Trader's Dispatch July 2019

JULY 2019

Vol. XX No. 6 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997

Phone 406-271-5533 Fax 406-271-5727 website: tradersdispatch.com E-MAIL: advertising@tradersdispatch.com

Late June storms caused some hail damage across the region 2019 Knees Area Field Day

From Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension Office MAES-MSU Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center (WTARC) and MSU Extension are hosting a field day in the Knees area on July 9th at 9:00 a.m. The site is located 3/4 of a mile west of the intersection of Knees Church Road and Collins Road.

John Miller (WTARC Research Scientist) will evaluate winter wheat varieties seeded at the Killion test plot and share his research on Crystal Green®. According to the CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

June 26 - July 23, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Equipment, Tractors, Trucks & Shop, Online.......................................................................................A7 July 1-16, Smeltzer Auctions & Real Estate, Living Estate, Glendive MT......A26 July 13, Toaves Premier Auctions, Flickinger Retirement, Opheim MT...........A3 July 15-30, Kinsey Auctioneers & Real Estate, Pre-Harvest Equipment, Online. ...........................................................................................................................A15 July 19-20, Bass Auction Company Inc., R Machine & Welding, Lewistown MT. ...........................................................................................................................A28 July 20, RK Statewide Auction Service, Frahm Antique Tractor, Havre MT.....A5 July 20, Mills Auction Service, Irene Gardner Estate, Belle Fourche SD.......A40 August 3, Bass Auction Company Inc., Kovacich Estate, Lewistown MT.....A14 August 10, Bass Auction Company Inc., Kovacich Estate, Lewistown MT...A14 August 14, Kinsey Auctioneers & Real Estate, Pease Ranch Land Auction, Sidney MT.....................................................................................................................A26 August 14, Shobe Auctions & Realty, Missouri Breaks Grazing & Hunting, Lewistown MT..................................................................................................A21 August 28, Shobe Auctions & Realty, Central Montana Land, Online............A31 September 20, Shobe Auctions & Realty, North Montana Farm Land, Shelby MT.....................................................................................................................A21

MSU’s NWARC Field Day

The Northwestern Ag Research Center will hold its annual field day on July 18, 2019 (Thursday) in Creston, Montana.

This year, the registration starts at 11:00 A.M and followed by lunch. Tours begin at 1:00 P.M. The field day highlights the following field researches: Alfalfa dormancy and irrigation strategies Varieties/breeding programs: barley, spring & winter wheat Annual forages Corn planting date Alfalfa dormancy and levels of nutrients & moisture RSVP is required by July 10, 2019. Contact NWARC at (406) 755-4303.

OTHER DATED EVENTS

July 17., Montana Organic Assoc, Field Day, Moccasin MT...............................A2 July 18., Montana Organic Assoc, Field Day, Hinsdale MT................................A2

Field day for management of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln, IANR News Growers, crop consultants and extenPalmer amaranth in Roundup Ready 2 sion educators interested in management Xtend, Enlist and Alite 27 soybeans in Neof glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth braska. Keynote speaker, Jason Norsworthy are encouraged to attend Nebraska Extenwill share his experiences for management sion’s field day, supported by the Nebraska of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth.

Soybean Board, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Norsworthy is a professor of weed science July 10 near Carleton. at the University of Arkansas Palmer amaranth is a member of the pigThree certified crop adviser credits will weed family and is one of the most troublebe available. some weeds in soybean fields because of its There is no cost to attend the field day. resistance to glyphosate and some other herHowever, pre-registration is required before bicide groups. Greenhouse dose-response 3 p.m. on July 9. To register, visit http:// studies have confirmed resistance when agronomy.unl.edu/palmer. glyphosate was applied even at higher rates.

Directions to the field day: From GeAt the field day, experiments will demneva, go south on Hwy 81 for 14.6 miles, onstrate how to control glyphosate-resistant turn west onto Hwy 4 for 5.3 miles. Site CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

GCCD Annual Crop Tour

UW Extension hosts Dalmatian toadflax field day

Glacier County Conservation District will be having a crop tour on July 16, 2019.

It is a free event. Pesticide points will be applied for.

Speakers include Dr. Gadi Reddy and John Miller, MSU Western Triangle Ag Research Center.

They will meet at Cut Bank Civic Center at 3:00 p.m. Travel to a winter and spring wheat plot and also visit a barley plot.

By University of Wyoming Extension The Dalmatian toadflax, weevil collection and herbicide research field day will offer management options for landowners 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, July 11, at the High Plains Grasslands Research Station, 8408 Hildreth Rd., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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2019 Knees Area Field Day CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

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Sale Ends July 31st

website at crystalgreen.com, Crystal Green® optimizes crop performance by providing plants with a more efficient source of nutrients compared to conventional phosphate fertilizers.

Crystal Green® is the first continuous release fertilizer to provide Root-Activated™ phosphorus, along with nitrogen and magnesium, (5-28-0 with 10%Mg), to feed crops in one season-long application.

Dr. Jamie Sherman (MSU Barley Breeder) will share research based information on barley varieties for the Knees area. Tyler Lane (MSU Extension Chouteau County) will update producers on spring wheat varieties in the test plot.

In conclusion, Dr. Gadi VP Reddy (WTARC Entomologist/ Insect Ecologist) will discuss biological control methods for insect pests on cereal crops. WTARC staff and Extension agents will be in attendance to answer agronomy and entomology questions.

The best route for residents of Cascade, Pondera or Teton County is to drive on Interstate 15 to Brady. Drive east on Brady Road East until you reach the Knees School. Turn south on Bootlegger trail road and drive south to Collins Road. Drive 2 3/4 miles west on Collins Road to the test plot.

If coming from Fort Benton, Hill or Liberty County, take Highway 223 to Brady Road East and drive west until you reach the Knees school. Drive South on the Bootlegger Road until you reach the Collins Road. Drive 2 3/4 miles west on Collins Road to the test plot. Please contact the Chouteau County Extension office at 622-3751 for additional information.

Montana State University U.S. Department of Agriculture and Montana Counties Cooperating. MSU Extension is an equal opportunity/affirmative action provider of educational outreach.

UW Extension hosts Dalmatian toadflax field day CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

Those attending will also collect and then take home biocontrol insects.

Dalmatian toadflax is an increasing problem across the state, said Daniel Tekiela, University of Wyoming Extension invasive plant ecology specialist.

“It out-competes desirable native vegetation, is unpalatable to livestock and is a very hard to control species,” said Tekiela.

Participants will learn how to collect their own biocontrol insects and take them home to release in their own Dalmatian toadflax populations, said Tekiela.

Attendees will participate in a project discussion on biological control using the Dalmatian toadflax stem boring weevil, learn how to release the weevils and what to do after the release, and tour herbicide test plots.

Register by emailing rlockman@lccdnet.org.

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Reminder to cover your crops with State Hail Insurance From Montana Department of Agriculture

Montana’s producers are no stranger to severe weather, and with temperatures rising across the state so are the chances of significant and severe hail storms. The Montana State Hail Program began its operations earlier this Spring and staff is prepared to accept new policies through August 15, 2019. Staff is available 8 am-5 pm Monday through Friday to accept policies, file claims, and to answer any questions producers might have regarding coverage options.

Producers can insure crops against hail damage at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by county. A detailed list of rates by county and crop can be found at https://agr.mt.gov/Portals/168/Documents/HailIns/HailIns_CountyRates. pdf?ver=2019-04-15-1714 23-387&timestamp=15555 34048083.

State hail insurance forms are available online (https://agr.mt.gov/ Portals/168/Documents/ HailIns/HailIns_Application_fillable.pdf) or by calling the office. Completed forms can be emailed, mailed or faxed to the department or used as a reference when you contact the office by phone.

Contact Information: Montana State Hail Insurance Program P.O. Box 200201 Helena, MT 59620 Phone: (406) 444-5429 Email: agrhail@mt.gov Toll Free: 1 (844) 5151571 Fax: (406) 444-9422 The Montana State Hail Insurance program was created at the request of

GCCD Annual Crop Tour CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

They will then be returning to Main Street Park, in Cut Bank for a free BBQ provided by CHS. For more information about the event contact GCCD at (406) 873-4292.

Points to Ponder:

My lips don’t touch when I say the word ‘touch’. My lips do touch when I say the word ‘separate’. ##### In the final analysis, nobody alive is completely useless because they’re producing carbon dioxide that plants need to grow.

producers in 1917 to provide basic hail insurance coverage on any crop grown in Montana. The program is directed by a five-member board consisting of the department director, state insurance commissioner, and three policyholders.

The Montana Department of Agriculture’s mission is to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and develop agriculture and allied industries. For more information on the department, visit agr. mt.gov.

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Kids 2019 fishing day a success

FWP News Release North central Montana’s annual kid’s fishing day in Great Falls was again a success, with about 1,100 people attending the three-hour event.

The final head count for Saturday’s program was approximately 600 youngsters and 500 adults at the 26th annual aquatic education event at Wadsworth Pond on the west side of Great Falls.

Nearly 100 volunteers helped from Walleyes Unlimited, Missouri River Flyfishers, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Boy Scouts, North 40 Outfitters, Sun River Watershed Group and the fishing clubs from Great Falls’ North and East Middle Schools.

Children who attended received either a free rod and reel combo or tackle box after visiting four education stations: fly tying, fish identification, knot tying and casting.

CARC field day

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The MSU Central Ag. Research Center (CARC), 2019 Moccasin Field Day is Wednesday, July 10. The activities kick off at 8:15 AM with coffee, tea, rolls, and registration.

The tour wagons will load up and head out to plots at 9:05 a.m. and return to center at noon, with a lunch sponsored by BASF InVigor, Cargill, and Stricks Ag. The focus of this year’s field day will be on growing small grains in central Montana. Wheat (hard red winter, hard red spring, and durum) and barley variety development and selection will be an important focus of the day. Also discussed will be the impact of crop sequence/rotation on wheat and barley and our continued effort to better understand nitrogen mineralization in central Montana. We also will look at soil microbe activity in spring wheat Research speakers include Mike Giroux, durum breeder and interim head of the MSU Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology; Justin Vetch and McKenna Brown, two graduate students working with Dr. Giroux; Jamie Sherman, MSU barley breeder; Phil Bruckner, MSU winter wheat breeder; Jed Eberly, Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Soil Microbiology at the CARC; Simon Fordyce, cropping systems research associate at the CARC who also is completing an M.S. degree at MSU; and Patrick Carr, Superintendent and Associate Professor of Cropping Systems at the CARC. Anton Bekkerman, Associate Director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, and Darrin Boss, Chair of the Department of Research Centers, will kick off the event.

It should be a great opportunity to see the research that is being conducted at CARC. All are invited!

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth field day CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

is located on the south side of Hwy 4 between C St. and Renwick St. in Carleton. GPS coordinates: 40°18’24.7”N 97°40’29.0”W. For more information, contact Amit Jhala at 402-472-1534 or Amit.Jhala@unl.edu.

Hammock Day

Date When Celebrated : Always on July 22.

Summer is in full swing. It’s time to slow down and to relax. During the Dog Days of summer (and all of the other summer days, too), there is no better place to slow down and relax, than on a hammock.

Hammock Day is appropriately celebrated right in the middle of the Dog Days of summer (July 3 though August 11th.

Hammock Day exists to enjoy summer as it should be enjoyed. People celebrate Hammock Day by spending as much time relaxing on it as possible.

Getting out of your hammock to get a snack, or your favorite summer beverage is okay. But, it is not a day for work. Cutting the lawn is forbidden on this day.

The roots of Hammock Day and Hammock Day history is largely unknown. Maybe the originator was too busy napping on his or her hammock!?!

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Record total red meat, beef, and pork production in April

From USDA April 2018 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays.

April 2019 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays.

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.55 billion pounds in April, up 6 percent from the 4.28 billion pounds produced in April 2018.

Beef production, at 2.26 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.83 million head, up 7 percent from April 2018. The average live weight was down 6 pounds from the previous year, at 1,328 pounds.

Veal production totaled 6.0 million pounds, 2 percent below April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 42,800 head, down slightly from April 2018. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from last year, at 241 pounds.

Pork production totaled 2.27 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.6 million head, up 6 percent from April 2018. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 287 pounds.

Lamb and mutton production, at 15.2 million pounds, was up 22 percent from April 2018. Sheep slaughter totaled 235,900 head, 30 percent above last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, down 8 pounds from April a year ago.

January to April 2019 commercial red meat production was 17.9 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2018. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was down 1 percent, pork was up 4 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 2 percent.

Soil acidity may be lurking in your fields

From Montana Salinity Control Association Keep an eye out Look for areas of yellow, stunted plants 2-3 weeks after emergence.

Look out for…

Crop may out-grow symptoms this year as roots reach past the acidic zone. This is a ‘red-flag’ that low pH conditions are present and prevention measures should start right away.

The low pH may extend deeper in the profile if cropping systems are not changed.

Pay attention to the following signs: • Witch’s broom roots at 2-3 week growth stage. Yellowing and/or dying plants.

• Compare yield monitoring maps sequentially for patterns of yield reduction.

• Look at historical soil analyses for pH levels in the 0-6 inch zone. Has the pH value been gradually dropping by field or across the farm?

Lying in wait Aluminum and manganese toxicity could become serious if not ad-dressed. It’s important to soil sample for pH in the 0-2 inch depth in low producing areas. If you wait until there is low pH in the 0-6 inch zone, it will be too late to prevent toxicity. Remediation with lime application is expensive and time consuming.

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Gray named MT Hemp Program Coordinator

From MT Dept. of Ag Director Ben Thomas announced recently that Andy Gray, a nearly 20-year veteran of the Montana Department of Agriculture, has been named as the new Montana Hemp Program Coordinator.

Gray has been deeply involved in crafting Montana’s hemp plan since the beginning and he will begin his new position immediately.

“Montana’s producers are fortunate to have a person of Andy’s caliber heading up our hemp program,” said Director Thomas. “With Andy’s knowledge of Montana commodity laws and his experience here at the Department I know he will serve our state well.”

Gray has been with the Department since 2000. In that time, he has served in a variety of roles including as Feed Specialist, Field Operations Manager for the Commodity Services Bureau, and most recently as the Bureau Chief for the Commodity Services Bureau.

Montana was one of a handful of states to have a fully federally compliant hemp pilot program under the 2014 farm bill. In 2018, Montana grew the most acres of hemp in the United States.

With the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill, coupled with several pieces of legislation from earlier this year, Montana is poised to build significantly on those 2018 acres.

For more information on Montana’s hemp program, visit our website: https://agr. mt.gov/hemp The Montana Department of Agriculture’s mission is to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and develop agriculture and allied industries. For more information on the department, visit agr.mt.gov.

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YALC headed to Butte this October

From Montana Farm Bureau Federation Mark your calendar! Montana’s Sixteenth Annual Young Ag Leadership Conference (YALC) is set to take place October 4-6, 2019 at the Copper King Hotel and Convention Center in Butte, Montana. Young people, ages 18-40, involved and interested in agriculture are invited to attend this one-of-a-kind conference where leadership, personal development, education and networking take center stage.

This year’s agenda boasts a special guest speaker from Kansas, Jace Young of Legacy Farmer, LLC. Look him up on Facebook to get a feel for his message about planning for success in your ag business or listen to his daily podcast. The workshop line-up will be packed with presenters coming to share about rangeland management, mental health in ag, branding your business and much more. A panel of first-generation agriculturalists will be sharing how they got their start in the ag industry, focusing on financing. Evening events boast great entertainment, social hour, and time to make new connections.

Our tours this year will be hosted on Saturday afternoon, so all attendees can plan to see some great sights in Butte.

YALC’s action-packed program is planned specifically with young agriculturalists in mind by representatives from each of these nine organizations: Montana 4-H Foundation, Montana Wool Growers Association, Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni, Montana FFA Foundation, Montana State University College of Agriculture, Montana Stockgrowers Association and Montana Farmers Union.

Look for more conference details, including registration information, to be released later this summer. For questions regarding the 2019 Young Ag Leadership Conference, contact Leah Johnson at (406) 733-2079 or leah.nelson.johnson@ gmail.com.

Buyer beware

Many people make the major mistake of buying a horse for an impressive color (black, palomino, pinto), or a luxurious, long, thick mane and tail. Top priorities should be temperament, training, correct conformation, and quality movement (smooth, balanced gaits).

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Follow the beef north tour

By Kari Lewis, MSU Extension – Glacier County

With mostly cow-calf production locally, 22 local 4-H members and parents headed to Brooks, Alberta to visit MCF Feedyard and visit with JBS Canada packing representatives. Participants included: Adriane Good (Pondera County Extension Agent), Peyton Vermulm, Lydia Vermulm, Tabitha Vermulm, Sadie Vermulm, Coley Cundall, Grace Rooney, Darci Littrell, Josh Kearns, Coalter Littrell, Richard Ratzburg, Art Rooney and front row – Destini Anderson, Katelyn Suta, Cole Waldusky, and Kari Lewis (Glacier County Agent). Rhonda Littrell, Blaine Suta, Mark Kearns, Misty Vermulm, and Chris Vermulm also accompanied the group.

Photo courtesy of Kari Lewis.

June 17, twenty local 4-Hers and parents had the opportunity to tour a sector of the Alberta beef industry near Brooks, Alberta. Most 4-Hers are familiar with local cow/ calf production, but rarely see the rest of the process and the goal was to provide this education to the 4-H members.

We were fortunate enough to tour MCF Feedyard which was feeding nearly 63,000 head of cattle on Monday, the largest feedyard in Canada. Following the tour, we met with two representatives from JBS Canada which processes 4,200 cattle/day at their plant in Brooks. As we finished up with pizza in Taber, a consulting feedlot nutritionist, Joe Buntyn, met with us and explained his role in feedlot nutrition and management.

At the feedlot our group was very impressed with the scale of the operation and the number of Holstein steers on feed. The Holsteins are being shipped up from the US to be fed in Canada. They are much less efficient than a beef steer and are typically on feed for over a year due to not eating as much feed as a beef steer and being slower gaining.

Our tour guide said their death loss in the feedlot is around 0.1%, which we thought was quite impressive! Any cattle that die are diagnosed through a post – mortem exam and/ or through sending pictures to a consulting veterinarian to ensure they know the correct cause of death and can correct anything if needed.

While we weren’t able to tour the processing plant in person due to the age of our members, the plant’s representatives shared lots of pictures and videos from the plant with our 4-H group. The 4-Hers were especially impressed to learn about all the byproducts that are used from cattle such as gel bone used in pharmaceuticals, bone meal used in chicken feed, tallow used in soaps and cosmetics, blood meal used in pet food, and much more that allows nearly 100% of the animal to be used. They shared about the variety meats, such as liver, kidney, tongue, oxtail, tendons, cheek, etc. being exported to other countries that enjoy those types of meats.

Their process of recycling water used throughout the plant from cleaning equipment to soaking hides to using it for irrigation for crops was very interesting as well.

One comment from the nutritionist that stood out is that while his role is technically as a feedlot nutritionist, he said about 5% of the work he does is related to cattle nutrition and the other 95% is related to people and management techniques. We thought this point tied in well with how we try to prepare our 4-Hers communication and leadership skills. A couple examples of communication that we saw was in the feedlot they tie different colored flags on the pens to indicate if cattle will be shipped within 6 weeks or within a couple days. This helps the cowboy crew checking animal health know how to best treat any sick animals. In the processing plant, they have employees speaking 60 different languages, so said they use lots of videos, pictures, and hand signals to train their employees!

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Home-invading weevils

By Laurie Kerzicnik, lauren.kerzicnik@montana.edu Montana has several homeinvading weevils that come into our homes starting in April and all the way through Figure 1. Romauldis bifoveolatus November. They are root root weevil. Size=3mm. weevils, and the biology is poorly understood for most species. The most common ones we are seeing right now are the first two (Figure 1 & 2).

Several root weevil species are pests on ornamental plants.

The adults cause notching on leaves (Figure 6). Cathormiocerus spinosus (Figure 2) has just recently been found on Figure 2. Cathormiocerus spinosus cabbage. They are harmless to (Goeze) (=C. aperatus Boli). Root weevil. Size=2.5mm. humans, are not wood-boring beetles, and are mostly just a nuisance in homes. These invasions are only temporary.

Management: Cultural/Physical: These weevils are difficult to control and can come in by the dozens for a couple weeks at a time in the late summer. Any small opening can allow these beetles to Figure 3. Otiorhyncus raucus. Black “squeeze” into the building. vine weevil. Size=6-8mm.

You will likely want to do the following: • Make sure door sweeps are installed at the base of the exterior doors and that they fit tightly.

• Seal all cracks in siding.

• One point of entry is the meeting of foundation and siding of a building. Caulk or fill this juncture.

• Vacuum up all the adults that you can in the meantime.

• Seal utility openings where pipes and wires enter Figure 4. Strawberry root weevil. the foundation or siding.

Photo by Jeff Hahn. Size 4-7mm.

Chemical Chemical controls have not been very effective for these beetles because it is difficult to target their overwintering sites and their point of entry. However, you can do barrier sprays in the early fall to kill the insect before they enter the building. Here are some tips: • The chemical treatments need to be in place before the invasion is in full swing (before late fall).

• The base of all doors and window should be treated.

• Apply materials to a 2-6 foot wide band along the soil around the foundation and 2-3 feet up the foundation wall - Sprays work well on surfaces.

- Granular insecticides or sprays can be used for ground treatments.

- Insecticides with the Figure 5. Hairy spider weevil. Size=3mm active ingredients permethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, esfenvalerate or cyfluthrin are preferred because they are effective at low temperatures.

Disclaimer: These recommendations are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator’s responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. Due to constantly changing labels and product registration, some of the recommendations given in this writing may no longer be legal by the time you read them.

If any information in these recommendations disagrees with the label, the recommendation must be disregarded.

No endorsement is intended for products mentioned.

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Oxeye Daisy

By Steven Hines, Extension Educator in Lincoln County, University of Idaho Extension; Timothy S. Prather, Extension Weed Specialist, University of Idaho Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, Moscow; and Sandra Robins, Lambert Erickson Weed Diagnostic Laboratory Taxonomist, University of Idaho Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, Moscow. does not have a dormancy period. Oxeye daisy seeds maintain viability, and in one study 82 percent of the seed germinated after 6 years and 1 percent germinated after 39 years. Oxeye daisy spreads mainly by seeds, but it also spreads effectively by the rhizomes.

Oxeye daisy competes aggressively, especially under continuous grazing pressure.

High seed production allows oxeye daisy to quickly take over a pasture or meadow, Oxeye daisy flower head. especially if management allows exposure Oxeye daisy is a showy perennial herb in of bare soil, which is where seeds are more the Asteraceae family that was introduced likely to germinate. Cattle preferably graze from Europe, most likely as a medicinal other plants when kept in a pasture at low herb to treat asthma, whooping cough, and stocking rates, reducing plant competition other coughs. Some people enjoy the young with oxeye daisy and allowing it to get an leaves in salads. Oxeye daisy is still sold as even better hold in the pasture. Ungrazed an herb and as an ornamental by itself and in meadows are susceptible to invasion bemixes. Other common names include white cause the branched rhizomes and strong daisy, marguerite, field daisy, aspen daisy, adventitious roots allow the plant to fully poor-land flower, and moon-penny. utilize any open space.

Oxeye daisy occurs in 17 Idaho counties, Management 20 Oregon counties, and 40 Washington Mechanical control counties. It is a noxious weed in WashingMowing should be timed to the onset ton, and several Idaho counties have added of flowering. Plants may flower more than oxeye daisy to their county noxious weed once, and subsequent mowings also should lists. It is illegal to sell oxeye daisy seeds or be timed to the onset of flowering. Hand plants where it is designated as noxious. A weeding of small related species, Shasta daisy (Chrysanthepopulations can mum maximum), looks very similar and is a be effec-tive, esbetter choice for beau-tifying the landscape. pecially in moist Oxeye daisy prefers upland meadows and soil where more pastures but can be found in landscapes, of the root sysalong roadways, and in fields, range-lands, tem can be reand waste areas. Once established, it moved by digcompetes against grasses, reducing forage ging. Repeated production. It also exposes soil in the fall hand weeding making the infested area vulnerable to erolikely will be resion and other aggressive weeds. quired because Identification roots remainOxeye daisy is an herbaceous perennial ing may sprout, with rhizomes and adventitious roots. Plants forming new grow 1 to 3 feet in height. plants, and seedStems and leaves are smooth to sparsely lings will continhairy. Basal leaves are spatula-shaped to ue to emerge beround and occur on long stalks that are 2 to cause the seeds 5 inches long. The leaf margins are toothed remain viable for Mature oxeye daisy plant. Oxto more or less pinnately lobed. Leaves promany years. eye daisy looks similar to the gressively decrease in size upward on the Shasta daisy (Chrysanthemum Grazing stem. The upper leaves clasp the stem in an Horses, sheep, maximum). alternate arrangement. The upper leaves are and goats readily narrowly oblong with toothed to shallow-ly consume oxeye daisy, but cattle usually lobed margins. avoid it. Effective grazing programs should Flower heads are usually solitary and include short-duration, high-intensity grazgrow at the ends of the branches. Flowers ing with cattle prior to flower production are showy and daisy-like, with 20 to 30 followed, if possible, by grazing with goats white ray flowers and numerous yellow or sheep to consume remaining oxeye daisy disk flowers. Flower heads average 1 to 2.2 plants. Grazing will suppress established inches in diameter. The petals are slightly populations; however, seeds and rhizomes notched at the will replace any oxeye daisy vegetation retip, and the floral moved by animals. Oxeye daisy may alter bracts are green the taste of milk from dairy cows that have with dark brown con-sumed it. margins.

Competitive plants The fruit is a Perennial bromes, both native and introround achene, duced, are competitive with oxeye daisy as brown to black in are timothy, orchardgrass, tall fescue, and color, 1/16 of an most native and introduced wheatgrasses. inch long, with Stimulating grass competition with fertil8 to 10 ridges izer has been shown to increase forage Oxeye daisy rosette. down the sides production by 500 percent and hinder oxeye and no pappus. One flower head can contain daisy growth. Pastures and meadows with up to 200 seeds. established infestations of oxeye daisy are Biology and Ecology often nitrogen deficient. In pasture settings, Oxeye daisy plants flower June through fertilization according to a soil test may be August. A healthy plant may produce up required after control of oxeye daisy to imto 26,000 seeds. The seeds generally gerprove growth of grasses and increase their minate in the fall in Idaho, Washington, and competitive ability. Fertilization timing Oregon but may germinate throughout the can be either (1) late spring after a spring growing season. Dryer fall conditions will herbicide application or (2) early fall to middelay germination until spring, but the seed CONTINUED ON PAGE A16

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New USDA ag transportation open data platform

From United States Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it’s now easier to view, access, and download its data on the transportation of agricultural products by rail, truck, barge and ocean. Thanks to a new, interactive format, customers have an alternative to static PDFs and Excel versions of the data maintained by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which issues several transportation reports, including the weekly Grain Transportation Report.

“Farmers, commodity analysts, elevator operators, shippers and other stakeholders rely on USDA data to make timely market decisions as they move agricultural products across the country and around the world,” said Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Greg Ibach. “Our new open data platform improves their customer experience and, ultimately, their competitiveness in the global economy.”

“The White House estimates that open data could create hundreds of billions of dollars in economic value. We think the 30,000 subscribers to USDA’s transportation data reports will benefit, furthering Secretary Perdue’s goal of modernizing the Department’s information technology systems and ensuring USDA programs are delivered efficiently and effectively,” Ibach explained.

This new platform meets the tenets outlined in the Open Government Data Act – it is easy to find, download, use and share. Customers can access the data at https://agtransport. usda.gov and will be able to use the data visualization tool to: • View up-to-date, interactive dashboards or major transportation modes and markets; • Access data in many different, open file formats; • Access data through automatically generated and maintained Application Programming Interfaces (API), which open the door to the development of cell phone and web apps built using the data; • Select and download data using easy filtering and aggregating; • Create a variety of visualizations from datasets, including maps; and • Save personalized dataset views and visualizations that are automatically updated to show the latest insights.

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Bulletin describes stripe rust of wheat biology

By University of Wyoming Extension A new publication from the University of Wyoming Extension (UW) provides the life cycle of stripe rust as well as management techniques wheat producers can use.

Stripe rust has become one of the most important disease pests of winter wheat in the region since the early 2000s.

The publication gives producers a comprehensive source for current information about stripe rust biology and management, said Bill Stump, assistant professor for plant sciences and extension plant pathologist.

This publication is available as a pdf, HTML or ePub. To view or download, go to bit.ly/StripeRustWheat.

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3 point hitch ,540 PTO. Front tires 6.50 – 16. Back tires 12-4 -28 , tires on one side are new. Nice Tractor. • Gambles Farmcrest 30. Narrow front.

4B153 - 11459C. 320312 - PTO - Rear weights.

TRUCKS/ PICKUPS: 1997 Ford F250 7.3 L diesel 4x4 with DewEze bale bed. Ac and heat work. Right front 4wd u-joint needs replaced. Vin 3FTHF26F7VMA55803. 213,000 + miles. Tire size 265-75-16. DewEze Model 275. Pump and controls are not installed but are included. • 2002 Ford F-250 xl Super Crew with grill guard. Needs a tune up. Tire size 265-75-16. Vin 1FTNW21L42EA49457.

• 1959 Chevrolet 2D Viking. 8.25-20 duals. V-8.

5 pad. 2 speed. 95250. 13’ box 40” sides. Omaha standard wood deck. Vin V6B59F115058.

ATV: Kawasaki 4x4 400 4 wheeler liquid cook.

Runs but needs a tune up.

HARVEST: 1980 John Deere 7720 Turbo Combine (Serial# 410875).

Includes John Deere 224 Platform 24Ft (Serial #: H00224X600203) and Platform trailer. 2,400 hrs. per owner. Combine has rebuilt primary and secondary with 20 hours. Air conditioner has been converted to R-134 but needs charged.

• Vermer 605 series L with accu-bale. 0192 bale count. 31x13.50-15. Tires are good. Serial 1VRR141E541002158. • Vicon 9 wheel rake. Hydraulic. H-1050 4700401333. • Farmhand 7 wheel rake. • International 480 Tandem Disc. • Mayrath 6” x 30” Auger Briggs & Stratton. John Deere 230 Platform Header batt reel. 30ft. With header trailer.

Some new sickle guides and some new guards.

Tire size 235-75-15. Serial 539890. 6’x33” Auger.

New 540 RPM PTO Shaft.

LIVESTOCK TRAILER: 1979 – Circle L Stock Trailer by Well Built MFG ing. 6’ wide x 20’ long.

Tires – LT 235/SR 16. Serial 6-79-141 G. TRAILER: 2 wheeler utility trailer & tank.

No title. • Home built trailer. Tandem Duals.

14’8”x30’. No title. • Home built single axel grain dump trailer. No title. • Home built Chevy pickup box trailer Tire size 235-75-15 - new tires.

No title.

GRINDER/ MIXER: GEHL hammer mill 50 MX. serial 5015. Tire size 7.60-15.

TILLAGE/SEEDING: John Deere 235 disc. • Spring tooth crust buster 28’ • Spring Tooth Horrow. • Melroe hoe drill. 282 - 10” spacing (2) 8’ - 2821010 MB11834 & 2821010 MB11833. • John Deere 16’ tool bar. • Krause 30 foot Tool Bar. Tire size 11L15SL. MISCELLANEOUS: Danuser post hole digger 12 inch auger . Serial F8049157. • Erskine manufacturing Co. skid steer snowblower. Model 1812X61. Serial 1359. Hydraulic. • (2) 15 lb propane tanks, (3) 100 lb propane tanks. • 100 gal portable fuel tank with pump. • (3) 7500 lb axles with slipper springs, assorted tires and 16 in rims • Farmhand stack mover - hydraulic. 23’.

• 200 Gal poly Ace Roto-Mold water tank. Used (1) Once with clean cattle water. Manufacturing date 2-18. • John Deere Feed Cart. Tire size ST 225/ 75R15. • Willmar fertilizer spreader S-200/ S500. Tire size 11L-15. Used for storing clean winter wheat. Has approx. 80 bushels of clean winter wheat inside.

DIRT MOVING EQUIPMENT: Eversman hydraulic scraper. Model 600. 9.5 L - 15 fronts.

Missing a hydraulic cylinder.

Financing Available 888.525.9805 Have equipment to sell? Want top dollar and have it sold at your farm on one of our timed online auctions? Call today!

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TRUCK FOR SALE – RETIRED

1967 Chevrolet 50 2 ton truck, 15-ft. Knapheide box and hoist, Shur-Lok tarp, electric tail gate, new wheels and tires on front.......................................................... $6500 Call Gerald Christensen (406) 278-3742 or 450-1133

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Proper timing of livestock pest management is vital

By NDSU Extension Service and then retreat to nearby structures, such Face flies, horn flies and stable flies are as fences or forage stands. the most common and most treated pests “Ear tags contain insecticides that are on North Dakota livestock operations. Left released slowly into the animal’s hair by untreated, these pests can cause significant movement, so ear tags should not be applied loss in production, says Miranda Meehan, until fly populations are nearing the ecoNorth Dakota State University (NDSU) nomic thresholds, typically from mid-June Extension livestock environmental stewardto July. Read insecticide labels carefully ship specialist. because recommendations can vary for the While integrated pest management (IPM) number of tags to apply (one or two), age is commonplace for controlling crop pests, of cattle that can be tagged and chemical similar concepts can apply to controlling class of active ingredient (pyrethroid, orlivestock pests, Meehan says. The key is ganophosphate or a combination).” using the right type of control at the right Gerald Stokka, Extension veterinarian time for the right duration to control pests and livestock stewardship specialist, receffectively. ommends rotating the class of insecticide Many North Dakota livestock producers each year and removing tags when they no apply pest control prior to pasture turnout, longer provide effective fly control to help which may be optimal for control of some prevent flies from becoming resistant to the pests but not others. insecticides.

Horn flies are gray and look like small To achieve proper fly control, apply houseflies, according to Patrick Beauzay, pour-on insecticides and sprays periodically NDSU Extension entomologist and IPM depending on environmental conditions, coordinator. Horn flies bite and spend most such as rainfall, heat and humidity throughof their time clustered around the head, out the fly season, Stokka says. Applying shoulders and back of cattle. These bloodthese products before pasture turnout likely sucking flies feed up to 20 to 30 times per will not be an effective fly control method. day. This constant biting causes cattle pain Additionally, all avermectin pour-ons and and stress and can reduce the cattle’s weight injectables impact internal parasites and are gains by as much as 20 pounds. not labeled for fly control.

“Face flies look like large, dark houseFeed additive insecticides can be includflies,” Beauzay says. “They are nonbiting ed in mineral formulations for the cattle. flies that feed on animal secretions, plant The additives pass through the animals’ nectar and manure liquids. Face flies may digestive system and destroy the developing transmit pathogens responsible for infecting horn fly maggots in the manure. These adthe eye and causing keratoconjunctivitis, or ditives are effective in killing 80% to 90% pinkeye, in cattle. The life cycle of a face fly of the developing fly larvae in animals that is about 21 days. Populations tend to peak have consumed the product, he says. Offer in late summer.” feed additives at least 30 days prior to fly Stable flies are similar in size to houseemergence in late June or early July. flies, but have circular markings that disBack rubbers, dusters and other means tinguish them from horn flies. In addition, of delivering insecticides, as well as nonthese flies bite on the abdomen and legs, chemical fly traps and natural fly defense feed on blood and are very disruptive to mechanisms also are available. As with the cattle grazing. They breed on organic matother control methods, producers need to ter. The only method to control adult popuwatch for economic thresholds and deterlations is weekly application of insecticide mine what control measure will work best sprays. in their operation, Stokka says.

Beauzay says horn and face flies typically “When applying any type of pest control, are not present at pasture turnout and do be sure to carefully read the label prior to not reach economic thresholds for applying application. Monitor populations to see if control until midsummer. the product is achieving the desired level When fly counts reach 200 flies per of control. If a product is not effective, the animal, the economic threshold has been fly population may have developed a resisreached and animals will have significant tance to that type of insecticide and another weight loss. The economic threshold is the method and/or product should be utilized,” pest density at which producers should take Stokka says. action to manage the pest, he says.

