May 2014

MAY 2014

Vol. XV No. 4 P.O. Box 306 Valier, MT 59486-0306

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

Sign-up now for ag land, wetland conversation easements USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is now accepting applications for its new Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP).

The ACEP combines NRCS’s former Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Programs.

“This is an exciting new opportunity for even more people to get involved in conserving natural resources,” said Montana State Conservationist Joyce Swartzendruber.

“We encourage Indian tribes, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and private landowners to contact their local NRCS office to find out how to apply.”

The ACEP, created through the 2014 Farm Bill, funds easements for working agricultural lands and wetland reserves. ACEP is comprised of two components: Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE).

ALE easements would prevent productive working lands from being converted to non-agricultural uses and maximize protection of land devoted to food and fiber production.

Cropland, rangeland, grassland, pastureland and nonindustrial private forestland are eligible. continued on page A2

NRCS program funding

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has set a June 1, 2014, application deadline for agricultural operators to be considered for 2015 conservation program funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers and ranchers implement conservation practices that provide environmental benefits to help sustain agricultural operations. Conservation program participation is voluntary and helps private landowners and operators defray the costs continued on page A2

Lewistown Kids Fishing Day

Lewistown’s annual kids fishing day will take place June 14 this year at the Frog Ponds.

The 10 a.m. to noon free event will feature demonstrations on water safety, casting and fish identification. Everyone is welcome, however, the activities are geared for children ages 3-12.

Prizes, purchased at local businesses, will be available, including fishing poles, nets, tackle boxes, hats and more. continued on page A2

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

May, Online River’s West Auction, Online Only..................................................A2 May-June, Pate Auction, Online........................................................................A39 May 14, Shobe Auction & Realty, Troyer Moving, Moore.................................A10 May 17, Kamerman Auction Co, Cline Estate, Belgrade...................................A5 May 17, Hi Line Auction, Holzhey Ranch Auction, Malta.................................A12 May 17, River’s West Auction, Wunderlich Living Estate/Moving, Ronan........A6 May 17, Pate Auction, A Plus Services, LLC, Choteau....................................A20 May 17, Kevin Hill Auction Services, LLC, Schall Estate, Arlee........................A4 May 18, RK Statewide Auction, O’Connor Real Estate, House, Ranch, Sidney... A40 May 21, Buckley Auction, AMS-Skelton Angus Ranch, Conrad.....................A11 May 23, WHB, Hay & Equipment, Great Falls....................................................A26 May 24, Mills Auction, Rocking Y Leather Wholesale, Ashland......................A13 May 24, Weaver Auction, Spring Consignment, Drummond...........................A14 May 24, RK Statewide Auction, Hoover Estate, Glendive................................A44 May 31, Ophus Auction Service, McKerrow Estate, Floweree........................A17 May 31, Barnes Auction Service, Farm & Ranch Equipment, Dillon..............A15 June 1, RK Statewide Auction, Raben Estate, Miles City................................A45 June 6, Bo Carpenter Auction, Great Falls Spring Auction, Great Falls........A45 June 14, Perkins Aucton Service, Eighorn Estate, Galen...............................A19 June 14, Shobe Auction & Realty, Hartman Farm & Ranch, Lewistown........A48 June 19, Fritz Auction, Spring Consignment, Chester....................................A32

The wet spring not only has the “big” farmers antsy but the “little” ones too. This “little” farmer thought he’d try out the mud puddles with his “birthday girl” little sister.

A range school unlike any other

By Chrissy Cook, Judith Basin County Extension Agent

Join us for a daylong, hands on, interactive seminar with range consultants Greg Simonds and Jeff Goebel who are determined to think outside of the box. The 2014 Judith Basin County Range School will be held May 22nd at the Gordon and Harley Hughes Ranch outside of Stanford, MT. For 30 years Mr. Simonds has managed, owned and consulted on ranches whose mission was to make money while improving the natural resources. With over thirty years of national and international successes in consensus building, conflict resolution, and visioning for sustainable solutions, Jeff is a leading expert in helping individuals and communities attain their goals and remove the obstacles that lie in their way.

PRIVATE TREATY

Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek.................... A16 Double Tree Red Angus, Sand Coulee........................ A6 Clay Creek Angus, Greybull, WY................................. A9 Storey Herefords, Bozeman......................................... A2 Gunderson Hereford, Rudyard.................................... A4 Connelly Angus, Valier............................................... A36 Jackson Polled Herefords, Rudyard.......................... A33 Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan................................. A27 Duncan Ranch Co, Jopin........................................... A27 Dutton Hereford Ranch, Gold Creek......................... A27 Feddes Herefords, Manhattan................................... A27 J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood....................................... A27 K and C Herefords, Deer Lodge................................ A27 K.L. Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay............................ A27 McMurry Cattle, Billings............................................. A27 Sparks Herefords, Plevna.......................................... A27 Wichman Herefords, Moore....................................... A27

Many of us had heard speakers dictate on rotational grazing, intensive grazing, range monitoring, and improving the land.

These principles are not new, and many of our ranches have been practicing these for generations. Have you ever attended a talk and thought “I’d like to try that” or “that just might improve my place” but then go home only to attend to daily tasks and never implement the change?

Most of us definitely don’t lack the knowledge to change, so why don’t we make the changes? What is holding us back? We are all tied to the land we work, mentally, emotionally and financially.

There is so much risk involved when implementing a change, especially in today’s market of production and price risk. continued on page A2

Advertiser Index Page B1 Recipe Patch A50 ADVERTISING DEADLINE The deadline for the June 2014 issue is May 30

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A2

Yearling Polled & Horned Hereford Bulls Performance Tested Select Now - We Will Deliver in Spring

Storey Hereford Ranch Bozeman, MT Chuck 406-580-8255 shr@storeyherefordranch.com

MOTORHOME FOR SALE

1987 Fleetwood Pace Arrow M-GB, 31-ft., sleeps 5 adults, generator with auto start, gas or electric furnace, large refrigerator with freezer, propane range with oven, microwave, 2 air conditioning units, cruise control, dual holding tanks, gas or electric water heater, tv and radio with sound system, 21-ft. awning, 32,208 miles.

$7500 Contact Ross Fitzgerald, (406) 788-1443, Great Falls, MT

Remember to turn the POWER OFF after heating season!

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Sign-up for easements continued from front page

WRE easements would restore and enhance wetlands and improve wildlife habitat. Eligible lands include farmed or converted wetlands that can be successfully and costeffectively restored.

Applications are currently being accepted for wetlands reserve easements and will be ranked according to the easement’s potential for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds, fish and other wildlife.

To be considered for funding in the 2014 fiscal year, applications must be submitted to NRCS by June 6, 2014.

However NRCS accepts applications for all easement programs on a continuous basis. Applications are available at local USDA Service Center s and at www.nrcs.usda.gov/ GetStarted.

Learn more about ACEP and other Farm Bill programs at www.nrcs.usda.gov/farmbill

A range school unlike any other continued from front page

Mr. Simonds has experienced and overcome many of these challenges during his 30 years of managing ranches. Join us as we hash out how to create choices and the ability to choose at the 2014 Range School.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. on May 22nd at the Hughes Livestock Co. Lunch is sponsored by Basin State Bank and will be served from 12:20 to 1:30. The evening will conclude with a steak dinner sponsored by the Judith Basin Conservation District. Pre-Registration is preferred by May 16th. Registration is $10.00 (includes snacks, drinks, lunch and dinner). For more information you can contact Chrissy at the Judith Basin Extension Office at 406-566-2277 ext.

104 or email christen.cook@montana.edu or go to the JBC website http://www.msuextension.org/judithbasin/.

NRCS program funding continued from front page

of installing conservation practices.

NRCS accepts conservation program applications yearround; however, applications for 2015 funding consideration must be submitted by June 1, 2014. Applications made after the deadline will be considered in the next funding cycle.

Additional information is available on the Montana NRCS website at www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov.

Lewistown Kids Fishing Day continued from front page

Those who attend are encouraged to bring their own fishing tackle, and no one is required to have a fishing license on Saturday at the town’s Frog Ponds.

The event is sponsored by Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the federal Bureau of Land Management. Volunteers from the local Walleye’s Unlimited and Trout Unlimited chapters will be on hand as well.

THE TRADER’S DISPATCH (USPS 019-793)

May 2014 — Vol. XV No. 4

Published monthly by Trader’s Dispatch Inc., 402 Montana Ave., Valier, MT 59486-0306. Free on request to farmers, ranchers, heavy equipment owners and truckers in the Western United States.

Non-qualifying in-state annual subscription fee is $15.

Out-of-state nonqualifying U.S. annual subscription $25.

Periodicals Postage Paid at Valier, MT and at additional mailing offices.

Deadline for June issue Friday, May 30, 2014 Postmaster: Send address changes to Trader’s Dispatch, PO Box 306, Valier, MT 59486-0306 Curt Aaberg, sales rep. Jean Aaberg, production Geri Aaberg, circulation Chrissy Kolste, content organizer Kathy Peterson, Chrissy Kolste, and Tammy Bock, graphic artists Office Phone 406-279-3291 FAX 406-279-3249 e-mail: trader@3rivers.net www.tradersdispatch.com Notice: Advertisers purchase space and circulation only. All property rights to any advertisements produced for the advertiser by Trader’s Dispatch, using artwork or typography furnished or arranged by Trader’s Dispatch shall be the property of Trader’s Dispatch. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced or assigned without the consent of Trader’s Dispatch.

Avoid Hantavirus infection this spring

As Montana slowly transitions into spring, state health officials remind Montanans to take steps to avoid Hantavirus.

In a typical year, about 1-2 cases of Hantavirus are reported to the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). However, DPHHS officials say there are several studies showing the deer mice populations in Montana are consistently infected with the virus. In fact, Montana has reported 37 cases since 1993, when the virus was first recognized, making the state second only to New Mexico in the rate of reported cases.

“We know the potential exists for people to become infected with Hantavirus infection,” said DPHHS Director Richard Opper. “However, by taking a few extra precautions, that potential can be greatly reduced. Stop and think this spring before cleaning out your shed, garage, summer cabin or RV.” Karl Milhon of the DPHHS Communicable Disease Bureau says it’s important to remember how people can contract the illness in the first place. “Rodents shed the virus in their urine, droppings, and saliva,” he said. “The virus is mainly transmitted to people when they breathe in air contaminated with the virus. It is important to avoid actions that raise dust, such as sweeping or vacuuming if signs of rodents are present. Protecting yourself and cleaning correctly is essential.”

While Hantavirus cases can occur during any month, spring and summer present more opportunities for exposure as people clean cabins, outbuildings and campers, as well as spend more time outdoors where they can come in contact with mouse and rat nesting materials.

The best way to prevent Hantavirus transmission is to control rodent populations in areas where one lives and works.

When cleaning areas where rodents may nest, take the following precautions: Wear rubber or plastic gloves Thoroughly spray/soak area with a disinfectant or mixture of bleach and water to reduce dust and disinfect the area being cleaned Wipe or mop the area with a sponge or paper towel (throw away items after use) Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water after removing gloves Never sweep or vacuum in these areas as this can stir up dust and aerosolize the droppings Early symptoms of Hantavirus infection include fever and muscle aches, and sometimes chills, headache and vomiting.

Within a few days, symptoms progress to coughing and severe shortness of breath. The symptoms develop one to six weeks after exposure.

However, early recognition is the key to surviving the illness.

“If someone is exposed to rodents and experiences symptoms, especially severe shortness of breath, they need to seek treatment right away,” Milhon said. “Telling your doctor about any rodent exposure will alert your physician to look closely for any rodent-carried disease, such as Hantavirus.”

Miles City Sheep Shearing Contest

A wild and wooly time is staged for May 17th as the seventh annual Miles City Bucking Horse Sale Sheep Shearing Contest will test the skills of the best shearers from Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. The shearing contest is a test of the shearer’s ability to get the wool off the sheep in a short amount of time while doing the highest quality job possible.

Saturday’s Sheep Shearing Contest will begin with the professional preliminary round beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Agri. Sports complex located on the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds in Miles City. The finals of the Professional division are scheduled to begin promptly at 12:30. Anyone interested in agriculture would find this contest interesting, educational and fun to watch. There is no cost for spectators at this event and everyone is welcome to come and take in the action. For more information or to enter the contest call Cheryl Schuldt, contest superintendent at 406-945-0404 (email- cherylschuldt@ hotmail.com). ##### Kathy (Nana) and Allan (Papa) let Jack, their four-year-old grandson, sleep with them in their king-sized bed during a visit. They didn’t mind because there was plenty of room for him. One morning after a sleepover, Nana asked Jack if Papa’s snoring kept him awake. Jack replied, “Papa doesn’t snore.

He’s just making dinosaur noises.”

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A3

MOTOR HOME FOR SALE 1990 Prevost motor home, Country Coach Edition, all the bells and whistles, Detroit Silver 92 and Allison transmission, 172,000 miles. Drives like a cloud.

Asking $80,000 Possible trade for trucks or construction equipment. Located in Great Falls.

Phone 406-253-1001

JIM NIELSEN TRUCK & PARTS, INC.

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

Sales lot located I-90 at Rocker Interchange

Semi Trailers

Inventory Available

2001 International 4900 tandem, new 18-ft. grain body, white 2000 International 4900 chassis, white 1997 Ford F800 diesel, automatic, 18ft. steel bed, white 1996 International 8100 single axle tractor, orange 1994 International 4900 tandem chassis, white 1993 International 4700 16-ft. scissor dump, white 1992 Chevrolet Kodiak single axle, diesel, chassis, white 1991 GMC tandem, snow plow, dump, needs engine work, orange 1990 International 8300 tandem tractor, green 1988 GMC 7000 single axle, diesel, chassis, 120 CA, white 1988 GMC 7000 single axle, diesel, chassis, 102 CA, white 1985 Kenworth W900 tandem, day cab tractor, clean, blue.

1982 Ford L9000 tandem, diesel, chassis, Allison auto, white 1981 Mack single axle, dump truck, white 1980 GMC 7000 grease rack truck, blue

1996 Kidron 45-ft. reefer van, white 1991 Kentucky 48-ft. tri axle van, white 1990 Theurer 48-ft. x 102” dry van, orange 24-ft. tandem gooseneck, flatbed, black 12-ft. tandem horse trailer, brown NEW Harsh double cylinder underbody hoist, never been mounted!

Consignment Corner

1997 Peterbilt 377 tractor, blue 1993 Kenworth T600 tractor, blue 1979 International 4070 cab over tractor, green 1972 International 1600, 2000 gallon fuel truck, red 1969 Chevrolet C50 16-ft. flatbed, lift gate, green

Currently wrecking 299 trucks!

All shapes & sizes!

Online Only Auctions

Special Equipment

Watson & Chalin steerable lift axle, complete assembly with controls.

23-ft. all steel flat bed (gray) Omaha 16-ft. steel flat and hoist, consigned 9-ft. state highway dump box and hoist, orange 1992 Utility 102 spring ride tandem suspension 5- 14-ft. thru 18-ft. van bodies Galion 18-ft. all aluminum dump body, complete. Like new, consigned.

Wausau 12-ft. reversible snow plow, complete Ridewell air lift 4th axle, complete 2-aluminum closet cab guards 18-ft. all steel bed and roll gate 3- underbody hoist assemblies 14-ft. all steel flatbed, yellow

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May 13 - 2007 Freightliner Business Class M2 106, automatic, 208,076 miles.

1991 GMC Topkick C7500, 427 gasoline engine, Allison automatic transmission, 24-ft. van box.

2008 Palfinger bedmount crane, 36’5” max reach, comes with remote and all mounting hardware.

2008 custom built 20-ft. medium duty flatbed, 8x20-ft., ready to mount on truck.

May 20 - 2005 Case IH 2388 rotary harvester, 1946 separator hours, straw chopper.

2000 Flexi-Coil 9000 air seeder, 130 bushel cart, 30” row spacing.

1991 John Deere 310C loader backhoe, 4WD, 5310 hours. Good rubber!

May 27 - 2013 Case IH Farmall 95U 95 hp tractor, 4WD, 129 hours. Loader ready.

2012 Finn Hydroseeder T12GN, 1200 gallon capacity, 100 hours. Like new!

1991 Pioneer 1047J crusher, 1056 hours, 10”x47” jaw, John Deere 4 cylinder diesel.

2007 Trail King 48-ft. belt trailer, triple axle, live bottom.

1996 Knight 120-5 18-ft. end dump pup trailer, quad axle, steel composition.

1992 Ford F800 derrick digger truck, 7.8L diesel, automatic, 73,014 miles.

2000 8-ft. fiberglass body. Ready to mount on pickup.

1968 Fruehauf Hab F2 K 38-ft. pneumatic trailer, tandem axle, dry bulk.

Visit www.riverswestonlineauctions.com for photos, videos, inspections and to register to bid.

Jason Clinkenbeard • 406-239-3529 jason@riverswestauction.com Reed Tobol • 406-249-1767 reed@riverswestauction.com

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SPRA-COUPE FOR SALE

Melroe 216 spra-coupe with foam marker. Stored inside, in good condition. Ready to go!.................................. $10,000 Phone (406) 467-2850 or 750-7571, Fairfield, MT

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Wheel lines and main lines. 2 each 1/4 mile sections with movers. 1560-ft. of 6” main line and 1560-ft. of 4” main line. Additional third mover and 15 joints of wheel line, miscellaneous pipe and handlines.............. $15,500 obo Diesel pump.............................................................. $8500 Will sell diesel pump separately but wheel lines and main line sold as set.

Phone (406) 403-2363, Fort Shaw, Montana

2-year-old Sons & Gransons For Sale

R 263 North Star 81R at 8-years-old

PRIVATE TREATY Gunderson Herefords

Dale & Lanea Gunderson – Rudyard, Montana Phone 406-355-4212

Wyoming ranch uses risk scenario planning tool

By James Sedman, consultant to the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and John Hewlett, farm and ranch management specialist in the department Farm and ranch managers know change or costs, depending on which values are is inevitable. There is a good chance a busiallowed to vary. ness will need to adjust and make one or Managers can make much more informed more operational changes. decisions when accounting for known unOperational changes can range from certainties. being relatively minor in nature, such as The academic professionals at RightRisk. deciding whether or not to put a few more org have developed a spreadsheet-based tool pounds on feeder calves before selling them. called the Risk Scenario Planning (RSP) Major change may come in the form of a tool. Users enter projected results for a question brought on by severe drought – like proposed operational change along with buy hay or sell cows. the option to refine estimated outcomes by Any change brings uncertainty the manincluding uncertainty: such as commodity ager must account for; this uncertainty is prices or yields. also known as risk.

The RSP tool combines a partial budgetAddressing risk using partial and entering approach and probability analysis for prise budgets is an excellent way to evaluate nearly any proposed change. We will look whether or not to make important changes. at a southeast Wyoming ranch facing an Remember, budget projections are only as operational decision to learn more about good as the data used for price, yields, and this tool. costs.

Southeast Wyoming Ranch Production While a producer may have firm data Decision for some of the inputs (such as an Actual Our example ranch manager is considerProduction History yield for crops), many ing making a decision many Wyoming cattle price and yield values are best guesses. A producers ponder: selling heifer calves or cow-calf operator, for example, may have keeping them longer to sell as bred heifers. a good feel for but not know exactly calf The ranch is considering one of two opweaning weights for a given year. tions: 1. Sell 40 heifer calves now for $137/ The Risk Scenario Planning Tool cwt, or 2. Keep and breed 34 of them and Including this uncertainty rather than sell the bottom six. making an educated guess using a single Bred heifer prices and hay prices are the value is the best way to evaluate strategies. two main uncertain variables. In the next Risk can be included by taking a wider article, we will take a closer look at how set of values such as maximum, minimum, the ranch uses a partial budget framework and most likely estimates and use proband the RSP tool to consider their options ability analysis to forecast prices, yields, in greater detail.

For More Information Visit RightRisk.org for risk management planning tools and tips. The site contains numerous resources, including budgeting tools, crop insurance information, producer profiles, online courses, and other information on important topics. To begin using the Risk Scenario Planning tool, click the “Resources” tab and select Risk Mgmt. tools from the menu. The spreadsheetbased tool includes a user guide and pre-loaded examples to help users understand its application.

CATERED BY BURGERS & BEYOND Directions: From Hwy 93 north of Arlee at MM 22.5, turn west on S Valley Creek. Go .8 miles and turn right on Sequeque Ln 1 mile to Auction Site. WATCH FOR SIGNS

##### Photoplayers, huge organs used in movie theaters during the silent film era to provide music and sound effects, are rare today. Virginia City Opera House in Montana has one of the four that are known to exist today. ##### Butte, Montana was home to the Dumas, America’s longest operating house of ill repute, which opened in 1890, closed in 1982, and later reopened as a museum dedicated to that lifestyle. ##### The Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive, celebrating the state’s 100th birthday, drew 3000 cattle, 3500 horses, 3000 riders and 300 wagons to Roundup, Montana.

Get garden irrigation system in shape before the season

By Oklahoma State University Gardeners are well aware of the importance of moisture for their lawns and gardens. To help combat watering issues during the growing season, take time now to make sure your irrigation system is ready.

David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension consumer horticulturist, said it is important to first make a visual inspection of the system.

“Before you even turn on the water, inspect all of the sprinkler heads. Be sure to check for broken heads or heads that may have gotten covered up during the winter,” Hillock said. “Free the heads, make the proper height adjustments and make sure the heads are still in the correct position.”

Once you know the heads are in working order, check all valve boxes for rodent nests and debris. These boxes may have been used as a furry creature’s safe haven during the winter months.

Because water schedules change over the season, what you had the system set on at the end of last growing season will be different than the beginning of this season. Establish there is power to the controller and set the stations for proper run times.

“You’ll also want to turn on the main water source and slowly fill the system,” he said. “If you have manual drain valves, leave them open so air can escape as the pipes fill with water. Close the drain valves when water starts coming out.”

The next step is to check each station manually for leaks.

In addition, make sure each head is providing adequate coverage to the area and they are closing properly.

Hillock said if the system is not running properly, additional troubleshooting needs to take place so appropriate repairs can be made.

“Hopefully you don’t discover major issues, but if you do, an irrigation specialist may be needed to fix the problem,” he said.

For those who may not have a rain sensor on their irritation system, this time of year is a good time to install one.

Replacing backup batteries also should be done at this time.

“Anyone who has gardened in Oklahoma for any length of time knows the importance of a properly running irrigation system,” Hillock said. “Making necessary repairs now will help in ensuring your landscape plants will be healthy going into the growing season.”

MFU 2014 summer camps

Registration is open for Montana Farmers Union’s (MFU) 2014 camp season at Arrowpeak Lodge in the Highwood Mountains. These overnight camps provide opportunities for fun and lasting memories, and teach cooperative teamwork and leadership skills to youth across the state.

The MFU Senior Youth Advisory Board chose “Local Leaders, Global Changes” as the theme for this camp year, which will help celebrate the International Year of the Family Farmer. Campers will learn how food is grown throughout the world. All camps provide age appropriate activities and workshops with the goal of making memories, encouraging cooperative teamwork, and growing tomorrow’s leaders.

Four overnight camps will be offered this summer: Junior Camp I – June 22-27, is for ages 8-11.

Junior Camp II – July 20-24, also for ages 8-11.

Senior Camp – June 27 – July 2, is for ages 15-19.

Teen Camp – July 14-18, is for ages 12-15.

Parents of camp attendees are welcome to join the campers on July 23 for an Appreciation Night Dinner.

“MFU is proud to offer another season of camps at Arrowpeak that instills cooperative principles, leadership and civic engagement,” said MFU Education Director Delisa Clampitt.

“This year, we will be celebrating the International Year of the Family Farmer with activities to explore how others grow food around the globe. This years’ camp curriculum will surely bring to our campers a broader knowledge of not only agriculture but of themselves.”

Camp costs $70 for MFU members and $125 for nonmembers. Bus transportation to and from the MFU office is available for a nominal fee of $10 per camper. RSVP and prior payment is required. Camp participation is kept reasonably priced through underwriting provided by CHS, Inc., the Montana Farmers Union and Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company.

For more information and to register online: www.montanafarmersunion.com or call 1-800-234-4071

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A5

FARM

From the Bob Cline Estate with Guest Consignors

Saturday, May 17th 10 AM 4350 Spain Bridge Rd. Belgrade, MT

2 Miles N. of Belgrade on Dry Creek Rd., 2 miles east on Penwell Bridge Rd, S. on Spain Bridge Rd. Watch for Signs

Auctioneer’s Note: The family of Bob Cline is offering Bob’s equipment for sale by public auction. Bob was a lifetime Gallatin Valley Rancher who took pride in his machinery and would rather put money into what he had, than trade it in for new. We’ve added some quality items from guest consigners to round out the sale. The tools are Name Brand & the ATV is in great shape. The owner was meticulous in the care of these items. This sale has a little bit of everything…. A must see to appreciate! Hope to see you on sale day! -Wes Tractors & Haying Equipment

Misc Farm Equipment

*Case 2090 Tractor w/ Cab, Heat & Air, 12 speed w/ 3 speed PS, 2 rear remotes, dual PTO, 20.8X38 tires, Front Weights, 4950 hrs, Serial #9915411 (complete out of frame overhaul) *Case 2090 Tractor w/ Cab, Heat & Air, 12 speed w/ 3 speed PS, 2 rear removes, dual PTO, 20.8X38 Tires, w/ Case Model 90 Loader, 10,000+ hours, Serial #8845206 (complete Transmission overhaul) *New Holland 2450 Self-Propelled Windrower w/ Model 2200 series 12’ Header, 1500 hrs, Serial #565902 *H&S Hay Machine II **New Holland Model 144 Inverter *New Holland Model 664 Round Baler, BC Twine Only *Rowse 9’ Sickle Mower, 3 pt

*Oteco Pivot Track Filler, like new **Donahue Swather Trailer **300 Gal Century Slide in Sprayer *Ford 3-16 Spinner Plow, 3 pt w/ Spring Trips *Brandt 7 X 45’ Grain Auger, pto driven *Campbell 3 pt 150 gal Field Sprayer, 140” Boom *Ford 4 cyl Diesel Berkley Irrigation Pump, Model B3J0BM *Cornell 100 hp Irrigation Pump, like new **2 – Shaver #8 3 pt Post Pounders *72” Bradco Rock Bucket, 2” spacing, Skid-Steer Plate *ProMark Brush Chipper, pto *4 wheel Wagon w/ diesel tank *Filson Squeeze Chute **2 Bottom Plow, Category 1

Miscellaneous Shop Supplies & Tools

*2001 Polaris Sportsman, 500 4X4, independent suspension, 390 miles – excellent w/ 6’ snow blade **1997 Honda 300 4X4 Rancher *Dixon Model 4423 15 ½ hp, B & S engine, 42” deck *Club Cadet GT2186 HD Lawn Mower, shaft drive, 44” deck, Kohler OHV 20 hp engine *Troy Bilt 2600 PSI Pressure Washer *Husqvarna Model 625 HWT Weed Wacker - on wheels *Snap On Classic #78 Rolling Tool Box *3 pt Cement Mixer *Magnum Research Desert Eagle Hand Gun w/ 6” & 10” 44 cal, 6” 40 cal, 6” & 10” 357 cal, 6 & 10” 50 cal, w/ 9 clips & scope in hard sided carrying case, serial #31205589 (This item being sold, with final bid price subject to owner approval) *2 Metal Art Work pieces + a Chevy Headboard for queen size bed

*Peck Stow & Wilcox Metal Cutting Shear *Fimco 25 gal ATV Sprayer w/ boom *GMC 10” Table Mount Drill * Delta 6” Bench Grinder * Bench Vise *2 welding tables (small & large) w/ rollers *S-K ½” Drive Socket Set 3/8” to ¼” *4 Squirrel Cage Fans w/ motors *Porter-Cable Tiger Saw *Lenox Auger w/Leader Kit *H.D. Air Hose *G.P. Industrial Sockets 5/16” to 1 ¼” *G.P. Sockets 7mm – 20 mm *Several Tape Measures – 25’ – 100’ *Ingersoll Rand ¼” Impact Wrench *¼” Drive G.P. Allen Wrench Set, SAE & Metric * ½” Drive Torque Wrench * S-K End Wrenches, SAE & Metric *Midwest Wire Cutters *Pliers, Vise Grips, Crescent wrenches, Screw Drivers, Duck Bill Cutters, Pipe Cutters *Fabricating Magnets *Porter Cable 4 ½” Grinder *Riveter *Retaining Ring Pliers Kit *Roper Whitney #5 Hand Punch *Makita Circular Saw *Craftsman ¾” Drill *Poulan 3400 Chain Saw *Black & Decker Bush Trimmer *Shovels, Rakes, Gas Cans *Commercial Tri-pod Shop Light *4’ Ladder * Industrial 20’ Extension Ladder *Several full sheets of Steel, *Little Farm Wagon w/ metal sides & soft tires, **Misc household Appliances & Furniture

ATV, Lawn Mowers & Misc

HVAC Supplies

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Location: Ronan Community Center

Sat., May 17, 2014 • 10 am Preview:Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16

Directions: From Ronan, Montana, Hwy 93, turn west on Round Butte Road at the Dairy Queen, turn right on 3rd Avenue just past Ronan Middle School. Community Center will be on right hand side. Auction signs will be posted.

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Hunter Education class for women As a woman, have you wanted to learn more about firearms, how to handle them safely, and by the way, what is ethical hunting? How do you begin talking with someone who speaks “guns and ammo” as if its a foreign language? What is a caliber, trajectory, a load or a safe shot? What is the difference between horns and antlers?

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catered meals. While the course is free, there is a $75 fee to cover the cost of lodging and wonderful meals.

The non-profit 501(c)(3) “Women’s Hunter Education Program” sponsors the course by helping to keep the cost of lodging and meals affordable. All of the instructors are Montana FWP certified volunteers working toward making this a positive and supportive environment for women of any experience level to learn more about wildlife, firearms, safety, ethical hunting and our Montana hunting heritage.

Dates & times: Friday, August 15 4 PM until Saturday, August 16 5 PM Place: The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch 10 miles west of Dupuyer Registration: Offered online only at www.fwp.mt.gov/ education/hunterEd.html Deadline: July 25, 2014 Age: Minimum 18 years Cost: Course and booklet are free.

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BRAND FOR SALE Horse - right shoulder, Cattle - right hip... $3000 Owned for 40 years - Single Iron Brand Call Richard Dahlen (406) 452-4757 or (406) 231-5873, Great Falls, MT

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1996 John Deere 7200 105 hp, PowrQuad transmission with creeper, 2 remotes, 5246 hours. One owner, excellent condition......$39,500

2009 John Deere 7130 110 hp Synchro Plus transmission, 3 remotes, new Allied Buhler SL loader, 4900 hours......................$64,000

1997 Cat 928G 21/2 yd. bucket, heat, 2 lever control, 4350 hours. Tight, clean loader............$52,000

2012 Kubota M135X 135 hp, 3 remotes, hi/lo powershift transmission, front weights, new tires, 2100 hours. Excellent condition... ...............................$55,000

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Scours in beef calves prevalent this spring

By Katie Allen, Kansas State University Extension as you want to, but you never want to give Although many beef producers expemore than two quarts of the electrolyte solurienced more than the usual number of tion at one time,” Hanzlicek said. hypothermia cases in calves born this year He said producers should ask their vetdue to several days of sub-zero temperaerinarian about what electrolyte product to tures, scours is still the No. 1 neonatal calf use, as there are many commercial products disease producers will fight year after year, available. He would recommend just a few according to K-State veterinarian Gregg of the more than 40 options he is aware of Hanzlicek. on the market today.

Hanzlicek, who is director of production One of the ways producers can assess if animal field investigations for Kansas State they are getting ahead of the dehydration University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Labois to study the calf’s urination, he said. ratory, said scours has been a particularly Frequent urination indicates the producer is common problem this spring. It is a disease giving it the proper amount of fluids. caused by bacteria, viruses or protozoans, Producers also should keep the calf with which leads to diarrhea and dehydration in its mother while doing the fluid regimen, calves.

Hanzlicek said.

Scours is considered a management dis“We used to think the milk nourished the ease, he said, because beef producers must bacteria, viruses and protozoans,” he said. understand the disease and do their part to “We found that it doesn’t. Taking the calf prevent it through colostrum protection in off the cow makes the calf weak, because their calves and environmental sanitation our electrolyte solutions are low in energy. practices. If scours is present in the herd, Those calves need their mother’s milk.” producers should identify and treat the Prevention problem to prevent calf, and financial, loss.

Colostrum protection is important for calf Understanding scours health for many reasons, including preventThe two bacteria involved in causing ing scours, Hanzlicek said. Colostrum is the scours are E. coli and salmonella, Hanzlicek first milk produced by the cow that contains said. Two viruses, rotavirus and coronaviessential nutrients. Calves are born with rus, and two protozoans, cryptosporidium an immune system, but no immunities, or (crypto) and coccidium, also can cause the protection from environmental factors. disease.

“It is important that they consume colos“Except for salmonella, the rest of those trum from their mother in that first two to organisms are probably on every single six hours after birth to be protected from a cow/calf operation in the United States,” lot of diseases,” he said. he said.

There are colostrum supplements out Hanzlicek said it might be a good idea for there, he said, but in many cases by the time producers to obtain a manure sample and the producer uses the supplement, it’s too send it to a lab to find out what organism or late to save the calf. organisms are causing the scours.

But, regardless of how well that calf is “Two of those organisms, salmonella and protected with colostrum, Hanzlicek said, if crypto, are zoonotic, meaning humans can the environment is dirty and contains any of pick them up from the calves,” he said. the organisms that cause scours, the calf can If salmonella or crypto are involved, still get scours. Producers should keep the producers will have to be extra careful calving area as clean and free from manure when they take their clothes or boots into as possible. the house after treating calves, as they could Another option is following the Sandrisk getting the disease themselves or passhills Calving System, which originated in ing the disease on to their family.

Nebraska, he said.

Diagnosing the disease and getting “In that system, you move the pregnant electrolyte fluids in the calves quickly is cows to a new pasture from cow/calf pairs,” important to keep calves from becoming Hanzlicek said. “It’s a little more complidehydrated, Hanzlicek said. Fluid treatment cated than a simpler system ranchers have is necessary, regardless of what organism used for a long time very successfully, is causing the scours. Checking on calves which is the opposite—moving the pairs out at least once per day, if not multiple times of the calving area every day. That keeps per day, finding sick calves and intervening the calving area from getting contaminated with fluids in the initial stages of scours will with those organisms.” help save calves and benefit producers in A scours prevention vaccine, given to the long run. cows prior to calving, is only beneficial if “When we’re talking about scours in the producer is practicing environmental calves, what kills the calf is dehydration,” sanitation and making sure the calves are he said. “It does take the organism to initiate consuming colostrum, he said. the scours, but what really kills the calf is that they become dehydrated, and multiple organs start to shut down.” ##### Treatment Since I retired, I’ve become an avid Sometimes it might be hard to recognize golfer. calves that need help, Hanzlicek said, but Every year, I’ve set a goal for myself to if producers find a calf that is slow and leshoot my age. And every year I’ve failed. thargic, they can do an easy test by pulling On the plus side, if my game holds up, I the skin off the neck and then counting how have ages 120 to 130 nailed. many seconds it takes for the skin to flatten.

The skin should snap back flat within about a second, he said. If it is closer to two, three, four seconds or more, the calf is mildly to moderately dehydrated. Even for mild cases of dehydration, the calves are going to need two quarts of an appropriate electrolyte solution at least twice a day. Producers should make sure not to over-drench the calf, though, by giving the calf too much volume of the solution at one time.

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Rainbow trout will cruise reservoir shorelines in the spring, looking for a place to spawn. Photo by FWP.

Time to catch a rainbow

By Bruce Auchly, FWP Region 4 Information Officer Want a fishing tip?

Run, don’t walk, to your closest reservoir and start fishing near shore for a rainbow trout.

Rainbow trout are spawning. That’s not a secret to the men and women who know where and when to go fishing for them.

What most anglers don’t know is why. Why do rainbows cruise reservoir shorelines as they look for a place to spawn?

And do those fish really congregate near boat ramps because they are trying to find the hatchery truck that brought them there?

Rainbow trout in the wild breed in the spring, often peaking from mid-April to late April, in rivers and streams with gravel bottoms. Those requirements are important for a couple of reasons.

First, the flowing water in a river or stream provides oxygen, which keeps the eggs alive.

Second, gravel bottoms help protect eggs from predators.

Also a silt bottom could smother and kill the eggs.

When it’s time to spawn based on daylight length and warming water temperature (at least in the mid-40’s), a female rainbow will clear a slight depression, called a redd, in gravel. She does this by turning on her side and beating her tail up and down. Then she deposits 2,000 to 3,000 eggs in the redd. Next she begins digging at the upstream edge of the nest, covering the eggs with gravel.

As she releases her eggs, a male rainbow will move alongside her and release his milt over the eggs, fertilizing them.

And that’s it. The pair swim away and let nature take its course. In a month or two the eggs will hatch. Pretty simple, really.

Rainbow trout in lakes, then, must find a suitable tributary with flowing water and a gravel bottom. Right now, they are slowly swimming along the shorelines, searching.

Because many reservoirs in north central Montana lack suitable spawning tributaries for a self-sustaining rainbow population, they are stocked from the state’s hatcheries.

The only way those rainbows are going to get to a reservoir from a hatchery is by a stocking truck. And those trucks often use boat ramps to get close to the water’s edge.

However, when rainbows are seen swimming near a boat ramp this time of year, it doesn’t mean the fish have imprinted on the hatchery truck and returning to said ramp to spawn.

Rather, what usually lies on the lakes bottom near a boat ramp? Gravel.

As those rainbows are looking for spawning habitat, their genes are telling them to find suitable gravel not a hatchery truck. It’s just that the type of gravel they need often occurs along a gradually sloping shoreline, like at a boat ramp.

There is also the theory that sunshine on the concrete of the boat ramp warms up the nearby shallow water just a few degrees, making it attractive for the fish.

Oh yes, the old canard that keeping a limit of 3- to 5-pound spawners from reservoirs will hurt the population? Not true.

Those fish generally will not spawn because they won’t find the right spawning habitat.

So go catch a limit of rainbows or just a few rays of sunshine on a bright spring day. ##### Signs you come from a rough family • The reading of your grandfather’s will resulted in the reading of three more wills a week later.

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Welcome To Another Buckley Auction

~ Order of Auction ~ In the morning, we will start with shop items, and some miscellaneous. Early afternoon, we will sell machinery, vehicles and large items. ~ In Case of Severe Weather ~ The auction postponement date will be Wednesday, May 28, 2014. If bad weather does occur on sale day, call (406) 781-3776 or (406) 278-5880 for further information. Thank you and see you there!

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LARGE FARM & RANCH

AUCTION

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 • Conrad, Montana Phone (406) 781-3776 for further information Register for sale cards at 9:30 a.m. — Auction starts at 10 a.m.

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LOCATION FROM CONRAD & MAIN ST. ... Go to south side of Conrad, turn SW at Hwy. 219 West Jct., and go 8-1/2 miles, turn left “at top of hill” onto gravel road and go east and then south for 1-1/4 mile, turn west (or right) and go 1/2 mile. Auction is on north side of road.

NOTE: The main line of this equipment has been kept up.

NO BUY-BACKS — NO BID-INS — NO RESERVES Auction Co. Note ... Due to large auction inventory and limited advertising space, we will make only a brief description of most auction items.

LOCATION FROM CHOTEAU MAIN ST. TRAFFIC LIGHT ... Go 1 mile east on Hwy. 221, turn north at Jct. 220/221, and onto Hwy 220 and go 18 miles, turn east onto Hwy. 219 and go 2-miles, turn south (or right) onto gravel road and go east and then south for 1-1/4 miles, turn west (or right) and go 1/2 mile. Auction is on north side of road.

TRACTORS & DOZERS

2004 JD 7420 Tractor

1960 IHC TD-20 Crawler

1981 Versatile 895 Tractor

2000 Polaris Ranger 6x6

• 1 — 2004 John Deere Model 7420, front-end assist 4x4 Loader tractor with cab, air conditioning, heater, etc!

John Deere 6.8 liter Turbo Diesel 135 HP engine, shuttle shift and 32 speed trans. John Deere 741 series, self-leveling hydraulic front end with 8 foot wide bucket, 4-tooth grapple fork, grille guard, 3-point and straight pull swinging draw bar, 127 HP, 500 & 1,000 RPM PTO, 4x4 electrical engage, 18.4-38 back rubber and 16.9 R-26 front rubber, power steering, 3 pairs of hydraulic outlets, all necessary lights and many extras, one owner, 4,788 total hours at time of listing.

• 1 — 1974 Ford 5000 series, 4x2 loader tractor with 4-cylinder diesel engine “with approximately 1,200 hours since overhaul”, 16-speed trans with Hi-Lo, hydraulic front-end loader with 5-1/2 foot wide bucket and big round bale spear, grille guard, 3-point and straight pull hitch, 18.4-30 rubber, power steering, 5,967 hours at time of listing.

• 1 — 1981 Versatile Model 895 & 2-series, 4x4 tractor with cab, air conditioning, Cummins 855-A-310 HP, 6-cylinder turbo diesel engine “with 2,680 hours since overhaul”, 3-speed main trans and 4-speed range, dual 24.5-32 “worn down” rubber, 4-pairs of hydraulic outlets, 5,736 hours at time of listing.

• 1 — Versatile Model 145 & 2-series, 4x4 tractor with cab, air conditioning, Cummins 55 series, V-8 diesel engine, 4-speed main trans., 3-speed range, dual “worn down” 18.4-30 rubber, dual hydraulic outlets, (1-other “as is” Versatile 145 for parts).

• 1 — Versatile Model 125 & 1-series, 4x4 tractor with cab, air conditioning, Ford H.D. Industrial V-8 gas engine, 3-speed main trans., and 3-speed range, mounted Degelman hydraulic 12-foot dozer blade with manual angle, 1,000 RPM PTO, dual “worn down” 18:4-30 rubber, dual hydraulic outlets, “used as snow plow tractor”.

• 1 — IHC 756-D Series, 4x2 tractor with 6-cylinder diesel engine, gear-type trans, 540 and 1,000 RPM PTO shafts, 3-point and straight pull hitch, single 15.5-38 rubber on tractor and extra dual rubber to sell with it, power steering, dual hydraulic outlets.

• 1 — 1960 IHC TD-20 series, crawler-dozer, with 6-cylinder diesel engine “with updated head that don’t crack”, gear-type trans., Johnson Bar, hydraulic assist turning clutches, IHC 13-foot wide hydraulic dozer blade with manual angle, hard nose and belly pan, front tow hook, IHC back mount double drum cable winch, 4-tooth ripper, approximately 75% undercarriage with 22” wide track pads and greaseable tensioners, straight pull draw bar, 4,697 hours at time of listing.

HARVEST, HAYING & GRAIN HANDLING 1974 Kenworth Truck

1966 Star Grain Trailer

1990 Wilray Horse Trailer 1993 Gleaner R-62 Combine

2012 New Holland big round baler

1997 Mac Don 2930 Swather

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• 1 — 1993 Gleaner R-62 Agco Deutz Allis series, rotary combine with cab, air conditioning, heater, monitor, Deutz Allis air cooled V-8 diesel engine “with approximately 2,200 hours since overhaul”, 2,352 separator hours, hydrostatic drive, quick-attach Mac-Don Model 962, straight cut 36-foot grain header with double pickup reels and self-contained 3-wheel transport, Gleaner Agco 400 Model, 13-foot auger type pickup header with 12-foot pickup attachment, single fan straw spreader, 12” diameter hydraulic swing-out unloading auger, tractor tread 30.5L-32 main rubber, power steering, “loaded with extras”.

• 1 — 1997 Mac-Don Turbo Premier 2930 series swather with cab, air conditioning, heater, Cummins 239 series, 3.9 liter and turbo 4-cylinder diesel engine with 2,930 hours, hydrostatic drive, quick-attach Mac-Don 960 series, 24-foot Draper & Double Windrow grain header with pickup reel, Mac-Don 16-foot hay header with pickup reel and conditioner, both headers are 1,000 RPM PTO driven, Diamond tread 21.5L-16 main rubber, 1 – new final drive and 1 – season on other final drive. 3,406 total hours on swather at time of listing.

• 1 — 2012 New Holland BR-7090 series, pull type, twine-tie and net-wrap big round hay baler with approximately 3,500 or less bale count, monitor, PTO and electric operated, “one owner”.

• 1 — 1976 New Holland Hayliner 278 series, pull type and twine tie small square baler with 4-cylinder Wisconsin gas engine with electric start, “bale chamber was rebuilt in 2004”.

• 1 — Mid-1970s New Holland Model 1032 Stackliner series, pull-type 69-bale, small square bale stack wagon, 540 RPM PTO and hydraulic operated, tandem axles with 11L-15 rubber.

• 1 — 2003 Vermeer Model R-21-A, pull-type side delivery V-type and double wing hay rake, covers 18- to 23-feet, hydraulic fold-back wings for transporting, 14” rubber.

• 1 — John Deere Model 894-A, pull-type and ground driven, 8-foot side delivery rake.

• 1 — Keho 34000 Model, 30-foot combine air reel with twin blowers, hydraulic operated.

• 1 —Sunshine 5-foot rotary PTO mower, 3-point mount.

• 1 — Farmhand, small square 8-bale hydraulic grapple, front-end loader mount.

• 4 — Home-built, slide on, big round bale hauling beds, 1 – 36-foot, 2 – 18-foot and 1 – 17-foot.

• 1 — Ford 2-1/2-foot long big round bale spear and 3-point mount / Pair of home-built 6-1/2-foot long big round or square forks and front-end loader mount / Mulkey portable and pull-type, 24-foot small square bale elevator, motor mount.

• 1 — Coby Model 1474, 4-wheel farm wagon running gears and now being used as a combine header trailer, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Hardly used, 2000 Wheatheart BH 36-8 series, 8”x36-foot long grain auger with 8”x10-foot long grain bin sweep, Honda 2-cylinder and 24 HP gas engine with electric start, hand crank and cable lift, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Westfield MK 100-61 model, 10”x71-foot long grain auger with 14-foot swing-out with hopper pan, PTO and hydraulic operated, hydraulic and cable lift, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Mayrath grain auger, 8”x41-foot with Wisconsin 2-cylinder gas engine, “older” Bazooka grain auger, 6”x41-foot with electric 5 HP motor and control box, plus other older augers.

• 1 — Pencil type 5”x7-foot grain bin Air-e-ation tube with 110 volt electric fan head.

• 2 — Poly hay stack covers, 25’x54’ each.

FARM & RANCH MACHINERY • 1 — Approximately 1983 Concord Model 4012-3 and 3-piece air seeder, 40-foot by 10” spacing and 14-foot center, hydraulic lift and wing lifts, Flexi-coil stealth double boot and chute system, dual 9.5L-14 rubber, pneumatic packer wheels with 5:00-15 SL rubber, pull

behind 2000 series, 4-wheel and 2-compartment 80 bushel grain and 120 bushel, fertilizer air seeder tank with 7” hydraulic driven loading auger, Lombardini Model 910-561-2, 2-cylinder diesel fan engine, keg grain treater, monitor, 18.4-26 grain cart rubber, rear machinery hitch.

• 1 — Approximately 2003 Degelman Strawmaster 7000 harrow draw-bar series, 3-piece heavy harrow, 70foot with 10-foot center, 7-8-bar heavy harrow sections with 1/2”x17” long tines, hydraulic fold back wings for transporting, hydraulic lift, mounted Valmar 3255 series, fertilizer applicator with air flow monitor, 9.5L15 FI and 16.5L-16-15 carrier rubber, one owner, has not been used much.

• 1 — 1975 home-built and well built, 2-unit land roller and that will cover 36-feet. It is built so back roller will overlap front roller by one-foot, water filled, “to sell as one unit”.

• 1 — 1984 Chevrolet Scottsdale 30 series, 4x4 standard cab weed sprayer pickup with 454 “overhauled” V-8 gas engine with RV power cam, 4-speed trans., lock-out hubs, style-side box, running boards and chrome grill, 33x12:50 R-16.5 back rubber, power steering, mounted Marflex Wesmar Corp., slide-in weed sprayer with 80foot of hydraulic operated folding booms with adjustable height, plastic 490-gallon holding tank with Honda 13 HP gas engine with electric start, 3-other small mixing tanks with 12 volt pump, SKS super foam marker, monitor, in-cab controls, “to sell as one unit.”

• 1 — John Deere Model 330, 3-piece tandem disk, 30foot and 10-foot center, 22” diameter disks on 11” spacing, hydraulic lift and wing lifts, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Krause Model 388, tandem 20-foot disk with 19” disks on 7” spacing, “no hydraulic cylinder” and no wing lifts, 15” rubber.

• 1 — John Deere Model 1610, 3- piece, 36-foot box frame cultivator extended to 40-foot, 13-foot center, hydraulic lift and wing lifts, rod weeder attachment, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Gysler, 3-piece, 32-foot box frame cultivator extended to 41-foot, 13-foot center hydraulic lift and hydraulic and cable wing lifts, 15” rubber.

• 1 — Gysler, 3-piece, 36-foot box frame cultivator extended to 38-foot, 15-1/2-foot center, hydraulic and cable lift and hydraulic wing lifts, hydraulic plumbed to back, 9-mounted sections of lift harrow.

• 1 — Krause Model 570-A , 3-piece, 24-foot box frame cultivator extended to 29-foot, 10-1/2-foot center, hydraulic lift and wing lifts, 15” and 16” rubber.

• 1 — “Older” Krause, 12-1/2-foot box frame cultivator with hydraulic lift / “Older” John Deere 7-1/2-foot tool bar cultivator with hydraulic lift brackets.

• 1 — Long, 3-point back hoe attachment with 14-1/2foot long reach, 18” wide bucket, operators seat, hydraulic outriggers, hydraulic operated.

• 1 — Ford 7-foot cultivator and Ford Model 787, 8-foot back blade, both have 3-point mount.

• 1 — Degelman Model 12, belly mount dozer blade “for 4x4 tractor”, 12-foot wide, manual angle, adjustable depth and skid plates.

• 12 — Belinda granulator fertilizer boxes, (76-feet total), 4 - foot, 5-1/2 - foot, 7 - foot and 9 - foot sizes.

TRUCKS, PICKUPS, CAR & TRAILERS • 1 — 1974 Kenworth style DS, conventional day cab grain truck with 350 Cummins 6-cylinder turbo diesel engine with ether start, Fuller 13-speed trans., live tandem axles with 11R24.5 rubber, differential lock, air brakes, power steering, Omaha Standard metal grain box 20-foot long 52” high sides, metal floor, Shur-lok hand crank side roll tarp, twin cylinder hydraulic hoist, 2-aluminum fuel tanks, air conditioning, 50,224 miles “but not sure if that is accurate”.

• 1 — Mid 1970s Ford F-350 custom series, 4x2 flat-bed fuel truck with V-8 gas engine, 4-speed trans., Omaha Standard 10-foot flat bed with mounted 500-gallon 2-compartment fuel tank with 12 volt pump, dual 16” rubber, power steering, 7-1/2-foot tool box.

• 1 — 1975 IHC 1600 Load Star series, grain truck with V-8 gas engine “overhauled in 2011”, 4-speed main trans., 2-speed auxiliary, Knapheide 15-foot metal grain box with 40” sides, steel floor, hydraulic hoist, 9:00-20 rubber, power steering.

• 1 — 1969 Dodge 500 Custom series, grain truck with V-8 gas engine, 4-speed main trans., 2-speed auxiliary, Knapheide 15-foot metal grain box with 40” sides, hydraulic hoist and hydraulic plumbed to back, 9:00-20 rubber.

• 1 — 1966 Ford 600 series, grain truck with V-8 gas engine, 4-speed main trans., 2-speed auxiliary, Knapheide 15-foot metal grain box with 40” sides, hydraulic hoist and hydraulic plumbed to side, 8:25-20 rubber, 84,337 miles since new.

• 1 — 1962 IHC-BC-160 series, grain truck with V-8 gas engine “overhauled in 2011”, 4-speed main trans., 2-speed auxiliary, Knapheide metal 16-foot grain box with 40” sides, hydraulic hoist, 8:25-20 rubber.

• 1 — 1993 Dodge Power Ram 250 Cummins turbo diesel 6-cylinder engine, 4x4 extended cab flat-bed pickup, 5-speed trans., lock-out hubs, home-built metal flat-bed 8-foot long by 6-1/2-foot wide with headache rack and working lights, receiver hitch, 16” rubber, power steering, brakes and windows, chrome grille guard, 194,762 miles at time of listing.

• 1 — 1974 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 20 series, 4x4 flatbed pickup with 350 V-8 gas engine “with approximately 10,000 miles since overhaul”, 4-speed trans., lock-out hubs, Rocky’s Welding metal flat-bed 8-foot long by 7-foot wide and headache rack, 16” rubber, power steering.

• 1 — 1973/1974 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super 10 series, 4x2 pickup with 454 V-8 gas engine, automatic trans., style-side 8-foot box with bed rails and headache rack.

• 1 — Collectable 1976 Oldsmobile 98 series, 4-door car with 455 V-8 gas engine, automatic trans., power everything, air conditioning, full vinyl top, 15” rubber, one owner, well kept, 125,875 miles at time of listing.

• 1 — 1966 Star semi 5th wheel 40-foot long, metal grain trailer, 2-hopper bottoms with manual openers, hand crank side-roll tarp, tandem axles with 11R24.5 rubber, hand crank landing gear.

• 1 — 1950s or 1960s Madden semi 5th wheel, 39-foot flat bed trailer refurbished to haul big round hay bales, with removable round bale rack 45-foot long and 9’3” wide with headache rack, 6-lumber winches, tandem axles with 255/70R22.5 rubber, air brakes, hand crank landing gear.

• 1 — 1950s or 1960s Factory semi 5th wheel 28-1/2foot flat-bed trailer with live tail roll, tandem axles with 10:00-20 rubber, air brakes, folding landing gear.

• 1 — Home-built, straight pull flat-bed trailer with metal deck 14’-8” long, main deck and 5-1/2-foot long Beavertail and “20-foot total”, 45” long fold-up loading ramps, tandem axles with 8-14.5 rubber.

• 1 — 1973 Chevrolet style side 8-foot long pickup box trailer with 3 metal 3-foot long tool boxes.

• 1 — Dickers semi-trailer conversion dolly “that converts” from Pintle hitch to semi 5th wheel plate, tandem axles with dual 285/R-75-24.5 back axle rubber and single rubber on front axle, air brakes, 24,000 lbs. rating.

sion ladder / Pickup tool cross box / Half pickup load of Blacksmith’s coal / Almost new gas mini rototiller / Ridgid 4” pipe vice and stand, threaders and cutters / New and used nuts and bolts plus many more shop items.

LIVESTOCK TRAILERS & EQUIPMENT

• 1 — 2000 Polaris Ranger Demand 6-drive series, 6-wheel drive ATV with gas engine with electric start, 2-speed and reverse trans., MacPherson strut, independent front suspension, roll bars and overhead canopy, windshield, cargo box, 25x11-10 rubber, 515.3 total hours at time of listing.

• 1 — 1998 Kawasaki Prairie series, 4x4 ATV with gas engine and electric start, standard trans., 10,562 miles at listing time.

• 1 — Mid 1970s John Deere 800 series, 440 cc snowmobile with 2-cylinder gas engine and electric start, 1,114 miles at listing time.

• 1 — 1989 Sea Nymph V-1485-C series, aluminum 15foot boat and 6’-3” wide, Mercury 40 series motor with electric start and choke, windshield, steering wheel, forward elevated fishing platform, 15-gallon live fish well, swivel seats, factory single axle boat trailer with 13” rubber, stored inside, small boat trolling motor. / Home-built Go Cart with gas engine / Children’s playhouse, 8’-3” long by 51” wide.

• 1 — Jade Tournament type pool table with 1” thick slate top, 99”x55-1/2” size.

• 1 — Cal Gym Model CG-10, commercial-type gym, exercise and weight lifting machine with multi-function uses / Electronic Ergometer Treadmill / Pedal exercise machine / Weight lifting bench.

• 1 — 1990 Wilray goose-neck tandem axle livestock trailer with enclosed cargo space, 20-foot long, 7-foot wide and 6’-7” high head room, enclosed cargo area over goose-neck, half and full opening back door, right front escape door, center gate, skid mats, running boards, 16” rubber, hand-crank landing gear, 14,000 lbs.

GVW. • 1 —Brandt Bale Commander VSF-X series, portable and pull-type, big round bale processor, chopper and feeder with left side feed-out, hydraulic bale lift and 2-bale capacity, live floor, PTO and hydraulic operated, 12:5-15 rubber.

• 1 — Deweze Super Slicer series, portable and pulltype, big round bale chopper and feeder, with right side feed out, hydraulic bale life and 2-bale capacity, live floor, PTO and hydraulic operated, 11L-15 rubber, “all updates and mods”.

• 1 — Welker Manufacturing livestock mineral or cake feeder, “goes in back of pickup”, holding bin 6-foot x 30” and 3-1/2-feet deep with hopper bottom and live floor, 12 volt motor driven.

• 1 — McCoy Renn, portable and pull-type, 15” dry grain roller mill with holding bin 36”x29”x16-1/2” deep with hopper bottom and 7”x11-1/2-foot long unloading auger, PTO operated.

• 1 — 1988 Hi-Hog heavy duty cattle squeeze chute with automatic full-length head catch, manual controls that can be moved to either side.

• 1 — Thorson Wilson cattle squeeze chute with fulllength head catch, manual right side controls, left side delivery.

• 1 — Factory, full-length head catch with “home-built” metal chute, for washing and grooming cattle.

• 1 — John Deere Model 25-A livestock sprayer with 140-gallon plastic holding tank, 540 RPM PTO driven, 3-point mount.

• 2 — Shaver No. 8, hydraulic post drivers with front mount brackets.

• 1 — Ford post hole digger with hydraulic down pressure, PTO and hydraulic operated, 3-point mount / John Deere post hole digger, PTO operated, 3-point mount / 2 — Ford 4” and 2 – 9” diameter post hole bits.

• 3 — Wooden calf shelters, 16-foot long by 8-foot wide, 53” high front and 43” high back.

• 1 — Wooden self-feeder for grain or pellets, 20-foot long, 8-foot wide and 6-1/2-foot high walls, “needs some repair” / 4 – Livestock creep feeders 12-foot and 16-foot long.

• 1 — Several automatic livestock waters / 2 – cattle oilers / 5 – boxes of poly small square baler twine / Calf transporting cart and plastic sled / Calf Vat Aspirator oxygen resuscitator / 15-gallon and 22-gallon A-I Semen tanks / Electric heated show cattle dryer and blower / 2 – Propane branding iron pots / 2 – New rolls of 4-foot woven wire / SolarBee electric pump power unit with sun tracker.

FARM, RANCH & SPECIAL ITEMS • 1 — Approximately 10,000-gallon, upright metal fuel tank with 110 volt electric 2” fuel pump with gallons meter.

• 1 — Approximately 4,000-gallon, upright metal fuel tank with Tuthill 110 volt electric fuel pump with gallon meter, “free standing”.

• 3 — 500-gallon and 5 – 300-gallon fuel tanks and 1-metal 300-gallon tank stand / 2 – 150-gallon, 1 – 120-gallon, 1 – 80-gallon fuel tanks, 3 have hand fuel pumps.

• 1 — Approximately 10,000-gallon fiberglass upright water rank, 1 – roof panel is off but with tank • 1 — Roto Mold plastic 350-gallon “clean” square bottom water tank.

• 1 — 1,000-gallon, galvanized metal “clean” water tank with loading stand.

• There is an inventory of new welding iron including 1” to 2-1/2” square tubing and angle iron up to 2”, flat iron up to 6” and up to 12-feet long and store inside. / Some used structural pipe 3” and 4” and 12-foot to 20foot long / Some scrap iron machinery.

• 2 — Waterman Model 3-10 metal irrigation canal gates, 36” diameter with metal frames and gate closers.

• 2 — New, almost full rolls of 2” and 1-full roll of 3/4” black plastic pipe.

• 5 — Full “large poly sacks” of Fargo / 1-full and 1-part-full “large poly sacks” of treated spring wheat seed.

• Several new 2”x8”x16-foot lumber, plus other new and used lumber.

• Approximately 38 lengths of 10-foot white plastic pipe in 2”, 2-1/2” and 4” diameter • Approximately 24 cords of pine firewood logs, 5” to 8” and 16-foot to 30-foot long.

• 11 — new cultivator shovels 18” and 47%, approximately 75 used combine pickup teeth.

• Several used Ford V-8 and 1 – Chevrolet 292 gas engines / 2 – Chrome pickup grilles and 1 – Step-up bumper / 2 – New 7” wide big round baler replacement flat belts, plus other farm and ranch related items.

SHOP EQUIPMENT & TOOLS • 1 — Dayton 2500 watt and 115 volt electric light plant with gas engine and skid mount.

• 1 — Lincoln 225 amp electric stick welder / “Older” portable Lincoln 200 amp stick welder with 4-cylinder gas engine.

• 1 — Sanborn Manufacturing electric shop air compressor with 14-gallon air holding tank, 2-stage compressor, electric motor, shop cart mounted.

• 1 — “Large horizontal” electric shop air compressor with approximately 40-gallon air holding tank, 2-stage compressor, electric motor, free standing.

• 1 — Jet electric drill press with 1/2” chuck, belt speed change and 4” drill press vice.

• 1 — Home-built and well built, 20-ton hydraulic metal press with hand operated hydraulic press system, 39” wide by 4-foot deep working capacity / Torn 10-ton hydraulic Port-A-Power set / Approximately 2 or 3-ton hydraulic floor jack / Home-built rotating auto engine repair stand with turn and lock.

• NOTE ... At time of listing, it was not yet decided what shop hand tools would sell but to mention a few that are . . . Electric hand tools / Aluminum 24-foot exten-

RECREATION

COLLECTABLE TRACTORS, VEHICLES & FARM ITEMS • 2 — 1948 IHC TD-9 Crawlers with 4-cylinder diesel engines, gear type trans., hand clutch, approximately 50% or less under carriage, 16” track pads. 1 – crawler has high time engine with cracked head, mounted Bucyrus Erie 10-foot and manual angle hydraulic dozer blade, hard nose and belly pan and approximately 10,000 hours. Other crawler has low hours on new engine and 3,860 hours on rest of crawlers, both have 1-hydraulic outlet, straight pull draw bars and both run.

• 1 — Late 1940s or 1950s Allis Chalmers “possible” W-45 series, 4x2 tractor with 4-cylinder gas engine, 4-speed trans., foot and hand clutch, AC-2-point and straight pull hitch, 540 RPM PTO, right side belt pulley, 13.6-28 rubber, “still in use”.

