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Kristin Kveno catches up with Minnesota state FFA officers from 1997.

PLUS: ROCORI FFA chapter is growing Kernza!

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Founded in 1928 by a group of young tion of those who are willing to serve. farmers whose aim was to prepare future I was thrilled when I found out that generations to feed the nation’s growing Erman was named a Hall of Fame population, FFA has evolved into an orgainductee as the passion he has had nization that prepares youth for success throughout the years for agriculture and in agriculture and leadership. Minnesota education is impressive. He never tires currently has 13,894 FFA members and when it comes to enriching the lives of 218 agricultural education programs students. across the state.

Erman was the vocational ag instructor LAND MINDS The pride in FFA is evident as I once for 13 years (1955-1968) at Fertile High

By Kristin Kveno again interviewed former FFA state offiSchool. In addition to teaching high cers from 25 years ago. Their paths in school students, he also taught young life have taken them down many difadult and adult farmer classes. Erman ferent roads but one thing remains was instrumental in the development constant and that is the gratitude they all have in of the Adult Farm Management Program at Fertile. the FFA organization. They each sought leadership It was during his time at FHS that 38 FFA memopportunities and those experiences continue to bers received their State Farmer degrees. One stuenrich their lives to this day. dent became a Star State Farmer and three received Cory Buysse, Tyson Hill, Laura (Klein) Richardson, American Farmer degrees.

Aaron Stegemann, Cindy Mulert and Patricia After his time in Fertile, Erman became an Norman will be recognized at the Minnesota FFA instructor at the University of Minnesota convention which takes place April 24-26.

Crookston. He was the director of the cooperative Also happening at the convention is the acknowleducation program, the ag department chair and edgment of the Minnesota FFA Hall of Fame class the head of the agricultural business program. He of 2022. According to the Minnesota FFA Alumni was also co-chairman of UMC’s FFA program. At Association, this year’s eight inductees will join 222 UMC Erman taught approximately 25 courses to members who have been inducted into the Hall of thousands of students.

Fame over the past 17 years. The Hall of Fame is a The depth of Erman’s work over the years — in joint effort between the Minnesota FFA Association, both ag education and FFA — is remarkable and is Foundation and Alumni. just one example of the amazing people who have This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are: been part of the FFA organization throughout the ● Pat Dingels, Redwood Falls, Minn. years. ● Charles Krause, Buffalo, Minn.

It only takes one person to make a difference in ● Becky Meyer, Vadnais Heights, Minn. someone’s life. Over the years of interviewing for● Kerry Lindgren, Staples, Minn. mer state FFA officers, I have heard them recount ● Ronald Sommers, Northfield, Minn. stories of advisors who provided the mentorship ● Dave Swanson, Hawley, Minn. that was vital to their growth and development. We ● Erman Ueland, Fertile, Minn. need more people in this world like Pat, Charles, ● Stan Vander Kooi, Buffalo, Minn.

Becky Meyer, Kerry, Ronald, Dave, Erman and Stan One of the inductees is my husband Seth’s grand- as their time and talents made a positive impact on pa, Erman Ueland. While I don’t know the other the Minnesota FFA organization.

2022 Hall of Fame members, I would assume that Congratulations to the Class of 2022 FFA Hall of they have a similar drive and unending enthusiasm Fame! for agricultural education that Erman has had all Kristin Kveno is the staff writer of The Land. She these years. This organization — like so many — is may be reached at kkveno@TheLandOnline.com. v only successful thanks to the hard work and dedica-

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Big Food makes Big Ag look like a piker If you think Big Ag has Exactly the conference’s too few suppliers, too few point: Few Americans buyers, and too few farmers would know a category capand ranchers, you need to tain from Captain Kirk and meet Big Food. It is bigtime yet arrangements like these big. dominate the U.S. food retail market.

Who is Big Food?

For example, according to That straightforward FARM & FOOD FILE authors Claire Kelloway question was tackled by and Matthew Buck, four academics, journalists and

By Alan Guebert retailers sold 21 percent of legal professionals in a all U.S. groceries in 1991. day-long conference on In 2019, the top four sold March 12, titled 69 percent of all grocer“Reforming America’s ies.

Also, the pair noted, four firms Retail Food Markets,” at the Yale “claimed” more than 60 percent of the University Law School. The conference’s five panels examined everything top “55 grocery categories” and “that many top conglomerates such as Kraft from how food-selling firms share Heinz, General Mills, PepsiCo, and market information to antitrust Unilever were among the top four enforcement to challenging today’s leaders in more than five different catfood giants with regional food hubs. egories.”

The panel I moderated, a 75-minute, That widespread presence is fertile four-presentation discussion of ground for “exclusive dealing and “Competition Issues” in food retailing, other forms of exclusionary payments offered a guide to how food manufacor arrangements.” One such arrangeturers and retailers have developed a mutually beneficial relationship since ment has big food makers “offering the 1990s to maximize their efficiency rebates [to retailers] tied to reaching a set sales volume…” and profit while limiting, or even excluding, competitors from stores and In short, the sheer size of the big entire regions. food makers puts them in a position to limit or keep their competitors off The panel’s various presentation titles allude to their eye-opening reve- retailers’ shelves by offering “exclusionary deals” that can “leave less lations: “Anticompetitive Challenge: than 25 percent of a given category’s The Power of Category Captains;” spending open to competitors and new “Kickbacks and Corporate entrants.”

Concentration: Exclusionary Discounts;” and “Strategies to Combat And (so far, anyway) it’s legal Exclusionary Slotting Fees in Grocery because “Retailers’ reliance on reveRetail.” nue or savings from fees and services” I know … what’s a category captain, from these arrangements “... also means that these payments do not slotting fee, and “exclusionary dishave explicit, contractual exclusionary count?” agreements…”

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That’s as equally clever and profitable for Big Food as it is hidden and costly for little you and me.

Equally revealing is the idea of a grocery store or retail chain turning over its produce or meat department to a “category captain.”

Two of the Yale presenters, Riley Krotz, a professor at Texas Tech University, and Gregory Gundlach, an attorney and professor at the University of Northern Florida, described a category captain (CC) as a vendor that “offers its expertise and resources in return for the ability to actively participate and influence decisions in the planning and management of a retail category — including decisions involving rival competitors.”

Imagine how valuable it would be for Tyson Foods to operate your local grocery store’s meat department or for General Mills to manage a grocery chain’s breakfast shelves.

Now stop imagining.

“Today, CCs are common in the $635 billion U.S. consumer goods and food

retail market where their role is expanding to include adjacent categories, entire aisles … and in e-commerce where their retail [presence] is expected to grow…”

As these two small snippets from just one panel of the Yale conference show, what we eaters don’t know about today’s massive food retailing sector would kill a bull. Worse, that ignorance costs every American every time they enter a grocery store or shop online.

That goes double for farmers and ranchers who often are blamed for increased food costs — even though they get nicked on the front side by increased production costs and on the back side by increased grocery costs.

Links to the conference’s presentations and papers are posted at farmandfoodfile.com.

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Radio listeners enjoyed visits from “The Neighbor Lady” Before there was all this virtual social Kansas. Her cheery voice became an media of today, farm women found a way expected visitor in both town and country to interact with each without leaving homes. Her 15-minute show soon expandtheir busy homes. ed to 50 minutes. At first she wrote a script, then somehow managed to do the Busy is hardly the correct description, longer programs live. It was as if she was unless one adds the word “extremely.” a neighbor coming over for a cup of coffee There were three hearty meals to preto share a visit. pare for a hardworking family and any hired help. Throw in a few morning and Since my grandmothers were regular FROM MY afternoon lunches (we’re talking more listeners to this program, both my mothFARMHOUSE than just a coffee break). er and mother-in-law grew up listening KITCHEN to The Neighbor Lady. My farmer and I But work didn’t stop in the kitchen.

By Renae B. remember hearing it too.

There was also laundry, house cleaning, Vander Schaaf plus a few outdoor chores which were not limited to gardening and chickens.

Many of these farm homes did not have the luxury of electricity in 1941. A war was raging in most of the world. Although the United States had not officially entered the war yet, it was ever-present on everyone’s minds. The effects of the 1930’s weather and concurring economic distress were still very vivid in memory and spending habits.

It was during those Great Depression years which made having a radio in the house a morale booster for these people that knew how to do without. Very few family members minded saving money to have a radio that would enliven their lives with comedy, drama, music and sports. It also gave them the current news and weather.

The daily chores, the expense of gasoline, owning It was a forgotten memory until last year, when a and operating a vehicle kept many farm families friend gifted me with a dozen or so “Your Neighbor isolated from the world. The radio — with its proLady Books” published by WNAX and The Neighbor grams — added both mental stimulation and relax- Lady. Photos brought faces and names to the radio ation when newspapers and magazines did not fit in listeners. The books also contained recipes, of a tight budget. course.

It was on July 14 in 1941 that WNAX Radio — The sense of neighborhood was established even located in Yankton, S.D. introduced Wynn Hubler as more with letters, helpful advice, winners for a variThe Neighbor Lady. Amazingly at her debut, she ety of contests (poems, the perfect meal), quotes was a young single woman who had been working radio neighbors had sent in. The names of those at the radio station. Her college major was in speech who were regular contributors became familiar. with a broadcasting emphasis. Her only apparent The earliest book in my collection comes from ties to agriculture was that she was born in Iowa.

1945. The first photo in it is of Wynn Hubler (now Hubler was an instant success with her radio pro- Speece) cutting the wedding cake with her newlygram which reached from Wyoming to Wisconsin, wed husband dressed in his sailor uniform. Yes, she clear up north to Canada, and all the way down to was an important family member to her listeners as they shared in the experiences of her daily life.

Everyone understood her frustration when she had the house all sparkly clean for guests, when in came muddy children from playing outdoors.

Her program was occasionally interrupted when weather warnings or major news happened. She was • 6 Year • Lowest Rates right in the middle of giving out a recipe when the Warranty • Quality news of Adolf Hitler’s death interrupted her show.

• Free Workmanship The last program was broadcasted in 2005 — two Estimates • Insured years before her she died at the age of 90.

CALL Clint 507-528-2243 The letters printed in the books reflect the imporSpecializing in applying ribbed steel to barns, tance of her program: garages and outbuildings.

C & C STEEL ROOFING

Dear Neighbor Lady, I don’t have any problems to solve today, but I would like to make a very small request. Knowing the neighbor ladies like I do, I’m sure they would be willing to help out. Robert has a little cousin. She is nine years old, but she can’t walk, and does not go to public school. She does her school work at home every day. She can’t run and play with other children.

Would your neighbors like to help make this little girl happy this Christmas, by sending cards, letters, and any small gifts a nine-year old little girls would like. Let’s put joy in those long hours for this little girl this Christmas. ..

A response from the young girl:

My dear Neighbor Lady and Radio Friends: I wish to say thanks and thanks again for the many lovely cards and gifts you sent me. I received over a hundred cards, besides gifts of books, hankies, candies, ribbons, puzzles, and many other things. My mother read every card to me and it made me very happy to hear from so many. It also made my mother happy and she gives her thanks to you all too.

I can’t write to you all now, but I’ll try to write to everyone sometime soon. So thanks again from me and my mom to you all and my dear Aunt Louise.

The neighborhood grew. Just 10 years into her radio program, her book included correspondence from neighbors in Hammond, Mont.; Arcadia, Neb.; Belle Fourche, S.D.; Gladstone, N.D.; Currie, Minn.; Rolfe, Iowa; and many other locations in the Midwest.

Lives were made happier. Wynn Speece gave hints of her purpose in the many forwards she wrote in her books. “Let’s make our homemaking job an even greater happiness than it is, because it is done with love. God bless you, dear neighbor ladies, dear friends..

As I look through the “Your Neighbor Lady Books,” she still encourages me. There will be new recipes for me to try. I am seeing many helpful hints. One that I hope to remember came in from a listener in 1953 who lived near Bancroft, Neb.: for hard sugar, place in a pan and put in moderate oven. This will turn sugar into fine grain again.

The Neighbor Lady was not the only program for women; it just happened to be on a radio station that was in my area. I have a few cookbooks (1941)

by Jessie S. Young. Her radio program was called “Homemaker’s Visit.” It was on the radio station KMA. I have also have one called “Aunt Sammy’s Radio Recipes Revised” (1931). Apparently, Uncle Sam has a wife — Aunt Sammy. She was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Home Economics and Farm Radio Service. Her “Housekeeper Chats” programs began in 1926.

