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Scratch your garden itch as Richard Siemers takes us on a tour of one couple’s labor of love

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The Land kicks off the 2019 From The Fields season!

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In this issue, The Land kicks off its plants which seem to be growing with 2019 “From The Fields” feature. First of vigor are the day lilies. Even the rhubarb all, we would like to thank the four farmhas shown little progress over the past ers who graciously agreed to serve as two weeks. this year’s crop reporters. It is a considThree weekends ago it looked like erable commitment on their part to prospring had arrived. Golf courses were vide regular updates throughout the year open, people were raking their lawns (not — especially when there is so much work a good idea, by the way) and we tossed to be done on the farms. some radish and pea seeds into one of LAND MINDS As you can see in this week’s feature, those “sunny” spots of the garden. Since the reporters seem undaunted by a then, we’ve had a snow storm and lessBy Paul Malchow rainy spring and soggy fields. They than-ideal growing conditions. remain optimistic planting will comNonetheless, the vegetables have bromence soon and are eager to embark ken ground to let us know all is not on another growing season. (On April lost.

29 I saw a farmer planting peas in Le Sueur Still, it seems like ages ago when the seed cataCounty.) logs began arriving in the mail — teasing us that This also happens to be The Land’s annual garspring is just around the corner. den issue and I’m not sure gardeners are being Unless you’re operating a CSA, the plight of the quite as patient with the weather. Die-hard garden- gardener pales to the investment and commitment ers have an advantage over crop farmers. Many can of the crop farmer. Aside from bragging rights for scratch the gardening itch in March by starting having the first ripe tomato on your block, little is plants indoors to be transplanted in mid-May. lost if the gardens are planted on May 15 or June 1.

(Historically, the chances for a hard frost are pretty Even in the days of my youth, when my parents slim after Mother’s Day.) The young plants are now counted on our substantial gardens to supply vegein the process of being hardened off — languishing tables for the coming year, there seemed to be little outdoors during the day and brought indoors at fretting about getting them planted in comparison night. to the crop fields. (Of course, garden labor was more Did anyone get their potatoes planted on Good readily available when schools were no longer is Friday? Although some gardeners swear by that session.) In fact, I recall a major factor in the timfabled planting date, it may not have been a good ing of garden planting was having vegetables ready plan for 2019. Cold damp ground can cause the for the county fair. taters to rot and we’ve had plenty of those condiSo as you watch rain drip off the roof and you can tions so far. I’d like to hear from the Good Friday still see your breath in the morning, try to follow planters to learn how things went. the lead of our From The Fields reporters and don’t Judging by our plants at home, the shrubs and fret. We can only take what Mother Nature gives perennials are behind “normal” years. We have seen us. It may seem like an eternity waiting for that cherry blossoms this early in some years, but at this first fresh garden salad. Even pulling weeds sounds point leaves are just beginning to peek out of their like a fun chore right now. In the meantime, plan buds. Bloodroots have broken ground but seem to be what you’ll do with that daily bushel of zucchini waiting for some sunshine to send out their white waiting for you down the road. flowers. Even the sunny spots in the perennial garPaul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. dens are showing little life. That is, they would be He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com.v sunny spots if we ever get any sunshine. The only

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6 — Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference continues to grow 7 — Farmers struggle with occupational isolation 9 — New Ulm, Minn. educator is recognized for her work with students

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Letter: Livelihood of farming is hanging in the balance

To the Editor, My husband is a retired farmer from southern Minnesota who followed his father into farming. He rents his land to the next generation of farmers — young men and their families whom he grew up with in his community. We spend our winters on the central coast of California in the midst of ranching and agricultural communities to be near our daughter and family in Los Angeles. We follow your articles in The Land carefully — especially Alan Guebert’s column which is always educational and gives us hope things may change.

In the April 5/12, 2019 issue, Paul Malchow’s ‘Opinion’ provided us with statistical evidence from a variety of reliable sources of why we must act together with our state legislators to survive.

Farmers are the canaries in the mine. We are living through climate change that brings increasingly more severe droughts, floods and storms each year.

Not only our livelihoods, but our land’s vitality is impacted severely by extreme weather and the current local, state and federal political party policies.

They are using our lives, our land, like some political pawn — throwing us into a game of their choosing that destroys any sense of our relevance in keeping this country fed and defying all reason.

Where is the outrage? When will farmers take

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their tractors to the streets to voice together in solidarity the folly of this game politicians are playing with our children’s and grandchildren’s futures? Do they care so little they are willing to ignore what farmers know about the earth? We touch it each day. We feel the wind and the rain and know in our guts there are life-threatening changes happening with a regularity not experienced in our lifetimes.

We need to share our best ideas, our creative-people resources who together can build coalitions formed for the express purpose of working with

what we understand and live each day. We know our land, the soil, the weather and we must try to save it for the next generation. What happened to ‘we are borrowing our children’s land’ and we want to sustain our land for ‘the seventh generation’? We and the earth are one. No one will survive without a living planet.

Randee LaSalle Nipomo, Calif.

Summer residence: Bigfork, Minn.

Life on the Farm: Readers’ Photos If bluebirds haven’t made an appearance in your neighborhood, they soon will! Rose Wurtzberger of New Ulm, Minn. said she spotted a couple at the end of March and sent us this photo.

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Paying federal taxes like a general — or Amazon Decades ago, when disbecause you can’t hold a cussing the complexity of candle to the 2018 tax U.S. tax code, an ag lobbyist chump champ: me. I paid friend noted that all he more for my Amazon Prime wanted in any tax reform membership last year, $119, “was to pay the same taxes than Amazon paid in federthe generals paid: General al income taxes.

Mills, General Motors, That’s right, folks, General Dynamics…”

Amazon got a prime deal FARM & FOOD FILE He’d still take that deal. from Uncle Sam — no taxes

By Alan Guebert In 2018, General Dynamics despite $11 billion net profit had an effective tax rate on $232 billion in sales. of 17.8 percent, more And then, no kidding, it than three percent below must have had a special the federal corporate tax rate of 21 promo code at checkout because percent. General Mills did even better. Amazon also received a $129 million Its effective federal tax rate was a glu- federal tax rebate. ten-free 2.7 percent.

So goes the great federal tax reform General Motors, however, was the of 2017 where corporate federal tax Cadillac of the 2018 federal tax game. rates fell from 35 percent to 21 perDespite a net income of $4.3 billion, cent and, correspondingly, corporate GM not only paid no federal taxes, it tax collections fell from $297 billion to received a $104 million rebate to give $205 billion. That decline, according to it an effective federal tax rate of nega- the U.S. Treasury, contributed the bigtive two percent. gest share (82 percent) of the $113 bilBig Aggies benefited, too. The green lion increase in 2018’s federal deficit giant, Deere & Co., netted $2.2 billion over 2017. in 2018 profit, yet harvested a $260 Are you, like me, surprised that U.S. million federal tax rebate to drop its corporate income taxes totaled just effective federal tax rate to an aston$205 billion — or a meager 6.5 percent ishing negative 12 percent.

— of the more than $3.2 trillion in Talk about green paint envy. federal income taxes collected in 2018?

Given those numbers, you might feel We should all be; because that relalike a tax-paying chump. Rest easy; tively small amount runs counter to

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the central argument behind the $1.5 trillion, 2017 tax cut: that our skyhigh, corporate taxes were killing U.S. business around the world.

The truth — now as it was then — is that U.S. corporate tax collections, according to the U.S. Treasury (as reported by the conservative corporate diarist, Forbes.com) have fallen from fiscal year 2014, when they totaled $321 billion, to fiscal year 2017, when they hit $297 billion.

Despite that steady slide, Congress and the White House (deaf to warnings that tax cuts would bloat the federal deficit) slashed the corporate tax rate 40 percent — from 35 percent to 21 percent — in late 2017. As predicted, the federal deficit ballooned in 2018.

And the balloon will only get bigger.

“One item to note,” explains Chuck Jones, a senior contributor to Forbes. com wrote last October, “is that the lower tax rates were not implemented until January of (2018). This means

that the full impact of the lower tax receipts won’t show up until fiscal 2019, and it could take another year or two after that…”

In other words, explained the Congressional Budget Office in its January 2019 report, “The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029,” “In CBO projections, the federal budget deficit is about $900 billion in 2019 and exceeds $1 trillion each year beginning 2022.”

And that’s only if the economy continues to grow at rate of 2.3 percent or better for the next decade (fat chance) while federal spending doesn’t grow faster (an even fatter chance).

So, sure, my taxes and yours — income taxes, fuel taxes, local and state sales taxes, property taxes … pick your tax — are going up because the 2017 federal tax cuts, like $7 beans and $3 corn, are unsustainable.

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Letter: Renewable energy letter was misleading To the Editor, I read the letter from Don Buck of Zumbrota that you published in the April 26th issue of The Land. The letter was given the misleading title, “Renewable energy unreliable in polar vortex”.

I don’t know where Mr. Buck obtained his information about solar and wind-generated electricity during the polar vortex. However, Mr. Buck’s information was unreliable whereas energy production — both renewable and fossil fuel sources — during that time was reliable.

Although there were power outages in Chicago due to ice bringing power lines down; and problems in Michigan due to a fire at a natural gas compressing station; as well as natural gas delivery issues in southeastern Minnesota; utilities were able to manage the high demands for electricity during the polar vortex. Utilities’ ability to manage demand was based on their planning for a cold snap, based on lessons learned from previous cold snaps, and not on what the generating source was.

Mr. Buck’s claim that the, “industry

had many tense moments those days” is simply false. The electrical grid was nowhere near capacity thanks to good planning by grid managers.

But Mr. Buck’s letter was intended more as a political attack against legislation to put Minnesota on a path to 100 percent renewable sources for electricity by 2050 than as a criticism of management of the electrical grid. The problem with arguing against implementing a 100 percent renewable energy standard is that it has largely been implemented. Xcel Energy, Minnesota’s largest utility, adapted a 100 percent renewable energy standard months ago. Their decision to adapt the standard wasn’t a political decision made by “liberal metro legislators.” It was a hard-headed business decision made by the company’s board of directors.

I am convinced that Xcel’s management had access to far more reliable information to make their forward looking business decision than Mr. Buck had to form his backward-looking political opinion.

Colin King Long Prairie, Minn.

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Calendar leaves little ‘good’ time for farm family planning June, July and August bring with it It’s nothing new to farm families. unyielding lists of hay cutting and baling.

