January 2017 by The Trader's Dispatch

JANUARY 2017

Vol. XVII No. 12 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997

Phone 406-271-5533 Fax 406-271-5727 website: tradersdispatch.com

Popular mid-winter event to focus on cattle

By Cal Thorson, Technical Information Specialist, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota After focusing successfully on crop production for the past two years, the 2017 edition of “Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line” will put more attention on beef cattle topics. The unique event, scheduled for February 28 at Bismarck State College, is a joint effort of the Area 4 Soil Conservation Districts, USDA’s ARS and NRCS, NDSU’s Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, and BSC. Researchers and specialists from those agencies will discuss Calving Date Decision Making and Alternative Livestock Systems, Water Quality Management, Cross Fencing for Aftermath and Cover Crop Grazing, the Weather Outlook, and Perennials in an Annual Cropping System. A panel of producer innovators will then talk about their “real world” experiences in implementing the management strategies the speakers had discussed. New this year will be a keynote presentation, “Taking Advantage of these Challenging Times” from Taylor Brown of the Northern Ag Network in Billings, Montana. Brown is a nationally recognized broadcaster and agricultural advocate. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

PRODUCTION SALES

Jan. 24, Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan..............................................................A7 Feb. 1, Begger’s Diamond V, Wibaux...................................................................A8 Feb. 4, Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch, Helena................................................A10 Feb. 6, Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross, Lewistown..................................A12 Feb. 18, Sparks Herefords, Plevna......................................................................A6 Feb, 20, Bulls of the Big Sky, Billings...............................................................A14 Feb. 22, Veseth Cattle Co., Malta.......................................................................A15 Feb. 25, Neel’s Angus & Never Sweat Ranch, Missoula..................................A22 Feb. 28, Hill’s Ranch Simmentals, Stanford......................................................A17 Feb. 28, Connelly Angus, Valier.........................................................................A33 Mar. 1, L Bar W Cattle Company & Sidwell Ranch, Columbus..........................A7 Mar. 1, Sidwell Ranch, Columbus........................................................................A6 Mar. 3, Diamond Bar S, Great Falls....................................................................A19 Mar. 4, Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Hysham............................................A27 Mar. 4, Bulls of the Bitterroot, Stevensville......................................................A26 Mar. 6, Clear Creek Angus & Weaver Herefords, Chinook...............................A23 Mar. 7, Apex Angus, Valier..................................................................................A25 Mar. 9, Fritz Red Angus, Brady..........................................................................A29 Mar. 10, Flesch Angus, Shelby...........................................................................A35 Mar. 11, Duncan Ranch Co, Joplin......................................................................A7 Mar. 11, Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Labortory, Miles City........A7 Mar. 13, Holden Herefords, Valier.........................................................................A7 Mar. 14, Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek..................................................A7 Mar. 20, Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls.......................................................A34 Mar. 22, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range.................................A38 Mar. 24, Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch, Great Falls................................................A39 Apr. 7, McKechnie Herefords, Shelby..................................................................A7

AUCTION SALES

Jan. 29, RLP Auctions, Western Auction, Hamilton.........................................A18

Farm business workshops offered across Montana

A series of winter workshops across Montana will help beginning Farmers and Ranchers interested in starting a new business or adding a new enterprise. Planning For On-Farm Success offers expert presenters from the Montana University System, and panels of experienced producers and ag professionals to help participants understand and develop the tools they need to launch a successful new enterprise. Workshops will be offered in Missoula, Bozeman, Butte, Joliet, Columbus, Corvallis and Conrad The workshops, hosted by MSU Extension in partnership CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

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Wayne (right) Slaght along with son Ben Slaght (left) received the 2017 Environmental Stewardship Award at the Stockgrowers Convention in Billings, Montana on December 9, 2016. They operate the Two Creek Monture Ranch near Ovando, Montana.

MSU Extension Cropping Seminars Montana State University Extension will host the annual Cropping Seminar series January 9 – 12, 2017, in Fort Benton, Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Choteau, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Topics will include pest identification, habits of profitable farmers, cereal variety trial updates from the local research centers, and control of ground squirrels, gophers and voles in crop settings. Dr. Mary Burrows, MSU Extension Plant Pathologist, will present, “Pest Identification: The cornerstone of integrated pest management.” Participants will learn about the plant disease triangle, disease cycles, and how to submit a sample to their county agent or the Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory for diagnosis. Participants will engage in a hands-on activity to identify and manage a disease of wheat or pulse crops that is important in their area. This activity will provide hands-on skills applying Integrated Pest Management. Cereal variety updates will take place at each location from each region’s researcher. Researchers will cover 2016 data and historic data of cereal grains including yield, protein, wheat stem sawfly resistance, disease resistance and test weight. Peggy Lamb, Agronomy research scientist at Northern Ag Research Center near Havre, will speak in Great Falls, Fort Benton and Chester. Dr. Pat Carr, Superintendent and Associate

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Professor-Cropping Systems at Central Ag Research Center near Moccasin, will give updates in Fort Benton, Great Falls and Stanford. John Miller, agronomy research associate at Western Triangle Ag Research Center near Conrad, will cover talks in Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad and Choteau. Dr. Stephen Vantassel, Montana Department of Agriculture Vertebrate Pest Specialist, will present the biology and identification of gophers, ground squirrels, and voles. Control methods will be discussed, including the use of trapping, fumigants, or bait stations as they apply to large-scale farming operations. Dr. George Haynes, MSU Extension Ag Economist, will present ten habits of profitable farmers. With currently low commodity prices and steady input costs, this will give insight as to where to cut costs or increase revenue to stay in the black this coming year. No pre-registration is required, and all producers are encouraged to attend. All morning seminars begin with registration at 8:30 a.m., and presentations start promptly at 9 a.m. The day’s seminar should conclude by 3 p.m. Pesticide points will be available. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

PRIVATE TREATY

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida..............................A7 Dutton Hereford Ranch, Gold Creek.............................A7 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan.......................................A7 Geib Red Angus, Dagmar............................................A30 J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood...........................................A7 K.L. Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay................................A6 McMurry Cattle, Billings.................................................A6 South Boulder Angus Ranch, Cardwell......................A24 Storey Herefords, Bozeman.........................................A24 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek.....................................A6 Wichman Herefords, Moore...........................................A6

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MSU Extension Cropping Seminars CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

Dates, locations, and contact numbers for each Cropping Seminar are listed below. January 9: Fort Benton, Ag Center, 1205 20th Street, Tyler Lane, 622-3751, Stanford, City Hall, 102 Central, Katie Hatlelid, 566-2277 January 10: Shelby, Comfort Inn Conference Room, 455 McKinley Ave., Kim Suta, 424-8350, Chester, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 10 E. Madison Ave., Jesse Fulbright, 759-5625 January 11: Cut Bank, Voting Center, 913 Railroad St., Kari Lewis, 873-2239, Conrad, Pondera Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Rd., Shaelyn Meyer, 271-4054 January 12: Chouteau, Stage Stop Inn, 1005 Maine Ave. N., Brent Roeder, 466-2491, Great Falls, Montana ExpoPark’s Gold Buckle Room in the Paddock Club, 400 3rd St NW, Rose Malisani, 454-6980 ext. 305

Farm business workshops offered across Montana CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

with the Community Food & Agriculture Coalition, will be offered Wednesday evenings 5:30-8:30, from January through March on the following topics: January 18: Farm Strategic Planning January 25: Researching Your Market February 1: Farm Marketing & Promotion February 8: Managing Your Financials February 15: Financial Decision-Making February 22: Financing Your Farm March 1: Managing On-Farm Risks Participants will learn about local resources, network with local producers and service providers and get handson support working on their own business plans. Workshop registration is $15 each or $75 for the full series. Full series registration includes a copy of the Planning for On-Farm Success workbook. For more information and to register, visit www.farmlinkmontana.org or contact dave@farmlinkmontana.org

Popular mid-winter event to focus on cattle CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

There is no charge to attend; and lunch will be served. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. on February 28th, in the BSC National Energy Center for Excellence. The program will start at 10:00 a.m. Producers are asked to register online at www.tinyurl.com/2017Farming-Ranching. If you are unable to register online, call the Morton County Extension Service office at 701-667-3340.

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TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

Ezee-On chisel plow, good for fertilizer banding, 42-ft. 12” spacing, 14” sweeps with 160 tow behind tank.........................................$29,500 2016 Farm King 8700LTF Disc - Unused Demo Unit, 42.5 ft., 12” Sp, 28” x 3/8” Smooth Blades, T2-215 Bearings, Wear Plates, Trash Guard Scrapers, Interlocking Half spools, Transport Width 17.5’, Height 14’x4”..................................................................................$125,000 2013 Farm King 4490 28-Ft., 9” Spacing, 24” Smooth F&R, Stone Flex Hangers, Full Floating Hitch, 410 WSS Bearings, 500 lb./ft., Approximately 35 Acres, Great Disc.................................................$35,000 2006 John Deere 9520 450 hp, Capable 500HP, 7400 hrs, P-Shift, Auto Steer, 800/42 Rubber 40%, Weight Package, Serviced Regularly, Local Trade, Clean!.............................................................$149,000

TRACTORS

1971 Big Bud HN250 6th Big Bud built, Cat 3406 320 hp, Fuller transmission, 36/5 Clark axles...........................................................................$39,500 Big Bud 525/50 - Rebuilt 1150, 525 HP, Twin Disc P-Shift, Clark Axles 70,000#, Bridgestone Timber Grip Singles 30.5L-32 70%, 1” Frame, Appx 50,000# Dry, Diesel Heat System, 50-60,000 LB Hyd Winch....$125,000 Opt 12’ Degelman 6-way Hyd Blade $10,000 1977 Big Bud HN360 - Upgraded N14 Cummins 855 to 450 HP, Fuller 12 Speed Standard, Goodyear 30.5L-32-70%, Clark Axles, 4 remotes, Air Drill Hydraulics, Return Line, Local Trade, Clean Tractor!............$49,500 2002 Case IH STX 450, new Cummins reman engine 50 hours, 900/50R42 Firestone 50%, S3 Outback AutoSteer, wheel and rear weight package, air drill hydraulics, 4870 chassis hours, very nice tractor..........$119,500 1996 Case 9380, Cummins Recon Engine, 7594 Hrs, P-Shift, Winch, Forest King - 40%, 12’ Grouser Hydraulic Tilt, Angle and Raise, Tough Unit!..... ...................................................................................................$49,500 1993 Cat 75C, 5500 Hrs, P-Shift, Tracks 60%, Stored Inside, Optional Auto Steer $4500, Ready to Work!.....................................................$59,500 1979 Big Bud 525/50 1150 Cummins, 525 HP, Twin Disc 9 Sp P-Shift, 2000 Hrs Complete Engine Reuild, GY Triples 650-70R32 60%, Auto Trac, HID Lighting, Set Up for Air Drill, Return Line, Recent Major Component Work, Runs Great, Field Ready!...... ......................$125,000 1994 Cat 65C, 8717 Hrs, 1000 PTO, P-Shift, Relugged, 65% Tracks, Field Tested, Solid Good Running Tractor!..........................................$49,500 1962 John Deere 2010 One Owner, 4000+ Original Hrs, Used Only to Pull Rake, Good Rubber, 540/1000 PTO and 3 Point...........................$8,000 John Deere 4020 2WD, 540/1000 PTO, 148 loader and grapple fork, 2 remotes, 23.1-30 rear 35%, 11L-15SL front 50%, no 3-point......$12,500 1977 John Deere 8630 Upgraded 50 Series Engine w/2491 Hrs. 1000 PTO, Partial P-Shift, Duals 20.8-34, 3 Remotes, 2 Owners, Opt’l 12-ft. HD Degelman Blade $3000, Good Running Tractor..........................$17,000 1976 John Deere 8430 - 2000 Hrs Rebuilt 50 Series Engine, EZEE On Loader/Grapple, 23.1/38 Singles, PTO, Quad Range, Diff Locks, 3 Remotes; Super Handy Ranch or Farm Tractor...............................$20,000 1983 John Deere 8650 - Rebuilt Engine, Partial P-Shift, 1000 PTO, 3 Remotes, 90% Rubber, Local Trade............................................$29,500 2002 New Holland TJ375 - 4500 Hrs, Standard, Trelleborg Rubber 50%, Local Farmer, Clean....................................................................$95,000 1985 Steiger Cougar 1000 KR 1225 225 HP, SP P-Shift, Cummins, 1000 PTO, 50% Rubber, Service Records, Clean!...............................$29,500 1981 Steiger Cougar ST280 400 hp, rebuilt Spicer trans., rebuilt 855, repainted, air drill hyd., 20.8/38 Firestone 65%, 7426 hrs, sharp. $59,500 1982 Steiger Tiger III 470 600 hp, Allison powershift, duals 30.5/32 60%, hydraulics for air drills, 6 remotes................................................$75,000 Versatile 850 standard shift, Atom Jet, 20.8/38 duals 40% outside, repainted, 8735 hours..................................................................................$25,000 1985 Versatile 856, 8428 Hrs, P-Shift, PTO, 4 Remotes, 18.4/38 70%, Nice Cab, Great Find!.........................................................................$45,000 2012 Versatile 550 deluxe cab, loaded, leather, HID, heavy duty axles, differential locks, 800 rubber, Trimble AutoSteer, weights, 4 Electro remotes, radar, 58g hydraulics, 110g hi flow available, 417 hrs,.............$289,000 1991 Versatile 976 - 6601 Hrs, Standard Shift, 55% 20.8R42 Duals, 4 Remotes, Good Clean Cab, Local Trade-In, No Leaks, Runs Good!........ ....................................................................................................$45,000 1985 Versatile 856 powershift, PTO, 4 remotes, 18.4x38 70%, nice cab, 8428 hours, not used hard, great find.........................................$45,000 2014 Versatile 2375 PTO, standard, 710x38 duals, weight package, AutoSteer available, 600 hours, super clean....................................$159,500 1975 Case 1466 - New Completet DT 466 Engine, Chassis 5-6,000 Appx, New Torque Amplifier, Front End, Cab Seat, Running Heat & Air, All Wiring Replaced w/ Sealed Solder Ends, Overhauled Fuel Pump, 540/1000 PTO, 3 Point Hitch, Rubber 25%, Rims for Duals. Nice Classic or Great PTO Tractor! $22,500

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AIR DRILLS

Case Flex Hoe 700 70-ft. 12” Sp, double shoot, 3430 tow behind tank 430 bushel Tank, Clean........................................................$89,500 2005 Morris 40-ft. 10” spacing, D-Shoot, spring cushion shanks, mid row banders, with tow behind Morris 8425 tank 210/110/125, 800/65R32 80%, staggered wheel tracks, no blockage, clean drill.........$49,500 Morris Maxim II 40-ft. 10” spacing, SS, 23” steel packers, with 7240 240 bushel tow between tank with auger, Goodyear 23.1/26 tires, clean drill and tank.........................................................................$39,000 Concord 6012 60-ft. 12” spacing, with 3000 cart, Edge-On shanks, diesel hydraulic fan motor...............................................................$15,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 - 57-ft. 9” Sp, New Stealth Openers, S-Shoot, Rubber Packers, 5 Section, With 2320 TBH Very Clean....................$49,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 - 39-ft. 9” Sp, S-Shoot, 3 Section, Steel Capped Packers With 2320 TBH Cart No Rust On Plenum, Auger Flighting is Good.. ..............................................................................................$39,500 2012 Pillar 4012 & 3450 Tow Behind Cart - 40 Ft, 12” Sp, Appx 11,000 Acres, New Bearings, Extra Parts, Cart is Variable Rate Control from Cab, Super Clean...............................PRICE REDUCED! $100,000 2007 SeedMaster 4412 - 44 Ft, 12” Sp, Agtron Blockage, On Board Liquid 2000g Tank, Work Switch, Set Up for Dry & Liquid, With TBH 3400 Concord 300 Bu Tank, Good condition......................$119,000

1996 Flexi Coil 820 - 50 Foot, 12” Sp Chisel Plow w/Anhydrous & Beeline & Harrows, Clean....................................... $39,500 Flexi-Coil 800 45-ft. plow, 12” spacing, 16” sweeps, good condition....... ..............................................................................................$19,500 Ford 250 32-ft. tandem disc, 20.5-22.25 discs, mud scrapers, good shape....................................................................................$15,000 Krause disc - Rock Flex, 45 Foot, 9” spacing.............................$19,500 2016 Mandako Roller - Unused Demo Unit, 50-ft., 42” Drum, 5/8” Wall, 3 Plex, Dual Axle, Float Hitch...............................................$45,000 Melroe 503 56-ft. chisel plow, newer style, 12” sweeps, local farmer, good shape....................................................................................$14,500 Morris 8900 Magnum 60-ft. chisel plow, 12” spacing, floating hitch, new tires.......................................................................................$39,500 Wil-Rich 30-ft. chisel plow, 14” sweeps, good shape....................$9500 2010 Rite Way F7-65 Land Roller - 65-ft., 7 Section, 42” Drum, 1/2” Wall, dual Axle, Float Hitch, 14’ Transport Width, Good Condition!...$45,000 Summers Super Coulter- 30-ft. Vertical Tillage, 12” Indi Mntd Straight & Waffle Blades, Rolling Baskets, Extra Blades Included, Very Good Condition!..............................................................................$45,000 Summers Super Roller - 45-ft., 42”x9/16” Drum, 11R22.5 Tires, 15,00018,000 Acres, 2 Sets of Hdraulics for Down & Lift; Super Easy to Operate-Poplar Unit, Serviced and Field Ready...................$39,500 2008 Wil-Rich 4830 with 3 bar gates harrows, 37-ft., On First Set of Shovels, like new..................................................................$22,500 2001 Wishek 842T 26-ft. disc, 26” discs, Gates double arm harrows, super heavy duty...................................................................$39,500 Schafer Off Set Disk - 16 Ft Offset, 23.5” - 22” Discs, Good Set of Tires, Solid Condition........................................................................$9000

1994 International 8100 Truck DT466 Engine, 251, 134 Miles, Spicer 9 Sp/2 Ranges, Air Brakes, 4x2, 2 Position Gooseneck Ball, Adj Vertical Hitch, Pintle Hitch, Set Up for Trailer Brakes, Solid Deck, Tool Boxes, GVW 32,000, Great Running Truck - Used at Big Equipment, Service Records, Clean!................................................................... $12,500

ATTACHMENTS & TRUCKS

12HD Degelman Blade - 12-ft. Manual Angle, Hyd Lift, Came off JD 8630.........................................................................................$4500 Degelman 12AT - 12-ft. Hyd Lift, Angle, Tilt, Came off Big Bud 525/50, HD, Nice................................................................................$10,000 Degelman Blade - 12-ft. Manual Angle, Hyd Lift, Narrow Mount..$6000 Leon 790 Loader - 8-ft. W/Forks & Valve, Came off Intl 660, Opt Paint... .................................................................................................$7500 Shulte Mower - 26-ft. Rotary, Big & Small PTO Yoke.................$19,500 1982 Int’l S1900 - IH466 Diesel Engine, Allison Automatic, 226,055 Miles, Ultracel 18x5, Tarp, Runs Good............................................$15,000 1994 Int’l 8100 - DT466 Engine, 251,134 Miles, 9 Sp Spicer/2Ranges, Air Brakes, Gooseneck Ball, Vertical & Pintle Hitch, Reliable.....$12,500 1973 Chevrolet C60 - 58,103 Miles, 350 Engine, 4 Sp, 16 Ft Box, One Owner, Clean...........................................................................$6500

2013 Versatile ML950 Paralink Drill, 70 foot, 10” spacing, Appx 5000 Acres, Excellent Condition, Optional Versatile AC 600 TB Tank, Variable Rate, Like New!................................. $125,000

SPRAYERS

2003 Spra-Coupe 4440 - 2125 Hrs, Perkins, Standard 5 Sp Trans, New Clutches 1948 Hrs, 80-ft. Bms, 400g Tnk, Tremble Auto Steer, New Front Tires, Tow Hitch, Extra Rear Tire & Rim, Stored Inside, Very Clean!....... ...................................................................................................$55,000 2013 Summers Mfg Ultimate NT -100-ft. Susp Boom, 20” Sp, 1650g Tnk, 150g Rinse Tnk, 3 Way, 5 Section Boom ShutOff, Wired For Raven Rate Controller, One Owner, Stored Inside, Excellent Condition!.......$45,000 1994 Summers MFG 500 - 60-ft. Susp Boom, 500g Summers Poly Tank, Hyd Lift, Mid Mount Booms, Triple Nozzles, Raven, Honda Engine, Mounted HD Truck Chassis, 94 L8000 Diesel Ford, 8.3 Cummins, 10 Sp, 352,233 Miles, No Rust, Good Condition.................................................$15,000

BOX DRILLS

Case IH 7100 (3) drills, 14-ft., 12” spacing, steel packers, single hitch, good shape........................................................................$2000 ea. Case IH 7200 set of 3 hoe drills, 14-ft. x7” (42-ft. total) boxes good, steel packers, hitch and transport....................................................$7500 International 6200 10.5-ft., 6” double disc, 13” disc size, 23” steel packers, good clean box, good shape.............................................$4500 2014 John Deere front folding disc, 25-ft., 6” spacing, grass seed bin, DS, less than 1/2” wear on discs, 12” rubber packers, hyd. down pressure, front folding frame/narrow 15-ft. 2”, like new.........................$50,000 John Deere 9400 (3) 10-ft. 12” spacing, 30-ft. total, 25” x 3” steel packers, SS, hitch and transport, boxes good, great shape................$19,500 John Deere 9350 (3) 10-ft. 10” spacing, 26” steel packers, hitch and transport, boxes good, parts available, all three......................$4500 John Deere 9350 8-ft. 12” spacing, good box, steel packers, single hitch.........................................................................................$1500 John Deere 9400 (3) 10-Ft., 12” Spacing, 30-Ft., 25” Steel Packers, SS, Hitch & Transport, Boxes Good, Great Shape......................$19,500 2014 Pillar Drill 6010 DISC/HOE DRILL, Demo unit, Excellent In Tall Stubble, High Residue Conditions-Stripper Header, 60 FT, 10”, DShoot, Agtron Blockage, Flexi Coil Towers, Set For Tow Between Cart, Great Performance Thru High Trash Conditions, Let Us Provide You With More Information!................................................................................$220,000

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2013 SeedMaster 7012 New 70-Ft., 12” Spacing, Auto Packing, Lift Kit, Tire-In-Tire, 345 Bu. On-Board Seed Tank, Tank Scales, Canola Rollers, Raven Viper Pro, Heavy Duty Transport Package.

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FOR SALE

MSU Extension Pulse Production Workshop

By Kari Lewis, MSU Extension – Glacier County MSU Extension will be hosting a Pulse pulses. Dr. Miller was awarded an Excellence Wheat straw - clean, no weeds, 3x4 bales Production workshop Wednesday, February 15, Award as a Researcher from the Northern Pulse Third cutting alfalfa - 3x4 bales 2017, in both Conrad and Fort Benton. With Growers Association in 2009 and was named an Phone (406) 600-4146, Bozeman, MT decreased commodity prices in cereal grains, American Society of Agronomy Fellow in 2014. there is additional interest in raising pulse crops. Jeff Winkler, Mountain View Cooperative Pulse However, many production and marketing chalSpecialist, will cover the need for and proper use lenges exist, which this workshop will address of inoculants and chemicals. Jeff will explain for beginning producers. The workshop will the common mistakes that he’s seen regarding cover production, marketing, insurance, disinoculant and chemical use, and share tips on ease management, and common mistakes with how to prevent those mistakes in the field. Jeff • 1/3 Weight of Aluminum chemicals and inoculants and conclude with a has 10 years of hands-on experience with pulse • UV Inhibitor & Food Grade • Chemical Resistant producer panel. crop agronomy and merchandising, and been 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft. • 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4”, 3/8”, & 1/2” thick Both locations will begin with registration working in agriculture business for 20 years. Widths • 8-ft. or 10-ft. wide x Any length at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude by 4 p.m. The Chrissy Cook will bring her expertise to the Conrad workshop will be held at the Pondera pulse workshop to discuss markets and con• Dump trucks & belly dumps Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Road, tracts. She will also talk about different pulses • Wood floor trailers • Manure spreaders Conrad, and the Fort Benton workshop will be and varieties, and their current demand in the • Fertilizer hoppers held at the Ag Center, 1205 20th Street. marketplace. Chrissy is a native of Colorado • Chutes Dr. Perry Miller, Land Resources and Enviand graduated from Colorado State University ronmental Sciences professor at Montana State with her Bachelors of Science and Master’s de• QuickSilver Liners Haul dirt, landscaping materials, University will lead participants through an grees. She currently works for Hodgkiss Seed in clay, sand, manure, rock, grain, etc. • Durapro Liners interactive pulse crop production based discusChoteau, MT. Hodgskiss Seed is a family owned ALSO Hot Asphalt Liners Available • HMW Liners sion. The presentation will cover necessary field and operated seed business established in 1968. preparations and seeding recommendations, They are growers, processors, and retailers growing season management, and equipment of foundation, registered, and certified seed. and techniques necessary for safely handling The insurance portions will be covered by 1-406-293-3097 TOLL FREE 1-877-368-3097 pulse crops during harvest. He will also provide Kevin Swanson of Leavitt Insurance, in Conrad, recommendations for crop rotations when using and by Shawn Fladager from Northwest Farm Credit Services Insurance of Great Falls, at the Fort Benton workshop. The speakers will cover availability of insurance 406-453-0010 products for pulse producers Montana Toll Free and how those products can 1-800-452-0010 help producers manage risk. 4212 North Star Blvd. #4 Distributing Company Great Falls, Montana For farmers with no history of pulse production, it is imporATV & BACKPACK CALL ABOUT OUR USED tant to know how to determine Bring in any competitor’s AD SPRAYERS EQUIPMENT THAT IS ON HAND insurable yields and how to and we’ll match their price!! protect their investment in a new crop. Field Batch Trailers Dr. Jessica Rupp, MSU See us at MAGIE Extension Plant Pathologist, January 19, 20, 21 will cover diseases identification and management of pulse Booth A1 & A2 crops. 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Montana State University Extension is offering a private pesticide applicator initial training in Chester on Wednesday, February 1st. The February 1st training will take place in Chester at the Fire Hall, located at 710 West 7th Street. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The training will conclude with the Montana Private Applicator Certification exam between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. Individuals must be licensed as a private applicator before purchasing and using a pesticide designated by the EPA as a restricted-use pesticide. For applicators to acquire their initial applicator license, they must either attend a private pesticide applicator initial training or pass a 50 question open book Montana Private Applicator Certification Exam at their local Extension office. All participants receiving pesticide certification will be charged a $10.00 training material fee and a $40 license fee. Participants who are already certified and are participating to earn credits may attend the training free of charge. Speakers at the class will include Jesse Fulbright, MSU Liberty County Extension, Nicole Gray, MSU Hill County Extension, Kari Lewis, MSU Glacier County Extension, Michaela Hystad, Montana Department of Agriculture, Cecil Tharp, MSU Extension Pesticide Education Specialist, and Tyler Lane, MSU Chouteau Extension. The private pesticide applicator initial training is open to the public. Individuals who have a current private or commercial applicator license will receive six recertification credits toward their license. Those individuals not holding a private applicator license will be licensed as private applicators at the program. Pre-registration is recommended as pesticide manuals need to be ordered for participants. For more information or to register, contact Liberty County Extension (Jesse Fulbright) at 759-5625.

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Bryan Barker

406-450-4361, Shelby, MT

Barker Herefords

406-450-9716, Shelby, MT

Bayers Hereford Ranch

406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co

Cooper Hereford Ranch

406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT

Curlew Cattle Co

Fort Keogh Livestock Research

406-584-7571, Lindsay, MT

406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT

L Bar W Cattle Co

Garrison Ranches Inc

Duncan Ranch Co

Griffin Polled Herefords

406-425-2484, Absarokee, MT

Dutton Hereford Ranch

Holden Herefords

406-835-2501, Glen, MT

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT

406-821-0247, Darby, MT

406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Cherry Springs Ranch

Elings Polled Herefords

JZ Livestock

406-278-3406, Conrad, MT

406-360-3427, Hamilton, MT

406-432-2296, Shelby, MT

McMurry Cattle

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

Merrimac Cattle Co

406-735-4493, Geyser, MT

Otis Ranch

406-223-4518, Emigrant, MT

Sidwell Ranch Please join us for our first production sale at the north ranch

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406-322-8541, Columbus, MT

Sidwell Ranch

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Sparks Herefords

406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

McKechnie Hereford Ranch

J Bar E Ranch

406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT

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Montana Hereford Association Directors Tom Sparks Pres. Denise Loyning VP Emily Shilling Sec. Corey Dutton Mark Ehlke Kelle Jo Ellis Tim Feddes Hyer McKechnie Chad Murnin Tom Vandeberg

406-874-8200, Miles City, MT

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Churchill Sensation 028X Churchill Cattle Co. Dale Venhuizen Manhattan, MT (406) 580-6421 Bull Sale - Jan 24, 2017 dale@churchillcattle.com

Duncan Ranch Co. Private Treaty Silent Auction March 11, 2017 Powerful Polled and Horned Herefords

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K‑State Research and Begger’s Diamond V Ranch has been raising only high-quality • Bred for calving ease, fast growth, efficiency, maternal strength and Extension is a short name seedstock for over 42 years. carcass quality putting more profit in your pocket. for the Kansas State Univer• At Begger’s Diamond V Ranch you are not just buying a bull, • Bulls are developed for ranchers on a high roughage ration you are buying a program. with very little starch and plenty of exercise. sity Agricultural Experiment • Our 42 years of AI’ing and embryo transfer gives you access • Every bull was born, raised and developed on our ranch. Station and Cooperative to the top genetics of the Simmental and Angus breeds, which • Maternal and direct calving ease is a must. 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K-State researcher’s work has ‘transformative potential’

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with the registration. The deadline to regisThe school is for anyone interested in ter is January 11. The fee does not include learning more about feedlot production, nulodging. trition, waste management and marketing. Participants must make their own lodgNorth Dakota State University’s (NDSU) ing arrangements. Lodging is available at Carrington Research Extension Center will the Chieftain Conference Center, 701-652hold its annual NDSU Feedlot School on 3131; Carrington Inn and Suites, 701-652January 18-19, 2017. 3982; or Cobblestone Inn, 701-652-3000. This intensive course is for cattle producFor more information about the course ers, feeders, backgrounders, feed industry or to register, contact Joel Lemer, an Extenpersonnel, animal health-care suppliers and sion agent in Foster County, at 701-652anyone else who is interested in learning 2581 or joel.lemer@ndsu.edu. more about feedlot production, nutrition, The Carrington Research Extension waste management and marketing. Call or text Adam for more details (406) 390-3048 Center is 3.5 miles north of Carrington on “Feeding cattle is a decades-old busiDelivery available U.S. Highway 281. ness with lots of new techniques,” says Karl Hoppe, area Extension Service 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, with Guest ConsiGnor aviD core nguS ranging from feed bunk management to health to business planning to marketing.” ednesday Feedlot school topics will include: Lunch at 11:30 • Sale starts at 1:00 pm • Milk River Pavilion in Malta, MT • Why feed cattle in North Dakota • Animal nutritional re70 Yearling Bulls Large Selection quirements of Heifer Bulls • Implant technologies 90 Yearling Heifers • Feed additives Large Sire Groups • Feed processing/nutri35 Bred Two Year Old Heifers ent optimization of ½ and ¾ brothers • Ration formulation/ 40 Short Term Cows feeds/nutrient analysis The Ranch has AIed for 35 years; • Livestock stewardship/ 4800+ cows in the last 18 years. beef quality assurance Red Angus Sire Groups Represented — • Facility development HB GM CE BW WW YW MM ME HPG CEM STAY Marb YG CW REA BF and management RAA 1260155 BUF CRK THE RIGHT KIND U199 • Disease diagnosis, treat148 52 14 -3.9 57 89 23 -5 12 14 10 0.68 -0.03 17 0.16 -0.00 ments and health programs RAA 1255322 FRITZ JUSTICE 8013 • Manure and nutrient 129 52 9 -1.8 84 132 33 0 7 11 11 0.62 0.29 46 0.03 0.06 management RAA 1316436 TJS ACHIEVER 9023 • Carcass quality and 99 49 3 -0.9 62 100 31 0 13 5 10 0.15 0.02 29 0.38 0.02 RAA 1368797 LSF NIGHT CALVER 9921W marketing on the grid 200 53 21 -7.8 62 98 37 1 12 6 17 0.50 -0.14 17 0.60 0.01 • Using market informaRAA 1379610 BROWN PREMIER X7876 tion for strategic planning 197 55 8 -5.2 70 113 1 -1 16 8 17 1.07 -0.01 29 0.13 -0.02 • Budgeting RAA 1441805 BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334 • Employer/employee 204 55 17 -5.1 66 119 18 -3 11 9 17 0.72 0.07 34 0.06 -0.00 relations RAA 1486656 KCC PINNACLE 949-109 The school also will in111 52 10 -5.1 68 98 22 4 8 2 10 0.86 0.15 20 -0.02 0.04 RAA 1506931 ANDRAS FUSION R236 clude a commercial feedlot 113 53 16 -4.2 44 87 23 -1 12 3 8 0.91 0.05 17 -0.06 0.00 tour and a tour of the Research Extension Center’s livestock facilities. Faculty from NDSU’s Animal Sciences Department, and the Carrington Black Angus Sire Groups Represented — and North Central Research CED BW WW YW SC Milk CW Marb RE Fat $W $F $G $B Extension Centers, as well AAA +15355048 SINCLAIR EMULATION XXP as others who have exten+0 +1.3 +54 +98 +.27 +11 +51 +.35 -.33 +.041 42.13 60.54 4.55 116.31 AAA #15810174 CAR CHINNOOK 786 sive experience working +12 +.5 +45 +75 +1.84 +30 +18 +.35 +.74 +.072 53.95 27.54 25.81 74.08 with northern Plains feedAAA 17924326 MC CUMBER 248 FORTUNATE 405 lots, are instructors for the +12 -1.1 +42 +73 -.24 +18 +37 +.28 +.43 +.033 44.45 20.71 19.80 101.12 school. “The regional cattle experts who teach at the school drawing for There will be a buyer appreciation provide a good overview of management for North r ATV on Veseth cattle bought! he nc Ra a nd Ho a Dakota feeders, and the outreach or interaction with d aVid s Core d ale & J anet V eseth the participants continues 1535 E. Strater Rd. • Malta, MT 59538 22787 Midale Road • Malta, MT 59538 for years after the school,” (406) 390-6680 • score_2010@hotmail.com (406) 658-2504 • djvsth@itstriangle.com Hoppe adds. The registration fee is $150 per person or $200 for www Com two people from the same operation. All meals and a 3-inch, three-ring feedlot school binder are included

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By  K-State Research and Extension The Kansas State University Youth Livestock Program, KState Research and Extension, and the K-State Department of Animal Sciences and Industry will host two junior producer days in the spring of 2017. Junior Swine Producer Day will be Saturday, March 11 and Junior Meat Goat Producer Day will be Saturday, March 25. Both events will be in Weber Arena on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan. The junior day programs are a one-day educational opportunity for youth, parents, 4-H and FFA project leaders, agents, and other adults to increase their knowledge about livestock production and management. All ages are welcome, but all attendees must register. These are biennial events, with swine and meat goat days hosted in odd years and beef and sheep in even years. The cost for each junior day is $15 per person for those who register by the early deadline, and $20 per person for those who register after the deadline. Early registration for Junior Swine Producer Day is February 22 and March 3 for Junior Meat Goat Producer Day. Registrations received after the early deadline cannot be guaranteed a t-shirt. Registration is available two ways: 1) download the flyer at http://bit.ly/ksujrproducerdays, complete the bottom portion of the flyer and mail it with payment; or 2) complete the online registration at http://bit.ly/ksuasiregister More information is available at www.youthlivestock.ksu. edu or by contacting Lexie Hayes, youth livestock coordinator, at adhayes@ksu.edu or 785-532-1264. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

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N.D. 4-H livestock judging team places in national competition By NDSU Extension Service

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Morton County’s team places seventh overall in the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Louisville, Kentucky. Pictured are (from left, front row) team members Stetson Ellingson, Jameson Ellingson, Kelsie Jo Schaff and Sara Jochim and (back row) coaches Luke Keller and Jackie Buckley. (NDSU photo)

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Environmental horticulturist earns grant to study biodegradable mulch

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News Sam Wortman, assistant professor and billion in the U.S. and is growing by a environmental horticulturist in the Defew billion each year. This is in response partment of Agronomy and Horticulture to consumer demand and an economic at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln opportunity for agriculture, according to (UNL), has earned a three-year, $499,718 Wortman. Industry growth shows no signs grant from the National Institute of Food of slowing which is why a bio-based mulch and Agriculture to evaluate biodegradable needs to be available for organic fruit and mulch and identify opportunities to speed vegetable farmers. its degradation in soil. For a mulch to be considered allowable Plastic mulch has transformed vegetable on certified organic farms, the USDA reproduction around the world over the last quirement is that 90 percent of the mulch 50 years. Many vegetable producers use a needs to be fully decomposed in the soil polyethylene plastic mulch due to its ability within 24 months. to warm the soil, conserve soil moisture and For this project, Wortman will partner suppress weeds. However, at the end of the with materials science company, 3M, to season, producers must remove the plastic evaluate their fabric alternative that is from the soil, which is challenging and believed to be 100 percent biodegradable. costly. The mulch is then taken to a landfill The research will not only focus on the or burned, neither of which are desirable degradability of the mulch, but also on it’s outcomes for the environment. durability during the growing season and its In response to these issues, those in the ability to benefit growers. The research will industry have been attempting to develop a be conducted at field sites on East Campus 100 percent bio-based material that can be a and in Scottsbluff. substitute for polyethylene plastic. Today’s “We’ll be evaluating how fast mulches commercially available biodegradable degrade when soil moisture, nutrients, and mulch products are only 98 percent biomicrobial activity are limited under field based, meaning two percent of the mulch conditions,” explained Wortman “The goal substance contains petroleum-based polyis to understand how these mulches degrade mers, which brings to light another issue. and if there’s a way we can use compost, “Certified organic farmers have not been irrigation, cover crops or another method allowed to use these bio-based alternatives to stimulate the microbial communities in because they contain 2 percent of a petrothe soil so that they start to chomp down leum-based component,” said Wortman. on the mulch and get it to disappear within “Plastic mulch is effective, convenient and 24 months.” affordable but it creates an environmental Also working on this project will be nuisance and a large number of producers Rhae Drijber, professor and soil microbican’t use it so there has to be an alternaologist in the Department of Agronomy tive.” and Horticulture, along with two graduate The organic industry is valued at $43 students.

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When should my Christmas cactus bloom?

By Ray Bisek, U of M Extension, Polk/Clearwater Counties, Minnesota A few weeks ago while shopping for gifts I noticed in one of the stores a variety of bloom colors of Christmas cacti. Like a child in the candy store I wanted to add to my collection! For many growing this cactus, it is handed down through generations. I know of at least one family who has successfully managed 3 generations of growth of the same plant. In the spirit of the holiday season I thought I would present information for those trying to be green thumbs before they focus their attention on the pages of seed catalogs arriving on January 2nd. Below is an article on Christmas Cacti written a few years ago by Beth Berlin, University of Minnesota Extension Educator in Stearns and Benton Counties. Tis the season for the holiday plants to start blooming. Or is it? Many people may wonder why their Christmas cactus is blooming at Thanksgiving or even earlier. There are actually several popular holiday cacti; the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and less familiar Easter cactus. Despite the name cactus, these plants are not from the desert; instead the Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are both in the Schlumbergera family, and native to the tropical forests of Brazil. The Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti received their name because of the typical bloom period is near to the holiday; however that is not always true. Bloom periods are triggered by the amount of daylight and the temperature. Therefore your Thanksgiving cacti might be in bloom at Halloween and your Christmas in bloom closer to Thanksgiving. A more definitive way to tell the difference between a Thanksgiving cactus and a Christmas cactus is by looking at the segments of the leaves. The Thanksgiving cactus’ leaf segments have a pointed, jagged edge, while the Christmas cactus’ leaf segments are smooth and rounded. Another way is to look closely at the flower parts of the plant. The anther, pollen bearing part of the flower, is yellow on the Thanksgiving cactus and purplish-brown on the Christmas cactus. Very often the Thanksgiving cactus is actually sold under the name Christmas cactus, which only adds to the confusion. To initiate flowering, either plant needs less than 12 hours of light per day and temperatures of less than 68°F. Flower buds will set regardless of the daylight hours if temperatures are less than 55°F. If the conditions in your home do not meet these requirements extra efforts need to be done by the plant owner to trigger the cactus to bloom. Simply cover the cactus or put it in a dark closet for at least 12 hours a day. In some warm homes, if temperatures never drop below 70°F, the plant may never bloom regardless of the amount of light. Be aware that if budded plants are brought into a warm room with low humidity, they may drop their buds. Also plants that are overwatered may even drop leaf segments. The perfect place for the cactus is in a bright, indirect lit room with suitable temperatures away from drafts. Water the plant when the growing medium is dry to the touch. Do not overwater and let the soil to be waterlogged, especially in the winter. The soil medium should be kept evenly moist in the fall when flower buds are set to prevent them from withering. Never let water stand in the saucer below the pot. Fertilize the plant with a general purpose fertilizer monthly during the growing season, fertilize with half strength from late winter through summer, and finally stop fertilizing in late summer for greater flower bud production. After the cactus is done blooming, they benefit from a “resting” period. Allow the soil to dry out between watering, but do not allow the leaves to shrivel. Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus bloom best when slightly pot-bound. The best time to repot is in spring when new growth begins. The best potting medium is well-drained with good aerations, such as a mix of two-thirds potting soil with one-third perlite or course sand. Do not use a cactus soil mixture. Take a close look at your holiday cactus, is it a true Christmas cactus or is it a Thanksgiving cactus? Regardless, with the proper care this plant will bloom for six to eight weeks each year for many, many years. For more information on all houseplants visit www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yardgarden/houseplants ##### To get garlic cloves to separate from their skins, break apart each individual cloves from the head and heat on high in the microwave for 5-10 seconds. This tiny bit of cooking should make them easily slip out of their skins. ##### The nice thing about being senile is, you can hide your own Easter eggs.

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New Diamond C car haulers

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LOTS OF NEW BUMPER PULL UTILITY TRAILERS 5-ft. x 8-ft. to 83” x 14-ft. Prices Range from $1425 - $2295

30-ft. flat bed, triple axle, gooseneck.............$2800 2011 Travalong 24-ft. aluminum stock trailer............ ..............................................................$10,000

Ponderosa 6-ft.x16-ft. bumper pull .............. $2695

2008 Haulmark 8-ft.x24-ft. enclosed trailer, like new, 5200 lb. axles and cargo rear doors.......... .................................................................$7500

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NEW UTILITY FLATBED TRAILERS

New 18’x83” heavy duty car hauler, wrap tongue, 6” channel frame, brakes on two axles, 7000 lb. axles...................$4495 New 18’x83” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, set back jack, brakes on two axles, ramps, 5200 lb. axles.......$4095

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1995 18-ft. gooseneck tilt trailer.....................$2500

1980 Sundance 24-ft. flatbed, gooseneck....$2800 2014 Kaufman tandem dual, 18-ft. with 5-ft. beavertail, electric brakes, 10,000 lb. axle........................$6500 8x8 snowmobile trailer.....................................$500

Skidsteer pallet forks 42” ...................................................................$555 48” ...................................................................$750

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Fastline 5-ft.x12-ft........................................ $1200

Semi Trailers 2006 Wilson 8.5-ft. x 53-ft. drop deck trailers $21,000 2008 Fastline 7-ft.x12-ft. ATV trailer with ramps, loads from either side, good condition.... $1300

2000 Great Dane Model# GRFS248-80. 48-ft.x102” extends to 80-ft. 75,000 lb. GVWR tandem axle, sliding axles, spring suspension, 11x24.5 tires, tool box and ratchets.....................$12,500

Edge high reach clipper skid steer mount tree shear for trees 8-10” in diameter........................$2100

2003 Chevrolet 3/4 ton, 5 speed diesel, 114,000 miles, hydrabed, grill guard......................$9900 2006 Wilson 48-ft. dropdeck .................... $21,000

Highboy 48-ft. Utility flatbed trailer $11,900

2003 Ranco 40-ft. double gate, bottom dump trailer $17,500

John Deere 544 loader.................................$9500 1989 Ford F250 super cab, flatbed, with Western snowplow.................................................$6500

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Nissan forklift, 3000 lb., nice shape..............$6700

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New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 2 sliding center gates, full bull package, 14-ply tires.......................................................................................................$10,995 New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailers with sliding center gate. 14-ply tires. Bull Package..............................................................................................................$9995

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(2) Diamond C 25-ft. partial tilt, (2) 7,000 lb. axles, tool box................................. $7395 Diamond C 24-ft. full tilt deck-over power tilt, (2) 7,000 lb. axles, tool box............ $8995 Hillsboro 23.5-ft. partial tilt.................................................................................... $7595

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Diamond C 24-ft. full power tilt deck-over, (2) 7,000 lb. axles............................... $7995 Diamond C 22-ft. partial tilt.................................................................................... $5995 Hillsboro 21.5-ft. partial tilt.................................................................................... $6595

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New Diamond C 14-ft. gooseneck.................................$9495 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull with tarp.................$8495 New Diamond C 12-ft.x77” bumper pull with 5200 lb. axles..... ....................................................................................$5995 New Travalong 16-ft. gooseneck, triple axle...............$13,000 New Travalong 14-ft. gooseneck................................$10,895 New Travalong 14-ft. bumper pull..................................$9895

New Circle D pickup flatbeds

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ALFALFA AND ALFALFA GRASS IRRIGATED HAY FOR SALE

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NDSU Extension Service warns landowners about invasive weed

By NDSU Extension Service used for pollinator or wildlife habitats inadThe North Dakota Department of Agriculture and North Dakota State University vertently contained Palmer amaranth seed. (NDSU) Extension Service advise farmers In Georgia, most cotton acres have to be to scout new conservation plantings for hand-weeded because the weed no longer Palmer amaranth, a very aggressive weed can be controlled with glyphosate. that has plagued cropland production in the “Landowners are encouraged to check South and Midwest. their fields and contact the North Dakota Palmer amaranth is a type of pigweed Department of Agriculture or NDSU Exthat has devastated crops in many states. In tension Service if a plant is suspected to be some areas, herbicide costs have more than Palmer amaranth,” says Brian Jenks, North doubled, while producers have not obtained Central Research Extension Center weed complete control of the weed. scientist. “The plant should be growing and In Iowa, Minnesota and other states, identifiable prior to hard frosts.” Palmer amaranth recently has been found Palmer amaranth has several unique charin many counties where native seed mixes acteristics that make it hard to control. In optimum conditions, Palmer amaranth has a rapid growth rate, and can grow 2 to 3 inches per day and reach 6 to 8 feet tall. One plant can produce up to 1 million seeds. While most weeds have a short emergence window in the spring, Palmer amaranth can emerge throughout the growing season. One of the most troubling characteristics is that it is very prone to developing resistance to herbicides. Some populations are known to be resistant to at least five different herbicide modes of action. Palmer amaranth’s distinguishing characteristics are: • It has very little hair on the leaves and stem, compared with redroot pigweed. • The petioles are typically as long or longer than the leaf blade. • It is dioecious, meaning it has separate male and female plants. • The female plants have spiny bracts at the leaf axils. • Flowering heads are unbranched and 1 to 2 feet long. • The heads of the female plant are sharp (spiny) to the touch, while the male’s heads are soft. Given the history of Palmer amaranth in other states, learning to identify it so that new infestations can be controlled is important for farmers and agronomists, Jenks says. “This weed is a game changer and will be controlled only by a zero-tolerance policy,” he adds. “Landowners should confirm that any purchased seed does not contain Palmer amaranth.” For more information on Palmer amaranth, including how to identify it, go to https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ weeds. If you find a plant you suspect may be Palmer amaranth, contact the North Dakota Department of Agriculture at 701-226-4321, or the NDSU Extension Service at 701-231-8157 or 701-857-7677.

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Clear Creek Angus Bulls Bred and Fed for the Commercial Cattleman

9th Annual Production Sale March 6, 2017 1:00 pm Bear Paw Livestock Chinook, MT

Connealy Jet 4405

AAA#178887173 CED: +11, BW: -.6, WW: +72, YW: +128, SC: +.88, DOC: +16, M: +24, $W: +72.54, $B: +115.36

SELLING 19 SONS!

Special Guests: Weaver Herefords & MY Angus

Offering:

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AAR Ten X 9903

AAA#16472165 CED: +10, BW: -.1, WW: +57, YW: +118, SC: +1.63, DOC: +35, M: +29, MARB: +.86, REA: +.89, $W: +59.03, $F: +95.57, $B: +155.91

SELLING 18 SONS!

85 Angus yearling bulls 12 Hereford yearling bulls BBH 112Y Austin 325A

Reg.#P43407031 EPD’S: CED: +0.4, BW: +3.0, WW: +49, YW: +70, M: +24, M&G: +48, RIB: +0.15, MAR: +0.10

8 SONS SELL!

120 fancy Angus commercial replacement heifers Including 50 no brand heifers & 20 F1 Baldy heifers

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AAA#16761497 CED: +11, BW: +0.1, WW: +58, YW: +103, M: +26, MARB: +.54, REA: +1.45, $B: +125.09

SELLING 11 SONS!

