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its have changed. We have less than a Perhaps coincidental; however, just as I month to go to work on some of the start sharing some Land Mind thoughts things Minnesotans want us to work on.” on this morning, April 16, our Minnesota Senate convenes at 11 a.m. It’s 10 a.m. in I certainly approved our legislators Olivia. The House gets in gear tomorrow. making insulin available to those in need The temperature outdoors was a brisk 27 — even for uninsured Minnesotans, lowdegrees for my ‘morning run.’ But temps income individuals and those with highin the 50s were forecast for today, and 60s degree deductible insurance policies. I’m for the weekend. Hallelujah! This is reading this legislation happened when a LAND MINDS indeed the day that the Lord has made. young Minnesota man died after rationLet us rejoice and be glad in it. ing his insulin because he’d been removed By Dick Hagen from his mother’s insurance and Our lawmakers have come back couldn’t afford the insulin on his own. three times since taking a recess last month due to the pandemic. Yes, In an update from the Governor’s invariably these ‘call backs’ costs you office, Tim Walz points out that over the last 10 and me money. Covid-19 funding is the culprit. And years, manufacturers have tripled the price of insuthat ugly virus isn’t done raising hell with our lives, lin, and one in four diabetics report rationing of the our economy, and our future. life-saving drug. In 2017, the Minnesota So what does getting back to normal mean? To me, Department of Health estimated that 7.8 percent, or around 330,000 Minnesota adults, had been diagit sounds like mostly getting used to the ‘new normal’. What’s that you ask? It’s apparent we won’t be nosed with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes with around 18,000 new cases being diagnosed each year. seeing some of our friends and business associates because this plague has simply put them out of In the incredible rush to get more health care cenbusiness. They’re now broke and many don’t see any ters approved for handling CVD patients, I was dismeans of recovering. appointed efforts to reopen the Appleton prison facility for this purpose failed to happen. This prisYes, that huge $2.2 trillion CARES package will ease the pain for a while. But our economy won’t fire on — now shut down for over three years — provided a significant economic thrust to Appleton and up again on all eight cylinders. Restaurants have surrounding communities. But apparently, the been especially hard hit; but with 17 million Americans now unemployed (and not likely to regain state’s efforts to flatten the curve have kept the infection rate down and consequently reduced the their previous job because those jobs are now histoneed for more emergency beds. ry) many restaurants will continue to feel the pain. My state senator, Andy Lang, who resides in So what will our lawmakers be pandering for this Olivia, Minn., did say, “Disappointed, yet I’m happy ‘new normal?’ I’m hearing things like: to say we don’t need the facility — at least right • Allow restaurants to sell beer and wine with now.” Plans were to have as many as 88 beds takeout orders. Certainly not high priority, but my equipped for ICU treatments at this facility which wife and I would appreciate this gesture. Curb side was planned for an April start up. pick-ups with two of our Olivia cafes have become Notice no advice from me pertaining to you farmeasy and convenient. Sure, our Olivia liquor store is open and likely doing a substantial increase in busi- ers. You’re much aware of the economic crunch ahead for this season. It looks like good weather ness. So wine or beer with our pickups is a bit will prevail, so hopefully your spring planting searedundant. But if that helps their cash flow, then son won’t be harassed with muddy fields this year. why not? Thank goodness tile lines were doing their thing • A plan to require drug manufacturers to alert the state department of health when they raise the throughout the winter season. But with $3 corn and price of a prescription drug and the rational for the $8 soybeans now being the talk of commodity traders, I wonder will you even reach your break-evens increase … and that information is made available this year. But I also know the resiliency and producto the public. tive smarts of you guys will carry you through. • A bill which would allow prescriptions of erectile Thank the Lord for your being! dysfunction medications via telehealth service; and Might some market facilitation aid be forthcoma proposal to clarify the state’s Medicaid program ing? Who knows? Considering the millions being would not have to cover the treatment cost from an spent to extend help to our 17 million unemployed, approved clinical trial. Gosh, I didn’t realize this shouldn’t there be financial band aids for you guys was such a complicated procedure. and your families also? Seems very logical to me. High priority? You be the judge. But I do appreciYes, America is a great nation. Yes, we will survive ate this comment from Senate Majority Lead Paul and recover from this ungodly plague. Yes, many Gazelka: “I think it’s time for the Minnesota Senate businesses, however, are wiped out — never to resurto get back to work as normal; but frankly, it’s a face. I hesitate to ask the ugly question: How many new normal. As you look around the state, our habSee LAND MINDS, pg. 4
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Rebuilding the economy: We have to start somewhere Before we take the next sicken tens of thousands of unsteady step into a very Americans while also crackdifferent future, let’s make ing global commodity and sure it’s a step up the ladequity markets. der and not a step off the No one, for example, ever plank. dreamed that crude oil How? We can start with futures could fall to zero, disciplined decision making: then to minus-$37 before Use proven facts, lean on FARM & FOOD FILE struggling back to $10 per practical experience, and barrel. By Alan Guebert focus like a laser on what is Likewise, on Jan. 1 no safe and smart. one could have predicted That latter part is espethat in 120 days corn cially important because prices would be down 25 if you farm or ranch, spring is a season percent, soybeans off 15 percent, cattle loaded with risk. There’s market risk, smacked for 30 percent and the hog financial risk, physical risk and weath- market simply blown apart. er risk just to name a few. The last Disaster is too small a word to thing you and your family needs now describe this calamity. is avoidable Covid-19 risk. Also too small is the federal governAnd, sure, state and local officials ment’s recently announced disaster will debate plans and dates to “reopen” assistance program. Even though the your state or community. The more U.S. Department of Agriculture’s iniimportant plan, however, is the one you tial package totals $16 billion in direct and your family have for yourselves assistance to farmers and ranchers — and your business because no one can equal to 2019’s tariff mitigation proensure your safety better than you. gram, in fact — the money won’t cover All that said, Covid-19 continues to today’s estimated $20-billion, virus-
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fueled drop in 2020 net farm income. That estimate, announced in midApril by the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, was calculated before several Midwestern hog and cattle slaughtering plants began a series of rolling shutdowns to clean their facilities and clean up their acts. More incredible, the current USDA bailout plan excludes ethanol, an economic mainstay of many rural communities and a one-time favorite, now mongrel of the White House. As of April 20, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, 73 of the nation’s 200 ethanol plants are “idled” and 71 others are running at “reduced rates.” That shattering collapse (still ongoing, by the way) is hitting the corn market, its principle feedstock, like a wrecking ball. On April 21, just four days after USDA’s bailout announcement, the National Corn Growers Association released a study that indicated U.S. corn growers had lost $50 per acre in 2020 revenue since Covid19 hit the United States on March 1.
The means U.S. corn growers alone have seen an almost $5 billion drop in gross income in less than two months. Worse, the just-announced USDA bailout includes only $3.9 billion in market assistance for all row crops, not just corn, even though corn could take every penny on its own and still not cover its recent losses. So, yes, expect another round of bailout money. And think big, really big. Think the-sky-is-the-limit big. So, farmers and ranchers need billions more in bailout funds as agriculture continues to stumble, rural and urban Americans need millions more Covid-19 tests before any level of safety can be assured, and everyone everywhere needs a more reliable, more resilient, more safe food system. And all needs to be done now. How? By starting now. More on that soon. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted at www. farmandfoodfile.com. v
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View the classic old west through new eyes You’re not even positive where they are when needed. “Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, anymore. Virgil was no fan of Holliday, but he put and the Vendetta Ride from Hell” That box of pictures is surely in storup with him for Wyatt’s sake. What Virgil age, but nobody’s looked at them in ages. couldn’t abide, though, were the cowboys by Tom Clavin You meant to scrapbook those childhood who came to Tombstone to rabble-rouse. c.2020, St. Martin’s Press photos and pics of your siblings, but you The Clanton Brothers, and the McLaury’s, $29.99 / $39.99 Canada never quite got to it. In a century, will for instance. They were real trouble. someone even want them? Unlike the If it seems as though you’ve heard most of brothers in “Tombstone” by Tom Clavin, THE BOOKWORM this before, well, yeah, you probably have. nobody has made movies about you. SEZ He wasn’t in Dodge City Or, much of it, anyhow, but not all. There’s a lot Wyatt Earp had not been looking for a By Terri Schlichenmeyer long before he left — a litof backstory to what happened at the OK Corral, long-term place to live. tle bit disgusted by the and “Tombstone” sets it up. town’s politics. He had heard the Once, he thought he had that sewn up; but then Here, you get more than the usual history as place to be was a new town in lower his young wife and their baby died. By 1876, he’d Clavin often turns his focus on the people who surArizona, so Earp headed to Tombstone — along forgotten about family life and was just looking for rounded the Earps in Arizona. His technique gives with some of his brothers and their womenfolk and a job with a salary. He’d been kicking around out readers a keener you-are-there feeling and counter“wives.” West and had met his best friend, Doc Holliday, balances everything Hollywood has ever said. That while on the job as a bounty hunter. But Earp was Arizona, as it turned out, was good for Doc gives this almost-140-year-old story a fresh perspecready to move on and up. When Dodge City officials Holliday, too. For much of his adult life, Holliday tive. Clavin takes the reader as if you’re seeing called on his peacekeeping expertise, he leaped. had suffered from consumption (tuberculosis) and everything from a saloon rooftop, from the back was quite frail by the young age of 27. By the fall of yard of a brothel, or from next to a water trough. It Somewhere in him, though, he had wanderlust. 1881, however, Tombstone gave him a fresh lease on helps that Clavin’s style is light and easy to enjoy. life. He’d even harked back to an earlier career as a Be aware that there are a lot of individuals in this dentist by taking on clients. story — most of whom demand attention. But you While it was true Tombstone had a wild reputawon’t mind giving it if you’re a history buff or fan of tion, in 1881 it appeared things were settling down. the Old West. For you, then, “Tombstone” is pictureEarp’s brother, Virgil, was the town’s marshal, and perfect. v Wyatt and Morgan Earp helped keep the peace
Are we compromising too much? LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 American farmers face the same dilemma? I think President Trump will address the American agriculture crises very shortly. I think he simply has to. You might have viewed a Fox News interview earlier this week with Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China.” Yes, this huge country, now the equal of the United States in economic productivity, has huge internal malfunctions according to Chang. He accuses the Chinese government of pushing business imperatives before telling the truth. And he wonders if our government is doing too much compromising for the sake of doing business with China. Yes, he acknowledged the proposed agricultural trade package with China could be significant for American farmers. But he also asked, “How much will actually happen? And what pressures — other than more tariffs on products purchased from China — will our government attempt to enforce?” He credits our president with being the first American president to challenge the Chinese government on their unfair trading policies of the past. Chang also said eliminating China as a major source of health products for American consumers has to happen and hurriedly. “This action will accelerate the coming collapse of China in my opinion.”
