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Haste and a terrible waste

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October is upon us. Harvest has kids and non-farm kids all learn farm arrived. It has been one doozy of a year. safety. Having the opportunity to visit a From wet conditions during planting, to farm when you’re a city kid is pretty wet conditions during the growing seadarn fun. There’s so many places to son, to wet conditions during harvest, it explore and equipment to see and that’s certainly hasn’t been easy. (Though I’m where farm safety comes into play. pretty sure if you wrote a job description Having all children learn the safety for farmers, the word “easy” wouldn’t be basics on a farm keeps everyone a little found anywhere on it.) safer.

LAND MINDS Farming is tough. It certainly isn’t for Learning farm safety isn’t enough the faint of heart. With harvest beginthough.

Michele Gran is going well

By Kristin Kveno ning, the end is nearing for this challengbeyond that in trying to prevent grain ing 2019 crop year. During this time of bin deaths. Gran’s son Landon, died in year, there’s plenty of rushing — August in a grain bin accident. The whether that’s to get the combine from anguish that Gran is feeling is what is one field to another, filling grain bins, running grain propelling her into action. She is working with legcarts, time is of the essence. islators in Minnesota to enact grain bin safety legislation.

Behind every combine, grain truck, tractor, etc. is a person who is putting their heart into getting the Landon was a bright light in the St. Peter commucrop out of the ground. The hours are long, sleep is nity, a caring young man who loved farming and the short and, unfortunately, accidents can happen. rural way of life. Gran is working endlessly to make This year we’ve seen a large number of farm-related sure another family doesn’t lose a loved one due to a deaths in Minnesota. We’ve lost the young and the grain bin accident. You can read more about Michele old alike. Farming accidents don’t discriminate.

Gran’s quest to create Landon Law’s to make grain Each and every one of them is heartbreaking. bins safer on page 10 of this issue.

Farming can be dangerous and even deadly. There Losing a life on the farm is heartbreaking, enactare so many times short cuts are made for the sake ing safety measures to mitigate the risk of that just of saving time — and in doing so, can have dire con- makes sense. sequences. One life lost in a farming accident is one We want to wish everyone out there a successful life too many. harvest. Whether Many schools across you’re following farmthe state this past ing equipment driving month brought their on the road or are takelementary-age stuing part in harvest, dents on farm safety please be safe out field trips to learn the there. importance of safe Kristin Kveno is the farming practices. staff writer of The While some of those Land.

She may be who attended live on a reached at kkveno@ farm, most do not. It’s TheLandOnline.com. v imperative that farm

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10 — Michele Gran is committed to grain bin safety 12 — Sorting poisonous rye was once a Minnesota cottage industry 14 — Minneapolis baker is partnering with local grain farmers 18 — These simple practices can help control soil compaction in fields

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31.8 million acres are affected by corn rootworm.

Using a variety of control methods in a multi‑year field plan helps delay development of corn rootworm resistance.

“Growers tend to find a hybrid with the corn rootworm control method they like, then plant it in the same fields year after year,” Tim O’Brien, Ph.D., explained. “They’re looking for something that gives them the best yield in a field—and too often they stick with what was successful the year before.”

“To sustain high corn yields,” O’Brien, who is the Agrisure® traits manager at Syngenta, continued, “We need to get out of the mindset of what was best last year and get into the mindset of how we show corn rootworm something different.”

It uniquely expresses a protein that binds differently in the gut of corn rootworm. It’s always stacked with a second, proven mode of action against corn rootworm, delivering a powerful one‑two punch that uppercuts rootworm and fights resistance.

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For more information about Agrisure Duracade trait stacks visit www.agrisureduracade.com or talk to your local seed provider.

Rotate trait packages for higher yield potential According to O’Brien, “developing a multi‑year, field‑by‑field corn rootworm plan that rotates control methods over the years” is the best way to delay the resistance of corn rootworm and help harvest the best yields long term.

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Sound science; partisanship, piffle and prattle Some years ago, I wrote a column on program over the past five-year period, how farm groups sternly preached the 2014-2018.” value of what they reverently called Yes, the CBB paid for the study and, “sound science” but, in fact, usually to no one’s surprise, Ivy League endorsed only “science that sounds researchers found positive news in this good” to the groups. negative: “Had there not been any Not coincidentally, I noted, most of domestic CBB demand-enhancing activithat good-sounding science was “scities over the last five-year period, total ence” tied to research bought-and-paiddomestic beef demand would have been FARM & FOOD FILE for by the groups themselves.

14.3 percent lower than actual.”

By Alan Guebert Examples of this thumb-on-the-scale In short, cattle folks, without the tactic continue to do exactly what they checkoff, your losses in the cattle marare intended to do: confuse, mislead, ket would be even more catastrophic and redirect farmers, ranchers, and than today’s $100-per-head and meatnaïve policymakers away from solutions disfavored packer profits would be even more obscene by the group. than today’s estimated $450 per head.

Take the beef checkoff. Earlier this year, the And if that doesn’t raise a suspecting eyebrow, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, the 99-member committee here’s another checkoff-financed “fact” that supports that runs the national checkoff, released results of continued checkoff spending and your continued what it called “an economic study to measure the (cough, cough) “profitability”: return on beef producers’ and importers’ invest“Collectively, the overall BCR [benefit-cost ratio] ments into the national portion of the Beef Checkoff for all CBB activities (including foreign market development) is $11.91. In other words, an extra dollar invested in CBB activities over the period … returned $11.91 to beef industry producer profit.”

No one — except maybe the Big Four meatpackers who seem able to vacuum up every nickel in rural America — believes this “economic” whopper. The evidence they offer is as bloody as any kill floor: The U.S. cattle sector is now enduring a market shake30 COLORS 26-29 GAUGE Standard all around durability out as violent as the 1998 hog market meltdown which led to today’s near-total packer domination of U.S. pork production.

Worse, in what’s becoming the motto for 2019, there is no end in sight.

This self-financed, self-serving “science” isn’t unique to just checkoffs. The Trump Standing seam architecture Administration’s recent rejection of the Waters of 30 COLORS 26-29 GAUGE look for half the price the U.S. rule, or WOTUS, was based largely on a sea of reports and “maps’ financed by major farm

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groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, whose primary goal was to kill — not debate it or alter — WOTUS. Silvia Secchi, an associate professor at the University of Iowa, made that point again, in a Sept. 23 Cedar Rapids Gazette column that questioned Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s repeated misstatement that WOTUS would negatively impact 97 percent on Iowa farmland.

“It’s absolutely not correct,” Secchi, a member of the university’s Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, told Gazette columnist Todd Dorman.

It’s “fear mongering,” she added, because WOTUS “rules preserved all exemptions for agriculture …

So for Sen. Ernst to say that is really … ridiculous.

It’s not true.”

Ernst’s defense? Her oft-repeated number came from a 2015 report that contained “a series of maps” on WOTUS’s assumed reach prepared by a firm called Geosyntec Consulting and paid for by AFBF. The nation’s biggest, most politically-active farm group, a longstanding foe of what it called government “harassment,” said the maps “clearly show” WOTUS would “radically expand” government’s role in agricultural water runoff regulations.

That claim might have been accurate if the assumptions underlying the report had been accurate. They weren’t; they were assumptions targeted to get the desired answers and, to no one’s shock, they did exactly that.

But using science that sounds good to win political arguments on, say, the efficacy of commodity checkoffs or an update of water runoff rules is, at best, a temporary victory. At worst, it undermines farm and ranch groups’ credibility when the problem inevitably rises again.

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Tom Mesner of Chandler, Minn. stopped into The Land office recently to pick up his new Grill Zone three-burner gas grill. Mesner was the lucky winner of The Land’s 2019 subscription promotion. All subscribers on file as of Aug. 23 were eligible to win.

Mesner farms about 800 acres of corn and soybeans, along with running a farrow-to-finish hog operation of 70-80 head.

“(Planting) got started pretty late,” Mesner admitted, but crops are doing a good job of catching up. “No aphids,” he said. “The beans are turning out really good.”

Mesner’s corn didn’t fare as well as the farm was victim of high winds on Aug. 17 — snapping off some of the stalks.

Pictured are (left to right) The Land Managing Editor Paul Malchow, The Land General Manager Deb Petterson, Mesner and his son Paul.

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Have a giggle with these salads that jiggle 1 green pepper Minnesotans have a lot to be proud of: 1 medium cucumber good quality of life, beautiful lakes and 1 small onion rivers, birthplace of Prince and last but 1 cup light mayonnaise certainly not least, we make a darn good “salad.” I’m not talking about the leafy letStir boiling water and gelatin until dissolved. Cool tuce kind. No, I’m talking about mayonand add tomato soup. Melt cream cheese in the naise, perhaps some cream cheese, a pickle microwave until just runny, about 30 seconds. Add or two and Jell-O all combined together to gelatin mixture. Finely chop celery, pepper and form a Minnesota salad. cucumber. Grate the onion. Add veggies and mayonCOOKING naise to gelatin. Put in a large bowl or a 9x13-inch I wanted to compile some of the most WITH KRISTIN dish. Chill several hours or overnight. interesting salads out there. Some are

By Kristin Kveno family recipes, some are just those that n you typically find in a good ol’ church basement dinner.

Tuna is a tasty mild-flavored fish that fits into lots of delicious dishes, but in Jell-O? You better give this recipe a try to see if Jell-O and tuna are the perfect combination!

Lime Tuna Salad www.cooks.com/recipe/ob7hr8yk/lime-jello-tuna-salad.html 1 3-ounce package of lime Jell-O 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons white vinegar 3/4 cup cold water 1 6-ounce can tuna, drained and flaked 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped 1/2 cup chopped dill pickles 1/4 cup diced celery Now that you’ve had your fish and veggies in Jell-O, it’s time Dissolve gelatin and salt in boiling water. Add vinegar and cold to sweeten it up. This layered Jell-O salad was always served at water. Chill until thicken. Fold in remaining ingredients. Pour into my aunt and uncle’s house. Growing up, my brother and I looked 1 quart mold or loaf pan. Chill until firm. Unmold and garnish as forward to it every time our family headed to their home just over desired. the border in Hudson, Wis. This Jell-O dish tastes as good as it looks. But be warned, it takes time to create this beauty (though n trust me … it’s worth all the fuss).

Let’s say you love Jell-O, but you also love vegetables. Well … have I found the recipe for you! This dish marries the two togeth- Seven Layer Gelatin Salad www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24704/seven-layer-gelatin-salad/ er in one quality “salad.”

7 (3 ounce) packages assorted fruit flavored Jell-O mix Delicious Vegetable Salad 4-1/2 cups boiling water, divided www.thriftyfun.com/Jello-Vegetable-Salad-Recipes.html 4-1/2 cups cold water, divided 2 packages lemon Jell-O 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk, divided 2 cups boiling water 3/4 cup tomato soup 1 package cream cheese 1-1/2 cups celery

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed Coat a 9x13 inch dish with cooking spray. Dissolve one package of gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water. Stir in 3/4 cup cold water.

Spoon into pan and refrigerate until almost set, 45 minutes.

Dissolve another package of gelatin in 1/2 cup boiling water, stir in 1/2 cup cold water and 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Spoon over first layer and refrigerate until almost set, 45 minutes. Repeat until all gelatin is used. n This was my Grandma’s signature “salad” dish, I can’t think of Chicago and not think of her making this in her bungalow-style house on the south side of Chicago. This Jell-O includes cream cheese and pineapple which creates a creamy, rich dish. It’s still the Jell-O you know and love, but with a little extra love thrown in. This salad is fabulous whether you’re enjoying it Chicago or back in Minnesota.

Pineapple and Cream Cheese Jell-O Salad https://eatmovemake.com/pineapple-cream-cheesejello-fruit-dessert/ 1 large box lime Jell-O 2 cups boiling water 8 ounce cream cheese, softened 1 15-ounce can crushed pineapple/1 cup juice 1/2 cup cold water 1 8-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed Dissolve Jell-O with 2 cups boiling water. Whisk in softened cream cheese until thoroughly blended. Then add crushed pineapple with juice and ½ cup cold water. Pour into mold and refrigerate until set. Turn mold into serving plate and spoon the whipped topping in the center of the Jell-O. Whether you are looking for a sweet or savory salad, Jell-O has all the bases covered. Try one of these recipes today and become a fan of Jell-O and “salads” all over again. Ya betcha!

Kristin Kveno scours the internet, pours over old family recipes and searches everywhere in between to find interesting food ideas for feeding your crew. Do you have a recipe you want to share? You can reach Kristin at kkveno@thelandonline.com. v

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Perennial provides longlasting blooms into fall A bold splash of attentionsemi shaded garden. grabbing deep blue color in n the fall garden always livens Readers ask why their the scene. Aconitum (ah-koepumpkins and winter NY-tum), commonly called squash have such low yields Monkshood, is a perennial. this year or no fruit at all.

