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Here at Olivia, Minn., aerial applicators tured my eye. It seemed like it had 100 are a necessary part of today’s agriculturinstruments! I was peeking through the al industry. And fortunately for me, they window of this Cessna thinking, ‘I’ll seem to have a ‘courtesy’ crank-up time. never be smart enough to fly one of With two (and sometimes three or four) these.’ Plus, I’m a Swedish farm boy and spray birds working the cropland out that instrument panel looked so very here, it’s usually a 6:30 a.m. before I hear complicated.” their turbo-powered rigs buzzing out Another time when his granddad was from our Olivia airport. Likewise it’s mowing grass at the airport, a pilot was often 8 p.m. before these guys park their pre-flighting his Ercoupe. These are LAND MINDS airplanes. nifty little two-place, side-by-side airBy Dick Hagen So today I’m focusing on an interview planes with rudders connected to the with Ed Newberg, long-time Hector front wheel so there are no rudder area applicator. In 2016 Ed was pedals. Ed related, “I remember inducted into the Minnesota granddad saying, ‘If you can drive a Aviation Hall of Fame. I recently speed boat, you can fly an Ercoupe’”. chatted with Ed at his summer The guy with the Ercoupe was a home on the north shore of county commissioner who was flying Kandiyohi Lake, about 18 miles out to look at a bridge project and north of Olivia. Yes, his summer he asked young Ed if he’d like to residence even has a landing spot for ride along. It was okay with his ‘fun’ plane — a small Robinson Granddad. “I was still a little shavR44 helicopter. Comfortably retired er, so the guy put a couple pillows now, Ed’s winter hangout, like many on the seat. That got me up high Minnesota snow birds, is a cozy enough so I could see out the windwelling in the Mesa, Ariz. area, dows. And when we were up to eleconveniently close to Falcon Field, a vation — which I recall was 5,000 great Aviation museum featuring feet — he let me fly. war birds from WWII, etc.

“Boy, what fun! Because this As hundreds of Minnesota farmers Ercoupe had no rudder pedals, you will agree, back in the 1980s Photo submitted just turn the wheel to turn the airEd and Connie Newberg pose Newberg was one of those first ag plane. That really impressed me. I in front of their N2S-1 Timm — knew at that point what I was going pilots who convinced Minnesota America’s first composite airfarmers airplanes cover lots more to do the rest of my life.” craft. This is the only one flying acres faster than ground rigs and So how did this ambition of being without the annoying issues of dodg- out of 262 delivered to the Navy an aerial applicator come into being? in 1943. ing wet fields.

Newberg responded that most So how did this performance-driven aviator get young men getting into aviation think becoming an into aerial crop spraying? airline pilot is their destiny. But Ed already knew Apparently thanks to an aerial ride with a that wasn’t for him. He had been helping his dad Highway Patrol friend! This patrol officer, Don, was with his ground spray rigs and it was apparent to doing aerial speed checks on motorists below on U.S. young Newberg that crop spraying was going to be a Highway 212. “I was about 8 years old,” Newberg necessary part of farming. So Ed started working recalled. “He asked if I’d like to ride with him in his for Royalaire Crop Spraying, right there at Hector Cessna 182. Yes, that ride with my highway cop Municipal Airport. Royalaire had a contract with friend impressed me about the fun of flying.”

Green Giant which used helicopters for their thouFor several years, Ed’s grandfather was running sands of acres of sweet corn and pea fields. the airport in St. James, Minn. “I would often stay After the Green Giant spray season wrapped up, with my granddad. During the summer between my Ed’s applicator friend Clarence Lind put dual con5th and 6th grades I was gazing at airplanes See LAND MINDS, pg. 6 parked on the ramp. A beautiful Cessna 195 cap-

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House GOP could claim farm bill victory in midst of defeat A week before American voters decided spent $50 million in his re-election bid. whether the mid-term elections would Combined, that means a staggering $72 deliver a red wave or a blue was spent on every vote cast in the goverwave, OpenSecrets.org — the non-partinor’s race. Money may not buy happiness, san group which tracks money in politics but it sure did buy a lot of mud in one of — made a spot-on prediction: the biggest the dirtiest campaigns ever run in a state wave on Nov. 6 would be green. known, ironically, for its rich dirt.

Think greenbacks, that is, because The biggest spenders nationally were OpenSecrets estimated this year’s politi- FARM & FOOD FILE Democrats. OpenSecrets estimated Dems cal candidates would spend $5.2 billion outspent GOP candidates nationwide

By Alan Guebert on 2018 campaigns — a whopping 35 $2.5 billion to $2.2 billion. Democrats percent increase over 2014 mid-term used that extra $300 million to target spending. incumbent Republicans in the U.S. Given the recent track record on House of Representatives.

Capitol Hill (no federal budget deadline met since It paid off. Democrats recaptured the House after 1998; failure to pass the last three farm bills on eight years in the wilderness. The margin of majoritime; no balanced budget since 2001) you’d think ty remains uncertain as several House races are too elective office would be a grim study in futility. Not close to call. There’s no doubt, however, that old so, says wave after wave of office seekers. farm bill hands like Minnesota’s Collin Peterson, the It’s no different at the state level. For example, House Ag Committee’s former chairman, can reclaim earlier this year in Florida, six candidates for gover- the top spot by simply asking for it. nor — two Republicans and four Democrats — spent That said, House Republicans must first decide if $84 million on television ads in just the primary. they want to give their ally, President Donald J. Even more remarkable, the biggest spender in Trump, a key legislative triumph — a finished 2018 that race, Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam, a farm bill — before their power drains away.

Republican, spent $25 million only to lose to a dark That win appears attainable if the more conservahorse congressman, Ron DeSantis. tive GOP House members bow in defeat, abandon But that’s chickenfeed compared to the billionaire- their “work-capable” demands for certain food aid versus-billionaire governor’s race in my home state, (SNAP) recipients, so a final bill can move forward.

Illinois. The eventual winner, J.B. Pritzker, an heir That’s a very big if because this stubborn group to the Hyatt hotel empire, spent $171 million of his includes the unbowed President who supported the own dough to beat the GOP incumbent, Gov. Bruce SNAP “reforms” on the fall campaign trail.

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Letter: County committees are vital Farmers and ranchers, It’s that time of year again. The 2018 Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) county committee elections are officially underway and we’re asking for your help. Please take a few minutes to vote in your local county committee election. FSA county committees are a vital and direct link between our farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Earlier this summer, we put out a call for nominations for individuals who would be willing to serve on the committee. Elections are held annually in every county when FSA accepts nominations for a certain Local Administrative Area (LAA). The area up for election rotates each year. Nominations have been made and now it’s time for you to decide who will fill this role.

Ballots were mailed out the week of Nov. 5 to eligible voters. If your LAA had a committee seat open this year, and you are an eligible voter, you can expect to receive a ballot in the mail. Producers who did not receive a ballot can pick one up at the local FSA office.

The individuals you elect to serve on your behalf operate within official federal regulations so that local input is provided on federal programs such as: Income safety-net loans and payments, including setting county average yields for commodities; conservation programs; incentive, indemnity and disaster payments for some commodities; emergency programs, and payment eligibility.

Our FSA county committees make a difference and if you won’t take it from me, I encourage you to check out stories from county committee members from around the nation. Read their testimonials at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. While you’re there, you can find other information about the elections.

Ballots must be returned to your local FSA office

by Dec. 3. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than Dec. 3.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make an impact in your local community.

Joe Martin State Executive Director Minnesota Farm Service Agency

Still, Iowa’s Sen. Charles Grassley suggested his fellow Republicans do just that. The “House… better fish or cut bait and give up on that (SNAP reform),” he said, if they want to have any input on any new farm law.

It’s practical advice for several reasons. First, few lawmakers look forward to starting the entire farm bill writing process anew when the incoming Congress is seated in January. Secondly, it delays completing any 2019 farm bill for months while also requiring Congress to pass (and the White House to sign) an extension of the 2014 law before this year’s quickly-approaching adjournment.

On top of that delicate two-step, few suggest that any 2019 farm bill would be substantially different than the Senate’s draft of the 2018 bill which still hangs fire in Congress now. As such, asks one Capitol Hill friend, can cooler heads prevail and complete the 2018 bill as limping House Republicans head for the exits?

Sure, but that would require a purple wave of bipartisan cooperation in Washington which no one predicts anytime soon.

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Pilot is also an accomplished musician LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 trols back into his G5 Bell helicopter and taught Newberg how to fly this rig. But helicopters are much more expensive than airplanes, so Ed realized that to start his own aerial business he needed a low-cost conventional airplane.

The solution back in 1982? He bought a Call-Air spray plane. “It was an affordable way for me to get into business.” He also had a fun airplane — a used Taylorcraft for $1,750. And this 65-hp airplane was the rig for getting his private license; and enough time also for his commercial. “I’ve still got that T craft. I put 850 hours on that plane. It’s now one of my collector airplanes … put new fabric on it about 20 years ago.”

Meanwhile, aerial spraying was now catching on.

With a couple wet springs back-to-back in those 1980s, farmers just couldn’t get the job done with their ground rigs. It was a great time for Ed to be starting his business. Today, when aerial demand suddenly explodes like with soybean aphids, aerial guys come in from Kansas and the Dakotas. “We’re sort of like a fraternity,” Ed admitted. “Sure, we’re competitive. But when push comes to shove, we’re more than willing to fly our bird to help relieve the pressure for another applicator.”

And what a life! Ed and his bride Connie lived at the Hector airport. He became airport manager in exchange for the privilege of a house on airport property. He also joined the Hector Lions Club, long-time hosts of the Hector Fly-In. He and Connie did the advertising for this big event. They also handled airplane parking which can be a challenge when over 150 aircraft fly in and you have just two runways — one which is grass. The solution is another volunteer, Glenn Weibel form the Winsted area, who comes out and sits on the intersection of the two landing strips and advises incoming airplanes of traffic.

Soon the Hector Fly-In became the largest fly-in breakfast round the state — getting pilots from all over Minnesota and sorounding states. Over 1,600 were served at a recent breakfast to raise funds for a local lady who suffered a heart attack. At their 2018 breakfast, $17,000 was generated as a gift to a family needing help because of severe medical expenses.

So with thousands of hours of flight time, does Ed have a favorite airplane? Yes, it’s his current horse … the Air Tractor 502. “This 502, when loaded with fuel and chemical, has a 10,000-pound takeoff weight, yet it flies like a little airplane,” beamed Newberg. “And the power is great. Tremendously reliable turbo prop engines. Back when I used to run piston airplanes and we were running 14-15 hours flight time each day, every fourth day we’d be changing oil, cleaning sparkplugs and other maintenance stuff till midnight just so our birds were ready to go the next morning. With these turbo rigs, all we do is kick the tires and light the fire. They are awesome airplanes.”

How do aerial applicators keep up with the con-

stant upgrading of products, plus latest rules and regulations? Study, listen, learn and talk. The TriState Convention is such an event. It includes mandatory training with University of Minnesota, North Dakota State University and Iowa State specialists.

“But more so it’s talking with my customers, with field reps for these various products, plus the ag product guys at the local co-op. Total cooperation is the answer,” Newberg said.

Like farm machinery, will spray planes keep getting bigger? Ed says never say never. “Spray planes are big-ticket items. A new Air Tractor 802 is right at $1.4 million. Our used 502’s are about a half-million dollars. But thanks to electrostatic spray technology, this increased efficiency is keeping us competitive.”

Newberg credits you farmers as being reliable ‘bill payers’. He related to his start up days in the early 1980s. “I was paying 20.5 percent interest. Yes, some guys lost their farms. And we’re fully aware of the financial squeeze currently. But farmers are still amazingly dependable.”

However, even after 38 years of spraying thousands of acres and piloting an Air Tractor 140 mph when skimming 2 to 6 feet over the tops of fields, being an ag pilot still satisfies Newberg. He admits it can be a challenge for the bride, but said wife Connie quickly accepted the ‘running time clock” of being married to an aerial applicator. “We’ve got to make hay while the sun shines. So forget about time off for holidays, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, etc. My bride is an angel. I told her the flip side is we’ve got all winter to celebrate. So I still say every day is a holiday at Newberg Fly Spray.

Ed sold his business two years ago to Sam and Nic Heiderscheidt who call their firm Sky Apply. Ten years ago he sold the “south of the river” area of his spray business to Cory Heiderscheidt of Sleepy Eye. But if called into duty because of a sudden explosion of aphids or other unwanted species of insect and/or weed, he’s still available to fire up his AirTractor to help cure the latest crisis.

Hobbies? Perhaps many — but Newberg’s love of flying led him into singing and writing music. That started when he joined the Commemorative Air Force in 1994. A B17 bomber of WW II vintage is their flagship. When the B17 was built, the news media called this huge war plane the ‘Fortress in the Sky.’ So Newberg, an accomplished guitar player and vocalist, wrote a song called “Fortress in the Sky” which describes the crew and the war ship. It was recorded in a Minnesota studio, video was made in Hollywood and it has aired on the Discovery Channel.

Yes, this amazing guy — now a sprightly 64-year old — is now enjoying his winter retreat where he entertains with music for special events, or flies one of his ‘war birds’ which he houses in a special hangar at Falcon Field in Mesa.

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

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Tolling bells remind us of the War to End All Wars

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent In days gone by, the ringing of bells were used in many ways. They were the community’s attentiongetter. If there was a fire, they rang furiously to alert everyone able to come to help. As a funeral procession left a church, the bells had a solemn toll.

On Sundays, the bell reminded us to come to church to worship our Maker.

The joyous ringing of the bells on Nov. 11, 1918 had Americans bursting into jubilant cheering. The Armistice had been signed in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France — ending the hostilities of World War I. Of course, it wasn’t called World War I at the time, as no one knew that a generation later, sons and grandsons would again be marching off to another world war.

The war was simply called The Great War and it was to have been the war to end all wars. Sadly, it didn’t manage to do that.

Before this war, Americans had held the Monroe Doctrine in high reverence. Presidents and other politicians had used it as a campaign issue, that the United States must never be drawn into foreign entanglements.

America attempted to stay neutral, but there was this incident at sea that tried our patience so much so that on April 3, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson called for actions against Germany. He delivered this message to the Congress in Extraordinary Session. Just three days later on April 6, America officially entered the war.

His powerful speech included these words: “It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance.

“But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in

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their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.”

With those words America entered into the War For Humanity.

The war officially ended with the signing of the Armistice at 11:00 a.m. Paris time on Nov. 11.

In commemoration of this day, the World War I Centennial Commission — along with the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the National Cathedral, The American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars — had requested a nationwide bell-tolling on Nov. 11 as a solemn reminder of the sacrifice and service of veterans of the Great War, and for all veterans. The bells are to toll 21 times at 11:00 a.m. local time.

We may or may not have heard the bells ring at 11:00. Many of us were probably be sitting in church since it was Sunday. I rather like this story of Ferdinand Foch, the Marshal of France and the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces that I found in the book, “Victory Edition America’s War for Humanity” by Thomas H. Russell. The following was originally published in the Los Angeles Times.

“If you will look for Foch in some quiet church, it is there that he will be found, humbly giving God the glory and absolutely declining to attribute it to himself. Can that kind of a man win a war? Can a man who is a practical soldier be also a practical Christian? And is Foch that kind of a man? Let us see.

“A California boy, serving as a soldier in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, wrote a letter to his parents in San Bernardino recently, in which he gives, as well as anyone could give the answer to the question we ask. This American boy, Evans by name, tells of meeting Marshal Foch at close range in France.

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“Evans had gone into an old church to have a look at it, and as he stood there with bared head satisfying his respectful curiosity, a gray man with the eagles of a general on the collar of his shabby uniform entered the church. Only one orderly accompanied the quiet. Gray man. No glittering staff of officers, no entourage of gold-laced aides were with him; nobody but just the orderly.

“Evans paid small attention at first to the gray man, but was curious to see him kneel in the church, praying. The minutes passed until full three-quarters of an hour had gone by before the gray man arose from his knees.

“Then Evans followed him down the street and was surprised to see soldiers salute this man in great excitement, and women and children stopping in their tracks with awe-struck faces as he passed.

It was Foch! And Evans, of San Bernardino, counts the experience as the greatest in his life. During the three-quarters of an hour that the generalissimo of all the Allied armies was on his knees in humble supplication in that quiet church, 10,000 guns were roaring at his word on a hundred hills that rocked with death.

“Moreover, it is not a new thing with him. He has done it his whole life long.”

Renae B. Vander Schaaf is a farmer’s wife, speaker, and author living on a farm in northwest Iowa.

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Questions of the harvest (you can keep score at home) Though it’s hard to believe, during harvest time. the 2018 harvest season “How’s it yielding?” finally did premier on all “How do you get to that fronts, even if it was a little field?” late in coming, and brought its own share of troubles. If “Can you run after a part?” you wear a seed corn cap, “Who counted these rows, you are probably juggling anyway?” quandaries and answering “Where do these beans go?” mountains of questions — TABLE TALK your own and those of others “What the hell happened

By Karen Schwaller — as they seek your guidhere?” ance with standing water “How are you doing for and muddy fields. fuel?”

The farmer’s ability to process infor“Which corn goes in which bin?” mation is uniquely mysterious to me, “Where do you want to load the as his/her brain must be running on trucks?” all cylinders at all times during harvest — and all the while keeping a “Did you know your (cows/sheep/hogs) watchful eye on combine monitors that are out?” tell him/her if they will be dining on “What’s the moisture/test weight?” steak or offal in the coming year.

Though everyone’s harvest is different, “Are there any (antacids) in the tracI thought I’d share with you some of tor?” the questions that tend to pop up in “Did you write your weight down?” conversation and over two-way radios (The farm woman’s personal favorite....)

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“Where are we going next?”

“Can you bring the impact wrench when you come to the field?”

“Where are the damn chains/tow rope?”

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“Which wet hole?”

“Guess how much this load weighed?”

“Did you bring my nosebag?” (‘Nosebag’ is our name for ‘lunch box,’ because our noses are always in them looking for something to eat...)

“Are you keeping track of all the scale tickets?” (...and the now-famous Facebook quote that says of the slow start to the 2018 harvest: “I now have more receipts from the liquor store than I have scale tickets.”)

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“Who has the toilet paper?”

