January 2013

JANUARY 2013

Vol. XIII No. 12 P.O. Box 306 Valier, MT 59486-0306

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

Wild World of Weeds workshop set for January 16

By NDSU Extension Service The annual Wild World of Weeds workshop is set for Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Fargodome, according to Rich Zollinger, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service weed specialist.

The workshop is intended for agricultural professionals who advise growers on weed control and herbicide use, crop consultants, agronomists, agricultural dealers and distributors, Extension agents and industry representatives.

NDSU scientists, including Andy Robinson, Jeff Stachler, Brian Jenks, Greg Endres, Kirk Howatt, Harlene HattermanValenti, Mike Ostlie, Rod Lym and Zollinger, will present continued on page a2

PRIVATE TREATY

Sand Herefords, Fairfield.....................................................................................A6 Ox Bar Quarter Horses, Ronan...........................................................................A5 Anchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn.......................................................................A9 Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan...........................................................................A9 Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida....................................................................A9 Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek..............................................................A9 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan.............................................................................A9 Ehlke Herefords, Townsend.................................................................................A9 McKechnie Herefords, Shelby.............................................................................A8 McMurry Cattle, Billings.......................................................................................A8 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek...........................................................................A8 Wichman Herefords, Moore.................................................................................A8 3 Pine Ranch, Great Falls...................................................................................A17

LIVESTOCK SALE

Jan. 15, Montana Livestock Auction, Ramsay....................................................A4 Feb. 2, Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch, Helena..................................................A3 Feb. 2, Snowshoe Cattle Company & Sidwell Ranch, Miles City......................A8 Feb. 4, Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross, Lewistown..................................A24 Feb. 6, Begger’s Diamond V, Wibaux...................................................................A7 Feb. 16, Wild West Winterfest, Bozeman.............................................................A5 Feb. 18, Bulls of the Big Sky, Billings...............................................................A22 Feb. 19, Veseth Cattle Co., Malta.......................................................................A11 Feb. 26, JC Heiken Angus & Sons, Miles City..................................................A12 Feb. 26, Connelly Angus, Valier.........................................................................A13 Mar. 1, Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville............................................A20 Mar. 1, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford........................................................A10 Mar. 2, Bulls of the Bitterroot, Stevensville........................................................A6 Mar. 5, Apex Angus, Valier..................................................................................A23 Mar. 8, Flesch Angus, Shelby.............................................................................A25 Mar. 9, Strawberry Ridge Reds, Livingston......................................................A38 Mar. 11, Holden Herefords, Valier.........................................................................A8 Mar. 12, Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek..................................................A9 Mar. 14, Fritz Red Angus, Brady........................................................................A29 Mar. 16, O’Hara Land & Cattle, Fort Benton.....................................................A33 Mar. 18, Hawks Angus, Galata...........................................................................A35 Mar. 19, Open Gate Ranch, Simms....................................................................A37 Mar. 19, Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Labortory, Miles City........A8 Apr. 11, Kel McC Angus (Northern Premier Angus Sale), Chinook................A51

UPCOMING AUCTION

Jan. 19, Kamerman Auction Co, Gun Auction, Amsterdam..............................A3 Jan. 19, Bo Carpenter Auction, Inc., Olstad Estate, Kalispell...........................A2 Jan. 26, Salsibury Auction Service, Consignment, Hamilton.........................A45 Feb. 9, RK Statewide Auction, RMC Spring Auction, Sidney..........................A19

Weed and Range Seminars

This winter two Montana cities will host a very informative Weed & Range Seminar; January 24, 2013 in Lewistown, Montana and February 5, 2013 in Glendive, Montana.

These seminars will include presentations by local Crop Production Services agents, members of the Department of Agriculture, Army Corps of Engineers, representatives from DuPont, Dow AgroSciences and Land O’Lakes, and a member of the Fort Keogh Research Center.

Topics will include the uses for different types of chemicals, updates on chemical products, aquatic invasive species, record keeping and safety as well as a discussion on the after continued on page a2

Bull moose browses along a creek in the Sweet Grass Hills. Photo by Maggie Nutter.

2012 Central Montana on-farm spring wheat cultivar evaluations

By Dave Wichman, Research Agronomist/Superintendent, Central Ag Research Center, Moccasin, Montana Drought conditions that started in late due to weather conditions or other factors, June 2011 persisted through the 2012 growsawfly cutting was minimal to none. The ing season in much of the Judith Basin. Soil spring wheat crop ripened ten to 15 days moisture conditions ample in the April and earlier than normal due to the drought May for good root and foliage growth. Howconditions and above average mean temever, expected June July rains did not come peratures. It was the third in year in the for the Moccasin and Denton locations. The last six growing seasons that wheat yields Geraldine location did receive late spring were reduced due to drought conditions. continued on page a4 and summer precipitation. Whether it was

Central Montana 2012 barley cultivar performance trials

By Dave Wichman and Benri Deanon CARC-Moccasin year precipitation was 10.99 inches. Mean The 2012 growing season had mixed temperatures at CARC were above average precipitation levels in central Montana. throughout the crop year, beginning at the The southwestern portion of the Judith start of summer in 2011. Five consecutive Basin experienced drought, above average nights of freezing temperatures, May 24-29, temperatures and spots of hail. Growing stressed rapidly growing seedlings of an arseason precipitation was more plentiful in ray crop species. Wind driven rain and hail, the north and east portions of the Basin. The on June 5, caused variable defoliation, 15% 2012 growing conditions at the CARC were to 40%, across numerous research nurseries. generally harsh. Below average precipitation coupled with above average temperacontinued on page A32 tures caused drought stress through most of the growing season. The CARC crop

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WANTED – Farmland to lease or possible purchase

For wheat, barley and pulse production – Will consider expiring CRP acres.

Possible incentives available for CRP transistion – Havre area.

Phone Robert Brown, 406-390-3362

Wild World of Weeds workshop set for January 16 continued from front page

information on a variety of environmental and weed science topics during the workshop. Also doing a presentation is Jason Norsworthy, University of Arkansas associate professor.

Registration begins at 8 a.m., with the first session beginning at 8:50.

Topics for the workshop are: • NDSU research updates on small grains, corn, soybeans, edible legumes, oil seed crops, root crops, minor crops, weed biology, noxious/troublesome weeds, and adjuvants and formulations • Survey of relevant weed science topics • Implications of southern U.S. weed resistance for North Dakota • Troublesome weeds • Drift Stewardship • Off-target movement and spray tank contamination The agenda and a registration form are available at http:// www.ndsu.edu/weeds.

The registration fee is $85 until January 4 and $125 after that date. The registration fee covers food and resource materials. Registration is available only on the Web. Six and a half credits for the certified crop adviser program will be given for attending the workshop. The credits are for pest management.

For more information, contact Zollinger at (701) 231-8157 or r.zollinger@ndsu.edu.

Weed and Range Seminars CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

effects of the fires. Each seminar has been set up a little different to accommodate the differences in land, weather and practices in each area. In addition to great speakers and topics, participants will also get a chance to sign up for applicator points.

Currently there are 6 private applicator points and 5 commercial applicator points available with aquatic applicator and dealer points pending.

The Lewistown seminar will be held at the Eagles Club in Lewistown beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Glendive seminar will be held at the Moose Lodge in Glendive beginning at 8:00 a.m. Registration for both seminars will be from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. with the speakers beginning at 8:30 a.m. Registration is $20 at the door and this includes lunch and the applicator points. All registration will be taken at the door, no early registration accepted. Both seminars will end around 5:00 p.m. with participants signing up for applicator points.

For more information please contact James Sparks at (406) 366-1667 or Abby Majerus at (406) 239-6127 or abbymajerus@hotmail.com. ##### Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. -- Oscar Wilde

THE TRADER’S DISPATCH (USPS 019-793)

January 2013 — Vol. XIII No. 12

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Farmland leasing workshops set

By NDSU Extension Service Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should consider attending a farmland-leasing workshop sponsored by The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service. Workshops scheduled for January through March are: • January 15, 1 p.m., Carrington Research Extension Center • January 16, 1 p.m., Burke County Courthouse, Bowbells • January 17, 9:30 a.m., Dakota Farms meeting room, Rugby • January 23, 9 a.m., City Hall, Forman • January 23, 1:30 p.m., Fireside Restaurant, Ellendale • January 28, 1 p.m., McKenzie County Courthouse, Watford City • January 29, 9 a.m., Divide County Courthouse, Crosby • February 11, 1 p.m., Morton County Fairgrounds, New Salem • February 12, 9:30 a.m., Civic Center, Beulah • February 13, 1 p.m., American Legion, Finley • February 19, 1 p.m., Walsh County Extension office, Park River • March 7, 9 a.m., Winter Show Building, Valley City Rising land values, strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements. The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental agreements.

Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.

One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented. The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.

There will be a session on how producers can improve their land rental negotiations by enhancing the communication process with landowners. This includes the use of resumes, portfolios and frequent communications to keep landowners informed and educated about their operation and vision for a particular tract of land.

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Currently in rigid mode, but easy to change.

Recent guards and sections. Stored inside, good condition. Fits flagship combines.

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Private Collection of Chip Kamerman

Saturday, January 19 * 9 AM

You must be 18 to register & 21 to purchase hand guns.

Out of State Buyers, please call for buyer information

Amsterdam, MT

7 miles South of Manhattan on Churchill Rd. Just down the hill from Danhof Chevy

For over 40 years, Chip Kamerman has been acquiring a collection of guns and accessories and is offering his collection at public auction. A sale like this doesn’t come around very often and Kamerman Auction Co is pleased to conduct the sale. Chip’s love and knowledge of guns runs deep and his collection is in excellent condition. None of the guns have paperwork.

A special Auction Preview will be held on Friday, January 18 from 4-8 pm.

100+ Rifles & Shot Guns

Whitney-Burgess, Winchester, Remington, Marlin, Stevens, Ruger, Harrington-Richardson, Sako, Colt, Savage, New England, US Springfield, Rock-Ola.

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PICKUP FOR SALE

1992 Ford F250 4x4, cab and chassis, 5 speed, weak motor.

2012 Central Montana on-farm spring wheat cultivar evaluations continued from FRONT page

Phone (406) 799-6923

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The twenty spring wheat entries average 21.1 bushels per acre at the Moccasin location with Oneal producing the high yield at 24.5 bu/a followed by experimental line MT 1053 at 23.2 bu/a (Table 1). Spring wheat test weights were below average with a nursery mean of 55.0 pounds per bushel. Volt had the high test weight at 56.7 lbs/bu.

Three entries had test weights below 54.0 lbs/bu. Moccasin spring wheat protein contents were much above average, at 18.1%, as one would expect with the low test weights.

North Dakota cultivar `Mott’ had the protein content at 19.3 %.

Develop line MT 1008 was the high yielding entry at the Denton location at 28.4 bu/a followed by Vida and MT 1053 ( Table 2). Denton spring wheat test weights 1.24 lbs/bu above the Moccasin location at 56.24 lbs/bu. averaged just one pound per bushel above the Moccasin test weights. Kuntz and MT continued on page A6

17th annual Diversity, Direction, and Dollars forum

By NDSU Extension Service Diversity, Direction and Dollars 2013, an agricultural forum, will be held on Tuesday, January 15, at the Ramada Inn Grand Dakota Lodge in Dickinson, North Dakota. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., followed at 9 with a welcome from Haylie Shipp with the Northern Ag Network.

“This program will feature internationally known speakers on topics affecting agriculture in the western Dakotas and eastern Montana,” says Kurt Froelich, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agent in Stark and Billings counties. “It will give producers ideas for improving productivity and decreasing costs while providing highquality food produced in a sustainable manner.”

The keynote speaker is Michael Swanson who is an agricultural economist and consultant for Wells Fargo. He will discuss the risks and rewards of ultra-low interest rates. In an era of ultra-low interest rates, what should agricultural producers be doing to secure their economic success? How stable are interest rates?

“Agricultural producers also are financial managers, so they need to consider alternative investments to land,” Froelich says.

Phil Westra, Colorado State University weed science professor, will discuss herbicide resistant weeds and future chemical rotations.

Wheat development and nitrogen management will be discussed by Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension agronomist.

With the cost of nitrogen skyrocketing, farm managers want to be sure they get a return on their nitrogen investment.

Leon Osborne, University of North Dakota (UND) professor and UND Regional Weather Information Center director, will discuss weather forecasts. Osborne has more than 35 years of atmospheric science experience in academia, research and industry. Weather may play a critical role in determining producer success or failure because soil moisture is much less than last year.

Jan Knodel, NDSU Extension Service entomologist, will discuss how to effectively use insecticides. Insects can become serious pests in certain situations and can have a huge economic impact on producers. Knodel will provide ideas on how producers can get the most benefit from insect control strategies.

“Producers should come away with at least two good ideas that they can apply to their farms during the next cropping season and at least one good idea to position their farming operation to take advantage of the changes occurring,” Froelich says.

A registration fee of $15 covers all breaks, the noon lunch and materials and is payable at the door.

Master Conservationist program seeks nominations

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Recognizing long-term water conservation, innovation and implementation, the 2013 Master Conservationist recognition program is seeking nominations.

A winner will be selected from each of the three established categories: agriculture, community and youth. Production agriculture includes individual producers, partnerships and family farm or ranch corporations. The community category is for groups, individual agencies or businesses that have carried out a water and/or soil conservation program for a minimum of two years. The youth category seeks to recognize any individual or group of individuals 19 years old or younger for their conservation efforts.

Master Conservationist brochures, which include details on the program, are available at local Natural Resources District and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service offices. Applications can also be found online by visiting www.owh.com and clicking on “In the Community” link.

Entries are due February 1, 2013.

All entries are judged by members of the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Master Conservationists will be recognized at the annual banquet of the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts, September 23, 2013, at the Younes Conference Centre in Kearney. They will also be featured in the Omaha World Herald in September.

The Master Conservationist program is sponsored by the Omaha World-Herald and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL.

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WINTER WHEAT STRAW BALES FOR SALE

130 round, certified weed free. $15/bale or $45/ton We load – You haul.

Call Leon 406-372-3176, 799-4817 cell or Dan 406-376-3143, 390-2572 cell, Kremlin, MT

These and others for sale

Check our You Tube videos on these well started quarter horses by clicking the links on our website oxbarquarterhorses.com We’ve produced PRCA Rope Horses, World Champion Breakaway Horses and College Champion Breakaway Horses.

Featuring a grandson each of Sugar Bars and Leo

We are a committed breeder of top quality Quarter Horses, the way mother nature intended it to be, one colt at a time, specializing in the blood line of Three Bars, Sugar Bars, Leo, Bert, Go Man Go, Hollywood Jac 86, Jerico Lark, Aliso Gill 3, Joe Reed 11 and many others.

Ox Bar Quarter Horses

Phone (406) 676-3043 email: quarterhorsesmt@gmail.com Ronan, Montana website: oxbarquarterhorses.com

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FORD RANGER FOR SALE 2011 Ford Ranger XLT, 4x4, extended cab, V6, 5 speed manual, dark blue. 9400 miles.

Call Mark Mees, (406) 347-5413, Forsyth, MT

2012 Central Montana on-farm spring wheat cultivar evaluations continued from page A4

Sand Herefords Top Quality Horned and Polled Yearling Bulls Proven Genetics, Carcass Quality and Efficiency Private Treaty - Call for Details

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Mark your calendars for the 2nd annual

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.

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

Also 20 all black commercial heifers in the sale.

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!!!

Look for our full ad in the February Trader’s Dispatch

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Spring wheat cultivar evaluations

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GOETTLICH BROTHERS TRUCKING

CUSTOM HAULING

continued from page A6

Cattle and hay

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Phone Trent Goettlich, Hilger, MT 406-350-0229 or 406-462-5554 ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE

130 ton Alfalfa 3rd cutting, round bales...............$200/ton

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Reinke 3-tower lateral, 600-ft., 4” pipe, diesel generator.... ........................................................................... $20,000 International 24-ft. disc............................................ $1500 24-ft. combine header trailer........................................ $600 Older John Deere pickup header with Sund attachment... .............................................................................. $1000 4000 gallon diesel fuel tank with cement stand......... $1000 Call 406-466-5515 evenings, Choteau, MT

1008 had the high test weights at 58.4 and 58.2 lbs/bu., respectively. The mean protein level of the Denton trial was 15.4% with Mott having the high protein content at 16.9%.

The 2012 spring wheat yields at Geraldine were near average with a nursery mean yield of 30.4 bushels per acre (Table 3). Outlook and IMICHT79 were the high yielders at 33.8 bu/a. Kuntz and Volt had the high test weights at 60.6 and 60.3 lbs/ bu. Ninety pounds actual N was applied pre-emergence and 10 lbs of N was placed with the seed. This was sufficient N to produce an average of 16.7% protein content.

McNeal and Volt had the high protein contents at 17.6% and 17.5%.

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Tulip bulbs

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: The other day, my daughter gave me a bag of tulips bulbs that her company pulled out to throw away. I have the bulbs in boxes in my garage to dry out. I hope the leaves will turn yellow so I can cut them down and store the bulbs until fall. Is this the correct thing to be doing?

A: You and your daughter must live in the south. You are half correct when you say you want the foliage to turn yellow. However, it must be done in sunshine while they are still green to make food for storage and growth next year. If you can, pop them into the ground somewhere to allow them to yellow naturally. After that, dig them out to set them where you want.

If you don’t have freezing weather where you live, you will have to refrigerate them during whatever you call winter in your area to prime them to bloom next spring.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 12:30 PM at the ranch, Wibaux, MT

150 Simmental, SimAngusTM and Angus Bulls Sell 60 of them are 18-month-old bulls 40 Purebred Simmental Bulls, most will be homozygous Black and all are Polled 85 SimAngusTM Bulls • 25 Angus Bulls

Angus cow with a seven-month-old bull calf

Wh y Buy Fr om Begger ’s Diamon d V? Extra Profitability. Because....

• We know as a commercial producer you sell your cattle based on weight and how they look (quality). How value is determined varies, whether it is in the auction market, in the country, by video or on the rail. Be assured quality and performance has been the basis of our program from the beginning.

• Reputation — take away all the numbers, all the EPDs and fads . . . Begger’s Diamond V Ranch has strived to raise only high quality cattle for over 37 years.

• At Begger’s Diamond V Ranch you are not just buying a bull you are buying a program.

• Our 37 years of AI’ing and embryo transfer gives you access to the top genetics of the Simmental and Angus breeds, which allows you access to the very best genetics.

• You will experience fewer time consuming management problems, especially with calving ease and calf vigor, udders, fertility, feet, legs and disposition because we cull our herd for such problems.

• You are selecting from the top end, the bottom has already been culled.

• Our cattle are raised in an unpampered environment to ensure that they will work for you.

Bill Begger: 406-796-2326 482 Custer Trail Road Wibaux, MT 59353 darbegger@yahoo.com

View sale catalog online January 10th at www.beggersdiamondv.com

• EVERY bull has an efficient, hard working mother that does her job in eastern Montana’s tough environment.

• Responsibility — We accept the responsibility to provide you with only predictable genetics. They must meet our standards before they meet yours.

• Our success depends on yours and we expect your purchases to work for you. We stand behind them 100%.

• Bulls are 5.5 to 6.5 frame.

• Bred for calving ease, fast growth, efficiency, maternal strength and carcass quality.

• Bulls are developed for ranchers on a high roughage ration with very little starch and plenty of exercise.

• Every bull was born, raised and developed on our ranch. We believe that by keeping them home and out of commercial feedlots and sale barns, we offer a bull that is less likely to be exposed to some unwanted disease.

• Maternal and direct calving ease is a must. If they are not born easily and alive, nothing else matters.

• All bulls sell free of BVD and all genetics defects!

Two-year-old heifer with a seven-month-old bull calf

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By University of Wyoming Extension Free cooking classes are being offered for youths this winter through the Carbon County office of the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension.

“Kids in the Kitchen” provides hands-on instruction that will help kids develop a love of cooking and start building skills to make healthier food choices,” said Diane Saenz, extension nutrition and food safety educator.

Classes are Tuesdays January 15 and January 22, and February 5, February 12, and February 19 at the UW Extension office, third floor of the Carbon Building, 215 W. Buffalo, Rawlins, Wyoming.

Enrollment is limited due to size of the kitchen facility.

For more information, contact Saenz at 307-328-2642.

Chemical carryover

38” wide x 19” deep x 8-ft. long

IN STOCK

Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix Phone 406-285-3281

Carbon County extension offering free cooking classes

Three Forks, MT

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: Can Roundup have a carryover in the garden, especially for peas, strawberries and raspberries? If so, for how long?

A: Unless they have changed the formulation of Roundup to be soil active, it should not have any carryover whatsoever. That has been my experience in using it. If you wait a growing season before replanting, you should be absolutely safe with the market formulation of this product.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/ndsuag/lawns-gardens-trees.

Montana Hereford Directory “The Best in Line One Breeding”

47TH ANNUAL SALE Holden Herefords PRODUCTION March 11, 2013 3139 Valier Dupuyer Rd Valier, MT 59486

www.holdenherefords.com email: jtholden@3rivers.net

Jack cell: 406-450-1029 Jay D. Evans cell: 406-450-0129

McMURRY CATTLE

at the ranch

SELLING

115 Powerful Performance Tested Hereford Bulls 90 Big, Stout Yearling Bulls 25 Top Quality 18 month old Bulls 20 Outstanding Yearling Heifers 4 Elite Donor Cows

THOMAS HEREFORDS Gold Creek, MT

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Fred & Doreen HP 406 254 1247 McMurry Cell 406 697 4040 mcmurrycattle@mcn.net 2027 Iris Lane Billings, MT 59102 mcmurrycattle.com

Richard & Shirley (406) 560-8122 Bruce & Tammy (406) 544-1536 thomasfamily@blackfoot.net WWW.THOMASHEREFORDS.COM

Hereford Bulls For Sale Private Treaty He Sells!

50 BULLS

He Sells!

Justin Wichman Moore, MT www.wichmanherefords.com (406)350-3123

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Montana Hereford Directory Anchor Polled Herefords

J Bar E Ranch

406-467-2880, Vaughn, MT

406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT

Anderson Ranch

K & C Hereford

406-848-2588, Emigrant, MT

406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT

Banjo Ranch

K.L. Slagsvold Herefords

Barker Herefords

406-328-4095, Absarokee, MT

Bar Star Cattle

McKechnie Hereford Ranch

406-425-1233, Molt, MT www.banjoranch.com 406-450-9716, Shelby, MT 406-265-4364, Havre, MT

Bayers Hereford Ranch

406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT

Bear Paw Herefords

406-357-3216, Chinook, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co

Loyning Farms

406-432-2296, Shelby, MT

McMurry Cattle

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

M/D Herefords

406-778-2393, Baker, MT

Merrimac Cattle Company

Brillhart Ranch Co

Ned & Jan Ward Polled Herefords

Broken Pick Ranch

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

Cherry Springs Ranch

406-662-3375, Bridger, MT

Churchill Cattle Co

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

Cooper Hereford Ranch

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

Sidwell Ranch

Snowshoe Cattle Company Sparks Herefords Edward Steele

Storey Hereford Ranch Thomas Herefords Vandeberg Ranch

Feddes Herefords

406-386-2244, Big Sandy, MT

Garrison Ranches Inc 406-835-2501, Glen, MT

Hess Herefords

406-567-2345, Denton, MT

Holden Herefords

406-279-3301, Valier, MT

Churchill Rib Eye 8134U

406-288-3459, Gold Creek, MT www.thomasherefords.com 406-323-1297, Roundup, MT

406-874-8200, Miles City, MT

503 MT HWY 254 Vida, MT 59274 Visitors always welcome, customer satisfaction

406-322-4425, Columbus, MT

Elings Polled Herefords

Fort Keogh Livestock Research

• 100 Yearling and Two-Year Old Bulls • 200 Hereford and Red F1 Baldie Replacement Females (All Home Raised) • 50 Hereford and Black Angus Bred Heifers

Reich Bros

406-580-8255, Bozeman, MT

Tim 406-570-4771, Manhattan, MT Dan 406-570-1602

FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY

406-580-6676, Willow Creek, MT

Dutton Hereford Ranch

406-278-3406, Conrad, MT

Bulls for sale - private treaty dale@churchillcattle.com

Located in Eastern Montana, 28 miles north of Circle

406-832-3219, Wise River, MT

307-664-2205, Deaver, WY

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

Dale Venhuizen (406) 580-6421

Matt & Krista Eddy & Joanne (406) 773-5721, (406) 773-5710 Cell: (406) 979-5720 bll@midrivers.com beerys@midrivers.com

Rafter Ranch

Duncan Ranch Co

Ehlke Herefords

Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, MT

Website: www.beeryherefords.com

Otis Ranch

406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT

Churchill Sensation 028X

EASTERN MONTANA HEREFORD CONNECTION

406-223-4518, Emigrant, MT

Dallas Polled Herefords 406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Select your bulls now and we will feed and deliver them at your convenience next spring

307-672-3248, Sheridan, WY

406-875-2138, Pompeys Pillar, MT

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT

Quality Bulls - reasonable prices

406-735-4493, Geyser, MT

Curlew Cattle Co

406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT

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

406-584-7571, Lindsay, MT

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

406-947-2511, Musselshell, MT

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Wessel Ranch Westfeeds

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

Wichman Herefords

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

X Lazy P Ranch

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

Contact MHA Secretary Lacey Ehlke Box 178 Townsend, MT 59644 Phone 406-266-4121

Our production sale is any time you want.

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

Better yet, visit the ranch.

Feddes Herefords www.feddes.com

Weaver Herefords

406-575-2317, Lavina, MT

Modest birth, massive meat

CE 2.5

BW 2.6

WW 53

YW 82

M 28

Outstanding sons for sale!

Don Dallas • Dallas Polled Herefords 8210 Little Prickley Pear Rd • Canyon Creek, MT 59633 406-443-5110 (Office) • 406-368-2244 (Ranch)

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

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DUMP TRUCK FOR SALE

1973 Ford Sterling L9513 dump truck, 4x4, Cat 400 hp, only 27,000 miles Phone 406-799-6923

M & R CUSTOM SEED CLEANING

Get an early start on your seed cleaning.

We come directly to the farm.

We clean out after every job.

We also size barley.

Call now for an appointment 1-800-626-7932

William D. Wipf (406) 781-0772 Ray Morken Jr. (701) 444-2201 or (701) 770-2201

High steppin. Cow moose and her set of twins jog through the snow in the Sweet Grass Hills. Photo by Maggie Nuter.

Drought lingers, but producers can plan ahead

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Drought is hard to prepare for and even producers by surprise, and they have had harder to predict. Last summer caught some to contend with high feed costs and limited availability.

N e x t y e a r, t h o u g h , shouldn’t catch anyone by surprise. It will be nearly impossible to fully recharge moisture into the soil profile by next spring. Unless fields receive lots of extra, good soaking moisture next spring, dryland yields are likely to be below average. And since there will be very little hay carryover, prices are likely to stay high, said Bruce Anderson, University of NebraskaLincoln Extension forage specialist.

“Most pastures were grazed more heavily last year than usual,” Anderson said.

“They have almost no forage remaining for use next year and most root systems were weakened going into winter.”

Carrying capacity for pastures next year probably will be less than average unless they receive above average precipitation. Even with extra rain, though, spring growth could be slower or later than usual, Anderson warned.

These effects leave producers with several choices.

Anderson said they could plant annual forages or rent cornstalks for winter grazing, adding that producers should consider how they might take advantage of any rain they do receive.

“I suggest you take a realistic look at your livestock forage program,” he said. “If it stays dry, can you afford to keep doing what you have been doing?”

Quality for the future, demands performance today.

Selling 125 Bulls

75 Black & 15 Red Simmental Bulls 10 Black & 4 Red SimAngus Bulls 21 Black & Red Commercial Bulls

Tom & Kathy Hill and Family Box 186, Stanford, MT 59479 (406) 566-2479 hillssimmentalmt@yahoo.com

www.hillsimmental.com

##### Church happenings: At the church picnic, the ladies will bring side dishes. The Men’s Fellowship will barbecue a pig provided by the Ruiz family.

Jim and Ted Macquarie have offered to turn the rotisserie, the Ted Fawns will boast.

NDSU Feedlot School set for January 22-23

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SWATHER AND BALER FOR SALE

2007 Hesston 9435 swather with 25-ft. draper header, 2260 hours............................ $46,000 2002 Hesston 4910 big square baler (4 x 4 x 8) with 3 bale accumulator................... $44,000

By NDSU Extension Service Call (406) 231-2354 or (406) 698-8442, Malta, Montana North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Carrington Research Extension Center will hold its annual NDSU Feedlot School on January 22-23, 2013.

This intensive course is for cattle producers, feeders, backgrounders, feed industry personnel, animal health-care suppliers and anyone else who is interested in learning more about feedlot production, nutrition, waste management and marketing.

1995 John Deere 9600 combine with “Cattle feeding is a multifaceted business,” says Karl 2502 separator hours. Lots of recent Hoppe, area Extension livestock specialist at the center. work, field ready. Always shedded........... ............................................$45,000 firm “While delivering a timely, balanced ration to the cattle is a Phone 390-0981, Rudyard, Montana major segment of the business, resource and risk management are paramount. With a new packing plant operating in Aberdeen, S.D., there may be an increase in cattle fed to finish. However, the backgrounding feeders will continue to be a strong industry in North Dakota.”

Feedlot School topics will include: • Future opportunities for feeding cattle • Animal nutritional requirements • Feed additives and im2013 Bull Sale • At the Ranch plant strategies • Ration formulation • Feed nutrient analysis and feed testing • Livestock stewardship and beef quality assurance • Facility management Lunch at Noon • Auction at 1:30 pm • Diseases, treatments and Red Angus Bulls health programs • Manure and nutrient man Bred Heifers agement • Carcass quality and mar Red Angus, keting on the grid

Synch’d, AI bred • Using market information

to low birth for strategic planning

weight Red Angus • Budgeting • Custom feeding

Black Angus, The school also will in Synch’d, AI bred clude a commercial feedlot

to low birth tour and a tour of the Re weight Black Angus search Extension Center’s

Red Angus, livestock facilities.

Natural Service Instructors include faculty from NDSU’s Animal Sci to Red Angus ences Department, and the Heifer Calves Carrington and North Central Red Angus

Research Extension Centers, as well as others who have Black Angus

extensive experience working Short Term Cows with northern Plains feedlots.

The registration fee is $120 Red Angus,

per person or $160 for two

bred Red people from the same opera Red Angus, tion. All meals and a 3-inch,

bred Charolais three-ring Feedlot School

Black, bred Red binder are included with the registration. The deadline to register is January 17. The fee does not include lodging.

Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. Lodging is available at the Chieftain Conference Center, (701) 652-3131; the Carrington Inn and Suites, (701) 652-3982; or the Cobblestone Inn, (701) 652-3000.

For more information about the course or to register, contact Foster County Extension agent Joel Lemer at (701) 652-2581 or joel. lemer@ndsu.edu.

The Carrington Research Extension Center is 3.5 miles north of Carrington on U.S. There will be guest consignors.

Highway 281.

COMBINE FOR SALE

TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 2013

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Spring wheat cultivar evaluations continued from page A7

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Vida is used as the standard for comparing multi-year cultivar yield, test weight and protein content performance presented in Tables 4 through 12. Vida has high multi-year mean yields at both Denton and Geraldine.

Vida had much below average yield at Moccasin in 2008 which pulls its multi-year mean yield below the mean yields of Outlook, Oneal and Fortuna. Vida’s test weight is typically slightly below the nursery average. Volt was consistently at the top for high test weight. The ranking for multi-year mean protein content varied across locations. Mott was frequently at or near the top for protein content. Vida is often toward the bottom for protein content which is typical for the higher yielding cultivars.

This research was conducted in cooperation with the MSU-MAES spring wheat breeder Dr. Luther Talbert and assistant breeder, Susan Lanning. Funding was provided by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. CARC Research Assoc. Benri Deanon, Res. Spec. Joe Vavrovsky and Field Tech. Sally Dahlhausen assisted in data collection.

CONTINUED ON PAGE A14

##### Sign outside a church: Come in and pray. Beat the Christmas rush. ##### Sign on laundromat next door to a church: Here’s where cleanliness really is next to godliness! ##### Father John turned beet red when he turned to the newly married groom and said, “You may now kick the bride.”

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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 +26 +98 SC IMF REA +.59 +.03 +.10

CAR Efficient 534 BW WW MILK YW -1.0 +55 +33 +107 SC IMF REA +1.55 +.08 +.34

CAR Chinook 786 BW WW MILK YW +0.7 +49 +24 +87 SC IMF REA +1.82 +.17 +.52

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

Redland Rainmaker 3856

AAR Ten X 7008

BW WW MILK YW +5.8 +70 +34 +119 SC IMF REA +1.76 +.19 +.37

BW WW MILK YW +3.0 +39 +21 +69 SC IMF REA +.34 +.07 -.06

BW 0

WW MILK YW +62 +35 +128 SC IMF REA +1.49 +1.03 +.54

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 +3.7 +61 +26 +105 SC IMF REA +.75 +.36 +.45

BW WW MILK YW -0.1 +51 +27 +101 SC IMF REA +.35 +.34 +.57

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 +0.4 +55 +26 +84 SC IMF REA +1.45 +.30 +.23

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 +2.3 +64 +29 +103 SC IMF REA +1.62 +.18 +.37

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 +4.3 +82 +27 +148 SC IMF REA +.88 +.44 +.51

Growth, muscle and performance.

CAR Steward 076 BW WW MILK YW +0.4 +48 +35 +92 SC IMF REA +.93 +.09 +.53

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

1950 Dean Rd. Valier, MT 59486

1-888-423-Bull

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

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• Steel Modular Bridges For Sale • • Steel Bridge Beams •

Spring wheat cultivar evaluations continued from page A12

Delivery Available.

Contact Mark at Bauer & Buck Construction (406) 880-5473

EASTSLOPE KENNEL & GAMEBIRDS ORDERS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR: • Pheasant hens - year old - spring delivery • Pheasant & Chukar chicks - straight run - delivery starting May 1st • Pheasants - 10 weeks old - 50/50 mix - delivery August through September 15th • Pheasants & Chukars - 16 week old flight birds delivery starting September 1st

Call now for pricing and available delivery dates. Brochures mailed upon request.

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NDSU Extension agents, staff honored

By NDSU Extension Service Several North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agents and staff were honored at this year’s National Association of Extension 4-H Agents conference in Orlando, Florida.

Samantha Roth, an agent for Stark and Billings counties, and Carrie Knutson, a Grand Forks County agent, received the Achievement in Service Award.

Beth Roth, a Grant County agent, and Sue Isbell, a Sioux County agent, were honored with the Distinguished Service Award.

Peggy Anderson, an agent for Burke and Divide counties, was presented the Meritorious Service Award.

Samantha Roth; Jane Heth, an administrative assistant for Stark and Billings counties; and John Grindahl, a graphic designer in NDSU’s Agriculture Communication Department, earned the North Central Regional Exhibit Team Award.

The agents were among more than 900 4-H youth development professionals from across the U.S. to participate in the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents’ 66th annual conference, which was held October 21-25.

Each year, the association recognizes members for their 4-H and Extension work with awards for outstanding accomplishments in achievement, leadership, service and communication.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 – Page A15

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John Deere 7320, loader. #C005165......$82,500 (4) John Deere 7130, loader. #C011516......$81,000 (3)

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John Deere 6430, loader. #C011522......$77,500 (3) John Deere 4960. #C011400..................$72,500 (4)

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John Deere 348 14x16. #C003165.........$17,900 (2) John Deere 467 16x18. #C004035............$4950 (4) John Deere 348 14x18. #C006821.........$15,500 (2) John Deere 348 14x18. #C013159.........$12,500 (2) John Deere 34814x18. #C011438.............$9500 (4) John Deere 347 14x18. #C007280............$6500 (4) John Deere 328 14x18. #C010822.........$15,000 (2) Hesston 4500 14x18. #50020345..............$7500 (3) New Holland 426 16x18. #C002893..........$3900 (3)

ROUND BALERS

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RAKES

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John Deere 702 10 wheel rake. #C007367.............. . ............................................................$3250 (3) Frontier 1214 14 wheel rake. #C012186.................. . .........................................................$13,500 (4) Frontier WR1008 8 wheel rake. #C002595............... . ............................................................$4250 (2) MI Allen 851 rake. #C008294.....................$6500 (2) MI Allen 781 side-delivery rake. #C006357.............. . ............................................................$2750 (3) MI Daros BR7 belt rake. #C009142...........$2500 (3)

John Deere 567. #C007242....................$22,500 (3) John Deere 567. #C004219....................$29,900 (2) John Deere 567. #C008029....................$24,500 (3) John Deere 567. #C012350....................$19,000 (2) John Deere 567. #C008859....................$18,900 (4) John Deere 530. #C013984.......................$5950 (4) John Deere 530. #C014118.......................$5500 (4) John Deere 530. #C010932.......................$5000 (4) John Deere 530. #C011439..........................Call (4) John Deere 510. #C003088.......................$2500 (3) John Deere 510. #50490175.....................$2500 (3) M&W round baler. #C013476.....................$2500 (2)

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DRILLS

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John Deere 450 drill, 7.5” spacing. #C010582......... . .........................................................$11,500 (4) John Deere 9350 box drill, 7.5” spacing. #C013389. . ............................................................$8500 (4) Massey Ferguson 33 drill. #C010934.......$2000 (4) John Deere 450 grass seed attachment. #C011098. . ...............................................................Call (4)

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STRAW & CORN FOR SALE

Spring wheat cultivar evaluations

Winter wheat straw 3x3x8 bales............................$50/ton Irrigated grain corn.............................................$300/ton

continued from page A14

Call 406-353-2864, Schroder Ranch, Harlem, MT

BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE

70 head of black Angus bred heifers, one iron brand.

Call Wes Koss, 406-658-2612

BELLY DUMP FOR SALE

1998 Midland Belly Dump tri axle, tarp, excellent condition

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Call (406) 761-6785 CONTINUED ON PAGE A22

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Consider windbreaks to shelter livestock

By K-State Research and Extension Established tree windbreaks sheltering beef and dairy cattle operations can save producers money on feed costs, weight loss and milk production during the winter months.

A heavy winter coat protects beef cattle until temperatures drop below 18 degrees Fahrenheit, but beyond that point, Bob Atchison with the Kansas Forest Service said the animals require additional feed to maintain body temperatures.

The presence of a windbreak can help remedy this problem.

“A 25 mph wind at zero degrees Fahrenheit creates a windchill of 44 degrees below zero,” said Atchison. “By contrast, a properly designed windbreak will reduce the same windchill to 15 degrees below zero.”

Atchison said windbreaks can reduce the spike in energy requirements cattle need to maintain their body temperature during extreme cold weather. He cited Canadian researchers who found that cattle on winter range, in unprotected sites, required a 50 percent increase in feed for normal activities.

“A properly designed windbreak will reduce these needs by half,” he said.

Windbreaks enable cattle to gain and maintain weight better as well. He also cited studies in Montana indicating that during mild winters, beef cattle sheltered by windbreaks gained an average of 34 to 35 pounds more than cattle in an open feedlot. During severe winters, cattle in feedlots protected from the wind maintained 10.6 more pounds than cattle in unprotected lots.

The Kansas Forest Service is now accepting tree orders from producers interested in establishing livestock windbreaks. Foresters also are available to assist with planning a tree planting. For more information, contact the Kansas Forest Service at 785-532-3300 or visit the Kansas Forest Service (http://www.kansasforests.org).

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3 PINE RANCH SIM-ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY

Sire: Club King

Sire: Kappes Trailblazer

These bulls are AI by the top simmental bulls in the breed. They are moderate birth weight bulls with high growth, and have maternal strength. We will have three bulls displayed at the MAGIE Barn January 18 and 19. Feel free to call us and talk about their EPDs and why you should buy Sim-Angus bulls.

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FRONT END LOADER AND GRADER FOR SALE

Cat 930 front end loader, new rebuilt engine, tires 80%, Balderson quick coupler, 2.5 yard bucket, 6-ft. forks, 10-ft. dozer blade, excellent dependable older loader......... $27,500 obo Champion 720 grader, ex-state machine, 14-ft. moldboard, new cutting edge, 1400/25 tires 50%, fully hydraulic with scarifier, dependable, running older grader............... $22,500 obo Phone 406-580-7079, Great Falls, MT area

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2010 Farm King full hydraulic tilt and angle blade, used twice. New........................$4000

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1989 Dakon 32” cultivator with new Degelman harrows, tandem axle, accepts John Deere sweeps and tines. Nice..............$6000

1990 John Deere 3430 diesel windrower, new air conditioner, new wobble boxes, 2 sets of blades, all new belts throughout, runs strong. Well maintained.....................$19,000

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Crop production clinics offer continuing education

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR The annual Crop Production Clinics will help producers and professionals alike to improve profitability, sustainability and safety.

The 2013 meeting series will be held at nine locations throughout the state in January. Topics vary slightly by location, but could include soil fertility, soil water and irrigation management, crop production, ag business management and policy, pesticide safety and disease, insect and weed pest management. Information on the topics for each location will be available at cpc.unl.edu.

The clinics are the primary venue for commercial and noncommercial pesticide applicators to renew their licenses in the Ag Plant, Regulatory and Demonstration/Research categories.

Certified Crop Advisors can earn a maximum of six continuing education units when they bring their CCA number to apply. Available units include: six for integrated pest management, two for soil and water, one for nutrient management, one for crop production and two for professional development.

This year’s locations are: • January 8, Hastings, Adams County Fairgrounds • January 9, North Platte, Sandhills Convention Center • January 10, Gering, Gering Civic Center • January 15, Atkinson, Atkinson Community Center • January 16, York, The Auditorium • January 17, Beatrice, Armed Forces Reserve Center • January 22, Kearney, Younes Conference Center • January 23, Norfolk, Lifelong Learning Center, Northeast Community College • January 24, Fremont, Midland University Event Center Registration fee for the clinic is $50 for a meal, refreshments and the 2013 Guide for Weed Management and the 2013 Crop Production Clinic Proceedings. For those recertifying as pesticide applicators, the fee is $60. Online pre-registration at cpc.unl.edu is strongly encouraged. As an incentive to promote online pre-registration, on site/day-of registration will be $70 per person. Contact your local Extension office or 402-472-2811 or 402-472-1632 with questions.

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We extend our best wishes to everyone for a healthy and prosperous 2013.

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What’s in the bag?

By Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Extension Beef Specialist, University of Kentucky The fall has dropped upon the Commonwealth like a lead balloon dropped from a 10-story building. Seems like this time of year we always see these drastic weather condition swings and it takes time to adjust the colder temperatures.

This is also a time that we see recently weaned calves break with respiratory disease as the daytime high and low’s can be 30-degree swings. This time of the year also is when many cattlemen begin buying feed to supplement weaned calves, replacement heifers, and cows. Which feed should I buy and how much should I feed often become the topics of discussion this time of year.

In our area, we have companies that sell their regular beef feed product lines as well as common coproduct feeds such as soybean hulls and corn gluten feed. There have been a few companies that have made a business of handling only coproduct feedstuffs and marketing them as blended feeds.

With the high grain prices, producers usually search for less expensive supplement alternatives. As beef producers, we can sometimes be our own worst enemy. As an example, you have had success with a feed that you purchase from your feed salesman but it is getting expensive. So, you ask the feed salesman for a feed that is $25 less per ton because you just can’t see coughing up that kind of money for feed.

Well, the feed salesman says he does have a feed that is a 14% complete feed in your price range and you jump on it.

What made that feed $25 less than the other? Perhaps this is a larger dealer that can take advantage of bulk purchasing of feedstuffs and procures commodities at a greatly reduced price. This is certainly a possibility and can’t be discarded.

The next step in determining to why this feed is less costly may or may not be told by the feed tag. Perhaps the feed is medicated and contains a feed additive such as an ionophore or antibiotic. This would be clearly stated at the top of the feed tag.

If both feeds are similar in that they both contain the feed additive at the same level, the next thing to consider is what is actually in the feed. This includes both the guaranteed nutrient analysis and also the ingredients listed. First, compare the nutrients listed and see if they differ in protein form.

Urea is the cheapest source of crude protein and 10-15% of non-protein nitrogen is common in feeds for growing cattle.

Next compare the level of crude protein, fat and fiber. Higher crude protein feeds often have a higher price tag.

Assuming the two feeds are similar in nutrient content, the next step is the ingredient list. Feed tags list the ingredients in order from greatest inclusion levels to the least. Feeds with soybean meal, oats, corn or other grains will likely be priced higher as these commodities are often more expensive. But what if one of the tags reads as follows: Processed Grain Byproducts, Roughage Products, Grain Products and then a listing of various minerals. Can you tell if this feed contains soybean hulls, corn gluten feed, or dried distillers grains? No, the use of collective terms prevents one from knowing what feedstuffs may be in a product. This is important to understand as it applies to our two feeds that we are comparing.

Soybean hulls has a book value of 77% TDN and 12% crude protein while rice hulls is listed at 13% TDN and 3% crude protein (2012 BEEF magazine Feed Composition Tables). Recall that TDN stands for Total Digestible Nutrients and is an estimate of the available energy from a feedstuff. Both of these feedstuffs fall under the collective term of roughage product. Clearly, a large difference in feeding quality exists between these two feedstuffs. The wholesale price at the processing plant in Arkansas for rice hulls was $30/ton while soybean hulls were $200-$225/ton as reported by the University of Missouri for October 28, 2012.

This could very well be a method for lowering the price of a coproduct-blended feed. There is no listing on a feed tag of the energy, TDN or NEg. Therefore, it can be difficult to fully compare two feeds.

When you are looking at buying feeds and you come across a deal too good to be true, it probably is. Ask the feed salesman what is in the feed. They likely won’t tell you the percentages of the various ingredients, but they should at least be willing to tell you if a product has a certain feedstuff such as peanut hulls, distillers grains, etc… Be better informed when making these decisions today and be sure to get the best value which does not necessarily mean the lowest price. Have a nice fall and happy feed shopping.

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Take Advantage of WINTER DISCOUNTS! For all your grain storage needs!

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New year will bring change in ag dean

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By University of Idaho Extension John Hammel will close out his time as the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences this month after nine years in the position to pursue full-time teaching and research opportunities.

“I have greatly appreciated the time that I have served as dean – in spite of some challenging times, we have seen advances with our partners around the state. I look forward to returning to my teaching and research roots within the department of plant, soil and entomological sciences. Specifically as a soil scientist, I am excited about resuming efforts in the area of crop and tillage systems.”

Hammel joined the University of Idaho in November 1982 as a professor of soil physics after serving on the faculty at the University of Georgia in Athens. In April 1998, he had served as associate dean and director of academic programs and was appointed dean in January 2004.

“I’m grateful for John’s commitment to the state of Idaho,” said M. Duane Nellis, University of Idaho president.

“As a 21st century land-grant university, John’s support of education, research and extension efforts have reached thousands of Idahoans each year and contributed in important ways to our state’s agricultural economy.”

Rick Waitley, executive director of Food Producers of Idaho, said, “John Hammel stepped up to provide excellent leadership to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences during a difficult time. He was an effective advocate for the University of Idaho and for Idaho agriculture. He successfully found ways to create and build partnerships that benefitted both…John is happiest whenever he has a chance to interact with and help students as a faculty adviser and researcher. I want to thank John for his service and look forward to working with him as a productive member of the faculty and continuing leader in Idaho’s agricultural community.”

An internal search will begin immediately for an interim dean while a national search for a new dean can be completed this spring.

Agriculture now ranks as Idaho’s largest single industry and provides a solid foundation for the state’s economy. The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences continues to conduct research, teach students and extend science-based knowledge to benefit people in Idaho, the United States and the world.

As part of the college, the University of Idaho Extension serves the state with offices in 42 counties. The Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station operates research and extension centers and farms across the state. University of Idaho Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program draws together 38,000 youth and 4,000 volunteers annually throughout Idaho’s communities.

The University of Idaho’s College of Agriculture was created in 1901 to recognize the importance of agricultural research to Idaho. The college’s name was changed to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in 2001 as part of its centennial celebration to recognize that its mission and its programs had expanded.

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Vermeer 605 Super M Round Baler Produce round bales in less time with less hassle when you use the 605 Super M baler. Built for highvolume hay production, it offers the best in modern technology, including the exclusive Vermeer direct crop feed design, optional powered windguard, electronic bale monitoring, optional powered bale ramp and much more.

• Get faster starts because the dual-stage bale chamber reduces the chamber by 50%.

• Produce consistent bales because the optional monitoring system displays the weight and estimated moisture of each bale and a third (middle) belt sensor projects bale shape for more even results.

• Work confidently with the rugged pickup, which with-

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stands tough crops and terrain with heavy-gauge pickup teeth built onto split tine bars with center support and heavy semi-pneumatic gauge wheels that help protect the pickup from damage.

• Stay efficient with DCF Direct Crop Feed pickup design, which takes crop directly from the pickup to the bale chamber without a secondary rotor or stuffer.

BALERS

2007 Hesston 5556 round, low bales, clean...........................................$26,000 2002 Hesston 856A round, well kept......... ......................................................$9999 2008 Case IH RB564....................$11,900 2006 Case IH RBX562..................$13,900 2008 New Holland BB940A 3x3.$55,900 2006 Krone BP128 3x4 square.....$48,000 2-John Deere 567 round, net & twine, good, clean balers......................... CALL

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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.

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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TRUCK & TRACTOR FOR SALE

1980 Ford LN7000 with 14-ft. Harsh feed box, 4 mixing augers, chain discharge Oliver 1650 tractor with DuAl 325 loader, 4-tine grapple fork

Spring wheat cultivar evaluations continued from page A16

PASTURE NEEDED

Need summer pasture for up to 75 cow/calf pairs.

Call Steve Cellmer, 406-245-5451, Billings

WANTED TO BUY

Fire damaged or non-running tractors

TRACTORS WANTED

Allis-Chalmers, John Deere, IHC, Moline, Massey-Ferguson or what have you got?

NEED ALL MECHANICAL FRONTS. International 806, 1206, 1256, 1456; Allis Chalmers D21, pieces or parts; Minneapolis-Moline AT1400 or AT1600; Oliver 4WD’s

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Phone 701-549-2737 or 701-265-2220 leave message Please send pictures to: E-mail: bomar@utma.com

CONTINUED ON PAGE A28

Focus on Character – Community service project

By Karelyn Farrand, 4-H Youth Character Education Field Specialist Because of the work 4-H Leaders and volunteers do with 4-Hers, 4-Hers volunteer 3.3 times more than youth in other organizations.

To keep this great statistic going, the South Dakota 4-H CHARACTER COUNTS! Staff invites every South Dakota 4-H club or Independent Member to participate in the 2013 ‘Focus on Character’ Statewide Project.

‘Focus on Character’ is a character, community service project for the 4-H calendar year. Over the past 4 years we have had 42 clubs participate from across the state volunteering 7,208 hours. In economic terms these volunteer hours would equal $109,417. Wow, that is impressive! That being said, we would like to challenge each county to have a participant in this year’s Focus on Character. Let’s see what 66 clubs or Independent Members can do.

For more information on this statewide project please refer to the 2013 Focus on Character Information (http://www.sdstate. edu/sdces/4h/CC/focus-oncharacter-pilot-project.cfm) page. It is a great way to teach character education through 4-H Community Service projects.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page A23

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

A proven natural breeding sire, “078” produces stout muscled sons with explosive performance, feminine big ribbed highly productive daughters. A very strong set of “078” sons and daughters will be offered 03/05/13.

Proudly owned with Wheeler Mtn Angus, Whitehall, MT & Heuchert Angus Ranch, ND. BW +2.4 WW +70 YW +109 MK +34 SC +1.50 RE -.05 Fat +.036 $W +43.73 $B +52.87

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Sire: Mytty In Focus Dam’s Sire: Hoff Head of The Class SC534

Apex Focus 108 Sire: Apex Focus 053 Dam’s Sire: Wraf Illini Traveler

053 is producing top end females & sons here at Apex & throughout the country. 108 mirrors the easy fleshing, gentle, high maternal & carcass traits of 053. The complete Angus Cow Maker. (Pictured as a yearling.)

Apex Wide Track 545 Sire: Apex 450 Wide Track 052 Dam’s Sire: Hoff Head of The Class SC534

BW +3.3 WW +64 YW +117 SC +.80 MK +27

Sire of high selling bull and pen of high gaining bulls in the 2012 Apex Angus Sale. 545 breeds thickness, exceptional feet and legs in his sons and feminine daughters.

BW +3.5 WW +63 YW +133 MK +29 SC +1.50 CW +27 Marb -.15 RE +.22 Fat -.001 $W +27.91 $B +42.88

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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

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Webinars for ranch advisors to focus on drought planning

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR A spring webinar series will provide economic benefits,” he said. “Additionally, drought planning techniques and technoloranchers that have well-developed plans ingies to advisors seeking to help Great Plains dicate that their plans have made the drought ranchers manage through drought. The webievent less stressful and it gives them a sense nars are scheduled from January through May of confidence.”

2013, on the last Wednesday of each month.

Dates, topics and presenters in the series “What happens from January through May are: will be really critical,” said Lynn Myers, a • January 30: Managing Drought Risk on Sandhills rancher who will be one of the the Ranch: The Planning Process, by Jerry January presenters. “For example, it could Volesky, range and forage specialist at the determine whether there are cattle in the West Central Research and Extension Center western Sandhills in 2013.” in North Platte, Nebraska, and Lynn Myers, Each one-hour webinar will start at 10 owner of Tippets-Myers Ranch in western a.m. (CT) with a briefing on current drought Nebraska. status and what to expect in the foreseeable • February 27: Avoiding Analysis Paralyfuture, followed by a session on a specific sis: Monitoring and Setting Critical Dates technique related to drought planning, and for Decision Making During Drought, by question-and-answer time. The webinars will Dwayne Rice, rangeland management specialist, NRCS, Kansas; Ted Alexander, owner be led by ranchers and advisors with handsof Alexander Ranch in south-central Kansas; on experience in drought planning and range and Cal Adams, owner of Adams Ranch in management. north-central Kansas.

Jerry Volesky, a range and forage specialist • March 27: The New Cumulative Forat the West Central Research and Extension age Reduction (CFR) Index: for Assessing Center in North Platte, Nebraska, will introDrought Impacts and Planning a Grazing duce the series by talking about why ranchers Strategy, by Pat Reece, owner and senior need drought plans. consultant of Prairie Montane Enterprises “It leads to earlier and more effective and professor emeritus of the University of management decisions that can have positive Nebraska-Lincoln.