While not as popular as some A few explanations from others, it does have a place the University of Minnesota in the flower garden. It can Extension include: IN THE GARDEN grow all season quite unobtrusively and then burst Pollination — conditions

By Sharon Quale forth in long-lasting blooms have to be just right and in the fall. this year we had temperaAt first glance, Monkshood looks similar to delphinium. But a closer inspection will show the unusual flower shape that resembles a lineup of monks with cowls thrown over their heads. The leaves are palmate (meaning shaped like a hand) and the edges are tooth-like lobes. Mature height is about two to three feet and will grow taller in a shaded area. It can tolerate some shade in the afternoon and likes a dose of morning sun. ture fluctuations and windy rainy Species of Aconitum with white or days which caused the pollinators to yellow flowers are available; though be inactive. not as common as the blue colored Planting density — planting too varieties. I have grown Aconitum fishclose together reduces growth and eri for a number of years and once development. established it is a maintenance-free plant. It is not invasive and also is Too much Nitrogen — excess deer and rabbit resistant. nitrogen can delay fruiting and cause plants to put energy towards vegetaA cautionary word about growing tive growth rather than reproductive Monkshood is in order. Wolfbane is another nickname for the plant and is growth. so named because of its old use for High temperatures — daytime poisoning wolves. It contains the toxic temperatures in the 90’s or nighttime alkaloid aconitine, so wear gloves temperatures in the 70’s can cause when handling the plant. The list of flowers and small fruits to die or fall common garden plants which are toxic off the vines. Using shade cloth during is in the hundreds; so eliminating heat spells can help keep the garden a growing them is not a solution. But few degrees cooler. exercising care when working around Sharon Quale is a master gardener them is prudent. from central Minnesota. She may be Monkshood is moderately difficult to reached at (218) 738-6060 or establish and doesn’t like to be moved squale101@yahoo.com. v once planted; so choose its spot in the garden carefully. It shows off its striking color best when planted near yellow goldenrod, hostas or ferns in a

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MDA weather resources can help with nitrogen application timing ST. PAUL — As the seasons begin to change, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture encourages farmers and applicators to be patient if they plan to apply fertilizer this fall. Check the soil temperatures and delay application of anhydrous ammonia and urea fertilizer, as well as manure, in areas of the state suitable for fall application until the average soil temperatures reach 50 F or below.

To assist tracking soil temperature, the MDA provides real-time six-inch soil temperatures at 25 locations across the state. The MDA also provides soil temperature data for University of Minnesota research stations and North Dakota Ag Weather Network weather stations. View the interactive map by visiting www.mda.state.mn.us/soiltemp.

Fall fertilizer application is not recommended in all areas of the state due to groundwater contamination concerns. Regions with coarse-textured soils, areas over shallow bedrock, and regions with karst geology are the most vulnerable to nitrate loss and groundwater contamination. Beginning in the fall of 2020, fall fertilizer application in these vulnerable regions will not be allowed under the MDA’s Groundwater Protection Rule. View a map of the vulnerable regions of the state at www.mda.state.mn.us/vulnerableareamap.

In areas of the state where fall nitrogen fertilizer application is allowed, the MDA encourages delaying application until soil temperatures cool to below 50 F to help prevent loss, protect water quality, and ensure more nitrogen will be available for next season’s crop.

At cooler soil temperatures, the incorporated fertilizer is less likely to be converted to water soluble nitrate. This occurs because the microbes in the soil that convert ammonium to nitrate are less active in cooler temperatures. Less activity and less conversion mean more ammonium will remain in the soil. Once converted to nitrate, it can be moved by water percolating through the soil, leaching out of the root zone.

This commonly occurs in early spring when soils thaw.

Although the soil temperature network was established to support application of commercial fertilizer, it is equally useful for those applying manure in the fall.

University of Minnesota Extension recommends the same temperature delay to prevent leaching losses.

Research from the University of Minnesota at Waseca showed liquid dairy and hog manures injected in November produced yields 10 bushels per acre higher than manures injected in September and October.

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Sticking with ‘Plan A’ sometimes requires courage Plan A (staying on the family farm) with“My uncle is rich,” said Landon, our oldout ever having a Plan B as a secondary est grandchild. “He has his own busioption. For some, their A-game has always ness.” been farming. They were born with a love “You have your own business,” I said. for the land and livestock. It’s who they Though Landon’s only nine years, he’s are and what makes them come alive. part of a family-owned, thriving hog operFor others, Plan A to farm was placed ation. on them through parental expectations, a “That is not my business!” Landon was lack of confidence they had the skills to adamant. “I’m only going to farm if playTHE BACK PORCH thrive off the farm, or a strong desire to ing for the NBA doesn’t work out.”

By Lenae Bulthuis never enter a classroom again. It was The kid is talented and smart, too. It’s Plan A or bust because there was no Plan wise to have a Plan B if Plan A is playing B in hand. professionally for the National Basketball While I applaud and appreciate every person who Association. left for a season and then returned to the farm or It’s an interesting twist for a farmers who chose pursued ag-related careers near their homeplace, looking back, I think the most courageous ones are those who never left.

They stayed and weathered the storms of low prices and unpredictable weather patterns. They planted their work boots on the dirt entrusted to them when their peers ran past green pastures for places with no pastures. They remained even when snubbed and dubbed as just “poor dirt farmers.”

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There is no arguing that launching new business ventures, moving across the globe, and daring to step into big dreams takes courage. But I find it braver still to choose to stay — no matter what — instead of believing the next best thing is just around the corner or the other side of the fence.

It’s brave to stay in a strained marriage, not for the children or convenience, but for each other.

Choosing to believe you are better together — not past tense, but today and tomorrow, too.

It’s courageous to stay in school when you feel out of sorts and out of place. Choosing to complete the course rather than to transfer is a life lesson that supersedes anything contained in the textbooks which may currently feel as if they are the end of you.

In today’s revolving door within the workplace (and even churches), it’s the brave who show up every single day for work they may not enjoy. It’s the courageous who stay in the same church even when they may not like the worship music, pastor, or every decision made by its leadership. Not with heels dug in or arms crossed, but a willingness to engage and invest in their community.

The true heroes among us do brave every day when they stay faithful in the small things. Because small things make a big difference in a culture that would rather flee the mundane than remain steadfast in it.

Escape is easy. Maybe you’ve got your eyes set on an exit door right now when it comes to a difficult relationship, work environment, or even a volunteer position. But if you want to do something audacious, make the courageous choice to stay. As you consider your current Plan A, you may have a thousand reasons to give up and quit. But what if we made Plan A the choice to stay the course and run our race?

You could make a difference in the square inches under your feet, and I could do the same on the porch that is mine.

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Norseland mother determined to see ‘Landon’s Law’

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer NORSELAND, Minn. — The pain on her face is palpable. So too is the anguish in her voice. But Michele Gran’s resolve remains strong and steadfast. Gran is in the midst of unbearable grief. Her son, Landon, passed away on Aug.14 at the age of 18.

Gran’s emotions are raw when talking about what a kind and generous person Landon was. From standing up for a classmate being bullied to checking in on elderly neighbors, Landon gave of himself to better the world around him.

Landon passed away due to a grain bin accident while working on a neighbor’s farm. The loss of Landon is devastating to all that knew and loved him.

For Gran, it’s heartbreaking beyond words because she always stressed farm safety to Landon and her other son, James.

Gran and her husband David farm near St. Peter and are diligent in following safety precautions on the farm.

“We use the buddy system,” Gran said.

“Always had it in the back of your mind to watch the PTO shaft.” While safety precautions are vital, so too is making farm equipment safer. “I can’t understand why something hasn’t been done,” Gran said.

Gran is working tirelessly on creating Landon’s Law. The details of what would be included in the legislation are still being worked out. Gran would like to see safety requirements — including an automatic auger shutoff that a person can wear on their wrist. If they got caught in an auger they could press the button and the auger would immediately shut off. She would also like to see safety harnesses utilized in grain bins; along with covers on the sweep augers that would allow the grain to go in, but

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stop anything bigger from getting caught up in it.

Gran would like to have insurance companies be part of this safety narrative as well. She proposes raising insurance Landon Gran rates for farms that do not utilize safety measures.

The amount of support for Landon’s Law has been a source of comfort and strength for Gran. People from all over the area have told her that they would help in her effort to bring Landon’s Law to fruition and even march at the capitol if necessary. The need for legislation to keep farms safe isn’t just vital in Minnesota, it’s crucial across the country. “It’s nationwide, not just in Minnesota,” Gran said.

“Why is farming the number-one most dangerous career to get into?”

Gran points out that rollovers in tractors were an issue that received quite a bit of attention. The state now helps fund rollover bars which can be retrofitted on older tractors to prevent injury in case of a rollover.

Gran said she hasn’t heard of any other legislative push for grain bin safety. She knows that this time of year is hectic on the farm. Long hours are when accidents are going to happen, “People are trying to hurry. If I can eliminate one family from having to go through this… I don’t want another mother to have sleepless nights.”

Gran would ideally like to see the Minnesota legislature take up the bill now; but she’s realistic in knowing this may take some time. Gran is in it for the long haul. She’s made calls to everyone from Minnesota legislators to the White House in her effort to get safety measures in place for grain bins as soon as possible.

Gran contacted Minnesota State Senator Rich Draheim and he’s working with Gran on legislation. Draheim said unfortunately it’s not a budget year, so it would be hard to find the funding this year. However, Draheim would like to lay the ground work now so that the bill can be created for next year. “We got to approach it like seat belts and start with younger farmers.”

The sheer number of grain bin deaths in the area this summer is concerning for Draheim. “Four deaths within an hour of Mankato,” Draheim said.

Draheim’s staff is researching what other states have done in terms of any farm safety legislations. Draheim is happy dialogue is beginning on this.

“The more conversations we have on this topic is a win. If we can actually implement some safety features that would be better.”

Draheim is proud to serve on the ag committee which he calls the most bipartisan committee in the Minnesota legislature. Coming together to support a safety bill shouldn’t be a problem. “I would love to see the schools work on this too.” He would also like the University of Minnesota to be involved in the conversation as well.

The push for safety legislation started with Gran but there are so many that are willing to be part of this movement to ensure that farm equipment is safer and put an end to these tragedies.

Minnesota State Senator Nick Frentz was contacted by Minnesota Ag Commissioner Thom Peterson regarding the loss of Landon and the work Gran is doing in trying to get safety legislation passed. In learning of what Gran is trying to accomplish, Frentz was ready to find out more and help in whatever way he can.

Farm safety has been important to Frentz from the beginning of his career as state senator. In Frentz’s first year in senate, he authored a bill on tractor rollover safety. That bill provides funding from the state to help defray some of the cost of retrofitting eligible tractors with a rollover bar. “I think a path to get something done would be similar to the tractor rollover legislation.”

“We want to prevent farm families from going through this.” Frentz, like Gran, would like to see the insurance companies get on board with this as well. “We want to promote safety on the farm. Introducing some legislation will be the start. We will be advocates for action on this,” Frentz said.

As for what Landon would think of what his mother is trying to accomplish? “He’d say, ‘Go for it, Mom,’” Gran said. “This is for Landon. This is for all the mothers that have a Landon.”

Sleep doesn’t come easy for Gran these days. Mourning the loss of Landon, while continually working on ways to get policymakers involved in her efforts, has been exhausting. But that won’t stop Gran. “I have to keep going. I have to get my voice heard.” v

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As first frost nears, soybeans have ‘a ways to go’ Brandon Fast, Mountain Lake, Minn. – Sept. 27

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

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“This morning I was walking some fields.” The Land spoke with Brandon Fast on Sept. 27 as he explained that from what he saw, black layer in the corn was 10 days away. “The stalk quality and plant health isn’t very good.” Fast expects he will have to dry the corn after harvest. “My biggest fear is 30 percent (moisture).” He recently added a liquid petroleum tank and may have to get more — depending on how wet the corn is when it comes off the field.

Soybean harvest isn’t happening anytime soon on the Fast farm. “Ours have a ways to go before combining.” The early 1.4 beans are starting to turn. Fast expects start beans in two to three weeks. “We need to avoid frost next week.” Temperatures could get down to 35 degrees.

“We emptied out a bean bin this week.” Fast also put bigger fans in the bins in preparation for this fall’s crop.

Fast is ready to get in the field as soon as the beans are good to go. He hopes that once bean harvest starts, there won’t be a lot of stop and starts due to wet weather conditions. Ideally, once harvest begins, he can get the beans off and then focus on getting the corn in the bins as well.

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“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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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.

Dale Bissen, Adams, Minn. – Sept. 27

John Haarstad, Rothsay, Minn. – Sept. 20

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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.

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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.”

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“It’s drizzling again today.” The Land spoke with Dale Bissen on Sept. 27 as he reported he feels fortunate to get a little drizzle compared to parts of the state that got way more than that these past few

weeks.

“We got beans that are getting close — the earlier varieties.” Bissen hopes to start combining by the end of next week.

The corn is doing well. “We’ve been out looking, it’s pretty good.” Bissen is hoping for 175 to 180 bushels per acre yield. He chopped silage last weekend and was happy with the results.

Half of the vineyard has been harvested. “We should’ve done it sooner. Not a good crop.” He’s now going to harvest the Frontenac grapes as they look ready to go. “It’s not the greatest year for grapes.”

It ended wet; the red grapes which Bissen had harvested got hit with a fungus at the end.

There’s heavy rain in the forecast for next week. Not exactly what is needed on the Bissen farm.

Putting it in prospective though, Bissen knows his crops are faring better than crops in many areas. “I think we’re lucky. I think we’re in a better area than a lot of the country.”

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Pick your poison: Sorting rye was a cottage industry

By Tim King grown, into the complex story of Rye was not grown in central The Land Correspondent the ergot-human history.

Minnesota, so Peel convinced grain DASSEL, Minn. — In 1722, The process which causes vic- farmers in northwestern Minnesota, Russian Tsar Peter the Great tims of ergotism to lose their the Dakotas, and even the grain growwas intent upon overthrowing limbs to gangrene, due to ing regions of Canada to ship their the Ottoman Empire and makreduced circulation, has been ergoty grain to Dassel. ing it part of the Russian harnessed by pharmaceutical “Before Peel offered to buy it from Empire. However, as the army science to control life-threaten- them, those farmers would throw away of Russian soldiers advanced, ing hemorrhaging. Midwives the ergoty grain,” Holje said. “Now they they were stricken by ergotism. had known for a long time a could make money by shipping it by the controlled dosage of ergot pre- train car and truck load to this building The soldiers became dizzy.

