January 2015 by The Trader's Dispatch

JANUARY 2015

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

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Another round of Farm Bill Meeting set for Montana producers Montana USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Montana State University (MSU) Extension announce another series of agricultural producer meetings that will be held across the state in January 2015 to cover important new programs authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill). The meetings will involve a more in-depth presentation on the FSA’s Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, new 2015 program changes to the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Buy-Up option. MSU Extension will present an analysis of Farm Bill programs and an explanation of several Farm Bill Decision Tools available to producers in understanding options under ARC, PLC, and NAP-Buy-Up. The 2014 Farm Bill authorizes three FSA program election options: PLC, ARC-County (ARC-CO) and ARC-Individual (ARC-IC). Producers must make a one-time decision to retain or reallocate crop acreage bases, to retain or update program payment yields and elect the type of coverage (price protection, county revenue protection, and/or individual revenue protection) for the 2014-18 crop years. Below are the dates/towns/times/meeting location and addresses. For more information, including a printable schedule, visit MSU Extension’s Farm Bill website at http://www. montana.edu/farmbill and Montana FSA’s website at www. fsa.usda.gov/mt. If you have any questions, please contact your local FSA office. January 13: Deer Lodge, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Powell County Community Center (416 Cottonwood Ave.) January 20: Livingston, 2 to 4:30 p.m., MSU Park County Extension Office (119 South 3rd St.) January 21: Townsend, 8 to 10:30 a.m., 4-H Building at the Townsend Fairgrounds (189 Hwy 12 East) CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

PRODUCTION SALES

Feb. 2, Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross, Lewistown....................................A8 Feb. 4, Begger’s Diamond V, Wibaux...................................................................A9 Feb. 7, Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch, Helena..................................................A7 Feb. 16, Bulls of the Big Sky, Billings.................................................................A5 Feb. 18, Veseth Cattle Co., Malta.........................................................................A6 Feb. 21, Sparks Herefords, Plevna....................................................................A24 Feb. 24, Connelly Angus, Valier.........................................................................A41 Feb. 28, Bitterroot Performance Bull Sale, Missoula.......................................A12 Mar. 2, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford........................................................A15 Mar. 2, Clear Creek Angus & Weaver Herefords, Chinook...............................A14 Mar. 3, Apex Angus, Valier..................................................................................A21 Mar. 6, Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville............................................A22 Mar. 6, Diamond Bar S, Great Falls....................................................................A27 Mar. 7, Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Hysham............................................A29 Mar. 7, Bulls of the Bitterroot, Stevensville......................................................A28 Mar. 9, Montana Shorthorn Association, Three Forks.....................................A44 Mar. 9, Holden Herefords, Valier.........................................................................A24 Mar. 10, Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek................................................A25 Mar. 12, Fritz Red Angus, Brady........................................................................A33 Mar. 13, Flesch Angus, Shelby...........................................................................A35 Mar. 16, Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls.......................................................A36 Mar. 19, Kicking Horse Ranch, Great Falls.......................................................A37 Mar. 25, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range.................................A48 Apr. 8, Pass Creek Angus, Wyola.......................................................................A45

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Storey Herefords, Bozeman...............................................................................A30 Anchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn.....................................................................A25 Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan.........................................................................A25 Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida..................................................................A25 Duncan Ranch Co, Jopin...................................................................................A25 Elings Polled Herefords, Conrad.......................................................................A25 Ehlke Herefords, Townsend...............................................................................A25 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan...........................................................................A25 McMurry Cattle, Billings.....................................................................................A25 Snowshoe Cattle Co., Pompeys Pillar..............................................................A24 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek.........................................................................A24 Wichman Herefords, Moore...............................................................................A24 Sidwell Ranch, Columbus..................................................................................A24 Diamond K Shorthorns, Twin Bridges..............................................................A42

Darrol Berkram and Butch Gillespie study the provided forage samples at the Glacier County Extension Forage Seminar December 1, 2014, to mark their quiz. Attendees were given the task of matching forage samples up with the correct nutrient analysis, estimating the crude protein and energy values of the various samples, and calculating the pounds of various forages a cow would have to consume in order to get one pound of crude protein. Photo by Kari Lewis, Glacier County Extension.

Cropping seminars scheduled

Montana State University Extension will host the annual cropping seminar series January 12-15 in Fort Benton, Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Choteau, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Speakers at each location will feature Kent McVay, Ron Larsen, and Dr. Reddy. Kent McVay leads the Cropping Systems research at the Southern Ag Research Center at Huntley, and will be discussing crop rotations and crop choices for dryland production. In addition, McVay will discuss nitrogen management for wheat and barley, along with advantages and challenges of single and multispecie cover crops. Ron Larsen, manager of the Montana Seed Growers Association, will discuss how certified seed can reduce disease and weed pressures, and the basics of determining a seeding rate, calculating germination rates, and reading a seed label. Dr. Gadi Reddy, superintendent of the Western Triangle Ag Research Center and associate profes-

Fort Keogh on the road in Helena

On Saturday, January 24, 2015, researchers from the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Center in Miles City, Montana will be in Helena sharing results of some of their research. The lectures will be at Helena College in their Lecture Hall at 1115 North Roberts from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. A lunch is provided, but attendees must pre-register by contacting the MSU/ CONTINUED ON PAGE A3

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sor of entomology/insect ecology will share his research on biological control strategies of the wheat stem sawfly utilizing parasitic nematodes and fungal pathogens. Dr. Reddy will also cover research projects in wireworm management. Lastly, there will be cereal variety trial updates at each location from each region’s researcher. Peggy Lamb, agronomy research scientist at Northern Ag Research Center in Havre, will speak in Great Falls, Fort Benton, and Chester. Dave Wichman, superintendent and agronomist at the Central Ag Research Center at Moccasin, will give updates in Fort Benton, Great Falls, and Stanford. John Miller, agronomy research associate at the Western Triangle Ag Research Center near Conrad, will cover talks in Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, and Choteau. Three private or commercial pesticide applicator credits will be available for attendees. No pre-registration is required, there is no CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

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Farm meetings scheduled CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

January 21: Dillon, 1:30 to 4 p.m., USDA Service Center Conference Room (420 Barrett Street) January 22: Columbus, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Columbus Fire Hall (944 East Pike Ave.) January 22: Ryegate, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Ryegate Fire Hall Training Room (105 Kemp Street) January 22: Lewistown, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Yogo Inn (211 E. Main) January 23: Jordan, 9 to 11:30 a.m., Old Grade School Building (208 Main Street) January 26: Kalispell, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Hampton Inn (1140 U.S. 2) January 27: Cut Bank, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Cut Bank Elks Lodge (18 S Central) January 27: Conrad, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Pondera Golf Course (847 Conrad-Dupuyer Rd.) January 27: Fort Benton, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Ag Center (1205 20th St.) January 28: Chester, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall (10 East Madison Ave.) January 28: Chinook, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Blaine County Library (94 4th St.) January 28: Glasgow, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Cottonwood Inn (45 1st Ave. NE) January 29: Scobey, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Scobey Lutheran Education Center (202 Timmons) January 29: Culbertson, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Dry Prairie Rural Water Office (5998 Highway 16) January 29: Glendive, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Dawson County Courthouse Community Room (207 Bell Street) January 30: Forsyth, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Haugo Center (1 Rosebud Drive) January 30: Hardin, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Big Horn County Courthouse (121 3rd St. West) For online farm bill resources, visit MSU Extension’s Farm Bill website at http://www.montana.edu/farmbill

Cropping seminars scheduled CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

charge, and all producers are encouraged to attend. All morning seminars begin at 9 a.m., with registration at 8:30 a.m., and the seminar should conclude by 3 p.m. Dates, locations, and contact numbers for each Cropping Seminar are listed below. January 12: Fort Benton, Ag Center, 1205 20th Street, Tyler Lane, 622-3751 Chester, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, located at 10 E. Madison Ave., Jesse Fulbright, 759-5625 January 13: Shelby, Comfort Inn Conference Room, Joe Parks, 424-8350 Cut Bank, Courthouse Annex, 1210 East Main, Kari Lewis, 873-2239 January 14: Choteau, Stage Stop Inn, 1005 North Main Ave., Travis Standley, 466-2491 Conrad, Pondera Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Rd., Erik Seilstad, 271-4054 January 15: Stanford City Hall, Darren Crawford, 535-3919 Great Falls, Family Living Center, Fairgrounds, Rose Malisani, 454-6980 ext. 305.

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Getting it Right soybean production meetings

By NDSU Extension Service tension entomologist, will discuss how Soybean producers interested in intensive to manage various insect pests, including soybean management should plan to attend spider mites and soybean aphids. one of four Getting it Right in Soybean In Minot and Newburg, the program will Production meetings scheduled for Streeter, include a crop improvement update, as well Underwood, Minot and Newburg. as a short business meeting. Programs in “Farming is very complex, and with tight Minot and Newburg also may have some budgets, it is important for producers to gain different topics and speakers. as much knowledge as possible,” says Hans NDSU Extension agents Penny Nester, Kandel, NDSU Extension Service agronoSheldon Gerhardt and area Extension mist. “These soybean educational meetings specialist Fara Brummer (Streeter); agents featuring research-based information can Irene Graves, Craig Askim and Rick help producers with soybean production Schmidt (Underwood); agent Paige Brumdecisions for the 2015 growing season.” mund (Minot); and agent Jared Nelson The meeting dates are: (Bottineau) will be the hosts and provide • Tuesday, January 13, from 10 a.m. to local production and crop updates. 3 p.m. at the Central Grasslands Research The meeting in Minot is co-sponsored Extension Center near Streeter. The address by the Ward County Ag Improvement Asis 4824 48th Ave. S.E. sociation, while the Newburg meeting is • Wednesday, January 14, from 10 a.m. co-sponsored by the Bottineau County Crop to 3 p.m. at the Underwood City Hall meetImprovement Association. ing room The Getting it Right in Soybean Produc• Thursday, January 15, from 10 a.m. to tion programs and lunches are sponsored by 3 p.m. at the North Central Research Extenthe North Dakota Soybean Council, which sion Center in Minot oversees promotion, research and market• Thursday, January 15, from 10 a.m. to ing programs funded by soybean checkoff 3 p.m. at the Newburg Community Center dollars. Sam Markell, NDSU Extension patholoThe programs are free and open to the gist, will provide an update on the disease public. Preregistration is not necessary. outlook for 2015 and field research results conducted in 2014. Two important topics covered will be an update on soybean cyst nematodes and how to manage soybean diseases. Kandel will provide information on variety selection, and the latest information on various production issues such as the importance of good root nodulation, fertility issues and water management. Greg Endres, NDSU area Extension specialist/cropping systems, will discuss intensive soybean management, no till and strip till versus conventional till, planting dates, plant populations and row spacing, different soybean special inputs on the market and weed management issues. Janet Knodel, NDSU Ex-

Fort Keogh CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

Lewis & Clark County Extension Office, 447-8350 or bsarchet@montana.edu. The topics include: • Invasive species – crested wheatgrass – crested wheatgrass degrades mycorrhizal (symbiotic fungus associated with plant roots) communities and disrupted mycorrhizae increase the seedling mortality of Big Sagebrush • Heifer daily energy expenditure – contrasting activity and energy expenditure of heifers fenced line weaned or drylot weaned during winter/ spring development • Range beef cattle mineral nutrition – using water and forage analysis to develop mineral programs for range cattle • Cattle nutrition – winter supplementation of cows and forage quality on cow and offspring performance

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Private pesticide safety training offered from UNL Extension

By UNL IANR News Pesticide safety education training sesupdates to the Driftwatch website to protect sions start in January for Nebraska’s private sensitive sites from windblown pesticides, pesticide applicators seeking first-time certiwater quality effects on pesticide perforfication or recertification for licenses expirmance, and an update from UNL cropping Don’t have time for your fence work? ing in 2015. Those interested should contact systems specialist Greg Kruger on nozzle We have equipment and manpower to get the job done. their local University of Nebraska-Lincoln drift prevention technology and spray Give us a call for all your fencing needs. (UNL) Extension office for information on nozzle selection. these training sessions. Private applicators needing recertifiDURNELL FENCING, LLC Pesticide applicators with private licenses cation in 2015 should have received an Mike Durnell (406) 279-3299 or (406) 899-2635, Valier, MT can buy and use restricted-use pesticides on expiration notice letter from the Nebraska their own farming operations after completDepartment of Agriculture (NDA) in miding the training. Statewide, around 3,500 December. The letter includes a barcode, private applicators are eligible for recertiwhich eliminates the need to complete the COWS & EQUIP. FOR SALE fication in 2015. standard NDA application form for those 10 head of really good young bred cows, all shots and back In taking the training, applicators will recertifying. Applicators should bring the poured, excellent disposition learn about “Nebraska’s pesticide laws and letter with them to training sessions to avoid Vermeer 504F round baler. regulations, the pesticide label, personal having to fill-out the application form. John Deere 347 small square baler with 1/4 turn chute and safety, worker protection standard, environ“All persons eligible for recertification hydraulic lift pickup and hydraulic swing tongue New Holland 1002 bale wagon mental protection, integrated pest managewill be notified by their local UNL ExtenFarmall A tractor, new rear tires and paint, excellent runner ment, pesticides and application, application sion office of recertification training sesCase 900B diesel tractor with dozer blade, PTO and lots of equipment, and equipment calibration,” sions in their area,” Ogg said. recent work, good runner according to Clyde Ogg, UNL Extension Current licensed applicators should Disc drill for seeding grass pesticide safety educator. check the expiration date on their license. Several 300 and 500 gallon fuel tanks with filters and hoses Updates covered in the 2015 training If it expires in 2015 and they have not yet All machinery is in good shape and field ready. include spill management, proper glove received a letter from NDA, contact them Phillip Ferda (406) 733-6582, Highwood, MT handling, pesticide disposal and storage, at 402-471-2351 or 877-800-4080. UNL Extension provides the educational training for initial certification and recertification, while NDA is re406-453-0010 sponsible for licensing. For a Montana Toll Free list of training sessions, sites and dates, contact your near1-800-452-0010 est UNL Extension office or 4212 North Star Blvd. #4 Distributing Company Great Falls, Montana go online to http://pested.unl. edu/privateschedule, where applicators will find training See us at Crop sites for private applicators Protection listed by county. Cost of UNL training is $30 per person. System January 22, 23, & 24 Applicators may also cer15, 42 and 70 gallon capacity Booth A1 & A2 tify through completing an online course, completing a self-study manual, or atThe Handler is designed primarily for direct induction tending and participating in of chemical into sprayers. a UNL Extension Crop Production Clinic. Cost of for the online course and self-study options is $60 while the Crop Production Clinic is $65. Pesticide applicators can purchase access to the online course via http://marketBring in any competition AD and Complete Systems On Hand for place.unl.edu/pested. we’ll match their price!! John Deere and all other brands After completing the training, certification applications 20-years experience...We service what we sell will be sent to NDA which will then send a bill to the applicator for the $25 state N IN STOW license fee. The private selfOCK NEW Raven study manual is available from local Extension offices. Guidance Crop Production Clinics are conducted in January at New Low Price Of $1695 locations across the state. Call for Special Pricing For more information and a ✔ Touchscreen Display schedule visit http://agrono✔ On-Screen Guidance (Optional) my.unl.edu/cpc.

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NDSU Feedlot School set for January 20-21

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Carrington Research Extension Center will hold its annual NDSU Feedlot School on January 20-21, 2015. 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. “Cattle feeding is a very competitive business,” says Karl Hoppe, area Extension livestock specialist at the center. “Making cattle feeding profitable is usually a result of doing many things right, not just one thing better. The Feedlot School helps identify the areas for improvement, ranging from feed bunk management to health to business planning to marketing.” The regional cattle experts who teach at the school provide a good overview of management for North Dakota feeders, and. the outreach or interaction with the participants continues for years after the school, according to Hoppe. Feedlot school topics will include: • Why feed cattle in North Dakota • Animal nutritional requirements • Feed additives and growth promoter technologies • Ration formulation • Feed nutrient analysis and testing • Livestock stewardship and beef quality assurance • Facility management • Disease diagnosis, treatments and health programs • Manure and nutrient management • Carcass quality and marketing on the grid • Using market information for strategic planning • Budgeting • Custom feeding The school also will include a commercial feedlot tour and a tour of the Research Extension Center’s livestock facilities. Instructors include faculty from NDSU’s Animal Sciences Department, and the Carrington and North Central Research Extension Centers, as well as others who have extensive experience working with northern Plains feedlots. The registration fee is $130 per person or $175 for two people from the same operation. All meals and a 3-inch, three-ring feedlot school binder are included in the registration. The deadline to register is January 12. The fee does not include lodging. Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. Lodging is available at the Chieftain Conference Center, (701) 652-3131; Carrington Inn and Suites, (701) 652-3982; or Cobblestone Inn, (701) 652-3000. For more information about the course or to register, contact Joel Lemer, an Extension agent in Foster County, at (701) 652-2581 or joel. lemer@ndsu.edu. The Carrington Research Extension Center is 3.5 miles north of Carrington on U.S. Highway 281.

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Wild World of Weeds workshop set for January 20

By NDSU Extension Service The 17th annual Wild World of Weeds Howatt, Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, Mike workshop is set for Tuesday, January 20, Ostlie, Tom Peters, Mike Christoffers, 2015, at the Fargodome, according to Rich Greta Gramig, Caleb Dalley, Rod Lym and Zollinger, North Dakota State University Zollinger, will present information on a (NDSU) Extension Service weed specialist. variety of environmental and weed science The workshop is intended for agricultural topics during the workshop. professionals who advise growers on weed Registration begins at 7:45 a.m., with the control and herbicide use, crop consultants, first session beginning at 8:30. agronomists, agricultural dealers and disTopics for the workshop are: tributors, Extension agents and industry • NDSU research updates on small representatives. grains, corn, soybeans, edible legumes, oil NDSU scientists, including Andy Robseed crops, root crops, minor crops, weed inson, Brian Jenks, Greg Endres, Kirk biology, noxious/troublesome weeds, and adjuvants and formulations • NDSU pesticide app • Survey of relevant weed science issues • Amaranth and other weed identification • Revisiting triallate for wild oat control in wheat • Relating dicamba residue to yield reduction in dry beans and influence of adjuvants on glufosinate • Effects of leafy spurge flea beetles on vegetation • Fallow broadleaf weed control with metribuzin, rimsulfuron and adjuvant combinations The agenda and a registration form are available at http://www.ndsu.edu/weeds. The registration fee is $85 until Jan. 10 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 Jason Adams at (701) 231-6220 or jason.w.adams@ ndsu.edu.

Unicorns

Variations of the unicorn, a horse with a single, long horn growing out of its forehead, appear in myths worldwide. It is possible that a similar, actual creature may have appeared at one time to inspire these myths. In the 1800s, a French woman grew a single, ten-inch horn from her forehead. A wax casting of the horn is preserved in Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum. More recently, in 2003, a 95-yearold Chinese woman began growing a similar horn. By May 2007, it was five inches long. These are called cutaneous (skin-related) horns and, if possible in humans, could also logically occur in other large mammals. Unicorns are usually portrayed as snow white, gentle, noble creatures–each with a very long, twisted horn that comes to a sharp point.

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By Leslie Johnson, AMM Coordinator

February 5 – 9 a.m., 412 N. State St. (Library Meeting Room), Osmond Livestock producers with livestock waste control facility permits received or renewed since April 1998 must be certified. A farm must complete an approved training every five years, and farm personnel responsible for land application of manure are also encouraged to attend. The workshops will help livestock producers put to use the nutrient management planning requirements of Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality regulations and increase the economic value of manure, said Leslie Johnson, UNL AMM coordinator. Participants who attend the day-long event will receive NDEQ Land Application Training Certification. This in-depth, one-day class targets newly permitted livestock operations. Operations that have already attended this initial training, but will need re-certification, may attend the morning portion of the training. 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Donation from Washington wine’s past to fund future

By Scott Weybright, WSU CAHNRS research and teaching vineyard for demonAlbert Ravenholt’s legacy is growing posthumously with a $500,000 donation stration of various grape varieties and grape to the Washington State University (WSU) training systems. Students will learn about Wine Science Center from the Albert Victor vineyard maintenance and fruit ripening Ravenholt Foundation. first hand. “He was always deeply interested in agriResearch will support the health and growth of the grape industry into the future. culture,” said Ravenholt’s brother, Reimert AND APPRAISERS The research and teaching vineyard will be Ravenholt. “He did his research and realnamed for Albert Ravenholt. ized Washington had great soils and climate We have auctions booked for spring 2015 but not “When you’re standing in the test vinefor growing grapes.” yet dated. If you are planning an auction or Learning, research result from early yard, you can look across the river to Saappraisal give us a call. risk gemoor Vineyards,” Waliser said. “I think Included with our auction business we also do all Albert Ravenholt was a founding partner Albert would be pretty happy that he helped types of appraisals. Including farm/ranch in Sagemoor Vineyards in Pasco in the early make that happen.” equipment and inventory, farm/ranch 1970s. Wine country intrigues world traveler and urban type real estate and homes, Kent Waliser, Sagemoor general manRavenholt, who died in 2010 at age 90, business properties and collectibles, etc. was a world traveler and adventurer after he ager, said Ravenholt and his early partners Remember - auctioneers make excellent left his native Wisconsin in the late 1930s. took a huge risk establishing vineyards appraisers as we see everything saleable After studying at Grandview College in where no industry existed. being sold at our auctions. Iowa, he worked at the 1939 New York “Those investors put their money on World’s Fair. the line, and the entire region is benefiting Phone Conrad (406) 450-2244, leave a message He hitchhiked from New York to Califrom that vision,” said Waliser, who knew or 278-5580. Ravenholt for several years. fornia before traveling around the world The new Wine Science Center includes a as chief cook on a Swedish steamship. He wound up in China and served as a war correspondent for United Press International during World War II. He met his wife Marjorie, a native of Sunnyside, Washington, while working in Asia during the war. They married in Shanghai in 1946. They later owned homes in, and split time between, Seattle and the Philippines for over 40 years. Marjorie died in 1992 in Seattle. “Albert’s wine interest came from visiting his wife’s hometown in the Yakima Valley,” Reimert Ravenholt said. Featured AI Sires: Gifts to center, lecture Sitz Upward 307R • TC Vance 011 endowment PA Power Tool 9108 • AAR Ten X 7008 Reimert said his brother’s Cole Creek Cedar Ridge 1V • S Chisum talents and business acumen Coleman Regis 904 • Sitz Alliance 6595 brought him financial success through the vineyards and Also selling: other business investments. Registered Black Angus Females & And Reimert, as president of Commercial Black Replacement Heifers the foundation, is now working to see that the results of Sitz Upward 307R that success support things his brother was passionate Add Power to about. Your Herd! The donation from the Albert Victor Ravenholt Foun•Performance, BVD, Carcass & dation will give $400,000 Fertility Tested directly to the center while •All Bulls are at University of Idaho in $100,000 will endow a lecCarmen this early winter for RFI ture series for the WSU viticulture and enology program. efficiency test “We’re sure Albert would •Contact us to view the bulls TC Vance 011 have been greatly interested in creative ventures like the calving ease bulls – Wine Science Center,” Reimert said. “He always wantready to work for you! ed to improve viticulture in SADDLE Washington and throughout the Northwest.” “We are very thankful for engaged wine industry partners like the Ravenholt Foundation and Kent Waliser Cody Lee with Sagemoor,” said ThomMOUNTAIN ANGUS 1025 Hwy 93 S. • Hamilton, MT 59840 Matthew & Sara Neel John & Margie Mikesell as Henick-Kling, director of 406-363-7099 1019 Leese Ln • Stevensville, MT 59870 7987 Hwy 93 S • Sula, MT 59871 the viticulture and enology codyleeus@yahoo.com 406-777-3150 neelsangus@yahoo.com 406-821-3433 program. “Their contributions aid WSU in offering world-class wine education spanning vine to market.”

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2015 Bull Sale March 2nd * 1:00 MST

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For information on all our herd sires visit www.hillsimmental.com. We will have updated bull data there and the catalog will be online as the sale gets closer. Please give Jared (406) 868-9869 or Tom (406) 566-2479 a call to visit about the bulls or to schedule a time to come view them. RED PUREBRED BULLS

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- Top 10% CE - Top 10% API - Top 1% Marb - Top 15% TI This is a Lucky Cross bull purchased from Gateway Simmental. He will produce a very complete and uniform set of calves. High API and TI will add proﬁt to this easy calving bull's progeny. Lucky Ace is right behind Converter for marbling in his EPDs and on his actual data.

Other Black Herd Sires DBS Chisum 705Z JR Man on the Move Z36 JR Man He is Nice Z29 Mr Ishee Blackbrother Hills Bettis 22 Mag Z13 Mr Ishee Superthick Mr Ishee Blackbrother

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Hills Merit Surebet Z10 Sire: Dikemans Sure Bet MGS: Hills Merit U16 CE 13.2 CW 33.5

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BW WW YW 1.3 82 110 YG Marb BF -0.36 0.33 -0.06

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Milk MWW Stay 28.1 68.9 25.1 Shr API TI -0.34 155 85

Lot 9 - Hills Move Over B87 BW WW YW MCE 3.8 75.7 108.5 15 YG Marb BF REA -0.24 0.01 -0.05 0.73

Milk MWW Stay 29.9 67.7 Shr API TI -0.29 112 65.8

HE SELLS! This bull was made for adding pounds. His actual wean weight was 800 lbs and he indexed a 114. Impressive pedigree on this bull. His grandsire is Nichols Manifest T79 and his sire has produced some thick bodied, heavy weaning calves for us. In 2013, his dam raised a set of twins and weaned off over 1100 lbs.

BW WW YW 1.2 74 105 YG Marb BF -0.33 0.42 -0.061

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Milk MWW Stay 19.7 57.1 22.2 Shr API TI -0.57 151 82

This is exceptional breeding on this bull. Dikemans Sure Bet has some of the best EPDs in the breed and is used extensively across the country. Merit is a tremendous growth bull that blows away the competition in carcass and weaning data. We bred this bull to our registered Angus cows. Look for these powerful half-bloods if you are interested in percentage bulls.

King is a young herd sire out of the C Diamond program. He is a heavy muscled bull with excel- A A R Ten X 7008 S A lent EPDs and indexes. His breeding is similar to Converter and we expect King capable of continuing a foundation for excellent red cattle.

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- Trait leader CE & BW - Top 1% Marb - Top 2% API - Top 3% TI Converter works as a calving ease sire and if you keep replacement females. The maternal EPDs show that his daughters will be easy calving with good milk and the ability to stay in the herd. His progeny will also be some of the top carcass cattle in the Simmental breed. His marbling EPD is one of the best we have seen. To top it all off, his dollar indexes show that this bull has been a profitable bull for our program and could be for yours.

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Lot 57 - Hills Red King B40 BW WW YW 0.6 64.9 83.1 YG Marb BF -0.42 0.15 -0.074

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Milk MWW Stay 24.2 56.6 23.9 Shr API TI -0.25 135 70.6

HE SELLS! Look at the exceptional EPDs on this bull. He is out of the above pictured herdsire. CDI King has been producing moderate framed calves that have the width to keep those weaning weights high. This bull will perform while maintaining great calving ease.

Ten X is a Mytty in Focus son with excellent EPDs. We work with this bull to improve marbling in our cattle. He has worked great on these ﬁrst-calf heifers for easy calving while still adding pounds in the fall. CED +8 WW +69 YW +130 Marb +1.39 $B +145

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Milk MWW Stay 27.5 59.2 Shr API TI -0.66 168.5 85.1

HE SELLS! We toured this bull around on the show string this year and people liked him everywhere we went. A high dollar bull with his API and TI in the top 3%. He was the top weaning bull out of our ﬁrst-calf heifers and has a 108 index.

We would love to have you come view the bulls before the sale. Last year the weather was so bad that many buyers could not make it. Those who came and viewed before hand were very happy to be able to bid online and said it worked great. The coffee pot is always on! Tom & Kathy Hill and family Box 186, Stanford, MT 59479 (406) 566-2479 * hillssimmentalmt@yahoo.com

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Trader’s Dispatch, January 2015 — Page A20

HAY FOR SALE 800 ton quality second cutting alfalfa in large square bales. Tests & delivery available. Dillon, Montana area.

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4-H livestock management at your fingertips

By K-State Research and Extension News swine, poultry and rabbits. Record keeping for a 4-H livestock proj“It’s an exciting first step, and we’re lookect might involve collecting receipts from ing forward to seeing what kind of feedback the feed store in an envelope or making we get from it,” he said. notes on a feed sack in the barn. But, a new What the app entails venture for 4-H - a livestock project record Wiebers served as the project manager app - is allowing members to use their smart for National 4-H Council, which developed devices to keep easier track of their records. the app with funding from Tractor Supply “We know families and teens have smart Company and software developers at New devices in their hands wherever they go,” Mexico State University. Wherever they said Justin Wiebers, associate 4-H specialare, 4-Hers can type in expenses incurred ist for K-State Research and Extension. with their livestock projects and keep track “Thanks to sponsorship from Tractor Supof medications, feeds, activities with the ply Company, we were able to do research animal, and at sale time, income from the with 4-H families, agents and volunteers animal. around the country - a lot of them from “We also have a growth tracker, where the Kansas - to find out what they would need 4-H member can enter the animal’s starting to keep up with their project throughout the weight at the initial weigh-in,” Wiebers said. year and make record keeping easier and “They can do that right at the scales. Then more relevant.” subsequent times throughout the year as The answer was the 4-H livestock record they weigh in their animal, the app is able app, currently available for free for iOS to calculate average daily gain, so they can devices. Wiebers said 4-Hers can use it on watch that throughout the project year. If their iPhone and iPad, but he hopes it will they see their rate of gain start to go down, eventually be available for Android users. they can make adjustments during that The app should be considered for those project year, rather than waiting until fair 4-H members enrolled in market livestock time and just hoping that they’ve reached projects, such as market steers, lambs, goats, their goal.” The app’s features are based on a survey of 150 people from across the country that asked questions related to traditional types of record keeping, as well as record keeping needs, he said. “We found there is a lot of variation from state to state and even county to county on what is required for record keeping,” Wiebers said. “This app serves as a convenient way for them to collect information. Then they can tell the app to email the information to themselves or their families. Volunteer leaders or extension agents could have the app on their phone to track multiple members, along with multiple animals for each member.” If a member participates in a demonstration or judging contest, for example, he or she could record this in the app. If he or she takes an office in a local club, that can be added in the app also. “All the information is stored on the device, so you don’t have to worry about security and it being published out on the Internet,” Wiebers said. “The information is on that phone and can be backed up by the owner.” He added that the framework for this app will hopefully be adapted to develop similar apps for 4-H horse and other non-market livestock projects. To find the app, search “4-H Livestock Record” in the iTunes app store. The app is available to anyone. More information about Kansas 4-H is located at http://www. kansas4-h.org.

To be sold as one lot. Bids taken until 1:00 PM January 23, 2015 Call John 406-250-6123 or jksmc@bresnan.net

There is a $200 finder fee for anyone who has referred a buyer

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Trader’s Dispatch, January 2015 — Page A21

BUILD MOMENTUM IN YOUR HERD’S GENETICS

SELLING 120 VERY FANCY Bangs Vaccinated SOLID FOUNDATION YEARLING HEIFERS The females offered represent an outcross of elite APEX genetics.

These highly sought after ﬁrst class heifers are moderate framed, deep bodied and feminine. They carry foundation maternal, great dispositions and carcass values, essential characteristics for today’s global market. Mates to the bulls selling 03/03/15.

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Also Selling: Heavily Muscled Yearling Bulls

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Trader’s Dispatch, January 2015 — Page A22

HAY FOR SALE

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Marginal thinking for optimal decisions

By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension now: adjust production activities until How should $300+/cwt. calf prices affect the marginal benefits equal the marginal cow-calf producer decisions? The market costs. The sharp jump in revenues this year signal is pretty clear; more calf produc(marginal benefits) implies that producers tion is needed and will be rewarded. For should consider a host of marginal changes many producers, this may be a question in production and costs. This may mean of expanding the cow herd. In addition to doing more of something you are already potential herd expansion, producers should doing or beginning to do something you consider whether current market values have not done in the past. should prompt management changes as Narrow measures of technical efficiency well. Consider this question, for example: often lead to non-optimal decisions. For What is the optimal level of death loss for example, high calf prices are a motivation cows or calves? While we don’t often think to sell more pounds of calf. However, a about it, the optimal level is not zero. Could narrow focus on weaning weights ignores we achieve zero death loss? Probably yes or reproductive efficiency, cow size and cost of something very close to it, but the last bit of production, and other factors. Maximizing death loss reduction would require extreme value of production per acre includes both measures for which the costs exceed the technical production efficiencies as well benefits and thus is not optimal. However, as economic values of inputs and outputs. the increase in calf values this year means Maximizing value of production per acre that additional efforts to reduce death loss means evaluating the contributions of a are warranted compared to what was optihost of cattle and forage production varimal in the past. ables along with the costs of inputs used This illustrates the economic principle for production. that every producer should be examining Pounds of calf weaned per exposed female is a technical measure of productivity that encompasses several other technical efficiency parameters including conception rates; calving percentage; and pre-weaning calf death loss as well as weaning weight. To the extent that increasing pounds of calf weaned is consistent with maximizing the value of production per acre, producers should consider what changes might impact these production components. Conception rates may be boosted marginally by having cows in better shape at breeding. The extra feed required to add one-half to one body condition score to cows may be worth it this year. Ensuring bull fertility with breeding soundness exams may avoid decreased or delayed conception. Ensuring cow and bull health with respect to venereal disease and enhanced bio-security for new animals entering the herd can avoid abortions and reduced calving percentage. Cow and calf health programs should be evaluated to reduce the risk of death loss. Think of the value of increased monitoring of cows at calving that saves one extra calf this year. These are just a few examples of questions that need to be asked and answered in all cow-calf operations. Most production factors should be evaluated to see if marginal adjustments are indicated by increased animal values. The principal market signal at this time is to have something to sell and producers should consider additional measures that will enhance productivity of the entire operation. ##### What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eye deer.

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VW10FC full carbide Shown on Bourgault opener.

VW13CC

use the VW13CC to replace worn point on this bolt-on opener.

VW18HDS

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

VW1C

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VW2CC

Has two front carbides. Shown on JD opener.

VW21DSF

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VW2CC

Morris double shoot

This drill point - The VW2CC also fits this opener.

VWHC1

Small Harmon point - large carbide.

Opener shown with VWM1C - main front drill point with two carbides. VWM3C and 4M4C - side plates with carbide imbedded and full carbide M2C deflector.

VW11FC - 31/4” - full carbide VWHC2

Large Harmon point - slides over adapter - bolt head and nut are recessed. Large carbide - long wear.

Shown on Bourgault opener Also fits VW14FB opener and Flexi Stealth opener. Very popular single shoot drill point - up to 21/2” spread.

VW11FC - 31/4” drill point

Shown on W14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault openers

JD 1890 seed boot

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VW4C

Fits IH Eagle Beak opener IH 7200 - IH 8500

VW46J.D.S.T.

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VW12FC - 21/4” - full carbide

VW16 B 2C

Up to 1.5” spread. Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits on VW14FB and Flexi Stealth

Fits Bourgault KNH599 and KNH600 knives. Two large front carbides.

Bourgault Spoons

VW5FC - 31/4” + VW6FC - 21/4” for 200 Series. VW8FC - 31/4” + VW9FC - 21/4” for 400 Series.

VWJ.D.1870 fertilizer knife

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VW7CC - 2 carbides

Shown on Bourgault opener Also fits Flexi Stealth opener

VW13CC - chrome - carbide VW32 p.r.d.s.

Paired row - double shoot for C shank. Fertilizer delivered between seed rows.

weld on drill point - use to replace almost all weld-on drill points. Cut worn out off and weld new one on for big savings. Shown on Bourgault weld-on point opener

VW7CC - 2 carbides

Shown on VW14FB. Also shown on VW14FB is VW21DSF

Trader’s Dispatch, January 2015 — Page A24

Say you saw it in the Trader’s Dispatch

HEADER FOR SALE

2009 Honey Bee 36-ft. header with Hart Carter pickup reel. For more info, call Vince at 406-899-6077

HAY FOR SALE

Alfalfa, Alfalfa/Grass mix, Grass available Phone (406) 562-3645

Classic Genetics

Bulls for Sale Private Treaty 30 Registered cows for sale

Sires: • THR Thor 1331Y (Thor’s sire is trait leader in BWT, WWT, YWT and SC) • MH TRS Keynote 966IET (Traits: Fat, REA, IMF and Yearling) Richard, Becky and Taylor Sidwell Richard: (406) 861-4426 Becky: (406) 670-4227

OSU Meat Judging Team wins National Champ

Communications Specialist, OSU  Agricultural Communications Services The Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Reasons and High Individual and third Meat Judging Team stands atop the meatin Placings. judging world after recently winning its Zoeller earned second in Lamb Judg17th National Championship in the 88-year ing and Placings, third in High Individual, history of the competition. Beef Judging and Reasons and fifth in Pork With its first title since 2002, OSU’s 17 Judging. championships are more than any other Wes Griffin, senior from Tuttle, Oklauniversity in the country. Held in Dakota homa, finished fourth in Placings, fifth in City, Nebraska, the competition featured Beef Judging and 10th High Individual. 16 teams from universities throughout the Kaylee Price, senior from Allen, Texas, United States. placed fifth in the High Alternates contest. “I’m very proud of the way they repTeam members Hanna Barney, senior resented themselves, their families, the from Wagoner, Oklahoma; Chance Billups, animal science department and Oklahoma senior from Colcord, Oklahoma; Macy State University,” said Gretchen Mafi, Meat Griswold, junior from Perkins, Oklahoma; Judging Team head coach. “The results they and Will Marshall, junior from Buhl, Idaho, earned are a testament to the hard work each also contributed to the championship. member of the team has put into this.” “I enjoy helping young students achieve The team finished first in Total Beef, success in everything they do and watching Beef Judging, Pork Judging, Lamb Judging, this group accomplish their goals was truly Placings and Reasons, and second in Beef special,” Mafi said. “ It takes so many peoGrading. While the team results speak for ple around the meat lab and the department themselves, Jessie Heidlage, senior from to win a national championship, so this win Claremore, Oklahoma and Audrey Zoeller, belongs to all former judges, meat lab staff, senior from Boerne, Texas, were named meat science graduate students and faculty. first team All-American Meat Judging Team The team and coaches would like to thank members. all OSU administrators, faculty, staff, stuHeidlage finished first in Total Beef, dents and alumni for their dedication and Beef Judging and Lamb Judging, second support of the meat judging program.”

For more info or to join the tour contact: Hyer McKechnie • 406-360-6674 jameshyer@hotmail.com Chad Murnin • 406-399-7811 barstarcattle@hotmail.com

Montana Hereford Directory

“The Best in Line One Breeding”

49TH ANNUAL SALE Holden Herefords PRODUCTION March 9, 2015 3139 Valier Dupuyer Rd Valier, MT 59486

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

40 Powerhouse 18 month old Bulls 40 Top Quality Females

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Sparks Herefords

Bull Sale February 21, 2015 at the ranch 15 miles south of Plevna, MT Sale starts at 1:00 p.m. - Lunch at noon Selling 35 head of coming two-year old Horned Hereford bulls

THOMAS HEREFORDS

Gold Creek, MT

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Many sons of this polled Calving Ease trait leader selling at private treaty

Richard & Shirley (406) 560-8122 Bruce & Tammy (406) 544-1536 bruce@thomasherefords.com WWW.THOMASHEREFORDS.COM

Tom Sparks • 406-778-2320 www.sparksherefords.com

YEARLING HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A WICHMAN BULL IN 2014 & 2015 Ulrich Hereford Ranch - Claresholm, AB Beery Land and Livestock - Vida, MT Lyle Deegan - Stanford, MT Stacy Grove - Judith Gap, MT Brenden Deegan - Hobson, MT Bryant Mikkelson - Buffalo, MT Jeff Martin – Moore, MT Sandra Obert – Hobson, MT David Ridgeway – Buffalo, MT Terry Wichman – Moore, MT Jay Gremaux – Lewistown, MT

Contact Justin Wichman (406) 538-8997 www.wichmanherefords.com

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Montana Hereford Directory Anchor Polled Herefords 406-467-2880, Vaughn, MT

Anderson Ranch

406-848-2588, Emigrant, MT

Banjo Ranch

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

Bar Star Cattle

406-399-7811, Loma, MT www.facebook.com/barstarcattle

Barker Hereford Ranch 406-450-4750, Shelby, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co 406-979-5720, Vida, MT www.beeryherefords.com

Marty & Leslie Bennett 406-221-6350, Butte, MT

Brillhart Ranch Co

406-947-2511, Musselshell, MT

Broken Pick Ranch

406-472-3210, Valier, MT www.brokenpickranch.com

Churchill Cattle Co

406-580-6421, Manhattan, MT www.churchillcattle.com

Cooper Hereford Ranch

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

Dallas Polled Herefords

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT www.dallas-land.com

Duncan Ranch Co

406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Ehlke Herefords

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

Elings Polled Herefords 406-278-3406, Conrad, MT

Feddes Herefords

Dan 406-570-1602, Manhattan, MT www.feddes.com

First West Insurance

406-922-6044, Bozeman, MT www.1stwestinsurance.com

Genex Hawkeye West

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

Griffin Polled Herefords

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

406-821-0247, Darby, MT

Holden Herefords

406-450-1029, Valier, MT www.holdenherefords.com

Roger, Rory & Mary Indreland 406-721-2641, Missoula, MT

K & C Hereford

Quality Bulls - reasonable prices

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

406-240-9301, Gold Creek, MT

L Bar W Ranch

406-328-4095, Absarokee, MT

Loyning Farms

406-328-4095, Absarokee, MT

McMurry Cattle

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

Merrimac Cattle Company 406-735-4493, Geyser, MT

NJW Polled Herefords

307-672-3248, Sheridan, WY www.njwardherefords.com

Selling annually: 100 Yearling and two year old Hereford bulls

Churchill Sensation 028X Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, MT

Dale Venhuizen (406) 580-6421

Bulls for sale - private treaty dale@churchillcattle.com

We would like to thank our customers for believing in our program. We pride ourselves in producing real world genetics, that will work for the commercial man.

Herd Sires: BLL STANDARD 17U BLL STANDARD 13U BLL STANDARD TIME 743 7X BLL WARRIOR 309 26X BCC DESPERADO 9121W AGA 2U YO BRITISHER 35Y BLL TRAVELLER 9121W 185Y LBH 66T RIBSTONE 204Y AI Sires: CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X TH 122 VICTOR 719T

Website: www.beeryherefords.com

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

BLL STANDARD 17U

Otis Ranch

406-223-4518, Emigrant, MT

Sidwell Ranch

406-322-4425, Columbus, MT

Snowshoe Cattle Company

406-875-2138, Pompeys Pillar, MT www.snowshoecattle.com

Sparks Herefords

406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

Storey Hereford Ranch

406-587-3024, Bozeman, MT

Thomas Herefords

406-544-1536, Gold Creek, MT www.thomasherefords.com

Duncan Ranch Co. Private Treaty Sale Powerful Polled and Horned Herefords

Tomlinson Herefords

406-846-1370, Deer Lodge, MT

Vandeberg Ranch

406-323-1297, Roundup, MT

Wichman Herefords

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

Bruce Duncan • 406-292-3503 • Joplin, MT btduncan@itstriangle.com

Hereford Bulls

For Sale NOW Private Treaty Call or email for a catalog!

Videos available in January at www.ehlkeherefords.com

Elings Polled Herefords Bulls and heifers For Sale home: (406) 278-3406 cell: (406) 450-3892 Conrad, Montana

Modest birth, massive meat Our production sale is any time you want. We sell Hereford bulls and females by private treaty. Find out more at feddes.com. Better yet, visit the ranch.

Feddes Herefords www.feddes.com Mark, Della, Lacey and Jane’a Ehlke www.ehlkeherefords.com info@ehlkeherefords.com PO Box 178 • Townsend, MT 59644

(406) 266-4121 • (406) 439-4311

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

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NDSU offers health insurance workbook

By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service has a helpful Smart Choice Health Insurance Workbook available to assist consumers as they make important health insurance plan choices. “Many consumers may be uncomfortable or feel overwhelmed when it comes to making decisions about health insurance coverage,” says Lori Scharmer, NDSU Extension Service family economics specialist. “The workbook is designed to help consumers make the best choice for their unique situations.” The workbook is available at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ money. The annual opportunity for uninsured individuals to enroll in private insurance coverage and sign up for premium tax credits and cost sharing subsidies is now through February 15, 2015. This also is the time that those people who were newly insured in 2014 can renew their health plan coverage and subsidies. An increasing number of North Dakotans are expected to enroll or renew policies in health insurance plans during this open enrollment period. “However, there are a few key dates consumers should be aware of when planning their health insurance purchases for next year,” Scharmer says. • Under the Affordable Care Act, uninsured individuals generally may enroll in private, nongroup coverage plans or change plans only during open enrollment. • January 1, 2015, is the earliest coverage can begin for a plan bought during the open enrollment period. People with qualifying events, such as getting married or having a baby, can enroll in a health insurance plan at any time. Consumers may purchase a qualifying health insurance plan through the federal marketplace at http://www.healthcare.gov or through an insurance company or agent. ##### I am a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I am perfect.

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Tax benefits increase due to inflation

By Bill Brunson, IRS Media Relations For tax year 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. Revenue Procedure 2014-61 provides details about these annual adjustments. The tax items for tax year 2015 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts The tax rate of 39.6 percent affects singles whose income exceeds $413,200 ($464,850 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), up from $406,750 and $457,600, respectively. The other marginal rates – 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent – and the related income tax thresholds are described in the revenue procedure. The standard deduction rises to $6,300 for singles and married persons filing separate returns and $12,600 for married couples filing jointly, up from $6,200 and $12,400, respectively, for tax year 2014. The standard deduction for heads of household rises to $9,250, up from $9,100. The limitation for itemized deductions to be claimed on tax year 2015 returns of individuals begins with incomes of $258,250 or more ($309,900 for married couples filing jointly). The personal exemption for tax year 2015 rises to $4,000, up from the 2014 exemption of $3,950. However, the exemption is subject to a phase-out that begins with adjusted gross incomes of $258,250 ($309,900 for married couples filing jointly). It phases out completely at $380,750 ($432,400 for married couples filing jointly.) The Alternative Minimum Tax exemption amount for tax year 2015 is $53,600 ($83,400, for married couples filing jointly). The 2014 exemption amount was $52,800 ($82,100 for married couples filing jointly). The 2015 maximum Earned Income Credit amount is $6,242 for taxpayers filing jointly who have 3 or more qualifying children, up from a total of $6,143 for tax year 2014. The revenue procedure has a table providing maximum credit amounts for other categories, income thresholds and phase-outs. Estates of decedents who die during 2015 have a basic exclusion amount of $5,430,000, up from a total of $5,340,000 for estates of decedents who died in 2014. For 2015, the exclusion from tax on a gift to a spouse who is not a U.S. citizen is $147,000, up from $145,000 for 2014. For 2015, the foreign earned income exclusion breaks the six-figure mark, rising to $100,800, up from $99,200 for 2014. The annual exclusion for gifts remains at $14,000 for 2015. The annual dollar limit on employee contributions to employer-sponsored healthcare flexible spending arrangements (FSA) rises to $2,550, up $50 dollars from the amount for 2014. Under the small business health care tax credit, the maximum credit is phased out based on the employer’s number of full-time equivalent employees in excess of 10 and the employer’s average annual wages in excess of $25,800 for tax year 2015, up from $25,400 for 2014.

Bulletin breaks down livestock vs. wildlife grazing competition

By University of Wyoming Extension A new bulletin from the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension covers livestock and wildlife grazing competition and the facts leading to dietary overlap. “Dietary Composition and Conflicts of Livestock and Wildlife on Rangeland” explains the distinctions between types of roughages and the physiological reasons why animals prefer grazing on certain plant types. Derek Scasta, assistant professor and extension rangeland specialist, said, “The interaction of livestock and wildlife on rangeland is an issue of concern not only for ranchers and wildlife managers, but the general public.” He explained wild horses and their impact on rangelands have recently raised additional considerations. “In particular, competition for food resources can help guide decisions for grazing timing, duration and location, ” he said. To download, go to http://www.uwyo.edu/ces and click Publications on the left-hand side of the page. Type B-1260 in the Search Publications field and follow the prompts.

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Flexible cash lease arrangements: Flexing on price and yield together

By Kim Dillivan and Jack Davis, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialists A flexible cash lease is a contractual arwas 175, the annual rent paid is $161.18 per rangement between a landowner and operaacre ($180 x 3.50/3.60 x 175/190). tor in which the rent payment is determined In addition to both parties agreeing on after the crop has been harvested. Unlike a base rent, base commodity price, and base fixed cash lease where the rent amount is crop yield, mechanisms for calculating a determined prior to the beginning of field current-year crop price and a current-year work, a flexible lease permits rent paycrop yield must be determined. Some conment to adjust depending on final yield, tracts stipulate that the current-year crop commodity prices, cost of production, or price is the average of daily closing prices some combination of all three. Flex lease quoted by a local commercial grain buyer arrangements have advantages and disadfor a period of time beginning at harvest and vantages for both landowners and operators. including several postharvest months (e.g. One chief advantage of a flex lease is that October through December). Current-year both parties avoid establishing a fixed rent crop yield is the average yield per harvested amount prior to a determination of costs, acre determined by weight tickets, yield yield, and price. However, flexible lease monitors, or weigh wagons. contracts are generally more complicated Minimum Base Rent with Upward than fixed cash rent agreements and this Revenue Flex complexity adds additional risk for both If a minimum base rent is used, setting the parties. amount below the current market level alFor operators, the value of leased croplows the landowner an opportunity to share land largely depends on crop yield and downside risk with the operator. (Readers commodity price. Because crop prices interested in reported cash rental rates for may inversely correlate with yields, a flex South Dakota agricultural land should view lease that depends on crop price only, or on the publication South Dakota Agricultural crop yield only, may not accurately reflect Land Market Trends 1991-2014 (http:// a farm’s actual economic return in a given igrow.org/up/resources/03-7000-2014. year. For these reasons some landowners pdf).) A minimum base rent with an upward and operators consider the most equitable flex on revenue also allows the landowner to rent payments to be those that account for share the revenue that accompanies higher variability in total revenue. As a result, prices and/or greater yields. With this type leases that flex according to price and yield of agreement, establishing a base crop price together have gained in popularity. and a base crop yield is also required. Share of Gross Revenue Assume a minimum base rent is set at An easy way to flex on both price and $120 per acre, a base wheat price is set at yield is by sharing gross revenue (total crop $6.00 per bushel, and a base yield is set at value). With this method the landowner 50 bushels per acre. In this example the base receives cash rent equal to a specific share revenue is $300 per acre ($6.00 x 50). Also of gross revenue (yield multiplied by price). assume that the parties agree that the landWith this type of lease, owner and operaowner receives 30% of any revenue above tor share price and yield risk (similar to a the base revenue of $300. To illustrate, if crop-share lease). Flex leases of this type the wheat price following harvest increased will typically specify shares of between 25 to $6.50 per bushel, and the average wheat and 40% of gross crop revenue. Contracts yield increased to 55 bushels per acre, total can be worded to include USDA commodrevenue per acre becomes $357.50 ($6.50 ity program payments and crop insurance x 55). Then, the total rent payment due to indemnity payments (if any). the landowner is $137.25 ($120 + (($357.50 Soybean Example – 300) x 0.30)). Should actual revenue fall • Assume average yield is 55 bushels below $300, rent remains at $120 per acre. per acre. There are many different ways for flex• Assume average price following harvest ing rent, including yield, price, cost, or is $10.50 per bushel. some combination of each. All of these are • Then, gross revenue per acre is $577.50 accompanied by some degree of risk and ($10.50 x 55). landowners and producers are encouraged • A land owner receiving a 35% share will to carefully consider each type before makreceive an annual rent payment of $202.12 ing a final decision. Because flex leases per acre ($577.50 x 0.35). specify a rent payment amount determined Note this type of flex lease requires speafter the contract is signed, these arrangecific mechanisms for determining average ments require that both parties fully agree price and yield. to, and understand completely, the exact Base Rent Flexed by Price and Yield mechanisms for calculating payment. Ratios References: In this arrangement, both parties agree to • Edwards, W. 2014. “Flexible Farm flex rent based on ratios of crop price and Lease Agreements.” (http://www.extension. crop yield. This arrangement also allows iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-21. landowners the opportunity to share with html) Ag Decision Maker. Iowa State Unithe tenant the risks associated with price versity Extension, Ames, IA. and yield variability. To use this method, • North Central Farm Management both parties must agree on a base rent, a Extension Committee. 2011. “Fixed and base yield amount, and a base crop price. Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements for The procedure to calculate annual cash rent Your Farm.” is as follows: (http://www.aglease101.org/DocLib/ Base Rent x (current-year crop price/base docs/NCFMEC-01.pdf) crop price) x (current-year crop yield/base crop yield) = Current-Year Rent Assume a corn lease contract that speci##### fies a base rent of $180 per acre, a base corn To revitalize artificial flowers, forget price of $3.60 per bushel, and a base corn about using expensive cleaners. Just pour yield of 190 bushels per acre. If the aversalt into a large paper bag, place the flowers age price per bushel following harvest was inside petal-side-down, and shake vigor$3.50 and the average corn yield per acre ously. The dirt will be transferred to the salt.

