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I think we’ve entered the timeframe hymns over the pop music. I can now when everyone is officially okay with imagine how obnoxious that may have Christmas trees being in homes and been for her. inflatable snowmen and Santas put up in Depending on the piece of music, she’d yards. I can’t really believe it’s already recruit me to stand by her side and turn December; but fun visits to both a reinpages for her. I would get needlessly nerdeer and Christmas tree farm for this vous for services like Christmas Day issue gave me great reason to get into the when the pews were packed. The piano holiday spirit. After walking through was located in the corner of the balcony; LAND MINDS rows of firs at Enzenauer Evergreens, it and from my designated position, no one only felt right to listen to Christmas could see me besides the pastor. During

By Laura Cole music on my drive home. one choir selection, either my shaking There was always music playing in hands got the better of me or my focus my childhood home — especially in strayed. When my mom nodded her December. I have memories of listenhead as my cue, I fumbled, and all the ing to “Snoopy’s Christmas” on the record player as pages of music fell on top of her hands. As I scrammy brothers and I launched paper airplanes from bled to pick them up, my mom somehow played on, across our living room, trying to land them into our not missing a note.

Christmas tree.

At different points, I think all five of us kids made Besides being a preschool teacher at my parochial some kind of attempt to learn to play. My sister cergrade school, my mom was a Sunday School teacher, tainly stayed with it the longest. I had some skill, organist, and she played the piano for the church but the ambition was, at times, lacking. In second or choir. On occasion, she’d also play the flute for certhird grade, my piano teacher was an organist from tain song selections. With school Christmas conmy church. Once a week, I’d walk to her home a few certs, Advent services, Christmas Eve programs, on streets away with my denim Snoopy bag filled with top of church each Sunday, there was constantly lesson books on theory and technique. At the end of something to be practicing for this time of year. most of my lessons, she’d write down my assignMy parents had an organ and a piano in our home ments, and then underline multiple times the word (both are family heirlooms from my dad’s side of the “Practice!” The weekly goal was always 120 minutes, and I’m sure she could tell I wasn’t quite hitting the family). The old pump organ remains in the same mark. The times I showed the most effort were in place in their living room. The top section displays December when she gave me holiday music to play. photos of grandkids and a few knickknacks. It can be disconnected, and I learned my grandma stored My lessons finished near dinner time. During the that piece in her attic for a long time — due to hav- early-to-darken winter months, I’d trudge through ing to dust it as a child. Lace doilies cover up the snow covered sidewalks past homes lit up with water marks which were the result of a farm hand Christmas lights. Approaching my own, I could see previously using it as a place to keep a water glass our family’s Christmas tree through our living room for his false teeth. (I am choosing to believe the window, and I knew the goings on that would greet organ had been housed in his personal living quarme through the front door. My dad would be coming ters at that point in time.) home from taking our trusty dog, Skippy, on his evening walk. My mom would be putting food on the The piano had been the prize from a Christmas table, and giving instructions to set the table, pour Eve contest held in 1909. The months-long contest was held by the proprietor of a general merchandise the milk, and if she had to ask again, there would store and went to the person who gathered the most be consequences. For seven people under one roof, points. Twenty points were earned for every dollars’ our house was small, and it’s a miracle to me now that we all fit around that table every single night. worth of merchandise purchased, 100 points for It felt ordinary to see my family all together busevery dollars’ worth of jewelry. My great-grandfatling about, and I probably only gave the scene a ther ended up winning with 39,278 votes; never fleeting glance. How things change. mind that no one in his family actually played piano.

About ten years ago, I was lucky to acquire the piano which had belonged to my mom’s parents. My Years later, my dad’s sister learned to play. I’m mom remembers my grandma playing the piano told she’d have friends over, roll the carpet back, often in the evening, and my great-grandmother and play songs while they danced. When the piano had played for silent movies when she was a teenmade its move to my parents’ home, it continued to get plenty of use. Without any other real option, the ager. My grandparents have since passed, and I love having a piece from their home as well as to know piano took up a good portion of one side of the bedroom I shared with my sister. If my mom was need- the strong presence that music has played in my ing to practice, she gave me the option of staying in family over the years. my room or finding something else to do. I often The piano is now in a cozy corner of my living chose to keep reading magazines on my bed and lisSee LAND MINDS, pg. 5 tening to the radio while she played traditional

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Soybeans’ big players looking to a bruising year ahead After a five-year run which featured a Just how many bushels are in 103 milcostly trade war and an even costlier, lion metric tons of soybeans? A staggerdeadly pandemic, the biggest players in ing 3.75 billion bushels. the global soybean market (the United At that level, Brazil’s projected 2023-24 States, Brazil and China) are positioning soy exports will (brace yourself) equal 91 themselves for a big, bruising 2023-24 percent of this year’s entire U.S. soybean marketing year. crop of 4.1 billion bushels.

Of the three, Brazil remains planted in That hard-to-believe comparison isn’t the driver’s seat. The U.S. Department of FARM & FOOD FILE the only hard-to-swallow export news for Agriculture forecasts Brazil’s mostlyU.S. soybean farmers this year. The really

By Alan Guebert planted 2023-24 crop will yield an exportbad news is that 2023-24 U.S. soybean hogging 6 billion bushels — five perexports, projected at 1.8 billion bushcent more than last year’s record proels, marks the third consecutive year duction and an astonishing 16 percent of falling soybean exports. larger than the 2020-21 crop.

According to USDA data, the current marketing Two factors favor that outlook. First, after three year’s soy exports will be a stunning 491 million consecutive years of dry, hot La Niña weather, this bushels, or 21 percent, under the 2020-21 marketing year’s El Niño should bring more moisture and less year’s total of 2.3 billion bushels. crop stress. Second, for the first time in memory, soy The worldwide winner in this flooded global soyproduction costs are falling, encouraging Brazilian bean market is the world’s biggest importer, China, farmers to do what farmers anywhere would do: which buys “more than 60 percent of the oilseed swap costly corn acres for cheaper bean acres. shipped worldwide to crush into meal for animal feed If the projected, record 113 million soybean acres and oil for cooking,” reported Reuters a month ago. are planted and the better weather forecast comes Typically, China’s fourth quarter purchases are to pass, USDA expects Brazil to export a record 103 made in the U.S. market to take advantage of the million metric tons of soybeans in its 2023-24 marprice-flattening effects of the American harvest glut. keting year. That’s 6 million metric tons more than Early November reports indicate China did buy last year.

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Given those estimates, China is on its way to import a record 105 million metric tons of soy in 2023 — a figure nearly and eerily equal to Brazil’s projected soy exports for the coming year.

In years past, that almost-insatiable Chinese need for soybeans would be good news for farmers everywhere — especially in the United States. But markets, like countries, evolve and change; and the global soybean market has changed rapidly in the last decade, wrote DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman in late October.

First “and more important,” he explained, Brazil is outracing everyone in almost every market aspect — especially production and exporting. And no one, especially the United States, “has ever seen this level of competition for export sales.”

A second worry, noted Hultman, is the “larger market environment” — “two wars (Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Hamas),” Hultman writes, “plus pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates, already at their highest level in 16 years.”

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Farm life could add plenty to those Christmas movies There are two kinds of bet I would be the one lit people in the world at holiup for the remainder of the day time: those who love evening. those movie channels where “Do all women have red they feature Christmas love and green winter dress stories that hop on the coats in their closets?” same rail line every time, Most farm family outer and those who would rather gear has to be ready for any kiss a dead moose’s butt (to occasion, including those TABLE TALK borrow a phrase from one of unexpected gatherings of the greatest grumpy old

By Karen Schwaller four-legged friends who guys ever in the movies). have bolted from their pens I am married to someone just before leaving for an who identifies greatly with the ‘moose event (perhaps a town’s square butt’ person, while I don’t mind watch- Christmas tree lighting). So if farm ing a Christmas love story — even if it people arrive at your party looking annoys me occasionally to know the like they did their best to sidestep the movie’s ending will result in the very reality of their lives before they same outcome as the movie before and arrived, just be glad they are helping after it. provide the food for your holiday table.