They schedule a time to turn the rams There would be time for childbirth only if in with the ewes, the bulls in with their rain threatens and the work is done fastfemale counterparts, the boars in with the er, or the racks of hay are backed into gilts and sows, etc. They even artificially sheds to wait out the rain. Those months inseminate. are most likely out, since it would be difSomeone once told me anyone can raise ficult at best to time labor and rainfall at livestock, but it takes a real manager to the same time. plan and implement a reproduction schedTABLE TALK Any woman engaged to a farmer, and ule. But when family planning moves

By Karen Schwaller who ever dreamed of having a September from the barn and into the house, it’s a or October wedding, knows it will not little more complicated because it also happen then, for fear of harvest starting involves what’s happening outside. up before the altar calls. It nearly KO’d my thenWhen barnyard birthing is scheduled around the fiancé when I suggested it. It’s the same with child rest of the work that needs to be done, how does the bearing then. human species schedule around a time when all December babies are an especially bad idea you-know-what is not breaking loose out in the because even mom has no time then with full-time yards or in the fields? Something is always breaking work and the long lists that go with holiday prepaloose, whether it involves a barnyard gate or fence, rations. She even faces headlong into it with a or something that needs to be cleaned up with a Thanksgiving hangover and bandages for her checkskid loader bucket. ing account — binding up damages she knows will Late winter and early spring means no one leaves be coming with the holidays. She would just have to the farm while farrowing, lambing or calving sched- hold baby in until January. ules play out. But directly after that, farmers are It would appear, by our process of elimination squarely faced with machinery and land preparathen, that January and November would be the tion, spring planting, rolling and spraying to premonths for farmers to add to the family. pare for and carry out before the window of opporWhen it came to our first try, we went for a tunity closes. I guess that means February, March, November baby. Turns out that child took her sweet April and May could find mothers in the delivery time gracing the world with her presence and she room alone if they truly enjoy celebrating those spring birthdays.

appeared in December. It was a fool-proof plan that was an epic fail. But we still loved the outcome.

Unlike my mid-October birthday, her day of world entrance always gets celebrated.

Fast forward to our next attempt at family planning. We thought we’d go for some time in January.

We would miss the tax deduction cut-off, but it would ensure us cheap birthday gifts every year afterwards if we could get in on those after-Christmas sales. Not only did that pregnancy surprise us with a stowaway baby (yes, twins), but they couldn’t wait to come out. They arrived in December, too.

There were many wonderful things wrong with that plan. But we all came home from the hospital on Christmas Day, which seemed somehow poetic.

My mother’s ring, which should have had one amber and two garnet stones, sports three blue stones. They should match my lips (and maybe my hair) by now. This motherhood thing will be the death of me yet.

The way our family planning schedules worked out, it’s a good thing they don’t have us in charge of the peace talks or the world’s tariff negotiations. We better just stick to scheduling baby time for our sheep. So far we’ve hit that one pretty much on the mark every year.

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

Use willows to make elixir for starting plants Willow trees are fast-growing and have early spring when the leaf frequently been maligned by some who buds are just emerging. Cut don’t appreciate their unique properties. twigs about the width of your Often I hear complaints about their messifinger into pieces about 10 ness and how much work it is picking up inches long. Immerse these small branches that have fallen off during twigs in about five inches of the winter. I say, let’s talk about their water and watch the roots beauty in all seasons and consider the develop in a few week’s time. effort put into cleaning up the fallen These rooted cuttings can be IN THE GARDEN branches as free exercise. planted in their permanent location or put into pots to be Folklore from Medieval times suggests

By Sharon Quale planted later. that it is bad luck to tell a secret under a willow because when the wind blows it will reveal Willows like lots of water and are the secret to everyone through the leaves. Another used in constructing wetlands and wildbelief was that striking an animal or child with a life habitat. Riparian buffers that prewillow twig would stunt their growth. vent chemicals from entering streams, lakes or ponds often include willows.

Bark from the willow was chewed thousands of years ago to reduce fever and inflammation. The One of the amazing attributes of wilbark of white willow contains salicin which is a lows is their rapid growth. Coppicing chemical used to develop aspirin. (cutting back to ground level) will result in many rods growing from the base — forming a shrub-like Willow bark has natural growth hormones and plant that can reach four or five feet in one year. can be used to stimulate root growth when propaThe naturally-occurring hormones can be used to gating from cuttings as well as stimulating root make “Willow Water” — an extract which increases growth when transplanting plants. the rate of root growth in cuttings.

Willow cuttings should be from new twigs taken in

Procedure for making “Willow Water”: 1. Collect young pencil-sized willow twigs that have green or yellow bark and remove the leaves.

2. Cut the twigs into short 1-inch pieces and place in a container filled with water (enough to cover all the twigs).

3. Let this mix soak for five days and then pour the mix through a strainer to remove the willow pieces. Pour the liquid into a jar that has a tight-fitting lid.

4. Label the jar and put the date on it and refrigerate. This will be good to use for two months.

To use, pour the brew into a small jar and place plant cuttings in the mixture until the roots form. The mixture dilutPhoto by Sharon Quale ed with half plain water can also be used to water new plants when transplanting them to give them an initial boost. This garden potion is all-natural — no purchased synthetic chemicals and best of all, it is free.

Sharon Quale may be reached at (218) 738-6060 or squale101@yahoo.com. v

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Conference expands with women’s roles in agriculture

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus CHANHASSEN, Minn. — More women are taking a lead role in farming each year and more women working in all aspects of the U.S. agricultural industry. Enrollment data from South Dakota State University, North Dakota State University, Iowa State University and the University of Minnesota show there are more women than men enrolling in agricultural curriculums. So what’s happening? The times they are a-changing.

The growth of women’s involvement in agriculture is evident at the annual Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference. This year’s event took place April 10 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Conference co-founder Doris Mold explained this unique organization started 21 years ago when she and Robin Kinney decided something needed to be done to activate more women in agriculture. They started with the theme, “Making Our Place in the World.” The 2019 theme was “Changing the Agspace.”

The women’s ag conference is entirely volunteerdriven and involves women from all walks of agriculture. Over the years, this event has become a leading networking and leadership development resource for upper Midwest women in agriculture.

Based on data collected in 2017, there were more than 2 million farms and ranches in the United States on more than 900 million acres of land. Over one third of these farms are female generated.

The survey showed females accounting for 36 percent of all producers on these operations. Additionally, 56 percent of the farm and ranch operators said they have at least one female decision maker guiding the

operation.

Mold added, “We could still do better but it is getting better. The census on agriculture info coming out tomorrow will show a dramatic increase in the number of women farmers. The test sampling we did ahead of the actual release of data through USDA indicated a 25 percent increase in the number of female farmers from 2012 to 2017. And there very likely have been more the past two years.”

She credits women for being very resourceful and visionary in becoming involved in value-added agriculture. She suggested women are a big driving force behind the continual growth of organic farming. “I would argue that women were the first value-added proponents in agriculture. In earlier years, women were often taking the cream and making that into butter or cheese, then taking these items to their local grocer in exchange for other food items or household goods.

“These farm women saw sense in turning the raw commodity, be it milk or cream, into a viable consumer product of cheese and butter. And they didn’t even take their purse to their local grocery guy. He simply traded and kept a record of whether this particular farm wife owed money or they were even.”

Does Mold see women as key arbitrators in the many community challenges involving ethnic groups?

“I think women as a gender tend to bring people together and bring that sense of community into being better than men. I’m thinking that is more in their skill set than men who are so deeply involved in the production of their farming operation.”

In today’s farm households, who keeps the focus on religious unity?

“That’s an interesting question,” Mold replied. “I think both family members have a role to play. But women are more the center of religious activity within their home, their church and community.”

“All the women and a few men here today are volunteers in their own community. We expect about 230 people. We’ll have attendees from three to four of our neighboring states. All our women wear multiple hats and that’s much the role of most farm women these days.”

Mold teaches Farm and Business Management at the University of Minnesota. I asked if the young men in her classes challenge her? “They used to,” she admitted. “Ten years ago I would get challenged, but they quickly learned I knew what I was talking about. So it’s a rewarding job anymore.”

She summed up, “Participants tell us the conference has made a difference in their lives by providing them with new or improved skills; mentors to assist them in their careers; and an accessible network of other agricultural professionals. Many have told us they even started their own businesses or made improvements in their existing businesses as a result of what they learned at the conference or contacts gained through the event.”

Mold’s business card reads, “AGDAY 365” with a tote line reading, “Ag Day is Every Day.” She’s a busy lady — living and working on a farm and maintaining her own ag consulting service. She is also a dependable volunteer at the 10-day Minnesota State Fair event each year.

Mold can be reached at pastpresident@americanagriwoman.org or by calling (612) 414-7574. v

Women in ag must be willing to put themselves first

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Despite the forecast of threatening weather, over 200 participants showed up at the April 10 Women’s Ag Leadership Conference at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Besides speakers and timely topics, this facility is a natural draw — regardless the season.

There’s no doubt more women are involved in agriculture than ever before. The tide is turning. The enrollment trend in agricultural colleges now shows more women than men!

Doris Mold, past President of American AgriWomen, and co-founder of this Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference 21 years ago, simply said, “The glass ceiling is getting cracked here and there in lots of ways. Women have always had key roles on family farms. But many are now involved in the operation showing up in new markets for niche crops and organic produce.”

One of the presenters at the conference was Terri Mattson, owner of Lifestyle Wellness. Mattson was gracious enough to answer a few question.

The Land: What’s your message today, Terri?

Mattson: I’m talking personnel wellness and how to take care of yourself. In today’s world, women are working so hard to keep up with everything that they forget about taking care of themselves.

The Land: Might this apply even more to farm women?

Mattson: Absolutely. Putting food on the table, keeping houses neat and laundry clean are just accepted roles for women. There’s no debate — though in the modern family today, that role is considerably expanded. Women today play an important role in taking care of our world, our economy, and the entire community structure including our churches and schools. So today I am going to remind these women that they are number-one. And that means taking a look at themselves so they better know who they are and are ready for tomorrow.

The Land: Speaking of wellness, television these days is crowded with scads of get-healthy programs.

Do they work?

Mattson: A good question. I always say, be careful of what you buy into. Virtually everything works IF

you do it the way you are supposed to do it. But not everything is at face value either. Whenever you listen to what someone else is saying, make certain they are a good quality source! You can hear anything you want to hear if you keep asking around enough.

The Land: So what are the common set-backs women make in putting their lives together these days?

Mattson: I would say forgetting that they are number one. We are so busy surrounding ourselves with other details we sort of forget about taking care of ourselves. In agriculture and farm communities, there is so much going on in their minds that they are thinking all the time about how to put that best foot forward. They need to remember they are only as good as they show up to be. So remember, good things in generally means good things out. And the only way to make that happen is to start by taking care of you.

The Land: Are you a farm kid?

Mattson: No, I grew up in Oelwein, Iowa. We had farm kids in our school. My husband grew up on a farm so I’ve had good orientation. My sister was engaged to a hired hand on a dairy farm. I have four See MATTSON, pg. 7

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Mattson: ‘Wellness is different for each and every one of us’ MATTSON, from pg. 6 boys. When they were kids, our ‘spring break’ was a weekend at the dairy farm. My boys would set that alarm clock … when it was time to get up and get to the barn. They just loved doing that. But as everyone knows, this dairy farming is a whole different picture when it’s your existence 7 days a week.

The Land: Where do you live now and are you selfemployed?

