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The blue jacket crew The Land catches up with Minnesota’s 1993-94 FFA state officers

ALSO INSIDE: Kristin Kveno looks at farmer mental health with Ted Matthews

Dr. David Kohl shares his insights on today’s agriculture

Dick Hagen spends a day at the state capital ... and more!

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“Gloom, despair, and agony on me Beef finishers lost almost $30 per head Deep, dark depression, excessive misery marketed.”

If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no My dad used to say manure smelled luck at all like money. With the current direction of Gloom, despair, and agony on me” our animal industries, manure is beginSome of you may recognize those lyrics ning to smell like debt.

by Buck Owens and Roy Clark. They were Another source stated that, on paper, often sung on the TV show “Hee-Haw.” farmers are still pretty solid. Land value In the mid-1970s, I lived in Alexandria, is holding and farmers aren’t carrying an LAND MINDS Minn. Alexandria had a local television alarming amount of debt. Still, a guy’s station and in the days before cable and gotta eat.

By Paul Malchow satellite, it was THE television station.

Crop farmers had a crazy 2018, And they loved “Hee-Haw.” I figure I’ve weather-wise. In spite of a late spring seen every episode of “Hee-Haw” ever and horrendous rain events, many made from 1969-1974 at least 90 growers were able to harvest a suitable crop. times. Okay, I’m exaggerating.

Unfortunately, not enough people were buying.

Buck and Roy would be hanging out with their The report states, “the median crop producer roustabout friends and comely farm girls, sing the earned $30,650 in 2018, a slight increase from the chorus, lament about some recent malady befallen previous year but still historically low earnings. upon them, sing the chorus again and that was it. I Corn production was hit especially hard, with averdoubt if it took a minute’s time. It was Hee-Haw, it age corn yields down 20 percent across the southern was goofy fun, and it was before the farm crisis of part of the state. Yields were higher in the Red the 1980s.

River Valley.”

Setting aside the fact the Midwest suffered a horThe ongoing tariff politics are an easy target for rific March of disastrous flooding, the news from agriculture’s lows, but the fact remains we got University of Minnesota Extension spelled it out caught with too many eggs in one basket (China). recently: “Minnesota farm income hits historic low Sales to other countries have been strong, if not — Farmers struggled low prices and low profitabili- increasing. Hopefully the U.S. Department of ty in 2018.”

Agriculture will temper its export estimates and the “After adjusting for inflation, Minnesota farms markets settle down. earned the lowest median farm income in the past “Not every operation struggled,” the report contin23 years of data tracked by University of Minnesota ued. “Across all farms, the farms earning the highest Extension and agricultural Centers of Excellence net incomes, those in the top 20 percent, earned an within Minnesota State,” the report begins. average of $184,000. “There are still a lot of farms “In 2018, the reported median net income was out there that are successful,” said Josh Tjosaas, $26,055, (Editor’s note: according to the U.S. Census Northland Community and Technical College farm Bureau, the average American makes about $56,000 business management instructor. “And it is not just a year.) down 8 percent from the previous year. larger farms that are profiting. We work with profitFarmers in the lowest 20 percent reported losing able farms of all sizes and types. But in this envinearly $72,000. The analysis examined data from ronment, it takes outstanding management in all 2,209 participants in farm business management phases of the operation, good timing and, maybe, a programs, as well as 101 members of the Southwest little luck to make that happen.”

Minnesota Farm Business Management Association.”

If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.

Gloom, despair indeed.

Here’s the bottom line: Across all farms, 34 perThe report went on to say dairy farms have been cent lost money on their farming operations in 2018, particularly hard hit by low prices in recent years. and 40 percent lost net worth after family living In 2018, the median dairy farm earned less than expenses and taxes. Fifty-three percent lost working $15,000, down from $43,000 in 2017. Milk prices capital. were down 7 percent in 2018 — and down 33 perThese are not compelling numbers if we’re looking cent from their highs in 2014. to attract a new generation of farmers. And the While pork producers posted a fair year in 2017, domino doesn’t stop there. Rural communities strugin 2018 the median pork producer earned only gle to maintain their vitality while the technology $27,739, down from over $101,000 in the previous train isn’t even laying track in their direction. year. Pork prices were down 9 percent. The average Think about how fast technology changes. This is hog finisher lost $11.50 per head sent to market. how fast our small towns are falling behind.

“Low profits continued for beef producers,” the “Deep, dark depression, excessive misery” In 2018, report stated. “The median beef participating beef deep, dark depression is not a comical bit. The farmfarm earned just over $6,000, virtually unchanged er suicide reports which are coming out are sobering from the very low profitability of the previous year. See LAND MINDS, pg. 3

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Letter: Urge legislators to pass Forever Green Initiative To the Editor, As a farmer and rural Minnesotan watching a new farm crisis unfold, I believe we need bold public policies and real investment of state funds if we want thriving rural communities and a strong resilient food and farming system. We need our state leaders to champion the programs that provide economic opportunity for farmers as well as for the common good of all Minnesotans.

Right now, our state leaders have an opportunity to invest in a program that meets some of agriculture’s greatest needs. The Forever Green Initiative, a program at the University of Minnesota, is developing new crops for farmers to grow and market, crops that build soil health and keep our waters clean. These crops are already being grown and marketed in Minnesota and being added into corn

and soybean rotations and purchased by businesses and restaurants, such as the Birchwood Café, PepsiCo and General Mills.

As effective as this program has been, it cannot be as effective as possible, scale up as quickly, or build the wealth of our soil and our farms without more investment from the state of Minnesota.

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Join me in supporting legislation at the State Capital that fully funds this critical program, (House File 962 and Senate File 134) by contacting our Senator, who chairs the Agriculture Finance Committee. Call Senator Westrom today at (651) 296-3826 and ask him to include funding for this program in his Omnibus Agriculture Finance bill.

Bryan Simon Barrett, Minn.

Issues facing farmers in 2019 are not new, just bigger LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 and alarming. In this issue, our new staff writer, Kristin Kveno, spent some time with Director of Minnesota Rural Mental Health Ted Matthews. The numbers released in the Extension report is not going to make his job any easier.

Shortly after the U of M farm income report was released, the Minnesota Farmers Union issued a statement. MFU President Gary Wertish said:

“The University of Minnesota report on farm income is not surprising, but it’s still disappointing and frustrating.

Family farmers are some of the hardest working people out there and yet increasingly are unable to make a living doing what they love.

“Milk prices have fallen yet again, and the market is overflowing with milk. Pork and soybean producers have been hit by the president’s trade war. Crop producers have faced erratic weather that drives down yields and

income. This situation has put great mental stress on our farmers and farmworkers, as well as hurting rural communities.

“State and federal lawmakers can help by providing a strong farm safety net so family farmers can make it through these tough times. They can end the trade war and work cooperatively with other nations to create fair agreements. They can work to stop the rampant agribusiness consolidation that is driving up input costs for farm-

ers, with less competition in the marketplace. And they can enact reforms that take the burdens of health care costs off the backs of many family farmers who rely on the individual market.

“If we want family agriculture to survive, our policymakers need to take action.”

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Unlocking the rural economy requires different keys Of all the places you’d grated meat production, the expect to see a fight unchallenged growth of the between the cold, hard face Farm Credit System — of ag economics and the drive today’s rural economy. warm, tender heart of rural Without change, however, America, that place would Krugman sees continuing not be the corner of West rural woe because, “We 41st St. and Eighth Ave. in can’t help rural America New York City — the home FARM & FOOD FILE without understanding that of the New York Times. the role it used to play in

By Alan Guebert And yet, there it was in our nation is being underlate March, two of the mined by powerful econation’s column-writing nomic forces that nobody heavyweights slugging it knows how to stop.” out (as much as verb-slingers slug at In fact, most ag leaders have little all) on the world’s most prestigious interest in stopping any of these “forcopinion page. es” even if they could. The reason is as Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul old as they are: When commodity pricKrugman threw the first punch with a es are good, Big Ag wins big; when March 18 column titled, “Getting Real commodity prices are poor, Big Ag still About Rural America.” In it, Krugman wins, just not as big. noted that rural America’s deepening Twitter exploded in rage over economic woe is, “in some cases,” the Krugman’s analysis. He was called result of “powerful forces … that every barnyard name there is and was nobody knows how to reverse…” urged, impolitely, not to fret (or write) Krugman is being kind. He knows about the future of rural America these powerful forces — like tradeagain. centered farm bills, corporately inteThree days later, anoth-

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er Times columnist, David Brooks, wrote a rebuttal to Krugman’s dark portrait. Its premise was in its warm title, “What Rural America Has to Teach Us.” “Everybody says rural America is collapsing,” began Brooks. “But I keep going to places with more moral coherence and social commitment than we have in booming urban areas. Theses visits prompt the same question: How can we spread the civic mind-set they have in abundance?”

Brooks cited several examples of this “mind-set” he encountered during a recent visit to McCook and Grand Island, Neb., where “nearly everyone is working at something,” “people leave their homes and cars unlocked,” and “crime is low.”

The rosy portrait fueled Twitter acclaim for Brooks and, unlike Krugman, he’s welcome to come back and write about rural America any time.

Overall, however, Times readers’ reactions were just the opposite. Of the 1,867 written comments the newspaper received on Krugman’s column, most offered personal facts to confirm his view that rural America is now a tough place to find jobs, health care, education, and, in the end, any kind of a prosperous future.

Surprisingly, many of Brooks’ 1,473 commenters cited the same hard facts in their responses. Hundreds of citydwelling rural refugees noted that Brooks was right about rural neighborliness and civic engagement. But, they added, he never mentioned that rural America is pockmarked with dis-

solving or merging school districts, shrinking medical choices and closing hospitals, few high-paying jobs, and an opioid epidemic.

More fascinating to me, both a rural dweller and New York Times subscriber, is that while rural America was debating the two New York Times’ opinion pieces, the Trump Administration was pushing deep budget cuts to almost every federal program that rural America has grown increasingly dependent upon — such as food aid, Medicare, Medicaid and crop insurance.

Indeed, on March 11, the White House proposed to slash the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2020 budget by 15 percent. Various farm policy leaders allied to the White House immediately dismissed the proposal.

Don’t worry, they explained, the White House isn’t serious.

Not serious? Why then waste taxpayer money writing, printing, and distributing what is, essentially, a joke?

The most logical answer is that it’s not a joke. The budget proposal is a clear indication what the White House would do to rural programs if it had the constitutional authority to do so.

That overreach should worry rural Americans a great deal more than whether or not we leave our homes and cars unlocked.

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My brother’s keeper: The worst bringing out our best There is trouble in our nation’s people who are lending a helping hand.

Heartland.

Our neighbors have seen everything We see the heart-wrenching images they have worked for vanish beneath an coming out of Nebraska, South Dakota ocean of flood water. I saw images of a and southwest Iowa, and we hear their retired farmer leaning into the arms of unimaginable stories following historic his grown farmer son, standing on what flooding. was left of their farm; his shoulders shaking with sorrow and tears. It had been a We hear of the unbelievably difficult, lifetime of hard work, swept away all at selfless choices some people have had to TABLE TALK once. And there is absolutely nothing left. make, knowing what was coming. And

By Karen Schwaller some made those choices as flood waters Nothing except the love and compassion literally came upon them. Many will probof their neighbors to the north and east, ably see the horrific images in their who have been watching, are moved by dreams for the rest of their lives. compassionate hearts, and have been called into action.

They are stories that make us shudder, cry, make us want to look away, make our hearts swell with Phone lines have lit up. Semi truckloads of hay, compassion, and that make our own troubles here water, food, fuel and basic human necessities have seem so very small. lined up and been brought in. People have been The March blizzard and unexpected and unforgiv- placed in charge of relief efforts and others have hurried to local stores to buy and give to their ing flooding of 2019 has decimated land, animals, Main Street businesses, homes, dreams and lives for neighbors the very things that were so trivial to their lives yesterday, but are so important today. our neighbors to the west and south. With an extremely short time to react to a broken dam upAs those receiving these supplies (for humans and river, they had no choice but to save what they animals) watch the helicopters and trucks roll in to could and “run away,” as one Nebraska farmer put help them, it’s hard for them not to cry tears of it. grief, joy, sorrow, gratitude, compassion, relief and exhaustion — all at the same time. Someone heard Running away goes against every fiber of a farmtheir cries. er’s being. Their attachment to land and animals can’t be explained in words; but to lose it all in such a horrific way, to have to make those terrible choices and then witness the losses as they happened, and then have no choice but to run from all of it to save their own lives ... is something only the heart can feel or explain.

The very essence of a farmer’s work is to help other people — to give them food, fiber and fuel to live. It’s what they do, and they don’t think anything of it.

But when the table is turned and they are the ones in need, it adds a layer of difficulty to an unbearable situation involving a very prideful Midwestern people.

Other people of the Midwest are prideful, too.

Their fellow farm families understand what it’s like to be in need. And farm people are only one sector of

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And the people bringing them are feeling those same emotions as they drive into what’s left of what used to be someone’s hometown. They are delivering daily needs with humble and sorrowful hearts to our neighbors who are living almost as refugees in modern-day America.

Those people are all walking on holy ground.

It’s hard to know where to begin when there are so many in need; but as long as we start, that’s what’s important.

Here in the Bread Basket, it’s friends helping friends, strangers helping strangers, and neighbors helping neighbors as one big family of Midwesterners. Our arms are linked with theirs in brotherhood because we are called by a higher power to be our brother’s keeper.

There’s a reason the Heartland has its name.

Our hearts are heavy with sorrow and compassion for our neighbors in need. We hope you will let us be a lighthouse for you in your darkest hour, giving you hope for your tomorrows.

“Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

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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Farm shows are a reminder agriculture keeps changing

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Contributing Writer My farmer and I attended a farm show earlier this year. It’s a good way to spend a winter day — something we have done for the past 30-plus years.

We get to see all that is new in agriculture that is supposed ameliorate our farming’s bottom line.

Usually I enjoy these days of seeing what is new.

We get to spend a day together, do some walking, plus visit with farming friends who we seldom see.

It’s also a day with no cooking. What’s there to complain about?

This year though, I felt as if I was Rip Van Winkle waking up after a 20-year sleep. But it has been only 12 months since the last farm show.

The one we attended was primarily on crops. But what an explosion of new ideas. Technology seems to have taken over every element of agriculture.

There’s a sensor for everything. It soon became apparent to me that while Rip Van Winkle was sleeping, engineers have radically changed the way America does farming with their robots and gadgets.

