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Frozen fish fever

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The bags were packed and sitting by to wait long though. The perch and crapthe door, the rods and spears were restpies were just as hungry as those Kveno ing against the wall ready to be placed men and started biting. gently in the pickup for the drive north.

The fun and merriment continued for The beef jerky, cheese balls and other hours as they reeled in fish after fish. essential snacks were in the arms of my Taking a break from sitting in the iceeager boy, who was ready to get on the house, they went outside to enjoy the road. The allure of the frozen lake was snowy winter views and saw that everycalling his name. one was out on the lake — including LAND MINDS August had caught the fishing bug and those that gallop. The Amish brought the only cure was to spend time on the their horse and buggy out on the ice to

By Kristin Kveno ice. He definitely didn’t get his love of catch some fish. The horse must’ve fishing from me. No, this hobby/obsesbrought a little good luck as the fish sion of his came directly from my huscontinued to bite all afternoon. band, Seth, who has been a fervent Seth grew up spearing and one time angler since he was incredibly took me along. It’s quite the young. Looking at photo albums experience. Sitting in a dark from his youth, they are filled to house with a large rectangular the brim with pictures of Seth hole watching the world below smiling ear to ear along with his the ice is pretty cool. I made dad, Harry — both proudly showSeth promise not to spear anying their catches of the day. thing when I was with him. I just Harry, Seth and August are not wanted to take in the amazing alone in their passion for all underwater scenery. I can underthings fishing in the state. stand the appeal of spending a According to the Minnesota day in a dark house.

Department of Natural August was thrilled with the Resources, there are approxiopportunity to sit in the dark mately 1.4 million anglers in the house with his dad, as Seth state. With 5,400 fishable lakes regaled him with stories of fishand 18,000 miles of fishable riving trips of years past. August ers and streams, there’s had never speared before, but ample opportunity to Seth had given some pointers catch the big one. along with teaching him the This year it appears the art of patience. Just as a lakes have been the place northern swam in the hole to be. It seems that people August dropped the spear are yearning for the opporand got ‘em. — a 27 incher! tunity to get out on the ice, Both father and son were to spend some time enjoying thrilled with the big catch. a break from the news of the Photos were taken, with day, and find a little solitude smiles so big, just as they were in the peace and tranquility of taken decades before with Seth a good fishing hole. and his father. Finding joy today Seth and August decided to head north last can be a challenge; but someweekend to try their hand at both ice fishing times it can simply be found on a and spearing. Once the perfect spot was found frozen lake with a boy, his dad on a lake in northwestern Minnesota, August and one mighty spear. and Seth got settled in to do a little angling.

Kristin Kveno is the staff writer (A plethora of snacks are imperative at this of The Land. She may be reached stage of ice fishing as a person can get quite raven- at kkveno@TheLandOnline.com. v ous waiting on the fish.) The fishermen didn’t have

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Simon Winchester covers the high ground in “Land”

These days, you are very well-grounded. the decision-making ‘”Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World” which went into terriYep, two feet firmly planted on terra-firtories and town limby Simon Winchester ma and it’s all yours. Corner to corner, its, and the defending front to back, you’re a landowner, carec.2021, Harper

of both. taker of lawn and loam, holder of an $29.99 / higher in Canada

estate of some small measure. It’s the Readers will also 464 pages American dream, and in “Land” by Simon delight in, and be Winchester, find out why we yearn for a astounded by, the who’ve lived on it for centuSwedish idea of a hike unencumbered by few hundred yards of dirt.

THE BOOKWORM ries. property lines but governed by hemfridzon, SEZ Up until relatively recently in history, and the Finnish attitude toward “No And if we leave it be, says humans blithely went where they were

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Trespassing” signs.

Winchester, it might just save going with nary a thought about who itself.

In the end, as Winchester points out, might feel possessive of the sod on which most of us wind up in a plot of land six they trod. The idea that someone might lay claim to Conventional wisdom says that one feet by three feet, six feet under. Long before the land was absurd. No, it was a wide-open world, should invest in land because it’s the only you get to that, though, you should read this book and it belonged to everybody. thing that lasts, the only thing that stays put. But because “Land” is rock-solid.

Back then, the Earth looked quite different than it Winchester shows how that’s not entirely true now (if it ever was).

The one thing that can be stated, Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a did now, says Winchester. Islands came and went. and proven inside “Land,” is that things are ... well, library near you. You may also find the book at Shores extended out farther. There was more flora online book retailers. and fauna, no concrete or condos, no problems until complicated. white European explorers arrived in North America We humans have made it so throughout history — The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has and decided the people who’d lived here for millensometimes necessarily and sometimes, as been reading since she was 3 years old and never nia really needed to go.

Winchester suggests, not. That’s just one of the sur- goes anywhere without a book. She lives in prises inside this book. Another is the extensive his- Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v For their model, the explorers looked back home: tory behind the acquisition of large tracts of land, Great Britain and Europe had been held in ownership by someone for generations.

But before land could be held completely, everyone needed to know its boundaries and borders, whether local or national, and that meant knowing the size of ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of water supply wells. the planet itself. Land had to be platted and mapped Agriculture has issued updated maps which will help Restriction of fall fertilizer applications, in vulneras precisely as possible and governments had to be farmers across the state comply with the Groundwater ready to defend its perimeters. Even island residents Protection Rule. The Groundwater Protection Rule able groundwater areas, begins on Sept. 1 each year.

Farmers can visit the MDA website to view the vulneeded to know where their maritime edges lay. aims to reduce the risk of nitrate from fertilizer nerable groundwater areas map and determine Judging by peculiarities in boundary-making, impacting groundwater in areas of the state where whether the restriction applies to their land.

Winchester guesses some of that official measuresoils are prone to leaching and where drinking water This article was submitted by the Minnesota ment was done with the help of an adult beverage. supplies are threatened.

Department of Agriculture. v Land can erode. It can be created by moving other The rule restricts fall application of nitrogen fertilland — or even trash. It can be improved and izer in areas vulnerable to contamination and it outdestroyed, seized, sold, shared, stockpiled, struggled lines steps to reduce the severity of contamination in on, surrounded by fence, and stolen from people areas where nitrate is already elevated in public

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Questions surround carbon sequestration; U.S. Department of Agriculture needs to find answers One topic most red, blue and green poliScientific theory says yes. In-the-dirt ticians — and, even more strikingly, practice, however, says maybe; and even farmers — agree on is climate change. then it could take decades before minor It’s real. amounts of carbon can be added to, then stored, in food-growing soils.

In fact, notes the Dec. 2020 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, 58 percent of Iowa At least that’s the conclusion of Iowa farmers and landowners now agree that State University research published in climate change is both occurring and is November 2019. The10-year ISU caused by either human activity or FARM & FOOD FILE research project (which used winter rye nature. as a cover crop) showed “The ability of

By Alan Guebert cover crops to stimulate microbes deep in Moreover, if you add the 23 percent the soil of farm fields leads to signifiwho told pollsters climate change cant gains in water quality; but does exists but is only natural, 81 percent of not necessarily increase the capacity of Iowa landowners and farmers now soil to store carbon…” believe climate change is real and ongoing.

The main reason, according to the Iowa research, is Those numbers also suggest that most everyone in the same reason we need to store carbon in the first agriculture is at least somewhat open to ideas for place: While crops do stimulate soil microbes to store on-the-farm carbon sequestration, a long-discussed carbon, they also “digest” at least as much carbon as strategy to both slow and reduce the impact of clithey store. The digestion converts the carbon “to carmate-altering atmospheric carbon. So far, however, bon dioxide, which is released to the atmosphere…” farm-directed carbon storage has been a tough sell which then wipes out any “stored” carbon benefit. for two big reasons.

In short, it’s what plants were designed to do.

The first is the age-old dilemma for all farmers Asking them to do it differently might be a hard and ranchers: Does this new idea cost or does it pull for both science and Mother Nature. pay?

But neither is deterring investors and curious Limited evidence from relatively new, privatefarmers from seeking new ways to marry future carfinanced efforts show decidedly mixed results. bon sequestration with workday agronomy.

Payments, mostly in the $30 to $50 per acre range, are often less than what participating farmers claim On Jan. 22, the Washington Post published a carbon storage schemes cost when bringing in and highly detailed, well-balanced examination of managing new elements needed for sequestration — carbon sequestration efforts underway on a 10,000like cover crops, machinery modifications, extra data collection and labor.

The second, bigger concern though, is if carbon sequestration is even possible. Can farmers grab, for example, 10 percent of the earth’s climate-changing carbon and put it back into the soil to help save the planet while feeding it?

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acre, Maryland corn, soybean and wheat farm. It included the farmer’s hopes as well as his skepticism. (Links at farmandfoodfile.com) Indeed, the farmer, Trey Hill, told the Post farming for carbon “makes life a lot more difficult, and not necessarily more profitable.”

Still, he, like many others who back “regenerative” farming, view carbon sequestration as not only possible, but necessary if the world is to avoid a climate — and food — catastrophe.

Maybe it doesn’t work well right now, they admit; but more research, farm testing and adaptation could provide other ways to some near and longterm storage successes and profits.

Call me crazy, but that sounds exactly like the work the U.S. Department of Agriculture was created to perform.

USDA, after all, has the checkbook to finance public research to make carbon sequestration work and the bureaucratic skill to manage such a multi-disciplinary, multi-year push. It also has a public mandate to supply safe and abundant food today while ensuring the nation’s means of food production tomorrow.