I think I will check with our local library about this book. It must indeed be intriguing reading based on how China and U.S. relations appear to be questionable again. My concerns? Trivial stuff like when can I reconnect with my coffee drinking friends at the Round Table at the Chatterbox Café. As I’ve said before, we all talk; the next day we pretty much talk the same stuff again. But this daily exchange of intelligence whet’s my soul. And we all agree we could certainly slow the aging process if it had to work its way through Congress. The ugly reality is that American agriculture is in severe crisis right now. Hog and beef markets have crashed; thanks to schools’ shut down across America, we have a surplus of milk; some dairy farmers now having to dump their milk. And there’s simply no quick recovery for anyone. Let’s pray that as America starts reopening in the next few weeks, Covid-19 starts sliding into history. May your troubles be less, may your blessing be more, and may nothing but happiness come through your door. Dick Hagen is the staff writer emeritus of The Land. He may be reached at rdhagen35@gmail.com. v
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Mom’s contributions were lessons of a farm wife Dear Mom, And when you had to wash ‘sick’ laundry, there was plenty of it to do, since You are the first farm wife I ever knew. when one person got the flu, most everyAnd now that I have been one for the past one else followed. Looking back, I have three decades, I can only understand in wondered who took care of you when you part all you went through to do your job. were sick? Coming from the east coast to (eventualYou made more than 150 birthday ly) Northwest Iowa — and living in town cakes in your years on the farm. And it all of your childhood — you knew nothing doesn’t account for any birthday cakes of life on the farm until you married Dad. TABLE TALK made for you, which I don’t often rememYours was a gutsy decision. Learning By Karen Schwaller ber us doing. how to be a farmer’s wife was a sink-orI now understand your quiet panic that swim proposition for you. But you eventutime when you burned the steaks you ally got the hang of it. were grilling for supper. You knew Dad wouldn’t be You were the woman of the farm and your contrihappy, and you quietly ordered them to be taken out bution mattered. You didn’t have a job outside the to the grove, while you found something else for the home because your job was the home … and seven main entrée. kids … and all the things Dad needed you to do. It Finding and thawing something else for that was a big job that rarely offered you time off just to many people had to be no small feat. be you. Even family vacations were not that much fun for You helped bring forth a brood of children to help you, because the only way you and Dad could afford Dad get not only the farm work done, but also to help you in the house … not that we girls did it very to do that was to go camping. I remember you saying, “The first thing I had to do was sweep the willingly, as you know. mouse poop out of the camper.” Then you had to It was no easy task to cook and clean in a house in stock it with all the essentials: food, bedding, cookwhich nine people lived. And those were in some of ing utensils, dishes, towels, etc. You said, “All that the days before microwaves, automatic washing did was take my job and put it on wheels.” machines, clothes dryers, cake mixes, sewing And yet, I never knew you didn’t like camping machines with mending arms, and artificial until you told me. Christmas trees. You must have swept acres of dirt out of your house because of that south wind that It’s been said that a smart person knows to deleblew all the dirt in. gate the work. You did that when you gave me the job of rinsing out my baby brother’s soiled diapers. I’m pretty sure I was snarky about it then, but
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when my husband and I couldn’t afford disposable diapers when our twins came along, I wasn’t afraid to use cloth diapers and get my hands dirty rinsing them out. You were a genius. Quietly, amid all the work you had to do to keep the farm going, society — and even your family — often overlooked your true value. There are many things that would not have happened had your work on the farm not been done … the never-ending pile of blue jeans you mended (which saved a lot of money); lunches and meals for crews when there were ‘extras’ there for dinner — even with last-minute notice sometimes; running to town to get tractor parts and groceries; doctor and dentist visits; Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas mornings, Fourth of July fireworks outings (complete with blankets to sit on, popcorn, glasses and soft drink mix you made); clean clothes on an endless clothesline; three meals a day; cleaning chickens; clean flannel sheets all winter long; tending to our illnesses and injuries; and your discipline so we wouldn’t grow up to be the ungrateful brats we sometimes were at home. Your job as a farm wife and mother was hard, never-ending and thankless. But now I say thank you for being my first example of how to be a farmer’s wife. And thank you for being my beautiful angel on earth … even if your wings were a little dirty from that south wind blowing towards the house. You’ve carried that look very well. Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v
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Self isolation: Getting back to the basics of life Thanks to milking cows twice a day when growing up, my repertoire of country music from the seventies is pretty good. Life must have been quite difficult in the rural areas, because there is a song for any hardship. But perhaps, somehow they knew life wasn’t always going to be a rose garden. We may not like the times we are living in with the different stresses and uncertainties, but this is what has been given to us. This self-isolation is a real eye opener as to who we really are. We always knew we
couldn’t live without our spouse; but the real question is, can we live with our spouse? Fortunately, my husband is a patient man. There is no need for self-isolation decrees now since hair salons are closed. Hiding out is easy now. With the shortage of food and personal FROM MY care items in the store, we are finding FARMHOUSE out that we really just need the basic KITCHEN items which were usually purchased whenever a snow storm warning was By Renae B. issued. If we have bread, eggs, milk and, Vander Schaaf yes, don’t forget the toilet paper, we are happy. We’re realizing we can be content with food and raiment. At the same time, we are finding out that in our lives there are plenty of extracurricular activities, meetings and events — which when it comes right down to it, were not as important as we thought. Most of us will admit we were too busy for family, prayer and reading our bibles. Even as we get back to the basics, Willie Nelson’s song wasn’t titled, “Getting Back To The Basics of Life.“ His word was Love.
Whatever hard times we may be experiencing, so is everyone else these days. That means we need to be all the more diligent to put into practice the words of Ephesians 4:2. “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.” And, Colossians 3:12-17 — “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Renae B. Vander Schaaf is an independent writer, author and speaker. Please contact her at 605-5300017 or agripen@live.com. v
When to start spring grazing It is tempting to turn horses out into spring pastures at the first sight of green grass — especially after a long winter. However, spring grazing should be introduced slowly and delayed until grasses reach 6 to 8 inches to optimize both the health of the horse and pasture. When horse pastures reach 6 to 8 inches, begin grazing for 15 minutes, increasing the grazing time each day by 15 minutes until 5 hours of consecutive grazing is reached. After that, unrestricted grazing can occur. Even though hay and pasture are both forms of for-
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ages, there are significant differences. Dried hay is approximately 15 percent moisture compared to fresh pasture which is 85 percent moisture. The horse is a hind-gut, fermenting herbivore which relies extensively on the microbes present in its gastrointestinal tract to be able to process forages. If the feedstuffs the microbes are utilizing change suddenly, there may be too little time for the microbial populations to adjust to the change. Instead, large numbers of them die, while others flourish, setting up a situation where toxins may be absorbed by the horse — resulting in digestive dysfunction and possibly colic. A gradual change from one feedstuff to another provides enough time for the microbial populations to adjust. Additionally, pasture grasses need sufficient growth before grazing is allowed. Photosynthesis (the process of converting solar energy to chemical energy) occurs mainly within the leaves of plants. If the leaves are grazed too early (prior to 6 inches tall) or too often, plants can lose vigor, competitiveness and root structure due to the lack of photosynthetic ability. This will lead to eventual die back and overgrazed areas being replaced by undesirable plant species or weeds. Grazing should cease when forages have been grazed down to 3 to 4 inches. At this time, move horses to another paddock or a dry lot. Grazing can resume when grasses regrow to 6 to 8 inches tall. On average, about two acres of well-managed pasture can provide the forage needs for one horse during the grazing season. This article was submitted by Dr. Krishona Martinson of the University of Minnesota. v
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Minnesota FFA State Convention reworked for 2020 Sometimes, even the brightest hope is dampened by the blanket of reality. Such is the case for the 2020 Minnesota FFA convention. The annual gathering of FFA members usually takes place in April. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers postponed the event until June. However, FFA Executive Director Juleah Tolosky recently posted this statement on the Minnesota FFA Association’s website (https:// www.mnffa.org/): “Due to the changing and uncertain nature of Covid-19; along with current recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health, Department of Education, State Government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and restrictions on school and large group gatherings; the Board of Adult Directors and Student Officers has made the difficult decision that the 2020 Minnesota FFA Convention will no longer be held in person on the proposed postponed dates of June 8-10. Instead, student engagement, awards and recognition will occur over a threeday virtual experience May 19-21.”
FFA plans to have a finalized schedule of the virtual experiences available no later than May 13. All awards presentations and sessions will be released for a live viewing experience and then available on demand after they premier. In addition to the virtual convention, plans are being made to offer a Minnesota FFA celebration the evening of Sept. 1 at the Minnesota State Fair in the Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum. The evening event will recognize the highest award recipients and share motivational content. The FFA’s constitution contains a provision which allows the Board of Student Officers and Adult Directors to appoint state officers for the succeeding year in the event a state convention is not held in any given year. Timing of Photo submitted the ceremonial installation of officers is Minnesota state FFA officers for 1994-95 posed for this group photo at the state still being determined, but may happen convention. Pictured are (left to right): President Tracy Mickelson, Vice President virtually at a future board meeting. Carl Aakre, Secretary Lori Kidrowski, Treasurer Jody Koubsky, Reporter Heather Jo With that said, The Land is pleased Schaufler and Sentinel Andrew Bakken. to present our annual visit with state FFA officers from 25 years ago (199495). v
President Fink is still utilizing FFA leadership skills By KRISTIN KVENO wrote that I would like to The Land Staff Writer be state president someday,” Fink said. When she MARSHALL, Minn. — got that letter mailed to Tracy Fink has been a her four years later, she leader throughout her made the decision to run life. That drive and ambifor a state office. tion all began on the dairy farm in Lanesboro, The interview process Minn., where she grew for state officers was up. Fink’s interest in intense and with no agriculture led her to region president experienroll in agricultural ence, Fink wasn’t sure of classes in high school. her chances of getting a While in those classes, state officer position. “I Tracy (Mickelson) Fink she discovered opportuni- President didn’t know how it was ties found in FFA. “I going to net out.” When it didn’t realize what FFA had to offer was announced that she was president, until I was in an ag class.” Fink was overwhelmed with emotion. At that time there were 15 to 20 “It was pure joy, utter astonishment.” members in the Lanesboro FFA chapAs president, it was important to ter. “We had a very solid chapter, we Fink to make sure all officers had the produced many state presidents,” Fink opportunity to lead. It was during that said. time that there was a transition from “Freshmen year, I attended state advisor Paul Day to Joel Larsen. Greenhand Camp.” Edric Funk was the “I had to say goodbye to a state icon (in state president that year and encour- Paul Day). Both of those men are pheaged campers to write a letter with nomenal.” their goals for themselves that would Fink has so many good memories of be mailed to them in four years. “I being state president. Like when FFA
members would write Fink letters about how she made an impact on their time in the organization. “It’s knowing that you made a difference and touched peoples’ lives,” she said. During her time as state FFA presi-
dent, Fink was attending the University of Minnesota, where she graduated with a degree in Animal and Plant Systems with a Dairy Science emphasis. See FINK, pg. 11
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FFA shaped Aakre’s career in ag education By KRISTIN KVENO distinctly remembers feeling relaxed The Land Staff Writer and cracking jokes before the interviews. Being calm through it all helped PERHAM, Minn. — Growing up on as Aakre was named state FFA vice a dairy farm four miles southeast of president. “It was very exciting, thrillHawley, Minn. Carl Aakre found opporing,” Aakre said. “A sense of relief that I tunities-a-plenty through his time in did receive an office.” FFA. “I was encouraged by my parents to join FFA.” It was advisor Dave Reflecting on the experience of being Swanson who was integral in getting a part of the state FFA officer team, “I Aakre to seek opportunities throughout think our time was very diverse.” Aakre the organization. “He got me involved recalled it was a challenge at first to in a couple career development events,” work together. Then the officers bonded Aakre said. Swanson also encouraged well. It was a year of transitions as him to attend Greenhand Camp. Aakre state FFA advisor Paul Day retired and went on to serve in a variety of roles on Carl Aakre Joel Larsen was named his successor. the chapter level such as vice president Vice President “It was early to mid-fall that we found and reporter. out that Joel was going to be our advisor.” With all his experience in FFA leadership One of Aakre’s favorite memories of his time as a positions,Aakre decided to run for a state office in state officer was the few days before state FFA con1994. It was the leadership components offered at vention, being with his fellow officers, reflecting on the state level that Aakre valued. Having previously their time together over the past year. been a region president and treasurer, he had an Aakre went to North Dakota State University in idea of what he was getting himself into when it Fargo, N.D. for his first year of college, then transferred came to the state officer selection process. Aakre
to the University of Minnesota where he received his degree in Applied Economics. He wasn’t the only one among the state officers to attend the University of Minnesota. In fact, they all attended school there. All six officers lived on the St. Paul campus. After college, Aakre was a Minnesota ag teacher for 16 years in Marshall, Vadnais Heights and Perham. It was his time as a state officer which shaped his career path. “It really helped me learn how to lead and network in the ag community.” His time as an educator led to an opportunity to develop curriculum for ag science teachers through Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education. Since 2014 he’s been Curriculum Coordinator for CASE managed by the National Association of Agricultural Educators. Residing in the Perham area, Aakre and his wife, Anna, are the parents of three children — two in high school, Carter, a senior; Lily, a freshmen and Reid, a fifth grader. Aakre encourages those that are interested in running for a state FFA officer position to go for it. “Never give up and work hard. Trust in yourself and never set limits.” v
Anderson: ‘Enjoy the experience — life does go fast’ By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer GLENWOOD, Minn. — Lori Anderson was raised on a farrow-to-finish hog farm near Clara City, Minn. where her family also grew corn, sugar beets and soybeans. Having an interest in agriculture, joining FFA in high school just made sense. Anderson was a member of KMS/MACCRAY FFA. Becoming a leader in the organization was all in the family. “My sister (Christine) was actually a state officer when I was in
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Koubsky conquered fears through FFA experience By KRISTIN KVENO watched her sister in the The Land Staff Writer FFA band, and her brother receive his state ALEXANDRIA, Minn. degree. — Growing up near Glenwood, Minn., Jody Starting in Koubsky’s Koubsky was raised on a junior year, she went to diversified farm which the newly-built, transitioned from dairy Minnewaska high school. production to a beef operIt was that year, 1992, ation while she was in that the FFA chapter was junior high. Agriculture established there. “That was an integral part of ended up being one of the her life and so was FFA. largest or the largest “My parents were strong chapter in the state.” Jody Koubsky supporters of FFA.” Koubsky served as chapTreasurer ter president for her Koubsky grew up with junior and senior years of high school. a great appreciation of the program as her older siblings were involved in the She was involved in many aspects of organization. “My first convention, I FFA, including speech. “I enjoyed the was in fourth grade.” That year she challenge, I liked being pushed.”
