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Love and the farm show P.O. Box 3169 418 South Second St. Mankato, MN 56002 (800) 657-4665 Vol. XXXVII ❖ No. 3 40 pages, 1 section plus supplements

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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…

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10 — Soil Warrior helps retain soil moisture, improve soil quality 12 — Biofuels have big presence at MN AG EXPO 20 — Welcome to the Central Minnesota Farm Show in St. Cloud

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Life on the Farm: Readers’ Photos

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 picture on the right shows a bent auger that had to be replaced.

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Congress needs to control federal budget deficits It was an inarguable fact on the southit quickly became clear that there would ern Illinois dairy farm of my youth that be no additional cows or land for us to get there was no earthly reason my grandfaa toehold. ther, one of the farm’s principal owners, Later, when I asked my father why he would ever borrow money from any bank, didn’t borrow to expand so Richard and I person or company. could join him, he explained that he It wasn’t because he feared debt. He “didn’t want to get you boys in trouble.” didn’t. As a St. Louis-based bond broker That was his upside down view of debt: it for almost 40 years, Grandpa used debt of FARM & FOOD FILE wasn’t a hammer that could build, it was every kind and class — U.S. treasuries, an ax that would cut.

By Alan Guebert corporate paper, municipal bonds — to Debt seems to be even more confoundmake money for his clients. They, howing today. In a Jan. 31 Wall Street ever, took the risks. Grandpa took the Journal column, Princeton University commissions. economist Alan Blinder gives a short In the 1940s, he and three investors paid cash for course on debt — in this case, government debt — what became our family’s farm. Within a decade of and how it’s best used. that purchase, the partners built a state-of-the-art, Blinder starts with a simple idea: “(B)orrowing for 100-cow dairy. The partners knew it could operate, productive purposes is perfectly sensible … as long as Grandpa often noted, “out of our back pocket,” as the projects finance(d) with debt generate income with no borrowed capital. flows large enough to pay the interest and principal And that’s the way it worked. Planning and sav— and leave … some surplus…” That’s exactly what ings, not impulse and debt, financed every move he most business people do every day. and my father (its manager and later, part-owner) The same holds true for government. “Debt made until the farm was sold in the late 1990s. acquired to build, say, schools and highways often Interestingly though, no debt, like debt itself, cargenerates payoffs that exceed costs — leaving sociried a price. My oldest brother and I both returned ety better off.” to the farm after college in the 1970s with hopes of But how much debt is safe? expanding the family enterprise. With the farm’s For government (and for business, too) explains checkbook padlocked in Dad’s file cabinet, however, Blinder, debt can grow at the same pace of gross

OPINION

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 co-ops 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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domestic product and not become worrisome. So, if the American economy grows three percent in 2018, its budget deficit can grow three percent with little to no concern by debt analysts.

“These days, for the federal government, that means an annual budget deficit in excess of $600 billion,” Blinder notes. And, not coincidently, that’s exactly where the 2017 federal deficit, at $666 billion, ended up.

But not next year. On Jan. 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington, D.C., budget watchdog, estimated that the U.S. federal deficit will hit $812 billion in fiscal 2018. And given the direction of today’s ongoing budget negotiations, the deficit is headed for $1.2 trillion by fiscal 2019.

Even worse, “(L)awmakers do not appear to be finished adding to the deficits,” the committee noted.

Congress is pushing increases in “discretionary spending caps and disaster relief” (including $1 billion more in unbudgeted cotton and dairy relief efforts) on top of the $1.4 trillion in unfunded tax cuts the White House and congressional republicans passed last year.

Which takes me back to my prudent patriarchs.

Neither believed in personal debt but neither left their heirs worse off. The gang of billionaires and millionaires now in charge already has.

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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 who knew her. And what she said, went. to dispute the fact that when I was born, We laid that spirited woman to rest last there were people alive who were probaspring. At her funeral luncheon, a man bly living at the time of the Civil War. approached me with some memories of But if you go blabbing that secret, I will her. As we talked, he told me that their have to hunt you down and flog you with town was 125 years old. Then he said a wet corn stalk. something that really made me think.

I’m serious.

He said, “Do you know that she was And just between you and me, this year almost as old as the town?”

TABLE TALK while on vacation in Florida, I ordered Sheesh. That sounds old ... to be almost from the “55-Plus” menu for the first time. By Karen Schwaller as old as a town.

Ever. I thought it would feel great to save (Then) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture a little money, and although it mostly Bill Northey spoke of an old farmer who traveled to bruised my ego, I guessed the small savings was Des Moines to have his century farm recognized. As nice. But after that meal I chose to go back to the the man approached with his walker, Northey conbeach and stick my head back into the ocean sand. gratulated him. The man replied, with teary eyes, I didn’t want to know I was old enough for that.

“I’ve been waiting 50 years 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

internet can tell us much of what we need to know, 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

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. 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 Feb. 21 — Small Grain Winter Workshop — Cold Spring, Minn. — This program is designed to help farmers determine if small grains can work on their farm, in their rotation, and if it can be sustainable over time; tools and information on production agronomics, variety selection, disease identification, fungicide use, fertility, quality, equipment, and economics — Contact Joe Krippner at 320-980-2915 Feb. 21 — Soil Health: Starting from the Ground Up — Morris, Minn. — UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center presents understanding and managing your soils to get the most from your gardens — Contact (320) 589-1711 or visit wcroc.cfans. umn.edu

Feb. 27-March 1 — Central Minnesota Farm Show — St. Cloud, Minn. — Trade show with over 390 booths and 200 vendors, special product offers, entertainment, and free seminars at River’s Edge Convention Center — Visit show website at www. stcloudareachamber.com/Farm-Show.aspx or contact farmshow@stcloudareachamber.com or (320) 656-3831 Feb. 28 — Strategic Farming: Growing Soybeans that Out-Compete Weeds — Appleton, Minn. — Learn impacts of row spacing, plant population, pest pressure, weed biology, resistance and management — Visit www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/crops/ events/strategic-farming/ or contact stah0012@umn. edu or (507) 372-3900 March 2 — Nitrogen Smart Workshop — Monticello, Minn. — Training program for producers that presents fundamentals for maximizing economic return on nitrogen investments while minimizing nitrogen losses — Visit www.extension.umn.edu/ agriculture/crops/events/nitrogen-smart/ or contact bcarlson@umn.edu or (507) 389-6745

March 5 — Nitrogen Smart Workshop — Foley, Minn. —Training program for producers that presents fundamentals for maximizing economic return on nitrogen investments while minimizing nitrogen losses — Visit www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/ crops/events/nitrogen-smart/ or contact bcarlson@ umn.edu or (507) 389-6745 March 15-17 — North American Farm & Power Show — Owatonna, Minn. — Trade show of the latest farm technology and equipment, seminars, grand prize drawings, exhibits – Contact (800) 347-5225 or visit tradexpos.com/ March 23 — Small Grain Winter Workshop — Benson, Minn. — This program is designed to help farmers determine if small grains can work on their farm, in their rotation, and if it can be sustainable over time; tools and information on production agronomics, variety selection, disease identification, fungicide use, fertility, quality, equipment, and economics — Contact Scott Lee at (320) 760-6129

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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.

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Ag commissioner prepares to leave post this year

By DICK HAGEN The listing includes farmers, The Land Staff Writer wineries, meat producers, berry farms, garden centers, CSA ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Min(community supported agriculnesota Agriculture Commisture) farms, even Christmas sioner Dave Frederickson isn’t tree farms. Many Midwest suggesting organic farming as states now have the same kind a solution to questionable of program. break-evens in agriculture.

The three-year process to Dave Q: Is Minnesota one of the become certified organic is the Frederickson top organic farming states? primary reason. Plus, markets Frederickson: Yes, simply couldn’t handle a huge we rank ninth. We have about increase in organic production.

4 percent of the total. Latest But Frederickson was in attendance data says we have 545 certiat the Minnesota Organic Conference fied farms and 130,000 acres. in St. Cloud, Jan. 11-12. He is always We have 108 organic dairy agreeable to a quick Q&A. So here we farmers. We’re number two go, even though a quick interview with in organic turkey sales behind this guy isn’t likely. He’ll cover the Pennsylvania. California is world with you simply because he is a number one because of its world student of agriculture and has tremendous population and yeardone several trade team missions to round weather environments that various countries. encourage organics throughout the Q: Is this your final year as Min- year. Wisconsin is number two.

Nationally, the data shows 14,217 nesota Ag Commissioner? organic farms at the beginning of 2017.

Frederickson: Yes, on or about Dec. That was up 23 percent from the previ31 should wrap it up. We’ll have a new ous year and includes 5 million acres; governor and it’s then his or her oppor- $7.6 billion gross sales. tunity to designate the next commisQ: You visited Cuba this past seasioner. I’ve had the task for eight son as part of a Minnesota trade years. It’s a great job. Lots of super team.

How and when might this people to work with. I got some political learning earlier when elected to the next door neighbor become a tradMinnesota Senate in 1986. I’ll be 75 ing partner with America — especially Minnesota agricultural years old, so it’s time. products?

Q: More people are questioning Frederickson: I’ve been there two the authenticity of organic foods. times.