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

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Davis soars with tome to the bald eagle Imagine your house from up higher. small part of what’s “The Bald Eagle: The Improbably Journey of America’s Bird” inside “The Bald Eagle.”

From 5,000 feet, it would look like a

by Jack E. Davis small brick or scrap wood. Your vehicle, Indeed, author Jack E. like a toy car. Trees, like stalks of broccoli c.2022, Liveright Davis has a little someand you, like a tiny scuttling insect runthing for every bald eagle $29.95 ning about. Imagine the breeze at 5,000 watcher — from taxono418 pages feet, a patchwork land beneath the my to etymology; cultural clouds, and the awesome expansiveness ideals to scientific facts; of it all. Then let “The Bald Eagle” by It’s hard to believe that having the THE BOOKWORM to shocking tales from a time Jack E. Davis take you higher. eagle on our nation’s seal was ever SEZ when eagles were prey of the America does not have a “national even a question. Before the colonists most dangerous predator of all.

By Terri Schlichenmeyer bird.” came to North America, the eagle was Those latter pages are hard a powerful, important symbol in ones to read — as are the tales We have a national mammal and a Native American culture, and many of the bird’s of near-extinction; but Davis national tree; but, officially speaking, there is no seven thousand plumes were used in “a landoesn’t let readers turn away national bird because nothing’s been passed into from the harshest realities of hislaw or proclamation. But that’s not the only indigni- guage of feathers” and other rituals. As for those colonists, the eagle’s majesty and its hunting tory. To balance them, you’ll be ty that a dignified bird like the bald eagle has prowess were both widely admired. Still, there was glad for the tiny pebbles of distracting minutiae endured. controversy, and our country was independent for and trivia that are scattered about.

Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin wanted a years before the seal design was approved — and This is the kind of book you’ll want to read, and turkey to be a national symbol; but that’s likely a with it, the eagle-as-symbol. then place on your shelf for later consultation. It’s myth, says Davis. Ben was probably joking, Eagle-watchers know that love wasn’t always shareable, discussable, and very, very fascinating. If although it’s true that he wasn’t too impressed with given to the bird, however.

Not once, but twice in you keep a “To-Be-Read” list, you’ll want to put the eagle. In the end, that’s okay. Others were, evenAmerican history, the eagle was almost driven to “The Bald Eagle” a little higher on it. tually, almost by accident. extinction. In fact, there was a time when they was Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a seen as brutes and thieves to be destroyed. Live library near you. You may also find the book at eagles were “inducted into service” during wartime. online book retailers.

Eagles were stolen, stuffed and studied; honored, The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has revered and despised — all within the last 200 years. And today — finally — the eagle is protected. been reading since she was 3 years old and never Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our complete calendar & enter your own events, or send an e-mail Back in 1932, the debut of the quarter coin featur- goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v with your event’s details to editor@thelandonline.com. ing George Washington caused a kerfuffle: did the back of the coin feature a golden eagle or a bald April 8 — Produce Safety Rule grower training eagle? That story, and the differentiation, are just a — Maple Grove, Minn. — Learn about produce safety, good agricultural practices and the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. Contact U of M Extension at (651) 539-3648.

April 9 — Virtual Gardening Education Day — Online — Speakers will highlight the beauty of lilies and hostas in the garden: species available; purchasing tips; when and how to divide. Sign up at z.umn. edu/GardenEd22 April 12-14 — Dairy Calf and Heifer Association Conference — Bloomington, Minn. — April 12 starts with three tours followed by seminars. April 13 and 14 features break-out sessions. Trade show open April 13 and 14. Contact JoDee Sattler at jodee@ calfandheifer.org or (414) 587-5839.

April 21 — Benton County Master Gardener Spring Seminar — Sauk Rapids, Minn. — Topics include spring wildflowers, botanical tales from central Minnesota, and a question and answer session with Master Gardener volunteers. Contact Benton County Master Gardeners at (320) 255-6169.

May 7 — Rose Education Day — St. Cloud, Minn.

— Learn about different rose varieties and pruning.

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Family cookbooks were filled with recipes and memories Nothing unites a group of women like needed to serve 100 people; sandwich fillcookbooks do from families and church. ings, easy snacks, how to lose weight, freezing prepared foods, removing stains For the most part, cookbooks just take from washables, first aid tips, and locatup cupboard space. But they do bring ing scripture verses to help feed our great joy when we find tantalizing recisouls. pes, circle them, then leave them in the dark for all of eternity.

In yet another church cookbook I found a section called, “Kitchen Cosmetics.”

I recently came across a treasure — a There are recipes there for making facial family heirloom, really. It’s a book of reciTABLE TALK cleansers, astringent, eye packs, hair pes which belonged to my husband’s highlights and conditioner, cuticle and By Karen Schwaller grandmother — a kind, soft-spoken skin softeners, and ways to slough off dry, woman who was probably the most humscaly heel and elbow skin … all using ble person I’ve ever known. (Maybe you foods you find in the kitchen. get that way when your lifetime of birthdays always lands on Christmas Day.) It appeals to me very much that by using foods for beauty reasons, I can slather on the mayonnaise The cookbook is a soft-covered three-ring binder and avocado and never gain an ounce. filled with yellowed and tattered pages of recipes she gathered from family and friends. Each recipe is Mother Nature is a genius. written in her own handwriting, with citations of My own mother has a cookbook filled with recipe the sources for each and every one of them. cards in her handwriting. I didn’t appreciate it as I Although she left us more than three decades ago, grew up, but used it over and over to help feed corn her cookbook is still here, giving us further cause to shellers. I certainly cherish it now — along with her remember her and all the love she put into everypatience with me as I learned to follow a recipe. thing she made for her family.

I made cookbooks for our children a while back.

There are interesting recipes in there. One is For our daughter, I found a cookbook scrapbook of called, “4-H Casserole.” Her “Butterscotch Pie” recisorts which featured pages to hand-write recipes, pe is one that her grandchildren would love to taste once again. Although some have tried, no one can make her butterscotch pie taste like she did. Her recipes for “Pumpkin Pie” and “Eggless Plum Pudding” feature parenthesis next to them that say To the Editor, simply, “Momma.”

When there is money to be made, anything goes!

She even has some unusual entries: recipes for easing arthritis and bad breath; for woodwork and Currently there are three private corporations window cleaners, getting postage stamps unstuck, (more expected) planning CO2 pipelines through the cleaning the coffee pot or the kettle, and getting Midwest: Summit, Navigator CO2 Ventures (funded bugs out of spring lettuce.

by Blackrock), and Archer Daniels Midland.

Currently they feel that adjacent states of Iowa and It’s interesting to leaf through an old-fashioned South Dakota will allow eminent domain for those cookbook — especially if you study the back pages (like I did when I cheated at Map Skills class in the who do not want it on their land. fifth grade).

Also, in South Dakota, if they do get an easement from a landowner and do not put in the pipeline, Actually, that might show today. they can sell the easement to another company In one church cookbook I found all kinds of wiswithout the consent from the landowner and use it doms: substitutions, herb guides, what to serve with later. This eminent domain is no different than various meats; ways to use leftovers, quantities what Russia is doing to Ukraine right now — only using a different approach. d As I understand it, Minnesota currently does not allow eminent domain by a private company; but I cannot believe that they would not find a way around this considering the amount of money at stake. The numbers that are being reported are between $400 million and $600 million a year with the brunt of it coming from taxpayers in various tax credits and incentives.

Beyond the most obvious and main point of propSOUTHWEST MINNESOTA Daniel & Terese Hall erty rights and eminent domain, there are the 40133 - 620th Ave. effects of the CO2 — which if it ever escapes, it Butterfield, MN 56120 becomes an asphyxiant just like what they use in 507-956-2657

along with pages for photos. I gathered up some recipes and wrote them in there, and invited her grandmothers to do the same. I also included photos of her cooking or baking as she was growing up.

Our daughter says it’s one of her most prized possessions. I hope she passes it down to her daughter someday, with some of her own recipes stashed in there somewhere, and pages splattered with her own brand of love.

When I made recipe books for our boys, I decided to type them up to save time, and included some cooking tips I thought young farmer chefs should know (which I gleaned mostly from my own personal School of Hard Knocks). I got more than halfway finished, when something went terribly wrong with the process, and I had to start over.

About that time I might have needed a recipe for laptop computer reassembly following my machine being sandwiched between the farm yard driveway and my angry hammer.

I settled for a margarita recipe, an ice pack and a recliner instead.

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Letter: Whose land is it? slaughterhouses to put down animals.

And at the high pressures that would be in the lines, if there was a leak, and being heavier than air, would stay on the ground and kill anything that would come in contact with it.

Also, if it came into contact with water, it forms carbonic acid and the repercussions are endless if it would enter an aquifer or come into any drinking or surface water.

Summit hired (former Iowa Governor Terry) Branstad — who during his time in office appointed two people to the Iowa Utilities Board. The IUB is the governing agency that grants eminent domain powers to these privately-owned companies if they feel the project serves a public purpose.

What needs to be done in Minnesota is get the county commissioners in each county to hold a public meeting on this subject; and after getting the public’s input, do not issue a permit for these pipelines to pass through their county.

Mike Handzus Lakefield, Minn.

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Culling is increasing as production costs rise This column was written Update” says, “The grain for the marketing week endcomplex continues to rip ing March 25. higher as the war continues to rage unchecked in Faced with balancing what Ukraine. Private analysts would normally be considUKRAgroConsult just ered profitable milk prices released new estimates and against profit robbing feed expect Ukrainian corn and fuel prices, U.S. dairy plantings to drop 29 perfarmers keep weeding out MIELKE MARKET cent year-over-year. They their less profitable cows.

WEEKLY also expect all of their other Culling was up slightly from crops to drop significantly

By Lee Mielke January and a tad above a as well. Informa year ago. released U.S. estimates USDA’s latest on March 22 and Livestock Slaughter dropped corn plantings report shows an estimated 266,500 to 91.4 millimeter acres — down from head were sent to slaughter under fed- 93.4 last year.” eral inspection in February, up 5,700 Cheddar interests are reportedly from January, and 1,300 head or 0.5 very strong right now, according to percent above Feb. 2021. Culling in Dairy Market News. Contacts say buythe first two months of 2022 totaled ers were hesitant about market price 527,400 head, down 15,100 or 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago. increases as they hovered around $2, but “that hesitancy may have morphed In the week ending March 12, 65,000 into urgency as customers’ pipelines dairy cows were sent to slaughter, ran short and market prices continued down 2,500 from the previous week, northbound.” Spot milk is available for and 3,800 head or 5.5 percent below a most needs with some reports of an year ago. early flush. n The butter marched to $2.8025 per pound on March 23, the highest since The USDA announced the April Feb. 15, but was offered lower on Federal order Class I base milk price at $24.38 per hundredweight, up $1.50 March 25, slipping to $2.795. This is 7 cents higher on the week and $1.02 from March and $8.87 above April above a year ago. There were seven 2021. It is the highest Class I price carloads that exchanged hands. ever, topping the previous high of $24.47 in May 2014, and equates to Butter producers able to source cream $2.10 per gallon, up from $1.33 a year from the West are still finding relative ago. The four-month average stands at pricing deals, says Dairy Market News, $22.15, up from $15.35 in 2021, and while more who take on locally sourced $17.67 in 2020. cream are seeing upticks on multiples.

Churning is somewhat busy as spring After falling 6 cents the previous week, cheddar block cheese shot up to holidays approach, though some producers say demand is a little lighter $2.2750 per pound on March 25. This is up 14.5 cents on the week (the high- than expected this close to the onset of est since Nov. 10, 2020) and 55.5 cents spring and the upcoming holidays. above a year ago. The barrels closed at Bullish market prices based on limited supplies, both now and down the line, $2.25, up 22 cents, highest since Nov. have created hesitancy among retail 6, 2020, and 78.75 cents above a year ago. There were eight sales of block on buyers. Food service demand, though, is mostly steady. the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and 27 of barrel.

Demand for cream continues to pick up in the West as ice cream makers StoneX warns that worries about increase output. Cream is available high labor, feed, and energy costs but tightening as some butter makers posed more of an impact on market participants than the stall in milk pro- use their cream internally rather than duction decline or the stall in interna- sell on the spot market. Butter makers are running busy schedules, though tional demand for products that have labor shortages continue to prevent been driving export volume. full capacity. Food service butter The March 23 “Early Morning demand is steady to higher and retail

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is strengthening as customers prepare for the spring holidays. Export demand for butter is steady. Butter makers are working to build inventories in the region, limiting availability.

Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.88 March 24, the highest since Feb. 16, but closed the next day at $1.8525.

