August 2012

AUGUST 2012

Vol. XIII No. 7 P.O. Box 306 Valier, MT 59486-0306

Phone 406-279-3291 Fax 406-279-3249 website: tradersdispatch.com E-MAIL: trader@3rivers.net

Hay Hotline adds provision for fire-related forage donations Ranchers who lost forage due to wildfires and individuals who wish to donate hay or temporary use of pasture land can now communicate those desires on the automated Hay Hotline administered by the Montana Department of Agriculture.

“Between the fires and the dry hot weather, we lost a lot of range land for livestock to graze. The Hay Hotline is a resource farmers and ranchers can use to donate hay or offer their pasture for grazing to those in need,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer.

The Hay Hotline was created during the early 2000s drought years and was recently automated to enable the use of home computers to connect forage buyers with sellers.

Details can be found at: http://agr.mt.gov/Producer/HayHotline/. A wildfire-related category has been added to a dropdown box under “Select Forage Type” to enable donors to exchange contact and other information with people in desperate need of hay or pasture land.

Individuals who need assistance using the hotline can call the department at (406) 444-2402. Individuals wishing to communicate about other wildfire-related assistance should contact local authorities in the affected counties.

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Aug. 18, Stan Howe & Associates/Front Range Auctioneers, Jones Estate, Trego.................................................................................................................A2 Aug. 19, Hagedorn Auction, Wife/Mae Estate Liquidation, Livingston.............A2 Aug. 22, Kamerman Auction Co., Standley & Co. of Montana Liquidation, Belgrade.................................................................................................................A3 Aug. 22, Big Iron, Online......................................................................................A5 Aug. 23, Shobe Auction & Realty, Calvert Real Estate & Personal Property, Lewistown.......................................................................................................A19 Aug. 25, Burow’s Auction Service, Hencz Auction, Big Sandy.......................A11 Aug. 25, Salsibury Auction Service, Tackitt Ranch Disbursement, St Ignatius... .........................................................................................................................A17 Aug. 25, RK Statewide Auctions, Shanley Auction, Glendive.........................A14 Sept. 1, Kinsey Auctioneers, Hurlbert Farm Equipment, Baker......................A21 Sept. 1, Ophus Auction Service, Nemetz Retirement Auction, Chinook........A13 Sept. 1, RK Statewide Auctions, Jonutis Real Estate, House & More, Glendive. .........................................................................................................................A15 Sept. 5, RK Statewide Auctions, Richland County Land, Sidney...................A23 Sept. 8, RK Statewide Auctions, Darrah Estate, Glendive...............................A25 Sept. 13, Montana Land Auctions Inc, Real Estate Auction, Dillon..................A9 Sept. 15, Shobe Auction & Realty, Thomsen Estate, Lewistown....................A30 Sept. 22, Jedlicka Auctioneer, Consignment, Three Forks................................A5 Sept. 28, Shobe Auction & Realty, Foreman Estate, Winifred.........................A26 Oct. 2, Fritz Auction, Windy Rim Farm Retirement, Ethridge............................A3 Oct. 14, Jim Ellis Auctioneer, Antique Bit & Spur & Western collectibles, Victor....................................................................................................................A33

NRCS offers wildfire recovery assistance

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering technical and financial assistance to landowners impacted by wildfires throughout Montana.

NRCS has set aside funding through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program to assist with livestock grazing deferment, weed control, critical area plantings, and, in some instances, livestock fencing.

“NRCS in Montana is prepared to assist landowners deal with the effects of wildfires and dry weather conditions,” said Joyce Swartzendruber, NRCS state conservationist for Montana. “We want to work with landowners to help them reclaim their grazing operations.”

High winds, low humidity and prolonged dry conditions led to the recent wildfires in several Montana counties, and many landowners are faced with making plans for rangeland continued on page a2 recovery.

Work continues on the new bridge just outside of East Glacier across the Two Medicine River. The new structure is HUGH compared to the old bridge (left side of picture).

Owners of fire-impacted property, forestlands may qualify for property tax relief

Montana property owners whose homes or forestlands burned during this summer’s wildfire season may be eligible for significant property tax relief, and are encouraged to contact their local Montana Department of Revenue office for assistance.

“We express sincere sympathy to those Montanans whose homes, lands and other property have been damaged or destroyed by this year’s wildfires,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer. “We want them to be aware that we can provide some property tax relief.”

A property owner whose home or outbuildings were partially or totally destroyed by wildfire, rendering the property unsuitable for its previous use, may be eligible for property tax relief. The tax relief is prorated based on the number of days in the tax year that the property was unusable. The relief is available for the current tax year. Property owners must complete Form AB-25 to apply for the property tax relief. The application should be completed by December 31, 2012.

In addition, a forestland owner whose standing timber has been destroyed by wildfire during 2012 will receive a reduction in the assessed value for 20 years beginning with the 2013 tax year. The land impacted by the wildfire must have been classified as commercial forestland by the Department of

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Revenue prior to the loss. Forestland owners must complete Form AB-26. The AB-26 can be completed at any time following the loss.

Both Form AB-25 and Form AB-26 are available at all Department of Revenue local offices. The forms also can be downloaded from the department’s website at www. mt.gov/revenue “This tax relief is significant for affected property owners throughout the state,” said revenue director Dan Bucks “It will assist Montanans in recovering after a devastating wildfire season.”

Montana property owners who expericontinued on page a3

PRIVATE TREATY

Feddes Herefords, Manhattan.......................................A7 Ehlke Herefords, Townsend...........................................A7 Rafter Ranch Inc., Wise River........................................A7 Peterson Sheep Co., Lemmon, SD................................A5

LIVESTOCK SALE

Sept. 2, Montana Breeders Group, AQHA Horse Sale, Great Falls..................................................................A4 Sept. 8, Choteau Sheep Expo, Ram & Ewe Sale, Choteau................................................................................A6 Sept. 14, Churchill Cattle Co., Production Sale, Manhattan...............................................................................A7

Deadline for September August 31

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NRCS offers wildfire recovery assistance

CAT CHALLENGER FOR SALE

Cat Challenger 75 (serial# 4CJ325) 7150 hours. Excellent condition with 0 hours on $9000 repair at T&E. Belts at 60%+, new fluids. 3-point with swinging drawbar. Field-ready........$49,900 16-ft. landroller.....................................................................$4250 (3) terra tires, size 44x41x20, 10 ply, (2) on Dayton rims, used very little. All for................................................................$1000 Call Bob Lassila at (406) 727-8235 or cell 788-7422

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Landowners impacted by recent wildfires are encouraged to contact their local NRCS district conservationist to seek assistance. NRCS can provide technical and financial assistance to install measures that reduce post-fire damage and aid in the rehabilitation process.

NRCS accepts conservation program applications yearround; however, applications for 2012 wildfire recovery funding must be submitted by July 27, 2012. Applications made after the deadline will be considered in the next funding cycle.

“We want to provide assistance that will help landowners and livestock producers accelerate the recovery of affected grazing land,” Swartzendruber said.

Landowners should visit their local NRCS office to apply for EQIP. Applications will be ranked, and those approved for funding will be offered a contract.

Additional information is available from the local USDA Service Center, which can be found at www.mt.nrcs.usda. gov/contact/offices/localoff.html.

UW offers suggestions to help reduce wildfire risks

AUC ION

STAN HOWE

Since 1982

The Estate of Ernestine Jones

Saturday August 18 - 10 AM Glacier Ridge Ranch Resort - Trego, MT

Ernestine was an ardent collector of quality art and especially loved the art work of Maija, Terry Redlin , Chuck DeHaan & Bev Doolittle. Her eye for good matting and framing of her favorite art was unsurpassed and she framed her favorites to display in her lovely Trego home with no concern for cost. Her home was filled with walls of beautifully displayed art work, showcases of collectibles and fun things she just liked! . She loved Breyer horses and there are hundreds of them, most still in the original boxes. Her Precious Moments collection must be one of the most complete possible to assemble and her Painted Ponies collection is really outstanding. She loved dolls and her display of Marie Osmond dolls and many others filled every shelf of the “Museum Room” of their house, built just to display her collections.

We are now dispersing her collections so others may enjoy the art, collectibles and antiques she was so passionate about. If you are a collector, there is something here for your collection, if you are a dealer, this will be an opportunity to purchase inventory that does not come up often in Montana. With the winter season and the Holidays on the horizon, there are sure to be pieces that will fit in with your inventory & be good sellers in the coming months.

There are over 100 prints - framed and unframed -- a few original works of art including a fine piece by Maiija; many pieces of jewelry ranging from costume to quality; some antiques & several modern China cabinets.

Prints by Bev Doolittle -- Terry Redlin-- Maija -- Fred Stone -- Chuck DeHaan + Native American, Equine art & more!

Motorcycles: 2002 Harley Davidson V-Rod, 1999 Dyna Wideglide & an older Electra Glide needing work. The V Rod & Dyna should be running and ready to ride home. They will sell at 1 PM.

200+ Breyer horses, most new in box -- some Tack & Equestrian items -- many Painted Ponies collectibles -100’s of pieces of Fashion Jewelry by Nolan Miller -- Heidi Daus & others + precious stone rings & more!! 100+ collector dolls -- Marie Osmond -- Strawberry Shortcake -- Cabbage Patch & many others.

Glassware -- Fenton -- newer Stained Glass Lamps -- 100’s of new in box collector cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, etc. -- 100’s of Precious Moments -- 100’s of Pound Puppies -- 100’s of collector plates -- Antique Butter Churn -- Furniture -- Comic Books -- Toys - Tonka & others +++++ Christmas - Christmas - Christmas!!

----- Bring your Big Truck and a Trailer -- Come early and plan to stay late --------- Plan on enjoying the Western Barbecue and the Wagon Rides -----Visit our web site for pictures and information!

Stan Howe & Associates ~ Front Range Auctioneers 4433 Red Fox Drive, Helena, MT 59602 406-949-3448 ~ stanhowemt@aol.com ~ www.frontrangeauctions.com

Glacier Ridge Ranch, Trego, MT ~ 406-882-4186 ~ www.glacier-ranch.com Since 1982 - Properly Organized ~ Widely Advertised - Honestly Sold - Promptly Settled

Landowners can reduce wildfire risks to houses, cabins and outbuildings by creating defensible spaces around them, according to wildfire experts.

Information about how to create defensible spaces and reduce wildfire risks to property is at http://www.uwyo.edu/ barnbackyard/resources/wildfire.html.

“With this spring’s unusually dry conditions, we are asking people to be especially careful with all types of fires around their property, and we urge them to implement defensible space practices around their homes and outbuildings,” says Bill Crapser, state forester with the Wyoming State Forestry Division (WSFD).

The website is part of Barnyards & Backyards, Rural Living in Wyoming by the Small Acreage Issue Team, which is a collaborative effort of the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension, WSFD and other land resource organizations in Wyoming.

Subjects in how-to articles and videos include creating defensible space around a house, cabin or outbuilding, firewise plants that can be used in landscapes and other steps to prepare for wildfire. There also is information about what to do after a wildfire. Other resource information also is available.

“The Barnyards & Backyards website is one of the best sites out there for practical information of interest to rural residents in our state,” says Jennifer Thompson, smallacreage outreach coordinator with UW Extension.

“Visitors can find information on a host of subjects including vegetable gardening, weed control, water-wise landscaping, tree care, windbreaks, pine beetle management, grazing management and more. The rich and useful content is the result of the efforts of resource professionals across the state.”

THE TRADER’S DISPATCH (USPS 019-793)

August 2012 — Vol. XIII No. 7 Published monthly by Trader’s Dispatch Inc., 402 Montana Ave., Valier, MT 59486-0306. Free on request to farmers, ranchers, heavy equipment owners and truckers in the Western United States.

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CRP emergency haying and grazing includes 49 counties

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new flexibility in the USDA Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that will provide much-needed help to Montana’s droughtaffected livestock producers effective immediately, said Bruce Nelson, former FSA administrator who has returned to his position as the State Executive Director for Montana Farm Service Agency.

As of July 30th, the following 49 out of 56 counties in Montana are authorized for emergency CRP haying and grazing: Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux and Yellowstone.

The seven Montana counties not eligible as of July 30th, are: Daniels, Hill, Liberty, Lincoln, Mineral, Sanders and Toole.

To take advantage of the emergency haying and grazing provisions, authorized producers can use the CRP acreage for their own livestock or may grant another livestock producer use of the CRP acreage upon written approval from the FSA county office. Haying must be completed by August 31, 2012. Grazing livestock must be removed from the CRP acres by September 30, 2012. A 10 percent payment reduction for CRP acres used will be assessed. Under these new provisions, CRP participants can sell or donate hay to any livestock producer(s).

Changes to Conservation Reserve Program: To assist farmers and ranchers affected by drought, Vilsack is using his discretionary authority to allow additional acres under CRP to be used for haying or grazing under emergency conditions. CRP is a voluntary program that provides producers annual rental payments on their land in exchange for planting resource conserving crops on cropland to help prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitat and improve the environment. Given the widespread nature of this drought, forage for livestock is already substantially reduced. This action to allow “abnormally dry” counties to be eligible for haying and grazing will increase available forage for livestock. Haying and grazing will only be allowed following the local primary nesting season, which ended on July 16th in Montana. Especially sensitive lands such as wetlands, stream buffers and rare habitats will not be eligible.

ECP Wildfire Program Authorized: On July 5th, Rosebud and Powder River counties were approved for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) for Wildfires.

In addition on July 27th the ECP proram was approved for “drought emerbency measures in Stillwater and Yellowstone counties.Those interested in this cost-share program available to help restore fences and conservation structures, should contact their FSA county offices.

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ence a fire-related loss of a dwelling also may be eligible for an income tax deduction. In addition, the department can issue replacement copies of property records, past-year tax returns or other revenue-related information that is lost in a wildfire.

For more information, contact your local Department of Revenue office or visit the department’s website at www. mt.gov/revenue

Deadline for September August 31

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Deadline for advertising in the September 2012 issue is FRIDAY, AUGUST 31.

ANIMAL FEED BUSINESS FOR SALE

Animal feed sales and delivery business for sale. Located in Manhattan, Montana, servicing the Gallatin Valley. In business for 22 years with established clientele. Seven different brands of feed sold. Owners health issues is reason for sale. Would require approximately $150,000 for warehouse, inventory and all equipment, depending on inventory at time of sale.

Excellent opportunity for someone who would enjoy owning their own business and is ready to go to work.

Call 406-586-7353 (home) or 406-599-3340 (cell)

Liquidation Standley & Co. of Montana

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22nd ~ 10:00 AM 1950 Amsterdam Rd., – Belgrade, MT

Directions: 2 miles West of Belgrade on Amsterdam Rd. – Just off of the Belgrade 1-90 interchange. Watch for signs!

Auctioneer’s Note: Standley & Co., Montana’s Dairy Center is closing its business and is offering their complete line of equipment, shop tools and inventory at public auction. This sale is not just for the dairy farmer...as you can see from the various categories we have a great line up of items for most repair shops and everything listed is in excellent condition. Take special note of the 2007 Freightliner. Auction is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 at 10 AM - come prepared to take your purchase home. See you on Sale Day! - Wes

TRUCKS, FORKLIFT & TRAILERS

*2007 Freightliner, M2, 106 High Roof Crew Cab, Detroit 900, 330 hp @1000 ft lbs of Torque with a Compression/Exhaust Brake, Allison 3000 HS Transmission, 10,000 lb Front Axle, 17,000 lb Rear Axle, Locking Rear Differential, 15000 lb Freightliner Air Ride Suspension, Air Ride 4-door Cab, Auxiliary Rear Heater, 75,000 miles – EXCELLENT CONDITION. (This item being sold w/ final bid price subject to owner approval) *2005 Ford F450 Pick-up, SD Crew Cab, 9’ Utility box, 6.0L Diesel, 140K miles, 4 door, auto. *1999 Trailmobile 28’ Air Ride Insulated Trailer, 5th wheel, Cooler, Tommy Lift – Very Nice. *Hyster Propane Fork Lift – 8700 hrs. *2006 Interstate 16’ enclosed trailer, lights & shelving – great condition. *1994 18 ½’ Flat bed Trailer. *14’ Homemade Flat bed Trailer.

SHOP TOOLS & SUPPLIES

*Wet Dry Vac *Pallet Jack *3 – Hand Trucks *Newer 55 Gal Drum Truck *2 – Battery Chargers *2 – Fastenal Bolt Bins w/ Bolts *Kennedy Chest Tool Box *Pipe wrenches, end wrenches, crescent wrenches + many misc. tools *Extension Ladder *2 – 6’ Ladders * 1 – 12’ Tripod Ladder * 3 – Bearing Pullers * Wilton Bench Vise * several clamps various sizes * Flaring & Swag Tool Kit

SHOP EQUIPMENT

*Thermal Arc Master Tig Welder 220V *Thermal Arc Stick Welder, 220V, Kohler 15 h.p., 99 hours *Millermatic Pass Port Wire Feed Welder, 110/220V *2 – Thunderbolt Miller Welders, 220V, (1 is AC/DC) *LTEC Heliarc Welder, Dry & Water cooled, 220V *Rockwell Floor Stand Drill Press *Sprunger Table Top Drill Press *Carolina Band Saw *Carolina 30T Hyd Shop Press *Carolina 4K Cherry Picker *2 – hydraulic floor jacks *Arrow Hart HD Chop Saw *Table Top Chop Saw *HD Grinders *High Speed Grinder *2 – 4” Grinders *½” Hand Cord Drill *6 – Pipe Stands w/ Rollers *Chain Vise & Stand *90 degree Right Angle Drill *Circular Saw *DeWalt 18 V Drill Saw Set *Magna Force 5 h.p. vertical Air Compressor, single phase *Generac 5000W Generator *Simpson Steam Cleaner, 3000 PSI, like new *Victor & Craftsman Torch & Gauges and cart *Parts Washer *DeWalt 18V Radio

SPECIALALTY DAIRY EQUIPMENT

*2 - Refrigerator Recovery Units *Refrigerator Vacuum Pump *6 – Refrigerator 40lb Cans *Infrared Thermometer *Electronic Scale *Electronic Thermometer *2 – Any Analyzers *RPM Tachometer *Rotation Indicator *3 – Vittohn Fluke Meters *2 – Refrigerator gauges *Electronic Leak Detectors *Flow Meter *Inflation Collapse Tool *Charging Cylinder Ref *Major Test Kit *Minor Test Kit *Mueller Free Heater *Pumps, Motors (2 ½ - 10 hp) *Compressors *Mueller Refrigeration Compressor * Air Compressor – 2 Stage 10 h.p. *Stainless Steel Wash Vat *2 – Air Purifier’s * New Water Softner

ANTIQUES & MISC

*Fairbanks Platform Scale, calibrated 01/2011 * 6 – Old Milk Buckets * Old Mercury Vacuum Gauge * Old Surge Signs *Old Misc. Dairy Equipment *Box of Run Capacitors * Box of Start Capacitors * R22 Freon – 30# canister * Recovery Cylinders *Spool Wire & Misc. Wire *Copper tubing *2-4” Stainless Steel Pipe *30’ – 3” Pipe *Large Assort Lacrosse Boots – insulated and non insulated * several boxes of paper towels, *several boxes Rubber Gloves *PVC Pipe *Compressor Stands *Double 5 Herringbone * 1 ¼ “ Galvanized Pipe & Gates *Chemicals, acids & dips * Wood Shelving w/ parts & Fittings * Inflations & Filters * DeLaval Plate Cooler * 8’ Baseboard Hot Water Heaters * Fluorescent Lights * Calf Cart * DeLaval/Germania Lighted Sign *Several books *+ Tons of Misc.

DeLaval, Surge & Germania parts

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

*2 – Dell Laptop Computers *Copier, Fax & Scanners * 3 Office Desks * 3 Tables * Filing Cabinets* Several Office Chairs

Viewing: Call Wes for Appointment or with questions.

Registration will begin @ 9 AM Day of the Sale ID Required.

Terms: Cash or Bankable Check

For more info & complete listing www.wkauction.net

KAMERMAN AUCTION CO.

Wes Kamerman (406) 282-6009 or (406) 580-2202

whkamerman@gmail.com

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DUMP TRUCK FOR SALE

1999 Ford Sterling L9513 dump truck.

Phone 406-799-6923

SEAMLESS POLY LINER 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft.

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• QuickSilver Liners • Durapro Liners • HMW Liners

• 1/3 Weight of Aluminum • UV Inhibitor & Food Grade • Chemical Resistant • 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4”, 3/8”, & 1/2” thick • 8-ft. or 10-ft. wide x Any length

Tired of Shoveling?

Haul dirt, landscaping materials, clay, sand, manure, rock, grain, etc.

ALSO Hot Asphalt Liners Available

NORTHWEST PLASTICS

1-406-293-3097 TOLL FREE 1-877-368-3097

Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days Set August 14-17

The 14th annual Soybean Management Field Days August 14-17 focuses on staying competitive in a global marketplace, increasing profits and meeting the world’s growing food and energy needs starting right here in Nebraska.

The field days are sponsored by the Nebraska Soybean Board in partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and are funded through checkoff dollars. The efforts of the checkoff are directed by the United Soybean Board promoting progress powered by U.S. farmers.

The field days will offer producers unbiased and research-based information to improve their soybean profitability.

The event consists of four stops across the state, each with replicated research/ demonstration plots, lunch and time for questions.

Producers can obtain ideas and insight about the challenges they face in producing a quality crop at a profitable price in today’s global economy.

Topics include: quest for the Holy Grail in soybean production; soybean seed treatments and foliar fungicides, growth enhancement interactions with herbicides; herbicidecarrier rate study; and managing land leases and soybean marketing. In addition, UNL

Extension’s BIT Mobile will be on hand for participants to visit and learn how to optimize irrigation efficiency and energy use with the SoyWater program. Participants also can tour the soybean variety development and breeding advancement plots.

As part of the “Bring a Farmer” promotion, two drawings will be held at each field site for 300 gallons of biodiesel/biodiesel blend. One is for “repeat attendees” (producers who have attended in the past) and who bring along new soybean producer attendees. Each repeat attendee will receive one entry for each new producer attendee that he or she brings that attends the field day. A second drawing will be held for new soybean producer attendees.

Winners will be selected from a random drawing of entries at each field site. Official rules are online at: ardc.unl.edu/soydays.

By participating in the Soybean Management Field Days, producers will see their checkoff dollars at work bringing leading technology and ideas to producers.

Presenters include university specialists, educators and industry consultants.

Agronomists, plant disease and insect specialists will be available to address production-related questions. Participants can bring unknown crop problems for complimentary identification.

The field days begin with 9 a.m. registration and conclude at 2:30 p.m. Free registration is available the day of the event.

Dates, locations and directions are: • August 14 - Tim Rowe Farm (Lexington) - From Lexington: From Junction of Highway 30 and Highway 21, go 2.6 miles north on Highway 21, then east 1/4 mile. Field site is on north side of the road.

(South side of SW 1/4 section).

• August 15 - Kracl Partnership Farm (O’Neill) - From O’Neill: From Junction 275 and Old 108, go 2.1 miles east on Old 108, then north 1/2 mile. Field site is on east side of the road. (SW corner of NW 1/4 section).

• August 16 - Keith Pillen Farm (Platte Center) - From Platte Center: From 4th and A streets (Bank of Valley corner), go 1.1 miles south on 280th Ave (A Street). Field site is on the west side of the road (0.1 mile south of bridge).

• August 17 - Nick, Ron and Kevin Hotovy Farm (David City). From David City: From Junction Highway 92 and Hwy Highway, go 1 mile east on Highway 92, then 3/4 mile north on county road. Field site is on east side of NW 1/4 section.

The field days are sponsored by the Nebraska Soybean Board in partnership with UNL Extension in the university’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and are funded through checkoff dollars. The United Soybean Board (USB), through soybean checkoff investments, is committed to making your checkoff pay off.

For more information about the field days and maps to sites, visit the Soybean Management Field Days (http:// ardc.unl.edu/soydays). Or contact the Nebraska Soybean Board at 1-800-852-BEAN or UNL Extension at 1-800-5298030.

Measures, plants to lessen fire risk

In fire-prone areas, property owners can take measures to minimize the risk of wildfire damage by creating a “defensible space” around the home or other buildings. Some of the ways to create more firewise landscapes include: • Planting lower-growing plants or groundcovers near the home to form low, dense mats with strong root systems • Avoiding the use of tall grasses close to buildings since they can ignite easily and burn rapidly • Mulching with rocks, gravel or other hardscaping around the foundation instead of pine bark, pine needles or other flammable mulches • Paving patio areas and creating raised beds to create firebreaks • Planting low-growing succulent shrubs rather than taller, resinous evergreen shrubs • Spacing trees so that tree crowns are 10 feet from each other • Pruning up dead limbs • Removing dried annuals or perennials • Raking up leaves and litter as they build up • Placing screens beneath decks to keep leaves or woody debris from collecting underneath • Keeping wood piles at least 30 feet away from the house • Providing open access for firefighting equipment that is not limited by fences, trees other obstructions • Keeping propane tanks a good distance from buildings, and taking care when refueling garden equipment • Using non-flammable outdoor furniture Selecting Firewise Plant Materials No plant species is entirely fireproof. Virtually any vegetation can fuel a fire but some species are more resistant than others. The following information can help property owners select more fire-resistant plant materials but where they are planted and how they are cared for can be just as important as the plants themselves.

• Planting a variety of sizes and species of plants in small, irregular clusters creates a better barrier than large masses of a single species • Groundcovers or other plants that grow close to the ground offer less fuel • Conifers or other plants are high in highly flammable resin, so it’s best to keep them thinned and pruned – especially close to the ground • Conifers with thick bark and long needles are more able to withstand fire • Salt-tolerant plants tend to be somewhat more fireresistant • Deciduous plants have higher moisture content, are less flammable and, when dormant, offer less fuel • Drought-tolerant plants tend to be more fire-resistant as they are likely to contain lots of moisture (succulents) or to shed leaves or needles during extreme drought • Plants with open, loose branches and minimal vegetation (currant and mountain mahogany) are less of a hazard, as are plants that grow slowly and need little pruning • Plants that can resprout following a fire, like aspen, will more quickly rejuvenate a landscape Here are some suggestions of firewise plants: Perennials and groundcovers: Artemisia, Bergenia, blanket flower (Gaillardia), bugleweed (Ajuga), candytuft (Iberis), columbine (Aquilegia), coral bells (Heuchera), Coreopsis, Cotoneaster, daylily (Hemerocallis), flax (Linum), Geranium, hens and chicks (Sempervivum), lambs ears (Stachys), pinks (Dianthus), Penstemon, primrose (Oenothera), pussytoes (Antennaria), red hot poker (Kniphofia), sage (Salvia), Sedum, snow in summer (Cerastium), violets, Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus), wild ginger (Asarum), wild strawberry (Fragraria), yarrow (Achillea), yucca.

Shrubs: Buffaloberry (Shepherdia), cherry and plum (Prunus), Cinquefoil (Potentilla), Currant and gooseberry (Ribes), Dogwood (Cornus), Honeysuckle (Lonicera), Lilac (Syringa), Mahonia, Mockorange (Philadelphus), mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus), ninebark (Physocarpus), rose (Rosa), sumac (Rhus).

Trees: alder (Alnus), ash (Fraxinus), Aspen, cottonwood and poplar (Populus), birch (Betula), Goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria), hackberry (Celtis), maple (Acer), willow (Salix). ##### One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted…”Look at that dead bird!”

Someone looked up at the sky and said…”where?” ##### Ancient Egyptians stuffed moldy bread inside wounds to treat infections.

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YEARLING RAMS FOR SALE

50 head yearling Genelink (SAMM) rams. Micron results available. Put some meat into your replacement ewe lambs without losing wool grade. Will hold for fall delivery. B-Ovis free flock.

Peterson Sheep Co. 701-376-3115 Lemmon, SD petersonsheepco.com

www.bigiron.com First Lots Scheduled to Close at 10:00 AM Central Time

Unreserved Auction ONLINE ONLY NO BUYERS PREMIUM FEE and NO RESERVES!!

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

2011 John Deere 7230 MFWD tractor, 7 hours 2010 John Deere 7230 MFWD tractor, 1011 hours 2010 John Deere 7130 MFWD tractor, 24 hours Case IH 7120 MFWD tractor, 6445 hours 2002 John Deere 6605 MFWD tractor, loader, 2053 hours (2) 2002 Hesston 8250S swathers 2000 New Holland TM 135 MFWD tractor, loader, 4302 hours 2008 Gehl 7810 skidsteer, 691 hours 2004 AGCO RT120A MFWD tractor, loader, 3966 hours Challenger MT765 tractor, 5999 hours 2006 Farm Pro 2420 MFWD tractor, loader 2011 John Deere 318D skid steer, 73 hours 2005 Kenworth 900 truck 2005 International 942 tandem axle truck 2007 Freightliner Classic truck (2) 1999 Mack 99 Maxi Cruise semi 2009 Jet 40-ft. grain trailer 2002 Transcraft D-Eagle RS2 53-ft. x 102-ft. drop deck trailer Brent 672 grain cart John Deere 770 BH motor grader, 8398 hours Cat 120 G motor grader 2004 New Holland TV145 bidirectional tractor, loader, 9477 hours 2002 Ford Expedition XLT 1976 John Deere 644 B payloader, 3599 hours.

Case 5801 loader backhoe, 3415 hours (44) tractors, (11) combines, (8) skid steers, (2) wheel loaders, (17) semi trucks, (1) dump truck, (18) straight trucks, (12) grain trailers, (3) tanker trailers, (3) livestock trailers, (12) balers, planting and tillage equipment, livestock equipment, haying equipment, lawn & garden, vehicles and much more. - 591 lots selling on this auction!

Do you have equipment to sell, call 1-800-937-3558 for your local representative.

The next BIGIRON.com auction is September 12!

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Jeff Jedlicka Statewide Auctioneer Professional Auction Services & Sales Management since 1983.

We conduct auctions of all types and specialize in...

• Farm / Ranch Auctions • Bull / Female Auctions • Horse Auctions • Machinery / Equipment Auctions OPEN CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

SAT. SEPT. 22 - 10 am Headwaters Livestock, Three Forks, Montana

Some items include: 2-1996 Yamaha 600 snowmobiles on 2-place aluminum trailer ~ 1953 GMC 660-gallon fire truck ~ John Deere 613 rotary mower ~ John Deere 700 4-ft. loader bucket ~ 1-New 305-gallon fire suppression system, slides in back of pickup ~ 6-ft. 3-point rock rake ~ 4-ft. 3-point box scraper. ~ Several shop tools and tool boxes Consignments coming in daily.

To consign quality equipment give us a call. “ When experience is a priority and honesty and integrity are the rule, contact us.”

Jeff Jedlicka Auctioneer • 406-396-4697 • 605-682-1313 • jedlickaauction.net

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A6

STRAW FOR SALE

Dryland malt barley straw. Mid-sized squares and rounds.

Feed quality. Delivery available.

Phone (406) 432-2845

PICKUP FOR SALE 1992 Ford F250 extended cab, 4x4, cab and chassis, 5 speed, weak motor.

Phone (406) 799-6923

Montana Hereford Association Tour, September 14 & 15, 2012

A Montana Hereford Association tour is scheduled for September 14 & 15 following the Churchill Cattle Co. sale. The tour will start in the Gallatin Valley and conclude at Gold Creek, Montana, traveling through Three Forks, Townsend, and Helena. Below is a brief outline of the tour.

September 14 – The first stop of the tour will be hosted by Feddes Herefords of Manhattan. The Feddes’ will be ready to host visitors immediately following the close of the Churchill sale. The Feddes program/ cattle will be displayed into the early evening. There will be refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres served at this stop. For those needing a motel room for the evening of September 14, MHA has reserved a block of rooms at the Fort Three Forks Motel at HWY 287 and I90 (406-285-3233). Call and state that you are part of the MHA tour.

September 15 – Breakfast is available at Wheat Montana next to the motel with a good variety. The first stop of the day will be at the Cooper Hereford Ranch at Willow Creek at 8:30 AM. The tour will depart from Cooper’s and head north on HWY 287 to Elhke Herefords near Townsend, arriving around 11:00 AM.

There will also be cattle displayed here by other MHA members. In addition to discussing the programs and viewing the cattle, Ehlkes will host the lunch meal for everyone.

Leaving Townsend around 1:30 PM, the tour will travel through Helena. We can schedule a short time at the State Capital building should there be an interest to do so. The tour will then travel over the Continental Divide on HWY 12 to Garrison, then take US I90 to Gold Creek.

The final stop of the tour will be at Thomas Herefords with a scheduled arrival of 3:30 PM. There will again be a number of additional MHA members displaying cattle.

Following the discussion of each program and viewing of the cattle, the Thomas’ will host the dinner meal and the tour will conclude.

There will not be a bus so please make your own travel arrangements. Pre-registration is not required, however it would be nice to let the committee know if you plan to attend.

For more information contact Bruce (406-544-1536), Tim (406-570-4711) or Tom (406-778-2320).

28th Annual Choteau

SHEEP EXPO

The only Private Treaty all-breed Ram and Ewe sale in Montana

65 Rams & Ewes Weatherbeater Building in Choteau, MT

Sat., September 8, 2012 Breakfast starts at 8:00 a.m. Auction at 12:00 noon

PREMIUM EWE ENTRIES McKay Suffolks - lamb Montana Sheep Co. Targhee - yearling Prairie Rose Suffolks - yearling/lamb

CONSIGNORS SUFFOLK

Industry related displays

McKay Suffolks Prairie Rose Suffolks West River Suffolks Bear Paw Sheep Co. Newman Suffolks

COLUMBIA Langhus Columbia

TARGHEE

Montana Sheep Co.

HAMPSHIRE Sunnyside Hampshire

Friday evening viewing

SOUTH AFRICAN MERINO CROSS Gene Langhus

all sheep will be exhibited in pens and sold at private treaty by the owners.

RAMS AND Ewes will be of good breeding quality.

All sheep inspected by veterinarian and sifting committee.

B-Ovis Free Sale Visit us at www.choteausheepexpo.com For more information call:

Brent Roeder (President) 467-2462 Tim Stutzman (V. President) 257-2569 Gayle Lucas 859-3890 Bill McKay 866-3368 Chad Walker 846-1277

Drought resources available on website

With daytime temperatures hovering around 100 degrees and drought conditions spreading across Kansas and other states, K-State Research and Extension has pulled together resources to help homeowners, farmers, and others manage their property and personal health.

The resources are available at Managing During Drought and Heat (http://www.ksre. ksu.edu/p.aspx?tabid=255).

The website includes links to information designed to help individuals, families, and crop and livestock producers.

It also includes information focused on lawns and gardens. The resources include news releases, fact sheets, publications, and video and audio interviews with a variety of specialists.

In addition, the site includes links to the Extension Disaster Education Network; the U.S. Drought Monitor, which gives a visual image of drought conditions across the United States; and the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. ##### It is illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles, according to Title 14, section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented in 1969. ##### Office desks have 400 times more bacteria than toilet seats.

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A7

Montana Hereford Directory www.montanahereford.org

Anderson Ranch

406-848-2588, Emigrant, MT

Banjo Ranch

406-425-1233, Molt, MT www.banjoranch.com

Bayers Hereford Ranch

Churchill Cattle Co

406-284-6421, Manhattan, MT www.churchillcattle.com

Curlew Cattle Co

406-293-5285, Libby, MT

406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT

Bear Paw Herefords

Dallas Polled Herefords

McMurry Cattle

Soulsby Hereford Ranch

406-578-2301, Wilsall, MT

M/D Herefords

406-778-2393, Baker, MT

406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

Higgins Bros

Merrimac Cattle Company

406-580-8255, Bozeman, MT

MJB Ranch

Genex Hawkeye West Guth Ranch Family

406-547-2213, Ringling, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co

Darrell Taylor Farms

Holden Herefords

406-739-4405, Fort Benton, MT

Bergum Family Farm

406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

406-432-2142, Galata, MT

Brillhart Ranch Co

406-947-2511, Musselshell, MT

Broken Pick Ranch

406-862-6418, Whitefish, MT www.brokenpickranch.com

Cherry Springs Ranch 406-662-3375, Bridger, MT

Duncan Ranch Co

406-735-4493, Geyser, MT

Dutton Hereford Ranch

Ned & Jan Ward Polled Herefords

406-846-1370, Deer Lodge, MT

307-672-3248, Sheridan, WY

Northern Agricultural Research Center

J Bar E Ranch

K & C Hereford

406-278-3406, Conrad, MT

406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT

Ewing Herefords

K.L. Slagsvold Herefords

406-452-6535, Power, MT Tim 406-570-4771, Manhattan, MT Dan 406-570-1602

Thomas Herefords

Dale Holfeldt

406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT

Elings Polled Herefords

Storey Hereford Ranch

406-639-2569, Lodge Grass, MT

406-459-5937, Helena, MT

406-266-4121, Townsend, MT www.ehlkeherefords.com

Sparks Herefords

406-279-3301, Valier, MT

Hultin Polled Herefords

Ehlke Herefords

406-566-2313, Stanford, MT

406-288-3459, Gold Creek, MT www.thomasherefords.com

406-357-3785, Lloyd, MT

406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT

Feddes Herefords

406-254-1247, Billings, MT www.mcmurrycattle.com

406-656-9034, Billings, MT www.crinet.com

406-773-5710, Vida, MT www.beeryherefords.com

Snowshoe Cattle Company

406-875-2138, Pompeys Pillar, MT

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT

Blue Heron Ranch

McKechnie Hereford Ranch

Sidwell Ranch

406-322-4425, Columbus, MT

406-432-2296, Shelby, MT

406-357-3216, Chinook, MT

406-787-5396, Culbertson, MT www.bergumfamilyfarm.com

McIntosh Ranch

406-492-7091, Avon, MT

406-835-2501, Glen, MT

Courtney Herefords

BB Polled Herefords

Fort Keogh Livestock Research

Garrison Ranches Inc

406-285-6985, Willow Creek, MT www.cooperherefords.com 406-828-4480, Alzada, MT

Contact Secretary (406) 538-8997

406-874-8200, Miles City, MT

Cooper Hereford Ranch

406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT

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406-265-6115, Havre, MT

Rafter Ranch

406-832-3219, Wise River, MT

Reich Bros

406-584-7571, Lindsay, MT

406-580-6676, Willow Creek, MT

Loyning Farms

Sand-Bayers Herefords

406-328-4095, Absarokee, MT

406-590-8059, Fairfield, MT

Tomlinson Herefords

Wang Polled Hereford Ranch 406-895-2410, Plentywood, MT

Westfeeds

406-252-5196, Billings, MT www.westfeeds.net

Wichman Herefords

406-538-8997, Moore, MT www.wichmanherefords.com

X Lazy P Ranch

406-277-3628, Belt, MT www.xlazypranch.com

A Hereford tour is planned for September 14-15, 2012 in southwest Montana, beginning in the Gallatin Valley and proceeding north and west from there. Contact Bruce (406-544-1536), Tim (406-570-4771), or Tom (406-778-2320).

Montana Hereford Association coordinates an annual Hereford-influenced feeder calf sale at Headwaters Livestock Auction, Three Forks, MT. Consigners brought 1,328 head to the 2011 sale where excellent prices were received. The volume of Hereford cattle has interested out-of-state buyers to attend. Many of the consignments are source and age verified with an immunization and weaning protocol that helps assure the quality of the feeder calves. For more information or to consign to the November 14, 2012 sale, please contact Jerry (406-425-1411), Justin (406-538-8997), or Della (406-266-4121).

The annual meeting of the Montana Hereford Association will be held on November 13, 2012 at Headwaters Livestock Auction, Three Forks, Montana.

Modest birth, massive meat Our production sale is any time you want.

We sell Hereford bulls and females by private treaty. Find out more at feddes.com.

Better yet, visit the ranch.

Feddes Herefords www.feddes.com 2009 Churchill Road Manhattan, MT 59741 tfeddes@msn.com Marvin Tim 406.570.4771 Dan 406.570.1602

Mountain Raised Herefords Since 1930 Registered Bulls Heifers

Commercial Calves Yearlings

by private treaty

Don, Liz and Yvonne Jones 64542 Hwy 43 Wise River, MT 59762 Phone (406) 832-3219

Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, MT Bulls for sale - private treaty

Hereford Genetics From Churchill There’s Nothing Else Like It!

Female Production Sale at the ranch

Friday September 14, 2012 Dale Venhuizen - (406) 580-6421 dale@churchillcattle.com

Churchill Sensation 028X

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A8

HAY HEAD, TRUCK CAB, DRIVE SPROCKET FOR SALE

New Holland 1116 14-ft. hay head, double sickle.

1967 - 1972 Chevrolet C50 truck cab.

New auger drive sprocket for New Holland 1112 swather.

Phone (406) 735-4464

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

New John Deere 9400 40-ft. field hitch.................... $4000 Great Plains 45-ft. air drill & cart ..............................CALL 3-Friggstad 43-ft. plows................................ $4500-$7000 Flexi-Coil 45-ft. rotary packer.................................$11,000 2003 Jet Stream 60-ft. computer sprayer................. $6000 5-John Deere LZ1010 drills with hitch.................... OFFER Melroe drill parts........................................................CALL Ford T880 tandem, 477 gas engine, 20-ft. box and hoist... .............................................................................. $9500 Massey Harris 750 shaker pan and shaft New Holland TR75 combine with 22-ft. header.........CALL 2-New Holland 12-ft. pick up headers with Rake Up attachment................................................................CALL New Holland TR70 combine for parts, 20-ft. header.CALL

Call (406) 781-1231 Brady, Montana

Pesticide training set for October in south-central Montana

Experts on Montana insects, pesticides, rodents and weeds will present half-day and all-day workshops from October 8 to 11 to help residents of 11 south-central Montana counties renew their private pesticide applicator licenses before the end of the year.

Individuals who wish to purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides on land they own, rent or lease need a private applicator license. Private applicators in Big Horn, Carbon, Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Stillwater, Sweetgrass, Wheatland and Yellowstone counties need to recertify by the end of 2012, said Cecil Tharp, pesticide education specialist with Montana State University Extension. Those 11 counties lie within Montana Private Pesticide District number five.

To help private applicators recertify before their licenses expire, the MSU Pesticide Safety Education and MSU Integrated Pest

Management programs will hold seven meetings over four days. The meetings will be held October 8 in Harlowton and Lewistown; October 9 in Big Timber and Columbus; October 10 in Hardin and Lame Deer; and October 11 in Billings All of the workshops will focus on pest management, but topics within those workshops may vary according to need.

Rodent control, for example, is covered in Big Timber, Billings and Columbus, while wireworms are covered in Columbus, Hardin and Lewistown. Sessions in Billings, Harlowton, Big Timber and Lame Deer address grasshopper management and many other topics.

Other workshop topics may include cheatgrass management in croplands, insect management in a forage alfalfa system, revegetating weed-infested range and pasture, cheatgrass, vertebrate pest control, pesticide safety, management of winter insect pests on livestock, Roundup-resistant Kochia, pesticide drift, and mode of action.

South-central Montanans can attend workshops in any of the 11 counties in their district. They don’t have to attend the workshop offered in their county, Tharp said. A variety of MSU experts and MSU Extension specialists and agents will conduct the training sessions.

Private applicators will receive three credits for attending either the morning or afternoon session and six credits if they attend all day.

Government and commercial applicators who attend either a morning or afternoon session will be qualified to receive three commercial/ government applicator credits towards the categories of dealer, demonstration and research, and agricultural plant pest control.

Montana has five private pesticide districts, with applicator licenses expiring in stages. The private applicator license certification cycle lasts five years.

Courses in the 2012 Pest Management Tour are open to the public and any applicator who wants to recertify, but pre-registration is often required, especially in locations that offer a free lunch to attendees. Attendees should contact their local Extension agent and pre-register.

For locations, contact information and topics to be covered at each meeting, check the Pesticide Safety Education Program website at www.pesticides.montana. edu and select “2012 Pest Management Tour Throughout South-Central MT.” For more information, contact Tharp at ctharp@montana. edu or (406) 994-5067. ##### Church happenings: There will be a rummage sale next Saturday. Ladies, please leave your clothes in the basement.

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A9

Real Estate AUCTION

Dillon, MT - September 13 - 2012, 7:30 PM +/- 1653 total acres to be offered to the public at auction Offered as one contiguous unit

Property Highlights: The ranch is accessible year round located in the center of a tremendous recreation paradise. 30 minute paved access to Interstate 15. +/- 10 minutes from the Grasshopper Inn & Restaurant, Elkhorn Hot Springs and the Maverick Mountain Ski Lodge. The property contains +/- 3/4 mile of Grasshopper Creek, borders Forest Service and BLM lands. A modern 2-bedroom cabin provides comfortable housing for the recreationalist. The rustic ranch house is a diamond in the rough with outbuildings including a large indoor riding arena. Have your own private fly-fishing stream and big game hunting camp. Other area activities include bicycling, motorcycling, climbing, horseback riding, lake & river fishing, dancing, gambling to name a few. Remote wilderness area with nighttime entertainment amenities within minutes of the ranch.

Property Location: From Dillon, MT take I-15 South to exit 59. Go right on highway 278. Just past mile marker 25 turn right on to the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway. Continue north for 3.8 miles to the first gate to the property, or 4.8 miles to the ranch building site.

Owners: Lorie W. Zimdars, Dillon, MT; Gordon H. Waller and Helen M. Waller, Circle, MT Sale Location: Dillon Elks Lodge No. 1554, 27 E. Center St. Dillon, MT Legal Description: All in Beaverhead County. MT: Parcel 1: Tract B-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 1564BA; Parcel 2: Tract K-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 1558BA; Parcel 3: Tract C & Tract D of Certificate of Survey No.1556BA; Parcel 4: Tract F-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 1689BA; Parcel 5: Tract 1-2 & Tract H-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 1558BA; Parcel 6: Tract L, Tract J & Tract M of Certificate of Survey No. 1557BR. 1652.99+/- Total Acres Showings: By appointment Property Taxes: Taxes will be pro-rated from the day of closing.

Title Insurance: The seller will provide standard owners title insurance through: Beaverhead Title Inc., 405 N Montana Street, Dillon, MT, 59725-3300. Phone: (406) 683-3656 . Closing costs will be split equally between buyer and seller.

Water Rights: All water rights held will transfer

Terms: Title will be transferred by warranty deed with title insurance, subject to standard exceptions contained in such deeds such as reservations in patents, zoning, building and use restrictions, easements and rights of way apparent or of record, and real estate taxes for the year in which closing occurs. A nonrefundable down payment of 10% of the Final Bid will be due on sale day from the winning bidder. The balance is due in cash at closing within 45 days at the office of: Beaverhead Title Inc., 405 N Montana Street, Dillon, MT, 59725-3300.

Phone: (406) 683-3656 The seller will cooperate with buyer’s Section 1031 Exchange, provided seller will not incur additional expense or liability by such cooperation. The property will be sold “as is where is.” The buyer is responsible for conducting their own investigation and review of the property. The final bid will be subject to seller’s approval with approval or rejection within 24 hours of auction completion. The seller reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Possession: Upon closing. Your bid is considered acceptance of the terms of this auction. If you, the buyer, fail to close, the down payment is nonrefundable. If the seller fails to close, 100% of the down payment will be returned. At this time there is no known reason that the seller would not be able to close. All funds will be held in the escrow account of: Beaverhead Title Inc.

(406) 939-2501 Russell Pederson (406) 580-4207 Steve Krutzfeldt More pictures and Bidder Packet Download

www.montanalandauctions.com All information is from sources deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed by the seller or the Auctioneers. Offering is subject to error, omission, prior sale, cancellation, and approval of purchase by owner. We urge independent verification of each and every item submitted to the satisfaction of the any prospective buyer. The Auction Co. shall not be liable in any way if the seller fails to honor any bid, or refuses or cannot close title in accordance with the winning bid or any contract entered in respect thereof. Neither Seller or Auctioneer make representations of nature of water rights,if any. Announcements made sale day take precedence over any printed or Internet materials. The property sells “As is-Where is.” Montana Land Auctions, Inc. and its auctioneers are acting solely as auctioneers for the seller.

Environmental review of year-round bison tolerance

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A10

IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND TRACTOR AND LAND LEVELER FOR SALE Kildman 24” pump, newly rebuilt with double pressure bearings, water sleeve and stainless steel shaft, 100-ft. of 24” hose, 30-ft. of 24” discharge pipe, Detroit 671 power unit with gear reduction drive, less than 1000 hours on complete rebuild. Produces 20,000 gallons per minute at 20-ft. lift. 500 gallon fuel tank on stand included....................................... $28,500 John Deere 5020 tractor with Degelman 12-ft. land leveler. Good working unit, planes and hauls 4 yard of reserve dirt. Fast leveling tool.......................................................... $17,500 Phone (406) 429-7321 if no answer please leave message and will call you back

COMBINE FOR SALE

Case IH AFX 8010 combine, 2005 Case 2020 header with new guards and sickles, dual sickle drive, 30 foot cut flex header, hydraulic fore and aft with poly skid shoes, Pro 600 monitor with on-board yield, moisture and diagnostic capability, all works great, radial Firestone tires front and rear - excellent condition, Contour Master feeder house, self leveling sieve, reversible engine cooling fan (fan blades reverse every half hour to clean radiator), works excellent, electric adjustable mirrors, one season on new small wire concaves, sieves adjustable from cab, updated feederhouse drive gear box, updated unloading auger gearbox, new rotor drive transmission, rock trap, new rotor impeller flighting this season, high intensity lighting, fine cut chopper with new blades this season, GPS ready, long 13” auger,2700 engine hours, 2040 separator hours. Combine is loaded, $ excellent condition. Combine and header always stored inside. SN 105543.....

Phone Cory Davis, (406) 266-3097, Townsend, Montana

140,000

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) and Montana Department of Livestock (DoL) announced that the two agencies will be jointly conducting an environmental review of allowing some bison to inhabit lands adjacent to or near the border of Yellowstone National Park year-round. This scoping notice – the first step in the environmental review process – is intended to solicit public comment regarding the proposal.

The proposed action is an adaptive change to the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) that would allow for year-round bison use in the following portions of the Gallatin National Forest: The Hebgen Basin, the Cabin Creek Recreation and Wildlife Management Unit, the Monument Mountain Unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area, the Upper Gallatin River corridor, and for year-round use by bull bison in the Gardiner Basin.

Some of the issues intended to be addressed include: How would the year-round presence of bison affect public safety?

What are the effects to private landowners in the vicinity of the year-round bison habitats?

Would the year-round presence of bison provide for additional bison hunting opportunities?

Would the bison move back into YNP over time without hazing activities?

Would there be a measureable change in seasonal bison movements if there was year-round habitat available?

How would the year-round presence of bison affect local livestock operations?

How would the year-round presence of bison affect other wildlife and habitat?

What is the likelihood that bison will move beyond the proposed boundaries, what are consequences of these movements, and how will they be mitigated?

Public meetings on the environmental assessment and decision notice are scheduled for: West Yellowstone: August 20, 6-8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Gardiner: August 21, 6-8 p.m. at the Gardiner High School Theatre The public scoping period will end August 24, with a draft EA expected by late October. Public comment on the draft EA is expected to close in late November, with a final decision on the EA expected by mid-December.

Comments and questions can be directed to: Bison Habitat EA Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks PO Box 200701 Helena MT 59620 406/994-4042 Email: yearroundbison-scoping@mt.gov Bison EA Montana Department of Livestock PO Box 200201 Helena MT 59620 406/444-9431 Email: bison-EA@ mt.gov Copies of the scoping document can be found on the FW&P web site at http://fwp.mt.gov/news/publicNotices/ and on the MDOL web site at http://liv.mt.gov

UNL Extension launches new drought resources website

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension has created a new website that offers resources from the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and others for dealing with drought in the region.

The site is at droughtresources.unl.edu.

“As we Nebraskans know, our weather brings new challenges every year,” said Kathleen Lodl, UNL Extension associate dean. “Last year it was flooding, this year it’s drought. UNL Extension has a deep wealth of researchbased, unbiased expertise, and our new website will give Nebraskans quick, easy access to that expertise.”

“By all accounts,” Lodl added, “it appears the 2012 drought may be one for the record books. While we can’t control that, we can do our best to manage water resources to mitigate damage. That’s what we’re committed to in UNL Extension.”

The new site includes links to information on crops, livestock, economics, water, families, and home and garden. It will include the latest weather forecasts from state climatologist Al Dutcher, as well as links to such ongoing programming as “Market Journal”, CropWatch and “Backyard Farmer;” UNL Extension publications; UNL news releases; and links to a number of key resources outside the university.

For the latest drought updates from IANR, follow on Twitter @IANRNewsService.

Japanese beetles rear their shiny heads

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page A11

We’d appreciate it if you tell an advertiser you read his ad in the Trader’s Dispatch.

ON FARM CUSTOM GRAIN CLEANING

Farmers, gardeners and homeowners should keep their eyes peeled for shiny, green and bronze Japanese beetles feeding on the crops, vegetables and flowers.

This insect’s wide variety of food preferences make scouting a necessity.

Many follow one to good food “Certainly we need to be looking at this point,” said Wayne Bailey, a state entomologist for University of Missouri (MU) Extension. “These beetles are gregarious feeders, so if you have one, a lot will come in because they tell others through chemical signals that the food is good in an area. You might have a few in your garden the first year, the next year it Ed L. Hencz might be in the hundreds and then the year after it could be in the thousands.”

Saturday Aug. 25, 2012 Dry weather this year has affected the emergence of ma10am prev & reg 9am ture beetles. While some areas saw Japanese beetles first 521 Great Northern Avenue emerge as early as May, many are seeing populations peak Big Sandy, Montana in the last weeks of June.

REAL ESTATE: Attractive 1360 sq ft home remodeled original ANTIQUES/HOUSEHOLD: Model T for parts *2 Model T “Japanese beetles first emerged about three weeks early house w/21x25 new addition, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, mud/laundry starters *Grain drill *Dump rake *Cockshut #10 A mower this year because the warm winter allowed the white grub room, high efficiency electric hot water & Heil natural gas *McCormick-Deering #7 mower*Hamelton Caboose stove to emerge earlier,” Bailey said. “In a normal year we’d be furnace both installed 2011, metal roof, log siding, new wiring *Joe Mattucci 1 gal jug *Dining table w/4 press back chairs having numbers similar to last year, but with this drought & plumbing, central air, includes washer & dryer, refrigerator, *Oak chair w/leather seat *Oak coal hod *Mission rocker *GE electric stove, privacy fenced back yard w/ a storage shed, upright radio *Tanned buffalo hide w/hair *Tanned elk hide we’re not sure if numbers will be similar, higher or lower, 16x24 bunk house, Shop-Cleary 42’x 62’ insulated shop w/ w/hair *Apartment refrigerator *Magnavox TV *Night stand but some of our traps are catching substantial numbers.” concrete floor, metal roof & siding, 2 -12’x12’ Overhead doors *Recliner *Hide a bed *Thermos propane grill *Old theater The dime-sized green beetle – with bronze wings and w/openers, 12x13’8” sliding door, 24x42 shop/office area has seats *CM Russell bank *Elgin National watch *American radiant overhead heat. All situated on 5 level lots 250’ x 540’w/ Waltham pocket watch *Draw knife *Coffee & tobacco tins *2 white tufts of hair around its shell – feeds on any plant that mature landscaping. TERMS ON REAL ESTATE: $15,000. gal Brown top jug *Oil lamp *Oak telephone *Old milk & pop has a pleasant smell.

(Fifteen Thousand dollars) NON-REFUNDABLE DOWN bottles *Punch board “They do eat about 440 different plants, but their favorites PAYMENT IS REQUIRED from the Successful bidder day of include Linden trees and roses,” Bailey said. “They feed high sale. Inspection by appoint.Call (406) 727-0930 or click www. GUNS & GUY STUFF: Jennings Mod J-22 -nickel semi- auto burowsauction.com Buyers must rely on their own inspection, *Marlin Mod 60 22LR semi auto *Springfield Mod 86c 22 in the plant, out in the sunlight, and can do a lot of damage the property is being sold “AS IS” with no warranties or LR *Mossberg Mod 500 ct 20 ga pump 2 3⁄4” & 3” *Air rifle to trees and ornamentals and shrubs.” representations of any kind. Real Estate will be offered at *Mounted Fox w/grouse *Mule deer mount *Lg moose mount Japanese beetles also can feed on soybean leaves and corn 12 noon & will be sold subject to owner’s approval of final bid. *Mount w/3 ducks *2-fishing creels *2- Fly rods w/reels *5Old traps *23- Muskrat stretchers & 2-Mink silks, especially in the critical pollination period.

ROLLING STOCK: 1964 Buick Skylark 4dr Rebuilt 350 high perf engine, 650 Hi perf carb/dual exhaust, electronic TOOLS: Miller thunder bolt 225 amp welder AC *Gas powered “In corn the economic threshold is three or more insects ignition, rebuilt 350 tran, org spinner hub caps NEW- front post hole auger *Delta 14” band saw *Rockwell Uni Saw 10” per ear when pollination is less than 50 percent complete and brakes-gas tank- fuel & brake lines-starter-alternator-ball w/extensions *Delta portable planer 12” *Central Machinery silks are chewed to less than a half inch from the ear husk, joints-A frame bushings- windshield- rear window- tires, 16 spd drill press *Val 6 Infra red oil heater like new *6” but sometimes you will get 20-30 or more beetles feeding front end alignment, reupholstered *1960 Buick Electra 4 Bench grinder *5” Bench vice *2 Bolt bins *Carbide router dr restorable – complete *Flat bed trailer *Stock trailer*1987 bits *Makita chop saw 14” *Kreg Jig K3 Pocket Hole system on one ear,” Bailey said. “In soybean the threshold is set at Honda 4x4 Foreman w/snow plow *Craftsman LEVTS DLS *Cut-N-Crown *Craftsman rotary tool *Paslode framing nailer 20 percent defoliation this year because of higher soybean 3500 riding mower 48” deck 2 year old *Craftsman 21” snow w/fuel cell & charger *Senco 14.4 Volt Dura spin screw gun prices.” blower elec start *Craftsman gas powered string trimmer *Dart dual action rotary/reciprocating tool *Stanley 1⁄4” socket *Razor Sunkist scooter Japanese beetles arrived in the United States in the early set *Dry wall texture gun *3 Come-a-longs *Pipe, C & bar 1900s, probably in potted irises from their native Japan.

ART/PAPERGOODS: Maxfield Parrish “Day Break” period clamps *Skil Forshner bits 1⁄4- 1 1⁄2 *Cummings 13 pc flat frame *Guy M Calloway WC *GNRY photo by Kabel Lake*End wood bits *3x21 Craftsman sander *5 Vibrating sanders They were first found in New Jersey in 1916 and by 1932 of trail print framed *24 volumes The Century Dictionary 1889 *Craftsman & Skil saber saws *Power Craft 10pc T handle had spread to Missouri, where they caused problems with w/ beautiful oak stand *HH Lloyds Township and RR New allen set *42x96 oak work table on wheels *18” New Britain ornamental plants and other crops.

Map of the Western States 1867 *Oil painting Earl Danick adj wrench *#18 Stanley bevel square *12 ton shop press *Oriental feather picture *2- CM Russell prints *5-Will James *Wards 295 amp welder *Car ramps *Appliance dolly *12 Volt About 10 years ago MU entomologists began seeing power pac jumper *Craftsman air compressor *Stanley router books Japanese beetles in more rural areas of the state and they are *Craftsman 7 1⁄2” circular saw *1⁄2 Ton chain hoist *24’ & 36’ now found in most counties. The insect can fly up to three extension ladders miles to find a tasty, fragrant meal.

AIR TOOLS: 3 brad nailers *Finish nailer, *Craftsman 3 pc Japanese beetles live for one year. In July, the adults lay set 3/8” ratchet- 1⁄2 impact hammer-chisel eggs, which hatch and develop into white larvae that overMISC: Vex drum set w/Remo heads & 5 Zildjian cymbals winter in the soil and mature during the spring. They emerge w/cases *Premier drum w/stand *Horse tack inc-American youth saddle & Fabtron 15” *100 lb Propane bottle *Plumbing as beetles around mid-June and begin feeding. Each healthy & electrical parts *Partial roll Pex 1⁄2” pipe *SS 3 compart sink female lays 40 to 60 eggs. Adults live up to 60 days. *Oak flooring & misc lumber Yes to insecticide, no to traps Homeowners can fall back on a staple insecticide, powdered Sevin (carbaryl), to combat Japanese beetles, or just pick the beetles off the Hydraulic Motors GREAT FALLS plant.

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1996 CASE IH 2188 COMBINE • ID# XJJCO195858X • 2811 engine hours.

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NEW SEEDS Now Commercially Available The latest advancements in Forage Seeds:

Willow Creek Forage Winter Wheat Producers have reported 31/2 ton dry forage yield on 2011 production on dryland crop rotation.

You have read about it and now it is available at:

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Determining in-season fertilization requirements

Farmers on the northern Plains continue to adopt precision agriculture technology and management practices.

In-field crop sensors are one of the new technologies farmers are using to help manage nitrogen fertilizer applications, particularly in corn and wheat. In-field sensors are used to apply variable rates of fertilizer across fields to maximize yields.

“This technology has the potential to increase yields by increasing nitrogen efficiency and, at the same time, protecting the environment,” says John Nowatzki, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agricultural machine systems specialist. “For example, variable-rate fertilization gives farmers the option of decreasing nitrogen applications in areas with shallow aquifers, which reduces the potential for water contamination from nitrogen leaching.”

Crop sensors are mounted directly on the fertilizer application equipment and then coupled with variable-rate controllers. This allows farmers to vary fertilizer application rates to growing crops. Applying fertilizer to growing crops allows farmers to make split applications.

“In many cases, producers apply two-thirds of the recommended nitrogen fertilizer at or prior to planting and then apply the remainder as needed during the growing season,” Nowatzki says. “Farmers also can use in-field sensors to accurately estimate crop yield and get information they can use to make management decisions, such as whether or not to apply fungicides or insecticides. Crop sensors simplify the remote sensing process by transferring data directly to the computer on the tractor or fertilizer applicator in real time.”

Crop sensors function by measuring the amount of light waves that are absorbed and reflected by the plant leaves.

The sensors estimate plant health and vigor by focusing light on plants and then comparing the amount of specific light waves that are absorbed by the leaves with other light waves that are reflected off the leaves.

The resulting comparisons are referred to as vegetative indices. The normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) is the index most commonly used in remote sensing of agricultural crops. The NDVI compares the amount of red light absorbed by plants with the amount of near infrared light reflected off plants. Healthy green leaves absorb more red light than leaves that are lighter green.

Commercial in-field crop sensors use different methods to determine how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply in each area of a field. Some systems require farmers to apply ample fertilizer on a test strip in a field, which often is called a nitrogen-rich strip. The operator then drives over that area so the computer controller in the tractor can compare each area of the field with the nitrogen-rich strip.

Other systems recommend operating the sensors over representative areas of each field and making the rate decision based on average sensor readings.

Commercially available in-field sensors include Ag Leader’s OptRx, Topcon’s CropSpec, Trimble’s GreenSeeker and Holland Scientific’s Crop Circle. Each company has unique sensors, mounting techniques and methods of determining plant nutrient requirements.

Current crop sensors focus on crop nitrogen needs.

Some companies recommend using one sensor for each 10-foot section of application width and mounting the sensors on the applicator booms, while others use only two sensors mounted on top of the tractor cab. The cost of each system ranges from $10,000 to $20,000.

“The results of in-field sensor research generally indicate that crop producers will use less nitrogen fertilizer to reach their goals,” Nowatzki says. “Farmers also can use this technology to advance management practices designed to maximize yields. In-field sensing technology complements inseason fertilization practices by allowing farmers to more accurately apply only the needed amount of fertilizer at each field location.”

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Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 9:30 am

Location: Glendive, MT - From Exxon Whistle Stop on Merrill Avenue, turn and go over RR tracks, take left on North Anderson Avenue for 1 mile, turn right on Petroleum Lane. Roads will be marked.

Owners: Noren and Karen Shanley • (406) 939-2499 Lunch available

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TRACTOR, DRILL & MOTOR FOR SALE

2007 Case IH JX 95 MFWD, deluxe cab, LX 730 loader with 7-ft. bucket and bale spear, 542 hours, dual PTO, 3-point, 3 remotes, rear weights.................................................. $40,500 Kirschmann 14-ft. double disk drill, 7” spacing, excellent shape................................... $2000 John Deere Pivot Power 45 hp motor (4903 hours), Lima Mac 3-phase generator, gear head, battery, PTO shaft, 1000 gallon tank with stand................................................ $5000 Phone Greg (406) 239-2431, Florence, Montana

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NEED CANOLA HAULED TO CANADA?

Exploring cattle marketing alternatives

By Jim Krantz, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist cow costs and family living expenses.

National and regional marketing officials Third-party verification of compliance representing process verified programs B & J Trucking is licensed and with Source and Age, Non-Hormone Treated (PVPs), the meat packing industry, South Dainsured for Canada.

Cattle (NHTC) and Natural programs are eskota Certified Enrolled Cattle, the Livestock For rates call: Marketing Association, South Dakota Aucsential for program participation by cattlemen and are accomplished through USDA Process tion Markets and Superior Livestock joined Jeff or Tami Strand Verified Programs (PVPs) represented by with South Dakota Extension to explore the 406-755-6431 Samson PVP, Columbus, Nebraska. Producer/ merits of marketing cattle through these difpanelist, Donahue uses this system exclusiveferent systems at a mini-conference: “Cattle ly at his feedlot. “South Dakota Certified EnMarketing: An Explorative Approach” June rolled Cattle” was another PVP represented.

5th at the Mitchell Regional Extension Center.

Producer compliance with program claims While cattlemen continue to enjoy some RETIREMENT SALE offer marketing opportunities not only in the of the brightest profit potential in the history U.S. but Japan as well. of their industry, producer complacency may Creekstone Farms brought a packer perthreaten their ability to prosper should any spective to the mini-conference through its number of economic signals vary from their USDA certified “Premium Black Angus present status.

Beef” branded program. Participation with Keynote speaker, Nathan Franzen, First Creekstone hinges on verifiable Black Angus Dakota National Bank, developed a producer 1992 Cat 320L, 6000 hours.................................... $42,000 1998 Hitachi 300, 4700 hours................................ $44,000 genetics with cattle born and bred in the USA mindset for the day, sharing global aspects of 1999 Samsung 210, 1300 hours (not a misprint)... $58,000 and raised under accepted humane animal the industry and the impact of export markets 2004 John Deere 225 zero swing, 6000 hours....... $78,000 treatment methods. “Natural” Black Angus on current prices.