“I wonder how long (the implement store) is open?”

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Book is full of charm from an uncomplicated time Ropes of diamonds and gold are not for you.

A fancy car has no place in your garage; your home isn’t TV-worthy; and you’re happy with uncomplicated meals.

Hold the mustard. While it’s nice to have big luxuries, you recognize your quieter needs.

THE BOOKWORM And as in the new book “Simple Things” by Jerry SEZ Apps, you’re grateful for

By Terri Schlichenmeyer them, too.

When Jerry Apps was born on a little farm in rural north-central Wisconsin in the midst of the Great Depression, his parents didn’t enjoy the benefits of electricity or running water. Those things didn’t arrive at the Apps household for many more years, so the family led a simple life with a bounty of goodness.

For instance, on the farm, Apps says, one of the first things you learned was to appreciate tools. Different kinds of shovels did different kinds of jobs, and a boy knew he was a man when he had his own three-tined pitchfork. Apps’ dad was never without a pocket knife or pair of pliers, and Apps’ mother had a different kind of tool — her apron, which was towel, hot pad, bucket and tear-wiper.

Today, we notch up a thermostat when the temperature dips. But in the Apps household, keeping warm was a complicated task. Apps says his father rose early each day to start fires in the two woodburning stoves which kept the family warm — putting a bucket of water on one stove to thaw for coffee-making. He then lit a fire in the pump house, one beneath the cattle water tank, one in the “potato cellar,” and then he started barn chores.

“Not once did I hear him complain…” says Apps.

“It was winter, after all, and that is what you did when you lived on a farm in Waushara County in 1946.”

Back then, it was scandalous when one had a messy haystack. Christmas meant two gifts: an article of clothing and a (single) toy. And a radio — plus an imagination — were all the entertainment a boy needed, except for the stories told on the back porch, at the feed mill, and at the Mercantile on Saturday night.

No celebrity gossip, no bumper-to-bumper traffic, no bars on windows and deadbolts on doors. No need to imagine any of this. Instead, read “Simple Things.”

Better yet, read it with someone who was also once a mid-century kid, because author Jerry Apps’ words will lead to conversations you’ll be glad you had and surprise stories you’ve never heard before.

Apps is a master at description, so it’s hard not to take a magic feed-sack ride back 70 years when reading this book. It’s hard not to hear farm sounds, impossible not to miss your grandparents fiercely.

Indeed, this book may be slim, but it’s big on tale-

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You may notice some repetition here and there inside this book, but you probably won’t mind a bit.

It’s too charming for that. In fact, if you’re a certain age or you grew up on a family farm, “Simple Things,” will be a gem.

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Ryberg lowering fuel costs while improving the soil

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Editor’s note: Last summer, Dick Hagen attended a field day at the Brian Ryberg farm near Buffalo Lake, Minn. to hear about Ryber’s departure from his conventional tilling practices to strip tillage. With harvest complete, Hagen revisited Ryberg to get an update on this year’s crops.

BUFFALO LAKE, Minn. — Harvest 2018 provided a challenge for most. Did strip tillage make a difference? Brian Ryberg thinks so. In 2015, Ryberg Farms made a switch from conventional tillage on 3,500 acres of corn, soybeans and sugar beets to strip tillage.

“We definitely handled this wet fall harvest okay,” said Ryberg. “We left no tracks or ruts in our fields.

Yields were plus/minus 200 on corn and 60 on beans.

Highs were averages of 232 and 69. It went well.”

Ryberg incorporated a Soil Warrior for fall tillage, while at the same time applying phosphorus and potassium for the 2019 corn. Ryberg also seeded cereal rye on beet ground with a Salford vertical tillage rig that lightly tills while broadcasting rye.

After four years of strip till practices, Ryberg immediately mentioned the significant change in soil structure. “Our soils don’t compact anymore!” he exclaimed. “We’re using heavy equipment, but we’re not digging into that entire soil profile like we used to with full-scale tillage. Our soil structure stays intact. Thanks to strip till plus cover crops, we’re rebuilding our soils and it’s this stronger aggregate structure that carries the weight of our equipment without compaction.”

Ryberg’s goal is to improve soil health and prevent soil erosion with the fall seeding of rye. “This living cover crop takes up excess moisture which also permits timely planting. This fall we’re trying some five and eight-way blends of cover crops of annual rye, turnips, radish, buckwheat, even rape seed. We’re still learning, so trying these blends gives us another ‘learning opportunity’.”

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Ryberg is also interseeding cover crops into the corn while side dressing nitrogen at about V5-V6 stage. This with a 36-row, 22-inch bar putting 10-20 gallons of 32 percent nitrogen between the rows while broadcasting the cover crop seed with a Hiniker seed box delivering seed between each of the 36 rows.

The workhorse for this once-over strip till crop farming strategy is a John Deere 9630. In the first year of his tillage conversion, total field hours went from 430 hours with two tractors down to 210 hours and one tractor. With conventional farming, Ryberg was using 7 to 8 gallons of fuel per acre. Ryberg Farms is now at about 3.5 gallons per acre with the Soil Warrior system.

Ryberg Farms is basically 50-50 on corn and soybean acres plus some continuous corn and a couple hundred acres of sugar beets which are on a five-year rotation to minimize disease issues.

Is Ryberg seeing better soil health each year? “Yes,” he replied, “these improvements and restructuring of soil profile are happening each year. We’re also seeing soil biology come alive and readily handling the residue from our continuous corn fields. Residue isn’t the issue that it used to be. That’s really been a plus.”

“Together with Soil Health Partnership with whom we work, we’re doing fertility tests on each field. We pull soil samples; they send them in to a soil lab which does the Haney test which measures soil biology levels. We’ll continue to do that for the next five years. We’ll have data telling soil health, field by field and even topographic differences within a given field.”

How was planting this wet spring? Despite the frequency and intensity of late May and early June

rains, “Our fields handled the 1-inch and 2-inch rains very well. But those 4-6 inch downpours got all of us into the same pool,” related Ryberg.

The Ryberg crew plants with two 36-row units, 22-inch rows using 300-horsepower John Deere tractors on tracks. Those JDs also pull grain carts which run on tracks.

Corn populations in this intensive system averages right at 36,000 plants per acre. “But we’re strip testing in each field — boosting populations to 40,000,” Ryberg said. “Yield information this fall will tell the story. Varieties too can make a difference. Some handle higher populations better. As we work with our seed dealers, they give us a pretty good idea which hybrids we can push at little more. Even though our soils are quite uniform, we have some pockets and hilltops where we back off on populations … down to 28,000 if this is a sandy loam subsoil structure.”

Ryberg has made big changes in the fertility program too. No more fall urea and fall nitrogen applications. Instead, they do phosphorus and potassium in the fall with the Soil Warrior when doing their single-pass tillage. All nitrogen is spring applied (liquid) while planting (20 gallons of 32 percent) plus a side dress application for the balance of nitrogen needed.

“Interest is really growing for this tillage system, especially with commodity prices being in the tank and farmers looking to save money with fewer trips across the field,” Ryberg admitted. “Plus what we are doing for soil health is the big ticket. We’re seeing virtually zero erosion; a regeneration of soil bacteria; and biological activity in the soil and definitely more interest in overall conservation of our soil resources.”v

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Canadians, Minnesotans discuss trade, tariffs in Willmar

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer WILLMAR, Minn. — If you were thinking that questions on the advent of $4 corn and $9 beans would be answered soon, you may be headed for disappointment.

That was the message delivered at a workshop which took place on Sept. 20 in Willmar, Minn. The topic was international trade and tariffs. Speakers were Suzanne Cormie, acting Consul General of Canada; and Jeff Phillips, international trade manager with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Moderating the discussion was Doug Loon, president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Ken Warner, president of the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, assisted with the open discussion segment.

The North American Free Trade Agreement was launched in 1994. It has been a tremendously important agreement for Mexico, Canada and the United States. “It is percolating along quite well, but needs to be updated,” said Loon.

As of this writing, President Donald Trump hopes to be signing an agreement with Canada and Mexico to resume the trade of corn, soybeans, wheat and pork products —especially hams. Mexico is the single largest

buyer of U.S. hams and accessory pork items that aren’t popular with U.S. consumers.

If an agreement can be reached that can pass political muster on both sides of the border, it will be a result of an unlikely alliance amid the rockiest relations between the United States and Canada in decades.

“We are friends, allies and partners,” Cormie said. “There are so many linkages between the two countries. We have a 5,000-mile border — the longest undefended border in the world.”

Currently, the United States is doing about three times more trade with Canada than China. In 2017 over $680 billion in trade took place between the two countries — about $1.7 billion per day. And Minnesota’s largest trading relationship is with Canada. Last year, the state exported $5.12 billion in goods and services to Canada and approximately 174,200 jobs in Minnesota depend on trade and investment with Canada.

There are about $34 million in Canadian tariffs against Minnesota agricultural goods — most in processed and prepared food products. “It didn’t touch our soybeans and commodity products. Canada is a good friend to us on these issues,” said Phillips.

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products going to Mexico. Goods like corn, sweet corn, cheese and pork are being taxed. Phillips thinks the Minnesota pork industry will be substantially impacted by retaliatory tariffs by Mexico. “It might hurt us for several years,” he said.

Much the same with China. Phillips commented, “There doesn’t seem to be a fix, so this may go on and on.”

Minnesota imports and exports nearly $50 billion a year with other countries and 80 percent of that trade comes from China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico.

Loon commented, “Minnesota is one of the biggest trading states in the country. When things aren’t going right with those four trading partners, you can expect a potential impact on our Minnesota economy.”

The United States put tariffs on steel and aluminum, 25 percent and 10 percent respectively. Canada asked for an exemption but was denied on national security issues.

“We don’t think we are a national

security threat,” said Cormie. Obviously, neither do most Americans. But President Trump needed leverage when negotiating with both Mexico and Canada about a revised NAFTA. Canada, however, retaliated with tariffs on U.S. goods which will remain in effect until the United States removes its tariffs. These tariffs are dollar-fordollar for the $16.6 billion of U.S. tariffs.

“Canada is working in good faith on the updated NAFTA agreement. We want a good deal, not just any deal,” said Cormie. Canadian officials made clear Washington needed to withdraw a threat of possible auto tariffs.

So even though participants at this Willmar event weren’t saying when — if anything — would be happening on trade and tariff issues, the growing concern is the negative impact of this uncertainty. “If this current farm bill runs out with no new farm bill, what’s likely is a temporary extension with the provisions of the current bill. And that’s not likely to be a win-win situation for everybody,” said Loon. v

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Peterson: ‘It’s not my job to screw things up’

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer OLIVIA, Minn. — A brief visit with Congressman Collin Peterson always produces good commentary — perhaps because Peterson has been sharing political commentary for 26 years as a Minnesota congressman. An example was my quesCollin Peterson tion of why he always participates in the Olivia Corn Capital parade when he likely could have a choice of a dozen other events?

With just a quick wink, he responded, “Because you have such kind people. Nobody boos me when I walk in your parade.”

He’s not so kind when it comes to party lobbyists.

“These people go out of their way to take extreme positions in both parties. It makes it almost impossible to get to where you need to be.”

Peterson commented this current farm bill dialogue isn’t what he would do if he were in charge.

(Peterson is the ranking member of the House Ag Committee.) “I don’t think it’s adequate,” he admitted. “But I’m a realist and know I won’t get my way.

So I’m going to help them get this done. The

Republican party is in charge. They were elected, so it’s not my job to screw things up. It’s my job to try to figure out how to get this process done.”

Yet Peterson is much aware of the resource value of lobbyists. “Lobbyists can be a positive thing. You just need to carefully evaluate their information. But where I disagree is when you get these lobby groups who are set up to push an ideology. We’ve got too much of that going on right now. You have the corn growers, the Farm Bureau, and those kinds of guys.

They’re not pushing an ideology. They’re pushing their industry; their concerns are about producing food and fuel and fiber for growing world populations.

“But this debate over the food stamp issue in the farm bill … it’s ridiculous. And you know where it came from? From a right wing group in Florida that paid themselves 200 grand each to run around the country convincing listeners the food stamp should be only for qualified people. But it’s not going to work. That’s the people I have a problem with … those pushers of an ideology just because they don’t think anybody should get any help. They seem to think that if you’ve fallen on hard times and can’t make it on your own, then find your own way to survive. I can’t go along with that. I simply believe that

it is our moral and Christian duty to help our brethren that can’t help themselves.”

So what might be an ideal farm bill?

Peterson replied, “I’m not smart enough to come up with an ideal bill. All I can tell you is that $3.70 target price on corn and $8.40 on soybeans are not adequate. We need a higher target price on these counter cyclical programs. Also, the dairy needs a better safety net. I got some of that into the bill. But on the crop side, it will cost $30 billion to raise target prices 10 percent. And that’s the problem. We don’t have the $30 billion under this regime. When the Democrats take over, we’re going to have that $30 billion.”

With agriculture technology consistently ramping up, will U.S. farmers soon price themselves out of the market — simply too much production for the world to consume?

“Potentially,” said Peterson. But he thinks world population is growing faster than our productive potentials. “So if we get this trade stuff sorted out, I think we can be back in balance with supply and demand. What Trump is doing isn’t any favor. He doesn’t understand the Chinese. Yes, he may be helping the steel guys, but in the process he’s hurting my farmers.” v

Wood-burning furnaces are still a ‘hot’ commodity

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL — Despite, or perhaps because of the economy, wood burning furnaces are still indeed a strong item with northland residents.

Bill Buermann, the Minnesota rep for Heatmor outdoor furnaces, said there are two things people are looking for when checking into outdoor woodburning furnaces.

“It starts with ROI (return on investment).”

Buermann pointed out you’ll be laying out between $8,000 and $12,000 dollars to get hooked up. But after three or four years, you’ll have covered your return on investment and can start putting those yearly heating expenditures into your own pocket.

“Number two is efficiency,” Buermann went on to say. “Instead of going through let’s say 10 cords of

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Without giving away any trade secrets, Buermann shared this about improving the efficiency of their units: “You tweak some things. I’m not an engineer, but I know the heat transfer area is key to improving your flue systems and your fire box chamber. It can mean changing metals within your burning chamber. It can also be Bill Buermann the amount of heat transfer within the water of your system — so water usage and displacement can be an issue. It can even be the right turbulence within the burning chamber. And now I’m already over my head in engineering talk.”

In his 22 years with Heatmor, Buermann has witnessed about six significant changes which have improved the efficiency of their furnaces. “You’re always on the edge of new technologies it seems.”

One would think Heatmor’s ideas are patent protected. However, Buermann chuckled, “Our CEO says patents are only as good as your attorneys. He’s more flattered when someone tries to copy what we are doing. What better test do you need? he reminds those of us in marketing .”

Warroad, Minn. is Heatmor’s manufacturing center, but they market across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. “Plus we have product in

Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

The U.K. is surprisingly good because it is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. But they are cool year-round and married to oil. But oil prices are high in the U.K. so those folks are looking for cheaper ways to heat their homes.”

Bauermann thinks wood burning furnaces are ‘culture driven’ Photo by Dick Hagen to some extent. “I call it a family-sharing experience. A family gets one, they enjoy it and share their excitement. There’s a lot of this word-of-mouth chatter that helps move this industry along.”

I caught Bauermann at the Minnesota State Fair. He admitted the fair is a good place to sell wood burning furnaces. “Yes, I can say that with total confidence,” he said. “I travel across the country doing various shows and fairs. By far, our return on investment at the Minnesota State Fair is hands-down the best.”

Adding new interest to wood-burning furnaces are Halverson Wood Products’ log cutting and splitting devices which fasten onto skid loaders. These units pick up logs ready for splitting. A hydraulic-driven chain saw automatically cuts the log into pre-determined lengths and splits them. It will handle 10 to 12-foot logs and split pieces up to 16 inches in diameter. More information can be found at www.

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Fall farminar series announced

AMES, Iowa — Practical Farmers of Iowa began its farmer-led webinar series — called “farminars” – on Nov. 13. Held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each farminar focuses on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow.

The presentations are free.

The 2018 Fall Farminar Line-Up Nov. 20 — “Getting Started Growing and Marketing Unusual Fruits” Nov. 27 — “Where to Begin With Winter Wheat Production” Dec. 4 — “Grazing Cover Crops with Sheep” Dec. 11 — “Organic Seedling Production” Dec. 18 — “Managing Disease in Organic Vegetable Crops” To participate in these offerings, visit practicalfarmers.org/farminars. A schedule for all upcoming farminars — as well as the recordings for 153 past farminars — is also available at this link.

This article was submitted by Practical Farmers of Iowa. v

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Biosecurity takes understanding, consistent implementation Infectious diseases of swine continue to be a major challenge for pig producers and swine veterinarians around the world. Diseases become profit robbers due to poor performance and high mortality, something that every producer wants to avoid in their farms.

Besides the economic impact, there is also a psychological impact in that disease outbreaks generate frustration and lower morale, which together have an indirect impact on future performance.

Thanks to intense research, disease behavior, specifically, how pathogens like viruses or bacteria transmit, has been understood. This knowledge has allowed researchers and swine veterinarians to develop measures and protocols to avoid transmission and keep animals healthy. In simple terms, the group of these measures focused on avoiding the introduction of pathogens into a farm is known as biosecurity.

Biosecurity not only refers to swine or food animal production medicine, it is also used in human medicine and we actually even use it at home! At home and school, we are taught basic measures that fall into “personal biosecurity”; for instance, washing our hands before every meal or after using the restroom and brushing our teeth are some basic examples of how we work towards keeping pathogens from entering our bodies.

On the other hand, biosecurity is not only about preventing but also about pathogen containment so that infectious individuals do not share or disseminate the pathogen to others. Some examples are covering our cough or avoid shaking hands while fighting a cough, this will decrease the chances of the pathogen becoming airborne or transmitting through a simple hand shake. As mentioned, biosecurity is used at different levels (i.e. individual, population, regional and national) and across different industries as we continue to work towards clean environments and reduction of infectious disease risk.

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In the swine industry, producers and veterinarians have worked intensely to implement biosecurity measures as they clearly know that prevention is cheaper than controlling disease.

