rid of pests altogether. Read how to use a chainsaw the Grumpy way, and how to get your plants ready for winter. Find a way to love dandelions and know what not to plant if you have pets. Teach your teens to grow kale, then send them to college with plants that thrive on neglect. Scratch the surface on poison ivy mythology; see why sycamore trees are good if you’re a kid; and learn why kudzu could become more than just a weed someday. Get useful lawn ideas, tips on fertilizer use, mulches to avoid, and organic methods to embrace. And finally, “relax,” says Bender. A dying plant is God’s way of telling you to try again. Will silver bells or cockle shells grace your yard this year? Or do you struggle to keep the lawn green? Either way, you can’t help but laugh about it when you put “The Grumpy Gardener” between those greenish-brown thumbs. And yet, don’t be thinking this is all fun and geraniums. There is humor inside this book, but author Steve Bender is serious about gardening, planting and caring for greenery. The advice you’ll get is sound and useful, including sidebars in a questionand-answer format; and chapters on things that may seem only barely garden-related until you need to know them. Also helpful is when Bender recommends alternatives: what to grow, for instance, if your Minnesota rhubarb hates Texas climate; and better ideas to make your garden glow. Though much of this book is set in Zone 8 (the south), there’s still plenty of advice and a few challenges for northern, central and western gardeners. If that’s you and you’re itching to plant, get “The Grumpy Gardener.” You’ll really dig it. 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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There’s much to teach when you’re as old as a town I don’t mean to say I’m old, but it’s hard We laid that spirited woman to rest last to dispute the fact that when I was born, spring. At her funeral luncheon, a man there were people alive who were probaapproached me with some memories of bly living at the time of the Civil War. her. As we talked, he told me that their But if you go blabbing that secret, I will town was 125 years old. Then he said have to hunt you down and flog you with something that really made me think. a wet corn stalk. He said, “Do you know that she was I’m serious. almost as old as the town?” And just between you and me, this year Sheesh. That sounds old ... to be almost TABLE TALK while on vacation in Florida, I ordered as old as a town. from the “55-Plus” menu for the first time. By Karen Schwaller (Then) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Ever. I thought it would feel great to save Bill Northey spoke of an old farmer who a little money, and although it mostly traveled to Des Moines to have his centubruised my ego, I guessed the small savings was ry farm recognized. As the man approached with his nice. But after that meal I chose to go back to the walker, Northey congratulated him. The man beach and stick my head back into the ocean sand. replied, with teary eyes, “I’ve been waiting 50 years I didn’t want to know I was old enough for that. for this day.” I knew a lady from a neighboring town who made He had willingly contributed the sweat and grit it to the ripe old age of 104 (she almost made it to that farm life demands, and the years went by 105). She was a spunky farm wife in the day, and almost unnoticed. He said farewell over time to his there wasn’t a blade of grass that grew under her involvement with the farming, but not to his love of busy feet — not even in her later years. She could the farm. It took the use of a walker, but he made it work circles around anyone. She was part coon dog to the stage that acknowledged what he had worked and could smell trouble brewing, and could see it for all of his life. And with his fifth generation farmcoming from afar since she had lived around those ers standing there with him, he knew his life’s work parts for 60 years. would continue, and also be his legacy. She kept her family going, as mothers do, and The centenarian generation is our true “informawithout any lip from her children or anyone else tion superhighway” — today’s living legends. The who knew her. And what she said, went. internet can tell us much of what we need to know,
Calendar of Events Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our complete calendar & enter your own events, or send an e-mail with your event’s details to editor@thelandonline.com. Feb. 15 — Comparing the Merits of Organic & Conventional Farming — Mankato, Minn. — Minnesota State University hosts panel discussion followed by question and answer period – Contact Bonnie Windschitl at bonnie.windschitl@mnsu.edu Feb. 16 — Dairy Management Workshop — Hutchinson, Minn. — Program includes Midwest Dairy Update: Are you at the Table? and Dairy Economics — Contact Minnesota Milk at mmpa@ mnmilk.org or (877) 577-0741 or www.mnmilk.org Feb. 17 — Resources for Women Farmers: How can FSA support your farm? — Oronoco, Minn. — A for-women-by women gathering to help women farmers and farmland owners learn about different government farm programs offered through the Farm Services Agency — Contact Angela Smith at angelasmithrtc@gmail.com or (507) 367-2584; or visit www.renewingthecountryside.org/calendar Feb. 20 — Nutrient Management Conference —
Mankato, Minn. — Trends in phosphorus and sulfur management, in-season nitrogen applications and cures for phosphorus runoff — Contact Jerome Lensing at Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center at jlensing@mawrc.org or (507) 251-9101 or visit mawrc.org/events
but those people can tell us things the internet cannot because they have lived life and come out on the other side of the storms. They are our direct connection to history with stories of their hard work, hard ways, hard luck, and lessons they learned the hard way — which was often the only way. They know. They now look at real life through the lens of hindsight. One hundred years of it. If you ever have the chance to sit at the feet of a centenarian (or of any old-timer) and visit, do yourself the favor of having that conversation. And not just once. It’s important for everyone (but certainly for the farming community) to carry those stories of tenacity and determination from the past into the future. We face adversities today, but those people faced some unimaginable trials and lived to tell us about it. They can be a source of strength for us. They are our original reference guide for true grit, problem solving and ingenuity. When you’re almost as old as a town, there’s plenty to tell ... and plenty to learn. Even if you were born just short of 100 years after the Civil War ended. Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v
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Houselog uses Soil Warrior to create better soils By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer WILLMAR, Minn. — Pipestone County farmer Jerry Houselog is now in his fourth year implementing conservation tillage with his Soil Warrior machine. His goal he said is to create better soil to grow a better crop.
There are many variable soils in Houselog’s area, so moisture retention is important. So too is slowing soil erosion — especially after those unannounced 4-inch or greater downpours. “But very significant to me was the amazing savings in fuel and time,” Houselog said. “Plus, organic matter keeps increasing … and so do yields. Our organic matter has increased by 1 to 2
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percent. Many of our fields are up around 5 percent now.” Interviewed at the December Conservation Tillage Conference in Willmar, Houselog said the system helps pay for itself just in fuel and time savings: upwards of a 30 percent reduction in total fuel costs Jerry Houselog and that much in labor costs too. His previous system involved disc ripping and field cultivating prior to planting. So he figures a third less time to prep and plant. The switch also leaves some field equipment unneeded. Houselog chuckled, “We sold most of that equipment. We just kept a few pieces to work new tile lines and a few odd jobs.” Houselog was into five years of strip tillage before the Soil Warrior. His first Warrior was a 12-row unit convertible to 16 rows. His second machine (bought this summer) is another 12-row unit for more custom acres. Besides farming his own 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans, he’s now up to 6,000 acres of custom work. He uses a 500-horsepower tractor, because with the Soil Warrior you can work fields at speeds up to 8 miles per hour and Houselog feels he needs that extra power. The faster field speed allows for better mixing action by the coulters of the freshly uplifted soil. New Soil Warrior machines range in price — depending on number of rows, fertilizer setup and multiple other options. An 8-row unit will start at about $115,000; about $215,000 for the 16-row with guidance and variable rate control. Each Soil Warrior is custom-built. And maintenance costs are minimal, said Houselog. “Coulters are the only wear item. Everything else is oil-bath hubs. These are very wellbuilt machines.” Houselog said most of his field work is a single pass, about 4 inches deep. The tilled strip is about 10 inches wide with fertilizer mixed into that 10-inch zone in the spring. “We have some rolling ground, so that’s why the spring application of fertilizer. With my fall custom work, we apply phosphorus and potassium as we till.” His nitrogen is spring-applied anhydrous after planting. Houselog said thanks to minimum tillage, weeds are less an issue. “Lots of surface trash between the planted rows holds down weeds considerably.” Custom work with a number of neighbors keeps growing. “Most are conservation-minded already,” Houselog said. “They’ve observed my fields plus some of the custom fields. Like me, they’re looking for time and fuel savings; plus better fertility management. And as these break-evens get even more difficult — especially with corn — cutting production costs per acre is important.” “That first year is what I call a trial year for most of my customers,” Houselog added, “but invariably, See SOIL WARRIOR, pg. 9
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Reduced tillage limits soil compaction, promotes earthworms SOIL WARRIOR, from pg. 8