What could be more important for our children, grandchildren, and the world?

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MARKETING

Grain Outlook Corn vaults to new contract highs

Livestock Angles Feed costs keep livestock market in ‘wait and see’ mode

The following marketing Manufacturers Association markets remain firm and finAs we ended the month of analysis is for the week endhas invited the Renewable January, the livestock marished cattle prices weaken, ing Jan. 29.

Fuels Association and kets were mostly in the prolook for the feeder market to National Corn Growers also suffer price deterioracess of reversing direction CORN — Rationing? What Association — as well as oth- from higher to lower. Both the tion in the coming weeks. The rationing? Corn vaulted to ers — to a meeting to discuss live cattle futures and the hog cattle complex is definitely at new contract highs this week the issue. General Motors futures experienced weekly a crossroads at the present to fresh seven-and-a-halfannounced this week they time and the next several reversals, while the feeder year highs and erasing last plan to be carbon neutral in cattle futures were lower for weeks will determine the week’s huge correction lower. direction going into the JOE TEALE Corn demand has not been PHYLLIS NYSTROM their products and operations the day on Jan. 29; but well by 2040. They plan to decar- off the highs for the week. This spring.

CHS Hedging Inc. Broker rationed as indicated by big bonize and transition to batS t .

P aul leaves the suspicion that the Great Plains Commodity daily and weekly export sales.

The hog market appears to tery electric vehicles or other livestock markets could be Afton, Minn.

In the span of four trading be in a similar situation as zero-emission vehicle technol- looking at the possibility over days we sold 230.2 million the cattle market. The futures ogy.

This includes a plan for 40 percent lower markets in the weeks ahead. bushels of old crop corn to China, 4.8 market in hogs experienced a reversal million bushels of new crop corn to of U.S. models offered will be battery There has been a significant change down on the last week of January. The China, and another 12.4 million old electric by the end of 2025. the boxed beef trade in the past couple pork product has declined in volume, crop bushels to unknown.

Argentina received beneficial rain in of weeks which suggests lower prices like the beef, over the past several recent weeks, but the Buenos Aires paid for live inventory of cattle may be weeks.

This surge in buying included the Grain Exchange lowered their weekly nearing a top. The volume in the choice second and seventh-largest corn sales The good news has been the export to anyone on record. The largest one- crop ratings. Corn in the good/excellent and select grades of the boxes has market which has propped up the cash day sale on record was 146.5 million category fell 6 percent last week to 22 dropped off as the price of each catego- price paid for live inventory during the bushels to Russia in January 1991. It’s percent — although they left their pro- ry has gone up. This could indicate past couple of months. estimated China may have now pur- duction estimate unchanged at 47 mmt. demand might be slowing because of The decline in the cold storage of chased 17.7 million metric tons or In Brazil, there may be a point when the higher prices. pork has dropped significantly this nearly 697 million bushels of U.S. corn the benefit of rain on production will be The export market has been pretty past few months which has also bolfor this marketing year, and that outweighed by soybean harvest and good which has assisted in the recent stered prices. The caveat would be as doesn’t include any bushels eventually safrinha corn planting delays. Add to strength in the cattle market. However, prices rise, demand tends to weaken. moving from unknown to China. The this the trucker strike which was as prices have risen, the question Considering the price rise we have seen U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest scheduled to begin Feb. 1. Depending becomes will that sector also slow down lately, the market could be vulnerable corn import figure for China is 17.5 on how long the strike lasts, harvest as well? to some corrective action. mmt, the USDA China attaché projects logistics may be severely hampered The feeder market also appears to be The next few weeks will likely give a 22 mmt of imports, but many private since the majority of soybeans move to questionable as grain prices continue perspective of which way hog prices estimates range from 22-30 mmt with to remain strong. However, if the grain will go into the spring months. v 18-20 mmt (708-788 million bushels) See NYSTROM, pg. 7 coming from the United States.

Adding support to the market was a statement from the largest U.S. ethanol producer saying China had already

corn/change* soybeans/change* purchased 200 million gallons of U.S. Stewartville $5.03 +.32 $12.87 -.28 ethanol for the first half of 2021. The Edgerton $5.03 +.14 $13.02 -.31 most ethanol China has ever purchased Jackson $5.07 +.19 $12.87 -.26 in a year was 198.2 million gallons in Janesville $5.05 +.16 $12.89 -.17 2016.

Cannon Falls $4.96 +.17 $12.85 -.30 With the inauguration of a new Sleepy Eye $5.07 +.19 $12.99 -.31 administration, there has been a flurry of new executive orders. The govern Average: $5.04 $12.92 ment is making a push toward electric Year Ago Average: $3.62 $8.15 vehicles. What does this mean for the 5 billion bushels of corn we use for ethaGrain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 2. nol production? Reportedly, the *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

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Soybeans recover a bit from last week’s losses

NYSTROM, from pg. 6 market by truck.

Weekly export sales were beyond expectations at 72.8 million bushels. Total export commitments at 1.9 billion bushels are 75 percent of the total 2.55 billion bushel export projection. We only need 19.3 million bushels of sales per week to hit the target.

Last year we averaged 29.3 million bushels per week from this time through the end of the marketing year.

Weekly ethanol production fell 12,000 barrels per day to 933,000 bpd — a 14-week low. Ethanol stocks were 26,000 barrels lower at 23.6 million barrels.

Gasoline demand dropped from 8.1 million bpd to 7.8 million bpd. This is down 11 percent from the same week last year. Net margins improved a penny to a negative 4 cents per gallon.

Outlook: As stated last week, I didn’t change my bullish approach to the corn market; but I did temper it somewhat. That caution is being challenged after this week’s export action indicates we have not rationed demand, even at these high prices. March corn on the weekly chart posted a key reversal higher for the week, a friendly formation. Big export sales this week occurred when we were setting new contract highs. Based on this week’s activity, the corn the market has more work to do; but don’t forget what this market is capable of (i.e. the previous week’s 31 cent tumble). The Feb. 9 World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report will attract more attention than normal to see how low ending stocks may fall.

For the week, March corn soared 46.5 cents to close at $5.47 and set a new contract high at $5.53.75 per bushel. July corn jumped 37.75 cents to $5.36.5, and December corn rallied 15 cents to settle at $4.45.25

per bushel.

SOYBEANS — After massive losses in soybeans in the previous week, soybeans recovered a big portion this week. March soybeans rallied 58.25 cents to close at $13.70 of help offset the previous week’s $1.05 loss. July soybeans moved 50.25 cents higher to close at $13.48.75 and November soybeans were 31 cents higher at $11.43 per bushel.

We had mentioned that at some point in Brazil rain benefits could be outweighed by its detriments. In this case, rain is beginning to delay soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul. If their soybean harvest is delayed it may mean a wider window for U.S. demand. It may also delay the planting of their safrinha corn crop, which is bigger than their first crop corn. Adding to uncertainty in Brazil is the truckers’ strike scheduled to begin Feb. 1. Momentum was growing in support of the strike as of this writing. A prolonged strike could severely restrict soybean harvest and/or movement as the majority of the crop is moved by truck to the ports. Argentina’s trucker strike has been paused after the government postponed a fuel tax increase.

The Feb. 9 WASDE is approaching. Traders expect U.S. soybean exports and imports should both increase. The USDA is currently carrying soybean imports at 35 million bushels; but talk is circulating they could be closer to 70 million bushels.

The BAGE lowered their Argentine soybean production outlook 500,000 metric tons to 46 mmt compared to USDA at 48 mmt. They peg flowering at 53 percent vs. 67 percent on average and 16 percent setting pods vs. 31 percent on average. Soybean conditions dropped 3 percent to 18 percent good/excellent.

Weekly export sales were disappointing for old crop at just 17.1 million bushels, but exceeded estimates for new crop at 57.5 million bushels. Old crop total commitments are 2.125 billion bushels or 95.3 percent of the USDA’s 2.23 billion bushel outlook. We need to average 4 million bushels of sales per week to achieve the forecast. New crop export commitments are 133 million bushels vs. just 11.3 million bushels last year as of Jan. 21.

Outlook: When I said last week to buckle up for a bumpy ride, I didn’t know just how bumpy it could be.

This week was a daily rollercoaster with large daily trading ranges. I was amazed at how quickly both corn and soybeans cut last week’s sell-off. This will likely continue until at least the February WASDE report.

Harvest weather in South America will a factor in the coming weeks, but how we play out on the demand side isn’t going away. Strong vegetable oil prices have also been contributing to soy complex support. There is trade talk of meal end-users having a difficult time in getting meal offers from processors for the summer months. Where and at what price will processors be able to source soybeans this summer?

Have we rationed demand? Currently, it doesn’t feel like it and big daily swings are becoming more common. Hang on, the ride hasn’t come to a complete stop.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week as of the close on Jan. 29: Chicago March wheat rallied 28.5 cents to $6.63, Kansas City was up 24.75 cents at $6.38, and Minneapolis was 21 cents higher at $6.33.5 per bushel. v

Minnesota Crop Improvement Association presents awards ST. PAUL — Minnesota Crop Improvement Association recognized a number of individuals at its 118th annual meeting on Jan. 13.