Koubsky ran for a state office her senior year. She was involved in a lot of activities at the convention that year. It was an overwhelming experience, and Koubsky was not elected to office. “It wasn’t meant to be that year.” The next year at convention she was selected as state treasurer. “I remember shaking on stage. It was amazing.” Some of her favorite memories of being a state officer include interacting with ag businesses all over the state as well as getting the opportunity to be in ag classrooms. “I really loved getting to know people and appreciate them.” Koubsky credits her time as a state officer in helping her increase confidence in her leadership skills as well as hone her public speaking abilities. Koubsky graduated from the
University of Minnesota and has farmed, worked for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the University of Minnesota Extension 4-H youth development, which she left in 2016 for medical reasons. She is currently working part time in music ministry at her church in Alexandria, Minn. “This is giving me a purpose and healing.” “I’m so thankful for my parents and siblings for getting me into the FFA program.” Koubsky is grateful for the experiences that FFA has given her. She encourages the organization’s members to get involved in leadership opportunities. “Don’t be afraid to fail, you don’t really fail. The experience is so valuable.” She wants FFA members to take that chance and get involved. “We allow fear to inhibit us way too m u c h .” v
Everyone can benefit from FFA leadership opportunities By KRISTIN KVENO incredibly qualified canThe Land Staff Writer didates. GRAND MEADOW, Some of Voigt’s favorite Minn. — Heather Voigt memories of her time as did not grow up on a state reporter was doing farm, but she did grow up presentations at schools in a house that valued around the state as well FFA. Her father, Richard as speaking at numerous Schaufler, was the LeRoyFFA chapter banquets. Ostrander FFA advisor Her goal was to make a for well over 30 years. positive impact on fellow Raised within city limits FFA members. in LeRoy Minn., Voigt Through her experience fostered her leadership as a state officer, Voigt Heather (Schaufler) Voigt abilities through her learned the value of comtime in FFA. She was on Reporter munication and working various judging teams with others. She utilizes those skills in and proudly earned her State and both her home life as a wife and mother American degrees as well. as well as in her work environment in The chance to run for a state office health care. was the perfect opportunity for Voigt. Voigt did not start off her profession“I truly love people and I love to be al career in health care. She began in involved. It was the next right step.” It education. After graduating from the had been a goal for Voigt to be a state University of Minnesota, Voigt became officer. “It took time and effort and an ag teacher at Byron high school preparation,” she said. When it was from 1997-2003. She then went back to announced that Voigt was named state school to become a nurse, then onto reporter, she was first and foremost additional schooling to become a nurse filled with gratitude. She recalled she practitioner. “I love people. I love havwas vying for that position among ing a job taking care of people,” Voigt
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said. She’s currently a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin, Minn. She also supervises nurse practitioners and physician assistants throughout the I-90 corridor Mayo Clinic Health System locations. Voigt and her husband, Brandon, live in Grand Meadow, Minn. and have five children: Hattie, a junior at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire;
Masie, sophomore at South Dakota State University; Rece, a junior in high school; Lucie, an eighth grader; and Mollie, a fourth grader. “All of our older kids have been involved in FFA.” Voigt encourages current FFA members to find leadership opportunities that would best suit them, then go for it. “My biggest thing is that everyone has the capability to do it.” v
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Swine production choices to help cope with Covid-19 The overall global impact of the Covid-19 outbreak remains to be seen. But here in Midwestern farm country, it has ramifications far beyond human illness and mortality. Crop farmers have been able to get to the field and begin planting, and that kind of feels normal. The livestock sector is far from normal. Beef, dairy, poultry and swine are all affected by this disease which doesn’t make them sick; yet has changed 2020’s livestock management, meat supplies and farm profitability irreparably. Swine producers have pivoted and adjusted to the daily changes surrounding their feedstuff availability, management techniques and market access. Alongside them, Minnesota’s Department of Agriculture, Pollution Control Agency and Pork Producers Association have nimbly provided assistance and support. In the swine sector, harvest plant closures have taken the bloom off of any highlights there might have been in pricing and supplies. As farmers address this absence of a market for their pigs, they’ve adjusted their management strategies to focus on keeping the pigs on the farm for a longer period of time. Managing pigs whose market has closed No pigs are harvested today who don’t already have an appointment. Swine producers work with buyers representing the packing plant, and loads are scheduled to be hauled at specific times. That producer-buyer relationship is now a key to pig farmers knowing what may come next. Packers who have multiple processing plants across the United States have attempted to continue to receive a portion of their farmer-supplier’s pigs. The loads are sent to alternate sites, but they are purchased and processed. Packers who are still open have added shifts of employees and have added days of work in order to accommodate pigs who normally are processed at other sites. This rerouting of pigs will not accommodate all normallyscheduled pig delivery, but it can help. Buyer and farmer communication is critical to assisting the farmer’s plan for what may come next.
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Back at the farm, producers can adjust their management strategies to reduce pigs’ growth rate. Instead of being ready to go this week, maybe the pigs will reach market weight next week. University nutritionists and SWINE & U related swine industry speBy Diane DeWitte cialists spent early April assisting producers to make educated decisions. All of the strategies offered to producers are meant to be temporary and with the understanding that producers are in emergency situations. As always, when deciding how best to manage pigs in the face of harvest plant closures, producers consider the wellbeing of the pigs the number-one priority. Emergency management practices require additional observation of the pigs to ensure their safety and welfare. Adjusting the diet Revamping the pig’s ration to retain important nutrition while slowing the pig’s gain has been a primary management choice. Reducing the amount of energy in a diet while adding fiber is a common method which lengthens the pig’s time on feed. Nutritional fiber comes in many forms and is measured as neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and the most commonly used ingredients in today’s swine diet are dried distillers grains with solubles, wheat midlings, corn germ meal, soybean hulls, and sugar beet pulp. Producers, working with their swine nutritionists, re-formulate the diet with 20-25 percent NDF. That amount of fiber in a diet makes the pig simply too full to eat enough feed to meet its energy requirement. While the low-energy/high-fiber diet is a successful short-term solution to reducing the pig’s growth rate, these fiber sources may be in short supply. Demand has increased and this is not the optimal time of year to obtain some of these ingredients. Other diet manipulation methods are also in play, including removal of all sources of dietary fat — a common energy source. From University of Minnesota Extension Swine Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke’s recent management summary, “What to do if your pork packing plant is closed,” reducing crude protein and essential amino acid levels will reduce growth rate and feed intake. That nutrient reduction has to be in the range of 30-40 percent. Also from Schieck-Boelke, using a type of salt called anhydrous calcium chloride can be added to reduce feed intake. This is a very technical strategy, so a qualified swine nutritionist needs to formulate these diets. It is a strategy not advised for use in lower-weight pigs.
