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An amazing assortment of World War II too — formerly running a farm tiling opervehicles arrived at the Olivia Legion ation at Fairfax before moving to Iowa. about 2:30 p.m. on July 29. Roger n Hershberger was driving a 1941 Packard I also had the opportunity to meet Ann four-door sedan, air-conditioned and sportAdams, a support driver in this 2021 ing white-sidewall tires with “U.S. NAVY” Military Vehicle Preseravation emblazoned on front-door panel and large Association convoy. Her father was part of white star on rear-seat door panel. the World War II Normandy Beachhead This was the second day of their jourInvasion. Said Ann, “He just passed last LAND MINDS ney on a fabled Yellowstone Trail with year at age 97. In 2001 he finally started Hutchinson, Minn. on their agenda this talking about his service time. And this is

By Dick Hagen evening. “We started yesterday in why I and the others in this convoy are Aberdeen, S.D. This was a Navy staff here … we’re doing this because our car for Navy brass. Yes, I suspect this fathers started this years ago because vehicle carried some admirals too,” of their service to America. said Hershberger.

My brother Kenny,” she gesHershberger, age 75, is a tured, “driving that M35 Navy veteran. His duty was parked over there, he started on a Navy troop transport collecting vintage military hauling Marines to Viet Nam vehicles years back — so — 18,000 Marines per shipwe’ve got quite a few. We load. His candid comment, even have a few amphibious “Those Marines … they saw vehicles. We have several vetthe real action of that misererans in our family so we do able war.” some local shows, static displays and area convoys back Yes, he’s a military vehicle Photos by Dick Hagen home in Ohio.” collector himself with a WW 1941 Packard four-door sedan II jeep, a 1942 Dodge Explaining the convoy ‘Command Car’ plus a few schedule, Ann said, more. Any more military purchases ahead “We got up at 5; Hershberger? He quickly answered, “Oh no, my wife took off at 7 a.m. has rules: I have to sell two vehicles for every one We take a couple vehicle I buy. So before I bought this Packard, I had stops each morning to sell a half-track and a British-built vehicle.” … then we lunch, and then it’s our The Packard weighs about 4,200 pounds. “This afternoon break — Packard I’ve had for nine years,” stated which brought us Hershberger. “I’ve put 40,000 miles on it. I bought it here to the Olivia from a collector in Minneapolis. He had done all the Legion. We have mechanical work on it. I had it repainted, but it was Ann Adams had wonderful supand still is a great car to drive.” port from the This is Veterans’ Posts along the route and I certainly am Hershberger’s fifth seeing this here at your Post as well.” military convoy “We’re traveling well today,” commented Ann, participation. The “somewhat cooler and less dusty then yesterday 40-vehicle convoy when we had a few miles of gravel roads. Yes, I’m moves no faster aware also when we get to Olivia we are indeed in than 35 miles per corn country too. You’ve got this big ear of corn stathour. He chuckled, ute we’re told which we’ll see along this highway as “If I slow down to we depart.” about 15 miles per hour and have a n Roger Hershberger tail-wind, I’ve gotSay hello to Lamar Rowland from Samson, Ala. ten nearly 15 miles per gallon of gas.”

Though born and raised around Atlanta, Ga., he When I asked if he’d drive in future Military moved to Alabama in 1993 “…..to get away from the Convoys across America, Hershberger responded, crowd,” he jokingly responded.

“Oh yeah, I like ‘em! They’re lots of fun. We meet On the big door of the five-ton Army truck he’s lots of great folks — especially other veterans who driving was a colorful banner titled, “Rowland love to share their military history as well.”

Brothers.” The banner depicts six military veterans: Hershberger lives in Jessep, Iowa, just east of Albert, Navy; Horace, Navy; Roy, Army; Richard, Waterloo; but he has some Minnesota business history See LAND MINDS, pg. 4

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What’s on your plate: The true cost of food Like any chain, today’s ubiquitous “supthe cost of healthcare for the millions ply chains” are only as strong as their who fall ill with diet-related diseases,” weakest links. Americans again learned the report states. “Nor does (it) include this elemental lesson a year ago when the the present and future costs of the food rapidly exploding Covid-19 pandemic system’s contribution to water and air swept the nation’s streets, sidewalks and pollution, reduced biodiversity, or greenpantries clean of cars, people and groceries. house gas emissions…”

Less evident are today’s still-broken If you “take those costs into account … links in the global food supply chain. it becomes clear that the true cost of the FARM & FOOD FILE U.S. food system is at least three times For example, according to the American as big — $3.2 trillion.”

By Alan Guebert Farm Bureau Federation, handling delays continue to cripple the ports of And, says the Rockefeller analysts, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and there’s no way to put lipstick on any Oakland, Calif. — the three key U.S. part of this pig. avenues to the vast Japanese and Chinese ag export “Poor nutrition is now the leading cause of poor markets. health in the United States” and “(t)he majority of In fact, the delays are so long, noted AFBF in mid- adult hospitalizations (are) ‘attributable to one of June, that some shippers now “consider it more effi- four pre-existing conditions: obesity, hypertension, cient to ship empty containers” back to Asia “which diabetes, and heart failure, in that order.’” has led to a significant decline in the number of Ironically, the Americans who carry “the burden of containers available to agricultural exporters.” impact of these costs are disproportionately borne And that’s not the only weak link the pandemic by communities that are marginalized and underexposed in today’s ever-longer, increasingly thinner served, often communities of color, many of whom food supply chain. In a detailed 38-page analysis are the backbone (of our food system) as farmers, titled, “True Cost of Food,” released late last fishers, ranchers, and food workers.” month and referenced here in a recent column, the Principally the rural working poor and immigrant Rockefeller Foundation took a hard look at the cost communities that handle almost 70 percent of every of “producing, processing, retailing, and wholesaling helping of meat, poultry, vegetable, fruit and dairy the food we buy and eat.” served daily in the United States.

In 2019, the year before the market-cracking panToday’s rising costs can be slowed, then clipped, demic, that cost was $1.1 trillion. suggest the authors, by following strategies already This enormous sum, however, “does not include in place in other nations. For example, “If diet-relat-

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ed disease prevalence rates were reduced to be comparable to countries such as Canada, health care costs could be reduced by close to $250 billion per year,” in the United States.

How? Simple, by doing better at what we’re all guilty of not doing most meals — eating better.

The same is true for working to better the health of the only world we have: “Similarly, if the U.S. can reduce agriculture-specific emissions to comply with the 1.5C pathway,” —contain the rise of global temperature to just 1.5 degrees Centigrade — “then close to $100 billion could be reduced in additional environmental costs.”

So we do have a choice.

We can work collectively to put more slack in today’s costly, climate-altering, and often unhealthy food supply chain or, “If left unaddressed, the true cost of food will continue to rise and negatively contribute to climate change, the prevalence of diet-related diseases, and growing inequity.”

Which has been the commonsense conclusion of nearly every examination of the American food system long before business-school talk of supply chains, block chains, and export chains came to dominate U.S. agriculture.

In fact, we have enough chains. What we badly need more of is less costly, more environmentallysound regional and local food systems.

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Convoy vehicles are inspected every morning by Rowland LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 Army; Carol, Army; and Lamar, Army. Related Lamar, “My two oldest brothers, Albert and Carol, were at the end of World War II. But Carol stayed in

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service, so he also went through Korea and Vietnam.

My and the rest of my brothers were in between Korea and Vietnam, so we didn’t see any active duty. I was a messenger in the Signal Corps.”

So how many convoys so far for Rowland? “This is my sixth. I’ve done every one of them…..the Lincoln Highway twice (primarily I-80 today) from Coast to Lamar Rowland Coast, the Bankhead Hwy from Coast to Coast; Route 66 from ‘beginning to end’, and the Alcan Highway all the way to the Artic Circle, and now the Yellowstone Trail.”

And what’s Rowland’s duty with the caravan? He’s the safety officer. But get this: “Each morning before we break camp I inspect every vehicle taking part in the convoy. I don’t care what it looks like; I don’t care if it runs. I’m strictly safety — headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals, tires, lug nuts. Also driver’s license, registrations, insurance, first-aid

kit, fire extinguisher, even reflectors to set out on the road if you have a vehicle breakdown and chuck blocks to chuck the wheels to keep the vehicle from moving.”

“Safety for the convoy, and everyone traveling along our highways, is paramount as we convoy across America.” said Rowland — now a hearty 82 year-old who also likes to boast, “And these convoys are the neatest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

Rowland travels with his bride, Jewel, bunked into the top side of this big five-ton rig which he has converted into a home-on-wheels so to speak — complete with two bunks beds, air conditioning, running water, even a snack counter of sorts.

And more convoys for this unique couple? “As long as my health permits,” Rowland quickly answered.

Next year’s convoy could be one of the most beautiful ever, he said. “Because we’ll be traveling the National Parks of the Northwest corner of America.

I’ve travelled Glacier National Park and many others. This will be a dandy convoy.”

Dick Hagen is the staff writer emeritus of The Land.

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With or without deodorant, be glad you sweat Everybody raise your hand. how our comfort might be hurt“The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration” ing our planet. This book might Go ahead, high in the air. Raise your not completely change minds,

by Sarah Everts hand if you like ice cream, vacations, but it might alter a few habFrench fries, good dogs, or free snacks. Put c.2021, Norton its... ‘em up if you can remember your mom’s $26.95 / $35.95 Canada birthday, the name of your First Love, and Look for the reviewed book at 285 pages all the words to “The Star Spangled a bookstore or a library near Banner.” Read “The Joy of Sweat” by you. You may also find the book at online book retailers.

Sarah Everts and wave your hand over More than anything, though, THE BOOKWORM your head if you … no, wait. Never mind. sweat is “just a body trying its best SEZ The Bookworm is Terri to do its thing, to stay alive.”

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Terri has been readIt’s hot outside, and just walking from

By Terri Schlichenmeyer ing since she was 3 years old and home to car is enough to put a sheen on Welcome to mid-summer, and you’ve never goes anywhere without a book. your face, a trickle down your spine, and already done that old raise-your-armShe lives in Wisconsin with three dogs hooo-weee under your arms. Nearly everybody over-your-head-take-a-whiff thing and wrung out and 10,000 books. v sweats, but we Earthlings spend some $75 billion on two t-shirts. Isn’t it time to get “The Joy of Sweat” substances to help us pretend we don’t. in your wet, clammy hands?

You’re sweating right now, in fact. Humans are It is, because author Sarah Everts turns what “always sweating, at least a little bit,” says Everts, might be an embarrassment into a SuperPower, but get physical, and things get critical. On a hot helping readers to see why we should welcome that day or after any kind of overexertion, “your internal mid-afternoon sheen or post-workout wetness. temperature could easily reach life-threatening lev- Along the way, she takes us into laboratories and els” without some sort of cooling-off. Sweat, in a sort boardrooms, perfumeries and sauna theatre to see of collaboration with bipedalism, is evolution’s way the future of sweat and, most surprisingly, how it’s of protecting you from heat stroke. perceived remotely.

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Help needed with farm safety, health survey

ROCHESTER, Minn. — University of Minnesota Extension is currently conducting a survey of Minnesota farmers to determine their most pertinent farm safety and health needs. The five-minute survey includes questions about pressing topic areas, the type of education needed, and current barriers to safety on farms.

“The results of this survey will help us prioritize our work in farm safety and health,” said Emily Krekelberg, Extension Educator in Farm Safety and Health. “Farmers know safety is important, and this

is an opportunity for them to share with us what they think is most critical.”

Farmers are asked to complete the survey by Aug. 31.

The survey can be found online at z.umn.edu/ FarmSafetySurvey. If you have any questions, or would like to complete the survey in a different format, contact Krekelberg at krek0033@umn.edu or (612) 756-3977.

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Leaving our mark on the tragic beauty of life We received a call recently informing did the work of saving souls, and on and us someone we know had died, and it got on. me to thinking.

When we die, we are gone for a long Life is so simply complex. Simple in time. People who died hundreds or thouthat we are born, and then with our last sands of years ago are still gone. No one breath, we are gone. Complex because today knew any of them, nor talks about there is so much living in between our them. But they lived, and it’s because birth and our death. they lived and kept humanity going that we are here today. Those people directly When someone dies, it’s all people talk TABLE TALK affected us today in some way, shape or about for a while. Sympathies are form because often times as we live By Karen Schwaller extended and memories open the flood today, we are running into legacies left by gates. Flowers, cards and food pour in; someone who lived long before we lived. hugs, prayers and thank you notes go out; and in time everything settles down and it’s Everyone matters. And the fabric and the heart of time for the real healing to begin. every community is made up of individuals whose But a death in a community means so much more lives mattered while they lived, and continue to matter after they have left us — whether we knew than flowers, food and cards. or think about them or not.

In time, that person’s memory can become lost in It’s tragic that we never knew some of the people the busy-ness of life. It’s not that anyone means to in our communities who helped build, shape or mold forget, but it’s not like they are an active part of our them; but it’s beautiful that their lives continue to lives anymore. Their name might come up in conmatter today. versation, and it might be satisfying to think of them again. But the more years go by, the fewer While some people are not recalled by name people know — or remember — that person. decades after they have passed, they are honored The life of one person touches the lives of so many often today — maybe every time someone moves other people to make up the fabric of our communi- into a home that someone built 50 years ago. Or whenever we stand to hear our National Anthem, ties. George Bailey, in the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” received the great gift of seeing what his town written by a man in the midst of an exhausting and would have looked like if he had never been born.

His community would have looked so different — as all of our communities would look had any one of us not been born. One life affects another in such profound ways.

Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our complete I might remember people who have died in my calendar & enter your own events, or send an e-mail lifetime, but people who have moved into our comwith your event’s details to editor@thelandonline.com. munity since they died never knew them. But just because they never knew those people doesn’t mean Aug. 21-22 — Butterfield Steam and Gas Engine they don’t enjoy the fruits of their labors.

Show — Butterfield, Minn. — Event features antique Someone may have been instrumental in laying tractors, engines, cars and machinery as well as piogroundwork for buildings or schools; or burying neer town and crafts. Contact Butterfield Thresherunderground utilities so we can all be comfortable men’s Association at (507) 380-7715. in our homes, schools and office buildings. Someone Aug. 21 — Methods of Pastured Pork and Poulmay have dug the hole for the basement of a home; try Production Field Day — Spring Grove, Minn. someone may have taught school for 40 years; some— Attendees will visit farms raising pastured pork and one did the work of stocking food on grocery store poultry in different ways; discuss soil health principles; shelves; someone’s family grew that food; someone and see a mobile pastured pork setup and pastured laying hens. Contact the Sustainable Farming Association.

Aug. 23 — The effects of drought on crops and livestock — Ackley, Iowa — topics and discussion include crop growth and development under drought conditions, forage and pasture management, utilizing droughty corn silage, potential for nitrate toxicity in drought effected corn silage, and farm management considerations including crop insurance and other government programs. Contact the Franklin County Extension Office at (641) 456-4811.

Aug. 24 — Film on the Farm Movie Night —

very bloody battle, honoring a flag first hand-sewn by an American patriot named Betsy Ross, and which was earned by those who have fought in wars for the freedoms we all take so much for granted today in our country.

We honor someone long-gone every time we flip on a light switch, thanks to electricity which came to rural America years ago by the work of some forward-thinking people.

The very word “death” speaks of its permanency.

But that also helps us put into perspective how very short our lives are, even if we live to be more than 100 years old. The world moves on, and generations continue to be born … delivered by someone who will not be remembered by anyone in that community someday.

If we learn nothing else from this parody, we know of the importance of making every day count; to love our families and friends, spend time with the people we share a community with, and leave our mark on the world to let the world know that we lived.

It is up to us to decide just what our own mark will look like.

It’s as simple … and as complex … as that.

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

Calendar of Events Faribault, Minn. — View “Kiss the Ground,” a documentary which sheds light on the potential of regenerative agriculture to improve soil health, balance our climate and feed the world. Contact Rice County Soil and Water Conservation District at (507) 332-5408.

Aug. 24 — Dairy Grazing Pasture Walk — Verndale, Minn. — Graziers, dairy farmers and interested parties are invited to connect and share experiences in the field. Contact Angie Walter at angie@sfa-mn. org or (320) 815-9293.

