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Swine Vet Center hits the road to promote healthy herds FACTA guides producers through animal welfare audit process Swine & U and a Valentine essay from Renae B. Vander Schaaf

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A good old January weather thumping Nicolai said giant ragweed is spreading perhaps bruised the attendance figures from east to west and a glyphosate-resisfor this year’s MN AG EXPO, but it tant common ragweed is showing up in didn’t dampen the spirits of the appreciaWisconsin. Crop rotation and spring tilltive crowd who found their way to the age are the best bets against giant ragVerizon Center in Mankato. The Expo weed. “There are more options to control took place Jan. 23 and 24 and is the giant ragweed in corn than beans,” said unofficial kick-off to the Minnesota farm Miller. show season.

On Jan. 24, the Expo featured the LAND MINDS The overnight winter squall which took bright lights of television as host Tyne place between the two dates probably Morgan conducted a special taping of her

By Paul Malchow changed a number of people’s plans to U.S. Farm Report program. Morgan’s take in the show; although I spoke guests were marketing specialists Sue with one fellow from the Pipestone, Martin and Duwayne Bosse.

Minn. area who made Both analysts agreed the white-knuckle the U.S. government drive. Luckily the shutdown was limiting show was not schedUSDA crop reports uled a week later, and brought a lot of when sub-sub-zero guesswork into the temperatures and a markets. “Reports are howling wind shut big market movers,” down most of the said Martin. “We think state. corn yields are down.”

Photos by Paul Malchow Those who were able Top photo: Ragweed, water hemp and barnyard grass are all Bosse said we would to take in the Expo need a “weather scare” on farmers’ hit list and are proving to be formidable oppowere treated to an to boost corn or soynensts. Discussing weed control at the MN AG EXPO were informative and enter- (left to right) Dave Nicolai, Andrew Lueck, Dan Miller and bean prices. With taining event. A corn African swine fever Seth Naeve. and soybean research Below: Tyne Morgan (far right) brought her U.S. Farm Report crippling China’s station generated a lot program to the Expo. Her guests for the special taping were swine industry, “China of interest and on Jan. market analysts Sue Martin (left) and Duwayne Bosse. has less soybean 23 I sat in on a discusdemand,” said Bosse. sion concerning weed control and “That’s the problem I see. I would resistance. U of M Extension sell soybeans now and keep the Educator Dave Nicolai, Next Gen corn a little while.”

Ag’s Andrew Lueck and United After Morgan’s TV show wrap, I Farmers Cooperative agronomist sat in on a well-attended session Dan Miller each brought their on estate planning and succession. unique perspective on weed issues Presented by Kaitlin Pals of the they are seeing.

Gislason and Hunter law firm, the Water hemp is proving to be a session was packed with informastubborn foe in the field as many tion and food for thought. Proper growers find it resistant to popular herbicides. succession planning is a complex process requiring “Water hemp emerges all year long,” said Lueck. careful thought and participation by the entire fam“We’re doing soybean trials experimenting with row ily. The nuances and tips provided by Pals are too spacing and row cultivation to see if we can counnumerous to delve into here. I would urge any famiteract the later-emerging weeds. Sharpen and ly looking to transfer farm ownership to the next Warrant herbicides are proving effective pre-emergeneration to learn as much as they can about the gence. Sharpen works better in dry weather and See LAND MINDS, pg. 5 Warrant when it’s wet.”

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February — Because it is good for your heart

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Contributing Writer Way back on Dec. 30, 1963, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the proclamation declaring the month of February as heart month. Since then, we all are quite aware that we should eat healthier, move more, and regularly see a doctor. Those are all good ideas for being health smart.

It was probably a no-brainer to designate February as heart month because everyone visualizes this month as the big heart month. Smack dab in the middle of the month comes Valentine’s Day. When we were younger, we spent the first part of the month planning how we were going to decorate our valentine boxes for school. After that it was on to deciding just who would get which card – perhaps trying to let out subtle hints without being too bold. The rest of the month we spent enjoying the candies.

We could read lots into those few words on a candy heart and learn plenty from those valentine cards with the cute little sayings.

I wonder if they still make those fun little cards and if boys and girls in school still celebrate a traditional Valentine’s Day. I hope so, because there is plenty to learn from this holiday.

When I was in school, everyone in the class received a valentine card and treat from each of their classmates. There were no nasty cards in the boxes we purchased, so everyone received a card meant to bring a smile.

Since those seasonal little Necco conversation hearts are not available in the stores this year, we are going to be extra diligent in spreading smiles.

Because if we have managed to put a smile on someone’s face, then we have done something good for our – and their – hearts. As you know, a smile can be contagious. It really is difficult to not return

Give The World A Smile Are you giving to the world a smile Helping lessen someone’s dreary mile Do you greet the world with song As through life you pass along Cheering those you may meet along life’s way Give the world a smile each day Helping someone on life’s way From the paths of sin bring the wonderer’s in To the master’s fold to stay Help to cheer the lone and sad Help to make some pilgrim glad Let your life so be that all the world might see The joy of serving Jesus with a smile

a smile. A smile makes us feel welcomed by the other person. We sense that they are genuinely glad to see us. I think when one smiles, their shoulders relax and breathing becomes less hyper.

Besides, who wants to be grouch all the time? Grouchiness is also contagious.

And definitely not good for our hearts – whether it’s the physical or spiritual heart. Remember, February is the month to focus on our hearts. Both hearts need taking care of.

There is a song, “Give The World A Smile,” that was made famous by the Stamp Quartet in the 1920’s. It might just be the right medicine for our hearts.

Sing along with the words of this sprightly musical chorus. It will give you a smile and then you can give the world a smile.

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Letter: The shutdown, the wall and farmer’s logic To the Editor, This letter is in response and regard to the U.S. government shut-down and the focal point “THE WALL.” Having grown up and currently living in an agricultural area with livestock (farm animals), I can relate to “THE WALL.” In my world, it is very simple — if we want to keep the bull from the cows, the boar pig away from the sows, horses apart from the sheep, or the young animals away from their mothers at weaning time, we use a

fence to keep them apart.

This fence has gates strategically placed so I can regulate when I want them to intermingle or transfer which pasture a specific animal is placed to live. I refer to this method as “FARMER’S LOGIC.” Now let’s look at “DFL LOGIC” and what seems to be their point of view. It seems to me, they are offended by “my fence” and feel it is immoral. They seem to think it is WISER for me to

MN AG EXPO a success LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 many legal and tax ramifications.

Succession is a long process which could literally take years to complete.

Don’t wait before it is too late.

The Expo’s featured luncheon speaker on Jan. 24 was retired colonel Parker Schenecker. While deployed in Afghanistan, Col. Schenecker learned his wife had murdered their two teenage children. He spoke of overcoming sorrow and loss — choosing to remember how his children had lived rather than how they died.

Whether planned or a fortunate coincidence, Schenecker’s moving speech was inspirational at a time when farmers’ mental health is receiv-

hire “SHEPERDS or COWBOYS” to herd and patrol my animals, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for eternity. It seems to me this is not very “FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.” But we should not be surprised by this point of view. I will say, this view does create more U.S. government jobs … so that those of us who pay taxes can support. Is this really “DFL LOGIC?”

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ing attention and the number of suicides rise.

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who stopped at The Land’s booth on the Expo’s exhibit floor. We appreciate your comments and candor and take them to heart. It is with your input that we can make The Land better and more useful to our readers.

One of those readers, Robert Lenort of Fairmont, Minn., was the lucky winner of the drawing held at The Land’s booth. Robert took home a bag full of Land goodies — snow removal not included.

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I am happy to say that my House of Representative, Congressman Collin Peterson (DFL- Minn. 7th District) has come to the front, crossing party lines, and calls for fellow representatives and senators to give in to President Trump, build “THE WALL” with some strings attached and END THIS SHUT-DOWN! Keith O. Tongen Brownton, Minn.

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Knives, forks and farmers favor immigration reform When Internal Revenue Service workIn fact, the growing labor shortage in ers returned to their jobs Jan. 28 after California, the nation’s premier food-prothe recent, 35-day government shutdown, ducing state, is so severe that 55 percent an estimated five million pieces of of its farmers told the state’s Farm unopened mail awaited.

Bureau affiliate in a 2017 poll that they experienced a “severe labor shortage,” Equally daunting, the shutdown coinUSA Today recently reported. (The story cided with the IRS’s hiring of its annual was published, ironically, two days after army of temporary workers to process the White House agreed to a ceasefire in the impending tax season’s mail. The FARM & FOOD FILE its wall battle.) delay now leaves the IRS months behind

By Alan Guebert in what most Americans see as the agenThe poll also showed that another 33 cy’s most important job: sending out percent of California farmers “were their tax refunds. delaying harvesting, eliminating crops and neglecting critical tasks such as This is just one of the unforeseen pruning” because they simply couldn’t find people to messes — there are hundreds more — confronting do the work. government departments powering up after the partial federal shutdown that cost the U.S. economy an More shocking, the poll also revealed that the govestimated $11 billion and resolved exactly nothing. ernment’s often-reformed H2A agricultural (guest) worker program is a bust. Only 4 percent of farmers Worse, the U.S./Mexico “wall” fight between the used it to hire legal immigrant labor.

White House and Congressional Democrats still remains as another threatened shutdown looms The labor shortage is leading farmers to change in Feb. 15. ways that aren’t good for rural California and the nation. For example, many are leaving crops to rot No matter how this fight ends, no solution currently under discussion addresses the most pressing or allowing land to lay idle. The cutbacks cost consumers and pinch local economies. immigration problem facing American farmers and eaters: the growing unmet need for immigrant labor Another solution, notes USA Today, is even more to deliver much of the abundant, cheap food this stark. “The most blunt of agriculture veterans simnation enjoys. ply say that their futures may involve ... operating solely out of Mexico-based operations or possibly shuttering their businesses altogether.”

How crazy is that? Without a reliable, legal migrant workforce steadily moving north, U.S. farming operations could be steadily moving south.

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told delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in New Orleans. “We’re going to make it easier.”

The Trump White House, in fact, has made it much harder for even legal and asylum-seeking immigrants to enter the United States. Still, its actions don’t mean today’s much-tinkered with immigration system is workable. If anything, it points to the need for a dramatic overhaul.

According to the USA Today report, two California lawmakers, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (both Democrats) have a plan called The Agricultural Worker Program Act. It would “grant ‘blue card’ status to immigrants who have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days over the past two years.”

The sticking point, however, may be that the blue card, “a reward for being an engine in the economy,” could lead to a residency permit “within a few years.” As such, few GOP politicians, and no one in the White House, will touch it.

That vacuum offers farmers and ranchers the opportunity to lead on immigration. They have, after all, both the need and the President’s ear.

But do they, including Big Ag’s most Trumpfavored farm group, the AFBF, have the guts to help broker an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system so that it ensures both justice to the immigrants and a steady flow of high quality, reasonablypriced food to the nation?

It’s a bold move now in need of bold leaders.