Iowa State University researchers are currently conducting a limited pig growth study comparing eight different dietary treatments. Very preliminary results show that feeding a 97 percent corn diet vs. a typical corn-soy diet with the goal of holding the pigs for three weeks could provide the producer a lower-cost diet. This could maximize opportunities to get the pigs to market later than usual. Cornonly diets must be balanced for mineral and vitamin requirements. Facilities management Good producers keep an eye on the feeder adjustment to prevent wasted feed, but this is a time when tightening the feeder openings will yield additional needed results. A feed pan with 15-20 percent coverage provides necessary nutrition. This type of strategy requires more intensive monitoring of the pigs to ensure that feeders don’t become restricted and that aggressive behavior isn’t an issue in the group of pigs. High summer temperatures always reduce pig growth, and adjusting barn ventilation to mimic that seasonal effect is a strategy producers may choose. As always, pig well-being is the number-one consideration, and the producer in consultation with a ventilation engineer can arrive at a solution which may help slow pig growth for the short term. As pigs gain weight and take up more pen space, their growth tends to slow. Typical management would have the pig farmer market the larger pigs out of many pens in the barn to thin out the group and allow the remaining pigs to grow faster. A producer who needs to slow the pigs’ growth is advised to keep the groups together to reduce the compensatory gain normally achieved when a few head are removed. Minnesota agency assistance Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency has issued a swine-specific guidance which approves flexibility for producers who need to overstock their barn(s) to accommodate limited pen space. MPCA will approve a 45-day overstock of barns without producers obtaining the environmental National Pollutant Discharge Elimination system or State Disposal System permit variances. Producers must meet manure containment criteria detailed in the guidance, and must contact the county feedlot officer for local ordinances and conditional uUse permits. Both the MPCA Regulatory Relief Guidance and an application template can be found at the Minnesota Pork Producers Association Covid-19 resources page (https://www.mppainsider.org/covid-19/). Minnesota’s Department of Agriculture is working to locate opportunities for producers who need meat See SWINE & U, pg. 11
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FFA leadership camp was a building block for Bakken By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer ALBERT LEA, Minn. — Out on the farm near Albert Lea, Minn. Andrew Bakken developed a strong appreciation for agriculture. His family grew corn, soybeans and alfalfa as well as had a farrow-tofinish hog operation along with raising cattle. “I always loved agriculture,” Bakken said. That passion led to his involvement in FFA. It was attending Greenhand Camp in ninth grade which fostered Bakken’s interest in leadership roles in the organization. “That was a turning point for me.” Bakken’s FFA advisor at Albert Lea High School, Kim Meyer, encouraged Bakken to take part in the
while serving as state sentinel along with all the other state officers. “All of us had strong personalities.” While that could be a challenge, Bakken was creed speaking contests as well as other involvement quick to point out those personalities complimented opportunities. While at Greenhand Camp, Bakken set each other well. goals for himself. One of those was to run for a state His fondest memories as a state officer was runFFA office — and four years later, he did. ning the leadership camps and having the younger Bakken recalled there were 24 or 25 people that FFA members look up to him. ran for state offices in 1994. “At the time it was a bit Bakken now farms as well as runs his own farrowstressful,” he said. When it was announced Bakken to-finish hog operation. He purchased his hog operawas named state sentinel, happiness abounds. “It felt tion from his father in 1999. He currently markets great, overwhelmed with joy. It was a goal I worked about 4,000 pigs as well as 100 cattle a year. He also on for four years.” grows wheat, corn, soybeans, oats and has a haying Bakken was attending the University of Minnesota enterprise. He’s been married to his wife, Jody for 20 years and they have four children: Brennan, 16; Blaine, 14; Brielle, 12 and Bryant, 9. Bakken’s son Blaine is in children: Thad, a senior in high school; Alex, a fourth FFA. “He has a passion for showing livestock,” grader; and Ryan, a preschooler. Thad is taking after Bakken said. His daughter Brielle also has a strong his mom and is a proud FFA member and is on the interest in animal showmanship. He encourages those who are interested in leaderag mechanics team. ship positions in FFA to give it their all. “If you reach Her advice to those that may be interested in runthat goal, it will change your life forever.” Bakken is ning for a state FFA office is to remember that “anyone can be a leader. You too can make a difference. I grateful he made that life-changing decision to try believe in kids; I want them to believe in themselves.” for a state officer position all those years ago. The Fink recognizes that leadership opportunities abound memories and the life lessons from that time has v in FFA and encourages youth to take that leap and stayed with him to this day. get involved. She’s certainly glad she did. v Andrew Bakken, Sentinel
Fink: ‘Believe in yourself’ FINK, from pg. 7 Fink obtained many skills from her time as state president which she uses today in her job as a global food safety consultant for Sterilex — a microbial control company. “I definitely use my ability to manage and lead meetings.” Fink has been a parliamentarian for several organizations. She also volunteers for Junior Achievement which has given her the opportunity to teach business curriculum in schools in Marshall, Minn. where she lives. Fink and her husband Bernard have three
Resources available for assistance SWINE & U, from pg. 10 processing because of harvest plant closure and lost markets. If producers need animal processing help, they may contact Jim Ostlie at (320) 842-6910; Jim. Ostlie@state.mn.us or Courtney VanderMey (651) 201-6135). MDS has also created an expedited approval process to review and accept Minnesota custom exempt slaughter establishments who would like to process animals under continuous inspection. Custom exempt processors who meet the minimum requirements will be granted a 90-day provisional grant of inspection. Custom exempt processors should contact Meat, Poultry and Egg Inspection directly at MDA.MeatPoultryEgg@state.mn.us or telephone Levi Muhl (651) 201-6216), Erik Jopp (320) 2489515) or Jennifer Stephes (651) 201-6192). If, as a last resort, pigs have to be euthanized, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health has experts who can answer carcass disposal questions. The board also has an emergency carcass disposal guide which is found at z.umn.edu/MNBAHEmergencyCarcassDisposal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has allocated special funding for livestock producers who have emergency animal mortalities. Through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program, produc-
ers can apply for resources to assist in handling animal mortalities. Producers should contact their local USDA Service Center. Assistance in dealing with farming’s challenges and struggles is found through University of Minnesota Extension’s Farm and Rural Stress programs which can be accessed at https://extension. umn.edu/rural-stress or through MDA’s Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline at 1-833-600-2670. Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension. Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu v
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Minnesota farmer transitions from chickens to shrimp
By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus RENVILLE COUNTY, Minn. — After an extensive career raising chickens for Golden Oval Eggs, Becky Bruns is now a shrimp farmer. “I’ve raised chickens all my life,” the 40-year-old Bruns said. “My parents built this barn (which is now my shrimp farm) the year I was born. After high school I did two years of college, became a vet tech, then returned to the farm to assist my Mom in raising chickens and have been here ever since. “My husband also came back with me. He’s not a farm boy, so I decided to make a farmer out of him. He fought back. Now he runs racing products rebuilding engines for the expanding world of NASCAR racing. “But a big catalyst in this shrimp venture was the Avian Influenza siege of 2018. It damn near broke me. At that point we were growing about two million birds a year for Rembrandt Food’s Golden Oval operation … we were doing 12 flocks a year. When Avian Influenza hit, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. The only more tragic episode was when my son died.” Some federal assistance to Bruns and literally hundreds of Minnesota turkey farmers helped ease the sudden financial storm. “I took a hell of a mental hit,” Bruns admitted. “I didn’t recover very well. Egg markets have never recovered and are still in the tank … like 49-cents a dozen in some places and crop markets are volatile. I wanted to do something that didn’t revolve around egg prices or crop prices. I wanted to try something different. “My Mom and I had talked somewhat about this guy up at Willmar who sold off his dairy herd and turned one of his buildings into a shrimp farm. So we both at separate times drove RUCTIONS Please read attached emailup to his farm for a visit. I sort of laughed it off; my Mom pretty much the same reaction. But after both of us laughing off EPthe NAMES ON ADwe realized THE LAND 3.7461 x idea aALREADY couple of times we were both heading in the same direction and just maybe we
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It takes about 120 days for Bruns’ shrimp to reach market weight – about 20-25 grams.
should look into this. I now had a 360-foot chicken barn sitting empty in the middle of a corn field And then this thought … why not grow shrimp? “The idea firmed up and here we are today. In August of 2018, we shipped birds out of this barn for the last time. Immediately we started the renovation which lasted through the winter and then in July of 2019 we got our first shrimp in here.”
Feeding shrimp is a complex practice as nutritional needs change as the shrimp grow. Bruns will use six different feed rations in the process.
2” Bruns’ shrimp barn how houses 17 shrimp tanks
ON THE COVER: Becky Bruns stands by one of the 17 tanks which make up her shrimp nursery. The tanks are housed in a building Bruns once used to raise chickens.
reach market weight, but that depends upon water quality and the different components of her shrimp feed. “If my water gets a little wonky (her term) I’ll have to pull back just a bit on the feeding and that can mean a few extra days in the grow-out tank.” Bruns monitors water quality daily in every tank. She checks several components: pH, alkalinity, ammonia content and nitrate levels — much the same chores as when she was growing out several thousand chicks. “Water quality is the most pertinent task of shrimp farming. The water is as much a living organism as are the shrimp. Each tank is its own ecosystem, so the growing of the positive bacteria (called bioflock) is critical. This bioflock consumes all the waste product of the growing shrimp. And that is why I am not concerned about refreshing my shrimp tanks. I can reuse my water over and over.” Bruns grows her own bioflock. You don’t purchase the stuff and add it into your shrimp tanks. When her first shrimp arrived, they were put into tanks; and like all fish, they were routinely expelling their own wastes — producing their own bacteria which she enhances with some sugar and pro-biotics. “As the shrimp grow, the bioflock just comes into being through the environment created within each tank,” she explained. “So when we look into our tanks you’ll see the water has a brownish color. Everybody thinks it’s dirty, but that is the most beautiful color you wish to see for a shrimp farmer. It’s not dirty water; it’s beautiful water because of bioflock.” Feeding the shrimp is automated and takes some doing. Each tank has its own system. Bruns carefully spreads measured shrimp nutrition on a belt feeder each morning; then activates the ‘start’ button which then ever so slowly moves the belt through the water. Each day she weighs out the feed for each tank and that feed belt slowly ticks forward — dropping off feed for 24 hours. “A shrimp’s digestive tract empties in 45 minutes, so these minuscule creatures spend most of the day just lunching and pooping,” smiled Bruns. A sick cow or pig is relatively easy to identify for an experienced producer. But what about a sick shrimp? Bruns explained, “A shrimp is a fairly simple animal. Its digestive tract, called the mud vein, lies across its top side. A healthy shrimp is so translucent that I can see that digestive tract. If I’m not feeding enough, I won’t be able to see that mud vein. That means I need to increase the daily feeding for that particular tank. If I’m putting in too much feed, I’ll get the remnants of too much feed.” “I’m weighing my shrimp every week,” Bruns continued. “I’m shooting for a 20 to 25-gram weight. Each 25-gram shrimp would be about two good bites. Nope, shrimp don’t all grow even. I might have 25-gram and 15-gram shrimp in the same tank. So I need to net those big shrimp and give the smaller ones a better chance to grow. Yes, this is very much a hands-on operation and that perhaps is why I wel-