• 1 — 1948 Dodge Model B-1-FMA-161 series, “pug nose style”, grain truck with flathead 6-cylinder gas engine, 4-speed main trans., 2-speed auxiliary, 15-1/2-foot wooden grain box with road flairs, hydraulic hoist, 8:2520 rubber, “complete and restorable.”

• 1 — 1955 Chevrolet 4x2 pickup with 6-cylinder gas engine, 4-speed trans., step-side 6’-8” box, “approximately 80% already restored.”

• 1 — 1953 GMC 150 series, 4x2 pickup with 6-cylinder gas engine, 4-speed trans., step-side 7-1/2-foot box, “good to restore.”

• 3 — 1940s or 1950s IHC KB-5 truck cabs, front fenders, grill and door • 1 — 1917 Cadillac “touring car”with aluminum block 6-cylinder gas engine, wood spoke wheels, approximately 30% complete.

• 1 — Wayne 700 Mobile Gas series, electric service station gas pump with 16” diameter fire horse, glass globe on top, 3-money didgets, 1-hose, “looks complete and usable, stored inside.”

• 2 — Wooden lumber wagon running gears with steel wheels.

• 1 — “Being restored and disassembled” Bobsled with new 6-foot long wooden front and back runners.

• 1 — Wooden Calkins grain cleaner, grader and treater 5-1/2-foot long and has wooden 9-1/2-foot long unloading spout, electric motor, “looks usable.”

• Collectable machinery including Emerson 1-bottom Moldboard riding plow / Pull-type walking plow with tongue truck wheels / MM 13-1/2-foot disk grain drill / 2 – riding 8-1/2-foot disks with tongue truck wheels / IHC binder / 2 – McCormick Deering riding mowers and 2 – Manure spreaders / P.B. 10-foot riding mower / Myers irrigation ditcher / 1948 Willys Jeep metal cab.

• 1 —Monarch and 1 – other “White Granite” wood or coal 2-lid kitchen stoves / Majestic “White Granite” oil burning kitchen stove with warming oven and water reservoir / Prize 2-burner kerosene cook stove / Shelf model propane 3-burner cook stove / “White Granite” kitchen stove warming oven 52-1/2” wide.

• 1 — Howard, wood or coal oval shape heating stove 41” high / Champion No. 130 cast iron wood burning box heating stove with 2-lid top and decorative sides / New “reproduction” Vogelzang Model 8x26 cast iron wood burning box heating stove.

• 1 —Wood kitchen table / 4-wooden kitchen chairs / “Needs restoring” S-front dresser / 1930s 6-drawer dressing table.

• 1 — Picture frame with several Jess Gleason pen and ink and watercolor Christmas cards.

• 1 — McCormick Deering, hand crank floor model cream separator and bowls, approximately 3-gallon hand crank galvanized barrel butter churn / Inventory of small pioneer antiques.

SADDLES, HARNESS & RELATED

• 1 — Saddle King, stock saddle with 15” seat, 2-1/2” cantle with Cheyenne roll, 14” wide swell, full double rigging, flower stamp.

• 1 — Hereford, stock saddle with 15” padded seat, 3” cantle with Cheyenne roll, 14” wide swell, 7/8 double rigging, partial flower stamp.

• 2 — Complete full sets of “black leather” work or show horse harness and Sterling Silver studded, medium draft horse or large draft mule size, “no collars,” well kept.

• 1 — Complete full set of draft horse harness, “no collars,” well kept / “As-is” harness and collars.

• 1 — Antique, all metal side-by-side 5-horse hitch with double and single trees / Metal 4-horse evener with double and single trees / Some new wooden single trees / Home-built, coal fired horse shoeing forage with Electrical–AC-DC blower / Other livestock related items.

HOUSEHOLD • 1 — Naugahyde covered swivel rocker / 2-piece upholstered couch / Coffee table / 4-drawer vanity dresser / 2 – Wooden inside or pantry cabinets 42” wide by 6’-4” high and 4-foot wide by 7-foot high, plus other related items.

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GENERATOR FOR SALE $750

North Star 6500 watt generator with Honda engine and electric start........................................

Phone (406) 253-3571, Ronan, Montana

OCEAN CONTAINERS FOR SALE 20-ft. to 40-ft.

Starting at $3200 delivered.

Phone (406) 899-4104, Evenings

Holzhey Ranch Auction May 17, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

41 miles south of Malta, MT on Regina Road Signs will be posted - Lunch Available The ranch has been sold, cattle dispersed and the entire lot of very nice farm equipment will be sold. Be sure to attend.

Some auction items include:

Several older tractors IH - M.M. • Super M I H Tractor • AC 210 Tractor • 12 Wheel Sitrex V Rake - like new • 330 John Deere 30 ft. Tandem Disk • 2000 Suzuki 4 Wheeler • D6 Cat, good shape with dozer • 8 x 46 Farm King Grain Auger, PTO • Cat #60 Cable Scraper • 505 Melroe 28 ft.

Cultivator • 2 - 60A Hesston Stacker • John Deere Grain Drills • John Deere 25 ft. Pull Type Swather, good shape

Many more items too numerous to mention.

CLIFF RUSTAD, Auctioneer Malta, MT

406-654-1772 Home 406-654-4053 Cell BONDED & INSURED

Sale day takes precedent over advertising error. Not responsible for accidents.

TERMS; Cash, Check, Certified Check with proper identification or letter of credit.

No items will be removed until they are paid for.

Back row - left to right - Lowell Hahn, Nick Briese, Mark Reed, Jed Bengston, Brion Torgerson, Marty Hafliger, Phil Stokes, Kimberly Smith, Greg Kegal, Bob Andersen. Front row seated left to right - Steve Don, Will Taylor, Greg Clouse, Jeremy Hoffman, Larry Strizich.

Torgerson’s and Case IH - Building their partnership with MSU-Northern

As many of you know, each year Torgerson’s provides MSUN with over $1,000,000 of equipment for their students to use for their labs and projects. On April 17, 2014, Torgerson’s and Case IH donated $20,000 in tools and accessories to MSUN to provide them with the tools needed to equip one of their shop bays, which we are proud to announce will now be known as the Torgerson/Case IH bay”.

MSU has become Torgerson’s number one source of Service Technicians as well as a great source for other key employee

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positions. We are happy to continue this relationship and very thankful for the staff and students at MSUN for their support and enthusiasm.

The students and staff were extremely impressed with what Torgerson’s and Case IH gifted them and look forward to continue working with us in the future.

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BUSY WINTER, SOME OF THE SOLD UNITS GOING OUT!! THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!!

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Fish & Wildlife funding recommendations meeting

Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host a public meeting 7 p.m., May 15, at the FWP Region 4 headquarters, 4600 Giant Springs Road, to review and collect comment on recent recommendations from an advisory council tasked with adjusting Montana’s hunting and fishing licenses and fees.

The Licensing and Funding Advisory Council (LFAC) spent the past eight months examining FWP’s current license system and funding cycle for fish and wildlife management.

That work resulted in recent recommendations to FWP Director Jeff Hagener that would provide an additional $6.25 million a year to stave off deep budget cuts to fish and wildlife management programs.

The recommendations are aimed at a simplified licensing system; standardized license discounts for youth, seniors, and disabled hunters; a revamped base price structure and other adjustments to provide a fair and stable source of revenue for the state’s fish and wildlife conservation efforts.

Statewide public meetings are set for May 1-28 and will each begin at 7 p.m. The evenings will focus on explaining the LFAC recommendations and getting feedback to help direct FWP’s funding proposal for the 2015 Legislature. The statewide meeting schedule is: May 13 Bozeman FWP Region 3 HQ; 1400 S. 19th Ave. May 15 Great Falls FWP Region 4 HQ; 4600 Giant Springs Road May 19 Kalispell FWP Region 1 HQ; 490 N. Meridian Road May 20 Helena Montana Wild Center; 2668 Broadwater Ave. May 27 Miles City FWP Region 7 HQ; 352 I-94 Business Loop May 28 Billings FWP Region 5 HQ; 2300 Lake Elmo Dr. The council’s recommendations come at a critical time as FWP nears the end of a 10- year cycle since the last increase in resident hunting and fishing license fees. Montana’s last general resident hunting and fishing license fee increase approved by the Montana Legislature came in 2005 and in 2003 for nonresidents. FWP fish and wildlife management programs are primarily funded via the sale of fishing and hunting licenses.

The call for the funding and license review came from both the 2013 Montana Legislature and Governor Steve Bullock.

The Legislature passed House Bill 609, which requires the Montana Legislature’s Environmental Quality Council to conduct a study of hunting and fishing license statutes and fees, while Gov. Bullock requested that FWP begin a public effort to create FWP’s budget for consideration by the 2015 Legislature.

The council’s recommendations were made available Monday, April 28 via FWP’s website at fwp.mt.gov; click “Licensing and Funding Advisory Council”.

Watching bulls closely

By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension The first of May is typically a date planned for turning bulls into the breeding pasture with spring-calving adult cows. A good manager keeps an eye on his bulls during the breeding season to make sure that they are getting the cows bred. Occasionally a bull that has passed a breeding soundness exam may have difficulty serving cows in heat, especially after heavy service.

Bulls that cannot physically inseminate cows or bulls with very low libido (desire to mate) can be detected if observed closely. On rare occasions, bulls may have physical problems with the reproductive tract that prevent them from successfully breeding females. Such problems can best be detected by observing bulls while they work. Therefore producers should (if at all possible) watch bulls breed cows during the first part of each breeding season. If problems are apparent, the bull can be replaced while salvaging the remainder of the breeding season and next year’s calf crop. Likewise a small proportion of bulls can wear out from heavy service and lose interest. These, too, will need to be replaced. The greater the number of cows allotted to each bull in the breeding pasture the more critical it is that every bull be ready to work every day of the breeding season.

Injuries to bulls during the breeding season are relatively common. When a bull becomes lame or incapable of breeding, because of an injury to his reproductive tract, he needs to be removed from the breeding pasture and replaced with another bull.

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UTILITY TRACTOR with ATTACHMENTS FOR SALE

3-point post hole auger 1998 Case IH C50 front wheel assist with loader and grapple, low hours, rubber good, always shedded.

Attachments all nearly new.

5-ft. rotary mower

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$17,5 6-ft. back blade

Snow plow fits on loader bucket

2006 Yamaha Bruin 250 ATV, 2 wheel drive, low hours................................................. $1500 Hi-Hog calf branding table................................................................................................ $600

Westwind Ranch, John Holden, Valier, MT – 406-279-3326 or 406-460-3336

2nd Annual Rocking Y Leather Wholesale & Homestead

AUCTION May 24, 2014

10:00 a.m.

Lunch On Site

Auction will be held at the ROCKING Y LEATHER SHOP 9 miles North of Ashland, MT at the Amish Community This auction will offer leather products from this shop in volume. Also included will be a large collection of homestead items including leather, western items, lamps, household & saddle horses.

LEATHER PRODUCTS

75-100 pair of Chaps including Kids — Chinks — Rodeo — Woolies — Armitta’s and Ranch Chaps – Shotgun & Batwing — 100 pair Spur Straps, fancy to rodeo — Several Bridles of all types — 100’s Bridle Reins — Breast Collars — Rear Cinches — Latigo — Saddle Bags — Leather Canteens — Rodeo Bronco Halters — Flank Straps — Buffalo Leather Purses — Carved Purses — Pony Carts – Several Sets Pony Harness & Accessories — Dog Collars — Curb Straps — Bull Riders Spur Straps & Knuckle Pads — Custer Style Hobbles – Plus MORE.

BOOKS & GLASSWARE

Before Barbed Wire & the Frontier Years by Huffman — McCormick Equipment Manuals — Deadwood Paper on Wild Bill — Several boxes Hard Back Books — Western & History Books — CM Russell Prints — LA Huffman Photos — (3) Will James 1st Edition – Fancy Picture frames — (8) Kerosene Lamps — Ranch Lanterns — Several Pieces Glassware — Old Mantle Clock — Several Dug up Bottles — Milk Bottles — Miles City Bottles — Miniature Lamp Collection.

**HORSES**

(12) Head well broke ponies, ranch horses & teams. Ready to go to work.

Owner: Rocking Y Leather Shop

Auctioneers Note: This is the 2nd Annual Rocking V Leather Shop Wholesale & Collectable Auction with horses added this year.

This is a very fun & interesting auction, American products all the way & many good well broke horses – plan to spend the day!

Terms: Cash or Bankable Check Not responsible for accidents.

HOMESTEAD ITEMS

Hump Back Trunk — Small Black Trunk — Horse Hide Lap Robe — (4) Dobbin Stoppers — Nail Keg — Tobacco Pot — Cast Waffle Maker — Cast Iron Items — Cast Tea Kettle Griswold Cast Iron – Childs Cast Iron Stove — Enamelware — Cowboy Coffee Pot — Daisy Butter Churn — Cradle Reaper Scythe — WWI Bale Pump — Wagon Jack — Boring Drill — Harpoon Hay Spear — Meyers Hay Mow Trolley & Forks — Wilson Bros #0 Seed Mill on Cast Legs – Peppermill — Grist Mill — Sewing Rocker — Cottonwood Seat Rocker — (20) Sets Deer Horns — Hat Racks — Mounted Deer & Antelope, Buffalo Skull — Dearborn Manure Spreader — 50+ Metal Wheels — 100# Anvil — Wagon Bows — Single Trees — Buggy Shaves — PLUS MORE.

WESTERN COLLECTABLES

Miles City Cogshall #66 Saddle — Owenhouse, Bozeman, Mt. Early A Fork Saddle — Hamely form-fitters Saddle — Heiser Stock Saddle — Miller of Denver, Co. Form Fitter — Old Glass Bridle Rosettes — (20) Old Saddles — Plantation — Officers — Astride — Form Fitters — Western — Kids — Charro — Heiser — Hamley — Owen House — Miles City — Ricardo Revolver Bit — Longhorn Steer Skull – Pony Express Style very early A Fork — Pack Saddle with Complete Rigging — Kelly Bros. Steer head Bit — JD Isreal Wenonah, Oklahoma Bit — Buerman Bird Bit — Long Shank Bits — Canadian Military Bits — Frank Barrera Hackamore Bit — 50+ Snaffle & Driving Bits including JIC — Elbow bit — Liverpool — Snaffles — Rockwell — Log — Control — Half Cheek — Full Cheek — Mouthing Bit — Globe — Buckeye — Success — Berry –Springstem — Racking — Silver Mounted Bit with Braided Bridle — (5) Boot Jacks — PLUS.

CHUCKWAGON STEAK FEED AT END OF AUCTION… PARKING SPACE FOR CAMPERS. --- Sale Conducted by --

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BOX 128 BOYES, MT 59316

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Montana Stockgrowers announces 130th Mid-Year

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A14

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Hold on to your hats and kick up your heels because the 130th Montana Stockgrowers Association Mid-Year Meeting in Miles City promises to be a weekend to remember, June 13-14. This year’s event will be highlighted by an amazing concert on Friday night featuring The Bellamy Brothers and opening act Copper Mountain Band!

“Miles City is very excited about the opportunity to host MSGA’s 130th Mid-Year and we look forward to a great meeting and events,” says Fred Wacker, MSGA Board of Directors member and rancher from the Miles City area. “In addition to Friday night’s concert, Mid-Year attendees will be treated to a horse parade in downtown, followed by the Miles City Ranch Rodeo on Saturday afternoon.”

Mid-Year is one of two major meetings MSGA holds annually where members will gather to discuss the issues facing Montana ranching families and set interim policy to guide the association through the rest of the year. Policy and Committee meetings this year will be hosted at the Miles City Community College.

Opening General Session on Friday morning will include an address by current president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Texas cattleman, Bob McCan. A ranch tour on Friday afternoon will include stops at Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Range Riders Museum, WaterWorks Art Museum, and OptiBlend Industries.

Everyone is welcomed to join us on Friday, June 13th for an amazing concert featuring The Bellamy Brothers at the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds! The Bellamy Brothers have received nearly every music award there is to have, and they even hold the record in both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association for the most duo nominations. They have written countless worldwide hits, crossed the globe just as their music has crossed genres, brought reggae to the Grand Ole Opry, and recorded 45 albums.

The concert will also bring in Copper Mountain Band as the opening act, a high-energy country music group from the great state of Montana. With a fiery passion for their craft and an appeal to all audiences, they incorporate music from many genres and styles into their performances.

Saturday, June 14th will bring more fun and excitement as attendees finish policy meetings, enjoy an Old Times All-Horse/Livestock Parade, grab a bite to eat at the Young Stockgrowers Tailgate Luncheon, and then head off to cheer on their favorite teams at the Miles City Ranch Rodeo!

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, and Sleep Inn. Discounted rates start at $90 and must be reserved by May 5th. For more information about MSGA’s 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, contact MSGA’s office at (406) 442-3420 or join the Facebook event. Registration packets are available online at www.mtbeef.org. Registrations received before June 2 will receive discount pricing.

2013 Meat animal production up slightly from 2012

Total 2013 production of cattle and calves and hogs and pigs for the United States totaled 73.4 billion pounds, up slightly from 2012. Production increased 1 percent for hogs and pigs and slightly for cattle and calves.

Total 2013 cash receipts from marketings of meat animals increased 4 percent to $92.1 billion. Cattle and calves accounted for nearly 75 percent of this total and hogs and pigs accounted for over 25 percent.

The 2013 gross income from cattle and calves and hogs and pigs for the United States totaled $92.7 billion, up 4 percent from 2012. Gross income for cattle and calves increased 3 percent and hogs and pigs increased 6 percent over previous year’s gross income.

Cattle and Calves: Cash receipts from marketings of cattle and calves increased 3 percent from $66.8 billion in 2012 to $68.7 billion in 2013. All cattle and calf marketings totaled 55.3 billion pounds in 2013, up slightly from 2012.

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Summer camps available

If your summer is looking boring and you’d like to have an adventure, why not consider attending a camp? Attending a camp could make your summer very memorable and with scholarships available, it may be very inexpensive!

The 38th annual Range Days can provide the entire family with excellent family fun, camping in the great outdoors.

Range Days will be held at Camp Kiwanis, Beaver Creek Park, south of Havre on June 22-25. Workshops are available for everyone…from children as young as 4 years to adults! Workshops include plant anatomy, plant identification, soils and range sites, inventory and monitoring, stocking rate, utilization and range planning. Tours are offered for Havre Beneath the Streets, Wahkpa Chu’Gn Archeological site, Bear Paw Battlefield, the Blaine County Wildlife Museum and Historical Museum and others! There will be competitions in Range Exhibits, Range Plant Anatomy, Plant Identification and others….and awards will be given to Top Super Starter, Top Wrangler, Top Green Hand, Top Range Hand and many more. Prizes will be cash, belt buckles, trophies and gifts. Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded! If you want more information, contact Jennifer Kenck at (406) 265-6792 x 101 or check out the website www.montanarangedays.org.

Spend some quality time with your family this summer!

Campers aged 12-18 can attend the Montana Youth Range Camp July 7-11 at the Boone & Crockett Club Elmer E. Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Center, west of Dupuyer , Montana. Classes will be offered in plant ID and anatomy, soils/geology, grazing management, water/riparian and range monitoring. Other activities include a wildlife watch hike, shooting range, fly tying, fishing, swimming and campfires.

Camp registration is $175 and conservation scholarships are available…check with your local conservation district and look at the website at www.dnrc.mt.gov/cardd/camps/ rangecamp/ Applications should be sent to Glacier County Conservation District, #1 Third Street NE, Cut Bank MT 59427. You can call Belinda at (406) 873-5752 x 101. This is a great opportunity for youth to become more aware of the value and potential of Montana’s rangelands.

If you want to spend a week in rustic cabins, the Natural Resources Youth Camp is the place for you. Located at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest east of Missoula, youth 1418 (must have completed 8th grade) can experience activity packed days with hands-on instruction learning about wildlife, forests, soils, rangeland, geology, and streams. The food is GREAT! A conservation leadership school is also available to return campers. Check out the website at www. mnryc.org Camp registration is $200…again, check with your local conservation district for scholarship information.

Apply online or send your application form to Martin Twer, 32 Campus Drive MS 0606, Missoula MT 59812-0606. You can contact Twer at (406) 243-2775 or director@mnryc.org with questions.

Plan on making some lasting friendships, play in the outdoors and learn about Montana’s natural resources at a summer camp!!

Nitrogen fertilizer volatilization loss survey

With nitrogen fertilizer prices somewhat unsettled, Montana State University scientists caution dollars may be blowing away with the spring wind due to the phenomenon of volatilization loss. Recent research has shown some surprising results on how much nitrogen from broadcast urea is going into the air rather than to the crop.

In an effort to better serve its constituents, MSU would like to know if growers have been staying informed of the latest research. Clain Jones, Extension soil fertility specialist, and Rick Engel, associate professor, both in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences are asking those in the agriculture community to take a brief survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7FNTZKL If you would like to participate in this project but prefer a written copy survey, please contact Clain Jones at 406-9946076 or clainj@montana.edu.

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Severe weather season part 1: Understanding the storms

By K-State Research and Extension News develop, and the atmosphere could produce Fifty-six tornadoes were reported in Kantornadoes.” sas last year, which made it the quietest year Omitt said a change in behavior is refor tornadoes since 1994. According to the quired when a watch is issued. People National Weather Service, only five of the should consider staying in a safe place, tornadoes ranked as strong, violent tornarather than being outside, in a vehicle or does. There was one injury and no deaths. in any situation of vulnerability. People The average number of tornadoes in Kanshould also consider reviewing their safety sas, based on data from the past 30 years, is plan during a watch in case a warning comabout 80 annually, said Chad Omitt, warnmences. ing coordination meteorologist with the “A warning is when something is either National Weather Service Office in Topeka. on the ground or there’s a good chance that Last year was a relatively quiet year in in the next half hour a tornado might deKansas, because the pattern of the storm velop in that warning area,” he said. “That’s systems was set up to the east, said Mary when you put your plan into action and Knapp, climatologist for Kansas State Uniprotect yourself and your family.” versity (K-State). Although tornadoes can Sometimes when a warning is issued, happen and have happened every month of Omitt said, people want to look outside and the year in Kansas, May is historically the confirm the potentially dangerous situation month with the most tornadoes. for themselves. Worse yet is the situation “The expectation is as we move toward where people go after the tornadoes to take more normal rainfall patterns in April and photos and document them. It is important May, we see an increase in severe weather to seek shelter immediately in a warning. outbreaks,” Knapp said. “People should “I worry that perhaps we’re creating an remember that it only takes one tornado to environment where it becomes something be devastating. Low numbers are no consothat people want to do, forget the risk they lation when one creates havoc.” are taking and forget the danger involved How severe weather develops with these storms, not only the tornadoes A sharp contrast in the air masses, Knapp but the lightning and large hail that those said, causes severe weather - thunderstorms can bring,” he said. and tornadoes. The contrast can be in temThe El Reno, Okla. tornado last May near perature or in the amount of moisture, parOklahoma City is an example of the dangers ticularly if there is a dry line of air behind associated with going out in a vehicle and the storm system. getting too close to a tornado.

“Any of those imbalances can fuel the “Specifically, these were people who severe weather,” she said. “If thunderstorms were trying to chase the tornado, document are large enough that they intersect with the it, take pictures,” Omitt said. “They got too jet stream, that puts the final ingredient in close to it. In fact, all of the fatalities in that the mix and starts a rotation that can produce event were people in automobiles who got the severe events.” too close to the tornado. I think that can be No area of Kansas is more susceptible a cautionary tale.” to tornadoes than another, Knapp said, but Knapp advises people to never leave people tend to hear more about the damshelter during a severe weather event and ages caused by tornadoes in the eastern part wait for an “all-clear” report before going of the state due to the greater population outside. Also, have multiple ways to receive density. weather reports in case one method of com“The amount of damages that might ocmunication isn’t working. cur in the western areas, including damages “In many cases, the tornado won’t be that to fence rows and irrigation systems, tends clean, visible funnel we’re accustomed to to be underreported,” she said. “When you seeing on television,” she said. “It can be talk about fence rows that might have taken wrapped in rain and difficult to see that it’s 20 to 30 years to be developed to protect actually a tornado. If you’re seeing a heavy against erosion, and have been wiped out rain shaft down the road, it might be best within a couple of hours, it can be a very to delay your trip and wait it out in a safe devastating to the area economy.” place.”

Although tornadoes can arrive at any Don’t underestimate lightning during time of the day, the most common times in severe thunderstorms, either, Omitt said.

Kansas are early afternoon to mid-evening, Lightning is so common that many people Knapp said. don’t think of it as a threat.

“It tends to be earlier in the western part “If you’re close enough to hear thunder, of the state and later in the eastern part of you’re close enough to be at risk,” he said. the state, but it can vary widely depending “We always emphasize to people that if upon how the storm actually develops and you can hear thunder and you’re outside, progresses across the country,” she said. just go to your vehicle, roll up the windows “You don’t want to assume that it will be and keep your hands inside until the storm at a certain time.” passes.”

Knapp said when there is a severe thunMore information can be found at the derstorm watch or warning, people should K-State Research and Extension Weather treat it with caution, as severe thunderData Library (https://www.ksre.ksu.edu/ storms could produce a tornado with little wdl/). Other resources include the National or no warning. Even without a tornado, Weather Service or your county emergency large hail, heavy rains that might produce management website. The Extension Diflooding and damaging straight-line winds saster Education Network (http://eden.lsu. are possible. edu/Pages/default.aspx) also has helpful Watch versus warning resources.

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Don’t be afraid to try new recipes. The “A watch is usually large in space, a large worst that can happen is you’ll have to eat part of a state or many different states, and them yourself. it runs on the order of four to eight hours,” ##### he said. “It’s basically a heads up. Nothing Dieting is something we do religiously... could be happening right now, but in the we eat what we want and pray we don’t next several hours thunderstorms could gain weight.

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Male chromosome hinders female cattle reproduction

By Sandra Avant, USDA In the beef industry, if a cow does not get pregnant after breeding, she becomes an economic liability in the herd.

Lack of calf production can significantly reduce annual revenue for producers.

At the Agricultural Research Service’s Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska, scientists are developing genetic markers for economically important traits, such as reproductive ability, which can be used by producers to select efficient animals. They have also found extraordinary answers as to why some cows are not reproducing.

The USMARC research team led by geneticist Tara McDaneld has discovered one reason for reproductive failure is that some females have introduced segments of the male (Y) chromosome in their genome.

McDaneld, molecular biologist John Keele, and geneticist Larry Kuehn collaborated with producers in gathering reproduction data on several female beef cattle populations.

They examined records, which indicated whether cows became pregnant in their first spring breeding, on about 6,400 animals from herds in Florida, Nebraska, Colorado, and at USMARC. The team then used a cost-saving genetic screening method called “DNA pooling” to genotype animals. The technique combines DNA from many individual animals into a single pool for further evaluation.

“We decided to pool the DNA because individually genotyping the 6,400 animals would be very expensive,” McDaneld says. “We had two extreme phenotypes—animals that are pregnant and animals that are not pregnant.” Multiple DNA pools were constructed for each phenotype—pregnant and nonpregnant. Each pool contained contributions from about 100 animals, and all animals within a pool had the same phenotype.

Segments of the Y chromosome were found only in the pool of DNA from non-pregnant animals. Normally, females inherit an X chromosome from each parent (XX) and males inherit an X and a Y (XY).

“Considering all the animals were females, they should all have been XX,” McDaneld says. “There shouldn’t be any Y chromosome at all in the DNA.” The first thought was that females with the Y chromosome could be “freemartins.” This condition, resulting from twinning in cattle, causes infertility in the female calf born at the same time as her male twin. Although the male twin is rarely affected by reduced fertility, the female twin is completely infertile in a high percentage of the cases. The reproductive tracts of freemartins do not develop normally.

In addition, because of the blood exchange between male and female fetuses, the Y chromosome can often be detected in the female’s blood, Keele says.

To validate their findings, the scientists used a PCR test that amplifies chromosome Y in individual animals. They found that up to 25 percent of the animals with low reproductive efficiency in the Florida population and 20 percent of the low USMARC group were positive for the Y chromosome.

None of the animals with prior pregnancies were positive for the Y chromosome.

“We concluded that some females were not getting pregnant because they carried segments of the Y chromosome,” Keele says. “And interestingly, there was evidence that some of the Y-containing females were not twins. Hence, they could not be freemartins, yet they inherited Y chromosome material from somewhere, most likely from their fathers.”

The USMARC team developed a PCR test that indicates whether a female is carrying Y-chromosome fragments. They also developed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays that contain genetic markers to identify chromosome Y-associated material in low-reproductive heifers. SNPs are genetic variations that provide information about an animal’s genetic value and are often used in breeding programs.

“A lot of money goes into breeding an animal and keeping her long enough for her to get pregnant,” McDaneld says. “Beef producers can use these PCR screening tools for chromosome Y before breeding, to test heifers and identify those that are less likely to consistently get pregnant.”

“If a female calf is tested at birth and found to carry Y chromosome segments or markers, she can be used for meat production instead of for breeding,” Keele says.

The test could also be used to identify heifers that are unable to reproduce. In rare cases, calves are born with female physical characteristics but are in fact genetically male (XY).

These calves have defects in the male development pathway, CONTINUED ON PAGE A19

Male chromosome hinders female cattle reproduction

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Keele explains, and they are infertile. This condition can now be tested for, and the affected animals can be culled from breeding herds.

A further benefit of this test is to identify potential breeding bulls that have Y chromosome segments in their X chromosome. These bulls will produce normal male calves, but all of their daughters will have a copy of the contaminated X chromosome. Consequently, the reproductive capacity of the bull’s daughters will be potentially much poorer.

A genetic test for female reproduction in a bull does not improve his reproductive performance, but rather, it improves the pregnancy rate of his daughters, Keele explains.

“Bulls are able to have more offspring than cows; consequently, male selection is more effective than female selection for improving any trait. Testing a sire before using him to produce replacement females will improve reproductive performance in the herd if bulls with the X chromosome genetic defect are identified and culled.”

Scientists are examining data from heifer populations for other variations in the genome and are finding other regions that may generate reproductive markers in the future, says Kuehn. For example, they have identified a deletion on chromosome 5 that is associated with females’ inability to get pregnant, which they plan to pursue in further research.

Producing calves to sell at the market every year is the main driver for beef cow producers, Kuehn says. Heifers that conceive in their first calving season and then produce a calf every year thereafter are most profitable.

“Although we generally get somewhere from 85 to 95 percent fertility in cow herds, it’s the most economically important trait in cow production,” Kuehn says, “because if a cow doesn’t produce a calf, the producer gets nothing but expenses—feed, labor, and other costs—out of that cow for that year.”

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A new probiotic improves pig health, reduces manure

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service A new probiotic for pigs could mean less manure to manage, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists conducted the first published investigation of the use of bacteria as a probiotic to increase fiber fermentation rates and reduce manure output in pigs that consume high-fiber diets. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

Pig producers would like to supplement livestock feed with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and other agricultural coproducts generated from biofuel production.

But adding hard-to-digest fiber to livestock diets also increases the production of manure.

Microbiologist Cherie Ziemer and animal scientist Brian Kerr at the ARS Agroecosystems Management Research Unit in Ames, Iowa, fed the pigs in their study either a typical diet or a high-fiber diet. The high-fiber diet contained 10 percent soybean hulls and 20 percent corn DDGS. The pigs were also given one of three bacterial supplements the scientists developed from different strains of Bacteroides ovatus, which had been obtained from human fecal samples and cultured in fiber-rich media. The three bacterial supplements were designated Bacterium B, C, and D. Pigs that received the bacterial supplements designated as Bacterium B reduced their manure output by 20 percent.

These pigs also gained more weight and had improved blood cholesterol and glucose levels, both indications of an improved energy status, compared to pigs not given probiotics.

Ziemer believes the probiotic could improve pig performance and reduce manure volumes, which in turn would increase producer profits and reduce the environmental footprint of pork production. She thinks the bacterium could be fed in a liquid supplement or possibly freeze-dried and mixed with feed.

This work was supported by a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as part of the Intestinal Fortitude Program, which investigates how to help people obtain more energy from fiber. Results were published in the Journal of Animal Science in 2012.

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Prairie Fare: Flight offers a lesson in mindful eating

By Julie Garden-Robinson, NDSU Extension Service “We have reached a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. Sit back and enjoy the flight,” the pilot announced.

En route to the East Coast, I settled in to read a magazine for the next 2 1/2 hours. Although I have never been able to sleep on planes, I appreciate getting to places quickly.

Unfortunately, in my haste to squeeze into my assigned seat, I grabbed a magazine I already had read. My backpack with more reading material was wedged securely under the seat in front of me.

I couldn’t extract my backpack without disturbing the snoring stranger beside me or dismantling the seat in front of me. Neither option seemed to be a good idea.

So I pulled the flight magazine out of the seat pocket and read it in 10 minutes, leaving me two hours and 20 minutes to pass staring at the back of a seat.

I decided I needed a more substantial snack than the tiny handful of peanuts in the foil packet that had been offered. The flight magazine described a couple of options for snack boxes; one was fairly healthful and the other filled with foods I regularly remind people to “limit.”

I was tempted. After all, I was soaring above the clouds wedged against a window surrounded by strangers. No one would tease me about being a nutrition specialist eating a box packed full of cookies, chips and candy.

Despite the temptation, I chose the Mediterranean “gourmet” treat collection. Savory treats sounded more tempting and filling.

My snack package contained foods traditionally associated with the Mediterranean diet, including hummus (chickpea dip), pita bread, almonds, apricots, olives, whole-grain crackers and a tomato and basil-based spread.

Rounding out my snack was a piece of dark chocolate.

Many of us are distracted when we eat, so we may not even taste our foods as we snack while watching TV, working on a computer or reading. I had no distractions.

Actually, eating a snack was distracting me from the fact that I was 35,000 feet off the ground in a pressurized tube. Did I mention that flying is not my favorite pastime?

I opened each of the little packets and slowly savored each of my treats, one at a time. This was mindful eating at its best. My full attention was on my food. Although the food wasn’t freshly made, I enjoyed the contrasting textures and flavors.

I have to remember to slow down and savor my food every day, I thought to myself.

Many of the foods in my snack pack were typical of some of the foods in the well-documented Mediterranean diet, which is linked with reducing the risk of heart disease, cancer and other illnesses. One study showed that middle-aged women following this diet live a healthier, longer life.

Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil and legumes, such as dry beans and chickpeas, are emphasized in the Mediterranean diet. Most people following the Mediterranean diet enjoy a small handful of nuts daily.

The Mediterranean diet recommends eating fish and seafood twice a week. No food groups are eliminated in this diet, so poultry, eggs, cheese, yogurt and lean meats all play a role in the diet. Red wine is an option, as well.

By the time I finished my snack, my seat partner had awakened and I had a chance to extract a new magazine from my backpack. Before long, I was at my destination with a fresh outlook and a plan to slow down and pay closer attention to my food.

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90” 6-way dirt blade 72” 6-in-1 bucket with teeth Hydraulic breaker, chisel point 4-ft. trencher 7-ft. grapple bucket

72” industrial grapple 84” angle broom Road Boss 7-ft. grader Post hole digger

Call Chet Ophus at Big Sky Equipment for details 1-800-332-7541 or 750-2395 cell

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

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

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USED HAYING EQUIPMENT

USED AIR DRILLS

USED TRACTORS

New Holland Air Drills Arriving 1-45-ft. on the lot

1-51-ft. on the lot

More on the way (2) 2011 MacDon M150 windrowers, hydraulic centerlink, Trimble 500 with EZ-Steer autosteer, 35-ft.

MacDon D60 draper headers, dual knife, split reel, fore/aft, transport with gauge wheels.........Just In 1999 Massey Ferguson 220 windrower, diesel, cab, air conditioning, 25-ft. double swath draper head.

Good condition.................................. Just Traded John Deere 580 pull-type windrower, 25-ft. draper.. .................................................................... $4995

Make Offer

Case IH Steiger 385 tractor, Twin-Flow hydraulics, 6 remotes, AccuGuide, AutoSteer, 262 antenna, Pro 600 monitor, 710 tires, low hours...... Just Traded Case IH Magnum 235 MFD, luxury cab, 3-pt., AutoSteer, loader, low hours..................... Just Traded Morris Maxim I 50-ft. air drill, 10” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, 7300 Morris tow behind air cart, 8” auger........................................................ $42,500

USED SPRAYERS

WE’RE DEALIN’ Bring us your offer

2012 Apache 1020 sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms, Autoboom (eyes), Accuboom, Smart Trax auto steer, inductor, low hours............... $189,500

Case IH RBX563 round baler, net/twine, wide pickup, large tires................................................. $22,900 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine tie, standard pickup..............................................................Call Vermeer 605L round baler, 6x5 bales, twine, floatation tires. Very good condition......................... $12,900 Vermeer 605F round baler, twine.................... $1995 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine.......Just In 1992 New Holland 660 round baler, Bale Command, net wrap...................................................... $8995

NEW & USED HEADERS

MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport................................................... $72,500 Case IH 2152 40-ft. draper header, double knife, pickup reel, transport..................................Just In

Case IH 5240 MFD, cab, 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, loader, bucket, grapple.................................. Just Traded 2011 Apache 1020 sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. boom, Autoboom (wheels), Accuboom, Smart Trax auto steer, Viper Pro monitor, low hours.$189,500 Case IH SRX160 suspended boom 132-ft. sprayer, Raven Auto Rate, 1600 gallon tank, 4 ball valves, induction cone.......................................... $36,500 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 120-ft. wheel boom........................................................ $19,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL sprayer, 114-ft. wheel boom, Auto Rate, 2 sets of nozzles.......... $19,900 Flexi-Coil System 67XL suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon water tank, 90-ft. booms, Auto-Rate, foam marker, rinse tank............................ $34,500

USED COMBINES

Case IH 2142 35-ft. draper header, pickup reel, hydraulic fore/aft, transport.......................... $56,500 2004 Case IH 2015 pickup header, Swathmaster attachment. Excellent condition.................. $12,900 Case IH 1015 pickup header, Swathmaster attach- Case IH 7010, fully loaded, nice condition................ .......................................................... Just Traded ment...........................................................Just In Case IH 7010, yield/moisture monitor, rock trap.......

1995 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory at...................................................................Just In tachment..................................................... $8995 International 810 13-ft. pickup header, Rake-up raking pickup. Very little use............................. $8995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header with Sund attachment.................................................. $2995 New Holland 960 13-ft. pickup header less attachment............................................................ $1495 Massey 1859 13-ft. pickup head less attachment..... ...................................................................... $995

Up to 18-month free financing on all used combines – OAC

We Are Dealing on New Holland Super Boom Skidsteers Give us a Call!!

Case IH MX120 MFD, cab, powershift, shuttle, 3-pt., dual PTO........................................... Just Traded

Case IH 1480, rock trap, with Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel....................................... $24,900

2003 New Holland TV140 bidirectional, 3-pt., PTO, loader, bucket, grapple cab end, hydraulics on both cab end and engine end.................... Just Traded John Deere 4630 2WD, cab, 1000 PTO, 3 remotes. ...................................................................Just In

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USED VEHICLES

1976 International 1600 cab/chassis with service body, PTO hydraulics, hydraulic crane, air compressor with large capacity tank, extra fuel tank, gin pole crane with winch. An excellent field service unit. Asking $17,900..............Reduced to $15,250

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

Mayrath 8x60 grain auger, swing hopper, PTO drive............................................................ $3995

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

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

Nontoxic fescue varieties ready; produce more beef on fewer acres

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A26

WANTED - 1940s Plastic Saddles Made in Lusk, WY - Scottsbluff, NE Wanted - Photos, information - “Future Book” Collecting plastic saddle, bridles, related items Phone Tom Harrower (307) 432-0404

By Duane Dailey, University of Missouri Extension

Cattle producers facing fewer grazing acres for herd expansion can boost beef production with better grass.

One answer is more cows on fewer acres, says Justin Sexten, University of Missouri beef nutritionist.

Sexten is part of an Alliance for Grassland Renewal that holds fescue schools across the state.

“How many of you think land taken out of grass for crops will return to grass?” No producer held up a hand at the school held at Columbia. “Pasture land is expensive, or not available,” Sexten said.

A main theme of the schools was to plant nontoxic novel-endophyte tall fescue to replace toxic Kentucky 31, the most widely grown grass in Missouri.

Producers saw results of 14 research studies that show calves grazed on novel fescue gained 0.7 pounds more per day on average compared to calves on toxic K-31.

“You can produce more beef on the land you own,” Sexten said. Better gains are one of many benefits.

During the cold winter, several producers learned the cost of losing cows to “fescue

foot.” One farmer lost nine cows out of a herd of 39.

“It’s not only the lost cows, but also costs of replacement heifers,” Sexten said.

Craig Roberts, MU Extension agronomist, described fescue foot as the most visible of losses from toxic fescue.

The toxin, produced by a fungus growing between cell walls of infected fescue, is a vasoconstrictor. It cuts blood flow to animal extremities. That causes feet, tails and ears to freeze. A cow can survive without an ear or tail, but not without a foot.

Toxin also affects an extremity on bulls, causing sterility. “When you see frost on a bull’s scrotum, you have a problem,” Sexten said.

There is more. The toxin prevents conceptions or causes abortions in pregnant cows.

The toxin, ergovaline, resembles LSD and is similar to the toxin found in ergot, a fungus in seedheads of grasses and cereal grains.

Every speaker at the schools told how toxin causes unseen losses in cows grazing K-31.

Producers use the toxic grass because it requires little management. The toxin protects the grass from insects, leaf fungus, nematodes, droughts and overgrazing by cows.

The main reason farmers keep fescue is they don’t see many of the losses, Roberts said. In introducing the program, he told producers, “There is an answer: Renovate and reseed fescue with a new novel endophyte.”

Free Form’s Generation II liquid tank is the perfect solution for eliminating Years ago, MU plant breedalgae formation in water tanks. The UV light blocking black interior coupled with ers developed endophyte-free the light reflecting white exterior give the Generation II tank many advantages fescues. However, without over conventional tanks. By reflecting the UV rays the exterior of the tank and pest defenses of toxic endoit’s contents remain cool, this also prevents loss of strength that often caused phyte, the fescues did not black tanks to buckle when fastened to trucks. persist under heavy grazing.

Plant breeders found other 27% multi-form Nitrogen plus 1% Sulfur, and a fungi, also endophytes, that Chlorophyll building package. Stabilized for reprotect fescue but don’t poiduced volatility and leaching loss potential, Organic son cattle.

Chelates enable nitrogen reserve for longer feeding.

Endophyte in fescue is never seen by most farmers.

The schools used a microscope to give views between fescue plant cells. Threadlike fungus is visible only under magnification.

Roberts said “endophyte” is Greek for “in the plant.”

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Willmar 16-ton tender box, rear auger discharge. became K-31 was toxic.

“We have known alternatives for years. In extension we try to teach the hazards,” Roberts said. “We had little Liquid - DrY - Anhydrous success.”

“With the Alliance we start over,” he added. “We bring together everyone working on toxic fescue.” That includes MU, five seed companies, fescue testing labs, nonprofit groups, farmers, agribusinesses and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Mark Kennedy, retired grassland advisor with USDA, said keeping Missouri hills covered with grass prevents erosion. Some funds from FSA can be used to start grazing systems through the EQIP “Your Crop Production Specialist” Kremlin, Montana program.

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Montana Hereford Directory Anchor Polled Herefords

Hess Herefords

406-467-2880, Vaughn, MT

406-567-2345, Denton, MT

Anderson Ranch

Holden Herefords

406-848-2588, Emigrant, MT

Banjo Ranch

406-279-3301, Valier, MT 406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT

Bar Star Cattle

406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT

Bayers Hereford Ranch

406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT

Bear Paw Herefords

406-357-3216, Chinook, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co 406-773-5721, Vida, MT www.beeryherefords.com

Brillhart Ranch Co

406-947-2511, Musselshell, MT

Broken Pick Ranch

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

Cherry Springs Ranch 406-425-1411, Bridger, MT

Churchill Cattle Co

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

Cooper Hereford Ranch

L Bar W Ranch

406-425-2252, Absarokee, MT

McIntosh Ranch

DUTTON HEREFORD RANCH

Modest birth, massive meat

406-778-2393, Baker, MT 406-492-7091, Avon, MT

McKechnie Hereford Ranch 406-432-2296, Shelby, MT

McMurry Cattle

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

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

MJB Ranch

406-639-2569, Lodge Grass, MT

NJW Polled Herefords

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

Otis Ranch

406-828-4480, Alzada, MT

406-832-3219, Wise River, MT

Curlew Cattle Co

Reich Bros

406-580-6676, Willow Creek, MT

Sidwell Ranch

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT

406-322-4425, Columbus, MT

Diemert Ranch

K.L. Slagsvold Herefords

Duncan Ranch Co

Dutton Hereford Ranch

406-584-7571, Lindsay, MT

Snowshoe Cattle Company

406-875-2138, Pompeys Pillar, MT

Sparks Herefords

406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT

406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

Ehlke Herefords

Storey Hereford Ranch

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

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

Feddes Herefords

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

Ft Keogh Livestock Research 406-874-8200, Miles City, MT

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

Genex Hawkeye West

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

Griffin Polled Herefords 406-821-0247, Darby, MT

Dale Venhuizen (406) 580-6421

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

Rafter Ranch

406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, MT

Bulls for sale - private treaty dale@churchillcattle.com

Courtney Herefords

406-432-3412, Lothair, MT

Churchill Sensation 028X

M/D Herefords

406-223-4518, Emigrant, MT

Dallas Polled Herefords

Private Treaty Sale Powerful Polled and Horned Herefords

K & C Hereford

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

406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT

Duncan Ranch Co.

J Bar E Ranch

406-425-1233, Molt, MT www.banjoranch.com 406-399-7811, Loma, MT

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

406-587-3024, Bozeman, MT

Thomas Herefords

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

Tomlinson Herefords

406-846-1370, Deer Lodge, MT

Vandeberg Ranch

406-323-1297, Roundup, MT

Weaver Herefords

406-386-2244, Big Sandy, MT

2-year old virgin Horned Hereford bulls for sale

190 SUNNYSIDE LN. GOLD CREEK, MT 59733

Dean & Renee Dutton (406) 288-3330 or (406) 240-8014 drm3330@blackfoot.net

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

30 Hereford first calf pairs

J Bar E Ranch Plentywood, MT

Arvid Eggen - 406-765-7068 Lorrie Eggen - 406-765-8219 Jay-De Eggen - 406-671-7149

McMURRY CATTLE

Added Genetic Balance Trait And Carcass Value ONLY THE BEST SELL Private Treaty Bull Sales

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

Sparks Herefords

Range raised cattle - visitors welcome!

Horned Hereford bulls for sale private treaty

Whispering Pines

Wichman Herefords

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

more details later

Feddes Herefords www.feddes.com

Your Northeastern Montana source for quality Hereford bulls

406-212-0480, Kalispell, MT

Hereford Tour September 5th & 6th

Our production sale is any time you want.

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

Better yet, visit the ranch.

Tom Sparks Plevna, MT • 406-778-2320 www.sparksherefords.com

Performance Tested Yearling & 2 Year Old Bulls For Sale Private Treaty Keesha & Cory Dutton 406-240-9301 dutton.cory@gmail.com

K.L. Slagsvold Herefords Since 1922

Performance tested bulls and heifers

For sale private treaty at the ranch

Kenny Lars (406) 584-7571 671 Fas 470 Lindsay, MT 59339

Registered 2’s & Yearling Bulls for Sale Sons of old proven sires like:

• XTD 6T RST TMP 9A ET • DH Yampa Dominator • DR Achiever 8403 • BP Red Standard 212U

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

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A28

CHOPPER, BAGGER and TRUCKS FOR SALE 1965 International Loadstar with silage bed.

1975 International Loadstar with silage bed.

Crop insurance and cover cropping-innovative farms

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), the Montana Natural Resources Conservation Service, Montana State University and Montana Farmers Union have been working with the Montana Organic Association on a USDA Risk Management Agency supported project to For more information call explore cover cropping and crop insurance issues. As part of Case IH FHX300 chopper, Kevin 406-360-8939 or wide header, metal detector. Ag Bagger 7000 10-ft. bag. that project, there will be four farm tours offered. The tours Mark 406-360-8701 Excellent condition!

Like new condition! will also include information provided by Jeff Schahczenski Stevensville, MT from NCAT on relevant crop insurance issues concerning the use of cover crops.

The focus of this summer’s tour lineup is cover crops.

Farmers and federal agencies are talking more and more about using cover crops in crop production. But it’s a topic about which there are still plenty of questions regarding precipitation, yield, costs, grazing integration and regulations.

June 13, 2014: An organic farm tour and workshop at Vilicus Farms near Havre, Montana, with Doug Crabtree and Anna Jones-Crabtree.

Vilicus Farms is a 6,400 acre organic dryland farming MONTANA MADE operation in Hill and Liberty counties. Doug and Anna MONTANA MADE *Hand-Constructed grow a variety of heritage and modern small grains, pulse *Hand-Constructed crops, oilseeds, broadleaves and cover crops. They are *Proprietary Aluminum Design *Proprietary Aluminum Design bringing 2,600 acres of former CRP land into produc*Superior Strength *Superior Strength tion and are leasing a long-term organic farm to main*Smooth Interior Walls & Floor *Smooth Interior Walls & Floor tain its organic status. They also have an apprenticeship *3-Piece End Doors *3-Piece End Doors With Metering Gate program and are currently training Laurel Johnson and With Metering Gate *Removeable Steel Tarp Bows Nathan Austin-Powell, two young farmers who plan to *Removeable Steel Tarp Bows establish their own organic farm operations in Montana. *Unique Understructure *Unique Understructure (allows steel long sills for strength, rigidity, & Some of the highlights of the Vilicus tour include: A diverse (allows steel long sills for strength, rigidity, & improved hoist operation) cropping system with 15 crops to be harvested; 12 green improved hoist operation) manure/cover crop species; 20% of the farm’s land base devoted to conservation; and extensive field borders, which include wildlife habitat, pollinator-friendly plantings and ORDER TODAY! beneficial plants for pest control.

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“This is a great opportunity to see a large scale diverse ask your tax advisor about the tax benefits of receiving your product in 2012 organicof cropping ask your tax advisor about the tax benefits receiving yoursystem product inwith 2012 enthusiastic young farmertrainees,” says Crabtree. “It is organic farming practiced with diversity on a scale that matters.

July 8, 2014: A conventionally managed farm tour and workshop near Conrad, Montana, on cover crop cocktails.

This tour is based on a USDA-WSARE study headed by Perry Miller, Cathy Zabinski, and Clain Jones and is in its third year out of four (2012 was cover crops, 2013 spring wheat).

The tour will highlight May-seeded cover crops consisting of different ‘functional groups’ including fibrous rooted, nitrogen fixers, tap rooted, and brassicas. The full mix contains eight species and there are also spring pea and fallow controls. Spring wheat was planted across the site last year at three different nitrogen rates including a 0 N control.

Tour participants will have this unique opportunity to compare and discuss various cover cropping options.

July 16, 2014: A conventional farm tour and workshop in Toole County with mixed livestock and small grain grower Griff Bye, who is developing a unique cover cropping and livestock system.

Although he has never experimented with cover crop cocktails before, Griff Bye is going about in a big way, with ten percent of his 11,000 crop acres being planted to covers this year in some form or fashion. Griff obviously believes in the potential of cover cropping and realizes that it will be a few years before he sees results.

At this tour of his farm, participants will see a cool season cover of 11 species that is being grazed by 150 pairs, a warm season cover of 10 species, and a nine-species cover crop intermixed with the sunflower cash crop. This is an excellent opportunity to view grazing cover crops and to hear about one man’s startup experiences.

August 16, 2014: An organic farm tour and workshop with Judy Owsowitz at Terrapin Farm in Whitefish, Montana.

Judy is a long-time organic producer who has extensive knowledge of cover cropping in diverse vegetable production systems. With over 20 years of certified organic production, Terrapin Farm is comprised of over 500 varieties of diversified vegetable, herb and seed crops, incorporating greenhouse, hoophouse and high tunnel production. Judy interplants her cover crops. She also oversees over 30 varieties of seed production, some of which are Terrapin Farm exclusives.

This tour will also include a presentation on cover cropping in diverse horticultural operations by Andy Pressman, a farmer and NCAT specialist from New Hampshire.

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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page A29

GREAT USED EQUIPMENT SAVINGS AT BURKS! USED TRACTORS

$150,000

$45,000 2011 JD 6115D Cab, Air Conditioning, 9 Speed Transmission, Front Weight Bracket, Front Weights 12#, Front Tire Size 13.6-24, Rear Tire Size 16.9 at 50%, 3 Point Hitch, Drawbar, PTO 13/8-1000, 3 Remote Hydraulics, Shuttle Forward and Reverse on Steering Column, Flow Controls on Remote Valves, Seat is in Good Condition. Tag #UJD944 (Twin Falls)

$80,000 2005 CIH MX230, Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, 18F/4R Transmission Speed, Frt Wt Brkt, Frt Wts 18#, Frt Tire Size 420/90R30, RR Tire Size 18.4R46, 3 Pt Hitch, Top Link, Drawbar, Hammerstrap w/ Pin, PTO 13/4-1000, Remote Hyd #4, RR Tire Size 2-500lb, Heavy Duty 12 Bolt Floating Front Axle,and Drawbar Cat II Heavy Duty.

Tag #UAG263 (Twin Falls)

2012 CIH Magnum 235, 719 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, 19 speed transmission, frt wt brkt, frt wts 18#, frt tire size 380/80R38, 3 pt hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, remote hyd #4, RR tire size 380/80r57, RR weights 1000#, front suspension, wide marker lights, hd lift, hd drawbar, buddy seat.

Tag #UAG42B (Twin Falls)

$115,000

2011 CIH Magnum 290, Approx 5500 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, 19 speed transmission, Frt Wt Brkt, Frt Wts 18#M Frt Tire size 480 R 34, 3 Pt hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, remote hydraulic #4, RR tire size 480 R 50, RR weights 2000#, front suspension and cab suspension. Tag #UAG107 (Twin Falls)

$138,000 2013 JD 8235R, 4292 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, Frt Wt Brkt, Frt Wts 8#, 3 Pt hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, 4 remote hyd., Frt tire size 380x38 and RR tire size 380R54.

Tag #UJD744 (Caldwell)

$80,000 2005 CIH MX285, Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, Frt WT brkt, FRT WTS 18#, 3 pt hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, remote hyd #5, rr tire size 480, rr weights 2000#, front duals,and RTK gps system. Tag #UAG07A (Twin Falls)

$115,000

2012 CIH Magnum 235, 5490 Hrs, This unit has a cab, air conditioning, radio, 19 speed transmission, frt wt brkt, frt tire size 380/80R38, 3 pt hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, remote hyd #4, rr tire size 380/80R50, rr weights 1000#, wide marker lights, hd drawbar and hd lift. Tag #UAG04B (Twin Falls)

$122,500

$63,500 2003 CIH STX375, Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, 520x42 duals, 2 tires 90% 2 tires 50% 4 tires 40% Blade not included Tag #UAG63A (Twin Falls)

$80,000

$45,000 2011 JD 6115D Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, 9 Speed Transmission, Front Weight Bracket, Front Weights 12#, Front Tire Size 13.6-24 at 40%, Rear Tire Size 16.9 at 50%, Drawbar, 3 Point Hitch, Shuttle Forward and Reverse on Steering Column, Flow Controls on the Remote Valves, Seat is in Good Condition, PTO 13/8-1000.

Tag #UJD946 (Twin Falls)

2010 CIH Puma 195 CVT, 1850 Hrs, Unit with a CVTA Transmission. Has 320/50 rear rubber with duals, 320/34 front tires.

Unit is guidance ready.

Tag #UG66B (Caldwell)

$65,000

2005 CIH MX230, 4240 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, 24 speed transmission w/creeper, frt wt brkt, frt wts 18#, frt tire size 380, 3 pt hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/ pin, remote hyd #5, rr tire size 480, rr weights 2000#, has duals.

Tag #UAG63B (Twin Falls)

2011 CIH MAGNUM 215 Cab, Air Conditioning, Rdaio, 18 Speed Transmission, Frt Wt Brkt, FRT WTS, Frt Tire Size 380R38, Quick Hitch, Top Link, Drawbar, RR Tire Size 480/50 Tag #UAG148 (Twin Falls)

OTHER USED EQUIPMENT

$110,000 2011 CIH Magnum 260, Cab, Air conditioning, Radio, Frt Wt Brkt, Frt Wts 18#, FRT tire size 380 80%, RR tire size 480 80%, RR WTS 2000# and remote hydraulic #4.

Tag #UAG615 (Twin Falls)

$165,000 2011 CIH Magnum 315, 1436 Hrs, cab, air conditioning and radio.

Tag #UAG603 (Twin Falls)

$180,000 2011 Case 821F, Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, 5 Speed Transmission, 5 Yard Bucket, HD Counterweight, Torque Lock Up, Fuel Shut Off, Idle Control, Fuel Savor, Frt Tire Size 25.5R 25.2700 hrs, Full Listing Tag #UCE505 (Twin Falls)

$145,000 2013 JD 8235R, 3819 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, Frwt wts 8 ,380x38 fronts 40% Mfwd, QH, 4 remotes and 380x54 duals 40%. Tag #UJD878 (Twin Falls)

$298,000 2012 CIH STX 600, Approx 3,700 Hrs, Tracks in pretty good condition. Luxury cab and auto-steer ready.

Tag #UAG010 (Caldwell)

$185,000

$145,000 2013 JD 8235R, 3434 Hrs, Cab, air conditioning, radio, Frt WT Brkt, Frt Wts 8#, Frt tire size 380x38, RR tire size 380R54, 3 PT Hitch, quick hitch, top link, drawbar, hammerstrap w/pin and remote Hyd #4.3 Tag #UJD803 (Twin Falls)

2011 Krone BigM 400, 790 Cutting Hrs and 1030 Engine Hrs. This machine has air conditioning and radio. Tag #UHF362. (Twin Falls)

$110,000 2001 CIH 2388 Combine, 2554/3371 HRs, Cab, Air Conditioning, Radio, AFS Specialty Rotor, 1010 30’Grain Header, and 1083 8 Row Corn Header. has wheat concaves, corn concaves, aggressive corn concaves, chrome rub bars on rotor 80%. Tag #UHF136 (Twin Falls)

$62,000 2008 MacDon Industries M200, 1462 Hrs. 16ft. header, 23.1x26 tires 70% looks good excellent shape. Tag #UHF292. (Caldwell)

TWIN FALLS 3140 KIMBERLY ROAD TWIN FALLS, ID 83301

$90,000 2012 Case WD2303, This unit has a cab, air conditioning, and radio. 186.5 hours Rotary head. Tag #UHF297. (Twin Falls)

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Tag #UWR129. (Twin Falls)

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Integrity in business

By Phil Durst, Michigan State University Extension What are the values that describe your business? Does “integrity” come quickly to mind? It’s on my mind and I’d like to share some thoughts with you about it.

Webster’s Dictionary lists several similar meanings for integrity among which are “firm adherence to a code of moral values; incorruptibility; the quality or state of being complete or undivided”, while listing honesty as a synonym. In short, integrity means that there is no difference between what you say and what you do – with no intention of deception.

While in Kiev, Ukraine recently on a trip to speak at the VII Ukrainian Dairy Congress for Michigan State University Extension, I was reminded of the absolute importance of integrity. Several times, in private conversation or in speaker’s presentations, I was made aware of the fact that not all Ukrainian agricultural statistics could be believed because officials often reported what would make things (or themselves) look good, rather than the truth.

Ukraine had just had a revolution and overthrown a leader who dealt in untruths and facilitated corruption that enhanced the riches of those who were loyal to him. The people wanted change; one speaker spoke of their desire to live in an honest country. The Minister of Agriculture appointed Andrii Dykun, the President of the Association of Dairy Producers in Ukraine to lead an anti-corruption effort.

Lack of integrity is not just a government problem, and certainly not just a foreign problem. Integrity is critically important to the long-term success of your business and your personal life.

Speaking and acting honestly should be the way we live, even when it is more difficult and even when it is potentially costlier. There are costs to integrity but the benefits of living in truth cannot be underestimated.

What does integrity look like in daily business? Here are some practical ways it will be evident: • Tell employees the truth • Honor your obligations even when circumstances change • Pay employees fully without trying to cheat them out of what you committed to them • If you are an employee, work the full time you are paid – do not kill time on the clock • Pay what you owe your creditors and pay in a timely manner • Do not sell products or animals without disclosing known faults, even if it means you may lose the sale • Be truthful in tax reporting and payments Living and doing business with integrity means you don’t have to worry about the truth coming out later – because most times, it will. Lies, deceit and covering up are always temporary. With honesty we may have to admit things are not good, but we do so with a clear conscience and do not have to worry about the truth coming out later.

Integrity at its heart requires humbleness. It means admitting when you don’t know, acknowledging when you aren’t able or admitting when you have failed at something. For some reason, many people try to act as if those things are not true of them even though they are true of all of us. You will not be perceived as weak when you admit you don’t know, can’t do or have failed, but you will find strength in others at times like that.

Acting with integrity and speaking of it as a valued characteristic of your business will encourage others to act with integrity toward you. You can use it as a principal for employees to be honest and expect the best from them.

Integrity is the right way, if not always the easy way. There will be some who don’t like you because of it. Yet, success with family, friends, neighbors, communities and countries depend on integrity, and it begins with the individual. That is a lesson for all of us from Ukraine.

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The critical role of broadleaf pollinator plants in pastures

By Pete Bauman, South Dakota State University Extension Call Rodney @ 406-794-8371 or Caleb @ 406-696-1165, Billings, MT In February, grassland professionals from SDSU and Pheasants Forever were invited to address the annual SD Weed and Pest Conference about the role of pollinator species in grasslands. Understanding the economic role of pollinators is the first step toward understanding their diverse Choteau, MT values to grassland and crop systems, and so this was a very unique opportunity to reach a new audience that could help Phone 406-466-2955 or 406-590-5447 (cell) champion the cause for producers to practice discretion and engage in self-education when developing a pasture or CRP FOR SALE: Pump mounting weed management plan.

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This point will be illustrated plainly over the next several weeks as South Dakota’s pastures come to life. The early green-up will primarily be the result of heavy infestations Still taking consignments of Kentucky bluegrass and smooth brome that have largely replaced native cool season grasses. Both are non-native Advertising Deadline - May 20, 2014 exotic grasses that, although palatable early in spring, can indicate poor range health. Look closer and these are the Already Consigned: Loader tractors, elevator leg, swather, same pastures that are prone to wormwood sage, leafy spurge, thistles, and mid-summer browning due to lack of round and small square balers, balewagon, sprayer, combine, native warm-season species. pickups, car, trailers, 4 wheelers, 3 wheeler and motorcycle, The challenge in range management is balancing lecalf table, post hole digger, metal lathe, hydraulic press, gally required management (such as the control of noxious lots of tools and more. weeds) with integrated management tools that allow our native systems to flourish. For example, identifying early infestations of invasive species and either chemically spot – fritzcharolais@yahoo.com treating or mechanically removing them is much preferred to the alternative of waiting for the problem to grow and then reacting by attacking in full force with non-selective herbicides formulated primarily for grass-only retention. Pasture management should be focused on true objectives rather than perceived problems. Managers who consider pasture production and diversity as a top priority have a much different ‘weed management’ program philosophy than those focused solely on ‘cleaning up the pasture’.