Mattson: Thanks for that question. Yes, I am selfemployed. I live in Eden Prairie. I’m a professional speaker and just beginning my business called Lifestyle Wellness, LLC. So I talk to people about all things wellness. I think wellness is different for each and every one of us. It isn’t particularly a weight loss issue. I want to meet you where you are and take you where you want to be. And if that’s just more body movement such as daily hikes, so be it. Or if it’s

exploring the rainbow of food for a more nutritious life style, I want to help you become the healthiest person you can be. I think everybody with just a little coaching can be the person they’ve always wanted to be. It’s no fun being on the outside looking in.

Everyone wants to be on the inside looking out at that big picture.

The Land: Is obesity a growing issue with people of all ages — especially the kids?

Mattson: I think it has become such an encouraging trend that people are waking up and doing some serious evaluations of their own personal lifestyle.

We’ve just got to be careful about how video games are dominating our lives — especially our kids. You and I are from that generation where our days were generally filled with outdoor fun with local kids. We played outside until the street lights came on. Today, if you ask young people who they are talking to on

that video game, they respond, “Oh I’ve got thousands of friends just at the touch of my fingers.” But their perspective on who their friends really are is completely different today. Getting that personalized one-on-one interaction seems to be a fleeting memory for many kids these days.

The Land: Is it important for parents to assign chores for their kids?

Mattson: I think it’s healthy for kids to have a certain amount of chores. The allowance issue is always just that … an issue. We’ve all tried. For some it works; for some it’s indeed a big joke. I think it is important that you train your kids early in their life that they are each a part of their working home. And it works the best when each has a role.

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Isolation is a major issue for farmers’ mental health

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Difficult to discuss, but farm suicide — both men and women — appears to be an increasing issue in rural America. Yes, increasing financial challenges is frequently cited as a major contributor to this growing dilemma. But there likely is an associated factor: Farming at times is a very lonely profession!

That sounds strange at first mention, but think back just a generation or two. Remember when lending a particular piece of machinery to a neighboring farmer was old hat? Or even gathering with a handful of neighbors when an accident or health issue suddenly made it impossible for a farmer to get his crop harvested? Neighbors to the rescue simply happened!

Not so today — at least not like in those ‘olden days’ when a helping hand was commonplace amongst farmers. Like it or not, the ongoing consolidations of agriculture are making farming a lonelier profession than it used to be.

Megan Roberts, one of the speakers at the April 10 Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference at Minnesota’s Landscape Arboretum, discussed the increasing frequency of mental health issues amongst farmers. “Alleviating some of the isolation farmers experience can help alleviate stress,” Roberts said.

“Maybe it’s just one person you reach out to when you’re feeling discouraged; but I rank ‘reaching out’ as the single most important thing to do when stress is bogging you down mentally.”

Roberts is Extension Educator in Agricultural Business Management at the University’s Regional Extension Office in Mankato, Minn. And that puts her in frequent contact with farmers who are struggling with the increasing financial challenges of making farming work these days.

She pointed out relationships between spouses

With so many government services for virtually every issue involving agriculture, might government also provide assistance for persons needing mental health remedies? Roberts said very definitely — she also suggested checking the Internet. I did and here’s what I found: Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline (833) 600-2670, ext. 1 Free, confidential 24/7 service. This call center is located in Minnesota. Calls are answered by trained staff and volunteers.

If you or someone you know is struggling with stress, anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts — call. Sometimes it’s easier to talk to somebody you don’t know.

Ted Matthews, Rural Mental Health Counselor (320) 266-2390 Ted works with farmers across the entire state. There is no cost and no paperwork involved. The service is funded by the Minnesota state legislature.

Mobile Crisis Teams Mental health crisis phone numbers are listed by county.

Available in every Minnesota county, mobile crisis team counselors can respond quickly and provide in-person, shortterm counseling or mental health services during a crisis or emergency. Calls are answered immediately 24 hours a day.

National Alliance on Mental Illness — Minnesota (651) 645-2948 Toll free: 1-888-NAMI-Helps (1-888-626-4435 Email: namihelps@namimn.org NAMI Minnesota is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. They offer information, classes, support groups and suicide prevention training.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-8255 (Veterans, press 1) The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

works both ways: it can cause stress and it can alleviate stress. “But this means taking time to talk through these issues. And that means being a good listener too. I so frequently hear women saying, ‘Well I’m talking to him, but he’s not listening. Or, he seems to be listening, but five minutes later he can’t recall a word I said to him.’ Sometimes you simply have to be firm and say, ‘this time it’s your turn to listen.’ That sounds harsh, but if necessary, do it,” said Roberts.

Is this balancing of a relationship a place for your local pastor? “Yes, but it really depends upon the specific individuals,” Roberts said. “It is so important to generate conversation; to reach out to providers that you feel comfortable with. For some, it might be your family doctor. For some, it might be their pastor; or maybe an agricultural professional that is visiting your farm. The key here is reaching out. Don’t be timid. Don’t be embarrassed. Don’t be angry! Even a simple ‘I’m sorry’ can be the opener.” v

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Research station is accumulating data on growing hemp

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus When talking hemp these days (and who isn’t?) lots of folks are cautiously excited. But almost without exception comes this summary comment: Yes, hemp intrigue is ramping up … but give it some time!

Dr. Burton Johnson, Plant Science Department, North Dakota State University, coordinates research efforts on minor and new crops. Hemp is on that agenda as an old crop. The research extension center in Langston, N.D. is field testing hemp. North Dakota producers have grown 3,000 acres in each of the past two years.

During an April 9 visit to his NDSU office, Johnson commented, “A lot of thoughts go through your mind when you think about a new crop. We’ve1 seen many. They come and go. There was the Jerusalem artichokes back in the 1980s. Borage, cuphea and camelina followed with mixed success. We think of industrial hemp as a new crop, but it was grown fairly extensively during World War II when we needed the fiber for cordage and cloth. Back then, we weren’t growing hemp for the grain which is what we are primarily growing the crop for now since this is the primary current market.”

Johnson says hemp as a crop has a lot of potential. “We have some in state processing; we have some in-state markets and there are markets beyond the confines of North Dakota. The new farm bill has relaxed some of the movement of the seed that we plant as well

as the grain that we sell. We’re learning more about the agronomy. We’ll get there, but it will take some time.”

Johnson also sees processing as being a major driver in hemp’s development.

“The more markets we create because of processing and adding value to the crop, the more production will happen.

There are a lot of products that potentially can be developed from the different parts of the plant. Many products have been developed already such as building materials from the fiber. Hemp seed is available in food products.”

Hemp seeds are a valuable source of oil with many potential uses ranging from food to fuel. The cannabinoid CBD (produced primarily in the plant’s floral structures) has reported medicinal value.

“No, industrial hemp will not become recreational; since the psychoactive THC components is very, very low … less than 0.3 percent.

Current research by NDSU plant scientists evaluates variety performance so growers have information on which variety to select. “We source our seeds from Canada which has been doing genetic research and growing hemp since 1998. Over the past 20 years, Canadian-based industrial hemp breeding efforts have developed many good varieties that perform well in North Dakota.

“Yes, various European countries have been doing industrial hemp for several years. The crop performs differently wherever it is grown — depend-

LSP unveils grazing helpline BARRETT, Minn. — Have you launched a full-blown livestock grazing enterprise and are now ready to take the next step? Or maybe you’re just thinking about turning a few head of cattle or sheep out onto pasture or a stand of cover crops as a way to get access to an inexpensive feed source.

Utilizing an innovative grazing system can be a low-cost, profitable way to integrate animals into a farming operation. But getting the most out of such a system also requires mastering the basics of pasture improvement, cover cropping, fencing technology and herd management.

The Land Stewardship Project has

recently launched a toll-free helpline for farmers seeking support related to grazing livestock. Farmers and ranchers can call (888) 664-7293 or submit questions online at www.landstewardshipproject.org/grazinghelpline. LSP can provide advice and resources regarding managed rotational grazing, cover crop grazing, stockpile grazing, winter feeding and pasture rental rates, among other topics. If LSP doesn’t have the answers to your grazing questions, chances are its experts can track down the right resource to help you out.

This article was submitted by the Land Stewardship Project. v

ing upon environmental conditions. Is the Canadian hemp production light years ahead of us? No, I wouldn’t say that. I think their production has defined the primary market which is currently the seed/grain. And they continue to explore and make progress developing the fiber aspects of the plant and the fiber industry.

“The varieties we evaluate at Langdon Research Station perform just like they were grown in Canada. Keep in mind that Langdon is only 20 miles from the Manitoba border.”

For grain production, Johnson said narrow planting rows work best because the crop is its own weed control mechanism. “Its rapid growth enables the leaf area to canopy the ground surface as quickly as possible,” Johnson explained. “And that’s good because there aren’t any labeled herbicides or pesticides to use on the crop. In essence, the crop is on its own when it comes to weed control. So rows 7 to 12 inches apart, like a solid seeded situation is what we recommend.”

Does hemp need a 90-day growing season? Johnson said at Langdon, with late May plantings, the crop is being harvested around Labor Day. Harvest is direct with straight grain headers so there is no swathing ahead of harvest with industrial hemp. “We harvest when seeds are between 12 and 17 percent moisture,” Johnson said. “It’s important to rapidly get moisture down to 10 percent. Harvest in early September means grain drying should be accomplished at ambient air temperatures. Daytime temperatures are warm enough, so with some airflow bin drying is possible — but only with shal-

low bin grain depths. Suggestions are to get the grain cart up to the farmstead right away to get air moving through the grain. Waiting until the next morning may not be a good idea.”

Yields are measured in pounds per acre. Johnson said North Dakota yields range from 400 to 1,400 pounds per acre. Nutrient needs? Use your canola or wheat fertility management guidelines as a starting point for hemp fertilization. Since there are no herbicides labeled for use on industrial hemp, a clean seedbed is desired. “That doesn’t mean you couldn’t do a pre-plant ‘burn down’ — especially in a no-till situation,” said Johnson. But he thinks most growers would be doing a tilled seed bed in North Dakota.

Seeding rates are 20 to 25 pounds per acre. Seed costs were about $2.50 per pound just two years ago. “They’ve gone up, but right now I can’t quote you a price,” Johnson admitted. He’s not aware of any North Dakota seed company handling industrial hemp yet, but there are seed companies beginning to handle hemp in both Minnesota and North Dakota.

2017 yield data in pounds per acre for Langdon’s four hemp varieties is as follows: CRS-1, 1,513 lbs.; Grandi, 1,443 lbs.; Joey, 1,433 lbs.; and Picolo, 1,386 lbs.

On a side note, Johnson’s wife uses hemp when making cookies and several other baked items.

Reports on hemp variety performance are available on the Langdon REC website. Johnson’s email address is Burton.

Johnson@ndsu.edu. His phone number is (701) 231-8895. v

USDA natural disaster loans ST. PAUL — Minnesota agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture physical loss loans. Farmers who incurred losses caused by blizzard, excessive snow, excessive rain and high winds which occurred between Jan. 28 through March 23 should contact their local FSA office. Approval is limited to applicants who suffered severe physical losses only, including the loss of buildings and livestock.

Applications are due Dec. 9.

Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit https:// www.farmers.gov/recover.

This article was submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. v

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Students’ interest in gardening is teacher’s real reward

By KRISTIN KVENO garden and many other The Land Staff Writer STEM projects are partially funded from NEW ULM, Minn. grants Sletta receives.

— Beth Sletta has She “had kids help with taught almost every a lot of grants too.” grade level in elemenSletta’s excited about tary school; but it was getting her hands dirty her development of the in the soil and so are science, technology, the students. When she engineering and math needs additional help program at Jefferson in the garden before Elementary School in school, on the weekNew Ulm that started ends, etc., she puts a her on a new path of post on the STEM discovery and enrichFacebook page she crement. Her teaching of ated. Students and parSTEM has peaked and ents alike volunteer transformed students’ Photos submitted their time to keep the interests. The use of garden growing. agriculture in the Beth Sletta incorporates a heavy dose of agriculture in her STEM program curriculum.

STEM curriculum has It’s the whole gardenhad a lot to do with to-table concept which that. has been integral for Sletta. She works with Sletta initially startthe school district’s ed teaching STEM to summer child care third and fourth gradprogram. Those chilers three years ago. By dren help harvest the the next year grades fruits and vegetables first and second were in the summer. also part of the program. “I have a lot of Through a grant freedom to choose lesfrom Allina Health, sons.” Sletta tries to folSletta received cooklow what the students’ ing equipment and the homeroom teacher is students got creative are teaching. The stuin making culinary dents come to her classmasterpieces out of room once every six the garden produce. days for one hour.

“We made a chocolate For Sletta, the agri- This garden at New Ulm, Minn.’s Jefferson Elementary plays beet cake. It was really great,” Sletta said. cultural component to a key role in Sletta’s teaching.

STEM is important, as Sletta is an educator, “we are an ag-based community.” but she loves that “I learn right Its valuable not only in New Ulm, with the kids.” She tells them, “let’s but for all communities as well. “I learn together.” Through trying new think everybody should know where ideas there’s success and failures. “I our food comes from,” she explained, just love giving students the tools to “where our clothes come from, learn on their own.” For Sletta “I where our energy comes from.” think we need to encourage kids to step out of their comfort zone and The garden at Jefferson try new things.”

Elementary is a key part of Sletta’s teaching, and she’s proud that it “all Many backyard gardens have started with student interest.” Sletta’s students are been started in New Ulm as the students were excitcurrently learning other ways that seeds are started. ed to come home and share what they learned with They’re making milkweed seed balls, a technique the their families and begin growing their own produce.

Japanese used to reinvigorate areas decimated by Learning can be infectious and understanding how war. As for the garden, preparations start well before food is grown great at any age. it’s time to get put the crops in the ground as Sletta Sletta received the Minnesota Agriculture in the “started a winter sowing project.” Sletta points out Classroom 2019 Outstanding Teacher Award and that “the seed will know when to start growing.” was also selected for the 2019 National Excellence in “This will be our third summer of the garden.” The

Teaching about Agriculture Award for her innovative use of agriculture in the classroom. Sletta was awarded a trip to the 2019 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Little Rock, Ark. that will be held this summer. This is the second year that Sletta attended the conference. Last year it was held in Maine. “The conference was just amazing!” she exclaimed. Educators from every level of education were in attendance. “The workshops were hands-on.”

It was a “nice network of teachers and educators.”

Sletta is looking forward learning more at this year’s conference.

While being recognized for her efforts to bring agriculture into the classroom is appreciated, for Sletta it’s the feedback she gets from her students that bring her joy. The learning that happens in the STEM classroom, the school garden and beyond have shaped the way these children view the world around them. They’re developing critical thinking skills that will help them now and for years to come. Sletta is proud to be part of that educational experience for the students of Jefferson Elementary. v

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Equipment is ready to go, the weather is not Brandon Fast, Mountain Lake, Minn. – April 25

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Just when it seemed like conditions were good enough to get in the field, rain came and set everything back. The Land spoke with Brandon Fast on April 25 as he just had to cancel manure application that was to be done on three fields. An inch of rain fell the night before. With more rain expected for the weekend, Fast believes that planting is at least 10 days away.

The equipment is all set to go. “We do maintenance in the shop in the winter.” That allowed Fast the time this spring to work with his 75 seed and chemical customers.

In the meantime, he’s working on getting three fields tiled. Once they can get in the field, Fast’s dad, Myron, will run the cultivator and Fast will be in the planter during the day. “We don’t farm a ton, but we’re spread out 40 miles.” That kind of distance requires organization in getting the farm equipment to where it needs to go when it needs to get there. Fast’s brother Trevor and uncle, Rick will get in the field as soon as they’re done with their other jobs for the day.

This spring is certainly making it a challenge to get in the field; but Fast has farmed a long time — long enough to know that it will happen, hopefully, sooner rather than later.

From the Fields

John Haarstad, Rothsay, Minn. – May 3 “It’s raining right now.” The Land spoke with John Haarstad on May 3 as he was dealing with more rain and no progress in the field. It was one week ago today that Haarstad was able to get one field tilled before more rain came. Unfortunately the forecast calls for more of the same.

“There’s a chance of rain until Wednesday.”

The above normal precipitation coupled with below normal temperatures has left Haarstad with plenty of time to do pay bills and finish some office work. He admits, “I’m sick of being in the office.” When does he expect to finally get going in the field? “My hope would be by a week from today, but I won’t hold my breath.” Haarstad still has to get the planter in the field, and looks forward to being able to do that when the conditions are right.

While Haarstad had hoped to begin planting earlier than mid-May, he’s not overly worried. “I don’t get worked up over not being in the field.” He knows that just a couple of good drying days is all it will take to get the ground ready for planting. Haarstad would like those days to come sooner rather than later.

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Dale Bissen, Adams, Minn. – April 26

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“We finally got working on pumping hog pits last night.” The Land spoke with Dale Bissen on April 26 as he was handling quite a few projects around the farm. One of those projects is pruning the grape vines, which he hopes to be finished within a couple of days.

As for planting, Bissen is all set. “We are ready to go.” He just needs to hook the planter up and he’s ready to get started. In the meantime, he’s been selling cattle. He has 60 to70 head yet to sell.

While Bissen isn’t in the field yet, he has neighbors that are already out planting. “We’re never the first one.”

Bissen is a school bus driver and has been dealing with the spring thaw from the driver’s seat of the bus. The frost boils that he’s encountered on the roads are the worst he’s ever seen. It’s been a bumpy spring and the roads agree.

The weather has been sunny and cool, 38 degrees in the morning. “That’s not really good corn planting weather.” Bissen has been planting for 40 years and says the planting dates don’t bother him. He knows that once field conditions are ready, he’ll be ready to plant.

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Nancy Rys is keeping busy delivering seed. The Land spoke with Rys on May 3 as she was hopeful seed delivery would be complete by tomorrow. While she will be done delivering seed about 25 percent of her customers leave their seed at the Rhys seed facility and will pick it up when they’re ready for it. She was able to get a little field work in this past week before more rain came. “We spread a little bit of lime until it rained on Tuesday.” She hopes to spread more lime today.

“The fields are firming up.” Unfortunately though the soil temperature is still cold. “There’s a 70 percent chance of rain tonight. The forecast for the next week is in the mid-50s.” That’s 10 degrees below average.

While Rys would’ve liked to have started planting by now, she’s hopeful that planting will begin soon. “We’re good until the 20th of May. Hopefully we’ll have it all in the ground by then.” This time of year there’s a lot of activity at the Rys farm from delivering seed to getting equipment ready for planting … and, of course, waiting to get in the field and get the crop in the ground.

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Meet The Land’s 2019 ‘From The Fields’ reporters Rose City’s Dale Bissen chooses to remain optimistic Halfway between the southern Minnesota towns of Adams and Rose Creek, you’ll find the Bissen farm. Dale Bissen recalled, “started renting here in 1973.” He grew up on a farm just five miles south of there. What started with renting some acres all those years ago Dale Bissen and his son, Kim turned into buying a couple

quarters of land.

Bissen now farms with his son, Kim. They have 200 head of cattle, a custom finish hog operation that has space for 2,400 pigs, they also grow corn and soybeans.

For planting this spring, Bissen will once again “switch corn to beans, beans to corn.”

Tillage did not get done last fall, so he’ll be “doing a little more no-till on soybeans” this year. He also wasn’t able to get fertilizer down as “last fall got late.”

Bissen ideally would like to be planting by the end of April. With rain in the forecast however, it remains to be seen if that will happen.

Along with the livestock, corn and beans, Bissen also grows grapes. The vineyard is two acres in size and contains two grape varieties: Frontenac Gris and See BISSEN, pg. 17

Brandon Fast stays busy when he’s not in the field

Brandon Fast

Brandon Fast has a passion for agriculture. That’s evident within the first few minutes of speaking with him. He’s first and foremost a farmer. He and his brother, Trevor, farm 1,200 acres near Mountain Lake, Minn.

Fast is also a Mycogen Seed dealer and a Titan Pro chemical dealer. If

that wasn’t enough to keep Fast busy, he also serves as secretary for the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council board and is the vice chair of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association and MCR&PC production stewardship team.

Fast knew from an early age he wanted to be involved in agriculture and has been farming since he was 19. “I’ve had ground for 25 years.” Fast farmed with his dad, Myron until Myron retired in 2017.

Fast is now partners with his brother Trevor in their farming operation. His uncle, Rick Oeltjenbruns, also farms a couple hundred acres with them.

Fast grows corn and soybeans. “We’re moving towards the two-thirds corn, one-thirds beans rotation,” he said. He decided to do more corn-on-corn this year. This will be the fifth year he planted cornSee FAST, pg. 17

All signs point to a good year for John Haarstad John Haarstad is a thirdLooking ahead to planting generation farmer and honthis spring, “we try to do someored to be carrying on his famthing new but it’s getting too ily’s farming legacy. The expensive.” The financial focus Haarstad farm is location six this year will be “putting more miles southeast of Rothsay, money into maintenance.”

Minn. “Grandpa started the For Haarstad, the ideal farm,” Haarstad’s dad then planting date? “We shoot for farmed and now Haarstad and the 20th of April.” Though he’s his brother Paul are partners “not very confident that we’ll in the farming operation. see that.” There’s rain the in The Haarstads raise corn the 10-day forecast coupled and soybeans. Looking back with lots of clouds making for at last year, harvest was a John Haarstad still has the guidance of his less-than-ideal field drying challenging one. “It was a bit 91-year-old grandpa (left). conditions. of a struggle” as they had to In addition to farming, Haarstad and his brother switch between combining corn and beans a few have an excavating business. Paul runs it and has times. one full-time employee. Haarstad and his dad “help

out when we can.” Last year was their first year owning the business, and it was a “very good year.” They also have a sign business. The business involves taking city, state, county and township signs, stripping the reflective material off the signs then returning them so that new reflective material can be put on.

As busy as Haarstad is with farming and his other businesses, he’s first and foremost a proud father and husband. He’s been married to wife, Angela, for 18 years. They have three children: Kaden, 14; Hailey, 12 and Isaac, 7.