• April 24: Using a Drought Calculator to Assist Stocking Decisions, Stan Boltz, state range management specialist, NRCS, South Dakota and Jeff Printz, rangeland management specialist, NRCS, North Dakota.

• May 29: Economic Factors to Weigh in Making Decisions during Drought, by Matt Stockton, agricultural economist at the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte.

The sessions are free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Adobe Connect webinar link.

To register, go to Managing Drought Risks (https://docs. google.com/spreadsheet/view form?pli=1&formkey=dGpJS FdmZjVXYVFQSWpHLXN0 NUN5U1E6MA#gid=0).

More information can be found at the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website (http://drought.unl. edu/ranchplan/Overview. aspx). Please contact Tonya Haigh, National Drought Mitigation Center and SARE project coordinator, thaigh2@unl. edu, 402-472-6781, with any questions.

The webinars are sponsored by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The series was developed with support from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA).

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed within do not necessarily reflect the view of the SARE program or the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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‘Big Idea Seminars’ continue in January and February

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Agricultural Research Division’s “Big Idea Seminars” will continue with three seminars in January and February.

“Advances in Plant Recognition and Identification Technology,” organized by Steve Young, assistant professor at UNL’s West Central Research and Extension Center at North Platte, will discuss how plant identification is advancing from keys to computer systems and even apps for use in managed and natural systems.

“The technology boom is revolutionizing management aspects of both crop and non-crop systems, including the use of advanced technology for targeted plant recognition and applications systems,” Young said. “Growers will soon have a plant identification monitor sitting next to their yield, soil moisture and nutrient monitors in their tractor cab, while outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists and resource managers will have the ability to identify invasive and other important plant species using identification technology that is also equipped with communication and environmental monitoring devices.”

With the world population predicted to be 9 billion by 2050, this technology is needed to meet future demands for food, feed and fiber, Young said. Similarly, the increasing threat from invasive species in natural areas and the lack of trained individuals who can properly identify plans are signaling the need for this recognition technology.

The ARD’s seminar series hopes to build big ideas and collaborations among faculty members not only at UNL, but across all University of Nebraska campuses.

Dates, speakers, times, locations and topics include: • January 17, Simon Blackmore, 2 p.m. informal discussion, 3 p.m. reception, 3:30-4:30 p.m. seminar, Nebraska East Union, “New Concepts in Agricultural Automation.”

• January 22, David Jacobs, 2 p.m. informal discussion, 110 Avery Hall; 3 p.m. reception, 348 Avery Hall; 3:30-4:30 p.m. seminar, 115 Avery Hall, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UNL City Campus, “Using Computer Vision for Species Identification.”

• February 1, Lie Tang, 2 p.m. informal discussion, 3 p.m. reception, 3:30-4:30 seminar, Nebraska East Union, UNL East Campus, “Plant Recognition for Robotic Weeding: Challenges and Opportunities.”

Blackmore, professor at Harper Adams University College in England, is a key figure in the development of precision farming and agricultural robotics with a worldwide reputation. He worked for 12 years in Africa and Europe before starting his academic career and now collaborates with many universities around the world to help develop precision farming and agricultural robotics. His presentation will discuss how smarter machines will save time and money.

Jacobs is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland with a joint appointment in the university’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.

Jacobs’ research has focused on human and computer vision, especially in the areas of object recognition and perceptual organization. He will describe the first mobile app for identifying plant species using automatic visual recognition.

The system called LeafSnap identifies tree species from photographs of their leaves. In addition, he will discuss some recent work on animal species identification.

Tang is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. His research program focuses on the development of robotic and intelligent systems for agricultural applications such as robotic weeding. He will present his research findings in crop and weed recognition, and share his vision about how the technological advancements in sensing and computation may enable us to invent new weeding tools that can maximize weed control efficacy while minimizing their environmental footprint.

For more information visit the ARD’s Big Idea Seminars (http://bigideaseminars.unl.edu) website.

The seminar series is in the university’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Powell, Big Horn Basin program empowers women

By University of Wyoming Extension Empowering farm and ranch women to manage information systems used in critical decision-making processes and build local networks throughout Wyoming is the goal of a University of Wyoming (UW) Extension program in Powell.

The program is based on Annie’s Project, a program for women in agriculture with a passion for business and being involved in their family operations. The Annie’s Project program was developed by Iowa State University Extension and is offered around Wyoming.

“Annie was raised in a small farming community,” said Sandra Frost, extension educator. “She was dedicated to being an involved business partner and running the farm with her husband. Though they struggled, they accomplished much.”

This women’s empowerment program is offered in six sessions from noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, January 26, February 16 and 23, and March 2, 9 and 16.

Sessions are in the classroom on the West Campus of Northwest College. Cost of the program is $30 per person, and class size is limited.

Participants should contact Frost at the Park County extension office by Friday, January 18, to enroll.

“Annie’s life experiences can encourage farm women who are living and working in a complex, dynamic and evolving business environment,” said Frost. “Farm and ranch women with a passion for business and involvement should enroll in this program.”

Farm and ranch women will receive training for managing information in financial records, production records, marketing plans and risk management, legal/regulation records and documentation and human resources and time management.

To enroll and for more information, contact Frost at 307754-8836 or email her at sfrost1@uwyo.edu.

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NDSU offers updated Crop Compare program for 2013

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By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service has updated the Crop Compare program, which is a spreadsheet designed to compare cropping alternatives.

The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2013 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota, but producers are encouraged to enter the expected yields and input costs for their farm.

The user designates a reference crop and enters its expected market price. Depending on the region, a broad selection of nine to 18 crops are compared. The program provides the prices for competing crops that would be necessary to provide the same return over variable costs as the reference crop.

“Producers can compare these ‘break-even’ prices to expected market prices to see which crop is most likely to compete with the reference crop,” says Andy Swenson, NDSU Extension Service farm management specialist. “Input costs and grain prices can move quickly. The program provides a tool for producers to check the changing scenarios until final planting decisions are made this spring.”

It should be noted that an underlying assumption is that fixed costs, such as machinery ownership, land, and the owner’s labor and management, do not vary among crop choices and therefore do not need to be included in the analysis.

“In practice, there may be differences in fixed costs that should be considered,” Swenson says. “For example, there may be additional labor, management and risk associated with a competing crop. If all the labor and management is provided by the owner-operator, it would be considered a fixed cost and could be excluded. However, the producer should add some cost if he or she would only want to produce the crop when an adequate reward would be received for the extra time and management required relative to the reference crop.”

A similar rationale could be used if a competing crop is considered higher risk.

The Crop Compare program is available on the Web at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmmanagement/tools.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I was Googling about my dieffenbachia plant and came across your website. I see that you have answered questions for others, so I hope you can answer mine.

We have a dieffenbachia plant that was given to us by a neighbor because it was getting too large for their house.

They gave it to us two years ago. The plant is almost 12 feet tall now. We repotted it at the beginning of the summer. However, it is so large that we had to stake it in the pot. It actually fell over in the middle of the night once because it was not sitting in the pot properly. We since have corrected that problem.

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2004 John Deere 893, corn header, #38727, (7)......................$28,500 2008 John Deere 612, corn header, non-chopping, #38854 (5)............ ........................................$58,500 2002 John Deere 893, corn header, #38904, (1)......................$24,500 1976 John Deere 843, corn header, #21994 #38939, (5).........................$5950 2008 John Deere 612C, 12 row, non- 2008 John Deere 9770 STS, 1118 hours, #21994 (7)..........$180,000 chopping, corn header, #38986, (4)....................................$59,000 2007 John Deere 9760, 1634 hours, #22110, (7)....................$135,000 2009 John Deere 612C, 12 row, corn header, #39077, (1).$68,800 2008 John Deere 9670, 1263 hours, #22613, (5)....................$189,500 2001 John Deere 893, corn header, 8RN Contour Master with sen- 2008 John Deere 9770, 1383 hours, #22656, (5)....................$199,000 sors, #39454, (6).............$22,900

2008 John Deere 9770, 1261 hours, #26702, (7)....................$165,000 2003 John Deere 9860, 2912 hours, #26731, (7)......................$90,000 2009 John Deere 9870, 1040 hours, #26750, (7)....................$220,000 2010 John Deere 9870 STS, 902 hours, #26759, (7).........$253,000 2010 John Deere 9870 STS, 927 hours, #26760 (7)..........$253,000 2010 John Deere 9870 STS, 1293 hours, #26803, (7).........$247,500 2004 John Deere 9760, 2204 hours, #29393, (4)....................$110,000 2009 John Deere 9670, 1014 hours, #32443, (6)....................$180,000

#32507 2009 John Deere 9570 STS, 682 hours, #32507, (6).........$190,000 1997 New Holland TR88, 2700 hours, #38028, (6)...........$42,000 1991 John Deere 9500, 6600 hours, #38064, (1)......................$25,000 2010 John Deere 9670 STS, 609 hours, #38317, (4).........$235,000 2008 John Deere 9770 STS, 1052 hours, #38320, (7).........$197,500 2001 John Deere 9650 STS, 3193 hours, #38588, (7)...........$92,500 2010 John Deere 9670 STS, 531 hours, #38657, (7).........$227,000 2005 John Deere 9660 STS, 1911 hours, #38946, (2).........$120,000 1990 John Deere 9600, 5493 hours, #39229 (2).......................$20,000 2009 John Deere 9870, 2289 hours, #39271, (7)....................$185,000 2001 John Deere 9550, 2314 hours, #39274, (4)......................$95,000 2001 John Deere 9650 STS, 2865 hours, #39357, (1)...........$95,000

#9772 2005 John Deere 630F platform, #9772, (1)........................$27,000 2010 John Deere 630F, 30-ft., flex platform, #38747, (7).......$33,000 2007 John Deere 635, flex platform, #39071, (1)......................$26,000 2005 John Deere 635, flex platform, AIR SEEDERS / DRILLS / PLANTERS #39208, (7)......................$25,000 2011 John Deere 635F, flex plat- 2009 John Deere 1890, #7495, (1)... 2010 John Deere 1890, 30-ft., 7.5” 1999 John Deere 1770 planter, form, #39278, (7).............$35,000 ........................................$80,000 spacing, #39210, (7).......$85,000 16RN, #26627 (7)............$33,500 2009 John Deere 612, corn header, 2006 John Deere 1990, no-till, 1990 John Deere 7200 planter, #10259, (1)......................$71,000 #39585, (7)......................$75,000 12R30, #29474 (4)..........$27,000 2010 John Deere 608, corn header, 2011 John Deere 1990 CCS, 42-ft., 1996 John Deere 1770 planter, front non-chopping, #22085, (7)...........

10” spacing, #39730, (7)..$95,000 fold, 12RN flex, #29542 (4)........... ........................................$51,000 2011 John Deere 1990 CCS, 40-ft., ........................................$45,000 1998 John Deere 893, corn header, 15” spacing, no-till, #39738, (7).... 1993 John Deere 7200 planter, #22442, (1)......................$18,000 ........................................$90,000 16RN, #32409, (6)...........$29,500 2009 John Deere 612, corn header, Morris 6180, drill/ cart, #39928, (3). 2006 John Deere 1790 planter, 32 #26544, (7)......................$59,000 ........................................$20,500 row, 15”, #32537, (6).......$99,500 2009 John Deere 612, corn header, #8111 & #8112 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” 2005 Kinze 3800 planter, 24 row, #26546, (7)......................$59,000 2002 John Deere 1890 air drill with spacing, #9677, (2).........$75,500 30”, #38094, (7)...............$84,500 2003 John Deere 893, corn header, 1910 270 bushel tow between air 2000 Flexi-Coil 7500, 51-ft., hoe drill 2009 John Deere 1770 planter, #26717, (7)......................$27,000 cart, #8111, #8112 (1).....$75,000 with tank, #9844, (2)........$28,000 16RN, 1770 CCS, fertilizer, 2007 John Deere 1890 air drill with John Deere 750 drill, #38315, (4)..... #38225 (6). ....................$113,500 1910 270 bushel tow between air ........................................$14,000 TRACTORS cart, #8443, 8444 (1).......$90,000 John Deere 515 drill, 25-ft., folding, John Deere 7000 planter, #38361 2009 John Deere 9330, 4WD, 1828 (1)....................................$13,000 2004 John Deere 1890, 42-ft. air #39150, (3)......................$10,000 hours, #9010, (3)...........$205,000 drill with 1910 270 bushel tow be- 2007 John Deere 1770W planter, 2005 John Deere 1770Y planter, 16 tween air cart, #9060, #9061 (3)..

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2011 John Deere 1770 planter, 12 hp, 1330 hours, #9350, (2)........... ......................................$337,000 2001 John Deere 1860 42-ft. air drill, ProUnits with CCS, #39516, (1)... ......................................$263,500 1983 John Deere 8450, 4WD, ar10” spacing, with 1900 270 bush......................................$101,000 2011 John Deere 9430, 4WD, 425 ticulated, 12089 hours, #39347, el tow between air cart, #9062, #22550 hp, 359 hours, #10113, (7)...........

(3)....................................$25,000 #9063 (3).........................$58,000 2010 John Deere 1770 planter, 2002 John Deere 1770 planter, 12RN front fold, #39647, (5)......... ......................................$245,000 2006 John Deere 9620, 4WD, 2754 2005 John Deere 1890 CCS, 30-ft., 24RN 30, #22550 (5).....$145,900 ........................................$42,900 1997 New Holland 9682, 4WD, 6530 hours, #39453, (7).........$177,000 #9877, (1)........................$82,000 2004 John Deere 1770 planter, John Deere 7200 corn planter, 16 hours, #10152, (3)...........$75,000 2009 John Deere 9630, 4WD, 1179 2008 John Deere 1895, tow behind, 24R30 with Pro Units and CC, 2009 John Deere 9630, 4WD, 530 row, #39766 (2)...............$17,500 hours, #39710, (7).........$245,000 #10314, (2)....................$136,000 #22615 (5).......................$97,950 hp, 1440 hours, #10290, (1)......... ......................................$237,000 2003 John Deere 635, flex platform, #22450, (5)......................$22,500 2004 John Deere 630, platform head, #22475, (5)............$22,500 2002 John Deere 930, flex head, #22584, (5)......................$13,000 2007 John Deere 635, flex platform, #26514, (5)......................$25,000 1998 John Deere 925, flex platform, #26550, (7)......................$11,750 2007 John Deere 635, flex platform, #26614, (7)......................$26,500 2008 John Deere 635, flex platform, #26663, (7)......................$32,000 2004 John Deere 635, flex platform, #26668, (7)......................$24,000 2001 John Deere 930, flex platform, #26713, (7)......................$11,500 2002 John Deere 930, flex platform, #26726, (7)......................$12,500 2005 John Deere 635F, flex platform, #29537, (4).............$22,500 2004 John Deere 630, flex platform, #32320, (6)......................$21,500

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The spring barley grain yields on no-till continuous crop at Moccasin, Denton and Geraldine are indicative of the precipitation levels of each location. Moccasin had low precipitation levels and low yields, Denton had intermediate precipitation levels with intermediate yields and Geraldine had good precipitation and good yield levels.

Feed barley Haxby, a dryland barley yield standard for much of Montana, was the top grain producer at all three locations (see Tables 1, 2, 3). Champion, a feed barley, was next to the top at Denton and Geraldine.

Conrad and development line MT010160 (MT970148/ Harrington) yielded well at all three locations. In the multi-year yield summary for Moccasin and Denton, Tables 4 & 5, Haxby has high mean yield. The 2012 barley trial at Geraldine was the first in the past decade.

Test weights were heavier than average at Moccasin and Geraldine locations while near average at Denton. Haxby consistently has a high test weight. However, development line MT010158 took the high test weight at the Denton. The multi-year test weight summary, Tables 5 & 6, show in recent years show test weights to be heavier than average. Less than optimum growing conditions during early growth can limit yield potential early on, reduced tiller numbers, which in turns provides more nutrients for the reproductive tillers at the end.

Protein and sieve size are determined from a single sample per location for each variety. The grain protein levels were in an inverse trend compared to the yield levels.

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Climate impacts on commodities, feed alternatives for livestock enduring drought and the impacts of oil and gas development are a few of the topics to be discussed during the 2013 Montana Winter Grazing Seminar, to be held January 16–17, 2013, at the Kiwanis Youth Center in Harlowton, Montana “The Winter Grazing Seminar is a great opportunity to find out what’s new in range management and compare notes with other producers around the state,” said Heidi Crum, State Coordinator of the Rangeland Resources Program with the Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). “We’ve got some great speakers dealing with issues all ranchers care about.”

Speakers on the first day of the seminar include Dr. Simon Atkins with the Advanced Forecasting Corporation; Dr. Rachel Endecott, Beef Cattle Extension Specialist with Montana State University; and a panel of producers discussing oil development and local impacts.

The first day will conclude with a social hour and banquet at the Moose Lodge, with music from the Musselshell Mudcats. Bill Donald will serve as master of ceremonies for the banquet. Sarah Calhoun, owner of the Red Ants Pants womens clothing company of White Sulphur Springs, is the featured speaker.

Leaders of the Montana Association of Conservation Districts will also present their Range Leader of The Year awards in the ranching and professional categories.

Speakers on day two of the seminar include four scientists with the USDA Agriculture Research Station, Forage and Range Research Laboratory in Logan, Utah; and Dr. George Haynes, Professor of Agriculture Economics at Montana State University, with an ag outlook for Montana.

For registration and other information, contact Cheryl Miller with the Upper Musselshell Conservation District or Heidi Crum with the Montana DNRC. The 2013 Winter Grazing Seminar is hosted by the Upper Musselshell Conservation District in cooperation with the Governor’s Rangeland Resources Executive Committee and Montana DNRC.

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Can we rebuild the beef cowherd? Part 1

By Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist erably worse shape in 2012 than in 2011.

That was the question posed to me by a There has been some improvement in producer in response to my recent article drought conditions in parts of east Texas suggesting that two years of drought liquibut little if any herd rebuilding has taken dation, on top of previous liquidation, has place yet. Most all of this loss in beef cows pushed the beef cattle inventory so low that we are effectively “out of cattle” in terms can be recovered post-drought, though some of our ability to maintain beef production parts of the region will take several years and rebuild the cowherd. to fully recover.

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By Dr. Les Anderson, Beef Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky To enhance the value of our feeder calves, UK, KBN, and the Agricultural Development Board has launched the MAG (Management And Genetics) - 60 (60-day postweaning) program. In this program, KBN partnered with beef producers to synchronize estrus in their beef females for timed insemination. Producers inseminated their females to a small, select group of sires that were proven in their ability to sire productive, profitable calves. The ultimate goal was to increase the market value of this set of feeder calves by enhancing their genetic ability to excel in the feedlot and on the rail.

The first sets of calves from the MAG-60 program are hitting the ground in December. Last fall, 2,674 females were bred to one of 20 sires. Last spring, over 4,972 females were bred in the MAG-60 program. Steers sired by AI will be managed according to CPH health requirements and will be backgrounded for a minimum of 60 days postweaning.

The calves will be age and source verified, thus, we will be marketing feeder steers that are age, source, and genetically verified for superior performance. Feeders produced in this program will be co-mingled by our marketing agents and marketed either in CPH-like feeder calf sales, video sales, or directly to feedlots. Our current plans are to video and weigh the calves on each farm by the end of April 2013. A MAG-60 video auction will then be conducted in May or June of 2013. Calves will then be delivered to collection points for transportation to the feedyard. Although some producers will likely chose to retain ownership, we feel that most of the MAG-60 calves will be sold in the video auction.

This fall marks the final breeding season for MAG-60.

We are currently looking for producer’s interested in participating in MAG-60. Bulls that will be used for AI this fall include: from Select Sires, GAR Predestined (AN), Counterpart (AN), Free Lunch (CH), Durango (HE), and Rookie (SM); from ABS, New Standard (AN), Foresight (AN), Gridmaker (CH), Ribeye, (HE), and Combination (SM); from Accelerated Genetics, Fast Track (AN), Total Impact (AN), Platinum (CH), On Target (HE), and Manifest (SM); and from Genetic Horizons Right Answer (AN), Tokach Update (AN), Bluegrass (CH), Revolution (HE), Dew Time (SM).

For more information regarding the MAG-60 program, contact Mr. Land Dale or Mrs. Becky Thompson at KCA (859-278-0899) or Dr. Les Anderson at 859-257-2856.

NDSU funds to analyze sugar beets for biofuel

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics is part of a grant to develop enhanced energy sugar beets that are optimized for biofuel production. The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-e).

Other partners in the $1.8 million, three-year program are Plant Sensory Systems LLC in Baltimore, Md., and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Plant Sensory LLC and the USDA will engineer beets to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and produce higher levels of fermentable sugars, compared with current feedstocks. The energy beets will have lower production costs and increased yield for biofuels without competing against food-grade sugar.

“The NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics will lead the project’s economic and environmental analyses,” says David Ripplinger, bioproducts and bioenergy economist and assistant professor in the department. “The award recognizes NDSUs expertise in economic and life-cycle analyses and provides support to build on this expertise during the three- year project.”

The grant recognizes the promise of energy beets as an industrial feedstock and a proprietary yield-enhancing technology to improve the competitiveness of energy beets as a feedstock.

“This is good news for the development of the industrial sugar industry in North America, especially in the northern Plains, where there are advantages to growing energy beets, so there are ongoing efforts to introduce energy beets as an industrial crop, as well as the construction and operation of processing facilities and biorefineries,” Ripplinger says.

“ARPA-e funding is extremely competitive, so the projects it selects become very high profile.”

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Ophus Auction Service Happy New Year from Ophus Auction

We would like to thank our customers we held auctions for in 2012.

Technical Services, Havre, MT C&S Ranch Co., Chinook, MT Don Jarvenpa, Cut Bank, MT Jim Nemetz, Lohman, MT Anchor Ranch, Lloyd, MT John Hebbleman, Chinook, MT Don Rossmiller, Brady, MT House & Bar Auction, Big Sandy, MT We would also like to thank all of the buyers who came to our auctions and made them successful.

We look forward to serving you in 2013 and are now scheduling auctions for the New Year.

We will be in booth E-19 at the MAGIE show in Great Falls, January 17-19. Stop in and visit about your auction and real-estate needs.

We will again be selling raffle tickets for the Montana Auctioneers Association rifle and 4-wheeler raffle.

Our website is www.OphusAuctions.com

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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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Cedar apple rust

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: What fungicide should I use on young apple and pear trees to save them from cedar apple rust? We noticed that the juniper trees also are showing signs of the problem.

A: Pick off all the fruiting bodies that you can locate on the junipers and destroy them.

Next, go to a local garden center or garden supply store and look for a fungicide such as Heritage, Mancozeb, Immunox, Banner or Bayleton.

The fungicide should be used on the apple trees, not the junipers.

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SAF’s Circle of Succe$$ Scholarships

Montana students! Are you looking for ways to pay for college in the fall? Nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation (SAF) can help.

Applications for SAF’s $1,000 Circle of Succe$$ scholarships will be available at SmartAboutCollege.org beginning on January 1. Click on the “Apply Now!” button under the photos of the Circle of Succe$$ Class of 2012 to link to an application form. The application deadline is Friday, March 1.

“Student Assistance Foundation feels privileged to have helped the members of the ‘Circle of Succe$$ Class of 2012’ and we are looking forward to meeting the members of the class of 2013,” said Darbie Hess, grants manager for SAF. In order to qualify for a Circle of Succe$$ scholarship, applicants must be Montana residents who graduated from a Montana high school, and attending a Montana college or university at least half time. They must be in their second, third or fourth year of postsecondary education and maintaining at least a 2.5 grade point average (GPA). A committee of SAF employees evaluates the applications to determine who receives the grants.

SAF has been providing Circle of Succe$$ scholarships to students at Montana colleges since 2003 — $404,000 in all.

The program is near and dear to the hearts of SAF employees because it was originally funded solely through SAF employee donations. Today, SAF uses the proceeds from fundraising efforts including the annual golf scramble and private donations to supplement the effort.

In 2013, SAF will award 56 scholarships, one in honor of each Montana county. Those scholarships will be distributed among six scholarship regions throughout the state.

For more information about the Circle of Succe$$ Scholarship program, visit SmartAboutCollege.org or contact Darbie Hess at dhess@safmt.org or (406) 495-7393.

Student Assistance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Montana corporation that provides students with knowledge and tools to pursue and fund their postsecondary education.

Funds generated by SAF are returned to Montanans in the form of education grants and public benefit programs - to date more than $25 million. For more information, visit www.safmt.org or www.SmartAboutCollege.org. Also, find us on Facebook.

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New variety development and use

By Karen Hertsgaard, Information Specialist Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences Accelerating research to release higher yielding, disease resistant barley varieties was a key message at a crowded pre-Prairie Grains Conference Meeting for Minnesota and North Dakota barley growers and industry partners. The invited speakers included NDSU barley pathologist Dr. Robert Brueggeman, Anheuser-Busch Director of Raw Materials Mr. Ralph Judd, Mr. Paul Kramer from Rahr Malting Company, Mr. Derek Prell from Malteurop North America and University of Minnesota barley breeder Dr. Kevin Smith.

For researchers, higher yielding and disease resistant varieties are top priority. Kevin Smith’s research program at the University of Minnesota has resulted in the release of the Fusarium head blight resistant variety Quest. Seed availability problems have been solved and industry is gearing up to fit Quest into brewing blends. Smith also runs a winter barley variety research program which could result in high yielding winter barley varieties for Minnesota and North Dakota. Smith has been working on the winter barley project for 4 years and is starting to see a few varieties that show promise in northern U.S. climates.

Bob Brueggeman talked about fast-tracking disease resistant barley varieties. His research has benefitted from a huge jump in genomic sequencing efficiencies. New equipment in his lab has cut the time needed to sequence pathogen genomes from 2 years to 3 days, enabling him to screen huge numbers of pathogens and barley varieties for possible resistance.

Moving new varieties into brewing blends at a faster pace is a top priority at Anheuser-Busch, according to Ralph Judd. However, he cautioned that malting quality is still a priority and new varieties must have quality at least equal to those currently used. Paul Kramer of Rahr is optimistic that malting and brewing industry demand for barley will slowly but steadily increase in the next 10 years. He says there is a “pot of gold at the end of the beer store” and is optimistic about the growth of the craft brewing industry.

According to Kramer, craft brewing makes up 6 to 7 percent of the beer market and 10 to 11 percent of the malt market.

He said that industry needs to make sure there are varieties available that craft brewers want. Derek Prell gave a global barley and malt market snapshot and believes that North American barley supply and demand is mature and stable.

The meeting was organized by the Minnesota Barley Growers Association and the North Dakota Barley Council.

Pulse Crop Production Workshop

The 2013 North Central Montana Pulse Crop Production Workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 13th at the Pondera Shooting Sports Club located at 972 Granite, 1 mile west of Conrad, Montana. The workshop is free and is designed to cover all aspects of pulse production for this region of Montana. It will be a great opportunity to meet and visit with other growers, leading Montana pulse researchers, and buyers active in the region.

Registration begins at 9 am and workshop topics include crop production practices, herbicide applications and carryover issues, pulse crop research and varieties, production economics, insurance updates. Additionally, the workshop agenda includes a local grower panel and an introduction to pulse buyers and processors.

Speakers include Dr. Perry Miller, MSU, Professor of Cropping systems; Dr. Chengci Chen, Researcher at Central Ag. Research Center, Moccasin; Dr. Mary Burrows, MSU Extension Pathologist; Ed Davis, MSU Research Agronomist; Peggy Lamb, Northern Ag. Research Center at Havre; Steve Junghans, RMA, Billings; Chad Lee, Montana Department of Ag, Helena; and other Montana research and industry representatives.

Lunch will be provided, so anyone planning on attending will need to RSVP to the MSU Pondera County Extension Office at 271-4054 or pondera@montana.edu by Friday February 9th.

Major workshop sponsors to-date include the Northern Pulse Growers Association, Montana Department of Agriculture, Columbia Grain and MSU Extension. For more information contact the MSU Pondera County Extension Office at 271-4054.

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Versa-Lift...................$17,500

2001 Ford F550 4x4 flatbed diesel, 6 speed manual transmission, boxes...........$15,000

Yale 4000 lb. propane forklift..................................................... $4000 Pettibone telescopic 8000 lb. forklifts..................................... $15,000 Rough terrain 7000-8000 lb. forklifts.........................$7000 to $9000 1990 Liftall 30-ft. 8000 lb. rough terrain forklift, side shift, Cummins.$9000 1990 Liftall 6000 lb. rough terrain forklift, side shift, Cummins...$9000 Champ 7000 lb. 21-ft. forklift, diesel, side shift, 8-ft. forks......... $7000 Alitec PH60 asphalt grinder for skid steer................................ $7500 Case Maxi Sneaker C trencher/cable plow with Kubota diesel, boring attachment, shows 512 hours............................................. $7500 Ditch Witch 400SX cable plow with trencher............................ $5000 1999 Ditch Witch 410SX cable plow with boring attachment... $7500 Ditch Witch 350SX cable plow.................................................. $5000 2003 Ford F550 service truck, V-10, auto, 3200# IMT crane.$15,000 1997 Ford F800 service truck, 8.3 Cummins, 9 speed, 5000# IMT crane................................................................................ $15,000 1994 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5+2 speed, 6200# IMT crane, compressor, hydraulic outriggers..................................... $12,500 1985 Ford F700 4x4 service truck, IMT 5000 lb. crane, underhood air compressor, outriggers.................................................... $15,000 1985 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5/2 speed, 8000 lb. Auto Crane, compressor.......................................................... $11,000 1989 International 41-ft. bucket truck, diesel, automatic....... $10,000 1989 International S1754 DT360, 5/2 speed, Altec 300 bucket.$7500 1987 Ford F800 40-ft. bucket truck, diesel engine, automatic... $6500 1990 Ford L8000 diesel, 6 speed, 16-ft. flatbed dump............. $8000 1988 Ford L8000 diesel, automatic, 14-ft. flatbed dump........... $8000 1981 International 4x4 dump truck, low miles....................... $12,500 16-ft. flatbed dump with hoist..................................................... $3500 1997 Ford F800 crew cab truck, diesel, 9 speed, 5000 lb. crane, welder, grease reel and pump.......................................... $15,000 1986 Ford F800 National 228 37-ft. crane 14-ft. dump bed... $10,000 1992 Ford F800 12-ton line truck with diesel engine, automatic, 45-ft. crane, 18” auger, pole grabber......................................... $10,000 1999 Ford 550 diesel, automatic, flatbed with lift gate.............. $9000 1996 Chevrolet Kodiak Cat diesel, 6 speed automatic, utility bed, outriggers............................................................................ $8500 1989 Ford F450 utility truck, 11-ft. bed, 460 hp, automatic....... $2500 2001 Ford F550 4WD diesel, 6 speed manual, 11-ft. box van.$15,000

(800) 779-3660

1995 Ford F450 bucket truck with 460-V8, automatic, 32-ft.

Telsta bucket.................$7500

1986 International 4x4, cab & chassis, DT466, 5/2 speed transfer case, front winch, PTO, hydraulic pump. Exutility truck...............$12,500 Cat 930 wheel loader with cab $25,000

1996 Chevrolet Kodiak Cat diesel, 7 speed, 22-ft van with insulation blowing machine.. . ................................. $6500

1995 Ford F450 diesel, 5 speed, 3200# crane, hydraulic driven air compressor, Miller 225 welder with leads.......$13,500

1999 Haulin 31-ft. flatbed (expands to 34-ft.), telescopic hitch and air brakes. Good for round bales ..............$10,000 1988 Internatonal 1800 2-ton diesel 4x4 flatbed...................... $9000 2008 Ford F550 4x4, cab and chassis, diesel, automatic...... $22,500 1987 International cab and chassis, diesel, automatic, 160 CFM driveline compressor........................................................... $6000 1978 International 1600 4WD, cab and chassis, gas engine, 4 speed, 2 speed transfer case, low miles. Ex-government... $5000 1979 GMC chip truck................................................................. $6500 1981 International S1800 4x4 flatbed, 14,000 lb. knuckle boom.$12,500 1996 International 4900 DT466 engine, 10 speed................ $12,500 1995 International 4900 466, 5 speed, 18-ft. flatbed dump......$12,500 Waterous fire pumper, 175 gpm, 125 psi, 300 gallon tank, 11-ft.

Reading utility box............................................................... $5000 12-ft. flatbed, 3200 lb. IMT crane, air compressor...................... $5000 125-275 CFM air compressors.....................................$4000 - $7500 1999 Tow Master 20 ton flatbed, 24-ft. deck, 5-ft. ramps, air brakes.$10,500 12-ton 22-ft. tilt bed trailer.......................................................... $6500 (11) 20-ton 24-ft. tilt bed trailers.................................$7500 - $11,500 1-ton utility beds, starting at...................................................... $1000 Miller 250-400 amp diesel welder................................$1500 - $2500 Brush Bandit chipper............................................................ $11,000 2 ton dump boxes, each............................................................ $1000 Buckets for skid steer loaders........................................................Call Forklift forks...................................................................................Call Cat IT28 quick-tach forks.......................................................... $2750 Auger bits, 18” and 30” with 21/2” square shank............$750 & $1000 Versatile 35-ft. bucket attachment............................................. $3000

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1.9 % Fixed Rate for 5 years or 12 months interest free waiver. Qualified OAC. Tractors

John Deere 9200 4WD, 310 hp, 4300 hours....................................$93,000 (L) John Deere 8640 275 hp, 4WD, 3-pt., PTO................................ Coming In (G) John Deere 8630 4WD, 275 hp, 7530 hours....................................$27,500 (L) John Deere 8220 225 hp, PowerShift, duals, 2925 hours.................. $133,500 (H) John Deere 7920 208 hp, IVT transmission, duals, 3900 hours.............. $107,000 (B) John Deere 7820 155 hp, MFWD.............. ............................................ $96,500 (H) John Deere 7800 170 hp, PowerShift, duals, 9245 hours.................... $52,000 (H) John Deere 7730 152 hp, MFWD.............. ...........................................$114,000 (B) John Deere 7520 212 hp, PTO, 14-ft. dozer, 5650 hours.........................$13,500 (LV) John Deere 7430 Premium 166 hp, 741SL loader, 2825 hours............. $126,500 (B) John Deere 7410 123 hp, 740SL loader, 6796 hours.........................$59,500 (LV) John Deere 7400 118 hp, 740SL loader, 10,500 hours....................... $49,900 (B) John Deere 7330 Premium 155 hp, new H360 loader, 1573 hours........................ .........................................$112,500 (LV) John Deere 7330 Premium 155 hp, loader, grapple, 3450 hours.............$95,000 (L) John Deere 7220 95 hp, loader. 5325 hours..................................$72,500 (LV) John Deere 7200 95 hp, with loader mounts................................. $39,000 (H) John Deere 7130 Premium 100 hp, loader.

225 hours.........................$102,500 (LV) John Deere 7210 95 hp, MFWD................ ............................................ $53,500 (H) John Deere 6430 Premium 99 hp, low hours, loader........................ $74,500 (B) John Deere 6430 125 hp, 640SL loader, 4150 hours.......................... $69,950 (G) John Deere 6430 125 hp, 640SL loader, 4600 hours...........................$68,950 (L) John Deere 6420 110hp, 640SL loader, 5767 hours.......................... $62,500 (G) John Deere 6420 110 hp, 640SL loader, 6571 hours...........................$57,500 (L) John Deere 6400 85 hp, MFWD, cab, loader.................................. $39,900 (H) John Deere 5320 65 hp, MFWD, loader, open cab...............................$29,500 (L) John Deere 4720 58 hp, MFWD, cab, loader..................................$37,950 (LV) John Deere 4520 50 hp, cab, loader. 500 hours..................................$35,950 (LV) John Deere 4440 130 hp, loader, grapple. ....................................... Coming In (G) John Deere 4430 125 hp, cab, John Deere 158 loader.............................$15,750 (L) John Deere 4040 90 hp, Syncro transmission, 25,000 hours............... $15,000 (H) John Deere 3038E 38 hp, MFWD............. .............................................$20,350 (L) Case IH 5250 MFWD, cab, loader. 9776 hours....................................$32,000 (L) Case IH 5250 MFWD, cab. 4625 hours..... .............................................$32,000 (L) Case 2870 300 hp, 4WD............ $9000 (H) Case IH MX275 with L780 loader.............. .......................................... $156,000 (H) Case IH MX210 MFWD, 210 hp, cab......... .............................................$81,500 (L) Case IH MXU130 MFWD, loader............... ............................................$65,000 (G) Case IH MX120 MFWD, loader.................. ............................................ $58,500 (H) New Holland TC40..................$16,000 (L) Versatile 835 4WD...................$19,600 (L) Caterpillar 65 270 hp, 30” tracks, 4 hydraulics....................................... $32,000 (H) Valtra 8950 200 hp, loader. 7725 hours..... ............................................ $39,500 (H)

Miscellaneous

Terragator 8104 spreader truck, boom........ ............................................. $85,000 (G) Loral Air Max 1000 spreader truck, autotrac ready..................................... $70,000 (G) Frontier 50 bushel manure spreader........... ............................................... $2750 (LV) Riteway heavy harrow, 70-ft.....$47,500 (H) Buhler 100”, 3-pt. harrow............$650 (LV) Farm King 13x70 grain auger.................... ............................................... $9500 (H) Buhler FK Y1010H 10” transfer auger....... ............................................... $2700 (H) Westfield 7”x36’ grain auger.......$1500 (L) Brandt 5000 grain vac............ $15,500 (H) MDS 7-ft. rock bucket, grapple... $5500 (H) John Deere 613 6-ft. rotary cutter.............. ................................................$750 (LV) King Kutter 6-ft. rotary cutter....... $725 (B) Tebben 5-ft. rotary cutter............ $1400 (B) Honda Big Red utility vehicle.....$6250 (L) John Deere 850D diesel utility vehicle...... ............................................ $10,250 (H) Polaris Ranger 700 XP utility vehicle with cab.......................................$12,000 (G) Arctic Cat 650 utility vehicle, cab.............. ..............................................$7500 (LV) 2008 Polaris Ranger 700 XP utility vehicle........................................ $9500 (H) Case IH Scout XL utility side by side......... ............................................$10,500 (G) Kubota RTV1100 utility vehicle, cab, heat, air conditioning, 130 hours..................... .............................................$17,500 (G) Land Pride utility side by side.... $5500 (H) 2006 Polaris Predator racing 4-wheeler... ....................................... Coming In (G) Suzuki 250 cc 2WD quad.......... $2850 (H) Sheyenne Mfg teleboom attachment........ ..............................................$3850 (LV) Frontier pallet fork for global carrier.......... .................................................$900 (G) Frontier LR2060 5-ft. landscape rake....... .................................................. $550 (B) Shaver 901 post hole digger, 3-pt. mount, PTO drive, 2 bits..................... $1475 (B) Farm King 60” finish mower.........$750 (L) General 7-ft. rear blade.................$750 (L) Smith tow-behind air compressor.............. ..............................................$7500 (LV) High Power generator, 12,000V, PTO....... ..................................................$900 (L) Work Saver bale spear.................$300 (L)

Construction Equipment

John Deere 323D track skidsteer, 875 hours....................................$45,000 (L) Bobcat S175 skidsteer, 46 hp, 1750 lb lift, 815 hours.............................$20,000 (L) Bobcat 742B skidsteer, 36 hp, gas, 1250 lb lift capacity...........................$10,500 (L) John Deere 210LE landscape loader, box blade................................... $23,900 (B) Allis Chalmers 816 backhoe loader.......... . ............................................$7950 (LV) Bobcat 709 backhoe attachment............... . ..............................................$6400 (L) Kwik Way 8-ft. snow blade........ $1300 (B) Bobcat pallet forks with 48” teeth.............. . ............................................... $600 (B)

Tillage

Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar for fertilizer...........................................$6000 (L) Wishek 842NT 20-ft. heavy duty disk........ ........................................ Coming In (L) John Deere 20-ft. chisel plow, cable lift wings.....................................$1500 (LV)

Windrowers & Mower Conditioners

2012 John Deere A400 with 18-ft head..... ....................................... Coming In (G) John Deere D450 windrower with draper.. ...........................................$129,500 (L) John Deere 4990 14.5-ft. rotary mower, impeller.................................$58,000 (L) John Deere 2320 gas windrower.$7500 (H) John Deere 956 14.5-ft. rotary mower conditioner.................................$30,000 (G) John Deere 956 14.5 ft. rotary swing tongue..................................$27,500 (L) John Deere 956 14.5-ft. rotary swing tongue.................................$20,000 (G) John Deere 946 13-ft. rotary, impeller conditioner................................. $21,500 (H) John Deere 946 13-ft. rotary mower conditioner, impeller conditioner.$19,500 (LV) Agco-Hesston 9365 windrower with 15-ft. rotary head.......................... $73,900 (B) Hesston 1275 16-ft. swing tongue mower conditioner, sickle.................$13,500 (L) 2011 Case IH 2303 16-ft rotary, 190 hours.................................$107,000 (G) Case IH 8870 with 16-ft. sickle...$35,000 (L) New Holland 2550 with sickle head.......... ............................................ $22,000 (H) New Holland 1475 14-ft. swing tongue, hydraulic tilt......................... $11,000 (H) New Holland 116H with 16-ft. sickle, rubber roll conditioner.........................$7500 (L) MacDon M200 with 35-ft. draper head...... .......................................... $105,000 (H) MacDon M150 with 35-ft. draper head...... .......................................... $128,000 (H) MacDon A30 16-ft. double sickle............... ............................................ $27,500 (H)

Round Balers

John Deere 568 mega wide, twine and wrap..................................... $34,000 (H) John Deere 568 round baler, MegaWide, surface wrap.........................$27,500 (L) John Deere 568 round baler, twine only.... ............................................$26,500 (G) John Deere 567 mega tooth, net wrap...... .............................................$25,000 (L) John Deere 567 twine only, MegaWide..... ............................................$17,500 (G) John Deere 567 mega wide, net wrap, 20,000 bales.................... Coming In (L) John Deere 566 mega tooth, surface wrap....................................$14,500 (LV) 2-John Deere 535 round baler, 5x6 bale.

Each....................................... $4600 (H) John Deere 535 round baler, push bar, twine only............................... $6950 (H) John Deere 535 twine and net wrap.......... ................................................$6500 (L) John Deere 535 540 PTO, twine only........ ............................................... $6500 (H) 2011 Case IH RB564 twine and net, 3020 bales....................................$38,000 (G) Case IH RB564 baler, twine and wrap....... .............................................$27,000 (L) Case IH RB564 round baler with net wrap. ............................................ $19,900 (B) Case IH RBX562 baler............... $8500 (H) Hesston 5465A baler.............. $21,500 (H) New Holland 688 round baler with twine and net........................... Coming In (G) New Holland 688 baler, surface wrap....... ............................................ $10,500 (H) 2-New Holland BR780s twine and wrap... ...................................... $12,500 Ea. (L)

Sprayers

2010 John Deere 4930 120-ft., 20”, boom level...................................$268,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft., 1000 gallon.......... ............................................ $13,500 (H) 1996 Flexi-Coil 65 100-ft........... $6500 (H) 60-ft. boom truck sprayer... Coming In (G)

Combines & Attachments

John Deere 9870 combine with MacDon 40-ft. flex draper............. Coming In (L) 2008 John Deere 9770 combine, 213 hours................................. $278,000 (H) John Deere 9760 STS combine, 340 hp, 300 bushel tank.................$182,500 (L) John Deere 9760 combine with 1220 separator hours........................ $175,000 (H) John Deere 9750 STS combine, 325 hp, 300 bushel tank.................$122,500 (L) John Deere 9670 combine....$210,000 (L) John Deere 9610 combine, 275 hp, 240 bushel tank, 930 head... Coming In (G) 1993 John Deere 9600 combine with John Deere 930 head.................. $51,600 (H) John Deere 9600 combine, 215 hp, 240 bushel tank, no platform........................ . ......................................Coming In (H) Case IH 2388 combine, 2330 separator hours................................... $92,000 (H) Case IH 1680 combine, 225 hp, MacDon 30-ft. head......................Coming In (H) Case IH 1680 combine with 30-ft. 1010 platform............................... $34,000 (H) Case IH 1680 combine, 225 hp, 30-ft. 810 platform...........................Coming In (H) Case IH 1680 combine with 3524 engine hours................................... $30,000 (G) 2-John Deere 635D headers..................... . .....................................$57,500 Ea (H) John Deere 635D header....... $50,000 (H) 4-John Deere 936D header....................... . ..................................... $46,000 ea (H) 2004 Case IH 2042 grain platform............. . ..........................................$33,000 (G) 4-Honey Bee SP42 42-ft. draper heads with John Deere adapters.... $69,500 ea. (H)

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Miscellaneous Haying

New Holland 1033 bale wagon, auto tie.... ..............................................$5500 (LV) New Holland 1032 bale wagon, auto tie.... ..............................................$5950 (LV) H&S 14 wheel hi-capacity rake...$8950 (L) Sitrex RP4 wheel rake............... $1250 (G) H&S Haymachine II turner/fluffer.$2550 (L)

Drills

John Deere 1860/1900 42-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing............................... $71,000 (B) John Deere 9450 60-ft. drill, transport, steel packers...................... $24,500 (H) John Deere 9450 50-ft. drill, 12” spacing, packers............................... $23,000 (H) John Deere 9400 50-ft. box drills, 12” spacing, packers................. $27,500 (H) John Deere 9350 40-ft. disk drill, 6” spacing, transport...........................$7000 (L) John Deere 730 36-ft air drill, disk, 6” spacing. ............................. $59,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/3850 57-ft. air drill, 10” spacing.......................... Coming In (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/3850 57-ft., 9.5” spacing.. . ......................................Coming In (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing............................... $68,400 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 51-ft. air drill, 12” spacing............................... $59,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 45-ft. air drill, 9” spacing............................... $59,500 (H) 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. or 38-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 230 bushel, single shoot..... . .......................................... $51,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. or 38-ft. air drill, 12” spacing..................$45,000 (L) Flexi-Coil 5000/1720 39-ft., single shoot... . .......................................... $38,000 (H) New Holland SD440 60-ft., 9” spacing...... . .........................................$104,000 (L) Victory 32-ft. air drill, single shoot............. . ...........................................$22,000 (L)

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John Deere 8220 tractor, 225 hp, duals, 2925 hours................................................ $133,500 (B)

John Deere 7920 tractor, 208 hp, 3900 hours.......... ........................................................$107,000 (H)

Cat Challenger 65 30” tracks, 4 SCV’s, 270 hp........ ..........................................................$32,000 (H)

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

John Deere 8760 tractor, 300 hp, 5000 hours.......... .......................................................... $52,900 (B)

Ford New Holland 946 tractor, 325 hp, 5903 hours. ..........................................................$59,500 (H)

Bobcat 773 skidsteer, 46 hp, 1750 lb. lift capacity, 2001 hours........................................$12,500 (LV)

John Deere 7130 Premium tractor, 120 hp, new John Deere H340 loader, 235 hours.......$102,900 (LV) John Deere 4990 with 14.5-ft. rotary header, Impeller conditioner...............................................$58,000

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

2009 John Deere 9670STS with 860 separator hours, duals, chopper..................................$210,000 (L) 2009 John Deere 7730 tractor with PowrQuad, 2050 hours, 152 PTO hp.......................... $114,000 (B)

John Deere 9200 4WD tractor, 310 hp...$93,000 (L)

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

John Deere 323DT skidsteer, 68 hp, cab, 2500 lb lift........................................................$45,000 (L) Flexi-coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, 20” spacing...............................$13,500 (H)

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

John Deere 7820 tractor with AutoQuad, 155 PTO hp, 5215 hours...................................$96,500 (H)

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

John Deere 5320 MFWD tractor, 55 hp, loader........ .........................................................$29,500 (LV)

2006 Case IH MXU130 MFD, powershift, loader...... ......................................................... $65,000 (G)

John Deere 9450 drills, 50-ft. ,12” spacing, hitch and transport.............................................$23,000 (H)

Premier A30D windrower with 16-ft. double sickle header...............................................$27,500 (H)

Hesston 9365 windrower, 15-ft. rotary header.......... .......................................................... $73,900 (B)

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Hydraulic Breaker Post Drivers For Sale

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

• Also available for excavators

Montana Post Driver

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Serving The Ag Community Since 1969 Specializing in JD, International, Case IH & all other major brands of ag tractors

Dennis & Curt Lorang 2700 17th Street N.E. Black Eagle, MT Shop 406-727-2726 ✔ Engine rebuilds ✔ Transmission rebuilts ✔ fuel pumps ✔ injectors ✔ turbo chargers We can rebuild or exchange John Deere hydraulic pumps, hydraulic couplers & valves, brake valves, steering valves

January Clearance Limited to stock on hand

2003 Featherlite Model #8541 4 horse with dressing room, padded dividers, fold-up rear tack with 4 saddle racks, drop-down windows, fully carpeted dressing room with screen door, newer tires and recent brakes, power jack.

Clean trailer................................................. $14,499

1995 Sooner all aluminum 3 horse gooseneck with dressing room, tack room, boot box, water tank, rear tack and hay feeders.............. $9999

New Featherlite 24-ft. aluminum gooseneck stock trailer with 2 sliders.

Retail $24,330............................................. $17,799 New Featherlite 8127 20-ft. aluminum gooseneck stock trailer with one center slider.

Retail $22,374............................................. $15,949

New Circle D 6-ft. 8” x 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with (2) 7000# axles, bull package, mats, spare tire. Retail $12,352............................ $10,299

New Wells Cargo 27-ft. Fun Wagon, white interior, insulated ceiling, gas door, roof vent, spare tire, white.

Limited to stock on hand.

Retail $12,049

Sale Price......$10,199 Delivery MAY BE available in your area.

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Ice dams

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow from draining off the roof. The water that backs up behind the dam can leak into a home and cause damage to walls, ceilings, insulation and other areas.

For ice dams to form there must be snow on the roof, and at the same time, higher portions of the outside surface of the roof must be above freezing while lower surfaces remain below freezing.

Since most ice dams form at the edge of the roof, there is obviously a heat source warming the roof elsewhere. This heat is primarily coming from the house. In rare instances solar heat gain may cause these temperature differences, or may be a combination of both.

In a house, heat moves through the ceiling and insulation by conduction through the slanted portion of the ceiling. In many homes, there is less space for insulation, so it is important to use an insulation with high R-value per inch to reduce heat loss by conduction. If ice dams are a problem, you may want to check your attic insulation levels. Certain insulation products may settle over time and become less effective.

In all Minnesota communities it is possible to find homes that do not have ice dams. These homes may have better insulation or it may be due to position of the home, the color of the shingles or the simplicity of the roof lines. But, the biggest factor is heat loss and ice dams can be prevented by controlling it from the home.

If ice dams are an annual problem on your home, the short term solution is to remove snow from the roof. This eliminates one of the ingredients necessary for the formation of an ice dam. A “roof rake” and push broom can be used to remove snow, just be careful you don’t damage the roofing materials.

The longer term solution is to make the ceiling air tight so warm air cannot flow from the house into the attic space.

After sealing air leakage paths between the house and attic space, consider increasing the ceiling/roof insulation to cut down on heat loss by conduction.

This may increase the snow load that your roof has to carry because it will no longer melt. If it is built to current codes, there should not be a structural problem. Roofs, like the rest of the home, should have been designed to withstand expected snow loads. In Minnesota, plans showing design details to meet expected snow loads are usually required to receive a building permit.

Natural roof ventilation can help maintain uniform roof temperatures, but if the long-term actions described here are done effectively, then only small amounts of roof ventilation are needed to maintain uniform roof surface temperatures.

If heat transfer has been reduced substantially, then snow will build up on the roof and cover natural roof ventilation systems, reducing attic ventilation rates. Natural attic ventilation systems are needed to dry the attic space and remove heat buildup during the summer.

Lastly, other factors such as recessed lights, skylights, complicated roof designs and heating ducts in the attic will all increase the risk of ice dam formation. If you plan to build a new home, these factors should be considered.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. This article was adapted from the UM publication, “Ice Dams”. The see the complete article, simply Google the title or contact your local Extension office.

Taking, interpreting, applying forage samples

This year we saw record high hay prices in some areas of the state surpassing $200/ton. Looking into 2013 it appears forage prices will remain strong with an increasing demand for forages in many parts of the county that have been stricken by continued drought. Are you getting the most out of your hay? Are you feeding the right quantity?

To help answer these questions, Dr. Rachel Endecott, MSU Extension Beef Specialist, will be in Helena on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 to give a free lecture on how to take forage samples, interpreting the results, and applying the results.

The lecture starts at 6:00 pm and will be in the upper conference room at the Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds. Four forage samples were collected from around the Helena area.

Dr. Rachel Endecott will use the results of the forage laboratory tests in her lecture. For more information, contact the MSU/Lewis & Clark County Extension Office at 447-8346 or by email bsarchet@montana.edu.

Military benefits from spray equipment testing

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service When it comes to selecting spray equipment to combat harmful insects that threaten the health of deployed soldiers, military personnel can turn to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists to find out which devices work best.

For a number of years, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency’s Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center (SPARC) in College Station, Texas, have been testing spray equipment at the Annual International Equipment Evaluation, commonly known as an “equipment rodeo.” ARS agricultural engineers Clint Hoffmann and Brad Fritz at College Station evaluate spray equipment used in insect control applications for public health throughout the world.

The rodeo, held each year at the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) in Jacksonville, Florida, is part of the Deployed War-Fighter Protection Research Program, a joint initiative of USDA and the U.S. Department of Defense to aid troops against insect attacks. One key element of the program is to devise and improve application technologies to deter and kill disease-transmitting insects like mosquitoes and sand flies.

Finding out what works and does not work ensures that the best equipment is being used to protect soldiers. Sprayers of all shapes and sizes—hand-held, backpack, truck-mounted and thermal foggers with water- and oil-based sprays and insecticides—are tested and evaluated by researchers at NECE and the College Station center. Hoffman and Fritz have tested every piece of spray equipment in the military arsenal so far.

At the rodeo, equipment manufacturers operate their own devices during the testing process. The results of equipment performance, whether good or bad, are then published. Scientists at College Station have developed information on droplet size for more than 85 sprayers. The data from this testing has also been incorporated into a smart phone mobile application that has been downloaded by more than 1,300 users worldwide.

ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency.

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Used Snowmobiles and Trailers

Used ATVs and UTVs

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

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Oilseed conference slated for January 22-23 in Kennewick

By CAHNRS and WSU Extension Mark your calendars now to attend the 2013 Washington State University (WSU) Oilseed Production and Marketing Conference “Golden Opportunities” scheduled for January 22-23 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington. Plan to attend the only conference in the Pacific Northwest addressing oilseed agronomy, processing, economics, marketing and end use.