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Montana State University horsemanship clinic

Internationally renowned horseman Buck Brannaman will lead a horsemanship clinic for equine students from Montana State University, Miles City Community College and The University of Montana Western on Monday, February 16, from noon to 3 p.m. at MSU’s Miller Pavilion, located off of West Garfield Street just west of 19th Avenue, in Bozeman, Montana. The clinic is open only to students enrolled in colt-starting classes at MSU, Miles City Community College and UM Western, although members of the public are invited to attend as spectators. Tickets for spectators are $20, or $10 for current students with student identification, and they will be available for purchase at the pavilion on the day of the event only. Proceeds from the event benefit MSU’s equine science program. Prior to Brannaman’ s clinic, beginning at 9 a.m., there will be a free public preview of colts that will be up for sale during the MSU Equine Boosters’ Club annual Top of the West Horse Sale at Cooper Spring Ranch on April 11. The colts are donated to the club for the sale, and proceeds go directly to programming and facilities for the MSU equine science program. Brannaman, a world-renowned horseman who holds an honorary doctorate in equine science from MSU, was one inspiration for the character Tom Booker in the Nicholas Evans novel “The Horse Whisperer,” which was made into a film directed by and starring Robert Redford. He is also a member of the MSU Equine Boosters’ Club. Brannaman practices a unique approach to horsemanship and teaches a philosophy that respects a horse’s natural instincts. This training method encourages a deep connection between horse and human. The film “Buck,” a documentary featuring Brannaman’s work, won the U.S. Documentary Competition Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Brannaman also regularly serves as a motivational speaker on the topics of animal and child abuse and conducts national and international horsemanship clinics and lectures. “MSU is proud to have a relationship with one of the best horseman around,” said Glenn Duff, head of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences. “We’re thankful Buck not only donates his time and expertise for our students, but also for the gentle manner in the way he highlights the necessary focus on human-horse interaction.” Duff said the MSU College of Agriculture’s equine science program is growing quickly. Brannaman’s daughter, Reata Brannaman, is an MSU student and currently teaches colt-starting classes. Duff said having Reata as an instructor has helped to bolster the national prominence of the equine program. “Reata naturally brings with her the world-class horsemanship stature learned by her father,” he said. “That proficiency translates directly to our equine students receiving top horsemanship training in the country.”

Farm School comes to western Montana

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Protection for grass for hay and specialty crops

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that greater protection is now available from the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for crops that traditionally have been ineligible for federal crop insurance. The new options, created by the 2014 Farm Bill, provide greater coverage for losses when natural disasters affect specialty crops such as vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, floriculture, ornamental nursery, aquaculture, turf grass, ginseng, honey, syrup, grass intended for hay, and energy crops. “These new protections will help ensure that farm families growing crops for food, fiber or livestock consumption will be better able to withstand losses due to natural disasters,” said Vilsack. “For years, commodity crop farmers have had the ability to purchase insurance to keep their crops protected, and it only makes sense that fruit and vegetable, and other specialty crop growers, should be able to purchase similar levels of protection. Ensuring these farmers can adequately protect themselves from factors beyond their control is also critical for consumers who enjoy these products and for communities whose economies depend on them.” Previously, NAP offered coverage at 55 percent of the average market price for crop losses that exceed 50 percent of expected production. Producers can now choose higher levels of coverage, up to 65 percent of their expected production at 100 percent of the average market price. The expanded NAP protection will be especially helpful to beginning and traditionally underserved producers, as well as farmers with limited resources, who will receive fee waivers and premium reductions for expanded coverage. More crops are now eligible for the program, including expanded aquaculture production practices, and sweet and biomass sorghum. For the first time, a range of crops used to produce bioenergy will be eligible as well. Designed for maximum capacity and speed, the Brandt 7500 HP GrainVac helps “If America is to remain food secure and continue exyou operate at peak effciency. With input from producers like you, we’ve refined porting food to the world, we our GrainVacs to include many innovative features only available from Brandt. With need to do everything we can fewer moving parts, and premium build quality this GrainVac delivers unrivaled to help new farmers get started reliability and durability. That’s Powerful Value. Delivered. and succeed in agriculture,” Vilsack said. “This program will help new and socially disAUTO-FOLD advantaged farmers affordably AUGER manage risk, making farming a CONE Utilizes two hydraulic much more attractive business SEPARATOR cylinders that allow the auger Fill a 1,000 bushel Trailer in proposition.” to fold and unfold while only 8-9 minutes thanks to positioned next to the bin. To help producers learn Brandt’s patented Cone Separator more about NAP and how it technology which provides MAXFLO optimal separation of the grain can help them, USDA, in partNOZZLE from the air stream without nership with Michigan State any moving parts while This lightweight 8" BIN maintaining maximum nozzle adjusts air and University and the University CHROME SNAKE airspeed in all grains. grain mixture utilizing of Illinois, created an online The patented feature louvers and stainless PLATED resource. The Web tool, availtakes the back work out steel adjusting bands to FLIGHTING of cleaning right to the maximize grainflow able at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap, Hardened steel and bottom of the bin or pile. and capacity. allows producers to determine chrome plating maximizes grain flow and auger life. whether their crops may be eligible for coverage. It also gives OUTRIGGER them an opportunity to explore Securely holds the GrainVac a variety of options and levels in position and provides a to determine the best protection safe route for static electricity discharge. It’s sequenced to level for their operation. automatically fold and unfold If the application deadline with the auger. for an eligible crop has already passed, producers will have until January 14, 2015, to choose expanded coverage through NAP. To learn more, visit the Farm Service Agency (FSA) website at www.fsa.usda.gov/ nap or contact your local FSA office. FSA, which administers the program, also wants to hear from producers and other interested stakeholders who may have suggestions or recommendations on the program. Written comments will be acbrandt.ca 1-866-427-2638 cepted until February13, 2015 and can be submitted through www.regulations.gov.

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IRS tax season opens January 20

Following the passage of the extenders legislation, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns electronically on January 20. Paper tax returns will begin processing at the same time. The decision follows Congress renewing a number of “extender” provisions of the tax law that expired at the end of 2013. These provisions were renewed by Congress through the end of 2014. The final legislation was signed into law Decembr 19, 2014. “We have reviewed the late tax law changes and determined there was nothing preventing us from continuing our updating and testing of our systems,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Our employees will continue an aggressive schedule of testing and preparation of our systems to complete the final stages needed for the 2015 tax season.” The IRS reminds taxpayers that filing electronically is the most accurate way to file a tax return and the fastest way to get a refund. There is no advantage to people filing tax returns on paper in early January instead of waiting for e-file to begin. More information about IRS Free File and other information about the 2015 filing season will be available this month.

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Ag safety and finances workshop

MSU Big Horn County Extension is hosting an ag safety and finances workshop on February 10 from 1 to 4 at the Extension office in Hardin, Montana. If you attend you may be eligible for a 4% discount on Workman’s Comp. The ag safety portion will include important information on insurance and Workman’s Comp coverage. Marsha Goetting from MSU Extension will teach about estate planning and other important financial information for producers. Any questions call Molly Hammond from Big Horn County Extension at 406-665-9770, or email her at molly.hammond@ montana.edu.

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27th Annual Production Sale

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Selling:

55 Yearling Bulls (8 Red Angus X Simmental cross) & 20 Yearling Heifers Fritz Red Angus - 32 miles east of Brady, MT - Lunch served at noon - Sale starts at 1:00 p.m. A sample of the bulls selling - raised with no creep feed and no irrigated pastures

Progeny By:

Fritz Justice 8013 GMRA Vengence 1254 Fischer Hot Shot 175 Fritz Deep Formula 108 SSS Traditional 687X SSS Ambush 762X GMRA Trilogy 0226 LSF Boxed Beef 9063W Fischer Nordiques 908 PPSR Gunners Force 30W TNT Full Moon Z234 MFSR Rod 850Z

Tag

541B 547B 555B 558B 574B 591B 605B 614B 617B 634B 652B 661B 663B 664B 666B 668B 670B 673B 677B 684B 685B

Sire

TRILOGY HOT SHOT VENGENCE HOT SHOT FULL MOON JUSTICE VENGENCE TRILOGY HOT SHOT JUSTICE GUNNER VENGENCE HOT SHOT JUSTICE VENGENCE DEEP 108 ROD VENGENCE TRADITIONAL VENGENCE HOT SHOT

BW 60 84 80 93 86 74 87 65 90 70 87 82 99 99 94 69 95 91 87 95 77

205 wt 696 750 733 771 712 754 731 709 702 790 735 718 823 891 784 719 747 753 735 728 753

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FRITZ RED ANGUS

Joe, Heidi, Justin & Garrett Fritz 1542 Fritz Ranch Ln. Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net

CED

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-4.5 60 99 20 13 0.42 0.35 -0.8 68 108 20 11 0.72 0.19 -2.9 70 115 22 10 0.40 0.32 0.8 64 100 22 9 0.55 0.13 New sire to RAAA - no EPD’s yet 0.2 76 124 21 11 0.56 0.05 -1.2 75 126 21 14 0.42 0.40 -3.3 66 104 18 13 0.56 0.43 0.4 70 111 23 11 0.61 0.32 -1.3 75 118 22 11 0.55 -0.02 -1.0 64 99 27 8 0.19 0.56 -2.3 70 120 20 11 0.25 0.32 1.8 81 126 18 10 0.85 0.23 5.0 98 155 22 11 0.56 -0.05 1.0 85 137 21 12 0.37 0.33 -1.4 68 114 18 10 0.46 0.05 New sire to RAAA - no EPD’s yet 0.4 81 135 21 11 0.37 0.30 0.1 60 98 21 9 0.25 0.28 1.5 80 130 18 12 0.30 0.25 -2.9 56 80 24 11 0.69 0.19 -1.0

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CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 4 -1.6 67 101 15 48 5 9 -1 12 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.47 -0.23 27 0.95 0.00

CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 0 -2.1 47 79 19 43 -14 8 3 4 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.55 0.08 15 -0.05 0.00

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CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 1 -1.7 78 109 10 49 -1 12 -1 6 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.61 -0.04 31 0.84 0.04

CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 2 -0.4 78 121 15 54 6 8 1 12 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.49 0.02 41 0.50 0.02

LSF EXALTATION 2004Z (1547598)

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CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 0 0.7 85 135 22 64 3 13 4 12 MB YG CW REA FAT 1.40 0.09 51 0.77 0.05

CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 4 -2.8 52 88 23 49 2 13 0 11 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.72 -0.09 19 0.67 0.02

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HXC BRUTE FORCE 6600S (1101677) CED BW WW YW MK TM ME HPG CEM ST 10 -3.1 57 83 11 39 -3 9 15 16 MB YG CW REA FAT 0.49 -0.10 15 0.59 0.01

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Engler Scholarship application deadline

By Dan Moser, UNL IANR News Service Students passionate about becoming an entrepreneur can now apply for scholarships to the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Incoming and current UNL students are eligible to apply. Scholarships are awarded annually to Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship students ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 with some awards renewable up to three years dependent on student performance, said the program’s director, Tom Field. To apply, students must complete an application and series of essay questions at http://engler.unl.edu/. Applications are due by February 15. “Our goal is to find students who aspire to build enterprises, demonstrate grit, passion, courage, and instinctively understand the value and need for partnerships. The Engler experience includes the academic minor, travel experiences to learn from outstanding entrepreneurs, networking and professional development opportunities, internships and a host of other experiential programming,” Field said. Students also can become part of the Agribusiness Entrepreneurship and Leadership: Solutions for the Future learning community through residence life. More information can be found at http://www.unl.edu/learncom/fylc. The Engler program began in 2010 with a $20 million gift over 10 years from the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation. The purpose of the program is to identify students with the entrepreneurial drive and then foster development of professional skills conducive to success in applying entrepreneurism in agriculture and agribusiness. For more information about the program, visit http:// engler.unl.edu.

Nebraska Extension horsemen’s inservice January 27

By Dan Moser, UNL IANR News Service A University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) horsemen’s inservice will provide training and education on a variety of equine topics. The inservice is scheduled at the Animal Science Complex on UNL’s East Campus January 27, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Directed to all Nebraska Extension staff and horse owners, the inservice will include the following presentations: Biosecurity for Horse Events; Horse Pastures – All you need to know; Nontraditional Feeds for Horses; Horse Health Update; New Resources for Horse Owners – New Body Condition Score App; and Bits and Attire – What’s legal and what’s not in Nebraska 4-H. Presenters will include: Mikki Nienhueser, animal emergency coordinator, Nebraska Department of Agriculture; Krishona Martinson, extension horse specialist, University of Minnesota; Lena Cottle, UNL equine extension specialist; Dr. Mike Black, equine veterinarian, Omaha; and Kathy Anderson, UNL Extension horse specialist. If you cannot make it to Lincoln, these extension offices will be hosting the day by distance: Cherry, Buffalo, Dawes, and Hall County. Registration information can be found at horse.unl. edu, or contact Kathy Anderson at kanderson1@unl.edu, 402-472-6411. Preregistration is $30 per person by January 20; $40 at the door. Price includes lunch and packet of materials.

Download app now for winter travel safety

By NDSU Extension Service Now is the time to download the Winter Survival Kit smartphone app in addition to gathering a winter survival kit for your vehicles. The Winter Survival Kit app from the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service can help motorists stuck in winter weather. It can be as critical as a physical winter survival kit if you find yourself stuck or stranded in severe winter weather conditions, says Bob Bertsch, NDSU Agriculture Communication Web technology specialist. The app is available free for Android and iOS systems. “Our app will help you find your current location, call 911, notify your friends and family, calculate how long you can run your engine to keep warm and stay safe from carbon monoxide poisoning,” Bertsch says. “You can use the Winter Survival Kit app to store important phone and policy numbers for insurance or roadside assistance. You also can designate emergency contacts you want to alert when you become stranded.” If you become stranded, the Winter Survival Kit app will help you determine your geographic location and contact emergency services. The app’s gas calculator will help you estimate how long you can run your engine on your remaining fuel. The Winter Survival Kit app will alert you every 30 minutes to remind you to turn off your vehicle’s engine periodically and check the exhaust pipe for snow buildup. These alerts are critical in helping you avoid deadly carbon monoxide poisoning, Bertsch says. The Winter Survival Kit app also provides NDSU Extension Service information on how to put together a physical winter survival kit, prepare your vehicle for winter driving and stay safe when stranded in a storm or stuck in snow. The app was developed by Myriad Devices, a company founded by students and faculty in the NDSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and College of Business. The NDSU Extension Service provided design and content input, and funded the project with a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Smith-Lever Special Needs grant. The Disaster Recovery Journal is another smartphone app developed jointly by the NDSU Extension Service and Myriad Devices with NIFA support. The Disaster Recovery Journal app lets users record information about home inventory and/or damages as they enter their flooded homes. The app allows them to use text, images and audio. The app also provides Extension information on how to clean or deal with flood-damaged items. Learn more about the apps at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ extension/apps.

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Food animal production faces challenges with new antibiotic regulations

By K-State Research and Extension News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration or water of food animals. (FDA) has announced that revised labels “If there’s a Veterinary Feed Directive established according to Guidance Docudrug that’s used concurrently with one ments #209 and #213 will go into effect that’s not a VFD drug, the VFD still has to in December 2016. There will also be new authorize the use of both drugs together,” regulations regarding how veterinarians will Apley said. “For example, tylosin will be a authorize the use of medically important VFD drug and monensin will not, but the antibiotics in the feed of food animals. veterinarian will be required to authorize Michael Apley, DVM and professor of the use of both in combination.” Production Medicine and Clinical PharThe final form of the Veterinary Feed macology with Kansas State University’s Directive is still in the works, but organizaCollege of Veterinary Medicine, explained tions like the American Veterinary Medical some of the changes producers and veteriAssociation (AVMA) and American Asnarians can expect to see as a result of the sociation of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) new regulations at K-State’s Beef Stocker have groups assigned to address members Field Day on September 25, 2014. concerns and to have a dialogue with the In 2012, the FDA finalized Guidance FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, Apley #209, which requests companies to phase said. The FDA has held listening sessions out growth promotion indications for across the country for people to give input. medically important antibiotics used in One of the greatest concerns for the new food-producing animals as well as changveterinary feed directive is how they will ing the remaining antibiotic label approvals be standardized, Apley said. for feed and water uses of antibiotics in “These could be effective for up to six food animals to Veterinary Feed Directive months, but are we going to have some that (VFD) or prescription status, respectively. are three months, four and five months?” he Guidance #213 contains the procedures for asked. “You would end up with this rolling companies to make these changes. cascade of renewal requirements. We’re This request affects 26 companies holdasking that they standardize these as much ing 283 different product labels. As of today, as possible for producers and veterinarians.” all 26 companies have agreed to cooperate Producers should look to their extension and withdraw labels, or portions of labels, service, local veterinarian and new sources with growth promotion claims, as well as for information going into 2016, when the changing the remaining uses to VFD or final version begins to emerge, Apley said. prescription status. Metrics needed to measure success Apley said one of the biggest questions “Part of the success metrics, or a way to posed by producers and veterinarians is evaluate the intended effect of Guidance what antibiotics will be affected. He noted #209 is to ask, “Did antibiotic use in food that the ionophores, feed additives used in animals in the United States decrease?” cattle diets to increase feed efficiency and We’ve got a rather crude measure of actual body weight gain, will not be affected by uses now in sales reporting data, and I think the new regulations. Products including they’re wanting to have more,” he said. Rumensin, Bovatec and Gainpro are not Apley said it is unlikely to see a dramatic involved because they are not listed as decrease in antibiotic use because of the way medically important to human therapy. the new regulations are structured. The new regulations have producers, li“The next area of concern is the routine censed feed mill operators and veterinarians or constant use of in-feed antimicrobials to wondering, “Who’s paying for this?” Apley control a condition, such as liver abscesses,” said VFD regulations would require more he said. “They’re very effective, but the iseffort from the producer and time from the sue that gets pushed back at us is that we use veterinarian to write the mandatory VFDs. those because of the nature of the production “By law, the veterinarian is going to be system. Unfortunately, the actual science of required to have knowledge of the prowhether or not we could have any adverse ducer’s operation to write the VFD,” he effect on human therapeutics from these explained. “There are a lot of questions, and kind of uses ends up being only a dash of the licensed feed mills and feed distributors flavor in policy soup.” are going to have a heck of a lot of VFDs Apley said the greatest catastrophe the coming through to make this work.” industry faces now is the precedent for eviLooking ahead in contemporary managedence that growth promotion uses are any ment of growing cattle, Apley said the new different from other uses as to the potential VFD regulations will dramatically change to select for resistant organisms. Hopefully, the antibiotic administration process. this is not the precedent for the evidence that “I think one of the things that resonated may be required to separate off prevention with the stockers is the use of tetracycline and control uses from uses for therapy of in feed,” Apley said. “If they’re using the diseased animals in the future. therapeutic regimen of one gram of oxy“That gets people up in a mood to fight, tetracycline or chlortetracycline per 100 but that’s the fact,” Apley said. “They repounds per day for calves, administered in ally didn’t provide any data to say growth the feed, the only way they can use that is promotion is any different. That was just a with a veterinary feed directive.” line to decrease antibiotic use.” Changes for producers “We’ve got to work hard as an agriculThe most significant changes will come tural industry to make sure that a different with producers’ inability to walk in, request level of evidence is applied to evaluate a product and buy it, Apley said. prevention and control uses than was used “Any water use is prescription now,” he for growth promotion uses,” he said. said. “The cattle feeder that uses tylosin, Antibiotic development has run into that’s going to need to be authorized by the roadblocks at every corner of the animal veterinarian for that use, strictly by the label. agriculture industry, but it’s also sparked But, is has always been illegal to use a drug controversy in the human health sector. in feed other than allowed by the label.” Apley said the chance of animal agricultural While the final form of the Veterinary acquiring a new set of antibiotics is unlikely. Feed Directive regulation is still in the “The last time we got a new and novel works, Apley said it is clear that veterigroup of antibiotics approved for human narians will have to authorize all uses of and veterinary use that we use today in medically important antibiotics in the feed CONTINUED ON PAGE A40

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animal agriculture was 1978,” Apley said. “Everything we’ve had since then has been some kind of molecular modification of these existing groups.” Apley said a new drug with slightly different properties may be released here and there, but the last two new groups of antibiotics released were for human medicine in 2000 and 2003. There is one other new antibiotic group on the horizon for human medicine. While the absence of new antibiotics for use in animal agriculture may pose some hindrance to the industry, Apley said there are some advantages to this lack of development. “They’re looking at new ways to address infectious disease, such as addressing the virulence of the organism – it’s ability to cause disease - rather than just outright killing it,” Apley said. “There are ways of working with the immune system and there are ways of suppressing disease. We’re just on the forefront of our genetic analysis and discovering really new and interesting things about the host-pathogen interaction.” Apley said he and colleague Bob Larson, professor of production medicine,

DVM and the Edgar E. and M. Elizabeth Coleman Chair Food Animal Production Medicine executive director, who specializes in epidemiology in K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently reviewed a paper from 1971 explaining that many advancements in control of diseases like cholera and tuberculosis came long before antibiotic intervention. “Antibiotics took the last little bit of the disease challenge off,” Apley said. “But, the initial huge decrease in the curve was from epidemiology and applying things like basic sanitation and procedures to reduce the risk of spread. All is not lost, but we need to make sure tools are not taken from us unless there is a scientifically sound reason to do so.” If there is a silver lining to the new FDA guidelines for food-grade antibiotic usage in animals raised for food production, Apley said it will likely be in the form of increased relationships between producers and veterinarians. “If this fosters more interaction between producers and veterinarians, and enables veterinarians getting to know more about producers’ operations, I think that’s good for the industry,” Apley said.

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By Kari Lewis, Glacier County Extension Agent Barley producers are encouraged to mark Tuesday, February 10, 2015, in Conrad, Montana on their calendar for a regional barley meeting featuring some of the industry’s top professionals. The meeting will be held at the Pondera Shooting Sports Complex (972 Granite Rd, Conrad), and will run from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with registration beginning at 8 a.m. Speakers from MSU Extension will include Dr. Mary Burrows covering Barley Diseases, Dr. Kevin Wanner speaking on insects related to barley production, and Dr. Rachel Endecott covering sprouted grain and its uses to the livestock industry. Additional presentations from industry leaders will cover barley breeding, crop insurance, sustainability of the barley industry, and an industry variety panel. Lastly, the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee will provide an update related to their organization. Lunch will be provided, courtesy of the American Malting Barley Association and Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. Due to space constraints, however, we do ask that operations please limit themselves to two representatives. Questions may be directed to Kari Lewis, Glacier County Extension Agent at 873-2239 or kari.lewis@montana.edu or Tyler Lane, Choteau County Extension Agent at tyler.lane@ montana.edu or (406) 622-3751. ##### Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?’’ The mother replied, “Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.” The child thought about this for a moment then said, “So why is the groom wearing black?” ##### The husband who doesn’t tell his wife everything probably reasons that what she doesn’t know won’t hurt him.

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What does ‘The Sustainable American Dinner Plate’ look like?

By K-State Research and Extension News be called “natural” if it contains no artificial A term common in food production today, ingredients or added color, and it is only sustainability has been difficult to define. minimally processed. The U.S. Food and Even so, several major food companies have Drug Administration (FDA), which regupromised to only use and sell products that lates all other foods, does not currently have are raised in a sustainable manner. a definition for “natural.” While many definitions of “sustainable” Consumers should educate themselves exist, one of the most common definitions about what different labels mean, Chin said. used comes from the United Nations. It’s a The nutrition labels are separate from any definition that traces back nearly 30 years label indicating how the product was raised. and connects social, environmental and “When it comes to nutrition labeling, economic components. we take a look at the nutrients contained “In general, (sustainable) means meeting within that food,” she said. “So, it tells you the food and fiber needs of people today the amount of calories, carbohydrates, fats, without harming the environment,” said protein, vitamins and minerals - things that Mary Lee Chin, a nutrition educator and are important to your nutritional health. So, consultant, and a registered dietitian, “and, nutrition labeling, according to the FDA, not only meeting these needs for today but means the actual content of what’s in the into the future, too, so that we protect the food, not how it was produced.” environment for future generations.” People have extensively discussed genetChin, a native of Denver, spoke August ically modified, or genetically engineered, 26 at Kansas State University in Manhattan foods and labeling those foods recently. to K-State Research and Extension family According to the FDA, food and food inand consumer science professionals about gredients from genetically engineered plants “The Sustainable American Dinner Plate” were introduced into the food supply in the and the revolution of foods and food choices 1990s. Genetic engineering means that scion the American dinner table. entists introduce new traits or characteristics She said along with protecting the envito an organism to enhance the growth or ronment, being sustainable means taking nutritional value of food products. the needs of producers and consumers of An example of a genetically engineered food into account. food product is Golden Rice, which was “Another factor involves the people who developed to help prevent vitamin A defiproduce the food, that they produce it in a ciency, a condition that can cause irreversmanner they can make a living wage,” Chin ible blindness and even death, Chin said. said. “Then going along the food production Another example would be modifying line, it also means that the food that is prospecific proteins that give the peanut its alduced so it is affordable for people as well.” lergenicity, which is under study currently. In addition to addressing the challenge of It could potentially eliminate the threat of defining sustainability, Chin also discussed peanut allergies. food labeling and nutrition, and how to meet The FDA has reported that foods prothe nutrition needs of a world population duced through genetic engineering are as that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, safe and nutritional as any other foods, so among other production agriculture chalthey do not have to be specially labeled. lenges. However, food manufacturers can voluntari Food labeling and nutrition ly label whether foods have or have not been While foods might bear many labels, not developed through genetic engineering. all of the labels are standardized or regu Food production challenges lated, Chin said. This can lead to confusion Chin said it will take growing food in a among consumers. variety of ways to meet the food needs of “If something is labeled ‘organic,’ that is 9 billion people worldwide in less than 40 certified, and there are standards for that,” years. she said. “But, if something is labeled ‘local’ “We have many people arguing these or ‘natural,’ there is no standardization.” days on which is better, which is worse, A “local” label is often more important which way is good and bad for the environto consumers than any other food label, ment,” she said. “My perspective is we have Chin said, as consumers feel as if they are to use the best practices of every single type buying fresh foods and supporting their of food production method and agricultural local economies. But, a “local” label could technology that suits the system, that suits mean the product was produced in the imthe producer and that suits the eventual mediate community, to being trucked from consumer, in order to produce food for that within the state, to being brought in from number of people.” the region. She said the comparison of food producResearch recently published in the Intion practices - organic, conventional and ternational Food and Agribusiness Mangenetically engineered as examples - shows agement Review has shown that nearly a that they are many times more alike than quarter of consumers from the United States they are different when it comes to using noand Canada often confuse the terms “local” till, crop rotation, fertilizers and pesticides. and “organic.” Retail sales of both local Each method has its advantages and risks. and organic products have seen increasing “It’s great that people want to buy ordemand over the last decade, according to ganic,” Chin said. “It produces nutritious the research, and although locally produced foods, and it does have advantages in terms foods can be raised organically, not all loof biodiversity and soil health. A lot of cally raised foods are organic. people are also in support of biotechnolOther research has shown that consumogy, or genetically modified foods that can ers are also confused about the meaning of produce higher yields, pest resistance, or “natural” labeled food products. A recent meet climate changes, like drought or flood study by Consumer Reports has shown that tolerance.” 59 percent of consumers check whether “Because of the different agricultural the products they are buying are “natural,” challenges and consumers’ wants and despite that no verified label for the term desires, we need to harness every type of exists. technology to produce food that is approThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, the priate for the consumer and the producer,” regulatory agency for meat, poultry and she added. egg products, said that any meat item can CONTINUED ON PAGE A46

NDSU Ag, Extension faculty and staff honored

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University (NDSU) faculty and staff received awards for excellence in research, teaching, Extension and support staff efforts in an awards ceremony on campus December 11. David Buchanan, associate dean for academic programs in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, and Chris Boerboom, director of the NDSU Extension Service, presented the awards during the 23rd annual Agriculture and Extension Faculty/Staff Awards program. Fifty-three people were nominated this year. The 2014 award recipients were: • Larson/Yaggie Excellence in Research Award - Marisol Berti, associate professor, Department of Plant Sciences • Eugene R. Dahl Excellence in Research Award - Phillip McClean, professor, Department of Plant Sciences • Earl and Dorothy Foster Excellence in Teaching Award - Ryan Larsen, assistant professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics • H.Roald and Janet Lund Excellence in Teaching Award - Rachel Richman, senior lecturer, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences • William J. and Angelyn A. Austin Excellence in Advising Award - Jeremy Jackson, assistant professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics • Myron and Muriel Johnsrud Excellence in Extension/ Outreach Award - Christina Rittenbach, Extension agent, Stutsman County • AGSCO Excellence in Extension Award - Linda Hauge, Extension 4-H youth development specialist, Center for 4-H Youth Development • Charles and Linda Moses Staff Award - James Jordahl, research specialist, Department of Plant Pathology • Donald and Jo Anderson Staff Award - Linda McCaw, administrative assistant/conference coordinator/Ag Consortium scheduler, Agriculture Communication • Rick and Jody Burgum Staff Award - Robert Baumann, agricultural research technician, Department of Plant Sciences

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Pinedale students win statewide Lego competition’s top award By University of Wyoming Extension

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Producers will need to find ways to grow more food to feed more people, Chin said, all while using limited farmland, water and other resources and combating drought, flooding and other natural disasters. Much of the general public, she said, doesn’t understand production agriculture and these many challenges. “I think the crux of the problem is that 50-60 years ago, there were many people involved with food production and agriculture,” Chin said. “Today, less than 2 percent of people are involved in food production. Many people don’t understand that just like every other industry in our country now, it’s highly technical.” For example, she said the agricultural industry is using more precision farming

- technologies such as global positioning systems in tractors - to produce more food safely with fewer inputs, which is highly desired. If people could understand farmers and farm production methods, they might have a more realistic perspective on food production. A video interview with Chin is available (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyb 3DhvkmlA&feature=youtu.be). For more information about food production and nutrition, Chin recommends visiting the International Food Information Council website (http://www.foodinsight.org). More information is also available through your local extension office or K-State Research and Extension online (http://www.ksre.kstate.edu/p.aspx?tabid=23).

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By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have devised a new analytical method for detecting and measuring concentrations of phytochemicals called “polyphenols” in plant materials. Also referred to as “phenolics,” the class of healthpromoting compounds is found in certain foods and beverages. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) investigators have a long history of designing and developing reliable analytical methods for measuring nutrients and other compounds in foods. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency. At the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, scientists first reported on the new test and used it on a variety of samples of beverages, grains and flaxseed. They used the new laboratory method to measure the amount of phenolics in various food samples by mixing them with Fast Blue BB diazonium salt. Under alkaline conditions, diazonium salt specifically couples with phenolics to form stable complexes that can be directly measured. The team then compared the new Fast Blue BB method to results using a traditional assay called Folin-Ciocalteu (FC). The results suggested that FC does not assess all phenolics present during tests and inadvertently measures other compounds besides phenolics. While the Fast Blue BB method, as originally developed at the ERRC, was aimed at measuring phenolics only in plant tissue that does not contain chlorophyll, other ARS researchers reasoned that the test should also work with green vegetables if the test is modified. ARS plant physiologist and national program leader Gene Lester led another study in which he and colleagues modified the Fast Blue BB assay so that it could be used to test green plant material. The scientists used the modified method to gauge the amount of total phenolics in different spinach cultivars grown under different production conditions. They showed that the Fast Blue BB can now be used universally to accurately assess total phenolics for all fruit and vegetable plant tissues. The study was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in 2013.

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The business-minded veterinarian

By K-State Research and Extension News Animals can teach us more about the human body than we might realize. Crack open New York Times bestseller “Zoobiquity,” and you’ll learn about a human cardiologist’s experiences at the Los Angeles Zoo that allowed her to more closely connect human and animal medicine. Even in the first chapter - Dr. House, Meet Doctor Dolittle - author Barbara Natterson-Horowitz reveals how doctors and veterinarians could learn from each other to effectively diagnose and treat all species. Indeed, veterinarians are needed not only to treat our pets and livestock, but in a broader context, to help with zoonotic disease maintenance. The interaction between animals and humans secures the continuous demand for the profession, and the fewer veterinarians we have, the larger potential for catastrophic disease, according to Michael Dicks, director of the economics division for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Although the profession is needed, Dicks said financial struggles do exist, especially for those beginning to practice. Many veterinarians who are just starting out find that they need to make enough money to pay off their high educational debt while trying to make a living, which can pose a major challenge. According to Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the average debt reported by its 2014 graduates was $170,380, and graduates in 2013 had similar debt at $170,919. The average practice salary reported by 2014 K-State graduates was $64,678 and for 2013 graduates, $63,294. For those practicing outside of Kansas, the average starting salaries were a bit higher at $66,057 for 2014 graduates and $66,939 for those who graduated in 2013. “The downturn of the economy impacted veterinary medicine and what graduates could earn in their first year,” said Roger Fingland, executive associate dean for K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the Veterinary Health Center. “It is important to educate people who want to be veterinarians about the financial realities. But, I think the value of being a veterinarian has to always be in the discussion.” Seeking opportunities Dicks, a veteran agricultural economist, said the objective of the AVMA’s economics division is to find ways to enhance the lifelong value of a veterinary degree. Understanding the market for veterinary services and how individual veterinary practices make money are important components that add value. The biggest area of demand in veterinary medicine is working with companion animals, or pets, which accounts for about six out of 10 practicing veterinarians, he said. Food animal veterinarians, those who work with cattle, sheep and pigs as examples, account for one out of 10. Other veterinarians might choose mixed animal practice or work in zoos, animal hospitals, the education field or other industries. Scholarship opportunities are available for students in many interest areas, particularly for those who want to work in rural areas and seek mixed animal practice or large animal practice, including food animals and other livestock. Fingland said at K-State, rural scholarship recipients receive $25,000 a year if they intend to practice in a Kansas county that is declared rural. Most counties in Kansas have a rural designation. If the students take the scholarship and don’t practice in a rural area, however, they have to pay that money back, he said. To his knowledge, no students have had to pay the money back, but some graduates will find that some rural areas don’t have enough animals to support a full-time veterinarian. Or, perhaps the environment will not allow the veterinarian to charge the going rate for various services. “I believe there is a need for large animal and mixed animal practitioners in some rural areas,” Fingland said. “Need means there are consumers in that area who perceive that they need veterinary services. Needing veterinary services and having an environment that financially supports veterinary services are two different things. Some communities can’t financially support the service.” Certain aspects of veterinary medicine are different than others, and veterinarians can choose certain avenues of practice to potentially increase their salaries. Industry veterinarians typically have higher earning potential than mixed animal practitioners, Fingland said. Like human doctors, veterinarians can specialize as cardiologists, surgeons, internists and radiologists, as exCONTINUED ON PAGE A53

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amples. Veterinarian specialists tend to make higher salaries, Fingland said, but they also have to go through much more training than general practitioners. Practice ownership also lends itself to higher pay. Combining business with a calling Most people go into business, because that’s what they want to do. Veterinarians, no matter what area of practice they prefer, are no different, Dicks said. He encourages veterinarians, like any other business-minded professionals, to plan ahead to maximize their opportunities. “We know just like farmers and ranchers, we all weigh life in some ways with the amount of money we’re making,” Dicks said. “People must give up a little return to have the style of life they want. For veterinarians, that huge (college) debt can be a restraint. If I have debt when I get out of school, that means I may be driving a 10-year-old car, living with my roommate for another five years, and not going out or buying anything. I may be paying my debt and trying to make a life.” Fingland, who teaches veterinary business courses, said on the first day of orientation at K-State, he presents new students and their parents with numbers showing what the education will cost for the next four years of veterinary school to make them aware. “There is no question that there is a financial problem at work, and I worry about it like other people in my position worry about it,” Fingland said. “But, there is value in doing what is your calling. I understand as a veterinarian that I’m not going to make as much money as someone in another profession. I don’t want to be in that other profession, so what difference does it make if that person makes more money than I do?” “We can’t tell young people who aspire to be veterinarians, ‘You shouldn’t do this, because you won’t make as much money as you could doing something else,’” he continued. “Is that what we’re going to tell people who want to teach? Imagine if somebody would have turned away the wonderful teachers that we had in grade school, high school and college. That would have been very unfortunate.” Fingland said preparing students to be business-minded veterinarians involves work in and out of the classroom. In addition to one required business and finance course, veterinary students at K-State are allowed to take elective business courses and join organizations such as the Veterinary Business Management Association. They also learn about planning and budgeting through K-State’s Powercat Financial Counseling, available as a free resource for all students. Involving the veterinarian As a livestock producer, Dicks said he believes it is essential to have a veterinarian as part of your health team if you own animals. Sometimes the veterinarian might be considered a provider of last resort or someone whose job can be handled by salesmen or technicians for artificial insemination, embryo transfer, ultrasounding for carcass characteristics or pregnancy, hoof trimming and nutritional planning, as examples. But, he said in the last 10 years the cattle industry has experienced diseases such as trichomoniasis and curly calf syndrome, among others, that may have surprised some producers. Having a close relationship with a veterinarian could help protect animals from diseases and producers from major financial losses. “Maybe because a veterinarian wasn’t part of our herd health program, we only found out about these diseases once they happened to us,” Dicks said. “Some of those things cause 20 to 30 percent losses.” “What we focus on is teaching veterinary students to thrive in a competitive environment, not in an unrealistic environment where there’s no competition,” Fingland said. “There are many things veterinarians can do that others can’t do who don’t have the level of training. No one will ever replace the veterinarians’ intellect, when they go to a farm to analyze the nutrition that the rancher or farmer is providing, and the environment and how that environment might lead to disease.” More information about the economic and financial components of veterinary medicine is available on the AVMA website (https://www.avma.org/practicemanagement/administration/pages/default.aspx). Learn more about K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine (http://www.vet.k-state.edu).

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2013 John Deere 569 Premium coveredge surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale kicker, 2630 display, only 2475 bales. #16007368. (1)...................... $52,500 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006798............................ $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006797. (1)...................... $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm PTO hookup, 21.5L-16.1 tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006801. (4)...................... $43,500 2012 John Deere 568 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 10-ply tires, Megawide pickup, push bar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006788. (3).......................................... $41,000 2011 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, bale push bar. #16006825. (3).$31,000 2010 John Deere 568 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap & twine, hydraulic pickup lift. #16009940. (3)....... .............................................. $38,800 2010 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale push bar. #16006844. (4)...... $34,000 2010 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, surface wrap, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, bale push bar, variable core. #16006822... $32,000 2009 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup dual gauge wheels. #16006438. (1)........... .............................................. $35,500

2007 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 tires, pushbar, Megawide pickup, hydraulic pickup. #16006806............................ $32,000 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale pushbar, variable core valve, hydraulic pickup lift. #16009932....................... $31,500 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 8 PR, hydraulic pickup lift, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale push bar. #16006845. (4)............... $28,900 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 31x13.5 8PR tires, bale pushbar. #16006819. (4)..$28,500 2004 John Deere 567 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, push bar, Megawide hydraulic pickup. #16006951................ $20,500 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, twine only, 540 PTO, bale push bar. #16006824. (4)...................... $15,000 2002 John Deere 567 Megawide, pushbar, twine tie, 540 PTO. #16006693. (4).... .............................................. $15,500 2001 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006950............................ $19,000 2001 John Deere 567 twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup, push bar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006827. (3)...................... $19,000 1997 John Deere 566 regular pickup, twine only, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 8 PR hi flotation tires, bale push bar. #16006830............................... $9500 1995 John Deere 535 twine tie, 540 PTO, bale ramp, Megawide pickup, gauge wheels. #16007374.................. $4995 1990 John Deere 535 regular pickup, twine only, push bar. #16009947........ ................................................. $4500 CASE IH 2009 Case IH RB564 wide pickup, hydraulic pickup lift, mesh wrap. #16006807. (4).......................................... $20,500

SOLD

2004 Hesston 4760 31.5x34.4 bale, 91” pickup, 21.5L-16.1 tires. #16006785. (3)............................................$48,000

3 PT. HITCH EQUIPMENT

NEW Schulte RDX117 snowblower, 13/4-20 spline yoke shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010035. (2)........................$21,000 NEW Schulte RDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty 540 PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010033. (1)........$15,000 NEW Schulte RDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010032. (2)........................$15,000 NEW Schulte SDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010027. (2)........................$12,500 2009 Schulte RDX110 snowblower, 13/8 yoke, heavy duty chute, hydraulic kit for chute deflector. #16007470. (3)...... ................................................$12,500 2014 General Implement RI U7A 7-ft. standard grader. #13012496. (1)..$3700 2014 General Implement RI U6A 6-ft. standard grader. #13012494. (1)..$3100 2014 General Implement RI U6A 6-ft. standard grader. #13012495. (1)..$3100

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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; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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COMBINES

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2014 John Deere S680 premium cab, enhanced air suspension, HID lights, radio, AutoTrac ready, 2630 display, 2WD, small wire concave, 7.9M unloading auger, 28L-26 10 PR R1, final tier 4 engine, 110V coolant heater, Gold Key, side hill perf., only 130 separator hours. #16001521........Call 2014 John Deere S680 cab, HID lights, radio, AutoTrac ready, 2630 display, 2WD, small wire concave, 7.9M unloading auger, 280-26 10PR R1, 650/85R38 R1W, final tier 4 engine, 110V coolant heater, Gold Key, XT wear HT concave bar, power cast tailboard, leather, full AMS, 305 separator hours. #16001518. (1)..................Call 2014 John Deere S680 cab, HID lights, radio, AutoTrac ready, 2630 display, 2WD, small wire concave, 7.9M unloading auger, 28L-26 10PR R1, 650/85R38 R1W, Gold Key, XT wear concave bar, leather, power cast tailboard, full AMS, 305 separator hours. #16001517. (1).............................Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001466. (4).............................Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001463. (4).............................Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper,520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001462. (1).............Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001460. (1).............................Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 Touch Screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty thick sking rotors, heavy duty high torque variable speed laterial tilt feeder house with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 front tires with 6.5” spacers, 28L-26 rear tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger. 5 year 3000 hour JD PowerGard warranty remaining. #16001505................Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines & top cover, extended wear small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed laterial tilt feeder house 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. #16001485...................................Call

2012 John Deere S670 premium cab, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, Contour Master feederhouse, 2 speed fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001443. (4).............Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top covers, 350 bushel tank, 26-ft. unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 6.5” axle spacer, 28L-26 steering tires. 5-Year 3000 hour PowrGard warranty remains. #16001382. (4).................................................Call 2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 3 speed hydro, premium header control, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Contour Master feederhouse, bullet rotor, high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading system, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001308. (1).............Call 2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, level land variable speed feederhouse, high capacity feederhouse cylinder, deluxe header controls, small wire concave, regular chaffer, 800/65R-32 drivers, 18.4/26 steering tires, 1365 separator hours. #16001516. (4)........ .....................................................Call 2009 John Deere 9770STS 2WD, singles, chopper, yield monitor, lateral tilt feeder house, Guidance ready, Contour Master, header height resume, 600/65R28 R1W steering tires, Performance Plus, 22.5-ft. unloading auger, hydraulic fore & aft reel control, fine cut chopper with chaff spreader, xenon lighting. #16001509............. $160,000 2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus package, Premier cab, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, premium header package, high capacity unloading auger, 2 speed straw chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R26 steering tires. #16001263. (1)......Call 2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, deluxe header ctonrol, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R-28 steering tires, high speed unloading auger, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001375. (1).............................Call 2008 John Deere 9770STS combine with yield monitor, heavy duty variable speed Contour Master feeder house, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, fine cut straw chopper, chaff spreader, 22’5” high speed unloading auger, xenon lighting package. #16001508.......................... $210,000 2008 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, Command Touch operating control, premier header control, Contour Master feederhouse, high speed unload system, fine cut straw chopper with tailboard spreader. #16001434. (4).... .....................................................Call 2007 John Deere 9760STS straw chopper, yield monitor, Contour Master feederhouse, Green Star monitor, 30.5x32 drive tires, 18.4x26 R1 steering tires, TouchSet concave adjustment, hydraulic fore & aft reel control, header height resume sensing plus floating control, 22’5” unloading auger, Xenon lighting, 1535 separator hours. #16001515...................................Call 2004 John Deere 9760STS straw chopper, yield monitor, Dial-A-Speed header control, fore & aft reel control, header height & reel resume & float, 21’5” unloading auger, Xenon high density lighting, service lights, level land fixed speed feeder house, 800/65R32 drive tires, 18.4x26 steering tires, Greenstar mapping with display, 1600 separator hours. #16001513........................Call

GRAIN VACS

2012 Rem 3700 7 hours on unit. #16006799..............................$35,000

2004 John Deere 9760STS 3 position header height control, Harvest Doc, Touchset concave adjustment, 22.5-ft. high capacity unloading system, twin disk straw spreader, 18.4R-42 dual drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, HID lighting. #16001413. (4)........Call 2002 John Deere 9750STS 2WD, chopper, yield monitor, level land fixed speed feeder house, fine cut chopper with chaff spreader, hydraullic fore & aft reel control, 800/65R32 R1 drive tires, small wire concave, 16.9x26 41 steering tires, 20-ft. unloading auger, deluxe header control. #16001520..... .....................................................Call 2002 John Deere 9750STS Premier cab, deluxe header package, Greenstar yield/moisture monitor, 20-ft. high capacity unload auger, wide spread fine cut straw chopper, 800/65R-32 drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, “Reconditioned”. #16001287. (1).Call 2001 John Deere 9750STS variable speed feederhouse, Greenstar monitor with yield, deluxe header controls, 20-ft. unloading auger, fine cut chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 16.9x26 steering tires, buddy seat, engine heater, AM/FM/CASS/WB, in cab draper control, service lights, 4-ft. axle spacers. #16001440. (1)...............Call 1995 John Deere 9600 Dial-A-Matic header heights, 20-ft. unloading auger, slide away chopper, 30.5x32 12 ply, 14.9x24 6 ply, grain concave, cylinder filler plates. #16001491......... $50,000 1993 John Deere 9600 combine, 260 hp, Dial-A-Speed reel control, hydraulic fore/aft, 20-ft. unloading auger, 30.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x24 steering tires, straw spreader. #16001470. (2). .............................................. $37,000 1991 John Deere 9500 2WD, singles, chopper, 20-ft. unloading auger. #16001522............................ $29,000 1990 John Deere 9500 2WD with straw chopper, Dial-A-Speed reel, 24.5x32 front, 14.9x24 rear. #16001398. (1).... .............................................. $37,000 1990 John Deere 9500 conventional combine, hydrostatic transmission, 20-ft. unloading auger, 24.5x32 drive tires, 11x24 steering tires, straw chopper, chaff spreader. #16001428. (1).......... .............................................. $32,000 1987 John Deere 8820 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, Dial-A-Speed header height & reel. #16001451. (1). .............................................. $14,500 1985 John Deere 8820 2WD combine with chopper, 20-ft. unloading auger, 255 hp, 6 cylinder. #16001436. (1)..... .............................................. $13,500 1983 John Deere 8820 30.5x32 tires, chopper, chaff spreader. #16001482. (4).......................................... $19,500 1979 John Deere 8820 2WD, singles, spreader, 30.5x32 tires. #16001510... .............................................. $15,000 1994 Case IH 1688 2WD, singles, spreader, hydro 2 speed, rock trap with 1010 30-ft. auger header. #16001498. (1)... .............................................. $28,000

2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup reel, 10” center, dual LH/RH spare knife, road transport with lights. #16002396. (4)..... ................................................$72,500 2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup finger reel, road transportation package, full width skid shoe. #16002566....$67,000 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, “Reconditioned”. #16002299.................$66,500 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights. #16002369. (1)........................$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002421. (3)......... ................................................$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002558..$48,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel with transportation kit. #16002330........ ................................................$54,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., double sickle, gauge wheels, pickup reel, hydraulic fore & aft, single point hookup transportation system. #16002260...... ................................................$51,500 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., transportation kit. #16002259..................$45,000 2008 John Deere 936D 36-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport, lights, “Reconditioned”. #16002389. (1).$35,000 2005 John Deere 936D 36-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002422..$35,000 2000 John Deere 936D road transport with lights, poly tine pickup reel. #16002390. (1)............................................$29,900 2010 Honey Bee SP42 42-ft. with double knife, UII pickup reel, transportation kit, JD adapter. #16002456. (1)....$55,000 2009 Honey Bee 42-ft., with JD adapter, pickup reel, transport system. #16002440. (3)........................$49,000 2007 Honey Bee 422 42-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, JD adapter. #16002441. ............................$48,000 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$21,000 1999 MacDon 962 36-ft., transport. #16002569..............................$13,500 1998 MacDon 962 36-ft., pickup reel, transport. #16002278. (4)........$14,000

AUGER HEADERS

1998 John Deere 930R 30-ft., slat reel, level land, heavy duty skid plates, DialA-Speed reel control. #16002454. (4).. ...................................................$9800 1993 John Deere 930R 30-ft. rigid. #16002394.................................$3500 1996 John Deere 925 25-ft. rigid header, fore/aft, Dial-A-Speed reel control, 30-ft. slat reel, level land. #16002368. (1)..... ...................................................$2500

CORN HEADS

2013 John Deere 612C 12 row, 30” row, opposed knife stalk row, AutoTrac Rowsense sensors. #16002446........... ................................................$93,750 2012 John Deere 612C 30” spacing, 12 row, opposed knife stalk, AutoTrac Rowsense sensors. #16002448........... ................................................$89,000 2012 John Deere 612C 30” spacing, 12 row, opposed knife stalk row, AutoTrac Rowsense sensors. #16002447........... ................................................$89,000

PICKUP HEADERS

1979 John Deere 212P 14-ft. with Melroe 351 pickup attachment. #16002240. (1)...............................................$2950 1979 John Deere 212P 12-ft., no attachment. #16002212. (1).................$1250 John Deere 100 12-ft. with Melroe attachment. #16002209. (3)...................$700

FLEX HEADERS

2013 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel, cross auger, automatic header flight sensing. #16002409................$90,500 2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel with AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002571....... ................................................$83,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger fingers. #16002431.......$47,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger finger. #16002430.........$46,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger finger. #16002429.........$45,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers. #16002336. (1)..$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers, one piece spare knife. #16002333..............................$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft. pickup reel. #16002327..............................$42,000 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., finger reel. #16002386..............................$33,000 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., Crary air reel. #16002370. (1)........................$27,500 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., finger reel. #16002237..............................$25,000 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel, composite fingers, high stone dam. #16002264..............................$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel. #16002395..............................$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers. #16002271. (4)...........$21,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers, HH sensing & Contour sensor. #16002243. (3)........................$21,000 2006 John Deere 630F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002573..............................$22,500 2002 John Deere 930F 30-ft., header height sensings, auger with full width fingers. #16002453. (4)...........$10,500 2001 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002288. (1)........................$13,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. with integral air finger reel. #16002329.......$12,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. header. #16002359. (2)........................$12,500