100% Guarantee on all bulls bought sight unseen!

Other Angus Sires Include: Connealy Artillery 4236 Sitz Upward 307R Stevenson Surenuff 2017 Shipwheel Vance 2606 Basin Payweight 1682

Don & Dolly Weaver 28108 Warrick Rd. Big Sandy, MT 59520 406-386-2244 dwhrfrd@gmail.com www.weaverherefords.com

Hereford Sires Include: Churchill Sensation 028X, TH 223 711 Victor 755T

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

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FAIRFIELD HAY FOR SALE Mixed, irrigated, fertilized, round bales. Call for price, delivered

Also available: Hay and grain hauling - statewide

(406) 870-9003 • Fairfield, MT

Coming 2-year old registered angus bulls for sale PRIVATE TREATY

Sons and Grandsons of: SAV Final Answer 0035 • SAV Pioneer 7301 SAV Mandan 5664 • Sitz Upward 307R Trich & semen tested • Ready to go South Boulder Angus Ranch Cardwell, Montana (406) 490-7600

##### Your beautiful cake is perfect except for one thing– you can’t get it out of the pan! Lay out a sheet of wax paper and gently turn the whole thing over. Next, put a dishtowel over the pan and iron it with a hot steam iron. After a few minutes the pan should be ready for lift-off. ##### Reach for the mouthwash when you’re cooking with garlic, onion, fish or anything else that can leave a scent on your hands. Just pour a few tablespoons into your palms, rub your hands together, and the smell will disappear.

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Top-five finishes distinguish UW horse judging team By University of Wyoming extension

Organizers of the AQHA World Championship Show point out collegiate competition is a chance for horse judging teams to take home “world champion bragging rights.” Pictured at the world show with their medals are, from left, Alanna Gudmonson, Rayne Benson, Anna Bertani, coach Jenny Ingwerson-Niemann, Ryan Fralick, and Anastasia Cunico.

The University of Wyoming (UW) 2016 horse judging team wrapped up its fall season with strong finishes in October at the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, and the American Quarter Horse World Championship Collegiate Contest in November in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “The team’s hard work and practice paid off,” said coach Jenny IngwersonNiemann. Team members are Rayne Benson, Laramie, X673217 Anastasia Cunico, Parshall, Colorado, Alanna Gudmunson, Cheyenne, and Ryan Fralick, Hayden, Colorado. The team was supported by teaching assistant Anna Bertani, a UW team alumna from Joliet, Illinois. University of Wyoming 2008 JOHN DEERE 7230 Retail $54,240 horse judging contestants competed individually in X668120 the limited division at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. In performance, Benson placed 4th and Cunico placed 8th. In reasons, Benson placed 12th and Gudmuson placed 20th. Benson gained 9th place high point overall individ2014 KUBOTA BX1870 Retail $11,250 ual. C018812 “The team worked hard after Congress to improve their scores for the American Quarter Horse World Collegiate Contest,” noted Ingwerson-Niemann. UW placed in the top five in every category for the limited division. 2014 BRANDT AUGER Retail $5,765.46 In halter, Benson placed 2nd, Cunico 6th and Fralick C020019 8th. In performance, Benson placed 4th. In reasons, Fralick was 4th and Benson 16th. SECTION 179 TAX DEDUCTION As overall individuals, Benson earned 3rd, Fralick Buy qualifying equipment by 11th and Cunico 15th. December 31 and save $$$.

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SETTLE FOR MORE

APEX ACTIVE DUTY 1703 Reg: 17592258

SONS SELL!

44th Annual

Selected to be the heir replacement of his sire 010. Riley’s are very pleased with their calf crop & also here at Apex. Co-owned with Riley Bros Farms, Darlington, WI and ECO Farms, Gillette, WI. BW +.5

WW +53

Sire: R B Active Duty 010 • MGS: Apex Focus In 2666 YW +90

SC +1.07

Milk +26

CW +27

MB +.52

RE +.02

FAT -.003

$W +54.75

$F +46.35

$G +30.18

$B +97.78

APEX DUTY FREE 283

PERFORMANCE PROVEN PRODUCTION SALE

MARCH 7, 2017 At the ranch • Valier, MT

140

Selling: TOTALLY Balanced Genetic Yearling Bulls

Sired By These Proven Bulls:

REG: 17594409

Shipwheel Iron Mtn, H A Sirloin, Connealy Guiness, B C A Single Malt and others.

110

SONS SELL!

The $50,000 standout in our 2014 sale. 283 exhibits length and eye appeal. Apex have a fine set of Duty Free sons in our 2017 sale offering. Coowned with R Math Farms, Whitewater, MT. BW +4.2

WW +70

Sire: R B Active Duty 010 • MGS: WMR Hero 829

YW SC +124 +1.80

Milk +28

CW +34

MB +.04

RE +.11

FAT +.008

$W +64.05

$F +96.99

$G +7.03

FANCY Commercial Open Heifers Bangs Vaccinated, Ready To Breed

And A Selected Group of Foundation Females

$B +95.45

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PERFORMANCE PROVEN SIRES FEATURED MARCH 7, 2017:

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CONNEALY ARSENAL 2174 17314528

EF COMMANDO 1366 17082311

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HF THUNDERBIRD 146Y +17977510

R B TOUR OF DUTY 177 +16984170

The Swanson Families • 8056 Valier Hwy • Valier, MT 59486 Daryle & Pam 406-279-3548

Kirby 406-472-3245

Kurt 406-279-3341

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Who wants to save $300 per calf?

SEEKING PASTURE OR RANCH TO LEASE FOR 200 PAIRS Prefer long-term lease in Southcentral Montana

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Happy to supply references

GOETTLICH BROTHERS TRUCKING

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Cattle, hay & equipment ~ ~ HAY and STRAW FOR SALE ~ ~ Phone Trent Goettlich, Hilger, MT 406-350-0229 or 406-462-5554 Bombardier Snow Cat $24,50

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6th Annual

BULLS OF THE BITTERROOT

Black Angus Bull Sale

March 4th 2017

at Sutherlin Farms Feedlot Facility Stevensville, MT Lunch at noon - Sale starts at 1:00 p.m. All 2017 Sale Bulls have been Ingenity 50k tested.

Bulls sired by: Musgrave Aviator, Buford Bluestem, Black Granite, Stevenson Rockmount, Connealy Courage, RB Tour of Duty, Sitz Sensation, Soo Line Motive 9016 and RB Active Duty 010 3C Cattle Company Chad and Lacey Sutherlin

LB Farms Lance, Shelley, Wes and TJ Brown

Genetic Connection Loren and Dorothy Brubaker

Come see the bulls, or their dams, anytime. Chad: 406-360-1875, Shelley: 406-240-4879, Lance: 406-240-1575 or Lacey: 406-544-0043 Loren & Dorothy: 406-777-3503

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service What if I told you how to save $300 per multiple species of cover crops. head? Would you stop and ponder? Second, the center moved from MarchAs the beef industry looks forward and April to May-June calving. This switch market prices continue to squeeze the cowincreased the center’s flexibility to utilize the calf producer, the questions of cost control forage the center produces while the cows’ certainly surface. At the Dickinson Research nutritional demands are lowered during the Extension Center, the cost spread in the limexpensive and demanding winter months. ited number of production systems the center Thirdly, the change involved two sets of can study is $300. Although these systems cows, one larger and one smaller, to compare will not fit everyone, they are intended to how the two cow sizes fit into a later-calving, cause one to ponder. forage-based program. At the center, three production areas What has the center found? Let’s start with continue to surface the later calving date. The as candidates for cost center does not have the reduction: resources to directly com• First - later calvpare May-June vs. Marching to decrease labor. April calving; however, The center calves in performance changes May-June, switchthrough time could be ing from March-April noted, and the decrease calving. in labor is notable. The • Second - intensicenter has seen no differfied forage utilization ence in performance from by the cows, calves 2009 to 2011, while and yearlings to lower March-April calving, overhead. The cencompared with 2012 ter utilizes a multiple to 2014, while Maycrop rotation, includJune calving. Calves’ average daiing cover crops, harvesting some crops ly gain was 2.5 pound per while grazing all acreday, cows rebred at more age. than 98 percent pregnant, • Third - controland more than 95 percent ling cow size to decalved in 42 days for both crease inputs and intime periods. May-June crease ranch output. calving had a 3 percent The center has decreased cow size approxideath loss decrease, but those same calves mately 300 pounds and has two herds: the were 92.5 pounds lighter because they were traditional herd weighing in at 1,455 pounds younger by 37 days on the average. An extra and the Lowline-influenced herd at 1,164 month or longer of backgrounding before pounds. selling easily made up the difference in The center’s efforts within the cattle weight. business have been to evaluate production The forage concentration allowed the systems that keep expenses low and keep center to maintain cow numbers and add a cattle producers in business as prices swing yearling or heavy steer enterprise. Songul from high to low and low to high. In reality, Senturklu, a visiting scholar at the center, sustaining the beef business requires signifireports the yearling steer calves are weighing cant cost control to lower production costs in at 1,230 pounds, rather than a year earlier at 567 pounds. while increasing output. While total system costs are hard to calcuTo keep costs low, the priorities include an evaluation of expenses, a reduction in the late, the later calving has allowed for better cost of production, and improved production utilization of winter grazing. Cover crop and marketing efficiency. Cash, which has and crop residue grazing has cut costs by an impact on how producers run their operaone-third of the traditional confined forage tions, drove the center to these approaches. feeding. The grazing of winter grass and crop Through the years, equipment depreciated residue cut winter feeding costs by more than two-thirds of the traditional confined forage and replacement costs went up. So, in the mid-’90s, the center downsized equipment feeding of the cows. needs and inventory, and asked the cow to The third objective focused on cow size. do more. If the cow can walk, the cow can By decreasing cow size, utilizing the exeat, and the center has not looked back. panded forage base, calving in May-June and retaining ownership, the center’s revThree main concepts have evolved. First was a move from grain and hay production enue increased 10 percent. The revenue per to a forage base with an option for the forage cow was lower, but the revenue generated to be grazed or put up as hay. Grain producper acre at the ranch was greater due to 20 tion was minimized to fewer acres. Annual percent more calves to sell. More later. forages supplemented May-through-October May you find all your ear tags. perennial grazing systems to keep cows and For more information, contact your local calves grazing well into the winter months. 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MSU to host barley and sugarbeet symposium

Montana State University, in conjunction with the University of Wyoming, will host a malt barley and sugarbeet symposium January 10-11 at the Big Horn Resort in Billings. The first day of the event will focus on barley production, precision agriculture techniques, reducing tilling practices and farming business issues. The keynote speaker will be Wade Malchow, sourcing manager for barley, malt and elevator operations with MillerCoors. The second day will focus on sugarbeet production, with Luther Markwart, executive vice president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association, as the keynote speaker. Additional speakers include Juliet Marshall with the Idaho Falls Research and Extension Center; Mark Boetel, North Dakota State University Research and Extension entomologist; Don Morishita, superintendent of Kimberly and Twin Falls Research and Extension Centers; and Andrew Kniss, associate professor of plant sciences at the University of Wyoming. Rebecca Larsen of Western Sugar and the Women of Biotech, who serve to promote the agricultural industry from the point of view of farmers, will speak, as well. Pesticide applicator credits will be available. Symposium registration and a full agenda is available online at http:// www.msuextension.org/pspp/. Pre-registration is $20 per day or $40 for both days. Onsite registration is $25 per day. For more information, contact Jessica Rupp, MSU assistant professor of plant sciences and plant pathology and Extension plant pathologist specialist, at jessica.rupp@ montana.edu or (406) 994-5572.

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Why does sleet bounce?

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota could be seeing more liquid precipitation in the winter. If you recently saw ice pellets bouncing when they hit the ground, you weren’t imaging things. Almost all precipitation forms in the atmosphere as snowflakes, according to Adnan Akyuz, professor of climatological practice at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and North Dakota’s state climatologist. As the snowflakes fall through an atmospheric layer that is warm enough 609 So. Main, Conrad, MT to melt the snow, the snowHours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., flakes become raindrops. If Phone (406) 278-7583 Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the raindrops fall through another layer that is at or below freezing temperatures before reaching the ground and the layer is deep enough to freeze the raindrops, tiny ® ice pellets called sleet will form. Usually, these ice pellets are transparent with a diameter of 0.02 inch or less. “They bounce when they Surfactant, Penetrant, fall to the ground, car hood Desposition Aid or other surfaces because BRANDT TORPEDO’s unique multi-functional propthey are hard, yet light erties enhance penetration, spreading and deposienough to defy gravity for optional accessories shown tion of spray droplets. It also reduces the production of fine droplets, which can go off-target. BRANDT a brief moment after the colTORPEDO may be used on agricultural, horticullision,” Akyuz says. tural, aquatic, forestry, vegetation management, and He warns that North other non-crop sites. Dakotans could be seeing more rainfall in the winter because winters have been getting warmer at a faster rate in North Dakota than in any other state in the U.S. powersports.honda.com PIONEER 500 IS RECOMMENDED FOR DRIV “Unfortunately, liquid AND REACH ALL CONTROLS. PASSENGER SHOULD ALSO BE TALL ENOUG precipitation in winter poses FEET FIRMLY ON THE FLOOR WHILE FIRMLY GRASPING THE HAND HOLD. A DRIVING SITUATION, AND PLEASE RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT. KEEP DOO a hazard that we are not used Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ©2014 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (6/14) to: freezing rain,” he notes. Freezing rain occurs if the layer at or below freez10216179– 4C ing temperatures is not deep Free Form’s Generation II liquid tank is the perfect solution for eliminating MY ’15 Key Model Product AdmatstoRnd 1 the rainenough give algae formation in water tanks. The UV light blocking black interior coupled with 7.625” x 5.25” drops time to freeze. The the light reflecting white exterior give the Generation II tank many advantages MODEL: PIONEER 500 over conventional tanks. By reflecting the UV rays the exterior of the tank and rain droplets will strike the Category: SXS it’s contents remain cool, this also prevents loss of strength that often caused Earth as liquid, usually as PAGE 1 June 18, 2014 11:33 AM black tanks to buckle when fastened to trucks. supercooled liquid droplets. These droplets will freeze Check us out for all your sprayer almost immediately upon contact with cold objects, parts & supplies! Including hose, such as cars, streets or trees. valves, fittings & more! These droplets form a thin veneer of ice called freezing rain or freezing drizzle, depending on the size of the droplets. LIQUID - DRY - ANHYDROUS “Driving through this type of precipitation brings an unfamiliar challenge to North Dakota drivers,” Akyuz says. “We all need to adapt to the change and give ourselves some time to get to know about the weather that surrounds us.”

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Specialty Crop Block Grant applications

The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for an estimated $1.3 million in federal funding available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) program. This competitive grant program is designed to expand markets for Montana specialty crops. Montana’s SCBG program is available for projects solely enhancing the competitiveness of Montana specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, peas, and lentils, as well as horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. “The growth in Montana’s Specialty Crop Block Grant program is allowing for a broader scope of projects, increased research funding, and greater diversification of Montana’s agriculture industry. We look forward to reviewing new, innovative applications” said Department Director Ron de Yong. Eligible projects include education, marketing, improving distribution systems, development of good agricultural practices, pest and disease control, variety development, and improving production practices. Technical assistance calls will be held on February 1 and 15, 2017. For more information, visit http://agr.mt.gov/SpecialtyCropBlockGrants. State and/or local organizations, government entities, producer associations, academia, community based organizations, and other specialty crop stakeholders are eligible to apply either as single entities or in combined efforts. Grant proposals are due to the Montana Department of Agriculture by 5:00 p.m. MST on February 22, 2017. For more information, eligibility guidelines, technical assistance and resources, visit scbg.mt.gov or contact Jim Auer, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Manager, at (406) 444-5424. ##### They’re off and running.” (great start) “The old gray mare ain’t what she used to be.” (aging, not as productive) “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.” (really hungry) “Happy trails.” (best wishes)

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57 Yearling Bulls (10 Red Angus X Simmental cross) & 30 Yearling Heifers Fritz Red Angus - 32 miles east of Brady, MT - Lunch served at noon - Sale starts at 1:00 p.m. Progeny By:

Fritz Justice 8013 Fritz Golden Oscar 8006 Fritz Deep Formula 108 Fritz Ambush 406A GMRA Vengence 1254 Fischer Hot Shot 175 Jacobson Tradesman 4008 LMB Golden Boy 719 Red Centurian C103 GMRA Trilogy 0226 Andras Fusion R236 Fritz Hondo 0023 Forster Lakota 3100 Red SSS Max 176B PPSR Gunners Force 30W MFSR Rod 850Z Traxs Rushmore X103 WS Prime Beef Z8 Jacobson King 2080

A sample of the bulls selling - raised with no creep feed and no irrigated pastures Tattoo 9D 12D 20D 22D 42D 43D 55D 75D 88D 91D 101D 115D 125D 144D 155D 171D 184D

Sire

ROD 406A JUST VENG 406A GOO TMAN GOO TRIL PRIME LAKOTA GB VENG VENG DF 108 TMAN HS

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88 80 72 76 71 80 88 76 80 96 93 97 84 97 59 82 80

741 783 744 831 748 788 766 780 770 784 782 839 764 795 787 779 826

105 108 104 115 104 100 107 109 107 111 108 119 106 110 111 109 114

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GM 48 49 52 51 49 52 50 52 52 50 49 49 49 50 53 51 50

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WW 65 61 76 81 55 72 73 80 69 69 77 81 71 80 65 66 71

97 86 125 129 77 115 109 130 101 96 119 122 112 128 112 102 101

Milk ME 19 22 27 23 23 24 22 24 13 22 28 19 27 26 25 24 23

-4 2 3 3 1 6 4 4 2 -2 3 9 3 1 4 3 5

HPG CEM Stay Marb 10 12 9 11 11 8 11 8 13 6 13 14 11 10 10 12 11

8 6 11 12 8 7 7 8 6 3 7 0 10 8 5 7 7

7 11 10 11 11 9 9 10 12 5 9 11 11 10 12 11 12

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REA 0.32 0.03 0.18 0.32 0.08 0.14 0.43 0.15 0.23 0.68 0.19 0.11 0.37 0.37 0.05 0.30 0.30

0.00 Simm X -0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.04 -0.01 0.03 0.02 0.00 Simm X 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.01 -0.01

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U.S. National Arboretum celebrates 40th anniversary of its Bonsai Museum

By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service This year marks the 40th anniversary of three pavilions house about 150 plants. the U.S. National Arboretum’s National The Exhibits Gallery is a focal point Bonsai & Penjing Museum in the nation’s that celebrates the related art forms of capital. The museum began in 1976 when “viewing stones” (stone appreciation) and Japan donated 53 bonsai and six viewing “ikebana” (Japanese flower arranging). stones to the people of the United States The Special Exhibits Wing features to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial. the work of local bonsai enthusiasts and The terms “bonsai” and “penjing” pieces from the permanent collection with – Japanese and Chinese, respectively, special seasonal features. for “pot-cultivated” – refer to the art of A historically significant point in U.S.designing and maintaining miniature livJapanese relations is commemorated ing trees or shrubs, long considered the by a special bonsai in the collection: ultimate in gardening skill. a 390-year-old specimen from Japan Japanese bonsai and its precursor, Chithat survived the atomic bombing of nese penjing, are steeped in ancient Asian Hiroshima. The tree, donated by bonsai traditions. Branch placement, styling, and master Masaru Yamaki, was part of the even the choice of the pot – all these ele53-specimen gift to the United States for ments work in harmony to convey deep its Bicentennial. symbolism and reverence for nature. The collection also features the most The National Bonsai and Penjing famous bonsai in the world, Goshin, creMuseum has one of the largest bonsai ated by Japanese-American bonsai master collections in North America. According John Naka. Japanese for “protector of to museum curator Jack Sustic, the collecthe spirit,” Goshin is a forest planting tion has continued to grow steadily over of 11 junipers representing Naka’s 11 the past four decades with the addition grandchildren at the time the bonsai was of pieces from around the world. Today, created.

Class on raising sheep and goats on small acreage

Montana State University Extension, in cooperation with Helena College, will offer a four-week course in early 2017 on the basics of raising sheep and/or goats on small acreage. According to MSU Extension, raising sheep and/or goats can complement many objectives of small acreage landowners: weed management, agriculture income, relationship with livestock and relationship with food and agriculture. The course will cover basic information about raising sheep and goats to aid in making an informed decision on whether they are a fit for small acreage property owners. Presenters will include Brent Sarchet, MSU Extension agent in Lewis & Clark County; Whit Stewart, MSU assistant professor of sheep and wool production and Extension sheep specialist; Dan Lucas, MSU Extension agent in Granite County; and Brent Roeder, MSU Extension agent in Teton County. The course fee is $69. Class will be held on Thursdays, January 12 through February 2, from 5:45 – 8 p.m. in the Helena College lecture hall located at 1115 North Roberts Street in Helena. Register by January 9 by calling either Christy Stergar at (406) 447-6945 or Julie Adams at (406) 447-6946, or online at www.umhelena.edu/continuinged.

Fire safety program for farmers and ranchers

By LeAnn Hermance, Pondera County DES The Pondera Rural Fire District and Teton Fee Service Area would like to thank all the farmers and ranchers who have helped out fighting fires in the past years. On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, farmers and ranchers are invited to a program on fire safety in Power and Conrad, Montana. Program topics will include working with local volunteer fire departments using effective communications, how to assist with suppression and initial attack, coordinating efforts and safety for all responders. Pictures showing what happens when everyone doesn’t know the plan or where people are will be highlighted. The program will be offered in two locations on the 31st. In Power, at the Legion Hall, 404 Central, starting at noon with a lunch provided. In Conrad, the program will be at the Conrad Fire Hall, 15 SW 5th Avenue, starting at 7:00 pm The program will be hosted by the Conrad Volunteer Fire Department, Pondera County Disaster and Emergency Services and Power Volunteer Fire Department. DNRC will do the training. A question and answer session will follow each presentations.

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By Bruce Auchly, FWP Region 4 Information Officer After all the slicing and dicing and studying of wildlife, along comes an animal or two that just won’t fit into a category, showing us we really don’t know it all. In the last two years, a pair of cow moose radio collared on the Rocky Mountain Front as part of a 10-year population dynamics study has displayed a wanderlust that has confounded Nick DeCesare, research wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

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“We’ve seen local migrations, but nothing like these two,” DeCesare said. One female moose took off the summer of 2015 from the Pine Butte Swamp west of Choteau and strolled to Fresno Reservoir northwest of Havre. That’s a straight line distance of about 110 miles, longer the way the moose walks. By fall 2015, the five-year-old animal had returned to Pine Butte Swamp and has not left since. This summer a different moose – age three – took off west from the Rocky Mountain Front. She crossed the Continental Divide, walked through the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and ended up on the Clark Fork River near Deer Lodge and Anaconda. This fall, she headed back, crossing the Divide near Roger’s Pass, spending time in front yards around Fairfield, then heading north past Choteau and was last seen near Conrad. AAA couldn’t have come up with a more scenic trip. “Most moose don’t move around a lot,” DeCesare said. “In fact, many moose will spend the entire year in an area covering only a few square miles.” Of the 105 moose radio collared in this study, these are the only two to range widely. DeCesare’s study is looking at what drives moose populations in three areas of the state: the Cabinet Mountains, the Big Hole and the Rocky Mountain Front. Lots of problems in the moose population have claimed lots of headlines recently. “In other parts of the world, moose face challenges of predation, lack of nutrition, parasites and diseases and climate effects,” DeCesare said. Although some local studies have taken place on Montana’s moose population – the Yaak Valley in the 1980s and the Ruby Range and Tobacco Root Mountains in the 1960s and 1970s – no comprehensive look at the state’s population has ever occurred. Now four years into his study, DeCesare can say each of the three studied populations is different for different reasons. The Cabinet population survival of adult females is good but getting the calves to one year of age, called recruitment, is lower. Predation may play a role. Overall the population is steady. In the Big Hole cow survival is down, possibly from parasites and disease, but recruitment is good. The Front has the best population growth of all, he said. “The Front is one of the few places in the state with a growing population,” DeCesare said. “They have a really high productivity, survival of adult cows and recruitment.” Maybe that’s it. Maybe the neighborhood got too crowded for the two females and they started looked for new addresses, perhaps a fixer-upper. “Just when you think you’ve seen it all,” DeCesare said.

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CAR Efficient 534 CED BW WW YW SC Milk 13 -1.3 51 95 1.66 25 MARB RE $W $F $B .62 .10 63.73 52.23 109.38

The High Selling Bull of our 2006 Production Sale. 534 has proven himself across the country as an excellent calving ease sire whose progeny perform with added thickness, fleshing ability, carcass values and super dispositions. His daughters are making outstanding females. Reg # 17090946

CAR Cedar Ridge 156

Reg # 15810174

Reg # 17090892

CAR Ten X 107

Chinook was the $30,000 high selling bull of 2008 production sale. When you study this bull’s cow family’s production records, fertility, performance and incredible longevity; he shows tremendous potential to be a breed changer. His daughters are doing a fantastic job. Excellent calving ease with a +13 CED. Reg # 17979746

CAR Motive 416

CED BW WW YW SC Milk 7 0.7 44 79 0.75 21 MARB RE $W $F $B .04 .28 45.34 37.58 80.83

Outstanding progeny sell by this record setting bull of our 2015 production sale. Reg # 17016597

CED BW WW YW SC Milk 14 -1.0 55 93 1.12 27 MARB RE $W $F $B .38 .64 66.94 46.89 114.20

Out of a pathfinder dam and same cow family CAR Duke 104 came from. Excellent calving ease and performance from a great cow family.

Reg # 17669110

CED BW WW YW SC Milk 12 0.5 45 75 1.84 29 MARB RE $W $F $B .36 .75 53.11 27.78 74.44

CED BW WW YW SC Milk 14 0.5 62 91 2.01 28 MARB RE $W $F $B .21 .59 79.55 42.33 96.87

A super consistent sire. Excellent calving ease and performance in a moderate framed package. Excellent cow family behind this bull. Outstanding sire group. Top 1% in breed for $W.

CAR Chinook 786

SAV Resource 1441

CED BW WW YW SC Milk -4 3.6 70 132 1.51 24 MARB RE $W $F $B .19 1.37 64.50 115.50 173.62

Resource has gained the admiration of cattlemen worldwide with his progeny.

CAR Juneau 3236 CED BW WW YW SC Milk -5 2.1 78 136 2.46 21 MARB RE $W $F $B .01 .60 78.38 118.01 142.83

A moderate framed, massive bull with worlds of substance and muscle from an outstanding cow family. Will add pounds to your weaning weights without adding frame. Top 1% in breed for WW, YW, scrotal and $W. Reg # 17367599

Prairie Pride Next Step 2036 CED BW WW YW SC Milk 14 -0.4 63 128 0.99 25 MARB RE $W $F $B .10 0.47 56.72 107.30 141.19

New exciting sire group with eye appeal and heavy muscling with a strong maternal background.

Progeny also by: • LAR Juneau 796Y • CAR Incredibull 496 • CAR Game Day 406 • CAR Motive 423 • CAR Bismark 371 • CAR Efficient 394 • Harrison Alliance 3445 • Humbert Border

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NIFA awards K-State $1M to protect food from pests, diseases

By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension Kansas State University (K-State) has the country are alerted quickly of possible received more than $1 million from the plant-disease outbreaks and are equipped National Institute of Food and Agriculture to respond rapidly. (NIFA) to continue work that protects food University researchers are also imporfrom a variety of pests and diseases. tant contributors in the country’s effort NIFA’s vote of confidence comes in the to eliminate the use of methyl bromide, form of $539,983 to support the Great which is safe in food but in 1989 was Plains Diagnostic Network (GPDN), and listed in the Montreal Protocol as one of $499,999 for research being conducted several substances that should be phased in Manhattan to eventually eliminate the out over time because of its potential to use of methyl bromide in fumigants that damage the ozone layer. control insects in wheat and rice. Methyl bromide has been used for The university has been the lead instidecades to control soil-borne and posttution for GPDN since it was formed in harvest pests and diseases. 2002. It is one of five regional laboratories Kun Yan Zhu, professor in the Departin the National Plant Diagnostic Network, ment of Entomology at K-State, said the which detects and reports pathogens that NIFA grant marks the fourth time since cause plant diseases of national interest, 2006 that the university has received a particularly those that may represent a bigrant to work on alternatives to using osecurity risk. The network of laboratories methyl bromide. The awards total more ensures that land-grant universities across than $2 million. “The long-term goal of this project is to develop and implement systemsbased, integrated pest-management programs that replace methyl bromide as a structural treatment for food facilities, such as mills, processing plants and warehouses,” Zhu said. Insects that feed on grain can infest flour and rice mills, food processing plants, food storage warehouses, distribution centers for consumer products, and even retail stores. While much progress has already been made to find alternatives, Zhu said there is more work to be done to meet the numerous needs. Zhu and colleague Ronaldo Maghirang, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering, are working on this project with scientists at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Manhattan, as well as a researcher Your next chance is at Oklahoma State University. Kansas State University’s awards are part of $9.4 That is the date of million that NIFA awarded recently for more effective pest management. Since 2014, NIFA has awarded Next $64.5 million toward these SPRING PRODUCTION SALE efforts. K-State Research and WESTERN LIVESTOCK Extension is a short name for the Kansas State Uniis the location versity Agricultural Experiment Station and CoopSUNR ULTIMATE RIB EYE 672Z (1511181) 1:00 PM is the time erative Extension Service, a program designed to genMAKE PLANS TO BE THERE! erate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-beWhere Maternal & Carcass Specialists Are Born Again...Every Year! ing of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal DO YOU SHOW and TELL Or Do You GROW and SELL? and private funds, the proOrder a catalog and check out the 2017 offering in detail. gram has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and Bill Norris (Cell) 406-799-5323 regional research centers srreds@3rivers.net statewide. Its headquarters 321 Ramble Inn Rd Fort Shaw, MT 59443 is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

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The arrival of winter means more cow feed

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service big are the cows?” Cattle intake is depenAn extended fall grazing season may cause producers to get too comfortable and dent on size and is the first step to better subsequently delay the beginning of winter feed delivery and management. Greg Lardy, feeding. North Dakota State University (NDSU) This is a management mistake and can Animal Sciences Department head and pronegate the benefits gained in cow body fessor, shared calculations that help show condition as a result of a nice fall. Cattle the amount of feed a cow would need at a have daily nutrient needs. Shifts in weather given environment (5-degree Fahrenheit must be met with the appropriate nutritional temps, no mud), a given milk production changes (feed). Time is long for cattle to (17.6 pounds peak milk during lactation), gain body condition but very short for them a given stage of production (a cow in the to lose body condition. last two-thirds of pregnancy) and given The fall has treated the Dickinson Refeed resource (55 percent total digestible nutrients forage). search Extension Center (DREC) cows He calculated the dry-matter intake well. The good fall weather has been widefor every 200 pounds of cow from a spread. I am having a hard time remember1,000-pound cow to a cow that weighs ing so many cattle grazing crop aftermath 2,000 pounds. Given his assumptions, the or other designated fall opportunity grazing 1,000-pound cow needs 26.5 pounds of while enjoying a very unseasonably warm dry-matter forage daily, the 1,200-pound and dry fall. cow needs 29.9, the 1,400-pound cow needs I use the word “opportunity” because 33.1, the 1,600-pound cow needs 36.2, the weather sometimes quickly limits fall graz1,800-pound cow 39.3 and the 2,000-pound ing opportunities. This limitation genercow needs 42.2. ally arrives with the first wet, cold, slushy Understanding this first step is critical weather; however, for some, the opportubecause poorly conditioned cows are, many nity simply gradually dissipates with the times, simply underfed. But remember, final digestible bites of available fall forage. other factors, not just cow weight, influence Either way, as winter conditions settle in, the daily forage needs for a cow. Now is not delaying a proper increase in feed intake the time to misjudge cow nutrition. for cattle can trigger two things. First, the When visiting with the nutritionist, make cattle struggle for adequate intake because sure you adjust your feeding for your enof general deterioration of the standing fall forage. Cows trampling and wasting vironment, your cow size, expected milk the forage that is available compounds production and your calving time. Rememthe problem, and cattle simply do not get ber the management objective: Keep body enough to eat. condition on the cows. Body condition Second, as cows enter their third trimesis the primary indicator of the nutritional status of the cow. ter of pregnancy, the nutritional requireAny change should be monitored bements of the cow and the developing calf are greater. The cow responds by drawing cause subsequent effects on reproduction down on body fat, expressed as body conand overall health are on the way. In other words, feed now or pay later. dition. May you find all your ear tags. This is absolutely not what the cow For more information, contact your local should do. Effective grazing of fall forage NDSU Extension Service agent (https:// is intended to produce a better-conditioned www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directory) cow at calving. Good condition is key for or Ringwall at the Dickinson Research an uneventful parturition, copious colosExtension Center, 1041 State Ave., Dicktrum for the newborn and a boost to start the cow’s reproductive cycle early while inson, ND 58601; 701-456-1103; or kris. nursing an active, fast-growing calf. ringwall@ndsu.edu. That is the summation and rewards of excellent fall and winter cow management. Do not waste all those good things by delaying a shift in feeding as the weather shifts. This is also a good point to ponder the appropriate time for calving. Calving later offers more seasonal flexibility before the cow’s nutritional requirements go up, but for all practical purposes, many, many producers already will have cows in the third trimester in December. Do not procrastinate until after the holidays. Find a nutritionist and prepare a balanced ration now to keep the condition on the cows. The quantity and quality of feed should not be allowed to run low, so adequate feed intake and supplementation are key. To calculate feed needs, the nutritionist is going to ask several questions: How much do the cows weigh and milk? How is the environment affecting the feed requirements of the cattle? What stage of production are the cattle in? And what do you have to feed? The correct answers are critical because the resulting feed ration will sustain the cow and grow the calf in utero throughout the winter. The ration does not need to be complicated, just correct. Let’s take the first question: “How

Excellence in agriculture celebrated during 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 43rd annual Harvest Bowl program at North Dakota State University (NDSU), on November 4. Information on the outstanding agriculturists listed by county is available at http://bit.ly/2016harvestbowlbios, and photos are available at http://bit.ly/2016harvestbowlphotos. 2016 Harvest Bowl honorees by county, name and city: • Adams - Ryan and Rhonda Honeyman, Reeder • Barnes - Brad and Janelle Noeske, Valley City • Benson - Dave and Denise Swanson, Maddock • Billings - Dwayne Shypkoski, Belfield • Bottineau - Bill and Trudy Artz, Westhope • Bowman - Jerid and Camie Janikowski, Bowman • Burke - Mark and Kiara Crosby, Bowbells • Burleigh - David and Colleen Pearce, Bismarck • Cass - Tom and Kitty Teigen, West Fargo • Cavalier - Robert and Jean Wilhelmi, Nekoma • Cavalier - Richard and Cheryl Wilhelmi, Nekoma • Dickey - Jim and Lisa Pernsteiner, Monango • Divide - Lavern and Julie Johnson, Grenora • Dunn - Shane and Jana Sickler, Gladstone • Eddy - Jason and Veronica Vollmer, Grace City • Emmons - David and Dianne Kalberer, Hazelton • Fort Berthold - Everette and Dawn Hall, New Town • Foster - Bruce and Lynelle Bachmeier, Carrington • Golden Valley - Gary and Brenda Maus, Golva • Grand Forks - Mike and Linda Hergert, Grand Forks • Grant - Clarence Jr. and Sandy Laub, Elgin • Griggs - Laverne and Kathy Larson, Cooperstown • Hettinger - James and Patty Thomas, Mott • Kidder - Rodney and Linda Rudolph, Dawson • LaMoure - Christof and Kelli Just, Berlin • Logan - Mitch and Doris Leier, Kintyre • McHenry - Donald and Dixie Walter, Velva • McIntosh - Daniel and Jennifer Neu, Ashley • McIntosh - Anthony and Lisa Neu, Ashley • McKenzie - Andy Mogen, Charlson • McLean - Donald and Edith Bauman, Ryder • Mercer - Shannon and Korrine Sailer, Hazen • Morton - Bill and Bonnie Meuchel, New Salem • Mountrail - Gary and Jenette Nelson, Stanley • Nelson - John and Brenda Steffan, Michigan • Oliver - Lonnie Henke, Hannover • Pembina - Craig and Sheri Steiger, Cavalier • Pierce - Steve and Renae Dockter, Rugby • Ramsey - Francis and Kim Leiphon, Crary • Ransom - Dave and Kim Utke, Sheldon • Renville - Delwin and Vicky Gates, Mohall • Richland - Mike and Chandra Langseth, Barney • Rolette - Bob and Jo Dunlop, Rolla • Sargent - Arlin and Melinda Mund, Milnor • Sheridan - Mike and Marjorie Axt, McClusky • Sioux - Elaine Schmidt, Solen • Slope - Chad and Lyndsey Erickson, New England • Stark - Daryl and Sheila Kostelecky, Dickinson • Steele - David Nygaard, Finley • Stutsman - Jeremy and Sarah Wilson, Jamestown • Towner - Jeff and Cathy Teubner, Cando • Traill - David and Erica Knudsvig, Buxton • Walsh - Dwight and Susan Johnson, Park River • Ward - Chad and Ninette Anderson, Minot • Wells - Bryon and Laura Brynjulson, Hurdsfield • Williams - Brian and Erin Johnson, Ray Minnesota honorees by county, name and city: • Becker - Christopher and Mara Bergen, Detroit Lakes • Clay - Brian and Lora Petermann, Hawley • Kittson - Dean and Carol Carlson, Kennedy • Mahnomen - Gary and Rose Schlick, Mahnomen • Marshall - Rodney and Eunice Liedberg, Newfolden • Norman - John and Lorraine Jossund, Perley • Traverse - Steve and Rebekah Schmidt, Dumont 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. David Berg, retired president and chief executive officer of American Crystal Sugar Co., was this year’s recipient. More Berg information is available at http:// bit.ly/2016harvestbowlagribusinessaward. Several scholarships also were awarded to outstanding male and female athletes during Harvest Bowl. Scholarship winners and photos are available at http://bit. ly/2016harvestbowlathletes.

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New soil microbiologist hired

By Jenny Lavey, MSU News Service The Montana State University Central and more important that MSU is involved in the evaluation of existing, new and potential Agricultural Research Center located in 1st and 2nd cutting alfalfa hay Moccasin has recently hired a new soil miproducts for Montana producers. Carr said Has been tested and tests are available Eberly will help CARC expand its research crobiologist and agronomist, who will lead In the Bynum, MT area, 406-590-5910 focus on diversifying wheat-based cropping a research program on dryland agriculture systems to what occurs below the soil surface, practices and soil health for central Montana. enabling MSU to better fulfill its mission of Jed Eberly, assistant professor of agronsolving problems faced by Montana farmers omy and soil microbiology at CARC, is in Montana. expected to begin in March. “In many ways, welcoming Dr. Eberly to “I’m looking forward to joining the Central CARC as a soil microbiologist reflects the Agricultural Research Center and the greater Modulars starting at $65 per sq. ft. cutting-edge of soil science in agriculture Montana State University community,” today,” Carr said. “Understanding soil miEberly said. “There’s a strong relationship between the statewide centers and MSU’s crobes and the components of healthy soils is central Bozeman campus with Montana’s an increasingly important research area, and larger agricultural community. I’m looking we’re confident Dr. Eberly will bring a robust forward to becoming a part of this network program to CARC given his impressive depth and working with colleagues and producers of experience and training.” E SAV ’s to elevate applied research in soil health.” Eberly completed his Ph.D. in biological 00 $10 Eberly will work closely with CARC facand ecological engineering at Oregon State LOCK IN SALE PRICE, TAKE DELIVERY LATER! University and has a bachelor’s degree in ulty and staff under CARC Superintendent • WOW!! Beautiful 2200 sq. ft. modular with all the bells & whistles. biology from MSU Billings. Eberly’s recent and Cropping Systems Agronomist Patrick • 1600 sq. ft. modular, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 6” walls, glamour research experience includes five years of Carr, who took over management of CARC bath, low-e windows, upgraded cabinets. 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Bull selection and understanding the bullpen

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service weight EPD was 97 pounds, ranking just Beef producers experience a sense of joy more than 35 percent; the average marbling and calm while enjoying the moments of score EPD was .46, ranking just more than hanging out with their cattle and watching 50 percent; and the average rib-eye area the stock grow and mature. EPD was .25 square inch, ranking just less In many respects, we are bonded to the than 25 percent. livestock we raise. Fighting nature’s eleWhat do these numbers tell me? The 2014 ments to properly care for the stock gives DREC calves were pretty much average way to a feeling of euphoria when mingling for birth weight, slightly above average for with the herd. weaning weight and yearling weight, averThat may seem a little farfetched, but age in marbling score and in the upper third no, it’s simply the truth. We like our cattle, for rib-eye area, and we ultimately when compared want to continue to with Red Angusproduce the cattle sired calves as a we like, the cattle whole. we have. The key is, now So, how do we I know what bulls maintain the cattle to look for in terms we have? The anof their EPD. If the swer is not simple, current calves are but the process is meeting the cenwell-known. It’s ter’s expectations, called bull buying. the center needs bulls that have an EPD At times, the discussion will shift to the equal to or lower than minus 1 for pounds bull and the cow because the cow herd is of birth weight, equal to or greater than 62 the core of the beef business. However, pounds for weaning weight and 97 pounds we seldom change cows, but we routinely for yearling weight, greater than .46 for buy bulls. Thus, new genes generally are marbling score and equal to or greater than brought into the herd through new bulls. .25 for rib-eye area. Purchasing bulls that do The challenge is trying to find the right bull not meet these EPD requirements for these to sire more calves similar to what we have, desired traits actually would set the DREC and that season is upon us. back in terms of genetic improvement. Whenever I start a bull-buying session, Jumping ahead, how does the 2016 bullthe first question is: “Do you like the cattle pen compare with the 2013 pen? The July you have?” The answer is generally “yes.” 2016 bullpen consists of the following bulls So the first step to buying a new bull is to by registration number: 1700517, 1700534, document the sires of previous calf crops. 1700525, 1617805, 1617778, 1724745, This means knowing the registration num1724751, 1724651, 1691764, 1717588, bers of previous bull purchases. 3473741, 3473800 and 3473777. The curFor the Dickinson Research Extension rent bulls have a lower birth weight EPD Center (DREC), I went to the computer and at minus 1.7 pounds, an improvement; espulled up the bull inventory from September sentially the same weaning weight EPD at 2013. The center had eight Red Angus bulls 61 pounds; a slightly lighter yearling weight active in the herd at that time. Their regisEPD at 94 pounds; an increased marbling tration numbers were 1238616, 1317950, score EPD at .52; and an increased rib-eye 1317985, 1393949, 1473021, 1473096, area EPD at .32 square inch. 1547993 and 1548050. For simplicity, we The bullpen has improved as a result of will assume the bulls all bred the same proper bull selection, thus decreasing birth number of cows. weight and improving potential marbling What was the genetic impact of these score and rib-eye area, while only taking a bulls? The answer is the average expected modest dip in weaning weight and yearling progeny difference (EPD) values for the weight potential. bulls. The EPD averages for the growth These are a lot of numbers, but knowltraits were as follows: birth weight, minus edge is critical for beef producers when 1 pound; weaning weight, 62 pounds; and buying bulls. Whether the objective is to yearling weight, 97 pounds. The EPD avincrease, decrease or maintain a trait, the erages for carcass traits were as follows: process is the same. Ultimately, consistency marbling score, .46, and rib-eye area, .25 through the years will produce consistent square inch. Step 1 complete. calf crops that one can enjoy looking at over Next step: “How would these sires rank the fence and smiling. within the Red Angus breed?” This requires Yes, numbers can be confusing, but learn. a review of the percentile rankings of active Sign up for a bull-buying workshop and Red Angus sires on the Red Angus Associabring your homework. The answers are in tion of America’s webpage (http://redangus. the numbers, and so is success. org/genetics/epd-percentiles). The 2013 May you find all your ear tags. DREC sires’ average birth weight EPD of a For more information, contact your local minus 1 pound ranks just under 55 percent. NDSU Extension Service agent (https:// Put another way, about 55 percent of the www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directory) or Red Angus bulls would have a lower birth Ringwall at the Dickinson Research Extenweight EPD. sion Center, 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND The DREC’s average weaning weight 58601; 701-456-1103; or kris.ringwall@ EPD was 62 pounds, ranking just more than ndsu.edu. 40 percent. The DREC’s average yearling

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•Always drink upstream from the herd. •A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. •Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. •Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.

•It is a rule of nature that taking a day off on a farm sets a person back at least a week. •Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. •Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Seedstock producers give back to Montana FFA

By Cody Boyce, Foundation Assistant, Montana FFA Bull producers across the state are taking part in a new program to support Montana FFA members in their beef production projects. The new program with the Montana FFA Foundation has been very successful thanks to the generous support of these producers. The Bulls for Blue: Genetics for Success program is designed to support FFA members with beef production projects. Montana seedstock producers can contribute by donating 10% of lot 10 to the Montana FFA Foundation. The program was started in 2015 and provides start-up funds for students in the beef industry. Students can use these funds to purchase cows, secure leased ground for grazing, and other costs associated with their project. For the 2016 year, Bulls for Blue provided $8,000 in grants to support Montana FFA members in their endeavors, and we hope to increase this number for the 2017 year. Ninety-five percent of all funds generated through this program go directly back to our members in the form of grants, with a 5% operating stipend for administration needs. Producers that have supported the program include: Bobcat Angus, Hyline Angus Ranch, Sitz Angus, Bulls of the Bitterroot, Indreland Angus, Stevenson Angus, DeBruycker Charolai, Klompein Red Angus, Stevenson Basin Angus, Diamond D Angus, Mytty Angus, Stevenson’s Diamond Dot, Felton Angus, Prickly Pear Simmental, Sutherlin Farms, Gateway Simmental, Shipwheel Cattle Company, and Vermillion Ranch This year, the Montana FFA Foundation hopes to support even more projects across the state by including programs for heifer and steer donations as well. For more information on how to get involved, please visit our website, montanaffa. org, or call the office at 406 582-4118.

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New potatoes make great fries

By Scott Weybright, WSU CAHNRS When it comes to potatoes, french fries are the big outlet for Columbia Basin farmers. And when it comes to selling french fries, McDonald’s is the holy grail. So for Washington State University (WSU) potato researchers Rick Knowles and Mark Pavek, having a new variety chosen by McDonald’s is a big deal. In September, the worldwide fast-food chain chose two relatively new Call (406) 899-7636 or 868-7519, Fairfield, MT varieties developed in part by WSU researchers. “McDonald’s has expert tasters, kind of like with fine wine,” said horticulture professor Knowles. “Their gold standard potato for french fries is a Russet Burbank, which makes a great fry but is really inefficient from a production standpoint.” To develop varieties that are more efficient, stress tolerant and sustainable, WSU researchers work with colleagues from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Oregon State University and the University of Idaho through the Northwest Potato Variety Development Program, commonly called the Tri2007 Chevrolet 1500 gas, 2009 Chevrolet 2500 gas, 2004 GMC Cat C7, 6 speed.. State Program. extended cab, 4x4............. .............................$15,500 crew cab, 4x4, 98,000 WSU in on four of seven accepted varieties .............................$16,500 miles.....................$17,500 “Burbank has disease issues and requires high soil fertility and water,” said Pavek, an associate professor and potato specialist in the Department of Horticulture. “And it has a lower yield of the highest-grade tubers because it’s susceptible to so many stress-related disorders. “We need something to replace it that still makes fries 2001 Kenworth T2000 C15, McDonald’s will accept,” he said. 6NZ, 13 speed......$36,500 1985 20-ft. homemade tanA new variety can take 10-15 years to come to market from dem axle trailer........$2500 Consignments the time plants are first cross-pollinated, making it difficult 1994 Case 586E 6000 lb. to quickly replace a reliable yet inefficient potato. So when Wanted forklift, 1356 hrs....$19,500 McDonald’s officially accepted the Clearwater Russet and Blazer Russet, everyone in the Tri-State Program rejoiced. Phone: Lloyd Walker “These are the first two varieties McDonald’s has added from our program since 2000,” Knowles said. “And they only have seven varieties on their list now, four of which were bigtrucksales.mt@gmail.com developed by the Tri-State Program. They’re very selective.” 33 percent higher protein Since the announcement, Knowles said, the potato industry has ramped up production of seed for the two new russets because demand always increases when McDonald’s, the largest buyer of potatoes in the world, Call Us For Your Price Before You Buy accepts a new variety. The increase in production will help the Tri-State breeding program, which earns royalties on varieties www.wildhorseseeds.com it develop. “Those royalties, split among the three universities and the USDA-ARS, will Certified AC Metcalfe (PVP) Haxby Certified Hockett (PVP) Alzada Durum (PVP) allow us to keep developing newer and even more WB Gunnison (PVP) efficient and nutritious varieties,” Knowles said. Certified Montech 4193 yellow (PVP) Certified Hampton green (PVP) Corbin (PVP) And the Clearwater RusCertified Avondale Lentil (PVP) Richlea Lentil set comes with an unexpectWB 9377 (PVP) ed, though nutritious, side effect: 33 percent higher Duclair (PVP) protein concentration than Vida (PVP) Lavina Barley Otana Oats Forage Peas Burbank. “Potatoes are already very SY Valda (PVP) nutritious, with high levels Custom Grass, Forage & Cover Crop Mixes Available Additional varieties may be available upon request of vitamin C and a good balance of amino acids,” Pavek said. “But Clearwater Now handling Cibus canola. Call for more information Russets are even better. It’s Premium Products & Innovative Profit Opportunities for Canola Growers a nice little add-on to an already great potato.”

