February 2013 by The Trader's Dispatch

FEBRUARY 2013

Vol. XIV No. 1 P.O. Box 306 Valier, MT 59486-0306

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

13th Annual MonDak Pulse Day Feb. 20 The thirteenth annual MonDak Pulse Day will be held on Wednesday, February 20 at the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota starting with registration at 8:30 am CST. Researchers and extension personnel along with representatives from grower groups and private industry will discuss the latest recommendations on the production, marketing and utilization of pulse crops. Pulse crops produced in this area would include field peas, lentils and chickpeas. One of the featured speakers for this year’s Pulse Day will be Dr. Rosalind Bueckert. Dr. Bueckert is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Plant Science Department. continued on page a2

LIVESTOCK SALES

Feb. 18, Bulls of the Big Sky, Billings.................................................................A8 Feb. 19, Veseth Cattle Co., Malta.........................................................................A3 Feb. 26, JC Heiken Angus & Sons, Miles City....................................................A6 Feb. 26, Connelly Angus, Valier...........................................................................A5 Mar. 1, Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville............................................A14 Mar. 1, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford..........................................................A9 Mar. 2, Veltkamp Angus, Manhattan..................................................................A11 Mar. 2, Bulls of the Bitterroot, Stevensville......................................................A12 Mar. 2, Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Hysham............................................A19 Mar. 4, Clear Creek Angus & Weaver Herefords, Chinook...............................A19 Mar. 4, DK Red Angus & Charolais, Grenora, ND.............................................A10 Mar. 4, Mytty Angus Ranch, Florence...............................................................A55 Mar. 5, Apex Angus, Valier......................................................................... A20, A21 Mar. 6, Ox Bow Ranch, Wolf Creek....................................................................A15 Mar. 6, Kountz Ranch, Inc., Brockway...............................................................A23 Mar. 8, Diamond Bar S, Great Falls....................................................................A30 Mar. 8, Flesch Angus, Shelby.............................................................................A25 Mar. 8, Leland Red Angus, Sidney.....................................................................A16 Mar. 9, Birdtail Ranch & Black Hills Cattle, Simms..........................................A18 Mar. 9, Strawberry Ridge Reds, Livingston......................................................A34 Mar. 11, Turner Angus & Box O Breeders, Galata.............................................A40 Mar. 11, Box O Breeders, Galata........................................................................A40 Mar. 11, Holden Herefords, Valier.............................................................. A31, A45 Mar. 12, Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek................................................A44 Mar. 14, Fritz Red Angus, Brady........................................................................A41 Mar. 16, O’Hara Land & Cattle, Fort Benton.....................................................A47 Mar. 18, Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls.......................................................A48 Mar. 18, Hawks Angus, Galata...........................................................................A32 Mar. 19, Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Labortory, Miles City......A45 Mar. 19, Open Gate Ranch, Simms....................................................................A49 Mar. 27, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range.................................A39 Mar. 29, Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch, Great Falls................................................A53 Apr. 3, Nissen Angus, Chinook..........................................................................A51 Apr. 4, Arntzen Angus Ranch, Hilger................................................................A50 Apr. 4, Bowles J5 Reds, Glasgow......................................................................A72 Apr. 9, Montana Shorthorn Association, Miles City.........................................A46 Apr. 10, Pass Creek Angus, Wyola.....................................................................A52 Apr. 11, Kel McC Angus (Northern Premier Angus Sale), Chinook................A54 Apr. 17, Milk River Angus, Chinook...................................................................A56

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Feb. 13, Big Iron, Online.....................................................................................C27 Feb. 20, Big Iron, Online.....................................................................................C27 Feb. 27, Big Iron, Online.....................................................................................C27 Mar. 9, Ophus Auction Service, ATV/Motor Sports, Great Falls........................A2 Apr. 27, Smith Sales Co., Spring Fever Auction, Miles City............................A50 Jun. 7 & 8, Smith Sales Co., Swap Meet, Miles City.........................................C22

Fishing Fun Day set for Lake Frances

A February fishing fun day has been set at Lake Frances to raise money for the Valier volunteer fire department. The Lake Frances Fishing Gathering will occur all day February 16 at the reservoir next to Valier. Raffle tickets are available in advance at Roberts Bait and Tackle in Great Falls and the following Valier businesses: One Stop Cenex, Panther Café, Froggies, and Christiaens Meats. The day of the event, tickets will also be sold until 12:30 p.m. at the park pavilion next to Lake Frances. continued on page a2

Maybe this is why it is called the Golden Triangle. This is taken from the interstate north of Great Falls, MT toward the west and the majestic Rocky Mountains.

Off-station spring barley trial results By Southern Ag Research Center, Huntley, Montana

The 2012 off-station spring barley trials were conducted under dryland conditions near Huntley, Billings and Broadview, and under irrigation near Fromberg and Hysham Montana (Fig. 1). Twenty spring barley entries comprised of 15 commercial cultivars and 5 experimental lines, representing both feed and malt types, were grown at all locations. All studies were planted using a randomized complete block design with three replications. All entries were seeded at approximately 0.6 million seeds per acre (~14 seed per foot2) under dryland conditions and 1.0 million seeds per acre (~24 seed per foot2) under irrigation. continued on page a60

PRIVATE TREATY

Storey Herefords, Bozeman.......................................... A8 Clay Creek Angus, Greybull, WY................................ A17 Highwood Angus, Highwood........................................ A4 Webb Cattle Company, Malta...................................... A48 Sand Herefords, Fairfield............................................ A28 Morel Red Angus, Valier.............................................. A13 Mees Ranch, Forsyth................................................... A42 Anchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn.............................. A44 Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan.................................. A44 Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida........................... A44 Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek..................... A44 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan.................................... A44 Ehlke Herefords, Townsend........................................ A44 J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood........................................ A45 K and C Herefords, Deer Lodge................................. A45 McKechnie Herefords, Shelby.................................... A45 McMurry Cattle, Billings.............................................. A45 M/D Herefords, Baker.................................................. A45 Sidwell Ranch, Columbus........................................... A45 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek.................................. A45 Wichman Herefords, Moore........................................ A45

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Off-station spring wheat trials By Southern Agricultural Research Center, Huntley, Montana

The 2012 off-station spring wheat trials in south central Montana were established under dryland conditions near Billings, Broadview and Huntley, and under irrigated conditions near Fromberg, Huntley and Hysham, Montana (Figure 1). The spring wheat trials for this region of Montana each possessed 25 entries made up of 22 commercial cultivars and 3 experimental line. All studies were planted using a partiallybalanced lattice design with three replications. All entries were seeded at approximately 0.75 million seeds per acre under dryland conditions (~45 lb/a) and 1.5 million seeds per acre under irrigation (~90 lb/a). Seeding rates were not adjusted for germination. Information pertaining to the traits and characteristics of the 22 commercial spring wheat cultivars are provided in Table 1. continued on PAGE A28

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

2000 Kenworth T800 flat top- N14, 10 speed, jake, new bearings in engine, lots more done......................$28,500 1991 Kenworth T600 dump truck- L10, 13 speed, lift axle, nice truck..........................................................$25,000 1996 R Way quad gravel trailer, super singles, totally rebuilt, blasted and painted.......................................$29,000 1980 John Deere 644B loader, good old loader with lots of work done on it...............................................$26,000

Please call (406) 229-1400

Ophus Auction Service ATV / Motor sports

Saturday, March 9, 2013

To be held indoors at the old Big R store, 4800 10th Ave. S., Great Falls, MT There are units coming from Montana Dealers and individuals

Already on the Books are:

Yamaha EF 1600 generator with warranty 1984 Kawasaki KX80 motorcycle 2005 Honda CR 150 motorcycle 2008 Thor Vortec 26-ft. bumper pull toy hauler, gas station, generator, sleeps 10, like new.

2010 Polaris Ranger 800 2009 Polaris Ranger 700 2006 Ranger 700 XP 2-2011 Honda Rubicon 500s 3-Yamaha Phazer snowmobiles 2008 Polaris Sportsman 500 2006 Suzuki 400

We are expecting 75 units by sale day.

We are taking consignments of ATV’s, UTV’s, motorcycles, snowmobiles, trailers, campers. Please consign early for best advertising. We will be updating our website as items come in. To consign e-mail sgophus@itstriangle.com OR Go to our website: www.OphusAuctions.com

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MonDak Pulse Day continued from front page

Dr. Bueckert’s topic of discussion is on using pulse crop physiology to drive yield. As part of her research program, Dr. Bueckert is investigating whole plant and field responses of crops, particularly pulse crops, to nutrient, water and weather. In her research, she is working to understand and improve yield formation in pulse crops in a warming climate and also to investigate and improve nitrogen fixation in pulse crops. One of the expected outcomes is to characterize the yield response of pea and lentil to temperature and rainfall, and to predict sensitive growth stages and yield response when certain weather occurs during specific stages. Other production-related topics to be discussed at the workshop include a pulse crop desiccation and weed control, diseases and management, dry bean production and soil quality and health. Speakers leading these discussions include Chris Augustin, area soil health specialist with the NDSU Extension Service at the North Central Research Extension Center; Brian Jenks, weed scientist at the NDSU North Central Research Extension Center; Greg Endres, area agronomy specialist with the NDSU Extension Service at the Carrington Research Extension Center; and Michael Wunsch, plant pathologist at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center. An update on the pulse crop industry will provided by Shannon Berndt, executive director, or Kaye Effertz, marketing director, with the Northern Pulse Growers Association. Wrapping up the program will be a processors panel discussing on pulse crop production, handling issues, industry specifications and the market outlook for pulse crops. Noon lunch will be served by the Airport International Inn and is being sponsored by the Northern Pulse Growers Association. The registration fee, payable at the door, is $20.00 per person and provides participants with a copy of the Pulse Day proceedings. A trade show will be held in conjunction with the program and producers will be able to visit with industry representatives at various times during the day. The program has also been approved for pesticide certification points for Montana producers and commercial applicators. The MonDak Pulse Day is open to the public and was organized by NDSU & MSU Extension Agents in northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota. For more information, please contact the Williston Research Extension Center at 701-774-4315 or any of the local county extension offices in northeastern Montana or northwestern North Dakota. The complete program for Pulse Day is available on the Williston Research Extension Center’s web site at http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/williston/ .

Fishing Fun Day continued from front page

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The drawing will begin at 1 p.m. Seventy percent of the donations will be given away in the raffle, and 30 percent will go to Valier volunteer fire department. Mountain Front Lodge and One Stop Cenex have also donated a fishing auger for the raffle. For more information contact Roger at Froggies, 2793631, or Scott at Ben Taylor Inc., 279-3365.

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Ag Employee Management workshop set

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The deadline for advertising in the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service, along with other members of the I-29 Dairy OutHydraulic Breaker Post Drivers For Sale reach Consortium, is hosting a four-session workshop to • Skid loader mount • Low profile help North Dakota agricultural producers hire, motivate and • Quick and easy on and off retain employees. • Full control of post while driving The Ag Employee Management workshop will be held • Very low maintanence • 8” diameter domed cup March 20-21 and April 3-4 at the Quality Inn and Suites in • 3 sizes available ~ 500-, 750-, 1000-ft. lb. Jamestown. The sessions will start at 1 p.m. March 20 and April 3 and conclude at noon the following day. • Also available for excavators The first two sessions will deal with hiring, including Montana Post Driver building a reputation as a great employer, creating an inventory of labor needs, developing job descriptions, recruiting, (406) 239-4824, Gold Creek, MT evaluating applicants, conducting effective interviews and checking references. Session two also will cover the supervisor’s role of motivating and training employees. In addition, participants will receive help in understanding the Hispanic culture and its influence on working relations with employees. Session three also will deal with motivation and will include information on engaging employees, enhancing a multigenerational workforce, 2013 Bull Sale • At the Ranch defining workplace expectations, providing appropriate training and communicating effective feedback. The final session will cover retaining employees, including fair and competitive comLunch at Noon • Auction at 1:30 pm pensation packages, encourRed Angus Bulls aging career management planning and what documen Bred Heifers tation employers need. Participants will receive an Red Angus, on-farm follow-up consulta Synch’d, AI bred tion five to six months after to low birth completing the workshop. weight Red Angus J.W. Schroeder, NDSU Extension dairy specialist, is Black Angus, one of the workshop present Synch’d, AI bred ers. Other presenters include to low birth Extension specialists from the weight Black Angus University of Minnesota and Red Angus, South Dakota State University and industry representa Natural Service tives. to Red Angus The registration fee is $125 Heifer Calves per person. If more than one person from the same Red Angus operation is attending the Black Angus workshop, the cost is $125 for the first person and $80 each Short Term Cows for two additional people. Red Angus, The fee includes meals and bred Red materials. Red Angus, Registrations are due bred Charolais March 15. Send registrations to the Watertown Regional Black, bred Red Extension Center, 1910 W. Kemp Ave., Watertown, SD 57201. Make checks payable to SDSU. Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. A block of rooms is being held at the Quality Inn and Suites until March 4. Call (701) 252-3611 to reserve rooms. Mention you are attending the ag employee workshop to receive the workshop rate of $95 per night. For more information, visit http://igrow.org/up/articles/ Dairy_Producer_Employee_Workshop.pdf or contact Schroeder at jw.schroeder@ There will be guest consignors. ndsu.edu or (701) 231-7663.

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On-The-Farm or On-The-Road

Ag drainage workshops set

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU), University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Services have teamed up to hold agricultural drainage design and water management workshops at three sites in 2013. The dates and locations of the workshops are: When you • February 12-13, Courtyard Marriott, 1080 28th Ave. S., Moorhead, Minnesota. need tires • February 27-28, Best Western Ramkota, 1400 8th Ave. call us! N.W., Aberdeen, South Dakota. • March 5-6, Best Western, 1111 Range St., North MankaWe carry a to, Minnesota. The workshops begin at 8 a.m. the first day and end at 5 HUGE p.m. the second day. inventory!!! The workshops will focus on planning and designing agricultural tile drainage systems to meet profitability and We offer a complete line of Goodyear & Firestone tires for swathers, environmental objectives. The course content is taught in a balers, combines, tractors, automotive, light and heavy duty trucks. hands-on manner with lots of discussion time. Each workshop is intended for farmers, landowners, consultants, drainage contractors, government agency staff, water resource managers and anyone else who is interested Cars, Light Trucks, Heavy Duty Farm & Over-the-road Trucks in learning more about planning and design principles and practices for drainage and water table management systems. Planning topics include legal aspects, basics of drainable soils, agronomic perspectives, doing your own tiling, land evaluation tools, and conservation drainage concepts and techniques. The design topics begin with basic design Phone 406-873-5025, Cell. 406-949-7717 — Cut Bank considerations and progress through individual small-team projects, with several hands-on, problem-solving examples covering basic design and layout principles, water flow calculations, tile spacing, sizing and tile grades. The workshop also will cover design principles for lift stations and conservation drainage practices. Registration for the three workshops is available only online at http://www.regonline.com/DrainageWorkshop. Due to seating limitations, on-site registration will not be available on the day of the event. The early registration rate is $225. Each workshop is limited to 65 participants. These workshops typically reach capacity quickly, so Ask About Our Bull Buyback Program. You Can’t Beat This - Call Ty Malek register early to guarantee a spot. Workshop participants need to make their own lodging arrangements. To reserve a room, contact the Courtyard Marriott in Moorhead at (218) 284-1000, the Best Western Ramkota in Aberdeen at (605) 229-4040 or the Best Western in North Mankato at (507) 625-9333. For more information about the workshops, contact: • Tom Scherer, NDSU Extension agricultural engineer, at thomas.scherer@ndsu.edu or (701) 231-7239 • Hans Kandel, NDSU Extension agronomist, at hans. kandel@ndsu.edu or (701) 231-8135 • Gary Sands, University of Minnesota Extension agricultural engineer, at grsands@umn.edu or (612) 625-4756 • Brad Carlson, University of Minnesota Extension crop educator, at bcarlson@umn. edu or (507) 389-6745 • Chris Hay, SDSU Extension water management engineer, at christopher.hay@sdstate.edu or (605) 688-5610

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Connelly Angus Ranch Breeding durable, common sense, moderate framed, easy fleshing, low maintenance, functional Angus cattle with proven bred in longevity

Genetics For the Long Run Production Sale

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 • 1:00 P.M. at the Ranch, Valier, MT

Selling 150 Bulls & 20 Registered Yearling Heifers CAR Tracker 904 BW WW MILK YW +2.8 +57 +25 +100 SC IMF REA +.62 +.03 +.11

CAR Efficient 534 BW WW MILK YW -1.0 +56 +32 +107 SC IMF REA +1.59 +.08 +.34

CAR Chinook 786 BW WW MILK YW +0.7 +49 +24 +86 SC IMF REA +1.88 +.19 +.51

Time tested proven performance herdbull our program was built around. 11 & 12 year old daughters are still going strong with their bred in longevity!

534 has proven himself across the country as an excellent calving ease sire whose progeny perform with added thickness, fleshing ability, carcass values and excellent dispositions. His daughters are making outstanding females! Semen available through ABS

When you study this bull’s cow family’s production records, fertility, performance and incredible longevity, he shows tremendous potential to be a breed changer. Top carcass son of Really Windy in breed, outstanding females and excellent calving ease with +13 CED. Semen available

LAR Windy 423S

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AAR Ten X 7008

BW WW MILK YW +5.6 +71 +29 +120 SC IMF REA +1.72 +.23 +.36

BW WW MILK YW +2.7 +39 +22 +69 SC IMF REA +.57 +.11 -.04

BW WW MILK YW +0.2 +65 +35 +135 SC IMF REA +1.53 +1.16 +.72

Outstanding herdbull in our program. If you sell calves by the pound this bull is hard to beat. Moderate birth weights, heavy duty weaning weights, excellent carcass traits and outstanding females are the trademark of 423’s progeny.

Outstanding sire group. Low input genetics, easy keeping and leaving us an outstanding set of females that will last a long time.

10X progeny are moderate statured, thick made and calved easily for us. Tremendous carcass and maternal traits in 10X and quiet dispositions.

CAR Justice 8112

Jennaway Game Day 024

WMR Timeless 458

BW WW MILK YW +2.3 +53 +27 +86 SC IMF REA +1.37 +.31 +.25

BW WW MILK YW -1.4 +52 +28 +99 SC IMF REA +.35 +.55 +.79

This bull stems from an outstanding cow family with excellent bred in longevity. His sons are long, thick, eye catching beef bulls with excellent carcass data. High selling sire group 2011

Promising young bull in our program. Excellent calving ease son of Game Day.

CAR Timeline 072

CAR Incredibull 080

BW WW MILK YW +2.3 +53 +27 +86 SC IMF REA +1.37 +.31 +.25

Outstanding new calving ease performance sire group. All of our old Top proven cows are tied up in this bulls pedigree.

BW WW MILK YW +1.8 +62 +27 +99 SC IMF REA +1.76 +.09 +.42

This big ribeye bull is backed by 3 generations of pathfinder dams. Calving ease, performance, carcass and out of an outstanding Duke daughter. Exciting sire group.

BW WW MILK YW +4.6 +81 +28 +149 SC IMF REA +.88 +.32 +.65

Growth, muscle and performance.

CAR Steward 076 BW +1

WW MILK YW +59 +34 +107 SC IMF REA +.91 +.10 +.57

Outcross, calving ease, carcass and an excellent cow family behind this good herdbull.

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Don & Wendy Connelly 406-279-3569 Clarence Connelly 406-279-3512

Progeny also by: • CAR Iceberg 0108 • CAR Efficient 904 Connelly Angus Ranch • CAR EXT 909 • Cole Creek Cedar Ridge IV E-mail: connelly@dishmail.net www.connellyangus.com • Frontman R001 • X Factor

Drought decisions to be focus of Cattlemen’s Day

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This year, cattle producers face some tough decisions. The severe drought of 2012 depleted pastures and feed inventories. The beef industry is ever changing, and drought management will be key in 2013.  The Cattlemen’s Day on Friday, February 15, at the Gudmundsen Sandhills Lab near Whitman, Nebraska will focus on these tough questions. Grazing during and after a drought, 26 head of 1-iron black Angus heifers, 1000 lbs., ultrasound pregged, 45 days calving, start nutritional considerations of cows in a drought, challenges March 20th, pasture bred to low birthweight sons of Chinook and Mytty In Focus. and opportunities of the beef industry, results of May calving Call Russell Darlington (406) 386-2451, Big Sandy, MT systems, and a producer panel dealing with high input costs will provide insight for another dry year. Jerry Voleksy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension range specialist, will start the morning with considerations for grazing and forage for another dry year, or if the drought breaks. 2003 Honey Bee SP42 header, 42-ft. with batt reel fore and aft, “Carryover grass (from 2011) supported fair stocking rates air ride gauge wheels, self-contained transport system, swath in 2012 for many regions,” said Volesky, “but most pastures option, all new guards and knives 3 seasons ago, set up for have utilized all available forage.” 10, 20, 30 series Case IH combines or New Holland CR seReduced stocking rates, delayed turnout, or no turnout are ries now, or can easily change to fit another brand. Always shedded, well maintained, excellent condition. Delivery availconsiderations this year. Seeding on cropland with annual able...................................................................... $30,000 obo forages also may produce much needed forage, but “seeding date and rates are critical.” 1999 Trailtech DR21000 double 36-ft. header trailer, or could be made into single Don’t wait until turnout, Volesky said. Planning for header trailer, triple axle........................................................................$4500 obo multiple scenarios should be done this winter to optimize pasture health. Call Adam (406) 390-3048 (cell) or If you are contemplating a May calving system, Rick (406) 292-3251 (home) Funston, UNL Extension beef specialist, will cover an Please leave message. array of considerations, including the need for winter supplementation and effect on cow pregnancy rates and subsequent progeny effects, rate of gain of calves over winter and effect in a short or long yearling system, all the way through slaughter. The effects of over-winter gain on heifer pregnancy rates, Selling the top 100 out of 300 registered angus yearling bulls and just this year, effect of at the Miles City Livestock Commission, Miles City, MT supplementation during the breeding season on heifer and first calf heifer pregnancy rates also will be discussed. SAV FINAL ANSWER 0035 John Paterson, a cattleman and beef specialist at Montana State, and now the National Cattlemen’s Beef Along with ... Association’s director for 7 sons of Bluegrass Coal Bank 804 producer education, will talk 7 sons of GDAR Justice 622 about challenges and oppor10 sons of Basin Image Maker 822W ! ! tunities he sees for beef proL EL 7 sons of Sitz Upward 454W S ducers in the ever-changing NS industry. O S 5 High feed costs will con2 tinue to plague producers in SITZ UPWARD 539X 2013. Aaron Stalker, UNL CONNEALY FINAL PRODUCT Extension beef specialist, will talk about cow’s nutritional needs and considerations a drought situation could produce. A producer panel will conclude with discussion of strategies for dealing with ! L! !! L high input costs. L SE EL S S There will also be an indusS ON N S try trade show. Contact Rick SO 21 Funston at rfunston2@unl. 16 edu or call 308-696-6703 for All bulls Igenity Tested a booth (cost $50). PreregisCONNEALY MENTOR 7374 SITZ UPWARD 307R tration for the sponsored meal must be made by February 6 to the Central Sandhills Extension Office (1-800-6572113 or 308-645-2267) or Ellen at 308-696-6701.) The Gudmundsen SandD AN !! hills Lab is located 3 miles R L EL D G L!! S north of Whitman, then 5 N S S A SEL N miles east. The WagonhamN O S SO ONS 8 2 mer Building is the building S 1 3 to the east.

HEIFERS FOR SALE

HEADER and TRAILER FOR SALE

JC HEIKEN ANGUS & SONS Broadview, Montana

February 26, 2013 Tuesday at1:00 pm

BETTER bulls …. more MUSCLE Joe Heiken (406) 861-1020 John (406) 855-7839 Brian (406) 861-3151 Ben (406) 860-7331

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FORKLIFT FOR SALE

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The Marias Fair 4-H Archery Tournament was held recently in Conrad. Sixty-five 4-H shooters participated in the tournament held at the Pondera Shooting Sports Club located west of Conrad. The top shooters in each main category were Clark Judisch, Pondera, in Primitive; Ben Rogers, Toole in Bow Hunter and Unlimited; Matthew Lyons, Pondera, Bare Bow; and Erin Wolfe, Liberty in Limited. Each shooter also participated in an interview. Top Interview, Age 9-10 - Jagger Hofstad, Pondera and Matt Meiwald; Age 11-12 - Owen Gustafson; Age 13-14 – Sabrina Hanson, Toole; and Age 15+ - Logan Wedum, Pondera. Pictured is one flight of shooters preparing to shoot during the day long competition. Photo courtesy of Dan Picard.

4-H educator joins Converse County extension

By University of Wyoming Extension

William D. Wipf (406) 781-0772

Ray Morken Jr. (701) 444-2201 or (701) 770-2201

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Missey Dunaetz joined the Converse County office of the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension in Douglas Wednesday, January 16. Dunaetz was an instructor at Shasta College in Redding, California, prior to joining UW Extension. She taught programs in career planning for agriculture. Dunaetz is a 1997 graduate of California State University in Chico, Calif., with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science/ education. She received a master’s degree in animal/ equine science in 2007 from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. She brings experience working with youth on a variety of natural resource programs, said Duane Williams, UW Extension associate director. “As a past 4-H member, parent and volunteer, living in rural Wyoming is a great fit as she continues her career in youth development,” said Williams.

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Learn how to manage ants and other pests

Got ants? Tired of ladybug invasions in the fall? Brought home bed bugs from your last trip? The eXtension Imported Fire Ant Community of Practice (http://www.extension.org/ fire_ants) is offering a free webinar series that will take on all of Bozeman, MT these topics. In 2013, most of the webinars will be on fire ants Chuck 406-580-8255 shr@storeyherefordranch.com and other invasive ant species. Other topics for the year include bed bugs and various insects that invade homes each autumn. Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Kathy Flanders says these free webinars are designed for homeowners and the general public. “We will provide them with sound, research-based manage- Twin vertical augers ment solutions for these pests from some of the best experts - Excellent spread pattern with wet or dry material around the country,” she says. “The webinars are specifically - Hydraulic variable speed floor chain feed for ordinary people who need answers they can use. - 14 ton capacity “Participating is as simple as clicking on a web link.” - 1000 PTO/minimum 110 hp required Each webinar will begin at 1 p.m. Central Time and will - Travel and clean up time allowed free of charge last 30 to 45 minutes. - Rental rates by the day/week/month Flanders says not to worry if you cannot tune in for the live webinar. This spreader will help manage environmental “The webinars will be recorded and archived. If you miss concerns associated with stockpiled manure, apply a uniform layer of material one, you will be able to watch a recording later.” and provide a return on investment of handling cost. The webinars are sponsored by eXtension (http://about. extension.org). Phone (406) 899-0072 or (406) 899-2182 First Friday of the Month Spring Series Great Falls, Montana • March 1, 2013. Ants! Ants! Ants! (https://learn.extension. org/events/836) Tawny crazy ants and Argentine ants don’t sting, but their large colonies are definitely annoying. Learn how these ants live and how to control them. • April 5, 2013. You Have Fire Ants Where? (https://learn. extension.org/events/841) Targeted fire ant management in sensitive and challenging areas including vegetable gardens, fishponds, compost piles and electrical boxes. • May 3, 2013. Protect Your February 18, 2013 Loved Ones From Fire Ants 1:00 p.m. (https://learn.extension.org/ events/844) Learn safe, effecbillings livestock tive, research-based methods Commission to protect your family and pets billings, Montana from fire ants. • June 7, 2013. Get Rid of 220+ yeARlinGS & oveR Those Bed Bugs (https://learn. 35 fAll yeARlinG BUllS extension.org/events/846) Learn how bed bugs live and get sound, research-based advice on how to get rid of them. ReqUeST A CATAloG AT: First Wednesday of the Month Fall Series www.bullsofthebigsky.com The Bulls of the Big Sky sale will feature one of the largest selections • September 4, 2013. Fall or Contact Maureen Mai of Black and Red Simmental and SimAngus bulls in the US, the A Good Time to Control Fire at 208-267-2668 largest offering of Red SimGenetics in Montana, and a special Ants with Bait (https://learn. selection of Angus bulls—all from seven Big Sky area breeders. extension.org/events/837) Applying fire ant baits in the fall is an effective way to minimize TAG no. 120 TAG no. 153 TAG no. 15 fire ant problems in home SimAngus • (Magnum 323S x DUR Ummi) Sim PB • (Xpectation x Ms Reality) SimAngus • (Step out x Destiny focus) lawns and other landscapes. Learn how to get the most out of your fire ant bait and discuss community-wide fire ant management programs. • October 2, 2013. Home Invaders (https://learn.extension.org/events/843) Every fall certain bugs come into our houses looking for a place to TAG no. 1 TAG no. 271 TAG no. 237 spend the winter. Learn what Sim PB • (Red iron x lBR Cayenne n320) SimAngus • (Star Power x RR Blackbird 7004) Sim PB • (Upgrade x ebonys lady S089) they are and how to evict them. • November 6, 2013. Keep Ants Off the Thanksgiving Table (https://learn.extension. org/events/845) Learn safe and W effective ways to keep ants ww atc w.b h B from invading your house. ull ull V so fth ideo As the date for each webinar eb igs s at ky. approaches, watch eXtension’s co m Don’t be Bugged Webinar Series page (http://www.extenMarty Ropp 406-581-7835 sion.org/pages/66408/dont-bewww.bullsofthebigsky.com www.alliedgeneticresources.com bugged-webinar-series-2013) .

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The deadline for advertising in the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

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Poster contest helps promote heart health

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota youth will have a chance to demonstrate their creativity and knowledge of heart health in this spring’s “Eat Smart. Play Hard.” poster contest. The contest is open to North Dakota youth ages 8 to 19 as of September 1, 2012. Posters will be judged in two age divisions: preteen (ages 8 to 12) and teen (ages 13 to 19). The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service, NDSU Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development and the North Dakota Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics are sponsoring the contest. The posters should educate and promote the idea of living a heart-healthy lifestyle. The posters also should inform North Dakota youth and adults about the importance of healthful food choices and regular physical activity to heart health. This year’s posters must be centered on a theme that directly relates to eating healthful foods and playing hard to promote heart health. This could include the importance of taking part in 60 minutes of physical activity each day or eating a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables. To learn more about this topic, visit the following websites: www.ndsu.edu/eatsmart, www.choosemyplate.gov and www.heart.org. “Many children and adults do not meet the MyPlate.gov recommendations for fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and they do not reach physical activity recommendations,” says Julie Garden-Robinson, NDSU Extension food and nutrition specialist. “We hope this activity gives children the opportunity to promote healthful eating, physical activity and heart health for their peers, families and communities.” Posters will be judged on their general appearance and how well they present messages about nutrition and/or fitness and the importance of a heart-healthy lifestyle. Winners in both age divisions will receive $50 for first place, $35 for second place and $15 for third place. All entrants will receive a certificate of recognition and a small prize. “This contest provides an opportunity for children to be creative in promoting nutrition goals that are important for long-term health,” Garden-Robinson says. To see some winning entries from previous years’ poster contests, visit the “Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together” website at www.ndsu.edu/ eatsmart. Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2013. They should be dropped off at the Center for 4-H Youth Development or mailed to the Center for 4-H Youth Development, Attn: Eat Smart. Play Hard. Poster Contest Entry, FLC 219, NDSU Dept. 7280, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050. Contest rules are available at http://tinyurl.com/postercontestrules. A submission cover sheet must accompany each entry. The submission form is at http://tinyurl.com/posterentryform. “Eat Smart. Play Hard.” is a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service initiative that focuses on making America’s children healthier. It provides practical suggestions to help children and their caregivers eat a healthful diet and be physically active.

K-State to host 100th Annual Cattlemen’s Day March 1

By K-State Research and Extension Kansas State University’s Cattlemen’s Day always has numerous events associated with it, but this year’s 100th Annual Cattlemen’s Day on March 1 will be special in several ways. “We’re kicking off the Henry C. Gardiner Lectureship with inaugural speaker Steve Hunt of U.S. Premium Beef,” said Ken Odde, head of K-State’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry. “Henry Gardiner is a visionary leader in beef cattle genetics. We are pleased to honor him by launching this lecture series in his name.” Gardiner, widely considered a pioneer in beef genetics, is founder of Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas. Cattlemen’s Day begins at 8 a.m. in K-State’s Weber Hall with a commercial trade show and educational exhibits. The program begins at 10 a.m. in Weber 123. Hunt, who guided U.S. Premium Beef as its chief executive officer from 1996 through January 2013, and now serves as an advisor to the company, will present, “Designing Meats and Meals.” Other topics and presenters will include: • Keeping Your Farm in the Family for the Next Generation - Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; • Cattle Market and Industry Short-Run Outlook and Long Term-Prospective - Ted Schroeder and Glynn Tonsor - KState; and Afternoon breakout sessions will include: • Ammoniation: Stretching your Forage Supply - Dale Blasi and Justin Waggoner K-State; • To Clone a Dead Steer, As Long as It’s Not Too Dead David Grieger, K-State; • Beef Selection Systems to Meet Market Trends - Bob Weaber and Mike MacNeil K-State; • Heifer Development in a High Cost Environment Sandy Johnson - K-State; • Developing a Strategic Plan for Farm Family Succession - Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Producer Panel: Our Approach - moderated by Gregg Hadley, K-State; • Is All Ground Beef Created Equally? - John Unruh, K-State. The day also features a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the new Stanley Stout Center from 3-4 p.m. just ahead of the 36th Annual Legacy Sale. A celebration social will be held in the Stanley Stout Center immediately following the sale. More information and online registration is available at http://www.asi.ksu.edu/p. aspx?tabid=343. ##### Great-grandma was babysitting Ramona, three-anda-half, and her sister while their mother was at work. Later, Great-grandma and the children met their mom at a restaurant for dinner. When mom and the kids returned home, they noticed that Great-grandma had left her hat in their living room. “That’s okay, Mommy,” said Ramona. “We can e-mail it to her.” ##### “My entrepreneur grandfather always told me, ‘Money equals options.’”

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IRRIGATION PUMP FOR SALE

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BULLS OF THE BITTERROOT Black Angus Bull Sale LIVE AUCTION

March 2nd 2013

at Sutherlin Farms Sale Barn Stevensville, MT Lunch at noon - Sale starts at 1:00 p.m.

Bulls featured from Genetic Connection, 3C Cattle and LB Farms.

3C Storm 313z - Harb Windy 758J x GAR Ultimate BW +1.7 WW +49 YW +92 Milk +27

LB Bobcat 203 - WK Bobcat x Conneally Onward BW +2.9 WW +58 YW +112 Milk +29

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LB Forefront 218 Mytty Forefront 77P x SAV 8180 Traveler 004 BW +2.0 WW +56 YW +99 Milk +21

Featuring Son’s of WK Bobcat, Sitz Upward 307R, Conneally, Right Answer, SAV Net Worth, Harb Windy 758JH, Traveler 6807, SAV Final Answer.

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If you have any questions or would like to go through the bulls, give us a call:

Chad: 406-360-1875, Lacey: 406-544-0043, Lance: 406-240-1575 or Shelley: 406-240-4879

Thanks to all our 2012 Buyers and Bidders!!!

Farm/ranch transition planning classes set

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service is hosting a farm and ranch transition planning workshop at five locations February 7, 14 and 21. The workshop will help farmers and ranchers: • Design an orderly and successful transition plan for their farm/ranch business • Choose the successor(s) best suited to continue the business into the future • Understand the transition plan’s financial impacts and tax consequences • Learn about the best tools and strategies to create a plan The sessions will run from 6:15 to 9:30 p.m. CST and 5:15 to 8:30 p.m. MST at the following locations across the state: • NDSU Extension Service Grand Forks County office, 151 4th St. S., Suite 302, Grand Forks • Kindred High School, 255 Dakota St. • Logan County Courthouse, 301 Broadway, Napoleon • Rugby High School ITV Room, 1123 Main Ave. S. • Barnes County Public Health DES Room, Barnes County Courthouse, 230 4th St. N.W., Valley City “Due to the fact that farmers and ranchers have some very unique transition issues, these sessions are geared to their specific needs,” says Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent and state farm/ranch transition planning program coordinator. “The major increase in asset values, especially land, in the last several years has made this topic even more critical of late.” The sessions will have a combination of presentations via the North Dakota Interactive Video Network (IVN) and from local experts at each location. Attending all three sessions is important. Topics for the first session are why farmers and ranchers should plan their estate, who should be involved, what materials they’ll need and the importance of communication among family members. The IVN presenter will be John Baker of the Beginning Farmer Center at Iowa State University. Session 2 will address farm succession planning, and tax and economic consequences of asset transfer strategies. The IVN presenter will be Andy Zenk, an agribusiness consultant with AgCountry/Farm Credit Services, Grand Forks. Session 3 will cover farm business arrangements, including the pros and cons of different types of business organizations for farmers and ranchers in North Dakota. The IVN presenter will be Judith Howard, an attorney from Minot. The early bird registration fee is $55 for individuals and $15 each for spouses or business associates (up to two additional) if postmarked by January 31, 2013. After that date, individual registrations will increase to $75. Registration fees include materials and refreshments. For registration information, contact the Extension office at the site you wish to attend. Registration forms, as well as online registration, are available at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/anniesproject. Go to Farm/ Ranch Transition Planning. Anyone interested in attending the workshop should register as soon as possible because seating is limited at most of the sites. For more information about the workshop, contact the Extension office in the county where you plan to attend or Huot at (701) 780-8229 or willie.huot@ndsu.edu.

Damaged iris rhizomes

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a problem with my iris plants. This summer, the leaves started turning brown, which I thought was normal for iris plants. When I dug them up, some of the rhizomes were dry husks, with only some fibrous material inside. I do not know exactly what caused the damage. I wonder if there were insects eating the rhizomes. I treated the soil by incorporating a 6 percent Malathion powder and dusted all of the surviving rhizomes with the same powder. Do you have any idea or suggestions on what happened and what the proper treatment should be? A: This sounds like iris borers found juicy rhizomes to feed upon. Your treatment with Malathion was a little late. Go to http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/ e122irisborer.html for information on controlling iris borers that involves cultural practices and the most effective use of insecticides. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

Time to report the number of livestock owned

The Montana Department of Livestock is reminding livestock owners that it’s time to report the number of livestock owned for calculation of per capita fees. Authorized by Montana Code Annotated 15-24-921, per capita fees are assessed on “all poultry and bees, all swine three months of age or older, and all other livestock nine months of age or older.” The fees, which generated $4 million in FY2012 – roughly one-third of the department’s overall budget – help fund animal health programs, brands enforcement, theft investigation and recovery, and predator control. The Montana Department of Revenue, which bills and collects per capita fees for the Department of Livestock, mailed out personal property reporting forms on January 4. Livestock owners must use the appropriate form to report their number of livestock owned on February 1, 2013, and return the completed form to their local Department of Revenue office by February 15, 2013. The Department of Revenue then sends out livestock bills in late October, which must be paid by November 30, 2013. Livestock owners who did not receive a reporting form can contact their local Department of Revenue office, or can download the forms from the DOR web site for the farm/ ranch/livestock personal property reporting form, or the livestock only reporting form. Nonpayment of the per capita fee can result in interest charged on the unpaid balance, which can be deducted from tax returns or result in collection efforts. For additional information on the per capita fee, contact the Montana Department of Livestock at 406/444-9431.

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Youth Aerospace Science program set

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service is giving youth an opportunity to learn about aerospace. NDSU Extension, along with the North Dakota 4-H Foundation and University of North Dakota (UND) School of Aerospace Sciences, is hosting a program in Grand Forks on April 28-29 for youth 12 to 15 years old. The 2013 4-H Aerospace Event will be held at the UND School of Aerospace Sciences. Participants will be able to: • Learn the basics of aircraft structure, navigation, aerodynamics and air traffic control • Discover careers in aerospace science • Take the controls in a digital aircraft simulator • Attend a radio-controlled plane presentation • Tour the UND Aerospace facility • Build and launch rockets The registration fee is $35, which includes materials, lodging, an evening meal April 28, a continental breakfast the morning of April 29 and a snack. Youth must be accompanied by a chaperone, who is required to register and pay the same fee. One chaperone should accompany every four or five youth. The registration deadline is April 9. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to register, visit the NDSU Center for 4-H Youth Development website at http://www. ndsu.edu/4h/.

Silver leaf maple tree

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: We have a 9-year-old silver leaf maple tree. For the past few years, the tree’s leaves have turned black or brown around the tips and then wilted. Eventually, the leaves fall off. It gets plenty of water because we have a watering system. Does it have a disease? Can we fix it? I was thinking about digging it up and replanting it in the backyard. Any advice would be helpful. (Spring, Texas) A: The tree is marginally heat-hardy for your part of the country. The fact that you keep it watered is why it is still surviving the continuously torrid temps of Texas. It has survived for nine years and probably will survive another nine. If you would like another opinion, contact the Extension Service agent in your area to get someone to look at your tree. Go to http://counties.agrilife.org/ and click on your county to contact an agent. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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2009 Chevrolet Cobalt LT, automatic, air conditioning, power windows and locks, keyless entry, spoiler. Tag #10U49.......$11,495

2008 Pontiac Grand Prix 3.8L, automatic, air conditioning, tilt, cruise, heated leather, sunroof. Tag #12B12A.................$13,495

2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 WT regular cab 4x4, automatic, 5.3L, AM/FM/CD, tow package, trailer brake controller, tow mirrors, block heater. Tag #13T26

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2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT, extended cab, AM/FM/CD/XM, OnStar, tow package, one owner, low miles. Tag #13T43A. Asking Price..............................$26,995

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Why aren’t plants sick more than they are?

By CAHNRS and WSU Extension Why are plants immune to most of the diseases surrounding them in the environment? That’s a question Lee Call (406) 253-9675 or email: yellowiron4hire@yahoo.com for pictures Hadwiger, Washington State University (WSU) professor of plant pathology, has been wrestling with most of his career. Called non-host resistance (NHR), the mysterious trait gives plants their most robust and durable immunity to the myriad pathogens challenging them. If NHR weren’t a commonplace in nature, plants would be constantly attacked by fungi, bacteria and other pathogens swarming in air, soil and bodies. But, for the most part, plants are immune to those challenges. Serving The Ag Community Since 1969 In a paper published in the January issue of the peerreviewed journal Phytopathology, Hadwiger and his colSpecializing in JD, International, Case IH & all other major brands of ag tractors league, USDA Agricultural Research Service plant pathologist James Polashock, offer new insight into the mechanism Dennis & Curt Lorang triggering the NHR response in plants. 2700 17th Street N.E. “Innate immunity has to be triggered by something,” Black Eagle, MT Hadwiger said, “but we are only now gaining some insight Shop 406-727-2726 on how signaling occurs at the molecular level.” Hadwiger and Polashock show that fungal DNase enzymes trigger the NHR response in a variety of plant spe✔ Engine rebuilds ✔ Transmission rebuilts cies. They further theorize that these fungal DNase genes ✔ fuel pumps ✔ injectors ✔ turbo chargers appear to provide an unlimited source of components for We can rebuild or exchange John Deere developing transgenic resistance in all transformable plants. hydraulic pumps, hydraulic couplers & valves, brake valves, steering valves DNase is generic term for a wide variety of enzymes that catalyze changes in DNA molecules. Hadwiger explained that DNases from fungal mitochondria have a small peptide molecule that enables them to move through plant cell membranes and thus induce expression of NHR in the plant. Hadwiger and Polashock demonstrated that when a plant encounters a fungal DNase purified in the lab, the NHR response is triggered. Hadwiger and Polashock used baker’s yeast, a relatively innocuous fungus not known to cause disease, to trigger the NHR response in pea. Hadwiger and students in his laboratory had previously induced this defense response by transferring a fungal DNase gene to tobacco. The tobacco plants then expressed the NHR response to a known tobacco pathogen. “The potential positive impact of this for agriculture would be a reduction in the use of fungicides,” Hadwiger said. Currently, disease resistance genes are typically introduced in commercially important plants through conventional breeding techniques. But, Hadwiger said, conventional breeding targets races of specific diseases and the introduced immunity may last only about seven years before the fungus evolves and overcomes the plant’s resistance. “The natural NHR resistance would be preferable,” Hadwiger said. Towards that end, Hadwiger said he will remain vigilant about how best to transfer this natural process to plants that succumb to their specific diseases. He is optimistic that non-genetic engineering Bob & Laurie Sutherlin • 415 Spooner Creek Lane • Stevensville, MT techniques may be devised to (406) 642-3487 • Cell (406) 369-1202 • Email suthfarm@dishmail.net enhance the activity of the www.sutherlinfarms.com DNases transferred in the fungal-plant interactions.

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Cows that eat juniper risk losing calves, study says

Trader’s Dispatch, February 2013 — Page A15

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Call (406) 788-6827 By Daniel Robison, OSU Extension Service Cows that eat bark, berries or branches from western juniper trees late in pregnancy are more likely to abort their calves or give birth early, Oregon State University (OSU) researchers have discovered. The tree’s harmful effect on pregnant cattle was unknown until an eastern Oregon veterinarian noticed a pattern of lost calves and asked the OSU Extension Service about it. “People had always wondered what happened to the five to 10 percent of cows with lost pregnancies,” said Tim Deboodt, a range management specialist with Extension in Crook County. “So we started our research from scratch on a tip.” OSU researchers pinpointed that western juniper contains toxins known as labdane acids. These chemical compounds constrict the flow of oxygen to a fetus. In the early 1970s, labdane acids, specifically isocupressic acid, were identified in ponderosa pine needles, which trigger premature birth in cows in a condition called pine needle abortion. Two of the six heifers OSU researchers monitored lost calves after eating western juniper during the last 30 days of pregnancy. Only a small percentage of calves born early because of juniper or pine needles are likely to survive without intensive care, said Cory Parsons, a livestock specialist with Extension in Baker County. visit us on the web: www.cascademachineco.com OSU researchers are now conducting a larger study to 401 4th Avenue South • Great Falls, MT 59405 examine juniper’s effect on more than 20 cows in late preg406-453-8100 or 1-877-453-0166 nancy. Results are expected by summer 2013. Oregon State researchers will also analyze if juniper consumption inhibits conception or bears any consequences early in pregnancy. Based on prior knowledge about pine needles, OSU researchers suspect that juniper Wolf Creek, Montana is most likely to cause cows to abort during the last trimester of gestation – when fetuses need the most oxygen. OSU’s juniper research has been supported through a number of grants from the Oregon Beef Council and published in a handful of Sale Time academic journals, including 1:00 pm MST Rangelands and the International Journal of Poisonous Plant Research. Western juniper abortions have not registered a large economic impact so far, ParYearling Angus SIRES REPRESENTED sons said. Although some Range Bulls grazing cattle are in contact SAV Final Answer 0035 • GDAR Game Day 449 with juniper on a daily basis, Cole Creek Cedar Ridge 1V • Redland Emblazon 3234 cattle do not naturally seek it Redland Emblazon 2134 • Redland Emblazon 2021 as food. M Diamond Driveline • OCC Missing Link 830M In recent decades, juniper trees have been piled up as riprap to stabilize the banks of creeks and streams being restored in western states. Cows may come in contact with these trees when they use these watering holes. “If cattle have plenty to eat, they have no desire to chew on juniper,” Parsons said, but then cautioned, “When cows are hungry and bored, they’re going to eat to fill their bellies up, especially during times of drought and heavy snow.” Call or e-mail To reduce the risk of exfor your sale book posure to juniper during the Ken Cook last trimester of pregnancy, Parsons recommended slowly Home: 406/ 235-4281 introducing cattle to areas Cell: 406/ 431-7381 where juniper exists if they oxbow@3riversdbs.net have not already been accliMarcy Livestock Services mated to the site. He also sugGeorge Marcy gested cutting lower branches off trees if possible and pro970/ 204-1134 View bulls and bid online viding adequate feed daily to www.northernlivestockvideo.com www.oxbowranchangus.com reduce the animals’ desire to graze juniper.

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The Western Triangle Research Center Advisory Committee held their annual Meeting recently at the center north of Conrad. Dr. Reddy, WTARC Superintendent, discussed building upgrades, and gave a report on research projects being planned for a variety of insect pests including sawflies, wireworms, and pests in Canola. Dr. Olga Walsh updated the committee on her research projects related to nutrient management that includes a variable rate studies related to specific wheat varieties, foliar nitrogen study, and an enhanced fertilizer study in addition to others. John Miller reported on his varietal plot work on and off station. Dr. Reddy (pictured at far right) is demonstrating some of the equipment he will be utilizing in 2013 to some of the committee members. Photo courtesy of Dan Picard.

UW college of agriculture extension educator honored

By University of Wyoming Extension A UW Extension community development educator serving northeast Wyoming has been honored by the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Bill Taylor, based in Weston County, received the Outstanding Educator Award at an awards and recognition program in December in Laramie. Taylor also serves Campbell, Crook, Johnson and Sheridan counties. Award recipients receive $2,500. An anonymous donor established the award to recognize classroom and extension educators in the college. Nominations are peer reviewed by a committee comprised of a dean’s office representative, an academic department head and a previous award recipient.

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program

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HAY FOR SALE

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) received $3.4 million for the Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program for 2013 and has set an application deadline for this funding cycle of February 22, 2013. NRCS accepts applications year round. The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program is a voluntary easement program that assists farmers and ranchers preserve their agricultural lands. The program provides matching funds to state, tribal, and local governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) with existing agricultural land protection programs to purchase conservation easements. To qualify for FRPP, a farm or ranch must: Be privately owned land. Contain at least 50 percent of prime, unique, statewide, or locally important soils or contain historic or archeological sites. Be part of a pending offer from a state, tribal, or local government, or a nongovernmental organization (NGO) agricultural land protection program. Have a conservation plan on highly erodible land acres. Contain sufficient acres to sustain agricultural production. Include eligible lands such as cropland, rangeland, grassland, pastureland, and forestland that are part of the agricultural operation. Involve landowners who do not exceed the adjusted gross income provisions. Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program conservation easements only limit subdivision and development rights on the property. Landowners continue farming and ranching as prior to the easement. Also, the federal match does not require any public access. More program information and application forms are available at www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/frpp/index. html. You can also contact Dennis Dellwo, FRPP program manager, at 406-587-6748 or dennis.dellwo@mt.usda.gov.

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Increase blueberry yields with bumblebees

By Daniel Robison, OSU Extension Service Oregon State University (OSU) aims to see if creating more foraging habitat for bumblebees will increase the pollination and yield of blueberries bushes, which mostly depend on bees to turn their blossoms into berries. OSU researchers will determine if bordering fields with vegetation that blooms from early spring to late fall will attract bumblebees and other native bees searching for pollen for food. The scientists hope that while the bees are at it, they’ll pollinate the nearby blueberry flowers, which only blossom for a short time in the spring. “It’s very important to give native pollinators a reason to hang around blueberries,” said Sujaya Rao, an OSU entomologist working on the project. “Just one fruit crop with three or four weeks of bloom is not enough to sustain a bumblebee colony. If more native pollinators, like bumblebees, can be attracted, the pocketbooks of blueberry growers would benefit.” Rao is seeking blueberry growers in the Willamette Valley who are willing to participate in the study. She’ll ask them to plant native or exotic flora that is attractive to bees, such as rosemary, germander, California lilac, sage and red clover. The plants would serve as food – not housing – for the bees, which live in holes in trees or in abandoned rodent borrows in the ground. Researchers will then estimate the numbers of native bees in fields with and without the hedgerows and they’ll measure the blueberry yield. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the research is part by a five-year project led by Michigan State University addressing challenges faced by specialty crop industries, including vegetable, berry, fruit tree, and nut growers across the country. Because bees are essential to the pollination of blueberries, Oregon growers typically place rented honeybee hives near their fields, but that can cost more than $100 per acre. And honeybees have their limitations as pollinators of blueberries. Unlike bumblebees, they can’t “buzz pollinate,” which occurs when the bees’ vibration releases pollen from deep inside the anthers of certain flowers. Blueberry bushes produce larger, more plentiful fruit when buzz-pollinated. Also, unlike bumblebees, honeybees aren’t active in cold, wet weather, which is abundant in the Willamette Valley spring. Blueberries were Oregon’s 19th most important agricultural commodity in 2011 in terms of gross sales, according to a report by the OSU Extension Service. Farmers sold $74 million of the fruit, up from $57 million in 2010, the report said. Growers harvested more than 60 million pounds on 8,137 acres in 2011. In 2012, Oregon became the only U.S. state allowed to export blueberries to South Korea. The South Asian country imported nearly 500,000 pounds from Oregon in the first year, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

Beekeeping workshop

A workshop for beginning beekeepers will be held Saturday, March 9, at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. The instructors will explain how to buy bees and equipment, establish a new beehive, register and maintain hives, prevent pests, and harvest honey and wax. They will also demonstrate candle-making. Participants will be able to taste various types of honey. Cost of the workshop is $25 per person, which includes lunch. A registration form is available at https://www.msuextension.org/Intranet/document/share/2013%20Spring%20 Beekeeping%20Workshop.pdf. Participants should send a check (Make it out to MSU) and the registration form to: Spring Beekeeping Workshop Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology P.O. Box 173150, MSU Bozeman, MT. 59717-3150 Directions and parking instructions will be emailed to registered participants. The workshop schedule is: 8:30 to 9 a.m. -- Check-in. (Coffee, tea and cookies available). 9 to 10 a.m. -- Opening remarks. “Introduction to Honey Bee Biology” by MSU Crop Entomologist Kevin Wanner. 10 to 10:45 a.m. -- “A Year in the Hive” by MSU Research Associate Entomologist Ruth O’Neill. 10:45 to 11 a.m. – Break. 11 a.m. to Noon -- “Beekeeping and the Department of Agriculture: Rules, Regulations, and Services,” by State Entomologist Cam Lay, Montana Department of Agriculture. Noon to 12:30 p.m. – Lunch break. A sandwich bar, green salad, spicy trail mix, pretzels and beverage are provided with registration. 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. – “How to Order Supplies and Assemble a Hive,” by Rick Molenda of Western Bee Supply in Polson. If participants order supplies ahead of time, Molenda will bring their orders to the workshop with no shipping charge. See http://www.westernbee.com 1:15 to 2 p.m. -- “Varroa Mites and Other Common Problems,” by O’Neill. 2 to 2:15 p.m. Break. 2:15 to 4 p.m. – “Candle-making demonstration, honey tasting,” by David Baumbauer and Gretchen Rupp, Gallatin Valley Beekeepers’ Association. For more information contact Ruth O’Neill at (406) 9945176 or ruth.oneill@montana.edu

Riverton hosts commercial driver license study group

By University of Wyoming Extension University of Wyoming Extension is offering a free commercial driver license (CDL) study group in Riverton Monday-Friday, February 11-15. The study group will meet 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each day at the Armory Building. “For anyone needing employees with a CDL, or anyone who needs a CDL for her or his work, this should be a great program to train drivers and help them prepare for a CDL test,” said Ron Cunningham, extension educator based in Fremont County. “Participants will prepare for written tests for Class A and Class B CDL and learn pre-trip inspections.” Although the study group is free to attend, there are fees for those requiring a CDLlicense when taking the CDL test at the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT); they include $20 instruction permit, $40 skills test, $85-$90 Transportation Security Administration background check and $25 CDL license fee. “Extension-sponsored CDL study groups are intended to provide study materials, direct participants to regional resources, review instructional materials provided by WYDOT and include local farmers/ranchers in the hands-on practical aspects of learning,” said Cunningham. According to WYDOT, a Class A CDL must be carried by any driver operating a vehicle that weighs 26,001 or more pounds and tows 10,000 or more pounds; a Class B CDL must be carried by any driver who operates a vehicle that weighs 26,001 pounds but tows less than 10,000 pounds. Exemptions for farmers and ranchers will be detailed. Cunningham said participation in this study group does not necessarily guarantee successful completion of requirements for a Wyoming CDL. To register or for more information, contact Cunningham at 307-332-2363 or email him at ronc@uwyo.edu.

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WHO TUB GRINDER FOR SALE

505 hp Cat, 12-ft. tub with extensions to 14-ft., 56” mill with swing and fixed hammers for hay or wood, remote control. Runs excellent.

Call (406) 868-8389

ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE

MARCH 2, 2013 — 1:00 PM REDLAND SALE BARN - EXIT 63

Selling:

85 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 10 Yearling Gelbvieh Balancer Bulls Catalogs and videos available online at www.redlandredangus.com Bob Redland (406) 855-3614 Chad Moke (406) 740-0099 Contact: Redland Red Angus 88 Redland Ranch Ln Hysham, MT 59038

Clear Creek Angus

Bulls Bred & Fed For The Commercial Cattleman

5th Annual Production Sale

March 4th, 2013

Bear Paw Livestock, Chinook, MT

SELLING:

With Special Guests Weaver Herefords

61 Angus yearling bulls, 12 Hereford yearling bulls, 78 Fancy commercial replacement heifers (41 F1 baldies and 37 Angus)

Lot 5

Sire: AAR Upward 9057 Dams Sire: TC Franklin 619

BW: 79 205 WT: 762 WR: 116 Dam’s NR: 1@116 BW: +.8 WW: +65 YW +112 M +32

Lot 3

Sire: SAV Final Answer 0035 Dams Sire: New Design 878

BW: 95 205 WT: 666 WR: 102 Dam’s NR: 6@106 BW: +2.4 WW: +50 YW +88 SC +.45 M +27

Clear Creek Angus Teddy & Sara Crowley 34075 Clear Creek Rd Chinook, MT 59523 406-395-4962 ccangus@mtintouch.net www.clearcreekangus.com

Featured Angus Sires: AAR Ten X 9903 X Factor TC Franklin 619 SydGen C C & 7 AAR Upward 9057 S Chisum Felton Dutchman 658 Danny Boy TC Blaine 042 S John Wayne Sitz Upward 307R SAV Final Answer 0035 Featured Hereford Sires: CJH Harland SR Rendition 438 Churchill Sensation 028X DW 3027 Domino 1001

Lot 1

Sire: AAR Ten X 9903 Dams Sire: HA Image Maker 0415

BW: 89 205 WT: 690 WR: 100 Dam’s NR: 5@108 BW: +.9 WW: +53 YW +103 SC +1.13 M +29

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Lot 63

Sire: UPS Domino 3027 Dams Sire: DS Saga 917

BW: 76 ADJ 205: 736 WR: 115 Dam’s NR: 1/115 BW: -1.0 WW: +46 YW +72 Milk: +31 SC: +1.1

Lot 64

Sire: Churchill Sensation 028X Dams Sire: CJH Harland 408

BW: 80 ADJ 205: 655 WR: 102 Dam’s NR: 1/102 BW: -0.2 WW: +53 YW +82 Milk: +27 SC: +1.1

Weaver Herefords Don & Dolly Weaver 745 Weaver Lane Big Sandy, MT 59520 406-386-2244 dwhrfrd@yahoo.com www.weaverherefords.com

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40th Annual

FOCUS ON VALUE PRODUCTION SALE

PEX

NGUS

1:00 the commercial heifers sell ﬁrst.

Thickness at the start...On through to the end. Over 5,000 head of feeder cattle are again at Poky Feeders in Kansas out of Apex genetics. The results continue to be very impressive. We use this information extensively as a tool in our breeding program.

Apex Windy 078 BW +2.6 WW +72 YW +110 MK +37 SC +1.77 RE +.02 Fat +.044 $W +48.10 $B +61.57

Sire: H A R B Windy 702 JH Dam’s Sire: Apex Mtn Front 044

078 “ A proven natural breeding sire, “078” produces stout, heavly muscled sons with explosive performance and feminine big ribbed productive daughters.” He’s very popular in the herds in which he has been used. On 3/5/13 progressive cattlemen will be able to dip into a large draft of 33 078 sons.

OVER 250 HEAD SELL

140

Heavily Muscled Yearling Bulls

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Sired by Apex 078, Apex 108, Apex 545, Long Distance, Romeo and Thunder Many of the bulls selling are 1/2 brothers to the heifers & to the draft of 2010 steers fed at Poky Feeders graded 100% choice and 51% CAB.

SALE BOOKS and

PERFORMANCE INFO ON REQUEST SALE DAY PHONES 406-279-3350 OR 406-279-3353

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 At the Ranch • Valier, MT

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THERE ARE HERD BULLS Connealy Packer 547 PEX ALL OVER THIS HILL A NGUS At APEX ANGUS, the main concern in our breeding program is for the commercial cattlemen. Multi-trait breeding and understanding each of our customer’s values for different traits keeps APEX ANGUS dedicated to producing seedstock that ﬁt individual program needs.

Apex Vanguard 136

Apex Wide Track 4401

Apex Wide Track 545

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Sire: Apex 450 Wide Track 052 Dam’s Sire: Hoff Head of The Class SC534

BW +3.6 WW +65 YW +135 MK +27 SC +1.55 CW +26 Marb -.18 RE +.19 Fat -.002 $W +27.49 $B +43.85

(Pictured as a yearling.)

Sire: Lost Lake Vanguard 1504 Dam’s Sire: APEX Wide Track 450

BW +2.3 WW +53 YW +97 SC +1.71 MK +28

BW +3.4 WW +65 (Pictured as a yearling.) YW +118 SC +.85 Sire: Apex Wide Track 545 MK +26

Dam’s Sire: Apex Focus 053

An out cross calving ease sire that’s producing beefy sons & keeping females.

4401 was the high selling bull in the 2012 Apex Sale. He has a poppin set of calves on the ground at Apex.

Apex Badger Creek 749

Apex Windy 008

(Pictured as a yearling.)

Sire: HARB Windy 702 JH Dam’s Sire: Apex High Time 103

Sire of the high selling bull & pen of high gainers, 2012 Apex sale. 545 breeds thickness & length in his sons & functional feminine daughters. His 13 sons selling on 3/5/13 are one of the best sire groups to be found.

BW +3.1 WW +53 YW +95 SC +1.49 MK +22

(Pictured as a yearling.)

Sire: Apex Wide Track 545 Dam’s Sire: TC Trademark 987

103 females have made an impact at Apex by consistently calving top performing progeny. 15 sons sell.

Mohnen Long Distance 1639

Apex Focus 108

BW +3.4 WW +55 YW +113 SC +.61 MK +23

(Pictured as a yearling.)

Sire: Apex Focus 053 Dam’s Sire: Wraff Illini Traveler

Siring very impressive productive daughters here at Apex & WMR. 11 sons sell.

108 mirrors the traits of his sire 053 for easy ﬂeshing, gentle, high maternal & carcass. The complete Angus Cow Maker.

TC Romeo 917

Shipwheel Packer 9523 (Pictured is 9523’s Sire: Connealy Packer 547.)

BW +1.3 WW +59 YW +139 SC +1.02 MK +31

BW -3.1 WW +56 YW +99 SC +.76 MK +34

Sire: Mohnen Brushpopper 295 Sire: Connealy Right Answer 746 Dam’s Sire: Rito 6I6 of 4B20 6807 Dam’s Sire: M A Broadside 1334-822 Calving ease, thick made progeny in a moderate 917’s are very clean smooth fronted progeny & frame. 14 sons sell. so kind. 7 sons sell.

A tremendous set of poppin thick sons by: Apex Windy 078 Apex Windy 008 Apex Vanguard 136 Apex Focus 108 Apex Wide Track 545 Apex Badger Creek 749 WMR Hero 829 WMR Timeless 120 Kesslers Frontman R001 Worth Sum Cash 804 Mohnen Long Distance 1639 TC Romeo 917 Shipwheel Packer 9523

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BW +2.1 WW +71 YW +116 SC I+.91 MK +22

Sired among the highest weaning group. 12 sons sell.

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Daryle & Pam 406-279-3548

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Watch and bid live via satellite. Please call Superior Productions at 800/431-4452 and pre-register for your buyer’s number. Sale will be broadcast on RFD-TV. Dish Network 231 and Direct Channel 345

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South Dakota restaurants survey part 2: Wait staff training on beef

By B. Lynn Gordon, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist ity of this training is centered on providing As part of a needs assessment project, time for the new wait staff to shadow and researchers from South Dakota State Unitrain alongside a more experienced server, versity (SDSU) Extension interviewed testing or review of the menu, acting as restaurant managers and owners from a food runner to learn the plating process of sampling of restaurants across South Dakota the food, and understanding the concepts to learn more about beef consumption, beef of general customer service techniques and sales, and training provided to wait staff in point of sale systems. regard to beef and beef products. The projMore than one-third of the wait staff is ect was funded by the South Dakota Beef not trained to offer advice to customers if Industry Council. the customer inquires about which beef cut Part 1 A Snapshot of Beef Consumption to order or the levels of cooking (degrees (https://igrow.org/livestock/beef/southof doneness). However, those trained in dakota-restaurants-survey-part-1-a-snapthis area are primarily taught the degrees of shot-of-beef-consumption) summarized doneness (i.e. medium rare) and a general the findings of beef products consumers understanding of what cuts are offered on order in restaurants, why they return to the the menu. Of those who do offer training, restaurants, and what characteristics of beef they prefer. This article will focus on the only a limited number go into more in-depth results from interviews with 30 restaurant training with their wait staff about the qualimanagers and owners about how they train ties and characteristics of beef. their wait staff, specifically in the area of Restaurant owners and managers identiunderstanding beef and beef products. fied the top five content areas for training Many restaurants reported they conduct on beef and beef cuts which should be informal training for their wait staff, with included in wait staff training and they more of a focus on general training with include: explanation of the different cuts; very few strict training programs. A majorcharacteristics of the cuts and a thorough understanding of degrees of doneness (cooking temps); a general understanding of the aging process of meat and why meat is aged; the different USDA quality grades and how that influences taste and flavor; and knowledge of the concept of tenderness. Participating restaurants in the survey project indicated their wait staff would benefit from more training in order 1-800-272-6939 u 406-266-4444 u FAX 406-266-5851 to communicate effectively with restaurant clientele, however they identified the “QUALITY AND SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY ” challenges of finding time to allocate to training in a work place setting which is very busy, especially during serving hours and where the majority of their staff is parttime. Yet, if effective training tools were developed to meet the training needs and styles ROCKLAND NEW which were identified in the Haxby - Excellent tolerance to stem, stripe rust needs assessment project, Champion and fusarium scab restaurants would be willing - Early maturity to incorporate more training AC Metcalf – Excellent straw strength, protein and about beef into their wait staff training program. test weight Members of the SDSU - Good milling and baking Extension research team Stockford - Yields near Solano included Keith Underwood, Hays meat scientist and B. Lynn SOLANO Gordon and Heather Larson, - Still a top yielder extension field specialists. Contact Mark at Bauer & Buck Construction (406) 880-5473

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Canned foods acidity process topic of April training

A three-day school in April will give participants a better understanding of safety issues surrounding acidified canned foods. The University of Nebraska Food Processing Center’s Better Process Control School for Acidified Foods is scheduled April 8-10 in Lincoln, Nebraska. This school is suitable for anyone requiring certification; however, it has been designed specifically for individuals with little or no food science or food safety background, small processors and those selling products at farmers’ markets and other local events. The school includes hands-on basic training as well as testing and certification. The FDA defines acidified foods as products with a high acidity level, or a pH level below 4.6, and a high level of moisture, or a water activity above 0.85. These foods include beans, cucumbers, cabbage, artichokes, cauliflower, peppers, salsas, some sauces and fish, singly or in any combination. Exempted from FDA regulations are acid foods, repacked acidified foods, fermented foods, carbonated beverages, jams, jellies, preserves and refrigerated foods. The Better Process Control School equips attendees with a scientific understanding of strategies of pathogen control, especially clostridium botulinum. Food companies that are uncertain if their products fall into this category can contact the FPC or their local health inspector. By law, each processor of these types of foods must operate with a trained supervisor on hand at all times. The Food Processing Center is certified by the FDA to teach this school. All processors of these types of foods must complete a Better Process Control School training program. These regulations apply to any size processor, including those that sell products through farmers’ markets, on-line and to local stores. Upon successful completion of the school, participants become certified and their names are submitted to the FDA. The school is taught by faculty and staff experts from the Food Processing Center and is offered two times per year. Class size is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register visit the website fpc. unl.edu or contact Jill Gifford at 402-472-2819 or e-mail jgifford1@unl.edu.

Free registered Targhee sheep to be awarded

The U.S. Targhee Sheep Association (USTSA) will again be offering a free registered Targhee Starter flock to a deserving youth at the 2013 USTSA National Show & Sale in Arlington, Wisconsin, July 18th-20th. The winner must be present to receive the flock and will be awarded one (1) ewe lamb, one (1) yearling ewe, and one (1) brood ewe donated by members of the USTSA. Each animal will be a USTSA registered animal, and at least QR in Scrapie Codon 171 genotype. The winner will also receive a $150 credit for use toward purchase of additional animals at the 2013 sale. Applications, due April 1st, are now available to download at www.ustargheesheep.org or by contacting Mardy Rutledge at the USTSA office (ustargheesheep@gmail.com or 702292-5715). Any young person, ages 9-17, as of January 1, 2013, may apply. Applicants should possess a keen interest in the U.S. sheep industry, commitment to raising Targhee sheep over time, and a firm belief in the abilities of the breed. Applicants must demonstrate proof of care, facilities, and transportation. Aside from receiving the flock of sheep, the winning youth, will be paired with a Targhee breeder living near them who will act as a mentor. The association is committed to helping the winner succeed. Targhee sheep are one of the few breeds developed in the United States at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho. Withstanding harsh environments and minimal human intervention, while still producing high quality lamb and wool are hallmark traits of Targhees. Mothering ability and gentle dispositions are additional positive traits of the breed. The U.S. Targhee Sheep Association believes in the future. The success the program has had thus far has only affirmed it is the right thing to do for young people. This year we plan to do the same again. Please pass the word along to a young person you know. Visit the USTSA website at www. ustargheesheep.org for more information.