The vocabulary has even changed. Mitrochondial genomes, proprietary algorithms are some of the new words to me found in the farm magazines that show up on our kitchen table. I wonder if the latest dictionary edition even has them in it.

Clouds used to mean rain coming, now it’s the place our data is stored. There is plenty to know about each field, with the colorful maps detailing what nutrients are missing or how much rain fell in that square inch. All of this can be pulled up on a screen with the touch of a fingertip or voice command.

The idea of someone being able to diagnose problems or do repairs on combines and other farm machinery from somewhere else is scary. Really, who wants a remote operator able to mess with that machine that has a price tag of $500,000?

The advent of drones makes farming looking like a kite flying day out on the pasture. But it’s definitely not child’s play — even though they really appeal to that youngest generation of farming.

As farms continue to grow larger, it makes sense to just send a drone to monitor plants. But the clev-

er tiny aircraft can somehow determine when and where spray is needed and get the job done.

Are you beginning to understand the discombobulating sensations to my paltry cognition sensors? It seemed to interfere with my enjoyment of a day out with my farmer.

As I walked in a daze, looking for the “EXIT” sign, there was one booth that brought me back to earth.

Right there, stuck in an obscure corner, a natural place for the product they were extolling the virtues of. Can you imagine it, amidst all the newest and latest, there was a booth selling brooms.

Brooms … yes, the good old-fashioned kind with a wooden handle and bristles. No motorization or instructions in 20 languages were needed. I wasn’t the only one who picked up a broom and started waltzing … err … sweeping that is. What a relief!

There must be still be people besides me who enjoy the simplicity of sweeping a floor.

Renae B. Vander Schaaf is an independent writer, author and speaker. Contact her at (605) 530-0017 or agripen@live.com. v

‘Wolf Pack’ is a thriller set in Wyoming’s mountains Hunting season has opened.

“Wolf Pack” And there you sit, waiting. It’s quiet in the

by C.J. Box woods, where a snapped twig is as loud as a gunshot out there and as urgent. That snick, c.2019, Putnam and your attention is focused, your adrena$27.00 / $36.00 Canada line rushed. The question, as posed in “Wolf 371 pages Pack” by C.J. Box is: which are you, the hunter, or the hunted? as it bothered Pickett THE BOOKWORM According to Courtney Lockwood at the that someone left SEZ Forest Service, wolves in Yellowstone Park never strayed beyond the park’s boundaries. By Terri Schlichenmeyer unchecked traps in his territory. To let any creaWyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett knew ture needlessly suffer was unimaginathat was untrue, as did the ranchers in Twelve ble to him; that the trapper left his name and Sleep County. As if anecdotal evidence wasn’t address on the traps was laughable. enough, a black wolf had been caught and contained But the guy was a “ghost,” which wasn’t funny at in a rancher’s horse trailer. It was a magnificent all.

Going by what Pickett could tell, the trapper animal, but it was killing the rancher’s heifers. didn’t exist prior to two years ago. No records, nothLike most game wardens, Pickett had a soft spot ing. in his heart for wildlife — the wolf included — just The bigger problem, though, was that it was late spring, the elk and deer that survived the winter were fragile, and some idiot with a drone was harassing the animals. Pickett’s colleague in the next county was as peeved about it as Pickett, but the issue was complicated by fact that the harasser appeared to be the father of Pickett’s daughter’s • 6 Year • Lowest Rates boyfriend.

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The Wolf Pack was getting nervous…

So … how are your fingers? In good shape, are they? Great, because you’ll need them for edge-of-your-seat clinging while you’re reading “Wolf Pack.”

But first, readers may be surprised by an opening chapter that’s kind of clunky and a bit on the prurient side. It’s important to the story, so power through it. What’s to come will more than make up for it, as this tale literally winds up mountains and down through arroyos, between rocks, far above ground, and between bullets.

The fact that this book is a thriller is appealing, but the scenery in the story is just as attractive and author C.J. Box tops it off by bringing into this novel many of his best-loved characters.

Just beware that some of them may not make it out.

If you’re new to this author, prepare yourself for a future search for the rest of the series. For fans of Pickett or Box, though, you know what to do about “Wolf Pack”: hunt it down.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v

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Matthews: ‘Stress has always been part of farming’

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer “One of the problems we have with mental health is thinking its mental illness.” This statement was made by Ted Matthews, a mental health practitioner and director of Minnesota Rural Mental Health.

Matthews spoke on “Farmers in Crisis” at the Farm City Hub Club Farm Show in New Ulm on March 8.

Matthews believes, “when we focus on mental health and not on mental illness, we have a better understanding of what we can do.”

When talking about mental health, stress is on the forefront, and farmers have their fair share of it. For Matthews, the number-one thing in farming that causes stress is the markets. “We don’t know what they (markets) are going to do.”

There are many outside circumstances that can make or break a farm. “Weather is no longer our top concern, there is so many others,” Matthews said.

Stress has always been part of farming. The difference in today’s farming is that the stress is from outside influences like the farm bill and trade wars.

Matthews added these past few years have been tough — especially in the dairy industry. “10 percent of dairy farms went out last year,” he said. Another 10 percent is expected to go out of business this year.

“In 1993, the divorce rate on farms was pretty low.

Now it’s the same rate as in the city,” Matthews said.

More spouses are working off the farm to pay insurance or for financial reasons, and then coming home to do chores as well. The stress is there for both part-

Ted Matthews ners, but “men and women don’t communicate the same way.”

Matthews explains that typically when a woman gets stressed she wants to talk about the stress, men don’t. The issues never get resolved. Matthews recommends that when trying to resolve an issue, no swearing should be involved as it forces you have to think about what you say and do so in a more positive way. “When you communicate on the farm it’s important that everyone has a voice, everyone communicates.”

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Matthews spends his time helping farmers and their families get the help they need. “As a psychologist, you have to go to the farmer, not vice-versa.”

There’s no cost for any farmer to talk with Matthews.

“I’m the only one in the country that does what I do,” he said. Though long hours and long days can be tough, for Matthews, “I love what I do, that’s why I’m 71 and still doing what I do.”

The Minnesota legislature recently passed a bill to fund another counselor to join Minnesota Rural Mental Health. While that’s not enough to cover the need in the state, it’s a start. Matthews is pleased to see the legislature and Gov. Walz paying attention to the mental health needs of farmers in the state.

Farming is stressful. It always has been and always will be. Matthews gives farmers tools to better handle that stress. While farming has been part of Minnesota’s fabric for centuries, there are now less and less farmers in the state. For those not part of the agricultural landscape, it’s hard to understand what goes into farming and the stresses for the producers and their families. “Farming is a way of life, it’s not an occupation.” Matthews hopes that producers have the ability to continue in that way of life for a long time to come.

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Dr. David Kohl: Agriculture and demand keeps evolving

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus WILLMAR, Minn. — Even a brief conversation with Dr. David Kohl gets you around the world. But then it should. Kohl has traveled almost 9 million miles throughout his professional career! He has conducted more than 6,000 workshops and Dr. David Kohl seminars for agricultural groups. A Feb. 27 workshop in Willmar, Minn. included about 150 students, farmers and farm business advisors in a special session at Ridgewater College.

Kohl is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech University. He received his M.S. and Ph. D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. For 25 years he was Professor of Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management in the Agricultural Economics Department of Virginia Tech. Kohl also logged four years of varsity basketball competition at Cornell. He even occasionally lectures professional basketball players on business issues. He is a business coach and part owner of Homestead Creamery, a value-added dairy business in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Kohl agreed to answer a few questions after his session in Willmar.

The Land: Will the ‘bigger and fewer’ trend continue indefinitely in agriculture? If yes, what is the end result?

Kohl: Yes, the competitive nature of farming and all agribusiness often boils down to survival of the fittest. So bigger and fewer is the inevitable trend — regardless the commodity. But it’s also very bi-

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modal. Yes, bigger farms, but we’re also seeing many smaller part-time farms being fairly resilient as well.

Often these smaller part-time farms are how the younger people get started. They’ll have what we call “gigs” — meaning they’ll do this side business or that side business to make things work financially. But so obvious as I travel the upper Midwest I am seeing fewer yard lights. And that simply tells me consolidations keep on happening.

The Land: What will be the ownership of these bigger farms?

Kohl: The term is “hybrid.” They might be corporate farms, but it will likely still be family … cousins co-owning with cousins. Some will have outside-thefamily membership too. Another model will be agrientrepreneurs — often referred to as value-added operations. Plus, outside investors will continue buying up farm ground, or buying the assets with younger people than doing the hands-on of actually running the farm. I think the key word today is hybrid model for 2020 to 2040.

The Land: Is this mega trend mostly unique with American agriculture?

Kohl: It’s now happening everywhere — especially the huge agricultural areas of Brazil, Argentina, Australia, much of Europe and very rapidly now in China. But the bigger change worldwide is changing consumer habits. Vegans will be exploding everywhere. More people want to know what’s inside their food. And what environment was it produced in. This new ‘mega force’ will be shaping agriculture for the next 20 years … and maybe longer. It’s being driven by the young generation: the millennials, the Gen Z or the unidentified Gen A’s. They will change how we produce food, fuel and fiber and its beginning to happen right now!

The Land: Will plant breeders and geneticists be involved?

Kohl: They have no choice — simply because we are rapidly becoming a consumer-driven food chain.

That means geneticists will have to adopt or be without work. Yes, there will absolutely continue to be a place for GMO and non-GMO breeding efforts too — with farmers responding to what best works for them. If this doesn’t happen, we’re likely to have a starving world. What you’re going to see is trait attributes lining up with market place opportunities — both in the crop and livestock sector.

The Land: Is shrimp farming a new reality for American agriculture?

Kohl: Absolutely. Where we farm, how we farm, and what we produce will be totally different in the next 10 years. Yes, many Minnesota consumers will be saying, “My shrimp comes from Marshal, Minn.

It’s not coming from Asia and these other areas of the world.” And it will provide new markets for Minnesota soybean meal too, because this new shrimp industry will spread to other Midwestern states.

The Land: Is this part of what’s being called the urbanization of food production?

Kohl: Yes, and this will be a significant trend very rapidly. Niche markets in many instances, but if that’s what consumers are wanting, then why not?

The Land: Let’s go politics. Is socialism working its way into the mainstream of American government whether we want it or not?

Kohl: We feel this socialism movement. It’s becoming a little bit Europeanized. But capitalism is still alive and well. However, you can definitely sense this socialized movement happening in America — especially in the urban areas.

The Land: So relate to our current President. Is his persona a driving force behind this trend?

Kohl: I’m often asked to give the positives and negatives of the Trump Administration. It’s quite obvious he is business-oriented. That major change in the federal tax code being a prime example. Also, he’s cutting regulations within government agencies.

Important to remember he was a real estate investor. Yes, he has experienced a few bankruptcies.

However, his reputation is disconcerting to other countries. And trust, once violated, negates that relationship. His primary negative, without getting too political, so much relates to his social messages via Twitter.

The Land: What will be end results of ‘tit for tat’ conversations regarding trade with China?

Kohl: I think we’ll see incremental steps both in trade wars with China and demilitarization of North Korea. Likely these will be temporary measures with further challenges and rewards to follow.

The Land: This wrap up question … Will China soon control cyber security in space and we won’t even know it’s happening?

Kohl: Yes, that potentially is the biggest threat to America and the free world. The more we move our high tech capabilities into other parts of the world, the more vulnerable we become. And think what could happen if China took control? They could tremendously affect agriculture around the world. If they took out a nation’s electrical system, total chaos suddenly happens. Could that happen? I don’t know when, but the reality is there. It’s frightening and is already keeping scientists and technicians on edge around the world.

You and I have lived through five or six major disturbances in our lifetimes. Today’s younger generation — many of them in this seminar here today — will experience two or three major disruptions … and one of them will relate to technology.

The Land: You are still vigorous, high energy, and positive about U.S. agriculture and America. What keeps you going?

Kohl: The faces of American agriculture, regardSee KOHL, pg. 9

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Farm Bureau’s work with legislators is vital to farming

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritis ST. PAUL — Getting on a bus to St. Paul for a Farm Bureau “Day On The Hill” event is a tremendously convenient way to catch up with all the chatter that takes place at our state capital when our legislators are in session. First on the agenda Kevin Paap for the March 13 event was a “welcome greeting” by Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap.

Paap briefly explained, “We’ve got about six or seven items on the docket today. Plus we want to provide some time for visits with your local senators or representatives. Yes, we’ll run out of time — we always do. But it’s important that you listen to a few key topics and get some private talk with your own elected officials.

“Some of the topics for today: mental health resources; taxes; transportation; childcare; broadband; and ag research and education (just to name a few). You will quickly see the state capital is a bee hive of activity during their January-to-May session.

“When politicians start talking about their preferred legislative bills, you want to listen,” urged Paap. “And you want details too. So often the details don’t get shared. Like buffer legislation is still unsettled. Some tax adjustments on land dedicated to buffers seems necessary. What’s most important is legislation that’s fair to all and that gets into appraisal details — even CRP qualified. That’s why numbers are vital. Yet every parcel of buffer land is not appraised at the same value.”

Paap acknowledged mental health issues are becoming increasingly significant in rural Minnesota.

“The financial and emotional challenges on the farm are huge for so many farm families. We noted a vote of 123 to zero in the House that provides additional resources for statewide mental health counseling. We think the Senate will be equally supportive. We need to get this legislation done now. Drag this into the

end of session log rolling and many bills get jammed into an all-purpose omnibus package.”

Paap reminded that Minnesota has a divided government this year with the Senate Republicancontrolled. In the House, Democrats run the show.

“And that simply means sitting down and working things out together.”

Excitement about growing industrial hemp is prevailing across Minnesota. “I think the interest of hemp as an alternative crop here in Minnesota will continue. I’m told Kentucky had over 14,000 acres last year. But people need to do their homework and have reliable markets for their production. Have a market before you plant it is good advice,” said Paap.

Yes, a Minnesota tax bill which addresses the federal conformity issue would be good, admitted Paap.

But such a bill would need to address property tax reform by increasing the Ag2School tax credit; clarifying the homestead tax credit; buffer property tax relief; Section 179 federal conformity; and modifying sales tax exemption of farm machinery to include grain bins. “But if we’re looking at Section 179 conformity, that will take a big pot of money and there still won’t be enough,” said Paap.

With fewer farmers now elected to the Minnesota legislature, is there getting to be even more of a disconnect with agriculture in state legislative work?