which includes four 17,000-gallon nursery tanks and 13 ‘grow out’ tanks — each with 3,000 gallons of water. Becky starts each nursery tank with 10,000 to 15,000 shrimp larvae — barely recognizable by the human eye. “When they are about 1 gram in size (now you can see them) I’ll put 3 to 4,000 shrimp into that 3,000-gallon tank.” By now you are wondering, ‘how does she count these miniature shrimp?’ Well she doesn’t — at least not individually. “I’ll put 200-300 grams (200 grams is 0.4 pounds) in a pail and weigh it, then I’ll dump them into a grower tank and count those once or twice. Then I can determine the average weight of each shrimp and set up my feeding schedule accordingly.” Somewhat like other livestock, shrimp rations are adjusted for various growth cycles. Bruns said she’s shooting for 120 days for these tiny creatures to See SHRIMP, pg. 13
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Bruns sells out as soon as shrimp are ready to market SHRIMP, from pg. 12 come each new hatch of shrimp fingerlings.” Bruns is buying her hatchery shrimp from a Florida firm (American Miracultures). Flown in overnight to the Twin Cities airport, these baby shrimp are packaged 10,000 to 15,000 into a plastic bag. “When I unload here at my shrimp barn, I float the bag in my nursery tank a few minutes to equalize water temperatures. At that point, these shrimp are about the size of an eye lash; so I just feed and hope and pray everything is okay with my new family. At this point I don’t trust anyone else to my day-by-day chores since I’m not absolutely certain myself,” chuckled Bruns. “If you’re not learning, you likely aren’t doing much … whether you are parenting, or
raising chickens, or farming shrimp, I make multiple mistakes every day.” Her feed source is Ziegler Feeds, a Pennsylvania based aqua culture feed firm which provides six different rations for the six life cycles in her shrimp rearing program. Yes, shrimp mortalities do happen. Lots of competition in each tank, she said, so some is expected. “But if I’m doing it right I only see one or two mortalities per grow out tank.” The Shrimp Shop has regular shopping hours, but Bruns said it’s best to call ahead to plan your visit. Her phone is (507) 237-6442; or email Shrimpshopmn@ gmail.com. So far, the majority of her customers from within a
50-mile radius of Danube. She has yet to do any advertising, but she is pleased and grateful how rapidly the word is spreading about this new shrimp farm in Minnesota. “Most of the time we are selling out as soon as a tank is ready to market,” Bruns said. “There is a great demand for clean, healthy protein. But I’ve had people come from South Dakota; from Anandale; from Apple Valley. And already now quite a handful of repeat customers — some even on a weekly basis.” Current price is $22 a pound (about 20 to 22 shrimp make up a pound) with a cash discount also being offered. Bruns also provides information on what to do with your just-purchased Minnesota farm fresh shrimp. v
First installment of government aid expected in May This column was written for the marketpayments totaling $2.9 billion, or an ing week ending April 24. average of about $85,000 per farm or $5.20 per hundredweight for all milk Oil prices plunged to the lowest level ever produced in second quarter 2020. There on April 20, another victim of the Covid-19 will be two tranches of payments: the pandemic. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. first in May or June, and payments will continue to pass billion dollar spending be capped at a maximum of $125,000 per bills to keep their constituents afloat. One individual. was announced April 17 by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue — a $19 billion The Analyst’s Matt Gould believes MIELKE MARKET relief program which includes $16 billion in farms with more than about 500 cows WEEKLY direct support for farmers and $3 billion in will receive the maximum payout and the By Lee Mielke U.S. Department of Agriculture food purremaining 90 percent of producers will chases. receive less than the $125,000 limit. The information is preliminary and USDA will purchase about $3.0 could change as more details emerge; billion of dairy, meat and produce for but the Dairy and Food Market foodbanks and initially spend $100 Analyst says, “If USDA is right in its cost estimates, million per month on each of those three categories. we believe there is enough money to bridge dairy The package does not reopen the Dairy Margin farmers through this restaurant-closure crisis,” but Coverage program and there was no mention adds, there appears to be no aid for processors. of milk supply restrictions or payments to producers The Analyst reports dairy farmers will receive to reduce milk output; nor was there any reimburse-
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Grain Outlook Uncertainty still reigns in corn market
Livestock Angles Fear continues to dominate livestock markets
The following marketing Reports of more packing It has been another couple of subside as the slaughter analysis is for the week endplants closing their doors or weeks under the influence of picks up in the future. ing April 24. slowing production has a the coronavirus and the liveOne bright spot is the fact domino effect into the feed stock markets are continuing CORN — It was a wild that the latest U.S. market. There are reportedly to remain in a fear-induced week in the corn market as Department of Agriculture 12 major slaughterhouses in state. It appears as though the nearby price of corn on Cattle on Feed report this category as of April 24. In these markets may have finalthe Chicago Mercantile released on April 24 was addition, the demand for corn ly put enough fear in the marExchange matched the seen as slightly friendly. from the ethanol industry ket to now begin to trade more September 2016 low on the This was because of reduced JOE TEALE continuous chart at $3.01 per PHYLLIS NYSTROM continues to fall. Predictions on the fundamentals — rather placements and the increased by traders for 500-750 million than emotions. The fact that Broker CHS Hedging Inc. bushel! The July contract marketing figures. This could bushels of lost corn demand many packing houses have Great Plains Commodity correct the deep discount of S t. Paul also set a new contract low at Afton, Minn. for ethanol are floating had to shut down temporarily $3.09 per bushel. This spill futures to cash in the weeks around. because of Covid-19 has hurt came on the heels of epic ahead. Obviously, the cattle trading in crude oil futures which sent Weekly ethanol production was again the market; but now appear to be market is oversold which will likely prices into negative territory for the the lowest since the industry was in its reopening as the threat of further infec- correct to some degree because of this first time in history. infancy with a decrease of 7,000 bpd to tions die down. Time is now the answer USDA report. for the upcoming direction of livestock Corn was on the defensive from the 563,000 bpd. Ethanol stocks were up prices. Producers are frustrated with the opening bell on Sunday night before 200,000 barrels at 27.7 million barrels events which have taken place in the Cattle have been under constant past several months; but the old saying attracting buyers at new contract lows. — another all-time record. Gasoline demand was slightly higher on a weekpressure since the last week of February there is always a light at the end of the The market was able to rebound off early week lows ahead of the May ly basis, but was still over 43 percent as prices have fallen to lows not seen tunnel will eventually come to fruition. option expiration on April 24. The lower than last year for this week. The since 2009. This market exemplifies The past week or so, the cash hogs uncertainty surrounding the demand Renewable Fuels Association stated 73 what a fear-driven market acts like. have finally seen some improvement in for corn moving forward remains a of the 200 U.S. ethanol facilities were Granted, cattle have backed up due to prices. The demand for pork has been the reduction in slaughter, but it major bearish factor, but this strong idled and 71 had cut rates. fairly steady during the coronavirus push lower was mainly a result of China stated this week they plan to appears the worst-case scenario may pandemic which has help improve the unusual action in the energy market. add 20 million metric tons of corn (787 have already been built in. cash market situation. Demand for beef has been relatively A historic crash in crude oil on the million bushels) to state reserves. The futures market has now reacted Nymex saw prices trade to a negative However, they did not say when they good as supplies of beef have tightened to this situation and rallied off current would buy or take delivery. Weekly at the retail level which has sent beef $40.32 per barrel in the May contract. weekly and monthly lows which haven’t Crude oil storage is becoming scarce, export sales were on the low end of cutouts soaring to record highs as pack- been seen for quite some time. This is demand is abysmal, and no one wanted expectations at 28.6 million bushels. ers try to keep up with the demand. encouraging. However, this does not This situation of low prices for cattle to take delivery of physical barrels. It See NYSTROM, pg. 15 while soaring cutouts will eventually mean the lower price movement is comlooked like someone waited too long pletely over. With the infection rate and got squeezed. beginning to decline, the possibility of The crude oil contract is a physicallynot seeing new lows is looking encourdelivered contract. The OPEC+ partaging at this time. ners agreement to cut production corn/change* soybeans/change* As like the cattle, fear has dominated doesn’t take effect until May 1, but Stewartville $2.55 -.16 $7.81 -.10 the market for quite some time; but it there are rumors they could begin Edgerton $2.62 -.34 $7.74 -.23 does seem as that situation is also sooner. The American Petroleum Jackson $2.58 -.31 $7.83 -.16 beginning to subside. Demand will Institute estimated global production likely be the catalyst to drive the mar Janesville $2.47 -.34 $7.85 -.16 at nearly 100 million barrels per day, ket rather than emotions in the weeks Cannon Falls $2.64 -.22 $7.88 -.10 while demand has fallen to approxiahead. v Sleepy Eye $2.58 -.28 $7.71 -.21 mately 70 million bpd. U.S. crude oil storage capacity is estimated at 825 Average: $2.57 $7.80 million barrels; but hasn’t ever exceed Year Ago Average: $3.32 $7.65 ed 500 million barrels. As of April 21, less than 100 million barrels of storage Grain prices are effective cash close on April 28. were open. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.
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Soybean sales to China did little to boost market NYSTROM, from pg. 14 Total commitments are running 22 percent behind last year at 1.4 billion bushels. Weekly sales need to average 14.5 million bushels per week to hit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1.725 billion bushel target. U.S. corn planting was 7 percent complete as of April 19. The average is 9 percent complete and we were at 5 percent last year. As of April 26, planting is expected to reach 20-22 percent complete. Dry weather in Brazil is cutting safrinha corn yields. A $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program for farmers and ranchers was announced this week. It includes $16 billion in direct payments with a breakdown as follows: $3.9 billion for row crops, $5.1 billion for cattle, $1.6 billion for hogs, $2.9 billion for dairy, $2.1 billion for specialty crops and $500 million for other. The remaining $3 billion will be used to buy ag products for food banks, non-profits, etc. A single payment based on 85 percent of price losses from Jan. 1 through April 15, plus 30 percent of expected losses from April 15 through the next two quarters, is expected to be made by the end of May or early June. There were no details announced on how “prices losses” will be determined. Sign-up is hoped to start in early May. Outlook: Without a weather problem, a bigger cut to South American corn production, a rebound in corn for ethanol or export demand (specifically from China) any “rally” will likely be seen as a selling opportunity. We’ve gotten off to a pretty good planting season with mostly dry weather and plenty of labor available (kids are at home and looking for something to do). If (and traders want to see it to believe it) China becomes a corn buyer, prices would likely respond positively. China did indicate this week they would buy 20 mmt of corn to add to state reserves. However, they did not provide any timeline
or origin for those purchases. U.S. corn is cheap versus other origins. What are they waiting for? For the week, July corn was down 6.25 cents at $3.23 per bushel and December corn was off 6.75 cents at $3.36.75 per bushel. June crude oil was down $8.09, or 32.3 percent, at $16.94 per barrel. SOYBEANS — Soybeans spiked lower to new contract lows along with corn early in the week as energies set new trading parameters. July soybeans tumbled to $8.18.5 per bushel before finding its footing and closing higher on April 20 and two subsequent days. The sell-off on April 24 erased the week’s gains for a loss of 2.75 cents on the week. July soybeans settled at $8.39.5 while the November contract was down 9.5 cents for the week at $8.41.5 per bushel. Weekly exports sales were a disappointment at 12.7 million bushels. This keeps us 15 percent behind last year with 1.4 billion bushels on the books. We need 20 million bushels of sales per week to hit the 1.775 billion-bushel USDA projection. China said they plan to add 10 mmt of soybeans (367 million bushels) to their state reserves. No further details were provided. This week’s Chinese purchases of 22.3 million bushels from the United States were thought to possibly be a goodwill gesture bound for crushers as Brazil’s soybeans are cheaper than U.S. origin through the summer. One spot of hope may come from the high percentage of soybeans Brazilian farmers have already sold (estimated at 80 percent of this year’s crop and 35 percent of next year’s); their recent record of monthly shipments; and big export line-up. Brazil’s soybean harvest is nearly complete as the Brazilian real trades to record lows vs. the U.S. dollar. Could Brazilian farmers run out of soybeans or decide to hold stocks as an inflation hedge?