HEADER TRAILERS

Horst 36-ft. header trailer. #13012353....... ................................................... $6500 AW C H C 3 6 3 6 - f t . h e a d e r t ra i l e r. #13012333................................. $6500 U n i v e r t h H T 4 2 h e a d e r t r a i l e r. #16010049................................. $6000

GRAIN CART

2013 Unverferth 1596 1500 bushel grain tank, 22” double auger, 900/60x32 tires, self steer undercarriage, 520 Indicatio scale, tarp. #16010054. (4)....... $94,500

2013 Unverferth 1196 1100 bushel grain cart, 1000 PTO, tarp, scale, 520/85x42 tires, walking tandem axles, pivot unloading auger, easy cleanout. #16010056. (4).............................................. $85,000

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Kinze 1050 1000 PTO, tandem walking axle, tarp. #16010047........................ $32,000

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Summers 120-ft., 1000 gallon pull type sprayer. #16014132. (4)............ $5000

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2014 John Deere 4940 self-propelled, 3000 Receiver, AutoTrac SF1 activation, deluxe CommandView cab, radio, Interim Tier IV, 480/80R50 Goodyear tires, high flotation solution pump, stainless eductor delivery system, 120ft. boom, SS, 20” nozzles, BoomTrac auto level, inject foam marker, 350 hours. #16014183. (4)..................Call

2012 John Deere 4940 self-propelled, 480/80R50 tires, high flotation solution pump, JD link ultimate-1 YR, SS eductor delivery system, 120-ft. booms, 20” nozzles, BoomTrac auto level system, inject foam markers, wheel slip control, Xenon HID lighting, RH & LH fence row nozzles, row crop fenders. #16014146. (3)...... $299,500

2011 John Deere 4940 self-propelled, 480/80R50 tires, SS eductor delivery system, 120-ft. booms, 2630 display with AutoTrac SF1 software & section control, inject foam marker, wheel slip control, Xenon HID field lighting, radar speed sensor, row crop fenders, ultra low sprayer tips. #16014176. (3)........ ............................................ $299,500

2007 John Deere 4930 120-ft. selfpropelled, 9.0L, 325 hp engine, hydro transmission, 1200 stainless steel tank, 480/80R50 tires, 3x2 high-flow solution pump, stainless steel chemical inductor, high-flow 1” stainless steel pipe 20” off-center nozzle spacing, Boom Trac Pro 5-sensor system, 50 gallon foam marker wheel slip control, auto air spring leveling system, HID light, AM/FM/CD/radio, fenders, RH & LH fence row tips, 8020/2.5 tip, 8021/3 tip, 8022/4 tip, 8023/5 tip, 8024/5 tip, 8025/6 tip. #16014166. (4)........................................ $212,500

2014 John Deere 6-ft. skidsteer rotary cutter. #12400281....................... $7995

2006 John Deere 4920 self-propelled sprayer, 120-ft., 20” spacing, Norac boom sensing, wheel slip control, auto air spring level system, row crop fenders, radar speed sensor, full boom break-away, fence row nozzles, Xenon HID field lighting, Auto Trak ready. #16014140. (2).................... $115,000

2007 Apache AS1010 boom leveling, 96-ft. booms, EZ-Steer, 20” nozzle spacing, Raven SCS 4400, 320/90R38 front, 320/90R50 rear duals, 850 gallon poly tank, 5 boom section. #16014122. (3). Was $125,000.......Now $105,000 2013 Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon tank, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzles, 3 sensor UC5 Norac. #13011099....... .............................................. $70,000

1998 John Deere 4700 self-propelled commercial sprayer, 90-ft. Ag Shield booms, 185 hp, hydrostatic transmission, 750 gallon poly tank, foam marker, ground follow system, chemical educator, double nozzle bodies. #16014175. (3)...................... $75,000

2014 Top Air TA2400 132-ft. FF boom, 22” quad 10-section, Ace hyd. pump, Raven ISO, 380/90R54 30” duals, adjustable axle, chemical inductor, fence row nozzle kit, 30” spacing dual kit, Flo-Bak manifold, ISO height control, power glide. #14200980 (3)..$105,000

2013 Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon tank, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzles, 3 sensor UC5 Norac. #13011098 (3)........... $70,000

2008 Summers Ultimate 133-ft. suspended boom, 1500 gallon tank, JD GS2 compatable components, remote sprayer control, electric shut off agitation kit, 5-ball plumbing, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash want with 80-ft. hose. #16014112............................ $46,500 2013 Top Air TA1600 90-ft., 1600 gallon, 20” quad 6-section, Ace hydraulic pump/Raven 4400, 380/90x46 R-1 tires, adjustable axle, chemical inductor, fence row nozzle kit, auto-boom height control. #14200962 (2)..$70,000

2010 Case IH SRX-160 100-ft., double nozzle bodies, windscreens, 480/80R39 with fenders, 1600 gallon tank, power glide auto-boom height system, AFS Case monitor system, rate control. #16014169. (3)..$46,500

2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012487. (1)............... $2400 2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012486. (1)............... $2400 2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012485. (1)............... $2400 Brandt QF2500 100-ft. booms, 1500 gallon 2014 Genim 6-ft. skidsteer tooth bucket. #13012491................................. $2100 with dual boom. #16014116. (4)......... ................................................. $5900 2014 Genim 78” skidsteer tooth bucket. #13012488. (1)........................... $2100 1996 Brandt QF1000 80-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, mixing cone, foam marker, 2014 Genim 7-ft. skidsteer utility bucket. #13012484. (1)........................... $1875 single body with 5 gallon nozzle. #16014170. (4)......................... $5500 2014 Genim 84” skidsteer utility bucket. #13012483. (1)........................... $1550 AG MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS 2014 Genim 84” low profile skidsteer bucket. #13012489. (1)............... $1450 GLOBAL GUIDANCE 2006 John Deere 0330PC GS2 rate con- 2014 Genim 78” skidsteer bucket. #13012482. (1)........................... $1450 troller, 31 pin. #16012087. (1).......$600 2014 Genim 78” low profile skidsteer bucket. #13012490. (1)............... $1400 MISC. HAYING EQUIPMENT Morris 1400 hay hiker. #16006848............ 2014 Genim 6-ft. skidsteer bucket. #13012481. (1)........................... $1350 ................................................$22,500

Consumer Products

NEW John Deere 825i gator, power steering, green & yellow, 14” Bighorn tires, HP sport bucket seat, deluxe cargo box, canopy, power lift brushguard, rear protection package. #12204156.. .............................................. $21,750 2005 Summers Ultimate 100-ft. booms, windscreens, 1500 gallon, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash wand, clean load system. #16014137. (3)......... $31,500

2011 Top Air TA2400 132-ft. suspended boom, 2400 gallon tank. #16014161. (1).......................................... $77,500 2005 Top Air TA1600 rinse tank, 1600 gallon, 380/90R46 tires, 90-ft. boom, triple nozzle bodies. #16014171. (4).. .............................................. $32,000

NEW

2004 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gallon tank, 3 nozzle body, Raven 440, mixing cone. #16014168. (2)..$25,000

D L SO

0% for 36 months or 3.9% for 60 months-oac

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NEW John Deere 850i sport gator, olive & black, 14” Alloy black wheels, bucket seat. #12204432................... $17,750

2013 John Deere 825i gator, camo, power steering, 14” Bighorn tires, hiperformance sport seat, deluxe cargo box, poly roof, power lift brushguard fenders, rear protection package. #16007523............................ $14,500 2009 John Deere 620i gator with regular yellow wheels, OPS tubular structure, deluxe property care package, rear screen, grille guard, electric dump. #16007526............................... $6500

2008 John Deere 850D Gator, 4WD, diesel, extreme terrain tires, deluxe light kit, horn kit, front fender kit, deluxe outdoor package. #16007492. (1)...... .............................................. $13,250 Mammoth TH880 4x4 utility vehicle, runs, needs some TLC..$$ Make A Offer $$ 2009 John Deere X324 lawn tractor, 4-wheel steer, Kawasaki 22 hp engine, hydro, 48” mower deck. 16007273. (3)............................................. $3250 2007 John Deere X320 lawn tractor, 48” deck. #16007449...................... $2750 1982 John Deere 317 lawn & garden tractor with hydro transmission, 2WD, 47” deck, 33” tiller. #16007527. (4)..... ................................................. $1700 2004 John Deere L111 20 hp lawn tractor, 42” deck, automatic transmission. #16007456................................. $595

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XL78

rockpicker

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

2013 General Implement HZ 2280 8-ft. steel skidsteer blade. #13012443. (1).. ................................................... $3995 2013 General Implement HZ 2280 8-ft. steel skidsteer blade. #13012445. (1).. ................................................... $3995 2013 General Implement HZ 2280 8-ft. skidsteer blade. #13012444. (1)..$3995

2001 Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft. suspended booms, 1000 gallon, 200 gallon rinse tank, clean load system, rinse wand system. #16014133. (4)......... $23,500

0% for 36 months or 3.9% for 60 months-oac

2007 John Deere 4930 commercial, 1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms with BoomTrac Pro automatic leveling system, 480/80R50 tires with fenders, Greenstar GS2 display, AutoTrac ready, auto air spring level system, HID Xenon lighting. #16014111. (1).......... Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$

SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS

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TRACK TRACTORS

AIR SEEDERS, 4WD TRACTORS, & TRACK TRACTORS

4WD TRACTORS

Up to 5 years 0% INTEREST available With qualifying down payment or trade equity - o.a.c.

RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE AIR HOE DRILL 2012 John Deere 1830 61-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, primary hoses blockage warning system, dual main & wing caster wheels, 12.5L15, 550# openers on four ranks, high rate sprocket, 21” steel press wheels, monitor all run seed counting, single shoot air package for tow behind cart, 1910 cart. #16005328. .................................Call

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2009 John Deere 1835 SFP 61-ft.x10” air drill, 550# trip, 3-rank, dry fertilizer delivery, 4x22” steel press, smooth gauge wheel, cast fertilizer closing wheels, 31L & 33L dual main frame, PSTV depth control, transport lowering stop, rock guards, primary blockage seed and fertilizer, less tools. #16005279. (3)....................................... $168,000 1998 John Deere 1820 45-ft., 7.5” spacing, single shoot, 3” steel packer wheels, 1900 270 bushel tow between cart. #16005305. (2).............. $62,000

2004 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. hoe drill, 10” spacing, double shoot, mid row banders, 3.5” steel packers, 450# trips, 3/4 tips, 1.5” shank upgrade, 5350 tow behind cart. #16005321........ $69,000

2009 Case IH 400 45-ft. flexhoe with 3380 tow between cart, 10” spacing, 3.5 packer wheels, variable rate, single shoot, 1” pts, primary blockage. #16005259. (3).................... $115,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft., 9” spacing, steel press wheels, single shoot, narrow carbide points with 2340 tow between cart. #16005326. (3)..$45,000

1994 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air hoe drill, single shoot, 3/4” carbide tip openers, 9” spacing, primary blockage, 3.5” steel capped packer wheels, with 2320 tow between air seeder. #16005218. (3)... .............................................. $35,000

John Deere 737 air drill with 787 air cart. #16005239. (4)...................... $30,000 1992 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, anhydrous side shoot system, steel packers, 2320-230 bushel tow between air seeder cart. #16005250. (4).......................................... $35,000 AIR DISC DRILL 2013 John Deere 1890 60-ft. no till, single shoot, 10” spacing with 2013 John Deere 1910-550 bushel tow behind 3 tank cart, 8 run single shoot, hydraulic drive, 20.8R-42 dual tires, 1995 John Deere 680 35-ft. air hoe drill, 4-I3 8 PR tires, field hitch, 10” auger 12” spacing, double shoot with JD 787 with steel flight, auger hopper screen. tow behind, 3/4 tip with 4” spreader. #16005325...................................Call #16005236. (2)...................... $24,000

2005 Bourgault 5710 53-ft. air hoe drill, 10” row spacing, 450# trips, square seed boots, speed lock adapters, midrow II banders, double shoot air system, L6450, 3-tank leading air seeder, 10” hydraulic assist load/unload auger, reconditioned. #16005207... $134,000

2004 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air hoe drill, 5 section, 9.8” spacing, mid row banders-NH3 and dry fertilizer with 5350 tow between air cart, 3 tank, dual fan. #16005241. (3)............... $69,000

2011 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe comfort package, AutoTrac ready, Premiere lighting package, tool box, leather trim, AM/FM/WB/CD, 30” tracks. #16003670. (3)......................$290,000

2011 John Deere 1890 60-ft. no-till air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, primary blockage with 1910, 350 bushel tow behind cart, 8-run single shoot, reg meter roller, powered calibration, cane & rice tires, dual wheel caster beam, 10” auger, variable rate. #16005272. (2).$232,000 2010 John Deere 1895 43-ft. no-till air drill, 10” spacing, double shoot, primary blockage, dry fertilizer delivery tube, smooth gauge wheels with 1910 tow behind cart. #16005310...... $198,000 1997 John Deere 1850 42-ft. with 787 cart, 7.5” spacing, open center hydraulic. #16005327. (1)................. $35,000

CORN PLANTER

1993 John Deere 7300 corn planter, 30” spacing, 6 row. #16005270... $12,500

1996 John Deere 730 44-ft. air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, 230 bushel tow between air cart and rolling baskets, dual caster wheels with wings, 550# openers on 4-ranks, 11” sweep. #16005277. (3)... .............................................. $28,000 John Deere 730/787 44-ft. air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot. #16005302............................ $28,000

2013 Bourgault 3710 60-ft. air disc drill, 10” spacing, low disc scraper MRB3 with closer tine, blockage monitor D/S, single run, no clnr wheel, 4.5” ext should packers with 6700ST tank, double shoot, 4 tank metering package, dual fan, bag lift system, 650/75R34 duals, steel augers, less than 5500 acres. #16005285 (1)........ .Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$ 2011 Bourgault 3710 60-ft., 10” spacing, MRB3 with closer tine, offset shoulder packers, X20 monitor, double shoot with 6700ST tow behind tank, hydraulic bag lift, dual fan, 650/75R34 duals, steel augers, 68’6” to 60’5”. #16005311. (1).................... $286,000 AIR SEEDER

2000 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow between cart, mechanical drive, single shoot, 7” auger, single fan. #16005240. (1)....... .............................................. $12,000

2010 John Deere 9630T 36” tracks, 4 hydraulics, deluxe cab, instructional seat, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 20 front weights, Cat 5 drawbar, 530 hp. #16003874. (4)...... ..............................................$273,000

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. “Rental Return”. #16003663. (1).. ..............................................$270,000

2008 John Deere 9630T 30” Durabilt tracks, deluxe cab, HID lighting, dual beam radar sensor, Auto Trac ready, premier lighting package, tool box, field vision Zenon HID light, electric mirror, AM/FM radio/WB/CD, instructional seat, F/Business band/antenna. #16003638. (1)......................$263,000

2006 John Deere 9520 4 remotes, 18 speed, 710/70R38 duals, standard comfort package, AM/FM/WB/CD, instructional seat, RH/LH electric REM ADJ mirrors, 78 gpm hydraulic system, JD Auto Trac system, 19 front weights, 4-450# weights. #16003830. (1)........... ..............................................$178,000 2002 John Deere 9520 powershift, 4 hydraulic, differential lock, 1500# weights on all corners, 620/70R46, instructional seat. #16003957....................$143,000

1990 John Deere 8760 singles, hydraulic outlets, performance monitor, 14-ft. dozer. “Reconditioned.” #16003809. (3)............................................$52,000

FERTILIZER SPREADER

1978 John Deere 8630 partial powershift, duals, PTO, JD 40 Series engine update. #16003946. ...................$23,000

2014 New Leader L3030G4 fertilizer box, conversion kit, fits JD 4920 through 4940 commercial sprayers. #14201021............................ $56,000 2009 New Leader L3030G4 spreader box with tarp. #16009930. (3)...... $47,500

PAYLOADER & FORKLIFT

1976 John Deere 8630 cab, 3 hydraulic remotes, PTO, 20.8x34 duals tires. #16003777..............................$20,500 1975 John Deere 8630 syncro, duals. #16003963..............................$14,000

2013 New Leader L3030G4 John Deere 11-ft. 409 spreader box, TR1000 New Leader trailer. #14200917................... .Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$$

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1973 CAT 950 payloader, 3rd function, 5-tine JD grapple. #16003785..$39,500

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D L O S

1994 New Holland 9880 syncro, differential lock, duals NEW 710/70R38 Trellebro radial tires, 2860# front & rear weights. #16003748. (3)........................$79,500

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D L O S

2012 John Deere 9560R 560 HP, 18/6 powershift transmission, JD link, cab preim CV11 with CMD AR, premium radio/ XM satellite, hi-flow hydraulic system, 5 remotes, no rear PTO, drawbar Cat 5, dual IF800/70R38 Firestone tires, PRM HID light package, RH/LH electric REM ADJ, antenna, F/Business band, motor seal drain, engine 13.5L IT Compliant, rear wheel weights. 5 year 3000 hour Factory PowerGard warranty remains!!! #16003866. (1)...$379,000 2012 John Deere 9560R 560 hp, powershift, triples, 480/80R50, 5 hydraulics, Premium Commandview cab, 3-pt, 15 rear suitcase weights, HID lights, SF1 Starfire 3000 receiver, GS3 2630 display, SF1 activation. #16003912. (3).... ..............................................$344,500

ANTIQUE TRACTORS

Allis-Chalmers propane fork lift. Runs...... ................................$$ Make Offer $$

1944 John Deere Model A 2 cylinder, 33 PTO hp. #16003965................. $1650 “ATTENTION COLLECTORS” parts machine, Fordson 2WD tractor. #16003413............................... $1500

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TRACTORS - ROW CROP - COMPACT 2WD TRACTORS

Up to 5 years 0% INTEREST available With qualifying down payment or trade equity - o.a.c.

2013 John Deere 8360R FWA 360 hp, Intel power management Premium CommandView II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color Touch display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., ILS front suspension, 710/70R42 dual rear tires 2013 John Deere 7280R 280 hp, AP/ IVT prem, CV11 cab, XM satellite/ with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires radio, 63cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, with fenders, 2-1400# rear weights, 5 540/1000 PTO, 40,000 triple link susyear 3600 hour factory PowerGard pension, HID lights, quik-tatch with warranty remains. #16003846. (4).... H480 loader. #16003853. (1).$258,500 .............................................$298,500 2011 John Deere 6140D MFWD, standard cab, 2 remotes, 18.4-38” rears, cab seat air suspension, telescopic draft links, dual standard SCV with ISO BRK, 8-rear wheel weights with 673 loader. #16003961. (4).Arriving Soon! John Deere 4010 syncro range, PTO, 18.4x34 rear, 7.5x18 front tires. #16003940................................$6200 2012 John Deere 8360R FWA, 360 hp with Intel power management, Premium cabview II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 85cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, 710/70R42 dual rear tires with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, 2013 John Deere 5100M FWA, 16F/16R 16 front weights, 2-1400# rear weights. power reverser, triple rear & mid mount 5 year 3600 hour factory PowerQard remotes, 18.4R30 rear tires, 12.4R24 warranty remains. #16003845. (2).... front steering tires, cold weather pack.............................................$279,500 age, loader available. #12003393. (1). ...............................................$63,500 2012 John Deere 3520 MFWD, DOM IT4, open station, standard seat, hydro transmission, mid PTO, 43x16204R/27x8.5-15, dual and single rear remote with 300CX loader. #16007524. (1)...........................................$23,000

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2010 John Deere 8295R MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, AutoTrac ready Plug-N-Play, powershift transmission, HID lights, deluxe radio package, 5 remotes, 1000 PTO, 3-pt. with quick hitch, 118” axles, 480/80R46 duals, 420/90R30 fronts, front fenders, dual beam radar, cold weather package, foot speed control, FM business antenna, 2-1400# weights, Firestone tires. low hours. #16003941. (3).......... .............................................$211,500

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2008 John Deere 8130 MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, AutoTrac ready, 16 speed powershift, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt., 118” axles, 620/70R42, 480/70R30 fronts, front fenders, radar, HID lights, leather trim, AM/FM, JD 840 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork. #16003715. (1).....................$157,500

1998 John Deere 7410 FWA, 105 hp, PowrQuad transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3-point hitch with 740 loader, grapple. #16003860. (1).........$67,000

D L O S

2003 Case IH MX230 MFWD heavy duty, cab, duals, 4 hydraulic outlets, 53.1 GPM hydraulic pump, luxury cab, 1000 PTO, 3-pt., 18F/4R powershift transmission with LX192 loader. #16003938. (3)...........................................$88,750 1979 Case IH 1210 MFWD, syncro, singles. #16003969...................$8000

2007 New Holland T6050 Delta cab, MFWD, partial powershift, 18.4R38, 3 hydraulics, air seat, instructional seat, 16x16 electroshift, rear weights with loader. #16003936.................$60,000

1983 Allis-Chalmers 8070 FWA, cab. #16003909.............................$27,000

SWATHERS & HEADER

MISCELLANEOUS

2014 CPI, DL990 fuel trailer, 900 gallon diesel tank, 90 gallon DEF tank, drawer package, JD compressor-generator, electric start, 50-ft. x 1/2” hose reel, FillRite diesel fuel pump. #14201026........ ................................................$32,000

2013 John Deere W110 self-propelled, 600-65R28 radial bar tires, hydraulic centerlink, external booster spring, engine fan baffle, auxiliary lift valve, training seat, knife/reel speed module with 160A 16-ft. header. #16006818. (1)........................................ $118,000

2005 John Deere 741 8-ft. loader bucket, mounts for 20 or 30 series tractor, 3rd function valve, no 3rd function lines or 1988 John Deere 855 2WD, 2 hydraulics, joystick. #16010051. (1).............. $9900 540 PTO, syncro, loader. #16003877. (4).............................................$8500

1989 John Deere 590 pull type swather with 25-ft. header. #16006777. (1)...... ................................................. $3500

GRAIN AUGERS Farmhand F11 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple. #16010057. (1)............. $3500

New Highline CFR650 round bale processor. #14201014..................... $25,500 New Highline CFR650 bale processor. #14200978............................ $25,000

TILLAGE

2014 Salford I-2141 41-ft. independent series cultivator, 3 section, 71/2” spacing, 22”x13 wave on front two - 22”x8 wave on last 3 ranks on 15/8” coil shank, 8 bolt 305/70 x R22.5 recap truck on main frame 28’ – 41’, Cat 4 articulating implement hitch, 31 weights, axle pivot grease bank-3 section, “Rental Return”. #14200999 (3). Was $121,000.............. ......................................NOW $105,000 2012 Summers 38.5-ft. diamond disk, 26” blades, 10” cylinder, mounted harrow package M104, 3 bar, rear gang package, coulter assembly 20” wide. #16004084............................... $72,000

2011 Case IH Puma 185 CVT transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. “Only 1250 hours.” #16003726. (1).........$167,000 2014 John Deere BW16005 96” Global high volume bucket, fits H340 & H360 loaders. #16010058.................... $3200

2011 Case IH Puma 185 MFD, powershift transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. #16003725. (1).........................................$161,000

New Frontier AB136 heavy tine spear, fits JD Global carrier. #14401866.... $1050

2013 International Harvester H1392 13”x92-ft. heavy duty grain auger, 5/16” flighting at intake, 1/4” remainder, 12 gauge tubing, dual hydraulic lift cylinders, overflow protection, low profile swing away hopper with double transitional flighting & flat free tires, heavy duty 540 PTO with CV joint, used one time. #16009234. (2)...............$32,000

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2012 Summers “Rental” 50-ft. super coulter. #13011076. Was $97,000.............. ....................................... Now $63,000

2014 Rem 32-ft. harrow cart, Delta 625 section 4x8, Delta 625 section 6x8, hydraulic wing lift kit. #13004049......... ................................................$13,750 NEW Rem 24-ft. harrow cart, 5/8” heavy duty harrows, hydraulic wing lift. #13004037..............................$12,000

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JOHN DEERE

BALE FEEDING EQUIPMENT

2009 Batco RS2500 grain auger, drive over pit, belt conveyor. #16006840..... $9500

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2008 Riteway 7162 62-ft. heavy harrow, 23”x5/8” tines, hydraulic tine angle. #16004081. (4)........................$33,000

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TRACTOR FOR SALE

2001 John Deere 9300 tractor, 360 hp, 12 speed powershift transmission, 4 hydraulics with return hydraulic line. 710/70/38 tires at 60%. Good solid tractor. App 5300 hrs. Asking....$85,000 Phone (605) 492-3521, Pierpont, South Dakota

MACDON SWATHER FOR SALE

2006 MacDon 9352i, 2571 header hours, 30-ft. 972 double drive, triple delivery header, detachable conditioner, pickup reel, new tires, well maintained and in excellent condition......................... Call 406-450-5961, Conrad, Montana

MAKE OFFER

JIM NIELSEN TRUCK & PARTS, INC.

P.O. Box 3072 • 4075 Wynne Avenue • Butte, Montana 59702 • (406) 494-3394 • Mobile (406) 565-7235

Sales lot located I-90 at Rocker Interchange

1994 Kenworth T600 cab and chassis, 3406 Cat, 10 speed Fuller with PTO, Eaton rears on air ride, 24.5 rubber on aluminum. Sell whole or part.

Parting Out. 2000 International 4700, DT466E, automatic, good 11:22x5 rubber on Budds, 24-ft. high cube van with lift gate.

Inventory Available 2001 International 4900 24-ft. Morgan van, white 2001 International 4900 chassis, white 1997 Ford F800 diesel, automatic, 18ft. steel bed, white 1997 Peterbilt 377 tractor, blue 1994 International 4900 tandem chassis, white 1993 Kenworth T600 tandem tractor, blue 1993 International 4700 16-ft. scissor dump, white 1992 Chevrolet Kodiak single axle, diesel, chassis, white 1991 GMC Top Kick tandem dump, orange 1990 International 8300 tandem tractor, green

1988 GMC 7000 single axle, diesel, chassis, 102 CA, white 1982 Ford LN8000 tandem, diesel, chassis, auto, white 1979 International CO 4070 tandem tractor, green 1969 Chevrolet C50 16-ft. steel bed, lift gate, EZ haul.

Semi Trailers

2009 Utility 53-ft.x102” reefer, accident damage, excellent storage 1996 Kidron 45-ft. reefer van, white 1991 Kentucky 48-ft. tri axle van, United 1990 Theurer 48-ft.x102” dry van, orange 1990 Utility 28-ft.x102” SA pup, excellent storage, Norco 24-ft. tandem gooseneck, flatbed, black

2009 Utility 53-ft.x102” reefer van trailer, right side layover, excellent storage.

Currently wrecking 299 trucks! All shapes & sizes!

Special Equipment

Williamsen 9-ft. utility truck bed, yellow Factory adjustable pickup material rack with arrow lites Omaha Standard 16-ft. steel flat with hoist 5-14-ft. thru 24-ft. van bodies Ridewell air lift 4th axle, complete 18-ft. all steel flatbed with roll gate 7-ft.x9-ft. steel flatbed, black Omaha Standard double cylinder underbody hoist, complete 22-ft. all steel flatbed, excellent shape. 2006 Wabash air ride closed tandem trailer suspension, complete.

Transportation Available

Wide variety in stock

Now selling PJ trailers WE NOW HAVE

TOPPERS

IN STOCK

1 left New 2014

Good selection of used also available Snow River 266 bumper pull - HUGE SAVINGS We carry a full line of RV parts and supplies SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF PICKUP ACCESSORIES

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USED TRAILERS

2012 Travel Lite 8-ft. pickup camper 2010 Alpine 3640RL 36-ft. 5th wheel, 3 slides 2010 Everlite 31-ft bumper pull, 2 slides 2007 Outback 21RS bumper pull 2005 Wilderness 27-ft. bumper pull, 1 large slide. NICE! 2001 Northland 880 Grizzly pickup camper, slide-out 1996 Dolphin 35-ft. motorhome 1995 Terry 24P 5th wheel, slide-out 1994 Jayco 24-ft. bunkhouse

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Used car dolly.....................................................$1200

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411 North Main - Conrad, MT (406) 278-5915

2015 Winter Grazing Seminar

By Heidi Crum, Montana Resource Coordinator Perspectives on sustainability in Montana’s agriculture and natural resources will be the central focus of the 2015 Winter Grazing Seminar, to be held January 21-22 in Billings, Montana, at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center. The first day of the seminar will feature Wayne Fahsholtz, currently with AgWin Group LLC in Dayton, Wyoming, and a past president of the Padlock Ranch. Fahsholtz will give a presentation on enabling sustainable ranch success. Jill Herold, from Syngenta, will follow with a talk on sustainability in Montana. Next will be a rancher panel to discuss a producer’s perspective on sustainability moderated by Dr. John Paterson. The panel will include Dave Mannix of Helmville, Chase Hibbard of Helena and Leo Barthelmess of Malta. The first day presentations will conclude with a discussion on the early buy-out option of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands. Heidi Brewer, Chief Program Specialist with the Farm Service Agency, will talk about the program and rancher Tom Hogan of Broadview will detail the economics of the buy-out option. That evening, a social hour and banquet will be held at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. Northern Ag Network’s Russell Nemetz will be the Master of Ceremonies for the banquet. Range Leader of the Year Awards will be given to the winners of the rancher and agency/consultant categories. The High Country Cowboys will be the evening’s entertainment with a variety of country music. The second day of the seminar will begin with a panel of consultants to speak on sustainability. The panel will include Butch Whitman, nutritionist with West Feeds; Neal Fehringer, a professional agronomist and consultant; and Bill Ramsey, a livestock information manager for DuPont Pioneer. Following the panel talk, Chase Hibbard will give a presentation on behalf of the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) Steering Committee on the new Grazekeeper Record Keeping Program. The seminar will conclude with Dr. John Paterson and his presentation on sustainability in beef and the food market. This year’s Winter Grazing Seminar is proudly sponsored by the Yellowstone Conservation District and in cooperation with the Rangeland Resources Executive Committee (RREC). Registration is $50 per person until January 20 and $55 at the door. For the agenda and registration form please call (406) 247-4420 or visit: http://dnrc.mt.gov/cardd/ConservationDistricts/WinterGrazing/default.asp

Corn Poppin’ Facts

Popcorn pops because water is stored in a small circle of soft starch in each kernel. As the kernel is heated, the water heats, the droplet of moisture turns to steam and the steam builds up pressure until the kernel finally explodes to many times its original volume. Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year! The average American eats about 68 quarts! While the first breakfast cereal was made by adding sugar and milk to popped popcorn, a shortage of baking flours after World War II forced breadmakers to substitute up to 25% of wheat flour with ground popped popcorn. Over the years, popcorn also has been used as an ingredient in pudding, candy, soup, salad and entrees. Popcorn’s nutritional value comes from the fact that, like other cereal grains, its primary function is to provide the body with heat and energy. Microwave popcorn is the same as other popcorn except the kernels are usually larger and the packaging is designed for maximum popability. ##### As Grandpa’s memory got worse, we constantly had to help him remember where he parked his car. It turned out not to be that difficult, considering his was the only car parked on the sidewalk.

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Recipe Patch By Geri

TRUCK FOR SALE

Hamburger Stew

2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 pounds ground beef 2 cups water 2 medium onions, chopped 1/2 cup uncooked long grain rice 4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) stewed to1 to 2 tablespoons salt matoes, undrained 1 to 2 teaspoons pepper 8 medium carrots, thinly sliced 4 celery ribs, thinly sliced In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, carrots, celery, potatoes, water, rice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are tender. Uncover; simmer 20-30 minutes longer or until thickened. Freeze in 3-cup portions for up to 3 months. To use frozen stew: Thaw in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Transfer to a saucepan; add water. Cook until hot and bubbly. Yield: about 5 batches (15 cups total).

2007 Peterbilt 386 475 hp Cummins ISX, 10 speed, new tires, very clean, 850,000 miles.............................. $39,500 Phone (406) 546-1743, Simms, Montana

Slow Cooker Enchiladas

1 teaspoon chili powder 1 pound ground beef 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 cup chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 can (16 ounces) pinto or kidney beans, 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar rinsed and drained cheese 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey and drained Jack cheese 1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and 6 flour tortillas (6 inches) green chilies, undrained 1/3 cup water In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the next eight ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Combine cheeses. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, layer about 3/4 cup beef mixture, one tortilla and about 1/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on low for 5-7 hours or until heated through. Yield: 4 servings.

Baked Spaghetti

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 package (16 ounces) spaghetti 5 tablespoons butter, melted 1 pound ground beef 2 cups (16 ounces) 4% cottage cheese 1 medium onion, chopped 4 cups (16 ounces) part-skim shredded 1 jar (24 ounces) meatless spaghetti sauce mozzarella cheese 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt 2 eggs Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasoned salt; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, Parmesan cheese and butter. Drain spaghetti; add to egg mixture and toss to coat. Place half of the spaghetti mixture in a greased 3-qt, baking dish. Top with half of the cottage cheese, meat sauce and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 20-25 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Yield: 10 servings.

Enchilada Casserole

1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) 1 large onion, chopped 2 cups salsa 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained 1/4 cup reduced-fat Italian salad dressing 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium taco seasoning 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 6 flour tortillas (8 inches) 3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend 1 cup shredded lettuce 1 medium tomato, chopped 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the salsa, beans, dressing, taco seasoning and cumin. Place three tortillas in an 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Layer with half of the meat mixture, sour cream and cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 400° for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through. Let stand for 5 minutes; top with lettuce, tomato and cilantro. Yield: 8 servings. ##### If your recipe requires eggs but you don’t want the calories of egg yolk, use the egg white mixed with a teaspoon of olive oil instead. This gives a better consistency than using the whites on their own, which can make the mixture too light, plus you’ll reap extra health benefits. ##### Believe it or not, cooking oil is great for shining up leather shoes. First clean off the shoes with a damp cloth, then wipe with a soft, dry cloth and a drop of vegetable oil. Your shoes will drink in the mositure and look as good as new.

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By David Ripplinger, Bioproducts and Bioenergy Economist and Assistant Professor, NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics Energy security, environmental benefits and rural economic development are among the primary arguments in support of biofuels. A fourth, although not always highlighted issue, has challenged agricultural economists and policymakers for decades. It is how to best manage supplies, given the havoc that overproduction and low prices cause. One solution, driven in large part by commodity groups, has been the development of new and higher-value uses for crops. The issue is especially important today as the U.S. moves toward an expected record corn crop. Forecast at just more than 14 billion bushels, the 2014 crop would be 30 percent larger than the drought-impacted crop in 2012 and 25 percent larger than the corn crop of 10 years ago. So what are we going to do with all this corn? The main options are to feed, burn, export or store it. My position focuses on the burning part, which means converting corn to ethanol for use as a transportation fuel, as well as other higher-value uses. Supported in part by relatively low corn prices, returns to ethanol production have been very strong this year. Given the large 2014 corn crop and other supporting factors, this is expected to continue into 2015. The economics would lead one to expect that ethanol production would be going full-bore. Before diving into production and use statistics, a good number to commit to memory is 14.9 billion gallons. That’s the capacity of the domestic corn ethanol refinery fleet. It’s also just less than 10 percent of the current pace of motor gas use. Since Oct. 1, 2013, the fleet has been operating at 94 percent capacity. It has ranged from 90 percent during the late winter to more than 100 percent in June (yes, plants can run above capacity). Winter production deserves comment because harsh weather and rail delays slowed or, in the case of some refineries, stopped production, which kept numbers lower than they would have been. How does this translate to corn use? Well, it depends on how much corn it takes to make a gallon of ethanol. The value used by policymakers, industry, Extension economists and others varies from 2.7 to 2.8 gallons of ethanol from a bushel of corn. Newer and retooled plants generally are more efficient. Right now, based on data from the Energy Information Administration, it looks like between 14.05 billion and 14.1 billion gallons of ethanol will be produced during the 2013 to 2014 crop year. I’m not big on unnecessary precision, but that 50 million gallon swing is a difference of about 18 million bushels of use in just six weeks. A bigger issue is corn ethanol refinery efficiency. If plants have been running at 2.7 gallons of ethanol per bushel of corn, we’ve used 5.2 billion bushels during the current crop year. If the conversion has been 2.8 gallons per bushel, we’ve only used 5.02 billion bushels. A difference of 180 million bushels is significant because the lower number would increase projected ending stocks by 15 percent, which would drive down corn prices.

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3V Distributing, Conrad ............................. C35 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS .............. C44 Action Toys, Billings................................. C32 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman ..................................................B19 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls ...........A4 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank ............................. C7 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby .........................A19 Big Equipment Co., Havre ..........................B13 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad ...................... C33 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn .A2 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby ....C40, C53 Border Plains Equipment, Glasgow .......... C49 Bouma Post Yards, Choteau .......................A26 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls........ ..........................................................INSERT Brandt Agricultural Products LTD ...............A32 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank ..................................A19 Buckley Auction ..........................................A12 Charles Moore, Inc. Miles City .....................B8 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula ................... C47 CHS Milk River, Big Sandy, Chinook, Havre, Malta, Rudyard, Turner............................ C30 Circle Ag Show, Circle..................................A5 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND..................A20 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks ..A38 Clearview Seed, Denton ............................A42 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber ..................................................... C22 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank............................ C38 Dave’s Repair LLC, Charlo .........................A44 Denny’s Service & Repair, Black Eagle......A27 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby ...........................A3 Diesel Domination, Helena........................ C25 Diesel Power Parts & Machine, Missoula ...A60 Dietz Auto & Truck Salvage, Billings ...........B16 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman ........A6 Durnell Fencing, Valier .................................A4 Eagle Equipment, Belgrade .......................B14 Eddy Bauer, Wolf Point.............................. C36 Enduraplas, Neche ND ..............................A27 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls .....B15 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish ............ C58 F/S Manufacturing, West Fargo, ND ................. .........A8, A29, A48, A52, C6, C18, C25, C54 Farm Equipment Sales, Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, Circle ..A53, A54, A55, A56, A57

Index

Farm Tech, (Doug Weist) Choteau .............A16 Filipowicz Savage & Recycling, Great FallsC31 First State Bank, Shelby............................ C29 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton ...........A47 Flaman Rentals ......................................... C57 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power ......... A33, A40 Fosse Insurance Agency, Great Falls ........ C26 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness ........................ C28 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls... ................................................A17, A39, C59 Frontline Ag, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon .....................................................INSERT Frontline Ag Dillon (formerly Dillon Imp), Dillon ................................................................ C55 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad....... C44 G&M Bins, LLC, Mark McInerney, Fairfield C47 Gerber’s, Great Falls ..................................A28 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy............ C41 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier ... C45 Grossenburg Equipment, Winner, Pierre, Philip SD, Wayne, Bloomfield, Harrington, Laurel NE ............................................................A26 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass RangeC50 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East HelenaB18 Henke Enterprises, Chester ..................... C23 Hi-Hog Equipment ..................................... C31 Hodgskiss Seed, Choteau..........................A46 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls . C1, C2, C3 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank .........B5 I-State Truck Center, Missoula....................A45 ITB (Intercontinental Truck Body), Conrad C30 J & M Trailer Sales, Laurel......................... C56 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook ............ B4, B6 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte ..............A58 K.R. Rauch Company, Billings ....................A31 Krogmann Mfg........................................... C26 Kuhn North America............................INSERT Larson & Co., LLC, Glenn Larson, Opheim. C5 Lester Buildings..........................................A32 Lewis Cattle Oiler Co, Russ Baker .............A18 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown ...........A29, C58 Liphatech, Rozol ........................................A14 LM Machinery, Missoula.............................A34

Lost Valley Fence, Fairfield .........................A30 M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND ... C40 M & W Machine, Three Forks .....................A16 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls .......A60 MH Equipment & Truck Repair, Billings ..... C50 Midland Implement , Billings ..................... C58 MK Industries ............................................ C54 Montana Metal Fabrications, Inc, Great Falls ... ................................................................ C34 Montana Post Driver, Gold Creek.............. C38 Montana Post Frame, Townsend ................A52 Montana Quality Structures, Stevensville.....B1 Montana Shed Center, Great Falls ...............B9 Moodie Implement, Havre, Lewistown, Great Falls, Livingston, Belgrade ..... C19, C20, C21 Motor Power, Great Falls ............................A18 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade ................. C15 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville .B8 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade .......... C27 New Homes of the Future, Billings ............ C16 Northern Chrysler, Cut Bank ..................... C39 Northern Ford, Cut Bank ............................A13 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls ................A43 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point .... C48 Northwest Plastics, Libby .......................... C14 Pacific Recycling, Great Falls .................... C42 Patty Seaman Homes, Kalispell ................ C52 Performance Ag Services, Conrad ............ C51 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton.......A29 Premier Real Estate Professionals, Inc., Kalispell ..........................................................B1 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula . C51 Pure Bliss Cycle Sales, Conrad .................A44 Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Chinook ....... ........................................................ B10, B11 RDO Equipment, Billings........................... C52 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell ...... C24 Rockwell Scales, Simms ............................A22 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River ..................... C58 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond ....................................................... C24 Scenic City Trailer Sales, Belgrade ............B12

Shobe Auction & United Country Realty, Lewistown .........................................................A10 Shop Specialties, Ronan ........................... C41 Shortline Ag, Inc, Scobey .......................... C17 Sod Buster Sales, Polson..................A52, C32 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY..... C43 Steel Etc, Great Falls ............................... C13 Steinhatchee, Lance Nelson, Stevensville C16 Steve’s Sales, Oakes ND .......................... C26 Stock Drive Trailer Sales, Dillon................. C38 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad .... C53 Sunrise Equipment, Sidney ........................B17 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls ........... C46 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester.............. C43 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby ..........................A19 The Gear House, Helena .......................... C42 The Truck Shop of Billings ......................... C18 Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks ....................................................... C23 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange ............................. C4 Torgerson’s, Ethridge, Great Falls, Lewistown, Havre, Denton, Billings ............ C9, C10, C11 Transport Equipment, Missoula ................. C44 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield ....................A11 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton ......A10, C46 Triple T Sales, Chinook .......................A2, C60 Triple W Equipment, Kalispell, Missoula, Ronan ..................................................... C37 TT&E Inc, Victor ........................................ C12 Vaughn Truck, Havre .............................C4, C5 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester .................A23 Wally’s Over Door Co., Great Falls .............A40 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad ......................A58 West Plains Implement, Beach, Dickinson, Bowman, Hettinger ...........................................B7 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula .A47 Western Pipe & Rod, Joe Gunderson, Columbia Falls..........................................................A59 Western Trailer Sales, Havre ......................A59 Wild Horse Seed, Havre............................ C14 Wilray Manufacturing, Fort Benton .............A49 World Equipment, Idaho Falls, ID.............. C29 XB Trailer Sales, Glen Birky, Sun River ....... C6 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade ............. C22 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow ........................... B2, B3 Zomer Truck, Conrad ........................................ ......................A36, A50, A51, C22, C47, C56

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USED AIR DRILLS

2013 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 41/2” steel wheels, double shoot, stealth openers. #NDN226................................... DEMO 2012 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 31/2” steel packers, double shoot with P1060 tow between air cart, 430 bushel, variable rate, duals. #UDNH15.............. JUST IN 2008 New Holland SD440A 10” spacing, 41/2” steel wheels, double shoot, SC380 tow between tank. ............................................................... JUST IN

2005 New Holland SD440 58-ft., 12” spacing, 550# trips, 51/2” rubber packers, 4350 tow between cart, double shoot with 2320 tow behind cart..JUST IN 2012 Seed Hawk 6012 60-ft., 12” spacing, twin wing openers, 500 bushel tow behind tank, Loup III monitor................................................... JUST IN Bourgault 5710 59-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, mid row coulters, 5350 tow between tank with 8” auger, Eagle Beak points, anhydrous setup. #UDB006.. ................................................................$79,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, stealth bodies with 2320 tow between cart. #UDF237................................................$36,000

USED COMBINES

2007 New Holland CR-9070 1383 separator hours, 20.8R42 duals, straw chopper, moisture/yield, dual speed rotor, 400 hp diesel, 330 bushel grain tank, deluxe mirrors. #UCNH69...................... 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 1981 New Holland TR85 2200 separator hours, 24-ft. header. #UCNH58...................................$12,500

2003 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 41/2” steel packers, 550 lb. trips, 3450 tow between air cart, double shoot, variable drive, 30.5x32 tires.. #UDF239................................................$89,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, 41/2” steel packers, double shoot with 3450 tow between variable drive air cart............... JUST IN Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, 31/2” steel packers with 1610 tow behind air cart. #UDF235................................................$25,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft., 7.2/14.4 spacing, double shoot with 2320 tow between cart......... JUST IN

USED WINDROWER

2008 Case IH 2588 1390 separator hours, AFX rotor, duals, 305 hp with CIH 2062 flex draper header.. ............................................................... JUST IN

2013 New Holland H7150 swing tongue with HS16 hay header............................................. JUST IN 1995 New Holland 2550 110 hp, 2-speed with 16-ft. auger header, double knife sickle, 1300 hours..... ............................................................... JUST IN 2008 New Holland 1475 540 PTO with HS 18-ft. auger head, double knife sickle, hydraulic lift... JUST IN 2000 Hesston 8110S 110 hp Cummins, 1200 hours with 16-ft. auger head, double knife sickle & 25-ft. draper head with pickup reel.................. JUST IN

New Holland P2060 60 & 70-ft. folding drill

Glasgow, Montana

NEW TRACTORS LEASE RETURNS

2014 New Holland T7.210 MFD, powershift, 18R42 rear tires, 3-point, 540/1000 PTO, 165 PTO hp, loader and grapple, 170 hours........ .............................................................CALL New Holland T7.185 MFD, CVT transmission, Class IV front axle, 18.4x38 rear tires, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch, 123 hours....................................................CALL

USED TRACTORS

2004 New Holland TV-145 engine & cab end PTO & 3-pt., auxiliary hydraulic pump, New Holland 84LB with HS 16-ft. auger head...................... JUST IN

USED SPRAYERS

2012 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom, 1600 gallon tank, 380/90R:46 tires, flex-control auto rate, hydraulic pump....................... JUST IN 2005 New Holland SF115 100-ft. wheel boom, 18.4x26, HMIC hydraulic pump, FlexControl Auto Rate, 3 boom valve, hydraulic unfold, windscreens. #USNH31................................................$14,500 2004 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom with windscreens, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, rinse tank, double nozzle.................................$28,000 2000 Flexi-Coil System 67XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon, wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, FlexControl Auto Rate, windscreens, double nozzles, rinse tank. #USF153................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, FlexControl monitor. #USF151................................................$14,500 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 120-ft., 1500 gallon, no Auto Rate. #USF173..........................................$6500

USED HEADERS

2009 New Holland / Honey Bee 4255 Grain Belt PLUS 42-ft. flex draper header, UII plastic finger reel, hydraulic fore and aft, hydraulic tilt, gauge wheels, transport trailer, fits New Holland CR combine. #UHHB02................................... CALL New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header, fits TR series. #UCNH59...................................................$8500 1998 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header. #UCNH64...............................................$12,000 Massey-Ferguson pickup header, 13-ft., fits 510, 750 and 760. #UHMF61......................................$500

1993 Agco 9690 MFD, 190 hp, 18 speed, powershift, 20.8x42 tires with duals, 3400 hours. #UTA609... ................................................................$43,000

USED BALE PROCESSOR AND GRINDER

2008 Haybuster 2650 bale processor., 1000 PTO, 12.5L-15 tires, hauls 2 bales...................$12,500

2007 Haybuster H-1100 1000 PTO, tilt tub grinder... ................................................................$32,500

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1950

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Glasgow, MT

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CONSIGNMENTS

2-Melroe 201 & 204 10-ft. drills, 7” spacing, 2-drill hitch with fertilizer. Each............................$1000

1995 Cat 85C 355 hp, 36” new tracks, 6045 hours.... ................................................................$66,000 1996 John Deere 8570, 4WD, 250 hp, 18.4R42 duals, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 12 speed, 9000 hours.. $50,000

1982 John Deere 8850 4WD tractor, 400 hp Cummins 855 Big Cam, 24.5x32 tires (75%), 4 rear hydraulics................................................$45,000 1981 John Deere 8640 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires 50% with Ezee Steer 500, 3-point, PTO, 6521 hours.......................................................$24,000 John Deere 5010 2WD tractor, cab with Leon loader.........................................................$8500 Ford 9N tractor, new tires, new paint, 3-pt. hitch, 540 PTO, very nice............................................$3000 2007 K-Hart 60-ft. no-till air drill, 10” spacing, Bourgault 4350 tow behind air cart.................$95,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot with 2340 tow between cart and 2320 tow behind cart..............................$57,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot, 4” rubber packers, stealth openers with 3450 tow between cart, mechanical drive, 30.5x32 tires..................................$55,000 Concord 3612 36-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, hydraulic fan, 2300 tow behind air cart, 18.4x26 rice tires, red..........................................................$24,000

DMI “Ecolo-Tiger” 530 12-ft. disc ripper......$13,000 Farmhand 16-ft. roller harrow, pull type with S tines. ...................................................................$9000 Friggstad CP 50-ft. tool bar, 11/4” shanks, 16” sweeps, HoneyBee rod............................................$8500 Nutri-Placer 5252 40-ft. liquid fertilizer applicator with carbide points.............................................$6000 2008 New Holland SF216 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 380/90R46 tires, wind screens, SP655 Auto Rate................................................$33,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, rinse & wash, Flex-Control auto rate..........................................................$19,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$14,500 2003 Flexi-Coil 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, auto rate, windscreens, dual bodies. SN 113271..............................................$15,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, triple nozzle bodies, SP655 Auto Rate. Nice!.................................................$7500

1988 CAT 980C payloader, 40 hours on Reman engine, cab with heater, 3406 Cat diesel 275 hp with 6 yard bucket...................................$55,000 2008 Miskin scraper, 13-yd., 13-ft. cut, 11x24.5 tires, swivel hitch with Raven laser system 1/2 mile range......................................................$39,000

The Versatile DeltaTrack is a fully integrated purpose built four track system from Versatile. Available in three models 450DT, 500DT, 550DT, the DeltaTrack exceeds the performance and durability existing track systems. The track systems uses the proven Versatile outboard planetary system to maximize power to the ground. Four independent tracks maintain balance and provide constant contact with the ground. The DeltaTrack is built using the most advanced track design in the agriculture industry and features with proven Cummins engine technology, rugged CAT powershift transmissions, and legendary Versatile reliability and serviceability.