As spring’s work preparations are underway, “I have to go into planting confident. I don’t really have a choice.” He feels that in terms of prices, “I don’t see any reason to rebound as we’re growing such good crops.” Farming is filled with unknowns, but what is known is that Haarstad is looking forward to getting into the field and getting the crop planted. v

Diversity is the name of the game for the Rys family farm Nancy Rys wears many hats in the agricultural industry: farmer, grain elevator owner, Pioneer Seed dealer and does all of that with immense enthusiasm and pride. Rys, husband, Tom; daughter, Cami and son-in-law Joe, farm 1,600 acres in Pine County, Minn. near the town of Rock Creek.

Rys grew up in Harris, Minn. on a farm 20 miles south of where she now lives. In addition to farming, her “family was in the implement business.” It was

through that business that Rys met her husband — town. It’s not that way here.” The Ryses started drythus starting their adventure in farming together. ing corn for other farmers and now have 20 to 25 The partnership grew as Cami and Joe, “came into small farmers who store their corn and soybeans the operation in 2011.” Joe “grew up on a dairy farm there. They’re currently at capacity as they have and his family was in the excavation business.” enough storage for 317,000 bushels. Having their In addition to growing soybeans and corn, the Rys own grain elevator is “unique to the area.” family has sold Pioneer Seed for 19 years. They also Looking ahead to planting, “we’re kind of sticking saw a need in the community for grain storage. “In to our standard rotation,” which is 50/50 corn and southern Minnesota, there’s a grain elevator in every See RYS, pg. 17

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Great flavor at a barbecue — pork with fat on it

After a long Minnesota winter, spring is here at last. Long sunny days, warmer weather, and all the trees and grass are coming back to life, turning green. Great weather for that first barbecue of the season!

As you start up the charcoal, ready to prepare that first cookout of the season for family and friends, take a moment to think about the food that will be served and the lessons we’ve been taught over time — and to what extent, if any, they make sense.

Over the past couple of decades, the UniversityofMinnesota message we’ve conEXTENSION sistently heard is that if we are going to eat meat at all, it should be lean; because the fat in meat is more detrimental to our health than other fats. Pork fat (both rendered and un-rendered pork fat are called lard) is often condemned as the worst culprit of the bunch. We’ve heard it often enough that we accept the message as gospel that “fat is bad.” Yet we crave the flavor and sense of satisfaction that fat gives us — and rightly so, because it should be a portion of our diet, though the actual amount is still debated. (In fact, new research has determined that it is the amount of sugar in our diet that may be making us fat and increasing our risk for disease. Our body can only use so much sugar at one time and excess sugar is converted into saturated fat so our body can store it.)

So off we go to purchase the fixings for the party, and what do we buy? For appetizers, we’ll have chips and dip (loaded with fat), part of the main course will be lettuce salad with dressing (loaded with fat), and we’ll finish up the meal with a nice bowl of gourmet ice cream (loaded with fat).

And the main course for this SWINE & U fat-laden extravaganza? Lean

By Diane DeWitte meat. If there is some logic in that I approach, I fail to see it. and Wayne Martin I am a fan of cooking meats on the grill that are easier to manage, and are loaded with flavor as well. Much of the good flavor, especially with barbecued pork, comes from the fat attached to it. Fat brings flavor to life.

Give me shoulder steaks or roasts, or ribs any day compared to other leaner cuts of meat. I end up with a tasty, juicy, tender chunk of meat, even if it is cooked more than medium. As luck would have it, the shoulder meats tend to be cheaper cuts as well, so I win again.

Of course, this approach goes against the message we’ve been hearing for years, that lard and fat consumption is something to minimize or avoid altogether. However, recent evidence suggests that lard may not be quite the villain as portrayed. Lard is high in the monounsaturated fat, oleic acid, up to 50 to 60 percent. This is the same fatty acid that is found in olive oil (70 percent Oleic acid) and a main fat in the Mediterranean diet. Dr. Doug Bibus, a regular consumer of pork and noted fatty acid expert, refers to pork as “the olive oil of the Midwest.” I told this to graduate students from Spain, and they responded by saying, “In Spain, we call pigs olive oil with legs.”

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fat energy in humans. The body converts it to fuel, and it helps absorb nutrients — particularly calcium and vitamins. By the way, lard is not only rich in monounsaturated fat, but it is also a good source of Vitamin D. It also contains no trans-fats, which are currently indicated as the fats to avoid. (Transfats may be in the chips and dip, salad dressing and ice cream you purchased to go with the lean meat barbecue.) In 2006 New York City restaurants were banned from using trans-fats in foods they prepared. A recent paper published in the American Journal of Public Health reported the trans fatty acid levels in the blood of New York City residents decreased 57 percent between 2004 and 2014.

To add to the discussion, and to strengthen the argument for reasonable, moderate intake of animal fats, research has been conducted on people of southwest France who eat pork on a regular basis — including the lard in considerable portions. If pork fat is truly detrimental to human health, the rate of cardiovascular disease in that region should reflect that fact. Yet people there have the lowest rate of heart disease in France, a country where heart disease is lower than Britain or the United States.

It should be noted that because of these recent research discoveries, the message about dietary fat has significantly changed. Current dietary guidelines and food labels no longer track total fat intake largely because science linking fat intake to disease is not as strong as we once thought. In fact, some studies have recently reported no relationship between how much fat we eat and dying from heart disease.

So as you light up the charcoal, don’t hesitate to put on pork that has a little more fat on it, and enjoy a meal that is loaded with flavor — almost guilt-free. (You’ve got to have a little guilt.) We need to enjoy life’s journey. What better way to do so than eating really good food?

Wayne Martin is an Extension educator specializing in Alternative Livestock Systems. He can be reached at marti067@umn.edu.

Diane DeWitte is an Extension educator focused on swine. She can be reached at stouf002@umn.edu. v

Program inquiries taken through May 31 ST. PAUL — The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Water Bank Program is accepting applications through May 31.

The purpose of the WBP is to preserve and improve major wetlands as habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, including conserving surface waters, reducing soil and wind erosion, contributing to flood control, improving water quality, improving subsurface moisture, and enhancing the natural beauty of the landscape. WBP contracts are nonrenewable, 10-year rental agreements. Participants receive annual rental payments.

Eligible land includes flooded crop land, flooded hay, pasture, or rangeland, as well as flooded private

forestland. The WBP is part of the larger NRCS effort to help landowners conserve grasslands and wetlands in the Prairie Pothole region. Maintaining wetlands and grasslands provides water quality protection, potential flood reduction, carbon sequestration, and enhanced wildlife habitat.

The NRCS encourages anyone interested in the WBP to contact their local NRCS office which can be found at the Minnesota NRCS website: www.nrcs. usda.gov.

This article was submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. v

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Grain Outlook Weather outlook sends corn higher

Cash Grain Markets

corn/change* soybeans/change* St. Cloud $3.22 +.06 $7.36 -.33 Madison $3.32 +.08 $7.36 -.36 Redwood Falls $3.24 +.05 $7.45 -.35 Fergus Falls $3.15 +.12 $7.09 -.39 $3.22 +.10 $7.19 -.43 The following marketing analysis is for the week Morris ending May 3.

Tracy $3.35 +.09 $7.36 -.41 CORN — Weather finally had an impact on prices Average: $3.25 $7.30 this week, leading to the first weekly gain in corn in a month. Last week, July corn set a new contract low at Year Ago Average: $3.36 $9.38 $3.51.5 per bushel. As wet weather persisted in delayGrain prices are effective cash close on May 7. ing corn planting, and with rain still in the extended *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period. forecast, July corn rallied 20 cents off the contract low to trade as high at $3.71.75 per bushel. Funds cut their huge net short position in corn, but they remain tremendously net short. Commercials went net long last week for the first time in history. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange raised their Argentine corn outlook to 48 mil- PHYLLIS NYSTROM lion metric tons — up 2 mmt from The livestock markets have seen an increase in CHS Hedging Inc. their previous forecast and versus volatility in the past few weeks as both cattle and St. Paul the U.S. Department of hog prices have moved rapidly — sometimes in oppoAgriculture’s 47 mmt figure. site directions. With the week ending April 26, both Corn planting as of April 28 was only 15 percent the cattle complex and the hog markets were showcomplete vs. 27 percent on average and 15 percent ing an apparent top in prices in both the cash and last year. The average planting pace by May 5 is 46 futures. This created an interesting finish to the month of April. percent complete. The trade is anticipating this As for the cattle market, the year’s pace will approach 27 percent as of May 5. recent break in prices has been The University of Illinois’s Farmdoc this week pub- dominated by the futures market lished a report which indicates when 10 percent of the which has moved from a premicorn is late planted, the corn yield could fall to 170 um to cash to now a discount. bushels per acre. The USDA is currently using 176 Cash prices have really remained bu./acre on the balance sheets. In another University fairly steady, but with small of Illinois report, they found corn yields are maxi- downward drift during the past JOE TEALE mized when it is planted in late April or early May. several weeks. On the futures Broker After May 10, corn yields decline 5 percent; after May side, the commodity funds — 20, 9 percent; and after May 30, they fall 14 percent. which were extremely long the Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn.

Weekly export sales were below expectations for old market — began to liquidate crop and higher for new crop. Old crop sales were 23.1 their positions and this virtually collapsed the futures market for several days. The million bushels. Total export commitments fell to 10 other factor that stopped the futures market rise in percent behind last year at 1.8 billion bushels. The prices was the release of the U.S. Department of USDA is predicting a 5.7 percent decline in year-on- Agriculture’s Monthly Cattle Feed report. Released a year exports. We need to average 22 million bushels of week earlier, the report indicated more placement sales per week to achieve the USDA’s 2.3-billion-bush- during the month of March than anticipated. This el export target. It’s a toss-up whether the USDA will halted the buying in the futures, but had little effect cut exports on the May 10 report. New crop sales were on the cash trade.

8.3 million bushels, keeping us ahead of last year.

Beef cutouts have been fairly stable, but are showWeekly ethanol production fell 24,000 barrels per ing signs of a weakening in the weeks ahead. The day to 1.024 million bpd. Stocks were unchanged at export market has been a plus for the cash trade; but 22.7 million barrels. Margins took a 4 cent per gallon as more cattle are marketed, this may produce a hit to a negative penny per gallon. Higher water lev- softer overall tone to the cattle market. At the writels have forced the Chicago Board of Trade to call ing of article, the futures market is currently over-

Livestock Angles Markets slowing as futures dip

See NYSTROM, pg. 14

See TEALE, pg. 14

Grain Angles

Things to remember during volatile times Historically, farming has been a high capital, low margin business, where holding working capital and little equity gain is the norm. The current agriculture economy, however, is facing several challenging issues which require some creative navigation.

Between trade concerns, tariffs, tight margins, African swine fever and wet weather, Midwest producers are facing many obstacles out of their control.