SWINE & U Different measures have been adopted such as farm employBy Cesar Corzo ee shower-in/shower-out, use of farm-specific clothing and shoes, cleaning-disinfection-drying of trucks, use of isolation or quarantine facilities for disease monitoring of incoming breeding-stock, water chlorination, ultra violet chambers together with disinfection and drying rooms for the introduction of farm supplies and lately air filtration. All these biosecurity measures have proven to be important when preventing disease introduction, especially when they are implemented in an orchestrated and consistent manner.

However, today the swine industry still has questions related to transmission routes of certain pathogens as farms with high biosecurity standards continue to suffer unexplained outbreaks of disease as a result of pathogen introduction.

Let’s use the most important disease in the US swine industry (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus - PRRSv) as an example.

This disease costs the industry more than $664 millions per year; therefore, producers continue to invest in biosecurity measures to keep the virus from reaching their herds. However, the virus continues to evade these biosecurity measures generating a great deal of frustration. Data from the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP), a voluntary

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program that has been conducted for almost 10 years and which accounts for approximately 50% of the US breeding herd, has shown that on average, 30% of the 1,000 breeding herds in the project break with PRRS on a yearly basis.

The data has consistently shown that the virus tends to infect more breeding herds during the fall and winter; however, outbreaks still occur during the summer. When the data was analyzed regionally, Minnesota followed the fall-winter outbreak pattern whereas Iowa had a different and more consistent pattern throughout the year leading us to think that there are regional attributes that need to be understood. These valuable pieces of information have allowed both producers and practitioners to be vigilant in specific seasons throughout the year.

Unfortunately, after having included important biosecurity procedures and knowing when the virus may come we are still being surprised with new infections that cannot be explained as outbreak investigations do not always yield a conclusive answer that could lead to improvements or corrective intervention strategies.

One area that requires further understanding is biosecurity compliance which refers to whether the protocols are being followed by everyone working at the farm 24/7 throughout the year. This is important especially when all these biosecurity procedures are human driven. Compliance is related to many factors: discipline, motivation, mindset and ownership, among others. As humans, it is well known that some are more disciplined than others and tend to be more compliant. Some examples can be found at home, when examining whether we are See SWINE & U, pg. 19

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Cheddar drops sharply at Global Dairy Trade auction Exchange butter closed Nov. September.

9 at $2.1925. GDT cheddar n cheese equated to $1.4740 Down on the farm, dairy per pound, down 7 cents margins continued to weakand compares to the Nov. 9 en the second half of CME block cheddar at October due to lower milk $1.38. GDT skim milk powprices — though feed costs der averaged 90.58 cents moderated slightly since the per pound and whole milk middle of the month accordpowder averaged $1.2044.

MIELKE MARKET ing to the latest Margin WEEKLY CME Grade A nonfat dry Watch from Chicago-based milk closed Nov. 9 at 86

By Lee Mielke Commodity & Ingredient cents per pound.

Hedging LLC. n “With the exception Woeful milk prices of spot fourth quarter, The losses were unfortunately led by here at home are margins remain positive and above cheddar, down 4.6 percent, which folreflective of the trade and tariff turaverage from a historical perspective, moil the industry has unwillingly been though not particularly strong,” the drawn into. The ongoing trade dispute Margin Watch adds. “Milk prices have hit dairy exports in September, accord- come under renewed pressure due to a ing to the Nov. 2 Dairy and Food negative monthly Cold Storage report per visit being 12. In the swine indusSWINE & U, from pg. 18 Market Analyst newsletter. from U.S. Department of Agriculture try, a survey was conducted to underdisciplined with our diet or exercise “The USA shipped just 15.2 percent as well as weakness in spot cheese at stand compliance both through an routine. There are studies in the literof its milk solids to foreign markets the CME. Both barrel and block chedauto-assessment as well as by assessature that examine the degree of comduring the month, the second-lowest dar have traded progressively lower ing peer compliance. In both assesspliance related to patients with cardiolevel in eight months and down from all month, with USDA reporting that ment, employees did not reach perfecvascular disease or tuberculosis as 16.4 percent exported in August,” the barrel inventories are plentiful, while tion from a compliance standpoint. these patients are required to take newsletter stated. The two products hit a number of block makers suggest Despite this body of evidence, there daily medication. These studies have hardest by the trade war were cheese cheese is moving well and inventories is still an important knowledge gap shown that treatment adherence or and whey. “Total whey product exports are balanced overall, demand has and the swine industry is working to compliance is not perfect. were at the second lowest level in 29 ebbed slightly, as the food service further understand how often these months with shipments to China at demand has settled a bit and some Another example that examines noncompliant events occur, and wheththe lowest level in years. Cheese ship- buyers wait out further declines. compliance, but in a medical environer they have trends in order to start ments were at a 19-month low.” ment, is related to hand washing prac“USDA reported total cheese invendeveloping methodologies to increase tices at hospitals. As mentioned earliThe good news, the DFMA says, is tories of 1.366 billion pounds in cold and maintain compliance. er, hand washing is key to avoid that declining international business storage at the end of September, up Therefore, it is important for producpathogen dissemination and in hospihas been offset by a reasonably good 0.58 percent from last month comers and veterinarians to re-assess tals this is required as part of their demand year in the United States. So pared to the average draw of 1.8 perprotocols. However, surveys conducted their biosecurity programs. Before far this year, domestic use of butter cent between August and September have demonstrated that there is room investing in new technologies or has increased by 1.0 percent; the past 10 years. Cheese inventories changing procedures, it is important to for improvement as not everyone folAmerican cheese, up 2.0 percent; and were also 4.46 percent higher than understand whether the team at the lows these protocols. Interestingly, dry whey, down 0.1 percent, according last year. Butter stocks totaled 283.1 farm clearly understands the do’s, the compliance levels of these practices to DFMA’s analysis of production, million pounds, down 2.68 percent don’ts and why they are being asked tended to be related to work saturastocks and trade data through See MIELKE, pg. 22 to implement procedures in such a tion, the higher the workload the manner.

It is important to make sure lower the level of compliance. everyone is involved, and even more In animal health, information related importantly that there’s ownership. to assessment of biosecurity compliance Understanding and ownership are key is scarce. A survey conducted among in encouraging team members to cattle producers in Belgium to assess enforce biosecurity measures within the implementation level of biosecurity the team, and to help keep team memmeasures concluded that these were bers following the biosecurity plan. poorly implemented. In the poultry Cesar A Corzo, DVM, MSc, PhD is an industry, a study using video surveilAssociate Professor and Leman Chair lance quantified and described the type in Swine Health and Productivity at of biosecurity measure errors made by personnel entering and exiting poultry the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He may barns. Findings from this study raised awareness that on average, four errors be reached via email at corazo@umn. edu. v were made per visit, with the maximum number of errors per individual This column was written for the marketing week ending Nov. 9.

While the hopes of some in the electorate were raised on election day, the hopes of dairy producers in that morning’s Global Dairy Trade auction were weakened. The weighted average of products offered dropped 2.0 percent, following a 0.3 percent slippage October 16, which followed a 1.9 percent decline on October 2. It is the sixth consecutive event of decline as sellers brought 93.5 million pounds to market, a five year high, according to HighGround Dairy.

lows a decline of 1.8 percent in the last event. Rennet casein was down 2.9 and lactose was off 2.7 percent. Whole milk powder saw a 2.9 percent decline after inching 0.9 percent lower last time.

GDT butter was down 1.7 percent after it gained 2.4 percent last time, and anhydrous milkfat was off 1.3 percent, following a 1 percent uptick.

The only positive moves were skim milk powder, up 1.2 percent after holding steady last time, and buttermilk powder, up 0.8 percent.

FC Stone equates the GDT 80 percent butterfat butter price to $1.7899 per pound U.S., down 3.1 cents from the last session. Chicago Mercantile

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263.9 bu/A

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W2506RIB

2/63

261.2 bu/A

+18.8 bu/A

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Tuscola, IL

W5626RIB

264.5 bu/A

+25.6 bu/A

1/45

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Postville, IA

W6956RIB

253.1 bu/A

+29.1 bu/A

1/54

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Plymouth, IA

W4796RIB

245.0 bu/A

+32.9 bu/A

1/60

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Delavan, IL

W5626RIB

286.4 bu/A

+24.0 bu/A

2/45

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Illinois North Summary

W7696RIB

259.8 bu/A

+10.2 bu/A

1/48

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Thomasboro, IL

W6956RIB

253.5 bu/A

+22.3 bu/A

2/54

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Illinois East Summary

W5626RIB

259.0 bu/A

+18.1 bu/A

1/45

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Postville, IA

W2506RIB

245.3 bu/A

+24.9 bu/A

2/63

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Williamsville, Osage, IA IL

W5626RIB W2196

291.2 bu/A 240.9

+27.9 +18.9 bu/A

1/45 2/72

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Plymouth, IA

W2506RIB

247.5 bu/A

+28.2 bu/A

1/72

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Oakland, IA IL Thomasboro,

W6896RIB W4196 RIB

274.2 bu/A 263.9

+28.0 bu/A +26.4

1/60 1/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Emmetsburg, IA

W6896RIB

251.1 bu/A

+29.4 bu/A

1/66

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Beresford, Tuscola, Osage, IAIL SD

W2506RIB W5626 W2196

257.1 264.5bu/A 240.9 bu/A

+21.3 +25.6 bu/A +18.9

2/45 1/45 2/72

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Danville, IA

W6956RIB

272.7 bu/A

+51.2 bu/A

1/45

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Oakland, Plymouth,IAIA IL Thomasboro,

W6956 W4796RIB W4196

272.8 245.0 263.9 bu/A

+26.6 +32.9 bu/A +26.4

2/60 1/60 1/45

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Towanda, IL

W5626RIB

251.7 bu/A

+26.6 bu/A

1/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Beresford, Illinois Tuscola,North IL SDSummary

W5516 W7696 W5626RIB

262.7 259.8 bu/A 264.5

+17.4 +10.2bu/A bu/A +25.6

2/45 1/48 1/45

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Illinois West Summary

W5626RIB

272.3 bu/A

+16.4 bu/A

2/45

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Iowa South Illinois EastIASummary Plymouth,

W6408 W5626 W4796RIB

235.0 bu/A 259.0 245.0

+18.2 bu/A +18.1 +32.9

2/45 1/45 1/60

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Windfall, IN

W6408RIB

281.1 bu/A

+29.2 bu/A

1/42

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Remsen,North IA Summary Williamsville, IL Illinois

W6896RIB W5626 W7696

276.1 bu/A 291.2 259.8

+25.1 +27.9 +10.2 bu/A

1/66 1/45 1/48

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Wingate, IN

W5626RIB

258.3 bu/A

+13.9 bu/A

1/42

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Greensburg, IN Oakland, IA Summary Illinois East

W5518RIB W6896 RIB W5626

249.4 bu/A 274.2 259.0

+24.4 +28.0 +18.1 bu/A

1/42 1/60 1/45

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Bloomfield, IA

W8646RIB

225.6 bu/A

+25.1 bu/A

2/60

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Forsyth, IL SD IL Beresford, Williamsville,

W7888RIB W2506 W5626

272.3bu/A bu/A 257.1 291.2

+16.2 bu/A +21.3 +27.9

2/54 2/45 1/45

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Thomasboro, IL

W5626RIB

262.3 bu/A

+24.8 bu/A

2/45

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St. Joseph,IAMO Oakland,

W7456RIB W6956 W6896

209.8 272.8 274.2 bu/A

+27.7 bu/A +26.6 +28.0

1/48 2/60 1/60

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Danville, IA

W7456RIB

241.9 bu/A

+23.9 bu/A

3/60

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Albert City,SD IA Beresford,

W3078 W5516 W2506RIB RIB

227.3 bu/A 262.7 bu/A 257.1

+35.6bu/A +17.4 +21.3 bu/A

1/78 2/45

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Greene, IA

W5516RIB

243.8 bu/A

+17.8 bu/A

3/60

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Cambria, Iowa South Oakland, IA Summary

W6408 W6956RIB

250.0 235.0 272.8 bu/A

+26.5 bu/A +18.2 +26.6

2/45 2/60

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Mazon, IL

W7578RIB

206.6 bu/A

+25.5 bu/A

2/48

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Illinois East Summary Remsen, IASD Beresford,

W5518 W6896 RIB W5516RIB

253.5 bu/A 276.1 262.7

+12.6 bu/A +25.1 +17.4

1/66 2/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Muscatine, IA

W6956RIB

278.8 bu/A

+27.6 bu/A

2/60

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Manchester, IA Greensburg, IN Iowa South Summary

W2506RIB RIB W5518 W6408

261.2 249.4 bu/A 235.0

+18.8 +24.4 +18.2 bu/A

2/63 1/42 2/45

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Douglas, IN

W7456RIB

216.1 bu/A

+28.6 bu/A

1/42

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Postville, Forsyth, ILIAIA LOCATION Remsen,

W6956 W7888RIB HYBRID W6896

253.1 YIELD 272.3 276.1 bu/A

+29.1 bu/A PLOT AVG. +16.2 +25.1

1/54 RANK 2/54 1/66

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Winnebago, IL

W4196RIB

276.3 bu/A

+18.2 bu/A

2/42

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Delavan, St. Joseph,IL MO Greensburg, IN

W5626 W7456 W5518RIB

286.4 209.8 249.4 bu/A

+24.0 +27.7 bu/A +24.4

2/45 1/48 1/42

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Winnebago, Du Bois, NE IL

W6408RIB W6956

282.1 174.5 bu/A

+16.2 +27.4 bu/A

3/48 3/42

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Thomasboro, Albert Forsyth,City, IL IAIL

W6956 W3078 W7888RIB

253.5 227.3 bu/A 272.3

+22.3 +35.6 bu/A +16.2

2/54 1/78

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Janesville, Towanda, ILWI

W5518RIB

252.2 bu/A 243.4

+22.7 bu/A +18.3

2/54 3/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Postville, Cambria, St. Joseph,IAMO

W2506 W6956RIB W7456

245.3 250.0 bu/A 209.8

+24.9 +26.5 bu/A +27.7

2/63 2/45 1/48

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Grand Ridge, Walnut, IL IL

W7696RIB

302.9 279.5 bu/A

+22.0 +18.3 bu/A

3/48

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Plymouth, Illinois EastIAIA Summary Albert City,

W2506 W5518 RIB W3078RIB

247.5 253.5bu/A bu/A 227.3

+28.2 +12.6 bu/A +35.6

1/72 2/45 1/78

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Windfall, Tuscola, ILIN

W7696 W5518RIB

273.9 bu/A 257.0

+19.4 +18.1 bu/A

3/42 3/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Emmetsburg, Manchester, Cambria, IA IAIA

W6896 W2506RIB W6956

251.1 bu/A 261.2 250.0

+29.4 +18.8 +26.5 bu/A

1/66 2/63 2/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Wisner, NE

W7576RIB

260.2 bu/A

+11.9 bu/A

3/42

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Danville,East IAIASummary Postville, Illinois

W6956RIB W5518

272.7 253.1 253.5 bu/A

+51.2 +29.1 +12.6 bu/A

1/45 1/54 2/45

F.I.R.S.T. Trial

Towanda, Delavan, ILIL IA Manchester,

W5626 W2506RIB

251.7 bu/A 286.4 261.2

+26.6 +24.0 bu/A +18.8

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MIELKE, from pg. 19 from August compared to the average draw of 11.2 percent over the past 10 years. Butter inventories are also up sharply from last year with growth of 10.65 percent over 2017.” n The USDA lowered its 2018 and 2019 milk production estimates in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, due to lower cow numbers. However, stronger growth in milk per cow is expected to partially offset the smaller dairy cow numbers.

2018 production and marketings were projected at 217.9 and 216.9 billion pounds respectively, down 200 million pounds from last month’s estimates. If realized, 2018 production would still be up 2.4 billion pounds or 1.1 percent from 2017.

2019 production and marketings were estimated at 220.9 and 219.9 billion pounds respectively, down 500 million pounds on both. If realized, 2019 production would be up 3.0 billion pounds or 1.4 percent from 2018.

The 2018 fat basis import forecast was unchanged from the previous month, but was reduced for 2019 on lower imports of milk protein concentrates. Fat basis export forecasts for 2018 and 2019 were unchanged from last month. The skim-solids basis IONS Please read attached emailand 2019 were reduced import forecasts for 2018 primarily on lower expected imports of milk protein concentrates and casein.

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Cheese and butter price forecasts for 2019 were lowered but NDM and whey price forecasts were raised.

The 2018 and 2019 Class III milk price forecasts were lowered from the last month based on lower cheese prices. Look for the 2018 average to be around $14.65 per hundredweight, down 25 cents from last month’s estimate and compares to the 2017 average of $16.17 and $14.87 in 2016. The 2019 average is projected at $15.60, down 15 cents from what was expected a month ago.

The 2018 and 2019 Class IV milk prices were reduced from last month on lower forecast butter prices. The 2018 Class IV price is expected to average around $14.20, down a nickel from last month’s estimate and compares to a $15.16 average in 2017 and $13.77 in 2016. The 2019 Class IV average is projected at about $14.85, unchanged from last month’s prediction. n Cash dairy prices could draw no strength from the GDT this week and most fell the following day and then some. Block cheddar cheese closed the week at $1.38 per pound, down 7.75 cents, the lowest CME price since March 16, 2017, and 33 cents below a year ago. The barrels finished at $1.3050, 3.5 cents lower, 44.75 cents below a year ago, but a closer-to-normal 7.5 cents below the blocks. Twelve cars of block were sold on the week at the CME and seven of barrel.

Dairy Market News reports that spot milk loads bound for the cheese vat are “diminishing” and a growing number of cheesemakers say they will forego the spot market until after the Thanksgiving holiday, when discounts are expected to reappear. Milk was also less available week-over-week, and milk handlers report getting requests that are impossible to fill on a regular basis. Spot milk prices ranged from $1 to $2 over Class. Some cheesemakers suggest that markets are negatively affecting sales. Others say little to no change has occurred since the price downslide began, and sales are steady to improved.

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Price dips may prompt some immediate activity, but not to the level desired. As a result, inventories remain heavy and are not clearing as anticipated.”

Butter saw a Nov. 9 close at $2.1925 per pound, down 10.75 cents on the week, lowest since Sept. 5, and 6.25 cents below a year ago. Only six cars traded hands on the week, down from 28 the previous week.