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HEADER FOR SALE

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Check stored grain

By NDSU Extension Service A warm spell is a good time to check stored grain. “Search for small changes that are indicators of potential problems,” advises Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agricultural engineer. “The early 2012 harvest and warm fall increase the likeliCHOTEAU, MONTANA hood of storage problems.” Phone 406-466-2955 or The value of the grain stored in a 25,000-bushel bin is call cell 590-5447 about $175,000 at a corn market price of $7 per bushel, $350,000 for soybeans at $14 per bushel and $200,000 for wheat at $8 per bushel. “At those prices, monitoring and managing the stored grain to prevent problems is worth your time,” Hellevang says. Check to assure that the grain temperature is at 20 to 30 New Besler Bale Beds In Stock with degrees in northern states and below 40 degrees in warmer regions of the country. Grain stores best when cool and dry. or without EXTENDABLE ARMS The allowable storage time approximately doubles for each 10 degrees that the grain is cooled. Also, insects are dormant below about 50 degrees. Temperature cables are an excellent tool to measure the grain temperature, but they only measure the temperature of the grain next to the sensor. Grain is a very good insulator, 1176 S. 1st Street, Hamilton, MT 59840 • 6390 Hwy 10 W, Missoula, MT 59808 so warm or hot grain just a few feet from the sensor may (406) 381-3597 not be detected. Operate the aeration fan to cool the grain to the recommended temperature if needed. Aeration is not necessary if the grain is at the appropriate temperature. Bin vents may frost or ice over if fans are operated when 2004 Kubota 7510 with the outdoor air temperature is near or below freezing, which loader, backhoe and trailer. may damage the bin roof. Open or unlatch the fill or access Hydrostatic drive, 4WD, 21 cover during fan operation to serve as a pressure relief valve. hp. Trailer has 5 new tires. 1979 John Deere 2280 Cover the aeration fan when it is not operating to prevent swather, diesel, 20-ft. draper Ford 7710 diesel tractor, Includes clamp on bucket pests and moisture in the form of snow, fog and rain from header. Used mostly for cut- turbo charge, 97 hp, 7105 forks and tire chains. 400 ting wheat................ $12,500 hours....................... $18,500 hours....................... $17,500 entering the bin. Hellevang recommends collecting grain samples and checking the moisture content to assure that the moisture content is at the desired level. However, most grain moisture meters are not accurate at grain temperatures below about 40 degrees, so when the grain is cold, it should be placed in a sealed container, such as a plastic bag, and warmed to room temperature before checking the moisture content. 1953 Allis-Chalmers gas Farmall 706 diesel tractor At temperatures above 40 degrees, the meter reading must with Farmhand loader... $9000 1937 Case L tractor... $3500 tractor, 4 forward - 1 reverse. be adjusted based on the grain temperature unless the meter ................................... $3000 measures the grain temperature and automatically adjusts CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT the reading. Check the operators manual for the meter to www.larrystractorstrailersandmore.com determine the correct procedures to obtain an accurate value. 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MISCELLANEOUS ‘00 Explorer 4.0L 4x4 AT....................................... $600 ‘99 Ford F150 4x4, 5.4, V-8, AT Hellevang suggests re‘02 Ford Taurus 3.0L engine.................................. $500 ‘‘98 GMC Jimmy 4x4, 4.3 V6, AT ‘02 Jeep Liberty, 3.7L MT engine........................ $2200 ‘98 Windstar 3.8L engine....................................... $700 ‘98 Dodge 2500 4x4, V10, 5-speed manual cording the grain temperature ‘02 Jeep Liberty 3.7L, 4x4, MT.............................. $600 ‘97 Dodge Dakota 4x4, 5.2L, AT ‘99 Subaru Legacy, 2.5L engine.......................... $1000 and conditions observed to ‘96 Dodge 2500 2WD extended cab, Cummins, high ‘04 Bonneville, 3.8L engine.................................... $600 Buying cars, farm implements and miles, good body parts help spot trends in the con‘03 Alero 2.2L engine............................................. $900 ‘96 Dodge 2500 2WD, 5.9 Cummins, 5 speed manual all scrap metals ‘99 Passport 3.2L engine..................................... $1200 dition of the stored grain. ‘95 Chevrolet S10 pickup, 4WD, 4.3 V6, AT ‘96 4-Runner 3.4L engine...................................... $800 Insect infestations and grain ‘02 Ford Explorer, 4.0L, AT, 4x4 ‘99 Maxima 3.0L engine........................................ $600 Crushing service available ‘80 Chevrolet 350, MT, flatbed ‘01 Kia Sportage 2.0L engine................................ $800 spoilage generate heat, so We pick up or you deliver ‘00 Ford Explorer, 4.0L, AT, 4x4 ‘06 Pacifica 3.5L AWD engine............................. $1600 noting temperature trends is ‘95 Chevrolet 2500, 5.7L, MT, 4x4 ‘01 Grand Cherokee, 4.7L AT engine.................. $1800 Scott 590-0516 ‘02 Lincoln Navigator, 5.4L, AWD ‘00 Villager 3.3L AT engine.................................... $750 important.

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JOHN DEERE TRACTOR FOR SALE

2000 John Deere 7410 4WD tractor, cab, air, loader, grapple, 2000 hours. Excellent condition, garaged................................................................................................ $60,000 firm

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Livestock industry has improved handling

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR The U.S. beef industry has made huge strides in livestock handling in recent years but has done a poor job explaining that to the public, said leading animal behavior expert Temple Grandin. Grandin encouraged the industry to be more transparent with the general public. “Ag has done a rotten job of communicating,” she added. Grandin spoke at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) as part of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ (IANR) Heuermann Lectures. Grandin, an animal sciences professor at Colorado State University, has had a major impact on the meat and livestock industries worldwide through her research, development and outreach on use of low-stress, behavior-based livestock handling techniques and design of animal handling facilities. Half the cattle in North America are handled in equipment she has designed for meat plants, said Ronnie Green, Harlan vice chancellor of IANR and University of Nebraska vice president for agriculture and natural resources. Grandin said her autism has played a key role in her work because it attunes her to visual details that can distress cattle, pigs and other livestock but go unnoticed by most people. Changes in flooring surface, reflections, shadows, even something as simple as a dangling chain all can unnerve animals and make them harder to handle, Grandin said. “I got down in the chute to see what the cattle were seeing,” she recalled. “People thought that was crazy.” Grandin said livestock handling in the ‘70s and ‘80s was terrible, but both equipment and management practices are vastly better now. However, both the media and public still seize on occasional instances of mishandling and treat them as if they are the rule rather than the exception. “One of the things that frustrates me is we’ve improved a lot of this and nobody knows about it,” Grandin said. “When I first started, maybe 10 to 20 percent did a decent job of handling animals. Now it’s 80 percent.” “I go into the meat plants now and it’s quiet like church.” The key for livestock handlers is to understand animal behavior to get them to voluntarily do what they want them to do, rather than exerting force, Grandin told the standingroom-only crowd at Hardin Hall. Grandin also has developed animal welfare guidelines for the meat industry and consults with McDonalds, Wendy’s International, Burger King and other companies on animal welfare. She said animal-welfare guidelines must be specific and clearly worded and based on what is “directly observable.” She encouraged the industry to share the progress it’s made with the public. Grandin had a unique opportunity to do just that when HBO made a movie about her life starring Claire Danes. During Hollywood media interviews, she found reporters to be fascinated about meat processing. Thanks to that movie, Grandin is at least as famous for her triumph over autism as for her livestock work. Her busy day at UNL included visits with student groups involved in speech pathology and educating exceptional children. Heuermann Lectures in IANR are made possible by a gift from B. Keith and Norma Heuermann of Phillips, longtime university supporters with a strong commitment to Nebraska’s production agriculture, natural resources, rural areas and people. The lectures are archived at heuermannlectures.unl.edu shortly after the lecture, and broadcast on NET2 World at a date following the lecture.

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USED DRILLS

Case IH 6012, 5 section, 3400 tow behind cart. Excellent condition............................................................................ $85,000

USED SPRAYERS

2010 Case IH Patriot 4420, 120-ft. booms, luxury cab, active suspension, 500 monitor, AIM Command, Raven AutoBoom, AutoBoom sensors, auto guidance, suction quick fill............. . ................................................................................ $265,000 Case IH Patriot 4410, 90-ft. booms, aim command, loaded, 2500 hours....................................................................... $159,000 Patriot 3330 self-propelled sprayer, 100-ft. booms, luxury cab, loaded, 892 hours................................................... $235,000

Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., double shoot, Dutch carbon knives, 3” steel packers, 2320 tow between.............................. $50,000 Concord 6012, 12” spacing, 3 rank, Knock-ons, disk levelers, 3400 cart, double shoot capable............................... $45,000

Concord 3212, 3 rank, “C” shanks with farmland boots, single shoot, 2000 tow behind cart...................................... $35,000 International 150 hoe drills, 38-ft., 10” spacing, 3 drill hitch. Each............................................................................... $300

USED COMBINE INVENTORY & HEADERS

2012 Case IH 7230 luxury cab, rock trap, long auger, chopper, power mirrors, HID lighting, yield/moisture logging..$307,000 2011 Case IH 7120 luxury cab, rock trap, long auger, chopper, HID lighting, yield/moisture logging......................... $282,000

SPX Patriot 3320 90-ft. booms, loaded, 2040 hours.... $195,000 New Holland SF115 suspended boom, 90-ft. booms with screens, 1500 gallon tank........................................................ $44,900 Brandt QF 2500 wheel boom sprayer, 100-ft. booms, Raven control.......................................................................... $8700 Melroe Spra-Coupe 115, 50-ft. booms, 165 gallon.......... $1900

USED 4WD TRACTORS

Case IH Steiger 500 & 550 Quad Tracs...................Coming In 2006 Case IH STX480 HD, wheeled, 800/70R38 duals, low hours.....................................................................Coming In 2003 Case IH STX375, 710R38 duals, low hours........ $138,000

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Case IH Magnum 215 MFD, luxury cab, 540/1000/13/8” PTO, 3-pt., LX780 loader, 1800 hours....................................... $135,000 2012 Case IH Maxxum 140, L760 loader, bucket, grapple, 450 hours......................................................................... $99,900 2012 Case IH Maxxum 140, L750 loader, bucket, grapple, 625 hours......................................................................... $99,900 2011 Case IH Puma 185, CVT transmission, loader.Coming In 2011 Case IH Puma 185, powershift, loader.............Coming In

Case IH 2388 long auger, chopper, rock trap, 2469 hours. Retail $90,000.

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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 2676 separator hours, chopper, hopper extension, Trimble EZ steer, 500 monitor.................................... $95,000 Case IH 2388 3100 separator hours, chopper, hopper extension, long unload auger, yield/moisture monitor................. $90,000 Case IH 1680, chopper, rock trap, long unload auger................. . ........................................................Make Reasonable Offer Case IH 1660 with 1010 header, chopper, rock trap, Kirby spreader..................................................................... $14,900 Case IH 1015 pickup header, 13-ft. with 7 apron attachment, wind guard............................................................................ $4500

Case IH Puma 180 with L770 loader, bucket, grapple, 1741 hours........................................................................ $118,000 2011 Case IH Puma 170, powershift, loader.............Coming In Ford New Holland 8770 MFD, dual PTO, 3-pt., 160 hp, 7740 hours, bucket/grapple................................................ $69,000

USED ROUND BALER

Vermeer 605XL round baler, net, Bale Command......... $14,900

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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 Westfield 10”x61-ft. auger, swing away............................. $5490

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BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE Round bales, net wrap, clean

Off-station spring wheat trials continued from front page

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2009 Yamaha Rhino 700 SE special edition........................................................ $8150 2009 Polaris Sportsman 850 with power steering............................................... $6950 2009 Polaris Ranger 700 4WD....................................................................... $6900 2008 Yamaha Raptor 250 sport quad, 2WD, 4-stroke, 5 speed manual, electric start................ $2485 2008 Yamaha Big Bear 250 2WD, 4-stroke, electric start, shaft drive........................................ $2295 WE TAKE TRADES - FINANCING AVAILABLE

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Test plots consisted of a 15-foot, 7-row plot with 7-inch row spacing under both irrigated and dryland conditions. All rows of each test plot were trimmed 36 inches and harvested using an experimental plot combine. Recorded grain yields were adjusted to 13% grain moisture content, and are reported in bushels per acre (bu/a) based on a 60 pound standard bushel weight. Test weight (lb/bu, pounds per bushel) and grain moisture content (%, percent) were obtained for each plot using a Dickey-John™ GAC 2100 grain analyzer. Grain protein (%, percent) was estimated using near infrared spectroscopy. Reported grain protein values are adjusted to 12% grain moisture content. Plant height was measured in inches from the soil surface to the top of the head, excluding the awns if present. Lodging severity was recorded on a 0 to 9 scale, at Huntley, Fromberg and Hysham, representing no lodging to all stems lying flat on the ground, respectively. RESULTS: The 2012 spring wheat test sites were relatively dry during the winter months, with below average rain or snow accumulating in September, November, December and February. Below average precipitation occurred from April through August, while above average precipitation occurred only in March (1.04 inches). Unusually dryer condition throughout the growing season coupled with above averaged temperatures (4.5 degrees higher

than long term average) resulted in earlier maturity and poor spring wheat production under all dryland sites. Spring wheat was harvested earlier at most sites this year. The average dryland spring wheat yield near Huntley in 2012 was 54 bu/a (Table 2), nine bushels less per acre than the trial harvested the previous year. Yields ranged from 38 bu/a for ‘Solano’ to 54 bu/a for ‘Reeder’. Seven other entries produced yield from 47 to 54 bu/a, statistically equal to that of highest yielding cultivar at Huntley. Test weight averaged 59.4 lb/bu, and ranged from 55.3 lb/bu for ‘Hank’ to 61.5 lb/bu for ‘Kelby’. Grain protein averaged 16.7 percent and varied from 15.1 percent for experimental entry ‘MT1053’ to 19.2 percent for ‘Vantage’. ‘Vida’ has been the highest yielding entry tested at this location the past three years, averaging 63 bu/a. Nine other commercial entries including ‘AP604 CL, ‘Corbin’, ‘Duclair’ ‘Hank’, ‘Jerome’, ‘Kelby’ ‘Oneal’ ‘Outlook, Reeder, and ‘Volt’ have produced yields from 57to 61 bu/a the past three years, equal to the yield of Vida. Dryland spring wheat yields at Broadview averaged only 10 bu/a in 2012, about half of what was harvested the previous year (Table 3). Lower yield was mainly attributed to delayed dry condition at planting and lack of good stand establishment. The entries were not significantly different continued on page C44

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FARM EQUIPMENT & TRAILERS FOR SALE 2005 John Deere 9760 combine, 36-ft. header............................. Financing available OAC. Case IH 3x4x8 baler............................................................................................................Call 2010 Jet grain trailer, 42-ft., spring ride....................................................................... $24,000 2010 AgriLite 42-ft. aluminum grain trailer, load gauge, air ride.................................. $27,500 2009 Fontaine 53-ft. x 102” wide spread axle, drop deck trailer, air ride..................... $18,500

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Feed horses properly in winter

By NDSU Extension Service Winter is in full force, and horse owners need to make sure they feed their animals appropriately for the conditions, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service equine specialist Carrie Hammer. Feeding good-quality hay in sufficient amounts is one of the best ways to help horses keep warm. Feed digestion produces heat, with the digestion of high-fiber feeds such as hay releasing the greatest amount of heat. High-fiber feeds produce more heat during digestion than low-fiber feeds. Thus, more heat will be produced through the digestion of hay than low-fiber grains such as corn and barley. Although oats are a low-fiber grain, they will produce more heat during digestion than other grains due to their fibrous outer hull. Providing a sufficient amount of feed is extremely important during the winter because grazing usually is not an option. In general, a mature horse should be fed approximately 2 percent of its body weight per day in total feed. The requirement is higher (up to 3 percent) for lactating mares. “Owners should plan on feeding 2 pounds of good-quality grass hay per 100 pounds of body weight for the average horse,” Hammer says. However, the general recommendations of feeding 2 percent of body weight do not account for hay waste or extremely cold weather conditions. Feeding hay in a feeder will result in less waste than not using a feeder. Although many different types of bale feeders are available, using a feeder can reduce waste to less than 20 percent. If owners assume 20 percent of the hay will be wasted, an average 1,000-pound horse would require 24 pounds of hay per day (20 pounds to meet the recommendations plus an additional 4 pounds to account for waste). Cold temperatures also change the daily feeding requirement. The lower critical temperature for horses with a heavy winter coat during dry, calm weather is 30 F. For each 10-degree change below 30 degrees, horses require an additional intake of approximately 2 pounds of feed per day (assuming the feed has an energy density of 1 megacalorie per pound, which is typical for most hay). A 10- to 15-mph wind will require horses to consume an additional 4 to 8 pounds of hay to meet their increased energy requirements. When a horse without shelter becomes wet and encounters wind, it must consume an additional 10 to 14 pounds of hay. “Considering that a 1,000-pound horse consumes 20 pounds of hay daily to maintain body weight in ideal weather conditions, consuming an additional 10 to 20 pounds or more becomes impossible for many horses,” Hammer says. “Therefore, in extreme conditions, hay alone is usually insufficient to supply the energy demands for a horse to maintain its body weight, and some type of additional grain source is justified.” Meeting the daily dietary needs is even more difficult if the quality of hay is poor. Most mature horses are idle or see occasional use during the winter and can be fed good- or average-quality hay (think moderately green with a moderate amount of leaves, slightly stemmy). Above-average hay (mostly green, good amount of leaves, few large stems) should be fed to young, growing horses; pregnant mares in the last two months of gestation; and lactating mares. Poor-quality (brown, few leaves, large amount of coarse stems) and moldy hay should not be fed, regardless of the physiologic state of the horse. Investing in the best quality hay possible usually will save money in the long run because less feed is required to meet the horse’s nutrient requirements and the palatability is higher, resulting in less waste. “Owners can supply all the poor-quality hay they want and a horse still will lose weight in rough winter conditions,” Hammer says. “Poor-quality hay just doesn’t provide the energy and nutrients a horse needs to survive during a harsh, cold winter.” Finally, don’t forget to provide water in the winter. An average adult horse will drink 5 to 10 gallons of water per day. Access to clean water is essential to the horse’s health and well-being. During the winter months, horses consume large amounts of dry forage, and reduced water intake will increase the chances of horses suffering from impaction and colic. Feed intake also is closely related to water intake. If water supplies are limited, feed intake can be reduced, which further puts the horse at a disadvantage in maintaining health and weight during the winter.

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PROVEN & PREDICTABLE CAPITALIZE on the value

For over 50 years, we have had a of a Holden Hereford constant focus on selection for the traits Bull on your Angus cows that $$$$ to our customers bottom line Using Hereford bulls on Angusbased cows will give producers combined with a linebreeding program advantages in profitability, cash flow, herd size, and retained female that guarantees consistency, uniformity fertility and longevity according to a recently completed study at Circle A Angus Ranch. In fact, and predictability. Buy from a time tested when the data was further analyzed economic emphasis, the results program with generation upon generation forshowed an advantage of $514 net per cow over a period of 10 years. of genetic strength and selection for: That’s a $51 difference per cow

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per year. Economic models also predicted that if replacement females are retained over a period of 10 years, Hereford-sired females will generate a 20% advantage in herd size for the same relative cost versus the straight Angus commercial cows because of increased fertility and longevity. Can you afford not to use a Holden Hereford bull on your Angus cows?

MARCH 11, 2013 At the ranch — 9 miles SW of Valier

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HH Advance 8050U ET EPD’s: BW +1.1 WW +59 YW +84 MM +29 M&G +58 Carcass EPD’s: FT +.04 REA +0.31 MARB +0.02 Tremendous all around sire of calving ease, muscle and performance. Sons sell!

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Profits looming for struggling pork industry

By   Purdue University Pork producers could be on the verge of turning profits after suffering several months of losses caused by droughtdecimated feed resources, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. Widespread struggles began in the spring of 2012 and IRRIGATION PUMP & PIPE have continued into this winter. But with feed prices reachPivot Power pump and generator with John Deere ing their peak last summer, Hurt said there is now light at 4045T engine with 10KW generator and Berkley the end of the tunnel. B4JRMBH pump. Very nice unit. Set...... $10,000 2500-ft. of 8” band and latch, aluminum main line “Feed prices reached a summit in the third quarter of 2012 with risers......................................$3.50 per foot with the peak of the drought,” he said. “Estimated total hog Approximately 1000-ft. of 6” hook and latch main production costs shot up $10 per live hundredweight, reachline with risers.................................... Make offer ing an estimated $72. Costs last fall and this winter dropped HAY RACK Please call Mark at about $4 per hundredweight and are expected to moderate 8 bale hay rack for truck. Good condition................. an additional $8 with normal 2013 crop production. (406)279-3633 or 799-3480 ...........................................................Make offer “By next fall, that could put estimated costs of producHawks Angus -- TD 8x12 Blue Feb'13 tion around $60 per hundredweight.” Reduced beef supplies and Bred for performance ● fed for SoundneSS! strong pork export markets also are expected to drive higher hog prices. Live hog prices averaged about $62 per hundredweight in 2012 but are expected to hit $66 for 2013. AT THe RAnCH, GAlATA, MT Hurt said that while prices will increase to an average of Selling 75 yearling BullS ● 15 HeiferS about $63 per hundredweight in the first quarter of this year, $71 in the second quarter and $69 in the third quarter, producers will continue to suffer losses until spring. “For the immediate future, 21AR Roundup losses will continue in the Vermilion Nebraska S030 Mogck 1297 Whisper Wind 1840 first quarter of 2013 and are expected to average about $15 per head,” he said. “The return to profitability is expected to come in late-April or early May when the spring hog price rally is under way 20 SonS and grandSon’S like tHeSe: Hawks Roundup 212 and as meal prices edge lower tHe laSt 8 SonS to Sell: Bw 79 ● 205 day wt 727 ● Bw 2.7 ● ww 57 ● Yw 95 ● Milk 17 9 SonS like tHeSe Sell: Hawks Roundup 218 Hawks neBRaska 298 Hawks wHispeR wind 2116 with the South American Bw 74 ● 205 day wt 730 ● Bw -0.1 ● ww 61 ● Yw 97 ● Milk 18 BW 78 ● 205 Day Wt 695 ● BW .2 ● WW 48 ● YW 89 ● Milk 26 Bw 75 ● 205 day wt 698 ● Bw 0.8 ● ww 50 ● Yw 89 ● Milk 16 Hawks wHispeR wind 2201 Hawks Roundup 224 soybean harvest. Hawks neBRaska 246 BW 70 ● 205 Day Wt 669 ● BW -1.3 ● WW 51 ● YW 95 ● Milk 22 Bw 72 ● 205 day wt 721 ● Bw -1.6 ● ww 59 ● Yw 101 ● Milk 18 Bw 65 ● 205 day wt 647 ● Bw -1 ● ww 47 ● Yw 85 ● Milk 18 Hawks wHispeR wind 2180 “Profits are projected at Hawks HRoundup 2161 Bw 75 ● 205 day wt 680 ● Bw -0.1 ● ww 41 ● Yw 82 ● Milk 20 Bw 86 ● 205 day wt 677 ● Bw 1.5 ● ww 49 ● Yw 94 ● Milk 21 about $10 per head for the Hawks HRoundup 2174 Bw 97 ● 205 day wt 709 ● Bw +2 ● ww 48 ● Yw 87 ● Milk 22 Hawks Coalition 843 Hoover Dam second and third quarters beHawks HRoundup 2182 Bw 83 ● 205 day wt 841 ● Bw 1.3 ● WW 57 ● YW 99 ● Milk 24 fore returning to break-even in the fall of 2013 and winter of 2014.” ● top QualitY & affoRdaBle Even with profitability ● voluMe disCounts ● Cattle Raised in tHe on the horizon, Hurt said sweetgRass Hills producers need to be cau● no CReep feed ... fed a 9 SonS Sell out of HawkS coalition 843 tious about expanding their 10 SonS like tHeSe Sell: HigH RougHage Ration at HoMe and HiS full BrotHer HawkS coalition 049 Hawks HooveR daM 223 Hawks JCoalition 266 herds. Extreme drought in the ● ultRasounded ● peRfoRManCe tested BW 62 ● 205 Day Wt 731 ● BW -0.7 ● WW 55 ● YW 105 ● Milk 33 Bw 86 ● 205 day wt 686 ● Bw 0.7 ● ww 51 ● Yw 91 ● Milk 20 Hawks HooveR daM 259 western Corn Belt and Great ● oveR 50% suitaBle foR HeifeR Matings Hawks wCoalition 280 BW 81 ● 205 Day Wt 729 ● BW -0.6 ● WW 47 ● YW 88 ● Milk 31 Bw 91 ● 205 day wt 733 ● Bw 0.8 ● ww 53 ● Yw 94 ● Milk 19 Hawks HooveR daM 262 ● Raising RegisteRed angus Plains continue to threaten Hawks wCoalition 2143 BW 84 ● 205 Day Wt 739 ● BW 1.3 ● WW 50 ● YW 93 ● Milk 31 foR oveR 2 deCades Bw 88 ● 205 day wt 756 ● Bw 0.4 ● ww 58 ● Yw 108 ● Milk 22 feed supplies and profitability because poor 2013 crops HA Image Maker GDAR Game Day 9302 in those states could cause Sitz Rainmaker 11127 corn and soybean prices to hit record highs. If the drought were to subside and crop production return to normal, he said, feed 8 SonS and grandSonS Selling: prices would drop and pork Hawks iMageMakeR 203 12 SonS like tHeSe Sell: profitability would climb. Bw 70 ● 205 day wt 678 ● Bw 0.1 ● ww 56 ● Yw 101 ● Milk 31 Hawks gaMedaY 270 Hawks iMageMakeR 225 Bw 81 ● 205 day wt 691 ● Bw 1.4 ● ww 55 ● Yw 91 ● Milk 25 8 SonS like tHeSe: “Most pork producers reBw 72 ● 205 day wt 688 ● Bw 0.1 ● ww 54 ● Yw 98 ● Milk 32 Hawks gaMedaY 286 Hawks RainMakeR 221 Hawks CB iMageMakeR 274 Bw 83 ● 205 day wt 707 ● Bw 1.7 ● ww 49 ● Yw 87 ● Milk 23 Bw 84 ● 205 day wt 703 ● Bw 2.5 ● ww 56 ● Yw ● 112 ● Milk 26 alize that the level of feed Bw 81 ● 205 day wt 692 ● Bw -0.8 ● ww 50 ● Yw 86 ● Milk 22 Hawks gaMedaY 294 Hawks RainMakeR 240 Hawks CB iMageMakeR 2152 Bw 77 ● 205 day wt 706 ● Bw 3 ● ww 56 ● Yw 93 ● Milk 25 Bw 81 ● 205 day wt 746 ● Bw 1.6 ● ww 63 ● Yw 118 ● Milk 31 prices is both the biggest Bw 70 ● 205 day wt 688 ● Bw -2.4 ● ww 52 ● Yw 90 ● Milk 27 threat to those anticipated family owned & operated! profits and the greatest opportunity for extraordinary profitability over the next two years,” Hurt said. Adrian & Janet Hawks ● Cory & Belinda Hawks ● 55 Oilmont RD, Galata, MT 59444 Hurt’s full comments can be found in his article, “Pork Phone: 406-432-5355 ● Email: hksangus@northerntel.net Profits on the Horizon” at http://www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/marketing/weekly/ call or email for more information! html/010713.html

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Heuermann speakers to discuss ‘Tomorrow’s Table’

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Co-authors of the book “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food” are the Heuermann Lecturers at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, in the Hardin Hall auditorium on the University of NebraskaLincoln’s East Campus, 33rd and Holdrege. The title of the book is the title of the public lecture by Pam Ronald and her husband, Raoul Adamchak. Ronald is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, and serves as director of Grass Genetics at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. Adamchak is market garden coordinator in the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, where he teaches organic agriculture and manages the UC Davis student farm, a 5-acre market garden. “Tomorrow’s Table” was selected as one of the best books of 2008 by Seed Magazine and the Library Journal. In 2012, “Tomorrow’s Table” was selected by The New Earth Archive as one of the 25 most powerful and influential books with the power to change the world. Bill Gates calls the book “a fantastic piece of work.” In their book Ronald, a geneticist, and Adamchak, an organic farmer, discuss one of the greatest challenges of our time: how to feed the world’s growing population without further destroying the environment. They’ll describe what organic farmers and geneticists are doing to address this challenge. The book is for consumers, farmers and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and create policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, Ronald said, adding it also is for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment. “We are very much looking forward to the Heuermann Lecture by Pam Ronald and Raoul Adamchak,” said Ronnie Green, Harlan vice chancellor in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, home of the Heuermann Lectures. “Feeding the world’s growing population while sustaining the environment is a huge challenge we face in the coming years.” Ronald’s laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and tolerance to flooding, serious problems for rice crops in Asia and Africa. Her research has been published in Science, Nature and other leading peerreviewed scientific journals, and has been featured in such publications as the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and more. She and her colleagues received the USDA 2008 National Research Initiative Discovery Award for their work on floodtolerant rice. In 2011, Ronald was selected as one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company Magazine. In 2012, Ronald was awarded the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food and the Tech Award for innovative use of technology to benefit humanity. Adamchak has farmed organically for 25 years. He worked for eight years as an organic farm inspector for the California Certified Organic Growers, and has served as president of the growers’ board. He also has been a member of the board of the Organic Farming Research Foundation. Heuermann Lectures are made possible by a gift from B. Keith and Norma Heuermann of Phillips, long-time university supporters with a strong commitment to Nebraska’s production agriculture, natural resources, rural areas and people. The lectures focus on providing and sustaining enough food, natural resources and renewable energy for the world’s people, and on securing the sustainability of rural communities where the vital work of producing food and renewable energy occurs. A 3 p.m. reception precedes the lecture. Heuermann Lectures stream live at heuermannlectures. unl.edu, and are archived at the site shortly after the lecture. They are broadcast on NET2 World at a date following the lecture. ##### “I always remember that my grandma on one side and my grandpa on the other side were just wonderful and lovable,” said Deb. “Everything they did, they did with me. They also lived with all kinds of neat things around them–old tools, buttons, plants, dark sheds, dark garages, big trees–and everything was fair game for me with no restrictions except to watch out for myself. Whenever I get a chance to be with my grandkids, I try for it to be as it was for me–a wondrous wonderland and love-smothered place.”

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HYDRAULIC CATTLE CHUTE FOR SALE

Stampede cattle chute, electric 240 volt power brisket bar, hydraulic head mugging bar, in great shape................................................................................................................. $9000

Call (406) 390-4884, Cascade, MT

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

John Deere 6600 DSL combine for parts, less engine. Has alfalfa screen and straw chopper. John Deere 100 Series 18-ft header with pickup reel. Very good shape...........................$900 International 140 plow, 4x16” trip beams, trash turners, gauge wheel, bolt on 4th bottom....... ..........................................................................................................................................$1500 New Holland 1500 DSL combine for parts, less engine. Has straw chopper and decent tires. New Holland 960 12-ft. dummy header..............................................................................$400

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PICKUP & HEADER FOR SALE

1988 Ford F350 4x4 pickup, runs great, steel flat bed................................ $1500 obo

Call 406-266-3097 Townsend, MT

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NDSU Extension Service projects commodity planning prices for 2013

By NDSU Extension Service (NDSU) Extension Service. Short- and long-term agricultural planThe publication shows 2013 price proning price projections for North Dakota are jections for crops and livestock produced available, says Ron Haugen, farm econoin the state and price estimates for future mist with the North Dakota State University years. Price projections are given for the major crop commodities, including wheat, durum, oats, feed barley, malting barley, oil

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Get Your Reds at the Ridge! Annual Ridge Production Sale Saturday, March 9, 2013 Where you always get more bull than you pay for!

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Wow, 2012 went quickly! 2012 was the driest summer we can remember, and we know that is typical of a large part of the country. Due to dry weather we chose to wean the calves three weeks early, although short and dry, the grass did seem to have a lot of strength, and the calves weighed off with good weights with the mother cows still having great body scores. The 2012 calving season again brought us a high percentage of bull calves, so we will have more bulls to offer, but the quality will be as good as ever A very even set of bulls, from top to bottom are gaining nicely, and should hit targeted gains without becoming fat. All sale animals are coming from one of the few certified Brucellosis free Red Angus herds in Montana. Sale cattle are BVD-PI Free. You can buy from The Ridge with confidence that every step, be it vaccination or testing, has been taken to ensure you are buying healthy high quality cattle.

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sunflowers, nonoil sunflowers, corn, soybeans, canola, flaxseed, winter wheat, dry beans, dry peas, lentils, alfalfa hay and mixed hay. Price projections for livestock and livestock products include beef steers and heifers at various weights, cull cows, slaughter steers, slaughter hogs, slaughter ewes, slaughter lambs, feeder lambs and milk. The publication also provides historical prices as a reference. “The estimated short-term planning prices should be used as a guide in setting price expectations for 2013 production,” Haugen says. “These planning prices can be used for preparing annual enterprise budgets and annual whole-farm cash-flow projections. The short-term prices should not be used for planning capital purchases or expansion alternatives that would extend beyond the next production year.” To obtain this publication, “Plotting a Course 2013,” call (701) 231-7882 or write to NDSU Agriculture Communication, Distribution Center, Dept. 7070, Box 6050, 10 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, or contact a county office of the NDSU Extension Service. Requests also may be faxed to (701) 231-7044 or emailed to NDSU.DistributionCenter@ndsu.edu. The publication is on the Web at http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/farm-economics-management. ##### The trumpeter swan at 40 pounds is the largest bird in Montana and the calliope hummingbird at 0.1 ounce is the smallest.

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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 (3) terra tires, size 44x41x20, 10 ply, (2) on Dayton rims, used very little. All for................................................................$1000 Angle dozer blade for Cat D9-18A............................ call for price

Feral hogs running wild throughout Oklahoma

By Oklahoma State University While they are not native to the United States, feral hogs have made Oklahoma their home, and farmers and ranchers have the damage on their property to prove it. Call Bob Lassila at (406) 727-8235 or cell 788-7422 Much like white-tailed deer, hogs are quite secretive, making population estimates difficult. However, the Noble Foundation initiated a survey in 2007, which was conducted by Oklahoma State University (OSU) Cooperative Extension, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Spray-Air Auger Cat D8 & Dozer Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Oklahoma Automotive Lift Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services. 2 post automotive lift, hydraulic/ The survey estimated the population at approximately cable type with 500,000 or less, with a presence in all 77 Oklahoma counties. safety stops. Takes There are several indicators that prove the existence of 220v power. Good, hogs on your property, said Dwayne Elmore, OSU Extension straight unit. I wildlife specialist. bought it used “They have tracks that are similar to deer, but more from a mechanic who needed a bigrounded,” he said. 1950’s Caterpillar D8, Pony start, 1971 Spray-Air 10”x71-ft. auger ger one. I never Rooting is the most evident footprint left by hogs, howrebuilt grousers, 2 hydraulics, cab. with mechanical swing away. Well got around to inever. In softer soils, the rooted areas can be up to 3 feet Runs fine, but it does use a little oil used, but a good serviceable older stalling it. Need deep, leaving large wallows. They root around a lot look(some leaks, some burns). A pretty auger. Good tires, decent flightings, to quit mowing around it and sell it good ol’ Cat for the money. Asking good bearings. Never been tipped to someone who wil use it. You can ing for food, usually in broad areas leaving massive soil $5900, but I can budge a little. disturbances, loss of plant material and erosion problems. over. Asking..........................$2900 take it home on your car-hauler. Asking....................................$2900 The hogs then rub on trees, removing bark and leaving mud Dozer is not attached to this Cat, & I do not have any of the hardware plastered to tree trunks a few feet off the ground. to do so. Will sell dozer for $2500 Contact Roy Benjamin, 406-432-3460, Devon, MT Counties in the southeast portion of the state have bigI can email you pictures and videos or Cat & Dozer together for $7000. ger population numbers, but feral hogs have been leaving destruction in their paths throughout Oklahoma. “They are very difficult to control,” said Elmore. “Exclusion is almost never practical, leaving lethal control as the best option.” Hog hunters enjoy the sport, while farmers cringe at the thought of their crops being ravaged by the intruders. Picking off a hog or two at a time through hunting may make landowners feel like they are taking care of the problem, however, many times the hogs just stop moving during the day and do their damage at night. Elmore said trapping entire groups at a time is much more effective. “To catch an entire group, consisting anywhere from five to 20 animals, we want to construct a large, round trap,” Elmore said. “If there are corners, large pigs will pile up and some will escape.” An effective way of constructing a trap like this is with the use of cattle panels, BENEFITS OF RENTING: placed in a circular fashion with T-posts tightly securing Late model John Deere and Case IH equipment them to the ground. Delivered on time, when you need it “They will root under the panels, so make sure they are Flexible scheduling and terms strongly secured,” he said. 24/7 customer and maintenance support “You want to pre-bate the No uncertain or costly repairs trap so the hogs get used to coming in before setting it.” Improved operational performance/overall profitability The Noble Foundation has Unmatched grain marketing information at no cost information available online at noble.org, which includes Questions? Contact your Regional Manager: various traps and methods of YOu caN’T aFFORD trap construction  .

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Using lysine estimates to detect heat damage in DDGS

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By University of Illinois Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a good source of energy and protein in swine diets. However, they can be damaged by excessive heat during processing, compromising their nutritional value. University of Illinois researchers have found that it is possible to assess heat damage by predicting the digestibility of lysine in DDGS. Excessive heat causes some of the lysine in DDGS to bond with sugars and form Amadori compounds. The lysine bound in these compounds is called unreactive lysine; pigs cannot digest it. Lysine that is not bound is referred to as reactive lysine; pigs can use it for protein synthesis. “Some sources of DDGS are heat damaged. And, therefore, the digestibility of the lysine in particular is poor,” said animal sciences professor Hans Stein. “If you know up front that a particular source is heat damaged, then you can add synthetic lysine to compensate. But the question is, how do you know whether or not a specific source is heat damaged?” To answer this question, Stein and his team predicted the digestibility of lysine in 21 samples of corn DDGS based on several different methods of analysis: total crude protein concentration, total analyzed lysine concentration, reactive lysine concentration as determined using the furosine procedure, and lysine to crude protein ratio. After making the predictions, they determined ileal lysine digestibility in the 21 samples using cannulated pigs and compared the predicted values for lysine digestibility with results obtained in the animals. Results indicated that the concentration of analyzed lysine in the sample Sons Sell of These Sires: was a good predictor of lysine digestibility (r2 = 0.849), but using the concentration of reactive lysine rather than the concentration of analyzed lysine improved the prediction accuracy (r2 = 0.898). Using the lysine to crude 17 protein ratio as a second SONS independent variable in the SELL regression equation improved VGW BASES LOADED 905 the predictions. Researchers EPD’s: BW -1.7 WW 76 YW 120 MK 18 TM 55 ST 11 could not accurately predict lysine digestibility using the concentration of crude protein alone. “The practical outcome of this is that you can’t analyze only for crude protein. You 22 will need to have some kind SONS of an estimate of lysine or fuSELL rosine to know if your source of DDGS is heat damaged,” BUF CRK THE RIGHT KIND U199 EPD’s: BW -4.0 WW 58 YW 90 MK 19 TM 48 ST 13 Stein said. “However, if the concentration of lysine or furosine in a given source of DDGS is known, the digestibility of lysine can be predicted fairly accurately.” The study was published in 15 the Journal of Animal Science SONS and was co-authored with SELL Beob Gyun Kim and Dong Yong Kil, both former memRED SSS OLY 554T bers of the Stein Monogastric EPD’s: BW -8.3 WW 63 YW 102 MK 26 TM 57 ST 8 Nutrition Laboratory at Illinois, and Yanhong Zhang of the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center in Edwardsville. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the feed company Agrifirm from the 7 Netherlands provided fundSONS ing for this research.

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Fritz Red Angus 25th Annual Production Sale

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Goat project is family affair

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Montana Hereford Directory

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J Bar E Ranch

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406-357-3216, Chinook, MT

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406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Dutton Hereford Ranch

406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT

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year,” David said. “The lower nitrogen level suggests that the small amount of nitrogen removed by harvest in prairie and miscanthus came from the large pool of soil nitrogen and/or nitrogen fixation. If the soil is the source, this could lead to depletion of this resource without fertilization. If microbial fixation supplied the nitrogen, this would be a more sustainable input,” he said. David said that although more research is needed to fully understand the nitrogen cycle in these new and exciting biofuel crops such as miscanthus, results from this study clearly show these crops have the potential to quickly and greatly reduce nitrogen losses that have important environmental effects, while providing a large biomass harvest. “Reduced Nitrogen Losses after Conversion of Row Crop Agriculture to Perennial Biofuel Crops” was published in an issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality. In addition to Smith and David, Corey Mitchell, Michael Masters, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Carl Bernacchi, and Even DeLucia contributed to the research. The Energy Biosciences Institute is a four-partner research collaboration that includes the University of Illinois, the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and BP, the energy company that funds the work. It is dedicated to applying the biological sciences to the challenges of producing sustainable, renewable energy for the world.

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Mike, Heath and Hardy O’Hara are the proud owners of KBSC Zeplan 5Z, the 2013 Grand Champion MaineAnjou Bull at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. The National Western is the Maine-Anjou breeds biggest and most prestigious show of the year. Zeplan was bred by Kendall Bremmer Cattle Co of Blakesburg, Iowa. Zeplan was also named Grand Champion Bull at the NAILE in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City, Missouri. Zeplan will be on display at the O’Hara Land and Cattle 2013 Maine-Anjou Production Sale which will be Saturday March 16th.

* Warhank Family Antique Car Auction Saturday, June 22nd – Rudyard, MT

(40 miles W. of Havre) Featuring 25 vintage automobiles and many vintage auto parts. Call for brochures on all auctions @ 406-538-5125

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Office: 406-538-5125 408 W. Main, Lewistown, MT Kyle: 406-366-0472 Jayson 406-366-5125 Nick: 406-451-3899

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Make plans to attend our

2013 Production Sale at the Ranch, North of Fort Benton, MT

Saturday March 16, 2013

50 lots of Maine-Anjou and Maine-Angus 2012 Sale - 50% Maine Heifer 2012 Sale - 50% Maine Bull

Genetics Excel on the Rail!

O’Hara Maine Steers 2012 Kill Data ♦ 82.9% Choice or Higher ♦ 74.3% Yield Grades 1&2 (0 YG 4&5) ♦ 15.1” Average REA O’Hara Maine Heifers 2012 Kill Data ♦ 96.7% Choice or Higher ♦ 56.7 Certified Angus Beef ♦ 56.7% Yield Grades 1&2 (0 YG 4&5)

Mike O’Hara Heath O’Hara Hardy O’Hara (406)734-5434

More information available at : www.oharalandandcattle.com

(406)734-5443

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CHAPS: Cattlemen’s data provider

By Jim Krantz, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist Cow/calf producers agonize while researching the credentials for their next herd sire selection that will generate future generations of calves and replacement heifers for their breeding program. For most cattlemen, that process is demanding and time consuming as seed stock producers offer scores of production and genomic information for them to sort through as they finalize that decision. While finding the “perfect match” is rewarding, and ultimately adds financial stability to their operation, cattlemen often expend substantially less effort compiling the impact of that new herd sire. Their approach to maintaining calving books is meticulous, Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) requirements are standard procedure and pasture records are detailed with every cow accounted for. However, often times weaning weights are not recorded, calving and weaning percentages are www.agrasyst.com not calculated, and a calving distribution table not compiled. The “Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software” (CHAPS) (http://www.chaps2000.com) program provides cattlemen the ability to do all that and more. This North Dakota State University (NDSU) supported and managed recordkeeping program has the largest cow-calf database in this country, providing benchmark comparisons for commercial cowherds and individual herd calving books are the starting point for its use. Like any software program, the more information producers provide to the program, the more herd data can be revealed. For instance, individual cow breed identification may be entered as one breed in particular, a one-breed cross or a multiple-breed cross. While any of these combinations are satisfactory for the program to function, listing all breeds within the genetic makeup of the cow allows herd managers to compare calf performance between cows within a composite Black Angus first calf heifer pairs, no brand, group with the performance of those in other breed-composite weigh 1050lbs, fall shots, back poured, groups. babies tagged to match mama. Weaning weights provide the fundamental data-generating Selling 10 pair option of CHAPS. Without them, the program functions only as a recordkeeping system for the cowherd and offers up to 10 pot loads little managerial guidance to cattlemen. When these weights are available, calf reports can summarize average weanAvailable ing weights for steers and heifers, those same weights for individual sires, average weights for the various cow breed mid-March groups and a ranking of individual steers and heifers within their contemporary groups. In addition, CHAPS automatically constructs a calving distribution chart, which visually places calves into 21-day calving groups and offers a quick indication of reproductive efficiency within the herd. Currently, NDSU and South Dakota State University (SDSU) are in the process of partnering to re-write the CHAPS program since its last update was in 2000. Technological Webb Cattle Company advancements have the ability to make CHAPS more userfriendly and adaptable, especially for cattlemen with records Contact Bill Webb (406) 654-7065 that need to be imported from other programs. In addition, Malta, Montana a mobile app will also be designed, which will allow cattlemen to record calving information, weaning weights, or other production information—both in the field or chute-side for transfer into CHAPS at a later time. 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Multifunctional agriculture course

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

With increased development and growth in Flathead County, farmers and ranchers are likely looking for new and innovative ways to generate farm income. At the same time, there are more and more people, both year round as well as seasonal, in the valley. In Europe, farmers and ranchers have tuned in to this growth in the form of “Multifunctional Agriculture.” To aid farmers and ranchers in Montana to tap into these concepts, Flathead Valley Community College, together with several partners in the Flathead Valley, will offer a new course called “Multifunctional Farming: Creating New Markets for Your Business.” Participants will receive guidance for turning regional developments into new for-profit opportunities for their farms or ranches. Working together with FVCC credit students, participants will learn about a variety of concepts and translate them into concrete plans for their businesses. “A farm can be a great place for people to visit and enjoy, while earning the farmer or rancher additional income,” said course instructor Maarten Fischer. “Opportunities may include pristine orchard campgrounds, bed and breakfasts, farmers’ golf locations, farm shops, child care farms and education farms, among others.” Fischer has been at the forefront of developing multifunctional agriculture in the Netherlands and Europe for the past 12 years, both from the perspectives of farmers and ranchers as well as from a business development standpoint. He has specific ideas to help participants apply similar concepts in our region. Entrepreneurs and experts from the northwest corner of Montana will act as guest speakers. 57 Years of Breeding Cattle that are This course is made possible by a Montana Department of Agriculture Growth Through Agriculture grant and is being held in partnership with the following organizations: Flathead Valley Community College, Farm Hands, Montana West Economic Development, Flathead County Economic Development Authority and the Lake County Community Development Corporation. After the course is completed in Flathead County, the course materials will be distributed to extension offices and farm and agriculture centers around Sitz Dash 10277 the state. The course will be held at different locations around the Flathead Valley. The class will include four sessions taking place from January 31 through the end of March. The cost is $100 per person which includes all course materials and BW WW Milk YW SC lunches. To register, con-.5 +50 +22 +87 +.96 tact the FVCC Continuing Marb REA Fat $W $B +.36 +.80 +.018 48.95 72.56 Education Center at 7563832. For additional course information, contact Fischer A A R Leupold 0578 at 260-7840.

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Keith Arntzen (406) 462-5557 Doug Arntzen (406) 462-5553 577 Arntzen Lane • Hilger, MT 59451 arntzen@mtintouch.net www.arntzenangus.com

##### A pair of retired men got together for a walk around the lake. Bill announced that he had gotten engaged to his 30-something girlfriend. Perturbed, George said, “Well, Bill, you know that age difference is no good for you. I’m sorry to do it, but I just have to tell it like it is. “I used to believe the exact same thing,” Bill replied. “But that was before I had a 30-something girlfriend!”

Can gray water keep Texas landscapes green?

With water resources throughout Texas becoming scarcer, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research ornamental horticulturist is working with others to determine the feasibility of using gray water to irrigate home landscapes. “There has been interest in and discussion about the possible use of gray water for irrigating home landscapes, but so far little formal research has been done to validate its practicality,” said Dr. Raul Cabrera, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Research Center in Uvalde. Cabrera said gray water is essentially “soapy” water left after tap water has been run through a washing machine or used in a bathtub, bathroom sink or shower and does not contain serious contaminants. Texas A&M University System personnel will be investigating the feasibility of gray water use for home landscape irrigation as a statewide initiative for conserving water resources. Gray water for irrigation is already allowed in some southwestern states, including parts of Texas, with some restrictions. He said while it is difficult to precisely estimate the statewide potential for water savings through the use of gray water and application of the technology needed, it may reduce household landscape water use by up to 50 percent, depending on the size, type of landscape plants used and geographical location. “The average household uses as much as 50-60 percent of its water consumption for the landscape – grass, ornamental plants, trees, etc.,” he said. “Considering that the average family of four produces about 90 gallons of gray water per day, if this was used to irrigate a landscape, it could represent a significant water savings.” Cabrera said this would be especially true for a large city such as nearby San Antonio, which has more than 1.3 million people in its metropolitan area. “Implementing the use of gray water for landscape irrigation across the state could mean a tremendous water savings in terms of acre-feet of water, contributing to the water use and conservation goals of the recently released 2012 Water Plan,” Cabrera said. Using gray water is one of the easiest ways to reduce the need for potable water typically used in a home landscape, said Dr. Calvin Finch, director of the Water Conservation and Technology Center in San Antonio, which is administered by the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of the Texas A&M University System. The institute is participating in the gray water research, as well as providing funding. Finch said the Texas 2012 Water Plan identifies more than 500 specific activities that, if implemented, would help meet the state’s future water needs. “One of the low-hanging fruit projects that is often overlooked is use of gray water from households,” he said. “Research results indicate that with minimum precautions water from our showers, bathroom sinks and clothes washers could be used to meet up to 10-15 percent of our overall landscape water needs.” Gray water differs from reclaimed water in that it is not captured water from sewer drainage or storm-water systems and then run through a waste-water treatment facility, Cabrera said. “Reclaimed or ‘purple-line’ water is used for irrigation by some large-acreage operations such as golf courses, sports fields and large businesses,” Cabrera said. “But gray water is just potable water that has been used for fairly benign household activities and could be reused immediately or stored and used soon after its initial use. “It is also not what is referred to as ‘black’ water, which is used water from a toilet or the kitchen sink, both of which have a higher potential for containing bacteria and other organisms considered hazardous for human health. In this regard, gray water poses a minimal risk, particularly if we look primarily at water generated from clothes-washing machines.” He said some southwestern U.S. states, including parts of Texas, already allow for the use of gray water under certain restrictions, such as irrigation through delivery by flooding, subsurface or drip irrigation. “While gray water has little potential for containing hazardous organisms, such as coliform bacteria, these irrigation distribution methods are preferred to spraying in order to further ensure safety,” he said. Cabrera said collaborating entities working to evaluate the viability of gray water use include: AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water continued on page a52

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AVAILABLE FOR RENT: 40 Maurer grain trailers................. $400.00/week each

Used Snowmobiles and Trailers

2013 Maurer 40-ft. steel grain trailers, air ride... $29,500 New 2013 Maurer 40-ft. steel grain trailers, spring suspension............................................................$27,000 Add $2000 for electric roll tarp. New Maurer 40-ft. aluminum hopper trailer, aluminum wheels, electric tarp.................................... $35,500

2007 Arctic Cat M6, reverse, 1200 miles............ $4750 2005 Polaris RMK 800, reverse, 1800 miles ..... $4250 2004 Arctic Cat 1M 600 EFI 2300 miles............. $2900 2003 Polaris Verticle ESC 700 reverse, 1025 miles..... ....................................................................... $3300 2003 Polaris RMK 700, 1086 miles.................... $3500 2003 Polaris Verticle ESC 800 new motor......... $3800 2003 Polaris Verticle ESC 800 2200 miles........ $3300 2002 Ski-Doo Renegade 800 ES, 800 miles...... $3300 2000 Polaris RMK 600, reverse, 2800 miles...... $2300 2000 Polaris RMK 550 Trail................................ $1800 2000 Polaris RMK 550 Trail................................ $1900 1999 Arctic Cat ZL 500 EFI................................ $1700 1999 Ski-Doo 670, 2500 miles............................ $1800 1999 Polaris RMK 700....................................... $2000 1996 Ski-Doo 583............................................... $1500 1996 Polaris XC 440 new top end...................... $1300 1996 Polaris XC 440........................................... $1000 1994 Polaris Trail 440........................................... $750

Miscellaneous Equipment 2007 John Deere 7930 MFWD tractor, ILS, JD 746 loader. AT ready......................................... $140,000 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air drill, 9 inch spacing, MRB, NH3. ............................................................ $40,000 Wheatheart 8x40 grain auger with electric clutch sweep and mover........................................ $11,000 John Deere 214 forage wagon.......................... $3500

Swather

2007 SiDump’R tri-axle trailer.......................... $35,000

Used ATVs and UTVs

2012 Polaris Ranger XP 800............................. $9000 2008 Polaris 500 Sportsman four wheeler........ $4900

2000 Case IH 8860 swather with 14-ft. header and conditioner. 425 hours....................................... $36,000

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N.F., Inc. ~ froid, mONtANA (406) 766-2300, Call Dale, 963-7512 cell, or Dean, 480-0347

Jeﬀ & Christie Nissen

15380 Clear Creek Rd

14th Annual Sale April 3, 2013 Sale at 1:00 • Lunch at 11:30 • Bear Paw Livestock • Chinook, MT

SAV Iron Mountain 8066

SELL 10 SONS

Selling 50 Spring Spring & 30 Fall Fall ndustry Leading AI & Herd Sires GDAR CJD Alliance 0714

BW +3.4 WW +59 YW+108 Milk +5 MB +.70 RE +.28 $B +76.19

Sitz Onward 9007 SELL 14 SONS

BW +.3 WW +49 YW+100 Milk +25 MB +.60 RE +.48 $B +69.76 SELL 13 SONS

BW -.8 WW +50 YW+95 Milk +33 MB +.49 RE +.50 $B +84.61

Also selling sons of KG Wisdom, NA Charge On, and Basin Payweight 006S.

Bulls on feed at Hould Feedlot west of Malta, MT. A f u l l l i s t i ng a n d p e r f o r m a n c e u p d a t e s a v a i l a b l e a t

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FLEXI-COIL FIELD SPRAYER FOR SALE

2004 Flexi-Coil 67 pull type field sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, 100 gallon rinse tank, hydraulic unfold, Raven rate controller, double nozzle bodies with Green Leaf air induction nozzles........................................................................................................ $12,000

Call (406) 567-2491, Denton, MT

ITEMS FOR SALE LOOKING TO TRADE log truck loads of firewood for hay or straw or ??.

Caterpillar 12E road grader, electric start, front rippers in good running condition with 10-ft. snow wing. Good solid machine, no cracks or cobbled up welds. Will sell together or separate. Timber Jack 2628 Fellerbuncher. With snow wing...................$12,000 ..................................... $30,000 Versatile 400 swather 20-ft. head.... Without snow wing.................$8500 .........................................$1200 3-point angle blade..................$450 8-ft. heavy duty pickup snow plow blade with hydraulic cylinders...... FOR MORE INFO ..........................................$1000 PLEASE CALL 4-New implement tires, never used, mounted on new 6-hole 5” center 16-ft. car hauler, new deck, excelwheels..................................... $700 lent condition.....................$2200

(406) 793-2210

Can gray water keep Texas landscapes green? continued from page a51

Resources Institute, Water Conservation and Technology Center and Texas Center for Applied Technology. Helping preserve the state’s water resources is one of the challenges being addressed by the Texas A&M University System. The research and practical application aspects related to the feasibility for statewide use of gray water for home landscaping irrigation is an example of collaboration by system entities to reach a common goal. “Here at the Uvalde AgriLife center, we will be focusing primarily on evaluating the efficacy of gray water use on ornamental plants,” he said. “We will establish a display plot of conventional and water-use-efficient ornamental plants that will simulate a typical Texas landscape, so we can evaluate the short-term and long-term effects of gray water on these plants and their surrounding soil.” Cabrera said one concern about using gray water on home landscapes is possible salt content. “Some detergents may have a high salt content in the form of sodium, chloride or boron, which could potentially ‘burn’ a plant,” he said. “Part of our research here will involve determining the salinity and specific constituents found in gray water and their effect on plants, plus determining the efficacy and function of irrigation systems.” He said there is also the concern that some of the constituents in soapy water might plug drip irrigation systems, thus requiring additional and periodic care and maintenance. “Additional research will address how variations in water quality, such as soft vs. hard water, may affect the salt content and chemical constitution of the produced gray water and how it affects plant growth and quality” he said. He said the Texas Center for Applied Technology, part of Texas A&M Engineering, would “evaluate the plumbing and delivery technology needed to retrofit a household” so gray water could be used to irrigate a home landscape. “They will evaluate the routing and, if allowed, the possible capture and shortterm containment, as well as any filtration needed along with the means by which it can be delivered to the landscape,” he said. He added if essential aspects of the initial research are positive, additional involvement might include microbiologists and health officials to address any perceived health issues or concerns. “If the totality of the research validates the use of gray water, AgriLife Extension personnel would provide educational outreach to inform water management entities and the public about its potential utilization and the water savings it could represent at the local and statewide levels,” Cabrera said. Initial gray water testing and evaluation will take from nine months to a year, he noted. “We hope the results will support the launching and development of a statewide initiative to conserve water resources that will involve many additional partners,” Cabrera said.

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Lost Lake Ranch Where You Get More Bull Value for the Dollar Spent!!!

Friday, March 29, 2013 Western Livestock Auction – Great Falls, MT al An nu le h t 9 1 Sa c t io n u d o r P

Sale 1:00

19t h Pro du An n u a l c t io n S a le

Coleman Regis 904

Hoover Dam

Selling 110 Yearling Black Angus Bulls & 35 Yearling Angus Heifers

Features of the Lost Lake Program

Sydgen CC&7

NAME REGISTRATION NO. 7X Objective Y69 16412308 Apex Vanguard 136 15604674 BHC Payweight 654 15480576 Coleman Regis 904 16364794 Connealy Packer 547 14843207 Four Ace Gridiron 801 16204085 Hoover Dam 16124994 KG Wisdom 9402 16486388 LDA 7510 Image Maker 15792020 Lost Lake Chain 16276389 Lost Lake Credence X24 16866448

• Quality cattle = fertility + calving ease + milking ability + growth • Balanced EPDs • Performance tested • Cattle Nutrition, yet Condition • Extra docility • Breeding soundness = exam + scrotal + semen test • Carcass Ultrasound Scanned • Many “heifer bulls” with retained growth • All bulls BVD-tested free of disease • Vaccination program, comprehensive included foot rot and warts • Volume discounts on bull purchases • Livestock Insurance (Loss-of-Use & Mortality) Shared Premium • Delivery is Free (within 350 miles) • Free board on bulls until April 15, 2013 • Harrer’s Satisfaction Guarantee including 77 years of experience

Leading Sires for 2013 Sale

CED BW WW YEAR MILK SCROTAL 7 0.2 55 96 31 0.4 2 2.3 53 97 28 1.71 2 1.1 47 86 20 1.97 15 -1.5 57 97 34 0.57 7 1.5 60 115 28 0.91 3 3.4 65 119 30 0.72 10 -0.1 50 99 39 0.88 6 0.8 54 102 28 0.83 10 -0.1 51 79 34 0.09 6 1.2 51 90 26 1.22 6 2.6 57 108 21 0.88

Circle March 29th on your calendar

SQ Credence 67S

MARB RIBEYE $ BEEF 0.52 0.57 69.82 0.44 0.31 66.44 0.06 0.39 63.52 0.39 0.66 68.07 0.54 0.37 72.73 0.32 0.63 72.71 0.73 1.15 88.19 0.66 0.31 78.62 0.34 0.29 60.39 0.08 0.12 57.62 0.6 0.34 53.59

NAME REGISTRATION NO. C ED Lost Lake Guard Dog U203 16269596 5 MF Final Answer 052 16685217 7 MF Final Answer 054 16685215 7 MVCC Nebraska 1409 16423655 6 SQ Credence 675 15705880 12 SydGen C C & 7 15330743 6 SydGen Mandate 6079 15337433 13 WAR Alliance 9126 6006 13433023 7 Windy Ridge Inspiration 923 16491192 13 Averages LLR Herd Sires 7.5 Current Breed Averages 6

BW WW YEAR MILK SCROTAL MARB RIBEYE $ BEEF 0.3 45 69 20 1.81 0.22 0.35 57.68 1.2 65 113 26 0.46 0.49 68.84 1.1 62 104 30 0.85 0.43 0.37 66.33 2.1 60 110 30 -0.02 0.37 0 57.05 0.8 64 104 25 0.45 0.99 0.62 51.96 1 54 109 47 0.93 0.48 0.87 96.52 0.5 66 126 34 1.11 0.88 0.09 77.61 1.1 66 126 30 1.35 0.15 0.21 71.43 0.8 47 90 29 0.73 0.31 0.46 61.14 1.0 56 102 30 0.92 0.45 0.43 68.01 1.7 46 85 23 0.57 0.41 0.32 61.21

Call, write or e-mail for a catalog: drharrer@gmail.com www.lostlakeranch.com

Grant & Deanna Harrer 406-899-9061 or 406-452-2010 William T. or Dolores Harrer 406-737-4393 or 771-8229

Barn -- 406-737-4336 321 Eden Road Great Falls, MT 59405

Jeff Schile, Mgr - (406) 737-4315

WINDY RIDGE RANCH

Chuck & Karen Davis, 406-737-4320 P.O. Box 336, Geraldine, MT 59446

windyridge@itstriangle.com

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Bob Adkins, right, awaits visitors at the Abilene Machine booth during the MAGIE Show iin Great Falls, Montana in early January.

Accidental dog poisoning on the rise

By University of California Veterinarians at the University of California (UC), Davis, warn pet owners to be careful about using rat poisons and similar compounds. Veterinarians at the UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital have seen a spike in accidental rodenticide poisonings. In the last two weeks of August alone, they diagnosed and treated six canine cases. Ingesting rodenticides, which also include squirrel bait, can be fatal for a dog, causing death within a week if not treated. The veterinarians say that rodenticide poisoning has primarily been a canine issue, while cats are more likely to be attracted to plants that may be harmful to them. “This is an all-too-common occurrence,” said Karl Jandrey, an assistant professor of clinical small animal emergency and intensive care at UC Davis. “People are trying to get rid of unwanted rodents, but are not realizing what these toxins do to the other animals who share that environment.” Used to kill rats, mice and other undesirables, rodenticides contain ingredients that are anticoagulants, which slow the clotting of the blood. When dogs ingest these poisons, the active ingredients concentrate in the liver where they interfere with vitamin K storage and the production of blood clotting factors. “In order to attract their intended victims, rodenticides are tasty to critters,” Jandrey said. “Unfortunately, that means they are also tasty to dogs, which see these poisons as treats.” At UC Davis’ veterinary teaching hospital, dealing with accidental poisoning can require around-the-clock care with treatments in the intensive care unit that include replenishing blood clotting factors with fresh frozen plasma and replacing vitamin K. If administered early enough, this treatment usually leads to a full recovery. One recently treated patient was Mocha, a one-yearold Belgian Malinois from Winters, California. Mocha had gotten into d-CON, a common rodenticide available at any hardware store. L u c k i l y, M o c h a w a s brought to the veterinary teaching hospital in time. She responded well to treatment and was able to go home in two days. “We are grateful for the care Mocha received at UC Davis,” said Ken Shaw, Mocha’s owner. “Like most dogs, Mocha is adventurous and likes to get into things she shouldn’t. But after the treatment at UC Davis, she was home within a few days, happy and playful once again.” ##### The abandoned Anaconda Copper Mining Company smelter smokestack in Anaconda, Montana is the biggest freestanding masonry structure in the world. It stands 585 feet – the Washington Monument could fit inside it. ##### Ringing Rocks just northeast of Butte, Montana is where you would go to make authentic “rock” music. Each boulder on the mountain rings like a bell when hit with a hammer.

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1 pm at the Ranch

Florence, Montana

AnnuAl Bull SAle Selling

- Monday March 4, 2013

These bulls will leave you a set of Replacement Females that are out of one of the most Notable Herd Sire Producing Cow Herds in Montana! The Mytty cow herd has produced the herd sires: “Nebraska”, “Mytty In Focus”, “Mytty Forefront 77P”, “Mytty Thunderstruck”,“Mytty In Line” and “Sitz Alliance 7544”.

Mytty Forefront 77P

Mytty Thunderstruck

+1.5

+2.8

+62

+50

+116

+91

+.89

+.71

MILK +20

Mytty 4 Stroke

Sold in 2012 sale for $35,000 to Bobcat Angus

Mytty Forefront 1062

Sold in 2012 sale for $20,000 to Top Line Angus

SAV Final Answer 0035

MILK +23

We offer low birth, calving ease bulls that will sire big weaning weights and efficient easy fleshing cattle that will perform in the feedlot Mytty Thunderstruck 1063A and the real world! Sold to Open Box Ranches

HARB Windy 758 J H

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MILK +25

MILK +26

Kevin & Traci Mytty

Mytty Final Answer 85X

Sold to Skinner Ranch for $16,500

875 Sweeney Creek Loop, Florence, MT 59833

(406) 777-0950 • Cell: (406) 360-8939 Jock McDowell, Cattle Manager • 406-239-5310 E-mail: myttyangus@cybernet1.com

Mytty Casanova 21X

Sold to Crouthamel and Camas Prairie for $17,000

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Other Sires: Bobcat • Right Answer • Game Day • In Focus • Dimension • Blue Stem • Iron Mountain • 004

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Hydropower energy harvesters potential to transform power generation

“Revolutionary” is the word New Mexico State University (NMSU) electrical engineering professor Nadipuram Prasad uses to describe the turbine and generator system he’s developing as a result of his hydropower research. Dubbed “HyPER harvesters,” the axial-flow flow turbine and generator systems are designed to generate power at any desired frequency from low-head waterways across the U.S. and worldwide. Prasad and fellow professor Satishkuma Ranade obtained a $299,312 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fabricate and test their two 10 kW prototypes in the Elephant Butte Irrigation District. “The HyPER project is aimed toward developing the cheapest and most efficient ways of harnessing energy from gravity-fed flowing water resources such as rivers, streams, irrigation canals and flood canals,” Prasad said. “The key benefit is that it requires minimal infrastructure for its installation and end use. As such, its use is practically unlimited.” How it works The hyperboloid shape of the turbine causes fluid forces to transfer energy efficiently onto an impeller, which then converts hydraulic energy into mechanical energy and provides force to rotate the permanent magnet rotor of the generator. The rotating magnetic field induces a potential across the terminals and is transformed to the desired frequency by a back-to-back AC-DC-AC converter. Prasad described the submarine-type of enclosure that houses the generator as fish-like. Although we are presently developing a technology with rotating machinery, the concept can be extended to the use of linear generators. “As water enters the inlet and increases in velocity, ‘fins’ and the ‘tail’ located on the submarine can be made to flap back and forth, causing a linear generator to produce electricity” he said. “The HyPER harvester concept is easily adaptable to any fluid-flow system. It can be implemented in urban water supply systems and in wastewater treatment systems. “Urban water supply systems have a continuous flow of water. The harvester could be used to produce power from large water tanks, which provide sufficient pressure. The process is similar to a natural reservoir draining water into a lower basin.” While the devices won’t be tested until spring 2014, Prasad said he believes its application could go beyond Elephant Butte. “The goal would be to integrate hydro plants throughout the distribution system power grid,” he said. “Although we are building a small-scale prototype, it does not hurt to think that someday Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam could be retrofitted with the technology we are developing to produce several hundred megawatts of additional power. “I would speculate that extremely poor societies who inhabit areas rich in natural flowing water, such as the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam, would benefit the greatest,” he added. “Recent storms such as Hurricane Sandy are good examples of the need to harvest energy. It helps the Federal Emergency Management Agency to maintain sufficient power generating capacity to serve all critical centers.” “The harvesters have the potential for a simple and economical manufacturing process and the potential for easy deployment,” said Ranade. “I would love to see implementations on small river systems; water delivery systems; and of course in developing nations.” Prasad described the Drop 8 structure at Elephant Butte as an ideal testing site because it provides sufficient civil infrastructure to implement the test prototypes. “Drop 8 is an extremely strong structure that offers continuous energy harvesting possibility during the entire irrigation season,” he said. “It’s a historical structure, one we had better not damage, and that’s exactly the type of structure where we want to test the prototypes.” One challenge concerning the prototypes is ensuring the safety of its material, fiberglass. The advantage of using fiberglass is that it’s stronger than steel and safer than plastic, Prasad explained. “It’s important to research the type of material used in water supply systems,” he said. “Chlorinated water will be flowing through the pipes, and we need to know the long-term effects of fiberglass, whether it creates a threat to human safety. “That’s where researchers with chemical engineering CONTINUED ON PAGE A57

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backgrounds are needed.” The project, Prasad said, has also served as a learning opportunity for several students in his Electric Circuits course for non-electrical engineering students. “I feel enlightened by the enormous interest it has generated among a large body of students from several engineering disciplines,” he added. Ranade said he was impressed by “the awesome ingenuity of the students working on the prototype.” Prasad is currently working to obtain more research grants for the project. In September 2011, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced almost $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology. “This project has come out of a long-term thought process which I never imagined would be put to test,” Prasad said. “I feel like I’ve seen the light at the end of a very long tunnel. I’ve thought about it over the last 20 years, and the U.S. Department of Energy contract is making it happen. “Electric power is the most critical component of any nation’s infrastructure. The first event at the onset of a hurricane, cyclone or typhoon is the loss of electricity. We must, therefore, think about how to use the energy in the storm, namely wind and water, to protect ourselves.”

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Lady beetle diet influences its effectiveness as biocontrol

By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service By examining what lady beetles eat, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are learning more about the movement of these beneficial insects in farm fields—and whether they’ll actively feed on crop pests. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Jonathan Lundgren at the agency’s North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Brookings, South Dakota, and former ARS entomologist Michael Seagraves were part of a team of ARS and university scientists that examined how a lady beetle’s diet alters its feeding patterns and physiology. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency. Lady beetles are deployed as biological controls of insect pests like aphids and Colorado potato beetles. Understanding the feeding behavior of these important beneficial insects will help researchers find ways to most effectively use the lady beetles as biocontrol agents. In laboratory feeding tests, the researchers found that a lady beetle species called Coleomegilla maculata consumes two to three times more plant tissue after being fed a preyonly diet than after being fed a mixed diet of prey and plant tissue. This suggests that plant material is providing some key nutrients lacking in prey-only diets. It is important to recognize that non-prey foods contain different nutrients than insect prey, and that beetles that are fed mixed diets are often healthier that those fed only on prey, according to Lundgren. In a follow-up study, Lundgren and his colleagues found that sugar consumption by lady beetles allows females to survive and produce more eggs than those denied this sweet treat. Foods like sugar and pollen are important components of their diets, and it is thought that lady beetles rely heavily on sugar resources in the field. In this study, Lundgren and Seagraves applied sugar sprays to soybeans and quantified the frequency of sugar feeding by analyzing the gut contents of common lady beetles in South Dakota, Maryland and Kentucky. According to Seagraves, all the tested lady beetles regularly consumed sugar-like nectar in soybean fields, even when it wasn’t applied as a supplement. However, the sugar-sprayed plots had more lady beetles than the untreated plots. This research makes the case that sugar-feeding is very important for lady beetle populations in cropland and suggests a possible way to help maintain beneficial species in agroecosystems. The research was published in Biocontrol and in Biocontrol Science and Technology.

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“Out with the old sale” at Power Motors (406) 799-7459 - Fort Benton It is a new year and these items must go

$1000 for a

Powerswing

Power your 10” swing hopper. Was $1350 OR Power your 13” swing hopper. Was $1350

$1500 to convert standard hopper to low profile A new hopper with wear guard flighting and conversion boot

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Spra-Coupe flood light kits -- from the warehouse • Flood light kit for 218 and 220 Spra-Coupe

• Flood light kit for 3430 and 3630 coupes.

Price Reduced On Used Augers • 71-13 Westfield MK swing hopper....................$7750 • 61-10 Westgo 1310 swing hopper, hydraulic drive................$1750 62-10 Hutchinson PTO drive, electric winch. Nice................$2250 71-10 Farm King mechanical swing. See! ......Make Offer!

