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No arms, no legs, yet he farms!

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Monday, Sept 21 started routinely for All this and you are a corn, soybean my wife and myself as we motored from and hay-making farmer? “Yeah, we used the Country Inn in Ankeny, Iowa enroute to do a lot of hay work but we’re out of to a welcome six-day mini-break in Lake livestock now. We used to raise a lot of Of The Ozarks, Missouri. It’s 9 a.m., blue cattle. Back in those days quite a few skies, 61 degree temps. We stretched our hogs too.” hands upward and thankfully expressed, I countered, “How in hell could you do “All is well with the Lord”. And away we cattle and calf rearing work?” motored to the fabled hills, valleys and Greg perhaps backed off just a bit saywaters of Lake of the Ozarks.

LAND MINDS ing, “I was the feeder calf man … not However, stops along the way are necBy Dick Hagen much bending and lifting in that work. essary … and usually rewarding for And working with the hogs … well, curiosity seekers like we two highway some things I best not say on your travelers. Just outside Carrolton, Mo, recording device. But there’s really not my sharp-eyed bride noted a billa whole lot that I cannot do.” board reading “River’s Bottom And you want to keep on farmBrewery” sporting both great beer ing?

“Yes, I’m young enough and and tasty pizza. Just like that we still like farming.” both hungered for a taste of each.

Peanut Butter Bacon Jelly was a So I countered, “But Greg, quite pizza choice. It was delicious. a few guys are now quitting Equally tasty was their freshlybecause they aren’t make any brewed beer. money. How about you?”

Sitting off to my right was a He calmly responded, “Well, it’s guy with what appeared to me to been tough the last three years be artificial limbs. I asked if I between the weather, crop prices might chat with him for a few and some other blips here and minutes before we continued on there; but I bought the farm at our way and he agreed. His name the right time because I had some is Greg Flick, he lives in Tina, equity and have managed to keep Mo., he’s 57 years old and he it together.” farms.

And this year, what yields for And now the rest of the story: you? We’re looking at record yields in my part of Minnesota.

I somewhat gasped, “You can’t Photo by Dick Hagen “The ground I farm will average farm … you don’t have any arms Greg Flick between 150 and 180-bushel corn. and it looks to me like only one On these hills, soybeans in the leg.” He smiled back to me, “Oh, I mid-40s are about the best I can do.” do a lot of farming … been at it for a long time too.”

So you make up for it with smarter marketing?

I continued, “Now you tell me you were born this way, virtually without your arms and legs. How did “Not so … when I locked in my corn this year I got the lowest price of the season; soybeans the same you have the ambition and fortitude to get on with way. I’m about $1 off on both crops right now. I was your life despite these obvious limitations?” concerned when prices were bobbing around last Greg responded, “Early in my life my parents told spring, thinking I better lock something in right me if I wanted to make something of my life I had then. Corn was a little over $3 and beans a little to get out and work for it. So that’s what I’ve over $8 so that’s what I did. Nope, not complaining always done.” because I’m still above break-even on my production Now I was really intrigued. “Can you really do costs”. everything or how much help do you need?” He Greg, now this very pointed question: Is it imporcasually admitted, “Oh I need a little help now and tant Donald Trump get reelected as President? then. Hooking up equipment is easier if you have With zero hesitation, “Too me, Yes,” said Greg another person to assist.”

Flick. “What we’re going through with China needThat means Greg drives his tractor, runs his com- ed to be done. We’ll get through this crunch in farmbine and pretty much all the other tasks of farming. ing too. I’m sorry, but there’s farmers around here Which prompted this obvious question from me, paying $200 cash rent that’s not worth $60.

“How many times did you hurt yourself because you Farming is competitive … I’ve known that even couldn’t get out of the way?” This amazing before striking out by myself. I have no precision response: “Never! I ain’t saying I haven’t gotten farming capabilities. Scale tickets tell me the story banged up a bit because bumps and bruises do hap- of what my crops are doing. It’s nice to have the pen in this farming work.”

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Why do leaves turn color in the fall?

Fall is the season when the color of the roots and is then moved to all parts deciduous tree leaves changes from green of the tree. Carbon dioxide is absorbed to yellow, orange or red. The chemicals from the air by tiny openings called stoinside each leaf which produce the varimata in the tree leaves, trunk, blooms ous fall colors are always inside the and roots. leaves during the growing season, but Once the season changes with shorter the production of chlorophyll in spring days and less available sunlight, plus the and summer causes the green color to be GREEN AND decline in temperature, trees stop producprominent — so the leaves always appear GROWING ing chlorophyll. Chlorophyll requires a lot to be that color. of sunlight. As the weather changes, its

By Linda G. Tenneson Photosynthesis (meaning putting production stops and it is reabsorbed. As together with light) is the process where trees use chlorophyll decreases in the leaves, other leaf chemithe chemical chlorophyll to absorb sunlight. The cals become more visible. absorbed sunlight, combined with water and carbon While the chlorophyll is withdioxide, are needed for the leaves to create sugars drawn into the branches and used by the tree for growth. Water is absorbed by stored for use in the following spring, the leaf stalk grows a layer of cells which seals it off from its branch. The wind and/or the weight of the dying leaf causes the leaf to fall.

(Young red oak trees are an exception in that they retain the dead leaves and do not drop them until spring.) The absence of chlorophyll and water causes the leaves to change color and eventually die. One source graphically described this process as watching the leaves starve themselves and die.

The intensity of color change which occurs in the leaves depends on the weather. Warm sunny days combined with cool nights may produce bright leaf colors. Maples, for example, will turn the brightest

red when the nights are cool but remain above freezing. However, early temperatures well-below freezing will kill tree leaves before they have completed their color change process and they immediately turn brown.

Each tree species has different amounts of the chemicals which contribute to fall leaf color changes. The chemical xanthophylls produces yellow leaves; carotenoids produce orange and yellow leaves; and anthocyanins red. Carotenoids are also the chemical found in bananas, corn and carrots.

The red pigment, anthocyanin, is formed by the chemical changes occurring at this time and causes the dark red or purple colors seen in some leaves. These chemicals may also combine resulting in leaves that show more than one color. And as these chemicals disappear, the remaining brown pigment tannin, is a sign that the leaf has completely died. The color that leaves turn in fall is controlled by the plant’s genetics.

Evergreen needles do not contain these colorchanging chemicals. Plus, they have a strong waxy covering which insulates them from the cold. An internet search on fall leaf color change will provide additional details on this interesting process.

Linda G. Tenneson is a University of Minnesota master gardener and tree care advisor. v

Letter: Trump has damaged the U.S.A. To the Editor, In response to the letter from Greg Rendahl from Ostrander, Minn. which appeared in the Sept. 4/11 issue of The Land: Greg’s letter tells it like it is. Trump’s fellow Republicans are enabling Trump to bring down and destroy what our common values as Americans are.

Lies and misstatements and his lack of morals and family values are character traits of his lack of intelligence.

He continues to sabotage the postal service and end insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions.

And all to line Trump’s and his fellow Republicans’ pockets. His lack of being anti-science let the Covid outbreak surge. And losing ties to our Allies. Wrong.

These are just a few things — along with his tariffs that have and will set back farm families and others for years.

For some of you, be careful what you wish for. We need Joe Biden for protection of our life as we knew it under Barack Obama’s watch.

Brad and Cindy Augeson Hector, Minn.

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Letter: We are who we vote for To the Editor, In the Land Minds of Sept. 25’s issue of The Land, Kristin Kveno states her parents didn’t tell her how they voted and she and her hubby did the same.

If parents want to pass on their values I would think they would tell their children how they voted and why.

What better time to talk about voting rights, hon-

esty, the environment, health care, taxes, how we treat other people — especially those that may not look or talk like us.

Ms. Kveno says we are not who we vote for. She is very wrong there. We are very much who we vote for.

Tommy Stiles Henning, Minn.

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Now would be a good time for some honest dishonesty Somewhere in southern Illinois there’s endless lying. To Dad, there was no a high school yearbook which contains a excuse to lie. photo of me and another student leaning In the southern Illinois of my youth, against a classroom wall on either side of petty political corruption came with the a 1972 campaign poster of a smiling office. For example, most people overRichard Nixon. The caption writer (anothlooked a county employee mowing the er student) notes that my buddy and I local judge’s lawn or a police chief having are “standing” with our man — the thena little “city” rock spread on his driveway. incumbent president.

FARM & FOOD FILE Each was a small, unspoken job benefit.

And I was. Because nothing — not even What people wouldn’t “cotton to,” howBy Alan Guebert the death of friend’s brother in Vietnam ever, was the beneficiary bragging or a ballooning White House scandal about it. That was a career-killing called Watergate — had shaken my indiscretion. belief in Nixon.

The maestro of this rule bending In my defense, I was 17 and I had a lot of compawas the county sheriff who also owned what most ny. A few months later, Nixon carried 49 states and knew was the best “Democratic” tavern in the area. demolished his challenger, Sen. George McGovern, In local parlance that meant he’d stand you the first in a 520-to-17 Electoral College blowout. Less than drink if, as he often asked, “You vote right?” in local two years later, however, Nixon was history — elections. brought down by his own lies.

To no one’s surprise, he had a distinguished public No one was more stung by the reversal than my career and no one ever thought him crooked. father, a long-time Nixon loyalist. Dad stood by him He was, instead, more of a poster child for another until Aug. 8, 1974, the night the president told the political reality of those times: the power most local nation he would resign at noon the next day. officials wielded wasn’t through their budgets or I doubt Dad was angered by Nixon’s dirty tricks. rich contributors. Instead, the real juice was patronAfter all, Nixon had earned the nickname “Tricky age. They controlled lots of good-paying, local jobs.

Dick” long before. Instead, I suspect it was Nixon’s If, say, you wanted a job as a county deputy, a key

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Letter: A tribute to farmers To the Editor, Greetings for a blessed week. You’re welcome to use this piece if you please.

The Farmer’s Yield After all the planting, all the growing, the corn and bean seeds were in the sowing.

This year the rains came at just the right times, worth a million dollars, hearing the church chimes.

It’s that time of year when the farmers are in the fields with combines roaring to hopefully give a great yield.

Timing is lovely when ready, with a field of beans.

Work to be done and big equipment needed on the scenes.

A miraculous sight to see, when machinery is run.

Hopefully by Oct. 20th, all the beans will be done.

In watching the corn grow so fast, tall and grand, great is our blessing to have corn on our land.

Next is the beauty of the fields of corn, leaving the grounds bare, I’m left a bit forlorn.

Missing the beauty of all the fields, and praying the farmers get great yields.

After working from sun-up to sundown, day and night, not stopping until done unless rain comes into sight.

May our Lord bless the farmers and keep them safe every day.

Also thank our President for all the help along the way.

What could hold such beauty as the farmer’s field, a blessing of a grand and generous yield.

Reta Bakke Draeyer Albert Lea, Minn.

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qualification was some personal or political (both would be best) connection to the sheriff. Likewise, if you wanted to work at the nearby state prison, you needed to know a county party boss or, better yet, the local state representative.

And, sure, this system was openly corrupt; but it was open. Everyone knew who got what favor and how. As such, it had built-in limits few officials with an eye toward re-election ever broke.

That can’t be said of today’s millionaire candidates and billionaire backers who, due to their unlimited campaign resources, are largely unaccountable to voters and mostly unanswerable to party leaders.

Little wonder then that our biggest public problems (a rampaging pandemic, continued infrastructure failure, debilitating opioid addiction, the lack of adequate medical care, shortages of affordable housing… the list is as endless as obscene) are rarely tackled and never solved.

This year, agriculture is the perfect example of this political inversion. It’s impossible to explain why American farmers and ranchers will receive more than $50 billion in direct federal subsidies even as tens of millions of their customers struggle to pay housing costs, car loans and utility bills.

A year ago I came across the grave of that badgeand-a-beer sheriff while visiting a bluff-top cemetery which overlooked the dairy farm of my youth. I smiled at the thought of his “Vote right?” question.

Everyone always said they did and he always poured — even when he knew they didn’t; because, he once said, they might someday.

I miss that kind of honest dishonesty and the characters and competence it usually fostered.

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The combine roars to life as another harvest is underway Don’t ask me why, but when my farmer nutrient deficiency, or insects have been wants to go have a look at the crops — feasting on the leaves. especially when it’s getting close to harAt the same time, I worried if he was vest — I often ask to ride along. Such getting all the nutrients he needed and was the case after supper Monday night. warding off any diseases lurking about.

He wanted to go immediately, so only My farmer records the amount of rain half the kitchen had been tidied up. But after each rainfall. This was much easier so what? It’s more important to see how this year as there were long periods of no many days until harvest begins.

FROM MY rain this growing season. In fact, the That first harvest date can vary by FARMHOUSE fields received less than eight inches of almost a month as shown in the last two KITCHEN rain from start to now. This fact alone years. September 11 was the beginning has had us wondering what type of harBy Renae B. in 2018. Last year was a late start, vest there would be.