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Barb Rice of Maddock is the 2016 recipient of North Dakota’s Outstanding Lifetime 4-H Volunteer Award. She was honored during the recent North Dakota 4-H Foundation Donor Recognition Social at the NDSU Alumni Center in Fargo. Rice has been a volunteer with Benson County’s Farm and Home Improvement 4-H Club since 1994 and has focused her efforts in the equine area. As coach of the Benson County 4-H hippology team since 2008, she has raised the quality of the county’s hippology program to a higher level. Riding and equine showmanship highlight the county Achievement Days. The number of Benson County youth who show horses has increased every year, thanks to Rice’s inspiration. She allows youth without access to horses to use her animals. She also has helped obtain lambs for Benson County youth to show at the local fair. To help prepare youth for competition, she tirelessly quizzes and challenges them to learn and apply their abilities. As a result, the youth have won several national awards in hippology. Youth participating in hippology also have been involved in the community for the last five years, offering horseback rides in conjunction with Maddock’s Rural Renaissance Weekend. Rice has been a cheerleader for other 4-H programs, as well, by encouraging youth to take advantage of Communication Arts and leadership opportunities. She also has assisted youth in preparing their Communication Arts projects. “In working with the members, Barb lets them set their goals and find ways of meeting them,” says Farm and Home Improvement Club leader Priscilla Backstrom, who nominated Rice for the volunteer award. “She is so good at challenging them and giving them the confidence that they can achieve beyond their expectations. I have seen them attempt and achieve more each year as they are challenged and encouraged to continue.” Rice also has raised money for the local 4-H hippology club and to send youth to the national hippology contest, and donated money for 4-H to host contests in Maddock and send youth to competitions. In addition, she has coached junior and senior horse judging teams at state contests and chaperoned North Dakota 4-H teams who competed in national hippology and horse judging contests in Denver, Colorado. Rice’s connection to 4-H dates back to her youth, when she spent eight years as a member. She showed horses and beef cows, and participated in static projects. In 2013, she and her family received the Benson County Friend of 4-H Award. ##### In many countries there are colleges and universities that offer degrees (Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate) related to different forms of equine studies. Students are often able to take their own horses to college with them. Intercollegiate riding competitions are becoming as popular as other college team sports. ##### Did you know... Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with?

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By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University Extension Five longtime leaders have been inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame by the Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service. This year’s inductees are Lillian Larwood of Albany, Beverly Hobbs of Corvallis, Edythe Necochea of Hines, Barbara Griffin-Webb of Salem and Arlene Boileau of Warm Springs. They were honored at a ceremony in November during the OSU Extension Annual Conference in Corvallis. “It is such an honor to recognize these five individuals who have made such an imprint on the Oregon 4-H program,” said Pamela Rose, state 4-H youth development program leader. “We are grateful for their service and incredible contributions to improving 4-H for so many young people.” The Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame was established in 2004 to recognize people who have made a significant impact on the Oregon 4-H program (http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu). Lillian Larwood started her 4-H involvement as a child and then made it her career starting in 1980 at Washington State University. In 1988, she took a position at OSU as a faculty member focusing on 4-H in Lane County. Later she became a 4-H specialist and interim head of the university’s Department of 4-H Youth Development. Larwood was a strong advocate of 4-H international exchange programs and in 2000 took over leadership of Oregon’s participation. After her retirement in 2006, she continued in the role part time for nine years. Many awards have come her way, most notably the Epsilon Sigma Phi Distinguished International Service Award and the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents Meritorious Service Award, the organization’s highest honor. For 15 years, Beverly Hobbs served as an Extension 4-H specialist focusing on programs for young children and Latino youth. She developed the non-competitive Oregon Adventures program, now known as Cloverbuds, for students in kindergarten through third grade. She also launched the Latino Outreach Project, which centers around after-school activities such as science and technology, cultural arts and soccer. Hobbs has written six articles on Latino outreach and is responsible for securing more than $1.8 million in grants for 4-H. Edythe “Edie” Necochea first became involved in 4-H in 1983 as a volunteer leader for a sheep project and a few years later for a creative arts club. Since 1988 she has put her considerable energy and enthusiasm into the 4-H Global Citizenship Project. Necochea has been instrumental in placing more than 260 exchange students from eight countries with families in Harney County and traveled to many countries as a volunteer ambassador. She’s served as assistant state coordinator for the project, has taught workshops at both the state and national level, been recognized by Oregon’s 4-H International Exchange Programs and named an Epsilon Sigma Phi Friend of Extension. For 50 years, Barbara Griffin-Webb has shared her love of dogs with more than 1,000 children in Polk County as the volunteer leader of the county’s largest dog club. For several of those years she was also head of the Guiding Eyes 4-H club working with children and adults who trained puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Griffin-Webb has served as 4-H dog superintendent at the Polk County Fair and been on both the county and state 4-H Dog Advisory councils. Over the years, she’s invited adults to participate in the club, charging them a fee that went into a fund she donated to the Polk County 4-H Leaders’ Association for building a new fair facility that’s used year-round. In 1990, she was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award as Polk County’s outstanding 4-H leader. Arlene Boileau, who became the first 4-H faculty member in Warm Springs in 1986, has fulfilled many responsibilities, including training 4-H leaders and youth, developing curriculum to make project material relevant to Native American culture and adapting nutrition information for third- and fourth-grade students. She helped organize the Rainbow Dancers 4-H club, which has performed tribal dances throughout Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley, including the Oregon State Fair. Thirty years ago, Boileau started the Warm Springs Culture Camp where 4-H members connect with the traditions of their culture in activities like teepee building, basket weaving, bead work and drumming. As a result of her contributions to 4-H and other community youth programs, Boileau was appointed by the Tribal Council to the Cultural and Heritage Committee.

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K-State launches KSUAntibiotics.org

By K-State Research and Extension Antibiotics are critical tools for control of diseases in livestock. Antibiotic resistance threatens the use of antibiotics in livestock for two important reasons. If resistance develops, the antibiotic may not be effective in treating the disease. Increased antibiotic resistance could lead to policies limiting access to antibiotics for use in livestock. “KSUantibiotics.org was created as a launching point to find information about antibiotics,” said Mike Tokach, Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry distinguished professor. “The new site includes a section on antibiotic resistance, featuring new K-State fact sheets about how antibiotic resistance occurs and why livestock producers should care about antibiotic resistance.” The website, at www.KSUantibiotics.org also includes links to sites that provide an overview of antibiotic resistance, mechanisms, the current knowledge about resistance in livestock production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration action plans concerning resistance, and news feeds with the latest information on the topic. The subpages contain information from major agencies such as the World Health Organization, producer groups like the National Pork Board, and research publications on the topics. Besides information on resistance, the site includes links to the rules concerning the FDA’s Veterinary Feed Directives (VFD) for livestock producers and other antibiotic regulations. Links to videos created by the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State can be found under the VFD section. Another section leads the user to reviews on the main alternatives to antibiotics that have been tested. The last section provides links to information on management practices that can reduce the need for antibiotics. “We encourage producers to visit this site to learn about antibiotic resistance and alternatives to antibiotics,” said Tokach, who is a swine specialist with K-State Research and Extension. Development of the website was supported by a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

Educator receives national Distinguished Service Award

By University of Wyoming Extension Albany County’s 4-H educator has received a national Distinguished Service Award for her commitment to professional improvement and 4-H. Mary Louise Wood received the honor from the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA) in October during its annual conference in New Orleans. “She was recognized because of her professional attitude and accomplishments, commitment to professional improvement and outstanding work in the field of 4-H youth development,” said Megan Brittingham, president of the Wyoming Association of Extension 4-H Agents (WAE4-HA). A UW Extension educator since 2007, she previously volunteered for 25 years as a 4-H leader. She is the immediate past president of WAE4-HA and had received its Champion Educator Award in 2014 in recognition of her commitment to the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo. A regular attendee at NAE4-HA conferences, she promotes and champions colleagues in the field of youth development, said Brittingham. “Mary Louise enjoys working with youth and volunteers of all ages and believes that ‘if you love what you do, it is not work,’” she said. ##### Consumers spend $547 billion on food originating on US. farms and ranches. Of each dollar spent on food, the farmer’s share is approximately 23 cents. The rest are for costs beyond the farm gate: processing, marketing, transportation, and distribution.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service data and genetic data continue to expand Pondering in life is good. So let’s ponder into the future by using new technology to this: “Can the beef industry produce termianalyze previously collected data along with nal and replacement bulls?” new data. The results only strengthen the Historically, the answer is “yes.” Through need to develop more cost- and market-drivthe decades, many breeding programs have en beef production systems. In a nutshell, been proposed to offer cattle producers the producers should capture the opportunity to opportunity to implement cattle-breeding select sires that will sire the correct breeding systems that involve terminal and replacestock, followed by larger-scaled terminal ment bulls. beef production through efficient, low-cost Perhaps we should ask a slightly differcowherds. ent question: “Does the beef industry fully That can be done. In other words, the utilize terminal and replacement bulls?” answer is “yes” to Now the response the cattle feeder is muted, and a and the cowherd faint “maybe” can producer. be heard. Once the inEither way, bull dustry decided selection begins that the walls with pondering. Is would not cave the beef operation in when Hereford going the right bulls were mated way? Did I buy to Angus cows the right bull or or vice versa, the bulls? Do I need world of beef catto make a slight tle systems was correction in the created. Life was bullpen? These simple: All a proare not easy ponducer needed to derings. do was take an established herd of purebred Pondering starts at the local level. Do or straight-bred cows and mate with a differmy cattle fit the demands of the ranch or ent breed. The majority of producers at the farm? How do my cattle fit the numerous time had Angus or Hereford, thus the cross. marketing opportunities? Am I too sensitive So why bring up the past? 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This within breed, are at the heart of long-term, year, after a three-year evaluation of cattle cost-conscience, efficient beef production. type integrated within production changes, With the current capacity to generate, a light came on. We have two answers. evaluate and incorporate sire data across the We pondered the facts collected from the industry, the chorus is getting louder. The research. Larger cattle have a 10 percent comingling of breeds through crossbreedadvantage when a cattle system is evaluated ing and the data analysis of those breeds based on calves as the unit of production, of cattle that may contribute to a designed but when based on acres as the unit of prosystem hint that perhaps the process already duction, smaller cattle have a 10 percent has started. Pondering in life is good. So advantage in ranch revenue. let’s ponder. Now what do we do? 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Extension helps strengthen state’s livestock industry

By NDSU Extension Service Like most cattle producers, Darwin Chesrown of Turtle Lake wants to improve his operation, but he’s reluctant to commit the entire herd to trying something different. So when the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service developed an annual feedout project in conjunction with the Dakota Feeder Calf Show, he took advantage of it. The project allows producers to see what can happen if they keep and feed calves after weaning instead of selling them. Each producer may consign two or three calves to the project. Those calves are fed to market weight at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC) feedlot, then harvested. Consigners receive data on the calves’ performance and carcass quality. “Feeding calves to finish has changed our breeding program,” says Chesrown, who has consigned calves to the feedout project since it started 18 years ago. “While controlling prices is difficult, we can control the type of cattle we raise,” says Karl Hoppe, area Extension livestock specialist at the CREC and feedout project organizer. “That’s why knowing how well cattle grow and what type of carcass they produce is important.” The feedout project is one of many ways NDSU Extension agents and specialists provide the state’s beef industry with research-based information on genetics and reproduction, nutrition, animal care and health, range management, resource stewardship and market economics. In many cases, agents and specialists are involved in the research, too. For example, producers commonly harvest hay in roadside ditches and feed it to cattle and other livestock, but little has been known about the hay’s quality. So in 2015, Extension agents from 29 counties teamed up with Extension livestock specialists to provide some answers. The agents worked with producers in 36 counties to collect 182 samples of hay harvested from roadside ditches, and the specialists analyzed the samples. “The ditch hay project results provided some valuable data, which we were able to share with our producers,” says Rick Schmidt, agriculture and natural resources agent for Oliver County. “Some of the interesting information gathered was the amount of ash (dust, dirt, garbage) that is in ditch hay, compared with adjacent hay fields.” The study also found that the hay’s quality varies greatly, which, agents say, emphasizes the importance of getting the hay’s nutrient content tested before feeding it to livestock. “Knowing the nutritional content of the feed livestock are consuming will help producers build a ration that meets their animals’ requirements and can also save them money on feed costs,” says Paige Brummund, agriculture and natural resources agent for Ward County. Here are other examples of how Extension is providing support to the state’s livestock industry. Reproduction Specialists and agents continually work with cattle producers to increase the efficiency and genetics of their herds by using innovative methods such as artificial insemination (AI). “Artificial insemination offers cattle producers the opportunity to use semen from high-accuracy, genetically superior sires at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a herd bull with similar genetics,” beef specialist Carl Dahlen says. “In addition, using estrus synchronization and AI can increase the number of calves born earlier in the calving season and increase weaning weights of calves.” To demonstrate AI’s effectiveness, Dahlen collaborated with researchers from NDSU’s Animal Sciences Department to compare pregnancy rates, calving dates and calf weaning weights in commercial beef cows bred by AI or bulls on cattle operations in the state. Agents recruited producers who never had used AI to take part in the study. Nutrient Management Protecting North Dakota’s air and water are a priority. Mary Berg, area Extension livestock environmental management specialist, and Paulo Flores, nutrient management specialist, both at the CREC, work with Shafiqur Rahman, an associate professor in NDSU’s Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, to develop resources to inform producers about the impacts of livestock facilities on water and air quality. The team also helps producers understand animal feeding rules and regulations, manure’s value as a fertilizer and CONTINUED ON PAGE A50

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By NDSU Extension Service Kathleen Tweeten, former director of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service’s Center for Community Vitality, has been elected as president of Epsilon Sigma Phi. Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) is a national organization that provides and facilitates professional development focusing on Extension and Extension professionals. This is the first time a North Dakotan has been chosen as ESP president in its 89-year history. “I am honored to be elected president,” Tweeten says. “ESP is a great organization dedicated to professional excellence.” As president, she will co-chair the 2017 annual ESP conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, and preside over monthly board calls and the midyear board meeting. In her role as ESP president, she also is a member of the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), serves on the JCEP Leadership Conference Planning Committee and is the JCEP representative at Extension Committee on Organization and Policy meetings. “My goals for the next year include increasing membership by 2 percent and increasing ESP development funds by 2 percent to improve member scholarships and chapter stipends, as well as to continue the development and delivery of professional development opportunities for all members,” Tweeten says. Following her one-year term as ESP president, she will serve one year as past president. She also was elected as president-elect of JCEP and will serve as president for one year starting in October 2017. Tweeten joined NDSU Extension as an Extension agent in Stutsman County in 1985 and became an area leadership specialist in 1996 and an Extension community economic development specialist in the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department in 1998. She served as director of the Center for Community Vitality from 2004 until retiring in 2014. Then she was awarded emeritus status in the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department. She has been a member of Upsilon Chapter, NDSU Extension’s ESP chapter, since 1987.

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how manure spreader calibration can save the environment. Agents have worked with Berg to develop some of the resources, such as a poster and video on composting dead livestock, and the agents have shared that information with the producers in their counties. As a result, Pembina County producer Russell Edgar tried composting in the winter, when he knew burial, his usual disposal method for dead cattle, wouldn’t work because of frozen ground. “I’d recommend the practice,” Edgar says. “We use ingredients already in the feedlot like straw and waste feed, so it is easy to do. There’s no odor, no dead animals for anyone to see. It keeps things clean and the carcasses away from animals like coyotes.” Health Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist Gerald Stokka, other livestock specialists and agents are educating producers about a new directive regulating certain medications added to livestock feed. Producers will need a veterinary feed directive order from a veterinarian to buy and use any livestock feed additive containing an antibiotic that’s considered medically important, such as injectable antibiotics. This went into effect January 1, 2017, so Stokka and the others are urging producers to develop a working relationship with a veterinarian, if they don’t already have one, and seek the veterinarian’s advice about herd health management as soon as possible. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ndsuag/livestock for more information about NDSU Extension’s livestock work.

Recipe Patch by Geri

One Pot Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole

1 tbsp olive oil 13oz chicken breast, sliced into thin steaks 1 small onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 red bell pepper, diced 24oz can Enchilada Sauce 3 cups chicken broth or water 1½ cups frozen corn Salt and pepper 1½ cups white rice 1 - 1½ cups grated cheese Heat olive oil over medium high heat in large skillet. Add chicken and cook each side for 3 minutes, then remove onto a plate. Add extra oil if skillet is dry. Add onion and garlic, cook for 1½ minutes until starting to soften. Add bell peppers and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except rice and cheese. Bring to simmer, then add rice. Stir, cover with a lid and turn down heat to medium low. Cook until rice is cooked but not mushy and most of the liquid is absorbed - about 15 to 18 minutes. Do not stir while it cooks. Meanwhile, shred or roughly chop chicken. When rice is cooked, quickly stir chicken through, sprinkle with cheese then broil until golden and bubbly.

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1 1/2 lbs ground beef 1 garlic clove, minced 1 1/2 tbsps vegetable oil, divided 1 medium-sized red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch strips 5 ounces fresh mushrooms, cut into 1/2-inch slices (about 2 cups) 4 ounces fresh pea pods, trimmed 1/4 tsp ground ginger 3 cups cooked rice 1/2 cup soy sauce 2 eggs, beaten In a large deep nonstick skillet or wok, brown the beef and garlic over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until no pink remains in the beef. Remove the beef to a bowl, set aside. Drain off the excess liquid. In the same skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Stir-fry the peppers, mushrooms, and pea pods for 3 to 4 minutes, just until tender. Add the beef and the remaining ingredients except the eggs. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until heated through. Add the eggs and stir constantly for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked through.

One Pot Chicken & Dumplings

3 celery stalks, sliced 8 cups chicken broth 2 carrots, sliced 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning 2 cups biscuit baking mix 1/4 tsp black pepper 2/3 cup milk 3 cups chopped cooked chicken Coat a soup pot with cooking spray and heat over mediumhigh heat. Add celery and carrots; sauté 6 minutes, or until tender. Stir in broth, poultry seasoning, and pepper; bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together biscuit mix and milk until blended. Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface; roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 1- x 3-inch strips. Drop strips one at a time into boiling broth. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes, or until dumplings are cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add chicken and stir until heated through, 3 to 4 additional minutes

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By Prithviraj Lakkakula, Research Assistant Professor NDSU Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department In recent years, there has been much buzz around the term “big data,” and most of the time, the term has been used loosely in the media. The increase in the amount of data created, collected and stored in the past decade has been astronomical. In 2000, only 25 percent of all the world’s stored information was digital, whereas 98 percent is digital today. Today, more than 30,000 gigabytes of data are being generated every second. This has created huge data sets. Extracting value from these huge data sets is key to improving decision making and efficiency, irrespective of the field. What are big data? In layman’s terms, big data are beyond the storage capacity and processing power of a common machine or computer. According to the National Science Foundation, big data are large, diverse, complex, longitudinal and/or distributed data sets generated from instruments, sensors, internet transactions, email, video, click streams and/or all other digital means. The most common definition of big data in industry is that they are high-volume, highvelocity and high-variety information assets that demand cost-effective and innovative forms of information processing for enhanced insight and decision making. Mostly, industry views big data in the form of three V’s, (volume, velocity and variety) and an A (analytics). A few others add another V (veracity) to the list of V’s. Volume usually refers to huge data sets, while velocity refers to the speed at which the data is generated (real-time data processing). Finally, variety refers to the diverse types and sources of data. For example, a variety of data forms generated could be structured (XML files), semi-structured (emails) and/or unstructured (video files). In the context of agriculture, big data often are confused with precision agriculture. The National Research Council refers to precision agriculture as a management strategy that uses information technologies to bring data from multiple sources to bear on decisions associated with crop production. Some agricultural economists claim that the main difference between precision agriculture and big data lies in the fact that precision agriculture involves the collection of data often concentrated in a specific area or field spread through time and space. Moreover, analytics is not a usual practice in precision agriculture. In general, the usual practice in precision agriculture is to graphically compare the field maps and identify the key nutrient-deficient or less-yielding areas in the field. However, because precision agriculture provides an input for big data for analytics, we could consider precision agriculture and big data complementary to each other. Several applications of machine learning and big data in agriculture include information on particular crop/commodity seeds sold in a season, Google satellite imaging, pest and/or disease detection using satellite images, drone usage, predictions of commodity supply and demand, and water supplies for assessing drought or floods. Of these, one of the interesting applications is the use of leaf images collected through drones for disease prediction/ detection with tools such as TensorFlow. The ability to effectively manage and use the massive data sets associated with big data is a huge challenge. The analytics needed to combine data and to use algorithms necessary to gain insights will require specialized expertise. Determining the ownership, privacy and security of the data are some other challenges. Researchers will need to acquire the skills to store and access huge amounts of data for modeling and data analytics.

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By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University Extension Master Gardeners from across the country and Canada will gather in Portland for the International Master Gardener Conference in July 2017. The conference signifies a coup for the state’s organization, according to Gail Langellotto, Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service master gardener coordinator. “This is a big deal for Oregon,” she said. “We’re looking at it as a chance to show our colleagues and others how fantastic Oregon is and what Oregon has to offer in terms of gardening.” Early registration (http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/2017imgc) is open for the event, which will be held July 10-14 at the Oregon Convention Center. Anyone interested in gardening is invited. About 1,000 people are expected to attend. More than 45 classes will be given in concurrent sessions, according to Amy Jo Detweiler, a horticulturist for Extension and coordinator of the speakers. 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1998 John Deere 930R 30-ft., slat reel, level land, HD skid plates, Dial-A-Speed reel control. #14085. (4).............$8900 1990 John Deere 930R 30-ft., batt reel. #13956. (1).................................$7800

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(R) 2014 John Deere T670 “Conventional combine”, premium cab, enhanced air suspension seat, standard lighting with header extremity lights, GS3 Touch Command center display, AutoTrac ready, 3-speed electric shift transmission, fixed speed lateral tilt feederhouse with heavy duty gathering chain, dual range cylinder, electric adjust cleaning shoe sieve adjust, 23-ft. unloading auger, xtra fine cut straw chopper, Michelin IF800/65R32 drive tires, 540/65R30 steering tires, interactive combine adjust, high capacity oil cooler, “ONLY” 115 separator hours, 205 engine hours. JD 5 year 3000 hour extended warranty remains, expires 7/31/19 or 3000 hours. #13617. (1). Was $299,950.............................. ................NOW $255,000 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2012 John Deere T670 “Conventional”, premium cab, standard lighting, GS3 Touch display command center, AutoTrac ready, 3 speed electric shift transmission, fixed speed, level land feederhouse with heavy duty chain, dual range cylinder, electric adjust cleaning shoe, 23-ft. unloading auger, straw chopper, Michelin 800/65R32 drive tires, 480/80R26 steering tires, 325 separator hours, 440 engine hours. #13616. (4). Was $263,750................ ................NOW $229,000 CNT/F.O.B. 1994 John Deere 9500 small grain, 2WD, singles, chaff spreader, high capacity lift cylinders, 20-ft. unloading auger, straw spreader, 24.5x32 12 ply low profile, 14.9x24 6 ply cleat, Dial-A-Speed header control, hydraulic fore/aft reel control, 235 hp engine, 2 seasons on cylinder bars and concaves. #22145. (4)...........................................$35,000 1990 John Deere 9600 2WD, singles, chopper, 30.5x32 fronts, 14.9x24 rears, 6 cylinder diesel, 260/253 hp, 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, DialA-Speed reel. #21734. (3).......$33,500

1983 John Deere 8820 combine with 30.5x32 tires, chaff spreader. #13573. (4). Was $12,500................................ .....................NOW $7500 CNT/F.O.B.

FLEX HEADERS

2011 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel, crop conveyor auger header height sensing. #14153. (1).....$65,260 (R) 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel, composite fingers, high stone dam. #13897...........................$20,500 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers, HH sensing & Contour sensor. #13879. (3)..............................$16,950 1998 John Deere 625F 25-ft. flexible. #21886. (2).................................$6500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft., integral air finger reel. #13961. (2)...............$5500 2013 MacDon FD75 45-ft. flex draper. #14112....................................$79,500 2012 MacDon FD70 45-ft., gauge wheels. #14110. (1)..............................$66,500 2011 MacDon FD70 45-ft., pickup reel, slow speed transport, fits JD 70 series adapter. #14111. (1)................$69,000 2004 MacDon 974 36-ft. flex draper with John Deere adapter. #21845 (1).......... ................................................$19,500

PICKUP HEADERS

2014 John Deere 615P 15-ft. with 179” BPU. #14148. (4).....................$29,750

DRAPER HEADERS

(R) 2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup reel, road transport kit with lights. #14028. (4)..............................$53,000 (R) 2014 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger pickup reel, transportation kit. #14137. (1)............................................$64,500 (R) 2013 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #14042. (1)...... ................................................$56,500 2013 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #14040. (1)..$58,500 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation package. #14075. (4).... ................................................$48,000 (R) 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights. #14001. (1)..............................$47,500 (R) 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #14052. (1)...... ................................................$45,700 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft. header, road transport with lights. #13981. (1).......... ......................................NOW $39,000 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, road transport kit, lights. #13979.(1).... ......................................NOW $39,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, cutter bar with full width skid shoes. #21799. (1)...........$36,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #14053. (3).............. ......................................NOW $35,500 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #13962. (1).............. ......................................NOW $35,500

2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights, cutterbar with full width skid shoes. #14115. (4)....................NOW $35,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., double sickle, gauge wheels, pickup reel, hydraulic fore & aft, single point hookup transportation system. #13894.............. ......................................NOW $34,250 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., transport with lights, poly tine pickup reel. #14104. (1)..................................NOW $34,250 2009 John Deere 635D 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #14012. (1)............... ......................................NOW $34,250 2000 John Deere 936D road transport with lights, poly tin pickup reel. #14022. (1).. ................................................$19,000 2009 Honey Bee 42-ft., with JD adapter, pickup reel, transport system. #14072. (3)..................................NOW $31,000 2007 Honey Bee 422 42-ft. draper header, pickup reel, transportation kit and John Deere adapter. #14073. ...................... ......................................NOW $29,500 2010 MacDon D60 40-ft., pickup reel, slow speed transport, JD 70 series adapter. #21050. (1)....................NOW $38,500 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #13831. (3)....................NOW $17,000

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IN STOCK

Making a smart move 1- Horst CHC25 25-ft., 2 wheel steer header trailer, 20.5x8 tires, 10,000 lbs rated capacity, 18-ft. wheel base, 11-ft. to 12’6” adjustable tongue length, 26-ft. top rail, 2-header pads, 2-ratchet straps. #10433....... ................................................................................................ $4500 Horst CHC36 36-ft. header trailer, 225/75R15 tire, 10,160 lbs rated capacity, 24-ft. wheel base, 11-ft to 12’6” adjustable tongue length, 36-ft. top rail, 2-header pads, 2-ratchet straps. #10379......... $5500 9-Horst CHCF45 45-ft. 4-wheel steer header trailer, 15,500 lbs rated capacity, 30-ft. wheel base, 11-ft. to 12’6” adjustable tongue length, 45-ft. top rail, 2-header pads, 2-ratchet straps. Each............. $9500 1-New Frontier 42-ft. heavy duty, high speed header trailer, tandem axle, brakes, adjustable header brackets, ratchet straps, ball hitch. #9833.................................................................................. $14,500 1-New Frontier 48-ft. heavy duty, high speed header trailer, tandem axle, brakes, adjustable header brackets, ratchet straps, ball hitch, lights. #9832........................................................................ $16,500

USED HEADER & COMBINE TRAILERS Unverferth HT42 42-ft. header trailer. #21870 (4)...................... $7000 2013 Horst 36-ft. header trailer. #10379. (1).............................. $5500 V-trailer, 30-ft. combine trailer. #16002341. (4)............................ $2000 406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

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CORN HEADS

(R) = “Reconditioned”, CNT = “Cash No Trade”, F.O.B. Customer COMMERCIAL SPRAYERS AND ROUND BALERS

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

2013 John Deere 612C (12) row, 30”, opposed knife stalk row, AutoTrac Rowsense. sensors. #16002446. (4)... ......................................NOW $62,000 2012 John Deere 612C 30” spacing, and 12 row, opposed knife stalk, AutoTrac Rowsense. #16002448. (2).....$64,500 2012 John Deere 612C 30” spacing, 12 row, opposed knife stalk row, AutoTrac Rowsense sensors. #16002447. (2).... ................................................$64,500

GRAIN CART

2015 Unverferth 1396 22” double-auger (green), 20x42WH/650/65x42 R-1W duals, walking tandem, 520 indicator, hydraulic jack kit. #21806. (1).... $72,500

SPRAYERS

2015 John Deere R4038 3000 receiver, JD section control, radio, 9.0L tier 4 engine, 380/90R46 tires, SS eductor, front fill, 120-ft. booms, 20” nozzle, AutoBoom level, wheel slip control, boom air purge, Xenon HID field lighting, radar, fence row nozzle, beacon lighting. #21471. (1). WAS $350,000.. ...................................NOW $330,000

2012 John Deere 4940 120-ft., traction control, 20” nozzle spacing, halogen field lights, SS plumbing, row crop fenders, high flow solution pump, traction control, 380/105R50 tires, fence row nozzle right hand, stainless steel, eductor system, fence row nozzle left hand. #21498 (1). Was $250,000....... ................NOW $195,000 CNT/F.O.B.

2007 Case IH SRX-160 90-ft. suspended boom, auto boom height control, dual nozzle body, 1600 gallon tank. #21162. (3).......................NOW $25,500 CNT 2001 Spray-Air 3200 88-ft. pull type, 800 gallon tank, 20” nozzle spacing, chemical eductor. #21972. (3)..$5500

SWATHERS

2015 John Deere W235 self-propelled, 235 hp, Premium cab, AutoTrac ready, 520/85R38 drive tires, 16.5Lx16.1 steering tires, 500R 16-ft. rotary platform with V-10 steel conditioning roll. #21838. (1).......................... $180,000

2015 John Deere W150 18-ft. header with conditioner, 150 hp, 600-65R28 radial bar tires, hydraulic centerlink, reverser kit, external booster spring, light kit, engine fan baffle with 180A header, integrated AutoTrac. #21840. (3)........ ............................................ $135,500

ROUND BALERS

2006 Unverferth Avalanche 1084 1000 bushel, 1000 PTO, scale, tarp, 480/80R42 tires. #21801. (3)....................... $35,500

New Brent 882 800 bushel, 1000 PTO, 20” corner auger, weather guard roll tarp, 410 scale package. #9620 (1).......... $47,500

2012 Brent 1394 Avalanche 1300 bushel capacity, walking tandem axles, tarp, scale, 250 hp minimum hp requirement. #17051. (1)................................ $72,500

2014 Brandt 1020 1000 bushel, 20” unloading auger with directional spout, 1000 PTO, roll top tarp. #21382 (1).... $35,500

2014 John Deere R4038 self-propelled, 3000 receiver, SF1 activation, JD section control, radio, 9.0L tier 4 engine, 420/80R46, SS eductor, 120-ft. booms, 15” nozzles, wheel slip control, boom air purge, Xenon HID field lighting. #17485. (4). Was $335,000................ ........................ NOW $294,500/F.O.B. 2014 John Deere 4940 340 hp, AWD, hydrostatic transmission, 120-ft. booms, 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, hydraulic tread adjust, 480/80R50 tires, BoomTrac Pro-5 leveling, hydraulic boom fold, SF1 activation, HID light package, independent suspension, chemical eductor, fence row nozzles, 1085 hours. #21981 (3)....... $268,000

2013 John Deere 4940 self-propelled, 480/80R50 tires, solution pump, SS eductor delivery system, 120-ft. booms, BoomTrac auto level system, wheel slip control, xenon HID field lights, radar speed sensor, row crop fenders. #21318 (1). Was $268,000... ................NOW $216,750 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2012 John Deere 4940 120-ft., booms, 20” nozzle spacing with BoomTrac Pro leveling system & section control, 1200 gallon stainless tank, hydraulic tread adjust, Guidance ready, traction control, 480/80R50 tires with wheel shields, halogen light package, SF1 activation, Starfire receiver, large chemical educator, 935 hours. #21473. (1) Was $262,000.............................. ............... NOW $207,500 CNT/F.O.B.

ROUND BALE MOVER 2010 J & M 875 hydraulic and PTO drive, roll tarp, scale & printer, 30.5x32 tires. #21638. (1)................................ $32,000

2004 Morris 1400 single pickup arm, 14 bale capacity. #21770. (3)..... $16,500

2011 John Deere 4930 self-propelled, 480/80R 50 tires less load command, less SS eductor delivery, 120-ft. booms, less foam marker, wheel slip control, deluxe cab Greenstar-AutoTrac belly shield, Xenon HID field lighting, boom section straines, row crop fenders(4), wheel motor shields, engine starting aid, engine block heater, receiver, 2630 display, AutoTrac activation, section control, sprayer remote. #21855. (2). ...........................219,900

(R) 2011 John Deere 4930 325 hp, 120ft. booms, 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, deluxe cab, GreenStar AutoTrac ready, 1930 hours. #21319 (1). Was $220,000..NOW $160,000 CNT/F.O.B.

R) 2005 John Deere 4920 120-ft., stainless tank, guidance ready, traction control, 15” nozzle spacing, high flow solution pump, 480/80R50 tires, AutoTrac ready, Xenon HID field lighting, boom return to height, fence row nozzles, strainers, full boom breakaway, radar speed sensor, row crop fenders (4), wheel slip control, 3320 hours. #21600. (2). Was $112,500.............................. ..................NOW $97,000 CNT/F.O.B.

2011 Apache AS1220 self-propelled, 100ft. booms, poly tank, 20” nozzle spacing, Raven Viper pro auto rate, boom height and section control, AutoTrac. #21310 (1). Was $170,000.................. ................ NOW $126,000 CNT/F.O.B. NEW Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzle, 3 sensor UC5 Norac, New warranty remains. #10016. (3). WAS $70,000...............NOW $57,500

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

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JOHN DEERE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Alex Yeska, Salesman 406-942-0065; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Circle: Mike Haynie, Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Don Wagner, Salesman, 406-230-1059 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118 Plentywood: Jake Reynen, Salesman 406-480-3512

JOHN DEERE

2015 John Deere 569 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, bale push bar, 21.5L-16.1 tires. #21189. (1)....... .............................................. $47,000 2014 John Deere 569 Megawide pickup, twine and surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup. #21832. (3)..$39,600 2013 John Deere 569 1 3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, cover edge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, variable core valve. #21670. (1)......... .............................................. $41,000 2013 John Deere 569 Megawide Plus pickup, surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, bale push bar. #21871. (1)............................ $37,800 (R) 2013 John Deere 569 “Premium round” baler, megawide pickup, surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-61.1 tires. #16181. (3). Was $39,250.................. ..................NOW $29,500 CNT/F.O.B. 2013 John Deere 569 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale push bar, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, hydraulic pickup lift. #16211. (1). Was $41,000.....NOW $31,000 CNT/F.O.B. 2010 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine and surface wrap, Bale Trak monitor, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L16.1 tires, push bar, 9992 bale count. #21758. (4)............................ $32,500 2010 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5L16.1 10-ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, hydraulic pickup, dual gauge wheels, bale pushbar, cover edge surface wrap system, 11735 total bales. #21664. (1).................. $30,800 (R) 2009 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 5-ft., bale push bar, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, hydraulic pickup lift slip clutch & speed sensor, 10,725 bales. #21037. (4). Was $31,000.................. ..................NOW $25,000 CNT/F.O.B. 2008 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup with hydraulic lift, 21.5-16.1 high flotation tires, 14,869 bales. #21763. (1).......... .............................................. $30,000 (R) 2009 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus hydraulic pickup, dual gauge wheels. #17503. (1). Was $32,000.................. .......................... NOW $22,750/F.O.B. 2012 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, pushbar. 14,150 bales. #21689. (1).................. $19,500 VERMEER 2011 Vermeer 605SM Megawide pickup, twine and surface wrap, 1000 PTO. #21744. (3) Was $19,950................... ..................NOW $18,950 CNT/F.O.B.

2013 John Deere W110 self-propelled, bar 600-65R28 radial tires, hydraulic centerlink, external booster springs, engine fan baffle, auxiliary lift valve, training seat, knife/reel speed module with 160A header, engine hours 75, header 25 hours. #21873. (1).$130,500 2014 John Deere 425D 25-ft. draper header, single sickle, 6-bat plastic finger reel, steel end finger kit, LH & RH end swath deflector rods, 4 wheel header trailer. #21683. (3)..... $42,500 2009 MacDon M200 16-ft. R80 rotary disc header with steel conditioner rollers, also with D60 25-ft. draper header, Cat 6.6L 213 hp engine. #21409. (1).. ............................................ $127,975

2008 MacDon M200 16-ft. R80 rotary disc header, conditioner, Cat 6.6L 213 hp engine, 1950 hrs. #21408. (1)..$85,000

New Holland 1114 cab, air conditioning, 14-ft. auger header, double sickle, hay conditioner. #21795. (1)............ $8500

GRAIN VACS

2008 Rem 3700 high capacity, up to 10,000 bushels per hour load out capacity. #16977. (1). Was $19,995... ..................NOW $15,000 CNT/F.O.B.

2012 Rem 2700 540 PTO, hoses with bin sweep. #21312 (3). Was $19,200....... ..................NOW $16,200 CNT/F.O.B.

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TRACKS

2010 CAT Challenger MT855C 36” tracks, 475 hp, 16x4 powershift, 59 gpm hydraulic pump with 5 remotes, deluxe cab, AUT Guidance ready, 20 front weights with bracket, 16 idler weights. #21839. (1)............................$231,500

4WD

2015 John Deere 9570R Cummins QSX15 570 hp engine, 18/6 powershift transmission, 115 gpm dual hydraulic pumps, 5 hydraulic remotes, motor seal drain, Cat V heavy duty draw bar, Command View III cab with active seat, XM radio, HID lighting, 2630 GS3 display, SF1 receiver, SF2 activation, Ethernet switch, dual radar, Firestone IF800/70R38 radial tires, 4260 lb rear tire weights, 1980 lb. rear suitcase weights, 400 gallon tank, 90 gallon DEF tank.190 hours. 5 year 2000 hour John Deere extended warranty applies. #21765. (1).............$ Arriving Soon $

2002 John Deere 9420 420 hp, 24F/6R QuadRange transmission, deluxe cab, active seat, differential lock, dual 800/70R38 tires, 2800# front weights, 4950# rear weights, 4 hydraulic remotes, recent engine work, 5335 hours. #21612 (1).............................$122,500 2001 John Deere 9400 425 engine hp, 24 speed PowrSync transmission, power differential lock, 4 hydraulic remotes, 1000 PTO, 710/70R38 dual tires, 3900 lbs. of wheel weights, deluxe cab, AM-FM stereo, true speed radar, 3990 hours. #21910 (4)....................$93,500 2008 John Deere 9330 375 hp, powershift, 710/70R42 duals, active seat, 4 remotes. Consignment. #17300. (1)..... ..............................................$159,000 2004 John Deere 9320 deluxe comfort package, power differential lock, 18/6 powershift, backup alarm, AM/FM/WB/ CD, instructional seat. Consignment. #16013032. (2)......................$145,000

1991 Ford New Holland Versatile 846 230 engine hp, 4 hydraulic remotes, 12F/4R standard transmission, 18.4x34 dual tires, 6850 hours. #21842. (3)..$29,500

JOHN DEERE ROW CROP 100 hp. plus

(R) 2012 John Deere 8360R 360 hp with Intel power management, IVT transmission, 60 gpm hydraulic pump, 4 hydraulic remotes, premium Commandview II cab, AutoTrac ready, dual beam radar sensor, 1000 PTO, 3-pt. hitch, 710/70R42 rear dual tires, ILS front axle with 480/70R34 dual tires and fenders, HID lighting, wheel weights. 2225 hours. #14957. (4). Was $229,950.................................... ...............NOW $189,000 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2010 John Deere 8320R MFWD, 320 engine hp, 260 PTO hp, 16F/4R powershift, 1000 PTO, Cat. III 3 pt. hitch, 5 hydraulic remotes, 85cc (60gpm) hydraulic pump, 118.5” rear axle, 480/80R50 dual rear tires, 420/85R34 front tires with independent front suspension, deluxe cab, cold start package, premium radio, 1400 lbs weights on each rear axle. #21099. (3)........... ................NOW $149,500 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2014 John Deere 7290R MFWD, 290 engine hp, 242 PTO hp, IVT transmission, deluxe cab, leather active seat, 2630 Display, 4600 processor, Ethernet, deluxe XM stereo, 85cc hydraulic pump, 5 hydraulic remotes, 540/1000 PTO, Cat III 3-point, 650/65R42 rear tires, 600/65R28 front tires, LED lights, foot throttle, cold weather package, 240 amp alternator, 2 inside wheel weights, H480 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork, 295 hours. Factory warranty expires 2/2/17, JD Powertrain 3 year, 2000 hour, extended warranty expires 2/2/18. #21370 (1).Was $248,500..NOW $222,500 CNT/F.O.B.

2014 John Deere 7250R MFWD, 250 engine hp, IVT transmission, 85cc hydraulic pump, 5 hydraulic remotes, Cat III, 3 point hitch, 540/1000 PTO, 118.5” rear axle, 620/70R42 rear tires with inside 615 lb wheel weights, 600/65R28 front tires with fenders, premium cab, Ethernet switch, foot throttle, cold weather package, 240 amp alternator, H480 JD loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork, 50 hours. 5 year 2500 hour JD PowerGard extened warranty. #21764. (1).......... ..............................$ Arriving Soon $

2012 John Deere 7215R 215 hp, IVT transmission, 43 gpm hydraulic pump, 3 hydraulic remotes, triple link suspension, 420/90R30 front tires with fenders, 620/70R42 rear tires with 1400 lbs. weights, XM satellite radio, HID lighting, cold weather package, H480 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork, joystick control. #17291. (3) Was $196,000..NOW $149,000 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2012 John Deere 7200R MFWD, 200 engine hp, 165 PTO hp, IVT, 540/1000 PTO, Cat. III 3 pt. hitch, 118.5” rear axle, 480/80R50 dual rear tires, triple link front suspension, 380/80R38 front tires, 63cc hydraulic pump (43 gpm) with 4 hydraulic remotes, premium cab CVII with suspension, 7” color touch display, XM Satellite radio, HID lighting, cold weather start, 12 front weights, 900 lbs weights on rear axle, 1820 hours. #21096. (2)..................... ................NOW $127,500 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2004 John Deere 7920 MFWD 170 PTO hp, IVT transmmission, triple link front suspension, 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch, 3 function joystick loader control, 96” rear axle, 520/85R42 single rear wheels, 420/90R30 front tires with fenders, rear weights, deluxe cab with foot throttle, AM/FM radio/WB/ CD, instructional seat, 746 loader, 8-ft. bucket with digging teeth, hood guard, 5-tine grapple, 5440 hours. #21069 (1). Was $98,000...................................... ..................NOW $82,000 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 2013 John Deere 7230R 230 engine hp, 189 PTO hp, IVT transmission, 540/1000 PTO, Cat. III 3 pt hitch, dual rear tires: 520/42 @ 85%, triple link front axle with 420/30 front tires, 85cc hydraulic pump, 5 hydraulic remotes, premium cab, air, heat, AM-FM-Satellite stereo, HID lighting package, electric mirrors, business band antenna, foot throttle, 2465 lbs on each rear axle, cold weather start, JD H480 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple. NEW John Deere 7230R 230 hp, EVT, 2630 display, SF1 receiver, 6.8L 1225 hours. #17281 (3)...................... engine, 85cc hydraulic pump, five ................NOW $168,000 CNT/F.O.B. remote cylinder, 540E/1000/1000E PTO, regular drawbar Cat. III, 40,000 triple link suspension, premium LED light package, full coverage rear fenders, Ethernet switch, foot speed con(R) 2010 John Deere 8270R MFWD, 230 trol throttle, cold weather package, hp, 189 PTO hp, IVT transmission, 5 240 amp alternator, Quik-tatch. #942. hydraulic remotes, 42.5 gpm hydraulic ......... “Demonstrator Save” $43,000 pump, 118.5” rear axle, 380/90R534 2015 John Deere 6175R MFWD, 175 R1W tires, 380/90R54 R1W rear tires, engine hp, IVT transmission, 10” active seat, 2 pair 450# rear weights. (R) 2012 John Deere 7230R MFWD, 230 touch display, Greenstar AutoTrak, engine hp, 180 PTO hp, IVT transmis#21098. (3) Was $175,000................. Gen 4 ACT 4600 processor, presion, 380/90R54 dual rear tires, 118.5” ................NOW $135,000 CNT/F.O.B. mium cab, radio/XM, 60ccm hyrear axle, triple link front suspension, draulic pump, four remote cylinder, 380/80R38 front tires, Cat. III 3 pt. 540E/1000/1000E, sway control hitch, 1000 PTO, 4 hydraulic remotes, blocks, 110” axle, 420/90R30 142A8, ANTIQUE TRACTORS 63cc hydraulic pump (43 gpm), prepivot fenders, cold weather package, “ATTENTION COLLECTORS” mium cab with suspension, HID lightfuel heating system, deluxe pano 1991 John Deere 8760 300 hp, 24 speed parts machine, Fordson ing, XM Satellite radio, cold start, 16 lights, 240 amp alternator, panorama Power Sync, fresh underhaul, 20.8R38 2WD tractor. #16003413..... front weights, 450 lbs weights on each glass roof, 2 pr 450# inside inner duals, 10,279 hours. Consignment. rear axle, 2115 hours. #21097. (3) Was weights. #1045................................... ..................................$1500 #21342. (1)............................... $59,000 $169,000..NOW $129,000 CNT/F.O.B. .“Carryover Special” Save $28,000 NEW John Deere 6140D MFWD, 115 PTO hp, 140 engine hp, 24F/12R 406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) synchronized transmission, forward/ 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) reverse shuttle, standard cab, air ride seat, 3 hydraulic remotes, 540/1000 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) PTO, Cat. II 3 point hitch, 18.4x38 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3) rear tires with 8 weights, 14.9x24 front tires. #1042................................ Check out our website: www.fesmt.com .“Carryover Special” Save $12,000 After Hours Sales: 2015 John Deere 6140D MFWD, 115 PTO hp, 140 engine hp, standard Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Alex Yeska, Salesman 406-942-0065; cab, air ride seat, 24F/12R synchroWade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 nized transmission, 3 hydraulic reCircle: Mike Haynie, Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; motes, 540/1000 PTO, Cat. II 3 point Don Wagner, Salesman, 406-230-1059 hitch, 18.4x38 rear tires with 8 rear Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118 weights, 14.9x24 front tires. #1048.... JOHN DEERE Plentywood: Jake Reynen, Salesman 406-480-3512 .“Carryover Special” Save $12,000

(R) 1996 John Deere 7800 145 hp, cab, MFWD, partial powershift, singles, 740 loader with grapple, 3 remote hydraulic controls, 110” rear axle, 14.9R30 fronts, 3 point, 18.4R42D rears, 16F/12R PowrQuad transmission, 9855 hours. #21295 (1) Was $64,500 ..................NOW $49,500 CNT/F.O.B.

(R) 1989 John Deere 4455 MFWD, 142 PTO hp, powershift transmission, cab, air conditioning, heater, 3 hydraulic remotes, 540/1000 PTO, JD 280 loader, bucket, grapple fork, “Major Reconditioning”. #15083. (4).............. ......NOW $41,500 CNT/F.O.B. Dealer 2013 John Deere 6140M MFWD, 114 PTO hp, 140 engine hp, 24/4 PowrQuad transmission with left hand reverser, 540/1000 PTO, Cat 3N/2 - 3 pt hitch, 45ccm hydraulic pump, 3 deluxe hydraulic remotes, deluxe cab, air ride seat, mirrors, 460/85R42 rear tires, 420/85R28 front tires with fenders, JD H360 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork. #21860. (4)....... $89,500

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2015 John Deere 3046R MFWD, 37 PTO hp, 45 engine hp, E-Hydro transmission, deluxe cab, air ride seat, A/C, 540 rear PTO, 540 mid PTO, Cat. I 3 point hitch, rear hydraulic remote, 43x16-20 rear industrial tire, 27x8.515 front industrial tire, H165 loader. #8897. (1)........................ Save $9000

2015 John Deere 3038E MFWD, 30 PTO hp, 37 engine hp, hydrostatic transmission, 540 PTO, Cat. I 3 point hitch, 15-19.5 industrial tread rear tires, 25x8.50 industrial tread front tires, D160 loader. #8880 (2)............. ......“Carryover Special” Save $4000

2015 John Deere 1025R MFWD, 18 PTO hp, 24 engine hp, hydro transmission, 540 PTO, Cat I. 3 point, H120 loader, 260 backhoe, 26x12 rear tires, 18x8.5 front tires. #8791. (2)...................................................... ..... “Carryover Special” Save $4000

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AIR SEEDERS

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

RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE 2014 John Deere 5115M MFWD, 100 PTO hp, IT4 diesel engine, power reverser transmission, 540 PTO, Cat. 2 3-pt. hitch, triple mid & rear hydraulic remotes, deluxe cab with air ride seat, cornerpost exhaust, mirrors, cold start package, JD H260 loader. #17271. (4) Was $88,500...................................... ..................NOW $68,500 CNT/F.O.B. Used 2014 John Deere 5115M MFWD, 100 PTO hp, IT4 diesel engine, power reverser transmission, 540 PTO, Cat. 2 3-pt. hitch, triple mid & rear hydraulic remotes, deluxe cab with air ride seat, mirrors, cornerpost exhaust, cold start package, JD H260 loader. “Only 100 Hours”. #17272. (3). Was $88,500..... ..................NOW $68,500 CNT/F.O.B.