This is down three-quarter cents on the week, though 68.25 cents above a year ago. There were 24 sales reported on the week.

Dry whey finished at 72 cents per pound, down 4 cents on the week and the lowest since Dec. 16, 2021, but 9.25 cents above a year ago. Three cars were sold. n Checking the demand side of things, the March 18 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reports, “Total sales at foodservice and drinking places were up 24 percent year-over-year in January and up an estimated 33 percent in February. Compared to before the pandemic (2020), sales grew by 7.0% in February. Limited-service sales (cheesefriendly) continue to out-perform relative to before the pandemic and were up 15 percent vs. the 2020 level, according to Census Bureau data.”

By the way, the Analyst also pointed out that the numbers of ships waiting to be unloaded at West Coast ports is near the lowest level in several months. The average wait time for ships to berth has shrunk to just 11 days after peaking at more than two weeks during December.

That port congestion prompted action by lawmakers and one such move was passage by the Senate Commerce Committee of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. The legislation garnered praise from the National Milk Producers Federation and the

U.S. Dairy Export Council.

The measure also got a thumbs up from the International Dairy Foods Association. Next step is a vote by the full Senate.

The IDFA gave a thumbs down, however, to the Food and Drug Administration’s response to its objections and request for a hearing on the final rule to amend and modernize the standard of identity for yogurt released in June 2021.

IDFA President Michael Dykes stated, “Last July, IDFA forcefully objected to the FDA’s final rule to amend and modernize the standard of identity for yogurt released in June. In December. IDFA sent a letter to Dr. Woodcock, Acting Commissioner for FDA, reiterating our request for a hearing with FDA to resolve the industry’s objections, along with providing manufacturers sufficient time for compliance. Today, after eight months of waiting, FDA issued a notice staying certain provisions of the yogurt standard of identity final rule. IDFA was able to leverage unique formal rulemaking procedures available to the dairy industry to object and, ultimately, prompt a stay of certain provisions that are detrimental to our industry. Without this lever, an impractical final rule would have gone into effect, damaging yogurt makers, throwing retail establishments into confusion, and limiting choice for consumers. While a stay is helpful at this stage, IDFA’s efforts to reform the yogurt SOI will continue into an inexplicable fifth decade.”

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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It didn’t seem to matter to Hennen I Being able to see properly is also imporwasn’t in the market for his product. He tant in raising hogs and my next stop in the chimed in with his sales pitch all the same. exhibit hall was a visit with Pat Murphy of “The primary objective is to improve the Algona, Iowa. Murphy represents ONCE accuracy of the vaccination process,” he Animal Lighting — a lighting company began. “As opposed to just jabbing the vacwhich produces LED swine and poultry cinating gun anywhere in his body, the lights. objective is to get that vaccination right Most anyone who uses electric lights is by behind the pig’s ear where it’s supposed to now aware of LED lighting and its energybe.” saving qualities. Hog producers watching Hennen explained the original concept their budget are looking at lowering electricame about four years ago when he was on cal costs in growing/finishing barns or farthe National Pork Board Task Force — rowing and nursing facilities for newlyPhotos by Dick Hagen charged with trying to eliminate the many Brad Hennen displays the Hennen Pig Chute which is designed to make innoculating born piglets. broken vaccination needles found in pork. hogs easier and safer.

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Headquarterd in Plymouth, Minn., ONCE offers a premium-line heat lamp bulb which producers use in their sow barns for their young piglets. Another product they offer is the Bio-Shift — a UBC disinfectant chamber especially convenient for those small items that can’t go through a shower or a washing machine coming into a sow facility. Running these items through the Bio-Shift unit decontaminates any viruses.

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“The red spectrum that swine see in the light is a vision of night time. So you could dim to red at night and still go into your farrowing facility, walk through and look at your piglets. This keeps the piglets sleeping as you walk through.”

I also had a chance to catch up with Lyle Lange of Lange Ag Systems. His entrepreneurial spirits fired up in 1980, so he’s had 42 years of experience improving the ease and life of hog producers across the Midwest.

Based out of Willmar, Minn. Lange Ag Systems also has a warehouse Lyle Lange and parts facility in Fairmont, Minn. “We market across America today and even a few overseas sales,” Lange said. “We like to say, ‘good products sell themselves.’ so it’s very important for us to pick quality products.”

Lange said the company’s number-one selling item is its ventilation systems. “We have an installation crew that rigorously attends to every installation — knowing exactly how to set up the systems on each farm,” he said.

With each system comes the teaching of every producer how the ventilation system should function.

“And my guys know ‘exactly right’ is always a must,” he stressed. “There’s no such thing like, ‘well, that’s close enough’ in our operation.”

“We do dairy barns; even a few poultry barns,” Lange went on to say. “And now we are doing a lot of silage storage systems with these bagger machines.

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“I’m there every day because I totally enjoy my work,” Lange admitted as I said goodbye. “Don’t have any idea when I might retire. I love my work and our livestock farmers are absolutely the finest customers.

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There are several things those who manage poultry can practice to control their flock’s susceptibility.

Wild waterfowl are natural reservoirs of the virus.

Other birds, like raptors, are part of ongoing HPAI H5N1 activity. Recently, this virus has turned up in domestic poultry farms in 15 states and is as close as South Dakota, Iowa, and most recently, Wisconsin.

One of the most important things you can do to keep your flock healthy is to work with your veterinarian. They will be a valuable resource for all the health and biosecurity questions you may have. They can help you if your animals become sick or if you

want to evaluate your biosecurity plan.

Secondly, keep outside pets, wild birds, and waterfowl from coming in contact with your poultry. Now is the time to take steps to prevent contamination of tools, feed, or clothing that you use. For birds housed outside, cover and enclose outdoor feeding areas and water sources to deter other birds and animals (which may be sick) from coming near your flock.

An important part of taking care of your poultry animals is providing clean food and water. Take the time to both clean and disinfect water bottles and feed dishes often. Don’t forget to store feed in containers that keep out insects and rodents. This will help reduce exposure to illness.

Finally, make sure you are keeping yourself clean to keep your birds healthy. Wear clean clothing or coop-specific clothing when you work around your flock — even if it’s for a minute! Don’t forget to use coop-specific boots, coveralls, and clean gloves, washing them routinely. Make sure to scrub and disinfect the soles of your shoes with a bleach solution. Think about having a scrub station right next to the coop, easily accessible. Wash your hands with warm soapy water both before and after caring for your poultry.

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FFA officers take lessons learned out to the world Our FFA issue offers a glimpse into the lives of the former state officers from 25 years ago. This year we were able to get in contact with four of the six state officers from 1996-1997 group. They have moved all over the country from Alaska to Texas; but pride in the FFA organization remains steadfast for them all.

A big thank you to Cory Buysse, Tyson Hill, Laura (Klein) Richardson and Aaron Stegemann, for taking time out of their busy schedules to chat about FFA and what they have been up to since those days. Thank you also to Mark Jirik, Minnesota FFA Alumni president for helping us get in contact with the former

officers and to Jim Ertl, former Minnesota FFA executive secretary for all the great photos.

At press time we were unable to reach Cindy Mulert (sentinel) and Patricia Norman (reporter).

ON THE COVER: Front (left to right): Aaron Stegemann, Tyson Hill and Cory Buysse; back (left to right): Patricia Norman, Cindy Mulert and Laura (Klein) Richardson.

State president Klein found FFA support beyond agriculture

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer A keen interest in agriculture fostered Laura (Klein) Richardson’s interest in the FFA program. Richardson grew up in Fairhaven, Minn., a few miles from the town of Kimball. “My family had dairy cattle until I was in elementary school.”

In high school, Richardson had the opportunity to work for other farms in the area. It was a natural progression for Richardson to join Kimball’s FFA, as it aligned with her passion for agriculture.

“Kimball has always had a strong program.”

Once Richardson joined FFA, she wanted to participate in as much as she could, taking advantage of all the leadership opportunities offered. In addition to serving as state FFA president, she was also Region 5 president, chapter president and Greenhand representative. “I was always involved.”

Richardson also won the state FFA job interviewing contest. “The career development events were always

fun for me.” It was the public speaking and networking that were Richardson’s favorite aspects of FFA. With the love of both those elements, Richardson decided to run for state office her junior year. While she didn’t get an office that year, she did gain confidence and ran again her senior year. “I’m sure I was probably a lot more nervous than I can recall.” Richardson walked into that experience trying to enjoy the process, no matter what the outcome was.

“What will be, will be attitude.”

When it was announced that Richardson was selected as state FFA president, it was thrilling for her. “So exciting, really disbelief.”

Looking back at her time as state president, it was those moments spent visiting chapters across Minnesota she enjoyed the most. “Seeing all the ways the FFA chapters were making a difference across the state.” During her time as president, she was also attending North Dakota State University in Fargo,

N.D. where she obtained her undergraduate degree in special education.

After graduation, Richardson moved to Alaska on a whim and worked as an assistant principal there. She also obtained a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy studies, was a stay-at-home mom for nine years and now teaches in Palmer, Alaska.

Richardson, her husband Todd, children Ella (12), Ian (11), Audrey (6) and Millie (5) live in Wasilla, Alaska.

Her experience as a state officer taught her the ability to hone the skills needed to work with a variety of people. It also showed her that there are plenty of adventures that await you out in the world.

The connections that Richardson made in FFA have been lifelong. When Richardson’s son Gabriel was stricken with a brain tumor and passed away in 2014, the kindness of her FFA friends was comforting in that difficult time. “The people came out of the woodwork with love and support.”

She encourages any FFA member thinking of running for state office to embrace that opportunity.

“What’s the worst that can happen? You’ve just had a whole lot of experience getting to know yourself well.” The skills you learn in FFA can help you throughout your career. “Take advantage of the diversity of opportunities in FFA.” v

Variety propelled Stegemann to state FFA vice president

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer Aaron Stegemann’s foray into FFA began in Lakefield, Minn. “I was very active in 4-H when I was younger.” Stegemann participated in the general livestock judging and public speaking events. His older brother Mike was active in FFA and was state treasurer in 1993-94.

In high school, FFA became a great fit for Stegemann as he was looking to get involved in something that wasn’t sports-related. “I am very competitive and am driven to win and I’m not very athletic.”

Being a part of the Heron Lake-Okabena-Lakefield chapter of FFA allowed Stegemann the chance to compete differently. And compete he did, participating in everything from parliamentary procedure to meat judging to floriculture. The meat judging allowed Stegemann to better understand that industry, experiencing it first-hand. “I got to spend time at a meatpacking plant in Windom, Minn.”

The floriculture experience for Stegemann was filled with quite the curve. “At the region competition, I called a tulip, a rose.” Through hard work and great coaching by FFA advisor Louise Worm, he became the national FFA floricultural champion.

Stegemann served as chapter president but wanted to be a part of the state FFA leadership team just as his brother had. “Based on the fact that my brother went through that experience.” Stegemann saw the

impact that his brother made during his state officer time. “I had a lot of encouragement from both my FFA advisors (Louise Worm and Keith Place).”

The state officer selection process was quite an experience. “I remember it being a very rigorous process.” When it was announced that Stegemann was the FFA state vice president, “I was thrilled to have that opportunity to be a state officer.”

It was the team of people that he got to work alongside that made it a wonderful experience. “It was just a combination of great people.”

Some of Stegemann’s greatest memories as a state FFA officer were networking and collaborating with state officers from other states. “I built some friendships that lasted some time.”

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Prom and public speaking two of Buysse’s FFA memories

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer Raised on a corn, soybean and pork production farm near Tracy, Minn., Cory Buysse has always had a love for agriculture. That lead him to follow in his brother Chad’s footsteps by joining FFA in high school.

Buysse saw the connections and relationship-building opportunities in FFA and decided he wanted to be part of the organization. Buysse served as chapter secretary, president and region secretary.

Buysse decided to run for a state officer position because of the leadership experiences those positions brought. “To be able to have an influence on the FFA foundation.”

State officer interviews weren’t the only thing Buysse was involved in during that weekend. “I had prom the night before the interviews.”

Being a little preoccupied and tired from prom may have aided Buysse in staying relaxed. “I didn’t know what I was getting into with the interview process.” He was also thrilled to see some familiar faces there as he knew a few of the fellow officer candidates from various FFA events he was involved in. “I had the chance to meet Aaron (Stegemann) at Greenhand Camp.”

When Buysse’s name was announced as state secretary, he was filled with excitement. “I was surprised.”

During his time as a state officer, Buysse attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. where he majored in agronomy. (Fellow state officer Cindy Mulert also attended SDSU. In addition to Mulert, there were a few South Dakota state officers who were also attending college there. Buysse had gotten to know them when attending FFA state officer camp.)