Tillage Systems Inc. at Faribault. The company’s website, www.Soilwarrior.com, is loaded that second year, their Warrior acres increase.” with videos, user comments, and even used So does the Soil Warrior work better in soyWarrior equipment. bean stubble or corn stubble? “These big coultRegional sales manager Shawn Boerboom ers will work through most anything,” was at the Soil Warrior booth at the conferHouselog said. “You can go right on top of the ence. Launched in 2004, the idea keeps hookold corn row. You’ve got a lot of residue to deal ing more customers. According to Boerboom, with, but that pretty much eliminates erosion ETS now markets in 25 states, Canada, and cuts back early weed issues.” Australia and New Zealand. “We’re shipping Houselog’s combine has 360-yield chain rolls a unit next week to Zimbabwe.” which chop and shred stalks, minimizing What does he attribute to the growing popubulky trash issues between the newly-planted larity of the Soil Warrior system? “Farmers rows. Plus, choppers cut stalks into manageare becoming ever more concerned about their able pieces that flow through the combine. He land,” Boerboom said. “This ability to enhance does some continuous corn every year, but the land by making soil better is the primary stalk density is not an issue with the Warrior. reason the Soil Warrior keeps attracting more Houselog is convinced healthier soils are the customers.” direct result of his greatly reduced tillage. Photo submitted by Environmental Tillage Systems, Inc. He points out ETS is the only company that With fewer trips, there’s less compaction and Soil Warriors are custom built with number of rows, fertilizer set-ups runs with a coulter system. “We don’t use a greater earthworm activity too. “It just makes and other options. shank. The shank system kind of detours from sense that the more worms in your soil, the what we’re trying to so with the soil.” better the overall health of that soil. When I walk suggests a good guidance system helps when getting Boerboom also thinks the considerable reduction of into my fields and raise a clump of dirt, you can see into strip tillage. He also puts in a couple hundred inputs — because of fewer trips across the field — is holes left by the earthworms.” acres of cover crops each year as just another step to Perhaps early hybrids with good vigor would be a healthier soils. He uses cereal rye, radishes and tur- a primary driver. “Less time, less effort, and thanks to GPS technology, putting your seeds into the soil plus, but Houselog has checked soil temperatures at nips. each year just gets that much easier,” summed up planting time and sees little difference between his v Soil Warrior machines are built by Environmental Boerboom. Soil Warrior rows and conventional tilled fields. He
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The great outdoors is good for Graise Farm pigs By TIM KING and other times not. The trees can make putting The Land Correspondent up a paddock more complicated, but they provide shade. FARIBAULT, Minn. — In the 1940s and ’50s, Tiffany Tripp’s grandparents operated a diversiIf there is not natural shade, Andy and Tiffany fied livestock farm on the family’s land near have a portable pig hut which can provide shade Faribault. Later, following a national agriculturand keep the pigs out of the elements in bad al trend, Tiffany’s parents converted the family weather. farm into a specialized dairy. The farm is still in “The portable pig hut has a 10-by-14-foot base the family and Tiffany, and her partner Andy, are with removable wheels and two cattle panels now working hard to build a farm business that folded over it,” Tiffany said. looks like the farm her grandparents worked. A tarp covers the cattle panels of the hut. “I moved back to Faribault five years ago and “The hut is pulled manually and no tractor Andy and I have made this plan together,” needed,” Tiffany said. Tiffany said. “When they’re on pasture, we feed them a pig The plan is to build a farm business around ration to help them thrive. But they are more three central enterprises; pastured pork, free than happy to eat the grass, especially if there’s ranging chickens, and free ranging ducks. The a patch of nettles,” Andy said. “They really go duck and poultry enterprises are pretty much in after the nettles. They eat the tops and the roots full swing for the couple. and till up the ground.” “We raise chickens for eggs and Cornish Cross Andy says that the pigs had access to free and Red Ranger chickens for broilers,” Tiffany Photos submitted choice pig ration for the first two seasons, but said. “We also raise ducks for eggs. We started In addition to pasture-raised pork, Andy and Tiffany provide cusnow they are on a controlled ration based on with about ten laying ducks a couple of years tomers with chicken and duck eggs, along with pasture-raised their weight. “They gain just as much and we’re ago and now we have around 200 ducks. Most of broiler chickens. saving on feed costs,” he said. them are White Layers and Golden 300 Hybrids.” A few days before they move the pigs to a new padThe chicken laying flock is a mixed flock of Barred kets and gives us a chance to explain to people that Rocks, Red Sex Link and Americaunas. That gives not all eggs are the same and that different breeds dock, Andy and Tiffany hand-sow a pasture mix made up of grass, legume and forb seed into the padAndy and Tiffany’s “Local Yolks” brand chicken eggs lay different colored eggs.” a colorful and attractive mix in their cartons. The Compared to the chicken and duck enterprises, dock that the pigs are rooting in. duck eggs are also colorful. Tiffany and Andy have taken a more incremental “They will stomp it in and help plant that seed,” “We have a few Khaki Campbells and Indian approach to their pastured pork enterprise. To get Andy said. “If you give them a good day to two days to Runners ducks,” Tiffany said. “Some Indian Runners started, they got a leg up from the Sustainable stomp it in, the paddock will grow back more quickly.” lay a blueish-green egg. Adding a little color to the Farming Association of Minnesota. eggs creates great conversation at the farmers mar“When we were starting to farm, we didn’t know much about pigs,” Tiffany said, “so we took a Farm Skills 101 class put on by the Sustainable Farming Association. We learned a lot about fencing options and visited another farm similar to ours.” Then, three years ago, they purchased some four- to six-week-old weaner piglets from an old 4-H friend. The piglets were put out to pasture in the couples’ newly-created paddocks. They use easy-to-move portable fencing for the paddocks. “We set the paddocks up using poly wire,” Andy said. “We use two wires for the little pigs and one wire for the breeding stock. Depending on where they are located, we use either a solar or a plug-in energizer.” “The reason we use two wires on the younger pigs is that we want a wire to be at eye level,” Tiffany said. This Berkshire boar has sired the farm’s piglets for the past two years. “Then we want one that’s higher for predators.” Tiffany says that the pigs have to learn to respect The couple purchased weanlings for two seasons. the electric wire. The pigs are moved every week or Then, in 2017, they purchased a couple of older two to a different paddock. Duroc/Yorkshire sows and tried their hand at farrow“The size of paddocks depends on how many trees ing. It went pretty well. and buckthorn brush there is, and how big the pigs “The first litter farrowed in a lean-to and had are,” Andy said. access to a large outdoor area,” Andy said. “The next “We’re lucky we’re on land that has quite a few sow farrowed in an open poll shed and her piglets trees,” Tiffany said. “Sometimes that’s to our benefit See GRAISE FARM, pg. 11
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Hereford gilts will provide future breeding stock GRAISE FARM, from pg. 10 were outside by the third day. The sow had access to the outside the whole time.” Andy and Tiffany finished 15 pigs this year and sold them all to customers as custom-processed whole or half hogs. The hogs were butchered by Krenik’s Meat Processing from Montgomery and Valley Natural Meats of Northfield. Tiffany said they really liked Krenik’s because of the plant’s small size and their top-notch smoking process. Valley Natural Meats was an inspected facility and allowed Andy and Tiffany the option of selling individual cuts of meat if needed. It closed in January, however. The couple uses a very diverse system of marketing to sell their pork and other farm products. They range from farm tours, farmers markets, advertising in the Minnesota Grown directory, and participating in community events such as “A Taste of Faribault.” “Being out in the comPhoto by Cindy Hiber munity has really been While the pigs eat grass, an important part of let- Andy supplements their ting people know what diet with a feed ration to we’re doing,” Tiffany help them thrive. said. Tiffany and Andy’s five-year plan calls for continuing their marketing efforts and to increase sales to 40 direct-marketed feeder pigs per year. This year, they acquired three Hereford gilts that will become their future breeding sows. You can learn more about Tiffany, Andy and Graise Farm by visiting www.graisefarm.com. v
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Hereford pig numbers dwindling By TIM KING The Land Correspondent FARIBAULT, Minn. — Hereford pigs are efficient and thrifty on both pasture and grain diets, according to Tiffany Tripp of Graise Farm. They are also mild-mannered and therefore fairly easy to manage in the pastured pork farming system that Tiffany and her partner Andy use at Graise Farm. Hereford swine are not a British breed unlike the similarly named Hereford cattle breed. The swine breed was developed by American farmers in Iowa and Nebraska during the 1920s from Duroc, Chester White, and Poland China bloodlines, according to The Livestock Conservancy. Hereford swine are named after the British cattle breed however. That is because they’ve been selected to have the distinct reddish brown and white coloration of the well-known Hereford cattle. The swine coloration was so similar, Hereford cattleman of the 1930s adopted the Hereford swine breed. “Hereford cattlemen were so keen on the new breed of swine that the Polled Hereford Cattle Registry Association sponsored the formation of the National Hereford Hog Record,” writes The Livestock Conservancy.
