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I pledge my head to clearer thinking; helpful and harmful bugs; which birds left each fall and which ones stuck my heart to greater loyalty; around; and the importance of each critmy hands to larger service; ter that crawled, slithered or walked — no matter how creepy or disgusting they my health to better living for my home, may be. I realized I was part of nature … my club, my community and my country. not apart from nature; and nature defiRight after the Pledge of Allegiance, nitely became part of me. those words were recited before every A few weeks ago I was wandering about 4-H meeting I attended. And I attended LAND MINDS the 4-H building at the Minnesota State quite a few — 10 years worth, plus the Fair. It seemed decades ago since I nermany meetings I went to before I could

By Paul Malchow vously presented my demonstration on even become a member. drawing on that big stage inside that We were a 4-H family. My parents big building. (It was decades ago.) In were leaders in the club; my older many cases, the projects on display in brother and sister were 10-year members before me.

2019 were quite different from my day — both in 4-H was a rite of passage and I was chomping at the form and content.

Drones, renewable energy and bit to be a member. Like moving to the “adult” table internet broadband were not hot topics in the Stone at Thanksgiving dinner, being an official 4-H member Age. But 4-Hers still build and bake; sew and entitled you to hang out with “the big kids.” Instead stitch; and take great pictures. of staying out of the way while my siblings toiled at The importance of 4-H is (and always has been) their projects, I had projects of my own, my own not the project, but the process. It’s finding out the records to keep, my own demonstrations to plan. shortcut isn’t always the best route.

Gardening was an early project and It’s standing in front of a group of peoat the ripe age of 8 I was already an ple and peers, sharing what you’ve old pro. By that time I had already learned. It’s being an officer in a club been quite involved in planting, weedwhen you’ve never been an officer of ing and harvesting the sizeable plot anything before. In the small world of which would keep us in vegetables a 4-H club, everyone … and I mean until next summer. (One of my sister’s everyone … has had those experiences.

4-H projects was canning. I still recall It bonds you somehow. It makes you a the triumphs and tears as she would part of something bigger. pull jar after jar out of the canner — In this issue, Kristin Kveno writes searching for that perfect specimen to about the Olson family and their deditake to the county fair.) cation to 4-H; and it took me back to Both my father and brother were avid photograthe thoughts I’m sharing with you today. Much in phers, so 4-H photography was another chance for the way FFA now includes “town kids” in its memme to sit at the adult table. Armed with my Kodak bership rolls, 4-H is no longer exclusive to rural resInstamatic, I was finally free to shoot whatever I idents.

The lessons learned through 4-H transcend pleased … within reason. While I was free to take geography and lifestyle.

You can learn a lot of things pictures, the film and developing were NOT free. through 4-H; but none of those things will ever be Probably the first lesson I learned in 4-H photograas important as the things you learn about yourself. phy was to be prudent before I clicked the shutter.

The last line in the 4-H pledge now reads, “My Lesson two was, the better my photos’ quality, the more likely my parents would invest in more film. I health to better living for my club, my community, received many sideways glances from Mom and Dad my country and my world.” In our global society, it is a fitting amendment. Our world is definitely in with photographs of my feet; or a tiny speck in a need of better living. And 4-H might just show us blue sky (“It was an eagle, Mom. It really was!”)

But my favorite project was Conservation (today’s the way.

Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land.

4-Hers call it “Environmental Science.”) Growing up He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com. v on a farm, I came out of the womb learning respect for God’s creation; the role we play in nurturing what we have; and the fragility and power of the natural world.

But the 4-H Conservation project opened up that world to me in a new way. I learned the trees and 7 — On-line bidders show strong plants which filled our woods by name. I noticed interest for retirement auction how squirrels would bury a stockpile of butternuts.

When one of those butternuts would sprout through 11 — Milford 4-H club has been the soil, the squirrels would dig the cache back up serving youth since 1927. for fine dining. I learned the difference between

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Christine and the story of the orange sulphur cosmos

Thank You Buyers

4H

40 th Anniversary Purple Ribbon Auction Grand Champion Market Beef: $40,000 (*) Exhibitor: Ben Freking, Jackson County Buyer: Ames Construction Reserve Champion Market Beef: $15,500 Exhibitor: Teagan Young, Winona County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union Foundation, Farmers Union Agency, Farmers Union Industries, and Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires Grand Champion Dairy Steer: $18,900 (*) Exhibitor: Landon Mattson, Freeborn County Buyer: American Foods Group, Central Livestock Assn., and O & S Cattle Co. Reserve Champion Dairy Steer: $11,100 (*) Exhibitor: Madison Mattson, Freeborn County Buyer: American Foods Group Grand Champion Market Barrow: $13,650 Exhibitor: Cameron Prins, Murray County Buyer: Cargill Animal Nutrition Reserve Champion Market Barrow: $14,000 (*) Exhibitor: Ryan Risius, Mower County Buyer: Merck Animal Health, Hormel Foods, Wakefield Pork, Becks Hybrids, Wilson Trailers and Mower Co. 4-H Reserve Champion Market Gilt: $11,300 Exhibitor: Lilly Carr, Houston County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union Foundation, Farmers Union Agency, and Farmers Union Industries, CIH Hedging, Hog Slat, and PALS Grand Champion Market Lamb: $9,000 (*) Exhibitor: Grace Arthur, Steele County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union Foundation, Farmers Union Agency, and Farmers Union Industries Reserve Champion Market Lamb: $7,000 (*) Exhibitor: Mara Hallock, Dakota County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union Foundation, Farmers Union Agency, Farmers Union Industries, and Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires Grand Champion Meat Goat: $5,000 Exhibitor: Thomas Sell, Cottonwood County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union, Farmers Union Agency, and Farmers Union Industries Reserve Champion Meat Goat: $3,150 Exhibitor: Elizabeth Krause, Dodge County Buyer: Minnesota Farm Bureau Grand Champion Dairy Meat Goat: $4,550 Exhibitor: Grace Bayerl, McLeod County Buyer: LongCheng Hmong Meats

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Other “Champion Buyers’ Club” Donors ($5,000.00 or more in contributions): Cemstone Compeer Financial Boehringer Ingelheim Provimi Suidae Health & Production O’Sullivan Cattle Co. Featherlite Trailers Steele County Purple Ribbon Club Jackson County Purple Ribbon Club Mower County Purple Ribbon Club Goodhue County Purple Ribbon Club

(*) denotes a new record price in 2019

Total 2019 4-H Auction Premiums = $760,000 (*) 106 4-H Exhibitors – Over 1,300 Auction Buyers 80 percent of the proceeds from the Purple Ribbon 4-H Livestock Auction go to the 106 4-H youth participants, with the balance of the funds used to fund special youth animal science projects and programs throughout the year, as well as to help fund the Auction scholarship program.

In 2019, three outstanding 4-H junior leaders received $4,000 scholarships, fifteen received $2,000.00 scholarships, and twenty-three received $1,000 scholarships, for a total of 41 scholarships and $65,000 awarded through the Purple Ribbon Auction.

2019 Purple Ribbon 4-H Auction Scholarship Winners and Sponsors Name:

$4,000 Scholarships

Samuel Bobendrier, Pipestone Co. Martha Moenning, Mower Co. Hannah Neil, Dakota Co.

Name:

Boehringer Ingelheim Cargill Animal Nutrition Skyride DMC, Don McClure

$2,000 Scholarship

Regan Carlson, Swift Co. Jay Dicke, Goodhue Co. Sean Doyle, Faribault Co. Kelsey Erf, Goodhue Co. Ryan Hanson, Freeborn Co. Anica Herrera, Carver Co. Isabelle Lindahl, Chisago Co. Thomas Netzke, Redwood Co. Noah Netzke, Redwood Co. Gigi Otten, Freeborn Co. Cal Schultz, Rice Co. Cara Teigum, Watonwan Co. Tormanya Tut, Fillmore Co. Jacob Welch, Fillmore Co. Mikayla Wetzel, Rice Co.

Name:

Sponsor:

Sponsor:

Riverview, LLP/ Wulf Cattle Holden Farms MN Pork Board Corn Roast; Brad & Lori Ribar Cargill Animal Nutrition Independent Community Bankers of MN Mouse Trap Cheese Curds MN Farmers Union Pipestone Grain Co. Compeer Financial LA-CO Industries Michael Dove, Gislason Law Office & Gary Koch, Christensen Farms Big Gain Feeds Midwest Machinery Federated Co-ops Inc.

$1,000 Scholarship

Lauren Arthur, Steele Co. Emily Benrud, Goodhue Co. Molly Carnell Brown Co. Kyerra Carter, Pope Co. Sydney Eickhoff, Fillmore Co. Brittany Erickson, Cottonwood Co. Brock Erickson, Mower Co. David Hassing, Faribault Co. Leah Heffley, Mille Lacs Co. Maia Irvin, Mower Co. Colton Ivers, Mower Co. Taylor Jerde, Dakota Co. Carissa Kleinwort, Dodge Co. Elizabeth Krienke, McLeod Co. Hannah Kruse, Rock Co. Tyson Meidl, Brown Co. Lukas Pierson, Watonwan Co. Faith Sayles, Mower Co. Kyle Stranberg, Chippewa Co. Matthew Strobel, Waseca Co. Justin Thomforde, Goodhue Co. Gentrie Vatthauer, Traverse Co. Ashley Wagner, Jackson Co.

Sponsor:

Interstate Power Systems Schroeder Concessions Anderson Seeds Mary Bennett Kriva, Dick Boniface, & Juanita Reed Boniface Hubbard Feeds Extended Ag Services & Steve Resler Holden Farms Kent Thiesse & Steve Pooch Jake & Lindsay Grass Duke’s Poutine Hormel Foods In Memory of Helen Anderson Shanghaied Henri’s Pronto Pups – The Karnis Family Minnesota CattleWomen Isabel Burke’s Saltwater Taffy Davis Family Dairies Topigs Norsvin USA MN Simmental Assn.

Commodity & Ingredient Hedging Interstate Power Systems DLCC Ranch – Dar & Lynn Giess MN Corn Growers Assn.

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent Gardens are really a sanctuary for everyone. It is a place to dream, create, work up a sweat pulling those ever-present weeds, or just enjoy the luxury of the outdoors.

My gardens do live up to my expectations, because the only thing I want from them is a place to grow plants, to delight in each flower during their season of blossoming and just have a place to dilly-dally on a beautiful day. There really are no rules to my gardening, except to ENJOY!!!!

Gardening in this freestyle way is full of surprises. When I raked off the plant debris early this spring, I was surprised to see these little flowers I call Johnny Jump-Ups blooming. This perky little plant kept surprising me all summer by popping up in many locations in the garden and blooming every day in many different shades. This is one self-sowing plant I do enjoy.

I can’t really say I despise the Wormwood plant. It is beautiful and fills in spaces where there are no plants. But when this gigantic — almost bush-like — plant seemed to be interfering with my Johnny Jump-Ups’ plans for invasion, some of them had to be dug out. Oof-da! They reminded me that my abhorrence towards exercise may not be a good thing — especially at my age.

My grandchildren recently explained to a visiting guest that she had to be a bit understanding because I was really, really REALLY OLD!!!! Ooh, the raw honesty of those youngsters….

Each year there are old flowers to welcome back and new flowers to enjoy. One of my absolute favorites this year came from Angela Dykstra. She’s the one that has those cheerful orange flowers which bloom by the stop sign on Seventh St. I finally presumed upon our friendship to ask for a source of those seeds. She was so kind and saved seeds from last year’s harvest to share with me.

Just like her grandma did for her.

Angela’s grandmother, Christine Elster Peterson,

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Carpenters leave behind a legacy of their craft In the early morning fog the job every morning as if the other day, I heard a he had spent half the previclaw hammer’s tap, tap, ous night choreographing bam, bam, bam, boom drive the next day’s every move a nail into its place for who to make the most of his knows how many years. A effort and your dollar. moment later, another six, Buddy, on the other hand, clear, sharp notes cut was more of a remodeler, through the fog and anothsomeone whose patience er nail was set for, maybe, a FARM & FOOD FILE (others might say slowness) century or more.