Vander Schaaf October 7. What a year that one was!

On our latest tour, as we drove past the How often do we say that? fields, we could visibly see the soybeans had proThese many field trips began early last spring, gressed immensely since they were checked just two checking when the soil would be ready for sowing. days prior. Because of this it was necessary to walk In due time the seed was placed with all the accuthose fields one more time — harvesting a bean pod racy we are capable of, with a multitude of benefihere and there to check the readiness of this crop. cial products needed for producing a bountiful harAdrenaline began to flow when we realized the vest.

2020 fall harvest would begin tomorrow, Sept. 15.

Throughout the growing season my farmer paid My farmer was more than ready to go as he has much more attention to the crops than I did. He spent the last few weeks preparing machinery for walked his fields looking for problems. One never this day — greasing the last zerk for that very knows when a leaf discoloration might show a morning.

The boys were called and thankfully, they both would be home in time to help the next day. (And we do say thankful, because no one wants me operating a combine.)

With all the mounting excitement leading to The Big Day, I’m thinking that next year, when that first combine is about ready to rev up, I’m going to put my farmer in a tuxedo. As he climbs the combine ladder, a drum roll will play. In his deepest voice I would have him distinctly say, “Gentlemen, start your engines.”

And I, probably one of the very few spectators, will cheer when the engine begins to rumble — sending that plume of smoke into the cloudless sky.

It will be time to say this general prayer: “Lord, thank you for the harvest. Please bless our labor with safety through these long hours, grant us energy for the work, and may we all be happily surprised with better-than-expected yields and sell these crops at the best price of the year.”

Amen.

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These books can aid the home-schooling student A perfectly-sharp, unchewed pencil check pages, and the ability to easily Back to School: Homeschooling books for with a soft eraser. return and review. kids through high school What signifies back-to-school more? A For teens preparing for tomorrow, all c.2020 new box of crayons, or a notebook that’s “How You Say It” by Katherine D. never been opened, or a clean new backKinzler (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) various publishers, as noted pack? Or perhaps none of these because is a great look at linguistics and how all books $28.00 or less school will be different this year for your language leaves an impression. It’s a various page lengths little scholar. So why not check out these great book for the word nerd or for helpful books to enhance this unusual high-school students who’ll need to THE BOOKWORM school year? put their best feet forward in business SEZ history. and in life.

For the smallest learners, “Unplugged For the middle schooler who

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Play” by Bobbi Conner (from Workman And finally, for the older student wants computers to be a part Publishing) will let them learn without who just wants to get through lessons of the curriculum this year, letting them know they’re learning. These three so she can read, look for “The Writer’s look for “Everything You Need to Ace books (there are separate ones for preschoolers, tod- Computer Science and Coding In One Big Fat Library” by Nancy Pearl & Jeff Schwager (from dlers, and gradeschoolers) include experiments you Notebook” (Workman). Starting with a “why,” this HarperOne). It’s a book that’s filled with ... books. can do together, crafts and games, outdoor and And authors who love books and who talk about the book takes 10-to-14-year-olds step-by-step through other fun activities, and none of them include tech- what just might be the coolest technology of all. books that changed their lives. For the reader in nology. your home classroom, it’s perfect.

Here, they’ll learn to self-check themselves before For parents who want hands-on, screen-free learn- moving on, and they can self-teach when they reach So whether your child is in need of help at a tradia roadblock. Parents will be happy to know that ing for their smallest children, these books have tional school, is homeschooling, or is doing a hybrid there are other books in this series for children who this year, these are the books to find. Take a look at ideas. struggle with history, math, English and science. your lesson plans, and pencil them in.

For middle schoolers who struggle with English New this year, parents will also find Big Fat books and writing, look for “The Infographic Guide to Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a for high schoolers. Be sure to check out “Everything library near you. You may also find the book at Grammar” by Jara Kern (from Adams Media).

You Need to Ace Geometry In One Big Fat Featuring lots of sidebars, drawings and graphs, online book retailers.

Notebook” and “Everything You Need to Ace this book teaches how to understand sentence The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has structure, how to properly punctuate, and how to be Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook.” been reading since she was 3 years old and never better writers and communicators.

Like similar books for younger readers, the more goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Also, check out the Infographic book on American advanced books include drawings, examples, selfWisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v

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Corny as it sounds, try these delicious recipes Melt the dark chocolate (again microwaving on 20 second We are a house divided. Conversations n intervals and stirring well between) and immediately spread on this topic can get heated in a hurry.

The state fair and county fairs were cancelled; melted chocolate over the white chocolate/toffee/candy corn It’s hard to respect the other side when but you can still create some fair-fried goodness at layer.

Using the reserved 1 cup white chocolate (pop it in the you just KNOW that you’re right. I’m of home. Don’t fret, candy corn is included in this culimicrowave for a few more seconds if it has cooled too much) course speaking of the debate we have nary creation. swirl it over the chocolate layer. Use a toothpick to draw lines every fall: candy corn — yes or no. I’m an Funfetti Fried Candy Corn through the surface for decorative swirls (if desired). emphatic YES. I’ve adored this sweet https://crayonsandcravings.com/funfetti-fried-cantreat since I was a little kid and during Drop the whole candy corn on the surface of the bark (drop dy-corn/ this time of year I simply can’t get strategically, using as much or as little candy corn as desired).

COOKING enough.

2 cups Funfetti pancake mix WITH KRISTIN Transfer bark to refrigerator and allow to chill for at least 30 min1 large egg utes to speed up the setting process. Cut/break bark into piece I dove into the origins of candy corn

By Kristin Kveno 1/2 cup buttermilk using a knife. If chocolate is too difficult to cut, allow to sit at and found they lead back to agriculture.

1/2 cup Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal, crushed room temperature for 10 minutes before cutting.

According to the History Channel, candy corn was 3/4 cup candy corn, chopped first created in the 1880s. “Farmers made up about n canola or vegetable oil for frying half of the American labor force, and companies These bars remind me of the Pearson’s Salted Nut Rolls, which marketed agriculture-themed candies to children in powdered sugar, to garnish bring me back to my childhood. The salty peanuts, the sweet farm country all year round.”

In a large bowl, add funfetti pancake mix, egg and buttermilk. nougat and caramel were the perfect blend all rolled into a deliDuring this time, corn was mainly used as feed for Stir well. Then, add the chopped candy corn and cereal. Stir well cious treat. This is a take on that with candy corn added into the to incorporate. Next, add 1-1/2 inches of oil to a frying pan or animals; thus the candy was called Chicken Feed. enjoyable mix.

Dutch oven and heat over medium heat for 5 minutes (or use a The Goelitz Candy Company began making the Candy Corn Peanut Bars candy in 1898 and the popularity of the candy grew candy thermometer to reach 350 degrees). Drop the candy corn https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/wprm_print/45205 from there. “National Confectioners Association esti- dough by tablespoons into the hot oil. Fry on both sides for 1 minute each.

Place on a paper towel for 1-2 minutes to soak up mates more than 35 million pounds of the candy are 2 cups peanuts divided any excess oil and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Transfer to a sold every year.”

1-1/2 cups candy corn divided wire rack to completely cool. (Do not wait any longer than 2 min- 1 bag peanut butter chips We like our candy corn. OK, so some of us like our utes to transfer or the fried candy corn dough will begin to stick 4 tablespoons butter candy corn. In celebration of this mellowcreme creto the paper towel).

1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk ation, I dove into recipes which center around candy 1 10-ounce bag marshmallows n corn. Here’s some of the winners I discovered.

Mix 1-1/2 cups peanuts and 1/2 cup candy corn in small bowl.

A good bark is great all year round; but this recipe is fitting for I made this recipe last night. The pan is almost gone this Spread on the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan. In a small saucepan, fall — plus it’s pretty too! morning. The combination of white chocolate chips and candy melt peanut butter chips and butter over medium heat. Stir frecorn is scrumptious. These bars will be a sensation with the Candy Corn Bark quently. After it is melted, add sweetened condensed milk. Put candy corn friends and foes alike. https://sugarspunrun.com/candy-corn-bark/ marshmallows in large bowl. Add melted peanut butter mixture Candy Corn White Chocolate Blondies 3 cups white chocolate chips premium and mix until marshmallows are coated. Spread over the top of https://www.averiecooks.com/candy-corn-and-white-chocolate- 1/2 cup toffee bits the peanut and candy corn in pan. Sprinkle the rest of the peablondies/ 1 cup candy corn plus 1/2 cup candy corn chopped into pieces nuts and candy corn over marshmallow mixture. Press into 1 cup dark chocolate chips marshmallows. Refrigerate for easier cutting.

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), melted 1 large egg AD COPY INSTRUCTIONS readpro-candy attached email Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

WhetherPlease you’re corn or against it, these 1 cup light brown sugar, packed Prepare and set aside your toffee bits, candy corn and chopped recipes make some yummy treats that all can agree 1 tablespoon vanilla extract candy corn. You will need to move quickly with the different on.

CODE REP NAMES ALREADY ON AD THE LAND 3.7461 x 1 cup all-purpose flour chocolates because you will want to layer them beforeAND any layer Kristin Kveno scours the internet, pours over old 1 cup candy corn has cooled completely (otherwise they are likely to break apart family recipes and searches everywhere in between to 1 cup white chocolate chips when cooled). find interesting food ideas for feeding your crew. Do Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan Place white chocolate chips in a large microwave-safe bowl you have a recipe you want to share? You can reach with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside. In a and your dark chocolate chips in a small-to-medium microwave- Kristin at kkveno@thelandonline.com. v large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on safe bowl. Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave at 20 high power. Wait momentarily before adding the egg so you don’t second increments, being sure to stir well every 20 seconds to scramble it. Add the egg, brown sugar, vanilla and whisk until keep chocolate from seizing. Once white chocolate is completely smooth. Add the flour and stir until just combined, don’t overmix. melted, reserve 1 cup of the melted chocolate in a separate bowl Stir in the candy corn and white chocolate chips. Turn batter out and stir the chopped candy corn and toffee bits into the remaininto prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. ing 2 cups of melted white chocolate. Spread it onto the prepared cookie sheet as thin as you can without leaving any holes A Very Important Tip: Avoid having candy corn touching the in the layer (you will NOT cover the whole cookie sheet, perhaps sides of the pan on the top surface because it will be prone to not even half). melting and turning into bubbly orange goo.

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Think like a sheep for the shear fun of it I believe that of all the barnyard anieffectively as they can with a long one. mals, perhaps the average sheep gets less How they must secretly snicker and respect than its other larger, more prestideliver haughty scoffs at those show-offs gious counterparts: the beef cow, wanted — the cows and horses with their long for its tasty insides AND for the bag it’s tails. all contained in; the dairy cow, which • Mother knows. With the rectangulargives us the crowned jewels of comfort shaped pupil of a sheep’s eye, it gives foods — ice cream and cheese; the pig, them near-360-degree vision. Sheep then, king of the breakfast table and lord of the give truth to the statement mothers have football field; and the horse, known for its TABLE TALK eyes in the backs of their heads, and beauty, grace and superior oat-burning really can see everything.

By Karen Schwaller abilities.

• Speak your mind. Whether they see But the sheep don’t care. They don’t breakfast is coming and beller until they need the approval of the other animals. They just actually receive it; or whether they bat their little mind their own business and enjoy the fact that of ones away in exchange for a few minutes alone; the all the farm animals, they are the most creatively ewe will teach us it’s important to let others know clothed (and that their legs bring the big bucks at what’s on our minds … and that some alone time is meat counters everywhere). not to be reserved just for two-legged mothers.

There is much wisdom found in the way these ani• Stick together. Rare is the occasion that when mals live their lives. For example: one sheep gets out, it’s the only one out. Sheep set • Dress warm. Sheep are the first to model the the model: if it’s good for one to leave the pen, it’s fact that wool can be trendy all year long. good for all to head out to see what’s on the other • Looks aren’t everything. Anyone wearing a warm side of the fence. And yet they know the call of the wild — a simple rattle of the corn pail. As exciting and fancy winter coat or a skirt any Scottish man as it is to venture out, it’s important to know when would be proud to wear knows that somewhere a sheep is a little less warm because of it. The wool may to come home. not look like much on the sheep, but with a little love • Try new foods. Any self-respecting sheep will — and care (and maybe some deodorizing and delousing) when given the opportunity — help themselves to its value to the manufacturer is clear to see. garden produce and flowers, whether they have been invited to eat them or not. Always explore your food • Less is more. Ask a sheep and they’ll tell you options; but be ready to run from the farmer’s wife. they can swat a fly away with a short tail just as

• Adventure is underrated. Sheep will explore every inch of the pasture, get into mischief and can often be seen wearing buckets on their heads if they get drunk on the excitement of the moment. Get out and explore your world and get into a little mischief.