Cream availability remains sparse in the central region, but there was a little more this week, according to Dairy Market News. “Bulk butter, like cream, is more available in the west. However, as trucking woes pervade the dairy industry, among other agricultural sectors, this is an added difficulty and expense for Midwestern butter makers. Butter markets are generally steady and range bound.”

Spot butter is available in the west and inventories are enough to meet all inquiries. Midwest cream buyers are sourcing some of their needs from the west and bulk butter is moving to the east and Midwest, but transportation issues are affecting delivery schedules. “Many processors are maxing out on print butter production. However, some are choosing to sell their stocks of cream to Class II manufacturers in lieu of churning. More cream is going to the making of holiday confectionary and ingredients. As the result, a few butter facilities are unable to find the adequate quantity of cream needed to produce butter,” says Dairy Market News.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk was also in the red this week, finishing at 86 cents per pound, 4 cents lower but 13.75 cents above a year ago. Fifteen sales were reported on the week.

Spot dry whey saw little change, closing Nov. 9 at 43.5 cents per pound, down a penny, with 16 carloads trading hands on the week. n The Nov. 6 election was not indicative of a blue or red wave, but perhaps a mixed splash. A nationwide Agri-Pulse phone poll of 600 commercial farmers and ranchers conducted by Aimpoint Research from Oct. 12-28 indicated that farmers overwhelmingly approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing, but want the administration to focus more on exports and end the trade war with China.

Agri-Pulse Editor Sara Wyant says, “President Trump mentions his support for farmers and his work on trade at just about every rural campaign rally, even as economic conditions on the farm are difficult for many. According to our research, farmers are still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and appear optimistic that his trade and regulatory policies will pay off in the long run.”

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. v

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Iowa prairie flowers acreage ‘a hobby gone nuts’

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF prairie is resilient. Once established, the prairie The Land Correspondent can survive. It may go unnoticed for a few years, as prairie plants will be establishing themselves SPENCER, Iowa — Dwight and Bev Rutter underground before they really grow above the named their business “The Prairie Flower,” but ground.”

Prairie Flowers might just be more appropriate.

While most farmers contemplate their seed plantPrairie plants can live for decades. Rutter never ing decisions between a handful of crops, the waters. They are native plants, not requiring Rutters must give thought to different plants pampering. In fact, fire can be a prairie’s best with a wide variety of planting requirements. friend.

It was 17 years when the Rutters made the “Fire revitalizes the seed bed and cracks open decision to begin leaving conventional farming seed that has been laying on the ground,” said and tread into unknown waters.

Rutter. “It lets light to the ground. Since there are some seeds that need light and air to germinate, “It was a hobby gone nuts,” admits Dwight . different prairie plants might be seen after a Their farm northeast of Spencer is situated in burn.

Iowa’s great lakes region. This location provides “We suggest mowing the first year,” said Bev, for some interesting farming. Wetlands, good rich Photos by Renae B. Vander Schaaf who is the go-to person for their clients to answer bumper crop-producing soil and sand can all be Dwight and Bev Rutter’s acreage offers 70 varieties of native their questions. “In that first year it is very benfound in the same field. flowering plants. Here they are pictured with a stand of wild eficial to mow three times and two times the Many different kinds of waterfowl live in the bergamot. second year. If more mowing is needed, that’s region. It’s a beautiful okay as it helps reduce weed place to call home. pressure.”

Early on in this transiBecause this year has been tion, the Rutters spent wet, the Rutters are seeing many hours researching different plants such as the books and the internet, rattlesnake master.

It listening to the profesthrives on moisture. The sionals. Not a lot has drought-loving plants may changed, other than now not be making a bold appearthey can talk competentance this year. They are not ly about their experience dead, only lying dormant in growing the prairie, until the conditions more because they have made it their life’s work to have a “It isn’t very exciting or fun,” Rutter admits. “But it suitable for them return. part in restoring the prairie. is interesting. Meadowlarks fill the skies with their There have been many successes and failures for “Every year the prairie is different,” said Dwight. song. Osprey, blue herons, migratory birds and other the Rutters through the years. water fowl are often seen while harvesting seed.”

“The weather makes a huge difference on which “We had this wetland area on our farm,” said plants will thrive.”

Bumblebees, along with other flying and crawling Rutter.

“It was too wet in the spring, with the same Actually, the prairie is constantly changing. The insects, are busy doing their work of pollinating story in the fall. It has had every chemical used on it plants blooming a month ago have seemingly disap- around the seed gatherers. Other bird species such as that one can imagine.” peared only to be replaced with another native plant. bob-o-links and mourning doves call this flowering By pulling thistles, using fire as a management paradise home.

“Yellow was the predominant color for native flowtool, the wonderful wetland has basically restored “There are various methods for cleaning the seeds,” ering plants,” said Rutter. “Blazing star, ironweed, itself with a little help, he explained. spiderwort, purple prairie clover, pale purple cone- explained Rutter. “Most are very labor intensive. We “We have never added a seed,” said Rutter. “Yet flowers, wild bergamot, prairie smoke, new jersey have a debearder that is used on most of the seeds.” many wetland seeds are harvested from this area tea, butterfly milkweed and marsh milkweed are a He has modified some everyday farm equipment to which is just a little more than an acre. It is one of few of the plants that are not yellow. suit his purposes. the most lucrative spots on the farm.”

Prairie flower growing doesn’t really go by seasons Harvest isn’t instant, and definitely not realized in The Prairie Flower offers seed and/or plants of 70 or any set plans. six months. different varieties. Dwight and Bev will guide you To prepare a piece of land for growing, Rutter will It will take four years before the Rutters have through planning of your native prairie project. They grow Roundup-ready soybeans. The next year it is enough plants for a good seed harvest. The yield is have the equipment for drilling and broadcasting ready for planting. not measured in bushels, but in much smaller incre- seed. And years of priceless advice and experience.

If there is only a few inches of snow on the ground ments such as in pounds. Forty pounds — less than As their ages dictate, they are looking towards the in February, Rutter will begin to plant some seeds to the weight of the average newborn Jersey calf — future. At this point in time, they are hoping to find might be all the crop produces that year. stimulate nature’s way. a person to take over the greenhouse and seed colThe plants have interesting characteristics. lecting.

Harvest begins July 1 and will continue weekly until the snow flies. Equipment is relatively simple: “Prairie dock will grow seven years before it proTo learn more about The Prairie Flower, look them a scissors and a five-gallon bucket. Each type of seed duces seed,” said Rutter. “Prairie cord grass takes up on the internet at theprairieflower.com. is harvested individually as it matures. Rutter goes four years of germination.”

Renae B. Vander Schaaf may be reached at (605) over the same area several times until all the ripe “The prairie is fragile,” he added. “If one part of the 530-0017 or agripen@live.com. v seed has been harvested. environment is disturbed, things change. Yet, the

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Grain Outlook WASDE report a shocker

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corn/change* soybeans/change* Stewartville $3.18 +.18 $7.78 +.47 Edgerton $3.32 +.12 $7.83 +.31 Jackson $3.28 +.13 $7.85 +.45 Janesville $3.36 +.23 $7.87 +.44 The following marketing analysis is for the week Cannon Falls $3.23 +.17 $7.83 +.49 ending Nov. 9.

Sleepy Eye $3.23 +.11 $7.81 +.43 CORN — Be careful what you ask for. We wanted $3.27 $7.83 to see the November World Agricultural Supply and Average: Demand Estimates numbers — and boy, were they a Year Ago Average: $2.87 $8.92 surprise! Just when you think that China only affects Grain prices are effective cash close on Nov. 13. our soybean market, they surprise you in the corn *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period. market. Action in the corn market leading up to the Nov. 8 WASDE report was uneventful.

Prices rose slightly early in the week and were a penny higher for the week into the report’s release.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. numbers were slightly friendly on their face. PHYLLIS NYSTROM The shock came from the world The livestock markets have had a pretty rough CHS Hedging Inc. carryout number which nearly start to the month of November. Both cattle and hogs St. Paul doubled what it was a month ago. have had prices plummet as both beef and pork products have been under pressure the past several Let’s first recap what the U.S. balance sheets for 2018-19 showed. The U.S. corn weeks. This is not entirely unusual at this time of yield was lowered 1.8 bu./acre to 178.9 bu./acre from the year as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday.

October’s 180.7 bu./acre forecast. This was below the The consumer at this time of 180.0 bu./acre trade guess and was construed as year turns their focus on turkey friendly, but it is still a record yield. As a result, U.S. rather than beef and pork and production fell 152 million bushels from 14.778 bil- even chicken. lion bushels to 14.626 billion bushels. This was As far as the cattle are conwithin the range of estimates, but well below the cerned, the turn in the beef cut14.721 billion bushel average trade guess. On the outs to lower levels has weakdemand side, feed/residual was cut 50 million bush- ened the short term outlook by els and exports were slashed 25 million bushels to most analysts and the futures 2.45 billion bushels. Resulting ending stocks were market has anticipated lower JOE TEALE Broker down 77 million bushels to 1.736 billion bushels vs. prices and seen heavy long liqui1.773 billion expected and compares to 2.14 billion dation the past week or so. As the Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. carryout in 2017-18. The stocks-to-use ratio fell 0.5 cutouts have dropped, the movepercent to 11.5 percent. The average farm price was ment in beef has begun to pick raised 20 cents on the low end and left unchanged on up — suggesting that consumer interest is respondthe high end for a range of $3.20 to $4.00 per bushel. ing to lower prices.

Now for the kicker: world ending stocks exploded to The supply of market-ready cattle seems to be 307.51 million metric tons! At first I thought it was a declining ever so slightly and weights are on the mistake, but it wasn’t. This compares to last month’s decline which could potentially provide a more posi159.35 mmt forecast and the average trade estimate tive outlook in the supply and demand picture. From of 158.82 mmt. This all came at the expense of China a technical aspect, the cattle and feeder markets are doing a 10-year revision of their balance sheets which approaching oversold levels which could change the they released a day before our WASDE report. One of outlook on a short-term basis to bring about a shortthe biggest changes was a 43.2 mmt increase in 2017 term rally at the very least. Once we get by the production to 259.1 mmt. China’s stocks went from before-Thanksgiving-holiday lull in beef buying, we 58.5 mmt last month to 207.5 mmt this month. The might see the cattle market respond a little more USDA did make a comment on their release that they positive. Of course this is all conjecture. However, included historical revisions to area and production producers should be aware of market conditions in See NYSTROM, pg. 25 See TEALE, pg. 26

Livestock Angles Cattle futures see heavy liquidation

Grain Angles Use the right tool for the job The downturn cycle currently facing the agricultural industry has been difficult for many producers. For many operations, their goals may be focused on building financial security. It makes sense they would like to preserve the assets they currently have, while managing risk in order to avoid losing their hard-earned equity. When working towards that goal, it’s important to evaluate whether or not you have the right financial tools in place to help you on your way.

In my role as a financial officer for Compeer Financial, I have had the opportunity to work with several farms which have carefully managed through the downturn and have the ability to make a large purchase or plan an expansion. There are farms that GLENN WACHTLER Compeer Senior are waiting for the right opportuLending Officer nity to grow their farm — whethBaldwin, Wis. er it is finally being able to buy the piece of land that comes up for sale next door, or renting a large tract of land that came available.

There are some farms which have remained financially secure, but aren’t looking to grow their operation — instead wanting to operate a profitable farm with what they already have in place. It is important to remember that every situation is unique, although your goals may not necessarily be different than many others in your business. Using the right tools will give you the confidence that you are on the right track to meet your goals.

At Compeer Financial, we have developed a tool we simply call the margin manager. As the name implies, the tool will help you track your farm’s cost of production for corn, soybeans or any other crop. Your margin can be calculated on a per-acre or per-bushel basis using a Microsoft Excel-based spreadsheet.

As you’ve probably heard many times before, it is becoming increasingly important to know your financials and know them well. I encourage clients to know their financials on as granular level as possible, knowing your margins on a per-field basis is a great start. However, being able to use a tool like margin manager to calculate it on a per-acre or per-bushel basis would be invaluable knowledge to help drive decisions for your operation.

The tool can help you easily calculate the cost of your rented land as well as the cost of your owned land. It See WACHTLER, pg. 25

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

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Soybean export commitments down 31 percent from last year NYSTROM, from pg. 24 published by China’s National Bureau of Statistics.

The revisions were based on the results of China’s Third National Agricultural Census. The Brazilian corn production estimate was unchanged at 94.5 mmt and Argentina’s was raised 1.5 mmt to 42.5 mmt. If you exclude the increase in China, the global carryout would have decreased 830,000 metric tons.

Corn prices whipsawed higher, and then lower, upon the report’s release. By the end of the session, corn had posted a key reversal higher on the daily chart. However, prices fell to end the week. China imports and exports very little corn. Does anyone have a good grasp on what they produce, use, and store? So, do their revisions make a difference?

China’s supplies are not readily available to the world marketplace, but it does give them usage options domestically, which they’ve always had. The USDA indicated they would separate China’s numbers out beginning in May. Weekly export sales were a moot issue at 27.6 million bushels. We are running 16 percent ahead of last year and the USDA is projecting year-on-year exports to be relatively unchanged. Weekly ethanol production was up 9,000 barrels per day at 1.068 million barrels per day. Stocks were 500,000 barrels higher at 23.2 million barrels. Margins continue to be ugly at a negative 10 cents per gallon.

Outlook: There’s always something to keep us on our toes! Now that the report has been digested, the focus will be on South American planting weather and demand for U.S. corn. Freight values have been easing lower, looking for bushels. Basis levels have been improving to entice corn into the pipeline.

December corn was down 1.5 cents for the week at $3.69.75 per bushel, after trading a decent $3.66 to $3.79 weekly range. We may be setting up for further consolidation, but in a slightly higher range from $3.60 to $3.90 per bushel as we head into the holidays. Taking a longer-term view, this year’s 1.736 billion bushel carryout is big, but it’s still a year-onyear decline of 404 million bushels. March corn was 2 cents lower this week at $3.81.25 and December

2019 was down 1.25 cents at $4.02.5 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans sparked higher to begin the week, but then eased lower ahead of the November WASDE report. Most traders were anticipating a bearish report and that’s what they got. The U.S. 2018-19 balance sheet lowered the soybean yield 1 bu./acre to 52.1 bu./acre, which remains a record yield. The average trade estimate is 52.9 bu./acre.

Production took a 90 million bushel hit from last month to 4.60 billion bushels vs. estimates for 4.676 billion bushels. Exports were slashed 160 million bushels to 1.9 billion bushels! This was enough to push ending stocks well above traders’ expectations.

The crush was increased 10 million bushels and residual was lowered 2 million bushels. Ending stocks surged 70 million bushels higher than last month’s 885 million to a whopping 955 million bushels! This is over double the 2017-18 carryout of 438 million bushels. The stocks-to-use ratio increased from 20.7 percent to 23.3 percent. The average farm price was narrowed to a range of $7.60 - $9.60 per bushel.

World ending stocks were a record 112.08 mmt compared to the 110.91 mmt trade forecast. Last month, ending stocks were pegged at 110.04 mmt. China’s soybean imports were dropped 4 mmt to 90 mmt compared to last month. Argentina’s 2019 soybean production outlook fell 1.5 mmt to 55.5 mmt and Brazil’s production was left unchanged at 120.5 mmt. Weather in Brazil has been favorable for soybean planting and there are expectations that soybeans may be available in January to feed China’s appetite. Early soybean planting can also lead to early second crop corn planting. If so, corn may pollinate ahead of the worst summer heat and promote higher production.

Weekly export sales were just below expectations at 14.3 million bushels. Total commitments stand at 802.4 million bushels, down 31 percent from last year. Year-on-year soybean exports are forecasted to be down 229 million bushels or a 10.7 percent yearly decline. Accounting for the reduced export forecast,

WACHTLER, from pg. 24 can blend both of those costs to give you an overall cost of land to use in your margin manager cost of production. If you are considering a new farm purchase or even the impact of paying down real estate debt, the tool is great at scenario planning. Compare your cost of land against benchmarks from Illinois Farm Doc, or Minnesota farm business management data (FINBIN).

The cost of equipment can have a large impact to your bottom line. I like to use the tool’s machinery calculator for adding up the lease payments and loan payments to see the cash flow requirements which are necessary to support field operations. A ratio I like to see is the total lease and loan payments total-

ing less than $65 per acre.

Knowing your cost of production is the foundation of your grain marketing plan; but you also need to track the sales you have made and plan for additional sales in the future. Comparing your sales to your crop insurance guarantee and your expected production keeps you focused on your overall risk management goals. Use the tracking log and data from the grain marketing and insurance spreadsheet of the margin manager to keep you up to date on your grain sales and crop insurance.

Whether it is Compeer’s margin manager or another reliable financial tool that you have found, the key is to produce the most accurate information you can

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we need to average 26.5 million bushels per of sales from November through August. This would be a record sales pace. Unless a political fix is accomplished with China, the export category could be lowered in future reports.

President Trump is currently set to meet with China’s President Xi before the G20 summit later this month in Argentina. Reportedly, the United States is drafting a framework for an agreement.

There have been differing opinions from China on whether they will be open to an agreement, while simultaneously voicing they will not be dictated to on their policies by the United States. Brazilian bean basis plunged this week on concerns there that a U.S.-China agreement may be reached. Safras pegged Brazilian farmers new crop sales at 31 percent compared to 33 percent sold on average. AgRural put Brazil’s soybean planting at its fastest pace ever at 71 percent complete vs. 41 percent on average.

In other news, China imported 6.9 mmt of soybeans in October, a record for the month of October. This is an 18 percent increase compared to last year. So far this calendar year, China has imported 76.9 mmt of soybeans. It’s estimated 95 percent of those supplies originated from Brazil.

Outlook: For the week, January soybeans fell just a penny at $8.86.75, March was unchanged at $9.00, and November soybeans gained 3.5 cents at $9.36.5 per bushel. Politics will continue to sway the markets, but ending stocks of 955 million bushels are definitely not bullish. Ending stocks climbing to 1.0 billion bushels is still a possibility. South American weather has gotten Brazil’s crops off to a very good start.

Unless their weather turns negative, we can expect to come up against strong competition for exports into 2019. Sustained rallies may be difficult without an agreement with China to reestablish exports.

Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week ended Nov. 9: Minneapolis December wheat was down 7.25 cents, Chicago fell 6.75 cents, and Kansas City crumbled 16.75 cents. Crude oil dropped $2.95 to $60.19 per barrel and natural gas rallied 43.5 cents.v

Lease, loan payments should be less than $65/acre get and actively use the information to make decisions that will positively impact your operation.

If you are interested in the margin manager, you can download this tool for free if you have Microsoft Excel. It is available online at https://pages.compeer. com/Grain-Margin-Manager.html.

As harvest wraps up across much of the Midwest, it will soon be time to shift gears to year-end financials.

Using tools and resources available to you will allow you to have up-to-date and reliable financials heading into year-end so you can make thorough business plans for 2019.

For more insights from Wachtler and the Compeer Financial team, visit Compeer.com v

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Mid-term elections heighten key ag policy issues The highly-contentious current farm bill expired on 2018 mid-term elections are Sept. 30. However, no comnow history. We will now promise farm bill was move forward with some agreed on by the leaders of changes in leadership in the the Senate and House U.S. House of Conference Committee, so Representatives. After Jan. no action has been taken by 1, 2019, the U.S. House will Congress. Now the hope is switch over to a Democrat that a compromise farm bill majority, which means all FARM PROGRAMS can be drafted and a vote in House committee leaderCongress can be taken

By Kent Thiesse ship positions will also before the end of 2018. change. In addition, Even though the curthere will be many new rent farm bill expired members in the 2019 on Sept. 30, some proversion of Congress — grams are maintained under a “consome of which have had very limited tinuing resolution”, while others are experience on ag-related issues. After discontinued. For example, funding for Jan. 1, Minnesota Congressman Colin federal food and nutrition (SNAP) proPeterson will be the chair of the House grams, which make up about 75 perAgriculture Committee, which is a role cent of farm bill spending, are continhe has previously held. The leadership ued. Similarly, any 2018 ARC-CO or of key committees in the U.S. Senate PLC payments, 2018 crop insurance should remain the same in 2019, since indemnity payments, and dairy market the Republicans will retain a majority protection program payments will be in the Senate. made, as will annual rental payments There are many major issues which for existing Conservation Reserve could potentially affect the agriculture Program contracts. However, no new industry and still need to be addressed CRP contracts can be added, and no and resolved by Congress, and ultinew contracts can be signed for most mately signed by President Trump in other conservation programs. Funding the coming months and years. Some of for trade promotion and food aid prothese key ag policy issues could either grams will also be halted until a new be considered during the “lame-duck” farm bill is implemented. session of Congress in November and Failure by Congress to enact a new December, or the 2019 session of farm bill, or to extend the current Congress. farm bill on a timely basis, could The next farm bill result in the 1949 Farm Act — or soBy mid-summer, both the U.S. House called “permanent farm law”— to be and Senate had passed their versions enacted. This would put in place price of a new farm bill. This created optisupports for crops and dairy that are mism that the new farm bill could be based on “parity pricing”, which are finalized and voted on by the time the well above today’s price levels. It

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would also eliminate many USDA programs that have been enacted since 1949, including conservation programs, crop insurance provisions, rural development programs, along with food and nutrition (SNAP) programs. There is no support in Congress or by the administration to allow farm bill policy or U.S. Department of Agriculture programs to revert back to 1949 levels, so this is not no likely to occur.

Some members of Congress are optimistic that a new farm bill can be approved during the lame-duck session. If no agreement can be reached by the end of 2018, another alternative may be a one-year extension of the current farm bill for 2019, which would allow for continuation of various USDA programs governed by the farm bill legislation. This would also allow time for Congress to work out differences between the current U.S. Senate and House versions of the farm bill. However, it would also be an opportunity to make changes in the proposed farm bill. An extension was enacted for 2013 prior to final passage of the current farm bill.

USMCA and other trade agreements On Sept. 30, the Trump administration announced a new trilateral trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. The new trade agreement, called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, will replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement. The NAFTA trade agreement was originally set up in 1994 between the three countries, eliminating many tariffs and other trade barriers among the participating

countries. Since 2017, the Trump administration has challenged some of the trade provisions under NAFTA, threatening that the United States would withdraw from NAFTA if a new trade agreement was not reached.

Most experts agree the biggest impact of the new USMCA trade agreement will probably be for the U.S. auto industry, as it will require more auto components to be manufactured in the three countries based on U.S. wage standards. However, USMCA also contains provisions related to digital trade, financial services, intellectual property, telecommunications, energy and environmental issues which do not exist under the current NAFTA agreement. The USMCA agreement also has key provisions for some segments of the agriculture industry, including dairy, hogs and wheat. It will increase tariff-free quotas of some U.S. products going into Canada, eliminate some dairy product pricing mechanisms that are negative to U.S. producers, and re-establish tariff-free status for many pork products going to Mexico and Canada. As usual, not everyone is in total agreement with the new USMCA agreement, though many feel it is a step in the right direction to address the trade issues that existed between the three countries — especially in segments of the U.S. agriculture industry.

As we end 2018, there does not to appear to be any quick resolution to the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China. In mid-summer, the United States implemented new duties on Chinese goods being imported into the United States, and See THIESSE, pg. 27

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TEALE, from pg. 24 the weeks ahead and if necessary protect inventories.

The hog market in all categories has experienced topping action in the past several weeks. The pork cutout has been on the decline — as well as the outright cash price paid by the packer.

Obviously, the futures market moving from a premium to cash to a negative to cash also signified an end to the recent rally from September through October.

Pork is experiencing a similar decline as beef in that the Thanksgiving holiday buying is more focused on turkey

at the present time. Like the cattle, technically the hog market is quickly approaching an oversold condition.

This could produce at least a shortterm rally in the next few weeks.

Another aspect is that in the past several years, the hog market has seen a bottom in the late September and early October period. Currently, if the market catches in the next few weeks, that would bring about a repeat in that pattern. Producers should take into consideration the market conditions and monitor the next several weeks and protect inventories as needed. v

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Unclear whether new version of Congress will have impact THIESSE, from pg. 26 China responded by adding new tariffs on U.S. soybeans, corn, pork and poultry being exported to China. U.S. soybeans were probably impacted the most, with a farm-level soybean price decline of nearly $2.00 per bushel in many areas of the Midwest. There has been only minimal recovery in soybean prices in recent weeks. USDA has responded with market facilitation payments of $1.65 per bushel to producers for their 2018 soybean production. There have also been smaller onetime 2018 MFP payments for producers of wheat, corn, sorghum and cotton, as well as to pork and dairy producers.

Many times, trade deals between countries are very complex and difficult to understand, as well as taking several years to be fully implemented. The new USMCA agreement, or any other new trade agreements, will likely be no different. The USMCA agreement and other new trade agreements will need to be approved by all participating countries, as well as by the U.S. Congress. Getting congressional approval for USMCA or any other new or revised trade agreements may be difficult, as there are certain members of Congress in both parties that tend to oppose most trade deals in general. It is not clear if the congressional changes following the 2018 mid-term elections will help or hurt passage of USMCA or other trade agreements. Most likely, arriving at final congressional approval of USMCA and other trade agreements will require some bipartisan support in both Houses of Congress.

Farm financial stress Low profitability in both crop and livestock production for the past few years has increased financial stress for farm families in many areas of the United States. This financial stress has been accentuated in 2018 by the reduced commodity prices associated with the ongoing trade issues that the United States currently has with China, Mexico and Canada. In addition, crop yield reductions in portions of Minnesota, Iowa and other Midwestern states impacted by excessive rainfall and severe storms during this past growing season are likely to reduce 2018 farm income levels. Many ag experts expect this trend of very tight profit margins in crop and livestock production to continue into 2019 and 2020. Some ag leaders are questioning if current farm risk management tools and federal safety net pro-

grams are adequate to protect farm operators from financial collapse during these downturn periods. This may become a major point discussion by congressional leaders in the coming months — either as we finish a new farm bill or move beyond the farm bill with ag policy discussions.

High health care costs High health care costs and access to adequate health care services was the lead issue in the recent mid-term elections in many Midwestern states, and continues to be a major concern for farm families and other rural families across the country. Some families have seen health insurance premium costs double or triple in the past few years.

Some farm families and sole small business owners are now paying $30,000 to $40,000 per year or more for health care premiums — if they are even able to find adequate health care coverage.

We will now see if Congress and the administration can collaborate on finding some workable solutions to the health care crisis that exists for many rural families in the United States.

Environmental issues During the past couple of years, the Environmental Protection Agency has eased up on some of the federal environmental regulations affecting production agriculture — including regulations and the expansion of the regulatory controls under Clean Water Act related to the “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS). Policy experts now wonder if the new leadership in the U.S. House will again push for enactment of the WOTUS regulations and other stricter federal environmental regulations affecting production agriculture.

Some agricultural analysts feel that if the WOTUS provisions were fully enacted, as originally proposed, that it could greatly restrict future crop and livestock production in portions of the United States.

Renewable energy The Trump Administration and many members of Congress have all pledged support for renewable energy, but there have been some differences what type of policies should be enacted. Many have maintained support for the mandated use of renewable fuels through the Renewable Fuels Standards, as well as other incentives for renewable fuels such as tax credits, etc. This has included the adoption of 15 percent ethanol blends for gasoline and higher soybean biodiesel blends.

While there is generally considerable support for development of alternative energy sources, Congress and many organizations have become quite divided on the future of the RFS and other mandated energy programs.

Ethanol and biodiesel production, which are covered by the RFS and other renewable energy policies, have a major economic impact for farm operators and on the overall rural economy — especially in the Midwest.

Infrastructure improvements One area that the Trump Administration and key leaders from both parties in Congress seem to agree on is the need for a major infrastructure bill to address the many existing and future infrastructure needs in the United States. However, there is likely a vast difference — both politically and geographically — on what the needs are and how is the best way to address and fund these infrastructure needs.

Obviously, there are many needs which affect agriculture and rural America, including improving roads and bridges; railroad upgrades; updating locks and dams; enhancing broad-

band access; just to name a few. It will be interesting if the leadership in Congress can reach some agreement on putting forth a major piece of legislation that could address some of these very big infrastructure needs in the coming years.

There is obviously no shortage of key ag policy issues and other issues affecting farm families and rural communities that need to be addressed at the federal level in the next few years.

However, it is not clear if the changing leadership in Congress, as well as the large number of new members of Congress, will have any impact in getting beyond the partisan political atmosphere that currently exists. It is also not clear how cooperative the president and the administration will want to be in working with Congressional leaders on these important issues.

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

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AUSTIN / WINDOM TWP / MOWER COUNTY, MN

333 ACRES+/- • 2 TRACTS

SALE TO BE HELD AT THE AUSTIN EAGLES, 107 11TH ST. NE, AUSTIN, MN

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 10 A.M.

These two century farms are pattern tiled and ready to go for the new owner. Good soil types with a location south of Austin, MN, west of Rose Creek. Both tracts have been grid sampled every year by Northern Country Coop.

Sold in 2 Tracts

#1667 EPLEY FAMILY FARM

Online Bidding Available

TRACT 1: SECTION 36 AUSTIN TOWNSHIP / 160 DEEDED ACRES ± / 145.92 CROPLAND ACRES / CPI OF 89.9 • TRACT 2: SECTION 31 WINDOM TOWNSHIP / 173.2 DEEDED ACRES ± / 169.07 CROPLAND ACRES / CPI OF 83.3 • TERMS: $100,000 DOWN ON EACH TRACT DUE DAY OF THE SALE, BALANCE DUE ON OR ABOUT JAN. 31, 2019. A 2% BUYERS FEE WILL APPLY.

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Both for relocation & investments. If you have even thought about selling contact: Paul Krueger, Farm & Land Specialist, Edina Realty, 138 Main St. W., New Prague, MN 55372. paulkrueger@edinarealty.com (612)328-4506

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FORENOON EQUIPMENTAUCTION AUCTION FORENOON RETIREMENT RETIREMENT FARM EQUIPMENT Saturday, 2018@@10:00 10:00 A.M. Saturday,November November 24, 24, 2018 A.M.

In case of a Blizzard check our web site www.danpikeauc�on.com.

(The alterna�ve storm date would be Tuesday, November 27, 2018 @ 10:00 A.M.) SALE LOCATION: The auc�on will be held at the Benne� farm at 91367 560th Avenue Windom, Minnesota, which is located from Bergen, MN. 2 miles east on Jackson County #30 and 1‐1/4 miles north on 560th Ave‐ nue. Watch for auc�on signs the day of the auc�on. Not responsible for accidents. Lunch on grounds.

COMBINE ‐ HEADS: • JD 9650 STS combine w/ 2,315 sep. & 3,632 eng. hrs., Ser. #686720; • JD 693 low prole corn head Ser. #661044; • JD 925 ex header Ser. #671614 TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS: • JD 4555 MFD w/ 6,984 ind. hrs., Ser. #003267; • JD 4450 w/ 9,541 ind. hrs. Ser. #005491; • JD 4430 w/ 8,760 ind. hrs., Ser. #025872R; • Farmall 560 (D) • Farmall H needs work; AC WD‐45, needs work; TRUCKS ‐ VEHICLES ‐ HANDICAP WHEEL CHAIR LIFT: • 1989 Ford L8000 twin‐screw w/ Wilson 20’ Aluminum grain box, auto. trans. ; • 1988 GMC Top Kick 7000 w/ auto. trans., Crysteel 20’ steel box, auto trans.; • 1980 Chevy C‐70 spray supply w/ atbed stake body; • 1972 Chevy C‐60 single axle w/ 14.5’ grain box, hoist;• 2005 Ford Excursion SUV 4x4 w/ handicap entry seat; • 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan Handicap mini van w/ handicap ramp; • 1988 Chevy 2500 4x4 pickup, needs work; • Custom Built wheel chair li�; PLUS Full line of eld Equipment; Monitors & Auto Steering Sys‐ tems; and Other Items.

OWNER‐ DONNA BENNETT For more informa�on about Benne� items call Brad Benne� at 507‐830‐1354

The following items are from William Kremmin Estate ‐ For more informa�on regarding the following Kremmin items call William Kremmin II at 507‐841‐3628 (C): 1987 Kenworth T800 twin screw truck w/ 20” Sco� steel box & Cat 3306 diesel motor. Motor needs work as it loses it coolant; • NH 273 baler; Feterl 10”x76’ & 10”x 66’ direct drive augers.

For more informa�on go to www.danpikeauc�on.com or to www.pikebid.com to bid on line. Not many small items please be on �me.

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Mark ZIEMER New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Auctioneer

New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Auctioneer

Tractors

Edible Bean Equipment

JD 4960 MFWD 3 Remotes, Power Beyond, Quick Hitch, Front Weights, Overhauled, 8300 Hrs., 20.8-42 Tires & Duals, 480-7030 Fronts, 8300 Hrs, Ser. 006864, JD 4440 Quad Shift, 14.9-46 Tires, New Engine In 2013, Rock Box, 2 Remotes, Ser. 021426 , JD 8570 3 Remotes, 20.8-38 Tires, New Air Cond & Fuel Pump, Ford Versatile 976 Destination 6, Rock Box, 4 Remotes, 520-8542 Tires & Triples, Wheel Weights, 855 Cummins, 9390 Hrs.,

1994 Bidwell 666 Bean King Combine, 2005 Pickett Pickup, PTO Drive, Pull Type, Oil Gear Box, 23.1-26 Tires, Bidwell 56 Edible Bean Combine PTO Drive, Pickett Pickup, Pull Type, 18.4-26 Tires, JD 7721 Edible Bean Combine, Pull Type, JD 212 Sund Pickup With Leg & Belt Unload, Lilliston 6200 Hi Cap Edible Bean Combine, Pickett Pickup, 2001 Pickett One Step 8 Row 22”, 8 Bar, 1 1/4” Kicker Shaft Left Side Dump, 1994 Pickett One Step 8 Row 22”, 4 Bar 1 1/4” Kicker Shaft, Center Dump, Grouser 3 Pt Used On JD 4960,

Semi & Hopper Bottoms

Mon., November 19, 2018 6:00 P.M.

www.maringauction.com 72.00 Acres – 57 tillable acres – 85.3 Crop Productivity Index Good Crop Farm – Good Soils 72.00 Acres of Good Cropland – Part of the N ½ of SW ¼ of Section 11, Wells Twp. – Rice Co. MN – Just Northwest of Faribault MN PID#: 10.11.3.00.001; Taxes for 2018 $2,368; Area: 72.00 +/- acres; Rice Co. FSA: 57 tillable cropland; Crop Productivity Index: 85.3; To be sold 72 x $ bid Terms: $20,000 down the day of auction; (which is nonrefundable if Buyer fails to close). The balance is due and payable in full on or before Dec. 27, 2018, at which time the Buyer shall receive a clear and marketable title. All real estate is selling in AS-IS condition, with no representation whatsoever. No warranty or guarantee expressed or implied. All real estate taxes due in the year of 2018 shall be paid by Sellers. All bidders/buyers must have finances in order prior to auction time.

SOLD AS PACKAGE: Stormor Grain Bin With Top Mount Dryer 8” Unload Auger, With Areation Floor, 24’ Diameter, 34” Ring 7 1/2 Ring High, 6” Load Auger, Behlen Grain Bin 22’ Diameter 46” Ring 4 1/2 Ring High Has Some Rust Inside Misc Parts, JD 3 Pt Arm, Yard Sprayer, Jack Stands, 2 1/2” Fire Hose, Lots Of Tools and Miscellaneous www.proxibid.com/hilbrands

Proxibid To Start At 12:00 PM

Gary & Cindy Meyer, Owners

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Jean E. Hachfeld Trust

The Following Described property Will Be Sold At 20560 135th St SW Renville, MN

1994 Int 9400 Semi Tractor, Cummins N14, 9 Spd Trans, Pro Sleeper, Alum On Steel Rims, 275-80-22.5 Good Tires, 690000 Miles, DOT, 2002 Timpte 46’ Alum Hopper Bottom 3 Axles, 285-75-24.5 Tires, All New Except 2, Auto Roll Tarp, New Fifth Wheel Plate, Anti Lock Brakes, 77x101x46, 18” High Hopper, 2018 DOT, 1993 Timpte Alum Hopper Bottom, 40’ Tarp, 2 Spd Traps, 66 “ Sides, 11-22.5 Good Tires, DOT, 1977 Wilson Steel Hopper Bottom, 40’, Tarp, 10.00-20 Good Tires, 66” Side, , 1979 Cornhusker 42’ Alum Hopper Bottom, Tarp, 78” Side, 11-24.5 Good Tires, Hyster Lowboy Trailer 35 Ton, Tri Axle, Heavy Duty Ramps, 28’ Bed 4’ Dovetail No Title ,

Auction Location: 530 Wilson Ave. NW, Faribault MN, 55021 (Chamber of Commerce Building) Directions to Farm: West of Faribault MN, on MN Hwy. 21 (Shieldsville Blvd.) on north side of road, close to Canby Ave.