Buysse’s favorite memories as a state officer were the times spent on the road, enjoying the moments.

“It’s some of those road trips you did with fellow officers,” he said.

“Agriculture is extremely small at times.” That was evident during Buysse’s state officer years and still remains true today. “I’ve always stayed in agriculture.” Buysse lives in Nerstrand, Minn. and is a Brevant Retail Development Leader.

The skills that he obtained during his time as a state FFA leader have allowed him to excel in his career thanks to being confident in public speaking. “The ability to speak comfortably in a group.” That all began as a state officer when at age 19 and he was speaking in front of 2,000 people at the FFA convention.

In addition to his job with Brevant, Buysse also utilizes skills he learned on the farm growing up. “I’ve also got a side woodworking business.” He started North by South Woodworking two years ago. This business allows Buysse to use his creative side to craft everything from cutting boards to bar counters, working with both residential and commercial customers.

For Buysse, it was the whole experience from running for state office to his time as secretary that he holds dear. He encourages anyone interested in running to go for it. “It’s a time I look back at very fondly.” v

Hill’s FFA skills have taken him around the world

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Staff Writer “I was pretty much a smalltown city kid.” Tyson Hill may not have grown up on a farm, but he knew a bit about agriculture as his father worked in that industry and he recognized that FFA was a great organization to be a part of.

The opportunities that abound in FFA led Hill to join the organization. The Willmar, Minn. chapter had members who served in various capacities in region and state offices. “We always had good representation.”

While in FFA, Hill held several positions including chapter president. “I enjoyed being a part of the organization.” That led Hill to want to make a difference on the state FFA level and he decided to run for an office. Hill recalled attending the state convention was always a good time — even more so when he

pursued a state office. When Hill was named state FFA treasurer, joy followed. “I remember elation and surprise.” In addition to being excited about becoming a state officer, Hill was honored to serve as a state officer with a great group of people. “I definitely knew most of them.”

Hill fondly recalls some of his favorite memories from being state FFA treasurer were the times spent with the officer team. “Surrounding yourself with good people.” Hill still stays in contact with many of his fellow state officers to this day.

While serving as state FFA treasurer, Hill attended North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. where he majored in industrial engineering. After graduation Hill joined the Navy and served seven years in active duty. During that time was stationed in Florida, Georgia and Maryland and was also deployed to Iraq. He then became a Navy reservist and went on to do project management contractor work supporting the Navy. In 2012 he was deployed to Afghanistan. He has worked in systems engineering,

STEGEMANN, from pg. 10 Stegemann attended the University of Minnesota where he graduated with a degree in agricultural and food business management. He then went on to work for John Deere for 10 years. “I got to see agriculture in different parts of the world.” He also got his master’s of science degree from Purdue University in ag economics and a master’s of business administration from Indiana University.

He was recruited to work for Polaris Industries for a position in Medina, Minn. He has been with the company for 10 years and is the vice president of commercial utility vehicles.

Stegemann and his wife Jody have two children: Hannah, age 12, and Charlie, age 10.

The experience of being a state officer taught Stegemann valuable skills he carries with him today.

“Public speaking is one of the biggest skills that I utilize on a daily basis.” The ability to lead a team and be a collaborator are both essential in FFA as well as throughout his career.

His advice to current FFA members is to go for those opportunities in the organization. “Without a doubt, take that chance, give it a shot.” v

software development and is now in cyber security for TransUnion. He and his wife, Kelly, reside outside of Austin, Texas with their two children.

His service to our country and subsequent work in software development and cyber security has taken Hill abroad and all over the United States. He attributes the skills he learned during his time in FFA that have helped him in his career. “The biggest was learning leadership. The ability to adapt, to be coachable, to lead.”

His advice for those currently in FFA is to take those opportunities to pursue leadership roles. “The experience alone strengthens you. It’s a great steppingstone.”

From Wilmar to Austin and everywhere in between, Hill has taken what he gleaned from his time in FFA and put those proficiencies to use in everything he’s accomplished — from serving our country to working in cyber security. Hill is grateful for the memories from his time in FFA, the friendships he forged, and the opportunities which have come about from the skills he obtained during his time in the organization. v

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ROCORI Kernza project is a valuable learning tool

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent COLD SPRING, Minn. — Tamara Berger, agricultural instructor for the ROCORI consolidated school district, and her students have conducted cooking experiments with Kernza.

“I personally have baked banana bread,” Berger said. “I decided to try it with 100 percent Kernza. The result was very dense and did not rise like regular wheat flour. A 50/50 loaf rose more. Then I compared them to a 100 percent wheat flour loaf. It was interesting to see the difference.

Kernza has a much more grain-like flavor. I quite enjoy it, but everyone is different.”

As a group, Berger says she and her students have tried Kernza pasta, pancakes, cookies, bread, tortillas; and she believes some doughnuts have been made.

The cooking experiments are part of a larger ongoing project by Berger, her students, and a group of supportive community members to actually grow Kernza on a 16-acre field owned by the school district.

“Kernza is the world’s first perennial grain,” Jen Wagner-Lahr, a member of the FFA Alumni and Supporters group, said. ‘It was developed by The Land Institute of Salina, Kan. Plant breeders at The Land Institute developed intermediate wheatgrass to produce a grain they now call Kernza. The Land Institute has worked very closely with the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Program to further develop the crop — including varieties specific to Minnesota.”

The Supporters group footed the bill for the project — including providing volunteer farmers John and Aaron Willenbring and a no-till drill, according to

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“The FFA Alumni and Supporters includes those who want to support the program, but might not necessarily be a ROCORI or FFA alumni,” she said. “However, they see the positive impact that students can have so they are solely supporting the agriculture and FFA program. We are a newly reestablished chapter, so this is a new avenue we are exploring with the help of community, alumni and supporters.”

Tyler Ratka, a junior and the chapter’s president, says he appreciates the educational aspects of the Kernza project. “It is great for the members to learn about crops and soil testing,” he said. “It will also be used in the future for classroom learning.”

Ratka points out the Kernza was drilled into a harvested rye field. No herbicides were used on the rye since there are no approved herbicides for the grain.

The variety in the FFA plot is MN Clearwater which was developed by the University of Minnesota to thrive in Minnesota.

Ninth-grader Bethany Posch, the chapter’s reporter, says that chapter members were stretching themselves by taking on the Kernza project. “We have not planted crops in that size plot before; but we have planted a small garden and it grew well.“ Berger explained the chapter’s decision to learn about a novel agronomic crop in addition to their hands-on horticultural learning. “The chapter and alumni group collaborated, and decided we wanted to do something different than corn and soybeans,” she said. “Not that those are not important, but we are part of education and wanted this to be a learning opportunity for all. Cold Spring is also in a unique area where our nitrate levels in our groundwater are high, so this would not only be a new learning opportunity, but also help the community and environment. Kernza has an extremely deep root system which helps to pull those nitrates out of the water.”

“I’d also add that this decision has afforded an opportunity for ROCORI students to interact directly with UMN agronomists that are working with Kernza, as well as our local SWCD staff,” WagnerLahr said.

The Willenbrings planted the Kernza on Aug. 22, 2020. The students and the community attended the planting and used it as an educational event. Later, a Community Plot Day and Kernza pancake breakfast was held.

“We had speakers, Kernza products available for sale and to sample, and more educational activities to talk about soil and water health and how Kernza can impact that,” Berger said. “The pancakes were See KERNZA, pg. 15

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Livestock transportation safety requires caution at all times Part of the National Ag Safety Awareness Program is a focus on safety around livestock — including livestock handling and transportation.

Stressed livestock are more likely to injure themselves, their handlers and are more difficult to work with.

Providing stockmanship training for workers handling livestock is key to preventing injuries. Stockmanship is a practice which promotes posiSWINE & U tive animal handling and is

By Diane DeWitte important for both animal and caretaker safety. It reduces stress, increases productivity, and reduces potential injuries on the farm. The Upper Midwest Agriculture Safety and Health Center (UMASH) has resources developed to promote and teach stockmanship for caretakers and managers of all animal species. Visit umash.umn.edu/farm-safety to learn more.

Considering production across the different phases, from the movement of replacement females, weaned pigs, or marketing of finishing, and culled breeding stock, a conservative estimate for the total number of pigs in transport on any given day in the United States adds up to over one million.

More often than not, those several thousands of transporters can expect to have a typical day with no major issues. These individuals will have completed a livestock transport certification program, Pork Checkoff’s Transport Quality Assurance, and are prepared to safely handle and haul these animals. Despite following proper procedure and the rules of the road, accidents do happen.

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Alerting the authorities, and exchanging informaUniversityofMinnesota tion are also initial steps EXTENSION to take.

When transporting step to prepare for accidents, breakdowns or delays. livestock, there are considerations that must be Producers who have participated in Common Swine taken into account beyond those typical of a nonIndustry Audit or had a Pork Quality Assurance commercial accident: Alert emergency operator Plus (PQA+) Site Assessment know that having this about size, number and condition of pigs on board, information up-to-date is a requirement of certificaas well as the status of any loose animals or haztion. ards that may influence public safety. Place emerJust as producers should keep copies of this infor- gency warning devices to alert other traffic of accimation in the office, livestock haulers should also dent scene. Contact harvest plant and the pig farmhave those emergency contacts on hand. Similar to er with details and updates of the incident. Herd an on-farm emergency response plan, the names, any loose pigs from road away from traffic and proaddresses and phone numbers for the producer, vide protection and comfort. Take pictures of the police, fire, ambulance and herd veterinarian should accident scene. Include road conditions, vehicle posibe included with the pigs being transported. tion, damage and other views for documentation Additional information, such as the company, des- later reference. Refer media to first responders in charge. tination or harvest plant dispatch, insurance provider, and roadside assistance will be needed when Livestock emergency response trailers dealing with a transport issue. Roadside traffic available incidents, no matter the severity, cause added stress The Minnesota Pork Board and Region 5 of to drivers and livestock alike. Keeping up-to-date Homeland Security Emergency Management creatcopies of these contacts, in the cab and on paper, can ed emergency response trailers for use in situaalleviate the added anxiety and ensure key contacts tions where a transporter has a roll-over or some aren’t forgotten during the scramble of dealing with type of accident requiring additional assistance an incident. controlling livestock on board or loose animals at the scene.

Accidents happen. What should you do?

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MARKETING

Grain Outlook Projections slash Ukranian corn crop The following marketing analysis is for the week ending March 25.

CORN — Corn was very sideways this week in the May contract while the July contract edged its recent trading range slightly higher. Many of the nearby cash bids are based on the July contract due to the big inverses on the board of trade. The December contract set a new contract high this week, as did the September 2022 forward contracts. The old crop contracts of May and July were unable to set new contract highs.

Fresh news was sparse during the week with the war in Ukraine holding its place as front-page news. Conversations abound PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. over if and how many acres will St. Paul get planted in the war-torn area and to which crops. Earlier maturing crops are being encouraged rather than corn. The most current predictions slash Ukraine’s corn production by up to 55 percent this year with the lack of fuel and labor to put in the crop, as well as dodging missiles. Ukraine’s ag ministry estimates that 321,000 acres have been planted. Ukraine is shipping grain by rail out of the western part of the country as ports remained closed.

President Biden warned of “real” food shortages around the world.

Brazil’s safrinha corn crop is off to a good start.

Safras and Mercado are pegging Brazil’s corn crop at 115.7 million metric tons, slightly higher than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 114 mmt estimate with exports up 66 percent from last year at 34.5 mmt. Brazil has removed the import tax on ethanol, soyoil, sugar, coffee, cheese and pasta through the end of this year to fight food inflation.

The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange in Argentina cut its corn estimate 2 mmt to 49 mmt vs. USDA at 53 mmt. The corn was rated 31 percent good/excellent, up 2 percent from last week. Harvest is estimated at 10 percent complete vs. 12.8 percent on average.

Weekly export sales were disappointing for both old and new crop this week. Old crop sales were 38.6 million bushels and fell to 18 percent behind last year. The USDA is expecting a 9 percent decline in year-on-year exports this year. Total commitments are 2.09 billion bushels or 83.5 percent of the USDA’s 2.5 billion bushel export projection. We need 15.8

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Every year, about 150 million households file their federal tax returns. For many, the process involves digging through shoe boxes or manila folders full of Average: $6.84 $15.73 receipts; gathering mortgage, retirement, and investment account statements; and relying on computer Year Ago Average: $5.16 $13.32 software to take advantage of every tax break the Grain prices are effective cash close on March 29. code permits. (IRS.gov, 2021) *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

It seems a shame not to make the most of all that effort. million bushels of sales per week to hit the target.