Paap responded, “That is why we now do four of the ‘Day On The Hill’ events each session. And we work hard at getting legislative members out to visit Minnesota farmers on their farms. That is not just to educate about agricultural issues, but issues that are important to rural Minnesota … the economic and educational health of our towns and communities too. Our Farm Bureau objective is to keep Legislators connected to both farming and food!”

Swiftly moving down a capitol hallway, we grabbed the elbow of Paul Torkelson for two minutes. He represents District 16B which includes all or portions of Brown, Redwood and Renville Counties. He was reelected in 2018 to serve his sixth term as a member of the Republican caucus. In this brief encounter we

People enjoy flavored milk in bottles KOHL, from pg. 8 less of age, are always uplifting. Tough times? Sure.

But American farmers are respected as champions around the world. My touches with small town America and American farmers are the highlights of my life. I still work out every day as schedules permit. And I encourage farmers to work out also. It just simply pumps some energy into you. The other thing for me is a couple hours reading each day. No, I’m not a vegan. Everybody choose their preference, I say.

The Land: At the start of today, you mentioned your dairy stores. Changes in this business too?

Kohl: We have 22 store fronts. Logistics is key to controlling costs in this ice cream business. We would like to expand into more stores. Our flavored ice creams are big items. Also, manufactured products are now popular in the dairy industry, so we’re branding our products and that too helps. Consumers are particular and have every right to be. Develop a brand name with a good reputation and customers become our best advertisers. They say, “When you buy ice cream, be sure you find that Homestead Creamery brand.” Also, people enjoy our flavored milk — particularly when it’s offered in a glass bottle. Whole milk is coming back too. With consumers it’s a health thing. v

asked Torkelson, “What are your key objectives for this session?”

He responded, “This is a budget year so that is the number-one priority. I’m the Republican lead on the Bonding Committee (the Capital Investment Committee). I was the chair the previous two years. This is Paul Torkelson not a bonding year, but if we do one, it’s going to be heavy on infrastructure. I’m also on the Education Policy Committee.

I’ve been working very hard to raise the significance of civic education. So I have a bill that requires high school students take a course in their junior or senior year on this topic which I think is being mostly ignored in most of our public schools. I’m frequently reminded by the adult world that it seems high school kids no longer have much interest or knowledge of why we have local, state and national government. I don’t necessarily think that they don’t care; but we’re not educating them properly, so that they even have an awareness of how government functions.”

Torkelson is actively engaged in the operation of their family farm where he raises corn, soybeans and hogs on a farm first established by his great-grandfather in 1878. The Torkelson’s live on Lake Hanska in Brown County. v

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Differences in philosophies still exist in St. Paul

By DICK HAGEN After thanking Rep. Miller for his time, I The Land Staff Writer Emeritus spoke with Lake Lillian area farmer Mike Jacobs. “This was my second time to the state On March 13, Minnesota Farm Bureau memcapital,” Jacobs said. “I was there as a fifth bers attended their annual “Day On The Hill” grader… 60 years ago. I didn’t remember it as event at the state capitol. I has the opportunity being that big a building. But our March 13 to speak with District 17A State Representative (Day on the Hill) visit was impressive. We did Tim Miller (Renville, Chippewa and part of lots of walking — both within the capitol buildKandiyohi County) about some of the current ing and also to a couple other office areas … that issues facing the legislature. big new Senate office building plus a huge strucThe Land: On the previous day, Minnesota ture which apparently is where many of the legislators voted down a proposal to legalize the special committees hold their hearings, which sale of medical marijuana. Is it dead for this sesPhoto by Dick Hagen are also open to the public. sion?

District 17A State Representative Tim Miller (third from left) visited “And talk about a place that just buzzes with Miller: Yes, I would say it is dead for this ses- with Renville County farmers during the Farm Bureau’s “Day On activity.

Sure, our Farm Bureau Day was part of sion. But there’s a ‘rule of thumb’ in this busi- The Hill” Event on March 13. Pictured are (left to right): Mike that. We got on board our bus at 7:30 a.m. Yes, Jacobs, Jim Zenk, Miller and Bob Mehlhouse. ness: nothing is ever dead forever. It could be heavy fog that morn so great we were riders revived, but Senator (Paul) Gazelka is deteronly way to accomplish his ambitions is to increase rather than drivers. And we made it to the state mined this will not happen on his watch. He is various taxes. And that only gives a short burst of capital, even with three more stops at Hector, Stewart Senate Majority Leader. But there still should be revenue. We got a downsizing of our revenue stream and Brownton. Our first briefing session we got a few vigilance. I do not support this proposal. I will never by $500 million. Biggest source of this decline was in comments from Kevin Paap, our State Farm Bureau support recreational use of this product. individual income taxes. People are moving. They are President. Also greetings from Thom Peterson, forThe Land: Will this action impact the growing leaving Minnesota because of our high tax status. mer Minnesota Farmer Union staff member who is Plus we have a slow growth economy while the rest our newly appointed Minnesota Commissioner of interest in industrial hemp as a Minnesota crop? of the nation is growing very rapidly. So new taxes Miller: We’re doing a lot of study on this in the ag are not going to be the solution to the governor’s Agriculture. Then Senator Paul Gazelka on taxes and tax issues. committee. Yes, there appears to be good potential for ambitions. industrial hemp for Minnesota farmers. It’s progres“But lots of talk about this winter’s storm damage The Land: So will an increase in gasoline taxes be — especially the heavy snowfall just last week. We’d sive. I’ve decided it’s worthwhile to stay tuned in — particularly if processing and marketing potentials part of that budget issue? heard about the many farm roofs — especially livecorrelate with the actual production acres of hemp.

Miller: I do not support higher gasoline taxes. stock barns and machine sheds — caving in. Plus The Land: Mom’s Demand Action women are Already this biennium we have allocated $4.8 billion the J-turn proposal was a big issue. Yes, buffer in roads and bridges. So we’re certainly not spending strips were in the talk also. Still seems to be confuabundant here today. Do you support their cause? nothing because we know transportation systems in sion. It’s been in place now since 2015, yet still no Miller: I don’t support them because gun control Minnesota need upgrading and rebuilding in many way of funding the projects; no tax credit back to measures are key in their demands. Yes, I believe we areas. Minnesota does not have a revenue problem; landowners for land that ends up in buffer strips. It need a safe society. We already have legislation that, Minnesota has a spending problem! But even if seems to me they got the cart ahead of the horse on if more strongly enforced, would control gun owner- there were a gasoline tax increase, the problem is that one.” ship. Mom’s Demand Action I think leads directly that county and township roads get just a tiny slice “Yes, I’d highly recommend a visit to the state capidown the road that goes directly against our Second of that gas tax money. So this inequity in distribution tal. We were told our state Capitol is considered one Amendment rights. I understand their intentions, of gasoline tax revenue needs to be corrected. of the most magnificent structures in America. I was but this is part of a national movement that has been very pleased our State Representative Tim Miller The Land: Education is getting a lot of attention funded by Bloomberg money. And he has been very was willing to give the four of us a private conference this session.

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What’s clear that he wants to outlaw law-abiding citizens in his office. He gave us a good half hour even though your take on this issue? from having guns. he had full schedule for the day.

Miller: It’s basically simple: The State of Minnesota The Land: Our new governor has an enthusiastic “I think this Farm Bureau event is a great project budget proposal. Is he already out of bounds with you is NOT spending education money in the right placof the Minnesota Farm Bureau,” Jacobs concluded. es.

In my four years here we’ve increased spending legislators? in K-12 by 19.2 percent. However, none of the schools “Our Farm Bureau gal, Amanda Revier, did a good Miller: There simply isn’t enough money. So the in my district have seen a 19.2 percent increase in job. Traveling by bus is absolutely the logical transtheir funding. It’s been a fraction of that. We need to portation … and eliminates the hassel of parking FROM reprioritize where those dollars go. Rural Minnesota spots once you get there. During this early January GRAND $ typically gets less per student than urban school dis- to their May adjournment, this state capital has got 1,749 * ALASKAN $ tricts. It’s as low as half of what the Minneapolis to be the biggest agenda in town. And action/protest 1,499 * school districts get. And it’s not because they have groups galore. There must have been 150 ladies CRUISE & TOUR more political muscle. They are better organized with (and a few men) wearing red t-shirts reading, 12 days various parent and family groups pushing for these ‘MOMS DEMAND ACTION.’ We were told they Departs Jul - Sep 2019 higher rates of state funding. The teachers’ union for weren’t protesting guns but they were demanding example; the Department of Education also seem more screening of potential gun buyers with every more involved. As an example, for every $1 per stu- gun purchase. dent aid going to rural districts, $1.15 goes to more Promo code N7017 “Yes, my first trip and I’d definitely do it again,” *Prices are per person based on double occupancy plus 299 taxes & fees. Single supplement and seasonal surcharges may apply. urban school districts. summed up Jacobs. v Add-on airfare available. Offers apply to new bookings only, made by 5/31/19. Other terms and conditions may apply. Ask your TM

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1993-94 FFA officers have not forgotten the mission

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer The FFA mission is to “make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.”

While that’s a lofty undertaking, FFA goes far beyond that. The organization not only aims to provide students with the tools to succeed in their educational and career paths, but for so many of its members it’s the lasting memories and friendships

throughout the years that have made their time in FFA such a well-rounded experience.

The 1993-1994 state FFA officers all came from rural areas of Minnesota. While they had that in the common, their paths after being state officers have taken them in many different directions.

However, it’s the bonds they formed during their time in FFA and the experiences they had in their leadership positions that have had a lasting impact on each and every one of them.

ON THE COVER: Ready to assume their duties as state FFA officers in 1993 were (left to right) Kenneth Schentzel, Kimberly Kamolz, Michael Stegemann, Denise Reeser, Fred Schliep and Shannon Brown.

State President Brown grew up in the FFA culture Shannon (Busch) Brown counselor education from Winona State University, that wasn’t in FFA — her mother. Now as a mother President she a counseling coordinator at Buffalo Gap High herself, Brown realizes the value of the unending School in Swoope, Va. Brown and her family initially encouragement her mother gave to her children and Shannon (Busch) moved to Virginia for her husband, Blake, to attend husband as they were part of FFA. Brown’s journey into FFA physician assistant school, but fell in the love with began in St. James, Minn.

For Brown, it was and still is an honor to have been the area. “We’re permanent residents here.” Brown in FFA. “It’s made up of individuals made to be a part “I grew up on a small and Blake have a daughter, Kendal, in seventh grade. of something.” Brown is thankful to have been part of hobby farm,” she said.

Brown credits her family’s strong connection to something so many years ago that has made a posiBrown’s interest in FFA FFA and their support throughout her time in the tive lasting impact on her life today. v was homegrown — literorganization. More specifically, Brown is especially ally. “My dad was the FFA See FFA OFFICERS, pg. 12 grateful for the one member of her family growing up advisor in my home chapter, she recalled. “It was kind of a natural progression. I knew it was something that I wanted to be part of.”

It was her brother Michael’s time as state FFA reporter that made an enduring impression on Brown. “My year as a greenhand was my brother’s year as a state FFA officer. It was special to me.” Her experience at Greenhand Camp solidified her interest in one day running for a state FFA office.

Brown decided to run for state FFA president as “I just wanted to be part of the team.” The election process was one which Brown still remembers vividly.

“I’ve never gone through interviews that intense,” she admitted.

For Brown, “it wasn’t so much about being president as being part of the state FFA officer team.”

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City-dweller Schliep was always drawn to agriculture Fred Schliep Vice President Fred Schliep didn’t grow up on a farm, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to be a part of the agricultural industry in his youth and beyond.

Schliep grew up in Zumbrota, Minn. At the age of 5, he and his family moved to Albert Lea, Minn. While Schliep wasn’t a farm kid, he did work on a farm. He was and still is simply drawn to agriculture.

When Schliep was in ninth grade he took ag as an elective. “We had a really good advisor, Kim Meyer. He would just call everybody in and tell you what FFA could do for you.” It was Meyer who got many people interested in joining FFA by his passion and excitement for the organization. It was Meyer who “pushed us on the leadership side.”

For Schliep, “I wanted to do what the state officers did.” He knew he wasn’t going to be a farmer, so he went a dif-

ferent route in agriculture. Taking a leadership role was a natural progression for Schliep and one that he was excited to tackle.

The state officer interviews didn’t faze Schliep. In fact, “I enjoyed the pressure of the interview process.”

While it was “high anxiety,” the end result was “really rewarding when you get it.”

Schliep’s favorite part of being an officer was “all the friendships and relationships that you had.” To this day, there are people who still remember him from various the FFA camps. It’s the relationships formed during FFA that have made lasting connections for Schliep.

Schliep’s decision to join FFA provided him with the opportunity to continue in agriculture which would ultimately shape his career path. Schliep’s ties to agriculture continued as he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in agricultural education. That led to a career in the seed sector where he’s a territory manager for Pioneer. He’s in charge of seed

sales representatives as well as working with customers. There are skills he learned from being a state FFA officer which have helped him in doing his job today — like “the ability to relate to different personalities.”

Schliep and his wife Carrie have two daughters: Jordan, a seventh grader, and Hailey, a ninth grader who’s fol-

lowed in her father’s footsteps. “She’s in FFA,” Schliep proudly said. “That’s pretty awesome.”

FFA provided the opportunity to be an organization that fostered Schliep’s interest in agriculture and in turn gave him the chance to make lasting connections and memories he cherishes today. v

Involvement in FFA was a ‘no-brainer’ for Reeser Denise (May) Reeser Secretary For Denise (May) Reeser, FFA was truly a family affair. Reeser grew up on a hog and crop farm near New Prague, Minn. It was her family’s strong ties to FFA that made joining the organization a no-brainer for Reeser. “My dad was in FFA and my older sister. It was a family tradition.”

While her family may have gotten Reeser interested in FFA, it was chapter advisor Barry Schmidt, and his enthusiasm for FFA, that made her excited to be a part of the organization.

Not only did Reeser join, she and fellow classmates “got all of our friends to join.”

Wanting to get involved on the state level, Reeser decided to run for state FFA secretary. “I was really looking to have more leadership in the organization.” She knew she “wanted to continue to have a career in ag.”

It was through running for state office that Reeser learned an important lesson: if you don’t succeed, try again. “I actually ran twice.” The first time Reeser ran for office, it was a friend who got the secretary position. While Reeser was disappointed, she “decided to try it again. It was really a good decision to try it again.” Going into the interview process the second time she was more prepared. “The interviews were intense, so I was really ready.”

One of the best memories of being an FFA officer “was going to National Convention as a delegate.” Not only was Reeser proud to represent the state, but she also met her future husband there.