Franzen also alerted cattle2005 John Deere 225 zero swing, 5000 hours....... $80,000 Beef received USDA certification in 2004. men of the potential impact of even a modest 2005 John Deere 200, 6500 hours, new undercarriage......

Marketing cattle via video auction offers two or three percent increase in interest rates ............................................................................ $75,000 cattlemen an alternative to some conventional or U.S. dollar value fluctuation on their busiThese are tight, straight machines. methods of marketing. Superior Livestock has nesses.

All have hydraulic thumbs and are ready to work been offering that opportunity to producers Roger DeRouchey, South Dakota Center and I am tired of looking at them. Delivery possible.

406-253-1001 for several years where cattle are still at the for Farm/Ranch Management, outlined actual farm or ranch when sold for delivery at a later client production numbers for 2011 including date. Natural, NHTC, Superior Progressive Genetics and several “Vac” protocols offer variable targets for producer participation.

Livestock auction markets continue to be the marketing cornerstone for most cattleBillings, Montana www.mtrpwr.com men. Mitchell Livestock, in Billings, Montana conjunction with the Livestock 8 Blow Out 0 “Find our most up-to-date prices Prat To Choose ice $38,00 Marketing Association focused From! www.mtrpwr.com.” on several services that distinguished them from other systems present primarily their ability to sell one animal or 100 and provide immediate payment and bonding.

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Deadline for advertising in the September 2012 issue is FRIDAY, AUGUST 31.

A day-long diversified agriculture farm tour will begin 1 p.m. August 18, two miles north of Abie, Nebraska. Farmers will visit three farms and get a chance to exchange knowledge about integrated crops and livestock systems, utilizing cover crop to extend livestock feed and increasing their farm’s biodiversity.

The tour starts at Larry Stanislav’s diversified crop farm.

Stanislav has an extensive crop rotation of spring wheat, corn, soybeans and cover crops used to control weeds and increase fertility. Stanislav will discuss two University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) on-farm research studies that he has cooperated on: 1) a nutrient management study with third-year crop rotation results and 2) a flaming experiment for weed management and moisture conservation in corn.

In addition, a conservationist from the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) will review funding opportunities available through the NRCS for fencing, water systems, cover crops and seasonal high tunnels.

From 3-4 p.m., the tour moves to Mark Roh’s farm, Abie Vegetable People, which is one-fourth mile west of Abie.

Mark Roh is a beginning organic market gardener. He will discuss his drip irrigation system, storage facility, crop rotations, pest control, on-farm processing and future greenhouse plans. Roh will also discuss vegetables to grow for farmers markets and how to fence raccoons out of sweet corn.

The day ends at the Ostry family’s Wagon Wheel Farm at 2281 Spur 12B, one-half mile north of Bruno, Nebraska.

Mike Ostry will take participants on a tour of his various field crops and cover crops, and speak about his participation in an on-farm flaming experiment with UNL. He will also explain their large organic garden, on-farm livestock processing facility and pasture for poultry, ducks, turkeys, geese and hogs.

Families are welcome. The Ostrys have direct marketing and moneymaking projects that youth can do on the farm, which may spark summer job ideas for youth.

A free meal starts at 5 p.m., followed by music by the Ostry family. Call Pat at 402-584-3837 to reserve meals.

For more information on the tour, call Liz Sarno at 402309-0944 or email her at esarno2@unl.edu.

TOTAL DISBURSEMENT OF RANCH AUCTION For Mel and Pete Tackitt 61506 Foothill Rd - St Ignatius, Montana AUCTION: August 25, 2012 @ 9:00AM Mel Tackitt (406) 240-2288 Directions: N of St Ignatius on corner, turn R on Main St, turn L of Airport Road 3 miles, turn R Foothill ½ mile

Viewing August 24, 2112 • 9 am - 5 pm • Lunch Available FARM EQUIPMENT - Deutz 7085 tractor w/loader and grapple 1000 PTO 540 PTO 4-wheel drive 8590 HP w/new starter and battery 6400 hours 70% tires, Back hoe bucket, NH 271 Baler, 3pt hitch bale spears, Ten Wheel Rake, Large HM chain pasture drag, two small pasture harrows, Shaffer HD #10 post driver, P/U weed sprayer w/tank, hand sprayer, 3 pt hitch for post driver, 3 pt hitch grass seeder, 3pt hitch ditcher, JD 535 Round Baler, JD 930 Swather Rotor Mower, Bale Buster, 3pt hitch Rock Rake, 3pt hitch arms, three draw bars, tow bar, tractor tire chains, tow chains, Belt Splice tool for JD Baler, Highline Bale Processor, Bale Moisture tester, 2000 16’ Flat Bed trailer, 11 12’ panels+ 12’ gate, 50-split rails, two back pack sprayers, Pipe gates 4’ 10’ 12’, two bull gates, 6’ wire mesh gate. CATTLE SUPPLIES - Auto calf warmer, calf puller, bull halter, round bale feeders, bull feeder, Apache Creep Feeder, WBR RR Brand w/electric iron, F triangle LH brand-2 irons, 90 bales first cutting grass/alfalfa hay 1100#, cattle squeeze chute-walk threw gate w/auto catch, calf table reversible, vet supplies, Straw small square and rounds, ear tagger. SHOP TOOLS/EQUIPMENT - Snap-on MT-539C starting and charging circuit tester, Alternator tester 220-5HP motor, Craftsman High Pressure Washer 5-5 HP 2400 PSI 2-2 GPM, Snap-on Super Battery Charger BC 5500 6 and 12 volt, Snap-on AVR MT 1590 Battery Load Starter and Alternator Tester, Ind. Jumbo socket set w/breaker bar, Up to 1 7/8” open end-box end wrenches, ¾” Drive Axel socket up to 3 ¼”, Vensell Enterprise Glass bead machine, Lincoln welder 225 AMP helmet, lots of tools and power tools. COLLECTIBLES - 10 ft. old Dump Rake, MM old Manure spreader, milk cans, old trunks, wood/wicker rocking chair, wood spoke wagon w/rubber tires, old Drill Press, Cross cut saws. MISC - Irrigation pipes, fencing, 1996 Polaris 4-wheeler, 1949-1953 Chevy P/U parts, 1979 350 1/2T automatic flat bed Chevy P/U, H&W 16’ horse trailer, HM 20’ Gooseneck Horse Trailer, 12’ Alaskan boat, Craftsman DYT 4000 lawn mower, 10x10 dog kennel. **********more items too numerous to list**********

SALSIBURY AUCTION SERVICE Auctioneer: Gary Salisbury (406) 273-6967 • (406) 529-7242

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Payment must be made day of auction by cash, good check, visa or master card. Buyers are required to register with proper ID. Everything sold day of auction will be sold “as is, where is” with no guarantee what so ever. Statements made day of auction take precedence over advertising.

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COMBINE HEADER FOR SALE

2009 John Deere 35-ft. combine header, draper platform with transport package and pickup reel, less than 1200 acres of use............................$59,000

Call Byron at 406-278-5352

See Pacific for

I Buying Car Bodies I Scrap Iron I Buying Aluminum Cans I Non Ferrous Metals (aluminum, copper, brass)

USED RAILROAD FLATCARS

A great alternative for low-volume bridges! Contact Steve Smith directly at 406-791-8549

PACIFIC OFFERS

Secure Document Destruction Call for details

BUYING LEAD ACID BATTERIES

Switch Ties in 11’, 12’, 13’, 14’, and 15’

BUYING:

Scrap iron, aluminum cans, copper, brass, aluminum, radiators, paper, card board, computer paper, antlers, etc.

Wheat fields with stripe rust increasing in N.D.

Stripe rust has increased substantially recently in some areas of North Dakota.

The higher severities are being reported in winter and spring wheat fields. The greatest severities are in northern counties where weather conditions have been consistently cooler and wetter than much of the state, but some other locations also are reporting fairly abundant stripe rust.

Of the fields scouted last week across the state, about 25 percent had symptoms of stripe rust at varying levels of prevalence within a field.

“In some fields, there were heavy orange stripes of spores, while in other fields, stripe rust lesions are going into the overwintering, dormant stage,” says Marcia McMullen, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service plant pathologist. “In the black spore stage, the long stripes turn black and don’t disperse to infect the crop during the summer.”

The recent heat in parts of the state may push the crop and result in more stripe rust spores going into the dormant or black spore stage.

Many wheat fields may be too advanced in growth stage (past flowering) for a fungicide application (remember preharvest intervals of fungicides used) or the disease may be too advanced for successful management (flag leaf with greater than 1 to 5 percent severity or going into the black spore stage).

“A fungicide application on infected leaves will not rescue the leaf tissue,” McMullen says. “However, if the crop is still in the boot or early heading stage, with only a few pustules of stripe rust, growers may need to treat with a fungicide as soon as possible because the stripe rust can advance rapidly when moderate temperatures and dew occur.”

Fungicides to control stripe rust have not been evaluated in North Dakota. However, wheat pathologists from states such as Kansas and Nebraska have concluded that Headline, Caramba, Folicur, Prosaro, Twinline, Quilt and Quilt Excel provide excellent control. Products with very good control are Tilt, Stratego EC and Stratego Yld. For more information on wheat rust diseases, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/smgrains/pp1361.htm.

Great Falls September hunter education course set

It’s time to sign up for the fall hunter education course in Great Falls.

Online registration is going on now through September 4.

Everyone must register online, but there will be a four-day opportunity at Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 4600 Giant Springs Road, for those without access to a computer.

Classes will run 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., September 10, 12, 13, 17, 19 and 20 at West Elementary, 1205 1st Ave. NW. A field day will take place September 22 at FWP. To register online go to the FWP website at http://fwp. mt.gov, follow the links through Education and Hunter Education to September 10 and select a classroom at West Elementary School.

When registering online, students must select a four-hour time slot for the field day: 8 a.m. to noon or 1-5 p.m. For the morning time slot register for classrooms 27, 28, 31, 32, or 33; for the afternoon time slot register for classrooms 22, 23, 24, 25, or 26.

Those without computer access may register at FWP, 7-9 p.m., September 4, or 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., September 5, 6 and 7.

After registering and downloading the attached file, students must pick up a course manual, which will be available August 1 at one of the following locations: Big R, 4800 10 Ave. S.; Scheel’s in Holiday Village; Big Bear, 121 Northwest Bypass; or FWP. Everyone born after January 1, 1985, must complete a hunter education course before he can hunt in Montana. A child must be at least 11 years old by the end of the course.

Women Stepping Forward for Agriculture Symposium

Make plans now to attend the 12th annual Women Stepping Forward for Agriculture Symposium at Montana Expo Park in Great Falls, Montana, September 25-27, 2012.

This symposium will give women involved in promoting Montana’s agriculture the opportunity to learn about issues affecting Montana’s rural agricultural communities, promote leadership development and further support women’s leadership roles within those communities. Topics for discussion include tax issues and estate planning, USDA agency updates, the carbon footprint of agriculture, grain market outlooks, online ranching and a federal legislative update.

Registration for the symposium is set at $50 prior to September10 and $60 after that date. Registration fees and forms may be sent to Kathy Wiley, P.O. Box 167, Musselshell, MT 59059-0167, skwiley@live.com. Checks can be made payable to WSFA. The registration form may be found on the Montana NRCS Web site at www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/news/ womenag.html.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a silent auction item from their local area. Auction proceeds are used to support future symposiums. There is also booth space available for your organization or business.

This year’s symposium is hosted and sponsored by the following: USDA Food and Agriculture Council, Montana Agri-Women, Montana Cattlewomen, Montana Farm Bureau Women, Montana Woolgrower Women, Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE), Montana Beef Council, Ag in Montana Schools, Intertribal Agriculture Council, and Montana Department of Agriculture.

For more information, contact Lori Valadez, Natural Resources Conservation Service, at 406-587-6969 or lori. valadez@mt.usda.gov or visit the NRCS Web site at www. mt.nrcs.usda.gov/news/womenag.html.

Gall

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I’ve had a ficus tree in my home for eight years. It has been doing well. However, on the stem of the tree, there is a growth that keeps enlarging. It’s a beige/brown bump coming out of the side of the tree. Should I be concerned?

Your advice is appreciated.

A: What you are seeing is a simple gall. The gall very likely is harmless to the plant because it is living as a noninfectious parasite. If you remove it, you probably will see some (or one) larvae inside or at least see evidence of where one existed previously. In rare instances, the gall could be caused by something other than a harmless insect. In either case, you have nothing to worry about. It just is an interesting and rare phenomenon.

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ROSS CALVERT’S

REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL PROPERTY

AUCTION

Thursday, August 23rd, 5:30 P.M.

7 miles SW of Lewistown, MT on Cottonwood Creek Road Directions: Go 3 miles W. of Lewistown on Hwy. 87/200, then south 4 miles on Cottonwood Creek Road.

REAL ESTATE General description: This is a beautiful small farm just 7 miles from Lewistown, near Cottonwood Creek in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. The property offers nearly 50 acres of hay meadow, approximately 15 acres of wooded pasture, and three spring-fed streams. A seasonal pond lies on the east side of the property, providing habitat for Blue Heron and Sand Hill Cranes. Whitetail and Muledeer also frequent the property. Improvements include the Home, large Hip-Roof Barn (in excellent condition), Shop, Shed and two Graineries. The home has a landscaped yard, mature trees and garden, and an underground sprinkler system. This is a beautiful property, close to town, with excellent access.

Acreage: 67 +/- acres; 48 +/- acres in hay, balance in grass Water: Drilled well, 110’ deep, 20 +/- gpm; 3 spring-fed streams, small pond

House: Built 1950. Remodeled oak kitchen.

Fireplace. Bedrooms: 2; Baths: 1 ¾; Garage: 1 car attached; Heat: Natural gas forced air; Siding: Metal; Roof: metal; Wood deck rear of house; Basement, partially finished, sleeping room, lots of storage; Appliances: Kitchen range, refrigerator, washer and dryer Out Buildings: Large vintage hip-roof barn, on concrete foundation, very good condition.

1,920 sq. ft. Horse and milking stalls, wood floor. Loft appears to be in good condition, complete with original hay sling. Wood sided, metal roof. Machine shed, built 1950. 1728 sq. ft. Wood sided, metal roof. Shop, built 1950, 576 sq. ft. Wood sided, metal roof.

Lots of mature cottonwoods and spruce trees.

Root cellar No covenants or zoning restrictions.

Access: Country gravel road.

Taxes: $897 and current Mineral rights transfer with the deed.

REAL ESTATE AUCTION TERMS & CONDITIONS Cash to seller at closing. Earnest money: $5,000 non-refundable, due day of auction; Balance due at closing. Sells without contingencies.

Closing agent closing fee shared equally by Seller & Buyer, not to exceed $200 per party.

Taxes prorated to date of closing. Possession at closing.

Closing on or before October 1, 2012.

Seller reserves the right to approve of the final bid.

THIS IS A VERY WELL CARED FOR, HARD TO FIND PROPERTY. To preview please call Jayson or Kyle

Personal Property

STOCK TRAILER Hale 16’ bumper pull stock trailer, good floor, canvas top SHOP EQUIPMENT Victor Oxy/Acetylene torch w/ Victor gauges and bottles Peter Wright Anvil Poulan chain saw, 14’’ Zoeller sump pump w/ hoses, used once Air Compressor, 3 HP, B & S Shop & Fencing tools TRACTOR FARM/RANCH EQUIPMENT 1967 JD 2020 w/JD 47 loader & bucket, gas, Round bale feeder 53 hp, 3 pt., pto, 2 wd, dual hyd., good runPowder River Squeeze chute, older, split ner, fair rubber, very few hours on rebuilt wooden tailgate, left hand engine (done by Moodie Implement in Assorted livestock panels 2005), new water pump 2010 2 single- leg milking stools FURNITURE 8 ft, 3pt blade, manual adjust Round hardwood dining table, veneer top w/ FORD 7’ 3pt cultivator 4 brown padded chairs Assorted sections drag harrow Oak office chair w/ rollers FOUR WHEELER & MOTOR BIKE Yamaha 4-wheeler, 2 x4, shaft drive, manual Metal patio table w/ 2 chairs Queen size bed trans.

1971 Kawasaki motor bike, S# 007990, needs Assorted household & kitchen ware GUNS work REM 870 Wingmaster, 16 ga., 2 ¾ in, checked YARD EQUIPMENT foregrip and stock, Serial # S47984ow?

Toro Wheel Horse riding mower, 38” deck, 19 WIN Model 70, .30GOVT06, made 1948, bolt hp, hydro. action, checkered wood, Weaver scope, S Yard Man push mower, RM 5-21 w/ bagger # 93923 Toro CCR 2000 snow blower, 24” Toro attachments including: grass bagger, WIN .22 S.L. or L.R., bolt action SAVAGE Model 87A, .22 S.L. or L.R., semi aerator, seed/fertilizer spreader auto, needs work, pitting on barrel Mantis Rototiller Picnic table, wood/metal; lawn chairs Fiesta gas barbeque Assorted garden tools HORSE TACK Old chaps; Old bale chaps; horse collars; headstalls Renalde and Crockett-Renalde bits Kelly bull riding spurs Shoeing tools 408 W. Main • Lewistown, MT 59457 Saddle bags; Branding Irons; 406-538-5125 • Kyle: 406-366-0472 • Jayson: 406-366-5125 Gun scabbard • www.shobeauction.com

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RANCHER WANTS TO BUY

Testing forages pays dividends

By NDSU Extension Service crop residues such as corn stalks, is difficult Forages for winter feed could be in short 300 to 500 head cow ranch without having them tested by a qualified nusupply in areas of North Dakota experiencMostly deeded, adequate hay ground, water and rangeland. Cash Deal trition laboratory, Dahlen adds. Using book ing moderate to severe drought this growing values for these types of forages can lead to season.

Phone (509) 422-3894 inaccurate conclusions about forage quality.

Those shortages may force livestock Forages with the potential for nitrate producers to use nontraditional feedstuffs toxicity include small grains such as wheat, or hay from Conservation Reserve Program barley and oats; late-season crops such as (CRP) land as a substantial portion of their corn and sunflowers; and weeds such as animals’ feed ration. kochia and pigeongrass. Small grains that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilwere planted for grain but harvested for hay sack announced he is allowing CRP acres Modulars starting at $50 per sq. ft. because of drought conditions will have a classified as abnormally dry to be used greater risk for toxic levels of nitrates. for haying or grazing under emergency Sedivec suggests producers collect a core conditions. Authorized emergency haying sample from three to five bales from each and grazing can begin in North Dakota on field and send them to a reputable laboratory August 2. for nitrate level testing. An NDSU publicaHowever, some of these forages may be tion titled “Nitrate Poisoning of Livestock” low in nutritional value and high in nitrate, SAVE will help producers interpret the test results. resulting in livestock that are undernourLOCK IN SALE PRICE, TAKE DELIVERY LATER! $1000 The publication is available online at http:// ished or at risk for nitrate poisoning.

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Predicting the nutritive value of forages, 7239 South Frontage Rd., Billings, Montana 59101 Nutritional quality can vary dramatically such as hay cut on CRP land, as well as with CRP hay. Nutritive quality depends on when the field was last hayed or grazed, the timing of haying relative to forage maturity, the proportion of alfalfa to grass, and precipitation.

CRP hay, as well as most grass-dominant hays, harvested in August will have a crude protein value of less than 7 percent and digestibility value of less than 50 1-800-272-6939 u 406-266-4444 u FAX 406-266-5851 percent. However, if the CRP growth or hay field is green when harvested or contained more than 30 percent alfalfa, nutritional quality can approach 9 to 11 percent crude protein and digestibility of more than 55 percent.

If the field is brown and dry, crude protein can be as low as 5 percent and digestibility can be less than 45 percent. If the CRP field has not been cut for three or more years and standing litter is high, the hay’s with a greater tolerance to sawfly nutritional quality will be well below the needs of all classes of livestock.

Minerals and vitamins, especially vitamin A, also can be deficient. Dahlen recommends producers purchase supplemental feeds to make up for deficiencies uncovered with nutrient analysis.

Testing forages will allow management decisions that improve livestock productivity and overall profitability of the ranching operation, the NDSU specialists say.

For help in interpreting feed test results and balancDividend and Rancona Seed Treat ing rations, contact your local Extension agent. More Cruiser Wireworm Treat information on forage quality also is available in an NDSU Extension publication titled “Interpreting Composition “QUALITY AND SERVICE and Determining Market Value.” It’s online at http://www.

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Insects can invade but diseases pose bigger threat to trees

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Say you saw it in the Trader’s Dispatch

Hydraulic Breaker Post Drivers For Sale

• Skid loader mount • Low profile • Quick and easy on and off • Full control of post while driving • Very low maintanence • 8” diameter domed cup • 3 sizes available ~ 500-, 750-, 1000-ft. lb.

By Scott Hininger, University of Wyoming Extension

Montana Post Driver

(406) 239-4824, Gold Creek, MT

Farm Equipment & Small Acreage Will some alien bug invade Wyoming and wipe out our ash trees?

There is concern about foreign insects moving into states and decimating tree species. We saw this with Dutch elm disease and the beetles and diseases attacking our national forests. More recently, there is the discussion about the emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer is a wood-boring beetle from Asia that has become established in parts of the upper Midwest.

They particularly attack the green ash, which has been planted in Wyoming for many years. These insects making it to Wyoming on their own is unlikely, as there is no contiguous ash forest across the plains.

How an Invasion could Happen So, how will they get here? Most likely they will be transported here by either nursery stock or firewood.

What to look for?

Emerald ash borers are a bullet-form typical of the flatheaded borer family. The two main distinguishing features are the uniform, metallic, bright green color and the “D” shaped exit hole left in a tree. This borer is similar to other borers in that the larval stage feeds under the bark with meandering tunnels, which will eventually girdle and kill the tree.

There are already borers present that attack ash in Wyoming, such as the lilac ash borer. These borers expel sawdust through round exit holes. The adult resembles a paper wasp and, when exiting the hole, leaves its pupal skin.

There is also the redheaded ash borer or banded ash borer.

This is a member of the longhorned beetle family, although their antenna are not as long as many. They also leave a round exit hole. Then there is the ash bark beetle, which is a much smaller beetle similar to the beetles that attack pine trees. The holes these little beetles make are very small, and the galleries the larvae make under the bark resemble those of the beetles killing pine trees.

Colorado Conducts Surveys These non-native insects and diseases are continuing to be introduced into the United States, but how do they get to Wyoming? Colorado residents looked at this question and conducted a statewide survey of nursery stock and firewood movement into the state.

There appears to be a very low risk of the emerald ash borer moving into the West on its own. The survey showed 40 percent of retail firewood sales in Colorado were from out of state. A survey of two national parks in Colorado showed nine percent of the campers from out of state brought their own firewood. Hunters and fishermen from out of state were not included in the survey.

There is a danger of moving borers with firewood or other wood products, but it is a lower risk.

Diseases Pose Bigger Threats The real problem is the movement of diseases in firewood, wood products, and nursery stock. These pathogens remain viable for several years. Most insects can be sprayed, but most of these diseases are not treatable. The highest threat is from movement of nursery stock into the state.

Treat firewood by wrapping or covering it with clear plastic and leaving it in the sun for several months in the summer; this eliminates most insects and some diseases.

Inspect nursery stock for disease or insect problems. Don’t buy if suspect. Most nurseries have good-quality plants and knowledgeable staff members to recognize these pests. Most box stores do not have this expertise. ##### “As my grandma dropped off to sleep in her armchair, we grandkids would get to whispering and giggling about her snoring,” recalled a granddaughter. Stirred awake by the laughter and not wanting to admit she had dozed off, “Grandma would suddenly sit up and declare, ‘I’m not asleep, I’m looking at the inside of my eyelids.’”

Auction

Saturday, September 1st, 2012 10 a.m.

Directions to auction site: From Baker, Montana take Highway 7 North approximately 1 mile then East on Shell Oil Road and proceed approximately 3 miles then left on School House Road approximately 2 miles. Then left to aucton site. WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS! Auctioneer’s Message: Joyce has sold the farm and is moving to Helena. A lot of useable equipment, tools and household items sell at public auction on Saturday, September 1st. Concessions will be available. Picture ID required at registration. Terms: Cash or Bankable check.

TRACTORS

IMPLEMENTS

HAY

Belarus 560M 3 point, PTO, 669 hours on meter, 15.5x38 rear tires, 2WD, diesel, sells with Koyker loader and grapple.

Farmall F-706 18.4x34 tires (fair to poor), PTO, hydraulics, 4077 hours on meter. SN# 7555 S-4.

International Super M PTO, SN# F20582J, PTO, hydraulic pump with Farmhand F-11 loader.

International M PTO, hydraulics, 13.6x38 good tires. SN# FBK75909.

Farmall H McCormick 11x33 tires poor, PTO, hydraulics. SN# FBH-185979.

John Deere 2305 utility tractor with 200CX loader, 110 hours. Like new.

John Deere No. 8 sickle mower, PTO, trail behind.

John Deere 851 side delivery rake.

Massey-Ferguson No. 12 small square baler. SN# 996-506564.

John Deere dump rake.

2 bottom plow.

Oliver 12-ft. tandem disc with hydraulics.

Side delivery rake. Bale stooker.

Farmhand buck rake with push off.

Approximately 20 round bales of 2011 grass hay. (Will be loaded on truck and trucked to new location day of sale - buyer will pay truck mileage to haul hay to new location).

YARD & GARDEN John Deere LA135 Special Edition 100 Series lawn tractor with belly mower, nice.

John Deere TX38 lawn tractor with belly mower, non running.

Big Ten lawn tractor with rear tiller, runs, engine smokes.

Shovels, rakes, miscellaneous.

LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES 80 head of 1 & 2 year old laying hens. (sell gate cut 10 or more).

16-ft. wire livestock panels - branding pots - branding irons - branding torch.

Poultry plucking machine - New roll of woven wire - Poultry feeders.

PICKUP & TRAILERS 6x16-ft. bumper pull stock trailer, older.

2 horse enclosed bumper pull trailer.

1971 Ford F250 4 speed, 4x4, good tires, runs.

Home built snowmobile trailer, needs new deck.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

Griswald #6 griddle - Wagner #8 deep skillet - Sheep shears - Buzz saw - 2 flat top trunks - Roll top desk - Beer steins - Fresno antique dressers - Horse drawn disc - Burr mill - Vintage wall mount drill press.

HOUSEHOLD Lazy Boy recliner - TV/VCR - Chest of drawers - Queen size bed Fridgidare propane stove, 1 year old.

Microwave - 2 Fridge freezers - Box fans - Pots & pans - Kitchen utensils - Electric sewing machine - Lots of household items.

Owner: Joyce Hurlbert – Baker, MT – (406) 778-3277

Telephone: 406-772-5812 • kinseyauction.com

FUEL TANKS & PROPANE TANKS 2) 500 gallon propane tanks.

300 gallon gas tank.

300 gallon diesel tank.

100# propane bottle - 30# propane bottle.

TOOLS & MISCELLANOUS ITEMS Lincoln AC 225-S welder with leads.

Black & Decker circular saw.

Bench vice.

Pipe vice.

Oxy Acc. torch hoses and bottles, Smith gauges, Victor torch.

9 large timbers - 13 joints of water well pipe - Grease lubricants - 60 gallon air compressor - Cenex SAE 20 wt cases - Come alongs Log chains - Tarp straps - Trouble lights - Small light plant - Briggs & Stratton engine - Space heater - Promate socket set - 5” bench vice - 20 gallon air compressor Schumacher 200/100 amp battery charger - Shovels - Post hole digger - Craftsman 10” table saw - Chain binders - High lift jack - Rigid Steel pipe wrenches 36”, 24” & 18” - Hammers - Deep well sockets - Pitch forks - Scoop shovels - Many open end and box end wrenches, crecent wrenches, screw drivers - Bolt cutters - Aluminum levels - 5) cases of Cenex 10-30W oil - Makita electric drill - Anvil - Pump jacks - Shop vac - Stihl chain saw, new never used - Miscellaneous long railroad ties - Miscellaneous International tractor parts - Scrap iron - Large trailer house frame - Roll up garage door.

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Best practices for farm market vendors

If you have items you want advertised in the September 2012 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM IS AUGUST 31.

TOMSHECK AG LLC

Selling directly to consumers at farm markets is an option to take advantage of above market price points for first quality produce and farm products. Farm markets are a much-beloved part of many communities. People tend to put shopping at a market more on their want-to-do list and less on their to-do list. The interest of being involved in a market at a deeper, more meaningful level draws a large proportion of customers.

Consumer trends speak to the fact that more and more consumers are taking an interest in one or more of the following: where their food comes from, seasonality, food safety, economic development /town revitalization, recreational Pre Plant - Chemfallow - Crop and social aspects of markets, nutrition, freshness, and so on. The USDA has shown national growth of farm markets to be almost 7% annually between 2002 and 2008. This ilLiquid Fertilizer Application lustrates the fact that purchasing food from local farmers Terry Tomsheck 406-450-8013 or Rex Tomsheck 406-450-1252 and value-added producers speaks to consumers at many Serving the Golden Triangle and surrounding areas levels, and is much more than a trend. Farm markets are the perfect place to tap into a group of customers hungry for high quality and locally grown foods.

Another consideration for producers is that Pennsylvania is home to many small businesses that take a raw product and process it into something delicious. Those of us in the biz call this ‘value-added’. These types of products span the food spectrum and include baked goods, cheese and other dairy products, sauces, jellies and jams, and alcoholic beverages like beer, wine, and vodka. Home-based businesses like these account for many of our state’s small businesses.

When you Farm markets can offer a safe place to test the waters as an agricultural entrepreneur starts and grows a business. Beneed tires ing aware of local, state, and federal regulations, as well as call us! carrying proper liability insurance are all essential to ensure protection of your business and assets.

We carry a Having an attractive table at the market is a little bit of art and a little bit science. Stand back and look at your table as HUGE if you were the customer. Pretend it is a store. Why would inventory!!! someone want to come into your store and spend their money We offer a complete line of Goodyear & Firestone tires for swathers, when there are other tables offering similar items? What do you see? balers, combines, tractors, automotive, light and heavy duty trucks.

Here are some tips: 1. Produce should be clean and top quality, as well as arranged attractively. Use vertical and horizontal space.

2. Signs identifying the produce and price should be easy Cars, Light Trucks, Heavy Duty Farm & Over-the-road Trucks to read from 10-15 feet away.

3. Think of flow--that is, can customers enter your store on the left, select items, and pay on the right? This can maximize the number of potential transactions.

4. Have a logo, theme color, mascot, etc. Bookmark your farm in the customers’ minds by giving yourself a standard Phone 406-873-5025, Cell. 406-949-7717 — Cut Bank visual identity across signage, bags, business cards, t-shirts, tablecloths, etc. One successContain Your Tanks – Contain Your Tanks – Contain Your Tanks – Contain Your Tanks – Contain Your Tanks – Contain Your Tanks ful grower simply used the color red to make their table FUEL STORAGE ~ FUEL CONTAINMENT ~ FUEL SYSTEMS stand out.

All products meet EPA/SPCC agriculture standards 5. If you have samples, make sure you comply with CALL FISHER METAL PRODUCTS for information and pricing on: PA Act 106 and local health Horizontal Fuel Tanks from 500 to 3000 gallons Vertical Fuel Tanks 4000 to 10,000 gallons department regulations.

ALL TANKS are UL 142 Certified –– DOUBLE WALL TANKS meet SPCC Secondary Containment Rules 6. Consider creating a newsletter or recipe of the week, sharing news from the Fort Benton farm, and/or ways to prepare seasonal veggies.

7. Most of all, have fun and make friends! YOU are as interesting as your product and how it was produced.

Make the customers feel like they are part of your success story. A happy customer can be a walking advertisement, and a repeat customer.

Custom Spraying

On-The-Farm or On-The-Road

ALIGNMENT SERVICE

Fisher Metal Products

Tier 1 and Tier 2 spcc compliance plans available at no charge!

Professionally engineered plans are needed for systems over 10,000 gallons

ENGINEERED CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS 4 Galvanized steel construction

4 Optional “J Guard” liner

Please call for information and quotes on a custom system for your farm or ranch Containment meets all SPCC requirements

Fisher Metal Products Fort Benton, MT

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##### Bottled drinking water has been marketed as being cleaner and more pure than ordinary tap water, but, in a recent study, a third of bottled water showed significant chemical or bacterial contamination; including arsenic, nitrates, carcinogenic compounds, and coliform bacteria.

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low boy service

40-ton RGN for hire to transport machinery, tractors, etc. up to 60,000 lbs. 48-ft. stepdecks also available.

Montana & surrounding states, insured & experienced.

Call Roger or Larry at Roger Rader Inc., Sun River, MT 406-264-5475

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WE RENT HEAVY HARROWS!!!

Only 1 left! Grass Catching

End of Season Blowout

• MTGHS 26EFI • 10 bushel catcher • Comfort seat • 48” deck with heavy duty gear boxes • Power dump • Low profile tires • Kohler engine

Only 1 left! Side Discharge

• MBS 29EFI • Side discharge • Suspension seat • Kohler engine • Dual gas tanks • 52” rear discharge deck

O% Financing for 48 months ~ No payment until April 2013

Swing Away Augers

Swing Away Augers

• Iron edge flighting • Low profile hopper • Powder coat plus paint

10x82

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Drive Over Grain Decks

• Low profile self leveling hopper • Scissor lift • Extended life flighting

Only 1 left!

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• 20” belt • 12,000 bushel/hour • Makes your life easier Buy or Lease To Own

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10x70

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13x70

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This map of Montana shows the distribution of dams that can hold more than 50 acre feet of water. An acre foot equals the volume of one foot of water over one acre. (Map courtesy of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation).

Montana has thousands of dams, training offered to owners

By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service other workshops will be held this year.

Montana has 3,500 inventoried dams Plans are under way for fall workshops in and possibly as many as 10,000 of stock Great Falls, Malta and Miles City, Benderponds are included, says Michele Lemieux, Keigley said. manager of the Montana Dam Safety ProParticipants will learn how to inspect gram and civil engineer with the Montana dams, rehabilitate outlet pipes and conDepartment of Natural Resources and trol aquatic weeds and invasive species, Conservation.

Bender-Keigley said. The workshops will Although most of those dams are too also cover concrete repair and emergency small or remote to endanger human life if actions in case of dam failure. they fail, it’s important that owners know Lemieux recommends that owners of how to inspect, maintain and operate them, small rural Montana dams inspect their Lemieux said. To provide that training, dams annually and after any noticeable the DNRC hired Montana Watercourse at earthquake. Northwest and southwest Montana State University to organize free Montana have the highest probability of workshops that will target the owners of seismic activity, she said. Among other small Montana dams. things, owners should examine concrete for “Failures have great impact on county cracks, rust stains and seepage. They should resources, often involving local sheriff, check corrugated metal pipes for corrosion, county commissioners, county road crews check the embankment for rodent holes, and local emergency responders,” Lemieux watch for new seepage and sinkholes, and said. “In many instances, local emergency periodically remove small trees. responders are unfamiliar with the dams “Trees are fine around reservoirs, but located in their areas and dam safety prokeep them away from the dam,” Lemieux cedures. Providing county personnel with said. training and information on how to identify The design life of corrugated metal pipes and respond to dam problems will improve ranges from 30 to 50 years, depending on response and minimize damage.” the surrounding soils.

Janet Bender-Keigley, program coordina“When they fail, the can take out the tor for Montana Watercourse, organized a continued on page A28 May 31 workshop in Harlowton and said

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This Choteau County dam failed on or around February 17, 2011, causing a county road to be covered with eight inches of water. (Photo courtesy of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation).

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This Petroleum County dam failed February 13, 2011 when the spillway began to erode. (Photo courtesy of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation).

Montana has thousands of dams, training offered to owners continued from page A26

whole dam,” Lemieux said.

She added that failure of corrugated metal pipes is the most common cause of dam failures in Montana.

Failures become more common as dams begin to age, and most of those failures are caused by a lack of preventative maintenance, Lemieux said. Some of Montana’s dams are more than 100 years old, with most of the older dams made out of earth and the larger made from concrete.

The Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam near Butte is Montana’s tallest dam, standing 570 feet high, Lemieux said. The Fort Peck Dam is the state’s largest.

Of all the dams in Montana, 150 are classified as “high hazard” and subject to strict state and federal regulations. The classification means their failure could endanger life downstream, but it doesn’t reflect the actual condition of the dams, Lemieux said.

Montana’s other dams are classified as “significant hazard” or “low hazard,” and it’s up to their owners to maintain them.

Significant hazard refers to the potential for significant property or environmental

damage downstream. Low hazard refers to limited or no property damage during failure. Most of Montana’s significant and low hazard dams are in Eastern Montana. The owners might be ranchers, cities or counties.

The DNRC issues permits for the high hazard dams, but not the others, Lemieux said. Since the Dam Safety Program focuses its outreach and education efforts primarily on high hazard dams, owners of low and significant hazard dams would benefit from the upcoming workshops, she added.

Montana’s dams serve a variety of purposes, including flood control, irrigation, water supply for livestock and recreation.

Small ponds built for their aesthetic value tend to be located in Western Montana, while dams in Eastern Montana are more likely used for irrigation or livestock, Lemieux said.

Funding for the dam owner workshops came from a $17,000 grant awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the DNRC. For more information, go to www.mtwatercourse.org

Pasture management professional development workshop A pasture management professional development workshop is planned August 21-23 at the University of Idaho Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center near Salmon, Idaho.

Workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of forage plant structure, growth, development, physiology, management, nutritional value and contributions to agricultural sustainability.

The research and extension center is operated by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and features a commercialscale cattle herd that is reliant on irrigated pasture next to Idaho’s famed Salmon River.

Participants will learn the concepts and nature of scientific investigation through lab and field exercises. The workshop will stress principles and relationships that can be applied later to specific cases in the design and management of sustainable forage-livestock systems.

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is focused on college-educated participants, most with advanced degrees in agriculture or biological sciences with a basic understanding of plant biology.

The workshop will include lectures, discussion, reading, problem-solving exercises in the field and exams.

More information is available from Glenn Shewmaker, University of Idaho Extension forage specialist at (208) 423-6678 or gshew@uidaho.edu. ##### Ignominious (ig-no-MIN-ee-us), adjective. Marked by failure or humiliation in public. ##### rancor (RAYN-core), noun Conflict between individuals or groups, usually resulting from disagreement over an action or issue, and accompanied by ill will, bad feelings, and an escalation of the dispute over time.

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2009 New Holland BR7090, net/twine, Xtra Sweep, Bale Command, 1000 PTO, 4800 bales..............................................$31,100 2008 New Holland BR7090, net/twine, Xtra Sweep, Bale Command, lace belts, 1000 PTO, 3500 bales............................$31,800 2006 New Holland BR780A, twine, Super Sweep, Bale Command, 2358 bales........... . .....................................................$24,800 2005 New Holland BR780A, twine, Super Sweep, Bale Command, 13,348 bales........ . .....................................................$21,500

2009 New Holland T7050, 165 PTO hp, 860TL loader, grapple, 370 hours. Like new condition...............................................$122,100 2005 New Holland TG210 MFD, 175 PTO hp, 3-pt., 4 rear remotes, PTO, weights, duals, 3500 hours.....................................$83,500

2002 New Holland TV140 bidirectional, loader, grapple. 50 hours on new engine warranty, nice................................................$74,500 2002 New Holland TV140 bidirectional, auxiliary pump, engine end hydraulics, draw bar, loader, grapple, tines, 3400 hours..$63,800 1998 New Holland 8560 MFD, 130 PTO hp, cab, air, loader, grapple, 7940 hours......$49,100 1997 New Holland 8360 MFD, 115 PTO hp, cab, air, loader, 4500 hours...................$51,500

2004 New Holland BR780, net/twine, Xtra Sweep, Bale Command.................$19,300 2004 New Holland BR780, twine, Super Sweep, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup...$17,500 New Holland BR780, twine.................$14,800 2002 New Holland 688, twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup.............................$14,800 2001 New Holland 688, net/twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup...................$18,200 2000 New Holland 688, twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup.............................$14,100 1997 New Holland 664, net/twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup..................$12,100 1995 New Holland 660, net/twine, Bale Command..............................................$12,100 1994 New Holland 660, twine, Bale Command.................................................$9500 1992 New Holland 660, net/twine, Bale Command, 1000 PTO...............................$7500 New Holland 853, twine. Excellent, must see!.. . ........................................................$4800 1997 John Deere 566, twine wrap. Excellent.... . .....................................................$15,700 2001 Vermeer 605XL, twine.................$14,100

2008 New Holland T2320 FWA, hydro, 250TL loader, canopy, 250 hours..............$24,800 2005 New Holland TC35 FWA, hydro, 16LA loader, 215 hours. Nice!.................$17,800 Ford 8000, cab, air, 3-pt., PTO, loader, bucket... . ........................................................$8300 Ford 7710 FWA, 3-pt., PTO, cab, air, 6700 hours.

Very nice........................................$16,100 Ford 8N, 6-ft. rear blade. Good running tractor.. . ........................................................$2900 Massey Ferguson 184-4 FWA, 51 hp, 3248 hours.................................................$8500 International 656 2WD, open station, loader..... . ........................................................$7800

SKIDSTEERS & CONSTRUCTION

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John Deere 467 16x18...........................$2700

USED SELF-PROPELLED SWATHERS & HEADERS

1999 New Holland HW300, 14-ft. 2300 Series auger header, 2200 hours..............$32,800 1995 New Holland 2550, 14-ft. auger header, 2200 hours.....................................$28,500 New Holland 1495, gas, hydrostatic, 12-ft. header...............................................$8500 2003 John Deere 4995, 14-ft. disc header, steel conditioner, 1400 hours..................$64,200

NEW New Holland H8060 Check Out The NEW Discbine Self-Propelled Windrower New Holland BR7090 Baler 1997 Case IH 8850, disc header, cab..$32,500 Hesston 6650, cab, air, 14-ft. header...$15,500 MacDon 940 15-ft. multi-crop header......$7700

USED PULL-TYPE SWATHERS

New Holland 1431 pivot tongue, 13-ft. cut disc mower............................................$12,200 2006 New Holland 499 12-ft. pivot tongue.

Excellent condition.........................$17,700 Hesston 1014 14-ft. pivot tongue, 14-ft. sickle head..................................................$6400

USED HAY TOOLS

New Holland FP230 pull-type chopper, 27P hay head...............................................$10,500 New Holland 1032 pull-type stack wagon. Excellent....................................................$6800 New Holland 1012 pull-type stack wagon......... . ........................................................$3700 Holsher Model 180 bale pack, handles 18 14x18 bales.......................................$4500 New Holland 258 9’6” rake, left side hydraulic drive, rubber tines. Like new..............$6200 Sitrex 3-point belt rake............................$1840

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New Holland L220 skidsteer, cab, heat, 2 speed, 155 hours. Lease return, like new... . .....................................................$33,400 2008 New Holland L185 skidsteer, cab, air, heat, 2 speed, bucket, weights, 2946 hours..............................................$32,400 Post Vibe vibratory post pounder, rock spike, pipe driver, 3 way hydraulic, high flow......... . .....................................................$11,300 Mustang MBH9H 9-ft. backhoe for skidsteer, 24” bucket..........................................$7600 2011 Buhler SB5200 skidsteer snowblower.

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USED TILLAGE & MISC.

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Wood Burning Cook Stoves, Heaters & chimneys

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Thank You Farm Credit Services for supporting 4-H and buying my steer Whopper.

Dalli Peterson Mountain Front 4-H Club

Leroy & Natalie Thomsen Estate

AUCTION

Saturday, September 15th, 10 a. m.

Fairgrounds, Lewistown, MT

Guest consignor: Estates of Betty & son, Richard Scally, Lewistown, MT Oak furniture, Guns, Gold & Silver Coins, Stewart Oak #90 cast iron stove, Traps, Toys, Griswold Cast Iron, Redwing Stoneware, Gold scales, Store Display cases, Blue Willow, Depression glass, Kerosene lamps, Auto & Tractor collectibles, Saddles & Tack, Many Collectibles.

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Windy Rim Inc. Farm Retirement Rick and Nita Tomsheck

October 2, 2012 - Ethridge, MT See complete listing at fritzbull.com

1975 GMC 600 truck

Case IH 9370 Steiger tractor

2006 John Deere 9500 combine

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Haying, ensiling immature corn poses challenges

By NDSU Extension Service Some North Dakota producers may be faced with having to use their corn, sunflower, wheat, barley, oat or other crops for hay, grazing or silage because of this year’s drought conditions.

“One of the major concerns with using corn in drought areas is the level of nitrates,” says Carl Dahlen, a North Dakota State University (NDSU) beef cattle specialist. “Whether haying or ensiling corn, the producer needs to cut the stalks higher off the ground because nitrates accumulate in the lower portion of the corn stalk.”

Ideally, wrapping or bagging the bales to produce bale silage will help the fermentation process start and lower the concentration of nitrates in the hay. Ensiling whole corn plants can be difficult because of the challenges in getting adequate oxygen exclusion necessary for proper fermentation.

Nitrate levels will not decrease in corn hay as they will in silage. Dahlen recommends producers have the corn tested for nitrate levels whether they put up drought-stressed corn as hay or silage. Feedstuffs testing high in nitrate levels will need to be diluted with feeds with low nitrate content before feeding it to livestock.

He also recommends producers check the labels of any herbicide they have been using to make sure it is labeled for haying.

The moisture level in corn hay is a concern as well. To store the corn as hay, the moisture level should be 15 to 18 percent or lower.

If the drought-stressed crop is going to be hayed, the sooner it’s harvested, the better, according to Dahlen.

“We are talking about what is basically a coarse grass,” he says. “The hay must be mechanically processed or crimped to help facilitate field curing, and it should be cured about seven to 10 days to cure effectively.”

Baling also can be a challenge with corn. In some cases, large square bales may work the best. However, spontaneous combustion can be a danger in bales with poor dry-down and excessive moisture. In addition, mold can develop, which will lower the feeding value of the hay and potentially cause other feeding problems.

Haying may work in areas with drought-stressed corn. But in areas where corn height is near normal, a large volume of material would need to dry down in the windrow, which may prevent the corn from being turned into hay. In these cases, grazing or ensiling immature corn may be the only options.

“The level of nutrients in the hay will decrease with maturation,” Dahlen says. “So the hay should be tested for nutrient composition as well nitrate levels.”

Drought-stressed corn hay will provide nutrient quality comparable to a medium- to poor-quality forage. Immature corn silage will have a higher crude protein content and a lower energy content than normal corn silage. In addition, immature corn will have greater levels of moisture, making ensiling more challenging.

Nitrate-containing feeds should be introduced slowly into livestock rations, Dahlen says. Nitrate poisoning symptoms include increased pulse rate; heavy, quickened breathing; muscle tremors; weakness; staggered gait; blue mucous membranes and blindness. Should any of these symptoms occur, producers should remove the animals from the feed and contact their veterinarian.

New N.D. 4-H Ambassadors selected

Four youth were selected to join the North Dakota 4-H Ambassadors team.

The new team members, the county where they live and the school they attend are: • Patricia Zikmund, Walsh, Park River High School • Andrew Brummond, Walsh, Park River High School • Morgan Costa, Bottineau, Bottineau High School • Tyrza Hoines, Morton, Century High School The North Dakota 4-H Ambassadors is a group of young adults from across North Dakota who are actively involved in 4-H. They coordinate many activities that involve teaching youth and adults about topics such as leadership, teamwork and citizenship.

They specialize in planning and facilitating 4-H events, such as the annual statewide Extension Youth Conference, workshops, training sessions and regional events. They strive to create events that are fun, educational and skill building, and promote self-improvement. They also are active volunteers for 4-H programs in every North Dakota county.

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Fertilizer Equipment For Sale

2007 Freightliner, Auto Shifter, 16-ton Wilmar tender with tip tops....................... $66,000

1999 Ag Chem with air spreader box, 70-ft. booms, 4900 hours................ $68,000

1997 Ag Chem 8.3 Cummins, automatic, 70-ft. air booms..... .................................. $38,500 1983 Freightliner with Tyler 16 ton tender............. $19,500

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2006 Loral 6300 570 automatic with AirMax 1000 bed, 2200 hours....... $127,000

2002 Loral 400 Cummins, automatic, AirMax 2 bin Air Max 2000 bed, full rubber, 3500 hours....................... $89,000

2001 Case 3300, 3 wheel, Cummins, auto, 70-ft. booms. .................................. $64,500

Tyler 6-ton pull spreader with 36-ft. booms................. $7200 2008 Case 4020 with 330 hp, auto, and AutoSteer, 70-ft booms, 2000 hours..................................................................

00 $190,000 $168,0 1995 International Silver Wheels, 10 speed, 1800 gallon stainless steel liquid system, 3500 hours........ $35,000 1989 GMC semi-float with 8-ton Wilmar bed....... $21,000

1986 Kenworth Cummins 7 speed, Tyler 16-ton sideshooter............................... $29,500

1999 Loral DT530, autoshift, Air Max 5 bed, 5700 hours..... .................................. $47,000 Willmar 3-axle 24-ton self contained................... $39,000

Simonsen 18-ton stainless steel vertical auger tender...... .................................. $14,400

1997 Rayman 24-ton sideshooter box, no trailer............. .................................. $26,500

1990 Volvo Cummins 10 speed, with 16-ton Wilmar tender........................ $24,500

1995 Loral 3000 Anniversary Edition, Air Max 5 bed, Dicky John controller GPS system, 300 hp, 60-ft. booms...$47,000

1997 International snow plow, DT466 automatic, complete with snowplow and sanding bed, runs good.......... .................................. $20,000

2002 International chassis, DT530 automatic, full rubber, above average, sharp, 2900 hours......................... $54,000

1990 Ford with Cat 3208, auto, Wilmar spreader.........$33,500

1999 Loral 4x4, “One of a Kind”, DT530 automatic, Airmax 5 bed.................. $71,000

1994 Loral DT466, 530 automatic, 90-ft. liquid boom......... .................................. $34,500

1996 Loral DT530, automatic, chemical bin, 8700 hours, runs good.................. $36,500

10 units in service, from $26,000 to $32,000

1994 GMC 3116 Cat automatic, New Leader 2220 bed....... .................................. $35,000

1978 Clark loader, 2 yard bucket.........................$11,500

1976 Trailmobile 9000 gallon aluminum tender, 5 compartments......................... $26,000

1997 Freightliner with 3000 gallon propane tank... $31,000

Case W14 front end loader, very portable. Great little maching for loading bales...... ...................................$11,200

1996 Mertz 4300, 3208 Cat auto, 2-bin or 2 types of fertilizer system, you don’t need a blender with this........ $37,000

1990 International propane truck with 2800 gallon tank in service....................... $26,000

NH3 tank, newer style short, 30,000 gallon, 48-ft. long with 3” pump..........$56,000 loaded

Greyn Fertilizer Supply

5-ton tub blender.......... $7500

2004 Loral large Cat automatic, 2 bin Air Max 2000 bed with 3500 hours................ $97,000

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www.fertilizerequipment.net 1993 Beall 5100-gallon triple axle pup trailer, 13-ft. hitch..... .................................. $26,500

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Photo contest celebrates America’s agricultural story

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Thank You Bobcat Angus for supporting 4-H and buying my pig Fiona.

Chance Peterson Mountain Front 4-H Club

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MONTANA DEALERS

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Jorgenson Land Co........................................ Broadview, 667-2140 Joyce Fuel & Feeds............................... Geraldine, 1-800-479-4561 Moodie Implement............................... Great Falls, 1-888-760-2005 Sunrise Equipment..................................... Sidney, 1-800-967-3597 Taylor’s True Value Farm Store................... Shelby, 1-888-220-5547 Tiber Tractor, Chester .........................................Chester, 759-5188 Torgerson......................................................Havre, 1-800-800-3113 Torgerson............................................. Lewistown, 1-800-677-8795 Zerbe Bros................................................Glasgow, 1-800-228-5393

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Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) preserves and shares America’s agricultural story through a network of partnerships in a federally designated 37-country region of Northeast Iowa. Since 2007, the Heritage Area has been holding the “Capture the Heart of America” photo contest to let photographers actively participate in preserving their own part of the region’s story. To celebrate the entire American agricultural story, the 2012 “Capture the Heart of America” photo contest is being expanded to include agriculturally related photos from across the country.

The contest let’s photographers share their stories in five categories, with four of them open to photos taken nationally and one category solely dedicated to Silos & Smokestacks Partner Sites. Contest categories include: American Farmscapes – From rustic farms to rolling hills of patchwork fields, the rural countryside holds a beauty uniquely American. This category captures this beauty through artistic depictions of farm and field scenes scattered throughout rural America.

Life on the Farm – Life on the farm is characterized by hard work combined with a connection to the land. This category shares the story of the American farmer who helps feed the world, along with day-to-day life on the farm.

Silos & Smokestacks Partner Sites – From dairy farms and museums to vineyards and tractor assembly tours, more than 100 Designated Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Partner Sites are sharing their own part of America’s agricultural story in a 37-county region of Northeast Iowa.

This category lets visitors share their experience at Heritage Area Partner Sites.

Celebrations of Agriculture – Steeped in culture, festivals and fairs have long been held to celebrate American agriculture and the fruits of the harvest. From nationally recognized state fairs to a hometown rhubarb fest, this category commemorates the agricultural experience at countless events throughout the country.

America’s Agricultural Industry – America’s agricultural industry has helped to shape agriculture worldwide. From the relics of smokestacks that once dotted the American landscape to the barges that transport grain on the Mississippi River, this category captures this important story.

This year’s contest includes over $1,600 in prizes, including: Best of Show – Tamron 70-300 mm lens & 12”x18” custom frame of winning photo First Place - $100 (each category) Second Place - $50 (each category) Third Place - Silos & Smokestacks Gear (each category) Thank you to Porters Digital Cameras & Imaging, Cedar Falls, Iowa for sponsoring the award for Best of Show and Top of Iowa Welcome Center, Northwood, Iowa, for being a supporting sponsor.

Photo contest entries are due by October 5, 2012. Visit www.silosandsmokestacks.org for guidelines and online entry form. For additional information, please call 319-2344567 or email photocontest@silosandsmokestacks.org

Jamison Scholarship winners

The Nebraska 4-H Foundation recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to three University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) students in honor of former 4-H Foundation Director Kirk Jamison, who retired in 2010, and his wife, Trula.

The three recipients of the 2012-13 Jamison Scholarship are: • Connor Bloedorn of Wisner, food science and technology • Stacey Herbel of Lincoln, nutrition science • Jaslyn Livingston of Broadwater, veterinary science “The foundation is pleased to provide college scholarships to these outstanding 4-H’ers,” said Stuart Shepherd, executive director of the Nebraska 4-H Foundation. “It is also an honor for us to pay tribute to past Foundation Director Kirk Jamison and his wife, Trula.”

Recipients of the award had to be incoming sophomores in the College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) or the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) with a GPA of at least 3.25. Bloedorn and Livingston are from CASNR while Herbel is from CEHS. The scholars also had to be involved in 4-H. Shepherd added that providing college scholarships is one of the most important programs of the Nebraska 4-H Foundation, and he thanked donors across Nebraska for their generous support in making the scholarships possible.

Sell now at harvest or store and market post-harvest

By Donald Guthmiller, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist You may consider storing grain in the bin for two different reasons. You may be holding grain that is already sold with a future delivery date or holding grain to be priced at a later date. This is especially true as wheat harvest is in full swing in South Dakota.

There are really only three choices when considering selling grain now or later. You may decide to do some of each of these to manage your risk.

Choice one is to sell grain at harvest. Choice two is to store priced grain. Choice three is to store unpriced grain.

You have costs involved with grain storage that include interest, handling and shrink, insurance, and operating and repairing equipment.

When you plan to store unpriced grain in the bin, there is upside potential but also downside risk. There is also storage costs involved.

One way to manage some of the risk of storing unpriced grain is to “sell the carry” in the market to cover storage costs. There are three ways to accomplish that: • Sell future contracts in 5000 bushel increments.

• Sell grain using a cash forward contract.

• Use a hedge-to-arrive contract, which is like selling futures except with a grain buyer like the local elevator.

Carry in the market is the difference between different futures months such as December and July. This tells you whether the market is giving you an incentive to store grain.

Carry can be large, small or inverse when comparing different delivery months on a given day.

When the carry is small or inverse, there are considerations when the futures prices are high or low.

• When prices are high, consider selling the grain and re-owning it with call options if upward price movement is expected.

• When prices are low, consider storing unpriced grain but have an exit strategy.

When the carry is large, there are other considerations when futures prices are high or low.

• When prices are low, you might consider continuing to store unpriced grain with an exit strategy.

There are two thoughts when futures prices are high.

• When basis is wide, use a hedge to arrive contract to sell the carry.

• When basis is narrow, sell the carry with a cash forward contract.

If you are going to store unpriced grain, here are two protection tools that can be used to minimize risk.

1. Buy put options • You capture the carry and are not locked into delivery • You still have basis risk and storage costs 2. Sell cash and buy call options • Works best when you are optimistic that prices will increase • You remove basis risk and storage costs

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A: Your ficus very likely is in a light-deficiency situation. The plant probably is not getting any movement from breezes or a fan. Unlike the human body, once a plant gets to this stage, there is little that can be done to correct the weakness with the existing branching system. Without seeing the plant, all I can do is make blanket recommendations that may work to restore the plant. Cut the ficus back to just above the lowest branch. Use a sharp hand pruner.

Increase the light reaching the plant by using an artificial light that promotes and maintains plant growth. The plant should get light at least 14 hours a day. At the same time, set up an oscillating fan on low speed to run the same number of hours as the plant light. If this works, the new growth that will emerge will be thicker and stronger than what you have.

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With record hot and dry weather this year allowing deep, wide cracks to develop in many farm fields, state agriculture and natural resource officials are urging farmers to inspect fields for such cracks and take other precautions when spreading manure to reduce the risk of manure entering drain tiles and winding up in lakes, streams and groundwater.

“We want to alert farmers to the dangers that applying manure to fields with deep cracks poses,” says Andrew Craig, who leads Department of Natural Resources (DNR) nutrient management efforts. “We encourage farmers to inspect their fields before applying manure and advise they either avoid spreading on such areas or take additional actions if they do spread manure.”

Recommendations include working cracked soil with tillage before applying manure and having an emergency response plan and supplies in place so they can respond quickly if there are any problems are found.

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In addition to potentially contaminating groundwater and surface water, farmers lose the nutrient value of the manure because it can move below the crop root zone.

Farmers and the nutrient applicators many of them hire will need to take precautions with any liquid manure they apply to the land, regardless of solids content, says Kevin Erb, University of Wisconsin-Extension conservation professional development and training coordinator. In a normal year, the risk is highest when manure solids content is less than 2.5 percent.

“Given how wide soil cracks are this year, however, taking precautions is strongly recommended with ALL liquid manure applications, regardless of solids content,” Erb says.

“Wider and deeper cracks mean we need to be more careful this summer.”

Fields that were not worked this spring – i.e. wheat fields or hayfields being topdressed -- need to be looked at very carefully before application, Erb says.

He recommends farmers take the following precautions when applying manure under the current dry conditions: Before applying: • Check fields for soil cracks and locate drain tile inlets and outlets before applying manure.

• Avoid applying manure to soil-cracked fields, with or without drain tiles.

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2012 Nebraska Grazing Conference August 14-15 in Kearney

Two dozen presenters from five states will share their expertise on topics related to grazing animals and stewardship of grazing lands at the 12th annual Nebraska Grazing Conference at the Kearney Holiday Inn August 14-15.

The goal of the conference is to help producers make better decisions in managing their grasslands, said Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension forage specialist.

With the dry weather this year, a big challenge for producers is proper drought management. Drought decreases plant growth, Anderson said, so this means less food in the pastures, which stresses the animals. Faced with inadequate food supply, animals may start eating poisonous plants such as hemlock or Riddell’s groundsel that they usually avoid, he said.

Furthermore, limited food sources for animals may lead to them overgrazing pastures and weakening grazing lands potential in subsequent years, Anderson said. “The effects of the drought can be very lasting if we don’t deal with the condition while it is here,” he said.

Producers can find out more about managing drought risk in a presentation on Wednesday, August 15. Several speakers will brief conference participants on step-bystep drought planning, livestock feeding and financial considerations, insurance options and lessons learned in drought planning.

Concluding the program on Wednesday afternoon will be a panel of producers who will discuss how to evaluate which grazing system option is best for your operation.

Another highlight of the conference is how producers can use livestock to control weeds in their grasslands, Anderson said.

On Tuesday, August 14, Kathy Voth, founder of Livestock for Landscapes based in Loveland, Colorado, will give an afternoon presentation and conduct an evening session on training cows to eat weeds. “This increases the amount of feed available in the pastures by getting livestock to eat desired plants as well as weeds,” Anderson said.

Other events on Tuesday include a presentation by Justin Derner with the USDA-ARS

High Plains Grasslands Research Station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, who will address managing land for ecosystem services and livestock production. Sandy Smart from South Dakota State University in Brookings will add to that topic with a focus on the role of prescribed burns.

Cost-share programs to deal with federal and state endangered species on ranches will be covered by Mike George, USFWSEcological Services. Beau Mathewson from Potter, Nebraska, will describe some of the management practices that led to his family receiving the Nebraska 2011 Leopold Conservation Award.

Two concurrent sessions also will be held on Tuesday: one addresses winter grazing and the other focuses on how to use monitoring to make land management decisions.

The banquet speaker Tuesday evening will be UNL range scientist Walter Schacht, who will talk about his year teaching and conducting research on rangelands in Namibia.

Registration is $80 if postmarked by August 1 and $95 afterward. One-day registrations are also available, and walk-ins are welcome. Reduced registration fees are offered for full-time high school or college students. Registration fees will be paid by the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources for students who will still be in high school this fall and who preregister by the August 1 deadline.

Hotel reservations can be made by contacting the Holiday Inn at 308-237-5971 and specifying the Nebraska Grazing Conference for appropriate rates, or by booking online (see link at conference website).

For more information, ask at a local UNL extension office, visit the conference website (http://grassland.unl.edu/web/grassland/ nebraskagrazingconference) or contact the UNL Center for Grassland Studies at (402) 472-4101 or grassland@unl.edu.

The conference is sponsored by several public and private organizations including the conference underwriters: Center for Grassland Studies, Farm Credit Services of America, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, and the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition.

1st Annual Rocky Mountain Intertribal Agriculture Council

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Montana Food & Agriculture Council and Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) announce that registration is open for the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Intertribal Agriculture Council Symposium that will be held in Polson on August 22-23.

“We have a full agenda in store for American Indian farmers and ranchers and those involved with Indian agriculture,” said IAC Executive Director Ross Racine. “We hope that folks can get away for a few days and take part of our first annual regional symposium. Scholarships are available.”

Highlights include discussions about the Carbon Coalition Workshop by the Indian Land Tenure Foundation, Animal Disease Traceability and Trichomoniasis Policy by the Montana Department of Livestock, a keynote address by Bruce Nelson, Montana Farm Service Agency State Executive Director and former FSA administrator, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

Easements on Tribal Lands, report from Montana Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Beef Marketing Options, tour of a local USDA Slaughterhouse, Roundtables on Lending Opportunities with FSA, NRCS programs and Farm Bill Updates for Indian Country and an update on the Montana USDA Tribal Strategic Plan.

To help defer registration and travel costs, scholarships are available through IAC. Those interested should contact Becky Standing Bear, of IAC, at (406) 259-3525 or bear@indianaglink.com no later than August 12. Scholarships are limited.

The event is held conjunction with the Flathead River Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) Tour Rodeo on August 23-26.

Registration form, agenda and scholarship applications are available on the Montana FSA State Website at www.fsa.usda.gov/mt - under State Events. For more information, contact Kole Fitzpatrick at (406) 450-8704 or kole@indianaglink.com

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New name for conservation district

Officially, as of June 13, 2012 the Cascade County Conservation District has a new name, Cascade Conservation District (CCD). The process to update the Districts name included a vote by the Board Supervisors, then a review by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and finally the approval of the Montana Secretary of State office.

The reason for the update listed in the petition reads: “The Cascade County Conservation District was properly created in accordance with MCA Section 76-15-101, et. seq. and has faithfully carried out its mandate to provide for the conservation of soil and soil resources, for the prevention of floodwater and sediment damage, and for furthering the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water.

The District has carried out these functions as a governmental subdivision of the State Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. However, the District’s current name creates the impression that the District is a part of Cascade County, a local governmental entity. Further, there is a State-wide trend toward renaming conservation districts by dropping the term “county” from the district names, in order to avoid such potential confusion.”

Working with Duane Walker, of Walker Design, the CCD unveiled a new logo to go along with the updated name. Also, the CCD launched a new website www.cascadecd.com on July 1st. The website will make it easier for residents of Cascade County to locate information i.e., conservation district meetings, links to assist teachers and students with information on water, soils, and conservation, upcoming workshops, and the CCD cost share program.

This fall the CCD will, hopefully expand to include Neihart.

The CCD does not include all of Cascade County i.e. Neihart, Towns of Cascade and Belt and a large portion of Great Falls (from 38th Street N to past the Interstate, then from 10th Ave South to the Missouri River). This fall, with the help of the students from UGF, the CCD will be out collecting signatures in Neighbor Council Areas 7, 8, 9 and 2 to place those areas on the spring 2013 ballot to be included in the CCD. If you have questions or comments please contact the CCD by email at cccd@3riversnet or phone 406-727-3603 ext 125.

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Question: My neighbor, who is retired, told me that the income he receives from his part-time job at the local nursery gives him an increase in his Social Security benefits. Is that right?

Answer: Retirees who return to work after they start receiving benefits may be able to receive a higher benefit based on those earnings. This is because Social Security automatically re-computes the retirement benefit after crediting the additional earnings to the individual’s earnings record. Learn more by reading the publication, How Work Affects Your Benefits, at www. socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10069.html.

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Now is the time of year for livestock producers to be vigilant for anthrax.

“The hot summer months of July and August are when we see most of our anthrax cases in the upper Great Plains,” says Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service veterinarian. “Cattle should have been vaccinated before they were turned out into the pasture.”

Vaccination is especially important for livestock in areas with a history of anthrax, he adds.

While the disease mainly has been reported in northeastern, southeastern and south-central North Dakota, it has been found in almost every part of the state, according to state animal health officials. Cases of the disease occur in the region almost every year.

Anthrax spores are a major concern because they can survive in the soil for decades. Favorable conditions, such as the flooding and heavy rainfall that some parts of North Dakota experienced in the last few years, may make it more widespread.