People have to ask themselves about They have probably already paid off the movies on these channels: the fashion police with breakfast sau“Why are people dressed for the cold, sages under the table. but there are never any winter winds “How do horse carriages magically blowing?” appear when someone needs help romancing their prospective other I will never forget the look on our half?” foreign exchange daughter’s face the first time she saw a Midwest winter I suppose farm people could rein-up wind blowing snow horizontally. Our a couple of cows to the carriage if they family dogs have eaten out of smaller had to; and it would lend a movie bowls than her eyes measured that plenty of suspense. The ride itself night. could prove somewhat interesting, “Does every community have a tree depending on the cows’ route and speed, and the ensuing conversation lighting ceremony at the town’s could also determine if two people square, smack in the middle of were meant to be together.

Christmas Eve?” I’ve often thought it would be much I’ll bet if I had slaved away for days more interesting to have a farm family on Christmas Eve dinner for a group sit down and brainstorm ideas about a and they got up and left to see a downtown Christmas tree be lit up, I’ll Christmas story to run on one of those

24-hour holiday movie channels. For example, let’s talk about family relations when the livestock gets out any day — but especially in those days before Christmas. Who left the gate open and created this unnecessary holiday-time calamity??

Or when winter weather is pushing post-harvest, and the baler chain breaks, or the PTO breaks on the manure spreader, and an important holiday-time birthday is looming straight ahead? Oh, the drama.

Oh, the language.

Or how about when a farmer and spouse sit down at holiday time to do their year-end tax preparation? (That one usually has plenty of sauciness and bleeps in the conversation, even without the eggnog.) The success of Christmas rests solely on this outcome.

What if the seed corn salesperson became involved with the salesperson from “Brand X?” It would bring a

whole new meaning to “X-mas,” and would provide all the dramatic secrets necessary for a good Christmas forbidden-love thriller.

It’s hard to believe those channels have never contacted a Midwest farm family to get new ideas about what to showcase in their movie lines. People would not only learn about the farm, but also why farm families are the way they are — and why a surprise visit from a pastor when in the shop clanking on a broken swather part would be a very unfortunate happening…

And the best part? There may be more actual farmers watching these movies, and fewer people standing in line to kiss a dead moose’s hind quarter … I’m guessing.

Karen Schwaller writes from her grain and livestock farm near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v

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Holiday piano favorites LAND MINDS, from pg. 2 room. Every so often, I play my go-to selections I memorized years ago. “The Entertainer,” “Canon in D,” sometimes “Chopsticks.” “Joy to the World” is possibly the only Christmas song I still remember by heart. But if I can find that old Snoopy bag, I think I could also manage “Jolly Old St. Nicholas.”

One of my favorite holiday songs is from “Home Alone.” Amid the punchy one-liners from the Christmas classic, the lyrics are sweetly poignant.

Somewhere in my memory Christmas joys all around me Living in my memory All of the music, all of the magic All of the family, home here with me Wishing you a joyful holiday season soaking in all of the memories as they happen and reflecting on the happiest ones from days gone by.

Laura Cole is the staff writer of The Land. She may be reached at lcole@ TheLandOnline.com. v

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You have to love a movie with a happy ending

The winter sports season has begun Creator who hung each one in its place. with performances right outside my kitchWhat a happy ending to the day. en window. Throughout the day, the comIt’s generally our custom throughout mon red squirrels play with acrobatic the year to work until dark before eating stunts. The race is on to see which tiny supper. In the winter that time comes efficient paws will be the first to grasp the quite early. That leaves us with several little red crab apples which still cling to hours of night which is our pleasure to the flowering crab. Off the furry little rasspend together relaxing instead of workcals go — swiftly across the tree boughs ing.

FROM MY and down its trunk to hide their loot for FARMHOUSE We have tried playing card games; but later winter food. Or does it become the KITCHEN I am not a gracious loser. My farmer, the prize in a hide and seek game? dear gentleman that he is, doesn’t like to

By Renae B. Somehow, the squirrels’ keen eyes find make girls (or old women) cry. So in Vander Schaaf the rare ear of corn which was flung out order to end the day happy, the of the combine last autumn. The games remain tucked away in a far happy victorious squirrel will pick it off cold corner of a dark room. up and scurry up the tree while The safest thing to do is find a holding its bounty in its mouth. good movie to watch. Movies were For years, this farm lacked the off limits when I was growing up. In playful rodents. It wasn’t until the many ways, my parents were wise, Bur oak trees we planted began proas we often have to filter even the ducing acorns that they appeared. older movies from way back in the I’m happy we have a few on the 1940’s that we seem to enjoy watchlawn because I sure would miss ing. My eyes prefer it to be a black watching the bushy-tailed red squirand white movie; and besides, the rels —Sciurus hudsonics (certainly fashions and hair styles of that era they meant to say handsomnomics) appeal to me. with their amusing antics.

Recently, we have watched three.

Sometimes I wonder if God created While not perfect, they were satisfythem just so we would have happier ing to watch and had that most important happy days in the winter. ending.

Throughout the day, life keeps my farmer and me The first movie had the name “Abandoned.” It was busy with various chores, duties and just life in genproduced in 1949 and begins with a newspaper man eral. We spend some time reading farm papers and different publications — including books. I also hide loitering around the police station in hopes of being the first to get the scoop of a possible story. He soon out in my basement with my sewing machines just finds one when a beautiful girl reports that her sisenjoying the peacefulness away from the noise of a ter has been missing for a few weeks. blustery winds coming from any direction.

Please read attached email The missing sister is found to be an unidentified As the day quickly changes into night, the moon body at the morgue. The cause of death is listed as captures my eye as it begins to make its appearSance.

ALREADY ON AD been THE LAND 3.417 x ” suicide. The girl does not believe that her sister This week it has a full moon we have would do that, so she and the newspaper man begin been watching as it begins it steady climb into the investigating on their own. They discover a very sindark sky. Soon the darkness is broken by its splenister baby for sale racket is going on in the city. dor — especially as the snow on the ground smiles back, adding to a bright night. Other nights, when They put their lives at risk to successfully expose weThe walkLand from the barn to the house, the sky is filled this treacherous deed and the movie did finish with with sparkling stars which seem to be praising their a predictable happy ending. It was a good reminder

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that regular people can stop the work of evil men and women if they are courageous and care.

“House of Strangers” was also a 1949-released movie. There are so many emotional elements of family life in this movie. The writers did a great job of bringing these all to surface while signifying their importance. In many ways the malevolent behavior of each actor can be found in me. The surprise happy ending has me wondering if I could really have done what Max Monetti (played by Richard Conte) did.

The year 1949 must have been a good year for movies as “The Doctor And The Girl” was also brought to the theatres at that time. Fresh out of med school, Glenn Ford excellently portrays himself as a young doctor with an arrogant, cocky attitude.

He is the son of a wealthy, successful, and most eminent surgeon. They both have plenty to learn in regards to treating people as their equals.

The family revels in prestige and wealth. A problem arises when the gifted son marries a mere candy store clerk. Consequently his father sees to it that his foolish son can no longer pursue a career at the hospital. Instead the newlyweds set up practice in her apartment in a much poorer side of town.