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Young country men and Friday night lights Football field floodlights on Friday It was a blow for our school’s football nights are a given all over the nation. coaches, who had repeatedly asked them to play football while telling them they But there’s something extra special had their whole lives to work. And while about it in the Midwest. It’s an unspoken that is true, it’s also true that you can’t truth about schools and communities in take the country out of the country boy. rural America: even if the crops need to be harvested, the local high school still For example, our wrestling coaches needs a football team. would encourage all members of the team to come in and lift weights at school durAnd so when a farm kid decides to take TABLE TALK ing the summer. Our boys tended to keep one night a week to play football, you

By Karen Schwaller a full schedule of work all year around, know it’s a decision that came after copiall throughout high school. Their work ous thought, and maybe even after seriday began very early in the morning all ous discussions with Mom and Dad about summer long, so going to the weight room wasn’t who will help with the harvest after school during football practice, and on Friday nights when he will high on their list. not be there at all — and when Mom and Dad One day they invited their coaches out to help on should be at the game. the hay rack when they baled.

Friday night lights for a typical farm kid can come Following that afternoon the coaches told them in other forms than floodlights on a football field. In there was no need for them to come to the weight our case, we had two strong, strapping farm boys room, because even they (coaches) couldn’t last who spent their springs in a tractor preparing stacking hay until the rack was full. ground for planting, and their summers loading and And these guys loaded and unloaded rack after unloading hay racks. rack all summer long.

They spent their winters shearing and birthing For our guys, Friday night lights meant the lights sheep, and fighting for state wrestling berths on of harvest time machinery, and doing what they mats throughout Northwest Iowa. (Our boys relucloved doing — being part of what was their version tantly confessed once that, even though they fought of something special. Some high school kids can’t their way to the medals podium at the state wreswait for football season, and that’s admirable. It’s tling tournament during their senior year, actively shearing sheep was harder work.)

But fall evenings would find them in tractors, trucks and combines, being part of something that was larger than themselves.

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discipline and hard work that brings them to Saturday morning with bruises and cuts, but still a feeling of great satisfaction in the work they are doing for their team and their school.

A couple of years ago I attended a football game in a nearby small rural town where the elevator’s grain bins are right behind the football field. It was scenic, and the drying fans were purring behind us all throughout the game. For me it was an awakening to realize that if this small, rural school was ever to have a football team, farm kids throughout the school’s history had to make up the team.

For them and their parents, the corn field was just going to have to wait until tomorrow.

But even today, some farm kids choose to walk in fields of gold on Friday nights, under the lights of combines, trucks and tractors ... knowing that this is where they belong.

As they say, most farm kids clock in to the job at age five, and never really clock out.

They love the Friday night lights, too and they have a clock running on their window of opportunity and their own tailgates, too.

They just have a little less fanfare.

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

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MARKETING

Grain Outlook More news needed for corn to move Editor’s Note: Joe Lardy, CHS Hedging research analyst, is sitting in this week for Phyllis Nystrom, the regular “Grain Outlook” columnist.

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Feb. 1.

CORN — The corn market continues to move in a sideways direction. Over the past two weeks, the trading range for March corn futures has been a very narrow 7-cent range between $3.76 and $3.83. The market is just waiting for next week when we will finally get update World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be integrating any changes it would have made in January into the February release.

JOE LARDY CHS Hedging Inc. Weekly export inspections for St. Paul corn were a bit disappointing at just over 35 million bushels. The inspection pace is now behind the USDA level by 104 million bushels. The gap has widened for 13 straight weeks. Last year broke the normal inspection pattern with a second half of the marketing year surge. We will need to see that again in order to meet the USDA estimate.

With the USDA back up and running, we saw the first flash sale announcement in a while on Jan. 29 with 138,000 tons of corn to South Korea. The export sales data for this week is dated Dec. 20. The corn numbers were very good with the third-best sales total of the year with big sales to Mexico.

Ethanol production took a step back again this week. Ethanol margins continue to be negative. This week, they slipped by a penny and are now at negative 7 cents. Margins have been negative for 19 weeks.

Brazilian ag agency IMEA says Mato Grosso safrinha corn planting is well ahead of normal at 15 percent complete vs. 7 percent on average and 7 percent last year. Weather will continue to be a concern as the rainy season has been inconsistent with extremely hot temperatures. An early soybean harvest is allowing for a quick start to get the corn planted.

Outlook: We are starting to see some government numbers, but the market really needs to get to Feb. 8 to have some up-to-date information in order to break out of the sideways trading range. Any changes to the yield, exports or quarterly stocks will finally be revealed. As a side note on price, December See LARDY, pg. 9

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The livestock markets appear to be in a quagmire as we start the month of February. Both the cattle and hog markets have been sliding ever so lower on a weekly basis showing signs of an overall sluggishness that appears to need a jump start.

Overall, the aspects of all levels in these markets — including live trade, boxed and product trade — has been in a downward drift. Weather has certainly played a factor in this scenario and may continue to be a factor in the weeks ahead.

As far as the cattle are concerned, weather has played a significant role in the negative JOE TEALE attitude that has enveloped the Broker market. The fact that bitter temGreat Plains Commodity peratures and snow have played Afton, Minn. havoc with feedlot conditions and disrupted movement of product — as well as consumer sales. These conditions have also slowed the sale of feeder cattle and the placements in the feedlots during this battle with the weather conditions. If these weather conditions continue, it is possible that this current trend of sluggish and lower drifting prices may continue.

With bad news usually comes good news in the future. As the weather straightens out and feeding conditions improve on a national outlook, it is possible that movement and prices will improve. Until then, the possibility of further sluggish behavior at all sectors of the beef industry may continue.

Producers should keep close attention to weather

Most farmers would jump at the chance to buy land when it comes available next door. Even with tight margins and shrinking working capital, there are still producers positioned to take advantage of those opportunities when they arise. Any real estate decision should be carefully evaluated before jumping in to ensure it’s the right decision for your operation. As a financial officer with Compeer Financial, I regularly walk my clients through some key steps to ensure just that.

Weigh financial metrics.

It’s important to look closely at your finances when thinking about taking on additional land to understand if it’s a viable business decision. We evaluate many different metrics, but we pay par- TODD DAVISON ticularly close attention to three Compeer core underwriting standards.

Financial Officer Geneseo, Ill. From a balance sheet perspective, we look at solvency. A wellestablished farmer should aim to have 50 percent ownership equity after the purchase.

That could look different for a young or beginning farmer who likely doesn’t have as strong of equity. In that case, an ownership equity ratio of 35 percent may be more appropriate.

When looking at liquidity, the working capital target is 15 percent or better of the operation’s average gross income; but again, a level less than that could be acceptable for a young farmer’s first purchase.

Repayment capacity is the third core ratio that should be evaluated when making a major real estate purchase. It’s slightly complicated to calculate, but it’s essentially a measure of profitability. A farmer needs to insure that there is a sufficient margin after all obligations are covered.

When working with clients to evaluate the decision on whether or not to buy additional land, we will always run an amortization schedule. A total annual payment is calculated based on a few assumptions such as estimated purchase price, down payment, loan term and interest rate. That figure is divided by the number of tillable acres to come up with the principal and interest payments on the acres which would generate revenue.

Clients can compare that amount to an approximate rental fee for a similar plot of land. This exercise also illustrates how close the investment comes

See TEALE, pg. 9

See DAVISON, pg. 9

Average:

$3.41

$8.30

Year Ago Average: $3.03 $9.11 Grain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 5. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Livestock Angles Weather freezes livestock markets

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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USDA soybean carryout figures will impact market LARDY, from pg. 8 corn has gone above its January high in 27 out of the last 29 years. This January’s high was $4.06.

SOYBEANS — The soybean market continues to be very reactionary to any possible changes in the trade war with China. With a trade delegation from China in Washington this week, the market was very focused on any comments from the meeting. A statement from a Chinese negotiator on how many beans they would buy stirred up the market. The comment was first reported as China will buy 5 million tons a day. That was corrected to China will buy 5 million tons today. And that was corrected to China has bought 5 million tons to date.

It’s all in the translation I guess, but the market was left to wonder whether new sales were coming or if they statements were made in hindsight. The trade was ripe with talk of new buying of about a million tons on Feb. 1 and the market jumped up 16 cents.

The rally was met with aggressive selling from the

MARKETING farmer both in the United States and Brazil. That really knocked the wind out of beans as they ended up only 2 cents higher on the day. For the week, March soybeans lost 7.5 cents.

Soybean inspections were good at just over 34 million bushels. So far, soybean inspections are right on pace with the USDA export target. The delayed export sales data we saw for Dec. 20 was really good, but it included the goodwill soybean purchases that China used to soften trade negotiations.

In Brazil, the Mato Grosso bean harvest is 25.6 percent complete vs. 12.4 percent last year. AgRural puts all of Brazil’s bean harvest at 13 percent complete vs. 3.8 percent last year. The hot and dry weather is pushing the beans to an even master maturity and harvest is in full swing. The vessel lineup at Brazilian ports are huge and ready to ship

the newly-harvested beans.

The African swine fever in China continues to spread and is still a major issue for them. There has been a major drop in the soybean meal price in China and the disease is being blamed for lower hog numbers. This could also have a material impact on the soybean import forecast if the disease continues to roll through the country.

Outlook: We need to get to Feb. 8 to see the WASDE numbers and have a base to trade from. Will the carryout print something higher that 1 billion?

Will we see the USDA cut exports? Will we see a drop in yields to balance out the drop in demand?

The more immediate data will come from any fresh business being reported as a flash sale on Feb.4. It feels like the market wants to rally on negotiations moving forward and China buying but the producer is ready and more than willing to use any rally as a marketing opportunity. v

Be sure newly-acquired land can be serviced properly DAVISON, from pg. 8 to cash flowing and to what degree other areas of the operation will need to subsidize the purchase. Once we determine the cost of owning the land, I encourage clients to plug these numbers into their cash flow budgets and be comfortable with the impact the acquisition has to their operation.

Capacity to absorb new land In addition to evaluating purchase costs and production potential, it’s important to consider current capacity for servicing the land as this may increase your investment. Ask yourself if you have the right equipment, enough grain storage and sufficient labor.

If the answers to the above are no, you’ll need to look at options such as making modifications to the equipment you do have to make it more efficient and whether you are financially able to accommodate the needs the new land will bring. You’ll also want to

work with your advisor so your marketing plan accounts for the additional grain you’ll be harvesting.

Evaluate the quality of the land You should also add in any necessary improvement costs when building out a budget for a land purchase.

The faster you can get the land up to par, the quicker the payback will be. For example, many farmers I have worked with install drainage tile soon after acquiring their new parcel.

Fertilizer is another enhancement to think about.

Building up fertility can be a huge investment, and it takes time to achieve maximum results. Conservation efforts to control erosion may also be a necessity.

Understanding the land’s needs ahead of time will help paint the big picture so you can fully see the potential impact the purchase will have on your operation.

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Hog market currently very oversold TEALE, from pg. 8 and forecasts and protect inventories if needed.

Hogs have followed the same path as the cattle as the weather has been a factor in the lower price drift in recent weeks. The market is currently very oversold and the possibility of a short term rally in price exists. However, this will continue to depend on the weather outlook in the days ahead.

The African swine fever has not made headlines recently. However, this could still be a major factor in

the weeks and months ahead. If herd sizes around the world have decreased by any appreciable size, the demand for pork may rise which would benefit American producers. This is yet to be determined, but could play a major factor in the future. Because of this situation the futures prices are likely to continue to carry a premium to cash unless it is determined that the swine fever is not a major factor in world production. Therefore, producers should protect in inventories as needed and continue to monitor market conditions. v

When to walk away As much as you may want that piece of land next door, you may need to walk away if the circumstances aren’t in your favor. Whenever possible, separate the emotions from the business impacts of the decision.

If the purchase is putting you in a bad financial situation or one that could cause unnecessary stress, you may need to pass on the opportunity.