Several keynote speakers from major canola production regions of North America will highlight the two-day conference, including Gary Hergert, University of Nebraska; Bob Schrock, winter canola producer from Kiowa, Kansas; Ron Sholar, executive director of the Great Plains Canola Association; and Phil Thomas, president of Brassica Corp Ltd., of Alberta, Canada and author of the Canada Canola Growers Manual.

Experienced regional oilseed and livestock producers, WSU, Oregon State University and University of Illinois research and Extension faculty, and regional and national industry representatives will be sharing their expertise and perspectives in plenary and region-specific breakout sessions. Topics will include oilseed crop and chemical rotation, weed control, whole-farm economics, variety selection, nutrient and water use, insects and diseases, oilseed meal in livestock rations, biodiesel distribution, quality and use, and more.

Current and future oilseed producers, livestock producers, crop input suppliers and advisors, oil and meal end users, researchers and supporting agency personnel are all invited to attend.

Numerous growers, in a variety of rainfall zones and employing a variety of cropping systems, have attested to the positive impact of growing oilseed crops. “From the perspective of soil health, there is no doubt that an oilseed crop does something to the ground that’s good,” said Lee Druffel of Colton. “Canola has improved my crop diversity, it’s a deficit irrigation crop, and it also has helped break disease cycles,” added Jeff Schibel of Odessa. Curtis Hennings, Ritzville concurred, saying, “I definitely consider growing canola a successful venture when four out of five years I’ve made more money off canola than winter wheat.”

The workshops are being sponsored and supported by Washington State University, USDA-ARS, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington Canola and Rapeseed Commission, U.S. Canola Association, conservation districts and local agribusinesses.

Sponsor opportunities and exhibit space are available by contacting Karen Sowers at 509-396-5936 or ksowers@wsu. edu, or Dennis Roe at 509-335-3491 or rdroe@wsu.edu.

Registration and agendas will be posted at http://css.wsu. edu/biofuels/conference.

Montana Hail Board approves refunds

Montana farmers who bought state hail insurance this year will receive a refund of 40 percent of the premiums they paid. The state Board of Hail Insurance approved the refunds after reviewing an actuarial report at its December 5 annual meeting.

The Montana Department of Agriculture issued 1,925 hail insurance policies covering nearly 1.8 million acres during 2012. That’s higher than the 1.5 million acres covered in 2011, primarily because a wet spring limited planting that year, said department Deputy Director Joel Clairmont.

“An independent actuary report showed strong confidence that program reserves and annual insurance premiums can continue to cover hail damage claims and allow for the refunds based on damage levels this year,” Clairmont said.

The state program is designed to cover planting costs; many producers increase their protection through additional insurance from private carriers.

The board decided premiums for the 2013 crop year will remain the same as those charged this year, said board Chairman Gary Gollehon of Brady, Montana.

Serving with Gollehon on the board are department Director Ron de Yong, Montana State Auditor Monica Lindeen and producers Trudy Laas Skari of Chester and Jim Schillinger of Baker. For more information about state hail insurance, contact the Montana Department of Agriculture’s hail specialist at (406) 444-2402 or by email at agr@mt.gov.

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Farm food safety workshops offered across Nebraska

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension workshops in January and February will help fruit and vegetable growers comply with new federal safety law.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, signed by President Obama earlier this year, enhances the traceability of fresh produce grown in the United States, as well as mandates greater responsibility for food safety on the part of producers. The bill requires producers to evaluate hazards to their products, take steps to prevent contamination and to develop written food safety plans.

The workshops will help fresh produce growers or farmer’s market managers complete the Good Agricultural Practices training. They will be presented by UNL Extension educators, with support from the University of Nebraska Rural Futures Institute. At the end of the workshop, participants will better understand GAPs, and how they can complete their own farm food safety plans.

The topics that will be covered will help producers enhance worker sanitation, harvesting, handling, packaging, storage and transportation standards of fresh produce from the farm operation to markets, schools, restaurants and retail stores. By completing a Farm Food Safety Plan, producers can differentiate themselves in the marketplace and appeal to many customers who perceive this training as an added benefit.

The one-day workshops will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The fee is $65 per operation, which covers educational materials, lunch and breaks. Extra participants per operation will be charged $10 each for additional breaks and meals.

Registration is due one week before the workshops; a $5 late fee will be charged for registrations after that date.

Registrations can be made by calling the UNL Extension Office in Hall County, 308-385-5088, or by mailing a check, made out to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension – Hall County, 3180 W. Highway 34, Grand Island, NE 68801-7279. Specify which workshop the registration is for.

The schedule: • Hastings, January 24 (deadline January 17), Adams County Extension Office, 300 N. St. Joseph Avenue • Wayne, February 20 (deadline February 13), Meadowlark Room – Student Center, Wayne State College • Beatrice, February 20 (deadline February 13), Gage County Extension Office, 1115 W. Scott

UNL professor honored

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By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR A University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) professor is one of nine professors in the nation to be honored by the DuPont Young Professors program.

Aaron Lorenz, of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, is part of the 2012 class of honorees. Awards are given to advance key research that is relevant to DuPont.

Lorenz has been at UNL since 2010. He was honored for his work in the optimization of genomic selection for plant breeding. The award is $25,000 per year, renewed for up to three years.

Lorenz received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture-plant science from the University of Minnesota, his master’s in plant breeding from Iowa State University and his doctorate in plant breeding and genomics from the University of Wisconsin.

The class represents eight universities in the United States and one in Germany. It is the 44th class of DuPont Young Professors. DuPont awarded a total of $675,000.

Since the inception of the award in 1967, about 557 young professors from the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, Canada and Africa have received nearly $49 million in grants.

The DuPont Young Professor program is designed to provide start-up assistance to promising young and untenured research faculty working in areas of interest to DuPont.

Research by the class of 2012 Young Professors represents key components of DuPont science and includes promising research in the fields of nanotechnology, genomics, system biology, next-generation herbicides, synthesis of natural products, carbon dioxide capture, DNA sequencing and enzymatic synthesis.

Keep firewood stacks from housing termites

Many Mississippians own a fireplace for the pleasure and comfort it provides on cold winter nights, but if they’re not careful, the firewood can harbor unwanted guests.

In the winter, the desire to have a handy woodpile can open the door for termite problems. Blake Layton, entomologist with the Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension Service, urged those with fireplaces not to stack wood against the outside wall of the house.

“There is no real risk of termite infestation through wood that is brought inside and burned immediately, but firewood that is stacked against the house, not used and left for the next year creates a high risk of termite infestation,” Layton said.

Andy Londo, an Extension and research professor in Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, said incorrectly stored firewood can attract termites, ants and other pests.

“Keep your firewood off the ground to limit rot and keep the critters away,” Londo said. “Wood gets moist on the ground, and this creates a favorable environment for insects to gather and multiply.”

Wood that is cut and stacked in the spring should be seasoned and ready to burn in the fall and winter.

“Once the wood is cut and split, stack it so air can move freely around and dry it,” Londo said. “Whether you take the time to stack your wood in rows or throw it in a pile, make sure air can move around the wood.”

Rain does not hurt firewood that is stacked away from direct contact with the ground, and there is no need to cover a woodpile, Londo said. Make sure woodpiles are convenient to the house, but not touching the building to lessen the termite threat.

Layton said two main termite species threaten Mississippi homes. Eastern subterranean termites are found throughout the state. Nonnative Formosan termites are found in 26 Mississippi counties, mostly in the southern part of the state, but they are spreading.

“The biology of these two groups of termites is similar enough that the procedures for protecting homes against termite attack work against both species,” Layton said.

The best approach to keeping a home safe from termites is to treat the house before there is a problem, making conditions unfavorable for termites to enter the building.

Wood, whether it is firewood or lumber, left near the slab or foundation for prolonged periods of time can lead to a termite infestation.

“Termites can enter a house through any soil-to-wood contact,” he said. “A forgotten stack of firewood that is near or touches the house can provide an opportunity for termites to enter a building.”

Once they are inside a structure, termite extermination is a costly process, so the best plan is to prevent an infestation from ever occurring. ##### A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 6 years. Wow. ##### A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.

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Environment, body size impact winter calf nutrition

By NDSU Extension Service The care for dairy cattle needs to change in the winter to meet the animals’ higher maintenance requirements.

“Calves are particularly susceptible to cold stress, especially during the first three to four weeks of age before they begin consuming measurable quantities of calf-starter grain,” says J.W. Schroeder, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service dairy specialist.

Calves lose body heat much more quickly than larger animals, which have a larger surface area. The smaller the calf, the more important this relationship becomes. For example, research shows that small calves, such as Jerseys, had a maintenance requirement at least 15 percent higher than large-breed calves such as Holsteins.

The environment also has a significant impact on maintenance requirements. During the winter, calves require deep, dry bedding to help them maintain the insulating capabilities of their hair coat. A wet environment with limited bedding greatly enhances heat loss.

Third, calves are born with relatively low reserves of body fat that they can mobilize during periods of low energy intake or environmental stress. The following example of a calf weighing 100 pounds demonstrates the impact of cold weather on nutrient requirements: • At 68 F, feeding 1 gallon of a milk replacer with 20 percent fat provides enough energy for about 0.5 pound of daily gain.

• When the temperature drops to 41 F, 4 quarts of milk replacer is just enough to meet the calf’s maintenance requirements with nothing left for growth.

• If the milk replacer has only 15 percent fat, then 4 quarts of milk replacer is sufficient for maintenance at 50 F. “So timely feeding is paramount for calf growth and development,” Schroeder says. “However, another stress occurs, even though most calves are fed equal amounts early in the morning and again later in the afternoon. The nutritional stress occurs during the long interval between the evening and morning feeding, when the temperature drops after sunset. Based on the calves’ requirements just to stay warm, the need to increase calf feeding rates during the winter is obvious.”

Researchers recommend a 20 percent fat milk replacer rather than those with lower fat content. Calf-rearing experts also suggest increasing feeding rates by 50 percent or even doubling them in extreme cold conditions. In the winter, 4 quarts is not enough.

Feeding 1.5 gallons of a 20 percent fat milk replacer reconstituted to 12.5 percent solids provides sufficient energy for 0.23 pound of gain at 32 F. However, maintaining a growth rate of 0.4 pound at 20 F would take 2 gallons of this liquid.

Because of the higher susceptibility of small calves to cold stress, researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a 25 percent fat milk replacer for Jersey calves.

Schroeder says that successfully managing calves during the winter also involves creating a dry, stress-free environment with deep bedding and protection from drafts and dampness. Calf coats can help reduce heat loss if they are kept dry.

“The fact that feeding management must change to enable calves to grow and resist digestive and respiratory disease is very apparent,” he says. “So don’t skimp on liquid feeding programs, especially during the first weeks of life when calf starter intake is low. Savings by limiting the feeding of milk or milk replacer to less than 1.5 gallons daily (12.5 to 15 percent solids) or using a poor-quality milk replacer may reduce feed costs, but it invariably contributes to increased treatment costs and possibly results in conditions that lead to increased mortality and a restriction in the animal’s lifetime performance.”

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Research looks at effects of biochar on prairies

As optimism grows about the benefits of applying biochar to farmland, researchers have turned their attention to a neglected topic: how biochar affects natural ecosystems.

The project, started in 2011 with a competitive grant from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, is led by Stan Harpole and Lori Biederman, Iowa State University (ISU) Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology.

Biochar, a carbon-rich material similar to charcoal, is created as a byproduct of burning feedstock at high temperatures in a low-oxygen environment, a process to make biofuel called pyrolysis. When applied to crop fields, biochar has many of the same benefits for soil health as fertilizer, and also sequesters carbon underground for decades or centuries.

“There’s been a lot of attention on biochar as this new miracle product that can solve multiple problems in terms of energy and environment,” Harpole said. “But there isn’t really much information about its effect on things other than crops.”

As a fine powder, biochar can easily blow from agricultural fields into nearby prairies, forests or waterways. The investigators hope their research will lay the foundation for best management practices for applying biochar that will benefit both farmland and the surrounding ecosystems.

In a pilot study in a greenhouse, Biederman found that biochar applications seemed to reduce prairie biodiversity, especially in belowground microbial communities. To test this on a field scale, Biederman set up plots at ISU’s Western Research and Demonstration Farm in the Loess Hills.

“That was our expectation going into this experiment— that we might see a loss in diversity—but we actually see the opposite,” Biederman said.

The researchers established 30 replicated plots treated with one percent or three percent additions of biochar, with or without manure. Next they planted a diverse mixture of tallgrass prairie species. Preliminary results from the first two years of the experiment suggest that biochar has a positive effect on plant and soil biodiversity, contrary to the results from the greenhouse.

However, Biederman noted that while plants thrived in the three percent plots, mycorrhizae, important soil fungi that have symbiotic relationships with plant roots, diminished.

“The jury is still out,” she said. The researchers will continue collecting field data for at least one more year.

Uncertainty also surrounds the effects of biochar on aquatic systems. In a basic laboratory test, Harpole discovered that biochar dissolved into water-killed algae. He is now working to design a more realistic experiment that mimics how biochar moves through soil into waterways.

“The experiment is so new that it’s too soon to tell what will happen,” Harpole said. “Biochar has so many different ways that it can work in the environment that you’re never sure which is going to be the important one.”

In a related experiment, ISU Environmental Sciences and Agronomy student Erich Sneller is applying biochar to Sun Gold cherry tomatoes at a research plot on TableTop Farm, an organic vegetable farm near Nevada. The experiment compares plants growing with and without biochar, either inoculated with mycorrhizae or sterilized. Sneller tracks germination, growth and fruiting data on the tomatoes, and collects data on plant productivity and plant and soil nutrients.

The researchers envision that farmers could supply future biofuel plants with feedstock and receive biochar in return, creating a cycle that would continually improve soil health.

Potentially, biochar could be useful for prairie restoration projects as well, depending on the results of this research.

Visit the Leopold Center website to watch two new videos (http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/on-the-ground/ biochar-and-prairie-biodiversity) about the biochar experiments, or find them on Iowa State’s channels at iTunesU and YouTubeU. This research is funded by the Leopold Center’s Ecology Initiative and supported with assistance from the ISU Western Research and Demonstration Farm and TableTop Farm.

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By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota Saving energy on farms and ranches should begin with an inventory of energy use. Mentally prepare yourself to take charge and get to the bottom of things. Start by reviewing your energy bills—there’s no better investment of your time. Some utility companies offer energy audits tailored for agricultural customers. If your provider does not offer audits, they may be able to refer you to someone who does.

A number of Web sites offer agricultural energy calculators to begin this process. Following are several tips that are easy to implement and will save money.

Maintain tractors and stay up on injector and filter schedules. Use the proper viscosity oils and seasonal fuels.

Make fewer passes over fields by using tillage calculators, and keep ground implements sharp. Avoid excessive idling.

Keep tire pressure at the lowest recommended level and avoid over-ballasting. Tillage is a main fuel use for many operations. Tillage calculators are available at this site: ecat. sc.egov.usda.gov Reduce synthetic fertilizer use. Nitrogen fertilizers are particularly heavy users of natural gas in the manufacturing process. When these fertilizers are applied in excess or at the wrong time, they waste money, do not increase crop yield and can pollute surface water and groundwater. Apply what you need, when you need it. Consider more legume sod crops in your rotation; crops such as alfalfa or clovers will significantly reduce purchased nitrogen and will reduce weeds for subsequent crops, thus saving on herbicides.

Consider conservation tillage and no-till management strategies. These approaches reduce diesel fuel consumption, preserve topsoil structure, and conserve soil carbon.

Conservation tillage has demonstrated measurable reductions in carbon emissions over the past decade.

Change lighting strategies. Switch incandescent lighting to compact fluorescent lamps in barns, calving sheds, and outbuildings. Consider changing yard lamps with more focused fixtures that save energy. Indirect lighting that does not reach desire area may look cool from the air, but wastes money. Lights with motion detectors may work well for many applications too.

Irrigate efficiently. This usually means a combination of mechanical and management upgrades to your system.

Lowering pressures on pivot irrigation systems can save considerable energy. Use pressure gauges, monitor soil moisture to avoid overwatering, and examine sprinkler nozzles regularly for wear. Studies in Western states indicate that about 25 percent of electrical energy used in irrigation is wasted due to poor pump and motor efficiency.

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Manage stock tanks to reduce electrical use during winter. Earth-bermed or super-insulated stock tanks require smaller heaters to prevent freezing. Some designs require no electricity.

Manage stored fuel. A 300-gallon unsheltered aboveground tank can lose up to 10 gallons per month through evaporation during warm months, especially when painted a dark color. Silver-coat the tanks and put up a rudimentary shelter to keep them shaded. Pressure relief caps also reduce evaporation loss.

Energy costs will ultimately increase. Making simple, often inexpensive changes will save you money with little or no inconveniences.

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BeefTalk: All I want for next year is 2 new bulls

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service thoughts of newness, such as new inspiraThe biggest mistake purebred or comtions, desire and a general feeling of letting mercial producers make when buying go of the old and in with the new, are good. bulls is not having the bull registrations Keep the registration number, but why transferred to their name. That is a serious not let go of those old bulls to open doors mistake. to new genetics?

It goes without saying in the beef busiEach fall, the Dickinson Research Exness, but what better feeling than bringing tension Center empties the bull pen of all home a couple of new bulls? All the effort those bulls that got benched. This opens up in selecting new bulls comes to an end when some slots for new bulls. There always is the bulls arrive in the yard. the option to carry an older bull for another However, don’t stop there. Granted, year. However, breeding cows on pasture they are the right bulls once purchased, is demandno questions ing, so the asked. As a bull’s slight producer, you limp soon bepurchased the comes a major bull, as well fault in next as the data year’s breedthat repreing pastures sents the bull. and certainly In simplest increases the terms, you potential for purchased the new injuries right to proand some duce calves cows not getof a desired ting bred. genotype.

Granted, The calves the expectawill be reflection of having the bull for three years or tive of the genes that the bull has. His DNA longer is not out of line. However, some is those threads of life that ultimately make bulls just don’t make it for several reasons, up who we are. including structural difficulties or their The bull’s genes were measured and attitude changes. They may start viewing presented as data at the time of sale. By their owners as herd mates and can become utilizing that data, bulls may be sorted dangerous. and selected with considerable accuracy.

A producer should thoroughly evaluate However, the data does not stop with the structure, body condition and conduct and purchase of the bull. Breed associations do an early breeding soundness exam on all constantly are updating their databases and of the mature bulls. Minor problems will fine-tuning the expected progeny differbecome major problems once exposed to ences (EPDs) for all bulls. cycling cows.

As your bull ages, his database is growOnce the bull pen has been evaluated, ing at breed headquarters. In time, a promake sure the keepers get extra hay that ducer can print the revised EPDs to better will put 150 to 300 pounds (1/2 to 1 pound evaluate selection objectives and progress of gain daily) on the bulls throughout the by reviewing past and new bull purchases. nonbreeding season. This will allow the Recently, as the animal breeding class bulls to meet their normal growth curve. finished at school, one of the students was This sometimes does create a challenge challenged to more thoroughly evaluate because the bulls slowly become too heavy bull purchases. Unfortunately, previous to be effective breeding bulls. bull numbers had not been maintained, so However, healthy, active bulls are the the student did not feel it was possible to desired bulls, not the thin, underfed bulls go back in time. Fortunately, the family waiting in line for survival rations. No one had transferred the ownership of several denies the cost of keeping a bull, so why previously purchased bulls. not make sure you are putting the costs into The student was encouraged to contact good bulls and not marginal bulls? the breed association to help find the EPD What store catalogs have a good section values on older bulls. Because the bulls on bulls? Well, none of them, at least in the had been transferred to a new owner, the world of urban shopping. However, bull association was able to supply informacatalogs almost are mandatory reading for tion on current and past bulls. Some of the the average bull buyer, and it won’t be long information went back three decades. before there will be a bull sale every day A review of the historic and current of the week. data made for an excellent class project Look for a couple of new bulls, but beand great take-home message. Yes, bulls fore you sell the old, make sure you get the have changed and the genetic trends are registration number transferred and tucked very telling. Therefore, for the new year, away for later data evaluations. evaluate the old bulls and treat yourself to May you find all your ear tags. a new bull or two.

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A paradigm shift for young cattle producers

By Dr. Roy Burris, Beef Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky A paradigm shift is a change in your way of thinking that doesn’t just happen but is driven by agents of change.

Young cattle producers will have to deal with these “agents of change” in ways that we could not have imagined a generation ago. In my opinion, some of these changes are in the areas of: • Decreased use of grain. This is a “game changer”. I believe that, in the future, cattle enterprises will not be able to compete for grain. We will have more dependence on forages and by-product feeds. Cattle cannot compete with land-lease prices which are being paid by grain farmers and there will be more pressure to use grain for the rapidly increasing world population. Young producers might want to background cattle on forages and by-products so that they can spend less time in feedlots. We will need to select and manage cattle so that they can produce acceptable carcasses with less grain.

• Public perception of cattle producers. Animal welfare has become the “battle cry” for people that oppose animal agriculture. We must not only continue to produce animals humanely but now we have to show and insure the consuming public that we do that. The “anti’s” are not the consuming public. The “anti’s” don’t eat meat and they are not likely to change but we can’t sit back and watch them destroy animal agriculture. What they seem to believe is that all sentient (anything that can sense pain) beings are equal to humans.

How will you respond when you see yourself as “animal caregivers” but your way of life is attacked and vilified? You will need to work on this. Those attacks will probably continue.

• Dealing with science. I know how some folks think that young farmers are “good ole boys” who like to be outdoors.

Forget that. Good cattle producers will, in the future, have to have an understanding of science that will go well beyond what you get in high school. You will need to have a working knowledge of, not just genetics, but genomics, nutrigenomics, etc. These things sound difficult but will help you take the guesswork, and some risk, out of cattle production. For example, we can determine the genetic make-up of cattle and select/breed for cattle that carry genes for desired traits.

Or, we might be able to feed and manage cattle to regulate the genes that they have. For example, we might be able to “turn on” genes that control immunity prior to vaccinating and shipping feeder cattle by feeding particular forms of nutrients. This would have obvious health benefits. But… technology is only good if you know how to use it properly.

Take every opportunity to learn new things.

• Financial management. I would caution young cattle producers not to plan on mortgaging your parents’ farm to get your start. Lending institutions do not want to have to foreclose on land and homes that have been in families for generations. That happened in the 1980’s and was a public relations nightmare for them. You should be able to present a business plan and show that you can cash flow your operation. You have to have a viable business plan.

Finally, you will need to be savvy with new and emerging technology. Opportunities exist for those who adapt to change but doing things the same way as grandpa may signal an early exit from the cattle business. There will continue to be good opportunities for young cattlemen in the future. You will need to be up for the task.

Controlling cottonwood seeds

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I sprayed Florel last and this year to inhibit seed production on my cottonwood tree. It worked last year but it failed completely this year because I evidently picked the wrong time to spray. The company that manufactures Florel recommends spraying “from midbloom to full bloom.” What does that mean? Does it mean midway as the leaves are forming or midway as the pods are forming? The arborist in this area is not familiar with Florel.

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2005 Chevrolet 2500 4x4, extended cab, short wheelbase, 6.6L Duramax, Allison transmission, air conditioning, tilt, cruise, XM 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4, AM/FM/CD, keyless enradio, OnStar. Tag #12T79C....... try, tow package, bedliner, ......................................$21,495 power windows and locks. Tag #12T144A

2012 Chevrolet Suburban LT, AM/ FM/CD/XM, OnStar, Bluetooth, heated front and rear seats, tow package, remote start, power liftgate, sunroof, DVD. Tag #12U51. ......................................$43,495

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

2012 Chevrolet Impala LS, AM/FM/ CD, OnStar, Bluetooth, keyless entry, power windows and locks, power seat. Tag #12U50

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 regular cab 4x4, AM/FM/CD/XM, OnStar, tow package, automatic, power windows and locks, keyless entry. Tag #12T142A........... ......................................$18,495

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2008 Buick Lucerne CXL, AM/FM/ CD/XM, OnStar, leather, keyless 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix 3.8L, automatic, air conditioning, tilt, entry, power windows and locks, cruise, heated leather, sunroof. power seat. Tag #12U16A...........

Tag #12B12A.................$13,495 ......................................$15,495

2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SuperCharged SS, Dale Earnhardt Jr Series, 3.8L, heated leather, sunroof, XM radio, OnStar. Tag #12T137B......................$11,495

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Watch houseplants for insects

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota With a Minnesota winter at its best, we are in “houseplant season” which is when we turn to houseplants to satisfy our itching green thumbs. It is important that we inspect our houseplants for insect or mite pests that may have developed as the warm, dry environment in many homes is conducive to the development of insect populations. They may have entered the home on houseplants that were kept outdoors last summer or came in with a holiday gift plant or may even have hitched a ride on the Christmas tree or other greens.

It’s common to receive calls from houseplant enthusiasts asking about the sticky substance that they are finding on the leaves of some plants, as well as on the surface of the table or floor beneath them. This sticky substance is called honeydew and indicates the presence of scale insects, spider mites or mealy bugs. These insects and their relatives are usually found on the undersides of the leaves along the veins, on the stems of the plants and in the axils of the leaves. They cause injury to the plants by using needle-like mouthparts to pierce plant tissue and feed on the plant’s sap. All three of these pests excrete honeydew, which is a sticky, clear substance made up of excess sugars that are not digested by the pest. In addition to the presence of this sticky substance, the leaves of the plants often turn yellow and drop, or in the case of spider mites, the leaves may become stippled with light-colored spots. In severe infestations, the leaves of the plant may be covered with fine webbing.

Spider mites are not true insects, but are spider relatives.

They are difficult to see with the naked eye. To verify spider mite presence, place a sheet of white paper under discolored or sticky leaves, then tap the leaves and watch for tiny moving creatures on the paper.

Whiteflies, thrips, and aphids may also be a problem and houseplants should be checked for their presence. Although a hand held magnifying glass is helpful in finding these insects, most of them are visible to the naked eye.

As soon as any of these pests are detected, isolate the infested plants. Wash off light infestations of these pests on plants with smooth leaves using a soft cloth and a mild soap solution made up of 1⁄2 teaspoon of mild dish soap mixed in a quart of water. Because so many dish soaps now contain degreasing chemicals, it may be safer to use an insecticidal soap available at most nurseries and garden centers. Actually, insecticidal soap is about the only product available that is effective in controlling spider mites. Scale insects or mealybugs can be removed from plants by using a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. Avoid using alcohol on plants with hairy leaves such as African violets and gloxinias.

Heavily infested plants may require the application of a chemical insecticide. There are several insecticides available that will help control houseplant insects. Many of then are available in ready-to-use containers. It is very important that the plant and insect pest that you plan to treat are both listed on the label.

Whenever insecticides are used, it is important to carefully read and follow all directions and precautions printed on the label. Unless heavily infested plants are especially valuable, it may be advisable to discard them instead of using heavy applications of a chemical product.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. This article was written by Carl Hoffman, former UM Extension Educator.

Raspberry canes

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: All the tall canes in my raspberry patch died this spring. I think it was because of the mild winter and then a late freeze. All of them now are growing from the bottom.

Each of the plants has three or four canes. Should I thin them out? I live in south-central South Dakota. The patch is quite thick because I don’t have them growing in a row. Will I get a crop this year?

A: Cut out the thin, pencil-sized canes. This will allow for more space and energy to be put into the stronger, stouter canes. As far as fruiting goes this year, that depends on the raspberry. If they are spring/summer bearing, they should have flowers or small fruits developing on them right now.

If they are fall-bearing, they likely will bear sometime in August or September, but it depends on your climatic conditions. It likely was the winter weather conditions that killed off the canes.

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UP TO 3 YEARS INTEREST FREE On Used Equipment - oac Swathers

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

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 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

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

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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round balers 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

JOHN DEERE 2010 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 2001 John Deere 567 bale push bar, PTO, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, Mega Wide pickup, surface wrap. dual gauge wheels, push bar, chain #16006388. (1)...................... $22,500 oiler system, variable core kit, surface 2000 John Deere 566 regular pickup, wrap, light kit, moisture tester, rock gathering wheels, twine tie, 1000 PTO. guards. #16006394............... $40,750 #16006342. (4)...................... $12,000 2009 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5L- 1998 John Deere 566 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus tires, Mega Tooth pickup, hydraulic. pickup, push bar, surface wrap, hy#16006273. (2)...................... $10,750 2011 John Deere 4930 commercial, 325 hp., 120-ft. booms, 1200 gallon draulic pickup, dual gauge wheels. 1998 John Deere 566TW round baler, 540 stainless steel tank, deluxe cab, #16006653............................ $34,000 PTO, big tires, push bar, dual gauge Greenstar AutoTrac ready, eductor 2009 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5wheels, hydraulic pickup. #16006291. system, BoomTrac, Trac Pro-5 sensor 16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus (4)............................................. $9995 leveling system, HID lighting, foam pickup, bale push bar, surface wrap, 1997 John Deere 566 540 PTO, regular marker, wheel slip control, wheel hydraulic pickup lift, gauge wheels. pickup, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup. #16006671. (3)...................... $32,000 motor shields, fenders, 4 low drift #16006368. (1)...................... $10,000 2009 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1996 John Deere 566 540 PTO, hydraulic spray tips with left and right fence row 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, nozzles, 4 year 2500 hour PowrGard pickup, dual gauge wheels, push bar, hydraulic lift mega wide pickup with warranty remaining. 0% Financing twine tie. #16006248................ $9750 dual gauge wheels. #16006438. (1)...

Available - oac. #16014113.....CALL 1996 John Deere 535 578 pickup, twine . ............................................ $32,000 & surface wrap, 540 PTO, bale coun2008 John Deere 568 surface wrap, ter, gauge wheels, bale push bar.

1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, #16006659. (1)......................... $8000 hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, push 1996 John Deere 535 hydraulic pickup bar. #16007347. (1)............... $32,500 lift, 540 PTO, push bar, 31x13.5-15 2007 John Deere 568 13/8” 1000 RPM hi-flotation tires. #16006447. (1)........ hookup, coveredge surface wrap, push . ............................................... $7500 bar, Megawide Plus pickup, hydraulic 1989 John Deere 535 regular pickup, 2010 John Deere 4930 self-propelled, pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires. twine tie, no push bar. #16006651.

480/80R50 tires, high flow solution #16006672. (3)...................... $26,000 (4)............................................. $6500 pump, SS eductor delivery system, 2005 John Deere 567 1 3/ 8” CV1000 1989 John Deere 530 round baler.

120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, BoomTrac hookup, Megawide pickup, push bar, #16006443............................... $5000 auto level system, 50 gallon foam surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, 5-ft. 1988 John Deere 530 twine tie, 540 PTO. marker, wheel slip control, deluxe cab, Megawide rock curtains. #16006670. #16006421............................... $1200 AutoTrac Ready, HID field light, fence (4).......................................... $20,500 row nozzles, radar, row crop fenders, 2005 John Deere 567 1000 PTO, push start aid, block heater. #16014086. bar, Megawide hydraulic pickup lift, (1).............................................CALL twine tie. #16006658. (4)....... $20,500 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, CASE IH bale ramps. #16006430. (1).. $19,000 2010 Case IH RB564 480/45-17 flotation 2003 John Deere 567 twine wrap, Megatires, hydraulic pickup, mesh wrap, wide pickup, 1000 PTO. #16006448... wide pickup, extra sweep. #16006441. . ............................................ $17,000 (1).......................................... $28,000 2009 John Deere 4930 self-propelled with 2002 John Deere 567 twine only, regular 2006 Case IH RBX563 1000 PTO, 480/80R50 tires, high flow pump, SS pickup, 1000 PTO. #16006663. (1)..... big tires, bale kicker, surface wrap. eductor system, 120-ft. booms, 20” . ............................................ $16,500 #16006313 (3)...................... $22,500 spacing, BoomTrac auto level, foam 2005 Case IH RBX562 twine tie, hydraulic marker, wheel slip control, auto air NEW HOLLAND lift, wide pickup. #16006411. (1)......... level, Zenon HID lights, AM/FM/CD/ 2009 New Holland BR7090 82” pickup, . ............................................ $21,000 WB, fence row nozzles, wheel motor Bale Command, surface wrap, super 2004 Case IH RBX562 hydraulic pickup shields, fenders, engine start aid, block sweep pickup, 1000 PTO, hydraulic lift, mesh wrap, wide pickup, bale heater, 5-body nozzles. #16014092. pickup lift. #16006446. (1)..... $29,000 kicker. #16006412. (1)........... $22,750 (3)........................................ $265,000 2007 New Holland BR780A bale ramp, 1997 Case IH 8465A twin wrap only, 7500 xtra sweep pickup, surface wrap, gauge bale count. #16006425. (1)...... $7500 wheels, 1000 PTO, Bale Command 1989 Case IH 8460 twine tie, 540 PTO. Plus. #16007361................... $21,000 #16007363............................... $5000 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 2007 John Deere 4930 commercial, saver wheels, hydraulic pickup lift.

1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms with #16006356. (1)...................... $10,750 BoomTrac Pro automatic leveling 1994 New Holland 660 1000 PTO. system, 480/80R50 tires with fend#16007359............................... $3500 ers, Greenstar GS2 display, AutoTrac ready, auto air spring level system, HID HESSTON Xenon lighting. 0% Finance Available 2001 Hesston 856A 540 PTO, twine only.

- oac. #16014111. (1)................CALL #16006365. (1)...................... $13,000

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

2008 Summers suspended boom, 133-ft., 1500 gallon tank, JD GS2 compatable components, remote sprayer control, electric shut off agitation kit, 5-ball plumbing, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash wand with 80-ft. hose. #16014112...... . ............................................ $52,000 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

1996 Summers DT 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 2000 gallon tank, windscreens, double boom. #16014091.

(1)............................................ $6000

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

2006 New Holland SF115 133-ft. trailer type sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, windscreens, chemical inductor, 18.4x38 singles, double nozzle bodiesER80-02 & ER80-04 combo jets, electric end jets, hydraulic drive, Handler I, 15 gallon chemical tank. #16014023............................ $26,750

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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 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 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

RIGID HEADERS

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

UP TO 3 YEARS INTEREST FREE

On Used Equipment - oac 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 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

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

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

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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

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air seeders - RENTAL AVAILABLE

FEEDING EQUIPMENT

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

NO-TILL DISK DRILLS 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

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 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

2012 Highline CFR650 bale processor, 3 hydraulics, feed chopper. #14200817.

(2)..............................................CALL 2012 Highline CFR650 bale processor, 3 hydraulics, 1000 PTO, 13/8” 21 spline, 16.5Lx16.1 tires. #14200779. (1).CALL 2012 Highline CFR650 bale processor, 3 hydraulics, 1000 PTO, 13/8” 21 spline, 16.5Lx16.1 tires. #14200778. (1).CALL 2012 Highline CFR650 bale processor, 3 hydraulics, feed chopper, grain tank. #14200816. (3)..........................CALL

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

2004 Bale King Vortex 4000L round or square bale processor, left hand discharge, 1000 PTO, excellent condition. #16006662............................ $15,500

TILLAGE

CORN PLANTER

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

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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 1992 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” 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 AIR SEEDER 1998 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow behind cart, 7” auger mechanic rate, single fan, 230 bushel. #16005190. (1)............. $9500 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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2012 Summers Super Coulter 50-ft. #13011076............................$100,000

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

Tractors - Row crop - COMPACT

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

2011 John Deere 5085M MFWD, 85 engine hp, 70 PTO hp., 16x16 power reverser transmission, 540 PTO, 3-point, 2 rear hydraulic remotes, 2 function Joystick, 16.9x24 rear tires, 12.5/80-18” front tires with 536SL loader. #16003682. (1)..........$50,000

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

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 John Deere 18.4x46 dual tire and rim set. #16009106. (1)......................... $1350

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

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UP TO 3 YEARS INTEREST FREE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-790-0722

1970 John Deere 2520 with Farmhand F-25 loader, PTO, 3-pt., Syncro shift. #16003642. (4)......................$12,500

John Deere 2520 15.5x38 rear tires, Synco transmission, PTO, 2 hydraulics, rockshaft (no arms) with W/F-25 loader. #16003646. (4)..........$12,500

1969 John Deere 4520 2WD, syncro shift, super single rears, no 3-pt., 1000 PTO with 260 loader. #16003378. (1)......... . ............................................$17,500 John Deere 4020 cab, syncro transmission, 23.1-30.00 front with 158 loader & grapple. #16003637. (4).....$12,500

1974 White 2-105 2WD, cab, syncro, duals, 3 hydraulics, 540/1000 PTO, no 3-pt. #16003665. (1).................$7500

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

HAY RAKES

John Deere 705 hydra rake. #16006655.

(3)............................................ $9100

1992 John Deere 4960 MFWD, 200 engine hours, cab, heater, 20.8x42 rear dual tires, 18.4x26 front tires with fenders, 15F/4R powershift transmission, 1-3/4” 1000 PTO, 3-point, 4 hydraulic remotes, front weights. #16003679.... . ............................................$61,000

1980 John Deere 950 MFWD, 23 hp diesel engine, 27 PTO hp, 8F/2R manual transmission, 540 PTO, 3-pt., loader. #16003629...............................$8500 1975 John Deere 4630 2WD, cab, Syncro, duals, 3-point, 2 remotes, DuAl 3100 loader. #16003688................$15,000 1973 John Deere 4630 2WD, powershift, 2 hydraulics, PTO, no 3-pt., 20.8x38 duals with Degelman dozer. #16003610. (4)......................$20,000

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

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

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

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draper headerS

2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup reel, full length skid shoes, cross auger, transportation lights. #16002265.......... ................................................$75,000 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 2005 MacDon 974 60 Series, pickup reel, flex draper. #16002242. (2)........CALL 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$30,000 1998 MacDon 962 36-ft., pickup reel, transport. #16002278. (4)........$25,000

FLEX HEADERS

2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft. draper, pickup reel with AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002294.... ................................................$98,000 2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft. draper, pickup reel with 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 header, auger composite fingers, HH sensing & contour sensor, spare knife. #16002243.

(3)............................................$28,500 2004 John Deere 635F header, 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. with pickup reel, 2 wheel trailer. #16002288. (1)..... ................................................$13,500 1998 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002254..............................$10,000 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 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

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

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 radials, Premium Commandview II cab with leather interior, premium HID lighting, 7” display radar with dual beam sensor, premium radio with XM satelite, 3 year/3600 hour factory PowrGard warranty remains. #16003691.............. ..............................................$277,000

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 Header trailer. #16002290................ $1500 Header trailer. #16002291................ $1500

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

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, buddy seat, FM business antenna, front weight bracket with 26 weights, side weights-12, rotary beacon light, 1000 PTO, 1600 hours, PowerGar Warranty expires 1/28/2014 or 4000 hours. #16003663. (1)................ CALL

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 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

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

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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

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1998 John Deere 9200 24 speed transmission, 20.8-42 tires with Degelman 14-ft. dozer, hydraulic angle, no tilt. #16003657. (4)......................$110,000

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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 1989 New Holland 876 12F/4R transmission (transmission is bad). #16003662.

FOB Glasgow................... As-Is $8500

2012 John Deere 0709PC Greenstar 2 1800 display. #16012227. (4).....$1900 2008 John Deere 0900PC Starfire ITC receiver. #16012240...................$1500 John Deere PF80860 Starfire ITC receiver. #16012223. ...............................$1500 John Deere 0330PC GS2 rate controller, 31 pin. #16012087. (1).................$600 John Deere PF90415 display controller bracket. #16012009 (1)................$145

PAYLOADERS, SKIDSTEERS & ATTAChments

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, 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 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

2009 John Deere 315 skidsteer with 10x16.5 extra-wall tires, hand only controls, block heater, rear counterweight, suspension seat kit, top window, 60” dirt bucket with cutting edge. #16008040.

(1)............................................$19,600

2003 Cat 226 skid steer, Joystick control, 53 hp, 1500# operating capacity. #16008038. (4)...........................CALL

1999 Bobcat 763 skid steer with 60” bucket. #16008048. (1)........................$12,800 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 2006 John Deere BL8 snow/utility blade, off JD 240 skid steer. #16009195........ ...................................................$2500

2011 John Deere KV24758 84” utility bucket with edge. #12400161....$1401

2012 Genim HD3748W skid steer 48” pallet fork. #13012324...........................$995

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

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

2011 New Leader L3030G4 high capacity, 300 cu. ft., holds up to 10 tons, spread material from 50 lbs. to 1100 lbs. per acre, Accurate spread pattern up to 105-ft. #14200722. (1).......................... .RENTAL RETURN SAVETHOUSANDS

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New Dump Trailers

New Travalong 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailers........................ $8995 New Travalong 14-ft. gooseneck dump trailers.................................. $9995 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailer.......................... $7995 New Diamond C 5x8 dump trailer..... ............................................. $4495

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5-ft. & 6-ft. Rotary Cutters

3-point bale unroller with new cylinder and hoses. Like new, used very little........$1000

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2009 Haulmark 8 1/2’ x 24-ft. enclosed trailer, 120 miles, stored inside.................$8500 1996 General 40-ft. tandem axle belly dump.

$13,500

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Titan 25-ft. tandem dually with beavertail.....................$4500

Jantz combine trailer.........$3500 Circle D 20-ft. low profile...$3795

PINTLE HITCH TRAILER

Rugby 71/2-ft.x10-ft. pickup flatbed.................................$700

Towmaster 25-ft. pintle hook trailer, electric brakes, 20,000 GVW.............................$6500

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

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

Iron Steer 20-ft. lumber roller trailer with hoist............$7500

Big Tex 51-ft. tandem dually car hauler with electric winch and rails for hauling trailers.

20,000 GVW. Excellent, like new...............................$8900

2003 Haulmark 6x12 enclosed trailer with cargo door and side door......................$2695

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

8-ft. x 30-ft. semi trailer with removable bale rack. Excellent.. . . ...................................$4800

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2008 Chevolet 1/2-ton 4x4, extended cab, V-8, 7-ft. flatbed, 102,000 miles............$13,995

1988 Ford F250 4x4 diesel, TeleDec bale handler. Pickup rough, excellent bale bed........ .....................................$6200 Ross forklift with long fork extensions.............................$3500 1988 Western 18-ft. gooseneck stock trailer..................$2800

53-ft. van trailers...Start @ $5500

Load Trail utility trailer with sides............................$1600

G ll – steel flatbeds

Wilray 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with new tires.....$4900

2010 Travalong 20-ft. gooseneck flatbed with 5200# axles, dovetail, ramps.............$3600

2-New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer, full bull package. Ea.................. $10,295 2-New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock, full bull package. Each........................... $9295

4x7’ Heavy duty Trailer Mats.....Each $65

Cargo Mate 4x6 enclosed trailer.

Like new.........................$995

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1986 Travalong 18-ft. gooseneck stock trailer..................$2500

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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

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WANTED TO BUY OR LEASE FARM LAND OR EXPIRING CRP call (406) 868-0262 (incorrect phone number in December issue)

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OSU has new potato breeding head

By Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) once again has a plant breeder leading its potato development efforts after filling a position that was vacant for nearly two years.

Sagar Sathuvalli, who started in December, is leading OSU’s work to create new varieties of potatoes that are more nutritious and resist pests and diseases, including late blight. He is based at its Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

A native of India, Sathuvalli spent most of the last decade in Corvallis, earning doctoral and master’s degrees in horticulture from OSU. In 2011, he began working as a post-doctoral research associate in hazelnut breeding and genetics at OSU. In his new post, Sathuvalli and his colleagues will search for favorable traits in wild species, then cross those potatoes with domesticated ones. Creating new breeds of potatoes can take at least 12 years, but OSU hopes to speed up the process by using genetic markers, which are sequences of DNA that are found near genes researchers are analyzing.

Sathuvalli assumes the responsibilities of departed OSU potato researchers Dan Hane, who retired, and Isabel Vales, who accepted a job elsewhere.

The position had remained vacant because of funding shortages, said Russ Karow, the head of OSU’s department of crop and soil science. A portion of Sathuvalli’s salary will be funded through an endowment created by a recent $500,000 commitment to OSU by the Oregon Potato Commission.

“There is an expectation to find new varieties for the Pacific Northwest,” Karow said. “We are in a strong cooperative relationship with the Oregon Potato Commission, regularly discussing issues and research. We work hand-in-hand with the commission to look at their research priorities.”

Sathuvalli is also working closely with OSU’s potato researchers around the state, including Solomon Yilma in Corvallis, Brian Charlton in Klamath Falls and Clint Shock in Ontario. The group is collaborating on breeding and marketing efforts with peers in Washington and Idaho as part of the Pacific Northwest Tri-State Breeding Program.

“We will try to find solutions as a team,” said Sathuvalli.

“My main philosophy is to listen to growers, to see what they’re interested in and any issues in variety development.

I look forward to finding out what the industry needs.”

When not conducting research, Sathuvalli will perform duties for the OSU Extension Service by disseminating new information to farmers and processors. Among his top priorities is to spearhead the development of a new website.

“We will use the website to create awareness about our breeding program. It will house information useful for researchers across the globe,” said Sathuvalli. “Hopefully it will bring new collaborations, too.”

Real-time alerts about disease and pest outbreaks, such as zebra chip and tuber moth, will also be featured prominently on the website.

Potatoes were Oregon’s sixth most-important agricultural commodity in terms of gross sales in 2011, according to a report by the OSU Extension Service. The state’s sold $165 million of them in 2011 after harvesting nearly 40,000 acres, the report said.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I am landscaping around my new house. I was planning on putting up a fence in my backyard for my dog, but my association nixed a fence. I am thinking that I can do the same thing if I plant a hedge. I will need something that grows fairly fast and is dense enough to keep a dog in. I am willing to trim the hedge but don’t want a hedge with berries because it is messy and attracts too many birds. Do you have a suggestion? My landscaper was thinking cotoneaster, but they have berries. I don’t want something that gets woody and has to be cut to the ground all the time. A type of evergreen would be nice because I wouldn’t have to worry about leaves. However, evergreens might get a little spendy. (Bismarck, North Dakota) A: How about planting forsythia, lilac, spirea or hydrangeas? I would suggest a mix-and-match hedge to provide some variety. However, local associations usually do not allow that because it wants uniformity in appearance. Be sure to check with the association before committing the time and money.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

Livestock handling expert is Heuermann Lecturer

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Temple Grandin, a world leader in understanding livestock behavior and designing livestock handling facilities, is the Heuermann Lecturer at 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 15, in the Hardin Hall auditorium on the University of NebraskaLincoln’s (UNL) East Campus, 33rd and Holdrege.

Her topic is “Improving Animal Welfare and Communication with the Public.” A short reception follows the lecture.

Born autistic, at age 2 Grandin had no speech and showed all signs of severe autism. While doctors advised institutionalization, Grandin’s mother disagreed. Through many hours of speech therapy and intensive teaching, Grandin learned speech.

She also over time learned that she thinks in pictures, while many people do not. She said it is the ability to think in pictures that helps her help animals and their handlers using low-stress, behavior-based livestock handling techniques and facilities she has developed.

An animal sciences professor at Colorado State University, Grandin has had a major impact on the meat and livestock industries worldwide through design of animal handling facilities, industry consulting, research, media exposure for the livestock industry concerning animal care, and various means of outreach.

It is important the public know about the many improvements made in handling animals, Grandin said, adding, “in my communication with the public, I have found that many people are curious and just want to know. The industry needs to do a better job of communicating.”

She has published several hundred industry publications, book chapters and technical papers on animal handling, plus 63 refereed journal articles and 10 books. Her book “Animals in Translation” was a New York Times bestseller, while “Livestock Handling and Transport” is in its third edition.

Among her other books are “Thinking in Pictures; Animals Make us Human; Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach,” and “The Way I See It.” “Temple Grandin is the world’s foremost authority on livestock handling systems and is well known for being an avid communicator on the critical importance of attention to animal stewardship and care throughout the entire animal agriculture supply chain,” said Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska vice president and Harlan vice chancellor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL. “It is a tremendous opportunity to have her with us as a Heuermann Lecturer to discuss and reflect on America’s high standards and dedication to animal stewardship by our farmers and ranchers in the production of the highest quality and safest products in the world.”

Among Grandin’s many awards are the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Livestock Conservation Institute and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. In 2010 she was named to Time magazine’s list of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World.” In 2011 she was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and in 2012 into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.

A movie about her early life and career with the livestock industry received seven Emmy awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award.

Grandin is a past member of the board of directors of the Autism Society of America and lectures throughout the U.S. on her experience with autism.

Interviews with Grandin have appeared in the New York Times, People, Time, and on National Public Radio, 20/20, The View and the BBC. Heuermann Lectures in IANR 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. They’re 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.

Heuermann Lectures stream live at heuermannlectures. unl.edu, and are archived at the site shortly after the lecture.

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##### Filmmaker Rick Beyer says his grandmother always left a lasting impression: “She carried with her a powerful aroma. I don’t know what kind of perfume she used, but it was the double-barrel, 90-proof, knockdown, render-the-victim-unconscious, moose-killing variety. It was almost impossible to go into her room and remain breathing for any length of time.

When she would leave the house to go spend six months with my Aunt Lillian, my mother and sisters would throw open all the windows, strip the bedding and the curtains and the rugs, and spend several days washing and airing things out, trying frantically to make the pungent odor go away.”

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CHIPPER/SHREDDER FOR SALE Echo Bear Cat chipper/shredder, Briggs & Stratton 850 gas engine.

Chips up to 3” branches, like new..$850 Call 406-370-2987, Hall, MT

CAMPER & FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

International 1590 14-ft. swing tongue swather....... $3500 1988 Cascade 8-ft. pickup camper........................... $2000 3-International 150 10-ft. x 12” drills with hitch.......... $600 Bergen 10” x 50-ft. auger............................................ $500

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2013 Montana Auctioneers Association Conference Rock Creek Resort, Red Lodge, MT January 25th & 26th, 2013

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th

Convention Welcome and Introduction Aim High Seminar - by John Nicholls Bid Calling Championship Contest Auction open to the public at the Carbon County fairgrounds

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Selling shop tools, toy tractors, Montana Silversmith jewelry, navaho blankets, horse tack. All new items!

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Appraisals and Auctions - by Shane Ophus and Wes Kammerman SatteLite - Video Auctions - by Ted Odle Charity Auctions - by Merton Musser Great Ideas Workshop - by Ed Hinton Bid Calling - by John Nicholls Barrett Jackson Auto Auctions - by John Nicholls Banquet and Awards

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FOR SALE Barley crop got hailed

3x4x8 1500 lb. large square bales. 6% protein, 8% moisture, 56% TDN, less than .15 nitrates – 1000 ton available

$130/ton F.O.B. farm north of Cut Bank, MT Phone Don (406) 336-2141 or (406) 229-0422

PULSE CROP SEED FOR SALE Certified CDC Maxim CL Lentil Certified Dry Yellow Pea Seed Varieties: •DS Admiral, • Mystique, • Spider Commercial Seed Treating Available.

70-ft. Certified Scale on Location.

Phone (605) 473-5605 or (605) 730-5214 Karlen Ranch, Reliance, SD Seed Permit # SM-13825

Japanese 4x4 Mini Trucks In Stock Now!!

40- to 50-miles per gallon!

Clean, low mile trucks in stock.

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10” x 70-ft. & 10” x 80-ft. SA augers in stock!

SB 4000 sprayers in stock!

Grain auger, transfer augers, bin sweeps.

8” x 36-ft. and 8” x 41-ft. in stock!

New research in the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal calf diarrhea

By Dr. Michelle Arnold and Dr. Cynthia Gaskill, University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Diarrhea in neonatal calves is one of the leading causes of morbidity (sickness) and mortality (death) in North America and Europe and continues to be a major cause of economic loss to the beef cattle industry.

There are five major infectious causes of diarrhea in calves less than 21 days of age: E. coli K99, rotavirus, coronavirus, Cryptosporidia, and Salmonella species. Noninfectious factors such as insufficient or poor quality colostrum, poor sanitation, stress, and cold weather can cause or contribute to neonatal calf diarrhea as well. Regardless of the cause, diarrhea results in increased loss of electrolytes and water in the feces of calves and decreases milk intake. Ultimately, this process causes dehydration, metabolic acidosis (the blood is more acidic than it should be), electrolyte abnormalities including sodium deficiency, and a negative energy balance from the lost nutrients and lack of milk. Oral electrolyte solutions have typically been used to replace fluid losses, correct acid-base and electrolyte levels in the blood, and provide nutritional support with the added benefit of being relatively inexpensive and easy to administer. Recent research has elicited better methods to assess and treat a calf with diarrhea as well as better guidelines for choosing an oral electrolyte solution. Faster and more accurate diagnostic tests have also been developed to uncover the underlying cause of the diarrhea. Rapid diagnosis is critical to develop the best treatment options and to prevent future outbreaks.

Accurate assessment of a calf with diarrhea is necessary to determine if oral fluid therapy is adequate or if intravenous (IV) fluids are indicated. The choice depends on determination of two important factors: 1) the severity of the dehydration and 2) the severity of the metabolic acidosis or low pH of the blood. Dehydration is relatively easy to monitor by examination of the position of the eyeball and by skin elasticity or the “skin tent” test. The degree of recession of the eyeball in the orbit (how far the eye is “sunken in”) can be estimated by gently pulling the lower eyelid down and measuring the distance between the eye and the socket. If the distance is greater than 0.2 inches, dehydration is considered to be more than 8% and IV fluids are needed.

Likewise, if the skin is pinched on the side of the neck and rotated 90 degrees then released and the time for the skinfold to disappear is greater than 6 seconds, the calf is considered greater than 8% dehydrated and in need of intravenous fluids. Although these measurements are somewhat subjective and may occasionally be inaccurate, they are by far the most accurate clinical indicators of dehydration that can be easily measured in the field. Conversely, field methods to assess acid-base status are not as good because they are based on a “depression” or “demeanor” score to predict the level of acidosis. Calves often have other concurrent metabolic problems that cause depression so these scores may be incorrect in complicated cases. Two parameters are important to assess: 1) the ability to stand (strong, weak or wobbly, down or recumbent) and 2) the ability to suck (strong, weak or slow, or no suckle reflex). In general, a standing calf with a strong to moderate suckle reflex or that demonstrates a “chewing action” should be given oral fluids. Any calf with a very weak or absent suckle reflex should be given IV fluid therapy because, if oral fluids are given to a calf with ileus (no gut motility), the fluid is not absorbed

but instead pools in the rumen resulting in bloat and/or rumen acidosis. ANY calf that is severely depressed and unable to stand requires intravenous fluids.