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New compound that could treat autoimmune diseases

By Tiffany Woods, Oregon State University Scientists at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a chemical compound that could be a safer alternative for treating autoimmune diseases.

Although studies in humans are still needed, the finding could bring hope to people suffering from conditions caused by their immune system attacking their bodies. Autoimmune diseases can affect almost any part of the body resulting in diseases such as colitis, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.

“We mostly treat autoimmune diseases with high-dose corticosteroids or cytotoxic drugs to suppress the immune response, and the side effects can be very difficult to deal with,” said lead researcher Nancy Kerkvliet. “But if this chemical works in clinical studies, it could result in a safer alternative to conventional drugs.”

Kerkvliet collaborated with OSU professor Siva Kumar Kolluri and other colleagues who tested thousands of chemical compounds and found that one of them, 10-Cl-BBQ, binds to a protein called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) inside T cells, which are essential white blood cells. They found that the chemical and AhR then pass into the nucleus and change the cells into regulatory T cells (called Tregs), which shut down the immune response.

Kerkvliet said 10-Cl-BBQ is different from other treatments used to suppress the immune system because it acts directly in the T cells to turn them into regulatory T cells.

She believes this will result in fewer side effects than currently used drugs. The scientists also discovered two other compounds in the benzimidazoisoquinoline (BBQ) family that induced regulatory T cells.

The researchers tested 10-Cl-BBQ in mice that had graft-versus-host disease, a condition in which the immune system tries to eliminate foreign cells. The disease can occur in humans when they receive stem cell or bone marrow transplants. The scientists found that daily injections of 10-Cl-BBQ completely suppressed the disease.

The compound was rapidly metabolized and excreted and wasn’t toxic at the dosage used, thereby making it a potential candidate for drug development, said Kerkvliet, a professor of immunotoxicology in OSU’s Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

On a cellular level, the chemical works like the notorious environmental contaminant that’s known as TCDD, a type of dioxin. But the chemical doesn’t have the harmful side effects, Kerkvliet said. TCDD is perhaps best-known for its presence in the jungle-defoliating Agent Orange herbicide used during the Vietnam War. Kerkvliet has spent most of her career studying how the dioxin suppresses immune responses.

“We spent all these years studying dioxin because people have been concerned about its presence in the environment,” she said. “Yet, look what we have now discovered from those basic toxicology studies.”

The journal PLOS ONE published the research with the title “Benzimidazoisoquinolines: A New Class of Rapidly Metabolized Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Ligands that Induce AhR-Dependent Tregs and Prevent Murine GraftVersus-Host Disease.”

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences funded the research.

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Limping livestock: Two perspectives

By Heidi Carroll and Russ Daly, South Dakota State University Extension Lameness can be attributed to many factors yet the physical response to favor a limb is likely related to the animal’s pain threshold. The presence of pain is a critical well-being concern, and can have many secondary impacts on the animal’s overall health, production, and functional lifetime. Some examples of secondary impacts known in livestock include: a decline in feed intake or grazing ability, loss of body condition, reduced reproduction rates, or chronic lameness. Identifying lameness and the signs of pain that affect an animal’s well-being becomes a point of misunderstanding between stockmen and the general public due to an individual’s perceived understanding of animal wellbeing and the needs of the animal.

When assessing animal well-being, one can evaluate the animal’s living environment or the housing facilities (non-animal/ resource based measures) or make direct observations of the animal’s condition and behavior (animal-based measures).

Animal-based measures are believed to be a better indicator of how the animal is coping within the environment and husbandry system in which it lives. An expert panel was surveyed to determine the most important animal-based measures of well-being for cattle (dairy specifically), pigs, and poultry. Observed lameness was the indicator most frequently identified for cattle and pigs. Currently, lameness and feet/leg soundness problems are among the top reasons for culling sows, cows, and sheep.

Other reasons recorded for culling animals may include one of the secondary impacts of lameness, most frequently reproductive problems because they have the greatest impact on the sustainable profitability of the operation. Additionally, lameness should be considered an important animalbased measure of well-being for horses.

Since even the untrained eye can detect limps or see an animal struggling on three legs, it is important to consider what the general public perceives when a limping animal is seen in a pasture or farmyard along with the stockman’s perspective.

In the stockman’s mind A stockman provides for an animal’s daily needs to promote optimal health and well-being. Strong animal husbandry skills contribute to wholesome animal products in our food supply. When an animal is observed to be lame, the stockman’s perspective usually focuses on actions for health intervention. An experienced stockman will go through a rapid decision process to determine the best management practices for treatment and full recovery of the animal.

Is the animal still eating and behaving normally? (A stockman should know what normal looks like) What is the best way to catch and restrain the animal, so it can be examined more closely?

Does the veterinarian need to be called or is it a known ailment that can be easily treated?

What is the best course of treatment, or management practice, to resolve the animal’s aliment?

Should the animal be isolated in a more comfortable location, or can it be returned to the group?

How can the stockman best monitor the animal during its recovery?

How can the stockman record and docu-

ment this treatment?

In the public’s eye People find satisfaction seeing animals in their communities. One of the most peaceful pictures of South Dakota’s landscape is a group of cows, horses, or sheep grazing, and the public perceives those animals to be happy and healthy. South Dakota is blessed to have livestock from border to border and interspersed amongst urban communities. Since the public shares their backyard with livestock, stockmen should consider how the public’s perspective of animal well-being may differ from their perspective when an animal is seen limping. Realize that the public’s experiences with lameness and subsequent pain is most likely through an association with human aliments including tissue bruising, skin cuts, and bone fractures, so they empathize with the animal from that point of view.

The animal is in pain and should be administered something to relieve that pain.

The animal is uncomfortable and should be given a soft area to recover and assistance to move easier.

Why did the animal begin to limp… did it receive proper care to prevent this problem?

The animal is hurt and there is no stockman in sight; when was the last time the animals were checked?

The animal is experiencing unnecessary physical and mental stress -- this is a wellbeing issue.

The public may think in terms of comfort level and empathize with the animal’s pain, whereas a stockman may think more in terms of a quick recovery back to normal physical condition and performance. Maybe from a different angle both mindsets still have the best interest of the animal at heart.

The faster an animal recovers, the less time it spends in a state of compromised wellbeing (discomfort). This means a return to performing its natural behaviors resulting in improved efficiencies in the production of the meat and milk we all enjoy as part of a healthy diet. For horses, this may translate to a quick return to work on the ranch, the trail, or the show ring. Stockmen should remember that sound health care practices for food animals can result in healthier animals free from discomfort that require lower treatment costs (e.g. medications, veterinary visits, time/labor) and promote improved production efficiencies.

Consumers benefit from the stockman’s responsible animal care practices by having a bounty of different food products available at an affordable cost with the peace of mind knowing the animals that produced that food received optimal care throughout their life. In addition, they should feel more confident that caretakers of animals in our communities watch their animals closely each day for signs of pain and implement best management practices to promote a healthy, comfortable life for the animal and inevitably a wholesome food supply for everyone.

Hopefully, this small comparison of perspectives can help us remember that not everyone views the world through the same eyes and experiences. Regardless of animal species or their role in our society (for work, pleasure, show, or food), addressing a simple limp will maintain or improve the animal’s state of well-being and minimize the negative secondary effects on the animal.

New ornamental tung tree available

By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Anna Bella may herald a new generation of ornamental tung tree varieties suitable for landscape uses in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.

According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) molecular geneticist Timothy Rinehart, Anna Bella marks a first in ornamental tung releases because it is sterile and produces virtually no nuts, which are toxic if ingested and pose a mowing hazard if left on the ground.

From the late 1920s to early 1970s, tung trees had been grown commercially on plantations across the Gulf Coast area as a nut-based source of high-quality oil for paints, varnishes, lacquers, wood finishes and other industrial products.

A convergence of factors ultimately scuttled the tung oil industry there, but nostalgia for Vernicia fordii, as the native Chinese tree is known scientifically, has lingered to this day.

The downside to planting tung as an ornamental has been the nuts, which are no longer harvested for their oil, notes Rinehart, with the Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Research Laboratory operated in Poplarville, Mississippi, by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

Anna Bella, which is adapted to conditions in the South, can reach nearly 40 feet tall and opens into an umbrellashaped canopy of lush, heart-shaped leaves. It blooms in late spring, producing clusters of white, long-lasting flowers tinged in the centers with yellow or red. The new variety requires little maintenance, bounces back well from pruning, and can withstand common insect pests and diseases.

It is ideal for both single specimen and row plantings, such as in backyards and along roadsides or property boundaries. Because it produces no seed, the variety is unlikely to persist beyond intended planting sites, a characteristic that may encourage wider acceptance of the tree species as an ornamental offering.

Rinehart has already received requests from a few specialty nurseries interested in propagating the variety.

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By Donna Quin, the horticulturist in the Natrona County office of UW Extension important to our native environment. They The world is greatly dependent upon honare a source of food for foraging native and eybees for pollinating crops and production domesticated animals. These plants are the of up to one-third of the crop foods we eat. native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees. Some Native bees pollinate most of the remainare reliant upon one species of insect to do ing food-source plants. Some of these are all its pollinating, and others are receptive social bees and live in colonies with a queen to a number of insects to assist in spreadand many worker bees. The remaining are ing pollen. solitary bees that do not live together but Gardening enthusiasts are gaining a live a more independent life. They visit greater appreciation for including native many, many plants a day and ensure seed is plants in their landscapes to provide habitat produced in individual flowers and continue for native wildlife ranging from the tiny, sixdistribution of those species. legged varieties to the larger, four-legged Whether food for humans or feed for the species. animals in our food chain, we are reliant Many Gardeners Want to Improve Bee upon bees.

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Book lists uses and origins of important plants

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service A new reference book written by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his university colleague should prove to be an invaluable resource for researchers, plant breeders, librarians or anyone who wants basic, accurate information about important plants.

World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference took more than two years to complete and was reviewed by more than 150 experts. At 1,336 pages, it is more for professionals and scientists than for casual readers. It was written by John Wiersema, a botanist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and Blanca León, a University of Texas taxonomist.

The authors link the list of scientific names of 12,235 plants with their geographic origins and uses. They also provide more than 50,000 common names for those plants in 27 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

Plants often have different names and uses in different countries.

The book is an update of an edition published in 1999 that inventoried 9,500 plants, according to Wiersema, who works in ARS’ National Germplasm Resources Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

The updated version was requested by the publisher CRC Press. Along with including 25 percent more plants, the new version indicates more “use classes,” such as whether a plant is a food source or has been used medicinally. Some of the most common use categories are ornamentals (5,361), medicines (2,997), food and food additives (2,212), and weeds (2,136).

Information in the book and its sources can also be found in the ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), which is part of the ARS National Plant Germplasm System and is publicly available online.

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2013 milk production increased from 2012

Milk production increased 0.3 percent in 2013 to 201 billion pounds. The rate per cow, at 21,822 pounds, was 102 pounds above 2012. The annual average number of milk cows on farms was 9.22 million head, down 12,000 head from 2012.

Cash receipts from marketings of milk during 2013 totaled $40.3 billion, 8.7 percent higher than 2012. Producer returns averaged $20.12 per hundredweight, 8.4 percent above 2012.

Marketings totaled 200.2 billion pounds, 0.3 percent above 2012. Marketings include whole milk sold to plants and dealers and milk sold directly to consumers.

An estimated 980 million pounds of milk were used on farms where produced, 2.4 percent more than 2012. Calves were fed 90 percent of this milk, with the remainder consumed in producer households.

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Nebraska LEAD 32 travel

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR kia, Theodore Sedgwick; Michael Henney, Twenty-five Nebraska LEAD 32 Fellows Agricultural Attaché from Warsaw, Poland; recently returned from the 2014 Internaand Steve Butler, Senior Economic Officer tional Study/Travel Seminar to Slovakia, in Prague, Czech Republic. The LEAD Poland and the Czech Republic.

Fellows also met with American business, “Our international study is designed to agricultural trade, and commodity groups, provide firsthand appreciation and underand visited several farm operations. Addistanding of our international community tionally, LEAD Fellows were able to meet and the potential for people of all nations to with officials at the Technical University in work together,” said Terry Hejny, Nebraska Zvolen, Slovakia and the AGH University LEAD Program Director and group leader. of Science and Technology in Krakow, During the January 11-24 seminar, LEAD Poland.

Fellows participated in briefings with U.S. “The people-to-people encounters proEmbassy officials in Bratislava, Slovakia vided the members of Nebraska LEAD and Prague, Czech Republic, including Group 32 an opportunity to view charactervisits with the U.S. Ambassador to Slovaistics, conditions and trends of Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic and determine relationships to issues and situations in our country,” Hejny said. “Through this experience participants develop techniques in identifying comparisons and contrasts of the countries we recently studied in areas such as politics, economics, religion, culture and history as well as technology, trade, food, art and philosophy.”

LEAD 32 Fellows that participated in alphabetical order are: Matt Boos, Kearney; Aaron Broz, Hayes Center; Bryan Buskirk, Alliance; Chris Cornelius, Madrid; Warren Coulter, Ravenna; Jessi Doke, Norfolk; Bonnie Downing, Dunning; Christine Erquiaga, Rushville; Omaha; Brian James, Nebraska City; Mackenzie Johnston, Milburn; Andrew Kabes, Grant; Darrell Kahler, David City; Kurt Kircher, Kearney; Jeff Larson, Axtell; Brett Mueller, Columbus; Miles Mundorf, Cozad; Stephanie Perry, Omaha; Tyson Schimmer, Grand Island; Leslie Smith, Mitchell; Alyssa Smola, Lincoln; Steve Stroup, Benkelman; Jeff Swenson, Morrill; Justin Troudt, Kearney; Sam Vakhidov, Lincoln; and Shanna Waterman, Osmond.

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John Deere 1435 72” deck, diesel, front mower. Tag #26517................ $7500 (H) John Deere X724 62” deck, 4 wheel steer.

Tag #26514............................. $8200 (H) John Deere X485 25 hp, gas, 54” deck, bagger. Tag #26380................ $8500 (B) John Deere Z425 23 hp, hydro, 48” deck, zero-turn, bagger. Tag #28698.$3700 (H) John Deere 325 17 hp, hydro, 48” deck, Kawasaki v-twin. Tag #28721.$1650 (LV) John Deere LA110 19.5 hp, 42” deck, hydro, bagger. Tag #27095......... $1100 (G) John Deere LA145 22 hp, 48” deck, hydro.

Tag #26056............................$1799 (LV) John Deere LA120 21 hp, hydro, 42” deck, v-twin. Tag #28600................$1150 (LV) John Deere 125 20 hp, hydro, 42” deck, v-twin. Tag #28601................$1150 (LV) John Deere LX289 lawn tractor, 17 hp, hydro. Tag #28412.................... $950 (G) John Deere LX176 hydro, 38” deck, 44” front blade. Tag #27091.......... $1100 (G) John Deere Z245 zero turn mower, 48” deck. Tag #19680................... $3599 (G) John Deere 1445 hydro, diesel. Tag #23992................................... $7250 (H) John Deere 48C Powerflow bagger. Tag #23618..................................... $900 (B)

John Deere LT160 16 hp, hydro transmission. Tag #25935.................... $1500 (G) John Deere LT160 16 hp, hydro, 42” deck, Kohler engine. Tag #28586..... $1200 (G) John Deere 318 18 hp, hydro. Tag #28297................................... $2450 (B) John Deere SX85 13 hp, 30” deck. Tag #26970..................................... $350 (H) Sabre 1438GS 14 hp, 38” deck, 5 speed gear. Tag #26518.....................$495 (LV) Husqvarna YTH2148 21 hp, 48” deck, hydro. Tag #26460.................. $1300 (B) Toro Z480 hydro transmission with bagger.

Tag #25903............................. $1900 (G) Toro 71227 21 hp, 38” deck, hydro. Tag #26415..................................... $850 (B) John Deere 44 44” snowblower for 100 series mower. Tag #28619.........$300 (L)

Round Balers

John Deere 569 MegaWide, net wrap, 1725 bales. Tag #28699................$42,500 (L) John Deere 569 MegaWide, net wrap, 1000 PTO. Tag #26988................ $43,000 (H) John Deere 569 MegaWide, net wrap, 1000 PTO. Tag #26989................ $44,000 (H) John Deere 569 MegaWide, net wrap, 1000 PTO.....................................$40,000 (G) John Deere 568 MegaWide, 1000 PTO, hyd. pu lift. Tag #27794....... $36,500 (B) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, 1000 PTO. Tag #26494...............$31,500 (LV) John Deere 568 Tag #27160.. $36,000 (G) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, 540 PTO. Tag #27102...............$31,500 (LV) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net wrap, 1000 PTO. #27616....................... $31,500 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net, 1000 PTO, 9485 bls.Tag #27893........... $32,500 (B) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net, 1000 PTO, 8000 bls.Tag #27885............$34,000 (L) John Deere 568 MegaWide, net, 1000 PTO, 13,500 bls.Tag#27883..........$31,500 (L) John Deere 568 MegaWide, 5x6, twine, 9066 bales. Tag #28041...... $34,500 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, 5x6, net, 4650 bales. Tag #28670............... $35,500 (H) John Deere 568 MegaWide, 5x6, net, 1000 PTO, hyd pu lift. Tag #28609.$33,500 (L) John Deere 567, 5x6, twine....................... ....................................... Coming In (G) John Deere 567 5x6, twine only, 17,000 bales. Tag #28697............... $16,500 (H) John Deere 567 5x6, twine only, wide pkup, push bar. Tag #28564.......... $17,500 (G) John Deere 567..................Coming In (B) John Deere 567 net wrap, 540 PTO. Tag #26790................................$19,500 (G) John Deere 567 net wrap. Tag #27993..... ....................................... Coming In (G) John Deere 567 twine only, 19,000 bales.

Tag #27614...........................$15,500 (L) John Deere 566 Mega tooth, net wrap, 540 PTO, push bar. Tag #27894..$11,900 (B) John Deere 566 twine only, 12,500 bales.

Tag #26377...........................$10,500 (L) John Deere 566 net wrap, 540 PTO. Tag #26448................................$15,500 (G) John Deere 566.................. Coming In (L) John Deere 566 twine only. Tag #26717... .............................................$12,500 (L) John Deere 566 twine only. Tag #27448... ............................................ $12,750 (H) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #23888... ............................................... $3500 (H) John Deere 535 twine only, 540 PTO, push bar. Tag #27764...................... $6300 (H) John Deere 535 twine only, 540 PTO, push bar. Tag #27765...................... $6300 (H) John Deere 535, 5x6, twine only. 540 PTO, no push bar. Tag #28202.......$5500 (LV) John Deere 535 5x6, twine only. Tag #28715...................................$6900 (G) Case IH RB564 twine only. Tag #25129..... .............................................$18,500 (L) Case IH RB564 wide pu, net, 1000 PTO, 9000 bls.Tag #26519............$20,000 (L) Case IH RB564, 5x6, net, wide pickup, 1000 PTO, hy lift. Tag #28463...... $22,500 (G) Case IH RBX563 net wrap. Tag #27090.... ............................................ $14,750 (H) Case IH 8465A net wrap. Tag #24837....... ................................................$4000 (L) Massey Ferguson 2856 , 5x6. Tag #28275................................$34,000 (G) New Holland BR7090 Extra Sweep pickup.

Tag #26231.......................... $23,500 (H) New Holland BR7090 twine only. Tag #27129................................ $12,300 (H)

Construction Equip.

John Deere CT323DT track loader, 1156 hours. Tag #21464...............$37,500 (L) John Deere 326D skidsteer, 2750# lift capacity..............................Coming In (H) John Deere 320 66 hp, 1950# lift, 3251 hours. Tag #26913...............$26,000 (L) Bobcat S330 skidsteer, SJC controls, remote, 1450 hr. Tag #28549$39,500 (LV)

Bobcat S300 skidsteer, 75 hp, 3000 lb. lift, bkhoe, 1100 hr. Tag #26535$45,000 (G) Bobcat 7753 backhoe, 46 hp, 1750 lb. lift.

Tag #26538......................... $21,000 (G) Erskine SB96 96” spring trip snow blade, hydraulic angle. Tag #20114.. $2200 (B) International 4140 skidsteer, 40 hp diesel, 1300# lift. Tag #25875............$4000 (L)

New Holland BR7090 net wrap, 8500 bales.

Tag #27624...........................$24,000 (L) New Holland BR780A twine, 540 PTO, 5328 bales. Tag #27923...... $12,500 (H) New Holland BR780A twine, 540 PTO, 6447 bales. Tag #27924...... $12,500 (H) New Holland BR780 net wrap, hyd. pu lift.

Tag #27625...........................$15,000 (L) New Holland BR780 twine only. Tag #26265................................... $7250 (B) New Holland BR780 net wrap. Tag #27465.................................$12,500 (L) New Holland 688, net wrap. Tag #25482.. ...............................................$8950 (G) New Holland 688 twine only. Tag #27172.. ................................................$9500 (L) New Holland 688 net wrap. Tag #27277... ................................................$5000 (L) New Holland 688 5x6......... Coming In (L) New Holland 664 net wrap. Tag #26714... ............................................ $11,000 (G) New Holland 664 5x6........ Coming In (G) New Holland 660 twine. #27542..$2900 (L) New Holland 660 5x6........ Coming In (G)

Windrowers & Mower Conditioners

John Deere A400 394 hours, 16-ft. hay head. Tag #27612.............. $104,000 (H) John Deere 2360 71 hp windrower, 30-ft. draper head.....................Coming In (H) John Deere 995 16-ft. rotary head, V10 conditioner. Tag #27478.......$32,000 (L) John Deere 3830 94 hp, 14-ft. sickle head, diesel, 2500 hrs. Tag #26230..$20,500 (L) Case IH 8820 16-ft. hay head and 25-ft. draper head. Tag #26537.... $33,000 (G) Case IH 8840 98 hp, 14-ft. double sickle, diesel, 2000 hours......... Coming In (LV) Massey-Ferguson 9435 16-ft. sickle head, 2885 hours. Tag #27592.......$55,000 (L) MacDon M200 35-ft. draper, triple delivery.

Tag #27562.......................$105,000 (LV) MacDon M150 with 35-ft. draper head. Tag #24787.............................. $128,000 (H) MacDon 9352i 1857 hours, 30-ft. draper head. Tag #27322................ $73,000 (G) John Deere 956 14.5 rotary mower, steel conditioner. Tag #27278...... $26,000 (H) John Deere 956 14.5 rotary, Impeller cond, drawbar pull. Tag #28608.....$21,500 (L) John Deere 946 13-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #26996..............$29,500 (LV) John Deere 945 13-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #26612............... $13,000 (H) John Deere 945 13-ft. rotary, Impeller conditioner. Tag #26710...........$14,500 (LV) John Deere 1600A 14-ft. double sickle, swing tongue. Tag #27457.......$9500 (L) Hesston 8400 16-ft. sickle head, 4909 hours. Tag #27591................$18,000 (L) Hesston 8100 21-ft. draper head. Tag #26355................................ $21,500 (H) MacDon A30D 16-ft. sickle swing tongue.

Tag #23548.......................... $19,000 (H) MacDon 5020 16-ft. sickle swing tongue.

Tag #27325.......................... $15,000 (H) MacDon R85 16-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #28056............... $34,200 (G) New Holland H8080 16-ft. rotary disc, 552 hours. Tag #26521............... $94,500 (G) New Holland HW340 166 hp, 14.5-ft. rotary, 1670 hours. Tag #28143.......$37,900 (L) New Holland HW320 2750 hours, 16-ft. double sickle. Tag #27446... $35,000 (G) New Holland HW305, 16-ft. head.............. ....................................... Coming In (G) New Holland HW300 2325 hours, 16-ft. double sickle. Tag #27464....$36,900 (L) New Holland H7460 15.5-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #27697...... $29,900 (G) New Holland 1118 diesel, 14-ft. sickle head, cab...................................Coming In (H) New Holland 1118............. Coming In (G) New Holland 1431 mo-co, 13-ft. rotary, roll conditioner. Tag #28043...... $19,500 (B)

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Tractors

John Deere 9560R 4WD, 560 hp, 550 hours.

Tag #27163..............................$318,500 (G) John Deere 9560R 4WD, 560 hp, hi-flow, PTO, 800 tires, 5 SCV’s, 600 hr..... Coming In (G) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, 400 hours.

Tag #27156..............................$297,000 (G) John Deere 9430 425 hp, 620/70R46, 2500 hours. Tag #27635................... $230,000 (L) John Deere 9430 4WD, 425 hp, PwrShft, PTO, 710/70R42, 750 hr. Tag #28213.$225,000 (G) John Deere 9420 4WD, 425 hp, 4 SCV’s, 48 gpm, 4040 hr. Tag #28684 $139,000 (H) John Deere 8870 4WD, 350 hp, 4 SCV’s, 20.8-42, 7934 hr. Tag #28587.$69,900(B) John Deere 8630 4WD, 275 hp, Degelman dozer blade. Tag #28574..... $17,000 (G) John Deere 8420 MFWD, 235 hp, 5250 hours. Tag #25448............. $125,000 (H) John Deere 8300 MFWD, 200 hp, duals, 7255 hours. Tag #25941.......$75,000 (L) John Deere 8285R 285 hp, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 301 hrs. Tag #24562.. $245,000 (B) John Deere 8230 MFWD, 265 hp, PShft, 4 SCV’s, 3042 hr. Tag #28215$138,000 (H) John Deere 7930 746 loader, 220 hp, 3229 hours. Tag #24936............. $147,500 (H) John Deere 7820 MFWD, 175 hp, PowrQuad, ldr, 7745 hr. Tag #28696....... $99,950 (LV) John Deere 7810 MFWD, 175 hp, PowrQd, ldr, grpl, 8168 hr. Tag #28387$67,500 (LV) John Deere 7800 MFWD, 165 hp, 11,414 hours. Tag #27533............... $42,900 (B) John Deere 7730 IVT, 190 hp, duals, 1582 hours. Tag #25945............. $126,000 (B) John Deere 7720 MFWD, 170 hp, PowrQuad, 3 SCV’s JD 746 loader, 3200 hours. Tag #28607................$92,000 (L) John Deere 7510 MFWD, 140 hp, cab, air, heat, loader.................... Coming In (G) John Deere 7400 MFWD, 115 hp, cab, JD 740 ldr, 9600 hr. Tag #28302.$43,500 (H) John Deere 7330 Premium 150 hp, 2200 hours, loader. Tag #26863.$108,500 (H) John Deere 7330 150 hp, 700 hours, loader.

Tag #27560.......................$109,500 (LV) John Deere 7330 150 hp, 700 hours, H360 loader. Tag #27561...........$109,500 (LV) John Deere 7320 MFWD, 130 hp, PrQd, LH, ldr, 3865 hr. Tag #28565$76,500 (LV) John Deere 7230 Premium MFWD, 130 hp, ldr, 2075 hr. Tag #28750$105,000 (LV) John Deere 6430 Premium 125 hp, loader, 2408 hours. Tag #26444.......$79,500 (L) John Deere 6430P 125 hp, loader, 5053 hours. Tag #27971..............$74,500 (LV) John Deere 6420 MFWD, 115 hp, cab, PrQd, 5850 hr. Tag #28606..$44,500 (L) John Deere 6300 MFWD, 95 hp, cab, 640 ldr, 5860 hr. Tag #28578...... $35,000 (G) John Deere 6230 MFWD, 95 hp, open, Shaver, 3 hr. Tag #28068......$67,500 (L) John Deere 6140M 140 hp, 130 hours, loader. Tag #27805............ $120,000 (G) John Deere 6140M 140 hp, 130 hours, loader. Tag #27806............ $120,000 (G) John Deere 5603 MFWD, 100 hp, 3-pt., ldr, 1000 hr. Tag #28550...........$39,500 (LV) John Deere 5325 MFWD, 67 hp, open, ldr, 1690 hr. Tag #28751...........$29,500 (LV) John Deere 5101E MFWD, 101 hp, cab/air, 3-pt., 315 hr. Tag #28602....$41,500 (LV) John Deere 5055E MFWD, 55 hp, loader, 295 hours. Tag #24938........ $34,000 (H) John Deere 4640 2WD, 175 hp, 3 SCV’s, 18,885 hr. Tag #28413......... $22,000 (H) John Deere 4520 125 hp, DuAl loader. Tag #26502................................ $12,500 (H) John Deere 4520 125 hp, syncro trans, cab, 8621 hours. Tag #24832..........$5500 (L) John Deere 4430 2WD, 125 hp, cab, 3-pt., PTO, 11,214 hr. Tag #28358.$13,500 (LV) John Deere 4030 2WD, 80 hp, cab, air, 3-pt., 6687 hours. Tag #28034.......... $12,000 (G) John Deere 3320 MFWD, 33 hp, 275 hours, loader. Tag #27048................... $25,000 (H) John Deere 2755 MFWD, 75 hp, open, 245SL loader, 4500 hr. Tag #28551....$21,500 (LV) John Deere 2350 MFWD, 55 hp, cab, loader, 9500 hours...........................Coming In (B)

John Deere 2240 MFWD, 50 hp, 3-pt., ldr, 9000 hr. Tag #28355...........$12,500 (LV) John Deere 1530 2WD, 60 hp, diesel, EzeeOn loader. Tag #28319..........$9500 (LV) John Deere 1023E MFWD, 23 hp, hydro, H120 ldr, 5 hr. Tag #28356.. $13,500 (B) John Deere 750 23 hp, 626 hours, loader.

Tag #26876............................. $5000 (G) Case IH 245 Magnum MFWD, 248 hp, cab, 2011 hr. Tag #28713.......... $144,900 (G) Case IH Puma 165 MFWD, 165 hp, CVX, ldr, 2350 hr. Tag #28111.......$95,000 (L) Case IH 485 4WD, 485 hp, 790 hours. Tag #27328.............................. $222,000 (H) Case IH 9380 4WD, 4 remotes, pwr shift.

Tag #27746.......................... $72,500 (H) Case IH 9180 4WD, 375 hp, 4 SCVs, 90% tires, 8519 hrs. Tag #27922.$62,500 (H) Case IH CX105 MFWD, 105 hp, ldr, grapple, 1100 hr. Tag #28576............ $36,000 (G) Case IH 1070 2WD, 100 hp, cab, powershift.

Tag #27112............................$9500 (LV) Case IH MXU130 MFWD, 130 hp, 4434 hours. Tag #26826............... $52,500 (G) International 706 76 hp, 7360 hours, loader. Tag #26931.............. $26,931 (B) International 284 2WD, 28 hp, gas, 3-pt... ...................................... Coming In (LV) International M 2WD, 36 hp, gas. Tag #27903...................................$3900 (G) Long 460 2WD, loader, 45 hp, 1480 hours.

Tag #25975............................. $7250 (H) New Holland 9030 Bidirectional, loader & hay head. Tag #27673......... $36,000 (H) New Holland TS125A MFWD, 125 hp, 3-pt., ldr/gpl, 7000 hr. Tag #28563.$52,900 (G) Ford 4110 2WD, 48 hp, open station, canopy, 6212 hrs. Tag #25210.$3250 (G) Ford 4110 2WD, 48 hp, open station, gas, hy front blade. Tag #28754..... $4350 (H) Ford 6000 2WD, 60 hp, open, loader, 540 PTO, 6182 hr. Tag #28187....$7500 (LV) Ford 8770 MFWD, 190 hp, loader, 7200 hours. Tag #27800............... $55,000 (G) New Holland TC40DA 40 hp, loader, 583 hours. Tag #26450................$22,000 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 325 hp, 4WD, 5377 hours. Tag #25295................$36,000 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 325 hp, 4WD. Tag #25353.................................$62,000 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 4WD, 325 hp. Tag #27190.................................$57,500 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 4WD, 325 hp, 4 SCV’s, 10,700 hr. Tag #28227..........$32,000 (L) Versatile/Ford 9482 4WD, 310 hp, 4 SCV’s, Case drain. Tag #24833.......$78,500 (L) Versatile 976 4WD, 360 hp, PowerShift, 4 SCV’s, 4390 hr. Tag #28420.$58,000 (G) Versatile 976 4WD, 360 hp, 10,000 hours.............................. Coming In (G) Versatile 935 4WD, 9408 hours. Tag #27622................................$17,000 (G) Versatile 875 4WD, 280 hp. Tag #27627... ............................................$15,000 (G) Versatile 875 4WD.............. Coming In (L) Ford 846 4WD, 202 hp, 4 SCVs, case drain, 4414 hours. Tag #27890...... $43,900 (B)

Misc Grain Handling

J&M 750-16 750 grain cart with scale. Tag #27611................................. $25,500 (H) Westfield MK 130 13”x70-ft. grain auger.

Tag #26899.......................... $15,500 (H) Westfield 10x60-ft. grain auger. Tag #27383................................... $6500 (H) Westfield MK130-71 13”x71-ft. grain auger.

Tag #27534............................. $7000 (H) Brandt 10”x60-ft. grain auger. Tag #27606................................... $6000 (H) Farm King 10”x36-ft. grain auger. Tag #27619................................ $11,000 (H) Farm King 8”x60-ft. PTO driven auger on transport........................ Coming In (LV) Brandt 4500 grain vac. Tag #27094........... ............................................$14,000 (G) A&L F705 grain cart, no tarp or scale........ ........................................Coming In (H) AgriFab AH-636 36-ft. high speed header trailer. Tag #19940.................. $7200 (B) AgriFab SB-30 30-ft. high speed header trailer. Tag #19943.................. $4500 (B)

Drills

John Deere 1830/1940 60-ft., 12.5” spacing, 430 bu. Tag #27324... $182,000 (H) John Deere 1820/1900 60-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot. Tag #25282.....$60,500 (L) John Deere 1835/1910 61-ft., 10” spacing.

Tag #26869....................... $197,000 (H) John Deere 730 36-ft, 6” spacing. Tag #24432................................$45,500 (G) John Deere 9450 50-ft., 12” spacing. Tag #22937................................ $16,000 (H) John Deere 9450 12” spacing, steel press wheels. Tag #26975............... $3500 (H) John Deere 9450 12” spacing, steel press wheels. Tag #26976............... $3500 (H) Case IH ATX700 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27613...... $128,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft., 9” spacing, double shoot. Tag #26849.. $53,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2340 57-ft. 7.5” spacing.

Tag #26163......................... $40,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 12” spacing.

Tag #24504......................... $52,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 60-ft., 7.5” spacing.

Tag #26287......................... $11,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27296.. $45,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 3”, 230 bu, dbl sht, stl pckrs. Tag #28203... $64,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 9” spacing.

Tag #27498......................... $50,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/3430 57-ft., 9”, 430 bu, dbl sht, prim block. Tag #28175.$92,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 7500/3450 60-ft., 9” spacing.

Tag #24912......................... $60,000 (G) New Holland SD440 60-ft., 9” spacing.

Tag #24886......................... $95,000 (H) Concord 3400 50-ft., 10” spacing. Tag #24920................................$30,000 (G)

Tillage

Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar. Tag #20841....................................$4000 (L) John Deere 331 31-ft. tandem disk. Tag #28674.................................$10,500 (L) John Deere 960 12-ft. spring tooth cultivator, 3-pt., “S” tines. Tag #28424$3500 (LV) Krause 907 25-ft. folding tandem disk. Tag #26321................................... $5700 (B) International 490 25-ft. tandem disk. Tag #28614....................................$6500 (L)

Sprayers

John Deere 4930 120-ft. 20” spacing. Tag #24866.............................. $240,000 (H) John Deere 4930 120-ft., 20” spacing, 1700 hours. Tag #28460............. $220,000 (G) John Deere 4830 Tag #27827..$255,000 (L) John Deere 4830 Tag #27828..$215,000 (L) John Deere 4830 100-ft., 20” spacing, 1000 gallon...............................Coming In (H) John Deere 4830, 100-ft., 20”, 1000 gal, 1800 hr. Tag #28246.......... $192,000 (H) John Deere 4830, 100-ft., 20”, 1000 gal, Autotrac bm lvl. Tag #28071.$271,000 (L) John Deere 4920, 120-ft., 20”, 1200 gal, 4230 hr. Tag #28120.......... $129,000 (H) John Deere 4920, 100-ft., 20”, 1200 gal, 2595 hr. Tag #28121.......... $142,000 (H) John Deere 4700................Coming In (H) Spray Air SP2010 103-ft. 20” spacing, 1000 gallon. Tag #25624............ $102,500 (H) Top Air TA2400.................. Coming In (G) Brandt QF1500 Tag #28575...... $9000 (G) Flexi-Coil 65XL 120-ft., 1500 gallon, windscreens, auto rate. Tag #27852..$6500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 120-ft., 20” spacing, 1500 gallon. Tag #25275.............. $11,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 136-ft., 1500 gallon. Tag #26783................................ $25,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 120-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, mixing cone, rinse. Tag #28174.$19,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL 90-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, pulltype. Tag #28354................. $21,500 (B) Case IH 160 134-ft., 1650 gallon, 20” spacing. Tag #26992................... $43,000 (H) Case IH 160 120-ft., 20”, 1600 gal, 2 nozzle bodies, rinse. Tag #28074... $36,000 (H) Case IH SRX160 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27576................................ $34,500 (H) Case IH SRX160 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27554................................ $30,000 (H) Case IH SRX160 100-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27490................................ $33,900 (B) Case IH Patriot 3330 100-ft., 1000 gal, 20” sp, 1630 hs. Tag #27909... $210,000 (B) Loral Easy Rider spreader truck, 60-ft. boom. Tag #28172............... $36,500 (H) Summer Ultimate 90-ft. boom, 1500 gallon.

Tag #27128...........................$30,000 (L) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, suspended. Tag #27834...... $28,000 (H) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gal, 5 boom sec, 3 nzl bds. Tag #28307.. $34,500 (H) Summers Ultimate 1500 gallon, 110-ft. booms..............................Coming In (H)

Miscellaneous

John Deere 825i UTV, gas, power steering.

Tag #27299.........................$12,500 (LV) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, cab. Tag #28306.................................$10,500 (L) Bobcat 3400 4x4 utility vehicle. Tag #27768................................... $7500 (H) Bobcat 2200 UTV, 4x4, automatic. Tag #28411....................................$6500 (G) Suzuki 250 Sport Quad 2WD, 250cc. Tag #26789................................... $2500 (H) Kawasaki Mule UTV, 4x2, gas.$1950 (LV) John Deere 450 manure spreader, hydra push, good tires. Tag #28485..$4500 (L) Leon 12-ft. dozer, fits JD 8630, hyd. lift, no angle. Tag #27758.................. $3000 (H) John Deere 741 8-ft. bucket, grapple, no mounts/joystick. Tag #28414$11,500 (H) Westendorf WL-42 nonself-level ldr, bckt, jystk, fit JD4240. Tag #28350.$5500 (LV) John Deere 54” front mount blade. Tag #25152..................................... $975 (B) John Deere 48” pallet fork for 6/7 series loader. Tag #28144................... $850 (H) John Deere bale spear, fits JD 600/700 series loaders. Tag #28566.....$695 (LV) Lewco small sq bale grapple, fits JD 600/700 loaders. Tag #28723.$3500 (LV) Frontier AP12D pallet fork attachment for 6/7 loaders. Tag #27414..........$1095 (L) Frontier AB13G round bale spear for Global Carrier. Tag #27735.................. $925 (B) General square bale spear. Tag #28618.... ................................................$2000 (L) Frontier AS10H 10-ft. snow push, fits JD 300/400 series ldr. Tag #24539.$2200 (B) Ford pallet loader forks off a Ford 8770. Tag #27801.....................................$750 (G)

Frontier RC2060 5-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #27349....................................$1500 (L) Frontier RC2048 4-ft. rotary cutter, never used. Tag #28357................... $1400 (B) RZ60 5-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #26096........... .................................................$900 (G) Gannon 8-ft. heavy duty box blade, hyd. scarifiers........................ Coming In (LV) Degelman 7200 14-ft. HD 6-way hydraulic dozer blade. Tag #28332......$26,500 (L) Woods 5000 chipper, 3-point, PTO drive, 3” capacity. Tag #26422.......... $2000 (B) Steiner SSB-480 4-ft. snowblower, 3-pt. mount, 540 PTO. Tag #26427.. $900 (B) Allied 48” snowblower, 3-point mount. Tag #26427..................................... $900 (B) Wheatheart High & Heavy 3-pt., PTO drive post pounder. Tag #27274.....$8950 (LV) John Deere 31A 3-pt. hydraulic drive auger.

Tag #27678..............................$995 (LV) Shaver 901 post hole digger with two bits.

Tag #20775..............................$1100 (B) Blue Line 3-pt. arena groomer, circular. Tag #28722....................................$750 (LV)

Drills & Sprayers

1.9% fixed for up to 4 yrs, or 12 month interest free waiver.

Combines

2.5% fixed for up to 5 yrs, or 12 month interest free waiver.

All Other Equipment

3.5% fixed for up to 5 yrs, or 4 month interest free waiver.

On eligible machines – O.A.C.

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2011 John Deere 4930, 120-ft., 20”,1200 gallon, 1292 hours. Tag #24866............................$240,000 (H) Spray Air SP2010, 103 ft., 20”, 1000 gallon, 1540 hours. Tag #25624............................$102,500 (H)

Flexi-Coil 67XL, 120-ft., 20”, 1500 gallon. Tag #25275...............................................$11,500 (H)

Case IH Patriot 3330, 100-ft. 20”, 1000 gallon, 1630 hours. Tag #27909............................$210,000 (B)

Flexi-Coil 67XL, 136-ft., 1500 gallon. Tag #26783.... ..........................................................$25,000 (H) Case IH 160, 134-ft., 20”, 1650 gallon. Tag #26992.. ..........................................................$43,000 (H)

Summers Ultimate, 90-ft., 1500 gallon. Tag #27128 .......................................................... $30,000 (L)

John Deere 9760STS, chopper, 1857 separator hours. Tag #24774............................ $138,000 (L)

Case IH SRX160, 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27576.. ..........................................................$34,500 (H)

John Deere 9650STS, chopper, 2414 separator hours. Tag #26303............................$117,000 (H)

John Deere 8300, MFWD, 200 hp, 4 remotes, duals, 7255 hours. Tag #25941..................... $75,000 (L)

Case IH SRX160, 100-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27490.. ..........................................................$33,900 (B)

John Deere S680, 540 hp, Pro-Drive, 580 separator hours. Tag #27618............................$320,000 (H)

Case IH 7120, 360 hp, lateral tilt, 393 separator hours.

Tag #27907......................................$249,000 (B)

John Deere 9870STS, Contour Master, 900 sep arator hours. Tag #24850.................$230,000 (G)

Case IH 8120, 420 hp, lateral tilt, 936 separator hours.

Tag #27046......................................$230,000 (H)

John Deere 7930, 220 hp, MFWD, 746SL loader, no grapple, 3229 hours. Tag #24936.....$147,500 (H) John Deere 7730, 190 hp, IVT, MFWD, 1582 hours.

Tag #25945......................................$126,000 (B)

John Deere 7320, 130 hp, MFWD, 741 loader, 3865 hours. Tag #28565............................ $76,500 (LV)

Case IH SRX160, 134-ft., 1600 gallon. Tag #27554.. ..........................................................$30,000 (H)

Case IH 245 Magnum, 248 hp, duals, 2011 hours.

Tag #28713......................................$144,900 (G)

John Deere 7720, 170 hp, MFWD, 746 loader, 3200 hours. Tag #28607.............................. $92,000 (L)

John Deere 5101E, 101 hp, cab, air conditioning, MFWD, 325 hours. Tag #28602........ $41,500 (LV)

New Holland TS125A, 125 hp, MFWD, loader, 7000 hours. Tag #28563..............................$52,900 (G)

538-5433

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Darrel Hoover Estate

Saturday, May 24, 2014 - 9:30 am Phone Ed or Lori (406) 377-1630, near Glendive, MT

Location: From Glendive take the frontage road east (just before Runnings) for 1.5 miles, turn left on Belle Prairie Road.

Auctioneers Note: Darrel passed away in 2013 and was a long time resident of Dawson County. There are many antiques with some being very rare at this sale. There are many more items than listed as they were already boxed.

This is a sale you will not want to miss!

ANTIQUES, SADDLES AND COLLECTIBLES; GUNS, COINS; HOUSEHOLD; SHOP

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As Montanans look to enjoy the great outdoors this spring and summer, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials urge outdoors enthusiasts to add one more item to their checklist: insect repellent.

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Each year, public health officials receive reports of several tick-borne illnesses, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tularemia, Colorado Tick Fever and Tickborne Relapsing Fever. Other tick-borne illnesses reported, believed to be acquired out of state, include Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis. All of these diseases can cause severe illness.

The most common symptoms of tickborne infections include fever and chills, aches and pains, rash, and fever of varying degrees. Although easily treated with antibiotics, these diseases can be difficult for physicians to diagnose. Early recognition and treatment of the infection decreases the risk of serious complications.

“See your doctor immediately if you have been bitten by a tick and experience symp-

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Public health officials remind people to check themselves and family members for ticks after recreating outdoors. If a tick is found and is attached, follow these steps to safely remove the tick.

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After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water.

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Keith Raben Estate

Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 1:00 pm

Location: From Miles City, MT take exit toward Baker on Highway 12 east for 12 miles to Mizpah Road, turn right for 3.5 miles. For more information call Melissa (406) 232-4694.

Highlights include: 1986 Southwind 27-ft. motorhome; 1980 Fiberform 23-ft. boat with motor; John Deere 310 diesel tractor/backhoe/loader; 1953 Ferguson tractor; 1955 Ford truck; Kawasaki Mule 310 side-by-side; Cushman Trackster; John Deere EZ-245 riding lawn mower; Bolens riding lawn mower; Ride King 3-wheel riding lawn mower; Savage, Remington and Ruger rifles; reloading bench; metal detector; welders; saws; jacks; sand blaster; battery charger; power washer, tools; electric motors; bedroom furniture; dining room set; recliners; flat screen TV; freezers;

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2014 DeBruycker Charolais Bull Sale Report

Ophus Auction Service Upcoming Auctions Saturday, May 31

High Selling Bulls Lot Sire 561 - $60,250.00 to Reese Cattle Co., Didsbury, Alberta Canada, LT Ledger 0332 P 536 - $16,000.00 to Sullivan Charolais, Paris, Kentucky, DS Ocean Y2209 131 - 14,000.00 to Schurrtop Charolais, Maywood, Nebraska, BHD Zeus X3041 46 - $13,000.00 to Silver Spur Ranches, Encampment, Wyoming, JDJ Comark W393 90 - -$10,250.00 Vandenbos Charolais, Valier, Montana, SM Mikhail X0166 P 167 - $10,250.00 to Utopia Genetics, Grovesprings, Missouri, BHD Zeus X3041 390 - $10,000.00 to Utopia Genetics, Grovesprings, Missouri, DS Mr Big Cigar W20 Volume buyers 40 Bulls, UC Cattle Company, Nevada 24 Bulls, Crawford Cattle, Nevada 23 Bulls, Barry Farms, Iowa 20 Bulls, Ensign Ranch, Utah 19 Bulls, Wellman Ranch, Montana

Gordon McKerrow Estate north of Great Falls See complete listing on page A17

Saturday, June 14 Joe Pruys Farm north of Havre

Featured Items: John Deere 9770 combine and 36-ft. header; John Deere 4630 tractor; 40-ft. of John Deere 9400 drills.

Thursday, June 26 Helen Trunk Estate/Farm west of Fort Benton

Featured Items: 2 John Deere 8850 tractors, John Deere 8640 tractor, John Deere 4430 tractor, 1995 John Deere 9600 combine, 50-ft. of John Deere 9400 drills.

Shane Ophus, Auctioneer, Real-Estate Agent, Personal Property Appraiser at (406) 788-6662 1-800-378-2675

www.OphusAuctions.com for more pictures and auction updates.

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160 bulls to 46 Montana buyers 48 Long Yearling Bulls @ $5,859.38 503 Yearling Bulls @ $4,780.32 Overall @ 551 Bulls @ $4,874.32 Top Selling Sire Groups 10 LT Ledger 0322 P @ $17,175.00 2 JDJ Comark W393 @ $9,000.00 3 LHD Cisco X1436 @ $6,500.00 2 JDJ Jackpot X3017 P TW @ $6,000.00 5 LHD Leonidis T728 @ $5,850.00 4 DS Ocean Y2209 @ $5,700.00 6 CJC Caesar U224 @ $5,458.33 8 SM Mikhail X0166 P @ $5,406.25 15 CJC CEO X620 P @ $5,350.00 11 CJC Kobold X343 @ $5,340.91 65 BHD Zeus X3041 @ $5,276.92 16 CJC Cheroot W2004 PET @ $5,109.38 17 CJC Mr President T122 Dave Reid P @ $5,088.24 Geraldine, MT 15 BHD Zen X270 P @ $5,033.33 30 CJC Trademark H45 @ $4,733.33 High Selling Charolais Bull, JDJ Northern Star A109 P, Lot 561, sold to Reese Cattle Company.

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Wyoming 4-H Foundation announces scholarships

By University of Wyoming Extension More than $62,000 in scholarships has been awarded for the 2014-2015 academic year by the Wyoming State 4-H Foundation.

Approximately $30,000 was awarded to first-time winners.

Students from the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges will receive monetary support toward continuing their education.

Previous winners of the Ella Scholoredt scholarship with a grade point average of at least 3.0 are eligible for up to four years. Sixteen continuing scholarships were awarded ranging from $1,500 to $2,500.

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Who’s right about corn prices?

By Darrel Good, University of Illinois of the rate of increase in corn yields over There is considerable difference of time and therefore different projections of opinion about the prospects for corn prices the magnitude of the trend yield over the beyond the current marketing year. Those next few years. Second, the calculation of differences are illustrated by the contrast in trend yield depends on whether the trend price expectations reflected in the USDA’s is calculated using actual (unconditional) baseline projections released last week and historical yields or whether the trend is the current price structure in the corn futures calculated using conditional yields. In the market. latter case, the trend yield is calculated after While somewhat dated, the USDA baseadjusting historical yields for factors such as line projections suggest that the average variations in growing season weather condifarm price of corn will be near $3.50 for the tions from year to year. The USDA baseline next five years. In contrast, the current fuyields reflected a trend yield of 165.6 bushtures market points to an average farm price els per acre in 2014 and an increase of two between $4.40 and $4.50 over the next four bushels per acre per year going forward. years. Other price projections are even more In contrast, our forecast of the trend yield extreme than these two examples, particufor 2014 is about 2.5 bushels less than the larly on the low side. The USDA projections USDA projection. With harvested acreage will be updated at this week’s Agricultural of 85 million acres, for example, the difOutlook Forum. The forecast of the average ference in yield expectation represents a farm price for the 2014-15 marketing year difference in expected production of about will likely be increased from the projection 212 million bushels. of $3.65 in the baseline projections due to The second corn supply issue is the likely smaller supply projections. Projected stocks responsiveness of corn acreage to the level at the start of next year will be smaller than of corn prices, and more generally, the rein the baseline projections and the forecast sponsiveness of total crop acreage to the of planted acreage may also be smaller. The level of crop prices. Both corn acreage and smaller supply projection, then, would point total crop acreage increased with the higher to smaller year-ending stocks and a higher level of crop prices beginning in 2007. average price.

The higher crop prices were generated by Differences of opinion about the level of rapidly growing ethanol demand for corn, corn prices in the more distant future seem increasing export demand for soybeans, and to reflect differences of opinion about a periodic yield shortfalls. With lower prices number of fundamental supply and demand being offered for 2014 crops, the questions factors. There are two issues on the supply are: Will total acreage of spring planted side. One is the expected level of corn yields crops decline from that of 2013? and What and the other is the expected response of share of the acreage will be planted to corn? corn acreage to changing corn prices. Corn Most seem to believe that both corn acreage yield expectations are generally based on an and total crop acreage will decline this year. analysis of trend yields. It might be expected Beyond 2014, the acreage response to the that trend yield analysis would result in very level of and mix of crop prices will continue similar estimates of the magnitude of the to be important. The USDA baseline projectrend yield for the current year and the rate tions reflect expectations of declining acreof increase in that trend. That is not the case age in response to a relatively long period for at least two reasons. First, the calculation of low prices. of trend yield depends in part on the time From the demand side, differences of period over which the trend is calculated. opinions about future corn price prosFor example, we use the period starting in pects basically reflect a difference of 1960 to calculate the trend in U.S. average opinion about the responsiveness of corn corn yields. Using a longer or shorter time consumption to the price of corn, that is, period could result in a different calculation the price elasticity of corn demand. Corn demand is generally thought be fairly price inelastic, requiring a relatively large price change to alter consumption. With large crops, then, it is argued that prices will have to be “low” in order to stimulate sufficient consumption to prevent a build-up in stocks to unacceptably high levels.

However, the responsiveness of corn consumption to lower prices during the current marketing year, particularly in the export sector, is very encouraging. If corn demand is more price elastic than generally believed, large crops would result in less price weakness than reflected in some of the very low projections being offered.

While a return to the high corn prices of the past three years is not expected any time soon, a combination of more modest trend yields and more responsive consumption suggest that larger crops would not be as bearish as reflected in some of the more extreme price forecasts.

Plant populations help attract pollinators

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR Mention pollinators in the landscape, and the first thought of most homeowners is the butterfly. Everyone loves to see this beautiful creature floating on a summer breeze, and some gardeners select plants specifically for them.

Yet it is important to remember there is a long list of pollinators beyond butterflies. A wide range of bees, beetles, moths, flies, ants, birds and even bats all play an important role in pollination. Unfortunately these roles and their effectiveness have diminished in our highly fragmented or entirely altered native ecosystems. Weather changes, heavy use of non-native plants and pesticide use also have contributed to the decline of pollinators.

The most obvious reason this loss matters is that about a third of worldwide food crops are pollinated by the creatures listed above. Closer to home, the productivity of your garden, and of local farms supplying neighborhood markets, is directly affected by the health of the pollinator community.

Less obvious but equally (or more) important, pollinators greatly contribute to the complex web of biodiverse ecosystems that support life as we know it.

Of course, as individuals, we can’t recreate an entire ecosystem. Yet each of us can contribute our piece of the puzzle and, with participation across the community, the positive impact can be significant. Taking any of the following steps to provide the basics – food, shelter and water – will benefit the pollinators visiting your property.

Grow a diversity of mostly native plants. Many pollinating creatures have evolved in tandem with specific native plants, often creating a high reliance on a single species or limited group. The well-known monarch, a species in alarming decline, is one example. The monarch larvae appear to feed exclusively on plants in the milkweed family. No matter how attractive your non-native ornamental is to you, it may have zero appeal to many pollinators.

The needs of the young of pollinators, like the monarch, are often overlooked. While the adults need nectar and pollen from flowers, the young usually feed on foliage. Though rarely mentioned in pollinator guides, oak and black cherry lead a long list of trees that are important food sources for pollinators. Native goldenrod, asters and the many varieties of native milkweed are some of the most popular herbaceous host plants for pollinators. Even many lawn “weeds,” such as clover, plantain and violets, also contribute. Diversity, even in a lawn, is a good thing.

Provide shelter. Pollinators also need shelter for nesting and roosting, plus protection from weather and predators. Of course live plants contribute to this need, but even dead plant materials in various stages of decay are important too. Shelter can be provided with tree snags, rotting logs, leaf litter and stems of annuals and perennials. Or consider creating a bee box or insect hotel (lancaster.unl.edu/nebline/2013/feb13/ NebFeb13p01.pdf).

Provide Water. Another easy way to benefit pollinators is to provide a reliable source of water. Bird baths, ponds or even a muddy puddle will do the trick, especially if they have shallow areas with gently sloping sides.

Avoid Pesticides. For the sake of pollinators, it is best to limit or entirely avoid pesticide use. Many pesticides are systemic, meaning they travel to all parts of the plant through its vascular system. This may stop the target pest, but it can also affect pollinators and other beneficial insects, both leaffeeding larvae and nectar- and pollen-feeding adults, plus insect-feeding bats and birds. (Note: Pesticides for treating the fast-approaching emerald ash borer are systemic.) Surface-applied (contact) pesticides can have similar detrimental effects. Instead, strive for a diverse and balanced landscape with an abundance of beneficial insects to help keep pests in check. Also, accept some insect feeding on your plants and remember that most can tolerate it, unless at extreme levels.

Finally, consider organic controls or hand removal of pests.

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Fold the foil over the ingredients, and tightly seal. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat. Place foil packets on the grill, and cook for 20 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

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Helpful tips reduce risk of pesticide drift

By James Locke, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation As long as pesticides have been used, off-target spray drift has been a potential problem. As we move into the busiest time of year for pesticide applications, it is a good time for a brief review of the primary types of pesticide drift and some tips on how to minimize them.

Primary, or particle, drift is the movement of spray droplets away from the target site. Wind speed, droplet size and spray boom height are the main factors affecting primary drift. To reduce primary drift: Spray with low wind speeds, generally less than 10 miles per hour. Avoid dead calm conditions because some air mixing helps spray deposition.

Use large spray droplets because they are less prone to drift than small droplets. Droplet size is determined by nozzle size, spray nozzle type and spray pressure. Lower volume spray nozzles tend to produce smaller droplets than larger volume nozzles. Different nozzle types also produce different size droplets. Fine spray nozzles, such as hollow cones, produce the most driftable fine droplets while coarse spray nozzles, such as floods, produce the least. Driftable fines are those spray droplets less than approximately 105 microns in diameter.

In addition to the spray pattern selected, the use of air induction technology can significantly reduce the number of driftable fines. For example, common flat fan spray nozzles produce approximately 20 to 30 percent driftable fines, while air induction flat fan spray nozzles produce approximately 2 to 10 percent driftable fines. Within any nozzle type, the higher the spray pressure, the smaller the droplet size produced. Low pressure, within the range specified for that nozzle, produces the least driftable fines.

Keep the boom as close to the target as possible to reduce the opportunity for other factors to affect spray deposition.

Optimal boom height should be as low as feasible while maintaining the correct spray pattern.

Vapor drift occurs when a pesticide volatilizes, or changes into a gaseous state, before being absorbed into a leaf, or adsorbed onto soil or surface residues. It can move long distances, even with slight winds. Vapor drift is a function of the product or formulation, and not the conditions at application or application method. Conditions that promote vapor drift include a rapid drop in humidity and increase in temperature soon after application. Refer to the pesticide label to know if it is prone to volatilization. If so, do not apply if conditions soon after application are favorable for vapor drift.

Thermal inversion drift occurs under calm conditions with cool surface temperatures and warm air above. Since the warm air is above the cool air (warm air rises and cool air sinks), there is no vertical air mixing. Without vertical mixing, small spray droplets can become suspended and drift away from the target, even with slight winds. Inversions are common at sunrise and often associated with clear skies overnight. If humidity is high, a low-hanging fog is often observed. Observing the behavior of dust from a dirt road or smoke will often indicate if an inversion is present. Some applicators use smoke generators to evaluate the potential for thermal inversions. If a thermal inversion is present, delay the application until it has passed.

There are additional technologies that can reduce risks associated from pesticide drift. Specialized equipment such as electrostatic sprayers, shielded sprayers and air-shield booms can reduce drift potential. Spray deposition agents can be added to increase droplet size or weight. When using a deposition agent, calibrate the sprayer using the deposition agent since some can affect sprayer output.

It is wise to know the location of sensitive crops, gardens, orchards, homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc., downwind of the application site to assess the risks associated with off-target drift. As an applicator, you are responsible for the results of pesticide drift, so it pays to be aware of the risks.

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HOOF TRIMMING TABLE FOR SALE Custom made hydraulic tilt hoof trimming table and squeeze chute Ideal for dairy cows or mature beef bulls

$6000 Westwind Ranch, John Holden, Valier, MT – 406-279-3326 or 460-3336

1994 Ford CF7000 5.9 Cummins 210 hp, 6 spd manual, AB, 95% 11R22.5’s, 18-ft. steel flatbed, 3000 lb. lift gate, 32K GVW, 220,000 miles. Great running and driving truck.......................$10,500

1989 Kenworth 23-yd. dump 8.3 Cummins 210 hp, 6 spd syncro manual, AB, 90% 11R22.5’s on Alcoa rims, 4.11 ratio, scissor hoist, 16’x8’x5’ H steel box, barn doors, roll tarp cover, 33K GVW. Great running truck, ...................$14,500

1986 GMC Topkick Service Truck 5 ton crane, certified, 31-ft. horizontal reach, 49,000 miles, 8.2T 205 hp diesel, Allison AT, factory 2 spd rear, 70 cfm 125 psi compressor, 12-ft. service bed with drawers, 80% 10R22.5 tires. Good tight truck. ....................................$12,500 1999 Ford F350 XLT 4x4 with Crane crew cab, 7.3L diesel, 6 spd, 240,000 miles, air compressor, 4000 lb. hydraulic crane, 13-ft. reach, lockable boxes, 75% tires, XLT, PW, PL, AC, lots of work done in the last 40K,........ ....................................$16,000

Gardner Denver 600CFM Compressor new batteries, serviced, 671 Detroit power, runs excellent, on 1979 GMC C60, 350 V8, 4 speed, 2 speed...............$6000

1990 6x6 14’ Cargo 8.3 turbo Cummins, Allison automatic, power steering, air brakes, 85% tires, 26,000 miles. Nice................... $11,500 1987 6x6 Cargo 14-ft. cargo fold down sides, 250 hp 855 Cummins, Allison AT, PS, heater, air brakes, PTO hydraulics, 20,000# winch, 85% tires, nice driving truck..... ....................................$12,500 1983 6x6 Tractor 855 Cummins, Allison automatic, power steering, air brakes, 90% 11:00-20 radial tires, 67 hours. Like new...........$10,500 2006 Screen Machine Might II Trommel Screen/ Hammer Mill 3-ft.x4-ft. screen, 26 hp Yanmar diesel, tows nice behind pickup, auxillary hydraulics.

Like new 3.9 hours......$27,500 Backhoe and excavator buckets, John Deere 310 & 410, Cat 416 & 426, Case 580 & 680, and other.................................. Call for Price

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Agland values up 5 percent statewide in last year

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR and eastern third of Nebraska, Jansen said.

Agricultural land markets in Nebraska The hayland class proves to be a critical remained relatively steady in the last year, component of forage production in the state according to preliminary findings from the for cattle producers. Increases in the value University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). of hayland generally averaged around 10 Overall, the average statewide farmland percent across the districts in 2014, whereas value rose by about 5 percent, as of Februin 2013 the increases ranged from 25 to 30 ary 1, to $3,195 per acre, said Jim Jansen, percent, spurred by the devastating effects research analyst with UNL’s Department of of the 2012 drought. Future changes in the Agricultural Economics, which conducts value of this land class likely will be tied to the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market the value of forages and cattle production Developments survey annually. in Nebraska.