There are some alternatives to consider if the land is extremely desirable. You can sell other land to get this particular piece — especially if you own a parcel that is farther from home or not performing well.

Some producers opt to sell land to an investor located away from the area and renting it back from them.

Maintaining those additional acres will still help with overall expansion.

Following a defined process when considering a land purchase is equally critical whether you’re beginning your farming career or have a well-established operation. The evaluation for young or beginning farmers just may be more in depth, require a bit more assistance or raise additional questions.

As tempting as it may be to jump on the opportunity to buy land next door, be sure to take time to evaluate the decision. Look at your finances, understand the capacity of your operation and recognize what other investments may be needed to improve the quality of the land. As always, I encourage you to bring in your trusted advisors to help you look at the numbers before moving ahead.

Todd Davison is a Financial Officer at Compeer Financial, with over 24 years of experience. For additional insights from Davison and the rest of the Compeer team, please visit Compeer.com v

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Veteran farmer still doing what he likes to do

effect on rural communities. “Any community is

By DICK HAGEN made up of a lot of people who may not understand The Land Staff Writer agriculture,” he explained. “Yet the livelihood of the WILLMAR, Minn. – It was 14 community is so very dependent upon the financial years ago that Kandiyohi County health of the farmers surrounding that community.” farmer Al Christopherson retired as Christopherson believes Farm Bureau can play a Minnesota Farm Bureau president. role to assist – perhaps even relieve – farmers’ disI had the pleasure of spending a few comfort. “Farm Bureau has a history of assisting in minutes with Christopherson at a various ways,” he said. “But I think more educational Jan 9 Ag Outlook event in Willmar, Al Christopherson efforts within a community about what we farmers Minn.

“I’m still farming and enjoying both the challenges do and why we do it is still a major priority.”

My conversation with Christopherson took me back and the rewards of this exciting profession,” Christopherson said. “As long as my health stays some 20 years ago when I had the pleasure of a trip to Russia and the Ukraine with a group including good I’m doing what I like to do.”

Christopherson admitted he enjoys the daily coffee Christopherson exploring agriculture in the Soviet chatter at the Hillcrest Truck Stop, located 10 miles Union. In the communist culture, most farmers lived north of Willmar on U.S. Highway 71. World issues in villages and drove out to their farms each day.

One day we visited a young farmer, his wife and are always on the agenda with Christopherson and his colleagues. President Trump still has favor with two young children. Through our interpreter, we this crew, but Christopherson admits growing dis- were told this young farmer wasn’t able to borrow money to buy seed and fertilizer. The young farmer gust with the ‘Twitter talk’ of the President.

With 45 years of farming experience under his was very dejected. When asked how much he needed, belt, Christopherson remains optimistic about the the interpreter told us this young farmer needed future of agriculture. “The reason we keep farming is about $125. The six of us huddled. Just $20 from each young farmer realize his ambiCOPY INSTRUCTIONS Pleaselet readthis attached email knowing tomorrow will be better AD than today,” he of us might said. But he is concerned about the continuing trend tion. We told the interpreter of our plans. He then told the young farmer. of more consolidation happening within industry CODEthe AND REP NAMES ALREADY ON AD THE LAND 3.7461 x ” The shock was very visual. Quickly this young – fewer but bigger farmers. He also sees this trend’s farmer was fighting back tears. His wife and two small daughters were also shedding tears. The young farmer approached each of us, wrapping us in a big bear hug and a generous kiss.

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both wonder what might have happened to that young farm family in the Ukraine. Which brought us to the challenges of getting young farmers going in America today.

“It starts with spirit and passion,” said Christopherson, “but more government stability would be helpful. It seems we’re constantly wondering what’s next. A few young people today are making it work through marriage, help from dad or father-in-law, or cooperating with an older farmer willing to help start the younger guy – in exchange for labor and technical help on today’s electronically activated agriculture. But they need the spirit first.”

Christopherson is a 1963 graduate of the University of Minnesota where he majored in ag economics. He and wife Diane raised two sons, one a U of Minn. graduate and the other Kansas State. One does design engineering; the other works in the computer industry.

When is Christopherson going to quit? As you might expect, he answered, “When farming is no longer fun and challenging, or when my heart quits beating.” v

Celebrate national FFA week National FFA Week kicks off on Feb. 16 and culminates on Feb. 23.

National FFA Week is a time for FFA members to share agriculture with their fellow students as well as their communities. Chapters also give back to their communities through service projects during FFA Week. In Iowa, the Roland-Story FFA chapter is partnering with Meals on Wheels in packaging and providing meals for the elderly who are in need.

National FFA Week is also a time for alumni and sponsors to advocate for agricultural education and FFA. On Feb. 19, the National FFA Foundation will celebrate Give FFA Day, a 24-hour campaign encouraging the public to support various needs impacting FFA members. If interested in giving, one can visit FFA.org/giveffaday. On Feb. 22, all FFA members and supporters are encouraged to wear blue and show their FFA pride.

National FFA Week will be featured on social media as well. Follow the #FFAweek hashtag on Fac ebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training to 669,989 student members who belong to one of 8,630 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The organization is also supported by 459,514 alumni members in 2,236 alumni chapters throughout the U.S. This article was submitted by the National FFA Organization. v

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Readers take journey into world of organ transplants Flat as a dinner plate. plant patients: in many cases, “When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon” someone must die in order for That was the surprise on last someone to live. That fact never

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Low feed prices won’t make up for all-milk price drop This column was written below a year ago. Alfalfa for the marketing week endhay averaged $178 per ton, ing Feb. 1. down $3 from October but $25 per ton above a year U.S. milk prices are beginago. ning a slow rebound, but have a long way back to Looking at the cow side of profitability. The U.S. the ledger, the November Department of Agriculture cull price for beef and dairy announced the January fedcombined averaged $52.70 MIELKE MARKET eral order Class III benchper cwt. This is down $5.10 WEEKLY mark price at $13.96 per from October, $10.70 below

By Lee Mielke hundredweight. This is up November 2017, and $18.90 18 cents from below the 2011 base December, but 4 cents average of $71.60 per below January 2018. It cwt. equates to $1.20 per Cheese and butter gallon, up from $1.18 in December and started February with some strengthcompares to $1.20 a year ago. ening. Block cheddar closed Feb. 1 at The January Class IV price is $1.50 per pound. This is the highest $15.48, up 39 cents from December, Chicago Mercantile Exchange price $2.35 above a year ago, and the highsince Oct. 30, up 11 cents on the week, est Class IV price since September reversing four weeks of decline, up 2017.

8.25 cents on the month and 3.75 cents above a year ago. The barrels California, now a federal order, saw finished at $1.30, which is up 18 cents its January 4b cheese milk price at on the week, a quarter-cent lower on $13.37 a year ago and that was 63 the month, 2.5 cents below a year ago, cents per cwt. below the federal order and 20 cents below the blocks.

Class III. Fourteen cars of block traded hands A drop in the U.S. all-milk price on the week, 29 on the month. Twentyaverage could not be offset by some eight cars of barrel traded on the lower prices on feed and thus pulled week, 82 on the month. the November milk feed price ratio n down after three months of advances.

The USDA’s latest Ag Prices report The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina shows the November ratio at 2.18, Sharp wrote in the Jan. 25 Milk down from 2.20 in October and down Producers Council newsletter, “U.S. from 2.54 in November 2017. cheese is a bargain. Despite punitive tariffs, U.S. cheese continues to move The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed pric- to Mexico in large volumes. According to Mexican customs data, our southern es for a dairy ration consisting of 51 neighbor imported 4 percent more percent corn, 8 percent soybeans and 41 percent alfalfa hay. In other words, cheese in 2018 than in 2017, and the United States accounted for 75 perone pound of milk today purchases cent of the total — up from a 72 per2.18 pounds of dairy feed containing cent share in 2017 and a 67 percent that blend. stake in 2016.”

The U.S. all-milk price averaged “The U.S. Dairy Export Council $17.00 per cwt., down 40 cents from notes the figures could have been betOctober and $1.20 below November ter.

In the absence of the steel and 2017. New Mexico again had the low aluminum tariffs, USDEC’s represenat $15.30, followed by Kansas at tative in Mexico estimates that $16.00. California, at $16.44, was Mexican cheese imports would have down 2 cents from October; and climbed 10 to 12 percent from 2017, Wisconsin was at $16.90, down 70 and that the United States could have cents from October. improved its marketshare further.

The national average corn price Recently, foreign buyers — including averaged $3.41 per bushel, unchanged Mexico — have had opportunity to from October but 26 cents per bushel purchase U.S. cheese at better prices above November 2017. Soybeans aver- than those that contributed to last aged $8.37 per bushel, down 21 cents year’s growth, and U.S. cheese exports from October and 85 cents per bushel are likely to rise accordingly,” Sharp

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said.

Back home, a number of Midwestern cheese producers report slightly higher demand when compared to recent weeks, according to Dairy Market News. The Super Bowl, along with upcoming basketball playoffs, have proven positive for mozzarella and provolone producers in the region.

Some cheesemakers saw more spot milk available this week and loads ranged from $2.75 under to 50 cents over Class III. “That said, the impact of current Siberian-like cold weather have some cheese plant managers expecting fewer discounts near term.”

Western cheese output remains at or near full capacity. Inventories are reported to be long, ”but there seems to be a consensus that this may be a new norm.”

Market participants are eager to get updated statistics on cheese production and inventories. They expect large cheese stocks in the warehouse, but are not sure how large and at what point inventories become burdensome.

The USDA is rescheduling its missed

reports from the government shutdown. However, the missing December Cold Storage report was not yet listed at our deadline.

Storage numbers are only part of the story, according to some contacts who report, “manufacturers are placing a bit more cheese into aging programs to extract greater value out of the cheese and deal with available milk.

The action may move stock numbers higher, but it better meets consumer demand trends,” says Dairy Market News. Cheese makers say domestic demand has been steady and the lower CME cheese prices have generated some interest in export markets.

Dairy Market News cautions, “Developing new export business is challenging when foreign buyers expect heavy inventories to automatically mean lower prices. With increasing CME prices, a few expect more resistance to U.S. cheese offers.” n Cash butter climbed to $2.2925 per See MIELKE, pg. 14

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Milk production flat, but not expected to ignite a price rally MIELKE, from pg. 13 pound on Jan. 30, the highest CME price since Nov. 2. It closed Feb. 1 at $2.29, which is up 4.5 cents on the week, 7.25 cents above its Jan. 2 perch, and 17.5 cents above a year ago. Fifteen cars traded hands on the week at the CME and 34 on the month.

Cream remains abundant for central butter producers who expect similar availability to last through February, according to Dairy Market News.

Butter sales are a little lower than expected in some cases, but somewhat steady overall.

Western butter inventories remain abundant while prices are higher compared to last year, says Dairy Market News. “Contacts believe the increased costs of managing inventories could be a contributing factor for the high value of butter.”

They also report, “last year’s holiday sales haven’t been as robust compared to previous years. In addition, with easily accessible cream, butter output continues to be strong, adding to the pile of post-holiday stocks.

Nevertheless, some butter vendors are reporting solid first quarter sales to the point where their sales are almost above current production levels. U.S. butter prices are competitive in the

global market, so sellers hope that export demand will react to the prices.”

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Feb. 1 at $1.0025 per pound. This is down a penny on the week, up 5.25 cents on the month, and 28 cents above a year ago, with five cars finding new homes on the week and 49 in the month of January.