Through a very sad situation, the father and son are able to reconcile. The movie has an unexpected happy ending that is quite gezellig (a Dutch word that is hard to accurately translate, but means warm, cozy) and this movie definitely has a heartwarming ending.

I like happy endings. Our years on this earth are brief and often filled with trouble and sorrow. Yet your life can have a happy ending. It will if you know Jesus as your Savior. Why not seek Him at this very minute? An hour from now may be too late.

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

$14 soybeans?

GUEBERT, from pg. 4 Neither condition (let alone both) creates the “kind of atmosphere that encourages traders to invest in the market,” he explained.

Still, U.S. carryover stocks, at about five percent, are tight — so soybean “prices should stay supported above $13 for the remainder of 2023 and any opportunity near $14 (per bushel) should be considered a good sale.”

After New Year’s, however, Hultman warned, “the risk of lower soybeans prices increases — depending largely on the conditions of South American crops.”

But you already knew that.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. Past columns are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. v

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Book ‘em! Try these gift ideas this Christmas There you are, you’ve just crossed off Biography/Memoir your last person, thereby finishing your For the farmer or rancher on your list, Holiday Gift List for the year. But oops, “A Bold Return to Giving a Damn” by you forgot that one hard-to-buy-for aunt, Will Harris (Viking) is a book about a and you haven’t gotten anything for your farm, but also about the way things were babysitter. And, and, and... you’re out of and how they should be, the love of land, ideas. So how about something to read? and the problems ahead with climate, See if these great books don’t give you raising food, and making a living. some guidance...

Struggling to find the right biography THE BOOKWORM Fiction for the history fan? Try “King of SEZ Is there a horse lover on your gift list?

Diamonds: Harry Winston” by Ronald

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Winston & William Stadiem (Skyhorse Aha, then look for “Girls and Their Horses” by Eliza Jane Brazier (Berkley), Publishing, Inc). It’s the Gilded Age story a novel set in the world of competitive show-jumpof a rags-to-riches man whose name meant “diaing, where one mother’s wish to give her daughters monds” to generations of fine jewelry-wearers, and an opportunity she always wanted could lead to the times in which he lived. death. Here’s a nicely complex novel your giftee History will love: “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by A book for your historian is “Getting Out of James McBride (Riverhead Books). When a new Saigon” by Ralph White (Simon & Schuster), a book housing development is being constructed in by a man who tried desperately to get his entire Pottstown, Penn., builders found a human skeleton. staff of a bank out of harm’s way and the Vietnam The people in the neighborhood know who the bones War’s path. Staff and their families, that is, 113 peobelonged to, but they’re not talking. ple, and it’s a harrowing tale.

If your giftee loves to immerse themselves in Business series-mystery books, “To Catch a Storm” by Mindy If there’s someone on your gift list who’s heading Dejia (Atlantic Monthly) will be the gift they’ll love. for a leadership role, wrap up “To the Top: How It’s a new series featuring a physicist and a psychic; Women in Corporate Leadership are Rewriting the this first book is set in Iowa during inclement Rules for Success” by Jenna C. Fisher (Wiley). Gone weather. You can’t go wrong, eh? Wrap it up with are so-called old-boys’ networks. Today’s corpora“The Killer Speech” by Kevin Kluesner (Level Best), tions run differently. Support it by giving this book. a thriller set in Wisconsin, featuring a politician Here’s another unusual look at the top: “Disneyland and an FBI agent. on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and General Non-fiction the Ski Resort that Never Was” by Greg Glasgow Your giftee follows politics, rabidly. So why not and Kathryn Mayer (Rowman & Littlefield). It’s the give them “The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book, second edition” by David L. Hudson, Jr, J.D. (Visible Ink Press). This easy-to-understand book is filled with Q&A information on how the SCOTUS works, why it’s important, and some insight to the nine people who sit on what may be the most controversial court ever. Pair it with “Grifters, Frauds, and Crooks” by Richard Estep (Visible Ink Press), for a great look at law, order, and the lack thereof.

Who doesn’t get their dog a gift? You do, of course, so wrap up “Fifty Places to Travel with Your Dog Before You Die” by Chris Santella and DC Helmuth (Abrams Press). Hiking, swimming, romping here and abroad, this is a book your pup can really sink his teeth into, and it’s a good bet he’ll let you borrow it. And if you have a (human) giftee who craves similar adventure, wrap up “Reading the Glass: A Captain’s View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships” by Elliot Rappaport (Dutton), a book that’s meant for the anyone who dreams of giving up the landlubber’s life.

And here’s a book that will make someone smile this holiday: “Family, Friends, and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal” by Richard Estep (Visible Ink Press). Your true crime fanatic will love it.

story of a proposed feature at Disneyland and the fight that kept it from being made. How it left an impact on business and leisure is a great story for your giftee.

Science If there’s a person on your list who loves animals, then “Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us” by Keggie Carew (Abrams Press) may be just what they’ll love. It’s a long, deep look at creatures, including us, and it includes tales and true anecdotes your giftee will enjoy.

The environmentalist and the gardener on your list will both love “How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves” by Tristan Gooley (The Experiment). It’s the story of trees, of course, but it’s also a volume of information and all the things we can learn by looking at or living near a tree. Give it to your homeowner, too, for a great holiday.

Children ages 1-6 The littlest kid on your gift list will love reading “Mister Kitty is Lost!” by Greg Pizzoli (Little, Brown for Young Readers). A little girl’s kitty has gone missing. Young readers will be delighted with the hunt and surprised at the solution.

Books change, publishing dates change, and if you can’t find these books or something like them, be sure to ask the elves at the bookstore for the exact thing you need. They know books and they’ll help you find the best gift for that hard-to-find person and they might even wrap it for you.

Hint: you’re almost done with your shopping. Buy yourself a book.

Season’s Readings! v

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Dec. 15-16 — Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention — Alexandria, Minn. — This annual convention and trade show will include speakers, a silent Dec. 13 — Farmland Rent Workshop — Pipestone, and live auction, the Best of Beef Banquet, trade show, Minn. — Presenters review historical rental rates and opportunities for networking. For more information, throughout Minnesota and use data-driven decisions visit https://www.mnsca.org/convention. to help determine a fair value for land. Contact Dave Dec. 18-19 — Genetic Symposium — Ames, Iowa Bau at bauxx003@umn.edu or (507) 372-3900 x3906. — This new event will educate producers on the tools available for making genetic improvements for their Other Dates and Locations: operation. Contact Randie Culbertson at rculber@ Dec. 14 — Gaylord, Minn. iastate.edu or (515) 294-6304.

Dec. 14 — Hutchinson, Minn.

Dec. 21 — Albert Lea, Minn.

Jan. 3 — Crop Advantage Meeting — Sheldon, Dec. 21 — Blue Earth, Minn.

Iowa — The meeting is an opportunity for farmers and Jan. 5 — Online (two sessions offered) crop advisers to hear current research and crop proJan. 10 — Online (two sessions offered) duction information from Iowa State University and the Jan. 17 — Online (two sessions offered) University of Minnesota. For more information, contact Jan. 24 — Online (two sessions offered) your local Iowa State University Field Agronomist.

Jan. 31 — Online (two sessions offered) Other Dates and Locations: Feb. 7 — Online (two sessions offered)

Jan. 4 — Storm Lake, Iowa Jan. 5 — Mason City, Iowa Jan. 10 — Ankeny, Iowa Jan. 11 — Burlington, Iowa Jan. 16 — Cedar Falls, Iowa Jan. 18 — Atlantic, Iowa Jan. 19 — Davenport, Iowa Jan. 23 — Okoboji, Iowa Jan. 24 — Templeon, Iowa Jan. 25 — Coralville, Iowa Jan. 30 — Le Mars, Iowa Jan. 9 — Minnesota Beginning Farmer Institute — Clearwater, Minn. (Additional course dates: Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30) — This four-part course uses an interactive approach to teach participants farm management topics. Each workshop will have educational handouts and presentations. Contact Nathan Hulinsky at huli0013@umn.edu or (218) 828-2680.