Photos submitted Then they began hallucinating This permanent exhibit inside the Universal Laboratories vented excessive post-partum in Dassel.” and experiencing terrible fiery- building tells the tale of the ergot industry in Minnesota. bleeding. An ergotderived drug which like pain in their hands and was used to control feet as circulation to their extremities the Museum Director for the Dassel bleeding from battlefield was cut off. Those who did not die the Area Historical Society. injuries was in use in the first day soon found their hands and “Ergotism is the disease that you get late 19th century. Another feet falling off because of gangrene. The when you ingest ergot,” Holje, the curatattered remnants of the Russian army tor of the museum’s ergot exhibit “From ergot-based drug has been used to control migraine had to retreat.

Blight to Blessing”, said. “They’ve docu- headaches.

It was hardly the first time ergotism mented how it started in the Fertile In 1937, Lester Peel, of had struck Europe. For example, in the Crescent and travelled across Europe.

Universal Laboratories in year 944, an estimated 40,000 people We have that kind of documentation Dassel, began buying ergoty died from it in the area known today as here at the museum. For example, in 600 B.C., the Assyrians were using ergot rye — sorting it and selling The Universal Lab building contains a number of France. it to large pharmaceutical Even the ancient Babylonians dread- as a biological weapon. They would put companies such as Eli Lily. permanent and rotating exhibits throughout the year. ed the fungal scourge. They prayed to it in the wells of their enemies.”

Peel had started the business a few Peels’ Universal Laboratories, essenErgot is a fungus, with a very com- years earlier to manufacture yeast to tially a large grain elevator, hired local their gods to protect them from the affliction, according to Carolyn Holje, plex chemistry, that infects healthy be used as a livestock feed supplement, women to sort carloads of ergoty grain kernels of rye. The Russians according to Holje. from the good grain by hand. were likely eating rye bread American pharmaceutical companies “The women that worked here earned made from fungus infected had been relying on European counmore money than they could have by grain. tries (such as Russia, Spain and being a babysitter or a waitress,” Holje “Ergot has qualities that can Portugal) to supply them with ergot to said. “Some of them have told us that either harm you or heal you,” make the drugs, according to Holtje. they earned enough money to go to Hotje said.

But wars and civil unrest in the first nurses training. It was a big deal for It was the healing properties half of the 20th century disrupted the women here.” of the remarkable rye fungus those foreign markets.

The company also started a cottage that brought Dassel, a tiny cen“The pharmaceutical companies had to industry in the Dassel area.

The community of Dassel, Minn. worked to tral Minnesota town where find domestic suppliers and Lester Peel restore the Universal Lab building which is now See ERGOT RYE, pg. 18 very little rye has ever been was ready to provide that,” Holje said. on the register of National Historic Places.

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Peterson carves out a living with wood and grain

By RICHARD SIEMERS The Land Correspondent DAWSON, Minn. — About 50 barn swallows sat on the power line which ran parallel to the drive to the farmhouse of Luke and Ali Peterson outside of Dawson. As the car rolled past, they leapt from the wire and began their aerial acrobatics. They appeared to be having fun.

In their seventh season of farming, and despite the unpredictable weather of recent years, the Petersons also seemed to be having fun. Ali, a nurse practitioner on maternity leave holding their second son, Oaken, joined the relaxed conversation on the front porch as artist and farmer Luke talked about his two vocations. Daughter Esther and first son Orville played nearby.

“This morning I was thinking that farming and wood carving don’t have much to do with each other,” Luke said, Photos by Richard Siemers “but then I thought — in a weird way, Luke Peterson displays a rooster carvwood carving got me into farming.” ing he created. He said chickens are It was wood carving that he was pur- currently his favorite subject. suing when, newly married in 2008, the Petersons went to Alaska so Luke could work with renowned chain saw carver Scott Hanson. There they made a connection which eventually led them to Joey Bishop, a farmer near Fargo. Ali was earning her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing at North Dakota State University and Luke was studying carpentry in Morehead. Luke needed a place out of the city to do his chain saw carving.

“The intent was to carve out on his farm and it turned into more of working on the farm — learning the ropes of farming,” Luke said.

Luke had grown up on a farm, but hadn’t seriously considered farming.

Once he started working with Bishop, he discovered how much he liked planting a crop, running machinery, even the mechanics of keeping machinery running.

Luke and Orville check some recently When Ali graduated with her RN harvested Forefront hard red spring degree in 2011 (she would get her wheat. It is the main variety the PeterMaster of Science degree from South sons sell to Bakere’s Field. Luke saves Dakota State University and become a the seed because the variety has been nurse practitioner in 2016), they moved discontinued. to their twelve-acre farmstead near Dawson, near where they had both ON THE COVER: grown up and had gotten jobs. Ali was The Peterson family stands in a field of a nurse in Dawson. Luke did prairie Emmer wheat. Pictured are (left to right): restoration for the Department of Ali holding Oaken, Esther, and Luke Natural Resources and farmed 40 holding Orville.

acres. But when Esther was born, he wanted to be able to help more at home.

In 2013 he was able to rent 320 acres and began farming conventionally.

“We did okay,” Ali said. “We were lucky. Prices were good.”

Once he came to understand agribusiness and marketing and got involved in selling seed, Luke said he realized “the whole business model showed me it is a ‘get big or get out’ industry. I had 320 [rented] acres and we don’t own any land.” That did not augur a prosperous future.

information.”

Fernholz became his mentor.

“From there, we’ve been plugging away with organics and we’ve been successful at it,” Luke said.

He saw the possibility that organic agriculture may someday become industrialized, and felt the need to become even more creative.

“I’ll always be certified organic,” he said, “but I think in my lifetime I’ll need to keep moving forward with direct marketing, building relation-

Luke and Orville stand by the used grain cleaner which will be put into operation when Luke can locate a gravity table.

Here he saw another connection between art and farming.

“I came to the realization that if my kids were going to farm, I might not be able to play this [conventional] game forever, so I’d have to get creative.

That’s where the wood carving came into farming, the creative side, thinking outside of the box.”

In 2015 he decided to transition to organic farming. He got in contact with Carmen Fernholz, a successful organic farmer from nearby Madison.

“Carmen was known in the community as the organic farmer east of town, so it wasn’t hard to meet up with him,” Luke said. “He was only a few miles away and more than willing to share

ships with people, to show true transparency on our farm, so people can know their farmer directly.”

Pursuing that idea brought him into contact with Steve Horton. Horton had a bakery in Minneapolis and saw a value in having fresh flour to work with.

“They were talking about building a business where they work directly with farmers,” Luke said. “We had the same goal: building relationships with people. Their business model is to buy grain directly from the farmer, mill it in the bakery, and then sell flour and different pastries and breads in the Minneapolis area.”

The business is called Baker’s Field See PETERSON, pg. 15

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Baker’s Field Flour & Bread bridges farmers and bread

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer MINNEAPOLIS — For 11 years Steve Horton grew his bakery, Rustica, located on west Lake Street in Minneapolis, into a baking powerhouse. Artful, beautiful breads and baked goods were created by Horton day in and day out. This three-time James Beard award semifinalist gave his heart and soul into Rustica. In 2015 Horton was ready for a new adventure in baking. Not knowing exactly what that adventure would be, he sold Rustica.

Horton said.

At this time, Horton is working with three farmers. “Always trying to find someone to grow soft winter wheat,” he said. He’s currently looking for a producer he can purchase rye from.

Horton currently mills around 9,000 pounds of flour a week.

The amount of grain that Horton needs from the producers varies. “It’s more farmer to farmer.” Dawson, Minn. producer Luke Peterson grew Forefront last year and Horton bought most of that wheat from him. For Horton, it’s a matter of Horton enjoyed the proprojecting and figuring out cess of creating bread, but what he needs and what there was limited flour the producers have. choices in the Minneapolis Peterson is also growing area. “Just not a lot of flax for Horton. “He sends a options,” he said. Horton couple hundred pounds to was interested in making us a month,” Horton said. breads with specific flour It’s not simple milling your that wasn’t always readily own flour. “All of the issues available in the Twin Cities that can happen, do haparea. He decided if he pen.” Horton has dealt with couldn’t get the flour he Photos submitted storage, distribution and wanted, he would mill that Baker’s Field Flour & Bakery is located in Northeast Minneapolis. Owner Steve Horton purchases grain cost issues. “It’s pretty hard. flour himself. Only one from three different farmers. The grain is ground to flour on site. Some of the flour is sold to retail stores We’re big enough that we problem though — Horton and restaurants, the rest is made into bread. can do volume, but not big knew absolutely nothing enough to do big volume.” about milling. He traveled to Vermont that raising a crop isn’t as simple as it comes to when the grain is needed.

As Baker’s Field continues to grow, and North Carolina to get a crash putting seeds in the dirt and walking For Horton, having a direct connection size restraints have become an issue as course in milling from some experts in away. There’s risk from planting to the farmers who produce the grain there’s only so much room to store the craft. Horton purchased a large through marketing the crop. The farm- he uses allows him to have a better grain at their Food Building location. stone mill from Andrew Heyn with ers have to be willing to work with grasp of what is going on in the agricul- “We don’t have any more space.” Some New American Stone Mills in Elmore, Baker’s Field and the small amount of tural landscape. “It really helps us of the farmers want grain bins there, Vt. and a sifting system. Thus a new grain they need; plus be flexible when understand the challenges for them,” but space and money is the issue. “How adventure began. do we best use our resources?”

In 2016 Horton partnered with Horton is focusing on making more Kieran Folliard to open Baker’s Field revenue with what he has. “I would Flour & Bread located in the Food love to build a separate facility in Building in Northeast Minneapolis. It Minneapolis and St. Paul.” That facility was then time to focus on getting the would be where grain could be stored grain Horton needed to start milling. until needed for milling.

Horton began with cold-calling farmers There really isn’t any other place in and purchasing some of their extra the Twin Cities and beyond that is grain that year. Horton initially was milling flour in the quantity that interested in rye and soft winter wheat Horton is.

“Our product is ahead of the for their baking properties. market.”

Baker’s Field mills flour for the bakIt is all about relationships. “Because ing they do on the premises, along with most people don’t have a direct connecproducing flour to be sold at retail tion to their food anymore.” Horton stores around the Twin Cities, and doesn’t just mill and bake, he also eduwholesale to restaurants. In-house, cates. Customers have inquired about Horton and his baking crew make 10 whether his products are non-GMO. He different types of breads and cinnamon lets them know that all wheat is nonrolls; plus have 10 seasonal items which GMO. While he’s noticed that his prodincludes Stollen (available in December) ucts — specifically the flour bought in and Chocolate Babka in May. the co-ops — is more popular with Having a connection to the farmers urban customers, they don’t have that who grow the grains is cornerstone to direct connection with where their food Baker’s Field’s mill produces about Baker’s Field’s success. Horton knows Steve Horton See BAKER’S FIELD, pg. 15 9,000 pounds of flour a week.

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Outsourcing cleaning results in 20-30 percent grain loss PETERSON, from pg. 13 Flour & Bread, and Peterson became one of their growers.

“If they have a variety [of grain] they want to try, I’ll put in a small acreage of it and they can test it and see if it’s worth using. It’s amazing the different characteristics in different varieties after you talk to a baker. They put it through the mill and start baking with it. That’s what really tells the story.”

Peterson said what a baker is looking for is the taste of the flour — something he as a farmer hadn’t thought about. In 2019 he planted nine types of grain, most going to Baker’s Field: Nothstine Dent corn (being experimented with for corn meal), flax, Streaker oats, Forefront wheat, and heritage wheat varieties Emmer, Einkorn and Redeemer.

“Baker’s Field is unique because they value relationships with people as their first goal,” Luke said.

“This needs to come first before profit if we want to see our communities thrive.”

Two crops are sold on the organic market. Soybeans are sold as seed to Blue River Hybrids in Ames, Iowa.

Yellow field corn is marketed through a Minnesota cooperative, OFARM. “OFARM is a collective bargaining platform that is farmer owned,” Luke said. “I feel that this is important to be a part of because if we don’t start working together as farmers, we surely will fall apart. In these financially difficult times, I see farmers competing against each other for land and a place in the market, when we should be competing against the corporations that set our grain prices and the price of our inputs.”

With the retirement of Fernholz, Peterson is transitioning to Fernholz’s land and will have about 450 acres in 2020. His pieces of land run mostly along State Hwy. 40, from Madison to Lac Qui Parle Lake.

While that is a bit of a stretch, Ali said it can help

spread out the workload if it rains on one end and not word of mouth.” the other.

Luke has done a lot of wildlife carvings — bear, They apply what are often termed ‘regenerative’ eagle, moose — but now enjoys carving roosters. That practices. could be a sign of things to come. Chickens could “This year we will have eight different species of become a part of their diversified enterprise someday. cover crops that we will be planting,” Luke said. “We Right now he has to hire the cleaning of his grain. have pollinator strips around all of our farms; we He said he loses 20-30 percent of the grain in cleaneliminated fall tillage on annual crops; and do mini- ing — a loss which could be fed to chickens. He would mum tillage in the spring for a seedbed. We’re really like to take over the cleaning step and has purchased focusing on soil health. One reason we are going used cleaning equipment, but is still looking for a down this path is that we believe that we have a car- used gravity table to separate out the heavy kernels bon issue and we need to start pulling carbon back after the grain has gone through the fanning mill. into the soil where it belongs. We are hoping in the While Luke Peterson continues to carve wood, he long run to build our soil back up to have a little more and Ali are also carving their niche in the big world resilience against the weather variability that we’ve of farming. They are small compared to the average been having.” farm, but size is not their goal. They are more Even though there may be some risk in going “out- attuned to the health of their soil and the food they side of the box,” Ali is supportive of what Luke is produce, being resilient in a time of climate change, doing. That’s partly because he supported her while and establishing relationships at a time that conshe was in nursing school and then got her nurse sumers have a growing interest in who grows their practitioner license. Yet, it goes beyond that. food. Ali looks forward to a time when the relation“From my healthcare perspective, I see the impor- ship they have with Baker’s Field, a company three tance of what Luke is doing in soil health and healthy hours away in the city, might be a model replicated food,” Ali said. “In my line of work I see a lot of pov- in rural communities.