Oklahoma State University describes what the Midwestern farmers who developed the breed were looking for in the coloration of their foundation stock: “In order to be registered in the National Hereford Hog Record Association, an entrant must … have a white face, not less than two-thirds red exclusive of face and ears, with at least two white feet — white showing not less than one inch above the hoof. They Photo submitted by Tiffany Tripp must be red in color, either light or dark red. The shade of red may vary from light to dark, but a deep red color is preferred. An animal that has a white belt or carries more than one-third white, exclusive of the head and ears, is not eligible for registration and cannot be exhibited. Hogs with swirls are not eligible for registration.” Herefords were a fairly popular breed with farmers until the 1960s and ’70s. At that time, the breed’s numbers began to decline due to the industries’ focus on a three-way cross of the Duroc, Hampshire and Yorkshire breeds. The Livestock Conservancy estimates that there are fewer than 2,000 purebred Hereford swine in the United States today. v
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Boerboom Ag Resources has rich history backed by family Next generation Boerboom Ag Resources decided to go back to their roots of crop farming after one of Greg and Paula’s sons graduated from the University of Minnesota and returned back home to join the family business. In fact, all three of the Boerboom’s children now work fulltime at the operation. “Mike joined us first,” Boerboom said. graduating from college, he Photo submitted “After worked on another large farm for a few The Boerboom Ag Resources enterprise is made up of (left to right) Greg, Paula, years before joining us. He’s now our hog Laurie, Matt and Mike. and marketing specialist. Then Matt, certified public accountant by trade, Over the years, the Boerbooms slowly also a U of M grad, joined us and he runs handles the accounting and tax records dropped one enterprise at a time until the feed mill and crop operation. Our for the business. they became a hog farm in 1997. daughter, Laurie, graduated from the “Paula has been working with me “Ever since I was a small kid, I liked University of North Dakota and worked full-time on the farm since we got mar- pigs,” Boerboom said. “They’re a labor in banking before joining the farm in the ried 37 years ago,” Boerboom said. “In of love. When I was growing up, my dad office and works in human resources the early days, she was in the farrow- liked cattle and I liked pigs; so we both and accounting records.” ing barn. And now she takes care of a did what we liked. When he retired and Though while growing up, each child lot of the finances.” I took on the farm, we went to hogs. I’ve helped on the farm after school or in never been a crop guy and hogs have the summer, the parents had no inclialways been really good to us.” nation that one of their children, let alone all three, would make their way back to the farm. Boerboom said that when their children where in high school and college, he and Paula didn’t think any of the Manufacturer of: three kids had any interest in coming back. • Confinement Barn Fire Doors “Matt was in college • Freeway Sort Scales when we were out eating • Wet or Dry Feeders and he said, ‘I don’t want to go look for a job, I want • Water Cups, Nursery-Finishing to work on the farm,’” Photo by Anna Vangsness • All types of Gating, Nursery-Finishing Boerboom Ag Resources in Marshall finishes 200,000 Boerboom recalled. “I was pretty surprised. We didn’t • Gestation Stalls - Farrowing Crates pigs each year. place any expectations on (Stainless or mild steel) any of them. When they were growing Today, Boerboom Ag raises pigs from up and going to school, we just talked to • Installation available by our birth to market while focusing on prothem about their options. We discussed Experienced Road Crews ducing nutritious, high-quality pork. college and which one they’d go to. That “We market about 200,000 pigs a was the expectation — that they would For remodeling, converting or year and have 35 employees, several go on to college.” new construction, contact Hen-Way Mfg. to help contract growers and finishers, a sow The farm has changed over the years you with your specific needs and designs. farm and feed mill,” Boerboom said. with the addition of the kids, business After renting out their farmland and structure and additional employees, concentrating strictly on hogs for 10-15 but Boerboom said that’s what he Call and talk to years, the Boerbooms made their way enjoys most about farming. Lonny, Mel or Steve back into crop farming. “With things like that, you get to for estimates. “We are about a 1,200-acre farm now, develop your plan, execute it and meawhich has grown over the past couple sure your results,” he said. “You get to of years,” Boerboom said. “We have a do it all. That’s where the joy came corn/soybean rotation, which we also from for me.” use for a protein and energy source for Overall, farming has been good to the pigs.” Fax @ 507-436-5509 See BOERBOOM, pg. 14
By Anna Vangsness The Land Correspondent MARSHALL, Minn. — For the past 82 years, Boerboom Ag Resources has made a name for itself in Marshall and has changed its operations from a general farm to large-scale pig production. Though the farm has undergone changes in those eight decades, what has stayed consistent is the family at the helm. John and Thresa Boerboom began Boerboom Farm in 1936. For years, they raised chickens and beef cattle while growing oats, corn, alfalfa and soybeans. The couple retired from dayto-day operations in 1981, leaving their family business to be run by one of their seven children — their son Greg and his wife Paula. Greg oversees the entirety of Boerboom Ag Resources and Paula, a
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Premises identification number offers traceability In every size and type of pig production system, health is the utmost concern. American pig farmers have learned the fine details of recognizing, treating, vaccinating against and avoiding familiar diseases in swine. What would happen in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak? SWINE & U Across the country, plans are By Diane DeWitte being put in place to establish emergency foreign animal disease preparedness in livestock. Currently, secure food supply plans have been developed for milk, poultry, beef and pork. The purpose of the secure supply plan is to provide livestock producers with a workable continuity of business plan should a foreign animal disease incident occur. In the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak, livestock movement would be restricted. Preparation for such a catastrophe is the best way to ensure producers could continue to move animals off the farm and move products to market. The secure supply plan also prepares producers for cooperating with animal health officials in the event of an outbreak. Hopefully, the plan would also provide consumers with confidence that their meat, milk and egg supply is safe. Collaborating with the National Pork Board, industry and universities, state and federal officials are currently rolling out secure pork supply information to swine producers. In Minnesota, Dave Wright has accepted the task of coordinating the secure pork supply effort. Working in conjunction with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, Wright is available to meet with producers, veterinarians and producer groups to help them learn how to participate in the program. Wright has identified three components of the secure pork supply program and provided an overview to Minnesota Pork Congress participants in January.