The question often arises whether to allow a calf treated with oral electrolytes to continue nursing. Some experts used to recommend a “rest the gut” approach, suggesting that continued milk feeding worsens diarrhea. However, research has shown that milk feeding does not prolong or worsen diarrhea, nor does it delay healing of the intestines. Calves should be maintained on their full milk diet (continue nursing) plus oral electrolytes when possible as long as they exhibit diarrhea. Damaged intestines need metabolic fuel to optimize repair and milk provides a readily available source of nutrition to facilitate that repair. In addition, milk is more energy dense than electrolytes so continued milk feeding minimizes weight loss associated with prolonged bouts of diarrhea. If calves are depressed and refuse to nurse, a hypertonic oral electrolyte product such as Calf-Lyte II HE or Enterolyte HE can be used but, if milk feeding is not resumed within 12 hours, blood glucose concentrations will drop too low and the calves will get too weak to respond to oral treatment alone.

Calves with diarrhea, regardless of the cause, will usually have an overgrowth of the E. coli bacteria in the small intestine that can be absorbed into the bloodstream and cause systemic signs of illness including fever, loss of appetite, and lethargy. Injectable antibiotics and injectable nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) such as Banamine® are recommended in calves showing these signs. Work with your veterinarian to choose the products that will work best in your herd outbreak. Currently there is no research evidence to support the use of corticosteroids, motility modifiers, immunostimulants, intestinal “protectants” or “absorbants”, or probiotics for calf diarrhea.

Improved diagnostics are now available to ascertain the cause of neonatal calf diarrhea. The UKVDL has recently developed a Calf Diarrhea Multiplex PCR panel (cost of $50 plus a $10 accession fee) which tests for the major diarrhea pathogens in calves less than 21 days old including: E.coli K99, Rotavirus, Coronavirus, Salmonella spp., and Cryptosporidia from one fecal sample submitted early in the course of disease and before any treatment is instituted. It is highly accurate as it detects the DNA or “molecular fingerprint” of the various pathogens and results are available within 1-2 days. A culture of the bacteria is also recommended (an additional $15) in order to identify which antibiotics will work best against bacterial agents. At least 5 grams of feces must be submitted in a labeled, leak-proof container maintained at a cold temperature during transport. Do not submit fecal samples in gloves; screw cap tubes or vials are preferred in the laboratory.

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Spring semester water seminar series scheduled

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) spring semester water seminar will feature more than a dozen lectures covering a variety of timely water-related topics.

The free public lectures begin January 16 and continue weekly through April 24, except for March 20, during spring break. The 14 lectures are Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of Hardin Hall, northeast corner of North 33rd and Holdrege streets, UNL East Campus.

“Weekly topics run the gamut of timely and provocative water and water-related subjects, which broadens the scope of the lecture series and ensures that there are at least one or two lectures that anyone interested in water can relate to and have interest in,” said Nebraska Water Center (NWC) assistant director Lorrie Benson, who organizes the annual series. The NWC is part of the University of Nebraska’s Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute.

Andrea Brookfield of the University of Kansas opens the lecture series with a talk on integrating hydrologic models, building new tools for managing water.

“Modeling is an essential and critical tool, both for water quantity and quality, for current and future water management, so it’s not unusual to use the lecture series to increase our knowledge of the latest practices in that field,” Benson said.

Other speakers and lectures include a talk on estimating and measuring global precipitation in the 21st century by George Huffman of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on February 6; the new local politics of water by Megan Mullin of Temple University on February 20; and adaptive governance of urban watersheds by Ahjond Garmestani of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 6.

Invasive species is another issue of increasing importance in managing water and water systems and David Strayer of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies will speak on the effects of the Zebra Mussel invasion on aquatic ecosystems in the Hudson River and other areas on March 13. Zebra Mussels are a persistent and increasing threat to many Nebraska and Iowa ecosystems, as well.

On April 10, Jeremy Weiss of the University of Arizona will address the ramifications of recent variations in low temperature and moisture constraints on vegetation in the southwestern U.S. Later in the month, Steven Peterson of the U.S. Geological Survey will address the High Plains groundwater availability study and how abundant groundwater in the High Plains aquifer region doesn’t necessarily mean abundant surface water.

Other speakers in the series hail from the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Iowa.

The complete January through April schedule appears below and is posted online at watercenter.unl.edu. Videos of most lectures, along with speaker PowerPoint presentations, will also be posted at that web address within a few days after the lecture.

• January 16: Integrated Hydrologic Models: Building New Tools for Water Management – Andrea Brookfield, University of Kansas • January 23: The Niobrara River Basin Study: Using Various Models to Assess Water Supplies and Demands – Brandi Flyr, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources • January 30: Participatory Water Governance: Experiences & Issues from Around the World – Kate Berry, University of Nevada, Reno • February 6: (Williams Memorial Lecture) Global Precipitation in the 21st Century George Huffman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration • February 13: Do We Really Have Too Much Water Pollution? The Nexus Between Economic Science and Physical Science – Steven J. Taff, University of Minnesota • February 20: The New Local Politics of Water – Megan Mullin, Temple University • February 27: Resistance and Resilience of Aquatic Communities to Low Flow Disturbance – Annika Walters, University of Wyoming • March 6: Adaptive Governance of Urban Watersheds – Ahjond Garmestani, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • March 13: Effects of the Zebra Mussel Invasion on Aquatic Ecosystems: the Hudson River and Beyond – David Strayer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies • March 20: No seminar (UNL Spring Break) continued on page a68

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By Casey Chumrau, USW Market Analyst In its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released December 13, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) surprised many analysts by lowering the 2012/13 U.S. wheat export forecast from 29.9 million metric tons (MMT) to 28.6 MMT, equal to 2011/12 exports.

Based on the current level of total U.S. wheat sales, it is understandable why USDA would make such a move. However, there are many factors that suggest the United States could further increase the pace of sales in the second half of the marketing year.

As of December 13, total known outstanding sales and accumulated exports were 17.7 MMT, 7 percent lower than last year’s year-to-date total. However, commercial sales at the end of June were 21 percent off last year’s pace. A very strong August and a solid end to the calendar year helped lagging sales narrow the gap with the prior year’s mark.

Competitive prices will help to drive the pace of sales in the second half of 2012/13. Since September, U.S. prices have remained relatively stable while competitor prices rose.

As of December 2, U.S. soft red winter (SRW) and white wheat are less expensive than wheat from any other major exporter and major customers have noticed. In the month of December, Egypt has purchased 473,000 MT of U.S. wheat, compared to just 150,000 MT earlier in the marketing year and nearly tripling the 2011/12 sales-to-date of 246,700 MT. Tender results announced Wednesday showed Egypt purchased SRW at FOB $335/MT, which is about $20 below Russian milling wheat. This is a strong reversal from early August when Russian wheat prices were about $30/MT less than SRW. In addition, the United States has an ample supply of high quality wheat, unlike many competitors. U.S. production increased 13 percent in 2012/13 to 61.8 MMT, the highest mark since 2008/09. Unfavorable weather resulted in less fortunate harvests for other major wheat producers. Aside from Canada, which increased production by 8 percent, production in all the traditional wheat producers and the Black Sea countries declined in 2012/13. As a result, several suppliers have discussed limiting exports. Ukraine has publicly vacillated on the topic and Russia has indicated it will consider limits in 2013. This week, the Argentine government announced that it will allow 4.0 MMT of wheat exports for the marketing year, a 27 percent reduction from its original plan to permit exports of 5.5 MMT. Poor weather conditions not only lowered production levels but also affected the crop quality around the world.

Harvest reports this week from Australia, for example, indicate lower-than-expected protein levels from the premier wheat growing region in the east and a 26 percent decline in production for the year. Fortunately, the United States added to its consistent supply of high protein wheat in 2012/13 thanks to a harvest with above average protein levels for hard red winter (HRW) and hard red spring (HRS) wheat.

Futures prices have trended down in the last few weeks, which could make U.S. wheat even more competitive. However, the series of bullish factors outlined here complicate the current marketplace. Knowledgeable U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) representatives across the world are available to help customers navigate the market, manage risk and capitalize on excellent opportunities to purchase high quality U.S. wheat.

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By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR • Kearney: Younes Conference Center, 416 Nebraska commercial and noncommercial Talmadge Rd, January 22. pesticide applicators seeking first-time certifi• Norfolk: Lifelong Learning Center, 601 E. cation or recertification in 2013 to use or purBenjamin Ave, January 23. chase restricted-use pesticides can get training • York: The Auditorium, 612 N. Nethrough University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) braska Ave., January 16.

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Recertification in additional apThe training is offered statewide from Januplicator categories is offered at the ary through April, said Clyde Ogg, pesticide following locations and dates. Availsafety educator for UNL’s Institute of Agriculable categories vary at each of the ture and Natural Resources. locations; check the pesticide UNL’s pesticide education office has sent applicator education schedule commercial/noncommercial pesticide applibooklet for details. Preregistracators with certifications expiring in April a tion required: pesticide applicator education schedule booklet • Ainsworth: Courthouse that has initial certification and recertification Meeting Room, 148 W. Fourth information, as well as training schedules.

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Commercial applicators are those using • Beatrice: Gage County Exrestricted-use pesticides, and in some cases tension Office, 1115 W. general-use pesticides, on a contract or for-hire Scott, February 7, 26 or basis, Ogg said. Noncommercial applicators are March 21. those applying these same pesticides to sites • Chadron: 4-H Buildowned by an employer or for a governmental ing, Fairgrounds, Februagency or political subdivision of the state. ary 21.

Farmers and ranchers classified as private • Columbus: Platte applicators will have their pesticide safety County Courthouse, education programs as scheduled by local 2610 14th St., FebruUNL extension educators, Ogg said. For more ary 26. information, they should contact their local • Dakota City: Farm extension office.

Service Center, 1505 Commercial and noncommercial applicaBroadway, February 21. tors interested in training can get a copy of the • Fremont: Dodge schedule booklet at local extension offices, by County Extension Ofphoning UNL’s pesticide education office at fice, 1206 W. 23rd St., 800-627-7216 or 402-472-1632 or online at February 7 or March 21. http://pested.unl.edu/commercialschedule.

• Grand Island: College Park, 3180 W. Hwy. Advance registration is required for all initial 34, February 7, 26. commercial/noncommercial applicator training • Holdrege: Phelps County Fairgrounds, Ag and most other training sessions. A $60 fee apCenter, 1308 2nd St., February 7 or March 21. plies for each applicator registering for February • Lincoln: Lancaster County Extension Ofthrough April sessions, regardless of the number fice, 444 Cherrycreek Rd, February 7, 26 or of categories registered for.

March 21.

Required study materials for initial training • Norfolk: Madison County Extension Office, range from $10 to $30 per manual, depending Lifelong Learning Center, 601 E. Benjamin on category.

Ave, February 7, 26 or March 21.

Recertification opportunities are available at • North Platte: UNL West Central Research several extension offices in February and March and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Rd, and at several annual conferences and trade asFebruary 7, 26. sociation meetings early in 2013.

• Ogallala: Valentino’s, 55 River Road, Initial certification requires passing a general March 21. standards exam and one or more specific ap• Omaha: Douglas/Sarpy County Extension plicator categories, Ogg said. Applicants can Office, 8015 West Center Rd, February 7, 21, study by themselves, but for best results, he 26 or March 21. recommends combining the training with the • Scottsbluff: UNL Panhandle Research and study materials.

Extension Center, 4502 Ave I, February 7, 26 UNL conducts the training programs, and or March 21. the Nebraska Department of Agriculture grants • Valentine: Cherry County Extension Office, the licenses. NDA testing is offered at initial 365 N. Main St, Ste. 3, March 21. training locations. Questions about individual UNL Extension also works with several trade applicator license status should be directed to organizations, making recertification available NDA at 402-471-2351 or 877-800-4080. at their annual conferences. Conferences offerThe only opportunity for commercial aping these opportunities for specific categories plicators to recertify in the Agricultural Plant include: category and Demo/Research subcategory, • Nebraska Urban Pest Management Conferother than by examination, will be at UNL Crop ence: February 13, The Cornhusker Hotel, 333 Production Clinics.

S. 13th St, Lincoln. Recertification in structural/ Crop Production Clinics begin at 8:45 a.m., health-related pest control, public health pest local time, at the following locations [preregiscontrol, wood destroying organisms, and futer on-line (http://cpc.unl.edu) or at the door]: migation categories. Contact Shripat Kamble, • Atkinson: Atkinson Community Center, 206 UNL Department of Entomology, 402-472W. Fifth St., January 15.

6857 for copies of the program and registration • Beatrice: Armed Forces Reserve Center, forms.

1400 W. Scott Rd., January 17.

• Nebraska Great Plains Conference, Febru• Fremont: Midland University Event Center, ary 19, The Cornhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th St, 900 N. Clarkson, January 24.

Lincoln. Recertification in ornamental and turf pest control category. Call 402-390-1701 for registration information.

• Nebraska Aviation Trades Association Conference: Feb. 19, 20, Younes Conference Center, 416 Talmadge Road, Kearney. Recertification in aerial pest control category. Call Nebraska Aviation Trades Association 402-475-6282 for information.

Those seeking initial certification must preregister for one of the following training sessions and purchase study materials 10 days in advance of the training. Training categories vary at the listed sites: • Beatrice: Gage County Extension Office, Fairgrounds, 1115 W. Scott, March 19.

• Columbus: Platte County Courthouse, 2610 14th St, March 19.

• Fremont: Dodge County Extension Office, 1206 W. 23rd St, February 5.

• Grand Island: College Park, 3180 W. Hwy. 34, February 5, 28.

• Lincoln: Lancaster County Extension Office, 444 Cherrycreek Rd, February 5, 28 or April 11.

• Norfolk: Madison County Extension Office, Lifelong Learning Center, 601 E. Benjamin, February 28 or March 19.

• North Platte: UNL West Central Research and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Rd, February 5, 28 or April 11.

• Ogallala: Valentino’s, 55 River Road, March 19.

• Omaha: Douglas/Sarpy County Extension Office, 8015 West Center Rd, February 5, March 19 or April 11.

• Scottsbluff: UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Ave I, February 5, 28, March 19 or April 11.

• Valentine: Cherry County Extension Office, 365 N. Main St., Ste. 3, March 19.

Texas cotton getting a genetic ‘tune-up’

Can you imagine trying to build a competitive racecar with old parts? Chances are, the entry would not fare well at the Indy 500. Very much the same thing might be said about today’s crops, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.

“Contemporary crops such as Texas cotton are like finely tuned racing machines — they need high quality parts to perform optimally,” said Dr. David Stelly, AgriLife Research cotton geneticist in College Station. “And they constantly need new ones to replace ones that are no longer functional, as well as those that are still effective but no longer at the cutting edge of competition.”

Stelly said his role in the AgriLife Research cotton breeding program is to infuse new genes and gene combinations into the genetics and breeding research arena, “so that we can utilize natural genetic resources to help meet the many challenges breeding programs face.”

Transferring genes into a cultivated crop from a wild species “is like swimming upstream, one is fighting all sorts of biological and genetic barriers,” he said. For years, he and his long-time research assistant, Dwaine Raska, have been transferring the alien genes by a special breeding process called “chromosome substitution.”

“Using chromosome substitution, we can target one pair of cultivated cotton chromosomes at a time, and replace it with the corresponding pair of chromosomes from a wild species chosen as the donor. On average, each substitution replaces about 2,000 cotton genes with donor genes,” Stelly said.

Having already developed chromosome substitution lines for many chromosomes from three donor species, Stelly is working in collaboration with a former graduate student, Dr. Sukumar Saha, now with the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service unit at Mississippi State University, and his associates, to document their effects on cotton plant and fiber improvement.

Stelly noted that the chromosome substitution breeding and research was made possible only because of teamwork among researchers and research supporters, especially AgriLife Research, the Texas State Support Committee, Cotton Inc., the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Food and Fiber Research Commission and the Agricultural Research Service.

Searching for the best parts To significantly advance the cotton industry’s “racing machines,” breeders must shop around to find the best parts, and figure out how to optimize their contributions to performance, he said.

“Fortunately, nature provides a plethora of genetic variation,” Stelly said. “It’s up to us to find it, move it into agronomically useful types, and to figure out how to use it wisely. Whether mechanical or genetic, making one change often requires that others be made to achieve superiority.”

Contemporary production of cotton in Texas and elsewhere requires cotton seed with superb genes, plus good production infrastructure and technology, superb growers and a good dose of luck, he said.

“If a grower sows cotton seeds lacking a fantastic set of genes that confer high production, high fiber quality, resilience to stresses, pests and pathogens, expectations for the crop would be less than good from the outset.”

The grower’s requirements pose an extreme challenge for cotton breeding programs that release cultivated varieties, because producers must buy elite genetic types that are good-to-great for all traits, Stelly said.

Because of the ever-present pressure for rapid development of successful cultivars, U.S. breeding programs have historically relied heavily on previously developed cultivars and closely related lines as parents, he said. This recycling of genes from relatively few historically elite agricultural types of cotton has created a genetic “bottleneck.”

“We have excellent genetic types of cotton and excellent cotton breeders, but we need ‘new blood’ or new cotton genes, to create lots of new genetic combinations, of which a few are likely to yield significant improvements,” Stelly said.

While Texas leads the U.S. in cotton production, producing about 25 percent of the nation’s crop on about 6 million acres, there is competition to this No. 1 cash crop for the state, Stelly said.

“Industrial technologies and competition from synthetic petroleum-based fibers demand significant modifications and enhancements to cotton fiber physical and chemical properties, especially those that affect dying and high-speed processing,” he said.

CONTINUED ON PAGE B4

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Texas cotton getting a genetic ‘tune-up’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE B3

Also, ongoing climate changes will alter the scope and scale of the challenges found in current production areas, and probably lead to production in new areas with new sets of biotic and abiotic problems, Stelly said.

“We can use genes to address these challenges and competition in the field,” he said.

Genetic improvements or modifications can help keep pests and pathogens at bay, fight off abiotic stresses such as cold, heat, water deficiencies, salt and nutrient deficiencies, Stelly said.

Stelly sees the opportunities for genetic improvements as almost unlimited, and very exciting.

“A key ingredient, in almost all scenarios, is the availability of ample amounts of genetic variation that is available to the breeder to mold new, improved genetic types using the combinatorial ‘magic’ of Mendelian heredity,” Stelly said.

“We are concomitantly developing high-throughput DNA marker methods for cotton to expedite that follow-through work with the chromosome substitution lines.”

Traditional breeding methods are not very effective for infusing wild germplasm into cotton, he said, because during the backcrossing process, “we think that the alien genes get eliminated very quickly.” Stelly uses a modified method for chromosome substitution to avoid those problems almost completely.

The effects differ among each alien chromosome, he said, ultimately depending on which genes are present on that substituted chromosome, and how they interact with the other approximate 58,000 genes found in Upland cotton.

Stelly said they are beginning to apply genomics tools to determine which genes are present, which are expressed and how they interact. Once developed, the lines produced by the project can be screened and “used by anyone … and for essentially any trait subject to genetic control,” he said.

“The resulting advances will enable the baseline performances of cotton to be elevated, and could lead to unforeseen revolutionary advances.”

Stelly said one of the group’s main activities at present is to recruit partners – breeders, physiologists, pathologists – in studying these new chromosome substitution lines.

“We are actively seeking partners to help breed derived types that can help the research community pinpoint singlegene and multi-gene effects in manners complementary to other means of genetic analysis,” he said. “My expectation is that with the aid of marker-based selection, the cotton breeding community will be able to use these new kinds of wild germplasm resources far, far more effectively than in the past. It just keeps getting more and more exciting.”

Watering roses

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I always have known that you should not water the foliage of roses because it can create black spot diseases.

However, I have about a half a city block that is lawn and rose garden. It has a sprinkler system throughout. Should I water only during the day? This area requires a great deal of water because it is so large.

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1998 New Holland 8260 MFD tractor, 7314 loader/grapple, powershift, dual PTO, 3-point, good tires, 13,800 hours. Tag #HLake0912.

2000 John Deere 7610 MFD tractor with 7740 loader, 3-point, dual PTO, powershift, 5300 hours. Tag #PaulB0912.....................................................$79,000 Case 2290 2WD tractor, loader and grapple, 6832 hours, add-on 3 point hitch.

Tag #MikeL0712 Massey Ferguson 2745 2WD tractor, 1000 PTO, duals, no 3 point. Tag #DKraft0712 Allis Chalmers 170 2WD tractor, gas, Farmhand F11 loader, 3 point, 540 PTO, 6-ft. Worksaver rear blade.....................................................................$7500 2009 Case IH Puma tractor, loader. Tag #LarryK0112...........................$133,000 1975 International 4366 4WD tractor. Tag #LarryK0112............................$6500 John Deere 7520 4WD tractor, 1000 PTO, 2 remotes. Tag #ANF0412.......$9500 Minneapolis-Moline 704 FWD tractor. Tag #ANF0412...............................$4500 Minneapolis-Moline 706 FWD tractor. Tag #ANF0412...............................$4500 Case 310 tractor, new paint, 3 point, 540 PTO, power steering, excellent shape.

Tag #DMclean0412...............................................................................$6500 2007 Jinma 28hp tractor, MFD, loader, low hours. Tag #Ivan0112..............$8000 1979 Allis-Chalmers 8550 4WD tractor with PTO. Tag#DickU0510........$15,000 Jackson 534 4WD tractor. Tag #0811.

Steiger Lion LKL 4WD tractor, 30.5x32 tires, 8088 hours, nice tractor. Tag #Larry0112.........................................................................................$55,000 International 140 tractor. Tag #Toby1111.

1950 Oliver tractor, Detroit diesel. Tag #DickU0512....................................$7500

PJ Trailers and mini trucks available.

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS

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 Chevrolet Celebrity 2WD car. Tag #HWal0912.

100 gallon enclosed pickup fuel tank with tool box and electric fuel pump. Tag #JasonB0512........................................................................................$2500 7-ft. 6”x9-ft. flatbed with tool boxes. Tag #LKraf0611......................................$950 6000 gallon fertilizer tank. Tag #SmartCr0711.............................................$6000 1.5 KW generator, Kubota engine, 120/240/480 volts. Tag #ALD0912.....$13,500 2-Portable bins, 27,500 bushel, with tarps. Tag #JessB0812.......................$6900 Concrete culverts in 13-ft. lengths, discounted. Tag #GlenH0712 1982 Valmar 240 granular applicator, hydraulic drive, mounted on homemade cart. Tag #HerbK0911 1 roll 25-ft.x300-ft. fabric. Tag #P0612.........................................................$5000 Western 4” wheel line, 1/4 mile. Tag #HClark0512.......................................$4500 1986 Ford pickup box, dually, red. Tag #JP0512.........................................$1100 Chevrolet pickup box, dually, teal. Tag #JP0512.........................................$1200 Dodge pickup box, dually, white. Tag #JP0512............................................$1800 8-ft.x27-ft. storage shed. Tag #LKraf0611....................................................$2000 AerWay 20-ft aerator. Tag #RickW1012....................................................$33,000 Generator set, 1.5 KW, Kubota engine, 120/240/480 volts.Tag #ALD0911..$13,500 2-Haukers 246 drill markers. Tag #RPerry0908.

16-ft. gravel box with single cylinder. Tag #TomV1112.................................$3000 Automatic transmission. Tag #TomV1112....................................................$7000 1980 Winnebago motor home, generator, hot water tank, shower, furnace has 360 Chrysler motor and is an automatic on, shows 30,000 miles. Tag #Keith D1112...................................................................................................$3000 Carter go cart, used very little. Tag #ANF1112.

1000 gallon water storage tank. Tag #Vince1112.

2012 John Deere Gator 4WD, cab, only 181 miles. Tag #ANF1112........$13,500 Farmhand F11 loader. Adapts to many tractors. Tag #ANF1112.

1973 Moto-Ski T4500 snowmobile, like new. Tag #Hug1112......................$1500 Yamaha 400 Endura motorcycle. Tag #Hug1112........................................$1500 1000 gallon liquid fertilizer tank cart. Tag #HarvS1112.

R&R R17 5-blade subsoiler with 42”x30 shanks. Tag #HarvS1112..........$15,000 New Holland 325 130 bushel manure spreader. Tag #Vince1112..............$4000 20-Tandem axle cement mixers, mostly Fords and Cummins powered, mid 90’s 5.5cm yard units. Tag #Eric1112..................................................$29,500 ea.

Several air seeder and conventional drills available.

Call me with your needs.

TUB GRINDERS & PROCESSORS

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

TRUCKS

1948 International KB6 truck with 14-ft. flatbed and hoist. Tag #Hug1112...$1800 3-Volvo 1997, 1998 and 2000 trucks, W&E shop on two and 9.5cm. Tag #Eric1112.....................................................................................$44,000 ea.

New Ezee-On post pounder with PTO drive........$7500

NEW ITEMS 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.

2006 John Deere 568 round baler with MegaWide pickup and net wrap. Tag #LarryK0113................................................................................ $33,000 New Holland 1425 self propelled square baler. Tag #LarryK0113........ $7500 2006 Case hay rake. Tag #LarryK0113............................................... $10,500 1996 Case 2188 combine and headers. Tag #LarryK0113................ $85,000 Case 1070 tractor with loader. Tag #LarryK0113................................... $9500 Steiger Lion LKL 4WD tractor, 30.5x32 tires, 8088 hours, nice tractor. Tag #Larry0113................................................................................... $55,000 Flexi-Coil System 65 90-ft. field sprayer. Tag #LarryK0113.................. $7500 60-ft. homemade heavy harrow. Tag #LarryK0113................................ $3000 Ezee-On post pounder. Tag #LarryK0113............................................. $7500 New Holland 352 grinder mixer. Tag #LarryK0113............................... $2500 New Holland 2200 16-ft. header with 9030 adapter. Tag #LarryK0113..$9500 Versatile 4030 draper header with DSA and push frame for 9030 tractor. Tag #LarryK0113................................................................................... $4500 Massey-Ferguson 28-ft. pull-type grain swather. Tag #LarryK0113...... $3500 Case 480 20-ft. offset disc. Tag #LarryK0113........................................ $4500 Melroe 505 24-ft. plow with mounted harrow. Tag #LarryK0113............ $6000 Gysler 36-ft. plow. Tag #LarryK0113..................................................... $3500 Westfield 10”x60-ft. grain auger. Tag #LarryK0113............................... $4800 Haybuster 256+II 2-bale processor. Tag LarryK013............................. $6800 1975 International 4366 4WD tractor. Tag #LarryK0113...................... $6500 Case 580B tractor/loader/backhoe, extend-a-hoe. Tag #RichT0113.. $10,500 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.

Fairbanks 70-ft. scale, consists of all load cells, doors not included, digital head. Tag #ChuckC0113................................................................. $6500

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

New Wheatheart augers Several sizes of used grain augers DIGITAL PICTURES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Guide to common foliar diseases of cereal crops in Montana

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B6

Dr. Mary Burrows, Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Montana State University

Tan spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) of wheat Symptoms: Small, yellow spots on the leaves when the fungus first infects the leaf which expand into an ‘eye’ shape, sometimes with a brown (necrotic) ‘pupil’ and a yellow halo if there is enough moisture; yellow halo much broader than seen with Septoria; straw will have tiny black, raised structures (pseudothecia); seed can have red smudge Risk Factors: Continuous wheat production, notill with wheat residue, irrigation; infection requires 6-24 hours of moisture and moderate temperatures (68-82°F) Management: Crop rotation, residue reduction, use of best-yielding variety in your region; protect flag leaf area with fungicides

Septoria leaf spot (Septoria tritici and Stagnospora nodorum) of wheat and barley Symptoms: Small, yellow spots on the leaves when the fungus first infects the leaf which expand into tan to brown and irregular to lens-shaped lesions with little to no yellow halo; if very moist small black specks (pycnidia) will be formed in the lesion Risk factors: Continuous cereal production, notill with cereal residue, irrigation; infection requires 6-24 hours of moisture and moderate temperatures (68-82°F) Management: Crop rotation, residue reduction, use of best-yielding variety in your region; protect flag leaf area with fungicides

Physiological leaf spot (abiotic disorder) of wheat and barley Symptoms: Can be confused with tan spot and Septoria leaf spot but symptoms are uniform on leaf and symptoms on all leaves, not just lower leaves; edges of lesions are distinct, not diffuse Risk factors: High pH soil, variety susceptibility Management: Variety selection; soil pH modification with potash is limited in effectiveness

Bacterial leaf blight and black chaff (Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens and X. campestris pv. vesicatoria) of wheat and barley Symptoms: Small, water-soaked spots on leaves which elongate into linear streaks that become necrotic tan or brown; often the tips of the leaves become shredded; leaves feel ‘shellaced’ or slick; when very wet bacteria ooze from leaves or glumes Risk factors: Saving seed from a crop infested with bacterial blight or black chaff Management: Variety selection; use clean seed

Net blotch and spot blotch (Pyrenophora teres) and spot blotch (Bipolaris sorokiniana) of barley Symptoms: Small, round to oblong brown spots or netlike necrosis; net blotch can occur in a spot form Risk factors: Continuous barley; no-till with barley residue, irrigation Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, irrigation management to reduction of humidity in the canopy, light tillage to reduce residue, and fungicide application.

Scald (Rhynchosporium secalis) of barley Symptoms: Very distinct dark brown ring around a tan center Risk factors: Continuous barley; no-till with barley residue, irrigation Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, irrigation management to reduce of humidity in the canopy, light tillage to reduce residue, and fungicide application.

Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) of wheat and barley Symptoms: Yellow pustules occurring in stripes; different subspecies infect wheat and barley; spores are wind-dispersed; overwinters on wheat and other grasses Risk factors: Overwintering stripe rust, incidence of stripe rust in other wheat-growing regions in North America Management: Variety selection, fungicides

Leaf rust of wheat (Puccinia triticina) and barley (Puccinia hordei) Symptoms: Small, red-orange spore masses (pustules) on leaves; spores rub off on your finger; older pustules or those on resistant varieties will appear black; spores are wind-dispersed Risk factors: Incidence of leaf rust in other cereal-growing regions in North America (particularly south and east of Montana), wind conditions and time of infection; infection is favored by 6-8 hours of dew and temperatures from 60 to 80°F Management: Variety selection, fungicides

Stem rust of wheat and barley (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) Symptoms: Small, red-brown spore masses (pustules) with frayed edges on stems and leaves; spores rub off on your finger; older pustules or those on resistant varieties will appear black; spores are wind-dispersed Risk factors: Incidence of stem rust in other cereal-growing regions in North America (particularly south and east of Montana), wind conditions and time of infection; infection is favored warm day temperatures from 77 to 86°F and cool night temperatures 59 to 68°F and dew; barberry is the alternate host Management: Variety selection, fungicides

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B7

AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

Simplicity, Dependability, Capacity

DON’T FORGET!!!

We are also a Trimble sub-dealer for Triangle Ag-Services of Fort Benton, Montana

Like new, 1 year old, Ag Trucks SS 1280 spray system, SS 1280 tank, 90-ft. aluminum boom, 7 boom sections, rinse tank, cone, load sense hydraulics.

Call soon

AG TRUCKS SPRAY SYSTEM ON VECTOR 350 CHASSIS

2013 Vector 4WD Chassis, 350 hp Cummins, automatic, planetary axles, deluxe applicator cab with SS 1600 gallon tank, 90-ft., 4-pt. link boom mount, load sense hydraulics, Raven Viper, Smart Trac steer, Accu Boom, Raven boom height. 45 mph road speeds.

Give us a call about your application needs.

Truck Sprayers/Pull Types/Spreader Boxes and Carts/Small Sprayers along with Trimble and Raven Products.

Near New!!

2011 Fast 1800 gallon, 120ft. boom, duals, rinse tank, only one season, less than 200 hours, Raven boom height available.

Big Savings!

Only a Few Left

Brand new 255/70 R 22.5 tires and wheels.

These are brand new “take-offs” removed from new truck chassis.

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!BOYD BOOMS! We are a dealer for Aluminum Replacement Booms Built By BOYD BOOMS. Boyd Booms are Built with the Utmost Attention to Detail. Extruded Aluminum, Standard High Strength Hardware, Standard Hydraulics, Custom SS Plumbing. Available Sizes From 80-ft. to 132-ft. Give Steve or Dave a Call

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B8

Simonsen Spreaders in Stock

• Simonsen Spreaders offer the highest return on investment of any equipment you can own.

• Organize your own time, spread your own, on your own schedule • Simonsen — Accurate / Economical / Simple

“Get yours now for spring application”

New 2013 International 7500 Floater Chassis Arriving Soon - Just give us a call!

FULL LINE OF TRUCK MOUNT SPREADERS WITH ANY OPTION NEEDED

Simonsen Equipment In Stock:

New 8-ton SS hydraulic drive, variable rate pull type carts with Raven controllers.

New 8-ton SS ground drive spreader carts with spinner tach.

New 8-ton SS Q Model truck mount spreader box.

“Top and Side Tenders Available in Any Configuration”

VECTOR 350 CHASSIS

350 HP CUMMINS, Allison automatic, mechanical 4WD, planetary axles, deluxe ag cab, stretch frame, row crop or floaters.

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STOLTZFUS XP-1500

LARGEST SPREADER AROUND, 15 ton capacity (12 ton Urea), 80-ft. spread, single axle with adjustable track, row crop or floater tires, corrosion-proof CorTen steel construction.

***The Vector Chassis Can Be Equipped with***

Ag Trucks SS Liquid System Up To 2000 Gallons / 132-ft. Booms Sprayflex SS Liquid System Up To 2000 Gallons / 130-ft. Booms Simonsen R Model Boxes 10 Ton / 85-ft. Spread

AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B9

2013 International 7400 with New Sprayflex 2000 gallon / 120-ft. booms “Let Us Build One For You”

Sprayflex Sprayers

• 1000-2000 gallon poly or SS tanks • 80-ft.-130-ft. boom widths • New poly tank configuration • Extremely resilient boom design • Load sensing hydraulic system In Stock - New Sprayflex 1500 gallon, 120-ft. boom

FIELDSTAR 2000 2000 gallon SS tank

Ag Trucks

can help you with any aspect of your truck sprayer project.

• Mounting • Fabrication • Truck Selection • Gearing • Tires and Rims • Hydraulic • Electrical • GPS and Controllers

FIELDSTAR 1450 1450 gallon SS tank

FIELDSTAR 1500 1500 gallon poly tank

*** UNITS FOR SALE OR CONSIGNED ***

• 1998 Stahly Kodiak 8500 1280 SS tank, 80-ft. booms, row crop tires, Wylie center rack....................................... $90,000 • 1997 International 8100 with Marflex 1450 SS tank, 100-ft. booms, High-Rise axle............................................ $120,000 • 2004 Stahly Peterbilt 1800 SS tank, 80-ft. boom, row crop tires, 4400 hours...................................................... $125,000 • 2013 International 7400 with New Sprayflex 1500 poly tank, 120-ft. booms, row crop tires, every option........... $198,000 • New Leader 3220 G4 multiplier bed, like new, Viper cableing................................................................................. $25,000 • PT&E 550 SS tank, 50-ft. boom, SS plumbing, system only.................................................................................... $12,000 • 2010 Ag Trucks spray system, 1280 SS tank, 90-ft. Pommier aluminum boom, Raven Accu-boom, Ultra-glide..... $55,000 • 2011 Fast pull-type, 1800 tank, 120-ft. boom, duals, Raven boom height. Near new!! PRICE SLASHED was $55,000...$48,000

New Sprayflex Sprayers on Order, Call and Reserve Yours Today

AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B10

Guide to head diseases of wheat and barley in Montana

By Dr. Mary Burrows, Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Montana State University

Common bunt (stinking smut, covered smut) of wheat (Tilletia tritici or T. laevis) Symptoms: Grain kernels replaced with brown masses of spores known as smut balls; fishy smell.

Risk factors: Contaminated seed, often from previous crop.

Management: Resistant cultivars, fungicide seed treatment, new seed source.

Sooty mold (primarily Alternaria, but other fungi can be involved) Symptoms: Glumes. other tissues covered with black, sootyappearing mold; diseased kernels are discolored, weathered, black at seed ends, embryos often shriveled and brown to black in color Risk factors: Warm, moist weather during maturation, delayed harvest.

Management: None practical, avoid moisture during crop storage.

Black chaff of wheat and barley (Xanthomas spp.)

Symptoms: Red/brown/black streaks on glumes; no spots on leaves, although stems or nodes may also be dark.

Risk factors: Contaminated seed, often from previous crops; can also be on residue or soilborne.

Management: Crop rotation to non-grass crop, tillage to bury residue, clean seed.

Melanism (abiotic) Symptoms: Red/brown/black streaks on glumes; no spots on leaves, although stems or nodes may also be dark.

Risk factors: Stress (particularly heat stress), variety (genetics) Management: Variety selection.

Dwarf bunt (TCK) of winter wheat (Tilletia controversa Kuhn) Symptoms: Grain kernels replaced with brown masses of spores known as smut balls; fishy smell; plants and heads are stunted/dwarfed.

Risk factors: Contaminated seed, often from previous crop Management: Resistant cultivars, systemic fungicide seed treatment, new seed source.

Ergot of wheat and barley (Claviceps purpurea) Symptoms: Grain kernels replaced with solid purple-black mass of fungal hyphae called a sclerotia; if wet after flowering honeydew (sticky mass of fungal conidia) can be observed on infected heads.

Risk factors: Contaminated seed, often from previous crop.

Management: Crop rotation to non-grass crop; tillage to bury sclerotia; clean seed.

Caution: Ergot is toxic to humans and animals (ergotism).

Loose smut of wheat and barley (Ustilago tritici) Symptoms: Grain kernels replaced with green-brown masses of spores covered by a thin membrane; spores disperse within days of head emergence.

Risk factors: Contaminated seed, often from previous crop.

Management: Resistant cultivars, systemic fungicide seed treatment, new seed source.

Fusarium head blight (scab) of wheat and barley (Fusarium spp.)

Symptoms: Partial bleaching of the head; brown stems on very susceptible varieties; if moist, pink/orange fungal mycelia.

Risk factors: Continuous wheat or barley production, moist conditions at flowering, previous history of scab.

Management: Crop rotation, cut irrigation 10 days before flowering and through the flowering period, resistant varieties, fungicides applied at or before flowering.

Black point (kernel smudge) (various fungi) Symptoms: Glumes, other tissue covered with black, sooty-appearing mold; diseased kernels are discolored, weathered, black at seed ends, embryos often shriveled and brown to black in color.

Risk factors: Warm, moist weather during maturation, delayed harvest Management: None practical, avoid moisture during crop storage.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page B11

IN STOCK

NEW

Case IH Magnum 210 CVT

NEW

Case IH Magnum 180 CVT

IN STOCK

IN STOCK

IN STOCK

NEW CASE IH Maxxum 140 140 hp

LOADER AVAILABL E

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 Case 410 skid steer, with cab and heater. 650 hours......... . ............................................................ JUST TRADED 2005 Frontier 18 wheel high-capacity rake. Very good condition............................................................$16,000 Fox corn chopper......................................................$4995

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

DOT LEASE RETURN TRACTORS Case IH Magnum 210 with CVT Case IH Magnum 180 with CVT USED TRACTORS

NEW CASE IH Farmall 95 NEW Case IH Precision Spray 100 sprayer with 90-ft. booms & 1000 gallon tank

NEW

Case IH WD1203 windrower

MFD, 3-point, PTO

IN STOCK NEW Case SV300 skidsteer

2010 Case IH Maxxum 125 MFD, 3-point, 1980 hours, L750 loader. Very nice condition.................................$65,000 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 6000 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 combines & HEADERS

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Field to table... Care and handling of game birds

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service, Martin Marchello, Professor, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU

Shoot for the Sky Game birds offer a challenge to hunters and the reward of a delicious meal at the table if they are handled properly at each step. Game birds have various distinctive flavors and are excellent sources of protein, similar in these respects to domestic birds. The fat and calorie contents vary according to the age and species of the birds.

Wild game birds may become contaminated with bacteria or gastric juices if they are improperly handled. Off-flavors and odors may develop in the meat, and your risk of foodborne illness may increase. For optimum eating quality, remember the following handling tips during hunting, storage and food preparation.

New considerations with wild game birds S o m e hunters are questioning the safety of wild game because of the possible presence of West Nile virus (WNV).

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is little evidence of the public getting WNV from handling or consuming infected birds. However, consider using the following common sense precautions: Wear latex/rubber gloves when field dressing and cleaning birds.

Do NOT harvest and eat sick or abnormal acting birds.

Fully cook game birds to an internal temperature of at least 165 F. Hunters exposed to mosquitoes should apply insect repellents according to label instructions to clothing and skin, too.

For more information on West Nile virus, visit this Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ dvbid/westnile/index.htm A 3½-ounce portion (before cooking) of game bird meat has about 150 calories and provides half the average daily adult protein requirement.

Care in the Field and in Transport Be prepared for the hunt.

Remember to bring a sharp hunting knife, a steel or whetstone, light rope or nylon cord, plastic bags, clean cloths or paper towels, and a cooler filled with ice.

Abide by game regulations for hunting, transporting and storage of wild game.

Field dress the bird promptly.

Remove the entrails and crop as soon as possible, because the grain in the crop may ferment if not removed.

The heart and liver may be saved for giblets.

Store in a plastic bag on ice to keep them clean and cold.

Leave an identification mark on the bird as required by state game regulations.

The birds may be plucked or skinned in the field. If you pluck the birds, bring a plastic bag for storing the feathers.

Cool the carcass quickly to retain flavor and maintain the quality of the bird. A temperature above 40 degrees Fahrenheit is meat’s worst enemy.

Wipe out the cavity with a clean cloth or paper towel. Do not use grass or snow as this will contaminate the carcass.

Allow air to circulate in the carcass by hanging or laying the bird in a wellventilated place.

In hot weather, place the birds individually in plastic bags and put on ice.

Do not pile warm birds in a mass.

Store the birds in a cooler or ice chest out of the sun.

Keep the birds cool during transport.

The best way to store birds is in a cooler on ice. If this is not possible, keep the car well ventilated and put the birds on the back seat or the floor.

Do not transport them in the trunk because the enclosed space does not allow heat to escape from the birds.

Care in Processing and Storage Don’t cross-contaminate during processing.

Wash your hands, knife and cutting board with hot soapy water and rinse thoroughly.

When preparing ducks, remove the wings by cutting them off at the joints, remove the head, and pluck out the pin feathers. Feathers may be removed by scalding the birds in hot water (145 F). Pin feathers and down may be removed by dipping the feathered bird in a paraffin wax/hot water mixture.

After the wax hardens, the feathers may be scraped off.

When preparing upland birds, such as grouse, pheasant, quail and partridge, skin or pluck the bird and soak in cold water for one to two hours to remove excess blood.

Birds generally do not require aging.

If you wish to age birds, holding them at just above freezing temperatures for two to three days may increase the tenderness of the meat.

For immediate use, birds should be stored in the refrigerator at 40 F or lower and used within three days. For long-term storage, the whole cleaned carcass or individual parts may be frozen at 0 F or lower.

Freeze meat while it is fresh and in top condition.

The advantage of packaging parts instead of the whole bird is that bloody spots can be eliminated by cutting out or rinsing out with cold water. Parts also fit conveniently in your freezer. Parts may be boned, and the carcass and neck may be used as a soup base.

Use moisture/vapor-proof wrap such as heavily waxed freezer wrap, laminated freezer wrap, heavy duty aluminum foil or freezer-weight polyethylene bags.

Wrap tightly, pressing out as much air as possible.

Label the packages with the content and date.

Use frozen packages within a year.

Care in Preparation Thaw birds in the refrigerator or microwave.

Microwave-thawed food should be cooked immediately. Other thawed meat should be used within one to two days.

Keep raw food and cooked food separate.

The age of the bird determines the cooking method. Wild game always should be cooked thoroughly to an internal temperature of at least 165 F. The juices should run clear and no pinkness should remain.

Young birds have lighter legs, soft breastbones and flexible beaks. Old birds have darker, hard-skinned legs, brittle breastbones and inflexible beaks.

Game birds may be prepared like chicken.

Dry cookery methods, such as frying, are appropriate for young birds. Moist cookery methods, such as stewing or braising, are appropriate for older birds.

To decrease the distinctive taste of some wild game, trim off as much of the fat as possible.

Older or skinned birds may become dry during baking. You may want to wrap the birds with bacon to prevent them from drying out.

Remove stuffing from the bird prior to refrigerating, because stuffing is a good growth medium for microorganisms.

Use leftovers within one or two days, or freeze for later use.

For more information about food safety, or the publications listed below, visit the NDSU Extension Service Web site: www.ag.ndsu. nodak.edu/ food. htm

Roots in my foundation

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I am hoping you can give me some guidance or your opinion on a scenario I have. I have been in my house for two years now. There are three poplar trees in the backyard that are 40 to 45 feet away from the house. One has been cut halfway down and I’m pretty sure it’s dead because it doesn’t have leaves. The other two are quite tall. One of the two doesn’t have any leaves on the top section. The other tree has full leaves. There is a downslope behind my house, so the ground level where the trees are is probably at the same height as my foundation footings. I have a few foundation cracks that were there before I moved into the house, so I don’t know how old they are. Is there any chance the roots of the trees are growing under my foundation? The soil in this area is clay. I plan to do some waterproofing work where the cracks are, so I’ll have the area exposed. I just wanted to get an idea from your experience if you’ve heard of roots being able to grow under houses and if they could cause damage.

A: Roots are opportunistic, so they will grow where there is a suitable balance of water, air and nutrients. Roots will follow the movement of water through the soil profile. If I understand your question correctly, it appears that you have nothing to worry about concerning roots. However, be on the lookout for poplars this size and age because of the threat of limbs dropping off. If you do get your foundation waterproofed this summer, it will set your mind at ease for any future root penetration problems.

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Mycotoxins and their effects on cattle

By Dr. Michelle Arnold and Dr. Cynthia Gaskill, University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Mycotoxins are naturally occurring comsystem alterfor cows to excrete aflatoxin in milk is approxipounds produced by fungi growing on plants in ations may mately 15 ppb; lactating cows consuming a diet the field or during storage periods. Even though be noted. with 20 ppb or less excrete less than 0.1 ppb in toxigenic molds may grow under a given set of Zearalanomilk (US Food and Drug Administration [FDA] environmental conditions, they do not always ne is associaction limit is 0.5 ppb in milk). Aflatoxin M1 produce mycotoxins. However, under the ated with hyperesbecomes undetectable in milk 2-4 days after right conditions, mycotoxins can be generated trogenism, enlarged aflatoxin-contaminated feeds are removed from fairly rapidly in the field or in storage. Mold genitalia and infertilthe diet. identification can provide a direction to test for ity although the effects Veterinarians and nutritionists need to conpotential mycotoxins but does not confirm the in cattle are not fully sider multiple sources of aflatoxins in rations presence or identification of a mycotoxin. Most understood. Mature cows and evaluate commodity storage conditions mycotoxins can remain stable for years in feeds, appear to be more resistant on the farm. In one field case, young calves ( and many survive ensiling and food processing. to zearalanone toxicosis than 300-450 lbs) fed corn, whole cottonseed, gin They can be concentrated several-fold in cereal heifers in research trials. No trash, molasses, and mineral for several months by-products and typically concentrate threefold FDA guidelines have been esstarted to show clinical signs of depression, lethin distillers coproducts. tablished for tolerable zearalenone argy , ataxia, poor Aflatoxins can occur before harvest on concentrations in finished feed for ruminants. performance, starchy cereal crops (corn, cottonseed, and The University of Missouri at Columbia and respiratory peanuts) or after harvest on stored commodities.

North Dakota State University suggest limitdisease with Strains of Aspergillus flavus mainly produce ing the level of zearalenone to <2-4 ppm in poor treataflatoxin B1, which is considered the most dairy cows and <5-10 ppm in beef cattle. ment response, toxic and carcinogenic (cancer-causing) of the Fumonisin B1 and B2 are mycotoxins cattle and death. aflatoxins. Aflatoxins are potent liver toxins are more tolerant of than many other species.

Aflatoxin B1 (hepatotoxins), immunosuppressants, carcinoThe FDA does have established tolerance levwas detected gens, and mutagens, and can cause important els of fumonisin in finished feeds of 30 ppm in multiple public health problems. For these reasons, many for ruminants over 3 months old and fed for samples of cotgovernments regulate the allowable concentraslaughter, 15 ppm in ruminant breeding stock tonseed between 96 tions of aflatoxins in animal feeds, human foods, including lactating dairy cows, and 5 ppm for and 1700 ppb, in 2 and fluid milk. The FDA limits the amount of ruminants less than 3 months of age. Feeding samples of gin trash aflatoxin that can be found large quantities has resulted in decreased feed at 110 and 857 ppb, in lactating dairy cow intake, decreased milk production, and some and corn at 14 ppb. feed to 20 ppb and mild liver lesions.

In these instances it is important to sample the the aflatoxin meIt is important when dealing with stressed final as-fed ration to determine the total level of tabolite M1 to 0.5 feed ingredients to measure the concentraaflatoxin the animal is consuming. Extremely ppb in milk. The tion of mycotoxins present and to know the high levels of aflatoxin B1 (>1000 ppb) may level of aflatoxin nutritional value of the feed. However, bear cause sudden or acute neurologic signs such as allowed by the in mind when sampling feeds that human circling, depression, staggering, recumbency FDA in feed for exposure to high levels of mycotoxins - afand death due to severe liver and brain damage. non-lactating, latoxin in particular – in grains and other Diagnosis is based on clinical signs, laborabreeding beef cattle crops can result in serious health problems. tory tests indicating liver abnormalites, and is 100 ppb while feed Any potentially contaminated grains or feeds toxic levels of aflatoxin present in the ration. for feedlot cattle may should be handled with great care. FarmAn enlarged, fibrous liver is generally found contain up to 300 ppb. ers, mill operators and others who routinely on necropsy.

The clinical signs of handle potentially contaminated feeds should No specific treatment is available for afaflatoxicosis are somelatoxicosis beyond quickly removing the what vague and become more pronounced contaminated ration and replacing with an at higher dietary levels (>500 ppb) and/or uncontaminated feed. Providing optimum diprolonged periods of time exposed to the conetary protein, vitamins, and trace elements may taminated feed. All animals are susceptible to aid recovery, although some affected animals aflatoxins, but the sensitivity varies between may not recover. Numerous products such as species. Young animals and monogastrics are bentonite are marketed to sequester or bind more at risk for toxicosis. Signs in ruminants mycotoxins and reduce absorption from an include: animal’s gastrointestinal tract, although in the 1. Decreased performance United States these agents can only be sold as a. Reduced appetite, reduced feed efficiency, anticaking or free-flow agents. The FDA has reduced weight gain not licensed any product for use as a mycotoxin always use protective gear such as gloves, dust b. Reduced milk production and potential for binder in animal feeds and extra-label use of masks, and coveralls. Once the feed is tested, illegal milk residues feed additives is prohibited. producers then need to: 2. Signs of Liver Damage Other mycotoxins of concern in cattle are 1. Keep the mycotoxin level as low as posa. Increased hepatic enzymes and bilirubin those produced by the Fusarium species of mold sible; on serum chemistries and include deoxynivalenol (DON or “vomitox2. Keep the mycotoxin level under the regulab. Prolonged clotting times (hemorrhage/ in”), zearalanone, and fumonisins. Ruminants tory action level for the given species and stage nosebleeds) are generally resistant to many of the negative of production as aflatoxin residues can occur in c. Icterus (jaundice) effects of these mycotoxins because of their multiple animal products from animals exposed d. Neurologic signs including depression, ability to degrade these compounds with the to excessive amounts. Residues are especially lethargy, ataxia (staggering), circling, recumbacteria and protozoa found within the rumen. important in milk and organ tissues, but can also bency However, in large enough quantities, deleteribe present in meat.

3. Reduced immune competence ous effects may occur. DON or “vomitoxin” is 3. Compensate for differences in individual a. Vaccine failure or poor antibiotic response restricted by the FDA to 5 ppm or less in the animals, sampling technique and “hot spots” by b. Decreased cell-mediated immunity, cytofinal ration of dairy cat- tle targeting total mycotoxin intake at less than the kine production, and nonspecific humoral facover 4 months of age and action or guidance level; tors such as complement, interferon, and some 10 ppm in the grain (5 4. Remember if multiple mycotoxins are bactericidal serum components. ppm in the finished present in a feed, their adverse effects may be 4. Abortion feed) in beef cattle additive. a. May cross the placenta and cause damage over 4 months of For the most up-to-date information regardto fetal tissue age. The primary ing aflatoxins and other mycotoxins in corn, 5. Death clinical sign with visit the UK website http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ Aflatoxin M1 is the major excretion product DON is feed GrainCrops/corn_mycotoxins2012.html for a in urine and milk and can be monitored for exrefusal but a comprehensive collection of bulletins compiled posure. Aflatoxin M1 appears quickly in milk drop in milk by the experts. A link to the mycotoxin page and excretion in milk varies with animal speproduction, diarcan be found at www.askukyvet.com under cies, individual, lactation status, and number of rhea, and immune “Alerts”. milkings after exposure. The dietary threshold

Report shows fewer trees dying in nation’s forests

By U.S. Forest Service The number of dead trees on 750 million white bark pine are still at risk. acres of public and private forests across “Forests play a crucial role in the lives America is on the decline for the second of Americans by maintaining the quality straight year, with most of the reductions of the environment and contributing to seen in western states where bark beetles the quality of their lives,” said Agriculture have infested millions of trees, according Under Secretary Harris Sherman. “Healthy to a report released today by the U.S. Forforests clean the air, filter our water, give est Service. homes to wildlife and provide recreation, The report, Major Forest Insect and jobs and materials for a healthy community Disease Conditions in the United States: and economy.”

2011 (http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/ The mountain pine beetle is not alone publications/ConditionsReport_2011.pdf), in its attack on forests. The spruce beetle, shows that damage caused by the mountain the most significant natural enemy of the pine beetle is on the decline largely because mature spruce, has caused four consecuthe insect is running out of its favorite food tive years of increased mortality with dead source: lodgepole pine. Acres of forests spruce trees found on 428,000 acres nationwith dead trees due to the mountain pine wide. The fir engraver, common in western beetle declined from 6.8 million acres in coniferous forests, is responsible for tree 2010 to 3.8 million acres in 2011 in western deaths on approximately 323,000 acres, states. most of which are in California. Death of “Native insects and diseases run in subalpine fir, caused by bark beetles and cycles, and right now we are grateful the other mortality agents, was found on more trend is downward,” said U.S. Forest Serthan 274,000 acres. vice Chief Tom Tidwell. “While the news In the East, tree mortality due to insects is good, we are certain to continue to face and disease continue to remain low, with challenges, such as the effects of climate southern pine beetle-caused mortality at change and the introduction of invasive historically low levels. The southern pine species. We must manage our lands across beetle outbreak in New Jersey declined all boundaries to ensure the vitality and from 14,000 acres in 2010 to about 6,700 health of our natural resources.” acres in 2011. However, that lower number This marks the second straight year with of acres is still considered very high for reduced mortality rates after steady inNew Jersey. Invasive forest diseases and creases between 2006 and 2009. Although insects, such as the emerald ash borer and Forest Service surveyors attribute some of the Asian long-horned beetle remain a big the reductions to fewer available lodgepole threat to eastern forests. pines, ponderosa pine and high-elevation

Decoding the QR code

Quick Response Codes (QR codes) are increasingly popular but there are lots of conflicting options and advice on whether and how to use them.