By Alan Guebert gave him time to know There were no carpenwhat to do next without ters on the southern ever re-measuring, reIllinois dairy farm of my sawing or regretting. youth. The closest anyone came was Buddy also could be humorously my father who, in the shade of a big absentminded. Twice, for example, I maple tree one summer, made several witnessed him saw through the extentongue-in-groove hayracks. It wasn’t sion cord to his circular saw while cutfine woodworking but the racks were ting plywood. Each time he simply square and so solid that each brought smiled a small, resigned smile and good money at his retirement auction added another lumpy, electrical tape more than 40 years later. splice to the several splices already in When a real carpenter was required, the cord. my father called either Elmer N. or Elmer’s extension cord was like Buddy S. for the job. Elmer was Elmer – not one splice. He was a younger, faster, more professional, and round man with a sharp, aquiline nose lived just 12 miles away in an old and a carpenter’s pencil stuck into his French town guarded by towering cap just in front of his right ear. He river bluffs. Buddy, whose real name I wore matching shirts and pants, still don’t know, lived farther away, always a workman’s tan, heavy leathwas older, slower, and loved to chat, er work shoes, and, if chilly or cold, a joke, and watch the farm’s hired men, matching jacket or coat. cows, and anyone else who might disAnd he was a solo act. No gofer, tract him from the task at hand. apprentice or assistant helped, slowed, There were other differences or learned from Elmer. When you between the two. Elmer was a no-non- hired him to ... say, put an addition sense builder, someone who tackled onto your house, Elmer dug the build-

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Letter: Why trade with China?

To the Editor, With the continuing tariffs against China, I see this as a positive step. We need to concentrate on working toward self-sufficiency in this country — not greater dependence on other countries.

The Chinese are doing everything to undermine and destroy this country: from cyber attacks, identity theft, suppressing Christian beliefs and buying businesses in this country.

Also, just think of how much less insecticide, herbicide and fertilizer that would have to be put on the land which would help protect the air and ground water. As it stands now, we are poisoning ourselves and future generations. (Just two weeks ago, they were spraying for aphids at an adjacent

farm and the odor was so great we had to go inside. And while attending an auction last week, they were spraying across the fence. The odor was so strong we had to leave the area.) Just to sell to China.

It is bad enough that this is being done for U.S. consumption, much less selling the products to China. Why should we have to get cancer from being exposed to all of these chemicals, and why should we have to stand by while rural America becomes saturated with confinement barns that deplete our water resources and pollute our environment?

Mike Handzus Lakefield, Minn.

ing’s foundation, set the concrete forms, then coordinated the concrete pour, before singularly completing the framing, wiring, plumbing, insulating, roofing, cabinetry, plastering, and trim work by himself. Alas, he didn’t paint.

Equally impressive, at least to my mother, was how he left his work site each day: it was as clean – maybe even cleaner – than her well-scrubbed kitchen.

Elmer had two other talents I’ve rarely seen matched. First, he sawed nearly every board by hand. His saw was sharp, his stroke short, and his cut straight and quick.

His other unmatchable talent was sweating. He seemed to sweat from the moment he arrived in the morning until the moment he left in the evening. And, most remarkably to me, anyway, was how the sweat dripped from the tip of his elegant nose, drop by drop, exactly onto the board he was cutting with every stroke he made with his handsaw.

Buddy, by contrast, was an elfish

man in overalls, a cotton shirt, and high-top work shoes. He trudged more than he walked, rarely moved so fast as to break a sweat, and wore an infectious smile from morning to quitting time. For years Buddy’s work vehicle was a 1957 Chevrolet Impala whose outside mirrors dangled baling twine like parade streamers when not holding 2x4s en route to a job site.

Despite their differences in appearance and approach, both Buddy and Elmer were well regarded in their communities and by my father. Both were board-by-board, brick-by-brick workmen who literally built their small corner of this nation. Now, like my father, both are long gone. Their work, however, endures as a lasting testament to their innate talent and quiet lives, and likely will for many decades more.

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Flowers a memory of the farm COSMOS, from pg. 4 began her married life as a farmer’s wife. Like many young couples, the Petersons hoped with hard work and very frugal living they would be able to make a living off the land. For six years they put forth their best effort in South Dakota.

I can imagine that when the hail storms came along with the financial difficulties of the early 1930’s, Christine would head out to her garden, to pray.

These bright orange blossoms, which sway in the slightest breeze, would cheer her. She could return to her mundane daily chores reminded that her Lord understood and He was still taking care of them.

When the crops failed again, it became evident the Petersons needed to leave the farm. In their preparations to move, she carefully saved seeds from her favorite outdoor flowers. The flowers were a part of the farm she could take to town.

Her husband secured a job in Sioux Falls. It wasn’t the life she imagined,

but she loved and stood by her man through those difficult times because she believed the words in the Holy Bible: “Thus far has God helped us” — despite the fact their present situation seemed to dictate otherwise.

Christine Elster Peterson was not one to feel sorry for herself. She got busy making their new house in town a home. It was a haven for her husband after a hard day at his job, and their family which eventually grew to include six children.

Many flowers grew under her careful tending — both outside and inside her home. Her delicious homemade bread seemed to say, ‘I love you’ in every bite.

These vibrant orange flowers remind me to persevere through tough times and never to lose faith. Thank you, Angela Dykstra, for sharing the flowers and story of your grandma.

Through you, we are reminded that a grandparent’s influence is important.

Renae B. Vander Schaaf is an independent writer, author and speaker.

Contact her at (605) 530-0017 or agripen@live.com. v

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Kids, dogs and puddles can teach valuable lessons in life Rare is it to find a farm without a loyal Something about this video struck me. dog. Even more rare is a farm that doesn’t How many times are we too busy with life sport a water puddle or two after the to enjoy the simple pleasures that await rains have fallen to rehydrate the crops. us every day? When was the last time we tromped through a water puddle when And farms without children are simply out on a walk? I know it’s been a long missed opportunities. time since I have known that kind of simI was wasting vast amounts of time ple joy. Oh, I’ve done it when out doing recently on social media when I came chores, but that doesn’t count. That’s just upon a video of a young boy (maybe three part of doing chores after a rain.

TABLE TALK or four years old) walking along a paved I’m talking about an opportunity to be trail of sorts with his dog. The dog was as By Karen Schwaller a kid again. How many times have we tall the little boy was, and the boy was wished for that? While I wouldn’t want to “leading” him on a leash. The two were go through the growing-up process again, walking along together at the pace of the little boy I have wished to see the world through the eyes of a — obvious best friends. They were out in the sunshine of the day, just enjoying each other’s company. child again — before adulthood came and skewed The dog was being very patient with the little boy’s my view of the world. Reality comes to greet us sooner or later, and we realize that the grown-ups in slow pace. our lives made adulthood look a lot more fun than it Soon they came upon a puddle of water. The two really was. walked around it first, then the little boy had an How disappointing is it to wake up after years of idea. He looked back at the puddle, looked at his the climb to adulthood and think, “Is this all?” Erma friend, carefully bent over and placed the leash on Bombeck once wrote, “The saddest thing in the the ground and returned to the puddle. He walked world is to wake up on Christmas morning and not back and forth through the water several times, be a child.” enjoying every pass.

She was spot-on. And there’s where the water The dog stood there looking straight ahead, lookpuddle comes in. ing back at the boy occasionally, waiting patiently until his friend returned. When he did, the boy very That little boy recognized an opportunity to add gently and carefully picked up the leash and togeth- more fun to his day, so he stopped and acted upon it. er they continued on.

It didn’t take but a minute, but he knew that the

moment (or perhaps the water puddle) might be gone if he didn’t take advantage of it right then. So he sported wet shoes and a smile, his dog waiting faithfully and patiently for his friend to have his fun.

There is so much to learn from this brief story.

From the boy, we learn to recognize an opportunity when we see it and to act on it, no matter how insignificant it may seem. We learn it’s good to trust that our true friends will stop with us along our path. It’s important to show our friends genuine respect and compassion. It’s important to see the world as a kid sometimes, and it’s always important to stop our busy-ness to play.

From that wonderful dog, we learn to always be patient with our friends; to walk their path with them; to wait for them and let them know we are there to protect them; to look back and make sure they are still with us; and to know that our friends will always come back for us.

We can’t stay kids forever, and that’s sad. But as they say, “Growing up is obvious. Growing old is optional.” My money is on the kids and dogs for showing us how to plow through this crazy ride we call life.

Even when life’s muddy water puddles lie ahead to challenge us.

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

Know thy enemy: ‘The Mosquito’ tells all A dentist’s drill on “fast.”

“The Mosquito: A Human History of Or maybe a string of four-wheelers heading up a hill, or a busted wind-up Our Deadliest Predator” toy car? Or, or, wait! It’s more like an

by Timothy C. Winegard electric guitar stuck on high C, right by c.2019, Dutton your ear. How else would you describe the whine from the creature you’ll learn $28.00 / $34.95 Canada about in “The Mosquito” by Timothy C. 485 pages Winegard?

THE BOOKWORM mosquitoes were at fault.

No doubt about it: we are outnumbered.

SEZ Sumerians wrote about There are, says Winegard, more than

By Terri Schlichenmeyer malaria, and blamed it 100 trillion mosquitoes in the world at on gods; scholars say any given moment, in every cranny of the that the Bible alludes to malariaplanet, “save Antarctica, Iceland, the Seychelles, and as-plague. Greek soldiers were a handful of French Polynesian micro-islands.” For repeatedly laid-low by “some form of us, that’s a really bad number: just since the turn of hemorrhagic fever” spread by mosquitoes, and this century, the diseases that mosquitoes carry monsoon rains helped mosquitoes kill 1,500 people have caused some two million people to die. during the First Crusade. Winegard says that one And we can’t do much about it. Neither could the of Columbus’s men likely was “person zero” in dinosaurs, who were on the mosquito menu millions bringing malaria to the New World, causing “genoof years ago. When dinos died by asteroid, mosquicide by germs” within groups of indigenous people. toes merely switched dishes, thereby surviving “to In 1647, a Dutch slave ship from West Africa inject death and disease into humanity throughout brought yellow fever to Barbados. our history” and to become the number one killer of Malaria alone, he says, “takes a life every thirty humans. seconds” although mosquito-borne diseases aren’t Humans were aware of mosquito-borne diseases at the killers they once were. During the Civil War, least 5,200 years ago, though they didn’t know that

mosquitoes played a part in the war itself but also in civilian life, alone causing thousands of deaths and millions of dollars in economic damage.

Not until after the war did scientists recognized the culprit…

According to author Timothy C. Winegard, mosquitoes exist specifically to torment you.

They serve no other purpose; not as food, not to pollinate, they’re not even pretty to look at.

They’re here to bite and reproduce, and if that isn’t enough to make you scratch, then slap your hands on “The Mosquito” and learn more.

Unable to extricate human history from that of the insect, Winegard embraces the connection in this book by following a basic timeline of death and destruction throughout the eons. This is hard history. We learn or are reminded of battles, travels and worst-laid plans of men. But it’s also a story filled with wonder that a creature so small can wreak havoc on beings so big. You almost have to respect that — despite your natural loathing for the critters.

Certainly, history buffs and science lovers will enjoy this book; but it’s also a heavier-duty, gee-whiz tale that’s totally absorbing. If you’re ready to learn, look for “The Mosquito.” You know the drill … v

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Retirement auction draws live and on-line bidding

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus DANUBE, Minn. — Perfect weather on Aug. 29 certainly set the stage for the farm retirement auction of Roger Heller — a long-time real estate/farm management specialist in Olivia, Minn. With bright blue skies, temps in mid-70s, and a gentle breeze drifting across the horizon, buyers (and lookers) from a three-state area ventured four miles north of Danube.

Weather was less of an issue for the on-line bidders who hailed from eight states plus Canada and Mexico.

Heller, a South Dakota native and South Dakota State University ag education graduate, is known throughout the area thanks to 57 years in farm real estate. Plus, his initial start as a vocational agriculture instructor at Danube High School attracted former students — some now successful farmers — to see what Heller had to offer now that he was finally throwing in the towel.

Equipment belonging to Heller’s 43-year ‘farming partner’ Blake Schroder added to the total iron and steel components put up for sale.

Handling this auction was the Steffes Group of Litchfield, Minn. — one of the bigger mid-America auction firms. Steffes was responsible for the eyecatching promotional brochure with color photos highlighting the exceptional power lineup of eight tractors — including two track units, a 2008 Caterpillar Challenger and a 2006 John Deere 8430T. The brochure stated, “Heller has farmed over 43 years and has now decided to retire. Major equipment is shedded with meticulous service and maintenance records. Online bidding available on all major equipment.”

One of the Steffes lead auctioneers, Ashley Huhn, stopped to chat just before his ‘call’ began and answered a few questions.

The Land: In view of the dismal farm economy, what’s your early read on today’s auction?