You don’t even know how cute a bucket will look on your head until you try it.

• Watch what you eat. Sheep are constantly grazing, but are skilled at picking a single kernel of corn out from beneath a pile of hay or eating only certain kinds of hay. On occasion, they might stumble upon the corn reserves and begin the gluttony process.

While this can threaten their health, they get shots to lessen their chances of dying from overeating.

Lucky stiffs.

• Bare it all every now and then. Sheep tell us it’s okay on occasion to peel it all off — to show off that beach body and skank around like the sexy babes they know they are underneath all that thick wool.

On the other hand, they sometimes show us that it’s important to choosy about who cuts our hair.

• Finally, be good listeners. When sheep hear the voice of the one who feeds and cares for them, they come running. They know he will take care of them and protect them, and so they follow where he leads them. Our own Good Shepherd waits for us to do that very same thing.

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

Frick’s father, age 89, still helps with farm work LAND MINDS, from pg. 2

To his female companion at the table, I couldn’t resist….‘Is this guy even good at dancing?’ She technologies for precision farming I suspect. But responded, “I’ve never seen him dance.” To which scale tickets are my barometer.”

Greg chuckled, “I used to be.”

I couldn’t resist another question: What’s the color I persisted again. “Greg, you have a helluva spirit. of your equipment, red or green? Mostly orange, he How do you stay healthy? Do you eat regularly and responded saying, “Allis Chalmers is what I grew drink regularly?” He responded, “No, I don’t eat up running. And as my Dad reminded me, “If it healthy all the time. When you’re in the field you ain’t broke, don’t go about changing it. First tractor just grab something and go. If you drive by a local I ever run was a D-14 Allis; now I’m running a WD service station you grab a sticky bar and a bottle of and it’s okay too! water while going down the road.”

“In the late ‘70s we bought an International 186 And how much help do you receive from your Hydrostat. Years later we traded for a 7040 Allis farming associates? “My local elevator is very good power shift. The only modification I added was a lift about spraying and fertilizing my fields. For the to help me get in and out of the cabs. The combine acres I run, they can do it when I’m just thinking I’ve been running is a New Holland; before that it about it. My 300 acres are small. My Dad is 89 and was Gleaners. This year we’re getting a newer he still helps me some.”

International because the New Holland now has So one more question … Did your Dad discourage over 5,000 hours.” you from wanting to farm? “No, he never discourBut my curiosity persisted. Were you born without aged me from farming.” arm and legs?

Well then, Greg, how many of your neighbors told He answered, “On the left side, from the hip down you, ‘You’re crazy’? Again his easy response, “None, I have a prosthesis; also on the right side, just because I was born and raised around all of these below the knee.” people. I went to the same school for 12 years, so

they simply accepted me the way I was … no fussing about this or that. Any assist I needed, they were there. Nope, I wasn’t a good student. I was bored with school. I hated school so thinking about a college didn’t even enter my thinking.”

You’re 57 now, so when are you going to retire from farming? “When I have too,” was his forthright comment, adding, “my own body will let me know.

Back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s I drove a truck in the winter to make ends meet. I hauled livestock all over the Midwest. Then in the early 1990’s I had my own small trucking company. But I got out of that because I got tired of having to put up with my employees. Come this next March I will have 20 years as a volunteer for our Tina Fire Department.”

I couldn’t resist one more question: Do you make public appearances about your life experiences?

“NO!” was his quick answer. And why not I persisted? “I’m just not a public speaker. I was an instructor for MU Fire School for a short time. I did alright I was told, but I’m not an expert at teaching.”

Dick Hagen is the staff writer emeritus of The Land.

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Improving sustainability by recycling food waste — Part II Editor’s note: In the Sept. 18/25 Swine & U column, Dr. Gerald Shurson described the issue of food waste and whether we can improve sustainability of food animal production systems by recycling food waste into animal feed.

Food waste disposal options have been characterized in a hierarchical order of priority based on achieving the greatest value from resource recovery while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. The best solution and highest priority are to minimize or eliminate food waste, followed by redistributing food to hungry people.

The next greatest priority is to convert food waste into animal feed — which is preferable to composting, anaerobic digestion to produce biogas, and disposal in landfills. Food waste has been fed to pigs in every country for centuries; but since 2001 it has been banned in the European Union due to illegal feeding of uncooked food waste, which was associated with the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom.

Concerns about pathogen transmission as well as an abundant supply of relatively low-cost corn and soybean meal in the United States has also limited feeding food waste to pigs, which has been banned in 18 states. In contrast, Japan (2001), South Korea (1997), and Taiwan (2003) have developed tightly regulated policies and invested in substantial infrastructure using adequate thermal processing to promote the conversion of 35–43 percent of food waste into animal feed.

The wide disparity in government policies among countries regarding recycling of food waste into animal feed has severely limited the ability to reuse the valuable nutrients, reduce negative environmental impacts, and improve sustainability of pig production in the United States and the European Union (which produce much greater quantities of food waste than Japan and South Korea).

Furthermore, these Asian countries have demonstrated during the past 20 years that biosafety risks can be adequately managed.

Now that social and consumer pressure is increasing to produce food with a lower carbon footprint and conserve resources, recycling food waste into animal feed needs to be revisited as a viable option in all countries around the world if adequate biosafety processes can be implemented and regulated.

Comparison of alternative disposal methods Although recycling food waste into animal feed is a higher value alternative with fewer negative environmental impacts than composting, anaerobic digestion, and landfill disposal, it is surprising more comprehensive and comparative studies of disposal methods have not been conducted.

Nine published studies which compared the environmental impacts of using food waste as wet or dry animal feed with the alternatives of anaerobic digestion for biogas production, composting, inciner-

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ation, and landfill were evaluated.

In general, results from these studies show greater environmental benefits from using food waste as animal feed SWINE & U compared to the other

By Dr. Gerald C. Shursoon disposal alternatives, but have mainly focused on estimating impacts on global warming using greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as indicators, with limited evaluation of impacts on the use of such resources as energy, land and water.

One key finding of these studies was the nutritional composition of food waste sources affects the extent of GHG reduction. Nutritional composition also determines whether recycling a specific type of food waste into animal feed was the most beneficial option.

For example, Eriksson et al. showed bread waste had the greatest potential for reducing GHG emission, followed by chicken, beef, and bananas, with lettuce having the lowest potential. These results suggest that food waste sources which contain high energy and dry matter content are more suitable for use as animal feed than less nutritionally dense sources.

Globally, about 6 billion tons of feed (dry matter basis) is consumed by food-producing animals annually; of which, 72 percent is comprised of roughages consumed by ruminants (i.e., cattle, goats and sheep).

Of the 1.57 billion tons of grain, grain by-products, and oilseed meals consumed, 65 percent (about 1 billion tons) are fed to swine and poultry. To put this in perspective, more than 1.3 billion tons of edible food material is wasted annually around the world, which is 3 million tons more than the global consumption of all cereal grains, by-products and oilseed meals by swine and poultry combined.

In addition, about 60 million tons of rendered animal by-products are produced annually from the global meat processing and animal production industry. Therefore, there is tremendous opportunity to recycle energy and nutrients from various food waste sources into animal feed — especially for swine and poultry, because they are unable to efficiently utilize fiber in roughages and require diets which are more energy- and nutrient-dense than those for ruminants.

By repurposing a greater proportion of food waste into animal feed, there would be much less pressure

on land and water use for agricultural purposes, as well as less dependence on global crop production for animal feed. In fact, zu Ermgassen et al. estimated if the European Union were to adopt regulated and centralized systems for safely recycling food waste into animal feed (similar to those being used successfully in Japan and South Korea), it would result in a 21.5 percent reduction in land use (1.8 million hectares) for EU pork production.

Furthermore, if 39 percent of the total amount of food waste in the EU was used in pig feeds, it could replace 8.8 million tons of edible grains currently fed to pigs. This is equivalent to 70.3 million tons of annual cereal consumption by EU citizens.

These conservative estimates do not include the additional benefits from processing and using more rendered animal by-products in animal feed, but they clearly show the enormous potential to improve recovery of energy, nitrogen and phosphorus by diverting these valuable resources toward feed use in food animal production systems.

As described in this review, there is enormous potential to significantly contribute to achieving the UN Sustainability Development Goals of responsible consumption and production, reducing climate change impacts, improving life below water, and improving life on land by repurposing food waste streams from pre-harvest to post-consumer stages of supply chains.

Although there is ample justification and incentive to do this, government policies and regulations must be reformed using a more holistic approach.

This will mandate recovery and recycling of greater amounts of valuable nutrients from various food waste streams into animal feed. Governments could provide economic incentives or initial subsidies to encourage entrepreneurs to develop the necessary modern infrastructure to facilitate collection, provide adequate capacity and modern thermal proSee SWINE & U, pg. 10

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U.S. dairy exports continued strong in August This column was written for the marpounds. This is down 1.1 million pounds keting week ending Oct. 9. or 0.3 percent from July; but 1.7 million or 0.5 percent above August 2019. YearYou’ll recall August milk production to-date, cheddar stood at 2.5 billion totaled 18.6 billion pounds, up 1.8 perpounds, up 1.6 percent from a year ago. cent from August 2019. The August Dairy Products report shows where that Butter churns spit out 152.3 million milk went. pounds, down 2.6 million or 1.6 percent from July’s total, which was revised 3.1 Cheese production fell to 1.09 billion million pounds higher, but was 11 million pounds, down 1.6 percent from July, and MIELKE MARKET pounds or 7.8 percent above a year ago.

2.1 percent below August 2019. Year-toWEEKLY Year-to-date, butter is at 1.4 billion date output, at 8.7 billion pounds, is up pounds, up 6.6 percent from 2019.

By Lee Mielke 0.4 percent from 2019.

Dry whey totaled 80.3 million Wisconsin produced 277.6 million pounds, down 5.3 percent from July pounds of the total, down 0.4 perand 5.4 percent below a year ago, cent from July and 1.2 percent with year-to-date at 657.2 million pounds, up 2.5 below a year ago. California output, at 193 million percent. Dry whey stocks inched up to 85.8 million pounds, was down 4.6 percent from July and 9.2 pounds, up 1.5 percent from July and a hefty 18.2 percent below a year ago. Idaho contributed 81.4 million pounds, down 9.1 percent from July and 7.9 percent above a year ago. percent below a year ago.

Nonfat dry milk output fell to 144.2 million pounds, down 19 million pounds or 11.7 percent Italian-type cheese output totaled 448.5 million from July; but 11.7 million or 8.8 percent above a pounds, down 1.2 percent from July and 3.9 percent year ago. Year-to-date, powder sits at 1.3 billion below a year ago. Year-to-date output is at 3.7 bilpounds, up 1.5 percent from 2019. Stocks slipped to lion pounds, down 0.7 percent.

270.6 million pounds, down 40.7 million or 13.1 perAmerican-type cheese totaled 446.0 million cent from July and were 1 million or 0.4 percent pounds, down 1.9 percent from July and 1.3 percent above 2019. below a year ago. Year-to-date, American was at 3.5 Skim milk powder output climbed to 59.6 million billion pounds, up 1.4 percent. pounds, up 8.4 million pounds or 16.3 percent from Mozzarella output slipped to 354.2 million July but was 1.2 million pounds or 2 percent below pounds, down 4.4 percent from a year ago, with a year ago. Year-to-date, skim milk powder hit 378.9 year-to-date at 2.95 billion pounds, down 0.7 permillion pounds, up 8 percent from a year ago. cent from 2019. n Cheddar, the cheese traded at the Chicago Dairy fat propelled the Global Dairy Trade aucMercantile Exchange, slipped to 322.9 million

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More research is needed for biosecurity SWINE & U, from pg. 9 cessing equipment to ensure biosafety of dehydrated waste streams and create market channels which connect these supplies with commercial animal feed manufacturers.

As the global animal feed industry continues to evolve toward sourcing and using feed ingredients with high nutritional value and low environmental impact, additional life cycle analysis determinations are needed for various sources of dehydrated food waste and rendered animal by-products.

However, additional animal nutrition studies are urgently needed to develop accurate prediction equations of various food waste sources for swine and poultry, to encourage animal nutritionists to fully capture the nutritional and economic value of food waste sources when formulating nutritionally adequate and cost-effective complete animal feeds.

Furthermore, new risk assessments should be conducted, and extensive biosecurity protocols should be developed based on best biosafety practices —

especially for pathogenic viruses — to minimize risk of pathogen and prion transmission through processed food waste sources used as animal feed.

Finally, governments, citizens, entrepreneurs, and all sectors of food supply chains need the courage to build food waste collection and processing infrastructure which is economically and environmentally sustainable, using life cycle assessments as well as regulated and certifiable biosafety conditions to create a new model of food sustainability.