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The national premises identification number is a unique seven-character identifier assigned to a UniversityofMinnesota premises where pigs are EXTENSION produced, kept or moved through. Each state’s The first component of the program is traceability Board of Animal Health manages the identification and movement management. It’s been proven that program and assigns the number for producers. restricting movement of animals reduces the spread National premises identification numbers are not of disease; but that benefit has to be balanced with specific only to swine. Premises where any food anithe costs of interrupting business. In addition, there mal is raised can have a number. is a real threat to animal welfare when they are kept Today, more than 95 percent of swine premises use in close proximity to diseased animals. the national premises identification number. A numA farm connected to a validated national premises ber for every pig farm provides pinpoint accuracy identification number is a key component in helping to reduce disease spread. The number also provides officials determine disease control areas and potena traceability system to the United States’ internatial movement of animals. tional trade partners. Wright identified four important concepts to Premises identification numbers are a key compotighten up a producer’s biosecurity effort: identify nent of the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA+) site a biosecurity manager; draft a written, site-specific assessment. Many packers require a PQA+ site asbiosecurity plan and document the training; define sessment as a condition of sale. Since January 2015, and implement a perimeter buffer area; and define all sows and boars sold into the food chain must and implement a line of separation. have an ear tag containing the farm’s premises identification number. The numbers are also required by Swine farm personnel must also become familiar many major swine shows and exhibitions. with the three most common swine foreign animal diseases: foot and mouth disease; classical swine To obtain a premises identification number, profever (formerly known in the United States as hog ducers can contact the Minnesota Board of Animal cholera); and African swine fever. It should be noted Health at www.bah.state.mn.us/register-your-prem these three diseases are not public health or food ises or call (651) 201-6816. safety concerns. Meat will still be safe to eat. Market swine typically move directly from farm However, these diseases are very contagious in to harvest plant; but culled breeding stock takes a swine, and each team member on the pig farm should more indirect route. be able to recognize clinical signs. Currently, swine Jim Lowe and graduate student Ben Blair at the producers are asked to keep a daily observation University of Illinois studied cull sow movement record of their pigs. Doing so will help provide timely documentation in the event of a disease outbreak. If prior to harvest. They learned that cull sows often travel across the country for a week before they suspicious signs are observed, farm personnel will actually reach a harvest plant. Culls are mixed and be asked to collect oral and nasal swab samples to re-sorted by size and leanness, and in Lowe’s study, submit for testing. Any suspicions about pig health should be reported to a veterinarian immediately. See SWINE & U, pg. 14
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SWINE & U, from pg. 13 crossed an average of 3.5 state lines. Lowe and Blair found that sows often left the farm free of disease pathogens, but arrived at the harvest plant pathogen positive — many times with disease pathogens from other species. The national premises identification number is key to identifying and tracking swine as they move across the United States. Cull sows account for 5-8 percent of the pork processed in the United States. Producers are encouraged to use their premises identification number on every communication related to their swine operation. National Pork Board provides instructions for implementing the number to a bar code which can be printed onto labels and attached to paperwork and samples. All veterinary diagnostic labs recognize the bar codes. To convert a farm’s premises identification number to a barcode, go to www.pork.org/food-safty/ swine-id. A team from the University of Minnesota’s Department of Veterinary Population Medicine took
a close look at premises identification number information and found two types of accuracy problems. Numbers had been found to be linked to a site with incorrect address or longitude and latitude coordinates. The number must be connected to the actual physical address where the animals are located for emergency response activities. Also, producers with more than one farm or barns on several locations need to get a separate number for each site. In the case of a disease outbreak, if multiple barns or farms are connected to one number, all of the facilities would be designated as infected — even if only one actually was. Swine producers will hear more about the secure pork supply plan throughout 2018. The secure pork supply plan is voluntary. More details can be found at www.securepork.org, or by contacting Wright at wright2me.dave@gmail.com. Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension. She may be reached at stouf002@umn. edu. v
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recalled. “We survived that through tough decisions and really had to sacrifice a lot. The health of the animals is always a challenge, too. Because we have hogs farrow to finish, we’ve had to deal with (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) a few times. After that, you really have to work hard to get everything back in shape.” However, one of the most challenging times for the Boerbooms came in July 2011 when straight line winds ripped through the farmstead, destroying much of the buildings in its path. “We had to bury seven buildings that were damaged,” Boerboom said. “It blew the roof off one hog barn, and we had to replace roofs, windows, siding and buildings. It was a tragedy. But it’s like everything else — you just have to deal with it.” The Boerbooms recovered from the wind destruction one piece at a time and in 2012 they built a feed milling operation which includes truck scales, corn drying capacity and corn storage bins. The feed mill operation buys soybean meal, corn and other ingredients which allows the farm to process the feed needed for its pig production. Greg and Paula will slowly begin to hand over the reins to their children in the upcoming years as they shift their focus on retirement. Having farmed since he graduated college, Boerboom admitted that’s not a simple feat. “It’s not as easy to just step aside, but we’ve set it up well,” Boerboom said. “We measure our success in that we’ve brought the next generation back onto the farm and that the farm is large enough that we can sustain three more families. That’s a huge success for us.”v
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Ag commissioner prepares to leave post this year By DICK HAGEN around, but we do have inspecThe Land Staff Writer tions. Federal standards govern this industry. It seems the ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Minquestion challenges more the nesota Agriculture Commishonesty of imported organic sioner Dave Frederickson isn’t grains and food items. It’s an suggesting organic farming as unfortunate situation. Organa solution to questionable ics are growing in America and break-evens in agriculture. foreign marketers don’t mind The three-year process to Dave trying to carve into this new become certified organic is the Frederickson niche. primary reason. Plus, markets simply couldn’t handle a huge Q: The “Minnesota increase in organic production. Grown” label keeps But Frederickson was in attendance expanding. Is this a conat the Minnesota Organic Conference sumer-driven happening? in St. Cloud, Jan. 11-12. He is always Frederickson: Most defiagreeable to a quick Q&A. So here we nitely — and it encompasses go, even though a quick interview with both organic and non-organic this guy isn’t likely. He’ll cover the foods. Farm fresh is the world with you simply because he is a driver. We now have over world student of agriculture and has 1,000 listings in our latest Minnesota done several trade team missions to G r o w n d i r e c t o r y. It’s various countries. free. Just contact MDA (Minnesota Q: Is this your final year as Min- Department of Agriculture). The listing includes farmers, wineries, meat nesota Ag Commissioner? producers, berry farms, garden cenFrederickson: Yes, on or about Dec. ters, CSA (community supported agri31 should wrap it up. We’ll have a new culture) farms, even Christmas tree governor and it’s then his or her oppor- farms. Many Midwest states now have tunity to designate the next commis- the same kind of program. sioner. I’ve had the task for eight Q: Is Minnesota one of the top years. It’s a great job. Lots of super organic farming states? people to work with. I got some political learning earlier when elected to the Frederickson: Yes, we rank ninth. Minnesota Senate in 1986. I’ll be 75 We have about 4 percent of the total. years old, so it’s time. Latest data says we have 545 certified Q: More people are questioning farms and 130,000 acres. We have 108 the authenticity of organic foods. organic dairy farmers. We’re number two in organic turkey sales behind Why? Pennsylvania. California is number Frederickson: Yes, I’m very much one because of its tremendous populaaware of the growing chatter. We don’t tion and year-round weather environhave ‘organic food cops’ chasing
ments that encourage organics throughout the year. Wisconsin is number two. Nationally, the data shows 14,217 organic farms at the beginning of 2017. That was up 23 percent from the previous year and includes 5 million acres; $7.6 billion gross sales. Q: You visited Cuba this past season as part of a Minnesota trade team. How and when might this next door neighbor become a trading partner with America — especially Minnesota agricultural products? Frederickson: I’ve been there two times. We had a young Cuban agriculturist at our organic conference last year. You had a story in The Land about him and his ambition. But there continues a major sense of disappointment amongst the Cuban people that this administration has backed away from the commitment the prior administration had made to reestablish relations with Cuba. I was in the military in 1962 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, when the Cuban missile crises hit. I thought potentially it was going to be a disaster. So I admit I had a little attitude issue. But when we got there, the Cuban people opened their arms to us. They so much wanted to work with us. But when we set up our blockade, they found customers in other parts of the world. That unfortunately still continues … yet we are only 40 miles away. Cuba continues to struggle. We left last summer wondering how they can
We raise food, we raise fuel, we raise feed, but it’s a two-way street. Cuba looks at us as a potential partnership. We can’t just go down there and sell our stuff and walk away. — Dave Frederickson meet their needs with oxen and walking plows. It is so apparent they will have to go into a different structure of their agriculture. Yet trade is going to be so important. We raise food, we raise fuel, we raise feed, but it’s a twoway street. Cuba looks at us as a potential partnership. We can’t just go down there and sell our stuff and walk away. Q: John Baize told me at a Linder Outlook Meeting the number-one question farmers were asking him is “How do I survive in farming?” Your take on that huge question? Frederickson: It’s the reality of agriculture today. Some of us lived through the 1980s. That was a huge shakeout. I walked that walk as a farmer. I understand the sense of desperation that some farmers are facing this year. We’re organizing “Down On The Farm” meetings across the state. ... Focus will be on what’s available for assistance to survive in farming. Keep posted on these meetings. Can’t guarantee an answer to the question, but these collaborative discussions might at least sooth the frustrations. v
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Life on the Farm: Readers’ Photos The blanket of snow that Minnesota received in January inspired our readers to take photos on the farm. Enjoy!
Photo by Al Batt
Winter can wear a starling to a frazzle. This photo came from Al Batt of Hartland, Minn.
Keep the photos coming E-mail your Life on the Farm photos to mwood@thelandonline.com. Your photo may be published in our upcoming issue! Visit www.TheLandOnline.com for more readers photos.
Photo by Beth Plumley
Beth Plumley, The Land advertising representative, lives in a farmhouse near Pemberton, Minn. On Jan. 22, she captured this photo of a corn crib covered in vines and fresh snow. For more of Beth’s photos and writings, visit her blog at www.setformiles.com. You’ll be glad you stopped by.
Photos submitted by Lyndon Johnson
Life on the Farm isn’t always picturesque. Lyndon Johnson of Annandale, Minn., sent in photos of the stirator system in his grain bin. He has had five bent or broken augers on his system. The first picture shows a bent auger that had to be replaced. The second photo shows a broken auger. He currently has a broken auger and gear motor buried in corn.