The Association’s Achievement in Crop Improvement Award was given to Dr. Don Wyse, Professor of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota. The award recognizes exemplary service to the seed industry as well as outstanding leadership in agriculture. Dr. Wyse came to Minnesota in 1974 to accept a weed scientist position. The focus of his work quickly became quackgrass control in Kentucky bluegrass. His work has been a key part in the success of the grass seed industry in Minnesota but has also benefited others in agriculture. Today, through the Forever Green Initiative, his work focuses on Kernza and other perennial and winter annual crops.

MCIA also recognized four Premier Seedsman awardees. Bob Ehlers of Elbow Lake has been a certified seed producer for 45 years. Today he owns and operates Red River Marketing Company near Elbow Lake. He grows certified wheat and soybean seed.

Clyde Kringlen of McIntosh, Minn. has been associated with certified seed since he and his father purchased McIntosh Farm Service in 1981. Kringlen has worked with local seed growers conditioning and selling certified wheat, oats, and barley. Over the years, Clyde developed a passion for wheat production and today manages wheat seed production for West Central Ag Services Dean and Dennis Terning of Cokato, Minn. grew up in a seed corn producing family. They also grew certified seed of small grains and soybeans, conditioning it in a seed plant built by their father Ralph. In 1985, Dean and Dennis began producing hybrid seed corn for their retail brand, Terning Seeds. Today they can produce, harvest, and dry seed corn from over 6,000 acres.

University of Minnesota research scientist Donn Vellekson and veteran MCIA field inspector Randy Krzmarzick were the recipients of MCIA’s Honorary Premier Seedsman Award, which recognizes individuals not directly involved in seed production but who

have actively supported the seed industry.

Vellekson began working at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, in 1975. As a research scientist, his career has been devoted to turf grass and forage seed production research. He grew up on a crop and livestock farm near Dawson, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of Minnesota, Crookston.

Initially, his work focused on Kentucky bluegrass, timothy, and birdsfoot trefoil. Much of Donn’s work is done at the Magnusson Research Farm near Roseau and today perennial ryegrass is a primary emphasis.

Randy Krzmarzick has been a MCIA field inspector for 22 years. From his home farm near Sleepy Eye, Minn., he has walked thousands of acres across southwest Minnesota inspecting fields of oats, wheat, soybeans, and occasionally corn. Each field must be evaluated prior to harvest for varietal purity, other crops, and weeds.

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Perils of home repairs: “Clean-up on aisle five!”

There comes a time in every homeownWe started in cleaning up sewer water er’s life when something breaks or doesn’t — hauling rugs up the steps and outside; work the way it’s supposed to work. putting old towels underneath doors so it Some repairs take just minutes, while wouldn’t run out all over the basement; others gobble up our time and leave us as hosing down the room and scrubbing the wide-eyed as laborers without pantlegs floor with plentiful amounts of strong tied shut on corn shelling day. bleach water.

It’s the woman of the house who often That mop no longer lives here. brings household problems to light. She When peace and calm had returned, my TABLE TALK typically stands next to the man of the husband began to clean himself up. He house, handing him the tools he needs to

By Karen Schwaller peeled his socks, t-shirt and jeans off, wave over a clogged garbage disposal or a and stood right out in the front yard in broken vacuum cleaner and bring them his underwear in the middle of the afterback to life. noon, hosing the sewer water off of those clothing But it sometimes comes at a high price. items.

This past late winter, my husband discovered a Our mail carrier must wonder what goes on drainage issue in the house. Something wasn’t right; around here. and upon the several investigations that followed, it When he would talk about it after he showered, he turns out there was some kind of issue that was strung those familiar expletives together again keeping the sewer line from flowing. before saying, “…I had toilet paper in my teeth.”

Given the job ahead of him, my husband spewed Truth be told, he did not experience that. But his his usual string of curse words and started in on the point about grossness was made. job of fixing that problem. He checked every place Here’s a guy who raised hogs for 25 years and where he might gain the easiest access to the line, but eventually it led him to the basement where the never once flinched at the thought of having his jeans splattered or even caked with hog poop. They sewer pipe protrudes from the wall. just came off at night and went into a pile of chore And here is where our story begins.

He grabbed a five-gallon bucket and placed it underneath the end of the pipe and slowly began to unscrew the plug. He turned slowly and the conAMES, Iowa — Practical Farmers of Iowa’s 2021 tents ran just as slowly out of the pipe and into the winter webinar series, referred to as “farminars,” are bucket, which he would periodically dump into the offered through March 16 on issues relevant to sump pit. This tomfoolery continued for a few minbeginning and experienced row crop, livestock and utes until it happened. He turned the plug a little horticulture farmers, as well as landowners. too far, he guessed, and the pressure behind it was All farminars run weekly on Tuesdays from 7-8:30 released. p.m. and are free for anyone with an internet connecMy husband was in perfect alignment for the bath tion to participate. Attendees are able to ask quesfrom you-know-where. tions in real-time using a chat box while they listen And it didn’t miss. and watch a slideshow. Each farminar is recorded and archived at practicalfarmers.org for later viewing.

Of course, he was as grossed out as the person feeling the ‘brains’ at the haunted house, not to Feb. 9 — “The Top 5 Questions About Pastured mention furious.

Finishing Pigs” — Dayna Burtness has been raising pastured pigs since 2015 and will ask Steve Deibele, an experienced pig farmer, her top five questions NICOLLET COUNTY FARM SALE around finishing pigs on pasture. Steve owns Golden Bear Farm in Kiel, Wisconsin, and has 20 years of All in Section 5, Township 109, Range 28 experience. Both farmers will discuss planting and feeding perennial and annual forages.

Parcel 1: 56.10 +/- acres North of Highway 14 Parcel 2: 72.04 +/- acres South of Highway 14 Feb. 16 — “Contract Grazing Cover Crops for Winter Feed” — Father and son team, Jon and Jared Luhman, INITIAL BIDS DUE ON OR BEFORE operate Dry Creek Red Angus in Goodhue, Minnesota.

FEBRUARY 19, 2021 AT 5:00 P.M. Each winter they contract graze their cattle on cover crops and crop residue – whether it’s on their neighContact Jeremy Berg or Kelly Karels bors’ fields or hauling cattle to Nebraska to overwinat Blethen Berens in New Ulm ter. The Luhmans will discuss their winter grazing arrangements and how they work out the finances to 507-233-3900 or benefit both the landowner and themselves. kkarels@blethenberens.com Feb. 23 — “High Tunnel Storm Protection and for property brochure and sale procedure.

clothes that were my responsibility to deal with.

Apparently, I handle mounds of clothing that has seen the back end of a farm animal better than my husband handles household ending stocks on his person.

It took me back to the days when our children were babies. My husband managed to change a dirty diaper once or twice, but listening from the other room during the process, you would have thought he had just stumbled home from a college frat party — with the dry heaves, he would broadcast — and all at the very thought of getting some on his hands.

He has never been a fan of people doo-doo — especially as a fashion accessory.

I do have to hand it to him — this time especially — for taking one for the team. A sewage bath was a poetic symbol of how 2020 had gone.

I bet he trades places with me the next time I say, “Hey dear, the toilet won’t flush.”

But I’ll have six years of baby diaper experience behind me to give me the strength.

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Practical Farmers’ farminar season starts Routine Maintenance” —During this farminar, Adam Montri will draw on his experience building hundreds of high tunnels to share tips for building a strong tunnel, and routine tasks farmers should do to keep their tunnels performing as expected.

March 2 — Spanish-language farminar, planning in progress.

March 9 — “Using EQIP to Improve Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands” — Kelsey Fleming, a private lands biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will talk about how programs like EQIP can provide landowners with financial assistance for wildlife conservation on their farms. Also hear about other technical and financial assistance opportunities available to farmers and landowners.

March 16 — “Pollinators and Climate Change: Making an Impact on the Farm” — Learn more from Xerces Society climate change lead, Angela Laws, about how climate change impacts pollinators; as well as cost-share and technical assistance programs that can help you sustain pollinators on your farm.

To participate: Go to practicalfarmers.org/farminars, click the “Join in” button and sign in as “Guest.”

A schedule of all upcoming farminars – as well as recordings of archived farminars – is also available at that link.

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Conversation is always welcome; just watch your mouth I admire people who are true conversashame when my mind recalls my monotionalists. Oh, many of us know how to logue at night. open our mouths and have noise come At a church we once attended, there out. Some of us (me for sure) are great was a cry room where mothers with babblers. young children could go to when they Conversation must be an art. For a few, misbehaved. For many of us mothers, the gift of gab comes naturally. But most this was the first adult conversations we painters, talented pianists and star athhad experienced since last Sunday (husletes will tell you it takes hours of pracbands must not count, I guess). At times FROM MY tice every day. it did get out of hand with too much conFARMHOUSE versing. It was the mothers who were KITCHEN Because of the isolation we have been actually misbehaving. We should have subjected to, my conversing skills have

By Renae B. reserved our conversations for later. certainly not been developing. In fact, Vander Schaaf when I get with people I tend to overFamily gatherings are more of the right talk; or misspeak so often that I grimace with place for discourse. I remember days of old, when my dear uncles and aunts always made sure everyone knew their presence was greatly appreciated and they sure possessed the knack for chatting.

It is easy for me to just sit in a corner quietly and be an observer because watching other people interact is enjoyable. There are some who might come to the conclusion that I am snooty, or don’t care about anyone else and am just plain stupid. Now the last one is probably true, and for a long time it has been easier to keep my mouth shut so more people don’t come to that conclusion.