Swine & U’s “Food Waste” parts I and II were excerpted from “What a Waste— Can We Improve Sustainability of Food Animal Production Systems

by Recycling Food Waste Streams into Animal Feed in an Era of Health, Climate, and Economic Crises?” by Gerald C. Shurson, published in sustainability, Aug. 30, 2020.

Dr. Gerald Shurson is a Professor of swine nutrition in the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science and can be reached at shurs001@ umn.edu. v

tion weighted average up 2.2 percent following the 3.6 percent boost on Sept. 15.

Buttermilk powder led the gains, up 9.1 percent, after not trading in the previous event. Butter followed with an 8.4 percent rise after falling 1.4 percent, and anhydrous milkfat was up 5.4 percent after a 2 percent gain last time. Whole milk powder was up 1.7 percent after gaining 3.2 percent, and GDT cheddar was up 0.4 percent following a 7.2 percent rise last time.

Lactose led the losses, down 7.4 percent after a 2.7 percent decline, and skim milk powder inched 0.9 percent lower after shooting up 8.4 percent on Sept.

15.

StoneX equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat butter price to $1.5758 per pound U.S., up 12.3 cents from the last event. CME butter closed Oct. 9 at $1.4125. Cheddar cheese equated to $1.6755 per pound, up fractionally, and compares to Oct. 9’s CME block cheddar at $2.6475. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.2996 per pound, down from $1.3104, and whole milk powder averaged $1.3796, up from $1.3540. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Oct. 9 at $1.1250 per pound. n August U.S. dairy exports continued strong. U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows cheese exports at 68.4 million pounds, up 16.8 percent from August 2019 and up 2.3 percent year-to-date.

Butter, at 3.7 million pounds, was up 7.8 percent from a year ago and up 3.7 percent year-to-date.

Nonfat and skim milk powder exports totaled 151.7 million pounds. This is up 34.7 percent from a year ago and 28.4 percent year-to-date, with dry whey exports totaling 46.9 million pounds, up 54.4 percent from a year ago and up 28.5 percent yearto-date.

HighGround Dairy says the United States shipped record volumes of dry whey to China, (over half the whey total) as it rebuilds its pig population from African swine fever. However, “the large numbers mask a less productive herd. Even though numerically the sow herd is growing, it’s growing in a low quality way,” says HighGround Dairy.

Markets took a jolt on news that President Trump contracted the Covid-19 virus; but fears soon eased by videos, texts and an appearance by the President to supporters gathered at Walter Reed Medical Center where he was being treated.

The President’s announcement that negotiations with Democrats on an additional stimulus package would be postponed until after the election caused another jolt this week, while the focus turned to the new Supreme Court nominee. n Spot butter fell to $1.3950 per pound Oct. 8 (lowest since May 12), but finished the next day at See MIELKE, pg. 21

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USDA seed banks play vital role in preserving genetic lines

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent AMES, Iowa — The North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station at Iowa State University is one of 20 U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities across the country responsible for conserving seeds and plant genetic resources for posterity. Curators at the Station (often referred to as a seed bank or genebank) care for nearly 52,000 varieties of agricultural, ornamental and medicinal varieties of plants — including mints, amaranths, spinach, parsnips, sunflowers, flax and legumes.

But the heart of the collection is corn, which is referred at the Station by its more widely-known name of maize.

“Maize and maize relatives make up about 40 percent of the collection,” said Candice Gardener, a research leader and self-described corn person.

Gardner refers to the Ames station, which was founded in 1948, as an “active genebank site” among the 20 genebanks in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System. Active sites are responsible for developing the collection — as well as maintaining and distributing the genetic material they so diligently work to protect. Other sites, known as back-up sites, serve as extra protection for the collections.

“I review requests for germplasm that come in from all over the world,” Vivian Bernau, one of the station’s two maize curators, said. “We distribute it for free for breeding and research purposes. Maize requests are primarily from the U.S., but also come from Europe, Latin America, Asia and South Africa.

Most of them come from University researchers; but we also get requests from large and small seed companies.”

The purpose of the Ames Plant Introduction Station, and the national system managed by the USDA and land grant universities, is stated on the organization’s logo: “Conserving and Providing Plant Genetic Resources for Agricultural Success”.

USDA has long been interested in seed conservation and distribution.

“Back in the 1890s, there was the Division of Seed Industry and that was their purpose,” Gardener said.

“They distributed seeds to farmers; but the problem was that the seeds that they collected couldn’t maintain long-term viability. Back then, they didn’t have advanced cold storage infrastructure and there wasn’t research on how to store seeds.”

Now days, USDA’s refrigeration and storage system can protect seeds for 50 years; and Gardener says there is ongoing research which may keep them viable for 200 years.

But Vivian and Mark Millard, the other corn curator at Ames, don’t wait 50 years to grow new seed.

“One of the roles of the curator is to manage the germ plasm of the collection and to monitor the viability of the seed,” Bernau said. “We decide what

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Vivian Bernau examines some of the seed jars in the cold storage unit of the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station. in Ames, Iowa.

needs to be regenerated here and we manage some of the regenerations themselves.”

The maize curators will grow out and regenerate seed from about 400 varieties on the 100-acre farm at Iowa State University at Ames each summer. But maize is global crop and conserving it for the betterment of agriculture requires international collaboration.

“We send material to contractors and collaborators at other locations to capture different environments,” Bernau said. “We send tropical material to Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to regenerate material that can’t be grown in Iowa.”

Bernau conducted part of her PhD research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in El Batán Mexico.

Each of the locations outside of Iowa present unique environmental conditions. Puerto Rico, for example, has tremendous insect and disease pressure; but at the same time, has many of the right conditions for regenerating tropical maize.

Tropical maize (including material held by the genebank) originates from a variety of environments.

One variety, originating from the Andean highlands in tropical South America, created particular challenges for regeneration.

“We have spent years trying to find a good site to regenerate that seed,” Gardener said. “Vivian’s experience in Mexico helped us overcome that challenge.”

Laws regulating the international export and import of seeds made regeneration in the Andean nations out of the question.

“For the past few years we have been sending Andean maize accessions to a site near the city of Toluca in Mexico for regeneration,” Bernau said.

“This location is at 2,600 meters (8,500 feet) elevation. Previous attempts to grow Andean maize at locations in Mexico with elevation around 2,000 meters were unsuccessful.”

Early efforts to collect maize varieties included looking as far afield as South America; but in recent years the focus has been closer to home.

“Right now my focus is on in-bred lines that were developed by public institutions so that those are preserved,” Bernau said. “That is especially important since those public breeding programs are disappearing.”

Each crop collection at the genebank has a committee of experts who advise the curators and help them connect with potential germplasm donations.

One of those germplasm lines now in the Ames collection is a maize inbred known as B73.

“It’s a variety that was developed in the ‘70s that became a foundational ancestor for most of the commercial varieties of corn grown in the world,” Gardener said. “Vivian’s collection now has four versions of this line and each of those versions have a public sequenced genome.”

Bernau explained that every few times a variety is regenerated, the genome changes ever so slightly.

Those changes are generally not noticeable to the naked eye; but, due to advances in genomic sequencing technology, they can be spotted by researchers.

Those subtle changes and their history are among the many genetic resources being preserved for posterity at the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station at Iowa State University in Ames.

Information about the U.S. germplasm collections can be found at https://www.ars-grin.gov/Pages/ Collections. v

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Position across soil types.

Top yield potential with wide adaptability across the corn belt. on highly productive soils for best performance advantage. Strong BECK 5661SX Good stress emergence for cool, wet soil conditions. A fungicide disease tolerance for northern corn leaf blight and Goss`s wilt.

Relative maturity: 106 days is recommended in areas with heavy gray leaf spot or northern Avoid planting into cold, wet soils to complement average stress This consistency champion is a perfectly designed hybrid for our corn leaf blight. Solid choice where green snap is a concern. emergence. Timely harvest is recommended. central and western marketing area. It has fast early growth, Strong tolerance to Goss`s wilt for areas of high risk. Good B93Y02Q moderate plant height, excellent roots and low green snap risk. drought stress tolerance allows planting across most environRelative maturity: 93 days Flexible placement across soil types. ments.

Broadly adapted hybrid across most soil and yield environments. Good stress emergence suitable for early planting and no- B04Z92Q Relative maturity: 104 days till. Avoid growth regulator herbicide to reduce green snap risk.

Optimum AQUAmax hybrid for drought-prone geographies.

Good drought stress tolerance. Strong disease tolerance for Leader hybrid with great combination of yield potential, agronomnorthern corn leaf blight and Goss`s wilt. ics and broad adaptability. Broadly adapted across most soil types B94Z97Q and yield environments. Avoid planting into cold, wet soils to Relative maturity: 94 days complement average stress emergence. A fungicide is recomExciting yield potential for the central and eastern corn belt. mended in areas high risk to gray leaf spot. Strong Goss`s wilt Strong root and stalk package with late-season health. Avoid and green snap for the West. growth regulator herbicides to compliment average green snap tolerance. Optimal performance when positioned in 93-97RM range. Avoid moving north of zone. Solid disease package supports late-season health and intactness. Optimum performance under moderate-to-high yield environments.

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Relative maturity: 104 days Relative maturity: 83 days Top yield potential for the central and eastern corn belt. Optimal A new 83-day conventional hybrid with good stalks and roots, performance observed when position in central and eastern geog- excellent drought tolerance and a solid foliar health package. A raphies. Strong tolerance to northern corn leaf blight for eastern shorter statured plant that brings toughness and consistency. adaptation. Excellent stress emergence for early planting in cool, DS-2505Q wet soils or tight clay soil types. Optimal performance when posiDS-2505AM tioned in 102-106RM range. Avoid moving south of zone.

Relative maturity: 85 days B07H01Q New 85-day Qrome and Optimum AcreMax hybrids that exhibit Relative maturity: 107 days top-end yield potential. Shorter statured plant type with elite Exciting yield potential for well managed acres in the central foliar health package that offers good performance east to west. and eastern corn belt. Strong stress emergence suitable for early DS-2716Q planting and no-till. Avoid areas where green snap is a concern.

Relative maturity: 87 days Above-average tar spot tolerance. Excellent root strength for A new 87-day Qrome hybrid with nice yield potential. A showy, poorly drained soils. For best performance, maintain in the 106attractive hybrid that produces consistent ears down the row. A 110 RM range. Avoid moving north out of zone. shorter statured plant type with very good stalks and roots.

B07W09Q

Relative maturity: 107 days Stable performing hybrid with agronomics built for the West.

Best suited for moderate yield environments where strong agronomics are needed. Foliar fungicide recommended in environments prone to northern corn leaf blight. Great Goss`s wilt, green snap and drought tolerance. Strong stress emergence suitable for early planting and no-till.

B08C92AML

Relative maturity: 108 days Leader hybrid with top yield potential, solid agronomic package and broad adaptability. Broadly adapted across most soil types and yield environments. In areas with high risk to gray leaf spot, a fungicide application may maximize yield potential. Excellent northern corn leaf blight tolerance. Strong Goss`s wilt and green snap for the West. Enhanced corn earworm and western bean cutworm protection.

B08J81AMXT

Relative maturity: 108 days Top yield potential in highly managed, high yield environments.

Position in high yield environments with top management. Timely harvest is recommended. A fungicide is recommended in areas with gray leaf spot or northern corn leaf blight. Plant at moderate populations for best performance. Avoid droughty, dryland situations.

B09Z08AM

Relative maturity: 109 days Leader type hybrid designed for the central corn belt with sound agronomics. Good stress emergence suitable for early planting and no-till. May require fungicide application in high-risk gray leaf spot environments. Average Goss’ wilt tolerance may limit western adaptation. Solid overall agronomic package include good stalks and tolerance to green snap. Excellent root strength for poorly drained soils and heavy soil types.

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HiDF-3044Q

Silage maturity: 90 days A new 90-day Qrome silage specific hybrid that provides an extended chopping window. Features very high starch content and tonnage with excellent fiber digestibility. Strong foliar health package.

DS-3162Q

Relative maturity: 91 days A new 91-day Qrome hybrid with a high-yielding set of genetics. Taller upright plant type with solid stalks and roots and a great foliar health package. Stable performance across yield spectrum.

DS-3193AM

Relative maturity: 91 days A new 91-day Optimum AcreMax hybrid with excellent yield potential. Good flower and finish pushing north. Showy, attractive hybrid with good test weight and grain quality, and consistent ears down the row.

DS-3345AM

Relative maturity: 93 days A new 93-day Optimum AcreMax hybrid with strong performance east to west. Elite test weight and grain quality, with strong stalks. Shorter statured plant type. Early flowering with good drydown in the fall.

DS-3366Q DS-3366AM

Relative maturity: 93 days New 93-day Qrome and Optimum AcreMax hybrids that exhibit top-end yield potential with consistent performance east to west.