Huhn: Virtually every piece of equipment out here shows exceptional service. Yes, the farm economy right now is definitely impacting our farm sales.

However, this auction I think will do pretty good because clean equipment still brings a premium. At consignment sales with rougher-looking equipment, buyers are really discounting their bidding.

‘It’s time to move on’

Roger Heller spoke quietly when questioned about his thoughts on this ‘closing day’ of his farming career. His farming partner, Blake Schroeder, had been providing most of the day-by-day duties for the past 43 years.

This start-up 160-acre parcel had gradually expanded to about 2,100 acres.

Commented Heller, now 89 years of age, “Yes, this is an emotional day. Having worked with the family that lived here for these many years my mind is filled with memories.

But everything has a season and we have to look at it that way. It’s time to move on.”

With a keen eye for the struggles within the farm economy these days, Heller assessed his Aug. 29 ‘retirement’ auction much the same way. “Like every auction, some items are not going well, but others are Roger Heller okay. Considering the farm economy, I guess I’ll say it’s doing alright.”

Heller said he was “okay” with a $104,000 final bid on the Caterpillar tractor. It had 3,880 hours and one season on new tracks.

On the Salford vertical tillage machine he bought six years back, Heller commented this machine works really well on soybean stubble and corn stubble, sweet corn ground. “It sizes the residue and does a good job. Glad to see it go to a Minnesota farmer who already understands this new twist in farm tillage.”

Heller was also satisfied with attendance to the auction. Pickups filled both gravel roads leading to the farm. Heller was particularly pleased to hear 340 on-line registrants tuned into his auction.

Heller’s wife Arlene agreed this has been an emotional time for Roger. “He’ll be back to himself in a few days. Farming has been a major part of this life. Yes, buying and selling real estate is always satisfying. But Roger See HELLER, pg. 8

good sense that this segment of our farming economy stays tuned in to the real world of agriculture.

The Land: Are there any unique items to be found here today?

Huhn: Yes, always a few. That Hardi sprayer with a 132-foot boom, 1000 PTO, triple nozzle, 1,800 gallon tank just sold for $29,000 as we were talking. But big items today will be the tractors, that Caterpiller and a John Deere 9770 combine, also a John Deere 612C The Land: What per- combine with chopping corn head. cent of today’s auction do The Land: Because of the reputation of Roger you predict will be on-line Heller, are there an exceptional number of lookers? sales?

Huhn: Absolutely! When I talked with our crew Huhn: All of our live auctions have on-line bid- See AUCTION, pg. 8 ding … plus proxy bidding ahead of the sale. Today I venture around 50 percent will be on-line. We have about 240 live bid numbers issued today. The last time I checked, we had over 400 on-line registrations.

(Actual on-line sales was 58 percent.)

The Land: With no ‘bright spot’ ahead for this farm economy, how do you energize yourselves?

Huhn: People are always asking, ‘when is the best time to sell?’ When farmers are in a buying mood is my flippant answer. But quality of your merchandize is still the key criteria. Today we have quality plus Heller is a widely known personality … and that too makes an impact.

Our Steffes team worked diligently planning the entire day’s event plus our website has become a big player in our success.

We’re continually promoting our sales — sometimes even directly to trust attorneys, lawyers and bankers so they can better serve their customers.

The Land: Are some of these parties out here today?

Huhn: I’ve already talked to a few bankers, so they are here scouting and learning also. Yes, this is happening more often at farm auctions and it makes

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On-line sales to Canada, Mexico AUCTION, from pg. 7 putting this sale together, they said it’s been like Farmfest the past two weeks. A lot of outstate people come early, check out the equipment, then go home ready for on-line bidding cause they’ve now seen the particular equipment they’re interested in. We have a gentleman from Medora, North Dakota … told me he drove all night just to be here.

Typically, most bidders are from within an eightstate area. But occasionally we’ll get bids from Canada, or eastern Cornbelt states like Michigan, Ohio. And occasionally even an overseas on-line buyer. Two weeks ago we had a Fordson tractor bought by a man from England. We crate it up and arrange for the shipping. (On-line sales from this auction went to Canada and Mexico.)

The Land: How does your Steffes team energize

for these auctions? You’ve got to be quick, nimble and always reading your audience.

Huhn: I’m farm-reared. This business is all about helping people. I can relate to the farm audience today. When I’m behind the microphone calling a sale, they know that I know what I’m talking about. They trust what we say and that’s the key.

We have locations in Litchfield, Fargo, Sioux Falls and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. At each, we have anywhere from two to five auctioneers.

The Land: As you introduce the next item, I hear you toss out your ‘asking bid.’ This big Cat Challenger, what might you start at?

Huhn: That unit, I’ll throw it out at $50,000 and let it go from there. (Actual selling price: $104,000.

Huhn predicted it would likely be the highest selling tractor — it was!). v

Bidders and spectators...

Nate Ide of Echo, Minn. did lots of looking just like everyone else. But Ide’s specific purpose in attending was a Salford vertical tillage machine.

This was a 31-foot wide, all wave blades, rolling basket, weight package, three-bar coil tine harrow, including 64 extra new blades.

Ide explained, “We’re looking at vertical tillage it to give us some relief in these wet springs. Seems we’re in an area that keeps getting more and more spring rains. Also, I don’t have much hope for soybean markets the next few years so continuous corn will likely be our program. We’ll use the Salford unit ahead of the ripper this fall.”

The price for these rigs sold new? Ide speculated, “Between $70,000 and $80,000. Right now on dealers lots, used machines range from $30,000 to $45,000. It’s one of those pieces of equipment that you either want, or care nothing about. Go down to Indiana, these Salfords aren’t so popular anymore because other brands are taking over. I’m looking for this unit because it can work through muddy conditions — especially for fall tillage.”

And he’s willing to go up to $30,000 to buy this machine. “It’s in really nice shape. It comes from a good home. There’s not many rocks out here. My alternative would be to go to Indiana, find something down there, then pay to have it hauled back up here. These machines have been around for awhile.” (Ide was the winning bidder of the SALFORD tillage unit at $27,000. You can go on the Steffes website and get a listing of selling prices on all items from Heller sale.)

So how wet is it where Ide farms? He chuckled, “We haven’t prayed for rain in our church since 2009!” Ide farms about 2,000 acres. So far, over 30 inches of rain fell on his corn fields. Ide solidified his nitrogen apps, so he saw little or no nitrogen loss from heavy rains. Yields will vary widely in his

neighborhood.

Ide admits he’s been to bigger farm auctions than this one. “But I was looking for something very specific. I didn’t come here just to spectate. I also sell seed (AgriGold) and like most, the optimism in farming just isn’t very high these days. We did a lot of forward contracting so our $4 contracts will at least give us break evens despite the lower yields with all this rain this spring.”

Ide is predicting 90 to 135-bushel yields on his fields this fall. n Attending the Heller auction was Larry Kremer, a student of Roger Heller when Heller was teaching vocational ag at Danube High School. Kremer reflects with a smiling face, “I never would have imagined he’d farm this much and get so big in farm real estate and farm management work too.

He bought this farm in 1960 and paid $200 an acre.

This was his first farm.”

Kremer was just a looker at the Heller auction.

“My aunt and uncle lived just across the street from Roger’s farm. Yep, Roger was a good ag teacher; but when he also got involved in farming and farm management, I figured his ag teaching days would soon be history.” n The big auction generated good appetites too.

Max’s Grill in Olivia was the vendor. Corey Buchtel reported, “We’ve now done two farm auctions. The first had only about 45 people and I brought back a lot of food. Today I ran out of everything. We served 120 hot dogs, 100 hamburgers and 27 pounds of barbeques. It’s live and learn with something like this. It’s been fun. People were having a good time.” v – Dick Hagen

Heller will maintain eye on agriculture HELLER, from pg. 7 also enjoyed the special challenges of farming. He’s a smart man willing to acknowledge that ‘book power’ doesn’t always work.”

Why this August retirement? Partly because leases on some of his rented ground expire this year. Plus, the ongoing questions on agriculture’s financial challenges just told him now is the time.

Roger is a student of the farm economy. His professional work demands such. He questions the ongoing trade wars with China. He also well remembers what Mother Nature did a few years back and hints that early frost this season could further devastate yields this fall too.

As a former ag teacher, Heller has concerns about who will be doing the farming in the future. “Leasing farm land and cost-sharing farm equipment may have to become the pattern.” He believes in the marketing axiom of supply and demand, but realizes disruptions can and do happen.

Can Heller relax and enjoy his new retirement status without worrying about the price of corn?

Predictably, he said he’ll still be following the markets; then jokingly added, “I’ll still share my intelligence at the Chatter Box Round Table even though nobody listens.”

Heller likes reading. He and his bride like to dance and travel. “Plus, I’ll still be a helping hand with our Heller Group Real Estate business. I enjoy representing clients in this never-ending excitement of the buying and selling of farm land. We’re bringing some young people into the business and that is good.”

This Auction exceeded one million dollars! Much of the equipment was co-owned by both Heller and Schroeder. By 4:30 p.m. the last call was made…the sale was over. v

Funding available for ag projects ST. PAUL — Farmers and Minnesota nonprofit and educational organizations focused on testing new ideas in sustainable agriculture are encouraged to apply for a Sustainable Agriculture and Demonstration (SustAg) Grant by 4 p.m., Dec. 17.

Applications from farmers receive priority. Projects last two to three years and may be funded at up to $50,000, with applicants providing a dollar-for-dollar match on amounts above $25,000. A total of $200,000 is available this year.

For more information and to apply, visit www.mda. state.mn.us/sustagdemogrant.

This article was submitted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. v

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A little something to tempt your tastebuds...

You’ve probably noticed The Land is in the process of producing the fourth volume of our famous cookbook. We want to extend a big “thank you” to those who submitted recipes – and also to those who have already ordered Recipes from The Land: Volume IV. We really appreciate it.

The hard work of typing and organizing the recipes is now complete and the cookbook is off to the printer. The final product will be available in November. In the meantime, we thought you might enjoy a sneak preview of some of the recipes ... like this delicious-sounding rhubarb custard pie from Jeanette Cady of Mankato, Minn.

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RHUBARB CUSTARD PIE Jeanette Cady Mankato, MN

4 c. rhubarb, chopped ⅓ c. flour 1½ c. sugar ¼ tsp. nutmeg

2 eggs (slightly beaten) 1 Tbsp. milk 1 Tbsp. butter 2 unbaked pie crusts

Mix flour, sugar, nutmeg, eggs and milk with fork or whisk in a large bowl. Mix in chopped rhubarb. Pour into an unbaked pastry shell and cover with slivered pieces of butter. Cover with the top crust, make slits and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400º for approx. 1 hour.

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Details announced for farm program sign-up The U.S. Department of The only adjustments in Agriculture has announced base acres will be for crop sign-up details for the 2019 acres that were added via and 2020 commodity farm land purchases or land program, which is being rental agreements, for implemented as part of the unassigned generic base Agricultural Improvement acres from the last farm Act of 2018 (the 2018 farm bill, or for acres that are no bill). The farm programs longer eligible for farm proFARM PROGRAMS gram payments. under the 2018 farm bill will function very similarly Producers will have the

By Kent Thiesse to the farm programs for opportunity to update the 2014-2018 crop their FSA farm proyears. However, there gram payment yields were some significant beginning with the changes in certain aspects of the farm 2020 crop year. Yield updates will be program. Following are details for the based on the average farm yields for 2019 and 2020 farm program sign-up: the 2013 to 2017 crop years on planted Enrollment dates for the 2019 farm acres for eligible crops, which will be program began on Sept. 3 and will factored down to 81 percent for corn continue until March 15, 2020 at local and soybeans, and 90 percent for USDA Farm Service Agency offices. wheat. If the updated yields are lower Farm program sign-up dates in 2020 than current levels, producers can are Oct. 7, 2019 to June 30, 2020. For choose to keep their current FSA prothe years 2021-23, sign-ups will take gram yields. The farm program yields place beginning in October (the previ- are used to calculate PLC payments ous year) through March 15 (program on individual FSA farm units. year).

Risk Management Agency (RMA) Eligible cops include corn, soybeans, yields used for crop insurance yield wheat, oats, barley, grain sorghum, calculations, which will be calculated long grain rice, medium/short grain at the county-level, will now be used rice, temperate japonica rice, seed cot- for determining ARC-CO benchmark ton, dry peas, lentils, large and small and actual county yields for ARC-CO chickpeas, peanuts, sunflower seed, payments. The National Ag Statistics canola, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeService yields, which were the primary seed, safflower, crambe and sesame yield source for ARC-CO in the last seed. farm bill, will now be used as a secondary yield data source.