We Sell the Earth & Everything On It.

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

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

SALE CONDUCTED BY Dan Pike Auc�on Company. LLC Jackson, MN. 507‐847‐3468.

Brian ZIEMER

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72.00 ACRES Cropland – In Part of Section 11 – Wells TWP. – Rice Co. MN. Just west of Faribault MN

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Large Farm Machinery Auction!

Saturday, November 24th 10:00AM Machinery 2005 Case IH 1200 Early Riser Planter 16 Row 30” Or 31 Row 15”, Pivot Transport, Center Fill, Neg & Pos Pressure, Yetter Trash Whippers, 600 Pro Monitor, Pump Is 2 Years Old, 2004 Geringhoff Rota Disc Corn Head, 8 Row 30” Brackets For Flagship, 21 & 23 Series Combines, JD 930 Flex Head , Head Mover Trailer, JD Corn Head 12 Row 22” Poly Snoots, IH 800 Plow Pull Type, 10 Bottom 16” Auto Reset, Loftness Stalk Chopper 12 Row 22” Swivel Wheel Assist 3 Pt, 22’, Loftness Stalk Chopper 20’ 3 Pt, Alloway Stalk Chopper 3 Pt Or Pull Type, 24’, Brent 670 Grain Cart 14” Auger 24.5-32 Tires Good Rubber, JD 510 Disk Ripper 7 Shank Cushion Gang, Hardi Navigator Sprayer 1000 Gal Tank, PTO Pump 88’-90’ Booms, 13.6-38 Tires, Hardi 1100 Navigator Sprayer 90’ Boom, PTO Drive, Hardi Monitor, 12.4-42 Tires, Case IH 4700 Vibra Tiller Field Cultivator 47’ 3 Bar Spring Tooth Drag, JD 960 Field Cultivator 34’, JD 1010 Field Cultivator 36.5’, Crumbler 34’ With Extra Wings, Grain Handler 6350 Vac Alum Pipe & Flex Tube, Head Mover Trailer 25’, JD 712 Ripper 14’, Cultivator With Cutaways 12-22”, Bander 12-22”, Large Parts Bin, Feterl Auger 10 x 100 PTO Swing Hopper Single Auger, Auger 8 x 58 PTO, Horvick Conveyor 32’ AUCTIONEERS Mark Ziemer, Lic. 34-46, New London, 320-354-4312 Cell: 320-979-4044 Terry Hilbrands 239-777-3120

Not responsible for accidents Lunch on grounds Number system used

12” Belt Hyd Drive, Batco Conveyor 1314 LP Hyd Drive, JD 220 Disk Center Fold 18’, 2009 Polaris Ranger 700 EFI 6800 Miles, ATV Sprayer 50 Gal Tank 13’ Boom, 2 - 1500 Gal Poly Tanks, 1991 Car Trailer 18’ Dove Tail, Ramps, Lorenz Snowblower 2 Stage 8’, JD Disk 14’ Tandem, IH 710 Plow 5-16” Auto Reset, Loftness Snowblower 8’ Single Stage Hyd Spout, Parker Gravity Wagon MN Jumbo 10 ton Gear 2 Door, Miller Bobcat 225 Welder Generator 8000 W 575 Hrs, Herd 3 Pt Spreader Large One, JD Post Hole Digger 3 Pt. 12 & 18” Auger, LaFont Log Splitter 3 Pt Hyd, New Trash Pump, Diesel Fuel Tank 1000 Gal. Elec Pump, Easy Kleen Magnum Gold 4000 Pressure Washer Hot & Cold , Steel & Steel Rack, Pallet Racking, 14.9-46 Tires & Duals , 14.9-46 Duals, Wic Defoliator 6 Row Rubber With Scalpers,

Usual Auction Terms (Cash or Approved Check Day of Sale).

No Items Removed Until Settled For. Everything Sold As Is. Hilbrands Auction Service Clerk

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HUGE MILACA-OGILVIE, MN AREA BEEF CATTLE, FARM EQUIPMENT & TRUCK AUCTION FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30TH, 2018- 10:00

Darrell Ehlert Estate Farm for Sale

LOCATION: 8 MILES EAST OF MILACA,MN OR 3 MILES WEST OF OGILVIE, MN ON MN STATE HWY #23 THEN 1/4 MILE NORTH ON BEAR STREET TO FARM #1538

Productive tillable farmland located in Southern Minnesota. This farmland has some of the best corn and soybean producing land in southern Minnesota. Paved county road access on the north end of the property and gravel road access along the west boundary. Located 6 miles north of Bricelyn, MN and one mile west on CR 16.

NOTE: HUGE AUCTION W/ WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS BEING OFFERED. THIS AUCTION FEATURES A COMPLETE HERD OF HOME RAISED YOUNG BEEF CATTLE, NICE LINE OF WELL MAINTAINED FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS & MUCH MORE. FOR COMPLETE LISTING SEE www. midamericanauctioninc.com OR PHONE 320-760-2979. ONLINE BIDDING ON MAJOR ITEMS PROVIDED THROUGH PROXIBID. LUNCH BY HUNTERS GRILL MOBILE. 90 HEAD OF VERY GOOD BLACK HIDED BEEF CATTLE ALL BRED FEMALES PG TESTED, GOOD HERD HEALTH PROGRAM, REGISTERED BLACK BULLS TURNED IN JUNE 1ST. INCLUDES: (21) TWO COMING THREE YEAR OLD BLACK & BALDY COWS; (21) 4 & 5 YR OLD BLACK & BALDY COWS; (6) 6 & 7 YR COLD COWS; (29) FIRST CALF BLACK & BALDY HEIFERS; 2 VERY GOOD COMING 2 YR OLD BLACK ANGUS BULLS SIRED BY: MYTTY NATURAL & EF COMMANDO. HAY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 260 + 4X5 NET WRAPPED ROUND BALES OF MIXED UPLAND HAY, 60 STORED INSIDE; PRIEFERS MODEL 91 FULL SQUEEZE CHUTE LIKE NEW; STRONG HOLD CROWDING TUB W/PALP CAGE & ADJUSTABLE CROWDING ALLEY; NOTCH 24’ TRI CYCLE FRONT BUNK FEEDER WAGON; PORTABLE CALVING PEN W/SELF LOCK HEAD GATE; (2) VERNS 2 TON CREEP FEEDERS W/SIDES; PLUS BALE FEEDERS, FEED ELEVATOR, GATES, ELEVATORS & MISC. FEEDERS. TRACTORS & FARM MACHINERY '86 FORD TW 15 MFWD DSL, NEW 38" REAR RUBBER, CAB, AC, HEAT, HI LOW TRANS, 10 WGTS, SHOWS 6633 HRS, ONLY 155 HRS ON REBUILT ENGINE, VERY CLEAN; '79 IH 3388 2+2 4WD, 540/1000 PTO, 3 HYD. REMOTES, SHOWS 4824 HRS; '71 IH 1466 TURBO DSL, OPEN STATION, 38" RUBBER, SHOWS 6570 HRS; IH 966 DSL, WF, DH, GOOD 38" TIRES, HALF CAB, RECENT UPDATES; '67 FARMALL 706 DSL 3PT, FENDERS, 6589 HRS, SELLS W/GB 800 WORK MASTER ALL HYD. LOADER, HAS SKID LOADER BACK PLATE FOR SKID LOADER ATTACHMENTS; FARMALL 450 GAS, WF, FH, TA, P STEERING; HAYBUSTER MODEL FT 24, BALE PROCESSOR W/SIDE FEED DISPENSER, RH DISCHARGE, LIKE NEW; BEAR CAT 950 ROLLER / MIXER, NICE; JD 7200 4 RW MAX EMERGE CORN PLANTER, DF; RITE WAY 4100 16' LAND ROLLER ON HYD. CART, NICE; IH 480 23' MANUAL FOLD DISC; CROWN ALL HYD. ROCK PICKER; ROCK-O-MATIC TM 12 12' PTO ROCK RAKE; JD 110 13' TANDEM DISC; (2) NEW IDEA 324 2RW CORN PICKERS; (4) GRAVITY BOXES & FACTORY WAGONS; FK 8X31 AUGER; BRADY 4RW OR 6RN STALK CHOPPER; INLAND 7.5' 3 PT. SNOW BLOWER; JD 35 CHOPPER; JD 640 SIDE RAKE; (2) 8X17 WOOD FLAT RACKS ON MN 8 TON WAGONS; NH 258 RAKE; PLUS FULL LINE OF FARM MACHINERY. COMBINES & HEADS '91 JD 9400 DSL COMBINE, SHOWS 2551 SEP HRS; JD 444 LT CORNHEAD; JD 6620 TURBO HYDRO DSL COMBINE, NEEDS WORK; 18.4X38 COMBINE DUALS W/ SPACERS. TRUCKS & TRAILERS '95 VOLVO / WHITE /GMC TWIN SCREW TRACTOR, N11 CUMMINS, EATON 10SPD, 600 K ACTUAL MILES; '94 FREIGHTLINER FLD-120 SEMI, TWIN SCREW, FULL SLEEPER, AIR RIDE CAB & SUSP., 3406 CAT, 9SPD, 809,000 ACTUAL MILES; '14 PACE SETTER 6X20' 5TH WHL STOCK TRAILER, ONE OWNER, NICE COND; ' 78 FONTAINE 48' DROP DECK SEMI TRAILER; '87 FORD L8000 2 TON TRUCK, FORD DSL, 5X2, 18' VAN BODY; '77 FORD SERIES 2.5 TON BOOM TRUCK, 5SPD, GAS V8, HIAM 4850#, CAP. BOOM, 112,000 MILES; 2000 FELLING 16' TANDEM AXLE SKID LOADER TRAILER; FLOE 100 + 20' TANDEM SNOWMOBILE TRAILER; PLUS SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES ALSO SELLING: FUEL BARRELS W/ PUMPS, PORTABLE CHICKEN COOP, 12X16 OPEN END FINISHED ENTRY BUILDING, FOUR WHEELER, SAFETY ZONE CALF CATCHER FOR ATV, TOOLS, LARGE AMOUNT OF GOOD USEABLE MISC. ITEMS.

MARTY & MARIE GRAHAM OWNERS PH. 678-448-6385 1538 BEAR STREET, OGILVIE, MN MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO. INC.

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After the morning chores...

10844 520th Avenue, Bricelyn, MN 56014 Faribault County

it’s a cup of coffee, The Land Magazine and you!

Contact: Daniel Ehlert for a bid packet of information before Nov 25th.

209 Hawthorne Street East Albert Lea, MN 56007 Call 507-514-3762 with any questions.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 | 10AM This is a large multi-ring event with many items already consigned.

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EDIGER AUCTION SERVICE Your Auctioneers

Col. Pat Ediger, Samantha Ediger-Johnson, Erika (Ediger) & Jim Connolly

MAlz BROS. RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION 16185 250th St. W. • Belle Plaine, MN 56011

Directions: 3 ½ miles southwest of Belle Plaine on U.S. Hwy 169 to town hall, turn west (right) on Co. Rd. 1 for 1 mile then turn west (left) on Co. Rd. 51 for ¼ mile OR from Blakeley go southeast 1.6 miles on Co. Rd. 1 to Co. Rd. 51 then turn west (right) on Co. Rd. 51 for ¼ mile.

Live & Online Bidding Available

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | 10AM

2018

Sat., DEC. 1, 2018 - 9:30 A.M.

LOCATION: 10370 160th Ave NW, Thief River Falls, MN 56701.

From Thief River Falls, MN 7 miles south on MN-32, 8 miles west on MN-3 (Center St), 1/2 mile north on 160th Ave NW. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

See pics & list at: www.midwestauctions.com/ediger and also on Proxibid.

Malz Brothers: Ralph & Roger have been farming in partnership for 50 years and are looking at retirement so will sell the following items to the highest bidder.

This equipment has been well cared for and is field ready. You will not be disappointed in the condition of this equipment. IT IS SHARP!!

Note: This list was prepared on Aug. 23rd so some equipment will show more hours after this season’s harvest.

For direct equipment information call Ralph at (952) 292-2656.

JD 4x4’s; 2-Wheel OWNERS: Malz Bros. Partnership drives; (2) IH tractors; Ralph & Roger Malz JD Combine & Heads; Auctioneers: Col. Pat Ediger, Samantha Ediger-Johnson, Erika (Ediger) & James Connolly IH Semi tractor & Grain Lic. 70-06; 72-03; 70-85; 70-56 Belle Plaine & Arlington, Minn. trailer; (2) Pickups; PHonE (952) 873-2292 or (952) 855-6607 Field Machinery; Hay Clerk: Ediger Auction Service-Belle Plaine, Minn. Deb Ediger Office Manager. & Livestock Equipment; Terms: Settlement due within 15 min. of auction conclusion with Personal Check, Cash or Major Credit Card Complete liquidation.

(Credit cards will be charged a 5% convenience fee.)

The Land I & II (11/16/18 & 11/23/18) 3x5 $318.75

Track Tractors / Tractors / GPS / Combine / Heads & Header Trailer / Grain Cart & Gravity Wagons / No-Till Drill / Tillage Equipment / Semi Tractors & Trucks / Pickup / Trailers / Sprayers / Grain Handling & Other Equipment / Hopper Bins / Shop Equipment Recreation / Tanks / Parts & Farm Support Items

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Scott Steffes MN14-51

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo ND | 701.237.9173

CURT & MARILYN SWANSON / Curt, 218.686.3974 or Justin Ruth at Steffes Group 701.237.9173, or 701.630.5583

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

Red River Valley Fairgrounds

1805 Main Ave. West, West Fargo, ND

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 | 10AM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 1PM. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at 12PM for self-loading. Equipment removal by November 30, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

15 Tillage

4 Trucks & Bus

4 Track Tractors 16 Heads

11 Tractors

7 Combines

14 Semi Tractors

TO ALSO INCLUDE: Grain Carts, Planter, Drills, Sprayers, Hay Equipment, Livestock Equipment, Seed Tender & Augers, Bin & Aeration Equipment, Graders, Box Blades, Snowblowers, Other Equipment, Skid Steer Attachments, Pickup, SUVs, Car, Snowmobile, Shop Equipment, Tires, Parts, Farm Support & Misc. Items

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Steffes Group, Inc. | 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 | 701.237.9173 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894, Scott Gillespie ND1070, Shelly Weinzetl ND963 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

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171 Acres of Prime Bare Cropland in Clinton Falls Twp., Steele Co. MN

MATT MARING CO.

Their parents have passed away, therefore, the family shall sell their family farm.

Auction Location: Clinton Falls Township Building (3723 North County Rd. 45, Owatonna MN, 55060)

Wed., November 28, 2018 6 P.M. Sharp Selling in 2 separate parcels - 87.3 & 90.2 CPI

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171 Acres, all in part of section 27 Clinton Falls Twp., Steele Co. MN 141 tillable acres – Great CPI Selling in 2 separate parcels Parcel 1 Area: 136.4 +/- acres bare land; PID# 12.027.1200, zoned ag; Taxes for 2018 (before building site was surveyed out) $5,524; Tillable acres: Steele Co. FSA 116.44; Crop productivity index: 87.3; Some drain tile in place; To be sold 136.4 x $ bid Parcel 2 Area: 34.80 acres bare cropland; PID# 12.027.2300, zoned ag; Taxes 2018: $878.00; Tillable acres: Steele Co. FSA: 26.59; Crop productivity index: 90.2; To be sold 34.80 x $ bid Terms: $20,000.00 per parcel down the day of auction, which is nonrefundable if Buyer(s) fail to close. The balance is due and payable in full on or before December 28, 2018, at which time the Buyer(s) shall receive a clear and marketable title (warranty deed). All real estate is selling as-is, where-is with no warranty or guarantee expressed or implied by the Sellers or any of their agents. All real estate is selling with no contingencies whatsoever. All real estate taxes due in 2018 shall be paid by the sellers. All bidders/buyers must have their finances in order prior to auction date. A buyer’s fee shall apply to this real estate auction.

Directions to Farm: From Owatonna, MN, at the northeast side, take St. Paul Rd. north approx. 1.5 miles.

Call for information packet or go online at www.maringauction.com • 800-801-4502

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

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

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Alfalfa, mixed hay, grass hay, Massey 44, nice condition, FOR SALE: JD 6115D, MFD, JD 4240 powershift, 5800 hrs, and feed grade wheat straw. $4,000; Balzer 20’ stalk chop- w/ JD H310 loader & snow 3 outlets, 18.4/38 Firestone Medium squares or round per, works great, $3,000; bucket, 400 hours. 507-381- rears (75%), matching duals bales. Delivery available. Agco 8R22” cornhead, great 5781 (40%), 4 rib front (80%+), Call or text LeRoy Ose. 218- condition, rock box, quick hitch, clean GVL snouts, FOR SALE: JD 4430 tractor cab, $22,500/OBO. (507) 451689-6675 $12,000. Phone 507-317-5367 and loader, 6000, hrs, good 9614 or (507) 213-0600 condition. 507-236-9993 We buy Salvage Equipment Farm Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. FOR SALE: Fantini chopping (507)867-4910 8R & 12R CH; 70’ Elmer drag, Merritt alum hopper HHHHHHHHHHHH H Land grain trailers; 24R30” JD pl H Specialists H H on Kinze bar; Big A floater; H H 175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708 CH & H Every Wednesday H H parts; White plows & parts; H Nov. 13 • 158.66 ± Ac. Deerfield Twp., Steele Co. H Hay & Straw 54’ 4300 IH field cultivator; H H JD 44’ field cult; 3300 Hini- H 4:30 PM Nov. 29 • 152.06 ± Ac. Brush Creek Twp., Faribault Co. H ker field cult; header trailer. H Homestead H H 507-380-5324

WEEKLY AUCTION

FOR SALE: Demco 650 gravity box, green & black, $10,500; also JD 510 disk ripper, $6,200. 320-249-8556

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View our other available properties for sale on our website.