“Small businesses are increasingly using QR codes in advertising efforts to entice customers,” said Chrystal Irons, business development specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

QR codes are similar to barcodes, but the key difference is the amount of data they can hold. Their ability to hold more information and their ease of use makes them practical for small businesses to implement into a marketing strategy.

QR codes are created with QR code generator like Kaywa, GOQR.me and Microsoft Tag. Most generators are free and allow you to upgrade to be able to analyze and track performance as well as enhance the look of the code.

The second part of creating a code is to choose the link you want it to contain and customize the code design to match your brand.

The third step is to make sure the code reads correctly with more than just one reader. The QR code needs to be big and clear enough for multiple smartphones. The fourth step is to track and analyze how much traffic the code generates.

Have a goal When a customer scans or reads a QR code with a camera-enabled smartphone, they can link to digital content on the web; activate a number of phone functions including email, IM and SMS; and connect the mobile devise to a web browser.

“Once you have a QR code you must have a goal in mind; give your customers a call to action. Be sure to reward the user for scanning your QR code by giving them a coupon, a fun fact or an incentive to return to your site,” said Irons.

“Be sure to place the QR code in a location where they can easily and safely be scanned, and there is WiFi or 3G access where the code is placed.”

One popular method for using QR codes is put the codes on print media like business cards and flyers. This can provide contact information and even maps with directions for company visitors. Businesses can provide special QR code coupons, access to social media options for the business or incentive programs to customers.

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

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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

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

USED MISCELLANEOUS

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

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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

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CONSIGNMENTS

2002 Bobcat S185 skid steer, 640 hours, cab with heat and air conditioning, 56 hp. diesel, 1850# lift............................................................$23,000

Case 2290 2WD tractor, 1000 PTO, add on 3-pt., 5334 hours, new tires with Koyker loader bucket and grapple.............................................$15,500 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 7.2” spacing, 550 trips, 2320 tow between cart............................... CALL 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 33-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 31/2” steel packers with 2320 tow between tank.........................................................$36,000 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 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...........................................................$7500 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

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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

Haybuster 256 bale processor, mounted on Sandhill trailer. Holds 6 bales with loading arm....$16,500 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

Bearcat 1260 grinder mixer, bale feeder, 1000 PTO, nice............................................................$4000

USED COMBINES

2000 New Holland TR99, Honeybee 994 36-ft. header, 2100 separator hours. #UCNH41..CALL 1998 New Holland TR98 2300 separator hours, SP 36-ft. Honey Bee. #UCNH57.................. JUST IN 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

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.

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1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 14.4/7.2” spacing, 550# trips, 3” steel packers with 2320 & 3rd tank tow between..................................................$36,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 9” spacing, 4” rubber, 550# trips, 2320 tow between. #UDF217.JUST IN 1993 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 9” spacing, 31/2” steel packers, single shoot, steath openers with 2320 tow between tank....................................$45,000 1991 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft., 31/2” steel wheels, 9” spacing with 1615 tow between tank, mechanical drive. #UDF209.......................................$34,000 1994 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow behind cart..........$14,500

USED HEADERS

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 2-New Holland 971 13-ft. pickup header with RakeUp pickup attachment. #UCNH38..............$5500 1988 New Holland 971 12-ft. pickup header #UCNH63..................................................$5000 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

USED TRACTORS

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

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Building and managing super calf hutches

The practice of rearing healthy dairy calves in individual calf hutches has become a common management procedure. These units provide semi-isolation to minimize contact with disease organisms shed by older animals. When management and nutrition are at a high level, calf growth rate is excellent in hutches. Following weaning, at about eight weeks of age, however, calves outgrow hutches, and alternative group housing is necessary. There is generally a lack of suitable housing on dairy farms for calves of this age, and health problems often result from this move. The super calf hutch was developed specifically to provide housing for calves after eight weeks of age.

The super calf hutch is shown with half of the front panels in the winter position and half in the summer position. The drawing also shows the location of the head gate. At left is one of the end hinged doors to be opened when the building is moved in the opposite direction to expose accumulated manure and bedding. Use a spreader bar when hitching a tractor to the skids.

This will ensure a straight pull on the skids.

Weaning of calves should occur two weeks prior to any grouping procedure. The super calf hutch, when it is properly located, prevents exposure of the recently weaned calves to more mature animals maintained under a wide variety of housing conditions. The capacity of this unit is eight calves to an age of approximately five months. Animals housed in this structure are exposed only to each other, thereby producing less stress and allowing a small number of calves to become acclimated to group housing. The net result is healthier calves that outperform calves reared under less desirable circumstances.

Calves at this age are often placed in facilities that severely challenge their immune status after the semi-isolation of a calf hutch. These facilities may be old, unused buildings, a barn lean-to or a pole barn, and in these structures they are usually exposed to older cattle. Further, competition for feed and group status precipitates stress. The net result of this move is usually pneumonia, which often requires treatment, and some calves may die. Surviving calves usually do not perform as they should following bouts with pneumonia. The greatest loss sustained by producers, however, is later in the animal’s life. That is because surviving animals usually sustain lung damage, and they will never produce up to their genetic potential.

Chronic disease severely limits genetic capability.

Year-Round Use The super hutch is intended for year-round use and its design provides for sub-zero temperatures on windy days as well as on hot summer days when there is little air movement. To accommodate these variations in climate, there is a fixed opening in the space between the rafters in the front and adjustable openings in the back wall. In addition, the open front has

Reprinted from The Cattle Network hinged panels to restrict this opening under windy conditions.

In winter, these panels eliminate the common problem of a north or quartering wind, which tends to whip into the building around the corners of the open front. The panels also provide protection from the south when strong winds blow into this relatively shallow open-front building.

The center section of the front of this unit also has hinged doors that fold down to restrict the height of the center opening. In the rear wall there are five upward swinging ventilation doors extending the full length of the building. These doors are top-hinged specifically to minimize rain entry.

Further, they are opened or adjusted whenever moderate weather indicates a need for increased air movement, and must be adjusted according to weather conditions. All rear ventilation doors must be tightly closed in winter.

Movable for Cleaning The super calf hutch is a semi-portable 12 x 19-foot unit built on skids. It is of frame construction, covered with plywood, and has a shed roof. Straw or other suitable bedding material is necessary, as in the calf hutch. Hinged doors are located at the base of the end walls running the full width of the building. These doors are intended for use only when the unit is cleaned.

One end door, hinged on top (hinges are fastened to the raised sill) is secured in the open position. The sills are raised so that these end openings are unobstructed. The super hutch is then pulled in the opposite direction by a tractor that is hitched to a spreader bar between the skids. The spreader bar prevents damage to the skids when moving the building. The manure pack is left in place when the building is pulled away from the pack, and it is then easily removed with a front end loader. Moving the super hutch should not be attempted when the skids are frozen in place during extremely cold winter weather.

Super hutches perform well in winter. These units have been tested under severe weather conditions with temperatures ranging as low as -20° F with a wind chill of -90° F. The calves in experimental units remained in excellent health and physical condition.

Feeding should never take place inside the super hutch because of calf space requirements. A further problem with inside feeding is contamination of bedding with manure and urine. During extremely windy conditions, temporary protection for the outside feed bunk may be necessary. Feeding takes place outside the super hutch in a yard formed by using movable steel gates or other portable fencing materials. The feed bunk and the water supply should be accessible to the animals through the fence.

Self-feeders should not be used for animals housed in the super hutch because excessively high-concentrate feeds predispose calves to laminitis. This manifests itself later when post-partum heifers start on a lactating ration.

Ideally, a concrete slab 28 x 44 feet should be con-

structed to provide a floor for the super hutch and to provide paving for the outside yard. The outside yard must be paved for permanent use to avoid mud accumulation. The area on which the super hutch rests may be covered with gravel or crushed rock, but paving is preferable. Be sure to raise the ground level on which the super hutch and outside yard are located so that rain and snowmelt water will drain away. The concrete slab on which the super hutch rests should be sloped ¼ inch per foot toward the back. The outside yard should be sloped ½ inch per foot from the front of the super hutch to the front of the slab.

Fresh, clean water is essential for maximum growth and health. A good approach is to provide a single-compartment, frost-free water supply positioned at the outside center of the slab in the front of the super hutch. When placing this hydrant, it is very helpful to also provide an electrical outlet at the same location for a light source and for dehorning.

Should only half the slab be constructed initially, locate the water cup and electrical outlet to serve both slabs when the pavement is completed. Feed bunks should always be placed with the slope rather than across the slope, where they can act as a dam impounding snowmelt, rain and manure runoff.

Calf Restraint An important feature of the super calf hutch is the restraint unit. This provides safety for both the animal and the caretaker during various procedures that must be performed on calves. A small, wooden, adjustable head gate is built into the left front of the building. This head gate is uncovered when the horizontally hinged front panel is lifted. It is always exposed in summer because the front doors of the building are then fully open.

A swinging plywood gate is attached to a front post. This is vertically hinged (with three heavy L hinges) and it forms a chute which directs the calf into the wooden head gate. The calf being examined or treated is thus firmly restrained between the gate and the outside wall.

This feature prevents injury to the calf and also provides safety for the caretaker or veterinarian standing outside the gate. From the veterinarian’s standpoint the restraint feature permits safe, easy, efficient handling of animals. Early, accurate diagnosis is contingent upon adequate, safe restraint of animals.

You may find one or more super calf hutches to be a practical way of providing housing after calves have outgrown individual calf hutches.

These structures provide excellent housing conditions for animals up to five months of age.

Succeeding moves out of the super calf hutch should be to naturally ventilated buildings of suitable design essential for animal health. This procedure permits the calves’ continued growth and development, thereby enabling the replacement animals to enter your milking herd at full genetic potential.

Personal protective equipment for farm, ranch

By University of Wyoming Extension A new University of Wyoming (UW) Extension publication offers suggestions to ranchers and farmers purchasing and using personal protective equipment.

Every day, 243 agricultural workers in America suffer serious lost-work time injuries, and 5 percent of these injuries result in permanent impairment, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“In 2010, the injury rate for agricultural workers was 20 percent higher than the rate for all workers,” said Randy Weigel, UW Extension human development specialist.

“Many farm and ranch injuries could be prevented or their impacts reduced if they wore proper personal protective equipment (PPE).”

The “Solutions for Living: Personal Protective Equipment for Agriculture” bulletin, B-1233, outlines considerations for purchasing and using PPE. The bulletin can be accessed free at http://bit.ly/SW9JT6.

“In addition, OSHA has set general standards for PPE equipment,” said Weigel. “These standards are applicable to ranchers, farmers and agricultural workers. Finally, in using pesticides, read the label. It provides information on the correct PPE to be used for that specific chemical.”

PPE is designed to protect many parts of the body including eyes, head, face, hands, feet, ears and torso.

Pesticides and liquid chemicals, falling objects, loud machinery and equipment, temperature extremes, welding sparks, electrical hazards, particulates and vapors are some of the primary hazards ranchers and farmers face daily, Weigel said.

PPE does not prevent accidents – but they can prevent or lessen injuries or deaths when used and worn properly, he said.

“Protective equipment must be carefully selected,” said Weigel. “Test fit the protective equipment to be sure of a proper and comfortable fit. If it isn’t comfortable, it won’t be worn; if it isn’t worn, it won’t protect.”

For more information about PPE or Wyoming AgrAbility, email Weigel at weig@uwyo.edu or visit www.uwyo.edu/ agrability.

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Cactus identification

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I am having a problem with my cactus. When researching for answers, I came across your email address, so I’m hoping you can help me. I’m struggling to identify the cactus.

The closest image I’ve seen is of a cereus peruvians, but the spines are very different. They grow individually, not in clusters. They are very dark near the stem and a golden brown toward the end. When I got it, they were all like this, but then some started turning red at the very top and the green was a much paler shade. These spines were bendy and broke off easily, not hard and sharp like the others. I was told that it needed more sun, so when we had some nice days, I put it outside for a few hours. However, I think I may have left it outside too long. It has now lost color near the top of the stems and they are a slightly brown. One stem has gone partially black and shiny. What should I do with it? I didn’t get any care instructions with it, so I don’t know if I’m watering it right or anything.

A: Can you bring yourself to part with it? First of all, I don’t know the variety you are attempting to describe, and the symptoms you describe also leave me clueless. I’m sorry I cannot help you at this point. I suggest getting rid of the plant and starting new with something that is properly labeled and has directions on how to care for it. ##### Church News: For Easter services, we will ask Mrs. Brown to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.

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By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service “My freezer went out. What food can I for about four hours. A full freezer without save?” my caller asked. power will hold the temperature for about She wasn’t sure how long her appliance 48 hours, and a half-full freezer will hold its had been out of commission. temperature for about 24 hours.

The food was warm to the touch, so most Be sure to keep canned food on hand for of the food could not be salvaged. Her tightly emergencies. These shelf-stable foods allow wrapped frozen bread was safe, especially you to maintain a healthful diet even when because no meat juice had dripped on the cold storage is not available. Here is a tasty packages. Her fully thawed meat, poultry and recipe with minimal preparation required. fish were not safe after thawing and sitting It was adapted from a recipe found on the for an undetermined amount of time. HighCanned Food Alliance website at www. protein foods are especially perishable. mealtime.org.

Unfortunately, I have had this sort of phone Canned dry edible beans are rich in protein call many times in my career. and fiber. By draining and rinsing the canned I experienced a near “freezer disaster” beans, you can reduce the amount of sodium myself a few years ago when one of my kids they contain significantly. left the freezer door open after grabbing a For more recipes and information about treat. Our food was still refrigerator-cold (or healthful eating, visit http://www.ndsu.edu/ about 40 F) when we discovered the door eatsmart or the Prairie Fare blog at http:// partly ajar. www.prairiefare.areavoices.com.

I decided to cook almost all of the food and Bistro Bean Soup then refreeze the meals. Some of the food had 1 Tbsp. canola oil ice crystals, so I was able to refreeze it safely 1/2 c. chopped onion and without much quality loss.

8 ounces reduced-fat, fully cooked smoked However, I wasn’t planning on a cooking turkey sausage spree that lasted all day. I’m happy to report 1 (14.5-ounce) can stewed tomatoes, unthat everyone double-checks the freezer door drained every time he or she grabs a treat.

2 (15-ounce) cans cannellini beans, Safeguard your food by keeping a close drained and rinsed eye on the temperature of your refrigerator 2 (14.5-ounce) cans reduced-sodium and freezer with appliance thermometers. chicken broth The temperature of your refrigerator should 2 tsp. minced thyme leaves or 1 tsp. dried be 40 F or lower, and your freezer should be thyme leaves zero F or lower.

Ground black pepper, to taste Sometimes the lack of cold storage is Heat oil in a 3-quart saucepan over medishort-term, such as when you exchange apum heat. Add onion and cook until softened. pliances. In that case, coolers and ice can be Add sausage and cook for five minutes, until used to keep food cold. sausage is heated through. Add tomatoes, one When weather emergencies, such as severe can beans, one can broth and thyme and heat. storms, are predicted, we can plan ahead. Dry Simmer for 10 minutes. Combine remaining beans and broth in a blender or food processor ice and block ice can be used to keep foods and blend until smooth and creamy. Stir the cold. To keep an 18-cubic-foot freezer cold puree into soup and bring to a boil; simmer for two days, you will need about 50 pounds for five minutes, then reduce heat and simof dry ice. mer for about three minutes. Season with If the power goes out or a refrigerator or black pepper. freezer fails, keep the refrigerator and freezer Makes eight servings. Each serving has doors closed as much as possible. According 170 calories, 5 grams (g) of fat, 20 g of carto the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food bohydrate, 5 g of fiber and 730 milligrams Safety and Inspection Service, a closed reof sodium. frigerator without power will keep food cold

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Emerald lustre tree

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a question about my emerald lustre tree. I planted the semimature tree three years ago. The first year, it looked beautiful and full. Last year, it had less foliage, and it is struggling again this year. I have noticed that there is a white mushroomlike fungus on the bark. I have clay soil, but topsoil was added when the tree was planted. We purchased and planted another emerald lustre that is doing fine. Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to help this poor tree? It is a beautiful tree, so I would hate to lose it. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) A: When you say semimature, do you mean that someone came in and planted it using a tree spade or was it put in by hand? Was it balled in burlap? Was the tree in a container that you and someone else could handle and plant yourselves?

The reason I’m asking is because this is the usual pattern of tree decline that follows when too much of a root system is left behind when a semimature tree is planted. For the most part, the decline is not reversible. Usually, the owner finally gives up and has it removed. Planting a tree with as much of the root system intact as is the best approach. Many large nurseries will move trees that have been root-pruned carefully through the years before they get moved to a permanent location. This gives the tree a chance to develop a nice compact root mass that cuts the chance of a planting failure almost down to zero.

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Prairie Fare: Steer clear of the flu, colds this season

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service throat, runny nose, body aches, headache and “Mom, how are you holding up?” my probably need to go easy on your system and fatigue. Children with the flu also might have 17-year-old son asked. focus on staying hydrated. vomiting and diarrhea.

“I’m feeling a little better,” I replied. I was Hydrate yourself with ice chips, clear For some people, especially adults 65 and finishing a bowl of chicken soup my husband broth, Gatorade or ginger ale. When your older, pregnant women and children under brought me. appetite begins to return, you might try the the age of 5, getting the flu can be lifeA little while later, my 14-year-old daugh“brat” diet, which is an acronym for bananas, threatening. People with diabetes, kidney ter came into the “sick room” where I was rice, applesauce and toast. These fairly bland disorders, lung diseases, asthma and several parked on the couch. foods are easy to digest. other chronic diseases also are at high risk for “Mom, do you need anything?” she asked.

Here is a recipe adapted from the Pennserious consequences. Pneumonia, bronchitis “A cool washcloth would be good. I could sylvania Nutrition Network, which is tasty and sinus or ear infections might follow a use a blanket, too, because I’m cold,” I rewhether you are recovering from being sick bout with the flu. plied. Even though I was miserable, I was or wanting some comforting, warm soup on No one enjoys feeling under the weather, enjoying this attention. a cool, fall day. For more information about so what can you do to help prevent colds and “Mom, how are you doing?” my 9-year-old food and nutrition, check out http://www. the flu? daughter asked later that day. ndsu.edu/eatsmart/ or the blog posts at http:// • According to CDC, step one is to have a “I could use some pain reliever,” I replied, www.prairiefare.areavoices.com/. flu vaccine every year. and then I described where to find it. Soon Chicken Rice Soup • Be sure to wash your hands regularly. she returned with a bottle of medication and 1 c. cooked chicken Lather up for at least 20 seconds. Consider a glass of water.

6 c. chicken broth using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when a “Don’t drink from my cup. Trust me, you 1 c. uncooked white rice sink is not nearby. Germs easily spread when don’t want to catch this bug,” I said as she 1/4 c. chopped onion someone touches a contaminated surface, reached for my cup.

1 3/4 c. cut vegetables, such as carrots, such as a door handle, and then touches his/ “Oh, yeah,” she said. celery and cabbage her eyes or mouth.

I had several people taking care of me, 1/2 tsp. garlic powder • Stay home when you are sick to help which I appreciated. Even our three dogs 1/4 tsp. pepper prevent others from being exposed. Create hopped up on the couch and checked on me, 1/4 tsp. salt a “sick room” in your house, and be sure to but that got a little crowded and too warm.

1 Tbsp. dried parsley practice good hygiene and wash dishware/ I’m sure that my kids found it odd that I Cook chicken (or use leftover or canned glasses with hot, soapy water. Be sure to was lying on the couch continually for 12 chicken) and cut into cubes. Place the cooked cover your coughs with a tissue, and don’t hours, but I barely could move. I had awakchicken in a large saucepan. Add the broth leave them in places where others have to ened dizzy, nauseated, feverish and generally and uncooked rice. Cover the pan. Bring the pick them up. achy. broth and rice to a boil. Cover the pan, and • Stay well-nourished every day with a I think I had caught the bug that some of turn the heat to low. Stir and simmer for 15 varied, nutritious diet. my co-workers had survived. I didn’t feel sick minutes. Add the onion, chopped vegetables • Get regular physical activity. Aim for 30 enough to go to a clinic and, fortunately, I felt and seasonings. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes minutes per day on most days of the week. much better the next day. until the vegetables are tender. Serve.

• Get enough sleep.

Cold and flu season will be upon us soon.

Makes eight servings. Each serving has When you are ill, you might not feel like I hope you will not find yourself planted on 160 calories, 2.5 grams (g) of fat, 24 g of eating, but keeping your body nourished helps a couch or tucked in bed being sick. carbohydrate, 1 g of fiber, 11 g of protein and you fight the bacterial or viral invaders. If you According to the Centers for Disease Con150 milligrams of sodium. are nauseated, vomiting or have diarrhea, you trol and Prevention, people with the flu may have a fever (often with chills), cough, sore

Prairie Fare: Don’t forget to try rosemary to boost flavor

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service have been used in complementary medicine to A delicious pork roast with baked sweet “Mom, something smells heavenly!” my ease muscle and joint aches and treat alopecia potatoes and steamed peas makes a colorful, 14-year-old daughter exclaimed. (patchy baldness). Rosemary leaves have been nutritious and fragrant meal on a cold winter “Wow, what’s for dinner, Mom? When is used to treat indigestion. evening. For more recipes and nutrition tips, it time to eat?” my 17-year-old son asked a More recently, some research has been see the Prairie Fare blog at http://prairiefare. little while later. conducted to explore the role of the rosemary areavoices.com/.

“Be patient. You’ll see,” I said. scent in memory. The participants in the study They were following their noses to the Rosemary and didn’t eat the rosemary; they simply smelled kitchen. I was enjoying the attention. the aroma of rosemary oil in various concenI had spent a couple of extra minutes adding Garlic Pork Roast trations as they worked. some “secret ingredients” to a pork roast. My 2 tsp. minced garlic One group of researchers identified a chemiextra-special ingredient was rosemary.

2 to 3 tsp. dried rosemary cal compound in rosemary that may enter the During dinner, they raved about the flavor ½ tsp. black pepper blood stream through the lining of the nasal and asked me to add rosemary to other foods. I 1 tsp. coarse salt (optional) passages or lungs. They noted improvements thought my family preferred “plain food,” but Olive oil (if needed) in overall mental performance. The researchnow we have opened the cupboard doors to a 2.5-pound pork loin (or to suit family size) ers proposed that a rosemary compound may new range of culinary experiences.

Mix garlic, rosemary, pepper and salt toprevent the breakdown of a chemical in our Rosemary has been used widely in Meditergether in a bowl to create a “rub.” Trim excess nervous system needed for brain function. ranean cuisine, but it can be added to a variety fat from the roast. Brush the roast lightly with However, intriguing as these results are, of foods, including various meats, fish, eggs, olive oil (to help the rub stick to the roast). Rub a study or two doesn’t prove that rosemary breads, soups and vegetables such as potatoes. herb-spice mixture over the pork roast. Place aroma helps our memory.

Herbs such as rosemary add flavor without in a covered roasting pan, fat side down. Roast Scientists note some precautions with the adding calories or sodium. for about 30 minutes. Turn roast fat side up medicinal use of rosemary. Although rosemary Depending on your location and the season, and continue roasting to a minimum internal supplements are available, their safety and rosemary may be available fresh but probably temperature of 145 F, as measured by a food effectiveness have not been well studied, and can be found as a dried ingredient in the spice thermometer. Sprinkle lightly with additional they may have interactions with prescription section of most grocery stores. In general, rosemary. If desired, make pan gravy by heatmedications. Some people may have allergic use about one-half as much dried rosemary ing the juices from the roast in a pan on the reactions to rosemary, and high doses of roseas fresh. stove and adding a thickener, such as a flour mary supplements are linked to miscarriage.

Rosemary has been used in weddings, fuand cold water mixture.

Be sure to visit with a medical professional nerals and other ceremonies throughout the Makes about eight to 10 servings, dependbefore taking supplements. ages. Rosemary’s lemony, pinelike aroma ing on the shrinkage during cooking. AccordTry some rosemary in your cooking, though. has been used to add fragrance to lotions. ing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a You can create some memorable meals with Although little research is available to prove a delicious aroma by adding some rosemary 3-ounce portion of roasted pork tenderloin has its effectiveness, rosemary has a long history and other herbs to your recipes. of use in complementary medicine.

120 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, no carbohyHere is a close approximation of the recipe For example, according to the University of drate, 22 grams of protein and 48 milligrams that brought my teenagers into the kitchen.

Maryland Medical Center, rosemary extracts of sodium (if none is added before cooking).

UW Extension vehicle will run on compressed natural gas, gasoline University of Wyoming (UW) Extension has received a $13,000 grant from Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. to convert a 2012 Ford F-150 to a bi-fuel vehicle, which uses compressed natural gas (CNG) or gasoline.

“Natural gas used for transportation is clean – producing less emissions than gasoline – is safe and reliable, is largely abundant and at current prices CNG costs up to $2 less per gallon than gasoline,” said Randy Teeuwen, Encana USA community relations advisor. “And, they have the same mileage and power as gas vehicles.”

He said Encana has converted 14 percent of its Wyoming fleet to CNG, with plans to convert it entirely within about three years.

“We are focused on supporting natural gas as a transportation fuel of choice, and we are happy to provide this conversion for UW Extension,” he said.

The vehicle, owned by extension, will

be used by an associate director and be visible statewide but will spend the most time around Laramie, along the I-80 corridor, in western Wyoming such as Sweetwater, Fremont, Big Horn counties and areas east of the Idaho/Utah border, said Glen Whipple, director of UW Extension.

“Natural gas is a plentiful fuel with great potential to reduce the nation’s reliance on imported oil,” said Whipple. “It makes sense that Wyoming, a state where natural gas production is a critical economic contributor, would be a leader in the use of CNG as a motor fuel.”

UW Extension has offices staffed with educators and specialists on the UW campus, in all 23 Wyoming counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation, all who do a significant amount of travel, said Whipple.

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Dr. Mary Burrows, Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Montana State University

Damping off (Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and other fungi) Symptoms: Small, yellow plants; reduced emergence; plants emerge then die Risk Factors: Continuous crop production, cool soil temperatures, moist soil; lack of seed treatment Management: Fungicide seed treatment. Use a mix of chemistries to target both oomycetes such as Pythium (metalaxyl or mefanoxam) and fungi such as Fusarium and Rhizoctonia

Root rot (Pythium, Fusarium, other fungi) Symptoms: Small, yellow plants; smaller root mass than healthy plants; brown roots; outer root cortex easily peels off, leaving the inner stele (vascular system) of the root Risk factors: Continuous crop production, cool soil temperatures, moist soil and continued cool temperatures during early crop growth; lack of seed treatment at planting Management: Seed treatments are effective for 2-3 weeks after planting.

Rhizoctonia root rot (bare patch) (Rhizoctonia solani) Symptoms: Similar to damping off and dry seed decay; Spear-tipping of roots when they are washed (tapered, dark brown or black root tips) Risk factors: Continuous cereal crop production, spraying glyphosate on volunteer and grassy weeds and planting seed within a few days Management: Variety selection; soil pH modification with potash is limited in effectiveness

Dry seed decay (Penicillum, Aspergillus and other fungi) Symptoms: Seeds may decay in the soil or seedlings may become blighted and killed below the soil surface. Stands are thin and uneven or lacking plants in small to large areas. Seeds may be covered with green or white fungal mycelia, soil may stick to seeds Risk factors: Planting into dry soil with no moisture for 2-3 weeks after planting; lack of seed treatment Management: Fungicide seed treatment.

Cephalosporium stripe (Cephalosporium tritici) of winter wheat Symptoms: Dwarfed plants with one or two continuous yellow stripes on the leaf; nodes on stem may be darkened; white heads at maturity Risk factors: Continuous winter wheat cropping; freeze-thaw cycles which allow the fungus to enter the roots; early seeding Management: Variety selection, crop rotation, delayed planting, tillage

Sharp eyespot (Rhizoctonia cerealis) Symptoms: Lesions on crown elongated eyeshape; dark halo surrounding tan center; white heads at maturity; lodging; infects through leaf sheath, lesions often start on external leaf sheath and expand into center of stem, girdling plant Risk factors: Continuous cereals; no-till with crop residue, moist, cool weather Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, irrigation management to reduce humidity in the canopy, light tillage to reduce residue, and fungicide application.

Fusarium crown rot (Fusarium spp.)

Symptoms: Brown discoloration of subcrown internode and first two nodes of the crown, white heads at maturity Risk factors: Continuous wheat production; no-till with wheat crop residue, high nitrogen, soil moisture fluctuations Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, proper fertilization, irrigation management to maintain continuous moisture, light tillage to reduce residue where applicable

Take-all (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici) Symptoms: Solid or streaked ‘obsidian’ black discoloration of first one or two nodes of the crown, black discoloration of subcrown internode; white heads at maturity Risk factors: Continuous wheat production (although after many years of continuous wheat there may be take all decline, a reduction in disease); no-till with wheat crop residue, high soil pH, nutritional stress Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, proper fertilization, grassy weeds control, light tillage to reduce residue where applicable

Snow mold (Typhula, Microdochium) Symptoms: Speckled snow mold (Typhula): leaves are bleached white/ tan, small dark fungal structures (sclerotia) scattered; Pink snow mold (Microdochium): pink fungal structures (mycelium, conidia) on yellow or dying leaves Risk factors: Prolonged deep snow Management: Crop rotation, early seeding to develop larger, more tolerant plants

Eyespot/strawbreaker foot rot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides) Symptoms: Lesions on crown elongated eyeshape; dark halo surrounding brown center; white heads at maturity; lodging; infects through leaf sheath, lesions often start on external leaf sheath and expand into center of stem, girdling plant Risk factors: Continuous cereals; no-till with crop residue, moist, cool weather Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, irrigation management to reduce humidity in the canopy, light tillage to reduce residue, and fungicide application

Common root rot (Cochliobolus sativus) Symptoms: Brown to black, often ‘streaky’ discoloration of first one or two nodes of the crown, dark brown spots on subcrown internode; white heads at maturity Risk factors: Continuous wheat production; no-till with wheat crop residue, high nitrogen, soil moisture fluctuations Management: Crop rotation, variety selection, proper fertilization, irrigation management to maintain continuous moisture, light tillage to reduce residue where applicable

Keeping the squirrels away

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: Squirrels have eaten our sweet corn and chewed on our melons, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes. We’ve tried trapping, anti-animal sprays and shooting them. However, there always seem to be more of them. Do you have any ideas on how to protect future gardens? We’ve had gardens for 30 years and not had this problem.

A: Squirrels are a problem when it comes to trying to keep garden produce. Once they discover the bounty of your garden, they get the word out. At that point, it usually turns out to be a losing battle. Exclusion fences are about the only answer. Fences are only effective if there are no tree branches hanging over the garden. What my wife and I have found that works for us is to make a source of food readily available to them on a consistent basis. She makes suet blocks using cheap peanut butter, sunflower seeds and apple bits. She hangs a block from a tree to allow for easy access. We think it is the combination of fat, peanut butter, seeds and fruit that attracts them, so they pretty much leave our garden produce alone. Visit a farm supply store and purchase some field corn still on the cob and hang it from a tree branch. They also will go after the corn. None of this is foolproof, and you have to keep changing tactics a little at a time. If any readers of this column have better or more effective solutions, I’ll pass them on.

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Recently, Encana USA opened a CNG station in Riverton at the Pit Stop on South Federal Boulevard and the Pinedale station is in use with a grand opening slated for early November, according to Encana. Fueling infrastructures are also planned to open in Rock Springs later this month, and the Wyoming Legislature approved a station for Laramie to open in 2013.

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Hortiscope Questions and Answers from NDSU

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Q: My orange tree did well being outdoors this front, what is the best time of the year to saw A: Absolutely unheard of, at least by me. It summer. However, the tree has had a lot of flies off the bottom branches of our huge evergreens will be interesting to see what happens next on it for the past month. I moved it into my sun (blue spruce) so that we would be able to mow year. Sometimes plants get confused with our porch and see that many of the leaves are sticky. under them? cultural practices, microenvironment and climate I cleaned each leaf off twice with soapy water, A: The spruce can be pruned anytime bechanges. Let’s hope this one comes through the but the sticky stuff came back. I also sprayed tween now and next spring’s growth. If you do winter OK and rewards you with flowers next it with rubbing alcohol but it also didn’t help. it now, it will help with wind movement and summer.

What can I do to solve the problem? (Milwaukee, snow distribution around your yard and possibly Q: I saw your website online and am wonderWisconsin) eliminate some irritating drifts. You are asking ing if you could answer a quick question for me.

A: This could be from scale insects infesting the wrong person about pruning your Canada My yard has an apple tree that produces apples your tree. The fact that flies were attracted to red cherry. Having never been pruned, the tree that are small and yellow. We have some that we the tree is an indication that there was a feedwill be almost impossible to get back into depicked that have red spots on them. Are they OK ing insect population somewhere on the tree. cent shape. Even if you succeeded in doing so, to eat? I have a young child and don’t want to be Obviously, they were not on the foliage because it would reward you with more sucker growth. giving him something that will make him sick. you’ve wiped it down twice. Look on the stem to Basically, no more than 25 percent of the tree Is there anything we should be doing to make see if there are any lumps along the branches. I’m canopy’s volume should be pruned out in any one sure this doesn’t happen? willing to bet that this is the cause of the problem. season. This means that you have four years of A: I cannot attest to the flavor of the apples.

The topical insecticides or treatments you have careful pruning ahead of you. That’s if the tree They may not be something that someone would given the tree so far won’t help. I suggest visitremains static, which it won’t. After you prune want to eat. As for the spots on the apples, they ing a local nursery or garden center to see if a it in late winter or in early spring, you will see are insect injuries. I would guess that thrips systemic insecticide is available for controlling a new flush of growth coming out that also will caused the problem earlier in the season. The scale insects. Apply the product according to the need pruning. Canada red cherry trees are difspots should not have a direct impact on the directions on the label and your problem will go ficult to own and care for properly because they eating quality of the fruit. They pose no health away eventually. send up root suckers as far as the root system threat to your child.

Q: I have a 5-year-old lawn that is being used can reach. They also are subject to black knot Q: I have an angel wing begonia plant that I by the neighbor kids as a football field. I’m pretty and shot-hole fungal diseases and a smattering started from a cutting more than three years ago. sure I will need to reseed the lawn next spring. of insect problems. My recommendation for I’ve started several other plants from this plant I’m happy to have the kids play in the backyard, pruning is to make one cut, which would be at and put them together in a large pot. They never but I am wondering if there is a grass seed variety ground level and then treat the suckers that will have flowered. It is located in a very happy place, that would hold up to this kind of heavy use. show up all over your yard as broadleaf weeds. which is on my kitchen island under a skylight.

A: We’ve used “athletic mix” on the NDSU Use a broadleaf herbicide, such as Trimec, to get The plant grows like crazy. I water it every other football practice fields and RedHawks baseball rid of the suckers. day. I’ve heard that the flowers are very pretty diamond. The athletic mix consists of a 50/50 Q: I am working on the scale insects on my but never have seen them. Should I let it dry mixture of several cultivars of Kentucky blueorange tree. I have been using Bonide systemic out between watering? I tried an experiment by grass and perennial ryegrass that have been for four weeks and also cleaning off the new breaking off a leaf, rooting it in a glass of water tested to stand up to the heavy wear. This mix scales. How long does a systemic killer take to and putting it in a small pot. It has sustained its usually is available where grass seed is sold at clear up the problem? Is there an advantage to own little life without sprouting any other leaves retail and hardware stores. wiping the scales off with rubbing alcohol or is or canes. Have you ever heard of this? Will it be Q: What is the recommended amount of water water OK? Do you think spraying with insectian eternal leaf? for lawns in North Dakota? In Rapid City, they cidal soap or alcohol helps? Do you spray the A: It will be an eternal leaf. If you take the suggest an inch and a half of water per week. whole tree or just the stems? When do I give leaf or another one and lay it across the media Do you know what the recommendations are up? Is there a better systemic killer? Do I need and then make small slices across some veins, for McKenzie County in western North Dakota? to obsess about picking up all the scales that fall new plantlets will grow and the original leaf A: There is variability in any kind of estimato the floor when I am cleaning them off? Now deteriorate. I am surprised that this has not haption or recommendation. First, it depends on the for an easier question: My tulips were sparse this pened at the base of the leaf you have stuck in grass species in question. Then it depends on the year. When is the best time to fertilize? What do the water. You are overwatering. You must have exposure and soil type that it is being grown in. you use? Thank you very much for your input. good drainage or you would have rotted everyFinally, the water source and quality play a major A: I’ll answer your easy question first. If the thing a long time ago. Allow the soil media to role. Yes, an inch and a half per week during the tulips were sparse this past year, it probably dry before watering. This should slightly stress growing season is a good general recommendaisn’t a fertility problem as much as it may be a the plant enough to bring it into flower. tion. However, watering depends on the owner’s virus or other disease issue. Assuming you have For answers to general horticultural quesexpectations. If there is no supplemental water not been removing the foliage too early when tions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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37th Annual “WINTER” SALE See www.sunriseequipment.biz for details

1975 John Deere 8430 (175 PTO hp) 4WD, 16 speed transmission, 3 hydraulics, dual PTO, 18.4x34 duals.

Was $15,000.......................................................... Sale $12,000

1989 John Deere 9600 combine with chopper, 30.5x32 duals, 960 McDon draper header.

Was $45,000........................................................... Sale $35,000

2004 John Deere 7920 (170 PTO hp) IVT transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. with Quik Hitch, 3 hydraulics, PTO, 480/80R46.

Was $99,500........................................................... Sale $92,500

Sale ends January 31st

1973 John Deere 4430 (125 PTO hp), QuadRange transmission, dual PTO, 2 hydraulics, 20.8x34 duals.

Was $12,500............................................................. Sale $9000

1993 Ford 9030 bidirectional, (102 PTO hp), hydro transmission, 3-pt. hitch, PTO, 18.4x38 tires, loader with 8-ft. bucket and grapple.

Was $27,500.......................................................... Sale $22,500

2005 John Deere 567 wide pickup, net wrap.

Was $16,500.......................................................... Sale $12,500

John Deere 3960 forage harvester, with 3 row corn head.

Was $11,500.............................................................. Sale $8000

2002 John Deere 2700 mulch ripper Was $21,500.......................................................... Sale $17,000

Woods 3240 batwing mower.

Was $9950................................................................ Sale $7000

2007 John Deere X540 lawn and garden tractor 54” mower, Powerflow bagger, new engine.

Was $5750................................................................. Sale $5000

1995 MacDon 6000 hydro.

Was $5500................................................................ Sale $3500

(3) John Deere 9350 hoe drills, 8-ft. units, 10” spacing with John Deere transport.

Was $6500................................................................. Sale $3000

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Debunking four myths can lead to better food safety

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ITEMS FOR SALE

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2-500 gallon fuel tanks on stands.

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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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2- 1974 Ford F250 with regular cab, 4x4, 390 V8, 4 speed.

Each .............................................................. $2000 obo

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Protein tester and grinder....................................... $4500 obo

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2004 Kenworth W900L ISX Cummins @ 565-hp., Jake, 10 speed, 42” flattop sleeper, 10 aluminum wheels, nice tires. Very clean.......... .......................................... $43,500

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2005 Kenworth W900L ISX Cummins, 565 hp, Jake, 13 speed, air ride, 72” Aerodyne Aerocab sleeper, VIT interior, double bunk, aluminum wheels, 650,000 miles on Reman engine................... $36,500

2005 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, Cat C15 475 hp, Jake, 18 speed, 70” Ultracab sleeper, flex air, Amerian Class interior all brand new 11R24.5 tires, leather seats. Nice truck!.................................. $49,500

FRESH OVERHAUL 2005 Dodge 2500 SLT crew cab, 5.9L Cummins diesel, automatic, 4x4, short wheel base, leather interior, recent reman engine and transmission with paperwork......$16,500 1994 Kenworth T800 daycab, N14 Cummins Red Top @ 500-hp. (fresh in-frame engine overhaul with 0 miles), Jake, 10 speed, dual line wet kit, airride suspension, aluminum wheel..........................$29,500

1999 Ford F350 Super Duty 4x4 with 7.3L Power Stroke diesel, new automatic, new BFG tires, aluminum wheels, nice custom built flatbed with auxiliary fuel tank and pump, air bags, loaded. Lots of history at Rocky Mountain Truck Service!..............................$11,500

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2001 Dodge 3500 1-ton dually, regular cab, Cummins diesel, 6 speed, 4x4, flatbed with gooseneck ball and toolboxes, 190,000 miles.......... ...........................................$10,500

2001 Peterbilt 379-119” Series 60 Detroit @ 500 hp., Jake, 13-speed, 36” flattop Unibilt sleeper, 10 aluminum wheels, excellent tires.............. ..........................................$29,500

1995 Ford F250 XLT, standard cab 4x4 with 7.3L Powerstroke diesel, automatic, power windows/locks, air, winch, aluminum wheels, good rubber. Very nice shape........ $7500

2008 Dodge Charger V-8 Hemi, automatic, RWD, power windows/ locks, cloth seats, tinted windows.

Black. “145 MPH grocery getter”...... ..............................................$9800

Just because that chicken has already thawed without being cooked doesn’t mean it needs to be thrown out.

Contrary to popular belief, thawed food can be refrozen in some cases, said Julie Albrecht, University of NebraskaLincoln Extension food specialist. Food thawed in the refrigerator is safe to move back to the freezer, Albrecht said.

On the other hand, foods thawed in cool water or the microwave are susceptible to bacteria and should be cooked immediately. Even more dangerous is leaving food to thaw on the kitchen counter because microorganisms grow between 40 and 140 degrees.

“The inside could still be frozen, but you’re encouraging microorganism growth on the outside,” she said.

Re-freezing food is the subject of one of four food safety myths from the Partnership for Food Safety Education (http://fightbac.org). The organization debunks these myths this September as part of National Food Safety Education Month.

Another of the myths they address says that bagged lettuce should be washed to rid it of bacteria. However, packaged greens labeled “ready-to-eat” or “washed” have already been cleaned and rinsing them actually can expose them to contamination.

“They’ve already been cleaned,” Albrecht said. “And you’re giving them one more handling.”

In the case of pre-washed greens, it’s enough to use clean cutting boards, utensils and countertops.

Another myth is that microwaves kill the bacteria in food. In reality, the microwaves don’t kill bacteria; the heat does. Microwave ovens cook food unevenly, leaving cold spots and the risk of foodborne illness.

Following package instructions carefully and checking microwaved food with a food thermometer can prevent these illnesses, Albrecht said. Microwaves only kill bacteria when the food is heated to a safe temperature. Ground meat is done at 160 degrees, poultry at 165 and fish at 145.

Steaks should be cooked to a minimum of 145 degrees, according to the PFSE website.

“In fact, it’s important to check all food with a food thermometer before eating it,” Albrecht said.

The final myth is that looking at food or checking the temperature with a finger can indicate its doneness.

“Some hamburgers look like they’re done when they’re not done,” Albrecht said. “You have to make sure to kill microorganisms and not look for whether it’s not pink inside, or juices are clear.”

Again, using a food thermometer is the only way to know for sure that food is cooked properly. Even if the outside appears done, the inside may still have cold spots, which can’t be detected by appearance or touch and might contain bacteria.

Food thermometers should be cleaned with soap and water after each use.

Whitish balls on oak trees

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: We have many oak trees. We just noticed that there are dozens of whitish balls on the trees ranging from the size of acorns to golf-ball size. When we open them, they are a red or pink inside and smell sweet like fruit. However, there is always a small worm in the middle. Any ideas about what the problem is and what we should do? (Texas) A: Oaks are notorious for attracting gall-making insects and mites. What you are seeing could be oak apple, jumping oak leaf or red pea galls. There are other possibilities.

These galls are mostly initiated at the leaf bud unfolding stage when a very small wasp or mite stings the developing leaf and deposits an egg or two within the opening. The hormonal action from the developing larvae causes plant cell proliferation that provides protection and nourishment to the developing insect/mite. Control measures are not necessary or recommended because any application of insecticides after the galls are noted would be the equivalent to closing the barn door after the cows got out. Also, spraying early in the spring would be a timing challenge.

Generally, where a heavy gall infestation is noted, predators find them and do the job of keeping the pests under control. Other than cosmetic appearances, these galls do not seriously harm the trees. Consider the galls a biological curiosity.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

First time rare human parasite found in U.S. horse

A rare, potentially fatal species of parasite never before found in North America has been identified in a Florida horse.

University of Florida (UF) veterinarians identified the parasite, called Leishmania siamensis, in summer 2011. This particular species of parasite previously had been found only in Thailand and parts of Europe. No Leishmania infections of any species had been previously reported in a horse native to the United States.

The UF discovery raises awareness of how widespread the parasite is and suggests a need for watchfulness regarding potential transmission to humans, the researchers said.

“We now know the parasites that cause this disease also exist here in the U.S. and that we have some insect, presumably the sandfly, that is capable of transmitting the disease,” said Sarah Reuss, a clinical assistant professor of large animal medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine. Reuss, UF colleagues and a private practice clinical pathologist described the findings in the September issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Our findings raise several potential avenues of further investigation, including the prevalence of this disease in horses in the U.S., a better understanding of the sandfly life cycle and the potential of this leishmaniasis species to be transmitted from animals to humans,” Reuss said.

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection spread through the bites of infected sandflies.

The disease shows up most commonly in two forms: cutaneous, which causes sores on the skin and is self-healing; and visceral, the most severe form, which affects the entire body and is almost always fatal if left untreated.

After malaria, leishmaniasis is the leading parasitic cause of death in humans. The disease has been found in four continents and is considered to be endemic in 88 countries, including 16 developed nations, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO estimates the worldwide prevalence at 12 million cases, with about 350 million people at risk of infection and about 60,000 people dying from the disease each year. Leishmaniasis is rare in people in the U.S. “It really hasn’t been a disease that has affected Americans, but there are really good data with climate change models that predict sandfly ranges will expand, making this disease much more of a threat because of global warming,” said co-author James Wellehan Jr., a veterinarian from the UF research team, who confirmed the presence of the disease in the Florida horse by analyzing the genes of the parasite.

The visceral form of leishmaniasis is endemic in foxhounds in the U.S, associated with a parasite species different from the one found in the Florida horse. But aside from some regional transmission in the Southwest, most of the leishmaniasis skin infection cases in the U.S. are believed to have occurred in animals brought in from countries where the disease is common, or in people who had recently spent time in those countries.

“Thousands of people serving in the U.S. military have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis,” said Christine Petersen, an associate professor of veterinary pathology at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and an expert on Leishmania transmission, immune responses and veterinary disease, who was not involved in the study. “In a few cases, these individuals have brought dogs back with them that also have leishmaniasis.”

But the horse diagnosed at UF had no history of travel outside of the eastern U.S. The pregnant 10-year-old Morgan mare was treated as an outpatient at the University of Florida Large Animal Hospital for sores inside her left ear.

A biopsy done in the field revealed what looked like the rare parasite within inflammatory cells in the tissue. Further tissue sampling and genetic analysis were used to confirm the identity of the disease-causing organism.

Often, leishmaniasis of the skin will resolve without medical treatment. But the mare’s sores worsened over time — a development the veterinarians attributed to the pregnancy.

“Many of the horses in other countries that have been diagnosed with leishmaniasis were pregnant, so we think perhaps these horses have pregnancy-altered immune systems and are therefore more vulnerable to the disease,” Reuss said.

The drug used to treat horses with the disease in other parts of the world isn’t readily available in the U.S., and surgery wasn’t an option because the sores were inside the horse’s ear. After treatment with anti-fungal drugs, the sores eventually regressed.

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MISCELLANEOUS

2011 New Holland 216 27-ft. hydraulic basket rake, manual controls, used very little. Tag #9927......... ................................................................. $19,500 2003 Bale King 3100HD Vortex bale processor, 1000 PTO, flotation tires. Tag #11602.................. $8000 1996 Haybuster 256 Plus II bale processor. Tag #9976.......................................................... $6000 Morris 881 hay hiker, call Conrad for details. Tag #11729........................................................ $9250 Straw spreader for JD 9660 STS combine...... $2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill parts including full set of packers for 57-ft. drill, hubs, axles, bushings, wiring harness. Tag #1339.

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 John Deere L130 riding mower, 48” deck, mulch kit, 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

USED TRACTORS 2011 John Deere 8285R MFWD, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 4 remotes, 90% tires. Tag #10938...... ............................................................... $221,200 1987 John Deere 2955 MFWD, loader, grapple, 3-point, PTO, 2 remotes. Tag #11633...... $16,900 1978 John Deere 4040 2WD tractor, 80 hp, QuadRange transmission, dual PTO, 3-point, front weights. Tag #9950.................................. $19,000 1971 John Deere 4020 2WD, ROPS, JD 158 loader with grapple, 3-point, 2 remotes, dual PTO..$14,500 2002 New Holland TM165 MFWD, cab, loader, grapple, 4 remotes. Tag #10382.............. $78,000 2006 Case MXU115 2WD, cab, no loader. Tag #11416..................................................... $38,500

2011 John Deere 9530T tractor. Tag #11458........... .............................................................Coming in 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... ................................................................. $69,900 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 1990 Case 9280 4WD, cab. Tag #11689...... $57,000 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

Deutz DX130 MFD tractor, loader, 3-point, PTO, 120 hp. Tag #10934........................................ $22,500 2008 Kubota L3240 MFWD, loader ready, 2 remotes, 540, 34 engine hp. Tag #11621................ $13,750

Railroad Ties For Sale 1987 Ford TW5 MFD tractor, 105 hp, 18.4x38 rears, 3-point, dual PTO, 4 remotes, new clutch, Westendork Quick Attach loader. Tag #9961... $19,000 Ford 5000 2WD tractor with cab, 3-point, 540 PTO, loader, bucket, grapple. Tag #10942........... $7900

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2012 John Deere XUV625i Gator, poly cab with heater, 44 hours. Like new....................... $14,000 2010 John Deere Gator 620i roof, windshield, manual box. Tag #10888.......................................... $8800 2011 Polaris 800XPUTV 4-wheeler. Tag #11208...... .................................................................... $8000 2008 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO 4-wheeler. Tag #11209........................................................ $3900 Degelman 6600 16-1 blade, top screen, skid shoes, fits JD 9420. Tag #11639.......................... $14,000 Degelman 14-1 14-ft. blade............................ $9400 2009 Arctic Cat Prowler XT650 with rebuilt engine.

Tag #9522................................................... $7000 John Deere 59” 3-point snow blower. Tag #10328... .................................................................... $2000 Loftness snow blower. Tag #9430.................. $3000 Degelman 10-ft. manual angle blade. Tag #8652..... .................................................................... $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... ................................................................. $16,900

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2007 Brandt 13” x 90-ft. hydraulic swing away auger, 1390 hp.................................................... $18,000 2003 Brandt 13” x 70-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #1614....................................................... $14,500 Brandt 10” x 70-ft. swing hopper auger with Hopper Walker mover............................................ Just in 1995 Brandt 7” x 35-ft. auger, engine drive. Tag #1409.......................................................... $4000 Wheatheart 13”x81-ft. swing auger, hydraulic mover, 540 PTO. Tag #10909.............................. $17,500 Wheatheart 10”x71-ft. swing auger. Tag #10891...... .................................................................... $6325 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...... $15,500 Walinga 714 Deluxe grain vac. Tag #9041....$16,000

$10 each for #2’s $14 each for #1’s USED SPRAYERS

2011 John Deere 4830 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 20” spacing, eductor, foam marker, traction control, very nice................................................. $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........................ $144,900 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 tank, windscreens, induction tank. Tag #11355..... ................................................................. $19,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 67XL wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, Raven controls. Tag #9466... $12,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer with 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank. Tag #10356..................... $9000 Fast 9500E suspended boom sprayer. Tag #10919.. ................................................................. $35,000 Marflex pickup sprayer, 60-ft. booms, 300 gallon tank, Honda engine.............................................. $5500

2011 John Deere 568 round baler, 1000 PTO, twine, hydraulic pickup lift, megawide pickup, push bar.

Tag #10659.............................................. $36,500 John Deere 566 round baler, 540 PTO, gauge wheels.

Tag #10196.............................................. $17,000 Hesston 856A round baler. Tag #11688. Call for details....................................................... $10,250 1999 New Holland 565A round baler. Tag #11365... .................................................................... $5900 1997 New Holland 664 round baler. Tag #11353..... .................................................................... $6700 1984 John Deere 530 round baler, twine only. Tag #10726........................................................ $3500 2005 Case IH RBX562 round baler, net wrap, wide pickup, bale ramp. Tag #10739................ $18,500 New Holland 664 round baler, twine, Bale Command.

Tag #10724................................................. $6900 1994 New Holland 660 round baler. Selling as is. Tag #11716........................................................ $3500 2005 Vermeer 605M round baler. Call Choteau for details. Tag #11269.................................. $14,900

Choteau 1-866-466-5741; 406-466-5741 Conrad 1-877-278-5531; 406-278-5531 Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530; 406-873-5505 http://www.frontlineag.com

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CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT CT-Vermeer BP8000 round bale processor with 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-2008 John Deere 7830 Premium MFWD tractor with JD 746 loader/grapple, IVT transmission, 4 hydraulics, dual PTO, 75% rubber. Tag #11437..... ................................................................ $140,000 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-2010 Frontier SB1194 snow blower, 3-point, hydraulic chute. Tag #11702....................... $4800 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-1994 John Deere 535 round baler, twine tie push bar, flotation tires......................................... $7500 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 CB-Valmar 240 skid mount granular applicator...$2500 CN-1959 Chevrolet Viking 60 truck with 1990 7-ton tender box. Tag #10652.............................. $3350

TILLAGE

McFarlane HDL-1040-16 & HDL-1050-16 40-ft. and 50-ft.16 bar harrows..Call for preseason specials.