Survey reporters across the state reported Observed changes in the value of gravity percentage gains for all the farmland classes irrigated and center pivot irrigated cropland for the period from February 1, 2013 to ranged from 2 percent decreases to almost February 1, 2014. Current figures are pre20 percent increases. Weighting these rangliminary; a final report will be available es across the districts equated to an overall this summer. increase of about 4 percent for each of the Farmland values in recent years have two irrigation land classes. increased sharply. The overall increase of For the prior two survey years in 2012 25 percent in 2013 followed increases of 22 and 2013 the land value averages had an and 32 percent in the two previous years, annual increase of about 30 percent. The leaving the 2013 all-land value more than smaller increases in the value of irrigated double the value in early 2010. cropland in 2014 suggests the market is In the last year, the largest increase by holding steady given current expectations land class occurred for non-tillable grazing and commodity prices. land, at 7 percent. Non-tillable grazing land Surveyed 2014 cash rental rates for cropincludes pasture and rangeland that does not land on average declined with lower comhave the current potential to be converted modity prices while pasture and cow-calf into cropland for small grain or row crop pair rental rates significantly increased due production. to higher beef cattle prices, the lingering Record high livestock prices translated effects of the drought, and the conversion into strong increases seen throughout the of some marginal land to crop production. state for pasture and rangeland. The inLower anticipated grain prices in 2014 creases in non-tillable grazing land varied have led to lower average cash rental rates greatly among the districts, with a low of 4 for dryland, gravity irrigated, and center percent reported in the Northwest District pivot irrigated cropland as profit margins to a high of 32 percent in the South District, begin to tighten, Jansen said. but the Northeast, Central, East and SouthThe preliminary report can be found at east districts all averaged around 15 percent. agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics.

Expectations among survey participants Survey results are preliminary findings also indicated high future cattle prices to from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln be a strong factor fueling the increase in 2014 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market non-tillable grazing land.

Survey. Land values and rental rates preIncreases in dryland cropland values sented in this report are averages of survey also varied across the state depending upon participants’ responses by district. Actual the location and potential for irrigation. land values and rental rates may vary deGenerally, changes of less than 10 percent pending upon the quality of the parcel and occurred in the eastern third of Nebraska for local market for an area. Also, preliminary dryland cropland with or without irrigation land values and rental rates are subject to potential. The Eastern District had a decline change as additional surveys are returned. of 5 percent in the value of dryland cropland Final results from the survey will be pubwith no irrigation potential, but this should lished in early June 2014 and will be availbe noted as more of a negligible change able electronically via the Nebraska Farm given the strong increase in this district over Real Estate website: http://agecon.unl.edu/ the prior several years, Jansen said. realestate.html The western two-thirds of the state had Land appraisers, farm managers, or the strongest increases in dryland cropland agricultural finance professionals from Nevalues, with increases averaging around braska interested in participating in future 20 percent. Increases in the value of dryNebraska Farm Real Estate Market Surveys land cropland of the western two-thirds of are invited to contact the Department of Nebraska are comparable to those of the Agricultural Economics at the University eastern third of Nebraska reported by survey of Nebraska-Lincoln. Interested parties can participants during the past several years. directly contact the Agricultural Economics Trends observed for the value of tillable Department by phone: 402-472-3401 or grazing land are comparable to those of email agecon@unl.edu dryland cropland for the western two-thirds

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Dust storms still causing damage in N.D.

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Case W36 loader with 4-yd. clam-shell bucket, 2814 hours. Excellent shape............. $38,000 John Deere 50 3-pt. backhoe.................. $1250 14-ft. offset disc, excellent condition......... $1500 John Deere 5 bottom pull-type plow........ $1450 International TD18A crawler with hydraulic blade.....................................................CALL Pickup stock rack....................................... $100

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Ford 9030 bi-directional tractor with loader and 16-ft. hay header, 6022 hours....................................$44,000

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$2150

$2500 Skidsteer snow blade attachments In stock: 84”.

New skidsteer adjustable forks heavy duty 48” forks.

Erskine skidsteer jib attachment 8-ft., 2-stage boom, excellent shape!

By NDSU Extension Service Few people are aware that North Dakota has exported phosphate since the 1880s, according to Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service soil science professor and soil specialist.

When settlers came to North Dakota, many wanted to farm but lacked the skills or tools to do so. Some migrated to the state from the East, where the soils and environment were very different. Those who came to North Dakota in the 1880s found an area that had few roads, no infrastructure, few neighbors and little source of income.

“Across the prairie were scattered millions of pounds of buffalo bones,” Franzen says. “Some of these bones came from natural death, while many others came from the slaughter of buffalo during the earlier migration of hunters looking for hides to ship to the East.”

The bones were gathered by the settlers and taken to railroad depots at Ellendale, Fort Totten and other locations.

“The bones were sold for cash of up to $15 per ton, which was big money in those days,” Franzen says. “The settlers used the cash for food to survive or upgrade their sod houses. From about 1880 to 1892, when the trade all but ended, my estimate is that about 32 million pounds of bones were shipped east for fertilizer and industrial uses from North Dakota.”

The nutrient content of bone is about 3-15-0, or about 15 percent phosphate (P). Using these figures, we can estimate that about two years of phosphate applications were shipped east at today’s historic high rates.

“Today, the greatest export of P is due to wind erosion,” Franzen says. “North Dakota is one of the windiest regions on Earth. Settlers used farming techniques from the old country or the eastern U.S., which did not consider wind erosion. So when the soil was dry, the soil blew.”

Dust storms were very common in the 1920s, ’30s and even today. The dust doesn’t just settle in a nearby ditch.

Accounts from the 1930s by aviators describe dust clouds to 14,000 feet in elevation, so dust can travel thousands of miles.

The P content of the dust that settled in East Coast states was 19 times that of what remained on the prairie, and the wind still blows today.

During the 1930s, North Dakota lost the equivalent of 40 years of P application at present rates.

“New data describing soil loss from North Dakota since 1960 indicate that we have lost another 30 years of P application,” Franzen says. “If no new soil was lost, it would take 70 years of P applications to return to the P levels of 1882.

No-till and strip till are needed to stop the export because minimum till is not enough.”

US March 2014 livestock slaughter

Pure Bliss Cycle, Inc. 609 So. Main St.,

Conrad, Montana

Phone 406-278-7583

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.81 billion pounds in March, down 5 percent from the 3.99 billion pounds produced in March 2013.

Beef production, at 1.94 billion pounds, was 5 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.45 million head, down 5 percent from March 2013. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from the previous year, at 1,318 pounds.

Veal production totaled 8.7 million pounds, 5 percent below March a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 53,600 head, down 14 percent from March 2013. The average live weight was up 25 pounds from last year, at 277 pounds.

Pork production totaled 1.85 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 8.67 million head, down 7 percent from March 2013. The average live weight was up 8 pounds from the previous year, at 285 pounds.

Lamb and mutton production, at 13.2 million pounds, was down 5 percent from March 2013. Sheep slaughter totaled 190,000 head, 4 percent below last year. The average live weight was 139 pounds, down 1 pound from March a year ago.

January to March 2014 commercial red meat production was 11.7 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2013. Accumulated beef production was down 5 percent from last year, veal was down 9 percent, pork was up slightly from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 1 percent.

For a full copy of the March 2014 Livestock Slaughter report please visit www.nass.usda.gov

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2003 International 7400 dump truck 10-ft. dump box, 10-ft. snow plow, pintle hitch, LED arrowboard, live hydraulics, 95% tires, 200,000 miles, excellent shape!

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1994 Trailmobile step deck trailer 53-ft. deck with 6-ft. hydraulic beavertail and 5-ft. hydraulic ramps, spread axle, winches, 50% rubber, wide load lights and strobes.

Hyster S60XM forklift 6400 lb lift, propane-powered, circle fork attachment.

1995 International 4700 boom truck 14-ton Simon RO Model TC-2863, 70-ft. reach, swing out jib.

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2009 Aluma 14-ft.x60” utility trailer rear ramp, all aluminum construction, aluminum wheels, radial tires, excellent shape!

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PJ equipment tilt trailer 22-ft. deck, 8-ft. 6” wide, tandem 7000# axles, power up/down hoist, 16” rubber, winch plates.

1997 Case 570 LXT skip loader OROPS, Gannon box with ripper, 4 new tires.

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$7250 1986 Lynwood pup trailer Tandem axle, 24.5 rubber, 20-ft. tongue.

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1986 Ford F800 boom truck RO 110-55 11-ton boom, 8.2L Detroit engine, 5 speed transmission with 2 speed rear end, new rubber, newer engine.

Ingersoll Rand P185 air compressors John Deere diesel engines, low hours. 2 available!

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2005 CAT 962 G Series II wheel loader cab, heat, air conditioning, radial rubber, 400 hours, excellent shape!

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UW Meat Judging Team notes first-ever consecutive wins

1969 Ford Cabover 20-ft. box Call 406-799-6923

By University of Wyoming Extension

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From left, coach Zeb Gray, Mackenzie Fuller, Scott Anderson, Danielle Stravino, Laura Strohecker, Cassidy Smith, Jennifer Sauers, Brandt Mortensen, John Lacey

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. UW earned first-place among 16 teams for its 2 Trucks and Loader second consecutive win.

Team members are Scott Anderson, Available McKinnon, Mackenzie Fuller, Wright, Call for a quote and John Lacey, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to schedule your barn Brandt Mortensen, Sanford, Colorado, Casand corral cleaning. sidy Smith, Carpenter, Danielle Stravino, Northridge, California, Jennifer Sauers, Big cell (406)289-1866 Springs, Nebraska, and Laura Strohecker, office (406) 271-2746 or (406) 450-3332 Casper.

“This is our profession, not a sideline” Mortensen earned high individual honors while capturing first place in overall beef. Smith was the high individual in placings, NEW & USED EQUIPMENT SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on 16 roll pallet quantities NEW Vermeer R2800 hydraulic rakes..................... IN STOCK and Strohecker earned first NEW Vermeer R2300 rake...................................... IN STOCK Vermeer Net Key Features in beef judging; together they Used Vermeer R2300 rake. Excellent......................... $16,500 NEW Vermeer VR1428 14 wheel rake.................... IN STOCK • Available for 4’ and 5’ balers led the team to top honors in 2- NEW Vermeer 605 Super M round balers.......... IN STOCK • Made with heavy-duty HDPE for superior net strength both divisions.

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Tonutti 12 wheel rake. Consigned.................................. $5500 on the market.

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Hesston 4790 3x4 square baler.................................. $38,000 earning top honors in the Sitrex MK 12 12 wheel rake with extra wheels.............. $9000 specifications division. StroH&S 12 wheel rake......................................................... $8000 Whether you’re baling 100 acres or 1,000 hecker broke the UW pork Wichman Ag Supply, LLC acres, Vermeer TwinRakes are built to last 406-538-5686 or 350-2676 cell - Hilger, MT judging record earning the and designed to handle most kinds of heavy NEW & USED EQUIPMENT division first place and capcrops, rugged conditions and tight schedules.

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3’ - 6’ Windrow Widths (variable) 18’ - 23’ Raking Widths (variable) NEW Vermeer R2300 rake...................................... IN STOCK honors. Anderson garnered Used Vermeer R2300 rake, new teeth........................ $16,500 High capacity. Smooth, quiet, gentle handling. Speed. Reliabilty seventh place in the alterVermeer 605K round baler............................................. $4500 2006 Vermeer 605M net/twine, ramps, flotation tires, SM tension nate’s division. system, auto oiler, work lights, fire extinguisher, HD pickup, The team competed twice approx. 10,000 bales with approx. 2000 on new belts.$25,500 2010 Vermeer Super M net/twine, ramps, flotation tires, fire in February: at the Fort Worth extinguisher, 4700 bales........................................... $32,500 First thing you notice is a remarkable difference in functionality, speed and reliability with...

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NEW 2014 Vermeer R2300 Rakes.......................Great Price sistent starts NEW Vermeer 605 Super M net/twine, moisture tester. Ready UW earned fourth place • a DIRECT CROP FEED to go..................................................................... IN STOCK out of 11 teams at Fort Worth Vermeer 605 Super M 5500 bales.............................. $32,000 system that’s simple, compact, Vermeer 605XL round baler...................Going through shop while finishing third in the direct and specifically designed Worksaver pounder, 3-pt. with hydraulic shift................. $2250 and built for the serious hay beef grading, specifications Shaver 10 front mount pounder, hydraulic shift.............. $1750 producer.

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• an exclusive integrated and Geotherm Waterers & Parts In Stock Mortensen led the team reinforced 5-BAR PICKUP with Hydraulic tampers, diggers & steel post pounders solid center spider support and posting a score that was the NEW DewEze Balebeds IN STOCK! heavy-duty RUBBER-MOUNT• We have the BEST net wrap at the BEST PRICES! • fourth highest in UW hisED TINES to improve pickup R & L Seed and Machine, LLC. tory earning him third-place and lower replacement costs.

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University of Wyoming’s (UW) Meat Judging Team finished the spring season in March following two consecutive contest wins and a number of individual honors.

This was the first time UW team won the Iowa State or Houston Livestock Show contests and the first time a team from UW has won two contests in a single year.

Fresh from their first-place win at the Iowa State Meat Evaluation Contest February 22, the eight-member team competed in its final spring season contest March 8 at the

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Trucks For Sale 1997 Kenworth T600 red top N14, 9 speed, steerable pusher, PTO, pintle hitch, aluminum wheels, ready for 20-ft. grain box or pull a trailer. Sharp truck............ $28,500

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honors. Strohecker finished as the specifications division high individual and captured the fourth highest individual honors. Stravino took fifth in the alternate’s division.

The team took first overall in Iowa and placed first in the reasons, specifications and summer sausage divisions. Anderson led the team earning first in specifications en route to a second-place overall finish. Teammates Lacey, Strohecker and Mortensen followed closely with third-, fourth- and sixth-place overall finishes. Strohecker was the top individual in the reasons divisions.

For more information, contact Gray at zgray2@uwyo.edu. ##### A hillbilly moved into a new mobile home and was thrilled to see it had a washing machine. When her husband asked her how she liked it, she said, “That thing’s broken. The first day I put four shirts in it, pulled the chain and haven’t seen ‘em since.” ##### A hillbilly is brought in front of a judge.

The judge says sternly, “You’ve been brought here for making your own moonshine.”

The hillbilly says, “Okay, let’s get started.”

2007 International 8600 420 hp ISM Cummins, 10 speed ultra shift automatic, jake brake, twin screw, new 8.5-ft.x20-ft. unibody silage/grain box. Truck is loaded and nice................. $59,750

1998 Kenworth T800 460 hp Detroit, 9 speed, 20-ft.

Cancade grain box, with beet and grain gate, roll tarp........................................................ $45,500

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1995 Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, 10 speed, steerable pusher, PTO, ready for a 20-ft. grain box..... ............... $17,500

SKIDSTEERS

Consumer Products 2011 John Deere 825i Camo Gator, Bighorn alloy tire package, premium cab with glass doors & windshield, heater, grill guard & front hood rack. #16007485............................ $15,500 2011 John Deere 72” Powertach front blade, fits JD 825i gator. #16007480.. . ............................................... $1995 2009 John Deere X324 lawn tractor, 4-wheel steer, Kawasaki 22 hp, hydro, 48” mower deck. 16007273. (3)..$3250 2005 Harley Davidson Electric Glide Classic “ONLY 9810 miles”, side & rear storage compartments, custom exhaust, stereo, storage cover. #16007474 (1)....................... $17,250 2013 John Deere 850i Gator, green sport, 14” Bighorn tires, bucket sport seat, sports package. #12203787..$16,275 2013 John Deere 825i Gator, S4, green/ yellow, 12” Ancla tires, benchseat, deluxe cargo box. #12204109..$16,500 2012 John Deere RSX 850i camo sport Gator, 14” Alloy tires, bucket sport seat, sports package. #12203713. (2)......... . ............................................ $17,100

2004 Freightliner M2 106, Mercedes 280 hp, 6 speed Allison automatic, ITB aluminum grain box and tarp. Nice truck........ $46,500

2004 John Deere L111 lawn tractor, 42” deck, 20 hp, automatic transmission. #16007456. (4)........................... $595

2013 John Deere 328E skidsteer, deluxe cab, SW joystick, 2 speed, turbo engine, 14x17.5 14 PR, hydraulic CIR, speed sensitive, 3” seat belt with 2” shoulder strap, power quik tach, cab, heat, defrost, air, air suspension seat, reversing fan drive, horn, EH performance package, backup alarm, cold start package, precleaner, chrome exhaust, single set counterweights, 2nd set counterweights, radio/AM/FM/WB, rear view mirror, louver rear grille, keyless start, 78” HD construction bucket with edge. #12400237..............................$72,000 2013 John Deere 318D skidsteer, EH joystick control, 2 speed, 10x16.5 tires, hydraulic CIR self hi flow, 2” seat belt with shoulder, power quick tach, cab with heat, defrost & air, air suspension seat, reversing fan drive, horn, precleaner, L/HD fuel filter, cold start package, hazard warning lights, chrome exhaust, single set counterweights, radio, rear view mirror, footrest with floormat, 66” construction bucket with edge. #124002489. (1)............$52,500

2010 John Deere 326D skidsteer, two speed, power quick attach, cab, heater, 12x16.5 tires, 72” bucket. #16008057.

(1)............................................$39,000

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GRAIN CART

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3-pt Hitch Equipment

2012 Frontier AB13G round bale spear. #14401866. (1)......................... $1050 2012 Frontier AB13G round bale spear. #14401867. (4)......................... $1050 2008 Bourgault 1100 21.5Lx16.1 lug tires, 1000 PTO, roll tarp. #16009206..$26,000

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We have 24-ft., 32-ft., & 36-ft. sizes in stock

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

2013 Frontier RB2284 7-ft. rear blade. #13009051. (1)......................... $2500 2013 Frontier RB2284 7-ft. rear blade. #13009120. (2)......................... $2500 2013 Frontier RC2072 6-ft. rotary mower. #13009209. (2)......................... $2400 2013 Frontier RC2072 6-ft. rotary mower. #13009208. (1)......................... $2400

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

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1) Two-way flexible tynes, cold-formed and built to last. Our 5” of tyne means more tyne for your money. Choose from 7/16”, 1/2” and heavy duty 5/8”!

2) Our cart frames use a sleeve - through mounting design for strength and are powder coated for durability, 3) Designed to handle rough terrain, 15” tires with extra long bolt-through spindle and reinforced axle.

4) Hydraulic cylinder mount is made from 1” solid steel, maximizing flotation and durability.

5) Top mounted lift cylinder enhances flotation and longevity.

6) Extra long hitch tongue for sharp turning when paired with other tillage equipment.

7) Heavy duty cast hitch, 2000 lb. jack, safety chain - standard equipment.

HARROWS – IN STOCK

2014 Rem harrow cart, 32-ft. Delta 625 section 4x8, Delta 625 section 6x8, hydraulic wing lift. #13004049. (1).............................................................................$13,000 NEW Rem 24-ft. harrow cart, 5/8” heavy duty harrows, hydraulic wing lift. #13004037.................................................................................................$10,500

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air seeders

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RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE AIR HOE DRILL 2010 John Deere 1830 57-ft., 550# trips, 4x21 pneumatic press wheels, 12.5L 15, duals, electric depth control, transport lowering stop, rock guard, mud scrapers, single shoot, primary blockage with 1910 350 bushel cart. #16005300.......................... $128,500 2009 Case IH 400 45-ft. flexhoe with 3380 tow between cart, 10” spacing, 3.5 packer wheels, variable rate, single shoot, 1” pts, primary blockage. #16005259. (3).................... $135,500

2009 John Deere 1835 SFP 61-ft.x10” air drill, 550# trip, 3-rank, dry fertilizer delivery, 4x22” steel press, smooth gauge wheel, cast fertilizer closing wheels, 31L & 33L dual main frame, PSTV depth control, transport lowering stop, rock guards, primary blockage seed and fertilizer, less tools. #16005279... . .......................................... $168,000 2008 John Deere 1830 41-ft., 10” spacing, regular meter roller, 4 run stat single shoot, variable speed with 1910 tow between cart, 270 bushel. #16005299.......................... $116,500 1998 John Deere 1820 45-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot, 3” steel packer wheels. #16005274. (3)......... $32,000

John Deere 737 air drill with 787 air cart. #16005239. (4)...................... $30,000 1995 John Deere 680 35-ft. air hoe drill, 12” spacing, double shoot with JD 787 tow behind, 3/4 tip with 4” spreader. #16005236............................ $24,000

2005 Bourgault 5710 53-ft. air hoe drill, 10” row spacing, 450# trips, square seed boots, speed lock adapters, midrow II banders, double shoot air system, L6450, 3-tank leading air seeder, 10” hydraulic assist load/unload auger, reconditioned. #16005207... $134,000 2005 Bourgault 5710 50-ft. air hoe drill, double shoot, 3.5” steel packers, 3/4 stealth openers with trailing 6450 cart, deluxe auger. #16005265. (2)............. . .......................................... $128,500 2005 Bourgault 5710 40-ft. air hoe drill, MRB II, 9.8” spacing, 31/2” steel packers, double shoot, 450# trips, square seed boots with L5350 tank. #16005271. (1).................... $102,000 2004 Bourgault 5710 54-ft. air hoe drill, 5 section, 9.8” spacing, mid row bandersNH3 and dry fertilizer with 5350 tow between air cart, 3 tank, dual fan. #16005241. (3)...................... $69,000 2005 Bourgault 5710 50-ft. air hoe drill, rid row banders, 10” spacing, 4350 triple tank tow behind air seeder, 4” steel packers with rock guards, 8” fill auger, guards. #16005290............... $38,000

CORN PLANTER

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

CONVENTIONAL DRILL

John Deere 9450 30-ft. box drills with 7” spacing and JD transport. #16005268............................ $10,000

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

(3).......................................... $35,000

Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 2320 tow between cart. #16005250. (4)..$35,000 1992 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft., 350# trip openers, 7.2” spacing, 1” wide carbide tip openers, 2” steel packer wheels with 2320 tow between tank. #16005303............................ $26,500 AIR DISC DRILL 2011 John Deere 1890 60-ft. no-till air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, primary blockage with 1910, 350 bushel tow behind cart, 8-run single shoot, reg meter roller, powered calibration, cane & rice tires, dual wheel caster beam, 10” auger, variable rate. #16005272. (2).$232,000 1996 John Deere 730 44-ft. air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, 230 bushel tow between air cart and rolling baskets, dual caster wheels with wings, 550# openers on 4-ranks, 11” sweep. #16005277. (3)... . ............................................ $28,000 John Deere 730/787 44-ft. air disc drill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot. #16005302............................ $28,000

2013 Bourgault 3710 60-ft. air disc drill, 10” spacing, low disc scraper MRB3 with closer tine, blockage monitor D/S, single run, no clnr wheel, 4.5” ext should packers with 6700ST tank, double shoot, 4 tank metering package, dual fan, bag lift system, 650/75R34 duals, steel augers, less than 5500 acres. #16005285 (1).CALL

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2013 John Deere 0907PC 3000 receiver. #16017249.................................$2275 John Deere 0900PC Starfire receiver, SF1. #16012039.................................$1500 2006 John Deere 0330PC GS2 rate controller, 31 pin. #16012087. (1).......$600 2006 Trimble EZ-Guide 250 GPS auto steer system. #16017267...........$1500

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TRACK TRACTORS

2013 John Deere 9560T 560 hp, 18/6 powershift, 2630 Touch GS3 display, SF1 receiver, deluxe cab CommandView, premium radio/XM satelite, hi-flow hydraulic system, 6 remote, 1000 PTO, Cat 5 wide wing drawbar, 36” track durabuilt, premium HID light package, steering pump 130cc, leather trim, electric, mirrors, dual beam radar sensor, F/Business band antenna, large fuel water separator, motor seal drain, 13.5L IT compliant engine, quik-tatch, idler weight 4x450, track frame with side weights. 5 years 3000 hour Factory PowerGard warranty remaining. #16003839..$63,000 per year - 5 years

2011 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe comfort package, AutoTrac ready, Premiere lighting package, tool box, leather trim, AM/FM/WB/CD, 30” tracks. #16003670. (3)..................................... ................. $46,200 per year - 5 years

2010 John Deere 9630T 36” tracks, 4 hydraulics, deluxe cab, instructional seat, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 20 front weights, Cat 5 drawbar, 530 hp. #16003874. (4)...... ................. $40,650 per year - 5 years

2010 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe cab, AutoTrac ready, plug-n-play, deluxe comfort package, Cat 5 drawbar, 36” tracks, dual beam radar, premiere lighting package, tool box, HID lights, AM/FM/CD/WB, leather trim, buddy seat, FM business antenna, front weight bracket with 26 weights, side weights-12, rotary beacon light, 1000 PTO. #16003663. (1)............................ ................. $42,475 per year - 5 years

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

(1)............. $39,000 per year - 5 years

4WD TRACTORS

2013 John Deere 9360R 360 hp, 18/6 powershift, premium cab, leather active seat, 7” color display, XM radio, hi-flow hydraulic system with 5 remotes, case drain, 1000 PTO, 620/70R42 Firestone radial tires, HID lighting, dual beam radar, 5-year 3600 hour factory PowerGard warrany remains. #16003393... ..............................................$261,500

2012 John Deere 9560R 560 HP, 18/6 powershift transmission, JD link, cab preim CV11 with CMD AR, premium radio/ XM satellite, hi-flow hydraulic system, 5 remotes, no rear PTO, drawbar Cat 5, dual IF800/70R38 Firestone tires, PRM HID light package, RH/LH electric REM ADJ, antenna, F/Business band, motor seal drain, engine 13.5L IT Compliant, rear wheel weights, 225 hours. 5 year 3000 hour Factory PowerGard warranty remains!!! #16003866. (1)........ ................... $56,475 per year 5 years 2006 John Deere 9520 4 remotes, 18 speed, 710/70R38 duals, standard comfort package, AM/FM/WB/CD, instructional seat, RH/LH electric REM ADJ mirrors, 78 gpm hydraulic system, JD Auto Trac system, 19 front weights, 4-450# weights, recent engine work. #16003830. (1)......................$178,000 1997 John Deere 9400 syncro, duals 710/70R38, differential lock, 12 forward, 3 reverse transmission, 4 remote cylinder controls, 4-165# weights & 12-450#. #16003868. (2)........................$93,000

1990 John Deere 8760 singles, hydraulic outlets, performance monitor, 14-ft. dozer. “Reconditioned.” #16003809.

(3)............................................$52,000

1985 John Deere 8850 partial powershift, duals, 14-ft. 6-way dozer, recent engine overhaul. #16003749...............$28,000 1983 John Deere 8650 partial power shift, duals, PTO, differential locks, 3 hydraulics, 3 point with dozer. #16003903...... ................................................$29,000 1983 John Deere 8650 partial power shift, PTO, 3 hydraulic outlet with dozer. #16003897..............................$26,000 1976 John Deere 8630 cab, 3 hydraulic remotes, PTO, 20.8x34 duals tires. #16003777..............................$23,000

1995 New Holland 9480 Cummins 300 hp, 855ci engine, 12F/4R syncro transmission, 20.8x42 duals. #16003825. (4).... ................................................$51,000

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2012 Summers “Rental” 50-ft. super coulter. #13011076. Was $97,000.............. ...................................... NOW $75,000 1993 Bourgault 9200 52-ft. chisel plow, 12” spacing, 3 row harrow, floating hitch. #16004079..............................$19,500

FLEX HEADERS

2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft. draper, pickup reel, AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002294....... ................................................$94,500 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers. #16002337. (1)..$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers. #16002336. (1)..$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers, one piece spare knife. #16002333..............................$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft. pickup reel. #16002327..............................$42,000 2011 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel, crop conveyor, header height sensing. #16002325..............................$76,500 2011 John Deere 635F 35-ft. composite auger fingers, finger reel. #16002230.. ................................................$39,500 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., finger reel. #16002386..............................$33,000 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., Crary air reel. #16002370. (1)........................$27,500 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., finger reel. #16002237..............................$25,000 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel, composite fingers, high stone dam. #16002264..............................$25,000 2005 John Deere 635F 35-ft., header height & Contour sensors with 2008 Crary air reel. #16002316. (2)..$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel. #16002395..............................$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers. #16002271. (4)...........$21,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers, HH sensing & Contour sensor. #16002243. (3)........................$21,000 2001 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002288. (1)........................$13,500 2000 John Deere 930F header, finger reel. #16002355. (3)........................$10,500 1999 John Deere 930F 30-ft., finger reel. #16002362. (1)........................$12,500 1998 John Deere 930F 30-ft., fore & aft reel control, poly-skid plates. #16002371.

(1)............................................$10,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. with integral air finger reel. #16002329.......$12,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. header. #16002359. (2)........................$12,500 2005 MacDon 974 36-ft. draper, JD 60 series adapter, pickup reel. #16002242.

(2)............................................$34,000 2003 Case IH 1020 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002268.................................$6500

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FERTILIZER SPREADER

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

2012 John Deere 14-ft. belt pickup attachment, hydraulic drive. #16002262.$8000 2012 John Deere 14-ft. belt pickup attachment, hydraulic drive. #16002261.$8000 1981 John Deere 212P 12-ft. pickup header with JD attachment. #16002253...... ...................................................$3995 1979 John Deere 212P 14-ft. header with Melroe 351 pickup attachment. #16002240.................................$3500 1976 John Deere 212P 12-ft., no attachment. #16002212. (1).................$2500 John Deere 100 12-ft. with Melroe attachment. #16002209. (3)...................$700

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Tractors - Row crop - COMPACT

2013 John Deere 8360R 360 hp, IVT with RH, 2630 Touch display, SF1 receiver, SF1 activation, JD link, Premium cab CommandView, premium radio/XM satelite, 85cc hydraulic pump, five remote cylinder, independent PTO 1000, Cat 4 drawbar, Michelin tires, HID light package, leather trim, RH/LH electric remote adjust, dual beam radar sensor, F/Business band, foot speed throttle control, 9L IT4 engine. #16003840..... . ...........................................$317,500 2013 John Deere 8360R FWA 360 hp, Intel power management Premium CommandView II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color Touch display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., ILS front suspension, 710/70R42 dual rear tires with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, 2-1400# rear weights, 5 year 3600 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16003846.......... . ...........................................$302,500

2012 John Deere 8360R FWA, 360 hp with Intel power management, Premium cabview II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 85cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, 710/70R42 dual rear tires with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, 16 front weights, 2-1400# rear weights.

5 year 3600 hour factory PowerQard warranty remains. #16003845.......... . ...........................................$284,000

2013 John Deere 7280R 280 hp, AP/ IVT prem, CV11 cab, XM satellite/ radio, 63cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 40,000 triple link suspension, HID lights, quik-tatch with H480 loader, 210 hours. #16003853.

(1)........................................$261,000 2013 John Deere 6140D cab, MFWD, air suspension seat, triple remotes, telescopic draft links, 18.4x38 rears, 14.9x24 fronts, deluxe corner post, loader ready. #12003431. (1)..$85,000

2013 John Deere 6105R Premium cab, deluxe cab RH console, PowerGard plus LHR 16/16, air comfort seat, air conditioning w/o roof, RH & LH Panorama windshield, 2 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, SWA control blocks, tool box, side extensions, signal interface socket, inner mirror, power outlet socket, passenger seat, rear window wiper, cold start package, fuel heating system, loader available. #12003407.

(1).........................................$110,000 2013 John Deere 5100M FWA, 16F/16R power reverser, triple rear & mid mount remotes, 18.4R30 rear tires, 12.4R24 front steering tires, cold weather package, loader available. #12003393. (1). . .............................................$63,500

2013 John Deere 5085M MFWD, IT4, 16F/16R, exhaust side, remote triple rear, remotes triple mid, electronic hitch, 19.5L-24 10PR R4 Goodyear tires, 12.5/80-18 12 PR FS, 5M coldweather package, H260 loader. #16003838. (1).......................$56,900 2013 John Deere 5085M IT4, 16F/16R, exhaust side, SCV triple rear, SCV triple mid, electronic hitch, 19.5L-24 10PR R4, MFWD, 12.5/80-18, 5M cold weather package, H260 loader, 99 hours. #16003869. (1).......$55,900 2013 John Deere 3038E FWA, 25 PTO hp, HST transmission, 15.00-19.5 rear tires, 25x8.50 steering tires, loader available. #12203961.............$18,250 2013 John Deere 3032E FWA, 25 PTO hp, HST transmission, 15.00x19.00 rear tires, 25x8.50 steering tires, loader available. #12203789. (2).......$18,500

2012 John Deere 6170R 170 hp, IVT 40K, premium cab, deluxe radio, 3 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 480/80R46 & 380/85R34 tires, tool box, GS Auto Trac ready, 200 amp alternator, Panorama glass roof, 1 pair 450# inside weights, H480 loader. #16003864......$160,000 2012 John Deere 6170R 170 hp, MFWD, 520/85R42 rear tires, 2-450# weights per side, 118” axle, rear fender extensions, 420/90R30 front tires with fenders, 20/20 Auto Quad Plus, 3 hydraulics, 540/1000 PTO, 3-point hitch CAT 3, quick hitch, deluxe cab, premium radio, cold weather package, hood guard, H380 loader, 5-tine grapple fork. #16003870. (1)..$160,000 2011 John Deere 3720 3 remotes, Dom IT4, cab, air ride seat, hydro transmission, mid PTO, 43x16-20R4/27x8.5-15, dual & single rear remotes with 300CX loader. #16003898.................$37,800

2010 John Deere 7330 20/20 PowrQuad, comfort seat, cold weather package, rotary beacon light, AM/FM, weatherband, 741 loader bucket, 5-tine grapple fork. #16003751...................$115,000

2008 John Deere 8130 MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, AutoTrac ready plug and play, 16 speed powershift, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt., 118” axles, 620/70R42, 480/70R30 fronts, front fenders, radar, cold weather package, foot speed, HID lights all around, leather trim, AM/FM/CD/WB, buddy seat, FM business antenna with 840 loader. #16003715. (1).........$161,000 2004 John Deere 7920 MFWD, cab, IVT, guidance ready, 3-pt., 96” rear axle, instructional seat, 4 hydraulic outlets, RH joystick with 2 additional hydraulics, PTO, 1 pair rear 450# weights, 2 extra sets 450# weights, JD 746 loader, grapple. #16003852.............$126,000

2004 John Deere 7720 3 hydraulics, deluxe Command View cab, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt., IVT transmission, 480/80R42 rears, 1 pair rear 450# weights. #16003798. (1).......$112,500 2003 John Deere 7520 cab, MFWD, partial powershift, singles, air seat, 3 mid-mount hydraulic, 3 pt., 110” rear axle, 741 self leveling loader, 16 speed, 2 remotes. #16003834...........$79,000 1998 John Deere 7410 MFWD, PowrQuad transmission, 540/1000 PTO, 3-point hitch with 740 loader, grapple. #16003860. (1).......................$67,000 1998 John Deere 4200 MFWD, hydro, 2 rear hydraulic outlets, 13.6-16 rear, 25x8.5-14 fronts, 2/72” mid mount mower. #16003790. (4)..........$13,750

Swathers & HEADER 1981 John Deere 4640 cab, 2WD, powershift, singles, 20.8x38D, 3-pt., 725 loader. #16003902.................$27,000 1978 John Deere 4240 cab, 2WD, powershift, singles, 2 hydraulics, 3 pt. with 148 loader & grapple. #16003889....... . .............................................$25,500

1973 John Deere 4430 with 158 loader, QuadRange transmission, 3 hydraulics, no 3-pt. hitch, 18.4x38 duals. #16003734. (4).......................$21,500 John Deere 4230 QuadRange transmission, no 3-pt., JD 265 self-leveling loader. #16003878. (3)...........$22,000 1966 John Deere 4020 cab, syncro transmission, 23.1-30.00-16 front, 158 loader & grapple, no 3-pt., 2 remotes. #16003637. (4).......................$12,500 1964 John Deere 3010 2WD, syncro, singles with F-11 loader. #16003871.

(3)..............................................$6000 John Deere 2010 2WD, gas engine, 540 PTO, 3-point hitch, Farmhand loader. #16003806................................$5500

2011 Case IH Puma 185 CVT transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. #16003726. (1). . ...........................................$167,000 2011 Case IH Puma 185 MFD, powershift transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. #16003725.

(1).........................................$161,000 2011 Case IH Puma 170 MFD, powershift transmission, 135 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. #16003724.

(1).........................................$152,000 2008 Case IH 180 MFD, cab, CVT transmission, powershift, singles, loader, grapple. #16003795. (1).......$115,000

2010 John Deere 956 center pivot rotary MoCo, impeller conditioner, hydraulic tilt control, hose support, quick hitch. #16006684. (3)...................... $31,250 2003 John Deere 956 106” rotary MoCo, tongue 1 3 / 8 ” hookup, header tilt. #16007366. (3)...................... $19,500 1996 John Deere 1600A mower conditoner, 1000 rpm, equal angle hitch & jack, safety chain. #16006754. (4)...... . ............................................... $8500

1992 John Deere 1600 MoCo, wide roll, 1000 RPM, 16-ft., equal angle hitch & jack. #16006397. (4)................. $4500 1989 John Deere 590 pull type, 25-ft. header. #16006777.................. $3500

2010 Case IH HDX182 18-ft. swing tongue mower conditioner. #16006773. (1).... . ............................................ $27,500 2005 MacDon 922 16-ft. auger header with conditioner, fits 9352I MacDon swather. #16006732............................ $12,000

HAY RAKES

2012 Sitrex MK-12 wheel rake. #13012356............................ $15,500 1997 John Deere 7810 cab, partial powershift, 16/16 SP PQT with LH reverser, rear axle 118”, drawbar clevis with pin, cold weather package, AM/FM/ Weatherband, “New JD 740 loader bucket, 5-tine grapple, new front & rear tires, cab interior, recent engine overhaul. #16003706..............$86,500 1996 John Deere 7800 MFWD, cab, partial power shift, singles, 20.8-38” rears, 3-pt., 2-450# weight, 740 loader, grapple. #16003887...............$61,000

NEW XL78 rockpicker

2004 Case IH MXU125 MFD, partial powershift, singles, loader. #16003805.

(4)..........................................$66,000 1999 Case IH MX180 MFD, cab, powershift, 20.8R-42, loader, 3-pt., 18F/4R powershift transmission. #16003896... . .............................................$65,000 1997 Case IH MX135 MFD, partial powershift, singles, 3 hydraulic outlets with loader. #16003811. (3)...........$42,000 1994 Case IH 7220 cab, MFD, powershift, single tires with loader. #16003757..... . .............................................$46,950

IN STOCK Fast, clean, tough and efficient. We’ve made the XL-78 to pick rocks faster, and with less dirt in the bucket. They’re tough farm hands that stand up to the rough and tumble world of rock picking and you can depend on them to get your rock picking jobs done quickly and easily.

• The XL-78 has a picking width of seven feet. • Large bucket capacity.

• The XL-78 dumps rocks 7 feet - plenty of height if you’re using a truck or trailer to haul rocks off the field.

• Hydraulic reel drive • Heavy duty, high efficiency parallel drive gearbox.

2009 New Holland H8040 swather, rubber/urethane conditioner, 16-ft. auger header. #16006771............... $75,000 1996 Hesston 8100 16-ft. header. #16006808............................ $24,500 1984 Versatile 4400 cab, air, gas engine with 22-ft. double swath platform. #16006744. (4)......................... $7000

1988 John Deere 855 2WD, 2 hydraulics, 540 PTO, syncro, loader. #16003877.. . ................................................$8500

406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

1982 Case 2290 MFD, powershift, singles with Ezee-On loader. #16003824. (1).. . .............................................$19,500

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

MISCELLANEOUS

2014 CPI DL990 33-ft. fuel & service trailer, 990 gallon fuel tank, 100 gallon DEF tank, 2-5/16” ball hitch, tandem 7000# walking beam axles, electric brakes, 10 sliding drawers, 1” hose reel with filter & auto shutoff nozzle, MI-T-M compressor generator welder (30 gallon tank, 16cfm500w & 150 amp) electric & mechanical fuel meter, spare tires, electrical cord reel, 25-ft. DEF hose reel, 3/4” hose with nozzle, electronic DEF meter, 12 volt battery with box. #13008050. (1)........................$38,500 John Deere 370 manure spreader. #16009223................................. $5500 John Deere 741 8-ft. loader bucket, mounts for 20 or 30 series tractor, 3rd function valve, no 3rd function lines or joystick. #16010051. (1)........................... $9900

Check out our website: www.fesmt.com

After Hours Sales:

John Deere

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

1999 New Holland 8670 MFWD, powershift, singles, 4 hydraulics, 7514 loader. #16003826. (1).......................$45,000 International 1566 cab, 20.8-38 tires. #16003857................................$6200

Aluminum service body, 7 enclosed compartments, heavy duty bumper with vice........................................... $4950 Tr a i l t e ch B 3 8 0 swa t h e r t ra i l e r. #16006778................................. $2900

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ALL USED COMBINES Retail price less 10% discount, less 25% down payment (applicable JDF pool fund programs, trade equity or cash) plus contract fees @ 0% interest for one year followed by 3.25% for 4 years total of 5 years financing at JDF - o.a.c.

2013 John Deere S680 premium cab & radio, HID light, Auto Trac ready, 2630 display, Pro Drive transmission, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, thickskin rotor, 400 bushel grain tank with folding cover, 650/85R38 dual drive tires, 28LR26 steering tires, fine cut straw chopper with powercast tailboard, “Reconditioned”. 5-year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remaining. #16001459. (1)................ . .......... $56,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top covers, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper. 5-year 3000 hours factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001468......................................... . .......... $44,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001465......................................... . .......... $43,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001464. (1)................................... . ............ $43,500 per year 5-years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper.

5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001467. (4)... . .......... $43,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001466. (4)................................... . ......... $43,500 per year - 5 years!!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001463. (4)................................... . .......... $43,000 per year - 5 years!!!

AUGER HEADERS

John Deere 930R 30-ft. rigid header, bat reel. #16002384. (1)...................$7500 1996 John Deere 925 25-ft. rigid header, fore/aft, Dial-A-Speed reel control, 30-ft. slat reel, level land. #16002368. (1)..... ...................................................$2500 1993 John Deere 930R 30-ft. auger header. #16002394....................$3500

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper,520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001462. (1)................... . .......... $42,750 per year - 5 years!!!

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001460. (1)................................... . .......... $42,750 per year - 5 years!!!

2012 John Deere S680 premium cab & radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 2630 display, Command Touch Pro Drive transmission, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine straw chopper, 900/60R32 drive tires with 12” axle spacer, 750/60R32 steering tires. #16001448......................................... . .......... $53,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, & radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, GS3 7” Touch color display, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/75R38 drive tires, 6.5” wheel spacer, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001456......................................... . .......... $45,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2012 John Deere S670 premium cab, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, Contour Master feederhouse, 2 speed fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001443. (4)................... . .......... $38,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2012 John Deere S670 premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top covers, 350 bushel tank, 26-ft. unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 6.5” axle spacer, 28L-26 steering tires.

5-Year 3000 hour PowrGard warranty remains. #16001382. (4)......... . .......... $38,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2011 John Deere 9770STS 360 hp, 3 speed hydro, 20.8x42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse, bullet rotor, 22.5ft. high speed unload system, fine cut straw chopper. #16001415. (3)........... . .......... $34,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2011 John Deere 9770STS 360 hp, 9.0L engine, 3 speed hydro transmission, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, Command Touch operator control console, Touchset automatic combine adjust, premium header control package, Contour Master feederhouse, bullet rotor, 22.5-ft. unloading system, fine cut straw chopper. #16001416.

(3)........ $34,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 3 speed hydro, premium header control, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Contour Master feederhouse, bullet rotor, high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading system, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001308. (1)................... . .......... $34,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2010 John Deere 9770STS 4WD, Premier cab, HID lights, Contour Master feederhouse, 22.5-ft. high speed unloading system, Mauer grain tank extension, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. #16001332. (3).......................... . .......... $30,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus package, Premier cab, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, premium header package, high capacity unloading auger, 2 speed straw chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R26 steering tires. #16001263. (1)............ . .......... $29,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, deluxe header ctonrol, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R-28 steering tires, high speed unloading auger, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001375. (1)................................... . .......... $26,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2008 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, Command Touch operating control, premier header control, Contour Master feederhouse, high speed unload system, fine cut straw chopper with tailboard spreader. #16001434..........

(4)........ $28,000 per year - 5 years!!!

draper headerS

2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights. #16002369. (1)........................$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #16002330..$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D poly tine pickup reel, LH/RH spare knife, road transport system. #16002377. (4)...........$51,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft. with transportation kit. #16002252.........$48,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit. #16002224..$45,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., transportation kit. #16002259..................$45,000 2001 John Deere 936D 36-ft. , transportation kit. #16002354. (1)............$25,000 2005 MacDon 974 36-ft. flex draper header, JD 60 series adapter, pickup reel. #16002242. (2)........................$35,000 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$21,000 1998 MacDon 962 36-ft., pickup reel, transport. #16002278. (4)........$14,000

2008 John Deere 9770STS reconditioned, yield monitor, heavy duty variable speed Contour Master feederhouse, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, fine cut straw chopper, chaff spreader, 22.5-ft. high speed unloading auger, Xenon lighting package. #16001439. (1)........................... . .......... $25,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2005 John Deere 9760STS deluxe header controls, Harvest monitor, Touchset concave adjust, 22.5-ft. high capacity unload system, wide spread fine cut straw chopper, 30.5x32 drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, “Reconditioned”. #16001442. (1)................... . .......... $20,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2004 John Deere 9760STS 3 position header height control, Harvest Doc, Touchset concave adjustment, 22.5-ft. high capacity unloading system, twin disk straw spreader, 18.4R-42 dual drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, HID lighting. #16001413. (4).............. . .......... $21,000 per year - 5 years!!!

2004 John Deere 9760STS Contour Master feederhouse, deluxe header controls, Harvest monitor, Touchset concave adjust, 20.5-ft. high capacity unloading system, wide spread fine cut straw chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R28 steering tires, HID lights, in cab draper control, AM/FM stereo. #16001343. (1)................................... . .......... $20,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2002 John Deere 9750STS Premier cab, deluxe header package, Greenstar yield/moisture monitor, 20-ft. high capacity unload auger, wide spread fine cut straw chopper, 800/65R-32 drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, “Reconditioned”. #16001287. (1)....... . .......... $16,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2001 John Deere 9750STS variable speed feederhouse, Greenstar monitor with yield, deluxe header controls, 20-ft. unloading auger, fine cut chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 16.9x26 steering tires, buddy seat, engine heater, AM/FM/CASS/WB, in cab draper control, service lights, 4-ft. axle spacers. #16001440. (1)..................... . .......... $15,500 per year - 5 years!!!

2000 John Deere 9650 Walker, small grain deluxe package, field office training seat, 110 volt coolant heater, Delco AM/FM/Cassette with weatherband, straw chopper drive belt, beater grate curtain, 16” axle spacers, “Reconditioned”. #16001390. (4)......... $75,000 1998 John Deere 9610 combine, dual range cylinder, 20-ft. unload auger, hydraulic fore/aft reel control, AM/FM stereo, 30.5x32 drive tires, chaff spreader, windrow attachment. #16001366............................ $60,500

1997 John Deere 9500 combine with DialA-Speed header reel control with hydraulic fore/aft, 20-ft. unloading auger, straw spreader, 24.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x24 steering tires. #16001471..... . ............................................ $40,000 1995 John Deere 9600 combine with Dial-A-Matic header height, Dial-ASpeed reel control, hydraulic fore/aft control, variable speed feederhouse with reverser, dual cylinder, field lighting, 30.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x24 steering tires, windrow attachment. #16001425............................ $46,950 1993 John Deere 9600 combine, 260 hp, Dial-A-Speed reel control, hydraulic fore/aft, 20-ft. unloading auger, 30.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x24 steering tires, straw spreader. #16001470....... . ............................................ $37,000 1992 John Deere 9600 combine with straw chopper, 260 hp, Dial-A-Speed header control, Harvest Trak monitor, 20-ft. unloading auger, slide away straw chopper with windrow attachment, 30.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x26 steering tires, dual range cylinder. #16001424. . ........................$36,500 1990 John Deere 9500 2WD with straw chopper, Dial-A-Speed reel, 24.5x32 front, 14.9x24 rear. #16001398. (1).... . ............................................ $37,000 1990 John Deere 9500 conventional combine, hydrostatic transmission, 20-ft. unloading auger, 24.5x32 drive tires, 11x24 steering tires, straw chopper, chaff spreader. #16001428. (1).......... . ............................................ $32,000 1989 John Deere 9600 hydro, 18.4x38 duals, dual speed cylinders, straw chopper & spreader, 20-ft. unloading auger with 930R header. #16001377.

(1)......................................... $29,995 1987 John Deere 8820 20-ft. unloading auger, chaff spreader, Dial-A-Speed header height & reel. #16001451. (1). . ............................................ $14,500 1986 John Deere 7720 with 224 header, “good parts combine”. #16001325..... . ............................................... $4975 1985 John Deere 8820 2WD combine with chopper, 20-ft. unloading auger, 255 hp, 6 cylinder. #16001436. (1)..... . ............................................ $13,500

2010 Case IH 8120 2WD, duals, chopper, yield monitor, Guidance Ready, HID lighting, 24-ft. unloading auger, rock trap, electric grain tank cover. #16001430. (1)................................... . .......... $38,000 per year - 5 years!!!

1981 Case IH 1480 hydro combine with 6 cylinder diesel, 210 bushel grain tank, 25-ft. auger header. #16001370......... . ............................................... $7950 2000 Gleaner R72 grain loss & yield monitor, dual tailings, straw spreader, 30.5x32 drive tires, 16.9x24 steering tires. #16001476................... $57,000

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

After Hours Sales:

John Deere

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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PAYLOADERS & ATTAChment

round balers and commercial sprayers

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

2013 John Deere 569 Premium coveredge surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale kicker, 2630 display, only 2475 bales. #16007368. (1)...................... $52,500 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006798............................ $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006797. (1)...................... $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 PTO rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim and tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic lift. #16006802............................ $44,500 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm PTO hookup, 21.5L-16.1 tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006801. (4)...................... $43,500 2012 John Deere 568 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 10-ply tires, Megawide pickup, push bar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006788.

(3).......................................... $41,000

JOHN DEERE 2012 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup, push bar, hydraulic pickup lift, surface wrap. #16006774.

(1).......................................... $41,000 2010 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, 21.5L16.1, 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, dual gauge wheels, hydraulic pickup, twine & netwrap. #16006803. (1)...................... $32,000 2009 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup dual gauge wheels. #16006438. (1)........... . ............................................ $35,500 2008 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 5-ft. bale width, 21.5L-16.1, 10 ply tires, Megawide plus pickup, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006764. (1)...................... $35,000 2008 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, dual gauge wheels, bale kicker, hydraulic pickup, surface wrap system. #16006791. (1)...................... $29,500 2007 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 tires, pushbar, Megawide pickup, hydraulic pickup. #16006806............................ $32,000 2007 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup, push bar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006781. (4)... . ............................................ $29,500 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale pushbar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006809............................ $22,000 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, 540 PTO, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup lift, surface wrap. #16006796.. . ............................................ $19,500 2002 John Deere 567 regular pickup, twine, 1000 PTO, bale push bar. #16006793. (4)...................... $13,500

2001 John Deere 567 1000 PTO, Mega tooth pickup, pushbar, twine, no wrap. #16006709. (4)...................... $15,350 2000 John Deere 566 regular pickup, twine, 1000 PTO, bale push bar, 31.13.5-PR hi flotation tires. #16006783............................ $13,000 1996 John Deere 535 pushbar, hydraulic pickup. #16006747. (4)............. $5750 1995 John Deere 535 twine tie, 540 PTO, bale ramp, Megawide pickup, gauge wheels. #16007374.................. $4995 1990 John Deere 535 regular pickup, twine only, 1000 PTO. #16006743.

(4)............................................ $7350 CASE IH

HESSTON

2001 Hesston 856A 540 PTO, twine only. #16006365. (1)......................... $8995 NEW HOLLAND 2007 New Holland BR780A bale ramp, xtra sweep pickup, surface wrap, gauge wheels, 1000 PTO, Bale Command Plus. #16007361......... $16,000 VERMEER 2006 Vermeer 605M 21.5x16 flotation tires, heavy duty bale ramp, hydraulic pickup lift, surface wrap. #16006422.

(3).......................................... $16,900

SQUARE BALER

2010 Case IH RB564 480/45-17 flotation tires, hydraulic pickup, mesh wrap, wide pickup, extra sweep. #16006441.

(1).......................................... $24,950 2010 Case IH RB564 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale ramp. #16006766. (3)............ $23,500 2006 Case IH RBX563 1000 PTO, big tires, bale kicker, surface wrap. #16006313 (3)...................... $14,950

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2004 Hesston 4760 31.5x34.4 bale, 91” pickup, 21.5L-16.1 tires. #16006785.

(3)............................................$48,000

2001 New Holland BB940 3x3 bales, roller bale chute. #16006733............$19,500

COMMERCIAL SPRAYERS

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

(3).............................................CALL 2008 John Deere 4830 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms, radar, auto air spring level system, traction control, boom return T height, on board air system, row crop fenders, hydraulic tread adjust, Auto Trac ready. #16014141. (3).. . .......................................... $192,000

2007 John Deere 4930 commercial, 1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms with BoomTrac Pro automatic leveling system, 480/80R50 tires with fenders, Greenstar GS2 display, AutoTrac ready, auto air spring level system, HID Xenon lighting. #16014111. (1).......... . .......................................... $197,000 2006 John Deere 4920 self-propelled sprayer, 120-ft., 20” spacing, Norac boom sensing, wheel slip control, auto air spring level system, row crop fenders, radar speed sensor, full boom break-away, fence row nozzles, Xenon HID field lighting, Auto Trak ready. #16014140. (2).................... $115,000

2005 John Deere 4720 800 gallon stainless steel tank, 90-ft. booms, 380/90 R46 radial tires, Auto Trac ready, fenders, wheel motor shields, traction control, field lamps, radar, strainers. #16014152. (2).................... $154,000

2007 Apache AS1010 boom leveling, 96-ft. booms, EZ-Steer, 20” nozzle spacing, Raven SCS 4400, 320/90R38 front, 320/90R50 rear duals, 850 gallon poly tank, 5 boom sections. #16014122. (3).................... $131,000 2013 Top Air 120-ft. FF boom, 20” quad 10-section, Ace hydraulic pump/ Raven ISO, 380/90x46 R-1 tires. #14200909............................ $79,000 2013 Top Air 90-ft., 1600 gallon, 20” quad 6 section, Ace hydraulic pump/Raven 4400, 380/90x46 R-1 tires, adjustable axle, chemical inductor, fence row nozzle kit, auto-boom height control. #14200962............................ $70,000 2013 Top Air 90-ft. FF boom, 20” quad 6 section, Ace hydraulic pump, Raven 4400, 320/90R46 tires, adjustable axle, auto boom height, Flo-Bak valve kit, 1” regulating valve kit, standard plumb kit, axle assembly. #14200964............................ $65,000 2011 Top Air 120-ft., 1600 gallon with Envizio Pro AutoSteer, AutoBoom shutoff and auto height control. #16014143.

(4).......................................... $72,000

GRAIN VACS

NEW Rem VRX 14’10” auger discharge height, 85 hp tractor requirement, 7” flexible stainless steel hose. #13004040.

(1)............................................... CALL NEW Rem 3700 up to 10,000 bushels per hours, 160 hp - 180 hp required. #13004032. (4)........................... CALL 2012 Rem 3700 7 hours on unit. #16006799..............................$35,000 2008 Rem 2700 standard hose package. #16009227..............................$18,500

2013 Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon tank, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzles, 3 sensor UC5 Norac. #13011099....... . ............................................ $70,000 2013 Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon tank, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzles, 3 sensor UC5 Norac. #13011098....... . ............................................ $70,000

2004 Summers Ulitmate 90-ft. suspended booms, 1500 gallon tank, 480/80R 38 tires, 3 boom section plumbing, HMI cast iron high pressure pump, 450 Raven control with sensor, aluminuim wet boom package, windscreens, 2-ft. bottom fill kit, clean water kit, touchdown skid package, 20-ft., 50-ft., 20-ft. split boom option, electric end nozzles, wash wand, clevis hitch. #16014154.

(4).......................................... $23,500 2002 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 18.4x38 tires, 1500 gallon, bottom fill, 200 gallon rinse tank, triple nozzle, clean fil windscreens, tip lift, 5 section plumbing. #16014136. (4)............... $21,000

HEADER TRAILERS

2008 Summers suspended boom, 133ft., 1500 gallon, JD GS2 compatable components, remote sprayer control, electric shut off agitation kit, 5-ball plumbing, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash wand, 80-ft. hose. #16014112..$52,000 2005 Summers Ultimate 100-ft. booms, windscreens, 1500 gallon, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash wand, clean load system. #16014137. (3)......... $35,000 2005 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gallon, windscreens, rinse tank, 20” nozzle spacing. #16014155. (1)......... . ............................................ $23,000 2004 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gallon tank, 3 nozzle body, Raven 440, mixing cone, no rinse tank. #16014168............................ $25,000

2014 Frontier HT1242 42-ft. heavy duty transport, long telescopic ball hitch/71”, heavy duty mounted spare tire. #13009232. (3).................$14,500 2014 Frontier HT1242 42-ft. heavy duty transport, long telescopic ball hitch/71”, heavy duty mounted spare tire. #13009231. (3).................$14,500 2014 Frontier HT1242 42-ft. heavy duty transport, long telescopic ball hitch/71”, heavy duty mounted spare tire. #13009230. (3).................$14,500 2014 Frontier HT1238 38-ft., long telescopic ball hitch/71”, mounted spare tire, JD draper brackets. #13009233.

(3)............................................$11,250 U n i v e r t h H T 4 2 h e a d e r t r a i l e r. #16010049................................. $6000 U n i v e r t h H T 4 2 h e a d e r t r a i l e r. #16010048................................. $6000 36-ft. header trailer. #13012330....... $6500 36-ft. header trailer. #13012333....... $6500 36-ft. header trailer. #13012336....... $6500 36-ft. header trailer. #13012353....... $6500 36-ft. header trailer. #16009204....... $2750

2013 John Deere 624K payloader, 198 hp, reverse fan drive, chrome exhaust, 4 speed transmission, 3 function joystick with 3rd function control lever, cab, air, heat, air ride heated leather seat, Z-bar high lift boom, high traction front & rear differential, 20.5x32 L3 XHA2 Michelin radial tires with 3 piece rims, full coverage front & rear fenders, turn signals, cast iron hitch, slab counterweight. #16003848........................... $235,000

1973 CAT 950 payloader, 3rd function, 5-tine JD grapple. #16003785..$48,000

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

Summers 120-ft., 1000 gallon pull type sprayer. #16014132. (4)............ $5000 2012 New Holland S1070 133-ft., Raven boom height control, 1600 gallon tank, triple nozzle bodies, JD rate controller. #16014164............................ $36,500 2008 New Holland SF216 134-ft. wheel boom, 1600 gallon, rinse tank, Raven SCS 450, 3 nozzle body. #16014165.. . ............................................ $27,800

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

Brandt QF2500 100-ft. booms, 1500 gallon with dual boom. #16014116. (4)... . ............................................... $5900

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

After Hours Sales:

John Deere

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

Grants awarded to curb noxious weeds

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1997 Kenworth W900L Detroit 470 hp, 13 speed, AG-400 suspension, good virgin tires, 63” AroCab, 260” wheelbase, 985,000 miles. Sharp Truck!....... .............................Call for price

2007 Freightliner Cat C15, 10 speed, 762,000 miles, 154” cab to trunnion, good virgin tires........ ......................................$32,500

2004 Peterbilt 379 EXT Hood, Cat C15, 475 hp single turbo, 10 speed, 252” wheelbase, 23” diameter fuel tanks, American class interior, 3.55 ratio..$37,500

2006 Kenworth T800 Cummins ISX 475 hp, 10 speed, sp40 3.70 ratio, 60” removable sleeper, Tru-Flo wet kit,11R22.5 tires on all aluminum wheels....... ......................................$45,000

2000 Kenworth W900L Cat 3406E rebuilt, 18 speed, 11R24.5 virgin drive tires. Just In ..................................$37,000

1996 Western Star day cab, Cat 3406E 475 hp, 13 speed, nice virgin tires, new paint, fresh annual inspection, beautiful truck... ......................................$28,500

2005 Freightliner Columbia tri-drive grain truck, 24-ft. box, 14.0L Detroit, 10 speed. ONLY 171,000 miles!...............$49,500

2007 Western Star Detroit 14.0L 515 hp, 18 speed, 46,000 lb double locker rears, 14,600 lb front axle, 11R22.5 virgin drive tires, AirLiner suspension, 415,789 miles................$54,000

2000 Kenworth W900 Detroit 430/470, 13 speed, AeroCab, 3.9 ratio, 11R22.5 virgin tires.

Just had annual inspection......... ......................................$27,500

Truck Defender Bumpers IN STOCK!!

(1) W900A Premium........$3395 (1) W900B or W900L Premium.. .........................................$3395 (1) Peterbilt 379 Premium......... .........................................$3395 (1) Peterbilt 379 Medium, 3” bars and open uprights.....$3195 (1) T800 03 and older......$2795

Transmissions and Differentials

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

Engines

Cummins N14’s, BCII 400, BCIII 350 & 400, BCIV 400, M11’s Cat C15’s, 3406E’s, 3406B’s Cat C15 6NZ12180 550 hp or cylinder kits no papers............$8500 Cat 3054 Serial #5YS.............$3200 Cat MXS69658 475-hp...........$7500 Detroit 6V53T........................$5500 Detroit 60’s Volvo VED7C 275 hp..............$4000 We have a large selection of used parts

1996 Peterbilt 377 dump truck, Detroit 430 hp, 10 speed, 16-ft. tub box with high lift gate, pintle with air, 6 aluminum wheels.

Straight box, nice truck!!............. .............. Just In...Call for price

2006 Peterbilt 379 Cummins ISX 500 hp, 13 speed, nice virgin Michelin drive tires low pro 22.5 on all aluminum wheels, Thermaflow 2-line wet kit with forward and reverse controls.