1160 Victory Drive South, Suite 6 • Mankato, MN 56001 • 507-345-LAND (5263)

Charles Wingert, Broker # 07-53

126 ACRES – 102+/- ACRES OF PRIME CLASS A CROPLAND – 3 ACRE BULDING SITE WITH 4-BEDROOM, 1.5 STORY HOME, SHED/SHOP – 10 ACRES OF BARE LAND IN CRP ALL IN SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF TYRONE TWP., LESUEUR CO., MN

MATT MARING

CO. In order to settle the estate of Lillian Tiegs, the family shall sell this top-notch cropland and nice country building site at public auction.

Auction location: LeCenter American Legion Post 108 (97 South Park Avenue, LeCenter, MN 56057)

Sat., November 24, 2018

9:30 A.M. Sharp 89.3 Crop Productivity Index - Lays very nice Great farm - Nice building site Directions to farm from Henderson, MN: Go east on State Hwy. 19 approx. 7 miles to 271st Ave., then south on 271st Ave. (First place, watch for signs.); Or, from New Prague, west on State Hwy. 19.

www.maringauction.com 3+/- Acre Country Building Site, with 4-Bedroom, 1.5 Story Home – With 30’x52’ Shed/Shop – Mature Trees – Detached Car Garage

Parcel 2 113+/- Acres of Class A Cropland – 102.74 Tillable Crop Acres – 89.3 CPI – All in Section 2 of Tyrone Twp., LeSueur Co., MN – Just east of Henderson, MN; PID: R.12.002.0200, zoned ag homestead; Area: 113+/- acres to be surveyed by auction date; Tillable acres, LeSueur county FSA 102.74; Some drain tile in place; Crop productivity index 89.3; Great soils, lays very good, field driveways; CRP 1.91 acres, buffer running along ditch; To be sold by the acre; Taxes for parcels 1 and 2 together: $4,022 Parcel 3 10 Acres of Bare Land – 6.60 Acres enrolled in CRP, All in Part of Section 3 of Tyrone Twp., LeSueur Co., MN; PID: R.12.003.2500, zoned ag homestead; Taxes $222; Area: 10 acres; CRP: 6.60 acres, expires 9/30/2019; CPI: 83; Possible building entitlement, check with LeSueur Co. Planning & Zoning; To be sold 10 X $ bid

Open House Wednesday, November 14 - 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 18 - 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon Terms: Parcels 1 and 3, $7,500 down per parcel the day of auction.

Parcel 2, $20,000 down the day of auction. All earnest monies down are non-refundable if Buyer(s) fails to close. The balance is due and payable in full to the Sellers on or before December 28, 2018, at which time the Buyer(s) shall receive possession and a clear marketable title. All real estate is selling in as-is condition, with any and all faults. All real estate is selling with no contingencies whatsoever. All bidders and buyers must have conducted their own due diligence. All bidders and buyers must have their finances in order prior to auction date.

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Parcel 1 Address: 28367 271st Ave., Henderson, MN 56044; PID: R12.002.0200; Area: 3+/- Acres (will be surveyed by auction date); 4-Bdrm., 1.5 story home, built in 1940s; New windows, siding, newer roof, water softener, newer furnace & AC, wiring updated; House features hardwood floors; Detached 2.5 car garage; Shed/shop 30’x52’, partial concrete; Nice large lawn with mature trees; Good cased well w/submersible pump; Private septic system Go to maringauction.com for videos and more photos, or call 800-801-4502 for buyer’s prospectus.

Lillian Tiegs Estate We Sell the Earth & Everything On It.

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

Matt Maring, Lic. #25-28 • 507-951-8354 Kevin Maring, Lic. #25-70 • 507-271-6280 Adam Engen, Lic. #25-93 • 507-213-0647 Reg. WI auctioneer #2992-52 Broker: Maring Auction & Realty Co. Inc., Lic. #40241191

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For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com Friday, November 16 at 10AM Keith Fluth Farm Retirement, Dalbo, MN Friday, November 16 at 11AM Triple “O” Farms & Willard Onchuck Estate Auction, Wahpeton, ND Opening November 16 & Closing November 26 Steel Wood Supply Business Liquidation, Detroit Lakes, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening November 16 & Closing November 26 Valley Plains Equipment Year-End Auction, Jamestown/Galesburg/ Hillsboro/Hunter/Valley City/Crookston, Timed Online Auction Monday, November 19 at 10AM Timothy & Trisha Eggert Farm Auction, Valley City, ND Tuesday, November 20 at 10AM Curt & Marilyn Swanson Farm Retirement, Thief River Falls, MN Opening November 20 & Closing November 30 Kraig Lee Farm Retirement Auction, Roseau, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening November 21 & Closing December 5 Park River Implement Year End Auction, Park River/Rolla/Cando, ND locations, Timed Online Auction Opening November 23 & Closing November 29 Aglron Online Auction - 11/29, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening November 23 & Closing November 30 Stearns County, MN - Farm/Recreational Land Auction 71 +/-Acres, Timed Online Auction Opening November 27 & Closing December 5 Johnson Seeds Farm Retirement Auction, Dassel, MN, Timed Online Auction Wednesday, November 28 at 10AM Ag Iron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds Thursday, November 29 at 10AM Randy & Connie Reuss Farm Retirement, Barrett, MN Friday, November 30 at 10AM Meeker County, MN Land Auction - 200+/- Acres - 2 Tracts, Grove City, MN Opening November 30 & Closing December 7 Meeker County, MN Land Auction - 44+/-Acres, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Monday, December 3 at 10AM Cass County, ND Land Auction - 320+/-Acres, Casselton, ND Opening December 3 & Closing December 13 Arnold Companies, Inc. Auction, St. Cloud, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening December 4 & Closing December 12 L.H. Peterson Farm Retirement Auction, Paynesville, MN, Timed Online Auction Wednesday, December 5 at 10AM Jon & Cheryl Farber Farm Auction, Green Isle, MN Wednesday, December 5 at 1PM Jon & Cheryl Farber Dairy Cattle Auction, Green Isle, MN Opening December 5 & Closing December 13 Allen Johnson Realignment Auction, Devils Lake, ND, Timed Online Auction

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Like The Land on Facebook RICELAND TWP / FREEBORN COUNTY, MN

162 ACRES+/- • 1 TRACT

SALE TO BE HELD AT THE GLENVILLE LEGION, 331 WEST MAIN ST. GLENVILLE, MN

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 10 A.M.

This 162 acres is just a few miles northeast of Hayward, MN is in prime farming country. The man that has been renting this farm for over 20 years has production records what we will have available. He says this farm has always raised excellent Crops.

#1668 DELGADO FARM

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SECTION 34 RICELAND TOWNSHIP / 161.5 DEEDED ACRES ± / 157.64 CROPLAND ACRES ± / CPI OF 80.8 / NORTHEAST OF HAYWARD / PRODUCTIVE CROPLAND WITH PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE / OPEN FOR 2019 CROP YEAR• TERMS: $50,000 DOWN DUE DAY OF THE SALE, BALANCE DUE ON OR ABOUT FEB. 1, 2019. A 2% BUYERS FEE WILL APPLY.

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507-345-4523 or 800-657-4665 Mark ZIEMER

Brian ZIEMER

New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Auctioneer

Farm Retirement

Willmar, MN

New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Auctioneer

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Willmar, MN

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 | 10AM

2018

TheFollowing Following Described Described Farm Land Will Be Sold The Sold At At The TheWillmar Willmar Conference Conference Center,Center Holiday Inn in Willmar in Willmar MN. MN. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Randy & Connie have decided after a lifetime of farming to retire. Most equipment was purchased new, shedded with meticulous care. All tractors, combine, and sprayer have oil analysis samples. Major equipment will remain shedded till the day of the auction. Please call first to view the equipment.

LOCATION: 16395 160th St. Barrett, MN 56311 Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online From Hoffman, MN, 4 miles west on Hwy 27, 1 mile north on US Hwy 59, .5 bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, miles west on 160th St. From Barrett, MN, 4 miles south on US Hwy 59, .5 miles west on 160th St. & details at SteffesGroup.com.

TRACK TRACTORS

2014 Case-IH 500 Quadtrac, 1,446 hrs 2012 Case-IH 550 Quadtrac 2,178 hrs

ROCKPICKER

2011 Riteway RR250ST rockpicker

TRUCKS

OTHER TRAILERS

2015 Wilson CD1080 step deck trailer, less than 20,000 miles 2009 Bear Track single axle aluminum trailer 2011 Amerifab header trailer 2010 Klugman Welding header trailer

2006 Kenworth T800 day cab, MFWD TRACTOR 255,934 miles 2013 Case-IH Puma 185, 1,223 hrs. 1995 Kenworth T800 Aerocab sleeper, 50,510 miles COMBINE & HEADS 1988 Kenworth T600 day cab, GRAIN CART 2011 Case-IH 9120T combine, 126,382 miles 2010 Brent 1194 grain cart 1,250 pre-harvest sep. hrs., 1,590 1983 Chevrolet C70 service SPRAYER pre-harvest engine hrs truck, 217 hrs.

2014 Case-IH SPX3330 Patriot 2012 MacDon FD70 flex draper 2013 John Deere 612C chopping HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS self-propelled sprayer corn head, less then 3,000 acres 2014 Timpte Super Hopper, Enduraplas Ranger sprayer low miles 2015 Bisch head adaptor 2007 Timpte Super Hopper AUGERS PLANTER hopper bottom trailer 2006 Westfield MK130-70 Plus 2015 Case-IH 1265, 36x22”, 2013 Wilson Pacesetter DWH- auger 6,000 acres 500 hopper bottom trailer, 2007 Westfield WR100-31 auger TILLAGE EQUIPMENT low miles SEED TENDER 2014 Case-IH Tigermate 200 field 2005 Wilson Pacesetter DWH2012 Meridian Seed Express cultivator 500 hopper bottom 375 seed tender 2013 Summers Coulter 20 106 2010 Case-IH Ecolo-Tiger 870 TANKS & SUPPORT EQUIPMENT / FARM SUPPORT ITEMS disc ripper PARTS / LAWN & GARDEN / SHOP EQUIPMENT / AND MORE! 2007 Riteway 4300 land roller

SteffesGroup.com Eric Gabrielson MN47-006

Steffes Group, Inc. | 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN 55355 RANDY & CONNIE REUSS / REUSS CHARITABLE TRUST | RANDY 320.808.8361, CONNIE 320.815.2664 or Eric Gabrielson at Steffes Group, 320.693.9371 or 701.238.2570 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Monday November 26th 6:30 PM

FARM LAND AUCTION 101.55 Acres More or Less Sold In 2 Parcels Property Has Been Surveyed Bid Live or Live Online at www.proxibid.com/hilbrands

Parcel # 1 Located North of Civic Center Dr. and West of the Hwy. 71/23 Bypass. Property is surveyed to 57.95 Acres and has 52.4 Acres MOL Tillable. Crop Production Index is 89.3 and contains predominantly Normania Soils (37.6 Acres 92 to 94 CPI) and Canisteo-Harps Soils (14 Acres 92 CPI) Access from Civic Center Dr. Bordered by 1925 feet of BNSF RR Track.

Fenstra Real Estate Inc. Broker 320-235-1022 or 320-212-1448

Parcel # 2 Located along County Rd. 9. Property is surveyed to 43.4 Acres and has 38 Acres Tillable MOL. High Crop Production Index is 93.1 and contains predominantly Normania, CanisteoHarps and Webster Soils. Access from County Rd. 9. Large County Tile. Bordered by 660 feet of BNSF RR Track. Additional Income from South Turkey Barn $350 per month.

Parcel # 1 Located in Section 1 & 12 Willmar Township.

Go to our website: Parcel # 2 Located in Section 1 Willmar Township. www.ziemerauctions.com Earnest Money $25,000 each parcel and Close in 30 days. Kandiyohi Abstract has prepared Title work and to view Tract map Closing shall be at Kandiyohi Abstract and Title Parcel # 1Co. Located Buyer’s Premium Applies. Property As Is1 & 12 of both parcels. in Sold Section PARCEL #2 Willmar Township.

Parcel # 2 Located

Section 1 Willmar Farm Land Auction At The Willmar Conference Center, inHoliday Inn Township.

AUCTIONEERS

Mark Ziemer, Lic. 34-46 New London, 320-354-4312 Cell: 320-979-4044 Brian Ziemer, New London 320-354-5308 Terry Hilbrands 239-777-3120

Not responsible for accidents Lunch on grounds Number system used www.ziemerauctions.com or midwestauctions.com, click on Ziemer Find Ziemer Auctioneers on Facebook!

PARCEL #1

Earnest

$25,000 UsualMoney Auction Termseach

parcelCheck andDay Close in (Cash or Approved of Sale).

30 days.

No Items Removed Until Kandiyohi Settled For. Abstract has Everything Sold Asprepared Is. work and Closing ZiemerTitle Auction Service, be Ave. at Kandiyohi 3176shall 198th NW New London, 56273 AbstractMNand Title Co. Buyer’s Premium Applies. Property Sold As Is

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NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE: IH 1480 combine, All kinds of New & Used farm FOR SALE: Black Angus Holstein steers: Vaccinat- Spot, Duroc, Chester White, PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 3000 hrs; 1083 8R cornhead, equipment - disc chisels, field bulls also Hamp, York, & ed, dehorned, nice cut, & Boars & Gilts available. cults, planters, soil finishers, Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. wormed. 125 head approx. Monthly PRRS and PEDV. 55, 50 Series & newer trac- good condition. 507-236-9993 cornheads, feed mills, discs, 320-598-3790 375 lb & $1.10/lb; 200 head Delivery available. Steve tors, AC-all models, Large balers, haybines, etc. 507Inventory, We ship! Mark approx. 250 lb & $330 each. Resler. 507-456-7746 Livestock Heitman Tractor Salvage Delivery available. 715-613438-9782 Equipment Cattle 715-673-4829 2072 Hog Feeders For Sale: Tube WANTED TO BUY: JD 714 Miscellaneous 3 tubes & 2 tubes. disk chisel; also Case IH Classified Line Ads feeders, FOR SALE: Polled Hereford Lou Mfg. feeders, 5 hole 6500 disk chisel. 320-352-3878 Swine PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS Bull for sale, servicable stainless steel, 4’ long, very New pumps & parts on hand. age; also bred cows & some good condition. Call 507-380- WANTED: 16 row B&H cultisteers. 320-282-4846 FOR SALE: Yorkshire, Hamp- Call Minnesota’s largest disvator.

Call 507-360-1335 Call 507-345-4523 3908 for more information. shire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc tributor HJ Olson & Company boars, also gilts. Excellent selection. Raised outside. 320-974-8990 Cell - 320-212-5336 LARGE FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION Exc herd health. No PRSS. John Deere 6430 Premium – McCormick CT41HST – Haying Machinery - Livestock Machinery & Equip. – Collector Farm Machinery Delivery avail. 320-760-0365 REINKE IRRIGATION 31 Head of Registered Black Angus Cattle – Collector Cars – Air Stream Travel Trailer.

Sales & Service Allis Chalmers All Crop 72 Combine, MATT MARING New & Used Restored - New Idea No. 18 Ground Driven Manure Spreader - Other Farm Primitives For your irrigation needs (2) Allis Chalmers All Crop 72 combine, PTO 6’ 888-830-7757 or 507-276-2073 head; MN No. 130 barge box w/6 ton gear; John Deere corn sheller; New Idea No. 18 groundWinpower Sales & Service CO. driven manure spreader; McCormick cream separator; Fan mill Reliable Power Solutions Livestock Head Gates – Crowding Tubs Free-Standing Gate Auction Location: 40293 – State Hwy. 22., St. Peter MN, 56082 Since 1925 PTO & automatic Hanging Gates – Feeders Power and Hand Tools (From St. Peter, MN west on State Hwy. 22, approx. 2 miles.)

Emergency Electric Gener(50+) 2018 Round Bale Hay ators. New & Used Strong Hold locking squeeze chute w/scale; Strong Hold crowding tub; Big Valley self-locking head chute; (30) Steel tub livestock gates, 4’-16’; Rich Opsata-Distributor Locking coral panels, 10’; Round+square bale feeders; (3) Rubbermaid 9:30 A.M. 800-343-9376 water tanks; (4) 10’ Poly feed trough; (5) 24’ Free-standing gates; (250+) Live & online bidding - For more photos, Fence post wooden; (13) Rolls of new woven wire; (10) Rolls of new barbed wire; Fencers; (2) 42” Floor fans; Honda 3500 PSI 4GPM pressure go to www.maringauction.com washer; Craftsman 230/140 AC-DC welder; Waco (14) upright scaffold with a classified line ad! www.maringauction.com 5’; (8) Alum. 6’ planks; 550 Gal. fuel barrels w/elec. pumps; Troy Built Advertise it in Call us today Bronco 5.5 hp. garden tiller; Country Line 30 gal. lawn sprayer, 12 volt.; John Deere 6430 Premium MFWD The Land (2) Northern 2-ton air over hyd. cherry picker jacks; PHH 2-ton cherry 507-345-4523 or McCormick CT41HST Compact Tractor picker jacks; Craftsman 3’-12’ wood lathe; (2) Craftsman 17” drill press 2011 John Deere 6430 Premium MFWD, 3-pt.

Call 507-345-4523 800-657-4665 floor model 1.5 hp.; Craftsman 18” 2-speed, 2 hp. band saw vertical; PTO, 317 act. hours, full cab, IVT, left-hand Craftsman 10” radial arm and 10” table saw; Misc. household, camping, reverser, Instruct. Seat, Command Center farm antique; (50+) 2018 Bales of round bale hay **WE SPREAD AG LIME** screen, SN:P671247; McCormick CT41HST compact tractor, MFWD, 424 hours, ROPES, 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 4-Door 3-pt. PTO, 41 hp. hydro trans.