The hard work and dedication — not only to her office, but to FFA — was a privilege for Reeser. She credits the late state FFA advisor Paul Day for instilling professionalism in all facets of the state officers’ duties. For example, Day stressed the importance of “knowing people’s names and saying it correctly.”

As secretary, Reeser had to take the board minutes which has led to her now to being “really strict with agendas in meetings.” From taking board minutes correctly to learning business etiquette “all those skills have served me well.” Reeser also learned the art of networking which has resulted in “so many connections that I still have in the ag industry.”

Reeser is a University of Minnesota graduate with a degree in agricultural education. Throughout her education and career choices, Reeser hasn’t strayed far from her ag roots as she’s now a Farm Business Management instructor with South Central College.

She works “with about 40 farmers with their financials.”

Reeser is able to work from home, which is near Montgomery, Minn. She’s also pursuing her Master’s degree in business administration from Southwest Minnesota State University.

Reeser and her husband, Mike, have three daughters: Shelby, 16; MaryEmma, 13; and Brooke, 10. As luck would have it, her daughter Shelby’s FFA advisor is Barry Schmidt.

Reeser is thrilled that her children will have the opportunity to experience FFA and carry those wonderful memories throughout the years just as she has done. v See FFA OFFICERS, pg. 13

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25 years later, Stegemann still takes pride in FFA role Michael Stegemann Treasurer The road to being elected state FFA treasurer began for Michael Stegemann in southern Minnesota. “I grew up in Lakefield,” Stegemann said. “I never lived on a farm, but I grew up around agriculture.” His father and grandfather both taught ag in school.

Stegemann wanted to join his local FFA chapter because “at the time it was one of the top programs in the state.” He wanted an opportunity to compete and “in FFA you get a chance to compete.” And compete he did. Stegemann won the national FFA contest in Farm Management along with being state winner in various speaking categories.

Stegemann wanted to broaden his experience in

FFA as “I saw the good work the (state) team did.” He looked up to the state officers and thought that being on the state officer team was “very appealing.” So did his two younger brothers who followed in Stegemann’s footsteps and both went on to become state officers.

Being elected state FFA treasurer was, “certainly intense. It was challenging, but it was enjoyable as well.” Through his time as a state officer he “picked up communication and speaking skills.” He also learned “how to tackle projects — as well as learned interpersonal skills, how to deal with people.”

Stegemann “really enjoyed being part of a team.”

FFA advisors “Paul Day and Jim Ertl were great to work with.”

Stegemann’s time as state officer was a little different than the other officers as he went to school at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. where he went on to graduate with a degree business and eco-

nomics. Stegemann admits that due to the long distance between Truman State University and Minnesota, “I probably didn’t get the full experience.”

He’s grateful though for his fellow officers who picked up the slack while he was away.

After college, Stegemann began his career at IBM where he’s been for 22 years. Opportunities at IBM have meant moving a lot — nine times in fact.

Stegemann is currently working in New York City where he’s an IBM project executive.

Looking back at his time in FFA, Stegemann has fond memories of the experiences and the opportunities that came as results of being an officer. Being part of the officer team was important to Stegemann 25 years ago and that feeling of pride is still evident all these years later. v See FFA OFFICERS, pg. 14

AgriGuardian nutrients produce healthier corn plants

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus OWATONNA, Minn. — A convenient way to meet new vendors in this exciting world of agriculture is to visit a good farm show. At the North American Farm and Power Show in Owatonna I visited the AgriGuardian booth and Casey Staloch — a younglooking chap with Albert Lea, Minn. as his home base.

As the name implies, AgriGuardian is a firm which specializes in providing specialty inputs for crop production — like molybdenum.

So what is molybdenum? “It’s a micro nutrient that is directly correlated with nitrogen,” said Staloch. He explained molybdenum is a micro nutrient converting nitrate back into ammonia form which is more useable to the growing corn plant.

“Technically, molybdenum makes your nitrogen more efficient; so we’re using it as a foliar feed getting between V2 and V4 early growth stages. That’s when ear size is being determined.”

AgriGuardian provides this as a liquid which readily mixes with any chemicals you might be using — be that herbicides, fungicides, even insecticides. And applications rates are negligible … only 4 to 8 ounces per acre at a cost of $2.75 to $5 per acre. Available

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15 years ago. Lakota, Iowa was his starting point, but The product’s literature reads, “AgriGuardian Moly because he and his bride wanted their children in a is a proprietary formulated sugar-based chelated better school they moved to Albert Lea. Plus he grew molybdenum complex containing 3 percent molybde- up in southern Minnesota, so this brought them num. Molybdenum is an essential plant nutrient closer to family. He is a University of Minnesota required by all plants and crops to complete their graduate in agricultural education. life.”

For more information, visit www.AgriGuardian or According to Staloch, his primary market product call Staloch at (641) 590-4069. His email address is is AgriGuardian MicroMix Complete, a proprietary casey@agriguardian.com. v plant nutrient formulation containing all essential plant micronutrients required by every crop. The product is formulated using compounds that are readily absorbed through plant leaves, shoots, roots and reproductive structures. The balanced nutrient composition is based on the needs of most crops.

Staloch credits Dr. David Sasseville, a retired crop advisor living in Jefferson City, Mo., as being the ‘brains’ behind AgiGuardian. “He’s the chemical firepower. I’m the boots on the ground guy. Yep, we make a pretty good team — plus I have five great employees. When push comes to shove, we get things done,” said Staloch. His previous work experience taught him how not to treat people. “Our customers are

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Groundbreaker nominations open Compeer Financial has opened nominations for the 2019 Groundbreaker of the Year award. The honor recognizes young, beginning and small operation farmers who are overcoming obstacles and making a difference in agriculture and their community. Nominations will be accepted between now and Oct. 31.

As part of the award, the winner will receive $5,000 cash and will be honored at Compeer Financial’s 2020 Groundbreakers conference.

To be eligible, the person nominated must be actively involved in farming in Illinois, Minnesota or Wisconsin. Entrants must be age 35 or younger; have 10 years or less of farming or ranching experience; and generate less than $250,000 in annual gross sales.

To nominate yourself or someone you know, visit: compeer.com/GroundBreakeroftheYear.

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State Sentinel Schentzel is now an FFA advisor and dad Kenneth Schentzel Sentinel Kenneth Schentzel grew up on acreage near Jackson, Minn. He was involved in 4-H where he proudly showed sheep and later did so with FFA as well. Schentzel followed his older brothers’ path into FFA. His advisor, Jeff Voss, “had a way of getting everybody involved and building off their strengths.”

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why Schentzel decided to run for state office; though he suspects “it was probably when I was a freshman. I went to Greenhand Camp and met the state officers.” Schentzel remembers that “I wanted to be like them.” He went on to become district president his senior year of high school then ran for state sentinel after that.

Schentzel wasn’t the only one that Kenneth Schentzel and his daughter year from Jackson who was a state offi- Zoey. cer. State Reporter Kim Kamolz was also from the same FFA chapter. It was

the first time two state officers were tunity to gain more confidence in pubfrom the same chapter. “It was pretty lic speaking during his time as a state officer has come in handy in teaching unique.”

Having a positive impact on the lives in front of a classroom day in and day of fellow FFA members was a highlight out.

Schentzel, his wife, Malissa, live on and honor for Schentzel. He remembers one kid in particular who came to an acreage outside of Farmington with camp. “He was pretty lost,” Schentzel their children Zoey, an 11th grader; recalled. But being there and spending MaKenna, an eighth grader; and time with Schentzel and the other state Brayden, a fifth grader. Just like her officers, “the camp experience changed father, daughter Zoey is involved in his whole outlook on life.” Schentzel FFA and is currently chapter presifeels humbled that he played a part in dent. the young man finding hope and a Schentzel advice to young people is more positive life direction. simple. “You’ve got to find your spark.

Being an officer allowed Schentzel to If your spark is being in FFA, then get to know more about himself. It also there are so many activities to get taught Schentzel “the networking you involved in.” do leads to future career success.” Schentzel has gone from being a After graduating with a degree in agri- member of FFA to now being an advicultural education from South Dakota sor. He’s proud of what he accomplished State University, Schentzel went on to while serving as a state officer and become an ag teacher and FFA advisor enjoys giving back to the organization at Farmington High School, where he’s that brought him so much. v taught for the last 18 years. The oppor-

‘Dark horse’ Kamolz still enjoys her FFA memories Kimberly (Peterson) Kamolz Reporter Kimberly (Peterson) Kamolz grew up on a corn and soybean farm outside of Jackson, Minn. It was her older brother and his time in FFA that made Kamolz

interested in joining the organization.

While she enjoyed being in FFA, Kamolz wanted to take that experience a step further. She decided to run for state FFA reporter as she liked “the challenge of running for office.” She

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had previous experience as she “did a couple national youth agricultural programs.” She prepared for running for office as, “I did a couple test interviews with a few people.” Though she admits, “I was like a dark horse.” The dark horse won that year. Kamolz was thrilled with the honor of being a state FFA officer, but confesses, “I had no idea what it would all entail.”

Her time as a state officer included

“so many great memories.” Some of the best were “being able to travel across the state. It was great to go to the summer camps.” Kamolz felt that “trying to be a role model was really important.”

Through being a state officer, Kamolz learned “public speaking and the ability to articulate your thoughts and opinions.” Kamolz appreciated the unique opportunity “as a young person that you’re in a leadership position.” She also found lasting friendships — particularly with her travel mate and fellow state FFA officer, Denise Reeser.

Kamolz received her undergraduate degree in agricultural education at the University of Minnesota and a Master’s degree in organizational communication from Washington State. Kamolz, her husband Phil, and daughters Sarah, 10; Megan, 8; and Emily, 5; live in Mercer Island, Wash. near Seattle where she’s a high tech consultant.

While she may not live in Minnesota anymore, Kamolz will always appreciate her time as a state officer, the skills that she learned and the memories she made that are still carried with her 25 years later. v

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Quality assurance standards date back 30 years Did you know that for 30 years, pork producers in the United States have participated in a voluntary program to ensure customers have the utmost confidence the pork they feed their family is safe to eat?

In 1989 the National Pork Producers Council initiated the Pork Quality Assurance program to encourage swine farmers to use animal health products responsibly. This voluntary effort was the pork industry’s first step in addressing their food safety responsibilities through self-governance.

Producers were concerned that the product they delivered to the consumer be safe; and that U.S. pork would be trusted and preferred by customers.

The PQA curriculum was developed by producers, packers and researchers, and called PQA Level III. Producers got a PQA Level III certification number after a face-to-face visit with a veterinarian, an ag teacher, or a University Extension person.

PQA Level III consisted of 10 Good Production Practices which highlighted appropriate use of medication, withdrawal times, and how to keep pigs healthy with minimal use of animal health products. The PQA advisor reviewed the Level III handbook with the producer. They both signed a postcard that Level III had been completed and mailed it to the National Pork Board in Des Moines.

Animal care enters the picture To address animal care concerns voiced by consumers, the swine industry spent three years devel•oping an assessment program. The National Pork Board implemented the Swine Welfare Assurance Program (SWAP) in 2003. SWAP was a benchmarking system which covered records, animals and facilities. It was another voluntary program, and SWAP provided producers with userfriendly production practices which addressed swine welfare — no matter the size of the farm.

In 2007, America’s pig farmers adopted the We Care initiative to address consumer concerns and to emphasize that the swine industry is responsible

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and aware of what pigs need.

The We Care ethical principles include: • Produce safe food • Protect and promote animal well-being • Ensure practices to protect public health • Safeguard natural

resources • Provide a work environment that is safe and consistent with other ethical principles • Contribute to a better quality of life in our communities In addition to rolling out the We Care initiative, in 2007, the National Pork Board combined PQA and SWAP to form Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA+).

The “plus” was important content which focused on specific animal care and proper animal handling practices for different stages of production.

PQA had always been a three-year certification, and the National Pork Board worked in the interim to update and sharpen the curriculum’s researchbased content. It was in the 2007 update that the PQA+ Site Assessment was introduced. Producers could have a PQA+ advisor visit their farm to assess the pigs, facilities and records — offering the advantage of a “new set of eyes.” Producers who participated in the PQA+ site assessment then obtained “site status,” which also was good for three years.

What about the kids?

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PQA educational program was developed for education of young swine exhibitors. Junior swine exhibitors realized the value of participating in Youth PQA+ when large livestock shows across the country began to require the certification.

Today, swine’s Youth PQA+ has joined forces with beef cattle, sheep, dairy cattle, goats, market rabbits and poultry to be a part of Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA). YQCA is a national quality assurance program for youngsters age 8 to 21.

YQCA focuses on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being, and character development. YQCA covers a wide variety of livestock information designed to enhance the junior exhibitor’s show experience, and develop a young producer in the animal agriculture industry.

Pigs on the road No discussion of PQA+ is complete without covering the other swine quality assurance program, Transport Quality Assurance. Originally established with packers in 2001, the TQA curriculum focuses more closely on animal handling, how handling affects pork quality, safe transport of pigs, and the importance of meticulous biosecurity when transporting pigs. Any driver who hauls pigs to a packing plant is required to be TQA certified. Various swine farms may ask all of their pig handlers to complete TQA. TQA certification also lasts for three years, and participants in the course online or face-to-face must pass an exam.

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MARKETING

Grain Outlook Corn futures take a big dive

Cash Grain Markets corn/change* soybeans/change*

Stewartville Edgerton Jackson Janesville Cannon Falls Sleepy Eye

$3.17 -.09 $3.34 -.07 $3.40 -.08 $3.42 -.14 $3.21 -.09 $3.23 -.06

$8.04 -.04 $8.10 +.01 $8.15 -.11 $8.17 -.11 $8.01 -.08 $8.10 +.01

Grain Angles Key factors to navigate markets

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending March 29.

CORN — Well, well, well … just when it gets boring, something catches us by surprise. This surprise was not welcome by growers. Everything that occurred this week before the report just faded in comparison to the U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers. The March 29 reports confirmed the massive fund short position was correctly positioned.

Corn plunged lower in postreport trading to set the largest one-day trading range since June 19. Both March 29 and June 19 posted 19 cents daily ranges.

However, the closest thing I could find to corn closing 17.5 cents PHYLLIS NYSTROM lower was back in July 11-12, CHS Hedging Inc. 2017 when nearby corn closed 16 St. Paul cents lower in one session.

Earlier in the week, corn eased lower ahead of the March 29 Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Grain Stocks reports as funds continued to defend their record net short position in corn as the month and quarter came to an end without any Chinese demand popping up.