Dry whey continued to weaken, closing at 36.25 cents per pound, down 4.25 cents on the week. It is the lowest price since May 23 on 19 sales reported.

U.S. fluid milk sales, while not increasing, are at least not falling as much as they have been. USDA data shows November sales at 4.1 billion pounds, down just 0.1 percent from November 2018 and follows a 0.3 percent decline in October.

Conventional product sales totaled 3.9 billion pounds, virtually unchanged from a year ago. Organic products, at 218 million pounds, were down 1.8 percent and represented about 5.3 percent of total sales for the month.

Whole milk sales totaled 1.3 billion pounds, up 3.3 percent from a year ago, up 1.7 percent year-to-date, and made up 31.7 percent of total fluid

sales in the month and 31.8 percent for the year so far.

Skim milk sales, at 308 million pounds, were down 8.0 percent from November 2017, down 9.7 percent year-to-date, and made up just 7.9 percent of total milk sales for the year so far.

Total packaged fluid milk sales in the 11-month period climbed to 43.0 billion pounds, down 2.0 percent from the same period a year ago.

Conventional products year to date totaled 40.7 billion pounds, down 2.2 percent. Organic products, at 2.4 billion pounds, were up 0.5 percent.

Organic represented about 5.5 percent of total fluid milk sales January through November.

The figures represent consumption of fluid milk products in federal milk order marketing areas and California, which account for approximately 92 percent of total fluid milk sales in the United States. Many in the dairy industry blame increased plant-based beverage consumption for exacerbating falling milk consumption.

Getting back to the export market, the USDEC’s latest Dairy Outlook looks positive for 2019. Alan Levitt, vice president of communications and market analysis reported in the Feb. 4 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, “We start 2019 with some optimism but we face headwinds through the first half of the year.”

Previous years always had concerns over the milk supply growth and intervention stocks, he said, and “that put us in a buyer’s market and kept a lid on global prices. But we start 2019 with much lower milk production growth from the major suppliers, so less exportable surplus and we don’t have intervention stocks.”

Levitt said milk production growth from the top five milk suppliers is expected to be flat in the fourth quarter, maybe down as much as 1 percent in the first quarter of this year, and possibly close to flat for the full year “so that provides a different vibe for trading sentiment in 2019 — something we haven’t seen in a few years.”

But Levitt cautioned, “That doesn’t mean a crazy rally right away. In fact, the first half of the year it doesn’t look like there will be much price move-

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ment or strengthening; but we’re finally moving toward a better balance.”

He adds, “Just because intervention stocks have been drawn down, it doesn’t mean they’ve been consumed.

They’ve just moved further down in the pipeline, so at some point, all of that has to be used up.”

Levitt looks for a record milk production season in New Zealand “so they’ll have plenty to export.” And, while it was 20 degrees below zero in the central U.S. as we spoke, “in a few months we will be in the spring flush in the northern hemisphere, so we’ll have more supply coming on and buyers are aware of that.” He says things may be a little tighter by the second half of the year and prices may improve. n The elephant in the room is still the tariff wars and that has to be resolved.

Though China has made some overtures to resolve differences, Levitt said the U.S. has lost marketshare in China to Europe and others suppliers; though he says, “We’re holding our own on cheese exports to Mexico.” He added that we face a new trade agreement between Japan and the EU that started Feb. 1.

A study by the USDEC projects that new trade agreements between Japan and other countries will put U.S. dairy exports at a competitive disadvantage, resulting in lost U.S. sales of $5.4 billion over 21 years.

“The Japanese dairy market, the fourth-largest export destination for U.S. dairy exports, is expected to continue to grow in years to come,” says USDEC. “With a level playing field, the United States could roughly double its market share, according to the study which was conducted by Tokyobased Meros Consulting. However, without swift and effective action by the United States to secure a strong trade treaty with Japan that exceeds Japan’s agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the EU, the United States could see its market share drop in half over the next decade.”

In other trade news, Cooperatives Working Together accepted 17 offers of export assistance this week to help members capture sales of 4.3 million See MIELKE, pg. 19

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Organizing farm transition requires a team effort Farming in the Midwest has long been considered a family affair. The farm families of the past who homesteaded the land faced many challenges, but managed to tame the terrain to uncover a fertile landscape suitable for future success and prosperity in crop and livestock production. Fast forward to today’s farmers, who face a different set of challenges, but share the same mentality of instilling a passion for agriculture and building up a business viable to pass down to future generations.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent census of agriculture, the average age of a farmer in the United States is 58.3 years old.

As the average age of farmers reaches closer and closer to retirement, more and more families are going to need to think about the future of their operation and the businesses they’ve built. With the hectic holiday season behind us and a few more months until the spring thaw, now might be an ideal time for those on the homestretch toward retirement to start having those conversations and think about the many different considerations that need to be made.

There are a number of different steps that need to be taken in the farm transition process, all of which are equally important and shouldn’t be taken lightly. The first step, and perhaps the main question to ask before getting started, is whether or not you are financially and emotionally prepared to transfer the business. Building up a farm business takes decades – lifetimes even. Farmers need to ask themselves if they are truly ready and willing to entrust their life’s work, leadership responsibilities and control over future business decisions with someone else. Financial position, retirement income or Social Security status to ensure a comfortable living during the post-farming period should also be considered. Often these transitions are between families, with the farms being passed between parents and children. The entering generation needs to be in a position where they are not only able to make necessary farm payments, but also have the technical

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By Jason Ertl is essential for the success for a farm transition. Even the best laid plans, with sound legal arrangements and cash flows, can go south without open, honest and direct dialogue between the parties. Before parties meet to discuss anything regarding the planning or logistics of the transfer, they should individually put together a list of goals, both short term and long term, which outline their ideal path for how the transfer proceeds. These goals, whether they are business, family/personal or retirement, need to be detailed and include specific action steps, outcomes and impacts.

Farm transfer discussions can be an emotional time for the parties involved, and it is recommended that meetings are held not at home around the dinner table or over the holidays. Pick a neutral location free from distractions. One important part of facilitating productive transfer meetings would be taking detailed notes and putting everything discussed into writing. Farm transfers are a long, lengthy process taking months, more often years, to complete. Having detailed accounts of the topics discussed, agreements made and ongoing conversations to follow up on will ensure everyone is treated accurately and fairly.

Putting together a team of trusted advisors and professionals is another key element in a successful farm transfer. The main individual on this transition team would be the legal representation, as they will be the primary director for legal and financial deci-

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Beyond the current and future owner of the farm business, individuals who can also be included in a transfer planning team may be spouses, in-laws, insurance agents, farm consultants or those who have gone through a farm transfer in the past.

There are a number of business structures families can enter as they transition from one generation to the other. Some families elect to farm together in the beginning on a trial basis, where children are employed by the parents for a certain period of time.

Another example would be for the two parties to farm together but remain separate entities. This provides a young farmer with training and opportunities to make management decisions, build relationships with lenders, and make marketing decisions.

There are many different ways that farm businesses can be structured and organized, including partnerships, limited partnerships, a Limited Liability Company, or an S or C Corporation.

Meeting with your legal advisors and accounting professionals can help you figure out which business entity is ideal for your situation.

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Swine Vet Center offers more than just medicine

By PAUL MALCHOW The Land Managing Editor ST. PETER, Minn. — While the veterinarians at the Swine Vet Center are concerned about healthy hogs, their focus these days center around healthy hog operations. “We’re trying to make the lives of pigs and producers better,” said SVC partner Dr. Brad Leuwerke.

“It’s not just medicine.”

Fifteen vets make up the Swine Vet Center which was established by Drs. Tim Loula and Paul Yeske in 1991.

Working out of offices in St. Peter, Minn., the SVC veterinarians provide services to hog operations primarily in Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa, but are licensed in many states.

“We try to look at the big picture,” said Dr. Laura Bruner. “Of course we get called when someone has a sick pig, but our goal is to prevent pigs from get-

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The Swine Vet Center is located on the south end of St. Peter, Minn., but the 15 veterinarians who work out of the office spend most of their time on the road.

To that end, SVC can assists swine ting sick in the first place. Our aim is not to put out fires, but to prevent producers with production management, record keeping, ventilation sysfires.” tems, swine welfare, auditing and even financial analysis.

The majority of SVC’s work is through onsite visits.

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Call and talk to Leuwerke thought that African swine fever would most likely enter the Lonny, Mel or Steve United States through feed ingredients for estimates. or people; so producers need to maintain secure practices. “That’s (African swine fever) a scary one,” he said.

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“We’re our own worst enemies,” Leuwerke chimed in.

“We import a lot of things,” Bruner said.

Speaking of feed ingredients, SVC works closely with nutrition companies to find the best ways to supplement corn and soybean-based diets. “We do a lot of research,” Bruner said. “It’s a science.”

Leuwerke explained synthetic amino acids play a large role in proper nutrition. “It’s a way to get pigs to utilize the feed they take in,” he said. “It’s an efficient use of nutrition. The pigs get the same nutritional value at less cost.”

“Swine producers are very smart,” offered Bruner. “We need to be on our ‘A’ game. There’s a lot of stuff they already know. They challenge us everyday” It’s this producer know-how which guided farms safely through the recent polar vortex. “A lot of our clients knew this was coming a week in advance,” said Leuwerke, “so they just said, ‘I’m not going to ship that week.’ Transportation was halted so deliveries weren’t made.

There were some frozen water lines.

But for the most part, the animals were fine.”

The Swine Vet Center has 15 doctors who serve as veterinary consultants.

Vets who care for large animals are in short supply, but SVC has managed to attract strong candidates.

“We try to figure out what attracts (new veterinarians),” Bruner commented. “We have a reputation for disease eradication and progressive clients. We work hard every day.”

“I’ve been here 13 years,” said Leuwerke. “When I graduated, two of us in the class were interested in swine. There’s still a shortage out there.

There are regions in this country where these shortages will be a problem and it’s hard to find people willing to live in these areas. And that’s a real danger of the African swine fever in remote places. A vet might have to travel hundreds of miles just to get there.” v

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FACTA animal welfare auditing is welcome by producers

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Contributing Writer Understanding our food origins, from field to table, has become an essential part of the livestock industry’s relation with the consuming public. There’s greater demand put on animal welfare certification and auditing — with emphasis on continued training as well. In the forefront of this is FACTA (Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing) — an animal welfare assurance, certification and training company.

According to FACTA’s director of animal welfare auditing and training Haley Spangler Bower, FACTA began in 2002 with Dr. John McGlone of Texas Tech University. “He really started our humane certified program,” Spangler said.

It was in 2012 that FACTA became a subsidiary of Frost, LLC — a certified public accounting firm which “offered FACTA the chance to grow our business.” Spangler Bower explained FACTA “works with different certification boards. We also do internal auditing as well.”

Since the inception of FACTA in 2002 there has been “one major change, the acceptance of animal welfare audits,” Spangler Bower said. In the swine industry, the “majority of the packers use it.”

According to the FACTA website, “Our goal is to help clients reduce their risk of animal welfare issues through the use of sophisticated risk aversion programs assuring clients and consumers that the best possible animal care practices are in use and independently verified.”

FACTA works with all different livestock sectors although “swine audits are a huge part of what we do,” Spangler Bower said. In 2018, FACTA conducted 424 swine industry audits. They “try to reach out to as many producers we can,” Spangler Bower said.

While an audit can be thought of as a taxing event, FACTA works hard to “take the stress out,” said Spangler Bower as “it allows the producers to know what will be expected of them.” This is done through explaining precisely what the audit will entail and working with the producer throughout the process.