We had a young Cuban agriculWhy? turist at our organic conference last Frederickson: Yes, I’m very much year. You had a story in The Land aware of the growing chatter. We don’t about him and his ambition. But there have ‘organic food cops’ chasing continues a major sense of disappointaround, but we do have inspections. ment amongst the Cuban people that Federal standards govern this indus- this administration has backed away try. It seems the question challenges from the commitment the prior adminmore the honesty of imported organic istration had made to reestablish relagrains and food items. It’s an unfortu- tions with Cuba. nate situation. Organics are growing I was in the military in 1962 at Fort in America and foreign marketers don’t mind trying to carve into this Leonard Wood, Missouri, when the Cuban missile crises hit. I thought new niche. potentially it was going to be a disasQ: The “Minnesota Grown” label ter. So I admit I had a little attitude keeps expanding. Is this a con- issue. But when we got there, the sumer-driven happening?

Cuban people opened their arms to us.

Frederickson: Most definitely — They so much wanted to work with us. and it encompasses both organic and But when we set up our blockade, they non-organic foods. Farm fresh is the found customers in other parts of the driver. We now have over 1,000 listings world. That unfortunately still continin our latest Minnesota Grown direc- ues … yet we are only 40 miles away. tory. It’s free. Just contact MDA (Min- Cuba continues to struggle. We left nesota Department of Agriculture). last summer wondering how they can

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 under-

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 stand the sense of desperation that some farmers are facing this year.

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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 … Jerry Houselog and so do yields. Our organic matter has increased by 1 to 2 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 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.

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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 Photo submitted by Environmental Tillage Systems, Inc. that extra power. The faster Soil Warriors are custom built with number of rows, fertilizer set-ups and other field speed allows for better options. mixing action by the coulters pass, about 4 inches deep. The tilled strip is about 10 of the freshly uplifted soil.

New Soil Warrior machines range in price — inches wide with fertilizer mixed into that 10-inch depending on number of rows, fertilizer setup and zone in the spring. “We have some rolling ground, so multiple other options. An 8-row unit will start at that’s why the spring application of fertilizer. With about $115,000; about $215,000 for the 16-row with my fall custom work, we apply phosphorus and guidance and variable rate control. Each Soil Warrior potassium as we till.”

His nitrogen is spring-applied anhydrous after is custom-built. And maintenance costs are minimal, said Houselog. “Coulters are the only wear item. planting.

Everything else is oil-bath hubs. These are very wellHouselog said thanks to minimum tillage, weeds built machines.” are less an issue. “Lots of surface trash between the Houselog said most of his field work is a single 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, that second year, their Warrior acres increase.”

So does the Soil Warrior work better in soybean stubble or corn stubble? “These big coulters will work through most anything,” Houselog said. “You can go right on top of the old corn row. You’ve got a lot of residue to deal with, but that pretty much eliminates erosion and cuts back early weed issues.”

Houselog’s combine has 360-yield chain rolls which chop and shred stalks, minimizing bulky trash issues between the newly-planted rows. Plus, choppers cut stalks into manageable pieces that flow through the combine. He does some continuous corn every year, but stalk density is not an issue with the Warrior.

See SOIL WARRIOR, pg. 11

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Reduced tillage curbs compaction SOIL WARRIOR, from pg. 10 Houselog is convinced healthier soils are the direct result of his greatly reduced tillage. With fewer trips, there’s less compaction and greater earthworm activity too. “It just makes sense that the more worms in your soil, the better the overall health of that soil.

When I walk into my fields and raise a clump of dirt, you can see holes left by the earthworms.”

Perhaps early hybrids with good vigor would be a plus, but Houselog has checked soil temperatures at planting time and sees little difference between his Soil Warrior rows and conventional tilled fields. He suggests a good guidance system helps when getting into strip tillage. He also puts in a couple hundred acres of cover crops each year as just another step to healthier soils. He uses cereal rye, radishes and turnips.

Soil Warrior machines are built by Environmental Tillage Systems Inc. at Faribault. The company’s website, www.Soilwarrior.com, is loaded with videos, user comments, and even used Warrior equipment.

Regional sales manager Shawn Boerboom was at the Soil Warrior booth at the conference. Launched in 2004, the idea keeps hooking more customers.

According to Boerboom, ETS now markets in 25 states, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “We’re shipping a unit next week to Zimbabwe.”

What does he attribute to the growing popularity of the Soil Warrior system? “Farmers are becoming ever more concerned about their land,” Boerboom said. “This ability to enhance the land by making soil better is the primary reason the Soil Warrior keeps attracting more customers.”

He points out ETS is the only company that runs with a coulter system. “We don’t use a shank. The shank system kind of detours from what we’re trying to so with the soil.”

Boerboom also thinks the considerable reduction of inputs — because of fewer trips across the field — is a primary driver. “Less time, less effort, and thanks to GPS technology, putting your seeds into the soil each year just gets that much easier,” summed up Boerboom. v

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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 LamRon Lamberty berty, 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 is a steady voice for able fuels standards each year. both E15 and B20. He cites both Because E15 is an acceptable fuel are legal fuels. He ponders what in most any auto engines of recent continues to hold back both of vintage, corn growers nationwide these fuels from becoming availurge the adoption of E15 into the able in the mainstream of Amerination’s fuel system. ca’s transportation network.

“Because E15 has lower RVP In 2005, Minnesota became the than E10, it makes good economic first state to require the use of and air quality sense to make biodiesel fuels for diesel vehicles.

E15 legal. That E10 law needs to Today, biodiesel is recognized by be changed,” said Lamberty. the Environmental Protection He noted that the new EPA Agency as the nation’s only director Scott Pruitt would also advanced biofuel. The current favor this action. use of biodiesel blends in Minne“But this is where the people sota is equal to removing the representing oil states are saying, emissions from 128,000 vehicles Photo by Marie Wood ‘hold the fort.’ You’ve got conserfrom the road. Minnesota will set Minnesota Corn Growers Association displayed its vatives from oil states that hate B20 as the fuel standard begin- MINI Cooper, optimized for high octane E25 fuel.

EPA and want to trash all of their ning in 2018, and will require the From left to right, Minnesota Corn’s district field regulations — even the 10 perhigher blend usage from April manager Heidi Sloot, President Kirby Hettver and cent ethanol mandate. However, through September. B5 is used in research director Paul Meints answered questions if both E15 and B20 become new winter months. about the vehicle. additions to America’s renewable “On E15, there is a regulation fuel standards, it would be a huge restricting its use during certain times Pure ethanol has an RVP of 2 psi. victory for American farmers. And the “In simple terms,” Lamberty environment too,” Lamberty said. explained, “when you lower RVP by Lamberty knows gas stations don’t increasing the ethanol content, you like to change pumps just because of a have less pollution, so it’s a good thing.” fuel change. He still owns a few staWinter-blend fuel has a higher RVP tions in the Sioux Falls, S.D., area. because the fuel must be able to evapoSo he said, “Tough to make changes rate at low temperatures for the engine if the oil industry is fighting you. It’s a to operate properly. If the RVP is too low on a frigid day, the vehicle will be slow moving deal, but I think E15 is hard to start and once started, will run going to take off just because it’s a higher octane/lower cost fuel and peorough. ple are buying it.”

Summer-blend gasoline has a lower However, Lamberty is tuned in to RVP to prevent excessive evaporation when outside temperatures rise. fuel choices for world autos in the Reducing the volatility decreases emis- immediate future. “A lot of people are sions. A lower RVP also helps prevent concerned about fossil fuel’s future in problems such as vapor lock on hot view of the rapid advances in electric days. According to EPA data, summer and hybrid cars,” he said. “We think blends contain 1.7 percent more energy they can co-exist. Just imagine a than winter blends and that is one rea- hybrid car that runs with E85 part of son summer mileage is slightly better. the time and electricity the rest of the Photo submitted by Minnesota Soybean However, the summer blend is also time, that’s a really clean car.

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“But fossil fuels will be around for Lake Wilson, Minn., and Mike Youngerberg, Minnesota Soybean senior director of some time because that beast has got a The switch between the two fuels product development and commercialization, talk biodiesel at MN AG EXPO. The long tail.

We’ve got millions of cars and happens twice a year, in fall and truck called Hercules was built by the DieselSellerz to promote biodiesel. spring. This changeover requires sig- trucks on the road that will be using gasoline and diesel for a long time. We Lamberty emphasizes the impor- of the year because of Reid vapor pres- nificant work at refineries, so oil comsure,” Lamberty said. panies schedule maintenance during don’t look at electric and solar-powered tance of being constantly involved. “We vehicles as threats. Instead we say call our congressmen or senators, and Reid vapor pressure is a measure of this time also. that if this is the future, what is the we encourage our corn and soybean the volatility of gasoline. The more volThe Minnesota Corn Growers Asso- opportunity for the ethanol industry in producers to do the same if we hear or atile a gasoline (higher RVP), the eas- ciation convinced the Legislature to this new future. We wonder, why are read about something that might not ier it evaporates. By the same token, adopt a statewide 10 percent ethanol they not making hybrids that use flex be in our best interests. It’s your future. the higher RVP, the worse its emis- fuel program about 20 years ago. This fuels?” v And so far, I think our congressional sions. The RVP of gasoline can range effort eventually went nationwide and people have been responsive.” from 7 to 15 pounds per square inch. continues the framework of the renew-

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The Boerboom Ag Resources enterprise is made up of (left to right) Greg, Paula, Laurie, Matt and Mike. said. “In the early days, she was in the farrowing barn. And now she takes care of a lot of the finances.”