Shorter statured plant type with nice grain quality and test weight, and a solid foliar health package.

HiDF-3522Q

Silage maturity: 95 days A new 95-day Qrome silage-specific hybrid with huge tonnage potential. Tall, robust plant type with soft kernels for improved starch digestibility. A tough, rugged hybrid that can handle variable conditions.

DS-3518Q

Relative maturity: 95 days Relative maturity: 80 days A new 95-day Qrome hybrid. A stable yielder across environA new 80-day Roundup Ready hybrid with excellent yield for an ments with consistent ears down the row. A short, tough, rugged early hybrid. Determinate ear style. Good flower and finish hybrid that is early to flower, slower to dry, with nice test weight pushing north, solid stalks and roots with good performance east and grain quality. to west.

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BMR Silage maturity: 96 days A new 96-day BMR silage hybrid that provides excellent fiber digestibility. A tall, upright plant type with good northern movement, and excellent early season growth and emergence.

DS-4014Q

Relative maturity: 100 days A new 100-day Qrome hybrid that can hit high-end yield targets. A short-statured plant type with solid stalks and roots.

Solid performance east to west, but best performance is pushing north for maturity.

DB-4311AMXT

BMR Silage maturity: 103 days A new 103-day BMR silage hybrid that can crank out high tonnage. Very good fiber digestibility. Performs very well east to west and exhibits very good toughness for BMR.

HiDF-4545Q

Silage maturity: 105 days A new 105-day Qrome silage specific hybrid, provides a great combination of tonnage and quality. A tough hybrid that can handle variable conditions. Tall and thick with big flex ears and very good drought tolerance.

DS-4878Q DS-4878AM

Relative maturity: 108 days New 108-day Qrome and Optimum AcreMax hybrids with topend yield potential. Shorter statured plant type. Showy, attractive hybrids that rocket out of the ground. Best performance is in high yield environments.

DeKalb Seed

https://www.dekalb.ca/corn/ hybrids DKC52-18RIB

Relative maturity: 102 days SmartStax RIB complete corn blend Excellent yield and stability; very good roots and stalks. Great late-season staygreen and health.

DKC45-94RIB

Relative maturity: 95 days SmartStax RIB complete corn blend Improved agronomics and yield package; great roots and stalks. Excellent harvest appearance.

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Relative maturity: 106 days SmartStax RIB complete corn blend Short plant type; excellent roots and stalks. Great corn on corn choice with strong disease package.

DKC45-95RIB

Relative maturity: 95 days VT Double PRO RIB complete corn blend Improved agronomics and yield package; great roots and stalks. Excellent harvest appearance.

DKC51-98RIB

Relative maturity: 91 days SmartStax RIB complete corn blend Excellent emergence; broad acre placement. Very good roots and stalks.

DKC58-64RIB

Relative maturity: 108 days SmartStax RIB complete corn blend High yield with great drydown. Very good Goss’ wilt tolerance.

Great corn-on-corn choice.

DKC48-95RIB

Relative maturity: 98 days VT Double PRO RIB complete corn blend Yield potential with the top yielding products. Good stability across yield environments. Strong test weight and grain quality.

DKC60-80RIB

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www.heftyseed.com/corn H4032 H4144

Relative maturity: 90/91 days Excellent Goss’ wilt, Anthracnose stalk rot, and Northern corn leaf blight tolerance. Strong emergence and early vigor to handle the cold soils. Wide adaptability on soil types, performs best at moderate to high planting populations for your area.

H4132 H4244

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H4732

Relative maturity: 97 days Big, tall plant with fantastic yields. Excellent stalk shows very little risk to greensnap. Has been a favorite for silage. Has very good test weight and grain quality. Goes very well on variable soils at moderate planting populations.

H4734

Relative maturity: 97 days SmartStax option with completely different genetics than H4732. With that said, it is also a big, tall plant that can also be used as an excellent silage option. Excellent stalks and late season plant health make this a key hybrid.

H4842 H4844

Relative maturity: 98 days New and exciting hybrid for this maturity. Widely adaptable to many soil types that works east to west across the whole state.

Relative maturity: 91/92 days Plant health is a major factor as well as its ability to flex. You Top-end performer with very good stalks and late season health. Excellent choice for a dual-purpose hybrid for silage. Goss’ don’t need to push populations to get top end yields with this hybrid. Early fertility with the planter or early side-dress will give wilt score is average but Northern corn leaf blight and Gray leaf it the extra boost to see the potential of the flex of this hybrid. spot are very good. Keep planting populations on the higher end for your area.

H4942 Relative maturity: 99 days H4222 Top-end potential is impressive. Once again a key line that Relative maturity: 92 days goes east to west across the state. Emergence and early vigor One tough hybrid. Excellent stalks and greensnap risk is very low. Consistency is a key factor with this hybrid, it can go on your are very good. Excellent tolerance to Anthracnose stalk rot, Goss’ toughest acres and perform very well as it has very good ear flex wilt, and Gray leaf spot as well as tar spot. to take advantage of good conditions.

H5044 Relative maturity: 100 days H4322 Another tough hybrid, can go over all soil types with excellent H4324 emergence and drought tolerance. Consistency is a key attribute Relative maturity: 93 days of this hybrid. It also shows a shorter open husk cover which Racehorse yields with stalks, roots, and disease tolerance to go allows it to dry down very well in the fall. anywhere. From excellent emergence and early vigor that makes it jump out of the ground to impressive late season health and H5132 standability this is a corn you need to try.

H5144 Relative maturity: 101 days H4522 High-yielding full flex hybrid. This hybrid will prove that you Relative maturity: 95 days don’t need high populations to get high yield. Overall disease One of the best Goss’ wilt scores in the industry. Huge flex allows this corn to be planted at a wide range of populations and package is above average and can go on many soil types and perform with the best out there. Very good late season intactness conditions. helps make sure it will be standing there at harvest. Can also be H5442 used as an excellent silage option.

Relative maturity: 100 days H4542 VT Double PRO RIB complete corn blend Relative maturity: 95 days Excellent Goss’ wilt tolerance. Above-average tar spot and phyExciting new hybrid with yield punch and a great fall appearsoderma tolerance. Girthy ear with moderate flex. ance. Try to keep to the better ground and keep populations up DKC56-15RIB and let it run.

Relative maturity: 106 days Trecepta RIB complete corn blend Disease Shield; girth with deep kernels. Strong emergence and seedling vigor.

H5444

Relative maturity: 104 days Yield, flex and great Goss’ wilt tolerance. From emergence to harvest the plant health is outstanding and yields will not disappoint. Has excellent drydown for maturity and very good drought tolerance. Also handled tar spot pretty well.

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Relative maturity: 82 days Widely adaptable hybrid on productive soil to marginal soil.

Good flex with girthy ears and very good test weight. Excellent seedling vigor with very good stalk and roots.

4282 VT2P RIB

Relative maturity: 82 days Very good early plant vigor with good stalks and very good roots. Medium tall plant with medium ear placement. Very good dry down and defensive agronomics. Attractive looking late season appearance.

2083 RR

Relative maturity: 100 days Big girthy ear with very big yields. Makes a great companion with our proven 5700VT2P/DG/RIB. Proven performing in two years of research testing. Medium statured corn with very good standability.

7208 VT2P RIB

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RK227RR

Relative maturity: 108 days Loves top end yield environments and proves it in yield. Later flower hybrid but very fast dry down. Best placement on medium to better soils. Very solid agronomics with this hybrid.

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Relative maturity: 79 days Strong adaptability to northern soils. Best 79-day cross with corn borer protection we have ever tested. This genetic package is sure to perform across tough, variable and ideal soils. The “Goldilocks of Stature” — not too tall, not too short. Just right!

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3284 VT2P RIB

75G85

Relative maturity: 85 days This is a very adaptable hybrid in ideal to tough environments.

Very good roots and stalks. Semi-flex ear with good test weight.

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2288 VT2P RIB

Relative maturity: 88 days Excellent roots and stalks on this hybrid. Loves good soil and higher populations. Medium stature corn with above average Goss’s wilt tolerance.

Conventional Relative maturity: 107 days Consistent yield performance with wide adaptability. Very good root and stalk ratings. Attractive fall appearance. Excellent Goss’s wilt and greensnap tolerance.

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Relative maturity: 83 days This Roundup Ready cross can handle all soil types extremely well. The consistent ear size maintains yields up and down the rows. Greensnap stands no chance with this hybrid’s stalk and root strength.

2285 VT2P RIB

17S06

Relative maturity: 108 days Loves top end yield environments and proves it in yield. Later flower hybrid but very fast dry down. Best placement on medium to better soils. Very solid agronomics with this hybrid.

Relative maturity: 83 days Unique Goss’ rating for maturity. Impressive performance in our testing. Strong emergence and seedling vigor. This is a great yielding 83 day.

Relative maturity: 84 days This 84-day hybrid has very good roots and stalk rating. Place on your better corn ground for high-end yields. Taller hybrid with nice semi-flex ear. Excellent dry down in zone or north of zone.

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Relative maturity: 85 days Impressive performance across high and low yield environments. Very adaptable hybrid with proven ability to move both south and west. Flowers early and flares husk to enhance drydown. Exhibits very good stay-green and intactness.

13A85/23A85

Conventional/Artesian GTA Relative maturity: 85 days Above-average stalk and root quality for harvest flexibility.

Medium-tall hybrid that is widely adapted east to west. Late season stay-green makes for a great-looking hybrid. Place this on that droughty piece of ground and see what happens.

16S86

Conventional Relative maturity: 86 days 3290 VT2P RIB Our earliest conventional offering with impressive top-end yield Relative maturity: 90 days potential.

We love this medium-statured hybrid with very good Great flex ear for varied planting populations. Very good early stalks and roots. We hate to use the term “Race Horse,” but this seedling vigor. Excellent top end yield with good movement east one is. to west. Medium stature corn with very good root and stalk rating.

75T99 VT2PRO/ASR

Relative maturity: 99 days Very strong yield potential over a very wide geography from east to west. Semi-flex ear type with good stress tolerance. Good foliar health and late season plant appearance. This hybrid’s ability to flex makes it a perfect option for variable rates.

Relative maturity: 82 days A Roundup Ready 2 hybrid An 82-day Roundup Ready hybrid that is widely adapted across environments and yield levels. It has a medium plant stature with strong stalks and roots. It also has heavy test weight grain on a flexible ear.

RK256-3120

Relative maturity: 84 days An Agrisure 3120 EZ refuge hybrid that is also available in GT and conventional versions.

This 84-day hybrid is outstanding for emergence and early vigor. It has an excellent combination of strong agronomics and top end yield potential. It also has very strong drought and stay green scores.

RK300

Relative maturity: 90 days A conventional hybrid This 90-day conventional hybrid has shown consistent high performance across environments and yield levels. It also possesses strong late season intactness and standability.

RK315VT2P

Relative maturity: 90 days A VT2P RIB hybrid A 90-day VT2P RIB hybrid with impressive top end yields. It has a medium plant height with a a semi-flexible ear type. It has excellent stalks and roots along with a strong drought score.

RK499VT2P

Relative maturity: 94 days A VT2P RIB hybrid A widely adapted, medium plant stature hybrid with good test weight and standability. It is very responsive to higher management and high yield environments. It has average stay green and rapid dry down.

RK600SSTX

Relative maturity: 100 days This hybrid is available as a conventional, VT2P RIB, and SmartStax RIB This hybrid has demonstrated strong performance across the corn belt. It has excellent stalks and roots as well as top end yield superiority. It also possesses the ASR gene for Anthracnose Stalk Rot resistance. This is a must-have 100-day hybrid.

RK695-5222

Relative maturity: 103 days An Agrisure Duracade 5222 EZ refuge This is a medium tall hybrid that has eye appeal all season long combined with top end yields. It has strong emergence and early vigor for minimum or no-till operations. The grain has heavy test weight with excellent quality.

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RK710SSTX

Relative maturity: 107 days A new SmartStax RIB version of our RK710DGVT2P DroughtGard This SmartStax hybrid was bred for Iowa and southern Minnesota. It combines high yield genetics with solid agronomics and drought tolerance. It stays intact and attractive right up to harvest.

It is an excellent choice for continuous corn acres.

RK700SSTX

Relative maturity: 107 days A SmartStax RIB hybrid This is a widely adapted, medium-tall hybrid that has eyecatching emergence and early growth. It has an excellent combination of agronomics and top end yield. This will be a favorite in the 105 and 110-day zone. It responds well to fungicide applications.

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W4246RIB

Relative maturity: 105 days A nice balance of yield performance, root, and stalk strength.

Very good green snap resistance. Handles high populations but can flex ear if needed. Good late season plant health allows for wide harvest window.

W6906RIB

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Relative maturity: 111 days Dependable performance across variable soil types. Great combination of roots, stalks, and plant health. Very strong green snap resistance. Semi-flex ears work over a wide range of populations.