China has an estimated 228.3 million bushels of Tax preparation may be the unshipped corn on the books compared to 594.4 mil- only time of year many houselion last year at this time. Traders are expecting holds gather all their financial China to source corn bushels from the United States information in one place. That to replace what they are still owed by Ukraine; but makes it a perfect time to take a that hasn’t happened yet. New crop sales were negli- critical look at how much money MARISSA gible at just 200,000 bushels. New crop commitments is coming in and where it’s all JOHNSON are 84.2 million bushels vs. 76.4 million bushels last going. In other words, this is a Profinium year on this date. great time to give the household Wealth Management Weekly ethanol production was increased 16,000 budget a checkup.

Advisor barrels per day to 1.042 million bpd to a nine-week A thorough budget checkup high. Ethanol stocks hit a 99-week high at 26.1 mil- involves six steps. lion barrels. Net margins were a nickel better at 16 Creating some categories — Start by dividing cents per gallon. expenses into useful categories. Some possibilities: Food prices are expected to continue to increase home, auto, food, household, debt, clothes, pets, this year due to the Ukrainian situation. Some farm entertainment, and charity. Don’t forget savings and groups are asking the USDA to allow growers to investments. It may also be helpful to create subcatplant on Conservation Reserve Program acres to egories. Housing, for example, can be divided into help fill the crop void. They are targeting 4 million mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, and mainteacres of “prime farmland” that’s currently under nance.

CRP. The European Union is proposing crops to be Following the money — Go through all the planted on set-aside areas which could increase acre- receipts and statements gathered to prepare taxes age 9.9 million acres. and get a better understanding of where the money The average trade estimate for the March went last year. Track everything. Be as specific as 31 Prospective Planting report is 92 million acres. possible, and don’t forget to account for the cost of a This is down 1.4 million acres from last year’s 93.357 latte on the way to the office each day. million planted acres, but is spot-on what the USDA Projecting expenses forward — Knowing how forecasted at their February Outlook Conference. much was spent per budget category can provide a Corn stocks as of March 1 are estimated at 7.877 bil- useful template for projecting future expenses. Go lion bushels vs. 7.696 billion bushels last year. through each category. Are expenses likely to rise in Outlook: July corn has moved its trading range up the coming year? If so, by how much? The results of to approximately $7.20 to $7.50 per bushel. Its con- this projection will form the basis of a budget for the tract high is $7.47 per bushel. December corn coming year. reached a new contract high of $6.80.5 per bushel at Determining expected income — Add together mid-week with support at $6.50 per bushel. The all sources of income. Make sure to use net income.

March 31 report will give us our next leg up or down.

Doing the math — It’s time for the moment of The same news surrounding Ukraine may be getting truth. Subtract projected expenses from expected stale. income. If expenses exceed income, it may be necesFor the week, May corn was 12.25 cents higher at sary to consider changes. Prioritize categories and $7.54, July rallied 22.25 cents to $7.34.75, and See JOHNSON, pg. 15 See NYSTROM, pg. 15

Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.

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Soybean price is riding corn’s coattails, acreage up for 2022 NYSTROM, from pg. 14 December jumped 23.5 cents to $6.69 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans trended slightly higher this week and the May contract was finally able to close above $17.00 and November above $15. The driving news for corn was mirrored in the soybeans.

Demand for soybeans remains strong with three daily sales announcements this week.

Weekly export sales were the second-lowest of the marketing year with old sales of 15.1 million bushels and new crop with net cancelations of 500,000 bushels. Old crop total commitments are 1.98 billion bushels and down 11 percent from last year. We need weekly sales of 4.5 million bushels to achieve the USDA’s 2.09 billion bushel forecast. China has 69.8 million bushels of unshipped purchases left to take this marketing year compared to 40.4 million left last year on this date. This week’s new crop sales were net cancelations of 500,000 bushels, but total commitments at 298 million bushels are a record for this date and the highest since 2013-14. China’s new crop total commitments are 69.8 million bushels vs. 40.4

million bushels last year on this date.

The BAGE rated Argentina’s soybean crop at 32 percent good/excellent, down 2 percent from last week. Brazil’s soybean harvest is estimated at 71 percent complete with the crop size predicted from 120 mmt to 127 mmt. Argentina reopened export registrations for meal and soyoil after raising the export tax from 31 to 33 percent. Argentina also extended the state of emergency for the Parana River for 90 days with the original 180-day declaration expiring at the end of March. The water level is at its lowest in 78 years!

The average trade estimate for the March 31 Prospective Planting report is 88.727 million acres. This is up 1.532 million acres from last year’s 87.195 million planted acres. The USDA forecasted soybean acres at 88.0 million acres at their February Outlook Conference. Soybean stocks as of March 1 are estimated at 1.902 billion bushels vs. 1.562 billion bushels last year.

Outlook: Soybeans sideways consolidation remains

in place. Fresh news announcements have been scarce, but next week brings the Prospective Planting and Grain Stocks reports which may give us some action. In the last 21 years, the average soybean acreage number on March 31 has been higher than the actual figure 13 times and lower eight times.

For the week, May soybeans were up 42.25 cents at $17.10.25, July rallied 42.75 cents to $16.88.5, and November soybeans jumped 30 cents to close at $14.96.75 per bushel.

Weekly price changes in July wheat for the week ended March 25: Chicago wheat surged 47.75 cents higher at $10.92.5, Kansas City rallied 45 cents to $11.07, and Minneapolis improved 47.5 cents to close at $11.02.25 per bushel.

The average trade estimate for all wheat planted acreage is 47.771 million acres vs. 46.703 million acres last year. Wheat stocks are estimated at 1.045 billion bushels vs. 1.311 billion bushels last year on March 1. v

Ag students continue to experiment with various test plots their first attempt didn’t go as planned. In August KERNZA, from pg. 12 they were back in the field drilling oats. actually Kernza pancakes that Chris Pancakes “We will harvest the oats in the spring of 2022,” cooked for us using their own pancake formula mix.

It was not all Kernza, but you can tell a difference.” Berger said. “We are hoping that with the oats we can get rid of the rye and other weeds that are there and then start fresh by replanting Kernza in late summer of 2022. We hope to see what markets are available to us at that time, and there has even been discussion about using some of the Kernza flour in recipes for students to eat at ROCORI.” The oats were planted with five different treatments ranging from tilled to no-tilled to control plots

where nothing was done to the rye. Berger says the variety of plot treatments will be educational for the community and club members.

While everyone is waiting to see what will happen with the various small grain experiments, the gardening project will continue during the 2022 growing season. Posch says the gardeners hope to grow enough to freeze some of the harvest to eat during the colder months.

The ROCORI school district serves three Minnesota towns whose names form the acronym ROCORI: Rockville, Cold Spring and Richmond. v

If it’s not in the budget, don’t spend it The Kernza came through the winter of 2020-21 … but so did the rye. “We did not have a harvest,” Posch said. “The rye that was there before we planted the Kernza overtook the Kernza and choked it out.”

Wagner-Lahr points out there was a drought during the 2021 growing season, so the recently-planted Kernza had to compete for water with the well-established rye.

“Our first year did not go as planned,” Berger admitted, “but we did come out with 15-and-a-half large round bales that went to supplement livestock feed.

Berger, the FFA chapter, and the community members are not giving up on Kernza — even though

JOHNSON, from pg. 14 look to reduce those with the lowest importance until the budget is balanced.

Sticking to it — If it’s not in the budget, don’t spend it. If it’s an emergency, make adjustments elsewhere.

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Once one of these trailers is deployed, Healthy individuals are better able to responders will be able to provide fight off illness and perform under the brief training to assist transporters in stress. securing an accident scene.

Don’t be afraid to take breaks or ask Key considerations for safe driving for a substitute driver. Fresh air, Weather — One key consideration stretching and brief periods of activity not only for animal safety and welfare, can provide energy and increased but safe transport, is weather. attentiveness. If a driver feels they are Throughout a typical year in the unable to safely drive, they should pull upper Midwest, producers experience over and alert company and destinatemperature fluctuations ranging tion dispatch of the situation. from both ends of the extreme and all Distracted driving — An emerging forms of precipitation. epidemic is taking its toll on the In the interest of keeping pigs on nation’s roadways in the form of disthe trailer for the shortest amount of tracted driving. Between the increastime reasonable, up-to-date forecasts ing capabilities of cell phones with and communication with the processtexting, social media and other apps, ing plant or destination will be vital complicated infotainment systems in order to avoid delays or detours. found on dashboards or the hundreds Fatigue — The nature of working in of other things transporters try to do or think about, it’s easy to see how pork production means the scope of drivers have become almost absent daily tasks extends beyond a normal from the task of driving. work day. Intense and long hours can often lead to fatigue, and individuals Since 2015, it is estimated the numsuffering from fatigue who get behind ber of roadway accidents causing the wheel pose a significant threat to fatalities directly linked to distracted human and animal safety. According driving has increased by nearly 6 perto the National Highway Traffic cent.

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TRACTORS 91 CIH 5130 2 WD DSL, CAB, 38” TIRES, 4221 HRS; ‘79 IH 186 HYDRO DSL, CAB, 38” TIRES, 8874 HRS; ‘68 IH 656 HYDRO DSL, OPEN STATION, SHOWS 7028 HRS.; ‘74 CASE 2470 4WD, 6700 HRS (ALSO ONE FOR PARTS); ‘64 FARMALL SUPER M, WF, 12 V. CLEAN HAYING AND FORAGE EQUIPMENT (2) JD 800 12’ WINDROWERS; ‘09 NH BC 5060 SQUARE BALER W/ 72 BT EJECTOR, HYD TENSION; ‘95 NH 570 SQUARE BALER W/ HYD. #72 EJECTOR; ‘94 NH 570 SQUARE BALER, #72 BELT EJECTOR; ‘02 NH 1411 10’ 4” DISCBINE; (2) CIH 1190 - 9’ MOWER CONDITIONERS; (23) STEEL BALE THROW RACKS UP TO 9X20’ ALL ON GOOD TANDEM AXLE & 4 WHL WAGONS W/ SPRING ASSIST POLES; KUHN 3200 10.5’ ROTARY RAKE; NICE HAYBUSTER H-106 ROCK EZE ROCK PICKER/WINDROWER; IH 18’ HD TANDEM DISC, CUT AWAY BLADES; IH MODEL 700 7X18 PULL TYPE PLOW; SUMMERS 24’ MULTI-WEEDER; BRILLION 10’ SEEDER; 4 SECT. 20’ SPIKE TOOTH HARROW/CART; JD 10’ DD GRAIN DRILL/GRASS; (3) GRAVITY BOXES UP TO 200 BU. ON GOOD WAGONS; NEW IDEA TANDEM AXLE MANURE SPREADER. PLUS: BALE ELEVATORS, JD 896 SIDE RAKE , SB 8X24’ TRIPLE AXLE TRAILER, OLDER 6X16 STOCK TRAILER, PLUS LARGE AMOUNT OF GOOD SHOP EQUIPMENT, PARTS, & TOOLS.

BOLLIN FARMS OWNERS / 1651 RONNEBY RD. NE, FOLEY, MN FOR INFO PH. TIM BOLLIN 320-249-6499

MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO., INC. AL WESSEL LIC # 77-60 PH. 320-760-2979 KEVIN WINTER 320-760-1593 AUCTIONEERS

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WANTED: Land & farms. I FOR SALE: GSI 30’ top dry FOR SALE: John Deere 336 JD 953 wagon gear/Hiniker have clients looking for grain bin, fan and burner baler w/ thrower, very good 195-bu barge-box, hyd hoist, dairy, & cash grain opera- needs replacement. Good condition, always shedded, 30/9.5 tires, side swinging rear door on barge box, tions, as well as bare land condition. You take down. $4,800/OBO. 612-801-1093 great looks/shape, $2,300. parcels from 40-1000 acres. $4,900. 507-327-6430 FOR SALE: 45’ MTD rolling Bossworth-630 sickle mowBoth for relocation & investbasket, $3,250.

507-920-7458 SILO ments. If you have even er (China), category one Take-down & clean up three-point hitch, 63” bar, thought about selling conJD 520 20’ 3pt drill, 10” spacSpecializing in silos 540 PTO, great looks/shape, tact: Paul Krueger, Farm & ing, hyd markers, $5,750; in congested areas.