Aug. 24 — Farming Safely with Livestock and Produce — Aitkin, Minn. —Workshop will include learning stations on produce, livestock and use of manure. Contact Megan Schossow at schos021@ umn.edu or (612) 625-1151.

Aug. 27 — Annual Fall Field Day — Nashua, Iowa — Day will provide insights on markets, droughts and trade; interpreting fall soil test results; potential carryover of nitrogen after a dry season; tile drainage and water management; and utilizing annual forages for grazing or feed. Contact Terry Basol at (641) 4266801.

Aug. 28-29 — 55th Annual Donnelly Threshing Bee — Donnelly, Minn. — Featuring Ford and Massey Ferguson. Contact Harry Kruize at chkruize@runestone.net or (320) 246-3337.

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Spiritual endurance and the passing of a loved one I’m realizing as I changed the calendar weather in his service to God and manpage that this year is going by quicker kind. than ever. I guess that is one of the signs Therefore it seemed fitting to put my of growing older … the years go by faster. walking plan into action the first night it There are other things I notice that are was nice enough to walk to Bible study. either fading away or increasing.

That first week of March had days of Forgetfulness is one of the things that lovely weather, so it was time to execute grows, so I use notepads (notice the plumy walking plan. My walk to church was ral on notepad). Now if I can only remembetter than I FROM MY ber which notepad I wrote that down on expected. Alas, FARMHOUSE (if I remembered to write it down in the by the time KITCHEN first place).

Bible study was

By Renae B. over that night, Flexibility is another ability which Vander Schaaf it was dark and tends to disappear. Since I was never one my thoughtful farmer to do cartwheels, it’s going to be rather difficult to picked me up! gauge its disappearance if it never showed up in the first place.

Then, weeks of stormy weather followed; and my The one thing persistent in my mind is endurance. desire to walk diminished It seems to me my levels of endurance would have greatly until the next nice been in the low percentile rating — no matter my age — except for that time when I was a baby and I day — only I didn’t allow excelled in crying and whining. Come to think of it, enough time, so I was 20 minutes late! there are some habits we don’t outgrow.

I tried one more time and Stamina? Well, my computer and I agree on the managed to walk both ways correct spelling at least; and that’s about the only almost completely. This fad for thing that word and I have in common. It seems I am the last person to show up for a job and the first me has passed. While physical endurance may be one thing to to suggest it is time for a coffee break; and I will be desired, it’s far more impordisappear to go get the coffee and cookies ready. tant to have spiritual endurance.

I was noticing how my lack of endurance was Many of you know that my oldest brother passed interfering with my “to-do” list — which only away at the end of July of this year. He had been ill, seemed to grow. It was getting bad. So last so his death was expected. Yet, when it finally hapFebruary, when the winter snows make it easy to pens, one soon realizes one more visit would have plan how spring and summer would be different, I been so nice. came to the conclusion I would take up walking.

My brother is a great example of enduring in the Walking was cheap and that suited me just fine. faith to end. In his youth he was a handsome man Many of my neighbors do it, so I wouldn’t look out of place; and at my age, it was one thing I could still with a strong manly physique. His goal was to be a farmer, raise crops and have a dairy (as he liked his do.

Holstein Friesian cows).

So I told myself that once the snow has melted He was very intelligent and a hard worker with and temperatures warmed up, walking would sunshine in his smile. Then that horrible mental become my mode of transportation whenever possidisease began to change him. My protector turned ble. into someone we didn’t know or understand.

Besides, our first pioneers were great at walking.

He no longer could work. His faithful wife found a They didn’t think much of an eight mile walk or job and they moved to town to begin a new life with more if there was someone they wanted to visited or their beautiful daughters. business to transact.

I don’t understand mental illness. It hurts us, but They would also walk to church on Sundays from how much more does the person who has it suffer? their new homes on the prairie … as did a pioneer We really don’t know. pastor I have often admired.

As this tormenting disease progressed, my brother During the week, Reverend Seine Bolks walked to became a prolific reader of his Bible — reading it other new settlements to preach God’s word and several times in one year. He also read the sermons provide pastoral care. Dominee Bolks, as he was of Mathew Henry and Charles H. Spurgeon. We called, crossed sloughs and creeks in all kinds of

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both have copies of the same five books of his sermons which I also read regularly.

He had that desire to know God. Our pastor recently preached on Nehemiah 12, where the people rejoiced for the knowledge of the word of God. That hunger and desire to hear and know the scriptures is a sure sign of recognizing our need for God. My brother knew it. He was fully aware he couldn’t fight the battle of mental illness alone. He needed every word of scripture to endure the race set before him.

My brother’s life and death is a testimony of Romans 8: 38 and 39 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Renae B. Vander Schaaf is an independent writer, author and speaker. Contact her at (605) 5300017 or agripen@live.com. v

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Farmfest generates healthy discussion on key policy issues listed 60 percent of the U.S. soybean crop many farm operations at the brink of financial Over the past few years, Farmfest has as good-to-excellent, with Minnesota disaster by the end of 2019. Fortunately, a combinabeen a major event for discussing key again well below that average at only 34 tion of one-time government aid programs, together issues affecting farm families, the ag percent in the higher categories. The only with the strongest grain prices in several years, industry and rural communities in major crop producing states with lower allowed farmers to rebound financially in 2020, Minnesota and the Midwest. Many of good-to-excellent ratings for corn and which is a trend that has continued into 2021. these same issues will likely frame the soybeans than Minnesota were North discussions on agriculture and rural poliCarbon sequestration and carbon credits — Carbon and South Dakota. cy issues in Washington, DC in the next sequestration, carbon credits, and potential legislafew years.

Throughout the summer of 2021, tion to address climate change garnered considerable FARM PROGRAMS drought conditions have intensified in discussion during the Farmfest forums by elected Farmfest is held in early August and

By Kent Thiesse most of the Northern Plains and officials, ag leaders, and experts in the carbon indusbrings together elected officials and Northwest Corn Belt states. try. One quote of note was, “the carbon market is like appointed officials together with Livestock producers in those areas the wild, wild west”, meaning there is no clear-cut national and state ag leaders to anaare being especially hard-hit by the path as to where the United States or the ag induslyze these key issues and offer perextended drought conditions with try is headed related to the carbon market. spectives on solutions and future exhausted pastures and depleted feed supplies. legislation. Following are some of the main issues There was considerable discussion regarding Many beef cattle producers are being forced to that were discussed during the 2021 Farmfest opportunities for crop and livestock producers to reduce their herd sizes due to limited pasture and forums: participate and benefit from carbon credits. hay resources.

However, it was very unclear how those carbon credImpacts of the 2021 drought and available its will be valued or traded. It was resources — Nearly all of the forums also very uncertain as to what pracat Farmfest centered around the tices will qualify for carbon credits, impact of the drought on crop and and whether producers who have livestock producers. Based on the already adopted carbon-friendly “U.S. Drought Monitor” in early practices will be eligible for any comAugust, over 75 percent of Minnesota pensation. The bottom line from the was categorized to be in either the Farmfest forums was that it is probextreme drought (D3) or severe ably better to walk before you run drought (D2) category, with only the when it comes to make major changSoutheast quarter of the state being es in a farming operation strictly tarlargely spared from these conditions. geted toward gaining value from the Nearly all of North and South emerging carbon market.

Dakota were at some level of drought, with over two-thirds of U.S. energy policy — There was North Dakota and a large area of Photo by Paul Malchow considerable discussion at Farmfest north central South Dakota in either MinnStar Bank’s Kent Thiesse (left, holding microphone) introduced one of the popular Farmfest as to how climate change legislative extreme drought (D3) or exceptional forums. proposals, such as the “Green New drought (D4). Areas in extreme or Deal” or further implementation of USDA has announced the potential for emergency the California Fuel Standards might impact agriculexceptional drought are likely seeing significant haying and grazing on land enrolled in the crop loss and extremely limited forage production, ture industry and future development of biofuels. On Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in areas of as well as longer term effects on lakes, rivers, one hand, farm organizations and commodity groups Minnesota which are the most severe drought. streams and ground water supplies. point to the climate benefits of expanding the use of Livestock producers should check with their local biofuels by moving toward E-15 blends of ethanol The weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop and higher levels of biodiesel. On the other hand, Report released on Aug. 2 listed the condition rating Farm Service Agency office regarding eligibility, of the corn in the United States at 64 percent good- enrollment details, and requirements for emergency many special interest groups are calling for reduchaying and grazing of CRP acres. tions or elimination of the federal renewable fuel to-excellent. However, the higher-level crop rating USDA also has other programs available to assist standards (RFS) and other measures — which would in Minnesota was only at 36 percent, which is the hurt the renewable fuels industry — while calling lowest in many years. The early August crop report livestock producers. Eligibility requirements and details on all USDA drought assistance programs for additional resources into expanding electric poware available at local FSA offices. Details and ered vehicles, as well as wind and solar energy. updates on the USDA drought programs can also be Many states in the Upper Midwest, including found at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-andMinnesota, have a well-established corn-based ethaservices/disaster-assistance-program/index. nol industry, which utilizes over 35 percent of the Grain markets and rising input costs — One of the corn produced each year in the United States. In major discussion items at Farmfest was the trends addition to the direct benefits to farmers, renewable in the grain and livestock markets in the coming energy plants have become cornerstones in rural months. Crop production expenses and land rental communities by providing jobs, adding to the local rates have risen sharply in the past six months, tax base, and enhancing the overall economic vitaliwhich has some producers and analysts concerned ty of the communities. about profit margins as we look ahead to 2022. Prior Livestock-related issues — There were many issues to 2020, profit margins in crop and livestock producSee THIESSE, pg. 10 tion had been quite tight in recent years, which put

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Three guys walk into the Minnesota Corn Growers’ tent…

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus MORGAN, Minn. — It was good to be back at Farmfest once again; and as usual, my first stop was the Minnesota Corn Growers’ exhibit. Why? Because of their sweetcorn-flavored free ice cream offerings. It is also a tremendously convenient spot for quick interviews with lots of key people such as Kevin Paap, President of the Minnesota Farm Bureau.

I’ve known Paap for many years and was curious to hear what he thought are the big issues facing farmers today. “Much the same as past years,” Paap quickly answered, “the growing disconnect of consumers and a decreasing number of elected officials from agriculture and rural Main Streets. We’re becoming another generation removed from Kevin Paap Grandpa and Grandma’s farm.”

Might this growing disconnect of elected officials stem from so few of them anymore have a farming background? “Very true,” Paap replied, “and unfortunately, fewer and fewer with each new turn of elected officials — be that state assemblies or U.S. Congress.

But it’s not just farm issues. People won’t fight for an issue if they don’t understand it. Most things we can explain, but not in a 30-second sound bite which seems mostly the big play in television news anymore. Yet building trust with consumers and elected officials is vital to our future.”

“Technology continues to ramp up change in production agriculture,” Paap went on to say, “However, one thing that doesn’t change is our commitment to taking care of the land, the animals we raise, and preserving our natural resources.

With crops withering across Minnesota and the Dakotas, I asked for Paap’s take on this 2021 season.

“One thing I’ve learned in 16 years as Minnesota Farm Bureau President is, don’t talk about the weather and my own farming situation to a reporter — even you Dick — because always someone is worse off,” said Paap. “A rain within the next few days will make a difference. Most people — especially non-farmers — have no idea that at this stage a corn field needs the equivalent of an inch of moisture per week. We just don’t have those reserves right now … our soil moistures are pretty well depleted. But there’s an offset: this dry season has driven corn roots deep enough to still find some soil moisture. And thanks to new genetics, some corn hybrids are relentless in their quest to produce yields — even with minimal rains.”

Despite his “don’t talk to reporters” rule, I know Kevin doesn’t duck away from an unreasonable question. So I asked how much below last year’s record corn yields will your farm do this year? Paap answered: “At this stage, I think we still have potential for a reasonable crop. Yes, last year was my best crop in my 39 years of farming, so let’s not compare to last year. I’m not giving up on APH (actual production history) yields. On soybeans it’s still early August and with rain in the forecast I’m going to

remain optimistic. That’s why we farm. And daily contact with the good Lord is vital also.”

As President of a large agriculture organization and Paap’s newest endeavor as county commissioner, I was curious about his view of politics in general.

“It’s obvious we’re becoming more polarized on a lot of issues,” stated Paap. “In agriculture, we lead by example: working together works better. Going one direction for four years, then another direction the next four years simply doesn’t work in America.”

Not long ago, Paap announced his retirement as Farm Bureau President. But that doesn’t mean he will be idle. “I was fortunate to be elected a county commissioner here in Blue Earth County. And with all the issues on water, I’m certain we’ll have challenges. But more important, I’ve a 2-year old grandson just a half mile down the road, and another grandson on the way, so more ‘Grandpa time’ with my grandchildren is my future. Yes, my sons have taken over the farming operations; but when extra help is needed, we all pitch in. Yes, more acres than when I started, but it’s still a family farm … and our family keeps growing too. We’re now into the third generation of Papp farmers.”

On that note, I bid Paap a good day. Without leaving the Corn Growers’ tent and into my second ice cream offering, I met Carl Bednarski, who is President of the Michigan Farm Bureau.

“What part of Michigan for you, Carl?” I asked to See MCGA, pg. 10

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Bednarski: ‘We are not going to abuse this land...’

MCGA, from pg. 9 break the ice.

“Up in that thumb area,” Bednarski replied, holding up his left hand with the palm facing out. “Look at your left hand and we’re about half-way up.”

Bednarski grows corn, soybeans, dry beans, sugar beets and wheat. He is pleased with his crops. “We had drought issues early on this growing season,” he said, “but now in early August things are looking pretty good. Timely rains Lisa and Carl Bednarski get much credit.”

Bednarski said Michigan Farm Bureau is at about 220,000 members, currently involving about 43,000 farm families. “Getting young farmers involved is the challenge,” he admitted, “but that’s also our future.”

At 59 years old, Bednarski sees many more years with Farm Bureau and farming. “My wife often asks me, ‘When are we going to have a hobby so we can just relax and do nothing?’ I respond, “I have a hobby … its called farming. So when I stop enjoying my hobby, that’s when I’ll likely stop farming too!”

The Michigan dignitary sees two top issus facing agriculture these days: labor and environmental issues. “It’s ridiculous how farmers get attacked on the environmental front,” Bednarski said. “People forget we’ve raised our families here for generations.

We are part of this land. We are not going to abuse this land that creates our own sustenance. We are the true conservationists of America and we need to get that message across to everyone — consumers and politicians.

“Labor is an issue wherever you go anymore,” he continued. “The ongoing aid packages of this current

government aren’t helping the situation either. Paying unemployed people more than if they were working is absolutely stupid!”

Bednarski seemed to be enjoying himself and Minnesota hospitality. “It’s just a two-hour flight from my area, so coming to Farmfest was a treat!” he exclaimed. “A great show, lots of exhibitors … I’ll have a chance to visit with our National Farm Bureau President, Zippy Duvall from Georgia. Plus, of course, I check up on Kevin to see how he’s treating you Minnesota folks too. I’m having a great time!”

So I’m still at the Minnesota Corn Growers’ tent, thinking about one last ice cream for the road, when in walks MCGA Board Member Harold Wolle. My friendship with Wolle goes back to a church missionary trip to Africa 20 years ago.

I motioned toward a huge banner on the MCGA tent wall which reads: “Unleaded Octane 88.” Being curious by nature, I asked Wolle what’s that all about?

“Because ethanol fuels continue vital in the energy world and the Minnesota Corn Growers have long championed these fuels produced from Minnesota grown corn, we’re now encouraging Minnesota gas stations to market ‘Unleaded 88’ which is 15 percent ethanol fuel content,” Wolle said. “As you know, all regular gas in Minnesota has 10 percent ethanol; but Unleaded 88 is 15 percent ethanol. This higher octane fuel is usually 3 to 10 cents cheaper and produces fewer emissions … just a good deal for consumers.”

MCGA hopes Unleaded 88 would soon become a mandated fuel by Minnesota government action.

“That was a priority of Corn Growers at this last legislative session,” Wolle admitted, “but Covid changed the scenario. The bill we were advocating made it out of both the Senate and House Ag Committees. However, the oil folks don’t want give up any of their market share. I’m told it ran into some issues in the Commerce Committee; so we’ll fire up and push for better results next time.