U of M Extension offers online horse courses Registration is now open for a number of online horse-related courses. The courses are self-guided and run for six weeks, beginning Jan. 8 and running through Feb. 18. The courses do not result in college credit or certification in a given subject. Learners who complete all assignments by the due dates will earn a certificate of course completion. If you desire a certificate of course completion, you will need to complete weekly assignments that are usually due Sunday evenings after being open for a few days.

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Reindeer business has been a wild ride

By LAURA COLE from Nov. 1 up to Christmas. Though The Land Staff Writer they’ve been asked many times to provide visitations on Christmas Eve, that’s Since 1993, Daryl and Yvonne Simon always been a day they’ve declined so they and Bev Herda have been raising, leascan spend time with their families. ing, and selling reindeer through their Crystal Collection Reindeer business.

Bev stated not everyone chooses to take Their reindeer have made many local on out-of-state leases, but despite the appearances over the holidays and been extra paperwork that can come with it, leased in a variety of states including they have enjoyed the travel component.

Indiana, Missouri, New York and Texas.

At times they have had three trailers After years of success, adventures, and going simultaneously to displays. Since friendship, the trio has determined that they always transport with two people, it’s time to hang up the lead ropes. They Yvonne stated, “Thank God for good recently reflected on some of their past friends and family.” reindeer experiences and what lies Their clientele need to meet their ahead. housing requirements for their shelter, Before getting into the reindeer busipen and fencing. Crystal Collection supness, Daryl and Yvonne bred, raised, plies the food, feeders, water tanks. “We trained, and showed Arabian horses. All Photos by Laura Cole bring everything that the reindeer are physical education/health teachers and Handling the reins at Crystal Collection Reindeer are (left to right) Bev Herda, Daryl and used to here at home,” Bev explained. coaches, Yvonne was employed in Yvonne Simon.

They also provide training to the careMadelia, Minn., and Daryl and Bev met takers. Daryl added, with first year when they taught and coached in Nicollet. Bev had reindeer’s name was Crystal, and they went with leases, they would usually stay an extra day to an interest in buying some geldings, and Yvonne and Crystal Collection Reindeer. watch the feeding process and make sure everyDaryl provided training to the horses and helped Bev “Well, plus,” Daryl added, “One of my favorite sing- thing was done correctly. learn how to ride. ers is John Fogerty, so CCR is our initials.” He hardly “And we have to say,” Yvonne remarked, “we have When the market for selling horses went soft, finished his Creedence Clearwater Revival reference worked with some of the best people that just went Yvonne stated they started looking for something before the others cut in with laughter. over and above trying to accommodate us. It’s been a else. “And we stumbled on a guy in Houston, Minn.

At their peak, Daryl stated Crystal Collection was very good experience for us.” that had elk,” she explained, “but we determined we the second-largest reindeer farm in the country. He They’ve received appearance requests from didn’t have enough land for them. He said, ‘But I do estimated they typically had, after calving, about 60 Budweiser and celebrities such as Dolly Parton, have reindeer,’ and Daryl’s brain kicked into over- reindeer. “We always say we want our reindeer heads Mariah Carey, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. drive — ‘Christmas comes every year.’ Here we are, to look like a Guernsey cow,” Daryl said. “Or an For a variety of reasons, they didn’t take on those 31 years later.”

Arabian horse,” Yvonne added. Daryl stated, “We had specific gigs, though they were able give the job for The name of their business actually goes back to Arabian horses, so of course we wanted pretty faces, Mariah Carey to customers of theirs. their work with horses. “We used to have a group of and we wanted a level topline.”

The Crystal Collection Reindeer have been filmed us that had Arabian horses that would show at the The reindeer have made appearances locally at the for advertisements with Gap clothing and poultry State Fair together,” Yvonne stated. For a stall deco- Kiwanis Holiday Lights at Sibley Park in Mankato, producer Sanderson Farms. Crews for Gap made the rating competition, they came up with the group Minn. and also at grocery stores, shopping mall stores, trip from California and Connecticut to their farm. name of Crystal Collection, as all eight of the indi- and for various chamber of commerce events. Bev viduals lived near Lake Crystal. Later, their first stated in past years they have had 50 to 60 displays See REINDEER, pg. 11

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Christmas tree farm is year-round work for Enzenauers

By LAURA COLE The Land Staff Writer KENYON, Minn. — Enzenauer Evergreens is open for its 23rd Christmas tree selling season. Located northeast of Kenyon, Minn., Scott and Donna Enzenauer, along with their son, Jeremy, offer a variety of Christmas trees along with homemade wreaths and holiday items.

Like many growers, the Enzenauers experienced an unanticipated increase in tree sales beginning in 2020 at the start of the Covid pandemic, as well as recent drought conditions. The family is glad to say despite those factors, they have a good selection of trees available to their customers.

Scott and Donna purchased their property in 1987, and initially rowcropped the land. Scott stated after a few years he decided to do something different that didn’t require a lot of large machinery. He started planting trees. “I thought, well, either we’re going to have a Christmas tree farm or we’ll have a really nice woods in 20 years.”

The couple got to know have pre-cut trees available another grower near Red for those who prefer not to Wing, Minn. and they were peruse the fields. Typically, able to learn the ropes by the Enzenauers also bring in helping him out for a few seasome outside Frasers to sell sons. The Enzenauers planted as a supplement to their their first trees in 1991 — the offerings; but due to the supsame year their son, Jeremy, ply chain being effected from was born. “He’s been involved the past few years’ occurrencright from the start,” Scott es, they have not recently had remarked. Over the next nine the wholesale option. years, they planted a few The Covid rush wasn’t acres at a time in order to cresomething Christmas tree ate a rotation. Tree sales growers could have predicted began in 2000. years prior. Donna stated, Now, Scott estimated that “When you’re planning so far from the seedlings up to their out, there’s just no way for 10 to 12 footers, they have you to recoup that quickly. approximately 15,000 trees.

You can’t. It’s just going to They started with about eight take everybody time.” Scott varieties and have settled on and Donna explained that by four varieties based on popubeing mindful of their invenlarity and success with their tory and not tagging too many farm’s wet, heavy soil. They trees for sale, they have concurrently grow Bracted tinued to maintain their Balsam fir, white pine, Scotch selection. Scott hopes they Photo by Laura Cole pine, and Black Hills spruce. have the opportunity to bring Preparing for another busy holiday season are (left to right) Jeremy, in pre-cut Frasers again next Scott stated the general Donna and Scott Enzenauer. year. trend tends to stay the same with fir Donna stated as soon as the selling trees being most popular. He said the season is over, they’ll be ordering seedfarm’s Bracted Balsam firs account for lings for 2025 to ensure their desired 80 percent of their trees. He added this sizes and varieties. Because it can take variety looks a lot like a Fraser fir, but six to ten years to grow a Christmas grows better with their soil than a tree to its saleable height, Scott Fraser would. Their next popular is the explained they’re looking at what white pine, which Scott confirmed is a they’re going to need nine to 12 years • DRYER TOO SLOW? Upgrade to a Grain Handler, Brock SQ Superb or Meyer Tower Dryer good option for those with allergies.

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New fencing requirements made retirement easier REINDEER, from pg. 9

family — except for caribou — that with legislation both in state and fedboth the male and female have ant- eral level,” Yvonne stated.