Over the years, the Boerbooms slowly dropped one enterprise at a time until they became a hog farm in 1997.

“Ever since I was a small kid, I liked pigs,” Boerboom said. “They’re a labor of love. When I was growing up, my dad liked cattle and I liked pigs; so we both did what we liked. When he retired and I took on the farm, we went to hogs. I’ve never been a crop guy and hogs have always been really good to us.”

Today, Boerboom Ag raises pigs from birth to market while focusing on producing nutritious, highquality pork.

“We market about 200,000 pigs a year and have 35 employees, several contract growers and finishers, a sow farm and feed mill,” Boerboom said.

After renting out their farmland and concentrating strictly on hogs for 10-15 years, the Boerbooms made their way back into crop farming.

“We are about a 1,200-acre farm now, which has grown over the past couple of years,” Boerboom said. “We have a corn/soybean rotation, which we also use for a protein and energy source for the pigs.”

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 Boerbooms’ children now work full-time at the operation.

“Mike joined us first,” Boerboom said. “After graduating from college, Photo by Anna Vangsness Boerboom Ag Resources in Marshall finishes 200,000 pigs each year.

See BOERBOOM, pg. 15

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 day-to-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 certified public accountant by trade, handles the accounting and tax records for the business.

“Paula has been working with me full-time on the farm since we got married 37 years ago,” Boerboom

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Boerboom operation has survived number of setbacks animals is always a challenge, too.

BOERBOOM, from pg. 14 Because we have hogs farrow to he worked on another large farm finish, we’ve had to deal with (porfor a few years before joining us. cine reproductive and respiratory He’s now our hog and marketing syndrome) a few times. After that, specialist. Then Matt, also a U of M you really have to work hard to get grad, joined us and he runs the feed everything back in shape.” mill and crop operation. Our daughter, Laurie, graduated from the However, one of the most chalUniversity of North Dakota and lenging times for the Boerbooms worked in banking before joining came in July 2011 when straight the farm in the office and works in line winds ripped through the human resources and accounting farmstead, destroying much of the records.” buildings in its path.

Though while growing up, each “We had to bury seven buildings child helped on the farm after that were damaged,” Boerboom school or in the summer, the parsaid. “That was a major setback. It ents had no inclination that one of blew the roof off one hog barn, and their children, let alone all three, we had to replace roofs, windows, would make their way back to the siding and buildings. It was a tragfarm. Boerboom said that when edy. But it’s like everything else Photo by Anna Vangsness their children where in high school — you just have to deal with it.”

In 2012, Boerboom Ag Resources added a feed mill operation that includes truck scales, and college, he and Paula didn’t The Boerbooms recovered from corn drying capacity and corn storage bins. think any of the three kids had the wind destruction one piece at a any interest in coming back.

Overall, farming has been good to Boerboom Ag. time and in 2012 they built a feed milling operation “Matt was in college when we were out eating and But that doesn’t mean the company hasn’t been met which includes truck scales, corn drying capacity and he said, ‘I don’t want to go look for a job, I want to with its fair share of hardships and struggles. corn storage bins. The feed mill operation buys soywork on the farm,’” Boerboom recalled. “I was pretty “In 1998 there was an extreme hog crisis as prices bean meal, corn and other ingredients which allows surprised. We didn’t place any expectations on any of went below a dollar a pound across the nation,” he the farm to process the feed needed for their pig prothem. When they were growing up and going to recalled. “We survived that through tough decisions duction. school, we just talked to them about their options. We and really had to sacrifice a lot. The health of the Greg and Paula will slowly begin to hand over the discussed college and which one they’d go to. That reins to their children in the upcoming years as they was the expectation — that they would go on to colshift their focus on retirement. Having farmed since lege.” he graduated college, Boerboom admitted that’s not a The farm has changed over the years with the simple feat. addition of the kids, business structure and addi“It’s not as easy to just step aside, but we’ve set it tional employees, but Boerboom said that’s what he up well,” Boerboom said. “We measure our success in enjoys most about farming. that we’ve brought the next generation back onto the “With things like that, you get to develop your plan, farm and that the farm is large enough that we can execute it and measure your results,” he said. “You sustain three more families. That’s a huge success for get to do it all. That’s where the joy came from for us.” v me.”

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The great outdoors is good for Graise Farm pigs

By TIM KING lay different colored eggs.”

The Land Correspondent Compared to the chicken and duck enterprises, FARIBAULT, Minn. — In the 1940s and ’50s, Tiffany and Andy have taken a more incremenTiffany Tripp’s grandparents operated a diversital approach to their pastured pork enterprise. fied livestock farm on the family’s land near To get started, they got a leg up from the Faribault. Later, following a national agriculturSustainable Farming Association of Minnesota. al trend, Tiffany’s parents converted the family “When we were starting to farm, we didn’t farm into a specialized dairy. The farm is still in know much about pigs,” Tiffany said, “so we took the family and Tiffany, and her partner Andy, are a Farm Skills 101 class put on by the Sustainable now working hard to build a farm business that Farming Association. We learned a lot about looks like the farm her grandparents worked. fencing options and visited another farm similar “I moved back to Faribault five years ago and to ours.”

Andy and I have made this plan together,” Then, three years ago, they purchased some Tiffany said. four- to six-week-old weaner piglets from an old The plan is to build a farm business around 4-H friend. The piglets were put out to pasture in three central enterprises; pastured pork, free the couple’s newly-created paddocks. They use ranging chickens, and free ranging ducks. The easy-to-move portable fencing for the paddocks. duck and poultry enterprises are pretty much in “We set the paddocks up using poly wire,” Andy full swing for the couple. said. “We use two wires for the little pigs and one “We raise chickens for eggs and Cornish Cross wire for the breeding stock. Depending on where and Red Ranger chickens for broilers,” Tiffany Photos submitted they are located, we use either a solar or a plugsaid. “We also raise ducks for eggs. We started In addition to pasture-raised pork, Andy and Tiffany provide cus- in energizer.” with about ten laying ducks a couple of years tomers with chicken and duck eggs, along with pasture-raised “The reason we use two wires on the younger ago and now we have around 200 ducks. Most of broiler chickens. pigs is that we want a wire to be at eye level,” them are White Layers and Golden 300 Hybrids.”

Tiffany said. “Then we want one that’s higher for “We have a few Khaki Campbells and Indian predators.”

The chicken laying flock is a mixed flock of Barred Rocks, Red Sex Link and Americaunas. That gives Runners ducks,” Tiffany said. “Some Indian Runners Tiffany says that the pigs have to learn to respect Andy and Tiffany’s “Local Yolks” brand chicken eggs lay a blueish-green egg. Adding a little color to the the electric wire. The pigs are moved every week or a colorful and attractive mix in their cartons. The eggs creates great conversation at the farmers martwo to a different paddock. kets and gives us a chance to explain to people that duck eggs are also colorful. not all eggs are the same and that different breeds “The size of paddocks depends on how many trees and buckthorn brush there is, and how big the pigs are,” Andy said.

“We’re lucky we’re on land that has quite a few trees,” Tiffany said. “Sometimes that’s to our benefit and other times not. The trees can make putting up a paddock more complicated, but they provide shade.

If there is not natural shade, Andy and Tiffany have a portable pig hut which can provide shade and keep the pigs out of the elements in bad weather.

“The portable pig hut has a 10-by-14-foot base with removable wheels and two cattle panels folded over it,” Tiffany said.

A tarp covers the cattle panels of the hut.

See GRAISE FARM, pg. 17

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Herefords provide future breeding stock Hereford pig numbers shrinking

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 Photo submitted by Tiffany Tripp 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 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

GRAISE FARM, from pg. 16 “The hut is pulled manually and no tractor needed,” Tiffany said.

“When they’re on pasture, we feed them a pig ration to help them thrive. But they are more than happy to eat the grass, especially if there’s a patch of nettles,” Andy said. “They really go after the nettles.

They eat the tops and the roots and till up the ground.”

Andy says that the pigs had access to free choice pig ration for the first two seasons, but now they are on a controlled ration based on their weight. “They gain just as much and we’re saving on feed costs,” he said.

A few days before they move the pigs to a new paddock, Andy and Tiffany hand-sow a pasture mix made up of grass, legume and forb seed into the paddock that the pigs are rooting in.

“They will stomp it in and help plant that seed,” Andy said. “If you give them a good day to two days to stomp it in, the paddock will grow back more quickly.”

The couple purchased weanlings for two seasons.

Then, in 2017, they purchased a couple of older Duroc/Yorkshire sows and tried their hand at farrowing. It went pretty well.

“The first litter farrowed in a lean-to and had access to a large outdoor area,” Andy said. “The next sow farrowed in an open poll shed and her piglets See GRAISE FARM, pg. 19

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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?

Across the country, plans are being put in place to establish emergency foreign animal disease preparedSWINE & U ness in livestock. Currently,

By Diane DeWitte 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.

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be asked to collect oral and nasal swab samples to submit for testing.

Any suspicions about pig UniversityofMinnesota health should be reEXTENSION ported to a veterinarian immediately.