Wolle went on to remind me Mexico and Canada are solid buyers of U.S. ethanol. “Yes, both of our good neighbors continue to be buyers … in fact, a 10 percent ethanol fuels market nationwide in Mexico was being talked; but I understand that got cut back to 5.8 percent. However, I’m told we’re now up to 440 stations in Minnesota with E85 pumps too. But now look for a big move to Unleaded 88 which is already available at Casey outlets, several Cenex and Quick Trip stations too. And according to EPA, Unleaded 88 is cleared for any vehicle 2001 and newer.“ I reminded Wolle of our visit to a remote country church in Arica some years back. “That was a trip you and I will always remember,” Wolle beamed, “and treasure as well. Yes, you and I were casually visiting with two ladies of the church. We noticed both had umbrellas. We asked why?

They both replied, ‘Because if a sudden shower erupts, we’d need our umbrellas. Our church roof leaks Harold Wolle badly but we have no money to fix it.’

So we agreed to see if we could raise enough money when we got back home so these two South African women might have a new rainproof roof over their country church.”

These two sweet ladies even told Harold and I they would sing to us if this new roof happened over their church. Thanks to generous donations from our Minnesota Diocese the new roof did happen. However, Harold and I never got back for our song fest from the ladies of this country parish. v

Key questions for upcoming Farm Bill raised during forum THIESSE, from pg. 8

profit levels during the past year. However, the longterm trend in the dairy industry is for continued affecting the livestock industry which surfaced during tight profit margins. This will likely result in a conFarmfest. The pork industry is being challenged by tinued trend of smaller dairy producers exiting the the implementation of Proposition 12, which would industry in the next few years. restrict a significant amount of the pork being proLooking ahead to the next Farm Bill — The curduced in the Midwest from being sold in California. rent Farm Bill expires on Sept. 30, 2023, so congresPork producers also want to keep export markets sional discussions on the next Farm Bill will likely open for U.S. pork and are concerned with outbreak of begin later this year and continue into 2022. It will African swine fever disease in the Dominican be interesting to see how issues such as providing Republic and ongoing challenges with porcine reproadequate safety nets for crop and livestock producductive and respiratory syndrome disease. ers, climate change, and social issues affect the Beef producers are very concerned with the wors- Farm Bill discussion. ening drought situation in many cow/calf production Some key questions relative to development of the areas of the United States, as well as monitoring next Farm Bill which surfaced at Farmfest include: the Department of Justice investigations into the Will crop insurance continue to be protected as a beef processing industry. corner-stone risk management tool for farmers? Will Dairy farmers have seen some improvement in crop producers still have farm program choices

(PLC and ARC-CO)? Will carbon sequestration efforts be linked in the commodity title? Will there be a move to further expand CRP acres or add setaside acres for carbon sequestration? Will enhanced risk management tools be added for livestock producers? What will be the budget allocation and how much will be allocated the Nutrition Title?

There are numerous other issues and programs which impact greater Minnesota in a variety of ways which surfaced during the Farmfest forums including rural health care, labor shortages, expansion of broadband coverage, and infrastructure needs. Congress is likely to make some key policy decisions in the coming years.

Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. v

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African swine fever now in the Dominican Republic North American swine producers and the related industry have been taking great pains over the past few years to keep African swine fever out of the United States.

Although African swine fever is one of three foreign animal the U.S. livestock industry wants to keep out of the country, the other two — classical swine fever (CSF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD) have infected U.S. SWINE & U hogs and were eradicated long ago. CSF, also known as

By Diane DeWitte hog cholera, was stamped out in 1978, and FMD, which affects all split-hooved animals, was eradicated in 1929.

ASF has not yet infected U.S. swine herds. It has, however, made appearances in the western hemisphere. Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti battled and eradicated ASF in their swine populations in the 1970s.

What is African swine fever?

African swine fever is one of the most severe diseases of pigs, having a drastic impact on the pig industry. ASF first appeared in domestic pigs in East Africa in the 1900s. It subsequently spread to Europe; appearing first in Portugal, then Spain and further countries. Eradication was achieved in Europe apart from Sardinia in the mid- 1990s.

In 2007, ASF then appeared in Georgia — spreading then to Russia and the Caucasus region, and other eastern European countries. In 2018, it continued to spread westward, affecting domestic pig and wild boar populations.

In 2018, ASF virus also reached the world’s largest pig producer: China. Mongolia reported its first outbreak in 2019. In the years since its outbreak in China, ASF has been identified in Southeast Asian counties and European countries, including Germany and Poland in wild boar populations in September of 2020.

ASF is a h ​ ighly-contagious hemorrhagic disease​ caused by a virus of the family ​Asfarviridae​.​ I​ t is often fatal in domestic pigs and wild boars. The primary control strategy for ASF in domestic swine is stamping-out. Currently, there is no vaccine available. Given the financial implications and limitations in trade, eradication is the ultimate goal.

ASF is a n ​ otifiable disease​listed by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and must be reported. ASF virus is considered a F ​ oreign Animal Disease​by the United States Department of Agriculture and therefore swine byproduct imports from ASF-positive countries are forbidden. Any suspicion of ASF must be n ​ otified to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health and the USDA.

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housed, or allowed to run free.

The source of the ASF virus is suspected to be UniversityofMinnesota EXTENSION from garbage fed to the pigs — perhaps from ship or airplane food How ASF is spread garbage. Isolation of the virus has revealed it has Due to the absence of an effective vaccine, introthe same genetic makeup of the ASF virus of the duction and spread of ASF onto domestic pig farms Georgian outbreak in 2007. can only be prevented by strict compliance with What next? biosecurity measures.

The United States currently does not exchange ASF virus is highly stable and temperature resispork products or live pigs with the Dominican tant and can persist in the environment for a long Republic because they have Classical Swine Fever time. The main mechanisms of spread include direct in their country.

Because they are a FAD positive pig-to-pig contact, including with wild pigs; movement of infected live animals; and improper disposal locale, these animals and products are not allowed of manure and dead animals Contact with contami- to move into the United States. This is considered a nated pork and byproducts will spread the virus, as See SWINE & U, pg. 15 well as consumption of contaminated feed (swill feeding). Ticks — specifically soft ticks found in the 39th Annual western/southwestern U.S. — can transmit ASF. The ALL BREED virus can be transferred by a manure slurry; introduction of genetic materials and replacement aniSWINE AUCTION mals; contaminated vehicles and other fomites, & 15th Annual clothing, footwear or equipment; and, of course, Semen Sale workers and visitors.

Wed. Evening, September 1st • 6:10 PM Planning in place Swine producers and allied industry have put together strategies to monitor and prevent ASF from infecting North American pig populations, and Minnesota leads the charge. The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine swine team, along with Minnesota Pork Producers, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, the Minnesota Judges: John Huinker, Brian Hines, Shari Sell-Bakker Department of Agriculture and U of M Extension Monday, August 30th have worked together as the Emergency Disease West Ring - 5:00 pm: Management Committee for Swine to implement a Junior Barrow Showmanship plan.

• JUDGING •

The plan developed strategies for action in the event that ASF would infect Minnesota, the Upper Midwest or the North American swine herd. In September 2019 fourteen swine-producing states worked together for four days through a functional exercise to determine what steps would be taken by all affiliated partners if ASF struck.

Now in the Western Hemisphere On July 28, 2021, the USDA announced that it had identified ASF in samples from the Dominican Republic. USDA receives quarterly samples from a lab in the Dominican Republic, and originally identified eight samples positive for ASF. Further testing provided information that the ASF infection had spread further than the original results indicated.

The Dominican Republic swine herd is produced in both larger, more commercial-type farms established on the eastern end of the island, and in small backyard settings (with 20 pigs or fewer) found throughout most of the regionals of the Dominican Republic. The positive samples were discovered in the smaller herds, many of which are loosely

Tuesday, August 31st

East Ring - 8:00 am to 3:00 pm: Poland China, Chester, White, Spotted hogs, Yorkshire, Landrace, All Other Breeds & Supreme Champions West Ring - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm: Duroc, Hampshire, Berkshire 11:00 am to 1:00 pm: Junior Skill-a-thon 2:00 pm Junior Crossbred Breeding Gilts 4:30 pm: Junior Barrow Judging Contest

Wednesday, September 1st

West Ring - 8:00 am: Junior Barrow Classic East Ring - 9:00 am: Open Barrow Show

All top placements (boars and gilts) born from December through March in each breed will be sold at auction. Up to 100 head! This is an excellent opportunity to obtain some of the top genetics available in the Midwest. Herd health is a #1 priority for the exhibi-tors. Prices in the past have been very reasonable. Payment must be made at the auction. Hogs purchased may be removed from the State Fair Grounds immediately following the sale. Help is available for loading out.

If not taken that evening, they must wait until Thur. Sep. 2nd from 1-5.

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Internships: More than getting coffee and making copies We all can picture the images of Overall, students with any a student intern getting coffee for internship experience have a highthe supervisor, making stacks of er rate of employment upon graducopies, or washing the boss’s car. ation than those without. NACE Movies such as “The Internship” also noted more than a third of and “The Intern” bring light to the undergraduates had more than one funny situations many interns are internship. To that point, Good put into in their quest to learn Thunder native and Minnesota about the job they dream about.

State University, Mankato graduHowever, most of those irrelevant ate Tim Huebsch is an internship internship positions are long gone proponent and credited his multiTALENT IN THE GREENSEAM and students are truly learning key ple internships for getting and

By Shane Bowyer skills on the job. staying in a 20-year technology career at General Mills.

I remember my two internships from years ago which taught me a number of good GreenSeam’s 2021 State of Ag report examined lessons: An internship with a radio company which talent aspects in the agriculture and food indushad the broadcast rights to the Little League World tries. The top themes emerging were education and Series and was covering the World Softball awareness of the available careers. Respondents Championships seemed to be a great fit — until I offered a number of options for students to learn actually was asked to go on air. I learned quickly about the careers. However, the top option was that was not for me (which is also a good lesson through offering internships. internships can provide for students). Although, my The agriculture industry needs to offer internships other internship in sports information developed if it wants to increase awareness and attract talent skills writing and designing media guides which I — not only to agriculture students, but students in am still using today. other majors. In addition to getting some extra work A former business student of mine, Alex Weldon, done, the advantage to the employer is the students reiterated that point. “Internships allow people to gain valuable experience which makes them more find out about the job, what they like and what they hirable. The GreenSeam State of Ag report found dislike,” he said. businesses’ most sought-after aspect in hiring was Weldon had landed a part-time job and an intern- experience (79 percent), while higher education in agriculture was second (47 percent). Internships ship with Pioneer while he was a student at done well can help address that need of students Bethany Lutheran College. He found out he liked gaining experience and filling company positions. the industry, stayed with it, and is now a territory manager with Pioneer — something he never Many regional higher education institutions supthought he would be doing. port this concept by requiring or at least highly encouraging students to complete an internship. For Since 2013, approximately 60 percent of U.S. example, the South Central College Agribusiness undergraduates completed at least one internship, program requires a 528-hour internship — usually while 50 percent of those students completed at in the summer between the students’ first and secleast two. More importantly, the National ond year. SCC typically has 40-50 students each Association of Colleges and Employers found that 70 percent of organizations with internships offered year working across the industry of agriculture and food in a wide array of positions. They learn about full-time positions to their interns; and 80 percent responsibility, working conditions and contributing ended up taking the position. In addition, an interto the industry at a key time with the employers — nal internship increased the one and five-year providing a mutual opportunity to discover the right retention rate of the employee.

Intern in the Alex Frisch Altura, Minn.

School: North Dakota State University Major: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Internship at AGCO, Jackson, Minn.

How did you hear about your internship?

Had a classmate that interned here previously.

Why did you choose an internship in agriculture?

I wanted to get a leg in the door as an engineer at an agriculture machine company. Not knowing where my career will take me, I knew having this type of exposure would greatly benefit me whether I end up taking a job with AGCO or not.

What are you learning on the job you didn’t in class?

I am learning a lot about how a large company operates.

Things like how parts are received from suppliers and checked for quality. Learning what kind of material handling processes work and also ones that don’t. Also learning a lot about dealing with people with very different ways of thinking to solve problems.

fit for talent needs.

Minnesota State Mankato finance student Cole Bouche grew up in a large city and had no prior experience in agriculture or rural careers. This past summer he did an internship with the FDIC in southern Minnesota. “Examining financial needs of rural areas taught me more about seasonal nature of agriculture,” he said. “I learned farming communities also rely on the farmers and other ag businesses to stimulate the economy of their town. From an overall financial standpoint, the agriculture business is what keeps smaller areas afloat.”

In one of my former businesses, each summer we would hire about 30 interns to help with the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp in Mankato, Minn. Many of the hundreds of applicants saw the opportunity to work for their favorite sports team and hang around the stars. The lucky ones who were offered the position soon found out that was not the case. Yes, they got some interaction with the players, but it was about management of fans, vendors, media, lost kids, storms, and long hot days — not to mention truckloads of garbage! It was not all the glamour they thought it would be.

Weldon also commented on the same thing about careers in agriculture, but contrary. He said, “Ag jobs are actually better than what they may seem from the outside.”

Organizations need to take note: internships are a great way to show the next generation a prosperous career path in agriculture and food they may have never have thought of before. If you need assistance in starting an internship program, please contact me and I will help connect you to one of the many educational institutions in the region. Creating internship opportunities are definitely worthy of the effort of all of us.

Dr. Shane Bowyer is the Director of AgriBusiness and Food Innovation at Minnesota State University, Mankato and on the GreenSeam Talent Committee.

You can reach him for comments or talent ideas at shane.bowyer@mnsu.edu v

What surprised you about the internship?

I was surprised that despite the company being quite large, it seemed that just about everyone knew each other.

In what ways has your employer worked with you to be flexible for your student life and classes?

They were very willing to work with me and let me set an end date for the internship before classes started again in the fall.

What’s your favorite animal?

Cows What’s you favorite food?

A big juicy steak.

What is you favorite band?

George Strait

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‘Cowbot’ provides a glimpse of future automation in ag

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer MORGAN, Minn. — The future of mowing was on display at Farmfest.

The folks from the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center, along with the Toro Company, developed and tested the autonomous mower known as the “Cowbot.” The team demonstrated the mower’s capabilities twice a day, each day of Farmfest.

Before the demonstration began, Eric Buchanan, renewable energy scientist at WCROC, explained safety checks which are done before engaging the mower. “We check to make sure the bumper is still working and all the automatic stops,” Buchanan said. Before the Cowbot can start its job, it still takes some manpower to get the perimeter set up. The perimeter has to be mowed manually first.

This sets up the coordinates for the Photo by Paul Malchow Cowbot to do its job.

What the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center is learning from its The thought behind developing this autonomous mower will help in developing other robotic duties such as crop spraying and fertilizer application. mower is that it would be ideal in situations where there’s thistle left behind after the cows go through the pasture. Setting the mower in

action and allowing it to do that work of cutting the thistle down.

The mower fitted with autonomous abilities is a Toro Groundsmaster 3280-D. This electric mower can mow for three hours on a single charge.

Charging the mower was done through a solar-powered charging station at the demonstration site.

In addition to developing the Cowbot, Buchanan explained to the crowd that they’re working on developing a robot which is able to go into a corn field, find weeds and kill them.

The advancements in autonomous machinery within the ag sector continues with great vigor.

While there are some tweaks that still need to be done on the Cowbot, the enthusiasm for what autonomous machinery can do on the farm was evident with the crowd that gathered to watch the demonstration. As technology evolves, so does the opportunity to make autonomous farm implements part of the future of production agriculture. v

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Carbon sequestration rewards still in ‘wait and see’ stages

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus MORGAN, Minn. — Get this …

Global Thermostat, a California outfit, has developed a technology which pulls carbon dioxide out of the air using chemical compounds known as amines.

The process works like a vacuum with fans pulling in CO2 molecules and these amines then filtering those molecules so collected carbon dioxide can either be stored or reused!

Studies also demonstrate biological, soil-based practices with great potential to sequester carbon. However, other studies suggest no-till has significant environmental benefits; but may not sequester more carbon than conventional tillage. Who wins? Time will tell perhaps, but check these comments by panel members at recent Farmfest Forum titled “Agriculture’s Role in Carbon Sequestration.”

Brian Ryberg, Renville County, Minn. farmer: A 2021 National Conservation Legacy Award winner, he said, “We have a cash crop operation … corn, soybeans and sugar beets. We’re into our seventh year of strip tillage. At this stage we’re watching intently, but still on the sidelines.