“They learned about a Minnesota lers, and they lose them every year The decision to retire came a little winter while they were here,” and they grow back every year,” earlier than expected due to fencing Yvonne stated. As part of their Bev stated. They have displayed standard updates which become effecmarketing campaign, GPS collars antlers without velvet, and due to a tive Sept. 1, 2024 as a means to prevent were put on the reindeer and peoreindeer losing an antler by acci- physical contact between farmed and ple could vote on things like who dent that was still in velvet, they free-roaming animals in the Cervidae would eat first or move the most. had before and after components to family. Daryl explained there will be a The cold proved to be a challenge show. Though they fortunately have requirement for double fencing as as the crew dealt with cameras not lost many reindeer, they also opposed to single, and estimated the freezing and batteries dying. Bev brought along a hide. They have expense would be around $30,000 to and Yvonne recalled the last day of pamphlets available that provide $40,000. With retirement on the horifilming was graced with pictureadditional information on safety zon, it made sense to the business partperfect beautiful new snow, and the precautions they must take during ners to wrap things up now. Their final day — when the GPS collars the breeding season when bulls are remaining seven reindeer have been had to be removed — brought a in rut, the testing they complete for sold, as well as the calves that the cows true Minnesota blizzard. diseases, as well as what they are are currently expecting. DMDK In contrast, for the Christmas ad fed. Despite what many have been Reindeer, based out of Dassel, Minn., with Sanderson Farms, Daryl and led to believe, reindeer — the non- has purchased some of the Crystal Bev drove to Mississippi. “It was flying variety, at least — should not Collection reindeer and is continuing right on the gulf, hotter than blazbe fed carrots. on with the website, livereindeer.com. es,” Bev stated.

Daryl invented lead ropes that Daryl, Yvonne, and Bev plan to There have been, at times, some have two leads on the end in the remain with ROBA for at least a while creative ideas presented involving Bev Herda has the reindeer eating out of her hand ... but event one comes unsnapped. The yet, likening the national meetings to a the reindeer that Daryl, Yvonne don’t feed them carrots! subject of leads causes the conver- family reunion. Daryl is considering and Bev have had to bring some sation to shift toward a laughable Daryl recalled being asked by a young memory. “The rule is you never let go of doing some consulting work, and he reality to. No matter the aesthetic appeal, the reindeer can’t roam freely girl if he was an elf. He responded with a reindeer,” Daryl began. Yvonne con- would also like to accomplish some without a barrier or be turned loose in his own question, “How did you know?” tinued, “Daryl and Bev were leading a work yet with the U.S. Department of If they’re asked why the pens holding couple of reindeer out here one time, Agriculture regarding reclassifying a forest for the sake of footage. reindeer. He stated currently they’re Understandably, while working with- the reindeer don’t have a top, they pro- and Daryl fell down … and what hap- classified in one section of USDA reguin the realm of Santa and flying rein- vide the assurance that their antlers pened to you?” lations as wild hoofstock. “Literally, deer, some tip-toeing is required among aren’t big enough to allow them to fly.

“Well, I learned how to break dance,” every reindeer in the world is owned by some audience members. “Ours are “As you can tell, we do have fun when he responded. He explained he was on somebody,” he stated, noting also that friends to Santa and Rudolph,” Bev we’re out at the exhibits and displays,” his back with his legs tucked up, and reindeer have been domesticated for said with a smile. While the reindeer Bev said. with the end of the rope secured around over 2,000 years.

As lifelong educators, it has also been his wrist he began spinning as the reinhave their own names, the individuals There are future travel plans for all leasing them can call them by any important to the trio to provide some deer ran around in a circle. “And then I three, as well as some unknowns. name they choose, Prancer and Dancer concrete facts about the reindeer. pop up on my head, you know, like they “We’re trying to see what we’re going to “Reindeer are the only ones in the deer do,” Daryl finished with a laugh. included. grow up to be this time,” Yvonne The group has been long-time mem- remarked. bers of ROBA (Reindeer Owners and Bev concluded that the past three Breeders Association), and Daryl is decades have been a lot of fun, filled The Minnesota Beef Council is lookInterested applicants are asked to currently serving as vice president on with adventures. “So it’s been good. The ing for college students interested in submit a cover letter, resume, college the board of directors. “Daryl’s been reindeer have been good to us.” v the beef industry to be its Summer transcript(s) and a one-page essay on very active in working nation-wide 2024 communications intern. career goals and why you want to work 30676 County Rd 24 Applications for the internship are for the beef industry. Candidates must Sleepy Eye, MN. 56085 also create a mock Instagram post as to www.mathiowetzconst.com now open and will be accepted through office@mathiowetzconst.com why you are a good fit for the position; Dec. 15. along with contact information for 507-794-6953 The main priority of the intern is to three professional references.

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Next year’s Class III milk prices better, but not much This column was written for the marketThe index is based on the current milk ing week ending Dec. 1. price in relationship to feed prices for a ration consisting of 51 percent corn, 8 Financial relief is coming slowly to U.S. percent soybeans and 41 percent alfalfa dairy farms. The U.S. Department of hay. One pound of milk would purchase Agriculture recently announced the 2.03 pounds of dairy feed of that blend.

November Federal order Class III milk price at $17.15 per hundredweight. While The All Milk price average increased it is up just 31 cents from October, it is for the third month in a row, hitting $3.86 below November 2022 and the low$21.60 per hundredweight, up 60 cents MIELKE MARKET est November Class III since 2018. That from September, but $4 below October WEEKLY puts the year’s average at $17.11, down 2022.

By Lee Mielke from $22.09 in 2022, but compares to Looking at the cow side of the led$16.96 in 2021. ger, the October cull price for beef Unfortunately, Class III futures on and dairy combined fell to an averDec. 1 portend a December price at age $108 per cwt., down $6 from $16.11, which would be down $1.04 September, but $23.90 above October from November. January was trading at $16.26; 2022 and $36.40 above the 2011 base average.

February, $16.69; and March at $17.39, with a peak of $18.61 in October The November Class IV price is $20.87, down 62 corn/change* soybeans/change* cents from October, and $2.43 below a year ago. The year’s average is at $19.11, down from $24.68 a year Stewartville $4.52 +.11 $12.45 -.63 ago, but compares to $15.74 in 2021.

Edgerton $4.56 +.06 $12.53 -.66 Jackson $4.60 +.16 $12.63 -.67 Class III milk prices in 2024 will be better than Hope $4.57 +.20 $12.54 -.63 those we saw this summer, says HighGround Dairy’s Market Intelligence Manager Cara Murphy.

Cannon Falls $4.45 +.06 $12.35 -.65 In the Dec. 4 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, Murphy Sleepy Eye $4.57 +.15 $12.57 -.67 stated prices will not reach the levels we saw in St. Cloud $4.46 +.18 $12.41 -.71 2022.

Madison $4.48 +.11 $12.36 -.61 Demand is one of the big factors in milk prices Redwood Falls $4.62 +.12 $12.58 -.54 and “China is always on our mind,” Murphy said.

Fergus Falls $4.22 +.12 $12.22 -.55 China has backed off in its dairy purchases and Morris $4.41 +.21 $12.36 -.56 there’s a lot of uncertainty as to when they will Tracy $4.56 +.13 $12.44 -.66 come back; but she believes the export market still Average: $4.51 $12.46 holds potential for the United States. European Year Ago Average: $6.45 $14.21 cheese prices have been low for most of 2023 but have since been on the rise on low inventories in Grain prices are effective cash close on Dec. 5.

Europe. That is opening opportunities for the *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

United States, she said, due to our low prices.