The USDA attaché in Argentina cut their soybean production estimate 2.6 mmt to 51.5 mmt. The USDA is at 52 mmt. For exports, the attaché is using 6.5 mmt vs. USDA’s 8 mmt forecast. For ending stocks, the attaché’s outlook is 14.5 mmt compared to USDA at 9.3 mmt. Argentina’s soybean harvest is 56 percent complete vs. 34 percent on average. Low water levels are limiting vessel loading on the Parana River. The river accounts for approximately 80 percent of Argentina’s farm exports. There are rumors Argentina may raise their export taxes 2-3 percent. The USDA attaché in China is projecting their pig herd at 450 million head, which is comparable with the USDA outlook. Last year they raised 440 million head and in 2018 the number was 688 million head. As of April 19, U.S. soybean planting was 2 percent complete vs. 1 percent on average and 1 percent last year. Planting is expected to have advanced to 7-9 percent complete by April 26. And just a little levity in these trying times: I’m done with home schooling! We are switching to trade school. One child will be a chef, one a bartender, and one a janitor! Outlook: Decent soybean sales to China this week did little to alleviate the demand destruction from the ripple effects of Covid-19. There continue to be rumblings of corn acres switching to soybeans, but if good weather prevails, this could change. As in corn, significant, sustained rallies will be hard to sustain given current information. Any signs of slower sales out of Brazil would impact price action positively. Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week as of the close on April 24: Chicago July wheat was down 3.25 cents at $5.30.5, Kansas City fell 2 cents at $4.83.25, and Minneapolis was down 6.25 cents to close at $5.13.25 per bushel. v
6.2 million pounds of cheese set for June delivery MIELKE, from pg. 13 Mulhern added, “given the perishability of our product, its daily harvest and the fact that the virtual shutdown of the food service market has wiped out more than one-third of our product demand. After five years of poor prices, many producers faced financial difficulties even before the coronavirus crisis. Without more aid, this crisis could be their demise.” International Dairy Foods Association president Michael Dykes called the package “an important first step that begins to bring much-needed relief to the industry,” and a “good-faith effort to ensure the dairy supply chain remains intact.” HighGround Dairy says, “The payments to farmers will be welcome, many of whom will see the lowest milk checks in more than a decade by May,” but “Ultimately, these actions will not solve the oversupply issues facing the country. USDA dairy product
purchases could increase prices from recent lows, but these actions are not enough to return milk prices to profitable levels. A $125,000 payment cap will not go far to help larger farms who are likely hemorrhaging cash, but will infuse much needed cash to smaller dairies.” USDA issued solicitations in response to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and included 2.2 million pounds of butter, 3.8 million pounds of cheese shreds, and 2.4 million pounds of process cheese for June delivery. Western United Dairymen points out that for an average California dairy of 1,200 cows, producing an average 2,000 pounds per month, the maximum payment for a three-month period would be $1.74 per hundredweight. Preliminary details point to a sign up period in early May, with payments in late May or early June. Operations will be allowed $125,000 maximum per commodity, so diversified
operations would be able to choose a second commodity to cover under this program. In light of the shortcomings,” Western United Dairymen says, “it will be mobilizing to make a strong case why the second round of payments expected for July should come higher as the Covid19 continues to paralyze supply chains and deteriorate demand.” Wisconsin-based American Dairy Coalition called on Congress to “swiftly add significant additional funds to allow the Small Business Administration to continue offering the Paycheck Protection Program and Emergency Injury Disaster Loans. These are critical for keeping the hard working farmers of our nation in business.” n Almost adding insult to injury, the USDA reported See MIELKE, pg. 16
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Auction prices continue to slip MIELKE, from pg. 15 March milk output at 18.3 billion pounds in the top 24 producing states — up a bearish 2.4 percent from March 2019. Output in the 50 states totaled 19.26 billion, up 2.2 percent from a year ago. Dumped milk is included in the estimates, according to the USDA. Plummeting dairy prices, due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, come at the worst time of the year, when milk output typically increases. Devastated profit margins will no doubt be reflected in future production reports. However, logjams in either shuttered or reduced capacity beef packing plants because of worker Covid-19 concerns will hamper farmers from culling their herds. March dairy cow numbers totaled 9.38 million, up 5,000 from February and 47,000 above a year ago. February cow numbers were revised up 5,000 as well. Output per cow averaged 2,053 pounds, up 34 pounds from a year ago or 1.7 percent. Interestingly, the latest Livestock Slaughter report shows dairy cow culling jumped in March, but was down from a year ago. An estimated 288,000 head were sent to slaughter under federal inspection in March. This is up 21,900 head or 8.2 percent from February, but 14,400 head or 4.8 percent below March 2019. A total of 852,600 head were culled in the quarter, down 27,200 or 3.1 percent from 2019. Year-end slaughter data showed 3.22 million dairy cows were retired from the dairy business in 2019, up 71,200 head from 2018, or 2.3 percent. n Fat and powder weighed heavily on this week’s Global Dairy Trade auction — even as butter buoyed the last event, ending five sessions of decline. The weighted average on April 21 fell 4.2 percent after inching up 1.2 percent on April 7. The losses were led by anhydrous milkfat, down 7 percent, following a 0.4 percent gain last time. Butter was down 3.6 percent after leading the gains April 7 with a 4.5 percent uptick. Skim milk powder was down 4.9 percent following a 0.8 percent slippage, and whole milk powder was down 3.9 percent after gaining 2.1 percent.
Rennet casein was off 3 percent. GDT cheddar was up 1.9 percent after inching 0.2 percent higher last time. FC Stone equated GDT 80 percent butterfat butter to $1.8221 per pound U.S., down 6.4 cents from the last event. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter closed April 24 at $1.1450. GDT cheddar equated to $2.0319 per pound, up 3.8 cents, and compares to April 24’s CME block cheddar at a bargain $1.07. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.0798 per pound, down from $1.1403, and whole milk powder averaged $1.2278, down from $1.2793. CME nonfat dry milk closed at 81 cents per pound. Cooperatives Working Together members accepted 49 offers of export assistance this week to capture sales of 2.945 million pounds of cheese, 2.49 million pounds of butter, 1.693 million pounds of anhydrous milkfat, and 6.437 million pounds of whole milk powder. The product will go Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East, and North Africa through September. n Reports are multiplying across the country of growing dairy product surpluses looking for cold storage in what has become a perfect storm of rising spring flush milk production and pummeled consumer demand. The USDA’s latest Cold Storage report showed butter stocks at 309.6 million pounds on March 31, up 7.7 million pounds or 2.6 percent from February and 39.9 million or 14.8 percent above those a year ago. That number could explode in coming months. American cheese totaled 775.1 million pounds, down 3.1 million pounds or 0.4 percent from February and 9.6 million pounds or 1.2 percent below a year ago. Stocks in the “other” cheese category jumped to 575.2 million pounds, up 15.4 million pounds or 2.8 percent from February and 7.1 million or 1.2 percent above a year ago. The total cheese inventory stood at 1.373 billion pounds, up 11.3 million pounds or 0.8 percent from February, but 10.96 million pounds or 0.8 percent below March 2019 — the seventh consecutive month total cheese stocks See MIELKE, pg. 17
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Cheese producers cutting back MIELKE, from pg. 16 were below those a year ago. The Cold Storage report was a “bullish surprise” for cheese and butter, according to FC Stone dairy broker Dave Kurzawski in the April 27 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, as inventories were lower than expected, likely due to sharp retail demand from shelterin-place orders enacted the last week to 10 days of March. Kurzawski cautioned that March milk production showed larger than expected output, so storage is dairy’s number-one price risk right now. There are positive signs in food service demand, he said, but hopefully dairy will not follow what happened with the oil market going into negative territory due to a lack of storage capacity. Kurzawski doesn’t see that happening in dairy as the low prices are starting to move product. “We have government intervention programs, dairy farmers are reducing milk output, and we have some better exports,” he concluded. n Checking the markets, CME cash prices strengthened in cheese, but declined in butter and powder the week of April 20. The cheddar blocks closed April 24 at $1.07 per pound, up 5.75 cents (ending five weeks of losses), but 61.5 cents below a year ago. The barrels finished 4.5 cents higher at $1.05, 58 cents below a year ago. Five cars of block sold and three of barrel. Midwest cheese production varies. But even with widely-available milk supplies, some producers (particularly those heavy on the food service accounts), are cutting back output by noticeable percentages, according to Dairy Market News. Others say retail demand is helping move cheese out the door. Food service demand is up, but far from normal, according to cheesemakers. Many are adding to storage as market prices are not feasible for selling cheese right now. Western cheesemakers report retail sales are still above normal but do not make up the difference of lost food service sales. Food service accounts have seen some life as some restaurants pivot to take-out and drive-through business. Delivery and frozen pizza has helped support sales, but Dairy Market News warned, “With ample
amounts of milk and low prices, the pressure on cheese companies is intense.” Inventories continue to build and storage is becoming less available. n Butter fell to $1.10 per pound on April 23, the lowest level in 11 years, but it closed the next day at $1.1450. This is down 4.25 cents on the week and the seventh consecutive week of loss, and $1.1250 below a year ago. Twenty-eight carloads were sold on the week. Central butter churns continue at busy rates. Retail demand and more active buyers, due to low prices, are helping move butter. But a number of contacts say they are going to limit their cream intakes in the near term as food service accounts are doing anything but helping the situation. Food service buying did tick up weekto-week, but remains well below normal. Managers say it’s a “name your price” situation and hope to manage through the current trough. Grade A nonfat dry milk finished April 24 at 81 cents per pound, down 4.5 cents on the week and 23 cents below a year ago, with 18 sales reported on the week. Spot dry whey was down a half-cent on the week, closing at 38.50 cents per pound, 5.75 cents above a year ago, with one sale on the week. The May Federal order Class I base milk price was announced at a lowly $12.95 per hundredweight, down $3.69 from April, $3.47 below May 2019, and the lowest it has been since November 2009. It equates to $1.11 per gallon. The Class I average is at $16.72, up from $15.72 a year ago and $14.32 in 2018. n The USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows, as of the week ending April 19, 7 percent of the U.S. corn crop has been planted. This is 2 percent ahead of a year ago, but 2 percent behind the five-year average. Two percent of the soybeans are in the ground, 1 percent ahead of the five year average. 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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40 Acres (more or less) including building site. Freeborn County, Manchester Township, Section 2. Very good soils. 94 CPI rating on tillable acres, 27.5 tillable acres. 2020 taxes are $1,576.00 Building site consists of a two-bedroom home that may need some TLC. 2 1/2-car garage, 46’x72’ and 40’x64’ machine sheds, 32’x60’ barn with other outbuildings, newer well. For showing of building site by appointment only call Holland Auction at (507) 684-2955. FOR REAL ESTATE TERMS, COLOR AERIAL SOIL & TILE MAPS, GO TO WWW.HOLLANDAUCTION.COM OR CALL (507) 684-2955 OR (507) 456-5128 TRACTORS • COMBINE • OLDER FARM MACHINERY • VEHICLES TRAILERS • BOAT • MOTORCYCLES• SNOWMOBILES • MISC. ONLY A PARTIAL LIST OF ITEMS TO BE SOLD • I.H. 1206, shows 4537 hrs., SN I 1558 • I.H. 240 utility, 3 pt., w/loader, SN 7522 • J.D. 2010 gas, 3 pt. • Farmall Super C w/bclly mower • Harry Ferguson Tractor No. 2129, #371853 w/belly mower • Farmall Super M (parts) • M.F. 760 combine, M.F. 8-row corn head; MF grain bead • Parkhurst 16’ triple-axle gooseneck trailer w/hoist • Home made tandem-axle trailer • I.H. 720 plow, 5-bottom toggle trip • Kewanee 20’ disc • I.H. 18’ field digger • JD. 5-shank ripper, 3 pt. • Artsway 3-pt. rotary mower, T • J.D. 61’’ finish mower, 3 pt. • I-bottom 3 pt. plow • M&W 20 rotary hoe • 2 - Old vermeer tiling machines • Car dolly • Center drop gravity wagon I.H. 1586, recent engine • Older Larson boat w/trailer, Mercury outboard • Several old motorcycles, Yamaha, work, shows 2799 hrs., Suzuki (parts) • Several old snowmobiles, Sno-Je1, Arctic Cat, Herter’s • 3 pt. spray 20.8x38” tires w/axle duals bar • Many steel wheels • Lots and lots of shop shelving • 1000-gal. LP tank on steel gear • Old Ford Super Deluxe, Chevy Impala work shows 2799 hrs. (for parts) • J.D. 36A loader • Pile of orange plastic tile • Several old fork lifts (for parts) • Trailer dump truck box • Old M.C. grain dryer • Approx. 2000-bu. portable holding bin • 7 - I.H. suitcase weights • Hi-Cap grain screener • 500 MANY OLD VEHICLES AND FARM -gal. diesel fuel barrel • 3 pt. pallet forks MACHINERY IN GROVE TO BE REMOVED
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Terms: Cash or good check. Picture ID required. No property removed until fully settled for. Any verbal announcement made day of sale takes precedence over print. Sales staff and owners not responsible for accidents. Lunch & restrooms on grounds. Clerk: Holland Auction Co.