AD COPY INSTRUCTIONS read attached email erty and people not eating healthy and good nutriIs this anPlease adventure? tious food. The health of the community starts with “Yes,” said Luke, “and it will never end. Once you the health of the soil. The health of the people is all youALREADY can’t un-know and now weLAND just keep plug-x CODE AND REPknow, NAMES ON AD THE 3.7461 directly related.” ging away. It makes it more fun, too.”

Peterson will bring livestock into the mix in increYou can follow the Petersons on their adventure on ments. This year he has five steers on grass, and will Instagram @aframefarm. If you don’t use Instagram, move the grass-fed beef forward as the market grows. they can be contacted at lukepetersonfarms@gmail.

The wood carving that led him to farming has not com. Samples of Luke’s wood carving can be found at been abandoned; though it gets more attention in the www.custommade.com/by/petersonfarms/. v winter. He said it’s “kind of laid back,” because now he focuses on what he wants to make rather than on what he thinks will sell. Still, he has no trouble selling what he makes.

“People just seem to show up,” he said. “It’s kind of

Milling retains germ, bran in the flour BAKER’S FIELD, from pg. 14 comes from. He provides that connection to his customers. The farmers that grow grain for Baker’s Field are prominently featured on the website. That connection is vital for Horton and one he strives to maintain as his business continues to grow and develop.

Horton’s baked products are a little different than most bread found in bakeries. He produces naturallyleavened bread which is similar to sourdough. The breads feature complex notes and texture.

The stone milling done at Baker’s Field keeps elements of the germ and bran in the bread flour that is produced. All the kernel parts are in the whole grain flour they mill. The difference in freshly-milled flour vs. industrial milled flour is that the fresh milled flour absorbs more water and produces less volume

when baked. All seven types of flour sold on the Baker’s Field website have all been milled a day before being shipped to customers.

Having been in the milling business for three years, Horton is excited about the future of producing flour.

Working alongside farmers is part of that excitement. He knows that an excellent baked goods begins in the field. Using innovative grains to produce great bread is at the forefront of what Baker’s Field is doing to take fresh baking to the next level. “We really are doing something different in this market.”

For more information on Baker’s Field, their products and the farmers who grow their grains, visit https://bakersfieldflour.com/. v

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Six tried-and-true tips to prevent soil compaction

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus Yes, virtually every farmer is concerned with how much ‘damage’ will they be doing to their soils as they kick into this year’s harvest. Soils will be wet; and yes, you could wait until your fields are frozen. However, the logical option is to get going regardless.

But the damages to your soil could be costly for next year’s crop. Both University of Minnesota and Iowa State University soil scientists caution that damage from soil compaction can significantly impact water infiltration, root development, and ultimately, crop yields the following season. These folks say estimated yield loss ranges between 10-20 percent!

Check this: An axle load from a 12-row combine with full a grain tank is estimated at 26 tons per axle and a

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So what to do? Try the simple in-field test. Soils people call it the “feel-method.” You know what we’re saying: Push a ribbon of soil between the thumb and index finger. If it breaks off within one or two inches, the potential for creating compaction is low. However, if that ribbon stretches out to four or five inches, that soil is too wet. Using your combine and grain carts is likely going to cause more problems than it will solve.

Probing the top 12-18 inches with a hand soil probe to assess the field’s soil moisture conditions is time well spent.

Another quick and east test is to put a clump of soil in your hand. Then roll that soil against the palm of your hand.

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the following tips reduce soil compaction in the field.

Dedicated travel lanes — Many combine operators use “on-the-go” unloading into a grain cart to speed up harvest. Maybe you should dedicate travel lanes for the grain cart. It has been documented that 60-80 percent of soil compaction occurs from the first wheel passes. Subsequent field operations account for a much smaller amount of compaction.

Don’t run at full capacity — Yes, this slows your harvest. But not loading your combine and grain carts to full capacity obviously reduces axle loads.

Or consider this compromise: Keep axle loads lower in the far reaches of fields and achieve the highest axle loads (full capacity) near the end rows where grain is transported out of the field.

Tire size and inflation pressure — Sounds cumbersome, but adjust tire air pressure to match the axle load being carried. Larger tires with lower air pressure provide more surface area, allow for better flotation, and reduce pressure on the soil surface.

Concentrate non-harvest field activities near the field exit — While it is tempting to move semi trailers and grain carts along the field edge

as harvest continues, this increases compaction along the end rows. Also, moving semi trailers alongside the combine spreads soil compaction throughout the field. Try to limit compaction to the smallest area possible.

Harvest around the wettest areas — Sometimes just skipping harvest of wettest areas until the ground is drier or frozen simply makes good sense.

Additionally, buried equipment may come with large financial penalties.

Weigh risk versus benefits.

Avoid or minimize tillage — Tillage is not always the solution.

Compaction happens because of weak soil structure caused by intensive tillage. So hold off on tillage. And if it is needed for correcting deep cuts or rutting, use minimum tillage (field cultivation, light disking, etc.) when soil conditions are drier.

Summing up, in wet conditions, the best choice is to stay out of the field.

However, that won’t be likely for most farmers this fall. But the steps above can help minimize the damage from necessary fieldwork in wet soil conditions. Remember — how you handle your harvest fieldwork can impact your soil for future growing seasons. v

Grain was sorted at homes ERGOT RYE, from pg. 12

“Families would come and get a bag of ergoty grain and take it home and separate it on the kitchen table,” Holje said. “There was a lady here just a few days ago who said, ‘“my family would come and get a bag of grain and take it home and pick out the black fungus.”

She said, “I remember coming to the building with my dad to get a bag.

Watching the women separate the grain was like watching typewriting, they went so fast.”

Since sorting train car loads of grain by hand was an arduous process, there were efforts to mechanize the process.

Some of them were failures and some of them were successful. A number of them can be seen in the old four-level Universal Labs building, which the community converted into a museum.

“There were men that worked here and they tried to invent machinery that would sort the grain mechanically,” Holje said. “They also bought machines

used in other agricultural operations.

There was a liquid separator where they tried to see if ergoty grain would float and good grain would sink, a fabric separator where they thought some of it would stick to the cloth. There was even an electrostatic separator.”

However the grain was separated, the ergoty grain was sold primarily to Eli Lily of Indianapolis, and the good grain was sold on conventional grain markets.

Business was good through World War II and into the 1950s. But eventually, Eli Lily and other drug companies developed synthetic replacements for ergot.

Universal Laboratories closed in the mid-1970s. The building sat empty until the 1990s, when the Dassel community began raising funds to restore it. Today, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places and houses several permanent exhibits — including the ergot exhibit and a seed corn exhibit, as well as rotating exhibits. v

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Demand for cheese exports has cooled somewhat This column was written for the marketing week ending Sept. 27.

Hemorrhaging in the cash cheese market appeared to have come to an end the last week of September as traders awaited the August Dairy Products report issued Oct. 3 and impeachment drums resounded in Washington.

You’ll recall that block cheddar peaked Sept. 16 at $2.2375 per pound, the highest Chicago Mercantile Exchange price since Oct. 22, 2014. It eventually plunged to $1.9025 on Sept.

26, but regained 5.25 cents on five trades the following day, to close Sept.

27 at $1.9550. This is still 9.5 cents lower on the week, down 28.25 cents from the peak, but 26.5 cents above a year ago.

The barrels peaked at $1.94 per pound on Sept. 16 (the highest since Nov. 11, 2014), plunged to $1.6125 on Sept. 24, but also rallied on Sept. 27, up 4.25 cents on five trades, and closed at $1.6550 — unchanged on the week and 27.25 cents above a year ago. The spread hit a record-high 43.25 cents on Sept. 23 but fell to 30 cents on Sept.

27. Seventeen cars of each were sold on the week at the CME. The September Class III futures contract settled Sept. 26 at $18.28 per hundredweight. That, plus the remaining month’s settlements if realized, would result in a 2019 average of $16.51, up from $14.61 in 2018. The 2020 futures portended an average of $16.87, with the peak month for the year at $17.25 in September.

Midwestern cheesemakers continued to express concern over the ongoing “market correction,” says Dairy Market News, and warned, “A large price gap between blocks and barrels has a tendency to increase buyers’ hesitation.”

Central cheesemakers say spot milk is generally tight and spot milk prices ranged from 25 cents to $1.75 over Class. Cheesemakers are increasing their condensed skim and nonfat dry milk usage for fortification, according to Dairy Market News. Production rates are steady, inventories are “somewhat balanced in the region.”

Western cheese output is active with plenty of milk available. Barrel inventories are heavy, but block are tighter.

Stockpiles of mozzarella are substantial but contacts suggest seasonal

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By Lee Mielke speculate the tightness on blocks nationwide was behind the rise in prices on the CME. However, the precipitous fall is “harder to explain.”

Export demand has cooled.

FC Stone stated in its Sept. 25 Early Morning Update, “We’ve said that a block price somewhere around $2.00 per pound seems to make sense to us. We think stocks have been drawn down more significantly here in September than back in August, relegating that Cold Storage report to the ‘old news pile’ rapidly. Still, in the wake of last year’s slower fall holiday sales, it’s hard not to remind ourselves and our customers that cheese tends to peak this time of year. We think there are still a number of supply/ demand fundamental factors that ought to be supportive of cheese prices moving forward, but now we’re in correction mode.” n Cash butter finished the week at $2.1475 per pound, up 3.25 cents, but 17.25 cents below a year ago, with just five cars sold on the week.

Butter producers continue to relay widely available cream offerings which were expected this time of year. Cream offers are coming in from local sources and from the west, but are carefully scrutinized due to extra transportation costs and the growing local supplies. Churning is steady, but producers are keeping a close eye on fall butter stocks. Demand reports vary from flat to somewhat bullish.

Western interest in butter has weakened somewhat as buyers take a break to reevaluate market conditions, hoping prices will fall, according to Dairy Market News. Buyers’ confidence in finding the supplies they need whenever they feel the need is also stronger.

As a result, most buyers with immediate needs are looking to purchase in MIELKE MARKET WEEKLY

the short-term. Others are waiting for the “low of lows prices.” Cream is available to butter processors, but they are not easily getting discounted loads.

Churning is steady. Expensive prices in the domestic market compared to the global market and the strong dollar have led to more imports, according

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Grade A nonfat dry milk fared well, climbing to $1.11 per pound by Sept.

27, up 2.75 cents on the week and the highest since March 3, 2015, and is 23.5 cents above a year ago. Nineteen See MIELKE, pg. 20

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Heifer market tightening, suggesting decline in overall herd MIELKE, from pg. 19 cars were unloaded on the week.

Dry whey fell to 33.75 cents per pound on Sept.

25, but closed Sept. 27 at 34.75 cents. This is down a nickel on the week and 20.25 cents below a year ago, with 29 sales on the week at the CME. U.S. butter stocks slipped in August, but remain above a year ago. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Cold Storage report shows 305.1 million pounds in the cooler, down 24.5 million pounds or 7.4 percent from July, but 14.3 million or 4.9 percent above August 2018.

American cheese stocks totaled 768.2 million pounds, down 6.6 million pounds or 0.8 percent from July. This is well below the five-year average drawdown of 20 million pounds, and were 19.2 million or 2.4 percent below a year ago.

Stocks in the “other” category climbed to 567.9 million pounds, up 7.6 million pounds or 1.3 percent from July, but were up 26.1 million or 4.8 percent from a year ago.

The total cheese inventory was virtually unchanged from July and up slightly from a year ago, coming in at 1.363 billion pounds. This is up 705,000 pounds or 0.1 percent from July and 2.6 million pounds or 0.2 percent above August 2018. n While all eyes have been on the roller coaster cheese prices, FC Stone reported in its Sept. 20 Early Morning Update, “Replacement heifers have also been getting some attention.” It stated, “A frequently-quoted price is $1,400, up from $1,100 just a couple of months ago. Heifers are still far away from the $2,000-plus price associated with $20 milk.

In general, the heifer market is tightening up. That said, slaughter in August was still strong enough to suggest a decline in the herd, but the pace has certainly slowed down in recent months. The weekly numbers are staying below year ago, but not by enough to argue that the herd is starting to rebuild yet,” concludes FC Stone.

This week’s Crop Progress report shows 29 percent of the U.S. corn crop was rated mature, as of

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“The resurgence in whey demand was impressive,” says HighGround Dairy, “with volumes exceeding 2017 levels and coming the closest to prior year levels since January — at the beginning of the swine fever outbreak. But China shifted demand to the EU and Belarus at the expense of product sourced from the U.S., down 15 percent.”

“Fluid milk and cream demand continues at a record with the country sourcing primarily from Oceania and the EU,” says HighGround Dairy, and “estimates that internal fluid milk demand has also pulled Chinese milk away from powders, contributing to the stronger WMP and SMP imports over the past several months.”

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the week ending Sept. 22, down from 69 percent a year ago and 28 percent behind the five-year average. Fifty-seven percent was rated good to excellent, down from 69 percent a year ago. Seven percent of the corn has been harvested so far, up from 4 percent the previous week, but down from 15 percent last year and the five-year average of 11 percent.

Thirty-four percent of U.S. soybeans are dropping leaves, up from 15 percent the previous week, 34 percent behind a year ago, and 25 percent below the five-year average. Fifty-four percent are rated good to excellent, 14 percent behind a year ago. Thirtynine percent of the cotton is rated good to excellent, on mark with a year ago. n The United States and Japan have signed a trade deal that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says is “a better deal for the entire U.S. economy, but is a particularly big win for our farmers and ranchers.” He added, “When I visited Japan in May for the G20, I made it clear that the U.S. is Japan’s best customer and we felt that relationship was not reciprocal. This agreement helps level the playing field.”

The Daily Dairy Report points out, “Unlike a full trade deal, U.S. trade law does not require Congress to ratify a limited agreement. Instead, the executive branch can employ executive-proclamation to initiate reciprocal tariff reductions.”