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CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT

CT-Vermeer BP8000 bale processor, big tires...Call CB-New Holland 358 grinder mixer, 1000 RPM PTO, good shape. Tag #4568............................... $9000 CT-Degelman 9-ft. front blade for 2WD tractor...$2500 CT-Farmhand 258 loader with grapple and JD mounts......................................................... $6500 CB-1979 John Deere 310A tractor/loader/backhoe, cab, 24” bucket, 7750 hours. Tag #4569... $13,500 CT-John Deere 6400 80-hp, MFWD tractor, PowrQuad, new rear tires, JD 640 loader with grapple. .................................................................. $39,000 CT-Case 1490 2W 80-hp tractor with Leon 690 loader and grapple.................................................. $8500 CN-2011 Frontier 54” snowblower, 3-point, 540 PTO, hydraulic chute. Tag #9152......................... $2750 CN-2009 John Deere 936D draper header. Tag #10433...................................................... $37,000 CN-2005 John Deere 630R 30-ft. rigid header, fore/ aft reel, pickup reel. Tag #10267............... $21,700 CN-John Deere 844 corn header, updated from 36” to 30” row spacing. Tag #11354................ $20,000 CN-2005 John Deere header transport. Tag #10268. . .................................................................... $4950 CN-2007 New Holland HW365 swather with 16-ft. 2355 rotary head. Tag #11701................. $69,900 CN-1994 John Deere 535 round baler, twine tie push bar, flotation tires......................................... $7500 CN-John Deere 468 16x18 square baler, hydraulic tongue, side drop. Tag #11538.......................$7200 CN-2007 New Holland BR7090 round baler, twine/net. Tag #11610.................................................$29,500 CT-New Holland 688 round baler, surface wrap..$12,000 CB-1975 Ag Chem Big A 2500 self propelled sprayer, 1200 gallon stainless tank, 60-ft. boom with windscreens, Raven 440 rate controller, 3-way nozzle bodies, 3208 Cat (rebuilt 200 hours ago), Allison automatic transmission. Tag #4709.......... $15,000 CN-1100 GPM Cummins pumping unit with 25 KBA generator, 150-ft. of head................................Call CN-50 hp electric pump.......................................Call CN-6”, 8” mainline...............................................Call Large assortment of handline............................Call CN-Wade Rain center drive wheel lines......... $4250 CN-Used Thunderbird wheel lines....................Call CN-(2) 1400 lb. cast wheel weights for JD 30 series.. . ..................................................................... $1400 CT-Allis-Chalmers 26-ft. tandem disc.......... JUST IN CT-Morris 50-ft. heavy harrow, all new tines.JUST IN CB-Valmar 240 skid mount granular applicator...$2500 CN-1959 Chevrolet Viking 60 truck with 1990 7-ton tender box. Tag #10652.............................. $3350 CN-Westfield MK130-81 flex 13”x81-ft. flex swing hopper. Never used. Tag #11800............. $27,500 CN-1988 Versatile 4700 swather, 30-ft. triple delivery head, batt reel, Cummins diesel, 308 original hours. Tag #11807............................................... $22,000 CN-2006 John Deere 717A Z track riding mower, 19 hp, 48” deck. Tag #11808............................ $6600

USED WINDROWERS & HEADERS As low as 0% OAC on select windrowers 2012 John Deere R450 self-propelled windrower, bar tires, auxiliary lighting. Tag #10943........... $88,500

2-2011 Case IH WD1203 16-ft. auger header, 350 hours. Each............................................... $94,000 2011 John Deere A400 windrower. Tag #11121....... .................................................................. $65,000

New Equipment In Stock Haybuster 2650 and 2800 bale processors. 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.

AS LOW AS OAC on SELECT USED COMBINES

2-2012 John Deere S680 combines, 640D draper header, low hours. Each......................... $430,000 2010 John Deere 9870 combine, 640D draper 2003 John Deere 956 141/2-ft. MoCo, Impeller conheader, low hours. Tag #11349............... $360,000 ditioner, 1000 PTO. Tag #1584................. $18,500 John Deere 9870STS combine. Call Cut Bank for 2012 MacDon M105 windrower includes MacDon details. Tag #11587..........................................Call D60-35 draper header. Tag #11104........ $155,514 2011 John Deere 9770 combine, 640D draper New Holland HW320 windrower with 14-ft. auger header, low hours. Tag #11178............... $335,000 header. Tag #10181.................................. $62,900 2-2010 John Deere 9770 combines, 640D draper New Holland 116 mower conditioner. Tag #10144... header, excellent shape. Each............... $315,000 ..................................................................... $5750 2007 John Deere 9760 combine, Contour Master, 1984 Case 4000 windrower. Tag #10993........ $3500 chaffer, harvest monitor. Tag #10936..... $165,000

Ask about the Valley ‘After Season’ parts order specials USED SPRAYERS

2011 John Deere 4830 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 20” spacing, eductor, foam marker, traction control, very nice. Tag #9229.............................. $244,000 2010 John Deere 4830 100-ft. booms, 3” fill, auto boom Trac 5 sensor, traction control. Tag #11731. ............................................................... $219,000 2010 John Deere 4930 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, eductor, 5 sensor auto level, traction control. Tag #11630................................................... $185,000 2007 RoGator SS1074 self-propelled sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, Raven Viper Pro controls, foam marker. Tag #9745........................ $139,900 2000 Nitro 275 self-propelled sprayer, 104-ft. booms, 1200 gallon tank, AutoTrac, swather control, 2 set of tires. Tag #11425.................................. $79,000 2007 Summers Ultimate 120-ft. booms, 1500 gallon tank, 5 Norac sensors, Raven 440, windscreens. Tag #11554............................................... $33,000 2006 New Holland SF115 115-ft. booms, 1500 gallon COMBINE HEADERS tank, windscreens, induction tank. Tag #11355..... John Deere 214 pickup header. Tag #10770.........$7800 ................................................................. $19,000 3-2012 John Deere 615P pickup headers, low 2002 Flexi-Coil 67XL wheel boom sprayer, 1000 acres.................................................. $25,000 ea. gallon tank, Raven controls. Tag #9466....$11,500 John Deere 635F flex header. Tag #10955.....$21,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer with 100-ft. booms, Case IH 2016-14 pickup header. Tag #10765........... 1000 gallon tank. Tag #10356..................... $7900 ................................................................. $16,000 Fast 9500E suspended boom sprayer. Tag #10919.. 2010 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header, pickup reel. ................................................................. $35,000 Tag #10929.............................................. $60,000 Marflex pickup sprayer, 60-ft. booms, 300 gallon tank, MacDon 960 36-ft. header, pickup reel, transport. Tag Honda engine. . ............................................ $5300 #10827..................................................... $14,000

Gun Safes In Stock!

Stop by and see our selection. Many sizes and colors to choose from. Great Savings on almost everything store-wide.

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2001 John Deere 9750 combine............... $120,000 1998 John Deere 9610 combine. Tag #9246............ ................................................................. $65,800 1995 John Deere 9600 combine with MacDon 960 header, 20-ft. unloading auger, chopper. Tag #10790...................................................... $59,500 1994 John Deere 9600 combine with 930 header, batt reel, new header trailer. Tag #10782.........$56,500 1983 John Deere 8820 combine. Tag #10779.......... ................................................................. $12,500 1983 John Deere 8820 combine. Tag #11446.......... ................................................................. $13,500 1982 John Deere 7720 combine with JD 224 24-ft. header, pickup reel. Tag #11090................$11,300 John Deere 9610 combine, 3611 engine hours. Tag #9246........................................................ $66,000 1997 Case 2188 combine, Maurer unloading auger extension, no header, 2940 separator hours. Tag #10674...................................................... $55,000

1995 New Holland TR97 combine with 30-ft. header, pickup reel, 13-ft. pickup attachment, Ag Loader computer, 200 hours on rebuild. Tag #10789.... ................................................................. $59,000 1994 Gleaner R62 combine, low hours, yield monitor, MacDon 963 30-ft. header.................. $83,000

AFTER HOURS SALES CALL:

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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 Pat Wheeler 450-1704 Barry MacGillivray 590-4703 Jamie Birch 570-3929 Ron Lipke 899-4993 Neil McCormick 470-2927

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MISCELLANEOUS

USED TRACTORS

2011 New Holland 216 27-ft. hydraulic basket rake, 2011 John Deere 8285R MFWD, IVT transmission, manual controls, used very little. Tag #9927......... 1000 PTO, 4 remotes, 90% tires. Tag #10938...... ................................................................. $19,500 ............................................................... $221,200 2011 John Deere 4720 MFWD, cab, hydro, JD 400CX loader, quick hitch. Tag #11812............Coming in 2010 John Deere 4720 MFWD, cab, hydro, JD 400CX loader, quick hitch. Tag #11811............Coming in John Deere 4430 2WD, 3 remotes, dual PTO, EzeeOn loader/grapple. Tag #11753................ $18,500 1978 John Deere 4040 2WD tractor, 80 hp, QuadRange transmission, dual PTO, 3-point, front weights. Tag #9950.................................. $17,500 1961 John Deere 4010 2WD diesel, cab, 3 remotes, PTO, JD 158 loader. Tag #11754............. $12,500 2006 Case MXU115 2WD, cab, no loader. Tag #11416..................................................... $38,500 2008 Kubota L3240 MFWD, loader ready, 2 remotes, 540, 34 engine hp. Tag #11621................ $13,750 1985 Versatile 276 bidirectional, Versatile 2360 2003 Bale King 3100HD Vortex bale processor, 1000 loader/grapple, 3 remotes, 3-point, PTO, 2500 PTO, flotation tires. Tag #11602.................. $8000 hours on new engine. Tag #11761........... $21,000 Haybuster 256 Plus II bale processor. Tag #11806. Ford 5000 2WD tractor with cab, 3-point, 540 PTO, .................................................................... $6500 loader, bucket, grapple. Tag #10942........... $6900 1996 Haybuster 256 Plus II bale processor. Tag #9976.......................................................... $6000 Hesston BP25 bale processor. Tag #11752... $2500 1998 DewEze 3-pt. bale unroller. Tag #9427.... $700 Straw spreader for JD 9660 STS combine...... $2000 Degelman R570P rock picker. Tag #11001..... $6500 2009 John Deere X324 all wheel steer lawn tractor, 48” Powerflo bagger. Tag #9887................. $4550 2005 John Deere LT160 riding mower with 42” deck, hydrostatic drive, 16-hp. Tag #1109............ $1550 2004 John Deere LX280 riding mower with 42” deck, bagger. Tag #163........................................ $3800 Ford 850 tractor with Wagner loader. Tag #11809.... John Deere L130 riding mower, 48” deck, mulch kit, .................................................................... $3500 bagger. Tag #10884.................................... $1600 2004 John Deere SST15 mower. Tag #1539.. $1000 1990 Terry 29-ft. bumper pull travel trailer, oak interior............................................................... $7500 Donahue 45-ft. trailer. Tag #1411.................... $3000 New Kory 8278 12-ton farm wagon, 12.5x16L 14 ply tires. Tag #5201........................................... $3975 3-Ghenn 1/4-mile wheel lines. Each................. $4600 Two used wheel lines for sale. (1-Thunderbird) 2-Used wheel lines, 1/4-mile each. Each.......... $4500 6” and 8” mainline with risers..............................Call Cummins engine with Berkley pump, on skid, 1000 gallons/minute.............................................. $8500 Parker #88C-082 220-volt hydraulic hose machine with Weatherhead T400 crimper. Includes complete die set. Like New $5950. Only..................... $2850 $10 each for #2’s 2010 John Deere Gator 620i roof, windshield, manual $14 each for #1’s box. Tag #10888.......................................... $8800 2011 Polaris 800XPUTV 4-wheeler. Tag #11208...... .................................................................... $8000 TILLAGE 2008 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO 4-wheeler. Tag #11209........................................................ $3900 2009 Arctic Cat XTX 700 4-wheeler with winch, manual box, soft cab. Tag #11756.............. $7700 2009 Arctic Cat Prowler XT650 with rebuilt engine. Tag #9522................................................... $6250 Degelman 6600 16-1 blade, top screen, skid shoes, fits JD 9420. Tag #11639.......................... $14,000 Degelman 14-1 14-ft. blade............................ $9400 John Deere 59” 3-point snow blower. Tag #10328... .................................................................... $2000 Degelman 10-ft. manual angle blade. Tag #8652..... McFarlane HDL-1040-16 & HDL-1050-16 40-ft. and 50-ft.16 bar harrows..Call for preseason specials. .................................................................... $3900 Degelman 14-ft. blade. Tag #9400.................. $7500 2001 John Deere 1900 liquid applicator cart, 70-ft. booms. Tag #8935.................................... $17,500 Many used miscellaneous AMS items (displays, receivers, steering wheels)....................................... ..............................Call for price and availabiltiy 2007 Cat 242B-2 skid steer, diesel, ROPS, auxiliary hydraulics, 68” bucket, low hours. Tag #11450..... ................................................................. $22,600 2001 John Deere 240 skid steer, 60” bucket, auxiliary hydraulics, foot controls, new tires. Tag #11096... ................................................................. $13,500 Degelman SM7000 70-ft. spring spring harrow. Tag #10258..................................................... $12,900

2011 John Deere 9530T tractor, 475 hp, 30” tracks, Cat V, drawbar, premier lights. Tag #11458........... ............................................................... $319,000 2010 John Deere 9430 4WD, PTO, 18/6 powershift transmission, deluxe cab. Tag #11629.....$267,000 2010 John Deere 9230 4WD, 325 hp, 18 speed powershift transmission, PTO, 4 remotes. Tag #10684................................................... $199,000 1997 John Deere 9400 4WD, 24/6 manual transmission, 4 remotes. Tag #11623.................... $98,000 1995 John Deere 8870 4WD tractor, 24/6 manual transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 remotes. Tag #8608... ................................................................. $59,000 1984 John Deere 8650 4WD, cab, partial powershift, 4 remotes, 10-ft. manual angle blade. Tag #11550..................................................... $37,000 John Deere 7520 4WD, 3 remotes, 10-ft. manual angle blade. Tag #11691.......................... $14,000 Big Bud 460/30 4WD tractor, Detroit diesel, powershift transmission, 50% rubber. Tag #10890......... ................................................................. $53,000 1993 Case 9230 4WD, 235 hp, Raven Auto Steer, new tires, 3 remotes. Tag #11555............ $53,550 Case 9130 4WD, cab. Tag #1989............Coming in 1991 Versatile 1156 4WD, cab. Tag #11451....$72,500 Versatile 900 4WD, 3 remotes, 35% tires. Tag #11690........................................................ $9000

New Brandt 7500 & 5200 EX grain vacs in stock

Railroad Ties For Sale

USED GRAIN VACS & AUGERS

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 Wheatheart 13”x81-ft. swing auger, hydraulic mover, 540 PTO. Tag #10909.............................. $17,500 Wheatheart 10”x71-ft. swing auger. Tag #10891...... .................................................................... $6325 Wheatheart SA1061 10”x61-ft. swing auger. Tag #11804........................................................ $5900 Rem 3700 grain vac. Tag #9963.................. $19,900 2011 Brandt 5200 EX grain vac. Tag #11022........... ................................................................. $19,500 2007 Brandt 5000 grain vac. Tag #9963...... $10,000 Walinga 714 Deluxe grain vac. Tag #9041....$16,000

USED BALERS As low as 0% OAC on select used balers

2011 John Deere 568 round baler, 1000 PTO, twine, hydraulic pickup lift, megawide pickup, push bar. Tag #10659.............................................. $35,900 2004 John Deere 567 round baler, net/twine, push bar, 540 PTO, megawide. Tag #11776..... $18,000 John Deere 566 round baler, 540 PTO, gauge wheels. Tag #10196.............................................. $15,900 Hesston 856A round baler. Tag #11688. Call for details.......................................................... $9800 1999 New Holland 565A round baler. Tag #11365... .................................................................... $3900 1997 New Holland 664 round baler. Tag #11353..... .................................................................... $5200 1984 John Deere 530 round baler, twine only. Tag #10726........................................................ $2500 1987 John Deere 430 round baler, twine, 540 PTO, flotation tires. Tag #1588............................. $2800 2005 Case IH RBX562 round baler, net wrap, wide pickup, bale ramp. Tag #10739................ $16,900 New Holland 664 round baler, twine, Bale Command. Tag #10724................................................. $4500 1994 New Holland 660 round baler. Selling as is. Tag #11716........................................................ $2900

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WANTED

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Dryland and irrigated test plots consisted of a 15-foot, 7-row plot with 7-inch row spacing. All rows of each test plot were trimmed 36 inches and harvested using an experimental-plot combine. Recorded grain yields were adjusted to 13% grain moisture content, and are reported in bushels per acre based on a 48 pound standard bushel weight. Test weight (lb/bu, pounds per bushel) and grain moisture content (%, percent) were obtained for each plot using a DickeyJohn™ GAC 2100 grain analyzer. Grain protein (%, percent) was estimated using near infrared spectroscopy and is reported on a 12% moisture basis. Plant height was measured in inches from the soil surface to the top of the head, excluding the awns if present. Lodging severity, where observed, was recorded on a 0 to 9 scale representing no lodging (0) to all stems lying flat on the ground (9). Percent plump and thin kernels were determined by measuring the amount of a ~100 gram sub-sample retained above a 6-64” slotted screen and passing through a 5½-64” slotted screen, respectively, following 30 oscillations on a Strand™ size shaker. The 2012 spring barley test sites were relatively dry during the winter months, with below average rain or snow accumulating in September, November, December and February. Below average precipitation occurred from April through August, while above average precipitation occurred only in March (1.04 inches). Drought throughout the growing season coupled with above averaged temperatures (4.5 degrees higher than long term average) resulted in early

maturity and poor spring barley production under all dryland sites. Spring barley was harvested earlier at most sites this year. The dryland spring barley yield at the Huntley location averaged 73 bu/a in 2012 (Table 1). Yields ranged from 60 bu/a for experimental line ‘MT010158’ to 80 bu/a for ‘Haxby’. Eight other commercial spring barley cultivars produced yields from 72 to 78 bu/a, statistically equal to the yields of Haxby at this location. Average test weight was relatively low with an average of 45.7 lb/bu, with all entries except ‘Baronesse’, and Haxby having test weight values lower than 48 lb/bu. Grain protein content averaged 14.5 percent. Protein content ranged from 13.6 percent to 15.9 percent. Most spring barley cultivars produced low proportion of plump kernels, averaging only 24 percent of the harvested grain. Proportion of plump kernels ranged from 2.3 percent to 45.6 percent. The measured level of thin kernels averaged 28.2 percent and ranged from 15.7 to 48.8 percent. Two-year (2011 - 2012) average yield for barley cultivars tested at Huntley was 68 bu/a. ‘Craft’ was the highest yielding cultivar (76 bu/a) over the past two years. Spring barley 2012 dryland trial at Billing averaged 41 bu/a (Table 2). Billings is the new dryland site replacing Molt in 2012. Yields ranged from 30 bu/a for ‘CDC Cowboy’ to 45 bu/a for ‘Eslick’. Spring barley test weights were low and averaged only 46.6 lb/bu. Only three entries produced test weight values heavier than 48 lb/bu. Grain protein content averaged 15.4 percent. All barley entries have protein content over 14

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Bacteria pitted against fungi to protect wheat and barley

By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Soil-dwelling bacteria that depend on wheat and barley roots for their “room and board” could soon prove themselves helpful to the plants in return. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Pullman, Washington, are investigating the bacteria’s potential to biologically control root-rot fungi that cause crop yield losses of 10 to 30 percent annually in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. The bacteria are members of the genus Pseudomonas and include 11 strains that stymie the growth of Pythium and Rhizoctonia fungi, which cause diseases in wheat and barley crops. The fungi thrive in cool, moist soils and can reach especially high levels in crop fields where conservation tillage is practiced to save on fuel costs, avoid soil erosion, and provide other ecological and environmental benefits. The two pathogens are most problematic to seedlings of spring crops that are four to six weeks old, notes Pat Okubara, a geneticist in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit in Pullman. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency. Fungicides aren’t very effective, according to Okubara, and there are no resistant wheat or barley varieties available to growers yet. Rotating wheat with non-host crops is difficult, too, because of the pathogens’ extensive plant-host range. However, the Pseudomonas bacteria can secrete powerful enzymes and biochemicals that can keep these fungal rivals at bay, to the benefit of wheat and other host crops. Some strains of the bacteria also help plants help themselves by triggering a sort of immune-system response called “induced systemic response.” Other strains produce hormone-like substances that spur on root and shoot growth in host plants, helping them overcome fungal damage. In greenhouse tests conducted by Okubara and colleagues, use of five of the Pseudomonas strains diminished the severity of R. solani AG-98 root rot by 30 to 92 percent and P. ultimum by 32 to 56 percent. Two strains also reduced rot caused by R. oryzae and P. irregulare, which plague Pacific Northwest wheat and barley crops. Detailed results appear in the August 2012 issue of Biological Control. A commercial product isn’t likely for another few years. But the arrival of any new antifungal weaponry should be welcome news for wheat growers, especially those who’ve shied away from direct seeding or other conservation-tillage measures, notes Okubara.

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Georgia turf expert heads to OSU for greener grass

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By Tiffany Woods, OSU Extension Service Alec Kowalewski, Oregon State University’s (OSU) new turf specialist, jokes that two requirements for the job were to have a Polish-sounding last name and to be a graduate of Michigan State University (MSU). That’s because he replaces fellow MSU alumnus Rob Golembiewski, who left in March to work for Bayer Environmental Science after coming to OSU in 2008. Kowalewski, formerly an assistant professor of turf management at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Georgia, began work at OSU on December 31. He’ll divide his time between teaching, researching and working as a specialist with OSU’s Extension Service to help the turf grass industry. As the N.B. and Jacqueline Giustina Professor in Turf Management, he is funded in part by an endowment created by the family of OSU alumnus Nat Giustina. He’ll carry out his research on the plots and putting greens at OSU’s Lewis-Brown Farm and the Trysting Tree Golf Club near campus. He’ll be aided by OSU’s Brian McDonald, a research assistant who maintained the turf program after Golembiewski’s departure. With golf courses, schools and city park departments tightening their belts, Kowalewski plans to conduct experiments that aim to help them maintain acceptable turf conditions on a budget. At the same time, he intends for his research to also help them reduce their impact on the environment. For example, he’s thinking of testing different varieties of grass that require less irrigation and fertilizer to see which performs the best. Or he might take a look at how naturally derived products like corn gluten meal or soybean meal work as alternatives to pesticides, he said. “Turf management is really entering what I’d call an environmentally conscious era,” he said. “There are a lot of concerns about available resources and the effect management is having on the environment.” Kowalewski (pronounced cove-a-less-key) will also oversee graduate students’ research, including a project to control Microdochium patch without chemicals. Caused by a fungus, the disease is associated with rainy, cool conditions and forms spots of discolored, damaged grass. “Microdochium is a very big problem throughout the Pacific Northwest about eight months out of the year,” he said. “Golf course superintendents often lose their jobs over problems like this. It’s like being a doctor that can’t take care of a patient properly.” The disease is costly to golf courses because they have to buy fungicides and replant the grass. But pesticide regulations are expected to become increasingly restrictive, Kowalewski said, so other options are necessary. As a result, graduate student Clint Mattox will explore a variety of treatment methods, which Kowalewski said could include acidifying the soil, drying the turf with a blower, flattening it with a roller, or applying bicarbonates, sodium borate or mineral oil. Over the next few months, Kowalewski plans to meet with superintendents, athletic turf managers, landscapers and Extension’s Master Gardeners to identify other turf problems in the Pacific Northwest they’d like OSU to address. Kowalewski brings to the position experience as a professor and researcher. In Georgia, he taught during the school year and conducted field trials in the summer. He tested new cultivars of bermudagrass to see how they grew with limited water, infrequent mowing and minimal fertilizer. He also studied how grasses stood up to heavy foot traffic on athletic fields. In 2007 and 2008, his job took him to Beijing, China, where he literally watched the grass grow for almost five months. He was serving as an adviser to the company that built the portable athletic field used in the Bird’s Nest stadium for the track and field events and the men’s soccer final during the Olympics. In a parking lot a few miles from the stadium, a crew grew grass on 4-foot by 4-foot trays filled with 8 inches of soil. Every morning at 6 a.m., he inspected the grass for disease and made sure it had the right amounts of fertilizer and water. Then in August after the opening ceremony, his work paid off when the panels were trucked to the stadium and assembled like a jigsaw puzzle. As for his own grassy yard at his former home in Georgia, Kowalewski wasn’t as attentive. “It’s the worst one on the block. I mowed it probably three to four times a year,” he said, assuring that it’s no reflection on his professional life. “I think of it as trying to leave work at work.” continued on page a65

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That, and the fact he’s also a busy guy. He hasn’t even hit the links in about two years, an irony for someone dedicated to helping the golf industry. “Two years ago I was at 10 courses visiting interns in the Hilton Head area of South Carolina and didn’t get a chance to golf because I was so busy,” he said. “People ask me what my hobby is. I say, ‘I have a 2 ½-year-old daughter. That’s my hobby.’ It’s hard to go golfing when you spend so much time at work and then to convince the wife that you want to go golfing on Saturday. That’s usually not an argument you win.” Actually, turf sports aren’t Kowalewski’s forte. The Michigan native spent his college years locking opponents in half nelsons on a wrestling mat at MSU. Initially pursuing and later earning an undergraduate degree in studio art, it wasn’t until he got a summer job at MSU’s turfgrass research center that he decided there were greener pastures outside the studio. He went on to earn a doctorate at MSU in crop and soil sciences with an emphasis on turf management. “Turf management is a great career,” he said. “Young people think of college degrees as business and psychology, but you can make a great living taking care of golf courses, athletic fields, city parks or the grounds on a campus. One of my objectives is to get to high school students and tell them this is a great career to go into.” Information on OSU’s turf management program is at BeaverTurf.com.

Saving water without hurting peach production

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping peach growers make the most of dwindling water supplies in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist James E. Ayars at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier, California, has found a way to reduce the amount of water given post-harvest to early-season peaches so that the reduction has a minimal effect on yield and fruit quality. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and the research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security. The valley has about 25,000 acres of peach orchards that must be irrigated throughout the summer. Early-season peaches are normally harvested in May, but require most of their water from June through September, a time when temperatures and demands for water are at their highest. Snow packs in the Sierra Nevada have traditionally been a sufficient water source for growers, but earlier snowmelts have made water more precious with each summer. Wells that supply the valley have had to reach deeper to meet increasing demands. Ayars and ARS scientist Dong Wang, also based at Parlier, irrigated a 4-acre plot of early-season peach trees from March to the May harvest. From June to September, they gave the trees either 25 percent of the amount of water they’d normally receive, 50 percent of the normal amount, or 100 percent. The scientists measured soil water content once a week to be sure that even with periodic rainfall, trees were given appropriate deficit-irrigation treatments. They also used three types of irrigation systems: microspray, subsurface drip irrigation, and furrow irrigation, in which water is distributed in shallow canal-like rows near the trees. Defective fruit were counted and removed after each harvest. The results showed that reducing post-harvest irrigation levels to 25 percent of the normal amount had negative effects on yield and fruit quality, but that giving 50 percent less water than normal had minimal effects on the following year’s quality and yield. The subsurface drip irrigation systems tended to have the lowest yields within a given year, but differences were generally not statistically significant. The researchers also found that trees needed less pruning and maintenance because the deficit irrigation slowed plant growth. The results of this study have been submitted to the scientific journal HortScience for publication. ##### Guy Bingham, now retired from football, played center and offensive tackle for the University of Montana Grizzlies, the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons.

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Morris 881 Hayhiker 8 bale......................................................$8500 Dwyer 5-bale mover / feeder.....................................................$7800 Haybuster S2000 big square bale feeder.................................$8500 Kirschner 3 point hay fluffer. Great shape................................$1500 1973 Ford F500 buck rake, 390 V8, Farmhand F11C loader, forks, bucket, 4 new tires................................................................$4500 Kirschner pivot track closer......................................................$3200 2-International 620 14-ft. grain drill, grass/fertilizer boxes, tandem hitch...................................................................................$15,000 International 620 12-ft. press drill with 6” spacing, grain/grass/fertilizer boxes. Always shedded.........................................................$6000 International 6200 14-ft. disc drill, combo with grass seeder attachment......................................................................................$5900 New John Deere 995 7-bottom switch plow.........................In Stock John Deere 3955 5-bottom switch plow....................................$5500 John Deere 970 28-ft. culti-packer with “S” tines, rear scrapers and rear hitch............................................................................$28,000 Brillion 15-ft. culti-packer.......................................................$12,900 Brillion 14-ft. culti-packer.......................................................$12,900 John Deere 900 7 shank V-ripper.............................................$5490 Artsway 12-ft. land plane. Clean, one owner............................$6960 John Deere 940 12-ft. land plane. Good condition....................$4700 McCormick manure spreader.....................................................$750 Kawasaki Mule KAF620 TRANS with hard cab, heater and 197-hours.............................................................................$9500

JOHN DEERE

2012 John Deere 568 round baler, surface wrap, mega wide pickup, flotation tires. Approximately 5800 bales ..........................$36,900 2010 John Deere 568 round baler, twine/net, mega wide pickup, flotation tires. 9500 bales ..................................................$35,900 2-2008 John Deere 568 round baler, twine/net, mega wide pickup, flotation tires, surface wrap/ twine ....................................$29,900 4-John Deere 567 round balers, surface wrap, mega wide pickup. ... .......................................................................Starting at $17,900 3-John Deere 566 round baler. .............................Starting at $9900 1996 John Deere 535 twine, gathering wheels, 540 PTO. Great shape....................................................................................$6500

MISCELLANEOUS

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BALE PROCESSORS IN STOCK

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NEW HOLLAND ROUND BALERS

MISC. PULL TYPE WINDROWERS 2004 New Holland 1432 13-ft. flail swing tongue...................$12,900 2003 New Holland 499 12-ft. haybine.......................................$7000 MacDon 4000 9-ft. mower conditioner......................................$4900 New Holland 116 16-ft. swing tongue with auger header and rubber conditioner............................................................................$2900

NEW John Deere 6125R 125 hp. MFWD tractor.................. IN STOCK 2010 John Deere 8295R MFWD, PowerShift, 3 point, PTO and 2500 hours................................................................................. $189,900 2009 John Deere 8230 MFWD, PowerShift, 3 point, PTO, new front tires and 4711 hours................................................................. $133,900 2007 John Deere 5325 open station, ROPS, new front tires, 2700 hours. 55 PTO hp............................................................................ $24,900 John Deere 6715 MFWD, 16 speed PowrQuad with LH reverser, 540/1000 PTO, JD 740 loader, 7200 hours. ....................... $55,900 John Deere 6400 MFWD, John Deere 640 loader, 11,036 hours.......... ............................................................................................ $34,900 John Deere 5203 2WD with open station...........................COMING IN 2000 John Deere 7410 MFWD, PowrQuad, 3 SCV’s, 3 point, JD 740 loader 12,000 hours ...............................................................CALL John Deere 7210 MFWD, PowrQuad, 2 SCV’s, 3 point, JD 740 loader 8700 hours ......................................................................... $44,900 1997 John Deere 8200, MFWD, powershift, 3 SCV’s, 3 point, duals, 10,500 hours ..........................................................................CALL 1989 John Deere 4955 MFWD, powershift, 3 SCV’s, 3 point, weights. duals, 12,500 hours . ..............................................................CALL 1990 John Deere 2755 2WD with cab, air, 3 point, 2 rear hydraulics and 6600 hours.......................................................................... $20,900 1974 John Deere 4430 2WD with cab, 2 rear hydraulics, Quad-Range, 3 point, 540/1000 PTO and 11,505 hours. Nice tractor....... $16,900 John Deere 4430 2WD with cab, powershift, 540/1000 PTO... $13,900 2011 John Deere 3320 with 300 CX loader, hydro, 12 hours...$25,900 2011 New Holland T6050 with cab, MFD, 16x16 transmission, 840TL loader with bucket and grapple, 1500 hours.....................$76,900 New Holland TD80 open station, MFD, 540 PTO, 2 rear SCV’s and new Buhler loader. 1400 hours.........................................$29,900 2008 New Holland LM5040 telehandler with pallet forks. 2400 hours.................................................................................$72,900 Valtra Valmet 8150 4WD with powershift, 3 function loader, 540/1000 PTO, 3 point. 7354 hours..................................................$34,900 International 806 2WD, cab, standard transmission, Farmhand loader................................................................................$14,300 White 2-155 duals, open station..................................... COMING IN 1966 Ford 4000 diesel. 540 PTO, 3 point, 1 SCV, Select-o-Speed and Johnson loader....................................................................$3900 Ford 8N 2WD............................................................................$2200 Sweepster broom, 10-ft., fits 5000 series John Deere.............$9000

JOHN DEERE

TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS

JOHN DEERE

2008 New Holland BR7090, net/twine, extra wide sweep, floatation tires. Very nice....................................................................$32,000 New Holland BR780A round baler........................................$23,900 2004 New Holland BR780 twine, extra sweep pickup, hydraulic pickup lift.......................................................................................$15,500 1998 New Holland 664 net/twine, hydraulic pickup loft, nice.... $10,000

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SELF-PROPELLED WINDROWERS

John Deere 4995, with 16-ft. disc header. 1400 hours..........$75,900 2009 John Deere 4995 4 meter, 994 head, V10, conditioner, button tires, 558 hours.................................................................$95,900 1989 John Deere 3830 14-ft. sickle header, 2515 hours.......$19,900 2-2012 New Holland 8040, 12-ft. headers and buddy seat. Each...... . ........................................................................................$69,900 2011 New Holland 8040, 12-ft. header, buddy seat and 750 hours.... . ........................................................................................$64,900 2010 New Holland 8040, 12-ft. HS header, rotary screens, buddy seat...................................................................................$57,900 2007 New Holland HW305 12-ft. HS header, rotary screen, buddy seat...................................................................................$37,900 1993 New Holland H2550 with 14-ft. sickle header, 2534 hours........ . ........................................................................................$25,000

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SPRAYER FOR SALE

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Off-station spring barley trial results continued from page A60

percent. Plump and thin kernels averaged 27 and 39 percent, respectively. ‘Moravian 115’ was the only entry with moderately high plump kernels in the harvested grain with 63.4 percent plump kernels. Dryland spring barley yields at Broadview were severely affected by drought and averaged only 21 bu/a, lowest among all locations tested in 2012. Yield varied from 16 bu/a for ‘Tradition’ to 26 bu/a for experimental lines MT070158 and ‘MT070159’ (Table 3). ‘Baronesse’ and ‘Champion’ were the highest yielding commercial cultivars yielding 25 bu/a. Average test weight was 49.5 lb/bu. All entries, except ‘Gallatin’, and Moravian 115, produced test weight values heavier than 48 lb/bu. Grain protein content averaged 8.9 percent and ranged from 7.8 to 10.2 percent. The percentage of plump kernels was only 25 percent in the harvested grain. Moravian 115 was the only entry which produced more than 50 percent plump kernels. Percentage of thin kernels averaged 42.4 percent. Two-year and three-year average yield for barley varieties tested during 2010 to 2012 at Broadview did not differ significantly. Spring barley lodging was high at Fromberg in 2012 for most of the entries, averaging a lodging score of 7.6 out of 9. (Table 4). Lodging score varied from 4.3 for MT010158 to 9 for Moravian 115. The average spring barley yield at Fromberg in 2012 was 106 bu/a and ranged from 84 bu/a to 124 bu/a (Table 4). The entries were not significantly for grain yield. The test

weight was low and averaged 45.6 lb/bu. Experimental line MT010158 was the only entry that produced test weight heavier than 48 lb/bu. Grain protein content was high and averaged 18.7 percent and ranged from 17.5 percent for Tradition to 20.3 percent for ‘Conrad’. The average percentage of plump kernels was 57 percent in the harvested grain. Experimental line MT010158 produced the highest percent plump kernels. Among commercial entries ‘CDC Cowboy’ produced the highest percent plump kernels. Percentage of thin kernels averaged 27.3 percent. Two-year and three-year average yield for barley varieties tested during 2010 to 2012 at Fromberg did not differ significantly. Average spring barley yield under irrigation at Hysham in 2012 was 107 bu/a (Table 5). Lodging was relatively low for most cultivars at Hysham in 2012 with an average lodging score of 2.7 out of 9. The tallest cultivar CDC Cowboy had the highest lodging score. Spring barley yield ranged from 73 bu/a for CDC cowboy to 156 bu/a for Moravian 115. Average test weight was 53.6 lb/bu. All entries tested at Hysham produced test weight more than 50 lb/bu. Grain protein averaged 14.0 percent and ranged from 11.9 to 15.2 percent. Barley quality was excellent at Hysham where mean percent plump and thin kernels were 95.6 and 1.4 percent, respectively. No statistical difference in two-year and threeyear average yield was observed for spring barley entries tested at Hysham. CONTINUED ON PAGE A70

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Case IH MX240 with MFD and 3-point, 7900 hours............ . .........................................................................$65,000 2005 Case IH MX255 with MFD, 3-point, loader and grapple. 3500 hours.......................................................$108,000

1993 Case IH 7110 with MFD, loader and 6600 hours....... . ............................................................ JUST TRADED John Deere 4840 2WD, powershift, 3-pt., 20.8x38 tires..... . .........................................................................$22,500 John Deere 4440 with 3-point, dual PTO, good paint and recent engine work............................................$25,000

USED SEEDING & TILLAGE

Concord 4710 47-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, Stealth openers and 3000 tow behind cart............................$30,000 Brillion 24-ft. mulcher............................................$13,000 H&S 12 row, 24” cultivator, guide cones, tunnel shields, flip up discs................................................................$4995 Alloway 12 row 24” cultivator with flip up discs, tunnel shields..................................................................$3995 John Deere 2700 7 shank disc ripper....................$22,000

USED combines & HEADERS

2005 Case IH 2388 combine, 1267 rotor hours/1506 engine hours, chopper, yield/moisture monitor. Very good condition....................................................................$149,000 With 2005 Case IH 2042 36-ft. draper header..$185,000 2005 MacDon 963 35-ft. draper head with batt reel and gauge wheels. No transport...............................$31,000

USED WINDROWERS

1993 Case IH 8820 with 14-ft. auger header, 21-ft. draper header, 2900 hours............................... JUST TRADED 2001 John Deere 4890 with 18-ft. auger header...$39,000

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USED BALERS

2008 Case IH RB564 mesh, wide pickup, endless belts, hydraulic pickup, central lube, 8700 bales.........$29,900 2006 Case IH RBX563 round baler with wide pickup, mesh wrap, endless belts. Good condition, 8000 bales.$26,000 1999 Case IH RS561 round baler..........................$12,500 1995 Case IH 8465...................................................$8995 1994 Case IH 8480 soft core....................................$6995 1991 Hesston 560 round baler.................................$7500 John Deere 530 round baler, good condition...........$5500

MISCELLANEOUS

2005 Case IH SPX4410 self-propelled sprayer with 1200 gallon tank, 90-ft. booms, Raven AutoTrac and 5700 hours. Consigned..............................................$95,000 2005 Brandt 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer........$25,000 2009 Rem 370 grain vac, 120 hours......................$23,000 2008 Farm King 10x70 auger, swing away hopper. Very good condition......................................................$8900

Case 445 skid steer, cab, bucket and 1246 hours.$32,000 2005 Frontier 18 wheel high-capacity rake. Very good condition............................................................$16,000 Fox corn chopper......................................................$4995

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Off-station spring barley trial results

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continued from page A68

Drought throughout the 2012 growing season and higher than normal temperatures caused spring barley yield reduction at dryland sites and hasten spring barley maturity. At dryland test sites test weight and kernel plumpness were adversely affected by drought in 2012. Averaged across all locations as well as under irrigated conditions the commercial cultivar Moravian 115 was the highest yielding cultivar in 2012 (Tables 6 and 8). ‘Champion’ was the highest yield-

ing commercial cultivar across dryland locations in 2012 with averaged yield of 49 bu/a (Tables 6 and 9). Averaged over the past two years (2011-2012) ‘Craft’ has been the highest yielding commercial barley grown under dryland conditions producing 49 bu/a (Table 9). Under irrigated condition for the past three years (2010-2012) malt barley cultivars Moravian 69 and Moravian 115 were the top performer averaging 112 and 125 bu/a respectively (Table 8).

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Recipe Patch by Geri Hoppin’ John

1/3 pound bacon 1 celery stalk, diced 1 small yellow onion, diced 1 small green pepper, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 pound dried black-eyed peas, about 2 cups 1 bay leaf 2 teaspoons dried thyme 1 heaping teaspoon Cajun seasoning Salt 2 cups long-grain rice Scallions or green onions for garnish Cut the bacon into small pieces and cook it slowly in a medium pot over medium-low heat. Once the bacon is crispy, increase the heat to medium-high and add the celery, onion, and green pepper and sauté until they begin to brown, about 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic, stir well and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Add the black-eyed peas, bay leaf, thyme and Cajun seasoning and cover with 4 cups of water. Cook for 30 minutes to an hour, or longer if needed, until the peas are tender (not mushy). While the black-eyed peas are cooking, cook the rice separately according to package instructions. When the peas are tender, strain out the remaining cooking water. Remove and discard the bay leaf. Taste the peas for salt and add more if needed. Serve the dish either by placing a ladle-full of black-eyed peas over steamed rice, or by mixing the two together in a large bowl. Garnish with chopped green onions.

Peanutty African Stew

1 cup instant brown rice 2 cups chicken broth, reduced sodium 1 teaspoon dehydrated minced onion 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper (optional) 2 cups medium diced peeled sweet potato or yam 1 can (14.5 ounce) diced tomatoes with liquid 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter, reduced-fat (sunflower seed butter) 1 1⁄4 cups fat free milk 3 cups (3 oz) baby spinach leaves, coarsely chopped (10 oz pkg of frozen spinach) 1⁄4 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts (sunflower seeds) (optional) green onion, thinly sliced, for garnish (optional) Combine first 9 ingredients in a soup pot. Bring to a boil, then turn down to medium low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in peanut butter and milk. Return to a gentle simmer and cook uncovered for 5 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook until wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Ladle stew into bowls and top with peanuts and green onion, if desired.

Lasagna Soup

1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) 1 large green pepper, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) reduced-sodium beef broth 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce 1 cup frozen corn 1/4 cup tomato paste 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2-1/2 cups uncooked spiral pasta 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese In a large saucepan, cook the beef, green pepper and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, corn, tomato paste, Italian seasoning and pepper. Bring to a boil. Stir in pasta. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle with cheese. ##### A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather’s word processor. She told him she was writing a story. “What’s it about?” he asked. “I don’t know,” she replied. “I can’t read.”

A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, “Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today.” The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. “That’s interesting.” she said... “How do you make babies?” “It’s simple,” replied the girl. “You just change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’.”

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Cows fed flaxseed produce more nutritious dairy products By Daniel Robison, Oregon State University Extension Service

Dairy cows that are fed flaxseed produce more nutritious milk, according to a new study by Oregon State University (OSU). Their milk contained more omega-3 fatty acids and less saturated fat, the study found. Diets high in saturated fat can increase cholesterol and cause heart disease, while those rich in omega-3 and other polyunsaturated fatty acids may reduce the risk of heart disease, studies have shown. Traditional cattle feed mixtures of corn, grains, alfalfa hay and grass silage result in dairy products with low concentrations of omega-3 and other polyunsaturated fats, according to Gerd Bobe, the lead scientist on the study, which has been published online in the Journal of Dairy Science. Ten pregnant cows at OSU’s dairy were fed different amounts of flaxseed – up to seven percent of their daily diet. Researchers attempted to pinpoint the amount of flaxseed that would maximize the amount of omega-3 in milk and dairy products without negatively affecting their production and texture. “We were looking for a sweet spot,”

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said Bobe, an expert in human and animal nutrition. “Too much of a good thing can be bad, especially when trying to maintain consistency with dairy products.” Collaborators in OSU’s food science and technology department assisted in turning milk into butter and fresh cheese, which were then tested for texture and nutritional composition. The study found that feeding cows up to six pounds of extruded flaxseed improved the fat profile without negatively affecting the production and texture of the milk and other dairy products. Extrusion presses raw ground flaxseed into pellets with heat. At six pounds per day, saturated fatty acids in whole milk fat dropped 18 percent, poly-unsaturated fatty acids increased 82 percent, and omega-3 levels rose 70 percent compared to feeding no flaxseed. Similar improvements were observed in butter and cheese. Still, saturated fat accounted for more than half of the fatty acids in the dairy products while the increase in polyunsaturated fats compromised no more than nearly nine percent of the total. Researchers also noted that the refrigerated butter was softer and less adhesive thanks to fewer saturated fatty acids. Also, the cows produced the same amount of milk while eating flaxseed. Although flaxseed costs more than traditional cattle feeds, Bobe hopes that it still could be an affordable feed supplement for cows because products enriched with omega-3 can sell for a premium at the grocery store. “Many consumers already show a willingness to pay extra for value-added foods, like omega-3 enriched milk,” he said. One thing is for sure, he said: Dairy farmers will have no trouble convincing cows to eat flaxseed. “They loved it. They ate it like candy,” he said.

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3V Distributing, Conrad ......................................C17 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS .......................C12 Action Toys, Billings ............................................A22 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman ..........................................................B9 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls ....... C1, C2, C3 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls .................C50 Ag Wise, Kremlin ................................................C46 AgraSyst Dealers....................................... A48, C32 Agri-Pro, Syngenta, West Fargo, ND ..................C36 American Pipe, Cut Bank .....................................C5 Automotive Machine Inc., Great Falls .................C16 B & B Ag Supply, Inc, Broadview ........................C44 Barber Seed Service, Denton .............................A33 Basin Seed, LLC, Standford ...............................C64 Bass Auction Co. Inc., Lewistown .......................B33 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank ....................................A13 Ben Taylor, Valier.................................................C61 Big Equipment Co., Havre ..................................C45 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad ......................C24, C25 Big Sky Hydraulics, Great Falls ..........................C40 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn........C66 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby .............C52, C56 Bouma Post Yards, Choteau ...............................C41 Brandt Agricultural Products LTD........................C65 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank ..........................................C61 Buckley Auction ....................................................C4 C Moore Fab & Repair & Equipment Sales, Miles City........................................................B27 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls ... A15, C36 Case IH Dealers .................................................C69 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula.............................B13 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ..........................C14 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks ...........A68 Clearwater Montana Properties, Trampus Corder, Fort Benton ....................................................C31 Courtesy Ford, Conrad .........................................B1 Cox Ranch Equipment, Winston ...........................C6 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank .......................................A4 Dave’s Repair LLC, Charlo .................................C44 Denny’s Service & Repair, Black Eagle ..............A14 DeVoe’s, Valier ....................................................C52 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby ..................................C58 Diesel Power Parts & Machine, East Missoula ......... .............................................................. A23, A30 Dirkes’, Fairfield & Choteau ................................C40 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman...............C68 Dry Fork Ag, Ledger ...........................................A57 Durnell Fencing, Valier ........................................C54 Eagle Equipment, Belgrade ................................C26 East Slope Kennel & Game Bird Farm, Conrad..C65 Eddy Bauer, Wolf Point .......................................C12 Enduraplas, Neche ND .......................................C15

Index

Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls.....C48, C49 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish .....................A70 Farm Equipment Sales, Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, Circle .................. B4, B5, B6, B7, B8 First State Bank, Shelby .....................................B32 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton ........... A42, C66 Flaman Rentals ..................................................C59 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power .................. B27, C16 Fosse Insurance Agency, Great Falls .................A60 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness .................................B31 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls ........... ............................ A35, A43, B41, C28, C55, C71 Frontline Ag, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon ..... ..............................................A58, A59, A61, A66 Frontline Ag Dillon (formerly Dillon Imp), Dillon ..A67 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad ................C51 Gerber’s, Great Falls.............................................A2 GL Appraisal & Brokerage, Glenn Larson, Opheim .. .......................................................................B10 Glasgow Implement, Glasgow ............................A27 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy .....................C23 Gomer’s Diesel & Electric, Missoula ...................C64 Goose Tender, Kurt Kammerzell, Chester ............B2 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier ............C29 Grossenburg Equipment, Winner, Pierre, Philip SD, Wayne, Bloomfield, Harrington, Laurel NE .....C21 Guy Tabacco Construction, Black Eagle .............A60 Heartland Seed Company, Moccasin .................C15 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East Helena ........B44 Henke Enterprises, Chester ..............................A17 Hi-Hog Equipment ..............................................B32 Home ReSource, Missoula .................................C14 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls ............ B24, B25 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank ...............B17 I-State Truck Center, Missoula ..............................C6 IMS Construction, Columbia Falls ......................A56 J & J Homes, Williston, ND .................................B19 J & M Trailer Sales, Laurel ..................................C60 J.A.R.R., Choteau ...............................................A24 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook ................ B16, B28 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte .......................C57 K.R. Rauch Company, Billings ............................C63 Krogmann Mfg. ...................................................A70 Lake Seed, Ronan ..............................................B43 Larry’s Tractors, Trailers & More, Hamilton..........A24 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown.............................B16 LM Machinery, Missoula .....................................B40 Lost Valley Fence, Fairfield .................................A65

M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND ...............A7 M & W Machine, Three Forks .............................A36 Machinery Link ...................................................A38 Maxwell Lumber, Lewistown ...............................A60 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls ...............A72 Midland Implement , Billings ...............................C68 Milk River Co-op, Big Sandy, Chinook, Havre, Malta, Rudyard, Turner ..............................................B39 MK Industries, Conrad ........................................C62 Montana Auctions Co, PSP Productions, Hobson..A62 Montana Metal Fabrications, Inc, Great Falls .......C4 Montana Post Driver, St Ignatius ..........................A3 Montana Post Frame, Townsend .........................A62 Montana Seed & Grain, Billings..........................C33 Montana Seed Trade Association .......................C20 Montana Seeds, Conrad.....................................C11 Montana Turf & Wheels, Sidney .........................C64 Moodie Implement, Havre, Lewistown, Great Falls, Livingston, Belgrade........................... C7, C8, C9 Motor Power, Great Falls ....................................C38 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade ..........................B38 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville ........C30 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup ............A63 N.F., Inc, Froid.....................................................A51 Nardinger Irrigation, Great Falls .........................C18 Neal Law, P.C., Conrad .........................................C4 New Holland Dealers ..........................................C47 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade ....................C67 New Homes of the Future, Billings .....................C38 Northern Chrysler, Cut Bank ..............................B43 Northern Ford, Cut Bank ....................................B11 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls ...............C42, C70 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point ..............C51 Northern Seed, Conrad & Shelby .......................A64 Northwest Plastics, Libby ...................................A34 Pacific Recycling, Great Falls .............................B39 Patty Seaman Homes, Kalispell .........................C37 Performance Ag Services, Conrad .....................C35 Pioneer West, Inc................................................A46 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton ...............A57 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula ..........C35 Pure Bliss Cycle Sales, Conrad ................. A28, C42 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser ....................C6 Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Chinook ..........B42 RDO Equipment, Billings ....................................C58 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell ................B20 Rocky Mountain Truck Sales, Great Falls ...........B30 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond ....... .............................................................. A10, A26

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Scenic City Trailer Sales, Belgrade .....................C13 Schurter Farm Supply, LLC, Silverton, OR .........C18 SeedMaster ........................................................A36 Seubert Insurance, Chester, Shelby ...................A26 Shobe Auction & United Country Realty, Lewistown .......................................................................A47 Shop Specialties, Ronan ....................................A18 Shortline Ag, Inc, Scobey .......................... A29, A65 So-Lo Air, Valier ..................................................B19 Sod Buster Sales, Polson ..........................C34, C50 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ..............A11 Steel Etc., LLP, Great Falls & Bozeman................B3 Steinhatchee, Lance Nelson, Stevensville..........A16 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad .............C56 Sunrise Equipment, Sidney ................................B29 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls ....................C53 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester .......................C33 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby ..................................C61 The Gear House, Helena....................................C43 The Last Wind Up, Bozeman ..............................A71 The Repair Shop, Choteau .................................A24 The Truck Shop of Billings ..................................C10 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester ...................................B33 Tilleman Motor Company, Havre ........................C19 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange.....................................C14 Torgerson’s, Ethridge, Great Falls, Lewistown, Havre, Denton, Billings .....................B34, B35, B36, B37 Townsend Seeds, Inc, Townsend ........................A22 Transport Equipment, Missoula ..........................B18 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield ............................C31 Trendline Vermeer Sales, Baker............................C6 Tri-County Implement, Sidney.............................A69 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton ...............C30, C57 Triple T Sales, Chinook .......................................C72 Triple W Equipment, Kalispell, Missoula, Ronan A37 Van Motors, Conrad ............................................C39 Vaughn Truck, Havre .................................. B22, B23 Vermeer ..............................................................C22 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester .........................C43 Wally’s Over Door Co., Great Falls .......................B2 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad...............................A71 West Bred, Bozeman .................................C27, C66 West Plains Implement, Beach, Dickinson, Bowman, Hettinger.................................................. A7, B21 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula ..........C41 Wichman Ag Supply LLC, Hilger ..........................C6 Wild Horse Seed, Havre .....................................C53 Wilray Manufacturing, Fort Benton .....................B12 World Equipment, Idaho Falls, ID .......................C37 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade, Ronan ..........C32 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow ................................ B14, B15 Zomer Truck, Conrad ................................... INSERT

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Up to $4500 Cash Back or 0% for 60 mo. + $1250 Cash – oac –

2013 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4, V6, automatic, heated leather, navigation, rear camera and more.

2007 Ford Focus ZX5 SE 4 cylinder, 5 speed, air conditioning, power windows & locks, 71,000 miles, very clean................................... $7495

2012 Ford F150 XLT crew cab 4x4 with 5.0L V8, automatic, 13,000 miles. Lots of warranty. .......................................................... $30,995

2010 Ford Focus SEL 4-cylinder, automatic, heated leather, moon roof, Sirius, 32,000 miles. Very clean.......................................... $14,495

2008 Ford F150 XLT FlareSide, 4x4, 5.4L V8, automatic, one owner. 108,000 miles..$12,995

Trailers IN STOCK

25-ft. gooseneck flatbed, 7000# axles, combo, 5-ft. beavertail....................................... $7495 29-ft. gooseneck flatbed, 10,000# axles, 5-ft. combo beavertail.................................. $9995 10-ft. bumper hitch dump with 2 way spreader gate, 6000# axles................................. $7595 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with rubber floor, bull package, vents............................ $11,695

2008 Ford Explorer Limited AWD, V8, automatic, moon roof, heated leather, power running boards and more. 73,000 miles. Very nice.................................................... $18,995

2008 Chevrolet Impala SS V8, automatic, heated leather, moon roof, spoiler and more, 95,000 miles. Good condition............ $11,995

2013 Ford F150 Limited supercrew, 4x4, Ecoboost, automatic, heated/cooled leather, navigation, moonroof, power running bords and more............................. CALL ON THIS!!

2013 Ford Edge Limited AWD, 3.5L V6, automatic, heated leather, 10,000 miles. Warranty. .......................................................... $32,495

2012 Ford F150 XLT supercab, 4x4, 5.0L V8, automatic, 20,000 miles. Warranty..... $26,995

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Leader in Price, Selection & Service

2008 Ford F350 XLT 4x4, supercab, dually, 6.4L Powerstroke, automatic, hitches, 116,000 miles. Well maintained, one owner truck...... $21,995

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WANT TO BUY

Old wood boat Chriscraft, Century, Garwood, etc. Call Mark 406-880-5473

COMBINE FOR SALE

2009 Case IH 9120 787 separator hours, duals, hopper extension, long auger, deluxe cab, chopper, shedded. Excellent condition.................................... $230,000 obo Draper, pickup and flex header options available.

Call Adam 406-390-3048 or Jeremiah 406-949-4290 Please leave a message.

WALLY’S OVER DOOR CO. BLACK EAGLE, MT

WAYNE PETRINI KRISTINE HABEL

Email: wallysodc@optimum.net Phone: (406) 453-1425 • Fax: (406) 452-7516

PO Box 100 • 2624 16th Street NE • Black Eagle, MT 59414

These two young guys get a chance to check out the latest in combines at the MAGIE Show in Great Falls, Montana at Expo Park.

Rebounding dry sod

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: During the drought this year, we have let our sod go dormant. At the end of July, we started watering about a 1/4 inch per week in an effort to keep the crowns of the plants alive. I suspect that this has not been enough water for the sod on the south side of the house that bakes in full sun each day. How soon after a soaking rain, which hopefully will come soon, should I expect the sod to green up again? What is the best way to handle reseeding in the areas that don’t rebound? Is it best to do this in fall or spring? (Moorhead, Minnesota) A: The 1/4-inch weekly watering just might have kept most of the crowns alive. However, as you said, the grass with the southern exposure in hot sun all day may just have kicked the bucket. A good soaking rain (more than an inch delivered during a 24-hour period to minimize runoff) would result in the grass showing recovery in a week or less. Reseeding is best done in the fall because the competition from weed seed would be at a minimum. Also, the soil still is warm enough to facilitate good germination. If the soaking rains do show up and the turfgrass responds by regreening, it would be a good time to give the grass a shot of winterizing fertilizer. It also would be a good time to wipe out any broadleaf weeds that may have moved in and languished in your dry, noncompetitive turfgrass this summer. Again, there are plenty of products available on the market to do a good job.

Trader’s Dispatch, February 2013 — Page B3

New Selection of Tools!

WE BUY COPPER • BRASS • ALUMINUM • IRON TRADE SCRAP FOR CASH OR NEW MATERIAL

NEW STEEL, NEW SALVAGE, AND RECYCLING ALL IN ONE LOCATION

GREAT FALLS

1408 52nd Street North • Great Falls, MT 59405 (406) 761-4848

5-ton gear puller................... $58.87

1-800-334-5964

Oil pistol can, 6 oz...... ........................ $3.55 1-ton chain hoist.................. $89.90

Culvert Grade Pipe 22” - $15.00/ft.

NEW Rebar

3/8” & 1/2” - 20-ft. lengths

BLACK PIPE

Various sizes available – CALL

New 12” - 48” Steel Culvert

New 12” - 30” Poly Culvert

✗✗✗ Fencing Supplies ✗✗✗ Used Guard Rail Posts

5-ft. long - $4.00 ea.

Round steel post caps 31/2” & 27/8”, round steel post clips Chicago Heights Steel Fence Posts with heavy spade plate

16.5 CAL tie wire $4.95/Roll New Red Brand Class I Barb Wire

51/2’ & 6’ T1.33#

Used Round Tubing

Great for corrals 11/2” O.D. 13/4” O.D. 2” O.D. All approximately 20-ft. & 24-ft. lengths

3/8” Polypropolene Coated Cable 12,500# break strength Great For Horse Fence Sold by the reel only, 2345-ft./reel

.16¢/ft.

Call Jim Filipowicz @ 800-334-5964

New Surplus

Non galvanized Guard rails

Now Carrying Abrasives (Sand & Slag)

2 rail - 12” x 13’6” and

#2 Railroad ties - $800 each #1 Railroad ties - $1550 each

Domestic A500 Grade B 6”x.250 well casing, 20-ft. lengths....

Now Buying

Automotive & Heavy Industrial Batteries

Call for pricing

Used Electric Motors & Boxes

LAND ROLLER PIPE

RAILROAD FLAT CARS

6” Surplus Pipe

For Non Potable Water Storage

24” - 42”

For Bridges

TANK CARS

.188 wall • epoxy coated • 40+ft. lengths

USED SUCKER ROD: 3/4”, 7/8” & 1”- 25-ft. lengths 42” Diameter Land Roller Pipe • Stainless Steel Sheets • Flat Bar • Pipe, Fittings

Overseas Containers For Sale 40-ft. & 20-ft.

Overseas Flats - 8’x40’ Great for bridges

IN STOCK

WE SELL NEW & USED Tubing • Pipe • Angle Iron • Plate

CLOSEOUT!!! Bench Vises 4” – $20.00

HOPPER BOTTOM CARS Great for grain storage

New Surplus Square Tube •Sizes vary•

Used 55 Gallon Plastic Barrels – $10.00 ea.

NEW STEEL plate

CATTLE GUARDS

Call Fred, Dick, or Randy

(406) 761-4848

After Hours (406) 791-6712

& beams IN STOCK

We Buy

Fax (406) 791-6708

Steel Department & Salvage Yard Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Salvage Yard – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday

USEABLE SALVAGE DIVISION • Limited Quantities

Useable Salvage At Great Falls Location

5” channel construction on bottom with 3” channel on top 10-, 12-, 14- & 16-ft. available

and Combines

FOR SCRAP

Old Farm Tractors

Trader’s Dispatch, February 2013 – Page B4

Ask Us About Our Used Combine Rent To Own Plan

2012 John Deere S680 Premium cab & radio, HID lights, AutoTrac ready, GS32630 display, John Deere link capable, small grain & round bar concaves, thick skin, Tri-Star rotor, 26-ft. unload auger, 650/85R38 dual tires, 28L-26 rear tires, straw chopper with powercast tail board. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001379. . ............................CALL 2012 John Deere S680 Premium cab & radio, HID lights, AutoTrac ready, GS32630 display, John Deere link capable, small grain & round bar concaves, thick skin, Tri-Star rotor, 26-ft. unload auger, 650/85R38 dual tires, 28L-26 rear tires. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001378. . ............................CALL 2012 John Deere S680 Premium cab & radio, HID lights & Extremity, AutoTrac ready, GS3 7” Touch screen, Pro drive transport with harvest, 2-wheel drive, Command Touch multi speed small wire concave, general purpose CLN Shoeho, Tristream rotor XTD, 7.9M unloading auger, fine cut chipper, 750/65R26 R1W, 900/60R32 R1, 110 volt collant heater, 12” axle spacers, SEC concave cover plate. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001372.....CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remaining. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001385................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover, extended wear small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 dual drive tires with 6.5” spacer, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remains, 255 separator hours. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001380... . ................................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear: elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires with 6.5” spacer, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remains. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001387................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover, extended wear small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remains. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001381................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires with 6.5” spacer, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remaining. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001386................................CALL

2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear: elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remaining. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001384................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 520/80R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remaining. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001383................................CALL 2012 John Deere S670 Premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed Hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines, top cover & small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed lateral tilt feederhouse with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires with 6.5” spacer, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger, 3 year/1500 hour factory warranty remaining. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001382................................CALL 2011 John Deere S680 variable Stream rotor, side hill performance package, Pro-Drive 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% Interest Avalable - oac. #16001338................................CALL 2011 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, Greenstar AutoTrac, powercast residue management system, small grain, 28L-26 rear, 20.8R42 duals, general purpose chaffer, heavy duty final drive, 110V coolant heater, extended wear round bar concaves, sidehill performance package. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001371.(2)..CALL 2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 360 hp, 3-speed hydro transmission, Firestone 20.8x42 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, Mauer grain tank extension, 935 hours. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001308................................CALL 2010 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, field vision HID lights, Contour-Master feederhouse 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 & 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. #16001229.....CALL

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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 2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus custom package, Premier cab, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, 3.15” lift cylinders, premium header package, small grain & round bar concaves, separator & grain handling package with high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading auger, 2 speed straw chopper, Firestone 800/65R32 drive tires with 4” axle extension, 600/65R26 steering tires, concave cover plates, additional grain tank sensor. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001263... . ................................................CALL 2009 John Deere 9770STS 360 hp, hydro, Premier cab package, Contour Master feeder house with reverser, premium header package, 22’x5” high capacity unload auger, widespread straw chopper, Firestone 800/65R32 drive tires with 4” axle extensions, 600/65R28 steering tires, concave cover plates, additional grain tank sensor, 635D35-ft. draper header, pickup reel, transportation kit. “Reconditioned”. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001262. (3)..............................................CALL 2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, heavy duty final drive, 100 volt coolant heater, Performance Plus, general purpose chaffer, custom cutter extended wear, Greenstar AutoTrac ready, power adjust mirrors, 28L-26 rear tires with 635D header. 0% Finance avaiable oac. #16001375........................CALL 2007 John Deere 9760STS Premier cab, Contour Master feeder house, variable speed Posi-Torq drive & reverser, Premium header controls with 3 position header height, small grain concaves, straw chopper, tail board spreader, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R28 steering tires, buddy seat, AM/FM, stereo, CD player, JD 936D header. Finance Available - oac. #16001359. (4)..............................................CALL

MISCELLANEOUS HARVEST equipMENT

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

2005 John Deere 9760STS heavy duty variable speed, deluxe header control, Harvest monitor, Touchset concave adjust, small wire concave, general purpose chaffer, 6.9M reg auger hi capacity, heavy duty final drive, 800/70R38, 18.4R-26, field office training seat, AM/FM/Delco radio, 16” axle spacers with 936D header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001376. (4).......CALL 2004 John Deere 9760STS with Contour Master variable speed feeder house, Touchset concave, small wire concaves, GP chaffer, wide spread/fine cut chopper, 30.5x32/18.4x26, buddy seat, service lights, HID lights, sidehill cleaning shoe package, 12” spacers, JD 936D draper header with pickup reel, stubble lights, road transport system. Finance Available - oac. #16001361. (4)..............................................CALL 2004 John Deere 9760STS chopper with chaff spreader, small wire concave, TouchSet concave adjust, Harvest monitor, Firestone tires, high density lighting, heavy duty final drive, 110 volt coolant heater, 105mm axle spacers, field office training seat with 936D draper header, pickup reel. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001343. (4)..............................................CALL 2004 John Deere 9660STS level land feederhouse, 3 position header height control, Harvest Doc, Touchset concave adjustment, small wire concave, standard unload system, straw spreader, heavy duty final drive & hydrostatic system, 30.5x32 bar lug tires, 18.4R-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 2002 John Deere 9750STS 325 engine hp, hydro, 300 bushel grain tank, Contour Master feeder house, Greenstar yield & moisture monitor, 20-ft. unloading auger, chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 18.4x26 steering tires, axle spacers, service lights, JD 936D-36-ft. draper header. Finance Available oac. #16001287........................CALL 2003 John Deere 9650STS standard hydro drive type, 250 bushel grain tank, 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, dual tires. Finance Available - oac. #16001367. (2)..........................CALL 2000 John Deere 9650 Walker, small grain deluxe package, field office training seat, 110 volt coolant heater, Delco AM/FM/Cassette with weatherband, straw chopper drive belt, beater grate curtain, 16” axle spacers with 930R header. Finance Available - oac. #16001390. (4)..........................CALL 1998 John Deere 9610 hydraulic fore/aft, beater grate curtain, chaff spreader, straw walkers, fine cut with JD 930R header. Finance Available - oac. #16001366. (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 1996 John Deere 9600 dual range cylinder, 260 hp engine, beater grate curtain, straw spreader, folding grain tank loading auger, radio/AM/FM/ antenna, hydraulic fore/aft reel, 20-ft. unloading auger, Dial-A-Speed header reel control, 1 gallon accumulator with JD 936D header. Finance Available oac. #16001369. (4)..................CALL

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1996 John Deere 9600 20-ft. unloading auger, straw spreader, Dial-A-Speed header reel control, hydraulic fore/aft reel, radio/AM/FM/antenna, folding grain tank loading auger, beater grate curtain, 260 hp engine, dual range cylinder, 300MM axle spacer with JD 936D header. Finance Available - oac. #16001368. (4)..........................CALL 1994 John Deere 9600 chopper, chaff spreader, 30.5LX32 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 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 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 1989 John Deere 9600 hydro, 18.4x38 duals, dual speed cylinders, straw chopper & spreader, 20-ft. unloading auger with 930R header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001377. (1)........ . ............................................ $40,000 1989 John Deere 9500 2WD, singles, chopper, 215 hp., 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, Dial-A-Matic header height with 930R header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001388. (1).......................................... $45,000 John Deere 7720 with 224 header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001325... . ................................................CALL 2005 Cat Lexion 5804 1150 bushel grain tank, auto pilot, Contour standard feeder house with MacDon 973 header, no header brake or dust fan. Finance Available - oac. #16001389. (4)..CALL 2002 Case IH 2388 280 hp, 2 speed hydro, yield & moisture monitor with 1042 36-ft. draper header. Finance Available - oac. #16001353. (1).......CALL 1981 Case IH 1480 hydro, 6 cylinder diesel, 210 bushel grain tank, 25-ft. auger header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001370. (4)..........................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 1983 Gleaner N6 220 hp. diesel engine, hydro, 245 bushel grain tank, 27-ft. auger header. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16001358..................... $5000

GRAIN VAC

2011 Rem 3700 14-ft. auger discharge height, 7 flexible steel & aluminum pipes, floor sweep, clean-up nozzle, 70 hp minimum, up to 10,000 bushels per hour. #13004020........................CALL

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NO-TILL DISK DRILLS 2012 John Deere 1890 60-ft. no-till air drill, 7.5” spacing, with John Deere 1910 air package tow behind, 350 bushel, 8-run stat single shoot, dual flotation tires, regular meter roller, variable speed. #16005221. (3).................... $236,000 2011 John Deere 1895 43-ft. no-till disk 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 AIR HOE DRILL 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. #16005181. (4).......... . .......................................... $180,000 2009 John Deere 1835 61-ft. air hoe drill, 18” disc fertilizer bander with cast closing wheel, 10” spacing, 550# trip, 3/4” carbide tips, 4”x22” steel packer wheels, rock guards, positive depth control with active down pressure, 1910-430 tow behind air seeder, 3 tanks, 8 run double shoot, 2 regular meters, 1 high rate meter, front dual caster wheels, rear cane & rice tires, 8” fill & unload auger, fill lights, powered caliabration, variable seed/fertilizer rate control, open tank indicators. Only 10,500 acres. #16005189 (1)............. .3 years 0% Interest Available - oac 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 2007 John Deere 1835 41-ft., 10” spacing, 550 lb. trips, mid row banders, 3”x21” steel packers, rock guards, 12.5Lx15” dual wheels, all run blockage with 1910 350 tow between tank, 3 tank, 4 run double shoot, reg meter front and back, additional high meter, cane and rice tires, 12” conveyor with screen, fill lights, open tank lid indicator, variable speed and fertilizer rate. 0% financing available - oac. #Y6005216. (4)........ . .......................................... $119,000

CORN PLANTER

2002 John Deere 1730 integral planter, 12 row, 22” spacing, Maxemerge Plus, Computrac monitor, spring applied down pressure, 1.6 bushel seed hoppers, rubber tire closing wheels. #16005212. (3)........................$35,000

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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 2008 Bourgault 5710 50-ft. air hoe dril, 9.8 spacing, 31/2” steel packers, double shoot, mid row banders, front caster wheels, speed lock adapters with square seed boots, L6450 leading tank. #16005220. (1)........... $175,000 2005 Bourgault 5710 53-ft. air hoe drill, 10” row spacing, 450# trips, square seed boots, speed lock adapters, mid-row II banders, double shoot air system, L6450, 3-tank leading air seeder, 10” hydraulic assist load/ unload auger. #16005207... $153,500