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‘05 Hardi Navigator, 1000-m Sprayer, 60 ft all hydraulic boom, foamer and monitor, nice shape, $6,950/OBO. Delivery Available. 815-988-2074 2014 Bobcat S750 skidloader, S.J. controls, 2spd, air & heat, new tires, 4100 hrs, $23,500; JD 7300 12x30 planter, lift assist, insect, trash whippers, 250 monitor, $4,900; Case IH 1830 12x30 flat fold vibra shank cult, $4,450; Case IH 1830 8x30 cult, like new, $2,450; JD 1075 10T running gear w/ 12.5x16 tires, $1,150; JD 265 7’ 10� disk mower, good cond, $4,750. 320-769-2756
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9:00 A.M. CDT. – Complete Details, Photos & Online Bidding at
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25 Farmall; IHC Tractors; Parts Tractors; Many Tractor Parts
IHC 1456, WF, Weights, New 480/80R38, 442 Hrs Showing, 3pt, 1000PTO, Painted As Gold Demonstrator; IHC 986, 7,258 Hrs, 18.4x34, PTO, 3pt; IHC 4386 4x4, 18.4x38 Duals, 3hyd, 2,110 Hrs Showing, 10sp ; IHC 4586 4x4, V8 Dsl, 4hyd, 20.8x38, 10sp, 6,669 Hrs Showing; IHC 756 WF, 2WD, Dsl, 480/70R34, Weights, 3pt, 8,219 Hrs Showing; IHC 1468 V8 Dsl, 20.8x38, 3pt, PTO, 2hyd; Farmall Super MTA, 13.5x38, Fenders; Farmall Super A, 11.2x28 New, Wheel Weights, PTO, Belt Pully, Fenders; Farmall A, 9.5x24, Wheel Weights; Farmall Super H, NF, 12.4x38, PTO, Fenders; Farmall 350, NF, 12.4x38, Weights, Fenders; Farmall H, WF, Fenders, Weights; Farmall H, NF, Fenders, With Loader; Farmall Super M Pulling Tractor, 14.9x38, 3pt, Q.H., Weights; Farmall W6, WF, 16.9x38, Fenders; Farmall 400, NF, Fenders; Farmall Super M, WF, 13.6x38, Fenders; Farmall M, NF, 13.6x38; 10+ Farmall. F12, F20, W30 Tractors And Parts Tractors; IHC 4586, Frame, Chassis & Engines; Parts For 66 And 86 Series ; Farmall A, B, C, H, M Tractor Parts; Many New & Used Tires; Large Assort Of Wheel Weights; F 12-14-20 Tractor Parts; New 13.6x36 Tire; Fuller & Johnson 1.5hp Hit & Miss; L & B 1.5; 2.5hp Hit & Miss; Cub Lo-Boy Lawn Tractor, 5’ Deck; Cub Cadet 72 Lawn Tractor; Cub Cadet 782 Lawn Tractor, Hydro, 1,788 Hours; Cub Cadet 782 Lawn Tractor, 60�, 872 Hours; MM Model D Tractor, Dsl; Many Old 2 & 3 Bottom Plows The Shops are Full to the Roof! This is a Large Auction. Viewing &RIDAY -AY s A M P M .O %XCEPTIONS
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OPEN Pollinated Seed Corn. Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. Produces more high quali- 100% financing w/no liens or ty silage on less acres than red tape, call Steve at Fairhybrid. $67/bushel plus ship- fax Ag for an appointment. ping. High feed value grain. 888-830-7757 Located at Teutopolis, IL 217-857-3377
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For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com FARMLAND Fillmore County: Approx. 165 acres, Spring Valley Twp. PRICE REDUCED! Olmsted County: Approx. 132 acres Rock Dell Twp. Mower County: Approx. 121 acres SE edge of Austin Olmsted County: Pending Approx. 106 acres High Forest Twp. Mower County: Pending Approx. 156 acres, Grand Meadow Twp.
COMMERCIAL Racine: Completely remodeled 10,000 sq. ft. building on 2.12 acres. Many possible uses including event center, day care, offices, retail. MLS# 5247299 Grand Meadow: Business Opportunity! 17 lot mobile home park. Great rental and occupancy history. Includes 14 well maintained mobile homes. MLS# 5540256 LeRoy: Affordable Office or business space. MLS# 5286067
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Opening April 20 & Closing May 4
Jeremy & Sara Jennen Farm Equipment Auction, Hillsboro, ND, Timed Online Auction
Opening April 28 & Closing May 5
Jeff Almen Retirement Auction, Graftion, ND, Timed Online Auction
Opening, April 30 & Closing May 7
Steffes Construction Consignment Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction
Opening, May 1 & Closing May 6
Online Steffes Auction - 5/6, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction
Opening, May 4 & Closing May 12 at 3PM
Sibley County, MN - Home w/Outbuildings, Hunting Ground, Tillable Farmland Auction - Multiple Tracts — 240¹ Acres, Henderson, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening, May 4 & Closing May 14
Douglas County, MN, Gravel Pit/Farmland Auction 71Âą Acres, Alexandria, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening May 7 & Closing May 15 at 7PM
RLP Services LLC Online Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening May 8 & Closing May 12 at 1PM 1965 & 1968 Ford Mustang Coupes; Ford Torino GT; Ford T-Bird; '77 Chevy C20 4WD; Motorcycles; Old Farm Trucks
65 Ford Mustang Coupe, 289V8, Supercharger, 4sp; 68 Ford Mustang Coupe, V8, 67,168 Miles; 70 Ford Torino GT, V8, Auto; 62 Ford T-Bird, V8, Auto; 77 Chev C20 4WD Pickup, V8, Auto; 40’s Int KB5 Truck; Suzuki 125 Motorcycle; Sachs Prima Motorcycle
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IHC 1460 Combine, Diesel Hydro, Spreader, Topper; CIH 1020 Bean Head 20’; MN 400 Gravity Box, 12 Ton ; 300 Bushel Gravity Box On 12 Ton ; DMI Double Compartment 300 Gravity Box, 14 Ton, 22.5 Tires; MM E1200 Corn Sheller; Flair Box On 12 Ton; JD 1050 Field Cult, 30.5’, 3 Bar ; (2) IHC 710 & 720 Plows, 5x18’s; Brady 18’ Stalk Chopper, 4 Wheel; CIH 900 Planter, Dry, Cross Auger, 8R30�; 2 Stage 3pt Forklift; IHC 475 Disc, 19.5’, Hyd Wings; JD 400 Rotary Hoe, 20’; (2) 8R30� Row Crop Cult; GB 990 Hi-Master Loader; 16’ Car Hauling Trailer; IHC 105 SelfPropelled Combine, 10’ Head, Gas, Hydro; Fanning Mill; IHC 715 Combine Dsl, 13’ Grain Head; IHC 3 Bottom Plow; Steel Wheel TWP Road Grader; Many NOS And New Parts For IHC; Plus Much More
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Case IH 125,000 BTU Heater; Case IH 16 Gallon Shop Vac; NAPA 225A Battery Charger/Boost; Thermal Arch Wire Feed Welder; Homak Top & Bottom Tool Chest; Milwaukee Grinders; Welding Clamps; 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, Standard & Metric Sockets; Speed Wrenches; Puller Set; Impact Sockets; Magna Force- 30 Gal Air Compressor; 30,000 lb. Shop Press; Many Sets Of IHC Wrenches
50 Ertl Scale Model Farm Toys Terms: Cash, check, credit cards. All sales selling as-is, where-is with no warrantee or guarantee expressed or implied. Some autos will sell with a bill of sale only. Photo ID required. Loading on auction day and on sunday may 10th only. Not responsible for theft or damage of items. All items must be paid in full the day of the auction. 10% buyer's fee applies to all sales.
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Quality Tested Hay Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening May 8 & Closing May 18
Rush River Farms Equipment Auction, Hunter, ND, Timed Online Auction
Opening May 11 & Closing May 19
Vercon Construction Auction, Menahga, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening, May 11 & Closing May 19 at 3PM
Douglas County, MN, Recreational/Hunting Land & Tillable Ground Auction — Multiple Tracts - 102¹ Acres, Osakis, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening May 11 & Closing May 20 at 3PM
Isanti County, Cambridge, MN, 6.5Âą Acre Wooded Lot Auction, Cambridge, MN, Timed Online
Opening May 19 & Closing May 21 at 12PM
Clay County, MN, Real Estate Auction - 3.34Âą Acres, Moorhead, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening, May 27 & Closing June 3
Paul & Rosemary Patrick Farm Retirement Auction, Wilton, ND, Timed Online Auction
Opening June 1 & Closing June 8
R&J Farms of Perley Partnership Estate & Farm Retirement Auction, Perley, MN, Timed Online Auction
Opening, June 5 & Closing June 15
Eugene & Delores Undem Farm Retirement Auction, Rogers, ND, Timed Online Auction
Tuesday, June 9 at 10AM
Kyle & Stacy Marschke Farm Retirement Auction, Alice, ND
Opening, June 9 & Closing June 18 at 7PM
Tod & Renee Becker Farm Retirement Auction, Park Rapids, MN, Timed Online Auction
Wednesday, June 10 at 11AM
Andringa Brothers Inc. Farm Retirement Auction, Crookston, MN
Thursday, June 11 at 10AM
Mark C. Muellenberg Estate Farm Equipment Auction, Rockham, SD
Opening June 15 & Closing June 22 at 1 PM
K&D Krueger Farms Crop Plan Adjustment Auction, East Grand Forks, MN, Timed Online Auction
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3pt 12’ Glencoe field cult w/ JD 7000 planter, front fold, 2 bar harrow mntd behind, 8x36 row, dry fert, auger fold up wings to 15’. 4 section fill, trash whippers, precispring time drag w/ fold up sion meters; Wil-Rich quad 5 poles on each side; Walk be- field cult, 37’ w/ good drag; hind Jarri sickle mower. 320- Hardi sprayer, 80’ hyd fold, 3 way nozzles, high wheel 587-4681 or 320-583-3364 model, 950 gal tank. All Agritech INP - We have your items in good shape. Retirlining needs & fertilizer pro- ing. 507-822-2188 gram! Bio-liquid Cal, cheaper & more effective. Call New Holland 355 Mill, good Gary, soil advisor. 800-972- cond., $3,800. 715-797-2104 1029 or 715-533-0174 Summers Herman culti harrow, hyd, 70’ w/ new teeth; White 8100 planter, 8R30” Your ad w/ liq fertilizer; White 5100 planter no fertilizer; MM could be here! 14’ tandem disk w/ harrow; 507-345-4523 White model 2-180 tractor w/ 20.8x38 tires. All in good condition. 320-630-1777 Field cultivator DMI, 41’, 3 bar harrow, $14,500; White plant- Wanted: Horse related farm er 8202, 12R, Sunco trash machinery: thrashing mach, whippers, 540 pro pump, 700 ground drive manure sprdrs, acres on new discs, $22,000; JD & McCormick hay mow4840 JD tractor, 18.4x46 ers, corn or grain binders, tires, $19,000; Jet trailer, 38’, MM corn shellers, any re$17,000; Harms roller, 42’, pairable mach. or we will relike new, $17,000; Westfield pair yours. 507-932-6848 AM 10’x61’ swing hopper auger, like new, $6,000; Frontier 40’ We buy steel grain trailer, like brand Salvage Equipment new, always shedded, never Parts Available used in winter, $22,000. 507Hammell Equip., Inc. 317-6201 (507)867-4910 FOR SALE: 32’ 6” Allied auger on transport, $1,000/ OBO; 4R38 Glencoe rear mount Danish cultivator for parts, $500/OBO. 320-3285501 FOR SALE: JD 1765 12R30 planter, Seed Star II, row command, liquid fertilizer w/ Yetter openers, 1700 acres; Hardi 750 sprayer, 60’ w/ all options. 320-360-1240 FOR SALE: 2017 72’ Summers Harrow, 5/8” x 24” tines, less than 3,000 acres of use. Can text pictures. Must sell. $28,000 218-686-9589 FOR SALE: 42’ Blue Jet anhydrous tool bar, $3,500/ OBO. 18 1/2’ International vibra-shank field cultivator, $550/OBO. 507-524-3962 FOR SALE: 10’ International field cultivator; 12’ John Deere wheel disc; lift chair. 507-647-5420
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1974 IH #1466 w/ Cab, 20.8x38 ‘93 7200 MaxEmerge planter, Badger liq manure pump, ‘96 Century sprayer, 750 gal., (60%) w/ Axle Mount Du- 12R30, precision corn me- model BN104, used in 8’ pits, 60’ boom, 20” tip spacing, als (5700 Hrs) Runs Great! ters, soybean meters, liq modified for tractor hook- hyd. pump, tandem axle, w/ Westendorf TA46 Heavy fert & insect, front fold, Pre- up, approx 40’ of 6” hose w/ Hiniker 8160 controller, Loader/Big Bucket. 1998 cision 2020 monitor, $15,000; fitting; Adams 5T S/S fert $6,000. 507-327-3476 compl recond. Maurer 8.5x38 Ft Flat Bed Marless no-till drill w/ coulter spreader Heavy Duty Tandem Du- cart, 15’, 10” spacing, $5,000. $3,995/OBO/EA. 507-381-6719 For Sale: Ag Chem sprayer, 750 gal., 60 ft. boom, PTO, als (20,000# Load). All Real Both always shedded. 612FOR SALE: JD 7100 6 row pump, tandem axle, $2,350. 741-7949 or 612-701-7901 Good. Retiring. 319-347-6282 medium till rear mounted 507-995-9676 ‘89 Versatile 876 tractor, w/ ducorn planter, $5,250. LonsPlease recycle this magazine. als, new clutch, 280hp, 8,000 dale MN 507-330-2808 hrs. 612-741-7949 or 612-7017901