Eligible producers will be able to choose between the price-only Price ARC-CO payments will now be Loss Coverage (PLC) and revenuebased on the county where an FSA based Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) profarm unit is located, rather than the gram choices for the 2019 and 2020 county of the FSA administrative crop production years. Beginning with office of the producer (as existed in the the 2021 crop year, producers will be last farm bill). For producers with FSA able to make an annual election administrative farm units in multiple between the ARC and PLC program counties, ARC-CO revenues will be choices. The ARC program choice “weighted” according to the base acres includes both the county-yield based that are physically located in a county.

ARC-CO program choice and the ARCThe reference prices for PLC and IC program, which is based on farmARC-CO programs will be established level yields. at the greater of the current reference The farm program choice between prices or 85 percent of the market the PLC and ARC-CO farm program year average price for the most recent choices will be specific to each eligible five years, excluding the high and low crop, and the choice can vary from year. The reference price cannot farm unit to farm unit for the same exceed 115 percent of the current refcrop. The ARC-IC program must be erence price. applied to all covered commodities on The current minimum reference a given farm unit. prices (and new maximum prices) are: Crop base acres will remain at curcorn, $3.70/bu. (maximum $4.26/bu.); rent levels for all crops on most farms. soybeans, $8.40/bu. (maximum $9.66/

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bu.); and wheat, $5.50/bu. (maximum $6.33/bu.). Note: Due to lower MYA price levels in recent years, the reference prices for corn, soybeans and wheat for the PLC program will likely

stay at the current levels for 2019 and 2020. However, the 2019 ARC-CO and ARC-IC benchmark prices for corn, See THIESSE, pg. 13

PLC and ARC-CO Farm Program Comparison Table Program Details Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

Ag Risk Coverage – County (ARC-CO)

Base Price

Crop Reference Price (RP) Benchmark Price

Higher of the reference price or the five year “Olympic” average price

RPs for 2019 and 2020 will be: Likely 2019 and 2020 Benchmark Prices:

Corn = $3.70/bu.

Corn = $4.01/bu. (2019);

$3.82-$4.01/ bu. (2020)

Soybeans = $8.40/bu.

Soybeans = $9.55/bu. (2019);

$9.13-$9.55/bu. (2020)

Wheat = $5.50/bu.

Wheat = $5.63/bu. (2019);

$5.57-$5.63/bu. (2020) Final Price

12-month national market year average price Sept. 1 to Aug. 31 for corn and soybeans June 1 to May 31 for wheat

Same as for PLC

Payment Yield Farm Unit FSA program yields

2019 — Current FSA yields

2020 — Higher of current or

updated FSA yields (based on

2013-2017 average farm yields)

County Benchmark Yields Five-year rolling “Olympic” average county yield Harvest yield is the final county average yield (RMA data)

Payment Revenue

N/A

Benchmark Revenue = county benchmark yield times benchmark price Revenue Guarantee = Benchmark revenue times 86 percent

Payment Acres 85 percent of base acres

85 percent of base acres for an eligible crop for an eligible crop

Payment Formula

PLC Payment per Base Acre = ARC-CO Payment per Base Acre = (Reference price minus final Revenue guarantee minus final county market year average price) revenue (Final county yield times final times FSA yield times 85 percent market yield average price times 85 If the final market year average percent price is higher than the If the final county revenue is higher than reference price, there is NOT a the revenue guarantee, there is NOT an PLC payment for that crop ARC-CO payment for that crop

Maximum Payment (Reference price minus national (per crop base acre) loan rate times FSA yield

times 85 percent Payment Limits

County benchmark revenue times 10 percent times 85 percent

$125,000 per individual or entity Same as PLC $900,000 maximum adjusted gross income on federal tax return

SCO Available up to 86 percent Insurance Coverage coverage

Must sign up by March 15

N/A

FSA Farm Program Details on past market year average prices, benchmark yields and Data payments, etc. are available at www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-pic and Information Table developed by Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse

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Olson family, Milford chapter share long 4-H history

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer NEW ULM, Minn. — For 117 years now, 4-H clubs across the country have been providing leadership opportunities and the chance to simply learn by doing. In Minnesota, there are 69,000 youth involved in 4-H. From the city to the country, there seems to be a 4-H club for everyone.

According to the University of Minnesota Extension website, “By immersing kids in learning and leadership activities and instilling a healthy spirit of competition through project judging, 4-H contributed directly to the nation’s leadership position in world agriculture and other industries.”

In Brown County, Minn., 196 young people are currently enrolled in the eight 4-H clubs in the county.

According to Brown County 4-H Program Coordinator Abby Schwab, “There’s literally something for everyone.”

When 4-H began all those years ago, it focused on agriculture, consumer science and home economics.

Schwab related that the county’s 4-H clubs most popular areas of interest are now crafts and fine arts.

One family that exemplifies all that 4-H encompasses — head, heart, hands and health — is the Olson family of New Ulm. Parents Annette and Dan are both alumni of 4-H. Their children, Kallie, Kaden and Korbin, are members of the Milford 4-H chapter in Brown County.

Having two parents who had wonderful experiences in 4-H made joining 4-H an easy choice for the Olson children. So too is having cousins who are currently club members. “We have nieces and nephews in 4-H on both sides of the family,” Annette said.

Growing up, Dan spent 11 years in the Hantho Headliners 4-H club in Lac Qui Parle County, Minn.

Annette was an 11-year member of the now-defunct Sigel Fireflies club and grew up on a farm south of Essig, Minn. Her time in 4-H was filled with almost everything from dairy, poultry, foods and food preservation to name a few. Annette was awarded trips to the Minnesota State Fair every year from 6th grade through 12th grade. Showing her projects at the fair was just the start of the opportunities that 4-H afforded Annette.

Her best memory of being in 4-H was the summer she was a camp counselor and had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. That was her junior year of high school. Annette attended 4-H’s Citizenship Washington Focus — a week-long trip to Washington D.C. where 4-H members from all over the country toured the historic sites while making lasting connections with fellow 4-H members and honing their leadership skills. “I got a pen pal from Colorado out of that experience,” Annette said. The trip included lodging at the National 4-H headquarters located just outside of Washington D.C. in Chevy Chase, Md. The leadership opportunities, the enduring friendships and the fun memories have stayed with

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The Olson family was recognized as Brown County’s 4-H family of the year in 2018. Pictured are (left to right): Kallie, Korbin, Kaden, Annette and Dan.

Annette all these years, so she was thrilled when her children expressed interest in joining 4-H. The Olson children joined the Milford 4-H and quickly become immersed in the all the opportunities that the club had to offer. Daughter Kallie, a ninthgrader, has been part of the Milford 4-H club since

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she was a kindergartener and is currently the club’s co-reporter. Sons Kaden, a seventh grader, and Korbin, in second grade, are both heavily involved in showing livestock and had a wonderful time doing that this year at the Brown County Fair. Kaden went on to be awarded the intermediate dairy showman award at the fair — the second year he has received this distinction. He also received a blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair this year for showing his pig.

Kallie had the opportunity to exhibit her fashion review at the state fair. The Olson family was there to proudly cheer both Kaden and Kallie on.

The Milford 4-H club was formed in 1927. With the long and rich history in the community, the club felt that the best way to honor their longevity was to give back to those that serve the community. “There was nine different activities throughout the years to commemorate it,” Annette said. That included bringing 90 donuts, coffee and milk to the local law enforcement center; and donating books to the crisis nursery in New Ulm. Annette felt this was the perfect way for the kids to get to know the people who work in the community and thank them for their service.

Annette has seen a few changes since she was in 4-H. The first being the Livestock Quality Assurance Program. “That is something we didn’t have.”

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The heat is on — and farmers are happy about it Brandon Fast, Mountain Lake, Minn. – Sept. 13

Nancy Rys, Rock Creek, Minn. – Sept. 20

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“Since Saturday we’ve gotten a little over three inches.” The Land spoke with Brandon Fast on Sept. 13 as he reported the rain was soaked right up and there was no severe weather along with it.

“We really didn’t get any wind out of it — or hail.”

Fast had corn that started showing signs of heat stress two weeks ago, so the rain was a welcomed sight. He hopes that the moisture will help put a little kernel weight on. The corn is full dent right now. The milk line is moving down. “We need a full month for everything to get a black layer.” Fast expects to be drying quite a bit of corn and has been looking at contracting some LP. The corn which suffered green snap is still struggling. “It looks pretty tough.”

“This rain will really end up helping the beans. The pods are there, they’re just flat.” The crop could use some sun. The beans are finally starting to get some yellow to it. “We’re probably three to four weeks out yet (from harvest).”

Fast will be getting some bins prepped along with working on the combine and semis. Next Thursday he’ll be hosting his seed and chemical customer appreciation event.

The rain was needed and welcome on the Fast farm and so is the warmer temperatures forecasted for next week.

From the Fields

“Thankfully it’s been pretty hot.” The Land spoke with Nancy Rys on Sept. 20 as she reported that the warm temperatures are just what the crops have so desperately needed. “It looks like the corn is going to make it to maturity,” Rys said.

The heat this week has really moved the corn along. The long-range weather outlook shows no signs of frost until at least the beginning of October.

The soybeans are doing really well. “I think we’re going to have a pretty good bean crop.” The beans fared much better in the storm back in July that did so much damage to Rys’ corn crop. “Being so short back in July helped.” Rys expects to be starting bean harvest in three weeks.

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A few weeks ago Rys and her husband Tom hosted a pre-harvest seed customer appreciation event. There was a great turn out. It was hot but no one was complaining. “I think everybody enjoyed the heat.”

Though with all the warm weather has come some rain, which the Rys farm doesn’t need. “We haven’t had a lot of excess rain.”

A lot changes throughout the growing season. This extension on summer going on right now is exactly what Rys was hoping for. No frost and warm weather is making Nancy Rys a happy farmer.

John Haarstad, Rothsay, Minn. – Sept. 20

Dale Bissen, Adams, Minn. – Sept. 12

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“Stupid amount of rain.” That about sums up the amount of moisture that fell on the Bissen farm. The Land caught up with Dale Bissen on Sept.

13 as he reported between four to six inches of rain fell on Sept. 12. Three inches of rain fell earlier in the week as well. “The ground soaked that up. Definitely a benefit to the crop.”

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“We’ve had a nice stretch of weather.” The Land spoke with John Haarstad on Sept. 20 as he was enjoying the warm temperatures.

“It’s the weather that we’ve needed,” Haarstad said. The temperatures have been in the 70s, 80s and 90s this past week. “We need all the days we can get.”

The corn is looking good. “It’s starting to look like late September corn.”

Haarstad’s late-planted corn was 90 percent dented earlier in the week. He expects it to black layer in a few weeks.

The soybeans have come a long way in the past week thanks to the heat. The plants started green at the beginning of the week and are all yellow now. Haarstad has seen 20 to 30 percent leaf drop. While a September bean harvest seemed unlikely a month ago, Haarstad now believes it’s possible that he’ll be combining beans this month.

The heat coupled with some windy days has pushed the beans along. Haarstad is thrilled to see how far the beans have matured in short period of time. As the temperatures look to stay warm, there’s no immediate concern of frost. This warm fall is exactly what was needed on the Haarstad farm.

The corn is looking pretty good. Bissen’s crop got a couple of nice rains in August.

Just like Bissen predicted, it always rains around silage time. He was hoping to start chopping silage this weekend, but it may be too wet yet to start until next week.

The soybeans are two weeks behind and still pretty green. Bissen hopes all this rain will help fill the pods.

The beans should start turning soon. While the crop is behind, there doesn’t seem to be a threat of frost anytime soon — giving the beans much-needed time to mature.

The grapes are also behind. Bissen expects to start harvest in a week or so. He’s more than ready to get grape harvest going. “Get those darn grapes picked.”

In the meantime, Bissen will be finishing up on some of the harvest equipment which needs to be fieldready. Two loads of feeder cattle arrived at the farm last week. They’ll be there until they’re sold in April.

While harvest time hasn’t arrived yet, it seems that summer-like weather may be here for a little longer.

That makes Bissen relieved for the time being.

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Program calculations will remain similar to last farm bill THIESSE, from pg. 10 soybeans and wheat will likely increase from 2018 benchmark price levels.