Livestock in areas where anthrax has been found should be vaccinated about four weeks before the disease usually appears. Herds within six miles of a prior case of anthrax also should be vaccinated, especially in years with wet spring weather and/or flooding. Because immunity appears to wane after about six months, livestock need to be vaccinated for anthrax annually, Stoltenow says.

Only one anthrax vaccine is licensed for use in the U.S. and Canada. It is effective, Stoltenow says.

He recommends producers check with their veterinarian to make sure their livestock’s vaccination schedule is adequate and the vaccination is up to date.

If anthrax is detected in a herd, producers should move the herd immediately to a new pasture away from where dead animals were found to prevent other animals from getting infected, Stoltenow says.

During severe outbreak conditions, animals that haven’t been vaccinated and are exposed to anthrax may have to be treated with antibiotics and then vaccinated. Producers thinking about treating with antibiotics should contact their veterinarian because antibiotics decrease the effectiveness of the vaccine, Stoltenow says.

Producers also should monitor their herds for unexpected deaths and report those losses to their veterinarian.

Because anthrax also is a risk to humans, people should not move a carcass. The carcasses of animals that died from anthrax should be disposed of, preferably through burning, as close to where they died as possible. Any contaminated soil should be piled on top of the carcasses for burning, Stoltenow says.

For more information about anthrax, visit the Veterinary Medicine section of NDSU’s CattleDocs website at http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/cattledocs.

Disability Social Security questions and answers

Question: Is there a time limit on collecting Social Security disability benefits?

Answer: Your disability benefits will continue as long as your medical condition does not improve and you remain unable to work. We will review your case at regular intervals to make sure you are still disabled. If you are still receiving disability benefits when you reach full retirement age, we will automatically convert them to retirement benefits. Learn more by reading our publication, Disability Benefits, at www. socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10029.html.

Question: I get Social Security because of a disability. How often will my case be reviewed to determine if I’m still eligible?

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Recipe Patch

by Geri

Funnel Cakes

2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Oil for deep-fat frying Confectioners’ sugar In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, water and vanilla until well blended. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; beat into egg mixture until smooth. In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Cover the bottom of a funnel spout with your finger; ladle 1/2 cup of batter into the funnel. Holding the funnel several inches above the skillet, release your finger and move the funnel in a spiral motion until all the batter is released (scraping with a rubber spatula if needed). Fry for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve warm.

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If you have items you want advertised in the September 2012 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM IS AUGUST 31.

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Pizza on a Stick

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Website, workshops help ranchers in time of drought

As drought continues to take hold of the state, managing drought on the range becomes ever more important.

Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch (http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan/Overview.aspx) is a website from the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) that can help livestock producers get through the current drought and continue to manage their pastures when not in drought.

The NDMC developed the site in collaboration with University of NebraskaLincoln (UNL) Extension researchers Pat Reece (now owner of Prairie and Montane Enterprises), Jerry Volesky and Matt Stockton. The NDMC also consulted with ranchers, federal grazing experts and other researchers from UNL, South Dakota State University and Texas A&M University. The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency.

“The website has a number of things available to producers related to animal nutrition, etc., but the most important thing is that producers really do need to make adjustments in overall grazing plans and stocking rates,” said Volesky, UNL Extension range and forest specialist. “With these drought conditions, we have seen pasture growth and production that is only 20 percent to 50 percent of normal.”

On the positive side, in the last three to four years, the Sandhills and Panhandle have had good rainfall and there is a lot of previous years’ grass left in pastures, he said. Unfortunately, the quality isn’t very good.

Volesky said warm season grass started to grow, but it has stopped. So, using pastures overall is very important now through July.

“Once we get into August and September, it usually is inevitable that pastures are grazed heavier than we’d like.”

The website is home to several resources for developing a ranch drought plan: as-

sembling a planning team, identifying goals and objectives, inventorying resources, setting critical dates, developing a monitoring system, identifying strategies for preparing for and managing through drought, and implementing and evaluating the plan. Each step includes links to resources, tools and worksheets.

In addition, there are links to upcoming and past workshops related to managing drought archived on the site.

A workshop at which the NDMC’s drought team will be speaking is the annual Nebraska Grazing Conference. The team will speak the entire morning of August 15 during the two-day conference in Kearney.

Information about the workshops can be found on the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website.

The Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website is designed to take users through the steps of developing a ranch drought plan. The “Inventory and Monitor,” “Before Drought,” “During Drought” and “After Drought” sections provide in-depth information and resources that will help users develop a drought plan.

“The primary focus is the plan,” Volesky said. “Producers who have a plan already started putting their plans in place at the first signs of drought this past spring. For producers who don’t have a good drought plan, this drought should stimulate them to start putting together a plan now.”

In addition, the site includes a “Drought Basics” section, which provides in-depth information on climate and historical drought occurrence; the effects drought has on livestock, grasses and grazing management; geographic variability in precipitation and forage growth; and drought-related financial considerations. NDMC is housed in UNL’s School of Natural Resources in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Registration now open for Taking Root: Montana Farm to School Conference

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The Office of Public Instruction and its Montana Team Nutrition Program along with Montana State University and Learning by Nature are hosting the inaugural Taking Root: Montana Farm to School Conference on August 16 -17, 2012 at Montana State University in Bozeman.

Through workshops and field trips, participants will explore a wealth of Farm to School topics throughout the cafeteria, classroom and community, network with a variety of stakeholders, and be inspired by the diverse ways Farm to School has taken root across Montana. Teachers, administrators, school foodservice professionals, students, parents, and community partners from early childhood through 12th grade, as well as ranchers and farmers are encouraged to attend.

Farm to School is a national not-for-profit network that aims to improve child nutrition by helping children understand and experience where their food comes from.

It incorporates healthy, farm-fresh food in school meals and snacks, provides increased opportunity for garden-based learning, provides agriculture education across the curriculum, and strengthens community-wide connections to support Montana’s local farmers and children’s well-being.

This conference will highlight: School Gardening: Tips for making it

work in Montana and school garden field trips (PreK-12).

Keeping it Local: Tips for incorporating local foods in child nutrition programs and school fundraisers.

Food = Learning: Teaching kids to make healthy food choices and meet science and math education standards.

From Garden to School Cafeterias: Ideas for successful service learning projects and agricultural education lessons (PreK-12).

Local Food Purchasing Toolbox: Ensuring food safety and staying within your budget.

Policy Update: National Farm to School Network.

Community: Cultivating strong partnerships.

Day 2 Optional Field Trip: School & Community Gardens Tour sponsored by Learning by Nature.

Registration is now open. Registration for Aug. 16 is $45.00, while the shorter field trip session on Aug. 17 costs $25.00.

Renewal units from OPI, Montana Early Childhood Project, and School Nutrition Association are available – 7.5 hours for August 16 and 3.5 hours for August 17, 2012.

For more information and to register, visit:www.montana.edu/cs/conferences/ farmtoschool

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By NDSU Extension Service The scorching temperatures and lack of any significant rainfall have taken a toll on most lawns in upper Midwest landscapes.

Without regular irrigation cycles and uniform coverage, most lawns have turned brown. Any green showing usually is from patches of weeds.

Even those who have watered to keep their grass green have experienced brown spots that can be attributed to one or a combination of the following: • Heat stress because the temperatures are too high to keep the grass from going dormant • Grub, sod webworm or other insect activity that has lowered the plant’s ability to utilize the available water • Patch diseases, which are fungal diseases that develop in the turf when the air and dew point temperature added together are equal to or greater than 150 F (For example, an air temperature of 95 F plus a dew point temperature of 74 F equals 169.)

“If the turf is to be watered, it should be done on a regular basis without any extended days of not watering,” says Ron Smith, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service horticulturist. “If you choose not to water, then don’t. Too many homeowners will begin to feel guilty and start watering after the grass turns brown but turns the water off when they see the water bill.”

If a dormant turf goes more than 21 days without water from Mother Nature or an irrigation system, the turfgrass should get just one shot of water (about 0.25 inch) for about 30 minutes of run time per location on the lawn.

This will be enough to rehydrate the crown of the plant without stimulating it to begin turning green and keep it alive until the normal rain cycles return.

Dormant turf should not be mowed, Smith says. Turf that is growing should be mowed at 3 inches or higher during the cooler part of the evening.

“A herbicide application will not be effective while weeds are experiencing drought conditions,” Smith says. “Any weed treatments should be delayed until fall when weather conditions are milder and the plants are moving photosynthates into the crown, roots and rhizomes. At that time, a herbicide application will be much more effective.”

With the rainfall some of the region has experienced, most lawns will recover and some even may turn green again.

Leaf loss means tree stress

This summer’s yellowing and falling trees leaves are signs of stress, as are the browning leaves that stay in place.

Trees are reflecting the unusually warm, droughty weather that started last summer.

“Adequate water remains vital. With that, many trees can survive, if they also have enough stored energy reserves to make it through to next spring. Their twigs and buds will tell the story,” said Ward Upham, K-State Research and Extension horticulturist.

Typically, leaf loss isn’t serious if it simply results in general thinning, Upham said.

“Trees often set more leaves in spring than they can support during summer’s weather. So, they reduce leaf numbers,” he explained. “This summer’s thinning could look a little worrisome, though, unless you remember trees probably lost some roots over the past year.”

During extreme summers, certain trees (e.g., the hackberry) will drop all leaves and enter summer dormancy.

“Dormant trees should still have supple twigs and healthy buds,” Upham said. “If so, the effect on tree health is likely to be minor. The tree should leaf out normally next spring.

“However, if any section of the tree has brittle twigs and dead buds, that part, at least, is dead.”

When trees finally can’t keep up with their own moisture demands, they quickly die – seemingly overnight. Their leaves turn brown, but may remain attached to the tree.

“Again, though, twigs and buds are the most important clue to a tree’s health,” Upham said. “So long as buds are alive and twigs are supple, a tree has life. You should wait to see how it responds next spring.”

He recommends tree owners talk to their nearest Extension agent and/or consult K-State’s new factsheets about best watering practices for trees and shrubs. Those factsheets are on the Web at Watering Newly Planted and Young Trees and Shrubs (http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF2800.pdf) and Watering Established Trees and Shrubs (http://www.ksre. ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF2801.pdf).

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Cyanobacteria harmful to livestock, humans

The public and livestock producers should watch for green to blue-green scum or a gelatinous mass on recreational water and the surface of livestock’s fresh water supplies.

“Algae blooms cause major disruptions, not only because of their offensive odor and appearance; but because they can be fatal to livestock, pets and people,” says North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service water quality associate Roxanne Johnson. “Not all algae blooms are toxic, but without laboratory analysis, it is impossible to identify poisonous species.”

This seasonal event is not really algae; rather, it is photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria that rely on sunlight for energy. As they store energy, they create a tiny cavity of air that allows them to move up and down in the water to areas with more nutrients.

As environmental conditions improve with warm weather, calm winds and abundant nutrients (particularly phosphorus and nitrogen), the bacteria numbers increase. A “bloom” of green or blue-green algae on the surface of the water may appear overnight and be accompanied by an unmistakable musty, earthy or putrid odor.

“As cyanobacteria break down, they release toxins that can be an irritant to human skin and potentially lethal to animals,” Johnson explains.

Concentrations of algae develop as the wind moves the toxin to the leeward, or downward, shore, where you may find evidence of toxicity, such as dead mice, snakes and other animals near the water’s edge. Toxicity is dependent on the species consuming the water, and the concentration and the amount of water ingested.

Blue-green algae produce two toxins,

each with different symptoms. Signs of neurotoxin poisoning usually appear 15 to 20 minutes after ingestion. In animals, symptoms include weakness, staggering, difficulty in breathing, convulsions and ultimately death. In humans, symptoms may include numbness of the lips, tingling in AND APPRAISERS fingers and toes, and dizziness.

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Johnson advises producers to clean stock tanks on an annual basis to keep algae growth to a minimum.

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Corn, soybean crops could affect hog industry

The hog industry could see some major changes in the upcoming months, depending on the effect of severe drought on U.S. corn and soybean crops, according to David Newman, the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service’s swine specialist.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly corn and soybean progress report, released July 2, indicated that the condition of those crops dropped by 8 percentage points.

“This is a significant decrease so early in the growing season, with only 48 percent of corn in ‘good to excellent’ condition, compared with 56 percent recently,” Newman says.

“This is not a good sign,” he adds. “Crop conditions this bad now could indicate that a large portion of the corn and soybean crops will not reach harvest.”

Corn and soybeans are major feed for swine. The demand for those feedstuffs already is high, so a smaller-thanexpected harvest could lead to even higher prices for corn and soybean meal this fall.

“In North Dakota and Minnesota, crop conditions are better, but that is not a big relief to swine producers, considering the bulk of the feedstuffs that are required for swine diets are grown in the central Midwestern states,” Newman says. “The hot weather and drought there will continue to have negative effects on the crop conditions without much relief in sight.”

The USDA’s latest quarterly hogs and pigs report indicates the U.S.’s hog and pig inventory is up 1 percent from a year ago, at 65.8 million head. The breeding inventory also is up 1 percent, at about 5.86 million head.

“Nationwide, pigs per litter on the second quarter farrowings for 2012 were an impressive 10.09, a trend that keeps going up and represents producers’ ability to keep more pigs alive in the farrowing room,” Newman says. “This is especially true for the large sow farms with more than 5,000 head.”

North Dakota has a large inventory of sows that produce weaned piglets and has very similar positive trends in pig/ sow/litter numbers.

The report also shows that U.S. producers intend to have fewer sows farrow during the current quarter, or about 2.9 million head. This is down 1 percent from 2011. Furthermore, intended farrowings are down 1 percent from 2011 for the next quarter (September-November).

“Luckily, we are not seeing a huge surge in the breeding inventory,” Newman says. “Although it was up 1 percent, it is not as high as some had predicted. Large expansion would mean a huge supply of pigs with the possibility of limited feedstuffs in the later quarters of 2012. Tight feedstuffs will play the major role in determining producer profitability.”

He recommends producers put an increased emphasis on managing their input and operational costs.

“Risk management will be important for pork producers in the current market situation,” he says.

Can I repot tulips?

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I received some tulips as a present from my boyfriend.

It is January here in Florida. Amazingly, the tulips bloomed and are ready to be deadheaded. I have been told that I can’t plant them in the ground because it doesn’t get cold enough here for the bulbs. Where do I go from here? Can I repot them? Right now they are in a cute little store pot. Tulips are my favorite flower. If I can keep them blooming every year, I would be so happy. I have no experience with tulips, so please help.

A: Unfortunately, your enthusiasm for tulips is not in line with your geography. Tulips need a chilling treatment for them to bloom every year. Because you live in Florida, that won’t happen unless there is a significant climate change.

Allow the bulbs to die down naturally. Separate the foliage from the bulbs by gently tugging on the yellowed leaves.

Refrigerate the bulbs in the crisper of your refrigerator until next winter or until you see new growth beginning to emerge.

This process has about a 50 percent chance of success. Better yet, ask your boyfriend to keep giving you tulips and treat them as annuals in your part of the country. Many landscape contracting companies do that. The companies do massive tulip plantings in the fall and allow them to bloom. The tulips then are removed once the blooming cycle is complete. This way you always will have fresh flowers to look forward to and not have to take a chance at spotty or poor blooming.

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Forest fires become learning opportunity

How can the tragedy of a forest fire turn on teenagers’ interest in seeking a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematical fields? Colorado State University’s (CSU) Native American Cultural Center hopes to find a silver lining by teaching science to Native American youth from Colorado through the High Park fire and the older Hourglass fire areas near the university’s Pingree Park mountain campus.

The Native American STEM Institute, held the week of July 29, will focus on STEM careers in natural resources and renewable energy. The week includes several hands-on days at Pingree Park donning rubber boots and getting into a stream to study water ecology, looking at areas burned by forest fires to learn about fire science, learning compass orienteering skills and using technology such as GIS and GPS systems. ” This is an important opportunity for students to get excited about STEM careers,” said Ty Smith, director of the Native American Cultural Center on CSU’s campus. “My office embraces the responsibilities of this state’s only land grant institution by providing an experience for Native youth so they have the necessary tools to access higher education.”

The last days of the camp, which are back on main campus, investigate the fun of physics and solar power, and participants will build and race mini solar-powered cars as a final project.

About 30 Native American students in the seventh through tenth grades from northern New Mexico, Fort Collins and Denver will participate. In addition to learning about scientific careers, the students also will be researching how their own tribes are using their natural resources and possibly implementing renewable energy projects on reservations.

The students identify with a wide mix of tribes from across the nation.

“It’s important for Native students to be involved in STEM programs because we are underrepresented in STEM careers and fields of study,” said Rose McGuire, manager of the Denver Public Schools Indian Education Program, a partner in the project. “The hands-on experiences offered by this program give them the opportunity to be exposed to science, technology, engineering and math – which is where the jobs are.”

The week-long program also is in partnership with the university’s Women and Minorities in Engineering Program and is funded by a $70,000 grant through the National Academy of Engineering.

Colorado State’s Native American Cultural Center also supports educational programs for and efforts of Native American students through the Native American Legacy Award, which reduces tuition for non-resident students who are citizens of tribes that have a historical legacy of occupation in Colorado. For more information about that program, visit http://nacc.colostate.edu/nala.

Iris and grape questions

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I have accumulated a variety of iris plants through the years. I planted them on the north side of my garden. They never did much there or were too screened for me to notice.

In 2010, I tilled up a new bed and moved the iris plants to the new location. They now get full sun for most of the day.

During the summer of 2011, they grew well and some of them bloomed. Is there something I should do this spring to get them to bloom? Maybe the transplanting put them off a year? Also, what grapes do you recommend planting in the Williston area? Where do I find them? I’ve recently heard of some varieties of winter squash or small fruits that would work better for just two people eating them. Do you have any suggestions or source of seed?

A: Thanks for letting me know where you live. There are two folks out in Williston who can assist you. Warren Froehlich is the NDSU Extension Service agent in your area and Lorna Bradbury is the horticulturist at the Williston Research Extension Center. Lorna would be the logical one to contact with your questions because she does vegetable trials at the REC every growing season. She also grows wine grapes and has many years of data to back up any suggestions she might make. The problem with your iris is possibly planting them too deeply. The rhizomes should barely be covered with soil and planted in as much direct sunlight as possible.

The move also could have shut down their blooming ability if they were not planted too deeply. Giving the plants too much fertilizer would have the same effect.

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Ohio buckeye is a beautiful, medium-sized tree that grows naturally in the Midwest and in the eastern U.S. along stream valleys and in the shadow of taller trees as an understory component of the forest. It makes sense that, planted as a landscape tree, buckeyes are best grown in moist, welldrained soil in part shade.

The buckeye name is derived from the large, shiny, dark brown seeds they produce. Each seed has a light eyespot, resembling the eyes of a deer. The smooth seeds are irresistible to collect and each fall many buckeye nuts find their way into the pockets of schoolchildren. If you rub the “lucky buckeye,” good luck is bound to come your way. The nuts form on the tree inside leathery pods or husks that split open when ripe to reveal the shiny seeds.

Today buckeyes are rare in landscapes and in nurseries because they are often regarded as a “messy tree” with nuts and pods littering the ground in fall. In reality, the husks shrivel away and the nuts are relished by squirrels, so the mess is short-lived. But if you’re planting one, you might want to create a mulch bed with a layer of wood chips under the tree that extends to the edge of the branches. When the nuts fall, they will be confined to the mulch bed and squirrels will clean them up.

Buckeyes are known for their noticeably large, bulging leaf buds in winter. They’re one of the first trees to leaf out in spring with dark green, tropical-looking foliage and erect, yellow-green flower clusters on the ends of the branches that are showy against new foliage. Buckeyes typically have a short trunk and are low-branching, adding structure to winter landscapes. The stout branches make this tree very resistant to ice storm breakage and heavy snow loads.

Texas buckeye, Aesculus arguta, is Nebraska’s only native buckeye, growing naturally in southeastern Nebraska as an understory tree. A medium-sized tree, it grows to around 25 feet tall at maturity and looks similar to Ohio buckeye, only smaller. Its native range extends south into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It can take the heat but tends to prematurely drop leaves in hot, dry conditions.

Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, is the best-known buckeye, native to eastern and central U.S. and growing to 35 feet or more. It’s an excellent tree for naturalized plantings and its thick, rounded canopy provides dense shade. It is among the first native trees to turn color in fall with yellow, orange and tan highlights. The tree will react to hot, dry conditions by defoliating prematurely unless well-mulched and watered. By dropping leaves early, it simplifies cleanup and opens the canopy to rays of early fall sunlight and the bare, stout branches are beautiful covered with snow (2007 GreatPlants® Tree of the Year).

Yellow buckeye, Aesculus octandra, is the largest of the buckeyes (50 feet or more) and can be successfully grown wherever Ohio buckeye grows. The showy flowers are more yellow in color than Ohio buckeye and the leaves turn a gorgeous yellow orange in fall.

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Managing pregnant sows in group housing

With major pork buyers like McDonald’s, Hormel and Safeway announcing plans to move toward gestation stallfree suppliers, Minnesota hog farmers may be exploring group housing options.

Research through University of Minnesota Extension and the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris, Minnesota has uncovered the factors most likely to lead to success in group housing systems.

Unfamiliar sows fight for dominant status when mixed in a group. Since competition among sows is inevitable, management strategies should focus on minimizing competition and social stress for individual sows in a group.

1. Mix sows five weeks after breeding. Sows are less aggressive once pregnant compared with non-pregnant sows.

In addition, aggression between two and three weeks after breeding can result in loss of embryos, which may cause reproductive failure.

2. Mix sows that were housed in the same group during the last gestation. Sows can remember their pen mates after a separation of four to six weeks, and will fight less when housed with sows they remember.

3. Sort by similar ages/sizes. Young sows are less aggressive than mature sows and suffer fewer injuries when housed separately.

4. When young sows have to be mixed with older sows, introduce a group of young sows that know each other to the pen and make young sows the majority in the pen.

5. Mix sows after feeding. Since limit-fed gestating sows fight for feed, aggressive interactions increase at feeding time.

6. Feed sows unlimited high fiber diets during the period of mixing. Sows with free access to feed containing high fiber content are less aggressive than limit-fed sows.

7. Consider boar intervention. Boars can suppress aggression among sows either due to the dominant status of the boar or the sexual distraction.

8. Increase group size. Although there is no optimal group size for minimizing aggression, sows in large groups have fewer fights per sow than small groups. It is possible that sows cannot form a social hierarchy in large pens due to too many pen mates. In addition, large groups are associated with large pens, which may allow subordinate sows to flee from fights or perform submissive behavior.

9. Provide spaces for subordinate sows to flee and hide from dominant sows in the pen.

10. Form static groups. Once sows are mixed, do not add sows to the pen.

11. Avoid slippery or broken floors. The pen should have dry, even, and non-slippery floors to avoid leg injuries caused by fighting.

Get more guidance on transitioning to group housing at www.extension.umn.edu/swine.

Garden in willow tree patch

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I cleared off some willow trees to make way for a vegetable garden. In my rush to set up the garden, I did not treat the roots of the willow trees to avoid shoots coming up. At the time, I did not realize they would be such a problem. I am struggling to keep up with cutting down the new shoots. I spend more time cutting down the shoots than tending to my vegetables. I would like to treat them organically because of the vegetable garden. I would be most grateful if you would respond. Thank you.

A: The only organic way that I can think of is to completely chisel the trunks and roots out of the ground. Shoots will keep sprouting as long as there is stored energy available for them to do so, which could go on for a few years.

Glyphosate can be used in the U.S. to control such sprouting.

The advantage of glyphosate is that it is not a soil-active compound. It comes in a ready-to-use formulation that one sprays on the foliage coming from the spouting roots.

Attempting to get a garden established in a former willow planting is a lot like trying to grow a garden where Canada thistle or quack grass once dominated the area. People are advised to set aside a full growing season to get these pesky weeds under control or eliminated from the planting site. The same holds true for willow roots. Sorry I can’t come up with anything more creative.

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Take steps to burglar proof your home

When it comes to a home, most homeowners want their place to feel warm, welcoming and inviting. But when it comes to burglars, they want to roll up the welcome mat and turn off the porch light.

There are several things, some that are very low cost or even free, that homeowners can do to help protect their homes from burglars, said Gina Peek, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension housing and consumer specialist.

“The first thing many people think about is an elaborate alarm system. While they do serve a purpose, they can be expensive to install and maintain,” Peek said. “Many options homeowners have to help provide protection for their homes don’t have to cost an arm and a leg.”

To start with, be careful what you put in the trash.

What you consider to be garbage can turn out to be quite valuable to a thief. If you just purchased a big-ticket item such as a new computer or big screen television, do not set the empty boxes on the curb for the sanitation department to pick up. This is simply an advertisement to anyone who drives by that you have high-dollar items in your home. Instead, break down the boxes and take them to your local recycling center, or try to fit them inside your garbage container.

Peek also said to be careful of important papers you may discard.

“Burglars can steal billing statements and use this information to open new accounts in your name. By the time you realize what’s going on, thieves can rack up thousands of dollars’ worth of charges in your name,” she said. “Cut up statements or shred them once the bill has been paid. This holds true for credit card offers you receive in the mail.”

Make arrangements for when you’ll be gone.

If you are going on a trip, make arrangements for a neighbor to pick up your mail or newspapers. If it is wintertime, ask someone to shovel the walk or even drive their vehicle into your driveway so it looks as if someone is home. During the summer make sure someone mows the yard. Another idea is to put indoor lights on timers. If you plan to be gone for an extended period of time, consider turning down the volume of your telephone. Burglars have been known to roam neighborhoods listening for loud rings that go unanswered.

Don’t help burglars with landscaping and tools.

Some homeowners like the look of hedges or bushes lining the sidewalk right up to the front door. Unfortunately, so do criminals. This type of vegetation provides a great hiding place. Keep hedges trimmed well enough so no one can hide right in your yard.

Peek suggests always taking your tools inside once the homeowner has finished with a project.

“Don’t leave your ladder outside after cleaning the gutters.

This gives would-be robbers easy access to an open upstairs window,” she said.

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Although it may come in handy for those times you get locked out of your home, Peek said it is not a good idea to hide a spare key. If you are afraid of getting locked out, leave a key with a trusted neighbor, co-worker or friend who can be contacted quickly.

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406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

2012 John Deere BU1060 bale unroller, hydraulic actuation. #13009131..$1950

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After Hours Sales: 2003 Cat 226 skid steer, Joystick control, 53 hp, 1500# operating capacity. #16008038.................................CALL John Deere 1010 crawler, gas, 4 cylinder gas, dozer blade. #16009198.....$7000

John Deere

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-263-2496; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-790-0722

2012 Frontier 2310 10-ft. blade. #13009050. (1)......................... $4500 Loftness 9-ft. snowblower. #16007398.

(2)............................................. $5500 Danuser F8 3-pt. post hole digger with 12” auger. #16010018.................... $1475

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Ask Us About Our Used Combine Rent To Own Plan COMBINES

2011 John Deere S680 variable stream rotor, side hill performance package, ProDrive transmission with Harvest Smart, Command Touch multi-speed feeder house drive system, small grain concaves, 26-ft. unloading auger, chopper with Powercast powered tailboard, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 rear tires, Premium cab & radio, HID lights, AutoTrac Ready, Greenstar 3-2630 screen mounted on armrest. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001338................................CALL 2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 360 hp, 9.0L engine, 3-speed hydro transmission, Firestone 20.8x42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, bullet rotor, 2-stage Dyna-Flo II cleaning system, extended wear small wire & small roundbar concaves, extended wear grain handling system with high capacity 22.5-ft. unload system, straw chopper, 635D-35-ft. draper header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001312................................CALL 2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 360 hp, 9.0L engine, 3-speed transmission, Firestone 20.8x42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, bullet rotor, 2-stage Dyno-Flo II cleaning system, extended wear small wire & round bar concaves, extended wear grain handling system with high capacity 22.5-ft. unload system, wide spread straw chopper, 635D 35-ft. draper header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001313................................CALL

2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 360 hp, 3-speed hydro transmission, Firestone 20.8x42 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, bullet rotor, 2-stage Dyna-Flo II cleaning system, extended wear small wire & roundbar concaves, extended wear grain handling system with high capacity 22.5-ft. unload system, straw chopper, 635D 35-ft. draper header, Mauer grain tank extension, 935 hours. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001308.....CALL 2011 John Deere 9770STS 360 hp, 9.0L engine, 3-speed hydro transmission, Firestone 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, bullet rotor, 2-stage Dyna-Flo II cleaning system, extended wear small wire & roundbar concaves, extended wear grain handling system with high capacity 22.5-ft. unload system, straw chopper, 635D 35-ft. draper header, 655 hours. 0% Finance Available oac. #16001306. (4)..................CALL

2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, field vision HID lights, Contour Master feeder house with reverser & high-torque variable speed drive, 3.15” lift cylinder, extended wear threshing elements, separator tines & rotor top cover, extended wear “stainless steel” clean grain elevator, tank charge housing and grain tank loading auger housing, heavy duty grain cross augers, Mauer grain tank extension, 2 speed chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, hydro transmission. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001331................................CALL 2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, field vision HID lights, Contour Master feeder house with reverser & high torque variable speed drive, 3.15” lift cylinders, extended wear threshing elements, separator tines & rotor top cover, extended wear stainless steel clean grain elevator, tank charge housing & grain tank loading auger housing, heavy duty grain tank cross augers, Mauer grain tank extension, 2 speed chopper, 800/70R38, 8L-26 rear tires, adjustable rear axle. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001333.....CALL 2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, field vision HID lights, Contour Master feeder house with reverser & high torque variable speed drive, 3.15” lift cylinders, extended wear threshing elements, separator tines & rotor top cover, extended wear stainless steel clean grain elevator, tank charge housing & grain tank loading auger housing, heavy duty grain tank cross augers, Mauer grain tank extension, 2 speed chopper, 800/700R38, 28L-26 rear tires, adjustable rear axle. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001332.....CALL

FLEX HEADERS

2011 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger fingers, finger reel. #16002229.. ................................................$44,500 2006 John Deere 635 flexible draper header. #16002237.................$32,500 2004 John Deere 635F header, auger composite fingers, HH sensing & contour sensor, spare knife. #16002243.

(3)............................................$28,500 2000 John Deere 930F header with finger reel. #16002244. (3)...................CALL 2001 Agco Gleaner 800 30-ft. flex header. #16002182. (1)........................$15,000

GRAIN CART

2012 Brent 882 800 bushel, 20” corner auger, 120” rigid axle, 27x32WH/30.5x32 R1 14 ply tires, Weather Guard roll tarp, 3.75” hitch, scale. #14200789. (2)........ ................................................$50,000 2011 Unverferth 1194 Avalanche, 1100 bushel, double auger, 22” pivoting unloading auger, 520/85R42 walking beam, tandem duals. #16010022. (4).. ................................................$71,500

2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, level land feederhouse, extended wear system, wide spread/fine cut chopper with power cast trailboard, HD final drives, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, feed accelerator slow down kit, 2-sets of concaves, 18” axle spacers, 740 hours. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001314.....CALL 2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, field vision HID lights, Contour Master feeder house with reverser & high torque variable speed drive, 3.15” lift cylinder, extended wear threshing elements, separator tines and rotor top cover, extended wear “stainless steel” clean grain elevator, tank charge housing and grain tank loading auger housing, heavy duty grain cross augers, Mauer grain tank extension, 2 speed chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L26 steering tires, hydro transmission, JD 635D 35-ft. draper header, finger reel, transportation kit. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001229.....CALL 2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus, Premier cab, Contour-Master feederhouse with reverser, 3.15” cylinders, premium header, custom cutter extended wear small grain & round bar concaves, separator & grain handling package, high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading auger, 2 speed straw chopper, Firestone 800/65R32 drive tires, 4” axle extensions, 600/65R28 steering tires, concave cover plates, additional grain tank sensor, Greenstar 2 display, Starfire ITC receiver. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001263.....CALL

HEADER TRAILERS

2012 Unverferth AWS42 42-ft. , wheel steer transport, field runner/green, 235/80x16 tires, no brakes. #14200794....... $9500 2012 Unverferth AWS36 36-ft., wheel steer transport, field runner/green, 225/75x15 tires, no brakes. #14200796....... $9000 2011 Unverferth HT42 42-ft. 4-wheel header trailer, 16-ft. tongue, tie down straps, 4-11L-15” tires. #16010016.

(1)............................................... $6950

2010 Unverferth HM4201G “Highway Legal”, 42-ft. Road Runner header trailer, brake lights. #14200541..........$12,950

Unverferth 35-ft. Road Runner header trailer. #16009192. (3)................. $9800 Trailtech heavy duty double 36-ft. draper header trailer, triple axle. #16009114... ................................................$15,000 2009 V-Tech VSA 36-ft. header trailer. #16010013. (1)........................... $1500 2011 Unverferth 1194 Avalanche 1100 bushel, double auger, 22” pivoting unloading auger, 520/85R42 walking tandem axles. #16010024.......$71,500

RIGID HEADERS

John Deere 930R 30-ft. auger header, bat reel. #16002176. (2)...................$8000

UP TO 3 YEARS INTEREST FREE

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MISCELLANEOUS HARVEST equipMENT

2011 Advanced Wind-Reel Systems 35ft. air reel, throttle control, HM electric, right hand option drive kit, manifold kit, electric nozzle control. #14200743.

(1)............................................$10,000 John Deere 36-ft. bat reel, fits 930 series header. #16002013.................. $1500 John Deere straw spreader, came off 9750 combine. #16001054.......$1500 John Deere straw spreader, off 9760STS. #16001055...............................$1500 John Deere straw spreader fits 9600 combine. #16001056.................. $500

1991 John Deere 9600 combine with chopper, 18.4x38 dual tires, 14.9/24 steering, DAS, Harvest Trak, AM/FM, John Deere 930R platform, pickup reel. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001277. (4)..........................CALL 1990 John Deere 9600 conventional combine, deluxe cab, air, hydro, 240 bushel grain tank, Dial-A-Matic reel speed & header height, chopper, chaff spreader, new 30.5x32 drive tires 2011, 400 hours on factory rebuilt engine, reconditioned 2012, 5306 engine hours, 3611 separator hours. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001327................................CALL John Deere 7720 with 224 header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001325... . ................................................CALL 2002 Agco Gleaner R62 dual tailings, 4 speed hydro, 2 speed cylinder, 30.5x32 drive tires, 280 hp, Cummins 8.3L, plastic finger reel with MacDon 962 36-ft. header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001273. (1)................CALL

draper headerS

2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., double sickle, hydrafloat automatic suspension & position control system, gauge wheels, 16” feed drum, 1-piece poly tine pickup reel with 10” center tube, hydraulic fore/aft, dial-a-speed control, 40” wide draper belts, single point hookup, spare sickle & road transport with lights. #16002224.............$50,000 2005 MacDon 974 60 Series, pickup reel, flex draper. #16002242. (2)........CALL 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$30,000

Consumer Products 2009 John Deere 620i Gator with aggressive tires, OPS structure, deluxe property care package, rear screen, electric over hydraulic bed lift. #16007409.

(2)............................................. $9500 2005 John Deere HPX 4x4 gator, gas, HPaggressive tread tires. #16007401..... . ............................................... $7000

2011 Case IH Scout XL diesel utility vehicle, Kubota 20 hp 719cc engine, power steering. #16007405. (2)......... . ............................................ $12,800 2011 John Deere EZTRAK Z445, 27 hp, 54” deck with roller. #16007429. (3)... . ............................................... $5500 2010 John Deere LZ125 lawn tractor, 21 hp, 42” deck. #16007430. (1).... $1200

2007 John Deere 7H17 walk behind commercial mower, electric start. #16007411............................... $2500 2006 John Deere X300 mower with 42” deck, mulch. #16007418.......... $2200 2003 John Deere GX345 mower, 54”, turf tires. #16007422...................... $3500 2-John Deere BG20021 rear bagger kits, fit 48” side discharge mower decks on L120 & L130 mowers. Each....... $399

406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

PICKUP HEADERS

1976 John Deere 212P 12-ft., no attachment. #16002212.......................$2500 John Deere 100 12-ft. with Melroe attachment. #16002209. (3)...................$700 Gleaner 400 Series Super 8 12-ft. pickup header. #16002192. (1)..............$4500

2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus custom package, premium cab, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, 3.15” lift cylinders, Premium header, custom cutter extended wear small grain & round bar concaves, separator and grain handling package, high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading auger, straw chopper, Firestone 800/65R32 drive, 4” axle extensions, 600/65R28 steering tires, concave plates, additonal grain tank sensor, Greenstar 2 display, Starfire ITC receiver, 35-ft.

635D platform. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001262. . ..................CALL 2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, Contour Master, deluxe header control with HHS, chopper with powercast tailboard, 20.8x38 duals, 600/65R28 rears, AM/FM/WB/CD, pickup reel, transport package. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001248. (1).......CALL 2004 John Deere 9660STS level land feeder house, 3 position height control, Harvest Doc, Touchset adjustment, small wire concave, standard unload auger, spreader, heavy duty final drive & hydrostatic system, 30.5x32 bar lug tires, 18.4-26 bar lug rear tires, training seat, stereo, service lights, Mauer grain tank extension, 16” axle extension, 635F 35-ft. flex header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001297.

(2)..............................................CALL 1998 John Deere 9610 20-ft. unloading auger, Dial-A-Speed header, right hand lever control, hydraulic fore/ aft reel, AM/FM radio, beater grate curtain with JD 930R rigid header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001272.

(1)..............................................CALL 1995 John Deere 9600 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, Dial-A-Speed reel, Dial-A-Matic header height, yield & moisture with 930R header with pickup reel, header trailer. 0% FInance Available - oac. #16001336. (1).CALL 1994 John Deere 9600 chopper, chaff spreader, 30.5LX tires, hydraulic fore/ aft reel, Dial-A-Speed header right lever control, field lighting, 20-ft. unloading auger with 936D header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001340.

(4)..............................................CALL 1994 John Deere 9500 chopper, spreader, 20-ft. unloading auger, Dial-A-Speed header, right hand lever control, hydraulic fore/aft reel, radio/AM/FM/SPK/ Band/Antenna, axle spacer with 2004 MacDon 974, 30-ft. header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001279... . ................................................CALL 1992 John Deere 9600 grain combine, 12” axle extension, 30.5x32 diamond tread tires, 14.9x24 rear tires, straw chopper with JD 930 platform, pickup reel. 0% Interest Available - oac. #16001295.

(3)..............................................CALL

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2010 Unverferth 1194 Avalanch, 1100 bushel grain cart, double auger, 22-ft. pivoting unloading auger, 520/85R38 tires, walking tandem axles, scale, tarp, 13/4” 1000 PTO. #16010024....$68,500 2002 J&M 750-14 grain cart, tarp, 30.5x32 single tires, 1000 PTO, 16” auger. #16009200. (2)........................$18,000

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Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-263-2496; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-790-0722

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air seeders - RENTAL AVAILABLE

2011 John Deere 1895 43-ft. no-till disc drill, dual delivery tubes/anhydrous, smooth gauge wheels, cast fertilizer closing wheel, double shoot air package, primary blockage system for seed and fertilizer, main frame dual wheels 31-13.5x15, wing weight bracket, 1910-430 tow behind air seeder, 3-tanks, 6-run double shoot system, 18.4x4R-42 duals, variable seed/fertilizer rate control, 10” loading auger, regular & high rate meter roller. #16005201.......................... $230,000 2011 John Deere 1835 41-ft. 550#, 3-rank 5.5”x21”semi pneumatic press wheels, electronic depth control, transport lowering stop, rock guards, tow behind, primary blockage, knife body & hardware, 4” tip with roll pin knife, 2011 JD 1910 430 bu, 3 tank, 4-run double shoot, 10” spacing, reg meter roller/front, high meter roller/ rear, 2-710/70R-38 high flotation tires, dual wheel caster beam, field hitch air sdng tool, 10” auger with steel flighting, variable speed. “Only 3100 acres.” #16005181. (4).................... $180,000 2008 John Deere 1835 60-ft., 10” spacing, JD 1” carbide tips, 33x15.5 flotation tires, duals on wings, rock guards, primary blockage, 4” steel packer wheels, 550# trips, SFB single dick openers with closing wheels, dry fertilizer delivery with 430 bushel John Deere 1910 commodity cart, variable rate, 8” auger, powered calibration, 30.5x32 cane and rice, NH3 hitch, duals on front cart, fill lights. #16005199. (3).......... $177,500

2004 John Deere 1895 42-ft. no-till air hoe drill, 10” spacing, dry fertilizer, single placement fertilizer, steel gauge wheel tow-behind 1910-430 air seeder, 12” conveyor, flotation tires, variable seed and fertilizer rate control, “New disc”. #16005167.......................... $149,000

4WD TRACTORS

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Tractors - Row crop - COMPACT

2004 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air hoe drill with mid row banders, 9.8” spacing, 3-1/2” steel packers, 450# trips, 3/4” carbide tips, 5350 tow behind air seeder. #16005194............... $82,000

2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air hoe drill, 12” spacing, single shoot, 11L-15SL tires, 3.5” steel packer wheels, 4” openers, 2340 tow between 340 bushel twin tank air seeder, 30.5Lx32 12-ply tires. #16005197 (4)....................... $43,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft., 12” spacing, 550# trips, 5.5” spacing semipneumatic packer wheels, double shoot air package with stealth 4” paired row openers, basic pin sensor blockage with 2000 Flexi-Coil 3450 tow between variable rate air cart, single fan, 10” auger, 30.5x32-R3 diamonds with 2000 Flexi-Coil 2340 tow behind variable rate air cart with 50 bushel 3rd tank option, 8” auger, dual fan, 28Lx26 R-1 tires. #16005158. (1)....... $93,000 1998 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 71/2” spacing, stealth boots, carbide tips, 3x21 solid wheels with 3450 cart, one tank, 3 compartments, variable rate, single shoot, 30.5x32 diamond tires. #16005186. (4)...................... $39,000 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 33-ft. air drill, tow between cart, Victory splitter, 7” spacing, 3.5” rubber cap packers. #16005198.

(2).......................................... $16,500 1998 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow behind cart, 7” auger mechanic rate, single fan, 230 bushel. #16005190. (1)............. $9500

2007 John Deere 9630 deluxe comfort package, AutoTrac Ready, power differential lock, 800/70R38 duals, Premier lighting package, outside mirrors, leather trim, AM/FM, instructional seat, F/business band antenna, rotary beacon light. #16003553. (1)..$240,000 2006 John Deere 9520 scraper tractor, 4 remotes, 18 speed, 710/70R38 duals, standard comfort package, AM/FM/WB/ CD, instructional seat, right/left electric Rem adjust mirrors, 78 gpm hydraulic system. #16003551. (2).........$168,000 2005 John Deere 9420 425 hp, deluxe comfort package, power differential lock, 18/6 powershift transmission, 800/70R38, Premier lighting package, backup alarm, 1000 PTO, AM/FM radio/WB/CD, instructional seat, rotary beacon light. #16003622. (4)..$198,000 2000 John Deere 9400T track tractor, 36” tracks, wide swing drawbar, 3-pt., 6 cylinder, 425 hp, 4 hydraulic outlets, 24F/6R Powersync, 1000 PTO. #16003625. (3)......................$118,000

1992 John Deere 8560 235 hp, 24 speed PowrSync transmission, 3 hydraulics, cab, air, heater, radio with Degelman 12-ft. dozer with hydraulic 6-way functions, New Titan 18.4x38 dual tires. #16003599..............................$67,500

CONVENTIONAL DRILLS 1989 John Deere 8960 370 hp, 20.8x42 duals, 24 speed synchro, Cummins 855, 1800 hours on overhaul. #16003521... ................................................$79,000 1976 John Deere 8430 QuadRange transmission, 18.4x34 duals, 3 hydraulics, PTO, cab with Degelman 12-ft. dozer. #16003609. (4)........................$22,000

2000 John Deere 1820/1900 air hoe drill, 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, 4x21” semi-pneumatic packers, rock guards, 1” stealth openers, 1900 air trank, 350 bushel tow behind, 8” load auger, 30.5/32 diamonds, 21.5L/16.1SL cleats, single shoot, primary blockage. #16005139.

(3).......................................... $55,000 1998 John Deere 1820 60-ft. air hoe drill, dual caster, 10” spacing, single shoot, 3x21 steel packers, rock guards, 787 tow between air seeder, remote blockage switch. #16005200. (2)... $45,000

2007 Bourgault 5710 53-ft. air hoe drill with 9.8” spacing, stealth 1” openers, single shoot, mid row banders, NH3 system, rock guards, solid steel press, leading 6350 air tank, 8” loading auger, auxiliary lights, 2-tank cart, 30.5x32 cleats. #16005138. (2)...............CALL

TILLAGE

2009 Great Plains 2600 hydraulic folding 26-ft. disk drills, 7-1/2” spacing, liquid fertilizer attachment. #16005192. (1)... ................................................$47,500

miscellaneous

2011 Bourgault 7200 72-ft. heavy harrow, 5/8” tines, 21.5L-16.1 tires. #12800105.

(1)............................................$49,500 1998 John Deere 1810 52-ft. chisel plow with NH3 applicator with new Bourgault carbide tips, 3-bar harrows. #16004064.

(3)............................................$24,000

2011 Fimco LSS280 fire fighter sprayer, 5.5 hp Briggs & Stratton engine, 75-ft. hose with reel and handgun. #13012244............................... $3500 2-2008 520/85R-46 R2 tires, deep tread with 50 hours. #16009096........ $2800 2-2008 480/75R-34 R2 tires, deep tread, 50 hours. #16009095............... $2450 John Deere 18.4x46 dual tire and rim set. #16009106. (1)......................... $1350 Degelman 10-ft. dozer blade, came off JD 4020. #16009197..................... $1500

FEEDING EQUIPMENT

Degelman 3100 right hand discharge Bale King, 1000 PTO, 31x13.50-15 tires. #14200536................................CALL 2009 Roto-King MD2820 round bale feeder, fits JD 600 or 700 series loaders, hydraulic drive. #13012157 (1).... . ................................................CALL 1984 Ford 8000 feed truck, 3206 Cat engine, manual transmission with Oswalt 460, 4-auger 16-ft. mixer box with scale. #16010019.......... $23,500

406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3) Check out our website: www.fesmt.com

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UP TO 3 YEARS INTEREST FREE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-263-2496; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-790-0722

2012 John Deere 6170R 170 hp, FWA, 520/85R42 rear tires with 2-450# weights per side, 118” axle, rear fender extensions, 420/90R30 front tires with fenders, 20/20 auto QuadPlus, 3 hydraulic remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt. hitch Cat. 3 with quick hitch, deluxe cab, premium radio, cold weather package, hood guard, H380 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple, 3 year/2000 hour PowrGard. #16003635..$159,000 2011 John Deere 8360R FWA, 360 engine hp, 290 PTO hp, Intelligent power mgmt. IVT transmission, 85cc hydraulic pump with 4 remotes, ILS front axle, premium CommandView II cab, 7” color monitor, 1-3/4” 1000 PTO, Cat. VI drawbar, 710/40R42 dual rears with full coverage fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, HID light package, leather trim, electric mirrors, dual beam radar, cold weather package, 2-1400# rear weights, 16 guick attach front weights, foot throttle, JD link 5-year promotion. #16003566.

(1)............$$ Rental Return Save $$ 2011 John Deere 6140D standard cab, 2 remotes, 18.4x38” rears, MFWD, cab seat air suspension, telescopic draft links, dual standard remote with ISO BRK, 8-rear wheel weights with 673 loader. #16003617. (4)..........$88,000

2011 John Deere 6140D 115 hp, cab, MFWD, 2 remotes, rear 18.4x38” R1 tires, 14.9x24” wheels, cab seat air suspension, telescopic draft links, dual standard remotes with ISO BRK, eight rear wheel weights, Beacon light, tool box, 673 self leveling loader with 7-ft. bucket, 5-tine grapple, hood guard grill. #16003486............................$85,000

2010 John Deere 7630 16 speed, Command View cab, AutoTrac Ready, standard comfort package, 3 Rem cylinder control, 540/1000 PTO, right hand Joystick 3 functions, 480/80R46, extremity lights, foot speed control throttle, cold weather package, AM/ FM/WB/radio, instructional seat, 1 pair inside wheel weights, 746 loader with grapple. #16003601. (1)......$151,500

1980 John Deere 950 MFWD, 23 hp diesel engine, 27 PTO hp, 8F/2R manual transmission, 540 PTO, 3-pt., loader. #16003629...............................$8500 1973 John Deere 4630 2WD, powershift, 2 hydraulics, PTO, no 3-pt., 20.8x38 duals with Degelman dozer. #16003610. (4)......................$20,000

1969 John Deere 4520 2WD, syncro shift, super single rears, no 3-pt., 1000 PTO with 260 loader. #16003378. (1)......... . ............................................$17,500 John Deere 4020 23.1x30 rear tires, 10.00x16 front tires, add on cab, dual hydraulic PTO. #16003623. (4)..$9000

1972 International 1066 2WD, DT414 turbo diesel engine, 125 PTO hp, torque amplifier, cab, heater, air, 18.4x38 tires, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt. hitch, 3 hydraulics, Leon 747 loader, 96” bucket, 3-tine grapple. #16003528.

(1)..........................................$16,000

ag management solutions global guidance

2012 John Deere 0709PC G92 1800 display. #16012227. (4)..............$1900 2012 John Deere 0709PC 1800 display. #16012229.................................$1500 2009 John Deere 0700PC original Greenstar display. #16012037. (1).......$1000 John Deere 0700PC original Greenstar display. #16012233.......................$500 2008 John Deere 0900PC Starfire ITC receiver. #16012240...................$1500 John Deere PF80860 Starfire ITC receiver. #16012223. ...............................$1500 John Deere 0330PC GS2 rate controller, 31 pin. #16012087. (1).................$600 John Deere PF90415 display controller bracket. #16012009 (1)................$145

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Twenty Montana 4-H youth were awarded scholarships totaling $14,400 during the annual Montana 4-H Congress at Montana State University July 10-12.

Nearly 400 4-H members, volunteers and staff attended the 4-H Congress from 43 Montana counties, said Brett Schomer, 4-H program and events coordinator at MSU. Youth participated in competitive and social events, educational workshops, and community service activities, as Extension staff and nearly 100 volunteers helped coordinate activities during the three-day event. 4-H youth worked on program committees to finalize congress details, emceed general assemblies, and managed event technology.

During the event, 4-H Foundation Executive Director Sandra Germann and board members presented 4-H students with various scholarship awards: Laura Barkley, Hill County, received the Miller Scholarship, which was created by Thomas Miller and family to assist a graduate from Eastern Montana who is planning to attend MSU. Barkley has been an active member of her 4-H Club for 11 years. With an interest in fashion, she plans to pursue a degree in business marketing in hopes of making the fashion industry more readily available to women from rural areas.

Karoline Rose, Gallatin County, won the N.A. Jacobsen Scholarship, which is awarded to a junior or senior in MSU’s College of Agriculture planning to pursue a career in Extension. An exception to that rule, Rose is currently a sophomore at MSU and is studying animal science. She has dedicated many hours to community service through 4-H and credits her years in 4-H for her achievements.

Olivia Young, Gallatin County, earned the W. Doyle Stocks Scholarship, which benefits a Montana student planning to attend MSU to study family and consumer science or agriculture. Young has been actively involved in leadership and service projects throughout high school. At MSU, Young plans to focus on pre-veterinary medicine. Someday, she hopes to provide education in animal management practices in developing countries.

Ryan Brewer, Rosebud-Treasure County, received the Wilcox Family Scholarship, which is presented to a 4-H member and graduate from Musselshell-Golden Valley or Rosebud-Treasure counties. Brewer has been an active member of 4-H since second grade, excelling in swine and beef projects. Aside from 4-H, Brewer helps on his family’s ranch, and is active in student council and athletics. He will attend MSU to pursue a degree in animal science, with plans to returning home for a career as a veterinarian.

Amber Stenson, Wibaux County, won the Montana AgriBusiness Scholarship, given by the Montana 4-H Foundation, for a 4-H youth with a desire to pursue a degree in agricultural business. With a minor in agriculture business and plans to for a major in finance, Stenson has maintained a grade-point-average of 4.0 at MSU. Andrew Gould, Cascade County, is an eight-year 4-H member who received the Montana Meat Processors Association Scholarship, presented to an individual involved in the animal science field. Gould has been very active in the 4-H beef project, as well as meats and public speaking.

Gould plans to attend MSU-Great Falls and then finish his education at MSU-Bozeman with a degree in agriculture.

The Montana Wheat & Barley Committee gave two $750 scholarships to the following 4-H members with an interest in the agriculture industry, especially as related to grain production: Callie Griffin, Custer County, describes herself as being involved in 4-H since she was born. Griffin is attending MSU-Bozeman and pursuing a degree in animal science.

Amanda Jo Wiley, Musselshell County, is a freshman at MSU pursuing a degree in agriculture business with a minor in animal science. Wiley loves volunteering and has been involved in Eagle Mount and the Bridger Ski Program.

Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply sponsored $1000 scholarships to the following five 4-H individuals: Jasmine Drange, Yellowstone County, is a five-year 4-H member who has been involved in sewing and goat projects, and theatre arts. She helped establish a club in her county and helps in a third- and fourth-grade classroom. Drange plans to attend either MSU-Billings or Concordia College to pursue degrees in elementary education and Spanish.

Brandi Allerdings, Fallon County, has been in 4-H for nine years. Through her 4-H projects, she decided she wanted a career in which she would be able to help people. Allerdings community service projects include making ornaments for continued on page a59

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the national Christmas tree and volunteering at the Home for Homeless Pets in Billings. She plans to attend Idaho State University and major in athletic training.

Alysse Charlesworth, Dawson County, has been a member of 4-H for 13 years. As a former Miss Montana Outstanding Teen, Charlesworth has been very involved in her community. She worked with the Miss Montana program and with kids in her community, as well as the sewing project. Next fall, Charlesworth will attend Dickinson State University, to pursue degrees in physical therapy and dance.

Kelsey Jo Smith, Cascade County, has been an active member and leader in 4-H for the last 10 years. Smith has spent countless hours serving her community, and has had success in the 4-H sewing project, where she teaches several classes. Smith is also a member of the National Honor Society, as well as Health Occupations Students of America. She plans to attend MSU or Carroll College and study health care.

Christopher Weber, Blaine County, is a nine-year 4-H member who has been involved in the sheep project and teen leadership. Weber organized a recycling program in his hometown and acted as a leader in the market steer project.

He has also participated in mission trips to Seattle and Arkansas. Weber plans to attend MSU and pursue a degree in engineering, while participating in Air Force ROTC. The Bud Dawson Livestock Scholarship offers two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors who have been active in livestock projects. The recipients are: Amelia Manuel, Carbon County, has been actively involved in the 4-H rabbit project. As a teen leader in this project, she has mentored younger members and led several rabbit showmanship clinics. She also planned livestock and horse camps. Manuel will attend MSU for a degree in agriculture.

Mariah Carey, Jefferson County, is a 10-year 4-H member.

In addition to community service and leadership projects in her community, Carey has been involved in breeding sheep and beef, and market sheep projects, including researching the genetics of wool color. Carey will attend MSU where she plans to major in accounting and minor in agricultural business.

The Barbara Edens Memorial scholarship is awarded to 4-H members who have been active in the horse project and have strong leadership skills. It was awarded to: Patricia Ayre, Carbon County. She has been in 4-H for 10 years. Ayre participated in the 4-H horse project for eight years and says it influenced her career goals. Ayre owns and markets rare Tennessee fainting goats. In addition, she started her own commercial Angus cattle herd. She plans to attend MSU to study nursing and animal science with the equine option.

The State 4-H Shooting Sports Committee sponsors a $500 4-H Shooting Sports Scholarship for a student exemplifying leadership and mentoring in shooting sports. It was awarded to: Nicholas Scalzone, Beaverhead County. Scalzone participated in many community service projects and is a junior leader for archery and air rifle, as well as an instructor.

Scalzone will attend MSU to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

The Montana 4-H Foundation offered the following new scholarships: The Cedric & Elfriede Maurer Memorial Scholarship was established by the Maurer family to honor their parents, who farmed and ranched in Teton County and were long-time 4-H leaders. The scholarship is awarded to 4-H members who show a dedication to 4-H, a history of volunteering, and are involved in their community. Preference is given to residents of north central Montana, specifically Teton, Cascade, Choteau and Pondera counties: Brandon Gould, Cascade County, has been an active member in 4-H and was awarded the Maurer Memorial Scholarship. Gould is very involved in his community, giving back in many ways. In 4-H, he participated in the meats identification and beef breeding/market projects, and has led several workshops in these projects. He volunteered for Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, where he hopes to someday work. Gould is currently attending MSU-Great Falls to pursue a degree in fish and wildlife management.

The Anton and Helga Sundsted Pioneer Scholarship was established in 2011 by the Sundsted family in honor of the pioneers who settled over 100 years ago. To assist young men and women in their pursuit of advanced education, this scholarship is for students who demonstrate entrepreneurship through 4-H projects and involvement in their community, church and school by embracing ideals of leadership, continued on page a63

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Dairy Focus: Reduce parasites with an integrated approach

By J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist, NDSU Extension Service tivities.

Summertime means elevated tempera• Maintain a plan. Work with your vettures are contributing to issues that deerinarian, Extension livestock specialist crease comfort of livestock. or industry representative resolutely to rid Hot weather also means insect populayour area of flies. Stick to what is necestions are accelerating around the cattle sary. yard. Now is the time to reduce external Successful pest control is essentially a parasites to boost production efficiency and proactive rather than a reactive program. weight gain for young animals.

It starts with limiting environments conOne form of parasite control is setting ducive to flies. up and implementing an integrated pest Follow these precautions as a means of management (IPM) fly control program. discouraging flies: IPM is defined as an ecosystem-based • Limit pests’ food supply by keeping strategy focused on long-term prevention feed, hay and bedding dry. of damage caused by pests.

• Maintain control of larvae habitat by The IPM system uses environmentally properly managing manure. The slightest sound and effective ways to keep pests change in temperature or liquidity levels from harming your animals and damaging can result in fewer surviving flies. crops. The Dairy Calf and Heifer Associa• Use fly products such as QuickBayt or tion has published a set of gold standards, Kunafin that are not harmful to livestock including basic guidelines and recomor people. mendations that are applicable not only to As you are aware, any integrated pest dairies but all livestock operations. management control program uses a comHere are some basic guidelines: bination of techniques, such as biological • Conduct regular site inspections. control, habitat manipulation, modification Identify the type of pests and determine of cultural practices and use of resistant infestation levels. varieties. Then, pesticides can be used as • Keep a log. Include an identification a last resort after monitoring indicates they of the pest, the population size, recomare needed, based on established guidemendations for future prevention and comlines. Treatments are made with a specific plete information on the treatment action goal of removing only the target organism: used. During the fly season, monitor fly pests and parasites. populations and adjust control protocols Remember to consult your veterinarian as needed. or animal expert for recommendations suit• Stay ahead of the problem. Start control able for your operation. activities well before flies become active and follow through with your control ac-

Triple digit temperatures mean watching cattle for heat stress

With temperatures hitting the triple digits, cattle producers need to take steps to ward off heat stress in their herds, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) beef specialist said.

Cattle can begin to experience some level of heat stress when the heat index approaches 80 degrees, with most cattle being severely stressed when the heat index exceeds 100 degrees, said Terry Mader, beef specialist at UNL’s Haskell Agricultural Laboratory near Concord.

Also, when early morning temperatures and/or the heat indices are in the mid-70s, chances are cattle did not adequately cool down at night, and feedlot managers should be prepared to provide as much relief to cattle as possible during the day.

Water is probably the best way to dissipate heat, Mader said.

Cattle normally take in about 5 to 8 gallons of water per day. However, when temperatures rise, that amount can double or even triple.

“It’s important to have plenty of available water,” he said. “When there is competition for water, it creates problems because the dominant animals will occupy waterer space and not allow other animals access.”

If cattle are crowding around the watering trough, add more waterer capacity or move some of the animals to pens that will give them adequate access to water, Mader said.

In an emergency, cattle can be sprayed with water to cool them down. However, once producers do that, they need to repeat or continue spraying until the heat subsides.

Spraying cattle with water will allow the animal to rapidly dissipate heat through evaporative cooling processes but this may limit the animal’s ability to adapt to the heat.

If the pen surface is dry, wetting the pen

also will provide relief to confined animals.

It is always beneficial to start the wetting or cooling process in the morning before the cattle get too hot.

Another suggested heat stress mitigation tactic is to use bedding to decrease surface temperatures animals are exposed to, Mader said. Generally it’s thought bedding is for insulation against cold stress. However, straw can aid in breaking up or diffusing the solar heat load that often contributes to heating up dry, bare ground. The degree bedding is effective in doing this is unknown.

However, if used, it is suggested bedding be placed in the pen early in the morning when the ground has cooled; otherwise, heat will be trapped in the pen surface. Also, wetting the bedding would allow for additional cooling to occur when the animal uses it.

Producers should avoid handling cattle when it’s hot and never after 10 a.m. Cattle body temperatures can rise an additional 0.5 to 3.5 degrees during handling.

Cattle yards also should be free of any structures that restrict airflow. Cutting down vegetation around pens and moving cattle away from windbreaks can all help. Building earth mounds in pens also can increase airflow by preventing cattle from bunching together. Other heat stress mitigation strategies include: providing shade, controlling biting flies and other parasites, keeping very current on cattle marketings and being mindful of heat effects on personnel as well.

For more information about managing heat stress in feedlots, consult UNL Extension NebGuide G1409, Managing Feedlot Heat Stress (http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/ epublic/pages/index.jsp?what=publication D&publicationId=15), available from local UNL Extension offices or on the Web.

Online wildfire information

To help Montanan’s prepare for an already busy fire season, Montana State University Extension has posted online wildfire and drought resources for both homeowners and large acreage landowners. The page can be accessed at http:// www.msuextension.org/wildfire/ “Wildfire danger is a constant worry for rural Montanans during hot, dry weather,” said Jeff Mosley, MSU Extension range management specialist. “This new website will be a one-stop source to help people find wildfire information quickly and easily.”

The page includes a live Twitter feed (#MTfire) with upto-date information on fire activity around the state from Montana Disaster and Emergency Services and news outlets.

Many useful articles are available on both short- and long-term preparations for dealing with wildfire, including firescaping and evacuating your pets, livestock, and home.

The page includes a downloadable evacuation brochure for all households. The electronic pamphlet, “A Citizens Guide to Evacuation Procedures,” has checklists for physical evacuation plans, important items and actions to take, and a “hangtag” posting that can be left at a residence to inform emergency responders.

“We distribute the evacuation brochure in Gallatin County because it provides good up-to-date and useful information that matches up with what we do locally,” said Lieutenant Jason Jarrett with the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Department.

The online page has a section on recovery to help those returning home after fire damage to evaluate safety and salvageable items both inside and outside the home. There is a 60-page book “After Wildfire,” to assist those rebuilding forest, ranch and farm operations. Most publications on the site can be downloaded (www.msuextension.org/store) or ordered from MSU Extension publications by calling (406) 994-3273.

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The 5 W’s of managing feed delivery

By Carl Dahlen, NDSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist When we were in elementary or high school, many of us were taught a good way to provide a detailed description of an event was to use the “five W’s:” who, what, where, why and when. Discussing each of the W’s really allowed people to understand a situation, and adding “how” to the list of W’s completed the picture. This same concept can be applied to feeding programs on our operations.

A progression of answers is available for each individual question; we start with vague statements and provide more detail with each consecutive answer. The level of detail at which the questions are answered in each situation also highlights the level of detail that individuals will use to define their feeding program. By defining the “who, what, where, why, when and how” of each feeding situation, producers are able to refine their feeding management for each group of cattle and optimize feed delivery and utilization.

Who: This is used to describe the animals that are being fed. At this time of year in the northern Plains, we typically will have cows, bulls, steers and heifers that are being fed on our operation. This can be further refined by describing each class of cattle (cows, bulls, steers, heifers) in more detail. For example, potential groups of cows include pregnant cows, open cows, young cows, old cows, thin cows, cows with excess condition, cows that are going to calve early and cows that are going to calve late. Each of these groups of cattle is different and each group may have different nutrient needs.

What: The answer to this question is a description of what feed resources are available and several characteristics of each feedstuff. An example of the progression of answers for “what” would be: hay; grass; second cutting; pretty green; 13 percent crude protein, 65 percent total digestible nutrients.

Not all producers test the quality of all feeds, but quality is certainly a component of the “what” question. In addition, feed storage methods and length of time in storage can influence feed and feed intake characteristics. Feeds with less than desirable characteristics need to be evaluated closely to determine whether they are appropriate to feed within each respective scenario.

Where: The definition of “where” may be the most variable of the five W’s. At first glance, this seems pretty straightforward: “the cattle area fed in that pasture with all of the inverted tires in it.” However, daily environmental changes can alter the nutrient needs of cattle. The thermoneutral zone (TNZ) is a range of temperatures in which cattle do not use energy to stay warm or keep cool. Temperatures above and below this range require energy expenditures, and temperatures further from the TNZ require greater energy to compensate. Cattle can deal with cold itself, but the additive effects of cold, wind and moisture can be devastating. Producers may need to take precautions to mitigate the effects of cold by finding a way to block the wind and/or moisture by using bedding or a covered area to help dry cattle. Feed deliveries may need to be adjusted up or down, or different feeds may need to be fed to adjust for “where” the cattle are.

Why: Every group of cattle has a reason for being on an operation and the “Why” component of a feeding program defines that reason. One example of “why” we feed cattle could be because the cattle are hungry. Another example could be that a particular group of cows is in low body condition and we would like them to gain about 160 pounds during the next 90 days so they will calve in good body condition and subsequently breed back early next breeding season.

This definition of “why” also can be a moving target. We may have a group of thin cows that regains condition and we then feed them with a group of cows that was in adequate condition. Another reason may be that better quality feed was delivered to all cows because calving season is approaching and cows have greater nutrient needs.

When: The definition of “when” can be further broken down into time as humans perceive it and time as cattle perceive it. Cattle thrive on consistency, and defining a consistent time to deliver feed to cattle can be very beneficial. In addition, as we increase our expectations of cattle performance, we magnify the effects of consistency. Feedlot cattle on high-grain diets can benefit from or be harmed by consistency and lack thereof to a greater extent than stock cows with free access to hay.