Wright has identified three components of the seThe national premises identification number is cure pork supply program and provided an overview to Minnesota Pork Congress participants in January. a unique seven-character identifier assigned to a premises where pigs are produced, kept or moved The first component of the program is traceability through. Each state’s Board of Animal Health manand movement management. It’s been proven that ages the identification program and assigns the restricting movement of animals reduces the spread number for producers. National premises identificaof disease; but that benefit has to be balanced with tion numbers are not specific only to swine. Premises the costs of interrupting business. In addition, there where any food animal 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 prior to harvest.

They learned that cull sows often documentation in the event of a disease outbreak. If See SWINE & U, pg. 19 suspicious signs are observed, farm personnel will

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Secure pork supply plan is voluntary for swine producers SWINE & U, from pg. 18 travel across the country for a week before they actually reach a harvest plant. Culls are mixed and re-sorted by size and leanness, and in Lowe’s study, 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

Community involvement is farm’s marketing plan GRAISE FARM, from pg. 17 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 This Berkshire boar has sired the farm’s piglets for the range from farm tours, farmers markets, advertising past two years.

Dan Lemke joins Linder Farm Network Dan Lemke is the newest addition to the staff of the Linder Farm Network. Lemke’s duties include onair broadcasts with Lynn Ketelsen and Linda Brekke, in addition to covering major ag events across Minnesota and the country. Lemke also operates Spirited Communications, based in Eagle Dan Lemke Lake, Minn.

Lemke has over 30 years of experience working in broadcasting, agriculture communications and public relations. He currently writes for multiple farm publications and produces ag-based videos. Lemke was also the voice of the Minnesota Soybean Update

for several years, heard on stations across the state.

Lemke holds a degree in speech communications from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. According to General Manager Lynn Ketelsen of the Linder Farm Network, “Dan is the perfect person for the Linder Farm Network. He is a great journalist, strong on the air, and knows all the major players in agriculture in the state.”

Ketelsen added, “as our network has grown, we simply need more people for the many appearances we make and the quality shows we produce.”

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in the Minnesota Grown directory, and participating in community events such as “A Taste of Faribault.”

“Being out in the community has really been an important part of letting people know what we’re doing,” Tiffany 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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See you at the Central Minnesota Farm Show Since opening its doors over five decades ago, the Farm Show has been a popular community event for Central Minnesota. Visitors can look for special product offers, entertainment, and educational opportunities from a variety of professional vendors. Learn more about agri-business and farming in the region, register for prizes, and check out what’s new and different in 2018!

The Central Minnesota Farm Show is Feb. 27-March 1 at River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud.

Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. each day. The trade show offers over 390 booths of exhibitors and draws more than 3,500 visitors. The show is free to the public.

Free seminars are scheduled all three days. There is no cost to attend these presentations and reservations are not required.

Free seminars

Day 1: Tuesday, Feb. 27

safety with farm equipment, federal farm exemptions and state statutes, and common paperwork and equipment violations.

Water Quality/Buffer Zone Panel This panel will represent the legal side, the farmer’s point of view, and the government agencies.

Day 2: Wednesday, Feb. 28

Feb. 27 - March 1 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Session 1: 10:30- 11:45 a.m.

Session 2: 1:30-2:45 p.m. (repeat) Market Trends on Equipment — Looking Forward Scott Steffes, Steffes Group, Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in the auction industry, engaged in the business of marketing farm equipment, construction equipment, industrial equipment and real estate at public auction. Their connection with the agri-business world gives them unique insight to what market trends are and where they are headed.

Day 3: Thursday, March 1 Session 1: 10:30- 11:45 a.m.

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Carrying the Load: Is your equipment fit for the Planning Your Legacy road?

Dave Busse, commercial motor vehicle officer with Cathy Olson, senior business analyst, Compeer Financial; David Bau, the Minnesota State Patrol will provide the latest rules and regulations on University of Minnesota Extension educator; Brian J. Schoenborn, attorney, roadside inspections, load securement, transporting hazardous materials, road Stinson Leonard Street; present key steps, tax strategies, and insights on developing and implementing a successful farm transition plan.

This article was submitted by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Central Minnesota Farm Show Exhibitors Here is the listing of the exhibitors scheduled for the 2018 Central Minnesota Farm Show. The list was submitted by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Advantage 1 Insurance...................A312 Ag Solutions...................................A102 Ag Spray Equipment.......................A425 Ag Tech Drainage............................A307 Agri-King, Inc..................................B913 Agri-Plastic and Silo Repair.................A6 Agri-Systems, Inc. ........................B1010 Albany Heating, A/C & Services, Inc............................... A431 Albers Dairy Equipment, Inc............A206 Aldrich Tractor Inc.............. C4007-4010, .C5000-5003 Alltech................................................A5 American Door Works.....................B838 American Pressure, Inc...................A315 AMPI ............................................C7022 AMPS, Inc. .....................................B810 Andy’s Towing......................... B905-906 Arnold’s of St. Cloud.............. B922-925, B1000-1003 Arnzen Construction and St. Rosa Lumber.......C3011-3013, C4004-4006 Artex....................................... A316-317 Arvig.............................................C7011 Auto Value Parts Stores....... C7000-7001 Avon Ag Lime......................................A2

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Bath Planet............................. B928-929 Bazooka Farmstar.................. B817-820, .

B842, B921 Belgrade Co-op...............................A508 Benton Ag/Country Acres..............B1031 Benton County American Dairy Association.......B1012 Besser’s Bike Barn.................. A400-403 Big Bear Genetics.........................B1018 Big Gain, Inc...................................B823 BigIron Auction Company..............B1025 Blue Horizon Energy................ A404-406 Bongards Creameries...................B1011 Boss Supply Inc.................. C7002-7003 Byron Seeds ..................................A603

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Carlson Wholesale, Inc....... C2011-2012, C3004-3005 Catholic United Financial................ A214 Cen-Pe-Co......................................A518 Centra Sota Cooperative.... C5009-5013, C6002-6006 CENTRAC - Central MN Trauma Advisory Committee...................................A106 Central McGowan.........................C3003 Central Minnesota Credit Union.......A117 Central MN Corn Growers...............B812 CHS Prairie Lakes...........................A202 Cloverdale Equipment............ B831-833, B910-912 Colorful Concepts Painting and Custom Finishing.........................B934

Compeer Financial................ B821/B900 Complete Grain System.......... B802-804 COUNTRY Financial................. A509-510 CowKuhlerz........................ B1033-1034 CSF Inc./Automation Plus..............C7004 Cutco-Jill Sieben..............................A12 Cy Pfannehstein music.................B1030

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Dairy Farmers of America...............A122 Dairyland Seed, Inc.........................A600 Dairyland Supply....A612-622, A700-010 Dairymaster USA ...........................A213 Dan’s Custom Welding Tables.............................. B1006-1007

Department of Nursing Science, St. Cloud State University.............A203 Drinkall Family Forage Enterprises YES.............................A10

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Easy Fix Rubber Products North America.............................A602 Edward Jones...............................B1023

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F & S Ag LLC...................................A318 Farm Bureau Financial Services......B902 Farm Rite Equipment of St. Cloud, Inc....................... A417-418 Farm System, Inc................ B1026-1029

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Central Minnesota Farm Show Exhibitors

Farmers & Merchants State Bank...A516 Feed Stuff Bagging.........................B828 Finken Companies........................C7024 Forward Farm Lines............... A426-428, A503-505 Freeport State Bank........................B824

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Johnson Seed & Ag................. B940-943

K&S Millwrights Inc.......................C2002 KASM-AM/KDDG-FM..........................A1 Kuhn North America, Inc.......... A300-304

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Hanson Silo Company........ C3007-3009, C4000-4002 Hoppe Sales.......................................A4 hotsyMinnesota...................... A715-716 Hubbard Feeds...............................A713 Husky Spring Company...................A105 Hydro Engineering..........................B834 I Innovative Basement Systems.A103-104 Intellifarms Northern Division, Inc....................................... A305-306

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LeafGuard/Minnesota Home Improvements, Inc.....................A1111 Leedstone, Inc........................ B932-933 Legend Seeds, Inc...............................A3 Lemken USA ..................................B835 Lifestyle Lumber, Inc. .................... A719 Litzau Farm Drainage, Inc...............A120 Lumber One .................................B1020

G3 Power Systems, LLC..................A515 Garage Door Store..........................B830 Geringhoff............................... A412-416 Gilleland Chevrolet Cadillac..... A113-114 Gilman Cooperative Creamery Association.......B930-931, B100-1010 Gold Country Seed........................B1021 Granite Electronics..........................A200 Grassland Solutions..........................A11 Green Energy Products...................A519 Greener World Solutions, LLC..........B806 Growers Mineral Solutions..............A606

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Jordan Ag Supply, Inc....................B1022

Mark J. Traut Wells, Inc...................B809 Maverick Drone Systems................A205 McKay’s Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Fiat .