Commodity national loan rates were increased beginning with the 2019 crop year as follows (with previous loan rates also listed): corn, $2.20/bu. (previously $1.95/bu.); soybeans, $6.20/bu. (previously $5.00/bu.); and wheat, $3.38/bu. (previously $2.94/ bu.). Note: County loan rates are adjusted based on geographical price differences.

Calculation formulas, etc. for the PLC, ARC-CO and ARC-IC programs will remain similar to the farm programs in the last farm bill. PLC payments are made when the final market year average price falls below the reference price for a crop. ARC-CO payments are made when the final county revenue (county yield times market year average price) falls below the benchmark revenue for a given crop.

Calculations for the ARC-IC program are the same as for ARC-CO, except ARC-IC uses farm-level yield data and considers all crops on a farm unit together.

PLC and ARC-CO payments are paid on 85 percent of crop base acres, and ARC-IC payments are paid on 65 percent of base acres.

For more information on the PLC and ARC programs, and other details, go to the FSA farm program website at: www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-andservices/arcplc_program/index

near $8.40 per bushel or above, with lower yields.

The ARC-CO program could be a good fit for producers who are in a county with high benchmark yields, relative to their farm unit FSA yields; and feel the final 2019 county average yield will be somewhat below the benchmark yield.

On Aug. 26, Kent Thiesse Wheat — A producer is likely to select the PLC was recognized for his 50 program for wheat in 2019 and 2020, if they think years of Minnesota State the final market year average price of wheat will be Fair participation. Thiesse below $5.50 per bushel. (Note: The market year began his involvement at average price has been below $5.50/bu. from 2015 to the fair as a 4-H partici2018.) Producers may select the PLC program if pant, where amongst they have very high FSA program yields. (FSA other activities he yields can be updated for the 2020 crop year.) The entered and won a blue PLC program may be best for producers who feel ribbon for his beef heifer. the final county average yields will be near or above In the 1970s he was a the county benchmark yield; and want price protec4-H volunteer at the fair, tion from $5.50 per bushel down to $3.38 per bushand since 1980 he has el. been the overall coordiA producer is likely to select the ARC-CO program nator of the 4-H Beef for wheat in 2019 and 2020, if they think the final Show. In that capacity he lines up judges and coormarket year average wheat price will be near $5.50 dinates the activities of 100 volunteers, 600 exhibiper bushel or above, with reduced yields. The ARCtors and 600 animals each year. He has also served CO program could also be a good fit for growers who as the Finance Chair of the 4-H auction for more are in a county with high benchmark yields, relative than 30 years. During his tenure, total premiums to their farm unit FSA yields; or feel the final 2019 awarded has grown from $30,000 in 1993 to more county average yield will be well below the benchthan $600,000 last year. mark yield.

Thiesse is a monthly contributor to The Land with his “Farm Programs” feature.

Summary Choice summary Producers have several months to make their Following is an initial summary of the situations farm program choices for 2019 and 2020. There will that may favor the PLC or ARC-CO program for the to their farm unit FSA program yields. The ARC-CO likely be several farm program informational meetprogram could be a good fit for producers who feel 2019 and 2020 crop years for corn, soybeans and ings later this fall and early winter; as well as many the 2019 county average yield will be 10 percent or wheat, based on current farm program analysis. farm program decision resources available to assist farmers in the coming months. Farm program sceCorn — A producer is likely to select the PLC pro- more below the benchmark yield; and are not as worried about price protection (ARC-CO is a revenarios may change slightly in future months when gram for corn in 2019 and 2020, if they think the nue-based program). we have a better handle on final 2019 crop yields — final market year average price of corn will be Soybeans — A producer is likely to select the PLC as well as market year average price estimates for below $3.70 per bushel. (Note: The market year the 2019 and 2020 marketing years. There is likely average price has been $3.70/bu. or lower from 2014 program for soybeans in 2019 and 2020, if they to be a wide variation from crop-to-crop and countythink the final market year average price of soyto 2018.) The PLC program may be a good choice if to-county. Producers should take time between now producers have very high FSA program yields. (FSA beans will be below $8.40 per bushel. (Note: The market year average price has been above $8.40/bu. and early 2020 to analyze the farm program choices yields can be updated for the 2020 crop year.) Also, for the 2019 and 2020 crop years. if producers feel the final county average yields will from 2014 to 2018.) The PLC program may be a good choice if producers have very high FSA probe near or above the county benchmark yield and Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs anawant price protection from $3.70 per bushel down to gram yields. (FSA yields can be updated for the lyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake 2020 crop year.) Also, if producers feel that the final Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 $2.20 per bushel. or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. v A producer is likely to select the ARC-CO program county average yields will be near or above the county benchmark yield and want price protection for corn in 2019 and 2020, if they think the final from $8.40 per bushel down to $6.20 per bushel. market year average corn price will be near $3.70 Your Family Deserves The A producer is likely to select the ARC-CO program per bushel or above, with reduced yields. The ARCTechnology... for soybeans in 2019 and 2020, if they think the CO program may be a good choice for growers who Value... are in a county with high benchmark yields, relative final market year average soybean price will be TV!...

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A good review for National Farm Safety Week September is a busy and favorite time of year for all of us in agriculture. Harvest is near, there’s a lot to be done in crisp fall weather, and most farm families are working through repeated long days and short nights.

Sept. 15-21 is National Farm Safety and Health Week, and it’s a good time to review some of the most important safety issues facing swine producers.

Swine farm safety equals special challenges Livestock farmers must address different types of farm safety issues beyond those of the modern crop producer. When working with swine, caretakers deal with an intelligent, gregarious being with a long memory. Calm treatment and regular positive interaction quickly establish the pigs’ good behavior habits.

The various stages of swine production produce different kinds of safety issues.

Working with live animals Handling piglets during post-farrowing health care can cause the sows to become agitated. If the pigs begin to squirm and make noise, the sow will respond to protect her young. Caretakers working with young pigs should keep a sorting panel close to block the sow from causing injury.

With the exception of young piglets and nursery pigs, most of the animals on the hog farm outweigh the caretaker. Steel-toed footwear is a must. In both Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA+) and Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) certification education for producers, the number-one recommended animalhandling implement is a solid sorting panel. The panel ensures the safety of both caretaker and pig.

Although many swine operations today conduct reproduction through artificial insemination, most still have a few boars on the farm for heat detection.

A large sexually mature male animal on the farm should be moved and handled with caution and protection. Again, the solid sorting panel is the tool of choice when moving boars.

Injections The Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) statistics show that over 80 percent of farm workers and 73 percent of swine veterinarian have accidentally stuck themselves with a needle while giving injections to livestock.

Most accidental needle stick injuries are minor, but secondary results could be skin infections, allergic reactions, or a wound which might need surgery.

Vaccines are the most common product that animal handlers inject into themselves. In swine farrowing settings, hormone products used to induce labor in pigs carry a warning against exposure to or accidental injection by pregnant humans. In the pig barn, pregnant employees should not handle hormones.

In addition to medical issues caused by rushed or thoughtless needle handling, mechanical problems

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can occur. Bent needles should never be straightened and used needles should be disposed of in proper sharps containers. Appropriate lowcost sharps containers are empty plastic detergent or fabric softener bottles with SWINE & U the lid screwed on tightly.

By Diane DeWitte Milk jugs are too flimsy for sharps containment and should not be used.

Sharps should never be stored in glass containers.

When the sharps container is full, it should be tightly capped, sealed with heavy tape, and labeled that it contains sharps. Different counties have differing methods that they recommend for sharps disposal. A call to the county environmental services department can provide information for producers’ sharps disposal.

UMASH has been at the forefront of the needle stick injury issue by providing bilingual fact sheets and producing videos to help farmers teach their animal caretakers. Needle stick prevention posters and more are available to producers on the internet at umash.umn.edu/needlestick-prevention.

UMASH has also just released a new sow handling video in English and Spanish. “Moving Sows: Be Safe and Smart” features University of Minnesota sow farm team members from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, Minn.; and Cesar Corzo from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The video can be found at https://youtu.be/P4IzKpDu3I4 and also in Spanish at https://youtu.be/qOdxmDRZuI. UMASH focuses on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and North and South Dakota agriculture, so much of the work they do relates to swine and dairy employee safety and health. They provide train-thetrainer programs for rural firefighters and for immigrant farm employees. Their fact sheets and resource materials are available in both English and Spanish to assist farm employers in reaching all of their animal handlers. UMASH is closely affiliated with the University of Minnesota and can be found on the internet at umash.umn.edu.

Manure handling safety Now that it’s September, we will soon see plenty of semi-truck manure tankers on the road-side and tractors moving through the fields across our counties. As harvest progresses and the soil temperature decreases, pig farmers and commercial manure applicators will be working quickly to get hog manure applied and incorporated into the crop resi-

due in the fields.

As drivers share the road with the large equipment needed to do this work, it’s important that attention is paid to what’s moving on the road and how fast. For drivers in farm country, this is also a time to be patient. The operator has limited speed capabilities and may not even know a driver is behind the equipment.

Back in the barn, the manure handler has to be extra careful when pumping the pits. Methane, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide is released as the stored manure is agitated and pumped. They are naturally-occurring gases, but they pose serious safety risks and can quickly overcome a human or a pig.

Producers should be sure hog buildings are fully ventilated when moving manure from the pits beneath. Use of the STOP tag on barn doors will alert everyone that manure is being pumped. These STOP tags can be obtained by contacting the Minnesota Pork Board at (800) 537-7576 or U of M Extension swine educators Diane DeWitte at stouf002@umn.edu or Sarah Schieck at schi0466@ umn.edu.

More information about safe manure handling can be found on the U of M Extension manure management website at www.extension.umn.edu/manure under the “safety” heading.

Pigs on the road National Pork Checkoff reports more than one million pigs are transported on U.S. roads daily.

Minnesota’s contribution to that number is substantial, and the overwhelming majority get to their destination safely. Pig transport requires the driver to be alert and undistracted, to recognize his/her own symptoms of fatigue, and to know how to prevent or manage it.

In preparation for a pig-hauling incident on the road, the Minnesota Pork Board and Minnesota’s Region 5 Emergency Management put seven emergency response trailers in strategic fire departments. The trailers contain equipment for handling and containing animals at an accident site, and include gates, chains, tarps and wire.

Currently the livestock emergency response trailers are housed with fire departments at Adams, Buffalo Lake, Fairmont, Granite Falls, Pipestone, Sleepy Eye and Worthington. In the event of a livestock-hauling accident, responders can contact the nearest livestock emergency response host fire department. Department personnel will deliver a trailer to the site and assist with roadside training See SWINE & U, pg. 18

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Red Hen Ranch introduces youth to show poultry

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent BLUE GRASS, Minn. — When Lisa and Ray Cochran traveled last year from Wadena County in central Minnesota, to Farmfest in southern Minnesota to get their Wadena County Farm Family of the Year award, Lisa expected the other families would all be from big, highly specialized operations.

She was surprised, however.

“There were other farms like ours,” Lisa, who admits to raising a little bit of everything, said.

“There was even somebody that raised bait fish. I think that farm families may be changing.”

Among the numerous projects at the Cochran family’s Red Hen Ranch is the poultry breeding project. The project involves raising the birds from the egg to the Photos submitted frying pan (or stew pot) with Ray (left) and Lisa Cochran received the Wadena various stops between.

County Farm Family of the Year award in 2018.

Lisa has been raising show birds since her children began showing I need to know what they want no later than November, since that is when my poultry in 4-H about 15 years ago. breeding pens get kept back and put “I hatch out 75 to 100 chicks between together. I like to have the Buff January and March for 4H-ers who Orpingtons eggs in the incubator by have asked for birds for breeding pens the middle of December and I hatch in the Poultry project,” she said. “I them until mid-February. If your stanalways tell kids who are interested that dard birds aren’t out by then, they’ll never be mature for competition. I try to run the bantam chicks about six to eight weeks behind the standard chicks.

I also like to have 4H-ers keep the date of their county fair in mind when selecting birds. Early fairs are generally favorable to quicker-maturing bantam breeds.”

Although the poultry breeds don’t have a breed registry, like larger livestock, Lisa does select for certain characteristics in her breeder birds and she follows the genetics of her improved lines through her top roosters.

“I can look at the comb of a bird and say, for example, that one came from that rooster that came from Indiana,” she said.

Lisa sells the Bantam chicks (which include Bantam White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, and Rhode Asher Hoeper’s Leghorn earned the Island Reds) for seven dollars per chick.

Grand Champion Poultry award at the She sells her Buff Orpington chicks, 2019 Wadena County fair. Hoeper leases birds from Red Hen Ranch in which are her only large chickens, for exchange for cleaning pens. ten dollars.