But it’s time for me to get over that shyness and learn to converse intelligently. And try not to put my foot in my mouth over and over again. For instance, never ask a woman when her baby is due.

Obviously the first step is to learn to make small talk. It does have a purpose in helping to put everyone at ease. Since my brain often goes dead once the weather has been discussed, my next comment usually is, “it’s been nice talking to you.” Later on I will think, “why didn’t I ask about this or that?”

Quite frankly, I truly enjoy hearing what is going on in other people’s lives. Mine is already known to me. After all, do you really want to hear about my battle with desk clutter? But then again, perhaps you have some great organization ideas.

Really, if a trip has been taken, please tell me about it. I want to hear about the unique, off-thebeaten-path destination you discovered that is worth visiting. I am not a traveler, so your vacations do interest me.

Eating is something I definitely find pleasing (besides necessary). So please tell me the newest cooking secret you have learned; a recipe that makes any meal a five star winner; or a new appliance my kitchen must have.

You may tell me your political views, but prepared to listen to mine. After all, part of a being a good conversationalist is listening. A good conversation is one with dialogue.

But above all, keep your speech positive. Malicious gossiping or tearing down others is not appreciated.

If anyone has offended you, get on your knees and pray for them and yourself. By the same token, immoral talk is never acceptable in any conversation. It reveals something about the speaker’s heart that needs a transformation. Barnyard expletives blurted in haste because of extreme frustration while working stay in the barnyard — right?

We really do need to be careful of the words we speak, because words carry plenty of weight and do affect others. Words once spoken are seldom forgotten. It’s so important to remember that our words have power. They can inspire or destroy.

“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” — Colossians 4:6 (King James version) And another reminder found in Philippians 1:27: “Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.”

Renae B. Vander Schaaf is an independent writer, author and speaker. Contact her at (605) 530-0017 or agripen@live.com. v

www.TheLandOnline.com Beef producer survey deadline extended The University of Minnesota and Minnesota Beef Council are collaborating on an overview study mapping the pathways Minnesota beef cattle travel from birth to finish. The survey was opened last fall, and the deadline has been extended to March 31.

The study will provide a foundational overview by documenting and describing the farm-to-feedlot pathways currently being utilized by Minnesota beef producers. The survey is available online and should

take producers approximately 5-10 minutes to finish.

Survey results and responses are completely voluntary and confidential.

The survey is available at z.umn.edu/beefpathways.

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Production continues climb; herd numbers highest in 20 years This column was written for the marketIn the week ending Jan. 16, 67,400 ing week ending Jan. 29. dairy cows were sent to slaughter. This is down 100 from the previous week, but Increased cow numbers and increased 200 head or 0.3 percent above a year ago. output per cow drove December milk production well above December 2019. n Preliminary data in the U.S. Department Give no thought of any shortage of of Agriculture’s latest Milk Production milk, butter or cheese anytime soon in report has output at 18.94 billion pounds this country. December’s Cold Storage — up a bearish 3.1 percent from a year report put that to rest and no doubt sent MIELKE MARKET ago. December output in the top 24 states WEEKLY shivers throughout the dairy industry, as hit 18.1 billion, up 3.2 percent. dairy stocks grew markedly due to resBy Lee Mielke Revisions raised the November 50-state taurant and food service shortfalls and total by 73 million pounds to 18.1 slowing government buying opposite billion. This is up 3.4 percent from rising milk output.

November 2019 instead of the origiDec. 31 butter stocks swelled to nally reported 3 percent.

273.8 million pounds. This is up 22 million pounds December cow numbers increased for the sixth or 8.7 percent from November, and a scale breaking consecutive month, totaling 9.44 million head in the 84.1 million pounds or 44.4 percent above December 50 states. This is up 12,000 from November’s count, 2019 — the 18th consecutive month they topped the which was revised up 24,000. The December herd year-ago level. was at a whopping 100,000 head above December American type cheese hit 801.2 million pounds, up 2019 and the largest dairy herd in over 20 years.

39.2 million pounds or 5.1 percent from November December output per cow averaged 2,006 pounds, and 51.3 million pounds or 6.8 percent above a year up 40 pounds or 2 percent from a year ago. ago.

Fourth quarter milk output in the 50 states The “other” cheese category climbed to 576.9 miltotaled 55.6 billion pounds. This is up 3 percent lion pounds, up 12.2 million pounds or 2.2 percent from a year ago, with cow numbers at 9.43 million from November and 28.8 million or 5.3 percent head — up 59,000 from third quarter and 81,000 above a year ago. more than a year ago.

The total cheese inventory amounted to 1.398 bilThe preliminary data would peg 2020 total milk lion pounds, up 51.1 million pounds or 3.8 percent output at 223.06 billion pounds (up 2.1 percent from from November (the biggest inventory since June 2019) with cow numbers at 9.38 million head, up 2020) and 75.9 million pounds or 5.7 percent above 46,000 or 0.5 percent. that of a year ago.

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HighGround Dairy says butter stocks typically build in December as production climbs and holiday buying ends; but the build exceeded the five-year average.

As to the cheese build, HighGround Dairy says it is a concern “as strong milk production is expected to result in heavy cheese output in the coming months to drive stocks even higher.”

The build was nearly ten times the five-year average.

Speaking in the Feb. 1 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, HighGround Dairy’s Lucas Fuess said December was the second consecutive month milk output topped 3 percent above the previous year, and pointed to the “tremendous growth rate in cow numbers,” as well as growth in milk per cow as well as milk components.

Fuess said there was strong growth in almost all regions of the country and mentioned a new cheese plant in Michigan which is quickly heading toward full capacity. He looks for significant milk volumes continuing into the spring flush.

The Cold Storage data is indicative of slightly lower demand in December, Fuess said, and stocks will only grow as milk output increases in the spring. However, the silver lining may be the lower U.S. prices being more competitive globally.

He doesn’t think the cheese price has yet to hit bottom, but concluded “It all depends if demand can keep up with the really strong production we’re expecting through spring.” n See MIELKE, pg. 14

Dairy Expo moves to virtual platform COLOGNE, Minn. — The 29th annual Carver County Dairy Expo will be held on Feb. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Management strategies in reducing mastitis, improving costs in heifer raising, along with a snapshot of dairy markets and policy will be the featured topics.

Registrants will be able to attend the live Zoom

presentation or will receive a link to the recordings for later viewing. For registration information and schedule of events, contact Colleen Carlson at traxl042@umn.edu, (507) 521-3640; or visit the event website at https://z.umn.edu/2021DairyExpo.

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Webinar focuses on ‘mastitis triangle’ National Mastitis Council’s Feb. 23 webinar features “The Mastitis Triangle: Still Relevant Today.” This free, one-hour educational offering starts at 2 p.m.

Andy Johnson, better known “The Udder Doctor,” will serve as the NMC webinar presenter. The Feb. 23 webinar will focus on the “mastitis triangle,” which includes the cow, her environment and a dairy’s milking routine. To harvest quality milk, dairy managers must look at the people milking the cows, the milking equipment and cow environment. The most success-

ful milk quality programs are those that look at the whole picture.

To register for this webinar, go to http://bit.ly/ MastitisTriangleWebinar and follow the prompts. As the webinar approaches, registrants will receive an e-mail with information on how to log in to participate.

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Baumgartner’s non-GMO corn is finding a home across the ocean in Kazakhstan

By DICK HAGEN corn monument adjoining U.S. Hwy. 212 — complete The Land Staff Writer Emeritus with a colorful history on the corn dominance of OLIVIA, Minn. — During the late 1960s and Renville County.

1970s, Olivia, Minn. was buzzing. Two new seed Olivia’s ambitions as the Seed Corn Capital of corn companies were news-makers across the corn Minnesota prevailed, mostly because of Olivia native belt because of their rapid growth. RBA Hybrids was and University of Minnesota agronomy graduate Ed under the tutelage of Bob Rauenhorst; and Keltgen Baumgartner. Raised on a farm on the south edge of Seed Company had Keith Keltgen at the helm. town, Ed and his dad, Joe, had worked seed production In those days, a few big names dominated the seed fields for the Olivia-based seed firms. His early work industry. New seed brands faced intense competition. after college brought him back home to Olivia and Keltgen Seed Company. Keltgen was conducting winBy 1976-77, RBA was being acknowledged as the ter research at a Puerto Rican seed nursery facility. third or fourth-largest seed company in the 10-state This led to Ed’s 20-year Puerto Rico career directnorthern corn belt. Keltgen Seed Company, marketing research projects for Dow AgriSeeds. This Puerto ing primarily Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana and Rico tenure involved upwards of 300 seasonal northern Iowa, soon picked up the title of ‘the fastest employees and 19 different crops utilizing nearly growing’ new seed company.

300 acres. It also fueled his ambition to return to However, fate intervened. A deadly airplane crash Olivia and launch his own seed firm. in 1978 killed five of the RBA leadership team. The Interviewed during his first year ‘back home,’ Ed cancerous death of Keith Keltgen in 1999 pretty much stifled the continuous growth of his company. proudly exclaimed, “It’s fun to be back in Olivia, the Corn Capital. Yes, my early intrigue in corn genetics It was eventually purchased by Dow AgriSeeds. stems directly from high school summers with the Nonetheless, the bustling growth of these two research crew of Trojan Seed Company.”