It’s easy to compare ourselves to those around us, but it’s important to remember every operation is different. Resources, goals, family relationships, land quality and other factors vary greatly from one farm to the ERIC MADSEN next. You may see your peers or AgStar Assistant neighbors purchasing new equipVice President ment, putting up a new shop or Mankato, Minn. updating a grain facility. However, try not put too much energy or thought into what others are doing. Instead, focus inward to improve areas in your own operation.

Some fortunate operations seem to be running effectively on all cylinders with little to no debt, a high percentage of owner equity and land that is free and clear. This provides more flexibility and greater opportunity for growth and expansion. Additionally, solid businesses likely have more tolerance for measured risk.

On the other hand, an operation with 50 percent or lower owner equity is more risk-sensitive, leading to fewer options. Achieving and maintaining good financial reporting numbers demonstrates your ability to manage your business, making your lender more inclined to support you in working toward your next goal or initiative.

When producers are habitually tight on working capital, have land that is highly-financed or a fair amount of equipment financing, there isn’t much room for negative returns — resulting in much less refinancing flexibility.

What had been $2.00 to $2.50 corn on the Chicago Board of Trade is now $3.50 to $4.00, and soybeans have adjusted from about $5.00 to now about $9.00 to $9.50. I want to emphasize however, although the numbers may have changed, the overall net return to the farm operator remains relatively unchanged.

The Farm Business Management data — which is compiled every year — is a wealth of information See MADSEN, pg. 14

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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Daily trading limit for soybeans changed on May 1 NYSTROM, from pg. 13 force majeure on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.

This frees the load out facility from having to load barges within the normal three days called for in delivery.

The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report will be released on May 10. Based on the recent ethanol grind, expectations are the corn for ethanal usage line will be cut by at least 25 million bushels. It’s not anticipated the USDA will change acreage or yield on this report. Ending stocks can be expected to climb by at least 25 million bushels.

The trade is tired of getting promises about the possibility of a U.S.-Chinese trade deal getting done

by June. The next round of talks is scheduled to take place in Washington the week of May 6. Ag tariffs may be the last thing discussed. Even if a deal is reached, will this translate into new sales? If so, it would likely have to be for state-owned reserves.

Argentina’s corn is presently the cheapest corn available. However, the devil will be in the details for how an agreement will impact prices.

Outlook: The weather rally many had been hoping for materialized this week, sending July corn 9.5 cents higher for the week to close at $3.70.75 per bushel.

The December contract gained 7 cents at $3.87.75 per bushel. December 2020 corn closed at $4.09.5 per bushel, down 1.25 cents for the week. Uncertainty over how many acres will be switched from corn to beans, what a later planting will mean for yields, and how long it will take for planters to run full force all contributed to an easing of fund selling. We still have factors limiting the upside, which include an everincreasing Argentine corn crop, millions of unpriced bushels in the United States, the funds comfort level with being short, and a lack of demand. In the shortterm, if weather remains cool and wet, we could see an extension of this week’s gains.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans fell to new contract lows this week on ideas fewer corn acres may lead to more soybean acres. New contract lows were set four consecutive sessions as we posted the fourth lower weekly close in as many weeks. As of April 28, 3 percent of the U.S. soybean crop was planted vs. 6 percent on average and 5 percent last year.

MARKETING In a University of Illinois study, they found Illinois soybean yields are maximized when the crop is planted in late April, after which yields decline by 2 percent after May 1; they fall by 7 percent after May 15; down 12 percent after May 30; and down 18 percent after June 10.

The International Monetary Fund is suggesting/ pressuring Argentina to reinstate corn export taxes and/or increase soybean export taxes to generate income. President Macri has stated he will maintain the status quo on export taxes. How this will play out is yet to be seen. Argentina’s currency has fallen over 50 percent in the last year. Argentina has the cheapest corn and soybean supplies available. The U.S. dollar index backed off last week’s multi-year high, but is still historically high. Argentina’s soybean harvest is 53 percent complete vs. 52 percent on average.

The BAGE left their soybean production outlook at 55 mmt, the same as the USDA. Weekly export sales fell short of expectations with 11.5 million bushels for old crop and just 800,000 bushels for new crop. Total commitments of old crop sales stayed 18 percent behind last year at 1.66 billion bushels. The USDA is calling for a 12 percent decline in exports year-on-year. We need to average 12.6 million bushels of sales per week to reach the USDA’s 1.875-billion-bushel outlook. New crop total

commitments are 30.1 million bushels vs. 185.4 million bushels last year. Based on today’s numbers, the USDA would be justified in lowering the export line on next week’s balance sheets.

African swine fever in China likely remains underreported. They have increased regulations within the country, now requiring pork plants and hog dealers to obtain certificates proving their products are ASFfree. China has approved additional pork processing plants in Argentina to export pork to them, while cutting two Canadian firms from the approved list.

Outlook: Soybeans posted a large weekly loss of 24.75 cents with July closing at $8.42 ¼ per bushel.

The November soybean contract plunged 23 ½ cents to $8.64.25 per bushel. Funds net short position reached a new record as of April 30. Watch for any trade deal results with China late in the week as we head to the monthly WASDE report. Weather will remain the featured price driver for the short term.

Any reduction in corn acres will be perceived as going to soybeans, but the price ratio may cause some to rethink those ideas. Is prevent plant becoming a more attractive option?

Note: as of May 1, the daily trading limit in soybeans went from 60 cents to 65 cents per bushel.

Nystrom’s Notes: Minneapolis July wheat gained 3.25 cents at $5.15, while Chicago lost 4.5 cents at $4.38 and Kansas City fell 6 cents to $4.01.5 per bushel. v

Hog market may have topped out TEALE, from pg. 13 sold and could bounce in the near future; but overall, it appears the market is more than likely going to drift lower in all aspects. So producers should keep a close eye on the conditions effect on the market and protect inventories as needed.

The hog market, which has been on a furious rally this spring, has now what appears to be at some sort of a top. Cash and futures have sharply higher during that period in response to the African swine fever breakout in several Asian countries and in particular China. This has seen an active export of pork to China, which has ignited the strong rally this spring.

However, as the month of April comes to a close, both the futures and cash markets have turned lower as both markets were very overbought. It is not unusual to experience this type of activity after such a rapid rise in prices.

If the outbreak of ASF continues, the corrective action may be short-lived and prices may once again firm in response. On the other hand, if the demand for pork both domestic and foreign begins to wane, one would start to believe that a top has been made.

This will all be determined in the weeks ahead, so producers should be very cognizant of current market conditions and protect inventories as required. v

Knowing your numbers is key factor in dealing with economy MADSEN, from pg. 13 and helps support this concept. Breakeven numbers, in particular, can vary greatly across operations. The latest data (collected for 2019) is now available on their website. The information and tools they provide allow you to see how your operation compares to others in your area.

Industry experts, marketers and lenders frequently discuss the importance of knowing your numbers, which may result in some eye-rolling. But it truly is one of the key factors differentiating top producers

from the rest. Additionally, tracking your numbers, and updating them frequently, is one aspect you can control no matter what the economy is doing. This foundation is the basis for decisions that will keep your operation on track or continue its’ success.

Important metrics related to knowing your numbers include: commodity breakeven prices; the level of crop insurance that’s right for you; amortizing loans to fit cash flow; and succession or retirement planning strategies.

We can’t control commodity prices, the weather or

political issues, but we can control our attitudes and how we run our business. In order to retain our farm lifestyle, we need to be students of our business for continual improvement. Learning to focus on what we can influence — not dwelling on what’s happening on the other side of the fence — will lead to a culture and business positioned to advance.

Eric Madsen is a Financial Office at Compeer Financial with over 20 years of experience serving clients in the Ag industry. For additional insights from Eric and the Compeer team, visit Compeer.com. v

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Expansive gardens are Dykstras’ labor of love

By RICHARD SIEMERS Bill has two greenhouses where he The Land Correspondent typically starts 20,000 annuals from seed and plugs. This past winter he lost BLOMKEST, Minn. — Anyone who one greenhouse to the snow, so he’s has visited the gardens of Bill and down to about 18,000 plants this year.

Helene Dykstra goes away refreshed in When the frost danger has passed, all spirit and filled with wonder that two 18,000 are transplanted to the garpeople could accomplish such a feat. dens. He is especially fond of lantanas, There are ponds with water lilies and salvia, and coleus, and last year tried a lotus, miniature gardens with succunew annual — popcorn plant. The lents, and thousands of annuals and name comes not from the yellow blosperennials planted in rock gardens and soms but from the scent of buttered reaching back into the grove behind popcorn exuded when the leaves are their house — all interspersed with a rubbed. gazebo and other points of interest. They “We have a lot of wind, so I like have a daughter in a wheelchair, so all of plants that will take wind, don’t need a it is wheelchair accessible on paths of lot of deadheading, and that will take crushed granite. drought,” said Bill. “Typically, if we The Dykstras have lived 40 years on have a dry spell, I wouldn’t consider their acreage south of Willmar, Minn., Photos by Richard Siemers watering unless it doesn’t rain for six near the unincorporated village of This miniature farm garden is just one of the many displays highlighting Bill and weeks.”

Roseland.

Helene Dykstra’s showcase south of Willmar, Minn.

He also plants 100 bags with wax “We’ve always had large gardens,” Bill begonias — a flower he says is very ers market in Willmar. Even then, Bill was planting said. Raising five children, the early gardens fealarge floral scenes of American flags, farms, and forgiving even when it is not well-watered. That’s tured mostly vegetables, which they sold at the farmtrains along the road. The vegetable gardens dimin- important because 50 of those bags spiral around a ished as the children grew and left, and Bill and tree trunk, and the top ones can only be watered by Helene began to move the flowers in closer where spraying with a hose. they could enjoy them. From there, it just grew.

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Plants are selected for wind tolerance, drought resistance make a donation, with all DYKSTRA, from pg. 15 money going for wheelchairs The rocks on the place in Guatemala. have all been hauled in by Bill, from farmers who let “It’s kind of to make sense him raid their rock piles. of all this madness,” Helene That all started with a firesaid, suggesting that beauty place. for beauty’s sake is fine, but the work is more worth“We had put an addition while when it has a larger on the house,” Helene said. purpose.

“Our son built the fireplace out of stones Bill hauled in.

By the time the tours Then he added ponds and it begin, the plants are big just kind of kept growing. Bill and Helene Dykstra enough to shade out weeds We’d give him rocks and he and they are able to relax a would make walls.” little and enjoy their visitors. While Helene oversees All of the walls are freethe luncheons, Bill is workstanding. Other rocks serve ing the vegetable gardens, as ornaments in the garden where he staggers plantings plots. so fresh vegetables are In 2000, a small tornado available all season for the came through and took a lot salads. of the big trees out of the In the fall they pull out all grove, so they began extendof the annuals, take in the ing the garden located in the miniature gardens, and cut back of the house. back all of the perennials.