“I also lease chicks to several families and I try to work with them all,” she said. “For instance, one family raising and showing my chicks returns them in the fall, with all the layers they also showed. That keeps my egg production birds in fine rotation.

“Another new-to-poultry 4H-er who lives in town and isn’t able to keep birds comes out and helps clean the barn. He also prepped his project here — learning how to bathe, trim beaks and toenails, and all the little insider tips to make your birds stand out in competition.

“Some 4H-ers just pay as if they were buying them because they love having birds to raise and show, but don’t want to winter them.”

Poultry showing tips from Red Hen Ranch are nuggets to be valued.

“We have had many county fair, state fair and Northeast Livestock Champion birds hatched here,”

Lisa said.

In addition to breeding and raising championship poultry, Red Hen Ranch is involved in the more ordinary work of poultry production. A sign at the end of the driveway advertises “egg for sale.”

“I’ve sold a lot of eggs, chickens and lamb chops with that sign,” Lisa said.

“We live on highway 23, which is a short cut to the Park Rapids lake area, and I get many people from the Twin Cities coming by.

I’m afraid to open my freezer when they are out there because they want to buy my family’s meat.”

One of the visitors that stopped by for eggs was former Green Party candidate for vice president, Winona LaDuke.

“She has a farm and is interested in sustainable agriculture,” Lisa said. “We talked for quite a while.”

The lamb chops that LaDuke, or other visitors, might buy from Lisa come from the farm’s flock of Hampshire/Suffolk cross sheep.

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Cochran farm also features sheep, goats and turkeys RED HEN RANCH, from pg. 17 “We bought a registered Suffolk ram last year,” Lisa said.

Red Hen Ranch also raises registered Boer goats.

“If you raise goats, it’s basically like a beef operation,” Lisa, who used to have a beef herd, said. “They are like little beef cows. We sell some for breeding stock and we’ve sent them as far as North Dakota and Wisconsin.”

She is also trying to direct market them on the hoof or after they’ve been slaughtered.

“I sold three kids on the hoof to my vet,” she said.

“He loves red meat, but is totally health conscious.

He knows that goat is leaner than poultry and really healthy for you. Its taste is very similar to beef, but more the texture of venison. If you’re concerned about fat and cholesterol, goat is for you.”

Lisa is having some success selling goat meat to discerning Twin Cities customers. But her main marketing outlet for kids and lambs is a service that

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“Goats like to shrink when they are sitting in the sales barn for a while,” she said. “They can lose five percent of their body weight. With pick-up at the farm, I don’t have shrinkage and I don’t have to pay commission.”

The Red Hen Ranch multi-species farming operation is going well enough so that Lisa and Ray are putting an addition on to their barn. Lambing and kidding overlapped last winter and things got pretty crowded in the barn, according to Lisa.

With the purchases of building supplies, feed, veterinary services and other farming needs, Lisa estimates their little family farm supports one-third of a job in town.

“I think it would only take about three farms like ours to support an employee at the feed mill,” she said.

Oh yes! Lisa has some Red Bourbon turkeys that she’s raising.

“There’s going to be a lot of Thanksgiving dinners out there,” she said. v

Relationships all part of 4-H experience 4-H FAMILY, from pg. 11 “Livestock Quality Assurance training helps youth provide excellent care for their food animals and ensures a high level of food safety to consumers.” To be eligible to exhibit at the state fair, 4-H members need to have LQA training completed.

Annette also notes there are “less projects by older kids because they’re involved in more activities outside of 4-H.” Even with kids being involved in more activities, Annette still sees familiar faces from when she was in 4-H. “Getting to see some of the same families that were here when we were kids.”

Last year, when it came time to nominate a family for Brown County 4-H family of the year, the Milford club chose the Olson family, much to their surprise.

The club wrote in the nomination form, “this family truly believes that 4-H is best done as a family.” The Olson family went on to be named Brown County 4-H family of the year and was awarded that distinction last December at an awards banquet held at the Springfield community center. “It was a nice surprise, an honor,” Annette said.

The memories are bountiful in 4-H, creating ties to agriculture, to friends and cultivating leadership qualities has been the cornerstone of the organization. That has remained steadfast since Annette first joined over 35 years ago and still stands all these years later as her children now have the opportunity to be active members of 4-H. Annette served as the club’s co-leader for three years. She felt it was a

Kaden Olson was awarded a blue ribbon for his pig at this year’s Minnesota State Fair. chance to give back to the organization which gave her so much all those years ago.

There are 6 million youth involved with 4-H in the United States. The impact 4-H has on our communities — from urban areas, the suburbs to the rural landscape — is immeasurable. The positive experience that both Annette and Dan had while members of 4-H has made a lasting impression on them. They are choosing to use their time and talents to empower the next generation of 4-H members. v

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Safety first — all year long Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializSeptember is the time when we see more farm ing in swine for the University of Minnesota machinery traffic on the road and in the field, but Extension. Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu safety is on farmers’ minds year-round. Knowing v how to work safely with swine, machinery and other

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corn/change* soybeans/change* St. Cloud $3.43 +.31 $7.89 +.27 Madison $3.47 +.07 $7.91 +.22 Redwood Falls $3.52 +.13 $8.09 +.30 Fergus Falls $3.22 +.13 $7.64 +.22 $3.28 +.14 $7.84 +.32 The following marketing analysis is for the week Morris Tracy $3.60 +.13 $8.02 +.20 ending Sept. 20.

CORN — The big news this week was the drone Average: $3.42 $7.90 attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil production and additional Chinese soybean purchases. Neither impacted Year Ago Average: $2.99 $7.16 corn directly, which resulted in a sideways trading Grain prices are effective cash close on Sept. 24. week for corn. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain Angles The buzz on farm family living costs

Energies rallied sharply in response to the attacks and grains were pulled along. When crude oil gave back much of the reactionary gains on reports Saudi Arabia’s production would be back online by the end of the month, corn’s upside became limited.

Corn also benefited from spillover strength from two new PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. Chinese purchases of U.S. soySt. Paul beans.

At this writing, we have yet to see any announcement from the White House concerning biofuels. An announcement is expected soon which will help ethanol producers hurt by the waivers given to small gas refineries which allows them not to mix ethanol into their gas.

Forecasts into the first half of October didn’t pose any killing frost threat which limited any upside potential. The Climate Prediction Center is forecasting normal temperatures from October through December. Early corn yields out of southern Illinois were coming in about 10 percent below last year. This is about as expected.

December corn traded in a relatively small weekly range from $3.65.75 to $3.74.75 per bushel. It closed the week 2 cents higher at $3.70.75. July corn was 1.75 cents lower at $3.95.25, and December 2020 tumbled 4.75 cents to $4.02 per bushel. A highly respected private firm is predicting next year’s corn acres at 95 million vs. this year’s 90 million acres.

Their early carryout estimate for 2020-21 is 2.9 billion bushels compared to 2.189 billion this year!

Weekly export sales were excellent at 57.7 million bushels, well above trade expectations with Mexico the largest buyer. Total export commitments for this year are 340.7 million bushels which is down nearly 48 percent from last year and the lowest in 17 years for this date. Currently, U.S. corn is around a 35 cent per bushel premium to Argentina on a FOB basis.

Weekly ethanol production declined by 20,000 bar-

Volatility has once again found its way back into the livestock futures markets as news of the relaxation of the tariffs placed on agricultural goods have been suspended for an undetermined amount of time. This vaulted several hog contracts up their daily limit in response to this news. Cattle futures appeared to follow along with that announcement, but not nearly as dramatic as the hogs.

This still leaves a large question, as the cash trade and product trade in hogs failed to follow the futures action. It will now depend on China stepping up and actually purchasing agricultural JOE TEALE product from the United States Broker to maintain this recent strength Great Plains Commodity in the futures trade.

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The cattle market has shown signs of wanting to end this latest down trend which has engulfed the market for several months. The boxed beef trade has picked up in the past several weeks. This indicates better retail interest in beef which is assisting the better attitudes in the trade and is reflected in the recent futures rally. The fact that the futures has also moved from a deep discount to cash to a more reasonable discount shows the interest is in turn more friendly.

Apparently, there may seem to be a tight supply of choice beef as evidenced by the premium to the select which has been maintained for the past several weeks. This still indicates the overall demand

Although challenging, having a conversation about the farm family living budget is important to your farm financials. It’s essential to understand what all filters into your operation’s budget. A study from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association in 2017 showed the average family living expenses were $85,542. This equates to $7,128 per month – an increase of 3.7 percent over the previous year.

So what makes up family living expenses?

Family living expenses can include medical expenses and insurance, automobiles, school tuition, childcare, personal care, recreation, home mortgages, utility bills and more. Here is a ABBY DEPPERT Compeer Let’s take a closer look at mediFinancial Officer cal insurance. Insurance premiMorton, Ill. ums which carry high deductibles can cost a family as much as $50,000 annually. In many cases, having a spouse working off of the farm is crucial just for the health insurance benefits. It’s a way to save the farm budget the expense of coverage. Important to note, as farm owners age, life insurance premiums have been known to increase.

According to a 2017 U.S. Department of Agriculture study, raising a child from infancy to age 18 will cost $13,000 annually per child on average, or $234,000 over those 18 years. Those costs include childcare, housing, food, clothing, health care and education.

The amount of extracurricular activities children are involved in the United States is on the rise, along with the cost to participate. College tuition is also a contributing expense. According to the University of Illinois, on average, one year of tuition, room and board will cost approximately $32,000.

Family living expenses can be divided into two categories: fixed and flexible. Fixed expenses include rent or mortgage payments, installment debts, insurance premiums and other billed payments which stay consistent the over time. The flexible expense category is the one where the individual has a bit more control. This category includes expenses like clothing, extracurricular activities, home furnishings, shopping expenses and travel. If reducing expenses seems to be a struggle, it may be time for another family member to enter the workforce to help increase income and to take some pressure off

See NYSTROM, pg. 20

See TEALE, pg. 21

See DEPPERT, pg. 20

Livestock Angles Hog market leaps with tariff news

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

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Soybean exports healthy with little help from China NYSTROM, from pg. 19 rels per day to 1.003 million bpd. Stocks were up 700,000 barrels at 23.2 million barrels. Margins fell by 3 cents per gallon to a negative 2 cents per gallon.

An Iowa ethanol plant announced this week they will idle their facility.

Results from the Cattle on Feed report on Sept. 20: on feed, 99 percent vs. 99.3 percent estimated; placements 91 percent vs. 93.7 percent estimated; marketings 98 percent vs. 98.3 percent estimated. This was the first year-on-year decline on feed since December 2016.

Interestingly this week, a researcher with China’s agricultural ministry estimated their state reserve corn supplies have fallen from 200 million metric tons in 2017 to 56 mmt currently. This is vastly different from this week’s estimates from the U.S. ag attaché in China. The attaché raised the 2019-20 corn crop estimate to 250 mmt, up 20 mmt from their July estimate and vs. the official U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast of 254 mmt. The attaché put corn feed usage at 175 mmt vs. USDA’s 188 mmt. The import estimate is 6 mmt compared to USDA at 7 mmt. For 2019-20 ending corn stocks, the attaché is at 211.5 mmt vs. USDA at 195.8 mmt.

As of Sept. 15, the U.S. corn crop rating was unchanged at 55 percent good/excellent vs. 68 percent last year. Corn harvest was 4 percent complete vs. 7 percent average; maturity was 18 percent vs. 39 percent average; denting was 68 percent vs. 87 percent average; and 93 percent was in the dough stage vs. 98 percent average.

Outlook: Without much market moving news this week, corn drifted sideways. Harvest is just around the corner which, without weather threats, should limit near term upside moves. If we see a positive break in the Chinese trade war or receive a bump in biofuels news, funds may be inspired to cover a portion of their net short position. For now, corn feels trapped in a $3.60 - $3.80 per bushel trading range and waits with bated breath for additional harvest yield reports.