2008 Yamaha Grizzly 700 EFI ATV 4-Wheeler 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel heavy duty big Vermeer 504M Classic Silage Round Baler horn, 4-door short box 4x4, 73,590 miles, V8, Other Excellent Hay Machinery auto; 2008 Yamaha Grizzly ATV 4-Wheeler 4x4, Livestock Machinery winch, auto, 1,438 miles Vermeer 504M Classic silage round baler, net IHC 5100 Grain Drill Tillage Machinery wrap, Vermeer Accu-Bale Plus monitor, 1,949 Gravity Boxes w/Running Gear act. bales baled, SN:RXA1002049; H+S 370 IHC 5100 soybeans special drill, press wheels, 12’x6” spacings; (2) IHC 370 heavy duty tandem axle manure spreader, Vibra Shank 45 field cult. 12.5’ 3-bar harrow pull-type; IHC pull type poly floor+sides, slop gate, dual beaters, very clean; New Holland 492 10-shank, 10’ chisel plow; IHC Model 70, 3-bottom trip beam plow, haybine, 9’ cut, very good condition, SN:868374; Walco 10 bale round 3x16s; 5-Section spike tooth drag on cart; (3) MN gravity flow box 150, bale transport, LT285R16 tires, looks new; John Deere MX7 rotory 175, 225 bushel w/good running gears mower 3-pt., 540 PTO; 2008 8’x16’ hay rack, 6-ton running gear, excellent; 2007 Dura Line, 15’ livestock trailer, tandem axle; New Idea (31) Head of Registered Black Angus - (15) Young Cows side hay rake (15) Weaned Calves - (1) Young Breeding Bull (15) Young black angus cows, vaccinated, preg. check, all shots; (15) Bobcat 763 Diesel Skid Loader NO STOCKPILING ON THE GROUND Weaned black angus calves, vaccinated, all shots; (1) Registered young w/1,491 hours - Universal Skid Loader black angus breeding bull, fertility tested, low birth weight calves; This • Our trucks deliver ag lime directly to the TerraGator Attachements – Very Good Dump and herd has many years of AI breeding for low birth weight, fast rate of gain.

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13 JD 7230R, 20 speed Command Quad Plus transmission, 380/90R50 rear duals, 540/1000 PTO, 4 remotes, HID lights, 840 hrs .............................................................................. $95,500 13 JD 8295R, powershift, 1300 front axle, 6 remotes, LED lights, 380/90R54 rear duals, 380/80R38 single fronts, 4890 hrs ............................................................................ $92,500 15 JD 825I Gator, power steering, bed lift, 310 hrs ......... $8,500 14 CIH Magnum 280, 19 speed powershift, 620/70R42 rear duals, 600/65R28 single fronts, front and rear weights, 5350 hrs ............................................................................ $69,500 11 CIH Magnum 290, 480/80R50 singles, 19 speed economy Powershift transmission, 14000 hrs .................................. $25,000 12 New Holland L218 skid steer loader, no cab, 72” bucket, 365 hrs .............................................................................. $19,750 16 Case 721F XR wheel loader, 4.5 cubic yard bucket, 20.5R25 Tires, extended reach, 4010 hours, warranty till March 2019 or 6000 hrs .................................................... $83,500 10 JD 9770 combine, 800/70R38 single tires, tank ext. 2WD, contourmaster, chopper, tank ext., 1650 sep. hrs, Just though service program ................................................................ $87,500 13 JD 2720 17’6” disc ripper, rolling baskets .............. $19,750

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4WD TRACTORS ‘14 JD 9560R, 1045 hrs, 5 hyd valves, 800x38 tires & duals, whl wgts ..............................................................................$210,000 ‘14 JD 9360R, 2550 hrs, power shift, 5 hyd valves, 480x50 tires & duals 90%, ext warranty to 3/27/2020 or 4,000 hrs .......$140,000

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LOADER TRACTORS ‘11 Case SV300 skidsteer, cab, air, 1040 hrs, 2spd, ride control, aux hyd, 72” bkt .............................................................$26,900

COMBINES

‘13 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO, pwr shift, 620x42 tires & ‘13 JD S660, 1066 sep/1598 eng hrs, 4x4, 2630 display, duals .............................................................................$155,000 Contour-Master, chopper, long unloading auger, 20.8x32 tires ‘02 JD 9320, 5341 hrs, pwr shift, 1000 PTO, 3 hyd valves, 8 new 18.4x46 tires & duals, universal auto steer ...................$89,000 & duals ........................................................................$139,000 ‘92 JD 8760, 7558 hrs, 24spd, 3 hyd valves, eng OH at 6264 ‘13 JD S660, 892 sep/1180 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, hrs, 20.8x38 tires & duals ..............................................$31,000 520x38 tires & duals ...................................................$139,000 ‘13 NH T9.390, 2557 hrs, pwr shift, 1000 PTO, 480x50 tires & duals, susp cab ..........................................................$120,000 ‘04 JD 9760, 2268 sep/3460 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs, pwr shift, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, HID lights, 480x50 tires & duals ........................................$120,000

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40 Square Cooperative Solutions ..............................................................27 Beck's Hybrids ...................................................................................... 1, 7 C & C Roof ing ........................................................................................16 Compeer Financial .................................................................................... 8 Curt's Truck & Diesel ...............................................................................11 Dairyland Seed ........................................................................................14 Dan Pike Clerking ....................................................................................29 Daniel Ehlert ...........................................................................................30 Doda USA ...............................................................................................17 Ediger Auction .........................................................................................31 Factory Home Center ...............................................................................10 Henslin Auctions .................................................................... 28, 32, 34, 35 Homestead Sales ......................................................................................33 Keith Bode ...............................................................................................37 LandProz.com .................................................................................... 28, 34 Larson Implement .............................................................................. 37, 39 Matt Maring Auction .............................................................. 29, 32, 33, 36 Mid-American Auction .............................................................................30 Minnesota Farm Bureau ............................................................................19 Minnwest Bank ........................................................................................15 MJ Hydrostatics .......................................................................................10 NK Clerking ............................................................................................30 Northland Buildings .................................................................................22 Peterson Farms Seed.................................................................................17 Pioneer Corn ............................................................................................. 6 Pioneer Soybean ........................................................................................ 3 Pruess Elevator ........................................................................................37 R & E Enterprises ....................................................................................36 Roy E Abbott Futures ...............................................................................26 Schweiss Doors ........................................................................................37 Smiths Mill Implement .............................................................................37 Sonic Herbicide .......................................................................................13 Southwest MN Farm Business .................................................................... 5 Southwest MN K-Fence ............................................................................22 Spanier Welding ........................................................................................ 9 Steffes Group ......................................................................... 30, 31, 33, 35 White Fox Fur & Feather Co. ....................................................................12 Wingert Realty .........................................................................................33 Wyffels Hybrids ................................................................................. 20, 21 Ziegler ...................................................................................................... 4 Ziemer Auctions ................................................................................. 29, 35

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480x42 tires & duals .....................................................$54,000 ‘01 JD 9750, 3013 sep/4156 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, 520x38 tires & duals .....................................................$42,000 ‘01 JD 9650 STS, 3014 sep/4325 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, 520x38 tires & duals .......................................$39,000

‘15 C-IH 500 Quadtrac, 2750 hrs, 36” tracks, cab susp, HID ‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645 sep/3623 eng hrs, single point hookup, lights, Pro 700 monitor & receiver ...............................$175,000 chopper, bin ext. ............................................................$42,000 ‘14 C-IH 350 Rowtrac Quadtrac, 1865 hrs, 1000 PTO, 120” spacing, 18” tracks, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow ...................$152,000 ‘14 C-IH 5130, 660 sep/928 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, ‘14 C-IH 340 Magnum Rowtrac, 290 hrs, lux cab, susp front axle, 18” belts, 6 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, 3pt .......................$180,000 ‘15 Challenger MT 845E, 3909 hrs, 30” belts, 4 hyd valves, HID lights ....................................................................$142,500

tracker, 700 monitor, 900x32 single tires .....................$132,000 ‘11 C-IH 5088, 1541 sep/1743 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 30.5x32 single tires. ..........................................$88,000

‘09 C-IH 7088, 1275 sep/1807 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, ‘04 Cat Challenger MT 755, 4844 hrs, 16” tracks, 3 pt, 1000 PTO, 88” track spacing, JD ATU ..........................$65,000 tracker, HID lights, Pro 600 monitor, 520x42” duals .....$92,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘12 Challenger MT 665D, 1332 hrs, front susp, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd valves, 480x50 duals & front duals .......................$95,000 ‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, pwr shift, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 18.4x46 duals, extra clean...............................$110,000

‘11 Claas Lexion 740, 1466 sep hrs/1899 eng hrs, 4x4, power bin ext, Contour-Master, chopper, 620x42 tires & duals ......$98,000

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‘13 Drago 6R30 chopping, fits JD combine............................$25,000 ‘13 C-IH Magnum 260, 577 hrs, 540/1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, 420x46 tires & duals............................$110,000 ‘09 Drago 6R30 chopping, fits JD combine ........................$19,000 ‘13 C-IH Magnum 290, 1250 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, big pump, 480x50 tires & duals, front duals & wgts...$110,000 ‘06 Drago 8R30 chopping, fits flagship C-IH combine .............$14,500 ‘12 C-IH Magnum 260, 1784 hrs, susp front, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 ‘13 C-IH 3408 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits flagship combine ....$21,000 hyd valves, 480x50 rear tires & duals, front duals ......$105,000 ‘08 C-IH 3208 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits flagship combine...$12,500 ‘04 C-IH MX285, 5540 hrs, 4 hyd valves, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 10 front wgts, 18.4x46 tires & duals, fresh eng OH ...........$59,000 ‘02 C-IH 2208 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits older 1600-2000 ‘13 NH T8.360, 1200 hrs, lux cab, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 480x50 tires & duals, complete auto guide syst...........$110,000

series C-IH combines ....................................................$11,500 ‘05 Geringhoff 8R30 chopping, fits JD combine ................$17,500

‘06 NH TG210, MFWD, 4240 hrs, pwr shift, 540/1000 PTO, 3pt hitch, 4 hyd valves, 380x46 rear tires & duals, 380x30 front ‘83 JD 643 6R30, low tin, oil drive ..................................... $6,500 tires & duals ...................................................................$56,000

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‘03 NH TG230, MFWD, 3346 hrs, pwr shift, 540/1000 PTO, Mega flow hyd, 4 valves, 3pt, 380x46 tires & duals......$59,000

‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD 690 hrs, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, JD 512 5 shank disc ripper .................................................. $9,500 HID lights, 480x46 tires & duals ....................................$95,000 JD 2700 9 shank disc ripper, rear covering discs. ............$12,500

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‘06 JD 7420, MFWD, cab, air, 5164 hrs, IVT trans, 3pt, 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd valves, JD H360 ldr w/QT bkt ....$62,000 Brent 740 gravity box........................................................... $9,800 ‘04 JD 7320, MFWD, cab, air, 3pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 hyd valves, Parker 450 bushel gravity box 2 doors ................................ $3,300 JD 741 ldr w/QT bkt & joystick ......................................$52,000 ‘09 NH TV6070, bi-directional, 3543 hrs, cab, air, 3pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 hyd valves, NH ldr w/84” bkt ............................$54,000

STEEL TRACK SET-UP FOR 9610 JD COMBINE ............................................................................... $4,500

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

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

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or over 50 years the Kandiyohi County Historical Society has been locating and marking historical sites across the county. The 40 or so markers, with names like “The Great Train Wreck,” “Cape Bad Luck” and “The Battle of the Broom” are a museum without walls. Visitors to this spacious museum can find the historical markers in urban Willmar, small town Spicer, county parks and in road right-of-ways.

Kandiyohi County Historical Society Executive Director Jill Wohnoutka says that placing the markers was one of the founding goals of the Society. Some of the original markers were semi-permanent wooden markers; but in recent years, thanks to grants from the Legacy Funds from Minnesota sales tax, all the historical markers have been converted to attractive and permanent metal structures.

So if you’re in the Spicer area, you can visit the historical marker in Lions Park on the south shore of Green Lake.

It’s attached to a boulder and tells the story of the town’s naming.

The Spicer/Green Lake/New London area has a number of markers spread throughout the countryside. One is the Shipstead Homestead site, where one of Minnesota’s early and influential politicians was born.

“Shipstead was the Farmer-Labor party’s

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first candidate for Senate which he won in 1922. He was re-elected in 1928, 1934 and 1940,” according to the Historical Society.

A marker called the Great Sioux Camp is located on the edge of Green Lake County Park on the northeast side of Green Lake. This marker is challenging to find if you’re not familiar with the area; but the pretty park on the shore of Green Lake makes the search worthwhile. The marker tells how the hills above the lake were a large Indian encampment during the 17th and 18th century.

If you want, you could have a picnic at Green Lake County Park and the Great Sioux Camp marker. But you can’t picnic at the Green Lake Burial Mounds a few miles away. This marker is in the road right-of-way adjacent to a large irrigated field. What you can do is stand here and contemplate the Native Americans bringing their dead here from the Green Lake encampment all those years ago.

To find all of the markers in places like Hawick, Atwater and Blomkest, you’ll need a map. You can get one from the Historical Society in Willmar. You can also get a complete list of the markers from the Willmar Chamber of Commerce website at the “Attractions” link. You’ll need a county map to follow those directions to the markers. v

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13.2

P0306AM™

103

DKC54-38RIB

71

69%

5.3

103

DKC50-08RIB

15

67%

6.8

105

DKC51-38RIB

62

73%

9.8

DKC51-38RIB

55

85%

17.9

DKC54-38RIB

62

81%

9.7

NEW

COMPETITOR HYBRID/BRAND

P0589AMXT™

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CRM

P0389AMXT™

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P0688AM™

NEW

106

P0688AM™

NEW

106

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K A H S D HAN

Mitch Weymiller Grower

Nolan Hageman Pioneer Sales Professional

Pioneer® brand products with the Yield Hero designation take yields and overall performance to a new level on your farm.#

Troy Deutmeyer Pioneer Field Agronomist

The harvest data Pioneer sales representatives provide is local, it’s relevant, and it’s raising the standard for performance results. To see the latest harvest results near you, visit pioneer.com/yield.

Harness the industry-leading genetics, innovative trait packages and premium seed-treatment solutions only Pioneer® brand corn products offer. Talk to your local Pioneer team to learn more.

Pioneer.com/Corn Pioneer® brand products with the Yield Hero designation are geographically selected based on a combination of factors, including local product availability, yield performance, defensive traits, agronomic characteristics, trait packages and grower preference. #

Data is based on an average of 2018 comparisons made in Minnesota through November 2, 2018. Comparisons are against any number of products of the indicated competitor brand, unless otherwise stated, and within +/- 5 CRM of the competitive brand. Product responses are variable and subject to any number of environmental, disease and pest pressures. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multi-location data are a better predictor of future performance. DO NOT USE THIS OR ANY OTHER DATA FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRIALS AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PRODUCT SELECTION. Refer to pioneer.com/products or contact a Pioneer sales representative or authorized dealer for the latest and complete listing of traits and scores for each Pioneer brand product. Pioneer brand products are provided subject to the terms and conditions of purchase which are part of the labeling and purchase documents. TM®Trademarks of Dow AgroSciences, DuPont or Pioneer, and their affiliated companies or their respective owners. © 2018 PHII. DUPA1418008_111618_TL_8372

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S D L E I Y R U O R O F K A SPE SELVES THEM PIONEER® HYBRID/BRAND

# COMPS

% WINS

PIONEER YIELD ADV. (Bu/A)

P9998AMXT™

99

DKC51-38RIB

68

65%

4.0

P0157AMXT™

101

DKC50-08RIB

18

72%

9.1

P0306AM™

103

DKC50-08RIB

17

94%

13.2

P0306AM™

103

DKC54-38RIB

71

69%

5.3

103

DKC50-08RIB

15

67%

6.8

105

DKC51-38RIB

62

73%

9.8

DKC51-38RIB

55

85%

17.9

DKC54-38RIB

62

81%

9.7

NEW

COMPETITOR HYBRID/BRAND

P0589AMXT™

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CRM

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P0688AM™

NEW

106

P0688AM™

NEW

106

E

K A H S D HAN

Mitch Weymiller Grower

Nolan Hageman Pioneer Sales Professional

Pioneer® brand products with the Yield Hero designation take yields and overall performance to a new level on your farm.#

Troy Deutmeyer Pioneer Field Agronomist

The harvest data Pioneer sales representatives provide is local, it’s relevant, and it’s raising the standard for performance results. To see the latest harvest results near you, visit pioneer.com/yield.

Harness the industry-leading genetics, innovative trait packages and premium seed-treatment solutions only Pioneer® brand corn products offer. Talk to your local Pioneer team to learn more.

Pioneer.com/Corn Pioneer® brand products with the Yield Hero designation are geographically selected based on a combination of factors, including local product availability, yield performance, defensive traits, agronomic characteristics, trait packages and grower preference. #

Data is based on an average of 2018 comparisons made in Minnesota through November 2, 2018. Comparisons are against any number of products of the indicated competitor brand, unless otherwise stated, and within +/- 5 CRM of the competitive brand. Product responses are variable and subject to any number of environmental, disease and pest pressures. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multi-location data are a better predictor of future performance. DO NOT USE THIS OR ANY OTHER DATA FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRIALS AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PRODUCT SELECTION. Refer to pioneer.com/products or contact a Pioneer sales representative or authorized dealer for the latest and complete listing of traits and scores for each Pioneer brand product. Pioneer brand products are provided subject to the terms and conditions of purchase which are part of the labeling and purchase documents. TM®Trademarks of Dow AgroSciences, DuPont or Pioneer, and their affiliated companies or their respective owners. © 2018 PHII. DUPA1418008_111618_TL_8372

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TM ® SM

Pioneer ® brand products are provided subject to the terms and conditions of purchase which are part of the labeling and purchase documents.

Trademarks and service marks of Dow AgroSciences, DuPont or Pioneer, and their affiliated companies or their respective owners. © 2018 PHII. DUPPCO18032_VAR1_IBC_111618_TL_S

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Your Pioneer team lives and works in the same community as you.

Which means they’re always available to talk strategy, conduct business or grab a cup of coffee wherever you happen to be. Count on your local team to bring you knowledge and insights — any place, anytime.

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