Sharp truck....................$36,500

2005 Freightliner Classic 14L Detroit, 10 speed, mid roof sleeper, 830,000 miles...$29,500

2001 Freightliner Classic XL Cat C15 (6NZ) 500 hp, 18918 18 speed, 3.58 ratio, 260” wheelbase, near new virgin Michelin drive tires.............$29,500 2005 International 9200I Cummins ISX 425 hp with less than 250,000 miles on Cummins Recon, Eaton 10 speed, 3.55 ratio, 226” wheelbase, good tires and brakes............................$26,500

2000 Peterbilt 377 Cummins N-14, Super 10, virgin tires, all aluminum wheels, 731,529 miles..............................$22,500

ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS WITH EXCHANGE Reman Crankshafts

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

1995 Freightliner FLD120 Detroit 430 hp, 10 speed, flattop sleeper, 3.91 ratio. Only 661,083 miles, ECM verified........$14,000

2002 International 9200I Detroit Series 60 with 0 miles on rebuild, 10 speed, Low Pro 24.5 tires, good brakes, Truck Defender aluminum bumper. Just In..................Call for more info

2004 International 9200 Cummins ISX 400 hp, 10 speed, 886,077 miles. Fleet maintained. ......................................$22,500

1999 Peterbilt 377 Detroit 430/470 hp, 3.70 ratio, good virgin 11R22.5 tires, 135 gallon tanks, 2 line wet kit, 732,000 miles...Just In...Call for Details

2003 Volvo Cummins ISX 500 hp, 13 speed, mid roof sleeper, virgin tires, AliArc bumper, 600,000 miles on Cummins rebuild...............................$22,900

Caterillar Pittsburgh Power Exhaust Manifold

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

Champ All Terrain forklift, Ford straight six, 6000#, side shift, tall mast............................$8500

(fits 3406E and single turbo C15) These exhaust manifolds flow up to 200 additional cubic feet per minute over stock, significantly lowering exhaust backpressure.

Reflective Jet-Hot coating keeps the manifold cooler and more exhaust gas energy is provided to spool up your turbo faster. Higher boost pressures and lower backpressure gain you up to 35 additional horsepower and improve fuel mileage by 1 /4 mpg.......................$1675

BELLY DUMPS AND OTHER TRAILERS JUST IN!

1999 Fontaine steel spread axle, step deck, good tires and brakes, fresh annual inspection.. ......................................$13,500

(2) 1998 Ranco 35-ft, tri-axle belly dumps, 11R24.5 tires, spring suspension, lights all work, ready for work. Your choice............................$18,500

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1995 Transcraft 45-ft. close tandem flatbed, air ride, steel, 11R24.5 tires. In good shape.

1997 Flowboy quad axle, 18ft. end dump pup, 1st axle is a steerable lift axle, 425 65R22.5 tires, all aluminum wheels, 21-ft. from box to end of tongue........... ......................................$11,500 T H E

1997 Ranco 35-ft. triple axle belly dump.....................$19,500

1999 Trailmobile 53-ft. dry van, air suspension, swing doors.

Great for storage!.............$4500

2007 Reinke 48-ft.x102” aluminum steel combo spread axle step deck, all aluminum wheels, air ride, wood deck, 2 tool boxes, 21 winch tie downs........$22,500 1981 Karikool insulated tank trailer, stainless, 6500 gallon T/A.................................$16,900

Steerable lift axles

Hendrickson Paralift with axle.....$3800

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The Montana Department of Agriculture announced the award of over $1.4 million in grant funds for the development and implementation of noxious weed management programs.

“We all have a stake in combating the spread of noxious weeds at a statewide level. The Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council has a unique opportunity to look holistically at the state’s noxious weeds and fund areas that are going to be the most effective. This year the council reviewed over $2 million in proposals and awarded more than $1.4 million in funds for education, research, and cooperative projects,” said Ron de Yong, director of the department of agriculture and council chair.

The advisory council meets annually in March to diligently review applications and make selections to assist counties, local communities, tribes, researchers and educators in efforts to combat the most serious noxious weed problems in Montana. In total, 74 grant proposals were awarded funding, including 51 local cooperative projects, 12 research projects, and 11 education projects. In addition to the $1.4 million awarded, each of the 56 counties and 7 reservations in the state are eligible to receive $7,500 per year and a fund is maintained for noxious weed emergencies.

“We look for projects that can help solve a variety of the noxious weed problems facing our state. Just last year a new noxious weed, medusahead or medusahead wildrye, was discovered in the western part of the state, with more knocking on our border every year. Noxious weeds impair agricultural crops, diminish biodiversity, reduce property values, impact wildlife forage and degrade fisheries,” said Dave Burch, weed program manager.

The Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund grant program was established by the Montana Legislature in 1985. The advisory council reviews applications, hears applicant testimony, and provides funding recommendations to the director for final approval. Funding is typically passed through a governmental organization, local weed district, conservation district, extension office, or university. View a complete list of Montana State Listed Noxious Weeds at http://agr.mt.gov/ agr/Programs/Weeds/PDF/2013WeedList.pdf.

A compiled list of award recipients will be available at agr.mt.gov/agr/Programs/Weeds/TrustFund/ after the award process has been completed.

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 Montana Department of Agriculture, visit agr.mt.gov.

4-H’ers place in N.D. hippology contest

By NDSU Extension Service A team from Ward County placed first in the senior division of the 4-H hippology contest held March 7 at the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City.

The team members are Kara Scheresky, Parker Bush, Shaylee Miller and Lindsey Sys. The hippology event is a contest of knowledge of horses and equine care. This contest consisted of a written test, five stations of identification of horses and related equipment, and a team problem. Teams consist of three or four youth.

The scores of the top three members of each team are added to make a team score.

The second-place team in the senior division is from Grand Forks County. Team members are Alanna Ivers, Sarah Hoiland, Emily Joerger and Savannah Syverson. The Barnes County team of Brooke McDonald, Breanna McDonald, Mickaella Langer and Samantha Bergrud placed third.

Alanna Ivers placed first high individual in the senior division.

In the junior division, the team of Morgan Henke, Brenna Hoger, Brooke Heidrich and Ashley Goldade from Morton County placed first. The entire team worked together on all parts of the contest.

The second-place team is from Mountrail County. Its members are Logan Lapica, Abby Sigvaldsen, Jossi Meyer and Calli Hennessy. The Kidder County team, with members Kaden Storam, Teresa Wald, Ivy Starks and Lydia Symens, placed third.

In the open division, teams from Ransom County and Kindred placed first and second, respectively.

Awards for the contest were sponsored by the North Dakota Winter Show through the support of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.

2013 US livestock slaughter

Total red meat production for the United States totaled 49.3 billion pounds in 2013, slightly lower than the previous year. Red meat includes beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. Red meat production in commercial plants totaled 49.2 billion pounds. On-farm slaughter totaled 95.6 million pounds.

Beef production totaled 25.8 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the previous year. Veal production totaled 118 million pounds, down 6 percent from last year. Pork production, at 23.2 billion pounds, was slightly below the previous year.

Lamb and mutton production totaled 161 million pounds, up slightly from 2012.

Commercial cattle slaughter during 2013 totaled 32.5 million head, down 1 percent from 2012, with federal inspection comprising 98.4 percent of the total. The average live weight was 1,314 pounds, up 12 pounds from a year ago. Steers comprised 50.1 percent of the total federally inspected cattle slaughter, heifers 28.6 percent, dairy cows 9.8 percent, other cows 9.8 percent, and bulls 1.7 percent.

Commercial calf slaughter totaled 762,000 head, 1 percent lower than a year ago with 98.6 percent under federal inspection. The average live weight was 250 pounds, down 10 pounds from a year earlier.

Commercial hog slaughter totaled 112.1 million head, 1 percent lower than 2012 with 99.3 percent of the hogs slaughtered under federal inspection. The average live weight was up 1 pound from last year, at 276 pounds. Barrows and gilts comprised 97.0 percent of the total federally inspected hog slaughter.

Commercial sheep and lamb slaughter, at 2.32 million head, was up 6 percent from the previous year with 91.4 percent by federal inspection. The average live weight was down 8 pounds from 2012 at 135 pounds. Lambs and yearlings comprised 93.7 percent of the total federally inspected sheep slaughter.

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SPRAYER AND SWING TONGUE FOR SALE

2000 Brandt QF1500 wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms................ $4500 Hesston 1160 swing tongue pull-type swather, rubber conditioner, good shape............ $4500 Phone (406) 279-3732 or 788-4105, Valier, Motana

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4 Roundup Ready Alfalfa Seed 4 Ag Herbicides and Insecticides 4 Top Dressing, liquid or dry (variable rate capable) 4 Drill Blends 4 Authorized Dealer For Amber Waves 4 Seed Treat Hopper Bottom Bins 4 Gopher Poison for 4 Enduraplas Poly Tanks Grain & Fertilizer Storage

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May 2014

Conrad, MT 59425 Visit our website at: www.zomertrucks.com E-mail: zomer@3rivers.net

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8-2007 Freightliner Columbia MBE4000, 10 speed Auto shift, wet kit, engine brake............................................... $32,500

Toll Free: 1-877-714-5944 Local: 406-278-5944 Fax: 406-278-3218

2007 Peterbilt 357, C15 Cat, 550 hp, 18 speed, engine brake, 46,000 lb. rears, 3-way lockers, LOW miles............... $74,500

2-2007 Freightliner Columbia MBE4000, 450 hp, 10 speed Ultrashift, engine brake, 70” midroof sleeper.............. $29,500

2007 Freightliner Columbia 14.0L Detroit, 10 speed Ultrashift, New ITB box, lift axle, wireless remotes, pintle hitch.Buy one that’s ready or build one your way........................................................................................................................... $76,100

2-2007 International 9400i C15 Cat, 550 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, air suspension................................. $29,900

2006 Freightliner Columbia MBE4000, 450 hp, 13 speed, overhaul with paperwork, premier interior................................ $25,000

COMING IN

2004 Kenworth T800, Cat, Ultrashift, engine brake, very clean, low miles.......................................... $44,500

2007 Kenworth T600 C13 Cat, 430 hp, Ultrashift, VIT interior, new tires.

Ready for a trailer or a grain body... $43,600

2006 Freightliner Century C15 Cat, 475 hp, engine brake, 13 speed, air suspension................................. $27,500

4-2007 Freightliner Columbia daycabs, Series 60, 10 speed Ultrashift, engine brake, air ride, the right length for a 19-ft. grain box........................ $39,500

2003 Kenworth T600 Cat C15, 13 speed, 475 hp, 86” sleeper.

2006 International 9400i Cummins ISX, Auto shift, daycab.

2005 Freightliner Columbia C15 Cat, 435 hp, 10 speed, engine brake.................................... $35,500

2003 Kenworth W900L Cat 6NZ, 475 hp, 13 speed, 11R24.5, 60” removable sleeper..................... $29,500

3-2007 Kenworth T600, Cat, 10 speed Ultrashift, VIT interior, 72” ADAC sleeper. We are going to day cab some of these.

Will make nice tractors or box trucks .............................................. $31,500

9-2006 Sterling AT9500 MBE4000, 460 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, 3.90 ratio, rust free, miles in the 4’s and 5’s................. $29,500 to $32,500

2006 Sterling AT9500, MBE4000, 460 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, new paint, 488,000 miles.................................. $35,500

2004 International 9400i ISX Cummins, 450 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, 72” sleeper, 24.5 wheels................. $28,500

2006 Peterbilt 379 EXHD Cat C15, 550 hp, 18 speed, 70” stand up sleeper.......................................................Call

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COMING IN

7 Timpte 50-ft. tri-axle hopper trailers, various specs.

2 Timpte 40-ft. hopper trailers.

Choose from in-stock or have one built your way!

2007 Freightliner Columbia, Series 60, Ultrashift, engine brake, New ITB grain body, wireless remotes.................... $66,400

2014 Timpte 50-ft.x96”x72”, ag hoppers, air ride, lift axle, American Ag Series, extra flaps, S/S front corners and rears.............. Call 1999 Kenworth W900L Cat 3406E, 550 hp, 18 speed, 52,000# rears, wet kit, double frame................................... $29,500 1997 Western hopper, 29-ftx96”x72”, tandem axle dolly, all air ride, telescopic hitch, pintle hitch....................... Call

1993 Freightliner Detroit Series 60, 9 speed, air ride suspension, nice daycab..................................... $24,500

3-2014 Jets, ag hoppers, sight windows, vented slopes, LED lights, 96” wide, 68” sides • 40-ft. air ride, pintle hitch, dump valve suspension gauge • 40-ft. spring ride, caps • 34-ft. spring ride

1999 Ledwell 48-ft. hydraulic tail dropdeck, hydraulic winch............... $26,500

1984 International F2574 derrick digger truck, Cummins, Allison automatic, service body, pole clamp................. $22,500

2014 Timpte, 40-ft.x96”, spring ride, ag hoppers, S/S front corners.................... Rental Return 2005 Wilson end dump pup, 13-ft. tub, 29-ft. overall length, spring ride........................................ $17,500

1974 Fruehauf 24-ft. hopper pup, 4 axle, spring suspension, telescopic hitch................................ $14,000

1999 Utility 53-ft. reefer van, air ride.......................................................Call

1955 Trailmobile 40-ft.x96” flatbed, spring suspension, wood deck 10 winches...........................................$7000 2013 Jet sidedump, 45-ft.x102”, tri axle, air ride, electric tarp, push block, LED lights..................................................Call

1997 Dorsey reefer van, 53-ft.x102”, air ride suspension, sliding tandems, cold chute.....................................................$8950

3-2014 Felling dropdecks, 53-ft.x102”, 3 axle, air ride, beaver tail, steel..................... Starting at $39,900

2-2013 Dakota 43-ft. belly dumps, same as below with rear lift axle & black paint.... Call

1993 White/GMC WIA64 Series 60, 12.7, engine brake, 9 speed, 48” midroof sleeper, nice clean older truck................................................. $17,500 2003 Trail-Eze 48-ft.x102”, hydraulic tail and 4-ft. flip, Braden winch, stake pockets............................................ $29,500

2007 Trail-Eze TE80HT 40-ton hydraulic tail drop deck, hydraulic winch............................................... $39,500

2014 XL 55-ton lowboy, cheater neck, self contained hydraulic detach, 53-ft. x 102”, air ride, 7 position ride height, pinned for 4th axle..................................... Call

2006 JCB 508C 4x4 telehandler, 8000 lb. capacity, 2 stage boom, 41-ft. height reach, canopy.................................. $32,500 2012 Dakota 43-ft. belly dumps, tri axle, air ride suspension, inside fenders, LED lights.......................... $44,000

1-1979 and 1-1981 Heil stainless steel, insulated, 7250 gallon, clean tankers................................... $17,500

John Deere 2510 and 2010, personal use tractors, well maintained, very clean. Please call for details and pricing.

1978 Kari Kool tanker, stainless steel, 4500 gallon, spring ride, double conical............................................. $18,500

2004 GMC 7500 Toter & 2007 Terry Quantum 35.5-ft., Cat, Allison Auto, air ride, 4 slides, dual A/C, generator, fireplace, beautiful setup......................GMC... $35,000 .............................................Terry... $31,000

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Disinfecting honeycomb with ozone

By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Sometimes even honey bees need help with “housekeeping,” especially when it comes to cleaning their honeycombs once the honey’s been removed. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research has shown that fumigating honeycombs with ozone gas can eliminate pests and pathogens that threaten honeybee health and productivity. Now, ozone fumigation may also help reduce pesticide levels in honeycombs.

The findings come from a two-part study led by entomologist Rosalind James with the Pollinating Insects-Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit operated in Logan, Utah, by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Results from the first part of her team’s study, published in 2011 in the Journal of Economic Entomology, demonstrated that fumigating honeycombs with ozone gas at concentrations of 215 to 430 parts per million (ppm) killed all life stages of the greater wax moth, depending on length of exposure.

Ozone, a highly reactive state of oxygen, also destroyed spores of the chalkbrood fungus after 24 to 36 hours of exposure using 1,500 ppm. Another honeybee pathogen, the American foulbrood bacterium, required substantially longer exposure times and an ozone concentration twice as high.

Both pathogens can persist for years on beekeeping equipment and in hives as dormant spores. They germinate when conditions are optimal, and attack the colony’s larvae.

Methyl oxide and gamma irradiation are among treatments that have proven effective for disinfecting honeycombs, but these treatments can be costly and impractical, according to James. An ozone fumigation chamber is something beekeepers can set up on their own.

In January 2013, James’ team published results from the second part of the study in the journal Agricultural Science.

That paper details ozone’s breakdown of coumaphos, fluvalinate, and several other pesticides that can accumulate in hives.

Higher ozone concentrations and longer exposure times were required to reduce pesticide concentrations in wax and honeycomb samples. The treatments also degraded the pesticides better in new honeycombs (less than three years old) than in older ones (more than 10 years old).

4-H’ers compete in N.D. crop judging contest

By NDSU Extension Service The Grand Forks County team placed first in the senior division of the state 4-H crop judging contest held at the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City.

The team members are Daniel Kraemer, Jacob Granger and Sarah McNaughton.

The crop judging contest consists of classes of four pans each of hard red spring wheat, durum, barley, oats and flax.

The 4-H’ers evaluate and rank them for seed value. Participants also identify market factors of wheat, barley and soybeans, and determine the crop grade of a sample based on information provided. The contest also includes identification of weed and crop seeds and mounts.

Counties could enter any number of 4-H participants in each division of the contest. The scores of the top three members of the county team are added to make a team score.

The second-place team in the senior division is from Morton County. Team members are Tanner Gress, Cullen Gress, Jessica Fleck and Hannah Gress. Teams from Foster, LaMoure/Mountrail and Nelson counties placed third through fifth, respectively.

Jayden Rosenau of Foster County placed first high individual in the senior division.

In the junior division, the team from LaMoure/Grand Forks counties placed first. Team members are Eva Lahlum, Thomas Granger and Zach Lahlum.

The second-place team is from Foster County. Members are Savannah Freidt, Jill Endres and Justin Lee. Teams from Walsh, Mountrail and Nelson counties placed third through fifth, respectively.

Savannah Freidt was high individual in the junior division.

In the open division, a team from Carrington placed first, followed by teams from Gackle-Streeter and Rolette.

Awards for the contest were sponsored by the Valley City Lions Club, North Dakota Winter Show and North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association, and through the support of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.

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3V Distributing, Conrad ......................................C59 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS .......................A30 Action Toys, Billings ............................................C15 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman ........................................................C68 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls ........B5, B6, B7 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls .................C62 Ag Wise, Kremlin ................................................A26 AgFertizilers, Inc. Great Falls..............................A35 AgraSyst Dealers................................................A45 American Manufacturing, Hogeland ...................C45 American Pipe, Cut Bank ...................................A18 Automotive Machine Inc., Great Falls .................A47 Basin Seed, LLC, Standford ...............................B12 Bass Auction Co. Inc., Lewistown .......................C34 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank ....................................B29 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby .................................C67 Big Equipment Co., Havre ..................................B31 Big Iron, Stock Auction Company .......................A30 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad ..............A23, A24, A25 Big Sky Hydraulics, Great Falls ..........................A15 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn........A45 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby .....B26, C35, C46 Border Plains Equipment, Glasgow ....................B19 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls ... INSERT Brandt Agricultural Products LTD........................A44 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank ..........................................C67 Buckley Auction ..................................................C54 Burks Tractor, Twin Falls, Caldwell ID..................A29 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls ...C10, C55 Charles Moore, Inc. Miles City ............................C19 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula...............................C1 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ..........................B36 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks ...........C49 Clearview Seed, Denton .....................................C63 Clearwater Montana Properties, Jim Bouma, Choteau..........................................................C10 Clearwater Montana Properties, Trampus Corder, Fort Benton ............................................................A68 Courtesy Ford, Conrad .........................................B1 Cox Ranch Equipment, Winston .........................A58 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber ............................................................C35 Cross Country Fencing, Gerald Weaver, Fairfield..C30 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank .....................................A52 Dave’s Repair LLC, Charlo .................................B36 Denny’s Service & Repair, Black Eagle ..............A18 DeVoe’s, Valier ....................................................C46 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby ..................................B26 Diesel Power Parts & Machine, Missoula ...........B34 Dietz Auto & Truck Salvage, Billings ...................B12 Dirkes’, Fairfield & Choteau ..................................B8 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman...............A40 Dry Fork Ag, Ledger ...........................................A20

Index

Durnell Fencing, Valier ........................................A16 Eagle Equipment, Belgrade ................................A34 East Slope Kennel & Game Bird Farm, Conrad..B36 Eddy Bauer, Wolf Point .......................................C38 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls..... A56, A57 Escrow Montana LLC, Whitefish .........................B23 F/S Manufacturing, West Fargo, ND ... C4, C16, C55 Farm Equipment Sales, Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, Circle ........ A59, A60, A61, A62, A63 Farm Tech, (Doug Weist) Choteau ......................A36 First State Bank, Shelby .....................................C58 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton ...........C24, C50 Flaman Rentals ..................................................C23 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power .................. A47, A68 Fosse Insurance Agency, Great Falls ...................C9 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness .................................B15 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls ........... ...............A21, A7, A51, C7, C18, C32, C42, C57 Frontline Ag Dillon (formerly Dillon Imp), Dillon ..C21 Frontline Ag, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon .............................................B32, C27, C28, C29 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad ................C56 Gerber’s, Great Falls............................A6, C40, C54 Get ‘Er Done, Brady ............................................C49 GL Appraisal & Brokerage, Glenn Larson, Opheim .. .......................................................................C16 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy .....................C66 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier ............C41 Grossenburg Equipment, Winner, Pierre, Philip SD, Wayne, Bloomfield, Harrington, Laurel NE .....C47 H & H Spreading, Conrad ...................................A58 Heartland Seed Company, Moccasin .................C20 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass Range ........A49 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East Helena ..........B4 Henke Enterprises, Chester ..............................A12 Henry Building Systems Dealers ........................C63 Highline Communications, Cut Bank ..................C10 Hi-Hog Equipment ..............................................C65 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls ......B9, B10, B11 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank ...............B27 I-State Truck Center, Missoula ............................B13 ITB (Intercontinental Truck Body), Conrad ..........A28 J & M Trailer Sales, Laurel ..................................B30 J.A.R.R., Choteau ...............................................C64 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook .................. B22, C4 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte .........................A3 K.R. Rauch Company, Billings ............................C17 Krogmann Mfg. ...................................................B26 Kuhn North America ...........................................C58 Lake Seed, Ronan ................................................C1 Lee’s Stacking Service, Choteau ........................C26 Lewis Cattle Oiler Co, Russ Baker......................B33 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown.............................C64

LM Machinery, Missoula .....................................C22 Lost Valley Fence, Fairfield ...................................A2 M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND .............B34 M & W Machine, Three Forks .............................B18 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls ...............A16 Midland Implement , Billings ...............................C52 Milk River Co-op, Big Sandy, Chinook, Havre, Malta, Rudyard, Turner ..............................................C14 MK Industries .......................................................C9 Montana Metal Fabrications, Inc, Great Falls .....B14 Montana Post Driver, Gold Creek .......................C48 Montana Post Frame, Townsend .........................B26 Montana Quality Structures, Stevensville ...........B13 Montana Seed Trade Association .......................C56 Montana Shed Center, Great Falls .....................B21 Moodie Implement, Havre, Lewistown, Great Falls, Livingston, Belgrade......................A41, A42, A43 Motor Power, Great Falls ....................................A10 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade ............................C5 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville ........B36 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup ............C39 Nardinger Irrigation, Great Falls .........................A48 Neal Law, P.C., Conrad .......................................A16 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade ....................C37 New Homes of the Future, Billings .....................C62 NGS Sales, Denton ............................................C19 Northern Chrysler, Cut Bank ..............................C15 Northern Ford, Cut Bank ....................................A55 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls ........................C51 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point ..............C55 Northern Seed, Conrad & Shelby .......................C25 Northwest Plastics, Libby ...................................C30 Northwest Ponds, LLC, Hamilton........................C24 Ophus Auction, Big Sandy ..................................A46 Pacific Recycling, Great Falls .............................A49 Patty Seaman Homes, Kalispell .........................A50 Performance Ag Services, Conrad .....................A38 Pioneer West, Inc................................................A52 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton .................B2 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula ..........A35 Pure Bliss Cycle Sales, Conrad ................. A56, C50 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser ..................A58 Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Chinook . B16, B17 RDO Equipment, Billings ....................................A22 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell ................B28 Rock Bottom Fencing, Chinook ..........................A33 Rockwell Scales, Simms.....................................B18 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River ...............................C62 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond .C16 Scenic City Trailer Sales, Belgrade .....................B14 Seubert Insurance, Chester, Shelby ...................C40 Shobe Auction & United Country Realty, Lewistown .........................................................................A2

Shop Specialties, Ronan ......................................A2 Shortline Ag, Inc, Scobey ...................................A31 So-Lo Air, Valier ..................................................A65 Sod Buster Sales, Polson ............................C8, C30 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ..............A32 Steel Etc, Great Falls .........................................C43 Steinhatchee, Lance Nelson, Stevensville............A8 Stock Drive Trailer Sales, Dillon ..........................B32 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad .............A65 Sunrise Equipment, Sidney ................................C53 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls ........... A38, C52 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester .......................B16 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby ..................................C67 The Gear House, Helena....................................A28 The Repair Shop, Choteau .................................A32 The Truck Shop of Billings ..................................A64 Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks C25 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester ...................................B23 Tilleman Motor Company, Havre ........................C13 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange.....................................C12 Tomsheck Ag LLC, Oilmont ................................C63 Torgerson’s, Ethridge, Great Falls, Lewistown, Havre, Denton, Billings .........................................C2, C3 Townsend Seeds, Inc, Townsend ........................C36 Tractor & Equipment, Great Falls, Billings, Williston, ND ..................................................................C33 Transport Equipment, Missoula ..........................A14 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield ............................A19 Trendline Vermeer Sales, Baker..........................A58 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton ............... A46, C60 Tri-County Implement, Sidney.............................A53 Triple T Sales, Chinook .................................. B2, B3 Triple W Equipment, Kalispell, Missoula, Ronan C11 Vaughn Truck, Havre .................................. B22, B33 Vermeer ..............................................................C34 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester ...........................A7 Wally’s Over Door Co., Great Falls .....................C52 Warne Chemical & Equipment Co, Rapid City SD ... ............................................................................C12 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad...............................C65 West Plains Implement, Beach, Dickinson, Bowman, Hettinger.........................................................B35 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula ..........C45 Western Pipe & Rod, Joe Gunderson, Columbia Falls ................................................................C48 Western Trailer Sales, Havre ..............................A50 Wichman Ag Supply LLC, Hilger ........................A58 Wild Horse Seed, Havre .....................................A33 Wilray Manufacturing, Fort Benton .....................C44 World Equipment, Idaho Falls, ID .......................C31 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade, Ronan ..........B20 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow ................................ B24, B25 Zomer Truck, Conrad ..A9, A38, A66, A67, A68, C64

2006 Ford Mustang convertible, V6, 5 speed transmission, only 58,000 miles.............$8995 New 2014 Ford Escape SE 4x4, 4.0L ecoboost, automatic, heated leather, remote start & more!............ Up to $2000 Customer Cash or $1000+ 0%/60 months - oac

2013 Ford Fusion SE 4 cylinder, automatic, moonroof, 12,000 miles, warranty.......$21,995

2011 Ford Escape XLT 4x4, 4 cylinder, automatic, moonroof, leather, 38,000 miles, very clean...................................................$17,995

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2011 Ford Fiesta SES 5 door hatchback, 4 cylinder, automatic, moonroof, 11,000 miles, 40 mpg................................................$12,995

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2011 Ford Taurus SEL V6, automatic, moonroof, 14,000 miles...............................$17,995

2010 Ford F150 XLT supercrew, 4x4, 5.4L V8, automatic, only 54,000 miles, very clean, one owner..................................................$24,995

2007 Ford Escape XLT V6, automatic, 4x4, 92,000 miles..........................................$8495

2013 Ford Edge LTD AWD, V6, automatic, heated leather, 19,000 miles, warranty............ ...........................................................$28,995

2005 Ford Lincoln LS V6, automatic, leather, 73,000 miles..........................................$6995

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Power Motors 50-50 deal. Pay half now - pay half next year

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New Westfield 26-6 electric motor drive. ON HAND.

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61-10 Westfield mechanical swing hopper.... .........................................................$5000 65-10 Bazooka mechanical swing, customized...................................................$2000 61-10 Brandt mechanical drive, blue...$6500 71-13 Westfield MK series..................$7500 71-13 Westfield MK Plus series......$14,500 81-13 Westfield MK Plus series......$15,500

Used 71-13 Westfield MK Series Used 60-10 blue Brandt mechanical

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OSU ranks seventh worldwide in ag and forestry

By Daniel Robison, Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) has been recognized as a world-class center in agriculture and forestry, ranking seventh in a new international survey of more than 200 schools.

For the second year, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings has compiled a list of top agriculture and forestry institutions. The service considered nearly 3,000 universities in 30 subject areas in its overall review.

In 2013, OSU’s agriculture and forestry programs placed eighth in the world.

“Our rising world ranking is a testament to the continued great work of our faculty and researchers,” said Dan Arp, dean of OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

“We’re excited about another top global ranking that recognizes the breadth and depth of our research and teaching, and our great partnership with the College of Agricultural Sciences,” said Thomas Maness, dean of OSU’s College of Forestry. “It’s very satisfying to see the excellence of our faculty and students recognized internationally.”

Considered one of the most influential and respected firms surveying higher education, QS World University Rankings uses a variety of metrics to score universities in teaching and research, including academic and employer reputation surveys, the number of articles published in academic journals and the amount of citations generated by publications.

As the state’s Land Grant University, Oregon State and its agricultural and forestry programs have been a vital component of the school’s mission since its founding in 1870.

The College of Agricultural Sciences is Oregon’s principal source of knowledge and research in agricultural and food systems, environmental quality, natural resources, life sciences and rural economies.

In recent years, OSU’s agricultural programs have also received national top-tier rankings from the Chronicle of Higher Education for research, with wildlife science and conservation biology ranking first, fisheries science second, botany and plant pathology and forest resources at fifth, and agricultural and resource economics seventh.

The College of Forestry is Oregon’s principal forestrelated research institution, strengthening fundamental understanding of forested ecosystems, helping forest-based businesses compete in a global marketplace, supporting the viability of communities, and informing development of public policy that balances environmental protection and economic development.

OSU’s College of Forestry has also been recognized as the top university program of its kind in North America by the Journal of Forestry.

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New Diamond C car haulers 3500, 5200 & 7000# axles 16-ft. 18-ft. & 20-ft.

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

New Haulmark & Look Enclosed Trailers

1-New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck skid steer trailers, 80” wide, 7000# torsion axles, foldover ramps, tread plate fenders, treated wood floor, radial tires........................$5895 1-New Circle D 18-ft. bumper pull, with 16” tires, 7000# axles, ramps..................$4695

Excellent Selection On Hand NEW STOCK & HORSE TRAILERS

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4-New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailers with sliding center gate. Each.......$9395 4-New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock with 2 sliding center gates. Each...........$10,395 1-New Circle D 6’x16-ft. bumper pull stock trailer, 5200# axles.............................$7295

NEW UTILITY FLATBED TRAILERS

New 18’x83” heavy duty car hauler, wrap tongue, 6” channel frame, brakes on two axles, 7000 lb. axles.................................................................................................... $4395 New 18’x83” deluxe car hauler, wrap tongue, set back jack, brakes on two axles, ramps, 5200 lb. axles.................................................................................................... $3995

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New Diamond C 32-ft. gooseneck tandem dually with beavertail, torque tube...$12,295 New Diamond C 30-ft. gooseneck tandem dually with beavertail, torque tube...$11,595 New Diamond C 28-ft. gooseneck tandem dually with beavertail, 20,000# GVW.$10,595 1-New Circle D 31-ft. triple axle gooseneck with 7000# axles, 12” I-beam frame, folding beavertail, 2 jacks, 21,000 GVW........................................................................$9495 1-New Circle D 29-ft. (including beavertail) tandem dually gooseneck..................$9995 2-New Circle D 25-ft. (including 3 piece beavertail) 2-7000# axles, Each.............$7395 1-New Circle D 24-ft. with one piece beavertail.....................................................$6895

Trail King 42-ft. triple axle, air ride belly dump................................................................. $32,900 Trail King 42-ft. triple axle belly dump, spring suspension............................................... $22,900 3-1995 Trail King 42-ft. triple axle belly dumps. Each...................................................... $22,000 1993 Trail King 43-ft. triple axle belly dump..................................................................... $22,000

NEW DUMP TRAILERS

New Travalong 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailers......................................$9395 New Travalong 14-ft. gooseneck dump trailers.....................................$10,395 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailer......................................$7995 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull dump trailer with tarp.......................$8495

New Circle D pickup flatbeds

Duralite 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer............................$3500

Wide selection of van trailers.........................Starting at $5000

H&H enclosed gooseneck trailer with 21-ft. floor, ramp & side door, 5200# axles.........$8500

Circle D flatbeds, gooseneck hitch plate, lights, headache rack, rear skirt. Black 7x7............................... $1450 8x9............................... $1850 71/2x81/2........................ $1450 8x11............................. $2150 71/2x9........................... $1520 COMPANION™ 5th WHEEL RV HITCH

30-ft. tandem axle flatbed trailer with removable hay rack.......... . ...................................$4500

1979 Champ 5000# gas forklift, 21-ft. height, side shift..$10,500

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Transcraft DTL-2100 48x102 drop deck............................. $22,500

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

1982 Aztec 45-ft. step deck trailer...............................$13,500

1999 Reinke 48-ft. aluminum high box, 102” wide...$14,900

2007 GMC 3/4 ton, 4x4 regular cab with 6.0L V8, automatic, 159,000 miles, NEW HydraBed, nice condition......$22,900

1998 TrailKing TK40LT 20 ton (19’ & 5’) pintle hitch equipment trailer...................$9500

TrailMax 24-ft. tandem dually tilt bed pintle hook trailer, air brakes, 24,000 GVW....$6995

Logan Coach tandem axle enclosed trailer. SHARP!............$5995

Large Trailer Parts Inventory

• Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps • Tie-downs • Bearings & seals • Jacks • Etc.

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The deadline for advertising in the June issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 30. Phone (406) 279-3291.

NEW TARTER 3-pt. equipment

6-ft. HD landscape rake.................$700 6-ft. MD disc...................................$915 QA super spear.............................$435 Middle Buster potato plow............$165

Good Selection Of Spike Tooth Harrows Starting At $150.00

USED HAYING

New Holland side delivery rake............ . ......................................... JUST IN International Balance Head sickle mower...........................COMING IN International 24 sickle mower............... . ....................................COMING IN Hesston 30A stacker.... MAKE OFFER Bucket mount bale spear...............$400

CONSIGNED Red Devil 8-ft., 3-pt. snow blower..$2500 John Deere 7700 Turbo combine, JD 224 header, batt reel, pickup reel, straw chopper, chaff spreader..$4500 Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with Perkins diesel........................ CALL Sitrex 2 wheel, 3-point rake..........$350 Disc 9-ft. pull-type, needs work... CALL Feterl grain auger..........................$300 Kuker 3-pt. sprayer with booms and hand gun, 150 gallon tank.....$1000 Fimco 150 gallon 3 point sprayer with booms, handgun. Like new.... CALL Vermeer 605K round baler, twine only.. . .............................................$5500 Zetor 8’2” 3 point disc mower......$2500 John Deere side delivery basket rake.

Nice condition........................$1200

TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS

John Deere 2640 2WD, 3 point, PTO.... . .............................................$8750 International 200.................... JUST IN Oliver Super 55 with complete engine rebuild....................................$3850 Front Dozer Blade with manual adjust.

Fits various models................$2500 Westendorf TA26 loader for CIH 1594 tractor, no bucket....................$2000 Farmhand F10 loader with grapple fork......................................... CALL Dearborn loader for Ford 8N.........$750 White Cab to fit Oliver 55 Series tractor............................ MAKE OFFER NEW LOAD OF TRACTORS JUST ARRIVED

DS4510H - DS4110 - DS3510 CK2510HST - CK35HST

MISCELLANEOUS

Hesston BP10 bale processor....$1750 2 horse bumper pull trailer.............$750 Bush Hog 3 point, 12-ft. plow.....$1650 BEN-SER SE63 63” snow blower with frame. Runs off rear PTO, fits 40-60 hp tractor................................$2500

NEW Tebben Rotary Mowers

6-ft................................................$1440 5-ft......$1250 4-ft......$1175

SPECIAL This one’s gotta go!!

New Bale King 5100

We now have

WALLENSTEIN

wood splitters, chippers and log grapples available.

MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS New Behlen 60” rototiller with slip clutch......................................$1650 New Behlen 7-ft. rock rake.......... CALL New Eagle 7-ft. 3 point rear blade.$675 New Eagle 8-ft. 3 point rear blade.$725 New Front Mount QA bale spears for skid steer loader mount......... CALL

NEW SPEECO POST HOLE AUGERS IN STOCK Standard Duty and Heavy Duty - 9” and 12” Augers SITREX RAKES

NEW Eagle box scrapers New Eagle 560HD..................... $625 New Eagle 566HD..................... $699 New Eagle 672HD..................... $729 New Eagle 784 HD.................... $779

RH discharge. List $22.500 One Only.............................$19,995

PARTS UNITS Case IH 1594 2WD with 3 point and PTO, no rear tires...... FOR PARTS Ford 3000 3 cylinder diesel, Selecto-Speed, good tires, loader. Parts tractor...................................$3500 John Deere 3010 Complete tractor for parts.....................................$2500 International 656 hydro............$2500 Oliver 1755, 77 & 1855.. FOR PARTS

Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply

MILLER LOADERS

Phone (406) 227-6821

East Helena, Montana

Serving HELENA and surrounding areas for 62 YEARS!

SHAVER POST POUNDER

Come visit us at www.helenafarmsupply.com

ONE ONLY SPECIAL! Just In New Kioti Mechron 4x4 UTV

$12,500

Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply

Phone (406) 227-6821 East Helena, MT

Soil nutrient management publications for forage crops

Forage crops provide substantial income to many Montana farmers. They are also an integral part of livestock production systems. Improvements in forage production through good soil fertility practices have the potential to increase income for farmers and ranchers.

Montana State University Extension has recently published two bulletins, “Soil Nutrient Management for Forages: Nitrogen” and “Soil Nutrient Management for Forages: Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, and Micronutrients.” These publications present soil nutrient management options for Montana forage production systems based on regional research results.

The key to nutrient management for optimal forage yield and quality is to select the right fertilizer source, rate, placement and timing for your operation, known as the 4R concept.

“These are usually interrelated. For example, the right rate, placement and timing are very dependent on the source,” said Clain Jones, co-author and Extension soil fertility specialist in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences (LRES) at Montana State University.

In addition, selecting the right crop and the best management practices to maximize legume nitrogen fixation are also critical.

“Getting it ‘right’ not only increases your bottom line, it also protects soil, water, and air resources,” said Jones.

Nitrogen is the most common nutrient that needs to be added for production of forages containing a low percentage of legumes, while phosphorus and potassium are more important for those dominated by legumes.

The correct balance of nutrients can influence stand species composition and is important for efficient fertilizer use and forage yield and quality. Fertilizer rates should be based on soil tests or plant tissue concentrations to ensure adequate amounts, yet minimize the risk of forage nutrient concentrations that are toxic to livestock.

Timing of fertilizer application depends largely on the source in order to optimize the amount of nutrient that gets taken up by the crop, rather than lost to the environment.

“Nutrient sources that slowly release their nutrients over time, such as manure, phosphate rock or elemental sulfur, can extend benefits over years, while many commercial inorganic fertilizers are more immediately available,” said Jones.

Legumes may be the most economical source of nitrogen.

“Because fertilizer can become tied up temporarily in the soil and plant material, the economic benefit of fertilization should be evaluated over several years,” said Jones.

Adequate nutrients are key to sustaining stand health and most likely are less expensive than reseeding or interseeding.

If stands are largely desirable species, rejuvenating old forage stands with fertilizer is more effective than mechanical rejuvenation methods such as aeration or harrowing. “Well thought out nutrient management on forages can easily pay for itself,” said Jones.

The bulletins are available as printed copies from MSU Extension, www.msuextension.org/store or (406) 994-3273, as well as online at Jones’ webpage at http://landresources. montana.edu/soilfertility/publications.html

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For Sale!! x is it n U o is Th ton Urea b 9 , s r u o h 500 ld) (box is so today!! call Give us a

BOX IS SOLD

2013 International 7400 with SIMONSEN R MODEL BOX, 9 TONS OF UREA AND 85-FT. SPREAD

Simonsen Spreaders in Stock

• Simonsen Spreaders offer the highest return on investment of any equipment you can own.

• Organize your own time, spread your own, on your own schedule • Simonsen — Accurate / Economical / Simple

“Get yours now for spring application”

New 2013 International 7500 Floater Chassis Arriving Soon - Just give us a call!

FULL LINE OF TRUCK MOUNT SPREADERS WITH ANY OPTION NEEDED

Simonsen Equipment In Stock:

(7) New 8-ton SS hydraulic drive, variable rate pull type carts with Raven controllers.

(3) New 9-ton SS R Model truck mount spreader box.

New 8-ton SS Q Model truck mount spreader box.

“Top and Side Tenders Available in Any Configuration”

VECTOR 300 CHASSIS

350 HP CUMMINS, Allison automatic, mechanical 4WD, planetary axles, deluxe ag cab, stretch frame, row crop or floaters.

2014 Nelson Ag 350 chassis

IN ST OCK

NOW Com Take e In & A Lo ok

***The Vector Chassis Can Be Equipped with*** Ag Trucks SS Liquid System Up To 2000 Gallons / 132-ft. Booms Sprayflex SS Liquid System Up To 2000 Gallons / 150-ft. Booms New Leader G4 Boxes 8 ton plus / 85-ft. spread (UREA)

Available: 2014 Nelson Ag 350 chassis.

Let us install a new Simonsen R box that holds 9 ton of urea or an Ag Chem Air Max 1000 box.

350 hp, Allison automatic, auxiliary transmission, planetary rear axle, full float tires.

Equip with any GPS system of your choice.

AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

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NEW 2014 Vector Chassis/ Sprayflex 2000 - 150-ft. booms

• Deluxe cab • 350 hp non-emissions Cummins engine • Allison automatic transmission • 4WD/ Planetary axles • Sprayflex 2000 - 150-ft. mid-mount aluminum boom • Raven Viper Pro, Accu Boom, Smart Trac, Ultra Glide boom height • Rear camera, Spray test

SOLD......

BUT WE’LL MAKE MORE!!

SPRAYFLEX NOW OFFERING REAR MOUNT BOOMS

Vector 300 with Sprayflex 2000 gallon / 150-ft. boom Sprayflex Sprayers

• 1000-2000 gallon poly or SS tanks • 80-ft.-150-ft. boom widths • New poly tank configuration • Extremely resilient boom design • Load sensing hydraulic system In Stock - New Sprayflex 1500 gallon, 120-ft. boom

FIELDSTAR 2000

Ag Trucks

“All fabrication and Installation Are Done By Ag Trucks Employees in Our Own Shop. Experienced Installation Assures That Your System Will Last For Many years”

• Mounting • Fabrication • Truck Selection • Gearing • Tires and Rims • Hydraulic • Electrical • GPS and Controllers

FIELDSTAR 1450

2000 gallon SS tank

FIELDSTAR 1500

1450 gallon SS tank

1500 gallon poly tank

*** UNITS FOR SALE OR CONSIGNED *** 2008 Marflex 1450/110

2008 CASE IH 4420 PATRIOT

2008 International 7400 with Marflex SS 1450 gallon with 110-ft. aluminum box boom, automatic, auxiliary transmission, air ride, high rise front axle, Raven spray controller, 1700 hours.

Very nice and well cared for.

2008 Vector 300 Chassis

COMING IN!!

Self propelled sprayer, 1200 SS tank, 100-ft. boom, row crop tires, Raven Viper Pro, hydraulic Smart Trac, Accu-Boom, auto boom height, Aim Command, 2500 hours.

1997 Freightliner FL70 / Marflex 1250 / 110” Cummins, auto, air, row crop tires, hi-rise front axle, hydraulic steering, with Marflex 1250/110-ft. booms, auto boom height, Trimble 500, Ez Steer.

1992 GMC 8500

Cat engine, semi-float tires, near new NYB spray system, 1000 gallon, 90-ft. booms, engine drive, guidance, immaculate condition

Long wheel base, 300 hp Cummins, Allison automatic, MH transfer case, 4WDF, planetary axles, Raven Viper Pro, hydraulic Smart Trac. Ready for Spreader Box or Large Spray System

2007 GVM PROWLER 9275

COMING IN!!

Cummins, powershift, 4WD, 2 sets of tires, 1500 gallon SS tank, 100ft. boom, Raven Viper Pro, hydraulic Smart Trac, Accu-Boom, auto boom height, 2800 hours.

New Sprayflex Sprayers on Order, Call and Reserve Yours Today

AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

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AG TRUCKS and EQUIPMENT Visit our website: www.agtrucksandequipment.com

Phone Dave Bell 406-899-7530 or Steve Raska 406-788-5361 – Great Falls, MT

DON’T FORGET!!!

We are also a Trimble sub-dealer for Triangle Ag-Services of Fort Benton, Montana

AG TRUCKS SPRAY SYSTEM ON 2013 IH 7400 CHASSIS

BOX HAS BEEN SOLD

2013 International 7400 Chassis, 330 hp, Allison automatic, 2 speed auxillary transmission with SS 1280 gallon tank, 90-ft. steel boom, Raven Viper, Accu Boom, Smart Trac, Ultra Glide boom height, 45 mph road speeds.

2013 IH 7400 Workstar

Only 500 hours, 335 hp, Allison automatic, auxiliary transmission, #30,000 rear axle, high rise front axle with hydraulic steering, row crop tires, closed center hydraulic kit, Raven Viper Pro, Smart Trac. Ready for either a spreader box (sold separately) or spray system of your choice...OR BOTH!! as this is a set up for quick change.

Give us a call about your application needs.

Truck Sprayers/Spreader Boxes and Carts/Small Sprayers along with Trimble and Raven Products.

Case 4420 ~ Coming In!

1200 gallon SS tank, 100-ft. boom, 385x46 tires, Raven Viper Pro, Accu Boom, Ultra Glide boom height, AIM Command, 2400 hours. Very nice condition and well taken care of.

2008 Marflex 1450/110

2008 International 7400 with Marflex SS 1450 gallon with 110-ft. aluminum box boom, automatic, auxiliary transmission, air ride, high rise front axle, Raven spray controller, 1700 hours. Very nice and well cared for.

RBR VECTOR 300 with 14-ft. NEW LEADER BOX

This machine will quick change to a sprayer in one hour!

It has a 350 hp Cummins, Allison automatic transmission, 33,000# planetary axles, 9 ton Urea or 2000 gallon spray system, boom widths from 90-ft. to 150-ft., and your choice of booms.

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2006 POLARIS RANGER FOR SALE

6 wheel drive, fully enclosed cab with heater, windshield wiper, power dump box, low hours. Excellent condition....... ..........................................................................$6750 obo

Call David at (406) 544-8869

LOADERS AND SHREDDER FOR SALE

John Deere 2630 3-pt., PTO, 80 hp, loader, 6148 hours................. $15,000

John Deere 5010/20 145 hp, PTO, 18.4/33 duals, loader with grapple, 890 hours since overhaul.................$10,000

Phone Jeff at (406) 450-1976 or (406) 450-1911

Alloway Flail 20-ft. shredder, PTO........ .....................................................$3000

---- 2- & 4-WD TRUCKS ----

2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 crew cab, short box, 6.0L, automatic, work truck package, 22,000 miles.

2010 GMC Sierra 2500 SLT 4x4, crew cab, short box, Duramax, Allison, leather, navigation, running boards, turnover ball, spray-in bedliner. High miles, very clean.

2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4, 5.3L V8, extended cab, long box, 20,000 miles.

2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4, extended cab, long box, Duramax, Allison transmission.

2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4, crew cab, topper.

High miles, very clean.

---- USED CARS ----

2013 Chevrolet Impala LTZ, heated leather, sunroof, loaded, 14,000 miles.

2013 Chevrolet Cruze LT RS, 4-door, heated leather, sunroof, 11,500 miles.

2013 Chevrolet Impala LT, cloth interior, sunroof, XM Radio, 9800 miles, red jewel.

---- USED SUV’S & VANS ----

2009 Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD, cloth interior, sunroof, 86,000 miles.

2008 Chevrolet TrailBlazer 4x4, 78,000 miles.

2012 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4, heated leather, 24,000 miles, black.

2011 Chrysler Town and Country Touring L, heated leather, loaded, 45,000 miles.

2006 Chevrolet TrailBlazer EXT AWD, 7 passenger seating.

DIRKES’

Phone Gene Lewis in Fairfield 467-2321 Fairfield toll-free 1-800-967-2445

Phone Bob Dirkes in Choteau 466-2061 Choteau toll-free 1-800-345-2061

Ag and natural resources fundamental to success

By Charlie Stoltenow, Assistant Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources, NDSU Extension Service North Dakota exists because of its agriculture and natural resources. The state is blessed with productive soils from border to border. Because of that, many people, including my ancestors, came here to farm and ranch.

Some may consider our climate a bit on the harsh side, but the seasons of the year set a natural rhythm, resulting in an abundant production of food and fiber for the state and the world.

North Dakota routinely leads the nation in the production of about 10 different commodities. This is not by accident.

North Dakota is very fortunate to have special people who work the land and care for the animals. The men and women of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) program have been working alongside these special people for the past 100 years and will continue to do so for the next 100 years.

This year, NDSU Extension celebrates the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act, which created the national Cooperative Extension System. As part of that celebration, we are focusing on how we extend knowledge and change lives.

For example, Extension ANR is helping producers stay on the cutting edge of crop production through precision agriculture. One of the latest efforts involves testing and demonstrating the effectiveness of in-field sensing for determining when and where to apply fertilizer.

A crop sensor mounted on a fertilizer applicator shines red, green and near infrared light at plants to see how much light reflects back. The amount of reflected light indicates how well the crop is growing. That data goes into a computer in the tractor, which lets producers adjust their fertilizer applications. This allows producers to apply the right amount of fertilizer exactly where the crop needs it, saving them money and reducing the potential for chemical runoff.

The explosive growth of the “oil patch” in western North Dakota has created opportunities and challenges for the people who live there and their animals. Early in the summer of 2013, Extension ANR conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of obtaining baseline water quality data in six counties in and adjacent to the oil patch. This study was initiated in response to an increase in water samples sent to the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory during the 2012 drought and some producers’ concerns about oil field development impacts on their water quality.

Crops, range and livestock all depend on soil. Managing soil is complex. To help producers and landowners better understand the complexities and interactions of multiple management practices, we created the Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm. It is a collaborative project involving a private landowner, NDSU and commodity groups.

The SHARE Farm is in Richland County. It provides a location for integrated, whole-system program development to allow long-term research and Extension activities across multiple disciplines to take place.

Extension ANR is not engaged only on the farm or ranch, but in the cities of North Dakota as well. Gardens in North Dakota produce an estimated $56 million worth of vegetables each year. But the simple production of vegetables does not tell the whole story.

Extension ANR has a Master Gardener program that trains people so they can, in turn, train others. Extension ANR also has a Junior Master Gardener program for youth. Through these programs, people become engaged in agriculture, develop an affinity for the land and its resources, and educate our youth as to where their food comes from.

We are seeing a growing separation in knowledge between modern agriculture producers and the food-consuming public. In response, Extension ANR has been involved in a collaborative outreach program designed for the consumers of North Dakota. It’s called BBQ Boot Camp.

Developed in 2009, BBQ Boot Camp has educated more than 5,000 people across North Dakota and surrounding area about the importance of agriculture in everyone’s life through the production and consumption of food.

BBQ Boot Camp educates participants on food safety, proper food preparation, different methods of cooking, best utilization of differing types and cuts of meat, and use of rubs and spices. Also contained in the educational message are where the meat comes from, how it is produced, what livestock stewardship is, and who the people are who raise these livestock to be consumed as meat. continued on page b9

NDSU riders named reserve high-point team

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) equestrian team finished its regular show season as the Zone 7 Region 3 reserve high-point team.

“I am extremely pleased with the team’s performance this year,” says Tara Swanson, the team’s coach. “We had a fairly young and inexperienced team, but they showed remarkable growth throughout the course of the year.”

Four members of the team participated in the Zone 7 Region 3 semifinal competition March 29-30 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. They competed in preliminary rounds March 29, and all four advanced to the finals the following day.

NDSU team members and their placings at semifinals were: • Hailey Aagard, a junior from Wadena, Minnesota - first in beginner horsemanship • Janna Rice, a junior from Maddock - third in advanced horsemanship • Ashley Lindell, a senior from Solway, Minnesota - seventh in open horsemanship, honorable mention in reining • Cami Slaubaugh, a junior from Wolford, Minnesota seventh in intermediate horsemanship Rice and Aagard will advance to the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s National Horse Show in early May in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The four team members earned their spots at the semifinals by placing first or second at the Zone 7 Region 3 regional championships held at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on March 2.

Teams are assigned randomly to one of the three semifinals. Each individual class has 18 qualified riders.

“The semifinals riders fought hard to gain their spots in the placings against tough competition,” Swanson says. “These individuals showed poise, determination and a tremendous amount of talent in their rides, and I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B9

KENWORTH TRUCK FOR SALE 1989 Kenworth 21/2-ton tilt cab truck, 8.3 Cummins engine, 6 speed transmission, 22-ft. Knapheide grain & livestock box, heavy duty flatbed, 30-ton Knaphoist, 1100-22.5 tires at 75%....... $15,000

Call 406-788-4468 or 277-4463, Larry Murphy, Belt, MT

New MORRIS HD4SR Big Square Bale Stacker The HD4SR will pick up and stack 3-ft. by 4-ft. and 4-ft. x 4-ft. dry large square bales. It is a well designed machine, built to be used in most farming conditions.

It is constructed of heavy wall tubing along with custom designed cylinders to give maximum life.

Stacks are aligned both vertically and horizontally for easy loading to a truck with a bale clamp or squeeze.

New MORRIS 1400 & 900 Hay Hikers Haying operations must be efficient in the face of rising costs.

Morris Industries has become an industry leader in round bale systems. The proven ProAg Hay Hiker turns round bale loading and unloading into a fast, easy, one-person operation, saving you time, money and labor.

Up to eighteen bales can be picked on the go, in a single pass, and unloaded without ever having to leave your tractor cab. The ProAg 900 and the larger capacity ProAg 1400 Hay Hikers deliver superior performance and value.

Hoven Equipment

Members of NDSU’s equestrian team display the ribbons they received at the Zone 7 Region 3 semifinal competition in Texas. Pictured (from left) are team members Janna Rice, Cami Slaubaugh, Hailey Aagard and Ashley Lindell, and coach Tara Swanson.

Ag and natural resources fundamental to success continued from page b8

are where the meat comes from, how it is produced, what livestock stewardship is, and who the people are who raise these livestock to be consumed as meat.

People need food and fiber. Food and fiber are produced through the management and use of agricultural and natural resources. Extension ANR is proud to be part of a system that is so vital and fundamental to North Dakota’s success.

The NDSU Extension ANR program also is committed to continuing to create learning partnerships that help adults and youth enhance their lives and communities. ##### Two old men are sitting in a diner, kibitzing.

“I just got my annual physical,” one says.

“Yeah, how did that go?” the other asks.

“It was a lot like raising my son.”

“What do you mean?”

“Hours of waiting and boredom. And, when it was over, what did I get? Just a big pain in the rear.”

406-727-7153

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

New

XL78 Rock Picker

Fast, clean, tough and efficient.

We made the XL-78 to pick rocks faster, and with less dirt in the bucket. They’re tough farm hands that stand up to the rough and tumble world of rock picking and you can depend on them to get your rock picking jobs done quickly and easily.

Hoven Equipment

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

Other Brands That Hoven Equipment Carries:

Agco - Bobcat - Hesston - Massey Ferguson - Gleaner - Sunflower - Morris MacDon - Vermeer - Versatile - Farm King - Buhler - Bourgault - Highline Donahue - Westfield - Schulte - AG Leader - AG Shield - DemCo - Lee Agra J&M Mfg. - H&S - Universal - Danuser - Shaver - Wheatheart - Westendorf Alloway - Ezee-On - Quicke

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B10

New J&M 375 Speed tender

USED AIR DRILL

IN STOCK

New Augers IN STOCK

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

10x70 13x70 13x85 CONSIGNMENTS

Steiger 335 articulated 4WD, duals....$137,610 John Deere 8760 4WD tractor with 3-pt., no PTO................................................. $48,000 John Deere 410 tractor with backhoe attachment................................................ $12,900 John Deere 7700 combine.................. $10,000 White header, 15-ft..................................CALL Massey-Ferguson 8570 combine, 30-ft. header, pickup header.................................. $39,000 MacDon R85 16-ft. rotary disc hydra swing...... ........................................................$34,000 Versatile 400 swather with 21-ft. header..$6000 Brandt QF1500 sprayer.......................... $8900 Brandt 90-ft. trailer sprayer..................... $8500 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, 120ft. booms.......................................... $12,000 Bean sprayer, 300 gallon, 100-ft. hose reel.$1250 1116 BF adapter conditioner fits 9030 bidirectional................................................... $2000 Flexi-Coil 7500 60-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, 3450 tank......................................... $60,000 Morris Maxum 49-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, double shoot, 7300 tow behind tank.$44,000 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine... $12,900 New Holland 1030 balewagon............... $2500 Westgo 8x31 PTO drive auger............... $2250 GT 8x40 grain auger, PTO drive............... $990 1965 Dodge truck with hoist, V-8, 5 speed transmission....................................... $1900 1996 Eagle tandem dually pintle hitch flatbed, 6-ft. beavertail..................................... $6000 Danuser J20/80 3-pt. digger................... $2000

Lee Manufacturing

2009 Bourgault 3310 PHD 55-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, single shoot, L6450 tow between tank, 3-tank metering.....................$184,900

New Holland SD440 air seeder, 57-ft., 12” spacing............................................$74,900

SX275 Sprayer

New

The Versatile SX275 is designed with the same simplicity and reliability you’ve come to expect from Versatile. A 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, modern cab, and complete precision application system creates a productive working environment for long days in the field.

The SX275 has a highly efficient Max Torque® two-wheel mechanical drive system. With unparalleled power-to-theground the SX275 takes full advantage of its 275 hp Cummins engine and heavy-duty Allison 5-speed automatic transmission with locking torque converter.

Versatile self-propelled sprayers boast an impressive boom system with an extreme-duty design. The boom was built with the most efficient strength-toweight lattice-style construction and the center pivot is top mounted on the booms center section. The ProAction-Flex® boom was designed to ensure your sprayer performs where it matters most. Utilizing a tandem rubber torsion suspension the SX275 has the industry’s most advanced parallel boom linkage.

Tractors

New

Versatile 280 MFWD 3-point, PTO, 280 engine hp

Versatile 190 MFWD

3-point, PTO, 190 engine hp., loader, grapple

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

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

Morris Contour C2 86-ft., 8650 variable rate tow between cart, 12” spacing.......$299,500

Morris Maxim II 49-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 7300 tow between tank............................$65,000

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT

New Holland 1032 pull type balewagon..$6900

500 & 1000 gallon fuel tanks

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

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

New 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.

USED PROCESSORS 2-Brandt VSF round/square processors. Each were $11,900............... Reduced To $9500 Rem 3600R bale processor. Was $11,900...... ..................................... Reduced To $9500

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

Haybuster 2650 round bale processor. Was $10,250........................ Reduced To $9750 Haybuster 256 Plus II pull-type. Was $10,500........................ Reduced To $9750 3-Highline 6600 round bale processor. Each were $6500................... Reduced To $5900 “Our service sets us apart”

406-727-7153

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

www.hovenequipment.com

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NEW Massey Ferguson® 6600 Series Tractors Made to fit your farm like a WORK glove.

100 - 125 PTO hp Three models will be available, each offering multiple configurations and options to tailor the machine to the exact needs of the customer and the job at hand. The entire line-up will boast an EPA Tier 4i compliant 4-cylinder engine from AGCO Power, and will range from 130 to 150 engine HP (100 to 125 PTO HP). All machines come standard with 4wd and cab, and customers will have a choice of Dyna-4, Dyna-6 and Dyna-VT transmissions.

4600, 7600 & 8600 Series Also IN STOCK As Well As New Compact Tractors

New

NEW M205 windrower Windrowing technology takes another leap forward How do you improve a machine that has set industry benchmarks for speed and productivity? The answer is you focus on pushing the boundaries even further; things like giving every model a horsepower boost, improving operator comfort with an all-new suspension system and boosting infield performance with an upgraded header drive. What you won’t find changed are the things operators loved, such as intuitive controls, easier maintenance and the exclusive Dual Direction® technology that permits faster travel to and from the field at road speeds up to 23 MPH.

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Massey Ferguson Hesston 2270 Big Square Baler

Setting new standards in performance and capacity.

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

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Our GC1700 Series sub-compact tractors are versatile, comfortable and easy to operate. With features like the roomiest operator platform in their class, a comfortable seat, logically placed foot pedals and controls, and an integrated loader joystick, and push button cruise control.

USED TRACTORS, CRAWLERS

Versatile 450 4WD with PTO............... $297,000 2-Challenger 575B tractors, no loaders. Each... . ........................................................ $99,000 New Holland TC33D compact tractor with belly mower................................................ $13,900 Case 310 tractor with loader..................... $2500 Cat D4 crawler with dozer......................... $6900

USED WINDROWERS

Case IH 8840 with 14-ft. auger header, 21-ft. draper header................................ $28,000 MacDon 9352 windrower, 14-ft. 922 sickle header.............................................. $45,900 MacDon 9300 windrower with 960 30-ft. header, pickup reel........................................ $39,000 2-Hesston 8450 with 14-ft. header. Each....... ...................................................... $30,000 International 5000 windrower with 25-ft. draper header................................................. $8900 Hesston 1170 pull-type hydro swing....... $8900 Case IH 8370 hydro-swing...................... $5000 John Deere 955 rotary disc.............. $14,000 John Deere 945 rotary disc MoCo....... $10,900 John Deere 945 14-ft. rotary disc MoCo.$10,900 John Deere 930 10-ft. pull type rotary disc mower.................................................. $4500 New Holland 1475 mower conditioner.... $6800

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Challenger BA4 3x4 bale acumulator....$6900 Woods 3-pt. backhoe..............................$6500 Woods DS120 10-ft., 3-pt. rotary mower..$5900 Horst 36-ft. draper header trailer............$5900 WW 2-horse bumper pull horse trailer....$1750

COMING IN

Hesston 8110S 30-ft. header.

Hesston 8100 30-ft. header & 16-ft. auger head.