The other side of the coin is supply and that “Milk production margins were the highest of means milk. HighGround sees limited growth in the 2023 by $1.07 over September,” according to dairy United States in 2024, according to Murphy. She economist Bill Brooks, of Stoneheart Consulting in pointed to the large reduction in California particu- Dearborn, Mo. Brooks added, “Income over feed larly, though some of that has been countered by costs were above the $8 per cwt. level needed for increases in the Midwest. The slaughter rate is tell- steady to higher milk production for the second time ing, she concluded. Rates popped in the summer since January. Input prices were lower, but all three months when the Class III plunged to $13.77 in commodities were in the top five for October all July. Culling has since pulled back but is up 2.6 per- time. Feed costs were the fifth-highest ever for the cent from a year ago. The October herd was down month of October and the 61st highest of all time.

42,000 from a year ago and she believes that will The ratio was below the five-year average for the play out in 2024.

17th month running, as the average ratio for n October is 2.18.

Falling feed prices for the sixth month in a row n and another boost in the All Milk Price nudged the Cash dairy prices started December varied. The milk feed price ratio higher for the fourth consecucheddar blocks crept up 2 cents on Nov. 27, but tive month. The USDA’s latest Ag Prices report put headed lower from there — closing Dec. 1 at $1.52 the October ratio at 2.03. This is up from 1.89 in per pound. This is down 7 cents on the week (the September and 1.90 in October 2022, and the highlowest since July 17), down 16.5 cents from its Nov. est since March 2022.

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The barrels also finished Dec. 1 at $1.52, up 8 cents on the week, 15.25 cents lower on the month, and 37.75 cents below a year ago. There were 14 sales of block on the week and 51 for the month of November, down from 69 in October. Barrels totaled 16 for the week and 58 for the month, down from 66 in October.

Milk availability defied expectations the week following Thanksgiving, says Dairy Market News. Spot milk prices reached $2.50 under Class III over the weekend, but bounced back to $1 over with no subClass prices being reported at midweek. Last year, below-Class prices during the holiday week continued into the following week.

Cheese demand is holding a steady pattern, says Dairy Market News, and any extra cheddar loads are generally spoken for among regional contacts.

Butter shot up to a Dec. 1 finish at $2.655 per pound, up 15.5 cents on the week, down 48.75 cents on the month, and 24.5 cents below a year ago. Six loads were traded on the week and 65 for the month, up from 36 in October.

Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.1950 per pound on Nov. 29, but closed two days later at $1.18.

This is a half-cent lower on the week, three-quarter cents lower on the month, and 18 cents below a year ago. There were 18 sales reported on the week and 32 for November, down from 52 in October. n In politics, the United States, Mexico and Canada Free Trade Agreement, negotiated by the Trump Administration, will not be as beneficial as expected for the U.S. dairy industry. A Nov. 24 ruling by a USMCA dispute panel allows Canada to continue to restrict dairy access the United States had negotiated for in the pact, and “weakens the agreement’s value to the U.S. dairy industry,” according to the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

An earlier panel ruled in January 2022 that Canada had improperly restricted access to its market for U.S. dairy products. In response, Canada made insufficient changes to its dairy tariff rate quota system — resulting in an outcome which still fell far short of the market access the United States expected to receive. To address that shortcoming, the United States brought a second case to challenge the changes that Canada instituted. The panel announced Nov. 24 that Canada was not obligated to make further changes.

NMPF urged Ambassador Tai and U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack to “look at all available options to ensure that Canada stops playing games and respects what was negotiated.”

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Rural Forum is a learning experience for young and old

By PAUL MALCHOW The Land Managing Editor MANKATO, Minn. — Mankato’s annual Rural Forum certainly wasn’t showing its age on Nov. 30 as a record crowd gathered at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center. “We had over 300 people register this year,” said GreenSeam President Sam Ziegler. “We came close to having to turn people away.”

This is the 40th year for the Rural Forum.

Started by the Minnesota Ag Women’s Association and University of Minnesota Extension, the event is now sponsored by GreenSeam. This is GreenSeam’s fifth year of sponsoring.

made up of Democrat State Representative Samantha Vang of Brooklyn Park, Republican State Representative Bjorn Olson of Fairmont, and Republican State Senator Bill Weber of Luverne.

Vang chairs the Ag Policy and Finance Committee. Olson and Weber serve on the Tax Committee.

While Vang touted the recent state legislative session as “most satisfying,” both Olson and Weber railed about taxes and spending. “Less than one percent of our spending is on agriculture,” Olson said. “I think that’s a problem.”

Weber said the legislature’s ag homestead exemption was “a tremendous help to family The Rural Forum is an opportunity for public farms.” He did have issues with new education leaders to connect with various members of the programs increasing costs to school districts. agriculture community. Representatives of area “These pilot programs will guarantee tax levies ag industry, education, manufacturing and for local school districts,” Weber said. “That’s research sat down for dinner and discussion.

Photo by Paul Malchow just higher taxes in a different form.”

GreenSeam Board Chair Gary Koch wel- The legislative panel at GreenSeam’s Nov. 30 Rural Forum was made up of Olson and Weber, whose districts border comed attendees, thanking them for hard work (left to right) Republican State Senator Bill Weber of Luverne, Republican neighboring states, pointed out the disparity and resourcefulness. “In times of struggle and State Representative Bjorn Olson of Fairmont, and Democrat State Represen- between taxes in Iowa and South Dakota in times of stress there are also opportunities,” tative Samantha Vang of Brooklyn Park. Moderating the panel was Greater comparison to Minnesota. “I wish I could say Mankato Growth Executive Vice President Andy Wilke (far right).

Koch reminded the audience. you get what you pay for, but that isn’t the reduction of crop protection products,” Reiter said. case,” Olson said.

Minnesota FFA President Katie Ketchum took the “There needs to be more acceptance to these practicpodium to share her FFA experiences and the impores. Social media makes this even more challenging. See RURAL FORUM, pg. 16 tance of ag education. “There continues to be a disPeople without scientific background make stateconnection from agriculture,” she warned. “But agriments that aren’t true.” culture is not just farmers. Agriculture is everyNew to the Rural Forum this year was an energy where.” panel made up of Brian Werner, executive director of One of the features of the Rural Forum is participaMinnesota Bio-Fuels; and Pam Gorman Prochaska, tion from students from a number of learning instigeneral manager of Xcel Energy’s nuclear fleet opertutions in the area. Ziegler said 75 students were ations. placed at various tables to tell their stories and ask “Ethanol is the story of ag innovation,” Werner said. questions.

“We are working diligently toward net-zero ethanol Kaden Ernst of rural Northfield attends South by making plants more efficient, employing climateCentral College in Mankato, studying ag business smart agriculture, and improving carbon capture and and management. He plans to return to his family’s sequestration.” farm after graduation. “I think there are a lot of Gorman Prochaska spoke of Minnesota’s nuclear things I’m learning that I can bring back,” he said. “I hope I can bring new ideas and perspectives to help power plants in Monticello and Prairie Island. She said Xcel is working to eliminate coal-based energy make the farm more profitable.” production in the next 20 years. She added wind and Keynote speaker at the Rural Forum was Bob solar energy are an important piece in Minnesota’s Reiter, head of the Research and Development Crop energy future, but nuclear power provides a reliable Science Division of Bayer. Reiter said agriculture source of energy when weather conditions are not today is faced with producing more with less in a favorable. changing climate. He cited examples of developing Both Werner and Gorman Prochaska bemoaned the rice hybrids to grow on dry land; short-statured corn which is more resistant to wind and allows for higher current chaos in Washington which is taking the plant populations; and developing pennycress as a focus away from important legislation such as govcover crop to grow between corn and soybean rota- ernment funding and the farm bill. On the state side, both agreed a more streamlined, consistent permittions. ting process is needed for energy projects. “Permits Reiter said advancements in ag research are hamcan take two years to go through,” said Werner. pered in two areas. He stated $200 billion was spent “That’s just too long. A lot can change in two years. In on pharmaceutical research last year while only $10 some cases the permit process has to start all over billion was spent on agriculture research. He added again.” the general public needs a better understanding of The evening concluded with a legislative panel how we produce food. “There is a public calling for a

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Next year’s forum is Dec. 5 RURAL FORUM, from pg. 15 Weber said the tax differential entices businesses to cross the border to set up shop; but farmers don’t have that luxury. “You can’t just move your farm,” he reasoned. “We keep beating the drum, but no one is paying attention.”