Zerbe Bros. Glasgow, MT 406-228-4311

2010 Haybuster 2650 round bale processor, 1000 PTO drive with channel strippers............$14,000 2010 Vermeer BP8000 round bale processor, right hand discharge, 16.5x16.1 cleated tires, 1000 PTO, built-in twine cutter, grain tank.......$20,000 Brandt VSF round bale processor, 1000 PTO drive, needs floor chain.......................................$3500 2013 Farm King 9-ft. side sickle mower, 540 PTO, hydraulic lift, skid shoes, extra parts............. Call Southern 6-ft. brush cutter, 3-point, 540 PTO drive.. .....................................................................$600 2011 Toro SS5060 Zero Turn mower, 23 hp, Kawasaki engine, 50” deck, very nice........................$2800 Buhler/Farmking Y750R 84” finishing mower, 3-point mount, 540 PTO drive................................$1800

USED SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS

2012 New Holland SP240FXP 275 hp Cummins engine, 100-ft. front boom, 1200 gallon tank, AutoBoom, AutoSteer, AccuBoom, 540 hours..JUST IN

2013 Apache AS1220 Plus 2 275 hp Cummins engine, 100-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, AutoSteer, duals, 650 hours...JUST IN 2008 Apache AS1010 1020 hours, 215 hp, 100-ft. boom, 5 section, Auto Steer, section control, auto height control, semi float tires................ JUST IN

USED ROUND BALERS

Delta Track 550

Your Northeast Montana dealer for Seed Hawk air drills

Vermeer 605K round baler, twine tie, 540 PTO.$7500 2003 Hesston 956A round baler, twine only, auto cycle, hydraulic pickup, 5300 bales.........$10,000 1997 Hesston 565A round baler, auto tie, twine only, 31x13.5-15 flotation tires............................$6500 New Holland 280 square baler, 16”x18” chamber, 540 PTO drive...................................................$2500 2002 Hesston 1275 mower conditioner, 16-ft. hay deader, 1000 PTO drive..........................$12,000 2004 Donahue IEXG-160 5th wheel swather trailer.. ...................................................................$8500 1998 Gleaner R62 combine, 285 hp Cummins diesel, 36-ft. 960 MacDon header, 2100 separator hours.......................................................$50,000 1990 New Holland TR86 combine, 30-ft. 971 header, double knife, batt reel, 2213 hours..........$17,500 1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2003 MacDon 963 draper header with pickup reel, 30.5x32, 390 hours on new Cummins engine, 2530 separator hours.......................................................$67,000 1982 Gleaner N6 combine, 30.5x32 front tires 90%, 220 hp diesel, 30-ft. header and pickup reel........ ................................................................$17,000 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.................$6000 MacDon 974 36-ft. flex draper header with pickup reel and cross augers, CR adapter, with transport..... ............................................................... JUST IN Gleaner 13-ft. pickup header with Melroe attachment.............................................................$500 2014 Westfield MK10x61 swing away grain auger, low pro drive hopper, 15,000 bushels........$9700

1995 Terra-Gator 1844 dry fertilizer spreader, 500 bushel hopper, 6988 hours, Dickey John rate controller, 66x43.00-25 rear tires with Trimble Auto Steer........................................................$36,000 1973 Chevrolet C60 fertilizer truck, 6 ton hopper, filler, diesel tank and pump................................$5000 A&E-708 8 run fertilizer spreader boom..........$9000 John Deere 50 3-point backhoe, 9-ft. digging depth, 16” bucket..................................................$9000

2007 New Holland BR-780A Bale Command, twine/ mesh, 1000 PTO, extra wide pickup, laced belts, 13,500 bales.......................................... JUST IN 1992 New Holland 660, Bale Command, standard pickup, 1000 PTO. #UHN108.....................$7500 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 1998 Vermeer 605L twine & mesh wrap, hydraulic bale kicker. #UHVM31............................. $12,000 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $7500

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Zerbe Bros. 406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

Your Dealer for RiteWay harrows and land rollers

Zerbe Bros. Glasgow, MT 406-228-4311

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

www.zerbebrothers.com Email zerbesales@nemont.net SALES Mike Guttenberg Tim Guttenberg Travis Volk

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MSU Extension receives awards

Montana State University Extension agents, staff and supporters from across Montana recently received awards during Extension’s annual conference at MSU in Bozeman. Bruce Smith, MSU Extension agent in Dawson County, received the 2014 Silver Buffalo Award in recognition of 20 years of exceptional service. The award, given by Montana’s Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), is the organization’s highest honor. Smith, who started his career in 1994 with a year as the MSU Extension agent for Madison/Jefferson counties, spent the last 19 years in Glendive where he is well known for his work with local sustainable food programs. As an active leader with the Community GATE program, a nonprofit organization started in 1996 to address welfare reform in Dawson County, Smith has advanced the local farm-totable program, the Food Development Center and a shared-use commercial kitchen that will help local entrepreneurs develop and expand specialty food and catering businesses. Rachel Endecott, beef cattle specialist and leader of MSU Extension’s agriculture

and natural resources programs, received the Anne Wiprud Memorial Award, which recognizes an MSU Extension professional with fewer than 10 years of experience. She has developed programming and curriculum for producers and youth and trains Extension agents to better reach local people with the latest scientific-based information and best practices related to the beef industry. Endecott organizes the Montana Nutrition Conference, the youth Steer of Merit program and mentors a Academic Quadrathlon team that has placed nationally the last two years. The JCEP Arrowhead Award recognizing a community partner for their support was presented to Joyce Eckhoff, superintendentat the Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney. Eckhoff ’s dedication to producers, particularly related to durum wheat research, is noted worldwide. The Montana chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP), a national fraternity of Extension educators, presented the Distinguished Service Award to Todd Kesner, interim director of the Montana 4-H Center for Youth CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

Excellence in Agriculture celebrated at Harvest Bowl

By NDSU Extension Service The success, dedication and hard work of outstanding agriculturists in 53 counties in North Dakota and several counties in Minnesota were honored during the 41st annual Harvest Bowl program at North Dakota State University (NDSU). Information on the outstanding agriculturists listed by county is available at http://tinyurl.com/hb2014txt and photos at http://tinyurl.com/hb2014pics. 2014 Harvest Bowl honorees by county, name and city: • Adams - Bruce and Cheryl Hagen, Reeder • Barnes - Mark and Andrea Winter, Valley City • Benson - DeWayne and Mona Streyle, Leeds • Billings - Kevin and Kelli Kessel, Belfield • Bottineau - Tom and Bobbie Henry, Westhope • Bowman - John and Gail McGee, Bowman • Burke - Mike and Alana Erickson, Lignite • Burleigh - Jim and Peggy Peterson, Bismarck • Cass - Harvey and Mary Morken, Casselton • Cavalier - Joel and Lisa Jacobson, Langdon • Dickey - Jason and Jessica Quandt, Oakes • Divide - Joe and Kathy Radenic, Ambrose • Dunn - Brian and Carolyn Benz, Killdeer • Eddy - Kent and Alyson Myhre, Sheyenne • Emmons - Jim and Deb Vander Vorst, Hague • Fort Berthold - Polly and Manuel Chase, Mandaree • Foster - Joel and Linda Lemer, Carrington • Golden Valley - Mike and Kim Van Horn, Sentinel Butte • Grand Forks - Beau and Kris Bateman, Grand Forks • Grant - Robert and Kara Campbell, McIntosh, South Dakota • Griggs - Todd and Rebecca Edland, Cooperstown • Hettinger - Brad and Anne Olson, New England • Kidder - Arlyn and Lisa Scherbenske, Steele • LaMoure - Charles and Linda Peterson, Verona • LaMoure - David and Paula Peterson, Verona • Logan - Alan and Peg Kleingartner, Gackle • McHenry - Keith and Brenda Reinowski, Anamoose • McIntosh - Albert and Coreen Schumacher, Venturia • McKenzie - Winton and Vicki Wold, Watford City • McLean - Edwin and Dellora Schmidt, Max • Mercer - Richard and Nancy Scheid, Hazen • Morton - Darlene Bohl, Mandan • Mountrail - Daryl and Beverly Stevens, Parshall • Nelson - Jerry and Carol Sand, McVille • Oliver - Mike and Julie Liffrig, Mandan • Pembina - Robert and Susan Green, St. Thomas • Pierce - Robert and Jane Hager, Harvey • Ramsey - Dale and Gerri Newgard, Edmore • Ransom - Robert Reinke, Lisbon • Renville - Guy and Wendy Solemsaas, Sherwood • Richland - Rich and Cindy Spellerberg, Mooreton • Rolette - Mike and Sheri Peterson, Dunseith • Sargent - John and Marilyn Lunneborg, Milnor • Sheridan - Jay and Darci Gahner, McClusky • Sioux - Shane and Camie Luger, Fort Yates • Slope - Donald and Sarah Nordby, Amidon • Stark - Chuck and Annette Steffan, Belfield • Steele - Gary and Charlene Hiam, Page • Stutsman - James and Sharon Neva, Kensal • Towner - Darrell and Deborah Odegaard, Egeland • Traill - Ross and Allison Johnson, Mayville • Walsh - Jeffery and Nancy Boe, Adams • Ward - Curt and Debi Engelhard, Donnybrook • Wells - David and Cheryl Flick, Chaseley • Williams - Warren and Mary Froelich, Williston Minnesota honorees by county, name and city: • Becker - Dallas and Mary Flynn, Frazee • Clay - Mark and Sandy Anderson, Moorhead • Mahnomen - Jerry and Lori Handyside, Lengby • Norman - Joe and Liz Brainard, Twin Valley • Norman - John and Janet Brainard, Ada • Polk - Jerome and Sue Erdmann, McIntosh • Traverse - Kevin and Ruth Pederson, Wheaton An agribusiness award recipient also is chosen annually. This award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of agriculture and business in North Dakota and beyond. Jerry Doan, a fourth-generation rancher and producer from McKenzie, is this year’s recipient. More Doan information is at http://tinyurl.com/hb2014doan. Several scholarships also are awarded to outstanding male and female athletes during Harvest Bowl. Scholarship winners and photos are at http://tinyurl.com/hb2014athletes.

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HUGGY BEAR’S CONSIGNMENT & APPRAISAL Phone 406-873-4819, cell 229-0662, e-mail khbear59427@yahoo.com, Cut Bank, Montana

Website: www.huggybearsconsignments.com

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

“If You Want To Sell or Buy...Huggy Bear Is Your Guy”.

2013 Case IH 550 track tractor, loaded, leather, Pro 700 monitor, PTO, 1036 hours. Tag #KA1114.........................................................................$295,000 2008 Case IH FTX435 tractor, cloth interior, high capacity pump, 710x42 Firestone tires, Trimble 500 EZ-Steer, 992 hours. Tag #KA1114......................$185,000 John Deere 2010 diesel tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO. Tag #ANF1114................$6900 1981 Versatile 835 tractor, 18.4x38 duals at 60%, Trimble GPS available. Tag #LGre1114.........................................................................................$22,500 John Deere 2010 2WD tractor, loader, 3-pt., PTO. Tag #JerSmt1114........$8500 Case David Brown 1212 2WD tractor, 3-pt., backhoe, loader, engine good, needs transmission work. Tag #Alten1114 Case 4690 4WD tractor, fairly new engine repair but has transmission problem. Tag #FredV814 New Holland TC29 4WD compact tractor, loader, 5-ft. mower, post hole digger, little over 100 hours. Tag #Bob0514...................................................$15,500 Case 2290 2WD tractor, loader, grapple, add-on 3-pt. hitch, 6832 hours. Tag #MikeL0714 1979 Allis-Chalmers 8550 4WD tractor with PTO. Tag #DickU0513.......$15,000 1974 Allis-Chalmers 440 4WD tractor. Tag #DickU0510.........................$22,000 John Deere 6420 FWD tractor, 95 hp, 3-pt., dual PTO, 2600 hours (no loader). Tag #JeffH1014..................................................................................$52,000 1989 Versatile 276 bidirectional tractor, 3-pt. cab end, 1000 PTO engine end, grapple, 8100 hours. Tag #NHB0914.................................................$28,000 1981 Versatile 875 tractor, motor set at 335 hp, 4 remotes, 2 drain lines, new 20.8x38 tires, 6075 hours. Tag #PhilH0914........................................$30,000 1983 Versatile 835 Series 3 tractor, 18.4x38 duals, 7898 hours. Lower engine work done. Tag #TL0814 1977 Versatile 825 tractor, Big Cam engine, 18.4x38 duals. Tag #TL0814 1988 John Deere 3140 2WD tractor, new paint, 3-pt., dual PTO, 4000 hours, Leon loader. Tag #GraigL0714...........................................................$25,000 Massey Ferguson 1155 2WD tractor, PTO, Leon loader, grapple. Tag #Turk0714 1998 John Deere 8770 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires, PTO, 7200 hours. Tag #JR1113.............................................................................................$53,000 1979 Versatile 875 tractor, 20.8x38 duals 80%, 4 remotes, Cummins 855 motor, 7409 hours, in-frame overhaul 2000 hours ago, no spin front differental, R134 air conditioning. Tag #DaveS0414......................................................$35,000 John Deere 4630 2WD tractor. Tag #LarryS0614....................................$17,000 Clark 525 hp tractor, forestry tires, rebuilt 13 speed Fuller transmission. Cheap horsepower. Tag #RickW0814............................................................$48,000 International Hydro 100 tractor with loader. Tag #MikeMc0814..............$13,000 2005 Case IH MX135 tractor with Case loader and grapple, 18.4x42 tires (1 new, 1 wore), 16.9x28 good front tires, 4922 hours. Tractor has been completely gone through. Tag #JR1113...............................................................$59,000 International 4166 tractor with 12-ft. Degelman dozer, new engine overhaul, 28L26 single tires. Great tire for winter snow removal. Tag #JR1113....$8500 1986 Case IH 4894 tractor, new 20.8x38 bias tires. Tag #PatD0414........$28,000 1991 Ford New Holland 8630 MFD tractor, New Holland 7412 loader, recent block replacement, 3-pt., dual PTO, good tires. Ready for the field. Tag #RDoore0414.....................................................................................$35,000 1979 Versatile 875 4WD tractor, 24.5x32 duals, 4 remotes, 1832 tach hours. Tag #JR1113.............................................................................................$21,000 1985 Case IH 4894 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires, 7500 hours. Tag #PatD0414....... ...........................................................................................................$25,000 Steiger 310 tractor, power shift, blade, 24.5x32 tires. Tag #ReidH0914...$29,000 2006 New Holland TV145 bidirectional tractor, 3-pt., dual PTO on cab end, bucket, plumbed for grapple (no grapple), only 2300 hours. Tag #Rustin0414.$65,000 John Deere 5010-20 2WD tractor, loader, no PTO. Tag #DanR1114..........$4500 Steiger Bearcat tractor with blade. Tag #FrankB0814 John Deere 4010 tractor, 3-pt. Tag #FrankB0814

Many more tractors available. Call Ken with your needs

ANTIQUE TRACTORS

Case David Brown 1200 tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, new 18.4x30 rear tires, power draw bar, 3092 hours. Tag #RodB1014.................................................$6500 John Deere R tractor, 540 PTO. Tag #MarvinG1014..................................$2000 Case 1030 tractor, no cab, 540 PTO. Tag #Packy0314................................$3500 Case 1030 tractor, cab, 540 PTO. Tag #ArtH0214.......................................$3800 Versatile 145 4WD tractor. Tag #MonteF0814............................................$4500 1959 John Deere 820 tractor. Tag #LarryL0914 John Deere 50A tractor, DuAl loader. Tag #LarryL0914 1929 John Deere D tractor. Tag #LarryL0914 John Deere B tractor, tricycle front 2-point hitch, 540 PTO. Tag #WSpiecher1008...................................................................................................$4500

SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. double booms, double nozzles, windscreens, 2 tanks, 18.4x26 lug tires. Tag #DaveB1014 John Deere 4720 sprayer, stainless steel tank, loaded. Tag #PatW1014$160,000 Valmar 240 skid-mounted fargo spreader. Tag #TL0814 Summers 48-ft. pickup mounted sprayer, 500 gallon tank, bottom fill, Quick Jet nozzles, has 50-ft. of hose with hand wand. Tag #DaveS0414..............$8500 Big A 2500 sprayer, 60-ft. booms, windscreens, Cat 2308. Tag #JR0514$15,000 Flexi-Coil S67XL field sprayer, double nozzles, 1500 gallon tank, mix tank, auxiliary tank, 18.4x26 singles. Tag #BCreek1114 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. single boom, double nozzles, windscreens, 1500 gallon tank, 18.4x26 diamond tires. Tag #DaveB1014 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. single boom, double nozzles, 1500 gallon tank. Tag #DaveB0914 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, double booms and nozzles, 2 tanks. Tag #0914

TRUCKS

1952 Dodge truck with homemade post pounder. Tag #TL0814 1949 International KB5 truck, 13-ft. box, hoist, cattle rack. Tag #TL0814 1979 GMC 6000 single axle grain truck. Tag #TL0814 2004 Chevrolet service truck, 6.0L engine. Tag #PatW1014 2005 Chevrolet 1 ton service truck, Duramax. Tag #PatW1014 1974 Chevrolet C60 2 ton single axle, 17-ft. box, hoist, no tarp. Tag #BobC0514 1981 Freightliner semi truck. Tag #Harry0614...........................................$5500 1973 Chevrolet C60 2-ton truck with 427 gas engine, tandem axle, potato box, 13 speed transmission. Tag #JeffH0513............................................$10,000

TRAILERS

18-ft. gooseneck stock trailer. Tag #JerSmt1114..........................................$2500 1981 Miller 24-ft. pintle hitch trailer. Tag #Hug1114....................................$6500 1974 Homemade flat bed trailer, 107” deck. Wide enough for older swathers. Tag #TSimo1114..........................................................................................$2500 25-ft. gooseneck. Good for hauling hay. Tag #Steve0814.............................$6000 Miller tandem axle heavy duty trailer, new deck, pintle hitch. Good backhoe trailer. Tag #HugB0814..........................................................................$6500 1-ton pickup trailer. Tag #ANF0714................................................................$950 Combine trailer, hauls Case combine. Tag #Russ0514...............................$8500

PJ Trailers available FROM HUGGY BEAR PICKUPS & CARS

1970 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J, 2-door, 74,000 miles, white and black. Tag #JerSmt1114.........................................................................................$8700 1967 Chevrolet 10 2WD pickup, manual transmission. In good shape. Tag #TL0814 1976 Ford F250 pickup. Tag #Harry0614....................................................$2000 1992 Chevrolet 1/2-ton 4WD pickup, automatic, 160,000 miles. Tag #SaunS1013.........................................................................................$1900

LAST MONTH’S NEW ITEMS

Big flip over snow plow. Tag #JPrin1214......................................................$3800 Snow plow with wide frame. Tag #JPrin1214...............................................$3500 Orange snow plow. Tag #JPrin1214...............................................................$950 Massey Ferguson baler. Tag #JPrin1214.....................................................$600 8x40-ft. grain auger. Tag #JPrin1214.............................................................$350 Dual wheel tilt trailer. Tag #JPrin1214............................................................$650 Tandem axle flatbed trailer, expandable METAL BED. Tag #JPrin1214.......$1200 Reconditioned logging trailer, sliding main beam. Good looking trailer. Tag #DennyL1214.............................................................................................$15,000 Loftness 20-ft. flail shredder. Tag #Gord1213 50-ft. John Deere 9350 drills, 10” spacing, Wacko Track. Tag #Gord1214 John Deere 212 pickup header, Sund pickup attachment. Tag#Gord1214 John Deere 50 3-pt. backhoe. Tag #Dan1214.............................................$2500 1974 GMC 6500 truck, 16-ft. box, hoist, wood floor. Tag #DanG1214.........$5500 International TD18A crawler, 12-ft. dozer, rebuilt injector and pump, good tracks but rails show wear. Tag #DanG1214 Case W36 wheel loader, 550 hours on replacement engine, 2814 total hours. New paint, excellent shape. Tag #DanG1214.............................................$38,000 2011 Dodge long box, fender flares, rear bumper and tailgate. Brand new, black in color. Tag #DanG1214.......................................................................$5500 2nd cutting hay in small square bales. Certified weed free Orchard/alfalfa mix. Tag #DanG1214 John Deere 5-bottom pull-type plow, 16” shears. Tag #DanG1214............$2500 John Deere 4020 tractor. Tag #ANF1214....................................................$6000 Farmhand 228 loader, 8-ft. scoop. Tag #ANF1214......................................$4000 3 spear bale spear, fits bidirectional tractor. Tag #DonB1214 John Deere 1650 59-ft. chisel plow. Tag #ANF1214...................................$8500 Sakundiak 8x41-ft. auger, PTO drive. Like new. Tag #ANF1214.................$3500 1/4 mile 8” hook and latch mainline. Tag #GeraldM1214 New Holland 130 manure spreader, PTO drive. Tag #Hug1214.................$7000 Case 1200A 2WD tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, 1/2 cab, power steering, power drawbar, new 18.4x30 rear tires. Tag #RodB1214...............................................$7500 SnowCo 8006 8x54-ft. PTO grain auger. Tag #GerS1214.............................$550 Brandt 8x50-ft. PTO drive auger, orange. Tag #GerS1214............................$650 1000 gallon fuel tank. Tag #MacC1214 500 gallon fuel tank. Tag #MacC1214 5000 gallon vertical fuel tank. Tag #MacC1214 John Deere 640 rake. Tag #MacC1214.......................................................$2500 Ford 9N 2WD tractor. Tag #Wayne1214......................................................$1250 Ford 8N 2WD tractor, hi/low. Tag #Wayne1214...........................................$2500 International TD6 dozer. Tag #Wayne1214.................................................$3500 Case 900 2WD tractor, 540 PTO, 10-ft. blade. Tag #Wayne1214................$2500 1958 Massey Ferguson tractor, loader, blade, forks. Tag #Wayne1214.....$5000 1987 Buick LeSabre, 100,000 miles. Tag #Wayne1214.............................$2500 1997 Buick Ultra Deluxe, gets 35-40 mpg. Tag #Wayne1214....................$5000 2000 Mercury Marquis, 4-door, 80,000 miles. Tag #Wayne1214...............$4000 CRP hay for sale. Tag #SamL1214......................................................... $100/ton Highline BP4065 bale processor. Tag #Horz1214......................................$8500 WW 10-ft. corral panels. Tag #Horz1214...............................................$150 each Powder River calf table. Tag #Horz1214.....................................................$1250 (2) Apache creep feeders. Tag #Horz1214.........................................$3000 each New Holland 130 manure spreader, PTO drive, extensions. Excellent shape. Tag #Hug1214.............................................................................................$7000 Massey Ferguson 97 FWD tractor, no PTO. Project tractor. Tag #ANF1214 International 1566 2WD tractor, 160 hp, 1000 PTO, no 3-pt. Tag #ANF1214 Waldo 2500 lb lift off van truck. Tag #BirchC1214.......................................$2500 (2) Aluminum tool boxes off semi. Tag #BirchC1214 1997 GMC 1500 van, 220,000 miles. All serviced and ready to go. Tag #RobertW1214..................................................................................................$2500

PLOWS

Airway 20-ft. aerator. Tag #RickW1014....................................................$33,000 Melroe 501 36-ft. chisel plow with Honey Bee rod and Degelman 3-bar mounted harrow. Tag #Shane0914.......................................................................$7500 Alloway 30-ft. aerator. Tag #RickW0814 Geysler 21-ft. plow. Tag #LarryS0814 Geysler 24-ft. plow, Morris mounted harrow. Tag #LarryS0814 John Deere 240F 28-ft. plow with extensions. Tag #TL0814 Gysler 40-ft. plow. Tag #Russ0514..............................................................$4500 John Deere 3-bottom 3-pt. plow. Tag #Russ0214.......................................$1500

Several more plows and discs available

DISCS

Great Plains Turbo-Till 24-ft. vertical tillage tool. Tag #Reid1014............$30,000 1995 John Deere 1544 45-ft. disk. Tag #0714 Ford 224 22-ft. disc. Tag #Russ0514...........................................................$3500 John Deere SW 18-ft. disc with manual fold wings. Tag #Berth0313 John Deere SW 22-ft. disc, 18” blades, wings fold up. Tag #Bertha1013 Ford 8-ft. 3-point tandem disc. Tag #CraigL0513.........................................$1500 Heavy duty 3-point tandem disc. Tag #CraigL0513.......................................$500 Looking for a 45-ft. tandem disc. Tag #0614 Wishek 20-ft. disc, 24” pans, heavy duty discs, pans are a couple years old. Tag #RickW0814 John Deere 555 15-ft. offset disc. Tag #BigSky0814 Ford 224 22-ft. disc with 19” front and 20” rear notched discs. Tag #Russ0214.... ..............................................................................................................$2500 John Deere 20-ft. multiplex disc. Tag #Russ0214.......................................$1500

AIR SEEDERS & DRILLS

Flexi-Coil 5000 air seeder parts, new and used. Tag #Jess1014...............$1000 2009 Bourgault 3310 55-ft. drill, 12” spacing, 640 air cart, paired link, single shoot. Tag #Hoven0914 2012 Bourgault 5025 52-ft. disk drill, 10” spacing, midrow banders, 6280 tow between cart, 3 tanks. Tag #Hoven0914 (3) John Deere 7100 12-ft. grain drills, 10” spacing. Tag #TL0814 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air seeder, 2320 tow between tank, seed treat kit. Tag #Lyle0414..........................................................................................$40,000 Concord 4012 air seeder, 1502 engine driven air tank. Tag #AHans0414............ ...........................................................................................................$20,000 International 150 12-ft.x10 spacing drill, steel packers, hydraulic lift, boxes are clean. Tag #DaveS0414...........................................................................$950 Haybuster no-till drills, 40-ft., 5-8 footers, 12” spacing. Tag #Russ0214..$15,000 Haybuster drills, 32-ft., for parts. Tag #Russ0214 Set of 4 John Deere 1010 8-ft. drills, 10” spacing. Tag #Harry0614...........$2500

Aeration Equipment Available GRAIN AUGERS

Brandt 1070 swing hopper auger, blue. In good shape. Tag #PWic1114....$9500 Brandt 10x60 swing hopper auger, orange. Tag #PatW1114......................$5500 Farm King 10x60 straight auger. Tag #MarkS1014.....................................$2500 Brandt 10x60 swing hopper auger (orange). Tag #PatW1014....................$5500 Brandt 10x70 swing hopper auger (blue). Tag #PatW1014.........................$8500 Wheatheart 10”x10-ft. transfer auger, throttling valve. Tag #DaveS0414....$1900 Westfield J207-31 load-out grain auger with 7 hp electric motor. Tag #JR1113... ..............................................................................................................$3000

NEW ITEMS

30-ft. portable corral gates. Tag #BirchCr0115......................................... $450 24-ft. portable corral panels, 23/8” pipe, 5-ft. high. Tag #BCreek0115.$325 ea. John Deere 45 loader. Tag #DaveB0115.............................................. $1500 John Deere loader for older John Deere tractor. Tag #DaveB0115....... $1500 Vicon LS870 3-point sprayer, 800 gallon. Tag #Rog0115 14-ft. homemade flatbed 4 wheel wagon. Tag #MaryL0115..................... $500 Hesston 30A stackhand. Tag #MaryL0115............................................. $750 International 10-ft. double disk end drill. Tag #MaryL0115................... $1500 Graham Holme 10-ft. lever plow. Good for making into a 3-pt. plow. Tag #MaryL0115........................................................................................... $1000 Adrian Quick-Pit 10 drive over grain pit. Excellent, always shedded. Tag #BK0115......................................................................................... $7500 Batch Boy chemical mixer. Tag #BK0115............................................. $4500 1978 21-ft. tandem dually 5th wheel trailer to haul Cat D6C. Tag #BK0115.... ........................................................................................................ $4500 2007 Honda 250F cross country motorcycle. Tag #GailG0115............. $2500 1966 Ford Mustang coupe, 51,034 miles, silver/black. Tag #ChrisG0115...... ........................................................................................................ $9700 Wooden desk in excellent condition. Tag #John0115 Old wood wagon. Tag #LarryS0115 John Deere 9650 combine, 36-ft. header. Tag #Bam0115 2002 Brandt 90-ft. extended boom sprayer, Micro-Trak monitor, foam marker. Tag #PatF0115............................................................................. $19,000 1980 Case 450 crawler/dozer with ripper. Tag #BillD0115................. $12,500 2012 Case IH 8120 combine, 425 separator hours. Combine is loaded. Tag #ClintB0115............................................................................... $250,000 2007 Honey Bee 4255 rigid flex header. Tag #ClintB0115................. $30,000 Case 1030 tractor, Great Bend loader, grapple. Tag #GeraldB0115...... $6500 Case 1070 tractor, 1000 PTO, powershift transmission. Tag #GeraldB0115... ........................................................................................................ $5000 10 yard scraper with cable. Tag #GeraldB0115..................................... $4000 Melroe 33-ft. plow, no wing lift cylinders, Flexi-Coil mounted harrows. Tag #GeraldB0115................................................................................. $4500 John Deere 8770 4WD tractor, PTO. Tag #AllanK0115..................... $80,000 Haybuster 2800 round and square bale processor. Tag #WarrenMC0115..... ..................................................................................................... $30,000 New Holland 1114 14-ft. header, fits 276 & 9030 bidirectional tractors. Tag #EarlC0115..................................................................................... $5500 1999 Ford F250 heavy duty pickup. Tag #ArtH0115............................. $7000 Allis-Chalmers D21 tractor. Tag #ANF0115......................................... $9500 International 1566 2WD tractor, 1000 PTO. Tag #ANF0115................. $7500 W-W squeeze chute. Like new. Tag #Horiz0115.................................... $6500 John Deere 5085M tractor, 85 hp, 540 PTO, H260 loader, only 200 hours. Tag #Camrose0115...................................................................... $58,000 Case IH 810 pickup header with pickup attachment. Tag #TomH0115 Summers pull-type sprayer, 100-ft. booms. Tag #PaulT0115 Cab for Cat 4D crawler. Tag #TomN0115 20-ft. box and hoist. Tag #RonB0115..................................................... $9000

MISCELLANEOUS

Ach pickup head rack. Tag #RickT1014 New Spray Lift hydraulic jack for high clearance sprayers. Tag #BigS1014.$2700 Sullair compressor. Tag #Hug1014..........................................................$25,000 1980 Carter Disc 2654 grain mill on trailer. Tag #WahlF0614.....................$7500 Bestland hydraulic rock picker, 5-ft. rock fork. Tag #DaveS0414.................$1900 Dodge dually white pickup box. Tag #JP0513.............................................$1800 1982 Valmar 240 granular applicator, hydraulic drive, mounted on homemade cart. Tag #HerbK0914 Paul calf scale. Tag #TomS0614....................................................................$600 NEW!! Tebben 5-ft. 3-pt. mower. Tag #Hug0414.......................Preseason Price Far-go 3-point spreader. Tag #RogF0513 2000 Finn T92 hydro-seeder, 900 gallon tank. Tag #WilloC1013..............$21,000 New 3-point hitch attachments including mowers, backhoes, blades, roto-tillers, etc. 45x90 building located in Cut Bank. Will rent or sell. Tag #RTrent0214 (2) Haukers 246 drill markers. Tag #RPerry0908 (102) NEW 5” chrome boots to fit SB-5 Farmland boots. Tag #Eney0408 (110) complete SB-5 Farmland boot assemblies. Tag #Eney0408 63-ft. land plane. Tag #MacM1014 2013 CRP hay for sale. Tag #FredV1014 Grizzly 3-pt. backhoe. Tag #ANF1014.........................................................$3500 Powder River squeeze chute. Tag #DennisD1014 (2) round bale feeders. Tag #HarryV1014 2010 REM 2700 grain vac, 2 flexible spouts and handle, 168 hours. Tag #TL0814 1984 Nashua mobile home, 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom. Tag #WahlF0614 1980 Cal-West generator, Onan generator, 20kw single phase, 254 diesel engine. Tag #WahlF0614...........................................................................$9750 2012 Ezee-On skidsteer mounted post pounder. Tag #Hug0614...............$6000 Degelman 46/54 14-ft. blade, hydraulic angle and tilt, off Case IH 305 MFD tractor. Like new. Tag #Jess0414.......................................................................$9500 Moto-Ski TS 400 snowmobile. Tag #DeanL0414 2013 Polaris 900XP 4-seat UTV. Very few miles. Tag #Grant0214...........$19,000 Calf and hoof trimming table. Tag #JHold1114............................................$8500 (2) Liberty 41 gallon sewage pumps. Tag #KenW1114........................$600 each Blower fan. Tag #Hug1114 1000 gallon water storage tank. Tag #Vince1114 Farmhand F11 loader, adapts to many tractors. Tag #ANF1114 1973 Moto-Ski T4500 snowmobile. Like new. Tag #Hug1114.....................$1500 Walinga 510 grain vac. Tag #GordS1014....................................................$6500 S&I Arrow Front Feeder 20-ft., feeds chopped hay or round bales, heavy duty. Tag #ANF0114......................................................................................$6000 Ford 3-pt. post hole digger, 12” auger. Tag #ANF0714................................$1200 DuAl loader off International 806. Tag #ANF0714.......................................$1950 Engine end 3 point hitch & PTO for 9030 bidirectional. Tag #RogW0512....$3800 Farmhand 228 loader, grapple off John Deere 4020. Tag #ANF0914

TUB GRINDERS & PROCESSORS

See Me About Your Bale Processor Needs 2011 Haybuster 2800 square/round bale processor. In excellent shape. Tag #WarrenM1114..................................................................................$30,000 Haybuster 2640 bale processor. Tag #BrenB0814 Highline 6800 7-bale multibale processor. Tag #JR1113............................$8500 Supreme Mixers available. Call Huggy Bear Haybuster multi-bale bale processor. Tag #Rum0411.............................$12,500 High-Line multi-bale processor. Tag #FThompson0109.............................$7000

Twine and Net Wrap FOR SALE

BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS

Cat D6 9U crawler, 12-ft. Holt dozer, cab, pony motor, tracks are tight. Tag #Alten1114 2004 ASV RC50 track skidsteer loader, joystick controls, 1800-1900 lb lifting capacity, 1828 hours. Tag #Dwight1114.............................................$19,500 Badger Hopto trailer backhoe. Tag #Hug1014...........................................$3500 New Holland LX665 skidsteer loader. Tag #NHB0914............................$16,500 10 yard scraper. Tag #GlacierCol0414.........................................................$6500 1988 Caterpillar 65 track tractor, 12-ft. Degelman dozer, good undercarriage, 5404 hours. Tag #Russ0514...............................................................$35,000 (2) Caterpillar 627B scrapers. Tag #JamieF0814 Case 1150B crawler/loader with 4-in-1 bucket, good undercarriage, pins and rollers turned, pads are good. Tag #Ahan..........................................$16,000 Case 1088 excavator, rebuilt swing motor, good tracks, hydraulic thumb. Tag #RogWa0513

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MSU Extension receives awards CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4

Development. This award recognizes excellence in program planning and delivery. The Montana ESP Early-Career Award (less than 10 years) went to Ravalli County Extension agent, Katelyn Andersen. The Mid-Career Service award (10-20 years) went to Fergus County agent, Denise Seilstad. Dave Phillips, a retired agent and central region department head from Fergus County, received the Retiree Service Award. These awards recognize growing levels of outstanding contributions to Extension. The Montana ESP Visionary Leadership Award went to the MSU Extension Climate Science Initiative Working Group in recognition of accomplishments leading Extension in a new direction. The group includes Kent McVay, Fabian Menalled, Dan Lucas, Cody Stone, Rachel Endecott, Virginia Knerr, Paul Lachapelle, Bobbie Roos, Rose Malisani and Larry Brence. The Montana ESP Friend of Extension award for outstanding public service and support to state Extension programs went to Mark Peterson, research leader at Fort Keogh in Miles City. The Montana ESP Team Award went to the Rural Community Development Initiative team, which includes RaeLynn Hays, Lea Ann Larson, Jesse Fulbright, Tara Mastel, Ardis

Oelkers, Paul Lachapelle, Sharla Sackman, Dave Bertlesen and Jennifer Anderson. This award recognizes teams who have contributed significantly to the state’s response to national Extension initiatives. The Montana Association of Extension 4-H agents awarded the following: Achievement in Service, to Jesse Fulbright, Liberty County; Meritorious Service, to Laurie Lautt, Big Horn County; Distinguished Service, to Bobbie Roos, Daniels County. Meghan Phillippi of Sanders Countyeceived a national, regional and state Communicator Award for a published photo. Jane Wolery of Teton County, received regional and state Communicator Awards for a personal column, feature story and news story. Roubie Younkin of Valley County received the State Denise Miller Innovator Award. The National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences recognized Lisa Terry with the first place western region Community Partnership Award. In the group’s communicator photography award category, Jane Wolery received the second place nationally and first place in the western region for her photograph titled, “Yoga Circle – Women Powering Rural Communities.” Wolery also earned second place in the western region CONTINUED ON PAGE B8

Conserving soil and water in dryland wheat region

By Sylvia Kantor, WSU CAHNRS In the world’s driest rainfed wheat region, Washington State University (WSU) researchers have identified summer fallow management practices that can make all the difference for farmers, water and soil conservation, and air quality. Wheat growers in the Horse Heaven Hills of south-central Washington farm with an average of 6-8 inches of rain a year. Wind erosion has caused blowing dust that exceeded federal air quality standards 20 times in the past 10 years. “Some of these events caused complete brown outs, zero visibility, closed freeways,” said WSU research agronomist Bill Schillinger. Science to anchor farmer incentives He and WSU agricultural economist Doug Young compared three fallow management systems in the western part of the Horse Heaven Hills with six inches of annual rainfall and the same practices in the eastern part with eight inches of rain. The study was published in the Soil Science Society of America journal in September: Schillinger, W. F. and D. L. Young. (2014). Best Management Practices for Summer Fallow in the World’s Driest Rainfed Wheat Region. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 78:1707-1715 doi: 10.2136/sssaj2014.04.0168. The five-year study provides the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service with science-based information needed to develop incentives for wheat farmers to change from traditional-tillage fallow practices to undercutter-tillage or no-till fallow systems. Timing to trap moisture Farmers in the Horse Heaven Hills practice a winter wheatsummer fallow rotation where only one crop is grown every other year on a given piece of land. Average yields can be as low as 18 bushels per acre – compared to upwards of 120 bushels per acre in the higher rainfall area of the Palouse in eastern Washington. Though the margins are tight, with careful management wheat farming in the Horse Heaven Hills can be profitable. To get the highest yield, farmers need to plant winter wheat in late August or early September after a year of fallow. The fallow period allows enough moisture from winter and spring rains to accumulate in the soil for seeds to get established. “In east-central Washington, if you can’t plant in late summer into deep seed-zone moisture in fallow, then you have to wait for fall rains in mid-October or later,” Schillinger said. The longer it takes to get winter wheat seedlings established, the lower the potential for good yields. To help ensure precious soil moisture remains in the seeding zone, farmers till the soil in the spring. Tillage breaks up the capillary action of the soil; this helps slow soil moisture evaporation in the seed zone during the hot, dry summer months. But too much tillage can cause soil loss through wind erosion that feeds hazardous dust storms. Undercutting in the east Compared to traditional tillage, Schillinger and Young found that undercutter tillage was the best option for fallow in the slightly moister eastern region of the Horse Heaven Hills, where late-August planting is possible and spring tillage helps retain summer soil moisture. With wide, narrow-pitched, V-shaped blades, the undercutter slices beneath the soil surface to interrupt capillary action in the seed zone without causing much disturbance of the soil surface. Schillinger said scientists and farmers have conclusively shown that spring tillage with the undercutter effectively retains seed-zone moisture. It also retains significantly greater surface residue and surface soil clods – which are less likely to be disturbed by wind and become airborne – compared to traditional tillage implements such as a tandem disk or field cultivator. No till in the west In the western region of the Horse Heaven Hills, the best option for controlling wind erosion was to practice no-till fallow; that is, to avoid tillage altogether. Most of the time, rainfall in this area simply isn’t sufficient to establish an early stand of winter wheat with any fallow management system. “There’s no reason to till the soil when you already know in the spring that it will be too dry to plant wheat in late August,” Schillinger said. Economist Young found that, despite the modest grain yield potential, wheat farming in this environment can be profitable – with enough acreage and judicious use of inputs to manage costs. In fact, late-planted winter wheat on no-till fallow was just as profitable as traditional-tillage and undercutter-tillage fallow treatments at the western site.

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(S) 2013 Bobcat SB200 blower. #NMB902. (S) 2013 Bobcat 10-ft. pusher. #NMB911. (D) 2015 Bobcat 108” blade. #W93645. (S) 2014 Bobcat 72” blower. #B93195. (S) 2014 Bobcat SB200 blower. #NMB823. (D) 2015 Bobcat SBX240 blower. #W93646. (S) Bobcat SBX240 blower. #NMB731.

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(F) 2012 Flexi-Coil 5500 #WUD158.............. $130,000 (G) 2013 Case IH STG550 652 engine hrs. #15118B... Frontier Equipment Stanley Equipment ................................................................. $337,000 (F) 2003 John Deere 1820 40-ft. #WUD160.... $59,000 Glasgow (H) 2011 Case IH STG600 1250 engine hrs. #15467W. (S) Concord 4010 #UD257.............................. $28,000 Implement ................................................................. $379,000 (F) Flexi-Coil 5000 #47118B............................ $36,000 (G) 2009 Ezee-On 48-ft. #WUD148.................. $50,000 (H) 2007 Versatile 485 1400 engine hrs. #16186W....... ................................................................. $161,000 (D) 2009 Case IH ATX700 #47146W.............. $122,300 (S) 2010 Case IH 800 #UD275....................... $140,000 (S) 1996 Case IH 9380 #UT728....................... $70,000 (S) John Deere 1835 #UD259....................... $220,000 (S) 2010 John Deere 9530 1104 engine hours. #14104B................................................... $264,000 (S) 2008 Bourgault 5710 #UD277................. $100,000 (F) 2013 Case IH 400 #471198...................... $158,000 (S) 2008 Case IH STG535 #UT783................ $275,000 (B) 2013 Case IH 700 #47197W..................... $148,000 (F) 2008 Case IH STG535 #15113B.............. $206,000 (W) 2003 John Deere 1890 #47193W............. $80,000 (S) 2011 Case IH STG550 826 engine hours. #UT764.. ................................................................. $316,000 (F) 2014 John Deere 1890 #47120B............. $279,000 w/CIH 1010 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. $8,000 Combines & Headers Case IH STG550 596 engine hours. (B) 2011 John Deere 1895 #47196W............ $205,000 (F) 2011 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (B) 670 Cat w/SP36 HB Dpr Hd, 25002W ............ $190,000 #WUT725................................................. $375,000 (D) (W) 2001NH Flexi-Coil 5000 #47174W.. . ............... $75,000 TR95 w/971 NH 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... $7,000 (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (F) CIH 7010 w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (S) 2011 Case IH STG550 802 engine hours. #UT780.. (F) (D) 2010(2)Ezee-On 7550 #47124B.................... $33,000 NH TR98 w/994 36’ Dpr, 971 PU Hd, CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 or 24026W ....................................................... $101,100 (F) ................................................................. $293,000 (D) 24025W 1980 Case IH 8500 #47132W..................... $12,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 ....................................... $280,000 TR66 w/36’ 960 MacDon Dpr Hd, (F) (D) 2011NH Amity 50SD #47126B...................... $146,000 (G) 2011 Case IH STG550Q 1022 engine hours. 2009W &28019W .............................................. $64,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23075W ........................................ $265,000 $310,000 CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 (D) (D) 2008NH Case IH ATX700 #47177W.............. $121,000 TX68, 24016W ........................................... $65,000 (D)#GUT196.................................................. (W)1987 CIHVersatile 8010, 23087W ....................................... $270,000.. 936 7800 engine hours. #16108B.. w/36’ IH MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................ $28,000 (S) (F) 2011 Case ATX700 #47114B.. ............. $105,000 CIH 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 CR960, 24019W .................................... $160,000 (F) ................................................................... $20,000 (F) (W) 2008NH Case IH ATX700 #47128B.. ............... $90,000 (F) NH CR960, WUH370 .................................... $137,000 (F) CIH 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (G) 2000 John Deere 9200 4495 engine hours. (F) (D) 2010NH Case IH FH700 #47107B.. . .............. $139,000 (S) CIH 2388 , ........................................................... $89,900 CR970, 24021W ..................................... $188,000 CIH 7010, ......................................................... $240,000 $88,000 (S) (D) 1996NH Morris Maxim #47125B.................... CR 970, 24022W ....................................$21,000 $180,000 (S) #14115B..................................................... (S) 1995 08 CIH 7010 , .................................................. $249,000 w/94C IH NHPH800 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W ....................... $47,000 (B) Case IH 9280 #15451W..................... $44,000 (G) 2012 Case #47102B................ $220,000 (S) 07 CIH 8010, .................................................. $249,000 (F) NH CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (G) 2004 John Deere 9520 5700 engine hours. (S) (W) CaseNH IH PH800 60-ft. #47117B.. . .............. $205,000 , .................................................. $220,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010 CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 $9,500 MF 860, UC550 .....................................................$156,000 (F) (D) 2010NH Case SDX40 #47122B.................. CRIH9070, 24024W .................................$95,000 $260,000 (S) #14116B................................................... (S) 22014 Honeybee , .............................. $59,500 NH CR9070,5710 24035W .................................... $249,000 (F) John SP36 DeereHds 9560R 270 engine hours. (S) (S) 2003 Bourgault 40-ft. #47121B......... $39,000 CIH 8230 PT Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 w/NH 94C 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W ....................... $42,000 (S) #14110B................................................... $369,000 (F) Bourgault 5710 #47127B........................... $50,000 (S) CIH 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 (W) JD 9600, 22004W ............................................. $52,000 2011 2188, Challenger MT765C 1900 engine hours. (S) CIH UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (W) Skid JD 9600,Steers 22011W ............................................. Loaders $49,000 (S) MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $212,000 $29,500 (W) JD 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 (S) #18105B................................................... (D) (F) 2008 S220, WUH346 465 hours. #20177W... $29,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 JDBobcat STS 9660 .................................. $31,000 (D) 1984 Steiger P IV KS360 6665 engine hours. (H) 2011 Bobcat S250 #20361W..................... $31,500 w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. $29,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 #15500W.. ................................................... $21,000 w/635F WUH262 ........................................ $35,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (F) 2010 Case IHJD,445 600 hours. #52120B...... $36,000 (S) Honeybee ................................... 2013 Case42GB IH Hd, STG350 980 engine$71,000 hours. (D) 9760 JD w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (S) (G) 1978 Bobcat 731 2686 hours. #20116B....... $9000 (S) MacDon 963 Hd, ......................... Call for Pricing (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 #15148B................................................... $241,000 (S) MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 (D) (B) 20111680 Bobcat 1400 hours. #20374W..$26,000 CIH,S185 23057W ........................................... $29,000 (D) 2011 Case IH STG550 750 engine hours. 1680 CIH,S185 23058W $38,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd, ..................................... 59,000 (W)(H) 2010 Bobcat 469.......................................... hours. #20380W... $26,000 #15490W.. ................................................. (S) Honeybee 3655, ............................ Call for$256,000 Pricing CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (H) (W) 20081688 Bobcat S185 1900 hours. #20382W..$24,500 (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing 2013 Case IH STG600 560 engine hours. (W) 1688 CIH, 23082W ......................................... $50,000 (F) (H) 2003 Bobcat S250 72 hours. #20375W..... $24,500 NH CR960, .................................................... $180,000 w/1015 CIH PU Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 (S) #15128B................................................... $422,000 Grain Augers & Vacs (S) (B) 2009CIH Bobcat 900........................................... hours. #20115B.... $47,000 2188,S300 23046W $47,500 (B) 2013 Case IH w/16HP STG600 800 engine hours. (W) 7x36 Westfield Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (D) CIH 2188 w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ (D) 2013 Bobcat S590 1 hour. #20373W......... $40,500 ................................................. 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W .......$400,000 $2,500 ........................................................................... $12,000 (D)#15482W.. (W)(H) 2012 Bobcat 20381W...................... $47,000 (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 CIH 2188,S750 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (B) 2013 Case IH STG600 810 engine hours. 8x46 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (D)#15483W.. ................................................. $400,000 Grain Cart (B) CIH 2388, 23018W ........................................... $90,000 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 20118x51 Case IH STG600 140051057W engine hours. (D) MK Westfield Swg Agr, ... $2,500 2388, .........................................$35,000 $100,000 (D) (F) (B) 2012CIH Brent 88223047W #52122B........................... $5,000 MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W$315,000 (F) CIH 2388 w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 (D)#15491W.. ................................................. (D) 30’ PTO Belt340 Cvyr, (W) CIH Air 2388 w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... (W) Tank/Cart 2012Speedking Case IH Magnum 73851036W engine$7,100 hours. ........................................................................... $97,400 (W) 1535LP Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (S) Bourgault 6550 #UD264............................ $74,000 (W)#15469W.. ................................................. 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A .................$242,000 $6,500 (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000

Used Equipment

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(S) 2009 Case IH Magnum 210 770 engine hours. (W) 2012 Case IH 4430 445 engine hours. #53216W... #15131B................................................... $132,000 ................................................................. $278,000 (H) 1999 Case IH MX220 7628 engine hours. (H) 2012 Case IH 4430 388 engine hours. #53202W.... #15476W..................................................... $63,500 ................................................................. $278,000 (S) 2011 Case IH Puma 170 920 engine hours. (F) 2012 Case IH 4430 #WUY409.................. $278,000 #UT781..................................................... $101,000 (F) 2012 Case IH 4430 266 engine hours. #WUY417... (F) 2011 Case IH Puma 170 1591 engine hours. ................................................................. $278,000 #15107B................................................... $125,000 (F) 2012 Case IH 4430 #53106B.................... $278,000 (G) 2011 Case IH Puma 180 2712 engine hours. (G) 2010 Case IH 3330 1560 engine hours. #53139B... #15144B................................................... $108,000 ................................................................. $189,000 (H) 1978 John Deere 4630 10,500 engine hours. (D) 2010 Case IH 4420 795 engine hours. #53108B..... Frontier Equipment #14159W..................................................... $19,500 ................................................................. $252,000 Glasgow Im Equipment Stanley (D) Farmall 40,Equipment W80137 .................................. NEW (S) 1979 John Deere 4640 2143 engine hours. Frontier (F) CIH 2011 Case IH 4420 629 engine hours. #53121B..... Glasgow Implement Skid Steers Farmall 60, W80170 .................................$244,000 NEW #UT740....................................................... $23,000 (W) CIH ................................................................. (W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (D) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW (F) 1981 Allis-Chalmers 7060 5866 engine hours. (D) 2011 Case IH 4420 719 engine hours. #53217W.... (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 (B) CIH Farmall 95, W80189 .................................. NEW #11100B........................................................ $8000 (D) CIH (H) 743 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 ................................................................. 95U FWA, W80138 .....................................$216,000 NEW (B)(F)S130 w/o Bkt, 20112W8690 ....................... $18,995 NEW 2012Bobcat Massey-Ferguson 400 engine hours. (D) (F) CIH 2012105U CaseUFWA, IHs e4430 $293,000 d EW80160 q#53101B.. u i p .................................. m e n.................. t (D) 753 Bobcat, 20083W ....................................... $19,000 (B) CIH Puma 125 FWA, W80053 ........................ NEW #18103B................................................... $223,000Combines(F) & Headers Skid Steers 2013 Case Ldr, IH 4430 #53107B.................... $304,000 (H) 753 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 w/L750 W85038 ...................................... NEW 2011Bobcat, Case IH Magnum 340 1359 engine hours. (W) (S) 2011 Case IH165 4430 #53109B................... (D)(B) S150 20120W .................................... $23,000 CIH Puma FWA, W80112 ......................$264,000 NEW (D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 ..................................$255,000 NEW #15494W.. ................................................. $195,000 (S) 2012 John Deere 4830 #53103B............. (D)(H) S205 Bobcat, $23,000 CIH Puma 210,Deere W80037 .................................... NEW 1999 Caseno Bkt, IH 20120W MX200....................... 7250 engine hours. (D) (G) 2012 John 4830 900 engine hours. (B) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ $26,500 w/L770 Ldr, W85031 ...................................... NEW #15495W.. ................................................... $58,000 (F) CIH #CKV001.................................................. (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 Scout Ut Vehicle, WNM126 ....................$225,000 NEW (F)(F) 863 Bobcat, ...................................... $19,000 2009 CaseWUT322 IH Magnum 245 1680 engine hours (D) Finish Mwr,4830 W851331492 ....................... (F) CIH 200972”John Deere engineNEW hours. (W) 863 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526 ............$158,000 NEW #15157B................................................... $132,000 (F) CIH #53146B................................................... (W) 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW 2011Bobcat Case IHw/80” Magnum 290 #UT778....... $186,000 (W) (F) CIH 2014WD1203 John Deere 300 engine hours. Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 (D)(S)S330 Swthr, 4940 W83050 ....................... NEW (W) LS160 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $19,000 #53126B................................................... (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, AW,TW, W83013 ........$364,000 NEW Bale Processors (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 (W) RB564 Rnd Blr,engine Ele Twnhours. Nt, W83014 ..Post NEW (D) CIH RoGator 1274C 2389 #53218W....... Diggers 2008 Haybuster #50101B................. $14,000 (W) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ............... NEW (D)(S)1825B Case Skid 2650 w/Bkt 20129W ................. $14,000 ................................................................. $126,500 (D)(F)1845 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 WNH585 ................ NEW (F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, Misc 2010 Haybuster 2650 #50104B................. $15,000 Grain Augers & Vacs (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 ..................... $23,000 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, W85043 & Garden 2007 Haybuster 2650 #50106B................. $13,000 (W) CIH SRX160 Snow Blowers LawnNEW (F)(F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 ................................................................................. 2010 Haybuster 2650 #50107B................. $14,000 (F) (D)(S)440 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 WNC432 ......................... NEW (D)CIH 20008120 FarmCombine, King Y960Q #56086W................ $4000 (D)(S)440 C3Brandt Case Skid 20130W .............. $36,000 Combine, .......................... NEW 2000 VSF w/Bkt, #50105B........................... $3500 (D) (S)CIH 20058120 Buhler YC9620QW82055 #56100B................... $3500

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(D) 2005 Case IHPost 1200Diggers #46047W..................... $60,000 (S) 2011 Case IH 1240 #UTL214. .................. (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $107,000 $850 (W) F8Case Danuser Post#46046W.. Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (H)3pt 2009 IH 1250 ................... $76,500 (B)(W) McMillin HydIHPost 52022W................ .............. $1,295 2013 Case 1250Dgr, #46048W.. $138,000

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Lawn & Garden (D) 2013 Brandt 13x90XL #51179W................ $31,500

(D)(G) 425 JD Lawn Tractor #51105B.................. w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, Westfield MK100x71 $10,000 19015W ................................................................. $6,950 2000Grasshopper Westfield MK130x71. #51182W.......... $7750 (F)(W) 718K Lawn Tractor, (D) 2008 Convey-All TCH14115 #51167W...... $39,000 WUM534 .............................................................. $5,000 (D)(F)721 Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, 10x70 auger. #51106B................................... $9500 19016W ............................................................... $11,500 (D) 2010 Brandt 13x90 #51185W.................... $22,000 (B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, (W) 2013 Westfield 8x36 #51186W................. $11,500 19013W ................................................................. $6,500

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, 520354W ................. $750 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, 19015W .................................................................