“We’ve explored some of these programs, yet it’s tough to see improvements. You have to look at the whole benefit package before taking the plunge. My strip till equipment (Soil Warrior) cost $400,000. You need acres to justify. Sure, lots less machinery needed and less total labor per acre, but you have to believe in what you are doing. If you don’t buy into the better soil health debate, this carbon sequestration ballgame isn’t likely to work for you.”

John Reed, beef producer, Brooten, Minn.: “We farm in the Boonanza Valley area of west-central Minnesota … sandy soils, so lots of irrigation out here. As a cattle man, I perhaps look at the outside of this carbon sequestration issue. Ken Thiesse, the Farmfest forum guy, heard me talking about on a radio interview and called asking if I would share my comments at this forum. So bear with me. I’ll do my best.

“I’m a grass-land farmer. We use cattle to harvest our grass. I just recently learned that we cattlemen are sequestering 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of carbon per acre in our grass lands … which

suggests maybe we’re doing more to prevent earth’s warming than anyone.

So is now the time to be cashing in on this carbon credit program being dis-

cussed? I don’t know, but I do like policies driven by science, not science driven by policies. Our purpose is to provide the food, feed and fuel for the

Nitrogen will play a key role in carbon sequestration efforts

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus MORGAN, Minn. — Aren’t carbon credits all about the farmer and his/ her fields? Not necessarily. Lots of hoopla regarding farmers reaping significant benefits; but these architects seem to be dismissing a key player in the carbon markets debate. That player is none other than ag retail!

Those who play this ‘carbon credit game’ will learn if you don’t have all the cards (data), you aren’t going to win — or even have a seat at the table.

At the Aug. 3 Farmfest forum on this topic, Steve Commerford of Commerford Agronomics in New Ulm, Minn. commented, “In order to be paid real money for a carbon credit, that credit needs proof that certain activities took place within a field. So digital records verifying application of fertilizer are a must.

And data on nitrogen fertilizer applications are key.”

Commerford noted drainage is a big issue. “Nitrogen fertilizer applications are being used as one of the models in these greenhouse gas emissions which is perhaps an unfair attack on nitrogen fertilizers,” he said. “You cannot sequester carbon without sequestering nitrogen. You’ve heard reference of paying $20 for 2,000 pounds of organic carbon sequestered. In order to accomplish that, you would have needed to sequester 200 pounds of nitrogen! It can’t be done because that’s a property of the soil. There’s a carbon/ nitrogen ratio in the soils. And that’s a fundamental soil principal.”

He said those 200 pounds of nitrogen have to be over and above what is removed by the grain. “So if you’re taking off 150 pounds of nitrogen in the grain and you’re putting on 150 pounds in the fertilizer, the net is zero!

There’s no sequestration occurring. So yields need to be high enough to sup-

ply what is needed by the vegetative portion of the crop leaving ‘leftover’ nitrogen after the crop is removed.

And that occurs regardless of what crop you have out there … be that corn and soybeans or forage crops. So the only way you can sequester carbon is through nitrogen applications. Yet when you limit nitrogen applications, you’re actually going backwards,” summed up Commmerfield.

The argument could be made that Commerford is paddling his own canoe, so to speak; but this issue of building carbon credits into your farm’s financial future certainly depends on the science he and other soil scientists bring to the table.

He noted, “Nitrous oxide emissions have little — if anything — to do with commercial fertilizer applications.

They are driven almost exclusively by issues of drainage.” He referenced an ongoing study by University of Minnesota soils scientist Fabian Fernandes at a Wells, Minn. location (funded by Minnesota Soybean Growers) which does replications on drained and undrained soils. Citing these four plots of drained and undrained plots (tile was plugged under the undrained plots), in the four undrained sites there was dramatic increase in nitrous oxide emissions.

And that’s why balancing amount and timing of nitrogen application to actual soil types and crop nutrient removal is a vital metric when considering a carbon credit’s validity and value. Yes, nitrous oxide is a concern because nitrous oxide release happens if/when all applied nitrogen is not used by the growing crop. Nitrous oxide is estimated to be nearly 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide itself. So it is a big deal!

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world. And that means highly-productive farms — whether you are a crop producer or a cattlemen. When you reach that level of productive efficiency, then you are sequestering carbon.”

Thom Petersen, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner: “I’ve been involved in public policy for several years and this sequestration topic surfaces often.

Seeing how the farmer best fits into these policy discussions is what’s important. It’s apparent several organizations such as Land O’Lakes, conservation districts and individual farmers willing and wanting to work together are needed to spearhead this potential financial reality.”

Steve Commerford, Commerford Agronomics, New Ulm, Minn.: “To get carbon into soils some fundamental sciences are needed. To start, it’s a slow process. Even though organic content of your soils is vital, so too is tillage, drainage and water-holding capacities of your soil. The key point: there are fundamental relationships between soil carbon and fertilizer nutrients which can sequester carbon. At University of Minnesota Research (Wells, Minn.) we’ve found we can stabilize organic content of our soils and even start growing carbon content levels with proper drainage.”

Jason Weller, Vice President of Truterra with Land O’Lakes: “This needs to be science-driven with farmers having a major voice. At this stage, it seems like the ‘wild west’ … all sorts of claims by all sorts of people. So let’s use current talk of $15 to $20 per ton of sequestered carbon and your soil’s ability to sequester a half to one ton per acre … you’re talking $8 to $15 per acre. Our approach is not to pay for the practice, but to pay for the outcome.

“We’re not asking you to reduce your yields or increase your ROI per acre.

We see carbon as an additional crop to market. We want you to maximize your yields … and now carbon comes along as a new ‘cash crop.’ Food processors, marketing, transportation, even the restaurant and fast-food chains people are talking about how to de-carbonize their supply chains. We believe you producers might also be sitting on potential new revenue opportunities.”

Kris Johnson, interim ag director, See CARBON, pg. 15

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Is the current Farm Bill ‘as good as it’s going to get’?

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer MORGAN, Minn. — The “Designing the Ideal Farm Bill in a Changing World” forum at Farmfest offered a glimpse at what the panelists wanted the next Farm Bill to look like. With the current Farm Bill expiring in 2023, it’s once again time to examine what works in this Farm Bill and what can be changed to fit the current agricultural landscape better. The panel of ag industry people also had the chance to speak about a variety of issues affecting the producers and constituents they represent.

Former Minnesota congressman and one-time chairman of the house agriculture committee, Collin Peterson, acknowledges that while the current Farm Bill isn’t perfect, it’s not too bad.

“I think that Farm Bill is as good as it’s going to get.” Peterson hopes that legislatures hang on to the current Farm Bill. He’s concerned about four more years of disaster payments and the government spending. “We have to contribute to some of this.”

Not being in congress anymore, Peterson sees gaps of where the Democrats aren’t representing agricultural areas. “There’s almost no Democrats left in farm districts.” That concerns him as that makes it more difficult for representatives on both sides to agree to comprehensive ag policies.

The ag committees are now filled with 25 percent of new members. Peterson believes that those in agriculture will have to spend more time and money educating politicians on the real world.

“I’m going to do what I can to remain

Technology does nature’s work CARBON, from pg. 14 The Nature Conservancy: “We can start by managing our agricultural and forest systems better to help clear the world atmosphere. But if we can set up incentives so farmers can be rewarded, then perhaps suddenly agriculture becomes a huge part of this solution.

“The second thing: Farmers who’ve adopted these conservation practices are also seeing soil health improvements which can increase water-holding capacities of their soils. And that’s a buffer against yield losses in times of drought. And with heavy rains, less muddy water into drainage ditches, rivers and lakes too. In essence, that’s a win/win situation producing benefits beyond any direct carbon payments.”

Tim Palmer, Iowa farmer and immediate past-president, National Association of Conservation DIstricts: ”Mother Nature built inches, feet and tons of carbon into the organic matter of our soils hundreds of years before we got here. Now technology enables us

producers to do what nature did to our soils years before we started changing our farming lands with the moldboard plow.

“Now with these wisdoms and technologies, can we collectively work together to make this carbon sequestration doable and start making positive changes in the climates of this wonderful earth? Yes, we can and I think we will!”

Forum moderator Jerry Groskruetz, KDHL Farm Director: “It seems to me farmers have been sequestering carbon for decades. In my grandfather’s era, his clean fields after harvest was the indicator. Now changes such as no-till crop production, sequential planting of seeds, insecticides, even fertilizers … all by equipment being electronically guided. I’m hoping farmers will be rewarded for what they already have done and the rest of society will start recognizing the incredible ability of farmers in preserving this amazing production of food, fiber and fuel.” v

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engaged,” Peterson said.

He admits that new people may bring in fresh ideas, which isn’t a bad thing.

“Sometimes new people will bring new perspectives.” He feels that overall, the country is divided. “I don’t know how we’ll come together.”

For incoming president of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association, Don Schiefelbein, the current Farm Bill could use a little help. “There’s some tweaking that need to be done.” There’s frustration on the beef side when it comes to prices. “Demand for beef is at a record level.” Unfortunately, packers are buying low, selling high.

Kevin Paap, president of the Minnesota Farm Burea,u looks at the Farm Bill as multi-faceted. “I think we’ve got to think of the four-corner posts.” Those four are the keeping the food supply safe, nutrition assistance, protecting natural resources and the support of risk management tools/crop protection. “You can’t do one-size-fitsall in a Farm Bill.”

Gary Wertish, Minnesota Farmers Union president, believes that the Farm Bill provides a safety net for producers. Examining climate change, Wertish feels that producers are integral in making a positive difference.

“We think farmers can be part of the solution.”

Looking to the future, Wertish is concerned how challenging it can be to begin farming. “If you’re not from a family already established, it’s hard to get in. It’s a stressful like to.”

Tom Haag, vice president of the National Corn Growers Association, believes crop insurance is instrumental to farmers today. “Thank goodness we have the safety net of crop insurance.”

Haag believes there are politicians in Washington D.C. who would like to get rid of it as they think it’s a handout.

Haag explained that it’s not. Farmers pay into it — as does the government.

Lucas Sjostrom, executive director of the Minnesota Milk Producers Association, pointed out the Dairy Margin Coverage program was dairy producers’ second crack at dairy insurance — especially for small farms — as well as Dairy Revenue Protection.

“Dairy farmers in the past six, seven years went from basically having no risk-management tools at the federal level to now having two.”

According to Sjostrom, about 85 percent of Minnesota dairy producers signed up for Dairy Margin Coverage and then a significant percent signed up for Dairy Revenue Protection, which is the crop insurance product. “Between those two, Minnesota dairy farmers will come out the pandemic, at least those who signed up, better than others. It’s hard to poke holes and see where major changes are needed in those two programs at this point.”

Sjostrom believes the dairy industry is on the forefront of being strong stewards. “We pledge for cleaner water; we pledge for bio-diversity.” The goal is to be net-zero industry by 2050. “We’ve been talking about sustainability since we were vilified in the early 2000s.”

For Murdock, Minn. farm operator, Mike Yost, he understands that mandates, quotas and subsidies can be gone with a stroke of a pen. “The best farm policy is market driven.”

When it comes to what the next Farm Bill will look like, there seems to be varying opinions on what needs to be left in and what needs to be added.

What is known though, is that more focus on agriculture is needed to address the concerns of producers — especially during challenging times — like this growing season is turning out to be for many Minnesota farmers. v

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Blue Earth farmer is 93 years old and a Farmfest veteran

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Emeritus MORGAN, Minn. — A special joy of my work is meeting you special folks who help make America special. I met one of these special persons at Farmfest this year. Meet Howard Paschke, 93 years old living in the Blue Earth area and claiming he’s attended every Farmfest since Day 1 — even the ‘mud bowl’ at Lake Crystal when many vehicles needed a pulling assist to depart muddy parking lots that year.

What keeps Paschke coming back each year?

Get this: Paschke says, “Because I want to keep learning. You’ve got to be inquisitive to keep up with the times … otherwise you get behind pretty fast.”

So how does that pertain to younger guys wanting to become farmers? His simple and concise response: “Be honest. My biggest quality is I love the Lord. My grandmother came over from Poland. Her mother had died in childbirth, so my grandma was an only child … was raised by an uncle who was a slave driver. So she had a harsh upbringing. I was the first grandchild and she loved me. I liked to sit in her lap.

Rather than chase off to the movie theater like most kids, I went to grandma’s house. She would sing to

Photo by Dick Hagen

Howard Paschke (left) and his grandson Josh Manske

me … and pray with me. So consequently I was welltaught by my grandma to believe in Jesus” Paschke obviously believes in the sanctity of marriage. His marriage produced five girls; but only one married a farmer and they later got divorced. Says Paschke, “So now I’ve got a farm with a set of build-

Photo by Paul Malchow

These tin-horns were caught grazing in the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s forage test plot at Farmfest. The display was new this year and showed three mixes of cover crops which could be used as forage — two annual and one perennial.

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ings setting empty and I’m not happy about that.” He quietly muttered, “You don’t win them all.”

His grandson, Josh Manske, joined us. Manske drives Paschke to Farmfest and a few other locations on Paschke’s agenda. Manske’s father runs a tiling operation at Algona, Iowa (Precision Draining and Excavating Company). He said his dad got quite a bit of tiling late winter/early spring and some summer tiling for organic farmers.

Said Manske (who works in farm management services with a southwest Iowa firm), “Yes, farm income likely to be squeezed down some this season. The input costs going into next season could be an issue we’re looking at. Plus we’re always keeping an eye on fertilizer costs.”

But now time for more of Paschke’s history: “My dad was the first in our county to have rubber tires on his farm tractor … his WD45 Allis Chalmers in 1932. We were almost 50 years in the implement business when my Dad had to retire and I had to go into the Army. And that’s why I don’t hear so good today … too much cannon firing when overseas.”

Paschke readily admits to being bullish on orange paint. “My first tractor I drove was an Allis Chalmers U model when I was 7. So I’ve been in this orange business until now when the AgCo bought the business. Yep, as an old-time observer, this new world today seems a bit cranky and undecided about what to do next. I pay attention to what I see and hear these days so I’m wondering more and more if people are totally confused about what’s going on.”

Paschke reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with this inscription: “Accept what is; Let go of what was; Have Faith in what will be!”

“Like my Grandmom told me years ago, keep faith with God and your destiny will be forever.” Good message, Howard Paschke. The good Lord willing, I’d treasure meeting Howard again at 2022 Farmfest when he’s 94. v

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Rain boosts morale in south, Hoseth ‘past frustration’ Mark Wettergren, Blair Hoseth,   St. Peter, Minn.

FROM THE Mahnomen, Minn. — — Aug. 12 Aug. 13

“It’s dry, we haven’t gotten rain in five weeks.” The Land spoke with Blair Hoseth on Aug. 13 as he reported that unfortunately there’s corn around the area that isn’t going to make it. In his corn fields, the crop pollinated OK. “It’s starting to show some yellowing.”

With the ground so dry, the pastures are hurting, producers are looking for other places for their cattle to graze. “People are fencing in swamps.” Hoseth is renting three new pastures for his cattle as the pastures aren’t re-growing this year.

Hoseth expects to have one-fourth of a hay crop this year. “The second cutting was almost nonexistent.” There will be no third cutting.

“The beans are starting to mature.” Hoseth believes that he’ll be combing soybeans in two to three weeks, which is at least two weeks earlier than usual. The tops of the plants have aborted a bunch of pods. Hoseth expects lighter test weights.

In the next two weeks, Hoseth will finish baling wheat straw.

Hoseth is past frustration. The crops at one time this growing season looked wonderful, then no rain came. “You’re not going to have that maximum yield potential. It’s not going to be a good crop.”

While Hoseth has dealt with dry years before this one is the most severe that he can recall. “It’s way worse than the drought of 1988. It’s the least amount of rain in my lifetime.” v

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Wertish, Olivia, Minn. — Steve Aug. 13 “We got between one and a half inches to three inches last Friday.” The Land spoke with Steve Wertish on Aug. 13 as he reported that it was a nice rain that fell. “It soaked in pretty well.”

The sugar beets look fairly good. “For the sugar beets it can be a little drier from here on out.” That helps the sugar level in the plant.