Degelman SM7000 70-ft. spring spring harrow. Tag #10258..................................................... $13,900

New Equipment In Stock

John Deere 7230 tractor Powr Quad transmission, 740 loader/grapple.

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

Haybuster 2650 and 2800 bale processors.

John Deere 7130 tractor MFWD, 3-point, PTO, 3 remotes, PowrQuad.

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.

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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 header, low hours. Tag #11349............... $360,000 2011 John Deere 9770 combine, 640D draper header, low hours. Tag #11178............... $335,000 2-2010 John Deere 9770 combines, 640D draper header, excellent shape. Each............... $315,000 2007 John Deere 9760 combine, Contour Master, chaffer, harvest monitor. Tag #10936...Coming in

2003 John Deere 4895 windrower with 14-ft. 895 auger header, rubber conditioner. Tag #10460...... 2001 John Deere 9750 combine............... $120,000 .................................................................. $51,000 1998 John Deere 9600 combine. Tag #9246............ ................................................................. $66,000 1995 John Deere 9600 combine with MacDon 960 header, 20-ft. unloading auger, chopper. Tag #10790...................................................... $62,500 1994 John Deere 9600 combine with 930 header, batt reel, new header trailer. Tag #10782.........$60,000 1983 John Deere 8820 combine. Tag #10779.......... ................................................................. $13,500 2003 John Deere 956 141/2-ft. MoCo, Impeller con- 1983 John Deere 8820 combine. Tag #11446.......... ditioner, 1000 PTO. Tag #1584................. $18,500 .............................................................Coming in 2012 MacDon M105 windrower includes MacDon 1982 John Deere 7720 combine with JD 224 24-ft.

D60-35 draper header. Tag #11104........ $155,514 header, pickup reel. Tag #11090................$11,364 New Holland HW320 windrower with 14-ft. auger 1997 Case 2188 combine, Maurer unloading auger header. Tag #10181.................................. $62,900 extension, no header, 2940 separator hours. Tag New Holland 116 mower conditioner. Tag #10144... #10674...................................................... $55,000 ..................................................................... $6000 1984 Case 4000 windrower. Tag #10993........ $4000

AFTER HOURS SALES CALL:

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

Choteau 1-866-466-5741; 406-466-5741 Conrad 1-877-278-5531; 406-278-5531 Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530; 406-873-5505

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

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COMBINE HEADERS

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John Deere 615P pickup header. Tag #11093.......... ................................................................. $12,500 John Deere 214 pickup header. Tag #10770.........$7800 3-2012 John Deere 615P pickup headers, low acres.................................................. $25,000 ea.

John Deere 635F flex header. Tag #10955.....$22,250 2010 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header, pickup reel.

Tag #10929.............................................. $60,000 MacDon 960 36-ft. header, pickup reel, transport. Tag #10827..................................................... $15,000

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

1982 Freightliner tandem grain truck, Detroit diesel motor, steel box holds 650 bushel. Good tires and tarp....................................$10,000 Allis-Chalmers HD5 dozer............................................................$3000

Call 406-397-3386, Hingham, MT

2000 FORD RANGER 4x4 FOR SALE PHONE (406) 799-6923

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First time rare human parasite found in U.S. horse continued from page c1

Horses housed at home with the affected horse did not show any signs of illness. Though the disease needs the blood-sucking sandfly as a carrier and does not pass directly among horses or between horses and humans, veterinary experts say the discovery of the new parasitic species in the U.S. is cause for increased vigilance.

“As a disease of animals capable of being transmitted to humans, leishmaniasis requires more attention to ensure we do not have vector-borne transmission within larger areas of the country,” Petersen said.

from the crew at Equipment Connection

$7500

CALL

John Deere 80 excavator cab, heat, air, dozer blade, hydraulic thumb, 2600 hours, excellent shape.

1990 NorPro 30 KW self-contained GenSet 3.9L Cummins engine, single or 3-phase, 120/240 volt

$26,500

$3750

$13,500

1991 Volvo dump truck 3406 Cat engine, jakes, 8LL transmission, 15-ft. box, pintle hitch.

$1000 Berkley PTO water pump 3” inlet, primer, 540 PTO.

$3000

Simon Skyhawk 2248 E scissor lift electric powered, 1000# capacity, 22-ft. platform height, newer batteries.

$7250 2000 Trailmobile 53-ft. dry van trailer 53-ft.x102”, logistic posts, ramp, sliding suspension, 22.5 rubber.

1998 Peterbilt 379 short hood truck 475 hp Cat engine, 10 speed transmission, 63” Unibilt sleeper, dual stacks, 24.5 rubber.

Meyer 3-yard sander Honda engine, good shape.

1982 International S1900 dump truck single axle, 10-ft. dump box, gas engine, 5 speed + 2 speed transmission, 20” rubber.

$21,900

$32,500

1993 Load King lowboy trailer 3 axle with rear axle lift, 50 ton capacity, 24-ft. well, non-ground bearing, 22.5 rubber.

$6500

$9950

$14,000

1996 Kenworth T800 truck M11 Cummins engine, engine brake, 10C transmission, Aerocab sleeper, 8 bag suspension, pintle hitch, aluminum wheels.

1996 Peterbilt 378 dump truck N14 Cummins engine, 13 speed transmission, 16.5-ft. Ox dump body, 24.5 rubber.

$3995 Galion gravel box 15-ft., includes hoist.

2001 JLG 3369 scissor lift electric power, 17.5 hard rubber tires.

$33,500

$3995

2013 Trail Max equipment trailer 54,000# capacity, 32-ft. deck, 3 axle, 5-ft. tail with ramps, pintle hitch.

$24,000

$10,000

$6500

1996 Road Boss 32-ft. gooseneck trailer 3 axle, folding tail with ramps, new deck.

1995 Freightliner FLD 112 truck 3176 Cat engine, jakes, 10 speed transmission, 22.5 rubber on aluminum wheels, sleeper.

$89,900

1995 Ford crane truck L-10 Cummins engine, 335 hp, 13 speed transmission, 18,000# fronts, 40,000# rears, 3-way lockers, 2002 Terex 5092 crane, 25-ton capacity, 92-ft. boom, 45-ft. 2-stage jib, 4500 hours, one owner/one operator since new, recent clutch and transmission.

2001 Grove A80J manlift 80-ft. lift, Cummins diesel engine, foam filled tires.

$22,500

1985 Ford L8000 service truck V-8 gas engine, 5 speed transmission, 6 wheel drive, Miller Big 40 welder, 8000 lb. auto crane, under-hood air compressor and gas air compressor, air greaser, low miles.

$8500

$7500 2006 Kaufman gooseneck flatbed trailer 2 axle with duals, 20,000 lb. GVW, 24-ft. deck, ramps, electric jack.

$1250

18-ft. flatbed trailer bumper pull, tandem axle, 14.5 rubber, ramps.

1993 Freightliner FLD 112 truck 3176 Cat engine, jakes, 10 speed transmission, 22.5 rubber on aluminum wheels, sleeper.

$29,500

$25,900

2007 John Deere 210 LE grade tractor OROPS, turbo, 4x4, 4-in-1 front bucket, rippers, new rubber, wheel weights

1999 GMC 7500 lube truck 3126 Caterpillar engine, Allison 5 speed automatic transmission, 22.5 rubber, all aluminum lube body with top roll cover, 250 gallon waste oil tank, evac. system, hydraulic filter crusher, 3 oil product tanks, hydraulic air compressor, very clean truck.

$13,900

$10,500 $7250

1994 Chevrolet 3500 service truck 4x4 453 gas engine, automatic transmission, 100 gallon fuel tank, air compressor, Miller Bobcat welder.

JLG 1532 E 3 scissor lift electric power, hard rubber tires.

$19,500

$4500

1988 Towmaster tag trailer pintle hitch, 10-ton capacity, tandem axle, electric brakes, 16.5 rubber, slider tongue to extend 16-ft., beavertail with ramps.

1973 Ford L900 grain truck gas engine, 5 speed/2 speed, 16-ft. box.

1999 Case 570 LXT grading tractor 4x4, 84” front bucket, Gannon box scraper, OROPS canopy.

1995 Wabash job van trailer 45-ft., front office, insulated, side door, shelving in rear, gas-powered generator, wiring benches, 22.5 rubber.

$5995

1969 Ford service truck V8 gas engine, 5 speed transmission, 10-ft. service body, drom plate for welder.

Equipment Connection, LLC 196 Sunrise Creek Loop; Suite 59 on Hwy 2 West, PO Box 958 Columbia Falls, MT 59912 email: sales@equipment4u.net For all pieces, log on to our website: www.equipment4u.net

$7950 2007 Lincoln Vantage 500 welder Deutz diesel engine, trailer mounted, CC, CV, 3000 hours, excellent shape.

Small Town Company with Big Connections

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Equipment Connection, LLC

1-800-681-2096 or 406-892-3915

196 Sunrise Creek Loop; Suite 59 on Hwy 2 West, PO Box 958 Columbia Falls, MT 59912 email: sales@equipment4u.net For all pieces, log on to our website: www.equipment4u.net

$6000

$14,500

$2995

1986 Chevrolet step van 6.2L diesel engine, automatic tranmission, 16-ft.

Small Town Company with Big Connections

$14,900 Toyota F620 forklift 6000 lb. lift, 6 cyl propane engine, dual front tires.

Caterpillar 416 backhoe OROPS, 2WD, extend-a-hoe, 2-stick controls, 3800 hours.

$23,500

1987 Boyd tanker trailer 45-ft., compartment, Honda gas pump, 22.5 rubber, nice tanker!

$28,500

1995 GMC W7 with Elgin Eagle Series F sweeper truck twin diesel engine, automatic transmission dual steer, low miles, newer brooms.

$11,000

$7250

$7995 Caterpillar 426 B backhoe cab, heat, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, 2-stick controls, 5800 hours.

$13,500

$37,000

Scat Trak 2300D skidsteer loader 2000 hours, OROPS, auxillary hydraulics.

Champ forklift 6000 lbs., 30-ft. lift, 24” front tires, Perkins diesel engine.

John Deere 455 D crawler loader 4-in-1 bucket, power shift, forks, all new pins and bushings in loader, 4500 hours

1993 GMC Kodiak truck 366 gas engine, 5 speed/2 speed rear, 18-ft. flatbed with hoist, sideboards, 20” rubber, only 94,000 miles.

Excellent shape!

$11,900

$25,900

$1250 2001 Cat 420D backhoe/loader cab, heat, A/C, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 4300 hours.

$26,500

$39,900

Caterpillar 277 B track skidsteer loader pilot controls, good tracks, 2200 hours.

$22,500

John Deere 750 C dozer 6 way dozer, winch, OROPS.

$14,900

Ingersoll Rand DD-24 roller Kubota diesel engine, vibratory, water sprays.

Clark 5000 lb. forklift gas engine, dual front tires.

$9500 2004 Cat 420D backhoe/loader cab, heat, A/C, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 4100 hours.

Bobcat S300 skidsteer loader cab, heat, hi-flow hydraulics, 2000 hours.

$22,500

$4995

John Deere 450 B dozer angle blade, winch, OROPS with sweeps, nice little dozer.

Wacker vibratory walk behind trench roller Hatz diesel engine, remote control, 900 hours.

$2995

$5150

Vermeer V430 trencher front blade, 4-ft. trencher, 820 hours, gas engine.

$11,900

Caterpillar 416 B backhoe cab, heat, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, good rubber.

1998 Caterpillar D-8R dozer cab, heat, air, U blade with tilt, 4 barrel ripper, rebuilt engine, new edges, 80% undercarriage.

Serial #7XM2203

Kawasaki 3010 Mule gas engine, 4x4, 680 hours.

$3995

Vermeer 450 trencher front backhoe, rear trencher, rear vibratory plow, hydro, 4-wheel steer.

$5500

$32,500

Caterpillar 303.5 mini excavator cab, heat, air, blade, hydraulic thumb, 2 buckets.

Bobcat skidsteer grader attachment 4-way blade, 7-ft. moldboard. Nice shape!

$4000

1984 Chevrolet 3/4-ton pickup 6.2 L diesel engine, automatic transmission, 4x4, grill guard, 69K miles, 16” rubber at 90%.

$16,500 & $17,500

Rammax vibratory walk behind trench roller gas engine, 33” drums, new paint.

$12,500

$25,500

Speedshore trench box 4-ft.x20-ft.x6-ft., excellent shape!

Bobcat skidsteer broom attachment broom/bucket combo, good shape!

$4200

$165,000

Caterpillar 980 B wheel loader cab, heat, good rubber, nice clean older loader.

Coming in Bobcat 863 skidsteer loader new engine, new bucket, OROPS, aux. hydraulics, 50% rubber

$13,500

Caterpillar CP323 padfoot roller JD diesel engine, hydro transmission, low-hour roller, new paint, nice shape!

$3995

$5500

Ingersoll Rand 175 air compressor Deutz diesel engine.

$2500

$3500 $4000 & $4500

Bobcat 325 mini excavators - 2 Available OROPS canopy, blade, quick attach, pattern changer, 2500 hours, one with thumb, one without.

$7995

Sullair 185 air compressor JD diesel engine.

Warner & Swasey 35 KVA genset continental engine, propane-powered, 120-208 volt, 3-phase, 104 amp.

Pro Tech Sno Pushers 8-ft. skidsteer mount, 10-ft. and 16-ft. bucket mounts.

$2000 $1750 Hydraulic grapple fits Cat loaders.

NEW Telehandler bucket fits on forks on any telehandler.

$5000

1986 Bayliner boat 19-ft. open bow, outboard 125 hp Force engine, nice shape.

Rosco sweeper cab, 6 cylinder gas engine, runs good.

$11,500 Kolman 3x7 3-deck screen plant plate feeder, 4 cylinder Continental gas engine.

$11,000 Sandbagger M2 sand bag machine Kohler 7 hp gas engine, new engine and hydraulic pump.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C6

BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE

25 Fancy Black Angus Heifers, start calving March 15.

Bred to low birth weight “Mytty in Focus” Black Angus Bulls.

Current on Preg Guard and pour on, Ultrasounded.

Phone (406) 395-4421, or cell 262-5257

low boy service

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

Montana & surrounding states, insured & experienced.

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

UW professor receives national excellence in teaching award

By University of Wyoming Extension

A family and consumer sciences professor at the University of Wyoming (UW) has been recognized for excellence in teaching and service to students.

Karen Williams in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is one of six regional recipients of the Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences Award from the USDA Association of Public and Landgrant Universities (APLU).

Williams received the award during the national APLU meeting Sunday, November 11, in Denver from Catherine Woteki, chief scientist and under secretary for USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics.

“This award is a great honor, but it is really a recognition of our college, its support for teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning, and of our students,” said Williams. “I learn more from the children I work with and the college students I’m privileged to teach than they learn from me.

I have the best job in the world.”

Frank Galey, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Donna Brown, associate dean and director of the Office of Academic and Student Programs in the college, accompanied Williams.

Brown, one of the nominators, was head of family and consumer sciences when Williams was recommended.

Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, made announcements about each of the award winners.

Recipients are evaluated on classroom teaching ability, use of innovate teaching methods, service to students and professionalism and scholarship.

“It’s really a nice honor – a tremendous honor,” said Galey. “Her innovation in the classroom and in the curriculum has been fantastic. She is a leader campus-wide in

assessment and outreach education. Her online offerings and ability to navigate the online education in this state have really helped lead our outreach programs.”

Brown noted William’s leadership within the department and across the UW campus in teaching and assessing students for critical and creative thinking, professional skills and behaviors and global and multicultural awareness.

“Karen spearheaded the department’s early focus on student competencies and assessment resulting in the strategies that are considered the model on the UW campus, including the use of electronic portfolios for assessment purposes,” noted Brown.

Brown said Williams was instrumental in developing several degree programs and options on the UW campus, including the distance degree option in professional child development.

Williams also helped develop and now directs the college’s distance Bachelor of Applied Science degree program.

Williams joined UW in 1993 as an instructor in the College of Education. She became an assistant professor in 1995 in family and consumer sciences, an associate professor in 2001 and professor in 2006.

She was head of the department from 2005 to 2010.

Keeping spruce trees healthy

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have two spruce questions you may be able to help with. I planted a hoopsi spruce in 2007. Five years later, it’s at least 15 feet tall and just gorgeous. However, its lowest branches are on the ground, so I’m concerned that their periodic contact with wet ground puts them at risk for disease.

Should I prune off these ground-level branches or is contact with the ground not a problem? I also have a hoopsi that I planted last year. This spring, it was attacked by bagworms.

After I noticed the problem, I sprayed with an insecticide that killed off the bagworms. The defoliation hadn’t advanced too far. A few of the branches in the tree’s upper third were stripped bare, but most still showed about 50 percent healthy needles. The other 50 percent of the needles are turning brown. I’m wondering if these partially browned branches are viable. Will they continue to grow outward and eventually sprout new needles or should I assume these branches will die or become stunted? I’m not concerned about the needles that have been lost because the affected areas are close to the trunk. In a few years, those areas close to the trunk will be closed off from sunlight and lose their needles naturally.

A: I’ve heard from just about every state in the country except West Virginia. In another life, I used to travel all over your state as a salesman selling horticultural products.

I would advise removing the lower branches to a point where you are satisfied and that good circulation can be provided.

Some spruce purists consider such action an abomination of a perfectly symmetrical spruce tree. I think trees in a landscape situation need management pruning in this manner without destroying the symmetry of the tree. It certainly is a step in the right direction as far as disease and rodent protection goes. The other tree should recover from the ravages of bagworm damage. It is a credit to you for being alert enough to catch them early so that you could keep the tree from being totally decimated. Monitor it carefully in future years for their possible return.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C7

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The deadline for advertising for the February issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be February 1.

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

(2) Raincat 7 tower 1/4 mile pivots. Electrical panels and spare parts included.

(2) 1/4 mile mainlines; one with risers, one without.

Portable diesel pump on trailer.

(1) pipe trailer loaded with mainline.

Call (406) 537-2333, Melville, Montana

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ATV Trailer Duals trailer....................................................................$2800 Used 2003 Highline 7-ft.x14-ft enclosed Used $900 Used $9,450 New 30' New 30' 2006 2006 Delta Delta Homemade IN Homemade Flatbed Flatbed 2013 7'x12' 7'x12' STOCK Trailer Trailer Mirage Flatbed Flatbed w/Tandem w/Tandem Enclosed ATV Trailer Trailer ATV Duals Duals UTV Trailers $900 $900 $9,450 $9,450 GOOD ASSORTMENT Extra Tall, OF FLAT BED TRAILERS Rear Loading IN GOOD ASSORTMENT IN Ramp 2013 2013 STOCK STOCK OF FLAT BED TRAILERS 7' x 14' Mirage Mirage 7' x 16' Enclosed Enclosed “Home of the Trailer Doctor” UTV Trailers UTV Trailers 237 Eureka Street • Wolf Point, MT “Home of the Trailer Doctor” Extra Tall, Extra Tall, 800-554-1322 or 406-653-1322 237 Eureka Street • Wolf Point, MT Rear Loading Loading Rear 406-653-1947 after hours GOOD ASSORTMENT 800-554-1322 or 406-653-1322 Ramp Ramp OF FLAT BED TRAILERS 406-653-1947 after hours 7' xx 14' 14' 7' 7' xx 16' 16' 7'

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Lost and found department

By Bruce Auchly, FWP Region 4 Information Officer A couple of weeks ago, I went hunting and found a cow elk call.

This was not a cheap piece of plastic. It’s a hand-held call adjustable to imitate a basic mew, a lost cow and a cow in estrus, or heat.

Most people who spend enough time outdoors find stuff.

We also lose stuff. If personal experience is any indication, we lose way more than we find.

But sometimes what we gain in our loss is worth more.

The elk call I found, depending on the store, runs about $25.

Over the years, I’ve also found a pocket knife, probably worth $20, a wedding ring, and a revolver. And a pocket full of fishing lures.

The wedding ring still sits in my desk drawer. In 2001, while hiking in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, I looked down at my feet (always a good choice to keep from tripping) and saw something gleam.

An ad in the paper, a phone call to the Forest Service and an email to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation failed to turn up a claim. It’s worth? A few dollars at a pawn shop.

It’s probably priceless to the owner. Or maybe worthless, depending if the ring was lost or tossed.

The revolver was eventually returned to its owner, so no reason to calculate its worth. Still, I probably banked some good karma.

And the fishing lures? Less than $20, maybe less than $10.

People who fish seem to lose and find more stuff than hunters. Maybe it’s because as anglers we expect to lose things. Everyone has caught and broke lines on brush; snagged hooks, flies and lures on rocks; left equipment and clothing on some distant shore. I once lost a watch and a pair of eyeglasses on a short float trip. Whew.

Warm weather typically associated with fishing seems to minimize the loss; a big difference from the winter weather of hunting season.

Lose a spare jacket on a summer day? No problema.

Lose a jacket while hunting in subzero weather? Problema grande.

As for the debit side of the ledger of things I’ve lost while hunting: A nice folding knife, a folding saw, a jacket, a headlamp.

The folding knife was a good one, worth about $40, but I don’t miss it. I’ve since become a proponent of fixed blade, drop-point knives for field dressing game. A lesson learned at a reasonable cost.

Loss of the folding saw, used for cutting open a rib cage, was fine by me. It’s resting on a hillside under a spike elk’s rib cage. Good trade.

The jacket, apparently snatched by a branch because I didn’t have it secured to my pack, was a terrible loss. Made of some space age material, it held up to the claim of windproof and waterproof. Replacement value: maybe $100.

Still, I spent a wonderful day with a good friend.

The headlamp cost about $20. I also shot a cow elk that day. Another trade I’d take any day.

The point is if you don’t go out, you won’t lose anything.

And you will lose stuff.

But you’ll never gain the memories, which are invaluable.

Tomato hornworms

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: Can you tell me if tomato hornworms are a pest or only an occasional problem? They have stripped the tops of my tomatoes. However, I don’t want to kill them as I think the hawk moth they become is rather rare. Please let me know as soon as possible because I am stripping other stems and leaves to feed my charges while I wait for your answer. The hornworms are on six plants and I hope that is where they remain. It feels great to have them, though. We rarely use any pesticides, so the weeds and bugs are pretty healthy. Do you know if tomato hornworms are endangered? It seems they were treated as a bad bug when I was a kid. Of course, the garden could be the difference between food in the cellar or less food.

A: Tomato hornworms are just occasional pests and shouldn’t be killed. Allow them to feed and go into their far more attractive and entertaining adult stage. If they are an endangered species, it certainly isn’t evident here in Fargo or anywhere else that I’ve heard. Yes, the caterpillars are gross to look at, but they grow up to be beautiful adult moths. You could always plant an alternate crop, such as tobacco, for them to munch on and still have your tomatoes. I have only seen about three or four at a time in a typical garden setting.

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2011 Case IH Puma 170

With L760 loader and grapple. 135 PTO hp., MFD, 2 speed PTO, 3 remotes, 3-pt., AM/FM, buddy seat, 3 function joystick. Great buy on a low hour lease return. Warranty until 10/31/2015. Just 531 hours.

Books for over $140,000........................................... ............................... Priced to sell at only $128,174

2011 Case IH Maxxum 125

With L750 loader and grapple. Low hour lease return with only 524 hours, MFD, 4 remotes, very clean, 2 speed PTO, 3-pt., AM/FM, 3 function joystick, cold weather package, trainer seat, 27 GPM pump. Book says $91,330......................MVE price only $88,376

2011 Case IH Farmall 80 MFWD

Extra clean tractor. Low, low hour lease return with cab and air conditioning, AM/FM stereo, 3-pt. hitch, IPTO, 2 remotes, 12x12 transmission with SynchroShuttle. Only 129 hours and Factory Warranty to 11-01-2015...................... MVE price JUST $38,715

2010 Case IH Maxxum 125

2008 Case IH Maxxum 125

With L750 loader and grapple, just 1483 hours on this one owner MFD tractor, cab, air, 3 remotes, 2 speed PTO, 3 point, powershift and one stick loader control. Book says $69,765....................................... ............................................MVE price just $67,990

With L750 loader and grapple, MFD, 105 PTO hp., cab, air, powershift, 2 speed PTO, 3 point. 2 remotes, air seat, loader, joystick, buddy seat. Just 1015 hours and PPP warranty ‘til 2014..................... ...........................................MVE price only $74,989

2008 Case IH Puma 165

130 PTO hp., MFD, 3 remotes, buddy seat,HD 3 point, 2 speed PTO, full powershift, 2 function MM valve, joystick, front fenders, only 635 hours. Really nice......................................MVE price just $95,955

2011 Case IH WD1203

2007 Case IH WD1202 windrower

Windrower with 18-ft. header. Really nice lease return unit with only 461 hours. 126 hp., huge quiet cab, AM/FM, trainer seat, 2 speed hydro, hydraulic header tilt, header reverser, rear axle suspension.

Warranty until 11/01/2014. Retails for over $92,000. ............................................MVE price just $88,688

with 16-ft. header. Really nice local trade. 125 hp, 2 speed hydro, big, clean, quiet cab, AM/FM stereo, hydraulic header tilt and reverser. Just in.................. .................................................. MVE price $64,798

2002 John Deere 4895

2011 Case IH RB564

“RARE FIND” 1980 Ford 6600

77 hp., 3 point, 2 remotes, 540 PTO, 8 speed transmission, 5 front weights, 80% rubber. Just 5162 hours on this nice clean unit. A really hard to find CLEAN utility tractor and priced to move at.............. ...........................................................ONLY $10,890

Very clean unit with 16-ft. auger header Lots of recon Mesh/twine premium baler. 5x6 bale, 5 bar pickup including new conditioner rolls. Was $53,970........... and rubber mounted tines, special roller windguard, ................................ Year end price ONLY $49,660 pickup flares, trash baffle kit. Specially built for the toughest crops, even CORN STALKS. Low bale lease return with warranty until 10/31/2014. The new price is over $51,000. Buy this in warranty, like new unit..............................................FOR JUST $39,953

General Implement 3-pt. bale unroller

Good solid unit that includes the cylinder. Our quantity discount lets you buy for just............................. $999

JUST TRADED:

2009 Case IH Puma 155 with L760 loader 2008 Case IH RB564 round baler

Clearance Items

1981 John Deere 2420 windrower, 14-ft. auger and 21-ft. draper heads...$12,497

Great selection of Case IH 3-pt. blades

Sized from 7-ft. to 12-ft....... Call for special pricing

The Little Dealer With The BIG Promise. “TO TREAT EVERY CUSTOMER LIKE WE LIKE TO BE TREATED.” 1-888-423-2605 or 406-323-2605 418 Main, Roundup, MT John Albert - cell 406-860-6932, home 406-947-2203, Guy Maberry - cell 406-350-1167, home 406-538-3634

CELEBRATING 65 YEARS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU. Contact us at www.caseih.com/dealers/musselshellvalley or www.musselshellvalley.com

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##### In a 2008 report, the AFLCIO claimed that regulatory activity at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ground to a halt during the Bush Administration, with dozens of OSHA and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) standards pulled from the regulatory agenda.

TRACTOR WANTED

Good running, older, 4WD tractor, 300 hp range.

Call (406) 212-4958, Columbia Falls, MT

WELL PIPE WANTED

6” tube and column pipe to pump water from irrigation well.

Need seven 20-ft. sections (or less).

Phone (406) 596-6622, Dillon, Montana

TRACTORS AND MORE FOR SALE

Massey-Ferguson 265, good tires, diesel, runs good, 3-pt......$3000

Case Model D, good tires, runs excellent...............................$1250

John Deere Model B, new battery, new $400 carb, good tires, has nice John Deere motor.....$2000

1996 Isuzu Trooper, new battery, alternator and many more new parts, 180,000 miles. Looks Antique seeder, all there, still good and runs super........$2500 works..................................$300 2005 Chevrolet 1500, 4x4, V6, Allis-Chalmers Model C, good auto, regular cab, long box with tires, runs excellent with a nice Mower for Ford 8N tractor........$300 liner, like new tires, 20+ mpg, belly mower......................$1750 Back blade, 6-ft., 3-pt...............$300 80,000 miles. Extra clean..........

Will Deal on All! Call (406) 782-3648 .........................................$9500

Prairie roses

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have two prairie roses in the backyard that have survived mowing, building and dirt piles. I want to replant them to a flower bed where they deserve to be after all these years. How do I transplant the roses? I won’t even categorize myself as a novice at gardening because I’m more of a dabbler. Your assistance will be appreciated. (Bismarck, North Dakota) A: Hearing what these plants have gone through, I’d say your chances are right up there for success. You sound adventuresome, so give it a shot. Cut the bushes back to a manageable size. Dig the holes where you want to move the plants. Dig out the plants in the cool of an evening when rain is in the forecast. Take as much of the root ball as you can handle. Place the rose bushes at the same depth into the new holes and water well. Monitor and water as needed during the next two to three weeks. By then, the roots should be established and can pretty much fend for themselves for water and nutrients unless an extended drought and high temperatures show up. Give them a shot of Miracle-Gro at transplanting, 30 days later and around the Labor Day weekend.

Peony did not come up

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: Our peony of 20 years never came up this year. We fertilize with 10-10-10 about every four months and water when needed. We live in southeastern Michigan. What could have happened to our plant, and how do we protect our other plants? Thank you for any information you can give us.

A: It is hard to say what happened to your peony. My best guess is that little or no snow cover, along with rising and then falling temperatures in late February or March, killed the plant. Well-established peonies usually will outlive the property owner several times over.

David

Mike

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18,000 miles*, Cat diesel, 5 speed Hi/Low, 5500 lb. crane, outriggers, gas air compressor, tool boxes, welder connections & more!!

$29,500

$17,900

1997 Athay Patriot Sweeper

5400 hours*, 50,000 miles*, Navistar diesel, Isuzu diesel auxiliary motor, automatic, air conditioning

$29,500

64,000 miles*, Volvo diesel, air conditioning, automatic, 60-ft. boom height, 4 outriggers, power winch, power tools, swivel buckets, Joystick controls, up & down controls, tow package.

$10,900 650 hours*, Cummins diesel, city owned

$14,800

tioning, air gate, 8 speed Fuller Eaton, Cat 3116 diesel, 6 yard dump, towing package .................................. $11,900

2005 New Holland LV80 3100

hours*, Cummins turbo diesel.............

$14,900

1993 International 4900 DT466 130,000 miles*, Allison automatic transmission, air conditioning, air gate ......................... $8500

77,000 miles*, Cummins ISM, 400 hp, 9 speed Hi/Low Fuller Eaton, wet kit, air conditioning, air ride, power windows & mirrors.

$27,900

2006 Hitachi Zaxis 27U-2 2200 hours*, Isuzu diesel, good rubber.

Very clean machine!

2000 Morbark 13 Chipper

1994 GMC Topkick 122,000 miles*, air condi-

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5300 hours*, air conditioning, articulate ripper.

1991 GMC Dual Bucket Truck

1997 GMC C8500 107,000 miles*, Cat diesel, 8 speed Fuller Eaton, power gate, air conditioning

1999 Freightliner Century Class

1990 John Deere 570B

$16,900

1997 Century 48-ft.

Compaction Trailer

running floor, all hydraulic

$7900

Toro Truckster Hi-lo transmission, tow package, 2 sets of rims and tires . ... $4900 NEW FINANCE OPTIONS FOR LOWER CREDIT SCORES!

$19,900

1985 Ford TW-15 4890 hours*, 128 hp

$12,750

1998 Ford F Series 11,000 orginal miles*,

6 yard dump, 6 speed Hi/Low, gas motor, tarp, air conditioning.......... $11,500

1986 International S2500 107,000 miles*, air gate, tow package, 10 yard dump ..................................... $17,900 Cat R80 6061 hours*, 8000 lb capacity, gas motor,

tow package, 4 speed clutchless transmission, 192” height ....................... $9900

Contact Mike to customize a finance plan to fit your equipment needs.

Mike can also help you with your shipping needs, he can ship anything, anywhere!

Flexible Finance options available with seasonal payments, deferred payment plans, and no money down payment options with approved credit. * 50 month credit terms available on all units regardless of asset age.

*Hours and miles are advertised as shown on the hours/speedometer. Having no way of verifying true accuracy.

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The deadline for advertising for the February issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be February 1.

TRACTORS WANTED TOP $$ PAID We want

Steiger: Turbo Tiger II, 3300, 1700, 2200, 1250, pre-1965.

Versatile: 100, 118, 125, 300 Minneapois Moline: G1000 fwa, G900 fwd, 504 fwd, 604 fwd.

Cockshutt fwd’s.

John Deere 8020.

Green Wagners.

Allis Chalmers 210, 440, D21, 220.

Oliver diesel tractors, running or not.

International 826, 1026, 1206, 1456, 1468,1568, 4156, 4300.

Rite 4x4 tractors.

Big Buds.

Also older front wheel drive or 4-wheel drive, running or not.

Will pick up.

Phone Nathan anytime (cell) 701-240-5737 or 1-800-735-5846

Wheat Commission representatives elections

Wheat producers from southeast and northwest North Dakota will be electing county representatives to the North Dakota Wheat Commission for the 2013 to 2017 term during the next few months. These county elections are the first step in selecting the leadership of the wheat commission.

District elections will follow, with one of the county reps being selected to serve as a Commissioner. The Commission is comprised of seven members, six elected through District elections and one appointed by the governor. Commissioners shape the policies and priorities of the NDWC, and establish the annual budget for check-off funded activities that primarily focus on research, export marketing, policy and domestic promotion activities.

District 2, in northwest North Dakota includes the following counties: Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Renville, Ward and Williams. District 5, in southeast North Dakota is comprised of: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele and Traill.

Any person who is a resident of the county and actively involved in the production of wheat is eligible to participate in the election for their respective county. The official term of office is July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

Some of the updated election schedules and results to date are as follow. All times listed are local.

District 2 January 18 - Renville County, 10:30 a.m., MLS School, Mohall January 29 - Divide County, 1:30 p.m., Courthouse, Farmers Room, Crosby February 5 - Williams County, 12:00, noon, Airport International Inn, Williston March 26 - District Election, Mountrail County Extension Bldg., Stanley Elections have been completed in McKenzie County, Howdy Lawlar, and Watford City.

District 5 February 5 - Ransom County, 12:00, noon, Expo Center, Lisbon March 21 - District Election, Eagles Club, Valley City Election have been completed in Richland and Cass county.

NDSU county extension agents conduct the elections. Notices of the exact time and location of each election are published in the county’s official newspaper, and may also be posted in county extension updates as well as flyers at area businesses in the county.

Updates in the election schedule will also be posted on the North Dakota Wheat Commission’s website at www.ndwheat.com.

Spraying insecticide?

There’s an app for that

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have released two mobile phone applications, or “apps,” to make things easier for anyone who needs to adjust insecticide spray equipment.

The apps were developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Bradley Fritz and Wesley “Clint” Hoffmann at the agency’s Areawide Pest Management Research Unit in College Station, Texas. The apps are designed to ensure that aerial and ground-based crews can hit targets and minimize pesticide drift by keying in specifics on the type of equipment and pesticide they are using.

ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and the research supports the USDA goal of promoting agricultural sustainability.

With dozens of manufacturers producing dozens of different types of spray technology—each with its own nozzle type, flow rate, and pressure setting range—the equipment setup can get pretty complicated. Aerial sprayers also must factor in wind speed, air temperature, flight speed and humidity.

The apps incorporate the latest science of spray technology, including “spray nozzle atomization” models developed

by ARS at College Station. They can be used with a smartphone and accessed right from a field or the cabin of a small aircraft. More than half of all aerial applicators responding to a survey by the National Agricultural Aviation Association reported using smartphones. Data also can be saved for later use and e-mailed to colleagues.

One app is designed for ground-based spraying for mosquitoes and other threats to public health. It covers 60 different sprayers made by 19 manufacturers and was developed jointly with the Department of Defense’s Navy Entomology Center of Excellence in Jacksonville, Florida. The user selects the appropriate sprayer and is guided through the process of selecting specific operational settings, such as the nozzle type, flow rate and spray pressure setting.

The other app, for aerial spraying, walks users through the process of adjusting nozzles and settings so pesticides are delivered at optimal droplet sizes. Droplet size is critical in aerial operations to ensure “on-target deposition” and minimize pesticide drift. The user specifies the nozzle manufacturer from a menu and is steered through a series of screens and prompts that, based on the specific operating conditions, helps him or her select the right size of the nozzle opening, spray pressure, nozzle orientation and airspeed.

The apps are available online through the Apple iTunes App Store and the Google Play Android Marketplace by searching for “Aerial Sprays” for the aerial application app and “Vector Sprays” for the ground-based sprayer app.

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(W) Bobcat 88” snow bucket. #W92378 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92266 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92460 (D) Melroe 48” pallet forks. #W92555 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92557 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92558 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92559 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92560 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92561 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92562 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92563 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92564 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92565 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92566 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92600 (D) Melroe 48” forks. #W92671 (W) Melroe 48” pallet forks. #W92526 (W) Melroe 48” pallet forks. #W99889 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92720 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92721 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92723 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92724 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92725 (W) Melroe 48” forks. #W92726 (B) Melroe bale forks. #W92278 (B) Melroe bale forks. #W92279 (D) Melroe HB880 cement breaker. #W92739 (W) Bobcat SB200 72” snowblower. #W92680 (B) Bobcat SB200 72” snowblower. #W92681 (D) Bobcat SB200 72” snowblower. #W92682 (D) Melroe farm grapple (fits older bucket). #W97550 (D) Melroe grapple (fits general purpose bucket). #W92104 (D) Melroe 72” 3-pt. finish mower. #W92386 (D) Melroe 84” 3-pt. finish mower. #W92387 (D) Melroe 38” tiller. #W97657 (D) Melroe 76” tiller. #W92673 (D) Melroe 60” push broom. #W92032 (D) Melroe 78” land plane. #W92006 Equipment Stanley Equipment (D) Melroe 72” 3-pt. box blade.

Glasgow Implement #W92476

(B) Melroe CT230 compact tractor, Melroe 7TL loader. #W92493 & #W92494 (B) Melroe CT335 compact tractor, Melroe 8TL loader. #W92662 & #W92663 (B) Melroe S630 Bobcat #W92510 (D) Melroe S650 Bobcat #W92383 (D) Melroe S650 Bobcat #W92574 (D) Melroe S650 Bobcat #W92607 (B) Melroe S650 Bobcat #W92729 (D) Melroe T650 Bobcat, tracks. #W92424 (D) Melroe T650 Bobcat, tracks. #W92608 (D) Melroe T650 Bobcat, tracks. #W92647 (D) Melroe S750 Bobcat #W92432 (D) Melroe S750 Bobcat #W92672 (D) Melroe T750 Bobcat, tracks. #W92625 (D) Melroe S770 Bobcat #W92606 (D) Bobcat MT55 mini loader. #W92439 (D) Melroe 2200S utility vehicle, gas. #W97156 (D) Melroe #10 post digger for MT52. #W97033 (D) Bobcat 30H post digger. #W92705 (D) Lowe 2175CL post digger. #W99842 (D) Melroe 44” dirt bucket. #W92410 (D) Melroe 62” general purpose bucket. #W92699 (D) Melroe 62” general purpose bucket. #W92728 (W) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92641 (W) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92643 (W) Melroe 68” industrial bucket, grapple. #W92588

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(B) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92716 (B) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92717 (B) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92718 (D) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92735 (D) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92736 (D) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92737 (D) Melroe 68” lo-pro bucket. #W92738 (D) Melroe 74” C/I bucket. #W92242 (D) Melroe 74” general purpose bucket. #W97992 (D) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92630 (D) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92684 (D) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92685 (W) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92664 (W) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92665 (B) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92749 (B) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92750 (B) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92751 (B) Melroe 74” lo-pro bucket. #W92752 (W) Bobcat 80” snow bucket. #W92374 (W) Bobcat 80” snow bucket. #W92375 (D) Bobcat 88” snow bucket. #W92195 (D) Bobcat 88” snow bucket. #W92196

USED EQUIPMENT Tractors

Skid Steers & Attachments

4x4 Tractors

(F) 2004 Case IH DX33 FWA, LX114, 716B front (F) 2002 New Holland TV140 bidirectional. (F) 1993 Case IH 9270 #WUT639................$48,000 (D) Melroe 773 Bobcat, bucket. #CONS.....$17,000 #WUT320...............................................$59,370 (D) 1990 Case IH 9270 #15359W................$60,000 snowblower. #WUT569...........................$24,000 (D) Melroe 773 Bobcat, without bucket. #20249W...

(B) 2009 Case IH Farmall 95 FWA. #15355W.......... (B) 2009 New Holland TV6070 bidirectional. (B) 1995 Case IH 9280 #15345W................$64,000 . ..............................................................$18,250 #16084W..............................................$110,000 (B) 1993 Case IH 9280 #15357W................$68,500 . ..............................................................$35,000 (H) 2005 Melroe S130 Bobcat, bucket. #20290W....

(D) 1987 Case IH 3394 FWA. #15365W......$26,000 (B) 2009 New Holland TV6070 bidirectional. (W) 1996 Case IH 9370 #15351W...............$80,000 . ..............................................................$21,500 #16130W..............................................$120,000 (F) 1996 Case IH 9380 #WUT629................$80,000 (W) 1992 Case IH 7120 FWA, Farmhand 1340 load(B) 2004 Melroe S185 Bobcat, without bucket. er. #15350W............................................$44,000 (W) 2009 New Holland TV6070 bidirectional. (D) 2009 Case IH 335 #15349W................$175,000 #20259W................................................$21,000 #16131W................................................$89,000 (F) 2001 Case IH STX375H #WUT598........$95,000 (F) 2004 Case IH MXM120 FWA. #WUT587.............

(D) Melroe S220 Bobcat, bucket. #20248W.$29,000 . ..............................................................$45,000 (F) 2005 New Holland TS115A FWA, Ezee-On 2105 (D)(F) CIH Farmall W80137 ..................................

NEW 2003 Case 40, IH STX375 #WUT634.........$130,000 (D) 2005 Melroe S300 Bobcat #20279W....$28,000 w/CIHCase 1010 30’ WUH320 FWA. ............................. $8,000 Combines & Headers Skid Steers (W)(H) CIH Farmall 60,435 W80170 ................................. NEW loader. #WUT621....................................$55,000 (D) 2004 IHHd, MXM120 #15331W. $51,000 2011 Case IH #15353W. . ..............$243,270 (W) 2010 Melroe S630 Bobcat #20292W...$34,000 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW (B) 670 Cat w/SP36 HB Dpr Hd, 25002W ............ $190,000 (F) 2000 Case IH MX120 FWA, L655 loader. (D) New Holland TM130 FWA. #16134W.......... Call (D)(F) 2009 Case 95, IH 485 #WUT626................$240,000 (D) 2012 S650NHBobcat #20291W....$38,500 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 (B) CIH Farmall W80189 .................................. NEW 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... $7,000 (F) CIH (W) NHMelroe TR95 w/971 (D) 2009 New Holland T6030 FWA, loader. #WUT613...............................................$40,000 (B) 2012 Case IH 500 #15358W. ...............$279,000 (F) CIH 7010 w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (H) 743 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 (D) 2007 Melroe T190 Bobcat, bucket. #20217W. . ...

(D) CIH 95U FWA, W80138 .....................................

NEW (D) (2) NH TR98 w/994 36’ Dpr, 971 PU Hd, #16137W................................................$68,000 (D)(H) (W) 2010 Case IH Maxxum 125 FWA. #15313W.....

2008 Case IH 535 HD,.................................. all new tires. #15269W...

CIH 105U FWA, W80160 NEW 24025W or 24026W ....................................................... $101,100 (F) CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 (B) S130 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20112W ....................... $18,995 . ..............................................................$29,000 (D) 2008 New Holland T7040 FWA, loader. (B) CIH . ..............................................................$75,000 ....................................... $280,000 Puma 125 FWA, W80053 ........................ NEW . ............................................................$245,000 Equipment Stanley Equipment (D) 753 Bobcat, 20083W ....................................... $19,000 (D)Melroe NH TR66 MacDon Dpr Hd,..............$9000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 Frontier (D) 2100w/36’ Club960car. #20238W. (D) ........................................ $265,000 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 (D)CIH 20108010, Case23075W IH Puma 140,Glasgow CaseImplement IH L760 loader.(H) 753#16138W..............................................$110,000 Ldr,IHW85038 ......................................

NEW $64,000 (F) w/L750 2010 Case 535 Quad #15274W......$331,000 (D) 20102009W New&28019W Holland..............................................

L175 skidsteer. #20264W....

Frontier Equipment Stanley Equipment (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 (D) S150 Bobcat, .................................... $23,000 (W)(D) CIH Puma 165 FWA, W80112 ...................... NEW (H) 2009 New 20120W Holland T8050 FWA. #16086W......... #15305W..............................................$115,000 (D) NH TX68, 24016W ...........................................

Glasgow $65,000 Implement 2010 Case IH 535 Quad #15362W. . ....$300,000 . ..............................................................$29,500 ....................................... $270,000 (D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW w/36’ MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................ $28,000 (W) . ............................................................$195,000 (F) w/LX770 (F) CIH 20108010, Case23087W IH Puma 140, Case IH L760 loader.

2011 Case IH W80037 550 Quad #WUT630.....$365,000 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 (D) S205 Bobcat, no Bkt, 20120W ....................... $23,000 (D) 2009 43524019W skidsteer. #20284W.......$34,000 (D) CIH Puma 210, .................................... NEW (W) NHCase CR960, .................................... $160,000 (F) CIH (W) New Holland 870TL loader, mounts, grapple. #WUT622.............................................$116,000 (F) w/L770 2012 Case 550 Quad #WUT631.....$377,000 Ldr,IHW85031 ......................................

NEW (W) Cat 242B skidsteer, bucket. #20258W. ...... (F) CIH 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (B) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ $26,500 (F)2005 NH CR960, WUH370 .................................... $137,000 #56032W................................................$13,580 (F)(B) (H) 2009 Case IH Puma 180 #15240W.....$114,000 2011 Case 600 Quad #15327W. .....$395,000 CIH Scout Ut IH Vehicle, WNM126 ....................

NEW (D). ..............................................................$25,000 NH CR970, 24021W ..................................... $188,000 (S) CIH 2388, ........................................................... $89,900 (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 loader. #56061W.............$11,500 ......................................................... $240,000 (F) 863 Bobcat, WUT322Air ...................................... $19,000 Drills (D)(F) CIH 72”Case Finish W85133 ....................... NEW U s e d E(S) q(H) u iCIH pCase m e7010 n IH t ,L770 New Equipment 2012 IH Mwr, 600 Quad #WUT618.....$410,000 (D)2007 NH Melroe CR 970,430H 24022W .................................... $180,000 (D) excavator. #20267W.............

CIHCase 7010,IH .................................................. $249,000 (W) (D) 8631999 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 tank. (F)(F) (D)082008 Puma 195 #15192W.....$108,000 CIH SCX100 16’ Pvt WNH526 ............ NEW Case IH 4812, 2400 tow between w/94C NH 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W $47,000 (S) Combines....................... & Headers Skid Steers 1983 Versatile 835 Tng, #WUT642................$22,000 . ..............................................................$31,000 CIHIH 8010 , .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863#47145W................................................$55,000 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW (F) NH CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (S) (D)07Case L760 loader. #56063W................$7500 (D) 1979 Versatile 855 #16127W. ................$16,000 (W) 2012 Melroe 66” snowblower. #20285W. . .$5100 , .................................................. $220,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW (W) NH CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 (B) 2011 Case IH Puma 230, Case IH L770 loader.(D) S330 2011NH Case SDX40, 3380 tow behind tank. (W)(F)CIH 1991 Versatile #WUT649..............$63,000 LS160 SkidIH 20109W ............................. $19,000 (H) SB200 snowblower. #20271W. $4950 (S) MF 860, UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (W) (F) (W) CIH RB564 Rnd1156 Blr, AW,TW, W83013 ........ NEW (D)Melroe NH CR 9070,72” 24024W ................................. $260,000 #15325W..............................................$155,000 #WUD137.............................................$160,000 (W)(W) 1996 NewRnd Holland 9682 CIH RB564 Blr, Ele Twn#16129W. Nt, W83014......$70,000 .. NEW (W) Melroe 911 24035W Bobcat backhoe attachment.

(S) NH CR9070, .................................... $249,000 (S) 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 (H)CIH 1997 Case IHSwthr, 8940 #15356W. ...............$67,000 (B) 2010 Case SDX40, tow$14,000 behind tank. (W)(D) (S) 8230 PT UC558 ......................... $8,500 (D) 1825B Case SkidIHw/Bkt 20129W3430 .................

CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, ...............

NEW 1998 John Deere 9400W85098 #14076W. .......$110,000 w/NH 94C 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W ....................... $42,000 #20289W...................................................$3500 8120, ........................................... $299,000 (D)CIH 2011 CaseUC564 IH 180 Magnum #15337W. $133,000(D) 1845#47143W..............................................$149,000 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 ................ NEW (F)(F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, (W) 9600, 22004W ............................................. $52,000 (S) 1997 John Deere 9400WNH585 #WUT578.......$112,000 (B) 72”JD post tamper. #20155W. ........................$2200 2188, ............................................. $69,500 Skid, $23,000 SRX160 134’ Wld Spryr, W85043 (D)CIH 2010 CaseUC565 IH 210 Magnum #15341W. $170,000(F) 420 (W) JD 9600, 22011W ............................................. $49,000 (S) (F) SSL 2008Case Case IH WUT324 FH700.....................

60-ft., 3380 air tank. (W)(F)CIH 2005 John Deere 9520Boom #WUT472.......$123,000 MacDon 973 IH Hd,MX210 UC566 .............................. $29,500 (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 ................................................................................. NEW (W) JD 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 (S) (W) 2003 Case Magnum #15344W......... #WUD119.............................................$128,000 (W) DeereWNC432 9630 #14117W. ......$285,000 Grain Augers 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 CIH2011 8120John Combine, ......................... NEW (F) JD STS 9660, WUH346 .................................. $31,000 (S) CIH . ..............................................................$93,000(D) 440 (B) 2011 Case IH FH700 70-ft., 3580 tow behind air (F) 1997 CatCombine, Challenger 65D.......................... #WUT603.....$54,000 (W) Brandt 7x35 auger. #51144W....................$800 (D)(F) CIH 8120 W82055 NEW w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. $29,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (D) 440 C3 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20130W .............. $36,000 (F) 2007 Case IH 215 Magnum #WUT485$116,000 tank. #47139W. .....................................$196,000 2004 CatCombine, Challenger MT855 #WUT641.............

Case Skid w/Bkt, 20131W ................. $22,000 (W) Westfield 7x41 auger. #51143W..............$1800 (W)(F) CIH 8120 W82076 .........................

NEW w/635F JD, WUH262 ........................................ $35,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (D) 60XT (F) 2011 Case IH 245 Magnum #WUT593$158,000 ................................... $71,000 (D) Skat Post Diggers (D) 2009 ATX700, tow behind (W) CIH Trak Case 1500DIHSkid, 20088WADX3430 .............. $17,000 8120 Combine, W82078 ......................... NEW . ............................................................$145,000 (D)2002 9760 JD w/36D Dpr swing Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, (B) Brandt 10x70 auger. #51133W$6500 963IH Hd245 , ......................... for Pricing Magnatrac Skid w/Bkt, Dzr, 20111W $6,000 (H)MacDon 2011 Case Magnum Call #15292W. $180,500(D) 4800tank.

(W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82080 ......................... NEW #47146W. .....................................$130,000 (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 (S) (D) Westfield 10x70 swing auger. #51134W...$7500 Misc (S) D60IHHd , .......................................... $61,000 Grain Augers & 2009 Vacs (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, W82057 ................... NEW Post Diggers (F)MacDon Case 245 Magnum #WUT644$135,000 (B) 2010 1680 CIH, 23057W ........................................... $29,000 (W) 2006 New Holland SD440 57-ft., SC230 air (B) Westfield 13x81 flex swing auger. (S) Lawn &, Garden 40GB HdMagnum ..................................... 59,000 (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 Snow Blowers (B) Dozers, CIH 2152 35’Blades, Dpr Hd, W82024 .....................

NEW (H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 (F)Hondybee 2011 Case IH 260 #WUT586$180,000 tank. #47053W. . ......................................$90,110 #51098W................................................$20,000 Honeybee 3655, ............................ Call for Pricing (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (D)(D) CIH 2152 40’3-pt.

Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW Ford 782 rear blade. #56055W...........$800 (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (S) (B) 1999 Case IH MX270 Magnum #15348W. . ........

(H) 2008 New Holland SD550 60-ft., slim, SC430 air (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW (D) Westfield 13x81 swing $50,000 auger. (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing (B) McMillin (W)2006 1688 CIH, 23082W MK .........................................

Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295 2009 Degelman 12-ft. dozer blade. #56073W..... . ..............................................................$65,000 tank. #47125W......................................$123,000 (D)(D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ................... NEW #51145W................................................$10,000 w/1015 CIH PU Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 (S) NH CR960, .................................................... $180,000 Misc . ..............................................................$20,000 (D) 2011 Case IH 275 Magnum #15361W. $ 186,000 (B) 2007 New Holland SD550 70-ft., slim, SC430 air (W) CIH Grain Augers & Vacs 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, W82074 ................. NEW (B)Farm CIHKing 2188,13x85 23046Wswing ........................................... $47,500 (D) auger. #51101W. ..........

(H) C1000SR Swath Roller, 520354W ................. $750 (F) Farm King 8-ft. snowblower. #WUM569....$3000 (F) 7x36 2012Westfield Case IH 340 Magnum #WUT615. .............. w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 tank. #47095W......................................$161,000 (D). ..............................................................$15,000 CIH 2188 w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ (W) Lawn & Garden Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 ........................................................................... $12,000 (D) 7x51 . ............................................................$240,000 (B) 2004 Bourgault 5710, 6450 air tank. #47117W..

(W) 2011 Brandt 13x90 swing auger. #51132W....... (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, (H) CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (B) 2007 New Holland TC30 FWA, loader. . ............................................................$120,000 Trailers . ..............................................................$24,000 19015W ................................................................. $6,950 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (D) 8x46 #16140W................................................$15,500 (D) 2012 Thunder 990UB fuel trailer. #55039W........

Forage Feeding Equipment (F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (D) Batco 1335 conveyor. #51136W............$12,300 (B) CIH 2388, 23018W ........................................... $90,000 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (D)MK 1988 Ford TW25 FWA, blade. ...#16100W... .............................................................. $5,000 . ..............................................................$25,000 (F)WUM534 Haybuster 2650 bale processor. #WUY270........