Pest control can be costly. However, “The first step to determining when to apMeehan says producers can reduce costs by ply control is to properly scout pastures and following these principles of integrated pest cattle to determine fly type and fly populamanagement and applying the appropriate tions,” Beauzay says. “Horn flies typically products at the appropriate time for the aprest on cattle throughout the day, whereas propriate control of pest populations. face flies land on the face of cattle for a meal

Oxeye Daisy CONTINUED FROM PAGE A14

UPCOMING AUCTIONS Ray Cox Estate, July 19 & 20, 2019 Donald Kovacich Estate Aug. 3 & 10, 2019 Ron Martin Farm Auction, Moore, MT Sept. 14, 2019

spring after herbicide application during the previous spring or summer.

Control with herbicides Several broadleaf herbicides registered for use in pasture are effective against oxeye daisy beginning when leaves are visible in the spring until flowering. Weedy hawkweeds are associated with oxeye daisy, often growing within the same fields, and herbicides mimicking natural plant hormones effective on hawkweeds are also effective on oxeye daisy. Adjuvants should be used according to the specific herbicide label; there are no special adjuvant require-ments for oxeye daisy. Herbicides that disrupt plant enzyme production that are effective on members of the aster family are also ef-

fective on oxeye daisy.

Biological control No biological control agents have been introduced for oxeye daisy control.

Summary Oxeye daisy is well estab-lished in the Pacific Northwest. Forage production can be reduced by oxeye daisy competition. Goats and sheep readily eat oxeye daisy, but cattle require high-intensity, short-duration grazing to set back oxeye daisy. Oxeye daisy is susceptible to many herbicides used for pasture and rangeland weed control. Maintaining competitive forages will deter expansion of oxeye daisy populations. Management will require long-term diligence since seed longevity is longer than 6 years.

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USED AIR DRILLS

USED DRILLS

Case 800 50-ft., 10” spacing, 43 VRT Preci- John Deere 9450 40-ft. with 12” spacing. Sold individually......................................... $2000 sion SS drill, 3430 cart tow between, single chute..................Lease for $15,628/yr-oac John Deere 50-ft. drill hitch................... $1400 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air seeder, 12” spacing, Ken – 788-4588; Anna – 231-4251; 4350 cart....................................... $50,000 Andy – 590-0372; Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” spacing and Lance – 788-8012; Matt – 231-4028 2320 air cart.............................$26,000 (L) “Partners in Production” Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 12” spacing....... www.hovenequipment.com .................................................$24,900 (L)

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CONSIGNMENTS

2010 Maurer 40-ft. grain trailer................... $20,500 Degelman 4100 round & square processor..$15,000 Gates Magnum 48-ft. heavy harrow........... $23,000 Gates 56-ft. harrow..................................... $17,000 Morris 50-ft. heavy harrow.......................... $18,000 Morris CP743 chisel plow........................... $14,900 Melroe 501 with Valmar................................. $6500 Renn 5501 39-ft. chisel plow.......................... $6500 International 75 39-ft.................................... $3500 Case IH MX150 tractor/loader.................... $52,000 John Deere 5020 tractor, PTO & loader..$13,250 (L) Versatile 800 tractor................................... $12,000 1968 Allis-Chalmers 170 tractor................... $6000 Ford 5000 tractor with mower........................ $5000 Case IH 7240 combine............................. $287,455 Case IH 2188 combine, 1015 pickup header........... ............................................................... $33,000 Case IH 1680 30-ft. head, pickup head...... $19,000 Gleaner R65 combine with Agco 327 header, air reel & Agco 400 header................................ $60,000 Gleaner R72 combine................................ $41,900 Massey-Ferguson 850 combine with 24-ft. header, air reel....................................................... $4500 New Holland TR97 combine, 36-ft. Honeybee header, 13-ft. pickup with Swathmaster pickup attachment............................................. $42,500 International 1660 combine. #13168......... $12,000 Massey Ferguson combine, pickup header..$6500 John Deere 7700 combine............................ $5500 White 9700 combine..................................... $5294 New Holland 971 header.............................. $6000 MacDon FD75 45-ft. header, cross auger with Crary pickup air reel......................................... $93,000 MacDon 962 36-ft. header.......................... $16,900 Case DHX302 draper header..................... $15,000 Westfield MKX13x84 auger....................... $19,900 Westfield TFX10x36 auger............................ $9900 Farm King 10x60 auger................................ $6000 Buhler FK 7x41 electric auger...................... $2000 Feterl 7x41 electric auger.............................. $2000 Brandt drive over transfer auger................. $17,000 Wheatheart PT13 drive over deck................ $5675 2-Wheatheart transfer augers. Each............. $1500 2-Wheatheart bin sweeps. Each..................... $600

USED COMBINES

New Holland 9060 combine, no header... $150,000 New Holland TR98 combine......................$29,900 New Holland TR97 combine......................$19,900 Gleaner R76 combine................................$95,000 Gleaner R65 combine................................$32,000

USED HEADERS

2014 MacDon D65D 40-ft. header..............$57,900 MacDon FD70 36-ft. header.......................$34,000 MacDon D60S 35-ft. draper header............$29,900 MacDon 973 30-ft. header..........................$20,000 MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header, pickup reel........ ...............................................................$14,900 MacDon 960 30-ft. header..........................$10,900 MacDon A40D 18-ft. header.......................$19,900 MacDon A40D 16-ft. header.......................$19,000 MacDon DWA double windrow attachment...$2900 Agco 5200 36-ft. draper header..................$19,900 Gleaner pickup header, Super 8 attachment..$5000

Hoven Equipment

Brandt 5000 grain vac................................... $8500 New Holland 200 rotary swather with 416 disc head & 430HB 30-ft. draper head with pickup reel....... ............................................................. $138,755 John Deere 956 16-ft. pull type disc swather with flail conditioner.............................................. $12,500 New Holland 1442 15’3” rotary disc.............. $6700 Vermeer 605L round baler............................ $8000 Case 8465 round baler.................................. $5000 John Deere 216T baler................................. $2500 Hesston 5585 baler....................................... $1200 Case WRX301 rake................................$12,000 (L) New Holland 166 hay inverter........................ $4500 New Holland 1000 bale stacker..................... $3500 New Holland C1002 balewagon................... $2300 Spra-Coupe 4640, 60-ft. booms................. $29,500 Versatile SX275 sprayer........................... $127,000 Bourgault 950 sprayer, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank........................................................... $8000 2006 Chevrolet/Summers sprayer............ $15,500 1977 GMC/Summers sprayer........................ $8500 1987 International 9670 truck with 3000 gallon stainless steel tanks............................... $19,000 Morris Contour I 41-ft. air drill with 7240 cart........ .........................................................$99,000 (L) Case 2400 40-ft.x10” spacing air drill with 240 cart. .........................................................$23,450 (L) John Deere 9400 40-ft.x12” drills............... $12,000 150 grass seeder............................................. $800 Chevrolet C60 truck...................................... $9500 Grizzley 660 ATV, 60” broom, front blade...... $8470 Degelman rock picker.................................... $5500 Quicke 660 loader - grapple.......................... $5000 2500 gallon poly tank....................................... $900 1500 gallon poly tank....................................... $500

USED MISCELLANEOUS

New Holland LM 445A telehandler...........Call Bobcat 323 mini excavator................. $16,000 International 2-ton truck....................... $1900 Matthews MC flail mower...................... $7900 KC 3-pt. disc.......................................... $1900 Canola roller........................................... $1100 Spear with 4-ft, & 2 1-ft., fits Westendorf quick attach................................................... $500

USED PROCESSORS

Vermeer BP9000 round & square...............$18,900 Vermeer BP9000 round & square...............$18,900 Vermeer BP8000 with final cut....................$15,500 Vermeer BP8000 processor........................$11,900 2012 Highline CFR650 final cut processor.............. ......................................................... $18,500 (L) Highline 6800 processor with Highline 500 mover... ...............................................................$14,900 Haybuster 256 Plus processor......................$8000

- COMING IN -

• New Holland 7090 round baler.

• Massey Ferguson 1745 baler.

• Gates harrow.

Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer.

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USED TRACTORS

New Holland T7.185 tractor......... $98,000 (L) New Holland 9030 Bidirectional.........$27,000 Valtra C120 with loader......................$53,900 Versatile 835 tractor...........................$14,900 Massey Ferguson 6180 with loader, grapple.. .......................................................$32,000

Agco RT135 with loader, FWD, grapple.......... .......................................................$64,900 Case PX34 tractor with mower...........$10,000 Ford 5000 tractor with loader.................$6500 Versatile 700 parting out, engine and some tires gone.

Ken – 788-4588; Anna – 231-4251; Andy – 590-0372; Lance – 788-8012; Matt – 231-4028

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Massey-Ferguson 2956A Round Baler Cash No Trade for $8695.58/year-oac

New Holland 340 Big Square Baler Cash No Trade for $18,933.07/year-oac

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USED SKID STEERS AND ATTACHMENTS

Bobcat LR65 land rake.........................$6000

Gradall telehandler forks, hydraulic angle.$900

Ken – 788-4588; Anna – 231-4251; Andy – 590-0372; Lance – 788-8012; Matt – 231-4028

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New Vermeer 605N Balers

5x6 bales – Mesh and Twine Call for more information

New Vermeer R2300 & R2800 TwinRakes Get great-looking bales quickly and easily. It all starts with the Vermeer R2300 & R2800 twin rakes, which produces box-shaped windrows. Built to last, the twin rakes allow you to adjust the width of the windrows to match your baler. Control the width, basket lift and folding/unfolding systems right from the cab of your tractor.

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ROUND BALERS

New Holland BR7090 net & twine.....$22,000 New Holland BR780 net & twine.......$14,000 Case RB564 baler..............................$25,000 Case RB564 baler..............................$23,000 Vermeer 605 Super M baler...............$21,900 Vermeer 605XL baler. Stk #23475........$9000 Vermeer 605L mesh & twine baler........$7900 Vermeer Super 605J twine only............$4900 John Deere 568 baler.............................. Call

SQUARE BALERS

Massey Ferguson 2190 baler............$49,900 Case IH LBX432 3x4 with cutter........$54,900 Hesston 4910 large square baler..Coming In John Deere 336 small square baler......$4500

HAYING EQUIPMENT

New Holland HT154 rake.............. Coming In Allen 8803 hydraulic rake...................$18,000 TwinStar 6-2 hydraulic rake................$17,000 H&S Hay Machine II rake............... $4500 (L)

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USED SWATHERS

MacDon 9352i with 14-ft. 922 & 30-ft. 960 headers..........................................$36,900 MacDon 9000 with 16-ft. 920 & 25-ft. 960 headers..................................................$24,000 MacDon 9000 with 16’ & 30’ headers.$23,900

MacDon 7000 with 30-ft. 960 header.$27,900 New Holland HW340 swather............$28,000 John Deere W235 swather.................$14,900 John Deere 2320 swather. #23892.......$8900 Case WD 2303 swather......................$85,000 Hesston 8400 swather.......................$17,000

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USED AUGERS Farm King 8x61 belt drive auger...........$1500 Westfield MK13x91 swing auger.......$10,500 Batco 13x65 conveyor auger.................... Call

Alloway 10x60.........................................$900 Alloway 10x60.........................................$500 Brandt 10x60..........................................$300

USED SPRAYERS Ag Shield 1500 sprayer...................... $20,900 Brandt 85-ft. pull type sprayer............... $3900 Miller 3275 HT sprayer....................... $67,000 Demco skid mount sprayer. #23959...... $2700

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MANIFEST WHEAT GRASS SEED FOR SALE MANIFEST - Wheat Grass

• Out of Foundation Seed $2.90 lb .

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They want twice as much as that at the garage.

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MacDon M205 with 35-ft. draper header 16-ft. rotary disc hay header 2- Krone 3x4 big square balers John Deere 569 round baler Golden Eagle rake Canola roller

*Insured *Quality Reliable Service *Competitive Rates - Call today to get on the schedule Phone Joe (406) 949-3438 Kellen (406) 460-1755 Kyle (406) 460-0873 or (406) 271-3137

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USED

Like New 1435 STAINLESS STEEL CONVEY-ALL CONVEYOR HYDRAULIC drive with Isuzu diesel engine............................................... WAS $15,000.................................................NT SALE $11,995 20-45 MERIDIAN CONVEYOR w/mover, 19’ reach; includes 35HP Kohler Gas Engine, light kit, electric clutch and more...........

WAS $38,300.....................................................NT SALE $29,995 13”x92’ HARVEST INTERNATIONAL with electric mover and winch.............................. NT $16,000 10” x 72’ MERIDIAN MDSA, Ag Remote mover electric winch...............................NT SALE $8,000

CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT

8”x46’ SAKUNDIAK with E-Kay mover and 25 hp Kohler engine.

8”x46’ SAKUNDIAK updated to poly flighting, w/E-Kay mover 25 HP Kohler engine, electric clutch, also comes with 110 volt seed treater and triangle plastic hopper 8”x46’ SAKUNDIAK w/E-Kay mover, E-Kay bin sweep, 29 HP EFI Kohler engine

BRING CONSIGNED ITEMS IN TO US WE WILL SELL IT FOR YOU!

Balance your forage resources

By NDSU Extension Service Balancing your forage resources to ensure you are not overdrawing from your supplies is critical to the long-term profitability of your ranch, a North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension expert says.

“The key is ensuring that the stocking rate does not exceed pasture carrying capacity, as overgrazing can cause longterm reductions in forage production, leading to decreased livestock production,” says Miranda Meehan, Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist.

The stocking rate is the number of specific kinds and classes of animals grazing or using a unit of land for a specific time period. When setting the stocking rate, knowing the carrying capacity of the pasture is critical, Meehan notes.

Carrying capacity is a measure of how much forage a grazing unit has and is able to produce in an average year.

“We are well into the growing season, and as it progresses, the potential for timely precipitation and forage growth decreases,” she says. “By July 1, cool-season-dominated grasslands have produced 90% of their forage, whereas this is delayed to September 1 for warm-season-dominated grasslands.”

Now is the time to evaluate your potential for forage production for the current grazing season.

“To accurately do this, it is important to understand the relationship between precipitation and forage production in your area,” Meehan explains. “In North Dakota, April-June precipitation is a good predictor of annual forage production in mixed-grass prairies. The best predictor in warms-season prairie is May-July precipitation.”

Due to the relationship between precipitation and forage production, precipitation during these months can be used to predict potential deficits in forage production. For example, if precipitation during this period is 75% of normal, producers can expect forage production to be 25% lower than normal. These predictions of production then can be used to make forage and grazing management decisions earlier in the grazing season that balance resources and reduce risk.

Ranchers can use precipitation records for their location to predict the potential for forage production. This can be done by comparing the current year’s precipitation during this time period to the median precipitation for the last 30 years at your location. You can use this information to calculate the probability of receiving adequate precipitation for forage growth.

“We recommend using the last 30 years to account for the large amount of variation between years,” Meehan says.

For example, if your location typically receives 6.88 inches of precipitation in April-June and you received 2.5 inches in April and May, you will need to receive 4.38 inches in June to achieve normal forage production.

“You can determine the probability that you will receive adequate precipitation to achieve normal forage production levels by assessing the number of times you have received 4.38 inches in June in the last 30 years,” Meehan says. “You have received 4.38 inches 12 times in the last 30 years, so there is a 40% chance of receiving adequate precipitation.”

Other tools that can aid in predicting forage production potential include weather prediction models and Grass-Cast.

Grass-Cast is a forage production prediction tool developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, Colorado State University, the National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Arizona and the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub. This tool compares seasonal estimates to a 34-year average to develop county-level forage production maps for three precipitation scenarios: above normal, near normal and below normal, which are updated every two weeks.

“The ability to better predict annual forage production allows ranchers to adjust their forage withdrawals accordingly to ensure that the stocking rate is not exceeding the carrying capacity,” Meehan says. “However, these are just estimates and there are several other factors that influence carrying capacity, including growing conditions last year, grazing history and, of course, stocking rate.

“Predicting potential forage production and monitoring available forage to ensure your livestock are not overdrawing from your forage account is critical for the environmental and economic sustainability of your ranch,” she adds. ##### To Plant a Seed and Wait is to Believe! ##### He broke into song because he couldn’t find the key

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Missouri Breaks Grazing & Hunting Property

LAND AUCTION Wednesday, August 14, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. • Yogo Inn, Lewistown, MT Featuring 2000 +- acres of land, offered in 3 parcels, with BLM grazing allotments, located in northeast Fergus County, Montana.

Located off Wilder Trail and Musselshell Trail, these 3 parcels each offer their own unique advantages, including functional summer pasture with numerous reservoirs and pipeline-filled stock tanks, beautiful pine trees, sweeping coulees and pristine elk habitat.

Distric g n i t n u H

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Terms: • Cash to Seller at closing.

• Earnest Money: $10,000 per parcel, non-refundable.

• No Contingencies. Buyers must have financing arranged prior to bidding.

• Taxes: Prorated to the date of closing.

• Closing agent fees will be equally shared between Seller and Buyer.

• Closing on or before September 13th, 2019 at Realty Title Co.

Property Location: 27 miles northeast of Roy, MT (From Roy, go 14 miles east/north on US 191, then go east on Wilder Trail 13 miles) TRACT 1: 720 + - Acres

TRACT 3: 320 + - Acres S10, T20 N, R25 E, S2NE4, SE4NW4, E2SW4, NE4SE4, W2SE4

Live Auction with Internet Bidding Available

(Includes small off-the-grid cabin)

Owner: MC Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

S27, T21 N, R25 E, S2SE4 S33, T21 N, R25 E, SE4SW4, NE4SE4, S2SE4 S34, T21 N, R25 E, NE4, S2NW4, SW4 S35, T21 N, R25 E, N2NW4

TRACT 2: 960+ - Acres S11, T20 N, R25 E, E2 S12, T20 N, R25 E, ALL Wilder Trail

Musselshell Trail

Jayson & Kyle Shobe 408 W Main • Lewistown, MT

Complete details at www.ShobeAuction.com • 406-538-5125

North Montana Farm Land AUCTION Friday, September 20, 2019 • 1:00 p.m. • Comfort Inn, Shelby, MT

1,820 +- acres in Toole County, Montana 30 miles northwest of Shelby below the Kevin Rims.

Much of the property was certified organic through 2002 then placed into CRP. The CRP contract expired in 2018 and the farm was hayed that year.

TRACT 1: 477 +- acres TRACT 2: 439 +- acres TRACT 3: 150 +- acres TRACT 4: 755 +- acres

Live Auction with Internet Bidding Available

Jayson & Kyle Shobe 408 W Main • Lewistown, MT

Terms: • Cash to Seller at closing.

• Earnest Money: Varies by Tract. Non-refundable.

• No Contingencies. Buyers must have financing arranged prior to bidding.

• Taxes: Prorated to the date of closing.

• Seller will provice title insurance.

• Closing agent fees will be equally shared between Seller and Buyer.

• Closing on or before October 21st, 2019.

• Sells subject to Seller’s approval of final bid.

Owner: Barbara J. Monroe Trust

TRACT 2 TRACT 3

TRACT 1

to Kevin 5 miles

to Cut Bank 15 miles

TRACT 4

to Shelby 25 miles

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##### South Carolina: No marriage promises A male over the age of 16 can’t seduce a woman by falsely promising to marry her. If found guilty, he’ll be charged with a misdemeanor, fined at the court’s discretion, and/or imprisoned for no longer than one year — with a decent number of exceptions.

Cherry Orchard for Sale

Polson, MT - 10 acres with a working and profitable cherry orchard which includes a large shop, walk-in cooler, tool shed, tractor shed and other outbuildings.

Approximately 1500 cherry trees and a 3 bedroom/2 bathroom house. Amazing Flathead Lake view. $739,000 Phone (406) 249-2962 Glacier Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

Ask one of our many happy customers about our sales & service

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

July Special

2010 Durango • 36-ft., 2 Slides Call for More Information!

We have a nice selection of used travel & cargo trailers!!!

• 2016 Neo 29-ft. cargo trailer • 2015 Arctic Fox 275L 5th wheel

PJ trailers

COME SEE OUR SELECTION OF PELLET GRILLS!

• 2018 Winnebago MicroLite 20-ft. bumper pull • 2009 Terry 28-ft. 5th wheel, one large slice • 2000 Terry 27-ft. 5th wheel, slide • 2008 Terry 289 bumper pull with large slide • 1999 Terry 27-ft. 5th wheel w/slide

SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF PICKUP ACCESSORIES

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Generators

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Recipe Patch by Geri Orange-Pecan Salmon

1 cup orange marmalade 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each) 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted In a small bowl, combine marmalade, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Pour 2/3 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add salmon; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for up to 30 minutes. Set aside remaining marinade. Preheat oven to 350°. Drain and discard marinade from salmon.

Place salmon in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. In a small saucepan, bring reserved marinade to a boil; cook and stir until slightly thickened. Stir in pecans; serve with salmon.

Salmon with BalsamicHoney Glaze

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons white wine or chicken broth 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons honey 5 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 salmon fillets (6 ounces each) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano Combine the first six ingredients in a small saucepan.

Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 4-5 minutes or until thickened. Place salmon skin side down on a greased 15-in. x 10in. x 1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spoon glaze over salmon; top with oregano. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Pistachio-Crusted Salmon and Lemon Sauce

4 salmon fillets (1 inch thick and 6 ounces each) 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup finely chopped pistachios SAUCE: 1 shallot, chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper Place fillets on a greased baking sheet; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with pistachios. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, cook and stir shallot in oil over medium-high heat until tender.

Add cream, lemon peel, salt and cayenne; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-7 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Serve with salmon.

Orange Salmon

4 salmon fillets (4 ounces each) 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon pepper, divided 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided 1/2 cup orange marmalade spreadable fruit 2 tablespoons half-and-half cream 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon minced fresh gingerroot 4-1/2 teaspoons butter Sprinkle salmon with 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine the marmalade, cream, soy sauce, ginger and butter. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes; set aside. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Place salmon skin side down on grill rack. Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 10-12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

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

NEW STEEL, SALVAGE, AND RECYCLING ALL IN ONE LOCATION

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

1-800-334-5964

NEW! SURPLUS STEEL TUBING Call for Current Sizes!

BLACK PIPE

Various sizes available – CALL

(8) 2 left Hobart meat saws

1-1/2 x 1-1/2 used square tubing 30-ft. lengths

WE SELL NEW & USED

Tubing • Pipe • Angle Iron • Plate

HYSTER Electric Forklifts

RAILROAD FLAT CARS For Bridges

TANK CARS

Lifting Capacities 3000 - 4500 lbs.

For Non Potable Water Storage

$4500 each

HOPPER BOTTOM CARS Great for grain storage

3 Available

(2) Hobart M802 dough mixers 80 qt. capacity

Used Drill Pipe 3 2 /8”, 27/8”, 31/2” & 41/2”

Buying

Automotive & Heavy Industrial Batteries

✗✗✗ Fencing Supplies ✗✗✗ Round Tubing Great for corrals

11/4”, 11/2” & 13/4” O.D.

20-ft. & 24-ft. lengths

LAND ROLLER PIPE 42”, 54” & 60” Heavy Wall

• Stainless Steel Sheets • Flat Bar • Pipe • Angle • Sq. Tubing • Round Bar

Sand & Slag Abrasives

] Sucker Rod Hangers ] 16.5 CAL tie wire $4.95/Roll

New 12” - 48” Steel Culvert

New 12” - 30” Poly Culvert

NEW Rebar

3/8” & 1/2” - 20-ft. lengths

Round steel post caps 31/2” & 27/8”

New Red Brand and CF&I Class I Barb Wire

$500each

Call for sizes

NEW 20-ft. Containers

GALVANIZED STEEL GUARDRAIL POSTS - CALL

5 /2’ & 6’ T1.33#

Misc. Used Steel Beams 3/4” capacity

Great for bridges

1

Call for pricing

Cincinnati 6S12 Shear

Overseas Flats - 8’x40’

Chicago Heights Steel Fence Posts – All made in America

Used 5-ft. Guard Rail Posts

6” and 8” New Domestic A53B well casing, 20-ft. lengths....

Overseas Containers For Sale 20-ft., 40-ft. & 48-ft.

Leather Gloves

In Stock

#2 Railroad ties - $1000 each #1 Railroad ties - $16 each

CATTLE GUARDS

12” Standard Black & Galvanized Guard Rails

13-ft. 6” and 26-ft.

Lengths Available Triple rib galvanized x 13-ft. 6”

Call Jim Filipowicz 1 800-334-5964

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

Used Electric Motors & Boxes

and Combines

We Buy Old Farm Tractors

FOR SCRAP

(406) 761-4848

NEW STEEL plate

Fax (406) 791-6708

Call Joe or Adam

After Hours (406) 791-6712 Steel Department & Salvage Yard Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday

USEABLE SALVAGE DIVISION • Limited Quantities

& beams IN STOCK

USED SUCKER ROD: 3/4”, 7/8” & 1” 25-ft. lengths

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##### West Virginia: No drones for bird hunting In West Virginia it is illegal to use a drone “or other unmanned aircraft” to hunt birds. While you’re out in the woods, you’d better not use a ferret instead of a hunting dog; that’s a $100 fine right there.

FULL SERVICE DEALER Call for all your truck, parts & service needs

2011 Freightliner CA125SLP

Detroit 455 DD15 engine, 10 speed transmission, 72” flat top sleeper, engine brake, 52,000 lb.

GVWR, 992,579 miles, air ride suspension, 230” wheelbase..................................................$14,500

2010 Freightliner CA125SLP

Detroit 505 DD15 engine, 13 speed transmission, 72” flat top sleeper, engine brake, 52,000 lb GVWR, 1,106,000 miles, 234” wheelbase.$14,500

Visit us online at www.istatetruck.com Missoula, MT 5561 Expressway

Authorized Dealer

(406) 728-7600 or (800) 735-6336

New discovery of GE wheat plants

From U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are aware that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the discovery of genetically engineered (GE) wheat plants growing in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington State. APHIS says the GE wheat in question is resistant to the herbicide glyphosate.

We believe APHIS is well prepared to identify additional information about this discovery and has confirmed to us that: • there is no evidence suggesting that this wheat event, or any other GM wheat event has entered U.S. commercial supplies or entered the food supply; • there are no GE wheat varieties for sale or in commercial production in the United States at this time, as APHIS has not deregulated any GE wheat varieties; • there is no health risk associated with glyphosate resistance events in wheat based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration evaluations.

We appreciate that USDA is collaborating with our organizations and our state, industry and trading partners to provide timely and transparent information about their findings as they investigate this discovery. We understand samples of the wheat plants from the field in Washington were sent to the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service lab in Kansas City, Missouri, as well as USDA Agricultural Research lab in Pullman, Washington, for testing and confirmation.

We cannot speculate or comment about any potential market reactions until we learn more from APHIS and have a chance to discuss the situation in more detail with overseas customers. Based on what we know today from APHIS, we are confident that nothing has changed the U.S. wheat supply chain’s ability to deliver wheat that matches every customer’s specifications.

Read the statement from APHIS here: https://www. aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_ date/2019/sa-6/ge-wheat. ##### A massive Dutch famine during WWII helped discover celiac disease. Sick children recovered when wheat was scarce, but fell ill once they resumed eating gluten.

View our FULL inventory at www.FrontlineAgSolutions.com

100+ new units added this month! Contact your local salesman to be the first to hear about new inventory!

COMBINES

#64578

50+ total units - Frustrated with equipment breakdowns & longer hours in the field? Now is the time to upgrade your combine!

Lots of in stock units to pick from!

2018 John Deere S790 251 engine/190 separator hours, 1100/45R46 singles, advanced Powercast tailboard, Powerfold grain tank covers, 28.5-ft. unload auger, Active Yield, turnkey GPS. Stock #64578.....$435,000 (1) 2013 John Deere S690 1395 engine/1148 separator hours, dual 520/85R42 tires, advanced powercast tailboard, 26-ft. unload auger, turnkey GPS. Stock #64445.............. .................................................$217,500 (2) 2016 John Deere S680 444 engine/319 separator hours, price includes 640D header, single IF 800/70R38 tires, advanced powercast tailboard, 26-ft. unload, turnkey GPS. Stock #59093.....................................$325,000 (3) 2015 John Deere S680 784 engine/527 separator hours, single IF 900/60R32 tires, lateral tilt, power fold grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload, advanced powercast tailboard, turnkey GPS. Stock #59115..................$297,500 (1)

CALL US WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS TODAY!!

2017 John Deere S670 365 engine/271 separator hours, single IF 800/70R38, Powercast tailboard, manual grain tank extensions, 28ft. unload, interactive combine adjust, GPS. Stock #64854.........................$337,500 (14) 2009 John Deere 9870 2501 engine/1847 separator hours, dual 20.8R42 tires, powercast tailboard, 22.5-ft. unload. Stock #62981....... ...............................................$125,000 (15) 2009 John Deere 9770 2293 engine/1809 separator hours, 800/65R32 tires, 22.5-ft. unload auger, powercast tailboard. Stock #66022.....................................$110,000 (1)

2004 John Deere 9660 3886 engine/2761 separator hours, 30.5Lx32 singles, 21.5-ft. unload auger, chopper w/spreader, 300 bushel grain tank. Stock #63515............$78,000 (1) 2016 Case IH 8240 575 engine/400 separator hours, dual IF520/85R42, standard chopper, manual spreaders, manual fold grain tank covers, 28.5-ft. unload. Stock #63194.......... .................................................$289,000 (3) 2016 Case IH 8240 864 engine/619 separator hours, IF 520/85R42 duals, fine cut chopper, manual grain tank covers, turn key GPS. Stock #65250.........................$270,000 (14)

GO TO OUR WEBSITE TODAY! www.frontlineagsolutions.com www.frontlineagsolutions.com

#64854

2013 Case IH 7230 1786 engine/1454 separator hours, 900/60R32 singles, spreader, in cab spread control, CVT w/feed rate, 26-ft. unload auger. Stock #61316...$177,500 (15) 2011 Case IH 7120 1712 engine/1360 separator hours, 900/60R32 singles, ultra fine chopper, yield monitor. Stock #65024........... .................................................$127,500 (1)

Railroad Ties $8.00/tie

Sold in 16 tie bundles We will load 1=Conrad: 877-278-5531 2=Cut Bank: 800-273-5530 3=Choteau: 866-466-5741 4=Dillon: 888-213-2793

11=Lewistown: 800-823-3373 12=Havre: 800-621-5701 13=Chester: 406-759-5010

14=Great Falls: 888-760-2005 15=Belgrade: 866-282-3337 16=Livingston: 800-824-3932

Available at Conrad, Cut Bank and Dillon locations

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View our FULL inventory at www.FrontlineAgSolutions.com

100+ new units added this month! Contact your local salesman to be the first to hear about new inventory!

ROUND BALERS

Experience the benefits of a John Deere baler! Most units with net & twine. Get the best selection of used balers before the use season!

#65686

SQUARE BALERS

Large and small square balers in stock now. Call now to get the best units in inventory!

2002 New Holland BB940 3x3 LSB, 1000 PTO, tandem axle, roller chute. Stock #63897...... .................................................$24,500 (12) 1999 John Deere 100 LSB, 1000 PTO, bale ejection system, knotter cleaning system.

Stock #63415.............................$13,750 (2) New Holland Hayline 282 small square baler.

Stock #66963..............................$6250 (11) New Holland Hayliner 425 16”x18” small square baler, 540 PTO. Stock #67330.......... ......................................................$5500 (2)

100 HP+ MFWD TRACTORS

40+ total units. Get your daily chores done more efficiently with a new tractor.

#66570

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Wheel loaders & skid steers.

Several models and options in stock now. Call or stop by to get the first pick!

#66681

WINDROWERS

2018 John Deere 560M net wrap only, float tires, push bar, MegaWide pickup w/hydraulic pickup, grease bank. Stock #65655......... .................................................$49,500 (14) 2014 John Deere 569 Premium net wrap & twine, 1000 PTO, pushbar, moisture sensor, shedded, 6400 bales. Stock #65686............ .................................................$38,500 (15) 2013 John Deere 569 MegaWide pickup, net wrap only, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, bale push bar. Stock #67335............... ...................................................$36,500 (3)

#59618

Auger & rotary platforms available in a variety of cutting widths. Come in today before the use season for best selection of units!

2014 John Deere W150 16-ft. header w/steel conditioner, reverser for conditioner, hydraulic center link, 600 float drive tires, 1447 hours. Stock #67333.................$85,000 (14) 2001 New Holland HW320 16-ft. auger header, rubber conditioner, full cab w/ air conditoning, 420 hours. Stock #67282.................. ...................................................$25,000 (2) 1990 Hesston 8100 w/25-ft. triple delivery draper and UII pickup reel, 21.5L-16.1 tires.

Stock #62980...........................$15,500 (14)

MOWER CONDITIONERS

Not enough acres to hay for a windrower? Check out these mower conditioners to get your hay harvest done efficiently!

2013 John Deere 569 hydraulic pickup lift, MegaWde Plus pickup, net wrap & twine, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 tires. Stock #59618.. ...................................................$27,000 (1) 2008 John Deere 568 net wrap & twine, 540 PTO, MegaWide Plus pickup, pushbar, hydraulic pickup, slip clutch. Stock #65590...... .................................................$19,900 (16) 2002 John Deere 567 net wrap & twine, 1000 PTO, MegaWide pickup, pushbar, hydraulic pickup. Stock #63240.................$10,500 (2) 2016 Case IH RB565 net wrap only, MegaWide pickup, 1000 PTO, ISO BUS system, Premium baler package. Stock #64421................. .................................................$37,900 (16) 2012 Vermeer 605SM twine & net wrap, 1000 PTO, flotation tires. Stock #67188................ .................................................$23,000 (15) 2010 New Holland BR7090 twine & net wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, bale ramp, 1000 PTO. Stock #65517...........................$12,500 (16)

2014 John Deere 388 twin rear mowers, 131 front mower. Stock #66418.......$50,000 (14) 2018 John Deere 830 9-ft., 9” cutting width, center pivot, rotary cutter bar, 1000 PTO, impeller conditioner. Stock #64425.............. .................................................$29,500 (16)

2016 John Deere 6130R 24F/24R AutoQuad Plua, TLS, 460/85R38 rear tires, 420/85R24 front tires, glass roof, 620R loader w/bucket & grapple, extended warranty 03/2022 or 2000 hours. Stock #67068........$132,500 (1) 2017 John Deere 6145M 16 speed PowerQuad+, 640R loader w/grapple, PTO, 3 SCV’s, standard cab, cold start package, 803 hours. Stock #66570........$129,500 (14) 2013 John Deere 6190R 20/20 AutoQuad Plus, 3 SCV’s, 520/85R46 rears, 480/70R34 fronts, H380 loader w/bucket & grapple, wheel weights, 2700 hours. Stock #67181... ...............................................$118,000 (16) 2006 John Deere 7520 16/16 PowerQuad, 3 SCV’s, deluxe cornerpost exhaust, 741 loader, bucket w/grapple, 8003 hours. Stock #66155.......................................$60,000 (2) 2015 Case IH Magnum 180 CVT transmission, L785 loader w/bucket & grapple, full GPS, PTO, 3 SCVs, 3 pt., 2458 hours. Stock #62318...................................$127,000 (14) 2010 Case IH Magnum 210 18/6 Powershift, 4 SCVs, PTO, 480/80R46 rear duals, 10 front weights, 2000 lb. rear weights, 2500 hours.

Stock #61212...........................$89,000 (11) 2007 Case IH Maxxum 125 16F/16R Powershift, PTO, turn assist steering, 3 SCV’s, LX750 loader w/bucket & grapple, 2730 hours. Stock #64767...................$57,500 (2)

Check out our website at www.frontlineagsolutions.com to see photos and info on all of our inventory!

CALL US WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS TODAY!!

10 Montana locations to meet all your equipment needs!

2014 John Deere 304K wheel loader, cab w/air conditioning & heat, creep control, 405/70R20 tires, bucket, 976 hours. Stock #66681.....................................$69,500 (16) 2016 John Deere 333G 100 hp, track skid steer, cab w/air conditioning & heat, counterweights, ISO switchable controls, 84” bucket, 943 hours. Stock #64618..........$63,900 (15) 2014 John Deere 326E 74 hp, cab w/air conditioing & heat, 3-way switchable controls, Hi-Flo hydraulic pump, 12x16.5 10 PR Titan HD2000-III tires, 78” bucket, 120 hours.