Olivia-based and family-owned seed firms was being Baumgartner launched his new seed firm, 3MG noticed at all levels — including state government.

0SLT02529_GARB_AG268_1119_snap_280.indd In 1993, the Minnesota State Legislature designat- (3rd Millenium Genetics) in 2005. The company’s ed Olivia as “The Seed Corn Capital of Minnesota.” singular mission was the introduction of new nonThat prompted the construction of a 100-foot tall ear GMO corn hybrids. This certainly bucked the ambitions of most seed companies which spent millions

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introducing nothing but new GMO hybrids.

Why the emphasis on non-GMO breeding?

“Because of the constantly growing market here in America and Europe which is still non-GMO,” Baumgartner replied. “Plus there’s getting to be a growing international call for our products.”

And that includes Kazakhstan — a huge landlocked country bordering on both Russia and China, where Ed and his wife currently reside. Thanks to Internet access, I had a chance to visit with Baumgartner on Jan. 7.

The Land: 2019 was a not-so-good year for Midwest farmers. By contrast, 2020 in most parts was super (especially in Renville County). Can 2021 be a repeat?

Baumgartner: I think it can be with Mother Nature cooperating. Last fall’s harvest season was a pleasant surprise after a few years of often fighting mud. Yes, timely rains will again be required for 2021. Renville County is blessed with good soils, abundant tile drainage, and farmers who can quickly handle the adverse conditions should that prevail.

The Land: You got some of your seed into Kazakhstan fields last year. How do you handle seed shipments and pricing into foreign countries?

Baumgartner: 3MG is now focused on contract research work only. We changed the seed part of 3MG to BASS Genetics and BASS Hybrids

(Baumgartner Agricultural Science and Services).

BASS Hybrids sells seed across the corn belt and BASS Genetics licenses and sells our hybrids around the globe. That partly explains my current presence in Kazakhstan. Until last season, corn growers here haven’t had the opportunity to grow our seeds. It requires 60 days transit time from our Danube, Minn. warehouse to clear customs to Kazakhstan.

Our seed is priced the same here as in the USA. However, overseas customers pay the freight and related expenses such as VAT. Daughter Rachel at our Danube warehouse handles the complex logistics and paperwork. And yes, we’ll have more acres of BASS Hybrids planted here this 2021 season.

The Land: Over the years you’ve collected germplasm of different strains of corn around the world.

Are you still finding new germplasm sources with improved results in insect, heat and drought tolerance?

Baumgartner: This continues to be the most exciting part of product development. Genes to improve drought, heat and insect tolerance are present in the corn gene pool. There is no need to add foreign genes to find these traits. Yes, it takes time and a different breeding methodology, but you can coax these genes into expressing themselves and then corral them into our germplasm base. Once in our germplasm, we develop hybrids for farmers around the globe.

The Land: Will non-GMO strategies continue to be the wellspring of your company?

Baumgartner: BASS Hybrids will NOT permit a GMO to enter its warehouse! Our primary intent since day one was to be a leading source of nonGMO hybrids. The non-GMO market is a viable and growing market for us. We see more and more farmers switching 100 percent to non-GMO. And it’s not just a seed price issue. It lessens their herbicidemanagement headaches also.

The Land: With most farmers pleased — perhaps surprised — with crop profits last year, might there be a battle between corn and soybean acres in 2021?

Baumgartner: From an agronomic standpoint, I would rather farmers keep their crop rotations intact. I understand their ambition for that ‘home run’ too! The beauty of developing our own products is that we actually develop hybrids for corn-on-corn situations since many of our customers are livestock farmers with a need for corn-on-corn acres.

The Land: So what’s ahead for 3MG? Is the 300-bushel yield a reality? Lots of 200-plus bushel yields last fall. How many new hybrids into the 2021 market? And you now have 76 and 78-day hybrids.

Is this a ‘safety bailout’ when Mother Nature delays planting?

Baumgartner: In 37 years of sitting in the plot combine, I have only seen 300 bushels across the screen one time. Yes, under the right circumstances 300-bushel yields do happen. Last season several of our ‘grow out’ plots hit close.

We are constantly adding hybrids to meet specific customer needs. That’s why we call BASS Hybrids personalized seed. Consistency of production on a year-to-year basis is what corn producers most appreciate; but everyone likes the ‘home run’ too!

Our commercial lineup for 2021 totals 32 hybrids — our biggest lineup ever. And we’re excited about these early hybrids too. Our maturity range is from See BAUMGARTNER, pg. 14

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Butter price stays low as supplies remain high

MIELKE, from pg. 11 Cash dairy prices indeed came under pressure the last week of January as traders weighed the Milk Production and Cold Storage data. The cheddar blocks finished the last Friday of the month at $1.5750 per pound. This is down 3.5 cents on the week, the third week of decline in a row (and lowest since May 12) 4.25 cents below where they were on Jan. 4, and 34.5 cents below a year ago.

The barrels rolled to a $1.39 per pound finish, down a quarter-cent on the week, 9.25 cents below their Jan. 4 perch, 11 cents below a year ago, and 18.5 cents below the blocks.

There was no block sold on the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and 62 cars for the month of January, down from 109 in December.

Twenty-one cars of barrel exchanged hands in the last week of January, 98 cars for the month, up from 90 in December.

Midwest cheese sales vary by type, according to Dairy Market News. Contacts reported stronger cheddar sales to retail outlets, while some mozzarella producers reported softer interest. East coastbased customers are definitely “hit and miss,” with restricted access to restaurants and other food service entities.

Cheese production remains busy and a few plants reported that demand is hearty enough to outdo production capacity, while concerns elsewhere are for growing inventories which are expected to grow even more, “while customers wait out some sentiment of market stability.”

There is plenty of milk in the Midwest and spot milk prices remain discounted to previous weeks, says Dairy Market News, but cheesemakers did receive fewer offers of milk week-to-week.

Western cheese manufacturers are working hard to process the ample Please read attached emailsupply of milk and to find markets in which to move the cheese. Cheese inventories are also heavy. Market price volatility is “creating significant challenges forecasting cheese ALREADY ON AD THE to LAND and FREE PRESS needs,” says Dairy Market News, “and market participants do not want to get on the wrong end of a swing.”

Contacts suggest demand is “all over the place.”

Retail demand is holding but losing a little steam

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from the pre-winter holiday season. Mozzarella demand is starting to slow as the football playoffs draw to a close. Cheese demand from some fast-food chains is strong; but food service sales are still way down. Cheese sellers are holding out hope that shuttered restaurants in parts of the United States may be able to re-open, or open more fully soon, says Dairy Market News. n Cash butter, after jumping 11.25 cents the previous week, fell to its lowest level on Jan. 29 since May 5 — $1.2450 per pound. This is 15.75 cents lower on the week, 65.5 cents below a year ago, and 15 cents below its Jan. 1 position. Eighteen cars sold on the week and 63 on the month, down from 129 in December.

Cream remains plentiful in the Midwest, says Dairy Market News, with cream offers aplenty from both local and western sources; though some “trucking hiccups” had occurred in getting cream from the west. Retail butter sales are strong, better than expected, according to some this week, but “the elephant in the room remains to be food service sales, or a lack thereof,” says Dairy Market News.

Western butter output is at seasonal levels but milk supplies remain heavy, so the resulting cream is keeping plants running at full capacity. Retail butter sales are flat following a brisk two-day order cycle after the recent Food Box announcement.

Butter manufacturers anticipate that once the new crop deadline passes, the market should see some renewed interest — though the Cold Storage data won’t likely help matters any.

The Jan. 27 Daily Dairy Report warned, “If owners of this old crop product, produced before Dec. 1, hope to sell it at the CME, they will have to trade it before March 1. After that date, all butter sold at the CME must have been manufactured after Dec. 1, 2020. This timing constraint suggests that offers are likely to be heavy in Chicago in coming weeks,

potentially pushing prices down further.”

Grade A nonfat dry milk saw some ups and downs but closed Jan. 29 at $1.1725 per pound. This is unchanged on the week, 2.5 cents above where it was on Jan. 4, but 6.75 cents below a year ago.

There were 37 cars sold on the week and 140 on the month, up from 57 in December.

Spot dry whey saw its first slippage on Jan. 26 since Dec. 31, dropping 4.25 cents, then rallied and closed the week and the month at 53.50 cents per pound. This is down a half-cent on the week, seven cents above its Jan. 4 posting, and 17 cents above a year ago. There were seven sales on the week and 15 for the month, up from 11 in December. n In politics, the American Dairy Coalition reports Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced the Wage Act, which would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The President has previously signaled support for it as well.

If passed, the wage would be raised from $7.25 to $9.50 an hour. It would increase again to $12.50 in 2023, to $14 in 2024 and $15 the following year.

According to the ADC, to date eight states plus Washington, D.C. have approved such increases; and while the bill is backed by ranking Democrats (including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders) it will need the support of 10 Republicans to pass in the Senate. There is not a lot of support from Republicans, says the ADC, who “believe Congress should not set this standard because the cost of living is so variable throughout the United States and it will hurt businesses.”