C4011-4013, C5004-5006 MEDA/Chem-Star................... A500-501 Messer Repair and Fabricating.......................... A308-310 Midsota Manufacturing, Inc..... A419-422 Midwest Machinery............... A520-522, A608-610 Mies Outland .................................A112 Mimbach Fleet Supply....................A110 Minnesota Farm Guide....................A201 Minnesota Farmers Union...............A314 Minnesota Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps.............................B836 Minnwest Bank...............................B808 Modern Farm Equipment....... B839-841, B918-920

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Central Minnesota Farm Show Exhibitors Morton Buildings Inc. ..........................................A607 Munson Hybrids, Inc..........................................C7006 Mustang Seeds................................................C20110

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NAPA Central MN ................................................B816 National Farmers Organization...........................C7013 Nelson Agri Structures & Ultimate Ag, LLC.... A512-513 Nextire Inc............................................... C5007-5008 Northern Tool + Equipment.......................... A432-433 Northland Buildings.............................................B907 Northland Farm Systems, Inc...............................B829 Northwestern Mutual – Jared Smith.....................A216

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OK Track Solutions.............................................C3006 O’Reilly Auto Parts.............................................C7010

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Pacif Ag, LLC ....................................................B1032 PAI Insurance...................................................... B807 Patz Corp................................B935-939, B1013-1017 Paul Mueller Company............................. C7018-7020 Paul’s Welding.....................................................A101 Peterson Farms Seed................................... A217-218

Pluto Legal, PLLC.................................................A313 Polyshield Spray Foam Polyurea...........................B814 Powerhouse Outdoor Equipment................. B926-927, B1004-1005 Powerlift Doors by French Manufacturing, Inc............................................................ A220-222 Prairie Brand Seed...............................................A109 Prinsco, Inc..........................................................A116 Producers Hybrids ..............................................A712 Protexia...............................................................B903 Prudential Advisors............................................C7009

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QC Supply............................................................B822 Quality Forklift Sales and Service, Inc........... B826-827 Quality Sales & Service, Inc..................................B915

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R & S Tire Service........................................ A604-605 RDO Equipment Company........... A319-322, A407-410 Real Time Pain Relief...........................................B815 Real Tuff, Inc. .............................................. A717-718 Redfield, LLC.......................................................A219 Renk Seed...........................................................A208

RetroGreen Energy...............................................A100 Rinke Noonan......................................................A118 Rob-See-Co.........................................................A424 Roers Whitewashing and Steam Cleaning............B904 Royalton Lumber, Inc. .........................................B914

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Sam’s Club........................................................B1012 Schaeffer Specialized Lubricants.......................C7014 Schlenner Wenner & Co.......................................B909 Silver Stream Shelters.........................................A207 St. Cloud Surgical Center......................... C7015-7016 St. Cloud Times....................................................A107 St. Cloud VA.........................................................B908 Stearns Bank N.A.-Equipment Finance Division....B917 Stearns County Farm Bureau...................................A7 Stearns County SWCD..........................................A121 Stearns Electric Association.................................A423 Steffes Group, Inc............................................ A14-15 Sterling Water Inc., dba Culligan..........................B825 Stine Seed...........................................................A204 Structural Buildings.............................................A514 Sunrise Ag Coop..................................................A714

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The Boot Shack...................................................A502 The Fine Twine Company.....................................B837 The Land.......................................................... A8 Thomas Tool and Supply......................................A115 Thunder Seed....................................................C7021 TransAgra................................................................A9 Tri-County Foam Insulation................................B1024 TRS Industries ....................................................A601 Twin Valley Tire....................................................A119

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University of Wisconsin-River Falls.......................A108

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Weatherstar Company.........................................B916 Weigh Rite Scale Co.............................................B813 Wieser Concrete..................................................A212 Woller Equipment....................... A429-430, A506-507 Worms Lumber & Ready Mix................................B811 WVAL Tri-County Broadcasting...............................A13 WW Osakis Silo Repair.......................................C6000

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Your Home Improvement Company......................A517

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Ziegler CAT.............................................. C2003-2006 Zip’s Diesel Injection Service, Inc. .....................C7005

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Central Minnesota Farm Show Fun You can enter to win prizes at the Central Minnesota Farm Show. At the farm show, you can register to win: • $100 gift card from Arnolds of St. Cloud • iPad mini • Children’s toy Prize registration forms and boxes will be available at the information booth and at the exhibit featuring the prizes.

Enjoy free coffee and donuts from 9 to 11 a.m. each day of the show.

Scholarships Each year the Farm Show committee awards 10 Central Minnesota area high school students with a $500 scholarship. We are pleased to announce the 2017 Central Minnesota Farm Show Scholarship winners: High School: Andrew Wilwerding,

Melrose; Kylee Kohls, Litchfield; Anna Donnay, Kimball; Adam Kroll, Pierz; Katherine Gathje, Eden Valley/Watkins; Rachel Turck, Litchfield.

College: Morgan Erickson, South Dakota State University/Atwater; Rebecca Schubert, North Dakota State University/Sauk Rapids; Eric Branch, University of Minnesota/Alexandria; Austin Schmitt, University of Minnesota/Royalton.

The Central MN Farm Show committee is expanding the scholarship program for 2018. They will be matching dollar for dollar up to $5,000 for donations/sponsorships towards $1,000 scholarships for high school and postsecondary students going into an agrirelated field of study. The 2018 scholarship application period closed Feb. 2.

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Visit The Land at the Central Minnesota Farm Show Say hello to The Land staff in Booth A8 at the Central Minnesota Farm Show.

Advertising representative Jerry Hintz will be there on Feb. 27 through March 1. Meet our newest advertising representative, Jerry Hintz Beth Plumley, on Feb. 27. The Land general manager Deb Petterson will be visiting with readers on Feb. 28.

Questions or comments? Tell us what’s on your mind. We love to hear what our readers have to say about farming, rural life and The Land.

“Best of Back Roads” The Land will be selling “Best of Back Roads: Stories of hidden gems in Minnesota and Iowa.” Our special farm show price for this archival hardBeth Plumley cover book is $25.

The “Back Roads” feature is a reader favorite that has appeared on the back page of every issue of The Land since 2003. Since then, “Back Roads” has taken readers to town festivals, country churches, pow-wows, small town cafes and farmers’ fields. “Best of Back Roads” celebrates rural life along with the interesting people and unique plac-

es that define Minnesota and Iowa.

Stop by our booth and bring “Best of Back Roads” home.

Our book also makes a great gift for The Land readers and all who value life in the Deb Petterson country.

Daily Giveaway Enter to win a free copy of the “Best of Back Roads” book! No purchase necessary. We will be giving away a book each day of the show. You do not need to be present to win.

Subscription card Stop by and fill out your 2018 subscription card at our booth. You don’t want to miss a single issue of The Land in 2018. Your signed cards help us qualify for lower postage rates and ensure local and national advertisers that The Land is being requested by readers. Your subscription cards make it possible for us to publish The Land every week.

This year, you can win $400 in cash.

When you return your subscription card by March 9, you will be entered in a drawing to win $400. No purchase necessary. If you haven’t sent your card in yet, you can fill it out at the show and you’re good.

As a bonus, readers with a returned subscription card receive a free basic classified line ad to run full circulation in The Land magazine. The offer is good on new ads only and for one run only. Ad must be seven lines or less (up to 25 words with phone number) and does not include photo, border or bold text. Only one line ad per subscription address. Mention this offer when you call to place your ad. Offer expires April 30, 2018. Your ad must publish on or before May 25, 2018.

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Be involved in the policital 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.

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 Mis-sissippi and Illinois rivers would boost our country’s 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 producing 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.

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Cash Grain Markets

corn/change* soybeans/change* St. Cloud $3.65 +.54 $10.07 +.87 Madison $3.12 +.02 $9.33 +.10 Redwood Falls $3.17 +.06 $9.37 +.12 Fergus Falls $3.07 +.05 $9.07 +.07 Morris $3.11 +.04 $9.12 +.02 Tracy $3.15 +.03 $9.27 +.07 Average:

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Year Ago Average: $3.06 $9.23 Grain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 13. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Editor’s Note: The Grain Outlook column by Phyllis Nystrom will not be available this week.

The column will return in the next issue.

Livestock Angles Slumping dollar boosts exports 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 latJOE TEALE est U.S. Department of AgriculBroker ture cattle reports have indi- Great Plains Commodity cated more cattle than Afton, Minn. anticipated. The main reason for this seems 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 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 See TEALE, pg. 29

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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Product prices strong at Global Dairy Trade auction This column was written for the market2017 production and marketings were ing week ending Feb. 9. projected at 215.4 and 214.4 billion pounds respectively, down 100 million Hopes got another lift in the Feb. 6 pounds from last month. If realized, 2017 Global Dairy Trade auction where the production would still be up 3 billion weighted average of all products offered pounds or 1.4 percent from 2016. shot up 5.9 percent. This is the biggest rise since Nov. 1, 2016, up from the 4.9 2018 production and marketings were percent gain on Jan.16 and 2.2 percent projected at 218.7 and 217.7 billion on Jan. 2. The quantity sold slipped to pounds respectively, down 100 million MIELKE MARKET 48.9 million pounds, down from 51.4 milpounds from last month. If realized, 2018 WEEKLY lion in the last event and the lowest production would be up 3.3 billion pounds

By Lee Mielke quantity since June 2017. or just 1.5 percent from 2017.