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)....... $71,500

2000 Flexi-Coil 7500 40-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, 4.5” steel packers, 350# trips with 1” shanks, McKay 2” knock-on spoons, John Deere 787 tow between tank, 170 bushel. #16005213. (1).......................................... $15,000 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

4WD TRACTORS

2012 John Deere 9360R PowrTech 9.0L 360 hp engine, 40% torque rise, 10% PowrBuldge, 18/6 powershift transmission, standard hydraulic system, 4 hydraulic remotes with motor seal drain, 1000 PTO, 620/70R42 Firestone 1994 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air hoe drill, radials, Premium Commandview II single shoot, 3/4” carbide tip openers, cab with leather interior, premium HID 9” spacing, primary blockage, 3.5” steel lighting, 7” display radar with dual beam capped packer wheels, with 2320 tow sensor, premium radio with XM satelite, between air seeder. #16005218. (3)... 3 year/3600 hour factory PowrGard . ............................................ $35,000 warranty remains. #16003691.............. 1992 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” ..............................................$277,000 spacing, 3.5 steel packers, double shoot, double caster on main frame Goose shooter boots, full auto rate on cat with 2000 2320 cart. #16005217. (1).......................................... $52,000

2010 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe cab, AutoTrac ready, plug-n-play, deluxe comfort package, Cat 5 drawbar, 36” tracks, dual beam radar, premiere lighting package, tool box, HID lights, AM/FM/CD/WB, leather trim, 2004 Case IH ATX6012 62-ft. air hoe drill, buddy seat, FM business antenna, 12” spacing, disc levelers, 5-section, front weight bracket with 26 weights, rubber tire packers, Fargo-Aire 3350 side weights-12, rotary beacon light, tow behind tank with added 3rd tank. 1000 PTO, 1600 hours, PowerGar #16005219. (1)...................... $63,000 Warranty expires 1/28/2014 or 4000 AIR SEEDER hours. #16003663. (1)................ CALL 1998 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow behind cart, 7” auger mechanic rate, single fan, 230 bushel. #16005190. (1)............. $9500

2012 John Deere 9560RT 560 hp., 18/6 powershift transmission, 2600 display, SF2 receiver, deluxe cab II, AM/FM/ XM radio, 36” Durabuilt tracks, 26 front weights, idler weights, 32 track weights, 130CC steering pump, hi-flow hydraulics with 6 remotes & case drain, HID lighting, dual beam radar, leather interior, electric mirrors, PowrGard 3-year, 1500 hour warranty. #16003678........... ..............................................$438,000 2008 John Deere 9430 deluxe cab with active seat, differential lock, Greenstar AutoTrac ready, leather trim, Zenion HID lights, electric mirrors, power beyond, 1000 PTO, radar, instructional seat, 800/70R38 duals, 18F/6R powershift. #16003644. (3)......................$189,000

2000 John Deere 9400T track tractor, 36” tracks, wide swing drawbar, 6 cylinder, 425 hp, 4 hydraulic outlets, 24F/6R Powersync. #16003625. (3)..$119,500

FEEDING EQUIPMENT

2010 Degelman 3100RH round bale processor, 1000 PTO, right hand discharge, 30 heavy duty flails, 27” diameter rotor, 2 hydraulic driven beaters, handles 6’8” diameter chamber, 65-125-hp required. #16007364......... . ............................................ $16,750

2010 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, 30” Durabilt tracks, 48 GPM hydraulic pump, 26 front weights, 12 idler weights, deluxe cab, AutoTrac ready, HID lights, leather interior, AM/FM/WB/CD, electric mirrors, 750 hours. #16003670....... CALL

2008 John Deere 9630T deluxe comfort package, Cat 5 WS drawbar, extremity warning lamps, dual beam radar sensor, Premier lighting package, tool box, field vision Zenon HID light, right hand electric mirror, AM/FM radio/WB/ CD, instructional seat, F/Business band antenna. #16003638. (4).......$292,500

2004 Bale King Vortex 4000L round or square bale processor, left hand discharge, 1000 PTO, excellent condition. #16006662............................ $15,500 2002 Highline 7000 heavy duty bale processor, 1000 PTO. #16006667. (3).... . ............................................... $8900

1982 John Deere 8850 “Kinze Re-Build”, 400 hp Cummins engine, njew paint, deluxe cab, air, heater, 4 hydraulic remotes, PTO, 3-pt. hitch, 16/6 QuadRange transmission, 20.8x38 radial tires. #16003667......................... CALL

1993 John Deere 8650 syncro, PTO, 20.8x38 duals, 4 remotes. #16003693. (2)............................................$31,000

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DEMO Summers Super Coulter 35-ft. disk, acremeter package, diamond disk, 340/65R18 on 18x11x8. #13011075.... ................................................... CALL John Deere 685 60-ft. chisel plow with NH3 system. #16004067.................$22,000 1996 Flexi-Coil 300B 41-ft. chisel plow. #16004068..............................$11,000

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2012 John Deere 5085M MFWD, 85 engine hp., 70 PTO hp., 16Fx16R power reverser transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3-point, 2 hydraulic remotes, 19.5L-24 rear tires, 12.5/80-18 front tires, cold weather package, rear wheel weights, H260 loader, bucket. #16003677....... . ............................................$56,500

2012 John Deere 5085M MFWD, 85 engine hp., 70 PTO hp., 16Fx16R power reverser transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3-point, 2 hydraulic remotes, 19.5L-24 rear tires, 12.5/80-18 front tires, cold weather package, rear wheel lights, H260 loader, bucket. #16003681....... . ............................................$56,500

D L SO

1982 John Deere 4240 2WD, powershift transmission, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, 16.9x38 rear dual tires, 3 hydraulics, 10.00-16 front tires. #16003702. (3)... . ............................................$28,500 1973 John Deere 4630 2WD, powershift, 2 hydraulics, PTO, no 3-pt., 20.8x38 duals with Degelman dozer. #16003610. (4)......................$20,000

1970 John Deere 2520 with Farmhand F-25 loader, PTO, 3-pt., Syncro shift. #16003642. (4)......................$12,500 John Deere 4020 cab, syncro transmission, 23.1-30.00 front with 158 loader & grapple. #16003637. (4).....$12,500

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2002 John Deere 4115 3-pt., 24 hp, 2 hydraulic, 540 PTO, front tires 7.00x12, rear tires 35x12-16.5, hydro transmission with JD 410 loader. #16003613. (1).........................................$14,000

1971 Ford 4000 2WD, Syncro, singles, loader. #16003683. (1).............$6800

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SPRAYERS

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JOHN DEERE 1995 John Deere 535 regular pickup, surface wrap, 540 PTO, bale counter, gauge wheels, bale ramp, bale push bar. #16006677. (1).................. $8400 1989 John Deere 535 regular pickup, twine tie, no push bar. #16006651. (4)..$6500 1989 John Deere 530 round baler. #16006443............................... $5000 1988 John Deere 530 twine tie, 540 PTO. #16006421............................... $1200

2011 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, Megawide pickup, hydraulic pickup lift, pickup gauge wheels, surface wrap, 21.5L16.1 tires, bale push bar. #16006678. (3).......................................... $43,000 2010 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, dual gauge wheels, push bar, chain oiler system, variable core kit, surface wrap, light kit, moisture tester, rock guards. #16006394............... $40,750 2010 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 ply tires, bale push bar. #16006679. 3)....... $28,500 2009 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5L16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, push bar, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup, dual gauge wheels. #16006653............................ $34,000 2009 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.516.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, bale push bar, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, gauge wheels. #16006671. (3)...................... $32,000 2009 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift mega wide pickup with dual gauge wheels. #16006438. (1)... . ............................................ $32,000 2008 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, push bar. #16007347. (1)............... $32,500 2007 John Deere 568 13/8” 1000 RPM hookup, coveredge surface wrap, push bar, Megawide Plus pickup, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires. #16006672. (3)...................... $26,000 2005 John Deere 567 1 3/ 8 ” CV1000 hookup, Megawide pickup, push bar, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, 5-ft. Megawide rock curtains. #16006670. (4).......................................... $20,500 2005 John Deere 567 1000 PTO, push bar, Megawide hydraulic pickup lift, twine tie. #16006658. (4)................ $20,500 2005 John Deere 567 surface wrap, Megawide pickup, hydraulic pickup, 5-ft. rock curtains. #16007350. (1)....... $17,500 2004 John Deere 567 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, pushbar, Megawide. #16006675. (4).... $28,000 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, rock curtains, surface wrap. #16006666. (1).......................................... $24,500 2004 John Deere 567 Mega tooth/wide pickup, twine, hydraulic pickup lift, pickup gauge wheels, bale push bar, bale ramps. #16006430. (1)............... . ............................................ $19,000 2003 John Deere 567 twine wrap, Megawide pickup, 1000 PTO. #16006448... . ............................................ $17,000 2002 John Deere 567 twine only, regular pickup, 1000 PTO. #16006663. (1)..... . ............................................ $16,500 2001 John Deere 567 bale push bar, Mega Wide pickup, surface wrap. #16006388. (1).......................................... $22,500 2000 John Deere 566 regular pickup, gathering wheels, twine tie, 1000 PTO. #16006342. (4)...................... $12,000 1998 John Deere 566 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 tires, Mega Tooth pickup, hydraulic. #16006273. (2)...................... $10,750 1998 John Deere 566TW round baler, 540 PTO, big tires, push bar, dual gauge wheels, hydraulic pickup. #16006291. (4)............................................. $9995 1997 John Deere 566 540 PTO, regular pickup, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup. #16006368. (1)...................... $10,000 1996 John Deere 566 540 PTO, hydraulic pickup, dual gauge wheels, push bar, twine tie. #16006248................ $9750 1996 John Deere 535 578 pickup, twine & surface wrap, 540 PTO, bale counter, gauge wheels, bale push bar. #16006659. (1)......................... $8000 1996 John Deere 535 hydraulic pickup lift, 540 PTO, push bar, 31x13.5-15 hi-flotation tires. #16006447. (1).$7500

CASE IH 2010 Case IH RB564 480/45-17 flotation tires, hydraulic pickup, mesh wrap, wide pickup, extra sweep. #16006441. (1).. . ............................................ $28,000 2006 Case IH RBX563 1000 PTO, big tires, bale kicker, surface wrap. #16006313 (3)......................................... $22,500 2005 Case IH RBX562 twine tie, hydraulic lift, wide pickup. #16006411. (1)......... . ............................................ $21,000 2004 Case IH RBX562 hydraulic pickup lift, mesh wrap, wide pickup, bale kicker. #16006412. (1)...................... $22,750 1997 Case IH 8465A twin wrap only, 7500 bale count. #16006425. (1)...... $7500 1989 Case IH 8460 twine tie, 540 PTO. #16007363............................... $5000

HESSTON 2001 Hesston 856A 540 PTO, twine only. #16006365. (1)...................... $13,000 NEW HOLLAND 2009 New Holland BR7090 82” pickup, Bale Command, surface wrap, super sweep pickup, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006446. (1)..... $29,000 2007 New Holland BR780A bale ramp, xtra sweep pickup, surface wrap, gauge wheels, 1000 PTO, Bale Command Plus. #16007361................... $21,000 2006 New Holland BR780A surface wrap, hydraulic lift extra-sweep pickup, 1000 PTO, hi flotation tires, bale kicker. #16006433............................ $22,000 2001 New Holland 688 net wrap, crop saver wheels, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006356. (1)...................... $10,750 1994 New Holland 660 1000 PTO. #16007359............................... $3500

VERMEER 2006 Vermeer 605M 21.5x16 flotation tires, HD bale ramp, hydraulic pickup lift, net wrap. #16006422. (3).$22,000 2003 Vermeer 605XL 1000 PTO, twine & net, gauge wheels, bale counter, push bar. #16006434..................... $10,500 1999 Vermeer 605L round baler, accu bale, twine & net, bale kicker. #16006382. (2)........................................... .$7500 Morris 881 Hay Hiker 8 bale, bale picker/ carrier. #16006660................ $18,000

2012 John Deere 4830 commercial, 275 hp., hydro, 4WD, 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms, 5 spray nozzles with fence row nozzles, deluxe cab, HID lights, eductor, 5 sensor auto boom trac, hydraulic tread adjust, auto air spring leveling, Greenstar 3-2630 display. #16014107....................CALL

2011 John Deere 4930 commercial, 325 hp., 120-ft. booms, 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, deluxe cab, Greenstar AutoTrac ready, eductor system, BoomTrac, Trac Pro-5 sensor leveling system, HID lighting, foam marker, wheel slip control, wheel motor shields, fenders, 4 low drift spray tips with left and right fence row nozzles, 4 year 2500 hour PowrGard warranty remaining. 0% Financing Available - oac. #16014113.....CALL

2010 John Deere 4930 self-propelled, 480/80R50 tires, high flow solution pump, SS eductor delivery system, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, BoomTrac auto level system, 50 gallon foam marker, wheel slip control, deluxe cab, AutoTrac Ready, HID field light, fence row nozzles, radar, row crop fenders, start aid, block heater. #16014086. (1).............................................CALL

2009 John Deere 4930 self-propelled with 480/80R50 tires, high flow pump, SS eductor system, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, BoomTrac auto level, foam marker, wheel slip control, auto air level, Zenon HID lights, AM/FM/CD/ WB, fence row nozzles, wheel motor shields, fenders, engine start aid, block heater, 5-body nozzles. #16014092. (3)........................................ $265,000

2008 Summers suspended boom, 133-ft., 1500 gallon tank, JD GS2 compatable components, remote sprayer control, 2006 New Holland SF115 133-ft. trailer electric shut off agitation kit, 5-ball type sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, windplumbing, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash screens, chemical inductor, 18.4x38 wand with 80-ft. hose. #16014112...... singles, double nozzle bodies-ER80-02 . ............................................ $52,000 & ER80-04 combo jets, electric end 2005 Summers Ultimate 100-ft. booms, jets, hydraulic drive, Handler I, 15 gal1500 gallon tank, 200 gallon rinse tank lon chemical tank. #16014023..$26,750 with wash wand, triple nozzle bodies, windscreens, chemical induction cone, cross-over plumbing, right & left hand fence row nozzles, control grip, sprayer remote, Raven 440. #16014114. (3)... . ............................................ $29,500 2001 Summers Ultimate 90-ft. suspended boom, 3 set of nozzles, clean load. #16014101. (3)...................... $23,000 1999 Summers 2-point, 80-ft., 500 gallon, windscreens, Raven controller, foam marker. #16014105. (3)............ $5000

Consumer Products

Flexi-Coil S65XLT pull type, 114-ft., twin boom system, 1000 gallon and 500 gallon tanks, chemical load system, windscreens, rinse tank. 0% Financing Available - oac. #16014048. (3). . ............................................ $13,750

2002 Hardi CT1200 Commander twin force suspended boom, 90-ft., triple nozzle, adjustable boom angle and windspeed from in cab, 1200 gallons, 110 gallon rinse tank, chemical inductor, 1000 PTO driven pump, 320/90 R46 tires. #16014090. (2)..... $16,000

2005 Brandt QF2500 130-ft. wheel boom, 1500 gallon tank, windcones, mix tank. #16014098............................... $8500 Brandt QF2500 100-ft., 1500 gallon with dual boom. #16014116. (4)...... $6000

2011 Case IH Scout XL diesel utility vehicle, Kubota 20 hp 719cc engine, power steering. #16007405. (2)......... . ............................................ $12,800 2007 Polaris Ranger XP700 side by side, camo cab, EFI engine, 26x11R12 rear tires, 26x8R12 front tires, 477 hours, 4608 miles. #16007437 (3)...... $8000 2009 John Deere X324 lawn tractor, 4-wheel steer, Kawasaki 22 hp engine, hydro transmission, 48” mower deck. 16007273................................. $3250 2006 John Deere X700 riding lawn mower, 54” deck, 52” quick hitch, 23 hp. #16007432. (4)................... $6500 2004 John Deere X495 with mower, 3-pt., PTO, 54” C mower deck. #16007441. (4)............................................. $6900 John Deere STX38 lawn tractor, 12.5 hp. Kohler engine, 38” mower deck, standard transmission. #16007438.... . ................................................. $850 2-John Deere BG20021 rear bagger kits, fit 48” side discharge mower decks on L120 & L130 mowers. Each....... $399

miscellaneous

2012 John Deere 480/80R50 set of 2 radial Goodyear tires & rims, fits 4930 or 4940 commercial sprayer. #16010030............................ $13,000 2012 John Deere 480/80R50 set of 2 tires & wheels, fits 4930 & 4940 commerical sprayer. #16010029............... $13,000 2012 John Deere AR260462 480/80R46 duals off 7200R tractor. #14401614... . ............................................ $10,000 2-520/85R-46 R2 tires, deep tread with 50 hours. #16009096.................... $2800 2-480/75R-34 R2 tires, deep tread, 50 hours. #16009095.................... $2450

Up to 10,000 bushels/hour during full bin load-out!

2007 John Deere 4930 commercial, 1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms with BoomTrac Pro automatic leveling system, 480/80R50 tires with fenders, Greenstar GS2 display, AutoTrac ready, auto air spring level system, HID Xenon lighting. 0% Finance Available - oac. #16014111. (1)................CALL

4000-5000 bushels/hour with 50 feet of hose at full bin load-out! 5500 bushels/hour from a bin sump with 35’ pipe on full bin load-out! Farm Equipment Sales

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FLEX HEADERS

2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft. draper, pickup reel, AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002294....... ................................................$98,000 2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft. draper, pickup reel, AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002292....... ................................................$98,000 2011 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger fingers, finger reel. #16002230. . ................................................$44,500 2006 John Deere 635F flexible draper header. #16002237.................$32,500 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel, composite fingers, high stone dam. #16002264..............................$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers, HH sensing & contour sensor, spare knife. #16002243. (3).....$28,500 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers. #16002271. (4)...........$25,000 2003 John Deere 930F header with Crary air reel. #16002274.................$18,500 2001 John Deere 930F 30-ft. with pickup reel, 2 wheel trailer. #16002249.$14,500 2001 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel, 2 wheel trailer. #16002288. (1)..$13,500 1998 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002254..............................$10,000 2011 MacDon FD70 45-ft. draper, CA20 adapter for JD 60, 70 series pointed guards, double knife, split 5 bat pickup reel, plastic fingers, hydraulic fore-aft, outboard & inboard skid shoes, cutter bar poly, stabilizer wheel, slow speed transport package on 30-, 35-, 40- & 45-ft. headers. #16002311. (1)..$75,000 2011 MacDon FD70 45-ft. flex draper. #16002310. (1)........................$75,000 2011 MacDon RD70 45-ft. flex draper. #16002309. (1)........................$75,000 2005 MacDon 974 36-ft. draper, JD 60 series adapter, pickup reel. #16002242. (2)............................................$35,000 2003 Case IH 1020 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002268.................................$6500 2001 Agco-Gleaner 800 30-ft. 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

2008 Bourgault 1100 21.5Lx16.1 lug tires, 1000 PTO, roll tarp. #16009206..$39,500 2006 Ez-Trail 860 860 bushel, PTO, hydraulic drive, tarp, no scale. #16009207..$25,000

D L O

UFT 750 750 bushel, green, scale. #16009199. (4).......................... $21,000

RIGID HEADERS

2000 John Deere 930R header. #16002258. (4)...........................$9500

draper headerS

2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup reel, full length skid shoes, cross auger, transportation lights. #16002265.......... ................................................$75,000 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002300. ............................$66,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002299..............................$66,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002298. (2)........................$66,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002297. (2)........................$66,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002296. (4)........................$66,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, reconditioned. 0% Financing available - oac. #16002295. (4)........................$66,500 2011 John Deere 635D with poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights, poly skid shoes. #16002276. (2).......... ................................................$55,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft. with transportation kit. #16002252.........$55,000 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 2009 John Deere 635D poly tine pickup reel, LH/RH spare knife, dual drive, road transport with lights. #16002241. (4).... ................................................$50,000 2008 John Deere 635D 35-ft. with transportation kit. #16002259.........$52,000 2004 John Deere 936D 36-ft. header, pickup reel, transportation kit. #16002256. (1)............................................$38,500

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 2012 header trailer. #16009204....... $7000

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 Frontier HT30 header trailer. #16002305.. ................................................... $2000 Vtrailer V30 header trailer with dolly. #16002305. (1)........................... $2000 Header trailer. #16002290................ $1500 Header trailer. #16002291................ $1500

PICKUP HEADERS

2012 John Deere 14-ft. belt pickup attachment, hydraulic drive. #16002262.$8000

2012 John Deere 14-ft. belt pickup attachment, hydraulic drive. #16002261.$8000 1981 John Deere 212P 12-ft. pickup header with JD attachment. #16002253........... ...................................................$3995 1979 John Deere 212P 14-ft. header with Melroe 351 pickup attachment. #16002240.................................$3500 1976 John Deere 212P 12-ft., no attachment. #16002212. (1).................$2500 John Deere 100 12-ft. with Melroe attachment. #16002209. (3)...................$700

2011 Sitrex MK16 16 wheel V-rake, 30-ft. working width, 14 mph work speed, minimum 40 hp., 8’3” transport hitch. #13012256............................ $19,500

2007 John Deere 7-ft. payloader material bucket with grapple, standard pin hookup. #16008041. (1).............$3000

2009 John Deere 544K 4WD loader, W0 AX disc transmission, standard ZB boom with standard linkage, conventional steering, cloth air suspension seat, 3 function valve with 2 lever control, ride control, standard rear hydraulic front axles, axle manual differential lock, 20.5x25 16 PR L3 bias tires, full front & rear fenders for muddy applications, HD LED rear lights, standard rear hitch, cab with air, 3 yard 105.9” bucket, ether start aid, engine block heater, precleaner, reversible. #16003496. ..... ............................................. $159,500

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2001 Vermeer 8050 trencher with backhoe. #16008046 (1).........................$16,500

2003 Cat 226 skid steer, Joystick control, 53 hp, 1500# operating capacity. #16008038. (4)...........................CALL 1991 Bobcat 743B skid steer, 36 hp., Kubota diesel engine, 72” bucket, foot controls. #16008044................$12,500 2010 John Deere AT319177 72” construction bucket with cutting edge. #16008012.................................$1025

Swathers

Hesston 610H 30-ft. draper header with finger reel. Fits Hesston 8100 series & Case IH 8380 series swathers. #16002302. (1)......................... $5500

New Holland 216 hydraulic drive, folding twin rake. #16007358. .......... $13,000

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2012 John Deere 0709PC Greenstar 2 1800 display. #16012227. (4).....$1900 2012 John Deere 0706PC Greenstar 3-2630 display. #16012256. (1)..$4800 John Deere 0705PC Greenstar 2 2600 display. #16012260. (3)...............$3000 2012 John Deere 0907PC Starfire 3000 receiver. #16012246. (1).............$2050 2012 John Deere 0907PC Starfire 3000 receiver. #16012245. (1).............$2050 2008 John Deere 0900PC Starfire ITC receiver. #16012240...................$1500 John Deere 0900PC Starfire ITC receiver. #16012261. (3)...........................$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

2012 John Deere A400 swather, bar tires, power mirrors, radio, 18-ft. 896 auger header, regular guards, hydraulic reel adjust, V10 steel conditioner rolls 125 hours. #16007355. (1)......... $125,000

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2012 John Deere A400 swather, deluxe cab, hydro, diesel engine, button drive tires, 18-ft. 896 auger header, regular guards, V10 steel conditioner rolls. #16006665. (4)...................... $96,500 2002 John Deere 4895 swather, self-propelled, steel/steel conditioners, cab, air with 16-ft. 895 platform. #16006431. (3).......................................... $44,000 1982 John Deere 2420 swather with 240 14-ft. auger head, 21-ft. 130 draper header, 16.5-16 front tires. #16006343. (4)............................................ $9750 John Deere 2320 swather with 15-ft. draper platform, no cab. #16006417.. . ............................................... $2500

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2012 John Deere 624K payloader, 6.8L Tier III, turbocharged 198 peak hp. engine, reverse fan drive, chrome exhaust system, 100 amp alternator, 4 speed transmission, 3 function Joystick with fnr & 3rd function auxiliary control lever, cab, heat, air, air ride heated leather seat, Z-bar boom system, high traction front & rear differential, 20.5x32 L3 XHA2 Michelin radial tires with 3 piece rims, full coverage front & rear fenders, turn signals, cast hitch slab counterweight. #16003674. (1)............. ............................................. $221,500

2009 John Deere 544K 4WD loader, 167 hp, powershift transmission, 3-yard, 105.9” quick attach bucket, 3 lever 3 function hydraulic control, standard ZB boom with standard linkage, air ride seat, standard rear hydraulic front axle, manual differential lock, 20.5x26 16-ply L3 bias tires, full front & rear fenders, HD R led rear lights, standard rear hitch, cold start package, precleaner, environmental drain, reversible fan drive, axle cooler, AM/FM/WB radio, 10 amp converter, beacon. #16003552. (1)...............................................CALL

HAY RAKES

2009 Frontier WR1218C 18 wheel, high capacity with center wheel. #13009047............................ $21,500

2002 John Deere 936D 36-ft. header. #16002313. (1)........................$35,000 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$30,000 1998 MacDon 962 36-ft., pickup reel, transport. #16002278. (4)........$25,000

PAYLOADERS, SKIDSTEERS & ATTAChments

2010 Case IH WD1203 swather with 16ft. header with steel conditioner. 250 hours. #16006419. (1)........... $95,500 1994 New Holland 2450 swather, 87 hp. diesel engine, hydro, cab, 18-ft. double sickle auger header with conditioner. #16006669. (4)...................... $22,500 1994 Hesston 8100 swather, 80 hp. Cummins diesel, hydrostat drive with 25-ft. header. #16006668. (1)......... $21,000 1989 Versatile 4750 swather, Ford 76 hp. diesel engine, hydro, cab, 22-ft. draper header. #16006674. (4)......... $13,500

2002 John Deere 1600A mower conditioner. #16006357. (4)........... $13,800

1996 John Deere 1600A MoCo, 110” conditioners, 1000 PTO, rubber conditioner rollers. #16006410. (1)..$9500 1995 John Deere 1600A 16-ft. Mo/Co, new guards 2 years ago, new sickle, rubber conditioner rollers. #16006318. (4).......................................... $10,500

1995 John Deere 1600A 16-ft. MoCo, 1000 PTO. #16006359. (4).... $10,000

1992 John Deere 1600 MoCo, wide roll, 1000 RPM, 16-ft., equal angle hitch & jack. #16006397. (4)................. $7500 2000 John Deere 945 MoCo with hydraulic tilt control, 13/8” PTO, adj gauge shoes, flail conditioner. #16006673. (3)............................................. $6500

1989 Agco-Hesston 1170 16-ft. mower conditioner, 110” rubber conditioner rolls, double sickle, double auger, 1000 rpm. #16006305. (3)................. $8000

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3-pt Hitch Equipment & ATTACHMENTS

2012 Frontier AP13G 48” pallet fork, fits JD global carrier. #13009122. (1)....... . ............................................... $1400 Frontier AP13 pallet fork. #16010032..... . ............................................... $1150 2004 Frontier 1208TM heavy duty 8-ft. rotary tiller, 3-pt., 540 PTO. #16007440. (1)............................................. $6500

2012 John Deere BU1060 bale unroller, hydraulic actuation. #13009130..$1950

2010 Hygrade 1600 16-ft. grader, hydraulic up, down & angle controls, extra NEW John Deere BW15462 8-ft. heavy weight. #16009210................ $18,600 duty bucket, fits JD 800 Series loader. #16010033............................... $1850

2012 Frontier GM1084 84” rear grooming mower, rear chin shield, pneumatic tires. #14401655...................... $4350 2012 Frontier GM1072 rear grooming mower, rear chain shield, pneumatic tires. #13009134. (4)................ $3995

2012 Road Boss 14-ft. road grader. #13012306............................... $9500 2012 Schulte RDX117 snowblower, 13/8-21 spline yoke shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit chute deflector. #13010034. (1)...... $21,000 2012 Schulte RDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit chute deflector. #13010032. (2)...... $15,000

Shane Ophus, left, awaits customers at his booth at the MAGIE in Great Falls, Montana. Next to his booth the regional rep at UniTube takes his turn in the Gerber Mfg. booth.

Off-station spring barley trial results continued from page A70

2012 Frontier RB2284 7-ft. medium duty blade. #13009051..................... $2500 2012 Frontier AP13G 48” pallet fork, fits Loftness 9-ft. snowblower, 1 3/4” 1000 PTO. JD global carrier. #13009123. (1)....... #16007398. (2)......................... $5500 . ............................................... $1400

See Our Additional Wholegood Inventory on Pages B4, B5, B6 and B7 NEW XL78 rockpicker

IN STOCK

Fast, clean, tough and efficient. We’ve made the XL-78 to pick rocks faster, and with less dirt in the bucket. They’re tough farm hands that stand up to the rough and tumble world of rock picking and you can depend on them to get your rock picking jobs done quickly and easily. • The XL-78 has a picking width of seven feet. • Large bucket capacity. • The XL-78 dumps rocks 7 feet - plenty of height if you’re using a truck or trailer to haul rocks off the field. • Hydraulic reel drive • Heavy duty, high efficiency parallel drive gearbox.

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)

After Hours Sales:

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, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-790-0722 tables continue on page c4

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2002 Gehl 663 telescopic forklift, 6000 lb capacity, 37-ft. reach, 4x4x4, very good tires, 2600 hours. Nice machine..$29,000

2005 Volvo EC290BLC excavator, cab, air conditioning, hydraulic thumb, very clean, very tight, only 5300 hours. Nice machine!.......................................................................$94,000

2005 Terex TH1056C telehandler, cab, heat, stabilizers, 10,000 lb capacity, 56-ft. reach, good tires, 3300 hours......$48,800 2005 Volvo 330BLC excavator, cab, air conditioning, hydraulic thumb, very clean, very tight, 8850 hours. Nice clean machine!.......................................................................$79,900

2001 Yale GLP50 propane forklift. Clean machine, no leaks only 5500 hours. Very very nice machine!.......................$10,500 1987 Case 585E straight mast forklift. Good clean unit, runs and operates great, ready to go to work........................$12,750

1995 Hitachi EX200LC-3 excavator, PSM hydraulic thumb. One owner, good tight machine, excellent maintenance records.... . ................................................................................$34,000

2005 Genie S-40 manlift, 4WD, diesel, 2100 hours. Excellent condition, very nice machine...................................$25,500 Lincoln 400 welder/generator, both feeds, trailer mounted, low hours, great shape. Excellent condition!!!................... $8250

2003 Case 821C wheel loader. One owner/operator machine, very well cared for unit, excellent tires, cab, air conditioning, ride control, tooth bucket. Very Good Machine!.......$69,900

2002 Volvo L90D wheel loader, cab, heat, air conditioning, hydraulic quick couple, bucket, forks, radial tires, 8000 hours. Very nice machine!..................................................$65,000

2000 Volvo L90C wheel loader, cab, heat, air conditioning, hydraulic quick couple, bucket, forks, radial tires, 9600 hours. Very nice machine!..................................................$55,000

2010 New Holland Boomer 8N tractor, 50 hp diesel, loader, bucket, forks, PTO. Only 100 hours! Like new Awesome tractor!!!.........................................................................$26,750

Call us about Attachments! 1990 John Deere 790D-LC excavator, hydraulic thumb, 42” bucket. Very nice older machine, work ready!.........$29,000

Skidsteer HD brush grapple.................................................. $2000 Skidsteer pallet fork attachments............................................$650 Cat integrated tool carrier telescopic jib. Call for details... $2000 Skidsteer 3 prong hay fork.......................................................$500 Sweepster 10-ft. broom for Cat............................................. $9500 Skidsteer 3 cubic yard dump hopper.................................... $3500

2005 Bobcat T190 skidsteer. Good tracks, tight, 2000 hours, work ready...............................................................$18,900 2007 Cat 226B skidsteer loader, cab, heat, 50% tires. Very clean and tight machine with only 1550 hours..................$22,750 1994 Cat 426B backhoe loader, 4WD, cab, heat, extend-a-hoe, new front tires, good rear tires, 5400 hours. Excellent condition!! Have to See this Machine!..............................$29,800 2008 Bomag BW124DH-3 roller, smooth drum, new tires. Only 1000 hours!.............................................................$26,000 2005 Bomag BW145 smooth drum roller, 66” drum, 1000 hours. Excellent condition..................................................$33,333 2008 Asphalt Zipper Model 500, 159 hours, similar to new!...... ................................................................................$69,000

406-690-0737 Great Selection of Buckets. Call for Info and Pricing

MORE SKIDSTEERS COMING IN!

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CUSTOM SWATHING •Newer MacDon machines •CRP, grain and hay •Canola •North Central Montana

Call 406-899-6736

SEEDER & SPRAYER FOR SALE

Concord 3212 air seeder, 32-ft., 12” spacing with farmland boots. Flexicoil 160 tow behind tank with granular applicator. Pulls easy, seeds grain and alfalfa/grass nicely... ........................................................................... $18,000 Horvick pickup mount sprayer, 50-ft. booms, 300 gallon tank....................................................................... $1800

Some of the classes from the local high schools got involved in the annual “What the Hay” event held in early September near Hobson, Montana.

Call 406-342-5435, Hysham, MT

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 4x4 Tractors

2012 John Deere 9560R powershift, 800x38, ATR, 560 hp, 400 hours. #111.....$325,000 2011 John Deere 9530T 400 hours...$320,000 2010 John Deere 9630 18 speed powershift, 800x38 duals, differential lock, ATR, active seat, 530-hp., 900 hours. #766...$287,000 2010 John Deere 9630 18 speed powershift, 800x38 Michelins, 78 gpm hydraulics, ATR, active seat, 530 hp, 1200 hours, #021............................................$272,000 2010 John Deere 9430 18 speed, 20.8x42 trips, 78 GPM hyd, 1000 PTO, ATR, 425 hp. 1230 hours. #876..................$258,000 2008 John Deere 9630 powershift, 800x38, ATR, 530 hp, 1075 hours. #661..$255,000 2008 John Deere 9530 18 speed, 800x38, ATR, 475 hp. 1200 hours. #485..$254,000 2009 John Deere 9530 powershift, 710x38, ATR, 475 hp, 2015 hours. #230..$230,000 2010 John Deere 9430 18 speed powershift, 710x42 duals, ATR, 1000 PTO, 425 hp, 2010 hours. #465........................$233,000 2002 John Deere 9520 powershift, 800x38, ATR, 450 hp, 3957 hours. #942..$153,000 Lots of 9630 & 9530 Trac Tractor Inventory - CALL

Combines

2012 John Deere S670 Contour Master, Pro Drive, 900x32 and 600x28, PC tailboard, 221/177 hours. #960...................$297,000 2012 John Deere S670 Contour Master, Pro Drive, 900x32 and 600x28, manual adjust, 309/252 hours. #656...................$290,000 2012 John Deere S670 Contour Master, Pro Drive, 650x28, PC Tailboard, 220/150 hours. #712.................................$338,000 4-2012 John Deere 640 FD heads. Low acres. Each...................................$79,000 Lots of John Deere 9770’s In Stock

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Tractor/Loader

2012 John Deere 7330 MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 480x38 and 380x28 tires, JD H380 loader with grapple, 155/125 hp. and 250 hours. #961..........................$135,500 2012 John Deere 7330 MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 480x42, H380 loader/grapple, 155/125 hp. 194 hours. #122......$142,000 2012 John Deere 7230 MFWD, 16/16 speed, 480x38 and 16.9x26 tires, H360 loader, grapple, 135/110 hp, 220 hours. #934....... .................................................... $118,000 2011 John Deere 7230 MFWD, 16/16 speed, 18.4x42 and 380x30 tires, 741 loader, grapple, 135/110 hp, 295 hours. #723....... .................................................... $118,000 2010 John Deere 7330 MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 480x42 tires, 741 loader and grapple, 155/125 hp. 1720 hours. #975..... ....................................................$135,000 2009 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 18.4x42 and 420x28 tires, 741 loader, grapple, 165E/140 PTO hp, 1425 hours. #594.................................$137,900 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20 speed PowrQuad, 18.4x42 tires, 741 loader, grapple, 166/140 hp, 1750 hours............... ....................................................$126,000 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20 speed AQ, 18.4x42, 741 loader/grapple, 165/140 hp. 1900 hours. #177..................$128,000 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 480x42 and 380x30 tires, 741 loader, grapple, 165/140 hp, 3350 hours. #956............................................ $116,500 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, IVT, 480x42, 741 loader/grapple, 165/140 hp. 2780 hours. #628................................. $115,000 2008 John Deere 7230 MFWD, IVT, 480x42 and 420x28 tires, 741 loader/grapple, 135/110 hp. 2050 hours. #857.... $115,000 2012 Case IH 225 Magnum MFD, CVT, L780 loader/grapple, 225 hp, 400 hours............. ....................................................$195,000

Sprayers

2011 John Deere 4730 800 gallon, 100-ft., 420x46 tires, 376 hours. #429.....$225,000 2010 John Deere 4730 800 gallon, 100-ft., 420x46 tires, 550 hours. #421.....$216,000 2012 John Deere 4830 1000 gallon, 100-ft., 420x46 tires, 510 hours. #566.....$248,000 2011 John Deere 4830 1000 gallon, 100-ft., 420x46 tires, 800 hours. #546.....$229,000 2010 John Deere 4830 1000 gallon, 100-ft., 420x46 tires, 425 hours. #617.....$251,000 2010 John Deere 4930 1200 gallon, 120-ft., 480x46 tires, 675 hours. #140.....$266,000

Augers

New Wheatheart 8x41 with SP, electric clutch, 27 hp..................................$12,400 New Wheatheart 10x41 with SP, electric clutch, 35 hp..................................$13,300 Used Westfield 13x81 remote swing............. ......................................................$12,000

2010 John Deere 4930 1200 gallon, 120-ft., 480x46 tires, 1150 hours. #622...$249,000 2012 John Deere 4940 1200 gallon, 120-ft., 480x46 tires, 460 hours. #427.....$323,000 2012 John Deere 4940 1200 gallon, 120-ft., 380x46 tires, 755 hours. #772.....$290,000 2012 John Deere 4940 1200 gallon, 120-ft., 380x46 tires, 555 hours. #770.....$293,000

Air Drill

2008 John Deere 1895/1910 42-ft, 10” spacing, no-till drill, SPF, 430 tow behind cart, conveyor......................................$170,000 2004 Flexi-Coil 5000/2340 51-ft, 9” spacing, variable rate, tow between tank, 4” steel packers..........................................$69,000

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Montana Range Days offers scholarships

With an increasing commitment to rangeland education, the Montana Range Days program has announced that $3000 in college scholarships will be offered for 2013. Three different $1000 scholarships will be given, including the “Bob Sitz Memorial Scholarship”, presented by the Sitz Family and the Sitz Angus Ranch of Harrison and Dillon, a “Montana Range Days Scholarship”, and the “Harold and Lillian Jensen Scholarship”. These scholarships are provided to assist young persons with an interest in Range Science. Since its beginning in 1977, Montana Range Days has grown to become the largest rangeland education event in the region, involving over 300 adults and youth for three days of on-the-ground training each June. Co-sponsored by the Northern Ag Network and hosted by locations across the state, Montana Range Days has helped thousands of participants learn good range stewardship skills. Montana Range Days, Inc. is a non-profit educational foundation, with a permanent endowment fund that utilizes tax-deductible contributions and gifts to support range management education. Students planning to major in Range Science or a related field, are encouraged to apply for all three of the scholarships. (the Bob Sitz Memorial Scholarship, the Montana Range Days Scholarship, and the Harold and Lillian Jensen Scholarship), by completing a simple one-page application form. An application form can be obtained by going to the Montana Range Days web site at www.cartercd.org or by contacting: Montana Range Days Scholarship Committee, Mike Sjostrom, Chairman, c/o Montana Livestock Ag Credit, Inc., P.O. Box 4549, Helena, MT 59604, (406) 442-3740 Selection is based on the applicant’s involvement in range activities, leadership, academic achievement, and financial need. The deadline for application forms to be submitted is April 30, 2013. The winners will be announced publicly at a presentation on June 25th at the 2013 Montana Range Days in Havre.

Queen Anne raspberries

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a patch of Queen Anne raspberries. This is my third year of harvesting the berries. The first harvest year, I had an excellent yield of large, well-developed berries. The second year, only an area in the center of the patch had a good yield. The rest of the plants had berries but were not worth picking because they were the size of peas and would fall apart as soon as they were picked. This year, the patch was reduced to about 10 feet of good berries in the center of the patch. I add about 2 inches of compost in the spring, water occasionally, but add no other fertilizer. I have attached some photos to show the size of those clusters that crumble. I look forward to your input. A: This progressive decline is a pretty good indication of a virus that got started and spread systemically and systematically throughout your berry planting. With virus problems, there is nothing that can be done to correct the problem. Viruses are spread by piercing-sucking insects, such as leafhoppers and aphids, which find raspberry plantings a good meal. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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Cut Bank is

CAR TOWN

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USED IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Baldor 50 hp electric motor...................................... $2000 Cummins engine with Monarch pump and generator........ .............................................................................. $9000 McDowell 6” mainline, just under 1/4 mile............... $2.50/ft. Hook & latch 6” mainline, between 1/4 to 1/2 mile..... $2.50/ft. Phone Dale at (406) 289-0337 or Chet at (406) 450-5003

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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

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Custom Built trailer for self-propelled sprayer and/ or combine

From $17,000 to $21,000

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20-ft. Gooseneck Car Hauler 14,000# GVW, 82” between fenders, electric brakes on all axles, LED lights, 2x12 wood fir deck with Rhino lining, one 12,500# spring loaded jack, 2 5/16” Bulldog 25,000# adjustable hitch, 4” stake pockets, D-ring tie downs, diamond plate fenders with steps, 8-ft. slide-in and flip-up ramps with supports, epoxy primer and paint, 235/80x16 10-ply tires. 2-YEAR WARRANTY.... $4895

Heavy Duty Car Hauler

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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*

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Prairie Fare: An orange a day may keep the doctor away

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service “Mom, I’m going to have an orange,” my teenage daughter noted as she passed by me on her way to the kitchen sink. “That’s good. There’s a plastic orange peeler in the drawer,” I said. I was pleased that she knew she should wash her hands and then rinse the whole fruit under running water before peeling it. I had prepared a simple lunch consisting of vegetable soup, crackers, cheese, deli meat and milk. She added the missing food group, fruit. “My hands are going to smell like an orange. This white stuff is hard to remove,” she said as she scored the rind with the peeler. “The white part is called the albedo or pith. It’s a good source of fiber such as pectin,” I added. “Albedo is a strange word,” she said as she divided the orange into segments. She was humoring me with her interest during my impromptu fruit lesson. She popped a segment in her mouth and deemed it “delicious” and “juicy.” Navel and Valencia oranges are the most commonly available varieties in our region. My daughter was eating a navel orange, which has a “belly button” on one end. Navel oranges appear as though another tiny orange is beginning to grow on the end opposite the stem. Navel oranges are seedless, easily peeled and in good supply from January through March. Valencia oranges have seeds and abundant juice. While they usually are associated with the summer months, you often can buy them from February through October. Most oranges get their characteristic color from carotenoid pigments. The orange peel or rind is called the flavedo, and contains flavorful, essential oils. Some recipes, such as those for marmalades, call for the orange zest (grated peel). The zest adds flavor to recipes. If you aren’t expecting it, the color of some oranges may surprise you when you slice them. Blood or Moro oranges have burgundy-colored flesh. The dark red comes from the anthocyanin pigments they contain. Anthocyanins act as antioxidant compounds that may help fight cancer and other diseases. Oranges are rich in nutrients, including vitamin C and potassium. Some researchers have rated oranges higher than apples in their power to “keep the doctor away.” Researchers have shown that oranges and other citrus fruits may play a role in preventing heart disease and cancer. At only 80 calories per medium-sized fruit, oranges are a nutritional bargain and portable snack. One orange provides a full day’s supply of vitamin C, which our body uses to build collagen to keep our skin healthy, among its many functions. Vitamin C is known as ascorbic acid, which means “no scurvy.” Scurvy is a now-rare disease that results from a vitamin C deficiency. During long voyages, early sailors experienced aching joints, skin breakdown and bleeding gums. When they ate citrus fruits on their voyages, they no longer suffered from the disease. Therefore, they became known as “limeys.” Are you eating about 2 cups of fruit per day? Eating more whole fruit is one of the nutrition recommendations from http://www.choosemyplate.gov. While drinking juice may seem easier, whole fruits and vegetables offer the fiber advantage. As a result of their fiber content, we may feel full more readily when we eat whole fruit, compared with drinking juice. Here’s a colorful salad recipe that is rich in vitamins A and C. You can add your favorite dressing or try the provided dressing recipe. For more information and recipes, check out the Prairie Fare blog at http://www.prairiefare. areavoices.com.

Spinach and Orange Salad

4 c. fresh spinach, torn into bite-sized pieces 3 oranges, peeled and sliced 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 1 c. raisins or dried cranberries 1/4 c. slivered almonds Pepper (optional) Dressing: 1/4 c. canola or olive oil 1/4 c. vinegar 1 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. tarragon or parsley flakes 1 tsp. grated orange peel Combine salad ingredients. Combine dressing ingredients in a separate container. Just before serving, add dressing to the salad and toss.

Newly seeded lawn

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This exhibit at the annual “What the Hay” event seems to cover all the ‘immunizHAYtion you can think of The event was held in early September near Hobson, Montana.

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: When we last corresponded, I was planning to overseed my lawn using a good Kentucky bluegrass blend. I fertilized the last week of August and watered well before seeding on September 6. I watered religiously after seeding. I was expecting to at least see some of the perennial ryegrass within 10 days. It’s now been three weeks and I have seen nothing. I went over the lawn in three directions, so I know there is sufficient seed there. Any ideas what I did wrong? Do you think the seed will come up next spring or did I just waste $100? I’m still watering. A: You didn’t waste any money. You should start to see some little nubs of grass seedlings popping up sooner or later this fall. The snow covering will protect the seedlings from freezing. The seed that might not make an appearance would be the Kentucky bluegrass. That should burst through next spring when the soil starts thawing. Assuming you didn’t bury the seed and that your seed was fresh and had decent germination test results, this naked ground that is now causing concern will be a thing of the past. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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HEAVY - HEAVY - HEAVY 1997 Peterbilt 379 475 Cat, 18 speed, 46,000” rears, on Airtrack, steerable lift axle, 580,000 miles....... .............................................$32,500

1993 Kenworth T800 with Series 60 Detroit @ 470 hp., 18 speed, Hendrickson suspension, 14,600# front, 46,000# rears, double diff lock, steerable lift axle, 240” WB and all aluminum wheels..................$25,500

2006 Peterbilt 378 tractor, ISX 530 Cummins, FRO18210 transmission, 46,000 lb. rears.....................$38,500

2004 Mack Vision CX613 tractor with 400 Mack, Jake, 13 speed, double frame, Hendrickson air ride suspension. 381,000 miles...... CALL

2007 John Deere 317 skid steer with bucket and forks. 1400 hours............. .............................................$16,500

1993 Kenworth T800 7 axle transfer set, N14 Cummins, 13 speed, steerable lift axle, 16-ft. Knight box with 3 axle Knight transfer trailer and box........................................$29,500

2002 Mack RD688 with E7 460 Mack, 18-speed, 14,000# front, 44,000# rears on Camel Back, 300,000 miles. .............................................$29,500

2001 Sterling with N14 Cummins @435-hp., 13 speed, all aluminum wheels, 60% rubber and 600,000 miles.....................................$19,500 2001 Sterling with N14 Cummins @ 435 hp., 13 speed and 170” WB........ 1995 Peterbilt 357 quad axle dump .............................................$19,500 truck with 3406C Cat @ 425 hp. (fresh in-frame), 8LL transmission, 46,000# rears, 18,000# front, 2 steerable lift axles, 17-ft. box. Plumbed for pup...... ................................................ CALL 2001 International 9200i Series 60 Detroit 470 hp, 10 speed transmission........................ $19,500

1998 Western Star quad axle dump truck with C12 Cat @ 410 hp., 8LL transmission, 20,000# front, 46,000# rears, 2 steerable lift axles, 18-ft. box........................................$29,500 1996 Kenworth T800 with Series 60 Detroit @ 470 hp., Super 10 speed, 205” WB, new paint and all aluminum wheels..................................$21,500

2003 Peterbilt 379 with Cummins N14 @ 435 hp, 13 speed transmission, 207” WB and wet kit..... ............................................ JUST IN

1998 Peterbilt 379 daycab, Cummins N14, 500 hp, RTO16210C transmission, air leaf suspension, 232” wheelbase, new paint, 130,000 2-1998 Beall quad axle 42-ft. belly on rebuilt engine, excellent condition. dumps with air lift 4th axle. Each....... .............................................$27,500 .............................................$24,500

2001 Mack CH713 tri-drive with E9 500 Mack, Mack 12 speed, 92,000# tri-drive rears, 18,000# front, double frame, 1200x24 tires. 9-ft. wide.......... .............................................$29,500

1995 Ford L9000 Super 16 dump truck, N14 Cummins, 8LL transmission, 20,000 lb. front axle, 2 steerable lift axle, strong arm............ .............................................$25,900

2000 Columbia triple axle gravel pup, 16-ft. box, extendable tongue, 60” axle spacing, super singles on aluminum wheels, clean trailer.......... .............................................$17,500

1999 Beall tri-axle pup with 16-ft. aluminum box, extendable tongue, super singles on aluminum wheels.... .............................................$14,500

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Many other construction trucks & trailers available.

1995 Beall 42-ft. tri-axle belly dump with spring suspension.........$19,500

1993 Kenworth T800 tractor with 425 Cat, 9 speed and 220” WB........ .............................................$19,500

1998 Workman tri-axle pup with 16ft. box, 11R/24.5 rubber and fixed tongue..................................$12,500

2001 Phelan 50 ton 3 axle lowboy with hydraulic removable gooseneck. .............................................$31,500

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Zerbe Bros. 406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

USED ROUND BALERS

2007 New Holland BR-7090 twine & mesh wrap, wide pickup, laced belts, 1000 PTO. #UNH125..$22,000 2007 New Holland BR-780A with Bale Command, twine and net wrap, 1000 PTO, wide pickup. #UHN123................................................$21,000 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............$14,500 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 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, twine, net wrap, wide pickup, hydraulic bale bicker, 540 PTO. #UHVM40............ $19,000 2003 Vermeer 605XL acu-bale “Plus” monitor, bale kicker, 540 PTO. #UHVM35.................... $11,000 1998 Vermeer 605L twine & mesh wrap, hydraulic bale kicker. #UHVM31............................. $12,000 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $7500

USED BALE PROCESSORS

Zerbe Bros. 406-228-4311

USED COMBINES

Glasgow, Montana

Zerbe Bros. 406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

CONSIGNMENTS

2009 New Holland CR9070, 340 separator hours, deluxe cab, chopper, 520/85R42 duals, yield/ moisture monitor.................................... JUST IN 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 1994 New Holland TR97 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...................................$25,000 1988 New Holland TR86 combine with 971 header. #UCNH62...............................................$25,000 1981 New Holland TR85 2200 separator hours, 24-ft. header. #UCNH58.................................. JUST IN

USED HEADERS

2011 Haybuster 2650, 1000 PTO with hydraulic bale deflector. #UHHY35................................... CALL 2010 Haybuster 2650, 1000 PTO, hydraulic deflector, 2 channel stripper. #UHHY36.................$15,000

Rem Max 3600R, 1000 PTO. #UHRE03.........$8500

Case 2290 2WD tractor, 1000 PTO, add on 3-pt., 5334 hours, new tires with Koyker loader bucket and grapple.............................................$15,500 1982 Duetz DX160 MFD tractor, 160 hp, 20.8x38 rear tires, cab, heat, air, 1000 PTO, 2 rear hydraulics. . .................................................................$8500 2-Lilliston 2050 disc drills, 7” spacing with fertilizers and 2-drill hitch. Each.................................$2000 2-Melroe 201 & 204 10-ft. drills, 7” spacing, 2-drill hitch with fertilizer. Each.............................$1000 1997 Brandt QF2000 114-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, auto rate controller.....................................$6500 2004 Flexi-Coil 67XL 124-ft. wheel boom sprayer, windscreens, walking beam axles, Auto Rate...... . ..............................................................$18,000 1993 Flexi-Coil S65 100-ft. boom sprayer, no windscreens, 1500 gallon, Micro-Trak auto rate, air induction tips..............................................$6500 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$14,500 2009 Riteway 8100 78-ft. heavy harrow, approximately 6000 acres, 3255 Valmar applicator....$45,000 Wil-Rich 47-ft. tool bar, 5 section, 7 Flexi-Coil harrows, McKay knock-on sweeps........................$17,500

NEW FOR 2013

AS1220 Plus II – The Largest-Capacity Apache Introducing the Plus II Package

The Most Powerful Sprayers in the World 2011 MacDon FD70 40-ft. flex draper header, double knive drive, pickup reel, hydraulic fore/aft, tilt slow speed transport, skid rollers, cross auger, New Holland CR adapter. #UCMD43..............$65,000 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...................................................$8500 1998 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header. #UCNH64...............................................$12,000 2009 MacDon D60 40-ft. draper header, pickup reel, transport package, hydraulic fore/aft with JD 60/70 Series adapter, Empire skid rollers. #UHMD42.... . ................................................................. CALL New Holland 971 13-ft. pickup header with Rake- Up pickup attachment. #UCNH38...................$5500 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

Learn more about the AS1220 Plus II at www.ETsprayers.com/Plus II

International 140 48” roll over plow, 16” bottoms, 3-pt. mount.........................................................$3500 2006 New Holland BR780 round baler, twine/net, 4000 bales, hay applicator, standard pickup........ . ..............................................................$28,500 1997 New Holland 664 round baler, 1000 PTO drive, gathering wheels, hydraulic pickup lift........$7500 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 2003 Premier/MacDon 2952 windrower, 541 sickle hours, flotation tires, 16-ft. 922 hay header, double sickle with conditioner.............................$57,000 John Deere 1600A MoCo, 16-ft. header, 1000 PTO drive...........................................................$6500 2003 New Holland CR940 combine, 295 hp diesel, 1558 separator hours, 300 bushel tank, deluxe cab, 30.5x32 tires...................................... CALL 1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2530 separator hours, 30.5x32 tires, 390 hours on new engine.............. . ..............................................................$49,500 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..................................................$35,000 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 1987 Case IH 1680 combine, 30.5x32R front tires 90%, straw spreader, 3543 total hours, very nice, has been reconditioned..........................$22,000 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 Gleaner 13-ft. pickup header with Melroe attachment...........................................................$1500

Combining a 275 horsepower engine with our PTG Technology results in maximum efficiency and power.

The 2013 Apache Sprayers include...

Booms that are structurally rated in excess Torque converted, powershift of 4 g-force Mechanical drive transmission Unique wet system Pivoting front axle and oscillating joint Fill station close to entry Unmatched traction State of the art noise dampening Industry best fuel economy Standard 5-year warranty True 360° visability Raven® & Trimble® Precision Solution factory installed

Zerbe Bros.

406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

Zerbe Bros. Glasgow, Montana 406-228-4311 TOLL FREE 1-800-228-5393

Haybuster 256 bale processor, mounted on Sandhill trailer. Holds 6 bales with loading arm....$16,500 Bearcat 1260 grinder mixer, bale feeder, 1000 PTO, nice............................................................$4000

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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 T9000 Series Tractors

New Holland Suspended Sprayers

New Holland P2060 60 & 70-ft. folding drill

Zerbe Bros.

406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

USED SPRAYERS

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 2004 Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft. wheel boom, no windscreens, SP655 auto rate. #USF175......$15,000 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, Flexi-Control monitor. #USF151................................................$14,500 Flexi-Coil System 67 wheel boom, 1000 gallon tank, 70-ft., 16.5x16.1, no Auto Rate with windscreens, 3-ball valve. #USN175...............................$7500 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 1500 gallon, non auto rate. #USF173...................................................$6500 1995 Flexi-Coil System 65 80-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank, windscreens, 3-switch controller. #USF191....................................................$5000 Flexi-Coil System 65 80-ft., 1000 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, 3 switch controller. #USF171.............$5000

2006 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom, 1500 gallon, SP655 Auto Rate, rinse tank, windscreens. USNH26...................................$45,000

USED TRACTORS

1976 John Deere 8630 225 PTO hp, Quad shift, 18.4x34 tires. #UTJD96..........................$16,900

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Reznor oil furnace, 140 BTU model. 3869 hours...... . ...................................................................$900

USED AIR DRILLS

2007 Summers Ultimate 100-ft. suspended boom, 1500 gallon, no screens, Double Tee jets, 450 Raven, Norac height control. #USSM08.............. ................................................................$34,000

2005 Brandt SB40001600 gallon suspended boom, 450 Raven, windcones, sonar height control, Greentronics. #USBT16..........................$24,000 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 1997 Wilmar Explore 6200 self-propelled sprayer, 75-ft. booms, new 500 gallon tank, foam marker, 1260 hours............................................. JUST IN

2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 9” spacing, 4” rubber packers, single shoot, basic blockage, 550 lb trips, 3450 tow behind air cart, mechanical drive......... . ..............................................................$65,000

2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 9” spacing, 31/2” steel packer, 550# trips, double shoot, sleath openers, 2340 tow between tank, dual fan, mechanical. UDF218................................................. JUST IN

1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 5.5” rubber, 550# trips, single shoot with tow between 3450 variable rate tank. #UDF216..........$63,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. 71/4” spacing, 3” rubber packers, Stealth bodies, single shoot, 3450 tow between cart............................................. CALL! 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 14.4/7.2” spacing, 550# trips, 3” steel packers with 2320 & 3rd tank tow between. #UDF223.................................$36,000 1993 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 9” spacing, 4” rubber, 550# trips, 2320 tow between. #UDF217............. .............................................................. JUST IN 1991 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft., 31/2” steel wheels, 9” spacing with 1615 tow between tank, mechanical drive. #UDF209.......................................$34,000 2010 John Deere 1830 60-ft., 10” spacing, 31/2” steel wheels, 31/2” Dutch openers, 1910 430 bushel tow between variable rate cart. #UDJ163....$153,000

USED WINDROWERS

1992 Hesston 8200 swather, diesel, cab, air, 14-ft. auger header, 3525 hours. #UWHS63.... $17,000 1983 International 4000 gas, cab, 14-ft. auger header. #UWIH14................................................... $6500 New Holland 21-ft. draper header. #UWNH27......... . ................................................................$1500

2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550 lb trips, dual casters, 5” rubber packers, Stealth openers, 2340 tow between variable rate cart, 8” auger......................................................$49,000

2004 Flexi-Coil 2340 tow between air cart, variable rate drive, dual fan, 23.1x26 R3 tires......$26,500 1994 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow behind cart. #UDF225...... ...............................................................$14,500

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Repotting hibiscus

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: You have a very interesting website. I read in one of your answers that a hibiscus plant won’t bloom until it’s rootbound. In another answer, you said to put it in a bigger pot so it doesn’t get root-bound. I have a hibiscus that is about 6 years old. Two years ago, I repotted it into a 20-inch pot. The plant now looks like three separate plants. The roots have grown to the top of the pot and I have to water it twice a day when the weather is hot. I am wondering if I should try to separate the plant or if I should just try trimming the bottom roots and put it back in the same pot. It is loaded with buds and has six to eight blooms every day. Any ideas? Thanks much. A: Sounds like what I said is a contradiction. Here is the official interpretation. Repotting should be done when the plant is overly pot-bound, even if it has flowered. It also should be repotted if it is pot-bound and not flowering. It never should be repotted while it is flowering because the plant will become stressed to the point of dying. Root-bound or pot-bound plants will tend to flower with more intensity and frequency than those plants that are not because “life is too good” for a plant to bother with flowering. Keep in mind that flowering, which is the reproductive stage of a plant’s lifecycle, requires a great deal of energy. Living in a container environment that drains well and has adequately moist soil, plus ample nutrients to continue vegetative growth, lulls the plant into thinking that there is no rush to produce flowers and fruit. Change the plant’s environment a little where the roots occupy almost all of the available air space and are beginning to grow around the inside of the container. This presents a stressful situation because there is no nutrient “bank” left in the soil to draw upon. Water simply flushes through the container because there is no water-holding capacity in the remaining soil. This stressful situation is sent throughout the plant to get with it and begin attempting to save itself by producing flowers. When plants are in their native habitat, they tune in to the changes in their environment. Warmer days with longer daylight hours will elicit a reaction of vegetative growth, flowering or both. Shorter sunlight hours and cooler temperatures will signal an end to the growing season, so any fruit the plant may have set will be pushed into maturing. For example, allow a tomato plant that has tomatoes on it to be killed by frost in the fall. The following spring, tomato seedlings will emerge to carry on life for the species. Sorry for the excess verbiage. Once I got started, I just couldn’t stop. I think I’ve answered your question.

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1988 Hesston 8100 swather with 25-ft. shiftable header pickup reel, 14-ft. auger header. Tag #Ace0113........................................................................$35,000 2008 New Holland HT154 16-wheel rake, excellent condition. Tag #Ace0113..... . .........................................................................................................$13,000 Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. Honeybee header, new engine 150 hours ago, new elephan ears, other recent repairs. Tag #RWinko0113. 24-ft. portable corral panels, 23/8” pipe, 5-ft high. Tag #BirchCr0113........$325 ea. New 20.8x38 duals for John Deere 7330 tractor. Tag #BCompton0113. 1997 Case IH 9370 tractor, tires not so good. Tag #Glenn0113...............$65,000 2007 Jinma MFD 28 hp tractor with loader, low hours. Tag #Ivan0113.......$8000 Ford 36-ft. disc with 20” pans. Tag #JimB0113............................................$7500 Versatile 800 tractor, 18.4x38 duals, 5000 hours. Tag #JBurris0113.....$23,000 John Deere 2270 swather, 14-ft. auger hay header. Tag #JBurris0113....$6500 Versatile 400 DSA swather with 20-ft. header. Tag #JimB0113. New Holland 357 grinder mixer with power bale feed. Tag #LeonOl0113...$5500 John Deere 4620 2WD tractor with loader, 100 PTO, 3-point. Tag #LeonOl0113. . .........................................................................................................$15,500 12-ft. blade to mount on front of truck or tractor. Tag #DaveM0113.............$1200 John Deere 45 loader. Tag #DaveM0113....................................................$1500 John Deere loader for older John Deere tractor. Tag #DaveM0113............$1500 John Deere 535 baler with bale ejector. Tag #WFox0113...........................$7000 1998 New Holland 8670 Genius tractor, MFD, Ford loader/grapple, 3-point, dual PTO, 12,000 hours. Tag #Fox0113.....................................................$35,000 John Deere 4650 2WD tractor, Allied 892 loader, 8600 hours. Tag #WFox0113.. . .........................................................................................................$28,000 John Deere 4850 200 hp tractor, 9000 hours. Tag #WFox0113...............$28,000 Vibra Shank 31-ft. plow. Tag #WFox0113. Jiffy conveyor wagon for silage, 1000 PTO unit. Tag #WFox0113...............$3500 White 20-ft. tandem disc, folds up. Tag #WFox0113....................................$4900 Ditch Witch J20D4 trencher. Tag #ButchN0113..........................................$3800 Case IH 1680 combine with 36-ft. draper header. Tag #TomG0113.........$59,000 Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. straight cut header. Tag #TomG0113....$32,000 1973 Wilson cattle pot. Tag #DaveB0113....................................................$6500 37-ft. flatbed trailer for semi. Tag #JamF0113..............................................$4950 HD5510h new gasoline air compressor. Tag #MM0113..............................$1199 Water pump, 5 hp, 3”. Tag #MM0113.............................................................$849 HOO7000EDA diesel generator. Tag #MM0113..........................................$1699 New Holland TV145 tractor with bucket/grapple, 3-point and PTO on both ends. Tag #RHaines0113............................................................................$75,000 John Deere 7920 tractor with IVT transmission, 4000 hours, dual PTO, 18.4x46 duals, 3-point, 185 hp. Tag #RHaines0113.........................................$95,000 Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with 20-ft. header. Tag #DHeap013.........$2500 Case 1896 2WD tractor, 3-point hitch, dual PTO, 18.4x38 tires, 10,000 hours. Tag #RimRock0113............................................................................$12,500 Friggstad 48-ft. plow. Tag #DVogle0113......................................................$7500 Ford 800 tractor with Renn post hole digger. Tag #BrandtH0113. Floor cherry picker. Tag #Hug0113................................................................$350 Motor mount on wheels. Tag #Hug0113........................................................$200 Portable header. Tag #Hug0113....................................................................$100 18.8x8.5 tire and wheel. Tag #Hug0113...........................................................$25 Lincoln portable welder. Tag #Hug0113........................................................$150 6-15x7 chrome wheels. Tag #Hug0113....................................................$100 ea. 3-15” 5-hole steel wheels. Tag #Hug0113..................................................$25 ea. 14” 4-hole wheel. Tag #Hug0113.....................................................................$25 5-11:00x16 rib tires and 8-hole rims. Tag #Hug0113................................$250 ea John Deere 8630 4WD tractor, 200 hp, 1000 PTO, tires are fair, hours not sure. Tag #GlennG0113..............................................................................$17,500 Flexi-Coil 65XLT field sprayer, twin tanks, 500 and 1000 gallon tanks, 120-ft. twin booms, windscreens. Tag #GlennG0113....................................$12,500 Vicon LS870M 3-point hitch sprayer, 870 gallon. Tag #R00113. Henry 3-point hitch backhoe. Tag #Rog0113. 18-ft. homemade gooseneck tandem axle trailer, 7000 lb. axles, beavertail, no ramps. Tag #Rog0113. New Holland 1112 swather with 12-ft. header, cab. Tag #LarryW0113. Hesston 530 round baler. Tag #LarryW0113.

PLOWS

International 3-bottom roll-over plow. Tag #MattC1212. DMI 36-ft. anhydrous plow. Tag #Simmes R1212. Melroe 42-ft. plow. Tag #WBerk1212. Gysler 36-ft. plow with hydraulic rod. Tag #WBerk1212. Melroe 912 4-bottom plow, new standards, 100 acres ago. Tag #DeanK1212.