The USDA’s Prospective Planting report indicated 92.8 million acres will be planted to corn this spring, surpassing the highest trade guess and up 3.7 million acres year-on-year. The average guess was only 91.3 million and last year we planted 89.1 million acres. The survey was taken in the first half of March, before the major flooding, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

For now, the trade took it at face value. March 1 grain stocks were 8.6 billion bushels vs. 8.3 billion estimated and 8.89 billion bushels on hand the previous year. This is a 290 million-bushel year-on-year decline, but was nearly 300 million higher than the average forecast. On-farm stocks were 5.1 billion bushels, up 3 percent from a year ago, and off-farm stocks were 3.47 billion bushels, down 11 percent from last year.

Weekly export sales were uneventful at a passable 35.6 million bushels. The biggest buyer was China. We need to average 26.3 million bushels of sales per week to hit the USDA target. Total commitments are 8 percent behind last year’s at 1.7 million bushels. The USDA is forecasting yearly exports at 2.375 billion bushels for a 2.6 percent decline in year-on-year

The month of March ended with livestock markets basically heading in different directions. The hog market has been moving sharply higher while the cattle market was slipping off the recent highs. At this juncture, the livestock markets appear to be very unsettled and will likely carry on in very erratic patterns.

Spring normally brings about new beginnings and this year does not seem to be any different from any other year. Therefore, it appears that some changes are in the future for the livestock trade in the coming months.

The cattle market is starting JOE TEALE the month of April acting as if it Broker is tired as prices have fallen off Great Plains Commodity during the past few weeks. One Afton, Minn. thing that affected the market was the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report which indicated more cattle on feed, higher placements than expected and fewer marketings than estimated.

The fact that the cash price failed to overcome the $130 on an average paid over the past few weeks also provided some disappointment to the trade and contributed to the downturn experienced in recent days. Another factor causing the weaker price trend has been the turn in the beef cutout which has slid lower over the past week.

From the futures side, commodity funds have started sell out their big long position in the past few sessions which has changed the technical outlook to

Before marketing any grain, it’s important to know your cost of production. Once you establish a revenue goal, you can adjust your pricing targets throughout the year based on yield. Yield expectations can be fluid throughout the year, but when you understand your costs per acre, making pricing targets becomes pretty simple.

The next step is putting together a written marketing plan.

Writing down targets and goals will keep you more accountable when it comes to taking action. A marketing plan should consists of three things: Quantity increments — Typically, a bushel quantity per CALEB transaction is 5 to 15 percent of McCONNELL total expected production. These Compeer Senior could be equal increments, or Credit Officer scaled up as the price improves Blue Earth, Minn. or as time passes during the marketing year.

Pricing targets — This is where your cost of production is beneficial. Normally you wouldn’t start marketing any grain until you can obtain a profit.

From there, you can place profit goals per acre.

Remember, all costs must be accounted for!

Sales deadlines — If prices don’t rise enough for you to meet your target within a specific time period, it’s still beneficial to be proactive in your selling. The pricing targets and deadlines should work together to help you be accountable throughout the year.

Deadlines would depend upon your storage availability, but a common goal is to have over 50 percent of your crop priced before harvest. Commodities often times have a very seasonal pricing pattern.

Consider these patterns when determining sale deadlines.

Once a plan is in place, there are different tools available to help execute it. Some people may be uncomfortable placing hedges and making margin calls, and that’s understandable. However, your local co-op or end user will likely have tools for you to use.

When referring to a cash price, it’s important to understand the two components. Cash price equals futures price plus basis. For example, if May corn futures are trading at $3.85 and your local co-op is offering a cash price of $3.50 vs. the May contract, the basis is (-$0.35). Think of basis as the spread between the futures contract and the cash price

See NYSTROM, pg. 17

See TEALE, pg. 17

See McCONNELL, pg. 18

Average:

$3.30

$8.10

Year Ago Average: $3.22 $9.38 Grain prices are effective cash close on April 2. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Livestock Angles Report shows more cattle on feed

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

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Soybean stocks up 600 million bushels from last year NYSTROM, from pg. 16 exports. New crop sales were 3.3 million bushels to bring total commitments to 75.5 million bushels. This compares to last year’s total at this time of 73.2 million bushels. Weekly ethanol production fell 29,000 barrels per day to 975,000 bpd. Stocks were up 36,000 barrels to a new record of 24.4 million barrels. Margins fell 4 cents per gallon to a positive 3 cents per gallon.

The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange raised Argentina’s corn crop 1 million metric tons to 46 mmt, matching the USDA forecast. Their corn harvest is 12.2 percent complete with early yields of 163 bu./acre reported.

They raised their corn production forecast .5 mmt to 46 mmt, matching the USDA outlook.

Agroconsult increased Brazil’s safrinha corn crop from 68.9 mmt in February to 70.6 mmt. Corn exports were pegged at 31 mmt vs. 32 mmt previously. A Reuters poll put Brazil’s safrinha corn crop at 66.2 mmt. There are currently no major weather threats to the South American corn crop, but dryness in central and southern Brazil is being monitored.

Outlook: The extremely large fund short in corn makes others cautious about selling into a slide. If something could trigger a short-covering rally, the upside could be somewhat impressive, but the USDA is putting a new spin on how high a rally could reach.

Factors to watch: U.S. planting weather, pollination of Brazil’s safrinha corn crop (some dryness is being watched in central and southern Brazil), and Chinese trade talk outcomes will be the focus going into April.

If the funds find a reason to cover short positions, it could drive a decent rally given the huge size of their short position. But after the post-report losses, many will just be hoping to get back where we were. The contract low in the March 2019 contract was $3.52.75 per bushel. Can we hold that level?

For the week, May corn crashed 21.75 cents to $3.56 ½, July dove 21.25 cents to $3.66.25, and December corn tumbled 15.25 cents to $3.84.75 per bushel. The new contract low in May corn is $3.56

per bushel and $3.65.75 in the July contract.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans were lower after the release of the March 29 USDA reports, but were mild in comparison to the losses in corn. Soybeans took a hard hit at mid-week heading into the USDA reports and South American growers selling soybeans on weaker currencies in Brazil and Argentina. Growers there sell soybeans in U.S. dollars, so when their currencies fall vs. the U.S. dollar, they get more money.

Argentina’s peso fell to a record low during the week.

Brazil’s real is down 8 percent vs. the U.S. dollar since early February.

The Prospective Planting report indicated U.S. farmers would plant 84.6 million acres this spring.

This is down 4.6 million acres from last year’s 89.2 million planted acres. The average trade estimate was 86.2 million acres. Keep in mind, soybean acres have increased from the March to June report in nine out of the last 10 years.

March 1 soybean stocks at 2.716 billion bushels were up 600 million bushels from last year and 33 million higher than the average outlook. On-farm stocks were 1.27 billion bushels, up a significant 49 percent from last year, and off-farm stocks at 1.445 billion bushels were up 15 percent from last year.

There was nothing definitive from the trade talks with China this week as talks resumed in Beijing late in the week. Negotiators will meet again in the United States in the coming week. Major obstacles seem to be intellectual property and enforcement/ penalties of any agreement that is reached. China did buy 816,000 metric tons (30 million bushels) of U.S. soybeans late in the week for July-August shipment. This was much less than the 1.5-2.5 mmt that was rumored the day before. I believe this is a “goodwill” purchase as they could have bought Brazilian soybeans at a 20-30 cent per bushel discount to U.S. soybeans. Including this purchase, China’s year-todate U.S. soybean purchases are around 12 mmt compared to 28.7 mmt sold to them by this time last

Hog market has been on a tear TEALE, from pg. 16 the direction of futures prices. On a short term basis, the market is approaching being oversold and may provide some short term support. One key to the outlook is, seasonally, demand generally picks up this time of year as the grilling season gets underway.

Producers are recommended to pay close attention to current market developments and protect inventories as needed.

The hog market has been on a tear over the past month fueled by the African swine fever which has enveloped the Asian continent. Both the cash and futures market have exploded to higher levels because of the concerns that the death loss in Asia will expand the export business of the United States.

Pork cutouts have rallied as demand for pork has

picked up over the past month — both domestic and export interests. Domestically, the relationship between pork and beef got too wide and has now corrected back toward a more normal relationship.

Because the cash hog market and the futures moved so quickly to levels not seen since last summer, both markets could be susceptible to some corrective action in the upcoming days.

Also, the recent USDA quarterly Hogs and Pigs report suggested that hog numbers are near last year’s levels which could slow the advance of prices.

The key will be the demand for pork both domestically and foreign which will likely set the overall trend in the weeks ahead. Producers should keep close attention to current developments and protect inventories if needed. v

year. China has banned at least three Canadian companies from shipping Canadian canola into China as their trade spat continues. Canada says there is no scientific evidence for the ban.

Weekly export sales were horrible for old crop at just 6.7 million bushels — with Mexico being the biggest buyer. Total export commitments are 1.5 billion bushels, down 17 percent from last year. The USDA is predicting exports to be down 12 percent year-onyear. We need to average 15.4 million bushels of sales per week to hit the USDA’s forecast for 1.875 billion bushels of exports. New crop sales were 600,000 bushels to bring total commitments to 26.5 million bushels. This is sharply below last year’s 73.7 million bushels that were on the books by now.

Agroconsult this week reversed their trend and increased their Brazilian soybean production estimate. They raised soybean production to 118 mmt from 116.4 mmt in February. Soybean exports for 2019 were projected at 67 mmt, down from the 70.2 mmt last month due to increased competition from the United States and Argentina. USDA is carrying their exports at 69.5 mmt. An earlier Reuters poll had Brazil’s bean crop at 114.2 mmt and their safrinha corn crop at 66.22 mmt. Conab’s last Brazilian bean estimate was 113.5 mmt. BAGE left their Argentine soybean production outlook at 53 mmt vs. USDA at 55 mmt. Their soybean harvest is just getting underway at 1.6 percent complete vs. 5.1 percent on average.

Just how underreported is the African swine fever in China? It was reported by the provincial husbandry and veterinary bureau this week that the sow herd in the major hog producing province of Shandong had plunged 41 percent due to ASF in the seven months to February. This comes even though only one case of ASF had been officially reported in that province.

Shandong produced 47 million hogs in 2017. China lifted their 2015 ban on poultry imports from France as they source protein from other origins.

Outlook: Competitive soybean pricing from South America due to their weakening currency and harvest pressure; China’s ASF reducing soybean/meal demand; plus the lack of a firm deal with China and heavy U.S. supplies; will make it difficult to stage a significant rally in soybeans — unless Mother Nature steps in. South American weather isn’t waving any red flags. U.S. planting weather and trade talks with China will continue to be the headlines in the coming weeks. The trade talks may not have anything concrete for weeks, and even then, it may be too little, too late for soybeans to feel a big benefit.

For the week, May and July soybeans each plunged 19.5 cents to $8.84.25 and $8.97.75 respectively, with November beans down 18.5 cents at $9.19 per bushel.

Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week ended March 29: Minneapolis May wheat down 17.5 cents, Chicago fell 8.25 cents, and Kansas City dropped 15 cents. Nearby crude oil rallied $1.10, ULSD eked out a three-quarter-cent gain, RBOB declined 3 cents, and natural gas fell 9 cents. v

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Cheese drawdowns promising, mozzarella needs help This column was written for the marAmerican cheese holdings saw a nice keting week ending March 29. drawdown in February, it’s the increase in Italian style (mostly mozzarella) holdThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ings that have us concerned. Our estiFebruary Cold Storage report shows mated domestic mozzarella sales were dairy product inventories are plentiful, very strong during the second half of but not overly burdensome.

2018 and that was helping to keep milk Feb. 28 butter stocks totaled 242.5 milout of cheddar/American production. But lion pounds, up 31.3 million pounds or it looks like those sales had slowed in 14.8 percent from January, but 23.3 milMIELKE MARKET January and it now looks like February lion or 8.8 percent below February 2018.

WEEKLY was slow as well. If mozzarella sales remain weak, it could push more milk American-type cheese, which includes

By Lee Mielke back toward cheddar production in cheddar, slipped to 785.6 million coming months which would be pounds, down 18 million pounds or bearish for prices.”

2.2 percent from January. This is the largest January-to-February decline Meanwhile, Sharp wrote in the in 25 years, according to the Daily Dairy Report’s March 22 Milk Producers Council newsletter, “Firm Sarina Sharp, but is 22.8 million pounds or 3 perdemand, slowing global milk output, and tightening cent above a year ago. stocks suggest that the worst of the dairy downturn The ‘other’ cheese category hit 553.4 million pounds, is finally in the rear-view mirror. Near-term milk prices are far from exciting, but they are much betup 16.8 million pounds or 3.1 percent from January ter than where they were. Given the depth of the and 26.3 million or 5.0 percent above a year ago. pain the industry has suffered over the past four The total cheese inventory stood at 1.37 billion years, the upcoming rally is likely to have considerpounds, virtually unchanged from January but 52.4 million pounds or 4 percent above a year ago and the able staying power. Dairy producers simply lack the appetite and the equity to significantly expand as 52nd consecutive month stocks topped a year ago. milk prices recover,” Sharp concludes.

Revisions added 11.3 million pounds in the ‘other’ Kurzawski echoed some of that positive sentiment cheese category for January and put total cheese at in the April 1 Dairy Radio Now broadcast and it 1.37 billion pounds, up 9.6 million pounds from the was no April Fool’s joke. preliminary report.

He reported January exports of U.S. cheddar FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski warns, “Although

cheese were up 57.3 percent from January 2018, though mozzarella exports were a little weaker than a year ago. But Kurzawski blamed existing tariffs as part of the reason as “certain cheeses going to Mexico are dinged a little higher.”

Trade disputes continue to affect exports although exporters have been growing sales in countries other than China and Mexico — offsetting some of the blow.

“The overall take-away,” says Kurzawski, “is that demand in January was quite robust for cheese and probably worked its way in part to the U.S. spot cheese market rally that we have seen over the past couple weeks.”

Butter exports were also strong, up 9.2 percent, but nonfat dry milk was off almost 2 percent.

Kurzawski quickly added he expects those exports to increase once we get past the second quarter.

The other factor is that imports were down. “We took in less in the U.S. and we’re exporting a little bit more,” he said. “The net effect is increased milk prices.”

As to where the top is in cheese prices, Kurzawski hesitated but warned we could see some price weakness going into April because “There is cheese out there and some milk, but cull rates are really strong and the milk is probably not going to be as robust in the second quarter as we have seen in previous years.”