Land Specialist, Edina Re$500. 507-440-5151 Kinze 13x18” pull type plantFULLY INSURED alty, 138 Main St. W., New er, recent re-conditioning, We buy 507-236-9446 Prague, MN 55372. $2,750; JD 980 44’ field culSalvage Equipment paulkrueger@edinarealty.com Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. tivator, late model w/ 150 Parts Available (612)328-4506 100% financing w/no liens or lb shanks, 4 bar harrow, Hammell Equip., Inc. red tape, call Steve at Fair- $13,750; DMI 45’ pull type (507)867-4910 fax Ag for an appointment. crumbler, $5,900; J&M 500 Feed Seed Hay bu gravity box, truck tires, Sell your farm equipment 888-830-7757 tarp, Sudenga brush auger, in The Land with a line ad. $3,900. 320-769-2756 FOR SALE: Alfalfa medium 507-345-4523 squares, 3x3x6, 20-24% proFarm Equipment tein, RFV 160-166 range, mos 20a-30s. Conventional and 1830 Case IH 12R30” row culcertified organic. Approx 400 tivator, $4,750; Case IH 5300 bales. Open to reasonable grain drill, 24’ tandem unit, offers. 320-492-8527 $7,500; PFM rock picker, 163.29 Surveyed Acres; 157.74+/- Tillable Acres; CPI=92.1 OPEN Pollinated Seed Corn. $12,500; Rock bucket, 78”, $1,050; Buckeye tiling maProduces more high qualiThe NE 1/4 exc building site, Section 4, Twp 116, Range 35, ty silage on less acres than chine, B/O. 507-240-0294 Winfield Twp, Renville. Co. hybrid. $67/bushel plus shipFOR SALE: Hardi high wheel ping. High feed value grain.

This land has tile and has been surveyed. sprayer 80’, 3 way nozzle, Located at Teutopolis, IL 1000 gallon tank, always Seller: The Family of Harlyn and Arlene Lippert 217-857-3377 or 217-343-4962 shedded. Retiring. 507-8222188 Watch FladeboeLand.com for more information

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HOLLAND AUCTION   Saturday, APRIL 16, 2022 - 9:30 A.M.

LOCATION: East of Beaver Lake, Ellendale MN

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Call early to take full advantage of advertising.

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Limited Rack Items Accepted!

Delivery of Consignments will be on April 10, 11, 12, 13, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Steffes Auction Calendar 2022 For more info, call: 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com

Opening March 25 & Closing April 5 at 10AM Zimmerman Farms Inc. Equipment Auction, Glyndon, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening March 28 & Closing April 4 at 1PM Dion Bopp Farm Retirement Auction, New Salem, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening March 28 & Closing April 5 at 1PM Sheboygan County, WI Dairy & Farmland Auction - 252± Acres, Sheboygan, WI, Timed Online Auction Opening March 28 & Closing April 5 at 7PM Central Todd County Equipment Auction, Clarissa, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening March 28 & Closing April 6 at 10AM Meeker County, MN Farmland Auction – 70+/- Acres, Dassel, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening March 28 & Closing April 6 at 7PM Tom & Becky Listul Farm Retirement Auction, Clarkfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening March 30 & Closing April 7 at 7PM Joe & Marcie Mauch Farm Retirement Auction, Adrian, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening March 31 & Closing April 5 at 1PM Dan & Sheila Rahja Farm Retirement Auction, Frederick, SD, Timed Online Auction Opening March 31 & Closing April 7 at 7PM Zach Johnson Bin & Grain Handling Equipment Auction, Contact Seller for Location, Timed Online Auction Opening April 1 & Closing April 5 at 6PM Valley United Coop Fertilizer Equipment Auction, Buxton, ND, Timed Online Auction Opening April 1 & Closing April 6 at 10AM Online Steffes Auction – 4/6, Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opening April 4 & Closing April 13 at 7PM Minn-Kota Construction Retirement Auction, Dundee, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 4 & Closing April 14 at 1PM Doug & Amanda Wallerman Retirement Equipment Auction, Norwalk, WI, Timed Online Auction Opening April 4 & Closing April 14 at 2PM Doug & Amanda Wallerman Retirement Forage Auction, Norwalk, WI, Timed Online Auction Opening April 7 & Closing April 13 at 10AM Dale & Cheri Osowski Farm Retirement Auction, Oslo, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 7 & Closing April 14 at 1PM Wilder Grain Storage & Handling Auction, Windom, MN, Timed Online Auction Friday, April 8 at 10AM Doug & Amanda Wallerman Retirement Cattle Auction, Norwalk, WI Opening April 8 & Closing April 12 at 12PM Online Hay Auction – Quality Tested, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 8 & Closing April 13 at 7PM Ross Menholt Sugarbeet Equipment Inventory Reduction Auction, Glyndon, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 11 & Closing April 18 at 12PM David & Judy McCollum Farm Retirement Auction, Mahnomen, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 11 & Closing April 21 at 10AM Mcleod County, MN Land Auction – 77+/- Acres, Hutchinson, MN, Timed Online Auction Opening April 13 & Closing April 21 at 1PM Meeker County, MN Land Auction – 214+/- Acres, Litchfield, MN, Timed Online Auction

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HUGE OUTSTANDING AVON, MN AREA FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION FRIDAY APRIL 8TH, 2022 – 10:00 AM

EXIT INTERSTATE 94 AT AVON, MN EXIT (# 153) THEN 6 MILES NORTH ON COUNTY # 9 NOTE: THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE CLEANEST LINES OF OUTSTANDING LOW HOUR FARM EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS, TRAILERS, ATV’S OFFERED AT AUCTION THIS SEASON. MOST ITEMS PURCHASED NEW AND ALL STORED INSIDE. THIS WILL BE A LIVE ONSITE AUCTION WITH ONLINE BIDDING PROVIDED THROUGH PROXIBID. FOR COMPLETE LISTING SEE: midamericanauctioninc.com OR PHONE 320-760-2979

ONE OF A KIND LOW HOUR ONE OWNER JOHN DEERE MFWD TRACTORS 2017 JD 8345R MFWD, E-23 TRANS., IND LKN SUSP., LH REVERSER, COMMAND VIEW lll DELUXE CAB, SELLS WITH STARFIRE SF1 3000 RECEIVER, 10” SCREEN, 4600 PROCESSOR, AUTO TRAC ACTIVATION, 4 REMOTES, 46” RUBBER, DUALS, SHOWS JUST 315 ONE OWNER HOURS, LIKE NEW; 2009 JD 7630 MFWD, 20 SPD. PS, 42” RUBBER, DUALS, 3 HYD., PLUG AND PLAY AUTO STEER READY, 1800 SCREEN, LH REVERSER, JUST 1300 ONE OWNER HOURS , EXC. COND. COMPACT, WORKING AND COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS NH TC-45DA MFWD DSL COMPACT TRACTOR, CAB, 7’ DECK, 3 PT, 1132 HRS., ONE OWNER; ‘76 WHITE 2-105 DSL, 65; MM SUPER M-670 GAS, WF, 3 PT, 1974 HRS; ‘68 MM M-670 GAS. NF, 5256 HRS.; MM GH WHEATLAND, OLDER REST.; 53 MM ZB GAS, NF CLEAN LOW MILEAGE SEMI TRACTOR, TRAILERS ’08 IH PRO STAR PREMIUM SEMI TRACTOR, 15 LITER 445 HP CUMMINS, 10 SPD. ULTRA SHIFT, AIR RIDE CAB, SLEEPER, 38,170 ONE OWNER MILES; ‘08 JET 42’ GRAIN TRAILER, APPROX. 44,000 MILES, NEVER USED IN WINTER, LIKE NEW; ‘20 MAHINDRA ROXOR TURBO DIESEL CHIP 4X4 ATV, JEEP SYLE, 2092 MILES, ONE OWNER; ‘16 POLARIS SLING SHOT, 2384 CC, 12,400 MILES, ONE OWNER; ‘81 WILSON-MUVA 60,000 # 42’ STEP DECK; ‘16 PJ 17’ DECK OVER PT TRAILER, RAMPS, ONE OWNER; 7’ X 14’ SKID LOADER TRAILER EXCAVATOR, BACKHOE, SCRAPER CAT MODEL 315-CL EXCAVATOR, 44” HOE, 28” TRACKS, AC, HEAT, NEWER PUMP AND OTHER UPDATES, SHOWS 11,350 HRS, PURCHASED FROM ZIEGLER EQUIPMENT; IH MODEL 3920-A 4X4 HYDRO LOADER BACKHOE; STEEZEN MANU. MODEL 6000, 6 HD +/- PT SCRAPER. COMBINE, HEADS, GENERAL FARM MACHINERY ’03 MF 9790 ATR ROTOR COMBINE, 1945 E & 1250 SEP. HRS. LIKE NEW; ‘13 DRAGO SERIES ll 8R36 CH, SELF ADJUST DECK PLATES, SELLS WITH LOW PROVILE UNVERFERTH HEADER TRAILER; NEW IDEA 708 UNI SYSTEM, RWA, PERKINS DSL., WITH 2RW SUPER CHOPPER ATTACHMENT, 3272 HRS.; OWATONNA 260 HYDRO 12’ WINDROWER; AGCO MASSEY 8180 10R36” FRONT FOLD PLANTER, DF, X AUGER, PTO PUMP, HAS PLANTED 3000 ACRES, ONE OWNER; CIH 3950 26’ HYD. FOLD CUSHION GANG DISC, HARROW, 9” SPACINGS, NEW 22” FRONT BLADES, LIKE NEW; CIH TIGER MATE 200 38’ DOUBLE FOLD FIELD CULT., K-O SHOVELS, 7” SHOVELS, 6” ON CENTER, USED 3 SEASONS; SUNFLOWER MODEL 4412 7 SHANK DISC RIPPER, FRONT & REAR LEVELERS, EXC.; WHITE 378 HI CLEAR 10RX36 3 POINT CULT.; WHITE 549 5X18 PLOW; (2) DEMCO 650 GRAVITY BOXES ON HD DEMCO GEARS, 4 WHL BRAKES, LIGHTS, LIKE NEW; BUHLER FK 10X60 SWING HOPPER AUGER; NH 664 TWINE ROUND BALER, ONE OWNER; GEHL 1060 FORAGE HARVESTER, HYD. POLE, 30-38 CH; H&S SUPER 7+4 16’ FORAGE BOX ON H&S 12 TON TANDEM GEAR; H&S 8 WHL BI-FOLD V RAKE; H&S 6.5X9.5’ STOCK TRAILER. PLUS FLAT RACKS, SMALLER GRAVITY BOXES, AUGERS, SPRAYERS,OVER 15 SKID LOADER ATTACHMENTS, LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, GOOD AMOUNT OF SHOP TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, GOOD SELECTION OF FARM TOYS, MOST JD ERTL, UNUSED, IN BOXES

GEORGE & SHARON HADRICH OWNER PH. 320-746-2813 38622 COUNTY ROAD 9, AVON, MN

MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO INC. AL WESSEL LIC # 77-60 PH. 320-760-2979 KEVIN WINTER 320-760-1593 AUCTIONEERS

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LAND AUCTIONS

Tractors

April 7 April 15 ‘04 JD 5420 MFWD Tractor w/ a JD 541 loader & joystick.

This clean 5420 only has 478 original hrs! It has the 12spd PowrReverser trans, cab-A/C & heat, right-hand door, tilt steering wheel, cold weather kit, diff lock, 2 hyd remotes, 540 PTO, 3-pt hitch.

Loader & bucket have had very little use. This 5420 was sold new locally , was used on small hobby farm. Asking $52,500. Call 507-789-6049

April 22 Only registered bidders may attend

For property brochures, contact Hertz at 507-345-LAND (5263) WWW.HERTZ.AG 151 St. Andrews Court #1310, Mankato MN 56001

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FOR SALE: Farmall 504 w/ WF; Super MTA dsl, Factory Wide Front; Beef Cattle; Farmall 240 utility tractor.

WANTED TO BUY: JD 1765 12R planter; Also, GRAND head MEADOW $600,000 Beautiful turn-key acreage with 4 BR 3BA moving cart. 320-282-4845 rambler, 5 sheds, abundant fencing and pasture on approx. 18.7 ac.

MLS#5718863 NEW LISTING! STEWARTVILLE: $549,900 location 4 BRrambler 2 Farmland, BA picturesque rambler STEWARTVILLE: Great location 4 BR Great 2 BA picturesque Classified Line Ads $575,000.

OLMSTED COUNTY: Approx.