Bill said it takes about five If you ask why he doesn’t weeks to transplant all of save labor and fill the garthe annuals. The soil has to dens with perennials, Bill be turned by hand since he will tell you that the perencan’t use a tiller among the nials blooming time is brief. rocks. Helene starts a month With annuals, he will have before to clean out the rocks. color in the garden until She’s a stickler for neatness, frost. so debris doesn’t accumulate. She also creates minia“I’ve always enjoyed doing ture gardens with succugardens,” Bill said. “As long lents and figurines in a varias I’m getting carried away, ety of containers and among Red impatiens stand out among this I want to make it worththe rocks. while.” bed of coleus.

Once everything is plantBill is 75 this year, Helene ed, then comes the weeding. is 70, and they show no They don’t use spray; all is inclination to slow up. In done by hand. fact, Helene has been cleaning out more of the grove.

“When it gets overbearing, But they don’t intend to I think of what I’m doing it plant annuals there. They’ve for. I’m doing it for planted ferns and will leave Guatemala,” said Helene. it with a more natural look.

While the Dykstras love The Dykstras freely talk the beauty, their gardens about all the physical labor serve a larger purpose. There it takes, but never as though is a mission in Guatemala it was a chore. Somehow the that has camps for people in This gazebo was built from branches pleasure they derive from wheelchairs, and the and sticks from the grove. the gardens, and from seeDykstras support it with ing other people’s pleasure, money to buy wheelchairs. shields them from thinking of it as a hercuSmall groups can schedule luncheons to go with lean task. Plus they know it will also yield their tour of the garden. Helene bakes fresh buns more wheelchairs for Guatemala. and serves salads made with their fresh garden vegThe gardens are there for people to enjoy, etables. There is no charge, but people are invited to

Rock gardens and ponds provide contrast to the thousands of flowering plants in the Dykstras’ collection.

An eagle’s nest and beaver hut are some of the points of interest which are scattered throughout the gardens. and folks often drop in and walk around. Only if you want a luncheon or a formal tour do you need to schedule ahead.

July to September are the times to view.

“We like to share it,” Helene said. “It’s a lot of work and there are a lot of things to look at and we enjoy it all, so we like people to come and enjoy it.”

The address for the gardens is 20201 37th Street SW, Blomkest, Minn. For information on tours and luncheons or other questions, you can reach the Dykstras at (320) 978-8622 or helenedykstra49@gmail.com. v

Fifty-five bags of wax begonias wrap around this tree.

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Dairy Margin Coverage sign-up begins June 17 This column was written for the marketunchanged from January 2019, but $220 ing week ending May 3. below April 2018.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. milk-over-feed margin climbed announced the April Federal order Class 64 cents above February’s margin to III benchmark milk price at $15.96 per $8.85 per cwt. based on the Dairy Margin hundredweight. This is up 92 cents from Coverage program calculation, “making it March, $1.49 above April 2018, and the the largest margin since last October,” highest Class III price since September according to the Daily Dairy Report, “and 2018. The four month average stands at $2.09 higher than March 2018’s pathetic MIELKE MARKET $14.71, up from $14.02 a year ago and $6.77.”

WEEKLY compares to $16.17 in 2017. n

By Lee Mielke Late May 3 morning Class III futures Traders liked what they saw in the portended a May price at $16.38; Dairy Products report. CME block June, $16.55; July, $16.74; and cheddar, after slipping to $1.6550 August at $17.05, with a peak of per pound by May 2, jumped 2 cents $17.19 in September. the next day to $1.6750, down a penny on the week The April Class IV price is $15.72, up a penny but a penny above a year ago. The barrels, after from March, $2.24 above a year ago, and the highest holding at $1.63 for five consecutive sessions, shot April Class IV since 2014. The Class IV average up 3.25 cents on May 3 to $1.6625. This is up 3.25 now stands at $15.69, up from $13.13 a year ago cents on the week and 6.25 cents above a year ago. and $15.03 in 2017.

Twenty-five cars of block exchanged hands on the week, 22 on May 3 alone. This is the largest single The March cull price for beef and dairy combined day trade since March 24, 2011. posted another increase, averaging $62.80 per cwt., up $3.90 from February. This follows a $4.70 gain Butter closed May 3 at $2.2725 per pound, up a last month, but is $6.10 below March 2018 and quarter-cent on the week but 8 cents below a year $8.80 below the 2011 base average of $71.60 per cwt. ago, with 25 sales on the week, 52 for the month of April.

Milk cows averaged $1,140 per head in April,

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Grade A nonfat dry milk saw a May 3 close at $1.0525 per pound, up 1.25 cents on the week. This is the highest CME price since Oct. 6, 2015, and 21 cents above a year ago.

Dry whey closed May 3 at 34.75 cents per pound, up 2 cents on the week and 3 cents above a year ago on 10 reported sales for the week; 80 for the month. n Lawmakers got a first-hand account of what’s happening on U.S. dairy farms. The House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture conducted its first hearing this year, choosing dairy, which is suffering its fifth year of low milk prices and second year of traderelated challenges.

National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO, Jim Mulhern, testified, “Dairy’s challenges reverberate through the U.S. economy, and it’s appropriate that lawmakers put dairy first on its 2019 agenda.”

Signup for the Dairy Margin Coverage program begins June 17 and the USDA’s new “decision tool,” designed to help farmers determine their appropriate coverage level, is now on USDA’s Farm Service Agency’s website.

Lee Mielke may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. v

‘From The Fields’ reporters will share crop progress RYS, from pg. 11 beans. Rys is hopeful for a good start to the planting season as last fall was a challenge. “We were pretty wet all through harvest.” The goal was to be done by Thanksgiving, “I think we froze up a week before.”

Rys expects to be planting by May 1. “If we can be in the fields the last week of April, it’s a blessing.”

Life on the Rys farm is a family affair. Pitching in are: (front) Melia and Milo; (back, left to right) Macie, Nancy, Tom, Cami and Joe.

After the cold, cruel, snow-filled winter, this spring’s gentle thaw has done wonders for optimism for a wonderful growing season. While, “the farm economy is always on our mind.” Rys expects that there’s going to be some marketing opportunities this growing season. “I think we’re optimistic.” With fields drying out thoughts turn to getting the crop in the ground on time with hope for an excellent growing season and profitable harvest. v BISSEN, from pg. 11 Marquette. Growing grapes is labor intensive, and it starts right now for Bissen as he was busy pruning when The Land spoke with him. Bissen sells his grapes to Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery in Spring Valley, Minn. Last year Bissen “probably had one of the best crops ever.” Bissen is looking forward to seeing if this year’s grape crop will be just as good.

In addition to his son, Bissen and his wife Sandy have four other adult children. Bissen and his wife built a house in Rose Creek six years ago and moved off the farm. He admits he spends the majority of his time at the farm.

Thinking positive is the name of the game for Bissen and that’s true when he talks about the trade issues with China. He knows that there needs to be a good deal made and he’s thinks that deal will happen. “Most farmers are optimist. Otherwise we wouldn’t be doing it.” v

FAST, from pg. 11 on-corn on part of his ground. Fast feels that corn’s higher yields make this an easy choice.

Fast is reducing some of the seed trait technology he’s using this year. “We backed off on traits on seed to save a few dollars.” Overall though, its business as usual in terms of agronomic decisions for this planting and growing season. “We’re staying the course.

You got to spend money to make money.”

Fast’s wife Kristina helps with the books on the farm as well as works in the Farm Service Agency’s state office.

Trevor’s wife Crystal is a fourth grade teacher.

They have three children.

Fast has some concerns going into this planting season. “We’re definitely cautious.” Some of those concerns are the low prices, tariff issues, African swine fever and the ethanol plant waivers. “Small refinery waivers are absolutely killing us.”

Last year’s crops were a struggle. “We were farming for crop insurance.” But this is a new year and Fast is eager to get out there and get the crop in the ground. “We’re ready to go.” v

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100+/- acres, can be split, 80 JD one row metal wheel plow; ‘14 JD 569 baler, net & twine FOR SALE: ‘75 JD 7520 tracacres cropland, some pas- JD metal wheel rake; 8N wrap, 21Lx16.1 tires, mega tor 4x4; ‘95 JD 12R30” front ture, 50x48 heated shop, FORD mower, Farmall B wide plus pickup, $21,750; ‘06 fold vac planter, liq fert, grain bin setup, woodland, tractor, all in shed. (320) JD 530 10’ disc mower condi- herb, insect, monitor, Vetter tioner, $7,900; JD 265 7’ 10” row cleaners; JD 28’ digger; wildlife. Call Scott 507-339- 693-8405 3pt disc mower, $4,450; JD JD 3600 6x18 onland plow; 1302 400, 30’ hyd fold rotary hoe, White ripper. 507-276-3654 Sell your land or real estate in Feed Seed Hay $4,450; JD 34 PTO manure 30 days for 0% commission. spreader, good condition, FOR SALE: 4 Tractor Tires Call Ray 507-339-1272 $1,350; ‘13 Westfield 10x71 with rims, duals 380/90R50 ALFALFA, mixed hay, grass auger, w/ L.P. swing hopper, GY tires, 75% tread, nice, hay & feed grade wheat off JD tractor, $4,500. Please $5,900. 320-769-2756 Real Estate straw, medium square or call 507-847-2710 Wanted round bales, delivery Demco 600 gal tandem axle available. sprayer, 45’ hyd boom, PTO FOR SALE: Case IH 560 maWANTED: Land & farms. I Thief River Falls, MN. Call nure spreader, excellent pump, $3,000. 507-380-2956 have clients looking for or text LeRoy Ose: condition, always shedded, dairy, & cash grain operaFOR SALE: Fantini chopping $3,500/OBO. 320-583-6824 218-689-6675 tions, as well as bare land 8R & 12R CH; 70’ Elmer parcels from 40-1000 acres. drag, Merritt alum hopper Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, Both for relocation & investBins & Buildings New. 12’-$6,800; grain trailers; 24R30” JD pl Brand ments. If you have even on Kinze bar; Big A floater; 14’-$7,000; 16’-$8,000; 24’thought about selling con32’-$17,500; 42’175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 $14,800; SILO DOORS tact: Paul Krueger, Farm & $21,500.

Others from 8’-62’.

CH; White 706 & 708 CH & Wood or steel doors shipped Land Specialist, Edina Reparts; White plows & parts; 715-234-1993 promptly to your farm alty, 138 Main St. W., New 54’ 4300 IH field cultivator; stainless fasteners Prague, MN 55372.

JD 44’ field cult; 3300 Hini- IH 2350 Mount-O-Matic Loadhardware available. paulkrueger@edinarealty.com ker field cult; header trailer. er with Quick tach and 7’ (800)222-5726 material bucket, $3,750.