The 30-inch rows of soybeans are now filled in. The very tops of the bean plants are flowering nicely. Wertish hasn’t seen any aphids in the beans this year, so no spraying is needed. Wertish is done with sweet corn harvest. “The sweet corn did better than expected.” The navy beans are turning quickly.

There’s not a lot of beans in the pods in edible beans in Wertish’s fields.

There are three or four beans in a pod compared to the usual six.

The corn crop has improved thanks to the rain. “Better, not perfect by any means.” Wertish expects that it will be an early corn harvest this year.

“Earlier varieties are starting to dent.”

“Harvest in general for us will be over in October.” Rain and hope go a long way. “I’m cautiously optimistic.” v

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“We got nine-tenths over the weekend.” The Land spoke with Mark Wettergren on Aug. 12 as he reported 12 inches of rain has fallen in total on the farm this growing season. “That’s considerably below average.”

Some of Wettergren’s corn is tipped back.

“The kernels are not going to be very deep, it’s really shallow. I still think we can get a nice crop.”

The soybean pod count is good. “We need a shower to fill them out.” Some of Wettergren’s beans are still flowering at the top.

Looking at inputs on the farm, Wettergren is seeing increases all over. “I visited with the manager of the co-op; fertilizer prices are skyrocketing.” It’s up to at least 50 percent higher, liquid propane costs are higher as well.

Wettergren got a chance to enjoy time at the Nicollet County Fair in St. Peter this past week.

“It had a nice crowd.” For Wettergren it was fun to take in the sights and more importantly get a chance to catch up with old friends.

“We’re in the dog days of summer.” Wettergren wishes those days would include rain.

Looking ahead to harvest, he’s hopeful that crops will yield OK. “As of right now, I’m still optimistic.” v

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Farms from each of Minnesota’s 87 counties were honored on Aug. 5 as Farm Families of the Year. Pictured is the Wilson family of Le Sueur county.

The inaugural Hay Bale Art Auction benefiting 4-H and FFA groups garnered a total of $625 for the three participating groups: Marshall FFA, Redwood County 4-H Ambassadors and the Valley Blazers 4-H Club. Ziegler Ag Equipment donated $200 to each group allowing them to purchase supplies to create the hay bale art. The Steffes Group performed the live auction on site and donated the bales for the event.

The Farmfest Woman Farmer of the Year award went to Jane Goplen of Canby, Minn. Goplen’s work on her corn and soybean farm plus, her contribution to her family, church and community earned her the $500 top prize.

Keep an extra watch on swine during fair season SWINE & U, from pg. 11 positive factor in keeping the ASF virus from moving into other countries in this hemisphere.

USDA is currently sending lab equipment and technical assistance to the Dominican Republic as they request it. Scientists from the University of Minnesota’s veterinary swine group will be traveling to the Dominican Republic within this month to assist with eradication of the outbreak. The Dominican Republic has set up strategies to assist their producers with stamping out the virus and to provide compensation for those producers affected.

Biosecurity — Keeping Minnesota swine safe The plan to keep ASF out of our U.S. and Minnesotan swine population comes back to meticulous biosecurity. Biosecurity is the action of keeping disease out of the herd, and also stopping the spread of any disease within the herd.

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Don’t visit other swine farms. If you must visit another farm, take a shower and wash your clothing before and after your visit. Vehicles and tools can carry disease. Don’t share equipment with other farms and clean tools after use.

Limit visitors to your farm and reduce on-farm traffic as much as possible. Ask all visitors about recent travel outside the country. Do not let anyone who has been in an ASF-affected country onto your farm for at least five days after they enter the United States.

Garbage feeding laws The Minnesota Board of Animal Health issues permits to people who feed food waste to livestock.

In order to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases like ASF, the Board conducts routine inspections of farms which are permitted to feed garbage. All livestock on permitted farms must appear healthy.

Food waste containing meat or has come into contact with meat, must be cooked to at least 212 F (100 C) for at least 30 minutes. Cooked and uncooked food waste must be separated and stored appropriately. Rodents and pests must be kept away from uncooked food waste.

Feeding areas and trucks must be cleaned and sanitized as needed, and trucks used for hauling food waste over public roads must be leak-proof.

Unconsumed food waste and dead livestock must be disposed of properly.

Feral swine Feral swine are pigs which live in the wild. Feral swine pose a significant threat because they can carry dangerous diseases which the swine industry

has worked hard to eradicate from domestic pigs.

Minnesota prohibits importation of feral swine, swine who were feral at any point in their lifetime and feral swine carcasses. There are exceptions for some processed products. You can contact the Board of Animal Health to learn more about import restrictions.

Know the signs Producers can familiarize themselves with the symptoms of ASF. If pig caretakers see unusual health issues or unexplained deaths, they should contact the herd veterinarian immediately.

Some signs of an ASF infected pig include: fever; discoloring of the skin; loss of appetite; vomiting or diarrhea; difficulty breathing; weakness; or sudden death.

We’re currently in the swine exhibition season with pigs moving across the landscape to shows and fairs. Any pigs returning home to be with other pigs must be isolated for 14 to 30 days to ensure their good health. Unusual symptoms should be reported to the pigs’ veterinarian.

Dr. Cesar Corzo recently answered ASF questions from U of M Extension swine educators Sarah Schieck Boelke and Diane DeWitte and that can be heard at z.umn.edu/PodcastEpisode25 .

More information can be found at cahfs.umn.edu and www.mn.gov/bah Information for this article was sourced from University of Minnesota Extension, the U of M Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, and the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.

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

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Grain Outlook Drop in crop estimate rallies corn

Cash Grain Markets

corn/change* soybeans/change* Stewartville $6.28 +.07 $13.47 +.07 Edgerton $6.38 +.15 $13.22 -.13 Jackson $6.33 +.18 $13.23 -.01 Janesville $6.26 +.09 $13.30 +.13 The following marketing analysis is for the week Cannon Falls $6.08 -.12 $13.47 +.11 ending Aug. 13.

Sleepy Eye $6.13 +.03 $13.26 +.06 CORN — Finally some bullish news for the corn Average: $6.24 $13.33 farmer! The December corn contract continued to bounce between its 100 and 50-day moving averages Year Ago Average: $2.82 $8.57 leading up to the Aug. 12 World Agriculture Supply Grain prices are effective cash close on Aug. 17. and Demand Estimates report. The fireworks in the *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period. aftermath shot the December contract to $5.94.25 per bushel Brazil’s 2020-21 corn crop finally experienced a and filled the overhead gap left significant drop by the USDA of 6 million metric tons on July 6. The rally was ignited to 87 mmt, but it sits atop most of the private estiwhen the U.S. Department of mates. Conab dropped their forecast to 86.7 mmt and Agriculture slashed the corn AgRural is at 82.2 mmt. Argentina’s corn crop was yield to 174.6 bushels per acre unchanged as expected at 48.5 mmt. China’s 2020-21 from 179.5 bu./acre and comand 2021-22 corn imports were steady at 26 mmt pared to the trade estimate of although many private forecasts are higher. World 177.6 bu./acre. This was counter PHYLLIS NYSTROM corn ending stocks for 2020-21 were neutral to to what usually happens in this CHS Hedging Inc. slightly bearish at 280.8 mmt vs. 278.7 mmt estireport. The trade usually underSt. Paul mated and 279.9 mmt last month. estimates the yield as they have done in four of the last five years.

World ending stocks for 2021-22 were bullish at The updated yield projection fell 284.6 mmt. The average trade estimate was 288.2 below even the lowest estimate. mmt and 291.2 mmt last month. Ukraine’s 2021-22 The USDA is predicting record corn yields for corn exports were raised from 30.5 mmt to 32 mmt.

Illinois at 214 bu./acre, Indiana with 194 bu./acre, Weekly export sales were excellent for old crop at Ohio at 193 bu./acre, as well other various states 14.9 million bushels and good for new crop at 23.7 outside the heart of the Corn Belt. Minnesota’s corn million bushels. Old crop total commitments are 2.76 yield was pegged at 166 bu./acre, down 13.5 bu./acre billion bushels vs. the updated projection at 2.775 from last year. For the last three years, the corn yield billion bushels. China has 86.6 million bushels of old has fallen from August to the final report and has crop left to ship. New crop commitments continue to declined in eight of the last 11 years. run ahead of last year at 712 million vs. 452 million The 2021-22 ending stocks number was 1.242 bil- bushels last year. lion bushels, down 190 million bushels from July and Weekly ethanol production was down 27,000 bar1.297 billion bushels estimated. Production declined rels per day to 986,000 bpd and was a 13-week low.

415 million to 14.75 billion bushels and vs. 15 billion Ethanol stocks fell 33,000 barrels to 22.3 million barestimated. Feed usage was cut by 100 million, FSI rels. Gasoline demand dropped to 9.43 million bpd was raised by 10 million, and exports were lowered and is 5.1 percent below the pre-Covid 2019 level. by 100 million bushels.

Ethanol margins were down 2 cents at 28 cents per December corn traded as much as 35 cents higher gallon. on report day but only closed 14 cents higher. This Outlook: It looks like we’ve moved the December did, however, break the contract out of a nearly three- corn range up from the $5.30 - $5.65 area to the week funk of sideways trading. The upcoming crop $5.50 - $6.00 per bushel range. This week’s crop tour which begins Aug. 16 will be closely watched for update was friendly for corn, but traders are skepticonfirmation or rebuttal of the USDA’s yield esti- cal the USDA cut the corn yield as much as they did mate. on this report. The trade will be monitoring Brazil’s The 2020-21 corn balance sheet showed FSI usage corn harvest as their safrinha corn production numup 40 million (ethanol up 25 million) and exports bers continue to shrink. How this will translate into down 75 million to 2.775 billion bushels. Ending more export business for the United States is yet to stocks were up 35 million from last month at 1.117 be determined, but it could provide additional supbillion bushels versus 1.096 billion bushels and were port to corn. In post-report trading, the weather was taking a backseat to the updated numbers as the carried to the 2021-22 sheet.

benefits of late rain are narrowing. We haven’t seen a daily export sales flash for corn in weeks despite the good weekly number this week.

September corn this week closed 13.25 cents higher at $5.68.25 and the December 2021 contract rallied 16.5 cents to settle at $5.73 per bushel. Don’t forget to look at the December 2022 corn contract. Its contract high at $5.34.25 per bushel was set May 7 and it closed this week at $5.16.75 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — November soybeans didn’t receive the report shock that corn did, but it still traded 29.5 cents higher to $13.69.5 before tailing off to close just a penny higher on report day. The USDA dropped the 2021-22 U.S. soybean yield .8 bu./acre to 50 bu./acre when the trade was expecting 50.4 bu./acre. Record yields are projected for Illinois at 64 bu./acre, Indiana at 60 bu./acre, Ohio at 58 bu./acre, and Missouri at 50 bu./acre. The soybean yield has declined from the August to final report in four of the last six years, but higher in six of the last 11 years.

The USDA left the carryout for 2021-22 at 155 million bushels vs. 159 million estimated. This was achieved by a greater carry-in, smaller production at 4.339 billion bushels, and a 20 million bushel cut to both the crush and exports. The gains were extended into the weekend with seven … yes, seven … consecutive days of daily export sales flashes from the USDA combined with the friendly WASDE report to keep buyers interested. In seven daily flashes, a total of 62.8 million bushels of new crop soybeans were sold to China and unknown.

The 2020-21 balance sheet lowered crush 15 million bushels and exports 10 million to raise ending stocks 25 million bushels from 135 million bushels last month to 160 million bushels. The trade had estimated the carryout at 148 million bushels. The average farm price was lowered by 15 cents to $10.90 per bushel and stocks to use at 3.5 percent.

The world balance sheet for 2020-21 rose to 92.8 mmt from 91.5 mmt last month and compared to the trade estimate for 91.4 mmt. Brazil’s soybean crop was unchanged at 137 mmt and Argentina was reduced by .5 mmt to 46 mmt. The 2021-22 balance sheet indicated ending stocks at 96.2 mmt vs. 94.7 mmt estimated and 94.5 mmt last month. China’s soybean imports for 2021-22 lowered 1 mmt to 101 mmt. Brazil’s soybean production for next year was unchanged at 144 mmt and Argentina was unchanged at 52 mmt.

Weekly export sales exceeded expectations with 3.6 million bushels for old crop and 41.1 million bushels for new crop. Old crop total commitments are 2.28 billion bushels vs. 2.26 billion estimated. New crop commitments are 430.7 million vs. 660.5 million bushels on the books last year.

Outlook: The soybean yield will still be influenced by upcoming weather events, but demand has been very strong for new crop. The United States is comSee NYSTROM, pg. 20

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USDA lowers dairy output estimates due to fewer cows This column was written for the marButter, cheese, nonfat dry milk and keting week ending Aug. 13. whey price forecasts for 2021 were lowered on relatively weak demand. Prices The second week of August began with were also reduced for 2022 reflecting cona lot of uncertainty. Soaring temperatinued relatively soft domestic demand tures returned to much of the country, and higher forecast beginning stocks. especially the west, and over 100 wildfires were consuming hundreds of acres The 2021 and 2022 Class III and Class of woodland in several states.

IV milk price forecasts were reduced from last month. Look for a 2021 Class The Daily Dairy Report says, “The U.S. MIELKE MARKET III average of $16.55 per hundredweight, Drought Monitor shows 98.5 percent of WEEKLY down 25 cents from last month’s estithe West was experiencing some type of mate, and compares to $18.16 in 2020

By Lee Mielke drought as of Aug. 3, with nearly twoand $16.96 in 2019. The 2022 averthirds of the area qualifying as age is $16.16, down 60 cents from a under extreme or exceptional month ago. drought. Area reservoirs have been drained to historic lows with serious The 2021 Class IV average is now ramifications for the agricultural producers who pegged at $15.15 per cwt., down 25 cents from a depend on this water.” month ago, and compares to $13.49 in 2020 and Increasing reports of Covid and/or the Delta vari- $16.30 in 2019. The 2021 average will be $15.30, down 45 cents from the July estimate. ant cast a shadow on the markets even as the nonexistent southern border is flooded with would-be This month’s 2021-22 U.S. corn outlook is for residents. State and federal authorities are weighlower supplies, reduced feed and residual use, ing a return to masking and mandatory vaccines increased food, seed, and industrial use, lower declared necessary by medical authorities who don’t exports, and smaller ending stocks. Projected beginseem to have many more answers now than they ning stocks are 35 million bushels higher based on a did when the pandemic began. lower use forecast for 2020-21. Reduced exports were partially offset by greater corn for ethanol and n other uses.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its Corn production was forecast at 14.8 billion bushestimate for 2021 milk production in the latest els, down 415 million from the July projection but World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates up 4 percent from 2020. report, second month in a row, and lowered its 2022 estimate, citing lower dairy cow numbers.

Area harvested was forecast at 84.5 million acres, unchanged from the June forecast, but up 2 percent 2021 production and marketings were estimated at 228.1 and 227.1 billion pounds respectively, down from 2020. Record yields are expected in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, while yields in Minnesota and 100 million pounds on both from last month’s estimates. If realized, 2021 production would still be up South Dakota were forecast below a year ago. Total U.S. corn use is down 190 million bushels to 14.7 4.9 billion pounds or 2.2 percent from 2020. billion. Feed and residual use is down 100 million 2022 production and marketings were estimated bushels based on a smaller crop and higher expectat 231.2 and 230.2 billion pounds respectively, down ed prices. StoneX says, “The reduction in demand 400 million pounds on production and down 300 looks to be all that’s keeping us from really lighting million on marketings. If realized, 2022 production a fire to this market.” would be up 3.1 billion pounds or 1.4 percent from U.S. soybean supply and use changes included 2021. higher beginning stocks and lower production,

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Soybeans take a jump at week’s end NYSTROM, from pg. 19 petitive September forward with Brazil, and we’ll have to watch how Argentina works through the low water problems. There’s a lot of volatility left in the market, so don’t fall asleep at the wheel. We aren’t out of the woods on solving the tight carryout situation, but if weather cooperates, we may take a step closer. We’ll continue to look for wide daily ranges with November soybeans in a $13-$14 range.

November soybeans jumped 28.25 cents higher for the week at $13.65, January soybeans were up 28

cents at $13.69.25, and the November 2022 contract was 1.5 cents lower at $12.56.75 per bushel.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week as of the close on Aug. 13 (September contracts): Chicago wheat was 43.25 cents higher at $7.62.24, Kansas City surged 36.5 cents higher at $7.42.25, Minneapolis was 28 cents higher at $9.44.25 and the December Minneapolis was up 26.25 cents at $9.29.5 per bushel.