Stock #61487.............................$49,500 (2) 2007 John Deere CT332 cab w/heat & air conditioining, hand controls, wide rubber tracks, 84” bucket, 1960 hours. Stock #67816......... .................................................$30,500 (12)

UTV’s

20+ units to choose from & more coming in daily! Side-by-Sides with glass or poly cabs, power dump box, power steering, and many more options.

#64426

2013 John Deere 825i deluxe cab, glass windshield w/wiper, heater, 72” front blade, 1723 miles. Stock #64426...................$19,500 (1) 2015 John Deere 825i poly doors, roll down windows, heat, winch, 10,300 miles. Stock #66734.......................................$14,500 (2) 2015 John Deere RSX 850i windshield, no heat, 26” Maxxis Big Horn tires, FOX monotube shocks, trial package, WARN winch.

Stock #67075...........................$11,500 (15) 2015 Gator 825i roof & windshield, manual lift cargo box, bench seat, front brush guard, 13,900 miles. Stock #64766........$9500 (11)

SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS Get your spring spraying done quicker with an efficient used John Deere Sprayer. Variety of boom widths available.

Several units are ready to roll with turnkey GPS!

1=Conrad: 877-278-5531 2=Cut Bank: 800-273-5530 3=Choteau: 866-466-5741 4=Dillon: 888-213-2793

11=Lewistown: 800-823-3373 12=Havre: 800-621-5701 13=Chester: 406-759-5010

14=Great Falls: 888-760-2005 15=Belgrade: 866-282-3337 16=Livingston: 800-824-3932

2018 John Deere R4045 132-ft. carbon fiber booms, 20” spacing, CVIII cab, Auto Solution Control, Exact Apply, VF 420/95R50 tires, turnkey GPS. Stock #65235..... $435,000 (1) 2018 John Deere R4038 100-ft. booms, 20” nozzle spacing, traction control, 5 sensor Boomtrac, 420/80R46 tires, 3x2 solution pump, 157 hours. Stock #64831.................... ................................................$315,000 (11) 2014 John Deere 4940 300 cu.ft. New Leader L3030G4 spreader box, 480/80R50 tires -like new, turnkey GPS, 1814 hours. Stock #64414.....................................$185,000 (1) 2015 Case IH 4440 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, 1200 gallon, Luxury cab, AIM Command Pro, front fill, 620/70R38 tires. Stock #64831........ ............................................... $265,000 (12)

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SEMI FOR SALE

1995 Volvo semi, Volvo engine, 13 speed, 2:25 tires, no recaps, owner retired.

Call 701-677-5685 or 701-290-4685

Living Estate Online Auction Glendive, Montana

Bidding Opens Monday, July 1, 2019 Preview Day Sunday, July 7, 2019 1:00-5:00 pm Bidding Closes Tuesday, July 16, 2019 7:00 pm

For more information and to register to bid visit www.smeltzerauctions.com

(406) 377-1169 www.smeltzerauctions.com Eric Smeltzer - Auctioneer Glendive, MT

##### Cows have 32 teeth: 8 incisors on the bottom front 6 molars on the top and bottom of each side A tough pad of skin instead of teeth on the top front. ##### Though most assume that sheep are unintelligent because of the flock attitude, studies have shown that sheep are actually on par with cattle and just below pigs when it comes to their IQ. They can learn and recognize human faces, and some will learn to respond to their name if trained from a young age.

MULTI-PARCEL LAND AUCTION PEASE RANCH, INC. • RICHLAND CO., MT

10,220± DEEDED ACRES

WED, AUGUST 14TH •2PM MT

Auction Held at the Richland County Event Center - Sidney MT

An opportunity to own a productive Richland County, Montana ranching and farm operation with a unique pivot and flood irrigation opportunity for the area. 4,469± Tillable Acres 216± acres under irrigation pivot with the balance of the ranch in pasture and hay land with an additional 642± Acres of State land lease.

Tract 1: 639.40± Acres Tract 2: 641.93± Acres Tract 3: 1910.05± Acres Tract 4: 613.49± Acres Tract 5: 642.76± Acres Tract 6: 638.92± Acres Tract 7: 639.97± Acres Tract 8: 320.29± Acres Tract 9: 640.80± Acres Tract 10: 642.61± Acres Tract 11: 642.27± Acres Tract 12: 320.84± Acres Tract 13: 642.67± Acres Tract 14: 642.91± Acres Tract 15: 642.07± Acres To be offered in individual tracts, combinations and its entirety at a live simulcast multi parcel auction event.

INFORMATIONAL SEMINAR: Tuesday August 13th 5 p.m. at the Richland County Event Center on how to bid on the tracts you are interested in.

Held in Cooperation With: J.K. Kinsey - Licensed Real Estate Agent

CALL OR GO ONLINE TODAY!

Protect your skin when playing in the sun

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Several years ago, I had a couple of program assistants who loved to enter radio contests. One day they walked into my office to discuss the day’s activities.

I was a little surprised when I looked up, but I think I maintained a poker face.

“How are you doing today?” I asked.

“Well, we won free spray tans,” one of them said sheepishly.

Her fair skin was almost as orange as a bottle of Tide detergent. She looked embarrassed.

“Don’t worry. It will wear off in a few days,” I said.

Fortunately, spray tans and sunless tanning lotions are not hazardous to your health. Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is the active ingredient in most sunless tanning lotions. Fortunately, the products have improved through the years.

I was glad my program assistants hadn’t won a bunch of tanning bed sessions. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), tanning beds can increase your risk of skin cancer, including melanoma. Tanning beds also can cause eye damage.

Further, the FDA reported that about 3,000 emergency room visits occur annually because of injuries associated with tanning beds.

We have reached the time of year when shorts and tank tops appear, and many fair-skinned people want to have a “healthy tan.” Unfortunately, being tan indicates that your skin has produced melanin to shield against sun damage. We are entering the season when we spend more time outdoors and expose more skin for longer amounts of time, which can lead to damage and increase our risk for skin cancer.

More people get a skin cancer diagnosis than all of the other types of cancer combined, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of skin cells due to DNA damage. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer, while basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma are more common and highly curable.

Think about your own skin. Do you have any spots on your skin that: 1. have changed in color, size or texture 2. are bigger than 1/4 inch (the diameter of a pencil eraser) 3. appeared after age 21 4. appear pearly, translucent, tan, brown, black or multicolored 5. itch, hurt, crust over or scab, erode, bleed or haven’t healed within 3 weeks?

Be sure to let your healthcare provider know about any suspicious spots so you can get the proper follow-up, if needed, with a specialist.

If you have had a sunburn, you are at risk for skin cancer.

If you have used a tanning bed, you also are at greater risk for skin cancer.

Remember, too, that 90% of skin aging is caused by sun exposure, according to an article in a dermatology scientific journal.

Fortunately, we all have some steps that we can take to reduce our risk for skin cancer, which also will protect our skin from aging.

• Be sure to wear sunscreen. Most sources recommend a sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher.

• Apply plenty of sunscreen. One ounce is the typical recommendation. Be sure to reapply sunscreen every two hours or more often if you are swimming or perspiring.

• Look for an expiration date on sunscreen. If it does not have a date listed on the bottle, label the bottle with the date of purchase and use within three years.

• Seek shade during the hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• If you need to be outside, experts recommend wearing long-sleeved clothes and pants made with tightly woven fabric.

• Don’t forget to protect your eyes. Wear high-quality sunglasses that protect your eyes from ultraviolet (UV)-A and UV-B rays. Sun exposure can increase the risk of both macular degeneration and cataracts.

Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/nourishyourbody for more information about nourishing and protecting your skin. The site includes links to interactive games and apps.

Keep your skin nourished by eating a variety of healthful foods, especially plenty of colorful fruits and vegetables.

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Grilling season has arrived, so here’s a tasty recipe that makes use of fresh or frozen raspberries.

Grilled Chicken with Raspberry Glaze 4 boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins (about 1 pound) Marinade: 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 c. fresh cilantro, finely chopped 1/4 c. fresh basil, finely chopped 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 2 Tbsp. canola oil (or your favorite oil) 1/4 tsp. ground pepper 1 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce 1 Tbsp. oyster sauce Raspberry Glaze: 1 c. raspberries, divided 2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar 1/2 tsp. honey 2 Tbsp. red onion, finely chopped 1 tsp. serrano pepper, minced Place chicken into a zip-top bag or a resealable container.

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl, add to chicken and refrigerate for about one hour. Before cooking the chicken, assemble the spicy raspberry glaze by combining half of the raspberries (1/2 cup), vinegar and honey in a small pan. Bring the mixture to a boil, then let simmer for 10 minutes. While the glaze is simmering, use a utensil to crush the raspberries so the glaze has no visible lumps. Let the glaze cool; meanwhile, chop the remaining raspberries, red onion and serrano pepper. Add these ingredients to the glaze and mix. Grill the chicken to an internal temperature of 165 F, then top with glaze. Serve on a bed of mixed greens if desired. Makes four servings. Each serving has 210 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 27 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber and 340 milligrams sodium.

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From Sheridan County MSU Extension The NRA Foundation has awarded the the leader in firearm education and training Sheridan County 4-H Shooting Sports a for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcegrant totaling $6,400.00 to fund various ment and the military. Visit nra.org. items, including air rifles, youth shot guns, About The NRA Foundation 3D archery targets, firearm cleaning supEstablished in 1990, The NRA Founplies, bench rests, ammo bags, a gun safe dation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt and monetary assistance to purchase clay organization that raises tax-deductible targets and paper target stands. “We are contributions in support of a wide range of very excited about being able to provide firearm-related public interest activities of quality equipment for our youth involved the National Rifle Association of America in the 4-H Shooting Sports project, “said and other organizations that defend and Colleen Buck, MSU Extension Agent in foster the Second Amendment rights of all Sheridan County, “and pleased that the law-abiding Americans. These activities are NRA is making an investment in our comdesigned to promote firearm and hunting munity.” safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of The shooting sports program in Sheridan those participating in the shooting sports, County is one of the most popular 4-H projand to educate the general public about ects that youth enroll in every year. Discifirearms in their historic, technological, and plines offered are BB gun safety, Air Rifle, artistic context. More information about Air Pistol, .22 Rifle, .22 Pistol, Archery, The NRA Foundation can be found online Shotgun and Hunting and Wildlife. A little at www.nrafoundation.org. under a quarter of the total youth enrolled About Friends of NRA in 4-H in Sheridan County participate in Friends of NRA is a grassroots fundone or more shooting sports disciplines. An raising program that fosters community inupgrade to some of the equipment as well as volvement to organize and, with help from adding a challenge target like the 3D targets NRA field staff, plan community events for helps youth build confidence and enhances firearms enthusiasts. All net proceeds from the overall shooting sports experience. This Friends of NRA events are allocated to The program is run by volunteer 4-H leaders NRA Foundation, the leading charitable that are trained in each discipline through organization in support of the shooting the MT 4-H Shooting Sports program. sports. Through NRA Foundation grants About the National Rifle Association for equipment, training materials, range Established in 1871, the National Rifle improvements, and more, qualified local, Association is America’s oldest civil rights state, and national programs receive aid and sportsmen’s group. Five million memto involve and inspire a new generation of bers strong, NRA continues its mission to competitive shooters. Learn more about uphold Second Amendment rights and is Friends of NRA at www.friendsofnra.org.

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Glacier County 4-H members attending 4-H camp at Camp Kiwanis in the Bears Paw Mountains included (back row) – Sienna Cundall, RJ Barbie, Coley Cundall, Brandeon Molenda, Dayne Barbie, Brennan Hedges, Coalter Littrell, Ashlyn Brown, Katelyn Suta, Kortney Hart, (middle row) – Dallas Berkram, Justus Cassidy, Bridger Molenda, Tansy Cassidy, Destini Anderson, Elyse Bengtson, and Abby Rooney and front row – Fallyn Hedges, Janae Roberts, and Alec Morrisett. Sienna, Coley, Coalter, and Dallas served as camp counselors for the 150 campers attending. Photo by Kari Lewis.

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While there are many, many plants that are perfectly fine for horses to graze, it is a good idea to learn to recognize the plants in your pasture. This can help you determine the quality and productivity of your pastures for feeding your horses. Remember, a horse at maintenance or lightly worked can meet its energy and protein needs from high-quality pasture alone (and sometimes exceed their needs!). Therefore, identifying pasture grasses is a step towards better pasture management.

Grasses The following cool-season perennial grasses are commonly planted in horse pastures. Cool-season means that they grow best in cool conditions (spring and fall), and perennial means they come back year after year.

• Kentucky bluegrass • Smooth bromegrass • Tall fescue (note that some varieties are not appropriate for pregnant mares) • Timothy • Orchardgrass • Perennial ryegrass Penn State Extension created a chart (https://extension.psu.edu/orchardgrass (Table 1)) comparing the attributes of each of these forages to help in species selection. A good pasture contains a mixture of several forage species.

Legumes The following plants are perennial legumes. Legumes are higher in protein, energy, and calcium than grasses at a similar maturity.

• Red clover • White clover There are lots of other grasses that grow in horse pastures. You may encounter some summer annuals like crabgrass, foxtail, barnyardgrass, goosegrass, etc. These die off completely in the fall and only regrow through dropped seeds. They can provide nutrition for your horses during the summer, but the lack of living roots through the winter is not good for soil health. It is preferable to cultivate perennial pasture plants.

With a little practice, identifying pasture forages can be easy. There are numerous books and online resources to learn how, plus Penn State Extension regularly offers Pasture Walk workshops to show you how.

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Better relationship

A man walked into a therapist’s office looking very depressed. “Doc, you’ve got to help me. I can’t go on like this.”

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Date When Celebrated: July 12th National Pecan Pie Day is a great day to eat pie....Pecan Pie! If you like nuts, and you like pie, and you like sweets, then today is your day. Sweet and crunchy, Pecan Pie is a regular on the menu of most restaurants.

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Active MSU or government employees “This award embodies the land-grant will not be considered, except in the Friend mission and values we stand for, specifically our long-standing engagement with of the COA/MAES category. Retired university or government employees will be the agricultural community of Montana, considered if they have been retired for at and the value we place in the leaders who least two years and have shown service have made significant contributions to above and beyond their job description. agriculture,” said MSU Vice President of Nominees who are not selected will be reAgriculture Sreekala Bajwa. “Partnership considered in future years, but application with this community and leadership of forms should be updated. those recognized with this award are vital The deadline for nominations is Friday, to the success of our research and educational enterprise that provides an economic August 30, and supporting letters of recommendation are highly encouraged. Nomiadvantage to our farmers, ranchers and nation forms can be downloaded at http:// agribusinesses.” agriculture.montana.edu/celebrateag.

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Help deter wildfires around homes

By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University Drawing a line around the house with fireface. Such plants don’t readily ignite. They resistant landscapes can mean the difference may be damaged or even killed by fire, but between a home consumed by flames and their foliage and stems don’t significantly one left standing. contribute to a fire’s intensity, said Amy Jo “Fire specialists often show pictures of Detweiler, an OSU Extension horticulturist. houses where people took adequate precauIn essence, they can create a living wall that reduces and blocks intense heat. However, tions,” said Brad Withrow-Robinson, forshe stressed that fire-resistant plants will ester with Oregon State University’s (OSU) burn if not watered and pruned properly.

Extension Service. “I’ve seen lots of photos Some of the plants featured in the guide of land charred all around and a house left are: standing in the middle because the owners Carnation (Dianthus): An evergreen created a fire-resistant space next to it. Not ground cover that grows to about 6 to 9 always, but often.” inches tall and 15 inches wide, has pink It’s fire season again, and everyone, flowers that appear in June and July and is whether you live in rural areas, on ruralhardy in Zones 3-9. It takes partial to full urban boundaries or suburbs, need to exersun, attracts birds and butterflies and grows cise caution. well in rock gardens.

“People tend to think of wild fire as an Tickseed (Coreopsis): A perennial with issue only in central or eastern Oregon,” yellow, orange, maroon or red flowers that Withrow-Robinson said. “But the vigorous, bloom from March through November if dense growth typical of western Oregon, kept deadheaded. The blossoms entice butalong with our hot, dry summers, means we have a significant fire danger most years terflies and the seeds are attractive to birds. here, too.”

Grow in part to full sun in well-drained soil.

People should create and maintain Hardy in Zones 3-9. “defensible space” around their homes.

Delphinium: A perennial that prefers Among other things, these areas should be well-drained soil and grows upright to 2 free from brush, debris and firewood, have feet and gets 18 to 36 inches wide. The irrigated zones near the house and feature blue, pink, purple or white flowers bloom in fire-resistant plants.

March and April. Delphiniums take partial To help people establish such spaces to full sun and need well-drained soil. Hardy OSU Extension developed a guide to Firein Zones 5-9. resistant Landscapes Plants for the WilDaphne (D. x burkwoodii): A 3- to 5-foot, semi-evergreen shrub with highly lamette Valley, which can be downloaded fragrant white to pink flowers that bloom free as an app for iOS and Android phones. in May and June and attract butterflies. This The 190-page publication also comes as a plant needs partial shade and well-drained mobile-friendly or printable PDF (https:// soil with a neutral pH. Hardy in Zones 4-8. catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9103).

Black oak (Quercus velutina): A deciduCo-author Brooke Edmunds, a horticulturist with OSU’s Extension Service, said ous tree with a spreading crown and good the guide features 170 plants that thrive in fall color. Grows 50 to 60 feet tall and wide. the Willamette Valley. Plants are organized The diminutive flowers in March through into ground covers, perennials, vines, shrubs May appeal to birds and butterflies. Acorns and trees. Icons indicate what level of water attract wildlife. Grows in full sun and is and sun a plant needs, as well as other details drought tolerant. Hardy in Zones 3-9. such as deer-resistance, and if it attracts In addition to planting fire-resistant bees, butterflies or birds. Height, width and plants, Edmunds recommends the following hardiness information and other descriptions precautions: are also included.

• Move plants, especially flammable ones, “No plant is fire-proof,” Edmunds said, away from the house. “but some are considered fire resistant.”

• Clean up dead brush and debris and The guide is a spin-off of the 48-page move firewood away from buildings.

Fire-resistant Plants for Home Landscape • Trim trees and shrubs to keep them about (https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/ 10 feet from each other. pnw590), which was written by Detweiler • Use non-flammable mulch such as rocks and Stephen Fitzgerald, an Extension fornear the house.

• Have irrigated zones around the home’s ester, and produced in collaboration with perimeter.

Washington State University and Idaho State • Clean off debris from roof and gutters.

University. It highlights plants appropriate • Remove lawn close to the house or keep for all areas of the Northwest. it closely cropped and watered.

In general, these are plants with more sup• Keep potted plants well irrigated. ple leaves without a waxy or resinous sur-

Publication details ecosystem service values farming, ranching provide

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Walking through Chinatown, a tourist is fascinated with all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners. He turns a corner and sees a building with the sign, “Hans Olaffsen’s Laundry.”

“Hans Olaffsen?”, he muses. “How does that fit in here?” So he walks into the shop and sees an old Chinese gentleman behind the counter.

The tourist asks, “How did this place get a name like ‘Hans Olaffsen’s Laundry?’” The old man answers, “Is name of owner.”

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A sample of hail stones from a severe storm that blasted across Montana in late June.

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Recycle plastic ag pesticide containers

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Containers,” http://extensionpubs.unl.

Recycling plastic is the right thing to do edu/publication/9000016364796/rinsing-- especially when it diverts about 75,000 pesticide-containers-g1736/. pounds of pesticide containers annually Collection Sites from Nebraska landfills.

YEAR-ROUND “Clean containers are made into useful • Buffalo: Kearney Recycling Center, products for U.S. agriculture and industry,” Kearney, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. said Clyde Ogg, Pesticide Safety Education to 4 p.m.

Program extension educator. “Nebraskans • Cass: Wilber Ellis, Plattsmouth, call are known to be good stewards, and this is 402-298-8550 to schedule just another example of that.”

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• Lincoln: ABC Recycling, North Platte, Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension educaMonday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; accepts drums tor in Lincoln-Logan-McPherson counties, • Scotts Bluff: Gering Landfill, Gering, applauds participants who recycle.

Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 “Recycling is a good choice for people. p.m., accepts drums We don’t need to be filling up our landfills MAY-AUGUST with plastic. Recycling saves the environ• Antelope: Central Valley Ag, Royal, ment and money,” Saner said. accepts drums Thorough rinsing helps ensure all prod• Dawes, Solid Waste Association of uct gets used. It’s very easy to leave 6 or Northwest Nebraska, Chadron, Monday more ounces of pesticide in a 2.5-gallon through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., accepts container, or about 2 percent. drums Containers must be rigid, high-density • Saunders: Helena Agri Enterprises, polyethylene, 55-gallon size or smaller.

LLC, Ashland, Monday through Friday, 8 Containers originally held pesticides for a.m. to 5 p.m. crop, turf/ornamental, forestry, aquatics, OPEN SPECIFIC DAYS public health and pest control; as well • Dakota: Central Valley Ag, South as adjuvants, crop oils and surfactants.

Sioux City, Wednesdays in June and July, Containers that originally held consumer 11 a.m. to noon, accepts drums products, or home and garden pesticides are • Johnson: Midwest Farmers Co-op, NOT accepted. Containers must be triple- or Tecumseh, July 22-August 2, accepts drums pressure rinsed.

• Lancaster: Midwest Farmers Co-op, Ogg advised wearing proper personal Waverly, June 14 protective equipment when rinsing and

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Dog Days of Summer

When is the Dog Days of Summer? July 3 to August 11 Wow, it’s sure hot and muggy. That’s because we’re in the Dog Days of Summer, the hottest, muggiest days of the year. As the song goes “roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer”. If you are feeling the effects of hot, muggy, sultry, “weather that you can wear”, you can be certain that you are in the Dog Days of Summer. It is also a period of drought and occasional strong thunderstorms.

By definition, the Dog Days Summer are the hottest and steamiest part of summer.

Typically, this is the period when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the Sun, from July 3 -August 11.

When the Dog Days of Summer arrive, it’s time to do those memorable summer

time activities, that help us to keep our cool. They include: • Take a dip in the pool.

• Go to the beach • Take the kids to a water

park • Watch the sultry days go by in a cozy hammock • Laze under a shady tree.

• Quaff your thirst with a frozen summer drink.

• Go to an evening baseball game Whatever your favorite pastime for the Dog Days of Summer, we do not believe it should be spent indoors all day long, in air conditioned comfort. Rather, get out and enjoy the hot weather while it is here. After all, the days are already growing shorter, and you know what that ultimately leads to......

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Irene Gardner Estate

July 20, 2019

9:00 a.m.

Lunch Available

Auction will be held at the Community Hall in Belle Fourche, SD.

Irene was a high-end collector of antiques-glass-furniture-history and many more treasures that caught her eye. Since her passing the home is being sold and the entire contents will be at this auction. We will not have a complete list, so plan to be with us for a full fun day dedicated to Irene’s lifetime of memories.

FURNITURE

Oak 4 Stack Lawyer Bookcase—Oak Curved Glass China Cabinet—Oak Century 5-ft. Ice Box Oak Victorian Lamp Table—Oak JP Coats Six Drawer Spool Cabinet Oak Quarter Sawn Coffee Table with Claw Feet—Oak Wall Hoop & Holler Telephone Oak Library Table, very ornate—Oak Chairs-Cushion & & Kitchen—(2) Oak Rocking Chairs, one curved sea Grampa Brandeberry Blanket Chest—Brandeberry Lamp Table & Trunk—School Desk—Lamp Tables Tobacco Humidor—Plant Stands—Humpback Trunk—PLUS MORE

GLASS & FINE CHINA

China set of six Arnsley England—Flo Blue Spice Cabinet—(2) Leaded Glass Tiffany Style Lamps Cups & Saucers collection, many fine China—Royal Vinton Old Cottage Tea Pot Royal Vinton Cups, Saucers & Plates—Flower Tea Set—Milk Glass Chicken Several Pieces Cut & Pressed Glass—5 Pieces Black Ironstone with Platter Tiffany & Co. Dining Plates by Booth—Copeland Blue England Dinner Plates Flo Blue Platter Masons of England—Senis China from England—Fiesta Pitchers, Blue & Yellow plus others Large Roseville Bowl plus others—Blue Spongeware Pitcher—Milk Glass & Cut Glass Cake Plates Pink Rose Tea Pot plus others—Red & Green Aladdin Lamps with Globes Several Kerosene Lamps with globes—JHW & Sons Hanley England Pitcher & Bowl Hummel, Devan Ware—Lenox & More—Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar & Spice Set—Several Large Mixing Bowls Blue Willow, Roseville, Green Depression, Bubble Glass, Flo Blue, Nippon, Fenton, Gold Etched, Yellow Depression & More—Blue Willow Childs Set—PLUS MUCH MORE

ART COLLECTIBLES

Marvin Garrett Bronze by Tony Chytka—Mark Garrett Bronze by Tony Chytka Belle Fourche Tipperary Bronze, 1889-1989—Family Farm Bronze by Tony Chytka Jerry Olson American Original by Tony Chytka—Original Duck Carving by Keith Stevens Many more pictures and art work as we unpack

MISCELLANEOUS

Daisey #40 Butter Churn—Irish Milk Bucket—(2) Sets 1847 Rogers First Love Silverware Sets Crock Mixing Bowls—Celluloid Bedroom Sets—Coca Cola Tin Trays—Meirsham Pipe in Case Tobacco Humidor—Divan Ware from England with Hair Piece Tray—Pitcher & Bowl—2 Vases 12 piece Set of China with ties to the Levi Straus Family—Carved Walking Canes by Glover Pair of Eagle Head Spurs—(2) Pair of Moccasins—PLUS MORE

OWNER: IRENE GARDNER ESTATE PR DOUG GARDNER 406-427-5721 & DAVE GARDNER 406-784-6181 AUCTIONEERS NOTE: I grew up in the area of the Gardners so it is a privilege to present Irene’s lifetime dreams for her family. There will be many surprises for sure as we unpack. Plan to be with us on the 20th in Belle Fourche at the Community Hall!

MDOL to help pork producers prepare for health emergency

From State of Montana The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) has announced educational meetings to help pork producers better prepare for a disease outbreak, such as African Swine Fever (ASF). These meetings will focus on the ways producers can continue business amidst restrictions placed on animal movement to control the spread of a disease.

Recently, several regions throughout the world have become affected by ASF in wild and domestic pig populations including countries in Asia and Europe. ASF is an extremely contagious virus causing significant illness that is fatal to pigs, for which there is no vaccine making it difficult to control.

ASF does not affect people and is not a food safety concern.

An outbreak of ASF in the U.S. would cause major economic losses due to lost markets and restrictions on movement of animals and products. To lessen the impact on Montana producers, MDOL will be introducing a program at the meetings called Secure Pork Supply (SPS). Producers will learn about animal traceability, biosecurity, records management, and disease surveillance.

“Animal agriculture depends on the uninterrupted movement of livestock,” said State Veterinarian Marty Zaluski, “This program will teach producers how they can document that their herd is low risk and will help them move animals quicker during a disease event.”

At each meeting, MDOL will walk through the Secure Pork Supply requirements and discuss available resources with producers and meeting attendees.

• Tuesday, July 9th – 9:30 am – noon in Great Falls, MT, Montana Expo Park, Fine Arts Building • Tuesday, July 30th – 9:30 am – noon in Lewistown, MT, Lewistown Elks 456 To RSVP, contact Sara Starkey at 406-444-1587, sstarkey@mt.gov.

The mission of the Montana Department of Livestock is to control and eradicate animal diseases, prevent the transmission of animal diseases to humans, and to protect the livestock industry from theft and predatory animals. For more information on the Montana Department of Livestock, visit www.liv.mt.gov.

Will I be tall like mom and dad?

It is difficult to project how tall a horse will be. Poor nutrition can make a horse smaller than its genetic code, but good BOX 128 BOYES, MT 59316 nutrition cannot make a horse taller. There are, however, 406-427-5317, Cell 605-645-9611 some widespread theories that some horsemen use to predict the future adult size of a foal. Two disputable formulas are www.mills-auction.com as follows: Ergot-to-Elbow Method: Place the end of a length of string at the fetlock joint (near the ergot, the tubular growth on the back of the fetlock joint, hidden within the hair tuft). Take the rest of the string up to the elbow.

Keeping the string on the elbow, double the string by raising the starting end (at 1501 Airport Rd., Choteau, MT Phone cell (406) 590-5447 ergot) up above the horse.

The high point supposedly Some Fiat FR15 loader parts and manuals predicts how tall the horse Hesston swather parts will become.

Besler flatbed, 8-ft. wide x 9-ft. long Knee-to Coronet Method: Use a cloth measuring tape. Place it at the middle of the knee, or the crease in the knee, and take the other New Besler end down to the top of the A-frame. 12-ft. 10” tall x 13-ft.

Bale Beds coronet band of the hoof.

6” wide.....................$1300 In Stock The measurement in inches EZ Spot UR Call for more is supposedly equivalent to with or without info..........................$3300 the future height measured EXTENDABLE in hands–that is, 15 inches ARMS equal 15 hands, 15.25 inches equal 15.1 hands, 15.50 inches equal 15.2 hands, Choteau, MT 15.75 inches equal 15.3 Mortar mixer with new scrapPhone 406-466-2955 or 406-590-5447 (cell) hands, 16 inches equal 16 er pads......................$250 4” auger.........................$450 hands, and so on.

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By University of Wyoming Extension Real-time news and information from the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UW Extension and the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station (WAES) is now available at uwagnews.com.

The site features news, videos and social media posts showcasing topics of interest across the state. Users can also subscribe for monthly updates via email at bit.ly/agnewssubscribe.

The site is regularly updated with new content.

“UW Extension is excited to share a digital-first website as a portal for sharing news, events, the latest research and much more,” said Kelly Crane, associate director of UW Extension. “We are utilizing this interactive method to replace several of our print media and believe this format will allow us to share more, share it faster and present information in more innovative ways.”

The website is managed by the Office of Communications and Technology in UW Extension. The office is the news, information and publications center for extension, the college and the WAES. “We encourage everyone to bookmark uwagnews.com as their go-to site for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UW Extension and the WAES – both on campus and around the state of Wyoming,” said Crane.

The college has seven departments and several programs and responsibilities include the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory. UW Extension has offices in every county and the Wind River Indian Reservation and includes the Wyoming State 4-H Program.

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See our display of welding accessories & rod.

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New Spotlyte 15-gallon sprayers attach easily to your ATV or garden tractor.

Flexilla 1/4”, 3/8” & 1/2” air hose 5/8” water hose All fittings available swivel & standard straight fittings Hose splicers available as well.

New Honda Replacement Engines - IN STOCK 4 and 5.5 hp 2” pumps. 132 and 152 gpm water pumps, 220 gpm chemical pump. 3” pumps at 275 gpm

Hub, sprocket and pulley assortment for 40, 50, 60 chain and pulleys up to 16 inches.

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See our supply of welding accessories & rod.

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Our Advertising Deadline for the August issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be July 31st. Phone us at (406) 271-5533.

COMBINE & DRAPER FOR SALE

• 2008 Case IH 8010 2700 separator hours, lateral tilt, AHHC, rock trap, long auger, fine cut chopper, EZ-Steer system, extended wear, very well maintained with several pages of work orders every season. Call for details. Excellent machine!...........................................$77,000 obo • 2011 MacDon FD70 45-ft. flex drapers, upper cross cut auger, double knife drive, knife reverse, gauge wheels. slow speed transport, Seed Saver kit, all new guards and knife at start of season, Case IH adaptor......................................................................................$47,000 obo

Delivery available on all items, all equipment stored inside Call or text Adam (406) 390-3048 • Joplin, MT

COMBINE AND HEADER FOR SALE

Like new - 2016 John Deere S680 combine, fully loaded including premier cab, 319 separator hours. Also 640 40-ft. header included in price. Price reduced.....$298,000 obo

There wasn’t much left of these windows after the hail storm in Northwest, MT in late June.

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Fresh Spinach Day

Date When Celebrated: July 16th Fresh Spinach Day is our opportunity to put healthier food into our diets.

Popeye the Sailor is right.

Spinach is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It tastes good, and there are many recipes. Many people turn up their nose to it, without even trying it.

The reason for eating fresh spinach, is the nutritional value is highest, when it is fresh and uncooked.

Celebrate this day by introducing some fresh spinach to your meals today. You could start by mixing in some spinach into your garden salad. Your family may not even notice, but by doing so, you are making them healthier!

Gardeners know that spinach is easy to grow. And, it’s hardy. You can plant it as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring. Why, that’s today in many parts of the country!

More on Growing Spinach.

There is another day that we celebrate this healthy vegetable. It’s National Spinach Day, celebrated on March 26th. We think it is great that there are two days to celebrate this wonderful vegetable, and to encourage people to eat healthier.

Did You Know? V-8 Vegetable Juice is not just tomato juice. It includes 8 vegetables. One of them is Spinach.

Gasoline on clothes

Nothing stinks on your clothes like gasoline! To remove the odor, place the offending clothes in a bucket of cold water, and add a can of cola and a cup of baking soda. Soak overnight, then line dry outside if possible. If there is still any odor left, just wash as usual and it should be gone. ##### Interesting, isn’t it, that “take out” refers to food, romantic dating, and assassination. ##### How does the non-stick coating stick to the pan?!

National Sugar Cookie Day

Date When Celebrated: July 9th National Sugar Cookie Day is a day to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Popular with young kids, and old kids, sugar cookies usually don’t last long around the house.

It’s pretty easy to see how Sugar cookies came to get their own special day. Almost everyone has had them. Many people are hooked on them. Put out a plate of sugar cookies, and you can be certain they won’t be there for long. We haven’t seen any surveys, but it’s a sure bet that sugar cookies are right up there with chocolate chip cookies as America’s favorite cookie.

Spend a portion of the day baking sugar cookies. They are very easy to make. If you have kids, make today a real family holiday, and let them help with the baking. Homemade cookies taste best when you helped to bake them. Once you’ve baked the cookies, hurry and pop them into your mouth while they are still warm. They’re mmmmmmmmm.... good!

The Origin of National Sugar Cookie Day: As we researched this special day, we first thought it would have been better celebrated during the holidays. Then, we realized the wisdom of the creator of this day. We realized that the creator chose mid-summer to serve as a reminder, and, to encourage people to enjoy sugar cookies any and every day of the year.

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Killing flies

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“Hunting flies.” He responded.

“Oh! Are you killing any?” She asked.

“Yep, 3 males, 2 females,” he replied.

Intrigued, she asked….How can you tell them apart?”

He responded, “3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone.”

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How do late-night snacks and beverages affect sleep?

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By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension I glanced at my alarm clock one morning.

I was expecting the alarm would be going off any minute.

I usually get up at 6 a.m.

The clock said 7:24 a.m.

I blinked hard and looked again. The time hadn’t changed.

We had overslept.

I jumped out of bed and knocked on my school-age daughter’s door. She was still in bed and mumbled something about being tired. She was due at school in about 10 minutes. I let her know she needed to be ready to leave in five minutes, and then I went looking for my husband.

My husband usually gets up at 5 a.m., feeds our dogs and shovels the sidewalk when necessary. He never oversleeps.

Now I was a little worried. Had he fallen into a pile of snow?

Fortunately, I found him sound asleep on the couch, all wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.

“It’s 7:25!” I announced.

“Is it Friday?” he asked groggily.

We were at the end of an exceptionally busy week. Despite oversleeping, somehow, we got to where we needed to be on time.

Does eating and drinking before bed affect your sleep, or were we just exhausted? I had enjoyed a snack with some chamomile tea. I know that having a small cup of chamomile tea relaxes me, but oversleeping was not what I wanted to do.

Researchers have shown the merits of drinking chamomile tea. According to some studies, chamomile tea may promote better sleep quality, with fewer episodes of awakening.