ROUND BALERS SQUARE BALER

Case IH LBX432 3x4 square baler with cutter...................................................$73,900 Case IH 8590 4x4 big square baler....$32,900 Massey-Ferguson 2170 3x4 big square baler................................................$79,900 Massey-Ferguson 2170 3x4, cutter... $62,900 Hesston 7434 3x4 square baler.........$62,900

USED AUGERS

MK 13x81..............................................$18,000 Farm King 10x80 swing hopper............$10,900 Farm King 13x70 swing hopper. Like new.......... ..........................................................$15,900 Farm King 13x70 auger with mover.........$9900 Westfield J Series belt drive PTO............$3500 Westfield MK 13x91 swing auger.........$18,000 Westfield MK flex 13x71 auger.............$22,900 Westfield 13x70 swing auger...................$9900 Westfield MK 10x70 swing hopper..........$5500 GT 8x41 belt drive, PTO auger.................$1200 Wheatheart drive over hopper..................$9000

USED SPRAYERS

Melroe 4450 Spra-Coupe, 80-ft. booms, 400 gallon tank...................................... $65,900 Summers suspended boom............... $34,900

USED COMBINES

Massey-Ferguson 9895 with FD70 45-ft. MacDon header.................................... $278,000 Gleaner R65 combine....................... $144,900 Gleaner R72........................................ $32,900 Gleaner L3 combine............................ $14,900 Gleaner N6 combine.............................. $9900

USED HEADERS

Gleaner 4200 pickup header..............$14,900 1996 MacDon 920 14-ft. hay header..$14,000 3-Gleaner 15-ft. N-series pickup headers with Victory 7 or 8 belt attachment. Each.$5900 30-ft. bat reel off 8570 header.................$799

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Case IH RBX562 with net/twine.........$15,900 New Holland BR780A round baler....$13,900 New Holland 688 round baler......COMING IN New Holland 664 with net/twine.........$11,000 Hesston 5556A with mesh wrap........$29,000

Hesston 5556A twine only.................$22,000 Hesston 956A round baler coming in..$12,000 Hesston 565A with mesh wrap.............$7900 Hesston 565A round baler....................$5000 “Our service sets us apart”

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New

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Loader mover assembly Specials – Call for Details

New Belt Conveyors

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NEW 9530 Vertical Tillage Grain Drill Sunflower offers the best of both worlds in the new Model 9530 grain drill – capacity and versatility. Equipped with a new divided hopper, the 9530 provides the operator with the ability to apply fertilizer during planting or convert the hopper to an all-seed model for up to 150 bushels of capacity (40-ft. model), which translates into more time in the field and less time filling.

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

Culling order for fall-calving herds when forage is limited

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B12

The deadline for advertising in the June issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 30. Phone (406) 279-3291.

MT Certified Seed Plant (406) 566-2282 - Stanford, MT

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FEED BARLEY and SAFFLOWER CONTRACTS Call for Details Seed Dealer Feed Dealer

Feed Dealer

By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Specialist With low cattle numbers in some areas of the United States producers would like to expand their beef herds. However, in much of the western part of the Southern Plains, Mother Nature has not cooperated. Many producers are currently being faced with limited forage availability due to drought and (in a few cases) wildfires. One of the first management tools that should be evaluated for cow/calf producers is to cull poorer producing cows and capture their value at a time when the prices for cows and culled replacement heifers are strong and allow for some capital investment to be used when cattle prices may be lower and forage supplies are more plentiful.

Below is a suggested order of culling for fall-calving herds in the face of diminishing forage supplies.

Culling order: 1. Open (non-pregnant) old cows 2. Open replacement heifers 3. Old cows with unsound mouth, eyes, or feet and legs 4. Open cows of any age 5. Thin cows over 7 years of age (BCS < 4) 6. Very late bred young cows The first two items on the list are automatic culls in any forage year. Old, open cows are not worth keeping through a low-forage, expensive feeding period. Replacement heifers that were properly developed and mated to a fertile bull or in a well-organized AI program should be pregnant. If they are not bred, there is a likelihood that they are reproductively unsound and should be removed from the herd while still young enough to go to the feedlot and grade choice with an A maturity carcass.

The more difficult decisions come when the producer is short enough in forage and feed supplies that he/she feels the need to cull cows that have been palpated and found pregnant.

That order of culling starts with line 5 on our culling order.

This is necessary only when grass and feed supplies are very short. The thin older cows are going to require additional feed resources to have a high probability of being productive the following year and the late bred 2 year olds are least likely to have long-term productivity in your herd.

DIESEL ENGINES In Stock 2002 GMC C7500 with new flatbed, 8.1 automatic transmission, runs on propane..................................... $5500

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

4 Cat 4 Cummins 4 Detroit 4 Isuzu 4 Volvo

Onan diesel generator.............. $1500 Other gas generators starting at.. $350

We carry a LARGE SELECTION of rearend and axles!

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Motorhomes for salvage.

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2010 Carrier X2100A reefer unit with 2924 hours.

Large selection of

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

2004 air ride slideout axles on 22.5’s.. .................................................. $2000

Set of 8 Bridgestone 295/75R 22.5 caps, 80% on aluminum hub pilot wheels

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Thinking of diversifying with crop rotation?

By Meryl Rygg McKenna Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land to improve soil fertility, reduce economic risk, and help control insects and diseases.

A little background Crop rotation strategies have been around for ages; archaeologists say Middle Eastern farmers alternated between legumes and cereals as far back as 6000 B.C. European farmers used three-year rotations from the late Middle Ages until the 19th-20th centuries, and Belgian farmers developed four-field rotations as early as the 16th century using wheat, turnips, barley and clover.

As the Green Revolution grew from the 1940s to the late ‘60s, agricultural practices shifted away from crop rotation.

Modern farming promoted monocultures supported by highyield crop varieties, modernized irrigation and management techniques, fertilizers and pesticides.

However, growing the same crop repeatedly can disproportionately deplete the soil of certain nutrients, creating higher fertilizer needs along with potentially higher weed, insect and disease infestations.

Why rotate?

Crop rotation is known to decrease weed, insect and disease issues, reduce economic risk, and increase yield.

Good rotations involve crops that use nutrients and water efficiently from different areas of the soil, depending on root depth and breadth. For example, crops such as canola, winter wheat and mustard can scavenge deep nutrients and bring them closer to the surface. A rotation with only pulse (nitrogen-fixing) crops and spring small grains will not be able to reach as deep in the soil, and once nitrate is below their root zones it will likely be lost.

Alternating crops of deep-rooted and shallow-rooted plants also improves soil structure. Fibrous roots should help with aggregation, and tap roots should help break up plow layers.

Rotation is a key tool for managing weeds, pathogens, and insects that often occur when one species is cropped CONTINUED ON PAGE B14

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B13

The deadline for advertising in the June issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 30. Phone (406) 279-3291.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B13

NEW 2014 PJ 14-ft.x96” gooseneck deck over dump trailer, split spreader gate, tarp kit, 15,400 GVW. Retail $9379.

SPECIAL PRICE....................................... $8349 NEW 2014 PJ 14-ft.x96” deck over dump trailer, BP split spreader gate, tarp kit, 14,0000 GVW. Retail $8299. SPECIAL PRICE................ $7369

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Retails $7939. Sells for............................ $7089

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Retail $8421. Will sell for......................... $7599

New PJ 26-ft. deck over power tilt, cold weather wiring harness, 102” deck width Retail $8839. Will sell for......................... $8429

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continuously. Crops with different shapes and growth habits create environments that discourage weed establishment. It is also important to vary crop growth periods (that is, winter vs. spring crops; early vs. late spring planting) to keep weed communities off balance.

A traditional element of crop rotation that is seeing renewed interest is the replenishment of nitrogen through the use of green manure – cover crops – in sequence with cereals and other crops. More information is available from the MSU Extension Service at www.msuextension.org.

Down to specifics Kory Leininger is a Certified Crop Adviser based in Scobey, Mont. We asked his perspective on a few points: Question: How can a grower decide between cropfallow, crop-crop-fallow, and recrop?

KL: I would call this a risk issue. In our area (northeastern Montana) fallow acres have declined significantly. While leaving a field fallow can increase water storage and help manage weeds, it can also lead to decreased organic matter, increased nitrate leaching and soil erosion, with no immediate economic return.

Since we’ve been having abundant snow and rainfall, spring wheat and durum have been yielding just as well on pulse crop stubble as following fallow. Growing the pulses brings profit, whereas fallow acres do not. Drier years might not yield as well following pulse crops as after fallow, but the money made growing the pulses, coupled with the cost of fallow, would likely push the profitability of pulse/wheat rotations ahead of the wheat/fallow rotations.

In my opinion, raising pulse crops decreases the risks associated with recropping. Without pulse crops, the decision would be based on moisture and commodity prices. The risk would increase from crop-fallow to crop-crop-fallow to recrop. Higher commodity prices would lower the risk of recropping, as would abundant soil moisture at planting to some extent, but ultimately it would come down to gambling on in-season rainfall.

Factors in favor of crop-crop-fallow or recrop over cropfallow include making money on the pulse crops, increased N availability because of nitrogen fixation, and breaking disease cycles.

How can a grower decide between canola, lentil, pea, or other alternative crops?

KL: The first thing to look at would be your past chemical applications. You need to be sure you don’t have any residual chemicals hanging around to nail next year’s crop. For example, some chemicals would devastate lentils or peas, but not canola or mustard… and vice versa. Some take a year to go away; some take as long as five years. Check the labels on chemicals you’ve been using to see what rotation restrictions they have, and err on the conservative side.

Specifically, herbicide overlap can double the time needed for herbicides to degrade to the point where they’re not toxic to sensitive crops like lentils.

You also need to make sure you have the right equipment. Raising peas and lentils requires you to have a field roller and a flex head on your combine, which can be significant investments. Dirt and straw clumps need to be flattened or they can make harvest miserable.

Are there cost issues to consider?

KL: There’s a myth that raising peas and lentils is cheaper because you need less fertilizer. In reality, raising peas and lentils can be just as expensive when you factor in seed costs, inoculants, land rolling, fertilizer, chemical and possible fungicide applications, desiccation, and higher harvest costs.

Canola has high seed and fertilizer input costs, but the price of oilseeds right now helps balance them nicely. Plus, newer pod-shatter resistant varieties eliminate the need to swath, which lowers the input costs.

What other factors are important?

KL: Pulse crops are particularly sensitive to insect pests. For example, with cutworms, the economic threshold for peas and lentils is much lower than for wheat. Just a few cutworms per square yard can quickly thin a stand of peas or lentils, leaving bare spots or uneven ripening in fields.

Another example is grasshoppers in flowering lentils. Most growers wouldn’t think much about two ‘hoppers per square yard in wheat, but that same number of ‘hoppers in lentils can clip off enough flowers to cause significant economic damage. Growers, or their advisers, need to scout early and often when growing any alternative crop.

For more information on certified crop advisers, go to http://www.certifiedcropadviser.org.

Putting beef sustainability into context

By K-State Research and Extension In grocery stores across the United States, many favorite national and local brands of foods, particularly meats, might also bear labels that include “grass-fed,” “organic,” and “hormone-free.” With the varied products available, consumers undoubtedly have many food options to accommodate their preference and diet.

Jude Capper, Ph.D., who is an expert in beef sustainability, said she hopes consumers are aware of what the labels truly mean so they can make informed choices.

“I would hope that we buy any beef - whether it’s conventional, organic, local, grass-fed - whatever our choice is, it must be an informed choice,” Capper said. “It isn’t simply on the basis of, ‘Well, I think it must be better, because I feel like it is somehow.’ We have to base our choices on facts, and if we do, we are always making a good choice.”

Capper is an independent sustainability consultant who also has adjunct and affiliate positions at Washington State University and Montana State University. She was a featured speaker at Kansas State University (K-State) on November 19 and presented, “Is Your Hamburger Killing the Planet?” The presentation was part of the Upson Lecture Series hosted by the Food for Thought student organization at K-State.

Sustainable beef The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines sustainable as “able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed” and “involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources.”

In agriculture, turning forages and by-product feeds that we can’t eat into food, Capper said, is sustainability. Conventionally raised cattle might be treated with antibiotics when they are ill, fed genetically modified corn, or implanted to replace or supplement hormones to help them grow. Using these technologies to reduce water and land use helps make the conventional industry sustainable.

“The conventional industry has been sustainable and will continue to be sustainable, because we know now far better how to treat our cattle, how to feed them, how to breed them, how to calve them, than our parents and grandparents did,” Capper said. “Over the last 30 years, we’ve used 12 percent less water per pound of beef. We use 33 percent less land per pound of beef, and the carbon footprint per pound has come down by 16 percent. It’s a huge achievement on behalf of the industry.”

Capper said regardless of how farmers and ranchers raise beef, conventionally, organically or by another method, any beef production system can be sustainable given three things are in place: economic viability, environmental responsibility and social acceptability.

“It doesn’t matter if you have 20 cows, 200 cows or 2,000 cows, whether you have Angus, Hereford, Limousin or Belted Galloway, any system can be sustainable providing these three things are in place,” Capper said.

The most important of the three, she said, has always been economics. If a business is economically viable, that business will remain in place for years. The other two factors - environmental responsibility and social acceptability - have always been important, but they have become more important with the advent of social media and consumers having more access to information.

Capper said to effectively reach consumers and provide truthful information, beef producers need to listen to consumers’ needs and not just educate them. There must be a two-way conversation.

Making information easier to understand Putting information into context for the consumer is key, Capper said. Most consumers care about air, land and water, but it is difficult to put those into context as they relate to raising cattle.

For example, Capper found in her research that using growthenhancing technologies, such as implants in feeder cattle, reduce beef’s environmental impact by 10.7 percent. This means more than 4.2 tons of feed, an acre of land and 22,722 gallons of water are saved per 800-lb. beef carcass because of the use of those technologies. The cattle get to their finished weight faster and, therefore, don’t require additional feed, water and use of the land compared to cattle that are not implanted.

“Most of us can’t picture an acre of land or 4.2 tons of feed, but what we almost all care about is feeding hungry kids,” Capper said. “By the year 2050, we’re going to have about 9.5 billion people on the planet. At the moment, one in seven kids don’t have enough food. So, if we can express the benefits of improved efficiency and improved productivity in terms of feeding more hungry kids every single day, that should resonate with the consumer.”

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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B15

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Nachurs products offer a variety of starters and foliars. While our starters and foliars are part of a complete fertilizer package, they are not meant to replace your broadcast fertilizer progam.

Your crop has a Maximum Yield Potential. Every decision you make impacts whether you maintain that maxiumum yield or lose it. Your yield potential can drop dramatically.

That is why getting your crop off to a fast and uniform start with starter fertilizer is so beneficial. Maintain your crop’s Maximum Yield Potential.

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- Place processed feed in a bunk. The Highline processor gives processed, dry, full bunks that maximizes your cattle feed intake.

- Spread bedding bales up to 50 feet for an even and lofty spread. Quality bedding is created while using up to 50% less straw.

- Process one bale while carrying another on the forks. This saves time by allowing continued operation before having to load again.

- Loading a bale is a one person job from the tractor cab.

- The processor unrolls and processes round bales with PTO-powered flails. This process blows away mold, dust and mildew.

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New website, distribution system for Montana potatoes

By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service A new grant will make it easier and more affordable for Montana gardeners to buy disease-free potatoes that got their start in Montana, said Nina Zidack, director of the Montana State University Potato Lab. The two-year $50,000 grant from the Montana Specialty Crops Block Grant Program allowed the MSU Potato Lab to develop a new website and distribution system, which means that Montana garden centers, nurseries, truck farms and other businesses can order Montana certified seed potatoes online at www.mtseedpotato.org. Wholesale orders made by mid-March will be consolidated and then trucked to central locations across the state by mid-April. Businesses can pick up their potatoes at the offices of participating MSU Extension agents.

The new website and distribution system will help prevent disease from entering Montana and should introduce more Montanans to the 24 varieties of Montana certified seed potatoes listed in the 2013-2014 wholesale directory, Zidack said.

Since the directory was developed in 2011, many nurseries and garden centers in the far reaches of Montana have had trouble obtaining those potatoes because of transportation costs. Better access to Montana seed potatoes may also encourage more Montanans to try purple mashed potatoes and red potato chips, since the potatoes come in colors ranging from white to yellow to red to purple.

Lewis and Clark County Extension Agent Brent Sarchet said he grew Purple Fiesta, All Blue, French Fingerlings, Nordland (Red) and Yukon Gold potatoes in his garden last summer. In addition to that, he planted about 15 varieties in a community garden to show students in his Master Gardener course and other horticulture classes some of the Montana certified seed potatoes that are available.

“Most people had no clue that we grow seed potatoes in the state and have that diversity of different varieties,” Sarchet said.

The 2013-2014 directory depicts the ever-popular Russets, as well as other varieties, including the German Butterball, Mozart, the Purple Viking and the Innovator. The directory shows an oval potato with distinct yellow eyes and an oblong potato with shallow eyes. It displays two-toned potatoes, potatoes that are entirely purple, and potatoes that have purple skin dappled with pink splashes and stripes. It describes some of the potatoes as being great for making potato chips, while others are excellent for potato salad, soup or pretty much everything.

“I use them for everything,” Sarchet said. “I really like the Kennebec for hash browns. The rest of the potatoes, I use for mashed potatoes, baked or roasted. I like them all.”

One new variety in the Montana directory is the AmaRosa, a long potato known as a fingerling. It’s red inside and out and ideal for microwaving, frying or baking, according to the directory. Zidack said Montanans will have even more new varieties to look forward to next year, including Huckleberry Gold, Russian Banana, Swedish Peanut and Rose Finn Apple. The Rose Finn Apple is an heirloom fingerling with blush-colored skin and a bright yellow inside. The Swedish Peanut is shaped like a teardrop, and it’s perfect for baking or roasting. The Russian Banana has tan skin and dark yellow flesh. The Huckleberry Gold produces round to oval tubers with purple skin and yellow flesh.

Sarchet said he also taught his students about the potential dangers of bringing out-of-state seed potatoes into Montana.

At least one person, as a result, canceled a huge order of out-of-state potatoes and bought Montana potatoes instead.

Zidack said some gardeners want to grow the specialty potatoes they have seen in magazines, so they order seed potatoes from catalogs. Montana allows the importing of seed potatoes for gardens, but those potatoes sometimes come from areas that have frequent outbreaks of Late Blight and higher levels of virus diseases.

Some Montanans also buy seed potatoes at grocery stores or plant potatoes left over from previous seasons, but those aren’t good ideas either, Zidack said. Certified seed potatoes grow better potatoes, and potatoes sold in grocery stores are often treated to restrict the sprouting of tubers. Potatoes sold in grocery stores may also may come from other states and carry virus diseases and tuber and soil-borne pests.

Montana has a $40 million seed potato industry, with 50 family farmers providing almost half the seed potatoes planted by commercial growers in the Columbia basin, Zidack said. Because Montana provides seek stock for such a large portion of the nation’s potato crop, Montana has CONTINUED ON PAGE B17

Putting beef sustainability into context CONTINUED FROM PAGE B15

in terms of feeding more hungry kids every single day, that should resonate with the consumer.”

Giving cattle, specifically steers, hormone implants allow them to grow faster, but not any faster than would be allowed by their genes, Capper said. The hormones given to these cattle replace the hormones that are taken out when the bulls are castrated into steers.

“Hormones are often thought about to the consumer as a frightening thing,” Capper said. “All foods contain hormones, with the possible exceptions of salt and sugar. If it’s an apple, pork chop or cheeseburger, they all contain hormones. We have to put those into context for the consumer.”

Looking ahead If farmers and ranchers are working toward being more efficient, more productive, and using less land, water and fuel to produce a pound of beef for that consumer’s next hamburger, they are making the world a more environmentally better place for the future, Capper said. Social acceptability of agricultural technologies that improve the environment might be improved with more producer and consumer engagement.

“A picture tells a story of 1,000 words, and video clips even more so,” Capper said. “We can reach so many people through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, all of these sites, but we’ve got to do it in an effective manner to get our message across to the consumer every day.”

Capper frequently updates her website (http://bovidiva. com/) with research-based information about beef and dairy sustainability. A video with Cappera’s full interview is available on the K-State Research and Extension YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6sve0oEPYY&featu re=youtu.be).

Food for Thought works to bridge the gap between agriculture and consumers. More information about the student organization at K-State can be found on the organization’s blog (http://bloggingfoodforthought.blogspot.com/), Facebook page or Twitter page.

The Upson Lecture Series honors Dan Upson, who taught at K-State’s College of Veterinary medicine for 35 years before retiring in 1994.

New website, distribution system for Montana potatoes CONTINUED FROM PAGE B16

the country’s strictest regulations governing seed potato production. To help protect the industry, Zidack encourages home gardeners to plant seed potatoes that have been certified through the MSU Potato Lab, where all certified seed potatoes in Montana originate.

“Increased planting of Montana-certified seed in gardens will reduce the risk of introducing pathogens or other pests which would cause serious disease outbreaks resulting in monetary losses to growers,” Zidack said.

The MSU Potato Lab, officially called the MSU Seed Potato Certification Program, tests for three types of viruses that reduce yield of potatoes and cause mosaic patterns, which is one symptom of diseased potatoes, Zidack said. During the summer, inspectors also walk through every seed potato field in Montana to examine the plants. During the winter, they conduct post-harvest testing by shipping tuber samples from every field and every variety grown in Montana to a former sugar plantation in Hawaii. The tubers are planted in plots on Oahu and inspected after 40 days.

Testing in Hawaii during the off-season allows Montana growers to have the results before their growing season begins in the spring, Zidack said.

For more information, call the MSU Potato Lab at (406) 994-6110.

May 26, 2014

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B17

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Hesston 8110S swather with 16-ft. auger header, 25-ft. shiftable draper header................$35,500 Hesston 1014 14-ft. hydro swing with double sickle..............$3000 New Holland 1045 2 wide self propelled balewagon, 6 cylinder gas engine..............................$4599

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Cow lease/share arrangements match cows to feed resources

By Jim Krantz, Jack Davis, Dan Oedekoven, Shannon Sand, Warren Rusche and Julie Walker, SDSU Extension

South Dakota cattlemen challenged by dwindling grazing resources to support their production systems may find cow lease/ share arrangements as an alternative to herd liquidation. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, South Dakota’s cowherd totals (ranked 5th nationally) grew by five percent from 2012 to 2013. Maintaining that growth may be difficult with the continued conversion of pasture and hay ground to crop acres.

Cow lease/share arrangements offer a logistical solution in some instances for cattlemen with surplus grazing acres or winter-feed and those who do not have those vital resources available to them.

Those contractual agreements typically are unique in almost every circumstance due to the individuality of their management programs, herd genetics, cow frame size or long term goals.

Fundamentally, with share agreements in particular, discussions begin with the identification of the contributions each party will provide in this cow partnership. From the owner’s (lessor) viewpoint, those contributions usually include the cows themselves along with an accompanying health program and the bull power to service the cows. The latter is sometimes listed on the lessee side of the ledger instead depending on the desires and goals of both parties.

Inputs typically listed as contributions from the lessee might include feed, grazing acres, labor, equipment and facilities. When individual contribution values are tallied, some idea of the percentage of inputs each will provide can then serve as a guide for sharing the calf crop value. A common industry value used extensively in recent years is a 70% - 30% share arrangement where the cow owner receives 30% of the calf value at a designated date. In nearly all arrangements, the cow owner will receive all the cull cow proceeds.

As these agreements are drafted, it is important for both parties to remember that this industry value may or may not fit every situation. This standard usually implies that the agreement includes a time frame of one year that typically runs from October to October. Should that time frame vary, adjustments to the percentage of calf value shared may need to be altered as well. While this percentage may be the primary driver in the share arrangement, there are a number of additional factors that need consideration as lessor/lease discussions continue: • All agreements should be in writing: While many business arrangements have been done on a handshake to the benefit of both parties, there are numerous examples of verbal agreements that have failed because the parties couldn’t agree on exactly what had been agreed to. Having things in writing goes a long way to eliminate those problems.

• Start date/end date: As stated above, typical share agreements run from October to October but should be specifically documented in writing, regardless of what it is.

That timeline should also include a date when the owner needs to take responsibility for his share of the calves.

• Bred Cows: Cow should be guaranteed pregnant when they arrive. (If October start date) • Cow numbers: On multi-year share agreements, is there a “minimum number”

of cows guaranteed by the owner? (How are replacements handled?)

• Pregnancy test: Cows should be pregnancy-tested each fall to document non-bred individuals and eliminate winter feed costs involved with wintering them.

• Heifer development and/or backgrounding: If calves are to be backgrounded or heifers developed, a separate agreement needs to be made where the owner of the calves pays for the feed costs and yardage expenses. Combining this enterprise with the cow lease makes determining an equitable split of the calf crop much more difficult.

• Cow Body Condition Score: Herd body condition score should be assigned to cows when care for them is transferred, so both parties are aware of the expectations for cow condition if the agreement is terminated at some point later. Use of a third party to assist both parties in that process is recommended.

• Death loss verification: Procedures utilized by insurance companies to verify cow death loss can be adopted and included in the cow share agreement. That typically involves the services of a licensed veterinarian with the expense normally assigned to the cow owner.

• Health programs: Expectations for herd health, cows and calves, should be outlined in the agreement as well. Unique marketing programs sometimes have limitations on vaccines or treatment protocols making it essential to list them so they can be complied with. In addition, both party’s veterinarians should be consulted for input, especially if the new environment is significantly different than the present one.

• Creep feeding: Creep feeding calves for some is a standard practice while other cattlemen prefer to forgo that management scheme. That decision should also be a part of the agreement. If it is utilized, creep expenses are normally shared in the same percentage as calf value is.

• Method of division: Next to agreeing on sharing of calf value, how that share is to be divided may deserve some serious consideration. When all the calves are sold at public auction, the process is simple mathematics. Where calves are designated for owner/operator possession, the process is something to be discussed thoroughly as the agreement is being prepared.

Cow lease/share arrangements may be a win-win scenario for cattlemen with cows and limited feed resources, especially grazing acres, and cattlemen who have the resources to meet those very needs. However, only after establishing a business mindset and doing some personal homework are cow share agreements truly destined to be “win-win” for all involved.

Two resources may be valuable to those interested in exploring cow share arrangements: • Beef Cow Rental Arrangements For Your Farm by the North Central Farm Management Extension Committee (http:// aglease101.org/DocLib/docs/NCFMEC-06. pdf) • SDSU Extension Feed & Forage Finder Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F56042226 7324542%2F): Contains listings of those with feed resources and those with cattle and needing these resources.

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B19

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3-2012 Case 8230’s COMING IN 2012 Case IH 500HD 4WD.................................................CALL 2007 John Deere 568 round baler, MegaWide pickup, net/ twine.......................................................................... $18,000 Agco Hesston 856 round baler...................................... $12,000

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CALL FOR DETAILS 2-2011 Case IH 550 Quad Trac, low hours, one with PTO, loaded........................................................................JUST IN Case IH STX480 Quad Trac, luxury cab, powershift, 4 remotes, hi-capacity pump, 1900 hours................................. $248,000 Case IH 9280 4WD, 12 speed Synchro, 4 remotes, 20.8x42 triples......................................................................... $65,000 Case IH STX375 4WD, 5240 hours................................ $84,000 Case IH STX425 Quad trac, 3-pt., PTO, 4 remotes, standard pump, 6180 hours................................................... $160,000

USED SKID STEERS Artsway 14-ft. pull-type grader, excellent condition....... $10,500 Brent Avalanche 1084 1000 bushel grain cart, 520/85R38 duals, roll tarp....................................................................... $39,995 Brandt 20” drive over conveyor grain deck..................... $12,900 Alloway 10”x70-ft. swing auger, hanger bearings, 540 PTO....... . ..................................................................................... $6500

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2010 Case 445S3 skid steer, cab with air, heat, and radio, heated air ride seat, electric connector, hi-flow, 183 hours... $42,000 Case IH 445S3 skid steer, cab with air and heat, air ride seat, hi-flow, radio, 500 hours............................................ $42,000 2007 Case IH 445CT track loader with 74” bucket, loaded with options....................................................................... $38,000

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Visit us on the web at: www.glasgowimplement.com 2-2013 Case IH Patriot 4430 120-ft. self propelled sprayers, loaded up!! 350-450 total hours.....................JUST TRADED New Holland SF115 suspended boom, 90-ft. booms with screens, 1500 gallon tank........................................................ $38,000

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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B20

NATIONAL PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY – May 10

National Provider Day also known as National Child Care Provider Day is annually celebrated on the Friday before Mother’s Day. It is a special day, set aside, to recognize child care providers, teachers and other educators of young children everywhere.

Child care providers deserve a big “THANK YOU” for their dedication, commitment and compassion.

Less than one-third of the children in America have a full-time stayat-home parent. The child care provider is a partner in raising one’s children. Parents carefully choose their child care provider. It may be a private home daycare, a daycare center, an in-home provider, or a livein nanny. They put their trust in them as they share the child rearing responsibilities with them.

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Mitsubishi Satoh Beaver 4WD, loader (18 hp) with backhoe.................................................. $8995 without backhoe............................................. $5995 General 10 rotary cutter, 3-pt. Excellent............. $3895 Land Pride 5-ft. finish mower, 3-pt., PTO. Like new...... ....................................................................... $1100 NEW Tytan 6” hydraulic wood chipper, 3-pt., PTO........ ....................................................................... $2995 1989 Chevrolet 3500 steel flatbed, new diesel engine, automatic........................................................ $4500 1991 Mazda B2200 2WD pickup , new engine, new seat, 29-33 mpg............................................. $2695

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Bale grazing popularity continues to grow

Michigan State University Extension The benefits of grazing are numerous. Grazing allows animals to feed themselves in a low stress environment, lowers human labor requirements for feeding and manure management, as well as creating a more pastoral image of the animals spread out across the landscape contently grazing forages at their leisure.

In northern climates these benefits are assumed to end once the fields turn white with snow. But a growing trend in the beef cow-calf industry is to continue the benefits of grazing all winter long by using the concept of bale grazing.

Bale grazing has been around for decades in one form or another. Midwestern farms often practiced it once the corn stalk fodder ran out in a corn field, others evolved into it once their cow herd grew too large to be contained in a barnyard.

As a solution, they began feeding hay on adjoining pastures and crop fields that had wind breaks. With the advent of the hay round baler it became much easier to set a supply of winter hay out for the cows to consume in locations farther from the farm buildings. Then in the last twenty years this practice was refined and given a name – bale grazing. It has since been talked about in trade magazines, at educational conferences and its popularity continues to grow.

Bale grazing is the practice of spacing apart individual round bales of hay across a field in strategic lines looking much like a checkerboard from the sky. The entire supply of hay to be fed through the winter is set out at one time in the fall. Then once hay feeding begins a single strand of electric portable fence is strategically set across the field giving the cows access to only a small portion of the bales at one time.

After so many days of feeding by the cows, once the hay is cleaned up, the electric wire is re-set to feed off another portion of the bales. Once the bales are initially set in place in the late summer or fall, a tractor may not be needed to feed the cow herd for the rest of the winter. The hot wire and portable posts can be moved by hand thus avoiding jelled fuel lines, dead batteries, snow plowing and cold weather engine wear and tear on the tractor.

Bale grazing of winter hay has many benefits. As long as wind breaks are accessible, the cows prefer being outside.

Even in stormy weather, when they have access to the shelter of a barn, they will tend to stay near wind breaks in the open air environment. Environmentally, when managed properly on frozen ground, bale grazing is better than feeding in a confined dirt lot area, as the manure and urine are uniformly dropped across the landscape as the cows follow the rows of hay bales across the field. Once dropped these nutrients are absorbed by the root system of the sod that is still active under the snow. These sod fields are a much better location for the nutrients to be deposited rather than in a barn yard that has few growing plants. These concentrated barnyards with only a soil base quickly turn to mud and become a nutrient sinkhole. The nutrients leach to the subsoil before mechanical scraping captures them in the spring.

Labor requirements for pasture bale grazing are less during the cold winter period, as all that is required is the fence and possible feeder ring movement. Contrary to popular belief, a pasture or hayfield on which bale grazing is practiced is not destroyed by the hoof action. When bales are set out properly across the field and feed locations are constantly moved, there is little permanent sod damage. The resulting nutrient application along with the wasted hay adds forage seeds and organic matter back to the field rejuvenating old low yielding fields into highly productive stands after just a few years of bale grazing.

All that is needed for bale grazing is a sod field with water drainage and wind protection. Temporary fencing can be installed if necessary. Water sources can be developed if travel back to a frost proof water source is too far for the cows to walk. Electricity for pumping water and charging the fence can be improvised with solar collector panels and battery storage so few fields are off limits for bale grazing.

Even grain stubble fields can be utilized as long as thawing soil conditions are closely monitored to avoid soil compaction. Plans and guidelines for these concepts are available from Michigan State University Extension.

Think your winters are too severe for bale grazing? Bale grazing is often used in most of the Canadian Providences with cow herds ranging up to 800 cows or more where winters are longer and more severe than most of the lower 48 United States.

Bale graziers are innovators and have not stopped at just figuring out ways to make winter feeding less costly. Some continued on page b21

Bale grazing popularity continues to grow

Trader’s Dispatch, May 2014 — Page B21

The deadline for phoning in advertising for the June 2014 issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 30. Phone (406) 279-3291.

continued from page b20

are seeding cover crops into wheat, sorghum or corn stubble and grazing the cover crop first and then setting bales on the field to be grazed along with the cover crop regrowth later. Others take a late first cutting of hay in mid-summer, never remove the bales from the field, let the second cutting growth stock pile for winter grazing and bale graze the bales and the stockpiled regrowth that winter. This is a winter feeding system with the following benefits: very little machinery labor as no bales are hauled; a big first cutting yield of low quality hay; a good stockpiled second cutting growth of quality forage that combined with the hay meets the nutritional needs of the gestating beef cow; and a field that will respond very well with yield the following year as a lot of seed will be dropped as well as manure nutrients.

Some bale graziers are even taking this a step further, and are not weaning their calves in the fall! They have begun letting the nursing calf stay on the cow well past seven months of age bale grazing the cow and calf into March. They are finding the calves stay healthy, grow surprisingly well without grain and virtually self-wean themselves by March at which time the cows and calves are finally separated.

Thin body condition cows of four or less, or cows that are heavy milkers are not good candidates for this, but most other healthy cows seem to maintain body condition at acceptable levels to rebreed properly the next summer.

One change these farms have made for this system to work is to move their calving date back into May and June. This allows them to calve in sequence with spring grass growth and to give the cows an approximate 60 day dry period before the next calf is born. Research will be needed to test the economics of this system but many times the innovators lead the research.

Partially out of economic necessity and partially out of wanting a better quality of life, beef cow calf innovators are making the bale grazing craze continue to grow and expand its possibilities!

To discover how one or both of these systems can benefit you, call us today at (406) 492-8229

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On the trail of fire ant pheromones

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing innovative techniques to combat one of the world’s worst invasive species, the red imported fire ant.

In the United States, fire ants cost $7 billion in control, damage repair and medical care each year. They infest millions of acres in urban, agricultural, wildlife, recreational and industrial areas.

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology in Gainesville, Florida, are investigating chemicals called pheromones that are secreted by the ants. Pheromones signal alarm, mark trails to food, attract workers to brood and the queen, and unite males and females for mating.

Entomologist Man-Yeon Choi and chemist Robert Vander Meer at the Gainesville center have shown for the first time that a neuropeptide called pheromone biosysnthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) activates production of trail pheromones in ants.

PBAN was first discovered by ARS scientists in Beltsville, Maryland, in the 1980s. They found that the hormone regulates sex pheromone production in female moths. Since then, scientists have found that other insects, including cockroaches, have this type of PBAN family peptides made of two or more amino acids.

Choi injected fire ant workers with PBAN peptides and found a significant increase in pheromone production. He and Vander Meer also identified the DNA sequence of both the PBAN gene and receptor gene, which allowed them to test the function of PBAN in trail pheromone production using a new technique called RNA interference (RNAi).

This involves taking normally single-stranded RNA from a gene and making double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that can be used to suppress that gene’s expression.

When scientists injected dsRNA of either the PBAN gene or receptor gene into ants, they found that ants produced less trail pheromone. They also discovered that adult ants and larvae injected with PBAN-RNAi had significant mortality, compared to ants that didn’t receive the injection. Pupae that received the treatment had delayed development and a high death rate.

Scientists plan to investigate whether other pheromones are activated by PBAN, and if dsRNA can be used for fire ant control.

ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency.

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California ranchers anticipate devastating drought impacts

By University of California - Davis Department of Agriculture have declared As California braces for record drought, drought emergencies for California. ranchers are among the most immediately A statewide drought, such as the one that impacted, and most say they are not ready occurred from 1976 to 1977, would today for the severe water shortages and lack of exacerbate the effects of earlier regional forage that drought would bring, according droughts, according to many of the ranchto a new study by researchers at the Univerers who responded to the UC Davis survey. sity of California, Davis.

With already conservative numbers of cattle A statewide survey and follow-up inin their herds, ranchers must now consider terviews by the research team document a culling their herds to stay afloat as producdeep and growing concern over the severe tion costs rise. conditions facing the ranching community.

California ranchers are accustomed to More than one-third of interviewed ranchers surviving drought. With a Mediterranean expect devastating impacts to their operaclimate, drought conditions occur for about tions if drought conditions persist. four months every year during the summer UC Davis postdoctoral researcher Leslie dry season. The last two winter wet seasons, Roche and colleagues surveyed 511 ranchhowever, have been below normal, forcers across the state about their management ing many ranchers to already implement decisions, including how they respond to drought plans. Most ranchers interviewed drought. She is following up the survey said that three to four of the last 10 years with in-depth interviews to dig deeper into have been in drought. When asked if they the specific factors affecting each ranching consider themselves adaptive managers, family and, so far, has met in person with almost all said, “you have to be.” more than 60 ranchers across California.

“Multi-generation ranchers, who have “Last year’s drought has really been on been viable in this state for a long time, have a lot of people’s minds,” said Roche. “But a lot to tell us from their own experience,” because this winter drought has hit so hard, said Ken Tate, a plant sciences professor and it’s an extremely prominent concern among a Cooperative Extension rangeland waterranchers right now.” shed specialist, who is working with Roche.

She noted that ranching is often the sec“They have to have flexibility and options tor of California agriculture that is most in order to adapt,” Tate said. “Those who vulnerable to drought because it depends on have less flexibility -- fewer types of forage, rain-fed systems, rather than stored water or fewer places to go with cattle -- tend to be groundwater. the ones having a harder time adapting to In 2013, California experienced its dridrought because their ‘toolbox’ is smaller.” est year on record, and the state’s current The UC Davis research team discovered snowpack is just 17 percent of average. As continued on page b26 a result, the state government and the U.S.

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USED AIR DRILLS

2013 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 41/2” steel wheels, double shoot, stealth openers. #NDN226....................................Demo

2011 New Holland T9030 4WD, 498 hours, 385 hp engine, 16 speed powershift, 710/70R42 tires, PTO, luxury cab, HID lights, weight package. #UTNH94............................................... JUST IN

2012 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 31/2” steel packers, double shoot with P1060 tow between air cart, 430 bushel, variable rate, duals. #UDNH15................ Just in Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, 31/2” steel packers with 1610 tow behind air cart. #UDF235................................................. Just In

USED MISCELLANEOUS

2008 New Holland T6020 110 engine hp, MFD, 16x16 powershift transmission, loder/bucket/grapple, 650 hours. #UTNH96.....................................$62,000

Bourgault 8800 40-ft. air drill, 8” spacing, 3” plastic packers, single shoot, 3225 tow behind 2-compartment with engine. #UDB007.................... Just In

USED COMBINES

1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 5.5” rubber, 550# trips, single shoot with tow between Flexi-Coil 3450 variable rate tank. #UDF216....... . ..............................................................$63,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, stealth bodies with 2320 tow between cart.......... . ..............................................................$36,000

2013 Morris Pro Ag 900 hay hicker, 11Lx15FI tires, side rail kit, auto bale turner...................$19,500 Valmar 3255 32-ft. - 80-ft. granular applicator, 2250# capacity with cover, used very little............$4500

2012 New Holland CR-8090 337 separator hours, 450 hp, Class 8, abrasive package, 620-70R42 duals. UCNH73........................................ Just in 2007 New Holland CR-9070 1383 separator hours, 20.8R42 duals, straw chopper, moisture/yield, dual speed rotor, 400 hp diesel, 330 bushel grain tank, deluxe mirrors. #UCNH69...................... JUST IN 1998 New Holland TR98 2300 separator hours, SP 36-ft. Honey Bee. #UCNH57.................. JUST IN 1994 New Holland TR97 2100 hours with MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header, 30.5x32 tires, straw chopper & chaff spreader. #UCNH37.....$60,000 1993 New Holland TR96 combine with twin rotor, SN 554419, 3109 engine hours, well maintained, annual service repairs, 30-ft. 971 auger head. #UCNH28................................................$36,500 1981 New Holland TR85 2200 separator hours, 24-ft. header. #UCNH58...................................$12,500

USED HEADERS

1993 Case 7110 Magnum FWD, 130 hp, 3 point, both PTO’s, loader with grapple, 7900 hours. #UTCA84................................................$39,500

Bourgault 5710 59-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, mid row coulters, 5350 tow between tank with 8” auger, Eagle Beak points with anhydrous setup. #UDB006................................................$79,000

Valmar 2455 24-ft. - 60-ft. granular applicator, 1800# capacity with cover, used very little............$3500 Valmar 1655 16-ft. - 40-ft. granular applicator, 900# capacity......................................................$1200 Gates bag lifter.............................................. Just In

2009 New Holland / Honey Bee 4255 Grain Belt PLUS 42-ft. flex draper header, UII plastic finger reel, hydraulic fore and aft, hydraulic tilt, gauge wheels, transport trailer, fits John Deere 70 series combine. #UHHB02................................... CALL 2005 New Holland 74C 30-ft. flex auger header, poly cutter bar with pickup reels. #UCNH53...$25,000 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header, fits TR series. #UCNH59...................................................$8500 1998 New Holland 973 30-ft. flex header. #UCNH64...............................................$12,000 Massey-Ferguson pickup header, 13-ft., fits 510, 750 and 760. #UHMF61......................................$500

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USED SPRAYERS

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1996 John Deere 8570, 4WD, 250 hp, 18.4R42 duals, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 12 speed, 9000 hours.. $50,000 1977 John Deere 4630 MFWD tractor, 5900 hours, 150 hp, powershift, 3 point, 1000 PTO with 740 JD loader and grapple fork......................$26,000

1994 Case IH 7220 Magnum MFD tractor, 540/1000 PTO’s, 3 point hitch, 18.4R42 rear tires with DuAl front end loader.......................................$45,000

Versatile 150 4WD tractor, 3400 hours, Perkins diesel with loader, 3-point cab end. Nice!..........$13,500

1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot, 4” rubber packers, stealth openers with 3450 tow between cart, mechanical drive, 30.5x32 tires..................................$55,000 2-Lilliston 2050 disc drills, 7” spacing with fertilizers and 2-drill hitch. Each................................$2000 2-Melroe 201 & 204 10-ft. drills, 7” spacing, 2-drill hitch with fertilizer. Each............................$1000 2008 New Holland SF216 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 380/90R46 tires, wind screens, SP655 Auto Rate................................................$35,000 2004 Flexi-Coil 67XL 124-ft. wheel boom, windscreens, walking beam axles, Auto Rate.$18,000 2003 Flexi-Coil 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, auto rate, windscreens, dual bodies.

SN 113271..............................................$15,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, rinse & wash, FlexControl auto rate.....................................$19,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$14,500 International 140 48” roll over plow, 16” bottoms, 3-pt. mount.........................................................$3500 New Holland 1475 swing tongue, 16-ft. header, 1000 PTO pump..................................................$9000 Vermeer 605K round baler, twine tie, 540 PTO.$7500 2000 Vermeer 605L round baler, 540 PTO drive with gathering wheels, nice shape....................$7500 1997 Hesston 565A round baler, auto tie, twine only, flotation tires...............................................$6500 New Holland 280 square baler, 16”x18” chamber, 540 PTO drive...................................................$2500 1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2530 separator hours, 30.5x32 tires, 390 hours on new engine.$49,500 1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2277 separator hours, 30.5x32 tires, 30-ft. header and trailer.....$35,000 1979 Allis-Chalmers N5 combine, 24.5x32 tires with 27-ft. header, batt reel................................$7500 1978 John Deere 7700 combine, diesel engine, 3631 hours with 224 head, non hydro.................$6000 Gleaner 13-ft. pickup header with Melroe attachment...........................................................$1500

USED SKID STEER

2008 Miskin scraper, 13-yd., 13-ft. cut, 11x24.5 tires, swivel hitch with Raven laser system 1/2 mile range......................................................$41,000

2012 New Holland L230 160 hours, cab with heat & air, premium tires..................................... Just In 2010 New Holland L175 skid steer, 450 hours, 2000# lift, cab with heat, 2 speed hydro, 72” bucket. #USNH28...............................................$35,000

USED WINDROWER

2010 New Holland H8040 swather, 130 hp, cab and rear axle suspension, deluxe cab, 16-ft. HS header, 750 hours. #UWNH93................. Just In 2005 John Deere 4895 swather, 18-ft. double sickle auger header, approximately 1200 hours. #UWJD30................................................ Just In

John Deere 4010 diesel, 2 rear hydraulics, good tires, F11 Farmhand loader................................$4500

2005 New Holland SF115 100-ft. wheel boom, 18.4x26, HMIC hydraulic pump, FlexControl Auto Rate, 3 boom valve, hydraulic unfold, windscreens. #USNH31..............................................................................$14,500 Flex-Coil S67XL 130-ft. wheel boom, FlexControl monitor, Auto Rate, combo jets. #USF178.............. Just In 2000 Flexi-Coil System 67XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon, wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, FlexControl Auto Rate, windscreens, double nozzles, rinse tank. #USF153...............................................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139.. . .......................................................................................................................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, FlexControl monitor. #USF151. . .......................................................................................................................................................$14,500 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 120-ft., 1500 gallon, no Auto Rate. #USF173.......................................................$6500 1995 Flexi-Coil System 65 80-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank, windscreens, 3-switch controller. #USF171..$5000 Flexi-Coil 65 80-ft., 1000 gallon tank, 3-switch controller. #USF171.......................................................$5000 1996 Brandt QF2500 100-ft. wheel boom, twin tank, twin boom, with Auto Rate, 18.4x26 tires, foam marker, Ace hydraulic & PTO pump. #USBT12............................................................................................$10,900 2008 NYB pickup sprayer, 60-ft. boom, 500 gallon tank, 8 hp Honda engine with tip lifts........................... Call 2007 New Holland SF216 90-ft. suspended boom, 1600 gallon, 38.0/90R46 tires, dual nozzles, Raven auto boom, HMIC pump, FlexControl monitor. #USNH33................................................. Just In 2005 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom, HMIC pump, windscreens, FlexControl Auto Rate. #USNH32................................................ Just In

2007 Case SRX160 suspended boom, 120-ft., 1600 gallon, 4 ball valves, Raven Powerglide auto boom, SP655 auto rate, Ace pump. #USCA00... Just In

USED ROUND BALERS

2011 New Holland BR-7090 with Bale Command wide pickup, 1000 PTO twine & net. #UNH126.... . ..............................................................$26,000 2008 New Holland BR-7090 with Bale Command, wide pickup, 1000 PTO, twine & net. #UNH128... . ..............................................................$21,000 1992 New Holland 660 with Bale Command, standard pickup, 1000 PTO. #UHN108.....................$7500 1994 New Holland 660 auto wrap, 1000 PTO. #UHNH86................................................ $11,900 Hesston 560 with auto tie, 540 PTO. #UHHS51...... . ................................................................$5500 2002 Hesston 856A automatic, twine tie, 4500 bales, wide pickup. #UHHS54.............................. $9500 1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43..................................... $11,500 Vermeer 605M, twine, net wrap, wide pickup, hydraulic bale bicker, 540 PTO. #UHVM40............ $19,000 1998 Vermeer 605L twine & mesh wrap, hydraulic bale kicker. #UHVM31............................. $12,000 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $7500

2004 John Deere 567 round baler, twine, net wrap, 1000 PTO, MegaWide pick up, 21,000 bales. #UHJD34................................................ $16,800

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

Ford 9N tractor, new tires, new paint, 3-pt. hitch, 540 PTO, very nice............................................$3500

2007 K-Hart 60-ft. no-till air drill, 10” spacing, Bourgault 4350 tow behind air cart...............$125,000

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Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot with 2340 tow between cart and 2320 tow behind cart..............................$57,000

Booms that are structurally rated in excess of 4 g-force Unique wet system Fill station close to entry State of the art noise dampening Standard 5-year warranty

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Mobile Cattle Trimming Table Hoof Trimming: $11 per hoof or $40 per animal + mileage Will come to you. Discounts available for 4-H & FFA stock.

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California ranchers anticipate devastating drought impacts continued from page b23

that 99 percent of the ranchers surveyed depend on other ranchers as a trusted source of information. The team’s participatory research is tapping into that knowledge and experience so that it can be shared widely to the benefit of other ranchers, as well as policymakers and researchers. The survey is connecting campus directly to ranchers, opening up a wealth of research opportunities that will shed light on what management practices under what conditions work best for California ranchers. Through this study, state and federal resource-management agencies and drought-assistance programs are gaining a better understanding of what drought and other important issues mean to the ranching industry.

Information on how ranchers are dealing with the drought now is giving others in the agriculture industry a comparison of how extensive the drought’s impacts will be for them later.

“Other folks in ag are watching,” said Tate, “because they’re looking to planting time coming up soon for the summer crops, and they don’t know how much water they’re going to get.”

Other researchers involved in the study are Mark Lubell and Tracy Schohr of UC Davis, Justin Derner of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bethany Cutts of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lynn Huntsinger of UC Berkeley. The project is funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and the survey was conducted in partnership with the California Cattlemen’s Association and the California Farm Bureau Federation.

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1996 Case IH 2188 with 30-ft. header International 1480 with 25-ft. header International 1480 with 30-ft. header 1999 GMC 1500 4x4, short box, 3rd door Sprayer wind screen material with hangers and a 12-ft. Flexi-Coil back section Kohler 16 hp motor Wheatheart bin sweep with everything to run hydraulics with your auger

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1994 John Deere 9600 combine, 3480 engine hours, 2660 separator hours.

Excellent shape. Tag #RoyB0214.......................................................$51,000 1991 John Deere 9600 combine, 3750 engine hours, 2370 separator hours. Tag #RoyB0214........................................................................................$50,000 2006 John Deere 936D draper header. Tag #RoyB0214.........................$38,000 2004 John Deere 936D draper header. Tag #RoyB0214 1979 Versatile 875 tractor, 20.8x38 duals 80%, 4 remotes, Cummins 855 motor, 7409 hours, in-frame overhaul 2000 hours ago, no spin front differental, R134 air conditioning. Tag #DaveS0414......................................................$35,000 Valmar 240 plow, mounted Fargo spreader. Tag #DaveS0414....................$2500 Wheatheart 10”x10-ft. transfer auger, throttling valve. Tag #DaveS0414....$1900 Summers 48-ft. pickup mounted sprayer, 500 gallon tank, bottom fill, Quick Jet nozzles, has 50-ft. of hose with hand wand. Tag #DaveS0414..............$8500 15 gallon induction mixer tank, set up with 20-ft. hose. Tag #DaveS0414.....$500 6x16-ft. utility auger on wheels, used for fertilizer and treated grain. Tag #DaveS0414....................................................................................................$500 International 150 12-ft.x10 spacing drill, steel packers, hydraulic lift, boxes are clean. Tag #DaveS0414...........................................................................$950 Geysler 24-ft. plow, hand winch wing lifts, 1” shanks. Tag #DaveS0414.....$2500 International 490L 24-ft. disc, 20” pans and scrapers, all in good shape. Tag #DaveS0414.........................................................................................$6500 John Deere 610 35-ft., 11/4 shanks. Excellent shape. Tag #DaveS0414..$15,000 1987 Lode King grain and fertilizer tender, 10-ft. tank and 8-ft. tank. Tag #DaveS0414.........................................................................................$2500 John Deere 1600 35-ft. plow, set up for liquid fertilizer and does have fertilizers on it. Tag #DaveS0414..........................................................................$5500 (6) Degelman 6-ft. 3 bar harrows for John Deere 1600 plow. Tag #DaveS0414.

Per section.........................$250 or The entire set..............................$1500 Bestland hydraulic rock picker, 5-ft. rock fork. Tag #DaveS0414.................$1900 1985 Ford F250 pickup, 4x4, 460 engine, 4 speed, transmission, 9-ft. flatbed, 115,000 miles. Tag #DaveS0414...........................................................$2900 E-Kay 7” 20-ft. bin sweep. Tag #DaveS0414..................................................$950 1996 Computer Spray sprayer with updates, 60-ft. booms, sprays on 12” centers.

Tag #KDanger0414...............................................................................$4500 Concord 4012 air seeder, 1502 engine driven air tank. Tag #AHans0414............ . .........................................................................................................$20,000 Moto-Ski TS 400 snowmobile. Tag #DeanL0414 Minneapolis Moline 704 FWA tractor. Tag #ANF0414...............................$4500 Minneapolis Moline 706 FWA tractor. Tag #ANF0414...............................$4500 Massey Ferguson 97 2WD tractor. Tag #ANF0414....................................$2500 John Deere 9450 30-ft. set of drills, 12” spacing, steel packers. Tag #ANF0414.. . ............................................................................................................$9500 Super M 2WD tractor. Tag #ANF0414.........................................................$3500 Linderman crawler. Tag #ANF0414............................................................$9000 Massey Ferguson 35 25-ft. pull-type windrower. Tag #Hug0414................$2500 New Wessex 4x6 pasture harrows. Tag #Hug0414. Each.............................$170 New Batco conveyor. Tag #GeraldM0414................................................$11,000 (4) used 23.1x30 tires. Tag #ANF0414. Each................................................$250 (2) new 23.1x30 tires. Tag #ANF0414. Each................................................$1000 New Holland Super 1049 3 wide bale wagon, Ford 361 engine. Tag #KevM0414........................................................................................$20,000 2009 Case IH Farmall 105U FWA tractor, 105 hp, 3-pt., PTO, only 1409 hours.

Tag #Hug0414. Price reduced............................................................$40,000 Case 580 backhoe tractor loader. Tag #DanG0414 Cat D4 with dozer. Tag #DanG0414 John Deere 148 loader with grapple. Tag #ANF0414.................................$4900 John Deere 158 loader with grapple, fits 4010-20. Tag #ANF0414............$5500 Farmhand 228 loader off John Deere 4010. Tag #ANF0414......................$3500 Massey Ferguson 210 30-ft. triple delivery pull-type swather. Tag #Kyle0414..... . ............................................................................................................$4500 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 90-ft. booms. Tag #Kyle0414 1984 Sun Craft 26-ft. motor home, Chevrolet 454 engine and running gear, sleeps 8, kitchen, Onan generator. Tag #JimP0414.........................................$8500 John Deere 840 loader, off John Deere 8100. Like new. Tag #ClintonB0414....... . .........................................................................................................$14,000 1991 Ford New Holland 8630 MFD tractor, New Holland 7412 loader, recent block replacement, 3-pt., dual PTO, good tires. Ready for the field. Tag #RDoore0414.....................................................................................$35,000 Case IH 9130 4WD tractor. Tag #ReidH0414 2001 John Deere 8410 MFD tractor, PowerShift, 5000 hours. Tag #ReidH0414 2012 PJ 14-ft. dump trailer. Tag #Hug0414. Was $8100. Now.....................$7000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air seeder, 2320 tow between tank, seed treat kit. Tag #Lyle0414..........................................................................................$40,000 2001 Peterbilt with 2009 drop deck trailer. Tag #ArtH0414 1985 Case IH 4894 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires, 7500 hours. Tag #PatD0414....... . .........................................................................................................$25,000 1986 Case IH 4894 tractor, new 20.8x38 bias tires. Tag #PatD0414........$28,000 John Deere 1650 53-ft. plow. Tag #ANF0414..............................................$8900 Richardson 10 yard pull-type scraper. Tag #Horizon0414..........................$7500 37-ft. homemade trailer. Tag #Horizon0414 International 300 tractor, 3-pt., power steering, loader. Tag #Cliff0414......$3600 1989 GMC C6000 11/2 ton truck with conversion bed, Cat 3208 motor, Roadranger transmission, hydrualic brakes, 170,000 miles. Tag #Jess0414.........$13,500 John Deere 1610 41-ft. plow. Tag #PhilA0414............................................$6500 Westward 3000 30-ft. pull-type swather. Tag #PhilA0414...........................$4500 10 yard scraper. Tag #GlacierCol0414.........................................................$6500 Degelman 46/54 14-ft. blade, hydraulic angle and tilt, off Case IH 305 MFD tractor.

Like new. Tag #Jess0414.......................................................................$9500 New Holland 1100 swather, gas, gear drive, 12-ft. header. Tag #Scott0414......... . ............................................................................................................$6500 John Deere 4630 2WD tractor, duals, 1000 PTO, 7200 hours. Tag #LarryS0414. . .........................................................................................................$15,000 Krause 732 24-ft. plow. Tag #LarryS0414...................................................$6500 Melroe 505 24-ft. plow. Tag #LarryS0414....................................................$6500 (3) Case IH 1688 combines, 30-ft. straight cut headers and pickup headers. Well maintained. Tag #HiddenLake0414 Farm King 10x70 swing hopper auger. Tag #HiddenLake0414 2006 New Holland TV145 bidirectional tractor, 3-pt., dual PTO on cab end, bucket, plumbed for grapple (no grapple), only 2300 hours. Tag #Rustin0414.$65,000 NEW!! Danuser hydraulic post hole digger with 9”’ and 12” auger. Tag #Hug0414...........................................................................Preseason Price NEW!! Ezee-On trailer-type post pounder, engine drive. Tag #Hug0414.............. . ..........................................................................................Preseason Price NEW!! Spike tooth harrow. Tag #Hug0414....................................................$350 NEW!! Danuser pallet forks for skid steer. Tag #Hug0414........Preseason Price (2) NEW!! Tebben 6-ft. 3-pt. mowers. Tag #Hug0414................Preseason Price (2) NEW!! Tebben 5-ft. 3-pt. mowers. Tag #Hug0414................Preseason Price NEW!! Tebben 10-ft. 3-pt. mower. Tag #Hug0414.....................Preseason Price NEW!! Danuser skid steer mounted hammer. Tag #Hug0414..Preseason Price Caterpillar DW15 compactor with sheepsfoot. Tag #HorizonC0414 2007 PJ 28-ft. tandem dually gooseneck trailer, 10,000 lb axles. Tag #Horizon0414 (3) John Deere 9400 and (1) John Deere 9450 drills, 10” spacing, on 40-ft. hitch.

Tag #MartinC0414.............................................................................$23,000 Computer Spray 60-ft. sprayer, double spray nozzles. In good shape and comes with extra parts. Tag #IvanD0414..........................................................$1900 Case IH C50 MFD tractor, loader, rotary mower, post hole digger, low hours. Tag #John0414.........................................................................................$17,500

BALE MOVERS

Morris 881 8-bale hay hiker. Tag #JR1113..................................................$7500 New Holland Super 1049 balewagon. Tag #KevinM1013........................$18,500 3-point round bale mover. Tag #Jeff0813.....................................................$1200 New Holland 1068 bale wagon, 460 gas engine. Tag #Chand0612........$26,000

New H&S 14 wheel rake. Early Bird discount.......Call

Big Iron Online Auction Ken Hughes is now your ISR Call Ken for upcoming auction dates.

NEW ITEMS Case 580 backhoe, loader, cab, 2214 hours, 16.9x24 rear tires, 11L 16.9 front

Used 2012 Ezee-On skid steer mounted post pounder, used very little. Tag #Hug0613..........................................................................................$6000 Engine end 3 point hitch & PTO for 9030 bi-directional. Tag #RogW0512..$3800 Headcatch. Tag #MikeL0314.......................................................................$450 24-ft. pipe panels. Tag #Joe0314.......................................................... $350 ea.