(612)328-4506 507-380-5324 Landwood Sales LLC (651) 387-2085 FOR SALE: JD 16R30” plantStormor Bins & EZ-Drys. er, 500 gal fertilizer tank, We buy Your ad 100% financing w/no liens or scale; 36’ JD field cultivator, Salvage Equipment could be here! red tape, call Steve at Fair- completely gone through, Parts Available 507-345-4523 fax Ag for an appointment. new shovels; 7830 tractor, Hammell Equip., Inc. 888-830-7757 (507)867-4910 FWA, low hrs. 507-525-0634

Farm Equipment

Tractors

Wil-Rich 614NT 27’ disk, FOR SALE: 2001 440 Case 385x22.5 tires, HD 3 bar STX tractor, 4490 hours, harrow, exc cond, $26,900; guidance system, P.S., 4 hyBalzer 15’ stalk chopper w/ draulics, triples, 520-85R42s, 4 wheels, $1,750; Degelmann front 6 are brand new. 218reel type rock picker, hyd 437-8120 drive, $3,450; L.P. Reel, skid loader mounted, hyd reel NEW AND USED TRACTOR rock picker, $2,450; JD 7000 PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 8x30 planter, liq fert & Yet- 55, 50 Series & newer tracter TWs, $3,500; JD 566 bal- tors, AC-all models, Large er, standard pickup w/ net & Inventory, We ship! Mark twine wrap, $5,750. 320-769- Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829 2756

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Tillage Equip

1973 JD 4430, 6630 hrs, 3 pt DMI Tigermate Field cultihitch, cab, quad range trans- vator 30.5’ with 5-bar spike mission, best offer. 320-905- harrow, walking tandems and gauge wheels, 7.5” 2536 sweeps, 6” spacing, sharp, FOR SALE: ‘72 JD 4020, front field ready, $11,500. (651) weights, rear axle weight 387-2085 w/ axle duals, very nice, FOR SALE: 2009 JD 200 $17,500; JD 1520 bean drill, crumbler soil finisher, 30.5’, 10” spacings w/ hyd down exc cond, used very little, pressure & JD markers, $7,000/OBO. 952-556-5562 or $6,500. 320-226-3453 952-426-2428 FOR SALE: JD 8300, good rubber all around w/ duals, $50,000. 507-744-2472

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MFWD TRACTOR 2012 John Deere 7330, 1,402 hrs.

LOCATION: From Green Isle, MN, 2 miles north on Hwy 5, 1/2 mile east on 170th St. 35603 170th St., Hamburg, MN 55339

2WD TRACTORS 1983 John Deere 4250, 13,606 hrs.

1989 John Deere 2955, 10,863 hrs.

HAY EQUIPMENT 2005 John Deere 4995 self-propelled mower conditioner, 2,348 engine hrs.

2002 H&H HS-M pull-type hay merger, 9’ FORAGE BOXES & FEED WAGON (2) Meyers 4618 forage box, 18’ Meyers 4618 forage box, 18’ Kelly Ryan 4X-12-10 feeder wagon

2013 New Holland 29P hay head 2013 New Holland 3PN/3RN cornhead Ag-Bag G-6070 bagger FARM SUPPORT ITEMS Liquid nitrogen bar, 12x30”, 3 pt., John Deere folding tool bar, Yeter wavy coulters, Redball markers (3) Agri Speed sets of fast hitches (2) hub extensions, 6”

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‘15 Gleaner S88 ............................................... Coming ‘12 Gleaner S77 ............................................... Coming Gleaner R65 .................................................. $105,000 ‘12 Gleaner S77............................................ $205,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ............................................... Coming ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $79,500 ‘98 Gleaner R62 ...................................................... Call Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ...................... Call TILLAGE 14’ Sunflower 4412-05.....................................$32,500 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................... Call Geringhoff parts & heads available 10’ Sunflower 4412-07 .................................... $31,000 ‘95 JD 726, 30’ ................................................ $21,500 MISCELLANEOUS 10’ Wilrich QX2 37’ w/basket.......................... $38,500 NEW Salford RTS Units .......................................... Call Wilrich QX 55’5 w/bskt............................................ Call NEW Salford Plows................................................. Call CIH 730b cush. w/leads ................................. $19,500 NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders .............................. Call ‘03 NH ST250 40’FC w/Bskt ........................... $34,500 NEW Westfield Augers ........................................... Call

4 remotes 2585 hours, just through service program ...... $79,500

NEW REM VRX Vacs. .............................................. Call NEW Hardi Sprayers............................................... Call NEW Riteway Rollers .............................................. Call NEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..................................... Call NEW Batco Conveyors ........................................... Call NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ......................... Call NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons .................................. Call NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ......................... Call JD 7200 8-30 w/dry fert ...............................Let’s Deal REM 2700, Rental ................................................... Call Pre-Owned Grain Cart ................................... On Hand New Horsch Jokers ....................................... On Hand

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4WD TRACTORS ‘13 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO, pwr shift, 620x42 tires & duals .......... $150,000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs, pwr shift, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, HID lights, 480x50 tires & duals ........................................................................................................... $120,000 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 370 HD, 7052 hrs, 1000 PTO, big hyd pump, 710x38 tires ............$79,000 ‘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 ................................$109,000 ‘13 C-IH Magnum 290, 1250 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves,

ADVERTISER LISTING 1 Stop Realty ..........................................................19 Anderson Seeds ........................................................ 4 Beck's Hybrids ......................................................... 1

4 hyd valves, 480x50 rear tires & duals, front duals ......$99,000 ‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD 690 hrs, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, 1000 PTO,

3pt, complete auto steer syst, 540/1000PTO .................$82,500

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

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

‘08 C-IH 2408 8R30, hyd deck plates,

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‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645 sep/3623 eng hrs, single point hookup, chopper, bin ext. .............................................................$42,000 ‘14 C-IH 5130, 660 sep/928 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper, tracker, 700 monitor, 900x32 single tires ......................$132,000 ‘15 C-IH 6140, 810 eng/685 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 tracker, HID lights, Pro 600 monitor, 520x42” duals ......$92,000

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

Steffes Group ..........................................................19

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

‘09 C-IH 7088, 1275 sep/1807 eng hrs, rock trap, chopper,

Henslin Auctions ............................................... 18, 19

Smiths Mill Implement ............................................21

520x38 tires & duals ......................................................$42,000 ‘01 JD 9650 STS, 3014 sep/4325 eng hrs, Contour-Master,

‘11 Challenger MT665C, 2703 hrs, MFWD, 5 hyd, CVT trans,

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

Schweiss Doors .......................................................18

480x42 tires & duals ......................................................$54,000 ‘01 JD 9750, 3013 sep/4156 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper,

HID lights, 480x46 tires & duals .....................................$95,000

Greenwald Farm Center ...........................................21

Rush River Steel & Trim .......................................... 9

‘04 JD 9760, 2268 sep/3460 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper,

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

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

Pruess Elevator .......................................................21

520x38 tires & duals ....................................................$135,000

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

Dahl Farm Supply ...................................................12

Nachurs ................................................................... 3

‘13 JD S660, 892 sep/1180 eng hrs, Contour-Master, chopper,

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

‘09 Drago 6R30 chopping, fits JD combine ......................$19,000

Larson Implement ...................................................23

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

Courtland Waste Handling .......................................15

Keith Bode ..............................................................21

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‘02 C-IH 2208 8R30, hyd deck plates,

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ‘11 Bobcat E45EM excavator, 10000 lb machine, cab air, 2964 hrs, Quick Tach bkt, dozer blade, aux hyd, track rubber ...$32,000 ‘12 JD 710K, 2424 hrs, ldr backhoe, 4x4, cab, air...........$79,000 ‘11 JD 850J LGP Dozer, 6926 hrs, blade ...........................$95,000 ‘11 JD 290LC, 3350 hrs, 42” bucket ...............................$120,000 ‘11 JD 672G, 5720 hrs, 14’ blade ...................................$110,000 ‘11 JD 624K wheelloader, 4450 hrs, cab air, 3.5 yd Quick Tach bkt .. $92,000 ‘11 JD 624K wheelloader, 4450 hrs, w/ quick coupler, w/ bkt, ride control ..................................................... $92,000 ‘11 JD 120D excavator, 3460 hrs, hyd thumb, 24” Quick Tach bkt......................................................................................$75,000 ‘12 Volvo L50F wheelloader, w/quick coupler & bkt .........$65,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

80” spacing, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, ...............................$159,000

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

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

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

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

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

‘14 C-IH 340 Magnum Rowtrac, 290 hrs, lux cab, susp front axle, 18” belts, 6 hyd valves, 1000 PTO, 3pt ........................$180,000

‘06 ASTEC RT960 trencher, 3000 hrs .................................$18,500 12 Cat 924K wheelloader, 3355 hrs, quick coupler, w/bkt, ride control ............................................................. $91,000

TILLAGE

‘08 Cat D6T XW dozer, 5860 hrs, blade, winch ...............$132,000

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

‘10 Kawasaki 65ZV-2 wheelloader, 6510 hrs, w/2.5 yd pin on bkt...$54,000

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

‘08 Kawasaki 80ZV wheelloader, 5773 hrs, 4.25 yd pin on bkt .. $65,000

‘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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nos Schwartzentruber wants to do something meaningful with his life by using the gifts his Creator provided for him. When Enos was younger, Mr. Jacob Stutzman taught him how to make fine furniture from rough lumber. Enos had a talent for the work and it gave him satisfaction. But the Amish community is rich with talented wood workers.

“I was looking for something unique to do,” he said. “I wanted to find a need in the community that no one else is responding to.”

At about that time, Enos was visiting the Ohio Amish community where he was born. The word went out that a young man had been killed in a buggy-truck collision and everybody was summoned to the home of the deceased to offer support to the family. As a wood worker, Enos was asked to help build the casket.

“Building that casket for my friend was a powerful experience,” Enos said.

Through that experience he found his calling.

Enos, Mary, and their family are no longer part of the Amish community; but in 2009, they established Living Hope Wood Work at their farm on County Road 11 between Sauk Centre and Long Prairie.

Their specialty is well-made wooden caskets and urns constructed from red oak, pine, and Eastern red cedar.

Enos everlasting

Enos makes the caskets from scratch in his workshop using rough lumber purchased from nearby Amish sawmills. After he carefully applies a stain and a finish, Mary upholsters each casket.

The finished caskets sell for $1,750 to $750. The urns sell for $150 for the cedar and $100 for the oak urn.

“Our prices are low because we don’t want to take advantage of people when they are vulnerable,” Enos said.

Sometime people will bring their own lumber for Enos to make a custom casket.

“I don’t think they are necessarily trying to save money,” he said.

“It’s more like the particular lumber or tree was important to the deceased. It’s more a matter of heart than money.”

Living Hopes customers include a funeral home which carries their caskets regularly as well as many local non-Amish families.

Enos has also delivered caskets to Minneapolis and even shipped one to Texas. He’s happy to show you the various models that he has in his show room or, given time, he can custom make a casket for you. To visit him he suggests that you call ahead at (320) 533-0611.

You can also see photos of Enos building a casket at livinghopewoodcaskets.com. v

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SPRAY FOAM ROOF BARRON, WI ROOF REPAIR & TANK INSULATION NEW RICHLAND, MN

Waseca County Fair Grounds

Before

SPRAY FOAM INSULATION & WEATHER BARRIER PRESCOTT, WI

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

855-612-8038 | www.greenerworldsolutions.com

www.greenerworldsolutions.com MN LIC BC639351

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

MN LIC BC639351