None of the three politicians were sure if another bonding bill was in the future for the 2024 session. “Too early to say,” said Vang. Olson added “Minnesotans are tired of spending money.” Weber was more definite.

“There will not be one in light of the bonding bill this year. But we’ll have to see what the economy looks like next year.”

As for what the trio would like to see happen with future legislation, Vang

said we need to find a way to make college more affordable. She added the three items she hears most about are housing, child care and health care.

Olson said he would like to see more trade classes offered in high school — enabling graduates to go right into the work force and ease labor shortages.

He also pointed out colleges are too focused on amenities to attract students and not on education. Weber added four-year colleges need to look at the degrees they offer and if those degrees actually prepare students to enter the work force.

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Trees will regrow from the stump with proper care

ENZENAUERS, from pg. 10 cent of their trees planted result in a nice saleable tree. While disease and pests don’t present much of a concern, Scott and Donna do factor in damage from male deer rubbing their antlers on the tree.

The recent dry conditions are a big change for the farm. “We put in tile line to remove the excess water, so we’ve never been set up with irrigation at all,” Scott stated. He added if these conditions keep up, they may look into it.

“I haven’t had any problems with the dry conditions with white pine,” Scott remarked. “The firs are a little touchy.” He noted the Scotch pines have struggled and they’ve lost 100 percent of the Black Hills spruce seedlings over the last three years.

Fortunately, those two varieties together only total five percent of their trees.

Besides the planning involved, the Christmas tree business also consists of fieldwork throughout the year. Next year’s seedlings will be planted in the spring, and Scott stated he aims to get fertilizing done in mid-May. “You want to do it before they start to grow at all, before bud break. Because the only time the trees are really taking up that nitrogen is when they’re actively growing, so you want to get it on the ground, get some rain on it before they really start.”

Once each tree reaches the two-and-a-half to threefoot tall mark, they are sheared yearly to ensure they grow new buds and fill in nicely. Scott stated their long-needled pines are sheared around the Fourth of July; and the short needled trees — the firs and spruce — are done at the end of August to early

September. “If you cut them too late, they won’t set new buds and they won’t regrow,” he stated.

At times, trees may get too big and need to be cleared out to start over again. They utilize those boughs for the couple hundred wreaths they make each year. And with a laugh, Scott added, “Trees are like people, you know — it’s genetics. Some trees just will not shape up.”

Depending on how a tree is cut, they can grow a new one right off the stump. Fir trees do especially well with this, Scott noted. “When they’re first getting started they look really weird, but then we’re able to be train them and shape them. They actually grow much better off of a stump, because they have all that root established in the ground for nutrients.

We’re having really good luck with that.”

Scott added, “White pines will grow so fast from a seedling anyway that there isn’t a lot of advantage to putting in the extra time of the training.” The firs take Scott ten years to yield an eight-foot tree, so he sees the advantage. “Off of a stump, I can probably turn one in five or six years.”

Along with welcoming new customers, the Enzenauers also enjoy seeing their repeat regulars each year. “There’s families that were young couples when we got started where they had just toddlers with them, and now those kids are coming with their own. That is pretty neat,” Scott remarked. Their farm has even been the site for at least one marriage proposal. “It was a nice, beautiful night,” Scott said, “and all of a sudden we hear this gal just screaming out there, and we thought, ‘Uh-oh.’ But it was all good!”

Enzenauer Evergreens’ final weekend of this season is Dec. 9 and 10. The farm is located at 9888 420th St. Kenyon, Minn., and they will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trees available for harvest are tagged with the price, height, and variety listed.

Leashed dogs are welcome. (A humorous sign upon entrance reads “Unleashed pets will be recruited for reindeer.”) Hand saws are available, and tree shaking and baling is free of charge.

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NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE: Baumalight, tree PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, stump grinder, 3 pt hitch, 55, 50 Series & newer trac- PTO drive, $4,000. tors, AC-all models, Large 507-640-0146 Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829

6 , Wanted , , All kinds of New & Used farm e equipment - disc chisels, field g cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507r 438-9782 s rWANTED: Bobcat S185, 590, 650, 66, or similar. ALSO WANTED: New Holland manure spreader 185 or 195 and Featherlite gooseneck cattle trailer.

Calls only 320-248-5394 WANTED: Late 90s–early 2000s JD tractor 8000 series.

ALSO WANTED, Brent 544 or 644 gravity box and Kwik Kleen grain cleaner. Call/ text 320-293-0926 WANTED:JOHN DEERE tractors, running or not, from 1950 to 1980. Parts also wanted and old plows.

507-380-4380 WANTED TO BUY: Used John Deere coulter assembly for John Deere 3710 lowboard plow. 507-383-0235

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Upcoming Land Auctions December 21 ± acres farmland Quality configuration for efficient farming Offered in two parcels via choice and privilege

January 5 ± acres farmland Excellent soils with a combined CPI of 92.75 Two parcels offered individually or in combination

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252.96 +/- ACRES OF JACKSON COUNTY FARMLAND/ RECREATIONAL LAND AT PUBLIC AUCTION Thursday December 21st 2023 at 10:00 A.M

Auction Location - The auction will be held at the at the Lakefield American Legion Hall 413 Main Street in Lakefield, MN , Minnesota AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Our company is honored to have been selected to handle the Julia B. Kilen Farmland/Recreational land at public auction! Farmers and Hunting enthusiast, these are must see properties. Tracts #1&#2 have a combination of high quality tillable farmland along with wooded and grassland acres, Tract #3 is made up exclusively of woods/grassland and old building site, this property would make an excellent place to build a new home or hunting cabin. This tract has excellent hunting potential with it being boarded by the Des Moines River and State Park and the possibilities are endless with this tract. And we look forward to seeing you at the auction. Thank You, Randy Information booklets are available by going to our web site at randybuntjerauctionandrealtyllc.com or by contacting Randy Buntjer Auction & Realty LLC @ 507-360-2650.

Land location: From the North edge of Lakefield, MN 1 mile North on Hwy. #86 then 6 miles east on Co. Road #16 THEN 1 MILE North on 510th Ave, Or from Jackson, MN. 3 miles North on Hwy #71, then 3 miles west on Co. Road #16 then 1 ½ miles North on 510th Ave. Legal Description-Tract #1: 80.00+/- acres in the East ½ of Northeast ¼, Section 20, Belmont Township: Jackson County, Minnesota.

Soil Types: Delft, Clarion, Glencoe, Nicollet, Mayer, Estherville loams. Based off Surety mapping the overall Productivity Rating on the farm is 92.80, with the tillable having a CPI of 95.10.