Chamomile contains a natural antioxidant called apigenin that may help initiate sleep. In fact, a study with nursing home residents showed that consuming some chamomile extract improved their sleep.

However, you also probably do not want to drink a lot of fluid before bed for other reasons.

Food and beverages can affect your sleep, but the research on the timing of eating sometimes is conflicting.

Researchers have reported that eating the majority of calories late in the evening can influence our weight and health. People who sleep less than seven to nine hours at night tend to weigh more.

You might have heard that you never should eat past your dinner meal; however, more recent evidence shows that having a small bedtime snack might be good for us. A recent study with men examined the effect of having 150 calories in a protein-rich snack before bed. The snack helped with muscle building, metabolism and satiety, at least among men who had exercised.

For example, a small bowl of whole-grain cereal with milk will be enough to stave off hunger with its blend of protein and carbohydrate.

Remember these sleep hygiene tips to get the rest your body needs. Try to go to bed and get up at the same time every day. Keep your bedroom quiet and relaxing, and not too warm or too cold. Avoid interacting with electronic devices, including phones, and try to get physical activity during the day.

Finally, avoid large meals, caffeine and alcohol before bed. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/nourishyourbody and click on “sleep” to learn more.

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National Parents Day

Date When Celebrated: Fourth Sunday in July National Parents Day is a special day to honor your mother and father. And, its a time to celebrate the family structure and family values. The family unit is an important structure for the health of children, and the nation. That structure, and those values, are established and nurtured by your parents.

Today is not a day of gift giving. That's for Mother's Day and Father's Day. The best way to mark this day is by spending time with your parents doing something fun. Its also important that you let them how how much they are loved and appreciated.

Okay, kids everywhere....... its National Parents Day. Go out and honor mom and dad!

The Origin of National Parents Day: In 1994, President William (Bill) Clinton proclaimed the fourth Sunday in July as National Parents Day.

How do late-night snacks and beverages affect sleep?

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I slept well after having this tasty soup recipe for dinner at 6 p.m. I served it with “Golden Cornbread,” a recipe available in the bread section of our recipe database at https:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/food.

I enjoyed a cup of chamomile tea with a couple of crackers and cheese before bed. I also adjusted the volume on my alarm clock.

Mexican Fiesta Chicken Soup 2 Tbsp. canola or sunflower oil (or favorite oil) 2 pounds chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 c. onion, chopped 1 Tbsp. garlic, minced 3 (15-ounce) cans low-sodium chicken broth 2 (10-ounce) cans diced tomatoes with cilantro and lime 1 (14.5-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 (14.5-ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 (4-ounce) can green chili peppers Salt and pepper (to taste) 1 c. Monterey jack cheese, shredded Optional: tortilla chips (broken into pieces) Optional: sliced avocado If diced tomatoes with cilantro and lime are not available, substitute fire-roasted diced tomatoes and add the juice of one lime and 1/2 cup chopped cilantro.

In a large pot, heat the oil and add chicken breast. Cook until the chicken is no longer pink. Add onion and garlic and continue to sauté until chicken is fully cooked. Add the chicken broth, tomatoes, green chilies and beans and, simmer for 25 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired.

Ladle into bowls and top with cheese, tortilla chips and sliced avocado, if desired.

Makes eight servings. Each serving has 390 calories, 11 grams (g) fat, 42 g protein, 33 g carbohydrate, 10 g fiber and 520 milligrams sodium. ##### Pregnant women are the only true body builders.

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1995 International 9400 semi, tandem axle, 72” pro sleeper, loaded, 500 hp N14, pre-emission and e-log, jake, Super 10 speed, airslide 5th wheel plate. Runs good, 45% tires, custom bumper etc..............................$11,500

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Wristband samplers show similar chemical exposure

By Chris Branam, Oregon State University which were found in wristbands in the To assess differences and trends in perU.S. and South America, has been assonal chemical exposure, Oregon State University (OSU) researchers deployed sociated with cancer, neurotoxicity and chemical-sampling wristbands to individucardiotoxicity.

And exposure to endocrine-disrupting als on three continents. chemicals (EDCs) has been linked to health After they analyzed the wristbands that effects such as low semen quality, adverse were returned, they found that no two pregnancy outcomes and endocrine-related wristbands had identical chemical deteccancers. The researchers detected 13 potions. But the same 14 chemicals were detected in more than 50 percent of the tential EDCs in more than half of all the wristbands returned from the United States, wristbands.

Africa and South America.

Other notable findings in the study in“Whether you are a farmworker in Sencluded: • Consumer product-related chemicals egal or a preschooler in Oregon, you might and phthalates – a group of chemicals be exposed to those same 14 chemicals found in plastics and vinyl – were a high that we detected in over 50 percent of the percentage of chemical detections across wristbands,” said Holly Dixon, a doctoral all study locations. candidate at Oregon State and the study’s • U.S. children – 11 years old or younger lead author.

– had the highest percentage of flameThe study, funded by the National Instiretardant detections compared with all tutes of Health, is published in the journal other participants.

Royal Society Open Science (https:// • Wristbands worn in the Houston area royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/ immediately after Hurricane Harvey had rsos.181836#d3e3706). the highest mean number of chemical deThis study demonstrates that the wristbands, which absorb chemicals from the air tections – 28 – compared with other study and skin, are an excellent screening tool for locations, where the means ranged from population exposures to organic chemicals, 10-25. said Kim Anderson, an OSU environmental • Flame retardants were not detected in chemist and leader of the research team. any wristbands in Africa. The absence of It’s notable, she said, that most of the 14 flame retardants in Senegal and South Afcommon chemicals aren’t heavily studied. rica wristbands may reflect a difference in “Some of these are not on our radar, yet flammability protection standards, housing they represent an enormous exposure,” she materials and/or furniture used in certain said. “If we want to understand the impact Africa communities compared with comof chemical exposures, this was very enmunities in the U.S. and South America.

Toxicological and epidemiological studlightening.”

Anderson and her team invented the ies often focus on one chemical or chemical wristband samplers several years ago. They class, yet people are exposed to complex have been used in other studies, includchemical mixtures, rather than to a single chemical or an individual chemical class. ing one that measured Houston residents’ The results reveal common chemical mixexposure in floodwaters after Hurricane Harvey. tures across several communities that can In this study, 242 volunteers from 14 be prioritized for future study, Dixon said. communities in four countries – the United The study authors noted two significant States, Senegal, South Africa and Peru – limitations. They relied on a convenience wore a total of 262 wristbands. The Houssample of volunteers and did not randomly recruit participants, so the chemical expoton residents were included in the study.

Oregon State researchers analyzed sures they reported may not be representhe wristbands for 1,530 unique organic tative of all chemical exposures in the 14 chemicals. The number of chemical deteccommunities.

Also, deployment length varied detions ranged from four to 43 per wristband, with 191 different chemicals detected. And pending on the specific project. But they 1,339 chemicals weren’t detected in any didn’t detect a difference in the number of wristband. They detected 36 chemicals chemicals detected based on how long a in common in the United States, South participant wore a wristband.

America and Africa.

Anderson directs the Food Safety and Because the wristbands don’t measure Environmental Stewardship Program in chemical levels, the study authors didn’t OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. make any conclusions regarding health Other OSU co-authors on the study are risks posed by the wearers of wristbands.

Michael Barton, Alan J. Bergmann, Mary But certain levels of chemical exposures Halbleib, Peter Hoffman, Paul Jepson, are associated with adverse health outMolly L. Kile, Laurel Kincl, L. Blair Paucomes. lik, Gary L. Points III, Carolyn M. PoutasFor example, exposure to certain polyse, Brian Smith and Lane G. Tidwell.

Other institutions contributing to the cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has study included Baylor College of Medibeen associated with cancer, self-regulatory capacity issues, low birth weight and cine, the University of Cincinnati, Corespiratory distress. These chemicals were lumbia University, Wake Forest School of found in many of the wristbands.

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1999 CAT Challenger CH75E, 30% undercarriage, 3-pt., strong motor, 15,000 hours. Will be auctioned next month. Auction is July 10th..Bid on our website

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EXCAVATORS & PARTS

SCRAPERS

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Researchers explore cover crop’s benefit to soil health

By K-State Research and Extension News A Kansas State University research team is putting the finishing touches on the findings from 12 years of work in which they tested the value of growing cover crops in a notill rotation with wheat, sorghum and soybeans.

Kraig Roozeboom, a research agronomist with K-State Research and Extension, says the group is finding that intensifying the cropping system with cover crops or doublecropping increases soil organic carbon near the surface, potentially leading to such benefits as better soil structure, aggregate size, water infiltration and more.

“We’ve demonstrated that you can grow cover crops in our environment with either neutral or positive benefits on cash-crop yields if managed appropriately,” Roozeboom said. “And there are benefits to the soil when doing that.”

The researchers conducted the study in three-year cycles, which includes harvesting wheat in June of a given year, followed by double-crop soybeans or cover crops through the summer, then sorghum planted the following May. Soybeans are planted the summer after sorghum harvest.

The cycle starts over again with winter wheat planted immediately after harvest of the full-season soybean crop.

Roozeboom notes that the entire system is done with no-till farming.

Double-cropping is a strategy of growing two or more crops on the same land in the same growing season.

“The base system is wheat-sorghum-soybeans; spray out any weeds and volunteer wheat that comes out between wheat and sorghum planting,” Roozeboom said. “We call that our chemical fallow check.”

The work by K-State’s group has drawn the attention of the Soil Health Institute, a national organization that aims to raise awareness of soil health in the United States. The Institute selected the long-term experiment coordinated

by Roozeboom for intensive sampling this spring. He said it is “one of dozens of sites” being sampled across North America.

“One of their objectives is to get a better handle on how to characterize soil health scientifically,” Roozeboom said.

The study, which began in 2007, has helped to establish the value of cover crops in suppressing weeds and improving soil health. Roozeboom said the results, in most years, indicate no negative impact on yields of the grain crops in the rotation, with appropriate modifications to nitrogen fertilization applied to sorghum.

“In fact, some cover crops have resulted in yields comparable to that obtained in the chemical fallow system but with less nitrogen fertilizer,” Roozeboom said. “The exception came in the summer of 2018. The previous winter and spring were extremely dry. As a result, sorghum yields were reduced dramatically if a cover crop was grown right up to sorghum planting.”

However, he adds, “sorghum yields after cover crops grown the previous summer and terminated in late fall or by frost over the winter were comparable to sorghum yields in the chemical fallow system.”

The economics of the system are still to be determined.

Roozeboom notes that cover crops aren’t always the best route for growers, due to the added cost of planting and fertilizing and managing cover crops. The biggest question to researchers – and perhaps most important to farmers – is whether the added cost and time needed to grow cover crops actually benefits them in the end.

“If you’ve got the added component of grazing livestock on the cover crops, then suddenly cover crops have a much better economics component,” Roozeboom said. “Doublecrop soybeans also increase the potential for a positive economic result because of the additional grain harvested from the system in most years.”

K-State’s team has published results from parts of the project and expect to publish more findings soon. More information also is available from local extension agents, and at the K-State Department of Agronomy’s website.

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3V Distributing, Conrad MT ................................B28 A-Plus Auto, Great Falls MT .................................A8 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS .........................A2 Accelerated Metal Solutions, Brady Smelser, Glendive MT .....................................................................A4 Action Toys, Billings MT ........................................C8 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman MT .............................................................C3 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls MT .............A39 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls MT ...........B18 Ag Wise, Kremlin MT ..........................................A36 Aggressor, Limagrain Cereal Seeds, Ft. Collins CO . .........................................................................C45 American Manufacturing, Hogeland MT ...............C2 Andres Trailer Sales, Inc., Lethbridge County, AB Canada ............................................................C24 AWS Air Reels, Temp Farm Equipment Mitchell ON Canada ............................................................C36 Badland Truck Sales, Glendive MT .....................C14 BALPAQ, Riley Denning, Sun River MT................C5 Bass Auction Co. Inc., Lewistown MT...A14, A16, A28 Batco, Bench Industries, Great Falls MT ..............C1 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank MT ................................B6 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby MT ...........................C41 Bench Industries, Great Falls MT ................ B10, C1 Big Equipment Co., Havre MT ..................... B9, C48 Big Horn Sainfoin Seed Co., Powell WY .............A20 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad MT ...........................C9 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn MT...A15 Billings Farm & Ranch Supply, Billings MT .........C32 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls MT .......... .................................................................. INSERT Brandt Agricultural Products LTD........................C37 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank MT ....................................C41 Buckley Auction MT ............................................C12 Bull Mountain Fencing, Yoder, Dan, Roundup MT..C25 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls MT ......A30 Central Steel Building & Construction, GSI Bins, MT & ND ................................................................C40 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula MT ......................C24 CHS Big Sky, MT ................................................A10 CHS, Cut Bank MT .............................................A28 Chvilicek, LLC, Steve Chvilicek, Havre MT...........B1 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ..........................C25 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks MT.....A46 CoAXium, Limagrain Cereal Seeds, Ft. Collins CO .. .........................................................................C45 Corder & Associates, Fort Benton MT ................C18 CoreCivic, HireClix, MA ......................................C23 Courtesy Ford, Conrad MT .................................B24 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber MT ...................................................................C31 Croplan by Winfield United, Mick Miller, Fairfield MT .........................................................................B24

Index

Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank MT ...............................C47 Darling Ingredients, Inc.......................................C27 DBL Sales & Service, Dave & Brock Linker, Coffee Creek MT ................................................ A37, C10 Demaras & Ferren Excavation, Billings MT ........C47 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby MT............................A32 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman MT ........C46 East Slope Kennel & Game Bird Farm, Conrad MT . .........................................................................A38 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls MTB10, B11 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish MT ...............C34 First State Bank, Shelby MT ...............................A22 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton MT................C8 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power MT ............ A42, C13 Fort Benton Realty, Fort Benton MT ...................B22 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness MT ...........................C38 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls MT ..... .........A9, A35, A43, B7, B17, C11, C21, C29, C39 Frontline Ag Solutions Dillon, Dillon MT .............A29 Frontline Ag Solutions, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon, Lewistown, Havre, Chester, Great Falls, Belgrade, Livingston MT ......................... A24, A25 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad MT ..........A32 Gateway Arch & Fence, Wayne Thiem, Bozeman MT ...................................................................C42 Glacier Sotherby’s Int’l Realty, Angie Friedner, Whitefish MT .............................................................A22 Glasgow Rental, Glasgow MT ............................B15 Glass Trucking, Denton MT.................................C46 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy MT .................A4 Gordon Repair, LLC, Miles City MT ....................C22 Great Falls Fence, Great Falls MT ......................C14 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier MT ......B27 Grossenburg Equipment, Winner, Pierre, Philip SD, Wayne, Bloomfield, Harrington ........................C19 GSI Bins, Central Steel, MT & ND ......................C40 H & H Spreading, Conrad MT.............................A16 Harris Custom Swathing, Conrad MT .................A32 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass Range MT ..B23 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East Helena MT....B4 Henke Enterprises, SprayFlex & Big Dog Mowers, Chester MT .....................................................C42 Hi-Line Rental, Havre MT ...................................B15 Highline Communications, Cut Bank MT ..............B8 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls MT...A17, A18, A19 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank MT ...........B5 Hwy 12 Equipment & Repair, Baker MT .............C22 I-State Truck Center, Missoula ............................A24 Iron Horse Express, Coffee Creek MT................C11 J & T Equipment Sales, John Jones, Stevensville MT ...................................................................C20 J Bar T Bins & Steel Buildings, Jeremiah Johnson & Thad, Chester MT............................................C34

Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook MT .......... A30, C18 JGL Grain, Blue Springs, MO .............................A47 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte MT.................A41 Jim Taylor Chevrolet, Fort Benton MT.................A33 Joe Judisch Custom Swathing & Baling, Conrad...A20 JT Harvesting, Jim Bartsch, Brady MT .................A6 Krogmann Mfg. ...................................................C28 Lane Judisch Swathing, Conrad MT ...................A27 Larry’s Tractors, Trailers & More, Hamilton MT ...A44 Lee’s Trapworks, LTD, Swift Currant Canada ......C28 Lemken, T&T Farm Supply, Chester MT.............C31 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown MT ............. B21, C28 Lewistown Rental, Lewistown MT .......................B15 Limagrain Cereal Seeds, Zach Gaines, Ft. Collins CO ...................................................................C45 M & M Salvage, Havre MT..................................C44 M & W Machine, Three Forks MT .......................A32 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls MT .........C26 Midland Implement , Billings MT...........................A8 Miles Harvesting, Condo SD ..............................B16 Milk River Ag, Chinook, MT ................................A31 Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig, Norm Schertenlieb MT ...................................................................C22 Montana Land Brokers Co, Jason Dunham, Circle MT ...................................................................C44 Montana Livestock Ag Credit, Helena MT ..........C10 Montana Metal Fabrications, Great Falls MT ......A24 Montana Roofing & Siding, LLC, Kurt Olerud, Fargo ND ...................................................................C38 Montana Valley Irrigation, Great Falls MT .............C2 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade MT ....................A48 Mountain View Metal Works, Wilsall MT .............B21 MT Swathing Inc., Matt Baker, Bynum MT .........C45 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville MT ..B16 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup MT...B2, B3 Nature Safe, Darling Ingredients Inc...................C27 New Homes of the Future, Billings MT ...............A36 North Star Equipment, John Myers, Simms MT ...C4 Northern Ford, Cut Bank MT ..............................B19 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point MT........C12 Northwest Plastics, Libby MT .............................A13 Poteet Construction, Missoula MT ........................C7 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton MT ...........C7 Precision Truck & Trailer, Havre MT ....................C13 Prescription Tillage Technology, DBL Sales, Denton MT ...................................................................A37 Price Contracting Inc, Stevensville MT ...............C36 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula MT ......A6 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser MT ............C22 R & R Custom Spraying & Fertilizer Application, George Richard, Loma MT ..............................A45 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell MT..........B22 River Hills Custom Harvesting, Manderson WY .C44

Rockwell Scales, Simms MT ..............................C30 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River MT.........................A38 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond MT. ...........................................................................A4 Severinsen Irrigation, Fairfield MT ......................C47 Shepherd’s Garage, Inc., Dillon, Jackson, Helena MT ...................................................................C27 Shop Specialties, Valier MT ................................A12 Shortline Ag, Scobey MT.......................................... ................................ A2, A20, A38, A44, C16, C40 Sod Buster Sales, Polson MT .................... A34, C34 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ..............B16 SprayFlex, Doug Henke Chester, MT .................C42 Steel Etc, Great Falls MT...................................A23 Steinhatchee Inc, Lance Nelson, Stevensville MT...B18 Stokes Fencing, Conrad MT ...............................C32 Stricks Ag, Chester MT.......................................A27 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad MT .......A33 Super SmartRooms/Superform ICF, Jerry Gangstad, Avon MT..................................................C31, C36 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls MT ..............A45 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester MT .................C31 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby MT ............................C41 TCB Transport LLC, Todd Bedosky, Geyser MT..A14 Temp Farm Equipment, AWS Air Reels, Mitchell ON Canada ............................................................C36 That Guys Fab Shop, Havre MT .........................B20 The Gear House, Helena MT .............................B16 The Repair Shop, Choteau MT ...........................A40 Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks MT .........................................................................A12 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester MT.............................A41 Tilleman Equipment Company, Havre MT ..........C35 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange MT ..............................C34 Torgerson’s LLC, Ethridge, Great Falls, Havre, Billings, Lewistown, Belgrade MT .................................C17 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield MT ......................A37 Tri County Implement, Sidney MT.........................C5 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton MT..................B25 Triple T Sales, Chinook MT ........................C30, C33 TT&E Inc, Victor MT .............................................C6 Valle Grande Feeders, Hettinger ND ..................A10 Van Motors, Conrad MT........................................B8 Vaughn Truck, Havre MT.....................................A10 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester MT ...................C43 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad MT ........................A22 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula MT ...A47 Western Water Wells, Tyler Christians & Jack Clark, Helena MT .......................................................A43 Wichman Ag Supply LLC, Hilger MT ..................C22 Winfield United, CropLan, Mick Miller, Fairfield MT.B24 XB Trailer Sales, Great Falls MT .........................A45 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow MT .......................... B12, B13 Zomer Truck, Conrad MT ....................................C15

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Aunts and Uncles Day

Date When Celebrated: July 26th Aunts and Uncles Day honors a very special pair of relatives. They are your mom and dad’s brothers and sisters. We hope you have a lot of Aunts and Uncles. The more, the merrier.

Our Aunts and Uncles mean a lot to us. Among other things, they are most likely: • The backup caretaker when mom and dad go out, or are at work.

• Real characters at family get-togethers and events.

• Someone we can talk to and related to..... some things we just can talk about with “parental units”.

• Sound counsel and advice.

• Someone who takes you to fun places and events.

• Someone whose house is a great place to sleepover, especially if you have cousins.

• The ones who give you great presents for birthdays, Christmas and special events.

And, the benefits of Aunts and Uncles goes on, and on, and on, and.........

Celebrate Aunt and Uncles Day by spending time with your Aunts and Uncles. If you can’t visit, make a phone call.

Very interesting cloud formations were sited in Wheatland County during a severe thunderstorm passing through the area in late June. Thanks to the Wheatland County Sheriff’s Office for sharing this picture with us.

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

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

MacDon 973 36-ft. draper header with pickup reel, 6 wheeled header transport. Has been used on a Case IH 7088. Extra new and used canvases included.......................... $21,000 1997 New Holland 664 round baler in good working condition, 15,526 bale count, edge-toedge net wrap. Includes Bale Command monitor, cable, etc...................................... $4500 1995 MacDon 5000 swing tongue swather, 12-ft. cutter bar, steel conditioner. In good working condition...................................................................................................................... $4500 Phone 406-480-1772, Plentywood, Montana

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USED EQUIPMENT 2018 CASE IH WD1504 WINDROWER

Really sharp lease return unit with only 354 engine hours.

Comes equipped with a HD 162 twin sickle header, high speed cutting and 150 horsepower.....................................$98,989

2012 MACDON M205 WINDROWER

With 16-ft. rotary header. This is a great unit for laying your hay down fast. Dual direction unit with CUMMINS 6.7L, 220 hp engine, 2 speed hydro, spacious cab and much more.. Retails

for $74,720.................. MVE Price $69,687

2003 NEW HOLLAND HW300 WINDROWER

REALLY CLEAN!!! Only 1950 hours on this well cared for unit.

14-ft. twin sickle HD 142 header (that’s the one they are using now). All serviced and ready to go. A good by at.........................

.................................... MVE Price $40,800

2017 CASE IH LB434XL

The extra length in the bale chamber on this XL baler makes for denser and better formed bales. This lease return unit is just broken in with only 8034 bales. Equipped with large tandem steerable axles, 13/8”x1000 PTO, castering pickup wheels, color monitor and a roller bale chute. Warranty. Ask about CNHI Capital financing as low as 0%......... Book says $125,601

2007 JOHN DEERE 568 ROUND BALER

Clean one owner unit. New hi-flotation tires. Ready to go...........

Book says $20,329..... MVE Price $17,277

very well cared for twine baler with Bale Command, wide pickup, hydraulic pickup lift, and flotation tires. Consigned unit that books for $11,638......................... Good buy at $9750

.................................. MVE Price $118,836

2008 VERMEER R2300 HYDRAULIC RAKE Nice straight unit with lots of life left. Everything works.......... .................................... MVE Price $11,950

Just Traded: 1988 NEW HOLLAND 855 ROUND BALER

2005 NEW HOLLAND BR780 5X6 ROUND BALER

• 2014 New Holland 130 w/16-ft. header

These bar and chain balers make nice, easy to start, 5x6 round bales. This consigned baler looks to be in good shape. Owner says everything works and he has some extra parts................... ......................................................... He wanted $5000

2013 KEYSTONE COUGAR HIGH COUNTRY 321 RES

Great looking bumper pull trailer that’s EXTRA CLEAN inside and out. 3 SLIDES and a great floor plan with a queen front bedroom, island kitchen and rear living room with 2 recliners, big TV, gas fireplace and couch/queen bed. Consigned unit that’s in GREAT condition. Owner says it’s time to get it sold...................

.................................. Reduced to $23,900

.............I negotiated him DOWN to $3950

2017 CASE IH MAXXUM 135 TRACTOR

2016 CASE IH FARMALL 75C

Lease return w/only 339 hours. MFWD, deluxe cab, 3 point hitch, PTO and a Case IH L620 loader. Factory warranty............ ................................................ Great buy at $46,660

MFWD, suspended cab, 16 speed, semi PowerShift transmission, 3 remotes, 29 GPM CCLS hydraulic system, HD class IV front axle, 3 funtion mid-mount valve and joystick for loader, HD 3 point and much more. Equipped w/Case IH L755 self-level loader/grapple. Has factory warranty and only 745 hours .......

........................... Priced to sell at $93,954

1991 FORD 7740 TRACTOR WITH 7411 FORD LOADER

Runs great and only has 9681 hours. MFWD, 3 remotes, loader joystick, 50% rubber, 3-point and PTO...........................

.................................... MVE Price $18,970

The Little Dealer With The BIG Promise.

“TO TREAT EVERY CUSTOMER LIKE WE LIKE TO BE TREATED.”

Trader’s Dispatch, July 2019 — Page B4

KIOTI TRACTORS IN STOCK Kioti CS2210 sub compact with SL2410 loader, 4WD hydrostatic transmission, engine heater, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires. FREE 60” midmount mower.................................$13,850 Kioti CK2610 with KL4010 loader, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty. ............................................... CALL Kioti CK3510hst with KL4030 loader 35 hp, 66” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Kioti CK4010hst with KL4030 loader 40 hp, 66” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Kioti DK4510hst with KL5010 loader 45 hp, 72” bucket, 4WD, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty........ ............................................... CALL Kioti DK4710SEH with KL5020 loader 47 hp, 72” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, 3 point, PTO, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Mechron 2200 UTV, 4WD, steel dump, box, HD tires, glass window shield, roof.....................................$13,500

NEW KIOTI IMPLEMENTS AVAILABLE Double Bale Spear, 44”............$673 Triple Bale Spear, 32”..............$750

NEW DIRTY HANDS POST HOLE AUGERS IN STOCK Standard Duty and Heavy Duty 9” and 12” Augers PARTS UNITS

New Holland 320 square baler........... .......................................For Parts Massey Fergusen 165 complete tractor...................................For Parts Ford 2000 Select-o-Speed...For Parts

Tips and thoughts on how to sell a ranch

USED TRACTORS

Zetor 8641 with loader, cab, air conditioning, 3 pt., rear remotes, 4WD, field ready............$18,500 Oliver 1655 2WD, gas, 3-pt., PTO with loader........................$8500 Ford 4000 gas, loader, front blade, Select-O-Speed................$3500 Ford Major 2WD, 3-pt., PTO..$1000

USED HAYING

American Hay Master 500 series stack wagon.....................$7500

New Holland 1002 balewagon....$3500 Hesston 1014 swather................$1500

NEW Eagle attachments

New Eagle 560HD..................$625 New Eagle 7-ft. 3 point rear blade.. ..........................................$675 New Eagle 566HD..................$699 New Eagle 8-ft. 3 point rear blade.. ..........................................$725 New Eagle 672HD..................$729 New Eagle 784 HD.................$779

CONSIGNED Allied/Farm KingYC74 snow blower w/hydraulic chute control.. $3500 John Deere 6600 combine, gas, pickup header......... COMING IN Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with Perkins diesel............$3250 Hesston 1014 12-ft. swather........... .......................... NEEDS WORK New Holland 855 round baler.$3850 International Super C tractor......... .........................................$2500

We now have

WALLENSTEIN

wood splitters, chippers and log grapples available.

Serving Montana for 72 Years Proudly Family Owned & Operated SITREX RAKES

Tarter Equipment 6-ft. rotary mower...................$1545 5-ft. rotary mower...................$1350 4-ft. rotary mower...................$1250 7-ft. heavy duty disk plow.......$1500 6-ft. heavy duty disk plow.......$1000 3-ft. 1 bottom plow....................$695 7-ft. rock rakes, 3-point............$600 (3) 6-ft. rock rakes, 3-point.......$575 7-ft. back blade.........................$475 6-ft. back blade.........................$425 Super Spear quick attach bale spear..................................$499 NEW SPEECO POST HOLE AUGERS IN STOCK

MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS

New Front Mount QA bale spears for skid steer loader mount....... $943

Good Selection Of Spike Tooth Harrows Starting At $150.00 MISCELLANEOUS

Kelley B20 backhoe w/ 12 & 18” buckets...........................................$2500 Front Dozer Blade with manual adjust.

Fits various models.................$2500 Wagner loader for Ford 8N, 9N, and NAA. Complete with front pump & mounts....................................$1500 White Cab to fit Oliver 55 Series tractor ..................................MAKE OFFER Running gear................................$1000 Massey Ferguson 302 loader/backhoe. ................................................$5500 Shaver HD8 front mount post driver....... ................................................$1295 Heavy duty post hole auger, 3-pt....$995

New Red Devil

6-ft. snow blower with QA skid steer mount.

MILLER LOADERS

In Stock $6250

East Helena, Montana

Serving HELENA and surrounding areas for 72 YEARS!

Little league

At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young players. “Do you understand what cooperation is?

What a team is?”

The little boy nodded in the affirmative.

“Do you understand that what matters is whether we win together as a team?”

The little boy nodded yes.

“So,” the coach continued, “when a strike is called, or you’re out at first, you don’t argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?”

Again the little boy nodded.

“Good,” said the coach. “Now go over there and explain it to your mother.”

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Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply Phone (406) 227-6821

By Trampus Corder, Certified Crop Advisor and Broker/Owner of Corder and Associates, LLC Few decisions are more consequential than the decision to sell your large land parcel or ranch.

These valuable parcels of land come in all sizes and might include but are not limited to land used for hunting, hay and cattle production, fishing and recreation, high fenced exotics, vineyards, and working ranches or farms. The most important thing that you have to do as the seller is to gather data and information in order to make sound decisions and to best equip your agent to successfully list and sell your land.

This can be quite time consuming and can seem daunting.

However, here are some ideas that can help you be organized and efficient when selling your land.

The first step is to determine what to brand your property as. For example, will it be agricultural, timber, or a wildlife mecca? Also, be aware of the mineral ownerships, production, and wind and water rights. Gather surveys, legal descriptions, and tax information. Know what leases are imposed on your land such as BLM or other agricultural leases.

Locate any conservation easement documents if applicable. Include well logs, zoning information, local utilities, and an inventory list of exclusions and inclusions, and income/expense performance statements listing as many years as possible. Consider your land’s boundaries and property lines, and keep in mind how much is wooded, in crop or hay production, and how many acres there are of native grasses for grazing. Be sure to collect information on how many water features are included on your land and depths of ponds or lakes.

In addition, you will need to encompass off record items such as distances to nearby airports including the length of runways. The more information you can collect, the easier it will be for your agent making the process smooth and fluent.

There are a couple of decisions that involve the simple “basics” when selling. The list is a bit longer when selling a home with your land. The initial impression that a buyer grasps when seeing your home and land is the most significant. Therefore, staging your home is critical. You want it to look its best, be clean and organized, and have all deferred maintenance finished.

Don’t forget the outlying barns and buildings when checking off your cleaning list. Fences need to be fixed and mended. Spray the fence lines for weeds and make sure your property is groomed and ready to be showed.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and photographs of your property is no exception. Get pictures of the wildlife that inhabit your land such as elk, deer, turkeys, mountain lions, ducks, geese, and fish. Aerial photos taken with a drone can and will enhance the buyer’s experience often times leading to a more successful listing. Pictures sell! Also, consider what type of vehicle is adequate for showing your property. You want your agent to be able to get around and a low-profile car probably isn’t going to cut it!

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Walking up to a department store’s fabric counter, a pretty girl asked. “I want to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?”

“Only one kiss per yard,” replied the smirking male clerk.

“That’s fine,” replied the girl. “I’ll take ten yards.”

With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, the clerk hurriedly measured out and wrapped the cloth, then held it out teasingly.

The girl snapped up the package, pointed to a little old man standing beside her, smiled and said. “Grandpa may the man.”

Trader’s Dispatch, July 2019 — Page B5

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

Website: www.huggybearsconsignments.com

NEW ITEMS

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

24-ft. portable corral panels. Tag #BCreek0719.............................................$350 DuAl loader off IH 806. Tag #ANF0719......................................................$1950 New PJ trailers for sale. Tag #Wyatt0719.

B&W turnover ball. Tag #BooBoo0719..........................................................$600 John Deere 9500 combine with 930D draper. Tag #Ralph0719...............$72,000 2010 John Deere 9770 STS combine with 971 engine hours and 671 separator hours. Tag #Ralph0719.

John Deere 940D 40-ft. draper header. Tag #RalphJ0719.

John Deere 730 tractor with narrow front. Tag #ANF0719.

2-Allis Chalmers graders. Tag #Jess0719.......................................... $6000 pair Bazooka 8”x35-ft. auger with PTO drive. Tag #LarryB0719..........................$950 Hesston 65SD 21-ft. header, fits 6450 or 6550 swather. Tag #HarryV0719..$4500 New Holland 21-ft. DSA header, fits New Holland 1100 or 1116 swathers. Tag #KemA0719..............................................................................................$4500 New Holland 644 round baler. Tag #Fred0719............................................$5000 3-point bale unroller. Tag #BigSky0719........................................................$1500 24” culvert, 3 sections. Tag #ANF0719.

3-point snowblower for Allis-Chalmers 170. Tag #J&J0719.........................$1900 30-ft. 930 flexheader. Tag #ArtH0719........................................................$11,000 2011 Cat 420 tractor/loader/backhoe. Tag #0719.....................................$75,000 Finn T30 hydroseeder on 2-ton flatbed. Tag #Brent0719.........................$15,000 2010 John Deere 624K wheel loader. Tag #Brent0719...........................$97,000 1986 International 560 loader. Tag #Brent0719......................................$22,000 2011 John Deere 304 loader. Tag #Brent0719........................................$67,000 Snow blower for John Deere 304. Tag #Brent0719......................................$7000 John Deere HH80 hammer. Tag #Brent0719..............................................$9500 2012 John Deere drum roller. Tag #Brent0719...........................................$9000 2012 John Deere 73” sheepsfoot roller. Tag #Brent0719............................$8000 2012 Marv Haugen trencher. Tag #Brent0719............................................$5700 John deere RC78 skid steer mounted mower. Tag #Brent0719.................$5000 2011 Marv Haugen broom. Tag #Brent0719...............................................$4000 2012 Marv Haugen land plane. Tag#Brent0719..........................................$3500 Cat 650H dozer/crawler. Tag#Brent0719..................................................$46,000 1994 Ford LT9000 dump truck. Tag#Brent0719.......................................$36,000 1999 Kenworth W900 truck. Tag #Brent0719..........................................$26,000 1994 Ford LT900W truck. Tag #Brent0719...............................................$22,000 1981 IHC cement truck. Tag #Brent0719.....................................................$3000 1992 Twanco trailer. Tag#Brent0719........................................................$17,500 2012 Cross Country belly dump trailer. Tag#Brent0719..........................$36,000 2013 Cross Country belly dump trailer. Tag#Brent0719..........................$38,000 PJ tilt trailer. Tag#Brent0719........................................................................$6000 2015 Hitachi 50G mini excavator. Tag#Brent0719...................................$79,000 1996 Dodge 2500 fuel pickup. Tag #Brent0719...........................................$5000 1994 Chevrolet 2500 fuel truck. Tag #Brent0719........................................$3000 2000 Chevrolet S10 pickup. Tag #Brent0719..............................................$5000 Brillion 10-ft. grass seeder. Tag #Brent0719...............................................$6000 New Holland 1112 windrower with 3200 hours. Tag #Marty0719............$15,000 Used grapple for Versatile 256 swather. Tag #Mike0719..............................$1500 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms with John Deere rate controller. Tag #BigSky0719...........................................................................................$5500 Haukaas marker for 45-ft. Flexi-Coil air seeder. Tag #BigSky0719..............$3500 John Deere 785 manure spreader, hydra push. Tag #BigSky0718.............$5500 50 pig panels. Tag #D&B0719...............................................................$12.00 ea.