Buttermilk powder led the gains The 2018 fat basis export and with an 8.4 percent rise. Butter folimport forecasts were unchanged lowed, up 7.9 percent, after leading from January. The skim-solids the gains last time with an 8.8 percent advance. import forecast was raised slightly while the export Whole milk powder was up 7.6 percent, following a forecast was raised on strong global demand for 5.1 percent boost, skim milk powder and cheddar skim milk powder, lactose, and whey. cheese were both up 7.2 percent, following gains of The 2017 production, trade, and stock estimates 6.5 percent and 5.2 percent respectively. Rennet were adjusted to reflect December data. Annual casein was up 5 percent and anhydrous milkfat was product price forecasts for cheese and butter were up 0.5 percent after climbing 2.2 percent last time. lowered from the previous month as demand FC Stone equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat remains relatively weak. No changes were made to butter price to $2.3351 per pound U.S. Chicago the annual prices for nonfat dry milk and whey.

Mercantile Exchange butter closed Feb. 9 at The Class III milk price forecast was lowered, $2.0275. GDT cheddar equated to $1.6960 U.S. and based on the cheese price projection while the Class compares to Feb. 9 CME block cheddar at $1.51.

IV price was down on a lower butter price forecast.

GDT skim milk powder averaged 87.62 cents per The 2018 Class III price forecast is projected to pound and whole milk powder was at $1.4634. CME range $14.20-$14.90 per hundredweight, down a Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Feb. 9 at 73.5 cents nickel on the low end from last month’s estimate per pound. and 15 cents lower on the high end. The Class III n averaged $16.17 in 2017 and $14.87 in 2016.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its The 2018 Class IV price is expected to range 2018 milk production forecast for the fourth consec- $13.35-$14.15/cwt., down 20 cents on the low end utive month in its latest World Agricultural Supply and 30 cents lower on the high end, and compares and Demand Estimates report, based on expected to $15.16 in 2017 and $13.77 in 2016. slower growth in milk per cow. n

per short ton, up $5 at the midpoint. n Cash cheese strengthened the week of Feb. 5. The blocks closed at $1.51 per pound, up 4.75 cents, but 10 cents below a year ago. Barrels hit $1.36, up 3.5 cents on the week, 29 cents below a year ago, and 15 cents below the blocks. Nine cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 29 of barrel.

Spot and contract milk offers are abundant for cheesemakers in the Midwest, reports Dairy Market News, and milk prices are nearing holiday level discounts, from $1 over to $4 under Class III. Some plants have reined in production to manage growing stocks, but plan to add a half day to full workday closer to the spring holidays. Others plan seven-day workweeks for the foreseeable future. Cheese demand varies. Some pizza cheese producers report seasonally slow sales now that the Super Bowl is history but expect buyers to replenish stocks. The block to barrel price gap “remains a reminder of potential instability,” says Dairy Market News.

Western cheese output is ongoing with “bounteous supplies of milk available” although a number of Class II processors are clearing more milk, releasing some of the pressure on cheese producers. Overall, stocks of cheese in the West are balanced to down slightly but cheese is more than sufficient to meet end user needs. Some suggest that interest from international and domestic markets is trending up, possibly due to lower prices, others report sales have slowed. n Butter closed Feb. 9 at $2.0275 per pound. This is down 8.75 cents on the week, the lowest price since Nov. 21, 2016, and 7.5 cents below a year ago. On the week, 16 cars traded hands at the CME. Dairy Market News says butter demand, in certain cases, has increased from last month. Other producThe WASDE’s monthly 2017-18 U.S. corn outlook is for increased exports and reduced stocks. Exports ers suggest sales continue to meet seasonally downwere raised 125 million bushels, reflecting U.S. price played expectations. Unsalted butter inventories are light, although buyers’ interests are solid. Cream competitiveness and reduced exports for Argentina suppliers from every region are making offers to and Ukraine. With no other use changes, U.S. corn Central butter producers. ending stocks were lowered 125 million bushels from last month. The season-average corn price Western butter is at or near full capacity and received by producers is projected at $3.30 per ample cream is finding its way to the churn. Some bushel, up 5 cents at the midpoint. participants say ice cream makers are starting to get in on the action, competing for the cream earlier The U.S. soybean outlook is for reduced exports in the season than usual. Butter demand is picking and increased ending stocks. Soybean exports for 2017-18 were projected at 2.1 million bushels, down up ahead of the spring holidays. Some contacts report rapid inventory turnover and promotions at 60 million from last month, reflecting shipments retailers but inventories are growing. and sales through January and increased export competition on larger supplies in Brazil. With soyn bean crush unchanged, soybean ending stocks were Cash Grade A NDM moved 1.25 cents higher on raised 60 million bushels to 530 million. The U.S. the week, closing at 73.5 cents per pound, 18.5 cents season-average soybean price range for 2017-18 is below a year ago, on 23 sales reported. projected at $8.90 to $9.70 per bushel, unchanged at The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp wrote on the midpoint. Soybean oil prices are forecast at the Feb. 2 Milk Producers Council newsletter, “The 31-34 cents per pound, down 1 cent at the midpoint.

Soybean meal prices are projected at $305 to $335 See MIELKE, pg. 30

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Hog market may set tone for spring TEALE, from pg. 28 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 cutout 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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Dairy farmers can choose new MPP risk levels for 2018 MIELKE, from pg. 29 quiet recovery in the spot milk powder market comes as a bit of a surprise. Prices are low enough to incentivize demand, and U.S. product is inexpensive relative to offers from Oceania. However, European milk powder remains cheap and plentiful. The European Commission officially confirmed that it will not be setting a guaranteed minimum price when it bids for skim milk powder for its intervention purchase program beginning in March, which likely means that European merchants will be looking to export more SMP this year.” n Dairy margins weakened the second half of January following a combination of slightly lower milk prices and higher projected feed costs, according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging.

“Margins remain negative and well below average from a historical perspective in both first and second quarters, while above breakeven, but still below average in third and fourth quarters,” the Margin Watch stated, and “Milk prices continue to struggle with bearish market sentiment.”

The USDA’s latest National Milk Cost of Production report shows December’s total milk production costs were down from November but up from a year ago. The report shows total feed costs averaged $10.66/cwt., down 18 cents from October, 6 cents below the revised November figure, but 32 cents above December 2016. Purchased feed costs, at $5.84/cwt., were down 3 cents from October, dead even with November, but 2 cents above December 2016.

Total costs, including feed, bedding, marketing, fuel, repairs, hired labor, taxes, etc., at $22.73/cwt., were down 33 cents from October, down 21 cents from November but 56 cents above a year ago. Feed costs made up 46.9 percent of total costs in December, up from 46.7 percent in November and 46.6 percent a year ago. n The California Department of Food and Agriculture has turned down a request from Western United Dairymen and California Dairy Campaign for a hearing to consider changes to the state’s class pricing formulas for a 12-month period in response to low milk prices.

CDFA stated, “The Department is acutely aware of the impact to dairy families of sustained low milk prices,” but “also aware that dairy producer-owned and proprietary manufacturers of California dairy products are also under financial pressure as evidenced by the Department’s recently released manufacturing cost study.”

CDFA also argued, “It is inappropriate to hold a hearing while California dairy producers are exercising self-determination with regards to imple-

menting a Federal Milk Marketing Order in California.”

Speaking of that Federal order, the USDA announced a delay in the rulemaking proceedings to await a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding “a related legal matter.”

At issue is the use of an administrative law judge presiding over the Sept. 22, 2015 hearing. The challenge questions the Constitutional requirements of the practice in general and not specific to the FMMO. n On a happier note, most U.S. dairy exports were up in December, according to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service data. Cheese exports totaled 60.2 million pounds, down 9.7 percent from November and 4.4 percent below December 2016 however for the year, they were up 19.3 percent from 2016.

HighGround Dairy reports that cheese shipments fell below the prior year for the first time in 15 months due to “aggressive losses” to South Korea and Japan while volumes to Mexico have been down for three consecutive months.

December butter exports totaled 5 million pounds, down 12.9 percent from November but 6.7 percent above a year ago and up 34.9 percent for the year.

NDM and SMP exports totaled 133.4 million pounds, which is up 6.7 percent from November, 29.1 percent above a year ago, but just 0.9 percent higher on the year. We also exported 45 million pounds of dry whey, down 4.1 percent from November but 9.3 percent above a year ago and up 11.8 percent from 2016.

U.S. cheese imports totaled 36.4 million pounds, down 13.1 percent from November and 22.7 percent below a year ago, with year-to-date imports down 10.2 percent. We imported 3.5 million pounds of butter, 33.7 percent less than in November and 50.5 percent less than a year ago. But, for the year, they were up 8.9 percent from 2016. Anhydrous milkfat imports totaled 8.4 million pounds in December.

This is up a whopping 508 percent from November and 449.6 percent above a year ago, but plunged 31 percent for the year from 2016. n In politics, lawmakers passed a budget bill in the wee hours of Feb. 9 to fund and keep the government “open.” Among its many provisions, the package includes what National Milk called “enhancements to the Margin Protection Program, coupled with expansion of additional risk management options.”

NMPF stated in a press release that the legislation is “coming at a crucial time for our producers.

Farmers need insurance options that are both effective and affordable, and the disaster package helps deliver on that promise.”

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Effective for calendar year 2018, the changes would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to reopen the signup period for the MPP and offer farmers another chance to select levels of risk protection at more affordable rates. For some, protection costs could drop 70 percent or more, according to a press release from Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

NMPF praised Leahy along with Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.); along with Reps. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) for “crafting important language to remove the existing cap on livestock insurance products.”