Humans may view feeding cattle in the morning or in the evening simply as whether they would prefer to eat breakfast or supper. Cattle, however, may experience this quite differently. Around four to six hours after feeding, the greatest amount of heat is produced naturally as cattle digest continued on page a63

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their feed. In the coldest months of winter, feeding cattle in the late afternoon may be advantageous so this natural heat production is reserved for the colder nights. In addition, feeding cattle at night can have advantages of moving a greater proportion of cows to calve in the daylight hours.

How: Answering the who, what, where, why and when questions will allow producers to formulate precise rations for groups of cattle on their operations. A formulated ration on paper, however, may be different from a ration producers can deliver to their cattle accurately. Including the “how” question will help producers get the ration from the paper it’s printed on to the cattle to which it will be fed.

Certainly, adding specific weights of each ingredient to a feed mixer in the same order and mixing it for the same amount of time will result in a consistent diet. However, precision feeding is not limited to those with total-mixedration mixers equipped with scale heads and load cells.

By weighing a 1-gallon bucket of feed and calculating the corresponding weight of a full loader bucket, producers can know approximately how much of each feed is getting to their cattle. Similarly, getting the weight of a bale or load of bales will give enough information to approximate hay deliver to groups of cattle. Information gained by these types of measurements can be invaluable in describing performance of groups of cattle. Other components of the “how” question were reviewed in an article in the October issue of the Ranch Hand. They included the method of feed delivery, location of feed placement, type of feeding structure, amount of time cattle have access to feed and the amount of feed waste.

Producers need to monitor feeding programs continually to adjust and adapt to a variety of changes that cattle experience.

By considering the 5 W’s of each unique feeding situation, producers will be able to define the feeding strategies on their operations. In addition, exploring each of these areas may highlight areas for refining management and cost control.

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Squirrels eating bark

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a flowering crab tree in my yard. For the first time in 25 years, gray squirrels are eating the bark. I do not want to lose this tree because I get so much shade from it in the summer. However, I also do not want to kill any squirrels. Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening?

A: Be sure access to the tree is not from adjacent trees or a roof. Then, cut as many branches as possible from the bottom to keep access to the tree by jumping somewhat limited. I’ve seen squirrels jump 4 feet, so don’t be too shy about cutting some of the lower branches off. Make a mushroom-shaped barrier that is the same type used on ships to keep rats from getting on board. You can try repellents such as fox urine. It comes in a granular form that you can sprinkle under your tree. This is said to scare them off. Some success has been documented with grease or Vaseline mixed with a hot pepper liquid (be sure to protect your hands) and smeared on the branches and trunk of the tree. Finally, there is the HavA-Heart trap. Bait it with peanut butter and crackers. You then can transport them to the country if euthanizing is not an option for you. If you visit some local hardware stores, you will find a selection of ideas, equipment or supplies that can work to protect your tree from further squirrel damage.

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responsibility and integrity: Nathan Sutton, Beaverhead County, has been in 4-H for 10 years and is currently pursuing a double major in mechanical and electrical engineering at Montana Tech. Sutton excelled in shooting sports, rabbit, and cooking projects. In 2009, Nathan was a placed seventh in national 4-H air rifle competition. After graduation, he has remained involved in his community by coaching Beaverhead County shooting sports teams. He is also a member of the Montana Tech Campus Corps.

The Montana 4-H Council established an endowment with the Montana 4-H Foundation to be used for leadership opportunities for Montana 4-H youth and volunteers. The Montana 4-H Council Scholarship went to: Lena Heuscher, Teton County. Heuscher will be a senior at MSU and is pursuing a degree in physics. A participant in 4-H for 10 years, Heuscher continues to be involved: She is currently a member of Collegiate 4-H, is the student coordinator for the Montana 4-H Foundation’s annual Phon-a-thon, and is a volunteer leader in the knitting project in Teton County.

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NDSU Vet Tech program names co-directors

Teresa Sonsthagen and Stacey Ostby have been named co-directors of North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Veterinary Technology program.

They are licensed veterinary technologists in the program.

This is the first co-director team that has been appointed since the program’s inception in 1976.

Ostby and Sonsthagen say this move is the first step in focusing the Veterinary Technology program on the future.

With the division of duties, they feel they will be able to provide an excellent experience for students in the program and accomplish more as co-directors than they could as individuals.

They also say they intend to continue the program’s tradition of providing the students with hands-on experience in working with large and small animals while adding technology and expanding and updating the curriculum to prepare program graduates for a broad spectrum of career opportunities.

NDSU’s Veterinary Technology program is an American Veterinary Medical Association fully accredited Bachelor of Science degree program. NDSU is one of only 21 universities offering a degree of this caliber in the veterinary medicine field. The program, which has about 200 students, is part of NDSU’s Animal Sciences Department.

Sonsthagen was in the program’s first graduating class and has taught in the program for more than 30 years. She has authored two textbooks and contributed to several textbook chapters, all on the subject of veterinary technology. She also is secretary/treasurer of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators and a past president of that organization and the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, and has served two terms as chair of the Veterinary National Examination Committee.

Ostby is a 2002 graduate of NDSU’s Veterinary Technology program. She worked as a veterinary technologist in a small-animal practice in Grand Forks for seven years before starting her career as a lecturer in the Veterinary Technology program in 2009.

In 2011, Ostby, Sonsthagen and the program’s teaching team received the National Team Teaching Award in Veterinary Technology, which was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. Also that year, Sonsthagen received the Excellence in Teaching Award, which was sponsored by Elsevier Publishing.

Flood-tolerant soybeans

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service Soybean varieties that thrive even in soggy fields could result from studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This would help increase profits for Mississippi Delta farmers who can see yield losses as high as 25 percent when they plant soybean crops in rotation with paddy rice.

This work is being conducted by former Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Tara VanToai, who now works as a collaborator at ARS’ Soil Drainage Research Unit in Columbus, Ohio. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of ensuring international food security.

For more than two decades, VanToai has studied flood tolerance in soybeans in a range of environments, including greenhouses, laboratories, growth chambers, experimental fields and farm fields. She and her colleagues are finding and incorporating genes from non-native soybean varieties in an effort to supplement the narrow genetic base of U.S. soybeans and improve their tolerance to wet soil and associated diseases.

In one study, VanToai used outdoor “screenhouses”— which are greenhouses with screens instead of glass—to assess the flood tolerance of 21 soybean lines. This study included soybean lines native to Vietnam and Cambodia, lines developed via selection by farmers and gardeners, and lines from Australia, China, Japan and Taiwan that were created with modern breeding techniques.

The plants were grown in pots. When each plant was in full bloom, it was placed for two weeks in a bucket of water so that the water level was two inches above the soil surface.

The screenhouse tests identified the top three flood-tolerant lines: Nam Vang, which is native to Cambodia; VND2, native to China; and ATF15-1, which is native to Australia.

Plants from these three lines grew the tallest and produced the biggest seeds and highest yields. When the study was replicated in flooded experimental fields, the results were the same.

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High temperatures affect fruit set in the garden

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota Gardeners have been reporting uneven fruit set in certain garden crops, particularly tomatoes, peppers and squash.

When we look for a reason for poor fruit set, lack of pollinating insects comes to mind, but the real reason may be the high temperatures over the past weeks.

Peppers tolerate warm weather better than tomatoes. Ideal temperatures for peppers are in the range of 68-77 degrees during the day and when night temperatures don’t exceed 68 degrees. Peppers do not respond to day length but simply begin to bloom 30-60 days after planting; it usually takes a month for a blossom to produce a full size pepper. Peppers are self-pollinators and are not affected by the bee population. However, pollen production is adversely affected and unfertilized flowers result at temperatures less than 61 degrees or over 90 degrees. Even watering is important to peppers because moisture stress during flowering may cause small fruit or flowers to drop off.

Tomatoes are more temperature sensitive than peppers.

For heavy fruit set, night temperature is more important than day temperature. Tomatoes like a wide variation between day and night temperatures with 77-86 degrees during the day and 61-68 degrees at night being ideal. Fruit set is poor at temperatures over 86 degrees or below 59 degrees.

If night time temperatures exceed 75 degrees or if daytime temperatures reach 92 degrees or higher, tomatoes will drop blossoms or not set fruit. High temperatures affect tomato flower fertilization by not only reducing pollen production, but also reducing the viability of the developing seed. If there is no viable seed developing within the fruit it will stop growing and drop off.

Squash, pumpkins, melons and cucumbers have separate male and female flowers produced on the same plant.

Because the ovary of the female flower develops into the fruit, you can generally identify the female flowers because they are attached to a swollen ovary that will become the fruit. If your squash plant drops small fruit or if it withers, it originated from a female flower that was not pollinated.

Unlike tomatoes, the vine crops are insect pollinated and the gardener must be careful with the use of insecticides that will kill the pollinating insects. Generally there are many more male flowers than female flowers and the gardeners should not become alarmed if some flowers drop from the vines. Plant hormones affect flower production and these hormones can be affected by weather. Days with high temperatures promote male flower production, which will affect the production of the plant.

We have no control over the temperature, but we can help the plants by maintaining a uniform supply of water through regular watering and mulches. Plants generally need about one inch of moisture per week and it is important that the soil does not become excessively dry between waterings.

Two or three inches of organic mulch will not only keep the moisture level uniform, but will also keep the soil temperature from fluctuating.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. Source: Carl Hoffman retired Stearns County Extension Educator.

Pill bugs

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a jade plant that seems to be doing very well.

I’ve had it for about four months. However, I am finding bugs in the dirt around the base of the plant. What are these light to medium brown insects that are less than an inch in length and curl up like a snail when I touch them? How do I get rid of them without damaging the plant?

A: These are commonly called pill bugs or roly-polys.

They are easily recognized by their flattened or round-backed profile, seven pairs of legs, sharply-angled antennae and ability to curl into a ball. There are about a dozen or so in these genera, but only one or two that curl when disturbed.

Don’t worry about the bugs hurting your jade plant because they feed on decaying organic matter in the soil. They prefer moist sites, which may be an indication that you might be keeping your soil too moist. Being a succulent, jade plants have the ability to store water better than most houseplants.

However, during the winter months, the need for water is reduced in contrast to the summer months, when there is more growth taking place. If the bugs are too repugnant for you to tolerate, then I would suggest a complete repotting using fresh potting soil and a good rinsing of the container.

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Help children disconnect to reconnect with life

Too much screen time could be robbing our children of many of the joys of childhood: talking and playing with friends, daydreaming or getting lost in a good book.

There’s a concern that children have more interest in spending time with screens and less time with other people, says Sara Gable, state specialist in nutrition and exercise physiology for University of Missouri (MU) Extension.

“People aren’t talking to each other, but rather using screen-type devices to interact,” Gable said.

Time spent with screens carries health risks too According to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, excessive screen time is linked to poor school performance, childhood obesity and attention problems.

Concerns about screen time used to center on television, but advances in technology have expanded that to include video games, computers, tablets, e-readers and smartphones. “And the number of screen devices keeps growing,” Gable said.

According to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foun-

dation study, children ages 8-18 spend an average of 7 1/2 hours per day with media devices.

How to help Robin Gammon, program manager for MU Extension’s Stay Strong, Stay Healthy program, suggests that families evaluate the amount of time they’re spending with devices and consider alternative activities.

“Get out with your family or friends, be physically active, go for a walk, play with your kids outside or have a picnic,” Gammon said.

Gammon says children are missing opportunities to improve their social skills.

“Children playing with each other gives them the chance to learn on many different levels,” she said.

The convenience of technology can gradually overtake other important aspects of living and learning.

“It’s important for people to be conscious of how much time they spend with devices,” Gable said. “What’s more important? Staring at a screen or spending time with family and friends?”

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U.S. wheat supplies should beat the drought

By Casey Chumrau, USW Market Analyst Despite the worst drought since 1956, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicts that U.S. wheat farmers will produce a larger crop than last year and will stand ready once again to supply high quality wheat to the world. In its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released July 11, USDA lowered its 2012/13 U.S. wheat production estimate for the second straight month to 60.5 million metric tons (MMT). However, that is still 12 percent greater than last year’s production and 2 percent above the five-year average.

A larger hard red winter (HRW) crop accounts for much of the total increase. In its first by-class estimates of the year, USDA estimated HRW production up 32 percent from last year to 28.1 MMT. The July WASDE indicates HRW production is on pace to become the largest crop since 2008/09, exceeding the five-year average by 10 percent. As of July 15, 80 percent of the HRW crop is in the bins, ahead of the worst of the drought in most places.

USDA also expects hard red spring (HRS) wheat production to rebound in 2012/13, despite the lowest planted area since 1983/84. USDA forecasts HRS production at 11.8 MMT, up 9 percent from last year but 13 percent below the five-year average. Greater yields in North Dakota, which produces about half of all HRS, will help offset the reduced acreage. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) expects North Dakota’s HRS yields will average 40 bushels per acre, up from 30.5 bushels per acre in 2011/12. Most of the spring wheat production area is north of where other spring-related crops are suffering from heat and drought. Virtually all of the U.S. HRS crop has headed and USDA’s latest conditions report shows that 65 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition with 27 percent in fair condition as of July 15.

After a year with the lowest durum production since 1988/89, U.S. production including Desert Durum® (virtually all of which is irrigated) will increase 62 percent in 2012/13 to 2.23 MMT according to USDA. Estimated harvested acreage in the top durum producing state, North Dakota, for 2012/13 now stands at nearly double the 2011/12 number and yields are expected to improve from 25.5 bushels per acre to 31.0 bushels per acre, according to NASS. USDA expects both soft red winter (SRW) and white wheat production to fall following above-average crops last year. SRW production will fall an estimated 6 percent from 2011/12 to 11.7 MMT but remain 4 percent above the fiveyear average of 11.2 MMT. White wheat production will fall 18 percent from the 15-year high of 8.53 MMT reached in 2011/12 to 7.03 MMT this year. If realized, white wheat would fall just below the five-year average of 7.08 MMT. Although the U.S. wheat production outlook is positive, world weather conditions are affecting prices. Uncertainty about Black Sea wheat conditions and a rapidly declining U.S. corn crop have helped drive wheat futures sharply higher at a time when prices normally decline. Since June 1, the benchmark CBOT September SRW contract gained 40 percent, KCBT (HRW) increased 37 percent and MGEX (HRS) gained 33 percent. As the corn crop declines, global wheat feeding will likely increase. Some analysts also predict quite a bit of volatility in this “weather market” and suggest that the market will not stabilize until the final impact of the drought becomes clear, probably by late August or early September.

Ornamental grass

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I hope that you can help me with my ornamental grass question. I have been trying to figure out what the name of the ornamental grass is that I have seen in a couple of spots in West Fargo. I have asked a couple of nurseries, but nobody seems to know. It is tall and has white, long, gorgeous plumage. It can be found at the Sheyenne Crossings assisted-living facility in West Fargo. It also is growing at the new Titan Machinery building. If you need a picture, let me know.

A: I believe the grass you are talking about is Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus.’ It tops out at around 6 feet and is winter hardy to our area. If this isn’t it, then a photo would be needed.

To contact Ron Smith for answers to your questions, write to Ron Smith, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences, Dept.

7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 or email ronald. smith@ndsu.edu.

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Wagner WA-14 4WD tractor. Tag #GregC0612........................................$18,000 Massey Ferguson 1800 4WD tractor. Tag #Gregc0612.............................$7500 John Deere 4020 tractor, 148 loader. Tag #ToddSm0612 Massey 1150 tractor, PTO. Tag #ANF0612 John Deere 4020 tractor, cab, loader, no PTO, runs great, good loader tractor.

Tag #ANF0612......................................................................................$8500 Massey Ferguson 35 tractor, Davis loader. Tag #Aber0512.......................$5500 John Deere 7020 4WD tractor, 1000 PTO, duals with 4 of them new. Tag #MGoss0512.........................................................................................$6900 John Deere 8400 track tractor, 3 point, 1000 PTO, Green Star ready. Tag #BarryH0512 Versatile 935 4WD tractor, pump set at 365 hp, 903 engine, new tires. Tag #PatW0512........................................................................................$29,000 John Deere 4020 tractor, 58 loader, no PTO. Tag #ANF0512.....................$7500 1950 Oliver with an extra junk 1950 Oliver for parts. Tag #DickU0811. Both..$8000 Case 1030 tractor, cab, 540 PTO. Tag #ArtH0212.......................................$3800 1975 John Deere 5510N tractor, 2WD, 75 hp, 3 point, 540 PTO, 5465 hours. Tag #RichT0112........................................................................................$11,500 John Deere 4960 FWD tractor, 1000 PTO, 3 point, only 120 hours on engine overhaul, no loader. Tag #ANF0412...................................................$58,000 Versatile 800 tractor, 18.4x38 duals, 5000 hours. Tag #JBurris0112.......$23,000 2009 Case IH Puma tractor, loader. Tag #LarryK0112...........................$133,000 1975 International 4366 4WD tractor. Tag #LarryK0112............................$6500 John Deere 7520 4WD tractor, 1000 PTO, 2 remotes. Tag #ANF0412.......$9500 1988 Versatile 976 20.8x42 duals, 5300 hours. Tag #PChris0412 Minneapolis-Moline 704 FWD tractor. Tag #ANF0412...............................$4500 Minneapolis-Moline 706 FWD tractor. Tag #ANF0412...............................$4500 2009 Case IH 105U Farmall tractor, 105 hp, front wheel assist, 3 point, PTO, only 900 hours. Tag #Hug0412...........................................................$48,000 John Deere 4960 FWD tractor, 1000 PTO, 3 point hitch. Tag #ANF0412.$59,000 Massey-Ferguson 1150 2WD tractor, 540 PTO, no 3 point or loader. Tag #ANF0412.............................................................................................$5500 Case 310 tractor, new paint, 3 point, 540 PTO, power steering, excellent shape.

Tag #DMclean0412...............................................................................$6500 Massey-Ferguson 1155 2WD tractor, 540 PTO, cab, 24.5x32 tires, Westendorf loader, grapple fork, 5000 hours. Tag #ArtH0212..................................$8900 2007 Jinma 28hp tractor, MFD, loader, low hours. Tag #Ivan0112..............$8000 Oliver 1265 2WD tractor, 3 point, diesel, 540 PTO. Tag #Larryk0112.........$4500 Oliver Super 550 tractor, 3 point, 540 PTO. Tag #Vernk1211 Belarus 825 MFD tractor with Ezee-On loader, cab, 3 point, 540 PTO. Tag #RWard1111.........................................................................................$9800 1979 Allis-Chalmers 8550 4WD tractor with PTO. Tag#DickU0510........$15,000 Massey-Ferguson 35 tractor with Davis loader. Tag #Aber0511................$5500 Versatile 935 tractor, 903 Cummins, 365 hp. Tag #PatW0412 Jackson 534 4WD tractor. Tag #0811 Versatile 145 4WD tractor. Tag #MonteF0811............................................$4500

New Wheatheart augers Several sizes of used grain augers

NEW ITEMS 1997 Case IH 2188 rotary combine with 36-ft. 1042 header with batt reel, 1015 pickup header and Sund pickup, 2177 separator hours. Tag #LKraft 0812.

2001 John Deere 1600A 14-ft. swing tongue haybine, 540 PTO. Tag #AceD0812.

Brandt 90-ft. fielde sprayer. Tag #BGrob0812.

3-CompuSpray sprayers. 1 is good and 2 for parts. Tag #BMun0812.

50-ft. of John Deere 9350 drills on Apollo hitch, 10” spacing. Tag #BMun0812.

International 5000 swather with 16-ft. hay header, new rebuilt engine. Tag #SteveFair0812............................................................................... $5500 New Holland HT 154 12-wheel rake. Tag #RWell0812......................... $6800 MM U tractor with parts. Tag #DickU0812.............................................. $1000 Case 900 propane tractor with 540 PTO and a junk Case 900 both for sale.

Tag #DickU0812.............................................................................. $3500 Oliver 1950 and junk 1950. Both for sale. Tag #DickU0812.................. $8000 Allis-Chalmers HD 15 crawler, reconditioned. Tag #DickU0812........ $10,000 Kenworth semi and Timpte trailer. Tag #DickU0812......................... $10,000 Miller tandem axle heavy duty trailer, new deck, pintle hitch. Good backhoe trailer. Tag #HugB0812.................................................................... $6500 1980 Chevrolet 11/2-ton dump truck, 10-yard box and hoist. Tag #DaveB0812.

John Deere 702 10-wheel rake, used very little. Tag #Sam0812.......... $5500 2005 Case RBX562 baler, net wrap, excellent shape. Tag #BrenB0812.

Haybuster 2640 bale processor. Tag #BrenB0812.

Case 450 dozer. Tag #TimS0812.

Trencher for sale. Tag #TimS0812.

New Holland 2300 14-ft. header. Tag #GlennP0812............................. $6500 John Deere 8850 (fire damaged) tractor, 1000 PTO, almost new transmission and engine are good. Tag #RobW0812.

1955 Reo grain truck. Tag #Brandt0812.

New Holland 660 round baler, twine tie and Bale Command. Tag #JessK0812.

New Holland 664 round baler with Bale Command and twine wrap. Tag #Jess0812.

New Holland 1048 balewagon. Tag #JessK0812.................................. $8500 John Deere 700 hydraulic rake. Tag #JessK0812................................. $6500 Allis-Chalmers N6 combine with 24-ft. double sickle header. Tag #CraigD0812................................................................................ $12,000 Valmar 240 pull type Fargo applicator. Tag #DarylG0812.

Edwards 18-ft. plow, Morris mounted harrow. Tag #MonteF0812.......... $1600 Versatile 145 4WD tractor. Tag #MonteF0812...................................... $4500 John Deere PTO manure spreader. Tag #0811...................................... $750 Versatile 400 swather, 20-ft. header single drive, single delivery. Tag #MonteF0812........................................................................................... $1500 John Deere 1600 41-ft. plow. Tag #MarvinG0812................................. $3500 John Deere 1600 33-ft. plow. Tag #MarvinG0812................................. $3500 Bobcat backhoe attachment for large backhoe. Tag #BrenB0812.

1967 Fruehauf 21-ft. trailer. Tag #Jess0812....................................... $12,000 John Deere 890 14-ft. hay header off John Deere 4890 swather. Tag #HLake0812................................................................................. $13,900 2008 Case IH 485 tractor with 710x42 tires 75%-80%, powershift, mega flow.

Tag #KA0812............................................................................. $210,000 2010 John Deere 9770 combine with big singles, GS 111 mapping, AutoSteer, with 640D draper header, pickup reel, transport, 600 engine hours and 450 separator hours. Tag #KA0812..................................... $335,000 Pallet of 8” fence posts. Tag #JH0812............................................ $9.50 each 2-Portable bins, 27,500 bushel, with tarps. Tag #JessB0812................. $6900 Case IH 1015 pickup header with Victory pickup attachment, always shedded, excellent shape. Tag #TerryA0812........................................ $12,000 1988 Versatile 4700 swather with 30-ft. DSA header. Tag #TerryA0812......... . ................................................................................................... $18,000 1987 Honda Fourtrax 300 2WD ATV. Completely gone through. Tag #BC 0812................................................................................................ $1800 Case IH 1010 straight cut header with batt reel. Tag #PK0812............. $8000 Cheney 25-ft. reel. Tag #PK0812........................................................... $2500 Case IH 1440 combine with 24.5-ft. header, recent work. Tag #DeanK0812... . ................................................................................................... $14,000 John Deere 930 3-point cultipacker. Tag #Randy0812.

9-12” perforated 48” sections with rings. Tag #DeanL0812.

12” perforate cap. Tag #DeanL0812.

7-solid 48” sections. Tag #DeanL0812.

31-separate rings for sections. Tag #DeanL0812.

New Holland 278 baler with PTO. Tag #DeanL0812............................. $2500 10,000 gallon vertical fuel tank. Tag #Vince0812................................... $6500 New Holland 16-ft. hay header with 9030 bidirectional adapter. Tag EarlC0812.

Versatile 24-ft. header for bidirectional. Tag #EarlC0812.

New Holland 1116H hay header with 276 Versatile tractor adapter. Tag #Russ0812.

Case 2390 tractor with 1000 PTO, 3-point hitch. Tag #GO0812......... $14,000 Simonson 2594 fertilizer spreader, full variable rate, Raven Controller, 8-ton, ShurLok tarp. Tag #GO0812......................................................... $16,000 JCB 214S tractor/loader/backhoe, front wheel drive. Tag #DonnaH0812........ . ................................................................................................... $20,000 2-Cat 627B scrapers. Tag #JamieF0812 New Holland 325 manure spreader. Tag #Tim0812.

New Holland 273 PTO baler in excellent shape. Tag #TonyV0812....... $3500 66 pieces of 4” handline. Tag #TonyV0812................................ $50 per piece Shaver HD8 post pounder with 3-point mount. Tag #TonyV0812.

Cattle squeeze chute. Tag #TonyV0812................................................... $650 1999 New Holland TV 140 bidirectional tractor with PTO on both ends, New Holland 82L loader, 3000 hours, nice machine. Tag #GO0812.... $65,000 Massey-Ferguson 75 25-ft. pull type swather. Tag #WarrenW0812.

John Deere 720 diesel tractor. Tag #ANF0812.

John Deere 720 diesel standard tractor. Tag #ANF0812.

1983 John Deere 7720 combine with 24-ft. header, new concave, new feeder house chain, real good shape. Tag #Ole0812.............................. $15,000

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Tebben 5-ft. rotary mower, 3 point, used. Tag #DonS0612.........................$1500 New Holland 1068 bale wagon, 460 gas engine. Tag #Chand0612........$26,000 New Holland 1002 pull type bale wagon. Tag #BrandtH0612 2006 Case hay rake. Tag #Larryk0112.....................................................$10,500 John Deere 360 3 point flail mower. Tag #GeneM0711 2-Sitrex 3-wheel, 3 point rakes. Tag #DKnaup0710.

Hay conditioner for Versatile 400 swather. Tag #DeanK1209.........................$750 New knotter for International baler. Tag #WSpiecher1008.

New H&S rakes available. Give us a call.

New Holland HT 154 12 wheel rake. Tag #RWell0811...............................$6800 John Deere 700 hydraulic rake. Tag #JessK0811.......................................$6500

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SPRAYERS

2008 Flexi-Coil 68XL sprayer, 134-ft. booms, Flexi-Coil 655 variable rate control, windscreens, used only 2 seasons. Tag #ChadMC0612.............$36,000 1997 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, 3 way nozzle bodies. Tag #Joe0412 Flexi-coil System 65 90-ft. field sprayer. Tag #LarryK0112........................$7500 3-ComputerSpray sprayers. 1 is good and 2 for parts. Tag #BMun0811 1990 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, single 16.5x16.1 tires, windscreens, mixer tank. Tag #PhilA0911 Model A 27000 Big A sprayer, ready to go to work. Tag #JR0511..........$22,000 Melroe 210 Spra-Coupe, flotation tires, 130 gallon tank, Tee Jet nozzles. Tag #AHan0511..............................................................................................$5500 1996 ComputerSpray sprayer with updates, sprays on 12” centers, 60-ft. booms. Tag #KDanger0411......................................................................$3500 1993 Ford F350 pickup with Field Commander sprayer, 500 gallon tank, new hydraulic pump, new water pump kit. Tag #MSuta0211.....................$12,000

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B6

Social Security goes for the gold

By Nicole Tiggemann, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Denver silver, in second place, the Retirement Millions of Americans are following the Estimator scored a 91. And the top-rated 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. online service in government is the online The last time swimmer Michael Phelps application for Social Security benefits, with competed, he brought home more gold meda satisfaction score of 92! als at one time than anyone in the history of It’s worth noting that even our newest the Olympics. Will he do it again? online service is already scoring high praise.

If there was an Olympics for customer Since being launched in May, the online services available online, the services at Social Security Statement is rated 88, giving www.socialsecurity.gov would be the Mithis new service one of the highest ratings chael Phelps of that competition. Over the in government. years, Social Security’s online services have Whether you want to plan for or apply been rated the best in government and the for your retirement, look into other benbest in all industries. efits available, or learn about the history When it comes to independent customer of the program, you can do it all at Social satisfaction scores, Social Security’s online Security’s website. When you’re taking a services consistently bring home the gold, break from the Summer Olympics, visit silver, and bronze. The American Customer the Olympian of online services at www.

Satisfaction Index (ACSI) tracks customer socialsecurity.gov. satisfaction and rates websites for their performance.

Out of all online services provided by 101 federal agencies in the running, Social Security took all of the top three spots again in the latest survey.

In third place, the application for Extra Help with Medicare Part D prescription drug costs is rated 89. Bringing home the

1974 Kenworth W900 855 Cummins, 380 hp, Jake, 13 speed, 4-bar airride, 36” sleeper.................$6500

2001 Freightliner FLC120 Classic 62” midroof sleeper, Detroit Series 60, 470 hp, Jake, 10 speed, air ride suspension, air ride cab.....$25,500 1997 Freightliner FL70 Cummins, 5.9L B Series, 6 speed, 18-ft. x 96” insulated reefer body with swinging side door & rollup rear door, ThermoKing SD II SR reefer unit..$9500

1964 Kenworth cabover, 855 Cummins 270 hp, Jake, 4x4, recent overhaul, Knapheide 20-ft.x96”x52” steel floor box, twin cylinder scissor hoist, good tires. Runs great! They don’t make these anymore!...$7500 1992 Kenworth T800 daycab, 3406C mechanical Cat reman engine, Jake and retarder, 13 speed, full double frame, steerable air up/ down tag axle, dual line wet kit, Eaton 2 speed rears................$23,500

1994 Kenworth T800 daycab, N14 Cummins red top, Jake, 10 speed, dual line wet kit, airride suspension, aluminum wheel............. Coming in

2005 Dodge 2500 SLT crew cab, 5.9L Cummins diesel, automatic, 4x4, short wheel base, leather interior, recent reman engine and transmission with paperwork......$18,500

1997 Ford F350 XL standard cab, 7.3L Power Stroke diesel, 5 speed, 4x4, flatbed, 245,000 miles....$7500

1987 Freightliner FLC120 SBFA with 3406B Cat, 400-hp., 8LL transmission, Jake, 20,000 lb front, 46,000 lb rears, rear locker, 1/2” steel frame, Chalmers suspension, air ride cab..........................$12,500 1978 Peterbilt cabover, 350 Cummins, Jake...........................$29,500

1981 GMC Brigadier 6V92TA Detroit, 305 hp, 10 speed, spring suspension..................................$3500

2004 Trail King quad axle belly1990 Ford F250 XL 4x4, standard dump, spring suspension, alumicab, flatbed, 302 EFI., 5 speed........ num wheels, push block, air clam ..............................................$3250 gate....................................$41,500

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2001 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, 6NZ Cat C15, 500 hp, Jake, 13 speed, 70” sleeper, aluminum wheels.................................$32,500

1993 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, 3406B mechanical Cat, 425 hp, Jake, 15 speed, air leaf. Getting 20ft. Knapheide grain box!......$23,500

1969 Fruehauf 28-ft. pup hay trailer, turntable, 11R24.5 tires, excellent rubber, Budd wheels. Ready to haul hay................................$7500 www.rockymountaintrucksales.com

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Learning more about what consumers are saying

By Lynn Gordon, South Dakota State University The agricultural industry is taking steps to better understand today’s consumers. A recent study commissioned by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), presented the results of consumers perceptions of food production.

In a previous, iGrow article entitled, Dialoguing with consumers – What do consumers hear?, I outlined some of the study results of consumers’ interpretations of key messages presented by food production agriculture. This article, will share additional results.

Consumers are interested in how their food is produced.

The study found that 58% of consumers frequently think about how the food they eat is grown or raised and 71% say they have “serious or some concerns” about the methods that conventional, non-organic agriculture uses. In addition, 53% wonder frequently if the food they buy is safe.

Consumers are favorable to farmers and ranchers however, they are not as favorable toward the methods used in farming and ranching. When asked about their attitude toward “the farmers and ranchers who grow our food,” 75% of the respondents were very/somewhat favorable, 21% neither and 5% very/somewhat unfavorable. But when asked about their attitude toward “the way food is grown and raised,” 42% of respondents were very/somewhat favorable, 31% neither and 27% very/somewhat unfavorable. The respondents reported that when they see images of farmers and farm families they usually associate them with organic or local food only.

Digging deeper to learn more about what concerns the consumers the most about the way food is produced, the overall study results concluded 37% of the respondents were concerned about unintended long-term health effects, 23% worry about the poor treatment of animals, 12% are concerned about environmental harm, 11% expressed concern about unintended short-term health effects and 17% said they were not concerned with the issues of short or long-term health effects, the treatment of animals or environmental harm.

Several practices made consumers uncomfortable and thus less trusting about food production agriculture. The results indicated that 55% of the consumers measured were uncomfortable with the supplementing of naturally occurring animal hormones and 49% were uncomfortable with the industry using pesticides on crops. The results determined consumers don’t like some of the production methods, but more so they are not educated about the methods. If the method is put in the wrong context the production practices can be confusing to consumers and impact trust levels. For example, the study found even the use of water in food production if not explained in the right context concerned consumers.

The study commissioned by the USFRA consisted of an online survey completed by a cross section of consumers (n=1,400) who are involved in making food decisions and purchases for their household, a selection of consumers ranked in the top 20% of society based on income and/or education and food communicators (professionals who influence those outside their immediate family’s food decisions).

More information about USFRA can be found at www.usfraonline.org. The USFRA is an alliance of 75 farmer-and rancher-led organizations and agricultural partners.

Black knot

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: Two out of three of our Canada red cherry trees have black knot. One of them had this problem on the main leader of the tree. A strong wind storm broke the tree off at the point of the black knot, but the tree continues to live. The other tree is 10 years old. In the past year, we’ve begun to notice a couple of branches with black knot. We cut off the infected branches but, even through the winter, we’ve noticed quite a few more branches that have black knot. Do more of these formations develop even though the tree is dormant? There are areas of the tree that we can’t reach to cut out the black knot. If we leave the tree as is, will it die or should we just remove the tree and plant something else? We hate to lose it because it gives us a lot of shade.

A: If you can afford it, have a professional arborist inspect the tree. You might be able to save the tree through a program of proper pruning and spraying. Otherwise, just get the tree out of there or else it will continue to act as a source of inoculant to surrounding cherry trees. The disease is spread by wind, insects, birds, pruning and humans.

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B7

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1996 Hesston 4900 4x4 square baler, has had some updates.......................................

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2003 New Holland BR780 round baler, clean...................................................................

2006 John Deere 567 round baler, low bales, clean..................................................

1998 New Holland 664 round baler, good older baler.................................................

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1992 Case IH 8460 round baler, nice workable condition...........................................

Hesston 58 Rounder round baler, needs some work.......................................................

2007 Hesston 5556 round baler, low bales, clean..................................................

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Repotting spider plant

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B8

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I’ve had a spider plant in my office for many years.

A few months ago, I moved to a different office and put the plant on a high cupboard. Since then, the plant has climbed out of the pot toward the light from the window.

It is in two brown strands about 6 inches long. The green leaves are growing from the ends of these ropelike tentacles. I would like to get it back in the pot but am not too sure how to go about it. Could you advise a rescue plan, please?

A: There is always something different happening with these plants no matter how much experience I’ve had with them. Based on what you have told me, I would say it is time for a major repotting of this character. Get it off the top of the cupboard, get a new and slightly larger pot, use fresh potting soil and repot right up to the base of the ropelike structures you described. Place the plant where it can get adequate natural light from the window. Supplement the natural light with an artificial light set to be on for 12 hours at a time. The plant is reacting to a single light source, so it needs to go through the repotting/relocation process to return to something approaching a normal environment. Spider plants are very tough, so the plant should respond to this treatment without any problems.

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Cooperative Extension conducting organic milk research

Organic milk production has been one of the fastest-growing segments of organic agriculture in the U.S. in the last decade. Yet dairy farmers in the Northeast are facing particular challenges due to federal regulations regarding animal access to pasture lands and the regional volatility of milk prices.

Richard Kersbergen, professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems in the University of Maine (UMaine) Cooperative Extension, is part of a $2.9 million study looking at ways to help dairy farmers meet the demands of the organic milk market.

“Organic milk was once a niche product but now is becoming a commodity,” he says.

“We want to improve the marketability of organic milk and create new markets for organic milk products.”

Kersbergen is one of 12 researchers involved in the four-year study, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The principal investigators are based at the University of New Hampshire, with other researchers sited at UMaine, the University of Vermont, Cornell University and a USDA Agricultural Research Office at Penn State.

For its portion of the research, UMaine is receiving $271,601 from NIFA’s Organic Research and Extension Initiative to address needs expressed by organic dairy farmers in a 2010 series of focus groups. Kersbergen says Maine organic milk producers have indicated they want to make sure their product is highly marketable and provides a reasonable return for their labor and management.

Research UMaine’s project as a whole looks at how to extend the pasture season and improve the quality of organic milk.

Kersbergen is working with farms in the Maine towns of Charleston, New Vineyard and Pittsfield, which he visits every two weeks, to pursue the three aspects of his research.

First, Kersbergen is collecting background data on pasture management, which is critical due to USDA organic farming regulations that require that ruminant animals graze for at least 120 days a year during the

grazing season for their geographic region.

In addition, the milking cows must obtain an average of 30 percent of their dry matter intake from pasture.

“This is the first grazing season for the research and the first season in which farmers need to document how much feed is coming off the pasture every day,” Kersbergen says.

“We’re taking pasture measurements every two weeks when we visit.”

He is also collecting data on the fatty acid composition of the milk being produced on the three farms. Milk with higher concentrations of “good” fatty acids could command higher prices at the market.

Second, Kersbergen is looking at forages that could potentially change the fatty acid composition of milk. Research at University of Maine Experimental Station Rogers Farm in Old Town is examining a variety of perennial ryegrass cultivars to determine how perennial rye, if eaten by cows on pasture, could impact the fatty acid composition of milk.

Third, in the last two years of the project, Kersbergen will monitor two herds of cows whose winter diet will be supplemented with whole flaxseed to determine the effect on fatty acid in milk. Recent trials in Pennsylvania and Vermont showed that a flax supplement changes fermentation and fatty acid composition of milk, and also reduces enteric greenhouse gas emissions, he says.

The need for the research is particularly great in the Northeast, where Kersbergen says 44 percent of the nation’s organic dairy farms are located and account for 25 percent of the total organic milk produced in the U.S. “As more and more farmers adopt organic agriculture practices, they need the best science available to operate profitable and successful organic farms,” says Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of the USDA, in a UNH news release.

“America’s brand of organic agricultural goods is world-renowned for its high quality and abundance of selection. These research and extension projects will give producers the tools and resources to produce quality organic food and boost farm income, boosting the ‘Grown in America’ brand.”

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Social Security sends paper Social Security Statements in the mail only to people age 60 and older and, beginning July 2012, to workers the year they turn 25. If this applies to you, you should receive your Statement about two to three months before your birthday. Also, you can get an instant, personalized estimate of your future retirement benefit using our online Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator.

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If you can’t find the form we mailed to you, you can find it online at the following address: www.socialsecurity.gov/ schoolofficials/ssa1372.pdf.

Floating teeth

By Dr. Steve Tornberg, DVM, Dakota Large Animal Clinic The horse has uniquely designed teeth that pulverize grass into small particle sizes which allow the bacteria in the hind gut to digest the grass efficiently. The horse then gets the nutrients he needs to survive, grow, and do all the athletic things that a horse does, from the bacteria and byproducts of this fermentation process. Without properly functioning teeth, the horse at very best will have poor feed utilization and at worse won’t be able to survive. Even proper swallowing is dependent on good food chewing.

The horse has six upper and six lower front teeth, these are known as incisor teeth which he uses to pull or nip grass.

He also has six upper and lower grinding teeth on each side for a total of 24; these are called pre-molars and molars. This grinding action is very abrasive to the premolars and molars due to the high silicon (sand-like) content of grass. Like all herbivores, horses have hypsodontal pre-molar and molar teeth (long crowns which continue to erupt as the actual wear of grinding shortens the crown). The fully developed tooth starts with 80-90mm of reserve crown and wears approximately 2-3mm down every year as the horse grinds its food.

That equals approximately 26-40 years of use out of those teeth on average.

The horse’s lower jaw is narrower than the upper jaw and the grinding surface is sloped at 10-15 degrees. This is why a horse only chews on one side at a time with a rotating sideto-side motion which is referred to as lateral excursion. The grinding teeth are composed of dentin with enamel whorls which act then like edges of a file to tear apart grass. As the softer dentin wears away faster, it tends to leave sharp enamel points which cause cheek and tongue ulcers. A big part of horse dentistry then involves floating or leveling these sharp points off. The goal is to preserve the grinding surface for the horse’s entire life.

The take home message is to not confuse horse dentistry with human dentistry and understand that as the tooth wears, new sharp edges are formed which need to be floated. It should be viewed as a maintenance issue with a goal of making the teeth last for a 30+-year life span of the horse. If the horse loses the ability to properly grind his food we, as caretakers, have to process it by grinding and feed it in the form of pellets or cubes. Some horses can’t even get their food swallowed without converting it to mush. Again our goal is lifelong, properly functioning teeth. Nothing against senior feeds (pelleted diets) but horses do better and are happier on hay.

Like people, horses should have their teeth checked yearly.

Identifying and rectifying the sharp edges will promote a healthy mouth, free of sores caused by sharp edges. In turn, the horse will be more willing to consume feeds, and much better equipped to maximize their utilization of the nutrients.

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$2750 John Deere 2653 mower zero turn, hydrostatic drive, 72” cut.

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1997 Vermeer trencher 31x15.5 rubber at 80%, 6 way front blade, backhoe with 10” bucket, trencher has side shift, 5-ft. digging depth, 1300 hours.

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Clark ED 500 electric forklift 4500# lift, hard rubber tires, charger.

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2001 Grove A80J manlift 80-ft. lift, Cummins diesel engine, foam filled tires.

$3750 3500 gallon truck water tank 14-ft. long, rear discharge.

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$17,900

Scat Trak 2300D skidsteer loader 2000 hours, OROPS, auxillary hydraulics.

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1984 Chevrolet 3/4-ton pickup 6.2 L diesel engine, automatic transmission, 4x4, grill guard, 69K miles, 16” rubber at 90%.

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$1500 Caterpillar D4 dozer 7U series, pony motor, angle blade, diesel engine runs well, bad pony motor.

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Bobcay S185 skidsteer cab, heat, aux. hydraulics, 750 hours

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Gehl 883 telescoping forklift 8000# lift, outriggers, 4000 hours,

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$595 1967 Grumman van truck Chevrolet 6 cylinder gas engine, 4 speed transmission, 16-ft. van body, shelves

Rammax vibratory walk behind trench roller gas engine, 33” drums.

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Caterpillar D8H dozer U dozer, 2 barrel ripper, sweeps, very low hours on components, excellent older dozer!

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1995 John Deere 6675 skidsteer loader auxilary hydarulics, 66” bucket.

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$1050 Berkley PTO water pump 3” inlet, primer, 540 PTO.

1986 Chevrolet step van 6.2L diesel engine, automatic tranmission, 16-ft.

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Caterpillar 277 B track skidsteer loader pilot controls, good tracks, 2200 hours.

$29,500

2009 Worksaver HDP-16 skidsteer post pounder new condition!

Case 450 dozer 6 way dozer, brush rake, OROPS.

$5500 B700C backhoe plate compactor good shape!

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Galion gravel box 15-ft., includes hoist.

Ingersoll Rand SD100D single drum roller 84” smooth drum, vibratory, Cummins engine, nice roller!

$1650 Hydraulic grapple fits Cat loaders.

Speedshore trench box 4-ft.x20-ft.x6-ft., excellent shape!

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1983 Currier’s 5th wheel equipment trailer 3 axle, beavertail with ramps, 16-ft. deck with new boards, all new bearings and brakes, new spring slippers, new wiring, new paint.

$3500

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1986 Utility 42-ft. curtain van trailer 24.5 rubber.

1999 Implemax skidsteer grapple works good!

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Crary Bearcat PTO chipper 3 point mount, 540 PTO, 6” feed.

$9750

$8950 Razer 20 KW genset diesel engine, self-contained and enclosed, very low hours.

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1977 Fruehauf 40-ft. van trailer nice shape!

$4250 $11,500 Kolman 3x7 3-deck screen plant plate feeder, 4 cylinder Continental gas engine.

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1990 Monan 48-ft. van trailer barn doors, 22.5 rubber.

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$7000 $7250 1995 Chevrolet 1500 4x4 sprayer pickup V6 gas engine, automatic transmission, 89,000 miles, 100 gallon spray tank with 20-ft. booms, Honda engine, all in excellent shape!

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1985 GMC flatbed pickup 300 gallon fuel tank, 4 oil product tanks, tool boxes, 9-ft. flabed, 27,000 miles, flawless!

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1994 Chevrolet 3500 dump pickup 12-ft. dump box with hoist, 6.5L engine, automatic transmission, 16” rubber.

$23,500 1996 Peterbilt 378 dump truck N14 Cummins engine, 13 speed transmission, 16.5-ft. Ox dump body, 24.5 rubber.

$11,000 1980 GMC General dump truck 8V92 Detroit engine, 13 speed transmission, 15-ft. box, pusher axle.

$39,500

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2000 Freightliner FLD 132XL Classic truck N14 Cummins engine, 500 hp, jakes, 13 speed transmission, dual stacks and cleaners, headache rack, side box.

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1991 International 8200 truck 3406 B Cat engine, 10 speed tranmission, daycab, 22.5 rubber.

$95,500

$7000

$19,000 2001 International 4700 reefer truck 466 diesel engine, 5 speed transmission, 18-ft. reefer box with side door, hydraulic lift, 156,000 miles.

2006 Komatsu PC 160 excavator cab, heat, air, hydraulic thumb, 2700 one owner hours, very nice machine.

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$39,900

$19,500

1991 International single axle dump truck 466 diesel engine, 5 speed + 2 speed transmission, 10-ft. box, pintle hitch, 22.5 rubber, excellent one owner truck!

$42,000

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$36,500

Caterpillar IT 24F wheel loader cab, heat, air, quick attach front, forks and bucket, 7000 hours.

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1987 GMC General dump truck Cummins 855 engine, Allison automatic transmission, 16-ft. gravel box, 24.5 rubber, new paint.

$42,000

2004 Cat 420D backhoe/loader cab, heat, A/C, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 4100 hours.

1996 Kenworth T800 truck M11 Cummins engine, 370 hp, engine brake, 10C transmission, Aerocab sleeper, 8 bag suspension, pintle hitch, aluminum wheels.

$20,900

$30,000 John Deere 310E backhoe loader cab, heat, A/C, 4x4, extend-a-hoe.

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2001 Cat 420D backhoe/loader cab, heat, A/C, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 4300 hours.

Caterpillar 980 B wheel loader cab, heat, good rubber, nice clean older loader.

Insley H-3500 B excavator 892 Detroit engine, D8 undercarriage, 2.75 yard bucket, weighs 120,000 lb.

1999 Case 570 LXT grading tractor 4x4, 84” front bucket, Gannon box scraper, OROPS canopy.

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2000 Hitachi EX 120 excavator cab, heat, A/C, hydraulic thumb, new rails and sprockets, new paint.

2003 Peterbilt 379 extended hood truck C15 6NZ Cat engine, 18 speed transmission, 63” Unibilt sleeper, dual stacks and cleaners, 24.5 rubber on aluminum wheels

1982 International S1900 dump truck single axle, 10-ft. dump box, gas engine, 5 speed + 2 speed transmission, 20” rubber.

$7250 1998 International 4700 flatbed truck 466 engine, 6 speed transmission, 20-ft. flatbed with rear lift gate, 22.5 rubber, 155,000 miles.

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1985 Peterbilt 359 self loading log truck Hood loader, bunks, 2 axle pup trailer, 3406 Cat engine, 15 speed transmission, 24.5 rubber.

$13,000

1988 International bucket truck 466 engine, auto transmission, service body, 50-ft.

High-Ranger lift, clean truck.

2001 Peterbilt 379 extended hood truck daycab, Caterpillar 550 engine, 18 speed transmission, pusher axle, 24.5 rubber on aluminum wheels, dual stacks and cleaners, American class interior, low air leaf suspension, 350K on inframe with paperwork, lots of history, local truck.

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1995 Ford crane truck L-10 Cummins engine, 335 hp, 13 speed transmission, 18,000# fronts, 40,000# rears, 3-way lockers, 2002 Terex 5092 crane, 25-ton capacity, 92-ft. boom, 45-ft. 2-stage jib, 4500 hours, one owner/one operator since new, recent clutch and transmission.

2000 Freightliner FLD 132 Classic truck N14 Cummins engine, 500 hp, engine brake, 13 speed transmission, new 22.5 drive tires, aluminum wheels, dual stack, headache rack.

$52,500 1987 Komatsu WA 350-1 loader cab, heat, 3.5 yard bucket with teeth, 80% rubber, third valve, nice loader!

Huber grader tractor 8-ft. moldboard, front dozer blade, gas engine.

$23,500

1988 Case 580 K backhoe loader cab, heat, 4x4, entend-a-hoe, 2 stick controls

$1595

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John Deere 160 LC excavator cab, heat, hydraulic thumb, long stick, nice machine!

$5000 Case 480LL 2 wheel drive grade tractor OROPS canopy, loader, grade box.

$44,500

1989 Freeway 10 ton tiltbed trailer pintle hitch, surge brakes, 16” rubber.

$14,500

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1998 Hitachi EX300 LC excavator cab, heat, hydraulic thumb, nice machine.

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$6500

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Allis Chalmers WD45 tractor, F11 Farmhand loader, back blade, newer tires.................................................. $4000 Lockwood rock/potato picker................................... $1000 Massey 24-ft. batt reel................................................ $300 John Deere 12 volt chemical pump............................ $400 10-International suitcase style tractor weights.....$40 each

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New tool to insectplant warfare

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff When an aphid, leafhopper, or psyllid lands on a plant to feed, it begins a process of chemical warfare. As piercingsucking insects, they use needle-like stylets to insert saliva into plant tissues and open a pathway to ingest fluids critical to the plant’s survival. When punctured, the plant senses the attack and secretes proteins and other chemical defenses to prevent fluids from being pulled out, thus creating a stress on the plant. This warfare costs growers billions of dollars each year in lost ornamentals, vegetables, citrus, and other important agricultural crops.

Because much of the action takes place in the plant’s interior, a scientific tool called an “electrical penetration graph” (EPG) is critical for peering into the process. To use it, researchers connect the insect and plant to an electronic monitor that, like an electrocardiogram, reads electrical charges produced by tiny changes in voltage that occur as the insect feeds. A new type of EPG, developed by Elaine Backus, an ARS entomologist at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, in Parlier, California, and the late William Bennett, formerly from the University of Missouri, is giving scientists the clearest window yet into the wars waged between piercing-sucking insects and the plants they infest. Because these insects are often carriers of plant pathogens that are transmitted through feeding, EPG can also illuminate how pathogens are injected into the plant to start the infection process.

The new EPG—called the “AC-DC correlation monitor”—is much more versatile than any of its predecessors and is currently being used by researchers around the country in ways expected to broaden our understanding of how plantfeeding insects cause so much damage. “We’ve expanded the flexibility of the current technology so that we’re now able to evaluate any insect that pierces or breaks the surface of a plant and study the feeding mechanisms and the pathogeninoculation process in more detail,” Backus says.

She and Bennett described their AC-DC monitor in a 2009 issue of the Journal of Insect Physiology. Backus also used it in a series of studies published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America. These studies focused on the critical role that saliva plays when the glassy-winged sharpshooter injects the Pierce’s disease bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, into grapes. Backus believes that the saliva loosens bacteria living in the gut and stylets and carries them into the plant when the mixture is “spit up” during feeding.

That inoculation process begins the spread of the disease throughout the plant. Backus could not have gained these insights without the AC-DC monitor.

Backus has promoted the monitor’s versatility at scientific workshops and conferences. In recent years, Bennett built more than a dozen monitors worldwide for scientists who were willing to reimburse him for the costs. Among its fans are researchers at Oklahoma State University, who are using it to study how plant pathogens are injected into watermelons by squash bugs and into corn by corn leafhoppers.

“We’ve found that you can use it to gather all sorts of information,” says Astri Wayadande, a vector entomologist at Oklahoma State University.

Having such technology should prove useful to entomologists and to plant breeders. A goal for breeders is to develop plants with genes that make them capable of resisting pathogens. To find those genes, it would help to learn more about the pathogen-inoculation process so that, ideally, you could identify steps in the process that can be partially or completely blocked, either by silencing or turning on the right genes.

A Scientific Workhorse At least seven different EPG systems have been made by scientists around the world. Over the past 30 years, the monitors have earned a reputation as a workhorse among researchers who study aphids and a handful of other piercingsucking insects. Scientists have reported on them in more than 400 peer-reviewed papers.

To use them, researchers glue one end of a gold wire to the insect’s dorsal area (its back) and insert another wire into the moist soil around the plant. This establishes a continuous electrical circuit through the monitor that can detect even miniscule changes in voltage that occur when the insect pierces the plant, releases saliva, or draws juice (ingests) from the plant into its digestive system.

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to fluctuate. That in turn produces waveforms that scientists can read to decipher details about the feeding and pathogeninoculation process.

Waveforms are also produced by fluid fluctuations caused by movements of the insect’s internal valves and pumps as it feeds or by the breaking of plant cell membranes. When researchers study different species of insects, they correlate the waveforms produced by each species to different steps in the feeding process, such as the insertion of saliva, the initial tasting, and ingestion. For each insect, there are unique changes in waveforms from ingestion, salivation, and stylet movement. “It is a window into the internal mechanisms that the insect uses when it feeds and into the plant responses to the feeding,” Backus says.

The New Monitor’s Advantages Traditionally, monitors have been designed to work with either AC or DC current. Because of the physics that govern electricity and the flow of electrical current, researchers have gotten the best results when using AC monitors to study larger insects and DC monitors to study smaller ones.

Ideally, a monitor should be capable of studying a variety of insect sizes.

As the name implies, the AC-DC monitor incorporates features from both AC and DC monitors, making it more versatile. The user can adjust the settings to the size of the insect being studied. They can use it to study all kinds of insects—not just plant feeders—to see what happens when a tick, mite, mosquito, bed bug, deer fly, or any biting or chewing insect pierces the surface of a plant or animal when it feeds, Backus says.

Entomologists will be able to view the feeding process in detail for more insects than ever before and compare the feeding of pathogen-bearing insects with those that are pathogen-free. Many pathogens, both animal and plant, affect the insects that carry them as well as the plants or animals they infect.

Wayadande is using the monitor to study how squash bugs transmit Serratia marcescens,the bacterium that causes cucurbit yellow vine disease, to watermelon and other cucurbits. She hopes to find cultivars that breeders can use to develop commercial varieties that resist the pathogen.

“We don’t really understand how squash bugs feed, how they damage the plant, and how they inoculate it with plant pathogenic bacteria and cause disease. The monitor helps us study all of these things,” she says.

Wayadande also used the monitor to study and publish research on how leafhoppers infect corn with corn stunt spiroplasma, a common corn pest. Squash bugs are much larger than leafhoppers, so before Backus and Bennett’s monitor came along, Wayadande says she probably would have had to use two different monitors to effectively monitor the two insects. But with the AC-DC monitor, she collected quality data on both.

“It’s a wonderfully versatile system,” she says.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: My husband and I are looking at buying land south of Grand Forks, North Dakota to use as a garden plot. Since the land is a former farm field, should we be concerned about residual herbicides or pesticides in the soil? We are not trying to get an organic certification. However, we want to know if the food we grow in that soil is safe to eat. Would you recommend chemical residue sampling/testing prior to planting fruit trees and vegetable plants?

A: Yes, a simple test will tell the story. Get some corn and bean seeds. One is a monocot (corn), while the other is a dicot (bean). Take some soil from the site where you are planning to establish your garden and sow at least three seeds of each in separate containers. Grow the seeds under lights and heat as you would if you were going to start transplanting for spring planting. If they germinate and produce leaves beyond the cotyledon stage, the soil is fit for growing edible crops. If the foliage that emerges is deviant in form or character and is consistent across the plantings, then the culprit very likely is herbicide residue. If one or the other doesn’t germinate, then test the viability of the seed by soaking the seeds in distilled water to see if any root radicles emerge.

The water should barely cover the seed. If they do emerge, then the seed is good but the soil is not.

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Hortiscope questions and answers from ND University

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a hackberry tree that has started to new shoots, leaves and buds from infection. Care- secticide, but that hasn’t worked. How would you grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is fully follow label directions. assess the situation, and what can I do to stop the dry, hard caliche. For the last three years, we have Q: A couple of years ago, my neighbor built a obliteration of my leaves? suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree fence along the perimeter of his backyard. This A: The absence of any visible insects is a good that can survive in this terrible soil. However, when year, all of my grass within 6 to 8 inches of the indication that the pests are night feeders. We have I inquired what the tree was, the lady identified it fence died. This did not happen the previous years. had instances of climbing cutworms that bypass the as a hackberry and said it would be best to destroy A couple of dandelions and a wild mustard plant stems and go after the leaves for some reason. If it because it seems to break off in large chunks and survived. A tag on the bottom of one of the boards you look around the base of the plant in the top inch could damage the house. The tree is a few feet from says micronized copper azole. Could the dead of soil, I’m willing to bet that they will be found. the house and has grown to about 6 feet in height strip be caused by this treatment being rinsed off If you can’t locate them, get some diatomaceous in less than a year. Is it a hazard or should I let it the boards and onto the grass? I am to the west of earth and work it into the soil next to the base of the grow a couple of years to see if it seeds another tree the fence, so could compaction from snow accu- plant. The diatomaceous material should be thick farther away from the house and then cut it down? mulation have been a factor? (West Fargo, North enough that you have the soil surface covered. That (Lago Vista, Texas) Dakota) should do the trick.

A: If it is a hackberry, the common hackberry A: Yes, the dying of the grass very well could Q: I have a problem with two Norway spruces I and the sugarberry are known for being tough, be from the copper compound used in treating the planted about a month ago. My soil is very heavy wind-resistant trees, so I think the comment about fence boards. It may have leached out from rain clay. One of the trees is doing well, but the other pieces of it falling on your house are somewhat and irrigation events. It was employed years ago tree is not. It has turned orange and the needles are misleading. As far as I know, neither tree has ever as a preservative in the nursery industry to slow falling off. I don’t think it is dead because it is green been tagged with that reputation. However, it is the rotting of burlap used to ball the roots. Snow under the bark. Is there anything I could do for growing too close to your house. After it goes dor- compaction can cause the same thing. However, this beauty to help it? I hope it’s just a little shock mant this fall and all the leaves are gone, I would that usually happens when equipment is driven over so the problem will go away. However, my gut is strongly suggest that you dig it up and plant it where the snow and forms an ice crust, which wouldn’t telling me it needs help. I have a few other spruce you want. As a young tree, it will transplant quite be the situation in your case. and Austrians that are fine but are a dull green. Do successfully. That way, you would be able to enjoy Q: On more than one occasion, you helped me in you think a shot of iron or something else might the shade and durability this tree species has the various ways solve myriad horticultural problems. help? Thanks a ton in advance. (Montana) potential to provide as it reaches a mature height Although retired for almost seven years, I still get A: In trying to figure out what is going on with and spread. questions from people, which is the reason for this your trees, I get the inkling that it may be a rust Q: I had a lady come in with peonies that look inquiry. I was asked to look at a green ash tree that is fungus that has hit some of them. Being in Monbrown. She said that none of her other peonies look in rough shape. Its overall condition is poor because tana, I cannot imagine you being in a swampy area that way and that this plant also produced flowers it has a large number of dead or dying branches. I where the alternate host for spruce needle rust is that looked brown last year. She’s wondering what checked the bark for signs of bark beetles and did anywhere nearby, so it could be an autoecious form the problem is and if it is going to spread. Have any find some entry holes, but not in large numbers. of the fungus. This means the fungus does not need ideas? My first guess is that it would be something On some of the affected branches, there appears an alternate host to complete its life cycle. These subsurface. Could it be botrytis or maybe the flower to be a girdled ring around the entire branch and a rust fungi are seldom lethal to the tree in spite of was planted too deeply? series of tiny holes directly in line with each other. there being some needle loss. Generally, the infecA: This very likely is the fungus botrytis cinerea. It seems these areas are weakened and the branch tion will subside as the weather improves. There It attacks stems, buds and leaves. This disease can sometimes will snap off. I don’t know if any of this is no cure, but you can protect your good tree by appear at any time of the growing season but is most might sound familiar to you, but I hope you might applying a fungicide such as Bravo, Thalonil or common in cloudy, rainy weather. It begins early be able to give me a little insight. I will try to col- Chlorothalonil. in the spring when the shoots are about 6 inches lect a sample and send it to you for further analysis.

Q: A couple of years ago, we lost five trees to tall. Young stalks discolor at the base, wilt and A: The ash tree problems you describe sound Dutch elm disease. We now have two that came up fall over. This wilt and shoot death may continue like a combination of twig girdler and ash/lilac from seedlings and are growing behind some flowthroughout the summer if conditions are wet. Other borer. There are many species out there, so exactly ering bushes. I would like to keep the trees because symptoms during the growing season include large, which one that would be attacking this particular we lost so many. However, I am concerned there irregularly shaped spots on the leaves and brown ash I cannot say. Twig girdlers are a variety of the still is a threat of Dutch elm disease in this area. flower buds that are covered with a mass of gray, longhorn beetle. Ash/lilac borers are a type of wasp Also, will the trees kill the bushes as they grow? fuzzy fungal spores. The fuzzy fungal spores that that lays eggs beneath the bark. It is the larvae of I believe one of the bushes is a flowering almond, are produced after a rain or watering are character- the borers that cause the damage. Both are difficult which is beautiful in the spring. On another topic, istic of a botrytis infection. Good sanitation, such to control at the discovery stage because the dam- I also have a small rose bush that I cut the canes as the prompt removal of spent flower blooms, and age usually is quite extensive. Attempts to control back in the fall after the first freeze. I believe I following cultural recommendations will reduce the borers often come when what is left alive is not read in one of your columns that they should be botrytis problems greatly. Fungicides are of lim- worth the effort or expense to save. Systemic insec- cut back in the early spring. Is that correct? And ited effectiveness against this disease. However, a ticides will work, but slowly. Topical insecticides how far back should I cut them? I truly appreciate basic copper sulfate or Mancozeb can be applied also work. However, with large trees, it usually is any advice you can give us. early in the season when the shoots are about 6 not advisable to spray that much insecticide into A: With the reduced population of elms across inches tall to help protect the plant. Spray all plant the environment. We are having a small epidemic America, the epidemic has long since stopped. In parts to thoroughly wet the foliage and soil. It is of aphids feasting on our ash trees in North Dakota addition, there are protective measures that can be very difficult to stop any disease in the season it and western Minnesota. Ash leaf curl aphids mul- taken that didn’t exist when the disease was disappears. Prevention through proper site selection, tiply exponentially and feed on the underside of covered in Ohio in 1930. We spent 50 years trying cultural management and good sanitation is by far leaves. This causes a shower of aphid droppings to to catch up with the rampant spread of Dutch elm. the most important step in reducing the incidence rain down on anything or anybody. Two systemics The fact that these are seedlings is a good indicaand spread of disease. Cultural measures, such as on the market are Imidacloprid (Bayer Advanced tion that the parent tree is a survivor and has some improving air circulation, watering early in the Tree and Shrub Insect Control) and Orthene Sys- degree of immunity that probably was passed on day and watering only at the base of the plant, will temic Insect Control. to the offspring. In a nutshell, the trees are safe for greatly reduce infection. As a sweeping generalizaQ: I’m having problems with my rhubarb. The the foreseeable future. Sooner or later, the trees tion, established peonies can get along without any plants came up fine this spring, but then the stalks will become competitive with the bushes, so one water except for what Mother Nature provides. The and leaves turned yellow and dried up. I did give or the other will have to go. In Ohio, I used to cut removal of any spent flower blooms, infected buds, them Miracle-Gro, but that didn’t help. I bought a the roses back in the fall to get them small enough leaves and stems is best done during a dry, calm new plant from a master gardener and planted it at to cover. I would go back in the spring to cut out time of the day. It is very important to clean your a different location. It was doing fine, but now it any branches that may have died during the winter pruner by dipping it in a 10 percent bleach solution looks the same as my other plants. I’ve had these or were damaged. or by spraying it with a 70 percent rubbing alcohol plants for many years, so I sure would hate to lose To contact Ron Smith for answers to your quesmixture after cutting off diseased plant material them. Could you please give me some direction? tions, write to Ron Smith, NDSU Department of and prior to pruning any healthy plants. Carefully (South Dakota) Plant Sciences, Dept. 7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND dispose of any infected plant material but do not A: For an accurate analysis, you need to send 58108-6050 or email ronald.smith@ndsu.edu. discard this debris in your compost pile. In the fall, a sample of the plant problem to the plant diagcut any diseased plants back to the ground or just nostic clinic at South Dakota State University. Go below the ground. Add well-composted organic to http://www.sdstate.edu/ps/plant-clinic/sample##### material as a light mulch in early fall to help add guidelines.cfm and follow the directions to submit Theodore Roosevelt was sent to live in North nutrients and improve the soil. This organic com- a sample.

Dakota for health reasons. He fell in love with the post can be lightly worked into the top inch or two Q: The leaves on my morning glories are be- West and wrote a book titled Ranch Life and the of soil. Fungicides help protect plants from disease ing eaten by some pest. However, we cannot find Hunting Trail before becoming a US president. but are not very effective at curing a problem once any bugs, eggs or flies on the leaves. My wife has The book was illustrated by famous Western artist it has started. A fungicide can be applied to protect sprayed the leaves with Orthonex Systemic In- Frederick Remington.

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16-ft. auger head.(W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (D) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW #WUH564...............................................$48,000 (F) 2010 Case IH 2152 40-ft. draper head. (B) CIH (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 Farmall 95, W80189 .................................. NEW #WUY355...............................................$26,000 8010 ..................................... #23256W.............$139,000 (F) 7010Case w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (H) 743#WUH532...............................................$62,000 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 (D)(W) CIH2003 95UCase FWA,IHW80138 NEW (D)CIH 2009 IH WD1203, 16-ft. auger head.

(F) CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 (B) S130 2010 Case IH 8120 #WUH404.............$276,320 (F) 2010 Casew/oIHBkt, 7120 #WUH547....................

Bobcat 20112W ....................... $18,995 Sold (D)(F) CIH 105U FWA, W80160 .................................. NEW New Equipment #30047W................................................$82,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 ....................................... $280,000 (D) 753 20083W IH ....................................... $19,000head. (B)(F) CIH Puma 125IHFWA, ........................ NEW 2010 Case 8120 W80053 #WUH436.............$278,000 (F) Bobcat, 2011 Case 2162 40-ft. draper (F)CIH 20118010, Case IH WD1203, HDX162 auger head.(H) 753 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 (D) 23075W ........................................ $265,000 Ldr,IHW85038 ......................................