Several T-posts. Tag #D&B0719..............................................................$3.00 ea.

Hutchison 36-ft. conveyor with power unit. Tag #Jess0719.....................$18,000 1993 Chevrolet Corisca 4-door sedan. Tag #Bob0719................................$950 Case 2388 combine with 40-ft. draper header and 1015 pickup header, 3527 engine hours, 2856 separator hours. Tag #Vince0719..........................$55,000 Hesston 8450 windrower with 14-ft. auger header. Tag #Neal0719.........$25,000 Allis Chalmers 170 2WD tractor, loader, 3-point, 540 PTO.Tag #Neal0519...$7500

GRAIN AUGERS

Westfield 8”x50-ft. PTO auger. Tag #Ruth0419...........................................$1700 Westgo 1310 10”x60-ft. side delivery auger. #Hugh0219.......................... $2500 Wheatheart drive-over unloading auger, like new. Tag #Riley0219.

John Deere 396 grain auger. Tag #Hugh0219............................................. $250 Brandt 1060 swing hopper grain auger. Tag #JohnA1118..........................$8500

SKID STEERS and MANURE SPREADERS FOR RENT

SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms with double nozzles. Tag #HerbK0519.

ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

New Holland 660 twine wrap baler, new belts. Tag #NorthStar0519..........$6000 2008 John Deere 568 net wrap baler. Tag #Gordon0419........................$23,000 John Deere 567 twine tie round baler, 10,500 bales, new chains and belt drive.

Tag#Harvey0918................................................................................$18,000 2005 Challenger RB 56 round baler, twine wrap, 1000 PTO, only 4400 bales.

Tag #Harvey1018...............................................................................$13,000 Case IH 3450 soft core round baler, makes 900# bales. Tag #JohnP1018...$4500 New Holland 1425 self-propelled baler. Tag #Marion0918.

1992 New Holland 2000 big square baler. Tag #ArtH0519......................$12,000 John Deere 535 twine round baler. Tag #Jake0519....................................$4500 New Holland BR780 round baler. Tag #Debbie0519.................... Price Coming New Holland 425 baler. Tag #Riley0219.................................................... $2800

SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

1980 Hesston 6650 swather with 14-ft. auger header and 21-ft. DSA header with pickup reel, cab and air, 6353 hours. Tag #ArtH0519.........................$13,500 1981 Hesston 6650 swather with 14-ft. auger header with 3044 hours, cab and air. Tag #ArtH0519..............................................................................$11,000 2001 John Deere 4890 windrower with 16-ft double sickle header, 1700 cutting hours. Tag #Harvey0219...................................................................... $42,000 New Holland 912 swather with 12-ft. header, gas engine, no cab. Tag #CarlT0119.............................................................................................$2500 MacDon 9352 swather with 30-ft. 972 header and header trailer. Tag #Kim1118.. ...........................................................................................................$38,000 New Holland 1425 for parts. Tag #Marion0918.

John Deere 450 windrower with 16-ft. rotary disc header, 760 machine hours, 1100 engine hours. Tag #Rog0918..................................................$110,000 International 5000 swather with 21-ft. header. Tag #BlakeS1118...............$7500 International 5000 swather with 14-ft. auger header, diesel. Tag #BlakeS1118.... ..............................................................................................................$6500

BALE MOVERS

New Holland 1068 bale wagon with Mil-Stack loader, makes bale wagon work with medium size square bales. Tag #ChrisF1218.

New Holland 1049 bale wagon. Tag #MarionT1018.

1985 New Holland 1032 2-wide bale wagon, 69 bale capacity. Tag #HerbK0519.

Round bale mover, hauls 4 bales. Tag #Scotty0918....................................$4500 3-point round bale retriever. Tag #BigSkyC0617..........................................$1500

PLOWS

John Deere 16-ft. plow. Tag #JackW0419...................................................... Call Flexi-Coil 340 40-ft. plow. Tag #ArtHanson0219........................................$11,500 John Deere 335 3-bottom roll over plow. Tag #Hug0219........................... $3500

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

John Deere 6140 MFD tractor with loader and grapple, only 212 hours on tractor. Tag #Doug0519............................................................................$68,000 John Deere 4020 tractor with loader, new engine overhaul. Tag #TedH0519....... ...........................................................................................................$15,000 Case 4490 4WD tractor, 18.4x38 tires with 1000 PTO. Tag #BillB0219... $12,000 Versatile 850 4WD tractor. Tag #BobS1118........................................Just listed Versatile 800 tractor with 18.4x38 tires, (2 new tires), manual transmission, 5953 hours. Tag #JackW0419.................................................................. Call Versatile 855 4WD tractor, rebuilt engine, new clutch, new tires. Tag #Riley0219............................................................................................. $27,500

TRAILERS

1987 Holiday Rambler 35-ft. RV, sleeps 6, has new awning, 70,000 miles. Tag #JackW0419............................................................................................ Call 2019 PJ 18x43 trailer Tag #EquipC0419.....................................................$2450 Eddie Bauer gooseneck trailer with new brakes, new LED lights. Tag #DBK1118.............................................................................................$4800 Donahue 24-ft. trailer. Tag #CarlT1018.

42-ft. drop deck trailer, 25-ton capacity. Tag #Pack1018...........................$12,000 1998 PJ 24-ft. gooseneck trailer, 7500 lb. axles, tie down straps. Tag #Pack0617. ..............................................................................................................$7500 1994 Interstate trailer, pintle hitch. Tag #CarlT1018.

1991 Aljo 21-ft. gooseneck travel trailer, sleeps 6, has refrigerator and sink, air conditioning, sound system. Tag #Mary0918........................................$8500 1998 Merrit grain trailer. Tag #Debbie0519................................... Price Coming 2000 Trailman 4-horse trailer. Tag #Debbie0519........................... Price Coming Fire trailer with 3 fire hoses, 500 gallon tank, Honda, great for upcoming harvest.

Dave T0818...........................................................................................$6500

BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS

Bobcat 863 skid steer loader. Tag #Debbie0519........................... Price Coming New Wacker Neuson skid steer loader and other construction equipment available.

Bobcat S750 skid steer loader, 3200 lb. lift capacity. Tag #BillR0419......$38,000 Bobcat S650 skid steer loader, 2700 lb. lift capacity. Tag #BillR0419......$36,500 2016 New Wacker Neuson WL34 wheel loader. Tag #LarryB0617.

New Holland L220 skid steer loader. Tag #Pack1018.

Lowe 30C trencher. Tag #CarlT0119.............................................................$6500

COMBINE & HAY HEADERS

Case IH 1010 straight cut header. Tag #JackW0419...................................... Call Versatile 4400 22-ft. DSA header. Tag #Hugh0219.................................... $3500 2004 MacDon 972 36-ft. header to fit NH TV140 tractor. Tag #DaveT0916 Case IH 1015 pickup header with a Sund pickup. Unit is like new. Tag #Harry1017...................................................................................................$6500 Case IH 1015 pickup header, Sund pickup. Tag #RonD0818......................$6500

MOWERS & MISC. HAY TOOLS

New Holland 456 sickle mower with 9-ft. sickle. Tag #Vern0918.................$3500 Kubota out-front mower, 6-ft. deck. Also has rotary broom, hydrostat 4x4, 3 cylinder diesel, 2201 hours. Tag #Leon0419..........................................$12,500

TUB GRINDERS & PROCESSORS

Farmhand 82C grinder/mixer. Tag #BobS1218...........................................$4500 New Fair bale processors. Tag #Larry0419.

New Harsh mixer wagons. Tag #Larry0419.

International 1150 grinder mixer, 20” mill, 2 screens, new drive belt, shedded.

Tag #ANF0219..................................................................................... $5500 Highline 6800 multi bale processor. Tag #JR1018...................................$14,900

GRAIN DRYERS

M&W grain dryer with 75 hp electric motor, new bearings. Tag #Vermulum0918.. ..............................................................................................................$7500

PICKUPS & CARS

1984 Ford F250 pickup, 4-speed manual, 2 wheel drive. Tag #Jack0419...... Call 1973 Ford F250 pickup, set up as a fire truck. Tag #Hugh0219................. $6000 1981 Ford F250 2WD pickup with service box. Tag #Ruth0618..................$1500 1996 GMC 3500 pickup with service box. Tag #JackW1218.......................$7500 1976 Ford F250 pickup, 2-wheel drive, manual transmission, gas. Tag #JackW1218.........................................................................................$6500

HARROWS

1998 Flexi-Coil System 82 60-ft. harrow with straight tines, down pressure springs. Tag #Paul0219..................................................................... $13,000

GRAIN CARTS

Sunflower 8830 grain cart. Tag #RalphJ0618..........................................$30,000

MISCELLANEOUS

12-ft. blade off of Cat 85 track tractor. Tag #Russ0519................................$6500 Case Brush Hog. Tag #Debbie0519............................................. Price Coming Calf scales. Tag #TomS0519.

Engine end 3-pt. hitch & PTO for 9030 bidirectional. Tag #RogW0519........$3800 NEW!! Danuser 48” pallet fork for skidsteer loader. Tag #Hug0519..............$980 Box of Hesston 6400 parts. Tag #Neal0519...................................................$200 (2) 22-ft. tip-tops for Knapheide box. Tag #StanW0419...........................$500 ea.

Farmhand small bale clamp. Tag #D&B0419..............................................$1750 New Holland 1048 2-wide bale wagon, 90 bale capacity. Tag #D&B0419..... Call Minn-Kota high lift rock picker, hydraulic drive. Tag #JackW0419...............$1500 Noble M 24-ft. of V-blades, 3 – 8-ft. Tag #JackW0419.................................... Call Cat D7 for parts. Tag #JackW0419.

Summers sprayer for parts. Tag #JackW0419.

Booms for Summers sprayer. Tag #JackW0419.............................................. Call Crown rock picker. Tag #Leon0419.

6-ft. rotary mower. Tag #Leon0419.

Flex-Coil trailer type post pounder. Tag #BobS1118...........................Just listed Degelman 5178 hylift rock picker. Tag #Doug0518.....................................$9500 New Danuser hammer skid steer mounted post pounder. Tag #Hug0119....$4995 John Deere 7 mower, 3-point hitch. Tag #CarlT1018....................................$800 Irrigation pump, 40 hp electric motor. Tag #Neal0916 Case grapple fork to fit skid steer loaders. Tag #DaveT0818.

2013 Loftness bagger & extractor. Tag #KevinB0219................................ $71,000 Hutchinson 36-ft. belt conveyor. Tag #Jess0918.....................................$18,000 Country Clipper 48” Zero Turn mower. Tag #DonW1217...........................$3500 1999 Royalite 30-ft. RV camper, gooseneck, slide out, sleeps 4, all self contained. Need to see to appreciate. Tag #DaveH0617.........................$17,000 Meyer pull-type ditcher. Tag #Riley0219..................................................... $1500 Meyers 10-bale sweep. Tag #Riley0219....................................................... $250 Century wire welder. Tag #CarlT1018.

Pressure washer with Briggs and Stratton engine. Tag #Carl1018.

Hesston 1460 discbine. Tag # BlakeS1118..............................................$10,500 40 hp electric motor. Tag #Neal0416 1977 M&W 450A grain dryer. Tag #WahlF0618...........................................$7500

Financing Available

LAST MONTH’S NEW ITEM

(2) MacDon 36-ft. batt reels, new batts. Tag #StanMC0619..................$2500 ea.

New H&S 1460 wheel rake. Tag #Hug0619..............................................$19,500 Farmhand 8-bale clamp. Tag #TomS0619...................................................$1500 Farmhand 8-bale clamp. Tag #TomS0619...................................................$1600 Paul calf scale. Tag # TomS0619...................................................................$600 Versatile 4022 22-ft. DSA draper header with Versatile 276 adapter. Tag #FredV0619..........................................................................................$6000 Detroit 353 diesel engine. Tag #RogerF0619.

1981 Case IH 1680 combine, has new batteries, needs sieve work. Tag #LonP0619.................................................................................... Best Offer Massey Ferguson 550 combine for parts. Tag #LonP0619................ Best Offer 9-ft. side delivery rake. Tag #BobC0619.........................................................$950 International 810 pickup header. Tag #BobC0619.....................................$2500 John Deere 2750 2WD tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, loader., 5232 hours, has 18.4x30 rear tires. Tag #ArtH0619.....................................................$19,500 Sunflower 8830 grain cart. Tag #RalphJ0619..........................................$30,000 John Deere 335 pickup sprayer with 35-ft. booms, QuickJet nozzles. Tag #Ruth0619 Allis-Chalmers 650 3-point backhoe attachment. Tag #Lyle0619.................$1500 1993 New Holland 499 12-ft. mower conditioner. Tag #JohnDR0619.........$2500 Bale spear for skid steer loader. Tag #Hug0619............................................$650 Bale spear for Furo-Style attachment. Tag #Hug0619...................................$665 NEW!! Danuser hydraulic post hole digger, 9” & 12” auger. Tag #Hug0619..$3000 Preg testing chute, partial hydraulic. Tag #BrokenP0619.........................$20,000 Friggstad B3-31 34-ft. plow, 1 1/4” shanks. Tag #JohnA0619.......................$9500 40-ft. of John Deere drills, 4-10-ft. with 10” spacing, steel packers, John Deere transport, markers. Tag #JohnA0619.................................................$12,500 2-John Deere LZB drills, 10” spacing. Tag #JohnA0619...........................$600 ea.

40-ft. spring tine harrow cart. Tag #JohnA0619...........................................$1500 Melroe 501 42-ft. plow, no wing lift, new tires, 1” shanks. Tag #JohnA0619..$4500 Melroe 36-ft. plow, no wing lift, Honey Bee rod. Tag #JohnA0619...............$4500 Gysler 35-ft. plow with wing lifts. Tag #JohnA0619......................................$4500 1979 International cab-over grain truck, 20-ft. ITB box, Cummins engine, 452,000 miles, tandem axle, 13 speed transmission. Tag #JohnA0619.............$25,000 1975 International 4300 conventional truck, 19-ft. Rtena box, 13 speed transmission, tandem axle, good rubber. Tag #JohnA0619........................$25,000 1986 Case 1660 combine with 25-ft. batt reel header, 2458 hours. Tag #John0619.........................................................................................$25,000 Farm King 10x60 swing hopper auger. Tag #JohnA0619...........................$9500 Brandt 1070 10”x70-ft. swing hopper auger. JohnA0619............................$9500 John Deere G tractor, tricycle front end, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF0619.

John Deere 80 tractor with power steering, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF0619.......$8500 John Deere 3010 gas tractor, 540 PTO, no 3-point. Tag #ANF0619...........$8500 John Deere 3020 tractor. Tag #ANF0619.

John Deere 830 tractor. Tag #ANF0619......................................................$9500 John Deere 4520 tractor. Tag #ANF0619....................................................$9500 Ford 655C tractor/loader/backhoe, rebuilt engine. Tag #Lorenze0619.....$18,000 Tana 24-ft. gooseneck trailer with ramps and new tires. Tag #Hug0619......$4000 2012 Case 1203 swather, less header. Tag #Lorenze0619......................$40,000 1993 5-seat bus, 138,000 miles. Tag #Lorenze0619...................................$6000 40-ft. electric motor. Tag #Lorenze0619.......................................................$1200 30 hp. electric motor. Tag #Lorenze0619.......................................................$900 2008 Dodge 3500 pickup, grill guard, flatbed with tool boxes, 299,000 miles, Cummins, 10,000 miles on new transmission. Tag #TagLorenze0619....$15,000 2013 Chevrolet Suburban 4-door, sun roof, 198,406 miles. Tag #Lorenze0619.. ..............................................................................................................$14,000 1999 Ford E350 van, 15-passenger, 459,893 miles. Tag #Lorenze0619....$6000 John Deere 6330 MFD tractor, 6500 hours. Tag #Reid0619....................$35,000 John Deere 946 14-ft. disc mower, excellent shape. Tag #Tanner0619...$23,500 John Deere 30 3-point backhoe. Tag #Tanner0619....................................$2000 1996 New Holland 9030 bi-directional, 6000 hours, with Case 18-ft. auger header, loader and grapple fork. Tag #Tanner0619............................................$59,000 2005 Peterbilt semi, 18-speed, wet kit, 270” wheelbase, 550 hp Cat engine, 70” sleeper. Tag #Tanner0619.....................................................................$75,000 John Deere 544E wheel loader, 2812 hours on unit. Tag #Jeff0619.

Ford Jubilee 2WD tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, loader, Tag #Glenn0619......$2500 Ford 8000 2WD tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, cab, loader. Tag #Glenn0619.

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1992 Wilray 14-ft. horse trailer. Tag #Marshal0619..................................$15,000 2004 tandem axle trailer. Tag #Marshal0619.

3 semi plates. Tag #Marshal0619..................................................Price Pending 25 harrow teeth for Morris mounted harrow. Tag #Mrshal0619......................$100 1998 Harris skid steer loader. Tag #Marshal0619.......................................$4500 Rod weeder rod straightener. Tag #Marshal0619..........................................$100 Massey 30B 2WD tractor with loader, 3-point. Tag #Marshal0619..............$2500 1981 Kenworth flatbed truck, Cummins diesel engine. Tag #Marhsal0619...$4500 1982 Cadillac Eldorado diesel engine. Tag #Marshal0619.....................$10,000 1994 Ford L9000 Aeromax Tag #Marshal0619.......................................$25,000 1999 Sterling semi truck. Tag #Marshal0619...........................................$25,000 1993 Ford L9000 truck for pulling trailers. Tag #Marshal0619.................$35,000 Byson 30-ft. 3-axle gooseneck trailer, excellent shape.Tag #Marshal0619........$6500 17 rollers for Cat dozers. Tag #Marshal0619.................................Price Pending John Deere 1600 haybine. Tag#Cody0619.................................................$5500 Gysler 39-ft. plow. Tag #Dave0619..............................................................$4500

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2014 Ford F150 Platinum Heated black leather seats, deployable running boards, tonneau cover, carpet in the box, 55,889 miles. #19T53A...... .............................................................................. $32,500

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Looking back on trends in the last 40 years

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Where were you in 1979?

I know some of my readers were adults at the time; others were teens or children. Others weren’t born yet.

We recently celebrated the 40th birthday of the North Dakota Nutrition Council at the annual conference. Our keynote speaker, Judi Adams, who retired from the Wheat Foods Council, walked us through decades of changes in nutrition recommendations.

Trust me: Much has changed in the last four decades in popular culture, daily conveniences and nutrition recommendations.

People had only a few TV channels to choose from in 1979. “Mork and Mindy,” “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Dallas” and “The Love Boat” were among the most popular programs. Do you remember rabbit ears and aluminum foil?

Of course, cellphones weren’t in everyone’s hands. In 1979, we were lucky if we had a long phone cord on the only phone in the house.

You couldn’t take a photo with your phone and upload it to Facebook to share with your friends immediately. You had to send film away to be developed, and you hoped people had their eyes open in the photos when you received the prints in the mail.

The Sony Walkman was introduced in 1979 with a hefty price tag for the time: $150. We didn’t have ear buds and YouTube.

Most people were wearing a lot of polyester back 40 years ago. Men, did you have a leisure suit or two? Oh, admit it.

Your dad and grandpa probably did, anyway. Those polyester knit clothes probably look as good as new if you found them in a closet today.

In 1979, “Superman the Movie” was launched, along with “Rocky II,” the “Muppet Movie” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” The Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor and Michael Jackson were popular.

Time flies, doesn’t it?

What about food and nutrition? In 1979, nutrition experts were gearing up to launch the first U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 1980.

We certainly weren’t ordering “Uber Eats” with an app on our cellphone. Eating out was a big treat for most families four decades ago, and coffee houses did not dot the landscape of urban America, beckoning us with caloric lattes and mochas.

Special “kid food” didn’t emerge until McDonald’s Happy Meals were introduced in 1979. Of course, we weren’t taking pictures of our restaurant meal and Snap-chatting or Tweeting it to our friends.

Restaurant portions were much smaller in 1979, too. Most people were smaller as well. Despite smaller waistlines, fad diets were popular then, as they are now. In 1979, the Atkins diet was popular, as was the Scarsdale diet. Neither gets two thumbs up from nutrition experts, then or now.

Back then, nutrition research pointed toward recommending low-fat diets. Now our messages point to choosing healthful fats, not necessarily fat-free foods. Eating less salt was a focus in 1979, and it remains as a focus in 2019.

Carbs were considered “bad” by some in 1979, and some people shun carbs today, too. However, people who eat lowcarb diets may be lacking in several vitamins and minerals, and their diet choices may have adverse effects on their heart, muscles, kidneys and other organs.

Forty years ago, eggs were on the “bad” list due to their cholesterol content. More recently, cholesterol restrictions were removed, and now nutrition experts are debating the best level of dietary cholesterol that is healthful.

Moderation is the key for most things.

Many things have changed, but some things have stayed the same. We in nutrition still are trying to get everyone to eat more fruits and vegetables because 90 percent of adults shortchange themselves on the recommendation (4 1/2 cups fruits and vegetables daily).

If you are looking for a healthful diet to follow, remember two diets: The Mediterranean diet and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet are considered among the top diets that promote health today.

These are the key messages from the most recent national nutrition guidance available at https://www.choosemyplate. gov/. Which ones do you achieve on most days?

• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables: vary your veggies and focus on whole fruits.

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• Make half your grains whole grains.

• Vary your protein routine. Make one-fourth of your plate protein.

• Move to low-fat or fat-free milk or yogurt.

• Drink water instead of sugary drinks.

The other morning, I listened to radio announcers talking about a food trend from the last several years: meals in a bowl. I’m not talking about soup.

A meal in a bowl consists of layers of ingredients, which you can set up as a “create your own meal” buffet with several options for a family gathering.

Instead of a recipe, we will get a little creative this week with some basics from an NDSU Extension handout. For a printable copy, see www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/fn1757. pdf.

5 Steps to Making Your Own Meal in a Bowl 1. Choose one grain. Add 1/2 cup of your favorite grain, such as cooked brown rice, quinoa, wild rice or whole-grain pasta.

2. Choose one or more vegetables. For example, add 1/2 cup of veggies, such as a mixture of chopped bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, spinach, carrots or mushrooms.

3. Add some fruit. For example, add 1/2 cup of chopped apples, peaches or mandarin oranges.

4. Choose one or more proteins. Add about 2 ounces of protein to your creation, such as cooked lean ground beef, lean ham, chopped roasted chicken or black beans, or another of your favorite protein foods.

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2019 PJ 16-ft. x 83” 3 axle dump trailer (3) 7000 lb. axles, scissor hoist, bumper pull.

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2019 PJ 16-ft. x 83” landscape trailer 7000# GVW, 4-ft. expanded metal sideboards, front landscape box, rear ramp gate, spare tire.

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2019 PJ 16-ft. x 83” bumper pull dump trailer (2) 7000# axles, scissor hoist, spare, tarp.

2019 PJ 12-ft. x 72” tandem axle dump trailer (2) 5200 lb. axles, tarp, split gate, ramps Also available: 10-ft. .....$7550

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2019 PJ 30-ft. gooseneck with duals trailer (2) 12,000 lb axles, beavertail with monster ramps.

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2019 PJ 22-ft. Deckover Tilt Trailer 22-ft. deck, 8’6” wide, (2) 7000# axles, power up/ down hoist, 16” rubber, winch plate.

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$6700 2019 PJ 20-ft. tilt trailer 16-ft. tilt, 4-ft. stationary, 14,000# GVW, radial rubber.

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TJ HR 22-ft. tilts......$9650

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CONSIGNMENTS

2007 Haybuster 2650 Bale Buster, round bale processor, hydraulic chute, 12.5Lx15 tires............$8500 2012 Haybuster 2650 Bale Buster, round bale processor, 14Lx16.1 floats, hydraulic chute.......$12,500

2015 New Holland 313 discbine, 13-ft. cut, 3 pt. swivel hitch........................................................$33,000 2008 New Holland H7150 swing tongue, 18-ft. header, double sickle, skid shoes.............15,000

1981 New Holland 1037 balewagon, 540 PTO drive, 104 bale capacity, 3 wide 7 high, 11Lx15 tires..... ...................................................................$9500

2008 New Holland T7050 MFD tractor, 2600 hours, 165 PTO hp 18.4R42 rear duals, 19x6 powershift, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO’s.............................$72,500

2008 New Holland T7030 MFD tractor, 4150 hours, 135 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO’s, 3 point, 18 speed Powershift with 860TL loader/bucket and grapple....................................................$65,000

2006 Versatile 2145 MFD, 5800 hours, 145 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO, 3 point, 42” rear tires, 3895 loader w/bucket & grapple..................................$65,000 2017 New Holland RB560 round baler, 5000 bales, twine & net wrap, wide pickup, 1000 PTO drive “special crop” version, heavy duty belts, roller wind guard.......................................................$36,000 1951 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor, 540 PTO with loader.........................................................$2500 1992 John Deere 8960 4WD tractor, 370 hp Cummins, 4823 hours, 42” tires @ 90%.........$53,000

1994 Peterbilt semi, 500 hp Cummins, N14 diesel, 13 speed transmission............................$20,000 2007 Wilson 42-ft. grain trailer, dual axle, spring suspenson, good tires............................$22,000 Melroe 1000 plow, 29-ft. 13-18” bottoms.........$6500 Nutri-Placer 5252 40-ft. liquid fertilizer applicator with carbide points.............................................$6000 2010 Kenze 3600 planter, 16 row, 30” spacing, rubber closer wheels, coulters & row cleaners w/liquid fertilizer 2-160 gallon tanks.....................$67,000

2009 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon tank, 46” tires, rinse tank with wash, with auto boom.............................$20,000 2006 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, SP655 auto rate....$20,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$12,000 Flexi-Coli S67 XLT 104-ft. wheel boom sprayer..$3000 2008 Case IH ATX700 70-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550 lb trips, 5.5” rubber packers, single shoot, Stealth body with 4” Dutch spread tip, all run blockage, ADX3430 tow behind air cart, 430 bushel, duals, variable rate drive...................................$66,000 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 33-ft. air drill with 1720 tow between and 1720 tow behind air carts, 9” spacing, stealth boots, goose shooters, 31/2” steel packers....................................................$32,000 2011 New Holland P2050 58-ft. hoe drill, 10” spacing, double shoot, Stealth openers w/ Goose shooters, w/P1060 430 bushel TBT air cart, dual fan, variable rate, 10” auger, duals................$90,000 2010 Seed Hawk 80-ft. drill, 12” spacing, twin wing openers, double shoot, SBR hitch, Ag-Tron monitor, 30.5x35 tires, dual fans...................$140,000 2005 Gleaner R75 combine, 2200 separator hours, reconditioned in 2017, 350 hp, 30.5x32 tires, 330 bushel grain tank.....................................$88,000

2015 New Holland CR8.90 combine, 1305 seperator, 517 engine hp, Luxury cab and seat, DSP stone trap, extended wear package, AutoSteer, dual displays, hydraulic fold bin covers, full LED package, duals, Redekopp chopper, reconditioned last year.......................................................$240,000

2000 New Holland TR99 combine, 36-ft., 994 draper header, chopper, 2640 separator hours..$55,000 2018 MacDon FD145 flex draper, 45-ft., transport, cross auger, double knife, finger reel......$99,000 MacDon 972 36-ft. draper header, batt reel, transport, TR New Holland adaptor............................$4700 2009 New Holland 88C flex draper header, 36-ft., upper cross auger, transport, finger reel..$25,000 2000 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header, finger reel, CR adaptor................................................$9800 2010 Demco 750 grain cart, 750 bushel, 1000 PTO drive w/roll tarp & scale package............$21,000

2006 Agco Gleaner R65 3150 engine hours, 2340 separator hours, Sisu water cooled engine, GTA Field Star monitor, 30.5R32 tires, auger extension.......................................................... Just In 2002 John Deere 9650STS combine, 2925 separator hours, 800/65R32 tires, chopper with 936D header....................................................$82,000

605N ROUND BALER and R2300 & R2800 RAKES

2007 Brent 7 shank ripper w/rear disc.........$15,000

1996 Wishek 842T disc, 23”, 24-ft., w/3 bar gates harrows...................................................$38,000

1967 John Deere 4020 tractor, cab, 9991 hours, Powershift, 540/1000 PTO’s, no 3-pt., 2 remotes ith JD 148 loader & bucket......................$11,900

2013 New Holland T9.670 Smartrax tractor, 1625 hours, Hi Flow hydraulics, PTO, new 36” tracks... ................................................................. Just In

2012 Apache AS1220 sprayer, 1430 hours, 250 hp Cummins, 6 speed PowerShift, 100-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank, Viper Pro, 10 section, rear duals, AutoSteer, AccuBoom, AutoBoom........$135,000 2012 New Holland S1070 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon, windscreens, 46” tires, rinse tank with wash........................................$35,000

R-2300 twin basket rake, rakes 1823’, hydraulic controls from cab.

R-2800 twin basket rake, rakes 1928’, hydraulic controls from cab.

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Farmhand CM41 roller harrow........................$7000 Rhino 10-ft. rear blade, 3 pt. mount, hydraulic angle, offset & tilt..................................................$5800 2016 New Holland 366 belly mower, 66”, mid PTO drive, came off 37 Boomer tractor..............$2800

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Morris Hay Hiker 1400 14 bales Morris Hay Hiker 900 8 bales 2010 New Holland T7070 MFD tractor, 2800 hours, 195 PTO hp, 480/80R42 duals, 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO.........................................................$88,000

Zerbe Bros.

2009 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 122,000 miles, sunroof, new tires..................$12,500

Glasgow, MT

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2008 Fisher Liberty 240 26-ft. pontoon boat, 60 hp, Big Foot 4 stroke engine, all new lounger style seats........................................$14,900

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2011 Summer DT9530 22-ft. tandem disc with rolling basket.....................................................$35,500

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USED ROUND BALERS

2014 New Holland RB560 special crop version, 7900 bales, 1000 PTO, float tires, very nice!... $32,000 1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43........................................ $8500 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $5500 1995 New Holland 660 round baler with Bale Command, twine and net, standard pickup, 540 PTO. #UHN145................................................... $4000

USED WINDROWERS

New Holland 1431 disc mower, 13-ft., rubber conditioners, 2 point swivel hitch, 1000 PTO. #UWN109..................................................$9500

SALES Mike Guttenberg Travis Volk

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New Holland Equipment

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New Holland T9 SmartTrax Tractor

New Holland T-9 Series Tractors

New Holland Swathers New Holland Round Balers

New Holland Guardian Sprayer

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New Holland Combines

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USED TRACTOR

2009 Case IH 535 Steiger 4WD, hi-cap hydraulics, 3300 hours, luxury cab, 5 hydraulics, HID lights, Pro 600 monitor, AutoSteer, 520/85R46 triples... ................................................................. Just In

USED HEADERS

2013 Case IH 2152 (MacDon) 45-ft. draper header, double knife, transport package, cross auger. #UHCA20................................................$49,000 2007 Honey Bee 94C 40-ft. draper header, pickup reel, CR New Holland adapter with gauge wheels and transport. #UCNH87........................$19,000 2-2013 MacDon FD75 45-ft., trailer package, cross augers, double knives, gauge wheels, flex drapers, Case New Holland adapters.................... Just In 2005 MacDon 973 39-ft. draper transport package, upper cross auger, finger reel, gauge wheels, JD adaptor. #UCM044..................................$19,000 New Holland 94C 42-ft. draper header, finger reel and transport with cross augers, fits NHCR. #UCNH93................................................$10,500

USED AIR DRILLS

2012 New Holland P2060 70-ft. drill, 10” spacing, 4 /2” steel wheels, 550 lb. trips, basic blockage with New Holland P1060, 430 bushel tow between, single shoot, dual fan, variable rate fan.............. Just In 2010 New Holland P2060 70-ft., 10” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot, stealth bodies w/goose shooters, 41/2” steel packers, P1060 TBT cart, VR drive, duals, 10” auger. #UDN260.....................$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 2005 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. drill, 12” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 5 1/2”rubber packers, single shoot, dual wing castors, w/2340 TBT air cart, mecanical drive..... ................................................................$45,000 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 9” spacing, 550 lb trips, 31/2” steel packers, single shoot with steath bodies, 3450 tow between air cart, dual fan, variable drive, 30.5x32 tires. #UDF254..........................$65,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, 4” VW spread, Goose shooter, 2340 tow between, variable rate drive, 5.5” rubber packers. #UDF244................................................$50,000

USED COMBINES

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1993 New Holland TR96 combine with twin rotor, SN 554419, 3109 engine hours, well maintained, annual service repairs, 30-ft. 971 auger head. #UCNH28.............................................. $25,000 2004 Gleaner R65 Cummins engine, 973 MacDon 36-ft. draper header with pickup reel and transport. #UCAG20.............................................. $88,000 1992 Gleaner R72 8.3 Cummins conversion, 260 hp, 600 hours on new engine, 2667 separator hours. ............................................................... $19,000

USED SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS

2008 Apache AS1010 1880 hours, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon, Envisio Pro monitor, Auto steer, AutoBoom, 215 hp Cummins diesel. #USAP30.......$110,000

2017 Apache AS1220 Plus II 770 hours, 275 hp Cummins, 100-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank, 380/90R46 duals, deluxe cab, premium seat, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, AutoSteer, Viper 4 monitor with varitarget nozzles, duals................................ Just In

USED PULL TYPE & SUSPENDED BOOM SPRAYERS

1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139....................................................$5500 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft., 1500 gallon wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, FlexControl, dual nozzles, windscreen. #USNH00......$20,000

2013 New Holland SP240FXP Guardian front boom, 275 hp Cummins, 100 ft., 1200 gallon tank, deluxe cab, 985 hours, Auto Steer/Auto Boom/Accu Boom. #USNH62...................................$219,000

USED SKID STEERS

2013 New Holland L230 401 hours, 3000 lb. lift capacity, 2 speed drive, mechanical controls, cab with heat and air conditioning, suspension seat, hydraulic coupler, 14x17.5 large tires...... $41,000

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“Setting The Standard”

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

1950

69 Years

2019

Glasgow, MT

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Understanding feed analysis

By Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, MS, PhD, PennState Extension Veterinarian Learn how to use feed analysis to determine forage quality, and exactly what feeding a highquality forage means.

A goal for any feeding program is to achieve an appropriate balance among available feed ingredients where total ration nutrient composition meets daily nutritional needs of the animal or animals. To accomplish such a feat on a day-to-day basis, one needs to have some information as to the nutrient content of feed ingredients. Tremendous variation exists in nutrient composition between in Figure 1. Although wet chemistry analysis a given feed ingredient or forage. Feeds, and different feeds. Even within a feed ingredient, thereby diets, vary widely in their moisture is considered the “gold standard” for feed testthere is potential for significant variation in content. Pastures and liquid feeds have moising, simpler and less expensive methods with composition. This is especially true for forages. ture content between 75 and 90% (10-25% shorter turnover time were needed. Newer techForages harvested off the same field within the DM). Dried feeds usually have less than 15% nologic advances have brought a rapid, lower same year can have very different composition moisture (>85% DM). Moisture or dry matter cost analytical technique termed near infrared as influenced by environmental conditions content of a feed is determined by heating a reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy. In general, and cutting time. In a previous column, the weighed sample of feed in a convection drying NIR analysis has high accuracy in measuring oven until a constant weight is reached (24-48 concept of forage quality was defined and its crude protein and fiber fractions compared to hours). Dry weight is expressed as a ratio to effect on a feeding program described. Low wet chemistry, but is less accurate in measuroriginal sample weight (moisture + DM) or quality forages have less available nutrients, ing feed mineral content. Many certified feed converted to a percent. For example, a feed thus require larger amounts of supplements to analysis laboratories are capable of completing sample weighs 150 g wet and 50 g dry. The be added. Unsupplemented low quality forages wet chemistry, NIR analyses, or both. Certified DM ratio would be 0.33 (50/150) and percent may predispose pregnant or lactating females to feed analysis laboratories around the world can DM 33.3% (50/150 x 100). The moisture conhepatic lipidosis or slow rate of gain in growing be found through the National Forage Testing tent of this feed would be 66.7% (100-33.3 or animals. Supplemental feeds are often cereal Association website (http://www.foragetest[150-50]/150 x 100). grain based and their over consumption may ing.org). This site also provides information Why is knowing moisture content imporincrease risk of digestive upsets and acidosis. on how to take a representative feed sample tant?