The signing drew praise from the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation, stating the interim agreement will “deliver improvements in market access for the U.S. dairy industry, while noting that the work to secure a sufficient competitive landscape in Japan for dairy is not finished.”

The two groups stated they “look forward to reviewing with their members the details of this first stage of a trade agreement with Japan to take advantage of the new opportunities it will provide on a near-term basis while continuing to work to secure additional elements needed to ensure a strong final dairy package in a comprehensive agreement.”

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Dairy industry giant Dryer will be sorely missed MIELKE, from pg. 20 demand will be strong yet again. HighGround assumes some stockpiling was done in recent months, but continues to assert that a large volume of stronger Chinese imports are being consumed — especially in the protein markets as meat prices climb higher.” n Back on the home front, as the dairy industry battles plant-based beverages in the arena of public opinion, leading health experts have applauded dairy cow produced milk in a newly released entitled “Healthy Eating Research Report.”

The International Dairy Foods Association’s Cary Frye applauded the report stating, “Dairy milk is one of the healthiest things we can serve our kids.”

He cited a panel of leading health experts who strongly recommend parents make dairy milk a key part of their child’s diet beginning at 1 year of age.

In fact, the panel composed of experts from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American

Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Heart Association believe children ages 1-5 should consume only cow’s milk or water.

“The experts conclude that cow’s milk, whole, low fat and skim milk, offers a host of essential nutrients that young kids need to be healthy, while recommending parents strictly limit or eliminate all other beverages.” n Lastly and sadly, I report the dairy industry has lost one of its biggest contributors and I have lost a good friend and mentor in the Sept. 19 passing of Jerry Dryer after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Jerry was the founder and editor of the Dairy and Food Market Analyst newsletter. He worked at the National Milk Producers Federation, USDA, Dairy Foods, Cheese Reporter, and served as the chief market analyst at Rice Dairy. He also founded Cheese Market News and JDG Consulting and was a regular guest on my radio program, DairyLine, for

many years and a frequent voice on the Monday shows of Dairy Radio Now. In our last broadcast, aired on May 27, he predicted cheese would hit $2 per pound and he was right.

Fellow analyst and partner, Matt Gould, paid tribute to Jerry’s keen market abilities in our Sept. 30 Dairy Radio Now broadcast.

Gould said Jerry had a huge network across the industry, was very in tune with trends, and was well known for what he called, “ooking into his crystal ball.” He said that Jerry had been in the industry for more than 40 years, but the thing he will most likely be remembered for was his mentoring. Gould said he doesn’t think there’s a single leader in the dairy industry that hasn’t been touched by Jerry at some time or in some way or hadn’t sought Jerry’s counsel. We salute you, Jerry Dryer, and thank you for giving your time and talents to this industry.

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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MARKETING

Grain Outlook Weak corn demand holds down price

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corn/change* soybeans/change* Stewartville $3.53 +.14 $8.31 +.17 Edgerton $3.84 +.13 $8.34 +.19 Jackson $3.91 +.18 $8.41 +.34 Janesville $3.78 +.21 $8.33 +.23 The following marketing analysis is for the week Cannon Falls $3.49 +.16 $8.36 +.35 ending Sept. 27.

Sleepy Eye $3.57 +.16 $8.29 +.19 CORN — A dull week for the corn market as it was Average: $3.69 $8.34 range-bound on a lack of demand and decreasing chances for a yield reducing frost threat to the heart Year Ago Average: $3.07 $7.60 of the corn belt. There is a chance of a frost in northGrain prices are effective cash close on Oct. 1. ern North Dakota Oct. 3-4, but the effect on the over*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period. all U.S. corn crop would be minimal. However, rain for the corn belt will delay harvest and slow the drying process.

Export demand has been dismal and domestic demand from the ethanol sector has also been waning. December corn finally traded above $3.75 for the first time since Aug. 29, but still hasn’t PHYLLIS NYSTROM closed above that level. The last As we end the month of September, the livestock CHS Hedging Inc. time December corn closed above complex finished on a positive note with the cattle, St. Paul $3.75 was Aug. 16. It traded a feeder cattle and hogs all higher for the month. Each range this week of $3.68.25 to on their own strength which was built on the antici$3.77.5 per bushel. It settled the pation of growing demand in the export market. Well week at $3.71.5 per bushel, just three-quarter cents known is the hope of an agreement with China parhigher on the week. The July 2020 corn contract was ticularly concerning the hogs, 1.25 cents higher at $3.96.5, and the December 2020 while the cattle market receiving contract was a penny higher at $4.03 per bushel. good news that Japan will Weekly export sales solidified the magnitude we resume buying American beef. are behind in export demand and the hole we need to This has set the stage on the dig out of. Weekly sales were below expectations at hopes that all comes to fruition 19.4 million bushels. Mexico was the largest buyer. in the weeks and months ahead.

Total export commitments are running 50 percent Time will answer the question to behind last year at just 360.2 million bushels. Weekly these hopes. sales will need to average 33.4 million bushels per The cattle market has been JOE TEALE week to achieve the current U.S. Department of bolstered by an increase in the Broker Agriculture export outlook for 2.05 billion bushels. buying of beef in recent weeks. Great Plains Commodity Weekly ethanol production experienced its biggest The cutouts and the amount of Afton, Minn. week/week decline in history, down 60,000 barrels beef sold have quietly moved per day to 943,000 bpd. This is the lowest production higher in price and in numbers which has in turn number since April 2016. Ethanol stocks dropped allowed the packers to become more aggressive in acquiring inventories. Thus the rally in live prices 700,000 barrels to 22.5 million barrels.

The United States and Japan announced they have paid by the packers over the past few weeks. Marketreached a limited deal which opens Japan’s markets ready cattle appear to be slightly tighter as well, to more than $7 billion worth of U.S. agricultural which also adds to the aggressiveness of the packer products. The agreement is believed to put U.S. ag in the price discovery.

Short term, there is still the possibility cattle prices products on equal footing — except for some dairy products and rice — with countries which are under may settle back as packer inventories currently seem the Trans Pacific Partnership (which the United adequate. However, if the demand continues to show States withdrew from a few years ago). The tariff on good strength, this could override any major setback U.S. wheat will be the same as wheat imports from in price. As a result, the chance of increased volatility Canada and Australia. The agreement does not could return to the cattle market in the near future. require U.S. congressional approval. The agreement Producers should pay attention to market develop-

How often are you meeting with your trusted ag lending partner? When you approach these meetings, how do you feel about it? Is it a meeting you look forward to? Or is it something that fills you with anxiety? If it isn’t something you enjoy, try looking at it as a way to update your lender on your operation and “tell your story.”

An effective and productive discussion begins with presenting a good set of records from your operation. You will want to use this information to show where you are and help determine where you want your operation to go.

There are minimum financial and production records you should prepare for a successful JOEL LARSON meeting.

Compeer Director of Credit An updated financial stateBlue Earth, Minn. ment — Taking the time to complete a financial statement prior to the meeting saves a significant amount of time vs. having to complete it with your lender where important information could be overlooked.

Make sure you have verified its accuracy — including all cash balances, inventories (priced and not priced) and accounts receivables. Include detailed machinery, vehicle, buildings, land and investment assets. It may be a good idea to review your depreciation schedule to make sure you haven’t missed anything. Also include a complete listing of all your liabilities — including accounts payables and current loan balances with interest rate, payment amount, and due date. Consider providing an estimate of expected income, along with tax payments to provide a more holistic picture. Assess your change of net worth and working capital position compared to your previous financial statement.

Year-to-date income and expense information — Accrual is preferred, but cash is acceptable if you also provide a previous year-end financial statement.

Include capital purchases made in the current year along with non-farm income and family living expense. If your lender has not already received it, be prepared to provide the previous year’s complete tax return — including a depreciation schedule. A listing of expected income and expenses for the remainder of the year will give your lender additional insight.

Production information — This can include production history, crop insurance records.

Inventories (priced and unpriced), and a current

See NYSTROM, pg. 23

See LARSON, pg. 23

Livestock Angles Export hopes buoy livestock market

See TEALE, pg. 23

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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China considering Brazilian soybean meal imports NYSTROM, from pg. 22 is expected to be implemented by the first of the year.

Taiwan signed letters of intent to buy $2.2 billion worth of Illinois corn, soybeans and DDGs over the next two years, plus $2.1 billion of the same Nebraska ag products over the next two years. We have yet to hear anything new on biofuels.

The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange is forecasting Argentina’s corn crop this year at 50 million metric tons, which is spot-on with the current USDA outlook. They peg Argentina’s corn planting at 16 percent complete.

As of Sept. 23, the U.S. corn crop rating improved 2 percent to 57 percent good/excellent. Seventy-nine percent of the crop was denting vs. 94 percent on average.

Twenty-nine percent of the crop was mature compared to 57 percent average with Illinois at 26 percent, Iowa 18 percent, and Minnesota 8 percent. Harvest was 7 percent complete vs. 11 percent on average.

Outlook: Corn was trapped in a sideways trade this past week and needs friendly input to move high out of the recent range. No news is usually bad news for prices. Early yields are coming in lower than last year — in many cases lower than the average — and could point to a lower yield for the Oct. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

Lower yields could provide a modicum of support, but

without demand it’s unlikely it would inspire a sharp rally just as we’re entering harvest. If the lower yield reports continue into harvest, prices could recover at a later date.

Weather in South America will gain in importance moving forward. Argentina is currently dry which could mean fewer planted corn acres than expected.

Brazil has received needed rain, but not over the entire country. If soybean planting is delayed in Brazil, it could mean later planted corn as much of their corn is double-cropped after soybean harvest.

On the flip side, if weather in South America improves, it could mean higher production.

The USDA will release the Grain Stocks as of Sept.

1 report and the Small Grains Summary on Sept. 30.

The average trade estimate for corn stocks as of Sept.

1 is 2.428 billion bushels vs. 2.14 billion bushels last year and the USDA’s September WASDE estimate of 2.445 billion bushels.

SOYBEANS — Additional Chinese soybean purchases, totaling 964,000 metric tons (35.4 million bushels), were announced this week — which the market was already expecting. The new sales all fall under the Chinese government granting tariff waivers to both state and private companies. It is anticipated China may purchase an additional 6 mmt (220.2 million bushels) of U.S. soybeans before the

Retail pork prices a value to consumers TEALE, from pg. 22 ments and respond accordingly.

Once again, the main feature of the hog market is the China news which has dominated the market for months. The anticipation that an agreement may be near has sparked the recent rally in hog prices. There has been a stronger pork market which has rallied the pork cutouts in recent weeks as well as the increase in the movement of pork products.

Some of this could be — in reality — that pork at the retail level is a value to the consumer at the present time. The fly in the ointment, however, might be

the release of the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report released on Sept. 27. This report indicated a continued increase in the number of hogs and pigs.

Therefore, the expansion continues in the hog industry which — from a supply side — is negative. The offset to this would have to be an increase in demand for pork both domestic and internationally.

Volatility has been almost the norm in recent months and at this point it would appear this will continue in the weeks ahead. Producer should remain in close contact to market developments and act accordingly. v

next trade talks in Washington Oct. 10-11. China will begin their Golden Week holiday on Oct. 1.

Weekly export sales were within estimates at 38.1 million bushels. Total export commitments at 449 million bushels are behind last year’s 656 million bushels. We need to average weekly sales of 27.4 million bushels per week to hit the USDA’s current forecast for 1.775 billion bushels. This would be a record pace for the October-August timeframe. China has imported 8.42 mmt of U.S. soybeans from January through August, down over 20 percent from last year.

Brazil has shipped China 40 mmt of soybeans during that time. Argentina’s portion of sales to China January-August was 4.1 mmt.

BAGE is projecting Argentina’s soybean crop at 51 mmt vs. USDA at 53 mmt. China is considering allowing Brazilian meal imports. Earlier they approved meal imports from Argentina. China is predicting their soymeal imports will increase 3 percent this year due to growers raising fatter pigs to offset losses from African swine fever.

As of Sept. 22, soybean conditions were unchanged from the previous week at 54 percent good/excellent.

Thirty-four percent of the crop was dropping leaves, a whopping 25 percent behind the average.

Outlook: Soybean bulls need to be fed daily and this week’s sales to China just couldn’t satisfy that appetite. November soybeans did trade through $9.00 last week, but couldn’t muster that strength this week and have been unable to close above $9.00 since July. November soybeans set the low of the week on Sept. 27 after trading the entire week within Sept. 23’s range. The weekly trading range in November soybeans was $8.81.5 to $8.99.25 per bushel. For the week, November soybeans managed to close a quarter-cent higher at $8.83 per bushel.

July soybeans were three-quarter cents higher at $9.29.5 and the November 2020 contract was up a quarter-cent at $9.40.5 per bushel.

The average trade guess for soybean stocks as of Sept. 1 was 982 million bushels vs. 438 million bushels last year and the USDA’s September WASDE estimate of 1.005 billion bushels. v

Current data makes meetings with lenders productive LARSON, from pg. 22 marketing plan (including cash and futures or options contracts). Try to include future years’ contracts.

Cost of production information — This can be done on a per acre or per bushel basis. Many producers present a margin manager type of analysis. If this is something which interests you, check out the free Grain Margin Manager tool available on Compeer. com. If you know your break even, are you marketing from that information? An estimation of expected market facilitation payments will also be helpful.

Cash flow projections — Provide a monthly cash flow plan for the coming year. Some producers find FINPACK (Finflo) does a nice job laying out a

projection and marketing plan. Also bring actual to budgeted comparisons for the current or previous year. If you have a major expansion in mind, do you have a structured business plan?

A risk management strategy — How do you deal with risk in your operation? Do you have adequate levels of crop insurance, property and casualty, and life insurance?

A recap of the past year — You may include a personal recap of how the year has gone, including major weather and production events which impacted your operation.