McCONNELL, from pg. 16

store some of the crop until the following July. At that time, you could “roll” the hedge to July. You would only participate in the spread between the December and July contract. In years with a large carry in the market, you could add 30 to 40 cents to your position.

This should cover your on farm storage costs.

However, at some point you would still need to fix the basis between December and July. The good thing about HTA is it offers some flexibility to the producer.

Another advantage is the end user is placing the hedge and is making the margin calls for you. Note that an end user typically charges a 3 to 5 cent fee per bushel to initiate the HTA. Your local grain buyer is likely willing to work with you and explain all the agreements available — including those not covered above. It’s always important to understand what kind of agreement you’re entering into.

In summary, the two biggest steps in making profitable sales are to understand your costs and to come up with a marketing plan. Once you understand your revenue targets and time constraints, it should be easier to make selling decisions.

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Setting revenue targets can make selling decisions easier offered by your buyer.

Forward cash contract — In this case, both futures and basis are set at the same time. You agree to deliver a certain quantity, at a certain time, for a specified price. This option has little flexibility, but is easy to use and can be done at no cost to the farmer.

Basis contract — If local farmer’s selling is limited, the end user would typically narrow (or strengthen) their basis relative to the underlying futures contract. If you feel the basis at a particular time is attractive, but aren’t satisfied with where the futures are trading, you could enter into a basis contract.

This means that you would agree to deliver a certain quantity, during a certain time period, at a specified basis relative to the underlying futures contract.

Futures price is still open under this agreement until you decide to lock the flat price.

For example, let’s say you enter into a basis contract at (-$0.15) vs. the July contract while it’s trading at $3.70. Cash price here would’ve been $3.55; but as mentioned, you aren’t quite satisfied and think futures will improve. Let’s assume futures rally 20 cents, meaning July futures are trading at $3.90. The end user could easily widen (or weaken)

their basis as farmer selling improves due to the futures rally. However, you’ve got your basis locked in at $0.15 under the July contract, so your flat price would become $3.75 if you would decide to fix the futures at $3.90. In these situations, you will likely be a winner and add to your flat price. Now, if you were wrong and the futures price declined, the end user would generally have to strengthen their basis even further to encourage farmer selling. In this area of the country, farmer selling can be affected by weather and road conditions too, which impacts the basis during certain times of the year.

Hedge-to-arrive (HTA) — This is the opposite of a basis contract and is sometimes called a futures fixed contract. Under a HTA you lock in a futures price, but not the basis. Use HTA when you think the futures are attractive, but either aren’t satisfied with the offered basis or would like some flexibility. With this type of contract, your exposure to the market is only the basis risk. An advantage of a HTA contract is the end user will usually let you “roll” the contract at least once during the same marketing year (October through September).

For example, let’s say you place an HTA on a portion of your crop vs. the December contract. In November, you decide to utilize on farm storage and

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Dairy Farmers of America to trade on the GDT auction MIELKE, from pg. 18 He pointed to the tremendous financial strain on dairy farmers, concluding “There’s milk right now, but that’s a limited view.” He believes the second half of 2019 “could show some sustained higher prices for cheese and possibly for butter and powder as well.”

Cash cheese saw a third consecutive week of gain and achieved new highs for 2019 the last week of March. The cheddar blocks shot up to $1.73 per pound on March 27, which is the highest Chicago Mercantile Exchange price since Oct. 1. But offers took them back to close on March 29 at $1.6450, up 7.5 cents on the week and 11.5 cents above a year ago. The barrels finished at $1.6025, up 3.75 cents (the highest since Sept. 4) and 16.25 cents above a year ago. One car of block traded hands on the week and 41 of barrel, with 143 loads of barrel for the month. n Traders anticipated the April 2 Global Dairy Trade auction and the February Dairy Products report on April 3. Meanwhile, Midwestern cheese makers report orders seem to have picked up over the last few weeks, according to Dairy Market News.

Barrel producers report an increase in buyer interest and the uptick in sales is matching seasonal expectations.

Milk is in good balance with processing needs, with a few more spot milk loads available. Prices ranged from $1 above to $1.25 under Class, but cheesemakers have mixed feelings on taking on extra milk, says Dairy Market News, with some content to use only their own patron’s milk or the milk they normally receive from current agreements. They also desire to keep inventories capped. Others will take on milk, especially if it can be matched to an extra cheese order. Bottom line, cheese market prices are infusing a dose of uncertainty into the market.

Western cheese demand is steady and some manu-

facturers note an increase in barrel purchases the last few weeks. Inventories remain heavy and end users say they are getting plenty of offers. Strong milk production is filling Western cheese vats, says Dairy Market News, but “The new federal milk market order in California is reshuffling how milk flows into manufacturing facilities. Some plants are holding back on production, while others are shifting production away from American-style cheeses. In some cases, cheesemakers are switching some production to other natural cheeses or specialty cheeses. In other cases, the manufacturer is diverting milk into other dairy product processing altogether.

The net effect is less cheese being made in the state and more butter and milk powder.”

Butter made it to $2.28 per pound on March 25, but ended March 29 at $2.2550. This is down a penny on the week, but 4 cents above a year ago, on two sales for the week.

Central region cream is readily accessible to most butter makers, according to Dairy Market News, but Class II and other users are actively drawing cream as well and cream is expected to tighten a bit.

Butter manufacturing varies, depending on locations. Butter orders are flat to increasing as requests for the upcoming holiday are being placed.

Inventories are adequate to satisfy all buyers’ needs, says Dairy Market News.

Western butter processing is going at a heavy pace as producers continue to build inventories for future usage. Cream loads are available to western manufacturers, says Dairy Market News, but discounted prices cannot be easily found. Butter sales to retailers and to food service remain good since holiday demand is being filled. With the baking season approaching, butter orders are likely to pick up.

Butter stocks are plentiful and growing “to the satisfaction of manufacturers,” though a few contacts report inventories are below last year volumes.

Grade A nonfat dry milk closed March 29 at 96.25

cents per pound, up a half-cent on the week and 27.25 cents above a year ago, with eight cars exchanging hands.

The dry whey price closed March 29 at 32.25 cents per pound, down three-quarter cents on the week, but 3.75 cents above a year ago, with 26 sales on the week. n The U.S. largest dairy cooperative, Kansas-based Dairy Farmers of America, announced this week that it will begin trading on the Global Dairy Trade auction. GDT director of global dairy trade, Eric Hansen, stated, “We are delighted to have a seller of DFA’s magnitude join GDT Marketplace. The platform has over 400 registered buyers and has completed over 8,500 listings across a broad range of dairy ingredient products.”

In other trade news, while the future of President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement remains uncertain in a divided U.S. House of Representatives, the Toronto based North American Affairs Manager of the Consumer Choice Center, David Clement, called on the Canadian government to give it a thumbs down.

Clement called the multi-billion dollar bailout “a slap in the face for consumers, and for tax payers.

Supply management is a heavily regressive policy that inflates prices to the point where it costs Canadian families up to $500 more per year for groceries. We know that these artificial prices push nearly 189,000 Canadians under the poverty line, and we know that the best peer reviewed research out there states that eliminating supply management would be a net benefit for Canadian consumers, and Canadian farmers.”

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New PQA+ program to be unveiled at World Pork Expo SWINE & U, from pg. 15 revamped and adjusted the PQA+ curriculum every three years. In 2013, a PQA+ exam was added to the certification, and the training went online.

Today, producers can earn their certification at home — following through the 90-minute educational content and taking the exam online.

Here in Minnesota, the Minnesota Pork Board schedules bi-monthly face-to-face PQA+ and TQA training workshops across the state. The workshops are conducted by University of Minnesota animal science professors or Extension educators. Dates can be found on the Minnesota Pork website at www. mnpork.com/. PQA+ and TQA workshops are free to attend, and all swine caretakers and handlers are encouraged to be certified.

This summer, at the World Pork Expo held in Des Moines on June 5-7, the National Pork Board will roll out the new PQA+ Version 4. This new version closely aligns the quality assurance content with the We Care ethical principles in a way that highlights producers’ continuous improvement of responsible production practices.

PQA+ has a long reputation of top quality materials — from printed manuals to videos, presentations and recordings. The national Pork Checkoff funds the time and effort to develop all of these from yearto-year. U.S. pork producers and importers pay 40 cents per $100 of value when pigs are sold and when pigs or pork products are brought into the United States. These checkoff dollars also fund swine research which is used in each new version of quality assurance materials.

What has 30 years of focus on quality assurance done for the U.S. pork industry? Today in the United States, there are 71,000 pig farmers. They and their farm team members are PQA+ certified, and 18,000 swine farms have earned PQA+ site status.

The industry exports 27 percent of U.S. pork abroad — pork that is recognized domestically and internationally as the highest quality and safest available. Pig farmers’ support of and participation in this science-based, long-standing quality assurance program ensures that consumers of pork can trust the pork they purchase.

Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension. Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu v

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Farm Equipment We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

Tractors

Tillage Equip FOR SALE: 2013 Case-IH Tiger-mate 200 field cultivator, 40’ 6”, w/rolling baskets, low acres. 320-212-2579 FOR SALE: Case IH disc, #3950, 32’, always shedded, looks like new, asking $23,000. 507-822-2429

FOR SALE: 2001 440 Case FOR SALE: Wil-Rich XL 32 STX tractor, 4490 hours, field cultivator with rolling guidance system, P.S., 4 hy- basket, $32,500/OBO. 507draulics, triples, 520-85R42s, 696-2176 front 6 are brand new. 218437-8120 Wilrich Quad-X field cultivator 42’, 9” FOR SALE: JD 4555 2WD, knock-on sweeps, 4 bar 6100 hrs, P.S. 3 hyd, new inharrow, $16,500. (507) 381terior, narrow or wide tires 4406 & duals, planter tractor, very nice, $28,500, owner retiring. 952-240-2193

Planting Equip

FOR SALE: 1954 MTA tractor, runs. 507-723-6815 FOR SALE: ‘05 JD 1770NT JD 4650 1988, MFWD, 8400 CCS, 16R30 2pt air down hrs., 42” duals, 3 SCVs, QH, pressure, 350 monitor, E-set, front fenders, serviced and trash whippers, liquid fert, field ready, excellent condi- $47,500/OBO. 507-951-5237 tion, $36,000/OBO (or best FOR SALE: JD 1710 16R22”, 3 offer). (641) 231-1077 bu boxes, row cleaners, liqNEW AND USED TRACTOR uid fertilizer, low acres, very PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, clean, shedded, retiring, 55, 50 Series & newer trac- $15,000/OBO. 952-240-2193

tors, AC-all models, Large FOR SALE: JD 7000 4 row Inventory, We ship! Mark 36” wide planter, dry fert, Heitman Tractor Salvage herbicide, insecticide, moni715-673-4829 tor, nice. 320-485-3929 or 320420-8502 Leave message

Tillage Equip

FOR SALE: 6R JD 7000 planter with bean cups and Dick‘13 JD 2210 field cultivator, ie John monitor, $3,200. 50755 1/2’, rolling basket, 3 bar 359-4189 drag, floating hitch, HD FOR SALE: JD 7000 Corn tires, excellent shape, field Planter 2R 3PT $1,800; Fert. ready, $49,900. 507-327-6430 Avail. $350/Row. 715-234-1993 or 507-461-4474 John Deere 8300 Grain Drill 2004 John Deere 38 Ft. #726 with grass seeder. 13’ 26 Late Model Finisher, Hvy double disc, 6” spacing, Shanks/5 Bar Spike Drag. very nice condition, $4,500.

2015 Mandako 40 Ft. Land (320) 587-5357 Roller (Heavy Duty Model).

Both Real Good. 319-347-6138

Hay & Forage

2006 GREAT PLAINS #7336 Equipment 36 Ft. Discovator One Pass Balzer stationary box; Balzer (Double Fold).

MANDAKO 2015 46 Ft. Land accumulater wagon; Gehl 99 Roller (Floating Hitch). Both silo blower. 507-859-2766 Real Good. 319-347-6677 Haybuster H1000 grinder, new FOR SALE: DMI 26’ field cul- rotors, bearings and hamtivator, nice, $12,000; also mer, 4 screens, good cond, CIH Tiger II 28’ w/ 4 bar har- $17,500. Call 608-214-1859 row, $21,000; Also CIH 3950 disc w/ cushion gang, like New Holland FP230 forage new, 21’, $23,000. 320-249- chopper, 2 row cornhead, hayhead, processor, tandem 8556 wheels, clean; (3) Gehl 790 FOR SALE: 60’ Kovar drag, forage boxes, tandem 16’, A frame, 5/16” coil tine, shedded, nice. 320-583-8584 field ready, good condition, $2,900. 507-327-6430 or 507- Check out THE LAND online www.thelandonline.com 461-4474

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Harvesting Equip

Ti-‘98 Gleaner R62, 3659 eng/ 2592 RETIRING. For Sale: ‘04 CIH tor, sep hrs, rebuilt eng (2 hrs 2366 combine, 2669 eng/1980 low on it) w/ new injectors, new rotor hrs, yield monitor, turbo, all rebuilt inj pump, mapping, new hydrostatic, Yield Monitor, torrent auger, cylinder bars, cones, sieves, isc, auto header hgt, chopper, feeder & elevators chains, ed- nice shape, $53,000. 320-583- exc cond; 1020 25’ bean head ing 2504 Leave message. w/ headsight, Parker head trailer, Geringhoff 6R30” Sell your farm equipment cornhead w/ headsight. 50732 in The Land with a line ad.

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Always a large auction, running two auction rings all day.

Delivery of Consignments will be on April 15, 16, 17 18, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NO Consignments on April 19th!!   Holland Auction at (507) 684-2955 or

HUGE ANNUAL MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO SAUK CENTRE, MN SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SATURDAY APRIL 13TH, 2019 - 9:00 AM Office: 507-216-2432 • Fax: 507-288-8141 Cell: 507-208-8969 • mike@keefeauction.com 1601 County Road 7 N.E. Dover, MN 55929 keefeauction.com

AUCTION Farm Retirement

2019

LOCATION: Steffes Group Facility, 24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355

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LOCATION: East of Beaver Lake, Ellendale MN.

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1980 Ford TW10 2WD, 8,079 hrs.