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crush, and exports. Beginning stocks were raised on lower 2020-21 crush and exports. Soybean production was forecast at 4.34 billion bushels, down 66 million on lower yields, but up 5 percent from 2020.

Harvested area was forecast at 86.7 million acres, unchanged from July.

The soybean yield forecast of 50 bushels per acre was reduced 0.8 bushels from last month and 0.2 bushels from last year. Soybean supplies were projected at 4.5 billion bushels, down 3 percent from last year. Soybean crush was reduced 20 million bushels on a lower domestic soybean meal disappearance forecast which is reduced in line with the prior year, and lower soybean meal exports. n USDA’s latest Crop Progress report showed 95 percent of U.S. corn was silking, as of the week ending Aug.8. Fifty-six percent was at the dough stage, up from 38 percent the previous week, even with a year ago, and 5 percent ahead of the average. The crop shows 64 percent rated good to excellent, up 2 percent from the previous week, but 7 percent below a year ago.

Looking to soybeans, 91 percent were blooming.

Seventy-two percent were setting pods, up from 58 percent the previous week, 1 percent below of a year ago, but 4 percent ahead of the five-year average.

Sixty percent were rated good to excellent, unchanged from the previous week, but 14 percent below a year ago.

Getting back to the heat out west, the Aug. 6 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reported, “California’s water board voted to end water diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. The official shutoff will occur after Aug. 15. After that happens, many farmers will not be able to irrigate.”

The Analyst says the water board attempted a similar type of measure in 2015, but was ultimately blocked after a judge found the board failed to provide “some form of public hearing” to challenge its findings. The water board believes this week’s decision is “on very firm legal footing,” according to the Analyst, but “lawsuits and a judge will ultimately decide if that is in fact the case.”

The expected lawsuits have the potential to at least temporarily prevent the water shutdown, the Analyst says. “At the moment, there are many crops that are planted and need water to mature, including tomatoes and corn silage. This decision may also end up preventing a final cutting of affected hay.” Bottom line are higher feed costs for dairy farmers, the Analyst warned.

In the week ending July 31, 58,500 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 900 from the previous week, and 6,500 or 12.5 percent above that week a year ago.

StoneX stated in its Aug. 6 “Early Morning Update” See MIELKE, pg. 21

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Spot milk supply tightened considerably for school bottling MIELKE, from pg. 20 that dairy cow slaughter is continuing to pick up and hold a premium to year ago levels but is tracking with seasonal trends. Cull prices were holding above $140 per cwt.

“Contraction in the dairy herd, seasonally declining milk yields, and increasing fluid milk demand from schools returning to session shows opportunity for Class III contracts to find renewed strength in prices,” suggests StoneX. Fluid milk sales continued to suffer in June, down 6.7 percent from June 2020, after falling 4.3 percent in May. Conventional sales were down 6.9 percent and organic sales were off 3.7 percent. n Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange dairy prices strengthened the second week of August, but saw some gyrations. The cheddar blocks closed on Friday the 13th at $1.8125 per pound.

This is up 17.75 cents on the week, the highest since May 12, but threequarter cents below a year ago.

The barrels climbed to $1.4275 on Aug. 10, backed down to $1.41 the next day, but closed Aug. 13 at $1.45. This is up 14 cents on the week, highest in three weeks, but a nickel below a year ago. The spread widened to 37 cents on Aug. 11, but fell to 36.25 cents on Aug. 13. There were nine sales of block and 17 of barrel on the week.

Midwest cheesemakers tell Dairy Market News that spot milk has tightened notably as milk is diverted into bottling for school reopening. Loads are also moving out of the region to the Southeast. Cheese sales are strong in the region and curd producers say outdoor events, such as fairs, have locked them up at least into September. Barrel producers say customer interest remains intact despite the lower market, but availability has grown in recent months. Cheese plant managers report an uptick in nonfat dry milk fortification due to the lighter milk availability. The Covid Delta variant is also a growing concern among producers and their customers, says Dairy Market News.

Western cheese demand remains steady at both retail and food service.

Export demand is also strong, with

market prices favorable to international markets — especially Asian markets. The block barrels price gap is blamed on the greater availability of barrels as some producers have focused on barrel production due to a shortage of available block packaging.

Producers are running busy schedules in the region, despite the seasonal decline in milk production.

CME butter hit $1.68 per pound on Aug. 8, but closed Aug. 13 at $1.67.

This is up 2.25 cents on the week and 18.5 cents above a year ago, with 13 sales on the week.

The USDA announced a $10 million solicitation for butter under Section 32. That would put 2021 purchases at just over $77 million. Meanwhile, Dairy Market News reports that cream offers are becoming fewer. Multiples are near their peak regarding fiscal sensibility for making butter and extra cream is no longer as available from the West. Butter sales are generally steady.

Plant managers are beginning to compare sales with those of 2019, as last year’s figures are skewed due to the pandemic. Some relay that sales are slightly lower than 2019. Retail interest is slowly increasing but market tones are uncertain and the Covid variant has producers and their customers concerned, particularly in the food service sector.

Western cream availability is tightening though demand is lower from ice cream production. Butter output varies from steady to seasonally lower but healthy inventories are available.

Retail sales are picking up and food service orders are level but, as Covid concerns climb and areas shift masking back to mandates, contacts fear it may have a deleterious effect on food service demand, says Dairy Market News. n Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Aug. 13 at $1.27 per pound, up 1.5 cents on the week and 30.5 cents above a year ago. Eleven sales were reported on the week.

StoneX says, “Mexico is helping keep export volume alive and U.S. prices continue to offer a favorable advantage in export sales. Logistical issues continue to put a damper on domestic demand as stocks back up slightly.”

Dry whey closed the week 2.25 cents lower, at 51.75 cents per pound, 19.25 cents above a year ago, on three sales for the week at the CME. U.S. butter prices would likely be a lot lower if it weren’t for Canada. The Aug. 10 Daily Dairy Report says, “In the first half of the year, Canada imported 25.3 million pounds of butter, 32 percent more than in 2020 and 13 percent more than 2017’s record volumes. Through June, Canada has also imported nearly 8 million pounds of cream — a sevenfold increase from last year and 31 percent more than in 2017.”

The Daily Dairy Report adds since 2019, U.S. butter and cream exports north of the border have easily eclipsed shipments to the south. So far this year, Canada has accounted for 83 percent of U.S. cream exports and nearly 30 percent of butter shipments. n In politics, the International Dairy Foods Association reported that the European Commission will extend the implementation deadline for its new

health certificate requirements to Jan. 15, 2022, “backing off threats to shut down U.S. dairy exports to EU member states as well as transshipments of U.S. dairy products through the European Union.”

Lastly, the National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council gave a thumbs up to bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. “The dairy industry, as well as other exporters, has faced substantially increased costs to ship their goods overseas, challenges obtaining containers and other equipment to deliver their goods to ports and beyond, and often incur booking cancellations or delays for vessel space,” according to a joint press release.

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

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Opening August 13 & Closing August 23 at 12PM Kibble Equipment Auction, Sioux Falls, SD, Timed Online Auction Opening August 18 & Closing August 25 at 12PM All Parts Pickup & Auto Inc. Retirement Auction, Georgetown, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening August 18 & Closing August 25 at 3PM Rink Inc. Retirement Auction, Keene, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening August 20 & Closing August 25 Online Steffes Auction – 8/25, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening August 20 & Closing August 30 James O’Connell Equipment Auction, Frazee, MN & Ekalaka, MT, Timed Online Auction Opening August 24 & Closing August 31 Manure Pumping & Handling Auction, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening August 25 & Closing September 2 at 1PM Staples Family Farms and Neighbors Excess Equipment Auction, Various Locations around Morris, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening August 26 & Closing September 1 at 7PM Knudson Farms Inventory Reduction Auction, Manvel, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening August 26 & Closing September 2 DNB Energy Services Auction, Watford City, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening August 30 & Closing September 7 at 7PM Joe Kemper Antique John Deere Tractor Collection Auction, Grey Eagle, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening August 30 & Closing September 7 at 7PM Orville Anderson Farm Retirement Auction, Dassel, MN, Timed Online Auction Tuesday, August 31 at 10AM Kaiser Ranch, Inc. Retirement Auction, Monango, ND Wednesday, September 1 at 10AM Joseph E. & Mary R. Kuechle Farm Retirement Auction, Twin Valley, MN Thursday, September 2 at 10AM Robert & Verna Lindvall Farm Retirement Auction, McVille, ND Opening September 2 & Closing September 9 at 12PM Walsh County, ND Land Auction – 715.43± Acres, Edinburg, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening September 3 & Closing September 8 Online Steffes Auction – 9/8, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening September 6 & Closing September 14 Woitaszewski Farm Auction, Currie, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening September 7 & Closing September 10 Kerzman Trust Minot Area Development Land Auction - 31± Acres, Minot, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening September 7 & Closing September 10 at 11AM Kerzman Trust North Central, ND Land Auction, 775± Acres, North Central, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening September 7 & Closing September 14 at 7PM Borgen Gun Auction, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction

Bins & Buildings

Bins & Buildings

5000 bu Butler grain bin, 21’ diameter 18’ high, drying floor, 12” stands, 24” transition, 6” unload tube w/ gates, 15” aeration fan, inside/outside ladder. Will take down. $1,000. 320-587-9409

SILO DOORS Wood or steel doors shipped promptly to your farm stainless fasteners hardware available.

(800)222-5726 Landwood Sales LLC

SILO REMOVAL 507-236-9446 Please recycle this magazine.

Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.

100% financing w/no liens or red tape, call Steve at Fairfax Ag for an appointment.

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Fantini 8R CH, 1,000 acres on FOR SALE: 2 used 800x70R38 it; ‘74 Int’l 1600 grain truck; Firestone deep tread tires, ‘56 AC WD45 w/ ldr, 3pt very good condition, $1,800/ hitch; ‘52 AC CA tractor w/ each. 218-686-0159 2 btm plow; ‘74 Chevy P/U, sharp; ‘51 AC WD w/ Oliver FOR SALE: 4620 John Deere tractor, good shape. 1988 ldr. Xtra sharp. 507-276-8840 Chevy Silverado 4x4 pickup, FOR SALE: 15’ IH 5500 chis- 3/4 ton. 320-293-9097 el plow, always shedded, 15 shanks, $2,800; Alloway JD 9660 STS combine, 18.4x42 stalk chopper, 6R30” mount- duals, 2900 sep hrs, Maurer ed, 1000 RPM, always shed- hopper ext, $34,900; JD 930 flexhead w/ pull finger auded, $2,600. 320-583-5010 ger, $3,750; JD 843 8x30 CH, FOR SALE: Windpower alter- $3,500; ‘10 Brent 782 grain nator on 2 wheel cart, excel- cart, 18” auger, 30.5x32 tires, lent condition, always shed- $21,900; Demco 550 or Brent ded. Model# 25/15PT2, volts 540 gravity boxes, $7,450/ 120/240, cash. Call evenings each. 320-769-2756 507-375-4289 We buy Salvage Equipment FOR SALE: John Deere 3970 Parts Available chopper with iron guards, 2 Hammell Equip., Inc. heads, $4,000. International (507)867-4910 4700 field cultivator, $4,500.

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Tractors

NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829

LAND AUCTION 224 ACRES+/- FREEBORN COUNTY, MN

FOR SALE: Wil-Rich 513 Soil Pro, 7 shank, 24” apart, 3 bar heavy coil harrow, always shedded, low acres.

612-655-1053

71248 268th Street Dassel, MN 55325

OPENS: MONDAY, AUGUST 30

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OPEN HOUSE: AUGUST 12, 2021 5:00PM-7:00PM

Auction Location: Moose Lodge 1633 Main Ct, Albert Lea, MN 56007

LIVE AUCTION WITH ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE

MFWD TRACTOR

AUCTIONEER’S COMMENT: This farm has it all!! Seldom does a farm like this come up for sale. The property features a 4 bedroom home, numerous outbuildings, highly productive farm land and gorgeous views. This really is the total package. Each tract has details listed below.

Tract 1 - 5.5 +/- Acres [subject to survey] 4 Bedroom / 2½ Bathroom, All furniture stays with the home, attached garage; heated & sheetrocked, outbuildings.

Tract 2 - 84.41 +/- Acres includes Quonset Building.

Tract 3 - 134.37 +/- Acres [subject to survey of building site]

LANDPROZ AGENT IA & MN AUCTIONEER 641-420-7355 jjwise@landproz.com

2WD TRACTOR

1995 John Deere 7800 2WD, 3,900 hours

DRILLS

John Deere 1010 Van Brunt drill, 10’ wide John Deere 1520 drill, 20’ John Deere 512 disk ripper

TILLAGE

IHC 710 plow, 5x18”

LANDPROZ BROKER MN & IA AUCTIONEER

Copy is 6.92” x 5”

507-383-1067 gregjensen@landproz.com

swing hopper auger, 71’x10” 2005 Westfield J210-36 TANDEM BOXED TRUCK loadout auger, 10”x36’ 1969 Chevrolet C60 tandem 2007 Westfield WR80-71 auger, 8”x71’ axle grain truck, 115,000 MOWER miles John Deere 38 - sickle TRAILERS mower, 7’ Flat rack w/ back Travis hitch-doc SC2200 FARM LOADERS 2-box seed tender John Deere 725 all hyd.

INLINE BALER loader John Deere 14T - small TRACTOR/IMPLEMENT square bale TIRES AUGERS (2) 15.5x38 band duals 2007 Wedtfield MK100-71

John Deere 230 disc, 26’ John Deere 980 field cultivator, 26’

2012 John Deere 8235R MFWD, 1,655 hrs.

COULTER CHISELS, MULCH TILLERS, RIPPERS

TERMS: See Website for Terms

JJ WISE GREG JENSEN

Tillage Equip

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TIMED ONLINE FARM RETIREMENT

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8FOR SALE: JD 4020 diesel, , syncro cab, dual hydraulic / duals, tranny needs 5th & reverse gear, $8,500. Landoll 7 shank disk chisel plow, $500. e JD 210 14’ tandem disk, $500.

8 763-856-4220 , FOR SALE: 1 set 18.4x46 Firestone super all traction 2 radial tires, about 45% left, r would make very good dual 0 tires, $600/pr. 507-227-2602 ,FOR SALE: Farmall 450 gas, n wide front, standard draw , bar, good runner, many new t parts. 763-682-2124 Call after / 5pm.

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BINS & HOPPER BINS

(3) Poly auger hopper w/ extensions

MISCELLANEOUS PARTS

(6) Cultivator rolling shields off of Noble danish tooth cultivator (8) 8000 series weights IHC (12) suitcase weights IHC (2) hydrualic cylinders, 1-4” John Deere fender supports John Deere (2) hydrualic cylinders, 4” Tilt- O- Matic - rock box for 7800 John Deere

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Auger transition tubes Power cord 220v. 24’ Power cord 220v. 26’ Auger mover wheel distel grain system Sawhorses steel, heavy duty Rolling staircase Auger screen protector fan off of 2166 combine Hiniker head mover Homelite AP200 - transfer pump Metro Self Hitch Northern Tool - engine stand

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Steffes Group, Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355

LandProz Real Estate, LLC | LandProz Country Living, LLC | LandProz Heartland Real Estate, LLC LandProz of Indiana, LLC Broker Brian Haugen - MN, SD, IA, WI, IL, KS • Broker Amy Willett – MN, IA, MO Broker Auctioneer Beau Jensen - MN, IA – 24-108 Broker Auctioneer Greg Jensen - MN, IA – 24-21 • Broker Glen Salow – IA Broker Chad Stavnes – MN • Broker Tim Young – OH • Broker Andrew Fansler - IN

ORVILLE ANDERSON FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION | ORVILLE 612.618.6077 Eric Gabrielson at Steffes Group, 320.693.9371 or 701.238.2570

COMPLETE TERMS, LOT LISTINGS AND PHOTOS AT STEFFESGROUP.COM / ERIC GABRIELSON MN47-006

Real Estate Auction Thursday, August 26th - 4:30 pm 33534 800th Ave, Olivia, MN 56277

Real Estate to sell LIVE onsite! Personal Property will be sold ONLINE ONLY! Terms: No buyers premium on real estate.