NEW 2010 Case 2020 flex draper head. #WUH437. #WUH548...............................................$67,000 (F) w/L750 #WUY327...............................................$85,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 (D) S150 Bobcat, 20120W .................................... $23,000 (W) CIH Puma 165 FWA, W80112 ...................... NEW . ..............................................................$39,000 (F) 2008 Case IH 8010 #WUH232.............$242,110 (W) 8010, 23087W $270,000 (W)CIH 2008 Case IH .......................................

WD1203, 18-ft. auger head.(D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW 2010 Case IH W80037 8120 #WUH519.............$279,000 (F) 2005 CasenoIHBkt, 8010 #WUH342.............$177,990 (F) CIH 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 (D) S205 Bobcat, 20120W ....................... $23,000 (D)(F) CIH Puma 210, .................................... NEW #30048W................................................$78,000 2010 Case IHW85031 2162 flex draper head. #WUH520.

Case IH 2062 draper head, 8010 adapter. (F) w/L770 (F) CIH 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (B) (F) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt,36-ft.

20146W ........................ $26,500 Ldr, ......................................

NEW (F) 2011 Case IH WH1203 #WUH574.......$105,000 (S) CIH 2388, ........................................................... $89,900 (D) S205#WUH142...............................................$39,900 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 . ..............................................................$68,000 (F) CIH Scout Ut Vehicle, WNM126 .................... NEW (B) 2010 New Holland H8040, HS18 auger head.

(S) CIH 7010, ......................................................... $240,000 (F) 863 Bobcat, WUT322 ...................................... $19,000 (D)(F) CIH 72”Case Finish W85133 ....................... NEW 2011 IH Mwr, 8120 #WUH521.............$298,000 (F) 2004 Case IH 8010 #WUH561.............$160,000 (S) 08#32147W................................................$82,000 CIH 7010, .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 (F)(F) CIH SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526head. ............#WUH522.

NEW 2011 Case IH 2162 flex draper (S) 07 CIH 8010, .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW Pivot (D) Tongues . ..............................................................$72,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010, .................................................. $220,000 S330 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW 2011NH New Holland 15’7” discbine.

(W) 1475, 16-ft. auger head.(W) (F) 2011 CaseRnd IH 8120 UC550 Holland ..................................................... $9,500 (S) MF1997 860, New LS160 Skid 20109WH7460 ............................. $19,000(Never (W)(F) CIH RB564 Blr, #WUH544.............$325,000 AW,TW, W83013 ........ NEW (S) 2 #32136W................................................$11,500 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (D) 1825used).

2011 CaseRnd IH 2162 draper head...#WUH545.

Case#WUY340.

Skid w/Bkt,....................................$34,000 20128W .................... $10,000 (W)(F) CIH RB564 Blr, flex Ele Twn Nt, W83014 NEW (S) 8230 PT Holland Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 Case Skid 20129W $14,000 (D) 2002 Case IH w/Bkt SC100 16-ft.................. #30051W....$16,000 (D)CIH 1999 New 1475, 16-ft. auger head.(D) 1825B (W) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ............... NEW . ..............................................................$75,000 (S) CIH 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 (D) 1845 CaseCase SkidIHw/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 WNH585 ................ NEW (F)(F) CIH SPX3330 SP8120 Spryr, (F) 2005 SC100 18-ft. #WUY352...$24,000 #32143W................................................$12,800 2009 Case IH #WUH542.............$265,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 ..................... $23,000 (W)(F) CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, (H) 1996 Hesston 1170 16-ft. #34078W.........$7000 (H) 2000 New Holland 1475, 16-ft. auger head.

2009 Case IH 2162 flex draper head.W85043 #WUH543.

(S) MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 ................................................................................. NEW (D) 2002 Deere20125W 1600A #34067W.......$11,000 (F) CIH #32145W................................................$13,500 . ..............................................................$65,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 (D) 440 Case John Skid w/Bkt, ...................... $34,000 8120 Combine, WNC432 ......................... NEW (W) C3 2009 Premier A30, 20130W 18-ft. #34056W......$32,000 (H)NH 2006 Holland 1475, HS16 auger head.(D) 440 2010 Case IH 8120W82055 #23221W. .............$243,000 (S) 94CNew Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 Case Skid w/Bkt, .............. $36,000 (D)(D) CIH 8120 Combine, ..........................

NEW (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (D) 60XT (W) 2009 MacDon A30D, 18-ft. #34071W...$29,000 #32140W................................................$21,900 2010 Case IH 8120W82076 #23222W. .............$230,000 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20131W ................. $22,000 (W)(D) CIH 8120 Combine, .........................

NEW (S) Hd,1475 ................................... $71,000 (D) Skat Trak 1500D Skid, 20088W .............. $17,000 .........................

NEW (W)(H) CIH 8120 Combine, (H)Honeybee 2003 New42GB Holland #32142W........$16,500 2011 Case IH 8120W82078 #23220W. .............$320,000 (S) MacDon 963 Hd , ......................... Call for Pricing (D) 4800 Magnatrac Skid w/Bkt, Dzr, 20111W $6,000 (W)(H) CIH 8120 Combine, .........................

NEW (W) 2000 New Holland 1475, 18-ft. auger head.

2011 Case IH 8120W82080 #23217W. .............$320,000 (S) MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 (B)(H) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd,#23218W. W82057 ................... NEW Post Diggers Round Balers #32135W................................................$13,600 2011 Case IH 8120 . ............$320,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd, ..................................... 59,000 (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 (B) CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 ..................... NEW (H)Honeybee 2000 New Holland 1475, Call 18-ft.for auger head. (W) 2006 New Holland BR780 #38067W....$18,110 (D)(F) 2011 Case 8120 (factory warranty) #23227W. (S) 3655 , ............................

Pricing CIH 2152 40’ IH Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (D) 2004 New Holland BR780 #38097W....$20,500 (D) CIH . ............................................................$320,000 (S) 3 #32139W................................................$14,500 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing (B) McMillin 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295 (S) CR960 , .................................................... $180,000 (W)NH 2003 New Holland 1475, 18-ft. auger head. (H) New Holland BR780 2010 Case IH 8120 #23229W. .............$278,000 CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ...................

NEW Misc #38098W.............$18,750 (D)(H) Grain Augers & Vacs 2152 45’IH Drpr W82074 ................. NEW (B) 2005 New Holland BR780 #38102W....$18,000 (W)(F)CIH #32146W................................................$16,000 2011 Case 8120Hd, #WUH549.............$292,000 (H) C1000SR Swath Roller, 520354W ................. $750 (W) w/16HP Briggs, $2,100 Holland BR780 #38108W....$24,900 (F) 2011 Case IH 8120 #WUH550.............$292,000 (B)7x36 2005Westfield New Holland 1475,51034W HS18....... auger head. (H) 2005 New Lawn & Garden (D) 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 (B) 2004 New Holland BR780 #38114W....$17,500 (F) 2011 Case IH 8120 #WUH551.............$298,000 #32110W................................................$19,500 (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, (W) 2003 New Holland BR780 #38123W. ...$11,700 (D) 2010 Case IH 9120 #23215W..............$335,000 (W)8x46 2006 New Holland 1475, HS18 auger head.

19015W ................................................................. $6,950 (D) Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (B) 2004 New Holland BR780 #38124W....$12,500 #32112W................................................$22,300 (D) 2008 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper head.

(F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 .............................................................. $5,000 New Holland BR780A #38029W...........$18,000 (W)MK 2008 New Holland 1475, head. (D)WUM534 #28086W................................................$60,000 (D) 8x51 Westfield Swg Agr, HS18 51057Wauger ... $2,500 Lawn Tractor, (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W $5,000 (D) 721 (W) Grasshopper New Holland BR780A #38033W..........$18,000 (D) 2010 Case IH 9120 #23216W..............$340,000 #32113W................................................$26,000 $11,500 (D) Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr,HS18 51036W $7,100 2007...............................................................

New Holland BR780A #38075W..............

(F)30’ 2010 New Holland H7150, auger head. (W)19016W (D) 2008 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper head.

Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, (W) 1535LP Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (B) ZTR. ..............................................................$18,950 #WUY302...............................................$33,000 #28087W................................................$60,000 19013W ................................................................. $6,500 (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A ................. $6,500

Used Equipment

Skid Steers

(W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 (H) 743 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 (B) S130 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20112W ....................... $18,995 (D) 753 Bobcat, 20083W ....................................... $19,000 (H) 753 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 (D) S150 Bobcat, 20120W .................................... $23,000 (D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 (D) S205 Bobcat, no Bkt, 20120W ....................... $23,000 (B) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ $26,500 (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 (F) 863 Bobcat, WUT322 ...................................... $19,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (D) S330 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 (W) LS160 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $19,000 (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 (D) 1825B Case Skid w/Bkt 20129W ................. $14,000 (D) 1845 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 ..................... $23,000 (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 (D) 440 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 (D) 440 C3 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20130W .............. $36,000 (D) 60XT Case Skid w/Bkt, 20131W ................. $22,000 (D) Skat Trak 1500D Skid, 20088W .............. $17,000 (D) 4800 Magnatrac Skid w/Bkt, Dzr, 20111W $6,000

Post Diggers

(H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (B) McMillin Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295

Misc

(H) C1000SR Swath Roller,

520354W .................

Lawn & Garden

(D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm,

$750

19015W .................................................................

$6,950

WUM534 ..............................................................

$5,000

(F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (D) 721 Grasshopper Lawn Tractor,

19016W ............................................................... $11,500

(B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower,

19013W .................................................................

(D) 9760 JD w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 4x4 Tractors (B) 1997 1680 CIH, (F) Case23057W IH ...........................................

9370, Leon 16-ft.$29,000 dozer.

(H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 #WUT561...............................................$70,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (F) 2001 Case IH23082W STX375H #WUT598........$95,000 (W) 1688 CIH, ......................................... $50,000 (D) 2004w/1015 CaseCIH IHPU STX450 Quad #15312W..............

Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 (B). ............................................................$160,000 CIH 2188, 23046W ........................................... $47,500 (D)2008 CIHCase 2188IH w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........

(H) 535CIHHD #15269W. .........$245,000 $12,000 (H) 2008...........................................................................

Case IH 535 #15309W................$232,000 (H) CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (H) 2008 Case IH 535 #15310W................$232,000 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (F) 535 Quad #15274W......$331,000 (B)2010 CIHCase 2388,IH23018W ........................................... $90,000 (D) 535 Quad #15276W......$331,000 (B)2010 CIHCase 2388,IH23047W ......................................... $100,000 (F) 535 Hdr, Quad #WUT605.....$292,000 (F)2009 CIHCase 2388IH w/1015 WUH211 .................... $142,000 (W) CIH 2388IHw/30’ Hdr, #WUT607.....$400,000 23066W &23067W ...............

(F) 2011 Case 6001010 Quad $97,400 (H) 2009...........................................................................

Buhler 485 #16118W..................$185,000 (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000

Hay Heads & Pivot Tongues

$6,500

(D) CIH Farmall 40, W80137 .................................. NEW (W) CIH Farmall 60, W80170 ................................. NEW (D) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW (B) CIH Farmall 95, W80189 .................................. NEW (D) CIH 95U FWA, W80138 ..................................... NEW (D) CIH 105U FWA, W80160 .................................. NEW (B) CIH Puma 125 FWA, W80053 ........................ NEW w/L750 Ldr, W85038 ...................................... NEW (W) CIH Puma 165 FWA, W80112 ...................... NEW w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW (D) CIH Puma 210, W80037 .................................... NEW w/L770 Ldr, W85031 ...................................... NEW (F) CIH Scout Ut Vehicle, WNM126 .................... NEW (D) CIH 72” Finish Mwr, W85133 ....................... NEW (F) CIH SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526 ............ NEW (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, AW,TW, W83013 ........ NEW (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, Ele Twn Nt, W83014 .. NEW (W) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ............... NEW (F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, WNH585 ................ NEW (W) CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, W85043 ................................................................................. NEW (F) CIH 8120 Combine, WNC432 ......................... NEW (D) CIH 8120 Combine, W82055 .......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82076 ......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82078 ......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82080 ......................... NEW (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, W82057 ................... NEW (B) CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 ..................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ................... NEW (W) CIH 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, W82074 ................. NEW

New Equipment

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2007 Featherlite 24-ft. steel stock trailer, center and rear gates have sliders. Clean trailer!

1998 Aztec 48 x 102 flatbed trailer with slider axles.

1982 International F1954 T/A, 4000 gallon insulated tank truck.

Equipment Sales: Our company sells a wide selection of new and used trucking, construction and farm equipment, as well as recreation. Whether you are looking for a backhoe, a loader, or a tractor, we can deliver. Other equipment we have to offer includes: trucks, trailers, haying equipment, trenchers, pay loaders, land levelers, grain handling equipment, boats and snowmobiles. A bit of everything.

John Deere fork lift.

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Jensen Bale Handlers

2008 Perkins 1104C skid mount diesel engine, turbo, brand new.

Electric over hydraulic

1992 CPS belly dump gravel trailer. We have more gravel trailers in our inventory!

1979 Ford F600 4x4 flatbed with crane.

1987 Freightliner with tag axle.

We can order guards for semis or pickups!

Merritt 53-ft. x 102” straight stock trailers with 3 compartments.

Fabrication & Welding Services: We provide commercial welding and iron repair services. Our staff works with all vehicles and machinery, including trucks and trailers. We can build anything you need out of iron.

Fiat Allis 100C roadgrader.

F903 haygrinder.

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Answer: Social Security administers two major programs that provide benefits based on disability: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

SSDI benefits are based on prior work under Social Security, and are financed with Social Security taxes paid by workers, employers, and self-employed persons. To be eligible for an SSDI benefit, the worker must earn sufficient credits based on taxable work to be “insured” for Social Security purposes.

SSI payments are made on the basis of financial need and are financed through general tax revenues. Adults or children who are disabled or blind, and have limited income and resources, may be eligible for SSI disability. The monthly payment varies up to the maximum federal benefit rate, which may be supplemented by the state or decreased by income.

Learn more by reading our publications, Supplemental Security Income, at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11000. html, and Disability Benefits, at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs/10029.html.

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Answer: Many people eligible for Social Security disability benefits also may be eligible for SSI. The disability decision for one program is the same for the other, but you must meet additional resource and income limits to qualify for SSI benefits. Learn all about SSI and whether or not you may qualify by reading the publication, You May Be Able To Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at www.socialsecurity. gov/pubs/11069.html.

1995 Freightliner

1997 Ford F450 service truck with crane.

Trucking Services: Our drivers haul grain, hay, livestock and equipment across the county. We also use hoppers to carry bulk commodities.

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RECENT TRADES

USED 4WD TRACTORS

USED COMBINES & HEADERS

2.9% Fixed Rate On All Used Combines - oac 2008 John Deere 9770STS Contour Master, 520/85R38 duals, chopper, low hours.......... ................................................. $$ SAVE $$ 2008 John Deere 9670STS with 520/80R38 duals, chopper.......................... $$ SAVE $$

2010 John Deere 8320R MFWD tractor.

2007 John Deere 7930 MFWD tractor.

2010 John Deere 5085M tractor with 563 loader.

2000 John Deere 7810 tractor with 740 loader.

1976 John Deere 4230 tractor with Farmhand 358 loader.

1992 John Deere 9600 combine.

2010 John Deere R450 windrower.

MacDon 5000 mower conditioner.

2011 John Deere 568 round baler.

2010 John Deere 568 round baler, loaded.

2003 Case IH RBX562 round baler, net wrap.

2005 John Deere 567 round baler.

2-2003 John Deere 567 round balers.

1992 Case IH 8460 round baler.

1994 John Deere 8570 (250-hp), 12 speed transmission, 4 hydraulics, 20.8x38 duals.... ........................................................$55,000 John Deere 8430 (175 PTO hp) 3 hydraulics, 20.8x34 duals..................................$15,000 2001 Case IH STX325 (325-hp), powershift, 4 hydraulics, PTO, 20.8R42 duals. ....$99,500

LOADER TRACTORS

1989 John Deere 9600 30.5x32 singles, chopper, chaff spreader.................... $$ SAVE $$ John Deere 8820 30.5x32, 224 platform. ........ ................................................. $$ SAVE $$ 1983 John Deere 7720 24.5x32, straw & chaff spreader, 224 platfform............. $$ SAVE $$ 2006 John Deere 9660STS, 20.8R38 duals, chopper.................................... $$ SAVE $$

USED 2WD, MFWD TRACTORS

2011 John Deere 8285R (285-hp), powershift, MFWD, 3-pt. with quick hitch, 4 hydraulics, PTO, 380/90R45 duals, 380/80R38 front singles, low hours, factory warranty.$202,750 2007 John Deere 7930 MFWD, (180 PTO hp), IVT transmission, PTO, 3-point hitch, 4 hydraulics, 380/90R50 duals.............$119,500 2010 John Deere 7130 MFWD, (100 PTO hp) 24 speed PowrQuad, dual PTO, 3 hydraulics, 480/80R38 singles..........................$74,500

2004 John Deere 7920 (170-hp), IVT transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. hitch with quick hitch, 3 hydraulics, PTO, 480/80R46 duals. .$99,500 2004 John Deere 7920 (170-hp), IVT transmission, MFWD, 4-pt. hitch with quick hitch, 4 hydraulics, 380/90R50 duals. .........$97,500 1976 John Deere 4630 (150-hp), Quad-Range transmission, PTO, 20.8x38 singles, John Deere 10-ft. dozer. ..........................$16,500 1973 John Deere 4430 (125 PTO hp), QuadRange transmission, dual PTO, 2 hydraulics, 20.8x34 duals..................................$12,500 International 766 (85-hp), cab, 2 hydraulics, 18.4x34 duals, 5-ft. side-mount mower. $7450

USED TILLAGE TOOLS

John Deere 960 field cultivator, 421/2-ft. harrows, nice..................................................$12,500

USED LAWN & GARDEN

2007 John Deere X540 lawn and garden tractor, 54” mower, powerflow bagger, new engine... ...........................................................$6750 2009 John Deere X520 lawn and garden tractor with new motor....................................$5500 John Deere X520 lawn tractor, 54” deck....$4350 2001 John Deere LTR166, dump hopper. $2250 John Deere LA140 lawn tractor, 48” deck. $1350 Husqvarna 4217 front mower, 42” deck. $2250

2007 John Deere 7930 (180-hp), IVT transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. hitch, 3 hydraulics, 480/80R46 duals, John Deere 746SL loader, 9-ft. bucket, grapple, Joystick. . .....$134,500 2011 John Deere 7130 MFWD (100 PTO hp), 24 speed PowrQuad, dual PTO, 480/80R38 singles, JD 740 loader, 8-ft. bucket, grapple, joystick, low, low hours, factory warranty...... ......................................................$109,500 (2) 2010 John Deere 7130 MFWD, (100 PTO hp), 24 speed PowrQuad, dual PTO, 480/80R38 singles, new JD H380 loader with 8-ft. bucket, grapple, joystick............$92,750 1998 John Deere 7810 MFWD (150 PTO hp), 16 speed PowrQuad, dual PTO, 3 hydraulics, 14.9R46 singles,JD 740 loader, 8-ft. bucket, grapple, joystick...............................$54,500 2011 John Deere 5055E MFWD (55 hp), JD loader..............................................$30,000

USED HAY & FORAGE

Hesston 8100 windrower, 16-ft. auger platform, 21-ft. draper platform.......................$19,500 John Deere 3960 forage harvester with 3-row 30” row crop. . .................................$11,500 John Deere 3960 forage harvester.........$2500 John Deere 3-row row crop, heavy duty, yellow. ....................................................$5500 John Deere 2-row 30” row crop. . ...........$2250

USED SEEDING EQUIPMENT

Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air hoe drill, 7.2” spacing. ..........................................$42,500 (3) John Deere 9350 hoe drills, 8-ft. units, 10” spacing with JD transport. .................$6500

2002 John Deere 9650STS, 800/65R32 singles, chopper, grain tank extensions..$$ SAVE $$

2004 Case IH 2388, AFX rotor, 30.5x32 singles, yield/moisture monitor............... $$ SAVE $$ 2004 John Deere 893 cornhead... $$ SAVE $$ John Deere 635F Hydra-flex......... $$ SAVE $$ 2009 Case IH 2010 rigid platform, bat reel, less than 100 hours.......................... $$ SAVE $$ Bison double header trailer.....................$3950

USED ROUND BALERS

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On Huge Selection of Used Round Balers - oac 2003 John Deere 567 wide pickup, net wrap.... ........................................................$24,500 2009 John Deere 568 wide pickup, big tires, net wrap. . .............................................$33,500 2008 John Deere 568 wide pickup, big tires, net wrap. . .............................................$31,500

2011 John Deere 568 wide pickup, big tires, net wrap.................................................$39,500

USED MISCELLANEOUS

2005 John Deere 567 wide pickup, net wrap. .. ........................................................$22,500 1991 John Deere 535.............................$6500 1989 John Deere 535 round baler..........$8500 John Deere 510......................................$1500

2006 Brandt 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon...............................................$11,000 2009 Arctic Cat XTX Prowler with front blade. ...........................................................$8750

USED BEET EQUIPMENT

Artsway 9420 beet harvester, 6 row, 24” row finder, rear steer...............................$19,500 Artsway 9420 beet harvester, 6 row, 24”, row finder, steerable. .............................$17,500 Artsway 698 beet harvester, 6 row, 24” row finder, steerable...............................$19,500 Red River 624 beet harvester, 6 row, 24” row finder, rear steer...............................$13,500 Red River 624N beet harvester, 6 row, row finder, rear steer. ............................$13,500 Artsway 786A defoliator, 6 row, knife scalpers.. ...........................................................$8500 Artsway 786A defoliator, 6 row, rear steer. $4500 Red River defoliator. ..............................$2500

2006 Vermeer 605M big tires, net wrap...$21,500 1998 Vermeer 605L round baler. . .......$11,500 1993 Vermeer 605K round baler.............$7500 2006 New Holland BR780 net wrap....$16,500 2002 Case IH RBX 561 round baler. ......$9950 1996 Case IH 8480.................................$5500 Case IH 8460..........................................$1500

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2008 Yamaha Rhino 700EL....................$9500 John Deere 740 loader, 7000 Series mounts, 8-ft. bucket, grapple, Joystick ............$8500 Woods 3240 batwing mower. .................$9950 Woods 3180 15-ft batwing mower..........$8500 Woods BW180 15-ft. batwing mower......$8500 Woods S106 ditch bank mower..............$1750 Walinga 510 grain vac............................$6500 Rem 552 grain vac..................................$5500 Haybuster H-1000 tub grinder..............$12,500

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B18

##### Church news: Mr. Bradford was elected and has accepted the office of head deacon.

We could not get a better man. ##### Church happenings: The blessing of the pets will be followed by a hot dog lunch. ##### Tonight’s sermon topic is “What Is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.

We’d appreciate it if you tell an advertiser you read his ad in the Trader’s Dispatch.

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A greener way to raise cotton and combat nematodes

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using molecular tools to help cotton growers cut back on their use of pesticides in controlling one of their worst adversaries: the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). Worldwide, the soil pest costs growers up to 10 percent of their crop, and it’s a constant threat in the Southeastern United States, where it thrives in the sandy soils.

Richard Davis, a plant pathologist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Tifton, Georgia, and his colleagues are hunting for genetic markers that will lead to development of commercial varieties of cotton better equipped to resist rootknot nematodes. They also have released a new line that gives cotton breeders a boost in their efforts to develop resistant lines.

ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this project supports USDA’s priority of promoting agricultural sustainability.

Much of Davis’ research is being funded by the cotton growers who want to replace their chemical treatments with environmentally friendly ways to control nematodes. The work has taken on a sense of urgency because a pesticide called Temik, used to control nematodes in cotton fields, is in short supply and is scheduled to be discontinued because of health and environmental concerns.

Davis and Peng Chee, his University of Gerogia partner, published a paper in 2006 that identified areas of the cotton genome where root-knot resistance genes are likely to reside.

They have since refined the search by mapping portions of the chromosome where the resistance genes are located, and identifying “flanking markers” that lie on either side of the genes themselves. These results, published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics, will be critical in the search for the specific genes that confer resistance.

Developing cotton lines that resist the root-knot nematode is time-consuming and extremely expensive, in part because resistance is a multi-gene trait. Cotton also has a diverse genome—some plants have two sets of chromosomes, while others have four—making it difficult to cross “wild” resistant germplasm with commercial cultivars and come up with a hybrid that will produce seed.

But the line developed by Davis and Chee will be an excellent tool for breeders because it can grow throughout the Southeast and produces higher yields and a higher fiber quality than the line now used in many field trials. The new line is the result of several years of trials where researchers evaluated crosses among cotton plants, some raised in fields inoculated with the nematode and others raised in fields free of it. The researchers recently released it in the Journal of Plant Registrations.

Vaughn Truck Salvage 2100 Hwy 2 East, Havre, MT Chuck or Jim Vaughn 1-406-265-6387 Local or 1-800-214-4654 2001 Volvo daycab, Series 60 Detroit, 9 speed, 2 aluminum wheels, needs engine.

1995 International 9400 Cummins M11, Super 10 speed, good cab and hood.

ENGINES

2001 Kenworth T300 Cat 3126, 9 speed, steerable lift axle, 24-ft. van box with liftgate, needs front end repair.

Trailer Suspensions

96” wide axle with 10 hole unimount....... ........................................................... $550 96” wide axle with Dayton hubs....... $250 New 96” wide axle with hub pilot hubs.... ......................................................... $1180 (3) 102” Tandem Axle, air ride suspension.

Each.................................................. $2500 102” Tandem Axle spring suspension....... ......................................................... $1250 (2) 102” Tandem Axle spring suspension, 22.5 Dayton hubs. Each..................... $500

2004 Freightliner Columbia 14L Detroit, 435 hp, 10 speed, 10 months on overhaul.

1985 GMC General Cummins Big Cam III, 300 hp, 9 speed, spring suspension...... ............................................... As Is $4500

6-Tri-Pac APU, each...........$2500

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All used engines are sold with new rod & main bearings

Cummins N14 Celect + 500-hp Cummins N14 Cat 3406B 425 hp Cummins ISX 435-hp EGR Cummins Big Cam 3, 400-hp, recent O/H 2-Cat 3406E 435-hp 2-Cat 3406E 475-hp 2-Cat C15 Acert (09 EPA) 475-hp

Differentials

Over 150 differentials 34,000 to 46,000 lb.

Allow one day notice to disassemble, inspect and reassemble with new parts as needed.

90 day warranty.

Cat C15 Acert 475-hp, 376,000 original miles Cat C10 Detroit DDEC 3 430/470-hp Detroit DDEC 4 14L, 435-hp, 10 months on OH

TRANSMISSIONS

Great selection of Rockwell, Fuller, & Spicer used take out transmissions.

Call with your model for a quote.

ENGINE PARTS ~ Rebuilt Engine Parts

Cylinder Heads For: 3406B, 3406E and C15 Cat, 855 and N14 Cummins, Series 60 Detroit

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B19

Reducing phosphorus intake and output

Reducing phosphorus in dairy diets doesn’t change a cow’s productivity, but it does affect the environmental impact that cow might have, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist.

Dr. Ellen Jordan, AgriLife Extension dairy specialist in Dallas, said she has long worked with nutrition consultants on reducing ration phosphorus so the phosphorus excretion is reduced, thereby protecting the environment. Too much phosphorus in runoff can cause algal blooms.

This long-term effort seems to be paying off, Jordan said. Working with other AgriLife Extension dairy personnel, their research has shown no production or animal well-being impact caused by the reduction of phosphorus.

Changes from 1999 to today In 1999, nutritionists in the region were surveyed regarding their ration formulation strategies, Jordan said. They indicated the average formulated level of phosphorus for high-producing cows was 30 percent above recommended levels and for low-producing cows it was nearly 20 percent above what was needed.

The same question was asked of nutritionists at this year’s Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference in Grapevine. The average formulated levels for both highand low-producing cows had declined to recommended levels, she said.

“This reduction not only protects the environment, but reduces the ration cost by decreasing phosphorus supplementation costs,” Jordan said. “Because the fertilizer is lower in phosphorus, it could also decrease the cost required for agronomic application because it can be spread over fewer acres.”

Since that initial survey, Jordan has been explaining at dairy cattle reproduction meetings that the ongoing research results from across the nation indicated there were no reproductive advantages to feeding more than the recommended levels of phosphorus.

Jordan also worked through the Texas Animal Nutrition Council to get the council to draft a resolution stating in part that “our members formulate rations for their clients’ herds with the lowest level of phosphorus possible consistent with animal health and productivity. This is based on state and national research demonstrating that minimizing dietary phosphorus will reduce manure phosphorus excretion without being detrimental to animal health and production.”

“One stumbling block in implementation of the reduced levels has been that when veterinarians are troubleshooting reproduction problems, they have run a metabolic profile on cows near calving,” Jordan said. “When the cow’s levels are on the low end of normal, veterinarians have expressed concern about ration phosphorus being too low.”

This area – the metabolic profile of the dairy cow – is the subject of Kevin Lager’s, AgriLife Extension associate in Canyon, doctorate work.

“We are finding in the research project that cows within three weeks of calving appear to be at the lower end of normal for their phosphorus levels,” Jordan said. “Thus, we are working on better defining what the ‘normal’ range is for cows within three weeks of calving.”

Transplanting shrubs

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I thoroughly enjoy reading your column. I have a question about transplanting shrubs. Due to the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had in the last couple of weeks, many of my shrubs have buds and some are beginning to leaf out. I need to move several of them. I have a few lilacs that also need to be relocated. They are large enough that we will be using a tree spade to move them. Should I wait to move them until after they’ve bloomed to avoid losing that feature this year? I also have some smaller shrubs (some flowering, some not) that I need to transplant.

A: Moving them now as they are leafing out will cause wilting and possible viable bloom loss. If you can wait, a fall transplanting is recommended as being a better time.

The best time is Labor Day weekend or one week before or after. The same applies to your smaller shrubs. If you can get them out of the ground with the roots 100 percent intact and planted right away, you should be able to get away with moving them now.

To contact Ron Smith for answers to your questions, write to Ron Smith, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences, Dept. 7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 or email ronald.smith@ndsu.edu.

8155 Hwy. 10 West Missoula, Montana 406-544-2940 or 406-829-3540 E-mail: neilm@lm-machinery.com

15 Ton Trailers air brakes and ramps. Each......................................... $10,500 Ingersoll SD70D..................$19,500

Case 580D 2x4 backhoe, ‘E’ stick..... International line truck with auger and front winch..............$12,500 ......................................$11,500

1998 ATL 425 boom delimber......... .............................. $39,900 obo

2005 Ford 550 4x4 bucket truck....... ......................................$13,500

2010 Takeuchi TB153 excavator, blade, rubber tracks, 250 hours.. ......................................$59,000

Cat 140G with rippers........ $70,000

2007 Kobelco 135SRLC hydraulic thumb .............................$74,900

1997 International 4700 single axle dump with DT466 and hydraulic brakes............... $17,500

2005 Cat 938G.................. $82,900

Cat 966C A/C, very good loader....... ........................................$39,500

Case 850D six way dozer, rippers... ..................................... $19,500 Cat 12E SN 99E05546, scarifier...... ..................................... $13,900

2007 Toyota 5000 lb. propane forklift.................................. $21,500

Peerless 45-ft. 3-axle chip trailer....... ...........................................$8500

1997 Moxie MT30 new engine........ .................................... RENTAL

Farmall M with back blade and 3-point...............................$2950

1998 Barko 130 self loader............. ..................................... $13,500

Complete fire command station and generator.........................$59,000

Log loaders available

LM Rents * Flexible terms: pick up and delivery * Compactors padfoot and smooth drum: 54” to 84” * Excavators: from 10 ton to 30 ton

* Dozers six way blades and rippers: D4 to D8 size * Wheel loaders: 2 yard to 7 yard * Articulated trucks: 25 and 30 ton

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B20

New Massey Ferguson 9560 Our mission: capacity without complexity Increased power combined with e3™ efficiency means the new MF9560 can handle more bushels with less fuel, while maintaining reserve power to pull through tough conditions. COMING IN SOON USED COMBINES

Gleaner Super 77 with chopper & chaff spreader, auto-steer...................... $249,000 Gleaner R72 30-ft. header........JUST TRADED

Gleaner R72 combine......................... $49,000 Gleaner N6 combine.............................. $9900 Case IH 1660 combine with 24-ft. header, 13-ft. pickup header with attachment........ $19,000

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Massey Ferguson® 7600 Series Tractors

Vermeer 605 Super M Baler Produce round bales in less time with less hassle when you use the 605 Super M baler. Built for high-volume hay production, it offers the best in modern technology, including the exclusive Vermeer direct crop feed design, optional powered windguard, electronic bale monitoring, optional powered bale ramp and much more.

USED BALERS

Case 8555 16x18 square baler......................... ........................................... JUST TRADED Massey-Ferguson 2856A round baler with new mesh wrap, suspension on axles...$39,900 New Holland BR780A round baler... JUST IN 2-Hesston 956A round balers. Ea......$19,900 2-Hesston 856A round balers. Ea.....$14,900 Hesston 565A round, mesh wrap......$12,900 2-Hesston 565A round balers. Each.....$8900 Vermeer 555XL round baler, 5x5 baler, twine only.................................................$14,900

Challenger LB34B 3x4 square baler with accumulator........................................$85,900 Hesston 7434 3x4 square baler with roller chute...............................................$74,900

USED SPRAYERS

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Apache AS715 self-propelled, 750 gallon, 90-ft. booms........................................... $130,000 Agco 7650 90-ft. Spra-Coupe........... $124,000 Melroe 220 Spra-Coupe...............COMING IN

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

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140 - 180 hp

3320 Series - 86’ Paralink hoe drill

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Welcome to the next generation of mid-frame row crop tractors with a completely redesigned cab, generation 2 SCR technology, the industry leader in emissions control, and all new family styling. The 7600 Series features the choice of the exclusive Dyna-VT™ CVT (continuously variable transmission) which provides infinitely variable speed control from supercreep to transport speed without shifting, jerking or a delay in traction or power, or the industry unique 24F/24R Partial Powershift with exclusive features like pre-set cruise speeds and standard Autodrive. Together, with the upgraded cab, emissions system, and choice of transmissions, the 7600 Series combines into the perfect tractor for any job around the farm or the field.

Limited number still available for fall delivery

• Customized comfort. Tough enough for any job.

• Transmissions with the most efficient power transfer in the industry.

More productivity at the touch of a button.

• Less time spent refueling, more time spent working.

The most noticeable feature of the 3320-86, aside from its sheer size, is the high flotation mainframe running gear and steering system. Bourgault has incorporated a hydraulically assisted wagon-style steering design for safe and predictable tracking behind the tractor during field use or transport.

USED TRACTORS

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Kubota M125XDTC 4WD, 103 PTO hp.$69,000 Challenger MT555B MFD, 130 PTO hp with loader............................................... $79,900

Case IH MXU110 MFD, loader, bucket, grapple.................................................... $49,900 Case 1570 2WD tractor....................... $10,800 Ford 946 4WD articulated tractor with duals.... ........................................................ $44,000 John Deere 4010 with cab, Ezee-On loader, grapple............................................. $12,900 Case 1070 2WD, cab, 3-pt., PTO with loader & grapple............................................. $15,900

USED TILLAGE

Krause 25-ft. disc............................... $10,900

COMING IN

Hesston 8100 swather with 25-ft. draper header, double swath.

Gleaner R72 combine.

Case IH 2388 combine, 25-ft. 1010 header, 1015 pickup header.

Case IH SCX100 mower conditioner.

Wheatheart 13x80 auger.

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1200 Grain Cart Dramatically Increase Your Harvesting Productivity

• The 1200 grain cart can shuttle 1200 bushels of grain.

• The eight wheel undercarriage has the load carrying capability to travel at 10 mph fully loaded.

• The undercarriage system smoothens the ride and reduces stress on the tractor hitch and unit.

• The turret style unloading auger allows grain to be placed accurately when cart to truck alignment is less than perfect.

• The 1200 features a system which allows complete clean out for both the auger and tank.

• Mesh windows located on the front and back panels allow the operator to see how much product is in the 1200.

• The truss on the 1200 generates more strength than a beam. • Good lighting is a must for evening operation and transport. • A unique belt drive system is used to engage the drag auger.

1200 bushel

The model 1200 grain cart can increase your harvesting capacity and efficiency better than an additional combine, at a fraction of the cost!

USED AIR DRILL

USED CONVENTIONAL DRILL

Morris Maxim 39-ft. air drill.................. $49,900 4-Morris MH300 10-ft. grain drills with 12” spacing, transport.....................................$6000 Morris 39-ft., 10” spacing with 7180 tow between cart................................................... $40,000 1-4-drill hitch for JD 9350, 10-ft. drills.

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Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B21

New Gleaner S77 - IN STOCK Built with farmers in mind

New Swing Away Augers Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153 Great Falls, MT The machine offers all the nimbleness of our prior R Series with a significant increase in capacity and capability. For those farmers who want all of the preformance without all the bulk, we present to you our latest innovation: the Gleaner Super Series.

Hoven Equipment

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New Hesston WR9770 Hay producers don’t need another windrower.

They need a breakthrough.

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

New MORRIS 900 &1400 Hay Hikers Haying operations must be efficient in the face of rising costs. Morris Industries has become an industry leader in round bale systems.

The proven ProAg Hay Hiker turns round bale loading and unloading into a fast, easy, oneperson operation, saving you time, money and labor.

Up to eighteen bales can be picked on the go, in a single pass, and unloaded without ever having to leave your tractor cab. The ProAg 900 Hay Hiker and the larger capacity 1400 Hay Hiker deliver superior performance and value.

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Morris 881 Hay Hiker........................$17,900 Walinga 7614 grain vac.........................$9900 NEW Universal U2 25-ft. pickup reel....$4250 Degelman 12HD dozer..........................$4500

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• 16-ft. disc header • 220-hp • 21 MPH road speed • Auto-steer • GliderRider cab, seat & rear axle suspensions

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New Augers – IN STOCK 8x36 8x41 10x70 13x70

CONSIGNMENTS

To help farmers get more done, and keep getting it done, we introduced the first large square baler 30 years ago. Since then, we’ve only continued to innovate. In fact our new 2150 Massey Ferguson® Hesston Series 3x3 large square baler even includes key features from our 3x4 and 4x4 balers. Like our exclusive Hesston Series chain drive. Nothing’s more efficient or easier to maintain - thanks to just two shear bolts on the entire drive system. Our 2100 Series offer greater capacity, better bale-building and more reliability and serviceability. Count on them. Time and time again. See your dealer or visit wwwmasseyferguson.com.

USED HEADERS

USED WINDROWERS

MacDon 25-ft. draper header, fits 7000 & 9000 Case IH WD1203 windrower................. $79,900 Series............................................ JUST IN 1996 MacDon 920 14-ft. hay header..$14,000 1993 MacDon 920 14-ft. hay header..$13,000 MacDon 871 adapter.............................$1000 Gleaner 327 27-ft. header with batt reel..$7900 3-Gleaner 15-ft. N-series pickup headers with Victory 7 or 8 belt attachment. Each.$5900 Gleaner 324 24-ft. header with batt reel..$1500 30-ft. bat reel off 8570 header.................$799 Westward (MacDon) M100 self-propelled, no USED HAYING EQUIPMENT headers............................................ $69,000 H&S HN7A hay machine......................... $4900 MacDon 9000 14-ft. header.................. $32,900 MacDon 9000 with 14-ft. header.......... $29,000 USED PROCESSORS Hesston 1360 13-ft. rotary disc, hydro-swing....

Vermeer BP8000 processor, right hand dis. .......................................................... $9900 charge............................................$14,500 Hesston 1270 hydro swing........JUST TRADED Highline 6600 round bale processor.....$8900 Hesston 1170 pull-type hydro swing....... $8900 Kuhn 500 rotary disc mower................. $14,900 Case IH 8830 21-ft. draper header....... $19,900 Case IH 8370 hydro-swing...................... $7900 John Deere 945 14-ft. rotary disc MoCo.$13,900 John Deere 930 11’6” pull type disc mower.$7900 New Holland 1116 14-ft. header with push frame 406-727-7153 for bidirectional.................................... $4500 4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. header......... ........................................................ $45,000 Gleaner R60 combine with pickup header & 36-ft. MacDon 960 header............... $35,000 White/Gleaner 2662 combine, 30-ft. header with Cummins engine............................. $44,900 White 9720 combine........................... $11,000 2-John Deere 7700 combines. Each... $10,000 White header, 15-ft..................................CALL Massey-Ferguson 8560 combine, 24-ft. header............................................. $28,000 Case 8840 swather........................ COMING IN MacDon 920 12-ft., no conditioner..........CALL 2-Universal II 25-ft. pickup reels. Each... $2500 MacDon 9350 swather, no header..........CALL MacDon 9000 swather, 14-ft. header... $29,900 Hesston 8450 25-ft. shiftable draper head, 14-ft. auger head, header trailer............... $55,000 Hesston 6400 swather with 20-ft. draper header and 14-ft. auger header...................... $8000 Versatile 400 swather with 21-ft. header..$6000 2003 Hytrux with 90-ft. F&S sprayer... $37,000 Summers 132-ft. suspended boom..... $32,000 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer with 120-ft. booms................................................. $8500 Brandt 90-ft. trailer sprayer..................... $8500 Bean sprayer, 300 gallon, 100-ft. hose reel.$1250 New Holland 9030 bidirectional tractor..$30,500

New Danuser & Wheatheart Post Hole Diggers Most all sizes on hand

NEW Post Pounders IN STOCK

Lawn Mowers - IN STOCK

Hoven Equipment

Massey Ferguson 6180 FWA tractor with loader................................................. $31,800 John Deere 8640 tractor..................... $26,000 John Deere 8630 tractor with 14-ft. Degelman dozer................................................ $30,000 Case David Brown 1412 2WD tractor, no loader.................................................. $7500 Ford 800 tractor with loader.................... $3995 1116 BF adapter conditioner fits 9030 bidirectional................................................... $2000 John Deere 270 skid steer.................. $19,900 John Deere 1900 disk drills................ $79,000 Concord 1100 24-ft. air drill with Concord tow between cart................................... $18,900 New Holland 580 16x18 square baler..$12,900 New Holland 1030 pull-type balewagon..$6000 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine & net....... ........................................................ $18,900 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine... $14,900 John Deere 566 round baler, twine only........... .......................................................... 14,900 Neuer 8120 grain vac............................. $5000 Westgo 8x31 PTO drive auger............... $2250 GT 8x40 grain auger, PTO drive............... $990 Westfield D1606 drill fill........................... $650 40-ft. tandem axle gooseneck lowboy..$18,900 1996 Eagle tandem dually pintle hitch flatbed, 6-ft. beavertail..................................... $9000 DuAl loader............................................. $1500 Melroe 516 19-ft., 3-pt. duckfoot............. $1500 Schulte 3020 batwing mower.............. $15,000 Case 10 sickle mower............................... $800 Ford 5-ft., 3-pt. rotary mower.................... $500

USED AUGERS & GRAIN DECK

Wheatheart 13x80 auger.......... JUST TRADED Farm King 10x80 swing hopper............ $10,900 Farm King 13x70 auger........................ $10,500 Farm King 13x70 swing hopper auger with power hopper mover.................................... $10,000 Farm King 13x70 swing hopper............ $10,000 Farm King 10x36 PTO............................. $4500 Westfield 13x70 swing auger................ $10,500 Westfield 13x70 swing auger................ $10,000 Westfield 13x70 swing hopper................. $7100 Alloway 10x71 swing hopper, mechanical drive...................................................... $4200 Alloway 10x71 swing hopper................... $3300 Alloway 10x61 swing hopper auger......... $3000

Now Accepting WASTE OIL

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B22

Price Truck & Equipment 8005 Hwy. 10 West - Missoula, MT

(406) 543-0382

(800) 779-3660

1992 Ford F800 service truck, diesel, 9-speed, 5000# IMT crane, hydraulic outriggers, Miller Air Pak welder.$15,000

1997 Ford F800 service truck with 8.3 Cummins, 9 speed, 5000 lb. IMT crane.... $15,000

Cat 930 wheel loader with cab $25,000

1997 Trailmax 20-ton pintle hitch trailer, 24-ft. bed..........$11,500

Yale 4000 lb. propane forklift..................................................... $4000 Pettibone telescopic 8000 lb. forklifts..................................... $15,000 Rough terrain 7000-8000 lb. forklifts.........................$7000 to $9000 1990 Liftall 30-ft. 8000 lb. rough terrain forklift, side shift, Cummins.$9000 1990 Liftall 6000 lb. rough terrain forklift, side shift, Cummins...$9000 Champ 7000 lb. 21-ft. forklift, diesel, side shift, 8-ft. forks......... $7000 Alitec PH60 asphalt grinder for skid steer................................ $7500 Case Maxi Sneaker C trencher/cable plow with Kubota diesel, boring attachment, shows 512 hours............................................. $7500 Ditch Witch 400SX cable plow with trencher............................ $5000 1999 Ditch Witch 410SX cable plow with boring attachment... $7500 Ditch Witch 350SX cable plow.................................................. $5000 1994 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5+2 speed, 6200# IMT crane, compressor, hydraulic outriggers..................................... $12,500 1994 Ford LN8000 60-ft. bucket truck, 8.3 Cummins, automatic, Reachall bucket..................................................................$15,000 1989 International 41-ft. bucket truck with diesel and automatic........ ........................................................................................... $10,000 1989 International S1754 DT360, 5/2 speed, Altec 300 bucket.$7500 1987 Ford F800 40-ft. bucket truck, diesel engine, automatic... $6500 1990 Ford L8000 diesel, 6 speed, 16-ft. flatbed dump............. $8000 1988 Ford L8000 diesel, automatic, 14-ft. flatbed dump........... $8000 1981 International 4x4 dump truck, low miles....................... $12,500 16-ft. flatbed dump with hoist..................................................... $3500 1997 Ford F800 crew cab truck, diesel, 9 speed, 5000 lb. crane, welder, grease reel and pump.......................................... $15,000 1986 Ford F800 National 228 37-ft. crane 14-ft. dump bed... $10,000 1992 Ford F800 12-ton line truck with diesel engine, automatic, 45-ft. crane, 18” auger, pole grabber......................................... $10,000 1985 Ford F700 4x4 service truck, IMT 5000 lb. crane, underhood air compressor, outriggers.................................................... $15,000

1999 GMC 60-ft. bucket truck, Cat diesel, 7 speed....$17,500

2003 Ford F550 service truck, V10, automatic, 3200 lb. IMT crane.........................$15,000

2001 International 4900 with DT466, automatic and 50-ft.

Versa-Lift...................$17,500

2001 Ford F550 4x4 flatbed diesel, 6 speed manual transmission, boxes...........$15,000

2001 Ford F550 4WD, diesel, 6 speed manual, 11-ft. box van. ..................................$15,000

1994 Ford F450 service truck, diesel, 5 speed, 11-ft. Auto Crane box, 6000# IMT crane.. ..................................$11,000

1985 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5/2 speed, 8000 lb. Auto Crane, compressor.......................................................... $11,000 2000 Ford F550 4x4 cab & chassis with diesel and 6-speed.$13,000 1999 Ford 550 diesel, automatic, flatbed with lift gate.............. $9000 1996 Chevrolet Kodiak Cat diesel, 6 speed automatic, utility bed, outriggers............................................................................ $8500 1989 Ford F450 utility truck, 11-ft. bed, 460 hp, automatic....... $2500 1988 Internatonal 1800 2-ton diesel 4x4 flatbed...................... $9000 1987 International cab and chassis, diesel, automatic, 160 CFM driveline compressor........................................................... $6000 1986 International 4x4, cab & chassis, DT466, 5/2 speed transfer case, front winch, PTO, hydraulic pump. Ex-utility truck... $12,500 1978 International 1600 4WD, cab and chassis, gas engine, 4 speed, 2 speed transfer case, low miles. Ex-government... $5000 1984 International S1900 20-ft. flatbed dump truck, DT466 engine... . .......................................................................................... $8000 1979 GMC chip truck................................................................. $6500 1981 International S1800 4x4 flatbed, 14,000 lb. knuckle boom.$12,500 1996 International 4900 DT466 engine, 10 speed................ $12,500 1995 International 4900 466, 5 speed, 18-ft. flatbed dump......$12,500 Waterous fire pumper, 175 gpm, 125 psi, 300 gallon tank, 11-ft.

Reading utility box............................................................... $5000 12-ft. flatbed, 3200 lb. IMT crane, air compressor...................... $5000 125-275 CFM air compressors.....................................$4000 - $7500 1999 Tow Master 20 ton flatbed, 24-ft. deck, 5-ft. ramps, air brakes.$10,500 12-ton 22-ft. tilt bed trailer.......................................................... $6500 (11) 20-ton 24-ft. tilt bed trailers.................................$7500 - $11,500 1-ton utility beds, starting at...................................................... $1000 Miller 250-400 amp diesel welder................................$1500 - $2500 Brush Bandit chipper............................................................ $11,000 2 ton dump boxes, each............................................................ $1000 Buckets for skid steer loaders........................................................Call Forklift forks...................................................................................Call Cat IT28 quick-tach forks.......................................................... $2750 Auger bits, 18”............................................................................. $750 Versatile 35-ft. bucket attachment............................................. $3000

Homeowners can take action to help secure properties against potential wildfires, according to University Wyoming Extension information.

“With the critically dry and hot conditions this year, it is extremely wise to make sure you create a defensible space around the entire perimeter of your home and all outbuildings,” said Ron Cunningham, a UW Extension educator based in Fremont County. “This is the one thing you can do to help prevent catastrophic losses from wildfires.”

Cunningham advised homeowners to: Trim and/or mow grassy areas around all buildings to a distance of at least 30 feet; 100 feet is preferable Move all firewood stacked against or near any building at least 30 feet away until winter Remove near any building dead tree branches and shrubs full of dead branches and cut down all trees and shrubs to a distance of up to 30 feet from any building, if possible Water grassy areas near buildings more frequently Move all hay and straw 50-100 feet away from sheds, garages and barns “One of the hardest fires to put out is a hay or straw fire as they have so much fuel packed tightly into the bales,” Cunningham said.

Protecting a house from wildfire is detailed along with other fire-wise suggestions at the UW Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) website managed by landgrant universities and federal agencies.

Go to uwyo.edu/ces and click on Extension Educational Program Areas on the left-hand side, then Ag and Natural Resources, the link under Disasters, then Wildfires under Natural Disasters.

Fire-wise information is also available at barnyardsandbackyards.com by UW Extension. Go to www.uwyo.edu/ barnbackyard/resources and click on Wildfire.

“Enjoy the summer, but do not have any open fires and do not shoot off fireworks if fire or fireworks bans are in place,” said Cunningham.

New Tebben rotary cutters for 3-point mount, 5-, 6- & 10-ft. models in stock.

New Jari Monarch self-propelled sickle mowers with 36” or 44”.

The floating sickle bar hugs the ground - glides over holes and bumps with ease and without hanging up - makes rough jobs easy on you. You can cut almost anywhere by guiding Jari with one hand. We stock Jari parts, will ship anywhere.

NEW GRADEMASTER BLADE

See our display of welding accessories & rod.

We’re sure to have what you need.

Various sizes of storage cases available.

Great for miscellaneous parts and fittings.

It’s dual blade configuration and side pans provide maximum advantages. For gravel road maintenance, the GRADEMASTER BLADE fills potholes that stay filled longer and virtually eliminates corrugating or washboarding on the road surface.

New Honda 4 and 51/2 hp 2” pumps.

In stock: 132 and 152 gpm water pumps, 220 gpm chemical pump.

3” pumps at 275 gpm also on hand.

Hub, sprocket and pulley assortment for 40, 50, 60 chain and pulleys up to 16 inches.

TIBER TRACTOR CO. Phone 406-759-5188

Protect against wildfires

Chester, Montana

Honda weed trimmer with 4-stroke gas engine.

✧ Interstate batteries ✧ Fleetguard filters ✧ Roller chain ✧ Plastic fittings ✧ Grade #8 bolts

New Ezee-On pallet forks make your tractor do the work of a fork lift.

New Honda Replacement Engines

Posi Lock

gear and bearing pullers in stock.

Plow Parts

Gysler — Melroe — Renn chisel plow parts

We can ship to your farm or ranch

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B23

3-V Distributing, Inc.

Conrad Industrial Park

Box 955

Conrad, MT 59425

Phone 406-278-5400 or 1-800-310-5402 Evenings Call: Jordan VanDyke 406-450-3953

Visit us on the web http://www.3vdistributing.com

E-mail Address 3vdist@3rivers.net

call & schedule to have your truck fitted with a remote endgate and hoist system so your trucks are ready for harvest!

Harvest is here & Simple Sampler Portable Combines are IN STOCK

Just alligator clip the wires to your battery and let it shell and clean your grain for you!

Camera systems IN STOCK for grain carts and other applications

CALL TODAY!!!

If you need some lights to get things done, Several electric New tarp kits the Shurco LiteAll kit is the answer! shipment IN STOCK! Very bright and even remote controlled of Stop by the store to check pickup out the flatbeds Pro Trap for Just hopper trailers on display!

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TRUCK FOR SALE 1995 International DT466, 275 hp, 10 speed Fuller transmission, air ride suspension, new 102” x 10.5-ft. flatbed, set up for gooseneck trailers, 1122.5 tires, 9 in-and-out

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Phone (406) 826-5388 leave message or (406) 544-6494 cell

2000 John Deere 9750 combine with 2300 separator hours, headers available.............. $85,000/Make Offer 2004 John Deere 635 flex header................... $22,000 SOLD With header trailer....................................... $27,500 2004 John Deere 635F flex header.................

SOLD $18,000 Sakundiak 8”x39-ft. load out auger with Wheatheart mover, sweep.....................................................Call

New Maurer 40-ft. aluminum hopper trailer, aluminum wheels, electric tarp.................................... $35,500

Email: 2biglake@nemont.net

John Deere 6200 MFWD tractor, loader available........ .................................................................... $35,000 2009 John Deere 1890 air drill, 435 bushel tow behind cart, 8500 acres........................................ $135,000 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air drill, 9 inch spacing, MRB, NH3. ............................................................ $40,000 Flexi-Coil 3450 tow between cart.................... $35,000

2013 Maurer grain trailers, air ride................... $30,000 2013 Maurer grain trailers, spring ride..................$27,000 Add $2000 for electric roll tarp.

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Drought assistance to farmers and ranchers

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new flexibility and assistance in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s major conservation programs to get much-needed help to livestock producers as the most widespread drought in seven decades intensifies in the United States. Vilsack also announced plans to encourage crop insurance companies to provide a short grace period for farmers on unpaid insurance premiums, as some farming families can be expected to struggle to make ends meet at the close of the crop year.

“President Obama and I are committed to getting help to producers as soon as possible and sustaining the success of America’s rural communities through these difficult times,” said Vilsack. “Beginning today, USDA will open opportunities for haying and grazing on lands enrolled in conservation programs while providing additional financial and technical assistance to help landowners through this drought. And we will deliver greater peace of mind to farmers dealing with this worsening drought by encouraging crop insurance companies to work with farmers through this challenging period. As severe weather and natural disasters continue to threaten the livelihoods of thousands of our farming families, we want you and your communities to know that USDA stands with you.”

The assistance announced uses the Secretary of Agriculture’s existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs: the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), and the Federal Crop Insurance Program.

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) To assist farmers and ranchers affected by drought, Vilsack is using his discretionary authority to allow additional acres under CRP to be used for haying or grazing under emergency conditions. CRP is a voluntary program that provides producers annual rental payments on their land in exchange for planting resource conserving crops on cropland to help prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitat and improve the environment. CRP acres can already be used for emergency haying and grazing during natural disasters to provide much needed feed to livestock. Given the widespread nature of this drought, forage for livestock is already substantially reduced.

The action today will allow lands that are not yet classified as “under severe drought” but that are “abnormally dry” to be used for haying and grazing. This will increase available forage for livestock. Haying and grazing will only be allowed following the local primary nesting season, which has already passed in most areas. Especially sensitive lands such as wetlands, stream buffers and rare habitats will not be eligible.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) To assist farmers and ranchers affected by drought, Vilsack is using his discretionary authority to provide assistance to farmers and ranchers by allowing them to modify current EQIP contracts to allow for prescribed grazing, livestock watering facilities, water conservation and other conservation activities to address drought conditions. EQIP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers on their land to address natural resource concerns on agricultural and forestland. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will work closely with producers to modify existing EQIP contracts to ensure successful implementation of planned conservation practices. Where conservation activities have failed because of drought, NRCS will look for opportunities to work with farmers and ranchers to re-apply those activities.

In the short term, funding will be targeted towards hardest hit drought areas.

Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) To assist farmers and ranchers affected by drought, Vilsack is using his discretionary authority to authorize haying and grazing of WRP easement areas in drought-affected areas where such haying and grazing is consistent with conservation of wildlife habitat and wetlands. WRP is a voluntary conservation easement program that provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers to restore and protect valuable wetland resources on their property. For producers with land currently enrolled in WRP, NRCS has expedited its Compatible Use Authorization (CUA) process to allow for haying and grazing. The compatible use authorization process offers NRCS and affected producers with the management flexibility to address short-term resource conditions in a manner that promotes both the health of the land and the viability of the overall farming operation. continued on page b28

Bugs in spider plant

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B25

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service A: I’m not sure what these critters would be on your next few weeks to be sure of a complete kill. Repeat Q: I have a new spider plant that appears healthy.

However, I’ve just noticed dozens of pinhead-sized, spider plant. However, they can be controlled with a the application as needed and also check your other charcoal, six-legged bugs on the stems and flowers. spray containing pyrethrum. Get it in a pump spray houseplants.

To contact Ron Smith for answers to your quesThey are very slow moving and don’t seem to be eat- rather than a pressurized one because the pressurized ing the plant. I’d like to get rid of them in case they container may burn the foliage. I would encourage tions, write to Ron Smith, NDSU Department of Plant are harmful or will infest my other plants. Any sug- you to isolate the spider plant when doing this and Sciences, Dept. 7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108gestions on a product or process to get rid of the bugs? keep it isolated while you monitor the plant during the 6050 or email ronald.smith@ndsu.edu.

Chic Harbine Sales 8360 Hwy 10 West Missoula, MT

2006 Peterbilt 378 tractor, ISX 530 Cummins, FRO18210 transmission, 46,000 lb. rears......................................... $38,500

1997 Kenworth T800 tractor with 475 Cat, 18 speed and 46,000 lb. rears.....................................$27,500

406-549-1047 or 544-0655

1996 John Deere 310D 4x4 backhoe, cab, extend-a-hoe, 4-in-1 bucket, new tires, 4400 hours, extra clean...................... $24,500

2001 Mack CH613 E7 460 Mack, 12 speed, Chalmers suspension, 8 axle transfer set, 16-ft. Reliance boxes, 1998 Reliance trailer......................$30,500

4-1995 Mack CH613 matching dump trucks, VMAC E7-400, RTLO14613B transmission, double lockers, steerable lift axle, pull tarp, excellent condition. Each................................. $25,500

2000 Kenworth W900 tractor with 500 Cat, 8LL transmission and 46,000 lb. rears.....................$30,500

1998 Peterbilt 379 daycab tractor with N14 Cummins at 525-hp., FRO16210 transmission, 40,000 lb. rears and 135,000 miles on factory recon.....................................$28,500

JUST ARRIVED 1980 General 65 ton combination lowboy trailer, 2+2+2, 22-ft. x 9-ft. well with 8-ft. deck extension, hydraulic RGN, 9-ft. wide axles, drop side rails, excellent tires and brakes. Overall very good condition..............$43,500

2000 Peterbilt 379 N14 Cummins, 500 hp, FR016210C transmission, 40,000 lb. rears.

1990 Peerless 3 axle pup, 16ft. lined rock box, barn door gate, super singles on aluminum wheels, good condition, set to haul rip rap, extendable tongue...................$7500 1995 Peterbilt 357 dump truck, Series 60 Detroit, 500 hp, 13 speed, 20,000 lb. front, 46,000 lb. rears, steerable lift axle, 17-ft. box, plumbed................................$24,500

1998 Freightliner FL120 severe duty, 3406E Cat, 475 hp, 8LL transmission, 42” integral sleeper, 14,600 lb. front, 46,000 lb. rears, 2 line wet kit.............................$23,500

2000 Kenworth W900L tri axle dump, 550 Cat, 18 speed, 14,600 lb. front, 46,000 lb. rears, plumbed......... .............................................$42,000 1980 Cozad 60 ton lowboy, 22-ft. well, 9-ft. neck, 2 king pin settings, Cozad booster, 9-ft. 9” wide..$18,500

1999 Williamson 3 axle dump pup, extendable tongue, 16-ft. steel box.... .............................................$14,500 2001 International 9200i Series 60 Detroit 470 hp, 10 speed transmission........................ $19,500

2000 Ledwell folding beavertail 35 ton equipment trailer, 48-ft. trailer, 38-ft. deck, air ride suspension, hydraulic ramps, hydraulic winch, excellent condition................$26,500

2-1995 Sturdy Weld 4 axle dump 1988 Kenworth T800 4000 gallon pups, 18-ft. box, extendable tongue, water truck, 3406B Cat, 6+4 front steerable lift axle, electric roll transmission, 44,000 lb. rears, tarp. Each.............................$18,500 14,600 lb. front, hydraulic drive pump, front/rear/side spray, hose reel.......... .............................................$27,500

Many other construction trucks & trailers available.

2000 Columbia triple axle gravel pup, 16-ft. box, extendable tongue, 60” axle spacing, super singles on aluminum wheels, clean trailer...........................

1995 Ford L9000 Super 16 $17,500 dump truck, N14 Cummins, 8LL transmission, 20,000 lb. front axle, 2 steerable lift axle, strong arm............ .............................................$25,900

1994 Kenworth T800 dump truck, 3406B Cat, 13 speed, steerable lift axle, 17-ft. box with high lift gate, plumbed for pup....................$26,500

1998 Peterbilt 379 daycab, Cummins N14, 500 hp, RTO16210C transmission, air leaf suspension, 232” wheelbase, new paint, 130,000 on rebuilt engine, excellent condition. .............................................$27,500 Check out our website: www.chicharbineequipment.com

1993 Kenworth T800 7 axle transfer set, Cummins N14, 13 speed, steerable lift axle, 16-ft. Knight boxes, 3 axle Knight hydraulic transfer trailer........$29,500

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B26

New Holland Equipment

New Holland Windrowers

New Holland BR7090 Round Balers

New Holland Tractors New Holland Combines New Holland Guardian Sprayer

New Holland Air Drills

New Holland P2050

New Holland P2060 60 & 70-ft. folding drill

New Holland T9000 Series Tractors

New Holland P2070 Precision Air Drill

New Holland Suspended Sprayers

Zerbe Bros.

406-228-4311 Glasgow, Montana USED ROUND BALERS

USED SPRAYERS

2001 Flexi-Coil System 67XL 84-ft., windscreens, Flexi-Control........................................... JUST IN 2000 Flexi-Coil System 67XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon, wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, windscreens, double nozzles, rinse tank. #USF153................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139................................................$17,500 New Holland SF216 100-ft., suspended boom, 1600 gallon, SP655 auto rate, windscreens, double nozzles with auto height control..............$41,000 2007 New Holland SF115 100-ft., 1500 gallon tank, walking beam axles, 16.5x16.1 tires, HMIC pump, auto rate. #USNH14................................$39,500

1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, Flexi-Control monitor. #USF151................................................$14,500 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 1500 gallon, non auto rate..... . .................................................................$6500 1995 Flexi-Coil System 65 80-ft., 1000 gallon tank, windscreens, 3-switch controller............ JUST IN Flexi-Coil System 65 80-ft., 18.4x26 tires, 3 switch controller. #USF171...................................$5000 2004 Summers 110-ft. suspended boom, windscreens, 3 way nozzle bodies, 1500 gallon tank, Raven 450 auto rate. #USSM06.............$32,500 2009 New Holland S1070 pull type sprayer, 134-ft., no windscreens, auto rate, combo jet dual nozzles. #USNH24.............................................. JUST IN 2009 New Holland S1070 suspended boom, 100-ft., auto height control, double nozzles, end jets, rinse tank.........................................................$45,000

2007 New Holland BR-780A with Bale Command, twine and net wrap, 1000 PTO, wide pickup. #UHN123............................................... JUST IN 2006 New Holland BR-780 with Bale command, twine and mesh wrap, wide pickup, 1000 PTO, hay acid applicator. #UHN120...............................$18,000 2005 New Holland BR-780 standard pickup, 1000 PTO, Bale Command. #UHN124........... JUST IN 1992 New Holland 660 with Bale Command, standard pickup, 1000 PTO. #UHN108.....................$7500 1993 New Holland 660 auto wrap, 1000 PTO drive. #UHN118................................................... $6500 1994 New Holland 660 auto wrap, 1000 PTO. #UHNH86................................................ $11,900 2005 Case IH RBX562 wide pickup, twine and net wrap, 1000 PTO, 7500 bales. #UHCA18..$17,500

1996 Case IH 8465, 540 PTO, twine tie, hydraulic pickup lift. #UHCA16.................................. $7000 Hesston 560 with auto tie, 540 PTO. #UHHS51...... . ................................................................$5500 2002 Hesston 856A automatic, twine tie, 4500 bales, wide pickup. #UHHS54.............................. $9500 1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43..................................... $11,500 Vermeer 605M round baler, twine and net wrap, wide pickup, hydraulic bale bicker, 540 PTO. #UHVM40............................................... $19,000 2003 Vermeer 605XL acu-bale “Plus” monitor, bale kicker, 540 PTO....................................... $13,000 1998 Vermeer 605L twine & mesh wrap, hydraulic bale kicker. #UHVM31............................. $12,000 1994 Vermeer 605K 1000 PTO. #UHVM33..... $7500

2010 John Deere 1830 60-ft., 10” spacing, 31/2” steel wheels, 31/2” Dutch, 1910 tow between cart, conveyor, variable rate drive double shoot #UDJ163................................................ JUST IN

1996 Concord 60-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, ext. cushion shanks, 670/15 packers, 3 ranks, “red”, 3400 air cart, Dutch openers................................... CALL 2005 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air drill, 9.8” spacing, pneumatic packers, Phoenix harrows, double shoot, Dutch points, 31/2” pair row, 6550 tow behind air cart, V.R. ddrive, 10” auger, duals......... CALL Concord 5012 50-ft., 3-rank, 12” spacing, standard cushion shanks, disc levelers, 3000 air system, hydraulic fan, 18.4x26 tires. #UDCN04................ . ........................................Special Price - CALL Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 7.2” spacing, 550 trips, 2320 tow between cart........................................ CALL Concord 4012 40-ft., 12” spacing, 3-rank, single shoot, C-shanks with 2300 tow behind tanks, 2” Bourgault openers.................................. JUST IN 1991 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft., 31/2” steel wheels, 9” spacing with 1615 tow between tank, mechanical drive. #UDF209...................................... $34,000 2004 Flexi-Coil 2340 tow between cart, dual fan, mechanical drive, 8” auger. #UDF208.....$31,000

USED AIR DRILLS

1996 Brandt QF2500 100-ft. wheel boom, twin tank, twin boom, Auto Rate, 18.4x26 tires, foam marker, Ace hydraulic & PTO pump. #USBT12...$10,900

2004 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, Flex-Control auto rate, windscreens, rinse tank............................. CALL

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Vermeer 6800 bale processor, 1000 PTO drive........ . .................................................................$7500

1500 gallon tank and trailer. . .........................$3500

2008 New Holland SD550 70-ft. air drill, 10” spacing 550# C-shanks, 31/2” steel pakcers, double shoot, stealths, SC430 tow between air cart, V.R. drive, dual fan, 18.4x38 duals, 10” auger............ CALL 2008 New Holland SD550 60-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550# C-shanks, 5.90x15 Concord style packers, doube shoot, stealths, SC430 tow between air cart, V.R. drive, dual fan, 18.4x38 duals, 10” auger......................................................... CALL

Zerbe Bros.