Relative maturity: 111 days Yield leader in this maturity with excellent top-end yield potential. Covers a large geography with excellent north to south adaptability. Strong roots and low green snap risk. Well adapted to wide range of populations.

W7720

Relative maturity: 112 days High yield performance without late season risks. Tough durable hybrid that will go anywhere. Low greensnap risk, high test weight, and outstanding stalks and roots.

W7338RIB

Relative maturity: 112 days Relative maturity: 95/96 days Big yield potential on a robust plant. Good heat tolerance and VT2P/SS toughness enable southern movement. Semi-flex ear works well Outstanding top-end yield potential. Expect exceptional yield over a wide range of populations. Low green snap risk. to moisture ratios. Stable performance across soil types, including poorly drained fields.

W7870

Relative maturity: 113 days Industry-leading yield potential. Outstanding agronomics with excellent performance over soil types. Great late season intactness.

W8148RIB

Relative maturity: 115 days Tremendous yield potential across environments. Good late season intactness enables late harvest. Strong drought and heat tolerance allow it to perform in tough environments. Semi-flex ear with attractive high test weight grain.

W2230

Relative maturity: 98 days Great stress tolerance and later harvest timing. Excellent choice for light soils. Low greensnap risk.

W2288RIB

Relative maturity: 99 days Consistent yields over a wide range of environments. Strong rooted hybrid with excellent stalk strength. Impressive seasonlong standability makes it a top late harvest option. Outstanding test weight.

W3018RIB

Relative maturity: 102 days Outstanding yield performance across soil types. Solid root and stalk strength. Expect yield response to higher populations.

Great late season intactness provides flexibility for a late harvest option.

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“Weather has been beautiful.” The Land spoke with Andy Pulk on Oct. 8 as he reported that the unseasonably warm days and strong winds have dried down the crops. “Beans have come Andy Pulk around nicely.”

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Pulk started soybean harvest on Oct. 6 and hopes to finish this weekend. “Yields are all over the board. Price-wise it’s sure a surprise.”

Pulk is happy with prices going up, he wishes that the yields would do the same.

The corn crop has come a long way and is drying down quicker than Pulk expected. He believes he’ll be combining corn by the middle to later part of the month. Pulk is relieved as just over a month ago he thought he’d be harvesting corn next spring. “Sunshine every day is a blessing. You couldn’t get a nicer fall.”

With harvest going so smoothly, Pulk is looking to spread fertilizer this fall — something he normally doesn’t get a chance to do. He’s also helping harvest a neighbor’s crop, who’s battling cancer.

Last fall on the Pulk farm, harvest was a challenge due to the wet conditions. What a difference a year makes. “There’s not one speck of mud on the tires this fall. I feel great on how we’re progressing in getting this done.”

Deters — Sauk Centre, Minn.  Colby Oct. 13 “We’re currently picking grain corn.” The Land spoke with Colby Deters on Oct. 13 as he reported that he started grain corn harvest this past weekend. “It’s really good, really happy with that we’re getting.” He expects corn harvest to last at least another week.

Colby Deters Deters has all the earlage acres baled and tilled. Once grain corn harvest is complete, it’s on to baling the corn stalks, spreading manure and doing tillage on that ground.

“It’s supposed to cool off. Up until now it has looked pretty good.”

The farm did receive one and a quarter inches of rain last weekend.

More is expected in the next week. “I think our run of perfect weather is starting to turn on us,” Deters said.

With cooler weather expected soon, Deters is beginning winter preparations on the dairy side along with getting ready to pump the liquid pit at the end of the month.

Having the opportunity to finish up harvest in rather good conditions is something Deters doesn’t take for granted after a wet last fall. He’s hoping the weather can stay favorable for just a bit longer so he has time to wrap up the field work. Overall, he’s thrilled with how things are shaping up this fall.

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Wentzel has been able to combine every day thanks to the weather. “It’s pretty dry, awfully dusty.”

The corn started at 21 percent last week and is now 17 percent moisture out of the field. “It’s going right to town.” Corn harvest began about a week earlier than usual.

“We’re ahead of schedule. It’s really, really good aside from the storm damage area.” He expects to be in the field for a couple more weeks, harvesting corn.

After corn, Wentzel will be finishing up tillage, putting down fertilizer and working on the seed business side. Then the clean-up of the farm site begins as well as putting the machinery away for the winter. This fall has been going smoothly so far. Wentzel is hopeful that will continue in these final weeks of harvest.

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MARKETING

Grain Outlook Corn yield, price reports healthy

Cash Grain Markets

corn/change* soybeans/change* Stewartville $3.41 +.24 $9.66 +.35 Edgerton $3.46 +.26 $9.69 +.39 Jackson $3.51 +.31 $9.71 +.36 Janesville $3.40 +.21 $9.64 +.27 The following marketing analysis is for the week Cannon Falls $3.45 +.19 $9.65 +.35 ending Oct. 9.

Sleepy Eye $3.41 +.26 $9.74 +.51 CORN — The day before the shocking September Average: $3.44 $9.68 stocks report, December corn closed at $3.64.75.

Prices have surged higher since then — despite the Year Ago Average: $3.70 $8.52 beginning of harvest. December corn spiked to Grain prices are effective cash close on Oct. 13. $3.98.25 in post-World Agriculture Supply and *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Demand Estimates report trading in what was viewed as a neutral report. After a slow start to the week, corn continued to trend higher into the report.

Demand has been deemed good, although we saw only one new announcement this week of 6.3 million bushels to Mexico.

Weekly sales were within expec- PHYLLIS NYSTROM The month of October has started out to be (for the tations, although total commitCHS Hedging Inc. most part) a positive toward the livestock markets. ments remain absurdly higher St. Paul The futures trade has seen rallies in cattle as well as than a year ago. the hogs. The only livestock market which seems to Harvest in the United States is be stumbling a bit is the feeder cattle market. As we moving along at a good pace with the condition of the move further into the fall and winter months, the corn coming in very good. Yield reports are mostly as question becomes: can the liveexpected, and in some cases better than anticipated. stock markets continue to Money has continued to flow into the agricultural advance? sector as the U.S. dollar has drifted to a three-week Cattle have found strength low. during the last several weeks On the 2019-20 balance sheet, the trade was from several areas. One being expecting the 1.995-billion-bushel carryout since the good demand from the domesthat was the number they used for the Sept. 1 stocks tic markets and also good demand report. To arrive at that number, they raised feed/ from the export markets. Because residual 227 million bushels and food, seed and JOE TEALE of this good demand for beef, the industrial 17 million bushels. Exports were raised 13 Broker packers had to continue to million to 1.778 billion bushels. On a month-toadvance their bids for live inven- Great Plains Commodity month basis, ending stocks were down 258 million Afton, Minn. tory. bushels at 1.995 billion bushels.

Another positive factor was the For the 2020-21 crop year, the U.S. Department of fact that market-ready cattle were less than expected Agriculture cut 1 million acres from both the planted at that same time. At the present time, inventories of acres and harvested acres on the October WASDE live cattle are expanding; which could turn the marreport — coming in at 91 million and 82.5 million, ket paid for cattle lower as supply begins to out-disrespectively. Yield was not lowered as much as the tance demand. This could have a negative effect on trade expected, down just .1 bushels per acre at further price advances in the live trade unless 178.4 bu./acre vs. the trade guess of 177.7 bu./acre. demand picks up to meet the increasing supply.

This is still a record yield. Production, at 14.722 bilIt appears the feeder market is anticipating this lion bushels, was down 178 million from earlier change in the supply and demand as well as the price reports and compared to 14.808 billion. Exports were of corn has increased over the past several weeks. left alone at 2.325 billion bushels.

This is likely to reflect lower feeder cattle prices in The feed reduction raised some eyebrows with the the near future unless demand for beef picks up or high livestock numbers, as did the export line with feed costs decline. This points to a period of more the aggressive nature of sales so far. Total commitSee NYSTROM, pg. 20 See TEALE, pg. 20

Livestock Angles Livestock futures see October rally

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Soybean market more focused on demand vs. supply NYSTROM, from pg. 19 ments are running 159 percent ahead of last year!

Ending stocks at 2.167 billion bushels are down 336 million from last month and are slightly higher than the 2.113 billion bushels expectation. The ending stocks-to-use ratio is 14.9 percent.

World ending stocks were spot-on with the estimate at 300.45 million metric tons. China’s imports were left unchanged at 7 mmt. They already have purchased an estimated 10 mmt from the United States thus far and private estimates run as high as 18-20 mmt! China also left its own estimate for corn imports at 7 mmt. There is trade talk that China has issued an additional 5 mmt of tariff rate quotas and may considering raising it to 20 mmt. The USDA left Brazil’s corn forecast steady at 110 mmt and Argentina at 50 mmt. Conab is Brazil’s corn crop at 105.2 mmt. Last year, Brazil produced 102 mmt and Argentina 51 mmt.

Weekly export sales were within expectations at 48.3 million bushels. Total commitments are 1.017 billion bushels, up 159 percent from last year.

Weekly ethanol production was up 42,000 barrels per day to 923,000 bpd. Production on a four-week average is down 6 percent from last year. Stocks were steady at 19.7 million barrels with margins unchanged at 7 cents per gallon. Gasoline demand at 8.9 million bpd is down 6.7 percent on a four-week average from last year.

Outlook: Fund buying, spillover support from the soybean market, concern over early South American planting weather, and heavy demand all combined for another week of strong gains — despite heading into the throes of harvest. Pullbacks or corrections will likely be viewed as buying opportunities without a signal not to. Harvest pressure may be source of pressure in the coming few weeks.

For the week, December corn was up 15.25 cents at $3.95, July gained 11 cents to $4.09.5, and December 2021 was 5.75 cents higher at $3.96.75 per bushel.

The high this week in December 2020 was $3.98.25 and in December 2021 was $3.98 per bushel.

The high in December corn in this calendar year was in January at $4.04.75 per bushel. The contract

MARKETING high is $4.23.5 set in July 2019.

SOYBEANS — The attitude in soybeans has been buy any break unless proven wrong. That attitude was rewarded once again this week. For the week, November soybeans rocketed 44.75 cents higher to close at $10.65.5; July jumped 24.5 cents to $10.45.25; and November 2021 gained 10.25 cents to settle at $9.80.25 per bushel. November soybeans have closed higher on a weekly basis in eight of the last nine weeks. This week we saw higher closes on four of the five trading sessions.

Fresh export sales were announced on three of the five sessions — even though China was on holiday until Oct. 9. Funds extended their buying spree every day; and on the latest Commitment of Traders report as of Oct. 6 they held record length of 238,000 soybean contracts. As of Oct. 9, the trade was projecting their length at 250,000 contracts. Dryness in Brazil has raised concern that early soybean exports from that country could be delayed and extend the U.S. export window to China into January/February.

Brazilian farmers are believed to have already sold over 50 percent of the crop they are currently planting. This is nearly double the average of 26 percent sold by this time. Their soybean planting pace as of Oct. 6 was slower than average at 1.6 percent complete compared to 4.5 percent on average.

The balance sheet for 2019-20 reduced harvested acres 100,000 acres, lowered crush by 5 million and exports by 4 million bushels. Ending stocks were reduced 52 million bushels to 523 million bushels.

The October WASDE report was friendly for soybeans with 2020-21 ending stocks slipping to 290 million bushels vs. expectations for a cut to 369 million bushels from the September 460 million-bushel outlook. The 2020-21 balance sheet lowered both planted and harvested acreage 700,000 acres. Planted acres were 83.1 million acres vs. 76.1 million acres last year. Harvested acres were 82.3 million acres.

The yield was unchanged at 51.9 bu./acre vs. 51.6 bu./acre estimated. This matches the record yield in 2016. Production came in at 4.268 billion bushels,

Retail pork prices could temper demand TEALE, from pg. 19 defensive-type price activity in the entire cattle complex in the next few weeks.

The hog market has had a good run since July as prices have advanced over $30 cwt. to the present.

Good demand for pork in all sectors has driven the hog market higher to levels not seen since 2019. The big question now, will this rally continue into the last part of the year?

The one thing which appears to be changing slightly at this time is the domestic demand as retail

prices have increased. The export market has been good for quite some time however.

As prices increase, it could suggest the export of pork may slow. The pork cutout prices have risen at virtually the same pace as the live prices; and it appears the volume of pork cuts has diminished as the prices move higher. This may suggest the current rally we have experienced over the past several months may be at the exhaustion phase in the weeks ahead. Time will give us the answer to that question.v

down 45 million from last month and compared to 4.282 billion expected. Accounting for a smaller carry-in, supply was down 97 million bushels. On the demand side, exports were raised an impressive 75 million bushels to 2.2 billion bushels. Residual fell just 2 million bushels. Ending stocks resulted in a 170 million cut from last month. The ending stocks are the lowest since 2015-16. The average on-farm price jumped 55 cents to $9.80 per bushel. The stocks-to-use ratio is a meager 6.4 percent.