Total National Oilseed Processors Association crush for the marketing year was a new record at 1.968 billion bushels. The August crush was 168.1 The USDA will release the Grain Stocks as of Sept. million bushels, much higher than the 162-million1 report and the Small Grains Summary on Sept. 30. bushel estimate. Soybean oil stocks of 1.4 billion SOYBEANS — China resumed their “goodwill” pounds was spot on the estimate. soybean buying this week with two additional purAs of Sept. 15, U.S. soybean rating fell 1 percent to chases, bringing their three-day total to 720,000 54 percent good/excellent vs. 67 percent last year. metric tons or 26.4 million bushels. A deputy level Fifteen percent of the crop was dropping leaves vs. 38 Chinese delegation met with their U.S. counterpar- percent average and 95 percent were setting pods vs. ties late in the week, hoping to set the stage for the 100 percent average. A well-known private firm this higher-level October meeting. Early ideas were agri- week estimated 2020-21 soybean acreage at 84.2 milcultural products would be a high priority agenda lion vs. 76.7 million acres this year. Their initial caritem which would result in additional Chinese pur- ryout number for 2020-21 is 826 million bushels vs. chases of U.S. agricultural products.

640 million bushels this year.

Late in the session on Sept. 20, news hit the market Outlook: Harvest will spread throughout the that planned visits by the Chinese delegation to Midwest in the coming week. Most do not expect Bozeman, Mont. and Omaha, Neb. and area farms to heavy sales from the producer at these price levels “build goodwill” were canceled. The delegation head- unless forced to by cash flow needs. This is despite ed back to China earlier than expected. Why? No this year’s forward sales being much less than last answer at this writing, but it was taken as negative year. The bull needs to be fed regularly and while we by the market and prices fell to their lowest for the saw new sales early in the week, the aftermath glow week. was relatively short lived. Without supportive trade It was rumored late in the week that China crush- news, prices could be expected to slip lower when the ers bought four Brazilian soybean cargoes for combines roll. Weather has become a non-issue with November. These were reportedly the same buyers no threats seen for at least a few weeks. Any glitch in which purchased U.S. soybeans recently. Without fur- the trade talks will be viewed negatively. Similar to ther purchases, prices may remain in a sub-$9.00 corn, November soybeans traded a tight weekly range from $8.80.75 to $9.04.75 per bushel. For the trading range. week, November soybeans were down 16 cents at Weekly export sales were very good at 63.5 million $8.82.75, July was 14.25 cents lower at $9.28.75, and bushels. This brings total commitments to 410.8 mil- November 2020 fell 13 cents to $9.40.25 per bushel. lion bushels which is down 37 percent from last Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week year’s 654 million bushels. China and unknown destinations were the largest buyers. Thus far for the ended Sept. 20: Chicago December wheat eked out a 2019-20 marketing year, China has purchased 1.66 three-quarter-cent gain to close at $4.84.25, Kansas mmt of U.S. soybeans compared to 1.45 mmt last City rallied 7.75 cents to $4.07.5, and Minneapolis year. Hopefully, the trade war issues will get resolved jumped 18.75 cents higher on quality concerns to $5.24.25 per bushel. Crude oil surged $3.24 for the and we can play catch-up. week to close at $58.09, ULSD was up 10.75 cents, South Korea has found African swine fever near RBOB was 12.5 cents higher, and natural gas dropped their border with North Korea. They continue to test 8 cents. v additional farms for the disease and take steps to combat the spread from the north.

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Keeping farm, family expenditures separate key to budgeting DEPPERT, from pg. 19 of the farm.

Evaluate each line item of your budget. Some family living expenditures such as taxes, fuel, insurance, meals and trips may come through as business expenses. Some other items, such as vehicles, office equipment, machinery and travel expense are at least partially tax deductible when used for personal and business use. These items are often recorded as business expenses when they’re for personal use.

Take the time to prioritize your family expense budget in order to determine what the farm can support. Figure out where the money is being spent and define how each individual of the family impacts the

budget. It’s simple. If family living expenses are higher than the income, you will need to reduce expenses or increase income. If you need to reduce expenses, sit down with the entire family to figure out where savings can occur. Make a team effort in “tightening the belt.” One place to start is to compile a list of what expenses are nice to have, but not essential to the family. Another is to place the priorities on necessities over luxuries.

These days, it’s getting easier and easier to shop online and pay for goods and services with the click of a button. Keeping farm business and family living expenditures separate is key to tracking where the spending budget is throughout the year. You may also

find it useful to start a family living expense savings account to save for times when things get tough. This will insure that money isn’t pulled from the farm unnecessarily.

According to FBFM, over a 10 year time frame, the average living costs per acre averaged $98 per acre in 2008. In 2017 this increased to $109 per acre. If you compare this number to the 10-year average of net farm income per acre of $172, you determine that 63 percent of the net farm income is family living expense.

Abby Deppert is a Financial Officer with Compeer Financial. For additional insights from Deppert and the Compeer team, visit Compeer.com. v

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2019 cheese consumption at a record pace This column was written for the marketpercent on Aug. 20; and 2.6 percent on ing week ending Sept. 20.

Aug. 6. Sellers brought 82.3 million pounds of product to the market, down U.S. dairy product commercial disapfrom 87.5 million in the last event. pearance in July had some good news and some of the other, according The gains were led by lactose, up 5.6 HighGround Dairy’s Lucas Fuess in the percent, after a 0.9 percent slippage on Sept. 23 Dairy Radio Now broadcast.

Sept. 3. Skim milk powder was next, up 3.4 percent, after it inched up 0.7 percent Total cheese disappearance continued last time. Butter was up 2.7 percent after above prior-year levels for the sixth conMIELKE MARKET holding steady last time. Whole milk powsecutive month and put year-to-date disWEEKLY der was up 1.9 percent after slipping 0.8 appearance up 2.1 percent, setting a new By Lee Mielke percent. Anhydrous milkfat was up 0.6 record. And, for the first time on record, percent, following a 1.5 percent drop, more than 1 billion pounds of cheese and GDT cheddar was up 0.4 percent, has been absorbed domestically in after a 0.8 percent loss last time. each month so far this year, says HighGround Dairy. Fuess adds that Rennet casein was the only prodeven cheese exports looked “adequate” despite the uct in negative territory, down 0.1 percent after trade struggles. gaining 4.6 percent last time.

Butter disappearance, however, remains disapFC Stone equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat pointing, down 7.8 percent, which followed June’s butter price to $1.8271 per pound U.S., up 4.4 cents 7.3 percent decline. That represented a loss of 23.1 from Sept. 3. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter million pounds in the two months vs. a year ago, closed Sept. 20 at $2.1150. GDT cheddar cheese according to HighGround Dairy. Fuess believes but- equated to $1.7446 per pound, up almost a penny ter will seasonally tick higher but plenteous supand compares to Sept. 20’s CME block cheddar at plies will keep the price in check. $2.05. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.1791 per pound and compares to $1.1338 last time. Whole Domestic disappearance has driven total nonfat milk powder averaged $1.4210, up from $1.3952. dry milk and skim milk powder demand higher in CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Sept. 20 at both June and July, says HighGround Dairy, “overcoming steadily lower exports seen in each month so $1.0825 per pound. far this year.” n Dry whey disappearance was up for just the secMost mid-September dairy product prices plumond time this year, following May’s climb. meted, as traders awaited the August Cold Storage HighGround Dairy adds while exports dropped to report. The 40-pound cheddar blocks shot up to their lowest monthly volume of the year to date, $2.2375 per pound on Sept. 16 (the highest CME domestic demand moved higher vs. the prior year price since Oct. 22, 2014), but then plunged to for the third consecutive month and for the fourth $2.0450 and closed Sept. 20 at $2.05. This is down time this year. China’s African swine fever has 15.5 cents on the week after pole-vaulting 20.75 greatly influenced whey demand, says Fuess. A cents the previous week, but is 41.5 cents above a quick footnote: China waived its retaliatory tariff on year ago.

U.S. permeate for feed on Sept. 17.

The 500-pound barrels hit $1.94 on Sept. 16, but n fell to $1.6550 on Sept. 20. This is down 26.5 cents The global dairy market looked a little more posi- on the week, 29.5 cents above a year ago, and a tive this week. The Sept. 17 Global Dairy Trade auc- record 39.5 cents below the blocks. Seventeen cars of block were sold on the week and 21 of barrel. tion saw its weighted average of products offered end three consecutive declines. The average jumped FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski says, “The CME spot 2 percent, following a 0.4 percent slip on Sept. 3; 0.2 market is in the throes of finding a sense of equilib-

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Hog market optimistic for trade TEALE, from pg. 19 for beef will determine the next phase of the cattle market as we move into the autumn months.

The hog market, from the futures market point of view, is trying to indicate that the possibility of a low is in the offing at the present time. This halt in the tariffs by the United States to China has sparked considerable optimism in the recent future trade. The next step will be to see if the Chinese take advantage of this offer and actually start to procure pork prod-

ucts from the United States. If so, the cash market should turn the corner and see prices react in a positive way. This will leave the hog market in an almost suspended mood with futures vulnerable from the recent strong reaction in higher prices.

Pork cutouts have been under pressure for quite some time as well, as the cash trade has nosedived in past weeks. To turn the corner, demand will be the key to the market in the weeks ahead and shape the direction of prices into the fall months. v

rium. Bull market corrections are jarring and violent. They represent a rapid swing in both prices and sentiment. They can be terribly confusing. But they rarely, if ever, change the underlying supply/ demand fundamentals.”

Kurzawski adds the spot market “appears to have gotten ahead of the real-world conditions last week, spiking too high and forcing buyers to find product elsewhere or cancel orders. And prices fall. But this correction doesn’t change the broader underlying supply/demand fundamentals at play. Weak milk and cheese production, good domestic cheese demand and light inventories remain supportive for cheese prices over the next month at least.” n Cheesemakers reported a little more variety regarding demand, according to Dairy Market News, but sales are steady. Some barrel producers suggest orders have slowed a bit. Spot milk markets were quiet though milk was on the tighter side in the region and ranged $1.00 over to $1.50 over Class.

More milk was moving into the Southeast region where farm milk output is light.

Western block cheese availability is very tight and prices are higher than usual. Domestic buyers were reluctant to make purchases above their immediate needs as they believed the prices were inflated.

Overall, cheese production remains active with enough milk finding its way to the vats.

The strong value of the dollar is not helping export sales and Dairy Market News warned, “Low feed costs are likely to result in more milk production and subsequently more cheese output, which could impact the cheese market tone.”

Cash butter also had a rough week, falling to $2.1025 per pound on Sept. 19, the lowest price since Feb. 16, 2018; but regained a penny and a quarter on Sept. 20 to close at $2.1150.

U.S. milk fat prices remain at a premium to prices elsewhere in the world. Some processors feel that while demand has been able to support prices domestically, a few customers may seek imports.

U.S. stocks are readily available and growing, according to some. Ice cream production has dropped off and butter makers want to control inventories, but plentiful cream keeps moving to the churn.

Grade A nonfat dry milk marched to $1.0825 per pound by Sept. 20. This is up 2.75 cents on the week and the highest since Oct. 5, 2015, and 21 cents above a year ago. Only two cars were sold on the week.

Dry whey held all week at 39.75 cents per pound, 11.75 cents below a year ago, with two cars finding new homes on the week.