FSA & General Information: According to the Jackson County FSA Office this tract of land has 42.13 Effective DCP cropland acres with a Corn base of 20.40 acres, and a PLC yield of 139 Bushels. The Soybean base is 12.20 acres; with a PLC Yield of 42 bushels. This tract does contain a wetland. The CER on the tract is 79.87 Legal Description-Tract #2: 119.00+/- acres West ½ of Northwest ¼ Except 1 acre & Northwest ¼ of Southwest ¼, Section 21, Belmont Township: Jackson County, Minnesota.

Soil Types: Delft, Clarion, Glencoe, Nicollet, Terril-Swanlake and Belview loams. Based off Surety mapping the Productivity Rating on the farm is 86.20 overall, with a CPI of 94.60 on the tillable acres FSA & General Information includes tracts 2&3: According to the Jackson County FSA Office this tract of land has 86.43 Effective DCP cropland acres with a Corn base of 41.90 acres, and a PLC yield of 139 Bushels. The Soybean base is 25.10 acres; with a PLC Yield of 42 bushels. These tracts do contain a wetland. The CER on the tract #2 is 83.42. Tract#3 has no CER rating Legal Description Tract #3 - 53.96+/- acres Lots 7-14 in sub. SW ¼, Section 16, Belmont Township: Jackson County, Minnesota. Tract #3 is made up exclusively of woods/grassland and old building site, this property would make an excellent place to build a new home or hunting cabin. This tract has excellent hunting potential, with it being boarded by the Des Moines River and State Park and the possibilities are endless with this tract.

Taxes & Assessments: Tract #-1 Taxes -$1,826.00: Tract #2- Taxes: $3,652.00: Tract #3-Taxes $728.00 Possession: Will be granted upon closing, when final settlement has been made.

Auction Terms: The successful Buyer(s) at the conclusion of the auction will enter into a Purchase Agreement / Contract and shall make a 10% NON-refundable earnest money down-payment immediately after the auction. A Marketable Title will be conveyed to the buyer/buyers. The sale will NOT be contingent upon any buyer financing. The unpaid balance will be due on or before January 24th 2024 on each tract. The buyer is responsible for all real estate taxes that are due and payable in 2024 and thereafter. Property is being sold “AS IS”, property is being sold subject to any easements including road, drainage, utility or other easements of record or pending. The sellers do not warranty or guarantee that existing fences lie on the true boundary and any new fencing, if any, will be the responsibility of the purchaser pursuant to MN statutes. The buyers are responsible for all inspections of the property prior to their purchase of it. The sale is subject to the seller’s approval. Any statements made at the auction may take precedence over any printed information. Auction Company & Staff represent the seller in this transaction. The information contained in this sale bill and other information provided by the sellers & their agents is believed to be correct, but is not guaranteed. Any lines on ALL maps including drainage maps are for informational purposes only and are not guaranteed to actual boundary lines of property or location. The buyers shall make themselves familiar with the property and verify all information & data for themselves.

Julia B. Kilen Trust, Owner Benjamin Vander Kooi JR, Closing Attorney Sale Arranged and Conducted By

Randy Buntjer Lic. 53-18 Phone 507-360-2650

AUCTIONEERS: Duane Mulder Jim VonHoltum Lic. 67-44 Lic. 53-10 Phone 507-220-3558 Phone 507-220-3556

J.J. VonHoltum Lic. 67.80 Phone 507-227-8029

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14118 414th Ave Andover, SD 57422

OPENS: MON., DECEMBER 11 | CLOSES: WED., DECEMBER 20 @ 2PM CST 2023

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

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Miller’s Canvas Shop 920-787-1994

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Steffes Group is pleased to offer the Scott Anderson line of equipment. All items field ready with meticulous maintenance.

Swine FOR SALE: Yorkshire, Hampshire, Duroc, cross bred boars, and gilts. Top quality.

Excellent herd health. No PRSS. Delivery available.

320-760-0365 Spot, Duroc, Chester White, Boars & Gilts available.

Monthly PRRS and PEDV. Delivery available. Steve Resler. 507-456-7746

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SCOTT ANDERSON FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION Scott Anderson, 402.304.6017 Randy Kath, Steffes Group, 701.429.8894

SteffesGroup.com | 320.693.9371 Steffes Group, Inc., 23579 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN 55355

Complete terms, lot listings and photos at SteffesGroup.com, Steffes Group, Ashley Huhn, MN47-002 | Eric Gabrielson, MN47-006 | Randy Kath, MN47-007

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MOWER COUNTY: Approx 240 acres, tile, 84.2 CPI. MLS# 6455129 NEW LISTING! DODGE COUNTY: Approx. 120 Acres Prime, Top Producing Farmland, 94.6 CPI, Pattern Tiled. MLS# 6370880 SOLD! MOWER COUNTY: Approx. 295.29 Acres Prime Farmland, 92 CPI, Pattern Tiled. MLS# 6407214 SOLD! FILLMORE COUNTY: Approx. 155.11 Total Acres, 87.16 Acres CRP and Approx 50 Acres wooded Land. MLS# 6425733 SOLD!

Full Farm Management Services Ensure Asset Preservation, Conservation, Negotiate Leases and Terms to Fit Ever Changing Industry Trends.

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FOR SALE: Shuffleboard Model #BL-T-003, 10 ft, black cherry, good condition, $400.

Mankato area. Available for pickup only. Call Alex 507-351-4043 PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS New pumps & parts on hand.

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Staff Writer Laura Cole.

Danish delight

M

y mother told me we should arrive at Danebod’s Christmas Shoppe event early, and she was right.

On Dec. 2, Danebod hosted its annual Danish Christmas — a day filled with traditional celebration, food, and fellowship. Well before the official start time of 2 p.m., attendees were lined up and ready for the festivities to begin.

The Danebod complex is located within Tyler, Minn, and is brimming with Danish history. According to their website, the colony was established by a church organization. Besides the Lutheran church which continues to hold weekly services, there are several buildings on the grounds including the Folk School which was built in 1888, the Stone Hall which followed a year later in 1889, the Gym Hall, and lodging facilities. The holiday happenings are held in a few of the buildings, which are decorated mainly with red and white — the colors of the Danish flag.

The afternoon started in the Gym Hall with the Julebuttiker — or Christmas Shoppes. Arriving 25 minutes prior did not make us first in line, though we were able to secure a spot inside the entryway. Once the doors were opened, the crowd browsed the tables full of Danish coffee cakes of various fillings, as well as handmade craft items and other baked goods — including homemade lefse. Many shoppers utilized boxes for all of their selections. Rev. Megan Eide stated the funds go to Danebod’s WELCA group (Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America).

During this same time, refreshments were served in the Stone Hall. Built with native field rock, the website states the rock

was “hauled in by farmers and split and shaped by a Danish stone mason named Kristian Klink.” The Stone Hall originally served as the community’s first church, and was later used as a gym and an assembly hall. It now functions as a museum with many historical items for visitors to view.

The Danish supper held in the Folk School Dining Room was served by Danebod’s Youth League, and the proceeds help fund missions trips and various events throughout the year. The meal included roast pork, meatballs, sausage, many sides, and desserts.

While many town residents attend the event each year, there are also plenty who make the drive from surrounding communities and even out of state. Vernon Andersen has made the trek from South Dakota on several occasions. He enjoyed his meal and commented, “This is a tradition that I hope they continue with.”

The final event of the day brought the festivity-goers back to the Gym Hall to sing Christmas carols and dance around the Christmas tree. The lights dimmed and two rings were formed around the tree. With hands joined, each ring of carolers moved in alternating directions as songs were sung, including “Nu er det jul igen” (Now it is Christmas again). The final song that concluded the night was “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and applause followed in appreciation for the full day of festive traditions.

To learn more about the history of Danebod, as well as the community’s various offerings, visit their website at https://danebodlutheran.org/. v

Tyler, Minn.