“Setting The Standard”

1-800-228-5393 – 406-228-4311 SALES: Mike Guttenberg - Tim Guttenberg

62 1950 Years

2012

Glasgow, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page B27

USED COMBINES 2000 New Holland TR99, Honeybee 994 36-ft. header, 2100 separator hours. #UCNH41..CALL 1998 New Holland TR98 2300 separator hours, SP 36-ft. Honey Bee. #UCNH57.................. JUST IN

NEW MORRIS HAY HIKERS IN STOCK!!!

1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 47-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 4” rubber packers, 2320 tow between cart.. $40,000

1995 Ford New Holland 9680 4WD tractor, 20.8R42 tires (90%), powershift transmission, 1000 PTO, 5 rear hydraulics, 350 hp with weights.......$72,000

1993 John Deere 8960 4WD tractor, 20.3R42 tires (90%), Cummins disesel, 4 hydraulics, nice!....... . ..............................................................$53,000 1997 Brandt QF2000 114-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, auto rate controller.....................................$6500 1993 Flexi-Coil S65 100-ft. boom sprayer, no windscreens, 1500 gallon, Micro-Trak auto rate, air induction tips..............................................$6500 2003 Gates 72-ft. heavy harrow, carbide tips, 70008000 acres, 1/2”x24” tines. very nice........$18,000 1997 Degelman LR7640 40-ft. land roller, 36” drums......................................................$18,000 Wil-Rich 47-ft. tool bar, 5 section, 7 Flexi-Coil harrows, McKay knock-on sweeps........................$17,500 Wil-Rich 45-ft. tool bar.....................................$5500 2010 New Holland BR7090 round baler, wide pickup, twine and net tie, 1000 PTO, 4000 bales...$31,000 2006 New Holland BR780 round baler, twine/net, 4000 bales, hay applicator, standard pickup........ . ..............................................................$28,500

2005 Vermeer 605M round baler, twine & net wrap, 10,500 bales, wide pickup, flotation tires..$22,000 Vermeer 605L round baler, twine & net wrap, gathering wheels..................................................$5500 1993 Vermeer 604K round baler, makes 4-ft. bale, 540 PTO drive with gathering wheels........$4900 2-Rola wheel rakes, 4- & 6-wheel.........$1700-$2000 New Holland 1431 disc bine, 13-ft. cut 1000 PTO drive, 3-pt. swivel hitch............................$13,000

John Deere 1600A MoCo, 16-ft. header, 1000 PTO drive...........................................................$7500

CONSIGNMENTS

2003 John Deere 9750STS combine, 2400 separator hours, straw chopper, long auger, Contour Master, 2002 MacDon 972 36-ft. header, finger reel, transport package.........................$135,000

1995 New Holland TR97 combine, 1540 hours, Kirby spreader, no hours since re-con in 2008..$45,000 1990 New Holland TR86 combine, 24.5x32 tires, 1635 separator hours, 30-ft. 971 header, very nice. .......................................................$20,000 1979 Allis-Chalmers N5 combine, 24.5x32 tires with 27-ft. header, batt reel................................$7500 1978 John Deere 7700 combine, diesel engine, 3631 hours with 224 head, non hydro.................$8500

1994 New Holland TR97 combine, 2100 hours with MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header, 30.5x32 tires, straw chopper & chaff spreader. #UCNH37......... . ..............................................................$60,000

1993 New Holland TR96 combine with twin rotor, SN 554419, 3109 engine hours, well maintained, annual service repairs, 30-ft. 971 auger head. #UCNH28................................................ $36,500 1988 New Holland TR86 combine with 971 30-ft. header. #UCNH61................................................... JUST IN 1988 New Holland TR86 combine with 971 header. #UCNH62................................................... JUST IN 1981 New Holland TR85 2200 separator hours, 24-ft. header. #UCNH58.................................. JUST IN

USED WINDROWERS

1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2530 separator hours, 30.5x32 tires, 390 hours on new engine.$49,500 1992 Hesston 8200 swather, diesel, cab, air, 14-ft. auger header, 3525 hours. #UWHS63........CALL New Holland 21-ft. draper header. #UWNH27......... . ................................................................$1500 1980 International 1480 combine, 24.5x32R3 front tires, straw spreader, 30-ft. 810 header, 3214 hours.......................................................$12,000 International 813 13-ft. pickup header with 5-belt Melroe pickup hydraulic drive....................$1500

1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2277 separator hours, 30.5x32 tires, 30-ft. header and trailer.....$45,000 1997 New Holland TR98 combine, 2240 separator hours, yield/moisture monitor, straw chopper, very, very nice..................................................... CALL

1987 Case IH 1680 combine, 30.5x32R front tires 90%, straw spreader, 3543 total hours, very nice, has been reconditioned..........................$22,000 Gleaner 13-ft. pickup header with Melroe attachment...........................................................$1500 2006 Ford 1-ton dually extended cab, 6.0 diesel, 77,000 miles, clean, new injectors..........$18,000 Bearcat 1260 grinder mixer, bale feeder, 1000 PTO, nice............................................................$4500 International 140 48” roll over plow, 16” bottoms, 3-pt. mount.........................................................$3500

USED TRACTORS

USED HEADERS

2009 New Holland / Honey Bee 4255 Grain Belt PLUS 42-ft. flex draper header, UII plastic finger reel, hydraulic fore and aft, hydraulic tilt, gauge wheels, transport trailer, fits John Deere 70 series combine. #UHHB02................................... CALL 2005 New Holland 74C 30-ft. flex auger header, poly cutter bar with pickup reels. #UCNH53...$25,000 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header, fits TR series. #UCNH59............................................... JUST IN 1998 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header. #UCNH64.............................................. JUST IN 2-New Holland 971 13-ft. pickup header with RakeUp pickup attachment. #UCNH38..............$5500 1988 New Holland 971 12-ft. pickup header #UCNH63.............................................. JUST IN New Holland 994 36-ft. draper head with pickup reel (fits CRs). #UCNH42...............................$24,000 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header with Case IH pickup attachment. #UCCA09...............................$5500 Massey-Ferguson pickup header, 13-ft., fits 510, 750 and 760. #UHMF61...................................... $500

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2006 New Holland L-190 skid steer, 360 hours, cab with heat & air, 12x16.5 tires, quick attach hydraulics, 2800 lb. lift. #USNH23...........$36,000

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trkshop.com 1988 Kenworth T800 high hood, 444 Cummins, 13 speed, 46,000 lb. rears on Hendrickson extended leaf, 5-ft. spread, 4.56 ratio, 18,000 lb. front axle, new Hardox 15-ft. 6” box, hi-lift tailgate.$39,500 1992 Peterbilt 379 dump truck, 3406B Cat, 13 speed, 17-ft. box. ......................................$21,500

1998 Western Star 475 Cat, 18 speed, 46,000# double lockers, 12,000# front with floats, nonsteer lift axle, 18-ft gravel box with tarp, 58” sides. (This truck would work for beets)....$36,500

Steerable lift axles Hendrickson Paralift with axle.$3600

2006 Chevrolet 3/4 ton, long box, 6.0L gas, automatic..........$5995 1997 Kenworth W900L 3406E 550 hp Cat, 18 speed 18918B, Aero-Cab flat top, 270” wheelbase, steerable lift axle .$29,500

1980 Peterbilt 359 dump truck, 3406B Cat, 13 speed,16-ft. tub box with high lift gate, pintle hitch...............................$17,500

1990 Ford L9000 dump truck with 3406B Cat, 14,000# front axle, double locker rears and 16-ft. box........................$18,500

1985 Peterbilt 359 17-ft. tub box with high ligt tailgate, steerable lift axle, 400 Cummins, 15-speed.... ......................................$17,500

1986 International dump truck, 16-ft. box, Cummins NTC-350, 13 speed, lift axle and pintle hitch.... ......................................$18,500

1997 Freightliner Classic water truck, N-14, 13 speed, lockers.... ......................................$22,500

1990 Peterbilt 379 short hood, 3406B with low miles on engine, 13 speed, flat top, great virgin tires, great brakes..........$19,500

1996 Freightliner FLD 120 water truck, 460 hp, N-14, rear locker.

Nice tires!.......................$25,500

1994 Freightliner Detroit Series 60 360/400 hp, 9 speed, 40” sleeper, all aluminum wheels.

Sharp looking truck, less than 500,000 miles................$16,500

2003 Kenworth T800 Aero cab 60” sleeper, 6NZ Cat C-15 500 hp, automatic transmission, double lockers, 489,000 miles, great tires and brakes....$37,500

2000 Peterbilt 379 475 hp Cat 3406E, 13 speed, 3.70 ratio, virgin rubber...................$27,500

1986 International Cat 3406B, 13 speed, near new virgin drive tires................................$17,500

Freightliner FL70 service truck, welder, air compressor, crane on 11-ft. service bed...........$32,500

2-2005 International ISX Cummins, new cap drives. Each......... ......................................$31,500

2003 Peterbilt 385 day cab, Cat C15 (6NZ), 13 speed, 4.11 double locker rears only, 84,107 actual miles....................$49,000

1991 International daycab, 3176 Cat, 10 speed, 3.21 rears, low pro 24.5 good tires..................$8500

1995 Kenworth water spray truck, like new tank, set up with sprayers and fire hose, great brakes and tires.............$39,500

2005 Freightliner Columbia single axle, Detroit 435 hp, 10 speed.............................$23,500

2005 Freightliner Columbia day cab 14.0L Detroit 455 hp, 581,000 miles, 10 speed, 3.70 ratio good matching tires and near new brakes............$32,500

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2003 GMC Duramax SLE extended cab, short box leather AliArc, bedliner, toneau cover, headache rack, 176,000 miles.... ......................................$16,000

2000 Peterbilt 379 long hood, 475 hp N-14, 13 speed, American Class interior, 3.70 ratio....... ......................................$30,500

2005 Freightliner Columbia day cab, 14L Detroit 515 hp, 10 speed............................JUST IN

Cat 3406E......................... $1250 Cat 3406B........................ $1050 Cummins N14.................. $1500 Cummins 855 BC/SC........ $900 Cat C12............................ $1200 Also available ISX, L10, M11, 3306, DT466, C15, Det 60 series

BELLY DUMPS AND OTHER TRAILERS JUST IN!

2006 Wes-Tex Road Builder 42-ft. tandem axle belly dump...... ......................................$22,500 1985 Trail King tri-axle belly dump, all new king pin plate and bushings, good super single tires, good brakes. Ready for work...............................$17,500

1992 Utility spread axle reefer.... .........................................$6000 1986 Fruehauf 44-ft. flatbed, 11R 24.5 tires, tool box, winch tie downs...........................$4900 1974 Fruehauf 42-ft. lowboy, like new tires and brakes......$12,500

2010 ACE Rocky Mountain double bottom dump trailers, super singles, 8 axle set..........

1997 Ranco 35-ft. tri-axle belly dump..............................$21,500 1968 Beall belly dump, double bottom, good tires and brakes, center point spring suspension... .........................................$9000

1998 Ranco 40-ft. tandem axle belly dump......................$19,500

1995 Fontaine mechanical detach 29-ft. well. Call for more information.....................$23,500

(2) Weld-It Company aluminum tank pup trailers. One is a 1993, the other is 1994, 11R24.5 tires, 4300 gallon. Your choice...$6000

2008 Load King belly dump trailer, center point spring suspension..........................$35,000

Call For Price 1999 SmithCo SC3000 side dump, 42-ft. tri-axle........$24,500

1990 Witzco Challenger RG35 35 ton detachable lowboy, 22.5 wheels, spring suspension..................................................... $15,900

Engines

Cummins N14’s, BCII 400, BCIII 350 & 400, BCIV 400, M11’s Cummins ISX 475 hp CPL#2629 Cat C15’s, 3406E’s, 3406B’s Cat 3054 Serial #5Ys.............$3200 Detroit 6V53T........................$5500 Detroit 60’s Volvo VED7C 275 hp..............$4000 We have a large selection of used parts

2 CAT C15 Engines

BXS01601 475-hp. 242,000 miles..... ............................................$12,500 MXS59658 550-hp..................$7500

Transmissions and Differentials

RTLO16913....$2750 ($1500 core) RTO14613........................... $1500 Most 9, 10, 13 and 15 speeds.CALL Rockwell, Eaton, Spicer, IH differentials - most ratios available

1997 Cornhusker 45x102 hopper trailer, ag hoppers, 8-ft. sides, 11R/24.5 tires on aluminum wheels, new brakes.......$22,500 1982 Cornhusker 42-ft. aluminum hopper trailer, good Lo-Pro 24.5 tires........................$11,500

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Federal Crop Insurance Program To help producers who may have cash flow problems due to natural disasters, USDA will encourage crop insurance companies to voluntarily forego charging interest on unpaid crop insurance premiums for an extra 30 days, to November 1, 2012, for spring crops. Policyholders who are unable to pay their premiums in a timely manner accrue an interest penalty of 1.25 percent per month until payment is made. In an attempt to help producers through this difficult time, Vilsack sent a letter to crop insurance companies asking them to voluntarily defer the accrual of any interest on unpaid spring crop premiums by producers until November. In turn, to assist the crop insurance companies, USDA will not require crop insurance companies to pay uncollected producer premiums until one month later.

Thus far in 2012, USDA has designated 1,297 counties across 29 states as disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators in the areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans. Increasingly hot and dry conditions from California to Delaware have damaged or slowed the maturation of crops such as corn and soybeans, as well as pasture- and rangeland.

Vilsack has instructed USDA subcabinet leaders to travel to affected areas to augment ongoing assistance from statelevel USDA staff and provide guidance on the department’s existing disaster resources. To deliver assistance to those who need it most, the Secretary recently reduced the interest rate for emergency loans from 3.75 percent to 2.25 percent, while lowering the reduction in the annual rental payment to producers on CRP acres used for emergency haying or grazing from 25 percent to 10 percent. Vilsack has also simplified the Secretarial disaster designation process and reduced the time it takes to designate counties affected by disasters by 40 percent.

USDA agencies have been working for weeks with state and local officials, as well as individuals, businesses, farmers and ranchers, as they begin the process of helping to get people back on their feet. USDA offers a variety of resources for states and individuals affected by the recent disasters. For additional information and updates about USDA’s efforts, please visit www.usda.gov/drought.

The Obama Administration, with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s leadership, has worked tirelessly to strengthen rural America, maintain a strong farm safety net, and create opportunities for America’s farmers and ranchers. U.S. agriculture is currently experiencing one of its most productive periods in American history thanks to the productivity, resiliency, and resourcefulness of our producers. A strong farm safety net is important to sustain the success of American agriculture. USDA’s crop insurance program currently insures 264 million acres, 1.14 million policies, and $110 billion worth of liability on about 500,000 farms. In response to tighter financial markets, USDA has expanded the availability of farm credit, helping struggling farmers refinance loans. In the past 3 years, USDA provided 103,000 loans to family farmers totaling $14.6 billion. Over 50 percent of the loans went to beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

Planting Black Hills spruce trees

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I am preparing to plant eight Black Hills spruce trees. I would like some advice on planting them to give them their best chance for survival. I assume I should plant them similarly to any other tree, which is just above the root ball. Also, I have used a root feeder with good luck to fertilize my young deciduous trees through the years. What is your recommendation about fertilizing conifers? Are there diseases I should be on the lookout for? What about winter preparation?

A: Black Hills spruce are very hardy and durable trees suited for windbreak or landscape plantings. In their native habitat at about 5,000 feet in the western mountains of South Dakota, they thrive without any additional fertilization. Being too generous with watering and fertilization is a second-tier downfall of trees in general. Planting trees too deeply is the first tier. Water them in well and monitor them for water needs.

Water the trees appropriately through the summer and don’t worry about winter protection. They should make it through most of our winters in good shape. However, a lot of people make a burlap open-top screen for the young plantings the first year. That should be sufficient to get the roots established and the tree can grow on its own from there. They will survive on as little as 10 inches of rain per year. Black Hills spruce trees also have very few insect or disease problems.

Value of satellite images for monitoring Wyoming resources

Students at the University of Wyoming found that aspen had budded earlier in a drought year and that surface area estimates from satellite images matched well with corresponding water levels in Woodruff Narrows Reservoir near Evanston.

Other students used information derived from remotely sensed images to monitor crop growth on a southeast Wyoming wheat farm and the effects of the 2004 Basin Draw fire in northeast Wyoming. The research taught students how to use satellite images and their effectiveness.

Every spring semester, three to five students in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources conduct research using remotely sensed data on a topic of their interest, said Ramesh Sivanpillai, research scientist in the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center. He teaches the digital image processing for natural resources management course in the college.

“Most of these students select the farms or ranches owned by family members or forests and public land they have worked on during summer months,” he said. “Familiarity about their study areas provides them a unique advantage when analyzing and interpreting satellite images and for conveying the findings of their study to the landowners or agencies.”

Matthew Thoman of Riverton worked on a dryland winter wheat farm east of Cheyenne and was familiar with the fields.

By processing Landsat images from the growing seasons of 2007 and 2009, he found growth variations within fields despite higher soil moisture levels in 2009 than 2007.

He will share the information with the producer, who could devise plans to correct the deficiencies, noted Sivanpillai.

Brandt Schiche of Buffalo used Landsat images to glean information about surface area changes on Woodruff Narrows Reservoir. Water from the reservoir is used for irrigation, recreation and industry and is shared between Utah and Wyoming.

“He found a significant relationship between the surface area estimates derived from Landsat images and the corresponding water levels in the reservoir,” said Sivanpillai.

Jason Pindell of Wheatland used MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data to assess differences in the growing pattern of aspen stands in the Medicine Bow National Forest. His research showed aspen put out their leaves relatively earlier (bud-burst) in a drought year (2002) in comparison to the bud-burst in a normal year (2009).

Orin Hutchinson of Newcastle had worked with the U.S. Forest Service managing wildfires. He evaluated indices derived from Landsat images that highlighted burned (immediately) and revegetated (few years later) areas after the 2004 Basin Draw fire northwest of Aladdin in Crook County.

The fire burned more than 4,500 acres in three days, but its impact and severity varied throughout the landscape.

“His results pointed out that burn severity index values were in good agreement with the data collected in the field,” said Sivanpillai. “However, extraneous factors such as precipitation and management practices influenced the vegetation regrowth, limiting the effectiveness of satellite data for monitoring regrowth after several years.”

Students presented their findings at the annual Undergraduate Research Day in April on the Laramie campus.

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By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: We live in a house that has an old river birch a few feet from the foundation. Should we be concerned that the roots will hurt our foundation? We live in south-central Kansas if that matters.

A: I’ve never known a river birch root system that threatened a solid foundation. For that matter, no tree roots ever have penetrated or collapsed a solid, nonleaking foundation that I am aware of. In every instance where roots have been implicated in damage to the foundation, it was the foundation that was at fault because of cracks or breaks that gave the roots an opportunity to follow moving water. If it makes you feel any better, I have a 26-year-old cut leaf weeping birch about 6 feet from my poured-concrete foundation that has not given me any trouble. Enjoy the majesty of the tree as it continues to grow and don’t give the foundation a second thought unless some cracking is noted.

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Stokka joins NDSU Animal Sciences Department

Gerald Stokka has joined North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Department of Animal Sciences as an associate professor of livestock stewardship.

He primarily will be working with livestock producers on a variety of stewardship and animal welfare issues.

“I’m excited to have Dr. Stokka join our faculty in Animal Sciences,” says Greg Lardy, department head. “He brings a wealth of experience to the position and will be able to assist North Dakota’s livestock producers with the pressing issues related to livestock stewardship that they face now and into the future.”

Prior to joining NDSU, Stokka spent 11 years as a member of the Pfizer Animal Health veterinary operations team in Cooperstown and was recognized for his multifaceted expertise in beef cattle production medicine. He worked with feedlots and stocker and cow-calf operations throughout the Great Plains and participated in numerous agricultural projects abroad, including in Ukraine, Brazil, South Africa and Costa Rica.

He also has held adjunct professor status in the Animal Sciences and Industry departments at Kansas State University and NDSU. Before joining Pfizer Animal Health, he was in private practice for seven years at the Cooperstown Veterinary Clinic. From 1992 to 1995, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Kansas State, then became an associate professor and Kansas State’s Extension Service beef veterinarian.

Stokka earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from NDSU, a master’s degree in beef cattle production medicine from Kansas State and his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Iowa State University.

He has led more than 600 continuing education meetings for producers, consumers and veterinarians across the country. He also is a director and immediate past president of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants and a member of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, American Veterinary Medical Association, North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association, American Society of Animal Science, North Dakota Stockmen’s Association and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

The NDSU Extension Service livestock stewardship position was created by an initiative in the last North Dakota legislative session in response to an increasing need for expertise to help livestock.

Wildfire protection information website

Protecting a house from wildfire is detailed along with other fire-wise suggestions at a website managed by landgrant universities and federal agencies.

The University of Wyoming Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) site contains emergency contacts and information to help before, during and after natural and human-caused disasters.

“EDEN is a national organization of extension people all over the United States who work on all emergencies,” said Ron Cunningham, a UW Extension educator based in Fremont County. “It has information for all kinds of emergencies: wildfires, floods, blizzards – you name it.”

For example, the Living with Fire link takes readers to a website of the same name offering information about creating defensible space, embers, evacuations, living with fire and what to do after a fire.

Cunningham and Barton Stam, an extension educator based in Hot Springs County, are the Wyoming delegates to the national EDEN committee.

Go to uwyo.edu/ces and click on Extension Educational Program Areas on the left-hand side, then Ag and Natural Resources, the link under Disasters, then Wildfires under Natural Disasters.

The wildfire section includes: You can save your home from a wildfire Firewise landscaping: The basics Firewise construction Protect your home against wildfire damage How to make your home fire-safe Living with fire Firewise plants and construction Other resources to help residents prepare and recover from disasters are under the Quick Links section.

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USED COMBINE INVENTORY & HEADERS

Case IH 7010, yield/moisture monitor, long auger, hopper topper, chopper, 660 rotor hours......................................... $225,000

USED 4WD TRACTORS

Case IH 535 Quad Trac 690 hours, leather, loaded, AFS auto steer........................................................................ $345,000

Case IH 2588 yield/moisture, rock trap, long unload auger, chopper, AFX rotor, 627 hours........................................ $199,000 Case IH 2588, yield/moisture, chopper, rock trap, chopper, AFX rotor, long unload auger.......................................... $194,900 Case IH 2588 yield/moisture, chopper, rock trap, long unload auger........................................................................ $194,900 Case IH 2588 764 rotor hours, yield/moisture, chopper, AFX rotor, HID lights, long auger, rear weights......................... $194,500 Case IH 2588 930 rotor hours, AFX rotor, rock trap, chopper, long auger, weights......................................................... $194,500

Case IH 2388 deluxe cab, long auger, chopper, hopper extension, yield/moisture monitor......................Make Reasonable Offer Case IH 2388 long auger, chopper, hopper extension, yield/ moisture monitor..............................Make Reasonable Offer 1999 Case IH 2388, long auger, chopper, 2469 hours................ . ........................................................Make Reasonable Offer 1999 Case IH 2388, yield/moisture monitor, hopper extensions, long auger, 2858 hours...................Make Reasonable Offer 1998 Case IH 2388, 4WD, rock trap, beater, hopper extensions, MacDon 36-ft. header......................Make Reasonable Offer Case IH 2388 2298 hours, yield/moisture, chopper, long auger... ........................................................Make Reasonable Offer Case IH 1680, chopper, rock trap, long unload auger................. . ........................................................Make Reasonable Offer Case IH 1015 pickup header, 13-ft. with 7 apron attachment, wind guard............................................................................ $4500

USED SPRAYERS

Patriot 3330 self-propelled sprayer, 100-ft. booms, luxury cab, loaded, 892 hours................................................... $235,000

USED TRACTORS

SPX Patriot 3320 90-ft. booms, loaded, 2040 hours.... $195,000

Case IH 500 Quad Trac 2133 hours, diesel, cab, powershift, 4 remotes, HID light.................................................... $225,000

Case IH 9280 12 speed Syncro, 20.8x42 triples, 5261 hours, return line for air seeder............................................. $56,000 Big Bud 350 hp, Cummins 855 engine, 13 speed Road Ranger transmission, Clark 36,000 axles.............................. $24,500

Case IH Puma 180 with L770 loader, bucket, grapple, 1741 hours........................................................................ $118,000 Case IH Puma 180 with L770 loader, bucket, grapple, 1963 hours........................................................................ $118,000 Case IH Puma 165 with L770 loader, bucket, grapple, 1739 hours........................................................................ $107,500 Case IH MXM190 dual PTO, 190 engine hp, LX770 loader with bucket/grapple........................................................... $89,500 Case 2390 with DuAl 3150 loader, bucket and grapple.. $11,500 Case 1086 dual PTO, 18.4x38, 700x16, bucket, grapple..$12,500 Ford Versatile 8770 MFD, dual PTO, 3-pt., 160 hp, 7740 hours, bucket/grapple........................................................... $52,000

BALER CLEARANCE

John Deere 567 round baler, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup, shedded..................................................................$16,500 No Reasonable Offer Refused

Marflex 1225 80-ft. boom, Kenworth single axle, 42x25-20 flotation front, 48x31-20 flotation rear............................... $55,000 New Holland SF115 suspended boom, 90-ft. booms with screens, 1500 gallon tank........................................................ $44,900 Flexi-Coil S67XL,114-ft., twin tanks, control monitor.... $18,900 Brandt QF 2500 wheel boom sprayer, 100-ft. booms, Raven control.......................................................................... $8700 Melroe Spra-Coupe 115, 50-ft. booms, 165 gallon.......... $1900

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ProAG 12SR bale scoop, big square bale mover, 11x24.5 dual truck tires................................................................... $20,000 Alloway 10”x70-ft. swing auger, hanger bearings, 540 PTO....... ..................................................................................... $6500

USED DRILLS

Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, heavy shank, stealth openers, 5” packers, 2340 tow between cart............................ $65,000 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., double shoot, Dutch carbon knives, 3” steel packers, 2320 tow between & 2320 tow behind..$57,000 Flexi-Coil 5000, 33-ft., 7.2” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, 1720 tow between cart, hydraulic fan....................................... $18,900 Concord 6012, 60-ft. ,12” spacing, 3 rank, Knock-ons, disk levelers, 3400 cart, double shoot capable........................ $60,000 Concord 4012, 3 rank, single shoot, disc levelers with 2000 cart............................................................................ $15,000 Concord 3212, 3 rank, “C” shanks with farmland boots, single shoot, 2000 tow behind cart...................................... $35,000 Prasco 125-bushel air seeder & fertilizer.......................... $1900 International 150 hoe drills, 38-ft., 10” spacing, 3 drill hitch.

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Hibberd is new UNL Extension dean and director

Charles “Chuck” Hibberd, former district director of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, is the new dean and director of University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension.

The Lexington, Nebraska native and UNL graduate will assume the position October 1.

Hibberd has been director of Extension and associate dean of agriculture at Purdue University since 2007. Previously, he was director of the Panhandle center at Scottsbluff for 13 years.

Hibberd assumes leadership of UNL Extension at a critical time, said Ronnie Green, Harlan vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

“There are a number of opportunities ahead for UNL Extension to be a major part of new initiatives at the University of Nebraska, such as the Daugherty Water for Food Institute, the Buffett Early Childhood Education Institute, and the aboutto-be-launched Rural Futures Institute,” said Green, who also is University of Nebraska vice president for agriculture and natural resources.

“The issues and needs are changing rapidly and new challenges and opportunities are developing,” Green added. “It will be exciting to have Dr. Hibberd bring some of his new ideas and perspectives from his experience at Purdue, coupled with the deep understanding he has of Nebraska and Nebraska Extension.”

When Hibberd spoke to faculty and staff earlier this month during the interview process, he said, “We can’t sit on our laurels. We can’t continue to do things the way we’ve always done them.”

He praised the “big, bold projects” under way at UNL and said UNL Extension is viewed as a national leader.

“It’s an honor to be part of an organization that is viewed in such high esteem,” Hibberd said.

Hibberd received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture, with an animal science major and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in animal science and animal nutrition, respectively. He was a faculty member at OSU from 1982-94.

Hibberd replaces Elbert Dickey, who retired this summer.

Alan Moeller, assistant IANR vice chancellor, is serving as interim dean and director of UNL Extension until Hibberd arrives.

UNL Extension, with a network of 83 offices serving Nebraska’s 93 counties, is part of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. It also administers the 4-H program.

What are America’s most popular baby names?

By Nicole Tiggemann, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Denver Each year, Social Security announces the top baby names for boys and girls, based on Social Security card applications for babies born in the previous year. If you have children or you’re friends or relatives with those who do, chances are you might know a few babies with the “in” names.

This year, the most popular babies in the playpen are Jacob and Sophia, followed by Mason and Isabella. You can visit them in their online “crib” at www.socialsecurity.gov/ babynames.

At the website, you also can see other lists of popular baby names. For example, you can search for the 1,000 most popular names of a decade, the five most popular names of the past century, or search for the most popular names in your state.

You can even get popular baby names for twins. Plug in any name — including your own — to see where it comes in on the list.

But Jacob and Sophia’s page isn’t just about baby names.

Find out about getting a Social Security number for your baby and what every parent should know about Social Security.

Learn about benefits for children and grandchildren, and plan your family’s financial future.

You also can link to information about having a healthy pregnancy, taking care of your newborn, and childproofing your home. Need to read up on childhood immunizations, food stamps, or other nutrition assistance programs for families with children? The links are there, along with more information than there are gifts at a baby shower.

When people think about Social Security, they often think of the retirement years. But Social Security is there throughout your life — from the day a child is named. Social Security’s popular Baby Names page has a lot to offer. See for yourself at www.socialsecurity.gov/babynames today.

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Ag production complex is key to state’s economy

Nebraska is blessed with a “profoundly significant and diverse agricultural production complex” that gives it great economic momentum as a leader in the ever-expanding global food economy, according to a new report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).

The report uses statistics from 2010 to paint a picture of the prowess of the state’s ag-based economy. Its percentage share of the state’s total economy is unmatched anywhere except South Dakota.

But the authors also caution that Nebraskans should develop a more comprehensive statewide strategy for long term sustainability of its ag industry to contend with “growing external forces that may not have the best long-term interests of Nebraska in mind.”

“The 2010 Economic Impact of the Nebraska Agricultural Production Complex” was written by Eric Thompson, UNL Bureau of Business Research; and Bruce Johnson and Anil Giri, Department of Agricultural Economics.

The agricultural production complex focuses on the set of industries closely involved in the growing, processing and transportation of agricultural products. Included in this complex are crop and livestock production, agriculture-related manufacturing (both durable and nondurable), agriculturerelated transportation and wholesaling, agriculture-related research and education and agri-tourism.

The significant role the multiplier effect plays reflects how agriculture has changed in Nebraska and elsewhere, the report said.

“Agriculture has moved significantly from a commodity economy to an agricultural product economy,” authors said. For example, only one-third of the state’s corn crop is exported from the state. The rest is processed through livestock and ethanol production and exported as food, fuel and related products, and this value-added activity boosts employment and earnings across the state.

Some of those direct and indirect statistics combined, and their percentage share of Nebraska’s total economy in 2010: • Total sales volume: $68.88 billion, 41 percent • Total gross state product: $22.64 billion, 27 percent • Employment: 289,200 jobs, 24 percent Total wages and proprietor’s income: $13.67 billion, 25 percent In short, these measures reflect an agricultural production complex accounting for about one-fourth of Nebraska’s total economy.

The role of agricultural activity in the economy varies by region. In Northeast Nebraska, home to crop and livestock production and considerable ag-related production and processing, agriculture accounted for 81 percent of the production output and 63 percent of the gross regional product, while employing 51 percent of the region’s workforce and producing 66 percent of its labor income.

Agriculture’s prominence also was quite high in the North, Central, South and Southeast regional economies. The East region actually generated the largest regional dollar volume of agricultural activity and ag-related employment, but given the presence of the state’s two largest urban areas, its portion of the region’s broader economy was much smaller.

The report noted that Nebraska’s agricultural producers and manufacturers long have been known as innovative users of the latest technologies and management techniques.

“These features allow the complex to be a leader in international trade and create a solid foundation for the Nebraska economy,” the authors wrote. “This was never clearer than during the recent ‘Great Recession,’ when the export strength of Nebraska agriculture helped the state stave off the worst effects of that recession.”

But the converse of that also is true, the report notes.

Economic downturns in agriculture are inevitable and their impact will be magnified in Nebraska. In fact, the report says, economic volatility in agriculture is likely to increase.

Authors predict continued growth for Nebraska’s ag production complex, with exports likely to grow to China, India and other countries in Asia and Latin America. They also predict more growth in food processing, agricultureoriented manufacturers and biotechnology companies and in the transportation industry.

“Overall, Nebraska is positioned, like few other areas of the country, to capitalize on the strength of its agricultural production complex,” the authors wrote. “This state has a thriving bio-economy tied to a rich natural resource endowment and skilled human capital which will only increase in importance in a world of rising global demand for food and other agriculturally based output.”

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Property owners can minimize fire risk with landscape design

By Casey McCoy, Nebraska Forest Service Why do some houses survive a wildfire, Lean, Clean and Green area: For a diswhile others are destroyed? Research inditance of at least 30 feet from the home, there cates that the landscape around a building should be a Lean, Clean and Green area. and the way it is designed and maintained Lean indicates that only a small amount has a significant impact on its susceptibility of flammable vegetation, if any, is present. to nearby fires.

Clean means no accumulation of dead vegIn fire-prone areas, property owners can etation or flammable debris within the area. help minimize the risk of wildfire damage Green requires that plants located within by creating a “defensible space” around the this area are kept healthy, green and irrihome or other buildings. This defensible gated during fire season. This area usually space consists of a series of concentric contains ornamental plants, has capacity for circles around the building, with the areas watering and is routinely maintained. closest to the home being the most fireWildland fuel reduction area: For acreresistant. ages or larger landscapes, this area lies Those concentric circles should include a farther beyond buildings and tends to noncombustible area, closest to the house; contain naturally existing trees, grasses a Lean, Clean and Green area next; and a and other vegetation. Within this area, it is wildland fuel reduction area farthest out. recommended that all dead vegetation be Noncombustible area: Create a noncomregularly removed, including dead shrubs, bustible area at least 5 feet wide around dried grass, weeds, fallen branches, pine the base of your home. This area needs to needles, etc. If there are large, grassy areas, have a very low potential for ignition from mowing or haying the area will make it less flying embers. Use irrigated herbaceous of a hazard. Areas with thick shrubs, red plants (such as lawn, groundcover and flowcedar and other pines should be limbed up ers), rock mulches or hard surfaces (such and thinned out to separate them. as concrete, brick and pavers) in this area.

More information is available at: Living Keep it free of woodpiles, wood mulches, with Fire (http://nfs.unl.edu/documents/ dead ornamental plants, dried leaves and fireprotection/Living%20with%20Fire%20 needles, weeds, flammable shrubs (such as Eastern%20NE%208x11%20low.pdf) ornamental juniper) and debris.

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“That said, however, economic volatility arising from agriculture will tend to ripple through the state’s total economy, often triggered by external forces of both national and global origin.

“This signals a clear need of a more comprehensive statelevel strategy for long-term sustainable development around its agricultural base – a strategy engaging all stakeholders in a shared vision for the state and a commitment to pursue it,” the authors wrote.

The report said that strategy could include streamlining of regulations, enhancing investment opportunities for new and emerging agricultural technologies, providing workforce training and management education, expanding basic and applied research for innovation in agriculture, practicing sustainable stewardship of natural resources and enhancing quality-of-life for citizens across the state.

“This will involve the need to engage all stakeholders in a shared vision for the state and a commitment to pursue it.

To do otherwise could expose the state to growing external forces that may not have the best long-term interest of Nebraska in mind,” the report concludes.

The study was a joint effort of the UNL Department of Agricultural Economics and the Bureau of Business Research within the Department of Economics and was funded by the university’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

It is available online at AgEcon.unl.edu. Hard-copy versions are available for $7 per copy from the Department of Agricultural Economics at UNL, 102 Filley Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0922.

Too much tree

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I have an emerald green arborvitae that was planted by a housing developer in 1986. The tree is 20-plus feet tall.

The trunk of this tree is about 12 inches from the foundation of the house, so I am concerned that the roots may damage the foundation. Should the tree be removed? If so, does the stump also need to be removed to prevent further growth?

(Rockville, Maryland) A: In your situation, I would advise you to remove everything. When it was planted by the developer, it made a cute little accent. However, now the arborvitae is an overgrown evergreen that is completely out of place. Once removed, you can get something else planted that is more of a complement to your home.

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Prairie Fare: I scream for ice cream

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service “Would anyone like dessert? We have you might guess from the name, contains homemade ice cream today,” the server cultured milk. A variety of novelty items, noted. such as fudge bars, are available, but do not “No, I am fine without dessert,” they all necessarily contain any dairy ingredients. said in chorus.

If you are watching your calorie intake, I was with a group of nutrition specialists be sure to read the Nutrition Facts labels. at the time. Although I really wanted some Ice cream products vary widely. Low-fat ice homemade ice cream, I succumbed to this cream, for example, has a maximum of 3 positive peer influence. However, I don’t grams of fat per half-cup serving. Premium think anyone would have cast a disapprovice cream products are higher in fat, calories ing glance in my direction if I had ordered and, usually, cost. a dessert.

When you buy ice cream, be sure to pick I exercised some self-restraint and shook it up last and check that the ice cream packmy head as the server retrieved my dessert age is not soft to the touch. If you select menu. However, I really wanted some ice from an open freezer case, be sure the ice cream. cream is below the freezer line. At home, All week, I thought about the refreshdon’t store your ice cream in the door and ing, creamy ice cream I would enjoy when be sure that your freezer maintains a temI arrived back home. I was even thinking perature of 0 degrees or lower. about making it from scratch using our ice Making ice cream at home is fairly cream maker. simple, even if you do not have an ice On my last day at the conference, I cream maker. All you need is some milk, packed my suitcase and went to the lobby sugar and vanilla to get started. To solidify to check out of the hotel before catching a the milk mixture, you must lower the temshuttle to the airport. Dozens of people were perature below freezing (32 degrees) by clustered around a large display populated surrounding the milk with a combination by chefs holding scoops. of salt and ice. This week’s recipe provides I had walked into the hotel’s celebration information about how to make ice cream of National Ice Cream Day. You could top in freezer bags. your treat with assorted toppings and enjoy Adding salt to the ice will decrease the your frozen dessert in a cup or cone. ice temperature and cause the milk to harden I had to pinch myself to be sure I wasn’t and form ice cream. The only other thing dreaming as I stepped into the line to get a you need to add is a little agitation to mix scoop of chocolate ice cream. I added fresh the milk while it hardens to keep a uniform raspberries and enjoyed every delicious bite. flavor and texture.

Ice cream has a long history and many Here is a fun activity for kids or adults. fans, but no one has been credited officially Keep moderation in mind, of course. as the undisputed inventor of ice cream.

Quick and Easy Ice Cream in a Bag Historical accounts make references to ice 1/2 c. 2 percent milk creamlike treats dating as far back as the 2 Tbsp. sugar second century B.C. Ice cream may have 1 tsp. vanilla evolved from using snow flavored with 6 Tbsp. rock or table salt fruits.

Ice According to the National Agriculture 1 gallon-sized zip-top bag (heavy-duty Statistics Service, U.S. ice cream manufacfreezer bag) turers produced more than 1.5 billion gal1 sandwich-sized zip-top bag (heavylons of ice cream in 2011. The most popular duty freezer bag) flavor is vanilla, followed by chocolate chip • Add milk, sugar and vanilla to the sandmint, and cookies and cream, according to wich bag and seal. Mix well. the International Ice Cream Association.

• Fill the gallon-sized zip-top bag twoMany different types of frozen dessert thirds full with ice. products are available, and the ingredients • Add approximately four handfuls of and fat content are regulated by federal rock salt to the ice in the gallon-sized ziplaws. For example, ice cream, by definition, top bag. must have at least 10 percent milk fat and • Place the sandwich bag containing must weigh at least 4.5 pounds per gallon. milk, sugar and vanilla in the ice and rock Along with dairy ingredients, ice cream salt solution. Make sure the sandwich bag contains sweeteners and potentially other is surrounded by the solution. ingredients such as chocolate chunks and • Close the gallon-sized zip-top bag and cookie dough. It also might contain stabilizshake for five to 10 minutes or until ice ers and emulsifiers to maintain an appealing cream is firm. Remove sandwich-sized bag texture. and wipe dry. Pass around bowls and spoons If you prefer frozen custard or “French to sample. Topping suggestions: in-season ice cream,” your favorite dessert will confruit such as strawberries, blueberries, tain at least 10 percent milk fat and 1.4 raspberries or peaches, with a drizzle of percent egg yolk solids. chocolate syrup.

Sherbets, on the other hand, contain only Makes two snack-sized servings. Each 1 to 2 percent milk fat and usually a higher serving has 90 calories, 1 gram (g) of fat, level of sweetening agent. Sorbets contain 2 g of protein, 16 g of carbohydrate and 30 no dairy ingredients. Frozen yogurt, as milligrams of sodium.

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AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

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We are also a Trimble sub-dealer for Triangle Ag-Services of Fort Benton, Montana

Like new, 1 year old, Ag Trucks SS 1280 spray system, SS 1280 tank, 90-ft. aluminum boom, 7 boom sections, rinse tank, cone, load sense hydrualics.

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2013 International 7400, 330 hp, automatic, auxiliary transmission, field cruise, SS 1600 gallon tank, 90-ft. steel booms, 4-pt. linkage boom mount, full load sensing hydraulic system with front mount pump, high rise front axle, hydraulic steering, Trimble 750, Field IQ, EZ Pilot, Raven boom height

Give us a call about your application needs.

2011 Top Air TA2400

132-ft. booms, duals, Raven 4440 controller, Raven Ultra-Glide + boom height, induction cone, foamer, this sprayer is virtually new with less than 100 hours.

BIG SAVINGS!

Truck Sprayers/Pull Types/Spreader Boxes and Carts/Small Sprayers along with Trimble and Raven Products.

Ve r y N ic e

In Stock

F&S 50 gallon Ranger

sprayer, low tapered tank, Honda engine, choice of boom. A perfect little sprayer.

Near New!!

2011 Fast 1800 gallon, 120-ft. boom, duals, rinse tank, only one season, less than 200 hours, Raven boom height available. Big Savings!

OTHER WYLIE SYSTEMS IN STOCK

• 50-200 gallon skid sprayers, engine or electric.

• 100 gallon 3-pt., hose reel / hose, choice of booms.

• Boom assemblies available as well as controllers.

Just Completed:

1997 International 2554, Allison automatic, auxiliary transmission, 1600 gallon tank, 100-ft. “Boyd” aluminum booms, high rise front axle, hydraulic steering, load sense hydraulic system, Greentronics boom height, Trimble 750, Field IQ, EZ Pilot

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Simonsen Spreaders in Stock

• Simonsen Spreaders offer the highest return on investment of any equipment you can own.

• Organize your own time, spread your own, on your own schedule • Simonsen — Accurate / Economical / Simple

“Get yours now for spring application”

New 2013 International 7500 Floater Chassis Arriving Soon - Just give us a call!

FULL LINE OF TRUCK MOUNT SPREADERS WITH ANY OPTION NEEDED

Simonsen Equipment In Stock:

New 8-ton SS hydraulic drive, variable rate pull type carts with Raven controllers.

New 8-ton SS ground drive spreader carts with spinner tach.

New 8-ton SS Q Model truck mount spreader box.

“Top and Side Tenders Available in Any Configuration”

NELSON AG FLOATER CHASSIS

We are now a sales source for NELSON AG Floater Chassis.

Nelson Ag built the vast majority of the LORAL Chassis’ known throughout the industry as being extremely tough and dependable.

2012 International 7500 350 hp, Allison, 2 speed auxiliary transmission, planetary rear axle

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Near New!! 2011 Fast 1800 gallon , 120-ft. boom, duals, rinse tank, only one season, less than 200 hours, Raven boom height available. Big Savings!

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132-ft. boom, duals, Raven 4400 controller, Raven Ultra-Glide + boom height, induction cone, foamer, this sprayer is virtually NEW with less than 100 hours. Big Savings!

1250 gallon poly tank

1997 Freightliner FL 70 Cummins, Allison automatic, new...yes new, planetary rear axle. Very nice condition and runs great.

New Sprayflex Sprayers on Order, Call and Reserve Yours Today

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USED DRILLS & ACCESSORIES

New Equipment In Stock

2010 John Deere 1890 disc air drill with 1910 cart.

Tag #8969.............................................. $145,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill with 4350 tow behind cart, 12” spacing, variable rate, primary blockage.

Tag #9601.............................................. $100,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between air cart, nice shape. Tag #10488.........$77,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill with 3450 cart, 10” spacing, variable rate, 550 trips. Tag #9494.... $75,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between cart. Tag #9877................... $75,000 2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3450 tow behind cart. Tag #9912...................... $69,000

John Deere 7230 tractor Powr Quad transmission, 740 loader/grapple.

MISCELLANEOUS

John Deere 7130 tractor MFWD, 3-point, PTO, 3 remotes, PowrQuad.

John Deere 7330 tractor with Auto Quad transmission, 3-point, PTO, 3 remotes, loader/grapple.

John Deere 568 round baler, net wrap.

John Deere 1830 60-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, tow between or tow behind 430-bushel carts.

H&S wheel rakes.

Wheatheart post pounders.

Rem 2700 grain vac.

Brandt 5200E 7500 hp grain vacs.

Brandt drive-over grain belts.

Degelman 6000 rock picker.

Fast pull-type sprayers.

CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT

2011 New Holland 216 27-ft. hydraulic basket rake, CN-2010 John Deere 9770STS combine with 640D manual controls, used very little. Tag #9927......... header, 481 separator hours, nice combine. Tag #10654.................................................... $336,000 ................................................................. $20,000 Degelman SM7000 70-ft. spring spring harrow. Tag CN-2009 John Deere 936D draper header. Tag #10433...................................................... $37,000 #10258..................................................... $13,900 2006 New Holland 32LC loader, complete mounts, CN-2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft. draper head with pickup reel, transport. Tag #1413.............. $59,890 controls, new bucket. Tag #9255................. $5950 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, with CN-2005 John Deere 630R 30-ft. rigid header, fore/ 1996 Haybuster 256 Plus II bale processor.

Tag 3450 tow between cart. Tag #1469.......... $75,000 aft reel, pickup reel. Tag #10267............... $21,700 #9976.......................................................... $6000 2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, no cart. Tag #9821........................................ $35,000 Hesston BP25 bale processor, 1000 PTO. Tag CN-2005 John Deere header transport. Tag #10268......................................................... $4950 #8867.......................................................... $4700 2009 John Deere 1870 56-ft. Conserva Pak drill, 12” CT-TWEgen remote control propane generator........

DewEze trailer mount super slicer hydraulic drive.

Tag spacing with 1910 430-bushel tow behind cart, .................................................................... $4500 #9301.......................................................... $3500 double shoot. Tag #10208...................... $185,000 2007 John Deere 1830 air drill with 430 bushel 1910 Straw spreader for JD 9660 STS combine...... $2000 CN-1994 John Deere 535 round baler, twine tie push bar, flotation tires......................................... $7500 tow behind air cart. Tag #10658............... $95,600 MC 675 continuous grain dryer. Tag #9071..... $6000 CT-New Holland 688 round baler, surface wrap......

Concord 5612 56-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, Concord Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill parts including full set of ................................................................. $12,000 packers for 57-ft. drill, hubs, axles, bushings, wiring 3000 tow behind cart. Tag #8902............. $27,000 CT-Vermeer BP8000 round bale processor with big harness. Tag #1339.

2002 Case IH ATX 5012 50-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, tires.................................................................Call ADX 3360 tow between cart. Tag #10209.....$60,000 New Holland 1049 self-propelled balewagon, duals, CB-New Holland 358 grinder mixer, 1000 RPM PTO, extra flotation tire. Tag #9642...................... $9500 Concord ATD 4812 48-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, good shape.

Tag #4568............................... $9000 3000 air cart. Tag #1498.......................... $45,500 2009 John Deere X324 all wheel steer lawn tractor, 48” Powerflo bagger. Tag #9887................. $4550 CT-Degelman 9-ft. front blade for 2WD tractor...$2500 2005 John Deere LT160 riding mower with 42” deck, CT-Farmhand 258 loader with grapple and JD mounts......................................................... $6500 hydrostatic drive, 16-hp. Tag #1109............ $1750 CB-1979 John Deere 310A tractor/loader/backhoe, 2004 John Deere LX280 riding mower with 42” deck, cab, 24” bucket, 7750 hours. Tag #4569... $13,500 bagger. Tag #163........................................ $3800 CT-John Deere 4640 2WD tractor, powershift, duals, 2004 John Deere SST15 mower. Tag #1539.. $1000 Farmhand loader...................................... $29,000 1990 Terry 29-ft. bumper pull travel trailer, oak inteCT-Case 1490 2W 80-hp tractor with Leon 690 loader rior............................................................... $7500 and grapple.................................................. $8500 1997 Wilray 20-ft. gooseneck flatbed trailer with CT-Ford 3000 tractor with Select-O-Speed transmisramps. Tag #10260..................................... $3900 Morris Maxim 50-ft. double shoot air drill, steel press sion, 1459 hours..................................Make Offer wheels, 7300 tow behind cart. Tag #1635.....$33,000 Donahue 45-ft. trailer. Tag #1411.................... $3000 CN-International 150 30-ft. 10” spacing box drills.

John Deere 9450 drills, 40-ft. 12” spacing, rubber press, New Kory 8278 12-ton farm wagon, 12.5x16L 14 ply Tag #9456.................................................... $1700 tires. Tag #5201........................................... $3975 CB-1975 Ag Chem Big A 2500 self propelled sprayer, AcraPlant, JD transport. Tag #1605...........$15,900 1 John Deere 9450 box grain drills, 4-10-ft. sections, 3-Ghenn /4-mile wheel lines. Each................. $4600 1200 gallon stainless tank, 60-ft. boom with wind12” spacing, transport. Tag #9643............... $9400 Two used wheel lines for sale. (1-Thunderbird) screens, Raven 440 rate controller, 3-way nozzle 1 John Deere 9400 50-ft. 12” spacing box grain drills. 2-Used wheel lines, /4-mile each. Each.......... $4500 bodies, 3208 Cat (rebuilt 200 hours ago), Allison Tag #9454................................................ $18,500 6” and 8” mainline with risers..............................Call automatic transmission. Tag #4709.......... $15,000 1993 John Deere 9400 40-ft. 10” spacing drills........ Kirshner pivot track closer. Tag #9368........... $3200 CN-1100 GPM Cummins pumping unit with 25 KBA .............................................................Coming In Parker #88C-082 220-volt hydraulic hose machine generator, 150-ft. of head................................Call with Weatherhead T400 crimper. Includes complete CN-50 hp electric pump.......................................Call 1989 John Deere 9400 40-ft. 10” spacing drills, ferdie set. Like New $5950. Only..................... $2850 CN-6”, 8” mainline...............................................Call tilizers, steel packers, 2” openers, JD transport, excellent. Tag #8950................................ $14,000 Degelman 14-1 14-ft. blade............................ $9400 Large assortment of handline............................Call 1989 John Deere 9400 40-ft. 10” spacing hoe drills, 2009 Arctic Cat Prowler XT650 with rebuilt engine. CT-A&M 1/4-mile wheeline with new motor...... $4600 Tag #9522................................................... $7000 CN-Wade Rain center drive wheel lines......... $4250 fertilizers, steel packers, 2” openers, transport. Tag #8951....................................................... $13,500 John Deere 59” 3-point snow blower. Tag #10328... CN-Used Thunderbird wheel lines....................Call 2001 John Deere 1900 liquid applicator cart, 70-ft. .................................................................... $2000 CN-(2) 1400 lb. cast wheel weights for John Deere 30 booms. Tag #8935.................................... $17,500 Loftness snow blower. Tag #9430.................. $3000 series............................................................. $1400 2010 Honda Big Red side-by-side. Tag #10617....... CB-Valmar 240 skid mount granular applicator...$2500 .................................................................... $7000 CN-2011 Frontier 54” snowblower, 3-point, 540 PTO, Many used miscellaneous AMS items (displays, rehydraulic chute. Tag #9152......................... $2750 ceivers, steering wheels)....................................... CN-1959 Chevrolet Viking 60 truck with 1990 7-ton ..............................Call for price and availabiltiy tender box. Tag #10652.............................. $3350 Jack Hadcock 271-7839 or 899-5657 Burke McCormick 873-2813, 450-3606 Dan Lannen 590-4488 Jake Han 450-3605 Joe Flesch 239-2660 Jim Orr 289-0744 Stop by and see our selection. Many sizes and colors to choose from.

Pat Wheeler 450-1704 Great Savings on almost everything store-wide.

Barry MacGillivray 590-4703 Jamie Sayton 570-3929 Ron Lipke 899-4993 Neil McCormick 470-2927

AFTER HOURS SALES CALL:

Gun Safes In Stock!

USED SPRAYERS

2010 Johnn Deere 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120ft. booms, stainless steel 1200 gallon tank, full GPS, extended warranty. Tag #9018..... $270,000 2007 RoGator SS1074 self-propelled sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, Raven Viper Pro controls, foam marker. Tag #9745........................ $148,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 67XL wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, Raven controls. Tag #9466... $12,000 Flexi-Coil 62 80-ft. wheel boom sprayer. Tag #9644. .................................................................... $2000 1993 Chevrolet C30 pickup with pickup sprayer. Tag #10410........................................................ $6500

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USED BALERS 0% Financing for 3 years - oac 2011 John Deere 568 round baler, 1000 PTO, twine, hydraulic pickup lift, megawide pickup, push bar.. ................................................................. $38,700

John Deere 568 round baler, twine only, 2500 bales......................................................... $38,000 John Deere 567 round baler, 1000 PTO, net wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, wide pickup, push bar. Tag #10486..................................................... $20,000 John Deere 566 round baler, 540 PTO, gauge wheels.

Tag #10196.............................................. $17,000 1995 John Deere 535 round baler, net wrap, 540 PTO, push bar, gauge wheels. Tag #10597..........$8500 1984 John Deere 530 round baler, twine only. Tag #10726........................................................ $3500

2010 Vermeer 605SM round baler, surface wrap, wide pickup with hydraulic lift, large tires, 1000 RPM PTO. Tag #10751..................................... $27,000

USED TRACTORS

2010 John Deere 9230 4WD tractor, 325 hp, front and rear differentiol locks, 18 speed powershift transmission. Tag #10684...................... $199,500 2007 John Deere 9230 4WD tractor, deluxe cab, front and rear differential locks, weights, case drain. Tag #9963....................................................... $15,500 1995 John Deere 8970 4WD, 24x6 transmission, 710/70R38 radial duals @ 50%, 4 remotes, 1000 PTO, 400 hp Cummins 855, recent work, 10,079 hours. Tag #8615..................................... $55,900 1995 John Deere 8870 4WD tractor, 24/6 manual transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 remotes. Tag #8608... ................................................................. $70,000 1995 Case IH 9280 4WD tractor, powershift transmission, 4 remotes, nice tractor. Tag #10675......$61,000 1994 John Deere 7400 MFWD, 3-point, dual PTO, loader, bucket, grapple. Tag #9163.......... $46,500

USED WINDROWERS & HEADERS

2-2011 Case IH WD1203 16-ft. auger header, 350 hours. Each............................................... $94,000 2007 John Deere 4995 windrower with 16-ft. header.

Tag #9931................................................. $82,800

2003 John Deere 4895 windrower with 14-ft. 895 auger header, rubber conditioner. Tag #10460...... .................................................................. $51,000 John Deere 956 MoCo, 14-ft. center pivot. Tag #1474........................................................ $20,000 2003 John Deere 956 141/2-ft. MoCo, Impeller conditioner, 1000 PTO. Tag #1584................. $18,500 1989 John Deere 4955 2WD tractor, 1000 PTO, 20.8x38 duals, 200 PTO hp, 10,125 hours. Tag #857......................................................... $29,500 1980 John Deere 4240 2WD tractor with 3-point, 540 PTO, cab. Tag #1628............................... $22,000 1978 John Deere 4040 2WD tractor, 80 hp, QuadRange transmission, dual PTO, 3-point, front weights. Tag #9950.................................. $19,000 1971 John Deere 4020 2WD, ROPS, JD 158 loader with grapple, 3-point, 2 remotes, dual PTO..$14,500 2009 Case Magnum 245 MFWD, cab, powershift transmission, quick hitch, 3-point, dual PTO, 4 remotes, weight package. Tag #9432.... $142,500 Case IH MX210 MFWD, cab, 1000 PTO, 3-point, quick hitch, 4 remotes, weights. Tag #10331.....$60,000 2002 New Holland TM165 MFWD, cab, loader, grapple, 4 remotes. Tag #10382.............. $78,000 1987 Ford TW5 tractor. Tag #9961.............. $19,000

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2003 New Holland 1475 16-ft. MoCo, rubber conditioner, hydraulic guard angle. Tag #10738..$14,000 New Holland 116 mower conditioner. Tag #10144... ..................................................................... $6000 1989 New Holland 1116H 16-ft. auger header, rubber conditioner, fits 276 or 9030 bi-directional. Tag #10481......................................................... $5344

Railroad Ties For Sale $10 each for #2’s $14 each for #1’s

AS LOW AS OAC on USED COMBINES

Vermeer 605XL round baler, net/twine, 19,000 bales......................................................... $10,000

2005 Case IH RBX562 round baler, net wrap, wide pickup, bale ramp. Tag #10739................ $18,500 New Holland 664 round baler. Tag #10727.............. ............................................................ Coming in

TILLAGE

2011 John Deere 995 7 bottom plow. Tag #9951..... ..................................................................$11,500 Wil-Rich 12-bottom plow. Tag #10257..........$11,500

Ask us about Farm

Plan

no interest/no payment (oac) for 180 days on Green Star Guidance Systems

2008 John Deere 9770STS combine, no header included in price. Tag #9809...................... $241,000 2005 John Deere 9760 combine with 936D header. ............................................................... $188,500 2001 John Deere 9750 combines, 936D headers.... ............................................................... $147,500 1998 John Deere 9610 combine. Tag #9246............ ................................................................. $70,000 1998 John Deere 9610 combine, 20-ft. unload auger, chopper, hydraulic fore/aft, with 930R header, 3636 separator hours. Tag #1611............. $63,500 1994 John Deere 9600 combine. Tag #10451.......... .............................................................Coming in 2-1984 John Deere 7720 combines with JD 930 headers, very nice shape.................... $13,900 ea 1997 Case 2188 combine, Maurer unloading auger extension, no header, 2940 separator hours. Tag #10674...................................................... $52,000 Case IH 1480 combine with 24-ft. 1010 header. Tag #9869........................................................ $12,000 New Holland TR9 combine with 30-ft. header and pickup header.......................................Coming in 1994 Gleaner R62 combine, low hours, yield monitor, MacDon 963 30-ft. header.................. $83,000

New Brandt 7500 & 5200 EX grain vacs in stock USED GRAIN VACS & AUGERS

2010 Wheatheart 10” x 71-ft. swing auger. Tag #9742.......................................................... $8000 2007 Brandt 13” x 90-ft. hydraulic swing away auger, 1370 hp.................................................... $18,000 2003 Brandt 13” x 70-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #1614....................................................... $14,500 Brandt 10” x 70-ft. swing hopper auger with Hopper Walker mover............................................ Just in 1995 Brandt 7” x 35-ft. auger, engine drive. Tag #1409.......................................................... $4000 Rem 3700 grain vac. Tag #9963.................. $19,900 2007 Brandt 5000 grain vac. Tag #9963...... $15,500 Walinga 714 Deluxe grain vac................ Coming in

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Steel Prices Are Going Up...Don’t Wait!

How Do You Deal with the SPCC* Rule for Farm/Ranch fuel storage??

Call Wilray about double wall vertical & horizontal fuel tanks THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR SPCC REQUIREMENTS! *Meets EPA Requirements For Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasure (SPCC)

Secondary Containment UL142-23 horizontal and vertical double wall fuel tanks 500 to 10,000 gallon VERTICAL FLAT BOTTOM FUEL TANKS 3,000- to 12,000 Gallon

Fuel tank containment available for your single wall tanks to meet your SPCC requirements

5th wheel or pintle hitch

CALL WITH YOUR NEEDS...TANK PRICES REDUCED

Custom Built trailer for self-propelled sprayer and/ or combine

From $17,000 to $21,000

Pulls easier than a dually!!

8’6”x20-ft. flatbed gooseneck with 4-ft. popup Beavertail

NEW!!

$8095*

★ 20,000# GVW ★ Electric brakes ★ Ramps ★ Lights ★ Single 23575R/17.5 tires (each tire carries 6000#’s) ★ 2 YEAR WARRANTY 2-Year Warranty

$4895* 8-ft.6”x20-ft. tandem axle gooseneck flatbed, 14,000 GVW, electric brakes, lights, treated deck, 16” 10-ply radial tires.

Heavy Duty Car Hauler

6’6” W x 18’ long

7000# GVW.......................... $2825*

8-ft.6”x20-ft. Tandem Axle gooseneck with 4-ft. pop up beavertail, electric brakes, lights, wood deck, stake pockets, 2:35/85Rx16 10-ply tires, ramps, 10,000# jack. 14,000# GVW. Beavertail pops up to make 24-ft. flatbed............... $5795* Above trailer as 16,000# GVW................... $6795* 8-ft.6”x20-ft. Tandem Dual gooseneck flatbed with 4-ft. popup Beavertail. 20,000 #GVW.... $8395*

2-Year Warranty

✔ 5000# tongue jack ✔ Electric brakes 10,400# GVW....................... $3325* ✔ Treated wood deck ✔ 15” radial tires 14,000# GVW, 20-ft.............. $3725* ✔ Stake pockets ✔ 2” ball hitch ✔ 8-ft. ramps *LED lights and Rhino Line deck are standard equipment on all trailers.

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406-622-3861 Wilray Manufacturing Fort Benton, Montana — Evenings call 406-622-3747 NEW HOURS: Monday - Thursday 7:00 am to 5:30 pm

Soybean replanting decisions

By James Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota Our near perfect spring planting season has a dark side.

The dry weather provided ideal soil and planting conditions, but the lack of rain – or recent frost – has left some farmers trying to determine if the soybean stand is adequate.

Replanting a crop is a difficult decision. To help aid in the decision making process, it’s necessary to know the surviving plant population, the potential yield loss due to a reduced population and the potential yield reduction of replanting in early June.

First and foremost, an accurate stand count is needed. Soybeans have an amazing ability to compensate for thin stands, but only up to a point. If enough plants remain, replanting or thickening the stand may create greater loss. Most university studies show that if the stand is at least one-half of normal (75,000 plants/acre remain), yield is typically reduced by only 5% to 10%.

The next step is to determine the cause of the poor stand.

If the stand problem is related to equipment, and not weather, equipment changes can be made. It would be unfortunate to repeat the same problem. The most common planter related problems typically include improper seed depth, seed covering or poor spacing.

If the reduced stand is due to dry soil conditions, dig up the seed in the void areas and determine if the seed is still viable. If the seed has taken on moisture from the recent rain, is green fleshly and swelling, it will soon emerge and may solve the problem. If the seed germinated and died due to dry soil conditions, those areas may have significantly reduced yield.

Plant population can easily be determined by measuring and counting. The two most common methods are counting plants within the row or tossing a hula hoop (or some ring of known size) and counting plants within the hoop. Both measurements should be taken from multiple locations. Be sure to count only the plants which are alive and those you expect to emerge from the soil.

Replanting decisions would be based on expected returns considering the cost of additional seed, damage to the present stand, and yield potential loss with late planting. Replanting or thickening a stand in early June is essentially a late planting and will typically have reduced yield potential. Russ Severson’s planting date trials in northwest Minnesota show yield penalties for early June planting average 5% to as high as 26% of normal.

The last consideration may be the equipment. If the problem is in specific spots such as low areas or knolls, the planter choice may not be a factor. But if the goal is to thicken a stand in the existing crop, the best equipment choice may be to use a row crop planter. This is because the second planting will likely further damage the original thin stand with the disc openers. Row crop planters have fewer openers creating damage.

The bottom line is this: if your stand that is at least one-half of normal, you may want to leave it alone. If you have large areas with little or no stand (dry knolls or low areas damaged by frost), replanting those areas may be the best option despite the potential for yield loss due to late planting. There is no easy solution and a decision should be made on field by field basis.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. This information was adapted from Thin Soybean Stands: Should I Replant? by Purdue University.

Medicare Social Security question and answer

Question: Will my eligibility for the Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs be reviewed and, if so, how often?