This property will sell as two parcels:

Parcel #1: 75 total acr es of far m land, appr ox. 67.87 acr es tillable. .39 ac in CRP & 3.06 ac non-cropland. Well-tiled with a Productivity Index of 93.6 Parcel #2: 5 acr e far m site. 5 bedr oom, 1 3/4 bath home featur ing a lar ge eat -in kitchen, main-level laundry, attached 2-stall garage, deck and a 4-season breezeway with second kitchen. Outbuildings include: 26’ x 50’ garage/workshop, 20’ x 26’ single stall garage, 20’ x 20’ shed, 15’ x 30’ shed, 13’ x 30’ shed, workshop shed and grain bins.

No Buyer’s Premium! For complete terms or viewing, contact Matt Mages ~ 507-276-7002 Personal Property - Online Only

Inspection: August 26th, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Lots Start Closing: August 26th, 5:00 pm Pick-Up Date: August 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Household & Antiques: Dining room table and chair set; sofa; chairs; glider rocker; dresser w/ mirror; end tables, coffee table; china cabinet; new Contour hospital bed; lamps; file cabinets; grandfather clock; electric fireplace; large amount of wall decor; prints; Hoover vacuum; International Harvester refrigerator; Indezit refrigerator; Gambles Coronado freezer; cast iron patio set; Hamm’s pony keg; Budweiser banner; bass guitar; record collection; record player cabinet; vintage clothing; roaster; dishware; kitchen items; Tools, Lawn & Garden: 12’ 3-section drag; yard drag beam; dethatcher; scaffolding; fuel barrel w/ pump; Pro-Tech contractor miter saw; Rockwell miter saw; router table; Craftsman 12” band saw-sander; Stihl FS 52 weed whip; Napa 85-910 battery charger; Wagner Paint Crew 770 painter; Wagner pwr painter; Skilsaw; tool boxes; lg amount of hand & power tools; yard tools; 12 ga & 20 ga ammo;

Janice Koterba

Broker/Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002, Lic 52-21-018

Auctioneers: Matt Mages, Lar r y Mages, J oe Wer sal, J oe Maidl, J ohn Goelz, & Ryan Fr oehlich Clerk: Mages Land Co & Auction Ser vice, LLC. All Items Sold “AS IS”. Buyer is responsible for pick-up, Mages Land Co. does not provide any shipping. For all full terms and bidding go to magesland.com. Not responsible for accidents.

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John Deere 3010, Brush Mower, Snowblower, Plows, Garden Tractors And Tools

JD 3010 Gas, JD 48 Loader, Cab, Fenders, W/F, 3pt, Synchro Range; JD 603 Rotor Mower 3pt, 540PTO; IHC Steel Wheel Grain Drill, 10’ x 6”; JD We Sell the Earth & Everything On It. The Engeswicks Will Sell Their Longtime Family Farm 583 2 Bottom Plow On Steel; JD 1065 Running Gear; Simplicity Garden Tractor 42” Deck, 23hp; 3pt. 6’ Snowblower; MTD 5hp Along With Farm Antiques And Farm Equipment Chipper/Shredder; Front Tine Garden Tiller; Yard Cart; Wheel Auction Location: 27846 Co Rd 5 Westbrook, MN 56183 Weights; Aluminum 14’ Extension Ladder; Wheelbarrow; Bottle (From Storden MN Go North 3.5 Miles) Jacks; Battery Charger; McCormick Deering Threshing Machine; (4) Older Garden Tractors; Rockwell 8” Table; Hand Tools; Lincoln 225 Amp AC Welders; 2003 Ford Focus ZX5 Car 4 Door, Auto, FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, PHOTOS & CATALOG GO TO 168,742 Miles

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160 Acres Of Prime Class A Cropland – Sec. 8 Storden TWP, Cottonwood Co MN, Rural Westbrook MN

Farm Primitives; Antique & Related Items

MANDAKO

SELLING APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM Wooden Harness Vise; Old Lubester; Saws; Old Oil Cans; Milk Can; Wash Tubs; Many Steel Wheels; Cistern Pump; Old Wooden PARCEL 1 *** Area: 80 Acres Includes Building Site Fin Windmill On Wooden Tower; Milk Cart; Hay Trolley; Old *** P.I.D.#: 17.008.0500 Taxes For 2021 Barn Windows; Child’s Wagon; Boiler; IH Cream Separator; $1,222.00 Victor Platform Scale; 2-Man Saw; Old Forage; Saw Blades; Steel *** Tillable Acres: Approx. 68.50 Wheel Bench; Wagon Spring Seat; Hand & Potato Planters; 2,3,6 *** CPI: 92.6 Great Soils Gallon Red Wing Crocks; Red Oak Wood Stove; Potato Plow; *** Building site includes: 3 bedroom Step Back Kitchen Cupboard; Hoosier Style Kitchen Cupboard; 1 1/2 story house, 2 car detached garage, quonset shed, other older out buildings, mature trees, Bakers Cupboard; Walnut Victorian Dresser With Hanky Drawers; house has newer lp gas forced air furnace, 2018 a/c unit, 150 amp Oak Child’s Highchair; Reflector Hanging Kerosene Lamp; Vanity service, updated pine kitchen cabinets, newer rheem water heater, Dresser & Mirror; Child’s Oak Rocker; Dome Top Trunk; Commode this house is very clean. Beautiful flower beds throughout the Bowl, Pitcher & Chamber Pot; Oak Shelf Clock; Butternut 3/4 Bed; building site. Some drainage tile in place.

Doll Buggy; Zane Gray Books; Wooden Boxes; Meat Grinder; *** To Be Sold 80 x $ Amount Bid Including Building Site Butter Churn; Feed Sacks; Old License Plates; Old Log Yard Shed *** Good Cased Well *** Non-Conforming Septic System, New Buyer Shall Stand All Costs With Tin Roof To Be Moved; Plus Much More Mark ZIEMER Mark ZIEMER To Replace Or Update The Current Septic Mark ZIEMERMark ZIEMER

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*** Address: XXXX 280th Street Westbrook, MN 56183 *** Area: 80 Acres *** P.I.D.#: 17.008.0501, Taxes For 2021 $1,538 *** Tillable Acres: Approximately 74.46 Acres *** Crop Productivity Index: 91.9 Great Soils *** Field Drives Off Of 280th Street *** To Be Sold 80 x $ Amount Bid

REAL ESTATE SELLING AT 9:30 A.M. SHARP

14 miles So. of Sauk Centre Brian ZIEMER

Brian ZIEMER Brian ZIEM ZIEMER New London, Brian MN (320) 979-4044 New London, MN (320) 979-4044 New London, MN (32 Auctioneer New London, MN (320) 979-4 Auctioneer Auctionee New London/ Auctioneer

Brian ZIEMER

Mark ZIEMER New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Terms For Personal Property: Cash, Check, Credit Card. All Sales Final. AllNew SalesLondon, Selling As-Is. MNAll (320) 979-4044 New London, MN (320) 979-4044 New Auctioneer London, MNNew (320) 979-4044 London, MN (320) 979-4044 Items Must Be Paid For In Full Auction Day. Photo ID Required.

Auctioneer Auctioneer New London, MN (320) 979-4044

Mark ZIEMER

www.maringauction.com New London, MN (320) 979-4044

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New London, MN (320) 979-4044 Belgrade Area Belgrade ReAuctioneer New London/ New London/ New London/ New Londo tirement Auc Auctioneer New London/ New Area London/ N tionAt 24500 US Belgrade Clara City, MBelgrade Area The Area Following Described Hwy 71 Belgrade NE New London Belgrade AreaProperty Will Be Sold At Farm Located Belgrade Belgrade Area AreaMN.A Mark ZIEMER Bri Being 7 1/2 Miles South Of Belgrade MN OnUS USHwy Hwy #71NEUS MATT MARING AUCTION CO. INC. • PO Box 37, Kenyon, MN 55946 The Following Described Property Will Be Sold AtWill Farm Located At 24500 71 New London MN. The Following Described Property Be Sold At Farm Located AtUS 24500 Hwy 71 NE New The Following Described Property Will Be Sold At Farm Located At 24500 Hwy 71 NE New London The Following Described Property Will Be Sold At 10025 10th St NE Clara City MN. New London, MN (320) 979-4044 New Lond 507-789-5421 • 800-801-4502 The following described property will be sold at 10025 10th St NE Clara City MN. Being Being 7 1/2 Saturday Miles Of Belgrade MN OnMN US Hwy 7 1/2South Miles South Of Belgrade MN On US Hwy #71 March 6th 10:00 AM 7Being 1/2 South Miles Of Belgrade On US#71 Hwy #71 Clara Cty CityRd 5 miles north Chippewa Cty10th Rd 2St then Matt Maring, Lic. #25-28 507-951-8354 Auctioneer From• Clara City 5 Miles North on From Chippewa 2 Then 3/4onMile West on NE 3/4 Mile West on 10th St NE Kevin Maring Lic 25-70 & Adam Engen Lic# 25-93 Saturday March 6th 10:00 Saturday March 6thAM 10:00 AM

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Bean Head, w/Trailer; 8 Row Engine 30” Hitch, Duals; Deutz-Allis 9150, 3 PT, 3 HYD Remotes; IH Cab, Heat, Air, 18 Speed Hrs Engine & 3700 Rotary Hrs Case-IH White 5x18 Auto Reset Duals, 1800 Hrs w/ Case-IH L-750 Shank w/ Mulcher, Kent 2109 9 Shank Shank w/ Mulcher, Kent 2109 9 Shank Block, Axial Flow, 3 Speed Hydrostatic, Block, Axial Flow, 3 Spee Duals, Hrs, Corn Head Transmission, Hub Duals, Sprayer; AC 2500 24 Ft. 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Forage Box w/Forage Running Gear 22Running SI Seed Case Meters, S/N N007SOX016435, Gear,Equipment 16Gear, Ft Metal Thrower Rack Running Gear, 16 Ft Meta Metal Side Front Unloading Box Running 16 Ft Metal Thrower Metal Side Front Unloading Forage Box Powder River Loading Chute; Feed Bunks; Water Metal SideSnowco Front Unloading Forage Chopper; Screener; NI 60 Ft.Box PTO 8 In. In Case Of Severe Weather Grain 12 Ft, 7200JD Max-Emerge 2Drill -6 Row 30” 7200 Max-Emerge - 6#56 Row 30” Box with , JD 1600 A MoCo 16', IH 2001 Loader, 800 JD Swather, 5'500 Gallon 3 pt 60'JDDemco 974 Running Gear, Minnesota w/974 974 Running G Tanks; Mineral Feeder; Round Bale Feeders w/ lindsay 4w/ - Brent 740; 2lindsay - Killbros 1065; 7200 JD Max-Emerge 2 -International 6 Row2 30” lindsay Running Gear, Minn Please Listen To KASM 1150 AM Or KDJS Auger; Alloway Auger; Westfield 8” x 60’ Tebben 1 w/ 10 Ton Tandem Axe Running Gear, w/Tandem 108”x60” Ton Tandem Axe Gear, Running Gear, w/ 10 Ton Axe Running 4 Row Wide Planter Corn Planter w/ Dry Fertilizer, McKenzie Corn Planter w/ Dry Fertilizer, McKenzie w/ Flat Rack, Jumbo 10 Ton Gear 95.3 FM Thank You,Running Mark, Brian, Terry Jumbo 10 Ton Running G9 Sprayer , 16' Bale Elevator, 1600 Schwartz Loader, JD 307 Rotary Mower, Double Parker Box, Bradford 250 BU; Kory 250 Bu; Power 12 Volt, Wide front; AC24 Corn Planter w/ Steering, Dry Fertilizer, McKenzie w/JD Flat JumboRunning 10 Ton Gear Hay Equipment Auger; 32 Ft. Tire Packer 2001 S&S Dura-Line Drill; H&S 14 Ft Wood Side Front unloading H&S 14 Ft Wood Front unloading H&S 14 Ft Wood Side FrontSide unloading Minnesota Big 7cv bMinnesota Running Gear w/ bFlat Rack Ft. Livestock Trailer 7cv Running Meters, JD Bean #150 Monitor, Trash Meters, #150 Monitor, Trash Minnesota 7cv b Big Running Gear w/ FW (3) Gravity Wagons w/ Brush Auger, JD 845 12 Row 30" R Cultivator, 8' McKee SnowBean Blower, Bean Meters, JD #150JD Monitor, Trash For Full Big Listing go to:Planter; 3 Pt. Homemade Bale Fork; Kewanee 500 44’ For to: Bid Live and Live Online Visit: www.ziemerauctions.com Bid Live &w/ Live Online!

Proxibid Items Forage Box Meyers 1206 Tandem Axle Forage Box w/ Meyers 1206 Tandem AxleFull Listing go 28 Grain & Bale Elevator; Homemade Swather Cart; Whippers, International 5100 Soy Bean Whippers, International 5100 Soy Bean Forage Boxam.To w/ Meyers 1206 Tandem Axlewww.ziemerauctions.com Bid Live5100 and Live Online Visit: at Whippers, International Soy Bean 15' JD Swather with Crimper, (6) Gravity Wagons, 350 Bu. Dakon Gravity Wagon Gravity w/ 10Boxes Ton Ft. Fie www.ziemerauctions.com Begin 11:00 Bid Online Visit Cattle Equipm AUCTIONEER NOTES NH 56 Side Delivery Rake; Gehl 207- 9 Wheel AUCTIONEER AUCTIONEER NOTES Online Bidding Starts At14 11:00 AM www.ziemerauctions.com or call 320-354-4312 Grain Drill 12 w/ Grass Seeder, Running Gear, Schwartz Rear Unloading www.proxibid.com/hilbrands Special Grain 12 Ft w/ Grass Seeder, Running Gear, Schwartz Rear or call Rake; Ft. Hay Rack on JD running 16 Ft. Unloading ACFor 4 - Brent30' 740; Bean 2Special - Killbros 1065; Bradford 250 Ft Special Grain Drill 12 FtDrill w/ Grass Seeder, Running Gear, Schwartz Reargear; Unloading Please Join Us320-354-4312 For aPlease Well Line of2500 Minn Gear, 2 MM Shellers, NI Corn Picker, White Planter 6122 12 Row, IH 1020 Head Join Us a Line We NIKept 245 - Manure Spreader; IH 1 Please Join Us For a Well Kept Online Bidding Starts At 11:00 AM Hay Rack; 14 Ft. Hay Rack BU; Kory International 250 Bu; Case 5100International Soybean Special Case 5100 Soybean

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Plow; On IH Sa w/ Running Gear Forage Box w/ Gear Running Gear Case International 5100 Soybean Special Forage Farm Equipment On Mineral Sat, March 6 Tanks; Feeder; Ro Forage Box w/ Running In Case Of InSevere Case Plow; Of Severe IH Grain Drill 12 Ft, InSevere Case OfWeather Weather Grain Drill 12#56 Ft, International #56 Grain DrillInternational 12 Ft, International #56 Hay Equipm 2001 S&S Dura-Line 24 Please Listen To Listen KASM 1150 AM1150 OrDrag; KDJS Please Listen To KASM 11 Please To KASM AM JD Or Ft. Livestock Trailer 4 Row Wide Planter Usual Auction Terms 4 Row Wide Planter AUCTIONEERS Not responsible for accidents 3 Pt. Homemade Bale Mar Fork; 4 Row Wide Planter 95.3 FM Thank You, Mark, Brian, Terry 95.3 FM Thank You, 95.3 FM Thank You, Brian, T Approved Check DayChopper; of Sale).

Grain &Mark, Bale Elevator; Home Mark Ziemer, Lic. 34-46 Gravity Boxes Bid Live and Live(Cash OnlineorVisit: Lunch on grounds Usual Auction Terms (Cash or Approved Check Day of Sale).

56 Side Delivery Not responsible for accidents AUCTIONEERS New London, 320-354-4312 No Items RemovedNHUntil Settled For.Rake; www.ziemerauctions.com No Items Removed Until Settled For. Everything Sold As Is. Auger; Al Number system used Lunch On Grounds Rake; 14 Ft. Hay Rack on JD 4 Brent 740; 2 Killbros 1065; Bradford 250 Mark Ziemer, Lic. 34-46, New London, 320-354-4312 ForStarts Full Listing go to: For Full Cell: 320-979-4044 Everything Sold As Is. Online Bidding At 11:00 AM system BidNumber Live &used Live Proxibid Items Bid Live & Live Online!