World ending soybean stocks were 88.7 mmt vs.

91.36 mmt estimated. China’s soybean imports were projected at 100 mmt, up 1 mmt from last month; but may still be underestimated. China has purchased 22.1 mmt of U.S. soybeans for 2020-21 and is forecasting soybean imports of 95.1 mmt. Brazil’s soybean prediction was left unchanged at 133 mmt and exports at 85 mmt. Private estimates for Brazil this week ranged from 131 mmt (USDA ag attaché) to 133.7 mmt (Conab). Argentina’s production at 53.5 mmt was also unchanged from last month, but exports were cut .5 mmt to 7 mmt. The U.S. attaché in Argentina estimates the crop at 51 mmt, but believes old crop ending stocks could reach a record due to tight farmer holding over uncertainty surrounding currency/financial issues.

Weekly export sales were above estimates at 95.2 million bushels. This brings total commitments to 1.496 billion bushels, up 151 percent from last year!

China has purchased 22.1 mmt so far for 2020-21 from the United States.

Outlook: The October WASDE report gave bulls a reason to stick with their positions. Weather watchers are keeping an eye on forecasted rain for both Brazil and Argentina over the next two weeks.

Market participants are more focused on demand vs. supply. Even though market isn’t paying us to store soybeans, the market has not yet purchased enough to cry uncle — despite no horror stories on yields. The weather forecast looks clear for soybean harvest to conclude in some areas and make good progress in others.

Markets don’t need to go higher every day and we can expect some corrections. Record fund length hasn’t slowed down buyers and until something changes, attitudes are likely to stay on the “buy the dip” side.

Watch South American weather in the coming weeks. Current forecasts suggest Brazil’s dry areas could be cut from two-thirds to one-third of the growing areas and Argentina’s dry areas to shrink from one-half to one-quarter of the growing areas. Based on recent balance sheets, the margin for a crop problem is narrowing.

Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week as of the close on Oct. 9: Chicago December wheat rallied 20.5 cents to $5.93.75, Kansas City surged 26 cents to $5.35.5, and Minneapolis followed with a 12-cent increase to $5.43.75 per bushel. v

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Analyst: Feed costs up, but margins are holding their own MIELKE, from pg. 10 $1.4125. This is down 9.75 cents on the week and 68.25 cents below a year ago. Thirty-eight carloads found new homes on the week.

Dairy Market News says butter demand continues to edge up seasonally at retail. Food service demand has pushed higher week to week but is still below a year ago. Bulk butter demand is a little busier.

Cream is less available but market tones remain “somewhat deflated.”

Uneasiness in cities in the west, coupled with the effects of Covid-19 continues to negatively impact dine-in restaurant sales and therefore butter demand. Fast food intakes are stable to trending up. Retail demand was unchanged from the prior week but, as the year-end holidays approach, manufacturers are reviewing their processing capacities and preparing for the seasonal demand increase.

Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at $1.1250, up a quarter-cent on the week but 4 cents below a year ago, on 47 cars sold on the week — the highest since mid-March.

U.S. milk powder remains an attractive bargain for foreign buyers, according to the Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp. Writing in the Oct. 2 Milk Producers Council newsletter, Sharp says, “The U.S. accounted for more than 10 percent of China’s skim milk powder imports in August, its third straight month with a relatively strong showing in a market that is often dominated by Oceania and Europe.

Mexican buyers are stepping up purchases too.”

Dry whey finished at 39.50 cents per pound, up a half-cent on the week and 9.25 cents above a year ago, on three sales for the week at the CME. n

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Profinium is a full-service financial services company serving agriculture and ag business clients in southern Minnesota. Securities and insurance products are offered through Cetera Investment Services LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through Cetera Investment Advisers LLC. Neither firm is affiliated with the financial institution where investment services are offered. Advisory services are only offered by Investment Adviser Representatives.

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The USDA issued its annual Milk Cost of Production report Oct. 1. Total feed costs averaged $10.59 per hundredweight, up 63 cents or 6.3 percent from 2018. Purchased feed, at $7.20 per cwt., was up 44 cents or 6.5 percent from 2018. Total operating costs, including feed, bedding, marketing, fuel, electricity, repairs, etc., averaged $13.92 per cwt., up 71 cents or 5.4 percent from 2018. Feed costs made up 76.1 percent of total costs in 2019, up from 75.4 percent in 2018.

Looking at present conditions, the Oct. 2 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reported, “Farm-level margins are holding up. Average revenue over feed cost totaled $10.97 per cwt. in the United States during August, up 92 cents per cwt. year over year,” but warned, “When average margins are above $8 per cwt. for six months or more, it has historically triggered expansions. Margins have exceeded that level since June after falling to a low of $5.59 per cwt in May. Keep in mind, these calculations do not include government payments, which have totaled an additional dollar per hundredweight or more this year.”

The Analyst added, “We are still hearing more reports of cooperatives moving to make milk supply management programs permanent, particularly in the West.”

Regional differences remain dramatic, according to the Analyst. “Revenue-over-feed cost in Arizona was the lowest in the country, at $8.14 per cwt. during August, according to our estimates. New Mexico was close behind at $8.18. In comparison, cheeseheavy South Dakota had the highest revenue-overfeed cost during August, estimated at $14.08, which was above Florida at $13.93.”

Referencing the COP report, the Analyst says, “California was the lowest cost-of-production state in 2019. Total operating costs — including feed, labor and taxes — hit $14.85 per cwt. Wisconsin was second at $15.26 and Ohio was third at $15.60.

The highest cost-of-production states in the report were Maine at $22.53; Vermont, at $21.05; and Illinois at $20.41.” n The USDA again raised its 2020 and 2021 milk production forecasts from last month;s estimate in Oct. 9’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report. The department cited slightly higher cow numbers and a more rapid pace of growth in milk per cow for 2020 and raised the 2021 projection due to a larger dairy herd and higher milk per cow.

2020 production and marketings were estimated at 222.3 and 221.3 billion pounds respectively, up 300 million pounds on both from September’s estimate. If realized, 2020 production would be up 3.9 billion pounds or 1.8 percent from 2019.

2021 production and marketings were estimated at 225.5 and 224.5 billion pounds respectively, up 100 million pounds on both. If realized, 2021 pro-

duction would be up 3.2 billion pounds or 1.4 percent from 2020.

The Class III milk price forecast was raised on a higher cheese price forecast. The Class III is now expected to average around $18 per hundredweight, up 75 cents from last month’s estimate. The 2021 average was projected at $17, up $1.00 from last month’s estimate.

The Class IV price forecast was also raised as a higher expected nonfat dry milk price more than offsets the lower expected butter price forecast. It will average around $13.50, up a dime from last month’s projection. The 2021 average was projected at $14.10, up 50 cents from a month ago.

The latest Crop Progress report showed 87 percent of the U.S. corn crop at the mature stage, as of the week ending Oct. 4, up from 54 percent a year ago and 9 percent ahead of the five-year average.

Sixty-two percent is rated good to excellent, up from 56 percent a year ago. Twenty-five percent is harvested, up 11 percent from a year ago and 1 percent above the five-year average.

The report shows 85 percent of U.S. soybeans were dropping leaves, up from 67 percent a year ago and 3 percent ahead of the five-year average. Sixty-four percent were rated good to excellent, up from 53 percent a year ago, with 38 percent now harvested, up from 12 percent a year ago, and 10 percent ahead of the five-year average.

The cotton crop has a 40 percent good to excellent rating, up from 39 percent a year ago, with 17 percent harvested, 5 percent behind a year ago and 3 percent behind the five-year average.

In the week ending Sept. 26, 58,800 dairy cows were sent to slaughter. This is down 1,000 from the week before and 1,500 head or 2.5 percent below a year ago. n In politics, the National Milk Producers Federation, in a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, pleaded for him to “enforce labeling standards that reserve dairy terms for real dairy products, not the plant-based imposters.”

The Federation reminded Hahn of a promise he made to deal with it at his FDA confirmation hearing in November when Senator Tammy Baldwin asked whether and when FDA under his leadership would start enforcing labeling standards.

FDA has “kicked fake dairy deception down the road for decades,” NMPF charged, “but the problem is growing,” and stated, “It isn’t a heavy lift for the FDA to do what’s not only true to its mission, but also what’s legally required.”

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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117 OF AMERICA’S FINEST REGISTERED HOLSTEINS SELL UNDER COVER 117 FANCY YOUNG DEEP PEDIGREED REGISTERED HOLSTEINS WILL SELL IN THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE FROM THIS OUTSTANDING 100% HOME BRED HERD. ALL SALE ANIMALS ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE WORLD FAMOUS RALMA JURROR FAITH COW EX 91 GMD DOM, NOMINATED AS 2009 GLOBAL COW OF THE YEAR. 4-02 2X365 D. 47,860 M, 4.5% 2165 2009F, 3.1% 1497 P. 90% OF THE HERD TRACES BACK TO FAITH’S DAUGHTER, RALMA CHRISTMAS FUDGE BY RALMA JURROR FAITH DURHAM, WHO WAS THE 2011 GLOBAL COW OF THE YEAR. THE SCHMITTS HAVE BRED 63 GOLD MEDAL DAMS, 52 DAMS OF MERIT, AS WELL AS 122 EXCELLENT & 567 VG ANIMALS. BAA IS 109.3 w/14 EXCELLENT & 42 VG COWS STANDING IN THE BARN TODAY. SIX COWS ON THE 10,000 COW LOCATOR LIST. THE CURRENT #3 PROVEN SIRE: ROCKETFIRE HAS 7 GENERATIONS OF RALMA BREEDING IN HIS PEDIGREE. HERD FACTS: RHA 2 X 30,330 MILK, 1166 FAT, 901 PROTEIN. 92# TANK AVG., SEC AVG. BELOW 100,000. 28 COWS OVER 100#, 5 COWS w/RECORDS OVER 40,000# OF MILK. 60 HEAD IN ONLY THEIR FIRST & SECOND LACTATIONS. TIMED PERFECTLY w/30 FRESH PAST 60 DAYS, 23 DUE SOON AFTER SALE TIME. INCLUDES HIGH GENOMIC INDIVIDUALS w/EXCEPTIONAL TRANSMITTING ABILITIES. MANY DAM DAUGHTER PAIRS OFFERED. AI BREEDING TO ELITE SIRES OF THE BREED INCL. DOORMAN-KING ROYAL, RUBICON, DELTA, FRAZZLED, KING BOY, IMAX, CRUSH, SPRING, DELTA LAMBDA, KING DOC, HOTLING, DOCTOR, PACO, AND THE LIST GOES ON. EXCELLENT HERD HEALTH PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR DECADES. LEVEL II JOHNES FREE. IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR YOUR NEXT HERD FAVORITE, WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO ORDER YOUR CATALOG TODAY AND MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THE SCHMITT DAIRY-RALMA HOLSTEINS MILKING HERD AND SPRINGING HEIFER DISPERSION. CATALOGS: PH. 320-760-2979 OR SEE ONLINE AT www.midamericanauctioninc.com ONLINE BIDDING PROVIDED THROUGH COWBUYER.COM PH. AARON RAY TOMPKINS AT 336-363-4839 FOR DETAILS.