Answer: If you get the Extra Help, Social Security may contact you to review your status. This reassessment will ensure you remain eligible for Extra Help and you are receiving all the benefits you deserve. Annually, usually at the end of August, we may send you a form to complete: “Social Security Administration Review of Your Eligibility for Extra Help.” You will have 30 days to complete and return this form. Any necessary adjustments to the Extra Help will be effective in January of the following year. For example, if we send you a review form in August 2012 and you return the form within 30 days, any necessary adjustment to your Extra Help will be effective in January 2013.

BeefTalk: How to survive the cattle business

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service Point six: Do not let negative relationAs the Fourth of July passes by again and ships drag the operation down. Not all numerous gatherings of family and friends people are congenial and easy to work with. wrap up, there is a call for a little time to Invariably, one will experience a negative rest and catch up. personal interaction within the beef business The celebrations are a reminder of the or any environment. Again, don’t dwell freedoms that we have. The responsibilities on negatives. Producers need to make an that go with that freedom are numerous, attempt to understand how these negative but the Fourth of July is a day to celebrate relationships develop and why the situation and set aside life’s persists, but also realmany heavy burdens ize that there may be with a lighter fare. no solution.

As the many rockets Point five: All prolet loose in the dark ducers must be presky, we simply sit pared to deal with back and enjoy life, crisis. Even with exeven if only for a few cellent managerial minutes. processes, a crisis will The morning after, occur. An appropriate we clean everything assessment, evaluaup and life goes on. tion and implementaIt’s the “life goes on” tion of an action must part that quickly takes occur with timely deover and we are recisions and follow-up. minded that summer All crises eventually is well underway. must lead to prevenFor those involved in tive programs when the cattle business or feasible. any part of agriculPoint four: Producture, for that matter, ers must be leaders. the clock is ticking.

Even if it is just within Successful summers one’s own operation, mean bountiful falls leaders listen, evaluand normal winters. ate and respond. To Difficult summers successfully redirect mean problematic fall or reinspire those one works with, leaders and winter challenges that ultimately may always should have an adequate workchange the future of the farm or ranch. It is ing knowledge of the operation. When a a fact of life that, as life goes on, the beef producer becomes disconnected from the business is struggling. operation, it is time to move on.

The call to expand the cow herd continues Point three: Producers must be fiscally to be repelled by forces beyond a producer’s savvy because the world still functions on control. Currently, drought is driving the money. Without money, even the best idea industry, but producers need to reflect on withers. Appropriate management teams what to do and not what we can’t do. must be developed and utilized to assure a What can we do? I have 10 items to broad-based, thorough review of all aspects discuss. of management and the appropriate impacts Point ten: Producers need to help each on the bottom line. other. Helping those who are neighbors, Point two: Producers need to challenge family or friends is paramount. Jumping conventional thinking. A new consensus through hoops, opening opportunities in will turn the fork in the road into multiple situations that seem stagnant, shifting exopportunities as we work together to enrich cessive burdens or simply adding words our lives, and create viable communities of encouragement to move forward always and individual lifestyles within the various helps. environments in which we choose to live.

Point nine: Producers need to be present All this should occur while we enjoy workwithin the operation and provide consistent, ing in the beef industry. predictable actions that make those they Point one: Producers should be a reflecwork or live with relaxed and encouraged. tion on what life means and how we live.

This means understanding the resources Each of us has an obligation for the future available, providing leadership and encourand is called upon to look for hope and aging consensus within the operations on inspiration for a future that does not jeoparthe use of those resources for a successful dize our children or our children’s children. future.

In the end, it’s about people, not cows.

Point eight: Producers can become too May you find all your ear tags. complacent. Producers need to know when congratulatory, appreciative praise is appropriate within their daily visits versus the ##### occasional tap that is indicative of pending “My Dad swears Mom doesn’t make him change. We can spend so much time admiranything decent to eat unless the grandkids ing what we are doing that we miss the turn. are coming for dinner.”

Point seven: Not all producers will keep ##### up with the increasing changes in the world “My Lithuanian grandmother used to say, around them. It is important for producers to ‘Pretty is as pretty does.’” understand their own desires and the limi##### tations those desires may impose on their “I was a bit confused when my grandpa operation. Appropriate acknowledgement said, “The next time we take you with us, always must be present within a producer’s we’ll leave you at home.’” group of friends and family. However, a ##### realistic evaluation of individual expectaWhen I was little, my grandfather used to tions and goals must be done. A ranch will make me stand in a closet for five minutes be stronger when a strong, broad-based and without moving. He said it was elevator well-focused team is utilized for open input practice. and discussion of the future.

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Derek Melcer, a Ramsey County shooting sports team member, takes a shot in air rifle competition at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Three teams from North Dakota placed in competition at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island, Nebraska.

A Ramsey County senior shooting sports team finished ninth in the shotgun events. Team members were Beth McDonald, Michael Bischoff, Morgan Hanson and Austin Erickson. McDonald placed 25th individually.

Another Ramsey County senior team placed 13th in the air rifle events. Team members were Cole Hanson, Derek Melcer and Colton McAllister. Melcer placed 35th individually.

The senior Stutsman County team of Cody Beach, Clay Hatlewick, Skylar Sand and Chris Wells placed 12th in compound archery competition. Sand placed 36th individually.

Each match of the competition, held June 19-21, consisted of three events.

The air rifle match consisted of a standing 40-shot, threeposition 60-shot and silhouette 60-shot competition. The silhouette match required the youth to shoot at targets out to 40 yards. The shotgun events involved skeet, trap and field sporting clays. Each event required 100 shots from each contestant.

In the archery events, contestants were required to take shots from a few feet to 60 yards at 30 3-D animal targets and 14 field archery targets, and shoot five rounds of arrows at a French International Governing Body of Archery target.

This was the first time North Dakota sent teams to compete in all three disciplines.

“Overall, it was a great learning experience for the teams and coaches that will be useful in the coming years,” says Adrian Biewer, a North Dakota State University 4-H youth development specialist and the shooting sports program’s coordinator.

Nematodes?

By Ron Smith, NDSU horticulturist Q: I believe my apricot tree has a bacterial canker. The University of California at Davis website just says to make sure to water the tree regularly and fertilize. What should I use as a fertilizer? Is there anything else I can do for the tree? The university mentions nematodes, but I have no idea what to look for.

A: Nematodes are a distinct possibility in your part of the country. I would advise sending a root sample with some surrounding soil to the lab at U.C. Davis for analysis. It is a simple determination that is done with a binocular microscope. The most common strategy for controlling diseases caused by bacterial canker pathovars is, as it has been for more than a century, to spray bactericides. These include a variety of copper compounds, such as the traditional Bordeaux mixture, cupric hydroxide, copper sulfate, ammoniacal copper, copper salts of fatty acids or other heavy metals, with or without various combinations of fungicides or other pest-controlling chemicals. These compounds were the first biocides used for disease control and are the only bactericides registered and allowed for use on most crops.

They are especially effective if applied in the proper manner.

Use a good sprayer, keep a precise spraying schedule and cover both sides of the leaf when spraying. These factors are crucial to avoiding a wide-spread epidemic. Be sure to check local regulations on the legality of using any of these compounds. California pesticide laws are more stringent than most other states.

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1996 Landoll 35-ft. triple axle belly dump.

Haulmark 24-ft. enclosed tandem axle car hauler with 5200# axles, driver’s side escape door. Less than 1000 miles.

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New Travalong 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailers........................ $8995 New Travalong 14-ft. gooseneck dump trailers.................................. $9995 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailer.......................... $7995 New Diamond C 5x8 bumper pull dump trailer.......................... $4495

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NEW UTILITY FLATBED TRAILERS

18’x81” heavy duty car hauler, wrap tongue, 6” channel frame, brakes on two axles, 7000 lb. axles.................................................................................................... $3995 18’x81” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, set back jack, brakes on two axles, ramps, 5200 lb. axles............................................................................................................. $3695 18’x81” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, brakes, 3500 lb. axle............................. $2895 16’x81” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, set back jack, brakes, ramps, 3500 lb. axles... . ......................................................................................................................... $2695 12’x60” utility angle sides, 3500 lb. single axle, ramp gate................................... $1525 10’x60” utility angle sides, single axle, 3500 lb. axle, ramp gate........................... $1475 8’x60” utility angle sides, no tilt, 3500 lb. single axle............................................. $1340

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1-New Circle D 31-ft. triple axle gooseneck with 7000# axles, 12” I-beam frame, folding beavertail, 2 jacks, 21,000 GVW........................................................................$9195 2-New Circle D 25-ft. (including 3 piece beavertail) 2-7000# axles, 16,000 GVW. Each...................................................................................................................$6595 1-New Circle D 27-ft. (including beavertail) tandem dually gooseneck.................$9195 1-New Circle D 29-ft. (including beavertail) tandem dually gooseneck..................$9495

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Travalong 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer...................$4995

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Available options include: for North Central MT hydraulically powered & the Hi-Line area supplement feeder & hydraulically powered post hole. Get the most out of your pickup with a Hydra-Bed™, the only true flatbed with high-speed bale handling. From the comfort and safety of your pickup cab, anyone can pick up, haul and unroll two bales with ease. Also available: Hydra-Bed™ 2200 Series. Fits existing flatbeds.

Large Trailer Parts Inventory • Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps • Tie-downs • Bearings & seals • Jacks • Etc.

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Stink bugs reported in Nebraska corn and soybeans

Relatively high numbers of stink bugs have been reported in Nebraska corn and soybean.

“Both crops are sensitive to stink bug injury during their reproductive stages, so stink bug scouting should now begin,” said Bob Wright, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension entomologist.

Stink bug surveys conducted in Nebraska from 2009 to 2011 show four species of stink bugs that can be found in soybeans and corn. They are the green stink bug, brown stink bug, onespotted stink bug, and red-shouldered stink bug. All stink bugs are shield-shaped as nymphs and as adults and are either green or brown.

Stink bugs feed on plants and other insects by piercing and injecting the plant or insect with digestive enzymes, and removing fluids from the plant or insect, Wright said.

Nymphs and adult stink bugs injure vegetative stage corn by feeding at the base of the seedling corn plant, which results in irregular shaped, oblong holes with yellow margins on corn leaves as they emerge from the whorls. The bugs damage reproductive stage corn by piercing the husk and feeding on the developing kernels, which leads to missing or shrunken kernels.

In soybean, nymphs and adult stink bugs puncture various soybean plant parts and extract plant fluids. This injury leads to deformed seeds and pods and makes the plants more susceptible to pathogens. It also causes delayed maturity and deformed leaf growth.

“Injury often appears first on field borders as the stink bugs move into the field,” Wright said. “With time, the stink bugs can move throughout the field.”

In the past, stink bugs have not been considered a significant pest of corn or soybean in Nebraska, but they are significant economic pests to a variety of crops in the southern United States. Wright said over the last 10 years, there has been an increasing trend for stink bug populations in more northern states, including Nebraska.

For more information about scouting stink bugs, including treatment information, visit CropWatch (http://cropwatch. unl.edu/), UNL Extension’s crop production newsletter.

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Small farms are becoming more popular as residents migrate to the suburbs or close-by farms. This movement is further accelerated by the aging population, many of whom had a rural up-bringing and desire to supplement their income with small farming operations involving sheep and goats or simply have hobby farms to occupy the time.

However, many owners of small farms have limited agricultural backgrounds and desire to get back to the “good” life. Others have no agriculture background and need training on basic agricultural practices for livestock production.

That is where small ruminant animals like sheep and goats have an advantage according to Dr. Jodie Pennington, small ruminant educator with Lincoln University Extension.

Adaptable to small farms “Small ruminants such as sheep and goats work well on both large and small farms but are especially adapted to small farms as they require limited facilities and are safer to handle than larger animals-which is important for young children and older adults,” said Pennington.

Sheep and goats can also use forage and other vegetation on the farm that is otherwise a negative resource that has to be mowed and maintained, a time consuming and costly endeavor with high equipment and gas prices.

“I have had several calls recently from individuals considering getting primarily goats but also sheep. In most cases, the individuals wanted to minimize the costs in the potential operation, make a profit, and use the animals and facilities as a tax deduction. Some were looking for ways to decrease their tax liability. But some had also been reading about the record high prices for sheep and goats and about potential high profits with them compared to cattle,” said Pennington.

Pennington says a person can make a good return on their investment with small ruminants if they have good management and plan their production and marketing activities in a sound manner. Facilities, equipment, and the animals can be depreciated or deducted with a Section 179 deduction if appropriate.

“You are not going to get rich with sheep and goats on a few acres unless an airport or Wal-Mart moves in next door.

But, sheep or goats can be used to supplement your income, whether in retirement or a full-time job,” said Pennington.

“However, it is important to do a good job of managing the animals or they will be used to decrease taxes, especially if you do a poor job with them as they can lose a lot of money quickly if management is less than adequate.”

Word of warning One word of warning: small ruminants require greater management than beef cattle but do have more potential for profits with good management.

Pennington says anyone thinking about raising sheep and goats should like animals. If they don’t, then they should look for another enterprise.

“You also need to have enough time to take care of the animals. I see people who love sheep or goats, have good facilities and have knowledge of animals, but their job does not allow them time to care for the animals. As a result, the sheep or goats do not perform well. Those producers probably would have been better served by investing in a less intensive type of livestock or another enterprise,” said Pennington.

Landowners that decide to invest in sheep or goats need to decide if they are doing it for a hobby, or a paying enterprise.

The next step is to formulate a budget, even if the animals are going to be a hobby. It is also important to invest some time in deciding if sheep or goats are more appropriate and which breed is best.

Pennington says it is also important to give thought to a marketing plan. Are you going to sell to the local livestock sale barn, show animals, sell meat or milk or fiber? Valueadded products can take a lot of time and the local sale barn is the easiest and most popular method of marketing.

Consideration should also be given to the facilities. Is there adequate fencing, do you need a guard dog, is there enough feed, do you have a place to buy good animals, and do you understand practices like vaccinations and deworming?

“If you have satisfactorily answered the above questions, then you may be ready to buy your animals,” said Pennington.

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2010 Case IH Steiger 435 180 hours. #707721..........

2009 Case IH Puma 195 1725 hours. #703770.......... .....................................................................$240,000 2010 Case IH Steiger 485 850 hours. #707727.......... .....................................................................$109,500 .....................................................................$255,000

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2009 Case IH Puma 195 2063 hours. #703767.......... .....................................................................$106,500

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Case IH MXM190 #707795............................$97,500

SPRAYERS

2010 Case IH Patriot 3330 self propelled, 818 hours. #707685.......................................................... $247,368 2009 Case IH SPX3330 self propelled, 990 hours. #707740.......................................................... $226,586 2007 Case IH SPX 4420 self propelled. #703785.$199,500 2008 Case IH Patriot 3320 self propelled, 2206 hours. #707728.......................................................... $189,900 Spra-Coupe 3430 self propelled. #706659........... $24,900 Marflex 90 3-pt/mounted. #707796..................... $109,500 2007 New Holland SF216 pull type. #703780....... $47,950 2008 Case IH SRX160 pull type. #700602............ $29,800 2008 Summers Ultimate pull type. #703750........ $34,900 2005 Summers Ultimate pull type. #700627........ $25,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 67XL pull type. #700497.............. $15,789 2001 Flexi-Coil S67XL pull type. #700635............ $15,500 2005 Flexi-Coil 67XL pull type. #707779.............. $14,000

2010 Case IH Magnum 335 1566 hours. #703760............ . ...................................................................... $220,000 2010 Case IH Puma 180 2300 hours. #703779..$118,500 1992 Case IH 9270 #707800................................. $62,900 1987 Case IH 9170 8461 hours. #703800........... $54,900 2007 New Holland T7040 #707786...............$96,900 1995 Caterpiller CH75C #707801........................ $39,900 1981 Versatile 835 #700628................................. $18,000

TRACTORS - 100 hp to 174 hp

2010 Case IH Maxxum 140 Limited #707645..... $97,500 2010 Case IH Maxxum 125 Limited 533 hours. #703777............................................................ $92,750 Case IH Puma 140 #700561................................. $91,000 2009 Case IH Maxxum 125 1425 hours. #703769.$83,900 2006 Case IH MXM155 5177 hours. #500625....... $71,097 2002 Case IH MX120 #703792............................. $63,500 2005 Case IH MXU110 3209 hours. #707754....... $54,500 2005 Case IH MXU115 #707787........................... $54,500 1987 Case IH 2294 #707791................................. $22,900 1974 JI Case 1370 4465 hours. #703739............. $12,900 JI Case 1030 #707793............................................. $5800 2010 McCormick XTX145 #707691..................... $97,000 2010 John Deere 7330 775 hours. #707799......... $91,500 1998 John Deere 7710 #707701.......................... $84,900 1979 John Deere 4440 4191 hours. #706703....... $20,900 2006 New Holland TV145 2965 hours. #700607.. $84,900 1998 New Holland TV140 4108 hours. #707668.. $63,900 2001 New Holland TM125 6687 hours. #706631..$40,900 1996 Massey-Ferguson 6180 7000 hours. #703782......... . ........................................................................ $32,900 1980 Allis-Chalmers 7045 #707681..................... $16,500 1984 Allis-Chalmers 8010 7061 hours. #707640..$10,900

TRACTORS - 40 hp to 99 hp

2009 Kubota M95X #707769................................ $55,800 John Deere 110 616 hours. #706700.................... $25,900 John Deere 4010 3527 hours. #707709................ $12,500 1962 John Deere 4010 8348 hours. #500622....... $11,456 1972 John Deere 401 #706692............................... $8900 1968 Allis-Chalmers 190 #706680.......................... $6500 International W9 #700524....................................... $4500

1981 John Deere 4640 15,000 hours. #500578.......... .......................................................................$18,500

WINDROWERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

2009 Case IH WD1203 686 hours. #707747......... $79,900 2010 Case IH WD1203 286 hours. #707545......... $65,000 2005 Case IH WDX1202 1418 hours. #500562..... $59,000 1996 Case IH 8820 #707781................................. $27,850 2009 MacDon M100 135 hours. #707704............. $66,900 2006 MacDon 9352i 805 hours. #703783............. $64,800 2009 New Holland H8060 243 hours. #705428..$115,984 2010 New Holland H8080 623 hours. #500654.... $98,000 2007 New Holland HW365 324 hours. #707777... $81,000 Agco 9345 220 hours. #706557............................ $79,900 1996 Hesston 8400 434 hours. #500643.............. $22,500 1975 John Deere 2270 1489 hours. #707802.......... $8500 2008 New Holland 1475 #706551........................ $31,900 2006 New Holland 1475 #706723........................ $19,200 New Holland 1431 #706602................................. $11,500 1991 New Holland 499 #706712............................. $8950 New Holland 1112 #700634.................................... $8900 1994 New Holland 116 #706686............................. $7900 Hesston 1014 #500545............................................ $3750

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Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

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AIR DRILLS

2010 Case IH Precision Hoe 800. #707686.$222,105 2010 Case IH Precision Hoe 800. #703745.$223,000

2005 Case IH SDX40 #703584......................$57,963

1994 Flexi-Coil 5000 #500633.......................$65,000

1996 Conserv Pak 5112 #700604.................$43,000 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 #700370.......................$37,572

John Deere 9400 #700614...............................$7500 Case IH Concord 4812 #703635...................$36,666

HEADERS

COMBINES

2010 Case IH 9120 461 hours. #703702............. $279,900 2009 Case IH 9120 377 hours. #700619............. $262,000 2011 Case IH 8120 396 hours. #703724............. $286,500 2010 Case IH 8120 521 hours. #707680............. $269,900 2009 Case IH 8120 1043 hours. #703732........... $243,500 2008 Case IH 8010 587 hours. #700626............. $234,000 Case IH 8010 2045 hours. #707646.................... $178,833 2004 Case IH 8010 2512 hours. #703561........... $144,900 2009 Case IH 7120 589 hours. #500584............. $232,789 2009 Case IH 7088 #700629............................... $219,000 2007 Case IH 2588 1357 hours. #703788........... $181,900 2004 Case IH 2388 1626 hours. #703713........... $149,500 2005 Case IH 2388 1969 hours. #700593........... $134,900 1999 Case IH 2388 2629 hours. #707683............. $98,700 1997 Case IH 2188 2024 hours. #700392............. $68,899 1987 Case IH 1680 3667 hours. #703691............. $27,689 1992 Case IH 1680 4382 hours. #700642............. $23,000 1987 Case IH 1660 4263 hours. #500657............. $25,500 2003 John Deere 9750STS 2843 hours. #706708............. . ...................................................................... $121,000 2011 New Holland TR96 4871 hours. #707804.... $23,500

MISCELLANEOUS

Degelman 7000 heavy harrow. #707743............... $21,900 New Holland Super 1048 balewagon. #707377... $15,100 2006 Brandt 5000 grain vac. #703794.................. $10,900 2001 Case IH 165 plow. #706720............................. $9700 2011 Woods BW15LH rotary mower. #706701........ $9500 Case IH 710 loader. #706671................................... $7500 Sitrex RP10 rake. #706713...................................... $1195

Case IH Concord 6012 #703765...................$42,500

MORE AIR DRILLS

2011 Case IH ATX700 #703797.......................... $188,000 2005 Flexi-Coil 5000 #703801.............................. $89,900 Flexi-Coil 5000 #700620....................................... $49,000

ROUND BALERS

2010 New Holland BR7090 #706717................... $36,900 2006 New Holland BR780A #500653.................. $19,300 2005 New Holland BR780 #500661..................... $15,000 2003 New Holland BR780 #707806..................... $13,000 2002 New Holland 688 #707818.......................... $14,900 1998 New Holland 664 #703791.......................... $12,900 1995 New Holland 660 #500580.......................... $11,500 1994 New Holland 660 #703795............................. $6900 2007 John Deere 568 #706722............................ $34,700 2004 John Deere 567 #707798............................ $24,000 1998 John Deere 566 #707797............................ $11,500 Agco 5456A #700568........................................... $26,900 1999 Case IH RS561 #703793.............................. $18,500 New Idea 4665 #706611.......................................... $9900

SQUARE BALERS

2009 New Holland BB9080 71 hours, #706681..$108,000 1997 New Holland 580 #706715.......................... $10,250 New Holland 1283SP #707817............................... $7500

2003 Case IH HDX162 #703491........................... $39,900 2011 Case IH 3016 #707783.................................... $6500 2008 Case IH 2152 #700638.................................... $5600 1997 Case IH 1020 #703693................................... $4500 Case IH 1015 #707609.......................................... $14,000 Case IH 1015 #703643............................................. $9800 1993 Case IH 810 #703790...................................... $7950 1996 Case IH 1015 #703707.................................... $3800 2002 Honey Bee SP36 #707548.......................... $54,200 Honey Bee SP36 #703733................................... $45,500 1992 Honey Bee SP30 #700641.......................... $44,500 Honey Bee ST30 #700535.................................... $17,456 1993 Honey Bee SP42 #706577.......................... $14,879 2010 MacDon D60 #700623................................. $34,500 2004 MacDon 963 #707715.................................. $25,575 1998 MacDon 962 #700532.................................. $19,000 1993 MacDon 960 #700596.................................. $15,000 John Deere 912 #700595..................................... $15,000 New Holland 971 #707684................................... $27,000 New Holland 971 #703718................................... $25,900 2003 New Holland 88C #700560............................. $9500 2001 New Holland 2328 #707782........................... $6500 2001 New Holland 2326 #703664........................... $5900 1998 New Holland 2324 #703678........................... $5900 New Holland 1116 #706414.................................... $4950

BALE PROCESSORS

Haybuster 2650 #500624..................................... $13,500 2005 Haybuster 2650 #700597............................ $12,500 Haybuster 256 Plus II #500560............................... $9500 Haybuster S2000 #706637...................................... $8500

Ethridge, Montana

406-339-2222

Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

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Trader’s Dispatch, August 2012 — Page C22

CRANE FOR SALE

Prairie Fare: Family vacation teaches lesson about food safety

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service We certainly were well past the one-hour “Remember that time when we were on safe storage time for perishable foods in a family vacation?” my teenage son began. $22,000 90-degree temperatures. At room temperaHe grinned at his sister. ture, you can have perishable food unrefrigMy teenage daughter immediately knew Phone 406-682-7714 erated for two hours. where he was headed with this conversation.

Ennis, MT From that situation, we learned to always She became a bit embarrassed and retorted: travel with an ice chest so beverages and “I was little and I didn’t know any better!” leftover perishable food stay cold and safe.

I recalled the situation, too. I rememBeyond food safety, traveling with an ice ber spinning my head 180 degrees to see chest can extend your budget for fun advenwhat was happening in the backseat of the tures at your destination. Most hotels allow van. Fortunately, my husband kept driving you to refill your ice chest when you leave calmly down the highway. or you can purchase ice, too. When packing On a balmy day in July, we were en route for a family trip, pack some wet wipes to to a family getaway in another state. My clean your hands and the inevitable messes daughter was in preschool and my son was in the vehicle. in elementary school at the time.

Add some 100 percent fruit juice and/or “Mom, she’s eating old chicken!” my son fat-free milk, string cheese, tubes of yogurt reported loudly from the backseat. and baby carrots to your ice chest. Whole My brain did a quick calculation of when fruit, such as apples and bananas, serve as we had chicken, and the timing certainly portable snacks. Consider nonperishable wasn’t in the immediate past. I discovered foods, too. You might opt for single-serving she had saved her chicken nuggets by tuckcontainers of fruit, plus whole-grain cracking the bag under the seat of the van for a ers, dried fruit, nuts and cereal mixes. couple of days. We had made some extended Homemade snack mixes and granola are stops in parks, so the interior of the car probportable snacks that stretch your budget, ably reached 100 degrees as we explored. too.

“Spit it out right now!” I exclaimed. Her cheeks were plump with two-day-old unrePlan some healthful snacks and beverages frigerated chicken. for your next trip. Here’s a snack to pack in She looked up in surprise. I had a napkin zip-top, single-serving bags. This recipe is in my hand ready to catch the food. Forcourtesy of the Texas AgriLife Extension •Ronan •Grass Range •Whitehall •Stevensville tunately, she reluctantly surrendered her Expanded Nutrition Program in Hidalgo hidden snack before she had a chance to County. consume it. She also had to rinse her mouth Awesome Granola cleanburn@ronan.net with water several times. The kid has a 3 c. oatmeal (uncooked, old-fashioned) strong immune system, fortunately.

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‘99 Passport with 3.2L 6 cylinder engine, automatic mins diesel..............Call ............................. $500 ‘01 Blazer transfer case... ............................. $450 bake for 25 to 30 minutes or transmission, very good body ‘01 Dakota automatic ‘95 Dakota 4x2 5 speed ............................. $300 ‘89 1 ton single wheel rear until golden brown. Stir every ‘98 Dodge 2500 4x4, extended cab, V10 gas and transmission.......... $400 transmission......... $500 ‘01 GMC 1500 rearend.... axle....................... $650 5-speed manual ‘00 318 V8 engine.... $700 ‘95 1500 4x4 transfer ............................. $500 ‘89 4x4 4 speed transmisfive minutes. Stir in raisins or ‘98 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4, 5 speed manual, V8 ‘00 1/2-ton 4x2 rear axle... case...................... $500 ‘01 GMC 1500 various sion....................... $450 cranberries. Mix thoroughly.

3 ‘97 Dodge Dakota 4x4, 5.2L, automatic transmission ............................. $600 ‘93 /4 ton front and rear body parts...............Call ‘86 1/ 2 ton 4x4 transfer Store in a tightly covered case...................... $450 ‘96 Dodge 2500 2WD extended cab, Cummins, high ‘00 Dakota 4x4 automatic axles, 3.55 gears.......... ‘00 5.3L V8 engine... $400 miles, good body parts transmission......... $500 .................... $650 each ‘00 Silverado 5.3 engine, ‘86 1/ 2 ton 4x2 4 speed container or make individual 115K miles............ $750 transmission......... $275 ‘96 Dodge 2500 2WD, 5.9 Cummins, 5 speed manual ‘99 Durango 5.9 automatic ‘91 3/4 ton 4x4 front axle... servings by measuring 1/4‘95 Ford Ranger 4x4, 4.0L V6, 5 speed manual transmission......... $650 ............................. $600 ‘00 S10 4x4 auto...... $600 ‘84 C60 5 speed transmission....................... $700 ‘95 Ford F250 diesel 4x4 ‘99 Dakota transfer case.. ‘91 Caravan AWD auto ‘00 S10 4x4 transfer cup amounts into zip-top case...................... $250 ‘84 3/4 ton 4x2 rear axle....

‘93 Ford F150 4x4 ............................. $500 transmission.......... $550 plastic snack bags. ............................. $500 ‘89 Chevrolet 1500 4x4, 5.7 V8, automatic ‘98 Dakota, transfer case. ‘90 205 transfer case for ‘00 Silverado 4x4 axle..... ...............................Call ‘84 30 2WD auto transmis.............................. $500 automatic.............. $650 Alternate directions for sion....................... $400 ‘98 1/2 ton parts...........Call ‘89 Dakota front and rear ‘99 3/4 ton rear axle... $450 1 preparation in a microwave ‘83 ‘99 350 V8 engine. . .. $950 / 2 ton transfer case....

FORD ‘96 Dakota 4x4 automatic axle assembly........ $500 ...............................Call transmission..........$650 ‘89 4x4 1/2 ton auto trans- ‘99 6.0 V8 engine..... $800 oven: Melt margarine in a ‘06 F250 automatic trans- ‘97 F250 front and rear mission................. $425 ‘98 4L60 automatic trans- ‘83 1 ton 4x4 transmisaxles.......................Call ‘96 Dakota front and rear mission................. $850 large bowl and then add sion....................... $375 mission................. $800 axle assembly........ $475 ‘84 Ram 1/2 ton, 318 V8 ‘03 F450 van dually rear ‘95 4x4 automatic trans1 3 ‘81 1 ton 4x4 rear axle. . ...

‘98 / 2 ton auto transmisother ingredients, except motor..................... $500 mission for 5.4........Call ‘95 / 4 ton 4x2 5 speed axle....................... $800 ............................. $600 sion....................... $650 transmission......... $800 ‘84 Ram 1/2 ton, 4 speed ‘03 F450 van 4R100 auto ‘95 F250 4x4 rear axle..... dried fruit. Mix well. Pour 1 1 transmission......... $300 ‘98 /2 ton axle assembly.. ‘81 /2 ton 4x4 front axle... ............................. $550 ‘95 318 V8 for Dakota...... transmission......... $600 . ............................ $600 . ............................ $350 mixture into an 11- by 17. ............................ $700 ‘80 W250 front and rear ‘02 5.4 Triton V8 motor..... ‘95 1356 transfer case.....

1 axles..................... $500 ‘98 305 engine......... $600 ‘81 /2 ton rear axle..... $350 ............................. $450 ........................... $1200 inch glass baking (or similar ‘74 transfer case...... $300 ‘98 4x4 automatic trans- ‘77 1 ton, 350 engine.......

‘02 5.4 engine........ $1000 ‘95 transfer case...... $450 MISC. mission................. $600 ............................. $700 microwave-safe container).

‘02 4WD automatic trans- ‘94 F350 rear axles, 4.10 ‘98 transfer case...... $500 ‘77 205 transfer case.......

TOYOTA Cook on high for eight mingears..................... $600 ‘98 Olds Bravada 4.3L V-6 mission.................. $750 1 ............................. $400 engine................... $650 ‘97 4-Runner 3.4 V6 en- ‘97 /2 ton transfer case....

‘01 4x4 Super Duty V10 ‘94 F150 transfer case.....

3 utes, stirring after every two . ............................ $600 ‘77 / 4 ton rear axle..... $300 ‘98 Olds Bravada autogine.................... $800 ‘97 4x4 4L60E transmis- ‘74 4x4 4 speed transmis............................. $400 automatic transmission matic transmission.. $ 500 minutes. Add raisins or cran‘97 4-Runner 4x4 auto ‘93 F150 4.9L V8 motor ‘99 5.4 4x4 transmission sion....................... $600 sion....................... $300 transmission....... $600 ‘96 S10 4x4 auto trans‘99 F150 manual trans for ‘93 Explorer auto trans, ‘98 Jeep 4.0 engine..$600 berries and stir.

2WD...................... $600 ‘98 Volkswagen Passat.... ‘95 4-Runner, 5 speed 4x4........................ $950 mission................. $500 ...............................Call Makes 24 servings (1/4 c. transmission....... $500 ‘96 S10 transfer case.......

‘99 F150 4x4 transfer ‘93 F250 transfer case.....

We buy late ............................. $450 ‘97 Kia Sportage........Call ‘93 5 speed transmission case...................... $650 per serving). Each serving . ............................ $450 for V6................. $750 ‘96 4x4 transfer case.......

‘99 van auto trans for V10 ‘93 4.0 V6 motor...... $400 ‘97 Jeep Wagoneer transmodel used mission................. $650 has 125 calories, 7 grams (g) 1 ‘87 rear axle............. $250 motor.................... $550 ‘91 /2-ton 4x4, 3.5 axles.. ............................. $400 and wrecked ............................. $450 ‘96 Jeep auto transmis- ‘87 front axle... .........$250 ‘95 6.5 turbo diesel en‘98 F150 Romeo 4.6L V8 of fat, 2 g of protein, 15 g sion...................... .$625 motor......................Call ‘91 Explorer transfer case gine..................... $2300 of carbohydrate and 25 mil‘95 Honda Passport auto pickups NISSAN for 4.0 motor........... $250 ‘98 F150 automatic transtransmission......... $625 ‘04 XTerra manual trans- ‘95 4x4, NV3500, 5 speed ligrams of sodium. mission...................Call ‘87 rear and front axles for transmission......... $800 ‘95 Rodeo automatic 1981 Omega 20-ton crane

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Anything To Do With Grain... We Handle It!

grain baggers

IN STOCK

Large supply of bags on hand

IN STOCK

2-1370 hp and 1-1390 hp

20” x 95-ft. and 20” x 110-ft.

New Tebben rotary cutters IN STOCK 60”, 72”, 84”, 120”

Caldwell Fans

axial, centrifugal, in-line centrifugal and heaters

Grain Guard

axial, low speed and high speed centrifugal, in-line centrifugal and heaters

Keho

blowers/air pumps

Bid Doors Bin Lids, Bin Ladders, Auger Ports

Fab Tech Spouts

TWISTER RETROFIT DOORS

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New Farm King 7-ft. finishing mowers

Slim Fits

Specifically designed to upgrade “government” or other bins for easy unloading and entry!

Features • A huge opening for your auger (20” x 29”) • A rubber seal and pad-lockable latch closes door securely.

Poly Cupped Flighting Efficiently and gently handles your pulse crop seed

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Used Augers, Conveyors, & Miscellaneous

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4 & 8 Branch Cross Duct Systems on Hand!

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Can Dry Up To 18% Moisture with Proper Fan!

NEW 10” and 12” swing away augers IN STOCK

Flexahopper No-Spill Spout in stock Store Grain With Peace of Mind!

Grain Temperature Monitoring System Detect Hot Spots

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Wheatheart drive-over pit, 8”, hydraulic. Excellent condition................$6500 2009 Farm King 13x70 auger, Agremote hopper mover and spout....$16,500 Farm King 13x70 MDSA auger..........................................................$10,000 Farm King 10x60 auger, side delivery, hydraulic swing...........................$900 Brandt 10x60 hydraulic swing auger.....................................................$3500 Sakundiak 8x1600 auger with PTO kit..................................................$5000 Sakundiak 10x65 MDSA auger.............................................................$7500 Sakundiak 8x46 auger, motor, self propelled kit, electric clutch, remote spout.............................................................................................$13,500 Sakundiak 8x46 auger, motor, self propelled kit, Wheatheart Super Sweep... . ....................................................................................................$11,500 Sakundiak 8x52 auger, motor, self propelled kit.................................$13,600 Wheatheart 8x46 auger, 27 hp Kohler, mover, clutch, spout, bin sweep setup..................................................................................................$13,500 Many more engines on hand...Many have recent work completed All Sale Prices Listed Are No Trade Price

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COMBINE AND PLATFORM FOR SALE

John Deere 7720 combine with 24-ft. header and pickup reel....................................... $7500 John Deere 24-ft. platform with 13-ft. Victory Super 8 pickup attachment and pickup reel...... ........................................................................................................................................ $7500 Phone Earl Colby, (406) 292-3520, Chester, Montana

Grow additional forage this fall

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota The severe drought is creating a significant shortage of hay and pasture. If we get rain, the perennial forage crops may recover enough for a fall harvest, but another option UNITED COUNTRY - SHOBE AUCTION & REALTY is to plant an annual crop now, especially if you have land 2012 FALL CALENDAR that’s normally idle in the fall.

Thurs., Aug. 23rd, 5:30 p. m. ROSS CALVERT REAL ESTATE & RANCH EQUIP. , Lewistown Of course, this plan also requires rain, but as fall ap (See ad page A19 of this issue of Trader’s Dispatch) proaches, the odds of rain increase. This option is still a Sat., Sept. 8th, 10 a.m. MONTANA & THE WEST WESTERN ART & MEMORABILIA, Billings gamble, but one with relatively low input costs.

Sat., Sept. 15th, 10 a. m. LEROY & NATALIE THOMSEN ESTATE ANTIQUES, Fairgrounds, Planting oats in early August has the potential to produce Lewistown significant forage for fall grazing or hay harvest. Research Fri., Sept. 28th, 10 a. m. BILL FOREMAN ESTATE CATERPILLAR CRAWLERS, Winifred, in Wisconsin has shown that oats planted the first week of MT August can produce from 2 to 3 tons per acre, provided we Wed., Oct. 3rd, 10 a. m. DWIGHT BARBER & PAT WARD FARM AUCTION, Denton, MT have moisture.

Sat., Oct. 6th, 10 a. m. GRANT VIERTEL ANTIQUE AUTO AUCTION, Fairgrounds, Lewistown Oats is not the only cereal grain that can be planted, but Sat., Oct. 20th, 10 a. m. LARGE ANTIQUE AUCTION, Fairgrounds, Lewistown UW researchers found it to be the best option. Other small grains grow well in the fall but usually produce about half For more information call or view our website the yield. Peas can be added and will increase the palatability 406-538-5125 www.shobeauction.com but may not increase the yield.

Lewistown, Montana Kyle 366-0472 Jayson 366-5125 Research at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center in Wisconsin found that a late-maturing forage cultivar (ForagePlus) produced maximum annual yields ranging from 2 to 3.5 t DM/a. Because the forage cultivar matured slowly it was better able to respond to the erratic late-summer precipitation.

The forage types mature later and produce more tonnage of quality forage. If seed of a forage type is not available, plant a late maturing oat variety. After the first week of August use of a forage type oat will provide less advantage and grain-type cultivars often may be better management choices.

Extremely early and extremely late oat varieties should be considered only when planting dates are earlier or later than the August 1-15 time period. Previous research in Wisconsin showed that barley yielded slightly less than oats but significantly more than spring triticale or the winter grains.

Oats will likely be the least expensive to grow and offers the best value in yield and quality.

The fall planted oat is higher in forage quality than spring planted oats. Research at the University of Wisconsin found that maturation of summer-sown (August) oats was delayed, resulting in 10 to 15% less neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 18% greater digestibility, and 250% more water soluble carbohydrate than spring-sown oat.

The recommendation is to plant 1.5 to 2 bu oats/acre (with or without peas) in early August. Additional nitrogen may be beneficial, but a soil test may be necessary, especially if the previous crop was Financing Available oac damaged due to drought. If a normal yield was harvested, fertilize with 60 to 70 lb nitrogen per acre at planting.

It is also important to check for any herbicide plant back restrictions prior to planting the oat or oat/pea mixture.

Planting earlier than the first week of August will result in earlier maturation and reduced yield.

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Experts are cautioning horse owners to be on the lookout for pigeon fever, a bacterial illness that causes abscesses typically in the pectoral region of horses, but in other anatomical sites as well.

Pigeon fever is an infection caused by the bacterial organism Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. It is considered endemic in California and some other western U.S. states.

Dr. Amy Swinford, head of diagnostic bacteriology for the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, said the organism can live for months to years in the soil and it may infect the horse through a wound or broken skin. Flies can serve as mechanical vectors to transmit the organism from the environment to horses.

There is currently no commercial vaccine against the organism.

Cases in Texas submitted to the diagnostic lab increased 1,065 percent from 2005 to 2011, according to the agency’s data.

Swinford said one of her own geldings had pigeon fever, but because he only had tremendous swelling of the sheath region and ventral midline without obvious abscesses, the diagnosis was a bit more complicated than in horses that present “the classic pectoral abscess ‘pigeon breast’ lesions.”

“There are different forms of the disease,” she said. “The external abscess form is the most common, but internal abscesses and a condition called ulcerative lymphangitis, while less common, are generally more serious.”

Swinford said most veterinarians find

the most effective method of treatment for the external abscess form is to drain the abscesses rather than treating these horses with antibiotics.

“The more serious forms of the disease require the use of antibiotics, and fortunately the bacterial organism is sensitive to all of the commonly used antibiotics.”

Swinford said recent news reports confirmed the disease has been found in horses as far east as Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida.

The organism may incubate within the horse for several weeks before symptoms appear.

“Clinical signs may include fever, edema (swelling), lethargy, lameness and depression or weight loss, but these vary from horse to horse, and also depend on the form of disease a horse has. My own horse was not febrile (feverish) and never acted sick,” Swinford said. “This is often true of horses that have only external abscesses.

“External abscesses can become quite large and extend deep into tissue, often accompanied by swelling, and may develop along the chest, midline, groin area and various other sites. Internal abscesses may also develop and can often be very difficult to treat.”

Swinford said horse owners who detect any of these symptoms are advised to contact their veterinarian as soon as possible.

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By B. Lynn Gordon, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist calves from other sources cannot qualify A current overview of marketing opfor an age-and-source verification program portunities available to beef producers was unless the ranch is audited as a feedyard discussed as a panel of speakers addressed as well, says Mueller. If outside cattle are beef verification programs and marketing brought into the operation, they must be options during a South Dakota State Uniclearly identified and able to be separated versity (SDSU) Extension Seminar held from those born on the ranch otherwise recently in Mitchell, South Dakota. Jordan they will compromise the integrity of the Mueller representing Samson based in Coqualification for age-and-source cattle from lumbus, Nebraska, explained the USDA the original herd. Before calves enrolled in value added verification services such as the age-and-source verification program Age and Source, Non-hormone Treated leave the ranch they must by identified with Cattle program and Never Ever3 offered a program compliant tag. This tag can be by their company. an EID (electronic identification tag) or a Mueller explained, cattle enrolled into visual dangle tag. This may vary depending age-and-source verification programs must on the specifications of the age-and-source be marketed less than 21 months of age program. Mueller says premiums vary on and are primarily destined for the Japanese age-and-source verified cattle because of market. Cow/calf producers aiming to raise many factors such as the type of the cattle, age-and source-verified cattle must docutime of year the cattle are sold or how many ment the calf birth dates with an original buyers are looking for calves at that time of record indicating the birth of the calf. Individual calving records are not required year. He has seen premiums range from zero and group calving records are accepted so dollars to $20/head for feeder cattle. long as there is original identification of The Samson company also conducts the first calf born. Only calves born on the verification services for the non-hormone ranch can qualify for the program. Outside treated cattle program (NHTC). This program is for beef destined for the European Union. Cattle enrolled must be less than 30 months of age when marketed and must never receive any hormonal growth promotants 1x6 - 6-ft. - $144 1x10 - 6-ft.-$293 along with additional param92 90 1x6 - 8-ft.-- $1 1x10 - 8-ft.-$3 eters that are associated with 1x8 - 6-ft.-- $230 1x12 - 6-ft.-$381 this program. Annual on-site 07 08 audits are required by Samson 1x8 - 8-ft.-- $3 1x12 - 8-ft. $5 to verify the documentation.

Quantity Pricing Available The NHTC audit process is more comprehensive than the auditing procedure for an ageand-source verification program. It is required that the cattle are certified and tagged Power Tools On Hand with a program complaint tag before they leave the farm/ Tools & Fasteners ranch. Feedyards accepting or buying NHTC cattle must also be certified before the cattle arrive at the feedyard.

New in this program is the certification of livestock auction markets. Currently 14 auction markets nationwide can accept and sell NHTC 1 12 /2 gauge cattle and 8 of those are in DAVIS South Dakota. Premiums at Barb & Barbless BRAND $20-$30/head, can average 80 rod more for the NHTC enrolled WIRE IN STOCK NOW cattle than age-and-source verified cattle but the audit29 gauge classic rib, ing costs/enrollment costs are also higher.

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Sampling feeds and testing for nutritional value

By Karl Hoppe, Area Extension Livestock Specialist, Carrington Research Extension Center The best way to use your feed resources is a representative sample. If you only sample to know what quality you have, then match bales from the good side of the field, then the feed to the cattle’s production stage.

Or you will have a report for only good hay.

STRAW BALES FOR SALE stated another way, keep the good hay for The second rule is to make sure you get the Net wrapped. You pick up...................... $100/ton calving time and feed the rest now. We usurepresentative sample into the sample bag/ Phone Kevin at (605) 280-7749, Kennebec, SD ally think the early cut, no-rain hay is the container. The challenge of getting a sample best quality. And it usually is. However, I of mixed feed into a small sample bag is sample quite a few feeds and I have observed keeping in the fines (alfalfa leaves, ground enough year-to-year, hay pile-to-hay pile feed, minerals) from getting into the bag. variation that feed testing is vital to find the • Have the right tools: A coring probe good hay. will provide a more accurate sample than Protein and energy contents change. I see a “hand-grab” sample. Several probes are offering custom manure spreading service a lot of hays that producers put up, expecting available, and all have advantages and adequate crude protein content, but the crude disadvantages. I use the Penn State Forage protein was only marginal. Energy content Sampler probe. It has a sharp cutting tip also can be disappointing. Consequently, that is replaceable. Combining the probe testing feeds and supplementing with purwith an 18-volt DeWalt drill makes a samchased feeds or mixing with better feeds or pling machine that can probe hay bales hays is usually the most cost-effective route. quickly and easily. While I expect many Otherwise, cows will lose weight and calves places sell the Penn State Forage Sampler, will gain poorly.

I have found it at www.enasco.com/product/ Here is what you need to know when C06541HV. A listing of other probes can Contact at testing feed: be found at www.foragetesting.org/index. to schedule • How to feed test: The first rule to rememphp?page=hay_probes. ber in sampling feeds for testing is to take • Having a sharp cutting tip, as well as power to drill into the feed source, is essential. I remember using a brace and bit drill and I understand why forage sampling and testing didn’t get done before the widespread use of heavy-duty portable electric drills.

• How many to sample: Sampling every bale is best but not practical. Class the feeds according to type, cutting, field and sample (for example, first-cut alfalfa hay, south field). Then core representative bales and empty the samples into the sample container. Core at least seven bales, but 20 bales would be better. Hand-grab samples will not be representative unless the feed already is wellmixed before sampling.

• Send the feed to a feed testing laboratory: The National Forage Testing Association has a list of certified labs at www.foragetesting.org/index.php?page=certified_labs.

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Bulletin highlights cattle, sheep, crop, weed research

Beef cattle, sheep, traditional and alternative farm crops, specialty crops including vegetables, turf grass variety trials and weed control are among research projects covered in the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station’s (WAES) Field Days Bulletin.

This is the publication’s second year.

“The goal of the bulletin is to document and make publicly available the content of research and other activities being conducted by WAES and at the four University of Wyoming research and extension (R&E) centers,” said WAES director Bret Hess. “The bulletin provides a forum for researchers and educators affiliated with WAES to publish results of their activities and to introduce new projects.”

Those attending an R&E center field day will receive hardcopies of the bulletin. The publication is also posted on the WAES website at http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/ under Important Links on the left-hand side of the page.

Field days began at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Powell R&E Center; 4 p.m. Thursday, August 23, at the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture R&E Center (SAREC) near Lingle; and 5 p.m. Thursday, August 30, at the Laramie R&E Center greenhouse complex at the corner of 30th and Harney streets.

The Sheridan R&E Center is not hosting a field day this year but will resume in 2013.

“Since it’s beginning in 1891, WAES has conducted applied and basic research to help solve problems that affect the agricultural sector of Wyoming and beyond,” Hess said.

Hess said that he believes agricultural-related research papers in the Field Days Bulletin will be of great interest to Wyoming ranchers, farmers, scientists and others.

Among the articles on beef cattle are fetal development, growth performance and fertility of heifers, dietary energy, residual feed intake (RFI), distillers grain, calf feedlot performance, finishing cattle and carcass characteristics.

There is also a paper on a forage-based bull performance and efficiency test open to producers in Wyoming and beyond.

Sheep research includes feed efficiency, feed intake and carcass traits, RFI, maternal obesity in ewes and a ram test.

There are numerous papers highlighting crop-related research at the R&E centers. Among Wyoming’s traditional crops being studied are alfalfa, barley, corn, dry bean, oat, sugarbeet and spring and winter wheat.

The bulletin also highlights research on alternative crops such as camelina, canola, fenugreek, legumes, rye, sainfoin, soybean, sunflower and triticale.

UW scientists are also performing studies on a variety of specialty crops and turf grasses. There are articles on basil, mint, numerous vegetables, table and wine grapes and cut flowers.

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A variety of other research is also highlighted. Among the studies are the use of coal-bed methane discharge water for irrigating crops, impacts of bark-beetle induced forest mortality on soil water and greenhouse gas emissions, nonlethal coyote control and rangeland reclamation.

In the bulletin introduction, Hess discusses a new WAES project based on stakeholder input that will attempt to align strategic issues facing Wyoming agricultural producers with long-term national priorities outlined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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Farmers in the inland Pacific Northwest favor winter wheat-summer fallow production systems so that crops can germinate and grow during late summer and fall. But controlling weeds and conserving soil water during the summer can require up to eight tillage passes. This produces a dry, loose layer of fine soil particles that can be easily eroded by strong summer winds.

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Approved offers in Montana will be accepted on a first-come-first served basis and will continue until acres are allocated or Sept. 30, 2012 whichever occurs first.

Eligible landowners will receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible cropland for a period of 10 years.

As with general CRP, eligibility is based on several factors. Eligible land must have been planted to an annual crop or conserving use between 2002 and 2007. Land currently in CRP that will expire Sept. 30, 2012 may also be enrolled under the new provision.

“Leaving the most highly erodible soils in CRP and farming the rest of the land may be an option for some producers with expiring CRP contracts,” Nelson added.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sign-up began this week, July 23rd, for the Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). In addition, the pollinator habitat practice, which supports a variety of pollinator species, is now accepted as a Continuous CRP practice. Producers interested in these two new continuous signup practices may enroll eligible land at their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office, said Bruce Nelson, Montana FSA State Executive Director.

CRP is a voluntary program designed to help agricultural producers protect their environmentally-sensitive land through 10 to 15-year contracts. Continuous CRP signup allows participants to submit offers for selected continuous signup practices to enroll in CRP at anytime instead of waiting for a General CRP signup period. Participants and offered lands must meet certain eligibility requirements to be accepted into the program.

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Recently, a tragic mid-Michigan automobile accident resulted in the loss of the best Christmas present a little girl could receive: her horse. This accident was allegedly caused by an incident of road rage when an impatient driver, frustrated with the slow speed of the truck and horse trailer, cut the truck off sharply. The driver of the trailer was forced to brake suddenly; the horse scrambled, lost its footing and ultimately had to be euthanized.

Karen Waite, Michigan State University (MSU) Extension equine specialist, said this incident demonstrates that many drivers do not realize how challenging it is to drive a truck hauling horses or other livestock, large motorhomes, other recreational vehicles or farming equipment.

“When an accident involves a horse or livestock trailer, both human and animal lives can be lost,” Waite said. “Most drivers don’t realize that the combined weight of the truck, trailer, livestock, horses or equipment makes it extremely difficult for the driver to stop quickly or slow down substantially.”

Livestock producers thinking about the health and safety of their animals while driving tend to drive slightly slower than posted speeds and leave a great deal of stopping distance between their vehicles and the vehicles in front of them.

Waite suggests that drivers passing a vehicle hauling a trailer should merge back into the lane allowing double the usual amount of space between their vehicles and the vehicle they’re passing.

Although an impatient driver caused this particular incident, several other issues may result in horse trailer accidents (http://cs.thehorse.com/blogs/horse-911-whatsyour-emergency/archive/2012/03/27/causes-of-horse-traileraccidents-on-the-road.aspx). Regular trailer maintenance is a key responsibility of owning and hauling animals, as is using an appropriately sized vehicle to haul the trailer and making certain that those responsible for driving have experience driving such rigs (without animals) before setting out. To learn how to appropriately respond in an emergency while hauling a trailer, view this article on trailer safety (http:// www.equisearch.com/uncategorized/horse-trailer-safetyemergency/).

“None of this information can reverse the loss of this little girl or bring back her horse, but it serves as a reminder to those with or without horses to use the utmost care when traveling,” Waite said.

Related MSU Extension news article: “Take steps to travel safely with your equines” (http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/ take_steps_to_travel_safely_with_your_equines/).

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The U.S. Drought Monitor, updated weekly, shows drought is impacting 26 percent of North Dakota, according to Adnan Akyuz, state climatologist and assistant professor of climatology at North Dakota State University.

“This is the worst drought to hit North Dakota since September 2008,” Akyuz says. “Today 16 percent of the state is under severe drought and 10 percent of the state is under moderate drought.”

Drought started to creep into the state at the end of November 2011 after a record drought-free stretch. North Dakota was drought-free for 115 consecutive weeks from September 15, 2009, through November 29, 2011.

“At the beginning, the drought was a welcome change after three back-to-back major floods on the Red River,” Akyuz says. “However, changing weather patterns led to the conditions in which precipitation no longer could overcome evaporative demand and the demand for the plants to sustain healthy growth.

“At the beginning of the planting season this spring, if the soil had not been charged with moisture from the previous wet season, conditions would have been much worse,” Akyuz adds.

He is concerned about the moisture recharge this fall.

“Even if the weather pattern changed now, it might not help the crop that is already in the field,” he says. “However, the change is desperately needed to recharge the soil before getting into the freeze so that moisture could be utilized for the spring planting next year.”

But Akyuz sees no changes in the weather pattern during the next two seasons. That means the above-normal temperatures forecasted for this fall and winter would exacerbate the ongoing drought conditions in North Dakota, he says.

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Canola possible forage crop for livestock

By NDSU Extension Service Drought-challenged dairy producers cattle for long periods may inhibit their facing forage shortages may be able to use of trace minerals, particularly copfeed their cows canola and related crops, per and selenium. Producers should add provided they take certain precautions. fortified trace mineralized salt and various “Recent rains were spotty, and enmineral supplements to their cows’ diets croaching drought in North Dakota has to ensure the animals receive the recomlivestock producers scrambling for muchmended levels of copper and selenium on needed forage,” says J.W. Schroeder, a daily basis.

North Dakota State University (NDSU) • In some situations, high levels of Extension Service dairy specialist. “Dairy dietary sulfur create hydrogen sulfide gas managers are particularly concerned about in the rumen. This may lead to polioenfeed shortages because they rely on highcephalomalacia (PEM), a dietary disease quality forage to make milk. The drought that can cause lesions to form in the brain. elsewhere will result in greater competiClinical signs include a lack of muscle tion for locally grown forages.” coordination, facial tremors, teeth clenchFor North Dakota producers, crop afing, circling, stupor and cortical blindness termath, crops zeroed out for insurance followed by the animals leaning or lying purposes and regrowth of harvested crops down, convulsions and death. stimulated by late-season rains may offer Producers also need to be aware of any additional forage for certain classes of pesticides or herbicides that were applied livestock. Crops that could be fed to cattle to the crops they plan to use as feed. Reinclude canola and related crops such as member, the original intention was not to brown, yellow and Oriental mustard. raise the crop for feed. Double-check the “While these crops make palatable feed, pesticide application records to confirm it may take one or two days for cattle to any usage or withholding restrictions are become accustomed to their taste,” Schromet. eder says.

Schroeder says another challenge of If canola is hayed, drying time is critical using canola as forage is that newly harto avoid moldy feed later, he says. Typivested canola stubble provides limited cally, the plants take four to six days to dry nutrition for grazing (around 6 percent to proper moisture levels (16 to 18 percent protein). The nutritional value increases moisture content) for baling. Canola tends considerably when late-summer rainfall to turn dark as it cures, but this shouldn’t produces green regrowth from germinaaffect palatability. tion of seed remaining in the stubble.

However, cattle resist eating stemmy Also, green canola regrowth subjected canola forage, Canadian producers report. to moisture stress during summer can be They believe the forage is unpalatable toxic to grazing animals, including cattle because of its high sulfur content. Some and sheep. Researchers don’t know the producers also noted that dairy cattle diets exact type of toxin causing the problem, high in canola forage resulted in an undebut Australian sheep growers have resirable taste in the milk. ported an unidentified toxin has resulted “Given the high cost of fuel, evaluate in sheep losses. the field closest to you before spending Despite these potential problems, canomoney to bale and haul what might have la hay and wrapped silage or baleage can limited use,” Schroeder advises dairy be a valuable feed source if producers folproducers. low some precautions when introducing A better option may be to ensile the these feeds to their stock, Schroeder says. canola if it is leafy and has some height, According to Australian research, canoalthough canola is high in moisture (75 la hay and silage from failed or frosted to 80 percent) and wilting it to 65 percent canola crops has been fed to livestock for moisture will take time, he says. Harvestmore than 15 years. Most of the reported ing a mixture of the mature stand and the problems have involved only a small numregrowth will reduce the moisture, and ber of animals from each herd, and almost crimping will hasten the drying process. all of the problems have been associated Also, ensiling will reduce nitrate conwith a rapid change of diet. tent by 30 to 70 percent, making feeds that Schroeder has these recommendations are high in nitrate safe to feed. for safely introducing animals to canola However, feeding canola creates some hay or silage: risks. Canola can cause bloat in some • Do not offer large amounts of canola instances. Also, some producers have hay or silage to stock. Introduce it slowly noticed that cattle tend to develop scours by replacing a part of the diet and increaswhen fed canola hay or silage as the only ing the proportion of canola fodder during source of roughage. Schroeder says canola a period of days, or blending it in a total hay or silage should not make up more mixed ration. than 50 to 60 percent of the total feed • For confined stock, try to offer a mixintake on an as-fed basis. ture of fodder types, at least for the first Another drawback is that canola contwo weeks of using canola. Stock with tains high levels of sulfur (0.5 to 1.3 peraccess to dry pasture when introduced to cent on a 100 percent dry-matter basis). canola fodder should have no problems.

Producers need to remember that well • Watch stock for any signs of nitrate water and byproducts such as distillers poisoning or sensitivity to light. The grain also may have high levels of sulfur, symptoms of nitrate poisoning are proSchroeder says. The National Research fuse scouring, a sudden drop in milk Council recommends that total dietary production, rough coat, and occasionally sulfur not exceed 0.4 percent on a dryshivering and staggers. The symptoms of matter basis. photosensitization are reddening or scabs If cattle diets exceed recommended on the ears, muzzle or other areas. levels of sulfur intake, several things may Learn all you can about the history of occur: the crop. Ask the grower how much and • Cattle fed canola and related crop when nitrogen fertilizer was applied, and roughages long term as the sole source the level of drought stress in the crop. of feed may develop hemolytic anemia.

Fodder made from crops that were badly Feeding at levels of 50 percent or less stressed or had high applications of topshould prevent this condition. dressed nitrogen fertilizer may have in• Feeding canola and related forages to creased levels of nitrates.

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USED SUCKER ROD: 3/4”, 7/8” & 1”- 25-ft. lengths WE SELL NEW & USED Tubing • Pipe • Angle Iron • Plate

5-ton gear puller................... $58.87 Oil pistol can, 6 oz...... ........................ $3.55 1-ton chain hoist.................. $89.90

Used 55 Gallon Plastic Barrels ­– $10.00 ea.

NEW STEEL plate & beams IN STOCK

Domestic A500 Grade B 6”x.250 well casing, 20-ft. lengths....

Call for pricing

• Stainless Steel Sheets • Flat Bar • Pipe, Fittings

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Wood Blocks 7”x7”x14” $1.50 each

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Automotive & Heavy Industrial Batteries

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LAND ROLLER PIPE

24” - 42”

1 1/2” x 100-ft. Fire Hose $21.50 ea.

42” Diameter Land Roller Pipe

30” & 36” Culvert Grade Pipe $25.00/ft.