AIR HOE DRILL

2015 John Deere 1835 SFP, 41-ft., 4x22” steel press wheels, smooth gauge wheel, 33x15.5 and 31x13.5, electric depth control, transport lowering, rock guards, single shoot, 33-15.5-16.5 flotation tires, 1” tip with roll pin knife, 2015 JD 1910-430 bu. tow between, 3 tank, 4 run stat double shoot, regular meter roller, auger hopper screen, Seed Star cart, 4WD, power beyond standard. #21881. (3).......... $183,500

2014 John Deere 1835 50-ft., 10” spacing, 1” opener, 4”x22” steel packer with rock guards, SPF (single placement fertilizer opener). #21335 (3) Was $207,500...NOW $178,00 CNT/F.O.B. 2015 John Deere 5055E FWA, 55 engine hp, 45 PTO hp, 9F/3R transmission, open station, 16.9-28 6PR R1 rear tires, 9.5-24 6PR R1 front tires, dual mid mount hydraulic valves, 10 hours. Factory warranty expires: 3/31/2018 #21398.(3). Was $33,500................... ..................NOW $29,500 CNT/F.O.B.

COMPACT TRACTORS 1-40 hp

2008 John Deere 2320 MFWD, 24 engine hp, 18 PTO hp, hydro transmission, Cat I 3-point, 540 PTO, 23x8.5-12 front tires, 31x13.5-15 rear tires, JD 20CX loader, bucket, 395 hours. #21658. (4).......................................... $13,500

SNOWBLOWERS

NEW Schulte RDX117 1 3/4”-20 spine yoke shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit - chute deflector. #9921 (2)............................................$21,650 NEW Schulte RDX102 size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit - chute deflector. #9918. (2)............................................$15,450 NEW Schulte RDX102 size 8 heavy duty 540 PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit - chute deflector. #9919 (1).................................$15,450 2011 Schulte SDX960 3-point hitch snow blower, 540 PTO, hydraulic chute rotation. #21010. (1).........................$9500

2010 John Deere 1835-1910 41-ft. air hoe drill, 10” spacing, single shoot, 3x21 semi-pneumatic press wheels, smooth gauge wheels, primary hoses blockage warning system, dual main & wing caster wheels, 12.5L15, single shoot seed & separate fertilizer, dual fertilizer delivery tube, mechanical depth control with hydraulic down pressure with 1910 cart. #21441. (2). Was $125,000.................................... ..................NOW $90,000 CNT/F.O.B.

2015 John Deere 1830 51-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, 3”x21” semi pneumatic press wheels, dual main and wing caster wheels, mechanical depth control, JD 1910-350 tow between air cart, primary hoses blockage system. #21872. (2).......................... $198,000 2014 John Deere 1835 60-ft., 10” spacing, 4” steel press wheels, 1” carbide tip openers, single placement fertilizer openers, primary blockage, JD 1910550, 550 bushel 3-tank air cart, 3 season of USF less than 20,000 acres. #21874. (3).......................... $216,000 2013 John Deere 1835 50-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot opener on rear three ranks and separate fertilizer disk with 3”x21” semi-pneumatic press wheels, narrow gauge wheels and cast fertilizer closing wheel, dual main and wing caster wheels, mechanical depth control with hydraulic down pressure, all run seed counting monitor, primary blockage warning system, 1910 - 430 bushel tow between air cart. #21853. (3).................. Available Spring 2017 2010 John Deere 1830 61-ft., 10” spacing, heavy duty trips, 4” solid press wheels, 2010 JD 1910-350, 350 bushel tow behind cart, 28Lx26 cane & rice tires, Pattison TB2150, 2580 gallon liquid fertilizer tank. #21740. (4).... $143,000

1998 John Deere 1820 45-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot, 3” steel packer wheels, 1900 270 bushel tow between cart. #21374.(2)..................... $32,500

2009 Bourgault 3710 60-ft., “No-Till” independent coulter disc, 10” spacing, mid-row banders, 4.5” semi-pneumatic packer wheels, narrow 3” cleaner wheel, double shoot, Bourgault 6550 tow behind 4-tank car. #15533. (1). Was $210,000.................................... ................NOW $141,000 CNT/F.O.B.

CONVENTIONAL DRILLS

2006 Flexi-Coil 5500 70-ft. air hoe drill, 10” spacing, 550# trips, 1”x2” C shanks, flotation tires, double shoot air system, primary optical blockage on seed run, 3.5” steel packers wheels, Dutch low draft paired row carbide tips with 2002 Flexi-Coil 2340 tow behind variable rate meter drive, dual fan, 8” auger with air seeder hopper with 2007 NH SC430 leading cart, 430 bushel 3 compartment, variable rate drive metering system, 10-ft. auger, 18.4x28 R1 duals, dual fan. #15492. (1). Was $99,000.... ..NOW “Make us a offer” CNT/F.O.B.

2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air hoe drill, 9” spacing, steel press wheels, single shoot, narrow carbide points with 2340 tow between cart, drill can be broken down to 39-ft.. #15509. (3).Was $39,500............. NOW $29,500/F.O.B.

Concord 4012 40-ft., 12” spacing, single shoot with 2400 air cart. #21686 (4).. .............................................. $12,500 Morris Maxim II 35-ft., 7240, 240 bushel double tank air cart, 10” spacing, single shoot, 1” carbide tip openers, 3” steel packer wheels. #21992. (1).... ................................................. $9800

NO TILL DISC DRILLS

2013 John Deere 1895 43-ft., separate fertilizer placement (SFP), smooth gauge wheels, cast fertilizer closing wheel, all run blockage, single shoot anhydrous delivery tube, 1910-550 tow behind air cart. #21514. (3)..$235,500

2013 John Deere 1895/1910 43-ft. air disc drill, double shoot, smooth gauge wheel, all run blockage, cast fertilizer closing wheel, double shoot air package for tow behind cart, dual fertilizer delivery tube with 1910 430 bushel cart. #21423. (2). Was $204,000........ ................NOW $185,000 CNT/F.O.B.

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2005 John Deere 1895 40-ft., single shoot, extended wear seed boot, cast fertilizer closing wheel, primary hoses blockage warning system, anhydrous fertilizer delivery tube, consignment. #15549. (2)........................................$116,000

2004 John Deere 1895 40-ft., separate fertilizer placement (SFP), 10” spacing, extended wear seed boots, dry fertilizer, steel gauge wheel, 1910-430 tow behind air cart, 6-run double shoot, 8” load-unload auger, variable rate seed & fertilizer delivery. #21076. (1). Was $122,500............................................ ............... NOW $105,500 CNT/F.O.B.

John Deere 9450 30-ft. drills, 7” spacing, Acra points, fertilizer box, transport. #16005362. (1)...................... $17,500

CORN PLANTER

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

2004 John Deere 1895/1910 43-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, smooth gauge wheels, extended wear seed boot, tow behind cart, dry fertilizer delivery tube, primary hose blockage warning system, cast fertilizer closing wheel. #21479. (4). Was $141,000................ ................. NOW $97,500 CNT/F.O.B. 2013 John Deere 1890 42-ft., double hitch with CAT V single shoot air package, all run blockage, 7.5” spacing with 1910 350-bushel tow between cart, “only 7500 acres”. #21854. (4).....$189,000

2013 John Deere 1890 single shoot, 7.5” spacing, 90 degree openers with extended wear seed boots and smooth side gauge wheel, all running seed blockage monitor, 31x13.5-15 tires, John Deere 1910-270 bushel tow between air cart, two tank powered calibration system, variable seed & fertilizer rate control, 8” load and unload auger with cupped steel flighting & telescoping down spout, “only 5200 acres”. #21660 (3)............... $129,000

“Factory Updated” 2013 Bourgault 3710 “Drill updated to a Bourgault 3720 no-till disc drill”, 60-ft., 10” spacing, updated disc openers and mid row banders, 4.5” packer wheel, 591 monitor, blockage monitor, 6700ST tow behind 700 bushel, 4-tank metering package, dual fan, bag lift system, 650/75R34 tires. #15468. Was $295,000.............. ................NOW $222,000 CNT/F.O.B. “Factory Undated” 2011 Bourgault 3710 independent coulter disc drill, 10” spacing, mid-row banders, 4.5” semi-pneumatic packer wheels, narrow 3” cleaner wheel, double shoot, Bourgault 6550 tow behind 4-tank air cart. #21865. (2). ................ $120,000

John Deere 7100 planter, 12 rows, 30” spacing, wing fold, finger pickup. #21844. (1)............................... $5100

TILLAGE

2014 Salford I-2141 41-ft. Independent Series cultivator, 3 section, 7.5” spacing, 22”x13 wave on front two - 22”x8 wave on last 3 ranks on 1-5/8” coil shank, 8 bolt 305/70xR22.5 recap truck on main frame 28’-41’, Cat IV articulating implement hitch, 31 weights, axle pivot grease bank 3-section. #11219 (3). Was $99,500......... NOW 71,500 CNT/F.O.B.

“Rental Return” Summers 9J5004 50-ft. vertical tillage, super coulter, ideal for spring tillage, chops residue and slices through layers of soil, promoting root growth and opening soil to allow wet fields to dry. #21697. (1). Was $75,000. ...................NOW $49,000 CNT/F.O.B. “NEW” Mandako 50-ft. land roller, 42”x5/8” heavy duty drum, floating hitch, steering axle, acre counter. #21971. (1)..$47,950

“NEW” Delta S3 36-ft. harrow cart, 5/8”x5” two-way flexible tines. #21834. (1)....... ................................................$14,000 “NEW” Delta S3 32-ft. harrow cart, 5/8”x5” two-way flexible tines. #21837. (1)....... ................................................$11,950 “NEW” Delta S3 24-ft. harrow cart, 5/8”x5” two-way flexible tines. #21836. (1)....... ................................................... $9950

NEW

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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.

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2013 Volvo MC85C 460 hours, 56 hp, enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, foot throttle, quick coupler, auxiliary hydraulics, 68” bucket with BOE, 50% tires, 1750 lb. rated operating capacity, 3500# tipping load limit, 6750 lb. operating weight. Machine is in excellent condition, serviced and job site ready. Loacted in Victor, MT............................ $28,500 2-2012 & 2014 Volvo MC115C 580/350 hours, enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, 76” bucket with BOE, hydraulic quick coupler, 2-speed, very good to new tires, 84 hp, 2600 lb, operating load rating, 5300 lb. tipping load limit. All machines are in very nice condition, serviced and job site ready. Options will vary. Located in Spearfish, SD and Victor, MT................................................ $38,500 - $39,500 2012 Cat 226B3 800 hours, enclosed cab with heat, quick coupler, counter weights, block heater, 66” GP bucket with BOE, 57 hp, 1600 lb. operating load rating, 3000 lb. tipping load limit. Machine is in excellent condition and job ready. Located in Victor, MT..$28,000 2011 Cat 930H 2280 hours, enclosed cab with heat and air, ride control, 3rd valve, Cat IT quick coupler, 3.2CY bucket, air ride seat, radial tires at 75%, has been through the shop, recent service, excellent condition, needs nothing. Located in Spearfish, SD....................................................... $109,900 2010 Deere 310SJ 2990 hours, enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, air ride seat, pilot controls, ride control, Powershift transmission, all wheel drive, hydraulic front coupler, rear coupler, auxiliary hydraulics, good tires all around. Very nice machine, job site ready. Located in Spearfish, SD...................... $49,900 2006 Cat 930G 5718 hours, enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, air ride seat, Cat IT hydraulic quick coupler, 3rd valve, 75% +/tires, very nice condition, serviced and job ready. Located in Spearfish, SD.. $75,900 2005 JCB 506C HL 3500 hours, 3-way steering, all wheel drive, Perkins engine, quick coupler, auxiliary hydraulics, frame tilt, foam filled tires, 6000 lb. lift capacity, 36-ft. reach, 24,000 lb. operating weight, very nice machine, serviced and job site ready. Located in Spearfish, SD......................................................... $33,900

Field Pea Grain for Beef Cattle

Vern Anderson, Ph.D., Carrington Research Extension Center Greg Lardy, Ph.D., Animal and Range Sciences Department grain. This publication summarizes beef Field pea (Pisum sativum) grain is a cattle research trials with field pea grain and nutrient-dense source of protein and engives recommendations on feeding peas to ergy that is palatable for all classes of beef beef cattle. cattle. Field peas are highly digestible and Palatability highly fermentable in the rumen, but have a Palatability is critical to starting calves slower starch and protein fermentation rate on feed during creep feeding or in feedlot than several other common feeds. Increased receiving diets. Cattle appear to prefer intake has been observed in some studies field peas and generally consumed larger with the inclusion of field peas in the ration. quantities of rations that include peas. A Processing peas has improved animal study by Anderson (1999a) observed a linperformance in some, but not all, studies. ear increase (P < 0.05) in feed intake with Peas apparently do not need to be processed increasing levels (0 percent, 33 percent, for beef cows. In backgrounding and finish67 percent and 100 percent) of peas in the ing rations, processing field peas has procreep feed. duced mixed results. At the least, processing In a feedlot finishing study (Anderson, will facilitate better mixing and allow for 1999b), peas were fed at 0 percent and 76 improved animal performance. percent of the diet dry matter to determine Price will dictate inclusion rates, but inif any palatability or anti-nutritional concreasing availability of this grain legume is cerns existed. Intake was numerically greatresulting in pricing that is competitive with er (105 percent of control) for the pea diet. other feeds. In creep feeds, 30 percent to 50 Feed intake increased linearly with peas at percent field peas appears to be optimum 0 percent, 20 percent and 40 percent of diet for animal performance. Commercial feed dry matter but decreased at 59 percent in a manufacturers are including peas in a numNebraska finishing study (Fendrick, et al., ber of commercial products for their nutrient 2005a) with no effect on gain, efficiency or density, palatability and competitive price, carcass traits. With pea levels at 0 percent, and to act as a binding agent for pelleted 8.8 percent, 17.5 percent and 26.3 percent feeds. The inclusion of peas in postweaning of a corn silage-based diet, intake increased receiving rations looks particularly attraclinearly (P = 0.06), but gains and feed eftive for starting cattle on feed. ficiency were not affected (Fendrick, et al., As a protein supplement for feeder cattle, 2005b). peas can be included at 15 percent to 30 Weiss and Raymond (1989) conducted a percent of the ration; however, growing series of studies using silage-based diets in and finishing cattle can utilize peas as both Europe and reported diets with peas were a protein and energy source. Field peas proconsumed at 102 percent of the level of diets vide a nutrient-dense beef cow supplement containing soybean meal. when fed as whole grain and work well In a Colorado State University study, Flatt in pelleted range cake formulations. Beef and Stanton (2000) fed increasing levels of cattle producers with access to field peas peas (0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent and at competitive feed prices should consider 20 percent of ration dry matter) in finishing using this grain legume in rations for their diets. They observed a linear decrease (P < beef cattle. 0.05) in intake, but gains were similar and Introduction feed efficiency improved with increasing Field peas are an energy- and proteinproportions of peas. dense feedstuff with energy content slightly Rumen Degradability higher than barley and similar to corn (Table Pea protein is highly rumen degradable. 1). Peas most often are fed as a protein Estimates of rumen degradability of the source. However, feeding this grain legume protein range from 78 percent to 94 percent will increase the energy density of most di(NRC, 1989; Aufrere, et al., 1994; Encinias, ets because field peas contain more energy et al., 2005), leaving modest amounts as than many common protein supplements, rumen- undegradable protein (also referred such as oilseed meals or crop processing to as by-pass or escape protein). However, coproducts. Peas weigh 60 pounds per the disappearance rate for peas was slower bushel and should be compared with other during the first six hours (1.6 percent per feeds on a nutrient-cost basis. hour; Lindberg, 1981) than for soybean Beef cattle producers are the largest meal (4.5 percent per hour), but increased potential market for field peas in the U.S. thereafter. The more slowly degraded or In Europe, peas are well accepted for sustained- release nitrogen fraction found in ruminants, especially as a protein source peas may be beneficial for growth of rumen in silage-based diets. Peas are gaining acmicrobes and have a positive influence on ceptance in beef cattle diets in the U.S. due rumen pH and feed efficiency. to increasing supply, which has resulted in Processing peas by dry or temper roasting more competitive prices. Field peas may did not change the proportion of rumen best be utilized in scenarios where nutridegradability of protein until peas were ent density of the diet is important, such as roasted for 12 minutes at 300 F (Gilbery, et creep feed or supplementation of grazing al., 2005). Maximum reduction in ruminal livestock. protein degradation was observed when Peas also are an attractive feed ingredient peas were toasted at 302 F for 30 minutes where intake and palatability are critical, (Ljøkjel, et al., 2003). However, Aguilera, et such as receiving diets for feedlot cattle. al. (1992) achieved significant reduction in Substantial research data is available on ruminal degradation at 148 F for 30 minutes. field peas, as are considerable positive producer experiences with feeding this legume CONTINUED ON PAGE A60 Table 1. Comparison of nutrients in field peas with other feedstuffs

Item

Corn**

Barley**

Dry Matter %

Field Peas 89

TDN % NEg, Mcal/lb Crude Protein % Calcium % Phophorous % Potassium %

87 .67 25.3 .15 .44 1.13

90 .68 9.8 .03 .31 .33

85 .63 13.2 .05 .35 .57

Wheat Sunflower Midds** Meal** 89 90 Dry matter basis 80 65 .62 .40 18.4 25.9 .15 .45 1.00 1.02 1.10 1.27

Canola Meal** 92 69 .45 40.9 .70 1.20 1.37

Easier to transfer land to the next generation

Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam announced that beginning January 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer an early termination opportunity for certain Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts, making it easier to transfer property to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, including family members. The land that is eligible for the early termination is among the least environmentally sensitive land enrolled in CRP. This change to the CRP program is just one of many that USDA has implemented based on recommendations from the Land Tenure Advisory Subcommittee formed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in 2015. The subcommittee was asked to identify ways the department could use or modify its programs, regulations, and practices to address the challenges of beginning farmers and ranchers in their access to land, capital and technical assistance. “The average age of principal farm operators is 58,” said Baccam. “So, land tenure, succession and estate planning, and access to land is an increasingly important issue for the future of agriculture and a priority for USDA. Access to land remains the biggest barrier for beginning farmers and ranchers. This announcement is part of our efforts to address some of the challenges with transitioning land to beginning farmers.” Baccam made the announcement while touring the Joe Dunn farm in Warren County, located in central Iowa near Carlisle. Dunn is the father-in-law to Iowa native and former Marine Aaron White, who with his wife, are prospective candidates for the early termination program. Baccam was joined by Farm Service Agency Iowa State Executive Director John Whitaker when meeting with Dunn and White. “The chance to give young farmers a better opportunity to succeed when starting a farming career makes perfect sense,” said Baccam. “There are Conservation Reserve Program acres that are rested and ready to be productive, an original goal of CRP. The technical teams at USDA will tell us which ones can terminate from the program with little impact on the overall conservation efforts. When they do, we’ll be ready to help beginning farmers like military veteran Aaron White.” Normally if a landowner terminates a CRP contract early, they are required to repay all previous payments plus interest. The new policy waives this repayment if the land is transferred to a beginning farmer or rancher through a sale or lease with an option to buy. With CRP enrollment close to the Congressionally-mandated cap of 24 million acres, the early termination will also allow USDA to enroll other land with higher conservation value elsewhere. “Starting the next generation of farmers and ranchers out with conservation and stewardship in mind is another important part of this announcement,” Baccam said. “The land coming out of CRP will have priority enrollment opportunities with USDA’s working lands conservation programs through cooperation between the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.” Acres terminated early from CRP under these land tenure provisions will be eligible for priority enrollment consideration into the CRP Grasslands, if eligible; or the Conservation Stewardship Program or Environmental Quality Incentives Program, as determined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. According to the Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land survey, conducted by USDA in 2014, U.S. farmland owners expect to transfer 93 million acres to new ownership during 2015-2019. This represents 10 percent of all farmland across the nation. Details on the early termination opportunity will be available starting on Jan. 9, 2017, at local USDA service centers. For more information about CRP and to find out if your acreage is eligible for early contract termination, contact your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office or go online at www.fsa.usda.gov/crp. To locate your local FSA office, visit http://offices.usda.gov. Since 2009, USDA has invested more than $29 billion to help producers make conservation improvements, working with as many as 500,000 farmers, ranchers and landowners to protect over 400 million acres nationwide, boosting soil and air quality, cleaning and conserving water and enhancing wildlife habitat. For an interactive look at USDA’s work in conservation and forestry over the course of this Administration, visit http://medium.com/usda-results. ##### If you want breakfast in bed …sleep in the kitchen.

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Haying Equipment

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Field Pea Grain for Beef Cattle CONTINUED FROM PAGE A58

Extrusion of peas also can decrease ruminal degradation at 284 F (Walhain, et al., 1992; Focant, et al., 1990), however, Goelema, et al. (1999) observed ruminal protein degradation increased with pelleting. Processing peas at high temperatures for long periods of time may not be practical. Starch in peas degrades much more slowly in the rumen than wheat or barley and at about the same rate as corn (Walhain, et al., 1992; Robinson and McQueen, 1989). However, total tract starch digestibility was similar when field peas replaced dry-rolled corn in medium-concentrate growing diets for beef steers (Reed, et al., 2004b) Pelleting Field Peas In addition to adding nutrient density to commercial feeds that use high proportions of fiber-based ingredients, field peas are an excellent binding agent for pelleting mixed feeds. However, peas are difficult to pellet alone because the binding properties reduce throughput. Both pellet quality and processing rate are satisfactory when peas are included at 20 percent to 50 percent of a feed formulation (K. Koch, personal communication, 2005). Effect of Variety and Color Protein content varies becauseof varieties, field fertility, yield and other factors. A trial comparing Profi to Integra (24 percent vs. 17 percent crude protein; Bock and Anderson, 2001) suggested that animal performance differs because of varieties, even though the control diet contained protein levels that NRC recommended (1996). No data is available that compares green and yellow varieties. Encinias, et al. (2005) reported data on the effect of variety on in situ crude protein disappearance (Table 2). Differences exist between varieties for many nutritional characteristics, including rate and extent of ruminal degradation. This may be more important in situa- tions where nutrient requirements are high (i.e., high-producing dairy cows). In particular, variety Trapper had slower rates of ruminal degradation and lower degradability estimates than v. Profi, Arvika and Carneval. More research is needed on the nutritional characteristics of field pea varieties and their effects on animal performance.

decreased with increasing pea levels. These data suggest that the ideal inclusion rate for peas is between 33 percent and 67 percent. Landblom, et al. (2000) limited intake of creep feeds containing three levels of peas with the addition of 16 percent salt. Eighty cow/calf pairs were used to compare four treatments: 1) no creep feed, 2) 33 percent peas, 3) 67 percent peas, and 4) 100 percent peas. Peas replaced wheat middlings in these creep feed formulations. Daily intake was approximately 3 pounds per head for all creep rations. Gains tended to be greater (P = 0.11) for creep feed vs. no creep feed. No differences (P > 0.10) were observed due to the level of peas, but the 67 percent pea diet provided numerically superior gain and feed efficiency. Creep feeds formulated with 18 percent or 50 percent field peas produced equal calf gains when intake was limited to 4.09 pounds with 16 percent salt in the feed in a season-long grazing study (Gelvin, et al., 2004). Salt added at only 8 percent of a 55 percent field pea creep feed resulted in greater feed intake (P < 0.05), but no differences (P > 0.10) in gain or feed efficiency were observed. Gelvin, et al. (2004) also utilized ruminally cannulated nursing steer calves to investigate the effects of a field pea-based creep feed in ruminal fermentation characteristics, forage intake and digestibility while calves grazed native rangelands. No differences in forage intake were noted; however, supplemented calves had greater total intake than control calves. In addition, supplementation decreased ruminal pH, but increased ruminal concentrations of volatile fatty acids and ammonia. Nursing beef calves were fed creep diets formulated with 40 percent ground, rolled or whole peas in a 56-day trial at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (Anderson and Schoonmaker, 2005c). Intake was not affected (P > 0.05) by processing treatment, but calf gains were greatest (P < 0.05) with rolled peas (3.31 pounds/day), compared with ground (3.11) or whole (3.13) peas. Field Peas in Feedlot Diets The greatest potential market for the use of field peas in the northern Plains states

Table 2. Effect of field pea cultivar on in situ protein degradation characteristics Item

Profi

Arvika

Carneval

0 h N Disappearance % Slowly degradeable % Rate of CP digestion %/h

54.3c 45.7b 14.6d

53.0c .47.0b 8.6c

47.4c 52.6b 10.5d

CP, % DM

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Estimated RDP, % of CP 93.4c .91.5c 92.7c kf = 0.02 k = 0.04 88.2c 85.4c 86.6c k = 0.06 84.3c 81.0c 82.0c a n = 4.b, c, d, e Row means with different superscripts are different (P < 0.02). f k = ruminal outflow rate (h-1). Adapted from Encinias et al. (2004).

Creep Feed Research In a two-year study with 128 cow/calf pairs (Anderson, 1999a), wheat midds and field peas were offered in four reciprocal creep feed combina- tions to determine the optimum level of peas. Treatments were reciprocal amounts of dry-rolled peas and pelleted wheat midds at 0 percent to 100 percent, 33 percent to 67 percent, 67 percent to 33 percent and 100 percent to 0 percent, respectively. Peas were coarsely rolled and wheat midds were fed as one-quarter inch diameter pellets. Feed intake increased linearly (P < 0.05) with an increasing level of field peas in the diet during the 56-day study. Calf gains increased from 2.82 pounds per day at 100 percent midds to 3.11 at 33 percent peas to 3.17 pounds at both 67 percent and 100 percent peas. Feed efficiency

Cultivar Trapper 19.4

SEMa -

32.0b 68.0c 7.3b

5.65 6.00 0.26

87.4b 77.7b 71.0c

2.05 3.29 4.02

and Prairie Provinces of Canada is in feeder calf diets. However, field peas will have to compete with feeds such as barley, corn, wheat midds and other commodities based on nutrient costs. Research in Receiving Rations Dry-rolled field peas were fed at 28 percent and 56 percent of receiving diets to 294 head of freshly weaned calves from 34 different ranches during two years (Ander- son and Stoltenow, 2004). Dry rolled barley and canola meal were the reciprocal ingredients in the 60 percent concentrate diets that included corn silage and mixed hay. Daily intake increased linearly (P < 0.05) with increasing pea levels (14.6, 15.5 and 16.5 pounds per head respectively, for 0 percent, 28 percent and 56 percent field CONTINUED ON PAGE C6

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NEW ITEMS

30-ft. portable corral gates. Tag #BirchCr0117....................................... $450ea. 24-ft. portable corral panels, 2/38 pipe, 5-ft. high. Tag #BirCr0117....... $350 ea. John Deere 45 loader. Tag #DaveM0117.................................................$1500 John Deere loader for older John Deere tractor. Tag #DaveM0117.........$1500 14-ft. homemade flat bed 4 wheel wagon. Tag #MaryL0117.......................$500 Hesston 30A stackhand. Tag #MaryL0117................................................$750 Graham Hoeme 10-ft. lever plow. Good for making into a 3-point plow. Tag #MaryL0117.........................................................................................$500 Batch Boy chemical mixer. Tag #BK0117................................................$4500 1978 21-ft. tandem dually 5th wheel trailer, haul Cat D6C. Tag #BK0117..$4500 Old wood wagon. Tag #LarryS0117. John Deere 9650 combine, 36-ft. header. Tag #Bam0117 10 yard scraper with cable. Tag #GeraldB0117........................................$4000 Melroe 33-ft. plow, no wing lift cylinders, Flexi-Coil mounted harrows. Tag #GeraldB0117............................................................................................$4500 1999 Ford F250 heavy duty pickup. Tag #ArtH0117.................................$7000 Summers pull-type sprayer, 100-ft. booms. Tag #PaulT0117 New Holland LX665 skidsteer loader. Tag #Hug0117............................ $18,000 (48) John Deere AA77749 points for John Deere air seeder. Gysler 36-ft. plow. Tag #JoeF0117............................................................. $5000 International truck with grain tender. Tag #JoeF0117. 1980 Jeep Wagoneer Tag #JerryS0117....................................................$750 2011 Honda Rubicon Tag #Zenith0117..................................................$1500 2013 Case IH 500HD 4WD tractor, loaded up, luxury cab, 625 hr. Tag #KAllen0117 Case W36 wheel loader, 550 hours on new engine. Tag #DanG0117...$36,000 John Deere 8330 tractor, MFD, 3-point, 1000 PTO, 6800 hours. Tag #ReidH0117...........................................................................................$80,000 2013 Case 500HD 4WD tractor with 625 hours, 1000 PTO, high output hydraulics, luxury cab, air ride, weight brackets, LED lights, AutoSteer. Tag #Kem0117.....................................................................................$265,000 (2) International 7100 14-ft. drills, 10” spacing. Tag #BKuka0116 Highline BP4065 bale processor. Tag #Hug1216....................................$6500 2001 John Deere 4890 windrower with 16-ft. sickle bar header, 1730 engine hours and 1530 header hours. Good unit. Act Fast. Tag #Harvey0117........ ........................................................................................................$45,000 1977 John Deere 770 tractor, Powershift, tires 90%, new packing in cylinders, 800 hours on engine overhaul. Tag #HiddenL0117.........................$18,000 MQ MultiEquipment concrete mixer with Honda engine. Tag #BrokenP0117... ...........................................................................................................$3500 Used Wheatheart Heavy Hitter post pounder. Tag #BrokenP0117.........$8500 Cat SR17 67” snowblower for skid steer loader. Has had very little use. Tag #Broken P0117..................................................................................$5000 Haybuster 256+2 2-bale processor, new bearings, conveyor rebuilt, new plastic slides replaced. Tag #MikeW0117......................................................$6800 Prowler 33-ft. camper, sleeps 4, has slideout, awning. Nice unit for calving or camping. Tag #BrokenP0117.............................................................$8500 14-ft.x84” enclosed trailer, 6x6 height, fold down rear ramp, side door. Tag #BobC0117........................................................................................$4900 1998 New Holland TR98 combine, 15-ft. header with Sund pickup attachment, low hours. Tag #JackT0117.............................................................$62,000 1998 New Holland 994 combine, 30-ft. HoneyBee header for TR combine, draper header with shiftable canvasses. Can turn combine into swather. Tag #JackT0117..............................................................................$15,000 Delta 36-ft. pull-type pasture harrow cart. Tag #BrokenP0117.................$5000 New Holland 1033 pull-type bale wagon, 3-wide, 104 bale capacity. Tag #BrokenP0117...........................................................................................$4500 1-ton cake feeder with 3-point hitch mount added. Tag #BrokenP0117....$1500

PICKUPS & CARS

2000 Ford F350 pickup, Stahl service box. Tag #JasonA0916...................... $7500 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado, 2-door sedan, hard top, automatic, new tires, sunroof, color in tan. Showroom condition. Tag #BobC0816.......................$7500 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J, 2-door, 74,000 miles, white and black. Tag #JerSmt1116.........................................................................................$8700

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

Case David Brown 1200 tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, new 18.4x30 rear tires, power draw bar, 3092 hours. Tag #RodB1016.................................................$6500 John Deere 1010 tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, power steering, loader is available. Tag #ANF0816.............................................................................................$6500 2015 Case IH 550 4WD tractor, triples, 500 hours. Tag #0816.............................. ....................................................................................... $339,000 Canadian Case 4690 4WD tractor, fairly new engine repair, transmission problem. Tag #FredV0816 John Deere 2955 MFD tractor, 3-pt., dual PTO, JD 265 loader, grapple, 11,000 hours, new tires. Tag #ArtH0616........................................................$27,000 John Deere 2750 2WD tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, 245 loader, 18.4x30 rear tires, 5232 hours. Tag #ArtH0616...............................................................$19,500 1979 Versatile 835 4WD tractor, transmission is bad, engine smokes. Tag #LonP0616............................................................................................$3500 1975 Versatile 900 4WD tractor, Cummins 903 engine is stuck. Tag #LonP0616.. ...................................................................................................... Best Offer 1983 Versatile 1150 4WD tractor, 1150 KT engine, 30.5Lx32 tires 60-70%, set up to pull air seeder. Tag #Russ0616.................................................$45,000 Case 1030 tractor, hole in the bucket. Tag #Ruth0616..................................$750 Case 1030 tractor, 540 PTO, engine is stuck. Tag #BobC0616...................$2500 Big Bud KT1150 tractor, 525 hp, blade. Tag #KlintS0516........................$49,000 John Deere 8640 tractor, 1000 PTO, new tire. Tag #LyleF0316 Case IH 9380 tractor, powershift, 7800 hours, new engine overhaul at 7400 hours, triples, tires are fair, chemical tanks. Tag #Klint0916...............$59,000 Versatile 855 4WD tractor, new 340 hp motor, rebuilt transmission, new 20.8x38 tires. Tag #RileyD0916......................................................................... $35,000 Versatile 900 4WD tractor, 3 remotes, air conditioning works great, 18.4x38 tires, fair shape, 2800 hours on overhauled 903 engine. Tag #GeraldS0816..$9000 Big Bud HN-360 tractor, 855 Cummins engine, 400 hp. Tag #ArtH0516.$45,000 John Deere 4720 MFD, 3-pt., 540 PTO, loader. Tag #RichT0416............$36,000 1975 John Deere 4630 FWA tractor, 150 hp, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 2 remotes, 20.8x38 duals, 9000 hours, 158 loader. Tag #Aron0316....................$19,500 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 International FAA tractor, 540 PTO, saw blade. Tag #SteveF1016 International FC tractor, 540 PTO. Does not run. Tag #SteveF1016 John Deere 7520 tractor. Tag #ANF0816 John Deere 9510R 4WD tractor, 550 hp, 570 hours. Tag #Ralph1116$320,000 1968 Oliver 1600 2WD tractor, 66 hp, gas, cab, 3-pt., 540 PTO, Oliver 1610 loader. Tag #Merlin1116...................................................................................$7500

SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

Melroe 220 sprayer. Tag #Scott1016...........................................................$3500 John Deere 4700 sprayer. Tag #ArtH0716...............................................$92,000 Top Air TA1600 suspended boom sprayer, Trimble GPS with AutoBoom. Tag #Kyle0616..........................................................................................$40,000 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms, double nozzles. Tag #HerbK0516 2000 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 120-ft. single boom, 1500 gallon main tank, inductor tank, 500 gallon auxiliary tank, wash tank, windscreens, double nozzles. Tag #Ruth0416.........................................................................................$15,000 Barber 34-ft. spreader. Tag #BDawson0316 1999 Valmar 2055 fargo spreader, was mounted on a 41-ft. plow. Tag #GaryW0316.........................................................................................$4500

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Tag #BrokenP0117............................. $600 ea. 1998 Freightliner FL80 truck with 6-bale mover, manual 10 speed transmission, 104,520 miles. Tag #BrokenP0117..................................................$65,000 1993 gooseneck 30x8 flatbed trailer, tandem axle, duals, 16,000 lb. capacity. Tag #BrokenP0117.............................................................................$6500 2006 Hot Shot horse trailer, tandem 7000 lb. axles. Tag #BrokenP0117...$9500 Haybuster 2650 2-bale processor. Tag #BrokenP0117.........................$11,500 2008 Cat 420E tractor/loader/backhoe, 2045 hours. Tag #BrokenP0117..$47,000 Used Wheatheart Heavyhitter. Tag #BrokenP0117................................$8500 1989 Ford F250 pickup, 4x4, 5-speed. Tag #BrokenP0117......................$4500 1999 Ford F350 pickup, 7.3 litre diesel, manual transmission, extended cab, 151,000 miles. Tag #BrokenP0117.....................................................$4500 2000 4-Star aluminum horse trailer with 7000 lb. axles. Tag #BrokenP0117...... ........................................................................................................$14,000 8-ft. x 34-ft. 5th wheel triple axle hay trailer. Tag #BrokenP0117...............$8500 1975 International 4200 Dynastar truck with 3000 gallon water tank mounted on truck. Tag #BrokenP0117..............................................................$9500 Mayrath 60-ft. PTO grain auger. Tag #BrokenP0117..................................$750 Rock-O-Matic PTO rock picker. Tag #BrokenP0117................................$1800 Melroe 210 Spra-Coupe 125 gallon tank, 31.5x13.5 tires. Tag #BrokenP0117. ...........................................................................................................$6500 2-1500 gallon plastic water storage tanks. Tag #BrokenP0117............ $950 ea. Brandt 10”x60-ft. blue swing hopper auger, Like new. Tag #BrokenP0117..$7500 Apache 8-ton creep feeder. Tag #BrokenP0117.......................................$1800 LandPride 10-ft. 6-way blade. Tag #BrokenP0117...................................$4000 1989 GMC 7000 gravel truck, 5 speed/2speed, 47,116 miles. Tag #BrokenP0117...........................................................................................$8500 Snake River 16x6 dump trailer. Tag #BrokenP0117................................$9500 500 bales of triticale hay. Tag #BrokenP0117........................................ $80/ton 400 bales of millet hay. Tag #BrokenP011............................................. $80/ton 750 bales of alfalfa/grass hay. Tag #BrokenP0117............................... $100/ton 20-ft. land roller, good shape. Tag #BrokenP0117....................................$9500 Versatile 500 tractor with 1000 PTO, bad head gaskets. Tag #GaryS0117....... ...........................................................................................................$5000 Westfield tailgate auger. Tag #GaryS0117...............................................$1500 Massey-Ferguson 750 combine with 24-ft. header. Tag #GaryS0117.....$6000 Massey-Ferguson 760 combine with 24-ft. header with pickup reel. Tag #GaryS0117.......................................................................................$6000 6-Versatile 2000 7-ft. drills on transport hitch. Packers have been recapped. Tag #GaryS0117....................................................................................$12,000 Gysler 36-ft. plow with Degelman mounted harrows and rod weeder. Tag #GaryS0117.......................................................................................$5000 Melroe 30-ft. plow. Tag #GaryS0117........................................................$4000 Case 850 crawler/dozer, 10-ft. dozer blade, bucket. Tag #BrokenP0117....$15,000 Du-Al 365 loader and spear. Tag #GaryS0117.........................................$2500 1 set of 18.34x38 duals. Tag #GaryS0117..................................................$750 1 set of 24.5x32 duals. Tag #GaryS0117....................................................$750 Pontiac deluxe 4-door car, winter project. Tag #GaryS0117....................$1800

PLOWS

Melroe 501 42-ft. plow, 1” shanks. Tag #DaveT0916 Gysler 36-ft. plow, 12-ft. center section, AM rodweeder, Degelman mounted harrow. Tag #GaryS0816............................................................................$5600 John Deere 1600 37-ft. plow. Tag #TL0816 John Deere 240F 28-ft. plow with extensions. Tag #TL0816 John Deere 610 40-ft. plow. Tag #BobP0616..............................................$7500 Gysler 32-ft. plow. Tag #Russ0516..............................................................$2500 Gysler 40-ft. plow. Tag #Russ0516..............................................................$4500 Frigstad 31-ft. chisel plow, MK rod weeder. Good looking. Tag #Ruth0416.$6000 Flexi-Coil 340 40-ft. plow. Tag #ArtHanson0216........................................ $11,500 Massey-Ferguson 880 8-bottom moldboard plow in excellent condition. Tag #Hug0916............................................................................................... $6500 Gysler 21-ft. plow. Tag #LarryS0816 Frigstad 48-ft. plow, yellow. Tag #ArtH0516................................................$3500 John Deere 610 35-ft. chisel plow, John Deere harrows, all new bearings, tires good, shank protectors. Tag #Miles0416.............................................. $15,000 Melroe 7-bottom moldboard plow. Tag #SteveC1116 John Deere 610 38-ft. plow. Tag #SteveC1116Wil-Rich 32-ft. plow, chisels. Tag #RussB1116........................................................................................... $3500 John Deere 1600 35-ft. plow, 11/4 shanks. Tag #Dave1116.........................$6000

TRUCKS

Mayflower truck, 30-ft. van body. Tag #LarryK1116 1978 Peterbilt truck, Cummins 855, Fuller 13 speed, 20-ft. box, hoist, 400,000 miles. RussB1116................................................................................ $33,000 2001 Mack truck, 300 hp Mack engine, hydraulic tailgate, hitch, good brakes, 8500 hours, 251,000 miles. Tag #JT0316..........................................$26,000 1969 Chevrolet C50 2-ton grain truck, 15-ft. box, hoist, 51,249 miles. Tag #RussB0916........................................................................................... $7500 1997 Ford F800 service truck, 8.3 Cummins, 9 speed, air brakes, 5000 lb crane, 246,000 miles. Tag #JasonA0916........................................................ $15,000 Mack cab-over truck, tandem axle, 20-ft. box, hoist, no power steering. Tag #MarvinG0216......................................................................................$6500

BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS

Cat D6 9U crawler, 12-ft. Holt dozer, cab, pony motor, tracks are tight. Tag #Alten1116 Grizzly 3-pt. backhoe. Tag #ANF1016.........................................................$3500 Melroe 811 skidsteer mounted backhoe. Tag #KenBert0916........................ $6500 Allis Chalmers 650 3-pt. backhoe attachment. Tag #Lyle0616...................$1500 2012 Ezee-On skidsteer mounted post pounder. Tag #Hug0616...............$6000 Case 320 crawler/dozer, 551 hours on rebuilt, new engine, drives, tracks, 6-way blade. Tag #GaryH0916......................................................................$11,000 1999 Volvo Autocar crane with 110-ft. stinger, 6WD, only 9451 actual miles. Tag #DennyL0916.................................................................................... $155,000 12-ft. blade off of Cat 85 track tractor. Tag #Russ0516................................$6500 (2) Allis Chalmers graders. Tag #Jess0716............................$6000 for the pair

GRAIN AUGERS

Batco 18”x45-ft. elevator, 15 hp 3 phase motor, drive-over conveyor. Tag #ChuckC0816.......................................................................................$7500 Bazooka 6”x27-ft. auger, Briggs 11 hp engine. Tag #Harry0616...................$850 Wesco 1310 10”x70-ft. swing away grain, hydraulic drive. Tag #Ruth0416.$3500 Harvest International 13”x72-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #Jess0916....$15,000 Spray-Air 10”x70-ft. grain auger, swing away hopper. Tag #PhilA0916......... $4500 Mayrath 80-ft. swing hopper grain auger. Tag #SteveC1116

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Big flip over snow plow. Tag #JPrin1216......................................................$3800 Snow plow with wide frame. Tag #JPrin1216...............................................$3500 Orange snow plow. Tag #JPrin1216...............................................................$950 Reconditioned logging trailer, good looking trailer, sliding main beam. Tag #DennyL1216.............................................................................................$15,000 John Deere 212 pickup header, Sund pickup attachment. Tag #Gord1215 John Deere 50 3-pt. backhoe. Tag #Dan1216.............................................$2500 International TD 18A crawler, 12-ft. dozer, rebuilt injector and pump, good tracks but rails show wear. Tag #DanG1216 2011 Dodge new long box, fender flares, rear bumper and tailgate. Black in color. Tag #DanG1216....................................................................................$5500 John Deere 5-bottom pull-type moldboard plow. Tag #DanG1216.............$2500 John Deere 5-bottom pull-type plow with 16” shears. Tag #DanG1216......$2500 3 spear bale spear, fits bidirectional tractor. Tag #DonB1215 Sakundiak 8”x41-ft. auger, PTO drive, like new. Tag #ANF1216.................$3500 Case 1200A 2WD tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO, 1/2 cab, power steering, power drawbar, new 18.4x30 rear tires, 92 hours. Tag #RodB1215...............................$7500 SnowCo 8006 8”x54-ft. PTO grain auger. Tag #GerS1215............................$550 Brandt 8”x50-ft. PTO drive auger, orange. Tag #GerS1215..........................$650 Ford 9N 2WD tractor. Tag #Wayne1216......................................................$1250 Ford 8N 2WD tractor with high and low. Tag #Wayne1216..........................$2500 International TD6 dozer. Tag #Wayne1216.................................................$3500 Case 900 2WD tractor with 10-ft. blade, 540 PTO. Tag #Wayne1216..........$2500 CRP hay for sale. Tag #SamL1216......................................................... $100/ton 1958 Massey-Ferguson tractor with loader, blade and forks. Tag #Wayne1216... ..............................................................................................................$5000 Waldo 2500 lb lift off van truck. Tag #BirchC1216.......................................$2500 Flexi-Coil 820 60-ft. plow. Tag #PaulT1216..............................................$50,000 16-ft. hay rack for flatbed truck. Tag #SamL1215...........................................$950 2012 John Deere 9770STS combine with JD 940D draper header, 1000 engine hours and 771 separator hours. Tag #Ralph1216............................$255,000 1999 Dodge 3500 pickup, dually box, 24 valve Cummins, automatic, 246,000 miles, 65,000 miles on new engine. Tag #Jarrett1216........................$11,000 1996 Dodge 2500 gas, long box, manual transmission. Tag #Jarrett1216..$3500 1998 New Holland LX885 skid steer, Perkins engine, lifts up to 4000 lbs. Tag #Dillion1216.......................................................................................$13,000 2002 Sterling truck with Cummins engine, 300,000 miles, less crane. Tag #Dillon1216..............................................................................................$13,000 2002 Sterling truck with crane, 300,000 miles. Tag #Dillon1216..............$20,000 2014 Chevrolet 3500 Duramax pickup with HydraBed, Allison Automatic, new injectors, 218,000 miles. Tag #Dillon1216..........................................$20,000 2002 Brandt 4500 grain vac. Tag #JackT1216............................................$7500 Concord 4012 air seeder with 3400 Concord tank. Tag #JackT1216......$29,000 Friggstad B 48-ft. plow with Morris mounted harrow. Tag #JackT1216...$12,500 1996 New Holland 9682 4WD tractor, front and rear weights, 24.5x32 duals. Tag #JackT1216.......................................................................................$72,000 Krause 1979 40-ft. disc, 22” pans. Tag #JackT1216....................................$8500 Ford 785 6-ft. rear blade. Tag #JackT1216....................................................$600 36-ft. spike tooth harrow cart. Tag #JackT1216............................................$1500

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Iowa State engineers study glass in batteries

By Iowa State University of Science and Technology News Service Steve Martin gestured toward an office shelf full of redbound doctoral dissertations about glassy solids and the basic properties that could make them useful in a battery. Martin, an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, has researched battery materials for 30-plus years. Specifically, he and his graduate students have been studying and measuring the basic properties of glassy solids: How do ions move through them? What about their mechanical robustness? How about their thermal stability? And their chemical stability? Why such basic studies? Martin, who teaches and researches in Iowa State’s department of materials science and engineering, has long thought that using glassy solids as the electrolytes in batteries would make for safer, more powerful batteries. But there was limited research funding for battery studies and most of that was directed toward liquid-electrolyte batteries that have had problems with fires and energy capacity. So Martin worked hard for any support that allowed him to study fundamental properties of materials with potential for improving battery performance. That work was all about laying a foundation that would enable Martin and his research group to develop new, “all-solid-state” batteries whenever research funding was available. Well, times are changing. Millions of Americans now rely on battery-powered phones, devices and cars. Asian countries now dominate the entire battery industry. And so America’s research agenda is starting to include money for research and development of battery technology and a domestic battery industry. Case in point: Martin has a new three-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy and its new Integration and Optimization of Novel Ion-Conducting Solids program. There’s additional, cost-share funding from Iowa State and the Iowa Energy Center. In addition to Martin’s research, the funding will support the work of Jing Xu, a newly hired Iowa State assistant professor of materials science and engineering, three postdoctoral researchers, two doctoral students and three undergraduates. “This is my dream-come-true project,” Martin said. “This is what I’ve been working on for 36 years.” Ever since his undergraduate days poring over the science journals at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio – days that coincided with the American energy crisis of the 1970s – Martin has thought there must be a better way to power the country than fossil fuels and internal combustion. But alternatives such as electric vehicles came with so many limitations, including battery cost and performance. When he began his doctoral studies in 1980 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Martin began looking for new materials that could improve battery performance. He eventually settled on using glass as a solid electrolyte in batteries. Battery electrolytes allow ions – atoms that have lost or gained electrons and are therefore positively or negatively charged – to flow back and forth between a battery’s electronaccepting cathode and electron-losing anode. The resulting electrochemical reactions produce electricity and power our devices and electric vehicles. Commonly used organic liquid electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries are a problem, Martin said. They’re as chemically reactive as gasoline and so they can – and do – catch on fire. Batteries based on them can also leak the flammable liquid. To make them safer, manufacturers slash the energy levels of the batteries. “It works,” Martin said. “But it operates at a fraction of its theoretical maximum energy density.” Martin thought using a stable, solid electrolyte would be a better, safer way to build batteries. But it can be a challenge to move ions through solids. That’s why it has taken decades for Martin and his research group to understand the movement of ions through glass. By using certain sulfide glasses, he’s been able to accelerate that movement, or conductivity. The new grant will allow Martin to demonstrate that glassy solids can be a low-cost, high-performance, safe and stable electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries. CONTINUED ON PAGE A63

Iowa State engineers

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“And so maybe you’re recharging your device every week instead of daily,” Martin said. “Or maybe an electric vehicle that can now go 40 miles on a charge will be able to go 200 miles.” The grant will help Martin purchase equipment to scale up his lab’s glass production. If the production and studies go well, Martin said the grant encourages technology transfer to a spin-off company or to industry. All that has Martin thinking big about a dream project that was decades in the making: “Our goal is not just to make safer batteries, but also to increase energy capacity. We think we can increase capacity by a factor of 10.”