With the current challenges facing our industry, making good use of the time you have with your

trusted financial partner is extremely important.

Having open communication with them will allow you to face any potential problems head-on and be proactive in finding solutions.

Use these meetings to your advantage. By making good use of your time by being prepared, your trusted ag lending partner will be better equipped to serve you because they will understand the whole picture.

By following these steps, hopefully the meetings with your ag lender will become something that you look forward to, and can be a productive use of your time.

Joel Larson is the Director of Core Credit with Compeer Financial. For additional insights from Larson and the Compeer team, visit compeer.com. v

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AUCTION Section 29 & 30, Birch Cooley Township, Renville County

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DOUG KERKHOFF AT 507-829-6859 Doug Kerkhoff 507-829-6859 3 POINT BACKHOE; REVERSED ALLIS WD WITH DUAL Zac Kerkhoff 507-829-3924 Section 29October & 30, Birch Cooley Township, LOADER; RARE JD REAR MOUNT MANURE LOADER; Monday, 21, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. www.kerkhoffauction.com Renville County SEVERAL JD PLOWS; PLOWS & ATTACHMENTS FOR Auction Location: Kerkhoff Auction Center.

Section 29 & 30, Birch Cooley Township, JD chase M; JDagr WF; (2) JD FRONTS;nonFENDERS; TERMS: SuccessfulParcel bidder #1 is r equir ed to enter into a pur eement andSINGLE pay a $30,000 Renville County refundable down payment the day of auction.

Balance is due with certified funds on or before December 11, CULTIVATORS; BLADES; JD FRONT SIDE WEIGHTS Total Acres - 80.6 Acres M/L CPI 2019, the date of closing. Possession after the 2019 crops have been removed. Buyer is responsible for plow back.

20to SERIES; WHEEL WEIGHTS; Rating - on 93.3 Seller to pay real estate taxes the 2019 tax statement andFOR buyer pay thereafter.

Seller to retain RADIATORS; all 2019 Rents MISC. PARTS AND MUCHAll MORE. and Payments. Sold subject to owner confirmation. A Buyers Premium to Apply. information is obtained #2the auctioneers or agents do not accept responsibility for information presented, as from reliable sources,Parcel however, FOR AN INFORMATION PACKET SKI-DOO COLLECTIBLE SNOWMOBILES Acres - 97.35 Acres M/L CPI CONTACT: it is Total the buyer’s responsibility to verify all information.

Announcements made on auction day take precedence DOUG KERKHOFF AT 507-829-6859 ‘65 & ‘70 OLYMPIQUES; ‘72 NORDIC; 72 TNT 440; over printed material.

Rating - 90.4 RICK, JEANNE & GARY DEINKEN- OWNERS YAMAHA SRV & VMAX 500; PLUS VEHICLES, FORbidder AN INFORMATION PACKET TERMS: Successful is r equir ed to enter into a pur chase agr eement and pay a $30,000 nonrefundable down payment the day of auction. Balance is due with certified funds on or before December 11, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND MISC. SHOP ITEMS 2019, the date of closing. Possession after the 2019 crops have been removed. Buyer is responsible for plow back.

CONTACT: Seller to pay real estate taxes on the 2019 tax statement and buyer to pay thereafter. Seller to retain all 2019 Rents 1500 E. Bridge Street and Payments. Sold subject to owner confirmation. A Buyers Premium to Apply. All information is obtained from reliable sources, however, the auctioneers or agents do notAT accept responsibility for information presented, as DOUG KERKHOFF 507-829-6859 MARK MARTIN, it is the buyer’s responsibility to verify all information. Announcements made on auction day take precedence Redwood Falls,OWNER MN 56283 over printed material.

23713 BLUE SPRUCE RD, SAUK CENTRE, MN 1500 E. Bridge Street PH.763-441-8200 Redwood Falls, MN 56283 TERMS: Successful bidder is r equir ed to enter into a pur chase agr eement and pay a $30,000 nonrefundable down payment the day of auction. Balance is due with certified funds on or before December 11, 2019, the date of closing. Possession after the 2019 crops have been removed. Buyer is responsible for plow back.

Seller to pay real estate taxes on the 2019 tax statement and buyer to pay thereafter. Seller to retain all 2019 Rents and Payments. Sold subject to owner confirmation. A Buyers Premium to Apply. All information is obtained from reliable sources, however, the auctioneers or agents do not accept responsibility for information presented, as it is the buyer’s responsibility to verify all information. Announcements made on auction day take precedence over printed material.

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HIGH Quality Western dairy Case IH 1083 8x30 cornhead alfalfa, large quantities ‘02 JD, 7320 MFWA Tractor w/ w/ water pump bearings, of shed stored hay and 822 actual hrs w/ 741 self lev- exc cond, $3,750; IH 963 6x30 STRAW, up to 230 RFV, eling ldr 125hp, 3 remotes, cornhead w/ poly snouts, From our farm to yours on 16spd, PQ, front fenders, $2,450; Balzer 2000 20’ stalk our trucks. 1 on 1 dealings, Goodyear 480/80R42 rears, chopper, $2,900; JD 2940 NO middle man. Experi- 420/85R28 front, 8’ bucket tractor, w/ 148 ldr, $9,500; enced and Trusted. Call for & pallet fork, rear wheel JD 1075 or Westendorf 12T pricing-delivery included in wgts., tires 75%, cab, mir- running gears, 12.5x16 tires, rors, asking $79,500; ‘11 Lo- $1,250/ea; IH Super C tracprice. (307)359-9644 renz 8001 8’ snowblower, 4 tor, WF, fenders, like new ORGANIC CORN “NOT IM- skid plates, 540 rpm, like tires, $2,250; Schweiss 9’ 2 PORTED” WI grown organic new, $4,750; 1818 Case IH auger snowblower, $3,650. corn. Certified MOSA. Avail- skid ldr, 1813 hrs, new tires, 320-769-2756 able 100 bushel quanities. 4’ bucket, $3,950. Call 507Westby, WI. $$$ Best offer 276-6406 Fairfax Farm Equipment For Sale: ‘10 JD 9330, 4WD, 2430 hrs; $$$. Call Stan 702-203-9564 ‘13 JD S660 combine, 1630 40’ & 45’ Batco Belt Convey- eng/1230 sep hrs; ‘13 JD 606C ors, 28” Fan & Burner; 21’ CH, ‘10 JD 2700 17.5’ disk ripBins & Buildings & 18’ grain bins —some with per; Mayrath 10”x62’ auger, air floors; Bobcat walk-be- swing out hopper, like new.

SILO DOORS hind Trencher; 8”x31’ & Call Kim Knewtson 507-340Wood or steel doors shipped 10”x71’ grain augers; 9’ & 10’ 2112 or Paul Knewtson 507promptly to your farm AG baggers; MF 1190 4x4; 340-2111. stainless fasteners JD 930 flex bean head. Call hardware available.

320-760-1634 (800)222-5726 Landwood Sales LLC Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.

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AUCTION Saturday, October 12th, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. 53548 173rd St., Austin, MN 55912 AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Arvid & Lois are downsizing and offering items they no longer need at Public Auction. Come bid your price on a nice selection of farm related items including irrigation equipment, tractors, horse drawn equipment & more!

TRACTORS, COMBINE & HEADS: JD R Diesel (Overhauled & Newer Paint) PTO - Belt Pulley, IH656 Hydro - Gas - 3pt.

PTO, Ford 8N – Two Speed (Road Gear), Oliver Super 88 Diesel (Overhauled) WF, Oliver Super 88 Diesel (Parts or Restore), Allis Chalmers CA w/Woods 6ft. Mower, 1983 JD 6620 Combine (3928hrs. 28L26 Tires, Clean).

HORSE DRAWN EQUIPMENT: Two-Seater Buggy, IH 6’ & JD No.4 Sickle Mowers (Gone through), Double Box w/Steel Wheels & Oats Seeder, Manure Spreader, 8’ Spring Tooth Drag, Disc, One Row Cultivator, Slip Scrapper, Potato Digger, Barge Box, & More!

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT: Detroit 6-71 Engine on Stationary Gear w/Irrigation Pump and or PTO Output, Various End Guns up to 1 3/8”, 44 Aluminum 8”x30’ Pipes, Thousands of feet Elect. Wire, Pumps, Connections, Sprayers, Anti-siphon Tube, Etc. Old Valley Towers, Wheels, Pipes (6”x32’), 2 Pipe Trailers & More.

EQUIPMENT - WAGONS - TRAILERS: Dain Side Rake, JD 2 Row Planter, Hay Rack, Post Hole Digger for Ford Tractor, 6 Wheel 3pt Wheel Rake, 6 Row Cultivators – Oliver 88 & Allis Chalmers WD45, Augers, 2 Flair Boxes - 1 w/Hydraulic Dump, Heavy Duty Tandem Machinery Trailer w/Mechanical Tilt, Silage Wagon, Mobile Cattle Scale, Steel Wheel Road Grader w/Seat.

TRUCKS: 2 Twin 67 Ford 850 Super Duty Dump Trucks only one serial number apart - One runs, 1964 Chevrolet 60 Dump Truck 283 V8 (Runs – Bad Box), 1985 Ford F350 Bucket Truck (Motor Bad), 1992 Ford F350 Crew Cab w/Flat Bed Dump (Runs Good – Needs Transmission Work).

MISCELLANEOUS: JD GT235 Lawn Tractor w/Mower, Snow Blower, Chains & Weights, 2 Fanning Mills, Walking Cultivator, Plow, 6 cyl. Truck Engine, Cream Separator + Top, Egg Washer, Bench, Fans, 16’ Ext. Ladder, Pot Belly Stove from Camp McCoy, WI, Hog Scale, 1000 Gal. LP Tank, 3600-Watt Portable Generator (like new), Rectangular Hand Pump Oil Containers – One Mobil, 250-300 gal. Diesel Tank w/Hand Pump, 89 Mercury 302 Engine, 51 Mercury Chassis, Some Household & More!

Arvid & Lois Jovaag, Owners For more information, visit: www.thompsonauctionservice.com Auction Conducted & Clerked by: Thompson Auction Service: Col. Dave Thompson (50-114) 507-438-9646 Members: MN State & National Auctioneers Association.

Not responsible for accidents. Everything Sold AS-IS – ALL SALES FINAL! Cash, Credit, Good Check accepted. MN Sales Tax charged where applicable. Statements made day of sale take precedence over written materials. Lunch & Facilities Available On-site.

THE LAND — OCTOBER 4/OCTOBER 11, 2019 Farm Equipment

Farm Equipment

eadFerguson TO-35, $3500; Fer- FOR SALE:Backhoe attachngs, guson F-40, $4,000; SEVER- ment for skid loader w/ 24” x30 AL 3pt Cultivators; Single bucket, w/ teeth, 6 1/2’ deep, uts, Shank Digger; Arps Wire $1,650/OBO. 952-466-5538 alk Winder; 1 Bottom Plow; (4) 940 Ford 600 Front Whl Wgts; FOR SALE: 20’ Loftness stalk 00; complete set of Rear Whl chopper, like new. 320-22012T Wgts; Front & Rear Fergu- 1138 res, son Tractor Jack; 9N & 8N JD 9510 combine, brown box rac- Original Front Bumpers; 600 yield & moisture, Maurer new Front Bumper; Ford 600 Frt grain tank ext, 2300 sep hrs, Whls; Ford Tractor Chains.

9’ 2 $29,900; Parker 710 grain 650. Call Dave 507-663-6073 cart w/ roll tarp, $9,750; FOR SALE: Fantini chopping Demco 550 gravity box w/ 8R & 12R CH; 70’ Elmer roll tarp, $6,900; (2) Parker ale: drag, Merritt alum hopper 6250 gravity boxes, 445x22.5 hrs; grain trailers; 24R30” JD pl tires, $5,450/ea; Case IH 630 on Kinze bar; Big A floater; RMX 370 25’ cushion gang 06C 175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 disc w/ 3 bar mulcher, exc ripCH; White 706 & 708 CH & cond, $19,750; JD 2700 6x18 ger, parts; White plows & parts; spring reset 3pt plow, $1,450; ew.

54’ 4300 IH field cultivator; JD 27 15’ stalk chopper, 340JD 44’ field cult; 3300 Hini- $1,950. 320-769-2756 507ker field cult; header trailer.

RETIRING. JD 635F plat507-380-5324 form, $10,500; I.A. 435 head FOR SALE: 2012 Wood5206D mover, $2,600; Wil-rich 5800 stalk shredder, pull type, chisel plow, 38’, $12,500; JD used 2 seasons, less than 375 swinger disk, 40’, $6,000.

1000 acres, like new, $10,500.

Phone 641-495-6387. Leave 651-792-6518 message.

FOR SALE: 50’ Kewanee 600 We buy Grain & Hay Elevator with Salvage Equipment Drag Line & Power Lift, Parts Available $2,200. 715-308-0379 Hammell Equip., Inc. FOR SALE: AgCo 3000 corn(507)867-4910 head, 8R; JD 3710 plow, 7 bottom; May Wes bean head trailer, 25’. 507-838-9843

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FARMLAND

Mower County: Approx 121 ac bare farmland, pattern tiled.

Very good tenant in place. SE edge of Austin Mower County: PENDING Approx 73.7 ac, 62 tillable. Older building site, separate purchase possible. NW of Austin.

Mower County: PENDING Approx. 138 ac, 135.5 tillable.

Pattern tiled, excellent soils. Waltham Township Mower County: SOLD Approx 80 ac, 74.47 tillable. Prodex 79.1.

Possible building site. Grand Meadow Township

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Racine: Completely remodeled 10,000 sq ft building on 2.12 acres.

Many possible uses including event center, daycare, offices, retail.

Stewartville: Great retail/commercial space in desirable location close to I-90 & Rochester. 8000+ sq ft with ample parking. Many possibly uses.