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Non galvanized Guard rails

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Old Farm Tractors #2 Railroad ties - $800 each #1 Railroad ties - $1550 each

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BLACK PIPE

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Overseas Flats - 8’x40’ Great for bridges

HOPPER BOTTOM CARS Great for grain storage

5” channel construction on bottom with 3” channel on top 10-, 12-, 14- & 16-ft. available

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Useable Salvage At Great Falls Location

Round steel post caps 31/2” & 27/8”, round steel post clips Chicago Heights Steel Fence Posts with heavy spade plate

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Combines & Attachments

2-John Deere 9770STS combine. Each.... . ........................................$262,000 (G) 2011 John Deere 9770 combine, 350 hours................................. $289,000 (B) John Deere 9770 combine with 223 hours. . ........................................$275,000 (G) 2008 John Deere 9770 combine, 976 hours................................. $222,000 (H) John Deere 9760 combine with 1177 separator hours........................ $175,000 (H) John Deere 9760 combine with 1420 separator hours........................ $174,500 (H) John Deere 9670 combine....$210,000 (L) John Deere 9600 combines with 930 heads.................................. $57,500 (H) 2-John Deere 7720 combines. Each......... . ............................................. $8500 (H) Case IH 1680 long sieve combine............. . ..........................................$35,000 (G) Case IH 1680 short sieve combine............ . ..........................................$30,000 (G) Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. 1010 head................................Coming in (H) Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. 1010 head.................................... $32,000 (H) Gleaner N6 combine with 24-ft. head........ . ............................................. $3500 (H) John Deere 635D header....... $57,500 (H) John Deere 635D header....... $75,000 (H) John Deere 936D header....... $46,000 (H) 4-MacDon SP42 42-ft. draper heads......... . .................................... $69,500 ea. (H)

More Used Heads IN STOCK

Construction Equipment

John Deere 323D track skidsteer, 875 hours....................................$45,000 (L) Bobcat 742 38 hp, 1250 lb capacity........... . .............................................$8500 (G) New Holland C185 track loader, 750 hours, cab................................. Coming in (G) New Holland telehandler.... Coming in (L) Allis Chalmers 816 backhoe loader.......... . ............................................$7950 (LV)

Miscellaneous

Kelley 56 3-pt. backhoe, PTO pump. Good condition................................$4995 (LV) Degelman 45-ft. landroller...... $35,000 (H) Brandt 13x70 auger................... $7500 (H) Westfield 10x60 grain auger.......$5750 (L) Buhler FK Y1010H 10” transfer auger....... ............................................... $2700 (H) Walinga 6614 grain vac.......... $15,500 (H) Worksaver HDP-20 post pounder, 3-point, hydraulic angle/tilt................... $4000 (H) Bobcat 2200 utility vehicle......... $5950 (H) Polaris Ranger 700 XP utility vehicle with cab.......................................$12,000 (G) 2003 Polaris Ranger 6x6 utility vehicle, professional series................. $4900 (B) 2-Suzuki 250 cc 2WD quad....... $2850 (H) Frontier LR2060 5-ft. landscape rake....... .................................................. $550 (B) Bale Squeeze for John Deere 740 loader.. ................................................. $350 (H) Farm Star skid steer post pounder............ ............................................... $2900 (B) Shaver 901 post hole digger, 3-pt. mount, PTO drive, 2 bits..................... $1475 (B) Farm King 60” finish mower.........$750 (L) Bush Hog......................................$950 (L) High Power generator, 12,000V, PTO....... ..................................................$900 (L) New Holland 352 grinder mixer, nice shape.....................................$1995 (LV) Westfield 6” x 36-ft. auger..........$1500 (L) 2004 Polaris Ranger 500 excellent condition.......................................... $5700 (B)

Tractors

John Deere 9620 4WD, 500 hp................. .......................................... $182,000 (H) John Deere 9400 4WD, 425 hp................. .......................................... $105,000 (H) John Deere 9200 4WD, 310 hp, 4300 hours....................................$93,000 (L) John Deere 8970 400 hp, 5500 hours....... .............................................$76,500 (L) John Deere 8760 4WD, 300 hp................. ............................................$48,000 (G) John Deere 8260R 260 hp, 250 hours...... .........................................$209,900 (LV) John Deere 7930 180 hp, IVT, MFWD, duals...................................$137,500 (L) John Deere 7930 180 hp, AutoQuad, MFWD................................$129,500 (L) John Deere 7820 155 hp, MFWD.............. ............................................ $96,500 (H) John Deere 7810 150 hp, loader, grapple. ...........................................$63,500 (LV) John Deere 7800 145 hp, loader, grapple. ............................................ $56,500 (H) John Deere 7730 152 hp, MFWD.............. ...........................................$114,000 (B) John Deere 7520 125 hp, MFWD with loader.................................. $95,500 (H) John Deere 7430 Premium cab, MFWD.. ...........................................$138,000 (L) John Deere 7430 145 hp, MFWD, loader.. .........................................$129,950 (LV) John Deere 7330 Premium 125 hp, MFWD................................$94,950 (LV) John Deere 7400 100 hp, cab, MFWD...... .............................................$33,000 (L) John Deere 7130 standard, 104 hp, cab, MFWD, PowrQuad with reverser............ .............................................$64,900 (L) John Deere 7210 95 hp, MFWD................ ............................................ $53,500 (H) John Deere 6430 Premium 99 hp, low hours, loader........................$74,500 (G) John Deere 6430 Premium 99 hp, low hours, loader.........................$74,500 (L) John Deere 6430 Premium 99 hp, low hours, loader........................ $74,500 (B) John Deere 6420 90 hp, MFWD, loader.... ...........................................$63,950 (LV) John Deere 6420 94 hp, MFWD, loader.... .............................................$52,500 (L) New John Deere 6140D 140 hp, MFWD, cab, loader, grapple............. $73,500 (H)

See us at Moodie Implement Co. for all of your new and used John Deere needs

Sprayers

John Deere 4710 sprayer...Coming in (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon.......... ............................................ $19,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft., 1500 gallon, 20”..... ........................................Coming in (H) 2-1996 Flexi-Coil 65 100-ft....$7500 ea. (H)

Miscellaneous Haying

John Deere 390 8-ft. flail mower...$5500 (H) John Deere trailer type sickle bar mower, 7-ft. bar, 540 PTO.................$1250 (LV) 35-ft. small square bale elevator with electric motor, excellent condition....... $1450 (B) New Holland 1033 bale wagon, auto tie.... ..............................................$5500 (LV) New Holland 1032 bale wagon, auto tie.... ..............................................$5950 (LV) Ford 501 7-ft. sickle mower, 3-point........... ..............................................$1650 (LV) Ford 501 7-ft. sickle mower, 3-point........... ..............................................$1350 (LV)

John Deere 5603 82 hp, MFWD, loader.... ............................................ $44,500 (H) John Deere 5420 MFWD, 65 hp, cab, loader.................................$43,500 (LV) John Deere 5320 65 hp, MFWD, loader, open cab...............................$29,500 (L) New John Deere 5101E 82 hp, cab, loader.................................. $53,500 (B) John Deere 4520 125 hp, loader............... ................................................$8900 (L) 1974 John Deere 4430 2WD, partial PowerShift, loader......................$14,500 (H) John Deere 4230 100 hp, cab, air, 3-point, quad range.........................$14,900 (LV) John Deere 4020 90 hp, PowrShift, cab.... ...............................................$6500 (G) John Deere 4010 85 hp, no 3-point, with DuAl loader..............................$6900 (L) John Deere 3720 MFWD, 44 hp, cab, 3-point, mid mower, rotary cutter, 10 hours................................... $35,445 (B) John Deere 2020 2WD, 54 hp, 3-point...... ............................................... $7900 (H) John Deere 1050 40 hp with loader.......... ............................................... $9900 (B) Cat MT845B 400 hp, track, 1800 hours..... .......................................... $189,000 (B) Case IH MX275 with L780 loader.............. .......................................... $156,000 (H) Case IH MXU130 MFWD, loader............... ............................................$65,000 (G) Case IH MX120 MFWD, loader.................. ............................................ $58,500 (H) 1976 International 1466 2WD with 3936 hours......................................$9500 (H) Massey-Ferguson 8120 130 hp, loader, 4600 hours.........................$52,500 (LV) New Holland 8160 90 hp, 2WD, no loader ............................................ $21,500 (H) New Holland TC40..................$16,000 (L) New Holland TV140 bidirectional, loader, 14-ft. head..........................$57,500 (LV) Versatile 875 4WD, 280 hp..... $22,000 (H) Allis Chalmers 7050, duals, loader, blade. ............................................ $17,500 (H) Steiger PTA325...................... $27,500 (H) Deutz Allis 7120..................... $16,500 (B) Ford 8000 105 hp, cab, loader... $8000 (H)

Drills

John Deere 1890 air drill ....... $97,000 (B) John Deere 1860/1900 42-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing............................... $69,900 (B) John Deere 1820/1900 60-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, double shoot......... $68,000 (H) John Deere 9450 50-ft. drill, 12” spacing, packers............................... $23,000 (H) John Deere 9450 10-ft. drill, 12” spacing, rubber press wheels.............. $3900 (H) John Deere 9350 40-ft. drill, 6” spacing, transport......................... Coming in (L) John Deere FB 12-ft. end wheel drill, 6” grass.....................................$2950 (LV) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft. air drill 12” spacing............................... $87,500 (H) 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 230 bushel, single shoot......... . .......................................... $51,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 9” spacing... . ...........................................$62,000 (L) Flexi-Coil 5000/1720 40-ft. air drill, 9” spacing................................$42,000 (L)

Tillage

Morris 743 49-ft. chisel plow with rod, harrows........................................ $3200 (H) Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar........... ................................................$6000 (L) Degelman 570 rock picker......... $3995 (H) Homebuilt 12-ft. water fill landroller........... ..............................................$1995 (LV) Bush Hog 14-ft. 3-point chisel plow........... ..............................................$2500 (LV) Homebuilt 18-ft. single fold chisel plow..... ..............................................$1200 (LV)

Windrowers & Mower Conditioners

2011 John Deere R450 windrower, V10, 994 14.5-ft. rotary head, 300 hours........ .........................................$107,500 (LV) John Deere D450 windrower with draper.. ...........................................$129,500 (L) John Deere 4995 windrower, 14.5-ft. rotary head, impeller.......................$75,000 (L) John Deere 4990 14.5-ft. rotary mower, impeller.................................$58,000 (L) John Deere 4895 windrower with 16-ft. sickle, steel conditioner....... $60,000 (H) John Deere 3830 windrower with 12-ft. sickle, steel conditioner......$18,500 (LV) John Deere 2320 windrower, gas.............. ....................................... Coming in (G) John Deere 2360, 1822 hours, 30-ft. draper.................................. $20,000 (G) John Deere 956 14.5-ft. rotary mower conditioner................................. $30,000 (G) John Deere 956 mower conditioner, impeller conditioner.......................$30,000 (L) John Deere 956 14.5-ft. rotary swing tongue................................. $20,000 (G) John Deere 945 13-ft. rotary mower conditioner..................................$13,950 (LV) John Deere 936 mower conditioner, impeller conditioner...................... $15,500 (B) Agco-Hesston 9635 windrower, 9190 16-ft. rotary head, 575 hours.......$92,500 (LV) Agco-Hesston 9365 windrower with 15-ft. rotary head.......................... $73,900 (B) Case IH WDX1101 with 14-ft. sickle.......... ............................................ $39,500 (B) Case IH 8870 with 16-ft. sickle...$35,000 (L) New Holland 116H with 16-ft. sickle, rubber roll conditioner.........................$7500 (L) Versatile 4025............................ $8800 (H) MacDon A30 16-ft. double sickle............... ............................................ $27,500 (H)

Round Balers

John Deere 568 round baler, twine only.... ............................................$26,500 (G) John Deere 567, MegaWide, no net.......... .............................................$26,600 (L) John Deere 567 round baler, no net.......... .............................................$21,000 (L) John Deere 567 net wrap, MegaWide....... .............................................$18,500 (L) 2002 John Deere 567 with MegaWide pickup...................................$21,000 (L) 2005 John Deere 567 with MegaWide pickup...................................$18,000 (L) 2002 John Deere 567 with MegaWide and mesh wrap............................$18,500 (L) John Deere 567 twine only, MegaWide..... ............................................$16,000 (G) John Deere 566 twine only..... $12,500 (H) John Deere 566 round baler, mega tooth, no net.................................$11,950 (LV) John Deere 566 round baler, 5x6 bales, no wrap..................................... $11,000 (G) John Deere 535 round baler, push bar, twine and net.......................... $7200 (G) John Deere 535 round baler, push bar, twind only............................... $6950 (H) John Deere 535 5-ft.x6-ft. bales, double twine arm, push bar...............$4950 (LV) Case IH RB564 round baler with net wrap. ............................................ $19,900 (B) Case 8465 round baler................$2900 (L) Hesston 560 round baler, twine only......... ................................................$4000 (L) New Holland 660 baler, twine only............ ...............................................$5950 (G) New Holland 648 baler, makes 4-ft. x 5-ft. bales with wrap......................$9500 (LV) New Holland BR780 round baler, wide pickup, net wrap..................... $7500 (H) Vermeer 605M net wrap, wide pickup........ ............................................ $17,500 (H) Vermeer 605K baler, twine only.....$5000 (L) 2001 Vermeer 605XL round baler............. .............................................$14,500 (L)

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1993 John Deere 9600 with 3360 hours, 2420 separator hours, 930 header, pickup reel.... $57,500 (H)

2009 John Deere 9670STS with 860 separator hours, duals, chopper................................. $210,000 (L)

2011 John Deere 9770STS with 329 hours, 257 separator hours, ProDrive................$282,000 (B)

John Deere 9760 with 1177 separator hours, Contour Master............................................. $175,000 (H)

2011 John Deere 9770STS with 205 hours, 163 separator hours, chopper................ $262,000 (G)

1992 Case IH 1680 with 4040 hours, 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, spreader............... $32,000 (H)

John Deere 7520 with MFWD, cab, loader and grapple.............................................. $95,500 (H)

John Deere 7930 180-hp, AutoQuad, duals............ ........................................................ $129,500 (L)

John Deere 4990 with 14.5-ft. rotary header, Impeller conditioner.............................................. $58,000 1992 Case IH 1680 with 2631 hours, long sieve...... ......................................................... $35,000 (G)

Deutz-Allis 7120 2-wheel drive, cab...... $16,500 (B)

1990 Case IH 1680 with 3524 hours, short sieve..... ......................................................... $30,000 (G)

John Deere 7330 Premium 125-hp, MFWD, cab.... .......................................................... $94,950 (L)

1980 John Deere 7720 with 2868 hours, header, rock trap, spreader...................................... $9500 (H) 2011 John Deere 9770STS with 196 hours, 141 separator hours.............................. $275,000 (H)

2009 Agco 9635 15.5-ft. rotary with 450 hours......... .........................................................$92,500 (LV)

2006 Case IH MXU130 MFD, powershift, loader...... ......................................................... $65,000 (G)

2006 Case IH MX275 MFD, loader, 1316 hours........ ........................................................$156,000 (H)

2006 John Deere 4995 16-ft. rotary with impeller conditioner..........................................$75,000 (L)

2011 John Deere 9770STS with 223 hours. No header............................................ $275,000 (G)

2011 John Deere R450 14.5-ft. rotary with 238 hours...............................................$107,500 (LV)

Walinga 6614 grain vac........................ $15,500 (H)

2009 John Deere 6430 Premium MFWD, PowerShift, loader................................................ $74,500 (G)

2011 John Deere 9770STS with 212 hours, 173 separator hours, chopper................ $262,000 (G)

(406) 538-5433

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BALER FOR SALE 2002 John Deere 348 baler, excellent condition....$12,500 obo

Call 406-240-4852

BOOM TRUCK FOR SALE 1990 Ford 10 ton boom truck, 65-ft. boom with 20-ft. jib, tub lock. Straight and tight...$14,000 Phone 406-253-1001

Industrial Equipment

Ben Hofeldt of Cleveland, Montana closes his eyes and holds on tight at the mutton bustin during the Cleveland Ranch Rodeo recently. (Photo courtesy of Vicki Hofeldt)

Protect cattle from heat stress

Hough H65 rubber tired front end loader..........................$18,500 JCB 508-40 telehandler, cab, air, heat, 40-ft. reach, 8000# lift...... . ....................................................................................$27,500 Kobelco mini-excavator with blade and thumb.................$18,500

Haying Equipment

Hesston 4655 baler, sharp...............................................$16,500 Case IH 8545 inline square baler......................................$14,500

Balewagons & Retrievers

New Holland 1095, self-propelled....................................... CALL New Holland 1089 diesel, new tires, clean......................$89,000 New Holland 1069 gas, rebuilt, sharp, clean....................... CALL New Holland 1069 balewagon, diesel engine..................$49,500 New Holland 1069 balewagon, gas engine......................$40,000 LATE MODEL New Holland 1068 diesel with new tires, ideal for Mil-Stak applications.....................................................$45,000 New Holland 1063 pull-type, 160 bale capacity.................. CALL New Holland Super 1049 self-propelled balewagon........$28,000 4-New Holland Super 1049 balewagons...... $12,000 to $28,000 2-New Holland 1037 balewagons................. $18,000 to $20,000 New Holland 1033 balewagons........................ $7500 to $10,500 2-New Holland 1032............................................................$8500 New Holland 1002 pull type................................................$3000 New Holland 1052 retriever................................................. CALL New Holland 1052 retriever bed..........................................$9500

Used and New parts available for ALL models of New Holland balewagons

Consignments

New Holland 1426 self-propelled baler, diesel, air...........$14,000 New Holland 276 baler........................................................$1700 New Holland 1495 haybine.................................................$8500 New Holland 1051 retriever on 1974 GMC truck....... Make Offer New Holland Super 1048 balewagon................................. CALL Ford 5600 2WD diesel tractor, cab...................................... CALL Massey Ferguson 12-ft. disc with new blades, nice...........$3500 Massey Ferguson 238 7-ft. sickle mower...........................$1500 John Deere 750 15-ft. no-till drill......................................$15,000 International 10-ft. end wheel drill, GSA 6” , single disc.....$1500 International 4 bottom trail plow, trip beam...........................$800 John Deere 3 bottom trail plow..............................................$500 Graham Hoeme 10-ft. chisel plow.........................................$800 Massey Ferguson 10-ft., 3-pt. Danish tine cultivator............$750 2000 Western Star dump truck, Cat 425 engine, 10 speed transmission, 44,000 lb. locking rear ends, 15-ft. Workman box, 50,000 miles on new engine overhaul..........................$34,000 1973 Ford pickup with slide in sprayer, 40-ft. boom............$1500 30-ft. grain auger with motor..................................................$300

Sod Buster Sales Inc. Farm Equipment Finding Service 505 Gingras Springs Rd, Polson, MT 59860

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Being proactive is the best way to deal with heat stress in cattle.

“Once cattle are in a severe state of heat stress, you may be too late to help them,” cautions Carl Dahlen, a North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service beef cattle specialist. “Having a solid management plan in place to address heat stress could pay big dividends in the form of maintained animal performance during periods of heat and in avoiding death losses in severe cases.”

Heat stress occurs when cattle are not able to dissipate heat.

Mammals have involuntary methods of regulating their internal body temperature, including shivering and sweating, to maintain “homeostasis,” or a constant, stable environment, according to Charlie Stoltenow, NDSU Extension veterinarian. Signs that animals are trying to maintain homeostasis include an increasing respiration rate, increased heart rate and increased panting.

While animals are using extra energy, their feed intake declines.

Dahlen and Stoltenow recommend producers take the following steps to protect cattle from heat stress: • Identify animals that are most susceptible to heat stress. They include feedlot animals closest to the market endpoint, very young and very old animals, and those with dark hides.

• Develop an action plan to deal with heat stress.

• Know when to intervene. A combination of factors, including temperature and humidity, drives heat stress.

An action plan should include the following: • Give each animal access to at least 2 inches of linear water trough space in a pen. This means that in a pen with 200 animals, you need to have 400 inches of linear water space. If your cattle have access to only small water troughs, add temporary space for additional water access during the summer.

• Evaluate your water supply lines and ensure you have sufficient water pressure and flow capacity to keep troughs full during times of peak water consumption.

• Move the animals’ feeding time to late afternoon or evening. This will allow rumen fermentation to take place during the cooler night temperatures, and it will increase the cattle’s lung capacity during the hotter daytime temperatures.

• If feeding once daily, consider moving feed delivery until the afternoon. If feeding multiple times daily, consider feeding a small meal in the morning and a larger portion of the diet later in the afternoon.

Decrease the amount of feed offerings dur-

ing and for several days after heat stress.

• Provide adequate air movement. Remove unessential wind barriers (portable wind panels, equipment, weeds and other objects) to promote better air movement.

Having mounds in pens gives cattle more elevation and possibly access to a microclimate with more wind.

• Cool the ground and the cattle gradually.

Sprinklers cool the ground cattle are lying on as much as they cool the cattle. Set up sprinklers well in advance of anticipated heat stress because cattle take time to adapt to changes. Use the sprinklers during mildly hot days so cattle become accustomed to the sights, sounds and the cooling effects of the sprinklers. An alternative to sprinklers is running a hose into pens to wet the ground where cattle will be lying. Run the sprinklers or wet the ground before the day’s peak temperatures.

• Be aware of the droplet size of water coming from the sprinklers. The goal is to have large droplets of water. A fine mist likely will make the pens even more humid and contribute to greater heat stress.

• Provide shade if possible.

• Add light-colored bedding (straw or corn stalks) to reduce the temperature of the ground on which cattle are lying. Apply bedding to the tops of mounds and other areas likely to have wind. Also, wet the bedding before or shortly after putting it out.

• Control flies as much as possible because hot cattle tend to bunch together and flies will add to the stress of hot days.

• Do not work cattle during temperature extremes. If working cattle is absolutely necessary, keep working time as short as possible, use calm-animal-handling techniques to minimize stress related to handling, and consider running smaller groups through the facility or into holding pens. Provide sufficient water in holding pens. Get started as early in the morning as daylight will allow. Do not work in the evening after a heat-stress day; cattle need this time to recover. Reconsider the necessity of working cattle during these periods; postpone or cancel some working events.

• Pay attention to long- and short-term weather forecasts and have a copy of the temperature humidity index chart readily available. Determine the potential risk threshold and be prepared, even if the risk is several index units away.

“Also, remember that interventions causing animals distress or to cool extremely rapidly could have disastrous consequences,” Stoltenow says.

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Rabies poses risk to livestock, pets

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University (NDSU) livestock specialists are warning producers and others to be on the lookout for rabid animals and to get their animals vaccinated against rabies.

“The increased number of skunk sightings, particularly in the daytime, has made us all the more aware of the increased risk of rabies exposure to both pets and livestock,” says Gerald Stokka, associate professor of livestock stewardship.

Skunks are the No. 1 source of the rabies virus in wildlife populations. All mammals are susceptible to rabies virus infection, and the infection essentially is 100 percent fatal.

The rabies virus is spread by animals carrying the virus in their saliva, according to Charlie Stoltenow, NDSU Extension Service veterinarian. The disease usually is transmitted to other animals or humans via bite wounds. The virus travels along the nerve fibers and ultimately reaches the brain, where it replicates. Those who have been infected develop symptoms of a central nervous system disorder.

Recently a family in rural North Dakota became exposed to rabies through handling and caring for an 8-week-old kitten. A family member “rescued” this kitten after finding it had been mauled by an unknown animal.

The kitten appeared to be doing well for about three weeks, then its behavior began to change. The animal became more excitable and vocal, and ultimately more aggressive, during about a three-day period. The family suspected rabies and had the kitten euthanized humanely. The kitten’s brain was submitted to the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for rabies testing.

The results were positive for rabies virus and the family had to undergo immunoglobulin (antibody) injections as well as a series of four rabies virus vaccinations.

“This whole situation could have been avoided had the young, unvaccinated kitten been euthanized immediately upon discovery,” Stokka says. “As stewards of all animals under our care, we have a responsibility to ourselves, to livestock and pets to decrease the risk of exposure to rabies.

“Rabies vaccination is highly effective,” he adds. “The vaccination of pets and, in some cases confined animals such a show animals, is our responsibility. Unvaccinated animals are at risk for exposure to rabies-carrying wildlife, primarily the skunk and the raccoon. Any wildlife, such as skunks, demonstrating unusual behavior during daylight hours must be interpreted as abnormal and eliminated as a potential risk.”

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension F under normal conditions.

There are days when finding bright spots Any activity can increase a cow’s body is hard because the beef industry is in a bit temperature several degrees. Even inactivity of a tough spot. Things will work out, but, during a period of a high heat can increase for today, it is tough. a cow’s body temperature. Water intake and For the short term, heat, humidity and excretion are required to reduce the cow’s windless days are bad news for cattle. body temperature.

Actually, for most living things, heat and The point to remember is the body is tryhumidity are not good. The confounding ing to expel heat. Even when things seem effects of direct and immediate health issues alright, if internal heat production exceeds with cattle, along with long-term feed availthe body’s ability to dissipate heat, the inability issues, have even the well-seasoned dividual or group of producer worried. cattle are in a crisis The problem is situation. Even with not new, but, unlike emergency intervenlast year, the temtion, such as external peratures continue to cooling with cold wareach for triple digits ter, internal metabolic and the scarcity of disturbances already seasonal rains across may have advanced, the U.S. is seriously resulting in weakness, impacting feed remuscle tremors and serves. collapse. As the circuIn the short term, latory system tries to heat impacts cattle respond, the cascadperformance because ing of failed heat-regcooling down, or the ulating mechanisms dissipation of body results in circulatory heat, is critical for surcollapse and death. vival. High temperaEven in recovered tures do not allow for cattle, the disturbance a good mechanism of their electrolytic to effectively dissibalance needs time to pate a cow’s internal recover. Those cattle body heat production. that are older, fat, The body needs to late-term pregnant or function at a preset have a compromised temperature range, so respiratory system are internal alerts sound subject to increased loud and clear when fatality rates. that temperature gets Likewise, newborn out of the acceptable calves are very susceptible to heat stroke. range. Death will ensue unless a normal Any cattle that are dark in color also will body temperature range is restored. be more at risk.

Recent high heat and humidity, plus There really is not much that, as producrelatively calm days, trigger overheating. ers, we don’t already know. Water, water Although the common thought is that this and more water, combined with no to low is a feedlot problem because of the confinedisturbance, helps. Cows and calves will ment and proximity of the cattle to each seek shade and a breeze. Artificial shading other, heat exhaustion knows no boundarand air circulation usually are impractical in ies. For instance, cattle have a typical rectal the world of extensive cow-calf production. temperature of 101 F. As the ambient temHaving cattle adapted to the environment perature and humidity go up and the wind is a key to a long-term production system goes down, the ability of an individual to that works. Is a hot day in July worth changremove excess body heat goes down. ing cattle type? Is a cold day in January A heat stress index has been calculated worth changing cattle type? to determine what alarms should go off and While you ponder the question, let the is well described in a new publication aucattle be and check water and check water thored by NDSU’s Carl Dahlen and Charlie and check water because water is critical.

Stoltenow. The NDSU Extension Service However, with the past high temperatures, publication “Dealing with Heat Stress in high humidity and no wind, a producer can Beef Cattle Operations” is available at do everything right but still have cows die. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/beef/ Somewhere in the middle is comfort. In as1615.pdf or through your local Extenother words, cold and hot, wet and dry, full sion office. or hungry, fast or slow, the list could go on Producers need to be very proactive about and on. the potential seriousness of pending weather In the short term, one side might be betscenarios. Common cow sense tells us that ter than the other but, in the long term, the cattle should not be worked when the heat middle is not too bad. In passing through index indicates stress. Why? Those animals the extremes, one can always rest assured that have adapted to higher temperatures you will pass back through the middle. For have a much larger tolerance for large that, I guess, there is some rest. However, swings in body temperature. the environment is harsh and, at times, the For instance, a camel obviously can tolerenvironment wins and we lose. ate heat, but a cow is not so fortunate. A cow May you find all your ear tags. prefers a very stable body temperature that preferably does not vary much more than 1 ##### Studies that examined what victims of a heart attack were doing and feeling in the hours preceding the event found acute emotional stress to be a common trigger. In one study, more than half of subjects reported being very upset or under great stress in the 24 hours before their attack. #####

Avoid heat-related illness

Even if you think you’re getting used to the triple-digit temperatures, you need to watch out for signs of heat-related illness.

Forms of heat-related illness include heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, says Tammy Roberts, University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education specialist.

Heat cramps usually occur as a result of heavy sweating, usually several hours after a person has been out of the heat, Roberts said. The cramps can be very painful and usually affect the arms, legs or abdomen.

“To help prevent heat cramps, drink a fluid that has electrolytes during and after long periods of heavy sweating,” she said.

Heat exhaustion happens when the body loses the ability to cool itself. This can occur when a person has been sweating heavily and not replacing fluids and electrolytes. Symptoms of heat exhaustion include headache, dizziness, loss of coordination, impaired judgment, anxiety, clammy skin and a weak, rapid pulse. Someone exhibiting these symptoms needs to be cooled down and drink fluids. Have them checked by a doctor.

Heat stroke, the most serious heat-related illness, is lifethreatening. It occurs when the body has lost too much water and salt. That loss, along with the body’s inability to cool itself, makes body heat rise to dangerous levels. Symptoms of heat stroke include a high body temperature with no sweating; any of the above symptoms of heat exhaustion; nausea and vomiting; seizures; difficulty breathing; and high blood pressure. If you suspect someone has heat stroke, call 911 and try to cool the person as quickly as possible.

Anyone can suffer from a heat-related illness, but the people at greatest risk are infants and young children, senior citizens, people who are obese and those who are already physically ill.

Roberts urges people to drink plenty of fluids during these times of extreme heat. “Water is a great choice. Fluids with electrolytes are recommended for long periods of heavy sweating.”

Digesting food actually creates heat in your body, so if the heat is bothering you, Roberts suggests eating smaller but more frequent meals.

Heat-related illness can be very serious but is avoidable.

“Remember, shade and water are your friends,” she said.

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Drought impacts feed costs and quality

By J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist, NDSU Extension Service conditions had any impact on the crop.

My generation remembers hearing about Aflatoxins are not considered common to the Dirty ’30s from our elders, and now I tell corn in the northern states, but cases have my young colleagues about the Dirty ’80s. been found in South Dakota and Minnesota, Are we heading into another major drought and that’s not far away. So be mindful of the period? origin of your feed shipments. Besides, if we Looking at the updated U.S. Drought would experience seven to 10 days of 90 to Monitor website, drought has its grip on the upper Midwest and is creeping ever closer 100 F heat in our area, our corn could become to us. susceptible to aflatoxins, too.

North Dakota farmers know that we are on Of course, the corn plant has to make the cusp of some significant weather-related an ear first to have grain for harvest. In the challenges. The impact of the Midwest’s worst drought-stricken areas of the country, drought has spawned U.S. Department of the corn and other crops may never mature.

Agriculture reports and generated announceThen producers are faced with the challenges ments such as this: Widespread drought has of salvaging the standing corn plants and created the largest ever natural-disaster area. turning them into silage or baleage.

That area encompasses more than 1,000 This brings up another potential weathercounties in 26 states. stressed feed problem: nitrates. Water qualCombine that with the World Agricultural ity already is a concern because of nitrates, Supply and Demand Estimates for U.S. feed sulfates and total dissolved solids creating grain supplies, which projects sharply lower potential health issues for livestock. Stunted corn production, and producers likely will corn will have nitrates that it was transportsee feed shortages and already are seeing ing in the stalks to make an ear of corn. skyrocketing grain prices.

Without adequate moisture, the corn plant Drought issues conjure up many concerns, shuts down seed formation. That leaves a from feed safety to harvest challenges. While high concentration of nitrate in the stalks. most of this region is far better off than However, if you know the level of nitrate in the Corn Belt and other drought-stricken your feed, you can dilute it with other feeds. regions, we have isolated cases in our So nitrate in feed generally is manageable. backyard, such as land broken out of the Livestock producers have many ways to Conservation Reserve Program or a forage utilize those marginal crops for feed, from as crop that had no moisture reserves, that never basic as placing electrified wire around the will make a crop. field as a temporary fence to making baleAgronomists earlier reported that with age. In 2009, when mold and wet conditions the early planting, we had the potential for were the challenge, a common practice for the best corn crop ever. Now, in the middle cattlemen was to fence and graze standing of July and without rain, crop losses will corn fields not harvested, although I recall occur. Moreover, this area sells much of concerns about grain overload from livestock its feed and forage to more concentrated munching on the ears. livestock-producing areas. That draw, fueled If you have plans of haying the crop, then by drought, likely will cause feed issues for keep in mind that raising the cutter bar leaves area producers as well. the highest concentration of nitrate (found in The logical questions, given the likelithe stalk) in the field. The obvious drawback hood of high-cost feed and feed shortages is the loss of precious feed because it’s not in areas surrounding this region, are: “What harvested. are the risks of harvesting these feeds?” or An alternative is to ensile it. But reducing “If I receive feed from the drought areas, the nitrate takes time, and a minimum wait what should I be testing for?” Because the of 30 days is necessary before feeding it as state already is dealing with water quality silage to allow time to reduce much of the issues, my best recommendation is to stay nitrates in the forage. Unfortunately, many tuned for updates and be proactive. In other farms no longer raise livestock and, therewords: Don’t guess. Test. fore, no longer have forage-harvesting equipThe security of testing the safety of certain ment to easily salvage fields or portions of feeds allows the users to make best managefields that may not be suitable for combining. ment decisions before problems develop. But More than 50 percent of the corn silage when feed is expensive and in short supply, samples submitted for nitrate testing so far the temptation is to overuse marginal-quality this summer have tested above the “safe” feed. threshold for mature cattle, according to Because mycotoxins are species specific, Dairyland Laboratories Inc. we have no rule of thumb about how much Mid-July is critical for farmers and ranchyou can feed. For some animals, mycotoxers in North Dakota and surrounding states. ins in feed may create reduced gains. For Unfortunately for many of our southern and example, lactating dairy animals already eastern counterparts, getting adequate rain are working hard to produce milk. Reducing now may be too late for crops. This horse their intake would cut into milk production race to the finish (harvest) for many in key and compromise cow health. corn and soybean states is a dismal trifecta Recommendations on feeding feed conof heat, drought and timing. The result is taining mycotoxins are not the same for all setting up to be an unwelcome scenario of animals. Hogs have little or no tolerance for crop losses and high feed prices. most mycotoxins, and horses cannot tolerate In fact, an informal poll on the Dairy Herd even low levels of fumonisin, a mycotoxin Network’s website asked readers if corn derived from Fusarium, which are fungi that prices would exceed $8 per bushel at some can produce mycotoxins in cereal grains. point this year. Of the 79 votes, 70 percent So what should you test for? In the case of expect the price to exceed $8. corn shipped into our area, that is a difficult Some experts anticipate that the 2012 question to answer because much of the feed Midwestern drought could have the greatest crop isn’t harvested yet. When receiving impact on American agriculture since 1988. corn, the worrisome mycotoxins are aflatoxAt this writing, the 10-day forecasts show ins, especially for dairy producers, because little chance of any rain falling across the aflatoxins can be transmitted into the milk.

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Spider mites continue to cause problems in fields

By NDSU Extension Service Spider mites continue to be a pest problem in dry beans, soybeans and field corn in droughty areas.

Spider mites typically infest the edges of a field edge, so producers should scout there first to determine if mites are present.

A quick sampling procedure is to hold a piece of white paper below the leaves and then hit the leaves to dislodge the mites. The mites will appear as tiny dust specks. However, the mites will move after being knocked off the leaf.

Another method is to pull some plants and examine the undersides of the leaves for mites and webbing.

“Soybeans are most susceptible to damage during the full pod (R4) through beginning seed (R5) stages because the yield is being set at the R4 and R5 stages,” says Janet Knodel, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service entomologist. “However, producers should continue to scout soybeans for spider mites until maturity because they will continue to feed on any green tissue.”

Spider mite feeding reduces the photosynthetic area of the leaves and heightens drought stress. Spider mites can cause reduced pod set, seed number and seed size in soybeans. If spider mites cause leaf drop or kill the plant, pod fill can be stopped. Pods on mite-stressed plants are more likely to shatter, which also compounds yield loss.

“As soybeans get closer to maturity, be sure to observe the preharvest intervals of insecticides, which can vary from 14 to 28 days,” Knodel says.

Field corn is susceptible to spider mite damage from tasseling through the hard dough stage. When the corn has reached the hard dough stage, it is no longer susceptible.

“Our drought conditions stress plants, whether mites are present or not,” Knodel says. “If conditions continue, treating for mites is no guarantee plants will recover because of the drought. In addition, products labeled for mite control often do not give adequate control (less than 80 percent), so mite populations may rebound quickly to pretreatment levels or higher. Recent much-needed rain and humidity in some areas will help slow spider mite infestations.”

A fungal pathogen can help reduce mite populations naturally. Conditions that are good for the development of the pathogen are temperatures cooler than 85 degrees, with at least 90 percent relative humidity for 12 to 24 hours.

FeedList connects livestock feed buyers, sellers

Abnormally dry conditions in western North Dakota have many livestock producers needing additional forage this year.

Farmers and ranchers who have feedstuff such as hay or corn for sale can list it on North Dakota State University’s FeedList website, which is designed to connect feed sellers and buyers. Producers also may list pasture they have for rent.

FeedList, at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/feedlist, shows what each seller has for sale, how the feed is stored (large round bales, small bales, etc.) and the seller’s contact information.

Prospective buyers can select what they want to buy and contact the sellers. Using FeedList is free of charge.

North Dakota producers who want to buy or have feed to sell should contact their county Extension Service office to have the information added to FeedList. Out-of-state buyers and sellers can use an online form to submit their information.

Buyers and sellers who no longer need FeedList’s services should contact their county Extension office or the database’s manager, Bob Bertsch, at robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu to have the entry removed.

The FeedList website also has links to similar services in other states and information on needed and available feedlots and truckers for hire.

Unusually dry conditions have been a problem in far western North Dakota since August or September 2011, according to Roger Ashley, North Dakota State University Extension Service agronomist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center. Plus, freezing temperatures in May 2012 injured growing alfalfa plants, and the alfalfa weevil is plaguing the area.

“The growth of plants in pastures and hay fields is very short for some to the extent that these fields will not be grazed or harvested this year,” Ashley says.

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A biological pesticide developed at Montana State University will enter the fight this month to control a threat to Montana’s $38 million seed potato industry after receiving a provisional go-ahead from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA’s emergency exemption for Certis USA’s product BmJ WG will allow Montana growers to use the agent discovered by researchers with MSU’s College of Agriculture to combat potato virus Y, or PVY. The virus has shown a resurgence in seed potatoes in the United States, said Nina Zidack, director of the MSU Potato Lab, the facility that certifies that seed potatoes grown in Montana meet very strict disease tolerances.

“The growers are certainly very enthusiastic for the arrival of any new tool to reduce infection from PVY,” Zidack said.

The “Section 18” regulatory exemption spurred BmJ onto the commercial market for Montana seed potato growers months earlier than a normal EPA registration process would have permitted.

Barry Jacobsen, a professor of plant sciences and plant pathology in MSU’s College of Agriculture, discovered BmJ in 1994 during efforts to tame outbreaks of Cercospora leaf spot in northeast Montana. By isolating from the healthy plants in otherwise devastated fields, Jacobsen discovered a bacterium he dubbed Bacillus mycoides isolate J, or BmJ, that could trigger the plants’ immune response to various pathogens. In the research Jacobsen has led since, BmJ has shown an astonishing ability to control plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses.

A biological control - as opposed to an industrial chemical-based pesticide - BmJ induces what scientists call systemic acquired resistance in plants. The bacterium has the potential to be an important diseasecontrol tool for growers of a wide variety of crops, Jacobsen said.

That promise prompted Jacobsen and MSU to patent the discovery. Certis licensed the technology in 2011 and is in the process of clearing the EPA regulatory hurdles required for the product’s commercial release in the U.S. Facing increased pressure by potato virus Y in seed potatoes, and the difficulty in con-

trolling the aphids that spread the disease, Jacobsen and Zidack asked the Montana Department of Agriculture to petition the EPA for what is known as Section 18 emergency exemption on BmJ. Section 18 of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act allows the EPA to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time if the EPA determines that an emergency condition exists.

Jacobsen said the problem is the possibility that potato virus Y could disrupt the cycle of production in the certified seed potatoes, which must meet minimum requirements for disease tolerance. Growers begin the four-year cycle of seed potato production with what is called nuclear generation seed - a product that has been certified as free of any virus or bacterial diseases by Zidack’s lab.

“The emergency is, if you miss enough generations, you have to start all over again,” Jacobsen said. “So this year’s crop is critical to protect. And based on three years of field research on BmJ in potato crops, we believe that it will give the farmers a much-needed boost in the fight against potato virus Y.” Montana is an important source of seed stock for U.S. potato farmers. Zidack said more than 12 percent of potatoes grown in the United States comes from the certified seed potatoes produced in Montana.

There are 52 families growing seed potatoes in Montana, with the largest production coming from the Gallatin Valley. Additional seed potato acreage is located in Beaverhead, Madison, Broadwater, Lake, Flathead, Deerlodge, and Kinsey counties.

In June, the EPA granted a Section-18 exemption that calls for the use of BmJ on up to 2,675 acres of seed potatoes in the state. The first shipments of BmJ will land on the shelves of Montana agricultural supply stores this week.

Jacobsen said he was glad the technology will have its official debut in Montana.

“Since we discovered it in Montana and we did years of research on it here, it’s nice that its first commercial use will be by Montana farmers,” Jacobsen said.

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Super-low interest rates set record

Recently there was an interest-rate record set. North Carolina State University’s Mike Walden explains what it was and what it means for the economy.

SprayerS allowrate you to: on something “Well …, the record was theour interest called 10-year Treasury notes. These are investments issued by the federal government, where you loan the federal government, in this case, money for up to 10 years. The interest rate was a low 1.5 percent.

“In fact, for a while that rate actually went below 1.5 percent. It had never ever been that low. So this is … certainly a record. And another reason this is important is the 10-year Treasury note rates are in some sense a benchmark for other long-term interest rates. So people out there who are trying to borrow money are finding, for example, the mortgage interest rates are very low also. affordable, “Now this super-low rate has a number of implications. One, liGhtweiGht from an investor’s point of view,Crop it means investors can’t get Sprayer very high interest rates on interest sensitive investments like treasury notes or CDs, et cetera.

“It also suggests however … on a good note that the money markets are not concerned about long-run inflation, because that would normally be seen through a higher interest rate.

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Glyphosate-resistant kochia found in Montana

A researcher for the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station’s Southern Agricultural Research Center in Huntley has identified glyphosate-resistant kochia populations in fields north of Gildford and Hingham in Montana.

Prashant Jha, associate professor and weed scientist at the research center, suspects the kochia is also growing in Rudyard, Inverness, and Joplin.

“Kochia is the most troublesome weed in wheat-fallow cropping systems because it spreads so quickly and has developed a resistance to glyphosate - commonly known as Roundup,” Jha said.

This is the first report of glyphosateresistant kochia in Montana.

“It is critical information for farmers across the state to know we have confirmed this resistant strain of kochia,” said Jha, who has been studying herbicide-resistant weeds at the center for several years. According to Jha, the weeds developed a resistance to the herbicide where farmers relied solely on glyphosate for weed control under wheatfallow cropping systems.

Growers in Montana have expressed concern about controlling kochia in the past, but this year has been devastating with crop infestation rates as high as 70 percent in some fields north of Gilford and Hingham, Jha said.

In chem-fallow fields, some growers were spraying 24 to 32 ounces of Roundup alone with at least three applications and those fields had the most severe infestation.

On the other hand, those growers using Roundup (24 to 28 oz/a) two to three times in combination (tank-mix) with 4 to 6 oz/a of Banvel and/or 10 to12 oz/a of LV6 (2,4D) had lower infestation levels, but the weed was still evident. It appears Roundup by itself even at the high rates has no control over the kochia. The other combinations are taking the weed down but do not appear to be killing the weed completely.

The infested fields were within a 50-mile radius of Canada. Jha is advising growers that this problem will grow if not quickly managed. There are alternative herbicide programs that can control kochia, he said.

Jha and his research team will collect seed samples from grower this fall to confirm the level of resistance in kochia populations. Jha’s research falls into three areas: screening for herbicide resistant weed biotypes, investigating mechanisms for resistance, and exploring alternative strategies for fighting the resistance. At the Huntley

center, researchers are concerned many herbicides previously used in Montana are no longer effective. Previous research confirmed wild oats, Persian darnel, and Russian thistle are herbicide resistant.

Jha also advised growers to avoid using Roundup in their burndown program. The use of high rates may aggravate the problem even more as plants develop higher levels of resistance. Rotating herbicides and using tank-mixes with multiple modes of action should manage the problem. Jha suggested growers immediately use alternative burndown herbicides like paraquat (Gramoxone) to clean up their chem-fallow fields before the kochia plants produce seeds this year.

“Managing the resistant seedbank is critical to managing this problem,” Jha said.

Some growers not under the Conservation Stewardship program were also told to use shovel-plows to get rid of the resistant kochia prior to planting winter wheat.

MSU research and Extension personnel will work closely with agriculture and industry professionals to resolve this problem, Jha said.

“We will conduct grower meetings fall and winter across the state to educate growers on herbicide-resistant kochia management,” he said.

Glyphosate-resistant Kochia is also a major concern in sugar beet fields, because more than 99 percent of the growers rely solely on glyphosate for weed control. Jha recommended an integrated weed management (IWM) program to prevent the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.

Jha advises growers to apply herbicides at the rate suggested by the manufacturer and to use a tank mixture which includes multiple herbicide products. Jha’s research involves evaluating new herbicide chemistries, optimizing herbicide tank-mixes, and studying application timing and rate in diversified crops grown in Montana.

Jha suggested using soil-applied residual herbicides at, or prior to, planting can potentially reduce weed bank recruitment and reduce weed interference, especially early in the season.

Diversifying crop rotations are also a critical component to IWM, and scientists at the SARC recommend rotating pulse crops such as peas and lentils - especially where growers have traditionally relied on wheat fallow rotations. Jha also advises high seeding rates for crops as a long-term weed management strategy.

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By B. Lynn Gordon, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist The South Dakota Certified™ program was started in 2005 with the goal to develop a value added beef product from South Dakota. Now eight years later, the program is still accepting participants and aiding producers in reaching out to new marketing opportunities.

Sarah Jorgensen staff member with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture coordinates and provides oversight to South Dakota Certified. Jorgensen was one of several speakers addressing beef marketing options at a recent educational seminar hosted by South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension in Mitchell, South Dakota. She provided an update about recent rule changes in the program and current costs of enrollment.

The South Dakota Certified program actually consists of two components both of which are process verified programs through the USDA and allow for third party verification.

One component focuses on aiding producers with opening up new marketing opportunities as they enroll their cattle in a verification program to track the age-and-source of the cattle. This component is labeled South Dakota Certified Enrolled Cattle™. By following the outlined guidelines beef producers can market their cattle for age-and-source programs available with a number of packing companies that are seeking cattle for the export market.

The second component focuses on the end product produced — the beef. Thus this component is called South Dakota Certified Beef™. The primary requirement of this component is that the enrolled cattle can never leave the borders of South Dakota. The cattle must be born, raised and harvested in South Dakota. The program is anticipating future growth when the proposed Northland Beef Packers of Aberdeen, a 1,500 head per day harvest facility opens.

Cattle producers must be Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certified prior to the birth of any calves on their ranch that would be enrolled in the program. This BQA certification is available by contacting the South Dakota Beef Industry Council and is available at no cost to producers. Producers will also be asked to work with their veterinarian to complete Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530 a Critical Management Plan (CMP) as a continuation of 406-873-5505 the BQA training, however, this phase does not have to be completed before the calves are born.

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Raccoons are native to Montana but have greatly expanded their range in the state. Photo by FWP.

Seen a raccoon lately?

By Bruce Auchly, FWP Region 4 Information Officer An acquaintance the other week asked if Montana has raccoons.

Well of course we do. How silly is that.

Then again, maybe that’s not such a silly question. Depending on your age, a native Montanan could have grown up without ever seeing some animals common today, like the raccoon and red fox.

Raccoons are Montana residents, probably native, and found nowadays everywhere in the state. However, they are nocturnal, meaning they man the graveyard shift while the rest of us sleep.

We can cross paths with this masked mammal if we are out late, or early, or in the morning when we survey the damage: garbage strewn about, droppings on decks and picnic coolers overturned or broken.

And while they are everywhere now from prairies to river bottoms to towns that wasn’t always the case.

Although raccoons probably were in eastern Montana along the Yellowstone River at the time of Lewis and Clark, the expedition journals do not mention the species in Montana. The journals report a raccoon in Missouri, then not until the Columbia River.

In the winter of 1806, from the shores of the Pacific Ocean, Meriwether Lewis wrote: “The raccoon is found … on this coast in considerable quantities.”

According to “The Wild Mammals of Montana,” by Kerry Foresman, raccoons moved from Idaho into the Bitterroot Valley in the 1940s, then the Flathead Valley and finally central Montana via the Missouri River in the 1950s and 1960s.

Raccoons flourish around humans. We provide shelter through old buildings, abandoned cars and the accoutrements of civilization along with all sorts of nourishment: pet food, garbage, even commercial crops.

An elderly friend who grew up near Havre during the Depression once commented that she never saw a raccoon or red fox during her childhood. Havre being in north central Montana would have fit the area last inhabited by raccoons and the last hold out against the red fox.

Like the raccoon, the red fox is now found from Alaska and all the Canadian provinces south through the lower 48 states in the continental U.S. In Montana, this small member of the canine family probably spread from east and west to the center. Foresman’s book says as late as 1969 there was no evidence of its existence in a line running from Liberty and Hill counties on the Hi-Line southeast through Big Horn County.

By the mid-1990s, however, trapping records indicate the animal was being taken in central Montana.

The red fox benefited from human changes to the landscape, such as old fields near housing developments or golf courses, according to Foresman.

Also, the occasional war humans waged on coyotes may have had a positive effect on red fox. That’s because when the two species occur in the same area, the coyote will harass and even prey on the smaller red fox.

In fact the wildlife wars that eliminated or greatly reduced the wolf, coyote and the swift fox opened habitat for generalists like raccoons and red fox.

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Use of BioPRYN to determine pregnancy status

By Phil Steichen, Sharnae Klein and Quynn Larson, Graduate Students; Carl Dahlen, NDSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist; Bryan Neville, Animal Scientist, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, Streeter, N.D.; Chris Schauer, Director, Hettinger Research Extension Center, Hettinger, N.D. ing a shortage of large-animal veterinarians, In the U.S. beef industry, less than 20 percent of beef producers pregnancy check BioPRYN is a viable alternative to traditional their cattle. Producers with larger herds methods of pregnancy determination, such (those who have a greater proportion of their as palpation per rectum and transrectal ulincome coming from cattle) are more likely trasonography. In addition, the use of Bioto incorporate pregnancy checking into their PRYN eliminates variation in the accuracy management scheme compared with producof pregnancy detection resulting from a lack ers who have smaller herds. However, cost of expertise in technicians performing tradicontrol and identifying nonpregnant cows tional detection methods. are important for herds of all sizes to remain The objective of this study is to comprofitable. pare pregnancy diagnosis via transrectal Pregnancy-Specific Protein B (PSPB) is ultrasound with pregnancy detection via the a glycoprotein hormone released by certain BioPRYN system to determine pregnancy cells in the bovine placenta that develop status and whether BioPRYN is a useful tool between days 18 and 20 of gestation. As the for beef producers to group cows according pregnancy progresses, the amount of PSPB to predicted calving date. found in the blood increases. A commercial The study is being conducted with cows at test, BioPRYN (www.biotracking.com/), is two locations: Central Grasslands Research available to detect the presence of PSPB in Extension Center, Streeter, North Dakota, cattle, horses, bison, sheep, goats and several and Hettinger Research Extension Center, types of wildlife. This test is an accurate preHettinger, North Dakota. Central Grassdictor of pregnancy status in cattle beginning lands maintains a cow herd of 460, with an around day 28 of gestation. additional 100 heifers, whereas Hettinger With many areas of the country experiencmaintains approximately 100 cows. All cows are part of the project detailed in the June 2011 Research Corner section of The Ranch Hand.

All cattle were scanned via transrectal ultrasonography 49 days after the beginning of the breeding season to determine the presence and age of the fetus and proportion of cattle that became pregnant during the first 21 days of the breeding season. The cattle also will be scanned at least 35 days after the end of the breeding season to determine final pregnancy status and fetal age.

At the time of the final ultrasound scan, 2-milliliter blood samples will be collected from either the jugular or tail veins in blood tubes and submitted to BioTracking LLC for determination of the concentration of PSPB and optical density.

Results of the PSPB pregnancy test will be compared with results of the ultrasound pregnancy determination to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the test. In addition, all cows will be monitored through calving. Results of the BioPRYN test will be compared with calving data to retrospectively determine whether cattle can be sorted into calving groups accurately based on PSPB results.

Results from this project will allow producers to see the usefulness of a bloodbased pregnancy test and offer insight into the utility of using this test in expansive beef operations. Also, these data will be used for a future article about why producers may want to consider different methods of pregnancy detection in different scenarios. ##### Church notes: Do you love to sin? The church choir is looking for new members.

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Harvest options for forages

By Warren Rusche, South Dakota State University Harvesting quality feedstuffs can somevious is that different equipment is needed times be a challenge. It can be especially compared to baling hay. A producer would challenging in late spring or early summer need to either purchase or hire the neceswhen too often there isn’t enough time besary chopping, hauling, and storage equiptween rain events to get forages completely ment unless the operation already had that cured and dry enough to be baled as dry hay. equipment on hand. Also, more labor may A number of hay producers have explored be required. For instance, there may be a alternatives to baled hay as a way to comneed for one person running the chopping plete harvest without needing to deal with equipment, one hauling away from the field, rained on forage. plus one more running either the bagger or One alternative is harvesting forage as packing tractor. Harvesting the forage as higher moisture haylage. The largest single baled hay could probably be accomplished advantage is that the hay only needs to wilt with just one person. One factor to keep to about 35 to 45% dry matter; it does not in mind, however, is that once the haylage have to completely cure. That means a crop is harvested and stored there wouldn’t shorter time interval between cutting and be any additional labor required. Baled harvest and reduced risk of losing forage hay would still need to be loaded, hauled nutrients due to rain. Also there should be and stacked before the forage could be less leaf shattering by chopping at a higher fed. A producer also needs to keep in mind moisture content which should result in that moving haylage involves handling higher quality, more valuable forage. a significant amount of water. This does Of course there are some tradeoffs to limit marketing alternatives if the producer harvesting forage as haylage. The most obdecides to sell rather than feed as dry hay is easier to transport and more marketable.

Just as with baled hay, proper storage techniques are necessary to prevent excessive losses before feeding. In the case of haylage, keeping oxygen out of the bag, bunker or silo is critical to keeping dry matter losses to a minimum. It’s very important to sufficiently pack the pile to eliminate air pockets and to increase the density of the bunker. Bunker silos or piles need to be covered to prevent a layer of spoiled feedstuffs.

Also, bags and bunker covers alike need to be checked during the storage period to make sure that there aren’t any holes in the plastic to let in air.

Another hay method that is becoming more popular is to use a specialized baler to create high moisture bales, or baleage. In this system the bale is entirely covered with a plastic wrap to exclude oxygen. This method eliminates the need for a separate chopper and hauling system, while still allowing a producer to harvest at higher moisture levels. The plastic wrapping does present some challenges. First, these bales need to be handled carefully to avoid creating holes and allowing air to contact the forage. Second, there would be a significant amount of plastic to be disposed of with each bale. A producer should consider how that waste would be disposed before adopting this system.

Adopting either of these higher moisture harvest methods would lead to some additional expenses for plastic wrap, fuel, labor etc. The hay producer needs to evaluate that added cost with the potential for improved forage quality and determine if alternatives to dry baled hay make economic sense for their business.

Eating meat, an ethical choice

By Justin Bartholomay, ND Beef Ambassador The topic of vegetarianism has been one of large controversy and I would like to discuss the issue and give you my take on it. I, Justin Bartholomay, currently preside as the North Dakota Beef Ambassador, and although being vegetarian is an okay way of life, I would like to inform others on the many great aspects that eating beef entails. I grew up on a cow/calf operation in Sheldon, North Dakota, and still play a key role in the four generation family business today. After graduating high school last year, I attended North Dakota State University majoring in Animal Science, with a minor in Agribusiness as well as Extension Education. Through my experience, I hope that I can help others understand the opportunities that eating beef can give them. According to “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner,” beef is a great source of protein, zinc, iron, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and also niacin. A 3 ounce serving of lean beef contributes less than 10% of the calories in a 2,000 calorie diet. At the same time, it supplies more than 10% of the Daily Value of these nutrients. This results in the fact that beef is a nutrient rich food.

Protein is an essential nutrient to all humans because it helps repair wounds. It is especially important in children and elderly because it helps children grow, and it helps elderly stay strong. Iron is important to the human body because it helps transport oxygen to all of the organs. Zinc is important because it helps the immune system stay strong.

According to “Beef Nutrition,” eating beef helps people meet the nutrient needs that they need daily. Through a 2005 analysis, it was indicated that: Beef eaters were 11% more likely to meet nutrient requirements for protein than non-beef eaters.

Beef eaters were 24% more likely to meet nutrient requirements for vitamin B12 than non-beef eaters.

Beef eaters were 13% more likely to meet nutrient requirements for iron than non-beef eaters.

Beef eaters were 26% more likely to meet nutrient requirements for zinc than non-beef eaters.

According to “Beef Nutrition,” a single serving of beef far outweighs the nutrient levels of vegetative foods. Therefore, vegetarians have to eat far more food in order to retain the amount of daily nutrients they need for a healthy life. For iron, a vegetarian would have to eat two and three-fourths cups of raw spinach to eat the same amount of iron that would be in a single serving of lean beef. For vitamin B6, a vegetarian would have to eat a whopping six and a half cups of raw spinach to get the same amount of vitamin B6 that would be in a single serving of lean beef.

Besides the nutritious value that beef has, it can also help save lives. According to “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner,” Eating lean beef daily as part of a heart-healthy diet can help lower cholesterol. Also, when lean beef, such as Top Sirloin, Tenderloin, T-Bone steak, and 95% lean Ground Beef, is included as part of a healthy diet, your risk of heart disease can be reduced. In fact, 17 of the top 25 most popular fresh meat cuts sold at retail stores are lean.

According to “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner,” One disease that can easily be stopped from occurring by eating meat daily is sarcopenia. “Sarcopenia is an age-related condition that causes loss of muscle mass and strength as you get older, making it difficult to perform daily tasks. Sarcopenia leads to a decline in lean body mass and occurs as early as age 40 and can result in the loss of as much as a third of muscle mass over time. Sarcopenia can also lead to lower lean body mass and lower bone density. The risk of sarcopenia increases with age. In fact, it’s a condition that affects up to half of those in their 80’s. By reducing sarcopenia prevalence by 10 percent, $1.1 billion in healthcare costs would be saved each year.

While about 9.1 million Americans suffer from sarcopenia, recent research does suggest that modest changes to the diet, by increasing protein intake, can combat, and in some cases reverse, this debilitating condition. (Beef).”

All in all, I believe that eating meat is an ethical choice due to the many reasons I have stated. The nutritious effect that it can have on humans is enormous. Therefore, I encourage everyone to at least try eating a piece of meat if they never have. You might be surprised with the great quality meat offers due to its taste, tenderness, and ability to overcome hunger easily. ##### Lynn was in a public restroom with her newly pottytrained granddaughter when they heard the person in the next stall start to relieve herself. The little girl clapped her hands and shouted in encouragement, “Yea, lady!”

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The first 21 days

By Carl Dahlen, NDSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist pastures would need to increase according Several studies have quantified the difto the proportion we anticipate becoming ferent advantages that calves born during pregnant early. Data from the North Dakota the first 21 days of the calving season have Beef Cattle Improvement Association’s over those that are born later. Each day a Cow Herd Appraisal and Performance Softcalf is on the ground, it has the opportunity ware (CHAPS) revealed that the proportion to gain weight, and the relationship between of females becoming pregnant during the birth date and actual weaning weight is first 21 days of the breeding season ranged obvious: Older calves are typically heavier from 58 to 64 percent during the past 10 at weaning compared with younger calves. years. Therefore, we would conservatively However, these effects extend well beyond estimate that 60 percent of the heifers would the time of weaning. become pregnant during the first 21 days.

In calves placed in feedlots, the greater To calculate the stocking rates of breedfeedlot entry weights (a function of greater ing pastures in this scenario, we would weaning weights) are followed by heavier divide the number of replacements we are final carcass weights, improvements in targeting to retain by 60 percent (0.60). For carcass quality grade and the proportion example, if a producer wishes to retain and of carcasses qualifying for premium beef calve out 50 replacement heifers, 84 heifers programs for calves born during the first 21 would be stocked onto breeding pastures (50 days of the calving season compared with ÷ 0.60 = 84 total heifers). The divisor used those born later. In addition, a greater prois herd-specific, and producers knowing the portion of replacement heifers born during proportion of heifers becoming pregnant the first 21 days of the calving season were early in their herds should anticipate accordcycling at the start of their first breeding ingly. Perhaps the benchmark of 65 percent season, and this subsequently led to greater of the cows becoming pregnant within the overall pregnancy rates compared with heiffirst 21 days is achieved regularly and only ers born later in the calving season.

77 heifers would need to be kept.

We also begin to see impacts of early The number of heifers mentioned above calving on the cows themselves. The pattern is obviously a much larger number of heifof late-calving cows becoming perpetually ers than normally would be run on many late calving and subsequently not becomoperations. Several items are critical to the ing pregnant is familiar to all of us. Early success of developing a successful system calving cows are more likely to become of retaining only those females pregnant pregnant early in the next breeding season within the first 21 days of the breeding and a recent report (Kill et al., 2012) began season: to quantify the impacts of replacement heif• Enough high-quality heifers and bull ers calving within the first 21 days of the power to stock breeding pastures at sugcalving season on longevity in the cow herd. gested rates - If sufficient numbers of The average time early calving heifers rehigh-quality replacements are not available mained in the herd was 5.1 years compared but a second-tier group of heifers is availwith only 3.9 years for heifers that calves able, then producers are faced with another after the first 21 days of the calving season question: What is better for the long-term in a group of 2,195 South Dakota producerprofitability of the herd - a better-quality owned cattle. In a group of 16,549 cattle heifer that likely will not last in the herd, managed at the U.S. Department of Agriculor a slightly lower-quality heifer that likely ture’s Meat Animal Research Center, heifwill last in the herd? This can be answered ers calving in the first 21 days, second 21 only by the herd manager. days and later had an average longevity of • Enough winter feed supply and grazing 8.2, 7.6 and 7.2 years, respectively. In both pasture, or money to secure each, to develop cases, data were confined to cattle culled extra heifers - Aside from that exception of for nonpregnancy, and other types of culls producers who normally retain nonreplace(conformation, temperament, etc.) were ment heifers as yearling stocker cattle, grazremoved for the analysis. Taken together, ing plans and stored feed supplies would this work showed that early calving heifers need to be adjusted to facilitate the greater had at least a one-calf lifetime advantage number of breeding heifers maintained. compared with late-calving heifers.

• A method of identifying heifers that This one-calf lifetime advantage also was are pregnant within the first 21 days of the complemented by extra weaning weight breeding season - Accuracy and timing of at the end of the breeding season that acpregnancy diagnosis are critical when buildcumulated to the weight of an additional ing a system that relies on knowing when calf during the lifetime of the cow. Thus conception occurred. The earlier pregnancy heifers that calved during the first 21 days determination can be conducted relative to of the calving season had the equivalent of breeding, the more accurate it will be. In a two-calf lifetime advantage over those addition, the timing of pregnancy determiheifers that calved after the first 21 days of nation is critical to ensure that all pregnant the calving season. The moral of this story heifers are detected and appropriately classhould be to focus on keeping heifers that sified into groups according to estimated become pregnant during the first 21 days of conception dates (for more details, see the the breeding season.

August 2011 article in The Ranch Hand With this in mind, producers may want titled “Consider Early Pregnancy Checkto consider their heifer development and ing”). management strategies and related costs a • A solid marketing plan for nonpregnant few different ways. We are all very cogniheifers and for heifers that became pregnant zant of the costs associated with developing after the 21-day breeding target - Remember heifers through their first breeding season. that we started with a high-quality group of Producers may not wish to retain any more replacements, and because of the diversity heifers on breeding pastures than they wish in the beef industry, the heifers that became to keep for themselves to control costs. pregnant outside of one producer’s target However, an alternative method of stockmay be exactly what another producer is ing replacement heifer breeding pastures looking for. If natural-service bulls are used, would be to stock enough heifers so that then a market for a group of bred heifers the number of replacements needed would needs to be secured. Additionally, a favorbe met solely by those heifers becoming able market for nonpregnant heifers should pregnant during the first 21 days of the be identified. Quite likely, the open-heifer breeding season. To achieve this stocking rate, the number of heifers on breeding CONTINUED ON PAGE C62

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Trade Team Visits Heat Up With Summer The 2012 trade team season has arrived, and it is shaping up to be busier than ever for the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.

South Korea Representatives of four key flour milling companies in South Korea that control as much as 85 percent of the Korean flour market recently visited Montana, and got a great look into the state’s current wheat crop.

“Each of these team members helps affect their companies’ decisions on what wheat to buy, including origin, class and other quality specifications,” said Dr. Woojoon Park, senior marketing specialist in the U.S. Wheat Seoul Office, who will accompany the team. “Providing them with timely, firsthand information on the current wheat crop reinforces the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat.”

The information from this annual survey helps team members develop a U.S. wheat import plan for the year. During this tour, the Korean team met with wheat farmers, breeders and exporters in addition to surveying the current year’s hard red winter, hard red spring, soft white and hard white wheat crops.

The group arrived in Great Falls and traveled to Bozeman, where they toured the Post Farm and met with researchers from Montana State University. After visiting with spring wheat breeder Susan Lanning, and winter wheat breeder Dr. Phil Bruckner, the group had a very good understanding of the varietal release process, and the complex standards that Montana wheat varieties adhere to.

The team was also able to visit with Dean Folkvord, and got a tour of his farm and the Wheat Montana Bakery. They were very impressed with

Columbian Trade Team with the O’Hara family on their farm in Chouteau County

the pristine operation, and the modern farming equipment and on-farm storage.

While the United States maintains about a 50 percent market share in South Korea, Canada and Australia are tough competitors for this sophisticated market. The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, implemented on March 15, 2012, eliminated the duty on U.S. wheat imports. As of May 31, South Korea imported 78.8 million bushels of U.S. wheat for the 2011/12 marketing year.

Colombia Four executives of Colombia’s major flour,

The South Korean Crop Quality Team at the Post Research Farm in Bozeman.

DIRECTORS Bruce Myllymaki, Stanford, Chairman Milo "Buzz" Mattelin, Culbertson, Vice Chairman Frank Schoonover, Dutton Chris Kolstad, Ledger Melvin Goffena, Wilsall Randy Hinebauch, Chinook Leonard Schock, Vida

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cookie and pasta groups, representing 50 percent of Colombia wheat imports, visited Montana in July.

“The United States traditionally supplies half of Colombian wheat imports, but competition from Canada and Argentina is strong,” said Osvaldo Seco, U.S. Wheat Associates assistant regional director based in Santiago, Chile, who traveled with the team. “Seeing the U.S. grain system from the farm to export facilities helps reinforce the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat.”

This was the first trade team visit by Colombian millers and bakers since the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement took effect on March 15, 2012.

The United States traditionally supplies half of all Colombian wheat imports, but sales in 2011/12 were down by nearly 50 percent due primarily to the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement that became effective on Aug. 15, 2011, and duty free imports from Argentina.

Now that U.S. wheat competes on a level playing field with wheat from Canada, Argentina and other countries, activities like this trade team help reintroduce the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat. The group visited the O’Hara Farm and several shuttle facilities throughout the Golden Triangle during their travel in Montana.

Canadian and U.S. grain sectors prepare for new marketing environment Wheat, durum, and barley producers in Canada and the United States are asking important questions about cross-border trade following the removal of the mandatorymarketing requirement for western Canadian farmers on August 1. A new website, launched by a working group of Canadian and U.S. non-profit and trade organizations, hopes to provide some answers.

The website, http://canada-usgrainandseedtrade.info, provides a detailed frequently asked questions section and industry news. Visitors can also submit comments and additional questions through the website.

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By Bridger Feuz, livestock marketing specialist, University of Wyoming Extension programs, resources, and management plans Agricultural extension professionals and certainly tend to be more successful. other agriculture industry professionals often How Much is a Bull Worth? extol the virtues of the “low-cost producer.”

Since purchasing a bull is a risky venture, In most cases, being the lowcost producer and since it can take more than one year to does lead to an increase in profitability. Howbreak-even on the investment, looking at the ever, two different data sets suggest there are time value of money when considering how areas high-profit producers actually spend much you can afford to pay for each bull is more money on than low-profit producers. important. Table 1 analyzes the amount of CattleFax presented data at the 2008 National additional revCattlemen’s enue per calf Beef Assorequired to ciation conbreak-even on vention, and the additional information investment per from Integratbull, given difed Resource ferent interest Management rates or dis(IRM) also count factors. suggests that Table 1 looks range and at three differpasture iment additional provement investment and genetics levels – $500, are areas suc$1,000, and cessful, high$1,500, and profit producthree different ers spend as potential intermuch or more est rates. Intermoney on est rates range from a conservative 5 percent than other producers. to a credit card-like 18 percent.

Does this mean all producers should Using Table 1 increase spending on livestock genetics?

Bull A would cost a producer $1,500. Bull Probably not, but it does mean producers B would cost a producer $2,500. Bull B reshould use sound economic principles and quires an additional investment of $1,000. If carefully consider the benefits associated with the interest rate is 5 percent on the investment improved genetics. capital, that means bull B needs to generate Investing in Genetics $220 more each year over five years at 25 While investing in genetics offers produccalves per year than bull A to break-even on ers an ability to improve their herds and pothe investment. tentially enhance profitability, it is not without Another way to look at it is each calf from risk. Bulls can injure themselves, die, or just bull B would need to be worth $8.80 more chose not to perform their duties. Additionally, choosing the “right” bull can be difficult. than calves from bull A. If bull B is purchased One of the best tools producers have to on a credit card at 18 percent interest, bull B select the right bull is Expected Progeny would need to generate $271 more per year to Differences (EPDs). EPDs provide good break-even after five years or $10.84 per calf. information and are valuable in predicting a Summary bull’s future performance, but EPDs on young Investing in proper genetics has proven bulls have a relatively low accuracy, which successful for profitable producers. However, again creates risk in the investment. they invest wisely choosing bulls that fit So, while data would show profitable prowithin their marketing programs and mesh ducers tend to invest more on genetics than with their specific production environments. low-profit producers, how do producers know Using tools such as the one in this article for which bulls are right for them and how much a guideline when considering how much you can they afford to pay for a given bull? can afford to invest in genetics can be helpful.

While economics is important in this deThis article is taken from a bulletin. If intercision, choosing the right bull is somewhat ested in reading the full bulletin, which insubjective depending on the desired herd cludes an additional analysis tool, visit www. improvements. Producers who match their cattlemarketanalysis.org and click on the File investments in genetics with their marketing Down Loads link on the left-hand side.

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markets will be complemented by the timing of pregnancy determination (see previous item) because nonpregnant heifers identified early could be sold as grass calves in the late-summer yearling markets.

An additional production system utilized by some beef operations is to breed each heifer a single time via artificial insemination and not run any cleanup bulls.

Pregnant heifers are kept and open heifers are sold as stockers at the end of summer or retained through the feedlot phase. In either case, both systems identify the heifers that become pregnant early in the breeding season, and both systems take advantage of the additional longevity and accumulated weaning weight that accompany these early calving heifers.

Given the lifelong benefits of heifers calving early in the calving season, producers may want to implement a system that focuses on retaining only these heifers.

Before making this decision, several items need to be considered and a thorough plan developed. In addition, producers should evaluate nutrition and management decisions that offer heifers the greatest likelihood of early pregnancy.

However a question remains: Is early calving per se what leads to the benefits highlighted in the above paragraphs or is it something inherent in heifers that naturally calve early that drives the observed advantages? Whether heifers that become pregnant early only as a result of additional management experience the same benefits of longevity and calf performance as those heifers that become pregnant early without intervention is unknown at this time. Either way, I hope that you have a high proportion of heifers calving within the first 21 days of the calving season that go on to wean large, healthy calves and continue to stay in the herd for many years to come!

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