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Powder River Loading Chute;

Doug Klinghagen Terry Carlson Estate, Tina Carlson Owner

Doug Klinghagen

Doug Klinghagen

NI 245 - Manure Spreader; IH 1250 Grinder-Mixer;

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FOR SALE: 30 foot Case IH FOR SALE: JD 625F Hydra- FOR SALE: JD 608C corn- FOR SALE: Red Demco 750 Tigermate II field cultivator, flex Platform Head. Low head, w/ row stompers, ap- bu grain cart, 30.5-32 tires, $22,000. 320-212-0585 Rock Dam. Single Point. Ex- proximately 7000-8000 acres, hydraulic spout, purchased tra Sickle. 25’ Head Trailer. excellent condition, $39,500. new fall of 2017, always shedded, only loaded 5 times, Both are in very good con- 507-327-6430 Hay & Forage $29,900/OBO. 507-276-8823 dition. $14,500 for both.

320Equipment FOR SALE: John Deere 925F 522-1386 header, poly snouts, A.W.S. FOR SALE: Two Behlen 38” FOR SALE: Gehl 1065 forage air bar, Nice! $10,000/OBO. single phase fans, 10HP and FOR SALE: John Deere 644 harvester, 2R30”, new knives WANTED: Summers 36’ disc 7.5 HP. Best Offer. 12 - 20” cornhead, 6R36” with new and cutter bar, shedded. 507row dividers off Gleaner chisel. 218-371-7050 calmer knife rolls, end strip828-1036 combine. Best Offer. Olivia per plates & new sprockets FOR SALE: Massey FerguMN 320-523-1099 & gathering chains installed, works very well. Also 2 grav- son 850, 3906 hours, 1859 20 ft FOR SALE: EZ Flow 475 grain Harvesting Equip head, 1163 cornhead, $5,500. ity boxes. 507-330-2808 cart, side auger, 18.4x26 507-317-9410 Diamond tires, 1000 PTO, 620F JD Flexhead still has FOR SALE: 1979 John Deere $5,000. 612-427-4760 original on Auger. 2” rock 4400 combine, 329 diesel with Classified Line Ads dam, also fits 9500, excellent 2525 hours with John Deere FOR SALE: 18” Brock grain condition, $19,500. 715-572- 915 bean head, $3,500. Phone bin fan, like new, with tran1234 #320-327-2711 sit, $350. 320-327-2721 Call 507-345-4523

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MARK AND MARLYS SLETTA, OWNERS • 507-276-6052 1500 E. Bridge Street Redwood Falls, MN 56283 Office - 507-644-8433 Doug Kerkhoff - 507-829-6859 Zac Kerkhoff - 507-829-3924

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Super B 6 column grain dry- FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls er, auto batch, 234 bu at a also Hamp, York, & Hamp/ time, 2000 cone holding bin, Duroc boars & gilts. Alfred 8x71 Westfield auger w/ 10hp Kemen 320-598-3790 motor, 8x31 Westfield auger, 7.5hp motor. All single phase. Retiring. 612-655-1053

” d ” Wanted r a All kinds of New & Used farm equipment - disc chisels, field n cults, planters, soil finishers, 6 cornheads, feed mills, discs, , balers, haybines, etc. 507438-9782

n WANTED: 6 sheets for an 18’ Butler grain bin, must be wide corrugated and 11 gauge. 320-293-4380

GRAND MEADOW $600,000 Beautiful turn-key acreage with 4 BR 3BA rambler, 5 sheds, abundant fencing and pasture on approx. 18.7 ac.

MLS#5718863 NEW LISTING! STEWARTVILLE: $549,900 locationturn-key 4 BRrambler BA picturesque rambler STEWARTVILLE: $575,000.

Great location 4 BR Great 2 BABeautiful picturesque GRAND $600,000 acreage with 4 BR 3BA on LEROY: $325,000 2MEADOW BR 2BA rambler built in222014 on approx.

7.5 acres. Several on approx. 24 acres.approx.

Oversized stall garage with2 2fencing storage sheds 24 25acres.

Oversized stall garage withjust storage sheds justac. minutes to rambler, sheds, abundant and pasture on approx.

18.7 minutes to Rochester!Rochester!

MLS# 5716953 LISTING! MLS# 5716983 PRICE REDUCED! MLS#5718863 NEW LISTING! outbuildings, solar & windmill.

MLS# 6024250 PRICE REDUCED! STEWARTVILLE: $575,000.

Great location 4 BR 2 BA with picturesque rambler GRAND MEADOW $600,000 Beautiful turn-key acreage 4 BR 3BA rambler RACINE: $299,000. 3BR, 1BA, on 10-acres.

MLS# PENDING STEWARTVILLE: $489,900 4Oversized BR 25701169 on approx.

24 acres with 2 sheds, on approx.

24 acres.

2BA stall garage with 2 storage sheds just 5 sheds, abundant fencing and pasture on approx.

18.7 ac.

MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

193-acres.

MLS# 5695397 PENDING minutes to Rochester!

MLS# 5716953 NEW LISTING! MLS# 5718863 PENDING! minutes Rochester!

MLS# 5716983 MOWER COUNTY:toApprox.

120-acres.

MLS# 5705409 SOLD RACINE: $299,000.

3BR, 1BA, on 10-acres.

MLS# 5701169 PENDING RACINE: $299,000.

3BR, 1BA, onSOLD 10-acres.

MLS# 5701169 PENDING MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

108-acres.

MLS# 5705429 GRAND MEADOW: $399,900 4 BR 2 BAMLS# 1.5 story home on 20 acres with shed & MOWERonCOUNTY: Approx.

193-acres.

5695397buyers!”

PENDING RACINE: 10,000 sq. ft. building 2.12-acres.

Multiple uses!

MLS#qualified 5247299 “Need listings!

We have COUNTY: Approx. 120-acres.

5705409 SOLD greenhouse.MOWER Absolute stunning setting!MLS# MLS# 6020746 PENDING! MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

193-acres.

MLS# 5695397 PENDING MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

108-acres.

MLS# 5705429 SOLD Full Farm Management Services ROCHESTER: $599,900 4 BR 2.5 BA on 5.5 acres.

Pool, showroom/office and MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

120-acres.

MLS# 5705409 SOLD RACINE: 10,000Programs sq. ft. building on 2.12-acres.

Multiple uses! MLS# 5247299 including Rental Rates, Government & Environmental Issues MOWER Endless COUNTY: Approx.

108-acres. MLS# 5705429 108x34 storage opportunities with thisSOLD property.

Randy Queensland • 507-273-3890 • randy@lrmrealestate.com RACINE: 10,000 ft. building on 2.12-acres. Multiple uses! MLS#5247299 Fullsq.Farm Management Services MLS# 6005535 PENDING! Ryan Queensland •including 507-273-3000 • ryan@lrmrealestate.com RentalFarm Rates, Government Programs Services & Environmental Issues Full Management AUSTIN:Grand 4 BR Meadow, 3including BA property on 3.5 Ac. MLS# 6017831.

MN • 800-658-2340 Rental Rates, •Government Programs & EnvironmentalPENDING! Issues Randy Queensland 507-273-3890 • randy@lrmrealestate.com GRAND MEADOW: 3Queensland BR 2 BA on 10 Ac. MLS#6009548 SOLD! Randy Queensland 507-273-3890 ••randy@Irmrealestate.com Ryan •• 507-273-3000 ryan@lrmrealestate.com Ryan Queensland • 507-273-3000 Grand Meadow, MN •• ryan@Irmrealstate.com 800-658-2340 Grand Meadow, MN • 800-658-2340

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MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 80 acres. MLS#6074585 PENDING! MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 193-acres. MLS# 5695397 SOLD RACINE: 10,000 sq. ft. building on 2.12-acres. Multiple uses! MLS#5247299 BROWNSDALE: $134,900 2 commercial office/retail spaces. MLS#5751160

WANTED: Design 3 Red Gi- Spot, Duroc, Chester White, ant DMC Stir-Ator for 24’ bin Boars & Gilts available. with burner and fan. 507-259- Monthly PRRS and PEDV. Delivery available. Steve 4109 Resler. 507-456-7746

FREEBORN CO. FARMLAND AUCTION FREEMAN TOWNSHIP • 143 ACRES M/L

THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 • 10 A.M. OWNER: EVA J. HAROLDSON Auction will be held at the farm

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Case IH & IHC Tractors

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Case IH 2588 & Heads

‘07 CIH 2588, 2227 Sep/3178 Engine Hrs, AFS 600 Pro, Rock Trap, 30.5x32, Bin Topper, Bubble Auger, Very Good Condition; ‘10 CIH 3206 Non Chopping 6R30”, Field Tracker; CIH 1020 30’ Bean Head, Crary Air Reel, Rock Guard; IHC 810 Dummy Pickup Head; 4 Wheel 30’ Head Trailer

Parker 624 Cart & Wagons

Parker 624 Grain Cart, Nice, One Owner; Parker 2600 Gravity Box, Brakes, 12T Gear, 380 Bu.; (2) Parker 2000 Gravity Boxes, 10T Gear; (2) Parker 4000 Double Door Gravity Box, Brakes, 14T Gear; Feterl 8”x15’ Hyd. Jump Augers; Feterl 10”x61’ PTO Auger

Planting, Tillage, Spraying Machinery

CIH 5400 Drill 15’x8”, Grass Seeder, Press Wheels, Yetter Coulter Cart; Kinze/Rawson Planter, Rawson Zone-Till Cart, Kinze 3110 3pt.

6R30” 750 Gal. Tank, 2=100 Gallon Tanks, Raven 440 Monitor; Brillion BRH 6R30” Row Crop Cult., Like New; Demco 500 Gal. Sprayer 45’, Tandem Axle, PTO; AC Min-Till 9 Shank Chisel Plow 12’; Sunflower 6211 Soil Finisher 13’, 4 Bar Spike Harrow; CIH 60 Stalk Shredder, 15’, 4 Wheel; JD 400 Rotary Hoe, 15’ ; 200/400 Gal. Slim Saddle Tanks ; IHC 490 Disc 20.5’; IHC 550 Plow 5x16’s 3pt.; 4 Section Drag Mack Quad Axle Truck ‘98 Mack E7-454 Quad Axle Grain Truck, 18sp., Steerable Pusher, On Cart 412,900 Miles, 2014 24’ Crysteel Box & Hoist, Tarp, Nice '01 Ford F350, Trailers, Snowblower, Power Tools ‘01 Ford F350 4x4, 7.3L, Reg. Cab, 9’ Flatbed, Gooseneck & Balers, Discbine & Forage CIH RBX561, 5x6, Net/Twine, 540 PTO; MF 1359 Pull Type 9’ Toolboxes; ACC 5000 Snowblower 3pt., 96”, Double Auger, Hyd. Discbine, Less Than 1500 Acres; JD 5830 Self Propelled Harvestor, Spout; ‘98 Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer, 20’ Deck, 4’ Dove Tail, Tandem Power Assist Rear Wheel, Hydro; Champion 3000 4R30” Corn Head; Duals; Gooseneck 6’x20’ Livestock Trailer; H&S 12’ Trailer; Woods IHC 5000 Self Propelled Windrower, 12’, Dsl, 2217 Hrs, Hydro, Cab; 72” 3pt. Finishing Mower; 100 Gal. Fuel Tank, 12V Pump; Powermate H&S BF-12HC, 12 Wheel Rake; (2) Meyers 9’ x 16’ Bale Throw Racks, 5000W Generator ; Thermal Arc Wire Feed Welder; Posi Lock Pullers; 8T Gear; H&S HT7, 7’ Hay Tedder, Like New; NH 316 Baler, Thrower; Berlon 84” Snowplow Skid Loader Plate; Shenandoah Heater, Wood Hesston 4750 Square Baler, 3x3x8, 1000 PTO, Approx. 29,000 Bales, Burner Preserve Tank; Peque 8 Bale Hauling Trailer; H&S HD 7+4 & 501 Forage Boxes 12T Tandem Gear, 16’; Meyers TSS Forage Box 14T Auctioneers Note: The Schilds have a very good line up of machinery.

Most bought & serviced at Hammell Equipment Inc. Viewing August Gear, 18’ 24 thru sale day from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

H&S Manure Spreader, Livestock Equipment www.maringauction.com H&S 3131 Tandem Axle Spreader, Poly, Slop Gate, Like New; CIH 1570 Spreader, Tandem, Needs Beater; Kuhn Knight 8124 Slinger, Parts Machine; OMC 300 40’ Conveyor, Transport; H&S 20’ Feeder Wagon; Skid Loader Attach., 66” Tine Bucket, Round Bale Spear, 57” Bale Owners/Sellers • 507-259-2053 Mover; Val-Metal 11 Bale Chopper; 3pt., Gopher Poison Machine; 10 Agra Plastic Calf Hutches; 5 Round Bale Feeders; (32) Big Square MATT MARING AUCTION CO. INC. • PO Box 37, Kenyon, MN 55946 507-789-5421 • 800-801-4502 Bales Straw; 700 Gal. Muller Bulk Tank; 4 DeLaval Milk Master Auto Matt Maring, Lic. #25-28 • 507-951-8354 Take Offs; 200’ DeLaval Pipeline & Washer; Vacuum Pump 7.5hp, 1 Year Old; Semen Tank Kevin Maring Lic 25-70 & Adam Engen Lic# 25-93

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

Brighton in a blink

S

ometimes a back road isn’t a back road at all.

Such is the case of Fort Road which crosses Nicollet County connecting St. Peter, Minn. to Fort Ridgely State Park.

Fort Road today is a paved county thoroughfare, but its origin is much more rustic. Legend has it was originally an animal trail, then used by indigenous peoples. As settlers pushed west, the trail became more refined and was the main overland route to Fort Ridgely when the fort was built in 1853. It took five days by wagon to make one’s way to the fort from St. Peter.

The fort was designed as a police station to keep peace as settlers poured in to the area. Nine years later, the fort became a sanctuary during the Dakota conflict of 1862. The importance of Fort Road was never greater.

Today, at about the midway point of Fort Road, stands a majestic chestnut tree on a small stand of grass with two markers. One marker designates Brighton Township, the last township organized in Nicollet County.

The township was formed in 1877 and named after Brighton, Wis. The first township election held on Oct. 16, 1877. Elected were J. H. Dorn, chairman; Andrew Jenson and Leonard Boor, supervisors; Adam Epper, clerk; C. Peterson, treasurer; Otto Peterson and Andrew Jacobson, justices of the peace; John Hauberick and Charles Stolzenberg, constables.

The first white man’s claim to land in this

Brighton Township

township was by Bruce Pierce, in the winter of 185455 when he took a claim. He built a claim shanty, but did not settle until the autumn of 1855.

The first school was taught by Maggie Wolf, in 1858. The first marriage in the township was that uniting A. Johnson and Johanna Peterson, in 1863.

The first birth was that of Anna, daughter of Christian and Christiana Anderson, in April, 1856.

Lewis Peterson was struck by lightning in 1861, and this was the township’s first death.

Brighton post office was established in the spring of

1879, with S. Otto Peterson as postmaster.

The second marker resembles a grave marker and designates the location of Brighton United Methodist Church. Records show the church was built in 1881 by Norwegian immigrants for a cost of $1,800.

The church held services until 1984 and its future appeared in doubt. The congregation was overjoyed when the FarmAmerica Agriculture Interpretive Center near Waseca, Minn. expressed an interest in moving the church to its grounds as an example of a rural church from pioneer times.

A fund drive spearheaded by former church members raised $20,000 to get the church up on wheels and moved to Waseca in 1987.

The church’s arrival at its new home got off to a shaky start. Straight line winds tipped the building into the new foundation which was being prepared at the site. Miraculously (and this is a church, after all), the century-old wooden structure sustained little damage in the incident. Not even a window was broken.

In a side note, one of Brighton Methodist’s members recalled a school bus which ran off Fort Road and struck the church, damaging a corner many years ago.

There never was a village of Brighton, but the township remains. Swan Lake takes up about 5 percent of the total 19 square miles of the township. It has never served a railroad line, just one of the more famous back roads in Minnesota history. v