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Asian soybean rust fungus overrides plant immune systems

By Iowa State University of Science and Technology News Service with the soybean immune response could Iowa State University (ISU) scientists are lead to better protection against soybean piecing together clues about how a global rust fungus and similar pathogens in other pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. plants, said Steve Whitham, professor of Soybean rust fungus poses one of the bigplant pathology and microbiology and segest threats to soybean producers across the nior author of the study. globe, though it’s rare in Iowa. In a paper Whitham said the soybean rust fungus published recently in the peer-reviewed scisecretes more than 100 proteins when it entific journal PLoS Pathogens, a group of comes into contact with a soybean plant. ISU plant pathologists offers evidence that One of those, a small secreted cysteine-rich a protein secreted by the pathogen cripples protein known as PpEC23, interferes with the soybean’s immune system and allows both of the major pathways plants use to the fungus to flourish. Further study of how the protein interacts CONTINUED ON PAGE C1

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Friday the 13th

Date When Celebrated : Occurs one to three times a year, when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday. Are you superstitious? Then, Friday the 13th is a day you may look forward to, with fear! Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, a day when bad things can happen. Whatever you do, don’t walk under a ladder, and don’t let a black cat cross your path on this day. Throughout most of recorded history, the number 13 has been seen as an unlucky number. If you live in fear of the number 13, you suffer from Triskaidekaphobia. Historically, and perhaps a bit oddly in today’s world, Friday has been viewed as an unlucky day of the week. We find this hard to fathom. After all, Friday is TGIF!! However, in days gone by, when you put the unlucky day of Friday, together with the unlucky #13, many people believe only bad things can happen. Interestingly, there is a sizable number of optimists, who embrace Friday the 13th and the number 13. They shrug off the superstition and go buy lottery tickets with the number 13 in it. For many who never gave it a thought, Jason in the movie “Friday, the 13th” (1980) made believers in the fearfulness of this day. Friday the 13th Trivia: • Many buildings and skyscrapers do not have a 13th floor. • Many people will not allow 13 people at the table. If there is exactly 13 people present, a second table is set up. • Skippers would not go out to sea with a crew of 12. Including the captain, that made 13 people. • Ancient Mayans of Central America were the most advanced culture in all of the Americas. They considered the number 13 sacred. • Like any other special or wacky day, we encourage you to fully embrace the day and have fun with it. But, don’t cower in your room in fear of this day. You’d miss all of the fun and excitement! Origin of Friday the 13th: In biblical references, it is believed that Cain killed Abel on Friday the 13th. We are not sure how this was determined, as calendars were unlikely to have been in existence back then. We do know with certainty, the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurah omitted the #13 in it’s list of laws. Written in 1,700 B.C., it suggests ancient Babylonians considered the #13 to be unlucky.

History of January

January, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de BerryJanuary is named after Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door (ianua) - January is the door to the year. Traditionally, the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months, totalling 304 days, winter being considered a monthless period. Around 713 BCE, the semi-mythical successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and February, allowing the calendar to equal a standard lunar year (355 days). Although March was originally the first month in the old Roman Calendar, January became the first month of the calendar year either under Numa or under the Decemvirs about 450 BCE (Roman writers differ). In contrast, years in dates were identified by naming two consuls, who entered office on May 1 and March 15 before 153 BCE when they began to enter office on January 1. “Various Christian feast dates were used for the New Year in Europe during the Middle Ages, including March 25 and December 25. However, medieval calendars were still displayed in the Roman fashion of twelve columns from January to December. Beginning in the sixteenth century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of the New Year once again — sometimes called Circumcision Style because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day from December 25.” Historical names for January include its original Roman designation, Ianuarius, the Saxon term Wulf-monath (meaning wolf month) and Charlemagne’s designation Wintarmanoth (winter / cold month). In Finnish, the month is called tammikuu, meaning month of the oak, but the original meaning was the month of the heart of winter, as tammi has initially meant axis or core. In Czech this month is called leden, meaning ice month In Ukrainian it is січень meaning cutting or slicing perhaps refering to the wind.

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Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS ...............A32 Action Toys, Billings ................................... C62 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman ................................................A47 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls .......... C57 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls ...........A4 Ag Wise, Kremlin ........................................A28 American Hydro Doors, Henry Building System Dealers .................................................. C26 AWS Air Reels, Temp Farm Equipment Mitchell ON Canada ........................................... C48 Baumalight, Wallenstein ON Canada ........ C36 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank ............................A62 Belles Pulses USA, Hingham .................... C26 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby ........................ C49 Big Equipment Co., Havre ............................A3 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad .................. B2, B3 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, VaughnC50 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby ....... A5, A41 Big Truck Sales, Lloyd Walker, Choteau......A42 Billings Farm & Ranch Supply, Billings ............. ............................................. A40, C58, C60 Bouma Post Yards, Choteau ...................... C28 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls ........ ........................................................INSERT BTI Feeds, Cut Bank ................................. C49 Buckley Auction ........................................... C6 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls ... C11 Chamley Pipe & Salvage, Williston ND...... C34 Charles Moore, Inc. Miles City ..................... C5 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula.................... C13 Circle Ag Show, Circle ................................A17 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ................. C38 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks .. C62 Clearview Seed, Denton ............................ C60 Conrad Implement, Conrad ....................... C33 Corder & Associates, Fort Benton ..............A16 Courtesy Ford, Conrad ................................ C3 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber ................................................... C26 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank ............................ C42 D & H Equipment, Bow Island AB Canada .A46 David J Heine & Associates, Kalispell ......... C1 DBL Sales & Service, Dave & Brock Linker, Coffee Creek ......................................... C32 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby ......................... C10 Dietz Auto & Truck Salvage, Billings .............B4 Direct Ag Network, LLC Dan Thome, Billings ... ........................................................A2, C24

Index Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman.......A45 Dooley’s Diabolical Diesel, Great FallsA19, C63 East Slope Kennel & Game Bird Farm, Conrad .............................................................. C10 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls............ ......................................................C44, C45 Equipment Plus, Inc, Billings ..................... C50 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish .............. C6 Farm Data Resources, Mitch Konen, Fairfield .. ................................................................ C6 Farm Equipment Sales, Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, Circle....A53, A54, A55, A56, A57 First State Bank, Shelby ............................ C34 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton ............A27 Fisher Truck & Equipment, Scobey .............. C3 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power ............ A2, A19 Fort Benton Realty, Fort Benton .................A63 Fosse Insurance Agency, Great Falls .........A46 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness ........................ C17 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls ... ............................................. A11, C39, C53 Frontline Ag Solutions Dillon, Dillon........... C64 Frontline Ag Solutions, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon, Lewistown, Havre, Chester, Great Falls, Belgrade, Livingston ................. .....................................C18, C19, C20, C21 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad ........A51 G&M Bins, LLC, Mark McInerney, Fairfield C31 Gerber’s, Great Falls.................................. C58 Goettlich Trucking, Hilger ............................A26 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy ............ C43 Grandberg Autobody Repair, Havre ...........A34 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier ... C41 H & H Spreading, Conrad ...........................A12 Heartland Seed Company, Moccasin ........ C36 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass Range A29 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East HelenaA49 Henke Enterprises, SprayFlex, Chester ....A14 Hi-Hog Livestock Equipment-Conrad Implement, Conrad .................................................. C33 Highline Communications, Cut Bank ......... C10 Hodgskiss Seed, Choteau ..........................A31 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls ... A31, A43, .... A59, C1, C11, C13, C16, C31, C42, C46 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank .......A61 J & M Trailer Sales, Laurel ..........................A44

Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook ........C12, C48 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte .............. C16 JW Feeds, John Wolery, Chester............... C18 Krogmann Mfg. .......................................... C54 Kuhn North America ............................INSERT Lewistown Honda, Lewistown............A36, C18 Lundberg Shop, LLC, Canyon Creek ......... C43 M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND .... C40 M & W Machine, Three Forks ...................... C6 Maxwell Lumber, Lewistown ...................... C59 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls .......A48 MH Equipment & Truck Repair, Billings ......A37 Midland Implement , Billings ..............C22, C36 MK Industries ............................................ C56 Montana Assoc. of Conservation Districts . C24 Montana Department of Environmental Quality ...............................................................A40 Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig, Norm Schertenlieb ...........................................A50 Montana Metal Fabrications, Great Falls ... C46 Montana Post Driver, Gold Creek .............. C38 Montana Shed Center, Great Falls ...............B1 Montana Valley Irrigation, Great Falls ............... ............................................. C37, C42, C60 Motor Power, Great Falls ........................... C40 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade ................... C7 Mountain View Metal Works, Wilsall .......... C47 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville A37 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup ... C59 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade ........... C25 New Homes of the Future, Billings .............A38 NM Machinery, Missoula ........................... C56 North Star Equipment, John Myers, SimmsA45 Northern Chrysler, Cut Bank ..................... C61 Northern Ford, Cut Bank ............................A13 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls ............... C51 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point ......A30 Northwest Plastics, Libby .............................A4 Parsons Farm & Ranch Realty, Lewistown C23 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton ...... C30 Precision Truck & Trailer, Havre ................. C23 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula . C47 Pure Bliss Cycle Sales, Conrad ..................A28 Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Chinook ........ ......................................................C28, C29

ECONOMY SERIES A-FRAME & MINI-BARN

RDO Equipment, Kalispell, Missoula, Ronan ... ...............................................................A24 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell ........A52 Rockwell Scales, Simms.............................A40 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River ...................... C13 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond ......................................................A43 Severinsen Irrigation, Fairfield ....................A46 Shobe Auction & United Country Realty, Lewistown........................................................A50 Shop Specialties, Ronan ...................A10, C56 Skierka Livestock Trucking, Pompeys Pillar C30 Sod Buster Sales, Polson .................. A17, A60 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ..... C12 Steel Etc, Great Falls ................................ C27 Steinhatchee, Lance Nelson, Stevensville... C2 Stokes Fencing, Conrad ............................ C34 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad .... C51 Super SmartRooms/Superform ICF, Jerry Gangstad, Avon .....................................A51, C16 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls ........... C61 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester ...............A64 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby ......................... C49 Temp Farm Equipment, AWS Air Reels, Mitchell ON Canada ........................................... C48 Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks ........................................................A5 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester .......................... C63 Tilleman Equipment Company, Havre ....... C35 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange............................ C58 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield ....................A16 Tri County Implement, Sidney .................... C37 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton ..................A9 Triple T Sales, Chinook ...................... A20, A21 TT&E Inc, Victor..........................................A58 Van Motors, Conrad ......................................B4 Vaughn Truck, Havre ..........................A63, C30 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester ................ C55 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad.......................A50 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula ..A41 Western Water Wells, Jack Clark, Choteau A51 Wild Horse Seed, Havre .............................A42 Wilray Manufacturing, Fort Benton ............ C32 World Equipment, Idaho Falls, ID .............. C33 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade ..............A32 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow ........................C14, C15 Zomer Truck, Conrad ........................................ ..........................A44, A59, C2, C8, C9, C31

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BIG SKY EQUIPMENT

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

USED COMBINES

Parts - After Hours Emergency 450-3227

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Flexi-Coil 5500 fold back drill, 70-ft., 12” spacing, 2014 New Holland CR8090, rock trap, chop4.5” steel press wheels, 4350 tow between per, IntelliView IV monitor with auto steer, low tank. Very nice condition. Let’s Deal!............ hours........................................................ Call .Was $129,000....HUGE SAVINGS! $109,900 New Holland TR75, Ford engine, hydro drive, good rubber, 960 22-ft. header with batt reel. Case IH Steiger 385, 55 gpm hydraulics, 4 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, remotes, powershift, 2200 hours. Excellent transport. Let’s Deal!............................................ Good machine for only......................$16,995 ............................. Was $72,500.....NOW $67,900 condition. Let’s Deal!..................................... Case IH 1480 combine with 810 24-ft. header... $156,900 . . ..................Was $159,500.....Now ...........................................................$12,500 2009 John Deere 9870STS, well equipped, 2014 Steiger 9150 4WD, L10 Cummins 300 hp, 12 speed powershift, 4 remotes, 520/85R38 du640D draper header. Very good condition...... als @ 85%, recent reman front & rear axles. ............................................................Call Us Includes EZ-Guide 250 with EZ-Steer. Good condition....................................Was $52,500 ...........Then $49,900.....NOW ONLY $42,900

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2012 MacDon M205 windrower, set-up with R85 MacDon D60 35-ft. draper header, double knife, triple disc header, draper header ready, Outback GPS delivery, pickup reel, transport................. $39,900 guidance, low hours. Let’s Deal!.......................... 2007 New Holland 94C 36-ft. draper header, dual ......................... Was $112,500.....NOW $109,900 knife, pickup reel, transport...................... $39,900 2014 John Deere 640D draper header.Just Traded New Holland 2326 hay header with 2330BF adapter, rubber conditioners. Fits New Holland TV140 & 2009 McCormick XTX165 with loader, powerTV145 bidirectional tractors..................... $12,500 shift transmission, forward/reverse shuttle..... Case IH 1015 pickup header, Swathmaster attach...................................................Was $82,500 ment......................................................... $10,900 .......................Then $79,900.....Just $69,900 ISION 1995 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory PREC LL attachment.................................................. $8995 DRI Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory attachment............................................................ $6500 Case IH 1015-12 pickup header..................... $4900 International 810 13-ft. pickup header, Rake-up raking pickup. Very little use........................ $8995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header with Sund attachment.................................................. $2995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header less attachment............................................................ $1495 Massey 1859 13-ft. pickup head less attachment..... 2015 Morris Contour II precision drill with 9450 ...................................................................... $995 tow between air cart, 60-ft. wide, 10” spacing,

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Huge inventory of pallet fork and bale spears in stock. Call now for SPECIAL LIQUIDATION pricing.

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

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Flexi-Coil S67XL wheel boom, 100-ft. wheel boom, manual fold, 1500 gallon tank, Flextrol Auto Rate, windscreens, 2 ball valves, lug tires (U41287)....................Make us an Offer Flexi-Coil S67XL wheel boom, 120-ft. wheel boom, manual fold, 1500 gallon tank, FlexControl or Raven interface, TeeJet double nozzle bodies, inductor cone, hydro pump, 6 ball valves, foam marker, windscreens, 18.4x26 diamond tires (U21171).....Make us an Offer

Flexi-Coil S67XL suspended boom, 1600 gallon tank, 90-ft. booms, windscreens, lug tire, Flextrol Auto Rate, foam marker, rinse tank... ..........................................Now only $19,900 2005 Flexi-Coil S67XL suspended, 1600 gallon, 90-ft. booms, windscreens, Auto Rate, SP655 controller................................$19,900 Case IH SRX160 suspended, 1600 gallon tank, 132-ft. booms, lug tire, inductor, Raven Auto Rate........................ Save Big! Only $19,900

2013 Apache AS1220 self-propelled, 1200 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms, 5 ball valves, Raven Viper Pro monitor with SmarTrax, auto-boom and accu-boom.............................. $169,900 2012 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, Top-Con X20 with RTK, Auto-Steer, Auto-Boom, 100ft. booms, 5 section control........... $159,900 2011 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, 42 inch crop clearance, 100-ft. boom, 5 ball valves, Raven Envizio monitor with Autosteer, Auto Boom and AccuBoom, inductor..... $156,500

2011 Apache 1020 self-propelled, 100-ft. booms, PowerGlide boom level,, Auto-Steer, Envisio monitor, 5 section control................. .................................................... Let’s Deal 2013 Apache AS720 self-propelled, 450 hours, Trimble 750 monitor, with Auto Guidance, EZ Boom, Raven Auto Boom, 90-ft. booms, 5 section, inductor, fence row nozzles. Very, very clean!......................................$137,500

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BALE PROCESSORS

2007 Case IH SCX100 mower conditioner, 14-ft. sickle header. Like new...................................... $17,900 2001 New Holland 1475 sickle mower conditioner, 16-ft. wide. Good condition......................... $9900 2002 John Deere 1600A mower conditioner, 16-ft. sickle header. Good condition..................... $9750 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine......$11,900 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine......$11,900 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine......$11,900 Case IH RBX563 round baler, net/twine, wide pickup............................................................. $22,900 2004 Hesston 956 round baler, twine only, low bale Now stocked with the industry leading count........................................................... $8995 Vermeer R23 hydraulic driven rake. Good condition. Highline CRF650 bale processors .................................................................... $9900 Call today for pricing 2009 H&S BF14HC high-capacity wheel V-rake. Good condition............................................ Just Traded Bale King 880 bale processor.................$9500 Swather transport trailer, sideways pull style.. $5250 Vermeer BPX7000 bale processor..........$8995

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2005 Trail-Eze 80HT drop deck equipment trailer with 2-stage hydraulic tail, 80,000 lb GVW, triple axle, hydraulic winch, slide outs widen to 13-ft., good rubber.................... Was $52,500.....Now $49,900

Do retail meat prices decline?

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The deadline for advertising in the February issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be February 1st. Phone (406) 271-5533 or email: trader@3rivers.net

By Tim Petry, Extension Livestock Marketing Economist NDSU Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department Most of my work involves providing supply and demand information that affects livestock prices directly to livestock producers. The original goal for the Spotlight on Economics column was to reach a broad audience and have more of a consumer focus than the traditional agricultural producer clientele. Agricultural producers are well aware of the volatility in prices for commodities they produce, as prices move up and down in response to changing supply and demand conditions. However, some consumers have the perception that food prices always increase and rarely decline. Granted, food prices are much less volatile at the retail level than at the farm level. Prices can change daily at the farm level and tend to follow seasonal price patterns due to seasonal production and demand factors. For example, hog prices are usually highest in mid-summer, when pork production is lowest for the year. And feeder calf prices are usually lowest in October and November, when many spring-born calves are marketed. Aggregate prices for meat and dairy products tend to follow changing supply and demand fundamentals but lag change in prices at the farm level. Prices for specific meat products often are impacted by traditional holidays and events. Examples include turkey at Thanksgiving, beef for Father’s Day, lamb for Easter and Passover, hot dogs at baseball games and chicken wings at the Super Bowl. Bacon prices are usually highest in mid-summer when pork production is lowest and demand is high due to the ample supply of homegrown tomatoes and consumers’ desire for bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. Back to the comment that some consumers perceive that retail meat and dairy prices do not decline. Retail prices for most meat and dairy products have declined. Some are the lowest in several years. Egg prices are one of the most vivid examples. Retail egg prices vary around the country but are about one-half the price of a year ago. Record high prices in 2015 were the

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2000 New Holland BR7090 and 2002 Case International RBX561

2009 John Deere 568 baler for parts

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1994 Dump Truck with 435 hp Cat, 50,000 miles since rebuild 2009 53-ft. utility reefer trailer, 2010 Thermo King refer unit, 102” Hendrickson air slide out, several slide outs and reefers.

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Large selection of USED TIRES & WHEELS from 12 - 24.5’s *Inventory changing daily

Ford 4000 for parts; bad transmission

We have a LARGE SELECTION of automotive transmissions and transfer cases!

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2012 Ford Explorer XLT, V6, heated 2012 GMC Sierra SLT, spray-in leather seats, 48,000 miles...... bedliner, 99,000 miles. Super ............ Just In - Call for Price clean truck..................$23,950

2013 Chevrolet Suburaban LT, heated leather seats, DVD, 3rd 2010 Ford F250 supercab, cloth seats, 164,000 miles, 4x4........ row seats, 57,000 miles........... ....................................$13,250 ....................................$36,995

2015 Chevrolet Colorado 2.5L 4 cylinder, cloth/leather seats, 5,000 miles.................$25,500

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2007 Buick Lucerne leather, low miles - 74,000, like new tires.... .......................................$9450

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6L engine, 70,000 miles, heated premium leather bucket seats.. ....................................$19,995

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2008 Chevrolet Suburban, leather seats, 8 seatbelts, 159,000 miles... Just In - Call for Price

2009 GMC Acadia SLE cloth seats, 3.6L engine, 72,000 miles........ ....................................$14,950

2013 Chevrolet Camaro LT convertible, heated leather seats, 8,000 miles, like new, one owner..........................$22,950

2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L engine, cloth seats, 155,000 miles.............$10,880

2016 Buick Enclave, heated leather seats, DVD, 6000 miles............ 2007 GMC Acadia, heated leather seats, 214,000 miles. Well ....................................$39,850 maintained.....................$7995

2013 Ford Escape SEL 4 cyliner, heated leather seats, 80,000 miles...........................$14,995

2011 Chevrolet Suburban leather seats, DVD, new tires, 125,000 miles...........................$18,995

2007 Dodge Ram 1500 cloth seats, crew cab, 4x4, 80,000 miles..... 2016 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ heat....................................$15,900 ed leather seats, 13,000 miles. ....................................$32,900

2009 GMC Sierra 2500 work truck, 6.0L engine, cloth seats, 144,000 miles.............$12,995

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Asian soybean rust fungus overrides plant immune systems CONTINUED FROM PAGE A64

trigger immunity to pathogens, Whitham’s research team found. The researchers focused on the protein and learned that it interacts with another protein in the soybean plant called SPL121, which regulates immune responses. Essentially, the rust fungus hacks SPL121 and switches off the soybean plant’s immune system, Whitham said. “Our idea is if we can disrupt that interaction, we take away one of the weapons of the fungus,” he said. “The plant might be able to defend itself more effectively.” Soybean plants, and many other organisms, have two major pathways to trigger immune responses. One of them is called a pathogen-associated molecular patterntriggered immunity, in which conserved molecules associated with a pathogen are recognized by the immune system of an organism. The other major pathway to an

immune response is an effector-triggered immunity, in which a protective response begins when an organism’s resistance genes detect pathogenic genes on a one-to-one basis. Whitham said the small secreted cysteine-rich protein featured in his research circumvents both immunity pathways in soybean plants. So far, Asian soybean rust has posed little threat in Iowa, where cold winters contain the spread of the fungus, he said. However, warmer southeastern states must contend with the disease, and it’s among the most devastating diseases soybean producers in South America face, he said. Additionally, Whitham said many other plants, such as wheat, suffer from similar rust fungi that carry genes resembling PpEC23, and his research may have implications for those species as well.

Do retail meat prices decline? CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4

result of avian influenza substantially reducing egg production. Egg prices at some locations are the lowest in 10 years. For a historical perspective, in 2014, record farm-level prices for most red meat, poultry and dairy products, along with lower feed prices, stimulated production to record-high levels. A good way to monitor changing levels of meat production and corresponding livestock prices is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Updated WASDE reports are released monthly around the 9th to the 12th and are available at https:// www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/. In 2014, total red meat and poultry production was the lowest in several years. It was expected that chicken and pork production would begin to ramp up with the lower feed prices. But the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus in hogs and genetic problems in chickens caused lower than expected production. Beef production also declined due to the cyclically declining cowherd. Lower than expected meat production, along with a number of other positive fundamental factors, led to record-high annual prices for fed steers, hogs, broiler chickens, turkeys and milk. Record-high prices in agriculture tend to cause increases in production to at times record-high levels. For example, record-high corn prices due to drought in 2012 caused at or near-record corn crops from 2013 to 2016. Due to the reproductive biology of livestock, the broiler chicken industry can increase production the quickest, followed by pork. Obviously, the beef industry is slowest to be able to respond to record-high prices. In 2015, the pork and broiler industries did respond relatively quickly with record-high production. Pork production increased about 7 percent and broiler production was up almost 4 percent from 2014. Even though beef production continued to decline (minus 2 percent), the increase in other meat production led to record-high total meat production, up almost 3 percent. Annual average livestock prices responded in the expected opposite direction, with hog prices down 33 percent and broiler chickens down almost 14 percent. Even though beef production declined, fed-steer prices also declined 4 percent due, at least in part, to the increased production and lower prices of competing meats. The latest WASDE report predicts 2016 beef production to increase almost 6 percent over 2015. Another almost 2 percent increase in pork production and broiler production is expected, both record highs. The result will be about a 3 percent increase in total meat production, a record for the second straight year. Milk production also is predicted to be at a record high. The WASDE also predicts further increases and record-high meat and milk production in 2017. Record-high U.S. meat and dairy supplies means ample products are available to consumers at lower prices than last year, and in some cases, for several years. The aggregate of all retail meat prices have declined about 10 percent from the record highs in 2014 to 2015. However, some individual meat items have declined 50 percent. In general, retail meat prices are expected to continue to decline. But keep in mind that specific items affected by seasonal supply and demand may increase.

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Advertising Deadline for the February issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be February 1st. PHONE us at (406) 271-5533.

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USED TRACTORS Massey Ferguson 7624 CVT, 180 PTO......... $134,900 New Holland T7 185 with loader.................... $109,900 New Holland TC45DA with loader.................... $19,900 Agco RT135 with loader................................... $64,900 Case IH Puma 210 tractor with loader............. $84,900

Bobcat CT335 38 hp, loader............................ $18,900 International 1256 with loader............................ $9500 David Brown 1212 3 pt., 540 PTO...................... $5900 David Brown 1200A tractor................................ $6500

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John Deere 7710 5388 hours, powershift transmission, 148 hp, 3 SCV’s, front 3-pt. hitch, excellent condition. $48,000......................... ...... Reduced Price $45,000

2-2007 John Deere 310J backhoe, 3140 hours and 3631 hours, 4x4, extenda-hoe, air conditioning, rebushed hoe.............. $40,500

1997 John Deere 7810 6712 hours, 165 hp, Power Quad transmission, Quick Hitch duals, 2 SCV’s, super clean unit. $53,000............... ...... Reduced Price $49,000

2003 Cat IT28G 5450 hours, 3rd valve, Q/A, ride control, 2.75 cubic yard, one owner, excellent.................. $49,750

2-John Deere 7700 5844 hours and 5090 hours, powershift transmission, 137 hp, front 3-pt. hitch, 3 SCV’s, excellent condition. Each $45,000................................ ...... Reduced Price $42,000

2012 John Deere 7230 3770 hours, 131 hp, John Deere 741 loader with grapple, excellent condition. $70,000..... ...... Reduced Price $68,000

1998 Ingersoll Rand SD115D Pro-Pac vibratory roller, 84” drums...... $29,500

2002 Bobcat T190 skidsteer, 2815 hours, cab, air conditioning, pilot or foot controls, 56 hp, 2500 lb. operating capacity....................... $23,500

2003 Cat 262 skidsteer, 2979 hours, 2500 lb. operating capacity, pilot controls, new tires, excellent condition, 1 owner............ $23,000

Snoblade 11-ft. hydraulic angle with adapter plate for skidsteer or John Deere farm tractor......................... $2500

2006 Bobcat 430 ZHS mini excavator, 2400 hours, 8000 lb. machine ...............$26,000 2012 Bobcat E42 mini excavator, 2213 hours, 18” bucket, QA side shift, 70% UC and tracks, keyless start, 2 speed, 9300 lb. machine. $36,500 .... ........Reduced Price $34,500

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Skytrak 6036 telehandler, 6000 lb., 36-ft. reach 2007 Genie GTH644 telehandler, 6000 lb., 44-ft. reach 2012 John Deere 6130D 1281 hours, 130 hp, w/ John Deere 310SL loader with grapple

2007 Sterling 4000 gallon water truck, 46,272 original miles, Cat engine, 9 speed, low hole transmission, 44,000 lb. rears, PTO pump, 6 sprays, air contioning, excellent condition, one owner. ................................ $42,000

Loaders available for all tractors

Seed Certification Service is the “utility” for growers

By University of Wyoming Extension Some utility workers rise above the earth in cherry picker buckets; Mike Moore and Jolene Sweet of the Wyoming Seed Certification Service operate on the ground, inspecting thousands of acres of alfalfa, barley, oats, beans, wheat and virtually every type of crop grown in the state. Moore, who is manager of the service, views seed certification as a basic infrastructure need, along with water, electricity and cell phone coverage. “A seed industry needs services to flourish, including a seed certification program and a seed laboratory,” he says. Working with producers throughout the growing season allows inspectors to weigh in on production challenges and emphasize the benefits of going “certified.” USDA research shows certified seed typically out-yields bin-run seed by 1.2 to 2.5 bushels per acre, says Moore. The higher the price of wheat, for example, the more the grower benefits from the use of certified seed. Certification requires documentation of the seed planted, field history, isolation from other varieties or types, field inspection for factors specific to the crop and finally, seed quality standards. Seed quality is determined by the Wyoming Seed Analysis Laboratory, operated by the University of Wyoming (UW) with funding from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Both the seed lab and the certification service are at the Powell Research and Extension Center, close to the bulk of seed production. Testing by the seed lab tells producers, processors, marketers, and purchasers about the seed they have grown, cleaned, sold, or purchased. Minimum standards for purity and germination are set by state and federal seed laws. Moore says purity includes how much inert matter or other seed is mixed with the seed lot. Seed contaminated with prohibited noxious weeds may not be sold, and seed contaminated with restricted noxious weeds may be sold only if the percentage doesn’t exceed the legal limit. Seed testing confirms the seed is true to variety and type, germination rate is high and percentage of other seed or inert matter is within tolerances. Beans, wheat and sagebrush The Wyoming Seed Certification Service inspected over 1,000 more crop acres of beans in 2015 than in 2014. Most of the bean seed grown in Wyoming is destined for use in other states or even other countries, says Moore. “Seed is grown here because we have low disease pressure, as well as consistent production and, in most cases, fewer production issues in general. That makes the state’s seed industry a bit unique, in that seed production is not necessarily for crops or varieties that are commonly grown here as commercial crops.” Wyoming’s dry bean seed is destined for Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota and Canada, he says, explaining their supply and demand drives the acreage planted in Wyoming. “Fluctuations are the norm,” says Moore. “We have been as low as 6,000 acres and close to 15,000 acres.” While bean production was up in 2015, winter wheat was down more than 2,000 acres. Moore attributes this to commodity prices, which affect seed demand, and thus production. He explains if wheat prices drop, which they did in 2014, producers either do not plant wheat or they use farmer-saved seed rather than purchase certified seed. Wyoming-grown wheat seed is used in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. “Even with the wheat markets closer to the seed production, the market still dictates what and how much is grown,” he says. Inspectors are also called by growers to look at fields outside the norm of large-acreage crops. For example, the service received applications in 2015 to certify 5 acres of carrots and 2 acres of peas. Certified seed of native forbs, grasses and other plants, including sagebrush, is in demand for the reclamation of disturbed sites. Total acre outlook for 2016 “I don’t have the exact year-end numbers now, but I think total acres will be similar to last year,” says Moore. Bean acres dropped, but alfalfa acres came close to a new record if they didn’t indeed set one, he says. “That is one of the beauties of our seed industry – it is diverse enough to provide program stability. Decreased acreage of one crop is commonly offset by an increase in one or two others.” Inspections of more than 25,000 acres by Moore, Sweet and others and testing by the Wyoming Seed Analysis CONTINUED ON PAGE C3

Seed Certification Service is the “utility” for growers

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Laboratory, in effect “keep the lights on” for a range of Wyoming producers. For Moore and the Wyoming Seed Certification Service, 20,000 is a magic number. The program is self-supporting, he says, and anything over 20,000 total acres ensures his seed certification “utility” operates in the black. For more information on seed certification, contact the Wyoming Seed Certification Service at (800) 923-0080 or visit http://www.wyseedcert.com. For more information on seed testing, contact the Wyoming Seed Analysis Laboratory at (307) 754-4750 or visit http://www.uwyo.edu/seedlab.

National Pie Day

Date When Celebrated: Event is always January 23 The American Pie Council created this day simply to celebrate the pie. National Pie Day is a special day that is set aside to bake and cook all of your favorite pies. On this day, you are also encouraged to bake a few new pie recipes. And most importantly, it’s a day to eat pies! A great way to celebrate National Pie Day is to bake some pies and give them away to friends, neighbors, and relatives. You never know, you may be starting a tradition of pie giving between your friends and family. The American Pie Council sponsors the National Pie Championships. Some of the best pie makers in the world enter their pies. Perhaps you will enter and win the “American Pie Council’s Best Pie in America” award. Origin of National Pie Day: National Pie Day was created by the American Pie Council. The American Pie Celebration began in 1986 to commemorate Crisco’s 75th anniversary of “serving foods to families everywhere.”

EQUIPMENT & TRUCKS FOR SALE COMBINES AND HEADERS

John Deere 9870 1700 hours.................................................................................... $135,000 John Deere 9860 1400 hours.....................................................................................$110,000 John Deere 9860 2200 hours...................................................................................... $80,000 John Deere 9760 2400 hours...................................................................................... $75,000 John Deere 640D header............................................................................................ $42,000 John Deere 640D header............................................................................................ $40,000 John Deere 635D header............................................................................................ $30,000 John Deere 635D header............................................................................................ $30,000 John Deere 936D header............................................................................................ $22,000 MacDon 973 header with Gleaner adapter.................................................................. $13,000

TRACTORS

Case IH 450 Quadtrac, new tracks, 7000 hours.........................................................$110,000 Case IH 450 Quadtrac, new tracks, 7000 hours.........................................................$110,000 Case IH 9230 PTO, 6500 hours................................................................................... $37,000 New Holland 9030 new tires, loader, 6500 hours........................................................ $25,000 New Holland 9030 new tires, loader, 6500 hours........................................................ $25,000 Case 2390....................................................................................................................... $8000 Case 1070 ...................................................................................................................... $7000 Case W14 4WD loader................................................................................................ $13,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, new points, new hoses, like new.................................. $15,000 New Noble Seed-A-Vator 292 tank................................................................................ $7000

TRUCKS

2005 Kenworth W900 new tires, 600,000 miles.......................................................... $35,000 2003 Kenworth T2000 new tires................................................................................. $12,000 2003 Freightliner M2106 300 hp, automatic, air ride, trailer puller............................. $25,000 2003 Dodge 1-ton........................................................................................................ $15,000 2007 Dodge 3/4-ton....................................................................................................... $23,000

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ITEMS FOR SALE

42-ft. spread axle hay trailer with 26-ft. pup.......$6000/pair Wilson 42-ft. older stock trailer, will haul 35 cows or 65 calves. Very good.................................................. $4500 1/2 tracks for a Ford tractor......................................... $500 (3) male heeler pups, (2) blue & (1) red............. $300 each

Call Wes Mapston 406-726-3396 or cell 406-493-2851, Arlee, MT

Hi-Line Show Pigs Teri and Mark Horinek - Hingham, MT

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TRACTORS WANTED TOP $$ PAID We want

Steiger: Turbo Tiger II, 3300, 1700, 2200, 1250, pre-1965. Versatile: 100, 118, 125, 300 Minneapois Moline: G1000 fwa, G900 fwd, 504 fwd, 604 fwd. Cockshutt fwd’s. John Deere 80, 830, 3020, 4020, 4320, 4520, 4620, 6030, 8020. Green Wagners. Allis Chalmers 210, 440, D21, 220. Oliver diesel tractors, running or not. International 826, 1026, 1206, 1456, 1468,1568, 4156, 4300. Rite 4x4 tractors. Big Buds. Also older front wheel drive or 4-wheel drive, running or not. Will pick up. Phone Nathan anytime (cell) 701-240-5737 or 1-800-735-5846

Wyoming producers insured fewer acres in 2015

By James Sedman, consultant to the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and John Hewlett, farm and ranch management specialist in the department an increase in total indemnities ($746,484 Crop insurance data for Wyoming proover 2014). ducers mirrors the trend in the state’s The data for YP policies showed an inproduction agriculture sector: lower prices and above-average rainfall and growing crease in net acres (20,856) premium and conditions. indemnity ($623,124). The YP loss ratio Insured acres declined 136,754 from 2014, at 0.83 was up slightly from 0.76 in 2014. and total losses declined by $5,159,750. APH-based policies showed the largest This is not unexpected given the abovedecrease in loss ratio (from 0.99 to 0.30) average growing season and adequate water and total indemnity (from $8,135,562 to supplies. Total acres covered tend to drop in $1,843,425) these types of years. Forage and Livestock Programs The loss ratio for the state was 0.47, on As with previous years, the available par with 2011 (0.46) and the second lowest livestock insurance programs, including since 2001. These figures are summarized Livestock Risk Protection (LRP, availin Table 1. able for fed cattle, feeder cattle, lamb, and Lower Prices Mean Larger Indemniswine) and Livestock Gross Margin (LGM, available for beef and dairy cattle) remain ties for Revenue Insurance under-utilized. The LGM program was not Crop producers generally have the choice utilized in 2015; and, surprisingly, LRP between three options (depending on the Lamb went from $6,044,066 in liability to crop): $0. LRP feeder cattle and fed cattle showed • Revenue Protection (RP, insuring significant increases to contracts worth against declines in price and yield) with or $1,732,243 and $269,103 respectively. without harvest price exclusion (HPE); Pasture Range and Forage-Vegetative * Yield Protection (YP, for declines in index insurance (VI-PRF) changed to rainyield); * For crops where RP and YP are not fall index for the 2015-2016 crop year and available, the conventional Actual Producbeyond and is still a popular risk managetion History (APH) based-polices are used. ment tool for Wyoming livestock producers. Data for these policies in Wyoming is The 2012-2015 comparison is shown in summarized in Table 2. In 2015, Wyoming Table 3. Total liability remained relatively producers insured 145,050 acres in RP and the same at $12,099,316. Policies earning RP-HPE policies. Prices for commodities premiums were down to 173 from 192, and were down across the board from 2014, retotal acres insured declined from 1,635,595 to 1,482,310. Total indemnities decreased sulting in higher indemnities paid for most substantially from $760,723 to $326,891 RP policies. with the loss ratio decreasing to 0.14, further This resulted in the higher loss ratio (even showing just how good the growing year with a lower total liability than in 2014) and was for most of the state. For further information: • Visit the RMA website (bit.ly/ rmaprograms) for more program information and data. • Visit RightRisk. org for more information about crop insurance and numerous other risk management planning resources.

Smart city folk

A man from the city is out plowing his field and gets his tractor stuck in the wet ground. A farmer driving by stops his truck and walks to the fence to call over the city feller. You need a mule to plow such wet ground he says. “Where can I buy one?” he is asked. Well, I just happened to have one for 100 dollars he says. “I’ll take him,” says the other man as he counts out the money. I can’t bring him over today. I don’t work on Sunday morrow OK? “Sure.” The next day the truck pulls up and the old farmer gets out. He says, “sorry, bad news.” I went out after breakfast and the mule

was dead. The city feller says just give me my money back then. “Can’t, spent it already!” “Well... unload the mule then.” “What ya gonna do with him?” “Raffle him off!” “Naw, ya can’t raffle off a dead mule!” “Just watch me! Us city fellers know a few tricks.” One month goes by and the city feller and farmer run into each other at the barbershop. “What did ya do with that dead mule?” “Raffled him off, sold 100 tickets at two dollars each and made 98 dollars profit.” “Didn’t anyone complain?” “Just one guy so I gave him his two dollars back!”

##### The hobby horse, or stick horse, is a horse head on a broomstick, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries as a toy. The expression “to ride one’s hobby horse” means to follow a favorite pastime–hence now known as a hobby. ##### Lock up all hay and grain–horses that get loose will eat to the point of getting deathly ill.

We Have Many Hay Trains For Sale Call us with the size of train you’re looking for. We’ll see what we can do!

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AUGER FOR SALE 2015 Brandt 13”x40-ft. PTO drive unload auger with hopper. Call Dave Juelfs - (406) 788-3505 or Kyle Juelfs - (406) 788-6827

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Put up green with low nitrate levels, wrapped 3 times with net wrap. Bales weigh about 1250 to 1300 lbs. EQUIPMENT SALES: Our company sells a wide selection of new and used trucking, construction and farm equipment, as well as recreation. Whether you are looking for a backhoe, a loader, or a tractor, we can deliver. Other equipment we have to offer includes: trucks, trailers, haying equipment, trenchers, pay loaders, land levelers, grain handling equipment, boats and snowmobiles. A bit of everything.

1979 Star grain trailer and 1966 Federal grain pup - this will make somebody a nice grain train for hauling grain from the field to the bin or elevator.

600 Ton of 2016 Grass/Alfalfa Hay Net wrapped, bales weigh 1330 to 1400 lbs.

600 bales of 2016 Hay Barley Net wrapped

250 bales of 2016 Wheat Hay put up green, net wrapped

250 ton of 2016 Grass/Alfalfa hay Net wrapped, bales weigh about 1400 lbs. This would make excellent cow hay!!

1981 GMC single axle flatbed truck with 350 gas engine, 4 speed manual transmission, dual wheels. Flatbed is stationary. Nice truck for hauling things around the farm or ranch. Call for pricing.

2004 Gindy 4 axle flatbed hay trailer. Tires and brakes are in good shape, decking in good shape as well. Trailer has headache rack, just needs hay racks. Choose between flip-in/flip-out racks or stationary racks. We are now your dealer for

1993 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4, AM/FM radio, air conditioning works, grill guard with winch on front, 186,272 miles. Call for pricing!

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2001 Wilson triple axle straight trailer, 53-ft.X102”, spring ride, floors are 80%, is gated for up to four compartments. This is a very nice straight trailer and a triple axle to boot!! Call Charles today!! 406-951-1650

Reman engines

1998 Peterbilt 379 day cab, good tires and brakes. Nice clean day cab that would make a nice farm truck. Call for pricing and information.

2005 Cornhusker hopper trailer, spread axle. This trailer has been pulled regularly and is ready to go!! Call for pricing and more information.

1991 Trailmobile 48-ft.x102” curtain trailer. Curtain and trailer are in good shape!

www.charlesmooreinc.com cmooreinc@midrivers.com Charles Moore Inc.’s shop is taking appointments for heavy duty truck oil changes, truck frame stretching, truck tag axles. Also servicing any type of heavy duty trailers. Call 406-232-0400 and talk to Greg Blind.

Our hay trains can haul anywhere from 42 to 48 round bales. We have friendly drivers and reliable service. Please contact Charles at 406-232-0400 or 951-1650.

4 loads of 2016 Hay Barley

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1983 Ford 9000 tandem axle dump truck, 300 Cummins engine, 9 speed transmission, Timpte dump box.

Cat 14E motor grader, 14-ft. blade, scarifier, Cat engine, good tires. Nice older motor grader. Call for pricing!!

1996 Wilson triple axle hopper. Good tires and brakes, pintle hook, good tarp. This is a trailer that we pull during harvest as a backup trailer and it is a nice trailer! It has been gone through and is ready to pull.

Bradford Built Flatbeds

2-New Holland 1033 bale wagons.

Call us for products available!

2- 1985 Spartan belly dump trailers, large air tanks, hoppers and gates in good shape, tires and brakes in good shape. Comes with asphalt tarps. These trailers have been pulled and thoroughly gone through! Call for pricing!!

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BUCKLEY AUCTIONS AND APPRAISERS

We have auctions pending for 2017 but not yet dated. If you are planning an auction or appraisal for 2017 give us a call. Included with our auction business we also do all types of appraisals, including farm/ranch equipment and inventory, real estate or homes, business properties, collectibles, etc.! Remember - auctioneers make excellent appraisers as we see everything saleable being sold at our auctions. 55 years in the business. Phone Conrad (406) 450-2244, leave a message or call 278-5880.

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Field Pea Grain for Beef Cattle CONTINUED FROM PAGE A60

peas) during the 42-day receiving study, and gains were greater for the 56 percent pea diet (P < 0.05) at 3.53 pounds vs. 3.31 pounds for the control. Dry-rolled pulse grains (field peas, chickpeas or lentils) were fed as the protein sources at 17 percent of dry matter intake, compared with canola meal in four isonitrogenous receiving diets (Anderson and Schoonmaker, 2004). Freshly weaned calves (n=172) from 39 North Dakota ranches were allotted randomly by ranch to 16 pens for the 42-day trial. The 60 percent concentrate rations included dry- rolled corn, corn silage, chopped mixed hay and Rumensin® supplement at 240 mg per head daily. Dry matter intake increased (P < 0.05) from 15 pounds per day for the control to 16.3 pounds for each of the three pulse treatments. Daily gains were greater (P < 0.05) for the three pulse treatments at 4.08 pounds, compared with 3.68 for the control diet. At the end of the receiving study, calves were placed on a common corn-based finishing diet and fed to market weight. Calves previously fed pulse grains continued to gain faster (4.04 pounds per head per day for the three pulse diets vs. 3.46 for the control) for at least seven weeks following the removal of the pulse grains from the diet. This advantage for pulse grains is very interesting and needs further study. Growing Experiments Cattlemen widely use field peas as a protein supplement for wintering ranch-raised calves. Reed, et al. (2004a) investigated the optimum level of peas in a forage-based diet. Field peas were offered at 0, 2, 4, and 6 pounds to steers in a 4-by-4 Latin Square trial consuming medium-quality grass hay. Total dry matter and organic matter intake increased (P < 0.05) with increasing field pea supplement levels while intake of forage dry matter decreased (P < 0.05), as expected. Rumen volatile fatty acids, total tract crude protein digestibility and apparent ruminal dry matter digestibility tended to increase linearly (P = 0.09) with increasing field pea level. Peas had no effect (P > 0.11) on total tract dry matter or organic matter digestibility. Field peas acted like other cereal grains in supplementing forage diets in this study. Weaned crossbred steer calves were fed three 60 percent concentrate diets consisting of: 1) barley with canola meal at crude protein levels that NRC recommended (control) (1996); 2) barley with canola meal added to equalize the crude protein level of the field pea diet; and 3) rolled field peas as the concentrate source (Anderson, 1999b). The protein level in the field pea diet exceeded NRC- recommended (1996) nutrient requirements. Dry matter intake of the field pea diet was 112.3 percent of the control and 109.3 percent of the barley plus canola meal treatments. Gains from the pea diet were numerically greater than the barley treatment (116.8 percent) and barley plus canola meal (107 percent). Feed efficiency improved with peas in the diet over the control (105.8 percent) and barley-canola (103.4 percent) treatments. In this trial, the break-even price for a bushel of peas was approximately 170 percent of the price of a bushel of barley for growing calf diets. Calves were fed 69 percent corn silagebased diets with rolled peas at 0 percent, 8.8 percent, 17.5 percent and 26.3 percent of intake replacing corn grain in a Nebraska study (Fendrick, et al., 2005b). Dry matter intake increased linearly (P = 0.06) with pea level but no differences in gain or feed efficiency were observed, although gains were 105 percent of control for the 26.3 percent treatment.