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(F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (D) 721 Grasshopper Lawn Tractor,

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(B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower,

(W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82076 ......................... NEW (F) 2010 snowblower. #56103B............. $13,500 W82078 ......................... NEW (W) CIH 8600A 8120 Combine, (D) CIH 2010 8120 Bobcat SB200 #20377W.. .................... $3800 (W) Combine, W82080 ......................... NEW (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, W82057 ................... NEW (B) CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 ..................... NEW Miscellaneous (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW (H)CIH 20112152 Bobcat attachment. #20363W.... (D) 40’S250 Drprtracks Hd, W82065 ................... NEW ...................................................................... $1100 (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ................... NEW (W) CIH 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, W82074 ................. NEW

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MSU Extension receives awards CONTINUED FROM PAGE B6

Family Health and Wellness Award. The Montana Association of County Agricultural Agents awarded the Distinguished Service Award to Marko Manoukian of Phillips County, and the Achievement Award to Jodi Pauley of Powell County. Members of the Montana Association of Community Development Extension Professionals were recognized for the following awards: Western Region Individual Award for Excellence in Community Development work, REAL Montana Program, Janelle Booth; Western Region Team Award for Excellence in Community Development work, Rural Community Development Initiative, Rae Lynn Hays, Jennifer Anderson, Dave Bertelsen, Dan Clark, Jesse Fulbright, Paul Lachapelle and Tara Mastel; the national NACDEP Educational Piece Team Award, Paul Lachapelle and Dan Clark for the Local Government Center’s Montana Public Lands Guide. Extension Photography Contest winners

included: action, Kari Lewis, Glacier County; agriculture, Rose Malisani, Cascade County; centennial, Pat Brown, 4-H Center for Youth Development; community involvement, Brenda Serrano, Musselshell-Golden Valley; intergenerational, Jerrica Lind, Cascade County; multicultural, Wendy Becker, Fort Peck Reservation; scenic, Mary Rumph, Powder River County; best in show – west, Tracy Mosley, Park County; best in show – central, Joe Parks, Toole County; best in show – east, Josie Evenson, Richland County; and best in show – overall, Ryhal Rowland, Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Finally, years of service awards were presented to the following: 10 years, Mandie Reed and JP Tanner; 20 years, Peter Kolb, Verna Billedeaux, Larry Brence, Bruce Smith, Roni Baker and Bobbie Roos; 25 years, Ardis Oelkers and Kevin Chamberlain; 30 years, Mary Rumph; and 42 years with MSU (25 with Extension), Peggy Kelley.

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BeefTalk: Age and weight are cow herd dynamics

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service then meeting their nutritional needs, not the nulogical time to weigh the cows is at weaning, so Most producers seem to refer to cows as “the tritional needs for the average age of the cows. herd.” In reality, that herd is split into several age that is the weight that is discussed. What this means is the cows need to be sorted. groups that often are overlooked. In fact, managNow for the weights with the condition score To meet each group’s needs, a separate pen for ers usually look at averages to guide managerial in parenthesis. The 2-year-old weighed 1,082 the 17 first-calf heifers should be set and then add applications. pounds (4.9), 3-year-olds 1,184 (5), 4-year-olds the 10-year-old and older cows. If the pastures For instance, given the current production 1,255 (5), 5-year-olds 1,279 (5.1), 6-year-olds were short or winter feed supplies challenging, benchmarks for those North Dakota Beef Cattle 1,301 (5.2) and the 7-year-olds 1,304 (5.2). the second-calf heifers and any thin cows (condiImprovement Association beef producers inOne should note that cows keep growing until tion score 4 and under) should be added. volved in the North Dakota State University they reach 7 years of age in this data set. Body Extension Service CHAPS program, the cow herd condition is more constant and levels a year earaverages 5.6 years of age. Does this mean that all lier at 6 years of age. the cows should be managed as 5-year-old cows? The important point to remember is that cows The answer obviously is no. are not fully grown as heifers and have seven However, what is the target? I could not help years of growth before they start to decrease in pulling out some data I put together a few years weight. The 8-year-olds weighed 1,299 pounds ago. At that time, the average cows enrolled in (5.2), 9-year-olds 1,286 (5.1), 10-year-olds 1,265 the CHAPS program averaged 5.4 years of age. (5), 11-year-olds 1,267 (4.9), 12-year-olds 1,236 Interestingly, average cow age has not changed (4.7), 13-year-olds 1,232 (4.5) and 14-year-olds much during the last few decades. 1,180 (4.3). Of course, the replacement rate is projected Cows slowly work themselves up to a peak to go up because the low number of cows in the weight when they are 7 years old and then start to inventory begs for more cows. Currently, the lose weight until they leave the herd. The 14-yearreplacement rate benchmark is 15.3 percent, but old cows weigh the same as the 3-year-old cows the example I had worked out was for a 20 perin the fall of the year. Body condition is held cent replacement rate because you have to keep more constant and 6-, 7- and 8-year-old cows all in mind that not all replacement heifers breed. have similar body condition scores. However at Essentially, the special needs group easily So what does this all mean in terms of the 11-years-old, cows drop back to body condition could be 43 cows based on age, plus a few thin distribution of the cow herd? Assuming a typiscores more typical of 2-year-old cows. cows from the mature group of cows. Half the cal herd of 100 cows, one would anticipate the The moral of the story is that young and old herd needs to be on a stepped-up plan of nutrition inventory to be made up of 17 first-calf heifers, cows need to be treated similarly and fed sepadesigned to put some weight on the cows. The 15 second-calf heifers, 13 that are 4 years old, 11 rately from the main body of cows. That is, if other half could follow a typical maintenance, that are 5, 10 that are 6, nine that are 7, eight that you want excellent performance from all ages hold-your-own type of plan. are 8, six that are 9, five that are 10, three that are Another way to look at that example is to look of cows. 11, two that are 12 and one that is 13 or older. at what different ages of cows weigh in the fall. In The distribution of age is slanted dramatically Understanding the dynamics of the herd is this example, those first-calf heifers (2 1/2-yearto the younger cows. Of the total cows, 45 would critical to proper management. olds) are always the lightest in the fall coming in not be considered mature cows. Only six of the May you find all your ear tags. at 1,082 pounds. The weight is taken in the fall cows would be more than 10 years old. For more information, contact Ringwall at when the cows are approximately half a year older Managing cows means keeping in mind the 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or go to than when they calved in the spring. The most various groups of cows that are in the herd and http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/beeftalk/.

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1989 John Deere 8760 4wd tractor, 300 hp, 6900 hours 2002 Summer Ultimate pull type sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, 90-ft suspended booms 1973 John Deere 7020 4wd tractor with PTO 1998 Ford F250 Diesel 4x4 pickup with 500 gallon Horvick sprayer, 60-ft booms Coffee Creek, Montana (406) 567-2381

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Ford 391 Truck engine, very low miles........................................................................... $1500 2003 GMC cube van new engine, tires........................................................................ $10,000 1979 Patriot slide in camper lift........................................................................................ $700 1983 Komfort 5th wheel camper, 29 ft........................................................................... $3000 Dickey John GAC III Protein tester and sample mill...................................................... $2500 Call or text (406) 788-0152 Prices Negotiable

Trucks For Sale 1995 Freightliner FLD120 Series 60 Detroit, 9 speed, long wheelbase, tandem, 1998 Kenworth T800 460 hp Detroit, 9 speed, day cab, tires are at 20-ft. Cancade grain box, with beet and grain 80%..............$13,900 gate, roll tarp...................................... $45,500

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Rainbow Irrigation and Equipment (406) 357-2211 ~ Chinook, Montana

OSU to study diseases affecting nursery plants

By Peg Herring, OSU Extension Oregon State University (OSU) plans to use a $3 million grant to study two groups of bacteria that result in millions of dollars in losses annually to the nation’s nursery industry. Researchers will study Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhodococcus fascians, which deform hundreds of common landscape plants, including hostas, Shasta daisies, petunias and pansies. These bacterial pathogens are of particular concern in Oregon, where the greenhouse and nursery industry contributes more than $745 million to the Oregon economy annually. Some growers report losses of up to $100,000 a year to gallforming bacterial diseases. The four-year grant, from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will help determine how these pathogens are introduced into nurseries and how they establish and persist; develop new approaches to improve detection and control; and help nursery workers recognize and prevent the spread of the pathogens. For more than a decade Melodie Putnam, chief diagnostician at OSU’s Plant Clinic, has been working with Oregon nurseries to correctly identify these bacterial pathogens that are responsible for tumor-like galls and cancer-like leaf growth in infected plants. Correct identification of the bacterial pathogen is a necessary first step to preventing disease, Putnam said. “It is difficult to combat a problem if you don’t recognize it for what it is,” she said. These two types of bacteria have “wily life histories that help them evade detection,” Putnam added. R. fascians can grow on the surface of plants without causing any symptoms for months before moving into plant tissue and triggering a proliferation of leafy galls, deforming the plant and making it unmarketable. The ubiquitous R. fascians has been found in environments such as cheese rinds, glacial ice cores, the stomach of Atlantic hagfish and the backs of fly-bitten sheep. A. tumefaciens infects plants by injecting and integrating a portion of its DNA into the genome of the host plant. Scientists have long used non-pathogenic variants of A. tumefaciens in the process of plant genetic engineering. Using the bacteria’s natural infection process, it is possible to genetically modify plants to express novel traits such as increased synthesis of vitamin A in rice to combat nutrient deficiencies. Long before its remarkable biology was fully understood, A. tumefaciens was known to cause crown gall disease, which alters plant metabolism and swells tissues into tumors, called galls. “A. tumefaciens has caused up to 40 percent reductions in yield in some perennial crops, and as much as 100 percent loss in roses,” Putnam said. Despite the obvious disease symptoms, both of these pathogens can be easily misdiagnosed, Putnam said, which slows the response to a spreading infection. “Unfortunately, there is no treatment for either A. tumefaciens or R. fascians at this time,” she said. “Therefore, steps must be taken to prevent disease.” The project will be carried out by an interdisciplinary team that will include the following: • Jeff Chang, a molecular plant pathologist in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, will lead the team. • Niklaus Grunwald, a plant pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will use genomic epidemiology to understand where the pathogens hide, move and change over time. • Melodie Putnam, the chief diagnostician at OSU’s Plant Clinic, will use whole genome sequences to design more effective diagnostic methods for rapid detection and identification. • Taifo Mahmud, a natural product chemist in OSU’s College of Pharmacy, will aim to develop less toxic control compounds and will work with Putnam to develop safe practices for chemical control. • Luisa Santamaria, a nursery specialist with the OSU Extension Service, plans to develop information in Spanish and English to help nursery workers prevent the spread of bacterial diseases in the field and greenhouses. • Clark Seavert, an economist with OSU Extension, will assess the economic benefits to the industry of this research and workforce education. ##### I used to like my neighbors, until they put a password on their Wi-Fi.

Prairie Fare: Say goodbye to old cutting boards

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service I’d like to tell you about my “reappearing” cutting board. I bought a plastic cutting board when I was in college. It was a faithful, consistent cutting surface for many years. I brought it with me when I got married. However, I noticed that the years took a toll on my kitchen companion, and it became discolored and developed some grooves that were hard to clean. Somewhat reluctantly, I put it in the garage to go out with the trash one day. When I was reaching for another cutting board a couple of days later, my hand grasped the old white one. At first I thought I had dreamed placing the cutting board in the garage. I brought the cutting board back to the garage to catch a trip to the trash. A couple of days later, I opened the cupboard and there was my well-worn cutting board again. I had a strong suspicion about what was going on. With the cutting board in hand, I walked over to my husband. “Why does the white cutting board keep getting put in the garage?” my husband asked before I could say anything. “I am trying to throw it away,” I responded. I admit that I have a hard time discarding things, too. To appease my frugal husband, I took the cutting board to work and used it as an “example” in food safety workshops. “When your cutting board looks like this, throw it away,” I’d say. We had used the cutting board solely for cutting up fruits and vegetables, so I wasn’t worried about cross-contamination. However, our kids were getting to the point of helping with meal preparation, so I didn’t want to risk having someone grab the old white cutting board to cut up meat for kabobs. Bacteria would be left behind in the grooves. Cleaning your cutting boards thoroughly and replacing them when necessary is a way to maintain food safety in your home. If you do not clean your cutting boards thoroughly, especially after cutting raw meat and poultry, you could put yourself, your family and friends at risk for foodborne illness, which can be life-threatening for children, older adults and those with compromised immune systems. Raw meat and poultry and their juices often are contaminated with bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella and/or campylobacter. These bacteria can be left behind on a cutting board. Without proper cleaning, you could contaminate the next food that you cut, such as your salad ingredients. Researchers have studied the safety and use of wood and plastic cutting boards with various recommendations. Sometimes, plastic was viewed as better, but chefs note that using plastic boards can dull knives more quickly. When plastic cutting boards have grooves, bacteria can remain ready to contaminate your next food. Cutting boards made of hardwood such as maple are less likely to dull knives. As long as the wood cutting boards are cleaned thoroughly right away, they are safe to use, according to other research. Regardless of the type of cutting board you use, be sure to clean your cutting boards after each use. After cutting foods, such as bread or fruit, simply wash in hot, soapy water, rinse and air-dry. If you have cut meat or poultry, clean the cutting board with hot, soapy water and a brush. Next, rinse with clear hot water and place in a sanitizing solution for a couple of minutes. You can make a sanitizing solution with 1 tablespoon unscented chlorine bleach in 1 gallon of water, or you can drench the cutting board with a bleach solution in a spray bottle (1 scant teaspoon of bleach per quart of water). Allow the cutting board to air-dry or use a clean paper towel to dry. Instead of washing cutting boards in a sink, you can clean nonporous-type cutting boards such as most plastic ones in a dishwasher. Be sure you know the cleaning recommendation for the cutting boards that you own. The next time you reach for a cutting board, check it over. Does it have grooves that are difficult to clean? Consider having dedicated uses for your cutting boards. You may want to use a wood cutting board to cut bread and fruit. Try a color-coding system for your cutting boards to reduce the risk of cross-contamination. You could use a red cutting board for meat and a green one for produce, for example. Just be sure that everyone in the household knows and follows the system and cleans the cutting boards after use. Here’s a tasty recipe to practice your cutting skills on clean cutting boards. This recipe is courtesy of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, funded by the Beef Checkoff. CONTINUED ON PAGE B12

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NEW IN STOCK Massey Ferguson 6616 FWA tractor 130-hp loader ready All New Massey-Ferguson Round Balers 2 year Full Warranty

NEW 2014

NEW IN STOCK

In St3 ock

Massey Ferguson Hesston 2956A round baler

ONLY 1 LEFT!

2-2013 Hesston 2856A round balers

5x6 bale, net or twine, torsion axles

Low Rate Financing for up to 60 months On all New Large Square and Round Balers – OAC

Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Inc. Phone: (406) 357-2211 - Email: rainbowsales@mtintouch.net Website: www.visitrainbow.com - Address: Box 700 Chinook, Montana

Tractors

Deutz-Allis DT 7.10 2WD, 135 hp, cab, dual PTO................$13,900

Haying Equipment

Agco Hesston 7434 3x4 square baler. 4400 bales...........$69,900

Case IH RS561 round baler.$10,500

Cat Challenger RB56 round baler, twine only, 8800 bales...$19,900

Case IH 8920 with MFD, 3 point, PTO and 5890 hours. No loader. ......................................$61,500 John Deere 4520 2WD with 1000 PTO...............................$10,900

Tillage

Wishek 22-ft. disc with 30” discs..... .........Available for sale or rent

Miscellaneous

Combine header trailer, fits two 36-ft. headers.............................$5900 used mainline, call us

Hydra-Dec Round Bale Bed * Synchronized Telescoping Arms * Extendable Arms * Joy Stick Control

Hesston 4760 3x3 square baler, 44,000 bales..................$35,500 Hesston 2170 3x4 square baler...... ................................. Coming In Hesston 5556A round baler, all new bearings, roller shaft and pickup teeth..............................$31,500 Hesston 5456A round baler, mesh/ twine..............................$28,999 Hesston 956 round baler, twine only................................$20,500 Hesston 856A round baler, 10,000 bales..............................$13,900 Hesston 856A round baler, twine only, 11,000 bales.............$9500 Hesston 560 round baler, twine...... .........................................$4200 New Holland BR7090 round baler, net/twine, 4800 bales.....$27,500 New Holland BR780A round baler with net/twine.................$21,500 New Holland BR780 round baler, twine only.......................$16,500 New Holland 664 twine only..$5999

John Deere 4895 swather with 16-ft. header, PowrReverser and 1090 hours..............................$72,900 Case IH 730 30-ft. pull type windrower.................................$6500 New Holland 1045 2 wide self propelled balewagon, 6 cylinder gas engine..............................$4300 Vermeer 2800 rake....... Coming In

Vermeer R2300 hydraulic rake........ ......................................$18,900

Bale Processor

Vermeer BPX9000 used very little.. ..................................... $18,200 Replacement Engines & Power Equipment

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TRACTOR FOR SALE

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2002 John Deere 7810 forward/reverse shuttle, 20 speed auto Quad II transmission, JD 840 loader bucket with grapple, bale spear and pallet forks, dual rear implement attachment, 4600 hours, stored inside, excellent condition.......................................... $79,500 Phone Brent Johnson, (406) 471-2758 cell or 752-3184 shop, Kalispell, Montana

January has arrived!

Full load of PJ dump trailers Great For Side By Side

Call for Pricing 2015 PJ 6” channel equipment tilts. 16-ft. tilt, 4-ft. stationary, 2-7000 lb Dexter electric/torsion axles, spare tire and mount. Retails for $6749. Will sell for................. $5724 Some models have Douglas Fir decking and cold weather wiring harness. Call for pricing. Also available in 22-ft.

2015 PJ 6” channel equipment 18-ft., 2-7000 lb Dexter electric/spring axles, straight deck with 5-ft. slide-in ramps, spare tire and mount. Retails for $5039. Will sell for................. $4519 2015 PJ 6” channel equipment 18-ft., 2-7000 lb Dexter electric/spring axles, 2-ft. dovetail with 5-ft. fold up ramps, spare tire and mount. Retails for $5149. Will sell for................. $4619 2015 PJ 6” channel equipment 20-ft., 2-7000 lb Dexter electric/spring axles, straight deck with 5-ft. slide-in ramps, spare tire and mount. Retails for $5169. Will sell for................. $4839 2015 PJ 6” channel equipment 20-ft., 2-7000 lb Dexter electric/spring axles, 2-ft. dovetail with 5-ft. fold up ramps, spare tire and mount. Retails for $5279. Will sell for................. $4739

NEW PJ 6” channel x 24-ft super wide, 2-7000 lb axles, straight deck, 5-ft slide in ramps, Douglas Fir deck, spare tire mount. Retail $6029. WILL SELL FOR................ $5379

2014 Wells Cargo 7X14, 7-ft. high ramp door, side door, flow thru side vents. 4 year warranty. Retails $6599. Sells for............................ $5799

Citrus-marinated Beef and Fruit Kabobs 1 pound beef top sirloin steak, boneless, cut 1 inch thick 1 medium orange 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 Tbsp. smoked paprika 1/4 tsp. ground red pepper (optional) 4 c. cubed mango, watermelon, peaches and/or plums Salt Grate peel and squeeze 2 tablespoons of juice from orange; reserve juice. Combine orange peel, cilantro, paprika and ground red pepper, if desired, in small bowl. Cut beef steak into 1 1/4-inch pieces. Place beef and 2 1/2 tablespoons of cilantro mixture in food-safe plastic bag; turn to coat. Place remaining cilantro mixture and fruit in separate food-safe plastic bag; turn to coat. Close bags securely. Marinate beef and fruit in refrigerator 15 minutes to two hours. Soak eight 9-inch bamboo skewers in water 10 minutes; drain. Thread beef evenly onto four skewers, leaving a small space between pieces. Thread fruit onto remaining four separate skewers. Place kabobs on grill over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill beef kabobs, covered, eight to 10 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, nine to 11 minutes) for medium rare (145 F) to medium (160 F) doneness, turning occasionally. Grill fruit kabobs five to seven minutes or until softened and beginning to brown, turning once. Season beef with salt, as desired. Drizzle reserved orange juice over fruit kabobs. Makes four servings. Each serving has 239 calories, 6 grams (g) of fat, 20 g of carbohydrate, 27 g of protein and 57 milligrams of sodium (without added salt).

CASNR announces 2014 Distinguished Alumni

2008 Wells Cargo 6X12, Sport Wagon insulated trailer. Great hunting trailer................................ $3500

Circle D pickup flatbeds comes complete with LED lighting, 2 5/16” ball, wiring harness. 7-ft.x81/2-ft. Retail $1795. Sells for......$1499 8-ft.x81/2-ft. Retail $1925. Sells for......$1725

New Trade In’s

2001 Kieffer 20-ft. GN stock trailer 1997 Titan 16-ft. GN stock trailer 1997 Road King 36-ft. gooseneck flatdeck

New Circle D 16-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 2 6000# axles, mats, spare tire. White. Retail $9799. Now.................................... $8599

2245 Amsterdam Road Belgrade, Montana 406-388-7479 Delivery available. Call for details “We Work Harder To Stretch Your Dollar Farther”

New Circle D 6-ft. 8” x 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 7000# axles, bull package, 1 solid divider, 1 sliding 1/2 gate on rear divider, mats, spare tire. Charcoal gray. Retail $12,199. Will Sell for................... $10,399

Prairie Fare: Say goodbye to old cutting boards

By Sean Hubbard, OSU  Agricultural Communications Services The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University (OSU) announced Ross McKnight, Dr. Barry Pollard and Larry Shell as the 2014 CASNR Distinguished Alumni. “These DASNR alums are all terrific examples of sustained excellence in their industries and are testaments to the impact our graduates have in their career fields and in their communities,” said Tom Coon, vice president, dean and director of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (DASNR). “We look forward to our OSU Homecoming celebration and to honor these deserving Distinguished Alumni of our college.” McKnight, of Throckmorton, Texas, received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from OSU in 1971. As a senior, serving as president of the Student Government Association, Ross met his wife, Billie, and the two have continued to build long-lasting relationships with the OSU family ever since. Serving as co-chairs for the $1 billion Branding Success campaign, the McKnights’ committed a $15 million gift, to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Pickens Legacy Scholarship Match program. The commitment established The McKnight Leader Scholars Scholarship Endowment to recruit up to 50 students annually from rural areas and smaller towns outside Oklahoma, primarily from the north Texas area, where the McKnights live and manage their banking, energy, real estate and ranching businesses. Pollard, of Enid, Oklahoma, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from OSU in 1973 before receiving his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. He is now a practicing neurosurgeon, owns nine John Deere dealerships through P&K Equipment and operates Pollard Farms, a farming and ranching operation in Enid. He founded the OSU Medical Cowboys, which supports scholarships for future health care professionals. He also endowed a professorship in agribusiness and P&K Equipment funds two scholarships annually. Shell, from Glencoe, Oklahoma, earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in agricultural education from OSU in 1970 and 1982, respectively. After more than 30 years of service to the university, Shell retired from his position as OSU Alumni Association president last year. He began his professional OSU career in 1982, as he became OSU’s first constituent fundraiser serving CASNR with the OSU Foundation. Eight years later, he was named vice president of the OSU Alumni Association, serving in that capacity until becoming president in 2009.

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BIG EQUIPMENT CO. 1287 Hwy 87 West, HAVRE, MT FAX: 406-265-9367 www.bigequipment.com RON HARMON MANAGER/OWNER CELL: 406-265-0096 HOME: 406-265-9808

Versatile 310

540/1000 RMP PTO, deluxe cab package, leather seating package, front weight package, radar sensor, side toolbox Call for pricing

COMBINES

2014 Case IH 8230 0 hours, 900/60R32 singles, moisture/yield Pro 700 monitor, air compressor, Magna Cut chopper, 2016 head..... Just In 2004 Case IH 8010 2040 separator hours, 2700 engine hours, has IH 2020 30-ft. flex head, upgraded Monitor Pro 600, Contour Master, chopper, long auger, moisture/yield, new rotary drive kit, updated feeder house, 2006 newer engine................Combine only $175,000 With header.........................................................................$200,000 2012 Case IH 7120 550 separator hours, Hopper Topper, chopper, Pro 600 monitor, dual tires, no auto steer.................................$199,000 2007 Case IH 7010 912 engine hours, 706 separator hours, standard chopper, deluxe cab, Pro 600 monitor.................................$159,500

1996 Case IH 2188 3893 engine hours, 3085 separator hours, new tires.......................................................................................$47,500 Case IH 1680 with 1010 header, 3245 hours................................... Call 1988 Case IH 1680 Stk#: 1701..................................................$29,500 Case IH 1480..............................................................................$10,000 2012 New Holland CR9090 524 separator hours, twin rotor, chaff spreader, rock trap, auto header height, GPS, auto steer, New Holland 790CP pickup head.................................................................. CALL 1996 New Holland TR98 2621 separator hours, a lot of recent work done. Very clean unit..............................................................$55,000

JON HANSEN Parts Manager

406-265-9554 OR 888-265-9554

Email: bigequip@bigequipment.com ROGER WILDE CELL: 406-470-0321 OFFICE: 403-345-4847

Thank you for all of your business in 2014 and we look AIR & CONVENTIONAL DRILLS forward to serving you in 2015 Financing available - Great Rates!! Ag Direct is offering 3.45% on financing of $150,000 or more Agri Credit.

2014 Pillar disc/pull drill, Pillar rubber packers, mud scrapers, double shoot, Flexi-Coil towers............................................................... Call 2010 Case IH, Flexi-Coil 3430 430 bushel tow behind tank$84,500 CDN Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, new style disbribution system, capped steel packers, single shoot, 2320 tank.....................$49,500 1998 Flexi Coil 5000 57-ft, 9” spacing, 2320 tank, 11L-15 tires. Can be made into 39-ft or 57-ft. 39-ft......................................................................................$42,500 57-ft......................................................................................$49,500 (2) Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 9” spacing, 3” rubber packers, air distribution system for single shoot. Very clean, good condition. Each...$39,500 Flexi-Coil 5000 40-ft.x14”, 71/2” spacing....................................$39,500 2000 New Noble 392 42-ft. drill, tow behind cart, 8” auger, 7” spacing, steel packers.........................................................................$39,500 Concord 60x12 air drill, shanks replaced with Edge-On shanks, diesel motor (if you want it can be a fan motor), 3000 cart.............$35,000 Great Plains 45-ft. air drill, 7” spacing.......................................$35,000 NEW 2012 Ezee-On AC 315 tow behind air cart, 3 compartments, 100 bushel....................................................................................$69,500 (2) Sets Case IH 7200 14-ft. x 7” hoe drills, boxes good shape, fair tires, 3 rank, steel packers, extra parts....................................... Set $9500 (3) International 7100 rubber packers, regular hitch. Each..........$2000 International 150 14’ drills, 12” spacing. Each..............................$1000 (4) John Deere 9350 drills with fertilizer, steel packers. Each.......$1500 Flexi-Coil 3450 tow between tank, monitor..................................... Call

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

Flexi-Coil 820 42-ft. plow, 14” Knock Off sweeps.......................$29,500 Flexi-Coil 800 45-ft. plow...........................................................$15,000 Friggstad CD-83-102 62-ft. chisel plow, 12”, new style shank/shank holders..................................................................................$19,500 Melroe Renn 503 42-ft., hydraulic fold Degelman harrows. One 6-ft. section missing. John Deere hubs and spindles......................$9500 Gysler 24-ft. plow. No harrows, cable fold.....................................$4500 Victory blade plow, 40-ft., weights, duals on center section. Blades in good condition......................................................................$10,000

New Seed Master Drills - 50-ft. x12”, 54-ft.x12” (can be increased to 60-ft.), 70-ft.x12”, 70-ft.x12” with 300 BV on board seed tank with Zone Command individual row metering. Tank’s Available - 300 TD 820 BV (tow between) TBTW or (tow behind) TB

All drills have dual castering wheels - tire in tire packer - auto packing pressure

We have various Seed Master drills available - Pricing varies per drill 2012 Seed Master 40’x10”, (2) 190 bushel or 380 bushels total on board tanks, tire in tire, dual castering wings, 24” fill auger, auto packing.......................................................................... $190,000 Seed Master 70’x12”, 300 bushel on board tank.......................Call Seed Master 70’x12”, straight drill.............................................Call

TRACTORS & LOADER

Big Bud 600/50 KT 1150 motor, major component work, twin disk transmission, 75,000# Clark axles, new paint, new 30.5x32 tires...... .............................................................................................$180,000 Big Bud 550/50 550 hp, 2610 Series transmission, 70,000 lb. Clark axles, new paint and interior..........................................................$125,000 Big Bud 525/50 600 hp, 1110 hours, 1150 motor, new style ROPS cab.......................................................................................$125,000 Big Bud 525/50 rebuilt transmission........................................$110,000 Big Bud 500/30, 475 hp, 8V-92 engine, duals @ 60%, Clark axles, 4 remotes, new paint................................................................$95,000 Big Bud 450 Series IV, 5655 hours, Cummins engine, Trelleborg tires... .............................................................................................$199,500 Big Bud 450 Series IV, 3000 hours, 3406 Cat engine, Trelleborg tires... .............................................................................................$199,500 1979 Big Bud 450/50, 30.5x32 duals, 4037 hours....................$89,500 Big Bud 450/50........................................................................... Just In Big Bud KT450 1150 Cummins 450 hp, 13 speed Fuller transmission, 70,000# Clark axles, needs paint..........................................$29,500 Big Bud 440, triples, 6276 hours.............................................$149,500 1979 Big Bud 360/30, updated wiring, new paint and interior, 3327 hours. Set up for air drill hydraulics..................................................$95,000 1973 Big Bud HN360.................................................................$29,500 2002 Case IH STX450 4WD, 5 remotes, 710x38 duals at 50%, 5500 hours....................................................................................$115,000 2009 Case IH 305 Magnum 16 speed, powershift, PTO, duals front and rear, front and rear weights, 2400 hours.................................. CALL 2009 Case IH 275 Magnum 4WD with L780 Pro Loader, PTO, powershift, 3005 hours..........................................................................$149,000

Case 9380 12 speed powershift, 24.5x32 duals, inside 50%, outside 30%, air drill hydraulics. Recent new mains and rods. Recent new paint. 6593 hours...................................................................$79,500 Versatile 895..............................................................................$37,500 Versatile 855 4 hydraulics, 8638 hours......................................$25,000 Versatile 800, 7479 hours..........................................................$15,000 Versatile 700 5524 hours...........................................................$12,500 Rare Wagner 17, factory installed 318 Detroit diesel engine, 23.1x30 tires, factory duals, dual hydraulics. All original, good condition.....$29,500 Wagner soil packer with dozer, FWD.........................................$15,000 Steiger Panther ST325 4WD, Cat 3406 engine.........................$15,000 2000 John Deere 8210 MFWD, PowerShift, auto steer, 3-pt., John Deere 840 FE loader, bucket, joystick, bale fork, no grapple, 5238 hours..... ..................................................................................................... Call John Deere 7520 150 hp 4WD, PTO, nearly new tires. Very clean tractor..........................................................................................$17,500

2001 John Deere 9750 2300 separator hours. Very clean.........$89,500 Gleaner R60, 2882 hours...........................................................$22,500

HEADERS & ATTACHMENTS

Case IH 1020 flex head with pickup reel. Stk#: 1696.................$12,000 2003 John Deere 936D with pickup and transport.....................$29,500 John Deere 930 header, regular reel with air reel......................$12,000 Variety of headers & variety of brands/prices vary - CALL

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The DH-50 and 60 series Pillar drills are 5 plex toolbars with parallel lifting sub frames to lift and lower the double shoot Disc/Hoe openers. The main toolbar does not move to lift the openers out of the ground. With depth stops on the cylinders it is very easy to maintain the correct frame height as the disc wears or when changing seeding depth. They also feature a rear walking beam that keeps all the transport wheels on the ground. This feature removes the stress on the frame during transport and keeps the toolbar as level as possible in the field. There are walking axles on the transport wheels as well, these features keep an even load on all four corners of the toolbar all the time. The DH5010 and DH6010 Pillar disc drills come with Flexi-Coil easy flow headers but can be adapted to other air carts as well. These two models come with an 8 run, double shoot air pack.

Call for more details.

2006 Cat Challenger MT665B tractor, Quickie loader, 8-ft bucket, auto steer. 5036 hours.................................................................$119,500

MISCELLANEOUS

2005 Premier 2610 pull-type 30-ft swather with pickup reel....... Just In Versatile 4400 swather with 14-ft. & 20-ft. header, gas, cab, air....$4950 1985 GMC truck, 20-ft box, 9 speed, hydraulic gate...................$32,500 Kinze 1040 grain cart, tarp, scale...............................................$35,000 Kinze 840 grain cart, roll tarp, 1000 PTO...................................$29,500 1972 GMC 6500 40,069 miles, 454 automatic transmission with Willmar fertilizer spreader box, mechanical drive................................$12,500 Friggstad 2025 30-yard hydraulic scraper.................................$55,000

SPRAYERS

Ag Shield 100-ft. sprayer with 1000 gallon tank............................$6500 Summers sprayer with 1000 gallon tank.......................................$5000 Brandt QF2000 sprayer with 1500 gallon tank..............................$9500

New and Used J&M Grain Carts

Different models, bushel capacity and pricing Give us a CALL

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HAY FOR SALE

Good quality grass/ alfalfa hay. Big round bales with net wrap. Delivery available. Please call (406) 279-3633 or 799-3480

BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE Conventional Barley Straw Rounds in Teton County Delivery available Call (406) 870-9003

WANTED

Cows to run on shares Call (406) 262-5008 or 231-0767

TIRED OF FREEZING COLD WINTERS? MILD COUNTRY RANCH

Northeast of Hot Springs, free water, flowing wells, hot spring, mix of crop and rangeland, comfortable 2056 square foot dwelling on 1151 acres for

$1,500,000

Broker: Dave Heine (406) 393-2380 Premier Real Estate Professionals, Inc. www.daveheine.com

TRACTORS Steiger 400 4x4, powershift, bar axles, 4 remotes, cruise, decelerator pedal. 710x38 duals front and rear.............. ......................................................................... $184,900 Case IH 315 MFD, 3 point, PTO, Radar, powershift, creeper gear, 5 remotes, differential lock, front and rear weights. ......................................................................... $189,000 Case IH 305 MFD, 3 point, PTO, ride control, differential lock, cruise control, 4 remotes, quik hitch, front and rear weights, Radar................................................. $139,900 Case IH 290 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 1942 hours, ride control, powershift, differnetial lock, 4 remotes, radar.. $129,900 2012 Case IH 260 MFD, 3 point, PTO, differential lock, powershift, front and rear weights, 4 remotes, tier 4A IVECO engine, grid and block heater, Auto Guide ready. 2000 hours....................................................... $143,500 Case IH 210 Magnum MFD, 3 point, PTO, 4 remotes, 2311 hours, CVT transmission with creeper gear, radar, weights, diff lock................................................$119,500 Case IH 210 Magnum MFD, 3 point, PTO, Auto Guide ready, CVT transmission, differential lock, 4 remotes, front and rear weights, quik hitch....................... $92,500 New Holland 8970 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 4 remotes, weights, 18.4x46 at 95%, 45% duals, 420x30 fronts at 90%........ ........................................................................... $58,500 Allis-Chalmers 8050 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 20 hours on engine, 4106 hours, 12 speed powershift, new paint, 18.4x38 duals..................................................... $25,000 John Deere 4450 MFWD, 3 point, PTO, 3 remotes, 18.4x38 duals................................................................... $42,500

COMBINES Case IH 2388 2154 engine/1720 seperator hours, spreader, 30.5x32 and 14.9x24 tires............................. $83,900 John Deere 9760 STS 1711 engine/1340 rotor hours, bullet rotor, bin extensions, chopper, spreader, 800x32 and 18.4x26 tires, Contour Master, GPS wired....... $126,900 John Deere 9760 STS 2042 engine/1452 rotor hours, chopper, spreader, 800x30 and 18.4x26 tires, HID light system.............................................................. $107,500

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Report outlines impact of climate change in Nebraska By Dan Moser, IANR News Service

The scientific debate over whether human activities are the principal cause of climate change is over, a new report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) says. The only debate to be had now is “precisely how these changes will play out and what actions we will need to take to adapt to and mitigate the effects of these changes.” The report, titled Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska, is being released this week. It will be available at http://snr.unl.edu. Don Wilhite, founder of the National Drought Mitigation Center, said the report was prepared by reviewing the scientific literature on the subject and interpreting scientists’ current understanding of the science of climate change and its implications for Nebraska. For all of the ongoing political debate over climate change, the science is clear, and is the subject of “overwhelming consensus” among scientists, the report says in its executive summary. “The body of scientific evidence confirms with a high degree of certainty that human activities in the form of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, changes in land use, and other factors are the primary cause for the warming that the planet has experienced, especially in recent decades,” the report says. The report says the projected climate changes are of “vital concern” and calls for strategies to adapt to the climate changes now underway. The report summarizes scientific research on climate change, noting that changes in climate have occurred throughout the planet’s history but more accurate observations since the 1970s documented these changes and the role increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols have played in the changes detected. In its latest assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change now states with 95 percent confidence that human influence is the main cause of the observed warming in the atmosphere and oceans. It is projected that the continued emissions of GHGs will cause further warming and changes in these components of the climate system. Changes noted globally are reflected in Nebraska, which has experienced an overall warming of about 1°F since 1895, the report says. When this is separated into daytime highs and nighttime lows, the trend in low temperatures is greater than the trend in high temperatures, both of which show an overall warming. These trends are consistent with the changes experienced across the Plains states in general, which show a warming that is highest in winter and spring and a greater warming for the nighttime lows than for daytime highs. By far, the majority of this warming has occurred during the winter months, with minimum temperatures rising 2.0-4.0°F per century and maximum temperature increases of 1.0-2.5°F per century. Summer minimum temperatures have shown an increase of 0.5-1.0°F per century at most locations, but maximum temperature trends generally range from -0.5 to +0.5°F per century. Unlike temperature, however, there is no discernable trend in mean annual precipitation in Nebraska. Since 1895, the length of the frost-free season has increased by 5 to 25 days across Nebraska, and on average statewide by more than one week. The length of the frost-free season will continue

to increase in future decades, the report says. Projected temperature changes for Nebraska range from an increase of 4-5 degrees F (low emission scenarios) to 8-9 degrees F (high emission scenarios) by the last quarter of the 21st century (2071-2099). The reason for the projected range in temperature increases is largely due to the uncertainty associated with future emissions of GHGs. If climate change continues on its current path, the changes will likely be in the 8-9 degrees F range. Whichever scenario plays out, the number of 100-degree-plus days is projected to increase significantly in Nebraska and the Great Plains. By mid-century, the increase in Nebraska would equate to summer temperatures equivalent to those experienced during the 2012 drought and heat wave. The number of warm nights – those with the temperature remaining above 80 in the southern Plains and above 60 in the northern Plains – will rise dramatically. In Nebraska, the number of those warm nights is expected to increase by 20-25 for the low emissions scenario and 25-40 for the high emissions scenario. As for precipitation, current trends for increases in the northern Plains are likely to become more pronounced, while the southern Plains will continue to become drier. Little change in precipitation in winter and spring is expected in Nebraska, while any summer and fall increases will be minimal. It is likely that drought frequency and severity would increase in Nebraska, the report says. Current and continued projected reduction in snowpack in the central and northern Rocky Mountains will continue to affect Nebraska in reduced flows in the Platte and Missouri rivers. Changes in temperatures in Nebraska as elsewhere will benefit some and harm others, the report says. “However, the changes in climate currently being observed extend well beyond temperature and include changes in precipitation amounts, seasonal distribution, intensity, and form (snow versus rain). Changes in the observed frequency and intensity of extreme events are of serious concern today and for the future because of the economic, social and environmental costs associated with responding to, recovering from, and preparing for these extreme events in the near and longer term.” Wilhite said report authors invited experts from key sectors in Nebraska to prepare commentaries about the implications of current and projected changes in climate on their sectors. These commentaries – from interests in water resources, energy supply and use, agriculture, forestry, human health, ecosystems, urban systems, infrastructure and rural communities – “raise serious concerns about how the projected changes in climate will impact Nebraska, and they provide a starting point for discussions about the actions that we should take to adapt to the changes in each sector.” These specific sectors all have a role to play in responding to climate change, the report says. “Early adapters will be better able to cope with changes as they occur. ... Action now is preferable and more cost-effective than reaction later,” the executive summary concludes. ##### Why do so many retired folks want to be greeters at a store? Who wants a job where you can be replaced by a welcome mat?

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BeefTalk: Revising the bull pen

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service Each year, the Dickinson Research Extension The EPD values for a given bull represent our Center (DREC) reviews the bulls from the prebest estimate of the bull’s ability to transmit the vious year to cut back on what bulls need to be right genes into the cow herd for the next calf overwintered. Because the bulls are bought based crop. The average EPD values for the bulls that on their ability to transmit the right genes into are in the breeding line up need to be calculated the cow herd, their expected progeny difference and averaged to better understand what genes (EPD) values already have stood the evaluation are available. tests of when they were purchased. The assumption is that these bulls will all breed Throughout the fall season, the primary reason a similar number of cows, so the average EPD for culling a bull is his general thriftiness, condivalues are what will be transmitted to the next calf tion and well-being. Bulls do wear out, so there crop. Realizing that some bulls will breed more is no reason to feed older bulls that will not make weight, 52 pounds for weaning weight and 92 cows than other bulls, we need to except that fact another breeding season. pounds for yearling weight. as being a limitation we have no control over. Younger bulls sometimes have a difficult time After culling, the center’s keeper Angus bulls Data, particularly averages, hold true through staying where they are supposed to, so those bulls have less birth weight but similar weaning and the years. If one bull breeds less cows, the bull also are asked to leave. yearling weight as the previous year. As noted, has less genetic influence in next year’s calf The final point is temperament. As bulls age, the 50 percentile of the Angus breed shows EPD crop. However, through time, similar bulls will some settle down and behave while others do values of 1.7 pounds for birth weight, 50 pounds breed a similar number of cows and the genetic not. Those that become more defiant, belligerent for weaning weight and 88 pounds for yearling trends will move in the direction of the desired and seek the top of the pecking order on a regular weight. outcomes. For those who struggle with numbers, basis are asked to leave. In addition, the keeper Angus bulls have an accept the fact that the trends will work for inThat leaves those bulls that will be used in the average rib-eye area EPD of 1.09 and a marbling dividual traits. breeding pastures next year, so the process begins EPD of .51. Both scores were well above the 50 Rather than move on to the Red Angus and of evaluating the genetics of the “keeper bulls” percentile of the Angus breed. Those values are Simmental bull EPDs, perhaps a good point to prior to bidding on new bulls to determine what rib-eye area EPD of .43 and marbling EPD of .39 end with is on the use of an index. An index is needs to be purchased. unit of marbling score. a great tool for focusing on the selection of a The center maintains several breeds of bulls, I hope those of you reading this column are desired genetic outcome without bogging down but let’s just look at Angus, Red Angus and Simhanging in there with the numbers because numon too many numbers. An index for a defined mental bulls. bers can overwhelm the mind and even make one trait works and will guide the genes within the As a reminder, I like to start with the basic look cross-eyed. However, numbers tell a very population toward the end objective. growth traits that are “touchy, feely” traits that important story. However, the first thing one needs to do is connect what I see in the cattle to what the data is Embedding the right EPD values for the chosen set goals that are kept. EPD values impact the trying to tell me. For simplicity, the baseline EPD traits into the herd is critical for long-term genetic performance of the herd, so we always want to growth traits I look at are birth weight, weaning success. These numbers set the lower thresholds improve on the numbers using EPDs as the tool. weight and yearling weight. for the selection of the replacement bulls. The More later. Last year, the center’s Angus bulls had avergoal is to be constantly updating the bull averages May you find all your ear tags. age EPD values for birth weight of 0.93 pound, to reflect the current genetic desires and to steer For more information, contact Ringwall at weaning weight 53 pounds and yearling weight the genes that are going into the herd. 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or go to 92 pounds. After culling the bulls, the “keeper” Before I present the Red Angus and Simmental http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/beeftalk/. Angus bulls averaged minus .9 pound for birth EPD values, let’s revisit a fundamental point.

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USED LOADER TRACTORS 2013 John Deere 6140R (140 eng hp), power quad transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. hitch, triple hydraulics, dual PTO, 480/80r38 singles, low hours, factory warranty, NEW JD H360 loader, 8-ft. bucket, grapple, mechanical stick...............................................$129,000

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Scab and other potato woes

By James Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota Scab is a widespread disease on potatoes and other root crops such as beets, carrots, parsnips, rutabagas, turnips, and radishes. This disease, caused by the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces scabies, is most severe in soils with a pH greater than 5.2 -- or under drought conditions. The tubers are most susceptible, but stems and roots may occasionally be infected. No above-ground symptoms are apparent on infected potato plants and scab does not adversely affect potato tubers in storage. The bacterium survives in the soil on infected tubers and vegetable debris. Infection occurs when the bacterium penetrates the thin tuber skin or enters through wounds and natural openings such as the lenticels (pores on tubers). Scab infections may appear as either raised or pitted lesions. Raised lesions are dark, rough, corky areas on the tuber surface, while pitted lesions are sunken, dark-colored, corky areas. Scab is mainly an aesthetic problem and scabby potatoes can be eaten safely. No chemical controls are recommended for home gardeners. Cultural practices should effectively control this disease in home gardens. Choose scab tolerant varieties, such as Norland, Norgold Russet or Superior for planting when available. Scab is typically less of a problem on low pH soils. Most of our area has soil pH above the disease threshold (pH 5.2 or less) so if your soil has a high pH (alkaline), the use of an acid-type fertilizer may help. Although excellent soil amendments, avoid using animal manure, wood ash or lime in the area where you plant potatoes. Perhaps a more practical way to avoid scab is to keep potato plants well watered, especially during tuber set. Remove and destroy any potato debris and tubers at the end of the season. Try to plant potatoes in the same area of the garden only once every three to four years. Another common question is if green potatoes are safe. Greening is a physiological response that occurs when tubers are exposed to light which happens when the plants are not hilled properly so the upper portions of tubers are exposed to light, these exposed portions will turn green. Tubers which turn green produce an alkaloid called solanin which imparts a bitter taste to the cooked potatoes -- it is also poisonous if consumed in a large quantity. Excessively green potatoes should be discarded. For potatoes with small areas of greening, simply cut out before cooking. Prevent greening by hilling up around plants to prevent exposure to light and by storing the harvested crop in the dark. If the home storage area is not completely dark, provide dark by storing in paper bags to allow air movement. Hollow Heart is another common disorder caused by rapid tissue growth, resulting in an irregular brown cavity in the center. Hollow heart and brown center is a more serious problem during cool, wet weather. Certain varieties are more prone to this disorder. Hollow heart tubers are edible. For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. Source: NDSU Extension and Jill Pokorny, UM Horticulture.

Crop circles

Art exhibit, practical joke, or universal mystery, crop circles have been captivating observers for decades. They occur when crops are flattened to form geometric patterns most visible from the sky. Crop circles are usually found in England but have also been spotted in Australia, South Africa, China, Russia and other countries. In 1991, two men admitted they had created a number of the crop circles identified in England since 1978 by marking out circles with a length of rope and flattening the crops with iron bars and wooden planks. But “croppies,” a group of scientists and paranormal enthusiasts, argue that some of the designs are far too complex for humans to create with simple tools. Croppies believe that some of the circles are the result of flying saucers that land in fields, freak wind vortexes, or ball lightning–a brief flash of light usually the size and shape of a basketball that’s not always associated with a thunderstorm. ##### To remove the fragrance of bleach (and other cleaning materials) from your hands, pour lemon juice over them and rinse. Bleach is alkaline and lemon is acidic. Together they cancel each other out and balance out the pH of your skin. ##### Why are pirates so mean? They just arrrr!