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. He can be reached at lkmielke@ juno.com. v

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Average Kazakhstan farm is 12,500 acres BAUMGARTNER, from pg. 13 76-day to 114 days. My original thinking was developing inbred lines to license and sell to other seed companies. But thanks to business friends, my family members, and perhaps my own ambitions, we decided to get into this exciting world of retail marketing also. Yes, it’s a sometimes whacky world out there — especially this season. But we have great employees. We can handle the bumps and bruises of the seed business. Most importantly, we have the very best customers.

According to Baumgartner, Kazakhstan farmers grow about 2 million acres of corn annually. Most of it fed to their domestic livestock, primarily cattle. Some corn was exported to China; but this has stopped after the pandemic hit the world. Baumgartner expects exports are likely to increase again as China rapidly

rebuilds their huge swine industry.

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Use these tips for butchering a pig for home use

By SARAH SCHIECK BOELKE University of Minnesota Extension Have you tried to make an appointment to get a pig butchered by a local meat processor and realized they are booked out for months? This was the experience of many back in April 2020 when pork-packing plants closed due to Covid-19 outbreaks among workers at their facilities. This caused farmers to scramble for alternative markets options.

One of those alternative market options included farmers selling live pigs directly to consumers. Typically, the consumer would book an appointment with a local meat processor to get the pig butchered. The problem was (and still is) that many local meat processors have full schedules for months.

With no space available and a pig ready for butchering, many people are choosing to butcher the pig themselves.

There are some things to know before an individual butchers a pig. During the height of closed pork-packing plants, University of Minnesota Extension created a video on butchering a pig for home use. In addition to a step-by-step tutorial on butchering a pig, it also included human safety, pig welfare and food safety discussions.

The video is still relevant today and is posted on University of Minnesota Extension Swine YouTube channel at h t t p s : / / z . u m n . e d u / HowToButcherPigVideo.

Rules and regulations to know Before a person begins the butchering process, there are a few things both the farmer and individual purchasing the animal should know. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has a fact sheet explaining the regulations of butchering animals on farms. This fact sheet is located at https://z.umn.edu/ FarmButcherGuide.

First, individuals should check the availability of meat processors near them. The MDA has an interactive map of all meat processors in the state to help people locate butchers near them.

The map of Minnesota Meat Processors is located at z.umn.edu/ MDAmeatprocessors. These meat processors are regulated by the Minnesota State Meat, Poultry and Egg Inspection Program and either have Custom Exempt Meat Processing or Equal to Meat Processing status. With that, these facilities follow specific food safety-standards and requirements to

ensure meat products produced are safe.

There are laws, both federal (9 CFR 303.1) and state (Minn. Stat. 31A.15) laws concerning butchering on farms.

These laws say an animal can be butchered legally on-farm if the farmer is butchering an animal they raised. The laws also define that the farmer will exclusively use the meat themselves or the meat will be used by members of the farmer’s household, nonpaying guests and employees. The farmer could also butcher an animal on farm and then bring the meat to a custom exempt permitted facility to further cut and process. In this situation too, the farmer must exclusively use the meat along with members of the farmer’s household, nonpaying guests and employees.

A farmer cannot sell an animal to an individual who would then butcher the animal on-farm. The farmer can also not butcher an animal for the individual purchasing the animal for meat. If an individual buys an animal from a farmer for meat purposes, the animal must leave the farm alive. The individual purchasing the animal can butcher the animal himself or herself, provided it be not on the farm where the animal was raised. In addition, only the individual who purchased the animal, along with members of their household, can use the meat.

The carcass remains (hide, head, internal organs, etc.) of the pig will need to be properly disposed of according to Minnesota Board of Animal Health’s carcass disposal guidelines.

These guidelines are found at https:// www.bah.state.mn.us/emergency-carcass-resources.

A person buying a pig to butcher — either themselves or at a local meat processor — should be prepared with appropriate freezer space until the pork can be consumed. A pig weighing 250 to 270 pounds will yield approximately 120 to 140 pounds of pork. A space of 2.25 cubic feet can fit about 50 pounds of meat. Another comparison is that pork from half a hog weighing between 250 to 270 pounds can fit into an empty, average-sized home freezer.

Quantities of meat will depend on the size of the live animal. If the pig has a live weight greater than 270 pounds, more than 140 pounds of pork can be expected. Infographics explaining the amount of meat to expect from pigs

and other farm animals are located at h t t p s : / / z . u m n . e d u / BuyingAnimalsforMeat.

Items needed to butcher a pig for home use Before beginning the butchering process, the necessary tools and equipment need to be gathered. Granted, the average person will not have the same items that meat processors do. But items listed below are tools and equipment an average person should be able to round up.

• A firearm for stunning the pig. A low caliber firearm like a 22 rifle works nicely. The problems with larger caliber firearms is that they will go completely through the animal and hit surfaces which may cause the bullet to ricochet off and hit people.

• Siding knife, which is a broader styled knife.

• Boning knife, which is narrow with a little more flex to it.

• A saw — either reciprocating handsaw or an electric reciprocating saw like a sawzall.

• Honing steel to help keep the blade

of a knife straight.

• A sharpening stone to keep knives sharp. Sharp knives are safer than dull knives which require more pressure to cut, increasing chance of injury.

• Gambrel, which is basically a pipe, stick or something to spread the carcass apart if the carcass will be hung by the hind legs. Hanging the carcass will make processing easier, but not necessary.

• Chain or rope to hang the carcass in any way.

• A folding table or plywood, along with a clean tarp to hold the carcass if the carcass will not be hung during processing. The flat surface will also be good to use when cutting the carcass into primal cuts.

• A garden hose to provide a water source to help keep surfaces and the area clean.

Keep food safety in mind It is important to think about food safety, even before the pig is stunned and bled out. Proper sanitation when See PROCESSING, pg. 18

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USDA launches NAHMS swine study a year later

By DIANE DE WITTE University of Minnesota Extension The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ag Census is taken every five years, in years ending in a 2 or 7. The agriculture census recently has yielded a lot of important information about the age of our farming community, and the participation by female operators and immigrant farmers.

There is an additional type of census that has taken place in agriculture since 1983 which has a tremendous impact on perspectives of livestock health in the United States. Conducted by the USDA, this study takes an in-depth look at livestock operations, their management and their health. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service oversees the National Animal Health Monitoring System.

NAHMS works with the National Ag Statistics Service to collect the data and evaluate it.

National Ag Statistics Service Many farmers are familiar with NASS and its Minnesota field office in St. Paul. The Minnesota ag statistics office, headed by state ag statistician Dan Lofthus, collects ag statistics and

other information from farm operators and agribusinesses across Minnesota.

The Minnesota field office issues the Minnesota Weekly Crop Progress and Condition Report through the growing season and monthly during the winter.

This crop report follows crop progress and provides weekly temperature and precipitation data. In my previous role as a University of Minnesota local (county) Extension educator, I submitted information weekly to the Service to contribute to the aggregation of information which helps predict crop yields and harvest dates.

Minnesota’s NASS field office also publishes an annual bulletin, The Minnesota Agricultural Statistics Book, which collects yield data by county and is a source of rental rate information, too. Extension offices previously had stacks and boxes full of The Minnesota Ag Statistics Book, but today the entire document can be found on the internet at https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_ by_State/Minnesota/Publications/ Annual_Statistical_Bulletin/ As earlier mentioned, the NASS has additional roles in U.S. agriculture

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The National Animal Health Monitoring System NAHMS was formed to collect, analyze and disseminate data on animal health, management and productivity across the United States. The NAHMS team conducts national studies on the health and health management of U.S. livestock populations. U.S. livestock species sectors, along with the people who work within the industries, use the NAHMS information to meet their information needs.

NAHMS teams conduct species studies on a rotating schedule. They first collected swine data in 1990, followed by studies again in 1995, 2000, 2006, and 2012. In 2007 they collected information about swine raised in small-scale operations. In the years between these swine studies, they are learning more about health management in dairy, beef, sheep, equine, goats, bison, cervids and aquaculture. Each species is on a rotating schedule which implements a study every 5-6 years on average.

Data collected from previous swine studies can easily be found on the internet at the NAHMS website. The NAHMS Swine Studies website contains data from all previous NAHMS Swine studies, and tremendous information which has been analyzed and distilled to illustrate changes in the swine industry from study to study. Data collected in these studies is strictly confidential and used to generate scientifically based and statistically valid national estimates which can be used for education, research and policy development.

NAHMS swine in 2021 The 2021 NAHMS Swine Study was originally slated for launch in the summer of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic and its affiliated effects on the U.S. pork industry necessitated postponement of the study to summer of 2021. In preparation for the study launch, USDAAPHIS has been sending out announcements, collaborating with state Departments of Agriculture and University Extension programs to get the word out.

The actual Swine Study will be conducted in three phases from July 2021 through January 2022. In June 2021, selected producers will be mailed a letter describing the study and be provide a questionnaire to be completed and

returned. Selected producers who don’t respond will be called by a NASS representative to arrange a convenient time to complete the questionnaire via telephone interview.

Participation in the study is voluntary and confidential. The privacy of every participant is protected, and only those people collecting study data know the identity of respondents. No name or contact information will ever be associated with individual data, and no data will ever be reported in a way that could reveal the identity of a participant. Data is presented only in an aggregate or summary manner.

Not a one-size-fits-all kind of study The 2021 NAHMS Swine Study has been developed to address two specific types of pig farms. Divided into the “Large Enterprise Study” and the “Small Enterprise Study,” the two will collect different types of information based on the size of the operation.