Field peas at 0 percent, 15 percent, 30 percent and 45 percent of dry matter (DM) intake were substituted for fibrous coproducts (soyhulls, barley malt and wheat midds) in a 4-by-4 Latin Square study (Soto-Navarro, et al., 2004) utilizing four cannulated steers. Dry matter intake decreased with increasing pea levels in the 45 percent grass hay-55 percent coproduct diets. Digestion of starch decreased with increasing pea levels, but digestibility of organic matter (OM), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were not affected. Reed, et al. (2004b) replaced corn (50 percent of diet formulation with corn silage and alfalfa hay) with field peas at 0 percent, 33 percent, 67 percent and 100 percent in a 4-by-4 Latin Square study with four head of cannulated steers. Intake was not affected, but ruminal fill and ruminal pH decreased with increasing pea levels. Ruminal ammonia, total tract volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations, and total OM, NDF and ADF disappearance all increased with pea level (P < 0.05). Starch digestion was not affected. Growing heifer calves were fed field peas as an isonitrogenous replacement for barley and soybean meal with no effect (P > 0.10) on intake, gain or feed efficiency (Poland and Landblom, 1998). In another study, performance was similar but intake decreased (P < 0.10) in the pea diet, tending to improve feed efficiency. Peas were used as a protein source, compared with soybean meal, in silage-based diets with several European trials that Weiss and Raymond (1989) reported. In five trials, intake and gain from pea-supplemented diets averaged 102 percent of control; feed conversion was equal. A growing trial included 40 percent ground, rolled or whole field peas in the 60 percent forage ration (Bock, et al., 2000). Seven steers were assigned to each of the three treatments and individually fed in Calan® headgates. No differences (P < 0.05) were observed for dry matter intake but gains were greater for the ground (3.61 pounds/day) and whole (3.74 pounds/ day) peas, compared with the rolled (3.37 pounds/day) pea treatment during the 84day study. Finishing Experiments Steer calves (n=83) were fed totally mixed finishing diets with dry-rolled barley and canola meal or field peas as the grain source. Feed intake tended to be greater for peas (104.7 percent) than barley in the finishing diets. Daily gains were 105.5 percent of control with equal feed efficiency. Marbling scores and the percent Choice carcasses were greater (P < 0.05) for steers fed field peas. Peas were worth 135 percent the price of a bushel of barley in this study when used as the primary concentrate in finishing diets (Anderson, 1999b). Whole peas were fed at 0 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent and 59 percent of finishing diets to 129 yearling steers in a Nebraska finishing study (Fendrick, et al., 2005a). Dry matter intake increased (P < 0.01) with increasing pea levels up to 40 percent and decreased at 59 percent. Gains, feed efficiency and carcass traits were not different (P > 0.10). Field peas were used as a protein supplement at 10 percent of the finishing diet, replacing corn and soybean meal (Birkelo, et al., 2000). No differences were observed (P < 0.05) in any of the feedlot performance or carcass traits measured; however, the first 56-day period produced improved gains and feed conversion for the field pea diets. CONTINUED ON PAGE C10

Nutrition program instructors recognized for excellence

By University of Wyoming Extension Educators with the University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) have been recognized for their efforts to help those who income-qualify eat better for less and to assist the communities in which they live. Instructors serving Albany, Big Horn, Converse, Natrona, Niobrara and Platte counties received honors recently during UW Extension’s professional development conference in Laramie. CNP is a free cooking and nutrition education program. Sandra Biller of Albany County received the Educator of the Year Award. Those in her CNP classes have saved an average of $66 a month spent on food, said Mindy Meuli, CNP director. “She is always willing to help out with whatever is asked of her,” said Meuli. “She has helped mentor students, piloted the food pantry assessment, served as chair of the recruiting and marketing committee and helped with updating the Marty Moose curriculum.” Marty Moose is the program’s curriculum for children. Biller is involved in several community groups helping make the community healthier, established an agreement with Feeding Laramie Valley and is active in farmers’ markets, Meuli said. Krista Brown of Casper was recognized for her efforts to strengthen the program. She received the Linda Melcher Award, named in honor of the person who started the CNP program in Wyoming. She serves Converse, Natrona and Niobrara counties. “Krista is a real asset to CNP,” said Meuli. “She has helped with training new educators, is a positive leader in the program, is a problem solver and helps guide programming.” Brown served on multiple committees this past year and divides her time between the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Educator Program (EFNEP). Brown’s insights and suggestions are sought-after. “She is often the go-to person before we implement a new idea,” said Meuli. Kristy Michaels in Big Horn County received the Community Impact Award recognizing efforts to make communities healthier, particularly for the low-income audience the program serves. “Kristy embraced the concept of making environmental changes to help people adopt healthier behaviors,” said Meuli. “She was able to partner with multiple community agencies to make a difference in her county.” A community garden was established through a community coalition of several agencies working to promote physical activity, prevent youth obesity and improve the overall health of community members. Meuli said coalition members had working meetings during which they tended the garden. Garden produce was used in commodity distribution and given to the Salvation Army and the local nursing home, providing low-income families and the elderly access to fresh produce. Mary Evans of Platte County was presented the New Educator of the Year Award. Meuli said Evans went above and beyond in her first year as a CNP educator. “Mary graduated 139 adults and tapped into a new audience in her county by offering lessons to Spanish-speaking participants,” she said. Those in her classes demonstrated a 92 percent positive change in all food groups and decreased intake of solid fats and added sugars by 184 calories per person, said Meuli. More about CNP is at www.uwyo.edu/cnp

National Popcorn Day

Date When Celebrated : January 19th The origins of this holiday are unknown. We have not found any information or documentation to confirm this is a true “National” day. But, don’t let that pop (burst) your bubble, err pop your corn that is. It’s a day to celebrate healthy (until you load it with salt and butter), and addicting popcorn. Strangely, National Popcorn Day is in January, yet National Popcorn Month is October. According to tradition, it is celebrated on January 19th each year. There is some suggestion that Popcorn Day may, at one point, have been tied to the Superbowl. And, we found one reference to it being on January 30th. On National Popcorn Day, we suggest you pop up some fresh popcorn, kick back and enjoy!

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Flatt and Stanton (2000) fed peas at 0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent and 20 percent of finishing diets to steers and heifers, substituting field peas for soybean meal in Colorado. The variety Profi used in this trial was 20 percent crude protein. Increasing levels of peas decreased intake (P < 0.05) but did not affect gain, thereby improving feed efficiency linearly with increasing field pea levels (P < 0.05). Carcass traits were not affected. Mortality was lower (P < 0.05) for the calves fed field peas (0.75 percent), compared with the control diet (6.75 percent). Three processing treatments for peas (ground, rolled or whole) were compared in an NDSU Carrington finishing trial with 112 feeder heifers fed diets with peas at 28 percent of dry matter intake (Anderson and Schoonmaker, 2005a). Particle size of ground peas was 700 microns, rolled peas averaged 3,100 microns and whole peas were 7,520 microns. Dry matter intake was greatest (P < 0.05) for heifers fed rolled peas (22.81 pounds), compared with whole (21.33) and ground (21.21) pea treatments. Gains were greatest (P < 0.05) for rolled peas (3.39 pounds/day) over whole peas (2.96 pounds), with ground peas (3.12 pounds) intermediate. Feed efficiency was similar for all treatments. In a Nebraska finishing study with 206 head, Fendrick, et al. (2005b), reported no statistical differences from the control (P > 0.10) with dry-rolled or whole peas fed at 15 percent or 30 percent of the diet dry matter replacing corn. Loe, et al. (2004) utilized finishing lambs to estimate the net energy value of field peas in finishing diets. They utilized 200 crossbred lambs in two research trials where field peas replaced corn at graded levels. Based on performance and carcass data, the net energy for maintenance and net energy for gain value of field peas was estimated at 2.75 and 2.02 megacalories/kilogram (Mcal/kg). These values were 14 percent greater than corn. Beef Cow Supplementation Research Little research is available on feeding peas to beef cows; however, many cowcalf producers use field peas in beef cow rations. Schaefer, et al. (2000) substituted stepped levels of field peas for a barleycanola meal protein supplement in diets for gestating cows consuming grass hay. No differences (P > 0.10) were observed in cow gain, condition score, calving or other performance traits. Poland, et al. (2005) fed a pelleted supplement at 7 pounds per head three times weekly (n = 45) to compare a field pea supplement to sunflower meal or barley-based supplements for cows grazing stockpiled forage from November through January. Cows fed the three supplements performed equally (P > 0.10) and gained more weight than nonsupplemented cows. Field peas were fed ground, rolled or whole to gestating mature beef cows consuming low-quality forage from November

until March (Anderson and Schoonmaker, 2005b). No differences were observed in cow performance due to treatment when fed at 20 percent of the diet dry matter during the three-month winter study. The results agree with Bock, et al. (2000) who fed 40 percent ground, rolled or whole peas in 60 percent forage diets to feeder steers. Rumination or cud-chewing activity may contribute to reducing the particle size and allowing thorough digestion and utilization of whole peas in high-forage diets. Feeding Recommendations The major factors in considering field peas in beef cattle diets are the cost of protein and the energy from other feedstuffs available. Growing field peas as a protein source may reduce expenses and provide nutrition for improved animal performance, leading to increased net returns for the entire farm. The nutrient density of field peas is greater than most other feedstuffs, so including peas in limit-fed applications may be the best use of this feed. This use includes creep feeds, receiving diets and supplementing low-quality forage diets (i.e., range cake). Processing studies have concluded that peas should be dry-rolled when fed in creep feeds. Creep feed diet formulations may include 25 percent to 50 percent field peas, with 35 percent to 40 percent considered optimum. Mixed results for processing have been reported in feedlot trials, but dry rolling peas did not negatively affect performance and was positive in some trials. Field peas are used primarily as a protein source in feedlot diets. Twenty percent to 30 percent inclusion is considered optimum in most rations. Greater levels have resulted in excellent animal performance in some research studies. The ruminal protein degradation characteristics of peas complement corn-based diets particularly well. Beef cows fed low-quality forage benefit from a rumen-degradable protein that field peas can provide. A commercial range cake that contains field peas will provide protein and energy. Peas do not need to be processed for beef cows consuming forage-based diets. Peas work well as a binder in pelleted rations and will increase nutrient density for commercial fiber-based feeds. Heating, toasting or extruding field peas may increase rumen-undegradable protein, but does not appear to be economically feasible for most classes of livestock. Conclusions Field peas are a useful feed for cattle and can be included in creep feeds, receiving diets, growing and finishing rations, and for supplementing beef cows. The major factor in determining whether to use field peas in cattle rations is the cost compared with other feedstuffs. Because field peas are nutrient dense, the equivalent feed value should be calculated based on respective nutrient content. Feeding homegrown peas may reduce off-farm purchases of supplemental protein and enhance the biological and economic sustainability of integrated crop/livestock farming operations.

The thermos A blonde goes into a store and sees a shiny object on the shelf. She asks the clerk, “What is that shiny object?” The clerk replies, “That is a thermos.” The blonde then asks, “What does it do?” The clerk responds, “It keeps hot things hot and it keeps cold things cold.” The blonde says, “Oh! I could use something like that!! I’ll take it!”

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Space-based lidar shines new light on phytoplankton

By Gail Wells, Oregon State University Extension A space-based sensor that can “see” through fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists their first continuous look at the boom-bust cycles that drive polar plankton communities. The decade-long set of images reveals that phytoplankton cycles are more tied to the push-pull relationship between them and their predators than was initially thought, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience. Phytoplankton are the foundation of the ocean’s food web. Commercial fisheries, marine mammals and birds all depend on the blooms, said the study’s lead author, Michael Behrenfeld, an expert in marine plankton at Oregon State University’s (OSU) College of Agricultural Sciences. “It’s really important for us to understand what controls these boom-bust cycles and how they might change in the future,” Behrenfeld said, “because the dynamics of plankton communities have implications for all the other organisms throughout the web.” Phytoplankton also influence Earth’s carbon cycle. Through photosynthesis, they absorb a great deal of the carbon dioxide near the ocean’s surface. That, in turn, allows carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to go into the ocean. The satellite-mounted LIDAR instrument, dubbed CloudAerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization, or CALIOP, uses a laser beam to map the ocean’s surface and immediate subsurface. CALIOP monitored plankton in the Arctic and Antarctic ocean waters from 2006 to 2015. CALIOP’S measurements reveal that, as the phytoplankton growth accelerates, the blooms are able to outpace the organisms that prey on them. As soon as that acceleration stops, however, the predatory organisms catch up and the bloom ends. Imagine two rubber balls—one red, one green—connected by a rubber band, Behrenfeld said. “Take the green ball—which represents the phytoplankton—and whack it with a paddle,” he said. “As long as that green ball accelerates, the rubber band will stretch, and the red ball—which represents all the things that eat or kill the phytoplankton—won’t catch up with the green ball. But as soon as the green ball stops accelerating, the tension in the rubber band will pull that red ball up to it, and the red ball catches up.” This finding, he said, goes against the commonly held belief that blooms begin when phytoplankton growth rates reach a threshold rate, and then stop when growth rates crash. Instead, blooms start when growth rates are extremely slow, and then stop when phytoplankton growth is at its maximum but the acceleration of the bloom has hit its peak. It’s only then that the predatory organisms catch up and the bloom terminates. The study also reveals that, in Arctic waters, the year-to-year changes in this constant push and pull between predator and prey has been the primary driver of change over the past 10 years. The situation is different in the southern ocean around Antarctica, where changes in the ice cover held more sway. “The take-home message,” Behrenfeld said, “is that, if we want to understand the production of the polar systems as a whole, we have to focus both on changes in ice cover and changes in the ecosystems that regulate this delicate balance between predators and prey.” The capabilities of space-based LIDAR, he said, open the door to even more-detailed measurements of plankton communities. For example, the CALIOP instrument, good as it is, was engineered to take measurements of the atmosphere and does not have the resolution necessary to capture detailed information below the ocean’s surface. A higher-resolution instrument, now being developed at NASA but not yet deployed on a satellite, could collect subsurface samples at finely spaced depths as the laser pulse penetrates through the water column, allowing scientists to see the vertical structure of plankton blooms. That would reveal more about how plankton are being influenced by the ocean’s currents and its other physical properties, Behrenfeld said. The instrument could also determine what fraction of the signal is from the scattering of light versus the absorption of light. “We can use the scattering information to quantify the concentration of the plankton, and we can use the absorption to say something about the plankton’s physiology—in other words, the health of the cells,” said Behrenfeld. The CALIOP sensor is mounted on the CALIPSO satellite (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation), jointly owned by NASA and France’s space agency. Other participating institutions include the University of Maine, the University of California and Princeton University.

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www.hovenequipment.com “Partners in Production” Ken – 788-4588; Ed – 231-4254; Dwight – 231-4251; Emery – 868-7964

USED AUGERS Wheatheart 13x91 auger, hopper mover.......... $18,900 Farm King 8x61 belt drive auger......................... $2000 Westfield 13x91............................................... $19,500

Westfield MK 13x91 swing auger.................... $16,000 Westfield MK 13x71 auger............................... $18,900 Westfield MK 13x70, swing hopper.................... $7500

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#### I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas. James Earl Jones ##### There are three easy ways of losing money - racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain. Lord Amherst

1980’s Fiat-Allis 945B loader

7.5 yard rock bucket, Allison transmission, decent 29.5x29 tires, full cab & ROPS, good glass and heater, runs good, tight, only 8400 hours. Spare engine, tires, etc...................... $19,500

2001 Ford F350 XL

crew cab, 2WD dually, V10, automatic, 9-ft. utility body with ladder rack. Runs good, recent trans work, great contractors truck, new tires......................................... $7500 obo

406-777-1435

Stevensville, MT

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See our inventory at www.jamiesonmotors.net Pre-Owned Heavy Duty 4x4’s

2015 Ram 2500 Laramie Mega Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, very clean

$52,300

2014 Ram 3500 Laramie

Crew Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW

$43,500

2014 Ram 3500 Laramie

Mega Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW

$50,000

2013 Ram 2500 Laramie

2012 Ram 2500 Laramie Crew Cab 4x4, Cummins, 6-speed manual, heated leather

$39,500

2012 Ram 3500 Laramie

2009 Ram 3500 Laramie

Mega Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW

$29,500

2008 Ram 3500 SLT

2009 Ram 3500

Quad Cab 4x4, Cummins, new automatic, Hydrabed bale feeder, SRW

$26,500

2006 Ram 2500 SLT

Mega Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW

Quad Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, power seat, long box, SRW

Quad Cab 4x4, Cummins, automatic, flat bed

2011 Ram 3500 Laramie

2006 Ram 3500 SLT

Quad Cab 4x4, Cummins, manual transmission, dually, Krogman bale bed

$41,600

Crew Cab, 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW

$34,500

$24,200

$24,000

Quad Cab 4x4, Cummins, automatic, short box

$24,200

2002 Ram 3500

Pre-Owned 1/2 Ton 4x4’s

$16,500

2015 Ram 1500 Limited

Crew Cab 4x4, 3.0 Eco dieCrew Cab 4x4, Cummins, automatic, heated leather, SRW sel, loaded, too much to list! Low miles

$41,500

$45,000

Pre-Owned Autos

2008 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT

2011 Ram 1500 Laramie

2015 Dodge Charger Ralley

Crew Cab 4x4, Hemi, Loaded, heated leather, sun roof

$30,500

V6, loaded - This car has every available option!

2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS

2014 Chevrolet Traverse LS

4x4, 5.3 V8, loaded, cloth interior, 3rd row seat

$25,000

If we do not have the vehicle you are looking for, we will find it for you!

2014 Chrysler 200 Limited

V6, loaded, sun roof, leather

$12,900

$11,600

Pre-Owned SUV’s

Quad Cab 4x4, 4.7 V8, automatic, loaded, short box

$13,900

2010 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4, 5.3 V8, heated leather, rear camera

$23,900

2015 Dodge Durango Limited

$31,500

AWD, V6, loaded, cloth interior, 3rd row seat

Reg. Cab 4x4, 4.7 V8, manual transmission, AC, tilt, cruise, long box

2006 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT

$14,900

AWD, V6, loaded, heated leather, remote start (2 in stock!)

2012 Dodge Durango

AWD, V6, loaded crew, cloth interior, 3rd row seat

$18,800

2007 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

4x4, V6, automatic, power windows & locks, AC, tilt, cruise, hard top

$17,500 Customer Service is our speciality, where every deal is sealed with a handshake!

Using cover crops for weed control

By Steve Watson, K-State Research and Extension News Cover crops may be able to suppress weeds in some cases, but that’s just one consideration producers should take into account when selecting cover crops for their farm fields, according to Kansas State University agronomists DeAnn Presley and Anita Dille. Presley, a soil management specialist and Dille, a weed scientist, both with K-State Research and Extension, provided guidelines to use when considering cover crops for your field, with weed management as a primary goal. “To plan for the greatest weed management benefit with cover crops, you should start by knowing when your key weed species of concern germinate and emerge,” Dille said. “Your goal should be to establish the cover crop prior to that key point in the lifecycle of the weed for most impact.” Weeds that emerge between September and November, or winter annuals, are marestail, mustard species, cheat, and downy brome. An early spring weed is kochia, which emerges in April. Common sunflower, giant ragweed, and common lambsquarters are mid-spring weeds that emerge in early May. Weeds that emerge between May and June, or summer annuals, are Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, velvetleaf, foxtails, large crabgrass, barnyardgrass, and shattercane, Dille said. Cover crops provide weed management benefits in a number of ways, she said. “Living cover crops or a layer of cover crop residues will reduce sunlight reaching the soil surface. This will serve to smother and out-compete weeds for light, water, and nutrients,” Dille said. In addition, cover crops have the effect of altering the moisture and temperature environment in the soil surface layer during weed seed germination and emergence. Some cover crop species also release chemicals from roots or decaying residue, which can inhibit weed seed germination. If weeds or volunteer wheat do get established in cover crops, however, they become difficult if not impossible to control as long as the cover crops are alive, Dille said. There are other factors to consider, including benefits and potential drawbacks, when deciding whether to plant cover crops, the specialists said. Cover crops provide a range of possible benefits besides weed management, Presley said. They can often build soil organic matter which help reduce soil compaction and can prevent soil erosion. Plus, some cover crops can save fertilizer costs by scavenging nutrients or adding nitrogen to the soil through fixation. They also conserve moisture by reducing evapotranspiration while using up excess moisture when soils are very wet, she said. Cover crops protect water quality by reducing phosphorus runoff and they add diversity to the soil biosphere, she added. There can be drawbacks, however, starting with costs. “There are costs involved in the seed and equipment use for planting cover crops,” Presley said. “Planting and terminating cover crops may require one or more additional passes through the field, and those costs have to be considered.” Cover crops can lead to unwanted use of soil moisture when soils are dry, which can cause problems for the following cash crop, Presley said. When it comes to terminating the cover crop, the timing can be inconvenient and the ability to terminate can be a challenge in some cases, she added. It’s important to consider ahead of time how to terminate the cover crop along with how any weed species present will be controlled, the specialists said. “A residual herbicide may need to be included with the burndown application in some cases when terminating the cover crop chemically,” Dille said. The standard recommendation is to spray/terminate the cover crops at least two weeks before planting corn or soybean crops in eastern Kansas. Check with crop insurance providers, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Farm Service Agency, or Natural Resources Conservation Service offices for local rules on termination timing, particularly in the western half of Kansas, Presley added. Some cover crops will die out naturally from freezing and not require active termination. When deciding which cover crop to plant, Presley and Dille suggest certain resources: • Midwest Cover Crops Councils’ Cover Crop Decision Tool; (http://www.mccc.msu.edu/selectorintro.html) data available for Kansas CONTINUED ON PAGE C13

Using cover crops for weed control CONTINUED FROM PAGE C12

• Managing Cover Crops Profitably, (http://www.sare.org/ Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably3rd-Edition) 3rd Edition, SARE publication • Integrating Cover Crops in Soybean Rotations, Challenges and Recommendations for the North Central Region (http://mccc.msu.edu/documents/2015Integrating_CoverCrops_Soybeans.pdf) Published by Midwest Cover Crops Council. K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

##### To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life--this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. Charles Dudley Warner

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low boy service

40-ton RGN trailer for hire to transport combines, tractors, sprayers, floaters, construction equipment, etc. Within Montana & surrounding states. We also have 48-ft. step deck trailers available. Insured & experienced. Call Roger or Larry at Roger Rader Inc., Sun River, MT 406-264-5475 (MC# 170263 US DOT# 128029)

Ice fishing

A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She’d seen many books on the subject, and finally, after getting all the necessary “tools” together, she made for the nearest frozen lake. After positioning her comfy stool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed, “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE.” Startled the blonde moved further down the ice, poured a Thermos of cappuccino and began to cut another. Again from the heavens, the voice bellowed. “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE.” The blonde, now quite worried, moved down to the opposite end of the ice, set up her stool, and tried again to cut her hole. The voice came once more, “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE.” She stopped, looked skyward and said, “Is that you Lord?” The voice replied, “No…this is the Ice-Rink Manager…”

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls

www.hovenequipment.com “Partners in Production” Ken – 788-4588; Ed – 231-4254; Dwight – 231-4251; Emery – 868-7964

Westfield MK 13x91 swing auger.................... $16,000 Westfield MK 13x71 auger............................... $18,900 Westfield MK 13x70, swing hopper.................... $7500

Chic Harbine Sales 8360 Hwy 10 West Missoula, MT

2002 Kenworth T800 quad axle dump truck, 18 speed, C15 @ 475 hp, A/R suspension, engine brake, 14,060 front, 46,000 rears, 557,637 miles, New 17-ft. Renn box, plumbed for a pup, super nice truck, two brand new silent drive lift axles, 14 new virgin tires.................................$70,000

2000 International vac truck, ISM @ 350 hp, 80 bbl, Masport H75W, pto pump, 8LL trans, double frame, Hendrickson spring over beam suspension.......................................$24,500

2004 Ford F450 12-ft. flatbed with 1600 lb. lift gate, 161,842 miles, 6.0 diesel, automatic transmission.$7500

2009 Kenworth T800 heavy haul, Cummins ISX 525 hp, 18 speed, 248” wheelbase, 16,000 front, 46,000 rears with lockers, wet kit, 432,000 miles. Super nice truck.........$62,500

2010 Peterbilt 386 C15, 500 hp, 18 speed, air trac A/R suspension, 12,000 front, 46,000 rears, double differential locks, nice truck.. $46,500

2008 Peterbilt 367 16,000 lb. fronts, 46,000 lb. rears, double differential lockers, 18 speed, ISX, 550 hp, 230,000 miles, double power steering boxes, super nice truck...$67,500

406-549-1047 or 207-1946

2007 Kenworth T800 heavy haul truck, C15, 550 hp, 18 speed, 16,000 lb. front, 46,000 lb. rears on Neway suspension, double differential locks, 48” Aerodyne sleeper, 485,000 miles, 245” wheelbase....................$64,500

2012 Freightliner Coronado 122 SD DD15 @ 530 hp, carb compliant, 18 speed, 46,000 lb. rears with double differential locks, engine brake, 13,300 lb. front, 505,022 miles, 210” wheelbase, super clean truck............ .............................................$49,500

2001 Western Star 4964 FX dump truck, N14 @ 475 hp, Chalmers suspension, 9 speed, 12,000 lb. front, 40,000 lb. rears, 12,000 lb. steerable lift axle, 2016 Renn 16-ft. box plumbed for pup, 361,934 miles, super nice truck........................$47,500

2001 Kenworth T800B Cat 6NZ, 550 hp, 18 speed, 14,600 front, 46,000 rears with lockers, 246” wheelbase, two line wet kit, jakes and a retarder. .............................................$32,500

1981 Shasta 60 ton 2+2+1 RGN lowboy, CW Cozad TA jeep, Peerless SA booster, 21-ft. well, 12-ft. neck........... .............................................$24,500 2012 CPS LBD42 42-ft. belly dump, 3 axle, rear axle lifts, 8 new tires, tarp, super clean trailer........ $35,500

2-2013 Western Star 4900FA Detroit DD15 530 hp, 18 speed, 13,000 front, 46,000 rears, double differential locks, 423,810 miles, super clean trucks....................................$49,500

2007 Peterbilt 379 sleeper truck, ISX, 500 hp, 12,000 lb. front, 40,000 lb. rears, 13 speed, Peterbilt low air leaf suspension, 250” wheelbase, 60” sleeper..................................$29,500

Many other construction trucks & trailers available

Check out our website: www.chicharbineequipment.com

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New Holland Equipment

™

New Holland T-9 Series Tractors New Holland T9.645 Quad Tractor

IN STOCK - County “Lease Returns”

1- 2015 New Holland T6.175 145 hp, 215 hours, 16x16 auto shift, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, 42” tires, with loader and grapple...........................CALL! 2-2015 New Holland T7.210 165 hp, 210 hours, 18 speed full powershift, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO’s, 42” tires, loaded with loader and grapple....CALL! 1-2015 New Holland T7.260 177 hours, 19 speed full powershift, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, 42” tires, duals, loaded...........................................CALL! New Holland 33 Boomer 33 hp, diesel with loader...........................CALL!

New Holland Swathers

New Holland Guardian Sprayer

New Holland P4580

New Holland Combines

Air Cart

Zerbe Bros.

406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

©2016 CNH Industrial America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidaries or affiliates.

NEW HOLDOVER SPECIAL PRICE! NEW SUSPENDED BOOM SPRAYERS 2-2015 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom, 1600 gallon tank, 380/90R46 tires, LCTS monitor, windscreens, electronic agitation, Inductor tank, line strainers, L.P. wash, 4 ball valves, combo jet double bodies.

Regular: $67,625

USED HEADERS

2013 Case IH (MacDon) 2152 45-ft., double sickle, transport package, cross auger, finger reel. #UHCA20... $51,500 2010 Case IH 2162 40-ft. flex draper, poly cutterbar, transport package, cross auger, finger reel, New Holland adaptor, #UCCA17......................................................... $49,000 2010 MacDon FD70 45-ft. flex draper, double knife, cross auger, transport, NH adapter. #UHMD45......... $63,000 2011 MacDon FD70 45-ft. flex draper, double knife, transport, upper cross auger, poly skids, gauge rollers, JD adaptor. #UHMD46........................................... $69,000 2007 Honey Bee 94C 40-ft. draper header, pickup reel, CR New Holland adapter with gauge wheels and transport. #UCNH87......................................................... $25,000 2007 Honey Bee 94C 40-ft. draper header, pickup reel, CR New Holland adapter with gauge wheels and transport. #UCNH88......................................................... $25,000

No Trade: $50,500 USED SKIDSTEERS

2013 New Holland L225 76 hp di es el , 2500 lb. lift, 2 speed, cab with heat and air conditioning, air seat, hydraulic coupler, perfor mance package, heavy duty tires, 78” low pro bucket, 390 hours. $47,000

USED PULL TYPE & SUSPENDED BOOM SPRAYERS

2000 Flexi-Coil System S67XL 120-ft. wheelboom, 1500 gallon tank, SP655 autorate, windscreens, #USF179....................................................$6500 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.................................................$12,000 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, FlexControl monitor. #USF151.................................................$10,000 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 120-ft., 1500 gallon, no Auto Rate. #USF173..........................................$6500 2009 New Holland S1070 134-ft. wheelboom, 1500 gallon tank, 480/80R38 tires, hydraulic fold, wash/ rinse #USNH60.......................................$20,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft., 1500 gallon wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, FlexControl, dual nozzles, windscreen. #USNH00......$28,000 New Holland SF115 100-ft. 1500 gallon, wheel boom, dual nozzles, hydraulic unfold, windscreen. #USNH35................................................$12,000 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom, 1000 gallon tank, windscreens, 3-ball valve. #USNH65................................................$28,000 2012 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom, 1600 gallon tank, 380/90R:46 tires, FlexControl auto rate, hydraulic pump. #USNH37......$43,000

Zerbe Bros. “Setting The Standard”

1-800-228-5393 – 406-228-4311 SALES: Mike Guttenberg - Tim Guttenberg - Travis Volk

USED ROUND BALERS

2005 Case IH RBX562 twine and net wrap, wide pickup, 11000 bales, 1000 PTO drive..... $12,000 1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43..................................... $11,500

2009 New Holland BR7090 wide pickup, twine and net, float tires, #UHN136........................ $24,000 2011 New Holland BR7090 twine and net wrap, 1000 PTO, extra wide pickup, float tires, hydraulic ramp, #UHN141................................................ $24,500 2012 New Holland BR7090 extra wide pickup, floatation tires, 1000 PTO, #UHN139.............. $24,500 1999 New Holland 688 1000 PTO, twine tie, gathering wheels, Bale Command, #UHN140........... $8500 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $7500

USED WINDROWERS

1996 Hesston 8100 2116 hours, 16-ft. and 25-ft, headers. #UWHS81................................$18,000 Hesston 810H 30-ft. draper header with pickup reel. #UWHS79..................................................$4500 New Holland 1431 disc mower, 13-ft., rubber conditioners, 2 point swivel hitch, 1000 PTO......$9500

1950

67 Years

2017

Glasgow, MT

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CONSIGNMENTS

USED AIR DRILLS

2010 Case IH ATX700 70-ft. air drill, 10” spacing, double shoot, 31/2” steel packers with 430 bushel tow between cart, 3430 tank. #UDCA11..$95,000 Concord 4412 12” spacing with 3000 tow behind tank, hydraulic drive fan. #UDCN13.................$15,000 2002 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 550# trips, 9” spacing, 3” rubber packers, stealth boots, single shoot, 3450 town between cart, dual fan variable rate. #UDF249................................................$77,500 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, stealth bodies with 2320 tow between cart. #UDF237................................................$36,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550 lb. trips, single shoot, 3450 tow between cart, variable cart, stealth bodies. #UDF246................$69,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, 4” VW spread, Goose shooter, 2340 tow between, VR drive, 5.5” rubber packers. #UDF244.. ................................................................$50,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill with 7” spacing, steel packers with 1720 tow between tank. #UDF243.. ................................................................$25,000 2008 New Holland SD550 70-ft., 10” spacing, 550# trips, 41/2” steel packers, hi-flotation with SC430 tow between cart, 430 bushel, variable drive, duals. #UDNH28.........................................$89,000 2005 New Holland SD440 58-ft., 12” spacing, 550# trips, 51/2” rubber packers, 4350 tow between cart, double shoot. #UDNH25.........................$89,000

2010 New Holland P2060 70-ft., 550 lb. trips, 41/2 steel packers, Hi-Float package, single shoot with P1060 tow between cart, 430 bushel, dual fan. #UDNH30.........................................$89,000

USED COMBINES

2013 Case IH 8230 450 hp, 30” rotor, 350 bushel hopper, duals, long auger, chopper, Autosteer, 1243 engine/876 seperator hours. #UCCA15...... ...................................................................... Call

2008 New Holland SD550 60-ft. fold-back drill, 10” spacing, 4.5” steel packers, double shoot, paired row. 2004 Flexicoil 3850 tow between cart, variable rate drive, dual fan #UDNH129...............$69,000

2011 SeedMaster 70-ft., 12” spacing, single side band, 5 section with SXG 550 bushel tank with 1545 ramp conveyor...................................... Call

1993 Agco/White 6195 MFD, 200 hp, Cummins diesel, 18 speed, Power Shift, 9600 hours, 3 point hitch, 1000 PTO, 42” rear tires........................................... $38,000 1951 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor, 540 PTO with loader...... ........................................................................... $2500 Case 800 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, GB loader with bucket................................................................. $3500 2000 Cat Challenger 95E 2500 hours, New 30” tracks and drivers, Autosteer, clean........................................ Call Deutz DX130 MFD tractor, 130 hp, mechanical transmission, 540 PTO, 3-point, 2 remotes................... $13,000

USED TRACTORS

2015 Case 580 QuadTrac 1050 hours, high output hydraulics, 6 remotes, Autosteer, 36” tracks, luxury cab......................................................... JUST IN 2015 Case 580 QuadTrac 1350 hours, PTO, high output hydraulics, 6 remotes, Autosteer, 36” tracks, luxury cab.............................................. JUST IN

1992 Case IH 9280 4WD tractor, 375 hp, Cummins diesel, 24.5x32 tires, PowerShift, 6800 hours....... .................................................................$44,000 1997 New Holland 9682 4WD, 5697 hours, 360 hp Cummins diesel, 24.5R32 tires, standard 12 speed transmission, 4 hydraulics. #UTN104......$62,500 2006 New Holland TC45DA MFD, 45 hp diesel, 3 point hitch, 540 PTO, R4 tires, hydro-drive, loader, soft cab, 1075 hours.......................................$19,500

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2009 Case IH 7120 1130 separator hours, Pro 600 monitor, chopper, rock trap, 900/60R32 tires. #UCCA16..................................................... Call

1996 Freightliner truck, 425 hp, Cummins diesel, 10 speed transmission, 1100x24.5 tires, new seat......... $13,500 1996 Peterbilt service truck, Cummins N15, 10 speed, 22.5 tires, 800 gallon fuel tank................................ $32,000

2012 Seed Hawk 6012 60-ft., 12” spacing, twin wing openers, 500 bushel tow behind tank, Viper monitor. #USSH06................................................ Call

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Call or stop by and see us for all your equipment needs!

1997 John Deere 9400 4wd tractor, 3600 hours with 24 speed transmission, 710/70R38 tires, 425 hp.$90,000 1993 John Deere 8760 4wd tractor, 250 hp, 5400 hours, 12 speed transmission.................................... $45,000 1996 John Deere 8570, 4WD tractor, 250 hp, 18.4R42 duals, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 12 speed, 9000 hours............ ........................................................................ $40,000 2011 New Holland T7.210 MFWD tractor, 1240 hours, 165 PTO hp, PowerShift, 3 point, 540/1000 PTOs, with 855TL New Holland loader with AutoSteer... $104,000 Oliver 770 tractor, gas engine with Farmhand F11 loader.. ........................................................................... $3500 1976 White 2-150 tractor, 540/1000 PTOs, cab, air conditioning and heat, with 2100 Ezee-on loader, grapple assist............................................................... $11,500 2010 Wallenstein GX920 3-point backhoe, 9.5-ft. digging depth, self-contained.......................................... $5500 John Deere 7100 corn planter, Yetter knives............ $5500 2015 Danuser pallet fork with top tine grabber, for skid steer................................................................... $1900

USED SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS

2015 Apache AS1220 Plus II 1200 gallon 100-ft. boom, AutoSteer, AutoBoom, section control, 275 hp Cummins, 46” duals, Viper 4 AutoRate, 640 hours...............................................................Call 2008 Apache AS1010 1880 hours, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank, Envisio Pro monitor, Auto steer, AutoBoom, 215 hp Cummins diesel. #USAP30..... ................................................................$135,000 2008 Apache AS1010 1250 hours, 215 hp, Cummins, 1000 gallon, 100-ft. boom, 10 section E-Pro Raven, AutoBoom, 6 speed JCB. #USAP27.......$139,000

Hay Buster Bale Processors

2010 New Holland CR9070 Class 8, twin rotors, hydraulic AutoSteer, large screen, duals, 350 bushel tank, both concaves, 1500 separator hours, no DEF on combine. #UCNH85............JUST IN! 2008 New Holland CR9070 400 hp, 900/60R32 tires, with 40-ft. MacDon D60 header. #UCNH80......... ..............................................................JUST IN! 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 2005 New Holland CR960 Class 7, deluxe cab, 17” rotors, 900/60R32, front tires, 600/28 rears, #UCNH91...............................................$69,000

Haybuster 2660 Bale Processor • Haybuster 2665 short cut Bale Processor

Zerbe Bros. 406-228-4311

Glasgow, Montana

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

2008 Wilson grain trailer, 41-ft., ag hoppers, 2 axles, spring suspension, 24.5 tires, roll tarp, aluminum...... $24,500 1994 Donahue EXG60 swather trailer, 5th wheel, ramps, 9.50x16.5 tires................................................... $6000 2011 Summers Super Coulter Plus verticle tillage, 35-ft., dual wave blades, 3-bar harrow, roller basket..$45,000 John Deere 230 28-ft. tandem disc with rock flex.... $5900 Harrell 3606 6 bottom switch plow, 3 pt. mount........ $5500 John Deere 787 tow between air cart, 7” auger...... $9500 Nutri-Placer 5252 40-ft. liquid fertilizer applicator with carbide points..................................................... $6000 2006 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, SP655 auto rate.......................... $20,000 Flexicoli S67 XLT 104-ft. wheel boom sprayer......... $3000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............................. $12,000 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.................................................................. $40,000 3-John Deere 9350 disc drills, 10-ft., 7” spacing, fertilizer, 3-drill transport.................................................. .$4000 2008 John Deere 1895 air disc drill, 10” spacing, double shoot, all run blockage, 1910 tow behind cart..$118,000 2011 New Holland S1070, 100-ft. suspension boom, 1600 gallon tank, AutoBoom.................................... $45,000 2013 New Holland CR8090 combine, 450 hp, 620 duals, deluxe cab, large touchscreen display, ASP, deluxe chopper, 350 bushel tank, long auger, Autosteer, 1109 engine/848 seperator hours.................................. Call 1990 New Holland TR86 combine, 30-ft. 971 header, double knife, batt reel, 2213 hours................................. $7000 2002 John Deere 9650STS combine, 2925 separator hours, 800/65R32 tires, chopper with 9360 header.... $87,000 1978 John Deere 7700 combine, diesel engine, 3631 hours with 224 head, non hydro................................... $4000 2013 Farm King 9-ft. side sickle mower, 540 PTO, hydraulic lift, skid shoes, extra parts................................. $6600 New Holland 116 16-ft. swing tongue, double sickle, 1000 PTO, pump......................................................... $4500 2006 MacDon 974 36-ft. front draper header, finger reel, transport, cross auger, John Deere adaptor... $19,000 MacDon 973 draper header with pickup reel, 39-ft., fits R-62 and R-65......................................................... $19,500 John Deere 1243 corn head, 12 row with Wemco trailer... .............................................................................. Call Sakundiak 7-ft.x35-ft. auger with 18 hp Roban engine...... ........................................................................... $1800 2004 Westfield 13”x71-ft. swing auger, mechanical drive, low profile hopper, “Needs” flighting work........... $7500 Westfield 10x71 swing auger, very nice................... $7500 Alloway 10”x60-ft. swing away grain auger, 540 PTO, scissor lift, mechanical drive hopper............................... $3000

USED BALE PROCESSORS & MOVERS

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This Month in History - January

January 10 The world’s first underground passenger railway system opens in London, England (1863) January 11 American League baseball adopts the “Designated Hitter” rule (1973) January 12 Batman debuts on television (1966) January 14 The United States of America ratifies a treaty with England ending the Revolutionary war. (1784) • The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins in Superbowl VII , and become the first undefeated team in NFL history. (1973) • The Simpsons debut on television. Will TV ever be the same again!?! (1990) January 15 The Pentagon opens (1943) • Happy Days premieres on television (1974) January 16 Operation Desert Storm begins to oust Saddam Hussein’s’ Iraqi forces from Kuwait. (1991) January 17 The U.S. Supreme court rules that taping on home VCRs does not violate copyright laws. (1984) January 20 The Beatles release “Meet the the Beatles”, their first album to the U.S., sparking a new “English invasion”. (1964) • At 69 years, 349 days old, Ronald Reagan becomes the oldest person to become U.S. president. (1981) January 21 Edward Jenner introduces the smallpox vaccine, which eventually leads to wiping out this deadly disease.(1799) • The first Kiwanis club is formed in Detroit. (1915) • Science fiction writer George Orwell dies. (1950) January 22 A historic Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade legalizes abortion. (1973) January 23 The deadliest earthquake in history strikes Shansi, China, killing 830,000 people. (1556) January 24 Beer was first sold in cans. (1935) • WWII Yalta agreement signed by the U.S., England, and Russia. The agreement defined how Germany would be divided and administered after the war’s end.(1945) January 25 The first Winter Olympic games begin in Chamonix, France. (1924) • The first Emmy awards were given out. (1949) January 26 The Dental Drill was patented. (1875) January 27 The Russians liberate Auschwitz in WWII (1945) • Tragedy strikes the Apollo space program as a fire in the command module kills astronauts Lt. Col. Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White, and Lt. Cdr. Roger Chafee . (1967) January 28 U.S. space shuttle Challenger explodes 72 seconds after liftoff, killing the seven crew members. Among the crew was school teacher Christa McAuliffe. (1986) January 29 Baseball’s American League is founded (1900) January 30 Tet New Year offensive launched by Viet Cong guerillas in Vietnam. (1968) January 31 Confederates appoint Robert E. Lee their Commander in Chief.

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By NDSU Extension Service Three youth were selected to join the North Dakota 4-H Ambassadors team. The new team members, the county where they are enrolled in 4-H and the school they attend are: • Theodore Mayer, Hettinger, Mott-Regent High School • Marissa Tuhy, Stark-Billings High School • Tobias Zikmund, Walsh, Park River High School The North Dakota State 4-H Ambassadors is a group of young adults from across North Dakota who are actively involved in 4-H. They coordinate many activities that involve teaching youth and adults about topics such as leadership, teamwork and citizenship. They specialize in planning and facilitating 4-H events, such as the annual statewide Extension Youth Conference, workshops, training sessions and regional events. They strive to create events that are fun, educational and skill building, and promote self-improvement. They also are active volunteers for 4-H programs in every North Dakota county.

4-H educator received UW Extension’s highest honor

By University of Wyoming Extension A Washakie County 4-H youth development educator recognized for broad efforts in local, state and national programming has received University of Wyoming (UW) Extension’s highest honor. Amber Armajo received the Jim DeBree Award during extension’s recent annual conference. In partnership with area adults, Armajo provides educational opportunities in livestock projects, fabric and fashion and the Junior Leaders program. Character Counts education, national 4-H Youth Science Day experiments and national 4-H week celebrations are among the programs offered. A special focus is providing programs for youths from military families. In a county where census data indicate 398 households include 6- to 17-year-olds, Armajo leads a 4-H program that includes more than 300 adults and children. She is active with the local camp board and ensures 4-H summer camping programs are widely available. As county coordinator, she acts as a liaison between UW Extension and Washakie County commissioners. Statewide, 4-H touches the lives of more than 10,000 youths and adults each year. Armajo has served as the chair of the state 4-H initiative team since 2013. She has been involved in statewide club strengthening and volunteer development and teaches state 4-H judge training and master 4-H volunteer training. She has served as superintendent of the state 4-H dog skill-athon competition since 2010 and has served on the Wyoming Agriculture Leadership Council Board since 2012. A 2008 graduate of the Western 4-H Institute, Armajo has led efforts to support and train newly hired 4-H professionals in western states. She also participated in the Western Extension Leadership Development (WELD) program. An active member of the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents since 2002, Armajo often presents at the annual conference. She received the Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and the Achievement in Service Award in 2007 from this national organization. Armajo has completed Wyoming LEAD, the leadership development program for young professionals, and the Washakie Institute, a comparable local effort, and has served on the planning boards for both. The Jim DeBree Award is named in honor of the retired Wyoming extension administrator and given to those who demonstrate a high level of professionalism, performance and leadership within their program areas and communities. Armajo joined UW Extension in 2002 and is based in Worland.

US livestock slaughter November

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.50 billion pounds in November, up 11 percent from the 4.04 billion pounds produced in November 2015. Beef production, at 2.24 billion pounds, was 16 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.67 million head, up 16 percent from November 2015. The average live weight was down 8 pounds from the previous year, at 1,384 pounds. Veal production totaled 6.7 million pounds, 5 percent below November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 47,300 head, up 22 percent from November 2015. The average live weight was down 67 pounds from last year, at 243 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.24 billion pounds, up 8 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.6 million head, up 9 percent from November 2015. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 283 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.1 million pounds, was up 3 percent from November 2015. Sheep slaughter totaled 184,900 head, 2 percent above last year. The average live weight was 131 pounds, up 1 pound from November a year ago. January to October 2016 commercial red meat production was 46.0 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2015. Accumulated beef production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was down 8 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly. For a full copy of the livestock slaughter report please visit www.nass.usda.gov.