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1991 John Deere 690DLC excavator, cab, heat, 60” ditch cleaning bucket, 36” digging bucket, long front available. Very good condition.................................................................$35,500

1979 John Deere 772A grader, contractor owned and maintained machine, good solid grader, good tires, ready to go to work........................................................................$25,500

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Case W24 wheel loader, cab, 3 yard bucket, auxiliary hyrdraulics, good tires. Good clean machine......................$25,500

2005 Gehl RS8-42 telehandler, cab, heat, like new tires. Good clean machine........................................................$36,500

1989 Case 580K backhoe loader, 4WD, extend-a-hoe, great tires, only 5270 hours. Very clean machine!...........$27,000

2006 Gehl RS6-XR42 telehandler, cab, heat, good tires. Good clean machine........................................................$44,500

Lincoln Commander 400 portable welder, stick and wire feed, generator, Deutz diesel, custom trailer mounted. Only 2300 hours!........................................................................ $5500

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(2) 1987 & 1988 International S1900 snow plow trucks with Monroe sander units. Good clean ready to work units! Each.......................................................................$17,500

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BeefTalk: Step 1 for buying a bull: Find the base herd EPD values

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service The first step when buying a new bull is to objectives and progress by reviewing past bull access the traits of the old bulls. Breeding propurchases, along with new purchases. grams tend to be long term, and the current herd Thus the point for today: After acknowledgis a product of the old bulls. ing your level of satisfaction with the herd but Let’s not get hung up on numbers. Instead, before doing anything else, find out what bulls let’s ask and answer some questions. As a herd created the current herd. Find a spreadsheet or manager, are you satisfied with the output of the simple piece of paper and list the current bulls herd? Do you enjoy the cattle? Are the calves by registration number and then go to the apthe type you want to produce? Is there a demand propriate breed association website and look up for the calves? What does the market say about selected EPD values for those bulls. the calves? The simplest is to utilize what one might call This does not need to be a complicated the “touchy, feely traits.” In other words, those process. As you review the herd, do you smile For the average calf, the sire and the matertraits one understands. or wish for a better herd? When the neighbor nal grandsire are projected to have contributed At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, comes over, are there cows you do not want seen three- fourths of the calves’ genes. Although I like to use four baseline traits because they are or is the whole herd open for public viewing? somewhat challenging to do all the math, on simple growth traits. The four traits are EPDs for When the calves are sold, do they sell as one average, if one goes back an additional generabirth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight or do you partition some off into smaller lots? tion, 87.5 percent of the genes within the calf and rib-eye area. Do you slip some thorough to the off days at crop are potentially accounted for by the EPD In addition, I usually list the milk and marthe market? values of the last three sets of bulls that the bling EPDs as tag-along traits because they Satisfaction with the present is the goal of producer purchased. have a huge impact within the genetics of the yesterday’s bull buying. There are lots of ways One should notice the inclusion of the term beef business. to measure production, but the key to satisfacEPD within the previous discussion. The bull’s A producer can pick any trait or index to tion rests in the heart of the producer. If you are EPD values are the best representation of who he include on the evaluation sheet for past bulls. satisfied, try to buy bulls of a similar genetic is. The best evaluation of current and past bulls However, do not make the process too complimakeup as before. If you are not satisfied, then is to look up their EPD values. That process is cated because too many numbers written on a define the bulls that previously were purchased not difficult, provided one has maintained the page cloud the mind. and head in a different direction. registration numbers of the bulls. The point is to list the traits and average the Remember that commercial producers buy The biggest mistake purebred or commercial values for past bulls. That average EPD value for bulls, and it is those bulls that are the focus of producers make when buying bulls is not haveach trait drives the current performance of the imported genetics within the herd. One half of ing the bull registrations transferred to their herd. Now you know why the herd is what it is. the genetic material in the cow herd will trace name. That is a serious mistake. All registered EPDs are the tools used to determine if you directly to the bulls that sired the cows. bulls should be transferred to their new owner. want to stay the course or change the herd. You That genetic material is the expected progeny Breed associations constantly are updating their decide. difference (EPD) values of the purchased bulls. databases and fine-tuning the EPDs for all bulls, May you find all your ear tags. An individual calf receives half of its genes especially with the genomic opportunities availFor more information, contact Ringwall (bull EPD values) from the sire and, on average, able to enhance genetic evaluations. As your at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or one-fourth of the remaining genes come from bull ages on your place, his data is growing at go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/ the EPD values of the maternal grandsire and breed headquarters. In time, a producer can print beeftalk/. one-fourth comes from the maternal granddam. the revised EPDs to better evaluate selection

BeefTalk: Step 1 for bull buying: Red Angus Example

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service they are simple growth traits that certainly meet The Red Angus 50 percent EPD value for As cattle producers, pondering where those the “touchy, feely” criteria. birth weight is -1.6 pounds, weaning weight 55 good cattle come from is a good thing. Even The four traits are EPDs for birth weight, pounds, yearling weight 86 pounds, milk producbetter is pondering where those not-so-good weaning weight, yearling weight and rib-eye cattle come from. tion 19 pounds, rib-eye area .10 square inch and area. In addition, I usually list the milk and At the Dickinson Research Extension Center marbling is .41 unit of marbling score. marbling EPDs as tag-along traits because they (DREC), I try to keep updating the expected As one compares the average genetic values have huge impacts within the genetics of the progeny difference (EPD) values for the curfor the center’s Red Angus bulls to the 50 perbeef business. rent bulls and occasionally updating the historic centile values from the Red Angus Association The average Dickinson REC Red Angus EPD bulls. sire summary, the center bulls have a slightly values for these traits are obtained by looking For example, using the center’s Red Angus heavier birth EPD by .7 pound, heavier weanup the bulls by registration number and writing bulls, the breeding inventory from this past ing weight by 6.8 pounds and heavier yearling down the current values for the bulls or putting breeding season included five bulls. Their year weight by 19 pounds. the values in a spreadsheet and then doing the of birth and registration numbers are: 2013The center’s bulls have the ability to sire math to obtain the average value. born bulls, 1617778 and 1617805; 2011-born heifers that add pounds at weaning through milk For the center’s Red Angus bulls, the average bulls 1473021 and 1473096; and 2010-born production because the center’s bulls have a EPD value for birth weight is -0.9 pound, weanbull 1393949. 2-pound heavier milk EPD than the 50 percentile The EPD values had changed slightly for Red Angus proven and genetic opportunity bulls. ing weight is 62 pounds, yearling weight is 105 some of the traits, but certainly not enough to In addition, the center’s Red Angus bulls had pounds, milk production is 21 pounds, rib- eye have changed the value of the bull for involvean additional .05 greater EPD value for marbling area is .36 square inch and marbling is .46 unit score and .26 additional square inch of rib-eye of marbling score. ment in the DREC breeding program. EPD value. These values set the stage to review previous The procedure for finding information on the This is an example of the process that any managerial decisions that were made when buyRed Angus Association website (http://redangus. producer should be able to duplicate and then org) is very simple. All one needs to do is type ing bulls. Without too much data ado, the calves find his or her own registration numbers to in the registration numbers or cut and paste all are acceptable and delivering the desired genetcheck out the EPD inputs going into the herd. the numbers at once by following the “animal ics. How does the average genetic input that the Realizing that each producer can pick any trait search” tab under the “data searches” tab on the center is receiving from these bulls compare or index to include on the evaluation sheet for association’s home page. with Red Angus bulls? Good question. To start, past bulls, the process is the same regardless of How and where do these bulls fit into the one needs to look at the average EPD values for what traits are used. world of beef? I like to start with the basic proven and genetic opportunity Red Angus bulls However, do not overcomplicate the process. growth traits, which are those “touchy, feely” on the Red Angus Association website. Too many numbers written on a page can cloud traits that connect what I see in the cattle to what the mind. These are the EPD values that impact the data is trying to tell me. If I can comprehend the performance of the herd. If you want to those traits and accept them for real, then, as improve, improve the numbers and use EPDs time goes on, I have an easier time accepting as the tool. more complicated traits that are not so easy to May you find all your ear tags. connect to. For more information, contact Ringwall In other words, one really needs to trust that at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or the data through one’s selection is directing go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/ the operational genetic focus. At the Dickinson beeftalk/. REC, I like to use four baseline traits because

The new normal?

By David Ripplinger, Bioproducts and Bioenergy Economist and Assistant Professor, NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics As many of us sat down to a Thanksgiving feast, a decision with large, long-term impacts was being made in Switzerland. You may have missed the news that OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was unable to reach an agreement on limiting member-nations’ production and that oil prices fell below $70. Why did this happen? Saudi Arabia has decided to declare war on U.S. shale oil and punish Russia and Iran for supporting regimes in Syria and Iraq by keeping a glut in global oil supplies and driving down prices. The result is good news for U.S. motorists. Regional retail gasoline prices have fallen about 40 cents per gallon since Halloween. As I write, 2015 gasoline futures are trading between $1.80 and $2, which is consistent with retail prices of $2.70 and $2.50. This is extra money in consumers’ pockets, at least until they find another place to spend it. For farmers and industry, diesel fell 20 cents after the announcement. The news is mixed for renewable fuels. Lower gas prices will mean more travel and gasoline use. Depending on how far gasoline prices fall, this could mean more ethanol blending. Also, as Scott Irwin and Darrel Good at the University of Illinois recently pointed out, it could lead refiners to refine higher-octane gasoline, leaving ethanol out of the blend. Of course, the renewable fuel standard still is on the books, and I think the Environmental Protection Agency would be hard-pressed to have mandated ethanol levels less than about 10 percent of the gasoline blend. Lower oil prices will hurt the development of new ethanol markets as governments and motorists have access to cheaper oil, at least for a little while. As a North Dakotan, the issue also is fiscal. Our state is booming because of shale oil. Large revenues are being realized and investments are being made. To a point, lower oil prices mean less revenue because tax is collected on the basis of value. However, the Saudis are trying to reduce prices to a point where shale oil is unprofitable. That means less production, and you can’t tax oil that isn’t produced, sales that aren’t made and so on. The big question: What is the break-even cost of Bakken shale oil? Estimates range from $28 to $85 a barrel. As I’ve written earlier, U.S. agriculture and energy are forever intertwined. As agriculturists, we need to pay as much heed to the Chinese diet, travel behavior of Americans and sheiks of Arabia as we do the rains in Brazil. ##### Why are retirement communities always in very hot climates? Everyone knows steaming takes out the wrinkles.

##### After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut. ##### The best way to have quiche for dinner is to make it up and put it in the oven to bake at about 325 degrees. Meanwhile, get out a large T-bone, grill it, and when it’s done, eat it. As for the quiche, continue to let it bake, but otherwise ignore it. ##### Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money.

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NEW Vermeer BPX9000 Bale processors reduce waste and increase palatability for your herd. Simple, durable, versatile – the all-new BPX9000 from Vermeer combines the things you want and need in a bale processor. The easy to operate machine is built tough, produces even, consistent feed with minimal maintenance, and the optional large square bale kit offers the versatility you need. Blow away dust and mold from the bale and feed evenly into a bunk or spread up to 40’. The BPX9000 is built to do the job with the Vermeer quality you expect.

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Bale King 4000 round & square.........$11,900 2-Brandt VSF round/square processors. Each were $11,900............... Reduced To $8900 Highline 6600 processor.......................$4900

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Grasshopper 620 lawnmower.............$10,000 Hayhiker 881........................................... $9900 Danuser F7 3-pt. post hole auger with 9” & 12” New Holland 216 rake.......................... $11,900 bits....................................................... $1400 New Holland 258 rake............................. $1500

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USED AIR DRILL

Bourgault 5925 52-ft. disc drill, 6280 tank....... ......................................................$249,900

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Massey Ferguson 1635 compact tractor/ loader......................................... COMING IN Massey Ferguson 300 tractor with backhoe attachment & loader........................... $5900 John Deere 7700 combine.................. $10,000 White header, 15-ft..................................CALL Massey-Ferguson 8570 combine, 24-ft. header, pickup header.................................. $39,000 MacDon 9352 with 16-ft. header.........$49,000 Versatile 400 swather with 21-ft. header..$6000 MacDon R85 16-ft. rotary disc hydra swing...... ........................................................ $32,900 Brandt QF1500 sprayer.......................... $8900 Brandt 1000 wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon tank..................................................... $8500 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, 120ft. booms.......................................... $12,000 Flexi-Coil 65 100-ft. sprayer....................CALL Bean sprayer, 300 gallon, 100-ft. hose reel.$300 Morris Maxum 49-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, double shoot, 7300 tow behind tank.$39,000 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine/net.......... ....................................................... $12,900 Westgo 8x31 PTO drive auger............... $2250 1965 Dodge truck with hoist, V-8, 5 speed transmission....................................... $1900 1996 Eagle tandem dually pintle hitch flatbed, 6-ft. beavertail..................................... $6000 Perkins V8 engine.................................. $7000 Degelman dozer......................................CALL

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USED COMBINES

Massey-Ferguson 9895 combine..... $199,000 John Deere 9650ST with 930 draper head....... ....................................................... $129,900 Gleaner R62 combine.......................... $55,900 Gleaner R72......................................... $29,900 Gleaner L2 combine................................ $3900

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Case 1845 skid steer............................. $9500

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Massey Ferguson Hesston New 2270 Big Square Baler Setting new standards in performance and capacity.

Challenger 575B tractor, no loader....... $99,000 Challenger 35 track tractor.................... $46,900 Case IH MX240 MFD, duals, 3-pt., PTO..$72,000 Massey-Ferguson 6480 MFD, loader... $64,900 Massey-Ferguson 30E industrial tractor/loader. .......................................................... $11,900 2-Kubota M9540 2WD. Each................ $19,900 Versatile 280 ...................................... $145,900 Versatile 555 3-pt., PTO........................ $19,900 Big Bud HN250 tractor.......................... $19,900 Belarus 8345T 3-pt., PTO, loader, cab.........Call New Holland TC33D compact tractor with belly mower................................................ $13,900 Case 2470 tractor..................................... $9900 Case 831 2WD, no cab, loader/grapple, no 3-pt.. ............................................................. $7900 Case IH B50 Farmall MFWD tractor..... $29,900 Ford 8N with loader.................................. $2500

USED WINDROWERS

2- New Holland 8080 swathers, low hours, 19-ft. rotary discs. Each............... $115,000 Massey-Ferguson 9430 swather...... $84,000 MacDon 100 35-ft. header................. $84,800 Case IH 8840 with 14-ft. auger header, 21-ft. draper header................................ $28,000 Hesston 6650 self propelled swather... $8500 Hesston 1275 pull-type......................$14,900 Hesston 1170 pull-type hydro swing....... $8900 John Deere 955 rotary disc.............. $14,000 John Deere 945 rotary disc MoCo.......... $9900 John Deere 945 14-ft. rotary disc MoCo..$9900

USED AUGERS

Built on Hesston’s 35 years of big baler innovations. For the 2014 season, Massey Ferguson is pleased to announce the launch of the new MF 2200 series of large square balers. The new balers introduce a new set of features: • Separate pre-compression chamber separates you from windrow size worries, • Auto bale density control means no surprises, • Easy access points compress service time, just like bales.

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USED HEADERS

MacDon FD70 45-ft. flex draper head with MF adapter...........................................$79,000 Other adapter, additional.....$5000 Gleaner 4200 pickup header..............$14,900 Gleaner 400 pickup header, attachment..$9900 MacDon D65 40-ft. header.................... CALL MacDon 960 30-ft. draper header with pickup reel.................................................. Just In MacDon 960 30-ft. header..................... CALL MacDon 920 14-ft. header..................$13,500 3-Gleaner 15-ft. N-series pickup headers with Victory 7 or 8 belt attachment. Each.$5900 30-ft. bat reel off 8570 header.................$799

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Farm King 13x70 swing hopper. Like new.......... ..........................................................$15,900 Farm King 13x70 auger with mover.........$8900 Farm King 8x61 belt drive auger.............. CALL Westfield MK1381 Plus auger..............$17,900 Westfield MK1381 Plus auger..............$17,900 USED SPRAYERS Westfield MK 13x91 swing auger.........$18,000 Melroe 4450 Spra-Coupe, 80-ft. booms, 400 Westfield MK flex 13x71 auger.............$22,900 gallon tank...................................... $59,900 Westgo 1305 10x60 auger.......................$2900 Summers suspended boom............... $29,900 GT 8x41 belt drive, PTO auger.................$1200 Wheatheart drive over hopper..................$9000 Mayrath 10x60 swing auger.....................$3000

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More candidates needed with skills suited for research center positions By David Wichman, Research Agronomist/Superintendent, Central Ag Research Center, Moccasin, Montana

Montana Agricultural Research Centers are experiencing an increasing challenge of finding qualified candidates for principle investigator and research support positions. There are instances where it has taken three to four years to find and hire a qualified scientist for research center faculty position. Similar experiences occur for research support and facility operations positions. State of the art equipment and advanced experimental designs cannot compensate for not having the necessary people in place to accomplish the tasks required for a research project. The United States agricultural industry, in general, has been experiencing a shortage of qualified candidates at various skill levels. The shortage of qualified candidates has occurred for an array of reasons. Wages for agricultural scientists and workers often lagged behind other positions requiring similar training, skills and aptitude. The gratification attained from conducting research that enhances the well being of agriculture, producers, society, and one’s science, has enabled state agricultural experiment stations to retain productive scientists and attract a few new scientists. However, gratification, of work accomplished is not a viable currency to pay for food, house, education and amenities of family life, so a significant number of vacancies will persist at experiment station research centers. The candidate shortage is more acute in remote areas because of narrower school curriculums, due to fewer students/fewer teachers, and more sparse employment opportunities for spouses. Competing higher wage paying industries, such as the Bakken oil development, further deplete the supply of potential job candidates. These same high paying Bakken jobs attract potential students, future agricultural research scientist and support workers, away from expending the time and money to acquire the education essential for agricultural research positions. Other factors have contributed to the shortage of candidates with the necessary science and/or equipment skills necessary for crop and forage production field research. For much of the post World War II era, a significant number of farm/ranch parents discouraged their children from pursuing careers in production agriculture because of the perception that other careers provided more income, security, and quality of life. In recent decades, there has been some change in this view as more people with significant off farm business and science experience, including college education, became farm and ranch operators and owners. The scale of equipment and technology involved in modern agricultural production preclude youth from being involved in with various production operations at an early age. Where once upon a time a parent may have had a 12 to 14 year old operating a 12 to 20 ft tractor pulled cultivator, today it would mean having them operate a 30 to 70 ft cultivator, or more frequently a 60 to 100 ft sprayer, with the adoption of reduced till and no-till production methods. In many cases, the youth will be high school age before the opportunity to experience hands on farm equipment operation is even considered. By that time competing interests may have already captured the youth’s life dream. Competing interest and social pressures can be a major impediment, particularly in rural areas. Too frequently, the opportunity to participate in the primary high school

extracurricular activity in rural areas, sports, is dependent on the youth participating in summer club basketball, volley ball or soccer. Club sports can involve extensive time and travel away from summer growing season agriculture. Even some parents find summer club sports a difficult issue. Does a long road trip, to see your child compete in a club ball championship, have more parental priority than a day getting the combine ready for harvest? Wages are not the total value of a position’s compensation. Benefits in group insurance, retirement programs, educational opportunities, personal safety and job satisfaction are significant factors that should be considered by those who want to be in the work force for an extended period. The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station positions offer insurance and retirement benefits that are equivalent to more than 30% of the wage paid. Employees can get tuition waivers for a limited number of credits per semester at Montana University System institutions. The training and skills, acquired while working at a research center, enhance the opportunities for employment elsewhere should the employee decide they want to try a different job. While the state provided funds for various positions is sometimes moderate to low, talented support staff with a thirst for knowledge, adroitness and a good work ethic enable scientist to conduct more productive research, secure more grants and product evaluation fees, which in-turn generates the opportunity to augment funds available for support staff wages. Examples of potential positions available within the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, including its research centers, can be found at: montana.edu/jobs. Depending on education and skills required, the positions are presented in one of the four categories on the web page. Classified: research assistance and field research aides, Professional: farm managers, Research: Research associates, and Faculty: faculty and principal investigators. The Central Research Center at Moccasin currently has a Farm Operations Manager ($45,000/y - montana. edu/jobs/research/14-454) and a Cereal Grains Research Associate ($35,000-40,000 montana.edu/postings/982) positions open. There are seasonal positions available, also. ##### You’ve just made a delicious loaf of bread and placed it in the oven, now what do you do about all the dough and flour stuck on the counter? Make your cleaning job easy by first sprinkling salt on the counter. Its abrasive action will help you easily scrub off any sticky spots. ##### If you’ve ever scorched milk in a pan, you know it’s almost impossible to remove the stain. However, salt can help. Dampen the pan, then sprinkle salt all over the bottom. Wait 10 minutes and scrub away the stain. The odor will be gone, too! ##### It’s 3 p.m., and with the day you’ve had, you’re headed back for a second (or third) cup of coffee. Unfortunately, once you heat up some cold joe that’s been sitting in the pot, it tastes thick and a little bitter. Make your coffee taste like it’s just been brewed by adding a pinch of salt and a dollop of fresh water to your cup. Heat it up in the microwave and you’re all ready to power through the rest of your workday.

Cost to produce a calf in 2014? Cost in 2015?

By Aaron Berger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 2014 will go down in the record books as one where record profits occurred for many in the business of producing weaned calves. Was your cow-calf business profitable this year? What did it cost you to produce a pound of weaned calf? What do you project it will cost in 2015? Unit cost of production (UCOP) is a value based on a relationship in production or manufacturing between costs and units of product made or produced. Unit Cost of Production = Costs / Units Produced The relationship between the numerator (Costs) and the denominator (Units Produced) is what drives the UCOP value. The power of the UCOP ratio for cow-calf producers is that everything involved in the production of a pound of calf is represented in the numerator or denominator of the equation. For example, if a producer wants to buy a pickup that will be used in the production of calves, he can estimate how the purchase of that new pickup will affect his UCOP in terms of cost per pound of calf produced. The same thing goes for the purchase of a new bull. Evaluating the purchase of a bull in light of how many estimated pounds of calf that bull will produce in relation to his cost can give insight into what a producer might be willing to spend. What did it cost to produce a pound of weaned calf this year? What is it projected to cost next year? The old adage “you can’t effectively manage what you don’t measure” is true in relation to managing the cow-calf enterprise. The first step in calculating UCOP is to have production and financial records. These records do not have to be complicated, but they need to be accurate and thorough. If current management and information systems don’t provide the data to run this type of analysis, consider changes that will provide the records needed. Unit Costs of Production takes into account both product produced and input costs. Knowing UCOP allows a manager to look forward utilizing both present and projected input costs with production numbers to make informed decisions. Cow-calf producers who know UCOP numbers for their operation’s enterprises and understand the interaction between input costs and production can implement strategies to effectively manage resources to meet business and personal goals. Table 1 (http://go.unl.edu/zh2r) shows estimated costs to produce a weaned calf from a sample central Nebraska ranch. In this example, the cowherd is static with a 16% replacement rate. The number of bred heifers entering the herd is equal to the number of cows that are culled or lost due to death loss. All costs including labor, depreciation, and opportunity cost on cowherd value is included in this example.

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Tractors/Loaders

2013 John Deere 6170R MFWD, 20 speed AutoQuad, 480x46, 420x30, H380 loader, grapple, 170 hp, 950 hours.........$142,000 2013 John Deere 6125R AQ ECO 24/24, TLS, 460x38, 420x24, H340 loader, 125 hp, 475 hours.............................. $112,000 2013 John Deere 6125M MFWD, 24 speed PowrQuad, 480x38, 30 gpm hydraulic, H310SL loader/grapple, 125 EHP, 156 hours. #HE09..............................$107,000 2013 John Deere 6115R PowrQuad, 460x38, 13.9x28, H340 loader/grapple, 115 engine hp, 250 hours, #HE07...................$95,000 2012 John Deere 8360R MFWD, IVT, 520 duals, 420 duals, ILS, PTO, 360 hp, 1700 hours...........................................$248,000 2012 John Deere 7230 MFWD, 16 speed with creeper, 480x38, 380x28, ATR, 741 loader/grapple, 131/110 hp, 490 hours...... .................................................... $119,500 1998 John Deere 8400 PowerShift, 20.8x42 duals, 3 pt., PTO, 225 hp, 9800 hours....... ......................................................$49,000 1998 John Deere 8100 MFWD, PowerShift, PTO, 480x46D, 200/180 PTO hp, 8940 hours.............................................$67,000

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John Deere 1820 45-ft, 10” spacing, 787 tow between, 230 bushel.....................$45,000 2002 Case IH Concord ATX 4812 (red) 48ft., 12” spacing, blockage, ADX 3380 tow between cart, 380 bushel, variable rate, 10” auger, “shedded”.....................$65,000

4x4 Tractors

2012 John Deere 9510R, PowerShift, 800x380, ATR, 510 hp, 715 hours.............. ....................................................$264,000 2013 John Deere 9460R PowerShift, 520x42T, Hi-Flow hydraulics, PTO, 890 hours,460 hp warranty................$249,000 2009 John Deere 9430, 24 speed, 520 triples, ATR, 425 hp, 1810 hours....$169,000 2012 John Deere 9410R 410 hp, 520x46, 1000 PTO. 725 hours..................$229,000 2004 Buhler Versatile 2425, 710 duals, full weights, 425 hp, 2050 hours, 170 hours on new engine..................................$129,000 1994 Case IH 9280 375 hp, 24 speed, 24.5x32 duals. 7000 hours............$45,000 1988 Cat 65, 30” tracks, powershift, PTO, 270 hp, 6700 hours.......................$35,000

Combines & Headers

2012 John Deere S690, Contour Master, 650 duals, 345/390 hours............$305,000 2012 John Deere S680, Contour Master, 520 duals, 340/475 hours............$282,500 2012 John Deere S670 Contour Master, 900s, 450/355 hours...................$249,000 2009 John Deere 9770STS Contour Master 800 x 52, 2300/1700 hours........$145,000 2010 John Deere 9360 draper transport....... ......................................................$30,000

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Partnership works to clean contaminated groundwater

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln “We know from previous work that the Sometimes rather thorny and extensive groundwater contamination problems can be bubbling can greatly facilitate the distribuovercome with the right combination of intion of the permanganate, at least in tank studies and for candles placed in permanent novation, experimentation and partnership. wells, so we are hopeful that these directThat’s what a researcher at the University push candles with aerators will work in the of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Institute of field,” Christenson said. Agriculture and Natural Resources is hoping Once installed, all airline tubes and canwill provide a possible answer for cleaning up a large plume of contaminated grounddles are underground and all that is visible is a small shed containing an air compressor. water just east of Grand Island. “Mark was one of my best graduate stuEarlier this year, Steve Comfort, a soil and water chemist with UNL’s School of dents, so it’s great to team up with him again Natural Resources, teamed with UNL gradto work on developing products that may someday provide a less expensive alternauate and undergraduate students and a local company run by one of his former students, tive to treating contaminated groundwater,” to install a new version of an oxidant candle Comfort said. that holds promise as a method for cleaning The site of their learning and develup the Grand Island site. opment research is on former Nebraska The candle they have designed and made Solvents Co. leased property on Highway contains a chemical compound called per30, just east of Grand Island. Industrial chemicals including TCE and PCE, once manganate that mixes with and oxidizes commonly used solvents, were stored there toxic chemicals, like vinyl chloride (VC), many years, as they were at many such trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroplaces across the country. Some of those ethylene (PCE), turning them into harmless chemicals later leached into the soil and carbon dioxide and chloride. groundwater where over the years, soil Permanganate’s usefulness in helping microorganisms could break them down, clean up water and wastewater is well forming derivatives such as VC, which is known; the trick is in finding innovative, highly toxic and carcinogenic. simple and inexpensive ways to use it, PCE contamination at the Grand Island which can help cash-strapped communities site has impacted private water supplies east looking for pollution solutions. of there. The owner of the land, Union PaComfort and his students have designed and made other versions of the candles. cific Railroad, has been voluntarily cleaning “We had been having decent success with up the site as a participant in the voluntary our first generation of oxidant candles, (but) cleanup program under oversight from the we knew that improvements could be made. Nebraska Department of Environmental The problem was I wasn’t sure where I was Quality, and in cooperation with the City of going to get the grant funds needed to pursue Grand Island, for nearly six years. UP has those improvements,” Comfort said. paid to extend city water lines and provided That changed when UNL’s College of bottled water for impacted residents, as Agricultural Sciences and Natural Rewell as removing contaminated soil from the property. sources sent a group of faculty researchers High levels of VC found in the shallow to a grant-writing workshop three years groundwater there make the site ideal for ago. There Comfort learned of the many Comfort and his fellow researchers to see if grant opportunities available for university a newly developed permanganate “candle” researchers, if they were willing to collabowill work to oxidize the contamination into rate with small businesses on joint research harmless carbon dioxide and chloride. projects. “Dr. Comfort is in this particular location Unable to find the right business to partmostly because the conditions for his rener with, Comfort reached out to his former graduate student, North Platte native Mark search are good. Groundwater just downgraChristenson, and the student who had develdient of the former Nebraska Solvents site is known to have VC significantly exceeding oped the oxidant candles for the first field cleanup levels, groundwater is relatively research trials. close to the surface, and the aquifer condi“With Mark’s leadership and help from the Nebraska Business Development Center, tions are conducive to transport of not only we formed AirLift Environmental LLC and contaminants but also permanganate disbegan pursuing federal grants,” Comfort solved into groundwater from the candles,” said. said NDEQ site manager and groundwater Last year, AirLift received a small busigeologist Laurie Brunner. Early testing indicates the permanganate ness technology transfer grant from the is migrating into the UNL team’s downgraNational Institutes of Health. “These grants are really a win-win bedient monitoring wells, Comfort said. “We will just have to wait and see how the aeracause they provide funds to the business and to UNL for joint research,” he said. tion affects the permanganate distribution.” With the funds in hand, they began pursOn hand to watch initial installations of the oxidant candles at Grand Island ing improvements to their oxidant candles. were graduate student Ann Kambhu and “We had gotten good results with permanundergraduates Wen Qi Ou and Xiaoming ganate candles made from paraffin wax and Yun, two environmental restoration science granular permanganate, but that was in fine students who are at UNL finishing their detextured soils,” Comfort said. In sandy aquifers like that at the Grand grees through a cooperative program with Island site, the permanganate has a tendency Northwest A&F University in China. to sink when it dissolves from the candle. They had more than a passing interest This could cause it to miss the target zone. because they have been assisting with the To combat this problem, the new candles research in the laboratory by making candles have a custom-designed tip and aeration and testing miniature versions of them, tube at their base that bubbles air up and Comfort said. around the candle, “lifting” the permanga“This has been a great learning experinate contained in them. ence for us and I’m happy to have been part The new design doesn’t need a permanent of this work”, Ou said. Additional testing of well since it places the candle in the aquifer the new candles at other Nebraska sites is with a direct-push probing machine. planned later this year.

Be aware of selenium toxicity threat to livestock

By Scott Cotton, a University of Wyoming Extension area educator serving Converse, Natrona, and Niobrara counties and is the agro-security delegate for the Extension Disaster Education Network Selenium is an essential mineral element nutrient for human and animal health but excess intake of selenium is often toxic. Selenium (Se) is carried in runoff water in many areas of Wyoming and is absorbed by the plants that are often consumed by animals. Early documentation of selenium toxicity to livestock dates back to the 13th century in China and veterinarian documentation in South Dakota as early as the 1850s. Acute and Chronic Toxicity Toxicity generated by consuming excess selenium can be acute (a one-time consumption of heavy amounts) or chronic (accumulation of smaller amounts ingested over time). Symptoms of selenium toxicity in livestock are usually called blind staggers due to lack of coordination and unusual behavior. Selenium toxicity blind staggers in livestock usually involves symptoms that include head pressing, excess perspiration, abdominal pain (kicking stomach), colic, diarrhea, increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and lethargy or listlessness. Chronic selenium toxicity (referred to as alkali disease) that has not progressed to staggers usually includes lack of vigor, rough hair coat, loss of hair, hoof soreness, and ridging/cracking/sloughing of hoof walls. Since selenium is sediment generated from specific rocks, it is not found everywhere in Wyoming but is regularly found especially along the North Platte River drainage and several other watersheds. Common Toxicity Contributors Selenium toxicity occurs in areas with a few commonalities including: • Arid or semi-arid climates with less than 20 inches of annual precipitation (much of Wyoming). • Soils with pH levels above 7.0 (most non-mountain areas of Wyoming). • Soils developed from shale. Selenium is usually released • Soils developed from shale. Selenium is usually released and transported via several processes. Mining, which exposes shale strata to air, releases selenium onto the landscape. Normally a sub-soil element, selenium can be incorporated into soil surfaces and plants by excessive irrigation, erosion, deposition of coal combustion wastes, and incineration of municipal wastes. Most livestock require some selenium in their diets, but if you live in a selenium-rich area, it’s a waste of money to have selenium added to livestock feed or supplements. Acute selenium toxicity (selenosis) usually results in respiratory failure within a few hours to several days. Prevention Methods The best news is that selenium toxicity and poisoning can be prevented using a combination of range management and testing techniques. Soil and water tests can clearly identify if selenium is an issue for animals. Normal selenium levels are: • less than 2 parts per million for total soil Se, • less than 50 parts per billion for water soluble Se, • and less than 1 part per million Se in plants. If tests come back greater than 2 ppm water, greater than 50 ppb water, or greater than 1 ppm for plants, there is a “seleniferous” situation. In drinking water, the maximum level is 0.01 ppm for humans and 0.05 ppm for livestock. Maintaining effective pasture condition (especially in droughts when erosion is higher) is crucial to avoid problems. Since selenium is often higher in affected areas of subsoil, many of the deeper-rooted plant species pull the mineral into plant tissue at a higher rate. Making sure livestock have more desirable forage alternatives is the first key practice. If they are forced to browse shrubs, the risks increase. Since a number of poisonous and toxic plants can accumulate selenium and are eaten for forage, livestock having other grazing options rather than being forced to try eating plants such as milkvetches, prince’s plume, woody asters, and goldenweeds, is crucial. Good grass, testing, and knowing your landscape combined with recognizing the signs of toxicity are the keys to prevent losing livestock and productivity. More information is available as factsheets, articles, and contacting the author or other University of Wyoming Extension educator.

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2013 Subaru Outback Premium AWD, automatic, air, tilt, cruise, power windows & locks, AM/FM/ CD. Tag #14U65.......................... 2011 Chevrolet 1 ton, crew cab, ...............Asking Price $21,495 2011 Chevrolet Equinox 2LT 2.4L, long wheelbase, 6.6L Duramax, AWD, heated leather, AM/FM/ automatic, air, tilt, cruise, power CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, 6 way, windows/locks, AM/FM/CD, tow remote start, rear camera, rear package, rear camera, bucket park assist. Tag #14T60B............ seats, low miles. Tag #15T62A.... .............. Asking Price $$18,495 ...............Asking Price $37,995 2013 GMC Yukon XL SLT 5.3L, heated leather, heated 2nd row bench, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar/ DVD, rear camera, remote start, sunroof, tow package. Tag #14U20... Asking Price $42,995 2011 Ford Taurus SEL, 3.5L, automatic, air conditioning, tilt, cruise, AM/FM/CD/XM, power seats, low miles. Tag #14B07A... ...............Asking Price $16,995 2011 Buick Lucerne CXL 3.9L, heated leather bench, heated steering, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, remote start, rear park assist. Tag #15B01A.... ...............Asking Price $19,495

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BeefTalk: We can do better

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service sentation and sale of cattle, which is the genetics the mooing of the cattle could be heard. If the set Warning: Critical statements exist in this arof the business. Those cattle that arrive for sale was small, the door would swing open and close ticle, so you may not want to read it. However, lacking good structure, condition and muscling quickly, and the bidding would begin. you should at least take home the point that acare products of breeding programs. I do not want to be critical because the type of quiring good bulls through knowledgeable and As was noted at the beginning, focused breedcattle that producers choose to raise is up to them, informed bull selection is critical to the survival ing goals, with clear outcomes relevant to the and the market does an excellent job at connectof the beef business. production of beef, should be at the heart of Implementing focused production goals, with ing the seller and buyer. However, sometimes all cattle operations. Simply breeding cows to clear outcomes relevant to the production of thoughtful presale pondering by the producer produce calves with no thoughtful purpose chalbeef, is critical. If in doubt, simply glance over on how those cattle will look at the market isn’t lenges the industry. The competition appreciates the fence and view the competition. The poultry, always evident. those cattle, but the cattle industry should not. swine and dairy industries routinely produce As producers, the tools are readily available to very uniform, marketable products that meet assure the availability of bulls that will carry with predefined production goals utilizing the same them the genetics that will meet focused breeding tools that are available to the beef industry. goals and outcomes relevant to the production of But first let’s talk about working cattle because excellent beef for consumption by the consumer. it always is challenging. With the cold snap and The ultrasound evaluations of the cows are several sets of cows needing ultrasounding for finished. The pregnancy rate is good, but my cold pregnancy evaluation, I got ready. hands started my mind thinking some inside work Chuteside attire certainly varies with the would be good, which means bull buying. The weather. Having prepared for the cold with laybull catalogs are starting to arrive, and the opered clothing under the traditional blue coveralls, portunity for proper selection of genetics means I suddenly realized my ability to put my plastic a better product. boots over the cowboy boots was in question. Focused production goals for the Dickinson Reaching my feet was a challenge, but the job Research Extension Center that involve clear got done. outcomes relevant to the production of beef are I was reminded that we all change. If nothopen for discussion. However, the center has ing else, we get older. Our individual flexibility selected for birth, weaning and yearling weight, seems to come up short some days, but with an and rib eye area for several years. Attention for appropriate tweak, we get the job done. However, milk production and marbling also have been part those tweaks only can do so much. of the selection process. As an industry, our tweaking is evident. HowFor the most part, there always is a buyer, but The real question is setting the percentile sometimes determining how to best present the ever, some days, I wonder because we can do thresholds within the various breeds. The seleccattle needs to be thought through. The concept better. Maybe one should not say that. However, tion pressure is rising while keeping the bulls that the auction market will sort away all the the other day, while watching several sets of affordable. Not all bulls are created equally, so problems is not true. That being said, cattle that cattle sell at a public market, the variation that find the right bull, pay the right price and sell the are unthrifty need to stay at home, eat some was present was notable. right calves. groceries and “beef up” a little bit. That may The cows, bulls, yearlings and calves of all The hands are warm, so start figuring. not be easy but certainly is a worthy goal for a sizes and types were selling to the sound of the May you find all your ear tags. beef operation. auction. With each swing of the door, one set For more information, contact Ringwall at But we can do better. However, there are too went out and one came in. The announcement of 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or go to many “buts” in this story. Fundamentally, there is what was behind the incoming door was waited http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/beeftalk/. a larger issue than the simple management, prefor with anticipation. If the set of cattle was large,

BeefTalk: Prepping for the bull-buying season

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service I am going to say this three times: A producer future beef cattle performance. The definitions is the home of the genetic database. does not need to know all the mathematics, jusare not complicated, but understanding them For the second time: A producer does not is important, particularly if a producer chooses need to know all the mathematics, justifications tifications or scientific “who done it” aspects of to use the index traits that associations have or scientific “who done it” aspects of breed asbreed association expected progeny differences developed. (EPDs). These EPDs are available to all purebred sociation expected progeny differences (EPDs). Let’s keep it simple, at least for the traits we and commercial producers, so use them. The These EPDs are available to all purebred and want to review. We want to find the genetic inbehind-the-scenes professionals will fine-tune commercial producers, so use them. The behindthis terrific tool for beef producers. the-scenes professionals will fine-tune this terformation available on bulls. Again, do not get The other day, while watching cattle sell, the lost in the numerous additional tabs. Go back to rific tool for beef producers. variation was obvious. This is not to say that all the “Sire Evaluation Report” and we will end this Let’s continue at http://www.angus.org. variation can be managed, but the thought of the discussion on the “Breed Averages for EPD and Although there are multiple ways to get to the genetic source of the cattle certainly was on my $Values” table. Angus EPDs, let’s find the tab that references mind. Those numbers are indicative of the average Single-colored cattle do not mean similarEPD value for each particular trait. Knowing those numbers will help a producer meet producity in genetic background. For example, black hair coats are the result of a dominant allele, so tion goals. technically, all cattle need is one allele or gene For the Dickinson Research Extension Center, to express a black hair coat. While there are the traits of interest for the average nonparent many modifying genes, the bottom line is hair Angus bull include EPD values for birth weight coat color has nothing to do with overall genetic of 1.8 pounds, weaning weight of 49 pounds, uniformity in beef cattle. So what does? yearling weight of 85 pounds, milk production It begins by accepting the fact that all bulls of 24 pounds, rib-eye area of .46 square inch and are not created equally. Bulls may look similar, a marbling score of .47. Those are real numbers. but they are not genetically equal. Genetic uniHowever, the real question is how to raise the percentile threshold selection pressure while still formity starts at home by selecting good bulls being able to afford the bull. through knowledgeable and informed selection For the third time: A producer does not need and implementing focused production goals for to know all the mathematics, justifications or clear outcomes relevant to beef cattle production. scientific “who done it” aspects of breed assoA visit to the many breed association websites “Management.” Click on it and move down to proves the point. Because we started discussthe “Sire Evaluation Report.” Click on the “Sire ciation expected progeny differences (EPDs). Evaluation Report” and a screen will come up These EPDs are available to all purebred and ing cattle with black hair color, let’s go to the that lists several interesting options. commercial producers, so use them. The behindAmerican Angus Association website at http:// This will be the primary screen needed by the-scenes professionals will fine-tune this terrific www.angus.org. someone looking for bulls. A review of traits tool for beef producers. Like many websites, the association’s busiavailable can be found at “How to Read the The competition is using EPDs, so use them ness affairs are up front. There are opportunities Results – Definitions.” to find the right bull, pay the right price and sell to market calves or even get involved with the The definitions are needed to remind producers the right calves. breed. However, associations are larger than simhow the selection of a particular trait will impact May you find all your ear tags. ply managing a breed of cattle. The association

55.3 million acres of irrigated US farmland

There were 229,237 farms with 55.3 million irrigated acres in the United Sates, according to the 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey results, published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). According to the 2008 irrigation survey results, there were 235,715 farms with 55.5 million irrigated acres. “The 2013 irrigation survey expands on the data collected about irrigation during the 2012 Census of Agriculture and provides the most comprehensive source of up-to-date information regarding on-farm irrigation in the United States,” said NASS Administrator Joseph T. Reilly. “The latest report reveals key data on the agriculture industry’s use and stewardship of our nation’s water resources.” Data highlights from the 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey include: • The largest portion of irrigated farmland acres in the United States were dedicated to harvested cropland – including grain and oilseed crops, vegetables, nursery and greenhouse, and hay crops. • Farmers irrigated nearly 52 million acres of harvested cropland acres in 2013. • The irrigation results show more irrigated acres with sprinkler systems than gravity irrigation. • Equipment, in general, is one of the leading irrigation expenditures with farmers and ranchers spending $2.6 billion on irrigation equipment, facilities, land improvements and computer technology in 2013. • The total amount of water used in 2013 was 88.5 million acre feet. • The average acre feet applied was 1.6 which compares with 1.7 in the 2008 irrigation survey. (An acre foot is the volume of a sheet of water one acre in area and one foot in depth). • Irrigated area of horticulture under protection was 1.40 billion square feet in 2013. This compares with 1.37 billion square feet in 2008. • Irrigated acres of horticulture grown in the open was 524 thousand acres in 2013. This compares with 580 thousand acres in 2008. The 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey followed up with 35,000 producers who indicated in the 2012 Census of Agriculture that they irrigate. To ensure the most accurate and complete results, NASS made an additional effort to include nursery and horticulture producers in the 2013 Irrigation Survey. Producers provided information on water sources and amount of water used; acres irrigated by type of system; irrigation and yield by crop; and system investments and energy costs. “The results of the Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey can be used to understand the use of improved technology, and lead to mo re efficient water use practices,” said Reilly. “For farmers and ranchers who are looking for more efficient ways to irrigate their land and ways to reduce their expenses, the results of the survey will provide a valuable tool to help them make informed decisions about the future of their operations.”

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The deadline for phoning in advertising for the February issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be January 28. Phone (406) 279-3291.

FEED TRUCK FOR SALE

Kirby 920 CF 4 aggressor auger mixer on 1997 Peterbilt tandem axle, Cat C10, stainless liner.

Phone (307) 762-3541 Greybull, Wyoming

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

2009 Bourgault 5710 73-ft. air hoe drill, 10” spacing, 3/4” knives, mid-row banders, 6550ST tow behind cart, dual fans, 3 tank meters, 10” fill auger..........................................$110,000 2013 John Deere 1770NT 16-row 30” planter, loaded, used one season. Complete with two 50-bushel tanks, 300 gallon liquid tank with pump, variable rate hydraulic motors, pneumatic downforce.......................................................................................................$110,000 2013 John Deere 608C 8-row 30” StalkMaster corn head, loaded with options......... $65,000 Phone Cory Sampsen, (406) 765-8234, Dagmar, Monana

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##### Harriet and Marsha were catching up on things. “I finally had to pull the plug on my husband,” Harriet said. “I’m so sorry to hear that,” consoled Marsha. “Don’t be,” Harriet replied. “He was spending too much time on that computer anyway.”

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

DewEze Super Slicer 2 round bale feeder............... $4775 1991 Merritt Goldline 48’ x 102” tandem axle livestock trailer.................................................................$16,500 1999 Ford Taurus SE 150,000 miles; good condition........ ..............................................................................$2550 Additional information (406) 578-2235 Wilsall, MT

Sprayers – 0% for 24 months! Followed by CQR on select units

2009 Case IH SRX160 #700863......... ........................................... $29,000 2010 Case IH Patriot 3330 1354 hours. #700784............... $193,684

2011 Case IH Patriot 3330 598 hours. #703986........................... $219,900

2011 Case IH Patriot 4420 1540 hours. #700908............... $223,000

2013 Top Air TA1600 950 hours. #700834............................. $78,000

2011 Case IH Patriot 3330 620 hours. #703987........................... $218,583

2010 Case IH Patriot 3330 1128 hours. #704070............... $217,900 2007 Case IH SRX160 #704095......... ........................................... $23,900

2009 Case IH Patriot 4420 #704011.. ......................................... $215,850 2001 Spra-Coupe 4440 2121 hours. #706973............................. $42,900

2012 Case IH Patriot 4430 1135 hours. #708283............... $275,000

2010 Top Air TA1200 #707050........... ........................................... $31,000

2010 Case IH Patriot 4420 1765 hours. #704087............... $212,900

2011 Case IH Patriot 4430 1270 hours. #708271............... $292,000

Spra-Coupe 220 #707051..... $12,500

2012 Case IH Patriot 4430 1337 hours. #708176............... $265,900

2008 Top Air TA2400 #708170.$56,000

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DRILLS

2005 Bourgault 5710 #700770................... 2014 Bourgault 3320QDA #704075............ 2012 Bourgault 3710 99 hours. #708144... ...................................................$119,000 ...................................................$278,000 ...................................................$220,000

2007 John Deere 1820 #704094........ ........................................... $82,500

2011 Case IH Precision 800 #708219........................... $220,000

2012 Case IH Precision Hoe 800 2247 hours. #708175....... $207,000

MORE DRILLS

2000 Flexi-Coil 7500 #704019.$59,900

1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 #700921.......................................... $39,000 2014 Bourgault 3320QDA #704074................................ $231,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 1234 hours. #707963............................. $53,000 2005 Case IH ATX700 77 hours. #708277........................ $75,000

TRACTORS 175 hp or greater

2014 Case IH Steiger 450 Quad Trac, 329 hours. #704115......... $357,900 2010 Case IH Magnum 180 2091 hours. #500804................ $126,900

2012 New Holland T9.615 1799 hours. #500832................ $276,000 1988 Versatile 876 10,200 hours. #500807............................. $23,000

2012 Case IH Magnum 340 1300 hours. #500800.$225,400 2012 New Holland T9.615 1531 hours. #500833.$278,000 2014 Case IH Magnum 180 275 hours. #700859.$177,000 1983 John Deere 8850 8753 hours. #704097.... $24,500 1995 Case IH 9280 5904 hours. #704098.......... $59,900 1995 Case IH 7250 13,980 hours. #704106....... $33,900 1988 Case IH 7120 12,531 hours. #707017....... $33,000 1998 Agco-Allis 9765 3542 hours. #707058...... $48,900 2012 New Holland T7.250 1323 hours. #707071.$129,900 1982 John Deere 8650 9200 hours. #707086.... $35,000 1998 John Deere 8200 8903 hours. #707087.... $64,800 2012 Case IH Magnum 260 592 hours. #708135.$199,000 1991 Case IH 9240 3123 hours. #708169.......... $51,000

100 hp to 174 hp

2007 John Deere 7520 5500 hours. #500825.... $80,150 2008 John Deere 7330 4000 hours. #500826..$104,500 2010 John Deere 7230 1450 hours. #500827..$102,500 New Holland TV140 5613 hours. #700929........ $59,000 2005 Case IH MXU135 5470 hours. #707088.... $60,900

2012 Case IH Magnum 235 1283 hours. #708134................ $169,000 2006 Challenger MT755B 2750 hours. #708288................ $137,000

Call For More Details

1997 Case IH 9390 5744 hours. #700711............................. $73,600

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2000 Case IH 9380 Quad, 5500 hours. #707045........................... $125,000

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TRUCK FOR SALE

1991 Kenworth T600 365 hp Cat, 9 speed, 20-ft. Knapheide grain box and hoist with remote end gate, ShurLok roll tarp, new rear tires..........................................$28,000 obo Phone Wayne Clark, (406) 734-5328, Carter, Montana

Scott Schmiedeke (406) 240-2572, Victor, MT Henry Kallis (605) 639-1904, Spearfish, SD Phil Bretz (406) 403-4504, Great Falls, MT

2005 Gehl RS8-44 OROPS, foam filled tires at 25%, 44-ft. reach, 8,000 lb lifting capacity, quick connect, 54” forks, serviced and ready to go. 4388 hours. Located in Victor, MT.......................$28,500

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2004 Deere 310SG 4WD, air conditioned cab, extend-a-hoe, new front tires, 80% rear tires, 0 hours on a rebuilt power shift transmission and pin and bushings in swing tower, 4286 hours. Very nice, tight and dry machine. Located in Victor, Montana..............$49,500

2000 New Holand LW90 wheel loader, 50% +/radial tires, heated cab, 3rd valve, 3 speed power shift transmission, 2 cubic yard bucket, 16,500 lb operating weight, 12,000 lb tipping load, nice clean wheel loader, needs nothing. 5170 hours. Located in Great Falls, MT............ .........................$39,9000

2010 Cat 924H “High Lift” enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, ride control, power shift transmission, air ride seat, 3rd valve, hydraulic coupler, differential locks 2.7 cubic yard bucket, extremely nice wheel loader, fully serviced, ready to go. 5000 +/- hours. Located in Spearfish, SD..$98,500

2007 Cat TL943 enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, light package, hydraulic quick coupler, auxiliary hydraulics, 48” hydraulic side tilt forks, stabliizers, new foam filled tires, 43-ft reach, 9000 lb lifting capacity, serviced and ready to go. 3790 hours. Located in Spearfish, SD......$67,500

2010 Deere 310SJ 4WD, extend-a-hoe, 24” dig bucket, front and rear hydraulic quick couplers, air conditioned cab, pilot controls, air ride seat, ride control, auxilary hydraulics, new front tires, 70% rear tires. 2990 hours. Very nice machine. Located in Spearfish South Dakota................$69,500

2010 Bobcat S205 heated and air conditioned cab, 2 speed, hand foot controls, hydraulic quick connect, 72” bucket with BOE, new tires, nice machine. 4,040 hours. Located in Spearfish, SD...............$27,900

Limited liability companies

By Kim Dillivan, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist A limited liability company (LLC) is a claims, and lawsuits brought against the business structure combining several of company (although creditors can pursue the best features of sole proprietorships, assets of the LLC to satisfy any outstandpartnerships, and corporations. Advantages ing obligations). However, members can be of LLCs include limited liability protection held personally liable for their involvement for members and no double taxation. In in any negligent acts, misrepresentations, or 1977, Wyoming became the first state to illegal activities. enact legislation allowing the legal formaDisadvantages tion of LLCs. In production agriculture, • Many states do not fully dictate LLC this type of arrangement is a popular and structure with specific provisions for the flexible business structure with relatively protection of members. As a result, operatfew registration requirements and minimal ing agreements that articulate membership filing fees. The information here provides rights and responsibilities are highly recomthe basics of a limited liability company mended. and serves as an introduction for individu• For funding purposes, it may be more als who are contemplating the formation of difficult to attract investors to an LLC if an LLC. However, this information alone is they are unfamiliar with this organizational not meant as a necessary or sufficient guide structure. for the formation and operation of an LLC. • Although not excessive, fees are Forming a Limited Liability Company charged for the formation of an LLC in The first step in forming an LLC is the South Dakota. The fee for reserving an filing of articles of organization. In South LLC name is $25; the fee charged for filing Dakota, these articles of organization are articles of organization is $150. filed with the Secretary of State. Articles Commingling of Funds of organization contain the business name, Although the opportunity frequently its place of business, name and address arises, members in an LLC should never of its agent, and names and addresses of commingle assets. Commingling refers to organizers or managers. In South Dakota, a non-separation or blending of business LLCs are required to have one agent, which and personal funds. It is important that the can be a business entity or individual, with LLC maintains financial accounts separate a presence or residence in the state. The from members’ accounts and all business agent represents the company and is given transactions be consistently documented. authority to officially receive and send legal If commingling of funds should occur, documents. members’ limited liability may be comproAlthough not required by state law, LLC mised exposing them to business debts and members are strongly encouraged to depotential lawsuits that otherwise would have velop an operating agreement. Operating been the company’s liability alone. Specific agreements often list members, show iniexamples of commingling include: tial investment amounts for each member, • Payments to the business deposited into and detail how profits and losses are to be a personal checking account. distributed. An operating agreement might • Payments written to a member deposalso contain language detailing company ited into the business checking account. structure and organization such as mem• Using business funds to pay for personal bership rights, responsibilities, and percent items. ownership. Usually this document must be • Using a personal checking account to approved by all members in writing. Likepay for business expenses. wise, any changes to this document must be To avoid commingling of funds, LLC agreed upon by all members. members should never use a company It is common for an LLC to be capitalized checking account to pay for personal exby its members. While an LLC can borrow penses. Instead, members withdraw profunds, it is usually members who contribute ceeds from the company and deposit into initial start-up assets. Once contributed, their personal account. To accomplish this, these assets become the legal property of the a check payable to a member is written on LLC and members no longer have a direct the company account and recorded as a interest in their ownership. If the company capital draw or salary expense. Although the should become insolvent, these assets can company does not pay taxes, these proceeds be claimed by creditors. represent taxable income for members. Owners of an LLC are called members, Also, LLC members are advised against not partners or shareholders, and the numusing a personal account to pay business ber of members in an LLC is unlimited. expenses. If the company needs an infusion Furthermore, LLC membership is not reof cash, a member (or members) can make stricted just to individuals; organizations a capital contribution or loan the company such as corporations or other LLCs can capital. Again, all transactions must be acbecome members. Although some types curately recorded. of businesses are prevented from forming Summary LLCs, the arrangement has become popular The formation of an LLC in South Dakota in many industries including agriculture. is a relatively simple process. Little paperAdvantages work is required and fees are reasonable. Unless members of an LLC elect that the The advantage of an LLC is limited liability IRS treat the company like a corporation for for members and no double taxation. Few federal tax purposes, the entity itself is not disadvantages accompany the operation of taxed, and income flows through the LLC an LLC provided members exercise due to members and is allocated proportionally diligence. according to the operating agreement. This income is reported by members as personal ##### income for federal tax purposes. FlowA man refused to divorce his wife, much through taxation is also found in partnership to the bewilderment of his friends. arrangements. An organizational structure “What?” he asked defensively. “I’ve had allowing flow-through taxes eliminates the to live with her all these years–and you exdouble taxation faced by corporations and pect me to make her happy now?” their investors. ##### Another advantage of LLCs is the limited For some people, it’s really important liability afforded to members. Like shareto get the last word in. Even if that word is holders in corporations, LLC members are dear, as in “Yes, dear.” generally not personally liable for the debts,

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CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith, Charles, Conlon, Conrad, Endeavor, Expedition, Harrington, Hockett, Merit, Merit 57, Moravian 37, Moravian 69, Pinnacle, Scarlett, and Wintmalt. Six-rowed varieties are Celebration, Innovation, Lacey, Legacy, Quest, Stellar-ND, and Tradition. Malting barley growers are encouraged to contact their local elevator, grain handler or processor to gauge market demand for varieties grown in their region prior to seeding. Malting barley development in the US is carried out by both public and private breeding programs located throughout the major producing areas. In the early stages of development, new lines are evaluated for yield, disease resistance and malting quality on a small scale. As more data is gathered on a regional basis, the most promising lines are advanced to commercial malting and brewing trials. Those that have the agronomic and quality characteristics desired for production in the US are included on the AMBA recommended list.