1980 Ford 5600 2WD, 8,250 hrs.

TRAILER PREVIEW: Monday-Friday 8AM - 5PM LOADOUT: Monday-Friday 8AM - 5PM 2006 Felling FT-20 gooseneck flatbed trailer SHOP EQUIPMENT SKID STEER LOADER & C-Aire II air compressor ATTACHEMENT Shop press

1997 New Holland 885 Turbo skid steer loader, 4,823 hrs.

Maxilator Accumagrapple2000 New Holland 1431 MAG-100WS”small square mower conditioner, 13’ 1996 New Holland 644 round bale grapple Jenkins snow bucket, 96” baler, 22,850 bales (2) Notch bale mover 1977 John Deere 336 small Bale spear square baler Shop-Built bale spear Inline rake, 5-wheel, 3 pt.

Pallet forks Kuhn hay tedder OTHER EQUIPMENT King Kutter bale mover Ryan Jr. UJR1 walk-behind Flatbed hay rack, 18’x8’ sod cutter (2) Flatbed hay rack, 16’x8’ (7) Professional landscape PICKUP rakes 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 John Deere cultivator LS 1 ton dually, 129,807 miles C-shanks Shop-Built wood splitter

HAY EQUIPMENT

(2) Totes of 3” straps & ratchets (6) Load binders (5) Log chains, light duty (2) Log chains, heavy duty Tow rope

TIRES

(4) Allied 12-16.5 skid steer loader tires, New (2) Goodyear 9.5-15 Load Range D tires (2) Goodyear 16.9-28 tires

PARTS (5) Top links age 3 pt. drawbar ad, em 790 16’, 84 Steffes Group, Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355 | 320.693.9371 For information contact Dale 320.250.2990 DALE & BARB

SteffesGroup.com SCHEIBER

or Randy Kath at Steffes Group, 320.693.9371 or 701.429.8894

Complete terms, lot listings and photos at SteffesGroup.com / Randy Kath MN47-007

HELD AT OUR SAUK CENTRE, MN OFFICE AND AUCTION SITE. 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF SAUK CENTRE, MN ON US 71 THEN 1 BLOCK EAST ON 408TH ST. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST AUCTION HELD AT THIS SITE THUS FAR. WE ARE AGAIN OFFERING SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL COMPLETE AND PARTIAL FARM DISPERSALS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL AND DEALER CONSIGNMENTS.

ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE THROUGH PROXIBID POWERED BY MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO. INC FOR COMPLETE LISTING PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.midamericanauctioninc.com OR PHONE 320-760-2979 OR 320-760-1593

INCLUDES: MFWD, FOUR WHEEL AND TWO WHEEL DRIVE TRACTORS, KRONE SELF PROPELLED WINDROWER, COMBINES, HEADS, TRUCKS, TRAILERS, ALL TYPES OF LARGE SQUARE, ROUND AND SMALL SQUARE BALERS AND ALL TYPES OF HAYING, FORAGE, PLANTING AND TILLAGE EQUIPMENT, GRAVITY BOXES, SPREADERS, GENERAL FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, SKID LOADERS & ATTACHMENTS, ATV’S, LAWN AND GARDEN AND LARGE AMOUNT OF TOOLS & MISC.

MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO. ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION 40274 408TH ST., SAUK CENTRE, MN MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO. INC. AL WESSEL #77-60 PH. 320-760-2979 KEVIN WINTER 320-760-1593, ALLEN HENSLIN 320-979-1808 AUCTIONEERS

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For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com Opening April 1 & Closing April 8 Multi-Party Auction, Central South Dakota, Timed Online Auction Opening April 1 & Closing April 8 Dean & Shanda Schlinz Realignment Auction, Cleghorn, IA, Timed Online Auction Opening April 2 & Closes April 9 Jordan Walsh Inventory Reduction Auction, Badger, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 4 & Closing April 11 Douglas Berg Farm Retirement Auction, Crary, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening April 4 & Closing April 11 Aglron Sioux Falls Events, Steffes Group Facility, Larchwood, IA, Timed Online Auction Friday, April 5 at 11AM David John Nelson Estate Farm Auction & Benton County, MN, Land Auction - 48+ Acres, Foley, MN Opening April 5 & Closing April 10 Online Steffes Auction - 4/10, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening April 8 & Closing April 17 Dale & Barb Scheiber Farm Retirement Auction, Steffes Group Facility Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, April 9 at 10AM Good Farms, Dale & Peggy Good Farm Retirement Auction, Sharon, ND Wednesday, April 10 at 10AM Jeff Lunde Estate Farm Auction, Twin Valley, MN Opening April 10 & Closing April 18 Beef Breeding Bull Online Auction, Minnesota Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening April 12 & Closing April 19 Blake’s Marine Inventory Reduction Auction, Devils Lake, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening & Closing Monday, April 15, 8AM -12PM Clay County, MN Land Auction - 156.73± Acres, Comstock, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 15 & Closing April 24 Heid Harvesting LLC Retirement Auction, Julesburg, CO & McLaughlin, SD, Timed Online Auction Opening April 15 & Closing April 24 Rolling Hills Inventory Reduction Auction, Dunn Center, ND, Timed Online Auction Wednesday, April 17 at 10AM Kent & Patty Smith Farm Retirement Auction, Amenia, ND Thursday, April 18 at 10AM Rodney & Millie Gilderhus Farm Retirement Auction, Petersburg, ND Opening April 19 & Closing April 24 Online Steffes Auction - 4/24, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening April 22 & Closing April 30 Berube Inc. Going Out of Business Auction, Lisbon, ND, Timed Online Auction Thursday, April 25 at 10AM Edwin & Betty Raile Farm Retirement Auction, Wishek, ND Opening April 26 & Closing May 6 Sletten Excavating Excess Equipment Auction, Center, ND, Timed Online Auction

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Wanted

Wanted

THE LAND — APRIL 5/APRIL 12, 2019 TH Dairy

Cattle

FOR SALE: Kansun 8-17-15 All kinds of New & Used farm WANTED: JD 3960 or 3800 WANTED: Holstein Heifers. FOR SALE: 5 registers Red Angus May born heifers, 2 continuous flow dryer. Com- equipment - disc chisels, field chopper good or parts. Also Opens & Breds. 715-897-1544 A.I. sired by C-T Red Rock, pletely re-furbished stainless cults, planters, soil finishers, JD 336 or 24T baler good or 3 by our Card Shark-Red screens. Can send pictures. cornheads, feed mills, discs, parts. 320-630-8131 Cattle balers, haybines, etc. 507Finline Mulberry herd sire. $14,500. 507-381-6820 438-9782 WANTED TO BUY: JD 8300 Average weaning weight 680 or 450 grain drill with grass. Custom Heifer raiser has lb., average herd builder 189.

WANTED TO BUY: IH 986 320-352-3878 Livestock openings to raise your Heif- Also Red Angus cows most 1086, 1486, 4386; also looking Equipment A.I. sired and A.I. breed for 7000, 7100 planters; 9400, WANTED: Case IH 4 row ers, we offer free stall fa- to start calving mid April cilities, all TMR fed, $2.35 9500, 9600 combines.

‘99-’03 Barrett Aluminum 45’ livecyclo planter. 320-441-2341 a day from weaned through May. 920-822-3124 stock pot, front & rear deck- F550 w/ a 7.3 engine, cab & Leave message. pre-fresh. Call Ben for more ing rails aluminum deck- chassis or cab & flatbed. 320FOR SALE: Angus Salers Opdetails. 715-495-0481 planks, rear left hand split 760-6050 timizer bulls, yearlings & 2 rollup. 715-271-8414 Livestock FOR SALE: 32 Lots of Her- yr olds, easy calving, good WANTED: 1000 RPM HYeford Cattle.

Indianhead disposition good thick bulls.

DRAULIC PTO PUMP for FOR SALE: (3) Hanson Silo Polled Hereford Associa- Oakhill Farms. 507-327-1030 FOR SALE: Black Angus Case IH 950 planter. Also 6 Unloaders. 531 Weaverline bulls also Hamp, York, & tion 2019 Spring OpportuniOEM double disc fertilizer stainless feed cart, 30 hrs Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. ty Sale; Saturday, April 13, Polled Hereford bulls. Big openers for 950 planter. with charger. (320) 815-0980 2019; UW-Mann Valley Lab growthy yearlings, and 1 320-598-3790 (952) 356-7796 Farm Auction 12pm. View calving ease 2 year old. SeCattle at 10:30am. Selling men tested, delivery avail7 Bulls, 5 Young Cows w/ able. Jones Farms Le Sueur Calves, 20 Open Heifers, 4 MN 507-317-5996 Embryo Packages. View or request catalog online at Sell your livestock in The Land Indianheadherefords.com Or with a line ad. 507-345-4523 contact us at 715-760-2350

Cattle

REGISTERED YEARLING POLLED HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE. ALL SHOTS, DECTOMAX, SEMEN TESTED, HALTER BROKE. DELIVERY AVAILABLE. KLAGES HEREFORDS. ORTONVILLE, MN. 320273-2163 jmklages@fedteldirect.net

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507-345-4523

Consignment Auction

Saturday, April 13th - 9 a.m.

Mages Auction Site 55780 St Hwy 19, Winthrop, MN 1/4 mi W of Hwy 19 & 15 intersection This is a live auction with online & absentee bidding available see magesland.com for details.

Farm Machinery & Equipment: J D 8320, 4460 hr s, r ear duals, 1000 r pm, power shift, 4 outlets, rear & front weights, StarFire ITC GPS receiving unit, active seat; JD 980 field cultivator, 32 ½’, 3-bar harrow; JD 2700 ripper, 17’, 13 shank, PT; JD980 field cultivator, 32 ½’, 3-bar harrow; Wil-Rich Quad, 43’ digger w/ spray kit & 500 gal tank; Yetter rotary hoe, 46’, very low acres; Yetter sprayer, 66’, 3pt; ’07 Bobcat Bob-Tach backhoe attach w/ thumb, 18” X-Change bucket, 7-pin harness; ‘99 Woods 6500 backhoe attach, 16” Gannon bucket, MTN plate w/ down riggers; new skid steer attachments include: Stout 66-9 Brush Grapple, Stout HD 72-8 Brush Grapple & Stout HD 72-3 Brush Grapple; 2 – Westfield augers, 10” x 31’ w/ electric motor; Westfield auger, 10” x 62’, PTO; barge box w/ hyd lift & gear; tracks for Caterpillar 700 series, 16”; 1000 gal poly tank on skid; hyd cylinder, 2 way, 5” x 4’; Vehicles, Boat & Trailer: ’06 Chevy Uplander, 133000 mi; Lund 16’ aluminum fishing boat w/ newer Suzuki 4-stroke o/b motor & Spartan trailer; semi water trailer, 3000 gal w/ pump & hose reel; tandem 16’ trailer, 6000 lb, built-in ramps; electric brakes, GM wheel pattern; Tires: 80+ new & used tires, various sizes from the following brands: Carlisle, Kumho, Firestone, Goodyear, Hankook, Bridgestone, Michelin & Cheng Shin; Lawn, Garden, Tools & Sport Equip: ’99 Swisher zero-turn mower, 8 HP, elect start, 32” cut; Swisher Big Mow, zero-turn mower, pull-start, 32” cut; UTD 5 HP snow blower; 4 – electric water pumps, 2HP, 2” outlet, 110 or 220 v; sump pump; garden hoses; hunting jackets; snowmobile suits; Harley branded leather jackets; golf clubs; Antiques & Collectibles: lar ge r ecor d collection including: Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, The Police, Rolling Stones, Foreigner, The Ramones, The Doors & many more; 20+ prints from various artists including: Redlin, Kouba & Hautman; 10+ pocket watches; silver platters & pitchers; large collection of pink depression glass; collective glassware; collective plates; More Farm Antiques, Collectibles, Tools, Household, Toys & More!

View terms, complete list & photos at: magesland.com

www.henslinauctions.com

Auction Terms: To attend auction and receive a bidding number, buyer’s must present auction company with certified funds of $10,000.00. This money will be required as non-refundable down payment for this parcel when sign the purchase agreement immediately following the auction.

Possession of the land will be granted after closing. Buyer’s premium will apply. For more information, aerial drone videos and pictures, visit us at www.henslinauctions.com

Area Neighbors

Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002 Lic: 08-18-002

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Ser vice, LLC. Terms: 10% Buyer s Pr emium, Sales tax, license & registration fees may apply on some items. Fire arms buyers must have valid drivers license. Pistol buyers must have valid “permit to purchase” permit. Not Responsible for Accidents. magesland.com

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Pets & Supplies FOR SALE: Border Collie/ Blue Healer cross puppies, 5 mos. old, first shots & dewormed, $200. 507-383-6701

Classified Line Ads

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Call 507-345-4523

OPENS: MON., APRIL 1 / CLOSES: MON., APRIL 8 | 10AM

Preview: by appointment / Loadout: One week loadout. All items must be picked up by Tues., April 16, 2019

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 | 10AM TRACK TRACTOR

PLANTER

4WD TRACTORS

TILLAGE

Caterpillar Challenger 2005 White 8524 MT765, 8,171 hrs. planter, 24x22”

Location: Multiple locations in central South Dakota TRAILER

1994 Timpte hopper 2016 John Deere EQUIPMENT bottom trailer 9570R premium John Deere 2510S CommandView III strip till, 4,000 acres GRAIN CART cab, 1,562 hrs. on new front coulters J&M Grain Storm 2008 John Deere Sunflower 5056 field 1325-20/1400-20 track 9630 deluxe cab w/ cultivator grain cart active seat, 3,803 hrs., Krause Kuhn Glad0 hrs. on rebuilt trans. iator 1200 pull-type SPRAYER 2008 John Deere MFWD TRACTOR strip till 4930 SPS self-pro2003 John Deere 8420 Brent CPC disc ripper pelled sprayer, 3,499 MFWD, 6,947 hrs.

TRUCK eng. hrs.

2008 Ford F350 HEADS Super Duty reg. cab, GRAIN (2)John Deere 930 Batco 1835 FLTD belt Sunflower platform 172,068 miles 2008 Ford F250 Super conveyor DRILL Duty, 249,035 miles Case 5400 mulch till drill

OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT

Wallinga Agri-Vac 614F grain vac Duo Lift 4WD

PARTS

Convall 90 degree swing, BTS 360 Custom Built SP sprayer cradle for 96” step deck trailer Steerable push axle for truck

2009 Case-IH 535

2012 Case-IH 8230

ALSO INCLUDES: 4WD & MFWD Tractors, GPS Equipment, Harvest Equipment, Grain Cart, Self-Propelled Floater & Sprayer, Air Drill, Tillage Equipment, Dozer, Semi Tractors, Tender Truck, Hopper Bottom & Other Trailers, Fertilizer & NH3 Equipment, Grain Handling Equipment, Skid Steer Loader & Attachments, Other Equipment

2004 Case CX160

SteffesGroup.com

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

Steffes Group, Inc., 1688 Hwy 9, Larchwood IA 51241 | 712.477.2144

For information contact Travis Parsons at Steffes Group, 605.305.2818

Complete terms, lot listings and photos at SteffesGroup.com Scott Steffes ND81, MN14-51

Amenia, ND

2019

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 | 10AM

2000 Volvo VNM64T

2009 John Deere 9770

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:00 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

DIRECTIONS: From Flom, MN, 2-1/2 miles east on 110th Ave, south side of road.