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2016 John Deere R4045, 120-ft., 20” spacing, boom breakaway. Stock #55890.$339,500 (1) 2015 John Deere R4045, 120-ft., 20” spacing, boom leveling. Stock #55820.... $346,550 (1) 2015 John Deere R4045, 120-ft., 20” spacing, boom breakaway. Stock #55821.$339,500 (1) 2015 John Deere R4045, 120-ft., 20” spacing, section control. Stock #52272.. $309,000 (1) 2015 John Deere R4038, 100-ft., 20”, 5 sensor Boomtrac. Stock #51772........ $295,000 (14) 2015 John Deere R4038, 120-ft., 20” spacing, section control. Stock #55884.. $272,000 (1) 2015 John Deere R4038, 100-ft., 20” spacing, StarFire. Stock #56046........... $260,500 (15) 2015 John Deere R4038, 100-ft., 20” spacing, BoomTrac Pro. Stock #56047.$258,900 (15) 2014 John Deere 4940, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, stnlss. Stock #53984.. $269,000 (1) 2014 John Deere 4940, 120-ft., 20” spacing, boom breakaway. Stock #55889.$253,500 (1) 2013 John Deere 4940, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing. Stock #53739............. $266,000 (3) 2010 John Deere 4930, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, stnless. Stock #53983.$155,433 (1) 2006 John Deere 4920 self-propelled, 120-ft., 20”, trctn control. Stock #51280.$125,000 (1) 2011 John Deere 4830, 100-ft. booms, 20” spacing. Stock #53747........... $181,000 (12) 2010 John Deere 4830, 100-ft. boom, 20” spacing, 420/80R46. Stock #55534.. $145,000 (1) 2010 John Deere 4830 self-propelled, 100-ft. booms. Stock #44352............. $135,000 (12) 2009 John Deere 4830, 100-ft., 20” spacing, boom leveling. Stock #53380.. $149,000 (12) 2013 Agco 7660, 90-ft., 20” spacing, 3 way nozzle body. Stock #55822..... $120,000 (14) 2011 Top Air TA1600, 120-ft., 20” spacing, 1600 gal poly. Stock #56157..... $29,500 (14) 2006 Spray Air SP-2010, 103-ft., 1000 gal tank, 5 speed. Stock #55135.... $62,500 (12) 2013 Summers Ultimate NT, 100-ft. 20” spacing. Stock #56035..................... $28,000 (14) 2010 Summers Ultimate suspended boom, 100-ft. booms. Stock #15568...... $32,000 (1) 2007 Summers 1500 90-ft. booms, 1500 gallon. Stock #17842..................... $26,000 (12) 2009 Case IH SRX160 120-ft. pull-type, 1600 gallon, 3 section. Stock #51019.$24,000 (12) Ford truck mounted with Marflex sprayer. Stock #51976....................................... $26,450 (1)

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2015 John Deere 825i, power dump, protection pkg, 604 hr. Stock #56245.$13,900 (12) 2014 John Deere 825i, power steering, manual lift, heater. Stock #52231...... $18,250 (11) 2014 John Deere 825i, 1/2 poly windshield, power box lift. Stock #55318....... $10,700 (2) 2013 John Deere 825i, OPS with roof, Bighorn tires, power lift box. Stock #52963................. ................................................. $10,500 (14) 2012 John Deere XUV825i Gator, windshield, benchseat. Stock #50555.................$12,000 2012 John Deere 825i Gator, Bighorn tires, benchseat. Stock #50385........... $10,800 (1) 2012 John Deere XUV825i Gator, Prosum cab with heat. Stock #47291................ $9900 (2) 2011 John Deere 825i, bucket seats, power dump box. Stock #53384.......... $15,000 (14) 2011 John Deere 825i, power dump box, big tires, grille guard. Stock #53383$11,500 (14) 2011 John Deere 825i, bench seat, Bighorn radial tires. Stock #54276........... $11,350 (1) 2013 John Deere 550, 4WD, gas, mid terrain, mag wheels. Stock #54177........... $8100 (2) 2012 Kubota RTV1140, 4WD, diesel, hydrostatic drive. Stock #55027........ $16,900 (16) 2009 Arctic Cat Prowler 1000 Stock #47862... .................................................... $5500 (12) 2012 Polaris XP800, 6x6, roof, windshield. Stock #54301.............................. $9000 (12) 2011 Polaris 800, seats 4, windshield, roof, front winch. Stock #55654........... $9750 (14) 2006 Yamaha YZF 450 motorcycle, stand and lrg fuel tank. Stock #56018.......... $3300 (14)

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#54006

#54005

ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

2014 John Deere 569 Premium, twine/net, MegaWide. Stock #52214........ $45,000 (11) 2014 John Deere 569, twine/net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO. Stock #55246........... $39,500 (1) 2014 John Deere 569, twine/net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO. Stock #54750......... $39,500 (12) 2013 John Deere 569, twine/net, MegaWide, hyd pickup lift. Stock #55177.... $37,800 (12) 2012 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide Plus. Stock #54004..................... $33,125 (1)

#55246

#52214

2010 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide, 21.5-16 tires. Stock #55647...... $33,500 (11) 2009 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide, push bar. Stock #51475............ $29,950 (16) 2009 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide Plus, hyd pickup. Stock #54005.. $28,750 (1) 2008 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide Plus, push bar. Stock #54006..... $28,700 (1) 2008 John Deere 568, twine/net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO. Stock #53541......... $26,500 (15) 2007 John Deere 568, twine only, MegaWide, small tires. Stock #52514......... $22,500 (11) 2004 John Deere 567, twine only, MegaWide, 540 PTO. Stock #54694........... $13,500 (11) 2012 Vermeer 605SM, twine/net, wide pickup, 21.5-16.1L tire. Stock #55603.. $27,500 (12) 2007 Hesston 5556, net wrap, wide pickup, moisture sensor. Stock #54491.$13,000 (12) 2006 Hesston 956, twine only, auto tie, 540 PTO. Stock #54707..................... $8000 (12) 2007 New Holland BR780A 540 PTO, twine only. Stock #44546...................... $7950 (12) 2000 New Holland 688, net only, 1000 PTO, regular pickup. Stock #55284........ $8900 (3) 2015 John Deere L340 3x4 sq baler, tand axle, roller chute. Stock #54581...... $121,500 (14) 2015 John Deere L340 3x4 sq baler, tand axle, roller chute. Stock #54582...... $121,500 (14) 1998 New Holland 595 3x4 square baler. Stock #54681....................................... $19,500 (2) 1999 New Holland 590 3x3 sq baler, auto lube, last bale eject. Stock #52145... $17,500 (16) 1974 New Holland 283 14x16 square baler. Stock #55874.............................. $3000 (15)

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2015 John Deere 26G mini excavator, 18” bckt, hyd thumb. Stock #55824........... $30,000 (3) 2014 John Deere 60G mini excavator, long arm, 24” bucket. Stock #55262.$69,500 (16) 2016 John Deere 320E skidsteer, cab, hand & foot controls. Stock #55823........ $40,000 (3) 2005 John Deere 8520T tractor, 16/4 PowerShift, 16” tracks. Stock #51396.$83,000 (15) 2005 John Deere 7720 tractor, IVT, 3 SCV’s, 540/1000 PTO. Stock #55085.. $90,000 (15) 2011 John Deere 7430 Premium tractor, IVT, loader, grapple. Stock #55222.$115,000 (12) 2008 John Deere 7430 Premium tractor, IVT, loader, grapple. Stock #54741.. $103,995 (1) 1975 John Deere 4430 2WD tractor, 16/6 QuadRange, cab. Stock #56129..........$13,500 (15) 1988 John Deere 2355 2WD utility tractor, 8F/4R syncro. Stock #53703...... $16,100 (1) 2001 Case IH STX440 tractor, tires 70%, always shedded. Stock #52116... $128,000 (3) 1999 Case IH 9380 4WD tractor, syncro, Trimble EZ Guide 250. Stock #53072.$78,000 (1) Ford 4000 tractor, gas, 772 loader, 2100 hours, 1 new rear tire. Stock #53097........ $9375 (1) 1999 John Deere 9610 combine, hyd fore/aft, 212 pickup head. Stock #54721$56,500 (16) 1989 John Deere 9600 combine, 4296/3115 hrs, chopper, no head. Stock #55816... $22,000 (1) 1987 John Deere combine, 30-ft. 230 header, batt reel. Stock #15567.............. $16,500 (3) 1998 Case IH 2388 combine, 3215/2500 hrs, chppr, no head. Stock #55679.. $50,000 (14) 1994 Claas 108SL combine, 2WD, single, chopper. Stock #13189............... $22,000 (2) 2012 John Deere 635D draper head, dual drive sickle. Stock #54340........ $49,000 (15) 1998 Honey Bee SP36 36-ft. draper header, batt reel. Stock #13190.............. $22,000 (2) Haybuster 2620 round bale processor. Stock #17825..................................... $11,500 (12) 2015 John Deere 835 mower conditioner, 11.5-ft. cut width. Stock #55236$24,500 (16) Ford Dearborn Model 14-15 6-ft. sickle mower, 540 PTO. Stock #51728......... $1500 (16) Dearborn 14-2 7-ft. sickle bar mower. Stock #56049.......................................... $250 (16) 2003 John Deere 457 round baler, MegaWide, 540 PTO. Stock #53546........... $15,950 (16) 1994 John Deere 535 round baler, twine only, 540 PTO. Stock #55870.............. $4900 (16) Case IH 8455 round baler, twine only, makes 4x6 bales. Stock #54286............. $4500 (11)

Hesston 4910 4x4x8 big square baler, always shedded. Stock #53963.............. $45,000 (3) 2015 H&S BF12HC 12 wheel high capacity rake, hyd lift/fold. Stock #55239..................... ................................................. $11,500 (16) H&S BF12HC 12 whl ground-driven v-rake, hyd lift/fold, like new. Stock #55448.... $8250 (16) 2005 Case IH ADX2230 40-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, low ac. Stock #53851.$49,500 (15) John Deere 9400 box drills, 40-ft. 10” spacing. Stock #16433................................ $9000 (3) 1994 John Deere 965 6 bttm plow, on-land reverse, 18” cut wth. Stock #55107.$8950 (15) John Deere 1600 30-ft. plow, 12” spacing, 3 bar mntd harrows. Stock #56070.$4900 (11) Eversman 4512 landplane, 12-ft. wide, 45-ft. long. Stock #55539...................... $4250 (16) Summers Ultimate sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1500 gal tank. Stock #15568...... $30,000 (3) 2007 Summers 1500 90-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon tank. Stock #17842............. $26,000 (12) 2008 New Holland SF216 pull-type sprayer, 134-ft. boom. Stock #54720...... $15,500 (16) 1995 Ford L9000 truck, Cummins N14, 10 sp, 6000 gal stainless. Stock #53460$42,250 (1) Kelly 56 3-pt. mount backhoe attachment, 24” bucket. Stock #51779.................. $6950 (16) John Deere GP74 74” bucket with heavy duty grapple. Stock #53061................. $3500 (16) Westfield W130-71 straight 13”x71-ft. auger, 540 PTO drive. Stock #52277..... $12,900 (2) Brandt 8”x62-ft. PTO grain auger, 10” turbo screw bottom. Stock #15261......... $1750 (3) Danhuser 8300-1 hydraulic drive post hole digger, 4” bit. Stock #53424.............. $1500 (16) 2015 John Deere Z445 mower, 24 hp, 54” deck, only 6 hours. Stock #53267................. .................................................... $6200 (16) 2009 John Deere Z425 mower, 54” deck, low hours. Stock #53799...................... $3000 (1) Snapper 28” mower with bagger and thatcher. Stock #54784................................ $450 (14) 2010 John Deere 48C powerflow system for JD mower. Stock #40127............... $900 (15) John Deere gator, glass doors for a deluxe cab. Stock #53197.............................. $1950 (14) Erskine 2410XL snowblower, single auger, 2 stage, skid shoes. Stock #56185.$7500 (11) John Deere 47 47” snowblower, fits pre-2015 JD X500 series. Stock #56045.... $1200 (15) 2009 John Deere 44SB snowblower, off X324 mower, used 3x. Stock #52308... $1200 (15)

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#53587

WINDROWERS, MOCO’S & SWATHERS

2015 John Deere W235 windrower, 500R 16-ft. V10, steel cond. Stock #55375.$132,950 (16) 2014 John Deere W235 windrower, 995 rotary, radial bar tires. Stock #16677.$115,500 (15) 2013 John Deere W235 windrower, bar tires, 995 16-ft. head. Stock #52212.$140,000 (11) 2015 John Deere W150 windrower, reverser kit, heads avail. Stock #53584.. $118,350 (1) 2014 John Deere W150 windrower, 16-ft. head, steel conditioner. Stock #55576.$93,000 (11) 2015 John Deere W150 windrower, reverser kit, heads avail. Stock #53587.. $118,350 (1) 2013 John Deere R450 windrower, 16-ft. 995 head, stl cond. Stock #55577....$105,000 (11) 2012 John Deere R450 windrower, 16-ft. head, Tri-Lobe. Stock #51822........... $102,900 (15) 2012 John Deere D450 windrower, triple delivery header. Stock #53379...... $107,500 (14) 2011 John Deere D450 windrower. Stock #14045....................................... $82,500 (1)

#50960

2012 MacDon M205 windrower, 16-ft. rotary, Outback GPS. Stock #54510.... $95,000 (12) 2012 MacDon M155 windrower, triple delivery, D60 35-ft. head. Stock #55535.$112,500 (1) 2008 MacDon M200 swather, D60 35-ft. draper header. Stock #52106.............. $74,500 (14) 2005 MacDon 9352i windrower, 14-ft. 922 & 36-ft. 972 heads. Stock #55621.$65,000 (14) 1980 Hesston 6450 open station, 12-ft. head, gas, steel cond. Stock #50334..... $6950 (16) 2010 New Holland H8040 windrower, 12-ft. sickle, 1710 hr. Stock #55097... $58,000 (11) New Holland 1114 windrower, 14-ft. header, gas engine. Stock #46104........... $9619 (12) New Holland 1100 windrower, diesel, 21-ft. draper. Stock #47073.................. $9500 (16) 2012 John Deere 835 mower conditioner, less than 2000 acres. Stock #53641.$22,000 (11) 2009 Hesston 3315 mower conditioner. Stock #50708....................................... $21,900 (3) 2006 Vermeer MC1030 MoCo, 13-ft. cut, steel cond, hyd tilt. Stock #54459..... $14,000 (14)

#54506

GRAIN HANDLING

2008 J&M 1150 grain cart, tarp, 520 scale, new tires last year. Stock #56028.... $38,000 (14) Farm King 1370 13”x70-ft. auger, swing auger, hyd lift winch. Stock #56094....... $15,000 (3) 2012 Buhler Backsaver 13”x70-ft. auger. Stock #55356........................... $13,000 (12) 2008 Brandt 13”x70-ft. auger, hydraulic winch and mover. Stock #55380.............. $9875 (3) 2005 Farm King 13”x70-ft. auger, swing hopper, low profile. Stock #55233....... $9500 (2) Buhler 13”x70-ft. auger, single flighting, swing away, hyd lift. Stock #56295......... $8500 (12) 2014 Harvest International H1082 10”x82-ft., swing away. Stock #54257........ $12,500 (11) 1980 Farm King 10”x70-ft. auger, single auger on loader. Stock #55499.............. $4500 (14) 1980 Westfield 10”x70-ft. swing auger, winch for mover. Stock #55500.............. $4500 (14) Brandt 10”x60-ft. low profile swing hopper auger. Stock #55176....................... $7500 (12) Brandt 10”x60-ft. auger, hydraulic drive hopper, manual winch. Stock #54886....... $4800 (12) Sakundiak HD8-1800 8”x60-ft. unloading auger. Stock #55150....................... $4800 (12) 2012 Farm King C841 8”x41-ft. auger, Honda engine, fuel tank. Stock #55098.. $7500 (12) 2010 Rem 3700 grain vac, 1000 PTO. Stock #51484..................................... $26,500 (12) Rem 2100 grain vac, 1000 PTO. Stock #55245. .................................................... $9800 (12) 2012 Brandt 5200EX grain vac, bin snake. Stock #56100............................. $16,500 (1)

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LAWN AND TURF

2014 John Deere Z930R, 54” deck, Mulch On Demand. Stock #54506............... $9900 (12) 2009 John Deere Z810A, 48” deck, zero turn, Kawasaki 22 hp. Stock #53972... $3950 (16) 2013 John Deere Z425 zero turn mower, 54” deck. Stock #54797..................... $2250 (16) 2008 John Deere Z245, 48” deck. Stock #55294.......................................... $2550 (3) 2013 John Deere X360, 48” deck, hydro transmission, 51 hours. Stock #56293.$3900 (15) 2002 John Deere LT155 lawn mower, 42” deck, 15 hp, hydro. Stock #50288. $850 (16) 2008 John Deere LA145, 48” deck, hydro transmission. Stock #55218.......... $1100 (2) 2010 John Deere LA125, 24 hp motor, bagger, hydro trans. Stock #55883........... $1200 (14) 2005 John Deere F687, 60” 7-Iron deck. Stock #54321........................................ $2500 (12) 1999 John Deere F620, 60” deck, Kohlar 20hp, front mount flip up. Stock #56110.$1800 (14) 2016 John Deere D140 48” mower, 22 hp. Stock #54319.............................. $1999 (14) Husqvarna RZ5424 zero turn mower bagger, 54” deck. Stock #45957............... $3250 (12) 2012 John Deere mower, 72”, for 4720 tractor. Stock #12798................................ $3500 (1)

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#55197

#54985

COMBINES

2016 John Deere S690, ext wear grain handling, 26-ft. unload. Stock #55730..CALL (1) 2015 John Deere S690, 555/403 hours, performance plus. Stock #55763....... $336,900 (1) 2015 John Deere S690, 608/427 hours, full GPS, chopper. Stock #55766... $332,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S690, 829/600 hours, TriStream rotor. Stock #55791........ $298,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S690, 904/685 hours, HarvestSmart. Stock #55793......... $291,900 (1) 2015 John Deere S680, performance plus, full GPS. Stock #55760.................. $324,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, ProDrive, HarvestSmart. Stock #55776......... $300,500 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, ProDrive, HarvestSmart. Stock #55778......... $299,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, ProDrive, HarvestSmart. Stock #55789......... $297,500 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, TriStream rotor, chopper, full GPS. Stock #55782..... $294,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, TriStream rotor, chopper, full GPS. Stock #55774..... $293,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S680, TriStream rotor, chopper, full GPS. Stock #55784..... $285,500 (1) 2013 John Deere S680, ProDrive, HarvestSmart. Stock #55800......... $273,900 (1) 2013 John Deere S680, TriStream rotor, chopper, full GPS. Stock #55797..... $254,900 (1) 2012 John Deere S680, ProDrive, Contour Master. Stock #54026............. $265,000 (11) 2012 John Deere S680, TriStream rotor, full GPS w/ activate. Stock #52047.$252,500 (1) 2016 John Deere S670, performance plus, spreader. Stock #55733.................CALL (1) 2015 John Deere S670, 461/338 hours, TriStream rotor. Stock #55737........ $294,900 (1) 2014 John Deere S670, Contour Master, ProDrive. Stock #53481............... $300,000 (14)

#52021

2014 John Deere S670, TriStream, chopper, full GPS. Stock #55773............ $274,500 (1) 2014 John Deere S670, ProDrive, HarvestSmart. Stock #55771......... $272,500 (1) 2013 John Deere S670, ProDrive, full GPS system. Stock #52011.............. $329,000 (1) 2013 John Deere S670, TriStream rotor, full GPS. Stock #52014.................. $277,000 (1) 2013 John Deere S670, full GPS, wide spaced tube radiator. Stock #52021...... $274,000 (1) 2013 John Deere S670, TriStream rotor, 22.5ft. unload auger. Stock #52023.$274,000 (1) 2012 John Deere S670, 1050 eng/624 sep hrs, 2630 display. Stock #55197..... $280,000(11) 2012 John Deere S670, TriStream rotor, ProDrive, full GPS. Stock #55802.. $228,500 (1) 2012 John Deere S670 ProDrive transmission. Stock #46604......................... $220,000 (11) 2009 John Deere 9870, Contour Master, powercast tailboard. Stock #54984$158,500 (14) 2009 John Deere 9870, Contour Master, powercast tailboard. Stock #54985$158,500 (14) 2010 John Deere 9770, 910 eng hrs, Contour Master, chopper. Stock #55077.$262,000 (12) 2006 John Deere 9760, bullet rotor, chopper, sidehill. Stock #47214............ $115,000 (12) 2004 John Deere 9760, ext wear grain handling, TouchSet. Stock #50873$121,000 (12) 2002 John Deere 9750, sgl pt header connect, 20-ft. unload. Stock #51343...... $69,850 (12) 2001 John Deere 9750STS, level land fixed sp feederhouse. Stock #54972...... $75,000 (12) 2004 John Deere 9660, twin disk spreader, chaff spreader. Stock #52892... $125,000 (2) 2004 John Deere 9660, y/m monitor, 12” axle ext. Excellent! Stock #54854.... $89,600 (15) 1990 John Deere 9600 3837/3150 hr, hyd fore/ aft, 930 header. Stock #55695. $36,000 (14) 1980 Case IH 1480 small grain, 2WD, 810 header, batt reel. Stock #55039.. $9000 (14) 2011 Gleaner S77 705 sep hr, chopper, chaff spreader. Stock #51255......... $164,000 (14) 2008 Gleaner R65 1041 separator hours, chopper. Stock #51254........... $107,000 (14)

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#44518

#16561

TRACTORS

2011 John Deere 9630T, 36” tracks, 4 SCV’s, CAT 5 drawbar. Stock #54982.$189,900 (14) 2015 John Deere 9570R, PowerShift, big hyd pump, 5 SCV’s. Stock #55888.. $335,000 (1) 2014 John Deere 9560R 4WD, PTO, 5 SCV’s, high flow. Stock #52682............ $333,545 (3) 2014 John Deere 9560R, 18/6 powershift, big hydraulic pump. Stock #53638. $311,276 (1) 2014 John Deere 9560R 18/6 powershift, 4 hydraulics. Stock #16561.......... $297,900 (1) 2012 John Deere 9560R, 5 SCV’s, 1000 PTO, heavy wt pkg. Stock #51278..... $274,900 (1) 2015 John Deere 9470RT, 30” 3500 Camoplast tracks. Stock #53018..... $355,000 (14) 2008 John Deere 9430T, 30” tracks, PTO, front weights. Stock #47282........... $147,500 (14) 1979 John Deere 8640, syncro, duals, blade. Stock #54887............................. $24,000 (1) 1979 John Deere 8630, syncro, duals, new engine 1500 hr ago. Stock #55185.. $24500 (1) 2008 John Deere 8430 MFWD, no ILS, IVT, 4 SCV’s, duals. Stock #55606.........CALL (14) 2009 John Deere 7330 Premium, 20 sp AutoQuad, 3 SCV’s. Stock #56151.$92,750 (11) 2014 John Deere 7210R, IVT, 5 SCV’s, dual PTO. Stock #44518................ $232,700 (15) 2014 John Deere 7210R 5 hyd remotes, 540/1000 PTO. Stock #50494..$220,000 (14) 2012 John Deere 6210R MFWD, TLS, IVT, 3 SCV’s, 3-pt. Stock #55998........ $150,450 (1) 2013 John Deere 6170M MFWD, 20 sp PowrQuad, H380 ldr. Stock #55642. $99,500 (11) 2015 John Deere 6155R, Triple Link, IVT, 4 SCV’s, loader. Stock #55862........CALL (11) 2015 John Deere 6150R MFWD, TLS, IVT, 3 SCV’s, loader. Stock #56273.... $138,205 (1) 2013 John Deere 6150R MFWD, AutoQuad, H360 ldr. Stock #56029.......... $118,500 (11) John Deere 6150M, 20/20 PowrQuad PLUS, LH reverse, loader. Stock #54813.....$136,000 (2) 2013 John Deere 6150M, 20/20 PowrQuad PLUS, LH reverse. Stock #55243$108,500 (12) 2013 John Deere 6150M, 16 sp PowrQuad, 2 SCV’s, 3-pt. Stock #53173...... $107,000 (11) 2014 John Deere 6140R, AutoQuad + 20 sp, H360 loader. Stock #53020.... $134,000 (15) 2011 John Deere 6140D MFWD, 9x9 trans, 673 loader. Stock #56030......... $59,900 (11)

2010 John Deere 6140D MFWD, standard cab, loader. Stock #56284.......... $49,900 (1) 2015 John Deere 6105D, 12F/12R, power reverser, H310 ldr. Stock #56008.. $57,100 (1) 1980 John Deere 4840, 2WD, cab, PowerShift, 1000 PTO, duals. Stock #55178$21,500 (12) 1976 John Deere 4630, 2WD, Quad-Range, 3-pt., 1000 PTO. Stock #53262.$17,500 (11) 1975 John Deere 4630, PowerShift, 2 hyd, 1000 PTO, 3-pt. Stock #55299. $16,500 (12) 1973 John Deere 4430 2WD, 8 sp powershift, DuAl 3100 loader. Stock #55871.$19,750 (14) 1973 John Deere 4430, cab, loader, good tires. Stock #56063............................. $13,750 (1) 2014 John Deere 3039R, hydro, 1 rear SCV, H165 loader. Stock #55997...... $33,900 (15) 1980 John Deere 2940 2WD, partial pwrshift, loader, grapple. Stock #54731.. $16,000 (14) 1982 John Deere 2140, 82 hp, cab, loader, good tires. Stock #56062............ $14,000 (1) 2000 Case IH MX200 MFWD, 18/4 p/s, 3 SCV’s, rear duals. Stock #55872.......... $59,500 (15) 1984 Case IH 5288, 2WD, no 3-pt., 3 SCVs, front weights. Stock #54208..... $17,500 (14) 1980 Case 4690, 12F/4R partial powershift, rebuilt trans. Stock #56155....... $14,500 (14) 2011 New Holland T9.670, 4WD, 4 track, powershift, 6 SCV’s. Stock #53505$240,000 (11) 2010 New Holland TV6070, MFWD, IVT, loader, grapple. Stock #53740......... $107,500 (3) 1998 New Holland 9030E bidirectional, loader, 16-ft. NH hay head. Stock #54948.$49,500 (1) 1995 New Holland 8770 MFWD, 16F/9R p/s, 7514 ldr, grpl. Stock #55656..... $48,000 (14) 1994 New Holland 8670, MFWD, 4 hyd, 540/1000 PTO. Stock #53531.. $59,500 (14) 1981 Ford 1700 MFWD, syncro, loader, mower, tiller, rear blade. Stock #55694...... $9500 (2) 1946 Ford 2N 2WD, 23 hp, 2 new rear tires. Stock #56037.............................. $2750 (14) 2002 Buhler 2145, MFWD, partial powershift, loader, grapple. Stock #53776.... $58,340 (1) 1980 Versatile 875, 280 hp, synchro, reman trans, Atom-Jet. Stock #55643.$13,500 (11) Belarus 825, MFWD, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, loader, bucket. Stock #53140...... $8950 (16)

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#54982

#53173

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By NDSU Extension Service Four North Dakota State University vegetable crops from field to table. More (NDSU) Extension Service teams have than 450 people attended the 14 webinars, been honored for their work with a Program which were archived on YouTube for future Excellence Award. The teams received use and had 1,038 views. Of respondents, their awards at the October 18-20, NDSU 49 percent indicated they would change Extension and Research Extension Center their behavior as a result of the webinars. conference in Fargo. The honors included A comprehensive website was developed cash awards sponsored by Farm and Ranch for new and existing Extension information Guide. about certain specialty crops and had 4,470 Ditch Hay Program visitors. Ten Field to Fork handouts were North Dakota livestock producers cut developed for use in farmers’ markets. An and bale hay in road ditches. There was no online mini-course was created using Versal baseline information assessing the quality software. Other marketing materials also of ditch hay or identifying the variables were developed. impacting ditch hay quality. In addition, Team members: Shaundra Ziemannincreased activity on rural roads in some Bolinske, Extension agent, family and portions of the state have caused increases consumer sciences, Burleigh County; Stacy in dust accumulation on plants adjacent to Wang, Extension associate; Julie Gardenthe roads, leading to more questions about Robinson, professor/food and nutrition spenutrient quality and suitability of these forcialist; Jim Murphy, representing program ages as livestock feed. Training meetings sponsor Farm and Ranch Guide; Esther were conducted to standardize data and McGinnis, assistant professor/horticulturist; sample collection, and Extension agents Todd Weinmann, Extension agent, agrifrom 29 counties collected and characterculture and natural resources/horticulture, ized samples from 182 operations in 36 Cass County; Tom Kalb, horticulturist; Elcounties. Samples were analyzed for nulen Crawford, information specialist; Allie trient content, and an additional training Benson, program assistant; Bob Bertsch, focused on interpretation and dissemination Web technology specialist; Deb Tanner, of results. Individual reports were returned graphic designer; Scott Swanson, electronic to producers, summary presentations were media specialist; Clifford Hall, Plant Scideveloped and project participants disences professor; Kyla Splichal, Williston seminated results. Participating producers Research Extension Center horticulture/ reported a 64 percent increase in knowledge crop research specialist; Glenn Muske, rural and understanding of variation in nutrient and agribusiness enterprise development content of ditch hay, a 55 percent increase in specialist; David Saxowsky, Agricultural knowledge and understanding of the factors and Applied Economics associate professor that impact quality of ditch hay, and a 55 Kids, Compost, Crops and Consumppercent increase in knowledge and undertion standing of the importance of forage testing. Ninety-two percent of children in North Team members (team members listed Dakota do not eat enough vegetables. The by county are all Extension agriculture and average American consumer is three to four natural resources agents) Breana Kiser, generations removed from agriculture. A Dickey County; Nicole Wardner, Sheridan multidisciplinary Extension team built the County; Kelsie Egeland, Emmons County; Kids, Compost, Crops and Consumption Megan Vig, Griggs County; Angela Johnprogram to teach youth about nutrition, agson, Steele County; Katie Wirt, Grant ricultural production and the origin of their County; Miranda Meehan, assistant profesfood. The program was piloted to 80 thirdsor/livestock environmental stewardship and fourth-graders at a low-income school specialist; Craig Askim, Mercer County; in the Fargo school district. The program Katelyn Hain, Nelson County; Kelcey consisted of six monthly lessons focusing Hoffmann, Cass County; Lindsay Madon a different part of the food cycle. Each dock, Wells County; Crystal Schaunaman, student was provided with a square-foot garMcIntosh County; Paige Brummund, Ward den box and the supplies and information to County; Sheldon Gerhardt, Logan County; grow spinach during the summer. Students Richard Schmidt, Oliver County; Kevin also received two recipes for using spinach Sedivec, professor/rangeland management and tasted those recipes. Every lesson also specialist; Carl Dahlen, associate professor/ promoted daily physical activity. A monthly beef cattle specialist; Jim Murphy, reprenewsletter reviewed the current lesson for senting program sponsor Farm and Ranch the whole family. Students improved their Guide; Karl Hoppe, Carrington Research knowledge of nutrition, composting and Extension Center area specialist/livestock agriculture: 97 percent said they know livesystems; John Dhuyvetter, North Central stock use plants as food; 78 percent know Research Extension Center area specialist/ paper can be composted, compared with 41 livestock systems; Timothy Becker, Eddy percent before the program; and 85 percent County; Mark Miller, Rolette County; Brian indicated they now are more willing to try Zimprich, Ransom County; Joel Lemer, new fruits and vegetables. Foster County; Duaine Marxen, Hettinger Team members: Alicia Harstad, ExCounty; Danielle Steinhoff, Williams tension agent, agriculture and natural County; Yolanda Schmidt, Pierce County; resources, Stutsman County; Mary Berg, Bradley Brummond, Walsh County; Asharea Extension specialist, livestock environley Stegeman, formerly Burleigh County; mental management, Carrington Research Jackie Buckley, Morton County; Becky Extension Center; Jim Murphy, representing Buchmann, Dunn County; Kurt Froelich, program sponsor Farm and Ranch Guide; Stark/Billings County; Fara Brummer, forTodd Weinmann, Extension agent, agriculmer Central Grasslands Research Extension ture and natural resources/horticulture, Cass Center livestock systems specialist County; Stacy Wang, Extension associate; Field to Fork: Enhancing the Safe Use Nikki Johnson, area Extension specialist, of North Dakota Specialty Crops community health and nutrition; Kelcey Ensuring safe, nutritious food is critical Hoffmann, Extension agent, agriculture not only for the consumer, but also for the and natural resources, Cass County; Linda specialty crops industry. Foodborne illSchuster, administrative secretary, Carnesses related to fresh fruits and vegetables rington Research Extension Center have risen in recent years. The team deWatch Me Grow signed a project to enhance knowledge and An NDSU Extension community forum safe food handling of specialty fruit and CONTINUED ON PAGE C23

NDSU Extension Service teams honored

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in Hillsboro highlighted community and family concerns, including lack of quality family opportunities, health and wellness at a young age, access to healthy affordable foods and how to grow your own food. A similar format at an Extension Advisory Council meeting elicited a need for a family-oriented outreach program to rural communities in Grand Forks County. Watch Me Grow was developed by the Extension team to deliver education on container gardening and nutrition, while providing for family and community engagement. The program was delivered in Northwood and Larimore and to Head Start youth and their families. Northwood and Larimore families chose between a pepper and tomato transplant and Head Start families chose pea, bean or carrot seeds to plant in their grow bags. Results indicated 90 percent had successful container gardens, 80 percent ate vegetables from their container gardens and 60 percent saved money by growing their own vegetables. Team members: All from NDSU Extension Service – Grand Forks County: Kayla Bakewell, Extension agent, family and consumer sciences (now in Richland County); Linda Kuster, nutrition education assistant, Family Nutrition Program; Carrie Knutson, Extension agent, 4-H youth development; Jim Murphy, representing program sponsor Farm and Ranch Guide; Willie Huot, Extension agent, agriculture and natural resources; Steve Sagaser, Extension agent, agriculture and natural resources/horticulture; Michael Knudson, former Extension agent, agriculture and natural resources; Jean Noland, Extension agent, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program; Molly Soeby, Extension parent educator and Extension agent, family and consumer sciences; Nancy Smith, Northeast District administrative assistant; Linda Hammen, office administrator; Carole Hadlich, former administrative assistant; plus, Grand Forks Head Start staff ##### What did the farmer get when he crossed an owl with a goat? a ‘Hootinanny’

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By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service A technique called “near-infrared spectroscopy” (NIRS) can rapidly estimate the amount of acrylamide in whitepotato French fries, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their North Carolina State University collaborators. Acrylamide is a potentially toxic compound that forms in potatoes and other foods when they are fried, roasted or baked at high temperatures. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued recommendations to help the food industry reduce the amount of acrylamide in certain foods. According to the FDA, certain foods are likely to contain more acrylamide than others, including potato products such as French fries. Reducing acrylamide levels in certain fried foods can help consumers reduce the potential risk associated with this toxic compound. Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Science Research Unit (FSRU) in Raleigh, North Carolina, work to reduce acrylamide while maintaining health-promoting compounds in foods. The current process used to determine acrylamide levels in food requires sophisticated analytical techniques that take a long time and requires expensive equipment, according to FSRU food scientist Suzanne Johanningsmeier. In a recent study, Johanningsmeier and her colleagues used NIRS technology to detect acrylamide in potato flour spiked with different levels of the compound. They then used NIRS to test and analyze French fries produced with various pretreatments and cooking times. From these data, a predictive model was developed to rapidly estimate acrylamide content, which is also less expensive than current methods. Food processors typically pay about $250 per sample to test French fries and other products for acrylamide, according to FSRU research leader Van-Den Truong. The cost per sample using the new model would be about $25. The NIRS technique also gives potato breeders and processors a quicker, less expensive method to test and evaluate large numbers of potato hybrids for potential acrylamide formation, according to Johanningsmeier. This research was supported by a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative Grant. ARS is USDA’s chief in-house scientific research agency.

State Grain Lab returns to priority service

Montana State Grain Lab inspectors have finished grading the backlog of samples from the 2016 harvest and the lab has returned to priority service. A higher number of samples coupled with staffing challenges made 2016 a busy year for the lab. “This was a tough harvest year for our inspectors in the grain lab, as they were both short-handed and grading a high number of samples,” said Montana Department of Agriculture Director Ron de Yong. “I’m very proud of the way Greg and his crew handled things this year and I think they have things in good shape to handle the load next year.” As Montana’s burgeoning pulse crop industry continues to grow, it presents a new set of challenges and opportunities for the lab. Unlike wheat, pulses have to be officially graded before leaving the state; in 2016, the lab saw a 70% increase in these types of samples. In addition to a higher number of samples, a slew of retirements and departures left the lab short-handed for harvest, as it takes around 6 months for new inspectors to become licensed. The lab expects to be fully staffed and licensed for the 2017 season. “I’m really proud of our team for the way they handled the workload this season. We’ve had our folks working overtime since August to get caught up,” said Greg Stordahl, Bureau Chief of the State Grain Lab. “We also want to thank the producers for their patience during these past few months.” The Montana State Grain Lab is the official agency provider for services under the U.S. Grain Standards Act and the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946. The lab is one of 46 Designated Private and State Agencies overseen by the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), which is part of the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.

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Bull selection and managing risk

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service track became sufficient, but keep in mind, Consider this an invite to help beef proproducers had no scientific understanding ducers manage risk. of fertilization and conception until reThe greater the risk, the more likely the selected choice is wrong, and as producers, cently in the timeline of the domestication we want to minimize risk. of cattle. Bull buying involves risk because a bull We still need to remind ourselves of one without the desired genes will not meet very simple principle established well in exmanagement goals for expected calf percess of 200 years ago by Robert Bakewell: “Like produces formance. Bull like or the likebuying risk can be minimized by ness of some anunderstanding the cestor; inbreeding available genetic produces prepodata for the detency and refinesired bull through ment; breed the the implementabest to the best.” And so the breedtion and utilization of the asing of domestic cattle began in sociated tools to earnest, and the access that data. early progenitors Although risk of today’s cattle breeds were established never can be eliminated, bull selection and subsequently set. workshops through the North Dakota State The same principle works today, espeUniversity (NDSU) Extension Service (as well local Extension efforts across the cially when buying bulls: “Breed the best country) are offered to help producers deto the best.” Another scholar from the past, Sir Francrease the risk of buying the wrong bull. These small workshops provide two to three cis Bacon, said, “Read not to contradict hours of interaction with producers to help and confute, nor to believe and take for them better understand current opportunigranted, but to weigh and consider.” These are good thoughts when buying bulls and ties to select bulls. bear repeating: “Breed the best to the best.” The workshops provide the ability to and “Weigh and consider.” spend two to three hours with a few proUnfortunately, the simple part has beducers at a time. As producers express their goals and objectives regarding their current come complicated because the amount bull needs, time can be spent explaining the of information currently available can be tools that are available to better meet each mind-boggling. But remember, reviewing producer’s goals and objectives. numbers and setting one’s objective still is Producer minds have opened as they based on selecting the bull that has the best come to better understand what the availopportunity to meet the herd objective. A critical element for future success of beef able numbers mean. A review of each operations involves reducing risk, so sign producer’s previous bull purchases reveals up for a bull selection workshop. how successful each producer was in meetThe workshops encourage producers to ing current genetic benchmarks within better understand where they are, based on the herd. The outcome: spending money historic genetic inputs, and develop a selecwisely. These workshops do not set producer tion plan that will move or maintain their goals and objectives because the beef production objectives. Ultimately, they will industry has many goals and objectives. minimize the risk of spending money on Obviously, positive financial outcomes are the wrong bull. desired, but even then, short-term objecThe process a producer utilizes should maintain the principles that are core tives may seem less profitable, but in the standards of the operation. Each indilong run, they produce a more profitable herd. vidual cattle operation has its own wealth So bull selection season is here and it is of knowledge regarding the operation and homework time. management of the farm or ranch and the A strong tendency still exists to go with type of cattle needed. one’s gut feeling and bypass available inBut today, instead of going with one’s gut feeling and accepting historical risk, dividual bull data. Why? The three main one actually can lower the risk associated reasons could be as follows: first, a general with spending money on bulls. Keeping lack of understanding of what the data current on sire selection tools is the key, and mean and how to apply the data; second, a learning these keys can have a very positive lack of how the data can be integrated and impact on reaching long-term objectives. evaluated against individual herd goals and The opportunity is real, and so is the benefit. objectives; and third, a residual feeling that May you find all your ear tags. what is visual is easy to understand. Thus, For more information, contact your local an appreciation of historic concepts is solid NDSU Extension Service agent (https:// and keeps producers satisfied. www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directory) Bull selection has not changed since or Ringwall at the Dickinson Research cattle were domesticated. For most of those Extension Center, 1041 State Ave., Dickcenturies, a bull was needed to mate with and settle cows. Through time, a quick inson, ND 58601; 701-456-1103; or kris. visual evaluation of the bull’s reproductive ringwall@ndsu.edu.

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Here’s how to dine out healthfully

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service “What’s your favorite episode of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’?” my daughter asked her siblings. Her brother and sister began describing the antics of SpongeBob, a yellow kitchen sponge who lives in a pineapple at the bottom of the sea. He works as a dedicated fry cook with an interesting bunch of characters at a restaurant. My kids were greatly amused by this character and, evidently, still are. Yes, it is a silly show. I liked the episode where he became sentimental as he wore his special childhood “cookie eating hat” at his grandma’s house, by the way. I was feeling a little nostalgic myself. Our family of five was enjoying a relaxing meal at a restaurant. I grinned as I listened to them reminisce about cartoons they watched as kids. Eating at restaurants wasn’t always this easy. Thinking back, our infant son was easy to carry around in his car seat. My husband called our son “the bucket of baby” as he carried him into restaurants. Our son watched us intently as we ate. I think he wanted to start eating solid foods as soon as possible. Three years later, his sister arrived on the scene and we still managed OK in sit-down restaurants. One of us bounced our baby and the other entertained our toddler. Sometimes, CONTINUED ON PAGE C29

Special awards presented at fall conference

By NDSU Extension Service Two special awards were presented at the October 18-20 North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service/ Research Extension Center fall conference in Fargo. • Friend of the North Dakota Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Aging Services, North Dakota Department of Human Services For several years, Aging Services has played a vital role in Extension’s delivery of two evidence-based educational programs: Powerful Tools for Caregivers and Stepping On (SO). Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a self-care program that provides family caregivers with tools and strategies to better handle the challenges they face. Aging Services has encouraging its clients to participate in these workshops, along with paying their registration fees and providing respite care while they attend. Stepping On helps older adults reduce their risk of falling. Falls-related injuries are a major public health concern because of their impact on older adults’ health and quality of life, and the health-care system. Aging Services has provided grant funds to cover workshop registration costs and class leaders’ travel expenses to attend a three-day training. Aging Services also has partnered with NDSU Extension on two statewide studies: Circles of Aging, which explored baby boomers’ needs and desires as they age, and the Family Caregiver Study, which examined the services and supports available to family caregivers. • Communicator of the Year presented by the NDSU Agriculture Communication department and North Dakota chapter of the Association for Communication Excellence – Lisa Pederson, Beef Quality Assurance Specialist Lisa was honored for her expertise and professionalism in delivering educational programs and information using a variety of communication tools. She assists beef producers on issues such as improving carcass quality, using better cattle-handling techniques and protecting their herds through herd health practices. She also helps dairy producers understand practices to improve their value to the industry. Pederson incorporates innovative communication tools into her educational programs. For example, she uses a syringe to shoot mustard into cupcakes to show where producers should and should not vaccinate cattle. She uses her personal Facebook page to communicate the work she and others are doing to educate producers, and to pose questions to generate discussions. She has been NDSU Extension’s BQA specialist since March 1999. She grew up on a cow-calf operation in southwestern Colorado, and she and her husband are involved in his family’s fifth-generation cattle operation.

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if we weren’t watching closely enough, our son would escape from our table to explore the restaurant. He was fast on his feet. Then our third child arrived, and we were outnumbered. We stopped eating out for quite some time because eating at home was less expensive and less stressful. The restaurant options for kids were quite limited, and our kids almost always had the same thing: chicken tenders. Our oldest child is now 21 and living on his own. Our 18-year-old daughter is in college and living in a dorm, and our youngest child is at home. Gathering the entire family for a meal does not happen very often any more. Whether meals are made at home or in restaurants, eating together certainly is memorable, and it helps families connect and communicate. Yes, laughing and reminiscing about an animated kitchen sponge named Bob can be good for family relationships, in my estimation. Meals prepared at home usually are lower in calories than meals eaten away from home. Consider these tips based on the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans to maximize your nutrition while avoiding the “holiday bulge.” Which of these will work for you? • To save money and calories, order water as your beverage. If you prefer something flavored, go with a calorie-free option such as unsweetened tea or coffee. • Start your meal with a side salad, but order the dressing on the side. Try dipping the tines of your fork in the dressing instead of pouring the dressing on top of the salad. • Consider sharing a meal with your dining companion. If you are dining solo, pack half of the entrée into a to-go box before you begin eating. This way, you will have a ready-togo lunch or dinner to eat in the next couple of days. • Check if the restaurant has smaller-sized portions. You might find something on the appetizer menu that will work as a meal. • Aim to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables. Stir-fries and kabobs often are heavier on vegetables than other entrees. Consider the salad bar as your entrée, but choose plenty of “plain” fruits and vegetables instead of ones covered in sauces. • Choose whole grains when possible. When the server asks if you want “white” or “wheat,” opt for the “wheat” choice, which usually will be higher in fiber. • If the restaurant provides nutrition information, compare your choices. Aim for items lower in calories and sodium. • Don’t try to be a member of the “clean plate club.” Take your leftovers home and refrigerate within two hours. Be sure to eat your leftovers within four days. Here’s a more healthful version of chicken tenders to prepare at home. This recipe is courtesy of the Midwest Dairy Council. Serve with oven-baked homemade french fries or sweet potato fries for a fast-food experience at home. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food and search the recipe section for hundreds of easy-to-make foods. Cheesy Chicken Crunchers 1 c. all-purpose flour (can use whole-wheat flour) Salt Pepper 4 egg whites 1/2 c. 1% low-fat milk 1 1/2 c. corn flakes, crushed 1 c. (4 ounces) shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese 6 chicken breast fillets cut into strips Nonstick cooking spray Barbecue sauce or ketchup Preheat oven to 375 F. In a small bowl, combine flour with a pinch of salt and pepper. In a second bowl, make egg wash by beating eggs and milk. In a third bowl, combine crushed corn flakes with cheese. Coat a 13- by 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Dip chicken pieces in flour, then in egg wash, then roll in cheesy flakes mixture, coating the entire piece of chicken. Place on a baking pan. Discard any unused corn flake mixture after coating the chicken. Bake for 25 minutes, turning halfway through to ensure even browning. Serve with your choice of condiments. Makes six servings. Each serving has 320 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 37 g protein, 24 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber and 320 milligrams sodium. ##### In 1830, it took about 250 to 300 labor hours to produce 100 bushels (5 acres) of wheat. In 1975, it took just 3¾ hours.

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How to use fruits and vegetables to help manage your weight

Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fruits and vegetables are part of a wellthe total calories in your meal without rebalanced and healthy eating plan. ducing the amount of food you eat. BUT There are many different ways to lose remember to use a normal- or small-size or maintain a healthy weight. Using more plate— not a platter. The total number of fruits and vegetables along with whole calories that you eat counts, even if a good grains and lean meats, nuts, and beans is a proportion of them come from fruits and safe and healthy one. Helping control your vegetables. weight is not the only benefit of eating more fruits and vegetables. Diets rich in fruits About 100 Calories or Less and vegetables may reduce the risk of some • a medium-size apple (72 calories) • a medium-size banana (105 calories) types of cancer and other chronic diseases. • 1 cup steamed green beans (44 calories) Fruits and vegetables also provide essential • 1 cup blueberries (83 calories) vitamins and minerals, fiber, and other sub• 1 cup grapes (100 calories) stances that are important for good health. • 1 cup carrots (45 calories), broccoli (30 To lose weight, you must eat fewer calories), or bell peppers (30 calories) with 2 tbsp. hummus (46 calories) calories This doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to eat less food. You can create lowerSmart Snacks calorie versions of some of your favorite Most healthy eating plans allow for one dishes by substituting low-calorie fruits or two small snacks a day. Choosing most and vegetables in place of higher-calorie fruits and vegetables will allow you to eat ingredients. The water and fiber in fruits and a snack with only 100 calories. vegetables will add volume to your dishes, The fruits and vegetables in the box so you can eat the same amount of food with above all have about 100 or fewer calories. fewer calories. Most fruits and vegetables Instead of a high-calorie snack from a are naturally low in fat and calories and vending machine, bring some cut-up vegare filling. etables or fruit from home. One snack-sized As people become less active, their bodbag of corn chips (1 ounce) has the same ies need fewer calories. Even if you do not number of calories as a small apple, 1 cup need to lose weight, you may still need to of whole strawberries, AND 1 cup of carrots reduce calories simply to maintain your with 1/4 cup of low-calorie dip. current weight. Substitute one or two of these options Here are some simple ways to cut calories for the chips, and you will have a satisfying and eat fruits and vegetables throughout snack with fewer calories. your day: Remember: Substitution is the key Breakfast: Start the Day Right It’s true that fruits and vegetables are • Substitute some spinach, onions, or lower in calories than many other foods, mushrooms for one of the eggs or half of but they do contain some calories. If you the cheese in your morning omelet. The start eating fruits and vegetables in addivegetables will add volume and flavor to tion to what you usually eat, you are addthe dish with fewer calories than the egg ing calories and may gain weight. The key or cheese. is substitution. Eat fruits and vegetables • Cut back on the amount of cereal in instead of some other higher-calorie food. your bowl to make room for some cut-up Eat fruits and vegetables the way nabananas, peaches, or strawberries. You can ture provided—or with fat-free or low-fat still eat a full bowl, but with fewer calories. cooking techniques. Lighten Up Your Lunch Try steaming your vegetables, using • Substitute vegetables such as lettuce, low-calorie or low-fat dressings, and ustomatoes, cucumbers, or onions for 2 ounces ing herbs and spices to add flavor. Some of the cheese and 2 ounces of the meat in cooking techniques, such as breading and your sandwich, wrap, or burrito. The new frying, or using high-fat dressings or sauces version will fill you up with fewer calories will greatly increase the calories and fat in than the original the dish. And eat your fruit raw to enjoy its • Add a cup of chopped vegetables, such natural sweetness. as broccoli, carrots, beans, or red peppers, Canned or frozen fruits and vegetables in place of 2 ounces of the meat or 1 cup of are good options when fresh produce is noodles in your favorite broth-based soup. not available The vegetables will help fill you up, so you However, be careful to choose those won’t miss those extra calories. without added sugar, syrup, cream sauces, Dinner or other ingredients that will add calories. • Add in 1 cup of chopped vegetables Choose whole fruit over fruit drinks such as broccoli, tomatoes, squash, onions, and juices or peppers, while removing 1 cup of the rice Fruit juices have lost fiber from the fruit. or pasta in your favorite dish. The dish with It is better to eat the whole fruit because it the vegetables will be just as satisfying but contains the added fiber that helps you feel have fewer calories than the same amount full. One 6-ounce serving of orange juice of the original version. has 85 calories, compared to just 65 calories • Take a good look at your dinner plate. in a medium orange. Vegetables, fruit, and whole grains should Whole fruit gives you a bigger size take up the largest portion of your plate. snack than the same fruit dried—for the If they do not, replace some of the meat, same number of calories cheese, white pasta, or rice with legumes, A small box of raisins (1/4 cup) is about steamed broccoli, asparagus, greens, or 100 calories. For the same number of caloanother favorite vegetable. This will reduce ries, you can eat 1 cup of grapes.