8x51 Westfield Swgdozer Agr, 51057W $2,500 (D) 154523047W conveyor. #51122W...........$18,000 (B)Brandt CIH 2388, ......................................... $100,000 (D) Lawn Tractor, . ..............................................................$26,000 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W $5,000 (D) 721 .Grasshopper (D) 2012 Thunder 990UB fuel trailer. #55040W........

(F) CIH 2388 w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 (D) MK100x51 .................................................................$9000 19016W ............................................................... $11,500 (H)30’1992 NewPTO Holland 9030 bidirectional.

Speedking Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 (W) CIH 2388 w/30’Trucks 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... (D) . ..............................................................$26,000 (H) 2010 Haybuster 2650 bale processor.

Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (B) ZTR#50045W................................................$18,500 $97,400 (W) 1535LP #16133W................................................$30,000 (D) 30-ft. header trailer. #55043W....................$2200 (B) 1996...........................................................................

Peterbilt 379 #WPI219.................$30,000 19013W ................................................................. $6,500

Used Equipment

(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

(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

(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 (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (B) McMillin Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295 (H) C1000SR Swath Roller,

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(D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm,

$750

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$6,950

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$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

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$6,500

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GREAT SELECTION OF USED DRILLS & ACCESSORIES

2010 John Deere 1870 57-ft. Conserva Pak contour drill, on row packing, 12” spacing, 3” spread seed boots, double shoot, places urea below seed, with 1910 430-bushel 3-compartment tow between cart. #11368................................................... $180,000

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between air cart, nice shape. Tag #10488..$71,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, NO air cart. Tag #1469................................... $39,500 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill. Tag #11715... $59,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, steel press wheels, single shoot, 2320 tow between cart.

Tag #11741............................................... $39,000

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between air cart, steel packers.

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill with 3450 cart, 10” spacing, variable rate, 550 trips. Tag #9494.... $69,900

1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between cart. Tag #9877................... $68,900

2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3450 tow behind cart. Tag #9912...................... $63,500 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill. Tag #11714... $59,000

Concord ATD 4812 48-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, 3000 air cart. Tag #1498.......................... $41,500

CHECK OUR WINTER DEALS ON THESE USED DRILLS 0% financing on select air drills Priced AS IS

1994 John Deere 9450 drills, 60-ft., 12” spacing, transport. Tag #9418................................ $19,000 John Deere 9450 drills, 40-ft. 12” spacing, rubber press, AcraPlant, JD transport. Tag #1605............ ................................................................. $15,900 1989 John Deere 9400 40-ft. 10” spacing hoe drills, fertilizers, steel packers, 2” openers, transport. Tag #8951....................................................... $13,000

2009 John Deere 1870 56-ft. Conserva Pak drill, 12” spacing with 1910 430-bushel tow behind cart, double shoot. Tag #10208...................... $185,000

Concord 5612 56-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, Concord 3000 tow behind cart. Tag #8902............. $23,500

2002 Case IH ATX 5012 50-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, ADX 3360 tow between cart. Tag #10209..$60,000

Morris Maxim 49A/D 50-ft. double shoot air drill, steel press wheels, 7300 tow behind cart. Tag #1635... ................................................................. $29,500

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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-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

HESSTON SQUARE BALERS

NEW HOLLAND ROUND BALERS

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

MISCELLANEOUS ROUND BALERS

Case 8465..............................................................................$11,500

SELF-PROPELLED WINDROWERS

2-Hesston 4910 4x4 big square balers, 35,000 & 42,000 bales. Always shedded, very clean, field ready. Each..............................$33,900 Massey-Ferguson Hesston 2190 4x4 big square baler, single axle, approximately 15,000 bales. Shedded.................................. CALL

NEW HOLLAND SQUARE BALERS 2007 New Holland 580 square baler. 2 seasons use, like new........... ..........................................................................................$17,900 1994 New Holland 580 square baler, 16”x18” bales..............$10,900 New Holland 320 square baler, 14”x18” bales, PTO drive........$2500 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 2010 New Holland 8040, 12-ft. HS header, rotary screens, buddy seat...................................................................................$57,900 New Holland HW305S with 14-ft. auger header....................$44,900 2000 New Holland HW305 with 16-ft. sickle header, new front tires, 2250 hours........................................................................$26,900 1999 New Holland HW305 with 14-ft. sickle header, rotary screen, new front tires, 1170 hours...............................................$26,900 1993 New Holland H2550 with 14-ft. sickle header, 2534 hours........ . ........................................................................................$25,000 Hesston 6400, gas, 12-ft. header, no cab.................................$1000

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2007 New Holland HW305 self propelled windrower, 2007 NH HS12 auger header, 1233 hours..................................................$52,000 1991 Case IH large square baler. 14,000 bales.....................$18,000 New Holland 1032 balewagon with new bearings and new chains.... .............................................................................................$4000 Bale King combo feeder for large square or round bales.........$9500 Highline Bale Pro 6000 bale processor...................................$4500 Morris 1400 Hay Hiker, 14 bale..............................................$16,900 John Deere 630 tandem disc with 9” spacing, 18” discs, hydraulic fold, hydraulic depth control.......................................................$19,900 International 6200 grain drill....................................................$6500 International 620 12-ft. press drill with 6” spacing, grain/grass/fertilizer boxes. Always shedded.........................................................$6000 Aerway 15-ft. aerator with transport hitch..............................$11,500 Schulte 148 15-ft. flail chopper, drawbar...................................$3500 Anderson rockpicker, 5-ft. working width, 540 PTO drive.........$1750 HMDE HD Grapple fits Farmhand F11 and JD 740 loader.........$900 New 2012 John Deere 550 S4 camo, roof, 3/4 windshield....$11,900

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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 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

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

RAKES

New Holland 216 unitized hydraulic rakes. ..............................$9900 Sitrex MK10-12 rake..............................................................$10,500 New Holland 216 V-rake...........................................................$7500 John Deere 700 V-rake.............................................................$5900

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MISCELLANEOUS

2008 John Deere 8330, 225 hp, MFWD, PowerShift, duals, front weights, 4330 hours........................................................................ $139,900 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 2010 John Deere 5105M MFWD, 90 PTO hp, 540 PTO, cab, 16 speed, reverser, 563 loader, bucket, low hours............................... $59,500 John Deere 5203 2WD with open station...........................COMING IN 1994 John Deere 4960, powershift, 3 SCV’S, 200 PTO hp...... $60,000 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 Ford 8N, 2WD...........................................................................$2200 Sweepster broom, 10-ft., fits 5000 series John Deere.............$9000

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

GREAT BUY!

2009 International Durastar, red, two seats, auto transmission, 26” custom ITB body with 2 curbside rollup doors and 2 streetside doors, 19.5” wheels, air brakes.

Only 130,000 miles.

$29,500

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FOR SALE IRRIGATION PUMP & PIPE

Pivot Power pump and generator with John Deere 4045T engine with 10KW generator and Berkley B4JRMBH pump. Very nice unit. Set...... $10,000 2500-ft. of 8” band and latch, aluminum main line with risers......................................$3.50 per foot Approximately 1000-ft. of 6” hook and latch main line with risers.................................... Make offer

Please call Mark at (406)279-3633 or 799-7489

HAY RACK

8 bale hay rack for truck. Good condition................. ...........................................................Make offer

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

Tractor/Loader

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TRADES ARE WELCOME

Sprayers

(5) 2009-2012 John Deere 4730 400-600 hours...........................$175,000-$225,000 (6) 2008-2012 John Deere 4830 200-1400 hours...........................$190,000-$270,000 (9) 2008-2012 John Deere 4930 350-2450 hours...........................$185,000-$290,000 (9) 2012 John Deere 4940 100-900 hours.... ......................................$285,000-320,000 Buy your sprayer NOW for next spring!

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

Combines

2012 John Deere S670 contour master, Pro Drive, 520x42D, 26 ft auger, 225/175 hours. #602.................................$305,000 2012 John Deere S670 contour master, Pro Drive, 650x38D, 26 ft auger, PC Tailboard, 250/175 hours. #905...................$320,000 2012 John Deere S680 contour master, Pro Drive, 650x38D, 26 ft auger, PC tailboard, 250/175 hours. #904...................$336,000 2012 John Deere S680 contour master, Pro Drive, 650x38D, 26 ft auger, PC Tailboard, 275/200 hours. #902...................$329,000 2001 John Deere 9770 STS Pro Drive, contour master, 530/480 hours, #555.............. $258,000 More inventory too numerous to mention!

2012 John Deere 7330 MFWD, 20 speed AQ, 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 AQ, 480x42, H380 loader/grapple, 155/125 hp.

194 hours. #122..........................$142,000 2010 John Deere 7330 MFWD, 20 speed AQ, 480x42, 741 loader/grapple, 155/125 hp. 1720 hours. #975..................$135,000 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20 speed PowrQuad, 18.4x42, 741 loader, grapple, 166E/140 PTO 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 Wheatheart 8x41 with SP, electric clutch, 27 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, 20F/20R, hp..................................................$12,400 D loader/grapple, Wheatheart 18.4x42, 16.9x28, 741 L 10x41 with SP, electric clutch, O 166/140 S hp, 2000 hours, #645.... $119,500 35 hp.............................................$13,300 2008 John Deere 7430 MFWD, IVT, 480x42, 741 loader/grapple, 165/140 hp. 2780 hours. #628................................. $115,000 Westfield 13x81 remote swing.........$12,000 2012 Case IH 225 Magnum MFD, CVT, L780 loader/grapple, 225 hp, 400 hours.............

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Better tools for saving water and keeping peaches healthy

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Peach growers in California may soon have better tools for saving water because of work by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Parlier, California.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Dong Wang is evaluating whether infrared sensors and thermal technology can help peach growers decide precisely when to irrigate in California’s San Joaquin Valley. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and the research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

Irrigation is the primary source of water for agriculture in the valley during the summer, and wells have been forced to reach deeper to bring up enough water to meet increasing demands. Peaches also require much of their water from June through September, when temperatures and demands for water are at their highest.

Wang and Jim Gartung, an ARS agricultural engineer, installed 12 infrared temperature sensors in peach orchards at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier and gave trees one of four irrigation treatments: applying furrow or subsurface drip irrigation, with or without postharvest water stress.

They also measured crop yields and assessed the quality of the fruit to compare the output of trees grown under deficit irrigation with trees grown under normal conditions.

Deficit irrigation has been used to produce some varieties of grapes and has been studied for its potential in fruit tree and row crop production. But it has yet to be widely adopted, in part because growers need better tools to strike a balance between saving water and keeping crops viable and healthy, according to Wang.

They used the sensors to measure temperatures in the tree canopies, and calculated a “crop water stress index” based on the differences between tree canopy temperatures and the surrounding air temperatures. Higher index numbers indicated more stressed trees.

The researchers found that midday canopy-to-air temperature differences in trees that were water-stressed postharvest were in the 10- to 15-degree Fahrenheit range, consistently higher than the 3- to 4-degree Fahrenheit range in the trees that were not water-stressed.

For comparison purposes, the researchers placed leaves from stressed and non-stressed trees in a pressure chamber and measured the pressure required to squeeze water out of them. When the trees are water-stressed, it takes more pressure to squeeze moisture from them.

The results, published in Agricultural Water Management, show that the pressure chamber results were consistent with data collected by the infrared sensors, which means the sensors may be an effective tool for managing water use in peach orchards.

Problems growing corn

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I came across your website while I was doing some research on growing sweet corn. I have had success in the past, but the last two years, the tassels have sprouted and pollinated long before any of the ears even have started to grow. As a result, I get no corn. Do you know what causes this to happen and how I can prevent it or possibly get corn from my crop this year?

A: Your question is a stumper! I never have had that problem in almost 50 years of growing sweet corn. I forwarded a copy of your question to Marcelo Carena, our NDSU corn breeder. Here is his response to your problem: The main problem you have is the hybrid you purchased. If you had this problem last year, then change the hybrid and request one that better supports drought and heat. Even though you water the corn, the stress from drought and heat this year is so intense that it caused a delay between pollen and silk emergence. This is the first symptom we use to discard drought-susceptible corn. My advice for this year is to continue watering until maturity. There is nothing else you can do with this hybrid except to keep watering the plants during the grain-filling period (the grains that were able to be pollinated). This period is the second (after flowering) most sensitive to drought. My advice for next year is to avoid planting this particular hybrid and request that the company provide you with hybrids that are drought- and heat-tolerant.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

Williams County, Williston continue to grow

By NDSU Extension Service The city of Williston and Williams County will continue to grow for at least the next five years, according to a study

by Nancy Hodur and Dean Bangsund, researchers in the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU).

“Because of the oil boom, things are changing so fast that cities such as Williston need an estimate of population growth to try to gauge their response for housing, public services and infrastructure,” Hodur says. “The nature of the workforce also makes projecting population difficult.

The census does not capture what we refer to as the service population, which is the people that work in North Dakota but live elsewhere.”

The census population for Williston in 2010 was 14,716, with the current service population (permanent and temporary) of Williston at 25,000 to 33,000. The service population of Williams County is estimated to be 49,000 to 51,000.

Hodur and Bangsund estimate the population potential for Williston to be 40,000 to 44,000 by 2017. Meanwhile, the population potential of Williams County could go as high as 70,000, which is more than double the 2010 census of 22,398.

Hodur and Bangsund used two different methods to predict future population growth.

“The employment model is based on regional employment projections that looked at various growth scenarios in the oil and gas industry,” Bangsund says. “We also used a housing model to estimate population growth. We identified what has been built and what may be built in the near term to estimate population growth based on potential housing build-out.”

The housing and employment models ended up being within a range of 5 percent of each other.

Temporary jobs, such as those associated with construction, drilling and fracking, may begin to decline around 2022, Hodur says.

The study confirms that housing will continue to be a key issue in western North Dakota and that temporary lodging will remain an important part of the solution.

“To maintain a good handle on future population growth, the build-out data should be maintained on an ongoing basis because of possible future changes in oil field development,” Hodur says.

OSU aims to spice up rice with thiamine

By Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) aims to create rice with higher levels of vitamin B1 to make it more nutritious and at the same time, resistant to two crop-damaging diseases.

If the efforts are successful, it could mean higher yields for rice producers and a reduced use of pesticides.

Research shows vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, can boost the immune system of plants, including rice, cucumbers and tobacco. OSU’s researchers are hoping that sustained accumulation of thiamine can make rice immune to bacterial leaf blight and rice blast, which cause significant yield losses in Southeast Asia, the world’s top rice-growing region.

“Literature suggests that if we boost vitamin B1 we may be able to enhance resistance to diseases most harmful to rice,” said Aymeric Goyer, a plant biologist and research assistant professor at OSU. At OSU’s Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Goyer will grow rice that overexpresses genes that synthesize vitamin B1. Within 10 to 12 months, he’ll see if the leaves contain higher-than-normal amounts of vitamin B1 and if the plants resist diseases.

Goyer will also see if the rice grain itself contains more thiamine, which is present only in low amounts in white rice.

In areas of the world where white rice is the cornerstone of most diets, thiamine deficiencies are common. Thiamine helps create acids for digestion, supports carbohydrate metabolism and is essential for the overall health of the nervous system.

“We have the potential to make more nutritious rice while helping improve yields and find an alternative to pesticides,” said Goyer.

The research is funded by Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Pamela Ronald from the University of California, Davis is a collaborator with Goyer on the grant.

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Montana Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting

By Mark Boone, President, Montana Cattlemen’s Association On Saturday, December 1 Montana Cattlemen’s Association had its 11th Annual Cattlemen’s Day and membership meeting at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center in Billings, Montana. It was well attended with ranchers from all over the state meeting together for informative seminars and discussion of issues.

Cattlemen’s Day started with a Worker’s Compensation Safety seminar put on by Les Graham. Those attending were eligible for a 4% discount on worker’s compensation premiums. As MCA member Gary Taylor put it, “The safety of our employees and family members working on the ranch is a priority and the discount is a nice bonus”.

During lunch a presentation was put on by the Montana Historical Society’s Zoe Ann Stoltz on the history of brands in Montana. John Cosgriff, MCA Vice-president, was interested to learn that one of his family brands was one of the first brands registered in Montana in 1873.

After lunch Montana Department Agriculture visited with the group on the Growth Through Agriculture and Beginning Farmer and Rancher Loan programs.

Cole Mannix from SOTE Ranchers Cooperative talked to Cattlemen’s Day attendees next on the cooperatives’ work on putting together a group of cattle producers to market their cull cows for a premium.

Then came an update from Montana FWP discussing wolves, brucellosis in elk and grizzly bears.

Christian MacKay from the Montana Department of Livestock then discussed the Designated Surveillance Area, department budget issues and other topics brought up by MCA members.

Finally the annual membership meeting was held. MCA policy was discussed including subjects as bison, eminent domain, easements, wolves and grizzly bears and nominations for FWP Commission and Board of Livestock.

After the meeting Montana Cattlemen’s Association heard from Senator Taylor Brown, chairman of the agriculture committee, on issues concerning agriculture in the upcoming legislative session.

The evening meal of prime rib was then served up by the staff at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center and enjoyed by all.

MCA President Mark Boone stated,”It was great to see a good turnout of dedicated ranchers trying to have a positive impact on the future of Montana’s cattle industry. We are an organization that truly values its membership and we always enjoy visiting with them and welcome hearing their ideas and concerns”.

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Serving on the 2012 AFBF Advisory Committees are: Equine – Milee Malone Dailey, Pray; alternate, Troy Kurth, Missoula Forestry – Betty Biggs, Bozeman; alternate, Bruce Vincent, Libby Honey/Apiculture – Ross Geise, Augusta; alternative Susan Geise, Augusta Sheep – Darin Stanley, Conrad; Gary Heibertshausen, Alzada Sugar – Russel Steinbeisser, Sidney; Don L. Steinbeisser, Jr., Sidney Wheat – Ken Johnson, Conrad; Jim Bowman, Saco “It’s rewarding to have our producer members serving on commodity advisory committees on the national level,” said MFBF President Bob Hanson. “Concerns of each specific commodity producers across the nation can be different, so it’s great to have the viewpoints of Montana producers expressed.”

In addition, MFBF Executive Vice President Jake Cummins has been selected to serve on the AFBF General Counsel Advisory Committee (GCAC). The purpose of the GCAC is to provide advice to the General Counsel regarding AFBF’s Legal Advocacy Program. Key areas of input include potential new litigation matters, overall program strategy, and budgetary matters.

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Northeast crop news— What should I do?

By Paul O. Johnson, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist “What should I do, or how should I farm with these dry conditions -- should I look at changing to no till?” It is not a question I can really answer. It is a question that a person needs to answer for themselves. The question I can help with is to make sure you are looking at all possible options, whether that be no-till, minimum till, organic, all corn, rotations of corn, wheat, beans, rotations of corn and beans, more acres, or less acres. Ultimately I want you to do the best job possible with the type of farming you select to get the best yields with the least cost.

Every type of farming has advantages and disadvantages.

One of the keys is the type of management you prefer. If are interested in no-till but don’t want to check fields closely on a regular basis, this may not be the way for you. What works for your neighbor may not work for you, but a good farmer is always watching others to try to get ideas on how to do better.

I think the big question for the future, however, is going to be how can I hold input costs down and try to keep cost of production down? With the present costs that I would use on corn, you would have a hard time raising corn for less than $4.00 to break even. If I looked at soybeans with the present costs, I would look at a minimum of about $9.00 to break even. Most of these costs do not have labor figured in them and I am only using a land charge of $130.00 per acre which may be high or low depending on how you view it.

With today’s input prices, $2.00 corn and $5.00 beans would take a lot of farmers out of production quickly. I think this is a year to look at locking in a profit when you can because prices may go higher or lower.

With these higher input costs we are at higher levels on cost of production and in a very interesting market picture.

In some cases the market is not being driven by supply as in the past. There is a whole host of other factors like the price of oil, which is a big factor in costs and the market. These also are very interesting times in farming just as it is in the rest of the economy. I would look at the market and prices, and if you can make a profit, it may be time to lock in some grain of next year. If we would hit a good rally it may be time to take some profit and sell.

New vaccine for foot and mouth disease

A newly created vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is the first of its kind to be licensed by the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics. The novel approach taken to create this vaccine makes possible its manufacture in the US. The vaccine was originally developed by Dr. Marvin Grubman of the Agricultural Research Service at Plum Island Animal Disease Center and took seven years to develop and license with scientists at GenVec, Inc. GenVec has licensed the rights to develop and commercialize this vaccine technology to Merial, the animal health division of Sanofi.

The FMD virus contains genetic material (nucleic acids) surrounded by a coat of proteins called a capsid. The new vaccine production system produces only the virus coat proteins, forming an empty capsid that lacks the viral nucleic acid needed for replication. The immune systems of animals given the new vaccine respond to the capsid proteins and are primed to fight the virus if presented with the real thing.

The new vaccine provides a safety advantage because the vaccine virus cannot replicate in the animal.

FMD is one of the most highly contagious diseases of livestock. FMD is present in large parts of the world including parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America. The US is free from the disease and has strict policies on trade in livestock and livestock products with countries that have FMD. FMD is not considered a public health threat.

Vaccination of cattle with the new vaccine has been shown to produce protective immunity which can control transmission during an outbreak. Vaccination is more likely to succeed if there is ample time between vaccination and exposure to create sufficient immunity to FMD virus.

While this vaccine is an exciting new tool to aid in the control and eradication of FMD, it must be remembered that producing vaccine against the exact serotype and strain involved in an outbreak takes time. Other control measures will be applied immediately.

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2010 Tridekon 1210 HD, 360 degree unload auger, SN TRI-10.. .................................................................................. $29,900 2010 Tridekon 1210 HD, 360 degree unload auger, SN TRI-101086.......................................................................... $29,900 2009 Tridekon 1210 HD, 360 degree unload auger, SN TRI-101065.......................................................................... $29,900 2009 Tridekon 1210 HD, 360 degree unload auger, SN TRI-101062.......................................................................... $29,900 Tridekon 9108, good condition, all updates complete, SN TRI08-1003..................................................................... $18,900 Tridekon 9108................................................................ $16,900 Akron Unloader, 12” passenger side unload auger....... $18,900

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3 Point Hitch Equipment

Farmking 6-ft finishing mower, rear discharge, chain guards, flotation tires................................................................. $2895 Farmking 8.5-ft disc, notched blades. Excellent condition..$3095

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By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service burn is a form of dehydration, which results “I left cans of food in my garage after in discoloration and sometimes off-flavors. grocery shopping and they froze. Can I eat the food?”

The quality loss doesn’t necessarily mean the food is unsafe to eat, according to the U.S. “My frozen meat looks a little grayish. Is it safe to eat?”

Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

“I partially defrosted some meat for dinner, As long as the food was handled safely but we have a family emergency and are leavfrom the store to the home and remained ing town. Can I refreeze the meat?” frozen during storage, it is safe. However, The answer to the question in each scefreezer-burned food may not be appealing. nario: “It depends.” All of these questions Freezer burn usually results from improper need a little clarification before answering. packaging, which allows oxygen to come into Scenario 1: contact with the food. Ground beef may turn If cans of food accidentally freeze in your grayish. Whole poultry may retain its color garage during cold winter months, most of but the bones may darken with extended the time the food is safe, as long as the can frozen storage. Vegetables may suffer color, remains intact. However, be sure to thaw the flavor and moisture losses. food in the refrigerator and cook it thoroughly Be sure to package food properly so you before eating. avoid wasting food. To preserve the quality On the other hand, if the canned food is of meat, use moisture/vapor-proof packaging left in a garage all winter and you find it in material, such as freezer bags or freezer wrap. the spring, the cans may have been damaged Seal the packages tightly and label with the by the freezing and thawing. Harmful bactename of the product, date and amount. You ria could have entered the food, resulting in spoilage. In that case, you will want to toss it. can find information about proper packaging of frozen food in the “Food Freezing Scenario 2: Guide,” a publication of the North Dakota If frozen meat appears grayish, most likely State University (NDSU) Extension Service, the meat has been freezer-burned. Freezer at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ publications/landing-pages/ food-and-nutrition/food-freezFull Treated ing-guide-fn-403.

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Annie’s Project being offered in N.D. in 2013

By NDSU Extension Service Annie’s Project, a six-week program that helps farm women become better business partners in their farm or ranch operation, will be held throughout North Dakota for the seventh year.

The 2013 program starts the week of January 21 at six locations: Grand Forks, Fargo, Linton, Mandan, Watford City and Elgin.

This North Dakota State University Extension Service project gives women the skills and confidence to become more actively involved in their business’s decision-making process.

The program will be delivered to all sites by a combination of interactive television and local presenters. The program provides comprehensive information on key farm management topics such as: • How bankers make loan decisions • Tracking expenses and income for businesses and families • Mastering spreadsheets • Land rental agreements • Retirement, farm transfer and estate planning • Grain and livestock marketing • Insurance needs, including crop insurance • Personnel management • Business plans, and why and how to develop them The cost is $100 per person for registrations received before January 7. A $35 late fee will be added after that date. Those interested in the program should register early because seating is limited at all sites.

More information about the program, as well as registration details, is available at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/anniesproject, by contacting Annie’s Project state coordinator Willie Huot at (701) 780-8229 or willie.huot@ndsu.edu, or by contacting any of the site facilitators listed on the website. Online registration also is available on the website.

The program received very high reviews from the more than 1,000 women who have participated in the program during the past six years.

“The most frequent comment made by participants at the end of the project is, ‘I wished I would have taken this course years ago,’ “ Huot says.

##### The ring-necked pheasants, with some 150,000 taken each year in Montana, is the most commonly hunted game bird. ##### The ring-necked pheasants were first introduced in Montana in 1905.

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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.

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TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS

New Bale King 5100

NEW LOAD JUST ARRIVED DS4510H & DS4110

NEW Oliver 60 2WD tractor.

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NEW Kioti CK27HST 4WD, KL130 loader..................................$21,500 Kioti LK3054 4WD with 3 point, PTO, KL128 loader. 148 hours.....$12,000 Zetor 6321.1 2WD with cab, air, heat, 3 point, PTO, hydraulics and 1750 hours. 65-hp........................$16,000 Zetor 5211 2WD 3 point, PTO, single hydraulics. 42-hp....................$5500 Oliver Super 55 with complete engine rebuild....................................$3850 Oliver 1650 diesel. Nice clean tractor... . .............................................$5000 Oliver 1650 gas with loader.... JUST IN Oliver 1755, 77 & 1855.....FOR PARTS John Deere 70, gas, Farmhand F10 loader, grapple.......................$4500 Case SC narrow front, runs........ Offer?

Front Dozer Blade with manual adjust.

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Hesston 30A stacker.... MAKE OFFER Bucket mount bale spear...............$400

CONSIGNED Haybuster 256 Plus II processor.$4500 Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with Perkins diesel........................ CALL New Holland 1032 balewagon....$5000 New Holland 1116H header for 276/9030 bidirectional...........$4500 Gehl 1400 round baler. 4x5 bale...$750 Sitrex 2 wheel 3-point rake...........$350 Ditcher manual adjust, 5-ft. wings..$295 Ezee-On 24-ft. disc with wings....$3500 Dearborn 3-point offset disc..........$500 John Deere one bottom plow........$300 Disc 9-ft. pull-type, needs work... CALL 1 set of 3 roller packers.................$350 Feterl grain auger..........................$300 3-Point bucket scoop..... MAKE OFFER Good Selection Of Spike Tooth Harrow Starting At $150.00

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WHEEL LOADER FOR SALE

2007 Volvo L50E loader with Perkins engine, 2.25 yard bucket, 2 valve hydraulics, heat/air, AM/FM/CD, 2 speed hydrostat transmission with hi-low, quick detatch bucket, 50% tires. 2150 hours. Clean, well maintained. ..$65,000 Phone Dale at (701) 483-5013, Dickinson, North Dakota

AIR DRILL AND HEADERS FOR SALE 2005 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, 45-ft., 9” spacing, steel packers, double shoot with Atom Jet side band openers, and 1996 New Holland SC230 air cart with variable rate.........................................................................$50,000 obo 2005 MacDon 963 36-ft. draper header, John Deere adapter, transport package, batt reel, all new canvas, 2 years on guards and knife, like new condition.............................................................................................$30,000 obo 2004 Honey Bee SP42 42-ft. draper header, Case IH 10/20/30 or New Holland CR adapter, pickup reel, 1 year old knife, new roller bearings, air ride gauge wheels, very nice condition.........................................$38,000 obo 2000 Honey Bee SP36 36-ft. draper header, Jonh Deere adapter, transport package, batt reel, new knife and drive, 1 year old guards, air ride gauge wheels.................................................................................$19,000 obo 1999 Honey Bee SP36 draper header. John Deere adapter, transport package, batt reel, 1 year old knife and guards, new roller bearings, air ride gauge wheels...........................................................................$19,000 obo

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Trailers For Sale 1996 Aspen triple axle lowboy trailer, detachable goose neck........$42,000 1994 Trailer Max TRD54T trailer...... ...............$17,500 1992 Witzco lowboy trailer, detachable, has not been run through shop........ ...............$11,500 1988 Trail Eze lowboy trailer, hydraulic winch, tilt bed trailer, has not been run through the shop.....$9500 2-1980 Cook belly dump trailers, not been run through shop, came off a working job, your choice..$7900 ea.

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Claims filing deadline for past discrimination at USDA The USDA State Food & Agriculture Council (SFAC) in Montana announced that Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades have until the March 25, 2013 deadline to file claims.

The claims process, which was announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, began on September 24, 2012.

“Hispanic and women farmers who believe they have faced discriminatory practices from the USDA must file a claim by March 25, 2013 in order to have a chance to receive a cash payment or loan forgiveness,” said USDA Rural Development State Director Matthew Jones, who serves as the SFAC chair this year. “This claims process is part of USDA’s ongoing efforts to correct the wrongs of the past and ensure fair treatment to all current and future customers.”

The SFAC is comprised of state-level agency heads of the three USDA lead agencies - RD State Director Matthew Jones, Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Bruce Nelson and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Joyce Swartzendruber - with membership from other USDA agencies in Montana.

The process offers a voluntary alternative to litigation for each Hispanic or female farmer and rancher who can prove that USDA denied their applications for loan or loan servicing assistance for discriminatory reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000.

As announced in February 2011, the voluntary claims process will make available at least $1.33 billion for cash awards and tax relief payments, plus up to $160 million in farm debt relief, to eligible Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers.

There are no filing fees to participate in the program.

The Department will continue reaching out to potential Hispanic and female claimants around the country to get the word out to individuals who may be eligible for this program so they have the opportunity to participate.

Call center representatives can be reached at 1-888-5084429. Claimants must register for a claims package (by calling the number or visiting the website) and the claims package will be mailed to claimants. All those interested in learning more or receiving information about the claims process and claims packages are encouraged to attend meetings in your communities about the claims process and contact the website or claims telephone number.

Weed barrier and birds

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I understand that weed barrier fabric used in fields and around trees to control weeds is a detriment to birds because they can ingest fibers that are too long, which will kill them.

Also, I understand that the plastic material is a detriment to birds. Please explain because I think many people would appreciate the information.

A: From what source did your understanding of weed control barriers being detrimental to birds come from? I would sincerely like to know because this is something I have not heard of. Cars, planes, trucks and trains also are detrimental to the health of birds. So are the herbicides and insecticides that protect the crops from degradation and destruction. What is the alternative you are looking for? Organic controls?

There are pesticides used in organic efforts. Essentially, every action that is taken by human beings is detrimental to the environment and the animals that are within it. I’m not trying to be a smart aleck in responding to your inquiry, but I have nothing at this point to offer as a solution other than back-breaking work pulling weeds that would elevate the cost of produce for public consumption to near prohibitive levels. I’m all for good, healthy practices as long as there is a dose of common sense to go along with it. Help me out with what you are looking for and your source(s) of information so that I can review it myself and see if there is any validity to these claims. If there is, I’ll be among the first to admit it.

Symbol of the hummingbird

The hummingbird symbolizes love, joy and beauty. The hummingbird is unique in that it can also fly backwards, teaching us that we can look back at our past, but not dwell there, and continue to go forward. Its ability to hover while drinking nectar is a lesson for us to savor each moment, while appreciating its sweetness.

Arming U.S. troops with insect-protective gear

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have joined forces to create effective barriers and gear that help shield deployed soldiers from disease-causing insects.

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in Gainesville, Florida, are evaluating insecticides, testing pesticide application equipment, and treating military tents, camouflage screening and sun awnings with long-lasting residual pesticides. The research is a component of a USDA-DOD initiative called the Deployed War-Fighter Protection Research Program. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency.

Biting insects and arthropods can transmit pathogens that cause devastating diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis (spread by mosquitoes), or leishmaniasis (spread by sand flies infected with Leishmania parasites). Such illnesses are a particular problem for susceptible U.S. troops deployed to countries where these diseases are common.

Entomologist Seth Britch, who works in CMAVE’s Mosquito and Fly Research Unit and is also a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, found that camouflage netting treated with a specially formulated insecticide effectively reduces mosquito populations and provides long-lasting protection for military personnel. Desert-pattern netting material was sprayed, allowed to dry, packed and shipped to Tallil Air Force Base in Iraq, where it was stored for five months, tested and then shipped back to CMAVE for analysis. Almost 300 days after it had been treated, the material was still successful in controlling mosquitoes. Treated netting also provided protection against sand flies and filth flies.

In another experiment, scientists evaluated ultra-lowvolume pesticide spray equipment, chemicals and application techniques in Kenya against sand flies. Britch, CMAVE center director Kenneth Linthicum, and collaborators from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida and the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit in Nairobi, Kenya, tested two pesticide sprayers and two pesticides to kill sand fly species comparable to those found in Iraq and Afghanistan. DOD equipment and one of the pesticides tested performed well against sand flies.

Linthicum, Britch and CMAVE entomologist Daniel Kline are also part of a team that evaluates repellents, treatment methods and spray equipment in locations like California’s Coachella Valley desert, which looks similar ecologically and environmentally to deserts in the Middle East. Researchers work to ensure that all application techniques and equipment are effective before being used by military personnel deployed to hot, arid environments.

Leveling the field

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have a small pasture that I mow. The area is very rough because of ridges and some depressions that can be up to a half-foot deep. Some websites recommend putting dirt down an inch or so thick at a time to smooth the lawn but not kill the grass. This could take a long time. Another recommends uprooting the turf and underfilling it with dirt.

There is some mention that putting down enough soil to even the lawn will cause the dying grass underneath to release a gas and kill the new grass on top. What do you think?

A: Dips that deep can be dangerous to mow over and should be eliminated as quickly as possible. Don’t piddle with the little stuff. Locate a source of good-quality topsoil to level the field. We’ve actually had to do this a couple of times in the past on our NDSU football practice fields. Don’t worry about what it looks like because it will look horrible while you are engaged in the operation. Overseed with the variety of grass you want and then water and fertilize. The seed will grow and the grass that was not covered also will revive. Our football practice fields cover about four acres, so it took a couple of days to get the job done. By fall, we had a field prized by the coaches and players, and they proceeded to tear it up during practice in less than two weeks. ##### Flushing the toilet can propel small drops of aerosolized fecal matter through the air as far as twenty feet, potentially landing on every surface in your bathroom. Studies have found feces on faucets, sinks, counters, combs, brushes and toothbrushes.

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Master Gardener program announces 2013 training locations

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

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) annual training and volunteering.

Extension is again offering Master Gardener Some of the topics that could be covered Training throughout the state. are: The Nebraska Master Gardener program • Plant functions and the growing enviis a horticulture-related volunteer training ronment program based in many counties throughout • Insect identification and management the state. It has been part of UNL Extension • Turfgrass management since 1976.

• Plant Diseases and Management Master Gardener volunteers are trained • Weed identification and management

by UNL Extension faculty and staff. They • Trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plant contribute time as volunteers working selection and management through their local Extension office to pro• Wildlife management vide horticulture-related information to their • Landscape design and management community. More specifically, they provide • Water conservation and management education about sustainable horticultural and many more practices.

Class time, location, and cost vary across Participants are required to complete 40 the state, but generally classes are offered hours of training and 40 hours of volunteer from February thru May. This year’s locaservice during the initial year of their intions are as follows: volvement in the program. Master Gardener • Adams County volunteers retain their certification through • Box Butte County • Cheyenne County • Dodge County • UNL’s East Campus • Gage County • Hall County • Holt County • Lancaster County • Nemaha County • Otoe County • Platte County • Scottsbluff County • Wayne County • York County Check with your local extension office for complete details on a Master Gardener Program near you.

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Dirt mounds in the grass

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I think I have night crawlers. They’re worms that come out of the ground and leave dirt mounds in my grass, so it’s hard to mow.

What can I use to kill them?

Also, I have yellow spots in my grass. When I lift up the grass, the roots are gone and I see little, white bugs. What do you think they are and how do I kill them?

A: You’ve got a grub problem. I would suggest getting someone to apply a grub insecticide to bring them under control. In doing this, you also will also impact the night crawler population in your lawn by about 25 percent.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ horticulture. ##### The sermon had droned on for nearly two hours. Finally, the minister stretched his arms out wide and asked, “What more can I say?” To which a teenager sitting in the back called out, “‘Amen’ would be nice.”

2012 Steer of Merit certifications

Montana State University Extension and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) distinguished 126 “Steers of Merit” out of nearly 900 entries for 2012. Out of 780 steers entered in the Carcass Division, 110 were deemed Steers of Merit. In the Ultrasound Division, 16 out of 110 entries received the distinction.

“The Steer of Merit award promotes and recognizes the production of the highest quality of Montana beef with carcass characteristics that meet the U.S. beef industry’s standards of excellence,” said Errol Rice, MSGA’s executive vice president. “We are proud to sponsor this great youth program that teaches and awards 4-H and FFA beef projects that have met or exceeded these industry benchmarks in order to meet both domestic and global consumer demand for the 21st century.”

The exhibitors and breeders of the top five steers in each category were honored at MSGA’s Annual Convention, December 15-17 in Billings at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana. The top five steer entries in the Carcass Division were: 1) Kaleigh Charles, Missoula County (Probst Livestock, breeder); 2) Keaton Konesky, Cascasde County (Joseph Konesky, breeder); 3) Brady Croy, Madison County (Croy Ranch, breeder); 4) Lucas Riley, Powder River County (Riley Ranch, breeder); and 5) Blake Toyne, Beaverhead County (Justin West, breeder).

The top five steer entries in the Ultrasound Division were: 1) Cortney Bromenshenk, Yellowstone County (Johnson Club Calves, breeder); 2) Lane Judy, Yellowstone County (Tom & Molly Judy, breeder); 3) Hannah Kraft, Yellowstone County (Leonard Vanek, breeder); 4) Avery Bates, Gallatin County (Brad & Juli Nelson, Nelson Cattle Co., breeder); and 5) Anna Kraft (Brad Kraft – K4 Cattle, breeder).

The number of Steer of Merit certifications for 2012 decreased by 80 steers, with 4 more entries submitted compared to 2011.

“Steer of Merit certification was lower in 2012 than in the past several years, for a couple different reasons,” said Rachel Endecott, Montana State Extension Beef Cattle Specialist. “The Steer of Merit Committee changed the hot carcass weight and back fat standards for the 2012 fair season, which made it more challenging for a carcass to receive a Steer of Merit certification. And the hot, dry summer conditions provided a challenge to feeding cattle.”

The Montana Steer of Merit program was initiated in 1967 as a joint effort between the Montana Stockgrowers Association and Montana State University Extension. The program was designed to measure, record, and improve carcass characteristics in beef cattle. Data from these carcasses has been summarized and analyzed statistically. Over time, significant increases have been made in quality grade and in yield grade, or cutability, indicating that cattle can be selected for leaner carcasses with higher cutability and still maintain high quality grade as reflected by marbling.

To be designated a Steer of Merit, carcasses are evaluated by a qualified individual using information that relates to yield of lean meat and eating quality. Beef carcasses must meet criteria set by the Steer of Merit Governing Committee in the areas of hot carcass weight, dressing percent, fat thickness over 12th rib (backfat), total rib eye area, yield grade, percent cutability, and quality grade. Computer software programs help compile data and rank carcasses for state and county awards. Data is also analyzed periodically to track genetic and feed management progress. The minimum standards for Steer of Merit are reviewed each year and the program is updated to meet the changing industry standards.

For more information about the Steer of Merit program call Rachel Endecott, Montana State Extension Beef Cattle Specialist at (406) 994-3747.

##### William Clark, a member of the Lewis & Clark expedition carved his name in the rock of Pompey’s Piller in 1806, in Montana, leaving the only physical evidence of their passing.

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Blossom end rot

By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: It almost looks like a rodent of some sort took a bite out of a tomato. That was my first reaction. A gentleman from Cooperstown brought it in and heard a friend of his in town had the same problem. He stated that this tomato was more than 12 inches off the ground and in with a bunch of other tomatoes.

A: What you are seeing is blossom end rot, which is not uncommon with the first tomatoes coming off the vine. It is caused by a calcium deficiency while the fruit was forming the final cells at the blossom end. The cells broke down, so a secondary decay moved in. Cut it out because the rest of the fruit is edible but not pretty to look at.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/horticulture.

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Precision Agriculture Summit set for January 21-22

By NDSU Extension Service The Red River Valley Research Corridor management and spatial variability in soils. has scheduled the second annual Precision David Clay, South Dakota State University soil biochemistry professor, will discuss Agriculture Summit at the Farmers Union the use of nitrogen-rich strips to increase the Conference Center in Jamestown, North accuracy of in-field optical sensors. Clay Dakota on January 21-22, 2013. has researched the impact of climate, soils, John Nowatzki, North Dakota State and management on agricultural systems.

University (NDSU) Extension Service He has developed techniques to calculate agricultural machine systems specialist, is yield losses due to water and nitrogen stress coordinating the summit agenda, and will be in corn plants. moderating sessions on in-field crop sensors Carl Dahlen, NDSU Extension beef cattle and crop field data management. specialist, will discuss precision technol“The summit is intended to be an opogy applications for livestock management portunity for sharing precision agriculture and will include information on the NDSU research, technology and needs among beef cattle research complex. The complex farmers, industry, consultants and university has systems capable of monitoring indipersonnel,” Nowatzki says. vidual feed intake and quantifying feeding The agenda focuses on using in-field crop behavior. It uses devices to monitor cattle sensors for variable-rate fertilization to indigestive processes and has applications for crease nitrogen use efficiency and on farm electronic animal identification. field information and data management.

Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State University The agenda also includes a presentation Extension precision nutrient management on livestock precision agricultural applicaspecialist, will present his work on GreenStions. The agenda and other information for eeker sensors for increased grain yields and the summit are at http://theresearchcorridor. nitrogen use efficiency in wheat. Arnall com/precisionagsummit2013. conducts research and presents Extension Sarah Bedgar Wilson, Jamestown area programs on soil fertility and plant nutrition farmer, will share her stories of adventures and sensor-based technologies for increased in agriculture in a fashion intended to engrain yields and nitrogen use efficiency in tertain and educate people with positive all crops. information about agriculture.

Abbey Wick, NDSU Extension soil She is a fifth-generation farmer with roots health specialist and assistant professor in on a diversified dairy, livestock and crop the Soil Science Department, will discuss farm in Maryland. In 2002, she ventured salinity mapping as it applies to precision west to attend graduate school in animal sciagriculture. Her expertise includes soil ence at NDSU. She has been active in North organic matter and nutrient cycling, soil Dakota Farm Bureau (NDFB), co-founded structural development and microbial ecolthe NDSU Collegiate Farm Bureau Chapter ogy, especially related to areas impacted by and has served as a NDFB Field Staff and salinity or sodicity.

Young Farmers and Ranchers Program coA North Dakota Natural Resources Conordinator. Wilson and her husband, Jeremy, servation Service (NRCS) soil scientist will raise corn, soybeans and cover crops. discuss the precision agriculture applicaDave Franzen, NDSU Extension Service tions of the Web soil survey. Also, an NRCS soil specialist, will present information sumprogram specialist will share information marizing his research using in-field optical about precision agriculture incentive prosensors as a tool to increase nitrogen use grams. efficiency on corn. Franzen will describe Several industry representatives will how information from the sensors can be participate in a panel discussion about comrelated to potential corn yield. He also will mercial optical sensors for agricultural crop discuss his research of incorporating corn management. Joe Tevis, Topcon Positioning height to improve the relationship between Systems, will discuss the CropSpec sensor optical sensor readings and yield estimates. system. Paul Backstrom, farmer and dealer Newell Kitchen, soil scientist with the from Maddock, will discuss his work with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s AgriculAg Leader OptRx crop sensors. Doug tural Research Service at the University Kieffer, Spectrum Technologies product of Missouri in Columbia, will discuss the manager, will discuss a smartphone appliimpacts of soil texture and weather on incation. FieldScout GreenIndex+. Spectrum season corn nitrogen fertilization. Kitchen Technologies developed the app to identify is involved cropping systems research that nitrogen needs in corn crops. improves surface and ground water quality, A panel of company representatives will and the development of precision agriculdiscuss the industry perspective of variableture strategies for increased nutrient-use rate fertilizer applications, including their efficiency. recommendations on preparing field manRaj Khosla, Colorado State University agement zones. precision agriculture professor, will disAnother industry panel will discuss and cuss managing the spatial variability of demonstrate farm geographic informasoils. Khosla’s work includes evaluating tion systems (GIS) computer programs. different techniques of precision nitrogen The panel presenters include Ted Macy, and water management across productivMapShots Inc., Cumming, Georgia; Paul ity level management zones. His research Overby, Verdi-Plus Farm Works Mapping, work is focused on enhancing crop input Wolford; and Jordan Schuetzle, Libera use efficiency, productivity, profitability Systems, Grand Forks. and sustainability of large- and small-scale The conference is sponsored by the Red agricultural production systems.

River Valley Research Corridor, NDSU Richard Ferguson, University of NeExtension Service, North Dakota Farmers braska Extension soil fertility specialist, Union and Lake Region State College’s will present research information on the Dakota Precision Ag Center. interactions among nitrogen rate strategy, For more information or to register, visit corn hybrid and population on the northern the Red River Valley Research Corridor Plains. Ferguson’s research includes the website at http://theresearchcorridor.com/ use of crop canopy sensors for in-season precisionagsummit2013 or contact Ryan nitrogen management and site-specific Aasheim at (701) 499-6994 or ryan@therecrop management. Ferguson also teaches searchcorridor.com. university classes on site-specific crop

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Growing citrus indoors

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension Service, Minnesota Oranges in Minnesota? This idea is not so far-fetched if you consider growing selected citrus plants indoors. Although not large producers of fruit, the flowers and fruit, when they do appear, can be fragrant and attractive.

Most varieties of oranges and other citrus grown commercially in warm climates are too large to be grown indoors.

However, there are several species that make good houseplants when cared for properly.

Citrofortunella mitis, or calmondin orange, is probably the most common species grown indoors. Its fruits are small and sour but can be used for marmalade or as a garnish in summer drinks. The Otaheite orange is not actually an orange but is a dwarf, spineless variant resulting from a cross between a lemon and a tangerine. Its botanical name is Citrus limonia ‘Otaheite,’ once known as Citrus taitensis.

Tangerines (Citrus reticulata) can also be grown indoors.

Satsuma oranges, which are really tangerines, are particularly good and are noted for their abundant fragrant flowers. There are two varieties of lemon which may be used as houseplants, ‘Ponderosa’ and ‘Meyer’. Citron (Citrus medica) and kumquat (Fortunella species) can also be grown indoors.

The culture of citrus plants is not particularly difficult if their growth needs can be met.

Citrus plants grow best indoors with 65° days dropping five to ten degrees at night. Some direct sun is desirable for at least part of the day. During the summer, citrus plants may be placed outside to take advantage of better growing conditions and extra light. Let the plants acclimate to sunny conditions by placing them in the shade of a tree or north side of the house for the first several days. Make sure they have plenty direct light eventually. Acclimate them to lower light at the end of the summer by keeping them in a shady place for a week or so before bringing them back indoors.

A soil containing a fair amount of organic matter is desirable. Since citrus plants prefer acid conditions, use peat in the potting mix to help keep the pH down. Use about onethird sterile potting soil, one-third perlite or vermiculite, and one-third peat or other organic matter in the potting mix.

Use a fertilizer formulated specially for acid-loving plants, mixed so it’s half the recommended strength. Fertilize the plant only when it is actively growing, usually April through August or September.

Scale, whitefly, and spider mites are some of the more common pests of citrus. Many insects can be prevented from gaining much ground by making sure the foliage is kept clean by periodically washing the leaves. Pay special attention to the undersides as well as the tops of leaves.

Generally stem cuttings root easily. Use new shoots which have been allowed to harden just a little. In other words, the shoots are not buttery soft and have a little substance to them. Usually, these cuttings are taken in the spring or summer when the plants are growing most actively. Root the cuttings in fresh potting mix, keeping them slightly moist.

Repot when new roots reach a length of one inch or so.

Seeds also grow quite easily, though they will usually not yield plants exactly like the parent from which they came.

Plants grown from seed seldom attain a large enough size to flower and fruit. Growing citrus from seeds is a good children’s project, though. Using the same potting mix as you would for cuttings, place seeds about one-fourth inch below the surface of the mix. Again, keep the potting soil moist.

You may have flowers, but still have difficulty getting fruit to form on your citrus plant. This may be due to lack of pollination. In the wild and in the grove, citrus are pollinated by insects. Since these are not usually present in the home situation, shaking the flowers gently or flicking them with your fingers ought to get the job done.

Growing citrus plants is not all that difficult. Getting the plants to bear luscious tropical fruits is another story. Perhaps it’s better to simply consider your citrus a nice houseplant that may, given the chance, produce fruit as a bonus.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. This article was written by Deborah L. Brown, Retired Extension Horticulturist ##### “Granny always wore an apron,” recalled a grandma.

“When we would visit, we would sneak up in back of her and untie it. Then she would grab the broom and chase us outside. I can still remember that squeaky old screen door slamming as we four girls ran for our lives. Grandma always fell asleep sitting in her old rocking chair and that’s when we would tie her apron strings to the chair. I think she loved this.

Oh how I miss her and remember her love. She didn’t have much as far as material things, but we had a blast with her.”

Educator joins Sublette County UW Extension office

By University of Wyoming Extension Windy Kelley joined the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension office in Sublette County Monday, December 17.

Kelley, a sustainable management of rangeland resources educator, is based in Pinedale and serves Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton and Uinta counties.

Windy Kelley Kelley has a bachelor’s degree in natural resource recreation and tourism and a master’s degree in rangeland ecosystem science from Colorado State University.

“Kelley will continue UW Extension’s long history of outstanding educational outcomes for landowners, natural resource managers, energy companies and cooperating agencies in western Wyoming,” noted Susan James, federal relations and staff development coordinator with UW Extension.

Prior to joining extension, Kelley was the agricultural program coordinator for the Wyoming Department of Agriculture in the Jonah Interagency and Pinedale Anticline Project office.

“Windy’s technical expertise combined with her demonstrated success in addressing complex natural resource management issues in western Wyoming provide her an exceptional foundation to develop and deliver relevant, objective and impactful educational programs,” said James.

##### “Gramps was always an upbeat guy and used to say ‘If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it.’” ##### Remember the penance we pay as parents; the reward we reap is being grandparents.

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Big Horn County sugar beet growers look to manage production risk – Part II

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They are concerned with high input prices and want to guarantee a certain level of revenue to cover costs.

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As the Riffs feared, the spring and summer were extremely dry and caused extensive losses on their sugar beets. They replanted 100 acres, and their ending yield was 12 tons per acre.

Crop Insurance Calculations The replant provision of their contract allows for a payment equal to the lesser of 10 percent of their APH yield or the value of 1.5 tons. In this case, the tonnage is the lesser amount, equaling $7,695 total ($76.95 per acre).

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Strategy Comparison Had the Riffs not chosen crop insurance, their production losses would have New resulted in lost revenue of Powder $102,600 (the indemnity payment of $94,905 plus the Coated, Bolt replant payment of $7,695).

Together Keep in mind these calculations do not include premium Kits amounts.

If the Riffs had purchased with FREE DELIVERY only CAT coverage, their shortfall would have been much greater. Their loss would have qualified, as it was more than a 50-percent yield loss, but would have been paid on 55 percent of that amount for an indemnity payment of $89.78 per acre.

For More Information To learn more about actual production history-based, multi-peril insurance for sugar beets or other crops, consult a local crop insurance agent or visit the Risk Management Agency website at rma.usda.gov. For more information on this and other risk management topics on the web, visit the Western Risk Management library at riskmgt.uwagec.org.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: A little more than two years ago, we bought a house with a cutleaf weeping birch in the front yard. The house and the tree reside near Cliff, New Mexico, which is on the western front of the Gila Wilderness just above the Upper Gila River corridor. They are at about 5,400 feet in elevation and on the northeastern side of a ridge top. Needless to say, it seems this weeping birch is a bit out of its typical region. The soil composition is a mix of midslope decomposed granite and limestone. There are some areas with caliche clay. The area around the tree has improved soils. The previous owner dug a 6-foot hole and filled it with amended soil when he planted it. The tree is about 20 to 25 feet tall. It gets full sun in the summer (house/yard built on a solstice line). About a 20-foot perimeter around the tree is planted with a variety of heavy ground-cover plants, and I’ve mulched the area directly under the tree. When we bought the house, the top of the tree looked like it was dying. The previous owner stated that he never watered anything. I identified the tree and began watering the tree using a drip tree soaker. I also scouted for any evidence of borer activity. The bark looks in great shape. The tree is so far out of its typical range that I think borer activity won’t be much of an issue. This spring, I watched the tree turn green with the hope that the top of the tree would recover. So far, I’ve only seen a slight improvement. There are a few green leaves on top but not full and lush like the rest of the tree. It puts out huge, healthy-looking catkins and looks in good shape. This is such a beautiful tree that I’d hate to see it die. However, I’m at a loss as to what else to do for it. Would it take more than one season of adequate watering to show a full recovery? Could the root system have reached the poorer- quality soils below the initial hole? I would be more than happy to send a photo of it if it would help paint the picture. Any thoughts, suggestions or advice you might provide would be greatly appreciated.

A: With the exception of not watering the tree, the previous owner knew what he was doing to get this tree established and growing. This tree is without a doubt outside its natural range by a long shot. With everything the previous owner did, a microclimate was created that allowed the tree to survive and thrive. The dead part of the tree you described is a typical bronze birch borer (BBB) start pattern and should be addressed as soon as possible. Get in touch with an ISA certified arborist to have the dead part of the tree properly pruned and inspected for evidence of borer activity. If found, the tree should be treated with a systemic insecticide that has the active ingredient imidacloprid (Merit) to keep successive generations from becoming established. It could be some boring insect other than the BBB, which this treatment also will take care of.