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

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‘13 Drago 6R, 30” chopping for JD ‘15 JD 690, 4x4, 1745/1160 sep hrs, grain tank ext, 2300 sep hrs, Tractors combine ............................................... $25,000 CM,chopper, 650x38 tires & duals .....$185,000 ffer40’ & 45’ Batco Belt Conveyors, 28” Fan & Burner; 21’ $29,900; Parker 710 grain ‘13 Drago 6R, 30” chopping for JD ‘15 JD S680, 1465 Eng/731 sep hrs, 4 CM, chopper cast tailboard ...............$165,000 combine ............................................... $25,000 & 18’ grain bins —some with cart w/ roll tarp, $9,750; FOR SALE: IH 806 diesel w/ ‘14 JD 680, 2211 Eng/1561 sep hrs, ‘09 Drago 6R, 30” chopping fits JD .......... $19,000 air floors; Bobcat walk-be- Demco 550 gravity box w/ IH 2350 loader, utility bucket, CM, chopper, 650x38 duals ...............$110,000 ‘06 Drago 8R, 30” chopping fits Case/IH hind Trencher; 8”x31’ & roll tarp, $6,900; (2) Parker Flagship ............................................... $14,500 WF, roll bar, 3pt hitch, dual ‘13 JD S660, 892/1180 CM, chopper 10”x71’ grain augers; 9’ & 10’ 6250 gravity boxes, 445x22.5 duals ..................................................$132,000 ‘13 Case/IH 3408 8R, 30” for Flagship ..... $19,500 hyds, dual PTO, TA & rear tires, $5,450/ea; Case IH ‘04 JD 9760, 2268/3460 CM, chopper AG baggers; MF 1190 4x4; ‘08 Case/IH 2408 8R, 30” fits Flagship ..... $11,500 wheel wgts. 651-387-2085 duals ................................................... $54,000 ‘02 Case/IH 2208 8R, 30” fits 1400-2000 JD 930 flex bean head. Call RMX 370 25’ cushion gang ‘01 JD 9650 STS, 3014/4325 CM, disc w/ 3 bar mulcher, exc series combines .................................. $11,000 320-760-1634 chopper, duals ..................................... $37,000 cond, $19,750; JD 2700 6x18 FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 4650 ‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645/3623 chopper, CORN HEADERS Farm Equipment For Sale: spring reset 3pt plow, $1,450; MFWD, 4498 hrs, w/ duals, duals .................................................... $37,000 JD 310SE, cab, 4x4, approx 2213 hrs, ‘10 JD 9330, 4WD, 2430 hrs; JD 27 15’ stalk chopper, 3pt Q.H., 1000 PTO, 3 hyds, ‘01 JD 9750 STS, 3013/4156 CM, extend-a-hoe ....................................... $32,000 ‘13 JD S660 combine, 1630 $1,950. 320-769-2756 chopper, duals ..................................... $39,000 exc cond. 320-238-9370 ‘11 Case 580N, 4x4 cab 2540 hrs............. $42,000 ‘15 Case/IH 6140, 685/810, Tracker, eng/1230 sep hrs; ‘13 JD 606C Rt, chopper .........................................$149,000 CH, ‘10 JD 2700 17.5’ disk ripWHEEL LOADERS ‘14 Case/IH 5130, 660/926, Tracker, **WE SPREAD AG LIME** rys. per; Mayrath 10”x62’ auger, Rt, chopper .........................................$125,000 ‘12 CAT 924K, 3355 hrs cab, quick s or swing out hopper, like new. coupler, 2.75 yd bucket ........................... $89,000 ‘11 Case/IH 8120, 1650/2250 Tracker, air- Call Kim Knewtson 507-340Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘16 JD 544K, 788 hrs, cab, quick coupler w/ bucket, ride control ..............$128,000 ‘11 Case/IH 7120, 1610/2200 Tracker, ent. 2112 or Paul Knewtson 507Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘13 JD 724K, 9015 hrs, loaded, quick 340-2111. coupler, 4.75 yd bucket, aux. hyd. ..... $92,000 ‘10 Case/IH 7120, 1650/2250 Tracker, Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘10 Kawasaki 65 ZV-2, 6510 hrs with FOR SALE: Fantini chopping 2.5 yd bucket ....................................... $54,000 ‘09 Case/IH 7088, 1275/1807 Tracker, 8R & 12R CH; 70’ Elmer Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $89,000 ‘08 Kawasaki 80 ZV, 5775 hrs, 4 yd bucket, loadrite scale .......................... $55,000 drag, Merritt alum hopper 4WD TRACTORS ‘12 Volvo 50F, 5785 hrs, QC, 2 yd bucket $65,000 grain trailers; 24R30” JD pl ‘14 Case/IH 350 Rowtrac, 1865 hrs, ‘13 Volvo 110G, 9452 hrs QC, 4.5 yd on Kinze bar; Big A floater; 18” belts, 120” spacing, 1000 PTO ...$149,000 bucket, scale ....................................... $79,000 175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 ‘12 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO ‘13 Case 821F, 6485 hrs, quick coupler, duals ...................................................$150,000 4.5 yd bucket, aux. hyd. ...................... $77,000 CH; White 706 & 708 CH & ‘11 NH T9390, 705 hrs, ps duals ...........$120,000 ‘14 Case 921FXR, 8895 hrs, high lift, parts; White plows & parts; quick tach, w/ grapple bucket. ........... $89,000 ‘14 Case/IH 370 HD, 7065 hrs, 1000 PTO 54’ 4300 IH field cultivator; duals .................................................... $78,000 NO STOCKPILING ON THE GROUND EXCAVATORS JD 44’ field cult; 3300 Hini‘90 Ford 876, 8523 hrs duals.................... $24,500 ‘12 JD 120D, 3460 hrs, hyd thumb • Our trucks deliver ag lime directly to the TerraGator ker field cult; header trailer.

‘15’ Case/lH 370 HD, 895 hrs, 1000 PTO, 24” bucket ........................................... $69,500 full guidance, 4850 tires & duals .......$169,000 507-380-5324 • TerraGators minimize ground compaction ‘16 Challenger 845E, 4270 hrs, 4 hyd 30” ‘11 JD 290GLC, 3347 hrs, 12’6” stick, •No wasted lime or mess to clean up tracks ..................................................$125,000 FOR SALE: 2012 Wood5206D 42” bucket ..........................................$120,000 • No foliage to plug the spreader stalk shredder, pull type, ‘11 Case CX300C, 2658 hrs, 12’ stick, ROW CROP TRACTORS 54” bucket ..........................................$117,000 used 2 seasons, less than GPS APPLICATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS ‘14 NH T8330, 2140 hrs, MFWD 1000 pts, 1000 acres, like new, $10,500.

3 pt 4 Valves, 380x54 rear tires & SMALL EXCAVATORS • We apply variable and conventional rates 651-792-6518 duals, 320x42 front tires & duals ........ $97,000 ‘17 Case CX57C, cab & air, 333 hrs • We can spread 1 to 6 ton/acre in a single pass ‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, ps, rubber tracks ....................................... $50,000 FOR SALE: Allis 185 2000 hrs, • We have seven units to minimize wait time 1000 PTO duals ..................................$109,000 ‘11 Bobcat E45EM, cab & air, 2965 hrs, cab, 540-1000 PTO, $12,500; ‘13 Case/IH 290, 1400 hrs, 1000 PTO • We have twenty five trucks to haul lime rubber tracks ....................................... $30,000 duals ...................................................$109,000 Allied 595 loader, $5,000; NH For more information on Agricultural Lime delivery, ‘12 Case/IH 260, 1784 hrs, loaded, 1000 baler 311, $7,500; JD pick-up MOTORGRADERS spreading and rates, please email us at: PTO duals ............................................. $98,000 ‘08 CAT 12M VHP, 3568 hrs, 14’ blade ....$100,000 head, $1,500. 507-524-4637 aglime@randeofmn.com or call 800-388-3320 today! ’11 Versatile 305, 690 hrs, 1000 PTO FOR SALE: 50’ Kewanee 600 duals .................................................... $95,000 ‘10 JD 870G, 4533 hrs, 14’ blade, ripper $125,000 Grain & Hay Elevator with Drag Line & Power Lift, $2,200. 715-308-0379

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FOR SALE: AgCo 3000 cornhead, 8R; JD 3710 plow, 7 bottom; May Wes bean head trailer, 25’. 507-838-9843

R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc. 1-800-388-3320 aglime@randeofmn.com www.randeofmn.com

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

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FOR SALE: 9500 JD combine 1000 gallon LP tank; also w/ RWA, low hrs, 25’ bean Case IH 215 or 225 Magnum head, 6R poly cornhead, w/ or similar size. FOR SALE: head mover; 530 DMI ripper. Cub tractor w/ Kub clipper Both very good cond, and al- mower; (2) 240 Int’l utility tractors. 320-282-4846 ways shedded. 507-340-7720

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Grain Handling Equipment ‘04 SuperB SD1200C grain dryer, S/S planum, 230V, 3 phase, 300 Amp disconnect, LP gas, quantum controller, moisture equalizer, 4675 burner hrs, 1950BPH at 5 pts. $80,000. 507-530-2365 FOR SALE: MC 665E grain dryer w/ heat saver, 3ph, propane, all heat or heat & cool, $5,000/OBO; 2000 bu wet holding bin, $2,000. Case IH complete 3’ combine unloading auger ext, fits 8120 combine & other models, $750; Westfield 8” hopper jump auger w/ 3ph or single phase motor, $500. 651-3872085

Dairy Custom Heifer raiser has openings to raise your Heifers, we offer free stall facilities all TMR fed, $2.35 a day from weened through pre-fresh. Call Ben for more details. 715-495-0481

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For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com Opening September 20 & Closing September 30 Ryan Charbonneau Farm Equipment, Rolla, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening September 23 & Closing September 30 Ann & Jay Tommerdahl Farm Retirement Auction, Hendrum, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening September 23 & Closing October 2 Sam Thiel Estate Auction, Minto, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening September 24 at 8AM & Closing September 24 at 12PM Wilkin County, MN Land Auction- 144±Acres, Tintah, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 2 & Closing October 9 Miller Elevator Company Auction, Hannaford, ND, & Walum, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening October 3 & Closing October 10 David Boman Farm Retirement Auction, Arvilla, ND, & West Fargo, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening October 7 & Closing October 15 McLeod County, MN Hobby Farm & Tillable Land Auction - 2 Tracts 55± Acres, Hutchinson, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, October 8 at 12PM Quality Tested Hay Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN Friday, October 11 at 10AM Edward “Ed” Spinier Estate Equipment Auction, Brook Park, MN Tuesday, October 22 at 12PM Quality Tested Hay Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN Opening October 22 at 8AM & Closing October 22 at 12PM Kittson County, MN Land Auction - 146± Acres, Kennedy, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening November 5 at 8AM & Closing November 5 at 12PM Bottineau County, ND Land Auction - 320± Acres, Maxbass, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 6 at 8AM & Closing November 6 at 12PM Cass County, ND Land Auction - 160± Acres, Absaraka, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 11 & Closing November 20 Jim & Kathy Hartkopf Retirement Auction, Clear Lake, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, November 12 at 12PM Quality Tested Hay Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN Opening November 12 & Closing November 21 Gray Potato Farms Excess Inventory Auction, Clear Lake, MN, Timed Online Auction Wednesday, November 13 at 11AM Roger & Rodney Asche Farm Retirement Auction, Gwinner, ND Thursday, November 14 at 11AM Jim & Michele Seil Farm Retirement Auction, Heaton, ND Opening November 14 at 8AM & Closing November 14 at 12PM Oxbow-Hickson, ND Area Land Auction - 827± Acres, Near Oxbow, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 18 & Closing November 25 Evergreen Implement Year End Auction, Warren, Thief River Falls, Mahnomen & Baudette, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening November 18 & Closing November 26 Glenn Homandberg Estate Equipment Auction, Slayton, MN, Timed Online Auction

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1998 Volvo semi, 12.7L Detroit, 500HP, 10spd transmission, 160” WB, new steer tires, 4 new drivers, 450K miles, very clean truck, $16,900/ OBO. J&M 30’ header trailer, $2,500. 507-240-0294

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

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The 60-foot wall of wonder

nd so, Little Red Riding Hood finally arrived at her grandmother’s house.

She knocked on the door and a very deep voice said, “Come in.” Little Red Riding Hood thought that was a strange voice, but she opened the door and went in.

There she saw her grandmother lying in bed. She looked very strange indeed!

“What a deep voice you have!”

“The better to greet you with.”

“Goodness, what big eyes you have!”

“The better to see you with.”

“And what big hands you have!”

“The better to hug you with!”

“What a big mouth you have.”

“The better to eat you with!”

I expect you know how this ends. If not, the book is in the library. And a mural featuring Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf can be found on the wall of the STEP-On-In thrift store next to the Sauk Centre, Minn. branch of the Great River Regional Library.

It was a lonely walk in the forest that day long, long ago when young Ms. Riding Hood left the safety of her home to visit her grandma.

But she’s not alone in Sauk Centre.

Aslan the lion, from C.S. Lewis’ wonderful trilogy, and Black Beauty are also there to provide companionship and rescue, if necessary.

The cast of characters from children’s literature is as huge as the human imagination; but the capacity of this murals artists to capture the icons and classics in vivid colors is brilliant. There’s Dorothy and the crew from The Wizaard of Oz. Nearby, a Hare and a Tortoise run their eternal race; while not far off, Alladin sails away from it all and towards grand adventures.

You can sit on the comfortable bench, dedicated to Sauk Centre newspaperman Dave Simpkins, and let the paintings of each story take you back to your childhood.

Or you can admire the wonderful composition of the whole 60 foot long art work.

Sauk Centre, Minn.

We love the image of the children seated around and on the apex of a book mountain.

One child gazes up at a full moon as a rocket ship leaves the earth in flames of glory; while another looks towards a sailing ship landing on earth’s shore. Is that Captain Long John Silver?

Where is he going? Where has he been?

Thanks to the Sauk Centre community group Artify Sauk Center for this, and other delightful public art throughout the community, delightful work of art. Their website is artifysaukcentre. org. v

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