Large Enterprise Study — This survey will take an in-depth look at U.S. swine operations with 1,000 or more pigs.

Approximately 2,700 swine farms will be selected from 13 states. These states (Minnesota, Iowa, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma) represent 90 percent of the U.S. hog operations with 1,000 or more pigs.

The objectives of this large study were developed through discussion and surveys within the swine industry, including focus groups populated with representatives from the National Pork Board, the National Pork Producers Council, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. Much of the information collected in this survey will assist the industry in disease management and preparedness strategies to protect the swine industry.

This study of large pig farms will describe current U.S. swine production practices related to housing, productivity, biosecurity, and morbidity and mortality prevention. It will determine the producer-reported prevalence of select pathogens in weaned market pigs; as well as describe antimicrobial stewardship and use patterns. The study will also evaluate the presence of select economically important pathogens and characterize isolated organisms from biological specimens.

Small Enterprise Study — In conSee SWINE STUDY, pg. 18

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University of Minnesota’s swine influenza research continues

SWINE &U

Winter has arrived and we have seasonal disease concerns — both in the pig barn and with the caretakers.

UniversityofMinnesota For the past year we have EXTENSION been immersed in learning all we can about Covid-19, but at weaning on 83 swine the usual winter worries on farms in Iowa, Minnesota the pig farm always include and South Dakota. These swine influenza virus. Swine monthly samples were influenza virus can be simply part of a routine surveilreferred to as the flu, but lance program and yieldthere’s nothing simple about ed these results: Piglets it in the herd.

SWINE & U who were raised by sows Prior to this 2020 season of vaccinated against influBy Diane DeWitte Covid-19, the 2009 H1N1 enza were less likely to (“swine flu”) pandemic was the worst have the disease. Gilts who entered human flu attack since 1918. Because the sow herd and were influenza-posiits origins were a reassortment of tive were associated with positive pighuman, bird and swine flu viruses, lets at weaning. Further details of Dr. much research has occurred in the Pardo’s study can be found at https://z. ensuing years to better understand flu umn.edu/PardoInfluenzaStudy. in pigs and people.

A robust five-year study of 34 breedInfluenza in Pigs to-wean farms by the team at the Swine influenza virus is present in University of Minnesota’s Veterinary most swine herds across the country, Population Department undertook the and it appears to be a disease many three-pronged challenge of estimating farms constantly live with. It’s a respi- the prevalence and seasonality of SIV, ratory disease which affects all stages investigating the correlation between of production. Suckling piglets gener- the prevalence of SIV and weather, ally have immunity to the disease while and studying the genetic diversity of with the sow. Coughing, pneumonia the SIV on the farms over time. and fever are the most common sympThe team found that the prevalence toms. The high temperatures of SIV of influenza in herds over five years can cause abortions in pregnant sows; growing pigs will experience severe ranged from 7 percent to 57 percent respiratory distress for 7-10 days, then with a median presence of 28 percent. return to normal over the next 7-10 Herd-level influenza occurrences foldays. In the Midwest, 90 percent of lowed a cyclical pattern with levels swine herds containing growing pigs increasing during the fall, peaking in December and May, and subsiding in have tested positive for SIV. the summer. Researchers were able to While commercial vaccines exist for correlate the prevalence of herd-level swine influenza, many herds prefer to influenza with lower outdoor temperuse an autogenous vaccine created spe- atures and low absolute humidity. cifically for them. These custom-made The team’s research also showed that vaccines are formulated by using herd- over time, there were genetically specific antigens from the influenza- diverse influenza viruses co-circulatinfected population. ing within the herd. (Frontiers in Recent studies on influenza Veterinary Science, October 2017).

The past seven years have found the 2020 influenza research University of Minnesota on the foreA study by the University of front in conducting valuable applied Minnesota Veterinary College’s research to try to understand influenza Torremorell group was recently pubin swine, its control, and how it can be lished in the Preventive Veterinary eradicated.

Medicine Journal. In this publication, Dr. Fabian Chamba Pardo recently Dr. Jorge Garrido-Mantilla et al. evalupublished findings of his study of the ated if piglets put together with a factors which affect influenza infection nurse sow were more likely to be influstatus of piglets at weaning time. From enza A (SIA) positive; and conversely, if 2011 to 2017, Pardo collected samples a nurse sow could become infected

when adopting a litter of positive piglets.

A common practice on pig farms is to use nurse sows to adopt piglets who fall behind and might otherwise die.

Transmission of influenza virus from nurse sows to adopted pigs has been reported experimentally. However, until now, studies in actual production farms have not been conducted.

The study included a total of 184 sows in three breeding herds in Minnesota and Iowa. All three herds were positive for the swine influenza virus. The researchers collected oral swabs and udder wipes from the sows before the adopted pigs were placed with them, and after weaning. Oral swabs were collected from six piglets in each litter three times during the nursing period and at weaning.

Overall, this study showed more sows were found positive at weaning compared to the beginning of the study when using oral swabs. However, no difference was found between the nurse sows and control sows. When looking at udder wipe samples, a higher pro-

portion tested positive in the nurse group compared to the control group at the onset of the study.

This difference was not found at the time of weaning. The udder wipe samples also tested positive by virus isolation, showing that nurse sows could serve as a mechanical means of transmission in addition to direct transmission from their own oro-nasal secretions. This study indicates that nurse sows can contribute to the transmission and perpetuation of influenza infections in pigs prior to weaning, particularly during the first week after adoption. (Report from umnswinenews.com, Jan. 26.)

Protect people and pigs Although influenza is not a federally reportable or regulated swine disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in conjunction with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians and National Pork Board have collaborated on the establishment of a national swine influenza virus surveillance program. Veterinarians can submit nasal fluid, oral swabs or lung tissue to a local lab to be evaluated. In Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Lab on the St. See SWINE & U, pg. 18

University of Minnesota Extension Swine Resources for you Website: extension.umn.edu/swine Swine Extension blog & Newsletter: https://blog-swine.extension.umn.edu Minnesota’s Swine & U Podcasts: https://z.umn.edu/UMNSwineExtensionPodcast UM Extension Swine YouTube channel: https://z.umn.edu/UMNSwineYouTube UM Extension Swine Facebook page: facebook.com/UMNSwine UM College of Veterinary Medicine Swine blog: www.umnswinenews.com Contact the University of Minnesota Extension Swine Educators: Sarah Schieck-Boelke at schi0466@umn.edu Diane DeWitte at stouf002@umn.edu

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Safety, sanitation are key to succesful home processing PROCESSING, from pg. 15 processing food of any kind is important.

Regulators of food safety use Food and Drug Administration’s eight key sanitation conditions when evaluating food-processing procedures: Safety of the water that comes in contact with

food or food contact surfaces, or is used in the manufacturing of ice. Water will be needed to clean surfaces, tools and equipment. But if the water itself is not clean, then contamination will occur.

Condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces — including utensils, gloves and outer garments.

Think about every surface the carcass will come in

Flu viruses can pass from pigs to people

SWINE & U, from pg. 17 Paul campus is the surveillance site. Information gathered there can help determine the presence of or changes in influenza virus on pig farms.

Because flu viruses can be transmitted between pigs and people, guidelines are in place for pig handlers and farm team members. As always, biosecurity is important to prevent the spread of influenza from pigs to people and from workers to pigs. Wearing personal protective equipment like gloves and masks that cover nose and mouth can reduce the transfer of flu virus.

Workers should not eat, drink or put anything in their mouth in pig areas. Also important is hand-washing often with soap and running water before and after working with pigs. If soap and water is not available,

an alcohol-based hand rub is recommended. Pig barn employees with flu-like illness should stay home for at least 24 hours after the fever ends.

The National Pork Board and the U.S. Center for Disease Control recommend that people who work with pigs get a seasonal flu vaccination. Vaccinations are the most valuable tool for preventing flu transmission. Annual vaccination will prevent the spread of the flu between people and from people to pigs.

Flu season is here. Make sure that you, your family, and your pigs are protected against the disease.

Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension.

Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu v

SWINE STUDY, from pg. 16

the U.S. pig farms with fewer than 1,000 pigs. North Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, and six small urban states in the northeastern United States are the states who do not have a large population of small enterprise swine farms.

Why participate?

Producers who are selected to participate in the 2021 NAHMS Swine Study can benefit the swine industry in a number of ways. The data supplied will provide transparent, credible information on industry practices which will help counter misinformation.

In an effort to understand disease preparedness strengths and vulnerabilities, the data will help policymakers and industry stakeholders make sciencebased decisions. The information gathered can be used by researchers and private enterprise to focus on swine health issues — both large and small; and identify educational needs related to health and production on small and large swine farms.

The NAHMS swine team is gearing up to meet and visit with swine producers across the United States beginning in the summer of 2021. Producer participation is a great way to provide credible data to researchers, and later in the study, to get some biologics testing of the herd. Data collected in this 2021 study will provide an unquestionable benchmark for swine production and health in the United States, and assist the industry in planning for the future.

Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension.

Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu v

Swine study prevents misinformation

trast, this study will collect data from swine operations with fewer than 1,000 pigs. The NAHMS team hopes to learn more about the swine health and management practices used on these farms and the alternative marketing strategies they implement.