PICKUPS & CARS

1976 Ford F150 2WD pickup with automatic transmission, air, heat, extended cab and topper. Only 59,000 miles. Excellent unit. Tag #RHanns1212. 2005 Ford F250 with 6.0L diesel engine, need a new engine. Tag #JustinB1212. As is......................................................................................................$6000

MISCELLANEOUS

Robin loader off a Minneapolis Moline tractor. Tag #Bett1212......................$300 PowerMac 4000 generator, 8-hp Briggs engine. Tag #Brett1212..................$500 Honda Big Red 3 wheeler. Tag #Bett1212....................................................$700 Big slip-over snow plow. Tag #JPrin1212.....................................................$3800 Snow plow with wide frame. Tag #JPrin1212...............................................$3500 Orange snow plow. Tag #JPrin1212...............................................................$950 Danuser 3-point post hole digger. Tag #Leif1212. Shaver 36” stump grinder. Tag #JereL1212.................................................$3750 Complete 50-60 meter portable concrete batch plant. Tag #Eric1212......$99,000 100-gallon coffin fuel tank. Tag #SamL1212..................................................$250 Simonson 2594 fertilizer spreader, full variable rate, Raven Controller, 8-ton, ShurLok tarp. Tag #GO0812...............................................................$16,000 New Ezee-On post pounder, hydraulic PTO drive. Tag #Hug0312..............$7800 Bush Hog RM 7-ft, 3-point rear blade. Tag #JR1012..................................$1050 John Deere 7-ft rear blade. Tag #ANF1012.................................................$1000 Generator set, 1.5 KW, Kubota engine, 120/240/480 volts.Tag #ALD0911..$13,500 2012 John Deere Gator 4WD, cab, only 181 miles. Tag #ANF1112........$13,500 Farmhand F11 loader. Adapts to many tractors. Tag #ANF1112. R&R R17 5-blade subsoiler with 42”x30 shanks. Tag #HarvS1112..........$15,000 1-ton trailer dump box. Tag #ANF1112. Barber 30-ft. pull type spreader. Tag #HarvS1112. Woodstove. Tag #Mikel1012..........................................................................$700 Rugby 8-ft.x12-ft. dump box off Kodiak truck, excellent shape. Tag #JasonB0512..............................................................................................$4500 Engine end 3 point hitch & PTO for 9030 bi-directional. Tag #RogW0512..$3800 Winch for D6C Cat with Hyster free spooler. Tag #Pack1011 Gravel for sale. Tag #GunsightGR0912. 50 bushel pig feeder. Tag #Hug0912..............................................................$150 PTO water pump. Tag #Hug0912...................................................................$500 Danuser 3 point post pounder, used. Tag #DonS0612..................................$500 New Batco 155 55-ft. belt coveyor, 15” belt. Tag #GMiller0511................$11,500 16-ft. land roller. Tag #AHans0612...............................................................$7500 New Farm King rototillers available. Tag #Hug0511 Yamaha Bear Trackster ATV, 2WD. Tag #Paul0212....................................$1500 Danuser F8 post hole auger. Tag #LTorg0912. 1000 gallon fuel tank. Tag #PatHig0912........................................................$750 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle, 1828 miles. Tag #TomA0912..............$6500 Kinsey grain cart, 1000 PTO, tandem axle. Tag #BarryH0512 8-ft.x12-ft. flatbed off pickup. Tag #HiddenL0212.........................................$1900

GRAIN AUGERS

8-ft. x 40-ft. grain auger. Tag #JPrin1212.......................................................$350 Westfield TR 8”x61-ft swing hopper grain auger. Tag #Bett1212................$3000 Mayrath 12”x10-ft transfer auger with electric motor. Tag #Bett1212............$950

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2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

2008 Case IH 485 tractor, 710x42 tires 75%-80%, powershift, mega flow. Tag #KA0812..........................................................................................$190,000 2009 Case IH 105U Farmall tractor, 105 hp, front wheel assist, 3 point, PTO, only 900 hours. Tag #Hug0412...........................................................$48,000 Linderman crawler tractor. Tag #ANF1112. Case 630 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, 3-point blade. Tag #MarvinG1012........ $3500 1964 International 806 tractor with Farmhand loader, Excel cab, new water pump, rebuilt radiator. Tag #DarrenH0912.............................................$6000 Allis-Chalmers D17 tractor, loader, 3-point, 540 PTO. Tag #RickK0912...$6500 Ford 8N tractor with 3-point, 540 PTO. Tag #RWinko0912..........................$2900 Allis-Chalmers WD45 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO. Tag #RWinko0912..........$2900 John Deere 8400 track tractor, 3 point, 1000 PTO, Green Star ready. Tag #BarryH0512 Versatile 800 tractor, 18.4x38 duals, 5000 hours. Tag #JBurris0112.......$23,000 Versatile 145 4WD tractor. Tag #MonteF0811............................................$4500 1974 Versatile 700 4WD tractor. Tag #DickU0510....................................$10,000 1974 Steiger Tiger II 4WD tractor. Tag #DickU0511................................$25,000 John Deere 4020 tractor with Du-al loader, dual PTO, no 3-point, 2 set remotes, 23.1x31 rear tires. Tag #GorgSt1212.................................................$10,500 Versatile 145 tractor for parts. Tag #Bett1212.............................................$1500

TRUCKS

1974 White Freightliner cabover, 350 Cummins, 5th wheel, good tires, new batteries. Tag #BranM1012....................................................................$5500 Chevrolet cabover grain truck with grain box. Tag #ScottO0512 Chevrolet van truck. Tag #Klarson1211......................................................$1500 1972 Ford 880 truck with 22-ft. Knapheide box, roll tarp, Browning transmission, tandem axle, 37,000 miles. Tag #TimF0912.......................................$13,000 1955 Reo grain truck. Tag #Brandt0812. Mack cabover tandem axle truck, 20-ft. box and hoist, no power steering. Tag #MarvinG0212......................................................................................$6500 1975 Chevrolet C65 truck with 16-ft. box and hoist with stock rack, plumbed for drill fill....................................................................................................$9500 International L190 truck without engine. Tag #Bett1212..............................$300 1983 Ford F800 truck with storage box. Tag #Bett1212..............................$6000 White Freightliner truck, Detroit engine. Tag #Bett1212............................$5500

NEW ITEMS

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 #KA1212..................................... $315,000 New Holland SP-166 self propelled baler, 2 Wisconsin engine, reconditioned and should run fine. Tag #ANF1212................................................ $8500 1998 Gomaco CC120 800 hours. Tag #Eric1212............................... $19,000 Wilmar 500 40-ft. spreader with tarp, excellent shape. Tag #GordSt1212. 2000 Ford F650 11/4-ton pickup with Allison transmission, 7.3 Ford Power Stroke diesel, 147,000 miles. Tag #SamL1212............................ $19,000 EW Travalong trailers. Tag #CBass0213, New PJ trailers. Call for prices. Tag #CBass0213. Mini trucks for sale. Tag #CBass0213. Building, 45-ft. x 90-ft., located in Cut Bank. Will rent or sell. Tag #RTrent0213........................................................................................Call Allis-Chalmers HD 5 crawler tractor with 2 cylinder Detroit diesel with bucket and blade. Tag #MGoss................................................................... $4000 8-ft. x 12-ft. flatbed off pickup. Tag #HiddenL0213................................. $1900 NEW Ezee-On trailer mounted post pounder with PTO pump drive. Tag #Hug0213....................................................................................... $7500 Case 310 tractor, 4 speed, 540 PTO, 3-point, power steering, tires like new. Tag #DMcLain0213. Hesston BP25 bale processor, always shedded. Tag #Simmes0213... $3500 Case 1030 tractor with cab, 540 PTO. Tag #ArtH0213.......................... $3800 9-shank scarifier. Tag #Paul0213. Mack cabover tandem axle truck with 20-ft. box and hoist. No power steering. Tag #MarvinG0213.......................................................................... $6500 John Deere 840 loader. 1998 John Deere 7810 MFD tractor with rebuilt IVT transmission PTO and 3-point hitch. Tag #ReidH0213..................................................... $60,000 Flexi-Coil FG 32-ft. harrow cart. Tag #ReidH0213. 2003 New Holland TL90 MFD tractor with 3-point, PTO loader, 1110 hours. Tag #DaveY0213.......................................................................... $33,000 1948 Jeep Tag #BillD0213. 3-John Deere 105 combines. Tag #BillD0213. John Deere 2750 tractor with 6000 hours, no loader (but can find one). Tag #ReidH0213................................................................................. $22,000 Farmall M tractor with F10 loader. Tag #BobK0213. 2010 Farm King 13”x70-ft. swing hopper auger with mover. Tag #DBK0213.. . ................................................................................................... $13,000 Concord 3212 air seeder with Flexi-Coil 1600 tow behind tank, hydraulic drive, 12” spacing. Tag #Greg0213............................................... $19,000 2-NEW Ezee-On 60-ft. air seeders and tow behind tanks at 50% off list. Tag #Dave0213. 13 church pews, 14-ft. Tag #PondCo0213. Case 2290 2WD tractor with loader, 3-point, PTO, 20.8x38 tires. Tag #HerbB0213................................................................................. $11,500 Highline bale processor, good shape. Tag #HerbB0213....................... $8500 Brandt 10”x71-ft. swing away hopper auger. Tag #NorthS0213............ $8500 John Deere 4440 2WD tractor with Westendorf loader, 3-point, 540 PTO, 9000 hours. Tag #ReidH0213....................................................... $22,500 New Holland TM 165 MFD tractor, powershift, 3-point, dual PTO, 4800 hours. Tag #ReidH0213................................................................ $45,000 Cat Challenger MT525B 100 hp MFD tractor, 3-point, PTO, left hand reverser, only 1700 hours. Tag #ReidH0213.................................... $50,000 3-year-old Red Angus bull. Tag #Hdez0213........................................... $3500 1969 Chevrolet C50 grain truck with 16-ft. box and hoist, 67,936 miles. Tag #SamL0213..................................................................................... $4500 1-Set of 40-ft. John Deere 9450 grain drills, 10” spacing, steel packers, transport hitch. Tag #Zenith0213..................................................... $9500

TUB GRINDERS & PROCESSORS

2-spray lift jacks for high clearance self-propelled sprayers. Tag# Hug1212.......... . .................................................................................................. Each $2500

SPRAYERS

Flexi-Coil S67XL 90-ft. field sprayer, double nozzles, good twin screens, 1500 gallon tank, 18.4x26 single tires. Tag #BCreek1112. Flexi-Coil S67XLT field sprayer, double nozzles, 1500 gallon tank, mix tank and auxiliary tank, 18.4x26 singles. Tag #BCreek1112. Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 90-ft., 1000 gallon tank, wash tank, mix tank, rinse tank, double nozzles, wind screens, 18.4x26 single tires. Tag #LGre1112..... . ............................................................................................................$5900 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tanks, hydraulic fold on booms, double nozzles, wind screens, 18.4x26 tires. Tag #LGre1112...$6900 1990 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, single 16.5x16.1 tires, wind screens, mixer tank. Tag #PhilA0912. Century sprayer. Tag #Hug0912....................................................................$200 3-CompuSpray sprayers. 1 is good and 2 for parts. Tag #BMun0812. 2010 Summers sprayer, 60-ft. booms, 500 gallon tank, triple nozzles, on a 2001 Ford F250 pickup. Tag #Trever0712...................................................$27,500 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 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 Brandt 90-ft. field sprayer. Tag #0512..........................................................$8500 2002 Flexi-coil 67XL trailer type sprayer. Tag #Bett1212.........................$17,000

AIR SEEDERS & DRILLS

John Deere 9350 50-ft. 10” spacing drills with Wacko Track. Tag #Gord1212. Versatile drills, 56-ft, set of 7 8-ft sections, steel packers. Tag #Bett1212..$8500 Versatile drills, 56-ft, for parts. Tag #Bett1212.............................................$2500 2007 Case IH ATX 70-ft air seeder, narrow fold, 12” spacing, 430 tow between cart, steel packers, stealth openers. Tag #KA1012...........................$120,000 John Deere drills, 40-ft set, 12” spacing. Tag #Zen1012..........................$13,000 2-International 7100 drill, 12-ft., 10” spacing, fertilizer and grain box, steel packers. Tag #TomP0512 50-ft. of John Deere 9350 drills on Apollo hitch, 10” spacing. Tag #BMun0812. John Deere 9450 drill, 30-ft., 12” spacing steel packers. Tag #ANF0412....$9500 Concord 4012 air seeder, 1502 engine driven air tank.Tag #AHans0412...$20,000 John Deere 9350 drills, 50-ft., Apollo hitch, 10” spacing. Tag #BMun0811 1976 John Deere 9350 40-ft. drills with rubber packers, AcraPoints. Tag #DickU0511..............................................................................................$5000 1979 John Deere 9350 40-ft. drills with packer wheels and AcraPoints. Tag #DickU0511..............................................................................................$5000 50-ft. of John Deere 9350 drills on Apollo hitch, 10” spacing. Tag #BMun0810 International 7100 10-ft drills, 10” spacing. Tag #Deank1211 2003 Bourgault 5710 64-ft. air seeder, 350 bushel tank with 3 compartments. Tag #RogerW0312...........................................................................$129,000

COMBINES

Dearborn Woods combine. Tag #ClayS1210. 1998 Case IH 1680 combine, 1010 30-ft header. Tag #Bett1212.............$25,000

MISC. HAY TOOLS

Loftness 20-ft. flail shredder. Tag #Gord1212. Used 6-ft. 3-point rotary mower, used very little. Tag #RickW1212................$900

Hesston BP20 bale processor. Tag #JSmith1112.......................................$2500 Hesston SP10 bale feeder and one for parts. Tag #JSmith1112................$1600 See me for your Bale Processor needs Haybuster 2640 bale processor. Tag #BrenB0812. Hesston BP 25 bale processor, always shedded. Tag #Simmes0212........$3500 Supreme Mixers available. Call Huggy Bear. New Holland 352 grinder mixer. Tag #LarryK0112.....................................$2500 Haybuster multi-bale bale processor. Tag #Rum0411.............................$12,500 See us about you bale processor needs. High-Line multi-bale processor. Tag #FThompson0109.............................$7000

ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

International 440 PTO small square baler. Tag #RonD1212......................$2500 Massey baler. Tag #JPrin1212......................................................................$600 2005 Case RBX562 baler, net wrap, excellent shape. Tag #BrenB0812.

TRAILERS

Reconditioned logging trailer, good looking trailer, sliding main beam. Tag #DennyL1212.............................................................................................$15,000 2008 Load-Runner enclosed trailer. Tag #DonS0612 1969 Circle J 16-ft. horse trailer. Tag #JL0612............................................$1400 New PJ trailers, call for prices. Tag #CBass0212 Wilray 20-ft. gooseneck flatbed trailer. Tag #Hug1012................................$2950 16-ft. flatbed trailer, good for hauling hay. Tag #JHug1011.............................$550 Dual wheel tilt trailer. Tag #JPrin1212............................................................$650 Tandem axle flatbed trailer with expandable metal bed. Tag #JPrin1212...$1200 16-ft. flatbed trailer, good for hauling hay. Tag #Hugbear1212.......................$750 24-ft grain trailer. Tag #Bett1212..................................................................$5500 20-ft grain pup trailer. Tag #Bett1212...........................................................$3500 1991 Wabash 30-ft dry van trailer, used for spray chemicals.Tag #Bett1212..$6500

BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS

2008 Bobcat S175 skid steer loader, includes auger, pallet forks, bucket, open cab. Tag #JSt.GD1112........................................................................$32,000 1990 Ford 555C 2WD tractor/loader/backhoe, nice shape, cab, air, heat, 17072 hours. Tag #Hug1112.........................................................................$12,500 Allis Chalmers HD5 crawler with bucket and dozer blade. Tag #ANF1112. 2-Cat 627B scrapers. Tag #JamieF0812 1998 Caterpillar D8R U dozer, 4 place ripper. Tag #RilD0712...............$225,000 1996 Caterpillar D6XL dozer, U blade, cab, rollover cage, ripper. Tag #RilD0712..........................................................................................$75,000 1985 Caterpillar 140G grader, new tires. Tag #RilD0712.........................$95,000 Case 1150B crawler/loader with 4-in-1 bucket, good undercarriage, pins and rollers turned, pads are good. Tag #Ahan..........................................$16,000 Vermeer T650 trencher, 7-ft. digging depth. Tag #JFus0711 2004 Bobcat S175 with 1482 hours. Tag #BillR1212. 2008 Bobcat S205 with 550 hours. Tag #BillR1212. Bobcat 205 heat and air, 1900 hours. Tag #BillR1212.............................$22,000 2007 Bobcat S250 skid steer loader with metal add-on tracks, cab, heat, air, only 840 hours. Tag #BillR1212..........................................................$28,000 2011 New Holland L220 skid steer loader with cab and heat, only 168 hours. Tag #Hug1212....................................................................................$34,500

SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

1990 Westward swather with 25-ft. double swath header, pickup reel, 1573 hours. Tag #GordS1212.....................................................................$18,000 1992 Hesston 8100 swather, 30-ft DSA header with pickup header. Tag #HerbK1012.......................................................................................$31,000 1988 Versatile 4700 swather with 30-ft. DSA header. Tag #TerryA0812...$18,000 New Holland 1475 pivot tongue, 18-ft. auger header, nice unit. Tag #RumRanch0612 New Holland 1100 swather, 16-ft. auger header, cab, A/C. Tag #KevM0412 John Deere 890 14-ft. hay header to fit on JD 4890 swather. Tag #HLake0912. 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, 276 Versatile tractor adapter. Tag #Russ0812.

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Bob Larance (left) and Jeff Herzog (center) with Cascade Machine & Supply visits with a visitor at the MAGIE Show in early January in Great Falls, Montana.

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By Russ Daly, DVM, DACVPM, SDSU Extension Veterinarian Q. What is EHD? A. Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) is a viral disease that has long been recognized as perhaps the most important infectious disease of white-tailed deer. In some years, there are significant numbers of death losses in deer populations due to EHD. Mule deer, antelope, and other deer species can also become affected. Cattle can become affected uncommonly. Clinical illness due to EHD is very rare in sheep and goats. Q. What are the signs of EHD in deer? A. Usually the disease in deer develops so quickly that death losses are the only signs noted. If observed, affected deer may show signs of excessive salivation and nasal discharge, sometimes bloody in nature. Weakness and respiratory distress also are common. Hemorrhages throughout the entire body are often noted in the carcasses of deer that have died from EHD. Mortality rates are high. Q. Does EHD do the same thing to cattle? A. No. The clinical disease in cattle is much milder and death losses are very infrequent. In the current outbreak, the most common sign noted in cattle is that of excessive salivation. Other signs noted include stiffness or lameness, a crusty peeling muzzle, crusty skin on the teats, fever, and a reluctance to eat. Q. What lesions are veterinarians seeing in these animals? A. The most common manifestation of EHD in cattle in this South Dakota outbreak has been that of sores or ulcers in the mouth. Most of the time, these sores affect the upper mouth in the dental pad, near where the skin and the mucous membranes come together, or on the roof of the mouth. These sores can also be seen in the gums of the lower jaw, or elsewhere in mouth. Cows may show redness, blistering, and leatheriness in their teats. In some cases, sores or erosions have been noted in the feet where the skin meets the hoof (coronary band). Q. Is there any treatment for affected cattle? A. There is no vaccine for the EHD virus itself in cattle. However, veterinarians working with affected herds have been prescribing anti-inflammatory medications and antibiotics in hopes of preventing problems with secondary bacterial infections that may crop up where the lesions occur. Providing a palatable, accessible source of feed and for these animals is important because of the pain that goes along with the sores in the mouth. Q. What is the outcome for affected cattle? A. Reports from veterinarians are generally encouraging. Most of the affected cattle are recovering and beginning to eat. Q. How do cattle get this disease? A. EHD is a virus exclusively spread by biting flies of the Culicoides family. These are more commonly known as biting midges, sand gnats, sand flies, or no-see-ums. The virus is not directly contagious; it needs to be spread through the bite of one of these flies. Once the fly bites an infected animal, whether cattle or deer, the virus can reproduce inside the fly. The fly then is able to transmit even more virus particles than it picked up in the first place. As cooler weather prevails, the activity and the survival of the vector will diminish; therefore, transmission and numbers of new cases will decline with the onset of freezing temperatures. Q. How can we confirm whether my cow in fact has EHD? A. The most definite way is to detect the actual virus in the bloodstream. The virus sticks to the red blood cells, so getting an unclotted blood sample that can be sent to the lab for a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test is the method of choice. An indirect way of EHD testing is to detect antibodies against EHD in the bloodstream. This indicates that the animal has been exposed to the virus at some time, but doesn’t necessarily confirm that EHD is the cause of the current illness in the animal. Q. What should a cattle producer do if he or she suspects EHD in some of his cattle?  A. Contact their veterinarian. The herd veterinarian can advise about treatment and management of affected animals. In general, providing supportive care to the affected animals along with fly control, seems to be prudent. Q. If this is such a mild disease in cattle, why should we be concerned? A. First off, anytime a disease shows up that includes continued on page b19

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erosions or lesions in the mouth, the possibility of a foreign animal disease such as Foot and Mouth Disease needs to be ruled out. (This has been done by our South Dakota Animal Industry Board in this outbreak). Beyond that, this is an unusual circumstance, in that an EHD outbreak in cattle has not been recently described in South Dakota. Q. Why is this showing up this year? A. The area of the state in which the most cases are identified is also the area of the state experiencing very dry conditions. Culicoides likes to breed in moist dirt, such as that found in drying creek beds, or along the shores of receded rivers and creeks. In addition, deer (as well as cattle) may be stressed by drought conditions, allowing viral infections to more severely take hold. Some scientists have speculated that the level of immunity in the cattle population may currently be on a down cycle, allowing more animals to show clinical signs, although this has not been definitively proven.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service The beef industry is evolving, and so are beef cattle. This is the time of year when producers buy bulls, and every bull that is turned out to cows contributes to the evolving beef industry. Why do beef cattle evolve? The process is long, but continuous, just like herd selection. Selection, in the short term, ends with the purchase of a bull. In reality, the newly purchased bull will add genes to the breed and ultimately make a genetic contribution within the herd and very likely within the breed as a whole. Genes do not stay put. As replacement cattle are moved around in the industry, their genes move, too. Cattle house their genes on 60 chromosomes. These 60 chromosomes carry the genetic materials that make cattle what they are. If one might be allowed to expand one’s thinking, ironically, some types of buffalo, as well as goats and some other types of four-legged, grass-eating ruminants, also have 60 chromosomes. The chromosome number is not unique, and what makes a chromosome certainly is not unique. In fact, although very few four-legged, grass-eating ruminants interbreed, some do. That would be the reason cattle may have some genes that came from buffalo and buffalo may have some genes that came from domestic cattle. I am not trying to make the case for crossing cattle and buffalo. I’m only trying to expand our thinking as we view the concept of genes within living things, which, in this case, are cattle. If breeding cattle are maintained in the same herd or even in proximity, genes will migrate. In previous times, the biggest inhibitors of roaming genes were physical barriers, which primarily were water and mountains or other obstacles that simply did not allow exposure to take place within breeding populations. However, as times changed and people brought their animals out of isolation, gene migration certainly became possible. Although behavior and anatomical barriers between various types of similar four-legged, grass- eating ruminants still restricted gene migration, with newer reproductive techniques, such as artificial insemination, genes continue to migrate. The purpose of this discussion simply is to provide a broader picture of how genes can move and perhaps extend a better understanding as to what evaluating DNA means. DNA codes are in genes and genes determine the herd. Producers select for genes. Selected genes pull with them the appropriate DNA, and cattle evolve as products of the selected DNA. For producers, no one ever questions that if cattle and buffalo are crossed, the obvious sharing of DNA is very evident. As bull producers, those same principles make up the genetic trend within a breed. The genetic trend lines are very revealing. If one made no effort at individual selection, the genetic trends of the breed still would be evident within a producer’s herd. For example, in many breeds, the genetic trend lines indicate that growth has increased within the breed. Expected progeny differences are meant to be indicative of the genes that are present for the particular trait that is being evaluated. As producers select for what they see or measure, they slowly concentrate those genes that are responsible for those traits. The trends are slow, but with time, the genetic trend lines become very obvious for those traits that are easy to see or measure. However, even though every trait responds to producer selection, the trend is not always evident. If the trait is hard to measure, the trait still may be evolving to what the current environment wants, regardless of what the producer is doing. Cattle evolve. With newer DNA technology, some difficult-to-measure traits actually may become measurable. As cattle evolve, producers will be able to better guide the genes that are present to fit their production environment. However, in reality, good production programs already guide those genes that better fit their program. Being able to identify those genes earlier will allow for quicker adaptation. However, producers must never forget that cattle are evolving constantly and always will favor those genes that make life simple and responsive to the environment. Sometimes we can outthink Mother Nature. At other times, Mother Nature will outthink us. Either way, if we measure genetic trends, we will know where we are going. Producers need to use the tools available to them, which is not a bad CONTINUED ON PAGE B22

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(B) 670 Cat w/SP36 HB Dpr Hd, 25002W ............ $190,000

(W) NH TR95 w/971 NH 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... $7,000 (D) (2) NH TR98 w/994 36’ Dpr, 971 PU Hd, 24025W or 24026W ....................................................... $101,100 (D) NH TR66 w/36’ 960 MacDon Dpr Hd, 2009W &28019W .............................................. $64,000 (D) NH TX68, 24016W ........................................... $65,000 w/36’ MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................ $28,000 (W) NH CR960, 24019W .................................... $160,000 (F) NH CR960, WUH370 .................................... $137,000 (D) NH CR970, 24021W ..................................... $188,000 (D) NH CR 970, 24022W .................................... $180,000 w/94C NH 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W ....................... $47,000 (F) NH CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (W) NH CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 (D) NH CR 9070, 24024W ................................. $260,000 (S) NH CR9070, 24035W .................................... $249,000 w/NH 94C 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W ....................... $42,000 (W) JD 9600, 22004W ............................................. $52,000 (W) JD 9600, 22011W ............................................. $49,000 (W) JD 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 (F) JD STS 9660, WUH346 .................................. $31,000 w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. $29,000 w/635F JD, WUH262 ........................................ $35,000 (D) 9760 JD w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 (B) 1680 CIH, 23057W ........................................... $29,000 (H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23082W ......................................... $50,000 w/1015 CIH PU Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 (B) CIH 2188, 23046W ........................................... $47,500 (D) CIH 2188 w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ ........................................................................... $12,000 (H) CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (B) CIH 2388, 23018W ........................................... $90,000 (B) CIH 2388, 23047W ......................................... $100,000 (F) CIH 2388 w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 (W) CIH 2388 w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... ........................................................................... $97,400 (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000

w/CIH 1010 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. $8,000 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (F) CIH 7010 w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 ....................................... $280,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23075W ........................................ $265,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 (W) CIH 8010, 23087W ....................................... $270,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 (F) CIH 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (S) CIH 2388, ........................................................... $89,900 (S) CIH 7010, ......................................................... $240,000 (S) 08 CIH 7010, .................................................. $249,000 (S) 07 CIH 8010, .................................................. $249,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010, .................................................. $220,000 (S) MF 860, UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (S) 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (S) CIH 8230 PT Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 (S) CIH 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (S) MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $71,000 (S) MacDon 963 Hd, ......................... Call for Pricing (S) MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd, ..................................... 59,000 (S) Honeybee 3655, ............................ Call for Pricing (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing (S) NH CR960, .................................................... $180,000

Grain Augers & Vacs

(W) 7x36 Westfield w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (D) 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D) 8x46 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (D) MK 8x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51057W ... $2,500 (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W $5,000 (D) 30’ Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 (W) 1535LP Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A ................. $6,500

Tractors

(W) Case IH Scout XL club car. #W85298 (H) Case IH Farmall 35B #W80448 (W) Case IH Farmall 40B #W80500 (H) Case IH Farmall 50B #W80497 (H) Case IH L350 loader #W80483 (D) Case IH Farmall 125A FWA. #W80606 (D) Case IH Farmall 140A FWA. #W80633 (B) Case IH 125 Maxxum FWA. #W80588 (D) Case IH Puma 125 FWA. #W80655 (D) Case IH Puma 125 FWA. #W80656 (D) Case IH Puma 125 FWA. #W80657 (D) Case IH Puma 130 FWA, 174 hours. #W80533 (D) Case IH L755 loader. #W80565 (F) Case IH Maxxum 140 FWA, demo. #WNT934 (G) Case IH Puma 140 FWA. #W80641 (D) Case IH Puma 145 FWA, 250 hours. #W80549 (B) Case IH Puma 160 FWA, 91.6 hours. #W80597 (D) Case IH 190 Magnum FWA, 160 hours. #W80437 (B) Case IH 550 4WD. #W80595 (H) Case IH 600 Quad Trac, demo. #W80619

Tillage, Harrows, Drills

(F) Case IH Ecolo-Tiger 2500B #W84014 (B) 5-Case IH disc levelers. #593519 (B) 60-Case IH stealth openers, boot, tips, hard. #W84076 (B) Case IH PH800 70-ft. air drill, Case IH ADX3430 air tank. #W84077

Balers

(H) Case IH RB564 #W83147 (H) Case IH RB564 #W83148 (W) Case IH RB564 #W83145 (D) Case IH RB564 #W83172 (D) Case IH RB564 #W83173 (F) Case IH RB564 #WNH701

round baler. round baler. round baler. round baler. round baler.

round baler.

Skidsteers

(F) Case SV250 #WNM362 (F) Case SV250 #WNM363 (F) Case SV250 #WNM364 (F) Case SV250 #WNM379 (F) Case SV250 #WNM380 (F) Case SV250#WNM381

Mowers

(B) Case IH RR90 finish mower. #W83137 (D) Case IH MD92 disc mower. #W83123

Sprayer

(D) Case IH 620/70R38, extra set of tires. #W81037

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USED EQUIPMENT

Tractors

(F) 2004 Case IH DX33 FWA, LX114, 716B front (F) 2010 Case IH Puma 165 #WUT652.....$114,000 snowblower. #WUT569...........................$24,000 (H) 2009 Case IH Puma 180 #15240W.....$114,000 (B) 2009 Case IH Farmall 95 FWA. #15355W.......... (H) Case IH L770 loader. #56061W.............$11,500 . ..............................................................$35,000 (D) 2004 Case IH MXM190, Case IH LX770 loader. #15375W................................................$81,000 (W) 1992 Case IH 7120 FWA, Farmhand 1340 loader. #15350W............................................$44,000 (D) 2008 Case IH Puma 195 #15192W.....$108,000 (F) 1995 Case IH 7220 FWA. #WUT653......$65,000 (D) Case IH L760 loader. #56063W................$7500 Sprayers & Fertilizer Applicators (F) 1994 Case IH 7220 FWA, loader. #WUT655....... (D) 2011 Case IH 180 Magnum #15337W.$133,000 (B) 2002 F/S 60-ft. pickup sprayer. #53175W..$5900 CIH Farmall W80137 .................................. NEW 2011 Case 40, IH L780 loader. #56076W....$17,500 . ..............................................................$44,000 (D)(D) 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. Skid SteersFWA. #WUT587............. (W)(D) (H) w/CIH 20031010Summers Ultimate 90-ft. $8,000 sprayer. (F) 2004 Case IH CIH Farmall 60,210 W80170 ................................. NEW 2010 Case IH Magnum #15341W. $170,000 MXM120 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (D) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW #53120W................................................$41,000 (D) 1999 Case 95, IH MX240 Magnum #15368W. ......... . ..............................................................$45,000 (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 New Equipment (B) CIH Farmall W80189 .................................. NEW (D) Summers Ultimate 90-ft. sprayer. #53154W...... (F) 2000 Case IH MX120 FWA, L655 loader. . ..............................................................$70,000 (F) CIH 7010 w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (H) 743 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 (D) CIH 95U FWA, W80138 ..................................... NEW . ..............................................................$23,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 (B) S130#WUT613...............................................$40,000 2011 Case IH 245 Magnum #WUT594$158,000 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20112W ....................... $18,995 (D)(F) CIH 105U FWA, W80160 .................................. NEW (F)CIH 20018010, CaseWUH232 IH 4260 90-ft. sprayer. #WUY212...... (F) ....................................... $280,000 (D) 753 20083W ....................................... CIH Puma 125IHFWA, W80053 ........................ 2011 Case 245 Magnum #15292W.NEW $165,950 (W) Bobcat, 2010 Case IH Maxxum 125 FWA.$19,000 #15313W..... (B)(H) (D) CIH 8010, 23075W ........................................ $265,000 (H) 753.Bobcat, . ..............................................................$90,000 20085W ....................................... $12,000 Ldr,IHW85038 ...................................... NEW (F) w/L750 2009 Case 245 Magnum #WUT644$135,000 ..............................................................$75,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 Bobcat, 20120W .................................... $23,000 Puma W80112 ...................... NEW (D) 2001 Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft. suspended boom(D) S150 2011 Case165 IH FWA, 260 Magnum #WUT586$180,000 (B) 2009 Case IH Puma 125, Case IH L750 loader. (W)(F)CIH (W) CIH 8010, 23087W ....................................... $270,000 (D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW sprayer. #53138W...................................$18,000 (B) 1999 Case IH MX270 Magnum #15348W.......... #15374W................................................$95,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 (D) S205 Bobcat, no Bkt, 20120W ....................... $23,000 (D) CIH Puma 210, W80037 .................................... NEW (D)CIH 2002 Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft. suspended boom . ..............................................................$65,000 2010 Case IH 20146W Pro 140, Case IH$26,500 L750 loader. (F) 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (B) (B) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, ........................ w/L770 Ldr, W85031 ...................................... NEW sprayer. (S) CIH 2388#53160W...................................$21,000 , ........................................................... $89,900 (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 2011 Case 275 Magnum #15361W.NEW $186,000 #15376W................................................$95,000 (F)(D) CIH Scout Ut IH Vehicle, WNM126 .................... (F)CIHFlexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft. boom sprayer.(F) 863 (S) 7010, ......................................................... $240,000 Bobcat, WUT322 ...................................... CIH 72”Case FinishIHMwr, W85133 ....................... NEW 2009 305 Magnum #15369W$179,000 (D) 2010 Case IH Puma 140, Case IH$19,000 L760 loader. (D)(W) (S) 08#WUY221..................................................$4950 CIH 7010, .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 CIH 2007 SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526 New Holland TC30 ............ FWA,NEW loader. #15305W..............................................$115,000 (F)(B) (S) CIH 8010 , .................................................. $249,000 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW (D)07New Holland SF115 114-ft. wheeled boom(W) (F) #16140W................................................$15,500 2010 Case IH Puma 140, Case IH L760 loader. , .................................................. $220,000 (D) S330 (S) 06sprayer. CIH 8010 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW #53083W...................................$25,000 1982 FordRnd TW20 #16136W...................$10,500 #WUT622.............................................$116,000 (S) MF 860, UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (W) LS160 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $19,000 (W)(W) CIH RB564 Blr, AW,TW, W83013 ........ NEW (D) 2006 New Holland SF115 120-ft. wheeled boom (S) 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 1988 Ford Rnd TW25Blr, FWA, dozer blade. #16100W... (W)(D) CIH RB564 Ele Twn Nt, W83014 .. NEW sprayer. #53132W...................................$25,000 (S) CIH 8230 PT Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 (D) 1825B CaseSteers Skid w/Bkt 20129W ................. $14,000 Skid & Attachments (W) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ............... NEW . ..............................................................$26,000 (F)CIH 2011 Case IH PS160 134-ft. suspended boom(D) 1845 (S) 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 WNH585 ................ NEW (F)(D) CIH 1996 SPX3330 SP Spryr, (D) Melroe 773 Bobcat, bucket. #CONS.....$17,000 New Holland 9030 bidirectional. (S) CIH 2188,#WUY368..................................$47,000 UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 ..................... $23,000 sprayer. SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, W85043 (B) 2001 Melroe S130 Bobcat, bucket. #20293W.... (W) CIH #16142W................................................$46,000 (S) 973IH Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 NEW (D)MacDon 2005 Case 3310 90-ft. sprayer. #53174W. ...... (F) 435 SSL ..............................................................$24,500 (B) ................................................................................. 2009 New Holland TV6070 bidirectional. (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 (D) 440 .Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 (F) CIH 8120 Combine, WNC432 ......................... NEW . ............................................................$155,000 (D) Melroe S220 Bobcat, bucket. #20248W. $ 29,000 #16084W..............................................$110,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (D) 440 C3 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20130W .............. $36,000 (D) CIH 8120 Combine, W82055 .......................... NEW (F)Honeybee 2008 Case IH 3320 sprayer. #WUY284.... (D) 2005 Melroe Bobcat................. #20279W....$28,000 (S) 42GB Hd,100-ft. ................................... $65,000 (D) 60XT New Holland bidirectional. Case Skid S300 w/Bkt, 20131W $22,000 (W)(B) CIH2009 8120 Combine, W82076TV6070 ......................... NEW . ............................................................$195,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $71,000 (D) Skat TrakMelroe 1500DS650 Skid,Bobcat 20088W .............. $17,000 (D) 2012 #20291W....$38,500 (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82078 ......................... NEW #16130W..............................................$120,000 (S) 963IH Hd , ......................... Call for Pricing (D) 4800 (F)MacDon 2010 Case 3330 100-ft. sprayer. #WUY376.... Magnatrac Skid Bobcat, w/Bkt, Dzr, bucket. 20111W #20217W. $6,000 .... (W)(W) CIH2009 8120 Combine, W82080TV6070 ......................... NEW (D) 2007 Melroe T190 New Holland bidirectional. (S) MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, W82057 ................... NEW . ............................................................$222,000 Post Diggers . ..............................................................$29,000 #16131W................................................$89,000 (S) 40GB Hd, 120-ft. ..................................... 59,000 (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 ..................... NEW (D)Hondybee 2006 Case IH 4410 sprayer. #53177W..... Melroe 2100 Club car. #20238W...............$9000 (B) 2005 New TS115A FWA, Ezee-On 2105 (S) Honeybee 3655, ............................ Call for Pricing (W) (D) (D)(F) CIH 2152 40’Holland Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 . ............................................................$172,000 (D) 2010 New L175 skidsteer. #20264W.... (D) CIH loader. (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing (B) McMillin 2152#WUT621....................................$55,000 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW HydHolland Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295 (S) NH CR960, .................................................... $180,000 . ..............................................................$29,500 NewDrpr Holland TM115 FWA, loader. (D)(D) CIH2000 2152 40’ Hd, W82050 ................... NEW Forage Feeding Equipment Misc Grain Augers & Vacs 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, W82074 ................. NEW (D) 2009 Case 435 skidsteer. #20284W.......$34,000 (W) CIH #16141W................................................$40,000 (H) 2010 Haybuster 2650 bale processor.(H) C1000SR Swath Roller, 520354W ................. $750 (W) 7x36 Westfield w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (W) 2005 Cat 242B skidsteer, bucket. #20258W....... (D) 2008 New Holland T7040 FWA, loader. #50045W................................................$18,500 Lawn & Garden (D) 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 . ..............................................................$25,000 #16138W..............................................$110,000 (B)8x41 2009 Haybuster 2650 bale processor. (D) Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, (D) 2007 Melroe 430H excavator. #20267W............. (H) 2009 New Holland T8050 FWA. #16086W......... 19015W ................................................................. $6,950 #50046W................................................$14,500 (D) 8x46 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 . ..............................................................$31,000 . ............................................................$195,000 Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (F) 718K .............................................................. $5,000 (W)WUM534 2012 Melroe 66” snowblower. #20285W. ..$5100 (W) New Holland 870TL loader, mounts, grapple. Trailers (D) MK 8x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51057W ... $2,500 Tractor, 51054W $5,000 (D) Westfield (W) Grasshopper Melroe 911Lawn Bobcat backhoe attachment. (D)MK100x51 2012 Thunder 990UBSwg fuelAgr, trailer. #55039W. ....... (D) 721 #56032W................................................$13,580 19016W ............................................................... $11,500 (D) 30’ Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 #20289W...................................................$3500 . ..............................................................$25,000 (W) Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, Melroe 8811 backhoe. #20294W..............$8500 (D)1535LP 30-ft. header trailer. #55043W. ...................$2200 (D)19013W ................................................................. $6,500 (B) 2010 John Deere 1850 50-ft., 1910 tow behind tank. #47140W......................................$165,000 (F) 2004 Morris Maxim II 34-ft., 7240 tank. #WUD143...............................................$25,000 (F) 2008 Ezee-On 3315, 7550 air tank. #WUD139... . ..............................................................$33,000

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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,

(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

19016W ............................................................... $11,500

(B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower,

19013W .................................................................

$6,500

(F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000 (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A

.................

$6,500

New Equipment

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BeefTalk: An evolving beef industry continued from page b20

thing. Just be careful and don’t try to fool Mother Nature. May you find all your ear tags. Your comments are always welcome at http://www.BeefTalk.com. For more information, contact Ringwall at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or go to http://www.ag.ndsu. edu/news/columns/beeftalk/. ##### An older motorcycle rider was stopped at a light at a crossroads one midnight. In a puff of smoke and a roar that drowned out the motorcycle engine, the devil appeared. Everyone in the area raced away in terror. Everyone, that is, but the old biker. “Don’t you know who I am?” the devil asked. “Of course, I do. You’re Satan.” “And that doesn’t frighten you?” “Why would it?” the biker replied. “I’ve been married to your sister for 45 years.”

ALFALFA SEED FOR SALE Certified Wrangler

Certified Shaw

Call Ernest Johnson 406-357-4182 or cell: 262-3081 or 262-3809

Ladak

NDSU develops Farm Fuel Budget app

By NDSU Extension Service located to each crop to compare total farm Farmers can use a new Farm Fuel Budget fuel use based on the same number of acres. cell phone app to plan their farm fuel budget “This feature is intended to help crop and use for the next year or more. producers quickly see the difference in fuel John Nowatzki, North Dakota State consumption on their farm by changing the University (NDSU) Extension Service number of acres allocated to each crop,” agricultural machine systems specialist, Nowatzki says. “Because field operations developed the Android cell phone app for vary significantly for each type of crop, crop producers to compare projected fuel changing the number of acres of each crop costs and use for their farming operation grown impacts the total fuel cost for the based on alternate crop acreages, tillage farm.” systems and crop rotations. By choosing the field operations on each The app can be downloaded from the crop, users can use the Farm Fuel Budget Google Play Store, which is accessible from app to evaluate the effects of various tillage the market app on Android cellphones. systems on fuel use. Because each field opUsers select the number of acres they ineration requires a different amount of fuel tend to plant each year and acreage for each crop, then select the field operations they per acre, users quickly can see the impact on will use for each crop. The app estimates fuel costs by eliminating or adding specific the fuel cost by year. field operations for each crop. The amount of fuel budgeted for each The last user input for the app is to enter field operation is based on the machinery the projected fuel cost per gallon. Crop cost estimates published annually by the producers can use this feature to see the University of Minnesota Extension. These effect of projected fuel prices on their total fuel consumption estimates are based on the fuel budget. assumption of 0.044 gallon of diesel fuel per Users are encouraged to evaluate the power takeoff horsepower-hour, on average, Farm Fuel Budget app on the Google Play for each implement type. website at https://play.google.com and Users can select the number of acres alsearch for Farm Fuel Budget.

FOR SALE Barley Hay

3x4x8 1500 lb. large square bales. 6% protein, 8% moisture, 56% TDN, less than .15 nitrates – 600 ton available

$110/ton F.O.B. farm north of Cut Bank, MT Phone Don (406) 336-2141 or (406) 229-0422

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 2- 500 gallon fuel tanks, good condition. Farmhand bale clamp John Deere 2 drill unit hitch for 8-ft. drills

Call Merlin Thomas at (406) 472-3202

Farm Fuel Budget app

Farm Fuel Budget app cost report

Vaughn Truck Salvage

Chuck or Jim Vaughn

1-406-265-6387 Local or 1-800-214-4654

2100 Hwy 2 East, Havre, MT TRAILER SUSPENSIONS

(2) 102” Tandem Axle, air ride suspension. Each.................................. $2500 (2) 102” Tandem Axle spring suspension, 22.5 Dayton hubs. Each.............. $500 1986 Ford L9000 day cab, Big Cummins 350 hp, 15 speed, Neway air ride, 3.90 ratio, 11-22.5 tires at 85%. As is...............$6500 1992 Peterbilt 379 short hood, 3406C Cat, Super 10 speed.

2006 Kenworth T800 ISX Cummins 10 speed, wet kit, super single drive tires. COME SEE US FOR ALL YOUR TRUCK SALVAGE NEEDS

2005 International daycab, ISX Cummins, 10 speed, Lo-Pro 22.5 tires. 1995 International 9400 Cummins M11, Super 10 speed, good cab and hood.

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.

2004 Freightliner Columbia 14L Detroit, 435 hp, 10 speed, 10 months on overhaul.

6-Tri-Pac APU, each...........$2500 TRANSMISSIONS

Great selection of Rockwell, Fuller, & Spicer used take out transmissions. Call with your model for a quote.

ENGINE PARTS ~ Rebuilt Engine Parts

ENGINES

All used engines are sold with new rod & main bearings

2-Cat 3406E 435-hp 2-Cat 3406E 475-hp N14 Celect + 500-hp N14 Celect + 525-hp Cat C15 Acert (09 EPA) 475-hp

Cat C15 Acert Cat C12 Cat C10 Detroit DDEC 3 430/470-hp Detroit DDEC 4 14L, 435-hp, 10 months on OH

Cylinder Heads For: 3406B, 3406E and C15 Cat, 855 and N14 Cummins, Series 60 Detroit

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Fall lawn prep

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a couple of questions related to fall lawn preparation. I have some large areas of crabgrass in my lawn, so I am wondering how I can get rid of it before winter hits. Should I apply Roundup on the plants and then reseed? Is there an easier way to deal with crabgrass? I do not have a sprinkler system and have neglected my lawn when it comes to watering. The grass in my backyard is very dry. It is nearly tan in color and thin in coverage. What do I need to do to this area to prepare for winter? Do I start to water the grass or leave it dormant? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (West Fargo, North Dakota) A: Crabgrass can be controlled next spring with an application of a pre-emergent herbicide labeled for crabgrass control. Apply according to directions when the lilacs are starting to come into bloom. If you have not watered your lawn all summer, I advise doing so several times between now and freeze-up. You still might be able to save some grass by doing so. If you fail to do this, nature will fill the vacuum for you with her own selection of weeds. No one can predict what kind of winter lies ahead for us. It could be a cold and droughty winter. If this winter is a mirror image of our past summer, your grass will be history without any water in the soil. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture. ##### In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.

Grain handling and seed selection were a couple of the subjects of booths at the MAGIE Show held at the fairground in Great Falls, Montana in early January.

1-800-214-4654 or LOCAL AREA 406-265-6387

1997 & 1998 Peterbilt 379, extended hood, Cat 3406E, 550 hp, 18 speed, all aluminum wheels, 63” sleeper. Each.................... $30,000 2006 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, Cat C15, 18 speed, 63” flattop sleeper, all aluminum wheels. 2005 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, Cat C15, 18 speed, 70” Ultra sleeper, all aluminum wheels. 1999 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, 3406E Cat @ 475 hp, rebuilt 18 speed (in December 2012), 63” flattop sleeper.

2003 Freightliner Century Series 60 Detroit, 10 speed, condo.................................. $16,000 2001 Volvo daycab, Series 60 Detroit, 9 speed, 2 aluminum wheels, recent overhaul....$17,000 2007 International 9400I daycab, ISX Cummins, 475 hp, 10 speed, air ride.......... $37,000 2004 Freightliner Columbia, Mercedes engine, 10 speed, midroof sleeper.......... $15,000

New Watson Chalin steerable lift axle with fabricated axle. Includes air kit....... $4600 New Watson Chalin steerable lift axle suspension. Includes air kit..........$2600 1993 Kalyn drop deck, 48x96”, 17.5 tires, 40-ft lower and 8-ft upper deck........................$8900 2001 Wilson 53-ft. stepdeck with beavertail and 4 flipover ramps....................................$26,000

2000 Freightliner FLD 120 Series 60 Detroit, 360 hp, 10 speed, single axle, all steel wheels, 468,000 miles, headache rack, air operated oversize load sign.................................$14,000

1997 International 4900 DT466, 7 speed, spring suspension, 11-22.5 tires, 6 steel wheels, rollback wrecker body, 13-ft. upper, 28-ft. lower, 3 winches, aluminum deck, rear underreach..... .............................................................$21,000 2000 Sterling Detroit Series 60, 10 speed....... .............................................................$12,000

NEW 2013 Maurer hopper, 40-ft., spring suspension, steel wheels...........................$27,750

1998 Kenworth W900L with 3406E Cat @ 550 hp., 13 speed, Aero cab flattop, 11/24.5 tires.... .............................................................$27,000

SOLD

1975 Ford F600 330 V8 gas, 4 speed transmission, 2 speed rear end.............................$6250

2004 Peterbilt 379 day cab, short hood, Cat C15 475 hp, 13 speed. 225,000 miles on overhaul... .............................................................$35,500 New Aluminum Hub Pilot Wheels 24.5.....................................................$250 22.5.....................................................$235 1991 & 1996 Western hopper doubles, 40-ft. lead, 24-ft. pup, spring suspension on lead, air ride on pup, Lo-Pro 24.5 tires on aluminum wheels, tandem dolly on turntable, new tarps.. ............................................... For set $34,000

96” wide converter dolly, single axle, air ride, 22.5 tires, on Daytons.........$2200

12-1996-2001 Great Dane reefers, 50-ft., spread axle, TK unit............................. $8000 -$10,000 2-2012 Wilson 43’x66”. air ride, ag hopper, 4 aluminum wheels..................................$35,500

4-2005 Kenworth T800 Aero Cab/Aerodyne, ISX Cummins @ 500 hp., Fuller auto-shift, all aluminum wheels, Lo-Pro 24.5 tires. Each........ .............................................................$32,000 Converting one to daycab.....................$37,500 1994 Kenworth T600 daycab with 3406E Cat, 9 speed, airride.....................................$15,000

1984 Ford L9000, 3406 Cat, 9 speed, Hendrickson suspension, 11-22.5 tires on Daytons, 20-ft. box, stiff pull pup, 18-ft. box & hoist. The pair for................................................. $18,000 Above truck separate........................... $15,000 Above trailer separate............................. $4500

Storage Trailers for rent by day, week or month

1972 Fruehauf 24-ft. pup trailer, 3 axle, turn table, 4’6” tongue, 24.5 tires, aluminum wheels, spring suspension.................................$11,500 1972 Fruehauf 21-ft. pup, 10-ft. tongue with turn table, 24.5 tires on steel wheels...............$9500

28-ft. to 53-ft. van trailers for storage 28-ft. and 53-ft. reefer trailers 48-ft. step deck

New homemade 20-ft. hopper pup, steel wheels, 11-24.5 tires, ag hopper, 20-ft. drop tongue...... .............................................................$19,500 Hydraulic Wet Kit to run end dump trailer with new air shift PTO and pump, new tank and console in cab..........$1550 Similar savings on other applications

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Vaughn Truck Sales

2100 Highway 2 East • Havre, Montana

Evenings & Weekends Call Chuck @ 265-6387 or Jim @ 265-6367

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New SX275 spra-coupe Self propelled, 120-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank

Hoven Equipment 406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

NEW Vermeer BPX9000 Bale Processor Process both Round & Big Square bales

The seasons change. The tasks change. Fortunately, your machine doesn’t have to change. Bobcat® equipment is famous for its adaptability. With dozens of attachments to handle any job, comfortable cabs that battle the elements, and innovative designs you can’t find anywhere else, Bobcat lets you do more with less.

Used Bobcat A300 skid steer with cab, air, heat, Power-Bob-Tech steering...................$38,900

The all-new BPX9000 Bale Processor combines simplicity, durability and versatility to meet the needs of today’s cattle producers. The easy to operate machine is built tough with a unique, T-style frame, the bed design and offset rotor produce even and consistent feed with minimal maintenance, and an optional large square bale kit includes enhancements to effectively process a variety of bales. The BPX9000 is built to maximize bale processing and minimize operator stress.

USED PROCESSORS

On All IN-STOCK Bobcat Compact Tractors - Big, Big $AVING$

Massey Ferguson® 7600 Series Tractors

140 - 180 hp

More Power. More Choices. More performance. 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.

• 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. USED AIR DRILL

2009 Bourgault 3310 PHD 55-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, single shoot, L6450 tow between tank, 3-tank metering........... JUST TRADED Flexi-Coil 3850 tank with 5000 51-ft. air seeder, 12” spacing......................................$79,900

USED SPRAYERS

2-Brandt VSF round/square processors. Each...............................................$11,900 Rem 3600R bale processor................$11,900 Haybuster 256 Plus II pull-type.........$10,500 Haybuster 256 3-pt. bale processor......$6500

USED HEADERS

MacDon 25-ft. draper header, fits 7000 & 9000 Series................................................$8900 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

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

COMING IN

Case 1840 skid steer, 3500 hours. Bobcat 5600 Toolcat, utility work machine.

USED WINDROWERS

Case IH WD1203 windrower................. $79,900 Case IH 8830 21-ft. draper header....... $19,900 MacDon M205 swather, no header....... $89,900 Westward (MacDon) M100 self-propelled, no headers............................................ $69,000 MacDon 9000 14-ft. header.................. $29,900 John Deere 2360 swather, 14-ft. & 25-ft. headers with NEW pickup reel....................... $25,900 Hesston 1360 13-ft. rotary disc, hydro-swing.... . .......................................................... $9900 New Holland 1431 13-ft. disc mower...... $9900 Hesston 1270 hydro swing................... $12,900 Hesston 1170 pull-type hydro swing....... $8900 Kuhn 500 rotary disc mower................. $14,900 Case IH SCX100 mower conditioner..$17,351 Case IH 8370 hydro-swing...................... $7900 John Deere 945 14-ft. rotary disc MoCo.$13,900 New Holland 1116 14-ft. header with push frame for bidirectional.................................... $4500

USED TILLAGE

Melroe 36-ft. chisel plow.........................$6900

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

New Massey Ferguson® 1500 & 1600 Series Compact Tractors

Excellent Selection On Hand Hoven Equipment 406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail, Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

USED CONVENTIONAL DRILL

4-Morris MH300 10-ft. grain drills with 12” spacing, transport......................................$6000 John Deere 9350 30-ft., 12” drills...........$4000 1-4-drill hitch for JD 9350, 10-ft. drills.

Apache AS715 self-propelled, 750 gallon, 90-ft. booms........................................... $130,000 USED TRACTOR Agco 7650 90-ft. Spra-Coupe........... $124,000 & BACKHOE Brandt QF1500 sprayer......................... $9500 Versatile 950 4WD tractor................... $11,900 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, Massey-Ferguson 212 3-pt. backhoe.... $4900 1000 gallon tank................................ $6000

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Degelman 12HD dozer...........................$4500

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

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WINTER SERVICE SPECIAL Save time and money by getting your machinery ready this winter

Detailed on Farm Combine inspections Call for Details

This program includes: 10% Discount On Service 5% Discount On Parts 50% OFF Hauling

Receive a free Hoven Equipment Jacket with purchases over $2000

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New

IN STO

CFR650 Round Bale Processors Complete feed system with the Patented Feed Chopper™ & “Metered Grain Insertion System™”

• Place processed feed in a windrow in the field. • Place processed feed in a bunk. • Spread bedding bales up to 50 feet for an even and lofty spread. • Process one bale while carrying another on the forks. • Loading a bale is a one person job from the tractor cab. • Unrolls and processes round bales with PTO-powered flails. This process blows away mold, dust and mildew. Feed is more palatable and reduces lung and digestive problems in cattle.

New Agco 7660 SpraCoupes

Hoven Equipment

New

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Massey-Ferguson Hesston 2170 Big Square Baler

Commercial hay producers and large farmers can now create large “extra density” square bales that are more efficient to stack, load, transport and store, thanks to the introduction of the Hesston by Massey Ferguson 2170XD large square baler. The 2170XD model is built tough with heavy-duty tension cylinders and plunger arms, a heavier fly wheel, and higher-capacity gearbox and driveline to provide the reliable preformance producers have come to expect from Hesston.

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

“Our service sets us apart” Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

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Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

New Versatile 450 4WD K IN STOC The new Versatile fourwheel drive is designed to enhance the profitability of large scale farming operations while upholding the Versatile cornerstones of reliability, durability and ease of service and maintenance.

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

New Augers – IN STOCK

New

Loadout Augers with movers

Loader mover assembly Specials – Call for Details

8x36

8x41 10x70 13x70

USED COMBINES

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153 Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

Gleaner Super 77 with chopper & chaff spreader, auto-steer...................................... $249,000 Gleaner R72........................................ $35,000 Gleaner R72 combine......................... $49,000 Gleaner N6 combine.............................. $9900

ROUND BALERS “AFTER SEASON SPECIALS” Challenger LB34B 3x4 square baler with accumulator, scales...........................$85,900 Hesston 7434 3x4 square baler with roller chute...............................................$74,900 Massey-Ferguson 1835 14x18 square baler.. .............................AVAILABLE IN SPRING

Case IH 2388 25-ft. 1010 header, 1015 pickup header............................................. $98,900 Case IH 1660 combine with 24-ft. header, 13-ft. pickup header with attachment........ $19,000

Lawn Mowers - IN STOCK

Now Accepting WASTE OIL

CONSIGNMENTS White/Gleaner 2662 combine, 30-ft. header with Cummins engine............................. $44,900 John Deere 7700 combine.................. $10,000 White header, 15-ft..................................CALL Massey-Ferguson 8570 combine, 30-ft. header, pickup header.................................. $42,000 John Deere 212 pickup head with Sund attachment................................................... $3000 2-Universal II 25-ft. pickup reels. Each... $2500 MacDon 9350 swather, no header...... $39,900 MacDon 9000 swather, 14-ft. header... $27,900 Hesston 6400 swather with 20-ft. draper header and 14-ft. auger header...................... $8000 Versatile 400 swather with 21-ft. header..$6000 Brandt 90-ft. trailer sprayer..................... $8500 Marflex 93-60 pickup sprayer, 60-ft. booms...... ........................................................... $5900 Bean sprayer, 300 gallon, 100-ft. hose reel.$1250 Massey-Ferguson 1652 tractor with loader....... . ......................................................... $26,250 John Deere 4020 2WD tractor with loader, cab, 3-pt., PTO........................................ $10,000 Ford 860 tractor with loader.................... $3995 1116 BF adapter conditioner fits 9030 bidirectional................................................... $2000 Morris Maxum 49-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, double shoot, 7300 tow behind tank.$49,900 Concord 1100 24-ft. air drill with Concord tow between cart................................... $18,900 New Holland 1030 pull-type balewagon..$6000 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine... $14,900

John Deere 567 round baler...................CALL Neuer 8120 grain vac............................. $5000 Westgo 8x31 PTO drive auger............... $2250 GT 8x40 grain auger, PTO drive............... $990 Westfield D1606 drill fill........................... $650 1965 Dodge truck with hoist, V-8, 5 speed transmission....................................... $2000 1996 Eagle tandem dually pintle hitch flatbed, 6-ft. beavertail..................................... $9000 Melroe 516 19-ft., 3-pt. duckfoot............. $1500 Danuser J20/80 3-pt. digger................... $2000 Farmhand F11 loader with bucket.......... $1800

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT

Hesston 565A round, mesh wrap......$12,900 Hesston 565A round baler....................$8900

New Holland BR780A round baler....$19,900

Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine & net...... .......................................................$18,000

Morris 881 Hay Hiker....................... $17,900 H&S HN7A hay machine......................... $4900 New Holland 1032 pull type balewagon..$6900

USED AUGERS

Wheatheart 13x80 auger......................$14,900 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, Honda engine & mover.CALL Farm King 8x35 with Honda engine.........$4900 Westfield 13x70 swing auger................$10,500 Alloway 10x61 auger................................$3100 Alloway 10x61 swing hopper auger.........$3000 Brandt 8x35, bin sweep, 25-hp engine.....$6500

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

Hesston 956A round baler.................$19,900

Vermeer 555XL round baler, 5x5 baler, twine only.................................................$14,900

After Season IN STOCK Sale

Call for your Twine and Net Wrap needs

2-Hesston 856A round balers. Ea.....$14,900

Hoven Equipment

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Managing Stable Flies on Livestock and Around Livestock Facilities By Gregory Johnson, Professor of Veterinary Entomology, Montana State University- Bozeman

Stable flies are worldwide pests of domestic livestock, wildlife and people. Native to Europe and Africa, it was probably introduced into North America during colonial times. Other common names for this biting fly are the dog fly because they pester dogs; the beach fly because of outbreaks on recreational beaches; and the biting house fly because it superficially resembles the house fly. In the Midwest and northern Great Plains they are often abundant around confined animal facilities such as dairies and feedlots. Both sexes require animal blood for growth and energy and female flies use blood for egg development. Their painful and annoying bites often result in livestock bunching together to avoid attack, moving to areas with lower fly activity, and fly-repelling behaviors such as tail flicking, foot stomping, and head tossing. These defensive behaviors negatively affect meat and milk production. This Montguide describes the stable fly, its biology and management approaches to reduce economic losses associated with these biting flies.

FIGURE 1. Top view of an adult stable fly. Note longitudinal stripes on thorax (back) and proboscis protruding bayonet-like in front of the head. General Biology and Life Cycle The stable fly is about the size of a house fly (one-quarter to three-eighths inch long), but darker in color. The abdomen has dark irregular spots while the top of the thorax has four distinct, dark longitudinal stripes. Unlike the house fly, the stable fly is a blood feeder and the proboscis (mouthpart) protrudes bayonet-like in front of the head (Figure 1). The life cycle, consisting of egg, larva, pupa and adult, can be completed in about three weeks during the summer months. Eggs are deposited in wet, decaying organic material such as trampled hay where big bales are fed, manure mixed with straw or other bedding, vegetable or fruit matter, aquatic vegetation on lake shores, piles of grass clippings, waste silage or feed in feedlots or compost heaps. Manure piles are not favorable sites for stable fly oviposition. A female will deposit 35 to 80 eggs at one time deep in the organic material. Ten or 11 egg-laying periods occur during the life of the fly (four to six weeks). The eggs hatch in one to three days, and the larvae (maggots) feed on the decaying organic material and develop through three instars. At the last instar, the larva moves to a drier environment and change to a reddish, barrel-shaped pupa after which the formation of the adult fly occurs.

FIGURE 2. Four stages of the stable fly - egg, larva, pupa and adult. (Photo by Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska.)

After the adult emerges, it is ready to feed and mate. Both sexes feed on blood and generally take one blood meal per day. They usually attack the front legs, belly and sides of cattle or horses. On smaller ruminants (goats, sheep, hogs) and dogs, they attack the legs, head and ears. An individual fly is on the host only as long as it takes to obtain a blood meal, usually two to five minutes. Females usually begin laying eggs five to 10 days after emergence. Stable flies are daytime feeders and generally will not enter buildings to find a host. During the heat of the day, they can be found resting in vegetation, on fences or on the shady side of buildings frequently adjacent to their food or egg-laying sites. On windy days, they can be found on the leeward side of buildings. Stable flies are inactive at night and roost on fences, buildings, trees and bushes. In temperate regions of the U.S., stable flies overwinter below the frost line as slowly developing larvae in organic matter. As temperatures warm in the spring, they migrate closer to the surface, pupate and complete development. Adult fly populations normally build up slowly in early summer and peak in July and August.

FIGURE 3. Accumulation of feed along feed bunk where stable flies egg laying and development can occur. (Note: this particular diary routinely cleaned up spilled feed and stable flies were not a problem. Photo by Greg Johnson.)

FIGURE 4. Blood engorged stable fly on a West Nile virus-infected pelican at Medicine Lake, MT. (photo by Greg Johnson) Animal reactions and economic losses Livestock attacked by stable flies will group together in a tight bunch to reduce the intensity of fly attack. Cattle will move to areas such as a windy hill top that may have fewer flies or stand belly deep in water to avoid biting flies. Such evasive behaviors (grouping and moving) will alter pasture utilization by grazing cattle and in turn affect animal production. Fly-repelling responses such as tail switching, foot stomping, skin twitching and head tossing are attempts to dislodge the flies and the frequency of these activities increases as fly densities increase. The energy expended fighting flies negatively affects meat and milk production. Nebraska studies by Campbell et al. (1987, 2001) have shown stable flies responsible for decreased weight gains from 0.2 - 0.4 pound for feedlot cattle. Weight losses of a similar magnitude were recorded for grazing steers. Stable flies are known to severely attack the ears of dogs. Skin lesions from stable fly bites are commonly observed on the tips of ears of dogs being attacked by stable flies. Intense feeding can cause scabbing on legs of horses. While previously not known to feed on birds, stable flies were observed attacking juvenile white pelicans infected with West Nile virus (Johnson et al. 2010).

Stable Fly Management Controlling stable flies around animal confinement facilities starts with good sanitation. This includes cleaning up spilled feed, fixing leaky water tanks, providing good drainage from the pens, maintaining sloping mounds, cleaning pens, scraping behind feed bunk aprons and restricting pen size to create better drying conditions. Depending on the number of cattle in a facility, removal of larval habitat (moist manure, decaying plant matter, spilled feed) may be necessary on a weekly basis. Removal of the larval media breaks the life cycle of the stable fly. The waste material can be thinly spread to dry; the dried material is unattractive for egg laying and larvae cannot complete development in dry media. Considerable research has been conducted on biological control of stable flies with parasites. Small parasitic wasps, called pteromalids, parasitize stable fly and house fly pupae. Commercial insectaries have many of these species for sale. Some researchers claim substantial increases in parasitism rates following releases of these parasites, whereas other researchers found that parasitic wasps did not provide adequate control at release rates considerably higher than recommended (Thomas and Skoda 1993). This research was conducted at feedlots and dairies with confined cattle. Insecticides recommended for stable fly control are listed by application method below. Stable fly control with insecticides may be achieved by treating premises in and around beef and dairy facilities or directly treating livestock. As premise sprays, diluted insecticide is applied to vertical and overhead surfaces of livestock facilities where flies may congregate. It is often best to spray in the early morning when flies are still resting on these surfaces. Insecticides mixed for spraying premises should not be applied to livestock. Read the insecticide label for treatment information. A number of insecticides and application methods are registered for on-animal use. Application methods include animal sprays, ear tags, dust bags, pour-ons and feed supplements. Animal sprays, which cover the lower portion of the animal’s body, generally provide the best stable fly control, although the effectiveness is short-lived. Applicators should be aware that “aids in control of stable flies” rather than “controls stable flies” is stated on many of the insecticide labels for ear tags, dusts and pour-ons. Insecticides labeled “aids in control” generally provide less than satisfactory results.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist NDSU Extension Service Q: Would you please share your knowledge about Asian beetles? It is my understanding that they were imported by the Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of combating aphids in soybean crops. We live in a heavily forested area 15 miles from the nearest soybean crop, but we are inundated with these nasty little critters. However, the people who live across the road the from bean fields have none. Does the FDA have any plans for controlling this bug or is this just another kudzu vine experiment gone wrong? A: Asian lady beetles are a tremendous benefit to farmers and the environment because insecticides don’t need to be used on the crop. While the crop flourishes, the beetles are feasting on the aphids. Once the harvest is over and the weather cools, these critters look elsewhere for food and comfort. Your property being inundated is by random chance. Very likely they won’t be as bad in future years. The beetles are annoying to us humans, but their benefits far outweigh any shortcomings they have. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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BeefTalk: Buy bulls based on data not pictures

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service There certainly is no shortage of bull pictures. Have you ever wondered just how many bull pictures can be printed in one magazine? A lot, and despite the added color and enhanced graphics, bulls still look like bulls. Yes, there are some subtle differences. To the trained eye, those differences may be notable, but still, there seems to be more similarity than differences in many of the bulls. We enjoy pictures, but we also should enjoy data. Bulls may be very similar in phenotype, in other words the picture, but their genotype may have no similarity at all. Even the color, although fairly indicative of the DNA on one chromosome, may have no indication of what DNA is on the other chromosome. Because all chromosomes are paired, the calves that the bull produces each will be products of only one of the chromosomes. Therefore, black cattle certainly can sire red calves. In terms of the many other traits, the variation within the particular lot of bulls can be extreme, even though all the bulls look alike. Some bulls have high-growth DNA, others low-growth DNA. Some bulls will have DNA more likely to produce prime to choice grade calves, while a very similar looking bull may only produce select or low choice grade calves. Although muscle quantity and expression may be observed in the phenotype or picture of the bull, the ultrasound data indicating rib-eye area, often expressed as rib-eye area per hundred pounds of live weight, certainly will tell the same story. The point is that true bull selection rests with understanding the data. The action of buying bulls should be a process of sorting through the data first and then looking at the bull. Every single piece of data is directly connected to a strand of DNA somewhere on the chromosome. Positive selection pressure on the correct traits will increase positive DNA within our bull stud. In turn, this DNA will combine with the DNA available in the cow herd to produce the calf crop. Therefore, the process of buying bulls actually is, or at least should be, fairly methodical. Although data terms may baffle a bull buyer, always check out what the trait abbreviations and the many expected progeny differences (EPDs) values mean. The breed association websites have good glossaries or just ask other breeders. A personal pet peeve: If there is room for the picture, there should be room for labeling conveniently the various numbers to make the reading of the information more doable. All of these notations lead up to some very important notes. Right up front, a herd should present in the catalog the average EPD values for the various traits the breed evaluates followed by the average EPD values for the bulls and heifers being sold. Additional information could be provided for the breed, such as the trait values for the top 25 percent of the breed or maybe even the top 1 percent of the breed, depending on the strengths of the bulls or heifers. For the new bull buyer who is not aware of the breeders within a breed, those producers who are willing to print the average EPD values for the calves they are selling make the initial screening so much easier. Of course, one does need to look at the individual numbers. However, there is something to keep in mind. Why not start with those herds that are selling bulls or heifers that are above average for the desired traits? There is no quicker or easier way to evaluate the expected future performance authenticity of potential bull candidates. Once the overall performance of the herd has been determined in relationship to the breed as a whole, one can select the desired bulls within the sale offering. Now that one knows the average value for all the traits analyzed within the breed, the process of finding and sorting bulls based on their ranking within the breed is relatively easy. The job is to find the sale prospects by scanning all the sons of the reference sires that meet our criteria and then scanning all the bulls for their own performance because the cow and bull ultimately determine the genetic value of the bull. Through the years, one vote of confidence is that it is obvious more people are picking the top bulls because the bidding dollars seem to jump quickly on bulls that lead the data. That is a good thing for the industry but a little frustrating when the wallet doesn’t have an equivalent roll of money. Keep in mind that no picture is going to relay the informacontinued on page B31

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By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service Growers generally appreciate moisture, but wind-driven rain and hail have spread blight through Montana’s lentil, chickpea and dry pea fields. To protect their $1.2 billion industry from Ascochyta blight, growers should rotate their crops with at least three years between pulse crops, get accurate diagnoses of suspected problems, consider planting fungicide-treated seeds and be aware that pathogens can become resistant to fungicides, said Mary Burrows, associate professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at Montana State University and MSU Extension plant pathologist. “As we get more pulse acres in the state, disease issues will increase in importance and vigilance is imperative,” Burrows said. “The species of Ascochyta blight are different between the three pulse crops, and the fungus will not infect a plant it is not adapted to cause disease on.” Montanans grow 500,000 acres of pulse crops. The highest concentration is in northeast Montana, but pulse crops are grown elsewhere, and acreage is increasing in the “Golden Triangle” area of northcentral Montana, Burrows said. Pulse crops – mainly lentils, chickpeas and dry peas in Montana – provide nitrogen to the soil, don’t use a lot of water, help control weeds and break cereal disease and insect cycles. They are eaten by humans and livestock alike. Ascochyta blight is damaging those crops, however. Infected crops are edible, but they bring less money than uninfected crops because the blight reduces yield, quality and appearance, Burrows said. Growers can’t sell their crops for seed if the seeds fall below a certain quality. Ascochyta has been around as long as pulse crops, but the blight ran through Montana’s chickpea fields this past summer, Burrows said. She also found low levels of Ascochyta in lentils, but more common in the Moccasin, Lewistown and Chester areas was a related and much more serious disease that affects pulse crops – Anthracnose. She received a “ton” of samples, emails and texts about bacterial blight in peas; the damage was all associated with hail. Fungicides don’t work on bacterial diseases, Burrows said. Correctly identifying Ascochyta will help growers apply the best management practices, Burrows said. Growers can get their seed tested for Ascochyta blight right now by submitting a seed sample to the Montana State Seed Laboratory. During the growing season, they should bring plant samples to their local MSU Extension agents or send them directly to the Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory. “We recommend getting seeds tested so if you have Ascochyta blight, you can plan to apply a seed treatment fungicide that is effective at reducing Ascochyta,” Burrows said. To reduce the effects of Ascochyta blight, Burrows recommended both crop and chemical rotations. She suggested that growers let at least three years pass before planting the same pulse crop in a field. That will allow the residue where the pathogen lives to break down. Burrows also recommended rotating the chemistry classes of fungicides growers use, so they can prevent strobilurin resistance in peas and lentils. Headline and Quadris are two of the most commonly used and inexpensive strobilurin products available. Stamina and Dynasty are strobilurin fungicides used as seed treatments. Growers need to know that resistance can develop in pulse crops, Burrows said. Peas in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada have already become resistant to strobilurin fungicides. Chickpea growers in North Dakota sprayed multiple applications of strobilurin fungicides around 2005, and the Ascochyta blight did a major flip. Instead of being killed by the fungicide, it became entirely resistant. The Ascochyta blight in chickpeas in North Dakota and Montana, in general, is considered to be resistant to strobilurin fungicides. The Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory and North Dakota State University will begin monitoring this year for strobilurin resistance in Ascochyta species causing blight in peas and lentils. “Follow pesticide labels,” Burrows said. “If we have resistance develop, we will lose these fungicides as tools for disease management in pulse crops. Once a fungus is resistant to one strobilurin, it is resistant to all strobilurins. Resistance is maintained in populations for years even without continued fungicide selection pressure.” The seed treatment product “Stamina” is currently as effective against Ascochyta as the former gold standard, continued on page b31

Wind-driven rain and hail spread blight

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Mertect, but it is not recommended for chickpeas in Montana and North Dakota because of the fungicide resistance problems in Ascochyta blight of chickpea, Burrows said. The fungicide Xemium (a component of Priaxor) and seed treatment product Systiva are effective against Ascochyta, but Systiva will be available on a very limited basis this year. The Schutter Diagnostic laboratory is starting to monitor for strobilurin resistance, Burrows said. If it identifies strobilurin resistance in a seed lot, the lab will notify individual growers so they can plan appropriately and not use strobilurin fungicides. If dry pea, lentil and chickpea growers want the Montana State Seed Lab and Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory to test seeds for quality, Ascochya and other diseases, they should clean the seeds before sending them to prevent delays in processing, Burrows said. The test for Ascochyta generally takes 10 days after planting, and it can take three to four weeks to get results. A pulse disease guide and calendar are available from MSU Extension Publications, local MSU Extension offices or by going to http://www.msuextension.org/plantpath/indexpg2.html to help growers identify diseases in their crops, Burrows said. For more information about the Montana State Seed Lab, go to http://plantsciences.montana.edu/seedlab/index.html For more information about the Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory, go to http://diagnostics.montana.edu

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tion that is needed. Only breed association EPD data will, which is critical in making long-lasting bull decisions. Great bulls have great numbers. Learn to read them and just don’t bid on poor bulls. May you find all your ear tags. Your comments are always welcome at http://www.BeefTalk.com.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist NDSU Extension Service Q: We have an old silver maple tree that we have trimmed three times in the past 15 years. The most recent trimming took place earlier this year. This summer, I noticed a lot of sap all over everything on my deck, which is underneath the tree. My husband says he’s seen it do this before, but I have not noticed it before and I am out on the deck more than he is. In September, when I attempted to go out there and eat breakfast, I could see the sap falling in the air. Is this normal? If so, for how long will it last? Could it have something to do with the way the tree was trimmed? The tree did look terrible after it was trimmed by a professional company. Any help would be most appreciated. A: Unfortunately, you are dealing with two issues. When selecting a tree care service, find an International Society of Arboriculture certified arborist or company. The standards are set pretty high to assure competent, safe and proper pruning. A tree never should look awful after a proper pruning job. Usually, sap flow from pruning wounds occurs when the trees are pruned while dormant. However, it does not harm the tree. Generally, bleeder trees, such as maples, elms and birches, are best pruned after the foliage has fully expanded. This will reduce or eliminate any of the sap flow concerns. The sap you and your husband are experiencing is the result of insect feeding activity. Aphids and/or scale insects eat the sap as a food source and then pass it through their bodies. A high population of these insects can make a sticky mess of everything under and around the canopy of a tree. This and other insect feeding activity can be controlled by using a systemic insecticide such as Imidacloprid, which is found in Bayer and other products. If you see the name “Merit” on the label, it refers to the same insecticide. Follow label directions and apply the product early in the spring while the sap flow is at its highest. If done properly, your insect and sap problems will be over for at least a year. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture. ##### Church happenings: This Sunday: Vegetarian Chili Supper followed by Meat and Greet in Fellowship Hall.