One important aspect is our ability to In this column, I will address forage testing for analysis. The basic tests to evaluate forage compare nutrient content of different feeds on practices as they relate to evaluating quality quality described below can be determined by an equal basis. Nutrient content of a feed can of your forage. most laboratories at a cost between $12 and $30 be determined on an “As Fed” (AF; moisture A variety of biologic, chemical, enzymatic, depending upon methodology used (wet chemincluded), or dry matter (moisture excluded) and other sophisticated analytical methods are istry vs. NIR) and number of tests performed. basis. Intuitively, nutrient content will always used to evaluate nutrient content and availabilDeterminants of Forage Quality be higher on a DM compared to AF basis for ity of feeds. Chemical methods can directly As previously described, forage quality reany feed. Feeds having more water content measure quantities of compounds associated flects the ability of a given forage to meet the (i.e., pastures) will have much lower nutrient with an essential nutrient; however, they tell us nutrient needs of the consuming animal. Forage content than dry hay when compared on an nothing about availability. Biologic, enzymatic, fiber content is the primary detractor to high as fed basis. From Table 1, it can be seen the and other sophisticated methods provide a more intake and nutrient availability. Relative to aspasture has much lower nutrient content on an nutritional perspective to feed analysis; thus, sessing forage quality, fiber tests are our single AF basis; however, when corrected for water helping us to better understand just how the anibest method, though additional tests for protein content, both pasture and hay have equal numal will interact with its feed. More informaand moisture can help to further characterize trient content. To appropriately compare these tion is needed to routinely apply these analytithe forage. The following are brief descriptions two feeds equally, nutrient content needs to cal techniques to feeding camelids. The most of forage analysis tests and their interpretation be converted to a DM basis. Feed moisture practical approach to feed analysis is one of relative to forage quality. determinations also facilitate calculations and chemical composition--direct determinations Dry Matter (DM) monitoring of animal DM intake. Finally, DM of moisture, ether extract (fat), ash (mineral), Dry matter is defined as the non- moisture determinations can be used to evaluate whether nitrogen (crude protein), and fiber fractions. A portion of a feed ingredient or diet. The sum or not feed moisture content is within expected comparison between required essential nutriof moisture and dry matter content of a feed on ranges. For hay or any dry feed, moisture conents, feed chemical composition, and analytic a percent of total will always equal 100. Dry tent should not exceed 15%, as this amount methods used in feed analysis is summarized matter contains the essential nutrients within of moisture is necessary to promote mold growth.

Fiber The detergent feed analysis system is used to characterize fiber or total cell wall content of a forage or feed.

That portion of a forage or feed sample insoluble in neutral detergent is termed neutral detergent fiber (NDF), which contains the primary components of the plant cell wall, namely, hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin.

As cell wall production increases, as occurs in advancing plant maturity, NDF content will increase. As NDF content of a feed increases, dry matter intake will decrease and chewing activity will increase. Within a given feed, NDF is a good measure of feed quality and plant maturity. For legume forages, NDF content below 40% would be considered good quality, while above 50% would be considered poor. For grass forages, NDF < 50% would be considered high quality and > 60% as low quality.

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John Deere 7710, MFWD, PowrQuad, left-hand reverser, new rubber. Nice.

Loader available.................. $48,000

New Holland G170 (8670), MFWD, PowerShift........................... $40,000

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John Deere 6140M, MFWD, AutoQuad, left-hand reverser, 4000 hours.

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John Deere 4055 MFWD, PowerShift... ............................................ $32,000 John Deere 4050, MFWD, PowerShift.

Good tractor........................ $28,000

2011 Cat 308D excavator, blade, good undercarriage, quick attach, nice shape.................................. $47,000

Exploring the Germans from Russia foodways

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension “I’m more German than you are Norwegian!” my husband exclaimed, grinning at me.

He sounded a little too triumphant, I thought to myself.

We were reviewing the results of our DNA testing. I looked at his ethnicity pie charts, and he was correct. He was 82 percent German to my 72 percent Norwegian. He was zero percent Scandinavian, poor guy.

How had we survived more than 25 years of marriage?

I could understand why he likes sauerkraut and sausages, I thought to myself.

However, I was more English and Irish than he was, despite his English-sounding last name. The DNA service explained that Viking sailors exploring the coasts were probably the reason for my English and Irish heritage.

My appreciation of corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day might be genetic.

I began connecting with long-lost and never-met cousins.

My husband thought it was a scam and didn’t pay a lot of attention until one day. I had written a note to a person with a name that sounded familiar. She wrote back a story with very specific information about my childhood hobby.

“This is real!” he said with astonishment as he read the message over my shoulder. “No one would know that!”

I had chosen the kit that helped us connect ourselves to our heritage. However, many testing kits are available, and some can provide hints about future health. However, keep in mind that lifestyle, including eating, physical activity and smoking habits, significantly influences our health.

Lately, I have stepped out of my Scandinavian heritage to work on a North Dakota Germans from Russia project.

Here’s a little history I have gleaned from the Germans from Russia collection at the NDSU library, available at http://www.ndsu.edu/grhc. In 1763, Russian Czarina Catherine the Great, a former German princess, invited German colonists to Russia with the promise of farmland and more privileges. Many accepted the invitation and colonized the Volga region first. Then in 1803, Alexander I, grandson of Catherine, issued another invitation and Germans settled southern Ukraine near the Black Sea. In 1871, Czar Alexander II revoked the preferential rights and privileges given to the colonist settlers by the manifestos of Catherine II and Alexander I. In 1874, universal military conscription was instituted. The Germans began emigrating to North America and settled everywhere from Canada to Texas. By 1910, about 60,000 Germans from Russia resided in North Dakota.

As I read the history, I became a little worried about getting this new ethnic foodways project correct. I know that people don’t like others “messing with” their recipes.

My student interns and I began developing content and testing recipes. We learned many new German recipe names along the way. We gathered recipes from published cookbooks and recipe cards, and we ran the nutrition analysis.

Some recipes just needed a little clarification. As with many old cookbooks, sometimes an ingredient amount wasn’t provided, or the ingredient was mentioned in the directions but not in the ingredient list. “Add some vinegar” is a little vague, for example.

Some of the recipes were fairly healthful “as is” with just a couple of tweaks. Other recipes were fairly high in fat and sodium and low in fiber.

In earlier history, people used what they had available, and they worked very hard physically to produce and prepare foods. We have many labor-saving devices now and burn fewer calories in our labor.

I need to caution people about using old canning recipes from any cookbook, though. Canning recommendations underwent a major re-do during World War II and are updated regularly. Some of the canning recipes we find in heritage cookbooks would not meet today’s safety standards. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food and check out the current research-tested recipes.

We had taste-testers try our slightly updated recipes. We added less salt, used whole milk or half and half instead of heavy cream, and used half whole-wheat flour for white flour in the buns and dumplings.

We tried several recipes for knoephla soup, and this is the winner. We added some vegetables for color and nutrition, reduced the butter and used half whole-wheat flour in the dumplings. Note that the dumplings will be light gray as a result of the whole-wheat flour.

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Exploring the Germans from Russia foodways CONTINUED FROM PAGE B16

By the way, this recipe is German-heritage-husband-approved.

Knoephla Soup Soup: 1/4 c. butter, unsalted 6 c. baking potatoes (about 3 large), peeled and cubed 1/2 c. onion (about 1 small onion), diced 3/4 c. celery, diced 3/4 c. carrot, diced 1/2 tsp. pepper (or to taste) 3 c. whole milk 6 c. chicken broth Knoephla (dumpling) recipe: 3/4 c. whole-wheat flour 3/4 c. white flour 7 Tbsp. whole milk, or more as needed 1 egg 2 tsp. dill weed 2 tsp. parsley 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper (or to taste) 1/2 tsp. salt

Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Sauté potatoes, carrot, celery, onion and pepper until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir 3 c. milk into potato mixture and heat until almost boiling, about five minutes. Remove skillet from heat. In separate pot, bring chicken broth to a boil.

To make knoephla (dumplings): Combine whole-wheat and white flour, 7 tablespoons milk, egg, dill, parsley, salt and pepper. Add more milk a tablespoon at a time until dough is stiff. Roll dough into 1/2-inch-thick ropes.

Cut ropes into 1/4-inch pieces with a knife or kitchen shears. Drop pieces into boiling broth. Cover pot and reduce heat to simmer until knoephla begin to float, about 10 minutes. Stir potato mixture into broth and knoephla. Simmer until potatoes are tender.

Makes 10 (1-cup) servings. Each serving has 260 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 9 g protein, 39 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber and 480 milligrams sodium.

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Date When Celebrated: July 12th Different Colored Eyes Day has two reasons to celebrate. First of all, it celebrates diversity of eye color. Wouldn’t the world be boring, if everyone had the same color of eyes?

Secondly, it recognizes an eye condition called Heterochromia. People who have this trait, have two different colors of eyes. One eye may be brown, while the other is blue. Famous people who have Heterochromia include David Bowie, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Walken.

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National Day of the Cowboy

Date When Celebrated: Fourth Saturday of the month National Day of the Cowboy was created in 2005 to preserve the role and contributions cowboys and cowgirls made to the western heritage and history of our country.

Every year on this day, the NDOC gives recognition awards to individuals, organizations and projects that contribute to the preservation of both pioneer history, and the promotion of cowboy culture.

Shortly after the Civil War, cowboys and cowgirls began to appear in America’s heartland and the wild west. They were largely ranchers and ranch hands, raising cattle, horses and other animals. Cowboys herded them across the plains to feed the animals, and ultimately to slaughterhouses to feed a growing American population.

It was a wild and often lawless time. In the absence of the rule of law, Cowboys developed their own code to live by, known as the “Cowboy Code of Conduct” or the “Cowboy Code of Ethics”. They were simple and logical rules of behavior. The rules could readily apply at any time, even today.

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• Read a book or article on cowboy and cowgirl history • Watch a Western movie that features cowboys.

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By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their partners published a study today that should boost efforts to develop new varieties of wheat that are better equipped to resist a fungal disease that threatens global wheat production each year.

The report in Nature Genetics, by Guihua Bai and his colleagues identifies a key gene that could be used as an important genetic resource by wheat breeders worldwide to address the constant challenge posed by Fusarium head blight (FHB). FHB, also known as “scab,” thrives in warm and moist conditions and is becoming an increasing threat worldwide because of the unpredictable weather patterns brought on by climate change and an increasing trend toward more corn production and no-till farming, which both increase the availability of the pathogen in fields. The disease has caused an estimated $2.7 billion in losses, in Minnesota alone since the 1990s, and forced many wheat and barley farmers there into bankruptcy. Growers often use fungicides to control it.

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The best FHB resistance in today’s wheat varieties and germplasm is largely based on a suite of genes discovered years ago in a Chinese wheat variety known as Sumai 3 and its derivatives. But pinpointing the specific genes that are the sources of resistance within genomic regions—which would help breeders move them into locally adapted wheats to develop new varieties—has proved to be challenging. Screening experimental plants for disease resistance traits requires inoculating thousands of plants in disease screening nurseries and evaluating results that are often inconsistent. This screening process must be repeated over several growing seasons and often multiple locations to ensure that a desirable gene, or trait, is passed down to subsequent generations.

The discovery is the result of more than 10 years of research by an international team that used both modern genomic tools and traditional genetic techniques. In their study, the researchers managed to confirm the role played by the TaHRC gene by essentially “switching it off,” which modified production of key proteins and significantly increased FHB resistance. Inactivating the gene in such a way does not produce wheat that is genetically modified or with an increased risk of triggering gluten allergies, the researchers say.

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July, 2019 will be...

Independent Retailer Month

Big Box stores like Walmart and Target are certainly convenient, offering so much of the things we need in one place, and the prices they offer can’t be beat. However, there is a section of our local commerce that brings us a local flavor, a taste of home, and makes sure that your purchases really support your local community.

Independent Retailers are our neighbors, friends, and family, whether they’re running the corner store providing gas to keep us on the move, or local craftsman who bring us the best in cheeses and handcrafted furniture, Independent Retailer Month reminds you to help support them to support your community.

History of Independent Retailer Month Independent Retailer Month was established by Clare Rayner, known throughout the world as “The Retail Champion” to help get local communities working with their local retailers to help keep local money local. There’s been a lot of loss of culture and community throughout the years as big box

companies move in and start driving the smaller companies out of business.

Without being able to deal in the sheer variety of products and services, and to purchase in the sheer quantities they do and thus getting better prices, the independent retailers are in a significant amount of trouble.

The only way for them to survive is with the support of their community, and the loyalty of these people to their local businesses. Since the creation of Independent Retailer Month, millions of dollar in revenue have been returned to local businesses as people start shopping locally and discovering the hometown feel you get from shopping with your friends and neighbors.

Independent Retailer Month is your opportunity to get in and support your local community, the dream of small business is still alive and well, even with big box stores trying to squash it out of existence.

How to Celebrate Independent Retailer Month There’s a few ways to celebrate independent retailer month, but the most prominent is getting out there and shopping at local stores and farmers markets. Don’t buy honey from some distant apiary when you can pick it up from your local beekeeper and know that it’s all been born and bred locally.

Milk doesn’t get much fresher than when its purchased from the dairy down the street, and you know that when you buy from a local store, all of that money stays in the community helping to keep the local flavor alive.

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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln The intense competition is extremely (UNL) quarter-scale tractor A-Team took helpful to tractor team members, many top honors at the International Quarterof whom are agricultural engineering maScale Tractor Student Design Competition jors, according to Roger Hoy, professor in held May 30-June 2 in Peoria, Illinois. The biological systems engineering and tractor competition brought 24 collegiate teams team advisor. from the United States, Canada and Israel “The students demonstrated that they together to test their skills at the event hostcan successfully take classroom lessons ed by the American Society of Agricultural and apply them to real-world engineering and Biological Engineers (ASABE). problems,” said Hoy. “The students that The competition is unique among student participated on quarter-scale this year have engineering-design contests, providing a excellent character, work ethic and values.” realistic 360-degree workplace experience.

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Nebraska has consistently performed In advance of the competition, teams well since the inception of the competimust submit a written design report. Ontion in 1998. This is the second win for the site, they must sell their design, in a formal A-Team, which is made up of juniors and presentation to industry experts playing seniors. The X-Team, made up of freshthe role of a corporate management team. men and sophomores, also fared well at Finally, machines are put to the test in three the competition, placing second overall in performance events; three tractor pulls, a their division. maneuverability course and a durability Along with Hoy, Joe Luck, associate course. Industry leaders judge each design professor of biological systems engineering, for innovation, manufacturability, serviceability, maneuverability, safety, sound level CONTINUED ON PAGE B24

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Celebrated on: July 23 This holiday is celebrated by learning about the mosquito and passing on the information, both good & bad.

Mosquito Facts: Mosquito (from the Spanish or Portuguese meaning little fly) is a common insect in the family Culicidae (from the Latin culex meaning midge or gnat). Mosquitoes resemble crane flies (family Tipulidae) and chironomid flies (family Chironomidae), with which they are sometimes confused by the casual observer.

Mosquitoes go through four stages in their life-cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. Adult females lay their eggs in water, which can be a salt-marsh, a lake, a puddle, a natural reservoir on a plant, or an artificial water container such as a plastic bucket. The first three stages are aquatic and last 5–14 days, depending on the species and the ambient temperature; eggs hatch to become larvae, then pupae.

The adult mosquito emerges from the pupa as it floats at the water surface. Adults live for 4–8 weeks.

Mosquitoes have mouthparts that are adapted for piercing the skin of plants and animals. While males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a “blood meal” before she can produce eggs.

There are about 3,500 species of mosquitoes found throughout the world. In some species of mosquito, the females feed on humans, and are therefore vectors for a number of infectious diseases affecting millions of people per year.

Natural Predators of Mosquitoes The dragonfly nymph eats mosquitoes at all stages of development and is quite effective in controlling populations. Although bats and Purple Martins can be prodigious consumers of insects, many of which are pests, less than 1% of their diet typically consists of mosquitoes. Neither bats nor Purple Martins are known to control or even significantly reduce mosquito populations.

Evolution The oldest known mosquito with an anatomy similar to modern species was found in 79-million-year-old Canadian amber from the Cretaceous. An older sister species with more primitive features was found in amber that is 90 to 100 million years old.

Genetic analyses indicate that the Culicinae and Anophelinae clades may have diverged about 150 million years ago.

The Old and New World Anopheles species are believed to have subsequently diverged about 95 million years ago.

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10-ft $880 12-ft $990 16-ft $1,325

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2.5-gal water Fire Extinguishers

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ESAB Wire

Flux Core .045 $4.30/lb

1-in Sucker Rod Miscellaneous

• Feedbunk (constructed with 10ga and heavy tube legs) 20-ft x 38-in x 12-in $790 (other sizes including bottomless)

• Skidsteer Light Material Bucket (constructed with 3/16-in plate) 8-ft: $1,150 and 10-ft: $1,350

• Skidsteer Plates: $110 • 2.5-gal Water Fire Extinguishers: $120 • Extinguisher Mount: $40 • Bale Spears: $85 • Head Catch: $690 • 2”x27’ Ratchet Strap: $13 • 5/16” Grade 70 Transport Chain: 20-ft @ $36.50 • 3/8” Grade 70 Transport Chain: 20-ft @ $50 • Lever Chain Binders 5/16-3/8”: $25 • Ratchet Chain Binder 5/16-3/8”: $30

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Quarter-scale tractor team CONTINUED FROM PAGE B22

Eagle: Jonah Bolin (A-Team captain), Noah Bolin (A-Team captain) Grant: Zak Kurkowski (A-Team captain), Jaci Kurkowski Lincoln: Seth Brunkhorst, Brett Halleen

also serves as a team advisor.

Team members, listed by hometown are: Beatrice: Nathan Lancaster Bloomfield: Reece McFarland Broken Bow: Court Kaelin

Madison: John Freudenburg Norfolk: Grant Gaspers Oakland: Olivia Bures, Josh King Ord: Devon Vancura (A-Team captain) Stanton: Alex Schellpeper (X-Team captain) St. Paul: Rylan Dvorak Lodi, California: Nick Engle O’Fallon, Illinois: Mark Dean (X-Team captain)

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Understanding feed analysis Another measure of fiber is acid detergent fiber (ADF), a subset of NDF. Acid detergent fiber contains the poorly digestible cell wall components, namely, cellulose, lignin, and other very resistant substances. Due to its nature, ADF is often used to predict energy content of feeds. Like NDF, ADF is a good indicator of feed quality; higher values within a feed suggest lower-quality feed. A goal would be to have < 35% ADF in either legume or grass forages. Refer back to table 1 shown in the first column (page 33 in June 2006 issue) for the changes in NDF and ADF with forage maturity.

Crude Protein (CP) Feed protein content is often considered a good determinant of quality. In actuality protein cannot be directly measured, it is estimated from feed sample nitrogen (N) content. On average, all biological proteins contain 16% N, therefore protein content is estimated by multiplying N% by 6.25 (6.25 = 1) 0.16). Thus, crude protein does not differentiate between N in feed samples coming from true protein or other nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) compounds, nor does it differentiate between available and unavailable protein.

Although issues have been raised concerning application of crude protein as a feed measure, it continues to be a commonly used measure of feed quality. Crude protein content is very different across feeds, but within a feed, higher protein is usually associated with higher quality. This certainly is true in forages. As forages mature, their crude protein is diluted with increasing fiber content. Forage fertilization practices can alter this relationship, suggesting crude protein should not be solely used as a quality criterion without evaluating fiber content.

Energy Energy content is often used to compare feeds and evaluate quality. Feed energy content is not directly measured like other nutrients but derived through regression equations.

Traditionally ADF alone or with CP were used to predict energy value of various feeds. Most laboratories report feed energy values based on cattle equations, reporting total digestible nutrients (TDN) and net energy (NE) values. The question is how applicable are these predicted values to camelids? Cattle TDN values are the best estimate we have and should reasonably reflect feed energy for llamas and alpacas given the similarity in digestive function. In comparison, predicted cattle feed energy availability would be inappropriate for use in swine or horse diets given anatomic and physiologic differences in digestive capacity. However, in considering the differences in fiber degradability between ruminants and camelids, one would anticipate that cattle energy predictions may be too low for lower-quality forages.

In Figure 1, a large portion of feed carbohydrates, especially those associated with higher digestibility and glucose production, are not measured. The neutral detergent soluble carbohydrate fraction of feed is termed nonfiber carbohydrates (NFC). This fraction is not directly measured, but determined by difference. Inherently, all laboratory analytical method errors associated with other feed fractions will be compiled into the NFC fraction.

Although susceptible to error, NFC represents a highly available portion of a feed and as such positively reflects on evaluation of feed quality.

More recently some laboratories have offered an enzymatic analysis for feed starch content; helping to further define the more digestible portion of NFC, termed nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC). Higher values for NFC and NSC would reflect higher quality forages. For grasses and legume forages, NFC values >20 and >30%, respectively, would be considered

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higher quality, especially if associated with lower fiber values.

Other Feed Fractions Additional analyses may be completed on a feed sample, including fat content (ether extract) and mineral analysis. Ether extract is a chemical method by which all lipid (fat) soluble compounds are extracted by being dissolved in ether (Figure 1). This technique is of little value in evaluating feed quality except in the cases of comparing feeds with high fat content.

Total feed mineral content can be measured by a procedure where the feed sample is completely combusted into ash. This does not separate out any individual minerals and does not separate macro- and microminerals of interest from silica and other less important minerals. Selected macrominerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and sulfur) and microminerals (iron, copper, zinc, manganese, and molybdenum) can be determined using sophisticated wet chemistry atomic absorption spectroscopy. As previously stated, NIR analyses are not very accurate in determining feed mineral content. Mineral analysis is not always done since it is the most expensive test. Feed mineral content has no bearing on feed quality evaluation, but can provide insight as to the type of mineral supplement required.

Visual Assessment of Forage Quality Although forage testing is the most definitive method of determining forage quality, it

often is not complete. Associated costs, lack of laboratory availability or constant forage turnover are the most often reasons people cite for not testing their forages. The first two reasons are not good excuses; however, the third is an issue on many farms that purchase small lots of hay often. One can use their various senses to evaluate small amounts of forages, though sensory evaluation does not provide any sense of nutrient content. Table 2 summarizes visual and chemical analysis of forages with guidelines for assessing quality.

Although the general idea is that forages grown in North America are of better quality than South American forages, forage quality cannot be ignored in our feeding programs.

Many factors influence forage quality, the most critical being plant maturity. Feeding programs consisting of low quality forage and limited variety of feedstuffs can potentially result in protein- energy malnutrition, failure to thrive and hepatic lipidosis disease problems. There is no best single feeding program that fits all situations, but extremes of only high-quality alfalfa hay or low-quality grass hay are not appropriate. Feeding programs with pasture access may have the greatest application, allowing the animals to best express their selective feeding behaviors. When hay is the primary forage in a feeding program, critical assessment of nutrient content via laboratory analysis is highly recommended. Further questions or comments about forage quality and nutrition are welcomed.

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Case 921E wheel loader, QSM 11, Cummins diesel engine, shuttle shift transmission, AM/FM, heat, air conditioning, 5430 hours. Incredible Loader Big bucket.

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2014 Case Titan 4530 1856 hours, 3 bin, 70-ft. boom, leather, Viper controller, SmartTrax.... ........... $148,000

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2012 Case IH 4520 3 BIN, 3900 hours, Viper Pro Trimble 750...........................$111,000

2014 Case IH 4530 810 box, 3 bin variable rate, Auto steer, Auto greaser, DEF tank, buddy seat, back up camera, sling shot, ViperPro, 4353 hours..... $104,000................... $99,000

2009 Terra Gator 8204, Cat, Airmax Precision, 5415 2014 RoGator 1300, 3220 hours. Very clean...... $69,000 hours, with new leader bed.... ................................ $107,000

2010 Case IH Titan 4020 Cummins, automatic, 1800 gallon, 85-ft. boom, defco pump, Envizio Pro, 3753 hours......................... $88,000

2002 Loral 400 Cummins Airmax 1000, 4100 hours .................................$48,000 2002 Loral 400 Cummins, Air Max 1000, 4100 hours..... .................$54,000...$57,000

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1993 Timpte grain hopper trailer, good tires and tarp....... ...................................$11,500

1996 Freightliner 5 axle tender, Cummins, Rayman 24 ton side discharge........... $39,500

1989 Kenworth T800 dry, Cummins, tandem with tag axle, Ray Man 20 ton, 5 compartment, top auger... $33,500

1988 Kenworth T800 Cat, tandem axle, full screw, Willmar 16 ton stainless steel dry tender box, rear discharge auger............................. $24,500

1993 International 20-ton Rayman top auger, Cummins L10 diesel, cheater axle, shows 689,222 miles............$33,500 2003 Ray Man 24 ton, 7 compartment dry tender trailer, top swivel discharge auger........... .................................. $36,500

2006 Peterbilt 335 floater truck, Newton Crouch spreader bed. Bed built like a Chandler bed, twin spinners, 2860 hours......................... $78,000

2004 KBH 25-ton semi tender with back auger, self-contained......................... $32,500 Waconia 8-ton vertical blender $18,500

2018 Case Titan 3540 8.7L, 400 hp, Allison automatic, 2012 Terra-Gator 8400 CVT New Leader L5034 G4, transmission, ViperPro, Auto Smartrax, Raven Viper 4 steer, 2175 hours..... $129,000 monitor................... $197,000

1972 Arco 10,400 gallon NH3, 265 psi, transport, 4” Blackmer pump, 20 hp gas motor, NEW 5 test................ $48,000

2004 Case IH FLX4010 floater, 1800 gallon stainless steel liquid system, 80-ft. boom, 7150 hours................ $36,000

2007 Case 4520 3 bin, autosteer, 3000 hours....... $98,000

1988 GMC Cat, automatic, Willmar ground drive spinner.. .................................. $16,000

2012 RoGator RG 1300, 1300 gallon, SS liquid system, 120ft. boom, Raven ViperPro, 2200 hours.............. $133,000

2005 Peterbilt Stahly Cummins, Allison automatic, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, 2000 Loral AT530 automatic, New Leader controller, StarAir Max 5..................$29,000 link GPS, 4145 hours.$78,000

1999 Felling trailer, spread axle with 24-ton Willmar side shooter, ShurLok tarp.$37,500

2005 Peterbilt 379 Cummins ISX diesel engine, 13 speed transmission, 665,946 miles... .................................. $43,500

2006 Peterbilt 387 conventional, Cat C-13 diesel engine, 430 hp, 659,741 miles........$29,500

New Holland W80B front quick tach, 1000 hours........... .................. $47,000...$51,000

2013 Freightliner 125 truck, Detroit diesel engine, 10 speed transmission, wet kit, 546,000 miles...........$36,500 .......... Special Price $32,000

2013 Willmar Wrangler 4565, 1800 hours................ $29,500 2010 Willmar Wrangler 4550. .................................. $24,000

18,000 gallon propane tank.... .................................. $36,000 12,000 gallon propane tank.... 2000 Sterling C12 with fresh .................................. $22,000 overhaul, 4000 gallon Nh 3 (2) 6000 gallon propane tanks, 250 psi...... $15,000 for the pair transport.................... $38,500

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3-V Distributing, Inc. Conrad Industrial Park

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National French Fries Day

Date When Celebrated: July 13th National French Fries Day is today. One wonders why it is called a “National” day, as french fries are popular around the world.

It should be called an “International” day.

It’s name might suggest a French origin. But, French Fries are believed to have originated in Belgium in the 17th century.

Fried potatoes were substituted in the Belgium diet in winter months, when fish were not available to fry. From Europe, their popularity spread literally around the world.

French fries were introduced to the U.S. by President Thomas Jefferson. In the U.S., french fries are the most popular fast food item. Some of us get a burger, while others get a hot dog. Some people choose a chicken sandwich, while others opt for a steak bomber. But, almost every one of these dishes are served with a side order of french fries.

High in fiber, you can enjoy eating french fries anywhere in the world. When traveling, be prepared to place your order in the native language: • In the U.S., they’re called french fries.

• In Belgium, they are known as “Belgium Fries”.

• The French call them “pomme frites”.

• In the UK, ask for an order of “Chips”.

• In Spain, they are called “patatas fritas”.

• Folks in some countries call them “finger chips” • They are also known as “Flemish Fries” Did You Know? Americans consume 30 pounds of potatoes per person per year. 25% of those potatoes are made into french fries.

You can call French Fries by many, many names. Just be certain to order or make French fries today in celebration of National French Fries Day. Despite their name, french fries can be fried, or baked. Depending on where you are, you will likely eat them with ketchup, salt, vinegar, mayonnaise, gravy, cheese, bacon, butter or sugar.

The Origin of National French Fries Day: Our research has not revealed who declared this a special holiday. It appears to have been first celebrated in the early 2000’s. ##### Add a few drops of baby oil to your bath to help prevent bathtub rings.

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Trailers & Trucks For Sale

Loadline 20-ft. box, hoist, hinge, tarp and 22-ft. box, beet/grain combo gate, hoist, tarp, hinge. Both in good condition............... ...........................................................................Choice $7500 2007 International 4300 DT466, Allison automatic, twin screw, new 8.5-ft.x20-ft.x69” unibody grain box with grain and silage/ beet gate. Nice truck......................................................$57,500

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Fungal mating: Next weapon against corn aflatoxin?

By Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, American Society of Agronomy It’s not fun when a fungus contaminates crops. Safe native fungi, however, show promise in the fight against toxic fungal contamination.

SPRAYER AND MOWER FOR SALE The fungus Aspergillus flavus can infect several crops, including corn. Some varieties, or strains, of A. flavus produce aflatoxins. Aflatoxin contamination costs U.S. farmers billions of dollars every year. Worse, aflatoxins are harmful for humans and animals.

To reduce aflatoxin contamination of crops, farmers use safe commercial strains of A. flavus. These biocontrol strains do not produce aflatoxins. When applied to crops, the biocontrol strains 2014 Top Air TA 2400 sprayer, 2400 gallon tank, 132-ft. booms, 22 inch nozzle spacoutcompete the harmful aflatoxin-producing fungi. That reliably ing, Raven ISOBUS rate controller and Rareduces levels of aflatoxins in the harvest, transport, and storage ven AutoBoom height control, quad turret stages. nozzle bodies, FLO-BAK ball valves, 3 inch However, commercial strains may not be the only answer. A fill, rinse tank, 10 sections, capable of secnew study shows that using safe, native strains of A. flavus can tion control and wireless boom controls for be as effective, or even more effective, than commercial strains.

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Moreover, using commercial strains can have some disadvantages. They usually need to be reapplied each year, at a cost of $20 per acre. Also, the application has to be done aerially or manually. “That can deter farmers from using commercial strains,” Carbone explains.

Native strains, on the other hand, occur naturally in growing areas. They may be more persistent in the soil and not need to be reapplied every year.

Carbone and colleagues tested native strains of A. flavus that produce no or low levels of aflatoxin. They also tested commercial strains. Both reduced crop aflatoxin levels.

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MSU student on path to win grant from Gates Foundation

By Evelyn Boswell for MSU News Service community that supplies the world with All Amanda Leckband wanted to do was alfalfa, carrots, tomatoes and onions. The borrow a book on celiac disease. It was conversation continued the next time Lecka simple request, but it got the Montana band stopped by to ask for the book. And State University (MSU) student involved the next time. And the next time. in research, which led to a prestigious grant Leckband finally got the book. She also from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. got a job working in Sands’ laboratory.

The senior, who has done extensive work That was four years ago, and since then she in antibiotic resistance, is now the third has been looking for a solution to a global person at MSU and the first MSU underproblem: the resistance to antibiotics among graduate to receive a Grand Challenges Excalves, lambs and other young animals. ploration Grant from the Gates Foundation.

With a depleting arsenal for fighting bacteThe $100,000 grant she shares with ria, antibiotic resistance is a huge problem, collaborators in Brazil and at the MassaLeckband said. If animals can’t respond to chusetts Institute of Technology will allow antibiotics, they can die from scours and Leckband to continue her research for 18 other diseases common to newborns. months. The Gates Foundation issues the To improve their chances of survival, Grand Challenges Exploration Grant twice a Leckband started researching bacterial year to researchers who have bold ideas for plasmids and a variety of Ethiopian barley solving the world’s challenges. Leckband’s now known as MSU 121. Plasmids carry team was one of 300 applicants and one of the genes for antibiotic resistance from one 11 recipients in the latest round of awards. bacterium to another, causing antibiotic “It’s a really nice feather in our hat. It’s therapies to fail. Leckband wanted to find really awesome,” said Leckband, who is a way to remove the plasmids so antibiotics majoring in animal science. would work.

David Sands, her mentor and a professor Sands, who has been studying barley for in the Department of Plant Sciences and 40 years, discovered MSU 121 in the 1980s Plant Pathology in the College of Agriculin an Ethiopian village. Noticing 200 types ture, was the first MSU professor to receive of barley seeds stored together, he wondered a Gates award in 2013. Leckband’s award, if barley had been important in the village’s he said, is an excellent example of what 8,000 years of existence. can happen when undergraduates conduct “What was in the barley that allowed research. these people to survive the transition from “She’s a gem,” he said. “When she walks hunter-gatherers to agrarian farmers?” into a lab someday with the Gates award, Sands asked. that will help her.”

Sands’ team tested those 200 lines of Sands was also the owner of the book, barley and found one particular strain that “The Gluten-Free Edge,” that Leckband was resistant to every virus they introduced wanted to borrow. Leckband was taking to it. Former MSU graduate student R. VinSands’ introduction to biotechnology class cent Miller published his dissertation about when he talked about the book. Since Leckthat barley in 1986 and concluded his work band, like Sands, has celiac disease, she by publishing the finding in the Canadian stopped by his office.

Journal of Microbiology.

Sands didn’t immediately give Leckband Building on their work, after a hiatus of the book, but he asked if she liked to read.

30 years, Leckband planted 15 barley seeds He asked if she liked to do research. He that remained from Sands’ research. Then learned that the animal science major grew up in Brawley, California, an agricultural CONTINUED ON PAGE C5

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she harvested the new seeds and continued planting and harvesting until she ended up with 1,000 pounds of barley seeds. From them, she developed a barley juice that looked like a green smoothie.

She added half an ounce to one gallon of milk and gave it to calves and lambs to drink once a day for three days.

The results look promising, Leckband said, but analysis is ongoing and publication of the research is still in the works. The first and third experiments involved calves that lived on the Schaffner Dairy in Holtville, California, near Brawley. The second experiment, funded by MSU’s Undergraduate Scholars Program, involved MSU lambs at MSU’s Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris.

The Gates grant will allow her to test her theories on a larger scale, Leckband said. Principal investigator on the project is Bruno Penna from Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil. The Gates Foundation had issued a call to Brazil for research proposals that offered new approaches to the “global burden of antimicrobial resistance,” and Leckband submitted her proposal through Penna. Also collaborating is Noelle Bryan at MIT. The project could lengthen the life of new antibiotics and possibly extend the value of existing treatments for animals and humans, Leckband predicted in her application to the Gates Foundation. She added that human and livestock welfare will increase considerably if the team can demonstrate the effectiveness of MSU 121.

On a personal level, Leckband, 29, said she already knows that she was right to pursue research and abandon her plans to attend veterinary school.

“Research is something I actually really enjoy,” Leckband said. “The networking and the constant learning and teaching ... I love the whole process.”

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Agronomic researchers – the scientists “One of my biggest take-aways was how who study how our food is grown – have much the farmers emphasized the relationbeen working on their own fields. When they make new discoveries, they transfer ships with people,” says Thompson. “When the knowledge they’ve gained through we asked about their experience in research workshops and publications to farmers. and what made it positive, the dominant A few decades ago, farmers and researchreason they gave was the interaction with university people and other farmers.” ers began working together more closely.

This collaboration with the university This “on-farm research” allows farmers a also increased farmers’ confidence in the chance to work side-by-side with researchresults. They viewed the results as trustworers. Collaborations like this allow for the testing of new agriculture products and thy and unbiased, regardless if the results methods in real-world conditions. were what they hoped for, says Thomson.