Amino acid studied to help breed cows

By Jane Moorman, New Mexico State University Extension During drought, having cattle that can tolerate poor nutritional forage is the difference between a cow and calf operation going under, or staying in business. Pregnant cows have a harder time during drought because they are eating for two. If they are not able to consume and digest the required nutrients during pregnancy, calf development can be negatively influenced, which in turn has an impact on the dollars in the cattle producer’s bank account. To help the cows’ digestive systems to be more efficient in harvesting nutrients from poor-quality forage, New Mexico State University Assistant Professor Eric Scholljegerdes is developing an amino acid feed supplement and studying the influence it has on fetal programming. “This particular amino acid has been shown to stimulate blood flow by increasing the number and size of blood vessels going to the placenta,” said Scholljegerdes, beef cattle nutritionist. He is conducting research on cattle at NMSU’s Corona Range and Livestock Research Center. “This increase in blood flow should stimulate the overall nutrients supplied to the fetus. By giving the amino acid supplement to the cow 40 days into gestation when fetal organs are developing, in particular the digestive tract and associated organs, it should help the digestive system function better after birth.” The first generation of calves, born during the fall of 2013, is currently being monitored to assess the impact of this feeding program. “One of the first questions we hoped to answer is how it was going to influence the birth weight. The answer is that the offspring of the amino acid supplemented cows did not have higher birth weights, and that is important to cattle producers,” he said. “We are now conducting performance tests on the calves to determine if their digestive system is more efficient than the control group of the mothers who did not receive the amino acid.” A second part of the study is looking at the impact of the amino acid feed supplement administered 200 days into gestation, during the last trimester of the pregnancy. “Overall, we hope that we can improve females’ longevity by enhancing the digestive system,” Scholljegerdes said. “So when the cow is pregnant and we are in a drought, we are hopeful that through this feeding program she will be able to tolerate poor forage and extract the nutrients she needs for her developing fetus.” The downside to this work, he said, is that during the early period of gestation when this program may have the greatest impact, grass is starting to grow and is typically of high quality. Many cattle producers do not want to supplement cows because quality of the grass is sufficient to meet their needs. “I don’t disagree with that at all, but if we can come up with a 30-day nutrient supplement program that’s going to stimulate the calf’s future abilities to thrive, then I would argue the ends may justify the means,” Scholljegerdes said.

Fall blizzards in a changing climate

By Laura Edwards, South Dakota State University Extension The blizzard on October 3-5, 2013, will forever be remembered as a devastating natural disaster that caused extraordinary losses to the agricultural industry in western South Dakota and the surrounding area. An estimated 45,000 animals perished in the storm, including cattle, sheep, horses and bison. As the full impact to livestock became known, Rosie Nold and Dave Ollila wrote a clear explanation of why the area suffered such large losses in the early season blizzard. A recent study was conducted by SDSU climatologists and their colleagues to put the blizzard in historical context, and to determine if any link can be made to human-caused climate change. The study was published in the 100-page report, Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective, that was released in late September. The blizzard of 2013 was extreme in many ways. Snowfall reports ranged from 20 inches on the Plains to 55 inches in the northern Black Hills. Rapid City established a new 24hour snowfall record of 19 inches for the month of October. The all-time 24-hour snowfall record had occurred just six months prior, in April 2013, with 20 inches. The wet snow that fell amounted to about 20 percent of the annual average precipitation in some areas of the northern Black Hills and adjacent Plains counties. This was certainly a substantial amount of moisture for a single storm, but ranks as about a one in 10 year event for this area. Over the last century, we have seen a trend towards wetter fall seasons across most of South Dakota. Since the late 1960s, there has been an increase in the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere in the Rapid City area of almost 12 percent, which is consistent with more precipitation overall. But has the likelihood of early fall extreme snowfall events increased? The challenge to determine any link to humaninduced climate change, if any, is difficult for individual events such as this. To answer that question, the study used climate computer models and historical climate data to look at climate in the pre-industrial era, and compared it to modern day conditions, to determine if there were any changes in frequency of extreme precipitation events in the early fall season. The authors found that a changing climate has not changed the likelihood of similar events, with some models showing that the probability is decreasing, not increasing. The results of the study show that the October 2013 blizzard in western South Dakota was indeed just by chance, and cannot be definitively tied to human-induced climate change. This is consistent with other research in the Plains region, which show trends toward increased water vapor in the atmosphere, but no statistically significant increase in extreme precipitation events in the fall season.

NDSU releases corn inbreds

By NDSU Extension Service Ten inbred corn lines were released by the North Dakota State University (NDSU) corn breeding program during 2014. Marcelo Carena is the NDSU corn breeding program leader. The 10 male and female corn inbred lines will be used for hybrid seed production and by breeding programs that are developing short-season hybrids. The released lines were screened in controlled-stress nurseries and tested in hybrid combinations across more than 50 environments in cooperation with industry corn programs. Experiments included top hybrid checks recommended by the industry in target environments, including western and northern North Dakota. These 10 new lines add to the 64 NDSU elite and diverse corn products developed by the NDSU corn breeding program and released in the past five years. Many of the original lines came from germplasm programs in the southern U.S., Mexico, Cuba, St. Croix, Brazil, Chile and Argentina and were adapted successfully to the short northern U.S growing season. They have provided a combination of traits not available in industry hybrids. The corn breeding program at NDSU is the most northern corn breeding program in North America, according Carena. The 2014 product development effort is supported by the Minnesota and North Dakota Corn Growers Associations, as well as a large network of public and private cooperators assisting the NDSU corn breeding program.

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By K-State Research and Extension News learning how to problem solve,” DeMyers The sound of a diesel engine is distinct. said. “I was able to get an internship going Sure, some are louder than others, and diesel into my junior year, which isn’t common, enthusiasts can usually recognize the difbecause I had confidence in my ability and ferences in sound between Cummins and leadership experience with this project.” Power Stroke engines, for example, when Joshua Benton, also a junior chemical driving down the road. engineering major, is the process lead in the One Cummins engine in particular, lab. He enjoys working with students who housed in a maroon Dodge Ram 2500 have different backgrounds and skill sets. Heavy Duty truck on the Kansas State Uni“Everyone brings something different to versity (K-State) campus, operates using a the table,” Benton said. “One of our memrenewable fuel called biodiesel. Students, bers is an English major, so she’s always faculty, staff and visitors might meet the on top of writing proposals and forming the truck occasionally as it makes the rounds charter for our group.” to pick up used cooking oil from residence DeMyers and Benton said students must hall dining facilities and the K-State Student go through a semester of safety training Union. before working in the lab, and at least two The unique truck, which down the sides students must be present when making bioreads, “Powered by Biodiesel,” serves as the diesel at all times. flagship for a major sustainability project at Processing and using biodiesel K-State, the Biodiesel Initiative. The waste Once the students collect the waste oil at oil goes to a conversion lab at the K-State different locations on campus, they bring Recycling Center, where students turn it it to the conversion lab and test the quality into biodiesel for use in other K-State diesel of the oil, Madl said. The oil must have the trucks and landscaping equipment. right chemistry - a certain level of moisture “We have a number of diesel trucks on and a low free fatty acid content - for a good campus that consume our biodiesel, and reaction. The students then filter out the other smaller engines can use it as well,” solid particles, such as leftover French fries. said Ron Madl, K-State emeritus research When the oil meets those requirements, professor of grain science and a leader of it goes into a reactor and is converted to the Biodiesel Initiative. 100 percent biodiesel, or B100. Then it’s According to the National Biodiesel blended with petroleum diesel to get B20, Board, biodiesel can be made from a diverse or 20 percent biodiesel, which is used to fuel mix of feedstocks that include recycled many of the campus vehicles. cooking oil, soybean oil and animal fats. “I estimate that we will produce between Because recycled cooking oil is the input at 1,500 and 2,500 gallons of B100 per year,” K-State, people who eat fried foods on ocMadl said. “We convert at least 50 gallons casion in one of the campus dining facilities of waste oil per week in eight months of the contribute in a small way to the university’s year, as we shut down for the summer and sustainability. during winter holidays.” Experiential learning The lab wasn’t completely quiet the last Madl wanted to get students more intwo summers, however, as K-State profesvolved in research centered on sustainability sor of chemical engineering Keith Hohn has when he served as co-director for K-State’s supported the initiative by providing NaCenter for Sustainable Energy. The K-State tional Science Foundation (NSF) Research 2025 visionary plan also emphasizes susExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) tainability planning as a way to help K-State students to work on research projects in the become a top-50 public research university. conversion lab. “All universities need to teach our young Another K-State faculty member, Ed people how we can have a smaller footprint Brokesh, recently became involved in the going forward,” Madl said. “Getting them Biodiesel Initiative as well. As an instructor involved in recycling - how we do it chemiin biological and agricultural engineering, cally and how we do it economically - is he uses biodiesel produced on campus to important.” show students how it operates in their tracAbout two years ago, Madl established a tors compared to petroleum diesel. The biodiesel conversion lab from scratch with students run engine performance tests to funding help from the Kansas Soybean make the comparison. Commission, the industry organization that “The students often hear and read about also provided the Dodge truck for waste biodiesel but never actually get to see it in oil pick-up and salary support for student use,” Brokesh said. “Basically, there’s not workers to run the lab. much of a difference in the fuels. They both The students represent many different operate and perform the same way. One just majors, including grain science, biologihappens to be out of petroleum, and one is cal and agricultural engineering, chemical out of soybean or other organic materials to engineering, chemistry and biochemistry. create biodiesel.” Together, they formed the Biodiesel Club Brokesh said producing the fuel is one that is currently supervised by Dan Higgins, thing, but it is important to study the fuels professor of chemistry at K-State. Club and how they interact with different engines. members get hands-on experience in the Through research knowledge, he and his conversion lab and learn about the process students can educate consumers - farmers of making biodiesel. in particular - about using biodiesel. “These students get great experience in In addition to the Kansas Soybean Comunderstanding how processes operate with mission, other sources of financial support responsibility and maintaining safety,” include the K-State Provost’s Academic Madl said. “Students can leverage this Excellence Fund and a NSF grant awarded experience in their future careers and are to K-State’s Department of Industrial and setting an example about sustainability Manufacturing Systems Engineering that across campus.” relates to cooperative research on sustainRachel DeMyers, a junior chemical enability, Madl said. Because the university gineering major at K-State, is the current does not have to purchase as much diesel project manager for the lab but has been fuel, it credits the conversion lab for the involved in the Biodiesel Initiative since amount saved in fuel costs to help support the beginning. “I like the hands-on experience and CONTINUED ON PAGE C18

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In cold weather horses may be at risk of colic

By Penn State Extension horses need to keep up their energy sources Watering Horses in Winter and the worst possible thing that can hap• Horses should not be fed excessively pen is to have a horse quit drinking water cold water, as it may bring on colic sympand go off feed. If the horse cannot drink toms. Try a heated waterer or consider or worse cannot get to water because it is taking warm buckets out when it’s cold frozen solid, the horse becomes dehydrated. outside. If nothing else, make sure to break Within 24 hours of water deprivation, a the ice on a horse’s water supply in freezing horse can lose about 4% of his body weight. temperatures. In very cold weather, water After 48 hours without water, 6.8% of his heaters may be needed to prevent the water body weight will be lost, and after 72 hours from freezing. If you are using a submergit’s about 9%. Symptoms of dehydration ible electric water heater to keep the water are dry mucous membranes, sunken eyes, supply open and free of ice, check to see if it tucked-up appearance, skin that has lost its is giving off stray voltage and shocking the elasticity, and a slowed capillary refill time horses when trying to drink. Be careful that and a depressed attitude. you do not get shocked. If you use automatic • These signs become obvious when waters be sure the heating element is turned the horse has already lost 6% of his body on and that there is no stray voltage. weight or more, by which time dehydration • Water performs many tasks in the body. has already begun affecting digestive effiIt makes up most of the blood that carries ciency. When this happens the body cannot nutrients to cells and takes waste products maintain a constant body temperature and away. In addition, water is the body’s builtbecome hypothermic. in cooling system; it regulates body heat • But the worst risk caused by lack of and acts as a lubricant. A horse drinks about water is that the horse’s intestines become 10 to 12 gallons of water daily depending impacted and results in colic. In fact, the on the work it is doing. Larger breeds of main reason the incidence of colic increases horses may drink up to 15 to 20 gallons of from December to March is that many water a day. Horses that are not drinking horses don’t drink enough water in the enough water will reduce their feed intake winter months. and reduce the energy intake. • During the bitter cold weather is when

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LIVESTOCK & MISCELLANEOUS TRAILERS

1989 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, Cat 3406B, 425 hp, 10 speed, 11R24.5 tires on all aluminum wheels, 244” wheelbase, air leaf suspension. Just had annual inspection and is ready for work...............................$18,500

D L O S

2003 Mack CH613 Mack 460 hp, Eaton 18918 18 speed, 46,000 lb double lockers, all aluminum wheels................$24,900

Single axle diverter dolly...$1650

Reman Crankshafts Cat 3406E......................... $1250 Cat 3406B........................ $1050 Cummins N14.................. $1500 Cummins 855 BC/SC........ $900 Cat C12............................ $1200 Also available ISX, L10, M11, DT466, C15, Det 60 series

Engines

1986 Chamberlain 48-ft. livestock trailer, has nose decking, tandem axle, low pro 24.5 tires... ..........................................$8500

Steerable lift axles Hendrickson Paralift with axle.....$3800

T H E

1972 Butler 5750 gallon insulated stainless tank trailer, spring suspension, Budd wheels, rear draw...............................$13,500

1992 Reitnouer 45-ft.x96” all aluminum flatbed trailer, aluminum deck, aluminum wheels, 11R24.5 tires, built in headache rack, air ride......................$9500

2012 Wilson 53-ft.x102” quad axle livestock trailer, rear lift axle, excellent floors, 11r22.5 tires, 3/4 dog house, air ride, all aluminum wheels, new brakes.... ......................................$73,500

Cummins N14’s, BCII 400, BCIII 350 & 400, BCIV 400, M11’s Cat C15’s, 3406E’s, 3406B’s Cat 3054 Serial #5YS.............$3200 Cat MXS69658 475-hp...........$7500 Detroit 6V53T........................$5500 Detroit 60’s Volvo VED7C 275 hp..............$4000 We have a large selection of used parts

Transmissions and Differentials 26-ft tilt deck pintle hitch trailer, air brakes..........................$6900

1982 Eagle Bridge 42-ft live bottom trailer..................$12,500

1998 Ranco 35-ft. tri-axle belly dump, 11r24.5 tires on Budd steel wheels...................$17,500

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Set of 23160 46K double lockers, 4.56 ratio...................... $3900 Freightliner air suspension with 23160 double lockers, 3.73 ratio.............................. $5500 RTLO16913....$3000 ($1500 core) RTO14613........................... $1500 Most 9, 10, 13 and 15 speeds.CALL Rockwell, Eaton, Spicer, IH differentials - most ratios available

the lab’s needs. To watch a video about the K-State Biodiesel Initiative, log on to the K-State Research and Extension YouTube page. Sidebar: The Sustainable Campus: Looking to the Future One of the latest equipment purchases for the biodiesel conversion lab at Kansas State University could help the university become even more sustainable in the future, said Ron Madl, K-State emeritus research professor of grain science and a leader of the Biodiesel Initiative. “An issue that you have with biodiesel is about 20 percent of the production volume generated from our reactor is a waste product that has to be disposed of,” he said. “It is mostly glycerol, but there is methanol unused from the reaction itself. As a result, we’ve purchased a piece of equipment that will give us the ability to purify glycerol and separate it from the methanol. The methanol is then put back into the reactor for the next time we run a reaction, so we’re recycling the menthol and getting more use of that chemical.” The purified glycerol, then, has another value, he said. K-State students are currently researching how to convert the glycerol into an industrial degreaser that K-State Facilities could possibly use internally.

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Tractors

John Deere 9560R 4WD, 560 hp, 918 hours. Tag #27163............. $307,500 (H) John Deere 9510R 4WD, 510 hp, GPS, AutoTrac, 600 hours. Tag #30229.$315,000 (B) John Deere 9460RT track tractor, 460 hp, GPS display, 450 hr........... $342,500 (G) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, 830 hours. Tag #27156............. $297,000 (H) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, PTO, GPS, 443 hr. Tag #30298.. $310,000 (G) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, PTO, GPS, 467 hr. Tag #30299.. $310,000 (G) John Deere 8300 MFWD, 200 hp, duals, 7588 hours. Tag #25941.......$75,000 (L) John Deere 8230 MFWD, 235 hp, 16 speed, 13,500 hours. Tag #30117...... $89,000 (B) John Deere 7820 MFWD, 175 hp, PowrQuad, ldr, 7745 hr. Tag #28696....... $99,950 (LV) John Deere 7800 MFWD, 165 hp, 11,414 hours. Tag #27533............... $42,500 (B) John Deere 7730 IVT, 190 hp, MFWD, 1658 hours. Tag #25945..............$119,500 (B) John Deere 7610 135 hp, MFWD, cab, loader. Tag #30557...............$54,950 (L) John Deere 7320 2WD, 130 hp, corner exhaust, 8599 hr. Tag #29279.....$43,900 (B) John Deere 6140M 140 hp, MFWD, cab, ldr, 125 hr. Tag #30296...... $110,000 (G) John Deere 6415 100 hp, MFWD, cab, ldr, 1750 hrs. Tag #30572...........$52,000 (L) John Deere 6410 105 hp, MFWD, cab, 640 loader, no grapple............Coming In (B) John Deere 5510 75 hp, MFWD, canopy, sync shuttle. Tag #30443..... $14,900 (B) John Deere 5055E MFWD, 55 hp, loader, 527 hours. Tag #24938........ $32,500 (H) John Deere 4610 MFWD, power reverser, 460 loader. Tag #30480......$16,500 (LV) John Deere 4520 2WD, cab, synchro, loader, 8441 hr. Tag #30169.$12,500 (H) John Deere 4450 MFWD, 170 hp, JD 280 ldr, 12,800 hr. Tag #29386....$39,500 (L) John Deere 4450 MFWD, 170 hp, DuAl loader. Tag #30432...............$42,000 (L) Allis Chalmers 7080 2WD, 210 hp, cab, duals, 8163 hr. Tag #29821.... $8000 (G) Buhler 2145 MFWD, cab, loader, 3 SCV’s, powershift, 3500 hours... Coming In (G) Case IH STX450 quad track, 450 hp, 7300 hours. Tag #30455............. $107,000 (H) Case IH STX450 wheel tractor, 450 hp, 4350 hours. Tag #30456............. $149,000 (H) Case IH 885 79 hp. Tag #30565.$12,500 (H) Case IH 245 Magnum MFWD, 248 hp, cab, 2205 hr. Tag #28713.......... $144,900 (G) Case IH Puma 165 MFWD, 165 hp, CVX, ldr, 2350 hr. Tag #28111.......$95,000 (L) Case IH Maxxum 140 MFWD, 140 hp, cab, ldr, 1850 hr. Tag #30173...... $91,500 (G) Case IH Maxxum 140 MFWD, 140 hp, cab, ldr, 1850 hr. Tag #30174...... $91,500 (G) Case IH 9380 4WD, 4 remotes, pwr shift. Tag #27746.......................... $72,500 (H) Case IH 9180 4WD, 375 hp, 4 SCVs, 90% tires, 8519 hrs. Tag #27922.$62,500 (H) Case IH MXU125 MFWD, 125 hp, cab, ldr, 2775 hrs. Tag #30571...........$46,500 (L) Case IH MX120 120 hp, MFWD, cab, L655 ldr., 5500 hrs....................Coming In (B) Case IH 4690 4WD, 261 hp, 7724 hours. Tag #29838...........................$10,500 (L) Kubota L345DT MFWD, PTO, 3 pt., 34 hp, 1287 hrs. Tag #30503............$6950 (LV) Long 460 2WD, loader, 45 hp, 1486 hours. Tag #25975............................. $7250 (H) Ford 8340 cab, Dual loader..Coming In (L) Ford 8770 MFWD, 190 hp, loader, 7286 hours. Tag #27800............... $55,000 (G) Massey-Ferguson 399 MFWD, 105 hp, 3800 hrs, ldr. Tag #30549.... $28,900 (G) Versatile/Ford 946 4WD, 325 hp, 4 SCV’s, 10,700 hr. Tag #28227..........$25,000 (L)

Versatile 895 4WD, 4 SCV’s, 9476 hours. Tag #29016.......................... $17,000 (H) Versatile 875.......................Coming In (H) Versatile 875 4WD, 280 hp, 6000 hours. Tag #29627.......................... $19,000 (H)

Sprayers

John Deere 4940 120-ft., 20” spacing, traction ctrl, GPS. Tag #30496..$297,500 (G) John Deere 4940 120-ft., 20”, traction control, GPS. Tag #30497....... $312,500 (G) John Deere 4940 120-ft., 20”, traction control, GPS. Tag #30453....... $320,000 (G) John Deere 4940 120-ft., 20” spacing, GPS, 341 hours. Tag #30304...... $332,000 (G) John Deere 4930 120-ft., 20” spacing, 1803 hours. Tag #28460............. $195,000 (G) John Deere 4830 100-ft., 20” spacing, 1000 gallon. Tag #30192............ $167,000 (B) John Deere 4830, 100-ft., 20”, 1000 gal, 1800 hr. Tag #28246.......... $192,000 (H) John Deere 4830, 100-ft., 20”, 1000 gal, Autotrac bm lvl. Tag #28071.$271,000 (B) John Deere 4830 100-ft., 20” spacing, 100 gallon. Tag #30201............ $259,500 (H) John Deere 4920, 120-ft., 20”, 1200 gal, 4230 hr. Tag #28120.......... $115,000 (H) John Deere 4920, 100-ft., 20”, 1200 gal, 2644 hr. Tag #28121.......... $135,000 (H) John Deere 4700 sprayer... Coming In (L) Top Air TA2400 pull-type, 2400 gallon, mix cones. Tag #28798.............. $65,000 (G) Brandt QF1500 100-ft., 1000 gallon, mix cones, rinse rank. Tag #28575..$9000 (G) Flexi-Coil 67XL 136-ft., 1500 gallon. Tag #26783................................ $17,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 120-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, mixing cone, rinse. Tag #28174.$17,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, pulltype. Tag #28354................. $19,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XLT 100-ft., 1500 gallon. Salvage, for parts. Tag #28819.... $2500 (H) Freightliner MP-800 Marflex 80-ft., 20”, 1350 gallon. Tag #29000..... $31,500 (H) Case IH 160 120-ft., 20”, 1600 gal, 2 nozzle bodies, rinse. Tag #28074... $34,000 (H) Case IH SRX160 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27576................................ $29,000 (H) Case IH SRX160 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27554................................ $27,500 (H) Case IH Patriot 3330 100-ft., 1000 gal, 20” sp, 1765 hr. Tag #27909.... $210,000 (B) New Holland SF216 120-ft., 20”, 1600 gal, mix cones, rinse. Tag #30287.$34,000(H) Loral spreader truck. Tag #30406.............. ............................................. $24,000 (H) Summers 80-ft. pickup sprayer, 500 gallon, Raven control. Tag #30405..... $3750 (H) Summer Ultimate 90-ft. boom, 1500 gallon. Tag #27128...........................$30,000 (L) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, suspended. Tag #27834...... $24,000 (H) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gal, 5 boom sec, 3 nzl bds. Tag #28307.. $34,500 (H) Summers Ultimate 1500 gallon, 110-ft. booms..............................Coming In (H)

Combines & Attachments

John Deere S680 540 hp, 400 bu, ProDrive, 348 hours. Tag #29794..... $355,000 (B) John Deere S680 540 hp, tri stream rotor, pro drive trans. Tag #30477..$360,000 (G) John Deere S680 540 hp, 796/597 hrs., pro drive trans. Tag #27618.... $320,000 (H) John Deere S680 tri stream rotor, pro drive trans. Tag #30498............. $370,000 (G) John Deere S670 pro drive trans, tri stream rotor. Tag #30407.............. $328,500 (H) John Deere S670 pro drive, tri stream rotor. Tag #30408....................... $335,000 (H) John Deere S670 pro drive, tri stream rotor. Tag #30409....................... $335,000 (H) John Deere S670 pro drive, tri stream rotor. Tag #30410....................... $332,500 (H) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, ProDrive, 803/535 hr. Tag #30145.. Coming In (L) John Deere S670 589/392 hrs., 3 speed, auto trac. Tag #30430........$249,000 (L)

Drills

John Deere 1890/1910 42-ft., 7.5”, 300 bu, tow between. Tag #30193.$145,000 (B) John Deere 1890/1910 50-ft., 7.5”, 350 bu, tow between. Tag #30194.$170,000 (B) John Deere 1820/1900 60-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot. Tag #25282.....$60,500 (L) John Deere 1820/1900 42-ft., 12” spacing, tow between. Tag #28966..$62,500 (LV) John Deere 9450 50-ft., 12” spacing. Tag #22937................................ $16,000 (H) Case IH ATX700 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27613...... $118,000 (H) Case IH 3430/800 70-ft., 12” spacing, 430 bushels...........................Coming In (H) Concord 3400 50-ft., 12”, 340 bu, tow between. Tag #30189............. $32,000 (G) Concord 3400 50-ft., 12”, 340 bu, tow between. Tag #30190............. $32,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 7500/2320 50-ft., 12” spacing. Tag #29369......................... $37,500 (G) Flexi-Coil 45-ft. ..................Coming In (H) Flexi-Coil 5000 60-ft. Tag #29334............. ............................................$60,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/2340 45-ft..Coming In (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft., 9” spacing, double shoot. Tag #26849.. $53,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft..Coming In (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27296.. $45,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 3”, 230 bu, dbl sht, stl pckrs. Tag #28203... $64,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3430 57-ft., 9”, 430 bu, dbl sht, prim block. Tag #28175.$87,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft. 12” space, 340 bu, sngl sht. Tag #29895..... $49,500 (G) Flexi-Coil 7500/3450 60-ft., 9” spacing. Tag #24912......................... $60,000 (G) New Holland SD440 60-ft., 9” spacing. Tag #24886......................... $95,000 (H) Great Plains 30HC 30-ft. grain/fert box drill, 10” spacing. Tag #29839.$1950 (G) Kirschmann endwheel, 12-ft., 6” spacing, double disk. Tag #28795.......$2750 (LV)

See Moodie Implement Co. for all of your new and used John Deere needs

John Deere 9870STS 440 hp, 300 bushels, 1301/926 hr. Tag #26934.. $228,000 (H) John Deere 9660STS 285 hp, 300 bu, tank extensions. Tag #29873.... $110,000 (H) John Deere 9770STS 360 hp, 300 bushels...................................Coming In (H) John Deere 9760STS 340 hp, 300 bushels...................................Coming In (H) John Deere 9760STS 3 speed, fixed feeder house. Tag #30400............$145,000 (L) John Deere 9760STS 3 speed, fixed feeder house. Tag #30402............$145,000 (L) John Deere 9610 275 hp, 240 bushels..... ........................................Coming In (H) John Deere 9610 275 hp, 240 bushels, 3790 hours. Tag #27456..... $52,000 (H) John Deere 9610 275 hp, chppr, 930 head, 3795/2675 hr. Tag#29745... $62,500 (H) John Deere 9600................Coming In (H) John Deere 9600, high hours.................... ........................................Coming In (H) John Deere 8820 230 head with bat reel. Tag #29534..........................$18,500 (L) John Deere 7720 145 hp, 2250 hours, 224 head. Tag #26708................ $11,500 (L) Case IH 6088 305 hp, 300 bushel, 1240/977 hours. Tag #27905............ $195,000 (B) Case IH 7120 360 hp, 315 bu, 4 speed hydro, chppr. Tag #29478.$170,000 (H) Case IH 8120 420 hp, 350 bushel, 1265 hours Tag #27680............. $170,000 (H) Case IH 2388 280 hp, 210 bu, 2089/1550 hours. Tag #29747.............. $89,500 (H) Case IH 2388 280 hp, 210 bu, 3 speed, 3000/1930 hr. Tag #29852.. $72,000 (H) Case IH 1680 225 hp, 210 bushels, spreader, singles. Tag #29409....... $24,500 (G) Case IH 1680......................Coming in (H)

Lots of combine platforms in stock.

Construction Equipment

John Deere CT322 track loader, cab, foot controls........................... Coming In (L) John Deere 27D excavator, open station.. ........................................ Coming In (L) John Deere 35D excavator, open station.. ........................................ Coming In (L) Ford New Holland 575E tractor/backhoe/ loader, 4WD. Tag #30478..$29,500 (LV) Cat D6C dozer, cab, no AC, 120” angle blade, winch. Tag #30366... $28,500 (H) Cat D5B dozer. Tag #30502.... $21,000 (H) Bobcat S300 skidsteer, 75 hp, 3000 lb. lift, bkhoe, 1100 hr. Tag #26535..$45,000 (G) Bobcat boom mounted backhoe with 18” bucket. Tag #29597............... $1500 (B)

Tillage

Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar. Tag #20841....................................$4000 (L) John Deere 1410 10-ft. offset disk, 22” disks. Tag #28799..................$2500 (LV) Krause 907 25-ft. folding tandem disk. Tag #26321................................... $5700 (B)

Miscellaneous Grain Handling

Farm King 8”x60-ft. PTO driven auger on transport. Tag #29233............$2500 (LV) Brandt 4500 grain vac. Tag #27094........... .............................................$10,500 (G) 30-ft. high speed header trailer. Tag #29023................................... $3500 (B) High speed header trailer... Coming In (G)

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HAY AND PANELS FOR SALE Clean, good quality, second cutting orchard grass and alfalfa hay in round bales, no rain................................................................................. $100/per bale Hay feed-through panels for cattle. Some need work, various lengths. Phone (406) 952-0966 Great Falls, Montana

FARM HELP WANTED

A Townsend, MT area family farm is looking for an experienced equipment operator to join our team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with previous experience in some or all aspects of an irrigated grain and hay operation. Experience may include but not limited to tillage work, seeding, spraying, irrigating, and harvesting of both small grains and the swathing, raking and baling of alfalfa hay. Must have a valid driver’s license (no CDL required) and be mildly mechanically inclined. Experience with road grader, backhoe or excavator will also be considered. This position includes a competitive hourly wage, based on qualifications, as well as yearly bonuses and a company vehicle to drive. Please contact Jason Noyes at 406-949-4851 to set up an interview time.

Miscellaneous

John Deere 825i UTV, gas, power steering, 437 hours. Tag #30227......... $11,500 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, power steering, cab enclosure. Tag #30537..$12,000 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas. Tag #29748... ..............................................$10,500 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, 1102 hours. Tag #29262................................... $9500 (B) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, 460 hours. Tag #28964.................................$11,950 (L) John Deere 620i UTV, 4x4, gas. Tag #28998................................... $6000 (H) John Deere TX Gator UTV, 4x2, gas, 390 hours. Tag #29750.................. $6395 (B) John Deere TS Gator UTV, 4x2, gas. Tag #30293................................... $2400 (G) John Deere TS Gator UTV, 4x2, gas. Tag #30292................................... $2500 (G) Yamaha Rhino 660 UTV, 4x4, gas, poly cab. Tag #30210..................... $7250 (G) Bobcat 2200 UTV, 4x4, automatic. Tag #28411.................................... $6500 (G) KTM motorcycle. Tag #29394..... $6000 (G) Kawasaki 3010 Mule UTV, 4x4, gas, soft cab, 171 hours. Tag #29851... $6000 (H) John Deere 741 self-leveling loader, 8-ft. bckt, grpl, no hyd controls... $10,500 (H) Frontier AS10H 10-ft. snow push, fits JD 300/400 series ldr. Tag #24539..$2200 (B) Worksaver round bale spear, fits JD 280 loader. Tag #30495....................$300 (L) Ford pallet loader forks off a Ford 8770. Tag #27801..................................... $750 (G) Bush Hog RZ60 5-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #26096..................................... $900 (G) Degelman 7200 14-ft. HD 6-way hydraulic dozer blade. Tag #28332......$26,500 (L)

Misc Haying

Hesston 4910 4x4 big square baler with accumulator. Tag #29489.... $36,000 (H) Tonutti 6-ft. sickle bar mower, 3-point. Tag #26780..................................$1350 (LV) New Holland 1048 self-propelled 2 wide balewagon. Tag #27743...... $11,500 (H) New Holland 1044 pull-type 3 wide bale wagon. Tag #28800...............$4500 (LV) Sitrex RP4 hay rake. Tag #22995..$850 (G) Sitrex RP4 8-wheel hay rake. Tag #29496. ................................................ $2200 (H) H&S BF12HC 12 wheel V rake.................. .........................................Coming In (B) MacDon 1300 lrg sq self-loading wagon, holds 16 bls. Tag #30568..... $13,500 (G) Bale King 3100 round bale processor. Tag #30451................................... $8500 (H) Haybuster 256+II round bale processor. Tag #30033................................... $6500 (H) Hesston BP25 round bale processor. Tag #30422....................................$4995 (L)

Eagle 6-ft. 3-point mount tandem disk harrow. Tag #29601....................... $950 (B) Tufline TB296 8-ft. 3-pt. mount box blade, scarifiers. Tag #29712............ $1299 (B) Rhino PHD post hole digger, 3-point, 540 PTO, 12” bit. Tag #29602......... $950 (B) Danuser F7 post hole digger, 3-pt., 540 PTO, 12” bit. Tag #30251..........$750 (L) Shaver 901 post hole digger with two bits. Tag #20775..............................$1100 (B) Shaver HD12 post pounder, 3-pt. mount. Tag #30323..............................$2850 (L)

Lawn & Garden

John Deere 1435 72” deck, diesel, front mower. Tag #26517................ $7500 (H) John Deere 757 commercial zero turn mower, 60” deck. Tag #29095.$5600 (G) John Deere X540 54” deck, bagger, shovel, canopy, 187 hr. Tag #30060... $6900 (B) John Deere X320 48” deck, hydro, v-twin engine. Tag #29395................ $2700 (B) John Deere X300 42” deck, hydro, mulching deck. Tag #29330................... $2300 (B) John Deere X300 42” deck, hydro, v-twin, 140 hours. Tag #30119........... $2300 (B) John Deere X304 42” deck, hydro, 4 wheel steer, bagger. Tag #29497...... $2950 (H) John Deere Z665 60” deck, zero-turn. New never used. Tag #29609..........$6299 (L) John Deere Z425 48” deck, zero-turn, bagger, power flow. Tag #29629....$4999 (L) John Deere Z225 42” deck, 18 hp, zero turn, bagger. Tag #29707................ $2150 (H) John Deere Z245 zero turn mower, 48” deck. Tag #19680................... $3599 (G) John Deere 48C Powerflow bagger. Tag #23618..................................... $900 (B) John Deere LT180 42” deck, hydro, Kawasaki v-twin. Tag #29061.......... $1600 (B) John Deere LT170 42” deck, lawn tractor, hydro. Tag #29762...................$1350 (L) John Deere L115, 42” deck, bagger. Tag #28870......................................$900 (L) John Deere 265 46” deck, hydro, tiller. Tag #29512....................................$1750 (L) Sabre 1438HS lawn tractor, 38” deck, hydro. Tag #29266................................$650 (L) Toro Z480 hydro transmission with bagger. Tag #25903............................. $1900 (G) Dixon ZTR-4424 zero turn mower, 44” deck, hydro. Tag #29165...................$1099 (L) Husqvarna RZ5424 24 hp, 54” deck, hydro, zero turn. Tag #29443............. $3500 (H) John Deere 42 42” front snow blower, fits JD LT series. Tag #30436..........$500 (L) John Deere 44 44” blade for 300 series tractors. Tag #29331................. $250 (B) Swisher Quad Boss 44” pull-type mower, 12.5 hp. Tag #29763................$1350 (L)

Can’t be tetany, it’s winter time!

By Billy Whitehurst, Madison/Jefferson County Extension One January day a few years ago a neighbor called me and asked if I could help him figure out what was wrong with his bull. When I asked him what was going on he said “Well he appears to be plumb healthy, except he’s dead!” So I ventured over to his place to see what a “healthy, but dead” bull looked like. As we got to talking he said he had just started to feed his cattle a few days ago and he was feeding a cereal grain hay. When I asked if he thought it could be tetany, he responded “Can’t be tetany, it’s winter time!” As it turns out it was tetany and we all need to take a lesson from this episode in my neighbor’s life. CONTINUED ON PAGE C22

Round Balers

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Can’t be tetany, it’s winter time! CONTINUED FROM PAGE C20

Typically, tetany is a springtime disease that essentially results from a magnesium deficiency. It’s a little more complicated than that, but for today that explanation will suffice. Magnesium is a macro-mineral, which means it isn’t stored as well in the body and is required in larger and more frequent doses. In the case of ruminants such as cattle and sheep, its primary site of absorption is in the rumen and it goes right to the bloodstream (there may be some highly scientific processes that occur here, but unless you want to take a nap I will spare you the bio-chemistry involved in this process). Since magnesium is not stored well, tetany can creep up on our cattle in short order if we don’t pay attention, especially when we have instances of higher levels of potassium present in the diet. Cereal grain hays have the potential to be higher in potassium than our more traditional perennial hays like grass and alfalfa and they tend to be a little lower in calcium and magnesium as well. This creates a nutritional situation that can incite tetany even in the winter. About this time of year folks start breaking into the hay stacks and the grain hays often are the first to get fed so we need to be thinking about this. The frustrating thing about tetany is that your cattle can be perfectly healthy and show no signs of tetany and then die in as little as 48 hours. Clinical signs (the kind you can see visually) don’t generally become evident until 4-8 hours before death can occur. This means that if we aren’t sitting right on top of these cattle, we can easily miss it and not be aware of the problem till we see carcasses on the ground. Younger cattle aren’t generally as susceptible as mature cattle because young cattle can mobilize magnesium out of their bones to overcome a short-term deficiency whereas mature cattle’s bones have fully ossified. I know many of you are tired of hearing us extension folks telling you to test your hay. So that being said…TEST YOUR HAY! With the test results you can dust off the calculator and punch some numbers into a formula called the tetany risk ratio to determine if you may be at risk for tetany. The tetany risk ratio looks like this: %K x 255.74 (%Ca x 499) + (%Mg x 822.64) If the answer to this equation is 2.23 or higher, then there is a tetany risk that needs to be mitigated by increasing the amount of magnesium in the diet or blending some other feeds to bring the risk down. Take a deep breath and relax, here’s how to use it:

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If your hay does look like it could put you at risk simply blend it with some other hay to bring that ratio back into proportion. While it could be possible to supplement with some high magnesium mineral, it may be hard to obtain the needed increase through a mineral supplement alone as most cattle would prefer to drink turpentine rather than endure the taste of magnesium. If you have questions or concerns about your herd’s nutrition, give your county extension office or state extension specialist a call. We are here to help and enjoy doing it. ##### When I am an old coot... I will rent a gorilla suit and wear it to the zoo and jump out at people from behind trees and grab their hotdogs. ##### When I am an old coot... I will keep a can of earthworms and a bucket of minnows in my refrigerator. ##### When I am an old coot... I will track down Willie Nelson and tell him I was wrong and he was right about some things. ##### When I am an old coot... I will carry my own trail mix of salted peanuts, Junior Mints, candy corn and Tums.

Master Equine program provides training

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By Dan Moser, UNL IANR News Service The Master Equine Manager program offers participants a comprehensive educational series on horse management and riding and training concepts. A partnership of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Iowa State University, the course is available online at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/masterequine/. A complete program description and registration information are available there. Kathy Anderson, UNL Extension horse specialist, said the program is designed to enhance the broad-based horse industry by informing and educating people on quality horse care and responsible horse ownership. Horse owners, enthusiasts, boarding facility managers and industry employees benefit from increased knowledge and networking with others in the horse industry. The program combines focused learning opportunities with a hands-on practical evaluation. The learning modules and topics include: – Welfare of Horses: Understanding Horse Behavior, Facilities and Equipment, Equine Quality Assurance – Horse Nutrition: Forages for Horses, Feeds and Feeding – Horse Health: Equine Emergency Treatment, Vaccinations for Horses, Understanding Horse Parasites, and Hoof Care – Selection of Horses: Conformation and Evaluation, Unsoundness’s and Blemishes Cost is $325 for adults (19 and older), $250 for youths, who might be high school juniors or seniors. More information is available from Anderson, 402-4726414, kanderson1@unl.edu. Registrations are accepted from junior and senior high school students and adults with an interest in horses. Graduates of the program will become a certified Master Equine Manager and are encouraged to share their skills and knowledge with others. The program is approved by Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship and Certified Horsemanship Association – Certified Riding Instructors for CE credit for recertification.

HOE DRILL AND LIQUID FERTILIZER CART FOR SALE

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John Deere 410D ROPS, very good tires, bucket, forks, 24” bucket, a good older hoe, have not run thru shop but pretty good hoe............................................................... $15,500

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The toolbox for trait selection in the beef herd

By Adam Hady, University of Wisconsin Extension With beef prices high and the calf crop in, beef producers are starting to decide which of this year’s heifers and/or bulls they are going to keep back for next year. Beef producers have a whole host of tools to help them decide. Here are four ways producers can use to select the traits that they want in their next generation. To start with, let’s consider visual appraisal. This is the eye test. Utilizing this method of selection is based on the phenotype, or the looks, of the animal. For trait selection, if the traits are highly heritable, this can be a good method, however it may not be the best method for genetic progress. One of the negatives of visual appraisal is that we can often miss out on a stronger performing animal due to the simple fact of age and eye appeal. Visual appeal is beneficial for helping select and or cull for physical traits that could be problematic long term like feet and leg and other structural traits. Another process is production testing. Production testing allows producers to make selection decisions based on what the animal has actually done when compared to its contemporaries. In this system records are kept on animal performance. The records are then standardized or adjusted for known environmental factors that influence the performance in an attempt to put all individuals in a herd on an equal basis. For example, let’s look at the adjusted weaning weight formula: Average Daily Gain X 205 days (Standards Days to Weaning) +Birth weight+ Dam Adjustment Factor= Adjusted Weaning Weight Let’s compare at two calves: Calf A: heifer calf that was born on 4-19 (70 lbs. BW) to a two year old cow weaned on 10-5 with a weight of 440 pounds Calf B: bull calf that was born on 4-6 (85 lbs. BW) to a five year old cow weaned on 10-5 with a weight of 520 pounds.

205 day - Dam Adjustment Factor

Dam’s Age Bull calf 2 years old 60 3 years old 40 4 years old 20 5-10 years old 0 11+ years old 20

Heifer Calf 54 36 18 0 18

Based on visual appraisal, on the day of weaning, we would say that the bull calf was a better calf and higher performing than the heifer calf. The reality is that when using the numbers provided and the dam adjustments the two calves have the exact same adjusted weaning weight and we can fairly judge the production of the animal by making the correct adjustments for sex of the calf, maturity level of the cow, and her ability to milk. Calf A: 1.85 ADG x 205 Days + 70 BW + 54 DAF =503 pounds adjusted weaning weight Calf B: 2.04 ADG X 205 Days + 85 BW +0 DAF = 503 pounds adjusted weaning weight The third tool we have for selection is progeny testing. Progeny testing allows us to select animals based off the performance of their offspring. When using progeny test we use what is called Expected Progeny Difference (EPD). These are the genetic predictions of an individual and are deviations from a base set by the breeds. These predictions are set based on pedigree information and have low accuracy levels until the animal has progeny of their own. In both of these last two tools; neither takes into account the looks (structural correctness) of the animal just the data associated with the animal. A fourth method to consider adding to our toolbox is marker-assisted selection. This method allows for us to utilize DNA markers that have a measurable effect on a complex trait. This allows us to make selections based on these markers that we would otherwise have to wait until we had higher accuracies in EPD’s to evaluate. Examples would be markers associated with tenderness and marbling. These tools help add information and value when marketing our calf crop. So using a combination of these selection methods can be useful while building and maintaining our herd. Using the tools in the toolbox will help us to keep back the animals most likely to keep our genetic progress moving forward. ##### To old coots and free spirits...long may they dance.

Support for graduate student fellowships and Animal and Range Sciences

The Montana Stockgrowers Association Research, Education and Endowment Foundation and the MSU Alumni Foundation are working together to raise $1 million for graduate student fellowships in animal and range sciences. The fellowships, which will cover tuition and other fees for graduate students, will enhance with the newly established Nancy Cameron Faculty Chair in animal and range sciences, supporting research tied to the livestock industry. “Nancy Cameron’s gift provided important, initial funds for a dedicated faculty researcher focusing on cattle production in Montana,” said John Grande, chairman of the Montana Stockgrowers Research, Education and Endowment Foundation. “As a group, we want to help bolster this generous gift by raising additional support for dedicated graduate fellowships. Our state needs faculty and graduate students to lead industry-driven projects that directly benefit the Montana livestock industry.” The total value of Montana cattle and calves production was $1.36 billion in 2013 and has topped the $1 billion mark in eight of the past 10 years. Research and development programs focusing on beef cattle are important to the state’s economy and MSU’s College of Agriculture is uniquely positioned to be leader of this focused research. The Nancy Cameron Chair will support and mentor research efforts and educational programs that foster greater collaboration

among all industry stakeholders. This cooperative approach will ensure the vitality of livestock production in Montana and the region. Working under the leadership and direction of this faculty chair, graduate students will play an important role in expanding research and development in cattle production. In February, MSU alumna Nancy Cameron made a $3.5 million gift to the MSU Foundation to endow the faculty research chair, three scholarship funds and a business professorship at MSU. Cameron is descended from a pioneering ranching family with a 125-year history in the state. The family ranch was southwest of Great Falls. MSU’s College of Agriculture Interim Dean Glenn Duff said, “Together, these graduate fellowships and the Cameron faculty chair will allow us to attract an outstanding faculty leader who will in turn attract the best graduate students. Research is a cornerstone at MSU and it’s more important than ever for the college to work closely with producers on finding new and innovative short and long term solutions to challenges facing the industry. The college is very excited to partner with Montana Stockgrowers to make that happen.” Those interested in learning more or providing additional financial support to the Montana Stockgrowers Fellowships may contact Kevin Brown at the MSU Alumni Foundation at kevin.brown@msuaf.org or 406-994-4815.

Auwarter recognized by Weed Science Society

By NDSU Extension Service Collin Auwarter, North Dakota State University (NDSU) research specialist, was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award for Professional Staff during the annual meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS). The award recognizes outstanding and sustained contributions in support of weed science activities in the North Central region. Auwarter is a research specialist in the NDSU Plant Sciences Department. Nominees for this award must be individuals who work under the direction of university, federal or industry scientists and must have been involved in weed science research, Extension or resident education for at least five years. Auwarter obtained his bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness and Applied Economics at NDSU in 2004. He began work that same year as a research specialist for the NDSU high-value crops project under the direction of Harlene Hatterman-Valenti. The high-value crops project works on diverse crops such as potatoes, onions and grapes. Auwarter has conducted a wide variety of research and taken on the challenge of employing new products and methods of weed control. A member of the NCWSS since 2005, Auwarter has attended and presented a poster each year at the annual meeting and served as section chair of the horticulture, ornamentals and turf papers session. The NCWSS consists of weed science industry professionals from 15 states and one Canadian province. The mission of the NCWSS is to deliver research, education and training to people responsible for weeds and their management in land use systems. For more information, visit http:// ncwss.org/.

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ing a potential for growth in RP sales over coming years. Livestock/Other Programs Livestock price insurance programs, including Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) and Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), are still relatively under-used (or in some cases unused) and offer opportunities for producers to manage downside price risk. Four types of livestock (or dollar liability type) insurance had zero participation in 2013: LGMcattle; LGM-dairy cattle; LRPfed cattle; and LRP-swine. Lamb producers continue to use LRP, insuring well over $12 million in liability. LRP for feeder cattle total liability doubled over 2012, showing some growth in this still underused program. Pasture, Rangeland, Forage-Vegetative Index insurance (PRFVI) showed considerable growth over 2012, most likely due to the severe drought in 2012. The 2012-2013 comparison is shown in Table 2 above. Total liability grew from $4,896,190 to $10,457,387. Policies earning premiums grew from 127 to 199, and total acres insured grew from 769,568 to 1,349,958. Total indemnities increased substantially from 2012 to $3,812,582, while the loss ratio more than doubled. For more information Visit a local crop insurance agent for more information on what crop insurance strategy best fits the risk management needs of your operation. See RightRisk.org for an interactive risk management learning experience including online courses, tools, producer profiles, and other information. For an in-depth breakdown of 2013 insurance policies by county, visit RMA’s website at www3.rma.usda.gov/apps/sob/.

New N.D. 4-H Ambassadors selected

By NDSU Extension Service Four youth have been selected to join the ambassadors become a part of our family.” North Dakota 4-H Ambassador program. The North Dakota 4-H ambassadors are The new team members, the county a group of young adults who are actively where they are enrolled in 4-H and where involved in 4-H. Ambassadors help plan and they attend school are: coordinate many activities that teach youth • Arianna Alvarez, Cass County, Kindred and adults topics such as leadership, team High School work and citizenship. The 4-H ambassadors • Holly Johnson, Traill County, Hope specialize in planning and facilitating 4-H High School events such as the Extension Youth Con• Marisa Smith, Sargent County, Brittonference, which is held in Fargo. They also Hecla (S.D.) High School help plan workshops, training sessions, and • Summer Steinwand, Dickey County, regional and state events. Edgeley High School “We strive for excellence and quality in “The four new 4-H’ers who were sethe ambassador program, and we found it in lected for the ambassador program met or these ambassador candidates,” says Aaron exceeded the score required to become a Subart, North Dakota 4-H ambassador North Dakota state 4-H ambassador,” says selections co-chair. “They will all be welChauntel Bergstrom, North Dakota 4-H comed with open hearts because we know ambassador selections co-chair. “Some of that they are a great fit for this program.” the traits they were evaluated on included The ambassadors try to create events that enthusiasm, leadership and dedication to are fun, educational and skill-building. They the program. They also had an application take an active role in volunteering in 4-H judged. We were fortunate to have four new programs in every county.