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New online courses

Montana State University Extension and the Schutter Diagnostic Lab are offering new online courses covering plant anatomy and the diagnostic features of 32 state-listed noxious weeds. The free courses are offered to assist early detection of noxious weeds in Montana and provide pesticide applicator credits. The three-course series has been designed to assist with early detection and rapid response (EDRR) across Montana. The goal of EDRR is to recognize high priority plants and take action to manage them while populations are still small. Often small plant populations can be eradicated or controlled with much less expense compared to large, wellestablished populations. A key aspect of EDRR is a welleducated citizenry that can recognize and accurately identify high priority weeds in the field. The first course covers plant anatomy terms critical to plant identification. The second course identifies diagnostic features of the highest priority noxious weeds for statewide EDRR. Weeds like flowering rush, rush skeletonweed, and Japanese knotweed are included. Many people have potentially never seen these weeds before since they are not widely established in Montana. The third course covers diagnostic features of noxious weeds common in many areas of the state, including weeds like spotted knapweed, common tansy, and sulfur cinquefoil. Each course ends with a challenging quiz of the material presented. The free online courses, which can take one to two hours per course to complete, are available to anyone interested in learning more about noxious weed identification. Private, commercial and governmental pesticide applicators can receive re-certification credits for completing the courses. To access the courses, go to http://msuextension.org/learn/ invasiveplants. If you are interested in learning more about the courses or have questions, please contact Hilary Parkinson, plant diagnostician for the MSU Schutter Diagnostic Lab, (406) 9941871 or hilary.parkinson@montana.edu; or Jane Mangold, MSU Extension Invasive Plant Specialist, (406) 994-5513 or jane.mangold@montana.edu.

The deadline for phoning in advertising for the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

Stock trailers

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.

IN STOCK – On the lot Ready to Sell

Posi Lock

gear and bearing pullers in stock. See our display of welding accessories & rod. We’re sure to have what you need.

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 Honda Replacement Engines New Tebben rotary cutters for 3-point mount, 5-, 6- & 10-ft. models in stock.

Complete Truck & Tractor Repair

• Mechanical and electronic engines • Transmissions and rear ends • Brakes • Custom battery cables

In-field and In-shop Service Call 406-759-5188 or cell 265-0883

Various sizes of storage cases available. Great for miscellaneous parts and fittings.

NEW GRADEMASTER BLADE

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.

TIBER TRACTOR CO. Phone 406-759-5188

Chester, Montana

Gysler - Melroe - Renn chisel plow parts We can ship to your farm or ranch

New Ezee-On pallet forks make your tractor do the work of a fork lift.

✧ Interstate batteries ✧ Fleetguard filters ✧ Roller chain ✧ Plastic fittings ✧ Grade #8 bolts

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SPRAYERS

2010 Case IH Patriot 4420 self-propelled, 309 hours. #707897....................... $301,000 2010 Case IH SPX4420 self-propelled, 1228 hours. #703860..................... $245,900

2011 Case IH Patriot 4420 self-propelled, 303 hours. #707890....................... $301,111

2008 Case IH SPX4430 self-propelled,

1720 hours. #707928..................... $176,000

2009 Case IH SPX3330 self-propelled, 1164 hours. #707740..................... $216,500

2005 Case IH SPX4410 self-propelled, 2000 hours. #703842..................... $181,000

2006 Flexi-Coil S67XL pull-type. #703837..............................................$13,900

2007 Case IH SRX160 pull-type. #703840..............................................$27,500 2008 Summers Mfg. Ultimate pull-type. #703750..............................................$34,900 2001 Flexi-Coil S67XL pull-type. #700635..............................................$12,150

2002 Brandt SB4000 pull-type. #707881..............................................$25,000

2005 Flexi-Coil 67XL pull-type. #707779..............................................$14,000

2005 Brandt QF2500 pull-type. #707850.................................................... $8500

Ethridge, Montana

406-873-2222 or 406-434-2222 Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

Inventory Photos, Parts Catalogs, Job Opportunities

@ WWW.TORGERSON.BIZ www.casecorp.com

TRACTORS – 175 HP

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2010 Case IH Magnum 335 1566 hours. #703760.$209,950

2011 Case IH Steiger 550 270 hours. #707855..$301,000 2008 Case IH STX535 1992 hours. #703859...... $239,900

2007 New Holland T7040 #707786...................... $95,250

2009 Case IH Magnum 210 519 hours. #703892.$145,800

2010 Case IH Steiger 485 850 hours. #707727..$239,789

1997 New Holland T9030 4627 hours. #500647... $37,900

Case IH MXM190 966 hours. #707795.................. $92,000

2009 Case IH STX435 572 hours. #703873........ $238,900 Steiger Panther IV KM325 1365 hours. #706740.$28,900

TRACTORS 40 HP

Caterpillar CH45 6613 hours. #707852................ $51,700 2010 Case IH Magnum 245 1158 hours. #707932.$152,000

2008 New Holland T2320 650 hours. #709683..... $35,000

1990 Case IH 7140 7371 hours. #700689............. $47,500

1981 Versatile 875 7150 hours. #703902.............. $22,900

2011 New Holland T4030 322 hours. #707905..... $44,789

Ethridge, Montana

406-873-2222 or 406-434-2222 Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

Inventory Photos, Parts Catalogs, Job Opportunities

@ WWW.TORGERSON.BIZ www.casecorp.com

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TRACTORS 40 HP

TRACTORS – 100 HP

2006 New Holland TV145 4026 hours. #700671.. $76,800 2007 New Holland TD95D #500704..................... $43,000

2011 Case IH Puma 170 768 hours. #500691.... $122,100

1998 John Deere 7710 6714 hours. #707701....... $74,075

2010 Case IH Farmall 55 170 hours. #707912..... $31,900

2008 Case IH Puma 165 1153 hours. #703867.... $99,999

1998 New Holland TV140 4120 hours. #707668.. $49,390

2011 Case IH Farmall 75A 125 hours. #707843... $20,900 1994 Ford 9030 6952 hours. #703852.................. $36,900 1993 Agco Allis 8630 5501 hours. #703843......... $29,500

1982 John Deere 4240 9226 hours. #706779....... $16,900 1968 Oliver 1850 #706786....................................... $6900 1981 International 1486 #706788........................ $10,000

1970 Ford 3000 1261 hours. #706769..................... $6500

1968 Ford 8000 4807 hours. #703854.................. $12,900

J I Case 1030 5543 hours. #707793........................ $5800

Ethridge, Montana

406-873-2222 or 406-434-2222 Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

Inventory Photos, Parts Catalogs, Job Opportunities

@ WWW.TORGERSON.BIZ www.casecorp.com

Trader’s Dispatch, February 2013 — Page B37

cing Finan ble Availa

Torgerson’s Bargain Blowouts!

1995 Case IH 2188 3967 hours, 3004 separator hours. #703506.

2 $121,

$37,9

$19,7

2000 Case IH 2388 2816 hours, 1929 separator hours. #706646.

50 $10,9

1990 Case IH 1680 3222 hours. #706757..

$78,3

1986 Case IH 1680 with 4126 hours. #703810.

$69

,972

2006 Case IH 2388 2263 hours, 1744 separator hours. #700557.

$66,2

5 $29,9

Am a Pric zing es!

1995 Case IH 2188 3123 hours, 2417 separator hours. #703857.

$12

9,88

2003 Case IH 2388 2912 hours, 2293 separator hours. #700667.

2006 Case IH 2388 1392 hours. #707913..

$29

$11

,454

2,74

0,900

1998 Case IH 2388 2279 hours, 1903 separator hours. #707813.

$24

1987 Case IH1680 3667 hours. #703691.

1995 Case IH 2188 4677 hours, 3209 separator hours. #703893.

$78,3

2005 Case IH 2388 1808 hours, 1343 separator hours. #703897.

,850

$62

,256

$29,9

1987 Case IH 1680 3116 hours. #700659..

$32

1999 Case IH 2388 2629 hours, 1960 separator hours. #707683.

,900

2003 Case IH 2388 2890 hours, 2257 separator hours. #700668.

$64,9

900

$108,

2002 Case IH 2388 3120 hours, 2282 separator hours. #703896. 1991 Case IH 1680 4224 hours. #700695.. 2004 Case IH 2388 1627 hours, 1222 separator hours. #703713.

$23

4,89

$89

,950

900

$209,

2009 John Deere 9770 919 hours, 631 separator hours. #706754. 2009 John Deere 9770 811 hours, 648 separator hours. #707888.

2003 John Deere 9750STS 2894 hours, 2115 separator hours. #706708.

1994 John Deere 9600 3574 hours, 2525 separator hours. #500694. 2000 Case IH 2388 2649 hours, 1848 separator hours. #700675................$82,292 1993 Case IH 1688 3040 hours. #703863.. ..................................................$34,900 1993 Case IH 1688 3058 hours, 2390 separator hours. #700684................$39,400 2003 Case IH 2388 2223 hours, 1774 separator hours. #700679................$94,464 1990 Case IH 1680 3046 hours. #700646.. ..................................................$24,900 1992 New Holland TR96 4879 hours. #707804.....................................$14,700 1996 Case IH 2188 4169 hours, 3068 separator hours. #703826................$29,454

Prices expire March 31, 2013

All units have passed through pre-delivery inspection and detailing! Torgerson’s Bargain Blowouts are sold as is, where is, no trades and no delivery.

Ethridge, Montana

406-873-2222 or 406-434-2222 Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

Inventory Photos, Parts Catalogs, Job Opportunities

@ WWW.TORGERSON.BIZ

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FARM CATS FOR SALE

Farm Cat D7-17A factory turbo and cab, very good undercarriage. Farm Cat D8-14A cab & turbo, 200 hours since $13,000 work order, excellent undercarriage. Also have dozer for this Cat, but never put on. Call cell 406-799-4614, Delivery possible

NEW ITEMS FOR SALE 2”, 8” and 10” aluminum Pipe 5” and 6” steel pipe 6” stainless steel flex pipe miscellaneous 5”, 6” and 8” clamps

PHONE 406-456-3315

##### When traveling in the backcountry of Montana, packstrings have the rightof-way over backpackers or horseback riders. ##### There are 90 species of fish in Montana, of which 56 are native. ##### When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

406-388-3259

101 Sunfield Drive, Belgrade, MT

Heavy Equipment Sales • Truck and Trailer Sales Cargo Container Sales and Rentals TRUCKS

2005 Peterbilt 378 daycab tractor, C13 Cat, 10 speed........$29,500

2004 GMC C6500 single axle service truck with Cat diesel, automatic, crane, welder and compressor. Excellent body........ ......................................$39,500 2001 Chevrolet 1/2 ton 4x4 Extended Cab with automatic......... .........................................$5500 1987 Deuce and Half 6x6 truck, multi fuel diesel, 5 speed with hi/ lo transfer case.................$4750

Excavators

2006 John Deere 135C-RTS hydraulic excavator with cab, air conditioning, hydraulic thumb. 5400 hours.......................$59,500 2004 Cat 322CL long reach excavator with 60-ft. booms. Nice condition, 5200 hours................$122,500

MISCELLANEOUS

Cat 631E motor scraper with 30-yd. bowl, 50% front tires, 3408 Cat. Clean and straight.........$79,000

1982 Cat 140G motorgrader with cab and ripper. Good condition.. ......................................$63,500

2007 Yanmar VIO45 mini excavator, hydraulic thumb, open ROPS, excellent rubber tracks, 1995 hours.............................$26,000

TRAILERS 2006 Ingersoll-Rand SD45 54” smooth drum roller, Cummins engine, 800 hours. Nice condition................................$29,500 2006 Komatsu PC200LC-8 good 2000 Ingersoll-Rand 642B teleundercarriage, hydraulic thumb, 1994 Dakota 42-ft. 3 axle belly scoping forklift, excellent tires. air conditioning. 6400 hours....... dump with spring suspension and 4300 hours................................. ......................................$93,500 excellent gates..............$22,000 ......................................$24,900 1988 Ranco 3 axle, 42-ft. belly dump LOADERS & CRAWLERS 2001 Cat CP-563D 84” sheeps foot trailer. Excellent condition.......... roller, 3600 hours, excellent........ ......................................$19,900 ......................................$51,500

TRACTORS

2006 JD 544J wheel loader, cab, AC, QA with forks, 3rd valve, 2005 Genie S65 boom lift, diesel new rear tires, 4750 hours.......... engine, 1600 hours. Excellent ......................................$89,500 condition........................$45,000 JD 4640 2WD tractor with cab, AC, 2009 John Deere 544K wheel 3-point, 1000 PTO, 6300 hours.. loader, high lift booms, QA, 3rd ......................................$21,500 valve. 3100 hours........$119,000 2005 Cat D6N XL 6 way blade, EROPS, ripper, 50% undercarriage, air conditioning. .$110,000 International 510B wheel loader, 2-yd. bucket, new front tires, extra clean..............................$19,500 2011 John Deere 825i Gator 4WD, 14 hours, like new.........$12,900 2006 New Holland T2420 60-hp., 1998 Case 850GLT crawler with 6 way blade, ripper and OROPS. 1978 Cadillac El’dorado Biarritz MFD, cab, air, loader and backhoe 4100 hours....................$33,500 white leather, 62,000 miles......... attachemnt. 660-hours...$34,500 .........................................$4600 1975 John Deere 8430 Sound Guard Financing Vermeer 605F round baler with good cab, good single tires, PTO.......... belts. Twine.......................$2200 .......................................$12,500 Available oac Set Of Caterpillar Forks for Cat 936 wheel loader. Excellent.... $2900 Check Us Out On The WEB:

www.mountainequipment.net 1 /2 -miles west of Belgrade on Frontage Road 1

Steve Swan

Steve’s cell - 406-580-2937

OCEAN CONTAINERS

TRADES CONSIDERED

Four diseases main cause of thin goats

University of Missouri (MU) veterinarian John Middleton said thin goats are usually the result of four main diseases. Middleton spoke at the recent Missouri Livestock Symposium in Kirksville. MU Extension and the Missouri Livestock Symposium Committee organize the annual event. One of the main causes is gastrointestinal parasites. Internal parasites are cyclical, shedding eggs in the host animal’s manure that hatch and develop into infective larvae, which can be ingested when animals graze pasture contaminated by manure. Signs of infection include poor growth, decreased weight gain or loss of weight, reduced milk production, diarrhea, anemia as exhibited by pale mucous membranes around the eyelids, lower jaw swelling known as bottle jaw, underbelly swelling and death. Examination of feces is the best way to diagnose parasite load and determine treatment, Middleton said. Strategic deworming protocols provide the best results; information is available from veterinarians or extension specialists. Parasites tend to become resistant to dewormers over time, so Middleton suggests deworming with one product until signs of resistance show. He recommended against alternating dewormers. He also said that animals should not be allowed to graze pastures to grass levels below 2 inches in height, which would increase exposure to infective parasite larvae. However, grass that is too tall may increase parasite populations by blocking sunlight and maintaining humid conditions at the base of the grass. Grass should be 2-6 inches in height. “Appropriate pasture management will help decrease host exposure and decrease the need for deworming,” he said. Coccidia infestation of goats is common in the spring and is seen most in young goats. Symptoms include severe diarrhea, pneumonia-like symptoms, depression, weight loss, anemia, loss of appetite and even death. The disease can be controlled by adding coccidiostats to the feed or water. Johne’s disease is a chronic disease that causes a wasting body condition with or without diarrhea. Young animals are thought to be more susceptible to infection with the diseasecausing organism, Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis, than adults and can acquire the organism by the fecal-oral route, through milk and possibly across the placenta in utero. The incubation period of the disease is very long, with animals infected as kids often not showing clinical signs until adulthood. Chronic weight loss despite a healthy appetite is usually the main indicator of the disease. There is no effective treatment, and goat owners can best prevent this disease by maintaining a “closed herd.” The organism can survive in manure for more than a year. Middleton said it is estimated as many as 50 percent of boar goatherds in Missouri may have this disease. Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus can affect multiple organ systems in goats, with arthritis being a common manifestation of the disease in older goats. Arthritis can occur in more than one joint. Infection usually occurs by the kid ingesting colostrum or milk from an infected dam. Infection is lifelong and the various disease manifestations show up at different ages. Kids tend to be affected by nervous system dysfunction while adults tend to be affected by arthritis, pneumonia, hard udder or chronic wasting. Some goats may never show clinical symptoms. There is no treatment and affected animals are a source of infection to others, so culling of infected animals is recommended, Middleton said. It may take three or four years before symptoms appear in this painful disease. Caseous lymphadenitis is a devastating disease, more common in sheep than goats. It causes abscesses under the skin in various lymph nodes and can also cause internal abscesses. External abscesses should not be opened in the vicinity of other animals. If necessary, quarantine infected goats to prevent environmental contamination and infection of other animals. Middleton also warned against putting out certain types salt blocks for small ruminants. Horse and cattle mineral blocks often contain higher concentrations of copper, which can be toxic to sheep and goats. Mineral supplements and salt blocks should be specifically labeled for sheep and goats.

Growing domestic interest in organic opens possibilities for non-GMO soybeans

By University of Arkansas Extension Increasing demand among U.S. consumers for organic and natural foods, plus the desire in Asia for soybeans for edamame, natto and other products, open a potential niche market for Arkansas growers that may be worth up to $15 million, economists said Tuesday. Dan Rainey, an economist with the University of Arkansas’ (U of A) Bumpers College and the U of A Division of Agriculture, presented a study conducted by him and his brother, Ron Rainey, an extension economist with the U of A System Division of Agriculture, describing the potential for Arkansas growers to exploit the market for non-genetically modified soybeans. The study was commissioned by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. The Raineys were among the presenters at a workshop that included updates on the University of Arkansas’ public soybean breeding program and a panel discussion by potential buyers of soybeans. Arkansas grew more than 3.2 million acres of soybeans in 2012. In 2011, the crop was valued at $1.5 billion. A fraction of that acreage is devoted to specialty soybeans such as those for fermented foods such as natto and tofu, or edamame, which can be eaten like a vegetable.  Some 6 percent of the overall crop is in non-GMO, also known as “conventional” soybeans. “Of that amount, approximately 15 percent goes to a premium marketplace. That leaves 85 percent that is not. We believe there is a marketplace for that 85 percent,” said Drew Oliver, a Crittenden County farmer who heads the International Marketing and Industry Relations Committee of the ASPB. The board manages checkoff funds paid by soybean producers and processors to support research and promotion. Premiums for specialty soybeans can range from $1.40 a bushel to more than $3. That means producers growing nonGMO varieties and selling them with their other bean crop are missing a potential $7 million to $15 million in additional revenue, a number calculated using the state average yield of 39 bushels per acre. “There is a growth in demand by consumers” who want to know where their food is coming from, Dan Rainey said. “When you look at growing organic sales ... demand is outstripping supply.” Rainey said consumer demand in this arena was growing at a rate of 8-15 percent a year and now includes not only specialty food stories, but also grocery, food clubs and other big box stores. Rainey also noted an increase in the amount of premiums that exporters of non-GMO soybeans to Japan have received since 2000. U.S. exports of non-GMO soybeans to Korea has grown more than 50 percent in the past five years and in Japan, non-GMO exporters enjoy a 32 percent marketing margin relative to other soybeans. Many of those who grow the non-GMO crops do so under contract, with the contractor often specifying the variety and other production aspects. There were two strategies that Arkansas growers should consider, Rainey said. In the short term, consider becoming a contract grower. In the long term, over three to five years, growers might keep an eye on trends in the consumer apprehension for genetically modified crops to explore establishing value-added activities to meet the needs of this growing niche market of non-GMO goods. Still, Rainey warned that ”there is currently a growing demand for non-GMO products, but there is still uncertainty about the market” and that with any business, there will be risk. One of the factors that may lessen consumer apprehension toward GMO products would be the addition of more health benefits, such as beans with greater amounts of beneficial oils. Ron Rainey, who is also co-director of the Southern Region Risk Management Education Center, followed with an overview of the Arkansas MarketMaker program – which can help growers seeking to open marketing horizons for their crops. “MarketMaker is a tool for farmers to connect and educate potential customers about their products and services,” he said. “It also has the tools to build and strengthen relationships, not only between farmer and consumer, but also business to business.” MarketMaker is available online at http://ar.marketmaker. uiuc.edu/.

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Marking a Donation to Agriculture in Montana Schools On your Montana Income Tax Return Provides educational opportunities for teachers and students to learn the importance of agriculture to Montana.

IN K STOC

NEW Wheatheart High & Heavy Hitter post pounder.

2-Used Bale King 3000 bale processors with LH discharge and new flails. Priced to move at....... $8000 ea.

We Have’m In Stock Bale Feeders New Stur-D Porta-Tub FOR SALE OR RENT

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

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

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Young agricultural entrepreneur gets start through 4-H pullet chain

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WANTED

New Holland bale wagons John Deere 346, 336 or newer balers Bale accumulators, forks

Roeder Implement, Seneca, KS 785-336-6103

8155 Hwy. 10 West Missoula, Montana 406-544-2940 or 406-829-3540 E-mail: neilm@lm-machinery.com

2006 Cat 928GZ wheel loader, 600 hours...........................$119,500

1992 Cat 140G grader, VHP ripper, pushblock, air conditioning......... ......................................$87,500

2007 Kobelco 135SRLC excavator, hydraulic thumb ......$74,900

2006 Komatsu PC138 excavator, thumb, blade, 3300 hours........... ......................................$69,500

1990 International 4x4 fire truck. Call for details................$42,500

1997 Ford 2000-gallon water truck with front/side/rear spray. Very nice condition.................$29,500

1997 International 4700 single axle dump with DT466 and hydraulic brakes............... $17,500

Cat 140G grader, rippers....$70,000

2010 Takeuchi TB153 excavator, blade, rubber tracks, 250 hours.. ......................................$59,000

1997 Moxie MT30, new engine....... .................................... RENTAL Cat 12E grader, SN 99E05546, scarifier..........................$13,500

1999 Case 9010 excavator, hydraulic thumb........................$29,500

Barko 450 log loader..........$29,500

2005 Bobcat T190 skidsteer........... ......................................$21,500

Farmall M with back blade and 3-point...............................$2950

Danzco pull through delimber......... .........................................$8500

2005 Takeuchi T130 skidsteer......... ......................................$19,500

Log loaders available

Hyster grid roller ...............$10,500

Ridge Mulcher (ex county)...$7250

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By North Carolina State University For Taylor Farley, the chickens definitely came first, then the eggs. Hundreds of them. Then thousands of them. Enough for the 14-year-old budding agricultural entrepreneur to pay for piano lessons and to begin saving for college. Taylor is a Franklin County home-school student who decided three years ago that it might be fun to participate in a four-county pullet chain. Through the project — offered by 4-H in Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties — young people raise 10 one-day-old chicks from spring to November, when they take them to a poultry show and sale. Little did Taylor or her parents know that the backyard chicken project would grow tremendously and help the once shy girl open up and become a frequent (and award-winning) speaker and leader for the county’s 4-H poultry activities. Nor did they imagine that it would lead three generations of her family into a small, sustainable farming operation that they now call Walk Ahead Farms. Taylor’s mom, Stephanie Farley, named the farm “Walk Ahead” because, Stephanie says, the family “was stepping out into something unknown. This isn’t something our family was planning to do at all. But we have definitely taken the plunge. “The way this started out was simple and small, but it’s just continuously grown, Last year, I thought it was a big deal to have 25 chickens,” she adds. “But at one point this year, we were up to a hundred. And we started with one goat. Now look – they are everywhere.” Today, the Farleys raise herbs, vegetables, flowers, potted plants, about 90 chickens and 12 meat goats on their Youngsville property. They sell their products, including eggs, at the Franklin County farmers market, at roadside stands, to friends and to a customer with a community-supported agriculture operation, or CSA. Taylor is involved with all aspects of the farm. The family has several portable poultry houses that Taylor helped build. Every day, they move the houses so the chickens will be on fresh grass. She also helps take care of the goats, hatches chicken eggs in her bedroom and helps set up and sell items at the farmers’ market. But Taylor – who hopes, perhaps, to become a veterinarian – says she has learned more from the farm than just how to take care of animals and to market farm products. She’s also learned about processing poultry meat, judging poultry and goats, making presentations on poultry and livestock, and leading and teaching other 4-H’ers about topics such as goat care and animal safety. She’s even taken her goats and chickens to visit patients in local nursing homes. Earlier this year, Taylor won the 9- to 13-year-old division of the statewide 4-H poultry-judging contest, and her team placed first as well. Both contests took place at North Carolina State University. Taylor says that she’s gained self-confidence from 4-H. “Before I was really, really shy,” Taylor said. “I’m still shy, but not as much as I was before.” Taylor is now involved with all aspects of Walk Ahead Farms, including the vegetable garden. That experience echoes the one her mother had as a 4-H’er in the 1980s. Stephanie’s parents, who owned a horse farm, started a 4-H horse club in the 1980s. Stephanie’s mother, Kitty Basham, says the club started out as a way to get her daughter involved with other children with similar interests, but in the process, “4-H and the horses brought Stephanie out so much.” Taylor’s 4-H agent Meg Wyatt says that it’s been a privilege to watch Taylor blossom into a self-confident young leader. “Taylor is a true example of a young person … becoming very excited about something and wanting to make a difference in her county,” Wyatt says. “Through 4-H, she has taken her knowledge and turned it into a successful business in hopes of teaching others about what she does and why she loves poultry.” ##### Church notes: Please keep the Johnsons in your prayers. On their recent trip to the Grand Canyon, Martha broke her ankle while helping George pass large stones on a donkey. ##### Church happenings: Joel and Diane are getting married! Let’s help stock their new home. Join us for a panty shower this Sunday.

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BeefTalk: Prepare for winter meetings by knowing your herd’s calving distribution By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service Although most cows are with calf, reviewing cowherd reproduction dates is important. Typically, 85 percent or more of all cows should be calved within 42 days of the calving season. Calving is a memory for now, but during the many upcoming winter meetings, the number of cows calving within the first 21 days of the calving season or first cycle conception rate will be mentioned often. Do you know yours? The number means a lot because early born calves grow well. These calves are indicative of good reproductive success and ultimately add pounds to the truck. However, care needs to be taken to make sure one always is comparing the numbers presented at meetings with one’s own production numbers. Generally, the standard numbers referred to are easy to calculate and include more than the number of cows calving within the first 21 days of the calving season. As with most numbers, saying they are easy to calculate is not always true. For example, often the overall reproductive success of a herd is calculated as a percentage of cows pregnant and percentage of cows calving. These numbers are common numbers printed by cattle performance programs or simply calculated by hand. The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service publishes annual numbers that serve as benchmarks for those who utilize the CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software) program. These numbers are collected with the help of the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association. Typical values for the percentage of cows pregnant are 93.5 percent. Of those cows, 92.9 percent calve. This means of all the cows exposed to the bull, a little more than 7 percent of the cows never calve. In terms of overall evaluation of the cowherd, these numbers are good comparative numbers to see how one herd ranks against another. Most herds cull the open cows, make managerial adjustments and anticipate a better calf crop the next year. These good managerial efforts help keep some positive reproductive pressure on the herd. Reproduction, considered by many to be a lowly heritable (in other words, genetic selection has less impact than environmental effects or general management) trait, is fairly stable in most herds pending any detrimental health effects.

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Returning to the ease of calculation, both of these numbers need accurate breeding cow inventories to be accurate. Often, the number of cows exposed to the bull is not available. Given the traditional way to look at reproduction, another method is available, which is to develop a calving distribution table. At first glance, calving distribution may seem harder to calculate. However, the neat feature of these numbers is that a producer doesn’t need to know the number of cows exposed. You simply are dealing with the number of cows calving and recorded in the calving book. The calving distribution table allows a producer to follow how cows are calving within the calving season as well as the percentage that are calving in 21, 42 or 63 days or later. These percentages again can be compared against the benchmarks for overall herd evaluation or utilized to follow how individual cow’s calf within the herd. The CHAPS benchmark for the percentage of cows calving within the first two-day period of the calving season is 63.4 percent. The calving season is said to start when the third mature cow calves or calculated based on a known bull turnout date, utilizing a 283-day average gestation length. The percentage of cows calving in the first 42 days of the calving season is 88.8 percent, and 95.3 percent in the first 63 days of the calving season. If a producer doesn’t have the CHAPS program, the calculations are easy to figure directly from the calving book. Count the total number of mature cows (not including heifers) that calved and note that number on a separate sheet of paper. Then continued on page b43

BeefTalk: Prepare for winter meetings by knowing your herd’s calving distribution continued from page b42

go down the calving book and highlight or circle the date the third mature cow calved. Then count down 21 days from when the third mature cow calved and draw a line. Also draw a line at 42 and 63 days after the third mature cow calved. By counting the number of cows in each segment of the calving book and dividing by the total number of mature cows in the calving book, the percentage of cows calving at 21, 42 and 63 days is calculated. The first-calf heifers are not included in these calculations because oftentimes the bull turnout dates or artificial insemination days are quite different from those of the mature cows. Know your facts and you will enjoy the winter meetings. May you find all your ear tags. Your comments are always welcome at http://www.BeefTalk.com. ##### “My grandfather was the consummate storyteller,” said Win. “He was a large man, weighing in at about 400 pounds, but that was made up mainly of heart and soul. The four of us sisters would sit at this feet for hours and listen to his tales. How I wish I had a recording of them now...They died with him, and all I have now are the memories. I have made a vow to be a storyteller to my grandchildren. I may not be as good as my grandpa was, but I’m going to give it a shot.”

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have two questions about my spider plant. The spider’s leaves have turned dark about 2 centimeters underneath the tip of the leaf. Also, the plant’s leaves have turned black near the roots. I purchased the plant about three weeks ago and placed it next to a window-facing north. The first time I watered the plant, I may have overwatered it because the water soaked through the entire pot. I am not sure if this is the cause of the problems. At night, I have placed the plant under indirect light (normal room light) until about 2 or 3 in the morning. I have been peeling off the baby leaves because they are dying. I was just wondering why this is happening and if there is anything I can do to prevent this from occurring. I have attached seven pictures of the plant. A: In looking at the photos, it is impossible to determine just what is causing the blackening that is showing up at the base. Here is what I know and have practiced for more than 20 years of living with chlorphytum. Water the plant generously during the growing season, which is spring to fall. We set our plants out in the spring around or a little before the Memorial Day weekend. It depends on the weather. We allow Mother Nature to provide most of the water but supplement it when we are without rain for 10 to 12 days. When we have it indoors for the winter months, we use reverse osmosis, distilled or snowmelt water. However, we allow the mother plant to dry out somewhat more than in the summer. In other words, benign neglect seems to work well with this plant as far as watering is concerned during the winter months. These plants don’t appreciate supplemental lighting, so back off on that. In fact, short days are needed to set up the new plantlets being produced. If there is a clue as to what your problem is, it may be tied to contaminated or fluoridated water and too much light. From the photos, the mother plant looks healthy. I would recommend some tough love by removing the affected plantlets. Change your cultural practices to see if the new plantlets that emerge during the winter are free of diseases. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

A fourth wish?

An old woman saved a fairy’s life and was then granted three wishes. For the first wish, the old woman asked to become young and beautiful. Poof, she became young and beautiful. For the second wish, the old woman asked to be the richest woman in the world. Poof, she was the richest woman in the world. For the last wish, the now lovely, young woman pointed at her faithful companion, an old house cat, and requested that he be turned into the most handsome young man on earth. Poof, the wish was granted and the fairy bid her fond farewell. After the fairy left, the handsome man strolled over to the beautiful woman and snarled, “Now, aren’t you sorry you had me neutered?”

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

John Deere 566 round baler, 8300 bales, gathering wheels, twine only.................................................... $15,000 obo (8) 800/70R38 Goodyear R1W tires, less than 400 hours.. .................................................................... $30,000 obo Phone 406-350-2240 – Buffalo, MT

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Agriculture Law Water Law

Oil & Gas Law Energy Law

Natural Resource Law Farm & Ranches Corporations

Partnerships

Neal Law, P.C. 417 S. Main St. Conrad, MT 59425

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS Larry Kraft large equipment auction

Thursday, May 30, 2013 Browning, Montana

Featuring 2009 Case IH 210 Puma Series loader tractor with 2092 total hours; 1996 Versatile 9030 bidirectional; 1988 Steiger 1000 Series 4WD tractor; 1996 Case IH 2188 rotary combine with both headers; 1980 Freightliner conventional cab, 5th wheel semi truck; John Deere 568 round baler, net or twine (app. 5 years old) plus full line of other farm/ranch equipment. Keil Ranch Auction

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Conrad, Montana

This will be a large farm/ranch auction. We have other sales booked but not yet dated for spring and summer 2013. If you’re planning an auction give us a call. (406) 278-5880 or (406) 450-2244

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Methods of coping with drought

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR With a drought as severe as last summuch added performance, pumping water mer’s, the long-lasting effects require into tanks can pay off in just a few years long-term adaptations from producers who and offers an even more immediate payoff are working with the limited water supply. in the case of dried up ponds. As producers throughout the region Another related way producers can adjust search for ways to deal with the continuing to water shortages, according to Anderson, drought, they can try to take advantage of is to grow limited irrigation forages rather the limited water they can access. Univerthan a grain crop. Many irrigated acres may sity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) forage not receive enough water this summer to specialist Bruce Anderson suggests how grow a good grain or root crop. they can do just that. “Sometimes you can combine water Many ponds and creeks dried up last year, allocated for several fields onto one field leaving some cattle producers with only to get a crop, but that still leaves the other acres with little or no water at all,” Anderson unreliable water sources. explained. “Maybe rain will replenish them this Forage crops also need water for highest spring, but this might be a good time to production, but at least some useful yield develop more wells or pipelines to reliably can be gathered when total water availput water into tanks,” Anderson said. able is very low. A perennial forage would Tank water may be cooler and offer easier eliminate the cost and time of establishing a access than ponds or creeks. It is often new crop if water limits continue for several healthier for cattle, and they usually prefer more years. it. When cows walk into ponds and creeks, According to Anderson, switchgrass is they stir mud and sediments into the water one good choice. It’s less expensive to plant, and often deposit waste. its primary water needs occur in early sum“No wonder calves consistently choose mer when water usually is available, and it tank water over ponds when given a can be managed for hay or pasture. Other choice,” Anderson said. warm-season grass options include big or Reports show that the higher water qualsand bluestem and indiangrass. ity found in tanks provides a boost in cattle “It may not be what you hoped for, but gains. Calves can weigh an extra 50 pounds growing forages under limited irrigation at weaning when tank water is available, and may help you make the best out of a bad yearling steers can gain an extra three- to situation.” four-tenths of a pound per day. With this

Deciphering the soil test report – what’s important?

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota The soil test analysis is back and you are left wondering, “What’s important, and what can I ignore?” Are the N, P, and K values the most important, or do I need to consider the pH? What about soluble salts? Depending on your soil type and the crops you grow, the answer is yes, they may be very important. The bottom line is that your soil type, and your crop rotation, will dictate what’s important. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium -- commonly referred to as N, P, and K -- are the big three needed for most crops. While the nitrogen and potassium (K) tests are straight forward, the one used on phosphorus will depend on the soil pH. Most labs use the Olsen procedure if the soil pH is at or above 7.4, for those below, the Bray, Kurtz or Mehlich III procedures are used. Sulfur can be a bit tricky too. Currently, we do not have a good analytical procedure to accurately predict the need for sulfur. About 95% of the total sulfur in soils is found in the organic matter (OM) so knowing the OM, along with soil texture, the sulfur need can be determined. As a general rule, the yield of alfalfa, corn and small grains will respond to additional sulfur on sandy soils with low OM. On heavier soils, with greater OM, it may not be necessary. Another important factor is the soil pH. Soil pH is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration and determines if it’s “acid” or “alkaline”. The pH is measured on a scale of 0 to 14 with 7 considered neutral. The pH of common substances varies wildly; a lime for example is very acidic at a pH of 2, while Milk of Magnesia is 10.5. The water you drink is close to neutral pH of 7, while our blood is slightly “basic” around 7.4. Soil pH around the world vary widely, but most soils in this region fall between 6 and 8, with some areas as low as 5. It’s important because as soil pH deviates from neutral, certain essential elements become less available for plant growth. For example, at pH of 5.5, soil P becomes significantly less available, while at pH of 8.5, soil iron becomes less available and often leads to iron chlorosis in susceptible plants. The nutrients are often there, but they are bound to something else because of the pH. Change the pH and you can change the availability of many nutrients. Blueberries do very well at 5.5, while alfalfa needs at least 6.5. But if your soil pH is at 7.5, most crops will do very well, but blueberries will not survive. So understanding soil pH is very important and will dictate the crops you are able to grow. As a general rule, soil pH can be raised, but lowering large areas is difficult, if not impractical. The soil pH in gardens and potted plants can be lowered but it’s not as easy as raising it. If you raise soybeans, calcium carbonate and soluble salt levels are important; less so with many other crops. Iron chlorosis in soybean is caused by an inability of the plant to acquire iron from the soil, which is less available at high soil pH. If you could lower the soil pH, the problem would be solved. But calcium carbonate and soluble salt concentration aggravate the situation, and their levels are a good indicator for predicting iron chlorosis. Research shows that soils with high levels of calcium carbonate and soluble salts are more prone to iron chlorosis in soybeans. If your test results indicate soluble salt concentrations below 7 mmho/cm and your calcium carbonates are below 5%, the risk of chlorosis is minimal. However, if both levels are above those thresholds, you are likely to experience severe iron chlorosis. See the chart for more detail.

Predicting Iron Chlorosis in Soybean Soluble Salts

< 7 mmho/cm < 7 mmho/cm > 7 mmho/cm > 7 mmho/cm

Free Calcium Carbonate <5% >5% <5% >5%

Risk of Iron Chlorosis Low Moderate Moderate High

Deciphering the soil test can often be a bit daunting, but using the information to amend the soil will pay significant dividends. Whatever you plan to grow, a soil test is a good place to begin. This article focused on the macro nutrients – the ones used by the plants in the greatest amounts; the micronutrients are another topic for a future article. For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu.

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DOZER & TRACTOR FOR SALE

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

John Deere 9400 40-ft. drill field hitch............................................................................ $3600 Great Plains 45-ft. air drill and cart.............................................................................. $25,000 2003 Jetstream Computer Spray 60-ft......................................................................... $5000 1975 Ford P880 tandem truck with 477 gas engine, 20-ft. box and hoist....................... $9500 New Holland TR96 combine, 30-ft. header with pickup reel....................................... $36,000 New Holland 971 pickup header with Rake-Up attachment........................................... $7000 New Holland TR75 combine with rebuilt 22-ft. header................................................... $7500 New Holland TR70 parts combine with engine.............................................................. $3000 (2) New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup headers with Rake-Up attachment. Each................ $3000 International 4100 4WD tractor, good tires.................................................................... $6000 NEW Massey Ferguson 750 combine shaker pan and shaft............................................Call Melroe drill parts.................................................................................................................Call

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2012 SD State Fair Swine Premier Exhibitor

By Megan Nielson, SDSU Extension Youth Livestock Field Specialist Amy Wolff from Grant County was recognized as the 2012 Call for all your truck, parts & service needs Swine Premier Exhibitor at this year’s State Fair 4-H Show. The Premier Exhibitor program was a new event added by South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension and South Dakota 4-H to recognize youth for their knowledge and skills within the swine project. This new program was another way to recognize more youth at the fair who are dedicated to their project and truly invested in the management decisions of their animals. 2003 Freightliner CST120 2006 Freightliner CL120, DeScores from four events: Swine Skill-a-thon, a quiz, an 2013 Mitsubishi Fuso, 160 hp., with Detroit Series 60 @ 430 troit Series 60, FRO15210C 10 industry interview, and their showmanship placings were automatic transmission and 16- hp., 13 speed, 3.58 ratio, 230” speed, 70” mid roof sleeper. ft. van body......................... POR WB, air ride, aluminum wheels, 870,000 miles................$19,950 used to determine their Premier Exhibitor score. Youth 295/75R22.5 tires and 70” raised demonstrated their management skills through the Swine roof sleeper. Stk#: 361408......... Skill-a-thon where they were tested on animal selection, ......................................$10,650 evaluated pork carcasses, demonstrated giving vaccinations, and learned how to read a feed label to identify basic nutrients in a swine’s diet. They then completed a production management quiz and answered industry related questions within an interview conducted by SDSU Extension Swine Field Specialist Ashley Gelderman. Finally, contestants received 2009 Freightliner Cascadia, 2007 Freightliner Classic, 70” points for their placings in showmanship. Cummins ISX 450 hp, Eaton RR condo sleeper, C15 500 hp, Fuller 13 speed, 3.58 ratio, 234” 2007 Sterling Acterra MBE 13 speed, 3.55 ratio, LP 22.5 This year’s winner, Amy Wolff, has been a strong competiwheelbase, air ride, aluminum 900, 250 hp, Allison transmis- aluminum wheels, 260 wheeltor in many state and national livestock shows. She enjoys wheels, 275/80R22.5 tires, sion, air ride suspension, 26-ft. base, 605,000 miles, new front exhibiting livestock and showing to the public why we raise 72” raised-roof sleeper. Stk#: reefer body/ Carrier Supra 750 brakes, 12,000 front, 40,000 364239..........................$69,500 reefer, 308,996 miles.... $22,500 rear................................$36,500 animals the way we do. With her drive and passion for the livestock industry, Amy plans to attend college next year Missoula, MT 5561 Expressway (406) 728-7600 or (800) 735-6336 and focus on animal science. Current events and issues with Authorized Dealer animal welfare excite Amy and she is eager to talk to people about the importance of animal production. Her hard work and dedication within the swine project are evident. Amy was recognized as 1st place swine showmen in the 4-H show along with exhibiting the Reserve Champion Middleweight Crossbred Barrow. 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NEW & USED EQUIPMENT

Vermeer BP7000 bale processor, scales & LH delivery.$12,900 Vermeer 605 Super M 4000 bales.............................. $34,000 New 3-Point bale unroller............................................... $1205 John Deere 4240 2WD tractor with 3 point................. $18,500 John Deere 158 loader available for above tractor Worksaver 3 point hydraulic post pounder with hydraulic shift. .................................................................................... $2100 20-ft. pasture harrow....................................................... $1650 Pallet Forks for skidsteer................................................. $905 8-ft. landscape rake.......................................................... $450 6-ft. 3-pt. blade.................................................................. $350

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NEW Vermeer BPX9000 bale processor................ IN STOCK Vermeer BP8000 RH discharge, big tires, like new.... $16,500 2-NEW Vermeer 605 Super M round baler............. IN STOCK NEW Vermeer 665 Rancher round baler................ IN STOCK Vermeer 605M round baler. Just in.......................In Our Shop Vermeer 504 Super I round baler.................................. $5000 John Deere 530 round baler..................................Consigned NEW Vermeer VR1428 wheel rake.......................New Design NEW Vermeer VR1224 medium capacity carted wheel rake. NEW Vermeer WRX14 hi-capacity 14 wheel rake. 2-NEW Vermeer 2800 rakes.................................... IN STOCK NEW Vermeer R2300 rake...................................... IN STOCK Vermeer R28 twin rake............................................... $15,750 Used Vermeer R2300 rake.......................................... $14,500 John Deere 567 twine/net, mega-wide pickup............ $18,500 Branson 3820I 4WD tractor, gear shift with reverser, PTO, 3-point and loader.................................................... $21,500 Used Branson 3510H hydro, PTO, 3-point, loader..... $18,000 McFarland 36-ft. pasture harrow......................NEW PRICING NEW Red Rhino 40-ft. round bale trailer............... ONE LEFT PULLEY & WELD-ON SPROCKETS ON HAND

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Pale lilac leaves

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a question about my lilac hedge. Every summer, the leaves turn pale and whitish. Are they lacking fertilizer? A: This is a powdery mildew that shows up at this time of year. You can prevent this from happening by applying a fungicide for powdery mildew control prior to it showing up. In reality, because it shows up so late in the summer, I recommend just living with it. The plants are not hurt by the infection but are aesthetically compromised. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ horticulture.

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PICKUP & BOAR FOR SALE

1995 Dodge 4x4 pickup, V10, bad transmission...... $1400 275 lb. young boar.........................................................Call

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

5-speed Transmisson for 90’s Toyota pickup, 2 wheel drive. 2010 Irrigation PTO booster pump 12”, used very little, works very well with little horse power. Pasture Needed For 2013 for 300 yearlings and 100 cow/calf pairs. Consider all locations, prefer Northcentral Montana. Phone 406-262-5448, Harlem, MT

Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig 44/45/357 500/460/454 1911’s Taurus Judge Great for Horseback Riding, Bowhunting, Backpacking, ATV riders Carry your gun with comfort • Fully lined • Premium American tanned leather

Jonathan Schulz of Cut Bank, Montana (center) talks with Bill at his booth at the MAGIE Show in Great Falls.

Round Balers John Deere 568 MegaWide, twine only, push bar. Tag #23363.......... $26,500 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, push bar. Tag #24313................... $34,000 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, push bar. Tag #24785................... $39,950 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, push bar. Tag #24786................... $39,950 (H) John Deere 567 MegaWide, net wrap, no push bar. Tag #24835...........$19,750 (L) John Deere 567 MegaWide, twine only, push bar. Tag #20518.......... $17,500 (G) John Deere 566 push bar, net wrap. Tag #23709...............................$13,500 (LV) John Deere 566 push bar, twine only. ...... ...................................... Coming in (LV) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #19554... ................................................$4950 (L) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #24370... ................................................$4950 (L) John Deere 535 net wrap. Tag #24760..... ................................................$8500 (L) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #23208... ............................................... $4950 (H) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #23888... ............................................... $4950 (H) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #24895... ............................................... $5500 (H)

John Deere 210LE landscape loader, box blade. Tag #23687.............. $25,500 (B) John Deere 323DT track loader, 290 hours. Tag #25082......................... $45,900 (B) John Deere 323DT track loader, 875 hours. Tag #21464..........................$37,500 (L) John Deere 240 skidsteer, 1500 lb. lift...... . .......................................... $13,900 (B) International 3820A backhoe/loader, 84 hp. Tag #24944........................$11,900 (LV) Bobcat S175 skidsteer, 1750 lb. lift. Tag #24517.................................$20,150 (L) Bobcat 742B skidsteer, 1250 lb. lift. Tag #24735................................ $10,500 (H)

John Deere 535 net wrap. Tag #24861..... ............................................$10,000 (G) John Deere 535 net wrap. Tag #23307..... ................................................$6500 (L) Case IH RB564 net wrap. Tag #24298....... .............................................$27,000 (L) Case IH RB564 5-ft. x 6-ft. bales............... ........................................ Coming in (L) Case IH RB564 net wrap. Tag #24125....... ............................................$17,900 (G) Case IH RB564 net wrap. Tag #23389....... ............................................ $17,900 (B) Case IH RBX562 twine only. Tag #23670.. ............................................... $6500 (H) Case IH 8465A net wrap. Tag #24837....... ................................................$6000 (L) Hesston 5465A twine only. Tag #23671.... ............................................ $17,000 (H) New Holland 688 twine only. Tag #23721. ............................................... $7950 (H) New Holland 688 5-ft. x 6-ft. bales. Tag #24916................................$14,000 (G) New Holland BR780 twine only. Tag #24097....................................$7950 (L) New Holland BR780 net wrap. Tag #24933.................................$17,000 (L) New Holland BR780 net wrap. Tag #24934.................................$17,000 (L)

Construction Equipment Bobcat 709 backhoe attachment. Tag #24518....................................$6400 (L) Bobcat SB200 72” snowblower. Tag #25053..................................$3950 (LV) HLA BH600 big arm backhoe attachment. Tag #24982..............................$2900 B) ASV 6-way dozer blade for SSL. Tag #24980................................... $2500 (B)

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Miscellaneous

John Deere 825i 4WD Gator utility vehicle, EFI. Tag #21177................... $11,500 (G) John Deere 850D 4WD diesel Gator utility vehicle. Tag #24502..............$10,250 (H) John Deere 620i utility vehicle with deluxe cab, front blade.Tag #25086...$12,900 (B) Polaris 700 XP utility vehicle with full cab. Tag #22749.......................... $10,950 (G) Polaris 700 XP 4WD utility vehicle, EFI. Tag #23659................................... $8500 (H) Arctic Cat Prowler 650cc utility vehicle, cab. Tag #24726....................$6500 (LV) Case IH Scout utility vehicle, full cab. Tag #23655...................................$8950 (G) Land Pride 4400EX articulated utility vehicle. Tag #24191................... $5000 (H) Suzuki 250 2WD ATV. Tag #22709............ ............................................... $2000 (H) Land Price Trekker utility vehicle. Tag #24497................................... $4700 (H) J&M 1050 grain cart. Tag #24977.............. ............................................ $41,500 (H) Buhler Y1010H transfer auger. Like new. Tag #20464............................. $2500 (H) Buhler Y1370 13”x70-ft. grain auger. Tag #24754.....................................$9500 (H) Bale King 2000 round bale processor. Tag #24995................................ $10,950 (B)

Miscellaneous skidsteer pallet forks. Tag #24979..................................... $600 (B) Bradco 6-ft. rock bucket. Tag #24981........ . ............................................. $1200 (B) FFC LAF6864 66” landscape rake. Tag #2948..................................... $4350 (B) Sheyenne Mfg. telescoping boom jib. Tag #25019..................................$3850 (LV)

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Bale King 2010 round baler processor. Tag #24724................................... $7500 (H) Buhler 45 7-ft. rear blade. Tag #24902...... ................................................$650 (LV) Frontier BB2184 rear box blade. Tag #24707................................... $1749 (B) Frontier LR2060 5-ft. rear landscape rake. Tag #20734............................... $550 (B) General Imp BB60 5-ft. rear box blade. Tag #3483....................................... $475 (B) General Imp 7-ft. rear blade. Tag #23752.. ................................................$1000 (L) General Imp DS30 3-point dirt scoop. Tag #3104....................................... $325 (B) John Deere 54” front mount blade. Tag #22003................................... $1000 (B) Howse rear box blade. Tag #24338........... ................................................. $495 (B) Frontier 3-point bale spear. Tag #24907.... ................................................$275 (LV) Worksaver bale spear. Tag #23753........... ..................................................$295 (L) Frontier AP12D pallet fork for 600/700 loaders. Tag #23460........................ $950 (G) Farm King 60” 3-point finishing mower. Tag #22705......................................$750 (L) John Deere 613 6-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #24904....................................$750 (LV) King Kutter 6-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #24337. ................................................. $695 (B) Tebben TC-94-500 5-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #22953................................... $1250 (B) John Deere 59” front snowblower. Tag #22951................................... $3500 (B) HiPower 12PTO3 PTO generator. Tag #23497......................................$900 (L) Smith 100 trailer air compressor. Tag #25020..................................$7500 (LV) King Kutter S500 3-point spin spreader. Tag #24330............................... $450 (B) King Kutter S500 3-point spin spreader. Tag #24331............................... $450 (B) John Deere 25 gallon Gator sprayer. Tag #2902....................................... $400 (B) Danuser post hole digger with two bits. Tag #24790....................................$1900 (L) Shaver 901 post hole digger with two bits. Tag #20775............................. $1475 (B)

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Tractors

John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, 531 hours. Tag #24803............. $285,000 (G) John Deere 9630 4WD, 530 hp, 485 hours. Tag #25100........................ $267,000 (H) John Deere 9200 4WD, 310 hp, 4300 hours. Tag #23137...........................$92,000 (L) John Deere 8650 4WD, 290 hp...Coming in (L) John Deere 8630 4WD, 275 hp, 8750 hours. Tag #24834...........................$18,000 (L) John Deere 8410 235 hp, duals, 6115 hours, very nice. Tag #25033..$94,500 (B) John Deere 8400 225 hp, duals, new tires, 6600 hours. Tag #25032...... $80,000 (B) John Deere 8220 duals, 225 hp, 2925 hours. Tag #24882............. $133,500 (B) John Deere 7930 746 loader, 220 hp, 2645 hours. Tag #24936............. $155,000 (H) John Deere 7820 MFWD, duals, 185 hp, 5215 hours. Tag #23337...... $94,500 (H) John Deere 7800 MFWD, 170 hp, 9245 hours. Tag #24700............... $52,000 (H) John Deere 7730 MFWD, 152 hp, 2100 hours. Tag #23343..............$114,000 (B) John Deere 7430 loader, 166 hp, 2825 hours. Tag #24880............. $126,500 (B) John Deere 7330 Premium 155 hp, JD 741 loader. 1570 hours. Tag #24879............. .........................................$112,500 (LV) John Deere 7330 Premium MFWD, loader ETA June, 155 hp............ Coming in (L) John Deere 7400 loader, 118 hp, 10,500 hours. Tag #24660............... $49,900 (B) John Deere 7220 loader, 95 hp, 5325 hours. Tag #24182.........................$73,300 (LV) John Deere 7210 MFWD, 95 hp, 3988 hours. Tag #23338............... $53,000 (H) John Deere 7200 loader mounts, 95 hp, 7840 hours. Tag #24352...... $37,000 (H) John Deere 7130 standard, 740 loader, 125 hp. Tag #24859.................. $103,000 (G) John Deere 7130 standard, 740 loader, 125 hp. Tag #24860.................. $103,000 (G) John Deere 6430 Premium loader, 125 hp, 4600 hours. Tag #24878.......$68,950 (L) John Deere 6430 Premium loader, 125 hp, 4150 hours. Tag #24877...... $69,950 (G) John Deere 6430 Premium new H340, 125 hp, 3465 hours. Tag #21124.$91,372 (B)

Drills

John Deere 1860/1900 42-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing. Tag #22955........... $71,000 (B) John Deere 730 36-ft air drill, disk, 6” spacing. Tag #24432........... $55,500 (G) John Deere 9450 60-ft. box drill. Tag #24680................................ $24,500 (H) John Deere 9450 50-ft. box drill, 12” spacing. Tag #22937.................. $23,000 (H) John Deere 9400 50-ft. box drill, 12” spacing. Tag #24105.................. $27,500 (H) John Deere 9350 40-ft. box drill, 6” spacing. Tag #21651......................$4950 (L) Flexi-Coil 3850 Tag #25094... $46,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3850 57-ft. air drill, 10” spacing. Tag #24911........... $95,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/4350 57-ft. air drill, 9.5” spacing. Tag #24789......... $125,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing. Tag #20918........... $42,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 51-ft. air drill, 12” spacing. Tag #24505........... $59,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 45-ft. air drill, 9” spacing. Tag #24506........... $52,600 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing. Tag #24504........... $68,400 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing. Tag #20840............$37,500 (L) Flexi-Coil 5000/1720 39-ft. air drill. Tag #24292................................ $38,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 7500/3450 60-ft. air drill, 9” spacing. Tag #24912........... $75,000 (G) Morris 7180 Maxim 29-ft. 12” spacing. Tag #25101.................................$29,750 (L) New Holland SD440 60-ft. air drill, 9” spacing. Tag #24886......... $128,000 (H) New Holland SD440 60-ft. air drill, 9” spacing. Tag #24107..........$104,000 (L) Concord 3400 air drill. Tag #24920........... . ..........................................$35,000 (G)

John Deere 6420 loader, 110 hp, 6571 hours. Tag #24876................$57,500 (L) John Deere 6420 loader, 110 hp, 5767 hours. Tag #24875............... $62,500 (G) John Deere 6410 MFWD, loader, 90 hp, 6900 hours. Tag #25089.....$47,500 (LV) John Deere 6400 cab, loader, 85 hp, 6964 hours. Tag #24670............... $39,900 (H) John Deere 6400 cab, loader, 85 hp, 5950 hours. Tag #25090............... $42,800 (H) John Deere 4960 loader, 200 hp, ETA June, 7800 hours...................... Coming in (L) John Deere 4440 powershift, loader, 135 hp, 7550 hours................ Coming in (L) John Deere 4720 cab, loader, 58 hp, 795 hours. Tag #24010..............$37,950 (LV) John Deere 4520 cab, 125 hp, 9500 hours. Tag #24832..............................$9950 (L) John Deere 4520 cab, loader, 50 hp, 517 hours. Tag #24900..............$35,950 (LV) John Deere 4040 cab, 3-point, 90 hp. Tag #24800................................ $15,000 (H) John Deere 4010 2WD, 80 hp................... ........................................ Coming in (L) John Deere 3038E MFWD, loader, 38 hp, 75 hours. Tag #23716...........$19,950 (L) Case IH 2870 4WD, 4 SCVs, 300 hp. Tag #24104................................... $7500 (H) Case IH MX275 loader, 275 hp, 1540 hours. Tag #20460........................ $141,950 (H) Case IH MXU130 loader, 130 hp, 3594 hours. Tag #22427............... $58,000 (G) Case IH MX210 MFWD, 210 hp, 3934 hours. Tag #24296................$81,500 (L) Case IH MXM130 MFWD, 130 hp, 4650 hours. Tag #24991................$51,000 (L) Allis Chalmers D21 2WD, cab, 103 hp..... ........................................ Coming in (L) Massey-Ferguson 6180 loader, 110 hp, 5000 hours. Tag #24996...... $47,500 (G) Ford 8340 loader, 106 hp, 2000 hours. Tag #24772.................................$39,000 (L) Ford 8630 MFWD, 121 hp, 7530 hours. Tag #24771.................................$27,500 (L) Ford 8N 2WD, loader, 23 hp...Coming in (L) New Holland 8160 2WD, cab, 90 hp, 6791 hours....................................$19,500 (L) New Holland 9482 4WD, 95% tires, 300 hp. Tag #24833...........................$78,500 (L) New Holland TC40A MFWD, 40 hp, 2029 hours. Tag #23505................$14,500 (L) Veratile 835 4WD, 230 hp, 5853 hours. Tag #23754................................$21,000 (G) Valtra 8950 loader, 200 hp, 7725 hours. Tag #23912................................ $34,950 (H)

Tillage

John Deere 100 25-ft. chisel plow. Tag #24885..................................$1950 (LV) Wishek 842NT 20-ft. folding offset disk. Tag #24999.................................$33,000 (L) Gysler 44 44-ft. chisel plow. Tag #22038... ................................................$3500 (L) Buhler 3-point harrow, 100”. Tag #24905 . ................................................$650 (LV) Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar. Tag #20841....................................$4000 (L) Rite-Way 73-ft. folding heavy harrow. Tag #24310................................ $47,500 (H) 16-ft. chain harrow. Tag #21647..$650 (LV)

Lawn & Garden

John Deere Z245 zero turn mower, 48” deck. Tag #19680................... $3599 (G) John Deere 1445 front mower, diesel. Tag #23992................................... $8950 (H) John Deere 265 17 hp, 46” deck. Tag #21348................................... $2100 (B) John Deere 48C Powerflow bagger. Tag #23618..................................... $900 (B) John Deere LA165 24 hp, 48” deck, bagger. Tag #21691............................. $1900 (B) John Deere LT150 tractor style mower. Tag #23050...................................$1000 (G) John Deere Z520A zero turn mower, 54” deck. Tag #23852................... $4950 (B) John Deere 647 47” rear mount rototiller. Tag #25028............................. $2000 (G)

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Combines & Attachments

John Deere S670 STS 300 bushel, 373 hp. Tag #24696........................$350,000 (L) John Deere S670 STS 300 bushel, 373 hp. Tag #24855.................... Coming in (G) John Deere S670 STS 300 bushel, 373 hp. Tag #24856.................... Coming in (G) John Deere 9870 STS 300 bushel, 440 hp. Tag #24850....................... $267,000 (G) John Deere 9870 STS 300 bushel, 440 hp. Tag #24852....................... $235,000 (G) John Deere 9870 STS 300 bushel, 440 hp.................................... Coming in (L) John Deere 9770 STS 300 bushel, 360 hp. Tag #24862....................... $220,000 (G) John Deere 9770 STS 300 bushel, 360 hp. Tag #24863....................... $215,000 (G) John Deere 9760 STS 250 bushel, 340 hp. Tag #24774........................$182,500 (L) John Deere 9760 STS 250 bushel, 340 hp. Tag #23262....................... $162,500 (H) John Deere 9760 STS 250 bushel, 340 hp. Tag #24736....................... $151,500 (H) John Deere 9760 STS 250 bushel, 340 hp. Tag #24737....................... $153,500 (H) John Deere 9760 STS 250 bushel, 340 hp. Tag #24738....................... $155,500 (H) John Deere 9670 STS 250 bushel, 305 hp. Tag #3317..........................$195,000 (L) John Deere 9750 STS 300 bushel, 325 hp Tag #24773........................$122,500 (L) John Deere 9610 240 bushel, 275 hp. Tag #24913................................$77,500 (G) John Deere 9610 240 bushel, 275 hp. Tag #25070................................$75,000 (G) John Deere 9600 240 bushel, 215 hp. Tag #23914................................ $51,500 (H) John Deere 9500 with JD 224 head. Tag #24770.................................$39,500 (L) John Deere 8820 combine with head........ . ......................................Coming in (H) Case IH 2388 210 bushel, 280 hp. Tag #24498................................ $92,000 (H) Case IH 1680 210 bushel, 225 hp. Tag #23651................................ $27,500 (H) Case IH 1680 210 bushel, 225 hp. Tag #24823................................ $37,500 (H) Case IH 1680 210 bushel, 225 hp. Tag #24883................................ $31,500 (H) Case IH 1680 210 bushel, 225 hp. Tag #23508................................$26,500 (G) Honey Bee SP42 42-ft. draper head with pickup reel. Each................ $63,500 (H) Lots of combine platforms in stock.

Miscellaneous Haying

John Deere 348 square baler, hydraulic tension. Tag #25079...........$11,950 (LV) Twin Star 2025 25-ft. hyd. basket, V-rake.. Tag #25092.......................... $16,900 (B) New Holland 1033 bale wagon, auto tie. Tag #23453............................$5500 (LV) New Holland 1032 bale wagon, auto tie. Tag #23430............................$5950 (LV) John Deere 27 14-ft. flail shredder. Tag #25069..................................$3750 (LV) Sitrex RP4 hay rake. Tag #22995.............. .................................................$850 (G) H&S Haymachine II hay turner. Tag #23643....................................$2550 (L)

Windrowers & Mower Conditioners

John Deere A400 with 18-ft double knife sickle head. Tag #24919......................... ..........................................$107,500 (G) John Deere D450 with 30-ft. draper platform. Tag #23504................$124,950 (L) John Deere 2320 with 21-ft. draper platform. Tag #23771.................... $5750 (H) Case IH WD2303 with 15.5-ft. rotary platform, 170 hours. Tag #24124.$99,750 (G) Case IH 8825 with 14-ft. sickle head.......... .............................................$28,500 (L) Case IH 8820 with 30-ft. draper platform. Tag #24841.......................... $23,500 (H) MacDon M150 with 35-ft. draper head. Tag #24787.............................. $128,000 (H) MacDon M200 with 35-ft. draper head. Tag #24788.............................. $105,000 (H) MacDon 9352i with 14-ft. sickle head, 1425 hours. Tag #25022..............$55,000 (LV) MacDon 9000 with 16-ft. sickle head, 3344 hours. Tag #25078............... $28,500 (H) John Deere 946 with 13-ft. rotary Impeller conditioner. Tag #24314...... $21,500 (H) John Deere 946 with 13-ft. rotary Impeller conditioner. Tag #24935.....$19,500 (LV) John Deere 946 with 13-ft. rotary, rubber conditioner. Tag #25083...... $16,500 (H) John Deere 956 with 14.5-ft. rotary Impeller conditioner. Tag #23738.......$19,000 (L) John Deere 956 with 14.5-ft. rotary Impeller conditioner. Tag #23266...... $26,950 (G) John Deere 955 with 14.5-ft. rotary mower conditioner...................... Coming in (G) John Deere 936 with 11.5 ft. rotary mower conditioner, Impeller. Tag #25084........... ...........................................$14,950 (LV) Hesston 1275 16-ft. sickle swing tongue. Tag #24759...........................$13,500 (L) MacDon A30D 16-ft. sickle swing tongue. Tag #23548.......................... $24,950 (H) New Holland 1431 with 13-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #25023.....$13,500 (LV) New Holland 1116H with 16-ft. sickle, rubber roll conditioner. Tag #23394............. ................................................$5500 (L) New Holland 1475 with 14-ft. sickle, rubber roll conditioner. Tag #24041.... $8500 (H) Versatile 4025 draper head off a bi-directional. Tag #18642.................. $4000 (H)

Sprayers

John Deere 4930 120-ft., 20” spacing. Tag #24082.............................. $262,500 (G) John Deere 4930 120-ft. 20” spacing. Tag #24866.............................. $265,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 65 100-ft. Tag #23306............... ............................................... $4000 (H) Flexi-Coil 65XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon. Tag #25091................................... $8500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft., 1000 gallon. Tag #23635................................ $11,500 (H) Loral Airmax 1000 spreader, AutoTrac ready. #24922...................... $70,000 (G) Terragator 8104 spreader truck. Tag #24921................................ $87,000 (G) NYB 80-ft, 1500 gallon. Tag #24791.......... .............................................$12,500 (L) 2005 Summers Ultimate 1500 110-ft. Tag #25093................................ $39,000 (H)

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John Deere 240 skidsteer with 1550 hours, 1500# lift, bucket and forks. Tag #25024....... $13,900 (B)

Case IH MX210 MFD tractor, 210 hp, cab. Excellent.. Tag #24296.........................................$81,500 (L)

Wishek 842NT 20-ft. heavy duty disc with 11” spacing. Tag #24999.........................................$33,000 (L)

John Deere 620i “Limited Edition” with deluxe cab and hydraulic angle blade.................. $12,900 (B)

John Deere 8220 tractor, 225 hp, duals, 2925 hours. Tag #24882...................................... $133,500 (B) John Deere 7930 220 hp, JD 746 SL loader, grapple, 2645 hours. Tag #24936...................$155,000 (H)

John Deere 1860/1900 42-ft. air drill with 7.5” spacing and 270 bushel cart. Tag #22955....... $71,000 (B)

New Holland SD440 60-ft. air drill with 9” spacing. Tag #24107.......................................$104,000 (L)

John Deere 4930 120-ft. 20” spacing, 865 hours. Tag #24082.............................................$262,500 (G)

2009 John Deere 7730 tractor with PowrQuad, 2050 hours, 152 PTO hp. Tag #23343...... $114,000 (B)

Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 51-ft. air drill with 12” spacing. Tag #24505........................................$59,500 (H)

John Deere 9200 4WD tractor, 310 hp. Tag #23137. ...........................................................$92,000 (L)

John Deere 8410 235hp, duals and very nice, 6115 hours. Tag #25033.............................. $94,500 (B)

John Deere 7800 tractor, 170 hp, PowerShift, duals, 9245 hours. Tag #24700.....................$52,000 (H)

John Deere 7220 tractor, 110 hp, John Deere 740SL loader, 5333 hours. Tag #24182........$72,500 (LV)

John Deere 4720 MFWD, loader, 58-hp, cab, air, heat. Tag #24010.......................................$37,950 (LV)

John Deere 9750 STS 325 hp engine, 300 bushel tank, spreader. Tag #24773...............$122,500 (L)

2009 John Deere 9670STS with 860 separator hours, duals, chopper. Tag #3317................$195,000 (L)

John Deere 323DT skidsteer, 68 hp, cab, 2500 lb lift. Tag #21464.........................................$37,500 (L)

John Deere 568 MegaWide pickup, net wrap, push bar, 2310 bales. Tag #24785..............$39,950 (H)

John Deere 7410 MFWD, 123 hp, loader, grapple, 6796 hours. Tag #24798....................$59,500 (LV) John Deere 7820 tractor with AutoQuad, 155 PTO hp, 5215 hours. Tag #23337...............$94,500 (H)

John Deere 8400 225 hp, duals, new tires, 6600 hours. Tag #25032.............................. $80,000 (B)

John Deere 730/1900 36-ft. air drill with 6” spacing, 270 bushel cart. Tag #24432..............$55,500 (G)

Pulp as biodegradable plastic in disposable food containers

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The deadline for phoning in advertising for the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

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 15’6” box, hi-lift tailgate.$39,500 1986 International dump truck, 16-ft. box, Cummins NTC-350, 13 speed, lift axle and pintle hitch.... ......................................$18,500

2004 Peterbilt 379 EXT Hood Cat single turbo 475 hp, 10 speed, 3.55 ratio, 252” wheelbase, all aluminum wheels. Ready for work.....Call for price

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 1996 Peterbilt dump truck, 3406C 425 hp 15 speed, 11R24.5 virgin drives, plumbed for pup, American Class interior.. ......................................$28,500

1986 Kenworth W900 day cab, wet kit, aluminun wheels, 3406B, 13 speed...........$12,500

1995 Freightliner dump truck, low miles on Cummins N14, performance 9 speed, 14-ft. box, great tires and brakes....$29,500

1996 Freightliner FLD 120 water truck, 460 hp, N-14, rear locker. Nice tires!.......................$25,500

1998 Kenworth T800 N14, 10 speed, 3.70 ratio............$18,500

1984 Freightliner Cummins 400 hp, removable sleeper, 15 speed, aluminum wheels..$8500

1994 Volvo Detroit 365/400 hp, 188” wheelbase, 9 speed..$9500 1986 International Cat 3406B, 13 speed, 255 wheelbase, aluminum steer. Price reduced to............$15,000 1993 Volvo 13 speed, 212” wheelbase, great brakes, virgin drives................................$9500

2002 Freightliner Classic 435/460 hp, 10 speed, nice tires................................$22,500

2006 Chevrolet 3/4 ton, long box, 6.0L gas, automatic..........$5995

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1993 Freightliner FLD 120 Cat 3406B 400 hp, day cab, all aluminum wheels, nice.......$17,500 1999 Kenworth W900 Cat 475 hp with paperwork, 18 speed rebuilt in 2012, flat top AeroCab sleeper, Massport vac pump, all aluminum wheels . ........$32,900

Just In 1983 Kenworth W900 water truck, Cummins, 15 speed, 2600 gallon spray truck.... ......................................$21,500 2005 Kenworth T800 day cab, Cummins ISX 450 hp, 3.55 ratio, 11R22.5 virgin drivers, 2-line wet kit . ................................$42,500

2005 International Cummins ISX 425 hp, 10 speed, 64” sleeper, 3.55 rears. Cummins recon with only 245,540 miles.$31,500

2004 Peterbilt 379 EXT Hood Cat single turbo 475 hp, 10 speed, 3.55 ratio, 252” wheelbase, 2 tone paint, drop visor, all aluminum wheels. Ready for work......................Call for price

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1998 Freightliner Classic water truck, Detroit 500 hp rebuilt in 2005, 13 speed, 265” wheel base, near new cap drive tires..... ......................................$29,000

2006 Kenworth T800 Cummins ISX 475 hp, 10 speed, sp40 3.70 ratio, 60” removable sleeper, Tru-Flo wet kit,11R22.5 tires on all aluminum wheels....... ......................................$46,900

Freightliner FL70 service truck, welder, air compressor, crane on 11-ft. service bed...........$32,500

2003 GMC Duramax SLE extended cab, short box leather AliArc, bedliner, toneau cover, headache rack, 176,000 miles.... ......................................$13,000

2000 Kenworth T800 day cab, Cummins ISM 370 hp, Eaton 10 speed, good brakes.................... .............................Call for price

1997 Freightliner FLD112 single axle, M11, 10 speed, flat top 40” integrated sleeper, 3.90 ratio, 894,000 miles, nice tires..... ......................................$11,500

1991 International daycab, 3176 Cat, 10 speed, 3.21 rears, low pro 24.5 good tires..................$9500

2005 Freightliner Columbia tri-drive grain truck, 24-ft. box, Detroit, 10 speed...........$56,000

Steerable lift axles Hendrickson Paralift with axle.$3600

BELLY DUMPS AND OTHER TRAILERS JUST IN!