For swine, “we work with large scale producers and packers,” she added. FACTA also works with many

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Animal welfare audits are becoming more commonplace in the swine industry. FACTA Director of Animal Welfare Auditing and Training Haley Spangler Bower said the majority of packers use it.

small producers as well.

FACTA auditors are Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization certified with higher level degrees. According to Spangler Bower, they’re extremely knowledgeable about the auditing process and are detailed in their reports.

FACTA does auditing throughout the United States but the majority of the swine audits are done in the Midwest. For a typical swine audit it takes around two to three hours at the site. “We don’t rely on contract auditors, we use full-time auditors,” Spangler Bower said. It takes a few weeks for the producers to receive their report after the audit is complete.

Program aids families with transition SWINE & U, from pg. 15 During the period of January until March, experts from University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are partnering up to put on a program titled “Farm Transition and Estate Planning: Create Your Farm Legacy”. This program, funded with support from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, will help farm families to develop the necessary plans for their estate and farm transition. Attendees will have the opportunity to set goals, establish a transi-

tion and estate planning team, understand transition strategies, business structure, and tax implications. Details about dates, location and registration can be found by visiting the University of Minnesota Extension Transfer and Estate Planning webpage at extension.umn.edu/business/transferand-estate-planning.

Jason Ertl is an Extension Educator specializing in ag production systems for the University of Minnesota Extension in Nicollet and Sibley Counties. His e-mail address is ertlx019@umn.edu.v

“Our auditing style is really well-received,” Spangler Bower said. “We hold the auditor responsible for the report.” That includes making sure the producers know what will be going in the report before the auditor leaves the site. The report can offer accommodations and recommendations.

In addition to providing audits, “our partners at Frost saw a need for online training.” The training for those in the livestock industry includes a bilingual component if needed. The training is “customized based on the audit they’re going through.” It “includes things like how to handle media relations.”

These tools allow better training for that particular site to fit their needs.

According to the website, FACTA animal welfare training and certification online modules help pork producers “comply with industry animal welfare guidelines.” Spangler Bower said that includes: “environment monitoring, pig monitoring, pig handling and transportation, euthanasia, additional content for management: assessing animal welfare and assessing worker behavior with animals.”

Spangler Bower sees the change in how producers view FACTA. It’s no longer as seen as policing anymore, “they want us to come out to help them.” That’s evident in the growing number of audits FACTA does every year.

While Spangler admits, “animal welfare auditing really wasn’t something that was talked about,” that is changing and changing quickly. There’s more of a need in the livestock industry for transparency; and auditing gives feedback and greater understanding of how to mitigate risk and thus increase the bottom line for that livestock operation. v

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New legislation will allow whole milk back in schools MIELKE, from pg. 14 pounds of cheese, 169,756 pounds of butter and 1.1 million pounds of whole milk powder. The sales are to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East, Oceania and South America and will be delivered now through July.

CWT’s 2019 sales total 11.7 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 707,684 pounds of butter (82 percent milkfat), and 2.249 million pounds of whole milk powder to 16 countries. They are the equivalent of 140.6 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis, according to the CWT. n In politics, new legislation which might aid fluid consumption drew praise this week from the National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019 (H.R. 832) would allow whole milk in school nutrition programs and “reflects research showing that such products benefit children and gives school administrators one more tool with which to develop healthy eating habits.”

“Whole milk provides yet another way for children to receive dairy’s nutritional benefits as part of a healthy eating pattern,” said NMPF’s Jim Mulhern.

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Meanwhile, the government’s reopening for three weeks after the 35-day partial shutdown prompted NMPF to call on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to quickly implement the 2018 farm bill’s dairy provisions which were delayed.

“Dairy farmers just completed a fourth consecutive year of depressed milk prices and are facing an uncertain outlook for 2019,” wrote NMPF’s Jim Mulhern. “We believe that the significant dairy policy reforms we worked successfully with Congress to

enact in the new farm bill will be critically important to helping farmers better manage difficult periods of low margins.” He said that dairy programs should be fast-tracked because of the nature of farm bill reforms.

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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Feb. 10-13 — Society for Range Management Conference — Minneapolis, Minn. — Topics include principles of range management; grassland restoration; grazing strategies; invasive species; and trade show. — Contact Society for Range Management at srm@allenpress.com or (785) 865-9456 Feb. 11 — U of M Winter Dairy Series - Manure Management — Le Center, Minn. — A discussion of when and how often to test manure, as well as teach about proper spreader calibration using a hands-on activity. — Contact Colleen Carlson at (952) 4665300 Feb. 12 — Dairy Farmers Night Out: Q&A with Local Vets — Gaylord, Minn. — Panel includes Dr. Shayne Marker, Dr. Tanya Olson and Dr. Kirk Smith.

— Contact ertix019@umn.edu or (507) 237-4100 Feb. 13 — Farm Outlook and Education Seminar — Marshall, Minn. — Topics include agronomics and economics; cash flow planning; analysis of grain and livestock markets. — Contact foundation@smsu. edu or (800) 260-0970 Feb. 13 — Research and Outreach Center Update — Lamberton, Minn. — Program will share research results and recommendations with crop and livestock producers. Topics include farm income trends; weed, insect and disease management; drainage and runoff; cover crops. — Contact University of Minnesota ROC at (507) 752-7372 Feb. 14 — Strategic Farming - Maximizing Return on Investment — Fairmont, Minn. — Key cost factors in crop budgets will be reviewed, along with tips to evaluate ag research and marketing claims. — Contact Liz Stahl at stah0012@umn.edu or (507) 372-3900 Feb. 14 — Research and Outreach Center Update — Waseca, Minn. — Program will share research results and recommendations with crop and livestock producers. Topics include farm income

trends; weed, insect and disease management; drainage and runoff; cover crops. — Contact (507) 752-7372 Feb. 18 — Small Grain Winter Workshop — Rochester, Minn. — Program is designed to help farmers determine if small grains can work on their farm and in their rotation. Topics include production agronomics, variety selection, disease identification, fungicide use, equipment and economics. — Contact Ryan Miller at (507) 529-2759 Feb. 20 — Strategic Farming - Maximizing Return on Investment — Austin, Minn. — Contact Liz Stahl at stah0012@umn.edu or (507) 372-3900 Feb. 20 — Farmland Rental Workshop — Farmington, Minn. — This workshop will answer any questions you have about farmland rental rates in Minnesota. The workshop will go over historical rates for farmland in the area and the rental rates for pasture land and other types of farmland. The presenters will help farmers, landlords, and professionals use data-driven decisions to determine a fair price for rental. There will also be time to ask any questions about farmland rental. Contact David Bau at bauxx003@umn.edu or (507) 360-0664 Feb. 21 — Strategic Farming - Maximizing Return on Investment — Slayton, Minn. — Contact Liz Stahl at stah0012@umn.edu or (507) 372-3900 Feb. 21 — Add Value to Your Dairy Farm — Rochester, Minn. — Workshop will teach participants creative ways to add value to their existing dairy operation. Topics include financing on-farm processing; technical and financial resources. — Contact Nathan Hulinsky at huli0013@umn.edu Feb. 21 — Small Grain Winter Workshop — Slayton, Minn. — Contact Melissa Runck at (507) 8366927 Feb. 21 — Horse Pasture Management Program — Garner, Iowa — Program for horse owners who are interested in improving their pastures. Topics include identifying pasture goals; creating reasonable expectations; maintaining or establishing new pasture; and grazing management strategies. — Contact (64) 923-2856

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2018 was a successful year for shrimp farming

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer WILLMAR, Minn. – “Another successful year,” is the brief comment from former 80-cow dairy farmer Paul Damhof. At age 45, Damhof reflected on his first season as a shrimp farmer. His enterprise, called Simply Shrimp, is located on Paul Damhof his family farm south of Willmar, Minn. on State Hwy. 71.

So my first question to Damhof: Is it easier being a shrimp farmer than it was being a dairy farmer?

Always giving candid answers, he simply said, “Dairying was physically challenging. Shrimping is mentally challenging every day.” But Damhof added he enjoys the mental challenges.

Damhof used to raise his own replacement heifers.

But you can’t do that with shrimp. So Damhof buys his ‘baby shrimp’ in Florida. Hurricanes last summer in the Florida Keys temporarily shut down two hatcheries, so he sourced shrimp through a Hawaiian hatchery. He’s now back with his Florida source.

Proven genetics, cost and quicker delivery logistics were the reasons explained Damhof.

Indeed, time is of the essence when moving freshlyhatched shrimp. When born, they are smaller than mosquito larvae. Delicate and precise handling is a high priority – so to is having the best water quality.

Damhof’’s shrimp are arrive at his farm about 12 hours after leaving the Florida hatchery. “We monitor water quality constantly – almost hourly during those first few days.” Damhof related. “If you don’t have good quality water, your shrimp won’t make it.

We check water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, alkalinity, even nitrates and

solids. Of course, oxygen levels are critical.”

Managing bacteria is another exacting measurement. Too much bacteria will consume too much oxygen. Damhof explained, ”All we’re trying to do is reproduce the ocean environment to the best of our ability. In the ocean, good bacteria eat the ammonia and nitrites. We do the same with our water and that means adding specific bacteria into the water.”

After these several water quality testing procedures, it’s feeding time, tank by tank. The shrimprearing facility (his former calf rearing structure) has 16 tanks – each 15-feet wide and 33 inches deep.

The four nursery tanks each contain 2,000 gallons of water. The 12 ‘grow out’ tanks each contain 3,000 gallons of water. And Damhof never changes the water!

Strangely, the older the water the better.

Damhof admitted that being able to constantly reuse the water is key to the success in this shrimp business. “The older the water, the healthier it is – plus the better survival rates too, which includes rate of gain. We take a lot of pride because it’s a zerowater discharge system”. He explained each tank has its own ecosystem, so each tank is fed precisely according to its water condition. “And that tells me how many grams of feed go into each tank.”

Damhof laughed about how he used to go through tons of feed for 80 cow compared with grams of feed for thousands of shrimp.

Shrimp diet consists strictly of a liquid feed for the baby shrimps’ first seven days – provided every two to four hours. After that first week, dry feeds are their nourishment. But it stays a bit complicated.

There are five different sizes of feed as the shrimp develop to harvest. Feeding is automated with a belt feeder distributing fresh feed around the clock.

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Locations vary in their work responsibilities and applicants are encouraged to indicate their interest in multiple positions. Upon being selected, the intern will go through orientation and will work 30-40 hours per week from May through August (some nights and weekends). Compensation is $12 per hour and work related mileage and expenses will be reimbursed. Housing will not be provided.

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Damhof ’s feed source is Ziegler Feeds out of Pennsylvania. The feed tag reads (in both English and Spanish): “Feed as a Complete Feed for Shrimp.

NO ANTIBIOTICS ADDED.” The feed contains up to 50 percent crude protein with vitamins and minerals also added.

Damhof says it takes between 120 to 140 days to produce a shrimp from start to finish. “However, that depends upon our water management which determines how hard you can push the feed,” he said. “We have harvested shrimp as early as 90 days.”

Simply Shrimp sells 20 to 22 shrimp per pound at a price of $20 per pound. “Our average orders are in the 2-4 pound range. However, we can provide any count they would like,” offered Damhof. “My goal is the best-tasting, the freshest, the best quality shrimp that I possibly can provide regardless the order size.”