35 Ac. ofturn-key Prime Forrest GRAND MEADOW $600,000 Beautiful acreage withHigh 4 BR 3BA on on approx. 24 acres.approx.

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

Oversized stall garage withjust 2 storage sheds justac. minutes to rambler, sheds, abundant and pasture on approx.

18.7 Twp. MLS# 6160091 PENDING! minutes to Rochester!Rochester!

MLS# 5716953 LISTING! MLS# 5716983 PRICE REDUCED! MLS#5718863 NEW LISTING! MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

52Great Ac. location MLS# 6162644 PENDING! STEWARTVILLE: $575,000.

4 BR 2 BALISTED picturesque rambler Call 507-345-4523 GRAND MEADOW $600,000 Beautiful turn-key acreage with 4 BR&3BA rambler RACINE: $299,000. 3BR, 1BA, on 10-acres. MLS# 5701169 PENDING on approx.

24 acres.

Oversized 2 stall with 2 storage 5 sheds, abundant fencing and ongarage approx.

18.7 ac. sheds just COUNTY: Approx.

60pasture Ac. MLS# 6146162 SOLD! MOWER COUNTY:MOWER Approx.

193-acres.

MLS# 5695397 PENDING ‘57 Farmall 350 gas, 1574 hrs, minutes to Rochester!

MLS# 5716953 NEW LISTING! MLS# 5718863 PENDING! MOWER COUNTY:MOWER Approx.

120-acres.

MLS# 5705409 COUNTY: Approx.

80 Ac. SOLD MLS# 6146162 SOLD! new Firestone 13.6-38/600-16 RACINE: $299,000.

3BR, 1BA, on 10-acres.

MLS# 5701169 PENDING RACINE: $299,000.

3BR, 1BA, onSOLD 10-acres.

MLS# 5701169 PENDING MOWER COUNTY:MOWER Approx. 108-acres.

MLS# 5705429 tires, pwr steering, IH fendCOUNTY: Approx.

74 Ac. MLS#MLS# 6146171 SOLD! MOWER Approx.

193-acres.

5695397 PENDING ers, whl wgts, 12RACINE: volt elec, 10,000 sq. ft. building onCOUNTY: 2.12-acres.

Multiple uses!

MLS#qualified 5247299 “Need listings!

We have buyers!”

MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 120-acres. MLS# 5705409 SOLD pulley, 3 valve hyd, fast hitch MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

193-acres.

MLS# 5695397 PENDING MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

108-acres.

MLS# 5705429 SOLD w/ depth gauge, dual rear/ Full Farm Management Services MOWER COUNTY: Approx.

120-acres.

MLS# 5705409 frt hyd-outlets, IH WF, looks RACINE: 10,000Rates, sq. ft. building on 2.12-acres.

Multiple uses! MLS# 5247299 including Rental Government Programs & SOLD Environmental Issues including Rental Rates, Government Programs & Environmental Issues MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 108-acres. MLS# 5705429 SOLD new/great shape. $12,500; ‘59 • 507-273-3890 • randy@lrmrealestate.com JD 630 gas, 1536Randy hrs, Queensland new RACINE: 10,000 ft. building on 2.12-acres. Multiple uses! MLS#5247299 Fullsq.Farm Management Services Firestone 16.9/34 Good Ryan Year Queensland“Ne •including 507-273-3000 • ryan@lrmrealestate.com tings lis !

Rental Rates, Government Programs & Environmental W ed e have qualifServices Full Farm Management ed buyers!Issues 9.5L-15SL tires, pwr steer-Grand Meadow, ” MNRates, • 800-658-2340 including Rental Government Programs & Environmental Issues ing, 12-volt elec, dual hyd/ Randy Queensland • 507-273-3890 • randy@lrmrealestate.com dual rear outlets, 3-pt hitch, Randy Queensland•• 507-273-3000 507-273-3890 ••randy@Irmrealestate.com Ryan Queensland ryan@lrmrealestate.com Randy Queensland • 507-273-3890 • randy@Irmrealestate.com JD dual light fenders, JD Ryan Queensland • 507-273-3000 ••ryan@Irmrealstate.com Grand Meadow, MN • 800-658-2340 Ryan Queensland • 507-273-3000 ryan@Irmrealstate.com WF, looks new/great shape, Grand GrandMeadow, Meadow,MN MN••800-658-2340 800-658-2340 $13,500. 507-440-5151

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NEW AND USED TRACTOR ‘58 IH tandem disc, 10’, 7” 2000 - 1760 JD planter, 12R30” Sharp John Deere 7200 MaxPARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, spacing, new Firestone tires, wing fold, 250 monitor, also Emerge 2 6R30” planter w/ 55, 50 Series & newer trac- IH 2/way hyd cyl lift, great has precision row shutoffs, John Deere 100 monitor, dry tors, AC-all models, Large looks/shape; $3,300; ‘54 Mc- & e-sets, no 2020 mon includ- fert & insecticide, excellent Inventory, We ship! Mark Cormick collector 34-30 fast ed, Yetter trash whips, 3 bu, condition, $14,500/OBO (or Heitman Tractor Salvage hitch 3/14 plow, 2-pc shares, 1.6 bu & dry insect boxes, best offer). (612) 636-1170 715-673-4829 ripple coulters, great looks/ $22,500. 507-430-2946 shape, $1,200; ‘59 JD CCA Please recycle this magazine. field cult, 11’, 6” spacing, FOR SALE: Grass seed attachment for 20’ Case IH Classifie new Firestone tires, 2-way d drill, $1,000/OBO. Spraying Equip JD hyd cyl lift, great looks/ grain line ad shape. $1,100; ‘66 JD collec- Knight 252 bu manure deadlin e is tor F145H 3-pt hitch plow, spreader w/ slop gate, 540 noon o n Mond ‘91 semi van, 28’, alum chanay JD adj hitch w/ JD 2-way PTO, $1,500/OBO. 507-227nel floor, w/ 1600 gal hor2251 hyd cyl, new Firestone rear tizonal water or fert tank, & gauge tires, 2 way JD hyd good brakes & tires. Case IH cyl lift, 3/14 HS400 bottoms, 1896, 2WD, 4,855 hrs, 18.4x38 ripple coulters, great looks/ duals, 4spd, 3spd P/S, cab. shape, $1,250 507-440-5151 952-649-8604 FOR SALE: John Deere 36’ Hardi Commander Sprayer, 980 field digger, farmer 750 gal, 60’ HZ 3 section owned, shedded, good condiboom w/ controls, Hardi diation, $11,500. 507-447-2237 phragm pump, 540 PTO, triJohn Deere 750 No-Till Drill.

Late model 20’ drill w/ dolly ple nozzles, foam markers, Sell your farm equipment whl hitch, progressive mark- 12.4x42 tires, monitor, alin The Land with a line ad. ers, and 4 cyl hyd down pres- ways shedded. 952-649-8604 507-345-4523 sure. Pins & bushings tight, boots & discs getting down. WANTED: 1000 - 1500 gallon 4 Nice straight drill. Asking wheel water trailer with no steering. 507-227-2602 $17,900. Call 507-789-6049

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WANTED: Stormor EZ dryer bin, 24’ diameter, 36” burner fan; Also 980 JD field cul2 - 42’ dia. grain bins GSI, 32’ tivator, 34-36’ wide, single hgt., new 2001, stairs, axial point depth. 507-251-2344 fan, pwr sweep; BROCK, 40’ hgt., wall stiffeners, cent. WANTED: Buffalo cultivator, fan, side chute, pwr sweep; 1 6R30”, Series 6400 or newer. ph OBO (952) 451-2315 Also, 499 NH haybine in field ready condition. 320-492-8527

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WANTED: Tile stringer cart good condition. Homemade O.K. 320-223-4110 Leave All kinds of New & Used farm message. equipment - disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, Looking for something special? cornheads, feed mills, discs, Put a line ad in The Land and find it!

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Wanted to Buy: JD 4430 and 4440, 1975 or newer. JD 725 6, 8 & 12 row - front mount cul- FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls tivators; Stanhoist and Bush- also Hamp, York, & Hamp/ hog steel barge boxes; Gehl Duroc boars & gilts. Alfred and Lorentz grinder/mixers; (Mike) Kemen 320-598-3790 plus all types of farm maSell your livestock in The Land chinery. 507-251-2685

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Call Minnesota’s largest distributor HJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell - 320-212-5336

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Registered Hereford yearling bulls for sale. Have all shots, semen tested & poured. Halter broke & broke to lead. Fantastic growth E.P.D.’s. Will deliver. Klages Herefords, Ortonville, MN 320-2732163(H) 605-880-0521(C)

Offering pre-planning, urns, and in-home euthanasia by Gentle Goodbyes. mankatopetcremation.com 507-995-7126 or text us.

WANTED: DOG- Blue Heeler female, 2-4 months old. Ray Jones 763-441-2437 Leave message

TRACTORS NEW NH T4.75, T4.90, T4.120 w/loader.. On Order NEW NH Workmaster 60, 50, 35’s/loaders. On Order NEW NH 25S Workmasters……......…..On Order NEW Versatile DT610 ………......…….IN STOCK NEW Massey Tractors ........................... On Order NEW Massey 4710 w/loader……......…April 2022 3-New Massey GC1725 ……..................…Just In 17’ NH T4.75 w/loader……................…….Just In 18’ NH T4.75 w/loader………….........……Just In

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TILLAGE ’11 Sunflower 4412-07.................................$28,000 JD 980 44’5 w/3bar……….................……..SOLD MISCELLANEOUS ’06 CIH MRX 690………………..………$16,500 NEW Salford RTS Units ........................................ Call CIH 490 30’ disc……............................……$4,950 NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders .............................. Call CIH 730B w/leads…...................…………Coming NEW Westfield Augers .......................................... Call NEW REM VRX Vacs. .......................................... Call NEW Hardi Sprayers ............................................. Call CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT NEW Riteway Rollers ........................................... Call NEW NH L318/L320/L328 wheeled units ....... On Hand NEW Lorenz Snowblowers ................................... Call NEW NH C327/C337/C345 track units ........... On Order NEW Batco Conveyors ......................................... Call NH L228 low hours………..............……….Just Traded NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ....................... Call NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ................................ Call HAY TOOLS NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ...................... Call New Disc Mowers - 107,108,109 Pre-Owned Grain Cart .................................. On Hand New Disc Mower Cond. - 10’, 13’ New Horsch Jokers ................................................ Call New Wheel Rakes - 10,12,14 New NH Hay Tools - ON HAND NOW HIRING PARTS TECHS

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

Camp commemoration

W

hen German prisoners of war were returned to Europe in 1946 and Camp Algona was closed and dismantled, the only visible reminder that the community had hosted a prisoner of war camp for 22 months was the 60-piece Nativity Scene built by prisoners and gifted to Algona. (That Nativity Scene was featured in the December 10/17 issue of The Land.)

Camp Algona was one of 155 Base Camps the government built around the country to house prisoners of war. Two were in Iowa, at Clarinda and Algona.

The Algona Camp, 287 acres and less than two miles outside the town, existed from April 1944 to February 1946.

During that time 10,000 POWs, mostly German, were at the camp at one time or another. From there they were sent to 34 branch camps in Minnesota (20), Iowa (10), and the Dakotas (4). They supplied labor to replace Americans who had gone off to war, working on farms, in factories, and at logging camps.

The Camp had a large economic impact on the community, employing 70 civilians, and hosting the American military staff. It was part of Algona’s history some folks thought should be remembered. According to Jerry Yokum, President of the Camp Algona POW Museum and its current historian, in 2001 a committee was formed to explore what they might do.

“We started on second base,” Yokum said, because the Nativity Scene

Committee already had a thick file of information.

The museum committee added to that by seeking out first-person interviews and stories, and gathering artifacts. In 2004, the museum became a reality.

Visitors will get a look at a little-known part of WWII history. After viewing a video which gives an

overview of Camp Algona, visitors can explore the subject at their own pace. A model of the camp gives perspective. One wall tells the story of Camp Algona and its life, plus an overview of the camps across the United States. Another wall honors the 2,600 men and women from Kossuth County who served in the war. A small room honors the 29 area people who were in enemy prison camps — contrasting how they were treated with those in American camps.

Prisoners were provided with material and encouraged to use leisure time productively. The central portion of the large room displays samples of their work: painting, woodworking, writing, drawing, music and theatrical productions. Many of those donated items came from families who had received them from the POWs who worked for them.

The story of Prisoner of War camps in the United States is often overlooked. The Camp Algona POW Museum tells of the impact the experience had on the prisoners (many returned to live in the U.S.) and the impact POWs had on the communities and the country (their labor saved the harvest).