1998 R-Way tri-axle belly dump.. ......................................$24,500 1997 R-Way belly dump, aluminum wheels, good tires, ready for work..........................$24,500

1993 Trail King 40-ft. tri-axle belly dump, 11R22.5 tires, Budd wheels...........................$23,500

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Cat 3406E......................... $1250 Cat 3406B........................ $1050 Cummins N14.................. $1500 Cummins 855 BC/SC........ $900 Cat C12............................ $1200 Also available ISX, L10, M11, DT466, C15, Det 60 series T H E

1969 Timpte double bottom delly dump........................$7500

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

1997 Cornhusker 45x102 hopper trailer, ag hoppers, 8-ft. sides, 11R/24.5 tires on aluminum wheels, new brakes.......$22,500

Engines

2008 Load King belly dump trailer, center point spring suspension..........................$32,500

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

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MXS69658 475-hp..................$7500

1982 Clement end dump pup, 14-ft. box, 34-ft. overall......$7500

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2012 Kaufman 46-ft. tri-axle step deck trailer, 80,000 lb GVW, winch tie downs...$18,500

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Cummins N14’s, BCII 400, BCIII 350 & 400, BCIV 400, M11’s Cat C15’s, 3406E’s, 3406B’s Cat C15 6NZ running engine core.... ...............................................$5500 Cat 3054 Serial #5YS.............$3200 Cat 3406E Serial #2WS, recent work........................................$8500 Detroit 6V53T........................$5500 Detroit 60’s Volvo VED7C 275 hp..............$4000

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By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and university cooperators have developed a biodegradable plastic that could be used in disposable food containers. The plastic, called a thermoplastic, becomes soft when heated. To make the plastic, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists incorporated biodegradable sugar beet pulp, which is the leftover residue from sugar extraction, with a biodegradable polymer. The result is thermoplastic composites that retain mechanical properties similar to polystyrene and polypropylene, the compounds used to make white, spongy food packages. Processors generate tons of sugar beet pulp annually. Finding profitable uses for it is critical for the long-term economic viability of U.S. agribusiness. Now, ARS chemist LinShu Liu and plant physiologist Arland Hotchkiss, both at the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, and their colleagues have found a variety of new uses for sugar beet pulp. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency. In collaboration with professor Jinwen Zhang of Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman, Liu and his colleagues developed the thermoplastic, which is manufactured from both sugar beet pulp and a biodegradable polymer called polylactic acid, or PLA, using a twin-screw extruder. PLA is a commercially available polymer derived from the sugars in corn, sugar beet, sugarcane, switchgrass and other plants, all of which are renewable feedstocks. Extrusion is a cost-effective manufacturing process that is popularly used in large-scale production of food, plastics and composite materials. The researchers showed that up to 50 percent sugar beet pulp can be incorporated with PLA to produce biodegradable thermoplastic composites that are similar to the petrochemical compounds used in making spongy disposable food packages. The new thermoplastic is cost-competitive with such commonly used petrochemical plastics, according to the scientists. A study describing the work was published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Did I kill my jade plants?

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist NDSU Extension Service Q: I have spent the last two days reading your posts about jade plants only to learn that I may have killed my entire family of them. Until now, I have had tremendous success at growing jades because I leave them alone. I have had the “grandma” for more than 15 years. The plant has been moved from Missouri to Florida and now back to Missouri. The past four years, this old plant and the multitude of offspring she has produced have lived outside on my deck in full sun. They were flowering recently and doing great. Recently, I pruned, repotted and added some lava rock to the bottom of the pots to make them more manageable because of the weight. I brought them in the house because we are supposed to have some frost. If I haven’t killed the plants by repotting at this time of year and adding the rock to the bottom of the pots (should have read your postings sooner), how do I manage the light difference by moving them inside? My rooms get full, indirect light. After being in full sun for so long, I am concerned that the stress of being pruned, repotted and moved indoors is going to kill the plants. Should I consider a plant light to help wean them off the direct light? If so, what kind and how long per day? I never have fertilized or used rooting food. Thank you for all the postings. I appreciate your time and expertise on this question. I am praying that I have not wiped out 15 years of love and beauty in one week! A: The consequences of going from full sun to low, indirect light usually are some leaf drop and the re-emergence of new foliage that is adapted to the newer conditions. This would take place through several weeks to a few months. Adding a plant light system would help level off the light intensity diet and reduce the stress on the plants. You can purchase these plant lights at many big-box stores. Set the timer for the light to be on 14 to 16 hours and place it about 12 to 18 inches above the foliage. I think your worry is premature because it sounds like you are a pretty savvy houseplant gardener. All the plants should survive at their new location. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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Rocky Mountain

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Remont Sainfoin

Alfalfa looses 1/4 to to 1/3 1/3 of of it’s it’s digestible digestible Alfalfa loses 1/4

protein through bloat, No Condensed Tannins

Go GREEN & PINK Less Pollution, Energy Pollution Less,Save Save Energy “Healthy, Fodder” “Healthy,Wholesome Wholesome Fodder”

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Early BirdSale Sale– $1.50 — $1.25 pound Early Bird per per pound Alfalfa isn’t the Queen of Forages, it’s the problem child. We tolerate the bloat and 1/4 to 1/3 digestible protein loss; it can’t be fixed! The rest of the Alfalfa Story! If you are wondering why livestock of all classes, including honey bees, prefer Sainfoin over other forages; why alfalfa breeders and dealers are desperately trying to get the condensed tannins in their alfalfa and why they have to use high pressure sales to convince you to grow alfalfa. This is why. Follow the money. Sainfoin is worth 25 to 50 percent more per ton than alfalfa as graze or hay. Reasons: Sainfoin • Legume • No Bloat • No Weevil Protein • No No Loss Loss of Protein

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• Little Fertilizer Expense • Cheap Weed Control • Little or No Gas • Ease of Production • Low Seed Cost • Easy Stand Enhancement • Highest Palatability • Good Pollen Production • Nector Produced at 60˚ F • #1 Honey Producer • Flexible Harvest Dates

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Alfalfa Legume Bloat Weevil Problem Losses of 1/4 - 1/3 of Digestible Protein Hefty Fertilizer Expense Expensive Weed Control Methane Gas (Bloat) Complicated Production High seed cost Expensive Stand Replacement Low Palatability No Pollen Production Nector Produced at 90˚ F Poor Honey Producer Short Harvest Window

Must Read This!

The lack of condensed tannins in alfalfa is what causes bloat and high degradation of protein that causes 1/4 to 1/3 of the alfalfa protein to be passed through the animals and and is is excreted discreted not not digested. digested. These condensed tannins are in the leaves of Sainfoin naturally, this is why no bloat and no degradation of protein which tein which is is utilized utilized by by the the animals animals instead instead of of discreted, excreted, as as in alfalfa. For more information: ciheam.org/om/pdf/a45/01600095.pdf ciheam.org/om/pdf/a45/01600081.pdf We are fortunate that these western states are, for the most part, very suited to growing excellent Sainfoin both dryland and irrigated multi-cut or full-season grazing. Sainfoin being bloat free and, for the most part self-sufficient, should be in any mixture of any kind. It is the highest quality forage on it’s own merits. To summarize, if you are sick and tired of all the problems associated with growing and feeding alfalfa and need an alternative choice of legume, then Sainfoin is your solution. It’s easy, it’s cheap, it’s the highest quality forage known to man. What more could you be looking for? A MONTAN SEEDS

For more information, call Don Keil at 406-278-9951 168 Fairview Lane Conrad, MT 59425

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Cow temperament affects reproduction

By South Dakota State University Sometimes we wonder if that cow rattling the chute is worth keeping. Recent research suggests maybe not, said Elaine Grings, South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Cow/Calf Management & Production Specialist. Grings points to studies conducted several years ago with Brahman-crosses which found that cows with excitable temperaments had lower pregnancy rates than their calmer herdmates. Researchers at Oregon State University expanded the study to look at the effect of cattle temperament and acclimation to handling on reproductive performance in Angus × Hereford cross cows. Their results were reported in the October issue of the Journal of Animal Science. More than 400 spring-calving range cows at two locations in eastern Oregon were tested for temperament using both a chute score and measurement of exit velocity from a squeeze chute. The chute score is a 5-point scale, 1 being assigned calm cattle which exhibited no movement and a 5 assigned to violent animals which exhibited continuous struggling. Exit velocity was also measured with an infrared sensor and converted to a 1-5 point scale - 1 given to the slowest and 5 to the fastest. The chute and exit scores were averaged to give a temperament score, animals with a score of less than 3 received an adequate score whereas, animals receiving a 3 or greater received a temperament score of aggressive. About 25 percent of the cows were scored as aggressive and these cows had lower pregnancy rates of 89 percent compared to the adequate temperament cows, which had a pregnancy rate of 95 percent. “At one location, cows were bred by AI and then exposed to natural service clean up bulls. The second location used natural service mating only,” Grings said. “The fact that bulls were used indicates that the lowered pregnancy rates in the aggressive cows were not due only to stress during handling at AI.” Cow body condition and calf birth and weaning weights were not different between the groups and there were also no difference between groups in pregnancy loss or loss of calves from birth to weaning. Decreased weight of calves weaned per cow exposed in the aggressive groups was related to the effect on pregnancy rate alone. “Based on this and other studies, the researchers suggest culling on temperament or adapting cattle to handling could help in maximizing reproductive performance in beef cows,” she said. These researchers reported on a second study on the effect of acclimating heifers to handling on reproductive performance. After weaning, they divided 6-month-old heifers into two groups of about 44 heifers each. One group was processed through a handling facility three times a week for four weeks. Heifers receiving more frequent handling reached puberty at an earlier age than their herdmates, but pregnancy rates after AI were not different. The more frequently-handled heifers had lower exit scores, but not chute scores compared to those handled less frequently. “The researchers therefore suggest that exposing heifers to handling and human interaction may improve reproduction,” Grings said. “They do caution that this training needs to occur when animals are fairly young.” In a previous study, when they attempted to acclimate mature cows to handling, they were not successful at improving pregnancy rates. Grings says there are still some questions left to be answered. “We still need to determine, what the minimum amount of handling needed to train an animal and what is the best age for training,” she said. In summary: Pregnancy rates were improved in groups of cows with less aggressive temperaments. Heifers acclimated to handling at about 6 months of age reached puberty at an earlier age and had lower chute exit scores than heifers handled less frequently. Acclimating young animals to handling and culling on temperament may have beneficial effects on reproduction in beef cattle.

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Treating stable flies in pastures

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing strategies to help livestock producers control stable flies, the most damaging arthropod pests of cattle in the United States. An economic impact assessment by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Agroecosystem Management Research Unit (AMRU) in Lincoln, Nebraska, looked at four sectors of cattle production: dairy, cow/calf, pastured and range stocker, and animals on feed. They found that stable flies cost the U.S. cattle industry more than $2.4 billion each year, due to reduced milk production in dairy cows, decreased weight gain in beef cattle, and lowered feed efficiency. Stable flies are not only a problem in barnyards and stables for which they are named, but in pastures as well. AMRU entomologist David Taylor and his colleagues showed that this is partly due to the use of large bales of hay placed in fields as supplemental feed for cattle during winter. These feeding sites where wasted hay, manure and urine accumulate produce an ideal habit for stable flies. To find an easy, inexpensive, quick way to control stable flies, Taylor tested cyromazine, an insect growth regulator that interferes with molting and proper development of an insect’s external skeleton. A single application of cyromazine sprinkled on a hay-feeding site reduced the number of emerging adult stable flies by 97 percent. The treatment took 10 minutes, cost $10 per site and was effective for 10 to 20 weeks. Other potential methods for controlling stable flies include what AMRU entomologist Jerry Zhu calls a “push and pull” strategy. The “push” requires using a repellent to drive flies away from livestock. Treatments contain effective plant-based repellent chemicals like catnip that are low in toxicity. The “pull” involves developing natural attractants or substances associated with the flies’ environment to lure and trap them. So far, Zhu and his team have developed several catnip oil formulations to reduce stable fly field populations. In collaboration with Microtek Laboratories, Inc., of Dayton, Ohio, the researchers are testing a new granular catnip product that prevents stable flies from laying eggs.

Calcium for blossom end rot

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I read your article about blossom end rot (BER) on tomatoes. All the articles I have read say to give the tomatoes some calcium. It does work, so the rot has nothing to do with watering. I figured a man in your job would know better than to say it is the watering. A: Blossom end rot is a condition that results from insufficient calcium reaching the developing cells between flower fertilization and fruit development. The insufficiency often is the result of an underdeveloped root system that is unable to mine sufficient calcium from the soil. It is stimulated by wide fluctuations in water delivery. It could be watering followed by a dry spell and then a heavy application from a rain event or overzealous irrigation that flushes into the developing cell tissue, causing the rupturing of the developing cell walls. This leads to the rot we see on the blossom end of the fruit. Because the water gets there before the calcium does to be a part of a stronger cell wall, the BER develops. It also can be caused by root damage from too aggressive cultivation around the base of the plants. BER is tied in with some tomato varieties being more susceptible to this abiotic problem than others. In my garden, the paste tomatoes used in making salsa tend to be more susceptible to BER. In a nutshell, you are correct in saying that BER is due to a lack of calcium in the blossom end cells. However, the most common cause of it is in watering fluctuations. I suggest planting tomatoes deeply and mulching them with peat moss to mitigate any watering aberrations. If I am wrong, then I’m in pretty good company. BER information is available at http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1059/ ANR-1059.pdf, http://extension.usu.edu/drought/htm/faq/ faq_q=427 or http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3117. html. Thanks for allowing me to clear up any confusion on this annually occurring problem with our tomatoes and other members of the nightshade family. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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Idaho farmers, ranchers post strong year financially

By University of Idaho Extension News and Events The year 2012 was a year to celebrate for Idaho agriculture, according to the “Financial Condition of Idaho Agriculture: 2012” report by University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences economists. Projected cash receipts from Idaho crops and livestock for farmers and ranchers set a record of $7.7 billion. That is a gain of 5 percent, nearly $400 million, from 2011 projections. Idaho ranks as the West’s fourth largest agricultural state. Net farm income also rose 5 percent, reflecting that strong crop and livestock prices outstripped the rising expenses agricultural producers faced in 2012. “The report shows the strength of Idaho agriculture and its importance to the state,” said John Foltz, who recently was named interim dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. An agricultural economist, Foltz discussed the report in Boise Thursday, January 3, in a presentation to the Idaho Legislature’s Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee. Report co-author Paul Patterson said he expects Idaho agriculture to face a number of challenges during 2013. Crop producers will experience a cost-price squeeze because of persistently high prices for inputs such as fertilizer and fuel they must buy but declining prices for commodities that they sell. Of particular concern is the dairy sector that will continue to struggle with high feed costs, Patterson said. Higher milk prices during the first half of 2013 will improve margins, but higher milk prices are not expected to last. Potato growers will also struggle in 2013, Patterson predicted. Fresh market potato prices will remain substantially below cost of production well into 2013. Milk again rose to the top of Idaho agriculture’s money leaders, generating $2.4 billion. Idaho ranks third nationally in milk production, producing more than 1 billion pounds of milk monthly. The 2 percent increase in production in 2012 offset a 2 percent drop in prices to keep milk receipts essentially level. Cattle and calf sales were strong, generating $1.7 billion. That total was some $350 million or 25 percent higher than in 2011. Livestock receipts overall rose 8 percent to $4.3 billion and represented slightly more than half, 56 percent, of the state’s cash receipts. Crops generated $3.4 billion, a 2 percent increase. Idaho’s top five crops included: • Potatoes, Idaho’s signature crop, generated $957 million, a 4 percent increase. • Wheat generated $796 million, a 4 percent increase. • Hay generated $526 million, a 12 percent decline due mostly to a 4 percent drop in production caused by a cold, wet spring. • Sugarbeets generated $355 million, a 10 percent decline, reflecting a price drop despite higher production. • Barley generated $306 million, a 32 percent increase based on a bigger harvest and strong prices. Idaho’s agricultural producers generated strong returns despite across-the-board increases in expenses for fuel, fertilizer, taxes, land rental and others. While farm revenues from all sources rose to $8.7 billion, a 7 percent or $565 million increase from 2011 projections, expenses rose to $6.1 billion, up 8 percent or $436 million. Net farm income, the difference between revenues and expenses, totaled nearly $2.6 billion, a 5 percent increase from 2011. The report is prepared annually by Ben Eborn, University of Idaho Extension Teton County agricultural extension educator at Driggs; Garth Taylor, economist in the college’s department of agricultural economics and rural sociology at Moscow, and Patterson, University of Idaho Extension agricultural economist at the Idaho Falls Research and Extension Center. The report can be viewed online at http://projweb.cals.uidaho.edu/idahoagbiz/files/2013/01/financialcondition2012. pdf

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I planted asparagus this spring by digging a hole 8 inches deep and then covered them with 2 inches of dirt. As they grew, I covered them with more dirt until the ground was back to its original level. I cut them off at ground level and it took two weeks for them to grow back. Was that a mistake? They are at the point where I could cut them again if that is what should be done. I have been given conflicting advice. One party said to cut them down, while another said not to. What should I do? A: Asparagus needs to produce fern growth each year after being harvested. This carries on photosynthesis for the spears you want to harvest the following spring. No matter who tells you otherwise, don’t cut those down. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ ndsuag/lawns-gardens-trees.

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The all-new BPX9000 Bale Processor from Vermeer combines simplicity, durability and versatility to meet the needs of today’s cattle producers. The easy to operate machine is built tough with a unique, T-style frame, the bed design and offset rotor produce even and consistent feed with minimal maintenance, and an optional large square bale kit to effectively process a variety of bales. The BPX9000’s slat and chain bed and positive bale feeding improve bale rotation, feeding bales more consistently into the rotor, while reducing the need for operators to reverse rotation of the bale when feeding. The split shaft in the bed allows for easier maintenance without removing the entire bed, and long-lasting bushings in the bed are resistant to net and twine wrapping. In addition, the bale processor’s offset rotor feeds material with less slugging, for a consistent cut length and higher quality feed. With exclusive cut control bars in combination with the self-cleaning rotor, excessive build-up of net and twine on the drum is eliminated. The rotor can also be manually cleaned, with easy access. The BPX9000 has no welds or gussets at high stress points for enhanced durability. The optional large square bale kit gives producers the flexibility to process both round and square bales, with offset loader forks to position square bales to the right side of the processor and a sidewall that lowers to effectively process square bales.

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2001 Haybuster 256 Plus II.......$6500 2001 Haybuster 256 Plus II.......$6500 2004 High-Line 6800...............$12,500

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Napiergrass: A potential biofuel crop for the sunny southeast

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Colie and Dorinda Bass man their booth at the MAGIE Show. The show is held every year at the fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana.

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By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet its future energy needs, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist. Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum) is fairly droughttolerant, grows well on marginal lands, and filters nutrients out of runoff in riparian areas, according to William Anderson, a geneticist in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit in Tifton, Georgia. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of developing new sources of bioenergy.   Government mandates call for production of up to 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022. While much of that will come from grain ethanol, 21 billion gallons is expected to be derived from other crop-based feedstocks. As part of a nationwide search for alternatives, Anderson and his colleagues compared napiergrass with several other candidate feedstocks in a study to see how they would fare in head-to-head competition. The researchers grew energy cane, napiergrass, switchgrass and giant reed for four years and compared biomass yields and soil nutrient requirements. Joseph Knoll, a post-doctoral researcher in Anderson’s laboratory, led the research effort. The team included Timothy Strickland and Robert Hubbard, ARS scientists with the agency’s Southeast Watershed Research Unit in Tifton, and Ravindra Malik of Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. With sunny skies and long growing seasons, farms and forests in the Southeastern United States are expected to play a major role in providing biofuel crops. The researchers’ findings, along with others, show that napiergrass could be a viable biofuel crop in the Southeast’s southern tier. It is not as cold-tolerant as switchgrass, but does offer advantages, such as continuing to produce biomass until the first frost. The research results have been published in BioEnergy Research. The researchers are continuing to study napiergrass with an eye toward improving yields, usable fiber content, and disease resistance. They are also evaluating production systems that use chicken litter, synthetic fertilizer, and winter cover crops, as well as different irrigation levels, harvest times and planting dates. Preliminary findings in those studies show yields are sufficient without irrigation, and that there is little difference in yield when poultry litter is used instead of synthetic fertilizers.

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TRACTORS

6000, 7000, 8000 or 9000 Series John Deere 3% for 60 months, 30% down payment needed 1985 John Deere 4050 11,954 hours. #9911. (1)..............$41,000 2004 John Deere 7820 4183 hours. #10350. (1)....................$129,500 2006 John Deere 8130 5769 hours. #29540. (1)....................$117,500 #37969 2012 John Deere 9510R 259 hours. 2004 John Deere 9520T 4185 hours. #39799. (1)....................$302,500 #37969. (6)....................$165,500 2012 John Deere 9510R 245 hours. 2011 John Deere 9430 359 hours. #39802. (1)....................$302,500 #10113. (7)....................$245,000 2010 John Deere 9530 1330 hours. 2007 John Deere 2320 450 hours. #9350. (2)......................$263,500 #22291. (7)......................$13,900 2000 John Deere 8110 9376 hours. 1990 John Deere 4555 11,758 #10028. (2)......................$69,000 hours. #26618. (7)............$30,000 2007 John Deere 4720 737 hours. 2010 John Deere 8320R 1299 #10136. (2)......................$26,500 hours. #38272. (7)..........$229,000 1983 John Deere 8450 articulated, 2007 John Deere 9620 4WD, 3285 12,089 hours. #39347. (3).$25,000 hours. #39096. (7)..........$199,000 1993 John Deere 6200 4007 hours. 2006 John Deere 9620 4WD, 2754 #22496. (4)......................$15,000 hours, #39453. (7).........$177,000

DISKS

#22638 2010 John Deere 8270R 1489 hours. #22638. (5)..........$179,500 1995 John Deere 8200 4950 hours. #13767. (6)......................$72,500

#26743 2009 John Deere 637 disk. #26743. (6)....................................$49,500 2010 John Deere 637 disk. #26757. (7)....................................$77,500

HEADERS

#38655 2011 John Deere 612C corn head. #38655. (2)......................$79,500 2011 John Deere 612C corn head. #38876. (3)......................$82,800 2002 John Deere 612C corn head. #38877. (3)......................$82,800 John Deere 893 corn head. #29528. (4)....................................$22,500 2008 John Deere 612 corn head. #38854. (5)......................$58,500 2010 John Deere 612 corn head. #26762. (6)......................$69,500 2004 John Deere 1293 corn head. #38196. (6)......................$38,000 2010 John Deere 608 corn head. #22085. (7)......................$51,000 2009 John Deere 612 corn head. #26544. (7)......................$52,500 2009 John Deere 612 corn head. #26546. (7)......................$52,500 2003 John Deere 893 corn head. #26717. (7)......................$24,500 2010 John Deere 612 corn head. #26753. (7)......................$64,500 2009 John Deere 608C corn head. #38694. (7)......................$48,500 2004 John Deere 893 corn head. #38727. (7)......................$28,500 2005 John Deere 630F flex head. #9772. (1)........................$27,000 2005 John Deere 630F flex head. #38078. (1)......................$25,000 2006 John Deere 630F flex head. #38145. (2)......................$26,000 2010 John Deere 635 flex platform. #22145. (7)......................$33,500 2010 John Deere 635 flex platform. #22146. (7)......................$33,500 2010 John Deere 635 flex platform. #22147. (7)......................$33,500 2010 John Deere 635 flex platform. #22329. (7)......................$35,900 2005 John Deere 635F flex header. #29537. (4)......................$22,500 2004 John Deere 630F flex platform. #10012. (1)......................$28,000 2009 John Deere 635 header. #22396. (4)......................$24,500

#22584 2002 John Deere 930 header. #22584. (5).........................$6750 2004 John Deere 630 header. #32320. (6)......................$17,000 2004 John Deere 630 header. #32375. (6)......................$16,500 2005 John Deere 630 header. #32435. (6)......................$19,900 2007 John Deere 635 header. #26614. (7)......................$22,000 2009 John Deere 995 platform. #38017. (1)......................$20,500 John Deere 930R platform head. #9876. (2)...........................$7500 2004 John Deere 635 platform. #38705. (5)......................$19,900 2003 John Deere 930 platform. #38589. (7)......................$15,500 2008 Shelbourne CVS32 header. #38648. (2)......................$35,000

#38223

Shelbourne CX84 header. #38233. (3)....................................$16,000

SPRAYERS

2011 John Deere 4940 449 hours. #39204. (1)....................$304,500

#39474 2010 John Deere 4930 2600 hours. #39474. (2)....................$209,000 2011 John Deere 4940 358 hours. #39203. (3)....................$304,500

COMBINES

1.9% for 60 months or Free 12 month waiver 30% down payment needed

#9761 2004 John Deere 9660 1686 hours. #9761. (1)......................$100,000 2010 John Deere 9770S 479 hours. #10177. (1)....................$250,000 2011 John Deere 9670S 268 hours. #13768. (1)....................$270,000 1991 John Deere 9500 6600 hours. #38064. (1)......................$25,000 2008 John Deere 9770 STS 1308 hours. #9716. (2)...........$170,000 2005 John Deere 9760S 1949 hours. #9760. (2)...........$110,000 2009 John Deere 9870 1040 hours. #26750. (2)....................$220,000 2005 John Deere 9660STS 1911 hours. #38946. (2).........$120,000 1990 John Deere 9600 5493 hours. #39229. (2)......................$20,000 2008 John Deere 9770STS 1497 hours. #9714. (3)...........$162,000 2008 John Deere 9770STS 1185 hours. #9715. (3)...........$175,000 2008 John Deere 9670 1263 hours. #22613. (5)....................$189,500 2008 John Deere 9770 1383 hours. #22656. (5)....................$199,000 2009 John Deere 9670 1015 hours. #32443. (6)....................$180,000 2009 John Deere 9570 711 hours. #32507. (6)....................$190,000 2009 John Deere 9870 1249 hours. #21887. (7)....................$183,500 2008 John Deere 9770 1118 hours. #21994. (7)....................$175,000 2007 John Deere 9760 1634 hours. #22110. (7)....................$135,000 2008 John Deere 9770 1261 hours. #26702. (7)....................$165,000 2010 John Deere 9870 902 hours. #26759. (7)....................$253,000 2010 John Deere 9870 927 hours. #26760. (7)....................$253,000 2010 John Deere 9870 1293 hours. #26803. (7)....................$247,500 2004 John Deere 9760 2204 hours. #29393. (7)....................$110,000 2001 John Deere 9650 3193 hours. #38588. (7)......................$92,500

ROUND BALERS

1.9% for 48 months, 30% down payment needed 2007 John Deere 568 10,976 bales. #7177. (1)........................$25,000 2003 John Deere 567 16,814 bales. #9834. (1)........................$18,000 2006 John Deere 567 12,818 bales. #10015. (1)......................$20,000 2007 John Deere 568 15,217 bales. #10324. (1)......................$17,500 2007 John Deere 568 14,000 bales. #10330. (1)......................$25,500 2001 John Deere 567 23,000 bales. #10368. (1)......................$15,000 2005 John Deere 567 9300 bales. #9956. (2)........................$24,500 2006 John Deere 457 9411 bales. #9993. (3)........................$13,000 2003 John Deere 567 22,330 bales. #10457. (3)......................$15,000 1998 John Deere 566 12,541 bales. #10248. (4)......................$11,500 2009 John Deere 568 7000 bales. #29488. (4)......................$24,000 2008 John Deere 568 17,000 bales. #38021. (7)......................$24,500

MOWER CONDITIONER 2005 John Deere 956 #38111. (1).... 2002 John Deere 956 #29539. (4)... ........................................$15,500 ........................................$18,000

2009 John Deere 9630 4WD

1439 hours, 70% rubber - some stubble damage, 530 hp., powershift, duals, guidance ready, 48 gpm hydraulic pump, heavy duty gudgeon bearing, differential lock, instructional seat, active seat, 800/70R38 tires, Xenon lighting, ground speed radar sensor, weight: front 2800 lbs., rear 4950

51-ft., 9” spacing, double shoot, all run blockage, tow between 3450 tank SN# 114135C-1004, steel packers, dual fans.

Bloomfield “Special of the Month” $17,000 Cash

Philip “Special of the Month” $69,500

#29474

John Deere 7200 Planter

#10152

1997 New Holland 9682 4WD

6557 hours, duals at 80%, 12-speed transmission, no PTO or 3-pt., unit has a performance monitor, tractor is a good looking and running unit, been shedded.

12 row with fertilizer, vacuum, finger row cleaners, piston pump, extensions on 1.6 bushel box, Duo Rate, 200 monitor, single DSK fertilizer openers, narrow transport.

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Hartington “Special of the Month”

$93,500 $10,000

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2008 Harvest International

13x82 auger, hydraulic power hopper swing.

#22615

2004 John Deere 1770NT

CCS Pro Unit planter, 24 row, 30” spacing, flex fold frame, vacuum metering system, 1.6 bushel hopper, fold over marker automatic, rubber tire closing wheels, hi-flotation tires 4 11x22.5, seed tube with AccuCount sensor, 2-pt. hitch.

WINDROWERS

2004 John Deere 4995 2398 hours. #38018. (1)......................$65,500 2009 John Deere 4895 1127 hours. #39039. (1)......................$72,500 2006 John Deere 4895 1758 hours. #39041. (1)......................$65,000

Wayne “Special of the Month” $165,000

#21979

2005 John Deere 9520T

2110 engine hours, 36” track size, True Ground Speed Radar sensor, 26 front mounted weights, wide swing drawbar. Nice Looking Unit We Want To Move!

AIR DRILLS & CARTS

3% for 60 months, 30% down payment needed 2002 John Deere 1890 air drill. #8111 with John Deere 1910 air cart. #8112. (1)..............$105,000 2007 John Deere 1890 air drill. #8443 with John Deere 1910 air cart. #8444. (1)................$80,000 #9060 & #9061 PLANTERS 2004 John Deere 1890 air drill. 3% for 60 months #9060 with John Deere 1910 tow between air cart. #9061 (3).......... John Deere 7000 #38361. (1)........... ........................................$88,000 ........................................$13,000 2011 John Deere 1770 #39516. (1).. 2009 John Deere 1890 air drill. #7495. (1)........................$68,000 ......................................$101,000 2007 John Deere 1770N #38944. 2005 John Deere 1890 air drill. #9877. (1)........................$82,000 (3)....................................$85,000 1990 John Deere 7200 #29474. (4).. 2008 John Deere 1895 air drill. #10314. (2)....................$136,000 ........................................$17,000 2010 John Deere 1890 air drill. #39210. (7)......................$85,000

#38714 2004 John Deere 1770 #38714. (4).. #39730 ........................................$44,500 2011 John Deere 1990 air drill. 2010 John Deere 1770 #22550 (5)... #39730. (7)......................$95,000 ......................................$145,900 2006 John Deere 1790 #32537. (6).. 2011 John Deere 1990 air drill. #39738. (7)......................$90,000 ........................................$99,500 1999 John Deere 1770 #26627. (7).. 2006 John Deere 1990 air drill. #39585. (7)......................$75,000 ........................................$30,000

SOUTH DAKOTA (1) Winner, SD (605) 842-2040 (2) Pierre, SD (605) 224-1631 (3) Philip, SD (605) 859-2636

NEBRASKA (7) Wayne, NE (402) 375-3325 (4) Bloomfield, NE (402) 373-4449 (5) Hartington, NE (402) 254-3908 (6) Laurel, NE (402) 256-3221

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TRACTOR & BALE CHOPPER FOR SALE Case 1570 tractor, 7408 hours................$6500 obo NDE 1652 bale chopper, used very little. Excellent condition..................................................$17,500 Will sell separately or as a unit.

Call 406-257-5057 or 406-250-2094

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Educators, specialist honored for performance

By University of Wyoming Extension A Natrona County University of Wyoming (UW) Extension educator has received extension’s most prestigious award, and two others received newer employee and creative excellence honors. Karla Case, a nutrition and food safety educator was presented the Jim DeBree Excellence in Cooperative Extension Award in Laramie November 7, during extension’s annual training conference. The award, honoring the retired extension administrator, is given to those who demonstrate a high level of professional performance and leadership within their program areas and communities. Nominations noted Case’s ability to work well with others, collaboration in creative efforts and providing innovative and inspiring contributions. Case is also the Cent$ible Nutrition Program coordinator for the county. A registered dietician, Case joined UW Extension in 2006. Vision, finesse and confidence helped Jennifer Jacobsen receive the organization’s Newer Employee Recognition Award. Jacobsen, a nutrition and food safety educator based in Jackson, serves Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton and Uinta counties. “She is an example of an outstanding educator and exemplifies enthusiasm, professionalism, creativity and a strong work ethic,” wrote one nominator. “She continuously looks for new ways to serve and educate in the western area, and provides successful programming in and outside of Teton County,” said another. Jacobsen began her position in 2009. Creating and enhancing client websites and delivering creative and impressive projects has earned website designer and developer Ann Tanaka the Creative Excellence Recognition Award. Tanaka, in the Office of Communications and Technology in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Laramie, was recognized for her commitment to improving extension’s Web presence. “In a very short time, Ann has transformed extension’s Web presence from static pages to an interactive experience,” wrote a nominator. Wrote another, “Ann approaches each project with a curiosity to learn something new, persistence to make the current better and determination to deliver a product that reflects the desires of her clientele. Her ideas and creativity in building and improving websites always exceed my expectations.” Tanaka joined UW Extension in 2011. MONTANA BAKER Trendline, Inc. 406-778-3777 BILLINGS Billings Farmhand, Inc. 406-259-4223 BROADUS MT Tractor & Equipment 406-436-2101 CONRAD Big Sky Equipment Company 406-278-3277 GLASGOW Zerbe Brothers 800-228-5393, 406-228-4311 GREAT FALLS Hoven Equipment Company 406-727-7153 HILGER Wichman Ag Supply LLC 406-538-5686 MANHATTAN Churchill Equipment Company 406-282-7252, 800-488-3753

Vermeer® Super M Series Balers. Raise your expectations on the quality of the package, the density of the bale, the ease of the operation and the smooth, dependable bale wrapping process.

Vermeer R2800 TwinRakes. Smooth, quiet, gentle handling. Up to 28' (8.53 m) raking widths; 2.5' (.76 m) - 7' (2.13 m) windrows. Hydraulically adjustable windrow widths, basket lift/fold/unfold. Field to transport in minutes. Now with optional Powered Splitter.

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Our Sunday drive

Two dear old friends took turns every Sunday driving around the town where they had grown up. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. Although the light turned red, they rolled right on through. The passenger thought to herself, “Well, it must have been safe, I suppose.” At the very next light, the exact same thing happened, only this time they had a narrow miss with another car! The passenger was sure they were in the wrong but wasn’t certain what to say. At the very next intersection, the light was red even before they got to it, but her friend drove right through again, just as she had the other two. This time the woman in the passenger seat had had enough. “Stella, you just ran three red lights in a row! You could have killed us both!” Stella turned to her and said, “Oh, my! Am I driving?”

Feed costs challenging for pork producers

By NDSU Extension Service This could be a challenging year for pork producers, according to David Newman, the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service’s swine specialist. One major issue will be feed costs. A projected increase in pork production in 2013 means producers will need more feed at a time when drought continues to be a problem in major corn-producing states, a large portion of the U.S. corn crop is being exported or used to produce ethanol, and other feedstuffs may not be available in sufficient quantities or at reasonable prices, Newman says. Ultimately, the bigger demand for feed will drive up feed costs. The demand for pork needs to increase at high levels domestically and globally to support this increased volume of pork being produced, Newman says. Also, he advises producers to continue to manage margins and use good production practices. “Benchmarking performance, managing animal health, improving feed efficiency and focusing on good pig management are critical,” he says. “The current financial staying power among pork producers is a reflection of good business practices.” Fewer sows producing larger number of pigs per litter in the U.S. is one example of good pig management, according to Newman. The national average from June to August 2012 was a little more than 10 pigs per litter, compared with an average of a little less than nine pigs per litter a decade ago. “Good management also is responsible for the recent increase in 2013 pork production estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the number of sows planned to farrow in the first half of 2013 is down 1 percent,” Newman says. To help offset the high production numbers and reduce feed costs, corn-producing regions need sufficient rainfall this spring and summer, he contends. “The likelihood that record acres of corn will be planted is high, so a good growing season could help change the corn supply and drive down feed costs,” he says.

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The advertising deadlines for the Trader's Dispatch are FRIDAY BEFORE the 1st Monday of the month.

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CRP MIXES

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• VitaLix protein tubs

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The all-new BPX9000 Bale Processor from Vermeer combines simplicity, durability and versatility to meet the needs of today’s cattle producers. The easy to operate machine is built tough with a unique, T-style frame, the bed design and offset rotor produce even and consistent feed with minimal maintenance, and an optional large square bale kit includes enhancements to effectively process a variety of bales. The BPX9000 is built to maximize bale processing and minimize operator stress. The BPX9000’s slat and chain bed and positive bale feeding improve bale rotation, feeding bales more consistently into the rotor, while reducing the need for operators to reverse rotation of the bale when feeding. The split shaft in the bed allows for easier maintenance without removing the entire bed, and long-lasting bushings in the bed are resistant to net and twine wrapping. In addition, the bale processor’s offset rotor feeds material with less slugging, for a consistent cut length and higher quality feed. With exclusive cut control bars in combination with the self-cleaning rotor, excessive build-up of net and twine on the drum is eliminated. The rotor can also be manually cleaned, with easy access through a side-access door.

Big Sky Equipment Toll-free 1-800-332-7541 or Conrad local 278-3277

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USED TRACTORS

USED SPRAYERS

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1979 Versatile 855 tractor, Topcon auto steer. Shape is excellent, always stored inside............. $32,500 Versatile 700 4WD, 855 Cummins engine (rebuilt).. .......................................................... Just Traded 1993 Case IH 8820 windrower, 21-ft. shiftable draper 2011 Apache 1020, 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. boom, header, 775 hours.................................... $21,900 Envisio Pro Smart Trax, Auto Boom Ultra Glide, Hesston 6450 swather, 14-ft. hay header, 21-ft. accuboom, eductor, low hours............... $175,000 draper header........................................... $12,900 John Deere 580 pull-type windrower, 25-ft. draper.. .................................................................... $4995

Let’s Deal Massey Ferguson 165 2WD, 3-pt., 540 PTO, loader, bucket.......................................................... $6995

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USED AIR DRILLS

Concord 4010 air drill, tow behind 3000 tank with hydraulic fan............................................. $19,900 Morris Maxim II air drill, 49-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, carbide points, 7300 Morris tow between air cart, 8” auger....................................... $65,000

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Case IH RB564 round baler, net/twine, wide pickup. Extremely low bale count, like new.......... $38,250

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Case IH RBX563 round baler, net/twine, wide pickup, large tires................................................. $22,900

2010 Apache 715, 750 gallon tank, 60/90-ft. boom, SCS5000 Raven Auto Rate, eductor, low hours... ............................................................... $135,000 Case IH SRX160 suspended boom 132-ft. sprayer, Raven Auto Rate, 1600 gallon tank, 4 ball valves, induction cone.......................................... $36,500 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 120-ft. wheel boom........................................................ $19,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. wheel boom, Auto Rate, 2 sets of nozzles.......... $19,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon water tank, 90-ft. booms, Auto-Rate, foam marker, rinse tank............................ $34,500 Flexi-Coil System 67XL wheel boom sprayer with 110-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, Flexi-Control, excellent....................................................... $19,900

USED COMBINES

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MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

Valmar 3255 granular applicator. Previously mounted on Flexi-Coil System 85 heavy harrow. Very good condition...................................................... $2995 Mayrath 8x60 grain auger, swing hopper, PTO drive............................................................ $3995

2003 Case IH 2388 combine, rock trap, low hours... ...................................................................Just In

USED VEHICLES

1976 International 1600 cab/chassis with service body, PTO hydraulics, hydraulic crane, air compressor with large capacity tank, extra fuel tank, gin pole crane with winch. An excellent field service unit. Asking $17,900..............Reduced to $15,250

USED INDUSTRIAL

Vermeer 605L round baler, 6x5 bales, twine, floatation tires. Very good condition......................... $12,900 Vermeer 605F round baler, twine.................... $1995 1992 New Holland 660 round baler, Bale Command, net wrap...................................................... $8995

1980 IHC 412B 11-yard elevating scraper with good NEW & USED HEADERS rubber. Excellent maintenance and ready to work. 2002 Case IH 1042 36-ft. draper header..... $34,500 ................................................................. $24,900 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport................................................... $72,500 1994 Case IH 1688 combine. Reconditioned.$47,500 1995 Case IH 1010 15-ft. pickup header, Victory at- 1987 Case IH 1680 combine, International engine, rock trap, 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel..... $32,500 tachment..................................................... $8995 Case IH 1015 pickup header, Rake-up attachment.. .................................................................... $9750 International 810 13-ft. pickup header, Rake-up raking pickup. Very little use............................. $8995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header with Sund attachment.................................................. $2995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header less attachon custom-made round ment............................................................ $1495 baler belts and swather canvas. We also repair Massey 1859 13-ft. pickup head less attachment..... (2) Gleaner R60 combines with 30-ft. headers. round baler belts. Each......................................................... $15,000 ...................................................................... $995

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After Hours call: Gary Brown Res. 278-3373 Mobile phone 788-9033 Kurt Christiaens Res. 279-3486 Mobile phone 450-3277

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WANTED

John Deere 9400 drills, 40 - 50-ft, 10” spacing, transport hitch and steel packer wheels.

Off-station spring barley trial results continued from page c18

Phone 406-781-1231, Brady, MT

PICKUP FOR SALE 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty AT V10, club cab, short box. Phone 406-799-6923

BALER & STRAW FOR SALE

2004 John Deere 567, twine, excellent condition, new sprockets & chains, always shedded until last year, good belts........ $14,000 obo Clean wheat straw 6-ft x 5-ft 6” round bales. Each............... $25

Call Ben @ 406-546-7952, Saint Ignatius, MT

COMBINES and HEADERS

2012 Case IH 7120 260 hours, lateral tilt, chopper, duals, 2412 35-ft. heads....................... $272,000 vs. $289,000 2007 Case IH 2588 grain loss monitor, AFS yield and moisture monitor, AFS Pro 600 color touch screen, AFX speciality rotor, bin extension, 30.5x32, 25-ft. auger header...................................................................... $147,500 Case IH 2388 with grain loss monitor, AFS yield/moisture monitor, chopper, spreader, bin extension, rock trap, field tracker, AFX specialty rotor. 1010 25-ft. header with fore/aft. 1531/1218 hours................................. $135,500 Case IH 2188 with rock trap, Specialty Rotor, 6” axle extensions, bin extension, spreader. 1010 25-ft. header with fore/aft. 2310/2795 hours................................... $52,500 2011 John Deere 9770 STS 345 hours, Contour Master, chopper, spreader, bin extension, duals........... $229,900 2010 John Deere 9770 STS 549 hours, Contour Master chopper, spreader, bin extension, duals........... $215,900 John Deere 9760 STS Contour Master, rock trap, bin extension, chopper, John Deere 630R 30-ft auger header, fore/aft.1 owner. 1477/2009 hours................... $134,900 John Deere 9650 STS with 25-ft auger header, duals, 1901/2725 hours on new Reman engine with 287 hours. Very clean.......................................................... $97,000 Honey Bee SP 36-ft. header, draper. Good condition......... ........................................................................... $34,500

TRACTORS & BACKHOE Case IH Magnum 245 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 380/80/38, 380/54 duals. 3238 hours................................. $106,900 Case IH MX230 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 4 remotes, 18.4x46 duals, end of row, differential lock, quick hitch, weights.. ........................................................................... $59,900 Case IH Magnum 215 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 320x54 duals, Radar, creeper gear, differential lock, 5 remotes. 2302 hours.................................................................. $98,500 Case IH Puma 195 3 point, PTO, 3 remotes, 18.4x42 duals, creeper gear, differential lock, LX770 loader, bucket........................................................................ $75,900

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Studies show biosolids can boost soil phosphorus levels for years

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service amendment from a biosolid processed either Treated wastewater solids called biosolvia high heat, additions of lime, anaerobic ids are sometimes used by farmers to boost digestion, or air drying. The amendments, soil nutrient levels. Now research by a U.S. which were applied at several different Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist rates to the soils, had taken place from 16 provides new information about how long to 24 years earlier during previous studies those plant nutrients remain after biosolids on biosolids. As part of the earlier work, the have been applied to the soil. fields had been cropped after the biosolids This work was conducted by Agricultural had been added, so the biosolid nutrients in Research Service (ARS) agronomist Eton the experimental fields had been available Codling, and supports the USDA priority of for crop uptake for at least 16 years before promoting international food security. ARS is Codling began his research. USDA’s chief intramural scientific research Codling observed that phosphorus levels agency. were generally higher in the biosolid-amendBiosolids used in agricultural production ed soils than in soils that didn’t receive the have been processed to kill pathogens, and amendments. This strongly indicated that soltheir use is strictly regulated to ensure that uble phosphorus levels in biosolid-amended the materials don’t harm the environment, soils could exceed typical plant requirements human health or animal health. Farmers who for years after biosolids were added. follow pre- and post-application manageCodling, who works at the ARS Environment regulations can obtain permits to apply mental Management and Byproduct Utilizabiosolids to fields where food and feed crops tion Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, also are grown. noted that phosphorus solubility varied with Codling measured mineral levels in three the biosolid type and application level. different soils that had received a single

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Fighting back against citrus greening

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Fort Pierce, Florida are helping citrus growers and juice processors address the threat posed by Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease that is costing the citrus industry millions of dollars each year. Citrus trees infected with HLB, also called citrus greening, usually die within five to 10 years. Fruit on infected trees often falls to the ground before harvest, and fruit that remains on trees may become misshapen and sometimes only partially ripen. Supervisory horticulturalist Elizabeth Baldwin with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Fort Pierce is investigating the effects of HLB on the taste of orange juice produced from diseased trees. Her goal is to provide help while a permanent solution is found. She and her colleagues at the agency’s U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory evaluated fruit with or without HLB symptoms—produced over two growing seasons—for a number of fruit and juice characteristics. They compared Midsweet, Hamlin, and Valencia oranges, the three principal varieties harvested for processing, and used gas and liquid chromatography to analyze juice compounds. They found that orange juice from the fruit with HLB symptoms was often higher in limonin and nomilin, compounds that can give the juice a bitter taste, but that the compounds were generally below levels that could be detected by human taste panels. Their results were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. In another study, they investigated how HLB infection affects juice quality in the same three varieties of orange with respect to cultivar, maturity, and processing methods. The results showed tremendous variability, depending on the harvest date and variety of orange. In general, the researchers found more of a problem with off-flavored juice from diseased Hamlin orange trees than with diseased trees of the Valencia and Midsweet varieties. But the researchers concluded that using some fruit that has HLB symptoms would not cause problems in commercial operations as long as fruit with and without symptoms, harvested from several varieties, locations, and seasons, was mixed together. Those results were published in the Journal of Food Science. ARS is the USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA goal of promoting international food security.

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Located in Wyoming: 1998 Volvo truck 2012 GR 25-ft. flatbed trailer DewEze 565-ST bale slicer 900 C tub grinder 1998 Chevy 3500 pickup 1991 Chevy 2500 pickup Kirchner track closer (2) Haybuster 256 bale processors International 4-bottom plow Tiger MPV truck Farmall M tractor LA Hub Mfg. livestock chute Gehl G1056 running gear Located in Montana:

1975 Steiger Cougar 11 4x4 tractor

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 633 lots selling on this auction!

Located in Wyoming: 1991 Kenworth semi dump truck 1995 Dynaweld drop deck trailer 1972 Cat 613 scraper Orbit Screener portable screening plant 2006 Delta flatbed trailer 1965 Ranger flatbed gooseneck trailer Rhino SM60 Bush Hog skid steer attachment Located in Montana: Cat CB-334E vibratory roller packer 2001 SEI pump dump trailer 1989 Peterbilt 379 dump truck 1989 Clements 3AT13106X pup dump trailer DuAl 3600 QC loader 1990 Peterbilt 379 day cab truck 16-ft. steep dump box

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 478 lots selling on this auction!

Located in Wyoming: International 3500 Series A backhoe 1975 Case 1070 tractor John Deere Type 00534 10-ft. blade Located in Colorado: John Deere 544C wheel loader Agco Allis 9635 tractor Hesston 1340 mower Husky box scraper Graco 390 electric paint sprayer Located in Idaho:

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TRUCK SCALE FOR SALE 100-ft. x 13-ft., 200 ton, 4 sections, electromechanical $13,000 obo

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1992 Ford F250 4x4, cab and chassis, 5 speed, weak motor.

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Food Processing Center offers seminar for food business entrepreneurs By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Food manufacturing businesses conThe program consists of two phases. tinue to develop throughout the country. The first phase is the Recipe to Reality The Food Processing Center at the Uniseminar, which helps attendees underversity of Nebraska-Lincoln provides the stand how the food industry works, the nationally recognized Food Entrepreneur challenges they will encounter and the Assistance Program, which is specifically decisions they should make before startdesigned to assist individuals who want ing a business. Following the seminar to start a food business. attendees may choose to enter the second phase, Product to Profit. During this phase attendees receive individualized assistance through all the steps of starting their food business. The next Recipe to Reality seminar will be presented on March 16. “The Food Entrepreneur Program was started by the Food Processing Center in 1989. Since that time over 2,000 individuals have attended the Recipe to Reality Seminar. As a result hundreds of entrepreneurs have started their own food business,” said Jill Gifford, program manager. Cindi Weiss, owner of Punkindoodle Foods in Lincoln, is among those entrepreneurs. She completed the program less than one year ago and is now successfully marketing her line of salsas throughout the state. “Every year at the Nebraska State Fair I saw a posting for the upcoming Recipe to Reality seminar. When my window of opportunity opened I took the one day seminar and knew right then and there that the Food Processing Center was very knowledgeable and would be an incredible guide for me in my quest to bring my salsa to market. It is such a tried and true program, and it helped me every step of the way to do things thoroughly, correctly, and safely. The program kept me on the right road and I’m so grateful that it also helped me to avoid costly mistakes. At completion of the program I was able to order my first production and began selling my salsa the day after I took delivery! I cannot imagine starting a small business without the encouragement and expertise that is provided through this amazing program,” explained Weiss. Recipe to Reality seminars are offered throughout the year. Pre-registration for the March 16 session or others is required. To register or to receive an information packet, contact Gifford at: Food Processing Center, University of NebraskaLincoln, 143 Filley Hall, Lincoln, Neb., 68583-0928; • Tyler 8-ton fertilizer spreader • Stainless steel phone 402-472-2819; email, jgifford1@unl.edu, or check out details on the Web at Buy or Lease To Own /yr - oac www.fpc.unl.edu.

1979 Chevy C70

$3900

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Fertilizer Equipment For Sale 2005 Rogator 1064 fertilizer sprayer, Cat engine, 1100 gallon stainless steel tank, 90-ft. booms, 2403 hours............................. $111,000 2007 Freightliner, Auto Shifter, 16-ton Wilmar tender with tip tops....................... $66,000

2008 Case Big HP 3520 3 bin with Raven/Viper controller, 1900 hours.............. ................................................. $168,000

2002 Peterbilt 379, ISX Cummins, 475 hp, 10 speed.......... .................................. $28,500

1999 International DT 530, snow plow and sanding bed... .................................. $34,500

1983 Freightliner with Tyler 16 ton tender............. $19,500

1989 Peterbilt 377 11L Detroit, 10 speed.............$11,500

1997 Ag Chem with John Deere TerraShift automatic, 70-ft. air booms......... $38,500

2007 Case Big HP 4520 with Raven/Viper controller, hydraulic autosteer, 2700 hours. ................................ $162,000

2007 Case 4520, Raven Viper controller/guidance, variable rate, 2 bin with chemical bin, 70-ft. booms, 4000 hrs...........$154,000

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

Willmar Wrangler diesel, bucket, 4300 hours.... $15,500 1999 Willmar 24-ton semi trailer......................... $36,500

1995 International Silver Wheels, 10 speed, 1800 gallon stainless steel liquid system, 3500 hours........ $35,000

2000 Wrangler, buckets and forks, 2700 hours....... $18,500 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

1999 Loral DT530, autoshift, Air Max 5 bed, 5700 hours..... 2006 Loral 6300 570 auto.................................. $51,000 matic with AirMax 1000 bed, 2200 hours...............$119,000

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

1989 GMC semi-float with 8-ton Wilmar bed....... $21,000

2007 Case 4020 with Smart Track, AutoSteer, Raven Viper controller, 70-ft. booms, 1940 hours....................... $167,000

1991 Loral DT466, automatic, 3020 NewLeader bed, DickeyJohn controller........... $28,000

1995 Loral with New Leader 5-ton tub blender on scale...... 3020 G4 bed, Viper controls... ..................................... $7500 .................................. $38,500 Doyle 8-ton blender on scale with new auger, 40 hp motor $18,500

1997 Freightliner with 3000 gallon propane tank, new test. .................................. $33,000

10 trucks in service with pumps, hose reels and meters from $26,000 to $32,000

1978 Clark 55 with 2-yard bucket........................ $12,500 2002 International Silver Wheels, DT 466, automatic, 10-ton stainless steel bed, Raven monitor, 2300 hours......... .................................. $58,500

1997 International 3000 gallon propane truck, diesel, in service....................... $31,000

1996 Mertz 4300, 3208 Cat 1994 GMC 3116 Cat automat- auto, 2-bin or 2 types of fertilic, New Leader 2220 bed....... izer system, you don’t need a .................................. $35,000 blender with this........ $37,000

NH3 20-ft. train, 265 psi, 4200 and 4500 gallon......... $15,000

Greyn Fertilizer Supply

1999 Ag Chem with air spreader box, 70-ft. booms, 49000 hours.............. $68,000

Your full service fertilizer dealer.

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

Larry Greyn Vern Greyn Eric Greyn Choteau 466-5356 Dutton 476-3402 Valier 279-3255

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The deadline for phoning in advertising for the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

Can we rebuild the cowherd? Part 2

By Dr. Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Check our web site: A dramatic jump in demand for corn, which began in late 2006, has resulted in sharply higher prices for all crops in mttractors.com the US. A simple average across the eight major cultivated crops shows that 2012 crop year prices are expected to be 165 percent higher than in 2005. This has provoked intense John Deere 7330 Premium MFWD, competition among crops for land resources with crop market 3-pt., PowrQuad, LH reverser, JD prices doing short-term battle each year for acreage to plant. 741SL loader, 1900 hours.....$99,500 John Deere 8420 MFWD, Power Shift, 3-pt., weights and duals, 5200 2008 John Deere 7230 Premium The epicenter of this crop frenzy is naturally in the Midwest hours...................................$99,500 MFWD, PowrQuad, 741 loader, and is reflected in the phenomenal jump in land values and bucket, grapple...................$91,000 rental rates in the region. Longer-term impacts on land use are also expected as a John Deere 4255 MFWD, Power Shift, 3-pt., 7600 hours................$34,500 result of this new agricultural environment. Though data 1988 John Deere 4050 MFWD, Power is limited, there are strong indications that these long term Shift, 3-pt. Excellent............$30,000 changes have begun and they have significant implications for the beef cattle industry. The 2007 Natural Resources InAllied Loaders Available ventory (NRI) showed that in addition to 305 million acres John Deere 4255 MFWD, Power Shift, of cultivated cropland, an additional 119 million acres are new Allied loader with 102” bucket WHEAT STRAW FOR SALE used for pasture along with 52 million acres of non-cultivated and joy stick. 8400 hours....$46,000 rounds bales- twine tied John Deere 4250 MFWD, Power Shift, John Deere 4255 MFWD, Power Shift, cropland (mostly permanent hay). These 171 million acres approximately 1000 pounds 3-pt., 6800 hours. Very nice..$35,500 3-pt., 7700 hours. Nice........$30,000 of pasture and “hay” land are arable, meaning they can be farmed. A majority of these acres occur in an around the Call (406) 777-3000 or 370-6362 or 240-1575, Stevensville, MT Email: penderfarms@aol.com major cropping areas and generally in the eastern half of the country. These acres do not include another 400 million acres of rangeland (plus forest and federal lands) that are not arable. Rangeland is mostly located in the drier central and western regions of the U.S. Though converting perenA G - S E R V I C E S nial pasture and hay crops 406-622-3887 PO Box 1476 : 2705 Front Street to cultivated crops is not an Fort Benton, MT 59442 easy or quick process, high www.triangleag.com crop prices will logically attract some of these acres for cultivated crop production over time. At this point there Sprayer Operation & Diagnostics is little data to confirm how 3 Private Applicator Points Available much pasture and hay land is being converted to crop production. The 2012 NRI New Features & Upcoming Firmware and Agricultural Census data (which will be available in Changes several months) are expected provide the first documentation of a process that is likely Product Outlook for 2013 to continue for many more years. In the absence of land Town Time Place Date use data, changes in cattle inventories across states alMonday ready indicates some of the Fort Benton 3 - 6 pm Ag Center Feb. 18, 2013 anticipated regional impacts of high crop values. From Tuesday January 1, 2007 to 2012, 3 - 6pm Power Power Legion Hall the U.S. beef cow herd deFeb. 19, 2013 creased by 2.76 million head Monday or 8.5 percent. The decrease Lutheran Fellowship Hall 3 - 6 pm Chester is much more pronounced in Feb. 25, 2013 the Midwest and surrounding regions, including the states Northern Ag Research Tuesday 3 - 6 pm Havre of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Center Meeting Toom Feb. 26, 2013 Minnesota, Missouri, KenSessions will end with dinner. tucky and Tennessee. In these states, the five-year decrease in beef cow inventory ranged from 11.4 percent to over 22 percent with an average of a 14.2 percent decrease. By contrast 12 states in the Great Trimble FmX Display RangePoint RTX Trimble CFX-750 Display Plains and Rocky Mountain www.triangleag.com FREE Corrections regions experienced beef in 2013 cowherd changes that ranged from an increase of five-plus percent to a 7.5 percent decrease with an average of 2.6 percent decrease across the region. Texas and Oklahoma experienced sharp decreases Connected Farm App from 2011 to 2012 due to Trimble Boom Height Control Trimble Remote Assistant Handheld GreenSeeker drought but had a similar

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Can we rebuild the cowherd? Part 2

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3.1 percent decrease in the 2007-2011 period. This indicates that the beef cowherd is decreasing more rapidly in regions where competition with crops is greater. As a result, an increasing share of the total beef cowherd will be located in drier regions of the country in the future. Interestingly, this same phenomenon is occurring in other major beef producing countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay and for the same reasons. Depending on their location, it is not surprising that some cattle producers see less potential for herd rebuilding than others. Beef cowherds are less likely to rebuild in major crop production regions while predominantly forage areas have considerable potential for herd expansion. There is little doubt that some of the most productive pasture and hay land is being converted for crop production which highlights the challenge of rebuilding the beef cow herd in more marginal areas. However, high crop prices increase forage value as well and that changes the incentives for how land is used and managed. Forage production, even on rangeland that does not compete directly with crop production, is worth more now. Many years of cheap grain kept forage values low and the result is that forage production and use has not been managed as efficiently as it can be. Increased forage value opens up a wide variety of possibilities, in many regions, to manage forage for greater productivity and to manage forage use more efficiently. The dramatic increase in use of corn crop residue the last two years is one example of the response to these incentives. Two other examples include reducing hay wastage from round bales and, in Oklahoma and similar areas, more Red Cedar control to increase forage production. In many regions of the country there is considerable potential for adoption of new forages and new forage systems to increase cattle production and/or extend grazing seasons. This continuing discussion of the challenges and opportunities for rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd will continue in Part 3 with a discussion of who will rebuild the cow herd.

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HEIFERS & COWS FOR SALE

30 Red Yearling Replacement Heifers - Red Angus and Red Angus/Gelbvieh breeding. Bangs vaccinated and poured with Ivermectin. Each................................................. $1050 50 - 60 Short Term Red Cows - bred to Red Angus and red balancer performance tested bulls to start calving March 10. Poured and Scourbos vaccinated. All ranch raised with single brand. Excellent, gentle mothers. Each.............................................................$1100

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New TYM 500 50 hp, MFWD with loader $19,995*

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23HP 4WD LOADER....SALE PRICE $13,900 29HP 4WD LOADER....SALE PRICE $15,500 35HP 4WD LOADER....SALE PRICE $16,850

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Consigned Equipment

TYM T450 4WD, loader, shuttle and low hours. Excellent.................................................$15,500 Yanmar 1550 4WD with loader and new tires........ ...................................................................$3995 Massey-Ferguson T035 with loader...........$3750 Massey Ferguson 1100 tractor........... Coming In International TD-15 crawler, hydraulic blade, winch.......................................................$15,995 1977 International 1600 truck with 14-ft. dump body, high sides.........................................$3500 Trail King 22-ft. 3 axle tag trailer.................$4660 Flexi-Coil 33-ft. air seeder with 1330 air cart, low arches. .............................................. Coming In John Deere 230 30-ft disc. Totally rebuilt. Excellent..................................................... Coming In John Deere 960 42-ft. cultivator with harrow......... ........................................................... Coming In John Deere Model H manure spreader.Coming In John Deere 78” 3 point snowblower............$1699 Erskine 6-ft. snow blower, 3 point, PTO......$1600 HD Subsoiler 3 point, 10-ft. 30” spacing..... CALL 14-ft. heavy duty tandem disc, 22” blades....$2500 Eagle 6-ft. tandem disc, 3 point, notched blades... ...................................................................$1100 Case 308 3-pt., 4 bottom plow..................... CALL King Kutter 6-ft. rotary cutter, round back, floating hitch...........................................................$1250 Case 580 12” backhoe bucket. Like new..... CALL New Wallenstein 3 point backhoe, 92” dig depth.. ...................................................................$6235 Woods 3 point or skidsteer backhoe.... Coming In

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By Elin Westover, Montana State University Extension, Fallon/Carter County Agent Many ranchers are farmers, and many farmers are ranchers. Producers often consider themselves to have expertise in one area, but generally not both. However, similarities in the biological systems of each field mean similar approaches can be used to maximize production in soils and livestock. Soil functions as a plant’s stomach, similar to the role of the rumen in ruminant animals (cattle and sheep). Both the soil and the rumen are populated with microorganisms: bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. The function of microorganisms in both systems is dependent on the quality of the environment and availability of nutrients. Health and productivity of rangeland and crops as well as cattle and sheep can be attained by feeding and managing microorganisms and their environment. Microorganisms eat first. To maintain healthy ruminant animals, rumen microorganisms must eat first, which in turn will feed the animal. When feed enters the rumen (the second and largest compartment of a ruminant’s stomach) microorganisms get access to the food source first and break it down into useable nutrients. For example, rumen microorganisms break down carbohydrates for their use and volatile fatty acids are an end product. In turn, volatile fatty acids are used as an energy source for the host animal. Similarly, the microorganisms in the soil must break down certain materials before plants can utilize them. Organic forms of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur are present in the soil either as crop residues or manure (organic matter) and must undergo a mineralization process before the nutrients become plant-available. Do not mess with the “bugs.” The contents of the rumen are partitioned into three layers based on their density. The upper region of the rumen contains the gas by-product of microbial fermentation. Grain and fluid-soaked roughage descend to the bottom region, and newly-arrived roughage lies in the middle. There are specific microorganisms associated with each layer due to the degradation process of the specific material. Rumen contractions are continually mixing the contents slowly. If rumen contents were vigorously stirred into one homogenous mixture the animal would not perform normally. The microorganisms’ environment would be completely disturbed and it would take time for their environment to be re-established and for the rumen to return to normal. The same idea can be applied to soil, which can be thought of as the plant’s stomach. Management tools such as tillage, fertilizer and pesticide applications, and livestock can be used to improve soil productivity or can be detrimental to soil health if not practiced correctly. When management tools are applied incorrectly and do not complement the soil biology, microorganisms must spend time and energy to re-establish equilibrium with the new environment. For example in the short term, tillage helps microorganism break down organic matter, but in the long term this loss of organic matter will hurt soil health and crop yield. Microorganism populations require time to adapt. In the rumen, time is needed for microbial populations to develop and function at beneficial levels. Furthermore, each microorganism has a unique function, and depending on the livestock’s diet, the populations of microbes may need to shift. Therefore animals must be slowly acclimated to diet changes. It takes roughly 7 days for microorganisms in the rumen to adapt to a new feedstuff. Livestock producers are encouraged to change rations gradually, by introducing a new roughage or concentrate source to livestock incrementally. This allows the bacteria, fungi and protozoa to adapt and shift ensuring the animal remains healthy and receives the maximum amount of nutrients from a feed source. Likewise, changes in soil quality and health will not improve overnight; time is required for microorganism populations to build to a beneficial level. Carbon: nitrogen ratio is critical. Health of the soil, like the health of ruminant animals, will be improved when carbon and nitrogen are in balance. Microorganisms break down the protein a ruminant animal consumes and uses the nutrients to their advantage first. The host animal will then receive the nutrients in the form of amino acids or nitrogen, or the protein may by-pass rumen microbial degradation and will be available for digestion in the small intestine. The “bugs” use the nitrogen and carbon from protein to grow and their waste provides a portion of the essential amino acids the animal needs. If there is a shortage of carbon, the nitrogen cannot be utilized and is excreted by the animal. If continued on page c33

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there is a deficiency of nitrogen, the microorganism activity is reduced and the animal’s growth and productivity will suffer. Similarly, the nitrogen waste from the microorganism’s digestion of organic matter in the soil is what benefits plants. Digested organic matter can be very beneficial to soil because it helps hold onto mobile nutrients as well as moisture. The carbon: nitrogen ratio is critical in balancing the breakdown of organic matter in a slow release fashion. If the ratio is too high, organic matter is degraded too slowly and the nutrients do not cycle quickly enough between the soil, plants and microbes. Most plant organic matter has a higher carbon: nitrogen ratio which inhibits its breakdown. Too much undigested (or composted) organic matter can rob available nitrogen from live plants as the microorganisms that break down organic matter need relatively large amounts of nitrogen to break down cellulose – the main structural component of plants. If the carbon: nitrogen ratio is too low, the nutrients cycle too rapidly and nothing is left to supply the plant with nutrients, or oxygen in the soil can be depleted which is necessary for both microbes and crops. Additionally, when degradation of organic matter is occurring too quickly, the soil becomes vulnerable to wind and water erosion, and there is increased evaporation. Dead or alive. Just as microbial activity is important, dead “bugs” have an essential role in the biological system too. As the microorganism population in the rumen dies, they are passed to the lower gastrointestinal tract where they are degraded and utilized as a protein source by the host animal. Microorganisms themselves are a great protein source for ruminant animals. Bacteria, fungi and protozoa generally contain 20 to 60 % crude protein on a dry matter basis with bacteria providing the most at 50% (±5%) crude protein. Similarly, the microorganisms that die in the soil can also be broken down to supply nitrogen and other nutrients plants can utilize. This nutrient cycling is an important facet of soil health and plant nutrition. More is not better. If you feed cattle more protein than needed, the protein is used as an expensive energy source rather than a nitrogen source. Additionally, there is a point that it starts to cost the animal energy to get rid of the excess nitrogen and can cause infertility due to high pH levels in the uterus. If you add more nitrogen fertilizer to your soil than is needed, it will not be efficiently utilized and often lost through leaching beyond the reach of plant roots or lost as a gas to the atmosphere. Create the ideal environment. Moisture and temperature affect microbial activity while pH affects the food availability for the microorganisms. Consequently, it is critical to understand and manage the environment of the rumen and the soil. The rumen is an effective fermentation vat as long as the environment is anaerobic (without oxygen) with a constant temperature, pH and moisture content. It is important to note the environment can change as a result of diet (grain versus roughage diet), but as long as it is changed over a period of time, the microorganisms can adapt. Diet changes consequently alter the proportion of volatile fatty acids produced. Like the rumen, soil can be thought of as a semi-aquatic environment. “Bugs” in the soil are most active in moist, warm conditions. Each species of microorganism functions best at a specific temperature and pH. Keeping the soil covered at all times with a crop or crop residue is one method to help regulate temperature and avoid extremes. Applications of lime, acid-forming fertilizers, and other soil amendments can shift soil pH. A soil pH of 7 or “neutral” allows for the best exchange of soil nutrients and plant roots – too acid and nutrients leach into the groundwater or streams and too alkaline and nutrients are tightly chemically bound and are unavailable to plants. It is always a good idea to test your soil before spending lots of money to amend it or potentially harm it. Furthermore increasing the diversity of the organisms in the soil will provide balance and stability to soil pH in the rhizosphere, the area immediately surrounding plant roots where soil organisms are concentrated. Papillae/ villi = Root Hairs. Much like a shag carpet, the rumen wall is lined with finger-like projections called papillae. Likewise, the inner surface of the small intestine is covered with finger-like projections called villi. The size and amount of villi and papillae change as the diet changes. The function of papillae and villi is to increase the surface area and therefore increase absorption of nutrients and water. Similarly, root hairs are very important to plants and help absorb water and minerals from the soil. Root hairs are continued on page c35

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By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, using Biopesticides containing beneficial fungi liquid culture fermentation has significantly are often grown on grains or other solids, reduced production costs, especially those but U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) associated with nitrogen as a primary fungal scientists have shown a liquid diet can work nutrient. One nitrogen source, called hydrobetter. lyzed protein, is typically derived from agriThe approach, dubbed “liquid culture fercultural commodities like milk casein, which mentation,” offers several benefits, including can sell for more than $6 a pound. Liquid lower material costs and increased yields of culture fermentation’s use of less expensive certain forms of insect-killing fungi, includnitrogen sources, including soybean flour or ing Isaria or Metarhizium, which can serve as cottonseed meal, reduces the cost to 30 to 50 biobased alternatives to synthetic pesticides. cents a pound. For decades, biopesticide makers have Conidia have long been the spores of grown such fungi on moistened grains or choice for biopesticide uses. But the reother solid materials to prompt them to searchers showed that other fungal cells can churn out billions of specialized cells called be just as effective, including “blastospores” “conidia,” which penetrate the bodies of and “microsclerotia.” The latter are clumps silverleaf whiteflies, aphids and other softof pigmented fibers from which conidia can bodied insect pests, killing the pests within a few days. form. In laboratory tests, for example, conidia Over the past several years, however, sciresulting from soil treatments of microscleroentists with USDA’s Agricultural Research tia from the fungus M. brunneum killed 100 Service (ARS) have sought to improve on percent of sugarbeet root maggots, versus 25 the practice by initiating liquid culture ferpercent killed for conidia-only treatments. mentation processes in special tanks called The flexibility of liquid culture fermentabioreactors. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural tion to produce different types of fungal cells scientific research agency. opens all sorts of doors in terms of where According to Mark Jackson, a microbiand when the pest-fighting microbes can be ologist with the ARS Crop Bioprotection applied, according to Jackson.