Laura Thompson and her team were inAfter the season, farmers, university faculty, and industry professionals attend terested to determine what motivated farman annual meeting to discuss their discovers to participate in on-farm research. So, their group at the University of Nebraska eries. Attendees also include farmers who interviewed the 140 farmer-researchers in did not participate in the program itself but their network. The results, recently pubare interested in learning the results from their peers. lished in Agronomy Journal, can help future “Farmers doing the research are sharing collaborations improve processes – and the results with other people, and they often perhaps increase the number of farmers cited the reason for doing so was a desire to involved. help other farmers,” says Thompson. “So “Part of the goal was that we’d be able that’s really powerful.” to document these experiences and motivaIn addition to sharing their results with tions,” says Thompson. “The hope is that it other farmers, farmer researchers also, for will provide some guidance to others who the most part, put their results into pracare looking to start these programs.”

The Nebraska On-Farm Research Nettice. Seventy-five percent of interviewees had put their research results into practice work started in 1990. Since then, participaton their farm operation, either by making ing farmers have taken a very active role. a change based on their results, or by not They conduct the research using their own making a change as the research confirmed equipment and resources. Conducting retheir current practice. And, they were nosearch on several farms allows for research in different environments versus a singular, ticing positive economic gain by doing so, university research station. says Thompson. The farmers interviewed Farmers may also propose the research expressed they had realized economic gains question. That was one of the motivators as a result of implementing their research for participating. “We found that frequently findings. The farmers expressed this value their motivation was they wanted to find as an amount saved (on average $15.43 per answers to a specific question,” says acre) or profit gained (on average $31.25 Thompson. per acre).

Research topics focus directly on what’s When it comes to why farmers enjoyed relevant to farmer-production questions. participating in on-farm research, however, One example might be to compare the it’s rooted in the peer-learning aspect. effects of two different fertilizers on crop “It’s important to have feedback between production. farmers and researchers,” says Thompson.

But, choosing the research question “I think that as both farmers and researchis often not solely the idea of the farmer ers find value in on-farm research, these or university educator. “We found that it programs will continue to grow in the U.S. was not so black and white usually,” says and internationally.”

Thompson. “Choosing research projects To read the study, visit Agronomy Jourwas really collaborative.” Regardless of nal (https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publicawho came up with the question, the farmtions/aj/articles/0/0/agronj2018.09.0626).

The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network er’s overall satisfaction with the program is sponsored by the University of Nebraska was not affected.

Extension in partnership with the Nebraska Throughout the research process itself, Corn Board, Nebraska Corn Growers AsNebraska faculty provide technical expertise for running experiments. They also sociation, Nebraska Soybean Checkoff, and analyzed data collected by farmers.

Nebraska Dry Bean Commission. FundHaving this opportunity to work so ing for this research was provided in part closely with university faculty throughout by the University of Nebraska—Lincoln the season, says Thompson, is another Social and Behavioral Science Research motivation for farmers’ participation in the Consortium.

This Month in History - July

##### Ireland exported enormous quantities of food during the height of the 1840’s Great Famine, more than enough grain crops to feed the population.

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K-State establishes SOILS Consortium with global partners

By K-State Research and Extension News Three global leaders in agricultural “The SOILS consortium will provide a research and international development global platform to bring multidisciplinary are joining together to improve liveliteams of scholars from biophysical scihoods of the world’s poorest populations ences, social sciences, policymakers and by increasing soil fertility. donors to discuss and identify holistic The Feed the Future Innovation Lab solutions and develop a roadmap toward for Collaborative Research on Sustainenhancing soil fertility and restoring the able Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas health of our soils,” said Jerry Glover, State University, the International Fertilsenior sustainable agricultural systems izer Development Center (IFDC) and the advisor for USAID. United States Agency for International Through innovative research, coordination, capacity building, networking, data Development (USAID) jointly committed sharing and communication approaches, to the creation and support of a consortium called the Sustainable Opportunities the SOILS consortium will work to provide sustainable solutions to build resilfor Increasing Livelihoods with Soils ient households with access to nutritious (SOILS). food.

The primary goal of the SOILS consortium is improving the soil fertility in the Zach Stewart, SOILS consortium program manager and research assistant promost vulnerable regions of sub-Saharan fessor with SIIL, believes the consortium Africa. model is critical for achieving these goals.

“Healthy soil is key for producing “Though there have been numerous inihealthy plants and healthy animals, which tiatives aiming to improve soil fertility in will ultimately lead to healthy humans,” sub-Saharan Africa, they have often been said Vara Prasad, K-State University siloed and limited in duration, and often Distinguished Professor and director of duplicated due to limited coordination,” SIIL. “Fertile and healthy soils are the he said. “The SOILS consortium aims to foundation for nutritious food production bring together leading soil health activiand important for resilient and sustainable ties across major production zones in sublivelihoods.”

Saharan Africa, and through synergies The consortium will bring together with these key partners, to help develop important national and international partners in developing and implementing soil unified regional strategies to improve soil health and fertility-enhancing innovations health.” across large geographical regions.

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Prevention may be cheaper than cure

By Meryl Rigg McKenna, Montana Salinity Control Association Neutral soil pH is ideal for most crop production, but Montana’s croplands are increasing in acidity. At least 20 counties have identified fields so acidic they are affecting crop health, even in traditionally high-pH (alkaline) areas.

Acidity is measured on a pH scale from 0 to 14. Acidic soils have pH under 7; basic soils have pH over 7; neutral is pH 7. Each pH unit represents a 10-fold change in acidity from the unit above it. For example, pH 6 is 10 times more acidic than pH 7, and 100 times more acidic than pH 8.

As soil pH drops below around 6, plants can go hungry because nutrients are less available. Phosphorus sticks more to clay or iron particles, while other nutrients are easily leached away. Nitrogen fixation by legumes is limited at pH levels under 6, explained Clain Jones, chair of the Rocky Mountain Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and Extension Soil Fertility Specialist with Montana State University (MSU).

Below pH 5, aluminum and manganese can reach toxic levels, producing yellow, brown or pink foliage and poor growth. Aluminum toxicity creates club- or broom-shaped roots. Some fungal diseases increase, and herbicide and pesticide efficacy and persistence can change.

What makes soil acidic?

Some soils have naturally low pH levels. However, naturally alkaline soils can become acidic through, primarily, the application of more ammonium-based nitrogen (N) fertilizer than crops take up. High N rates are popular for producing high yield, wheat protein, and profit.

Chuck Gatzemeier, Glacier County CCA, began seeing acidic soil in Montana around 10 years ago. “The primary source of soil acidification, in my perspective, has been farmers planting wheat on wheat on wheat, fertilizing for high yields and high protein without soil sampling first to find out how much N is needed,” he said.

Jones explained that when crops get more ammonium or urea fertilizer than they need, the excess leaches out of the soil, leaving acid behind.

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K-State establishes SOILS Consortium with global partners CONTINUED FROM PAGE C8

Upendra Singh, director of research at IFDC, says nurturing healthy soils is crucial to healthy people, countries and environment. “Increasing efficiency, sustainability and resilience of agricultural systems requires inter- and transdisciplinary approach that the SOILS Consortium provides through its vision and core partners,” Singh said. “People across all walks of life are beginning to realize that healthy and fertile soils are key to political stability, food and nutritional security and environmental stewardship. This further highlights the timeliness of the SOILS Consortium.”

By combining the strengths of each of the partners’ organizations, the SOILS Consortium will implement a holistic training and support system with measurable impacts for success. In order to provide a sustainable solution to increase the long-term benefits of soil health and household nutrition, the consortium will use technical training to improve inorganic fertilizer systems and encourage organic material usage to strengthen legume and agroforestry systems and to enable producers to access markets through new technology and practices.

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“The SOILS consortium brings together IFDC’s leadership and global reach with some of the nation’s leading research universities, creating a platform to tackle critical soil fertility challenges that are limiting progress in achieving food security and reduction of extreme poverty, especially in sub-Saharan Africa,” Bertram said.

At the launch, Hubscher highlighted the IFDC’s vision and outlined how it has focused on increasing and sustaining food security and agricultural productivity in more than 100 developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop-nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise.

“The IFDC is excited to support the SOILS consortium and is looking forward to actively engaging with all partners to improve soil fertility,” he said.

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prevent acidification, and large amounts must be added and tilled in. Acidification prevention may be cheaper than restoration with lime.

To prevent soil acidification, CCAs advise farmers to soil sample every year and follow the four Rs; use the Right source at the Right rate, at the Right time, in the Right place. In particular, producers need to adopt N fertilizer practices for maximum N use efficiency. These include applying N rates based on realistic yield goals, using split applications to adjust rates for a given growing season, minimizing leaching loss, and including crops that use less N and pulse crops or perennial legumes in rotations to supply N. Gatzemeier said, “Look at N and pH in the soil samples every year. If the pH drops, something needs to change.”

Retaining crop residue on fields is also important because it contains minerals that buffer pH change. If oat straw, for example, is removed with the harvest, Gatzemeier said the amount of lime required to rebalance the pH is six times greater than if the straw stayed on the field. Planting perennials has also worked to maintain or increase soil pH. Farmers can mix deeper soil (higher pH) with low-pH shallow soil, if they change other management to pre-vent further acidification. Otherwise, tillage only makes the acidic layer thicker, and more expensive to restore later with lime.

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Climate modeling shows significant shifts in forest vegetation

By Chris Branam, Oregon State University that are either more or least susceptible to A changing climate in the 21st century climate change, to better target management will significantly alter the coastal forests of activities.” the Pacific Northwest, according to modThe process-based MC2 Dynamic Global eling by Oregon State University (OSU) Vegetation Model was driven by historical researchers. climate data and climate projections from Vegetation is projected to change from the latest report from the Intergovernmental predominantly conifer to predominantly Panel on Climate Change. OSU researchmixed conifer and hardwood forests, accorders used the vegetation model to simulate ing to modeling results in a study published potential vegetation shifts and wildfires, in the journal PLOS ONE (https://journals. among other things. The model doesn’t inplos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/jourclude logging, trees uprooted or broken by nal.pone.0210989). wind, insect infestations or disease.

Much of the current forests can be exTo compare vegetation cover, they repected to eventually be replaced by trees classified vegetation types into four catbetter adapted to future conditions, accordegories: conifer forest, temperate mixed ing to the MC2 Dynamic Global Vegetation conifer/broadleaf forest, subtropical mixed Model focusing on the Pacific Northwest conifer/broadleaf forest, and “other,” which west of the Cascade crest. includes vegetation types dominated by Widespread maladaptation could lead to grasses, forbs or shrubs. plant mortality, which would reduce timber The researchers analyzed model results available for harvest. An increase in hardfor vegetation cover and carbon dynamics woods could result in a decline of mature from 1895-2100 under different assumpevergreen trees for harvest, according to the tions: the model was run with simulated study authors. Projected impacts on forests wildfires or without fires; with randomly could affect fresh water supplies, wildlife determined fire ignitions or unlimited fire habitat quality, and recreation. It is reasonignitions; with a moderate carbon fertilizaable to anticipate that climate-driven stress tion effect (increasing levels of atmospheric will make these forests more susceptible to carbon dioxide will increase production and disease and pests, the authors wrote. decrease transpiration) or none at all.

“The bottom line is that forests on the For all scenarios, the dominant vegetation western side of Oregon and Washington type shifts from pure conifer to mixed forwill be under a lot of stress in the future,” est, indicating that vegetation cover change said the study’s lead author, Tim Sheehan, is driven solely by climate and that likely a doctoral student at OSU. “Our findings mortality and vegetation shifts are expected point out the seriousness of climate change to occur through the 21st century regardless and the importance of working to limit cliof the change in fire regime, Sheehan said. mate change as much as we can, as well as to look at the region and identify those areas CONTINUED ON PAGE C12

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“The fact that the vegetation changes so much over a short period of time points to the possibility that we won’t be able to get a cycle of mature vegetation throughout the region over the next 100 years,” he said.

Study co-author Dominique Bachelet, associate professor in the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, said resource managers and policymakers can make decisions today that could limit the negative impacts of climate change on the wood industry in the region.

“The Pacific Northwest is the area of the United States that has the least amount

of change simulated for the future,” said Bachelet, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

“Yes, we’re going to have longer, drier summers and yes, we’re going to have extreme precipitation events in the fall. But it’s not likely we’re going to become a desert anytime soon, so the potential to adapt is great.”

Sheehan and study co-author Ken Ferschweiler are affiliated with the Conservation Biology Institute in Corvallis.

Funding for the study was provided by the U.S. Department of Interior through the Northwest Climate Adaption Science Center.

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Ice Cream Month

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Butternut Crunch and Rocky Road, Napoleon and Caramel Swirl, there are hundreds of flavors of Ice Cream to sample and flavor, and the hot months of the year are perfect for indulging in this fantastic dairy delight.

Since childhood this treat has defined most of our lives, with the sound of the Ice Cream man driving down the street marking some of the best moments of our lives as we ran screaming down the sidewalk, money in hand, to catch him before they got away.

History of Ice Cream Month Ice Cream Month was established by the American Dairy association in conjunction with President Ronald Reagan and Walter Dee Huddleston, a Senator from Kentucky. On the backs of this incredibly official declaration, the Ice Cream companies began publicizing the day, encouraging people to go out and enjoy this cold delight as often as possible during the month of July. Ice Cream was first said to be created in Ancient Greece, before the idea of a refrigerator ever came to pass. The so-called “Ice Cream” was incredibly rudimentary, being a mixture of snow honey and fruit, but it was still the beginnings of a great tradition.

The first true Ice Cream was said to be introduced by Catherine de’ Medici in the 16th century. So impressed was Charles I of England (one hundred years after this introduction) that he paid to keep the formula secret, making ice cream a royal prerogative, utterly unobtainable by the common man. The first recorded recipes didn’t exist until the 18th century.

Truly Ice Cream was a treat meant for the most notable of humans, and now we can all enjoy it any day of the year!

Ice Cream Month encourages us to be particularly indulgent during the month of July!

How to Celebrate Ice Cream Month Ice Cream Month has only one appropriate celebration, gorge yourself on Ice Cream at every opportunity! Ok, ok, moderation is necessary even during Ice Cream Month, but there are a bunch of different ways you can enjoy this delicious treat. It goes great with a warm apple pie, and nothing compliments a brownie better than vanilla ice cream. Maybe you prefer a nice scoop of strawberry doused in caramel topping, or that most amazing of all ice cream treats, the Ice Cream Taco!

You can even take the time to make your own ice cream during Ice Cream Month and enjoy the fruits of your labor on a hot summer evening!

Ratcatcher’s Day

Date When Celebrated: July 22 Ratcatcher’s Day commemorates the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the most infamous of Rat catchers.

One of the most well known German folklores is the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The town of Hamelin, Germany was infested by rats. The mayor promised to handsomely pay the Pied Piper, if he rid the town of rats. The Pied Piper played his flute. Lured by the magical music, all of the rats left town, and followed him. He played his music all the way down to the river. He waded into the river. The rats followed him and drowned. The mayor refused to pay him. So, one night when the townspeople were asleep, the Pied Piper played his music again. This time, the children of the town followed him all the way into a cave. Some versions for the legend vary here. In one version, th e Pied Piper kept them there until he was paid by the town for his services. In most versions, the children were never to be seen again.

How many Rats were lured to the River? Estimates are upwards of a million!

If you see a Ratcatcher today, wish them Happy Ratcatcher’s Day! The Origin of Ratcatcher’s Day: We have yet to discover why July 22 was selected as the date for Ratcatcher’s Day. According to the legend, the Pied Piper rid the town of Hamelin, Germany of rats on or around June 26, 1284. After the town mayor refused to make payment as promised, the Pied Piper returned to lure the children to a cave. In some versions of the legend, this occurred the next night. In others, he returned several weeks later. We speculate that “several weeks later” was July 22nd.

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To overcome the yield vs quality challenge, Chee and colleagues turned to obsolete cultivars – or strains – of cotton with ‘exotic’ genetic material. In a new study, they report findings that could help breeders improve cotton fiber quality while maintaining or even improving yield.

The study focused on the genetics of hybrid ‘Sealand’ cultivars. These cultivars were developed by breeding two different species of cotton – Upland and Sea Island. Sea Island cotton is the type generally also known as “Pima or Egyptian cotton” from the species Gossypium barbadense.

Its fibers are found in the highest quality garments and linens, due to its long, strong and fine fibers.

About 97% of the cotton grown in the United States is Upland cotton from the species Gossypium hirsutum. Upland cotton has much higher yields and broader adaptation, but lower fiber quality compared to Pima cotton. “The breeding challenge lies in transferring Pima fiber quality to Upland,” says Chee.

Because they are two different species, there are significant genetic barriers between Upland and Pima. These differences can cause genetic abnormalities during and after breeding. Starting in the 1930s and 40s, breeders at the USDA successfully bred Upland with Sea Island cotton species. The results of these breeding efforts were the Sealand cotton cultivars, which has the appearance of Upland but with much improved fiber quality. In fact, a couple of Sealand cultivars were commercially grown briefly in parts of the US in the 1950s. “However, the genetic details of Sealand cultivars have remained largely unknown,” says Chee.

Until now. Chee and colleagues generated genetic ‘maps’ of two Sealand cultivars. They found that the superior fiber quality of Sealand cotton were in part due to genes inherited from the Sea Island cotton. Fiber length, for example, is one aspect of cotton fiber quality. The researchers found that two of the three genetic segments controlling fiber length in one of the Sealand cultivars was inherited from the Sea Island parent.

“These detailed genetic dissections help us better understand interspecies hybridization,” says Chee. “Now that we know which part of the genome controls fiber quality, we can now develop tools to select for these traits. We can also select desirable combinations of genes to improve multiple fiber quality traits.”

Improving cotton quality can have ramifications for international trade. The global cotton import-export market is estimated to be worth more than 12 billion dollars. The United States is the largest exporter of cotton.

In addition to improving fiber quality, there may be other benefits to combining Pima and Upland genetics. “Upland cotton has been domesticated from a very small set of wild relatives (https://www.crops.org/crop-wild-relative),” says Chee. “Selection for specific traits in the distant past led to the loss of other potentially useful traits.”

To address the issue of low genetic diversity, breeders turn to wild relatives or ‘cousins”, such as Pima. They search for useful genes influencing important traits, such fiber quality.

They also look for genes connected to other traits, including drought tolerance and disease resistance.

Genetic segments from Pima cotton that have positive effects on fiber quality have been tagged with molecular markers. These markers make it easier for breeders to track genetic segments through generations. Cotton breeders can now use these genetic tools to guide their efforts in breeding new cultivars. For example, they can focus on the portions of the genome that improve fiber quality while maintaining or even increasing yields.

The researchers are testing a small subset of the Pima genetic segments they discovered in the study in different genetic backgrounds. “We want to confirm their desirable effects across a more diverse set of varieties,” says Chee.

“Then they will be more useful in cotton breeding programs across the cotton belt.”

Chee’s research was recently published in Crop Science (https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/abstracts/59/3/cropsci.59.3). Partial financial support came from the NSF-PFI (IIP-091856), USDA-IFAFS (00521009685), Georgia Cotton Commission and Cotton Incorporated (17-500GA and 13-712).

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MSU Culinary Services furthers university’s ‘farm-to-campus’ efforts

By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service the international nonprofit Xerces Society Montana State University’s (MSU) Culifor Invertebrate Conservation. MSU was nary Services is buzzing with plans to prothe first Montana campus to qualify and duce honey from its own honeybee colony. enroll; the program also includes 58 other MSU already buys honey as well as meat, campuses nationwide. vegetables, fruits and other ingredients MSU is also home to the Pollinator directly from more than 100 Montana proHealth Center, which carries out research ducers, according to Kara Landolfi, MSU’s that aims to improve pollinator health, Farm to Campus coordinator. Those include mitigate pollinator losses and engage with purchases of beef, pork, lamb and goat from learners of all ages at educational events.

MSU programs.

The center brings together faculty from In May, the bees were released at a new disciplines across MSU, as well as experwooden hive – painted gold in honor of tise from federal and state agencies. More MSU – on the university’s horticulture farm information about the center is available at just west of campus. The bees came from the montana.edu/pollinators.

Montana Honey Bee Company in Bozeman, Landolfi said the honeybees are an extenand the hive came from the Polson Honey sion of edible landscaping that is present Bee Company. on campus and used by Culinary Services.

A few thousand bees were delivered, said Working in collaboration with MSU FaJill Flores, MSU executive chef, and more cilities Services, Culinary Services harvests are expected to hatch. A typical colony usufruit, herbs and edible flowers that grow on ally has 30,000 to 60,000 bees, she said. the MSU campus. Those edibles include Flores, Landolfi and Culinary Services apples, crabapples, cedar, parsley, chives, Director Richard Huffman will tend the nasturtiums and violets, she said. hive, with assistance from David Baumbau“Facilities Services is proud to support er, manager of MSU’s Plant Growth Center. our sister department’s farm-to-campus Flores said it’s uncertain how much honey initiative,” said E.J. Hook, director of Facilithe bees will produce at first. She anticipates ties Services. “As a school with deep agrithe honey that is produced will be used in culture roots, it only makes sense to share the special farm-to-campus themed dinners the bounty we currently grow on campus.

Culinary Services hosts on campus, such as It also serves as an example that landscapes the first dinner of the fall semester, which can serve multiple purposes – in this case is a picnic on the Romney Oval. Landolfi aesthetics and edible food.” said the university will continue to purchase In addition, Facilities Services and Cuhoney from local producers, as well. linary Services plan to partner later this One reason Culinary Services opted to summer to grow food – including cherry purchase the hive was for the educational tomatoes – in planters outside Rendezvous opportunities it will enable, Flores said.

Dining Pavilion, Flores said.

Culinary Services has created educational MSU Culinary Services provides more posters about honeybees to share with stuthan 12,000 meals in its dining facilities dents and engaged students via social media each day during the academic year, Flores to name the queen bee. Out of more than 400 said. More information is available at monsuggestions, Queen Freddie MercurBee was tana.edu/culinaryservices/. the winning name.

“It will be a good education tool not only for students but for staff, as well,” she said.

“When we harvest honey, we’ll have chefs be part of that. It’s good to get our chefs out to the farm to see where food is being produced.”

The university has additional links to honeybees. To support healthy populations of bees and other pollinators, MSU recently joined a nationwide initiative certifying the university’s pollinator-friendly practices and programs, an effort that led to its designation as a Bee Campus USA by

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By University of Wyoming Extension The caramelized and long-cooked leg of lamb, skewered marinated kabobs, chops and slow-cooked shoulder meat brought into the classroom was the tip of the iceberg in the animal science 4230 class at the University of Wyoming (UW).

Officially “Advanced Sheep Production Management,” the course description states the spring semester class integrates animal breeding, nutrition, and reproductive physiology in sheep production management schemes.

Unofficially, assistant professor Whit Stewart navigates students from the hoof to slaughter and eventually to the portions of lamb the more than 30+ students and a few others would critique as part of the class final.

Stewart shepherds Department of Animal Science students through the lambing shed, lamb feeding, how to body condition score sheep, diseases, how to evaluate wool, and seeing the carcasses on the rail. The meat served this day was from carcasses judged at the recent state 4-H and FFA meats contest in Laramie and an earlier carcass evaluation portion of the class.

Stewart said having students involved from hoof to plate preparation is a unique aspect of the class.

“They get everything related to the industry,” he said. “(Today) was the lamb preparation lab final. When you look across the country, sheep production classes usually don’t focus on that, but it’s a good way to end the semester and engage them in a different way than we have the previous few weeks.”

Enrollment continues to grow in the class and other sheepspecific curriculum Recent data, Stewart said, shows more millennials are interested in eating lamb due to its unique flavor profile and versatility in traditional and ethnic culinary applications. In general, lamb has a unique, robust flavor compared to beef and can be influenced by breed, country of origin and the sheep diet.

About 5 million head of sheep were raised in 2016 in the U.S., according to the USDA. There were about 360,000 in Wyoming; the state ranks fourth in total sheep and lamb production and third in breeding sheep numbers. Wyoming’s sheep industry has grown 4 percent since 2015, according to the recently released Census of Agriculture.

Stewart has described Wyoming as the wine country of the nation’s sheep country for wool. The state produced the highest-valued wool clip in 2017 ($4.4 million or $2 a pound), according to USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service Information Sheep and Goat Report estimates released in 2018.

Utah was second at $4.1 million in total value.

“People come from all over the world to buy our wool,” he said.

Stewart said many of the state’s sheep producers express on Facebook pages an appreciation of how many students are in the sheep production class.

“I’m taken aback they are taken aback there is interest in the industry,” said Stewart, the UW Extension sheep specialist. “We are working with an extremely productive livestock species that provides meat and wool on very low-input resources. Why shouldn’t there be interest? But I think it reflects the millennial demographic. They are more willing to try lamb, and we are also seeing in our ag students an open mind to add sheep to an existing enterprise.”

Students were broken into groups of five, and Stewart assigned each group a choice of three recipes from the American Lamb Board to prepare under the scrutiny of other class members. Stewart wanted to target different non-traditional, lower-price point muscle cuts and their preparation. Food was judged on external and internal visual appearance, aroma, presentation of the product, taste, tenderness and other aspects.

Stewart wanted to highlight recipes that go beyond the lamb burger and lamb chop.

“A lot of cuts we can prepare similar to how we prepare beef – braised, slow cooked, marinated kabobs,” he said. “We wanted to highlight the diversity so they would, one, know of the great recipe resources at the American Lamb Board, and two, advocate for more lamb products.”

The students prepared braised shoulders, lamb chops, ground lamb and leg of lamb recipes: • Smoked American leg of lamb with Texas-style dry rub – bit.ly/legoflambrub • Slow roasted lamb shoulder with pomegranate apricot glaze – bit.ly/shoulderglaze • Southwestern lamb shoulder roast – bit.ly/southwestroast • Tzatziki stuffed American lamb burgers – bit.ly/stuffedlambburgers • Greek lamb burgers with tzatziki grilled red onions – bit. ly/tzatzikilambburgers These and many others are at bit.ly/deliciouslamb.

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From MSU News Service conduct research on water chemistry and The National Science Foundation (NSF) quality in order to understand the movehas funded a new $20 million research ments of nitrates and contaminants through and education project on water quality in soils, groundwater and streams. These Montana. efforts will lead to new technologies for The project, titled the Consortium for Reremoving contaminants from water systems. search on Environmental Water Systems, or And in the Powder River Basin, the CREWS, is a partnership between Montana CREWS research team will focus on unState University (MSU), the University of derstanding and mitigating the impacts of Montana (UM), Montana Technological coal mining on ground and surface water University, Salish Kootenai College and quality. The goal of research in this region Little Big Horn College to study Montana is to understand how sulfate compounds water systems and water quality issues. form and mobilize in coal-spoils aquifers.

The CREWS project will focus on three Initial private industry and other partstudy sites: the upper Clark Fork River, the ners include Sunburst Sensors; Resonon; Judith River Watershed and the Powder Water and Environmental Technologies; River Basin. Research will explore how the Montana Department of Environmental nutrients and contaminants affect water Quality; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; quality — from rivers and soils to the local the Montana Natural Resource Damage communities that rely on clean water.

Program; the Montana Bureau of Mines “The CREWS project targets solutions and Geology; the Missoula Public Works to water quality issues that balance MonDepartment; and the Clark Fork Coalition. tana’s need for clean water with the natural A team of 22 researchers from diverse resource uses that are so crucial to the state’s science disciplines and institutions in Moneconomy,” said Ragan Callaway, the projtana have come together to make this project ect’s principal investigator. Callaway is a possible. In addition to principal investiUM Regents Professor and project director gator Callaway, the project’s co-principal for the Montana NSF EPSCoR Office. investigators are: Callaway said project researchers are • Stephanie Ewing, associate professor of working with government, business and land resources and environmental sciences nonprofit partners, as well as local citizens at MSU. and landowners, to coordinate and carry • Robert Walker, professor of chemistry out research and develop solutions to clean and biochemistry at MSU. water issues.

• Maury Valett, professor of biological The multi-institutional team will connect sciences at UM. science to people across the state, Callaway • Jerome Downey, professor of extractive said. Outreach and education programs as metallurgy at Montana Tech. part of CREWS will increase science and The CREWS project is funded through technology fluency for rural K-12 learners EPSCoR, the Established Program to Stimuand support Native American students in late Competitive Research, which is an NSF scientific and technological pursuits. The program that has made substantial investproject creates opportunities for workforce ments in Montana’s research infrastructure development and innovation and promotes since 1980. entrepreneurship.

“Over the next five years, this project will At the upper Clark Fork River research make significant investments in Montana’s site, the CREWS team will study river proscience, technology, engineering and mathductivity and ecological integrity, as well ematics education, including programs for as develop technical solutions that address Native Americans and rural Montanans,” contaminants. Social science researchers Callaway said. will study how water quality issues and The project is underway and will run solutions are influenced by the people who through September 30, 2023. For more live and work along the upper Clark Fork information visit https://www.mtnsfepscor.

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Tomato pan-genome makes bringing flavor back easier

By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service Almost everyone agrees that store-bought tomatoes don’t have much flavor. Now, scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) may have spotlighted the solution in a paper just published in Nature Genetics.

Molecular biologist James Giovannoni with the ARS Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Laboratory and BTI bioinformatics scientist Zhangjun Fei, both in Ithaca, New York, have finished constructing the pan-genome for the cultivated tomato and its wild relatives, mapping almost 5,000 previously undocumented genes.

A genome is a biological map of an organism’s genes and their functions. But a genome is usually of a single variety, which then acts as a reference genome for the rest of the species. This pangenome includes all of the genes from 725 different cultivated and closely related wild tomatoes, which revealed 4,873 genes that were absent from the original reference genome.

While cultivated tomatoes have a wide range of physical and metabolic variation, there have been several severe bottlenecks during its domestication and breeding. This means today’s tomatoes have a narrow genetic base. The pan-genome helps identify what additional genes beyond the reference might be available for crop breeding and improvement.

In modern times, breeders have concentrated on traits such as yield, shelf life, disease resistance and stress tolerance, traits that have been economically important to growers. Tomatoes are one of the most eaten vegetables—although they actually are fruit botanically—with a worldwide annual production of 182 million tons, worth more than $60 billion.

U.S. tomato consumption per capita was 20.3 pounds for fresh tomatoes in 2017 plus an additional 73.3 pounds of processed tomatoes eaten per person. Tomatoes are the second most consumed vegetable in the United States after potatoes.

“One of the most important discoveries from constructing this pan-genome is a rare form of a gene labeled TomLoxC, which mostly differs in the version of its DNA gene promoter. The gene influences fruit flavor by catalyzing the biosynthesis of a number of lipid (fat)-involved volatiles—compounds that evaporate easily and contribute to aroma,” explained Giovannoni.

In addition, the researchers found a new role of TomLoxC. It also facilitates production of a group of apocarotenoids—organic chemicals derived from carotenoids including vitamin A precursors—that work as signaling molecules influencing a variety of responses in plants including environmental stresses.

The compounds also have a variety of floral and fruity odors that are important in tomato taste.

The rare version of TomLoxC was found in only 2 percent of older or heirloom cultivated large tomato varieties, although the version was present in 91 percent of currant-sized wild tomatoes, primarily Solanum pimpinellifolium, the wild predecessor of the cultivated tomato. It is becoming more common in newer varieties.

“It appears that there may have been strong selection pressure against or at least no selection for the presence of this version of TomLoxC early in the domestication of tomatoes,” Giovannoni added. “The increase in prevalence of this form in modern tomatoes likely reflects breeders’ renewed interest in improved flavor.”

With the availability of this wide array of specific genetic information, breeders should be able to work quickly to increase the flavor of store bought, mass production tomatoes while preserving the traits that make them an economically advantageous crop.

“These novel genes discovered from the tomato pan-genome added substantial information to the tomato genome repertoire and provide additional opportunities for tomato improvement.

The presence and absence profiles of these genes in different tomato populations have shed important lights on how human selection of desired traits have reshaped the tomato genomes,” said Fei. The scientists expect the addition of nearly 5,000 genes to the tomato genome repertoire will provide additional opportunities for improvement as their roles in tomato biology and fruit quality are determined.

This research in involved collaboration with the University of Florida, The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Valencia, the University of Georgia and the Chinese Academy of Sciences with support from the U. S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Science Foundation (IOS-1339287 and IOS-539831), BARD, the U.S.Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, and Vaadia-Bard Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (FI-508-14).

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Living Soil: A documentary for all of us

From Montana Salinity Control Association Our soils support 95% of all food production, and by 2060, our soils will be asked to give us as much food as we have consumed in the last 500 years. They filter our water. They are one of our most cost-effective reservoirs for sequestering carbon. They are our foundation for biodiversity. And they are vibrantly alive, teeming with 10,000 pounds of biological life in every acre. Yet in the last 150 years, we’ve lost half of the basic building block that makes soil productive.

The societal and environmental costs of soil loss and degradation in the United States alone are now estimated to be as high as $85 billion every single year. Like any relationship, our living soil needs our tenderness. It’s time we changed everything we thought we knew about soil. Let’s make this the century of living soil. This documentary was directed

by Chelsea Myers of Tiny Attic Productions and produced by the Soil Health Institute through the generous support of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.

This film provides the background and principles of soil health. It’s worth your time!!

The Soil Health Institute released Living Soil, a 60-minute documentary about soil health that show-cases innovative farmers and soil health experts from throughout the United States.

The documentary captures the history – _and significance – _of the soil health movement.

Watch the film here: https://livingsoilfilm.com/ “Never have I seen, among farmers, such a broad quest for (soil health) knowledge as I’m seeing now,” says Barry Fisher, United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service. “And this interest in soil health extends far beyond the farm gate,” adds Bill Buckner, President of the Noble Research Institute and Chair of the Board of SHI. “Consumer packaged goods companies, environmental groups, financial investors, and many others are recognizing the importance and value of improving soil health.”

Living Soil captures the background of the current soil health movement and its momentum, beginning with painful images of the Dust Bowl, and then transitions to personal experiences of innovative women and men who are managing their land to enhance soil health. The film features rural and urban farmers from Maryland to California, selling everything from corn to bouquets, united by their care for the soil.

The documentary is directed by Chelsea Myers, founder of Tiny Attic, a video production company located in Columbia, Mo. that specializes in documenting real moments and real people. Myers has evolved as a visual storyteller for a diverse range of projects as a director, producer, editor, illustrator, cinematographer, and animator. With a fiercely creative spirit, Myers and her Tiny Attic crew pursue meaningful work regionally and around the world.

“This is a film for everyone who cares about our natural resources,” says Wayne Honeycutt, President & CEO of the Soil Health Institute. “The innovative farmers in this documentary are showing us the way to grow our food in concert with the environment.”

The documentary is available online. To download the documentary, visit https://livingsoilfilm.com.

National Blueberry Day

Date When Celebrated: July 8th Today is National Blueberry Day. Just about every other fruit has its day of recognition. Yet, somehow Blueberries have not had a day designated in its honor... up until now.

We think it is bizarre, that Blueberries have just now received its fair and just recognition with a special day. In addition to tasting great, Blueberries are loaded with fiber and rich in antioxidants. Blueberries are one of the healthiest fruits you can eat. The most notable health benefits of blueberries include: helps lower cholesterol to promote heart health, reduces the risk of cancer, and can even help to slow the aging process.

Celebrate this very special day, by eating blueberries for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Make plans to incorporate blueberries into your regular menu planning. You can also celebrate National Blueberry day by planting a couple of blueberry bushes in your yard. How to Grow Blueberry Bushes Did You Know? Most blueberry bushes require at least two bushes of different varieties, to pollinate and produce berries

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Publication helps food entrepreneurs navigate hurdles

By University of Wyoming Extension Passage of the Wyoming Food Freedom Act by the Wyoming Legislature in 2015 created an opportunity for valueadded specialty crop businesses.

“Food Ventures in Wyoming: A Resource and Regulatory Guide,” helps get home-based or small-scale food makers closer to success with their projects.