The International Dairy Foods Association’s CEO Dr. Michael Dykes also praised the elimination of the $20 million cap on livestock insurance, “allowing new policies tailored to dairy farmers to be developed and bolster the Margin Protection Program.”

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

MDA grants are due March 9

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will award up to $2.5 million through the competitive Value Added Grant Program. The goal of the Value Added Grant Program is to increase sales of Minnesota agricultural products. Applications for this Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation Grant are due March 9.

Grant funds reimburse up to 25 percent of the total project cost. Funding under this round will come at two levels. Level 1 projects will have a maximum award of $200,000 and a minimum of $1,000. Level 2 projects will have a maximum award of $1,000,000 and a minimum of $200,001. Applicants may only apply to one level.

Grants may be used for equipment purchases or physical improvements that will: start, expand, or update livestock product processing businesses; start, upgrade, or modernize value-added businesses; increase the use and processing of Minnesota agricultural products; increase food safety; and increase farmers’ processing and aggregating capacity to sell to schools, hospitals, or other institutions.

Level 2 projects must also provide significant economic impact to a region of the state.

Applications must be received no later than 4 p.m.

March 9. Applications are available at www.mda. state.mn.us/grants/grants/valueaddedgrant.aspx and may be submitted online, by mail, or in-person.

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Governor candidates answer questions at MN AG EXPO

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The Free Press staff writer While some farmers lightly clapped for MANKATO, Minn. — If there’s one Downey, they were less enthused when he thing state gubernatorial candidates can took a harder stance on subsidies for agree on, it’s that the state needs sound renewable energies. While Downey said financial footing. Yet the five candidates he respects the value of renewable energy who came to the annual MN AG EXPO on products such as biodiesel and ethanol, he Jan. 25 differ on how to accomplish that would like to see the state slowly move task. away from subsidizing the renewable energy industry to stand on its own.

Republicans Keith Downey, a former state GOP chair and legislator, and Wood“Every one of those renewable energy bury attorney Lance Johnson, himself a sources eventually has to stand on their former special assistant attorney general own,” Downey said. “If not, they are a net for the state, advocated for less taxes and detraction to our overall economic vitality state spending. DFL Reps. Erin Murphy if they continue to require subsidization and Paul Thissen, along with former St. from other parts of the economy.”

Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, pushed to Lance Johnson somewhat agreed with offer more support to local economic develmoving the state away from subsidizing opment. renewable energy on principle, though he “This is about making every part of the believes Minnesota needs to do as much state of Minnesota remains strong,” Coleas possible to move away from non-renewman said. able energy. All DFL candidates publicly supported the renewable energy industry Local U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-1st District, and hoped the state continues to help it wasn’t at the Mankato forum. Neither grow. was Hennepin County Commissioner and Photo by Pat Christman, The Free Press photographer 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff On infrastructure, Downey and ColeJohnson. A recent Star Tribune poll Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Keith Downey answers a question during a man advocated for more rural broadband showed Walz and Johnson have slight forum Jan. 25 at the MN Ag Expo at the Verizon Grand Hall. Other candidates funding. leads over their competitors for the DFL participating (left to right) are Chris Coleman, Lance Johnson, Erin Murphy and Murphy said one of her biggest prioriand GOP’s gubernatorial endorsements. Paul Thissen. ties as governor would be funding more need to enable local communities to grow as they see water infrastructure across the state. She noted The candidates present agreed Minnesota faces several key challenges over the next few fit.

Minnesota needs an estimated $11 billion to $15 bilyears, from supporting farmers and rural economic Yet the Republican candidates differed from their lion to fix wastewater, stormwater and sewer sysgrowth to water infrastructure.

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Lance Johnson said the state needs to do as much mandating buffer strips by state’s waterways.

“If we want people to live in communities across as it can to reduce spending, cut property taxes and Downey wants to get rid of buffer strip regulations the state, they have to have good access to water,” get rid of the real estate tax. and create a water measurement system where the Murphy said. “That’s a priority for me.” state Department of Natural Resources works with “Everybody wants to tax, tax, tax,” he said.

Editor’s note: Since this article was written, Paul landowners to see how to create cleaner water.

Thissen and Chris Coleman have dropped out of the At the same time, DFLers say Republicans cut key “We will give you the information you need to make governor’s race. revenue sources in putting together the latest state good decisions for yourselves,” he said. budget in 2017, which could impede the state’s fiscal Trey Mewes is a staff writer for The Free Press. The stability in the future.

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4WD Tractors / MFWD & 2WD Tractors / GPS Equipment / Combines Heads / Grain Carts / Planters / Chisel Plows / Field Cultivators / Plows Other Tillage Equipment / Row Crop & Sugarbeet Equipment / Semi Tractor & Box Trucks / Tender Trucks / Service Vehicles / Pickup / Trailers Sprayers & Spreader / Seed Tender/Fertilizer Trailers & Tanks / Grain Handling Equipment / Skid Steer Loader & Attachments / Other Equipment Radios / Tires & Tracks / Parts & Farm Support Items

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Dan and Carol purchased most equipment new and kept it shedded. These pieces are immaculate and ready to go to the field. Major equipment begins selling at 11:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

Tractors / Harvest Equipment / Grain Cart Planter / Tillage Equipment / Row Crop Equipment / Trucks / Sprayer / Hopper Bin & Grain Handling Equipment Scraper & V-Ditcher / Other Equipment & Farm Items Recreation & Misc. / Shop Equip.

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Haybuster bale shredder, saves on hay & bedding, rakes up frozen and dusty bales, used, starting at $6,250. 320-543-3523

Retirement Auction

Tuesday, February 27th - 11 am

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70692 300th St, Redwood Falls, MN

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

Auctioneers: Matt Mages, New Ulm Lic 08-17-003; Larry Mages, Lafayette; Joe Wersal, Winthrop; Ryan Froehlich, Winthrop Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Ser vice, LLC. Terms: No Buyer ’s Premium.

Buyers of large equipment need to bring a letter of approval from your bank. magesland.com

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AUCTION OPENS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 CLOSES: FRIDAY, MARCH 2

LOCATION: 11294 County Rd 22A, Adams, ND 58210.

PREVIEW: February 22 – March 1, 8AM-5PM / LOADOUT: March 2, 1-5PM and March 3 – 12, 8AM-5PM

TRACTORS / COMBINES / HEADS & HEADER TRAILERS / GRAIN CART AIR SEEDER / TILLAGE EQUIPMENT / SEMI TRACTOR / HOPPER BOTTOMS / PICKUPS / OTHER EQUIPMENT

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FOR SALE: Buffalo 7800 bale mover, 34' dble row w/qtr turn arm, $9000.

(763) 682-1389

Auctioneers: John Goelz 507-557-8394 & Joe Maidl 507-276-7749

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FOR SALE:Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates!

Office hours 8am-5pm Monday – Friday Saturday 9am - 12 noon or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary Wilson grain trailer 40', aluminum, new ag hoppers, electric roll tarp, electric traps, spring ride, $18,000.

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FOR SALE: 542B Melroe Bobcat skid loader, good condition, $5200/OBO. (320) 522-1266 FOR SALE: Summers 28' 3rank mounted mulcher, good cond., $1,550; Ag Chem 250 gal saddle tanks w/universal mounts, $300, pics avail. (507)227-3428 Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, Brand New, 12'-$6,500; 14'$7,000; 16'-$7,500; 24'$14,000; 32'-$17,500; 42'$19,500. Others from 8' 62'. 715-234-1993

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26' Glencoe soil finisher very Tile Injector 6" tile plow pull good cond. Ken Brown, type tile plow, used very litElmwood, WI. 715-556-3641 tle, w/ new Intellislope GPS controls incl. base staJD 435 baler, 4x6 bales, tion, also new tile stringer, twine tie, Tucker wheels, possibly would sell as sep$4,450; JD 670 rake, w/ dolarate items, $43,000. (641) ly wheel, $1,350; JD 4255 590-1102 tractor, QR, 18.4x38s, 3 We buy hyds, 2500 hrs on JD reSalvage Equipment man eng, $26,750; Wil-Rich Parts Available 2500 25' field cult, all walkHammell Equip., Inc. ing tandems, 4 bar (507)867-4910 mulcher, $2,450; Parker 5500 650 bu gravity box, w/ 036 roll tarp, $6,450; Sudenga Tractors 13' brush auger, hopper for '07 MF 7490, 6735 Hrs, Dyna 5500 Parker & 2500 Parker, VT 33 MPH, 540/1000 PTO, $650. 320-769-2756 4 Remotes, Front & cab Kubota LA2254 ldr works w/ Suspension, $49,000. 651-380Kubota 135 tractor, brand 0799 new, $8,000. 563-379-3745 Case 2390, 1982, New engine 200 hrs, near new 12.5-54 MF 285 with loader, Batco duals & 11-16 fronts, 3spd 45' conveyor, 5000lb Cat power shift, AC, air seat, 3 forklift, 6"x51' electric auger, 2000-18000 grain remotes, 3pt hitch, 600 gal bins, 25' Wilrich digger, 28" saddle tanks, set up for 20” fan & burner. 320-760-1637 rows, $20,500. (641) 590-1102

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165.82ac of Sibley County Farm Land

Land Auction

Thursday, March 1st - 10:30 am

Auction held at: Gaylord American Legion 329 Main Ave, Gaylord, Minnesota

Directions to land: From Gaylord, go North on County Rd #21 approx. 2 miles. Land will be on both sides of the road. Parcel 1 to the Northeast, Parcel 2 to the Southwest. Watch for signs!