New Holland 276 square baler with Wisconsin engine. Tag #Hug0514...$3500 Ferguson side delivery rake. Tag #Hug0514..............................................$950 Wix bale loader. Tag #AlexM0514............................................................$1500 Cat D7 crawler. Tag #Pack0514 Cat D8 crawler. Tag #Pack0514 Clarke 500 hp 4WD tractor. Tag #RWinko0514.....................................$45,000 Keho 5 hp single phase fan. Tag #Hug0514.............................................$1500 Caldwell 1 hp fan. Tag #Hug0514..............................................................$200 New Pasture harrow for sale. Tag #Hug0514..........................$179 per section New Farm King rototillers available. Tag #Hug0514 New Batco 155 belt conveyor, 15” belt, 55-ft. long. Tag #GMiller0514 Big A 2500 sprayer, almost new tires. Good engine. Tag #JR0514.......$22,000 1985 GMC 2 ton truck, 350 engine, only 26,000 miles. Real clean truck with custom built 2 compartment tender box. Tag #GaryY0514.............$12,000 Engine end 3-pt. hitch and PTO for 9030 bidirectional. Tag #RogW0514.$3800 White and silver single wheel Dodge box. Tag #JP0514 White Dodge dually pickup box. Tag #JP0514..........................................$1800 1957 International truck, 14-ft. heavy duty box, high sides. Tag #PaulT0514 1952 Chevrolet 2 ton truck, 14-ft. grain box. Tag #PaulT0514 Yearling bulls for sale. Tag #PaulT0514 Versatile 400 swather, 20-ft. header. Tag #TomP0514 Versatile 2400 24-ft. draper header to fit bidirectional tractor. Tag #0514..$500 Westfield tailgate auger with hydraulic hose. Tag #KerryC0514................$350 GT tailgate auger with hydraulic valve. Tag #KerryC0514...........................$400 Ferguson 8-ft. 3-pt. toolbar. Tag #CraigL0514............................................$600 8-ft. box blade. Tag #CraigL0514.................................................................$550 Ford 515 3-pt. sickle mower. Tag #CraigL0514.........................................$1200 8-ft. bucket for JCB loader. Excellent shape. Tag #CraigL0514.................$1500 1977 Yamaha 80 with new engine and transmission. Tag #CraigL0514...$1800 Homemade 24-ft. triple axle trailer, beavertail. Tag #CraigL0514.............$3500 Ford Ferguson 2 bottom moldboard plow. Tag #CraigL0514....................$900 Brillion 6-ft. coulter packer. Tag #CraigL0514............................................$900 (2) Brillion 4-ft. coulter packer. Tag #CraigL0514..............................$600 each John Deere 2 drill hitch. Tag #CraigL0514.................................................$300 Ford 8-ft. 3-pt. tandem disc. Tag #CraigL0514..........................................$1500 Heavy duty 3-pt. 2 disc disc. Tag #CraigL0514...........................................$500 6-ft. nearly new skidsteer loader bucket. Tag CraigL0514.........................$1200 4-ft. skidsteer loader bucket. Tag #CraigL0514...........................................$600 Land Pride RB3596 9-ft. manual angle and tilt, 3-pt. Tag #CraigL0514...$2500 1968 Ford 550 backhoe, 3 cyl diesel, 5200 hours. Tag #CraigL0514....$17,000 Homemade 6-ft.x8-ft. enclosed ATV trailer. Tag #CraigL0514...................$2800 New H&S 16 wheel rake. Tag #0514 New Danuser G20/40 post hole digger, 9” & 12” auger. Tag #Hug0514..$1950 2011 Ezee-On 1400 skidsteer mounted post pounder. Tag #Hug0514 New Danuser SM 40 hammer for skidsteer. Tag #Hug0514....................$8500 New Danuser 48” pallet fork for skidsteer loader. Tag #Hug0514..............$870 1973 Chevrolet C60 2 ton truck, 427 gas engine, 13 speed transmission, tandem axle, potato box. Tag #JeffH0514....................................................$10,000 1980 Chevrolet C60 truck, custom made grain tender with 300 bushel tanks, 46,790 miles. Tag #GaryY0514.......................................................$12,000 John Deere 70 tractor, wide front, pony motor. Tag #JeffH0514 John Deere 720 tractor, wide front, pony motor. Tag #JeffH0514 John Deere 730 tractor, single front wheel, electric start. Tag #JeffH0514 MacDon 9300 swather, 14-ft. hay header, 4900 hours. Tag #Kurt0514.$28,500 Athey forced feed loader/conveyor, used in cement batch plant. Tag #Shane0514 Pallets. Tag #Shane..........................................................................$0.50 each Parkers Berg air balance pump. Tag #Shane0514

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

1992 Ford New Holland 9030 bidirectional, dual PTO cab end, 3-pt. (no arms), loader, grapple, 6000 hours, New Holland 1116H 16-ft. auger header. Tag #Tanner0314......................................................................................$46,000 John Deere 4010 2WD tractor, diesel engine, 3-pt., dual PTO, John Deere 48 loader, new clutch, new alternator. Good looking tractor. Tag #DarylW0214... . ............................................................................................................$8900 Case 1030 tractor, cab, 540 PTO. Tag #ArtH0214.......................................$3800 2005 Case IH MX135 tractor with Case loader and grapple, 18.4x42 tires (1 new, 1 wore), 16.9x28 good front tires, 4922 hours. Tractor has been completely gone through. Tag #JR1113...............................................................$59,000 1979 Versatile 875 4WD tractor, 24.5x32 duals, 4 remotes, 1832 tach hours. Tag #JR1113.............................................................................................$21,000 International 4166 tractor with 12-ft. Degelman dozer, new engine overhaul, 28L26 single tires. Great tire for winter snow removal. Tag #JR1113....$8500 1998 John Deere 8770 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires, PTO, 7200 hours. Tag #JR1113.............................................................................................$53,000 2002 New Holland TV145 bi-directional tractor with dual PTO on both ends, loader, grapple, 16-ft. hay header. Tag #JeffH1113............................$76,000 2009 Case IH 105U Farmall tractor, 105 hp, front wheel assist, 3 point, PTO, only 900 hours. Tag #Hug0412...........................................................$48,000 John Deere 7520 4WD tractor. Tag #AnF0913.

1955 Cockshutt tractor with front blade, dual PTO. Tag #AHan0713..........$6500 Challenger MT 525D tractor. Tag #ReidH0813.

International 806 2WD tractor, 2 remotes, 1000 PTO. Tag #Hug1013.

Case 9280 4WD tractor, set at 400 hp, has new injectors and pump, new water pump, triple 20.8x38 tires at 80%. Tag #DougR1013.........................$75,000 International Hydro 100 tractor with loader. Tag #MikeMc0813..............$13,000 Allis Chalmers 170 2WD tractor, gas, Farmhand F11 loader, 3 point, 540 PTO, 6-ft. Worksaver rear blade.....................................................................$7500 Versatile 145 4WD tractor. Tag #MonteF0813............................................$4500 Case 2290 2WD tractor with loader and grapple, add-on 3-point hitch, 6832 hours. Tag #MikeL0713.

SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

1988 Hesston 8100 windrower, 25-ft. draper header. Tag #Ace0314 Hesston 8100 swather with 25-ft. DSA header, pickup reel and 14-ft. auger header. Tag #TonyV0813....................................................................$30,000 MacDon M200 windrower, 3000 hours, 16-ft. rotary. Tag #ReidH1013.....$49,000 MacDon M200 windrower, 356 hours, 16-ft. rotary. Tag #ReidH1013.......$80,000 1992 Hesston 8100 swather, 30-ft. DSA header with pickup header. Tag #HerbK1013.......................................................................................$31,000 MacDon 9300 swather, 14-ft. hay head, 4900 hours. Tag #Kurt0513.......$28,500 John Deere 2320 gas swather with 14-ft. auger header. Tag #AnF0913.....$6500 Case IH 8820 swather with 16-ft. auger header and 21-ft. triple deliver header, 2880 hours. Tag #CBum0813.............................................................$22,000 2001 John Deere 1600A 14-ft. swing tongue haybine, 540 PTO. Tag #AceD0813 John Deere 240 14-ft. moco. Tag #RWard1112.

New Holland 1116H hay header, 276 Versatile tractor adapter. Tag #Russ0812.

Versatile 4018 18-ft. draper header, fits Versatile bidirectional tractors. Tag #SmtCrk1009................................................................................................$3500 New Holland 2300 14-ft. header. Tag #GlennP0813...................................$6500 New Holland 2326 16-ft. header for New Holland TV145. Tag #JeffH0114 John Deere 2320 swather, gas 225 Chrysler engine, 21-ft. DSA header, 5768 hours. New canvas, good shape. Tag #JR1113.....................................$5000 New Holland 1116H hay header with Versatile 276 tractor adaptor. Tag #Russ0813.

New Holland 16-ft. hay head with 9030 bidirectional adaptor. Tag #EarlC0813.

John Deere 240 14-ft. mower conditioner. Tag#RWard1113

PJ Trailers available FROM HUGGY BEAR

tires. Tag #DanG0514 1974 Mono 40-ft. dry van with wood working tools, saws, drill presses, band saws. Tag #DMitch0514.....................................................................$6000 2010 Summers 45-ft. land roller, only 600 acres. Tag #MilesT0514......$40,000 Vicon 3-pt. 30-ft. sprayer, 240 gallon. Used very little. Tag #RogF0514 3-pt. Fargo spreader. Tag #RogF0514 Lambordine used engine off 1502 tank. Tag #BrandtH0514...................$1950 Case 1066 excavator. Tag #Packy0514 Case 1088 excavator, rebuilt swing motor, good tracks and hydrualic thumb.

Tag #RobWa0514 (30 or more) rubber packers for John Deere 9450 drills. Tag #ANF0514 1991 GMC TopKick, 6 speed, flatbed, 35,441 miles. Tag #BillD0514...$12,500 1980 Case 450 dozer, ripper, 6528 hours. Tag #BillD0514....................$15,500 Kuhn rake. Tag #DeanD0514 14-ft. cultipacker. Tag #DeanD0514 New Holland 1048 2 wide bale wagon. Tag #DeanD0514 2000 Kenworth T800, Cummins N14, 10 speed, flat top, Jake brake, new bearings in engine and more. Tag #JR0514...........................................$30,500 1991 Kenworth T600 dump truck, L10 Cummins, 13 speed, lift axle. Nice truck.

Tag #JR0514...................................................................................$27,000 1996 R-Way Quad gravel trailer, super singles, totally rebuilt, blasted, painted.

Tag #JR0514...................................................................................$28,000 Big A 2500 sprayer, 60-ft. booms, windscreens, Cat 2308. Tag #JR0514$15,000 Case 730 30-ft. pull type windrower, good shape. Tag #WHjar0514 8000 gallon diesel tank on skids. Tag #WHjar0514 Concord 48-ft. air seeder, 12” spacing, 3000 tow behind tank, new hoses and tires, rebuilt diesel engine drive. Tag #PatW0514............................$39,000 Case IH 810 pickup header.

1974 Chevrolet C60 2 ton single axle, 17-ft. box, hoist, no tarp. Tag #BobC0514 Ford 600 truck, 18-ft. box and hoist. 9.00 tires. Tag #BobC0514 1950 Studebaker 11/2-ton truck, 12-ft. box and hoist, 8.25 tires. Tag #BobC0514 Combine trailer, hauls Case combine. Tag #Russ0514............................$8500 Walinga grain vac. Tag #Russ0514..........................................................$3000 Sund pickup attachment. Tag #Russ0514..................................................$500 24-ft. flatbed on wheels with headache rack. Tag #Russ0514..................$1500 Hay Buster 40-ft. no-till drill, 12” spacing. Tag #Russ0514....................$15,000 Hay Buster 32-ft. drills. For parts. Tag #Russ0514...................................$5000 1969 Ford F600 grain truck, 15-ft. box. Tag #Russ0514...........................$3500 1988 Caterpillar 65 track tractor, 12-ft. Degelman dozer, good undercarriage, 5404 hours. Tag #Russ0514............................................................$35,000 Kirschmann 24-ft. drills, 12” spacing. Tag #Russ0514 Kirschmann parts. Tag #Russ0514 410 bushel grain cart. Tag #0514..............................................................$3500 Ford 224 22-ft. disc. Tag #Russ0514........................................................$3500 Gysler 32-ft. plow. Tag #Russ0514...........................................................$2500 Gysler 40-ft. plow. Tag #Russ0514...........................................................$4500 Morris 36-ft. rod weeder. Tag #Russ0514................................................$1500 New Holland 6070 bidirectional tractor, loaded. Tag #NHB0514........$110,000 New Holland TV145 bidirectional tractor, 2500 hours. Tag #NHB0514.$87,000 New Holland TV145 bidirectional tractor. Tag #NHB0514.....................$91,500 MacDon 5000 pull-type windrower. Tag #NHB0514 New Holland TC35 4WD tractor, loader. Tag #NHB0514......................$18,000 New Holland TC29 4WD compact tractor, loader, 5-ft. mower, post hole digger, little over 100 hours. Tag #Bob0514................................................$15,500 Versatile 375 tractor, only 700 hours. Tag #Jake0514.........................$170,000 1982 Massey Ferguson swather, Chrysler Slant-6 gas engine, cab, air conditioning, heat, 21-ft. DSA header. Tag #HerbB0514 11 yard scraper. Tag #GlacierCol0514 New Holland 660 twine wrap baler, new belts. Tag #NorthStar0514.......$6000 16-ft. cattle guard. Tag #Walt0514 Farm Hand 8 bale clamp. Tag #TomS0514 Calf scales. Tag #TomS0514

SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

Batch Boy chemical mixer. Tag #BK0114...................................................$4500 BBI MagnaSpread 12 ton spreader, 73-ft. spread, Raven monitor. Tag #KB0214............................................................................................$45,000 FlexiCoil System 65 80-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, windscreens, foam marker.

Tag #GaryH0314 Vicon LS870M 3-point hitch sprayer, 870 gallon. Tag #R00113.

Flexi-Coil S67XL field sprayer, double nozzles, 1500 gallon tank, mix tank, auxiliary tank, 18.4x26 singles. Tag #BCreek1113.

3-CompuSpray sprayers. 1 is good and 2 for parts. Tag #BMun0812.

1984 Ford 700 truck with Detroit engine, 5/2 speed, 1200 gallon stainless tank, 70-ft. booms, triple nozzle. Tag #ArtH0713 2002 Brandt 90-ft. extended boom sprayer, Micro-Trak monitor, foam marker. Tag #PatF0114.........................................................................................$19,000 Flexi-Coil 67XL 120-ft. sprayer, double nozzles, windscreens. Tag #BC0114...... . ............................................................................................................$7500 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 90-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, wash tank, mix tank, rinse tank, double nozzles, wind screens, 18.4x26 single tires. Tag #LGre1113............................................................................................$5900 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, 100-ft. booms, 1000 gallon tank, hydraulic fold on booms, double nozzles, wind screens, 18.4x26 tires. Tag #LGre1113..$6900 1990 Flexi-Coil System 65 sprayer, single 16.5x16.1 tires, wind screens, mixer tank. Tag #PhilA0913.............................................................................$4500 Farmrite pickup mount sprayer, 50-ft. booms, old style nozzles and 400 gallon tank. Tag #Harry0613..............................................................................$700 Spray lift jacks for high clearance self-propelled sprayers. Tag #Hug1212............ . ......................................................................................................$2500 ea.

1996 Computer Spray sprayer with updates, sprays on 12” centers, 60-ft. booms. Tag #KDanger0413...................................................................$4500

ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

Hesston 5585 round baler, twine. Tag #PaulB0314....................................$3500 Hesston 4700 big square baler, 3-ft.x321/2” bales. Tag #Hoss0214.........$10,000 New Holland 7090 round baler, net/twine, low bales. Tag #GaryH0114..$32,800 Massey Ferguson baler. Tag #JPrin1213.....................................................$600 Hesston 5585 round baler. Tag #Paul1113 New Holland 688 round baler, net wrap. Tag # RalJ1113........................$16,000 Case RBX562 round baler, net wrap, low bale count. Tag #NorthF1013.$28,000 John Deere 14T twine small square baler. Tag #Larry0913........................$1500 New Holland 2000 3x4x8 square baler with accumulator, 5 strings. Tag #DanD0813........................................................................................$17,500 New Holland 425 PTO baler. Tag #BobR0813 New Holland 660 round baler, twine tie, Bale Command. Tag #JessK0813 New Holland 664 round baler, Bale Command, twine tie. Tag #JessK0813 New Holland SP-166 self propelled baler, 2 Wisconsin engine, reconditioned and should run fine. Tag #ANF1212......................................................$8500 Massey baler. Tag #JPrin1212......................................................................$600

MISCELLANEOUS

1300, 3300, 4500 bushel bins. Tag #ClarkJ0114........................ $650-2250 each New Holland 411 disc mower, PTO drive. Tag #Scotty0613.......................$8500 2013 Polaris 900XP 4-seat UTV. Very few miles. Tag #Grant0214...........$19,000 8-ft.x12-ft. flatbed off pickup. Tag #HiddenL0214.........................................$1900 Versatile 3000 tank/cart. Great for transferring chemical/water. Tag #WHjar0114 Shaver HD8 post pounder. Tag #Harry0613.................................................$500 1000 gallon storage tank. Tag #Harry0613..................................................$1000 625 gallon plastic tank. Tag #Harry0613........................................................$700 Airway 20-ft. aerator. Tag #RickW1013....................................................$33,000 Ditch Witch J20D4 trencher. Tag #ButchN0113..........................................$3800 3 spear bale spear, fits bidirectional tractor. Tag #DonB1213 Detroit 6V92 for irrigation pump, 500 gal tank, rebuilt. Tag #VRaines0109.$6000

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NATIONAL ODOMETER DAY – May 12

National Odometer Day is celebrated each year on May 12. Today is a day to learn a little bit about the odometer. An odometer is an instrument that indicates the distance traveled by a vehicle. It may be electronic, mechanical or a combination of both. Odometer comes from the Greek words hodos meaning path or gateway andmetron, meaning measure. In some countries, an odometer is called a mileometer, milometer or tripometer. Odometers were first developed in the 1600’s for wagons and other horse-drawn vehicles in order to measure distances traveled. Developed by Arthur P. and Charles H. Warner of Beloit, Wisconsin, the first odometer for automobiles appeared in 1903 and was patented as the Auto-Meter.

Do you know how many miles are on the odometer in your car?

www.reddigequipment.com EXCAVATORS

Cat 304CR enclosed cab, rebushed arm, hydraulic thumb, good tracks, 4081 hours......................................... $29,900 John Deere 120C hydraulic thumb.................................. Call John Deere 200LC.......................................................... Call Kobleco SK75UR excavator....................................... $14,900 Kobelco SK120LC-IV hydraulic dual thumb. ............ $31,000 Komatsu PC120-6, hydraulic dual link thumb, 3500 hours, recent undercarriage, air. Nice tight machine............. Call 2002 Komatsu PC138 with blade, hydraulic thumb, 6900 hours........................................................................... Call Komatsu PC220LC-3 bucket, hydraulic thumb.......... $20,000

FORESTRY

Cat 304CCR, enclosed cab, air conditioning, quick coupler, hydrualic thumb, 24” bucket, 2700 hours............... $38,000

Cat D6K crawler, ripper, comes with the latest and greatest Trimble T3C GPS unit, only 900 hours from new...$188,000

Clark 664B skidder with rebuilt engine...................... $13,500 Clark Ranger 667B skidder, upgraded to 6BT Cummins engine, winch, 23.1x26 tires, good older skiddeer.$15,500 Clark Ranger G67 skidder, enclosed cab, front blade, grapple, chains available.................................................... $25,000 Danzco PT20 delimber, low mount, 500 hours.......... $12,500 1998 Linkbelt Quantum 2800Q delimber....................... Call Prentice D410B Cummins engine, pilot controls, full rotation grapple, carrier is bad but we have another carrier if needed.

Some leaks but will load logs................................ $13,500 2002 Timbco E425 fellerbuncher, 12-ft. slide on arm, new rollers on head. This is a very well maintained machine.... $187,500 Timberjack 2520 Timbco barsaw with lateral tilt, fire suppression system........................................................... $23,500

FORKLIFTS

JLG 400S lift boom........................................................... Call JLG Lull 644 telescopic forklift, forks with lateral tilt, low hours..................................................................... $12,000 Zoom Boom 8040-44 telescopic forklift........................... Call

GRADERS

1971 Cat 12G 14-ft. moldboard, good tires, engine does not run......................................................................... $38,000 1979 Cat 130G 12-ft. moldboard with 1-ft. extension, for a total of 14 foot moldboard, Balderson front blade, blade accumulators, 14x24 rubber 80%, does not include chains, $18,000 work order on engine. Front lift group by Balderson, rear ripper availabe for extra cost......................... $37,500 1985 Galion A556 AWD, snow wing, front blade........ $28,000 2005 Deere 120C excavator, thumb, hydraulic quick change, air, heat, 7800 hours................................................... Call

LOADERS

Cat 930H, quick changes, air conditioning, new tires. Very good............................................................................. Call Cat 950, good tires, recent engine overhaul. Excellent older machine................................................................. $24,000 Cat 966B, log grapples..................................................... Call 2004 Case 621D loader, quick change, 6000 hours, government owned, quality.................................................... Call

MISCELLANEOUS

John Deere 4010 farm tractor.................................... $10,500 1973 Pettibone MK30 rough terrain crane, 60-ft. reach, 30,000# capacity.................................................. $19,900

TRAILERS

1988 Cornhusker/Fruehauf gravel pup, 3 axle............ $6000 1980 Arnes 28-ft. bed, 9-ft. wide................................ $11,000 1987 International 550 with 9.5-yd. roll out bucket, Inline Cummins (runs excellent), good tires................... $28,500

BACKHOES

Case 580K enclosed cab, 4x4, extend-a-hoe............. $13,500 Cat 416B 4x4, cab, extend-a-hoe..................................... Call

CRAWLERS

Cat D5G crawler......................................................... $89,000 1973 Cat D6C 3306 Cat engine, salt tracks, winch, angle blade, 90% undercarriage. Excellent..................................... Call Cat D7F crawler............................................................... Call 1986 Fiat-Allis 14C good undercarriage, 2600 hours, twin tilt blade, powershift, excellent. Special....$19,500.... $29,500 John Deere 450 crawler with winch with fairlead....... $12,000 John Deere 450G crawler, 70% undercarriage, JD winch with Young arch, brush rake, rock guards, rebuilt transmission and T/C by John Deere, 6-way blade, screens, lights, high debris front grill, good seat, sweeps, brush rake.. $27,500

TRUCKS

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MSU ag, biotech research yields new technologies

With results that run from rust-resistant wheat to glowing rodent cartilage to super fluorescent fruit flies, researchers at Montana State University have developed new technologies in the areas of biotechnology and agriculture that are patent-pending and available for licensing.

In MSU’s College of Agriculture, researchers have developed rust-resistance in wheat, which could offer a solution to a spreading pathogen that has already destroyed crops in Africa and Asia. The non-genetically modified trait that has been re-created in varieties of wheat has shown resistance to a pair of rust strains – Ug99 and Yr27 – that have emerged in recent years. MSU has a patent pending.

Globally the three types wheat rust – stem, leaf and stripe rust – are the most economically damaging diseases that attack wheat. Epidemics often inflict heavy losses, sometimes wiping out 60 percent of a given crop. The development of rust-resistant varieties of wheat is estimated to have saved more than $1 billion annually over more than four decades.

In another effort, a research team in MSU’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology working in the technology class known as CRISPR has found a novel way to turn genes on and off, which could lead to groundbreaking technologies in medical science and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as in the production of food and biofuels. MSU has a patent pending.

CRISPR-based genetic engineering tools are a recent breakthrough for controlling multiple gene functions in a range of plants, microorganisms, fungi and animals. Based on a genomic anti-viral defense response discovered in certain single-cell organisms, CRISPR stands for the DNA sequences featuring “clusters of regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats” that scientists have shown can be harnessed to target and destroy or activate specific genes in cells.

Based on a rapidly emerging area of genetic research that only began to take shape in 2011, CRISPR-based technologies offer gene-editing methods that cost less, take less time and are easier to use than other genetic engineering techniques.

In an important breakthrough, the MSU CRISPR sequence is different because it limits the effect on non-targeted genes, something that has proved to be a challenge to geneticists.

The MSU technology has also shown an ability to control multiple selected genes simultaneously.

These abilities have promising applications for virtually any kind of genetic engineering and hold special potential for studies of disease, the development of antibiotic, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, the development of high-value, disease-resistant food and biofuel crops, among other areas of interest.

Another technology features a new way to test the effectiveness of drugs in treating osteoarthritis and other jointdegrading diseases. A team of engineering and immunology researchers developed a mouse with luminescent cartilage in its knees.

The cartilage genes of the mouse have been modified to include a firefly gene so that the areas affected by testing of osteoarthritis therapies light up and offer quantifiable data on changes to that cartilage. Previous methods for testing in mice have been limited because studying effects on mouse cartilage required researchers to euthanize the mouse. Other techniques also require expensive imaging equipment such as MRI. MSU’s luminescent mouse model addresses these issues, allowing researchers to measure effects to mouse cartilage over time, noninvasively and through direct observation.

Given that 27 million people in the U.S. and 250 million worldwide suffer from this most common form of arthritis, MSU’s new mouse technology comes amid ever-increasing efforts to develop treatments, and it solves a major bottleneck found by those researching drug therapies for osteoarthritis.

The new mouse model has been successfully bred and a patent is pending.

Researchers in MSU’s Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience have discovered a way to multiply the brightness of a fluorescent protein that has been used in tests on fruit flies. By cloning six fluorescent proteins into a Drosophila fruit fly, researchers were able demonstrate a dramatic increase in brightness that is visible to the naked eye.

Because many important biotechnology discoveries depend on the ability of researchers to observe cellular responses to environmental changes – how a cellular function is related to a specific disease – researchers use fluorescent proteins to report genetic response to different stimuli, such as drug compounds. continued on page b29

MSU ag, biotech research yields new technologies continued from page b28

Since the effectiveness of commercial fluorescent proteins has been limited by how brightly they show their fluorescence, MSU’s new technique for improving their brightness should be of interest to the biomedical industry.

The method should be effective for a broad range of research organisms such as mice, worms, bacteria, zebrafish and flies. MSU has a patent pending.

MSU currently has 229 licenses on technologies developed by faculty. Of those, 72 licenses are with Montana companies.

The MSU Office of Technology Transfer has an application that will automatically alert people to new technologies.

To sign up MSU Tech Alerts click the link at the bottom of the Office of Technology Transfer Office website or visit https://www.montana.edu/techalert.

For more information contact Gary Bloomer, gary. bloomer@montana.edu, (406) 994-7483, or Nick Zelver, nzelver@montana.edu, (406) 994-7706.

Who’s the boss?

By Kathryn Reeves, 4-H Science Field Specialist, SDSU Extension Dogs do not think and reason, they react by instinct.

Often, we humans project our thoughts and feelings on our pets, which can lead to misunderstandings, confusion and bad behavior by the dog. Dogs have a pack mentality, which means that someone must be the leader and in charge.

If you as a human relinquish your role, the dog will take over as leader. There are two main components of pack mentality, dominance and submission. If the human is not the dominant member of the dog’s “pack,” then the dog will become dominant. Possible signs of this mistaken identity include your dog leading you on a walk, disobeying you, jumping on people or snatching food. By allowing your dog to lead you, to invade someone’s space by jumping, or not sitting quietly until given the OK to eat his dinner, you are communicating that he is the leader and you are in a submissive role.

By reasserting your role as leader of your family pack, you can train your dog to be better behaved, and happier too. Cesar Millan, a well-known dog trainer, suggests that you take cues from how mother dogs treat their pups. Assert yourself as the leader calmly, without projecting a lot of emotional or nervous energy. Allow your dog to “work” for his supper by going for a walk before, and then waiting in a calm and submissive fashion before you give him his bowl. Don’t lavish affection on your dog unless he is calm.

All of these things communicate to the dog that you are the leader and you are in charge.

If you suspect that your dog has taken over as the dominant member of your household, you may need to seek guidance from an active trainer. Before you do that, here is one thing that you can begin immediately that may put you on the road to a more appropriate relationship with your dog.

Train your dog to sit—most dogs enjoy some form of work, and this skill can be an excellent jumping off point.

Pet MD provides some excellent generic tips that will work with the average dog. Start at home by giving your dog a treat each time he obeys the command to sit. Make sure that you use the command in a wide variety of situations, both when he is behaving appropriately, and when he is not. At the beginning, give the treat and words of encouragement every time he obeys. Do not give a treat unless he sits!

Gradually, increase the time between the sit and the treat, filling the time with words of encouragement. With consistent practice, you will be able to stop unwanted behavior simply by telling your dog to sit, and as the time between the sit and the treat lengthens, soon your dog will sit just for the pleasure of pleasing you and receiving affection for his good behavior.

When your dog is consistently doing well with the sit command indoors, move outdoors, keeping him on a tight leash, making certain to have plenty of treats with you.

When a situation presents itself, such as another dog out walking, or when it is obvious your dog would like to take off in another direction, stop where you are and ask him to sit, rewarding him with praise and an immediate treat when he complies. Just as in the house, practice the sit command in a wide variety of situations, and as your dog progresses, lengthen the praise and time until the treat, until you only offer the praise.

##### Gomer was showing Floyd around the trailer. When they got to the bedroom, Floyd noticed that the wooden bedposts were completely covered with notches.

“Dang, you’re good,” said Floyd admiringly.

“No kidding” Gomer boasted. “Those bedposts shore come in handy when you lose your beer bottle opener.”

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NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY – May 13

Celebrated each year on May 13, it is National Frog Jumping Day. In 1865, Mark Twain’s first short story, “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” was published. Later, he changed the name and published it as, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”.

This same story also had a third title, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The current frog jumping record was set in 1986 by Rosie the Ribeter, who jumped 21 feet, 5-3/4 inches.

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Looking deeper into the world’s wheat crop

By Shawn Campbell, USW Assistant Director, West Coast Office Today, a quick glance at world wheat supply and demand might indicate that supplies are abundant, prices are trending down and the world’s importers can be somewhat relaxed about meeting their near-term needs. However, well-informed buyers can see that the real picture of today’s wheat market has more depth than the snapshot reveals – with potential impact on import strategies.

No doubt, the macro supply numbers are large and impressive. In its February WASDE report (see story above), USDA places global wheat supplies for the 2013/14 marketing year at 888.1 MMT, including record total wheat production of 711.9 MMT. Looking deeper, though, beginning stocks in the six traditional wheat-exporting regions are on a four-year trend down, from 84.0 MMT in 2009/10 to 53.0 MMT in 2013/14. That is the lowest carry-in for major exporters since 2008/09, the year following the supply crisis of 2007/08. World wheat use, on the other hand, is trending up. USDA estimated that the world will consume a record 696.6 MMT of wheat and world wheat trade will reach a record 159.4 MMT. Not surprisingly, global stocks-to-use ratios are also falling, from 31 percent in 2008/09 to 26 percent projected for this marketing year.

Following is an overview of supply and demand situations in other major exporters that add detail to the supply and demand picture.

Russian wheat production bounced back from a drought in 2012/13, reaching 52.1 MMT, up 38 percent compared to last year and the fourth largest crop since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, heavy rainfall during harvest resulted in a crop with lower protein and weaker gluten than normal. Russian farmers responded by holding back their better quality supplies in anticipation of higher prices. In turn, higher prices later in the year affected Russian wheat’s competitive position on the world market. USDA’s first estimate of Russian wheat exports in July was 17.0 MMT. The estimate is currently at 16.5 MMT. Ukraine’s wheat situation is similar. While estimated production of 22.3 MMT is up from last year, quality suffered with harvest rains. In addition to quality issues, farmers are choosing to plant corn (maize) over wheat. High winterkill in winter wheat and the greater profit potential of corn is spurring the increase in corn planted area and production the past three years. In fact, Ukraine has produced more corn than wheat for the past three years and exported more corn than wheat for the past four years.

USDA estimates wheat production in the European Union (EU) at 142.9 MMT, the third largest crop ever, and expects exports to reach a record 27.5 MMT. What the numbers do not show is that a large part of the production increase is taking place in Eastern Europe, a region noted for growing lower quality wheat. EU feed wheat usage has been declining, replaced by higher corn production and increasing corn imports from Ukraine. This forces countries like Romania to find other markets for their increasing wheat supplies, creating new competition for Russia and France in North Africa and the Middle East.

France itself is not immune to quality challenges. News outlets reported French farm groups are voicing concerns over wheat varieties bred more for yield than quality. In addition, a cold wet spring in 2013 resulted in a crop with below-average protein and above-average moisture; prices had to come down before that wheat would move to market.

Moreover, just a few weeks ago, Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, lowered its moisture specification from 13.5 to 13.0 percent.

That new requirement will likely exclude higher-moisture French wheat from the Egyptian market.

Logistical issues have pushed availability of Canadian wheat well into the future in part because the spring wheat crop is so large. There are similar, though less disruptive, logistical issues in the United States. U.S. exporters are bidding and delivering wheat reliably, but farmers in the northern United States have reacted to a very large basis by storing much of their wheat up country. This affects another issue: exportable supplies of high protein spring wheat.

The average protein levels for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) and U.S. hard red spring (HRS) classes are an entire percentage point lower than last year. This has resulted in the highest premium for 14.0 percent over 13.0 percent protein since 2010/11. Large carry-over stocks of high protein HRS and record CWRS production have kept continued on page b32

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The DH-50 and 60 series Pillar drills are 5 plex toolbars with parallel lifting sub frames to lift and lower the double shoot Disc/Hoe openers. The main toolbar does not move to lift the openers out of the ground. With depth stops on the cylinders it is very easy to maintain the correct frame height as the disc wears or when changing seeding depth.

They also feature a rear walking beam that keeps all the transport wheels on the ground.

This feature removes the stress on the frame during transport and keeps the toolbar as level as possible in the field. There are walking axles on the transport wheels as well, these features keep an even load on all four corners of the toolbar all the time.

The DH5010 and DH6010 Pillar disc drills come with Flexi-Coil easy flow headers but can be adapted to other air carts as well. These two models come with an 8 run, double shoot air pack.

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Moving to the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina’s wheat farmers have little economic incentive to grow more wheat because of disruptive government policies. And, for the second year in a row, Argentina had a poor crop and Brazil will need to source much of its bread wheat from other sources (including a reliable supplier to their north).

Australia has also harvested its third largest crop ever at 26.5 MMT, but supplies of the higher protein wheat classes, Australian Hard and Australian Prime Hard, likely will be limited. Farmers in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria are reaping bumper crops, but a drought has restricted supplies in Queensland and New South Wales.

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Genetic considerations for the cowherd

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By Matt Spangler, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Beef Genetics Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle.

It’s not hard to think of examples; artificial insemination protocol and the accompanying products (CIDRs, MGA, etc.), implants and feed additives, EPDs, economic selection indexes, genomic tools, and yes, crossbreeding strategies.

Cow sense is the ability to use science to improve the profitability of the respective beef centric enterprise. To adopt and correctly use science requires not only knowledge of the particular tool, but also detailed knowledge of the production environment and marketing goals. A recent webinar presentation to the Nebraska Ranch Practicum titled “Genetic Considerations for the Cowherd” discusses a systems approach to application of these tools. (NOTE: Webinar length - 51:57; link opens in new window) If we focus on genetic tools and strategies, there are a few main ones that come to mind: Crossbreeding, EPDs, selection indexes, and DNA technology.

Crossbreeding Crossbreeding, I would argue, makes economic sense for every commercial producer. However, the breeds utilized and the structure of the mating system will vary

not only by region but also by individual herds. The identification of environmental constraints and marketing goals dictates the breeds that go into a crossing system.

Understanding these factors allows a producer to take full advantage of the science of heterosis.

EPDs Expected Progeny Differences have been available to beef cattle producers for decades and are the fundamental backbone of genetic improvement. However, correct utilization of them requires cow sense, or knowledge of environmental constraints and production goals.

Most seedstock producers know the frustration of having advised clientele relative to bull choice only to see said client leave the sale with the exact opposite of what they really needed. There are a few good examples of this misuse of science, and thus poor cow sense.

Research has shown that cows with the genetic propensity to milk heavily require more nutrients year round, not just when they are milking. The National Research Council (NRC) data shows that a cow who produces 25 lbs. of milk at peak lactation

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requires 10% more feed energy than a cow producing 15 lbs. of milk at peak lactation.

To see a 10% difference in feed energy with regards to mature weight it would require moving from a 1,000 lb. cow to a 1,200 lb. cow, or a change of 200 lbs. of body weight. We know that selection for increased yearling weights has led to larger mature cows that are more expensive to maintain.

Moderating mature cow size and selecting for an optimal window of milk production is beneficial when it comes to cutting costs regardless of your production environment. However, in limited feed environments females with high maintenance energy requirements may also have difficulty maintaining an acceptable body condition score and rebreeding. Nugent et al. (1993) determined that with limited nutrient availability, breeds with a high genetic potential for milk production had longer anestrous periods which lead to lower conception rates during a fixed breeding season.

Selection Indexes Another misuse of science is related to the choice of economic selection indexes.

It is absolutely critical to fully understand the intended use (production goals) that are assumed by an index before you use them to select herd bulls.

A great example is $B. This index a very useful terminal index. However, it would be an exceptionally poor choice for those who retain replacement heifers and sell calves at weaning.

Understanding how selection tools, such as economic index values, fit your production goals takes cow sense.

DNA Technology There have been several lethal genetic defects that have been uncovered in the past few years. And there will be more identified in the future. Luckily, genomics has allowed for the development of tools to identify carriers.

Is it safe for you to use a carrier bull?

This takes detailed knowledge of your own cowherd and the risk of the cows being carriers themselves. The answer is not the same for everyone.

Another very beneficial use of genomics is for paternity assignment. Many commercial producers turn out large cohort groups of bulls, with only the knowledge of what their EPDs were on the day they were purchased. However, we know that some are actually better than what their low accuracy EPDs suggest and others are worse. So what can you do when all bulls were supposed to be calving ease and during calving season you end up having to pull some calves? You could paternity test the problem (large birth weight) calves, identify the problem sire(s), and only use them on cows the next year.

Conclusion Cow sense, simply put, is knowing how to use science and understanding that the production environment and individual marketing goals dictate what tools should be used and how to use them.

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By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service Seedling success sometimes depends on a good cover-up, according to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist Russ Gesch has determined that sowing seeds protected by a thin polymer layer can help northern Corn Belt farmers optimize spring planting schedules. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

In Minnesota and other northern U.S. states, early spring planting in cold and wet soils can damage seeds. When farmers plant later in the season, a cold snap can interfere with seed response and result in poor plant emergence and poor yields.

Gesch, who works at the ARS Soil Management Research Unit in Morris, Minnesota, conducted several field studies comparing the performance of coated and uncoated seeds planted in early spring and late spring. The coated seeds were covered with a temperature-activated polymer that prevented water from reaching the seed until the soils were warm enough for germination and emergence.

In one study, the coated seeds planted in early spring had a significantly greater level of emergence and establishment than uncoated seeds planted at the same time. The rate of emergence—how long it took for 50 percent of the seeds to emerge and become established—was also faster for coated seeds than uncoated seeds.

However, coated seeds planted in late spring generally had slower emergence rates than uncoated seeds planted at the same time. According to Gesch, these findings strongly indicated that farmers could use coated seeds to get a jumpstart on their spring planting because the seeds would be protected from cold, wet soils until conditions favored germination and emergence.

Gesch also examined how till and no-till cultivation affected seed response of corn and soybean seeds, and didn’t find any significant differences in germination and emergence between coated seeds planted in conventional-till systems and seeds planted in no-till systems. But coated soybean seed planted in late spring was less successful because this left the seed exposed to soil temperatures that were too high for successful germination and establishment.

Gesch has published his findings in Agronomy Journal, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, and Field Crops Research.

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Case20136W IH STX485 #15110B..........$220,000 Concord 3612 #47188W.......................$28,000 (F)#37008W................................................$31,000 NH CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (G)072012 (D) CIHNEW Farmall 40, Case IH 8230 #GUH266.............$302,000 $8,000 Combines & Headers Skid Steers (W) CIH Farmall 60, , .................................................. $220,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010 w/80” Bkt, 20094W ...........................$260,000 $43,000 S330 Bobcat (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, W83050$7,250 .......................

NEW (W) NH CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 (G) 2012 Case IH 7230 #GUH270.............$290,000(D)(B) (G) Case IH STX500 #GUT182. $22,000 (W) 632 Case Bobcat, IH 4812 #47190W. (D) 1999 . ..............$58,000 (D) CIH Farmall 95, 670 2012 Cat $190,000 (B) 1998 New Holland 664 #38135W.............$6500 $215,000 $7,500 (H) 642B Bobcat Rnd Blr, AW,TW, LS160 CIHNEW Farmall 95, (W) CIH RB564 W83013(B) ........

NH TR95 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $7,000 (F) CIH 6088, $19,000 (D) NH CR 9070, 24024W ................................. $260,000 (S) MF 860, UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (W)(W) (H) 2008 #16177W. .....$79,500 $310,000 CIH 7010 (H) 743Seed Bobcat Master SXG3212 $8,500 (H) 2008 #47189W..$112,000 (D) CIH 95U FWA, (2) NH TR98 New Holland T6080(F) (G)2 Case IH 7120 #GUH273......................$248,000 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (D)(D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W (W) New Holland BR780A #38136W...$14,000 $196,000 (F) CIH 8010, $10,000 (W) CIH RB564 Nt, W83014 .. NEW (B) S130 Bobcat Rnd Blr, Ele Twn $18,995 (D) CIH 105U FWA, (S)2006 NH CR9070, 24035W .................................... $249,000 (S) $101,100....................

(W) 2008 New Holland TC45D................. #16173W. ...$24,500 (W) CIH 8010, $280,000 $19,000 (D) 753 Bobcat, (F)CIH 2013 Amity 5015 #LCIKNTFNKTZD. ...$118,680 (B) CIH Puma 125 FWA, NH TR66 8230 PTIHSwthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 (D)(D) 1825B Case Skid w/Bkt 20129W (F) $14,000 (H)CIH 2011 Case 9120 #23355W. .............$290,000 SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ...............

NEW $265,000 (D) CIH 8010, 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W#38138W....$13,500 ....................... $42,000 (S) (B) 2004w/NH New94CHolland BR780 $12,000 (H) 753 Bobcat, w/L750 Ldr, $64,000 (D) CIH 8010, $14,000 $265,000 (F) Holland TC55 #15117B. ........$24,000 (F) (D)SPX3330 S150Case Bobcat, IH $23,000 ................

(W) CIHNEW Puma 165 FWA, 8120, ........................................... $299,000 (D)(D) (D) 2009 #47191W.........$134,000 NH2007 TX68, $65,000 ...................

1845 CaseNew Skid w/Bkt, 20127W CIH SPATX400 Spryr, WNH585 (H)CIH 2012 CaseUC564 IH 9230 #23362W..............$360,000 (W)2009 JD 9600, 22004W ............................................. $52,000 (S) $270,000 (D) S150 Bobcat (W) New Holland BR7090 #38139W.. $19,600 $22,500 w/LX770 Ldr, $28,000 (W) CIH 8010, (S) CIH 2188, UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (F) #16169W..$120,000 CIH 8010, $23,000 $185,000 (W) 2006 New Holland TG275 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 .....................

(D) S205 Bobcat, $23,000 (D) CIH Puma 210, (W) CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, W85043 $160,000 (W) NH CR960, (W) JD New 9600,Holland 22011W ............................................. $49,000 (H) 2010 Case IH 8120 #23376W..............$229,000 $330,000 (B) S205 Bobcat $26,500 (B) 2008 BR7090 #38140W..$26,000 w/L770 Ldr, NH CR960, $137,000 (F) CIH 8120, Air Tanks/Carts MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 (F) (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 .....................

(S)#16171W. CIH 2388 $35,000 $89,900 ................................................................................. $25,000 (D) S205 Bobcat (B) TM155 . ...$66,900 (F) CIH NEW Scout Ut Vehicle, (W) JD 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 (S) (D) NH 2005 CR970, New Holland$188,000 (H) 2011 Case IH 9120 #23382W. . ............$300,000 $240,000 (F) 863 Bobcat, (S) CIH 7010 $19,000 (D) New9660 Holland BR780 #38141W....$15,000 (D) CIH 72” Finish Mwr, (D) NH CR 970, Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 (S) Bourgault 6550 #UD264. .......................$74,000 CIH 8120 Combine, WNC432$23,000 .........................

(F)2003 JD STS , WUH346 .................................. $31,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 (D) 440 (S)#16178W. 08 CIH 7010 $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, (W) Case 2006 New Holland$180,000 TV145 ....$65,000 (F) (F) CIH NEW SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, $47,000 (H) 2012 Case IH 9230 #23388W..............$355,000 (F)440 $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, (S)..............

07 CIH 8010 $18,000 (F) CIHNEW HDX 182 Agr Hd, (B) 2001John Deere 567 #38146W. ............$19,900 C3970,Case Skid w/Bkt,$152,000 20130W $36,000 NH CR (D) CIH 8120 Combine, W82055 ..........................

(S) 2008 Bourgault 6550 #UD276. . .............$50,000 w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. $29,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (D)(W) (S) 06 CIH 8010 $220,000 $43,000 (D) S330 Bobcat (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, (B) #16166W...$105,000 $270,000 NH2009 CR9070,New Holland TV6070 42GB Hd, ...................................

MF 860, $22,000 $9,500 Skid w/Bkt, 20131W .................

(W) 8120 LS160 NH Skid $19,000 (W) CIHNEW RB564 Rnd Blr, (W) CIH Combine, W82076 .........................

Mowers/Zero Turn$65,000 (D)(D)60XT (G) 2009w/635F CaseJD,IHWUH262 RBX564 #GHAY43..........$18,000 NH CR Case 9070, $260,000 (S) ........................................ $35,000 (S) Honeybee (S) 2011 6550 #UD288. $59,500 (S) 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds $10,000 ..............$87,000 (D) 1825Bourgault Case Skid (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, NH CR9070, Honeybee ................................... $71,000 (D)(S) Carts Skid,$249,000 20088W .............. $17,000 W82078$14,000 .........................

(W) CIH 8120Case Combine, $8,500 (D) 1825B Skid (W) CIHNEW SPX3330 SP Spryr, (D) 9760 JD w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (S) (W) 1980 Cub42GB CadetHd, ZTR #19037W..............$1500 Skat Trak 1500DGrain $42,000 (S) CIH 8230 PT Swthr, Augers (S) CIH 8120, $299,000 (D) 1845 Case Skid $14,000 (F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, 9600, $52,000 MacDon 963 Hd, ......................... Call for Pricing (D)(W) 4800 Magnatrac Skid Dzr, 20111W $6,000 (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82080$23,000 .........................

NEW (F)JD2006 Bourgault 750w/Bkt, #52103B. ...............$28,000 Drills (W) 1680 CIH,1335 23022W ......................................... $30,000 (S) $69,500 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, (W) CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spr (B) 2006 Dixon Grizzly #19013W..................$4640 (W) JD 9600, $49,000 (S) CIH 2188, (D) 1980 Batco #51136W...................$10,200 973 Hd, $29,500 (F)2142 435 SSL 35’ Case Skid, $35,000 MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 $123,500 (S) MacDon (W) JD 2010 9650 (B) CIH Drpr 3710 Hd, W82057 ................... NEW (B)2002 1680Brandt CIH, 23057W $29,000 (S) BrentPost 1194Diggers #GUM097. ..................$58,000 (G) 2012 Bourgault #GUD084.........$390,000 $85,000 (D) 440 Case Skid $34,000 (F) CIH 8120 Combine, $31,000 (S) CIH 2188, JD STS 9660 (W) 1996 Grasshopper 718K #WUM534.......$5000 (F)(G) (D) 10x70........................................... #51160W...................$8000 (S) NH ...............

94C Hd, $45,000 $36,000 (D)2152 440 C3 Case (B) CIH 35’Skid Dpr Hd, W82024 .....................

(D) CIHNEW 8120 Combine, $29,000 (H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd, ..................................... 59,000 (H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post#52120W. Dgr, 52027W $850 (F) 2009 J&M 1000 . ....................$34,000 (S) 2008 Bourgault 5710 #UD277. $65,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, $22,000 ............$100,000 (D) 60XT Case Skid (W) CIH 8120 Combine, $35,000 (D) 2012 Grasshopper 727 #19029W. . .......$10,500 (D) Brandt 10x60 #51169W. . ..........................$9750 (S) Honeybee 3655 , ............................

Call for Pricing (D) CIH 40’ Drpr ...................

(S) Honeybee 42GB $800 Hd, $71,000 (D)2152 Skat Trak 1500D Skid, Hd, W82062 $17,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (W)(D)(F) 3pt 52030W ..............

(W) CIHNEW 8120 Combine, 9760 F8 JD Danuser Post Dgr, $231,000 1997 Morris 750 #52100B. .....................$16,500 (S) 2012 #UD278. ...................$205,000 Call for Pricing (D) 4800Amity Magnatrac5250 Skid , $6,000 (W) CIHNEW 8120 Combine, CIH 1010 Hds, ..........................

Call for Pricing (B) (W) $30,000 (S) MacDon 963 Hd 1680 CIH, (S)3 2010 Grasshopper 620 #19101B. ............$7900 (D) 2008 Convey-All TCH14115 #51167W.. $52,000 (D) CIH 2152 40’Post Drpr Hd, W82065 ...................

(W) 1688 CIH, 23082W ......................................... $50,000 (S) McMillin Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $61,000 (S) MacDon D60 $1,295 Hd (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, Diggers $29,000 (B) 1680 CIH, (W) 2005 Sunflower 8782 #52101B............$25,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd 59,000 (S) 2008 Bourgault 5710 #UD282. . ...........$100,000 (S) NH CR960 , .................................................... $180,000 (B) CIHNEW 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, (H) 1680 CIH, $38,000 (H)2152 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr,Hd, W82050 $850 (D) CIH 40’ Drpr ...................

(D) 2013w/1015 Westfield #51159W............$8500 CIH PUTF8X36 Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 Misc Skid Steer Loaders Call for Pricing (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, (W) 1688 CIH, $45,000 (S) Honeybee 3655 $800 (D)16882012 #WUM579.........$53,000 Call for Pricing (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds GrainS300 Augers & Vacs (S) 2010 Case 800 #UD275..................$140,000 (W) CIH 2152 45’ Drpr W82074 (D) CIHNEW 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, CIH, Unverferth 1015 (B) McMillin Hyd IH Post Dgr, Hd, $1,295 .................

(B)2008 CIHWestfield 2188, 23046W ........................................... $47,500 (S) 2004 Bobcat (B) 10x61 #51175W...............$9500 #UM755. ..................$27,000(H)(W) (S) NH CR960 $180,000 C1000SR Swath Roller,$50,000 520354W ................. $750 (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, $7,000 Misc (B) 2010 Unverferth 1315 #52119W...........$58,000 (D) CIH 2188 w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ (W) 7x36 Westfield w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (S) John Deee 1835 #UD259....................$220,000 Grain Augers & Vacs (W) CIH 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, (B) CIH 2188, $47,500 (H) C1000SR Swath Roller, $750 Tillage (D) 2008 Bobcat S220 #20177W. . ...............$29,000 Lawn &9200 Garden (W) 7x36 Westfield $2,100 (D) CIH 2188 ........................................................................... $12,000 (D) 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 Lawn & Garden (D) 1980 Unverferth #52121W...........$29,000 (S) 2009 Bourgault 5710 #47110B...........$129,000 $2,500 (D) 7x51 Westfield $12,000 (D) 24-ft. applicator. #49037W.................$4500 (D)8x41 1999Westfield, Bobcat 553 #20348W. .....................$9500 425 51”Westfield, Brm, (D) 8x41 $4,500 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor CIHJD 2188,Lawn Tractor w/54” $40,000Mwr, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D)(H) (H)DMI CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (D) $6,950 ...............$28,000 (F) 1995 Concord 4010 #47106B. $3,500 $85,000 (D) 8x46 Westfield, (W) CIH 2188, 19015W ................................................................. $6,950 Grain Vacs (W) 1999 John Deere 610 chisel plow #41001W.....

(F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (W) 2010 Bobcat S330 #20353W. . ..............$39,900 $2,100 (B) CIH 2388, $90,000 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (D) 8x46 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 $5,000 $2,500 (D) MK 8x51 Westfield Swg Agr, (B) CIH 2388, $100,000 (F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (D) Brandt 4500EX #51164W. ............$11,000 Hay Headers Lawn Tractor, (B). ..............................................................$14,500 CIH 2388, 23018W ........................................... $90,000 (B) (D)8x52 2013SC Bobcat S850 #20355W. ................$55,000 (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, $5,000 (D) 721 Grasshopper $142,000 (F) CIH1980 2388 $11,500 $7,100 (D) 30’ Speedking$5,000 PTO Belt Cvyr, ..............................................................

(W) CIH 2388 Westfield Agr,.................$27,000 51057W ... $2,500 (B) CIH 2388, 23047W ......................................... $100,000 (D) (B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, (B)WUM534 2004 Brandt 5000EX #51166W. . ...........$16,000 (B) 1993 New Holland 1116 #32195W. ..........$7500 Planters (S)MK 20088x51 Bobcat S205 Swg #21102B. (W) 1535LP Brandt Cnvyr, $12,500 $97,400 $6,500 721 Lawn Tractor, (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, $6,500 CIH Grasshopper 2588, $195,000 (F)1985 CIH John 2388 Deere w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W $5,000 (D)(F) 2009 Brandt 5000EX #51174W. . ...........$14,500 (D) 1995 New Holland 2216 #32197W. .......$10,000 (W) 7000 #46043W.........$12,000 (G) 2010 Case IH 445 #GUM099.................$41,000 (B) 19016W ............................................................... $11,500 (W) CIH 2388 w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... (D) 30’ Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 (D) 2011 Brandt 7500HP #51172W.............$20,000 (W) 2006 New Holland HS16 #32191W......$11,000 (D) 2002...........................................................................

John Deere 1770NT #46042W.....$65,000 (W)1535LP 2007 New Holland C185 #20297W......$25,000 Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower, $97,400 (W)

(F) 2004 RoGator 1064 3511 engine hours. #53118B.................................................$97,000 (F) 2011 Spra-Coupe 4660 #53115B........$100,000 (S) 2003 Flexi-Coil S67XL #53114B...........$11,500 (S) 2001 Summers Ultimate #53105B........$17,500 (F) 2005 Summers Ultimate #53117B........$26,000

Used Equipment

New Equipment

w/SP36 HB Dpr Hd, 25002W ............

w/971 NH 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... w/994 36’ Dpr, 971 PU Hd, 24025W or 24026W ....................................................... w/36’ 960 MacDon Dpr Hd, 2009W &28019W ..............................................

24016W ........................................... w/36’ MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................

24019W ....................................

WUH370 ....................................

24021W .....................................

24022W .................................... w/94C NH 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W .......................

WUH324 ...................................

24027W .................................

24024W .................................

24035W .................................... w/NH 94C 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W .......................

22004W .............................................

22011W ............................................. w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. , WUH346 .................................. w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. w/635F JD, WUH262 ........................................ w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W ....

23022W .........................................

23057W ...........................................

23058W ..........................................

23050W .........................................

23082W ......................................... w/1015 CIH PU Hd, 23084W ...............................

23046W ........................................... w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ ...........................................................................

23109W ..........................................

23111W .........................................

23018W ...........................................

23047W ......................................... w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... ...........................................................................

WIH319 .........................................

REM Grain Vac, 52096A LOCATION KEY: (W) (B) 1026 - Beach (W) - Bowman (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000

................. $6,500 (D) - Dickinson

w/CIH 1010 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ...................

WUH312 ....................................... w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 .....

WUH172 ........................................

WUH232 .......................................

23075W ........................................

23076W ........................................

23087W .......................................

WUH342 .......................................

WUH298 ....................................... , ........................................................... , ......................................................... , .................................................. , .................................................. , ..................................................

UC550 ..................................................... , ..............................

UC558 .........................

UC564 ...........................................

UC565 .............................................

UC566 ..............................

UC572 ............................................. ..................................................... ................................... ................................... , ......................... , .......................................... , ..................................... , ............................ , .......................... , ....................................................

w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W .......

51016W ..................................

51055W ..................................

51058W ...............................

51057W ...

51054W 51036W 51010W .............

52096A .................

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

(G) - Glasgow (H) - Hettinger $6,500 (S) - Stanley

20018W ........................................ w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ w/o Bkt, 20112W .......................

20083W .......................................

20085W .......................................

20120W .................................... w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... no Bkt, 20120W ....................... w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ w/Bkt, 20142W .........................

WUT322 ......................................

20105W .....................................

20136W .................................... w/80” Bkt, 20094W ...................

20109W ............................. w/Bkt, 20128W .................... w/Bkt 20129W ................. w/Bkt, 20127W ...................

WUT324 .....................

WUT341 ..................... w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... w/Bkt, 20130W .............. w/Bkt, 20131W .................

20088W .............. w/Bkt, Dzr 20111W

52027W ...............

52030W ..............

52022W ..............

520354W .................

w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, 19015W .................................................................

WUM534 ..............................................................

19016W ...............................................................

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

(F) - Williston

W80137 ......................

W80170 .....................

W80193 ......................

W80189 ......................

W80138 .........................

W80160 ......................

W80053 ............

W85038 ..........................

W80112 ..........

W85140 ......................

W80037 ........................

W85031 ..........................

WNM126 .........

W85133 ............

WNH526 .

WNH553 ......

W83050 ............

AW,TW, W8301 Ele Twn Nt, W8 W85098 ...

WNH585 .....

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WNC432 .............

W82055 ..............

W82076 ..............

W82078 ..............

W82080 ..............

W82057 .......

W82024 .........

W82062 .......

W82065 .......

W82050 .......

W82074 .....

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How farm policy used to work

By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee demand.

In the period between the 1930s and Because the US is a major economic, 1992, farm bills generally instituted compolitical, and agricultural power, the US pensation policies that took the form of price supports. These policies were designed to serves as the oligopoly price leader for many manage the surplus production that resulted agricultural products and their substitutes from centuries of developmental policies with other countries selling their crops at while allowing US farmers the chance, with a discount to the US price plus shipping. hard work and good management skills, This relationship between the US price and to provide their family with a livelihood. price elsewhere remains the same whether Compensation policies also allowed farmers the loan rate is high or low or whether the to remain on the land until labor demands price is high or low. Others are always price in other parts of the economy enticed them followers. and/or their children to leave the farm and The FOR was a variation on the CCC earn their livelihood in another way. program with the major exceptions being While price support policies varied in that the loan period was longer and farmform over the years, they were generally ers were allowed to retain ownership of used tools that in one way or other managed the crop, were paid a storage fee, and were the supply of various agricultural products. allowed to capture the difference between For the major row crops, the price supthe loan rate and the release price that was port policies were based on a non-recourse otherwise captured by the CCC. loan rate—established in legislation or a While this type of storage/supply manformula written into the legislation—that agement system worked well for crops that allowed the producers of storable grains and had a long shelf-life, it was ill-suited for fibers to take out a loan with the Commodity other crops. Crops like fruits, vegetables, Credit Corporation (CCC)—a government and nuts, instead, are eligible for marketcorporation—instead of having to sell the ing orders which are authorized under the crop at harvest, a time to pay off production Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of expenses. The harvested crop served as col1947 and subsequent amendments. lateral for the loan.

Marketing orders, under the oversight of This was important because prices at the USDA, allow a majority of producers of harvest were generally at their lowest point a given crop like cranberries to manage the of the year. With the loan farmers could supply of their crop through mechanisms market their crop later in the year at what like specifying the grade and quantity of they hoped would be a higher price. The their crop that can be shipped to market. period of the loan was usually for 9 months They also can establish mechanisms for and bore an interest rate that was lower handling surplus production, provide for rethan farmers could get from a local lendserves, and establish sanitary standards and ing institution. Those taking out loans were standardized sizes of marketing containers. responsible for the storage of the crop and With these tools producers can affect the keeping it in marketable condition. supply of their product going to market thus Farmers were permitted to sell the crop at influencing price. Marketing orders work any time—the rules for the Farmer-Ownedbest for crops that are grown in a limited Reserve (FOR) were different—and pay off locale, have limited substitutes, and have a the loan plus interest. They could then keep consumer demand that is relatively stable the difference between the loan repayment through a range of prices. costs and the sale price.

Milk producers also used marketing orIn the event that farmers were unable to ders while tobacco used marketing quotas sell the crop at a profit, they could forfeit for many years. In the past, sugar was most the ownership of the crop to the government often protected by import quotas. and deliver it to a CCC storage facility. The Livestock, unlike crops, have historidelivery of the grain served as full payment cally had production cycles that reflect the of the loan plus interest and the government nature of production as well as the ability had no recourse to force farmers to pay the of producers to manage the supply going to difference between the value of the loan and market. Unlike crops where the major asthe current value of the crop, thus the term set—land—is fixed, with livestock the manon-recourse loan. jor asset—the cow or sow—can be sent off Thus the loan rate served as a floor price to town when prices are low. When prices for the covered crops because farmers could are high livestock producers can keep an always take out a loan at the loan rate and extra female or two to increase production deliver the crop to the CCC. The CCC in the medium-run. would then hold the crop until the market These policies weren’t perfect. Not by a price reached a pre-determined release price long shot. There were times in which grain at which time it would begin liquidating its stock levels became burdensomely large. holdings.

There were times in which politics overTo protect against the CCC holdings took reason (examples include some of the becoming too cumbersome, various mechasupport price levels and issues relating to nisms—that varied from time to time—were stocks, usually relating to the timing and used to take land out of production and thus government costs of stock disposal, for exreduce overproduction and allow the price ample, the elimination of stocks just before to remain above the loan rate. they are most needed like before the price If the loan rate and the release price were run-ups in the 1970s and use of expensive reasonably set, this mechanism served the stock disposal schemes like payment-ininterests of producers by ensuring a minikind). mum price and doing what farmers could But in retrospect, the overall approach, not do on their own—reduce production even with its well-publicized warts, seems to ensure that supply and demand were in more defensible as a public policy than the balance at a lower price limit that at least programs of the last couple decades. Also, allowed them to remain in production. It the earlier commodity programs—though also served the interests of consumers in highly criticized for their government costs the US and abroad by assuring them of a and market interventions—on average cost reliable supply of grains and fibers—at a less and arguably cause less economic dispre-determined upper price limit—in the ruption than current commodity/safety-net event of a reduction supply or a surge in programs.

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NDSU adds sugar beet agronomist

By NDSU Extension Service Thomas Peters has joined the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Plant Sciences as an Extension Service sugar beet agronomist with an emphasis on weed control.

The position supports sugar beet growers in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Peters also is an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences. His work responsibility is 80 percent Extension and 20 percent research.

He will be collaborating with other faculty and staff, sugar beet cooperatives and allied industries on a systems approach for controlling sugar beet weeds.

Peters was raised on a Stearns County, Minnesota dairy farm. He received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy and soil science from the University of Minnesota. He earned his master’s degree in agronomy, specializing in weed science, from the University of Nebraska and his doctorate in agronomy, specializing in weed science from NDSU. Peters retired from Monsanto after having spent almost 24 years with the company. Most of his career at Monsanto was in the biotech organization where he specialized in corn trait development.

While earning his doctorate at NDSU, Peters was under the supervision of Alan Dexter, a longtime NDSU and University of Minnesota sugar beet weed specialist.

Peters and his wife, Connie, have two children.

“We look forward to Dr. Peters joining the department and working with sugar beet growers and producers in the region,” says Rich Horsley, Plant Sciences Department head.

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Cedar trees and rangeland loss

By Pete Bauman, South Dakota State University Extension The issue of cedar tree invasion into South Dakota’s rangelands tends to be a regional conversation. Those in the south central and southeastern portions of South Dakota understand well the challenges in controlling these invasive trees. There is generally broad agreement among most resource professionals that these trees are in fact changing our landscape in a negative way. However, forging a definitive path toward addressing the issue becomes a dilemma as best management practices are not always clear. Not only is control difficult, but the cedar tree has a long history of positive uses in shelterbelts and wildlife plantings. Therefore the issue becomes complicated by the debate over whether the appeal cedars have for humans and certain wildlife outweigh their overall threats to the landscape.

In February 2014, a symposium was held on cedar control in the Great Plains at the 67th annual Society for Range Management meeting in Florida. The symposium was organized to better understand the spread, control, and impacts of invasive cedar and juniper as major threats to Great Plains farms, ranches, and grassland ecosystems. Researchers from across the southern and central plains….range professors, economist, social scientists….spoke on the overwhelmingly negative impact these species have on the plains. The message was clear – juniper and cedar are spreading rapidly, the wave is heading north, they are creating changes on the landscape that are primarily negative, and the Dakota’s are the cedar frontier.

In a nutshell, the expansion of these species across the plains is now being dubbed the ‘Green Glacier’, and the reality is that this expansion will continue to impact rangeland productivity and management. The most challenging message to come from recent research is that cedar invasion appears to be primarily a product of removal of fire from the grasslands. While it is true that active planting of cedars will continue to create unnatural source populations, land management practices such as grazing do not significantly contribute to the spread of the plant. Simply put, the grand expansion of cedars is the by-product of active planting and fire exclusion. Where fire has been preserved or reintroduced as a management tool, the trees are generally controlled regardless of the other grassland management practices that occur.