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Biofuels have place in U.S. energy now and future By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer MANKATO, Minn. — “So far, so good.” Those four words accurately describe the evaluation of the Trump administration’s first year by many business people — including Ron Lamberty, senior vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol. Interviewed at the MN AG EXPO, held Jan. 24-25 in Mankato, Lamberty commented, “He’s kept his promises to us. You can tell by his Cabinet. There’s a lot of oil guys in there. The question however, is can you be pro-fossil energy and pro-ethanol? I think you can. And
so far, President Trump has been true to his word of what he wants to accomplish with renewable fuels in the total energy picture of our country.” Lamberty emphasizes the importance of being constantly involved. “We call our congressmen or senators, and we encourage our corn and soybean producers to do the same if we hear or read about something that might not be in our best interests. It’s your future. And so far, I think our congressional people have been responsive.” Lamberty is a steady voice for both E15 and B20. He cites both are legal fuels. He ponders what continues to
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hold back both of these fuels from becoming available in the mainstream of America’s transportation network. In 2005, Minnesota became the first state to require the use of biodiesel fuels for diesel vehicles. Today, biodiesel is recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as the nation’s only advanced biofuel. The current use of biodiesel blends in Minnesota is equal to removing the emissions from 128,000 vehicles from the road. Minnesota will set B20 as the fuel standard beginning in 2018, and will require the higher blend usage from April through September. B5 is used in winter months. “On E15, there is a regulation restricting its use during certain times of the year because of Reid vapor pressure,” Lamberty said. Reid vapor pressure is a measure of the volatility of gasoline. The more volatile a gasoline (higher RVP), the easier it evaporates. By the same token, the higher RVP, the worse its emissions. The RVP of gasoline can range from 7 to 15 pounds per square inch. Pure ethanol has an RVP of 2 psi. “In simple terms,” Lamberty explained, “when you lower RVP by increasing the ethanol content, you have less pollution, so it’s a good thing.” Winter-blend fuel has a higher RVP because the fuel must be able to evaporate at low temperatures for the engine to operate properly. If the RVP is too low on a frigid day, the vehicle will be hard to start and once started, will run rough. Summer-blend gasoline has a lower RVP to prevent excessive evaporation when outside temperatures rise. Reducing the volatility decreases emissions. A lower RVP also helps prevent problems such as vapor lock on hot days. According to EPA data, summer blends contain 1.7 percent more energy than winter blends and that is one reason summer mileage is slightly better. However, the summer blend is also more expensive to produce. The switch between the two fuels happens twice a year, in fall and spring. This changeover requires significant work at refineries, so oil companies schedule maintenance during this time also. The Minnesota Corn Growers Association convinced the Legislature to
adopt a statewide 10 percent ethanol fuel program about 20 years ago. This effort eventually went nationwide and continues the framework of the renewable fuels standards each year. Because E15 is an acceptable fuel in most any auto engines of recent vintage, corn growers nationwide urge the adoption of E15 into the nation’s fuel system. “Because E15 has lower RVP than E10, it makes good economic and air quality sense to make E15 legal. That E10 law needs to be changed,” said Lamberty. He noted that the new EPA director Scott Pruitt would also favor this action. “But this is where the people representing oil states are saying, ‘hold the fort.’ You’ve got conservatives from oil states that hate EPA and want to trash all of their regulations — even the 10 percent ethanol mandate. However, if both E15 and B20 become new additions to America’s renewable fuel standards, it would be a huge victory for American farmers. And the environment too,” Lamberty said. Lamberty knows gas stations don’t like to change pumps just because of a fuel change. He still owns a few stations in the Sioux Falls, S.D., area. So he said, “Tough to make changes if the oil industry is fighting you. It’s a slow moving deal, but I think E15 is going to take off just because it’s a higher octane/lower cost fuel and people are buying it.” However, Lamberty is tuned in to fuel choices for world autos in the immediate future. “A lot of people are concerned about fossil fuel’s future in view of the rapid advances in electric and hybrid cars,” he said. “We think they can co-exist. Just imagine a hybrid car that runs with E85 part of the time and electricity the rest of the time, that’s a really clean car. “But fossil fuels will be around for some time because that beast has got a long tail. We’ve got millions of cars and trucks on the road that will be using gasoline and diesel for a long time. We don’t look at electric and solar-powered vehicles as threats. Instead we say that if this is the future, what is the opportunity for the ethanol industry in this new future. We wonder, why are they not making hybrids that use flex fuels?” v
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Governor candidates answer questions at MN AG EXPO By TREY MEWES The Free Press staff writer MANKATO, Minn. — If there’s one thing state gubernatorial candidates can agree on, it’s that the state needs sound financial footing. Yet the five candidates who came to the annual MN AG EXPO on Jan. 25 differ on how to accomplish that task. Republicans Keith Downey, a former state GOP chair and legislator, and Woodbury attorney Lance Johnson, himself a former special assistant attorney general for the state, advocated for less taxes and state spending. DFL Reps. Erin Murphy and Paul Thissen, along with former St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, pushed to offer more support to local economic development. “This is about making every part of the state of Minnesota remains strong,” Coleman said. Local U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-1st District, wasn’t at the Mankato forum. Neither was Hennepin County Commissioner and 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson. A recent Star Tribune poll showed Walz and Johnson have slight leads over their competitors for the DFL and GOP’s gubernatorial endorsements. The candidates present agreed Minnesota faces several key challenges over the next few years, from supporting farmers and rural economic growth to water infrastructure. Lance Johnson said the state needs to do as much as it can to reduce spending, cut property taxes and get rid of the real estate tax. “Everybody wants to tax, tax, tax,” he said. At the same time, DFLers say Republicans cut key revenue sources in putting together the latest state budget in 2017, which could impede the state’s fiscal stability in the future. Democrats and Republicans largely fell into similar approaches in how they would address issues such as water infrastructure, property tax cuts for farmers paying school building ref-
erendums and the need to enable local communities to grow as they see fit. “We have a state government that too often dictates down to the very finest detail of what everybody in every community ought to be doing,” Thissen said. “Instead, what we ought to be doing is coming together and thinking about, OK, what do we want to accomplish together?” Thissen also pointed out Minnesota needs to do a better job to improve economic growth for families of color. Yet the Republican candidates differed from their DFL counterparts on issues such as the recent laws mandating buffer strips by state’s waterways. Downey wants to get rid of buffer strip regulations and create a water measurement system where the state Department of Natural Resources works with landowners to see how to create cleaner water. “We will give you the information you need to make good decisions for yourselves,” he said. Downey further said he’d get rid of stringent ditch-mowing regulations and force state agencies to ease policies and work better with local agricultural businesses. While some farmers lightly clapped for Downey, they were less enthused when he took a harder stance on subsidies for renewable energies. While Downey said he respects the value of renewable energy products such as biodiesel and ethanol, he would like to see the state slowly move away from subsidizing the renewable energy industry to stand on its own. “Every one of those renewable energy sources eventually has to stand on their own,” Downey said. “If not, they are a net detraction to our overall economic vitality if they continue to require subsidization from other parts of the economy.” Lance Johnson somewhat agreed with moving the state away from subsidizing renewable energy on principle, though he believes Minnesota needs to do as much as possible to move away
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Every one of those renewable energy sources eventually has to stand on their own. — Keith Downey from non-renewable energy. All DFL candidates publicly supported the renewable energy industry and hoped the state continues to help it grow. On infrastructure, Downey and Coleman advocated for more rural broadband funding.