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small lateral extensions of a mature root and are visible with the naked eye. Root hairs serve as the primary nutrient and water uptake mechanism for plants. Plants’ association with mycorrhizal fungi can also increase the volume of soil that can be accessed by plants. Fungal hyphae are like a second set of roots that explore the soil for water and nutrients. The water and nutrients that the fungi capture from the soil are provided to the host plant in exchange for sugars the plant produces through photosynthesis. Diversity. All microorganisms have a specific role and utilize specific organic matter. The diversity of microorganisms in the rumen allows the animals to get nutrients from the feed consumed. Additionally, ruminant animals perform better when on a diverse, non-monoculture diet that provides the microorganisms and animal with a complete diet of nutrients, including vitamins and minerals. A diverse crop rotation which utilizes all four crop types (cool-season grasses and broadleaf plants and warm-season grasses and broadleaf plants) can be very beneficial. One of the benefits of crop rotations and diversified planting is array of root structures to scavenge nutrients and water from different levels in the soil and make them available. Increasing plant diversity increases soil health and soil function by providing the soil food web with nutrient, energy and water cycling. Continual and Consistent. Cattle and sheep need access to a continual and consistent food supply in order to perform to their genetic potential. Furthermore, the rumen microorganisms are unable to function to their potential when their feed source is inconsistent. Likewise, when there are live plants in the soil, the biology has its preferred food. Organic matter in the soil provides soil microorganisms with a feed source to break down for the plant. Plants do not thrive in soils that are low in organic matter because microorganisms have limited access to feed. Both rumen microorganisms and soil microorganisms suffer from intermittent feed availability. Managing the soil as microbial habitat is critical to the functioning capacity of the soil, just as managing the rumen as microbial habitat is critical to the health of a cow or sheep.

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By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service Vegetated drainage ditches can help capture pesticide and nutrient loads in field runoff, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists report. These ditches—as common in the country as the fields they drain—give farmers a low-cost alternative for managing agricultural pollutants and protecting natural resources. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ecologist Matt Moore at the agency’s National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi, and his colleagues conducted the research. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency. Until recently, the primary function of many edge-of-field ditches was to provide a passage for channeling excess water from crop fields. Many farmers controlled ditch vegetation with trimming or dredging to eliminate plant barriers that could impede the flow of runoff. But in one of Moore’s first studies, he evaluated the transport and capture of the herbicide atrazine and the insecticide lambda-cyhalothrin for 28 days in a 160-foot section of a vegetated agricultural drainage ditch in Mississippi. One hour after he started a simulated runoff event, 61 percent of the atrazine and 87 percent of the lambda-cyhalothrin had transferred from the water to the ditch vegetation. At the end of the ditch, runoff pesticide concentrations had decreased to levels that were generally non-toxic to downstream aquatic fauna. Moore also conducted work in California and determined that vegetated drainage ditches helped mitigate pesticide runoff from tomato and alfalfa fields. As a result, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) state office in California included vegetated agricultural drainage in their Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This meant farmers who installed the ditches could be reimbursed for up to 50 percent of the cost. Moore’s research also contributed to the decision by NRCS managers in Mississippi to include vegetated agricultural drainage ditches in the state’s EQIP.

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By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service Poultry producers can reduce bacterial cross-contamination in poultry cages by treating the cages with forced air that’s been heated to 122 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. While being transported in coops on trucks, poultry that have bacteria such as Campylobacter can contaminate, through their feces, other poultry that are free of pathogens. Those disease-causing bacteria can then be passed on to the next group of birds during the next trip, and so forth, unless the cycle is broken. Campylobacter is a food-borne pathogen that can be present in raw or undercooked poultry. Since the bacteria are commonly found in the digestive tracts of poultry, they’re readily deposited onto coops and trucks when contaminated animals are transported to processing plants. In the study, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) microbiologists Mark Berrang and Richard Meinersmann collaborated with researcher Charles Hofacre of the University of Georgia at Athens. Berrang and Meinersmann work in the ARS Bacterial Epidemiology and Anitmicrobial Resistance Research Unit in Athens. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting food safety. The researchers tested the use of hot flowing air to speed the process of drying soiled or washed cages to lower or eliminate detectable Campylobacter on cage flooring. When the hot flowing air was applied to fecally soiled transport cage flooring samples for 15 minutes after a waterspray wash treatment, Campylobacter levels declined to an undetectable level. Static heat at similar temperatures was not nearly as effective, and unheated flowing air was moderately effective, but less so than hot flowing air. The study’s results were published in the Journal of Applied Poultry Research.

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greater than 59 degrees F and the winds are calm (less than 6 mph) during the heading to early flowering crop stages. “With the high market value of hard red spring wheat, the economic threshold for durum is used for both spring wheat and durum, which is one midge per seven to eight durum heads,” Knodel says. The critical time to spray is from late heading to early flowering. If wheat scab is a problem due to wet conditions during flowering, most insecticides labeled for wheat midge control can be tank-mixed with a fungicide. The parasitic wasp Macroglenes penetrans plays an important role in keeping wheat midge controlled naturally most years by killing the wheat midge larvae. However, the average parasitism rate significantly decreased to 7 percent in 2012, compared with 19 percent in 2011 and 17 percent in 2010. Parasitism ranged from zero to 100 percent across the state, with the higher rates occurring in areas where midge populations have been high the past few years. Eighty-five percent of the larval cocoons in 2012 had zero parasitism. The dramatic decrease in parasitism could cause wheat midge populations to increase in future years if environmental conditions become more favorable for wheat midge development. “We need to continue to conserve parasitic wasp populations when possible by spraying insecticides only when wheat midge populations are at economic threshold levels, and avoiding any late insecticide applications to minimize the negative impacts on the parasitic wasps that are active at that time,” Knodel says. The soil samples were collected by NDSU Extension Service agents in the fall of 2012. The wheat midge survey is supported by the North Dakota Wheat Commission.

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Goat producer John Kirchhoff of Moberly likened goats to a covey of scattering quail at the Missouri Livestock Symposium, December 7-8 in Kirksville. University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Livestock Symposium Committee organize the annual event. Kirchhoff, a technician with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, has raised Katahdin hair sheep for more than 25 years. He has helped his mother with her Nubian goatherd for 47 years and is a regular contributor to Sheep! Magazine. Fencing is challenging for goat owners, Kirchhoff said. Goats are known for their wayward habits and inquisitive nature. There is little they won’t climb or stick their heads through, making their personalities both lovable and troublesome, he said. Electrical fencing works better for goats than sheep, Kirchhoff said. Owners need fences with 4,500 volts of electricity and multiple wires. “One thing about goats is that they check the fence every day,” he quipped. Steel posts sap the energy from power supplies when pulses are sent along the fence line, so Kirchhoff recommends that owners consider nonconductive posts. Shut-off valves at various locations along the fence line are helpful in locating shorts and determining where energy is being consumed at above-normal levels. He also said that electric netting is good for a temporary fence. Kirchhoff talked about the psychology of goats, noting that goats have to think it is their idea to be moved. “When you understand this behavior, you can use it to your advantage.” Goats also are easy prey for other animals, he said. As a result, they develop defense mechanisms against possible dangers, and anything out of the ordinary is seen as threatening. Kirchhoff showed pictures of creative fences he has seen as he crossed the country. On a waterway, a fence post was anchored by concrete inside a discarded tire. He also showed a photo of an old backhoe tire with a hog panel atop it. It served as a watering area for goats. “The easiest way to make money is to save money,” he said.

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Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals. But in a warming world, where temperatures and seasonal change are in flux, the tide of battle may be shifting in some insects’ favor, according to a new study. In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) reports a rising threat to the whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains as native mountain pine beetles climb ever higher, attacking trees that have not evolved strong defenses to stop them. The whitebark pine forests of the western United States and Canada are the forest ecosystems that occur at the highest elevation that sustains trees. It is critical habitat for iconic species such as the grizzly bear and plays an important role in governing the hydrology of the mountain west by shading snow and regulating the flow of meltwater. “Warming temperatures have allowed tree-killing beetles to thrive in areas that were historically too cold for them most years,” explains Ken Raffa, a UW-Madison professor of entomology and a senior author of the new report. “The tree species at these high elevations never evolved strong defenses.” Climate effects A warming world has not only made it easier for the mountain pine beetle to invade new and defenseless ecosystems, but also to better withstand winter weather that is milder and erupt in large outbreaks capable of killing entire stands of trees, no matter their composition. “A subject of much concern in the scientific community is the potential for cascading effects of whitebark pine loss on mountain ecosystems,” says Phil Townsend, a UW-Madison professor of forest ecology and also a senior author of the study. The mountain pine beetle’s historic host is the lodgepole pine, a tree common at lower elevations. Typically, the insects, which are about the size of a grain of rice, play a key role in regulating the health of a forest by attacking old or weakened trees and fostering the development of a younger forest. However, recent years have been characterized by unusually hot and dry summers and mild winters, which have allowed insect populations to boom. This has led to an infestation of mountain pine beetle described as possibly the most significant insect blight ever seen in North America. Because lodgepole pine co-evolved with the bark beetle, it has devised stronger chemical countermeasures, volatile compounds toxic to the beetle and other agents that disrupt the pine bark beetle’s chemical communication system. Despite its robust defense system, the lodgepole pine is still the preferred menu item for the mountain pine beetle, suggesting that the beetle has not yet adjusted its host preference to whitebark pine. “Nevertheless, at elevations consisting of pure whitebark pine, the mountain pine beetle readily attacks it,” says Townsend. The good news, he adds, is that in mixed stands, the beetle’s strongest attraction is to the lodgepole pine, suggesting that, at least in the short term, whitebark pine may persist in those environments. The study, conducted in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the last nearly intact ecosystems in the Earth’s northern temperate regions, also revealed that the insects that prey on or compete with the mountain pine beetle are staying in their preferred lodgepole pine habitat. That, says Townsend, is a concern because the tree-killing bark beetles “will encounter fewer of these enemies in fragile, highelevation stands.” Whitebark pine trees are an important food source for wildlife, including black and grizzly bears, and birds such as the Clark’s nutcracker, named after the famed explorer and which is essential to whitebark pine forest ecology as the bird’s seed caches help regenerate the forests. With their broad crowns, the high-elevation whitebark pines also act as snow fences, helping to slowly release water into mountain streams and extending stream flow into mountain valleys well into the summer. “Loss of the canopy will lead to greater desiccation during the winter and faster melting in the summer due to loss of tree canopies for shade,” according to Townsend. “This is possibly a short-term effect of the loss of whitebark pine,” he explains “If – and it is a big if – other tree species replace it, eventually this service may be replaced.” The new study was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

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for grain yield at this site. Spring wheat test weights averaged 60.9 lb/bu and ranged from 58.3 lb/bu for ‘SY605 CL’ to 3.4 for ‘Sy Tyra’. Grain protein averaged 11.6 percent, varying from 10.5 to 13 percent. The average plant height at Broadview was 21 inches. Spring wheat yields near Billings averaged 22 bu/a in 2012 (Table 4). Billings is the new dryland site replacing Molt in 2012. Yield was not significantly different among entries in 2012 at Billings and ranged from 17 bu/a to 25 bu/a. test weight was low and averaged 56.0 lb/bu. Test weight varied from 53.4 lb/bu for Outlook to 60.5 lb/bu for Kelby. All entries, except Kelby, had test weight lower than 60 lb/bu. Grain protein levels averaged 17.8 percent. All entries have grain protein content higher than 16 percent. Irrigated spring wheat yield was good at Huntley and averaged 107 bu/a. (Table 5). The yield at this site was the highest among all the locations tested in 2012 averaging 102 bu/a. Lodging was limited with an average score of 0.8 out of 9. Commercial entry ‘Superb’ exhibited highest level of lodging (6.3 score) fallowed by Fortuna and Solana. Grain yield varied from 84 bu/a for Solano to 121 bu/a for Sy Tyra. Nine other entries produced yield ranged from 111 to 116 bu/a, statistically equal to that of highest yielding cultivar Sy Tyra. Average test weight was 62.7 lb/bu, and ranged from 59.9 for Hank to 65.1 lb/bu for Vantage. Grain protein levels were high and averaged 15.9 percent. Protein content varied from 13.6 for Sy Tyra to 18.1 percent for Vantage. Duclair and Jerome were the highest yielding cultivar tested under irrigation at Huntley the past 2 and 3 years, averaging 96 and 98 bu/a, respectively.

Little or no lodging was observed for most commercial cultivars under irrigation at Hysham in 2012 (Table 6). Average yield at Hysham was 73 bu/a about 9 bu/a lower than last year. The lower yield was attributed to poor stand establishment at this site in 2012. Yields ranged from 56 bu/a for MT1053 to 91 bu/a for Sy Tyra. Eleven other commercial produced yield ranged from 76 to 90 bu/a, statistically equal to the yield of Sy Tyra. Average test weight was 60.1 lb/bu, ranged from 56.5 lb/bu for ‘IMICHT79’ to 63.5 for Kelby. Grain protein levels averaged 16.5 percent and varied from 13.9 percent for ‘McNeal’ to 18.4 percent for ‘Mott and Vantage At Fromberg in 2011 most of the spring wheat entries exhibited lodging under irrigation (Table 7). Cultivars Fortuna, Solano, Superb and Vida suffered high degree of lodging. The yield at Fromberg in 2012 averaged 104 bu/a about the same as last year. Grain yield ranged from 75 bu/a for Solano to 120 bu/a for Volt. Eight other entries produced yield ranged from 114 to 120 bu/a, statistically equal to the yield of Volt. Average test weight was 61.1 lb/ bu, and ranged from 57.1 lb/bu for Vida to 64.5 lb/bu for Vantage. Grain protein levels were excellent averaging 17.6 percent with all entries exceeding protein contents of 15 percent. Yield variations have been evident at Fromberg for spring wheat entries tested over the past two and three years mainly due to the diverse environmental conditions. Two year averaged yield, for spring wheat varieties tested during 2011 - 2012, was 101 bu/a. The commercial entry volt was the highest yielding entry averaging 122 bu/a over the last two years. continued on page C54

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Concord 50-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3400 tow behind tank. Very clean.. ..............................................................................................$39,500

Wishek heavy duty tandem disk with 28” original blades worn to 26”, rockflex spring gang disc, excellent condition.......................$37,500 John Deere 230 tandem disk, disks - 70%................................$12,500 Friggstad C5-43 chisel plow, extended to 47-ft.........................$10,000 Melroe 501 36-ft. to 42-ft. chisel plow, rods...................................$6000 Gysler 24-ft. plow, box frame, plumbed for drills............................$3000 Noble 42-ft. V-blade, hydraulic trip, extra parts...........................$12,500

2009 Case IH Flexi-Coil ATX700 70-ft., 12” spacing, 41/2” steel packers. Very clean.......................................................................... $129,000 Case IH 8500 45-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, rubber packers.......... $19,500

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2000 New Noble 42-ft. tow behind air cart with 7” spacing........$39,500 (2) Sets Case IH 7200 14-ft. x 7” hoe drills, hitch and transport, 3 rank, steel packers...................................................................... Set $9500 4-John Deere 9350 drills with fertilizer, steel packers. Each.........$1500 Flexi-Coil 2340 variable rate tow behind cart............................$29,500

HEADERS & ATTACHMENTS

2003 Bourgault 5710 with 5350, 57-ft. 3 section tow behind tank......... . ........................................................................................... $98,500 Bourgault 9400 60-ft. plow, double shoot, upgraded with 3 springs on each shank. Only used as air seeder................................... $55,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, 12” spacing, single shoot (can be double shoot), 3450 tank................................................................. $65,000 2-2012 Ezee-On 6650 heavy duty discs. Great for CRP Rec. Each....... . ........................................................................................... $69,500

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2005 MacDon 973 36-ft. header, pick up reel, transport............$45,000 2002 MacDon 972 draper table, hydraulic fore and aft. pickup reel, P auger, transport.....................................................................$30,000 Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, pickup reel, hydraulic fore/aft. Very clean... .................................................................................................$9500 2003 John Deere 936D grain header, pickup reel, transport. Always shedded. ...............................................................................$45,000 John Deere 930 header, pickup reel..........................................$10,000 Variety of headers & variety of brands/prices vary - CALL

1999 New Holland 688 round baler...........................................$15,000 Summers sprayer, 100-120 ft. wide, 1000 gallon tank, monitor, 2 boom switch.......................................................................................$6950 1978 ETC-S Midway 30-ft. grain trailer. Can be used as a pup or 5th wheel trailer..............................................................................$8500 Shulte 15-ft. bat wing mower, aircraft tires, chain guards, good condition........................................................................................$13,500 LaTourneau trencher/pipe layer.................................................$12,000 MacDon 14-ft. hay head, conditioner............................................$8500 1983 GMC 6 ton fertilizer spreader truck, 8.2 Detroit engine, Allison transmission, Raven controller, GPS, light bar......................$20,000 (2) Ford B700 restored school buses, 24 passenger, diesel motor, 6 cylinder. Each............................................................... Make Offer

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Big Bud 950/50 950 hp, 2610 Twin Disk transmission and torque with hydraulic upgrades, Clark 85,000 lb. axles, new upgraded closed center hydraulics with flow control.......................................$349,500 Big Bud 600/50 KT 1150 motor, major component work, twin disk transmission, 75,000# Clark axles, new paint, new 30.5x32 tires...... ............................................................................................$150,000 Big Bud 600/50 recent new close centered hydraulic for air drill, 30.5x32 duals @ 60%, new interior, new paint..................................$125,000 Big Bud 600/50 600 hp, rebuilt Twin Disk transmission and torque, 9 speed...................................................................................$125,000 Big Bud 550/50 550 hp, 2610 Series transmission, 70,000 lb. Clark axles, new paint and interior..........................................................$125,000 Big Bud 525/50 rebuilt transmission........................................$110,000 Big Bud KT450 1150 Cummins 450 hp, 13 speed Fuller transmission, 70,000# Clark axles, needs paint..........................................$29,500 1976 Big Bud HN320 700 hours on Cummins Recon Big Cam IV, 360 hp, rebuilt 12513 Fuller transmission, recent paint, tires, decals, Clark axles.......................................................................................$55,500

SWATHERS

1998 MacDon 9300, 1995 30-ft. draper header, pickup reel, hydro transmission, 4345 hours......................................................$39,500 1995 MacDon 9200 swather, 30-ft. header, pickup reel. 2500 engine hours......................................................................................$37,500 1979 International 5000 swather, diesel motor, 14-ft. hay head, without conditioner, runs good..............................................................$4500

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2006 Case IH STX480 quad track, 30” tracks, auto steer, power shift transmission, differential lock. New front tracks. Camoplast with less then 20 hours. Quto Trak is Tremble Easy Guide 500. Shedded, very clean. 1600 hours.................................................................$225,000 2002 Case IH STX450 4WD, 5 remotes, 710x38 duals at 50%, 5500 hours....................................................................................$115,000 2010 Case IH Puma 210, full auto guidance, rear weight package, 3 remotes, 650 hours.............................................................$149,500 1992 Case IH 7120 Magnum 7400 hours, Leon 808 front end loader, no 3-point, 540/1000 PTO.....................................................$59,500 Case 1030 with Case 70 loader, 100 hp, cab, PTO. Very clean tractor... . ............................................................................................$11,500 Case 1030 with loader, no bucket, PTO........................................$7500 1965 Case 930 with Ezee-On 200 loader, 1886 hours, hand clutch, cab, no grapple, not plumbed..........................................................$6500 1997 Cat Challenger 65D 300 hp, 1800 hours, 30” track, 10 speed powershift, 4 hydraulics, bareback........................................$89,000 2001 John Deere 9400 6450 hours, without 3 point. 710/38 tires approximately 50%..................................................................$110,000 John Deere 7730 with 746 SL loader, almost like new, 7275 hours, 2 function electric joystick.......................................................$129,500 John Deere 4020, 8 speed, 3-pt., PTO, no cab, gas. Good condition..... .................................................................................................$9500 Steiger ST470 525 hp, powershift, 30.5x32 duals @ 60+%, rebuilt motor, clean unit...............................................................................$75,000 Steiger ST470 4WD, recent engine and axle work done, 7763 hours.... ..............................................................................................$75,000 Allis Chalmers HD-5 dozer, draw bar, ROPS, canopy.................$7500 Wagner 17, factory installed 318 Detroit diesel engine, 23.1x30 tires, factory duals, dual hydraulics. Rare, all original, good condition........ ..............................................................................................$29,500

Tanks & Products

Versatile 1150 525 hp, 30.5x32 duals........................................$59,500 Versatile 900 recent aftercooled rebuilt 855 Cummins engine, 360 hp., 20.8x38 duals - 60%..............................................................$19,500 Versatile 895 4WD, 310 hp, 24.5x32 duals, air drill return line. Good condition................................................................................$37,500

COMBINES

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By Denise Ruttan, Oregon State University Extension Service movement,” Stephenson said. “There’s a Experienced and newer farmers will resurgence of young farmers in the United share their wisdom at the Oregon Small States now. As we brainstormed sessions Farms Conference at Oregon State Univerand possible keynotes, we came up with the sity (OSU) on March 2. idea to give experienced and new farmers a Based on the theme “Greenhorns and place to interact.” Grayhorns,” the 13th annual conference will Young and experienced farmers will have take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The several opportunities to mingle throughout LaSells Stewart Center on campus. the conference. A similar conference last year attracted Participants can choose from 21 concura record 800 farmers and ranchers and this rent sessions in three time slots. Topics will year’s event is on track to match that numinclude how to make artisan cheese, sell ber, said Garry Stephenson, the coordinafarm products online, start a farmer nettor for the OSU Extension Service’s small work, and find, lease and buy agricultural farms program. land. Farmers and OSU Extension faculty The keynote session at 9:30 a.m. will will lead most sessions. spotlight four new farmers whose essays The conference costs $50 per person or were featured in the book, “Greenhorns: $90 for two people from the same farm or 50 Dispatches from the New Farmer Moveorganization through February 15. After ment.” Speakers are Sarahlee Lawrence of that, the cost increases to $60 per person or Rainshadow Organics in Terrebonne; Josh $110 for two. The fee includes refreshments Volk of Slow Hand Farm in Portland; Cory and a lunch featuring products from local Carmen of Carman Ranch in Wallowa; and farms and ranches. Teresa Retzlaff of 46 North Farm in Olney. Register online at http://smallfarms.orOrganic seed grower and “grayhorn” egonstate.edu/sfc. Frank Morton, of Wild Garden Seed in The day before the conference, particiPhilomath, will moderate the panel. pants can also attend the Oregon Agrito“The OSU Extension Service’s small urism Summit Part 2 (http://smallfarms. farms program is engaging the young farmer oregonstate.edu/oregon-agritourism-summit), co-sponsored by the OSU Extension Service and held on campus.

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John Deere 750 C dozer 6 way dozer, winch, OROPS.

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Rammax vibratory walk behind trench roller gas engine, 33” drums, new paint.

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Speedshore trench box 4-ft.x20-ft.x6-ft., excellent shape!

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Bobcat skidsteer broom attachment broom/bucket combo, good shape!

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Caterpillar 303.5 mini excavator cab, heat, air, blade, hydraulic thumb, 2 buckets.

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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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Bobcat skidsteer grader attachment 4-way blade, 7-ft. moldboard. Nice shape!

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Warner & Swasey 35 KVA genset continental engine, propane-powered, 120-208 volt, 3-phase, 104 amp.

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1998 Caterpillar D-8R dozer cab, heat, air, U blade with tilt, 4 barrel ripper, rebuilt engine, new edges, 80% undercarriage. Serial #7XM2203

Caterpillar 314 LCR excavator cab, heat, air, dozer blade, hydraulic thumb, quickattach, 4200 hours, excellent shape

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By K-State Research and Extension News A recent study by Kansas State University’s (K-State) Beef Cattle Institute (http://www.beefcattleinstitute.org) indicated that most Kansas feedlots are handling cattle in a low stress, humane manner and have protocols in place designed to ensure beef safety. “Last year the Beef Cattle Institute (BCI) and the Kansas Beef Council partnered to host seven meetings across the state which resulted in nearly 1,200 beef producers and veterinarians becoming Beef Quality Assurance Certified,” said Dan Thomson, professor in K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the BCI. During the sessions, participants were trained in areas of low-stress cattle handling, antibiotic residue avoidance, cattle comfort, food safety, downed animal care, preconditioning practices and other areas of feedlot, cow/calf and stocker cattle production. The participants also took part in a necropsy wet lab which led to discussions on disease control and treatment programs for cattle. “This program has developed into an annual event and we are already planning the sessions and locations for next summer. We are very thankful for the support and partnership with the Kansas Beef Council and the Kansas Livestock Association,” said Thomson, who serves as the animal welfare adviser to McDonald’s and the Food Marketing Institute and has chaired the World Organization for Animal Health’s Beef Cattle Production and Animal Welfare Committee. Training of individuals on best management practices in the beef industry is a focus of the BCI. After the training sessions, a team of scientists and graduate students from K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences and Industry conducted a follow-up “on farm” assessment of animal welfare and food safety practices on Kansas feedlots. The goal of the study, which was funded by the Kansas Beef Council, was to use a new Feedlot Beef Quality Assessment tool developed by veterinarians, animal scientists and producers to assess activities related to cattle handling and comfort, antibiotic residue avoidance, employee training and other areas of cattle feeding in respect to food safety and animal welfare. K-State experts visited farms to assess how they handled those activities, including the condition of feed bunks and water tanks, protocols for emergency preparedness and issues surrounding food safety such as accurate treatment records and drug residue avoidance programs. Thomson said the BQA program has evolved and encompasses everything from how to prevent antimicrobial residues to making sure cattle producers are producing safe, wholesome beef from cattle raised in a humane manner. In the study, the research team evaluated feedlots on 18 best management practices, including whether feedlots had protocols in place for such practices as drug residue avoidance; maintaining a veterinary-client relationship; cattle welfare and handling during inclement weather; pen maintenance; personnel training documentation; individual animal health records and others. The feedlots evaluated have the capacity to provide feed and care for a total of almost 2 million animals at one time, which represents about 85 percent of the entire one-time capacity of all feedlots in Kansas. “Overwhelmingly, 98 percent of the assessments found that Kansas feedyards do a great job of low-stress cattle handling within the state of Kansas,” Thomson said. “The thing people should understand is that feedlot managers, pen riders, processing crews and other people in the feedyards are working hard day to day to assure the proper care of the cattle. Cattle care is critical to the health, the well-being and the performance of cattle which is directly tied to the profitability of the feedyard. We knew Kansas cattle feeders were doing an outstanding job in these areas. It is nice to have a tool, such as the BQA Feedlot assessment tool, to quantify the success of the feedlot industry’s hard work.” Thomson said he was pleased to find that cattle handling practices were in line with what notable animal behavior specialists such as Bud Williams, Temple Grandin and Tom Noffsinger teach. “We’ve spent a lot of time in the beef industry on lowstress cattle handling,” he said, noting that through observation of more than 5,000 head of cattle being worked through the chute in Kansas feedyards in the study, less than 4 percent usage rate of a “hot shot” driving aid on cattle was observed. “This is outstanding when up to 10 percent usage rate is considered acceptable (in the industry).” Continued on Page C53

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All feedlots in the study had a valid veterinary-clientpatient relationship, Thomson said. This relationship is important as the veterinarian works daily with feedlot operators in activities such as clinical definition for sick or injured cattle, preventative medicine, proper drug handling, employee training on castration and de-horning procedures, low-stress cattle handling and other food safety and animal welfare practices. One area that feedyards can continue to improve, Thomson said, is documentation of their production practices at the level of the cattle operation: “Situations vary somewhat from industry to industry, farm to farm, season to season. Cattle feeders in Hawaii, for instance, face somewhat different challenges than those in Montana. Therefore, the BQA assessment tool comes with formats for 18 best management practices for cattle feeding operations. These protocols can be taken by the farmer or rancher through consultation with their veterinarian, nutritionist or other animal production specialist to develop these protocols for the individual farm or cattle population.” “Cattle, farms, people, climates and resources for cattle raising are not cookie cutter,” he added. “Cattle are raised all around the world in many different systems. We cannot simply write best management practices once and expect them to fit all operations within the same county let alone for operations nationally or globally. We’re encouraging feedlot, stocker and cow/calf operations to set up protocols and systems for their specific needs, location and system.” “For instance, consider an adverse weather event,” Thomson said. “Who will be in charge of identifying cattle at risk? Who will handle the activities that need to occur in such a situation?” He noted that one producer who set up a best management practice protocol for heat stress and followed it, estimated that following the plan not only saved lives of cattle, but also saved the feedlot $350,000 to $400,000 in that one event. “A couple of key reasons why these plans are important are first, to have a checklist to make sure that we get the cattle care job done appropriately, so we don’t duplicate effort, and that we don’t skip effort,” Thomson said. “The second reason would be if anyone made a claim of abuse or neglect against the feedlot, cow/calf or stocker operation, the farmer and rancher can go directly to his or her notebook or file to show the exact procedures that employees have been trained to follow by veterinarians, nutritionists and others. Cattlemen have excellent cattle care practices, we just need to document what we do.” The K-State team provided participating feedlots with a template in which they could add their management practices and signage showing that the operations had gone through the Beef Quality Assurance assessment program. Thomson believes that the kind of assessment done by the team will help reinforce best management practices in feedlots not only in the state, but across the country. More detailed information about the study can be found on the K-State extension agricultural economics website (http://www.agmanager.info).

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Attention Farmers & Ranchers Don’t have time for your fence work?

Off-station spring wheat trials continued from page c44

We have equipment and manpower to get the job done.

Give us a call for all your fencing needs.

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New Holland bale wagons. Model 1032, 1033, 1036, or 1037.

1994 Ford F700 Service Truck 32,000 miles, 230 hp, 5.9L Cummins, automatic transmission, power steering, air conditioning, air brakes, 25,000 gvw, PTO with 125 cfm screw compressor and 20 gpm hydraulics. Nice truck............ $10,500 2008 TYM 4x4 loader 292 hours, 58 hp Cat diesel, 3-point, live PTO, enclosed cab, air conditioning, power steering, quick attach 72” bucket, remote hydraulics front and rear...................... $23,500

2006 Cat 216B skidsteer Series 2, 51 hp diesel, 1500 lb. lift capacity, 60” bucket, Mighty Mite 8-ft. full hydraulic road grader attachment, 385 hours, like new...................... $23,500

2005 Ingersoll-Rand SD45 vibratory roller, 54” smooth drum, 3.3 Cummins, 236 hours, 10,500 lb class, like new......... ................................... $29,500

International S1800 plow/dump truck, 210 hp DT466 diesel, 5 speed, 2 speed rear end, new rear tires, 40% front tires, power steering, power brakes, 10-ft. hydraulic 2-way plow, chains, 10-ft. dump bed. Runs great... $8500 Case 580D backhoe attachment with mount, 24” bucket, no welds. Like new....................................................................................$2500 Schmidt 10-ft. snowplow, hydraulic angle with mount..............$1500

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WE RENT EQUIPMENT! CALL AND GET ON OUR LIST! Farmer To Farmer

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My son and I are very pleased with the new Walker mower. It makes the smoothest cut and the steering is great. The sales presentation was great – Thanks.

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When do farmers need energy audits on their farms?

In general, it’s a good idea for farmers to look at energy use on their farm every five years and consider opportunities to reduce energy consumption, says Don Day, energy extension associate for University of Missouri Extension. However, the need for an energy audit may vary from farm to farm, Day said. For example, if you already had an energy audit conducted on your farm, even if it was five or more years ago, it will continue to provide accurate information regarding potential energy savings until you make changes that affect energy usage. “A new audit may also be in order if energy prices change or there is an additional energy alternative that a farmer is considering using that was not addressed initially,” he said. Changes in energy prices can alter payback periods, he added. “We have seen changes in the relative prices of energy sources over the past few years that will change what fuel a farmer might use.” However, he notes, it generally doesn’t pay to change the type of fuel you are using unless a piece of equipment such as a furnace or an engine needs to be replaced. Day offers some additional recommendations to help farmers decide when they need an energy audit on their farm: • Enterprises added to the farming operation after an original audit was completed need to be audited because they change total energy consumption. • If a new farm location has been added to the farming operation, farmers should conduct an audit on the new location. • When replacing equipment, consider energy use of the replaced components. • New industry developments might necessitate a new energy audit or assessment. A good example is lighting developments (LED and CFL options) over the past few years. • If farmers want to apply for a grant or loan for energy updates, they may need an updated energy audit or assessment.

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ARS scientists test improved stink bug-trapping methods

JIM NIELSEN TRUCK & PARTS, INC.

P.O. Box 3072 • 4075 Wynne Avenue • Butte, Montana 59702 • (406) 494-3394 • Mobile (406) 565-7235

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By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Baited black traps in a pyramid shape attract significantly more brown marmorated stink bugs than other traps, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. Evaluating stink bug responses to different visual stimuli may help manufacturers design better traps for monitoring the bugs. Entomologist Tracy Leskey at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville, West Virginia, focused on visual stimuli that can attract the stink bugs to traps that will help farmers monitor the level of infestation in their fields and orchards. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security. In field trials in 2009 and 2010, Leskey and her colleagues found that significantly more stink bug adults and juvenile bugs, called nymphs, were captured in the baited black pyramid traps than in other traps. The researchers also found that more adults and nymphs were captured in a trap placed on the ground than in a commercially available trap hung from a tree limb. These prototype pyramid traps may serve as monitoring tools to assess the presence, abundance and seasonal activity of pests and natural enemies to determine the need for insecticide applications. Leskey and her colleagues also found that in 2010, 2011 and 2012, stink bugs produced two generations in one year in Kearneysville, based on the presence of eggs and newly molted adults in field cage experiments. Although it has been reported that these bugs produce only one brood annually in eastern Pennsylvania, it appears that in more southerly locations within the Mid-Atlantic region, they can produce two generations per year, according to Leskey. Results from 2010 were published in the Journal of Entomological Science. A more extensive study is being replicated in several states on the East Coast to determine how many generations may be produced annually in those locations.

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1995 GMC Top Kick diesel chassis, bad motor. Sell whole or part out! 1982 Ford L9000 tandem chassis, Reman 3208 Cat, auto transmission. Make a good farm truck!

Ford Trucks

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ITEMS FOR SALE

Off-station spring wheat trials continued from page C54

2000 gallon horizontal fuel tank. 2-50-ft. x 75-ft. hay tarps, still in box, new. 30-ft. bat reel for Case IH 1010 header, straight. Phone (406) 467-3151 or 590-2649, Fairfield, MT

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Barley and Wheat 4 x 4 square bales. $25 per bale Discounts available for large orders.

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SUMMARY: Drought throughout the spring wheat growing season and higher than normal temperatures caused yield reduction at dryland site and hasten spring wheat maturity that resulted in early harvest in 2012. In 2012 ‘Jerome’ hard red spring wheat was the highest yielding entry across all locations tested in south central Montana (Tables 8), averaging 65 bu/a. Experimental line MT1053 and commercial cultivar Reeder exhibited highest average yielding across dryland sites in 2012. While Vida produce highest average yields the past two and three years across dryland sites (Table 11). Long-term productivity based on last two and three years average yield across irrigated and all locations were high-

est for Jerome (Table 9 and 10). Across all locations for the past three years, 10 other entries produced yields ranged from 65 to 69 bu/a, which was statistically equal to the yield of Jerome during the same period of testing (Table 9). In 2012 grain yield at most location was lower compared to past years but the protein levels were excellent, except for Broadview, ranging from 11.6 percent Broadview dryland to 17.8 percent for billings dryland. Averaged across locations grain protein content was averaging 16.0 percent (Table 9). Overall test weight was averaging 58.8 lb/bu and 61.3 lb/bu across dryland and irrigated locations respectively (Table 10 and 11). Tables continued on page c60

NDSU faculty member honored

Paul Berg, an associate professor, retired in December 2012 after 47 years in the NDSU Animal Sciences Department.

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota the department for 47 years. State University Berg, an associate professor, taught (NDSU) has esundergraduate courses in animal breeding tablished the Paul and genetics, and meats evaluation. He also Berg Endowment coached the NDSU Meats Judging and Meat Fund to honor a Animal Evaluation teams, and advised Anilongtime Animal mal Sciences’ Carnivore Catering graduate Sciences Destudent organization. partment faculty Through his leadership, Carnivore Camember who retering has served thousands of meals at tired in December university functions, alumni events and 2012. other gatherings throughout the region. The Berg was a facgroup’s meals always feature meat as the ulty member in main course.

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Power, Lattin & Sons .....................................................406-467-2901 Conrad, Lattin & Sons ...................................................406-278-3432 Helena, Grizzly Diesel ...................................................406-449-1269

Rock pickers & rock rakes Manure spreaders 15’ & 26’ mowers Land rollers • Harrows 10’, 14’ & 20’ breaking disks Trailers • Post drivers 3-point roto-tillers Grain vacs And more • Give us a call

Flaman Rental Equipment Disperal Wishek Discs

Grain Carts

2011 Wishek 842NT 26-ft., 28” blades. SN 3401126..... $65,900 2009 Wishek 842NT 22-ft., 27” blades. SN 39100922... $60,900 2008 Wishek 842 10-ft. SN 52120810........................... $22,900 2006 Wishek 842 10-ft. SN 20610.................................. $20,900 2009 Wishek 742 30-ft., 24.5” blades. SN 60930........... $56,000 2010 Wishek 714NTC 30-ft., 25” blades, C cushion springs. SN 1101030............................................................... $66,900

2012 J&M 1000 20” auger, tarps, PTO, scale with GT460 monitor. SN 1205302............................................................... $45,900 2012 J&M 875 18” unload auger, tarp, PTO. SN 1204474.$33,900 J&M 875 16” unload auger. SN 4147.............................. $26,900 2012 J&M 750 18” auger, 1000 PTO, tarp, rental return. SN 1205329.................................................................... $30,900 Bourgault 1100 grain cart.............................................. $40,900

Heavy Harrows

Flaman Pro Grain Baggers

2011 Riteway 62-ft., hydraulic tine, 24.5” tines............... $39,500 1998 Flexi-Coil 50-ft. mid harrow, new 22” 1/2” tines..... $20,900

2012 Pro bagger with 23-ft. conveyor + hopper, no mover. SN AA2012015................................................................ $36,500 2012 Pro bagger with 23-ft. conveyor + mover + hopper. SN AA2012060................................................................ $36,500 2011 Degelman 45-ft., 3 days rent on unit. SN 5128... $36,900 2012 Pro bagger with 23-ft. conveyor + mover kit. SN 2009 Degelman 45-ft. SN 4508...................................... $33,500 AA2012010................................................................ $34,000 2002 Degelman 7645 45-ft., 1 new tire.......................... $26,900 2011 Pro bagger with 23-ft. conveyor + mover kit. SN 2011 Riteway 50-ft., SN 3213........................................ $39,900 AA2011047................................................................ $32,900 2011 Riteway 45-ft., 3 days rent on unit. SN 3205...... $36,900 2011 Pro bagger with 23-ft. conveyor + mover kit. SN AA2011071................................................................ $32,900 2008 Pro 810 tunnel extensions, 21-ft. conveyor with mover, nice shape........................................................................ $25,500 2007 Leon 1000, 10 cubic yards, excellent shape. SN 8640802.. 2008 Pro bagger with 21-ft. conveyor............................. $20,500 .................................................................................. $26,500 Leon 8 yard, includes home made extensions............... $13,900

Land Rollers

Land Scrapers Rock Pickers

2012 Schulte Giant 2500 reel style, 2.5 yard box.......... $21,500 Schulte RS600 rock picker................................................ $5500

Schulte Mowers

2012 Schulte XH1500 1000 rpm, walking axles on wings.$23,000 2012 Schulte XH1500 1000 rpm, single axle on wings..$22,000 2009 Schulte XH1000 540 rpm, single axle on wing..... $19,900 Schulte FLX10 flex arm. SN 10200017308....................... $6800 2003 Schulte flex arm, good condition.............................. $5250 2003 Schulte flex arm. SN A1010011306......................... $3500

Misc. New & Used Clearance

Aeration Fans Out of Crate 7 hp Inline, 2 available. Each............................................. $2650 5 hp Inline, 1 available....................................................... $2350 3 hp Inline, 1 available....................................................... $1995 7 hp Full Centrifugal, 2 available. Each.............................. $2795 3 hp Full Centrifugal, 3 available. Each.............................. $2195 7 hp Turbo, 2 available. Each.............................................. $2995 5 hp Turgo, 1 available....................................................... $2595

Grain Vacs

2010 Rem 2700 320 hours. SN 2186............................. $15,250 2008 Rem 2500 247 hours. SN 9496............................. $13,900 2007 Rem 2500 317 hours. SN 9305............................. $12,900

Augers, Conveyors, Grain Equip.

Wheatheart 10”x41-ft. auger with mover kit. SN 5640... $11,450 Spray Air 12”x61-ft. swing auger, power swing, 1000 PTO.$9500 Batco 1800 series drive over pit conveyor, 18” belt, 14” tube, 7000 bph................................................................... $14,200 Convey-All 1014 transfer conveyor, 5.5 hp Honda, yellow. SN 0209087....................................................................... $6000 Convey-All 1014 transfer conveyor, 5.5 hp Honda, grey... $5500 J&M 20-ft. drill fill auger, hydraulic drive, mounts on side of gravity wagon........................................................................... $1300 Sukup 18” heater, propane or natural gas fired................. $2895

Hay Rakes

All used rakes missing teeth will come with spares 2008 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, tandem axle, SN108905, zzz08440................................................................... $10,000 2008 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, tandem axle, SN108895, zzz08444................................................................... $12,500 2007 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, SN 87743..................... $10,250 2009 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, tandem axle, SN118642...$12,750

Manure Spreaders

Meyer’s 440 bushel, vertical beater................................ $27,500 2007 Leon 585 walking beam axle, flotation tires, hydraulic push system, 585 bushel, horizontal beaters, 1000 PTO. SN 7125.......................................................................... $26,900 Leon 425 vertical beater, new back end......................... $25,500 Leon 425 vertical beater................................................. $23,500

Freight rates apply on all used equipment.

Daily, weekly, monthly rentals

Grain Bag Extractors

2011 Tridekon 1210 HD 360 degree unload auger. SN TRI-101080.......................................................................... $32,500 2011 Tridekon 1210 HD 360 degree unload auger. SN TRI-101086.......................................................................... $27,900 2010 Tridekon 1210 HD 360 degree unload auger. SN TRI-101067.......................................................................... $27,900 2010 Tridekon 1210 HD 360 degree unload auger. SN TRI-101065.......................................................................... $26,900 2010 Tridekon 1210 HD 360 degree unload auger. SN TRI-101062.......................................................................... $26,900 2008 Tridekon 9108 unloader. 360 degree auger........... $18,500

Bale Carriers

2008 Haukaas 10 bale mover. SN 052-018.................... $22,500 2007 Haukaas 10 bale mover. SN 073-019.................... $21,900 2006 Haukaas 10 bale mover, hydraulic end gate. SN 02026..... .................................................................................. $20,900

Tree Chippers & Planters

Bandit 95XL, 50 hp Kubota diesel, 9” material, hydraulic feed, yellow........................................................................ $25,500 Bandit 65XL, 24 hp Honda V-twin, 6” material, hydraulic feed, green......................................................................... $11,500 Bandit 65XL, 24 hp Honda V-twin, 6” material, hydraulic feed, yellow........................................................................... $9500

Deep Tillage

Tye Agco paratill, 6-shank sub soiler, 3-point or tow behind, good shape......................................................................... $15,500

Post Pounders

Used Wheatheart Heavy Hitter, new 14 hp Kohler. SN 210538.. .................................................................................. $12,250 Used Wheatheart Heavy Hitter, new 14 hp Kohler. SN 210533.. .................................................................................. $12,250

3 Point Hitch Equipment & Skid Steer Attachments

Schulte SDX-110 snowblower. SN B1101073010.......... $14,250 Schulte SDX-110 snowblower. SN B1101071010.......... $14,250 Allied 9-ft. Euro mount snow blade, front end loader, spring trip. ..................................................................................... $4195 GMW 9-ft. snow box, bucket mount, reversale cutting edge.$2395 Geoffs Metal Works 8-ft. snow box, Universal quick attach, reversable edge...................................................................... $2195 Degelman 15-ft. speed blade, 10-ft. center, 2.5-ft. hydraulic wings. .......................................................................... $9800 Husquavarna log splitter, 20 ton, 5.5 hp Honda............... $3100 Sovema RP2-180 72” rototiller. SN 115610....................... $3850 Wheatheart S2000 3-pt. post pounder.............................. $6695 2010 Farmking 84” snowblower, hydraulic chute.............. $3350 72” accessories unlimted skid steer snowblower, needs 2 new orbit motors................................................................... $1750 Poly West 1075 low profile transport tank, needs plastic weld.... ..................................................................................... $1500 Kirchner pallet forks.......................................................... $1450

Trader’s Dispatch, February 2013 — Page C60

J&M Trailer Sales

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Off-station spring wheat trials continued From page C58

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New 2013 Delta 16-ft. bumper pull stock trailer with center gate, rear slider, 6-hole wheels and 235x16 10ply radial tires............................$5150 With torsion axles.....................$5350 New 2012 Load-Trail Gooseneck & Pull Type Dump Trailers

Features: * 2-7,000# Cambered EZ-lube axles w/electric brakes * Ramps for loading Bobcats * 16” 8 hole white spoke wheels * 235/85R16 tires * Battery operated hydraulic pump - power up/power down * 5” Bore cylinder scissor lift w/2” shaft - (14,000# lift capacity) * Free Solar Powered Battery Maintainer Included

8’x14 tandem axle 14,000# GVW, scissors lift, GN.......................$7650 *6’9”x14 tandem axle 14,000# GVW, scissors lift, GN................ $7650* *6’9”x14 tandem axle 14,000# GVW, scissors lift, pull type........ $6850* 8’x14 tandem axle 14,000# GVW, scissors lift, pull type...............$6850 * Trailers equipped with roll tarp.

New 2012 Delta Stock Trailers

• Heavy Duty Package • 10-Ply Radial Tires • Spare Tire & Wheel * Bull Package * Running Boards

2 Compartment Trailer - Sliding Outer Gate 6’x8”x20....................$9350 3 Compartments - Sliding Gates 6’x8”x24.....................................$9950

New Pickup Beds Many Sizes Available

Starting at...........$1850 In Stock - 102”x86” and 8.5’x86” Installation Available

tables continued on page C66

New Interstate Cargo Trailers 6x10 single wheel, 3500# GVW................................................... $3050 6x12 single wheel, 3500# GVW................................................... $3250 7x14 double axle 7000# GVW...................................................... $5200 7x16 double axle 7000# GVW...................................................... $5300 New Load Trail 20-ft. skid steer trailer with stand-up ramps, 16” 10-ply radial tires and 10,000# drop leg jack, 14,000 GVW....$4150

New 2012 Load-Trail Skid Steer Trailer

New Load Trail 20-ft. skid steer trailer with storable ramps, 16” 10-ply radial tires and 10,000# drop leg jack, 14,000 GVW....$3950

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N.D. 4-H Foundation to participate in Giving Hearts Day

By NDSU Extension Service local 4-H leadership development and eduThe Dakota Medical Foundation and cational opportunities in areas of animal and Impact Foundation have selected the North plant science; consumer and family science; Dakota 4-H Foundation to participate in the healthy lifestyle education; engineering 2013 Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour online and technology; environmental and earth fundraising event on February 14. sciences; citizenship and personal developOn Giving Hearts Day, all donations ment; communications; and expressive arts. of $10 or more made to select nonprofit To support the North Dakota 4-H Founorganizations are matched by the Dakota dation and have your donation matched, Medical Foundation (DMF) or other comgo to http://www.impactgiveback.org on munity donors. This event gives nonprofits February 14 and click on the Giving Hearts such as the North Dakota 4-H Foundation Day “Donate” button. an opportunity to raise awareness about The first Giving Hearts Day was in 2008. their organizations, identify new donors It generated 1,452 online donations totaling and secure more money for their missions. $325,000 for local nonprofit organizations. Contributions of $10 or more to the North The DMF’s match funding and incenDakota 4-H Foundation will be matched tive grant funds provided an additional up to $5,000 by the foundation’s sponsors: $165,000. In 2012, 10,850 donations to 140 AgCountry Farm Credit Services, Inland charities raised $1,634,620, and matching Oil and Gas, and Julie Burgum. The top 10 and incentive funding provided another organizations that receive the most online $504,207. contributions will receive additional funding from the DMF. ##### The North Dakota 4-H Foundation sebacchanal (bah-kan-AL), noun. A wild cures and manages financial resources to celebration; a party at which the partygoers enhance and expand the state’s 4-H proare loud and out of control, often fueled by gram. Funds raised will support state and excess alcohol consumption.

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If you have items you want advertised in the March 2013 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM IS March 1.

TRACTORS AND MORE FOR SALE

1989 Chevrolet Blazer, 4WD, V6, auto. 4WD works good. Runs as good as it looks................$2500

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1996 Isuzu Trooper, new battery, alternator and many more new parts, 180,000 miles. Looks good and runs super........$2500 2005 Chevrolet 1500, 4x4, V6, auto, regular cab, long box with Case Model D, good tires, runs exliner, like new tires, 20+ mpg, cellent.................................$950 80,000 miles. Extra clean.......... .........................................$9500

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Feral hog approved holding facility guidelines in Texas

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s new publication, “Feral Hog Approved Holding Facility Guidelines in Texas,” SP-488, is now available, said one of its authors. “With feral hog numbers on the rise and potential profits possible, the need for the proper facilities, also known as buyer stations, to hold and maintain them until such time as they can be marketed, also rises,” said Jared Timmons, AgriLife Extension associate headquartered in San Marcos with Texas A&M University’s department of wildlife and fisheries sciences. “These facilities are needed because they provide a way for landowners to make money from hogs, hopefully offsetting some of the damage costs. This fact sheet explains the guidelines involved in operating such an approved holding facility.” Timmons said the publication explains the Texas Animal Health Commission mandates that must be met and maintained before a facility can become and remain an approved holding facility. These rules include such guidelines as maintaining a double hog-proof fence around the facility, how and what records must be kept on the animals and deadlines that must be met in order to be re-authorized as an approved holding facility. “There is no fee for operating an approved holding facility, but because these animals have become such a nuisance and health threat in some instances, there is a fair amount of record keeping that must be maintained,” Timmons said. Timmons said well run facilities do offer a much-needed service as they provide a market to landowners trying to recoup some of the monetary losses incurred from the damage the hogs cause. “Approved holding facilities are regulated by the Texas Animal Health Commission, but the commission does not get involved with any of the pricing associated with the animals,” he said. “Depending on where and how the hogs are marketed, the prices now range around 10-20 cents a pound live-weight for hogs M-K Hoppers weighing up to 100 pounds, around 30 cents per pound All Sizes for 100-150 pounders and 60 All Custom Built cents for those 150 pounds or more.” Kits Weld Together Timmons said approved Prefabs = 2 pieces holding facilities hold feral hogs, which he added are New easy to build kits. the only type of animals apYour choice all weld together proved for the facilities, until or all bolt together. a full load can be collected. These are usually trucked to authorized hunting preserves (males only) or to one of the New two feral hog processing facilities in Texas who market Powder most of the meat overseas. Coated, Bolt Support for this publication came from the Plum Together Creek Watershed Feral Hog program which is provided Kits through Clean Water Act with FREE DELIVERY §319(h) nonpoint source funding from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  This publication along with 15 others dealing with feral hogs is available at http://agrilifebookstore.org/ publications. ##### When I was a teenager and a pretty girl looked at me, I thought I was hot stuff. When I was middle-aged and a pretty girl looked at me, I thought, “Not bad for a guy my age.” Now when a pretty girl looks at me, I think I better make sure my fly is zipped.

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2013 Wilson CD 53’x102”, R-Tac legal, triple air ride, aluminum wheels, 11’ nose, 42’ main deck..... .................................................................................................................................................. P.O.R. 1995 Western flatbed set, 40-ft. lead pulling 28-ft. pup, combo’s, spring ride, aluminum wheels........ .................................................................................................................................................. P.O.R.

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2013 Wilson PSAL 53’x102”, straight floor livestock, 3 compartment, air ride, sliding suspension, steel wheels 24.5.. ................................................... P.O.R. 1998 Merritt 48’x102”, 72” sides, spring ride, S/D/S aluminum wheels...........................P.O.R.

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1991 Bronco steel 16-ft. bumper pull, wood floor with mats, divider, full swing rear door......P.O.R.

2010 Western AGH 38’x96”, 72” sides, spring ride, aluminum wheels, pintle hook..........P.O.R.

2013 Wilson PDWH 20’x96”, 66” sides, 10’ drawbar, spring ride, steel wheels.............P.O.R.

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The deadline for advertising in the March issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be March 1. Phone (406) 279-3291.

Tiny wasp could be stink bug’s foe

By Daniel Robison, Oregon State University Extension Service As the brown marmorated stink bug spreads across the state, Oregon State University (OSU) is studying how to use bug-on-bug warfare to stop this crop-damaging pest. The insect arrived in the eastern United States in the late 1990s and has since spread to more than 30 states. The non-native bug was found in Portland in 2004 and has since shown up in 13 Oregon counties, including all of the Willamette Valley. But populations in Oregon are still relatively low in most areas, according to OSU estimates. Although the pest has caused major commercial crop damage in many eastern states, so far it has had minimal impact on Northwest crops. To keep it that way, OSU researchers are looking to a non-pesticide solution: a tiny wasp imported from China. Smaller than a pinhead, the wasp, known as Trissolcus halyomorphae, lays its eggs in the brown marmorated stink bug’s eggs. OSU researchers have produced a video showing this process (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ embedded&v=rbdXiiM538I). The potential release of the wasp in the field could still be years away as researchers need to first test its behavior in quarantine to determine if it discriminates between the brown marmorated stink bug’s eggs and those of other species. Canada and Mexico must also agree to the wasp’s introduction. “The problem with the introduction of biological control organisms is that bugs don’t recognize borders like we do we don’t want to release something that causes more harm than good,” said entomologist Peter Shearer, who’s leading MT Certified Seed Plant OSU’s stink bug research. “We want to do this right because rarely do we have an ample opportunity to deal with a prob(406) 566-2282 - Stanford, MT lem that has the potential to be this bad.” Oregon farmers fear the insect could severely affect crops if its numbers continue to swell. It has already been spotted near some large agricultural operations in Oregon. The bug isn’t a picky eater, having shown a taste for more than 100 types of crops, including corn, wine grapes, hazelnuts, pears, apples and sweet cherries. It leaves behind discolored patches on the food, which is still safe to eat, but the cosmetic blemishes make the products largely worthless in the marketplace. ✯ Fortuna ✯ Monico ✯ Granger Austrian “It’s more of a list of what it doesn’t eat than what it does ✯ Outlook* ✯ Streaker* (naked oats) Peas feed on,” said Vaughn Walton, an entomologist at OSU. ✯ McNeal ✯ Windham Yellow “Identifying where the bug is found is an ongoing effort. ✯ Vida* Field Peas Unfortunately, it has been detected in many of Oregon’s ✯ Buckwheat ✯ Finch major agricultural areas and the populations are increasing. It looks like it could be a problem soon in some areas based ✯ Haxby on populations we found in 2012.” ✯ Lavina ✯ Metcalfe OSU researchers are using this field data to plot an even ✯ Check with us ✯ Hays more aggressive tracking strategy for 2013. In the meantime, ✯ Hockett* for mixes & CRP Oregonians can assist the effort by reporting sightings to ✯ Harrington blends * denotes PVP bmsb@hort.oregonstate.edu. Water Softener & Stock Salt • Feed Corn • Wood Pellets “A lot of the finds we’ve made the past few seasons are because of the public chipping in,” said Nik Wiman, a postFULL LINE doctoral scientist at OSU’s research center in Hermiston, who FEED BARLEY and is studying the insect. “Without it, we would not have as good OF FARM SAFFLOWER CONTRACTS a picture of how the bug has distributed through the state.” CHEMICALS In the winter, the brown marmorated stink bug seeks shelCall for details Nutrena Feeds by Cargill ter indoors, often in attics, garages and dark, moist places. It can be confused with other insects, so the OSU Extension Service has published a twopage guide (http://ir.library. oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/35654/ em9054-s.pdf) for the public on how to distinguish it from look-alikes. The document is also in Spanish. More information on the bug can be found on OSU’s Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (http:// Call Dale or Cory for live bottoms horticulture.oregonstate.edu/ and parts@ 701-356-4198 group/brown-marmorated5 more tri-axle farm trucks in stock. stink-bug-oregon) website. OSU is one of 11 institutions researching the brown marmorated stink bug in an effort funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Hazelnut ComSidney, MT mission and the Oregon Wine Board. OSU graduate student 406-433-5400 Chris Hedstrom has also conwww.turfnwheels.com tributed to the project.

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Tree spacing

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: My husband and I are planning on planting two rows of trees on a lot we purchased. The tree rows would run east and west. We would like to plant one row of blue spruce trees. Do you have any suggestions as far as deciduous trees for the second row? How far apart do you suggest planting the blue spruces and how far apart do you suggest having the tree rows? (Bismarck, North Dakota) A: Space between plantings is really a function of how fast you want enclosure. Some want a wall of evergreens as soon as possible, so they will space the trees 5 feet apart in the row. They will also take a deciduous species, such as a hackberry, and space them the same distance. It is more expensive because of the higher investment in planting stock. A more modest, but effective spacing, would be to space the evergreens 8 to 14 feet apart and the deciduous trees 10 to 16 feet apart. The spacing between the rows should be somewhere within these ranges. Allow enough room for equipment to be used for weed control without physically damaging the plantings. I mentioned hackberry being a good deciduous species to consider. Others might be lindens, silver maples (local seed source or selected cultivar), black walnut and bur oak. For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ horticulture.

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FOR SALE OR TRADE 1973 GMC 4x4, 4-speed flatbed, new everything except paint, 58,000 original miles....................................................... $6000 Or will trade for a 3-horse slant gooseneck horse trailer, a gooseneck flatbed tandem dually trailer or a tractor with loader.

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2012 New Holland H8080, DB416 header. Demo unit........... Call for Special Pricing! New Holland 1495, gas, hydrostatic, 12-ft. header...............................................$8500

2002 New Holland TV140 bidirectional, loader, grapple. 50 hours on new engine warranty. Nice unit.........................................$74,500 1997 New Holland 8360 MFD, 115 PTO hp, cab, air, loader, 4500 hours...................$51,500 2002 New Holland TM125 MFD, 100 PTO hp, cab, air, loader, 3025 hours............$48,400 2011 New Holland Boomer 50 FWA, hydro, rear remote, 250 TL loader, 50 hours....$23,800 2009 New Holland Boomer 8N FWA, CVT transmission, 250TL loader, 25 hours. Like new................................................$28,700 2012 New Holland T5070 MFD, cab, air, MSL loader, 166 hours, warranty. Like new!........ . .....................................................$62,700

2003 John Deere 4995, 14-ft. disc header, steel conditioner, 1400 hours..................$64,200 1997 Case IH 8850, disc header, cab............... . .....................................................$32,500 Hesston 6650, cab, air, 14-ft. header...$15,500 New Holland 2331 13-ft. disc header, 2330BF push frame. Excellent.....................$18,500 MacDon 940 15-ft. multi-crop header......$7700

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New Holland 1431 pivot tongue, 13-ft. cut disc mower............................................$12,200 New Holland 1411 10-ft.4” cut disc mower/ conditioner........................................$9700 2006 New Holland 499 12-ft. pivot tongue. Excellent condition.........................$17,700 Hesston 1014 14-ft. pivot tongue, 14-ft. sickle head..................................................$6400

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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

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New Holland FP230 pull-type chopper, 27P hay head...............................................$10,500 New Holland 1069 self-propelled 3-wide bale wagon, air. Excellent......................$35,000 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 John Deere 54 side delivery rake, 9-ft. working width..................................................$4400 Sitrex 3-point belt rake............................$1840

ASV RC100-CTL cab, air, heat, bucket...$25,500 New Holland Harley MX8 landscaping power box rake............................................$6800 Mustang MBH9H 9-ft. backhoe for skidsteer, 24” bucket..........................................$7600 2011 Buhler SB5200 skidsteer snowblower. Excellent...........................................$4800

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New Holland G4020 zero turn mower, 50”deck, bagger system..................................$3200 John Deere L130 48” deck, bagger, FM snowblower................................................$1950 Walker mowers in stock along with Toro commercial and residential units.

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CAMPER & FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

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International 1590 14-ft. swing tongue swather....... $3500 1988 Cascade 8-ft. pickup camper........................... $2000 Knapheide 16-ft. x 40” grain sides/ front/ back to fit trapezoid stake pockets. Nice....................................... $600

Phone (406) 870-9003, Dutton, MT

SNOWPLOW FOR SALE

1990 International, 350 Cummins, 13 speed transmission, hydraulic angling blade. New batteries, chains and headlights. Good glass. Runs great $10,500

Phone Bernie at (406) 899-8305

Doane Western 252 Cirque Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718 www.doanewestern.com

Specializing in: Long Term Farm and Ranch Loans FSA Guaranteed Loans Statewide Service Best Available Rates

Farm and Ranch Loans Call for Current Rates Bozeman (406) 587-1201 Toll Free 800-446-1112w Website: www.doanewestern.com

Long Term Real Estate Loans Refinance at Lower Rates, Consolidate Debt, New Purchases

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##### When Queen Elizabeth got a new cell phone, She asked her grandson Harry, then twenty-six, to activate her voice-mail greeting. Harry programmed the phone to answer, “Hey wassup? This is Liz. Sorry I’m away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one; for Charles, press two; for the corgis, press three.” The Prince’s prank was exposed when the Queen’s private secretary, called and got the message. Needless to say, it was promptly removed.

##### Elaine, a grandmother of three granddaughters, was visiting her friend Pat for a few days at the beach. At a family cookout, Pat introduced her three-year-old granddaugher Emma to Elaine, adding that Elaine was a grandmother. “Emma asked if I was her grandmother, too,” recalled Elaine. “Pat replied that I was someone else’s grandmother.” When the time came to eat, Emma announced, “I want to set by Somebody-else’s-grandmother.”

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Over 13 Case IH Dealerships Throughout Montana And Wyoming To Serve You Visit www.CaseIH.com to find a dealership near you. Big Sky Equipment, Conrad 1-800-332-7541 Glasgow Implement, Glasgow 1-800-345-6042 Heart Mountain Farm Supply, Powell, WY 1-800-877-6758 Kamp Implement, Belgrade 406-388-4295 Manning International, Hysham 406-342-5571 Musselshell Valley Equip., Roundup 1-888-423-2605 Torgerson’s, Billings 406-252-8614 Torgerson’s, Great Falls 406-453-1453 Torgerson’s, Ethridge 406-873-2222 or 406-434-2222 Torgerson’s, Havre 406-265-5887 Torgerson’s, Lewistown 406-538-8795 Tri-County Implement, Sidney 1-800-624-6540

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HAY FOR SALE

Approximately 340 ton 2nd cutting hay, mid-sized square bales, tarped.

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Call (406) 466-3860, Choteau, MT

PORTABLE CRUSHING OPERATION FOR SALE

An operating, modern and permitted scoria crushing operation located in southeastern MT

Call (406) 853-3352

Generators - Generators - Generators

Yamaha Water Pumps Available in 2” and 3”

Northern Hydraulics 800-823-4937 • 406-761-8079 2600 17th St. NE • Black Eagle, MT (Great Falls) • East of Fleet Wholesale www.northernhydraulics.net

##### Charlie’s doctor told him that he was only allowed one drink a day. He asked his friend the veterinarian if he agreed with that, and he did. So now Charlie has seven drinks a day, because it’s only one each in dog days.

##### Horace was, as usual, up to his old complaints. “If you ask me, these young kids with all of their pierced ears, noses, tongues and other places have ruined going to the beach with a metal detector.”

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Here’s the Difference Between Going Out and Spraying and Going All Out Spraying! New3 201

Sprayers – In Stock Now!!

• 2400 gallon • 480 duals • 132-ft. boom stainless steel wet boom • Fence row nozzles • Raven auto boom height control • Flo-Bak ball valves • Electronic Command Center • Quad nozzle bodies Buy or Lease To Own

$17,709/yr - oac

• 2400 gallon • 480 duals • 132-ft. boom stainless steel wet boom • Fence row nozzles • Chem inductor • 10-section Flo-Bak ball valves • Raven auto boom height control • ISO connectivity • Quad nozzle bodies Buy or Lease To Own

$17,709/yr - oac

• 2400 gallon • 480 duals • 132-ft. boom stainless steel wet boom • 6-section Flo-Bak ball valves • Fence row nozzles • Raven auto boom height control • Quad nozzle bodies Buy or Lease To Own

$17,314/yr - oac • 1600 gallon • 480 duals • 120-ft. boom stainless steel wet boom • Fence row nozzles • Flo-Bak ball valves • Raven auto boom height control • Quad nozzle bodies • Raven 4400 flow control Buy or Lease To Own

3400 Old Havre Highway – Great Falls, MT

$14,166/yr - oac

1-888-453-2924

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USED BELLY DUMP

NEW 3-point Bale Unroller Includes cylinder and hoses.

1996 General

$1200

IN STOCK

40-ft. tandem axle belly dump.

New Diamond C car haulers

$12,500

New Dump Trailers

3500, 5200 & 7000# axles 16-ft. 18-ft. & 20-ft. IN STOCK

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 STOCK & HORSE TRAILERS

2-New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer, full bull package. Each.............. $10,295 2-New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock, full bull package. Each........................... $9295 1-New Travalong 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with full bull package and 2 sliding dividers................................................................................................................... $10,995 2-New Travalong 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailers with full bull package. Each...... $9995

4x7’ Heavy duty Trailer Mats.....Each $65

CALL TODAY!

Your

Dealer

NEW UTILITY FLATBED TRAILERS

18’x83” heavy duty car hauler, wrap tongue, 6” channel frame, brakes on two axles, 7000 lb. axles.................................................................................................... $3995 18’x83” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, set back jack, brakes on two axles, ramps, 5200 lb. axles............................................................................................................. $3695

NEW HEAVY DUTY FLATBED TRAILERS

1-New Circle D 31-ft. triple axle gooseneck with 7000# axles, 12” I-beam frame, folding beavertail, 2 jacks, 21,000 GVW........................................................................$9295 2-New Circle D 25-ft. (including 3 piece beavertail) 2-7000# axles, 16,000 GVW. Each...................................................................................................................$6895 1-New Circle D 29-ft. (including beavertail) tandem dually gooseneck..................$9995 1-New Travalong 25-ft. gooseneck flatbed with 2-7000# axles, flip-over ramps and 2 jacks....................................................................................................................$6495

New Haulmark & Look Enclosed Trailers

Excellent Selection On Hand

G ll – steel flatbeds

Gooseneck & Bumper Pull

Tuffloader Tilt Trailers

PINTLE HITCH TRAILER

TURNOVER BALL A hitch when you need it...A level bed when you don’t COMPANION™ 5th WHEEL RV HITCH

Towmaster 25-ft. pintle hook trailer, electric brakes, 20,000 GVW............................ $6500

USED EQUIPMENT Jantz combine trailer.........$3500

2009 Haulmark 8 1/2’ x 24-ft. enclosed trailer, 120 miles, stored inside.................$8500

Kiefer Built 6x20 gooseneck stock trailer...................$3500

Circle D 20-ft. low profile...$3795

Iron Steer 20-ft. lumber roller trailer with hoist............$7500 2003 Haulmark 6x12 enclosed trailer with cargo door and side door......................$2695

Mounts to rails bolted under the bed, or attaches easily to B&W’s turnover ball gooseneck hitch. Easy adjustment of height & lateral positions.

Triple T Sales Contact Dave Taylor; 406-357-2166

Chinook, MT

Home Phone - 406-357-2162 Highway 2 West, Chinook, MT 1/2 miles west of Chinook

Rugby 71/2-ft.x10-ft. pickup flatbed.................................$700

Big Tex 51-ft. tandem dually car hauler with electric winch and rails for hauling trailers. 20,000 GVW. Excellent, like new...............................$8500

8-ft. x 30-ft. semi trailer with removable bale rack. Excellent.. . . ...................................$4800

2010 Travalong 20-ft. gooseneck flatbed with 5200# axles, dovetail, ramps.............$3600 Ross forklift with long fork extensions.............................$3500 2008 Chevolet 1/2-ton 4x4, extended cab, V-8, 7-ft. flatbed, 102,000 miles............$13,995

53-ft. van trailers...Start @ $5500

Gooseneck model: Bumper Pull model: 6-ft. stationary deck with 16-ft. tilt deck 4-ft. stationary deck with 16-ft. tilt deck Both models have 18” treadplate approach

& the Hi-Line area

Available options include: hydraulically powered 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.

NEW SKID STEER TRAILERS

2-Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck skid steer trailers, 80” wide, 7000# torsion axles, fold-over ramps, tread plate fenders, treated wood floor, radial tires. Each......................$5895 2-New Circle D 18-ft. bumper pull, with 16” tires, 7000# axles, ramps. Each........$4695

for North Central MT

Load Trail utility trailer with sides............................$1600

1979 Champ 5000# gas forklift, 21-ft. height, side shift..$10,500

1988 Western 18-ft. gooseneck stock trailer..................$2800

New Circle D pickup flatbeds

7x7...................... $1450

71/2x81/2............... $1450 71/2x9.................. $1520

8x9...................... $1850 Circle D flatbeds, gooseneck hitch plate, lights, headache rack, rear skirt. Black 8x11.................... $2150

Large Trailer Parts Inventory • Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps • Tie-downs • Bearings & seals • Jacks • Etc.

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