This property will sell as two parcels:

Location of property within Sibley County: Dryden Twp, Section 22, Range 28 Total of farm: 165.82 acres, approx. 140.05 acres tillable.

Productivity Index: 89.7 Parcel 1: 106.53 total acres, approx. 99.81 acres tillable.

Productivity Index: 90.6 Parcel 2: 59.29 total acres, approx. 40.24 acres tillable.

Productivity Index: 87.3 Note: All acres are published based on survey, Sibley County Online Records and FSA records.

In case of severe weather, listen to 860AM KNUJ at 8:30 the morning of the auction for postponement & rescheduling info. Blizzard Date is March 2nd ~ noon

Listing Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002 Lic 08-17-003 Auctioneers: Lar ry Mages, Lafayette; J oe Maidl, Lafayette; J ohn Goelz, Fr anklin Joe Wersal, Winthrop; Ryan Froehlich, Winthrop; Broker: Mages Land Co. & Auction Ser vice, LLC. Terms: No Buyer ’s Premium. Everything sold in “AS IS” condition.

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LOCATION: Steffes Group facility, 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield MN

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 | 10AM This is a large multi-ring event with many items already consigned.

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'13 JD 6210R 6600 Hrs, 50K FOR SALE: '57 Oliver Super IVT Transmission, Front 66 gas tractor, w/ dual hyds, NF, good tin and linkage and PTO, AutoTrac paint, runs nice. 218-639ready, TLS, Coming in, 0315 $84,500. 651-380-0799 FOR SALE: 3294 Case tracCase IH 8950, MFD, duals & tor, MFWD, 6700 hrs, LED wgts, choice of two, lights, hydraulic seat, 1000 $38,000/ea. Case IH 7230 PTO, runs good. (507)4722WD, duals & wgts, choice 8412 of two, $31,500/ea. Case IH 7230, MFD w/duals & wgts, FOR SALE: JD 720 dsl, pony start, 3pt & fenders, NF, $32,000. Case IH MX180, $6,500; 620 WF, new tires, MFD, 5,000 hrs, duals & fenders, low hrs, $5,500; 420 wgts, $44,000.

JD 7600, utility, $4,500; 320 standard MFD, pwr shift, 10,000 hrs, 3pt, new tires, restored, $21,000. White 6124, 2WD, $18,500. (507)595-3604 Power Quad 42" rubber, $22,000. Call 608-574-7619 FOR SALE: Parts for Oliver 880 dsl, including good runFOR SALE: '02 MTX 140 ning motor, dual hyd units, McCormick, 3245 hrs, 2795 WF end, good sheet metal, Buhler ldr w/ 90” bucket, and a lot of other Oliver has duals, 3pt, power shift, parts for most Olivers. 218exc condition. 507-276-3654 564-4273 FOR SALE: '69 JD 3020, gas, NEW AND USED TRACTOR 3pt, WF, 6900 hrs, $6,995; PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, '87 JD 2950, MFWD, 5200 55, 50 Series & newer trachrs, $13,500; '64 JD 4020, tors, AC-all models, Large dsl, 3pt, WF, Sharp, $7,995; Inventory, We ship! Mark '83 IH 684, dsl, 3pt, QT ldr, Heitman Tractor Salvage $6,995. Can del. 320-543-3523 715-673-4829

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JD 8970 tractor, 4WD, 8,400 FOR SALE: JD 7100 12R Kinze 8 twin rows, finger Case IH 36R20 cultivator All kinds of New & Used vertical fold planter, corn pick-up planter, good 36R20” cultivator set up for hrs, exc cond, $65,000/OBO. farm equipment – disc chis& soybean units, monitor, shape, $6,500. 507-202-2984 side dressing, 60' width, 2pt (320)396-3539 els, field cults, planters, liquid fertilizer, lift assist, lift w/ rear assist wheels, soil finishers, cornheads, shedded, good condition, double fold, double bar, Harvesting Equip 037 feed mills, discs, balers, Tillage Equip 039 gauge wheels, plumbed w/ $6,250/OBO. 507-567-2442 or haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 variable rate orifices, 507-456-8139 FOR SALE: '11 Geringhoff '02 Great Plains Turbo Till $15,000.

(641) 590-1102 Vertical Tillage unit Model 12R22 Rota-Disc CH, CIH TT 3000 Series I, center red, exc cond., $59,000. '04 FOR SALE: White 6100 WANTED: 100HP tractor weight package, hydraulic FOR SALE: White 271 TanCase IH 1020 30' beanhead with loader and cab, prefer 8R36” planter w/squeeze dem disk, 24', rock flex, wing down pressure, rolling field tracker, very good John Deere. 763-434-5282 or pump, fert tanks & moni$5000.

Call after 6 p.m. cond., $6500. Also have spike tooth and basket har612-209-4295 tor, 525 gal leg tank, used (507)653-4548 header trlr. (507)240-0294 row, 30' working width, very little. (507)621-2288 $15,000. (641) 590-1102 JD 18R20 cornhead 90 series row units, auger slow down HYDRAULIC FLAT FOLD 2016 -- 7 Shank Unverferth MARKERS. Will fit any#132 Zone Builder (In-Line) kit, JD poly snouts, Headthing, $3,500. Ray's Masight height control, TrueRental Unit (500 Acres) chine Shop, call or text 712sight row guidance, knife with w/o Pull Hitch. 2015 297-7951 120 DAY SPECIAL rolls, Hyd deck plates, Mandako 42 Ft Land Roller some extra parts, $32,000.

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WANTED: FII Gleaner com- ALFALFA, mixed hay, grass bine, in good working conhay & feed grade wheat dition. Call: (507)273-1382 straw, med. square or round bales, delivery availWANTED: Tractors, running able. Thief River Falls, MN or not running, salvage, reCall or text LeRoy Ose: pairables, prefer John (218)689-6675 Deere, will consider others, LIBERTY SOYBEANS 1990 & older, must be rea$53.00 List sonably priced. Call anyL2.0 SWM 7 time. (507)317-6760 L1.2 SWM 7 515-321-5394 Wanted 042 515-465-2122 1-800-383-6275 WANTED: 1000 to 1500 gallon portable water tank. MORTON OATS SEED, 98% germ, 99.7 purity, 42 lbs.

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Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. cushion gang disc, 10 or 320-598-3790 Outproduces Hybrid for 12'; JD 6-row conservation Silage. $67/bushel plus shipplanter. (320)630-7289 Dairy 055 ping. 217-857-3377 FOR SALE: 30 head Holstein fresh 2 & 3 yr olds, parlor & free stall cows, herb on official test, 30,000 lbs of milk, 3.78% fat, 3.28% protein, SCC 106,000, over stocked. Call 715-495-1984 Reg. Holstein heifers bred w/ sexed Semen, Due March and April. 715-286-2905 WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664 WANTED: Holstein bred heifers.

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ANGUS BULL SALE, NEW DATE, LOCATION, TIME Gaffney Family Cattle & Linz Heritage Angus, 100 Buyers, Choice Bulls, February 16, 2018, 5 pm Breneman Farms, Pardeeville, WI, (608) 5746125 gaffneyfamilycattle.com www.linzheritageangus.com Bred heifers 14 Simmental & Sim-Angus Bred AI to easy calving Angus bulls, Schiefelbein effective & ADS 3F Epic for March calving. All Polled Black excellent quality. Also 3 bred cows & 6 Black Polled excellent quality breeding bulls. 50 yrs of AI breeding.

Gerald Polzin Cokato. 320286-5805 FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625 FOR SALE: 18 Bred Red Angus Cows & 8 Open Grade Black Angus cows sired from bulls out of Eli and Dan Stassens herd in Marshall, MN. In Oconto, WI. 920-604-1942 FOR SALE: Registered Angus bulls, 1-3 yr old, 4-2 yr olds, good quality & size, AI sired, also bred heifers due in April. Miller Angus, Kasson, MN (507)634-4535

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Compart's total program FOR SALE: '90 Freightliner Looking for 1000 gallon LP HOLSTEIN STEERS: tank. Call 715-223-0445 features superior boars & Groups ranging from 250-950 truck w/ 20' box, roll tarp, open gilts documented by lbs, vaccination program, good tires all around, new BLUP technology.

Duroc, can sell & deliver any numclutch & batteries. Very York, Landrace & F1 lines. ber. Jeff Twardowski (320) REINKE IRRIGATION Good truck. 507-829-6272 or Terminal boars offer lean732-6259 Sales & Service 507-828-4855 ness, muscle, growth. MaNew & Used ternal gilts & boars are For your irrigation needs 090 Red Angus & Black Angus productive, lean, durable. Miscellaneous 888-830-7757 or 507-276-2073 registered bulls for sale.

All are stress free & PRRS Most w/700-800# weaning free. Semen also available Cash paid for antique Harley weight. Care included in through Elite Genes A.I. Davidson, Indian or other WANT MORE READERS price until May 1st. MeadoMake 'em Grow! Comparts motorcycles and related TO SEE YOUR AD??

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World-famous sculptures

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.

Browerville, Minn.

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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