Murphy said one of her biggest priorities as governor would be funding more water infrastructure across the state. She noted Minnesota needs an estimated $11 billion to $15 billion to fix wastewater, stormwater and sewer systems statewide. “If we want people to live in communities across the state, they have to have good access to water,” Murphy said. “That’s a priority for me.” Trey Mewes is a staff writer for The Free Press. The Land and The Free Press are owned by The Free Press Media. v
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Benchmark milk price continues dairy’s downward spiral der price is $12.93, down 43 1.4 percent, with year-tocents from December, $2.74 date at 4.16 billion pounds, below a year ago, and the up 1.2 percent. lowest 4a price since May American-type cheese pro2016. duction totaled 432.9 million n pounds, which is up 7.5 percent from November and 2.9 You’ll recall that prelimipercent above a year ago. nary U.S. Department of Year-to-date totaled 4.91 bilMIELKE MARKET Agriculture data reported lion pounds, up 3.2 percent. WEEKLY December’s 50-state milk Cheddar, the cheese traded production at 18.0 billion By Lee Mielke at the Chicago Mercantile pounds, up 1.1 percent from Exchange, totaled 317.1 December 2016. million pounds. This is USDA’s latest Dairy up 1.1 percent from Products report shows November and 3.2 perwhere that milk went. cent above a year ago, with year-toDecember cheese output totaled 1.09 date at 3.56 billion pounds, up 4.1 perbillion pounds, up 3 percent from cent. November and 2.6 percent above U.S. churns produced 170.3 million December 2016. Total cheese output for pounds of butter — up 15.5 percent 2017 hit 12.48 billion pounds, up 2.6 from November and 4.2 percent above percent from 2016. a year ago. Year-to-date, butter totaled Italian cheese output totaled 466.6 1.84 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent. million pounds, up 2.4 percent from Yogurt output amounted to 353.9 milNovember and 0.9 percent above a year lion pounds, down 1.5 percent from a ago. Year-to-date output was up 1.7 year ago, with year-to-date at 4.4 bilpercent at 5.38 billion pounds. Mozza- lion pounds, down 1.4 percent. rella, at 363.4 million pounds, was up Dry whey totaled 83.1 million pounds, up 6.1 percent, with year-toPersonal Service on New & Existing date hitting 1.03 billion pounds, up 8.3 INSULATE percent. Stocks were down 1.6 percent Cattle Barns, Shops & Homes from November but a hefty 51.7 percent above those a year ago. Nonfat dry milk totaled 163.3 million pounds, up 14.7 percent from November and 5.4 percent above a year ago, with year-to-date at 1.8 billion pounds, 4.1 percent. The report also showed • Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation up nonfat dry milk stocks at 330.4 million pounds, up 13.3 million pounds or 4.2 • Fiberglass Blowing Insulation percent from November and a whop• We can do hydro doors, bifold doors • Bin foundations ping 104.9 million pounds or 46.5 percent above those a year ago. • Spray ceilings on metal roofs to insulate and prevent rust Skim milk powder production totaled • Blow in your attic from a small addition to a large shop 49.9 million pounds, up 19.1 percent from November, but 8.8 percent below a year ago. Year-to-date output is at 534.0 million pounds, down 4.5 percent. n NEW! RTC-8040 CRANE Meanwhile, a drop in the U.S. allmilk price average, plus higher corn and soybean prices, served to pull the Matt Wahl December milk feed price ratio sharply lower. The USDA’s Ag Prices report Cell: 507-828-7265 shows the December ratio at 2.38, Home: 507-859-2865 which is down from 2.54 in November Walnut Grove, MN and 2.73 in December 2016. The U.S. all-milk price averaged Website: wahlsprayfoaminsulation.com
This column was written for the marketing week ending Feb. 2. The first benchmark milk price of 2018 is not good news for dairy producers and, hopefully, not a Punxsutawney Phil-type prediction of six more weeks of winter. The Class III fell to $14 per hundredweight, down $1.44 from December 2017 and $2.77 below January 2017. This is the lowest Class III price since June 2016, but is 63 cents above California’s comparable 4b price. The Class III price equates to $1.20 per gallon, down from $1.33 in December and $1.44 a year ago. On Feb. 2, Class III futures portended a February price at $13.58; March, $13.61; and April at $13.81; with a peak at only $15.78 in October. The January Class IV milk price is $13.13/cwt., down 38 cents from December, $3.06 below a year ago, and the lowest Class IV since May 2016. California’s comparable January 4b cheese milk price is $13.37, down 15 cents from December, $2.62 below a year ago, and the lowest 4b price since June 2016. The January 4a butter-pow-
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$17.20/cwt., down 90 cents from November and $1.70 below December 2016. December corn averaged $3.23 per bushel, which is up 8 cents from November, but 9 cents below December 2016. Soybeans averaged $9.30/bu., up 8 cents from November, but 34 cents/ bu. below a year ago. Alfalfa hay averaged $148 per ton, unchanged from November, but $21 per ton above a year ago. The December cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $62/cwt., down $1.40 from November, after dropping $2 the previous month. That’s also 90 cents above December 2016 and $9.60 below the 2011 base average of $71.60. The January price received for milk cows averaged $1,520 per head, down $90 from October 2017 and $100 per head below January 2017. Wisconsin cows averaged $1,470 per head, down $140 from October and $260 below January 2017. California averaged $1,500 per head, down $100 from October and $100 below January 2016. n National Milk’s and Dairy Management Incorporated’s January Dairy Market Report states that the USDA estimates the U.S. all-milk price averaged $17.65/cwt. in 2017. This is $4.85 higher than the 2009 average, but $6.35 below 2014. It was also the third year in a row to average less than $18/ cwt. This is the first time that has happened since 2006 when feed costs began to rise, according to the report. “Taking into account the effects of such costs, the current Margin Protection Program margin calculation should average about $9.70 in 2017, which would be the second-highest annual MPP margin over the past 10 years,” the report said. “It would be $3.60 below the highest, during 2014, and $5.12 above the lowest, during 2009. Monthly milk prices and margins both improved fairly steadily since last April; but federal order prices took a sharp drop at the end of the year, presaging a likely more difficult year ahead in 2018,” the report warns. Cash dairy prices saw little change the week of Jan. 29 as traders absorbed the Dairy Products report. Block cheddar closed Feb. 2 at $1.4625 per pound, See MIELKE, pg. 21
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Dairy Forum optimistic on future of dairy market MIELKE, from pg. 20 down a penny on the week and 27.75 cents below a year ago. The barrels finished a half-cent higher at $1.3250, which is 38.25 cents below a year ago and 13.75 cents below the blocks. Three cars of block traded hands and 25 of barrel. n Dairy Market News reports that cheese production in the Midwest varies by plant, but cheese sales are “generally meeting expectations.” Process cheesemakers, in particular, suggest that sales have increased from a very slow start in 2018. Pizza cheese suppliers also report a demand uptick. But, milk into cheese, for the most part, is discounted, with prices ranging $3 under to $1 over Class. It adds, “There is some positivity regarding market tones among contacts. Although the path to some steadiness has not been cogent, there is currently a bullish sentiment as prices are appealing to buyers who have, until recently, been very hesitant to purchase more than absolutely necessary.” Western cheesemakers continue to push milk through cheese vats. With ample milk supplies, cheese production is active and many facilities are running at or near capacity. Some Class II manufacturers have pulled a little more milk into their facilities, helping ease the pressure. Contacts report an increase in demand from both export and domestic markets, possibly due to lower prices. “Whether due to more favorable prices or the Super Bowl surge, manufacturers note an increase in buyer activity,” says Dairy Market News. “Inventories are still heavy, but the uptick has drawn total stocks down slightly.” Cash butter closed Feb. 2 at $2.1150 per pound. This is down 1.5 cents on the week and 4.25 cents below a year ago, with nine cars exchanging hands on the week.
Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed the week at 72.25 cents per pound, up 1.25 cents, but 21.75 cents below a year ago, with 21 cars sold on the week. n The EU Commission announced that, as expected, it has temporarily changed its public intervention program for skim milk powder. FC Stone points out that the scheme ran from March to September, with a limit of 109,000 tons at a buy-in price of “$1,698 per ton, moving to a tender process for additional volume. In 2015 and 2016, the scheme was extended a number of times and effectively remained open continuously with volume limits increased in order to cope with the high volumes being sold into the scheme. The scheme ultimately closed at the end of September 2017, with SMP stocks at 378 kilotons. “Under the revised system, the commission will forego the automatic buying-in of SMP, instead setting the fixed-price buy-in volume limit for 2018 at zero. The intervention program will still open on the first of March and function as a safety net with the commission able to buy into the scheme via a tendering process — affording them more discretion over the volumes bought into the scheme and the price paid for said product,” according to FC Stone, an action it says “will likely prove to be bearish for powder prices in Europe.” n The 2018 International Dairy Foods Association Dairy Forum is history. I talked about it in the Jan. 29 Dairy Radio Now broadcast with Jerry Dryer, analyst and editor of the Dairy and Food Market Analyst newsletter. Dryer said he heard good news and bad at the conference, but a series of presenters from inside and outside the dairy industry were very optimistic about the long-term future for dairy — based on a continued growing middle class in the United States Butter sales are seasonally quiet, according to Dairy Market News, but demand is “generally meet- and world. Dryer said, “as consumers generate more income, they consume more protein and dairy haping seasonal expectations.” Butter makers suggest production activity is steady, as cream remains avail- pens to be high on the list of preferred proteins.” able from within and outside the Midwest. Contacts When asked about reports, particularly out of suggest that the uptick in butter stocks in the latest Europe, that dairy is antiquated and will be replaced Cold Storage report is “less concerning for butter by plant-based beverages, Dryer responded, “Not in than other commodities. As butter’s public percepour lifetime, if ever,” as “dairy is highly desirable on tion has shown marked improvements in recent most people’s minds.” years, contacts suggest a need for increased supplies.” That said, others “question whether the butter FENC M E BUI market tones can remain resilient, as all other dairy O LDER T commodities bear the brunt of low prices and/or S S High U Tensil instability.” C e Fen Speed cing rite E nergiz Western butter output is heavier due to “aboveers Water ing Sy needs supplies of cream.” Processors are selling some stems FENC G r S azing E IN Y of their cream, but supplies are so abundant they Suppli U OUR F es T UTUR have to churn more butter and processing capacities E E L ” “ seem to be limited in some areas. Butter inventories
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“When a dog bites a man, that’s not news,” he said. “When a man bites a dog, that’s news. Most everyone drinks milk. That’s not news. But, when people start drinking oat milk, that’s news and the media coverage you see and the interest that you hear about is greatly exaggerated because it’s news; it’s different.” Dryer admitted 2018 milk prices are bleak, but he ran some possible bullish scenarios by some of the attendees who “looked at me like I was from another planet.” They remain bearish, at least the first half of the year, he said, but he will soon issue his longrange forecasts and says he “may be a little more bullish.” n In politics, the USDA drew praise from the National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association this week over a proposed rule returning low-fat flavored milk in schools. A joint press release stated, “In 2012, USDA eliminated low-fat flavored milk as an option in the school meal and a la carte programs, which resulted in students consuming 288 million fewer half-pints of milk from 2012-15.” “Removing low-fat flavored milk causes schools to fail the test of how best to provide optimal nutrition for students,” said Beth Briczinski, vice president of dairy foods and nutrition for NMPF. “Fortunately, USDA recognizes the need to be more flexible in providing schools a range of milk options to enhance the dietary intake of the nine essential nutrients milk offers.” Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. v
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Grain Outlook Corn price floats on export demand The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Feb. 2. CORN — After a push to the highest prices seen since early November, corn settled back into its recent trading range. The short-term rally was in response to a spike higher in winter wheat due to a cut in condition ratings. March corn extended its range on the upper end to $3.62.25 per bushel from the $3.60.5 high that had been in place since Nov. 10. Fund short covering was also apparent. There was also lingering concern that delays to Bra- PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. zil’s early soybean harvest will St. Paul lower their safrinha corn acreage. Informa Economics is forecasting a 5 percent decrease in second crop corn acres. It is carrying Brazil’s first corn crop at 25 million metric tons and second crop at 63 mmt, for a total corn crop of 88 mmt. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest projection is 95 mmt. Demand for U.S. corn limited the downside. We saw export announcements from the USDA on four of the five trading days. Announced corn sales for the week totaled 757,000 metric tons with 340,000 metric tons to unknown, 285,000 metric tons to Egypt, and 132,000 metric tons to Spain. Sales should be good next week. Sometimes it’s good to be cheap. U.S. corn is the cheapest source in the world and it’s been rewarded with excellent sales. Weekly export sales were the second largest of the marketing year at 72.9 million bushels. This narrowed the margin that our sales have been running behind last year to 20 percent from 22 percent. Total commitments are 1.270 billion bushels vs. USDA’s target for the year of 1.925 billion bushels. On a year-to-year basis, the USDA is projecting a 16 percent decline in exports. We have 66 percent of the export estimate on the book. This is in line with the average of 65 percent. The last few weeks of good sales have curtailed talk that the USDA will need to trim its export sales ideas. This rise in export sales at this time of year isn’t unusual. Brazil’s sales begin to tail off until their safrinha corn crop is available in the June-July time frame. We need to average roughly 21 million bushels per week to achieve the USDA’s outlook. See NYSTROM, pg. 23
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Livestock Angles Slumping dollar boosts exports
Grain Angles Be involved in political process After several years of seeing their net income decline, producers have intensively been studying their bottom line in order to find ways to cut expenses or to generate additional farm income. In 2018, I would also encourage you to take a broader look at the political issues that will affect your farm and to become involved in the political process.
So far this year, the livestock markets have been on a good rally in all sectors. Not only are the cash prices on the rise but also futures and the related cutouts for each sector. February has continued the higher markets so far, but many questions remain for the livestock markets in the months ahead. The cattle market has been steadily moving higher over the past several weeks as packers seem to be finding adequate numbers of finished cattle. This despite the fact that all the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports have indicated JOE TEALE more cattle than anticipated. Broker The main reason for this seems Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. to be that cattle are being placed in feedlots at much lighter weights than normal due the drought conditions in many cattle grazing areas in the United States. This, coupled with the fact that export business has increased with the slumping U.S. dollar, has provided an increased demand for beef products. The next few weeks will indicate how long these current conditions that are affecting the current up market will last. The U.S. dollar is extremely oversold and whether the numbers of cattle ready for market increase during this time will determine the outlook for the remainder of the spring. Beef cutouts are finding some resistance around the $210 hundredweight level and domestic boxed trade has noticeably slowed as a result. It would
A new farm bill will be debated in 2018, and U.S Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will be charged with presenting a bill to Congress that provides an effective safety net for our country’s agriculture producers. Dairy pro- GLENN WACHTLER ducers who are facing severely Compeer Senior low prices have found little pracLending Officer tical support in the current farm Baldwin, Wis. bill from the margin protection program, known as MPP. Crop producers worry the county-based Agriculture Risk Coverage program will lose its effectiveness. Persistently low prices have decreased the average price of commodities covered by the program. Many producers and agri-businesses are hoping for changes to these programs in order to avoid a large number of producers exiting the business at once. Secretary Perdue believes risk management-based principles will be one of the keys in providing a solution. The North American Free Trade Agreement continues its renegotiations in 2018. The outcome of NAFTA has the potential to greatly affect our industry — either positively or negatively — in the near future. Canada and Mexico are two of our largest agricultural trading partners. Mexico is currently our number-one destination for exported corn. The renewable fuels standard has consistently been challenged by special interests and Congress members from large oil-producing states. On a current annual basis, over 5 billion bushels of corn are used in ethanol production, meaning that changes to RFS would have the potential to impact many of those living in rural America. Ethanol has become a consistent oxygenate that has an added benefit of increasing our ag exports in this country. The president announced he would like to fund infrastructure projects in the United States, contingent on Congress passing a new bill. Funding the proposed upgrades to the lock and dam on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers would boost our country’s
See TEALE, pg. 23
See GRAIN ANGLES, pg. 23