LeRoy: PENDING Unique multi-use building with retail space, apartment &auditorium. Many updates include lift, wiring, HVAC, solar panels, $79,900.

Need assistance with rental rates, government programs or environmental issues? Call us for your farm management needs!

NEED FARMLAND LISTINGS – HAVE BUYERS! Randy Queensland 507-273-3890 •randy@lrmrealestate.com Ryan Queensland 507-273-3000 •ryan@lrmrealestate.com

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For information brochures CALL 1-800-730-LAND (5263) or visit www.Wingert Realty.com. Only registered bidders may attend.

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIP.

Kobelco PC 90 Hyd. Excavator 2012 S 850 Bobcat Skid loader, air/heat, 2 sp, radio, backup alarm, RC ready (can be run by remote control) w/forks & bucket, approx 2200 hrs.

Skid Steer tree puller

VEHICLES & TRAILERS

2011 Dodge 1500 4dr. Pickup, 4×4, high miles Sterling truck w/ flatbed & hoist Chevy flatbed truck 1940’s Dodge truck (for parts or repair) P J Dump trailer

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Drifter Houseboat (no trailer) 2 man bass boat w/10.2 basstender elec. motor 25 hp. Mercury outboard motor

SHOP EQUIP & TOOLS

Floor Jack’s Hylift Jack 2 Lg. Oxygen tanks 2 Aceytlene tanks Mini Victor carrying torch w/tanks Torch & gauges 2 LP Tanks CO2 tanks Pallet Jack Electro Magnet Work bench on wheels Come a longs 2 Wheel dollies Creepers Nut & bolt organizers Dewalt chop saw & sawsall Chain saw sharpener (new in box) 4 air compressors Cooks are welder 2 cyl. Kohler diesel starting unit, 100 hrs.

Rolling tool chest Craftsman air saw

Lots & lots of assorted hand tools too numerous to mention Portable gas powered Lincoln welder Lincoln Ranger 8 diesel welder Routers Belt Sanders Assorted elec. Drills Skil saws Solider guns Grinders Craftsman 1/3 hp. belt & disc sander (new) Vise (new in box) Elec. Lead melter Hand saws Sm. toolboxes w/tools Lots of new tools (never opened) C - clamps Tap & die sets Lots of assorted air tools Bolt cutters Lots of hammers Gear pullers Hack saws Transmission Jack, 1000lb. capacity Generators Ridgid pipe wrenches Dewalt planer Makita miter saw & sawsall Jig saws Power washers Chain binders Screw Jack’s Engine hoist Home lite chainsaw Janserud 2054 chain saw Nylon slings Elec.winch Battery charger Light bars & stands Hobart wire feed welder w/ tank & cart Schumacher EZ mig 100 welder Screw guns Drop cords Chisels for jack hammers

See website for complete details www.hawkeyeauction.com

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ‘11 JD 9870 combine, 4WD, 520/85R42 duals,

chopper, 5 speed feederhouse, contourmaster, 1812 sep. hrs, just through service program ........... $88,500 ‘13 JD 635F, flexible platform ......................... $14,500 ‘12 JD 2410, 33’ chisel plow, tru-depth standards .......................................................................... $29,000 ‘13 JD 8260R, IVT transmission, 1500 front axle, 60 GPM hyd. pump, 4 remotes, CAT IV drawbar, HID lights, 380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 front duals, 2720 hrs, just through service program... .............. $115,000 ‘96 JD 8100 MFWD, 18.4R46 duals, 7660 hrs .......................................................................... $48,000 ‘90 JD 4755 2WD, powershift, 14.9R46 duals, 6230 hrs ........................................................... $26,000 ‘90 JD 4555 2WD, powershift, 14.9R46 duals, 7540 hrs ............................................................ $24,500 ‘11 Challenger MT755C, 25” tracks, 3 point with quick hitch, weights, just serviced, 2525 hrs ... $84,500

– AgDirect Financing Available – Please call before coming to look.

Keith Bode

70786 510th St. • Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291 • www.keithbodeeq.com

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Tractors

Tractors

THE LAND — OCTOBER 4/OCTOBER 11, 2019 TH Tractors

Tractors

Tillage Equip

RETIRING

FOR SALE: Farmall Super FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 4650 JD 4755 MFWD, Low hrs, 4422 NEW AND USED TRACTOR MTAD dsl tractor, Super MD MFWD, 4498 hrs, w/ duals, hrs, 15spd P/S, 3 remotes, PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, One left--New 2014 M&W dsl; (2) Int’l 240 utility trac- 3pt Q.H., 1000 PTO, 3 hyds, quik hitch, 1000rpm PTO, 55, 50 Series & newer trac#1710 5 or 7 Shank Earthmasrock box, full set front end tors, AC-all models, Large tors; 1974 C60 grain truck, exc cond. 320-238-9370 ter (HD Series) w/ Crumbler wgts, interior nice & clean, Inventory, We ship! Mark 14’ box; JD 3800 2RN chopList $64,752 Special $38,700 FOR SALE: JD 3010 diesel, exc cond, none better, pics Heitman Tractor Salvage per. 320-282-4846 OBO. Never Used Dealer NF, single hyd, $7,500/OBO. avail, $55,000. 507-249-3985 715-673-4829 319-347-6282 Can Deliver FOR SALE: IH 806 diesel w/ 952-353-2104 IH 2350 loader, utility bucket, Sell your farm equipment WF, roll bar, 3pt hitch, dual FOR SALE: JD 4450 Quad, Tillage Equip Planting Equip hyds, dual PTO, TA & rear new tires & batteries. Retir- in The Land with a line ad. ing.

507-383-8213 507-345-4523 wheel wgts. 651-387-2085 FOR SALE: International JD 7000 Corn Planter, 2R, 3PT, 710 moldboard plow, 4x18s, $1,800, Fert. Avail. $350/Row semi-mounted type, auto re- 715-234-1993 • 5/8” drum roller set w/ gauge wheels, always wall thickness shedded. 612-850-7943

• 42” drum diameter wall thickness • 4”x8” frame tubing 3/8” thick • Auto fold

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~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ Port-A-Hut Shelters:

• All Steel Shelters for Livestock & Other Uses • • • • • • • • • •

JBM Equipment:

Feeder Wagons - Several Models Self-locking Head Gates • HD Feeder Panels Self-locking Bunk Feeders Tombstone Horse & Horned Cattle Feeders Skid Feeders • Bunk Feeders Bale Wagons • Bale Thrower Racks Flat Racks for big sq. bales Self-locking Feeder Wagons Fenceline Feeders Several Types of Bale Feeders

Smidley Equipment:

• Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Hog & Sheep Scales – We Rebuild Smidley Cattle & Hog Feeders –

Sioux Equipment: • • • •

Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates Loading Chute • Hog Feeders Squeeze Chutes & Tubs • Calf Warmer

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Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders Land Levelers

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Squeeze Chutes - Head Gates Large & Small Animal Tip Chutes Open Bar Corral Tub Round & Square Calving Pens Tub & Alley Chutes • Crowding Tubs

Notch Equipment:

For-Most Livestock Equipment:

S-I Feeders:

• Mid-Size and Full-Size Bunks • One-Sided Juniors and Adult Bunks • Arrow Front 4-Wheel Feeders, 12’-36‘

Mar-Weld Sheep & Goat Equipment: • • • • •

Lambing Pens • Crowd Tub Grain Feeders • Scale Round & Square Bale Feeders Sheep Head Locks Spin Trim Chute • Creep Feeders

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DR POWER EQUIPMENT at Special Prices

Harvesting Equip

FOR SALE: Int’l 710 5 bottom 3pt moldboard plow, $250; Int’l 700 8 bottom moldboard ‘96 JD 9600, 4065 eng, 2601 sep onland plow, $500. 507-859- hrs, duals, RWA, Contour Master, single pt hookup, 2766 long auger, LED lites, VitteHiniker pull type chisel plow, toe spreader; ‘00 JD 893 ch, 19’, walking tandems, very ‘04 JD 630 bean head, hydronice shape; 10”x72’ Westfield flex, Both units very good auger, w/ swing. 507-220-6810 cond. $51,500. 507-220-6810

For Rent Machine Sheds, Bins, and Outdoor Spaces: rent one or rent all, 2 miles west of Elmore at 36402, 15th St. Sheds: 60x100 shed $4500/yr, 40x80; Quanset shed w/ cement floors, 16wX14h overhd doors, $2000 pr/yr each; a 40x40 Quanset shed w/cement flr, 16wX14h overhd door, $1,000 pr/yr; a 30x60 shed, gravel flr, 24x12.5h overhd dr, $1100 pr/yr; Bins: 22,000 bu. $2500 pr/yr; 12,000 bu. $1200 pr/yr; 9500 bu. $1000 pr/yr; Outdoor spaces: $250 pr/yr pr/vehicle or boat etc.

L&M Rentals 507-647-3800 or Jill 507-766-9422

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• “Farm Built” Hay Feeders w/roof • Poly “Hay Huts” (Saves Hay) • • • • • • • • •

Southern MNNorthern IA Oct. 18, 2019 Nov. 1, 2019 Nov. 15, 2019 Nov. 29, 2019

GT (Tox-O-Wik) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

150 Bu. Steel Calf Creep w/wheels Bohlman Concrete Waterers Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns R&C Poly Bale Feeders Ameriag Poly Mineral Feeders Miniature Donkey & Fainting Goats Conestoga Compact Manure Spreaders

3pt or Skid Steer Hyd. Snowblowers

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~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

570 GT (Tox-O-Wik) PTO Grain Dryer 580 GT (Tox-O-Wik) PTO Grain Dryer 500 Bushel holding bin for GT Dryer 300 bushel EZ flow box & wagon Smidley Hog and Cattle Feeders IHC 50 4-row Stock Chopper, 540 RPM, ex.

4 yd. 4-Wheel Soil Scraper WANTED TO BUY: • Used 3pt or Skid Steer Hyd. Snowblowers • Smidley Hog and Cattle Feeders • Crowd Tub & Other Cattle Equip.

• GT (Tox-O-Wik) PTO Grain Dryers

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Office Location - 305 Adams Street NE Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

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Northern MN Oct. 11, 2019 Oct. 25, 2019 Nov. 8, 2019 Nov. 22, 2019 Dec. 6, 2019

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Indicates early deadline, 9 days prior to publication.

PO Box 3169 • Mankato, MN 56002 Phone: 507-345-4523 or 800-657-4665 Fax: 507-345-1027 Website: www.TheLandOnline.com e-mail: theland@TheLandOnline.com Ask Your Auctioneer to Place Your Auction in The Land!

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Dairy

Case IH 2188 combine, 2060 Buying and selling gold & FOR SALE: Double 10 swing hrs, Yield monitor, field silver, collector coins, dia- Parabone parlor, vacuum &W tracker, duals, shedded, Remonds, gold jewelry, silver pump, 10 Surge units pipemas- tiring, $35,000. 507-357-6142 dollars, rare currency, any line washer, 10 take offs, bler gold or silver items. Kuehl’s plate cooler; 2017 NH 3400S FOR SALE: Brent 880 grain 700 Coins, Fairmont, Minnesota, dry/liquid spreader. 507-951aler cart, 1000 PTO, 30.5x32 Fire1121 stone tires, adj hyd spout & 507-235-3886, 507-399-9982 axle, lights, excellent condition, always shedded, one WANTED TO BUY: 500 or Swine owner. $22,500/OBO. 320-359- 1000 gallon LP tank; also Case IH 215 or 225 Magnum 2692 or similar size. FOR SALE: PT,FOR SALE: JD 120 stalk cut- Cub tractor w/ Kub clipper FOR SALE: Yorkshire, HampRow ter, exc cond, always shed- mower; (2) 240 Int’l utility shire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc boars, also gilts. Excellent ded, $5,500. Balbor 10-17HP tractors. 320-282-4846 selection. Raised outside. elec motor, from Farm Fans Exc herd health. No PRSS. dryer, runs 36” fan blades, Delivery avail. 320-760-0365 $650. Call for pictures. 507Livestock 840-0483 Spot, Duroc, Chester White, Boars & Gilts available. sepFOR SALE: ‘06 9760, 2spd, FOR SALE: Black Angus Monthly PRRS and PEDV. our PRWD, 2779 hrs, 2050 sep bulls also Hamp, York, & Delivery available. Steve kup, hrs, Contour Master, single Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. Resler. 507-456-7746 tte- point latching, Maurer top320-598-3790 ch, per, power cast tailboard, dro- $55,000. 507-381-4406 Sheep ood Dairy 10 FOR SALE: 9500 JD combine w/ RWA, low hrs, 25’ bean Suffolk & Polypay rams & ewe head, 6R poly cornhead, w/ Custom Heifer raiser has lambs, muscle & productive. head mover; 530 DMI ripper. openings to raise your Heif507-445-3317 Leave message.

Both very good cond, and al- ers, we offer free stall fa507-822-3398. ways shedded. 507-340-7720 cilities all TMR fed, $2.35 a FOR SALE: Gleaner F2 gas day from weened through Please support the advertisers 15’ bean head, 430 black pre-fresh. Call Ben for more you see here. Tell them you cornhead, nice condition, details. 715-495-0481 saw their ad in The Land! $4,000. Also, orange 430 cornhead. Waterville MN 507-327-1027 **WE SPREAD AG LIME**

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FOR SALE: 1680 IH combine, field tracker, 1063 cornhead, 1020 24’ bean head, 810 pickup head, hopper topper, good condition. 320-292-4284 FOR SALE: Case IH 2020 25’ bean head, field tracker, fore & aft, real nice shape, $9,500.