Try an unusual fruit this season

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service “What is that thing?” my husband asked as he pointed at something in the produce aisle. “I have no idea,” I said as I walked slowly toward the bin of fruits. I reached out timidly to examine the bright pink globular thing with green spines protruding from the sides and top. I was ready to pull my hand back quickly in case this thing had teeth and claws. “It looks weird. It must be good for you,” he noted. “Yes, a weird appearance is always the test of good nutrition,” I said with a grin and glance in his direction. “It’s a dragon fruit imported from Vietnam,” my husband announced as he read the sign. Frankly, this thing looked like it might have been imported from outer space. I could tell my husband wanted me to put it in the cart. I still was trying to figure out if it was edible. I put it in a plastic bag and added it to our cart next to a couple of pomegranates. When we arrived at the checkout stand, the checker looked at the curiosity we pulled out of our cart. “What is that?” he asked. We told him and he began trying to find “dragon fruit” in the computer. “It’s also called a pitaya,” my husband said as he looked up from doing research on his phone. Our checker couldn’t find that word in his database, either. Our checker asked for help from a neighboring checker. She opened her reference book of produce and could not find anything that resembled our “fuchsia-colored spiny wonder fruit.” It looked a little like tie-died artichoke. By now, we were holding up a line of people with heaping grocery carts. Yes, we were “those people.” I wanted to slip on a floppy hat and dark glasses and hide behind a post, if I could find one. My husband was mouthing, “We’re sorry!” to the people in line. The checker finally decided on a random price based on weight. I think he wanted us out of his line with our strange food selections. For dinner that night, I rinsed the dragon fruit in cool water, put it on a cutting board and got out a sharp knife. I was ready to fillet this thing. When I cut the dragon fruit open, I exclaimed to our daughters, “Look at this!” No, it didn’t have bones. It had a white interior with an abundance of tiny black seeds. This was inexpensive entertainment. The flavor was very bland and reminded me of kiwifruit or a melon. I learned that a pitaya is high in antioxidants and vitamin C, and the seeds provide omega-3 fats. I’d buy it again. Be a little adventuresome with the food you buy. At this time of the year, pomegranates also are available. They are about baseball- to softball-sized and pinkish red. I was just as surprised to crack open a pomegranate the first time as I was to open a dragon fruit. Pomegranates are juicy fruits filled with seeds surrounded by red or pinkish covers called arils. The seeds are nestled in a honeycomb like membrane that you do not eat. Pomegranate seeds resemble small jewels, and they make tasty additions to salads or desserts. At 72 calories per half cup, pomegranate seeds provide potassium, vitamin C, folate and other vitamins and minerals. Pomegranates have been cultivated for thousands of years in the Mediterranean region of the world and were brought to the Americas by Spanish missionaries. Pomegranates were valued as a portable source of fluid for early explorers. They are available in the late fall and early winter, just in time for the holiday season. California, Arizona and parts of Texas are among the states that can grow pomegranates. The next time you see an unusual fruit or vegetable at the store, give one a try. You might be pleasantly surprised. Here’s some information from Oklahoma Extension about how to seed a pomegranate. Be aware that the abundant juice from pomegranates can stain your clothing. Wear a dark-colored apron and not a white shirt. • Cut the crown (protruding blossom end) off the pomegranate, removing with it some of the pale-yellow pith. Take care not to pierce the seeds within. • Lightly cut through the skin from stem to crown end to divide the fruit in fourths. • Immerse the scored fruit in a large bowl of cool water and soak for five minutes. • Holding the fruit under water, break sections apart with your fingers, separating the seeds from the membrane. The CONTINUED ON PAGE C32

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By Gail Wells, Oregon State University Extension A team at Oregon State University (OSU) has built a web-based predictive tool that Willamette Valley vegetable farmers can use to schedule their plantings and harvests for the most favorable times. The interactive tool, called Croptime (http://smallfarms. oregonstate.edu/croptime), taps into temperature data and weather and climate forecasts to calculate optimal dates for planting of vegetable crops grown in the valley. It is being developed by Nick Andrews, Len Coop and others in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The conventional tools for scheduling planting and harvest, explained Andrews, are a calendar and estimated days to maturity, usually gleaned from a seed catalog. However, temperature and weather conditions can alter these estimates, especially in an uncharacteristically warm or cool year. By enabling growers to identify their optimum planting dates, Croptime promises to take some of the uncertainty out of harvest scheduling. “And that’s important,” Andrews said, “because accurate timing of harvests is critical to keeping vegetable farmers profitable and sustainable.” Well-timed harvests enable growers to meet demand for consistent supplies of produce. Good timing also helps farmers schedule labor when they need it, and it can help minimize pest damage at stages during the growing season when crops are most vulnerable. To use Croptime, growers select the weather station nearest their farm, select their crop and variety, and choose from a number of different forecasting options. Then they enter up to four prospective planting dates. For each planting date, Croptime predicts key growth stages and harvest maturity date. Right now Croptime can calculate time-to-harvest for four broccoli and seven cucumber varieties. Croptime can also predict when three important weeds (redroot pigweed, lambsquarter and hairy nightshade) are likely to go to seed and spread. Andrews said he and his colleagues aim to add 40 more vegetable variety models to Croptime during 2017. Andrews is an Extension agent serving small-scale growers in Oregon’s north Willamette Valley and developer of a new statewide Extension program devoted to organic farming. Coop is associate director of OSU’s Integrated Plant Protection Center. Croptime was built on the backbone of an earlier pestmanagement modeling tool called USPest.org, developed by Coop and hosted at the OSU Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC). USPest uses insect and disease models and is widely used by orchardists. The Croptime project is supported by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (Western SARE) and Oregon Tilth. USPest is supported by the Western Integrated Pest Management Center.

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Optimizing oats for use as dairy forage

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Wisconsin dairy producers are increasingly adopting a practice that makes economic and environmental sense: They plant oats in early to mid-August and either allow cattle to graze them through late November or harvest the crop in early November for later use. The strategy allows production of an additional forage crop before winter. The oats also “scavenge” excess nitrogen from the soil, and the plant residues enrich the soil. Dairy producers, however, need guidance on when to allow their cattle to start grazing the fall oats and which oat cultivars to use. If they allow cattle to graze forage too early, the heifers quickly eat up whatever is available and get less forage than if the oats were given more time to grow. Putting the heifers out to graze later in the fall means running the risk of inclement weather and losing oats under snow cover. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) dairy scientist Wayne Coblentz and his colleagues at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center planted two types of oat cultivars (an early- and a late-maturing variety) in August and put dairy heifers out to graze for six hours a day at two different starting dates: in late September and mid-October. They weighed the cattle at the beginning and end of the grazing periods and evaluated the oats for their nutritional value and the amount of forage mass-produced. All of the animal care and handling procedures were approved by a University of Wisconsin oversight committee. After two years of grazing, the results showed that it’s better to put the cattle out early in the fall rather than later, and it often is better to use late-maturing cultivars. The heifers put out to graze early gained twice as much weight per day as the heifers put out later. The late-maturing oat variety also produced higher quality forage, with greater energy density in the plant stems and leaves, and greater concentrations of water-soluble carbohydrates that support cattle growth. The results should prove useful to Wisconsin’s $43.4-billion dairy industry. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief inhouse scientific research agency.

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Feeding beef cows in winter

By Ray Bisek, Polk/Clearwater County Extension Most producers put up one of their largest crops of hay they’ve ever had this year in northern Minnesota, but with large yields often comes lower nutritional quality for much of that hay or at least of some of the lots stored. Winter is now upon us with our first real cold spell, so hopefully the cows came of pasture in good to excellent body condition. Understanding the body condition of your cows, the quality of feed available, and the weather conditions that this winter might present, all will factor into the success of profitability of the cow herd next spring. Below is an article from Mark Landefeld, Ohio State Agricultural Educator in Monroe County on Winter Feeding of beef cows. Feeding beef cattle during the winter can be a challenging experience if being profitable is also one of your goals. Proper nutrition is a key component for a successful cow/ calf operation. Cows go through many physiological changes during a year. The winter/early spring feeding period is one of the most critical times to provide adequate nutrition for the cow because of her needs at calving time. Feed usually accounts for the single largest input cost associated with beef cattle. The winter feeding period generally becomes the largest portion of this cost. Stored feeds such as hay normally cost producers 3-5 times as much as grazing a summer pasture or stockpiled feed in a paddock, when cost is calculated. It’s therefore critical to keep the amount of stored feed fed to an acceptable minimum so costs are kept under control, but you must still feed enough hay to meet the nutritional needs of the cow. We must maintain the cow’s dietary needs if strong healthy calves are to be born in the spring and also get cows rebred in a timely manner to maintain acceptable calving intervals. So, we quickly see how over feeding becomes costly, but don’t ever forget that under nourished cows may be a disaster. Under nourished cows are ones not receiving enough nutrients from their feed. Notice I did not say, its cows not being fed enough hay. Cows can be under nourished even though they are eating all they can eat. Feeding the correct quantity of hay is important, but feeding the correct quality of the hay during each production stage is the key. We often use the figures 2.5 - 3% of a cows body weight as the amount of dry matter (DM) a beef animal needs per day. So, a 1300 lb. cow would require approximately 33-39 lbs. of DM each day. Don’t forget this is a DM calculation. To calculate the amount of hay we must actually feed we must account for the moisture in the hay. Most stored hay will be roughly 90% DM so we divide our 33-39 lbs. by 90% (.90) and get an as fed amount of 37-43lbs. of hay per day for our 1300 lb. cow. Here’s the catch. Doing these calculations still does not assure us the proper amounts of nutrients are being fed. Remember we said cows can starve eating all they could eat. Quality of hay must be accounted for to ensure the nutrients being fed are adequate. Poor quality hay has high percentages of non-digestible (neutral detergent fiber-NDF) material in it. Because of this a cow cannot eat more than about 1.5% of her body weight in NDF. Poor quality forage does not pass through the rumen as quickly as high quality forage, hence the cow is full but still lacks the nutrients she needs to maintain productivity. Laboratory forage analyses I’ve had done sometimes reveal that hay does not contain the nutrients I thought it might. Sometimes this happens because of unexpected changes in weather conditions that delay making hay, but other times it’s because of management decisions. I’ve heard some producers boast of how many round bales they rolled up in one day or how well their round bales keep their shape and not sag after baling. However, what they really may be saying is that they have a lot of poor quality hay, which was made after it was very mature (with a high NDF value), and it won’t be able to meet the nutritional needs of their livestock during the winter feeding period. Many factors must be taken into consideration when feeding cows. Frame size, body condition, age of the cows, time of the year, stage of gestation, types of feed, feed quality, fluctuations in air temperature, mud, rainfall and the list could go on. Animals require energy for maintenance, growth, work, and milk or meat production. Feeds are evaluated in terms of the amount of energy and crude protein the animal can obtain from them. Providing the correct quantity and quality of feed, at the proper time, is what producers must do to maximize production, maintain cows in proper body condition and keep CONTINUED ON PAGE C37

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costs under control. Remember we said feeding beef cattle during winter can be a challenging experience. While we certainly want to feed enough nutrients, likewise we do not want to feed too many expensive nutrients if the hay is above average quality or very high in quality. Knowledge of your hay’s quality, the amount consumed and nutrient needs for all classes of livestock in your operation is essential to make the best use of forages available. Nutritional needs for cattle of various ages, weights and production stages are published in numerous places and easy to obtain. Accurate nutritional data of your hay lots will only be known if you have laboratory analyses done. Laboratory forage testing results are often returned within one week. It’s not too late to take samples and have an analysis done to calculate if you’re livestock can get enough nutrients from the hay you are feeding. Whatever method one uses to determine quantities of feed fed, producers should regularly monitor body condition of all livestock. This will help verify if nutrients being fed are calculated properly, distribution among all animals is adequate and boss cows are not keeping timid cows from eating enough forage, causing them to lose weight. A body condition scoring chart that shows pictures and lists body condition descriptions may be found at http://ohioline.osu. edu/l292/index.html

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By Denise Hoepfner, MSU News Service Just in time for wintry holiday road trips number of motorists and quickly changing Call (406) 363-4907, references available over the river and through the woods, the road conditions that can occur during the Western Transportation Institute at Montana winter holidays. State University has released a mobile verThe systems group at WTI created the sion of its award-winning One-Stop-Shop mobile version to reach a wider audience, online traffic tool for travelers looking for realizing that the traveling public turns to up-to-the-minute information on weather smartphones and tablets for their informaand road conditions. tion. 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New test genetically IDs fungal wheat threat

By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service A team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists has developed a sensitive new assay method for detecting the fungus that causes “wheat blast,” a disease of wheat in South America and, most recently, Bangladesh. The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae triticum (MoT) was first detected in Brazil in 1985. The disease has moved into the neighboring countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, but wheat blast hasn’t been reported outside of South America – that is, until February 2016, when MoT was confirmed in wheat crops in Bangladesh. Concerned that MoT could enter the United States and “blend in” with native strains of M. oryzae and evade rapid detection, scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Kansas State University and the University of Kentucky devised a method to home in on a specific region of the fungus’ genome that distinguishes it from other “lookalike” strains. The team reported the advance in September in the “First Look” section of the journal Plant Disease (http:// apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis). According to ARS plant pathologist Kerry Pedley, the method also distinguishes MoT from Fusarium graminearum, another fungal foe of wheat that causes disease symptoms similar to wheat blast. Symptoms include bleached grain heads and shrunken, malformed kernels of poor quality that greatly diminish marketability. Severe outbreaks of wheat blast can inflict 100-percent yield losses, making it a serious food-security threat given the grain’s status as a staple food for much of the world. Traditional methods of diagnosing wheat blast include examining infected plants for the presence of spore-like structures, called “conidia.” Procedures that genetically detect M. oryzae fungi are also used. However, they’re limited to species-level identifications and can’t distinguish among different fungal strains. This lack of specificity can hamper wheat blast-monitoring efforts and lead to false detections, as well as costly regulatory actions to contain a suspected occurrence, notes Pedley, with ARS’s Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit in Fort Detrick, Maryland. The new method overcomes this drawback by targeting a genomic marker unique to MoT. In tests, it accurately distinguished all known strains (or “pathotypes”) of MoT from more than 280 specimens of M. oryzae collected from around the world, including from South America and Bangladesh. The method yields results in less than 24 hours and is sensitive enough to detect trace amounts of the target sequence in samples, making it a valuable surveillance tool for field use, laboratory diagnosis, and port-of-entry inspections, among other applications. ARS is USDA’s principal in-house scientific research agency. These research outcomes are the product of a collaborative project led by Kansas State University and involving several other land-grant university partners. The research was made possible by a competitive grant from USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture and additional support from ARS.

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Grouse will bury themselves in snow. Other birds will roost in tree cavities or dense foliage or brush piles to cut both the wind and heat loss. Depending on the species, some birds can even shiver specific muscles to increase metabolism and generate extra heat. Mammals, like elk, have thick fur coats we can only wish for. An elk’s winter coat has two layers: a dense, woolly undercoat covered with thick, long guard hairs. Each guard hair contains tiny air pockets that make it waterproof and provide insulation. In very cold weather, snow on the thick guard hair coat often doesn’t even melt because the animal’s body heat is held in by the undercoat. Also, elk can make their hair stand on end, creating a thicker coat that traps more air. As a final trick, when bitter cold becomes a major problem for elk, they will either gather in tight groups on windswept areas to take advantage of warmth and safety in numbers, or move into conifers, seeking insulation. Of course if the weather changes and gives us a warm sunny day, elk cannot just unzip their coats. To avoid overheating, the animals may hunker down during the day in timber on north-facing slopes. Whatever their method, wildlife that spend the winter in Montana are ready now.

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Researchers feed, breed, protect bees to survive winter

By Seth Truscott, WSU CAHNRS Gathering last-minute sips of nectar and can’t come inside – a fast-multiplying rodent pollen, bees at the Washington State Univernest means quick doom for a dormant bee sity (WSU) Teaching Apiary recently made colony – and removed the entrance reducthe most of an unusually warm, 60-degree ers that have protected the hive from wasp November day. predators in late summer. So did bee breeder Steve Sheppard, who “These are dangerous to keep on in winhelped winterize dozens of WSU research ter,” said Sheppard. Entrance reducers inhives before the cold returned. crease the danger of blockage and suffocation “We’re lucky to have this kind of weather,” during the clustering period. said Sheppard, who has led the university’s “There shouldn’t be many drones left,” he bee breeding program for 18 years. “A month said. Not needed for mating in winter, male from now, we wouldn’t be able to do this.” bees are useless mouths driven out of the hive Feeding bees, fending off disease by workers every autumn. Bees stop rearing Winter is a tough time for the world’s most brood in fall and queens won’t start laying important pollinator. In addition to frigid eggs again until after the solstice, when days temperatures, honey bee colonies must battle start to lengthen. New baby bees will be fed disease and parasites, including the devastatstored honey and pollen. ing Varroa mite. WSU researchers are trying New research center would study overto help bees fight off these threats and survive wintering until spring. WSU entomologists keep more than 200 “We are breeding bees that overwinter hives on the Pullman campus and on surin a thrifty fashion and resist disease,” said rounding properties in Washington and Idaho. Sheppard. “We’re trying to develop bees that “To facilitate our field research, we can thrive without antibiotic treatment and with always use more bees,” said Sheppard. His reduced mite treatments.” team often partners with commercial beeIn the teaching apiary, Sheppard and techkeepers across the state to conduct research nician Philip Baker move from hive to hive, with their hives. lifting lids to check the buzzing occupants The proposed WSU Honey Bee and Pollifor disease and hefting the double-decker nator Research Facility (http://bees.wsu.edu) wooden boxes to gauge their weight. A would permit increased hive numbers and healthy hive contains at least 80-90 pounds infrastructure to expand research on honey of stored honey for the winter. bees and other pollinators. To help underweight hives, Baker and “The new center increases our capacity WSU entomology (http://entomology.wsu. in several areas,” Sheppard said. “All of our edu) students will place feeders full of thick researchers, labs and workshops would be in sugar syrup inside. Timing is essential – once one location. The facility would also contain the temperature drops, bees aren’t able to the country’s first controlled atmosphere easily access feeders: “If you don’t have your rooms dedicated to studying overwintering bees ready when winter comes, there’s not a in bees.” lot you can do to fix it,” said Sheppard. Pioneering controlled climates for bees Winter bees cluster for warmth Sheppard’s program has broken ground in In autumn, there’s a changing of the guard incorporating controlled climates for better inside beehives where a new, longer-lived overwintering. Inside old apple storage waregeneration of bees is born. “Winter bees,” houses, bees are kept in rooms containing up born with higher levels of fat and protein to 5,000 colonies with elevated carbon dioxreserves, look the same as their summer sibide concentrations. The bees aren’t harmed lings but far outlast hard-working summer by the CO2 but there is evidence that it can bees, who only live as long as six weeks. help control mites. When outside temperatures fall below 55 Sheppard’s lab has recently found that degrees, bees form a “winter cluster,” packbees from colonies wintered indoors exhibit ing tightly together and vibrating their wing improved lipid and protein levels compared muscles to keep warm. to those wintered outdoors. The success of “They’ll cluster for weeks or even months,” indoor wintering has already changed the said Sheppard, which keeps the core of the overwintering practices of some beekeepers, hive a toasty 75 degrees. and facilities are being built in a number of When daytime temperatures rise above western states. 55, winter bees take a “cleansing flight,” WSU entomologists are also continuing eliminating wastes. experiments with a fungus called Metarhi“The cleansing flight is most noticeable zium anisopliae, which is known to kill Varafter a number of weeks or months when they roa mites. Scientists seek to learn whether the can’t fly,” said Sheppard. “When it warms fungus is more effective in winter. up, the cluster dissipates and bees are able “Metarhizium is sensitive to dryness and to fly again.” heat, which has been a limitation in summer Protecting hives from rotting, rodents use,” said Sheppard. “We are selecting strains Among winterizing duties, Baker ensured that show improved virulence against mites that every hive is raised off the ground and and will be testing them for winter use.” every entrance angles downhill to drain Learn more about the WSU bee program rainfall and prevent rotting. He installed wire and the proposed new bee center at http:// mesh screens in the entrances to ensure mice bees.wsu.edu/

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Date When Celebrated : Always the Last Monday in January Feeling a little stressed lately.? Then, this special day is made for you! It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. As anyone who has ever come in contact with it knows, bubble wrap is not just a protective wrapping for things. It is also a wonderful stress reliever! Just squeeze the bubbles in the Bubble wrap, and feel the stress disappear with each POP...POP...POP.

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NRCS invests in innovative conservation partnership

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing $1.2 million for a Yellowstone Region Agricultural Sustainability Project, which seeks to define best management practices that would lower natural resource consumption and degradation for irrigated agricultural producers in Big Horn, Carbon, and Yellowstone counties in southern Montana. MillerCoors, the lead partner for this effort, has teamed up with 11 other partners to work with project teams to lower the consumption of natural resources through the use of added incentives that would allow producers to mitigate financial risks while transitioning to adopt the practices. The goal of the five-year project is to provide a pathway toward a model for agricultural sustainability. Montana’s project is one of 88 projects across the country that will receive $225 million in federal funding as part of the NRCS’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). In addition, partners have proposed to contribute up to an additional $500 million to improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. RCPP offers new opportunities for the NRCS, conservation partners and agricultural producers to work together to harness innovation, expand the conservation mission, and demonstrate the value and efficacy of voluntary, private lands conservation. The program is increasing investment in conservation from a diversity of partners, leading to cleaner and more abundant water, improved soil and air quality, enhanced wildlife habitat, and stronger rural economies. Water quality and drought are dominant themes in this year’s RCPP project list with 46 of the 88 projects focusing on water resource concerns. More than a fourth of the projects are focused on improving fish and wildlife habitat. See the full list of 2017 projects spanning the country, impacting almost every state in the nation and Puerto Rico. ##### “I like long walks, expecially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”

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From left Angelina Bannan, Amber Jensen, Tammie Jensen, Kylie Strauch

The Niobrara County senior 4-H meat judging team captured fifth at the National 4-H Meat Judging Contest October 18 in Manhattan, Kansas. The team of Amber Jensen, Angelina Bannan and Kylie Strauch placed fourth in retail cut placings and reasons, fifth in retail cut identification, seventh in oral reasons, and tenth in total placings. “The group earned the right to represent Wyoming after being named State Reserve Champion 4-H Meat team at the state contest in April,” says coach Tammie Jensen. The national contest was part of the 2016 American Royal Livestock Show and Rodeo in Kansas City, Missouri. Wyoming’s top competitor, Amber Jensen, earned seventh overall with 708 out of 750 possible points. After a first in retail cut identification and a perfect score of 300, a tiebreaker brought her a third place ribbon. Jensen was seventh in the beef division and ninth overall in oral reasons. Bannan tallied 662 points to place 20th overall. She was recognized for a fifth place tie in retail cut placings and ranked 13th in retail cut identification. Strauch gathered 644 points to place 30th overall. She earned 19th in retail cut placing and reasons. Fourteen teams and 54 individuals from across the U.S. competed. Wyoming tallied 2,014 points to gain its topfive spot. Texas won the contest with 2,150 points. North Dakota was second with 2,121, Kansas third with 2,028, and Tennessee fourth with 2,021. Jensen says she and the team members attribute much of their success to University of Wyoming meat lab manager Kelcey Christensen. “The practices he offered were outstanding,” she says. The group also practiced at the University of NebraskaLincoln and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Their trip was sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America, Wyoming Meat Processors Association and the many donors to the Niobrara County 4-H Judging Team Fund.

4-H educator joins Hot Springs County extension office

By University of Wyoming Extension A 4-H educator rejoined the Hot Springs County extension office November 21. Joey Johnson had previously served as the county’s 4-H educator from 2013-15. During the past 22 years, he has been a county 4-H educator, a vocational agriculture teacher and FFA adviser and a livestock judging coach. During his tenure with the Hot Springs County 4-H program, youth membership doubled, there was a substantial increase in the number of volunteer leaders and he helped bring in over $100,000 to the 4-H program through grant writing and fundraising, said Kim Reaman, University of Wyoming Extension federal relations and staff development coordinator. Johnson studied general agriculture at Casper College and graduated with a B.S. in agricultural education in 1994 from the University of Wyoming.

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By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University Extension Muth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. Honors scholarships totaling $92,000 GRESHAM: Zac Kendall, fisheries have been awarded to Oregon State Uniand wildlife sciences major, received the versity (OSU) students in the College of $1,000 Frank Burlingham Memorial AgriAgricultural Sciences. The scholarships are cultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 made possible by gifts to the college. John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Recipients of the 2017 scholarships are: Scholarship. ALBANY: Katelynn Spencer, fisherGRESHAM: Brooke Schlipf, fisheries ies and wildlife sciences major, received and wildlife sciences major, received the the $1,000 Summers Agricultural Honors $1,000 Frank Burlingham Memorial AgriScholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt cultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Knaus Scholarship. Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship. ASTORIA: Teresa Nicholson, fisheries INDEPENDENCE: Marina Banuelos, and wildlife sciences major, received the animal sciences major, received the $1,000 $1,000 Oregon Women for Agriculture Eugene H. Fisher Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeScholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. Muth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. BEAVERTON: Parker Simpson, food INDEPENDENCE: Kyle Miller, fisherscience and technology major, received the ies and wildlife sciences major, received $1,000 Clifford Smith Memorial Agriculthe $1,000 Frank Burlingham Memorial tural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship. $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship. BEND: Garrett Cannon, botany major, LA MESA, CA: Erryn Smith, animal scireceived the $1,000 Karla S. Chambers ences major, received the $1,000 Jernstedt Leadership Agricultural Honors ScholarFamily Agricultural Honors Scholarship, ship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. AgriAgricultural Sciences Scholarship. cultural Sciences Scholarship. BROOKINGS: Clarice Baumbach, LA PINE: Madison Fisher, fisheries and animal sciences major, received the $1,000 wildlife sciences major, received the $1,000 Karla S. Chambers Leadership Agricultural Summers Agricultural Honors Scholarship, Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus ScholarBolt Knaus Scholarship. ship. CANBY: Madeline Sheveland, agriculMANSON, WA: Neil Carleton, crop and tural business management major, received soil science major, received the $1,000 Lothe $1,000 Naumes Family Agricultural ren J. Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeBolt Knaus Scholarship. Muth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. CAYUCOS, CA: Fallon Molnar, agriculMODESTO, CA: Wyatt Johnston, hortural business management major, received ticulture major, received the $1,000 Loren the $1,000 Clifford Smith Memorial AgriJ. Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors cultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Scholarship, and the John W. DeMuth Jr. Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. CORVALLIS: Olyvia Childress, fisherNEWBURG: Samantha Roff, animal ies and wildlife sciences major, received the sciences major, received the $1,000 Naumes $1,000 Naumes Family Agricultural Honors Family Agricultural Honors Scholarship, Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. Deand the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus ScholMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. arship. CORVALLIS: Jasmin Yang, food sciNEWPORT: Dakota Lager, agricultural ence and technology major, received the sciences major, received the $1,000 Frank $1,000 Clifford Smith Memorial AgriculBurlingham Memorial Agricultural Honors tural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Knaus Scholarship. Scholarship. PORTLAND: Alexandria Ellis, botany DAYTON: Keeanna West, biology major, received the $1,000 Loren J. Smith major, received the $1,000 Lawrence E. & Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship, Marguerite Kaseberg Memorial Agriculand the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholartural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 ship. John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences PORTLAND: Erica Silbernagel, animal Scholarship. sciences major, received the $1,000 Naumes EAGLE POINT: Emma Dabel, agriculFamily Agricultural Honors Scholarship, tural sciences major, received the $1,000 and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus ScholLoren J. Smith Memorial Agricultural arship. Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula PORTLAND: Marie Thompson, animal Bolt Knaus Scholarship. sciences major, received the $1,000 Fisher ELK GROVE: Melissa Wackman, agriFarm and Lawn Agricultural Honors Scholcultural sciences major, received the $1,000 arship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Frank Burlingham Memorial Agricultural Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula ROSEBURG: Bailey Daniels, fisheries Bolt Knaus Scholarship. and wildlife sciences major, received the EUGENE: Ariel Nelson, horticulture $1,000 Naumes Family Agricultural Honors major, received the $1,000 Loren J. Smith Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMemorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship, Muth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus ScholarSALEM: Alexandra Behnke, animal ship. sciences major, received the $1,000 John FORT WAYNE, IN: Carla Barney, & Florence Scharff Agricultural Honors animal sciences major, received the $1,000 Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Frank Burlingham Memorial Agricultural Knaus Scholarship. Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John SALEM: Tyler Didde, food science and W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholtechnology major, received the $1,000 Clifarship. ford Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors GRANTS PASS: Ha’aheo Ordonez, Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. Debioresource research major, received the Muth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. $1,000 Grange Co-op Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeCONTINUED ON PAGE C52

UW Livestock Judging Team member earns AllAmerican Award

By University of Wyoming Extension A University of Wyoming (UW) Livestock Judging Team member earning an All-American Award may cap a career like no other across the nation. Blake Ochsner of Torrington received the honor during the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky, in November. Ochsner is one of 11 students across the nation receiving the award, and UW is one of only five universities to have an All-American Award recipient, said Caleb Boardman, UW livestock judging coach. Ochsner’s resume includes a meat judging All-American Award as a member of the UW reserve national champion team, a Junior College All-American Livestock Judge award for Casper College in 2014, and a member of the 2015 UW meat animal evaluation team, where he was second-high individual overall at the national contest. Boardman believes Ochsner is the first person to ever accomplish being a three-time All-American. “The amount of work he has put in both in academics and judging is unprecedented,” Boardman said. “He is the type of student that makes being a coach so enjoyable.” Ochsner was named an outstanding senior in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources by Gamma Sigma Delta and is a member of the Block and Bridle, Collegiate Cattleman’s and Food Science clubs. He conducted an undergraduate research project on the “Regional Economic Impacts of Brucellosis.” Off campus, he is involved with the Wyoming and National Junior Hereford associations and the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. Ochsner will graduate with an agricultural business degree this month and plans to return to the family-owned Hereford and Angus ranch, which was established in 1913, as a fifth-generation member.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that starting March 20, 2017, organic producers and handlers will be able to visit over 2,100 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic or transitional certification. “USDA reimburses organic producers up to 75 percent of the cost of organic certification, but only about half of the nation’s organic operations currently participate in the program,” said FSA Administrator Val Dolcini. “Starting March 20, USDA will provide a uniform, streamlined process for organic producers and handlers to apply for organic cost share assistance either by mail or in person at USDA offices located in almost every rural county in the country.” USDA is making changes to increase participation in the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) and the Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program, and at the same time provide more opportunities for organic producers to access other USDA programs, such as disaster protection and loans for farms, facilities and marketing. Producers can also access information on nonfederal agricultural resources, and get referrals to local experts, including organic agriculture, through USDA’s Bridges to Opportunity service at the local FSA office. Historically, many state departments of agriculture have obtained grants to disburse reimbursements to those producers and handlers qualifying for cost share assistance.

FSA will continue to partner with states to administer the programs. For states that want to continue to directly administer the programs, applications will be due Feb. 17, 2017. “The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the National Organic Program look forward to this exciting opportunity to leverage the Farm Service Agency’s rural footprint to reach more organic producers and handlers,” said AMS Administrator Elanor Starmer. “At the same time it is important to recognize and continue the valuable partnerships with states that remain at the core of the program.” Eligible producers include any certified producers or handlers who have paid organic or transitional certification fees to a USDA-accredited certifying agent. Application fees, inspection costs, fees related to equivalency agreement/ arrangement requirements, travel/per diem for inspectors, user fees, sales assessments and postage are all eligible for a cost share reimbursement from USDA. Once certified, producers and handlers are eligible to receive reimbursement for up to 75 percent of certification costs each year up to a maximum of $750 per certification scope—crops, livestock, wild crops and handling. Today’s announcement also adds transitional certification and state organic program fees as additional scopes. To learn more about organic certification cost share, please visit www.fsa.usda.gov/ organic or contact a local FSA office by visiting http://offices.usda.gov.

OSU announces ag scholarships CONTINUED FROM PAGE C50

SALEM: Matthew Liszewski, agricultural sciences major, received the $1,000 Clifford Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. SAN JUAN CAPO, CA: Kerrigan Walsh, horticulture major, received the $1,000 Loren J. Smith Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. SANTA MARIA, CA: Andrew Valentine, food science and technology major, received the $1,000 Paul & Frances Montecucco Beginning Venture Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. SILVERTON: Katelyn Brazelton, animal sciences major, received the $1,000 Savery Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. SPRING HILL, FL: Anna Poholek, fisheries and wildlife sciences major, received the $1,000 Savery Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. SPRINGFIELD: Jessica Dally, fisheries and wildlife sciences major, received the $1,000 Summers Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 John W. DeMuth Jr. Agricultural Sciences Scholarship. STANFIELD: Bryce Linker, fisheries and wildlife sciences major, received the $1,000 Lawrence E. & Marguerite Kaseberg Memorial Agricultural Honors Scholarship, and the $1,000 Ursula Bolt Knaus Scholarship. TIGARD: Mary Graham, food science and technology major, received the $1,000 Paul & Frances Montecucco Beginning

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Conservation collaboration prompts award

By University of Wyoming Extension Three University of Wyoming (UW) ExThe three specialists, along with SCCD tension specialists have been recognized for and The Nature Conservancy, received their creativity in helping establish a market money in 2011 from the USDA Natural framework that encourages conservation Resources Conservation Service to explore and improves natural resources and wildlife. developing a payment for ecosystem services program. Water resource economist specialist Kristi The initial conservation exchange focuses Hansen, community development specialist on three ecosystem services: sage-grouse Roger Coupal and water resources specialist habitat, mule deer habitat and hydrologic Ginger Paige received the Creative Excellence Recognition Award Wednesday during services. Recently, the sage-grouse portion extension’s annual professional developof the exchange has been expanded to the ment conference in Laramie. state level. The Wyoming Conservation Exchange The Wyoming Conservation Exchange began as a grassroots project in the Upper allows “buyers,” for example energy companies seeking mitigation credits or orgaGreen River Basin after landowners and nizations seeking habitat conservation, to rangeland managers at the Sublette County pay “sellers” (landowners) for management Conservation District (SCCD) began discussing how landowners might generate practices that produce long-term outcomes. revenue from conservation practices that To learn more about the Wyoming Conservation Exchange, see bit.ly/wyomingconprovide social and natural resource benefits servationexchange or bit.ly/WCEforgood. beyond ranching.

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Choteau, Jerry Collins, of Collins Auction Service recently completed all coursework required by the National Auctioneers Association to obtain the designation of Certified Estate Specialist. After a motor vehicle wreck sidelined Jerry from his previous job as a pipe welder at Calumet Refining (formerly Montana Refining) in Great Falls, Jerry was eager to start a new profession. In February of 2014 he decided to pursue a dream and became an auctioneer. After attending Western College of Auctioneering in Billings MT, he started Collins Auction Service. The Designation Academy is part of the National Auctioneers Association’s education program. In 2015 Collins obtained the designation of Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS) but realized that Collins Auction Service could serve the community in many other ways and helping families was a large part of that. Collins determined that the Certified Estate Specialist (CES) designation was a great educational tool that would benefit communities all over Montana. The National Auctioneers Association’s mission for the CES designation is: “A Certified Estate Specialist has the advanced knowledge, training and resources to provide specialized estate and transitional services.” CES offers auctioneers advanced training and insight into the disposition of estates and transition services. There are fewer than 400 auctioneers nationally that have obtained this designation. Collins has been owner and CEO of Collins Auction Service from its inception in 2014 until now. In early 2015 Collins was named the Montana State Rookie of the Year in Lewistown MT during the annual Montana Auctioneers Association convention.

MDA seeks applications for Beef Genetics Trade Mission

The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking applications from producers interested in attending the World Angus Forum, to be held in the United Kingdom June 20-July 2, 2017, as part of a beef genetics trade delegation. “This trade mission will be a great opportunity for producers to showcase Montana’s world-class beef genetics,” said Marty Earnheart, Business Development Marketing Officer with MDA. “I’m looking forward to the forum and the opportunity to help Montana’s producers network with their international counterparts.” MDA will select 5 to 7 applicants to serve as delegates for the mission. Applications are due January 31, 2017 and selections will be made shortly thereafter. Applications can be sent to mearnheart@mt.gov. The trade mission is made possible through a grant from U.S. Livestock Genetic Export, Inc. Some travel expenses may be covered through the grant, with that determination being made after delegates have been selected. An application can be found at http:// agr.mt.gov/Portals/168/Documents/Marketing/TradeShows/ Application_WorldAngusForum2017.pdf?ver=2016-12-07161352-567&timestamp=1481153208567. The World Angus Forum is held every four years and provides a platform for the exchange of genetics information and breeding objectives, and also acts as a forum for youth involvement. The forum will attract many Angus breeders, farmers and associated companies from all over the world to listen to speakers, share their knowledge, expertise, experiences and network together.

4-H educator joins Park County extension office

By University of Wyoming Extension Tycee Mohler was formally named the 4-H educator in Park County in November. Mohler had been the Park County interim 4-H educator for several months, said Kim Reaman, University of Wyoming Extension federal relations and staff development coordinator Reaman said Mohler has a wealth of 4-H experience in Wyoming, beginning with her 10-year 4-H member status in Uinta County, as a 4-H youth development intern in Johnson County, and as an office assistant in the State 4-H Office and in the state UW Extension office. She completed an associate of science degree in agriculture from Laramie County Community College in 2014 and graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in animal science in 2016.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service on commercial cows, so I do not need the In life, knowing your goal determines bull registered.” That is wrong, wrong and your route to achieve that goal. wrong. The same is true when selecting bulls for Sorry for the rant. Getting back on track, your herd. The first step in smart bull selecthe center’s 13 Red Angus bulls can be tion begins with a historical understanding looked up, utilizing the Red Angus Breed of the bulls. A review of the last two or Association webthree calf crops prosite (http://redangus. vides the basis for org/). an account of calves For example, bull marketed. Either a 1691764, born March simple or detailed 31, 2014, was purreview, based on the chased as a yearling individual producer’s based on the growth desire, is a practical potential demonapproach that helps strated by the bull’s with bull selection. expected progeny difOnly add the details ferences (EPDs). Bull you actually are go1691764’s EPDs for ing to review, underthe six major traits stand and use. the center tracks Were you happy are as follows: birth with the calves? If weight, 1.8 pounds; the answer is yes, weaning weight, 75 open the door to betpounds; yearling ter understand the geweight, 117 pounds; netics that produced milk, 26 pounds; those calves, which marbling score, .69; is available by betand rib-eye area, .54 ter understanding the square inch. sires of the calves. Bull 1691764 is a growth and carcass While the cows are important, today I want bull. The Red Angus Association also proto focus on the sires. With the registration vides the Herd Builder and Grid Master numbers in hand, the data are accessible indexes. Bull 1691764 has a Herd Builder through the breed associations. Index of 101 and Grid Master Index of 51. The Dickinson Research Extension These indexes will be discussed in a future Center utilizes several breeds of cattle. For BeefTalk. this discussion (which is the same for all While other individual traits are availbreeds), I’ll use the Red Angus bulls. The able, let’s keep it simple and focus on the registration numbers of the center’s Red Ansix individual traits already mentioned. Bull gus sires are 1700517, 1700534, 1700525, 1691764 is just one of the pen of 13 bulls, 1617805, 1617778, 1724745, 1724751, so let’s assume all the 13 bulls had an equal 1724651, 1691764, 1717588, 3473741, opportunity to mate with the cows. 3473800 and 3473777. An average of the values of all the bulls’ So, where are registration numbers? EPDs provides a better genetic benchmark While individual animal identification is for the center. In this case, the 13 bulls not used throughout the cattle industry, regwere averaged, and the average value for istration numbers are available throughout each EPD trait is as follows: birth weight the purebred business. Those numbers, the at minus 1.7 pounds, weaning weight at 61 individual registration numbers of cattle, pounds, yearling weight at 94 pounds, milk are critical and are the heart of the breed at 20 pounds, marbling score at .52 and ribassociation. eye area at .32 square inch. Did you know that for some breeds, you Assuming you like the calves you have, simply can start registering cattle? By dothen you also know the average EPD valing so, a producer starts to build a genetic ues that produced those calves. Now, as a database. But you do not need to start from producer, you have a benchmark to start the scratch because the herd bulls already selection of new bulls. should be registered with the appropriate Remember the pen of calves? What do breed association. you like? What don’t you like? Select the Am I being overly enthusiastic? No, bebulls that will bend the averages in the direccause those genetics are accessed through tion of the desired change. When bull selecthe registration numbers of cattle that are tion is based on the herd’s historic numbers registered in the various breed associations. that make up the herd’s genetic benchmarks, At recent bull-buying workshops for indiprogress is made in the long term. vidual producers, producers were asked to As individual bulls are purchased, each develop baseline or benchmark values for bull’s EPD values should maintain the averproduction traits of previous bulls utilized age benchmark genetic values or change in in the herd. a direction the producer wants to go. KnowToo often, the stumbling block is the ing the herd’s genetic benchmarks is critical. lack of a registration number limiting acMay you find all your ear tags. cess to the database that contains the bull’s For more information, contact your local information. 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United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2016 was 71.5 million head. This was up 4 percent from December 1, 2015, and up slightly from September 1, 2016. Breeding inventory, at 6.09 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 65.4 million head, was up 4 percent from last year, and up slightly from last quarter. The September-November 2016 pig crop, at 32.3 million head, was up 5 percent from 2015. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.04 million head, up 4 percent from 2015. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 51 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.63 for the September-November period, compared to 10.53 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 8.20 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 10.70 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs. United States hog producers intend to have 2.97 million sows farrow during the December-February 2017 quarter, up 1 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2016, and up 3 percent from 2015. Intended farrowings for March-May 2017, at 3.00 million sows, are up 1 percent from 2016, and up 5 percent from 2015. The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 48 percent of the total United States hog inventory, up from 46 percent last year. All inventory and pig crop estimates for March 2015 through September 2016 were reviewed using final pig crop, official slaughter, death loss, and updated import and export data. The net revision made to the June 2016 all hogs and pigs inventory was 1.3 percent. A revision of 2.5 percent was made to the March-May 2016 pig crop. A revision of 0.6 percent was made to the September 2016 all hogs and pigs inventory. For a full copy of the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report please visit www.nass.usda.gov.

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New GradeMaster Blade for gravel road maintenance. Potholes stay filled longer and washboarding is virually eliminated. Two forward-cutting blades mounted on a strong high-grade steel frame with runners and side pans require a minimum of 24-h.p., mounts to any 3-point hitch tractor. 8-ft. and 10-ft. units in stock.

We’re sure to have what you need. Hub, sprocket and pulley assortment for 40, 50, 60 chain and pulleys up to 16 inches.

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

TIBER TRACTOR CO. Phone 406-759-5188

See our supply of welding accessories & rod.

Chester, Montana

New Kunz rough cut mower

H 23-hp H 57” cut H 2” to 8” cutting height H Four tire design for added support on rough ground Gysler - Melroe - Renn chisel plow parts We can ship to your farm or ranch

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USED EQUIPMENT

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CONSIGNMENTS

PULL TYPE WINDROWERS

2015 John Deere 946 mower/conditioner..............................$34,000 2011 John Deere 946 1000 PTO, steel conditioner, equal angle, 2-point hitch.......................................................................$21,500 2009 John Deere 835 mower/conditioner pull-type rotary, 10.5-ft., flail conditioner.........................................................................$17,500

SELF-PROPELLED WINDROWERS

2015 John Deere 8270R MFWD, 6 selective control valves, ILS suspension, rear duals, Autotrac, Power Guard until 11-2020..... ........................................................................................$256,000 2015 John Deere 6140M MFWD, cab, H-360 loader and grapple, left hand reverser, Power Quad Plus 24F/24R transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3 selective control valves, premium light package, 643 hours...............................................................................$122,000 2014 John Deere 6140M MFWD, cab, H-360 loader and grapple, left hand reverser, Power Quad transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3 selective control valves, 1791 hours...............................$113,000 2015 John Deere 7230R MFWD, IVT transmission, 801 hours, rear duals, Autotrac, 540/1000 PTO, premium cab................$215,000 2015 John Deere 6150M MFWD, deluxe cab, H-360 loader and grapple, left hand reverser, Power Quad, 20 speed transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3 selective control valves, 685 hours.....$136,000 2015 John Deere 6175R MFWD, premium cab, 5 selective control valves, rear duals, 540/1000 PTO, 605 hours.................$164,750 1997 John Deere 8400 MFWD, cab, PowerShift, 4 SCV’s, rear duals, front weights, rear weights, 9852 hours............................$59,000 Allis-Chalmers 7050 cab, 2WD, duals, 3 point, 2 SCVs, 156 hp, PTO.....................................................................................$7000 1986 Ford Versatile 276 loader and grapple, 10,682 hours..$25,900 2011 New Holland T6070 Plus MFWD, 121 PTO hp, 140 engine hp, 16 speed/reverser, 3 scv’s, 540-1000 PTO, 840TL loader, bucket grapple, 3133 hours..........................................................$70,500

4-2016 John Deere W-235 500-600 hours, new 14.5-ft. 994 header with steel conditioner................................................$134,900 ea. 2014 John Deere W-235 583 hours, 16-ft. 995 header with urethane conditioner 459 hours.....................................................$134,000 2014 John Deere W-235 1100 hours, 13-ft. V10 steel conditioner...... ........................................................................................$111,900 2012 MacDon M155 13-ft. rotary with steel conditioner, 750 hours.... ..........................................................................................$87,000 2015 New Holland 160 speed rower with 12-ft. header, rubber conditioner, 282 hours............................................................$97,000 2000 New Holland HW300 12-ft. sickle head, power reverser, rotary screen, buddy seat, 3222 hours........................................$23,000 2010 New Holland 8040 12-ft. sickle header, rubber conditioner, 1710 hours.................................................................................$58,000 1986 New Holland 1496 with 12-ft. header..............................$5000 New Holland 1114 diesel, air, 14-ft. auger header...................$9500

RAKES

2013 New Holland 216 hydraulic V-rake................................$14,900

---New--Danuser Hammer Skid steer mount post pounder

“New” Haybuster

In Stock

2660, 2665 & 2800’s IN STOCK

3-2016 John Deere 569 net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, flotation tires, hydraulic pickup, mega wide, approximately 5000 bales..$43,500 2015 John Deere 569 net and twine, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup, MegaWide, flotation tires..................................................$41,500 2013 John Deere 569 net and twine, 1000 PTO, hydarulic pickup, MegaWide flotation tires, 15,500 bales.............................$28,500 2010 John Deere 568 net/twine, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, MegaWide, flotation tires, 20,600 bales.............................$25,000 2009 John Deere 568 net/twine, flotation tires, MegaWide pickup, 17,800 bales......................................................................$25,500 1996 John Deere 566 twine only, 540 PTO, 21,041 bales........$9900

TILLAGE

John Deere 995 7 bottom plow with Sterling packer.............$13,900 John Deere 900 7 shank V-ripper. Each...................................$6500 Sterling soil packer, 10-ft. width, 6” spacing..............................$3600

DRILLS

2015 John Deere 455 25-ft. grain drill, grass, grain & fertilizer boxes, 6” spacing.........................................................................$59,900 2000 John Deere 1890 air drill, 36-ft., 7.5” spacing, all run blockage, 1910 270 bushel tow between cart......................................... Call

John Deere 50G Excavator

MISCELLANEOUS ROUND BALERS

New Holland 664......................................................................$7100

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John Deere 318, 320, 326 Skid Steers

SALES - SERVICE - PARTS

ATV’s - Utility Vehicles

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John Deere 324K Loader

SQUARE BALERS

Case IH SBX550 16x18 small square bales, 540 PTO, hydraulic pickup, hydraulic tension................................................................$10,000 Hesston 4900 4x4 square baler, 48,000 bales, reconditioned............ ...........................................................................................$19,900 2-2016 John Deere L-340 3x4 square balers.............$120,000 each 2013 Massey Ferguson 2190 4x4 square baler...................$99,500 2014 New Holland BB340 3x4 baler, single axle, roller chute, color monitor, 8000 bales...........................................................$89,900 2011 New Holland BB9080 3x4 square baler, single axle. 9717 bales..................................................................................$64,900 1998 New Holland 590 3x3 baler, 48,900 bales, with monitor, small 1000 and big 1000 PTO.....................................................$12,900

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1985 John Deere 4650 tractor, cab, MFWD, PowerShift transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 10,331 hours.............................................$29,500 2004 John Deere 567 round baler, Megawide hydraulic pickup, net/ twine, 2002 bales...............................................................$23,500 Krause 16-ft. tandem disc, single wing fold............................$12,000 2011 Vermeer R-2300 hydraulic V-rake..................................$12,000 Degelman 10-47/57 10-ft. hydraulic blade, front. Excellent.......$9900 John Deere 7700 combine, 224 header, 3500 hours, hydraulic driven, bat reel, hydrostatic drive, air conditioner, rear spreader......$5000 1998 MacDon 9300 windrower, 14-ft. auger header, steel conditioner, Cummins diesel, 2998 hours.............................................$29,000 2002 John Deere 946 mower conditioner, flail conditioner.......$8900 2006 New Holland 1431 discbine mower conditioner, swing tongue, drawbar hitch, 13-ft. rubber conditioner, 1000 PTO..............$8500 800 bushel 2 compartment drill fill, new paint and tarp..........$7100

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1995 Chevrolet K3500 4x4, automatic transmission, crew cab, dually long box, 6.5 liter diesel, 126,000 miles................................$6000 Farm King 840G snowblower, 3 point mount, 7-ft. width, 540 PTO, hydraulic chute......................................................................$3600 2006 Ford F350 Super Duty 4x4, automatic transmission, Powerstroke diesel, crew cab, long box, 143,000 miles.........................$15,000 2010 Frontier RT1270 rototiller, 3 point mount, 540 PTO.........$3600 2014 Gator RSX 850I winch, soft cab with heater.....................$8500 New Higgobotham hay squeeze for John Deere 544 Series front end loaders...............................................................................$12,000 Haybuster 256 round bale processor.......................................$5900 2009 Husqvarna YTH2454 riding mower, 54” deck, hydrostatic transmission, bagger, 218 hours..................................................$1800 Hyster 200E Perkins diesel, air brakes, 3 speed, with new Higgobotham hay squeeze.............................................................$30,000 2016 John Deere Z335E zero turn mower, hydrostatic transmission, 42” deck, bagger...................................................................$4000 John Deere 115 lawn mower, 42” mowing deck, bagger, 300 hours.. ................................................................................................$600 John Deere 726 mulch finisher, 25-ft., new discs..................$29,900 2010 Kawasaki Teryx 750 LE winch, new tires, windshield......$8500 Kirchner 3 point mount, pivot track filler, four discs, approximately 22”...........................................................................................$600 2003 MacDon 4000 mower conditioner, 9-ft. sickle bar, with steel rolls, 540 PTO, nice shape............................................................$5495 2009 Parker 839 850 bushel grain cart, corner auger, flotation tires.. ...........................................................................................$31,900 2006 Polaris Sportsman 800 4-wheeler, 6000 miles...............$3600 ProAg 881 Hay Hiker 8 bale, nice shape..............................$14,500 Worksaver 6-ft. rear blade..........................................................$575 12-ft. pasture harrow....................................................................$900

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TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS

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