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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South American weather dictates soybean price NYSTROM, from pg. 22 Weekly ethanol production fell 22,000 barrels per day to 1.040 million bpd. Stocks declined the most since last June, down 800,000 barrels to 23 million barrels. These are still record stocks for this time of year. Gasoline demand in January was up 7.1 percent from last year. In the current marketing year, gasoline demand is up 2.7 percent. Outlook: Corn moved higher this week on good demand and questionable South American forecasts. How much higher can it go? In the short run, if funds remain buyers on breaks, we could edge toward $3.70 per bushel. Depending on currencies, any higher and we could begin to lose business. In general, demand is good, but there is still a lot of unpriced corn in the country. For the week, March corn rallied a nickel to $3.61.5, July was 4 cents higher at $3.77.25, and December was up 3 cents at $3.92.5 per bushel. The USDA will release its February crop report on Feb. 8. No trade estimates have been issued, but most will be looking for a slightly lower U.S. corn carryout based on higher ethanol and feed use. SOYBEANS — Soybeans scampered higher in the first half of the week on hotter, drier forecasts for Argentina. Those gains were erased in the second half of the week when prices slid to a two-week low when more confidence developed for the rain on the extended maps. Soybean direction has been at the whim of South American weather forecasts and fund short covering. Have we factored in these events sufficiently? We have had a difficult time keeping soybeans above the $10 level, and this could be the case
going forward unless another blocking ridge occurs. Weekly export sales were terrible and the second-lowest of the marketing year at just 13.2 million bushels. We continue to lag last year by 13 percent. The USDA is predicting export sales of 2.160 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from last year. We have just 74 percent of the export estimate on the books (1.6 billion bushels), compared to 85 percent on average. Weekly sales until the end of the crop year will need to average 19 million bushels per week, or 57 percent higher than last year. This week’s sales suggest the USDA will need to lower its outlook on future balance sheets and give credence that our ending stocks will likely trend toward the 500 million bushel level. The Buenos Aeries Grain Exchange in Argentina is pegging the soybean crop at 51 mmt, down from the previous estimate of 54 mmt. The USDA is at 56 mmt. They rated conditions at 25 percent good/excellent and 34.6 percent poor/very poor. They pegged blooming at 64.3 percent and 31.5 percent setting pods. Interesting that last year at this time, the BAGE was projecting the bean crop at 53.5 mmt, and Argentina ended up with a 57.8 mmt crop. If production estimates for Argentina continue to decline, the U.S. meal market may see the biggest benefits. Argentina is the largest meal exporter in the world, but only the third-largest soybean exporter. Argentina exports, on average, just 15 percent of its soybean production and crushes 75 percent. Brazil exports 55 percent of its soybean production and crushes about 41 percent. Trade chatter about the size of Brazil’s soybean crop is on-going. While many
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Ag industry needs immigration reform GRAIN ANGLES, from pg. 22 long term competitiveness as a corn and soybean exporter. The current aged lock and dam system is a prime example of infrastructure that desperately needs to be replaced and could be funded with the new bill. In addition, the ag industry is in need of immigration reform. Uncertainty in regard to immigration reform makes it difficult for ag producers and many of their employees to plan for the future. Labor uncertainty exposes an increased risk to many ag operations. It should come as no surprise that ag producers want a healthy environment and clean water. Farmers understand that their quality of life and the value of their investments increase as the environment improves. It is also of the upmost importance to them that they raise happy and healthy animals. Making investments in new production techniques and implementing new technologies requires financial commitments which can become extremely challenging when facing a competitive commodity pro-
ducing industry. The environmental consciousness of the public and the farmer has surged in recent years and the rapid changes that are desired require additional support and financial commitment to keep up with the pace of the expected changes. As we forge ahead into another year of tight commodity margins and potentially low incomes, it can be easy to forget about the large issues on the horizon that will affect our investments in our farms. I urge you to make the effort to be informed and involved in the political process that shapes our future. You have the power to make an impact in the creation of laws that could directly impact the future of your operation. I encourage you to reach out to your representatives in Congress to voice your concerns. By hearing the stories from us who are directly impacted by the agriculture industry, our representatives can make better and more informed decisions. For additional insights from Compeer industry experts or to learn more about Compeer’s programs, check out Compeer.com/education. v
agree that the crop is closer to 114 mmt vs. USDA’s 110 mmt estimate, there have been murmurs of a crop closer to 119 mmt. The December National Agriculture Statistics Service Oilseed Crushing report showed a record number of soybeans were crushed at 176.4 million bushels. Based on the numbers, the current crush number may be 20-25 million bushels too low. This will help offset some of the anticipated drop in exports of 50 million bushels or more. Soyoil stocks were near estimates at 1.943 billion pounds. Outlook: Soybeans managed to close over $10 per bushel early in the week, but for only one day and just barely at $10.00.25 per bushel. The high this week was $10.04.75 per bushel. Price direction and momentum are driven by ever-changing weather forecasts for Argentina/Brazil and fund activity. Are Brazil’s higher production ideas enough to offset Argentina’s losses? If funds aren’t buying/short-covering, soybeans will have a difficult time rebounding higher. It’s beginning to feel as if we have factored in most of a decline in Argentina’s potential versus gains in Brazil’s bean crop. For the week, March and July soybeans each fell 6.75 cents to $9.78.75 and $9.99.75 per bushel respectively. November soybeans were down 3.75 cents at $9.99 per bushel. v
Hogs continue to move upward TEALE, from pg. 22 appear that the next several weeks will be crucial in determining the cash price on live cattle in the month ahead. Producers should be monitoring the market conditions very closely in the next few weeks and protect inventories if required. Hogs have continued their upward move that has lasted since the beginning of November last year. Both cash and pork cutouts have been the catalyst behind the entire move which has indicated strong demand for pork both domestic and export. Packer margins have remained good throughout that time frame, allowing the packer to remain fairly aggressive in their acquisition of live inventory. As with the cattle, similar events could begin to suggest that this current run is about to expire. Export business may drop off if the U.S. dollar begins to find support from its very oversold condition and pork cutouts seem to be finding some resistance in the mid-$80’s cwt. Therefore, like the cattle market, the hog market could set the tone over the next few weeks for outlook into the spring market. Supply is not likely to be the problem if there is one, but demand will be the likely determining factor in which direction the cash trade will take. Producers should keep a close eye on overall market conditions and protect inventories as needed. v
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This is a live auction with online bidding available, See magesland.com for details Combines, Tractors & Equipment: ‘08 Case IH 2588 AFS, Axial-Flow combine, 2069 eng hrs, 1444 separator hrs; Case IH 1020 25’ bean head; ’14 Case IH 4208-30, 8-row, chopping corn head; ’11 Case IH 235 AFS Magnum FWA, 1415 hrs; ‘09 Case IH 535 Quadtrac, 2746 hrs, gps auto-steer, 4 hyd, 36” tracks; IH Turbo 1066, 6400 hrs, WF, diesel, dual hyd; ’13 Case IH 1255 Early Riser, 16-row planter; Trucks & Trailers: ’96 Volvo semi, day cab, Cummins N14 eng; ’95 Ford Aeromax L-9000 semi, day cab, Detroit Diesel Series 60 eng; ’75 Chevy C-60 grain truck, 350 eng, steel box & hoist; Chamberlain 42’ alum. grain hopper trailer w/ tarp; ’88 Merritt 42’ alum. grain hopper trailer w/ tarp; 2-Parker 2600 gravity boxes w/ gears; J&M 400 bu gavity box w/ gear; Misc Items: ’94 Super B Energy Miser, continuous flow grain dryer w/ transport & elect boxes; Super B batch grain dryer, portable; ’03 Westfield MK 100-71 auger w/ hopper, PTO & hyd lift; ’06 Westfield WR 60-61 auger, elect motor; ’06 Westfield WR 100-31 auger, elect motor; ’06 Westfield WR 80-36 auger, elect motor; 2000 gal diesel barrel on transport w/ 110 volt pump, hose & nozzle; 500 gal diesel tank w/ 12 volt pump on trailer; 500 gal diesel tank w/ 110 volt pump; Bobcat 65” rock bucket; Century 225 amp wire feed welder; The Clipper fanning mill; sand blaster in upright metal stand; Dole moisture tester; assorted tools & farming items; View terms, complete list & photos at: magesland.com
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Kiselewski left Browerville at 17 to study at the Minneapolis School of Art. A few years later, he was studying at New York City’s National Academy of Design and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. In 1922, the Browerville boy was studying under Lee Lowry, the creator of the Atlas statue at Rockefeller Center in New York City and America’s most prominent sculptor at the time. Kiselewski’s work began to draw international attention and he was offered opportunities to study in Paris and then in Rome. In 1929, he returned to New York and set up a studio where he worked for the next 50 years.
oe Kiselewski could take a lifeless piece of rock and bring it to life. His 1932 sculpture of Christ Praying in Gethsemane shows the pleading and suffering in the face of Jesus. Another work, a bust of his wife, somehow expresses in stone the love and tenderness that Kiselewski felt for his wife. And a bust of another woman allows the cold rock to radiate intelligence and liveliness. Joe Kiselewski could also take a lump of brass and make it fly through air or water. His brass sculpture Baby Mermaid does just that. You can see all of these works by the internationally renowned Kiselewski on Main Street in Browerville. Christ Praying in Gethsemane is outside and in front of Christ the King Catholic church. All three others are in display cases inside of American Heritage National Bank.
Every ordinary town, just like every seemingly ordinary person, has more than one amazing story to tell. Joseph Kiselewski is one of Browerville’s stories. Joe was born in Browerville in 1901. Even today, there is still plenty of evidence of the talented stone cutters and stone masons that lived and worked around Browerville. It was no doubt one of those artisans, someone who saw beauty and life in a rock, that convinced a Polish farm kid that he could be a stone artist.
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During those years, he created hundreds of tiny and huge sculptures. Photographs of many of them, along with a couple dozen actual sculptures, are on display in American Heritage Bank. The photos include images of the giant sundial he created for the 1939 World’s Fair and a photo of Peace — a sculpture he created for the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial at Margraten, Holland. In the mid-1980s, Joe Kiselewski came back to Browerville. He donated the photos and sculptures, now at the bank, to the ordinary community that he always loved. v
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