“We like to say, ‘Running a business is not hard work, but you have to work hard on it’- the food ventures guide reduces some of the effort by putting a lot of information together so it’s easier to sort out what some hurdles are,” said Cole Ehmke, University of Wyoming Extension agriculture entrepreneurship and personal financial management specialist.

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Trial gardens show vegetables can be grown without irrigation

By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University Growing vegetables without irrigation with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall may sound farfetched, but two Willamette would be much more challenging than it is for Valley trials proved crops can be grown in gardeners in the Willamette Valley where we home gardens without a drop of irrigation. get 40 inches. In these drier areas, the same At demonstration gardens in Benton and practices might be used to reduce irrigation Marion counties, Oregon State University rather than use none at all.”

(OSU) Extension Service Master GardenBoth gardens are continuing their triers successfully grew tomatoes and other als. The gardens are open to the public and vegetables without irrigation except on the Master Gardeners are often there to answer day they put them in the ground. The idea questions. Or contact the Master Gardeners came from Amy Garrett, assistant profesin Benton and Marion counties by phone, email or in person to get information and sor of practice with the Extension Small advice. You’ll also find a lot of information Farms Program, who is conducting research geared toward farming but useful for home into dryland farming, an ages-old but littlegardeners on the Dry Farming Collaboraused method of farming vegetables without supplemental irrigation. tion’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.

Garrett began her research in 2015 with com/groups/DryFarming/). a trial of tomatoes, squash, beans, and mel“It works,” Brodie said. “It’s possible to have a garden without watering or very ons. Not only did the plants thrive, but in a little and have a productive garden. It’s an blind taste test the majority choose dryland important technique when you’re trying to tomatoes and melons over irrigated ones. The save resources, and water is one of the bigtaste, they said, was sweeter.

Since Garrett started her work on dryland gest issues.” farming the idea caught on and the Dry Here are some tips from Amy Garrett on Farming Collaborative has formed to further how to get started: refine the system. The idea intrigues home • Know your soil depth and water-holding gardeners, too. capacity. You need good, deep soil.

When some OSU Extension Master Gar• Use a cover crop – especially a legume such as crimson clover – over winter to add deners found out about Garrett’s research, organic matter and increase soil fertility. they decided to translate the principles to • Plants need plenty of room; give them small-scale plots. In Benton County, Ann about double the space is a good starting Brodie headed up a group that grew three point.

‘Dirty Girl’ tomato plants for two years at • Don’t plant where there is competition their demonstration garden at the Benton for water from trees or other plants.

County Fairgrounds.

• Raised beds are not ideal as they dry out “They all did very well,” said Brodie, who faster. Level or sunken beds may conserve has been a Master Gardener for 18 years. “We moisture better. got lots of tomatoes; they were really produc• Try to find a place protected from wind, tive and they tasted great. The only thing we which can cause plants to lose water much noticed was that the skin was a little tougher.” quicker.

The tomatoes were planted deeply with • Use existing vegetation as indicators an organic fertilizer and dash of water and of where you have the most water. Notice mulched with straw. After that, they were on which plants are still green and lush in Autheir own. No irrigation. Period. She has to say that over and over again, because people gust. They’re telling you where there is soil find it hard to believe. However, more proof moisture late in the growing season. came from a trial undertaken by the Marion • Maintain a near neutral pH of 6.5 to 7.

County Master Gardeners, who had similar Most soils in the Willamette Valley are acidic success. Bill and Carol Sutkus, Master Garand will need an application of lime.

• Timing is key. Plant when is not too wet deners since 2012, managed a project that or too dry. It’s tricky, but the important thing featured ‘Early Girl’ tomatoes, ‘Dark Star’ to remember is to plant when there’s still and ‘Costa Romanesco’ zucchini, and ‘Zepmoisture in the soil surface to get seedlings pelin’ winter squash. established.

The crops were tested in three ways with • Organic matter greatly improves soils’ three tomatoes in each planting: one group water-holding ability. A broadfork can help was irrigated; one was mulched with grass incorporate organic matter deeper than a clippings and not irrigated; and one was not tiller. irrigated.

• When planting seeds, press down on the Again, the results were positive for the soil so there’s good seed-to-soil contact for non-irrigated vegetables. In a blind taste germination. test, the tomatoes grown without irrigation • Keeping up with weeds is essential. under mulch won. The second year of the “Each weed is like a little straw sucking water trial, the Sutkuses planted grafted and nonout of the soil,” Garrett said. grafted ‘Stupice’ and ‘Early Girl’ tomatoes.

• Pre-soaking large seeds like corn, beans In a taste test, the non-irrigated, non-grafted and cucurbits may help them germinate more ‘Stupice’ won. quickly.

Their takeaway? Plant with a mulch.

• Zucchini may be a good gateway plant to Straw, compost, wood chips, bark dust, fabric dry gardening, but others to try are: tomatoes, or plastic would work if grass clippings aren’t potatoes, melons, winter squash, dry beans, available. Don’t water. corn, and grapes.

The caveat is what type of soil you have.

• Use early-maturing, drought-tolerant To have a dryland garden, you need deep varieties or even dry-farmed varieties when soil with good water-holding characterisavailable. Some examples of varieties that tics. Gardening without irrigation works in do well in the Willamette Valley trials are: suitable soils because many vegetables, es‘Christmas’ watermelon, ‘Dark Star’ zucpecially those with long roots like tomatoes and melons, can use the residual water from chini, ‘Stella Blue’ winter squash, ‘Whipple’ the wet season to supply moisture during our dry beans, ‘Open Oak Party Mix’ dent corn, dry season. Whether it would work outside ‘Whipple’ dry beans, and ‘Early Girl’ tomaof the Willamette Valley depends. toes.

“There is not a precise recipe,” Garret said, • Prevent cracks and crusting of the soil “so I cannot say who can and cannot dry garwith mulch or going through with a hoe and fluffing up the top couple of inches. den, although dry farming vegetables in areas

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Xi Liang, Cropping Systems Agronomist, University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center; Christopher W. Rogers, Barley Agronomist, University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center; Arash Rashed, Entomologist, University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center; Kurtis Schroeder, Cropping Systems Agronomist, University of Idaho, Moscow; and Pamela J. S. Hutchinson, Potato Cropping Systems Weed Scientist, University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center Quinoa is a species of the goosefoot oped in eastern Idaho. genus (Chenopodium quinoa), AmaranEnvironmental requirements thaceae family.

Quinoa originated in high elevations of It is closely related to weeds such as comthe South American Andes Mountains and is mon lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) relatively tolerant to cold temperatures and and pigweed (Amaranthus spp.). light frost. The optimal average temperature At the early stages of growth, quinoa for growth is 59 to 68°F. Before the softresembles common lambsquarters, but the dough stage, quinoa is negatively affected two species can be distinguished based by temperatures below 28°F; however, after on stem coloration. The base of the quithat stage, the plants can tolerate temperanoa stem is pink to red, whereas common tures as low as 20°F. Quinoa is sensitive to lambsquarters stems usually remain green high temperatures during flowering, and to gray (figure 1). Quinoa grows 1.5 to 6.5 temperatures over 90 to 95°F may cause feet tall and reaches maturity in 90 to 150 sterility. days, depending on the variety and environQuinoa can grow in a variety of soil mental factors. types, from coarse sand to heavy clay, at a pH ranging from 4.5 to 9. The saline soils found in the western United States, including eastern and southeastern Idaho, present a unique challenge for crop growth. Quinoa is one of the most salt-tolerant crops, but salinity tolerance differs among varieties.

Quinoa has potential as a crop for these problematic environments; however, further research is needed under Idaho conditions to identify varieties with maximum yield potential and tolerance to adverse conditions.

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Figure 1. Quinoa (top) and common lambsquarters (bottom).

Quinoa is grown primarily for edible seeds and has been considered a “superfood” or “supergrain” (figure 2). The seeds contain 10 essential amino acids in a healthy balance. They do not contain amino acid in the form of gluten protein. Seeds also supply fiber, various vitamins (e.g., vitamins A, B , and E), and minerals (e.g., calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, and iron).

Figure 2. Quinoa seeds of variety Red Head.

Depending on variety and environmental conditions, quinoa yields may range from 760 to 3,100 lb/acre. In an optimal scenario, yield can exceed 5,000 lb/acre. In Pacific Northwest trials, however, yields were as low as 100 lb/acre.

In southeastern Idaho, quinoa has been planted in the area of American Falls, Blackfoot, Grace, Soda Springs, and Aberdeen (figure 3). Yields were 800 to 1,000 lb/acre in 2015, with a price of $1 per pound of seeds. A market for quinoa is being devel-

Figure 3. Mixed quinoa varieties growing in an approximately 35 acre field (2015, Koompin Brothers Farm, near American Falls, ID).

Cultural practices Seeding The length of the growing season required for best quinoa seed yields varies among varieties and environmental conditions. Set the planting date so that flowering does not coincide with peak summer temperatures.

Optimal germination has been observed at soil temperatures between 40 and 60°F. Based on these requirements, early- to midApril is the recommended quinoa seeding time for eastern and southeastern Idaho. In the presence of adequate soil temperatures and moisture, germination can occur within 24 hours. Seedling emergence usually occurs within 5 days.

Row spacing can vary from 10 to 20 inches. Wider rows allow for mechanical weed control at the early stages of quinoa growth.

With the varieties currently being grown, stands of 130,000 plants/acre (0.5 to 0.75 lb seeds/acre) have proved to be optimal.

Seeding rates may need to be increased where growing conditions are not optimal.

Quinoa is usually planted at a depth of 0.5 to 1 inch, depending on soil texture and other conditions at planting time.

Excessively deep sowing can lead to poor emergence, whereas shallow seeding may expose the seeds to drying.

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By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Travelling can be a stressful experience—whether it be to a vacation spot or business destination. The stress of travel also extends to piglets, such as when they’re weaned from their mothers and transported to nursery barns.

Now, instead of using dietary antibiotics to help the piglets cope and avoid illness, scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are investigating a naturally occurring amino acid known as L-glutamine.

Initial laboratory studies in 2017 showed glutamine-fed piglets gained more weight than antibiotic-treated ones, among other health benefits. But the researchers, led by ARS animal scientist Jay Johnson, wanted to try and replicate those results on a larger scale that more closely mimicked commercial production scenarios.

The effort, which was supported in part by the National Pork Board arose from a need to provide livestock producers with alternatives to using dietary antibiotics as a growth-promoting agent in swine. A federal rule in 2017 eliminated the practice amid concerns that microbial resistance to medically important antibiotics could jeopardize their effectiveness in fighting human infection, notes Johnson, with the ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit in West Lafayette, Indiana.

In the larger-scale trials, groups of piglets were weaned and then transported for 12 hours. After transport, piglets were housed in a nursery barn. This was done to simulate the kinds of stress they’d experience commercially, which can diminish the young animals’ immune system function, appetite and weight gain—something antibiotics helped them recover from.

For the nursery phase of the study, one group of piglets was fed a diet containing the antibiotics chlortetracycline and tiamulin, another glutamine and a third group nothing but feed ingredients.

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• Glutamine group members were also somewhat less aggressive in pens with mixed litters than those given the antibiotics.

• Compared to the antibiotics-free group, glutamine- and antibiotic-treated piglets showed lower blood plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha, a biochemical marker of inflammation.

• The meat quality of market-ready pigs from the glutamine group was no different than that of the antibiotic or antibioticsfree groups.

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Fertility requirements To date, no studies have been conducted to develop fertilizer recommendations for quinoa grown in Idaho. Thus, precise fertilizer recommendations are unavailable.

Based on results from studies conducted in other regions, it appears that nitrogen (N) rates in the range of 90 to 135 lb N/ acre are likely to produce reasonable yields (i.e., nearly 3,000 lb/acre). Seed protein has also been shown to increase in response to N applications. However, excessive N may decrease time to maturity and increase lodging. Yield response to phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) application is unclear.

Water requirements Quinoa is relatively drought tolerant. It can produce acceptable yields (940 lb/acre) with as little as 7 inches of seasonal rainfall/ irrigation. Optimal water input is 10 to 15 inches. With 18 inches of water, yields of 3,300 lb/acre have been reported.

Moderate drought stress prior to flowering usually does not reduce yield. In fact, excessive early irrigation does not increase yield and tends to produce tall plants, which may subsequently lodge, especially in windy areas such as eastern and southeastern Idaho. Thus, early-season irrigation (at or before the 12-leaf stage) is not recommended. Water availability is more critical for grain yield, so a small amount of irrigation can be applied after flowering.

Weeds Although quinoa can emerge quickly, early growth is relatively slow, so it does not compete well with existing or emergent weeds. Common lambsquarters and redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) were the most prevalent weeds in quinoa trials conducted at the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center in southeastern Idaho during the 2015 growing season. Other broadleaf weeds common to crop production in that region include, but are not limited to, kochia (Kochia scoparia), hairy nightshade (Solanum physalis), and common purslane (Portulaca oleracea).

If rows are spaced widely, cultivators, rotary hoes, and other tillage implements can be used for between-row weed control.

However, weeds growing in the row will not be affected. Cultivation can be conducted multiple times during the season, but weeds taller than 2 inches are usually not well controlled. Hand weeding and hoeing are other methods of weed control. However, they are laborious, could be costly, and probably would not be practical on a large scale.

One approach to weed management is to allow weeds to emerge and control them with tillage and/or nonresidual herbicides before planting. This practice helps deplete the weed seed bank, creates a clean bed for planting, and allows quinoa to emerge and begin growing before more weeds emerge.

Another approach is to plant quinoa early enough to enable emergence and crop canopy development before some weed species emerge.

At present, little research has been conducted to identify herbicides that would selectively control weeds and not injure quinoa. Many of the herbicides showing promise do not control common lambsquarters well in other crops and/or have caused little or no injury to sugar beets. Examples are asulam (Asulox); s-metolachlor (Dual Magnum and others); EPTC (Eptam); and other thiocarbamates, such as butylate (Sutan), ethofumesate (Nortron), quinclorac (Paramount), rimsulfuron (Matrix), and cycloate (Ro-Neet).

Grassy weeds can be controlled with postemergence- applied herbicides that have no activity on broadleaves, e.g., sethoxydim

(Poast Plus and others). Glyphosate and other herbicides with foliar activity only, such as paraquat, pyraflufen (Vida), or glufosinate ammonium (Rely), can be applied to emerged weeds before planting or before quinoa emerges.

Insect pests Because quinoa is a newly introduced plant in Idaho cropping systems, almost no information is available on region-specific insect pests. Due to limited quinoa acreage, insect problems are likely to be sporadic.

As quinoa is introduced into more regional cropping systems, studies are needed to identify key pest species, their associated economic losses, and effective management practices.

Species Seedling damage may be caused by various species of true bugs, including the plant bugs Melanotrichus coagulatus and Atomoscelis modestus and the seed bug Nysius raphanus. These insects use their piercing- sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap. Heavy infestations of seed bugs have caused plant death in Rocky Mountain regions. These bugs are also known to cause damage in established quinoa plants.

Later in the season, a variety of insects can cause feeding damage to leaves, stems, and seeds. For example: • Flea beetles are small, dark, shiny beetles that can be readily identified by their jumping behavior when disturbed. They have chewing mouthparts and leave small holes in damaged leaves.

• Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, is the immature stage of a moth.

Armyworms are soft bodied and green with dark longitudinal stripes. They can feed on leaves and seed heads, as reported from experimental plots in eastern Idaho.

Other caterpillars, such as various species of loopers, have also been reported to cause damage in quinoa.

• Leaf miners are the larval stage of beetles and of flies associated with beets.

They utilize the tissue between the lower and upper sides of the leaf. Visible tunnels characterize their feeding damage.

• Aphids may feed on quinoa foliar tissue and, in large numbers, can result in yield loss. The potato aphids Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Hayhurstia atriplicis have been reported on quinoa foliage. The sugar beet root aphid, Pemphigus populivenae, is one of the aphid species that may cause significant injury toward the end of the season. It is expected to pose a threat to quinoa production, due to the extent of sugar beet production in Idaho.

• Plant bugs, Lygus spp., seem to be the major insect pest present in Idaho that may inflict significant damage to quinoa seeds. Lygus bugs use piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap.

Insect pest management Because no synthetic insecticides are registered for use in quinoa, cultural and biological management options are the only insect-management tools currently available. Selecting an appropriate seeding date, using recommended seeding rates, and adopting recommended irrigation and nutrient management practices help to produce vigorous plants that are less susceptible to insect damage.

In addition, crop rotations (e.g., rotations with cereals and potatoes) will break the continuity of insect pest life cycles, resulting in reduced pest pressure in subsequent years. Increasing habitat biodiversity (i.e., mixed cropping) helps to support populations of natural enemies. Where needed, the release of parasitoid wasps, predators CONTINUED ON PAGE C34

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Combines can be used for harvest, and growers have had success with swathing first to allow vegetation to dry before combining (figure 4). The combine’s cylinder speed and air flow should be greatly reduced below that used with small grains and other crops. Smaller screens are required due to

the light weight and small size of quinoa seeds. A fanning mill and gravity separator are usually used to further separate seeds from plant residues after combining.

Seeds must be kept dry during storage.

Saponins in the pericarp give quinoa a bitter taste and have negative health effects.

Before quinoa is processed for food use, the saponins are removed by soaking the seeds in water or by mechanical abrasion.

Variety selection Varieties should be selected based on environmental conditions (e.g., temperature and soil types) and management practices (e.g., irrigation). Titicaca, Jesse, and Puno performed well in Moscow, ID. Ongoing studies will identify the most suitable varieties for Idaho.

Conclusions and recommendations • Quinoa originated in the South American Andes Mountains. It is drought tolerant and has a relatively low water requirement, making it a promising crop for the semiarid, high-altitude environment in eastern and southeastern Idaho.

• Since the crop is new to this region, a market for the harvested product is needed. Successful and sustainable production will also depend on research to determine best management practices specific to the region.

• The planting date should be set so that flowering does not coincide with peak summer temperatures. Early- to mid-April is recommended for eastern and southeastern Idaho.

• Nitrogen rates in the range of 90 to 135 lb N/acre are likely to produce acceptable quinoa yields.

• For acceptable yields, seasonal water (irrigation or rainfall) can be as low as 7 inches, although the optimal amount is 10 to 15 inches.

• Currently, there are no crop protection products registered for use in quinoa in the United States. Until these products become part of an integrated approach to pest management in quinoa, growers must rely on cultural and mechanical methods.

• Weed management can include controlling weeds mechanically or with herbicides before planting, planting quinoa in wide rows to allow multiple between-row cultivation operations, and/or hand weeding and hoeing. Research is needed to identify herbicides tolerated by quinoa and effective for controlling weeds in this region.

• Various insect species may damage quinoa at different stages of its development. No synthetic insecticides are registered for use in quinoa. Cultural practices and biological controls can be used to manage insect pests.

• The most serious disease on quinoa is downy mildew, but no fungicide product is registered for use in quinoa. Wide row spacing and avoiding excess irrigation can help limit disease development and spread.

• Variety development research is ongoing in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and is planned for eastern and southeastern Idaho.

• Planting mixed varieties instead of a single variety may reduce the risk of yield loss due to poor adaptability. However, this practice may make harvest more difficult due to varied maturity dates and plant height.

• Growers are strongly encouraged to experiment in small areas prior to largescale quinoa planting and production.

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(e.g., lady beetles), and naturally occurring pathogens (i.e., Bacillus thuringiensis) can be used to reduce insect numbers.

Pathogens Although some diseases of quinoa have been identified, information about their epidemiology and impact is limited. Many fungal species that can be detrimental to quinoa have a limited host range and are unlikely to be present in Idaho unless introduced with the seed.

The most serious plant disease on quinoa is downy mildew, caused by the fungus Peronospora variabilis. This important and potentially damaging fungal disease is common in the major quinoa production areas (i.e., Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia). Because its oospores can adhere to quinoa grains, this pathogen has spread to most countries where quinoa is grown.

However, some cultivars have moderate to high levels of disease resistance.

Downy mildew symptoms appear as chlorotic or yellow lesions on the leaves.

Gray fungal bodies are present on the lower surface of the leaf. Eventually, the lesions become necrotic, leading to premature leaf drop, reduced yields, and in some cases stunted plants. Free water and high relative humidity (above 85 percent) are required for P. variabilis spores to germinate, and the pathogen is favored by moderate temperatures (64 to 72°F). If downy mildew becomes established, it can quickly spread throughout a field if conditions are favorable.

Although a number of fungicide products are available for managing downy mildew, none is registered for use in quinoa, so growers are presently restricted to cultural controls. Using wide row spacing and avoiding excess irrigation can limit disease development and spread.

Since downy mildew can be transmitted on the seeds, it is advisable to use seeds from a field free of the disease.

Several other diseases could occur in Idaho, including leaf spot, seed rot, damping off, brown stalk rot, nematodes, and viruses.

Of these diseases, seed rot and damping off

by Pythium spp. are most likely. To minimize damping off, do not plant in poorly drained, cold, or wet soils.

Harvesting and postharvest processing Plants are ready to be harvested when the seeds reach the hard-dough stage, plants are dry, and leaves have dropped. The seed heads should be dry enough to allow easy separation of the seeds from the hulls by hand.

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The Oliver County 4-H team placed fourth in range judging at the National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma City on May 2. The team consisted of Reanna Schmidt, Rebecca Schmidt and Charlie Liffrig from Center, North Dakota, and Olivia Klein from Max, North Dakota.

Liffrig placed seventh and Rebecca Schmidt placed 10th in the contest.

The team was coached by Rick Schmidt, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Oliver County agent, and Kevin Sedivec, NDSU Extension rangeland management specialist and Central Grasslands Research Extension Center interim director.

“There are approximately 100 different types of grasses, forbs, legumes and trees that could be in a range contest, and our team has seen about 90 of them during our practices,” Schmidt said.

Each contestant attempted to identify 20 plants and their characteristics and evaluated three ecological sites for their value for quail and beef cattle, Schmidt explained.

On the way to Oklahoma, the team spent three and a half days practicing, and learning the plants and how the national contest is run compared to the state contest. They also took in horse races, a zoo and the Express Ranch in Yukon, Oklahoma.

“The team competed well,” Schmidt said. “In fact, the team tied for third but lost the tie-breaker.”

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By NDSU Extension Service With spring finally arriving in North Dakota, green grass is showing and many ranchers are focused on moving cowcalf pairs onto grass.

Now is the time to make note of the cows that are not raising calves says Karl Hoppe, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock systems specialist at the Carrington Research Extension Center.

A 4% to 5% calf-death loss from birth to weaning is average for North Dakota beef cow herds.

“Because producing a live calf is paramount to a profitable cow-calf operation, management should record and reflect on why cows lost their calves,” says Hoppe. “Death losses that are above average need to be reviewed and management changes considered.

“Cows that didn’t breed or aborted after pregnancy testing are best placed in the cull pen. If these cows have not been showing heat, then check for early pregnancies. While most herds have cows separated from bulls after breeding season, the occasional bull jumps the fence and we fail to record the encounter for future reference.”

Cows that lost live-born calves need to be assigned a cause of death, says Hoppe. If the majority of deaths were related to extreme weather events, consider moving the calving date to a warmer month or building maternity housing.

If the deaths were a result of covered adverse weather events, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s livestock indemnity program could provide financial assistance to eligible producers for livestock death losses.

“Calves that died due to scours and pneumonia indicate an environmental issue and/or a passive immunity issue,” says Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. “Cold, wet, windy weather and muddy conditions are stressful to a calf. Even an apparently healthy calf exposed to adverse weather can get sick.”

Calf shelters can provide relief from wind, snow and rain, but they also can increase contact between calves and spread sickness. Extreme weather events can lead to disruption of normal nursing which may lead to over consumption of milk and digestive upset.

Weather-related sickness can be reduced by moving to a warmer time of year to calve, says Stokka.

Cows in thin body condition may not have enough good quality colostrum to provide adequate passive immunity transfer to the calf. Cows with large udders and enlarged teats may prevent the calf from figuring out where to nurse and eventually, either nurse too late to get good immunity, or die due to a failure to nurse.

Stokka adds, if coccidiosis or cryptosporidium are causing calf death, then consider reducing environmental stress.

Avoid calving in muddy lots, use generous bedding, or consider changing the timing of calving so that a pasture-based system could be used.

“With breeding season starting soon, delaying bull turnout might be helpful if adverse weather caused the majority of a rancher’s calf-death loss,” Hoppe concludes. “The reality is that with cold weather increasing the risk of death loss, the solution is either to calve in a clean barn or calve in warmer weather.”

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Heart of Agriculture awards recognize women ranchers

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(UW) Extension event in Gillette, nomi“I love working with a herd,” she said. nated from their counties for the honors.

“Not working them in a chute but going First Lady Jennie Gordon, who operates a places with them. I love that type of spendcow-calf operation in Johnson County with ing time with your herd. As a herder, that’s husband Gov. Mark Gordon, provided the all you do, day and night because of the keynote address. predators, but I really appreciate seeing how Women producers is the fastest growing these animals interact.” demographic in the state, said Scott CotThe Heart of Agriculture Honoree Award ton, a UW Extension educator in Natrona can be an encouragement to younger County. He cited the USDA National Agriwomen, she said, and showing women’s cultural Statistics Service. involvement in agriculture may help change “Wyoming has an amazing number of negative images. professional influential and productive Agriculture has been portrayed badly at women producers,” he said. “We want the times, especially in public lands ranching, active women agricultural producers in Noya said.

Wyoming to be recognized for the work “Maybe with showing that women are they are doing. We think that’s important.” part of agriculture, too, you can show Jim Magagna said he sees an increasing the other side, that kind side, the loving number of women ranchers in the state. side,” she said. “Maybe you can show with Executive vice president of the Wyoming something like this it’s not just ranchers or Stock Growers Association, Magagna said cowboys, it’s much more involved. That there are ranches being solely operated by real care is involved in producing animals women and there are true partnerships beor crops. I think women take pride in being tween spouses. a part of that whole cycle of growing and “They each have distinct roles but that inproducing.” cludes both of them out there moving cattle, Tennessee girl Judy Raymond didn’t and they are both sitting in the office making know it, but she was part of a plan put in financial decisions,” said Magagna at the motion, she said, by her husband to be – Gillette event. The 147-year-old association with divine help. He had more or less asked had its first woman president in 2007.

God to drop a wife from a helicopter onto “I think probably there are still a few his ranch – or he was leaving. places in Wyoming where women face the “He has a very strong faith,” she said. Ten challenge of just being fully recognized for days after the prayer, she arrived. what they do, but this is changing,” he said.

Raymond had lived in Boston many years He did not know all 11 women producteaching and had bicycled in Wyoming and ers recognized but knows many of them. loved the state. She later moved to Wyo“The diversity to me is what’s impressive,” ming to help manage a bed and breakfast Magagna said. “Each in their unique way near Rawlins and owned by a woman she is making important contributions to Wyohad met while biking in the state. Her friend ming agriculture.” took Raymond to look at a homestead cabin Extension collaborated with several proon the ranch, but Raymond says she was ducer groups, ranch industry representatives really taking her to be introduced to the and a committee of women producers to rancher. Her friend thought they might be receive and verify nominations from each a match. county and the Wind River Indian ReservaThat was 23 years and two children ago. tion. Extension plans to recognize women “When God has brought you to a place, producers each year. that makes a huge difference,” she said.

The timing of the honors the same year as “Everything works out.” the 150th anniversary of women suffrage in The cow-calf ranch is a family operation, Wyoming is appropriate, said Cat Urbigkit, but the hardest part for Raymond was getone of the award recipients. She and her ting used to work never-ending, as opposed family manage a sheep operation in Sublette to teaching school for nine months and then County, and she writes, is a photographer, ending. and publishes Shepherd magazine.

“That was very difficult psychologically “I’m so happy to be associated with these for me to accept, that there is always a very women, and a lot of them are my friends,” long list of things to be done,” said Rayshe said. “They are strong women leaders mond. “You can choose how much it weighs and are respected in their communities and on you. I’ve chosen to do it a day at a time.” in the field in agriculture.”

There was also that imposter thing. A city She’s involved in the day-to-day decigirl, she didn’t know ranch terminology, and sions on their ranch and is in the traditional when introduced to a sheep ranch neighbor, family role, with everyone involved. she asked when he planned to start calving.

“But I also have the pleasure of working with herders who are here from other “My husband was embarrassed, this city countries and not used to women having girl asking a sheep rancher about calving. a physical role in managing livestock as That was embarrassing and humbling, to well as the decision-making role,” she said. be on a steep learning curve,” she said. “I “So, it’s been an interesting dynamic to be didn’t know the terminology. When I heard involved in. It’s never been a problem, but that someone’s outfit had different needs, I it’s kind of humorous to me to kind of shove thought it was the clothes you were wearing.” a man aside when working sheep in a pen.”

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Article examining farm productivity receives lofty honor

By University of Wyoming Extension A paper examining farm productivity and innovation cowritten by a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming (UW) has received honors from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Associate professor Matt Andersen in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and collaborators will receive the 2019 Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) Article Honorable Mention award for “A Century of U.S. Farm Productivity Growth: A Surge Then a Slowdown.”

They received the award Monday, June 10, at the association’s annual meeting in Atlanta. The article was published in the journal’s July 2018 edition. The article is at bit.ly/ agproductivity.

“The AJAE is our top disciplinary journal and receiving an honorable mention for the outstanding article award is a very noteworthy achievement,” said Ben Rashford, associate professor and head of the department.

Other authors are Julian Alston, distinguished professor, and professor Aaron Smith, both in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, and Philip Pardey, a professor in the Department of Applied Economics and director of the International Science and Technology Practice and Policy, both at the University of Minnesota.

They examined changes in U.S. agricultural productivity patterns and found “sizable and significant slowdowns in the rate of productivity in recent decades,” they wrote. They also surmised the high rates of productivity in the latter part of the century were aberrations compared to the long-term trend.

They suggest waves of technological progress through the mid-century contributed to the surge of faster-than-normal productivity growth through the third quarter of the century and a slowdown toward the end of the 20th century extending into the present.

They also suggest a reduction in the growth of total spending on agricultural research and development was a precursor to the post-1990 sluggish agricultural productivity. They added that the extent to which the small R&D spending had on the slowdown is speculative.

The authors also caution weak U.S. agricultural productivity growth could have serious implications. The U.S. could see a widening competitiveness gap in the world if other counties do not have comparable slowdowns in productivity.

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She’s finally past all that. “That feeling of being an imposter was a long time getting over,” said Raymond. “Maybe within the last couple years I finally realized ‘You are a rancher, not a teacher or anything else. A rancher.’ And I’m comfortable with it. It’s been difficult, but I love the life. I love being a food producer with my family.”

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announces that signup began June 17 for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, the cornerstone program of the dairy safety net that helps dairy producers manage the volatility of milk and feed prices, operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).

The 2018 Farm Bill allowed USDA to construct the new DMC, which replaces the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). This new program offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer.

“In February I committed to opening signup of the new Dairy Margin Coverage program by June 17, I am proud to say that our FSA staff worked hard to meet that challenge as one of the Department’s top Farm Bill implementation priorities since President Trump signed it last December.” said Secretary Perdue. “With an environment of low milk prices, high economic stress, and a new safety net program with higher coverage levels and lower premiums, it is the right time for dairy producers to seriously consider enrolling when signup opens. For many smaller dairies, the choice is probably a no-brainer as the retroactive coverage through January has already assured them that the 2019 payments will exceed the required premiums.”

The program provides coverage retroactive to January 1, 2019, with applicable payments following soon after enrollment.

At the time of signup, dairy producers can choose between the $4.00 to $9.50 coverage levels.

The Farm Bill also allows producers who participated in MPP-Dairy from 20142017 to receive a repayment or credit for part of the premiums paid into the program.

FSA has been providing premium reimbursements to producers since last month and those that elect the 75 percent credit option will now have that credit applied toward 2019 DMC premiums.

The Department has built in a 50 percent blend of premium and supreme alfalfa hay prices with the alfalfa hay price used under the prior dairy program to provide a total feed cost that more closely aligns with hay rations used by many producers.

At a milk margin minus feed cost of $9.50 or less, payments are possible. With the 50 percent hay blend, FSA’s revised April 2019 income over feed cost margin is $8.82 per hundredweight (cwt). The revised margins for January, February and March are, respectively, $7.71, $7.91 and $8.66 – triggering DMC payments for each month.

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DMC offers catastrophic coverage at no cost to the producer, other than an annual $100 administrative fee. Producers can opt for greater coverage levels for a premium in addition to the administrative fee. Operations owned by limited resource, beginning, socially disadvantaged or veteran farmers and ranchers may be eligible for a waiver on administrative fees. Producers have the choice to lock in coverage levels until 2023 and receive a 25-percent discount on their DMC premiums.

To assist producers in making coverage elections, USDA partnered with the University of Wisconsin to develop a DMC decision support tool (https://www.fsa. usda.gov/programs-and-services/farmbill/farm-safety-net/dairy-programs/dmcdecision-tool/index), which can be used to evaluate various scenarios using different coverage levels through DMC. More Information All dairy operations in the United States are eligible for the DMC program. An operation can be run either by a single producer or multiple producers who commercially produce and market cows’ milk.

Eligible dairy operations must have a production history determined by FSA. For most operations, production history is based on the highest milk production in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Newer dairy operations have other options for determining production history. Producers may contact their local FSA office to get their verified production history.

Dairy producers also are reminded that 2018 Farm Bill provisions allow for dairy operation to participate in both FSA’s DMC program and the Risk Management Agency’s Livestock Gross Margin (LGM-Dairy) program. There are also no restrictions from participating in DMC in conjunction with any other RMA insurance products.

On December 20, 2018, President Trump signed into law the 2018 Farm Bill, which provides support, certainty and stability to our nation’s farmers, ranchers and land stewards by enhancing farm support programs, improving crop insurance, maintaining disaster programs and promoting and supporting voluntary conservation.

FSA is committed to implementing these changes as quickly and effectively as possible, and today’s updates are part of meeting that goal.

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No hemp products currently approved for use in animal feed

By K-State Research and Extension News Industrial hemp is the new buzzword in Kansas agriculture, but the message is clear: No hemp or hemp-derived products, including CBD oil, are currently approved for use in animal feed, including pet food.

That was the word from Kansas Department of Agriculture officials during a May 23 webinar with K-State Research and Extension agents and specialists.

The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, also referred to as the Farm Bill, expanded production opportunities for growing hemp across the country. This year is the first year it’s legal to grow it in Kansas but only within research programs outlined by the Farm Bill.

KDA has developed the Kansas industrial hemp research program, which offers potential for diversification for Kansas farmers looking for an alternative crop or for new farming enterprises, according to Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam.

“The Kansas agriculture industry is committed to pursuing new and innovative opportunities to grow agriculture,” he said, “and the research generated by participants of this new industrial hemp research program will be valuable data in identifying the growth potential offered in this sector.”

Industrial hemp can be used in various products including paper, biodegradable plastics, and construction materials.

Two agencies regulate feed and feed ingredients in Kansas – the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, said Ken Bowers, feed technical director with the KDA Dairy and Feed Safety Program.

Bowers said feed ingredients used in animal feed in the United States undergo a scientific review by the company that is proposing the ingredient. The company submits the review through one of several avenues for approval, but to date, no hemp or hemp-derived products have been approved. The regulations are designed to keep animals and humans safe.

“That’s the only way to get a legal, approved ingredient,” he said.

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine has safety concerns that must be addressed through scientific studies regarding Tetrahydrocannabinol THC and CBD. These concerns and scientific studies have not been addressed yet by industry, Bowers said.

Extension educators around the state have been fielding questions about whether hemp or hemp-derived products can be used as feed ingredients, said Justin Waggoner, beef cattle specialist with K-State Research and Extension and webinar coordinator.

“It’s really important that our stakeholders are knowledgeable on industrial hemp and what can and can’t be done with it in the state of Kansas,” said Dana Ladner, KDA compliance education coordinator, during the webinar.

More information is available on the Kansas Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Research Program website (https://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/plant-protectweed-control/industrial-hemp) and on the K-State Research and Extension Industrial Hemp information page (https:// www.northwest.k-state.edu/agronomy/industrial_hemp_resources.html). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture also has a resource page (https://nifa.usda.gov/industrial-hemp).

Flea beetles high in canola

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