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By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota As farmers turn the calendar to a new year, their plans began to unfold for the upcoming cropping season. One of the first important considerations for the new crop is often variety selection. Dr Hans Kandel, NDSU Agronomist, recently provided the following helpful information to guide your decisions. Read on… Soybean variety selection should be based on maturity, yield, seed quality, lodging iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance and disease reaction. In most years, later maturing varieties tend to yield more than early maturing varieties when evaluated at the same location. After determining a suitable maturity for the farm, comparing yields of varieties that are of similar maturity is important. Although late maturity increases yield potential, later maturing varieties are more risky to grow than earlier maturing varieties because an early frost may kill a late maturing variety before the beans have completely filled in the pods, which will reduce yield and percent oil greatly. Soybeans maturity is a response to day length and heat units, so the actual calendar date a variety will mature is highly influenced by latitude; each variety has a narrow range of north to south adaptation. Soybean yield and quality are affected if a season ending freeze occurs before a variety reaches physiological maturity. Physiological maturity has been reached when 95 percent of the pods have reached the mature color. Usually, harvest can start seven to 14 days after the crop is physiologically mature. Varieties of maturity groups 00, 0 and 1 are suitable for eastern North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota. The best way to select a high yielding variety is to use data across several locations and years. Because weather conditions are unknown in advance, averaging across several year’ data will identify how a variety might perform across different weather conditions. As you consider disease problems, Phytophthora root rot is one of the most important ones in our area. It tends to be more of a problem in poorly drained soils and heavy soils, but can cause significant stand reduction and losses when conditions are favorable for disease development. Tools to manage the rot include a resistant variety, a fungicide treatment, tile drainage, and crop rotation. The rot is a variable pathogen and many races exist in our area. No gene guarantees control of the pathogen. Therefore, monitoring your fields for root rot every year is important. If the disease is wide spread, the gene is no longer resistant and should not be used in future plantings. Rotating effective genes is very important because lack of gene or crop rotation can speed the development of new races. Fungicide seed treatments with activity against this rot may help prevent early infection, but does not provide season long control and should be used in combination with resistance. Crop rotation may help reduce the root rot but will not eradicate it. Varieties have resistance to white mold, therefore varieties that are less susceptible to mold should be used on fields where mold has a history of causing problems. The same organism causing white mold in soybeans causes mold in other susceptible crops. Therefore, recent mold problems in any crop in that field should be noted, and rotated with non-host crops such as wheat or corn. Fungicides are labeled for suppression of mold, but applications must be made on a preventive basis. Results may be inconsistent and economics in low disease risk fields are often not favorable. Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) is a major problem in Northwest Minnesota and often develops during the 2 to 7 trifoliate leaf stages. Plants tend to recover and start to turn green again during the late vegetative, flowering and pod filling stages. However, IDC during the early stages can significantly reduce yield potential. Some varieties are more tolerant to IDC than others. Select an IDC tolerant variety of suitable maturity that is high yielding. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is a relatively new pest to our area is rapidly increasing in importance. This small parasitic roundworm attacks the roots of soybeans and is often undetected until a 15 to 30 percent yield loss has occurred. Several counties in Northwest Minnesota have tested positive for SCN and growers should be actively managing for SCN. Crop rotation and resistant varieties should be used. Varieties that have PI88788 and PEKING show resistance to SCN. More detailed information about varieties can be found at www.ag.ndsu.edu/vaietytrials or at www1.extension.umn. edu/agriculture/soybean or at www.mnsoybean.org. For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. Source: Hans Kandel, NDSU Soybean Variety Trial Results for 2014.

N.D. 4-H Foundation names new executive director

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Early cold blast prompts livestock cold stress warning

By Aimee Nielson, University of Kentucky Extension An early blast of arctic cold has landed in the Bluegrass, and that puts pressure on farmers to make sure their animals are ready for the assault. “Some locations may even see the livestock cold stress index dip into the emergency category early next week,” said Matt Dixon, agricultural meteorologist for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “This arctic air mass will continue to build over the next few days, and the lows the next few nights will bottom out in the upper teens and low 20s for most areas of the state. Windchills could very well dip into the single digits at times on Monday and Tuesday night.” These temperatures are about 20 degrees below normal for this time of year and will create dangerous conditions for livestock and outdoor pets. To complicate matters, Dixon said some areas could see snow accumulations toward the end of the weekend and into next week. Livestock producers should make sure animals have adequate shelter, water, dry bedding and feed to make it through this cold spell. Pet owners should bring pets indoors. UK livestock specialists said animals have a higher requirement for energy in the colder months, so producers should have high-quality grains and forages on hand to meet their needs. The average horse, with a lower activity level, should eat between 1.5 and 2 percent of its body weight in feed per day to maintain its weight. UK equine specialist Bob Coleman said that feed requirement goes up in the winter, as horses use more calories to keep warm. He recommended providing extra hay and making sure horses have shelter to get out of windy, damp weather. It’s also important for horses to have access to clean, unfrozen water. Make sure water sources are open for all livestock. A decrease in water intake will affect dry matter intake. Ambient temperatures can impact the amount of dry matter cattle eat, providing an opportunity to compensate for increased maintenance energy needs. Producers either need to increase their animals’ feed intake or increase the energy density of the diet by feeding higher quality hay or adding more grain or fat to the grain mix, UK beef specialist Jeff Lehmkuhler said. Lehmkuhler recommended that producers continue to monitor cows during the wintertime and make sure to maintain the animals’ body condition. “Poor quality hay may not provide adequate energy to maintain gestating cows that are entering the third trimester,” he said. “Consider having the hay tested to determine if you need to supplement during times of possible cold stress, especially for the enduring cold spells.” He said to consider separating younger and thinner cows that may not have the same internal insulation as conditioned older cows and supplement them accordingly or offer them higher quality forage if available. Coleman said equine owners can employ similar strategies and separate animals according to body condition score. “Producers should move cows to fields with natural windbreaks or provide man-made windbreaks, which are not the same as a barn,” Lehmkuhler suggested. “Poorly managed barns combined with poor ventilation may actually hamper efforts to improve the environmental conditions. Lastly, remember it is energy or calories that are really needed. If the protein level in the forage is adequate, do not make supplement decisions based on protein level; rather purchase the most affordable calories. Stay warm and keep the waterers flowing.” The lower critical temperature (LCT) value for cattle is the lowest temperature or wind chill at which no additional energy is required to maintain core body temperature. “As the temperature declines below this lower critical value, the maintenance energy value for the animal is increased to maintain core body temperature,” he said. “Animals maintain core body temperature by increasing their metabolism, resulting in greater heat production, as well as other heat conservation strategies, such as reducing blood flow to the extremities, shivering and increased intake.” Lehmkuhler said several things can influence lower critical temperature value. “Both external and internal insulation influences the LCT. External insulation is basically the depth and thickness of the hair coat, condition of the hair coat and thickness of the hide,” he said. “Thin-hided breeds such as dairy breeds tend to have a lower insulating factor than thick-hided breeds like Herefords. The condition of the hair coat is extremely important as an external insulation barrier.” CONTINUED ON PAGE C31

New extension educator

By University of Wyoming Extension Jeremiah Vardiman joined the Park County University of Wyoming (UW) Extension office in Powell January 5 as the northwest area educator for agriculture. Vardiman has worked for UW at the Sheridan Research and Extension Center since 2012 and for the past year served as assistant farm manager. He received a bachelor’s degree in biology with an emphasis in environmental studies and a master’s degree in education, both from Chadron State College in Nebraska. His new position will emphasize crop science. He will serve Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation. In addition to agricultural producers, this position provides educational programming to small-acreage landowners and supports the area’s Master Gardener programs.

Early cold blast prompts livestock cold stress warning CONTINUED FROM PAGE C30

The hair coat acts similar to home attic insulation that traps air, enhancing the insulating value. If the hair is wet and full of mud, air is excluded, reducing the insulating value and increasing heat loss from the skin to the environment. The density of the hair coat and if it is wet or dry impacts the wind chill temperatures at which cold stress is considered mild, moderate or severe. As little as 0.1 inch of rain can immediately impact cold stress severity by matting the hair down reducing its insulating ability. Acclimation time, hide thickness, fat cover and other factors will also influence the degree of cold stress that animals experience. ##### Lemon is an effective cleaning agent for aluminum and brass. Sprinkle cream of tarter on a wedge of lemon and rub it into the surface. Let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse and buff dry. If you don’t have any cream of tarter, you can also try this trick with baking soda.

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AIR DRILL AND CART FOR SALE

2008 New Holland SD 440 45-ft. 10” spacing, double shoot hoe drill with 2004 Flexi-Coil 3450 mechanical cart. Asking............................................................................$65,000 obo Phone (406) 395-4443 or 395-4146, leave message, Havre, Montana

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Grain county estimates for Montana

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Montana Field Office compiles the only annual county estimates for Montana. These county statistics are based on acreage and production surveys conducted during the fall of 2014. Questionnaires were sent to

a sample of farmers and ranchers throughout Montana asking for information on the 2014 acreage and production of different crops. About 3561 questionnaires were tabulated. Thank you to those who participated.

Irrigated & Non-irrigated Winter Wheat Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties and Districts, 2014

Truck

1999 GMC C6500 Western Hauler, crew cab, 3126 Cat engine with Fuller six speed transmission, 118,000 miles, gooseneck ball and fifth wheel hitch, rear air ride suspension, air dump valve, nice condition............................................. $30,000 obo

Haying Equipment

--Counties with no acres planted or counties that are combined into “other” counties/districts to avoid discolsure of individual information

Irrigated & Non-irrigated Spring Wheat Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties and Districts, 2014 Morris 881 Hay Hiker........................................................$12,500 New Holland HW340 15-ft. rotary swather, 1600 hours...$47,500 New Holland BR780 round baler with net wrap, Mega Wide pickup, bale slicer. Nice condition.............................................$17,500 New Holland BR780 round baler, twine only. Preservative applicator..................................................................................$10,500 Case IH 8460 round baler....................................................$7500 Hesston 4590 14x18 square baler with hyd. tension........$12,500 New Holland 311 baler........................................................$3500

Balewagons & Retrievers

New Holland 8500 round balewagon. 2 available............... CALL 2004 New Holland 1095 self-propelled balewagon............. CALL 3-New Holland 1069 gas............................... $32,000 to $45,000 New Holland 1069 gas, rebuilt, sharp, clean....................... CALL New Holland 1068 balewagon, rebuilt..............................$45,000 2-New Holland Super 1049 balewagons...... $12,000 to $28,000 6-New Holland 1037 balewagons, rebuilt...... $18,000 to $25,000 4-New Holland 1033 balewagon...................... $8500 to $12,500 New Holland 1032 rebuilt.................................................$10,500 New Holland 1052 retriever bed.......................................... CALL

Consignments New Holland 1085 block stacker......................................$46,000 New Holland 1051 retriever on 1974 GMC truck................$7500 Hesston 8550 swather with 15-ft. header, 835 engine hours, 644 cutterhead hours...........................................................$54,000 Shaver HD8 post pounder, front mount......................$1200/OBO

Used and New parts available for ALL models of New Holland balewagons

Sod Buster Sales Inc. Farm Equipment Finding Service 505 Gingras Springs Rd, Polson, MT 59860

406-883-2118 or 1-877-735-2108

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Excellent low rate and waiver programs available. Call for details USED COMBINES

2012 Case IH 7130 Axial-Flow combine, long unloader tube, rock trap with reverser, auto steer, large singles with axle extensions, chopper, in “Like New” condition............. Bring us your trade 2010 Case IH 7088 Axial-Flow combine, long unloader tube, yield and moisture monitor, rock trap with reverser, in excellent condition..... Let’s Deal

We would like to acknowledge those who have helped us shape our business in 2014. Thanks for a great year, and we wish you all the best as you embark on 2015. Low rate purchase or Lease programs Available on ALL New and Used equipment on hand.

USED TRACTORS

If you are unsure of section 179, let us run a lease option for you.

2008 Case IH AFX7010 rotary combine with 738 separator hours, Pro 600 monitor, rock trap, fine cut USED HAYING EQUIPMENT chopper, 900/60R32 drive tires @ 75%, 480/70R30 rears @ 75%. In very nice condition.... Let’s Deal 2011 MacDon M150 windrower. Available with choice of draper or hay headers..In Excellent Condition 2008 Case IH AFX7010 rotary combine with 935 separator hours, Pro 600 monitor, rock trap, standard cut chopper, 900/60R32 drive tires @ 70%, 480/70R30 rears @ 70%. In very nice condition... ............................................................. Let’s Deal 1995 Case IH 2188 axial flow combine, rock trap, axle extensions, 20.5x32 bar fronts, 14.9x24 bar rears, long unloader tube and lots of recent work done.. ........................................................ Only $42,500

1985 Case IH 1480 rotary combine, rock trap, 24.5x32 fronts, axle extensions, cross flow cleaning fan, 1010 30-ft. header with batt reel. Was $24,900.... .............................................Reduced to $22,995 New Holland TR75 combine with Ford engine, hydro drive, good rubber, 960 22-ft. header with batt reel. Good machine for only.............................. $16995

NEW & USED HEADERS

MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport................................................... $72,500 (2) MacDon D60 35-ft. draper headers, double knife, triple delivery, pickup reel, transport...........Just In Case IH 2152 40-ft. draper header, double knife, pickup reel, transport.......................................Call 2010 Honey Bee SP36 36-ft. draper header, Case IH adapter, U2 pickup reel, transport package, dual knife drive..............................Nice condition

Steiger 9150 4WD, L10 Cummins 300 hp, 12 speed powershift, 4 remotes, 520/85R38 duals @ 85%, recent reman front & rear axles. Includes EZ-Guide 250 with EZ-Steer. Good condition.......... $52,500 1992 New Holland 9030 bidirectional, bucket, grapple, PTO & 3-pt. on engine end..................Just In Case 1070, diesel engine, cab, air conditioning, 3-pt., PTO, loader, bucket, grapple..........................Call John Deere 4630 FWA, cab, loader. In good condition..................................................................Call

1999 Massey Ferguson 220 Series II windrower, diesel, cab, air conditioning, 30-ft. double swath draper head, pickup reel. Good condition.$29,500 John Deere 580 pull-type windrower, 25-ft. draper.. .................................................................... $4995 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine......$11,900 1992 New Holland 660 round baler, Bale Command, net wrap...................................................... $6995 Vermeer 605 Super M round baler, wide pickup, floatation tires, completely gone through.............. .......... Excellent high capacity baler Let’s Deal Case IH RBX563 round baler, net/twine, wide pickup, large tires................................................. $18,900 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine tie, standard pickup....................................................... $13,900 John Deere 4630 2WD, cab, 1000 PTO, 3 remotes, needs clutch. As is..................................... $5995 1983 Hesston 5540 round baler, 4x6-ft. bales, twine tie...............................................................Just In

USED AIR DRILLS

Flexi-Coil 5500 fold back drill, 70-ft., 12” spacing, 4.5” steel press wheels, 4350 tow between tank. Very nice condition......................................... $134,900 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, steel press wheels, Stealth points with carbide, single shoot, 2320 tow behind cart with mechanical drive.................... Good Condition $$Let’s Deal 2004 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 4” rubber packers, double shoot, Flexi-Coil 4350 air cart, mechanical drive, 10” auger...............Just In Morris Maxim II 50-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, steel press wheels, Edge-On shanks with carbide points, 7240 240 bushel tow between tank........... ........................Very Good Condition Let’s Deal

USED SPRAYERS

WE’RE DEALIN’ Bring us your offer

Case IH SRX160 suspended boom 132-ft. sprayer, Raven Auto Rate, 1600 gallon tank, 4 ball valves, induction cone.......................................... $29,995 2010 Summers suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon tank, 110-ft. boom, windscreens, Trimble Auto-Boom & EZ-Boom, 750 monitor.........Just In Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 120-ft. wheel boom........................................................ $16,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. wheel boom, Auto Rate, 2 sets of nozzles.......... $16,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms, wind screens, Flexi-Coil Auto-Rate.......... $12,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL suspended boom sprayer, Case IH 2142 35-ft. draper header, pickup reel, hyNEW AND USED SKIDSTEERS 1600 gallon water tank, 90-ft. booms, Auto-Rate, draulic fore/aft, transport.......................... $56,500 foam marker, rinse tank............................ $26,995 Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, pickup reel, 3” knife, oil We Are Dealing on New Holland Super Flexi-Coil System 67 wheel boom sprayer, 1500 bath knife drive. Very good condition..............Call Boom Skidsteers Give us a Call!! gallon tank, 120-ft. boom, FlexControl Auto-Rate Case IH 1015 pickup header, Swathmaster attachNew 2015 model skidsteer units are on order NYB sprayer mounted on International FL72 truck, ment................................................................Call Many new and used skidsteer attachments manul transmission, 1000 gallon tank, 80-ft. 1995 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory atincluding trencher, grab buckets, sweeper, boom, Raven auto-rate..............................Just In tachment..................................................... $8995 concrete chisel and much more. Call for details NYB sprayer mounted on International FL70 truck, International 810 13-ft. pickup header, Rake-up rakmanual transmission, 1000 gallon tank, 60-ft. ing pickup. Very little use............................. $8995 MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT boom, Raven auto-rate..............................Just In New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header with Sund attachment.................................................. $2995 Bourgault 750 grain cart with mid mount auger, hy- F/S sprayer, 1000 gallon poly tank, 80-ft. booms with hydraulic fold and lift, TeeJet auto rate, mounted draulic or PTO drive, roll tarp................................ New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header less attachon 1981 International chassis with Cat 3208 and ............ This cart is just like new Give us a call ment............................................................ $1495 Allison automatic transmission, floater tires.......... Massey 1859 13-ft. pickup head less attachment..... Mayrath 8x60 grain auger, swing hopper, PTO ............................................Very good condition drive............................................................ $2495 ...................................................................... $995

BIG SKY EQUIPMENT

Phone 406-278-3277 Sales Kurt Christiaens 279-3486 home, 450-3277 cell Toll-free 1-800-332-7541 Gary Brown 278-3373 home, 788-9033 cell FAX 1-406-278-7882 Chet Ophus 750-2395 cell Conrad, Montana website: www.4newholland.com

Parts Service Alex Linn 278-3418 home, 289-0663 cell Corey Combs 271-5435 home, Bill Hopper 278-7358 home, 697-6289 cell 781-7678 cell Corey Combs 271-5435 home, 781-7678 cell Gary Brown 278-3373 home, Gary Brown 278-3373 home, 788-9033 cell 788-9033 cell

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• 16” heavy steel pipe for culverts • • 6x8 - 8-ft. length fir timbers • • Bridge beams • Call Mark at Bauer & Buck Construction (406) 880-5473

Grain county estimates for Montana CONTINUED FROM PAGE C32

Winter and Spring Wheat Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties and Districts, 2014

1990 Ford L9000

4x4, dump truck with 2-way plow and sander, 315 hp Cummins, 10 speed, only 70,000 original miles. Runs great, clean........................... $28,500

2001 Ford F350 XL

crew cab, 2WD dually, V10, automatic, 9-ft. utility body. Runs good, needs trans rebuilt, great ranch truck, new tires...................................................................... $5000 obo

406-777-1435

Stevensville, MT

1991 Gradall 524 4x4 forklift 3.9 Cummins, 26-ft. reach, 6000 lb. lift capacity, quick connect bucket and forks, weights 7 tons...........................$19,500 Terex TH528 4x4 forklift 28-ft. reach, 3.9 Cummins, 4 wheel steer, 5500 lb. lift capacity, 4-ft.x12-ft. man basket, weights 8.5 tons, 1300 hours... ....................................$23,500 1995 Ford F800 16-ft. flatbed dump 5.9 Cummins, 6 speed manual, 24,500 gvw, ac, ps, pb, 80% 11r22.5’s, twin cylinder hoist, 105,000 miles..............$12,500 1995 Ford L7000 14-ft. dump flatbed 5.9 Cummins, 6 speed manual, 23,000 GVW, AC, PS, PB, 90% 10R22.5’s, hitch, scissor hoist, 210,000 miles.............. $11,500

--Counties with no acres planted or counties that are combined into “other” counties/districts to avoid discolsure of individual information

1983 Kenworth W900 15 speed, Cat 3406 400 hp, Jake brake, 4.11 sqhp rears on 8 bag AR, cold AC, AR cab, steel frame, 210” WB, 70% 22.5 tires. Clean ready to work trucks........................... $11,500 1995 & 1996 Vermeer V-8550 4x4 Cable Plow 36” vibratory tooth, 6 way blade, 18” backhoe bucket, Turbo 3.9 Cummins, 60% tires, differential lock, 1494 & 3275 hours..................$11,500 each 1999 Genie GS2668-RT manlift 4x4, 26-ft. platform height, dual fuel Kubota, runs and works great, 5-ft.x13-ft. work platform, easy to haul........$10,500 Backhoe and excavator buckets, John Deere 310 & 410, Cat 416 & 426, Case 580 & 680, and other.............................. Call for Price

406-381-3159 or 777-7057

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3-V Distributing, Inc.

Conrad Industrial Park

Box 955

Conrad, MT 59425

Phone 406-278-5400 or 1-800-310-5402 Evenings Call: Jordan VanDyke 406-450-3953

Visit us on the web http://www.3vdistributing.com

E-mail Address 3vdist@3rivers.net

The crew at 3V Distributing, Inc. would like to thank you for all your patronage this past year and look forward to working with you in the upcoming year! John, Tami VanDyke and family Jordan, Keri VanDyke and family Barry, James, Kyle and Colbey Ready to mount

COMING IN

2 - DewEze 675 bale bed IN STOCK

Used 20-ft. flatbed with headsheet

New shipment of lift axles just arrived

Several Kits in Stock

ITB Grain Bodies in stock.

Knapheide 12-ft. flatbed nice shape.

Call for details

A helping hand to start the new year This is a great time of the year to get fixed up so you’re ready for cold weather hauling

Protect What You Tow!!

Come check out the Rock Tamers on display.

Portable Wireless FULL COLOR Back-up Camera System

CONSIGNED

Several kits on hand!

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DRILLS, AUGER AND TRACTOR FOR SALE

Animal scientist to discuss genetically modified animals

By Dan Moser, UNL IANR News Service A nationally renowned animal scientist will speak about genetically modified animals at the next University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Heuermann Lecture January 13, 2015. Alison Van Eenennaam, a Cooperative Extension specialist in animal genomics and biotechnology in the Department of Animal Science at University of California (UC), Davis, will speak at 7 p.m. at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Stock – Horse – flatbed – Motorcycle – 4 Wheeler – Cargo conference center, 2021 Transformation Dr. The title of Van Eenennaam’s talk is “Genetically Modified Animals: The Facts, the Fear Mongering and the Future.” The first genetically engineered animals were produced almost 30 years ago, although to date no genetically engineered food animal has come to market, Van Eenennaam said. 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We want our inventory reduced Call us now for your needs for 2015 RENTAL RETURNS

John Deere 7630 MFWD, H480 loader. #C016928....................................$124,500 + $3000 for grapple (K)

John Deere 6140M, H360 loader, 16 speed, 3 function loader controls, 906 hours. #774142. Warranty until October 19, 2015....$96,500 (M)

John Deere 6140M, H360 loader, 24 speed, 3 function loader controls, 235 hours. #764319. Warranty until July 17, 2015...........$99,500 (R)

John Deere 6140M, H360 loader, 16 speed, 3 function loader controls, 760 hours. #773510. Warranty until October 19, 2015....$96,500 (K)

John Deere 6115D MFWD, cab, joystick. Will be equipped with H310 loader. #C016095................ ..........................................................$69,500 (M) John Deere 6430 (2011) MFWD, 673SL loader. #C021134......................................... $79,500 (M) John Deere 6420 MFWD, 640SL loader. #C019486.. ...........................................................$59,500 (R) John Deere 6420 2WD, cab, 640 loader. #C018900. .......................................................... $52,500 (M) John Deer 6410 MFWD, John Deere 640 loader. #C021905.........................................$42,500 (K) John Deere 6300 2WD, no cab. #C020763.............. ..........................................................$17,500 (M) John Deere 5525 MFWD, no cab, loader. #C020396 ...........................................................$42,500 (K) John Deere 5410 MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020590 ..........................................................$29,500 (M) John Deere 5410 2WD, ROPS, loader. #C020591... ..........................................................$24,500 (M) John Deere 5410 MFWD, no cab, 540 loader. #C018746.........................................$24,900 (M) John Deere 5310 MFWD, cab, loader. #C021374.... ..........................................................$27,500 (K) John Deere 5310 MFWD, box scraper. #C021851... ..........................................................$26,500 (K) John Deere 5310 MFWD, loader. #C021753............ ..........................................................$23,900 (K) John Deere 5210 MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020589 ..........................................................$26,900 (M)

John Deere 6140M, H360 loader, 24 speed, 3 function loader controls, 54 hours. #764314. Warranty until July 17, 2015...........$96,500 (R)

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Krause 27-ft. field cultivator. #C017615....$3500 (K) International 770 pull plow. #C013732.....$2950 (K) International 550 plow. #C020610..............$900 (K) Ford 3-pt. 10-ft. cultivator. #C012449........$1250 (M) John Deere 1600 12-ft. chisel plow. #C017004........ .............................................................$5900 (M) Minneapolis Moline CP210 14-ft. chisel plow. #C015638............................................$1750 (M) John Deere 3100 plow. #C003977..............$950 (K) Rite-Way 34-ft. coil packer. #C019091...$11,500 (R)

John Deere 5100E MFWD, no cab, loader. #C020305.........................................$49,500 (M) John Deere 5075E MFWD, cab, no loader. #C020306.........................................$39,000 (M) John Deere 5065M MFWD, cab, H260 loader, grapple. #C018179...........................$64,000 (M) John Deere 5065E MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020592.........................................$31,900 (M) John Deere 5065E MFWD, no cab. #C018942......... ..........................................................$29,500 (M) John Deere 2940 2WD, 148 loader. #C018034........ ..........................................................$19,500 (M) John Deere 2940 2WD, loader, grapple. #C020496. ..........................................................$16,500 (R) John Deere 2940 MFWD, no cab, JD 260 loader. #C019493.........................................$14,500 (R) John Deere 2640 2WD, no loader. #C021493.......... .............................................................$8500 (M) John Deere 2020 2WD, gas, loader. #C019689....... .............................................................$8500 (M) John Deere 2010 2WD, loader. #C018528............... .............................................................$6500 (M) John Deere B, single front tire. #C008716............... .............................................................$1300 (K) Ford 9030, loader, grapple, sickle head. #C020497.. ..........................................................$24,500 (M) Ford 7600, Ezee-On loader. #C021949....$8950 (R)

John Deere 970 24-ft. roller harrow. #C014453........ ..........................................................$21,500 (M) John Deere 970 15-ft. roller harrow. #C017275........ ..........................................................$11,500 (K) John Deere 930 3-pt. 15-ft. roller harrow. #C014205 .............................................................$2500 (M) International 415 28-ft. roller harrow. #C019237...... ..........................................................$12,500 (M) Pepin 20-ft. spike tooth harrow. #C020132$5000 (K) John Deere 630 26-ft. tandem disk. #C020021........ ..........................................................$22,500 (M) John Deere 330 29-ft. tandem disk. #C017726........ ..........................................................$10,500 (M) John Deere 310 12-ft. tandem disk. #C018105........ .............................................................$5900 (M) John Deere 230 24-ft. tandem disk. #C017723........ .............................................................$7900 (R) John Deere 230 12-ft. heavy duty tandem disk. #C020022............................................$5500 (M) John Deere 220 22-ft. disk. #C010016.....$2950 (R) John Deere BWF 18-ft. disk. #C011298...$3950 (K) Krause 28-ft. tandem disk. #C017474.......$7900 (K) GN 3-pt. 6-ft. tandem disk. #C020556..........$700 (M)

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John Deere 7210, 4570 hours, extra nice. #C021871.........................................$47,500 (K) John Deere 7130 MFWD, H360SL loader, grapple. Warranty #C018731..........................$99,500 (M) John Deere 4840, no 3-pt. #C021878...$28,000 (R) John Deere 4650 MFWD, duals. #C019361............. ..........................................................$52,500 (R) John Deere 4640 FWA, duals. #C019837................ ..........................................................$27,500 (R) John Deere 4640 2WD, 156 hp, duals. #C018527.... ..........................................................$21,500 (R) John Deere 4450, PowerShift. #C021871................. ..........................................................$32,500 (R) John Deere 4430, 158 loader, no 3-pt. #C014705.... ..........................................................$16,500 (K) John Deere 4040 2WD, cab. #C021494................... ..........................................................$24,000 (M) John Deere 4010D, no 3-pt. #C013039....$5900 (K) International 1066, cab, no 3-pt., $14,000 in repairs. #C009802............................................$8900 (K) Massey Ferguson 1105, loader, 3-pt., cab. #C021553............................................$6500 (R)

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What can you afford to pay for a bred heifer?

By Shannon Sand and Warren Rusche When it comes to the price of bred cattle, how high is too high? In the last few years cow-calf producers have seen an increase in returns. However, expansion has been slow due to droughts, high feed costs, storms, and high prices of replacement heifers. With the drop in feed prices and the expected high returns on cattle in the next few years many producers have been wondering if it is time to expand their herd? In order for a producer to know if it is the right time for them to expand it is important to look at the lifetime of the heifer and the number of calves she will produce over her lifetime. To do this a set of price projections are necessary for both the value of the calf and the value of the cow when ready to cull (Table 1).

Prices from USDA Long-term Projections Feb. 2014 **Prices from NDSU EC1090 price projection publication.

Table 1 shows projected prices for beef cattle, calves, and cull cows through 2019. These projected prices are lower than what is currently observed in the marketplace. The importance of looking at these long run projections when deciding whether or not to expand cannot be overlooked. Using more conservative values helps prevent bull market fever from affecting decisions. Table 1 shows that in 2017 beef cattle prices are expected to decline slightly compared to 2016 and then increase again in 2018. Knowing these prices a producer can better plan their future herd expansions. It is also important a producer look at their budget and know what it costs for them to get a calf to market. If it is cost prohibitive to buy a bred heifer then the producer may need to raise additional replacements rather than sending them to market or look at alternatives, such as buying an older bred cow. If a producer can afford to have additional bred heifers added to the operation then it is important to look at the potential revenue stream the heifer could generate in today’s dollars. To look at the potential profit of a bred heifer and all of her potential offspring a Net Present Value (NPV) Model can be used. An NPV model adjusts for the time value of money. NPV is defined as the difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows. NPV can be used in capital budgeting to analyze the profitability of investing in a bred heifer1 (Table 2).

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Table 2 shows the Net Present Value of a bred heifer purchased in 2014. Table 2 assumes the heifer has her first calf in 2015 and her last calf in 2019 and is sold as a cull cow in Jeff Welborn 2019. The calves are expected to weigh 550 lbs. when they (406) 949-6070 cell go to market and when culled the cow is expected to weigh 1300 lbs. According to Table 2 the expected total profit for (406) 988-0090 office/home the heifer and all of her offspring will be $662.49 over the lifetime of the animal. This table would change based on stockdrivemt.com or check us out on Facebook how many calves the heifer actually produces. It is important when looking at expanding the herd that producers take a long term view. This is especially true given the current market prices of buying a bred (heifer) or HYDRAULIC BREAKER Rental units replacement. Although every Available situation is different and an POST DRIVERS FOR SALE operations’ individual costs • Skid loader mount • Low profile • Quick and easy on and off and production history should • 8” diameter domed cup • Full control of post while driving be used to make decisions, • Very low maintanence based on the assumptions in • 3 sizes available ~ 500-, 750-, 1000-ft. lb. • Also available for excavators this NPV model there appears See a video at montanapostdriver.com on how the driver makes fast work of fencing. to be potential for buying bred heifers and making a Montana Post Driver (406) 239-4824 profit over the animal’s lifeGold Creek, MT time.

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NEW 30’ x 40’ x 12’ STEEL BUILDING

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Winter and Spring Wheat Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties and Districts, 2014

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Help selecting a tax preparer

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If you have items you want advertised in the February 2015 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM IS JANUARY 28, 2015.

LOADER FOR SALE

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ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE 1st and 2nd cutting, 4x4x8-ft. square bales Call (406) 590-5910, Bynum, Montana

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By NDSU Extension Service Production systems in upper Midwest sheep operations often revolve around winter. Sheep producers need to make sure their flock is prepared for the cold weather, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service sheep and livestock stewardship experts. “Well-adapted sheep are quite tolerant to cold weather, given a few management factors are adequately addressed,” sheep specialist Reid Redden says. Due to wool’s insulative properties, the lower critical temperature for a sheep with a full fleece is below freezing, whereas the lower critical temperature of a freshly shorn sheep is near room temperature. Sheep managed below their lower critical temperature will begin to use additional feed resources or bodily tissues to maintain body heat. A general rule of thumb is to add 1/4 pound of total digestible nutrients for every 10 degrees below the lower critical temperature, Redden says. For example, when temperatures fall to minus 15 F (roughly 40 degrees below the lower critical temperature), sheep should be supplemented with an additional 1 pound of corn per day to avoid a loss of body condition. Newborn lambs are very susceptible to cold stress, hypothermia and frostbite. During cold weather, lambs are able to maintain normal body temperature for only a few hours after birth. Lambs must nurse shortly after birth to be able to fuel their metabolic need to maintain body heat. Producers whose flocks lamb in the winter should confine ewes in barns that provide a clean, warm area for newborn lambs. “The ability to nurse quickly in cold temperatures is also critical to the immune status of newborn lambs because hypothermia will inhibit absorption of immune components, which protect the lamb from infectious pathogens,” veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist Gerald Stokka says. Moisture alters the level of cold stress on sheep. Newborn lambs are born covered in a liquid (amniotic fluid) that works against them. This fluid works as a conduit to exchange heat and cools their body temperature quickly. “Fortunately, ewes have a natural instinct to lick off this fluid and reduce the rate of heat loss,” Redden says. “This behavior also stimulates the lambs to stand up and nurse.” Similarly, lambs that are born outside in wet conditions (rain, sleet or wet snow) are more susceptible to hypothermia than lambs born outside in dry or below-freezing conditions. However, subzero ambient temperatures are detrimental to lamb survival, regardless of moisture, he adds. Wind also is a factor that affects cold stress in sheep. Wind speeds above 5 mph can increase the risk of hypothermia drastically in newborn lambs and cold stress in all classes of sheep. Stokka recommends providing protection by strategically placing hay stacks, providing bedded areas, constructing wind fences or planting shelter belts. For more information on winter care for sheep, contact Redden at (701) 231-5597 or reid.redden@ndsu.edu.

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Buying late bred cows and their potential

By Shannon Sand, South Dakota State University Record high cattle prices have led to questions about additional revenue-generating options in the market. This has led some producers to wonder if there is potential for additional revenue. One of the possibilities for creating extra revenue is to buy bred cows this fall and sell both the cow and calf. The main factor for producers to consider when looking at this option is what comparative advantages they have Some questions the producer should ask themselves are: Is there enough feed supply (raised vs. bought) to support extra livestock? Is there available labor to calve the extra cows? Is there adequate space available for cow-calf pairs in spring/ summer? Do producers need to rent more pasture? What does the futures market look like for calves? Should we consider Livestock Risk Protection (LRP)? After answering these questions and figuring out their cost structure a producer will have a better understanding of whether or not their operation can support extra cattle. An enterprise budget for this endeavor will provide answers to the financial components of these questions. A labor and resource analysis can answer the labor and space requirement issues. If all of these components are favorable then this could be a way for the operation to make additional revenue in 2015.

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Table 1 above shows a budget example which should be taken into consideration when deciding if buying late bred cows is a feasible option. If this producer has extra capacity in terms of land, feed, labor, etc. this strategy has potential for making a good short term profit. In this case according to Table 1 if the producer has extra land and labor available the producer could afford to buy extra bred cows and carry them through winter into spring or summer. While this is just one example of what a producer could potentially do it is important to remember that not all producers will have the same cost structure, labor, and resources in their operations. This strategy has some potential in the short run while calf and cull-cow market prices are high and feed prices are low. While some producers can capitalize on its potential, it is important to remember that this endeavor needs to be analyzed for profit each year as prices for feedstuffs and the cattle markets change. CONTINUED ON PAGE C44

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Buying Bulls by the Numbers

By NDSU Extension Service Beef producers will have an opportunity to participate in bull-buying workshops at four locations in North Dakota during January. Leading the workshops will be Kris Ringwall, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service beef cattle specialist and Dickinson Research Extension Center director. The “Buying Bulls by the Numbers” workshops will focus on how beef producers can use estimated progeny differences (EPDs) and DNA in bull selection. “Ultimately, producers have many tools available to guide them when they are buying bulls for their herd,” Ringwall says. The dates and locations for the “Buying Bulls by the Numbers” workshops are: • January 8 - Carrington Research Extension Center, 1-3 p.m. • January 15 - Dickinson Research Extension Center, 1-3 p.m. • January 22 - Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near Streeter, 1-3 p.m. • January 29 - North Central Research Extension Center near Minot, 1-3 p.m. Producers will have a hands-on opportunity to learn how to search breed databases to evaluate possible bull purchases for EPDs. “We want to give beef producers a close view of how EPDs can be a positive tool to improve herd performance and profitability,” Ringwall says. Workshop participants are asked to bring current sire registration numbers and sale catalogs from places where they purchased bulls. “The workshop will provide insights into how producers can effectively use the numbers by actually reviewing information from the catalogs,” Ringwall says. “When producers register, they will need to provide bull registration numbers on previously purchased bulls. The review will be made oneon-one with producers to show them how the EPDs have or will impact their production model.” Participants can learn how EPDs relate to direct traits such as weight or size. Discussion on how indirect traits, such as milk production, are included in EPDs and offer further refinement to the selection of breeding stock. “Another desired outcome of the workshops is to give producers insight into how they can utilize genomics in their beef herds,” Ringwall says. “The genetics of the beef herd in North Dakota is wide and varied. One example is birth weight. It is one of the major issues within the beef industry. Should the beef industry be able to regulate prebirth growth? Small or average calves at birth are possible, as is increased capacity to grow post-birth.” Biological processes can and will respond to natural and man-made selection techniques. Using tools such as EPDs and DNA analysis, producers can select, purchase and use bulls that can provide profitability for their operation. Workshop space is limited, so preregistration is required. To reserve a spot, producers should contact Lee Tisor at lee. tisor@ndsu.edu or (701) 456-1105.

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Do the little things to protect against identity theft

By Leilana McKindra, Communications Specialist, Agricultural Communications Services With every swipe of a credit card, click of mouse and even trip to the mailbox, there is a chance your personal information could fall into the wrong hands. While you may not be able to completely escape the risk, following a few precautions could help shield you from potential problems. “It’s important to do the little things consistently and resist being lulled into a false sense of security that your computer can’t be hacked or your identity stolen,” said Sissy Osteen, Oklahoma State University (OSU) Cooperative Extension personal resource management specialist. “Safeguard your personal information the same way you would safeguard the cash in your wallet.” The list of possible major headaches that could come with having your identity stolen could include difficulty securing credit, landing a job, purchasing a car and finding place to live. According to Osteen, two of the most important steps you can take in an effort to avoid such calamities are to check your bank and credit card statements closely every month and review your credit report regularly. “You’re entitled to one free copy of your credit report every year from each of the three main credit reporting agencies. If you request one every four months or so, you can monitor your credit year-round,” she said.

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Inventive approaches lead to creative recognition award

By University of Wyoming Extension Innovative avenues in information delivery and professional expertise led to the manager of the Office of Communications and Technology in the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension receiving the organization’s Creative Excellence Recognition Award. Tana Stith received the honor November 5 during the organization’s annual training in Laramie. Nominators cited the professionalism of the office reflected in numerous interdisciplinary and cross-campus projects. Her collaboration is friendly, energetic and goaloriented producing a professional presence at the University of Wyoming and across Wyoming, nominators stated. Stith, whose specialty is graphic design, was the driving force behind the 100 Years of Extension traveling display. Through photographs, articles and interactive computer displays, the presentation shows how UW Extension has responded to Wyoming citizen needs since 1914. Stith’s expertise is reflected in her work with extension’s quarterly magazine Barnyards & Backyards (http://www. uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/magazine/index.html), extension’s yearly publication CONNECT (http://www.uwyo.edu/uwe/ pubs/connect/index.html) and the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment station’s annual research magazine Reflections (http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/publications/reflections/index.html) and Field Days Bulletin. The UW Extension Office of Communications and Technology team has received many state and national awards for publications and video work. Stith joined the University of Wyoming in 1988 and UW Extension in 1990.

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Cattle price cycle effects heifer purchase choice

By Matt Stockton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension The beef cattle price cycle is one of the most recognized cycles among agricultural markets. Many have studied its effects and some claim it may be used to the producer’s advantage such as Harlan Hughes, a retired North Dakota Livestock economist and current contributing editor to Beef magazine. This short essay leaves the discussion about the cycles, existence, relevance and usefulness for another time, but will discuss the effects that a future cycle might have on the value of purchasing replacement females/heifers. Let’s assume two different average purchase prices for pregnant ready-to-calve beef replacement heifers. A low price of $2,000.00 and a higher one of $2,500.00. The prices for such animals would likely have a range, which we designate as a truncated normal distribution with more than a 98% probability of lying between $1,800.00 and $2,200.00 and between $2,300.00 and $2,700.00 respectively for the two price ranges. Furthermore, the expected cull rate for these sample cows will be fixed at approximately 20%, where the age distribution of the herd is enumerated in Table 1.

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Age distribution is important and can have a huge effect on the resulting net returns and will be explored in a later work. The reason age distribution is important is that it is used as a proxy for heifer life and production expectancy. Assuming the cows are profitable, the longer a cow is present in the herd the greater her contribution towards her initial cost and longevity increases her value since she is more productive. The first step in simulating the price cycle effects is to decide on a methodology that accurately portrays the relevant characteristics of that cycle. In this case, two price cycles were created that mimicked the historical period of 1978 through 1996 using annual percent changes in average monthly prices for the month of November. From previous work the length of the price cycle has been estimated to be close to 10 years or 124 months. This is convenient since it is also the approximate length of a cow’s productive life, in our simulation 11 years. These cycles were initiated in 1985 and 1978 from average monthly historical prices for 400 to 500 lb. calves in Nebraska. Figure 1 (http://go.unl.edu/x6bi) graphically represents the actual prices for that period.

Once the simulated price cycles are defined, they were used in two scenarios where beef cow replacement females are purchased. Scenario 1 replacement values range at the low level, $1,800 to $2,200 per head with an average costs of $2,000. Scenario 2 replacement values range between CONTINUED ON PAGE C50

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$2,300 and $2,700 per head and have an average cost of $2,500. In both scenarios purchased animals are identical except in price. Both the weaned calves and any sale of culled cows are valued based on November prices. Production cost, without purchase, opportunity or depreciation were set at $800 per cow for the first year and increased by 1% annually over the next ten years. Cull cows sell for 44% of the value of the current 400 to 500 lb. calf value each on a cwt basis. Calving rate averages 90% with a low of 88% and a high of 92%, with weaning weights averaging close to 500 lbs. All of this information was entered into “Cow Purchase CowQ-Later (Available from the author with all of the relevant data) which provided simulated averages of 500 randomly drawn outcomes. The resulting net returns which consider the time value of money, depreciation and investment costs are summarized in Tables 2.

The electronic simulation is done by first substituting more currently relevant prices for the historical ones. The percent changes from a beginning or initiation points are used to calculate the new cwt prices and are illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. The Figure 2 graph has a similar shape as Figure 1 due to the fact the start point or date 2013 corresponds to 1985. This cycle represents purchases made as an early entry into the upward trending part of the cycle. Figure 3 or the adjusted 1978 cycle represents purchases made mid/ late cycle entry when it is peaking and then receding, and is initiated seven years earlier. Each cycle represents the changes in heifer/cow value at different time periods along the same future price period.

Both the early entry and the mid/late entry cycles are initiated with a $203/cwt price for the first November 4 to 5 cwt calf prices. This price is intended to be reflective of the pricing level of 2013. Forecasts for each of the cycles subsequent ten years follow the pattern set as a percent change in price depending on the previous year’s price. That is the November 1985 and 1978 price are multiplied by their respective percent changes observed historically and CONTINUED ON PAGE C52

UW Range Club earns regional competition honors

By University of Wyoming Extension University of Wyoming’s (UW) Range Club brought home honors in November during the Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management (SRM) meeting and regional competition in Evanston. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources students competed against those from Utah State University, Southern Utah University and Colorado State University. UW will compete in February at the International SRM meeting in Sacramento, California. Range ecology and watershed management (REWM) student BJ Bender, Lake Forest, California, won extemporaneous speaking. Fellow range student Amanda Lee, Flower Mount, Texas, and agroecology student Andee Leininger, La Junta, Colorado, earned third and fourth, respectively. The students are coached by extension range specialist and club co-adviser Rachel Mealor. Bender, Kelsey Welter, Aurora, Colorado, and Jessica Windh, Reedley, California, won the Range Cup poster competition. The team was mentored by ecosystem science and management (ESM) professor Pete Stahl. Undergraduate Range Management Exam (URME) winners include REWM students Eric Ramerth, Big Lake, Minnesota, second, Kelsey Welter, Aurora Colorado, third, and Shelby Baumgartner, Clearmont, fourth. URME contestants are coached by rangeland extension specialist Derek Scasta and plant sciences department graduate student Julia Workman. Agricultural business and range ecology major Tevyn Baldwin, Mitchell, Nebraska, earned third place in plant identification. Dan Rodgers, ESM associate professor, coaches the students. Baldwin and UW alumni Marji Patz of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Powell became the numberone Pro-Am team. A professional is randomly paired with a competing student, each taking the plant ID exam and the URME.

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become the adjusted 2014 price for their respective cycles. This process is repeated sequentially for all of the years over the life of the cow.

Results Tables 2 and 3 when averaged indicate a $725.49 average difference in breakeven values between the two cycle shapes. Given the magnitude of the annual price changes heifer purchasers could pay more than $700 more for replacement heifer if they knew that they were experiencing the early scenario verses mid/late scenario. Note that breakeven value is defined as that value that producers could afford to pay for a replacement female with the expectation of zero economic profit. Where zero economic profit, is that level of net returns that would just keep producers satisfied and in business over time, but no more. In this case the early cycle prices are forecast to reach a pinnacle in 2018 (1990 on the graph), whereas the mid/late cycle reaches a low in the same forecast year. Average net returns given the $2,000.00 average price paid for replacements in the early entry cycle scenario result in an average positive $447.74 and a negative $414.88 for the mid/late entry scenario Table 2. These values are even lower for heifers purchased at the higher $2,500 average price and reach an average high of -$134.44 for the early entry scenario and a low of -$967.80 for the mid/late entry scenario. Making the $2,500 average purchase price have a negative net return on average, (the price was higher on average then the return). Conclusion and discussion This result highlights several points worth discussing. First the profitable heifer purchase decisions require some consideration of more than current prices. Having some idea of future productivity, including longevity is essential to a respectable estimate of heifer value. Longevity plays a huge role into the favorability of the investment as illustrated in the case of the early entry scenario the $2,500 purchase price resulted in requiring an additional year of productivity to reach a breakeven point over the $2,000 purchase price, 6 verses 5 years. This is noteworthy since the average cow in the sample herd is about 5 years old making it more likely that purchased animals will not reach the breakeven point at the higher purchase price. In the case of the mid/ late entry scenario two additional years of production are required to breakeven for the higher priced heifers verses the lower priced. But in this case either priced animal does not breakeven until after they are 11 years of age, which in this herd means an average of about 3% of the cows in the herd; which is an indication they (the cows) are 97% likely not to reach the breakeven point. Given the uncertainty associated with this decision as demonstrated by this example it is important to consider the price that is paid for the replacement or additional animals, to consider the effect of future price expectations, and the longevity of productivity needed to make the investment have a positive outcome. Buying short lived high priced cows is analogous to investing in ice on a hot day without refrigeration; cool for a while, but soon to be gone. While nothing can be said about the surety of the price cycle, the fact that it has persisted is a likely indication that rising prices are likely at some point to recede, making the timing of the decision of when to purchase, how much to pay when you do purchase and how many to buy requires some careful thought. Purchases made early in a cycle like the one used here are more likely to achieve a positive net return while those made later in a cycle provide less opportunity, but even when purchased at the correct time in the cycle animals must be bought at an affordable level. ##### You’ve finally found a few secret minutes to have a relaxing bath! But as you’re drawing the water you realize you’re out of bath salts. It won’t be as nice, but to add a bit of scent to your bath, squeeze a lemon into it. Lemon juice is also great for loosening dry skin, so bring a sponge or washcloth with you.

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The Internal Revenue Service issued the 2015 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck will be: 57.5 cents per mile for business miles driven, up from 56 cents in 2014 23 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes, down half a cent from 2014 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations The standard mileage rate for business is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile, including depreciation, insurance, repairs, tires, maintenance, gas and oil. The rate for medical and moving purposes is based on the variable costs, such as gas and oil. The charitable rate is set by law. Taxpayers always have the option of claiming deductions based on the actual costs of using a vehicle rather than the standard mileage rates. A taxpayer may not use the business standard mileage rate for a vehicle after claiming accelerated depreciation, including the Section 179 expense deduction, on that vehicle. Likewise, the standard rate is not available to fleet owners (more than four vehicles used simultaneously). Details on these and other special rules are in Revenue Procedure 2010-51, the instructions to Form 1040 and various online IRS publications including Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax. Besides the standard mileage rates, Notice 2014-79, posted on IRS.gov, also includes the basis reduction amounts for those choosing the business standard mileage rate, as well as the maximum standard automobile cost that may be used in computing an allowance under a fixed and variable rate plan.

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Scientists in sage-grouse study say facts being misrepresented

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North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Western equestrian team ended a strong fall competition season by being named high-point team on the first day of a recent two-day event at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The team was named reserve high-point team the second day of the competition. The team began its fall season by earning the title of reserve high-point team the first day of competition at the University of Minnesota on October 4-5. Also, team member Janna Rice, a senior from Maddock, earned reserve highpoint rider recognition. In a competition at the University of Minnesota-Crookston on October 25-26, the team was named co-champion highpoint team both days. Team member Nicole Anderson, a freshman from Fergus Falls, Minnesota, was reserve highpoint rider the first day and high-point rider the second day. At a show the team hosted at the NDSU Equine Center on November 8-9, the team gained high-point team honors the second day. Anderson was high-point rider the first day and Rice was the reserve high-point rider the second day. “This year’s team has some really strong senior leadership, as well as a tremendous amount of new freshman talent, which has resulted in a really well-balanced and successful team,” says team coach Tara Swanson. The team, which consists of 28 members, will start its spring competition season January 31, 2015, with a dual match against South Dakota State University.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini has offered farmers new information to update program payment yields that will help them better select protections offered by the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. The new programs, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, are cornerstones of the commodity farm safety, offering farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and revenues. “The Farm Bill provided landowners with the option of updating their farm program payment yields. This is the first time that many producers have been able to update yields since 1986,” said Dolcini. “We’ve worked with the Risk Management Agency to make available certified yield data that producers can use to better calculate how the new safety net programs can offer the best protection against market swings.” Producers can check with their local FSA county office to see if data is available for them. This data belongs to the producer and only the producer associated with the crop insurance records will be provided this service. Updating yield history or reallocating base acres can occur until February 27, 2015. FSA also issued a reminder that from November 17, 2014, to March 31, 2015, producers will make a one-time election of either ARC or PLC for the 2014 through 2018 crop years. For more information, producers are encouraged to make an appointment to go into their local FSA county office.

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Wide selection of van trailers. ................. Starting at $5500

Triple T Sales Contact Dave Taylor; 406-357-2166

7x7.................. $1450 71/2x81/2........... $1450 71/2x9............... $1520 8x9.................. $1850 8x11................ $2150

3500, 5200 & 7000# axles

16-ft. 18-ft. & 20-ft. IN STOCK

Large Trailer Parts Inventory • Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps • Tie-downs • Bearings & seals • Jacks • Etc.

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