The museum is located at 114 S. Thorington St. in Algona, Iowa. It reopens for the season on weekends beginning April 2 and 3 from 1-4 p.m., with weekday hours added in the summer months.

For more information, consult their website at www. pwcampalgona.org. There is a small admission charge. v

Algona, Iowa

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April 1/April 8, 2022 (800) 657-4665 www.TheLandOnline.com theland@TheLandOnline.com 418 South Second St., Mankato, MN 56001

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Is the home of the Fast-Growing SuperTree™ Growing and Shipping Hybrid SuperTrees for 30 years!

We have 100 other species in addition to the fast-growing SuperTrees™ Visit our website, www.KarstenNursery.com, to view our entire list of trees, shrubs and conifers offered for sale. Download our list of stock and submit inquiries for any of the more than 100 species via email to Joel@KarstenNursery.com

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE A WHOLESALE NURSERY!

• Create a Windbreak in Just 2 to 3 Years • Strong Tree - Not Subject to Broken Branches Like a Weeping Willow • Disease and Insect Free • Can Be Planted with a Tree Planter or Easily

by Hand • Plants Come 12-24” and Have a Root Ball about the Size of a Soda Can • Spacing is 6’ for a Single Row and 10’ on a Double Row • SuperTree™ Grows 6-10’ a Year • Max Height 45’

Photo Taken 4 1/2 Years After Planting

We have 100 Other Species in Addition to the Fast-Growing SuperTrees™

We sell to anyone, however all orders must be for full bundle quantities.

NO SINGLE TREES are offered for sale.

We do not have a retail store or regular hours. All orders are sent by UPS, Postal, or SpeeDee.

Easily Buy Online at: www.KarstenNursery.com or call 651.470.2096

Discounts for Larger Quantity Orders Easily Buy Online at: www.KarstenNursery.com or call 651.470.2096

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Hybrid SuperTree™ Great for Windbreaks Karsten Nursery has been in the tree business for over 40 years, originally specializing in bareroot wind-breaks. Now, they have established an effective, fast-growing windbreak with its Hybrid SuperTree™. The hybrid is a cross between the Chinese Willow and the White Willow, and is sold to Midwest farmers and ranchers primarily for windbreaks.

The Hybrid SuperTree™ stands out from other windbreak species due to its growing speed & strength. Both traits mean they can act as a windbreak within 3 years of planting. Joel Karsten of Karsten Nursery says “In some parts of the country, these trees will grow 10 to 14 feet per year, but in our shorter growing season here in Minnesota, we see 6 to 8 feet per year.” The photo at the top of this page shows a row of Hybrid SuperTree™ planted six feet apart after 50 months of growth. Average height is 35’ and width is 15-20’. Hardy down to the cold of zone 3, and up to zone 10, this hybrid tree is sold all over the USA, and grows well in all climates.

HYBRID SUPERTREES™ are a unique cross that grows extremely quickly, usually reaching 18-20’ often within two years of planting, and yet maintains structural integrity to allow it to reach a mature height of 50 - 70 feet if left without any pruning. The width can reach 15-17’ but can easily be controlled by pruning. This cultivar is disease resistant and has no known insect problems that affect the overall growth habit. It grows well in many different soil types, from sandy

to clay soils, however the most important requirement is moisture. If water is provided weekly during the first year after planting, the root system will easily support the tree after that, unless drought conditions occur.

This tree seems to have a lifespan of around 30 years but they do begin to decline at about 18-20 years old. Other internet sellers will say they live longer, but we have over 500 of these that are 28 year old trees at our nursery, and the trunk diameter is about 30” on average. They began to have broken branches and decline at about 18 years old, and now we are about to remove them and replant. Don’t believe it when others tell you they live 70 years, it is just not true.

We have a Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association Certified Nursery Professional on staff, and the owner has extensive experience in nursery production for more than 40 years.

Many past customers have returned year after year to purchase additional stock and have always found the finest quality and lowest prices around.

We are normally a wholesale business, however over the years retail customers looking for good prices, and willing to order in our minimum bundle quantities have used Karsten Nursery as a great source of trees, shrubs and conifers at a very good value.

Why Plant Hybrid SuperTree™?

Other trees can take 30 years to give you shade and provide a visual barrier from unsightly views.

If you need a fastgrowing hedge row that will provide quick protection from wind, snow, noise or dust then order online today and get your Hybrid SuperTrees in the ground soon! We encourage you to plant a variety of other species inside of the outside row of Hybrids, so that in 20 years you will have a good stand of trees inside of the declining row of Willows.

Important Please Read *Caution: Avoid purchasing Hybrid trees from nurseries or online sellers who offer them BARE-ROOT. The death loss percentage is very high (35%+) because the Salix species DOES NOT like to be bare-rooted, and tend to die in high percentages.

This means extra work for you even if the seller replaces the dead ones. If one tree in a row dies, you’ll have an open space in your row that is difficult to fill in. The new replacement will be very small and the others grow very quickly. Remember 35% of those replacements will also die, and so on. Our stock is sold as rooted plugs, so the soil COMES WITH enclosing the roots, this way they are never exposed to the air. OUR STOCK will NOT die if given even basic care.

Other species of trees grow well from bare-root stock, but NOT the Salix species. OUR STOCK can be planted anytime during the year while bare-root stock should only be sold/planted during the early spring. We used to sell these Hybrids bare-root, but we stopped 22 years ago and developed a better method that really works. Don’t get fooled by low prices, you will be sorry.

For more information on our Hybrid SuperTrees™ or any of our other 100 species of trees, or to order online, please visit www.KarstenNursery.com, or call 651-470-2096.

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Here's What Our Customers Have to Say...

“I bought about 20 or so of your willows just a few years ago. I wanted some privacy from the street at our home. I will say I am very happy with the willows. First off, they all survived and they are looking great. We live in Michigan and winters can be tough but these willows are doing fine. These pictures are from summer of 2019. Glad I found your trees.”

– Christopher E “The SuperTree Hybrid Willows we purchased last spring are already providing us with a privacy screen and shade. Our neighbors are amazed that we have gotten nearly 12 feet of growth already since we planted them.”

– Mike L. - Sioux Falls, SD “These hybrids were the only trees in this area that survived the derecho unscathed, while most other trees were leveled.”

– Crystal J. - West of Cedar Rapids, IA

“Every single one of the 250 SuperTrees I purchased last spring made it through the winter and are still growing like weeds.

It won’t be long now until we cannot see our neighbor’s ugly backyard.”

– John W. - Sibley, IA

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Hybrid SuperTree™ Great for Windbreaks Karsten Nursery has been in the tree business for over 40 years, originally specializing in bareroot wind-breaks. Now, they have established an effective, fast-growing windbreak with its Hybrid SuperTree™. The hybrid is a cross between the Chinese Willow and the White Willow, and is sold to Midwest farmers and ranchers primarily for windbreaks.

The Hybrid SuperTree™ stands out from other windbreak species due to its growing speed & strength. Both traits mean they can act as a windbreak within 3 years of planting. Joel Karsten of Karsten Nursery says “In some parts of the country, these trees will grow 10 to 14 feet per year, but in our shorter growing season here in Minnesota, we see 6 to 8 feet per year.” The photo at the top of this page shows a row of Hybrid SuperTree™ planted six feet apart after 50 months of growth. Average height is 35’ and width is 15-20’. Hardy down to the cold of zone 3, and up to zone 10, this hybrid tree is sold all over the USA, and grows well in all climates.

HYBRID SUPERTREES™ are a unique cross that grows extremely quickly, usually reaching 18-20’ often within two years of planting, and yet maintains structural integrity to allow it to reach a mature height of 50 - 70 feet if left without any pruning. The width can reach 15-17’ but can easily be controlled by pruning. This cultivar is disease resistant and has no known insect problems that affect the overall growth habit. It grows well in many different soil types, from sandy

to clay soils, however the most important requirement is moisture. If water is provided weekly during the first year after planting, the root system will easily support the tree after that, unless drought conditions occur.

This tree seems to have a lifespan of around 30 years but they do begin to decline at about 18-20 years old. Other internet sellers will say they live longer, but we have over 500 of these that are 28 year old trees at our nursery, and the trunk diameter is about 30” on average. They began to have broken branches and decline at about 18 years old, and now we are about to remove them and replant. Don’t believe it when others tell you they live 70 years, it is just not true.

We have a Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association Certified Nursery Professional on staff, and the owner has extensive experience in nursery production for more than 40 years.

Many past customers have returned year after year to purchase additional stock and have always found the finest quality and lowest prices around.

We are normally a wholesale business, however over the years retail customers looking for good prices, and willing to order in our minimum bundle quantities have used Karsten Nursery as a great source of trees, shrubs and conifers at a very good value.

Why Plant Hybrid SuperTree™?

Other trees can take 30 years to give you shade and provide a visual barrier from unsightly views.

If you need a fastgrowing hedge row that will provide quick protection from wind, snow, noise or dust then order online today and get your Hybrid SuperTrees in the ground soon! We encourage you to plant a variety of other species inside of the outside row of Hybrids, so that in 20 years you will have a good stand of trees inside of the declining row of Willows.

Important Please Read *Caution: Avoid purchasing Hybrid trees from nurseries or online sellers who offer them BARE-ROOT. The death loss percentage is very high (35%+) because the Salix species DOES NOT like to be bare-rooted, and tend to die in high percentages.

This means extra work for you even if the seller replaces the dead ones. If one tree in a row dies, you’ll have an open space in your row that is difficult to fill in. The new replacement will be very small and the others grow very quickly. Remember 35% of those replacements will also die, and so on. Our stock is sold as rooted plugs, so the soil COMES WITH enclosing the roots, this way they are never exposed to the air. OUR STOCK will NOT die if given even basic care.

Other species of trees grow well from bare-root stock, but NOT the Salix species. OUR STOCK can be planted anytime during the year while bare-root stock should only be sold/planted during the early spring. We used to sell these Hybrids bare-root, but we stopped 22 years ago and developed a better method that really works. Don’t get fooled by low prices, you will be sorry.

For more information on our Hybrid SuperTrees™ or any of our other 100 species of trees, or to order online, please visit www.KarstenNursery.com, or call 651-470-2096.

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Here's What Our Customers Have to Say...

“I bought about 20 or so of your willows just a few years ago. I wanted some privacy from the street at our home. I will say I am very happy with the willows. First off, they all survived and they are looking great. We live in Michigan and winters can be tough but these willows are doing fine. These pictures are from summer of 2019. Glad I found your trees.”

– Christopher E “The SuperTree Hybrid Willows we purchased last spring are already providing us with a privacy screen and shade. Our neighbors are amazed that we have gotten nearly 12 feet of growth already since we planted them.”

– Mike L. - Sioux Falls, SD “These hybrids were the only trees in this area that survived the derecho unscathed, while most other trees were leveled.”

– Crystal J. - West of Cedar Rapids, IA

“Every single one of the 250 SuperTrees I purchased last spring made it through the winter and are still growing like weeds.

It won’t be long now until we cannot see our neighbor’s ugly backyard.”

– John W. - Sibley, IA

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Make the Perfect Wind Break!!

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Fast-Growing SuperTree™ Make Perfect Wind Break

KARSTEN NURSERY

Is the home of the Fast-Growing SuperTree™ Growing and Shipping Hybrid SuperTrees for 30 years!

We have 100 other species in addition to the fast-growing SuperTrees™ Visit our website, www.KarstenNursery.com, to view our entire list of trees, shrubs and conifers offered for sale. Download our list of stock and submit inquiries for any of the more than 100 species via email to Joel@KarstenNursery.com

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE A WHOLESALE NURSERY!

• Create a Windbreak in Just 2 to 3 Years • Strong Tree - Not Subject to Broken Branches Like a Weeping Willow • Disease and Insect Free • Can Be Planted with a Tree Planter or Easily

by Hand • Plants Come 12-24” and Have a Root Ball about the Size of a Soda Can • Spacing is 6’ for a Single Row and 10’ on a Double Row • SuperTree™ Grows 6-10’ a Year • Max Height 45’

Photo Taken 4 1/2 Years After Planting

We have 100 Other Species in Addition to the Fast-Growing SuperTrees™

We sell to anyone, however all orders must be for full bundle quantities.

NO SINGLE TREES are offered for sale.

We do not have a retail store or regular hours. All orders are sent by UPS, Postal, or SpeeDee.

Easily Buy Online at: www.KarstenNursery.com or call 651.470.2096

Discounts for Larger Quantity Orders Easily Buy Online at: www.KarstenNursery.com or call 651.470.2096