Simply Shrimp markets each month on Facebook, but word-of-mouth continues to be the advertising guru doing the job. “Yes, it seems unbelievable, but so far we don’t even have an advertising budget. We do some radio spots on KOLV, our local FM outlet.

Otherwise all traffic is drive-in generated,” related Damhof. All customers drive to Simply Shrimp. Damhof said he can provide a “quick walk-through tour.”

Damhof refers to their first two years of shrimp farming as his college education. “And now that we’ve got the foundation in place, it certainly does give us opportunity for expansion.” Paul’s wife April and three teenage children are the energy providers for this most remarkable new farming venture.

For more information on Simply Shrimp, Damhof can be reached via email at damhof@usa.com or by phone at (320-979-1440. v

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Clean – Low Houred – Low-Acre Farm Retirement Auction MATT MARING

CO. After close to 40 years of successful farming, the Sathres have leased their farms to their nephews; therefore, they will sell all equipment at public auction.

Auction location: 17513 680th Ave., Adams MN 55909.

Directions from Adams, MN: North on county 7, 2.5 miles, then east on county 4 blacktop 1 mile, 3/4 miles north on 680 ave. From Dexter, 6.5 miles south on county Rd. 7, then east on 180 St. 1 mile, then south on 680 ave. 1/2 miles.

Fri., Feb. 22, 2019 10:00 A.M. Very few small items Machinery buyers be on time.

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Case IH 500 HD Steiger – Case IH 290 Mag MFWD – Case IH 240 Mag MFWD Case IH Puma 160 MFWD – Case IH MX 100 2WD 2011 Case IH 500 HD Steiger 4WD, 2,230 hours, 800/70R38 duals 85%, 4-hyd., (28) rear mount suitcase weights, AFS 750 monitor, CIH receiver, instructional seat, deluxe cab, Power Shift trans., very clean, SN:ZBF125038; 2013 Case IH 290 Mag MFWD, 1,744 act. hours, 480/80R50 duals 90%, 380/80R38 duals 90%, rear wheel weights, 4-hyd. plus Case drain, 3-pt. QH, 1000 PTO, instructional seat, leather, AFS 700 monitor screen, CIH receiver, very clean, SN:ZCRD07099; 2001 Case IH MX 240 Mag MFWD, 3,518 hours, 480/80R46 duals 85%, 380/85R34, 3-hyd., 3-pt., 1000 PTO, rear wheel weights, LH reverser P/S trans., front weights, SN:X240C4JJAO113921; 2012 Case IH Puma 160 MFWD, CVT, Auto Steer, AFS 750 monitor w/CIH receiver, 1,276 hours, 460/85R42 duals 95%, 380/85R30 95%, (6) rear wheel weights, 3-pt., 4-hyd., 540/1000 PTO, joy stick hyd., SN: ZBBP11504; 1997 Case IH MX100 2WD, 3,485 hours, 18.4xR38 85%, 3-pt., 3-hyd., LH reverser, 4x4 trans., SN:JJAMXO7941; Rock box for CIH MX tractor Case IH 7210 AFS Combine CIH 2608 Chopping Head Case IH 2162 Draper Bean Head CIH 2020 Bean Head – Head Trailers 2010 Case IH 7120 AFS combine, 1,882 engine, 1,464 sep. hours, 20.8R42 duals 95%, AFS Pro-600 monitor, CIH receiver, Beacon, Field Tracker, Mauer bin topper, chopper/spreader, very clean, through shop. SN:Y9G207840; 2012 CIH 2608 corn head (new style throat for new combines), new chopping knives, knife rolls, Stalk Stompers, dual PTO, SN:676614074; 2013 CIH 2162 Draper bean head, 35’, built-in transport, SN: YDZN35659; CIH 2020 bean head, 35’, dual PTO, 3” cut, stone guard, full-finger

auger, SN:CBJO41596; Horst 35’ head trailer, 4-wheel; Shop-built 20’ head trailer, 4-wheel corn head trailer; Extra corn concaves for 7120 or 8120 combine Case IH 1250 Planter 24R30” – Convey-All WT 290 Seed Tender - Fast 7400, 1600 Gal. Crop Sprayer – Support Equipment 2011 CIH 1250 Early Riser planter, 24R30” center fill, liquid fert., 500 gal. tank, John Blue pump, row cleaners, Red Ball valves, air down pressure, 1000 PTO pump, air shut-off every 2 rows, planted approx.. 8,000 acres, 1 set of corn and bean, very clean, SN: YAS008431; 1,000 Gal. poly tank on tandem axle trailer, 16.5-16.1 tires, transfer pump; Fast 7400 crop sprayer, 1,600 gallon poly tank, 90’ booms, 20” spacings, 14.9R46 tires, 120” spacings, hyd. pump, banjo valves, Quick Fill, Raven SCS 450 controls, 3-section shutoff, hyd. adjust, excellent cond.; 1,600 Gal. poly tank; 2008 Convey-All WT 290 seed tender, on tandem axle gooseneck trailer, 15’ belt conveyor, 13.5 hp. electric start, roll tarp, (2) compartments, Avery Weigh Tronix 640 scale, excellent cond.; (2) Chemical inductors, (2) transfer pumps; 2,200 Gal. Horizontal poly nurse tank 2015 John Deere 7780 Self-Propelled Forage Harvester – John Deere 630A Hay Head - John Deere 688 Corn Head 2010 John Deere 9770 STS Combine These two items belong to the Sathres' nephews who have leased Jim and Connie’s farmland.

2015 John Deere 7780 Self-propelled Harvester 882/595 hours, Hi-Arc spout, spout extension, Auto Lube, Green Star ready, kernel processor, 800/65R32 front, 480/80R26 rears, light package, John Deere warranty, SN:IZ07780XJEK513932; John Deere 630A hay head, 10’, SN:CC630AX052406; John Deere 688 corn head, 8-row, 20’, SN:IKM0688GEBB11605; John Deere 9770 STS, bullet rotor, 710/70R38 duals 80%, 1,601/1,168 hours, bin extension, chopper/spreader, long auger, heavy-duty

axles, SP hookups, Green Star ready, through JD shop: $9,000, very clean SN:0736006; Darin’s phone: 507-438-2355 Case 850 H LPG Dozer w/6-Way Blade - 1999 Tow-Master T-40 Trailer 1978 Landall Drop Deck, Front Hyd. Lift, - 42’x96” Implement Trailer Case 850H LPG, 24” wide track, 10’ 6-way dozer blade, 2-speed Hi-Lo, 367 hours on complete overhaul and bottom rollers and fronts, ROPS, 6,000 hours on machine, very clean, SN:JJG0296254; 1999 Tow Master T-40 24’ trailer, 40,000 lbs., tandem duals, air brakes, ramps, pintle hitch 215/75R17.5 tires, excellent condition.; 1978 Landall drop-deck semi implement trailer, 42’x96”, new deck and cross members, hydraulic slide and title, out-riggers, winch, 10' wide with outriggers 8.25 R15 tandem duals, 31’ bottom flat, very good condition.

Day Cab Semis & Semi Grain Trailers 1995 Freightliner day cab semi tractor, N14 diesel, 10-sp. Eaton, Jake brake, 22.5 rubber, spring ride, 165,819 miles, showing clean 2003 Volvo day cab semi tractor, VE-D12365 diesel, 10 sp. Eaton, Jake brake, 22.5 rubber, aluminum rims, air ride, 685,981 miles showing, right weight load scale; 1995 Volvo White/GMC day cab semi tractor, wet kit, 22.5 rubber, alum. rims, sliding 5th wheel plate, Volvo D17-370 diesel 10-speed, Jake brake, 280,903 miles; 2013 Neville grain hopper trailer, 40’x66”x102”, aluminum trailer, electric roll tarp, alum. rims, spring ride, very clean; 2008 Jet aluminum grain trailer, 40’x66”x96”, 24.5 rubber, air ride, roll tarp, air pressure scale; 2007 Dakota aluminum grain trailer, 38’x64”x96” Shur-Lok 3500 electric roll tarp, 24.5 rubber, 2-speed traps, spring ride (3) Excellent Straight Farm Grain Trucks 1979 IH S Series, 1954 grain truck, tri-axle twin screw with air lift tag, 466 diesel 10 sp. trans w/low low, 22.5 rubber, 21’ steel box & hoist, roll tarp, 481,659 miles; 1995 Freightliner FL70 tandem axle grain truck, single drive axle w/air lift tag, 22.5 rubber, diesel, 6-sp. trans., 369,283 miles, 20’ steel box & hoist; 1990 GMC Top Kick tandem axle grain truck, Cat 3116 diesel, 10-sp. trans. w/low low, 270,075 act. miles, twin screw, 22.5 rubber, 21’ steel grain box w/3-piece end gate, roll tarp, very nice truck; All three of these excellent trucks belong to Roger Weness.

Neighbor also retiring. 507-254-8251 Live and Online bidding at proxibid.com/maring auction

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Schulte Rock Picker – (2) CIH 200 Field Cultivators John Deere 3710 Plow CIH 870 Ripper - Other Good Support Equipment 2013 Schulte 2500 giant rock picker, hyd. tongue & hitch, 16.5-16.1 tires, 2.5 yard hopper, like new; Bolt-on factory 3-pt. hitch for Schulte 2500 rock picker (sells separately) 2011 Case IH Tiger Mate 200 field digger, 50.5’, all new sweeps, big gauge wheels, 2-bar tine harrow, rolling basket, extra cylinder, very good; Case IH Tiger Mate II field cult., 32.5’ 2-bar harrow, rolling basket; 2013 Case IH 870 ripper, 9-shank, 24” spacings, rear disc levelers, rear rolling cutting basket, double disc front, highway tires; 2013 John Deere 3710 plow, on-land hitch 7-bottom, big coulters, new shims, excellent; Yetter 3530 rotary hoe, 30’ flat fold, 3-pt., gauge wheels, stone guard; John Deere 400 rotary hoe, 20’ 3-pt. stone guard; 6’x12’ Flatbed wagon w/ hoist, 7-ton gear IHC 966 Hydro & 1066, Both Restored IHC 966 hydro tractor, open station, flat top fenders, good hydro, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4-38 rear rubber 90%, restored, SN:UO19512; IHC front weights; Set of 18.4x38 duals axle; IHC 1066 open station, fenders, new clutch, pressure plate, TA, PTO, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt., 18.4-38, SN:U040356; (2) Sets of 18.4x38 tires Brent 782 Grain Cart – Grain Augers Chev Pickups Fuel Tanks – Other Farm Items 2009 Brent 782 grain cart, roll tarp, light kit, 30.5-32L tires, 1000 PTO, SN:B25430128 Peck 10”x60’ swing hopper auger, 540 PTO; Westfield 6”x12’ truck mount auger, hyd. drive; Grasshopper 721 zero-turn mower, 60” deck; 2,000 & 1,000 Gal. fuel tanks w/Fill Rite pumps; Case IH AFS 700 screen; HP booster chip for Magnum tractor, 15% increase; Dole moisture tester; 2001 Chevy 2500 4x4 ext. cab pickup, 6.0 V8, auto, short box, 199,871 miles; NA hot water pressure washer, 2200 PSI, 5-hp., 220 volt; DEF tanks & pumps; R24.5 Recap tires; 1988 Chevy S-10 4x4, flatbed, no title Viewing of machinery at farm: Tue. Feb. 19 – Fri. Feb. 22 2019, 8:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m. or call Jim – 507-438-0271 Auctioneer's Note: All machinery has had the best of care. Most items bought new, excellent maintenance, always shedded.