SCHMITT DAIRY-RALMA HOLSTEINS 16699 25th AVE. NW, RICE, MN MARK & AL SCHMITT, OWNERS PH.: MARK (320) 247-9543, AL (320) 309-3353, FARM (320) 393-2999 MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO., INC. AL WESSEL LIC #77-60 PH. 320-760-2979, KEVIN WINTER 320-760-1593, ALLEN HENSLIN 320-979-1808 AUCTIONEERS STEVE PETERSON 218-849-2238, ALAN GRAVES 712-574-6120 HOLSTEIN USA

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Steffes Auction Calendar 2020 For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com

Opening October 12 & Closing October 21 at 1PM Lender Owned Commercial, Residential, & Recreational Land Auction 9 Tracts, Numerous Counties in MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 19 & Closing October 28 at 1PM Lender Owned Barron County, WI, Multi-Tract Real Estate Auction 266± Acres, New Auburn, WI, Timed Online Auction Wednesday, October 21 at 11AM McLean County, ND, Land Auction - 1,456± Acres, Turtle Lake, ND Opening October 21 & Closing October 28 Rodney Schiermeister Farm Equipment Auction, Hazelton, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening October 22 & Closing October 29 Howard Tommerdahl Inventory Reduction Auction, Hendrum, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 22 & Closing October 29 Popham Brothers Farm Retirement Auction, Florence, SD, Timed Online Auction Opening October 23 & Closing October 27 at 12:30PM Online Hay Auction Quality Tested - Ring 2, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 23 & Closing November 2 at 1PM David & Betty Petry Farm Retirement Auction, Minot, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening October 26 & Closing November 2 Dale & Brian Klein Farm Auction, Rugby, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening October 26 & Closing November 4 at 7PM Secured Lender Farm Equipment Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 26 & Closing November 2 at 12PM Collectible Equipment Two-Party Auction, Wheatland, ND & Clearbrook, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 26 & Closing November 3 UFC Farm Supply (Judson Equipment) Auction, Lake Crystal, MN Timed Online Auction Tuesday, October 27 at 12PM Live Hay Auction Quality Tested - Ring 1, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN Tuesday, October 27 at 10AM MDT Gordon Stoner Farm Retirement Auction, Outlook, MT Opening October 28 & Closing November 4 at 7PM Jarrold Paul Estate Auction, Blooming Prairie, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening October 28 & Closing November 4 at 1PM Steele County, MN, Real Estate Auction, Blooming Prairie, MN, Timed Online Auction Thursday, October 29 at 10AM Wayne & Karen Martineson Farm Retirement Auction, Bismarck, ND Opening October 29 & Closing November 2 at 12PM Clay & Wilkin County, MN, Land Auction - 847± Acres, Barnesville, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening November 3 at 8AM & Closing November 3 at 12PM Griggs County, ND, Land Auction - 475± Acres, Hannaford, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 3 & Closing November 10 Kermit (Jim) & Sandy Kirkland Farm Retirement Auction, Watford City, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 5 at 8AM & Closing November 5 at 12PM Cass County, ND, Land Auction - 39.19± Acres, South of Horace, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 5 & Closing November 12 Duane Wagner Equipment Auction, Fullerton, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening November 6 & Closing November 10 at 12:30PM Online Hay Auction Quality Tested - Ring 2, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction

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FOR SALE: 1997 65D Cat FOR SALE: 1978 John Deere 2015 Westfield TFX2 100x36 Challenger, 5830 hrs, excel- 4400 diesel combine, re-built Auger. PTO, belt drive, lent condition, field ready, injection pump and injec- tires new when purchased, $42,500. 507-822-1280 or 507- tors, 2966 hours, 216 bean handy auger, nice condition. head, 443 cornhead, all for $4,750.00 Retired. 15 miles 822-5714 $4,350, or will separate. 320- SE of Mankato. Call John NEW AND USED TRACTOR 282-5838 Eden Valley.

507-381-7097 PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer trac- FOR SALE: IH 1460 combine, FOR SALE: 2021 Neville built tors, AC-all models, Large 5124 hours, with 863 corn- 38.5’ white aluminum grain Inventory, We ship! Mark head, near new gathering trailer, new condition. Call Heitman Tractor Salvage chains, feeder house chain or text 218-791-3400 715-673-4829 & clean grain elevator chain, $8,250/OBO. 952-873-6483

Your ad FOR SALE: Kelderman down corn reels, 8RW, $3,250. could be here!

1990 John Deere Combine 9400 12RN, $3,750. 2-JD 3300 com507-345-4523 Includes JD Cornhead 643 and bines, 244 heads, make offer.

507-450-4982 2001 JD Flexhead 920F. 3,584 engine hours, 2,343 separator hours.

WANTED TO BUY: Good condition, field ready.

QUALITY FARMLAND IN $21,000. (507) 995-0184

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POPHAM BROTHERS | DUANE & DARRELL Duane, 605.880.1006, Darrell, 605.520.2879

or at Steffes Group, Kyle Waller, 605.799.6261 or Ben Hochgraber, 701.425.3391 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Farm Retirement

631 Chalk Butte Road, OUTLOOK MT 59252

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Preview & Loadout by Appointment

From Plentywood, MT, 8 miles west on Highway 5, at mile marker post 33, 6 miles north on Chalk Butte Road.

PREVIEW: Tuesday, October 13 - Monday, October 26 from 8AM – 5PM, or by appt.

LOADOUT: Tuesday, October 27 – November 6 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: For four generations, the Stoner farm has been a part of production agriculture in northeastern Montana. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase late model and well-maintained equipment. Major equipment begins selling at 10AM MDT. Live online bidding available on major equipment.

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TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer. Brad Olstad ND319

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FARMLAND

Mower County: Approx. 48 acres high quality farmland. Pattern tiled. 99.4CPI. Good tenant MLS# 5646661 Fillmore County: Approx. 165-acres, Spring Valley Twp. MLS# 5486495 SOLD!

NEED FARMLAND LISTINGS - HAVE BUYERS! COMMERCIAL RACINE: 10,000 sq. ft. building on 2.12-acres. MLS# 5247299 GRAND MEADOW: Great investment. Double digit cap rate and 2 long-term tenants already in place.

Instant return on investment. $99,900. MLS#5619155 PENDING!

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Fall Consignment Auction Saturday, October 24th - 9:30 am Mages Auction Site - 55780 St Hwy 19, Winthrop, MN

Ring 1 - Live & Online Simulcast - Guns, Machinery & Vehicles Saturday, October 24th - 9:30 am (Land, guns & ammo will sell LIVE ONLY prior to all other items) Farm Machinery & Equip: IH 4386 4WD, 4039 hr s, diesel, 3 hyd; IH 3788 2+2, hr s, front & rear duals; JD 2955, 12200 hrs, 2wd, sound guard cab, dual hyd; JD A, NF; JD 3710 6 bt plow, on land; DMI Tiger 2 ripper; M&W Earthmaster 2200 disk; Gehl Scavenger slide slinger manure spreader, tandem axle; Gehl 1260 forage chopper w/ heads; Gehl CB600 forage chopper w/ corn head; Hesston 7140 forage chopper w/ hay head; Gehl forage box w/ gear; 400 gal fuel barrel w/ B&S transfer pump; 200 gal fuel tank; Brute 70” grapple; IH vibra shank digger w/ harrow, 17’; grain vac, PTO; GSI 10” swing hopper; Kuker sprayer, tandem axle, flat fold boom; flare box w/ cable hoist; Artsway 72” finishing mower; grader; sprayer tanks; winch & arm; 2 – 175 gal poly tanks; Vehicles, Camper & Boat: ’00 Ford F350, 185145 mi, V10 engine; ’09 Mazda CX-7, 125396 mi, AWD, 2.3L turbocharged engine, sunroof, leather heated seats, has small oil leak & misfire; ’97 StarCraft Shimera 25’ fifth wheel camper; ’80 Honda Hawk cycle; Lund Big Fisherman 14’ boat w/ 25 HP Evinrude motor & Minnkota trolling motor; 7 ½’ x 12 ½’ homemade 8-hole ice house, drop deck; 34.27 ac of Brown County Woodland: Location of property within Brown Co.: Section 33, Milfor d Township, Range 31 Parcel 1: 24.00 acr es PID: 19103300416120 Parcel 2: 10.27 acr es PID: 19103300416130 Guns, Ammo & Sporting Equip: DPMS Panther Ar ms AR-15, AR-223, semi; Savage Axis, .223 cal, bolt; Ruger model 77 Hawkeye, 22-250, bolt; TC Venture 22-250 w/scope; Savage model 93 F, 22WMR, bolt; Mossberg 702, .22 cal, semi; Remington 522 Viper, .22 LR, semi; Remington model 770, 243 Win, 22” barrel w/ scope; Savage Axis 22/250 w/ scope; Remington model 550-1, .22cal, semi; Remington Model 870, 12 ga Express Super Mag; Remington 870 Combo, 12ga; Winchester model 120, 12 ga, pump; Browning BPS model 30, 12 ga, pump; Charles Daily, 12 ga, 3 ½” magnum; Ithaca model 37, 12 ga slug; Stevens model 820B, 12 ga, pump; Remington model 870, 16ga, pump; David Arms Crescent, 20 ga, dbl barrel; Savage Axis XP, 308 Win, w/ camo scope; Remington 141 Gamemaster, .35 cal, pump w/ scope; Winchester Pony 19 gun safe, 24 long gun capacity; glass front 6-gun cabinet; glass front 12-gun cabinet; 2 - Bushnell 3x-9x, 40 scopes; 2 boxes of .44 & 12 boxes of 270 ammo; Ring 2 - Online-Only - Large Coin, Stamp & Card Collection Ring 3 - Online-Only - Lawn, Garden, Shop, Tools, Household, Warehouse & Production Equipment Ring 2 & 3 Bidding Ends: Saturday, October 24th - 4:00 pm Payment & Pick-up: Monday, October 26th - 9 am to 5 pm see magesland.com for complete terms & details.

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Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002 Lic: 52-20-018

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Ser vice, LLC. Terms: 10% Buyer’s Premium. 15% Buyer’s Premium on Online items.

Everything sold “AS IS”. Everything to be paid for immediately after the auction. Sales tax, license & registration fees may apply on some items. Not Responsible for Accidents. Lunch & restroom on grounds.

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All kinds of New & Used farm WANTED TO BUY: Stanhoist equipment - disc chisels, field and Bushhog steel barge cults, planters, soil finishers, boxes. Also, Gehl and Locornheads, feed mills, discs, rentz grinder/mixers. JD balers, haybines, etc. 507- 720 front mount cultivators.

438-9782 PLUS all types of farm machinery. 507-251-2685 WANTED DAMAGED CORN - LIGHT TEST WEIGHT & HIGHER MOISTURE CORN. PAYING COMPETITIVE PRICES DEPENDING QUALITY. ZANE HANSON (507) 459-8653

WANTED: Corn & soybean harvesting wanted, trucks available, Gleaner or JD combine. Paul 320-221-1872 WANTED: International 806 diesel engine in running condition. 952-873-6483

FOR SALE BY OWNER International 720 5 bottom plow 18” Auto spring reset - $1,200.00 Used Crown Rock Picker, works well - $500.00 CALL CHUCK 320-815-9438

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oistFOR SALE: 500-700 lb Polled Spot, Duroc, Chester White, FOR SALE: Peterbilt 1990 Winpower Sales & Service rge Hereford steers and heifers, Boars & Gilts available. grain truck w/ 20’ steel box Reliable Power Solutions Since 1925 PTO & automatic Lo- WANTED TO BUY: 6RN Monthly PRRS and PEDV. & hoist, $18,000. 507-427-3561 JD cornhead to fit 2366 combine, Delivery available. Steve Emergency Electric Generors. also 1020 bean head to fit Resler. 507-456-7746 ators. New & Used Miscellaneous Rich Opsata-Distributor ma- same combine. 320-282-4846 800-343-9376 Sheep FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls FREON WANTED: We pay ean also Hamp, York, & Hamp/ $$$ for cylinders & cans. R12 cks Duroc boars & gilts. Alfred 20 Heavy Duty Steel Jigs For R500 R11 R113 R114. ConveIt Works!

Sheep/Goats To Make TurnJD Kemen 320-598-3790 Adv nient. Certified Professioning Cradles Sorting & Sliding 2 e rtise als. Call (312)291-9169 or visit Gates, Corral & Run Panels, RefrigerantFinders.com Cattle 806 Mineral Feeders, Bale Feedoners, Etc. PLUS 40 Pieces Of PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS FOR SALE: Hereford bull and Inventory. $7,500/OBO. New pumps & parts on hand.

Retiring. 319-347-6282 cow, no horns. Fred Miller Call Minnesota’s largest dis320-535-0081 FOR SALE: 3 year old Colum- tributor HJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell - 320-212-5336

bia ram, $300. 507-461-2873

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Staff Writer Kristin Kveno

Flavia’s fruition

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ucked into the hill behind the New Ulm Medical Center you’ll find an oasis from the hustle and bustle of life. The Way of the Cross was built there in 1904 and since that time visitors have followed the path which retells the story of Christ’s trial, crucifixion and death.

Along the hilly pathway is 14 stations, a grotto in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes and chapel which provides a memorial and tribute to Christ.

The construction of the shrine began in 1903.

It was an idea by Father Alexander Berghold and Sister Flavia of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. It was Flavia’s leadership and determination which led to the fruition of the shrine. Flavia and her fellow sisters were instrumental in building of it.

They excavated and prepared much of the construction area. That work

included tirelessly pushing wheelbarrows filled with cobblestones up to the hilly site.

The stones would be used in the creation of the path and rock wall.

At the end of the peaceful path you’ll find a quaint chapel dedicated to the Sorrowful Mother. Near the chapel is the peak of the hill which provides views of New Ulm as well as the Minnesota River Valley.

The Way of the Cross offers visitors a peaceful, tranquil respite where many stop to mediate and pray.

Along with the stations, the path includes bountiful arrays of beautiful wildflowers and shrubbery. The shrine is owned by the Diocese of New Ulm with Way of the Cross committee members maintaining the property.

New Ulm, Minn.

The Way of the Cross is located behind the NUMC on 5th Street North. The path is open every day and is free to the public. The chapel is open from April to October. v

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