Small enterprise swine production is a growing sector of the U.S. swine industry because it’s a primary supplier of many niche-market products. This industry segment is very diverse, and the study hopes to learn more about small-farm health and production practices, animal movement and mortality on small pig farms; while contrasting the differences between small and large pig operations.

For the small swine enterprise study, 5,000 swine operations from 38 states will be asked to participate.

Interestingly, these 38 states account for 95 percent of

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Prevention of cross-contamination. Crosscontamination can happen when things which are not considered food contact surfaces. These include the outer garments of those butchering the pig and the utensils used, etc.

Maintenance of hand washing, sanitizing, and toilet facilities. Proper hand washing is extremely important because improper handwashing or improper personal hygiene can be the cause of cross-contamination.

Protection of food, food packaging materials, and food contact surfaces from contamination from lubricants, fuel, pesticides, cleaning compounds, sanitizing agents, and other chemical, physical and biological contaminants. Where a pig is butchered matters because it is extremely important not to get unwanted material in the meat.

Proper labeling and storage of the meat product is important. Be sure to have adequate space to store the meat product and at a temperature that is safe.

The health condition of the individuals doing the butchering is important to food safety as well. If a person is coughing and sneezing while butchering for example, this could result in microbiological contamination of food, food packaging materials and food contact surfaces.

Exclusion of pests from the food. If butchering outdoors, pests such as flies, ants, birds, etc. can all carry bacteria and other things which can contaminate the meat.

Proper handling of the pig The condition in which a pig is handled prior to butchering not only impacts their well-being, but research has also shown can cause adverse effects on the quality of the pork from that pig. A stressed and agitated pig will also be much more difficult to handle.

When handling a pig it is recommended to have sorting panels or something solid like plywood to help guide the pig in the direction you want them to go. The sorting board can be used to restrain a pig’s movement. For example, if the sorting board will be used to restrain the pig along a gate or side of a pen for stunning. When doing this, it is important to have sturdy gating. The pig should have good footing to minimize chance of the pig slipping. If a firearm is used to stun the pig, be sure to think about human safety in terms of the surrounding area. Pay attention to the flooring the pig is on to minimize the chance of the bullet ricocheting off objects if the pig is missed or the bullet goes through the pig.

Tthe video, “How to butcher a pig for home use,” created by the University of Minnesota Extension Swine Team explains the points mentioned and more. It also shows the butchering process post bleed out through cutting the carcass into primal cuts. Be sure to check it out if you plan to butcher a pig (https://z.umn.edu/HowToButcherPigVideo).

Sarah Schieck Boelke is a University of Minnesota Extension Educator. She can be reached at (320) 2350726 ext. 2004, or via email at schi0466@umn.edu. v

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10-acres on blacktop road, very well maintained. MLS# 5701169 MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 121-acres, 80% Pattern tiled. Good tenant in place. SE of Austin. MLS# 5689546 MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 120-acres, some tile, CPS of 91.7.

Frankford Twp. MLS# 5705409 NEW LISTING & PENDING MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 108-acres, Patterned tiled, CPS of 83.3.

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: 320± acres selling in two tracts. Tract 1 is 160± acres with 100± acres in CRP. Tract 2 is 157± acres turnkey, productive, investment quality agricultural land.

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LAND LOCATED: From New Ulm, MN 1.6 miles west on Highway 14, 1.5 miles north on 205th Ave. Land is on east side of road.

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TRACT 1 – 160± ACRES

Location: From Wheaton, MN 13.1 miles north on Highway 75, 2 miles west on County Road 95, land on south side of the road.

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Location: From Wheaton, MN 12.8 miles north on Highway 75, land on west side of the road.

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Opening February 1 & Closing February 9 Transcan Motorsports Group Inc. Equipment Auction, Steffes Group Facility, West Fargo, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening February 2 & Closing February 9 at 10AM Bremmon Farms Inventory Reduction Auction, Britton, SD, Timed Online Auction Opening February 4 & Closing February 9 at 12PM Walsh County, ND, Land Auction - 732± Acres, Edinburg, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening February 5 & Closing February 9 at 12PM Online Hay Auction - Quality Tested, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening February 5 & Closing February 10 Online Steffes Auction - 2/10, Upper Midwest Location, Timed Online Auction Opening February 9 & Closing February 16 Dakota Valley Growers Inventory Reduction Auction, Bathgate, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening February 10 & Closing February 17 at 1PM Traverse County, MN, Tillable Farmland - 320± Acres, Traverse County, Taylor Township, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening February 11 & Closing February 23 Bryan Albertson Excess Equipment Auction, Foxhome, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening February 12 & Closing February 22 Juliuson Partnership Farm Equipment Auction, Hope, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening February 12 & Closing February 22 at 12PM Colfax Farmers Elevator Equipment Auction, Colfax, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening February 15 & Closing February 23 at 1PM Brown County, MN, Tillable Farmland - 100± Acres, Brown County, MN, Timed Online Auction

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FOR SALE: (2) Friesen 25 ton feed tanks, w/ Digistar scale & augers, $7,000. 320293-5716

FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls also Hamp, York, & Hamp/ Duroc boars & gilts. Alfred Kemen 320-598-3790

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Wanted Monthly PRRS and PEDV. Delivery available. Steve All kinds of New & Used farm Resler. 507-456-7746 equipment - disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, Pets & Supplies cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507438-9782 PUPPIES FOR SALE: BorWANTED: Navigator or similar 3pt hitch attachment for cultivating. Call 507-2765196. Please leave a message.

der Collie/Blue Heeler cross, born 12/19/20, have shots and dewormed, $200/each. 507383-6701

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Opening February 22 Closing March 3 at 7PM Private Firearm Collection Dispersal Auction, Steffes Group Facility, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening February 23 & Closing March 2 at 7PM Gudajtes Family Farm Excess Equipment Auction, Minto, ND, Timed Online Auction

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WANTED: Frame for John Deere 7000 front fold planter 2008 GMC 2500HD crew cab, 12 row. 320-293-4380 leather, sunroof, Duramax WANTED: Used LP propane Diesel, very clean, was a tank, 15,000, 18,000 or 21,000 Utah truck, 134K, $20,900.

715-572-1234 gallons. 507-327-6430

Opening February 18 & Closing February 25 at 12PM James Tjon Estate Firearms & JD Tractors Auction, Steffes Group Facility, West Fargo, ND, Timed Online Auction

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FOR SALE: 960 JD field cul- John Deere 7000 planter JD 6620 side hill combine, hy- WANTED: Yetter 2x2 fertiliztivator, 34 ft, 6” spacing, 6R30” liquid fertilizer, preci- drostatic w/ RWA, also JD er discs for John Deere 1770 knock-on 7” shovels, 3R sion meters, row cleaners, 920 bean head on head haul- planter. 507-227-2602 spring tooth drag, excellent always shedded, good con- er wagon, complete $20,500; condition, $4,500. 507-276- dition, $6,500/OBO. 952-292- Also 3 gravity flow boxes, Livestock 8345 approx. 150-250 bu. All 3 for 2019 $3,000. 507-330-2808

Opening February 15 & Closing February 23 at 12PM Leon Schmaltz Farm Equipment Auction, Harvey, ND, Timed Online Auction

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Richard Siemers.

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same result.

Tim and Donna Swenson owned a motor sports business when their son, Jeff, was left paralyzed by a car crash. Jeff loved to hunt and fish, but wheelchairs are not designed for “off-sidewalk” travel — limiting outdoor activity. When the Swensons retired in 2008 and sold the business to their other son, Jim, Tim wanted to see Jeff resume a more normal life. He developed a chair that runs on tracks.

“Shortly after he had operational models for his son to try, other people started seeing them and Tim realized this was not going to be a one-unit venture,” said Alan Macht, director of sales and marketing for Action Manufacturing Inc. in Marshall, Minn.

Since the first commercial model with a blue seat, the Action Trackchair has been continually upgraded and is now distributed throughout the United States plus Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Macht said he has many times heard the story of veterans returning from conflict missing limbs and not seeing a future. They were starting to give up until they saw a Trackchair and realized if they fought through the pain and therapy, they could get back outdoors.

It wasn’t long before a Trackstander model was added. With the push of a button the occupant, with supports and stabilizers, is brought to a standing position and able to look others in the eye, or able to perform tasks above chair height.

Marshall, Minn.

All this led to the Action Trackporter, born out of necessity and a desire to help in a different way.

“A local pork producer was looking at the Trackchairs and he commented to Tim, ‘I could use something like that to take dead hogs out of my sow barns’,” Macht said. With suggestions from the producer, Tim removed the seat, added a cart and winch and other refinements, and produced a machine with good traction which can maneuver in tight places and makes it possible for one person to extract a dead hog without risking injury.

Replacing the cart with a bucket, the machine is also used by turkey growers to remove dead stock.

The Trackporter is used by pork producers all over the United States. Both it and the Trackchair are Minnesota made, manufactured only at the twice-expanded facility in Marshall.

Whatever happened to Jeff? He not only got back to hunting and fishing, he is one of the company’s dealers in Montana.

Tim Swenson wanted his son to be able to “get off the normal path” and designed an all-terrain chair with tracks. Then an option to stand up with the crowd was added. Alterations to make it useful for farmers needing to remove dead livestock brought more adaptations. When Swenson achieved his goal of increasing his son’s mobility, he had not dreamed that his invention would blossom into an enterprise which is leaving its track-print all over the globe.

But it is.

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