Terms: Cash, check, all sales final. All sales selling AS-IS, with no warranty or guarantee expressed or implied. All items purchased must be paid for same day as auction.

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Jim & Connie Sathre,

owners/sellers - 507-438-0271 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

Real Estate Wanted WANTED: Land & farms. I have clients looking for dairy, & cash grain operations, as well as bare land parcels from 40-1000 acres.

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 WANTED: TOP DOLLAR FOR QUALITY FARMLAND. Long term contracts ideal, no smaller than 80 acre parcels with CPI of 85+. Must be within 20 mi. radius of New Richland MN. Call. (507) 327-6430; (507)461-4474; (507)317-9317

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Farm Equipment Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, Brand New, 12’-$6,800; 14’-$7,000; 16’-$7,800; 24’$14,800; 32’-$17,500; 42’$20,500. Others from 8’-62’ 715-234-1993 Haybuster 2660 bale shredder, demo, full warranty, list $27,400, now $21,900; Haybuster 2564 w/blower, $16,900; JD 469 baler, salvage or repair, B/O. 320-5433523 IH 2350 Mount-O-Matic Loader with Quick tach and 7’ material bucket, $3,750.

(651) 387-2085 JD 7200 8x30 vacuum planter, box exts & insecticides, $3,900; JD 960 34’ field cultivator, w/JD harrow, $2,900; JD 4240 tractor, 3pt, QR, exc, 18.4x38 tires, $14,900; Fast 1,000 gal 60’ sprayer, 13.6x38 tires, Micro-Trak controls, $5,750; 18.4x38 & 18.4x42 10 bolt duals, from $850/pair.

320-769-2756 JD 46 loader; JD #50 bale corn elevator; (2) 8” auger elec, 10HP & PTO; also 110HP inboard boat & trailer w/Chev 4 cyl engine. 701-412-8910

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REDWOOD CO. LAND AUCTION Thursday, February 28, 2019 – 10:00 a.m.

LOCATED AT: KERKHOFF AUCTION CENTER

PARCEL 1 96.32 Acres M/L Section 23 Sherman Twp

Redwood County Parcel to be sold with Buildings.

EXCEPTIONAL VIEW!!! *Land has been Surveyed PARCEL 2 113.09 Acres M/L Section 23 Sherman Twp, Redwood Co. CPI – 68.7 *Land has Been Surveyed

PARCEL 3 40 Acres M/L Section 23 Sherman Twp, Redwood County Parcel #65-026-1040 CPI – 92.1 *No Survey on this Tract

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Freon: Certified buyer pays De Laval milk tank 1,000 gal, FOR SALE: Yorkshire, HampCA$H for R12. 312-291-9169, serial #71377, never leaked, shire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc RefrigerantFinders.com replaced w/bigger tank, boars, also gilts. Excellent $3,200. 715-797-2104 selection. Raised outside.

WANTED: JD 780 or 450 maExc herd health. No PRSS. nure spreader, for parts or Delivery avail. 320-760-0365 good. Also, 4R JD 7000 plant- Thank you for reading THE LAND! er. 320-630-8131 Spot, Duroc, Chester White, Boars & Gilts available.

Semi Water Trailers 28’ to 53’ WANTED TO BUY: B&H 16R Monthly PRRS and PEDV. Semi Van Water Trailers; cultivator model 9100 or Delivery available. Steve Tanks & Spray parts.

Cattle 9600. 507-259-2677 Resler. 507-456-7746 www.rydelltrailers.com (701) 474-5780 Classified Line Ads 7 bred Black Sim/Angus heifers due in spring to easy Pets & Supplies WORK! calving Final Answer bull, Wanted Call 507-345-4523 selling by the lb, market price. Also, 10 Black Polled FOR SALE: Border Collie/ Yearling Sim/Angus bulls, Blue Healer cross puppies, All kinds of New & Used farm Livestock easy calving, good dispo- 3 mos. old, first shots & deequipment - disc chisels, field sition. $1,995 for choice. 50 wormed, $200. 507-383-6701 cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, FOR SALE: Black Angus yrs of AI breeding. (Epic Please support the advertisers balers, haybines, etc. 507- bulls also Hamp, York, & Renown 10 Speed) Riverside you see here. Tell them you Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. Simmentals Gerald Polzin 438-9782 saw their ad in The Land!

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Very High Quality 152.5 ACRES +/Odin Township

FARMLAND AUCTION

GPS EQUIPMENT 2014 United tandem axle 2007 Case-IH 530 Quadtrac, John Deere 2630 display bumper hitch enclosed trailer John Deere 2600 AutoTrac 3,528 hrs.

2009 Cornhusker 800 hopper John Deere ITC globe 2014 John Deere 6140R bottom trailer MFWD, 913 hrs.

(3)Starfire 3000 globe 2006 John Deere 8430 MFWD, 2008 Merritt MVT aluminum ATV hopper bottom trailer 4,871 hrs.

2012 Polaris Ranger XP 900, 2004 John Deere 2210 MFWD 1998 Utility reefer van trailer 1,560 miles 1994 East quad axle end dump compact tractor, 485 hrs.

SKID STEER LOADER trailer COMBINE & HEADS & ATTACHMENTS 1994 Trailer Co 42-3-202 tri2009 John Deere 9770, 1,811 2008 Bobcat T190 skid steer axle belly sep. hrs., 2,446 engine hrs., loader, 2,113 hrs.

2010 John Deere 635F flex head dump steel gravel trailer Donahue tandem axle combine/ H&H pallet forks 2014 John Deere 608C Bucket, 72” StalkMaster chopping corn head sprayer trailer Header trailer, 6-wheel, low miles PJM rock bucket, 68” PLANTERS Header trailer, 4-wheel, low miles Stout snow bucket, 8’ 2013 John Deere 1700 Bradco 615 trencher, low hrs.

SPRAYERS vacuum planter 2010 John Deere 4730 sprayer, 1983 John Deere 710B Turbo 2012 John Deere 1770NT tractor loader backhoe, 5,563 hrs. approx. 1,682 hrs.

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 1903 CAH, AgChem Terragator 2010 John Deere 2410 chisel plow 1996 Sunflower 4411 disc ripper 51,578 miles GRAIN HANDLING 2000 Summers Super Coulter 30’ EQUIPMENT 2005 Degelman 7645 land roller 2006 SukupT-16-11 grain dryer, 2008 Ezee On 4600 disc 2,677 hrs.

Towner HD off set disc Sukup Cyclone grain pneumatic 2013 John Deere 2210 field air system cultivator CONVENTIONAL TRUCK 2005 Friesen 240 seed tender 1999 Peterbilt 378 day cab, N14 Buhler Farm King 1035 belt conveyor Red Top Cummins, 954,878 miles Westfield MK130-90 Plus auger 2016 Westfield W130-36 auger PICKUPS Westfield TFX-2 auger 2014 Chevrolet 1500 High Sudenga TD45C auger Country crew cab, 74,472 miles Feterl jump auger 1994 GMC 6500, 182,215 miles Convey Air 6006 grain vac 1991 GMC 3500 Sierra SLE, 159,757 miles 1977 Chevrolet C65 twin screw FARM EQUIPMENT / TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS SNOWBLOWERS TIRES AND MORE!

Dairy

Friday, February 15, 2019 @ 11:00 A.M.

In case of a Storm/Blizzard check our web site www.danpikeauction.com.

The alternative storm date would be Monday, February 18, 2019 @ 11:00 A.M.

Sale Location: The auction will be held at the Odin Community Center just west of the Odin State Bank in Odin, Minnesota.

PROPERTY LEGAL DESCRIPTION

The Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) except the 7.68 acre building site area in Section 13, Township 105N (Odin), Range 33W Watonwan County, MN. Containing 152.5 acres more or less.

For property information booklet & more information go to www.danpikeauction.com

OWNERS:

Cunningham Family Farms LLP

& Robert R. Cunningham ATTORNEY FOR THE SELLER:

Zachary R. Strom of the Sunde, Olson & Kircher Law Firm PO Box 506 ‐ 108 Armstrong Blvd S. St James, MN. 56081 Phone (507) 375‐3352 Fax: (507) 375‐4483

SALE CONDUCTED BY

Auctioneers Dan Pike - Jackson, MN. 507-847-3468 (O) or 507-841-0965 (C) Scott Christopher, Kevin, Ryan & Allen Kahler, Doug Wedel, Dustyn Hartung & Darwin Hall

410 Springfield Parkway, Jackson, MN. 56143 507-847-3468 For detailed booklet go to our web site www.danpikeauc�on.com

mp-‘92 Int’l Daycab Semi Model roc 9400, 855 Cummings, $6,000; ent ‘70 Wilson 32’ hopper bottom ide. trlr, $4,000; Fast 1600 gal SS. tandem trlr w/gas transfer 65 pump. 320-420-9995

ite,FOR SALE: Custom built bin ble. moving trailer, 3” ground DV. clearance, $1,500. 320-963eve 5377 Maple Lake MN

Miscellaneous

FOR SALE: 1500 & 2000 gal. llie/ bulk tanks for maple syrup ies, or storage. 507-450-6115 or de- 507-523-3305 01 PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS New pumps & parts on hand.

Call Minnesota’s largest distributor HJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell - 320-212-5336

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UPCOMING LARGE PEDAL TRACTOR & FARM TOY COLLECTION TO BE HELD AT CABOOSE SUPPER CLUB HWY 14 TRACY, MN FEB. 16, 2019, 10:00 AM SELLING 52 PEDAL TRACTORS ALONG WITH 250 1/16 & 1/64 FARM TOYS AND CARS/PICKUPS FOR COMPLETE CATALOGED LOTS AND PICTURES BOSACKERAUCTIONS.COM JOIN US ON FACEBOOK E-MAIL: bosackerauctions@hotmail.com THIS IS A VERY NICE COLLECTION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! Robert Boerboom, Owner Bosacker Auctions Tracy, MN (507) 829-5280 #51-37

Paylis Auctions Hadley, MN (507) 227-9398 #51-35

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Rugby, ND

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com. DIRECTIONS: 5481 25th Ave NE, Rugby, ND. From Rugby, ND, 10 miles south on ND-3, 4 miles west on 55th St NE, 1/4 mile south on 25th Ave NE.

2013 John Deere 9510R 2008 John Deere 9770

2013 JD 1770NT CCS

ALSO INCLUDES: Tractors, GPS Equipment, Combine, Heads & Header Trailers, Grain Cart, Disc Drill, Planter, Tillage & Row Crop Equipment, Semi Tractors, Trucks, Hopper Bottom Trailers, Sprayer & Sprayer Trailer, Seed Tender, Hopper Bins, Grain Handling Equipment, Tanks & Other Equipment

SteffesGroup.com Scott Steffes (ND81) / Brad Olstad (ND319)

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

KEITH AXTMANN / 701.208.1656

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.

Farm

4200 149th Ave SE, Sawyer, ND

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment.

Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com. DIRECTIONS: From the junction of Hwy. 83 and Hwy. 2 in Minot, ND, 7 miles south on Hwy. 83, 2 miles east on 135th Ave SE, 1 mile south on 27th Street SE, 1 mile east on 149th Ave SE.