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: Where would we buy some northern acclaim honeylocusts? Are there any local retailers? I think next spring we would like to get some to put near the house. Also, we had our soil tested in areas where we are having trouble getting grass to grow. The conductivity was rather high (soluble salts at 6.10 millimhos per centimeter) and the soil had a pH of 8.7. Larry Swenson from North Dakota State University recommended we purchase Fulz alkali grass seed. However, I also am curious if there are any bushes or trees that could tolerate these conditions? Is there a way to improve the soil in these areas?

A: Local garden centers should carry honeylocusts next spring. They are beautiful trees worth having on your property.

The soluble salts are extremely high, so the cost of correcting that high a salt content and elevated pH would be too prohibitive to consider. In Texas, where we ran into similar situations, we’d build berms with high-quality soil and plant the trees with the rootball not in the salty soil. It also is important that the area is watered with high-quality (low-salt) water. There is no plant material of any nature that will grow in soil with elevated salts and a pH that are that extreme.

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According to European folklore, ladybugs symbolize good luck. Many, many years ago, aphids invaded the fields of farmers. When the farmers prayed for help to the Virgin Mary, legend tells us that swarms of little red beetles appeared. They proceeded to eat the aphids and save the crops. The farmers named the beetles “ladybugs” in appreciation of Mary, “Our Lady.”

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Using a biomass-derived solvent, University of Wisconsin (UW) -Madison chemical and biological engineers have streamlined the process for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-demand chemicals or energy-dense liquid transportation fuel.

Their new method eliminates the need for costly pretreatment steps that separate hemicellulose and cellulose, two main components of plant biomass that react at different rates. Pretreatment and extraction or separation steps can account for up to 30 percent of the total capital cost of a biofuels production plant.

James Dumesic, the Steenbock Professor and Michel Boudart Professor of chemical and biological engineering at UW–Madison, and members of his research group described the process in a paper published online November 1 in the journal “Energy & Environmental Science (http://pubs.rsc. org/en/journals/journalissues/ee).”

The “magic potion” that enables the researchers to simultaneously process hemicellulose and cellulose, which have significantly different physical and chemical properties, is gamma-valerolactone, or GVL. Essentially, the team is exploiting the power of GVL to produce GVL, which has potential as an inexpensive, yet energy-dense, “drop-in” biofuel.

For biomass conversion, it’s also an ideal solvent because it already is a product of the conversion process. “You’d make the solvent as part of the process,” says Dumesic.

“Water is used now, but it leads to low rates and low yields of desired products.”

GVL broadens the optimal conditions for separately processing hemicellulose and cellulose. As a result, those optimal conditions overlap, enabling Dumesic and his group to process both — with high yields — under the same conditions.

Now, in a single reactor, the researchers can convert hemicellulose to furfural and cellulose to levulinic acid.

In the United States, approximately 300,000 tons of furfural each year are used as solvents and in adhesives and polymers. In their process, the researchers can separate the furfural through distillation during the reaction or, through a series of steps, they can convert furfural to levulinic acid — a desirable value-added biochemical used to make solvents and fuel additives.

Levulinic acid can be upgraded to other platform molecules, including GVL. In fact, in 2010, Dumesic and his group developed a highly efficient two-step catalytic process for converting levulinic acid to GVL, and ultimately, into high-energy liquid transportation fuel. “So, instead of having furfural from the hemicellulose and levulinic acid from the cellulose, you can convert everything to levulinic acid — and that’s easy to convert to GVL,” he says.

In general, says Dumesic, levulinic acid, furfural and GVL are all valuable chemicals that have different applications.

“And within the bioenergy space, there’s been more interest recently in making commodity chemicals,” he says. “But if you want to make a fuel, GVL is the way to go, because it can be blended as a fuel additive.”

In addition to broadening biomass processing conditions, GVL also requires far less sulfuric acid than water and it solubilizes lignins and humins — biomass material that typically clogs the system. As a result, those degradation products move freely through and out of the reactor in a more environmentally friendly process. “With GVL, you use 10 times less acid, so you have a more economical way to deal with the waste,” says Dumesic.

And, GVL can mix with water, meaning the researchers’ process works even with biomass that’s wet.

While the group conducted its research in small batches in the laboratory, Dumesic says the process could scale to a continuous-flow reactor. For now, the researchers are studying how long they can use GVL in the biomass conversion process before they have to clean it to remove any impurities that have accumulated in it.

Other authors on the paper include UW–Madison chemical and biological engineering postdoctoral researchers David Martin Alonso and Stephanie Wettstein and graduate students Elif Gurbuz and Max Mellmer. The group received funding for the research from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at UW–Madison and from the U. S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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2008 GMC Acadia SLT 1 AWD, 3.6L 6-cylinder, tan.

2009 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLT 4WD, 6.0L 8-cylinder, 43,226 miles, red.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD, 5.3L 8-cylinder, 81,430 miles, silver.

2012 Chevrolet Traverse LT 3.6L 6-cylinder, 28,553 miles, pearl white.

2005 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3L 8-cylinder, automatic, lift kit, 91,633 miles, red.

2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 4WD, 6.6L 8-cylinder, 111,598 miles, black.

2011 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLT Duramax, gray.

2012 Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD, 9060 miles, white.

2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT 4WD, 5.3L 8-cylinder, 31,000 miles, white.

2011 GMC Sierra 4WD, 5.3L 8-cylinder, 7000 miles, silver.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 4WD, 6.0L 8-cylinder, 98,400 miles, dark cherry.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD, 5.3L 8-cylinder, 36,700 miles, blue.

2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD, 5.3L, 122,000 miles, blue.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, 80,840 miles, maroon.

2007 GMC Yukon XL Denali AWD, 6.2L 8-cylinder, 87,000 miles, black.

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Autumn 2012 weather rolls from one extreme to other

By CAHNRS and WSU Extension Autumn is a time of transition, and never was that fact more on display than this year. The season may include three months, but Washington’s 2012 autumn weather came in only two parts. During September and early October, conditions were dry and summer-like. Wildfires raged, smoke filled the air and skies were cloud-free nearly every day. However, everything changed on October 12. From mid-October onTaking pre-season orders for ward, wet and stormy conditions dominated the weather.

Significant rain fell in western Washington, while periods of Westfield and Krause parts. rain impacted central and eastern Washington as well.

“We changed from the dry season to the wet season in one day. It was as if Mother Nature flipped a switch and turned Power Motors Implement – Fort Benton on the fire hose,” said Washington State University (WSU) Call George Fultz at (406) 799-7459 AgWeatherNet meteorologist Nic Loyd.

A Web based, publicly available system, AgWeatherNet provides access to near real-time weather data and value-added products from WSU’s statewide weather network, along with decision aids for agricultural producers and other users.

“Long Beach recorded rain on just four of the first 41 days of the autumn season,” Loyd said. “Remarkably, however, there were only six dry days in the final 50 days of fall.” The longest dry streak at Long Beach since Oct. 12 lasted only two days. While drought and fires were the issues early in the fall, flooding and landslides were the biggest concerns late in the season.

Dry lightning in early September led to numerous wildfire starts along the east slopes of the Cascades. Stagnant conditions led to a deep, widespread smoke layer aloft that covered eastern Washington mid to late September. Smoke was also an issue at the surface, especially in the Wenatchee area. For Modular Homes by Forest River Housing several days during the third week of the month, surface solar radiation was limited to 40 percent of its potential, despite Let Us Put You In A New Home Today!! an absence of clouds.

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Wet weather and warm overnight temperatures returned Call or e-mail today for during the middle of October. However, several chilly days more information occurred later in the month. October 22 was the coldest day to that point since March in eastern Washington, and the mountains received their first notable snowfall of the season.

“The apple harvest was completed in November, while Christmas tree farms were preparing for their busy season,” said AgWeatherNet director Gerrit Hoogenboom. “However, the weather continued to affect Washington agriculture. The persistent wet weather has been beneficial for winter wheat producers, although many pastures and fields in western Washington were flooded by heavy rain.”

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NDSU ag, extension faculty and staff honored

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University (NDSU) honored Agriculture and Extension faculty and staff in an awards ceremony December 13.

Ken Grafton, vice president for Agricultural Affairs, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and Chris Boerboom, director of the NDSU Extension Service, presented the awards during the 21st annual Agriculture and Extension Faculty/Staff Awards program. Forty-seven people were nominated this year.

The 2012 award recipients were: • Larson/Yaggie Excellence in Research Award - Tom DeSutter, assistant professor, School of Natural Resource Sciences (Soil Science) • Eugene R. Dahl Excellence in Research Award - Anna Grazul-Bilska, professor, Department of Animal Sciences • Earl and Dorothy Foster Excellence in Teaching Award - Siew Lim, assistant professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics • H. Roald and Janet Lund Excellence in Teaching Award - Janice Haggart, instructor, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences • William J. and Angelyn A. Austin Excellence in Advising Award - Rachel Richman, senior lecturer, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences • Myron and Muriel Johnsrud Excellence in Extension/ Outreach Award - Reid Redden, Extension sheep specialist and assistant professor, Department of Animal Sciences • AGSCO Excellence in Extension Award - Brad Brummond, Extension agent, Walsh County • Charles and Linda Moses Staff Award - Kirk Anderson, research specialist, School of Natural Resource Sciences (Entomology) • Donald and Jo Anderson Staff Award - Sandy Erickson, administrative assistant, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences • Rick and Jody Burgum Staff Award - Nels Olson, research technician, Hettinger Research Extension Center

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Balewagons & Retrievers

New Holland 1095, self-propelled....................................... CALL New Holland 1089 diesel, new tires, clean......................$89,000 New Holland 1079 diesel, extra sharp.............................$75,000 New Holland 1069 gas, rebuilt, sharp, clean....................... CALL New Holland 1069 balewagon, diesel engine..................$49,500 New Holland 1068 gas.....................................................$34,000 New Holland 1063 pull-type, 160 bale capacity.................. CALL New Holland Super 1049 self-propelled balewagon........$28,000 4-New Holland Super 1049 balewagons...... $12,000 to $28,000 2-New Holland 1037 balewagons................. $18,000 to $20,000 New Holland 1033 balewagons........................................... CALL New Holland 1032...............................................................$8500 New Holland 1002 pull type................................................$3000 New Holland 1052 retriever bed.......................................... CALL

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Hough H65 rubber tired front end loader..........................$18,500 JCB 508-40 telehandler, cab, air, heat, 40-ft. reach, 8000# lift...... . ....................................................................................$27,500 Kobelco mini-excavator with blade and thumb.................$18,500

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Moose on the loose

By Maggie Nutter, Marias River Livestock Association during the early 21st century. As one indiWith the changes in the moose population cation of potential declines, annual moose and locations in Montana, the Fish Wildlife harvest in Montana peaked in 1994 at 656 and Parks is planning a 10 year study of animals, while the 2009 harvest was the the Moose. The Sweet Grass Hills area and prairies have intrigued biologist as they are lowest recorded since 1957, with 359 moose newer moose habitats. There is discussion harvested. At the same time, researchers as to whether the moose in the Sweet Grass elsewhere in Minnesota and Wyoming have Hills are the same subspecies of moose as shown fairly drastic declines in local moose those on the Rocky Mountain Front to the populations with potential links to declining West or if they are a larger subspecies from habitat conditions, increased parasite loads, the north. and warmer temperatures.

Marias River Livestock Association will Data available to Montana Fish, Wildlife be hosting a Informational Session where & Parks (FWP) wildlife biologists for monilandowners and any interested persons can toring moose are relatively slim compared meet Ryan Rauscher and Nick DeCesare to other game species, which complicates who will inform the public about details moose management in the face of potential of the FWPs moose study. Ryan Rauscher declines. Thus, FWP has recently begun a is the Wildlife Biologist out of Conrad, long-term moose research program focused Montana. You may have met him at the Elk/ on understanding the health of moose popuBrucellosis meeting in Shelby, Montana or lations in Montana and developing costthe Wolf Information Meeting in Valier, effective means for monitoring moose into Montana as he attended both of them. the future. This ten-year study will include Nick DeCesare is a research biologist for radio-collaring of adult female moose in 3 Montana FWPs. He was born and raised in study areas (Cabinet Mountains, Big Hole Wisconsin and came to Montana in 2000 to Valley, and Rocky Mountain Front) to attend graduate school at the University in monitor the survival and pregnancy rates of Missoula. DeCesare’s dissertation was on cow moose and the survival of their calves Woodland Caribou in Alberta. He worked during their first year of life. Conducting for a time with the Forest Service studying research across these different study areas Lynx. Currently he is working for the MT will shed light on the relative importance of FWP preparing the Moose Study. many factors (predators, parasites, forage If you have pictures to show or stories to quality, hunting, among others) in affecttell about Moose, DeCesare would enjoy ing moose populations across Montana. your bringing them to the presentation on Logistically, this work will entail a 1-2 days January 15, 2013 1:00 pm at the Whitlash of helicopter darting to capture moose each Hall, Whitlash Montana. winter (beginning in Jan/Feb 2013), folThe FWP may start contacting land ownlowed by monthly radio-tracking of moose ers in January to seek permission for this from the air and ground. project. Marias River Livestock Assn is not The Rocky Mountain Front study area encouraging or discouraging participation in is a particularly interesting area for moose the study, simply providing a place and time because it as an area of recent expansion to learn about it and ask questions. of moose and where all indications sugMoose research synopsis by Nick gest a healthy and increasing population.

DeCesare Geographically, this study area may include The Shiras moose (Alces alces shirasi) is moose along the eastern front of the Rockies the smallest and southernmost subspecies from the Sun River near Augusta all the way of moose in North America, with a current northeast to the Sweet Grass Hills and Whitrange extending along the Rocky Mountains lash area. FWP biologists Ryan Rauscher from southern Canada into Montana and the (271-7033) and Nick DeCesare (542-5558) western US. (ndecesare@mt.gov) are very interested in In Montana, moose have generally behearing reports of moose in the Sweet Grass come more abundant and widespread over Hills, as well as meeting with landowners the last 200 years, yet concern has arisen to discuss potential sites for capturing and recently over potential moose declines monitoring moose into the future.

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Momma takes a good look. Cow moose with calf at side studies the photographer in the Sweet Grass Hills.

Photo by Maggie Nutter.

WSU Extension, team win 2012 Partnership Award

By CAHNRS and WSU Extension Washington State University (WSU) Extension, its partnering organization Tri County Economic Development District (TEDD) and four other organizations recently received the 2012 Partnership Award from Inland Northwest Partners (INP) for rural, regional economic development efforts in support of a national initiative entitled Stronger Economies Together (SET).

INP, a regional nonprofit economic development organization, honored local communities and individuals with Hometown Awards at the organization’s annual meeting last month. The Partnership Award recognizes a significant economic development accomplishment through innovative partnerships. Along with WSU Extension and TEDD, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, Pend Oreille Economic Development Council and Washington State Department of Commerce were honored.

Led by WSU Extension and USDA Rural Development, the TEDD SET project began as a training program and an economic development planning effort involving business representatives, citizens and local governments. Regional experts from the University of Idaho, Eastern Washington University and others addressed topics such as regional assets, demographics, visioning and goals as well as planning and measurement.

According to Debra Hansen, WSU Extension Stevens County director, SET soon morphed into an action-oriented effort.

“People in our region are passionate about finding ways to grow the economy while maintaining our terrific quality of life,” said Hansen.

SET in northeast Washington attracted 42-75 participants per session from Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties for more than 1,805 contact hours of economic development learning. During seven sessions, community members weighed in on the state of the regional economy and proposed solutions to challenges. A number of ideas regarding entrepreneurism/small business, tourism, broadband, agriculture and many other critical topics surfaced during work sessions.

“Just about the time we thought SET was officially over, the group decided that they wanted to keep learning and working on the issues in six project teams,” said TEDD Executive Director Rob Willford.

Early successes with SET and strengthened partnerships will benefit regional WSU community and economic development work in the future, said Paul Johnson, USDA Rural Development, Washington. “We are delighted to have had this opportunity to work with WSU Extension and hope this is the beginning of many successful partnership efforts.”

WSU Extension SET team members supporting northeast Washington included Hansen; Community Coach Krisan LeHew; and WSU Division of Governmental Studies and Services Senior Associate Monica Babine.

For more information about WSU Extension SET efforts or INP, contact Babine, 425-827-8015, babinem@wsu.edu.

Natrona County extension horticulturist receives honor

By University of Wyoming extension Donna Cuin, horticultural program associate in the Natrona County office of the University of Wyoming Extension, received the Outstanding Extension Educator Award from the Wyoming Association of County Agricultural Agents.

The award was presented in November in Laramie at the annual extension training conference. Cuin is an active member of the association Donna Cuin and was honored for her excellence in extension education, leadership for extension programming, for tackling challenging issues and mentoring new extension employees.

Cuin joined extension in 2002. Her specialties are perennial gardening, xeriscaping and proper tree pruning practices, and she is the Natrona County Master Gardener coordinator and coaches 4-H vegetable judging teams.

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT

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 PTO.............................$4900 Westfield 13x70 swing auger................$10,500 Alloway 10x61 swing hopper auger.........$3000 Brandt 8x35 auger with bin sweep, 25-hp engine drive......................................................$6500

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• 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.

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.

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• 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

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NEW Vermeer BPX9000 Bale Processor

USED SPRAYERS

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.

USED TRACTORS & BACKHOE

Apache AS715 self-propelled, 750 gallon, 90-ft. booms........................................... $130,000 Agco 7650 90-ft. Spra-Coupe........... $124,000 Brandt QF1500 sprayer......................... $9500

Steiger 210 4WD tractor...................... $12,900 USED TILLAGE Versatile 950 4WD tractor................... $11,900 Massey-Ferguson 212 3-pt. backhoe.... $4900 Melroe 36-ft. chisel plow.........................$6900

USED MISCELLANEOUS

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

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Process both Round & Big Square bales 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

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

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 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

COMING IN

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Farm King 8x35 with Honda engine.

New Holland 1431 rotary disc mower.

Flexi-Coil System 60 sprayer, 100-ft. booms.

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

New Massey Ferguson® 1500 & 1600 Series Compact Tractors

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

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2012 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4, heated leather, 18,000 miles, black.

2012 Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD, cloth seats.

2010 Dodge Caravan, 16,300 miles.

2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, 78,000 miles.

2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ, loaded, 80,000 miles. Black, very sharp!

2007 Pontiac Torrent AWD, 55,000 miles.

2007 Hummer H3 5 cylinder, 5 speed manual, 36,000 miles.

2012 Chevrolet Traverse AWD, 8 passenger, heated cloth seats, well equipped, 5900 miles.

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2006 Ford Freestyle FWD wagon, cloth seats.

2001 Chrysler Town & Country LX van, leather seats, nice van.

---- USED CARS ----

2011 Cadillac CTS AWD, 23,000 miles, very sharp.

2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 LTZ 4x4, crew cab, short box, heated leather, bed liner, running boards.

2011 Chevrolet Malibu LT sedan, 4 cylinder, automatic, cloth interior, 19,000 miles, silver.

---- 2- & 4-WD TRUCKS ----

2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4, 5.3L V8, extended cab, long box, 11,000 miles.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ 4x4, crew cab, leather, fully loaded.

2003 Chevrolet 1500 4x4, extended cab, 5.3L, automatic, 78,000 miles, one owner.

1992 Chevrolet 2500 light-duty, 4x4, extended cab.

2010 Chevrolet Impala LT 3.5L, automatic, cloth interior, 28,000 miles, white.

2008 Ford Focus 4-door, 4 cylinder, automatic, 31,000 miles.

1993 Chevrolet Lumina, 4-door.

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Invasive grass fuels increased fire activity in the west

An invasive grass species may be one reason fires are bigger and more frequent in certain regions of the western United States, according to a team of researchers.

Researchers used satellite imagery to identify cheatgrass, a plant species accidentally introduced by settlers in the West during the 1800s, in a disproportionately high number of fires in the Great Basin, a 600,000 square-kilometer arid area in the West that includes large sections of Nevada, as well as parts of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, California and Oregon.

“Over the past decade, cheatgrass fueled the majority of the largest fires, influencing 39 of the largest 50 fires,” said Jennifer Balch, assistant professor, Penn State’s Department of Geography and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. “That’s much higher than what it should be when you consider how much of the Great Basin that cheatgrass covers.”

The average size of the fires in cheatgrass grasslands, which dominate only about 6 percent of the Great Basin, was significantly larger than the average fire in most regions dominated by other vegetation, including pinyon-juniper areas, montane shrubland and agricultural land.

In addition to targeting the influence of cheatgass on major fires, the researchers, who reported their findings in the online version of Global Change Biology, also found that the plant may play a role in increasing the frequency of fires, said Balch.

“From 2000 to 2009, cheatgrass burned twice as much as any other vegetation,” said Balch.

Cheatgrass One of the consequences of more widespread cheatgrass fires is that landscapes dominated by the grass have a shorter fire-return interval -- the time between fires in a region -- of 78 years, compared to other species like sagebrush, which has a 196-year fire return interval.

“What’s happening is that cheatgrass is creating a novel grass-fire cycle that makes future fires more likely,” said Balch, who started this work at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. “Fire promotes cheatgrass and cheatgrass promotes fires.”

The ability of cheatgrass to rapidly spread and fill in the ground between other plant species may be one reason the plant is involved in larger and more frequent blazes, said Balch, who worked with Bethany Bradley, assistant professor of environmental conservation, University of MassachusettsAmherst; Carla D’Antonio, professor of ecology, evolution and marine biology, University of California-Santa Barbara, and José Gómez-Dans, research associate in the department of geography and the National Centre for Earth Observation, University College London.

Balch said the cheatgrass-influenced fires create a difficult management challenge. The fires can threaten agricultural lands and, since more people are building homes in the west, residential areas as well as habitat for threatened native wildlife, such as the greater sage grouse.

While cheatgrass-driven fires have been recognized for decades, remote sensing technology has allowed the researchers to take a regional approach to assessing the problem. They compared burned area detected by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectoradiometer between 2000 to 2009 to regional land cover maps that included cover of cheatgrass.

“Historically, the way remote sensing worked, you could only tell the difference between broad land cover classes such as trees versus wetlands, for instance,” Bradley said. “It is very difficult to capture those details at the species level.”

However, by noticing what conditions favor the growth of certain species, the researchers were able to use the satellite imagery to better pinpoint the growth of different species.

For instance, cheatgrass grows during wet periods while many other species do not, Bradley said.

“What you end up seeing is that most years when it is dry, the cheatgrass doesn’t grow much,” said Bradley. “But when there are wet seasons that occur due to the El Nino cycle, cheatgrass cover is very dense and continuous.”

Bradley added that this is a concern because cheatgrass now dominates more than 40,000 square kilometers, an area that is more than 100 times the size of Salt Lake City, Utah.

According to the researchers, those changes in the vegetation can be detected in the satellite images.

“Being able to detect cheatgrass and burns really enabled us to ask the important question: ‘How does an invasive plant change fire activity across the entire Great Basin?’”

Balch said.

The National Science Foundation and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis supported this work.

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2000 Gehl DL8H telescopic forklift, 8000 lb capacity, 42-ft. reach, 4x4x4, 3150 hours. Good clean machine................$27,750

2008 Cat D6T dozer, semi-u blade, cab, air conditioning, ripper, only 1700 hours. Like new!!!!................................ $264,000

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

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

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

2005 Volvo 330BLC excavator, cab, air conditioning, hydraulic thumb, very clean, very tight, 8850 hours. Nice clean machine!.......................................................................$79,900

1992 John Deere 544E wheel loader, cab, heat, hydraulic quick couple, bucket, forks, 120 hp turbo diesel, 9700 hours. One owner! Excellent condition!.....................................$39,500

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

2005 Terex TH1056C telehandler, cab, heat, stabilizers, 10,000 lb capacity, 56-ft. reach, good tires, 3300 hours......$48,800

2005 Genie S-40 manlift, 4WD, diesel, 2100 hours. Excellent condition, very nice machine...................................$25,500

Call us about Attachments!

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

Skidsteer HD brush grapple.................................................. $2000 Skidsteer pallet fork attachments............................................$690 Cat integrated tool carrier telescopic jib. Call for details... $2000 Skidsteer 3 prong hay fork.......................................................$500 Telehandler 10-ft. framing jib................................................. $1500 Sweepster 10-ft. broom for Cat backhoes and wheel loaders.......... ........................................................................................... $9500 Skidsteer 3 cubic yard dump hopper.................................... $3500

2005 Gehl 4840 skidsteer loader, 1900 lb capacity, 2 speed, ride control. Only 790 hours!! Very nice machine!..........$19,900 2005 Bobcat T190 skidsteer. Good tracks, tight, 2000 hours, work ready...............................................................$19,900 2007 Cat 226B skidsteer loader, cab, heat, 50% tires. Very clean and tight machine with only 1550 hours..................$22,750

MORE SKIDSTEERS COMING IN!

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 Lincoln 400 welder/generator, both feeds, trailer mounted, low hours, great shape. Excellent condition!!!................... $8250 2008 Asphalt Zipper Model 500, 159 hours, similar to new!...... ................................................................................$69,000

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

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From the entire crew at

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Ethridge, Great Falls, Lewistown, Denton, Havre and Billings

CORPORATE Wayne Fischer Corporate After Market

Jenny Paladichuk Corporate HR

Patty Wood Corporate Controller Eric Torgerson President

Brion Torgerson CEO

Lin Torgerson Corporate

Jed Bengtson Corporate Sales

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Shane Kolwyck IT

Mark Adler Warranty Admin.

Brian Grainger Parts Manager

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Dan Svelstad Parts

Jim Whetham Sales Consultant

Aron Torgerson Corporate

we want to send out a big THANK YOU for your patronage in 2012 ethridge

Phil Stokes General Manager

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great falls Joe Hafliger Sales Manager

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“We look forward to serving you in 2013”

lewistown

Dan Musick Service Manager

Russ Mason Trucking

Wayne Miller Sales Consultant

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Jason Cole General Manager

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Matt Bruchez Service Tech

Josh Johnson Service Tech

Anna Morris Sales Consultant

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Tony Musick Service Tech

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Paul Hansen Parts

Kimberly Smith Sales Support

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havre Phil Stokes General Manager

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Don Wagner Sales Consultant Larry Sasaki Service Supp. Rep.

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Isaac Drugge Service Tech

Steven Abrahamson Precision Specialist

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Becky Brinka Parts Manager John Barthol TSU Service Tech

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WINDROWERS

2009 Case IH WD1203 756 hours. #707747......... $66,500

2009 Hesston 9345 255 hours. #706557.............. $69,000

2009 Case IH WD1903 483 hours. #703651......... $74,075

2009 Case IH WD1203 812 hours. #707746......... $66,500 2009 New Holland H8060 312 hours. #705428.... $74,075

2009 MacDon M100 464 hours. #703285............. $43,210

Skid steer hoe #500675.......................................... $1200

Bucket #500686....................................................... $1100

ATTACHMENTS

New Holland 1475 #707766................................. $25,500

TRACTORS

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

Adapter #707848..................................................... $6000

ROUND BALER

Adapter #707915.................................................. $16,900

SQUARE BALER

2010 Case IH ST485 480 hours. #707727.......... $255,000

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

2007 Hesston 5456A 6651 hours. #700568......... $12,350

2009 New Holland BB9080 2336 hours. #706681............ . ...................................................................... $108,000

Ethridge, Montana

406-339-2222

Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

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406-265-5887

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406-252-8614

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COMBINES

HEADERS

2008 New Holland 1475 #706551.........................................................................................................................$32,900 2006 Case IH 2388 2263 hours. #700557........... $134,600

2003 Honey Bee SP36 #703733.......................... $33,400 2010 MacDon D60 #707548................................. $43,210

SPRAYERS 1999 Case IH 2388 2329 hours. #707683............. $79,200

2004 MacDon 963 #703491.................................. $33,340

AIR DRILLS 2008 Summers Ultimate pull-type. #703750........ $29,750

2005 Case IH 8010 2149 hours. #707646........... $159,260

2010 Case IH PH800 #707686............................ $185,900

2009 Case IH SP3330 self-proplled, 1164 hours. #707740.......................................................... $216,050

2000 Case IH 2388 2816 hours. #706646............. $80,250

2004 Case IH 2388 1627 hours. #703713........... $121,000

CONSTRUCTION

2010 Case IH PH800 #703745............................ $179,100

2008 BOXER 532 343 hours. #707741.................. $21,000

Ethridge, Montana

406-339-2222

Great Falls, Montana

406-453-1453

Lewistown/Denton, Montana

406-538-8795

Havre, Montana

406-265-5887

Billings, Montana

406-252-8614

Inventory Photos, Parts Catalogs, Job Opportunities

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Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C52

NH Bale Wagons & Retrievers FOR SALE & WILL PURCHASE

Sod Buster Sales, Inc.’s Farm Equipment Finding Service — Phone (406) 883-2118

FRONT END LOADER FOR SALE

Trojan front end loader, 11/4-yd bucket, 391 Ford gas engine. Newer engine, good tires, repainted. Good unit throughout..................$5000 Contact Toney, (406) 463-2570

Farming. It’s more than a business,

IT’S A WAY OF LIFE.

Protect your property with Farm Ranch insurance from State Farm*. For comprehensive coverage on your home, outbuildings, autos, equipment and livestock, contact me today.

Fosse Insurance Agcy Inc Gary T Fosse, Agent 222 15th Street South Great Falls, MT 59405-2459 gary@fosseinsurance.com

Bus: 406-268-8888 Toll Free: 800-597-6446

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Dashing thru the snow. Cow moose with a set of twins heads up a coulee in the Sweet Grass Hills. Photo by Maggie Nutter.

Daylilies

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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension Service Q: I have grown daylilies for years. This year, something strange happened. On some plants, one or two of the stalks turned brown, had small buds and then died.

However, the other stalks on the same plant flowered perfectly. Do you think they’ll come back next year? It’s been so dry that I had to water several times. I watered over the top of the plants instead of at the bottom. Would that be a problem? I am in a quandary trying to figure out is wrong.

(Hitterdal, Minnesota) A: Daylilies have been hit this year by a virus and fungal disease. In some cases, both problems are on the same plant. The leaf streak fungus appears to be the most common problem, with the virus a close second. These diseases are weather-related problems. The virus spreads because the insects that transmit the virus have not been controlled adequately across our region because of the uncommonly mild winter we had this past year. In most cases, the plants will recover.

When the symptoms show up, I suggest removing the infected foliage and spraying with a fungicide to protect the plantings that have not shown any symptoms. Early virus protection is not available, so monitor the insect activity on your plants and take the appropriate action at that time.

For answers to general horticultural questions, go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ horticulture.

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C53

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

2006 Loral 6300 570 automatic with AirMax 1000 bed, 2200 hours........$119,000

2002 Peterbilt 379, ISX Cummins, 475 hp, 10 speed.......... .................................. $28,500 2001 Case 3300, 3 wheel, Cummins, auto, 70-ft. booms. .................................. $64,500

1983 Freightliner with Tyler 16 ton tender............. $19,500

1989 Peterbilt 377 11L Detroit, 10 speed.............$11,500

1997 Ag Chem 8.3 Cummins, automatic, 70-ft. air booms..... .................................. $38,500

Willmar Wrangler diesel, bucket, 4300 hours.... $15,500

2007 Case 4520, Raven Viper controller/guidance, variable rate, 2 bin with chemical bin, 70-ft. booms, 4000 hrs...........$148,000

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

Willmar 3-axle 24-ton self contained................... $39,500 1999 Willmar 24-ton 2 axle semi........................... $32,500

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

1989 GMC semi-float with 8-ton Wilmar bed....... $21,000 1990 Volvo Cummins 10 speed, with 16-ton Wilmar tender........................ $24,500

1965 Kenworth with 16-ton Tyler tender, runs good........... .................................. $14,000

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

1991 Loral DT466, automatic, 3020 NewLeader bed, DickeyJohn controller........... $28,000

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

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

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

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

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

2002 International Silver Wheels, DT 466, automatic, 10-ton stainless steel bed, Raven monitor, 2300 hours......... .................................. $58,500

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

1999 Loral DT530, autoshift, Air Max 5 bed, 5700 hours..... .................................. $51,000

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

1997 International 3000 gallon propane truck, diesel, in service....................... $31,000

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

NH3 20-ft. train, 265 psi, 4200 and 4500 gallon......... $15,000

Greyn Fertilizer Supply

2002 Loral 4000 400 hp automatic, Air Max 1000 bed, 7900 hours......................... $58,000

Your full service fertilizer dealer.

www.fertilizerequipment.net 1999 Ag Chem with air spreader box, 70-ft. booms, 49000 hours.............. $68,000

Larry Greyn Vern Greyn Eric Greyn Choteau 466-5356 Dutton 476-3402 Valier 279-3255

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C54

We have 3 buyers wanting good farm land.

They have the cash and are ready to buy.

Seller pays no commission!

P.O. Box 3603 Lewistown, MT 59457

406-538-7400

Don 406-366-3216

Lloyd 406-366-3194

BOMBARDIER FOR SALE Bombardier BR100+, Snowcat with 1950 hours, 2.3 Ford, auto transmission, winch $15,500

CALL (406) 761-6785, Great Falls, MT

Plant scientists hope to use epigenetics to improve crops

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR and behaving as if they have seen high Plant scientists long have known they can levels of stress, including cold, heat, sale, alter crops genetically to improve perfordrought and high light. Then, after they remance; they’ve been doing it thousands of introduced the gene and crossbred it with a years. But what if they could dramatically plant that wasn’t altered, the crossbred plant improve crops by leaving the genes themshowed signs of enhanced growth, vigor, selves unchanged but instead change how lodge resistance, high biomass production they’re expressed in a way that would be and higher yield. passed down to future generations?

Those changes in some cases were huge: That question is at the heart of research up to a 100 percent increase in aboveat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s ground biomass, up to a 70 percent increase Center for Plant Science Innovation, and the in yield in sorghum, for example. results so far are encouraging. The findings, “We changed the way the plant is exexpected to be commercialized in the next pressing its genes, even though we didn’t couple of years, could play a role in helping change the genes themselves,” Mackenzie meet the world’s dramatically increasing said. The process is called epigenetics. need for food, said Sally Mackenzie, InstiMackenzie stresses these key points tute of Agriculture and Natural Resources about her lab’s work: plant scientist.

• It’s not transgene-mediated modificaSpecifically, scientists focused on a gene tion, which is controversial in some parts of called MSH1, short for MUTS Homolog1, the world and heavily regulated, thus slow which is present in every plant. They disto reach the market. covered that if they “silenced” that gene in • It’s worked in several crops so far – not some plants, their growth patterns changed so-called model crops, but actual agronomidramatically – dwarfed, highly branched cally useful crops, most importantly soybean, sorghum and millet, and also tobacco and tomatoes.

• These changes can occur in just two generations of plants, rather than the 10 or more it can take for genetic modification to take hold.

That’s appealing given the sense of urgency in figuring out how to feed a world whose population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.

The potential of epigenetics to improve other crops is unknown. It’s possible that most of the potential already has been reached in corn, for example, because it’s been heavily hybridized.

Until now, scientists couldn’t know what percentage of improvements in corn was due to genetic changes and what percentage was due, unwitMonitor tingly, to epigenetics.

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Overall, the cost of production increases “Corn is king across most of the state, are modest compared with those of 2011 at least on paper, for 2013,” Swenson says. and 2012.

“Returns to labor and management are “Fertilizer is flat to down slightly, fuel projected to range from $124 per acre in should be down from actual 2012 prices the southwestern region to nearly $200 per and interest rates remain low,” Swenson acre in the southeastern region. However, says. “Seed prices are mixed. Corn and corn in the western regions has higher soybean seeds are projected to be 5 to 10 production risks, and crop insurance only percent higher, with corn in the upper end is available by written agreement in the of that range. Sunflowers and canola will northwestern and some counties of the have more modest increases, and seed pricsouthwestern regions.” es for durum, barley, dry beans, lentils and Soybeans, malting barley and dry beans chickpeas should be lower than last year.” project returns to management and labor Chemical prices are somewhat higher ranging from $77 to $144, depending on overall and led by 20 percent or so increases the region. Overall, the average is $112 per in glyphosate and phenoxy herbicide prices acre. Dry beans require more management relative to one year ago. Repair and mathan soybeans, and both dry beans and chinery ownership costs are up again, and barley have a risk of significant price reducland costs have shown a strong increase. tions if production does not meet quality “A perfect apples-to-apples comparison specifications. Soybeans and dry beans are of crops is not achieved because differnot budgeted for the western regions. ent levels of labor, management and risk The price for confection sunflowers is exist among crops,” Swenson says. “It is lower than last year’s projection, but the important to note that the budgets estimate crop still shows a $125 to $130 return to returns to labor and management with no labor and management in the south-central consideration of price and yield variability and the north-central regions. Other regions or risk.” project less than $90 per acre.

The budgets are available on the Web Winter wheat shows strong returns, at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ecguides. ranging from $66 in the northwest to $118 html and the crop compare program is in the southeast, but fall soil moisture and available at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmplantings were low. Spring wheat returns management/tools. to labor and management should average about $75 per acre over all regions, whereas

Thermopolis workshop covers Community Supported Agriculture ventures

By University of Wyoming Extension Learning how to start Community Supa box of vegetables (and maybe other farm ported Agriculture (CSA) ventures will products) every week.” be discussed during a free University of The workshop will introduce the concept Wyoming (UW) Extension workshop in of CSA and present ways to make CSA Thermopolis, Wyoming. ventures work in Wyoming.

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By Oregon State University Researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) are exploring the potential for quinoa to grow in the Northwest’s diverse climates.

Preliminary experiments have shown that some varieties of quinoa, harvested for its tiny grain-like seeds, can be cultivated in Oregon. To expand on those findings, OSU is a partner on a four-year, $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Growing demand for quinoa worldwide has more than doubled its price in the past decade – possibly creating an economic opportunity for Northwest farmers, according to Steve Petrie, one of the researchers on the project and the director of OSU’s Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center.

“If we can figure out that quinoa can grow well in our environment, I think it has amazing potential for growers,” Petrie said.

Few Northwest farmers grow quinoa and little is known about its commercial viability in the United States. Most quinoa sold domestically is imported from South America.

The crop is harvested for its seeds that have a nutlike flavor and fluffy texture when cooked. In addition to high levels of protein, quinoa contains higher amounts of calcium, iron, fiber and vitamin B than similar foods, like rice, wheat and barley.

Quinoa is increasingly used as a starch substitute in place of rice or potatoes. In some recipes, quinoa flour can replace wheat flour, making recipes viable for those with gluten-free diets.

“Hopefully our research can provide a locally-grown alternative food for people who are gluten sensitive,” said Stephen Machado, an OSU agronomist in Pendleton. “Quinoa fits that niche market very well.”

Starting this spring, researchers will plant quinoa in a range of locations in Oregon, including the Willamette Valley and Columbia Basin. Throughout the summer, Petrie and others will monitor how the crops react to an assortment of soils, weather conditions and levels of irrigation, rainfall and fertilizer.

“There are a lot of unanswered questions,” said Petrie, who’s also an agronomist with the OSU Extension Service.

“Which varieties of quinoa will grow best? What farming practices will result in the highest yields? What are the ideal seeding dates and rates?”

Most of OSU’s experiments will grow quinoa in organic conditions, meaning researchers will avoid the use of pesticides and other synthetic inputs.

“When we find quinoa varieties that grow well here we will recommend those to farmers with a package of information detailing the best cultivation practices,” said Machado.

OSU will work with researchers from Brigham Young University, Washington State University and Utah State University under the USDA grant.

UW Ranch Horse Team captures two crowns

The University of Wyoming (UW) Ranch Horse Team had a division champion and tied for another championship among three divisions at the American Stock Horse Association regional championships November 29 - December 2 in Denver.

“We just started the ranch horse team in the spring semester, so this is a big deal to have two out of three division champions,” said Amy McLean, team adviser, and UW Extension equine specialist.

Students compete in areas that mimic work done with a horse on a working ranch: ranch pleasure, ranch trail, reining and cow work. There are three divisions at the show based upon the student’s level of experience showing: Nonpro, Limited Nonpro and Novice.

Nonpro is the highest category, McLean said. Brian Moore from Littleton, Colorado, won the Nonpro collegiate championship. Lacey Teigen, Laramie, tied for the Limited NonPro collegiate championship and with tiebreaker was reserve champion. Novice competitors were Paula Guastello, Springfield, Virginia, Michelle Jacobs, Morrill, Nebraska, and McKensie Harris, Laramie.

The competition promotes a versatile horse and rider, said McLean.

Nine High Plains states were represented.

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4-H Foundation gives $188,000 to 4-H programs

By University of Wyoming Extension Wyoming county 4-H programs have received nearly $188,000 from the Wyoming State 4-H Foundation this past year.

The foundation also provided more than $23,000 in awards for state-held contests.

Benefits were based only on events taking place during the fiscal year.

“The 4-H program offers a wide variety of educational opportunities for young people in Wyoming,” said Steve Mack, director, Wyoming State 4-H Foundation. “The more that youth are engaged and participate in those opportunities, the more likely that youth from their county 4-H program are receiving benefits from donations to the foundation.”

During the last fiscal year, the foundation supported youth programs including meat judging, wool judging, horse judging, livestock judging, the UW Showcase Showdown, shooting sports and the state leadership team.

The Wyoming State 4-H Foundation is a non-profit corporation and is the only official state organization sanctioned to support 4-H youth programs and education in the state.

The foundation is funded by citizens and companies, according to Mack.

“It’s all about the young people and being involved not only on a county basis but also that they take advantage of the opportunities Wyoming 4-H has on the state level,” he said.

The foundation is connected to the University of Wyoming (UW) through the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and UW Extension.

“4-H is funded as a partnership between government and the private sector,” said Johnathan Despain, state 4-H program coordinator. “UW Extension is the government side, while the state 4-H foundation is the private side. The state 4-H foundation helps to raise funds for expenditures associated with delivery of educational opportunities.”

The foundation provides support to the 4-H programs in all 23 counties and the Wind River Reservation; programs focus on four main areas: educational programming; scholarships; out-of-state trips and contests; and recognition and awards.

“Without the 4-H foundation, the developmental needs of the young people could not be met because there wouldn’t be the resources to ensure the opportunities exist,” said Despain.

Financial support for 4-H county programs and their youth provide college scholarships, programming grants, awards and recognition, and out-of-state trips including Citizenship Washington Focus, Denver Roundup, National Conference and National Congress.

Federal funds cover employee salaries, overhead and costs for some programs, said Despain, but are not enough.

“The foundation provides the needed resources to fill in gaps of underfunding and for any new needs that occur – which are ever-expanding,” he said. “Many opportunities would not be available to young people without the financial support of donors to the 4-H Foundation.”

Grants supported by the foundation included Workforce Prep, Youth in Governance, Career Development, Helen Miller, Shooting Sports, Sport fishing, CommunityPride and Small Animals.

The awards money pays for plaques, silver trays, trophies, special gifts and cash awards.

“The awards benefit the entire state and are won by contestants from throughout all of Wyoming’s county 4-H programs,” said Mack.

Despain reiterated the importance of the foundation and its connection to UW Extension.

“Our partnership is critical to the future for the 4-H program,” he said. “Donations to the foundation are taxdeductible as far as the law allows.”

Despain said that the 4-H foundation is rated high among 501(c)(3) organizations for turning donations into benefits for the youth it serves.

“That means the money really goes to directly benefitting the youth,” said Despain. “Our program is growing, reaching new and underserved audiences, which means the financial need is greater than ever to continue to create low-cost opportunities like club programming, camps, clinics, workshops, etc., which the foundation provides – please donate.”

Sources of E. coli are not always what they seem

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified sources of Escherichia coli bacteria that could help restore the reputation of local livestock. Studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Mark Ibekwe suggest that in some parts of California, pathogens in local waterways are more often carried there via runoff from urban areas, not from animal production facilities.

ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this work supports the USDA priority of ensuring food safety.

Even though most strains of E. coli are non-pathogenic, the bacterium is monitored by public health officials as an indicator of water quality. Cows are often seen as the culprits when E. coli is found in local lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.

Ibekwe, who works at the ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory in Riverside, California, and his colleagues collected 450 water and sediment samples from 20 sites throughout California’s middle Santa Ana River Watershed. The collection sites included urban areas, livestock feeding areas, parks, National Forest lands, and three wastewater treatment plants.

Then the scientists extracted E. coli bacteria from each sample and identified 600 different isolates of E. coli in their samples, many of which could be placed into six clonal populations. They found the greatest variety of different types of E. coli in runoff discharged from areas dominated by urban development or human activities.

Ibekwe also tested all the E. coli isolates for resistance to various antibiotics. He found that from 88 to 95 percent of the isolates were resistant to rifampicin, and that around 75 percent were resistant to tetracycline. Tetracycline resistance was by far the most common type of resistance observed in E. coli isolates collected near wastewater treatment plants.

The scientists also found that 24 percent of E. coli collected in sediment samples associated with urban runoff—a total of 144 isolates—showed resistance to as many as seven antibiotics. Results from this work were published in PLOS ONE.

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Birds that head south for the winter are easy to envy and understand. Who hasn’t

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occasionally dreamed of spending a winter in the Bahamas, Mexico or the pampas of Argentina.

Think of western tanagers, orioles and barn swallows.

Likewise, we can empathize with those birds that spend their entire lives here, doing their best to survive the worst that winter can throw at them. In this category place horned larks and great horned owls and magpies. Tough birds.

But what to make of birds that migrate to the Montana prairies to enjoy our winter; birds that come here for winter and only winter.

The quick answer is they are here because we look like the Bahamas compared to where they came from.

Our winter visitors range from snowy owls to roughlegged hawks to snow buntings. By their names alone they are the perfect winter guests.

Let’s start with snowy owls. As their name implies these members of the owl family are mostly white with some dark barring; immature and female birds have more bars than males.

And they are big: up to 28 inches tall with a wingspan of five feet or more. That’s a bit larger than the more familiar great horned owl.

The snowy owl makes its home on the Arctic’s treeless expanse. Yet periodically when its food (mice and lemmings mostly) becomes scarce some owls fly south often to areas that resemble their tundra home, like prairies and coastal dunes.

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like home.

Unlike the occasional snowy owl visitor, our most visible and common winter raptor maybe the rough-legged hawk.

The rough-legged hawk nests north of us from Alaska across Canada. When it patrols our prairies in winter searching for mice and small animals, it’s an easy bird to spot: feathered legs down to the toes, a broad band of brown across the belly and black patches on the underside of each wrist, or bend of the wings.

This hawk settles into its Montana winter territory by November, sometimes earlier, and leaves by March.

Hawks and owls are easy to spot compared to our most overlooked winged winter visitor.

Drive any gravel road in the winter and you will frequently encounter and scatter a flock of small, drab birds. Those little brown, white and black creatures are usually snow buntings, feeding on weed and grain seeds.

According to the Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North

Snow buntings can take the worst of Montana’s winters: below zero temperatures and snow. Photo by FWP.

American Birds, the snow bunting can withstand temperatures of minus 50, burrow in the snow to keep warm and even loves to bathe in the snow. Loves it!

The holiday season will be upon us soon bringing relatives and other visitors. That brings to mind the American philosopher Ben Franklin, who famously said, “Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.”

If you have holiday guests that stay too long, suggest they make like snow buntings and bathe in the snow. Winter visitors all.

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Solar-powered well pumps help farmers protect cattle

University of Georgia (UGA) researchers are hoping solar-powered wells will help preserve water quality and cattle health on isolated Georgia cattle farms.

The system uses solar panels to power an electric well pump that provides water for cattle on isolated pastures. It has been used for the past year in Madison County where a farmer found that less than five hours of sunlight a day was enough to keep water tanks full.

“Isolated livestock need water, and either the farmer has to take water to the livestock or we can use solar power to Tyrel and Tara Hendrickson - 406-759-5006 or 406-799-8576 pump water (from a well),” said Gary Hawkins, the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences reWE HAVE MOVED to 717 W. Madision Avenue, Chester, MT searcher who designed and installed the system.

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Hawkins and Madison County Extension agent Adam Speir hosted a field day on December 6 that attracted about 40 farmers from middle and northeast Georgia.

Benefits The solar-powered pumps allow farmers to install watering troughs on their most isolated pastures, helping keep livestock out of streams and ponds. Allowing cows to wade into and drink from farm ponds and streams can have a severely negative impact on water quality across the state.

Well-fed troughs also offer farmers a way to guard against We currently have discount pricing for 2013 Honey Bee Headers drought, which often dries up surface water drinking sources We are also taking orders for 2013 Honey Bee Stock Order rendering some pastures unsuitable.

“It’s been shown that livestock can have higher weight gains on fresh water rather than from surface water,” Speir said. “It’s definitely a good risk management strategy for livestock producers.”

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$4084/yr - oac

3700 Grain Vac

Only $6499/yr - oac NEW 5200EX Grain Vac

Buy or Lease To Own

$4456/yr - oac

2700 Grain Vac • Complete hose package • 10” unloading auger • Compact • Fast, very safe, smart

• Move up to 10,000 bushel per hour • Load a semi every 6 minutes!

• One man operation

• No dust

Buy or Lease To Own

Only $6500/yr - oac Rock pickers

• Pick 2” to 15” • One pass operation • One of the best machines on the market period.

Delta Harrow Cart Buy or Lease To Own

$4641/yr - oac

January Parts Pics Delta Harrow Cart

Delta Harrow Cart

16’ to 42’ Widths Hydraulic Fold Option 7/16, 1/2, 9/16 Tyne Diameters Powder Coated Cart

Works Great For

16’ to 42’ widths, Hydraulic fold option, 7/16, to 42’ Widths 1/2, 9/16 tine16’ diameters, Powder coated cart

Buy or Lease To Own

Buy or Lease To Own

New 7500EX grain vac

$4456/yr - oac

Move product to town easy and safe

• Move up to 7500 bushel/hour • 13” unloading auger • 1 man operation • 2 heads: starter & cleanup Buy or Lease To Own

My experience with Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, has been nothing but positive. When looking to buy a fertilizer spreader this fall the sales staff at Frieling’s gave me three choices to purchase. I then told them of my operation’s needs and they helped me to choose just what I needed, with no sales pressure to buy bigger than what was needed. When it came down to getting the checkbook out I was given a fair price, without the used car salesmen’s haggling. It was a pleasure to work with the knowledgeable sales staff. Frieling’s has my return business.

Dan Williams, Gildford, MT

Used John Deere 7830 tractor • 900 hours • 746 self leveling loader • Bucket, grapple and forks • Weights • 3-point • Dual PTO

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LIKE N

NEW 6614 Grain Vac • Move wheat, barley and pulse crops, no adjustments • High quality hose • Easy to use • Back, leg and lung saver!

Buy or Lease To Own

$5106/yr - oac NEW 2012 IN STOCK

• 1650 gallon • 480 tires

• 100-ft. boom • Rinse Tank • Windscreens • Raven • Hydraulic fold

Buy or Lease To Own

$10,896/yr - oac Mower

DEMO UNIT

Buy or Lease To Own Only

$28,166/yr - oac

Used Ultimate

Works Great For

Buy or Lease To Own

• Warranty starts with you • Comfort seat • 48” GHS heavy duty deck • Power dump

$2782/yr - oac CLOSE-OUT Augers

De-thatching Works Great For

For Highway Pricing!!

3400Call Old Havre – Great Falls, MT

$5264/yr - oac

Farmer To Farmer

Seed Bed Preparation Hydraulic Fold Option Incorporation 7/16, 1/2, 9/16 Tyne Diameters Pasture PowderRenovation Coated Cart SeedResidue Bed Preparation, Incorporation, Management Pasture Renovation, Residue Management, De-thatching Seed Preparation Call Bed For Pricing!!

Incorporation Pasture Renovation Residue Management De-thatching

Only $2597/yr - oac

IN STOCK

• Move up to 5000 bu/hr • 7” hose • 10” auger • No dust in the grain bin

(3) (1) IN STOCK

Ready To Go To Work

Well Maintained • 1500 gallon • 100-ft. boom • Windscreens • Raven 450 controller

Buy or Lease To Own Only

$6829/yr - oac

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1-888-453-2924

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2013 — Page C68

WE BUY COPPER • BRASS • ALUMINUM • IRON

RAILROAD FLAT CARS For Bridges

TRADE SCRAP FOR CASH OR NEW MATERIAL

TANK CARS

For Non Potable Water Storage

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

GREAT FALLS

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

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

1-800-334-5964

New 12” - 48” Steel Culvert

New 12” - 30” Poly Culvert

Overseas Flats - 8’x40’ Great for bridges

#2 Railroad ties - $800 each HOPPER BOTTOM CARS Great for grain storage

Now Buying

#1 Railroad ties - $1550 each

• Stainless Steel Sheets • Flat Bar • Pipe, Fittings

3/8” Polypropolene Coated Cable 12,500# break strength

IN STOCK

Automotive & Heavy Industrial Batteries

New Surplus Square Tube •Sizes vary•

Great For Horse Fence

CLOSEOUT!!!

Sold by the reel only, 2345-ft./reel

Bench Vises 4” – $20.00

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

.16¢/ft.

Now Carrying Abrasives (Sand & Slag)

NEW Rebar

3/8” & 1/2” - 20-ft. lengths

CATTLE GUARDS

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

Culvert Grade Pipe 22” - $15.00/ft.

NEW STEEL plate & beams IN STOCK Call Fred, Dick, or Randy

USED SUCKER ROD: 3/4”, 7/8” & 1”- 25-ft. lengths

Used 55 Gallon Plastic Barrels ­– $10.00 ea.

1 1/2” x 100-ft. Fire Hose $21.50 ea.

Old Farm Tractors

LAND ROLLER PIPE 24” - 42”

New Selection of Tools!

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

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

Call for pricing

1-ton chain hoist.................. $89.90

Oil pistol can, 6 oz...... ........................ $3.55

Call Jim Filipowicz @ 800-334-5964

and Combines

FOR SCRAP

USED 2 3/8 and 2 7/8” drill pipe

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

5-ft. long - $4.00 ea.

New Red Brand Class I Barb Wire

Useable Salvage At Great Falls Location

2 rail - 12” x 13’6” and

Used Electric Motors & Boxes

Fax (406) 791-6708

USEABLE SALVAGE DIVISION • Limited Quantities

Non galvanized Guard rails

42” Diameter Land Roller Pipe

16.5 CAL tie wire $4.95/Roll

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

New Surplus

We Buy

(406) 761-4848

After Hours (406) 791-6712

BLACK PIPE

Various sizes available – CALL

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

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