Call 507-530-8875 MF 850 with 1163 cornhead and 2381 bean head, good condition, good rubber, $7,500. 507-239-2422

Grain Handling Equipment 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. 651-387-2085

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NO STOCKPILING ON THE GROUND • Our trucks deliver ag lime directly to the TerraGator • TerraGators minimize ground compaction •No wasted lime or mess to clean up • No foliage to plug the spreader GPS APPLICATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS • We apply variable and conventional rates • We can spread 1 to 6 ton/acre in a single pass • We have seven units to minimize wait time • We have twenty five trucks to haul lime For more information on Agricultural Lime delivery, spreading and rates, please email us at: aglime@randeofmn.com or call 800-388-3320 today!

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

Pets & Supplies

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Every moment has the potential to be amazing.

FOR SALE: Chocolate Havanese puppies, non shedding hypoallergenic. 218-689-4002

Trucks & Trailers FOR SALE: ‘79 Int’l 466 Motor, Allison Auto, Tandem Twin Screw, Day Cab, 150K miles, no rust, 18’ of Frame behind Cab; ‘94 Freight Liner 120 Day Cab, 60 Series Detroit, 20Spd Trans, Tandem Twin Screw, 23’ of Frame behind Cab, Low Miles; ‘97 Int’l, 10Spd, Wet Kit, Tandem Twin Screw, Cummings Eng, 370HP, Nice Older Truck, 670K miles. Call: 302632-8950 FOR SALE: 2004 Sterling semi, 490K, Cat engine, 435 HP, 53’ step deck, aluminum deck, adj. spread axle.

Phone 507-227-3128

USED TRACTORS

NEW NH T4.75, T4.90, T4.120 w/loader.. ...... On Hand NEW NH Workmaster 60, 50, 35’s/loaders ... On Hand NEW Massey 4710 w/cab and loader ........... On Hand NEW Massey 4710 rops/loader ..................... On Hand NEW Massey 6713 w/cab and loader ........... On Hand NEW Massey 1735 w/cab and loader ........... On Hand NEW NH T9.645 ............................................. On Hand NEW Versatiile 610 ........................................ On Hand ‘13 NH T8.275, 495 hrs ................................. $145,000 ‘12 Buhler 280..................................................$99,500 ‘09 Versatile 435 3000 hrs ............................ $128,000 ‘08 NH 8010 .................................................. $110,000 ‘08 Agco RT 155A ........................................... $86,500 ‘03 Versatile 2310, PS ..................................... $79,500 ‘96 White 6175 FWA....................................... $41,500 ‘95 Agco Allis 9670 fwa .................................. $36,500 White 2-135 ..................................................... $13,900

HAY TOOLS

New NH Hay Tools - ON HAND

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

NEW NH E26C mini excavator ...................... On Hand NEW NH track & wheeled skidsteers............ On Hand NEW NH L228/L220/L232 wheeled units ...... On Hand NEW NH C227/C237 track units.................... On Hand ‘03 JD 240 Series II, 825 Hrs .......................... $16,800

COMBINES

NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................... Call ‘15 Gleaner S88 ............................................ $230,000 ‘12 Gleaner S77 ............................................ $200,000 ‘12 Gleaner S77............................................ $205,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ..................................................... Sold ‘03 Gleaner R65, CDF ..................................... $85,000 ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $76,500 ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $70,000 ‘95 R62 cummins. ........................................... $29,500 TILLAGE Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ...................... Call ‘14 Sunflower 4412-05.....................................$30,000 Geringhoff parts & heads available ‘13 Wilrich QX2 60’FC w/Bskt............................Just In ‘10 Sunflower 4412-07 .................................... $24,000 MISCELLANEOUS ‘10 Wilrich QX2 37’ w/basket.......................... $38,500 NEW Salford RTS Units .......................................... Call ‘09 Wilrich QX 55’5 w/bskt.............................. $37,500 NEW Salford Plows................................................. Call ‘05 CIH 730b cush. w/leads............................ $16,500 NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders .............................. Call ‘03 NH ST250 40’FC w/Bskt ........................... $30,500 NEW Westfield Augers ........................................... Call ‘95 JD 726, 30’ ................................................ $19,500 NEW REM VRX Vacs. .............................................. Call JD 512 9-24 blades ......................................... $12,500 NEW Hardi Sprayers............................................... Call NEW Riteway Rollers .............................................. Call PLANTERS NEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..................................... Call ‘15 White 9816FS 16-30 w/Agleader .............. $83,500 NEW Batco Conveyors ........................................... Call ‘12 White 8186, 16-30 w/liq. fert. .................... $53,000 NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ......................... Call ‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded .......................... $75,000 NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons .................................. Call ‘06 White 8516 cfs .......................................... $54,000 NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ......................... Call ‘05 White 8182 12-30 w/liq ............................. $22,900 REM 2700, Rental ................................................... Call JD 7200 8-30 w/dry fert ..................................... $7,500 Pre-Owned Grain Cart ................................... On Hand White 6122 w/bean unit ................................. $12,500 New Horsch Jokers ....................................... On Hand

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‘15 JD 690, 4x4, 1745/1160 sep hrs, CM,chopper, 650x38 tires & duals .....$185,000 ‘15 JD S680, 1465 Eng/731 sep hrs, CM, chopper cast tailboard ...............$165,000 ‘14 JD 680, 2211 Eng/1561 sep hrs, CM, chopper, 650x38 duals ...............$110,000 ‘13 JD S660, 892/1180 CM, chopper duals ..................................................$132,000 ‘04 JD 9760, 2268/3460 CM, chopper duals ................................................... $54,000 ‘01 JD 9650 STS, 3014/4325 CM, chopper, duals ..................................... $37,000 ‘00 JD 9650 STS, 2645/3623 chopper, duals .................................................... $37,000 ‘01 JD 9750 STS, 3013/4156 CM, chopper, duals ..................................... $39,000 ‘15 Case/IH 6140, 685/810, Tracker, Rt, chopper .........................................$149,000 ‘14 Case/IH 5130, 660/926, Tracker, Rt, chopper .........................................$125,000 ‘11 Case/IH 8120, 1650/2250 Tracker, Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘11 Case/IH 7120, 1610/2200 Tracker, Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘10 Case/IH 7120, 1650/2250 Tracker, Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $92,500 ‘09 Case/IH 7088, 1275/1807 Tracker, Rt, chopper, duals ............................... $89,000

4WD TRACTORS

‘14 Case/IH 350 Rowtrac, 1865 hrs, 18” belts, 120” spacing, 1000 PTO ...$149,000 ‘12 JD 9360R, 1970 hrs, 1000 PTO duals ...................................................$150,000 ‘11 NH T9390, 705 hrs, ps duals ...........$120,000 ‘14 Case/IH 370 HD, 7065 hrs, 1000 PTO duals .................................................... $78,000 ‘90 Ford 876, 8523 hrs duals.................... $24,500 ‘15’ Case/lH 370 HD, 895 hrs, 1000 PTO, full guidance, 4850 tires & duals .......$169,000 ‘16 Challenger 845E, 4270 hrs, 4 hyd 30” tracks ..................................................$125,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘14 NH T8330, 2140 hrs, MFWD 1000 pts, 3 pt 4 Valves, 380x54 rear tires & duals, 320x42 front tires & duals ........ $97,000 ‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, ps, 1000 PTO duals ..................................$109,000 ‘13 Case/IH 290, 1400 hrs, 1000 PTO duals ...................................................$109,000 ‘12 Case/IH 260, 1784 hrs, loaded, 1000 PTO duals ............................................. $98,000 ’11 Versatile 305, 690 hrs, 1000 PTO duals .................................................... $95,000

CORN HEADERS

‘13 Drago 6R, 30” chopping for JD combine ............................................... $25,000 ‘13 Drago 6R, 30” chopping for JD combine ............................................... $25,000 ‘09 Drago 6R, 30” chopping fits JD .......... $19,000 ‘06 Drago 8R, 30” chopping fits Case/IH Flagship ............................................... $14,500 ‘13 Case/IH 3408 8R, 30” for Flagship ..... $19,500 ‘08 Case/IH 2408 8R, 30” fits Flagship ..... $11,500 ‘02 Case/IH 2208 8R, 30” fits 1400-2000 series combines .................................. $11,000

CORN HEADERS

JD 310SE, cab, 4x4, approx 2213 hrs, extend-a-hoe ....................................... $32,000 ‘11 Case 580N, 4x4 cab 2540 hrs............. $42,000

WHEEL LOADERS

‘12 CAT 924K, 3355 hrs cab, quick coupler, 2.75 yd bucket ........................... $89,000 ‘16 JD 544K, 788 hrs, cab, quick coupler w/ bucket, ride control ..............$128,000 ‘13 JD 724K, 9015 hrs, loaded, quick coupler, 4.75 yd bucket, aux. hyd. ..... $92,000 ‘10 Kawasaki 65 ZV-2, 6510 hrs with 2.5 yd bucket ....................................... $54,000 ‘08 Kawasaki 80 ZV, 5775 hrs, 4 yd bucket, loadrite scale .......................... $55,000 ‘12 Volvo 50F, 5785 hrs, QC, 2 yd bucket $65,000 ‘13 Volvo 110G, 9452 hrs QC, 4.5 yd bucket, scale ....................................... $79,000 ‘13 Case 821F, 6485 hrs, quick coupler, 4.5 yd bucket, aux. hyd. ...................... $77,000 ‘14 Case 921FXR, 8895 hrs, high lift, quick tach, w/ grapple bucket. ........... $89,000

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‘12 JD 120D, 3460 hrs, hyd thumb 24” bucket ........................................... $69,500 ‘11 JD 290GLC, 3347 hrs, 12’6” stick, 42” bucket ..........................................$120,000 ‘11 Case CX300C, 2658 hrs, 12’ stick, 54” bucket ..........................................$117,000

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‘17 Case CX57C, cab & air, 333 hrs rubber tracks ....................................... $50,000 ‘11 Bobcat E45EM, cab & air, 2965 hrs, rubber tracks ....................................... $30,000

MOTORGRADERS

‘08 CAT 12M VHP, 3568 hrs, 14’ blade ....$100,000 ‘10 JD 870G, 4533 hrs, 14’ blade, ripper $125,000

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

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ADVERTISER LISTING Beck's Hybrids ................................................................................ 1 Bode Keith .................................................................................... 27 C & C Roof ing ............................................................................... 8 Courtland Waste Handling ............................................................. 19 Diversif ied Services Agency .......................................................... 20 Freudenthal Dairy & MFG Co ....................................................... 21 Greenwald Farm Center ................................................................. 28 Grizzly Buildings Inc .................................................................... 18 Hawkeye Auction .......................................................................... 27 Janesville Tire Service .................................................................. 10 Kerkhoff Auction .......................................................................... 24 Land Resource Management .......................................................... 27 Larry Mages ................................................................................. 28 Larson Brothers Implement ........................................................... 31 Mid-American Auction ............................................................ 24, 25 Mike's Collision .............................................................................. 7 Northland Building Inc.................................................................. 15 Pioneer ..................................................................................... 9, 12 Pruess Elevator Inc ....................................................................... 27 R & E Enterprises of Mankato ................................................. 25, 29 Rush River Steel & Trim ................................................................. 4 Schweiss Distributing .................................................................... 29 Smiths Mill Implement Inc ............................................................ 29 Sorensen's Sales & Rental ............................................................. 28 Southwest Minnesota Farm .............................................................. 8 Spanier Welding ............................................................................ 11 Steffes Group ................................................................................ 25 Syngenta ......................................................................................... 3 Thompson Auction ........................................................................ 26 Wingert Realty & Land ................................................................. 27 World Health Link .......................................................................... 5 Wyffels Hybrids ...................................................................... 16, 17

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Managing Editor Paul Malchow.

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A touch of Japan in Minnesota

ucked away on the edge of Northfield’s Carleton College campus, overlooking the soccer fields and tennis courts, is a gem of horticultural landscape beauty.

JO RYO EN, “The Garden of Quiet Listening,” is a delicate — yet powerful combination of Japanese garden architecture and Minnesota elements.

Ancient, angular, aged rock specimens form the basic supporting frame of the quarter-acre garden. The lichencovered rocks were searched for and gathered within a hundred mile radius of Northfield. Lake Superior beach stones replicate a mountain stream, while the white gravel is transformed into a lake with rock isles. This is spanned by a gently-bowed wooden bridge. These are the basic elements in the kare-sansui, or dry landscape garden, where water is only suggested by rocks and gravel.

Kinsaku Nakane, one of Japan’s foremost garden designers. In 2000, the garden was named one of the 10 highest-quality gardens outside Japan by the Journal of Japanese Gardening.

A Japanese garden embodies a philosophy — at the heart of which is fulfillment found in harmony and tranquility of body, mind and spirit.

The origins of Japanese gardens are found in early Zen Buddhism and beyond that in the first man-made landscapes in early imperial China.

The specific placement of the rocks reveal, at certain times of day, light and shadows cast upon particular angles and crevices. These elements combine in harmony with the symbolic forms of mountains, streams and watery pools.

The garden is open to the public with no charged admission. v

A five-and-one-half-foot chiseled salt and pepper granite stone lantern, known as “Kasuga” for the shrine in Nara where its style originated, stands at the entrance to the garden. It contains a place for a candle traditionally used to light the way to a shrine or temple.

On the right, as one enters the garden, is a water basin (chozubachi) with its bamboo pipe dripping water where, by custom, a visitor will pause to wash hands in a symbolic gesture of cleansing.

The nobedan, or stone-paved walk, serves a dual role: its straight line frames the garden scene from below, and it divides that scene (not to be physically entered) from the viewing area which

includes a tea-house style pavilion and curved redwood benches.

Arborvitae provide the backdrop of the garden. A Scotch pine has been pruned to reveal its essential form. A combination of carefully-chosen shrubs and ground cover spread over the gently contoured ‘hill.’ Plants on display include spreading yew, spirea, perennial vinca, redbud tree, hostas, Miss Kim lilac, juniper and Russian cypress. Each plant lends its own particular beauty through Minnesota’s changing seasons.

The design and construction of the garden was accomplished by David Slawson between 1974 and 1976. Slawson studied for two years in Kyoto with

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