2009 John Deere 9630 2009 John Deere 4730

2008 Peterbilt 388

ALSO INCLUDES: (7) 4WD & 2WD Tractors, Air Seeder, Planter, Draper Head, Grain Cart, Tillage & Row Crop Equipment, (8) Semi Tractors, Tri-axle Box Truck, (14) Hopper Bottom & Other Trailers, Jeep, Augers, Other Equipment & Parts

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

SMITH FARMS LTD / Nathan Smith, 701.721.3492 or Brad Olstad (ND319) at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240 or Tadd Skaurud at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.729.3644

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

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AUCTION LOCATION:Leroy Community Center, 204 W Main St., Leroy, MN 55951

Mower & Fillmore County, MN

MOWER COUNTY

183± Acres selling in 2 tracts. Court ordered land auction of prime farmland in Mower county to be offered in two tracts at public auction.

Tract 1 - 78.22± Acres - Tillable Land - Leroy Township Tract 2 -105.34 ± Acres - Tillable Land - Leroy Township

COURT ORDERED

FILLMORE COUNTY

152± Acres selling in 3 tracts. Lender owned land auction of prime farmland in Fillmore county to be offered in three tracts at public auction Tract 1 - 33.85± Acres - Tillable Land - Bloomfield Township Tract 2 - 39.83 ± Acres - Tillable Land - Bloomfield Township Tract 3 - 79 ± Acres - Tillable Land - Bloomfield Township

LENDER OWNED

MOWER COUNTY

74± Acres - Land/Building Site - Spring Valley, MN

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This is a 5% buyer’s premium auction. Randy Kath MN47-007, Shelly Weinzetl MN47-017, Scott Steffes MN14-51

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4WD TRACTORS ‘13 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO, pwr shift, 620x42 tires & duals .............................................................................$150,000 ‘13 NH T9.390, 2557 hrs, pwr shift, 1000 PTO, 480x50 tires & duals, susp cab ..........................................................$120,000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs, pwr shift, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, HID lights, 480x50 tires & duals ........................................$120,000 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 370 HD, 7052 hrs, 1000 PTO, big hyd pump, 710x38 tires ......................................................................................... $79,000 ‘98 C-IH 9370, 4000 hrs, pwr shift, 4 hyd, 650x32 tires & duals ...............................................................................$49,000 ‘90 Ford 876, 12spd, 8253 hrs, 520x38 duals...................$25,000

ADVERTISER LISTING 1 Stop Realty ................................................................................ 20 Ag Builders .................................................................................. 13 Anderson Seeds ............................................................................. 14 Beck's Hybrids ............................................................................ 1, 3 Bosacker Auctions ......................................................................... 25 Broskoff Structures ......................................................................... 6 Courtland Waste Handling ............................................................. 11 Dahl Farm Supply ......................................................................... 19 Dan Osborne ................................................................................. 20 Dan Pike Clerking ......................................................................... 24 Doda USA .................................................................................... 18 Fladeboe Auctions ......................................................................... 23 Greenwald Farm Center ................................................................. 21 Grizzly Buildings ............................................................................ 5 Hanson Silo Company ................................................................... 15 Hen-Way Mfg ............................................................................... 16 Henslin Auctions ........................................................................... 25 Homestead Sales ........................................................................... 20 Kannegiesser Truck Sales ................................................................ 4 Keefe Auction ............................................................................... 26 Kerkhoff Auction .......................................................................... 23 Larson Implement ......................................................................... 27 Matt Maring Auction ..................................................................... 22 Mike's Collision .............................................................................. 7 North American Farm & Power Show ............................................. 12 Northland Buildings ...................................................................... 10 Pruess Elevator ............................................................................. 20 Schweiss Doors ............................................................................. 20 Smiths Mill Implement .................................................................. 21 Southwest MN Farm Business ........................................................ 10 Southwest MN K-Fence ................................................................... 6 Steffes Group ......................................................... 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 Wakef ield Pork ............................................................................. 17 Wedel Auction Clerking ................................................................ 24 Wingert Realty .............................................................................. 23

507-345-4523 • 800-657-4665 PO Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56001 www.thelandonline.com

TRACK TRACTORS ‘15 C-IH 500 Quadtrac, 2750 hrs, 36” tracks, cab susp, HID lights, Pro 700 monitor & receiver ...............................$175,000

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LOADER TRACTORS ‘04 JD 7320, MFWD, cab, air, 3pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 hyd valves, JD 741 ldr w/QT bkt & joystick ......................................$49,000

COMBINES ‘13 JD S660, 1066 sep/1598 eng hrs, 4x4, 2630 display, Contour-Master, chopper, long unloading auger, 20.8x32 tires & duals ........................................................................$139,000 ‘13 JD S660, 892 sep/1180 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, 520x38 tires & duals ...................................................$135,000 ‘04 JD 9760, 2268 sep/3460 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper, 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 370 Rowtrac Quadtrac, 918 hrs, 1000 PTO, 80” spacing, ‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645 sep/3623 eng hrs, single point hookup, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, ....................................................$155,000 ‘14 C-IH 350 Rowtrac Quadtrac, 1865 hrs, 1000 PTO, 120” spacing, 18” tracks, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow ...................$152,000

chopper, bin ext. ............................................................$42,000 ‘14 C-IH 5130, 660 sep/928 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 700 monitor, 900x32 single tires .....................$132,000

‘14 C-IH 340 Magnum Rowtrac, 290 hrs, lux cab, susp front axle, ‘15 C-IH 6140, 810 eng/685 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 18” belts, 6 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, 3pt .......................$180,000 ‘04 Cat Challenger MT 755, 4844 hrs, 16” tracks, 3 pt, 1000 PTO, 88” track spacing, JD ATU ..........................$65,000

pro 700 monitor ...........................................................$149,000 ‘11 C-IH 5088, 1541 sep/1743 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 30.5x32 single tires. ..........................................$88,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘11 C-IH 7120, 2200 eng/1610 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper,

‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, pwr shift, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd

‘10 C-IH 8120, 2250 eng/1650 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper,

valves, 18.4x46 duals, extra clean...............................$110,000 ‘16 C-IH Magnum 180, MFWD, 1046 hrs, CVT tranny, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 18.4x46 rear singles .......................$82,000 ‘13 C-IH Magnum 290, 1250 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, big pump, 480x50 tires & duals, front duals & wgts...$110,000 ‘12 C-IH Magnum 260, 1784 hrs, susp front, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 480x50 rear tires & duals, front duals ........$99,000 ‘04 C-IH MX285, 5540 hrs, 4 hyd valves, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 10 front

tracker, 600 monitor, 520x42 duals ...............................$95,000

tracker, 60 monitor, 520x42 duals..................................$92,500 ‘09 C-IH 7088, 1275 sep/1807 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, HID lights, Pro 600 monitor, 520x42” duals .....$92,000

CORN HEADERS ‘13 Drago 6R30 chopping, fits JD combine............................$25,000 ‘09 Drago 6R30 chopping, fits JD combine ........................$19,000

wgts, 18.4x46 tires & duals, fresh eng OH ...................$59,000 ‘06 Drago 8R30 chopping, fits flagship C-IH combine .............$14,500 ‘87 C-IH 3594, 8526 hrs, 24 spd, 3 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, 3 pt, ‘13 C-IH 3408 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits flagship combine ....$21,000 20.8x38 duals .................................................................$21,000 ‘08 C-IH 2408 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits flagship combine...$12,500 ‘13 NH T8.360, 1200 hrs, lux cab, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 480x50 tires & duals, complete auto guide syst...........$105,000 ‘06 NH TG210, MFWD, 4240 hrs, pwr shift, 540/1000 PTO, 3pt hitch, 4 hyd valves, 380x46 rear tires & duals, 380x30 front

‘02 C-IH 2208 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits older 1600-2000 series C-IH combines ...............................................................$11,500 ‘83 JD 643 6R30, low tin, oil drive ..................................... $6,500

tires & duals ...................................................................$56,000 ‘03 NH TG230, MFWD, 3346 hrs, pwr shift, 540/1000 PTO,

TILLAGE

Mega flow hyd, 4 valves, 3pt, 380x46 tires & duals......$59,000 JD 512 5 shank disc ripper .................................................. $9,500 ‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD 690 hrs, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, ‘08 JD 512 5 shank disc ripper ...........................................$11,500 HID lights, 480x46 tires & duals ....................................$95,000 JD 980 field cultivator, w/ JD harrow ................................$10,500

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

Look at our website for pictures & more listings: www.larsonimplements.com

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

Lefse to Mesa

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hin and tender potato lefse with just the right delicate flavor requires a good recipe, Bonnie Jacobs says. Bonnie ought to know. She grew up eating lefse at family meals. Then she married into lefse. Just shy of fifty years ago, her in-laws, John and Bernice, started Jacobs Lefse Bakeri in Osakis, Minn.

To make matters a little more lefse-centric, her brother-inlaw ran House of Jacobs — a lefse bakery in Willmar. Today Bonnie runs the Osakis Bakeri.

She knows her lefse.

Bernice and John started making lefse using raw potatoes; but potato moisture was so variable that consistently good lefse wasn’t possible. So, they developed a mix.

“They spent a lot of time working to get that mix just right,” Bonnie said.

“Now we don’t change anything.”

So, sure, quality is in the recipe. But quality is also in the care given to each lefse by Bakeri staff. Every 14-inch lefse is rolled out by hand using a specially slotted rolling pin covered by a pastry sock. They are rolled out on the unique pastry board that John and Bernice designed.

“It doesn’t move while you’re rolling the dough,” Kevin, one of the Bakeri’s long-time rollers, said.

Osakis, Minn.

When Kevin has a nearly paper-thin lefse, he slides the thin and tapering blade of his knife-like lefse turning stick under it, picks it up, and lays it gently on a hot grill. Kevin designed and made the Bakeri’s turning sticks.

“They’re made out of maple because it’s strong,” he said.

The rollers (three of them are working on this morning) have a lefse on the grill while they are rolling out the next one. When the one on the grill is browned just so, it’s picked up with the turner, set aside to cool, and the next one is gently placed on the grill. It’s hard and hot work, but the rollers make it look easy and graceful.

These three rollers will turn out just short of 1,000 lefse this morning. This shipment is headed to a community supper in a nearby town. Jacobs’ lefse is shipped around the country.

“We just sent a big shipment to Mesa Arizona,” Bonnie said.

After the day’s lefse is made, the cookies and cakes are baked — along with, perhaps, a few delicate rosettes.

Customers can visit the Bakeri and gift store in Osakis or they can order baked goods and the renowned Jacobs pastry board on-line at www.gotlefse.com.

Bonnie also attends many festivals including the Minnesota State Fair. v

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Insulate your DAIRY barn:

Spray foam prevents condensation and rust.

Spray foam prevents condensation and rust.

Call for more info:

Call for more info:

855-612-8038 33908 128th Street Waseca, MN 56093 www.greenerworldsolutions.com

MN LIC BC639351

855-612-8038 33908 128th Street Waseca, MN 56093 www.greenerworldsolutions.com

MN LIC BC639351

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Insulate your HOG barn:

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Proper insulation prevents condensation and rust.

greener world solutions CALL E HEDUL TO SC E A FRE ATE ESTIM

855-612-8038 www.greenerworldsolutions.com A Minnesota Family-Owned Business

MN LIC BC639351

(800) 657-4665 www.TheLandOnline.com theland@TheLandOnline.com P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002

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SPRAY FOAM INSULATION

greener world solutions CALL E HEDUL C S O T E A FRE ATE ESTIM

855-612-8038 www.greenerworldsolutions.com A Minnesota Family-Owned Business

www.greenerworldsolutions.com

MN LIC BC639351