Brandt 1515LP jump conveyor

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FARM RETIREMENT

2012 Case-IH 550HD

ESTATE FARM

4665 110th Ave Twin Valley, MN 56584

2019

Spot, Duroc, Chester White, Boars & Gilts available.

Monthly PRRS and PEDV. R- Delivery available. Steve R- Resler. 507-456-7746 OR CSTExotic Animals E. E. At stud Colored Mammoth DS. Donkey jack, 14.2 hands, 20stands to mares & jennys, Also, 2019 Mammoth Donkey et foals for sale. Wautoma WI 920-787-7522

AUCTION Central South Dakota Multi-Party

Scott Steffes MN14-51 JEFF LUNDE ESTATE Nicole Lunde PR, David Lunde, 218.841.8040

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.

Farm Retirement Petersburg, ND

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 | 10AM

2019

FOR SALE: Yorkshire, Hampshire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc boars, also gilts. Excellent selection. Raised outside.

Exc herd health. No PRSS. Delivery avail. 320-760-0365

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment selling at 10:00 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment.

Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

LOCATION: 12469 45th St NE, Petersburg, ND 58272. From Hwy 2 & ND 32, 3 miles north on ND 32, west 3 miles on 26th Ave NE, north 1 mile on Co 14. From Petersburg 4 miles north on Co 5, 2-1/2 miles east on 45th St NE

2011 Timpte Super Hopper

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:00 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

DIRECTIONS: 15751 27th St SE, Amenia, ND. From Amenia, 1 mile north on ND Hwy. 18, 2 miles east on 27th St.

INCLUDES: Tractors, GPS Equipment, Harvest Equipment, Air Drill, Tillage, Rotary Hoe, Day Cab Semi Tractor & Truck, Hopper Bottom Trailer, Sprayer, Fertilizer & NH3 Equipment, Hopper Bins & Augers, Fuel & Poly Tanks, Other Equipment, Farm Support Items

SteffesGroup.com Steffes Group, Inc. | 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND

2006 John Deere 9760

2015 John Deere 1890

1997 John Deere 9400

INCLUDES: Tractors, GPS Equipment, Combine, Head & Header Trailer, Grain Cart, Air Seeder & Planter, Sprayers, Chemical & Fertilizer Equipment, Tillage Equipment, Row Crop Equipment, Bean Equipment, Trucks, Grain Handling Equipment, Rockpickers, Blades & Scraper, Mowers & Snowblower, Other Equipment, Recreation, Parts & Misc.

SteffesGroup.com Steffes Group, Inc. | 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND

KENT & PATTY SMITH / 701.238.2526

RODNEY & MILLIE GILDERHUS / Rod, 701.740.7049

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.

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.

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

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TRACTORS ’00 JD 8410T Track wide stance (120”) ................$48,900 ‘05 JD 8520T Track wide stance (120”) .................. $CALL ‘04 JD 8320 MFWD .......$64,500 ‘98 JD 8300 MFWD .......$47,500 ‘97 JD 8400 MFWD .......$49,900 ‘03 JD 7520 MFWD .......$49,800 ‘04 7420 MFWD ............$39,500 ‘04 CIH MXM 120..........$27,900 ‘03 JD 7920 MFWD ......... $CALL ‘10 JD 6330 MFWD ......... $CALL

NO-TILL DRILLS

front and rear weights, 2075 hrs………… ......................$118,500 ‘11 JD 8235R, IVT, 480/80R50 rear duals, 380/80R38 single

service program ................................................................ $97,500 ‘17 JD 625F, flexible platform .......................................... $26,000 ‘05 JD 9760 STS combine, 520/85R42 duals, contourmaster, 28L-26 rear tires, 1510 sep, hours, through service program yearly ................................................................................. $69,500 ‘18 JD Gator TX, 4X2, 230 hrs .......................................... $6,000 ‘17 JD Gator TS, 4X2, 514 hrs .......................................... $4,900 ‘14 CIH Magnum 235, 480/80R50 rear duals, 380/80R38 single fronts, 23 speed creeper transmission, high capacity hyd. pump, 4 remotes 2585 hrs, just through service program .......... $79,500

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‘13 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO, pwr shift, 620x42 tires & duals .......... $150,000

JD 512 5 shank disc ripper ................................................ $9,500

‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs, pwr shift, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, HID lights, 480x50 tires &

‘08 JD 512 5 shank disc ripper .........................................$11,500

duals ........................................................................................................... $120,000

JD 980 field cultivator, w/ JD harrow ..............................$10,500

‘18 C-IH 370 HD, 670 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt hitch, 5 hyd valves, hi-flow, 480x50” tires

COMBINES

& duals, warranty until May 2020 ................................................................ $197,000 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 370 HD, 7052 hrs, 1000 PTO, big hyd pump, 710x38 tires ............$79,000 ‘90 Ford 876, 12spd, 8253 hrs, 520x38 duals ............................................... $25,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, pwr shift, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 18.4x46 duals, extra clean ................................$110,000

ADVERTISER LISTING Anderson Seeds .................................................................... 14 Beck's Hybrids ....................................................................... 1 Broskoff Structures ................................................................ 7 C & C Roof ing ...................................................................... 6 Charles Wilking ................................................................... 26 Courtland Waste ................................................................... 11 Dahl Farm Supply .................................................................. 8 Dirt Merchant ...................................................................... 26 Factory Home Center ............................................................. 4 Greenwald Farm Center ........................................................ 20 Hawkeye Auction ................................................................. 20 Henslin Auctions .................................................................. 24 Holland Auction ................................................................... 23 Kannegiesser Truck Sales ..................................................... 15 Keefe Auction ...................................................................... 23 Keepers RV Center ............................................................... 12 Keith Bode ........................................................................... 26 Larson Implement ................................................................ 27 Mages Auction ..................................................................... 24 Mid-American Auction ......................................................... 23 Mike's Collision ..................................................................... 5 Nachurs ................................................................................. 3 Northland Buildings ............................................................. 13 Pruess Elevator .................................................................... 26 Schweiss Doors .................................................................... 21 Skyberg Iron ........................................................................ 26 Smiths Mill Implement ......................................................... 20 Southwest MN Farm Business ................................................. 9 Steffes Group ............................................................ 21, 23, 25

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‘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,

‘13 C-IH Magnum 290, 1250 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves,

chopper, 520x38 tires & duals ........................................$39,000

big pump, 480x50 tires & duals, front duals & wgts ....$110,000

‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645 sep/3623 eng hrs, single point hookup,

‘12 C-IH Magnum 260, 1784 hrs, susp front, 1000 PTO, 3pt,

chopper, bin ext. .............................................................$42,000

4 hyd valves, 480x50 rear tires & duals, front duals ......$99,000

‘14 C-IH 5130, 660 sep/928 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper,

‘04 C-IH MX285, 5540 hrs, 4 hyd valves, 3pt, 1000 PTO,

tracker, 700 monitor, 900x32 single tires ......................$132,000

10 front wgts, 18.4x46 tires & duals, fresh eng OH .......$59,000

‘15 C-IH 6140, 810 eng/685 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper,

‘03 NH TG230, MFWD, 3346 hrs, pwr shift, 540/1000 PTO,

tracker, pro 700 monitor................................................$155,000

Mega flow hyd, 4 valves, 3pt, 380x46 tires & duals .......$59,000

‘11 C-IH 5088, 1541 sep/1743 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper,

‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD 690 hrs, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, HID lights, 480x46 tires & duals .....................................$95,000 ‘11 Challenger MT665C, 2703 hrs, MFWD, 5 hyd, CVT trans, 3pt, complete auto steer syst, 540/1000PTO .................$82,500

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

tracker, 30.5x32 single tires. ...........................................$88,000 ‘11 C-IH 7120, 2200 eng/1610 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 600 monitor, 520x42 duals .................................$95,000 ‘10 C-IH 8120, 2250 eng/1650 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper, 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

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

‘06 Drago 8R30 chopping, fits flagship C-IH combine ...........$14,500

‘11 Bobcat E45EM excavator, 10000 lb machine, cab air, 2964

‘13 C-IH 3408 8R30, hyd deck plates, fits flagship combine ..$21,000

hrs, Quik Tach bkt, dozer blade, aux hyd, track rubber .$32,000

‘08 C-IH 2408 8R30, hyd deck plates,

‘13 Hitachi ZX27U Mini Excavator, 1054 hrs, OROPS ......$21,500

fits flagship combine .......................................................$12,500

‘12 JD 710K, 2424 hrs, ldr backhoe, 4x4, cab, air...........$79,000

‘02 C-IH 2208 8R30, hyd deck plates,

‘11 JD 850J LGP Dozer, 6926 hrs, blade ...........................$95,000

fits older 1600-2000 series C-IH combines ....................$11,500

‘11 JD 290LC, 3350 hrs, 42” bucket ...............................$120,000 ‘11 JD 672G, 5720 hrs, 14’ blade ...................................$110,000

TRACK TRACTORS

‘14 Volvo L110H ldr, 11870 hrs, 4.5 yd bucket .................$87,000 ‘13 Volvo L110G ldr, 9450 hrs, 4.5 yd bucket ...................$82,000

‘15 C-IH 500 Quadtrac, 2750 hrs, 36” tracks, cab susp, HID

‘12 Volvo L50F wheelloader, w/quick coupler & bkt .........$65,000

lights ..............................................................................$169,000

‘06 Volvo G960, 6460 hrs, 14’ blade..................................$65,000

‘15 C-IH 370 Rowtrac Quadtrac, 918 hrs, 1000 PTO,

‘17 Case LX57C excavator, 336 hrs, cab air, 13000 lb machine,

80” spacing, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, ...............................$155,000

19” bkt, aux hyd, push blade, 15.5” rubber tracks like

‘14 C-IH 350 Rowtrac Quadtrac, 1865 hrs, 1000 PTO, 120”

new ..................................................................................$53,000

spacing, 18” tracks, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow ....................$152,000

‘11 Case 580N, 2540 hrs, ldr backhoe, 4x4, cab, air .......$42,500

‘14 C-IH 340 Magnum Rowtrac, 290 hrs, lux cab, susp front axle,

‘11 Case CX300C, 2658 hrs, 54” bucket .........................$117,000

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

‘11 Cat D6K LGP dozer, 3735 hrs, 12.5 blade....................$95,000 ‘08 Cat D6KLGP dozer, 8215 hrs, 6 way blade, cab, air ...$65,000 ‘08 Cat D6T XW dozer, 5860 hrs, blade, winch ...............$132,000 ‘06 ASTEC RT960 trencher, 3000 hrs .................................$18,500

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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Real Mexico in Minnesota

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barrotes Lopez is on State Highway 287 bordering a residential area of Long Prairie. Abarrotes is one Spanish word for groceries. The Lopez family are originally farmers and grocery store owners from Zacatecas, Mexico.

“People think all Mexican food is the same,” Alicia Lopez said. “but we are from Zacatecas and most of the Mexican people here are from Michoacan. Our food is different.”

But one thing most Mexican cooks have in common with each other is the molcajete. It’s a mortar and pestle that was used by the first Mexican cooks, the Aztec and Maya, and is still used throughout the Americas. Alicia sells a version for restaurants and big parties and a smaller one for home use.

“My grandmother had a molcajete that was made from real stone,” Alicia said, speaking English. “These aren’t actually made from stone but they are very heavy.”

To make a salsa, Alicia might take fresh Serrano pepper, prickly pear fruit, garlic, Roma tomatoes, and various spices and mix them together by grinding them in her mocaljete. A salsa made in a blender with fresh ingredients is creamy and smooth. Salsas made from the same ingredients in a molcajete will still have tiny chunks of garlic, seeds, and other ingredients. Alicia, whose coppery red salsa is piquant and garlicky, believes the

Long Prairie, Minn.

Modern Mexican cooks tend to more readily use a blender to mix spices and make salsas.

“Everybody has a molcajete but most people just use them for special occasions,” Alicia says.

Alicia prefers salsa made with a molcajete rather than a blender, though.

“We use all fresh ingredients and the flavor is better with the molcajete,” she said.

molcajete preserves and combines the flavors better than the noisy blender does.

“Would you like me to make some tortillas?” Alicia offers.

Abarrotes Lopez does not sell fresh tortillas, so we were surprised by her offer.

Before we know it Alicia is mixing Maseca flour and water into a smooth round ball of masa.

“When I was a girl we each had our turn making tortillas for the family so I’ve made a lot of tortillas,” she said.

In an eye’s blink, Alicia forms a small ball, from the larger ball, with her hand. She puts it onto the tortilla press, closes and opens it, and produces a perfectly round tortilla which goes on a grill. Then she makes another, another and another, until there is a steaming pile of them which she wraps in foil and gives to us as a gift.

“Tell people that we don’t make tortillas or salsa, but we have everything they need to make it themselves,” she says. v

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Before

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REPAIR VS. REPLACE

Why would you spend money to replace an existing metal roof when it can be rejuvenated to look and perform like new?

YOUR LOCAL MINNESOTA CONTRACTOR: CALL REE TOLL F E HEDUL TO SC E A FRE ATE. ESTIM

greener world solutions

HOW IT WORKS: 1. The roof is thoroughly cleaned.

2. Fasteners are tightened. Missing fasteners are replaced. Sealant is applied to any fasteners that are no longer watertight.

3. Seams and flashing are treated with sealants.

4. If needed, a primer is applied to increase adhesion.

5. If needed, a basecoat is applied.

6. The topcoat is applied.

ADDED BENEFITS OF METAL ROOF RESTORATION: • Restoring the roof is less expensive and less disruptive than replacing the roof • Seals deteriorated fasteners • Restores wind resistance • Treats and controls rust • Seals seams and flashings • Improves building aesthetics • Reduces metal roof movement • Repairs hail or mechanical damage • Limits tear-off and waste generation • Can be recoated in the future

CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE A NO-OBLIGATION CONSULTATION.

855-612-8038

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www.greenerworldsolutions.com MN LIC BC639351

Serving Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

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