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Beautifully restored Farmall 460 tractor. New paint & tires (14.9x38). Good torque converter, good clutch, P/S & live pwr PTO. New fenders; steering wheel; chrome exh. pipe. Everything works. Call Don Michel 507-339-3745 For Sale: 1951 88 Oliver, full curtains, new paint & decals, new front tires & tubes, dual hyds rears 80%, asking $2,850. IH 1946 “M”, new rubber, live hyds, P/S, $2,850. MM ZTU, new clutch, ringgear rubber 90%, $1,850. All run good. 507-383-5973 FOR SALE: Farmall Super MTA diesel tractor; also polled Hereford heifers and steers. 240 International utility tractor. WANTED TO BUY: Case IH Magnum 215 or similar. 320-282-4846 NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829
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’17 Case CX57C, cab & air, 333 hrs........................... $49,000
CM, chopper, 650x38 tires & duals ................... $175,000 ’13 JD 660, 892/1180 CM, chopper duals.............. $129,000 ’04 JD 9760, 2268/3460 CM, chopper duals............ $50,000 ’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 .... $37,000 ’11 Case/IH 8120, 1650/2250 Tracker, Rt, duals ....... $89,500 ’11 Case/IH 7120, 1610/2200 Tracker, Rt, duals ....... $89,500 ’10 Case/IH 7120, 1650/2250 Tracker, Rt, duals ....... $89,500
TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS ‘10 Case IH 535 Quadtrack, 3977 hrs, full auto steer, big pump .................................... $135,000 ’90 Ford 876, 8523 hrs duals .................................... $24,500 ’14 Case/IH 370 HD, 7065 hrs, 1000 PTO duals ....... $75,000 ’14 Case 350 Rowtrac, 1865 hrs, 120” 1000 PTO ... $147,000
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’11 Case 580N, 4x4 cab 2540 hrs ................................$42,000 ‘11 Case 580 SN, 4X4 cab,3322 hrs, extend-a-hoe ������������� $42,000 ‘16 Cat 420 F2, 4x4, 1088 hrs, cab extend-a-hoe ..... $69,000
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’17 Kubota M7-151, cab air, MFWD, 545 hrs, front axle suspension, 3pt PTO, w/ Kubota loader .................................................. $84,000 ‘09 JD 7830 MFWD, 6185 hrs, 3PT PTO, 4 hyd, 20 speed auto quad, 48050 tires & duals ........................................ $77,000
’11 Bobcat E45EM, cab & air, 2965 hrs ..................... $30,000
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’18 JD 824K, 7980 hrs, cab air, ride control, 6.25 yd bkt ............................................................... $149,000 ’14 JD 724 K, 9587 hrs, third valve, w/ medford forks ... $82,000 ’13 JD 644 K, 5520 hrs, quick coupler, 4.25 yd bkt .... $115,000 ’15 Volvo 90G, 4927 hrs, quick coupler & bkt ................ $89,000 ’12 Volvo L50F, 5733 hrs, cab air, quick coupler & bkt .. $65,000 ‘15 Cat 930 M, 6599 hrs, ride control, w/ quick coupler & bucket ........................................ $85,000 ’09 Cat 938H, 7174 hrs, quick coupler & bkt ................. $69,000 ’16 Komatsu WA 270-7, 8193 hrs, Q.C., 4 yd bkt........... $72,000 ’16 Komatsu WA 320-7, 6936 hrs, Q.C., 3.5 yd bkt........ $83,000 ’13 Komatsu WA320-7, 7267 hrs, cab air, quick coupler & bkt ................................................... $78,000 ‘12 Komatsu 380-7, 8850 hrs, 4.25 yd bkt ..................... $69,900 ’14 Kawasaki 70Z7, 7628 hrs, cab air, quick coupler & bkt ................................................... $69,000 ’10 Kawasaki 65Z V, 6682 hrs, cab air, ride control, w/ bkt ......................................................................... $51,000 ‘13 Case 721 F, 4717 hrs, ride control, quick coupler w/bucket ............................................. $75,000
EXCAVATORS ’15 Cat 323 FL, 3768 hrs, 40" bkt............................ $119,000 ’14 Komatsu PC 138US-10, hyd thumb, 36" bkt ........ $80,000 ’11 JD 290GLC, 3347 hrs, 12'6" stick,42" bkt .......... $110,000 ’11 Case CX300C, 2658 hrs, 12' stick, 54" bucket .. $110,000
FOR SALE: Int’l 45 15’ field cultivator w/ harrow and cylinder, good shovels, good shape, $375. 507-456-7614
LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95
FOR SALE: Buffalo cultivator and a Buffalo feedlot scraper. 320-221-2266
Look at our website for pictures & more listings: www.larsonimplements.com
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FOR SALE: 2001 JD 4990 self propelled windrower, 14’ 990 head, 2901 hrs, hydro transmission, flail conditioner, good cond, $36,900; Landoll 20’ field finisher w/ bar drag, $6,500. 507-724-2377
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COMBINES NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................... Call ‘15 Gleaner S88 ............................................ $230,000 ‘12 Gleaner S77 ............................................ $200,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65, CDF ..................................... $85,000 ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $62,000 ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $59,000 Geringhoff parts & heads available
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‘14 Sunflower 4412-05.....................................$30,000 ‘10 Wilrich QX2 37’ w/basket.......................... $38,500 ‘09 Wilrich QX 55’5 w/bskt.............................. $37,500 ‘05 CIH 730b cush. w/leads............................ $16,500 JD 512 9-24 blades ......................................... $12,500 JD 512 7-30 blades ............................................$8,500
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selfFOR SALE: Black Angus bulls ‘99 F250 Ford 7.3 diesel, 4x4, 990 also Hamp, York, & Hamp/ auto, crew cab, short box, ans- Duroc boars & gilts. Alfred motor & tranny replaced, sharp, clean truck, $8,900. ner, Kemen 320-598-3790 320-583-0881 doll ag,
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arm field ers, scs, POLLED HEREFORD 507- registered yearling bulls for sale. All shots, Dectomax, semen tested. Halter broke. Delivery available. Klages Herefords. Ortonville, MN. (320) 2732163(h) (605) 880-0521(c)
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Anderson Seeds ...................................................................... 9 Beck's Hybrids ....................................................................... 1 C & C Roofing ......................................................................11 Fladeboe Land ..................................................................... 18 Greenwald Farm Center ........................................................ 21 Holland Auction Co.............................................................. 18 Kannegiesser Truck .............................................................. 13
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FOR SALE: Yorkshire, Hampshire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc boars, also gilts. Excellent selection. Raised outside. Exc herd health. No PRSS. Delivery avail. 320-760-0365
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Land Resource Management ................................................. 19 Larson Brothers Implement .................................................. 21 Leaf Filter ............................................................................. 8 Mages Auction Service ......................................................... 18 Matt Maring Auction Co ....................................................... 19 Mike's Collision & Repair Center ........................................... 5 Nachurs Alpine Solutions ....................................................... 3 Northland Buildings ............................................................. 12 Pruess Elevator Inc .............................................................. 22 Pumps Motor & Bearings LLC ..............................................11 Rush River Steel & Trim ........................................................ 4 Schweiss Doors .................................................................... 21 Smiths Mill Implement Inc ................................................... 22 Southwest MN Farm Business ................................................ 7
Sheep
FOR SALE: Purebred registered Border Cheviot lambs, hardy, excellent maternal traits, and easy lambing. 320-874-0744
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Public park, private push
estled along Minnesota’s Rush River, the Rush River County Park has been a place for solitude and family gatherings for generations. On a warm spring morning, campers, hikers and horse riders were all taking advantage of Sibley County’s hidden gem. But in 2002 the state of Minnesota was shutting the site down. “I was driving by one morning and a crew was placing big boulders in the entry and enclosing the park with a fence,” said area resident Tom Bender. “I asked what was going on and they said they got orders from St. Paul to close it for lack of funding.” At that time the site was officially called a state wayside park and was under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources. Bender and a small group of citizens met with the DNR to see if there were options to keep the park open. DNR officials said the department was spending $4,000 annually for park maintenance with no revenue coming in. When the citizens offered to maintain the park, the DNR balked – fearing it would set a precedence of private control over DNR property. Undaunted, the group contacted state legislators Tom Neville and Laura Brod, and Sibley County officials in hopes of transferring ownership of the property to the county. Sibley County wasn’t keen on the idea of maintaining and patrolling another park. But public support was growing – resulting in the creation of Friends of Rush River, Inc. The non-profit organization convinced the county it could and would maintain and manage the 160-acre site. “It’s been going great!” exclaimed Bender, who has served as president of the Friends organization since day one. “It’s a great area for bird watching, we have nature trails and trails for horseback riding. And, of course, camping is very popular.”
Sibley County
Over the years the Friends have supplied hundreds of labor hours creating trails, clearing brush and noxious weeds, improving amenities and transforming the wayside park into a family-friendly destination. A number of camp sites and day-camp sites are located on a secluded wooded hill. This area is closed to horse riding. The larger portion of the park hugs the banks of the Rush River and serves as the main campground for horse owners; although there is plenty of room for campers without horses as well. “I can’t say what our capacity would be,” admitted Bender. “We’ve never run out of room, I know that.” Bender said the park is open 24/7. Camping continues well into the fall and the county allows snowmobiles in the park. Because horse and vehicle traffic can be damaging in wet spring conditions, park use is discouraged in March and April. During the last weekend in April, volunteers gather to prepare the park for the upcoming season. “We have three big expenses in operating the park,” said Bender. “We have to pump the septics, cut the grass and pay for garbage pickup.” To offset expenses, a donation is appreciated for park use. Suggested donations are $3 per day, and $10 for overnight campers. No reservations are taken and sites fill on a first-come, first-served basis. “There’s no registration at the park,” Bender added, “but the county likes to know if you’re going to be camping there in case there’s a tornado or something. They like to have an idea of who is there, so it would be good to let them know.” Anyone can join the Friends of Rush River and Bender says the more the merrier. The group meets once a month, November through April. It hosts a large fundraising dance in Henderson, Minn. on the first Saturday of March. Interested parties can reach Bender at P.O. Box 282, Henderson, MN 56044; or by phone at (507) 248-3230. v
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