We have two types of juniper species here in South Dakota that are of concern, the Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) and the eastern red cedar (J. virginiana). The Rocky Mountain Juniper is believed to be native to the Missouri River breaks region and the Black Hills, while the eastern red cedar is thought to be mostly introduced. For those unfamiliar with the difference, the juniper is more of a ‘bushy’ type plant while the cedar takes on more of an upright growth form typical of a pine or spruce tree. Eastern red cedars are the common tree utilized in shelterbelts and wildlife habitat plantings. Although juniper may be expanding in density and area in several regions of south central South Dakota, it is the eastern red cedar that appears to be the species of dominant statewide concern because of its popularity, hardiness in plantings, and appeal to birds which are the primary disperser of its seeds.

Escaped or volunteer cedar trees likely occur in every county of the state. Aside from initial plantings, volunteer trees are generally found in fence rows, under power lines, in hardwood shelterbelts, pastures, CRP, and other areas.

What can be done? Biologically, cedars are tough. Their waxy coating and relative resilience can make them a formidable foe. Chemical applications are generally not practical, have mixed results, and can impact non-target vegetation. However, cedars are susceptible to two basic control methods. The first is that cedars lack the ability to re-sprout. While cedar saplings might cover a pasture, once they are dead, they are dead. Killing a small cedar can be accomplished easily through mechanical control either via chainsaw, hand-loppers, hand saws, ATV-mounted shears, or larger carbide cutters mounted to skid-steer loaders. When mechanically controlling cedar it is necessary to remove the tree below the lowest branch, so care should be taken if using rotary mowers.

The cedar’s second weakness is its susceptibility to fire – primarily when young. Fire can be an effective tool when applied to saplings less than 3 or 4 feet tall. The key to fire use is to ensure an adequate fuel load to create enough heat to kill the tree. This is best accomplished with resting the pasture for a full season prior to the burn. While larger trees CONTINUED ON PAGE C5

Transitioning newly purchased bulls

By Warren Rusche, South Dakota Sate University Extension By now the task of selecting new herd sires has been largely completed. Now it’s time to shift focus towards management practices to make sure that the investments made in new herd sires will last for the long-term.

One of the major components of the cost of natural service in the cattle business is the number of years of useful life of the herd sires. The more years that a bull remains productive allows the initial purchase price to be spread out over more calves. Considering the value of most yearling bulls at production sales this spring, spending some additional attention to help make sure that the transition phase proceeds smoothly would seem to be effort well spent.

In most cases yearling bulls have been developed on higher energy diets than what will be available to them during the breeding season. If these bulls are simply turned out to the breeding pastures without being adapted to lower energy diets, there is a high likelihood of excessive weight loss and potentially a reduction in fertility and libido. This would not only impact breeding success this year but could affect the useful lifespan of the bull if the weight loss were too great.

Changes in diets should be made gradually. There is a 60-day period before sperm cells are mature, so avoid any drastic changes during the two months before the start of breeding season whenever possible. The concentrate portion of the ration would be gradually reduced in a series of steps until the desired level is reached. It’s important to remember that these bulls are still growing and to not restrict nutrient intake too much. They should be gaining 1.5 to 2 pounds per day and be in a body condition score of about a 6 at the start of the breeding season. As with any class of livestock, the necessary mineral and vitamin supplementation as well as a high quality water source should be provided.

Beyond the nutritional and dietary considerations of bull development, there are other factors that need to be considered as well. Breeding bulls will have a high level of physical activity, especially early in the breeding season, seeking out and breeding cows in heat. Much like an early season “training camp,” allowing for increased opportunities for exercise will help improve the bulls’ physical condition and stamina levels, which should help insure their ability to remain functional throughout the breeding season. Additional exercise for the bulls is also a great way to help bulls come down from the higher energy rations they might have been fed while being performance tested.

Many producers will utilize more than one bull in a breeding pasture. If the bulls have not run together previously, they will very likely spend time fighting to establish a “pecking order” rather than getting cows bred. Grouping the bulls according to their assigned breeding pasture groups prior to the start of the breeding season allows those “social adjustments” to take place before breeding season starts.

Finally, a breeding soundness exam (BSE) should be conducted by a veterinarian if the bull hasn’t already been tested this spring. A BSE would include a physical examination of the bull, with particular emphasis on the reproductive organs, along with an evaluation of the semen and sperm cells. This exam should be conducted approximately 30 to 60 days before the start of the breeding season to allow time for suspect bulls to be re-examined or replacement bulls purchased if a bull was declared unacceptable.

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can be killed with fire as well, these types of fires generally require implementation during hotter and dryer conditions (usually early spring). Burning in these conditions of increased fire risk requires experience and methods that most SD landowners currently do not have, so caution should be exercised.

The impacts of the invasion are immense if we look south.

Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ranchers have lost large percentages of pastures, sometimes whole ranches, to the invasion. In these states ranchers have been forced to form community burn teams to combat the problem. We will likely be forced to employ the same tactics here in South Dakota in the not-to-distant future.

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By Donald Stotts , Communications Specialist, Oklahoma State University When it comes to America’s beef herd expansion, success may come down to a Final Four of Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

“These four states accounted for 31 percent of the U.S. beef cow herd on January 1, 2014,” said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension livestock marketing specialist. “The ability of these states to maintain herd expansion plans will likely determine the overall impact on the U.S. beef cow inventory this year.”

Areas of drought and northern climes struggling through the last vestiges of winter potentially stand to have a significant negative effect on U.S. beef herd expansion.

“Moisture conditions are adequate to abundant in most of the eastern half of the country,” Peel said. “Marginal drought conditions are the norm in the middle of the country with persistent severe drought conditions throughout much of the nation’s western region.”

Forage and crop conditions should improve rapidly in the Delta and Southeast in the next few weeks. Cool temperatures – including soil temperatures – are delaying forage growth and crop planting in the Midwest, Northern Plains and northern Rocky Mountain region. Warm and dry conditions are forecast for the Southwest and western mountain regions as well as the West Coast.

“Producers in wet regions will move forward with production plans given the advent of warmer temperatures,” Peel said. “Producers in drought areas will remain entrenched waiting for improving conditions.”

Texas, Oklahoma, California, Nevada and New Mexico currently have the largest areas of severe drought.

“It’s the beef producers in the marginal drought areas who must be prepared to move quickly to either act aggressively if conditions improve or to act defensively if drought conditions worsen,” Peel said.

According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, five of the top 10 beef-cattle-producing states have the largest percent of their state’s area in marginal drought conditions. These include Iowa at 57 percent; Kansas at 85 percent; Nebraska at 61 percent; Oklahoma at 54 percent and Texas at 39 percent.

With the exception of Iowa, all of the states showed strong indications of beef herd expansion with significant increases in beef replacement heifers as of Jan. 1, 2014.

“In fact, the increase in replacement heifers in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas was 132,000 head, which is more than the net increase of 90,200 head of beef replacement heifers in the rest of the country,” Peel said. “In addition, both Kansas and Oklahoma had 2013 increases in the beef cow herd.”

Current weather predictions suggest improving moisture conditions in eastern Texas and Oklahoma, and much of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Drought conditions are predicted to persist into summer from southwest Kansas to areas south and west, including western Oklahoma and Texas as well as New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, California and Oregon.

“These last six states accounted for nearly 8 percent of beef cows as of January 1, 2014,” Peel said. “An El Niño is forecast to develop this summer or fall which will likely bring some relief to much of this region but possibly not soon enough to avoid additional liquidation in the first half of 2014.”

If current forecasts are realized, improved conditions in the central Great Plains and eastern Southern Plains may be enough to support limited beef cow herd expansion in 2014.

“Conditions in this region will likely either improve or deteriorate with typical warm and windy spring weather in the next few weeks, so the U.S. beef industry will have a better idea in the near future whether or not the support is there,” Peel said. “Of course, forage and water supplies will tighten rapidly and soon without moisture.”

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Orange wheat blossom midge monitoring efforts expanded in Montana

By Dan Picard, former Pondera County Extension Agent, Conrad, Montana The orange wheat blossom midge The base of the delta traps must be raised (OWBM) had a huge impact on spring to canopy height throughout the monitoring wheat growers in Flathead County durperiod. The monitoring period is detering the 2006 growing season, with losses mined by the growth stage of the wheat. estimated to be nearly 1.5 million. Since Spring wheat is at highest risk to midge 2006, MSU Extension agents have monidamage from early heading to late heading. tored for the presence of this pest in the The 2014 MSU Orange Wheat Blossom Golden Triangle area. Midge counts were Midge Guide provides more details and low or non- existent until 2012, when high photos. numbers were recorded near Valier, MT. In Producers and Ag businesses in the Triresponse, MSU Research Center staff and angle are also participating with the monicounty agents increased scouting activities toring program this year. Growers were during 2013. given an opportunity to purchase supplies Unfortunately, the distribution of the they needed in a bulk order through the midge appears to be expanding based on Pondera County Extension Office.

2013 scouting reports. Low levels of the The MSU Agricultural Experiment Stamidge were observed in Chouteau, Glation is developing a new web-based reportcier, Liberty County and moderate levels ing system that will allow for easy reporting in Toole County. Pondera County again of daily midge traps counts from agents, recorded high numbers, where over 12,000 growers, researchers, and ag business. The acres were treated to control this pest. In system will be easy to use and will require addition, there also appears to be a resurminimum information. Base informagence of the midge in the northeastern part tion required will include grower-contact of Montana in Daniels County. Flathead name, latitude and longitude of the trap County continues to have a serious midge being reported, stage of the spring wheat, infestation. and whether the crop is irrigated or dryThe insects’ exact distribution is uncerland. The great news is that everyone will tain, but it may be established in other parts have immediate access to the trap counts of Montana as well. The midge can remain reported throughout Montana. This will alundetected and exist at low populations for low growers to easily track the adult midge several years before becoming a significant emergence and flight as it occurs across the problem. However, as was the case in state and be able to better prepare for timely the Flathead Valley, populations have the scouting of their own fields. The web site potential to increase rapidly when given information will be handed out with trap the proper set of climatic conditions. It is supplies and also will be available from the for this reason that we are trying to expand Research Centers, local Extension agents, the OWBM monitoring effort in Montana and will be announced in the media. in 2014.

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Dairy Focus: Will 2014 be a dairy industry year to remember?

By J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist, NDSU Extension Service year. However, they still face plenty of unThe passage of the farm bill in February certainty: weather, regulations, immigration marks the largest shift in U.S. dairy policy in issues, infrastructure and even rebounding the last 70 years. The legislation represents interest rates as the U.S. economy slowly rea radical departure from dairy price supports covers from recession. Those dairy farmers and reliance on government.

Most notably, dairy price supports and who choose to go it alone or opt for minimal supply management are gone and the milk levels of margin insurance will now be at income loss contracts (MILC) program will the mercy of global markets.” end on August 31, 2014. In their place, the So the 930-page farm bill (which grew U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide to more than 2,000 pages due to amendone-size-fits-all dairy margin insurance for ments from previous legislation) will be not all producers, regardless of the size of their ready for some time in what likely will be in operation. Or dairy farmers can purchase excess of 20,000 pages of implementation more personalized livestock gross margin rules and program handbook guidelines.

(LGM-Dairy) insurance for as long as LGM And, as the economists who are following subsidies last. But producers can’t sign up this will tell you, lots of unanswered quesfor both of them. tions remain.

As Jim Dickrell, Dairy Today editor, so For the portion that pertains to dairy appropriately penned, “As farmers contemfarms, the provision that farmers can participlate whether to sign up for either program, pate in the new margin insurance program or they are enjoying record milk prices, soarLGM-Dairy already is complicated because ing dairy exports and the promise of lower some producers might have LGM-Dairy feed costs as new crops are harvested this continued on page c9

Dairy Focus: Will 2014 be a dairy industry year to remember? continued From page c8

contracts that cover September and October.

If a margin insurance program starts September 1, what does that mean when margin insurance is available?

Although this insurance likely will not be needed this year because of the higher milk prices, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced March 31 that the MILC program will be extended through September 1 as the details of the new farm bill are being worked out. Federal FSA Administrator Juan Garcia announced last week that contracts for eligible producers enrolled in MILC automatically will be extended until the termination date of the program and margin insurance becomes available.

Looking ahead, dairy farmers will have to calculate their basis for milk and feed (the difference between national and local prices) to determine what the margins actually insure, says Brian Gould, a dairy economist with the University of Wisconsin. In addition, the margin insurance calculation is based on a whole-herd ration, covering milking cows, dry cows and replacements.

What happens if a farm does not raise replacements? How does that affect the margins he or she is insuring?

Here are some even more basic questions: • Will sign-up be annual or for the entire five years?

• If it’s annual, can farmers switch back and forth between margin insurance and LGM-Dairy?

• When will sign-up deadlines be?

• When will premiums be due?

• How quickly will indemnities be paid?

Marin Bozic, assistant professor of dairy foods marketing economics at the University of Minnesota, spoke recently at the Central Plains Dairy Expo about a decision aide to which he and others are contribut-

ing. Bozic shared with the audience what is known so far about the farm bill and noted that dairy producers can choose the level of margin protection, from $4 to $8 per hundredweight in 50-cent increments.

The insurance also would have separate premium levels for the first 4 million pounds of milk produced by a single operation within a given year, with a different premium level for milk produced above that level.

With milk prices projected to be at or near record highs throughout most of 2014, Bozic doesn’t expect payments to be issued during this calendar year, but you still should position yourself with what the program has to offer. The level of protection, however, is your choice.

An application is being developed by Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of WisconsinMadison, and John Newton, a dairy economist with the University of Illinois. This online decision tool will help producers work through difference scenarios. The tool will be available at http://www.dairymarkets.org.

The new farm bill also includes a dairy product donation program, which allows the government to purchase surplus cheese and other dairy products and donate them to charity to stimulate the market when prices are depressed.

So 2014 is going to be an interesting year for dairy, as well as all of agriculture.

Educational efforts are being planned and will be announced as details become available. Unfortunately, this may not be the most opportune time (during spring work) to think about insurance. Nonetheless, you may not have a choice if you want to participate. Every indication so far is that you will. Stay tuned.

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Prioritizing resource use on cattle operations: People and time

By Jane Parish, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, Mississippi State University Time From long-term strategic decisions to Time is a resource that once spent candaily operational decisions, every on-farm not be replaced. It can be easily wasted in choice is really about use of resources and the course of running a cattle operation the associated tradeoffs involved. By examif efficient yet effective processes, task ining these resource interactions, informed prioritization, and overall good time mandecisions can be made about best uses. This agement practices are not implemented. approach can help to view each decision in Time is something that can be measured terms of its expected uses of resources and for accountability purposes and efficiency resulting contributions to resource bases and evaluation, making it something that lends operational goals. This article focuses on itself to the effects of management. two important resource categories: people Time and money are intertwined. Interest and time resources. on borrowed or invested funds accrues over Human Capital time. Price levels change over time meaning Arguably the most important resource that what one dollar can buy today is likely category on a cattle operation is human to not be the same as what one dollar can capital – a fancy term for the people inbuy in the future. Also, people working on volved in the operation. People contribute the operation are getting paid for their time expertise, skills, ideas, and effort to raising contributions to the operation, whether by cattle. Having access to great financial and the hour or year. Make sure that the time that physical resources can certainly provide people put into the operation justifies the advantages to an operation, but poor manpayment for that time. Proper training and agement of those resources by the people motivation of people can help to improve making and implementing the decisions productivity per unit of time. will erode these other resources with little If workers skimp on their responsibilito show for it. Think about the “cheap hire” ties or do not perform to their potential due that is not properly skilled or motivated in to poor time management, then managers farm equipment use and causes repair bills should address time resource use. Managers that outweigh the fruits of the worker’s can introduce time management techniques labor. Having a tractor with handy features and oversight to improve time use among can be good, but putting the right operator cattle operation workers. Examples of this on the tractor is just as important. include reducing workplace distractions and In practice, this means that it is worthwhile to invest in the people of the optime wasters, keeping priority order to-do eration. Relevant continuing education lists, and setting and enforcing practical and training opportunities are one way to deadlines. Keep time logs to identify tasks do this. This is true for top level manageor projects that could benefit from time ment all the way through to entry level day management improvement. Then examine laborers. Make sure that people are prepared these processes to determine what changes for what they do on the cattle operation. might be needed to improve time efficiency.

For managers, this may involve not only When tasks are better performed by a team keeping up with current technologies and than individually, try to accommodate this best management practices, but also being and vice-versa to make best use of everyexposed to additional technologies and one’s time involved. trends that may be further developed or Time management decisions should also adapted to play a future role in the operainclude ways to maintain a healthy work and tion. This allows managers to make better life balance that will benefit workers and long-term plans that help the operation to lead to better contributions by these people achieve and sustain a competitive edge. to the operation over the long run. Avoid exWith the advent of online resources that treme situations that can bring about worker make scheduling and distance constraints a burn out or risk key tasks not getting done in non-factor, people running cattle operations a timely and quality manner. Schedule labor have fewer excuses to forgo continuous and assign tasks so that one worker does not learning about new technologies and cattle carry an impractical work load while others operation management. are allowed excessive downtime.

Being willing to compensate people Resource Interactions according to their talent levels and perRegardless of resource classification, formance results is another aspect of hugood management is needed to put these man capital management that should not resources to best use on cattle operations. To be overlooked. The adage, “You get what do this, anticipate how other resources will you pay for,” is reality in many on-farm be affected by use of a particular resource situations. Investing monetarily in good in a certain way for a specified purpose. employees can facilitate the acquisition Small changes in resource use can have a of a more talented workforce, help reduce ripple effect on other resources involved in turnover and downtime, and reduce the risk the operation. For example, spending extra of having to deal with problem workers. Of time to perform preventative maintenance course, good screening during the selection on machinery may take time and money on process is critical to making this work as inthe front end but could save time, money, tended. Compensation rates should consider and people on the back end by reducing the the expected return on investment of each risk of equipment failures or injuries. prospective worker. Ask the question, “Will Cattle operation owners and managers paying the employee this much more result should determine priorities for the various in increased profits over time that more than resource bases in the context of the ultimate make up for the extra pay?” Compensation goals for the operation. Is the overriding typically includes more than just wages goal to expand physical resources (assets) or salary. Benefits such as living quarters, and financial resources? Is the driving reainsurance, work vehicle access, on-the-job son behind operating so that a certain lifetraining, etc. can be included in negotiations style or enjoyment from cattle production be with prospective talent to attract valuable achieved? What is more important, leisure employees to the operation. Non-monetary time or money? In other words, what is the compensation can also include job satisfacideal resource balance and what operational tion, job security, a sense of being apprecidecisions will work to achieve it? ated, and other personal values.

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Beef Talk: CHAPS herd benchmarks

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service Performance in the beef business is benchmark values are generated. These evaluated by reviewing the overall herd. values are rounded off to the nearest percent If there are indications that overall herd for simplicity. performance needs to be addressed, the first The first thought regarding overall herd step is to compare the herd’s performance performance should involve herd reproducwith a benchmark to gauge what is normal. tion. In today’s world of high costs, poor Understanding normal, or in this case averherd reproduction will not allow the herd age, performance allows producers to better to cover expenses. understand how to guide the herd.

The typical CHAPS producer had roughChange ly 94 percent often is asof the exposed sumed becows pregnant cause dayin the fall and to-day news 93 percent tends to imply calved in the that change spring. In the is a given. fall, roughly However, the 91 percent of cattle industhe cows extry is estabposed weaned lished, so in a calf. During many cases, a typical calvproducers ing season, 63 are strivpercent calved ing more for during the first maintaining 21 days, 88 current propercent durduction rather ing the first than change.

42 days and Change just 96 percent to change within the makes no first 63 days sense and of the calving will lead to season. These costs that do cows had an not need to be average age of incurred.

5.6 years.

The North Dakota State University On average, the calves were weaned at (NDSU) Extension Service, through the 190 days, weighed 558 pounds and had a North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement frame score of 5.7. These growth numbers Association (NDBCIA), calculates typitranslated into almost 3 pounds of weight cal performance of beef cattle herds by gain per day, with typical average daily analyzing those herds that utilize the Cow gains for CHAPS calves at 2.5 pounds per Herd Appraisal of Performance Software day. The adjusted 205-day weight was 630 (CHAPS) program. pounds.

The Extension Service has been keeping As the NDBCIA evaluates traits to mearecords since 1963 through the NDBCIA sure cow performance, the trait “pounds and presents these annual evaluations as weaned per cow exposed to the bull” is five-year rolling benchmark values for avera trait that factors into the management age herd performance for several traits. Aland genetics involved in a herd of cattle. though individual year averages are good, This is just an example of the many traits the concept of a rolling five-year average NDBCIA monitors through the use of the provides a firmer benchmark by buffering CHAPS program. For every cow exposed, quick jumps or slumps in the data. typical CHAPS producers weaned almost The beef business is a long-term busi500 pounds of calf. ness, and producers need to gauge their Knowing these numbers allows for an production against solid indicators that can appropriate herd modification through manhelp them set or modify production goals. agement or genetics. There are no absolute The purpose of NDBCIA is the improveanswers to what a particular ranch should ment of beef cattle primarily by focusing produce. However, as cattle producers on genetic improvement and being very approach spring and are replacing bulls, cognizant of the yearly management that is knowing how the herd performs certainly involved in a beef cattle operation. is an advantage.

Through the years, producers compare If poor performance is evident, obvious their individual herd values to the overall managerial issues must be resolved. After averages to allow for individual herd perthat, a good look at the overall ranch enviformance to be evaluated, discussed and ronment is needed and a decision made if perhaps methods of change proposed. Much the genetics of the herd fit that environment. like set personal goals, the group benchThus, the world of buying bulls: Each marks allow producers to set goals and have producer must answer questions, but the a set of numbers to guide their goals. answers must be based on data that tell a Although there are no absolute right producer the actual status of the operation. answers, an appreciation of what others Have fun buying bulls. are doing helps producers evaluate their May you find all your ear tags. individual situations. If we never know For more information, contact Ringwall what others are doing, we can stray. at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, Current trends are evaluated through or go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/ the CHAPS data set and rolling five-year columns/beeftalk/. ##### Don’t ask what your grandchildren can do for you. Ask what you can do for your grandchildren. ##### Grandparents wisdom is the wisdom that comes with age and living.

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Shortening the breeding and calving season

By Katie Allen, Kansas State University Extension Calves born in the first 21 days of the calving season are often the heaviest in their contemporary group at weaning, and that advantage often carries through to harvest, if the producer retains ownership. The shorter the calving period, the more uniform those calves are going to be, said Sandy Johnson, beef cattle specialist for K-State Research and Extension.

A defined and shorter breeding and calving season could help producers to more accurately time vaccinations, such as a scours prevention vaccination, which needs to be given at a specific interval prior to calving, Johnson said. Tightening the season also reduces the variation in nutritional requirements within the herd at any one point in time. All of this could help producers save time and money on herd inputs.

Johnson said as producers consider keeping back replacement heifers and rebuilding their herd numbers, they should use the opportunity to shorten the breeding and calving season by controlling the duration of bull exposure to the herd, breeding first-calf heifers earlier than mature cows, matching herd genetics to the environment and making committed culling decisions.

Control bull exposure According to Johnson, well-managed herds achieve pregnancy rates of 90 percent or greater with 60-day breeding seasons.

“A lot of people, for management purposes, would rather leave the bulls out until they take cows off grass,” she said.

“I can understand that, but in a way, that’s what starts them down this path of allowing later-calving cows to stay in the herd. In most cases, those later-calving cows are not fitting into your system for some reason.”

If cows aren’t consistently calving early in the season, they’re probably not getting adequate nutrition, Johnson said, which is generally the primary reason why cows calve late. The second reason might relate to when they calve as a first-calf heifer.

“First-calf heifers always take longer to resume cycling,” she said. “They may take anywhere from two to three weeks longer than their mature cow herd counterparts if they are getting all they need to eat and even longer if they are not, which is often the case.”

Treat first-calf heifers different from mature cows For a cow to calve at the same time every year, she has 82 days to re-breed after calving, Johnson said. A typical cow with adequate nutrition takes about 50 days to start cycling again, while a first-calf heifer will take closer to 70 days.

Therefore, producers should consider breeding and calving first-calf heifers before the mature cow herd.

Many factors influence the period of time a cow takes to recover from gestation and breed back, including her body condition at the time of calving, if she is gaining weight after calving and if she experienced calving difficulty, Johnson said. A body condition score of 5 for a mature cow and 6 for a first-calf heifer are what she recommends to keep the herd healthy and breeding back in a timely manner.

“When they calve late as a first-calf heifer, that’s a lifetime disadvantage,” she said. “We know those that calve during that first cycle as a first-calf heifer carry that advantage forward, and those cows often have an additional calf in their lifetime than those that calve later.”

Match the herd to the environment Johnson recommends that producers plan to provide their highest quality forages to the cow herd after calving and through breeding. But even this might not help cows breed back early, she said, if the quality of feeds can’t keep up with how much milk those cows produce.

Cows will first use available nutrients to produce milk, and if nutrient intake is in excess of milk production, then they can put nutrients towards reproduction, she said. If cows are bred to produce a high quantity of milk, reproduction is delayed until the cow is consuming more energy than she needs to produce milk or reaches a positive energy balance.

“We don’t all have the same resources as we go across the state,” Johnson said. “If we can’t get cows re-bred early in our breeding season, part of that message says we don’t have the right genetic package for the resource base that we have.”

Using bulls with lower milk expected progeny differences (EPDs) could help producers who are planning to keep his daughters with more sustainable levels of milk production as replacements.

Commit to culling Johnson said producers might consider keeping a few extra replacement heifers in their system so they are able to continued on page c16

Consult with vet on West Nile virus vaccination

The best time to vaccinate is before mosquito activity begins, as the vaccine takes a few weeks to offer full protection. Horse owners should consult with their veterinarians to develop a vaccination plan specific to their animal and situation.

Montana’s animal health officials are encouraging equine owners to consult with their veterinarians about vaccination for West Nile virus after a spike in the number of cases last year.

“We had 32 cases last year, the most since 2007, and the third highest total in the nation,” said assistant state veterinarian Dr. Tahnee Szymanski. “That’s concerning because the disease is highly preventable.”

Based on MDOL data, no equines that were current on vaccinations have ever contracted the disease in Montana. In contrast, one-third of the non-vaccinated equines that contracted the disease either died or had to be euthanized (161 of 492 since 2002).

Dr. Greg Johnson, professor of veterinary entomology at Montana State University’s Department of Animal & Range Sciences, says vaccination – which is recommended as a core vaccine by the American Association

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of Equine Practitioners – is prudent given WNV’s unpredictability.

“It’s kind of like the flu season,” Johnson said. “We can look at the existing data and forecasts and make some guesses, but we can’t really predict what West Nile is going to do or how bad it’s going to be.”

However, with snowpack running at 150 percent of normal throughout much of the state, environmental conditions could be right for WNV activity later this year.

“With all of that snowpack, it looks like we’ll have lots of water, and that can mean more mosquitos,” he said.

A mosquito-borne disease, WNV was first found on the east coast of the U.S. in 1999.

Since then, the disease has spread westward, arriving in Montana in 2002. The disease knows no climactic or geographic boundaries in Montana, and has been found statewide.

Stressing the importance of vaccination, Szymanski said, is that there is no treatment for horses that contract the disease.

WNV is a reportable disease in Montana.

Any confirmed or suspected case should be immediately reported to the Montana state veterinarian’s office at 406/444-2043.

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Groundcovers: A fresh perspective

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR As its name implies, a groundcover is just that – a plant that covers the ground. Depending on one’s point of view a groundcover could be almost any plant imaginable. When we travel high above the earth’s surface in an airplane, for example, large trees become ground covers. They form dense canopies and they certainly cover the ground. But for the purposes of this discussion we’ll define a groundcover as primarily low-growing (less than knee-high) plants that tend to spread densely just above the ground and help prevent soil erosion.

Turfgrass is by far the most dominating groundcover in our communities. It’s estimated that we’re approaching 50 million acres of turfgrass in the United States (an area the size of Alabama). People like having a living carpet of green radiating from their homes, businesses and public places. Turfgrass is important for more than its carpet-like looks as there really is no better surface for sports, kite flying, dog chasing, picnicking, tent camping and numerous other outdoor activities. But turfgrass is also expensive to maintain and requires many inputs, including significant amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides and time, to be kept at the weed-free lushness we’ve come to expect. A cascade of negative impacts on trees and other landscape plants is often seen where turfgrass is fussed over. And turfgrass is rarely a good choice for shade.

Surely we can move beyond turfgrass and incorporate other groundcovers – with a wider range of uses and benefits – into the landscape. Such groundcovers can have a myriad of uses and benefits. They help crowd out weeds, shade and cool the soil surface, conserve soil moisture and generally require less effort. When carefully selected and planted, they also help build the organic nature of our soils and can greatly improve landscape biodiversity, including serving as food and nectar sources for a variety of important insects and other pollinators. In addition to adding visual appeal, groundcovers don’t need regular mowing and can be used on slopes where mowing is impractical.

Under and around trees and other landscape plantings, groundcovers can be thought of as living mulch. Just as mulch helps shade the ground, conserve moisture and prevent weeds, groundcovers can serve the same purpose. And unlike mulch, groundcovers don’t need to be frequently reapplied.

Good groundcovers for shade or partly shaded areas include lady’s mantle (Alchemilla), bergenia, plumbago, barren strawberry, sweet woodruff, cranesbill, deadnettle and vinca, among others. For those who want to use native plants, try wild ginger, various species of sedge (Carex), coralbells, Jacob’s ladder, solomon’s seal, boneset, celandine poppy, foamflower and meadow anemone.

In sunny areas, we have many turfgrass alternatives to use as groundcovers. A relatively simple solution would be a mix of yarrow and catmint. Such a planting could be occasionally mowed back to reinvigorate it. Other options include salvia, sedum, geranium, lambs’ ears, basket-of-gold and many others. For those who want natives (and we think you should!) our prairie plants shine – buffalograss, sideoats grama, blue grama, aster, yarrow, mist flower, rudbeckia, goldenpea, spiderwort, poppy mallow and many others. When possible, combine several species together in a planting to improve biodiversity and to gain some resiliency against diseases and weather events.

Shortening the breeding and calving season continued from page c14

rebuild the herd while keeping the option open to cull out those that are late-bred.

“Use a timely pregnancy diagnosis and strict culling, meaning tell yourself, ‘She’s pregnant, but she’s late. I’m going to market her in a bred cow market, but she’s not going to stay in my herd,’” Johnson said.

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By K-State Research and Extension News Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Following that logic, researchers at Kansas State University (K-State) are building a defense against pests and diseases that attack wheat by identifying plants that carry natural resistance to those pests and diseases with an eye toward developing varieties for Kansas that carry those resistance traits.

The wheat curl mite, known to scientists as Aceria tosichella Keifer, is a tiny, white pest, whose size belies its ability to wreak havoc through the diseases it carries into wheat fields.

Many wheat varieties are well suited to grow in Kansas in other ways, but none are resistant to the wheat curl mite and the diseases it vectors -- Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus, Triticum Mosaic Virus and Wheat Mosaic Virus, formerly known as High Plains Virus, said K-State entomology professor, Mike Smith. He and a team of researchers are studying wheat varieties grown in other areas that naturally resist the mite and the viruses it carries.

“We have identified plants with resistance to the wheat curl mite and two of the diseases it carries - wheat streak mosaic virus and High Plains virus and have now developed what’s called an advanced breeding line, that will result in a new variety of wheat that carries resistance to the mite and those two viruses,” said Smith, who is a lead researcher on the project.

“This is not GMO wheat,” he said, referring to the practice of taking genes from one species and incorporating them into another, resulting in a genetically-modified organism.

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The project is funded by the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Wheat Alliance.

Other K-State lead researchers involved are Wen-Po Chuang, post-doctoral research associate in entomology; Anna Whitfield, associate professor of plant pathology; and wheat breeder Allan Fritz, professor of agronomy. Scientists at Oklahoma State University, the University of Nebraska, and Texas A&M University are cooperating on the project.

At stake in Kansas alone, is a crop with a cash value of $2.9 billion (2012), according to Kansas Wheat. The cash value of Kansas wheat exports (sold outside the U.S.) was $1.5 billion.

“There is no chemical control for the curl mite or any of these viruses,” Smith said. “With no control, Kansas producers are losing $20 million to $30 million a year due to these mites and viruses.”

“There are lines in other states that have resistance to the mite or resistance to some of the viruses, but not both,” Smith said. “This is a unique line that we’re developing.”

“We are using the mite- and virus-resistant plants in crosses that will be submitted to HPI to make doubled haploids,” said Fritz, who added that doubled haploids involve a new technique that allows researchers to cut time for development of a variety from 11 years to six or seven years. He referred to Heartland Plant Innovations, a collaboration of Kansas Wheat, Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, and private investors, working to develop technologies for gene discovery, trait validation and crop improvement.

“That will allow us to rapidly combine the resistances with other traits, such as more durable resistance to the rust diseases. It’s an important step toward delivering varieties that protect producers from losses due to wheat streak,” Fritz said.

The K-State team will plant field plots near Salina this year to make sure what they’re seeing in the greenhouse and lab holds true.

Another bit of good news for wheat growers is that preliminary data show that some Hessian fly resistance genes also have resistance to wheat curl mite damage.

The next step, Smith said, will be for Fritz’s group to determine the yield potential and quality of the grain in the new breeding line. That will likely take two to three years as the seed becomes available and is planted in various parts of the state.

“There are 300 different soil types in Kansas alone,” he said, adding that soil type is just one of many variables that affects how a wheat variety performs. Planting date, moisture and temperature through the crop year are among the many other variables.

“Our next and final step is to nail down resistance to the Triticum mosaic virus,” Smith said, adding that he’s optimistic the team will be successful, but that the odds of finding it in the lines with resistance to the mite and the other two viruses are reduced.

“It’s not unreasonable to think that in three or four years, we’ll have a new variety that is resistant to this mite and the diseases it carries,” Smith said.

More information about wheat curl mites and the viruses they carry is available on the K-State Department of Entomology website (http://entomology.k-state.edu/extension/ insect-information/crop-pests/wheat/curlmite.html).

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New way to make food ingredient from rice bran oil

By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service Some of today’s popular baked goods might tomorrow contain a butter-like extract, derived from rice bran oil, as a partial replacement for margarine, butter or shortening.

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Tactic for pasteurizing raw eggs kills Salmonella, doesn’t harm egg quality

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By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service

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process. That technique is apparently the only one already used commercially in the United States to pasteurize fresh shell eggs.

The procedure that Geveke’s team developed begins with positioning each raw egg between two electrodes that send radio waves back and forth through it. While that is happening, the egg is slowly rotated, and is sprayed with water, to offset some of the heat created by the radio waves.

Unlike conventional heating, the radiofrequency (RF) heating warms the egg from the inside out. That’s critical to the success of the process. It enables the dense, heat-tolerant yolk at the center of the egg to receive more heat than the delicate, heatsensitive egg white.

A comparatively brief hot-water bath comes next. The warmth of the bath helps the yolk retain heat to complete the pasteurization. The bath also pasteurizes the egg white without overprocessing it.

From start to finish, the treatment takes approximately 20 minutes, making it about three times faster than the hot-water-immersion technique.

The idea of using RF heating to kill pathogens in foods isn’t new. But using RF heating to kill pathogens in eggs apparently is novel. Geveke and his colleagues are evidently the first to pair RF heating with a hot-water bath to pasteurize raw, in-shell eggs.

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Bigley, Jr. at Wyndmoor, and . ....................................$3900 with Christopher D. Brunkhorst of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in Plainsboro, New Jersey. ARS, the USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, is seeking a patent for the RFbased pasteurization process.

The pasteurization stud4” handline, 40-ft. lengths..... Call ies, highlighted in the March 2014 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, support the USDA priority of improving food safety.

Classic Caesar salad, old-fashioned eggnog, some homemade ice cream—and many other popular foods—may contain raw eggs. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-led research has produced a faster way to pasteurize raw, in-shell eggs without ruining their taste, texture, color or other important qualities.

The pasteurization procedure targets Salmonella. That’s because an estimated one out of every 20,000 chicken eggs produced in the United States has a high risk of being contaminated with Salmonella, notably S. enteritidis. That pathogen has been associated with eating raw or undercooked eggs, and can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, and—in some instances—death.

USDA chemical engineer David J. Geveke and his colleagues have shown that their pasteurization process, currently in the prototype stage, killed 99.999 percent of the Salmonella that they injected into raw inshell eggs for their laboratory tests.

When commercialized, the pasteurization procedure would provide an alternative to an hour-long hot-water-immersion

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The cost of not testing a bull

By Andrew P. Griffith, University of Tennessee Extension The cow-calf business is an intricate business with many moving parts. Some of the moving parts are constantly in motion while others are seasonal in nature. For instance, some producers have a defined breeding season which results in a defined calving season and thus a seasonal moving part.

Other producers leave the bull with the cow herd year round and thus have an undefined calving season that envelops the year and is constantly in motion.

Staying on a similar subject, the viability of a bull and his role in a cow-calf operation are integral to the survivability of a herd and he is constantly in motion.

This time of year, many producers have calves already on the ground or some hitting the ground and are preparing for breeding season. With breeding season here, it is time to have the veterinarian perform a Breeding Soundness Evaluation (BSE) on the herd sire.

Many people reading this article have already had their veterinarian perform a BSE while others have plans in the near future.

However, there are some who would argue it cost too much to haul the bull to town and then pay someone to perform the evaluation or others claim they do not have the time to haul the bull to town and he did fine last year anyway. The two questions that come to mind to challenge such arguments are 1) if a BSE cost too much then how much does it cost to not sell any calves next fall and 2) if there is not enough time to haul the bull to town for a BSE then how much time is available next spring to watch a herd of open cows not calve?

The bull makes up half of every mating opportunity and thus he is necessary to produce a calf. It is integral that he is physically sound and fertile to improve the odds of conception. An infertile bull can cost an entire calf crop. The cost associated with no calves to market due to infertility is the cost of carrying those cows for a full year plus the opportunity cost associated with the resources used on the cattle herd that likely could have been devoted to something else with a positive return.

An infertile bull can cost a small fortune depending on the size of the cattle herd, but a subfertile bull can also cost a producer a pretty penny. The subfertile bull can cost a producer in two ways. The first way he costs a producer is by a reduced conception and calving rate.

The second way the subfertile bull costs a producer is in the way of pounds at weaning if he failed to settle a cow during her first heat cycle. If we consider an operation with 30 cows the difference between a 90 percent calf crop ( 27 calves) with a fertile bull and an 80 percent calf crop (24 calves) with a subfertile bull would result in 3 fewer calves from the subfertile bull. If those three additional calves from the fertile bull weighed 525 pounds at weaning and brought $194 per hundredweight then they would be worth $1,018.50 a head for a total of $3,055.50.

However, the story does not end there. Even if a subfertile bull settles the cows later in the season, it can cost a producer because cows bred in the first heat cycle will typically wean heavier calves than cattle settled in the second or third heat cycle.

If we assume the average weaning weight of calves from the subfertile bull was 500 pounds as opposed to 525 pounds from the fertile bull then we would have 25 fewer pounds per head to market. Assuming a 500 pound calf brought $200 per hundredweight then each calf would be worth $1,000. Twenty-four calves worth $1,000 a head results in total revenue of $24,000 while 27 calves worth $1,018.50 a head results in total revenue of $27,499.50.

Thus the fertile bull returned nearly $3,500 more than the subfertile bull. The use of a subfertile bull could result in a much lower calf crop percentage than used in this example which would cost a producer even more. So the question is, “can a producer afford not to have a BSE performed on the bull?”

The economic benefits associated with the decision to have the bull tested before the start of the breeding season seems to be fairly straight forward for producers with a defined breeding season. But, how do producers with a continuous breeding season evaluate this decision? The answer is to transition the herd to a defined breeding and calving season.

Many factors can influence a bull’s ability to breed and it can be difficult to keep an eye on the bull for 365 days a year. When the cows are exposed to the bull year round then it becomes difficult to determine if the reproductive inefficiency is with the cow or if it is with the bull. Producers continued on page c31

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Call Ted Fortner 406-563-3031 or Chris Hafer 406-490-4418

ATTENTION: HAY PRODUCERS

This year’s Marias and Teton Feeder Show will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the Marias County Fairgrounds in Shelby. Belt buckles, cash and loot prizes will all be awarded. The goal of the Feeder Show is to allow youth from our local area and around the state the opportunity to show their animals more than once. A lot of time and hard work is put into each animal and this is a great way to prepare them for fair!

Please fill out the entry form and return with your entry fees to the address listed as soon as possible. The deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2014.

You are welcome to bring your animal the night before the show. Please plan on cleaning up if you bring straw or hay. Lunch will be for sale throughout the day of the show.

If you have any other questions, call Janet Hawks: (406)432-5355 or Terry Stephens: (406)466-2351.

Entry Form

Name___________________________________________________ Age____________ Phone_______________________ Address_____________________________________ E-Mail________________________________________________________ 4-H Club, FFA Chapter, or Breed Association_____________________________________

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Number of Steers______ @$20.00 per steer $________ Number of Heifers_____ @$20.00 per heifer $________ Breed(s) of Heifers____________________________________________ Heifer tag #’s and birth dates ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Heifers owned and in owner’s possession by ______________________ (no later than April 1) Entries must be received no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, May 30, 2014. Entry fees must accompany the entry. No Exceptions!

Make checks payable to: Marias and Teton Feeder Show Mail entries to: Terry Stephens, Box 823, Choteau, MT 59422

Marias and Teton Feeder Show Youth Feeder Steer and Heifer Show Rules Open to all youth members of 4-H, FFA and Junior Cattle Breed Associations. Participants must be 8 to under 19 years of age as of October 1, 2013.

The entry fee is $20.00 per animal and is due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2014. If a participant enters more than one animal, arrangements must be made for another participant to show the additional animal(s) in case the animals show in the same class. Participants showing additional animals must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in Rule 1.

The $20.00 entry fee will be split. Fifteen dollars will be jackpotted back to the participants in each class and the remaining $5.00 will assist with the expenses of the Feeder Show Payment in each class will be based on a 40-30-20-10 split, provided there are at least six (6) animals in a class.

In addition to the jackpot money in each class, the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion of both the steer class and the breeding heifer class will receive belt buckles. The Grand Champion in each Junior and Senior Showmanship will also receive belt buckles.

Entries are restricted to steer calves and breeding heifers born after January 1, 2013. Animals must be owned and in the

possession of the entrant prior to April 1, 2014.

Steers will be split into classes according to hip height. Heifers will be split into classes according to their age. Showmanship will be divided into two classes, Junior showmen are 13 and under and Senior showmen are 14 and over.

Animals must be halter broken and shown at halter in the show ring.

Hip height measurements will be conducted between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on the day of the show. Animals must be checked in prior to 10:00 a.m.

Judging will begin at 12:30 p.m. with steers followed by heifers and ending with showmanship.

The top two (2) animals from each class will return to the ring for selection for the Grand and Reserve Champion steer and heifer.

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2012 John Deere 1830 60-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, double shoot, steel press wheels, 1910 430 bushel cart. Tag #13976.................................... $175,000

2011 John Deere 1830 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, single shoot, all run blockage, 1910 tow behind cart. Tag #13597.................................... $155,000 2013 John Deere 1890 60-ft. air drill, 10” spacing, all run blockage, dual casters surround, includes a 1910 430 bushel cart. Tag #13788...... $263,000

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 3450 tow between cart. Tag #9877.......................... $66,900

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, stealth knife bodies, dual fan, 10-ft. auger, 3850 cart. Tag #14142..................................................... $68,000 2006 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3450 tow between cart. Tag #13876............... $100,000 Concord 5012 50-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, Concord 3000 air cart. Tag #11856......................... $24,900

1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill with 2320 tow between cart, 12” spacing, rubber covered packing wheels. Tag #13394................................. $45,000

2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3450 tow behind cart. Tag #9912...................... $63,500

1992 Concord 5612 56-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 3000 tow behind cart with hydraulic drive. Tag #12723. ................................................................. $20,900

2000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, NO air cart. Tag #1469................................... $38,900

Morris Maxxim 7240 50-ft. air drill with 7240 cart, 12” spacing, 1” carbide tips, 31/2-ft. press wheels. Tag #12800..................................................... $18,000

1997 Concord 4012 40-ft., 12” spacing, 2000 tow behind tank. Tag #13018.......................... $18,900

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 550# tips, 2320 tow between cart. Tag #14077........................ $40,880

John Deere 9400 40-ft. 10” spacing, capped steel press wheels, JD transport and Gem carbide tip openers. Tag #13958............................... $16,500

Case IH 8500 35-ft. air drill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot, rock guards, Case carbide tip openers. Conrad. Tag #12374..................................................... $14,775

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SPRAYER SELL DOWN

2013 John Deere 4940 120-ft., HID lighting, high flow solution pump, Boomtrac 5 auto leveling. Tag #13733................................................... $340,000

2012 John Deere 4940 120-ft, Boomtrac 5 sensors, high flow solution pump, Xenon lighting, Starfire 3000 and SF1 activation. Tag #13867.... $362,190

2013 John Deere 4940 120-ft., Boomtrac 5 sensors, wheel slip control, fence row nozzles, section control. Tag #13907..................................... $326,000

2009 John Deere 4930 dry box with spinner, stainless tank, hydraulic tread adjust, traction control, Xenon HID Tag #11631..................................... $225,000

2010 John Deere 4930 Xenon lighting, wheel slip control, deluxe cab, traction control. Tag #14025.. ............................................................... $229,000

2012 John Deere 4830 100-ft. booms, fence row nozzles, swath control, SF1 autotrac. Tag #14244..... ............................................................... $240,000

2009 John Deere 4830 100-ft., 1000 gallon tank, foam marker, 3 sensor Boomtrac, 2600 display with autorac and Starfire receiver. Tag #13748..... ............................................................... $196,500 2008 John Deere 4930, swath control, 120-ft. booms, always stored in shed. Tag #13807........ $170,000

HUGE SELECTION 2007 Top Air 2400 132-ft., 2400 gallon tank, Raven auto boom, Top Con rate controller. Tag #12737.. ................................................................. $60,000

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NYB pickup sprayer, 500 gallon tank, 60-ft., 440 Raven control, 8 hp Honda engine, triple nozzle bodies. Tag #13738..................................... $6500

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Combine Corner

2010 Case IH 7120 chopper, yield monitor, lateral tilt feedhouse. Cut Bank. Tag #13146......... $226,465 2011 John Deere 9870STS duals, lateral tilt feedhouse, extra fine cut chopper. Cut Bank. Tag #14169................................................... $266,000

2012 John Deere S670 HID lighting, pro drive trans, premium cab and radio, includes 640 header.

Conrad. Tag #14013............................... $380,000

2006 John Deere 9760 gone through in 2011, rebuilt rotor and concaves. Conrad. Tag #12801.$190,000

2004 John Deere 9860STS duals, Harvest monitor, includes a 936 draper header. Conrad. Tag #12566................................................... $180,000

2010 John Deere 9770 premium cab, Contour Master, 26-ft. hi capacity auger, power tailboard, includes 640 draper header. Conrad. Tag #11320.$315,000

2002 Massey-Ferguson 8780XP include pickup and draper headers. Conrad. Tag #13103.... $102,000

2001 John Deere 9750STS 20-ft. unloading auger, twin disk straw spreader with chaffer. Conrad. Tag #8982..................................................... $120,000

1997 Case IH 2188 Maurer unloading auger extension, good tires. Conrad. Tag #10674...... $55,000

1990 John Deere 9500 small grain combine, priced to move. Cut Bank. Tag #13675............... $28,500

1982 John Deere 7720 chaffer & spreader, 24-ft. header with pickup reel. Conrad. Tag #13084....... ................................................................. $12,800

1992 John Deere 9600 chopper & chaff spreader, pickup reel, 930 rigid platform. Conrad. Tag #13164..................................................... $55,000

2001 John Deere 9750STS rotor combine, yield monitor. Cut Bank. Tag #14185................ $85,500

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NH Bale Wagons & Retrievers FOR SALE & WILL PURCHASE

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2010 John Deere 9770 combine with 936D header, 951 hours 2014 Timpte 42-ft. grain trailer, hopper bottom, air ride, air gauge.

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Prairie Fare: Today’s pressure cookers are not like Grandma’s

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service cookers usually cost less and weigh less I have been leery of pressure cookers but conduct heat well. However, they may most of my life. Like many people of my stain and “pit.” generation, I grew up eating lots of soups When cooking with pressure, be sure that and stews prepared in our family’s pressure you read the instructions carefully. Never cooker. When I heard the sound of the jigoverfill pressure cookers, especially when gling weighted gauge and the soft hiss of cooking beans. steam escaping, I knew that dinner was goI read the manual cover to cover, then ing to be something with lots of vegetables I followed the directions step by step as I or dry beans in it. made beef stew with carrots, onions, celery Dinner would be on the table in short and potatoes. The manual encouraged me order because pressure cookers cook food to be creative, but I was respectful of the in about one-third of the time. device.

My fear of pressure cookers didn’t come My jokester family, knowing my trepidafrom direct experience but from family tion, sneaked up behind not once but twice lore. Our neighbor, who was my great-aunt, and exclaimed “Ka-boom!” I saw them with made bean soup in her pressure cooker one the eyes in the back of my head and didn’t day and blew the lid off. Fortunately, she flinch.

However, I contemplated sending had left the kitchen for a few minutes, so them outside to forage for food in Fargo’s she escaped being scalded and pelted by wintry weather. boiling-hot beans.

When it was time to release the pressure, She chuckled when she told the story of I brought my husband into the kitchen befinding beans stuck to the ceiling and cupcause he is the family mechanic. After the boards weeks after the “explosion.” After pressure went down, he removed the lid hearing that story, I didn’t want to be in the while I cowered around the corner, ready same city with one of these devices. Food to call 911. should not fly out of pots and attack you.

My stew turned out tasty with about 10 Later, as a graduate student in food sciminutes to achieve pressure, 25 minutes of ence, I perused the manual for the course I cook time and a 10-minute cool-down. We was assigned to teach. I would be teaching could have quick-cooled it by placing the the undergraduates how to use, of all things, cooker in the sink under running cold waa pressure cooker. ter. After opening the cover, I added some I really needed a heat-resistant wet thickening agent to the bubbling liquid and suit, goggles, hardhat and a life insurance it formed a smooth gravy in about three policy. I probably needed to bubble wrap minutes. my students and the room in heat-resistant Be a little daring with food preparation plastic, too. in 2014. This beef stew recipe can be simI carefully followed the directions and mered slowly on a stovetop, cooked in a tried to act fearless as I showed them how to slow cooker or made in a pressure cooker. make corned beef. When the pressure gauge Old Fashioned Beef and Vegetable Stew began jiggling and hissing, I nearly ran out 1 Tbsp. canola oil or other cooking oil of the room. The pressure cooker managed 1 1/2 pounds stew meat, cut into biteto tenderize the not-so-tender meat into a sized pieces flavorful main course perfect for an Irish 1 c. onion, cut in 1-inch chunks celebration.

2 c. carrots, peeled and cut in 1/2-inch A few weeks ago, I noticed a pressure slices cooker in a department store. It was daring 1 c. celery, cut in 1-inch chunks me to buy it with its “price-reduced” tag and 3 c. potatoes, peeled and cut in chunks the promise of speedy meals. I put it in my 3 c. beef broth (canned or made from cart. This was the year to conquer my fear bouillon or soup base) and bring a pressure cooker into my home.

1 bay leaf (remove after cooking) Although pressure cookers may remind 3 tsp. of cornstarch in 3 Tbsp. of cold us of our mothers or grandmothers (or water to make slurry maybe fathers and grandfathers), pressure Salt, pepper (to taste) cookers have become popular again. The Heat the oil in a large pot (or pressure models are much safer, compared with the cooker). Add beef and cook until the beef devices introduced just before World War is browned.

II. My new saucepot has a locking handle, Pressure cooker directions: Add remainsafety valve and a pressure indicator that ing ingredients to browned beef, then bring pops up when the correct pressure has been to pressure and cook for 20 minutes at highreached. pressure setting (10 pounds) or as directed Pressure-cooking is an application of in the manufacturer’s directions. Release the principles of physics. Typically, boiling pressure as directed. Test for doneness. If water reaches a maximum temperature of not done, continue cooking. Thicken with 212 degrees at the altitude where I live. In a cornstarch slurry. closed vessel with a gauge set at 10 pounds Stovetop directions: Add remaining inof pressure, you can reach about 240 degredients to browned beef, bring to boil and grees. That makes food cook very quickly. then simmer covered for about 1.5 to two Some people use the words “pressure hours. Add more liquid if needed. Bring to cooker” and “pressure canner” interchangeboil at end of cooking time. Mix cornstarch ably, but pressure cookers and pressure with about 2 tablespoons of water to form canners are two different devices. In other slurry, then add to pot and allow to thicken words, I won’t be canning green beans in while gently stirring. my pressure cooker. To be a pressure canSlow cooker directions: Spray slow ner, the device has to be able to hold four cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Mix upright, quart-sized glass jars. browned meat and other ingredients (except Today’s pressure cookers can be made thickener) and cook on low for eight to 10 of various sizes for different needs. You hours. Increase heat to high at end, add may find them in 4-, 5-, 6- or 8-quart sizes. thickener and stir gently.

The smallest ones work well for singles or Makes eight servings. Each serving has couples. Pressure cookers made of stainless 230 calories, 8 grams (g) of fat, 21 g of steel will cost a little more but provide a protein, 16 g of carbohydrate, 3 g of fiber and 115 milligrams of sodium. durable cooking pot. Aluminum pressure

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The cost of not testing a bull CONTINUED FROM PAGE C25

may have the bull tested a certain time every year but his fertility may be impacted in some manner during the year which renders him unable to settle cows.

Producers would recognize this inability at some point, but the producer with a continuous breeding season would have to determine first if the bull is the problem or if the cow has the reproductive inefficiency. An inefficiency associated with a bull would likely be recognized more quickly in a herd with a defined breeding season.

Thus, the moral of the story is to have a BSE performed on all bulls before every breeding season and work to establish a defined breeding season if one is not currently in place.

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

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Case IH 561RS round baler, Mega Wide, Mega teeth, large tires, twine only. Like new.............................................................................................. $9000 International 480 22-ft. fold-up disc. Good condition........................... $5000 1986 International grain truck, 18-ft. box, single axle, big diesel engine, 5+2 transmission. Good condition........................................................... $9500 Brillion 16-ft. packer......................................................................... $5000

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Evaluate alfalfa stands for winter injury

By Rory Lewandowski, Ohio State University Extension As alfalfa stands break dormancy and begin growth, growers should make plans to take some time to evaluate the health of those stands and determine if there was winter injury. Some early bud growth was observed the last full week of March in the southern half of Ohio. This evaluation is especially important in those areas of the state where we had periods of near zero to below zero temperatures this winter combined with little to no snow cover during some of those cold temperatures.

After doing a quick literature review, it appears that there is general agreement that temperatures in the 5 to 15 degree F range as measured at the alfalfa crown can begin to damage the plant and prolonged exposure to these and lower temperatures can kill the plant. Generally, the soil temperature at a 2 inch depth is associated with the temperature of the alfalfa crown. Snow cover is an important component of protecting an alfalfa plant from sub-zero temperatures since even a cover of 4 inches of snow can provide 10 to 15 degrees of protection. Once again, the concern is for those areas that experienced periods of zero and subzero temperatures without a 4 inch or greater snow cover. For many areas of the state, however, soil temperatures at the 2-inch depth remained at or above 26F even through the coldest days this winter.

An alfalfa stand health evaluation and winter injury assessment needs to be done by getting out into the field and doing a combination of stand counts and digging up some plant roots. Generally that evaluation should be done when there is 3 to 4 inches of growth from the plant. Evaluation involves selecting random sites throughout the field and counting the plants in a one foot square area. Check at least one site for every 5-10 acres, and like soil sampling, more random sampling is better. In addition to counting the plants per square foot, a count of the total stems per square foot is also useful because healthy plants can often produce more stems per plant thereby compensating for potential yield loss from fewer plants per square foot. After counting the plants, dig up all the plants in a one foot square area for every 5 to 10 acres and examine the crown and roots of the plants.

The winter survival rating determined by the plants per square foot is based upon the age of the stand. The following table is from a 2012 article on the Iowa State University (ISU) Integrated Crop Management web site by Stephen K. Barnhart, ISU Extension forage specialist.

Stand Age Year after seeding 2 years 3 years 4 years and older

Plants per square foot Good Marginal Consider Reseeding +12 +8 +6

8-12 5-6 4-5

Less than 8 Less than 5 Less than 4

+4

3-4

Less than 3

As mentioned previously, counting the total stem number in a square foot is another method of evaluating winter survival and yield potential of a stand and has been promoted

by Dan Undersander, Extension forage specialist at the University of Wisconsin. Here is a summary of that system: Stem number/square foot Over 55 40 - 55

The “big swath” trailed mower advantage that folds for easy 8' 5" (2.6 m) transport widths!

Less than 39

Source: Undersander et al 2011, University of WI Extension publication A3620

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While plant and stem counts are useful, to get a true determination of stand health, plants must be dug up so that crown and root tissue can be evaluated. To do this you must split the crowns/roots. The inside should be a creamy white color. If it is yellowish brown to chocolate brown color the tissue is damaged or dying. If more than 50% of the roots show these symptoms, reduce your stand counts and yield potential.

One other weather condition that can have a detrimental impact on alfalfa stands is freeze/thaw cycles. These cycles that typically occur in February through March often present the greatest danger of winter injury in Ohio. There is the potential during these cycles to physically lift or heave alfalfa plants out of the soil. This heaving exposes the crown of the alfalfa plant making it more susceptible to temperacontinued on page c35

Food shortages could be most critical world issue

By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M Extension The world is less than 40 years away from a food shortage that will have serious implications for people and governments, according to a top scientist at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

“For the first time in human history, food production will be limited on a global scale by the availability of land, water and energy,” said Dr. Fred Davies, senior science adviser for the agency’s bureau of food security. “Food issues could become as politically destabilizing by 2050 as energy issues are today.”

Davies, who also is a Texas A&M AgriLife Regents Professor of Horticultural Sciences, addressed the North American Agricultural Journalists meeting in Washington, D.C. on the “monumental challenge of feeding the world.”

He said the world population will increase 30 percent to 9 billion people by mid-century. That would call for a 70 percent increase in food to meet demand.

“But resource limitations will constrain global food systems,” Davies added. “The increases currently projected for crop production from biotechnology, genetics, agronomics and horticulture will not be sufficient to meet food demand.”

Davies said the ability to discover ways to keep pace with food demand have been curtailed by cutbacks in spending on research.

“The U.S. agricultural productivity has averaged less than 1.2 percent per year between 1990 and 2007,” he said.

“More efficient technologies and crops will need to be developed — and equally important, better ways for applying these technologies locally for farmers — to address this challenge.”

Davies said when new technologies are developed, they often do not reach the small-scale farmer worldwide.

“A greater emphasis is needed in high-value horticultural crops,” he said. “Those create jobs and economic opportunities for rural communities and enable more profitable, intense farming.”

Horticultural crops, Davies noted, are 50 percent of the farm-gate value of all crops produced in the U.S. He also made the connection between the consumption of fruits and vegetables and chronic disease prevention and pointed to research centers in the U.S. that are making links between farmers, biologists and chemists, grocers, health care practitioners and consumers. That connection, he suggested, also will be vital in the push to grow enough food to feed people in coming years.

“Agricultural productivity, food security, food safety, the environment, health, nutrition and obesity — they are all interconnected,” Davies said.

One in eight people worldwide, he added, already suffers from chronic undernourishment, and 75 percent of the world’s chronically poor are in the mid-income nations such as China, India, Brazil and the Philippines.

“The perfect storm for horticulture and agriculture is also an opportunity,” Davies said. “Consumer trends such as views on quality, nutrition, production origin and safety impact what foods we consume. Also, urban agriculture favors horticulture.”

For example, he said, the fastest growing segment of new farmers in California, are female, non-Anglos who are “intensively growing horticultural crops on small acreages,” he said.

Evaluate alfalfa stands for winter injury continued from page c34

ture and physical injury. In some cases, heaving breaks the root system, effectively killing the plant. Heaving tends to be more of a problem in wet, saturated soils and clay soils.

Although winter temperatures and snow cover amount are primary driving factors affecting alfalfa winter survival, there are also management factors that growers can control to decrease the chance of winter injury. Those factors include: Selecting varieties with good winter hardiness and disease resistance.

Maintaining soil fertility levels. Potassium in particular is associated with enhancing alfalfa tolerance to winter injury.

Improving soil drainage.

Harvest management: more cuts is generally associated with a higher risk of winter injury, particularly if the last fall cut falls in that mid-September to mid-October time frame.

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Prairie Fare: Take a milk break

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service I recall an interesting conversation I had with my son and his buddy when I offered them freshly baked cookies. Both boys were 8 years old at the time.

I placed some warm chocolate chip cookies on a plate and poured each of them a glass of ice-cold milk. My son’s friend looked at me as though I was suggesting he drink dishwater.

“I don’t drink milk,” he announced.

I slipped on my imaginary dietitian hat and asked, “Why not?”

Maybe he has a milk allergy, I thought to myself. Maybe his reason wasn’t my business, but the question and the glass of milk were now on the table.

“I just don’t like it. Anyway, orange juice is just as healthy.

My mom said so,” he responded.

I now was stepping in forbidden territory: defying another mom’s recommendations.

I proceeded carefully by saying that his mom was right that orange juice might have added calcium and it provides vitamin C. I mentioned that milk would help him grow tall like his dad because it has nine nutrients, including protein, calcium and vitamin D. I knew he was nearing the preteen and teen years when he would be experiencing a growth spurt. Children ages 9 to 18 have the highest calcium needs, at 1,300 milligrams per day. One study showed that just 12 percent of girls and 17 percent of boys met the calcium recommendations.

I could have mentioned milk also provides potassium, phosphorus, vitamins A, B12, riboflavin and niacin. Maybe I needed to put on a cow suit and do a little song and dance number about calcium.

However, that might have made the kid run out our front door.

Taste drives most dining decisions, so I tried something else.

“Do warm chocolate chip cookies taste better with orange juice or milk? We could do a taste test,” I said.

My son’s friend wasn’t impressed or swayed by my comments. He wanted orange juice.

My son rolled his eyes at me, grabbed another cookie and poured himself another glass of milk. I poured his friend a glass of juice and put my dietitian hat away for the day.

My son was doing his part of positive role modeling anyway.

I might have done better by reaching out to his mom to encourage her to pour a glass of milk for herself more often.

A child may not always do exactly what his or her mom or dad says, but the kids watch what you are doing. Researchers have reported that a mother’s food preferences can affect a child’s food preferences.

Skipping milk shows its effects sooner than one might anticipate. Children who skip milk usually have lower overall calcium intake, are shorter, have smaller bones and lower bone density, according to published research.

People vary in their calcium needs, and many foods are fortified with calcium. However, few foods are as complete a nutrition package as dairy foods. Current nutrition recommendations set the goal at three servings of dairy or an equivalent amount of calcium per day.

Looking back at my son’s fruit juice-loving friend, perhaps I should have offered some flavoring for his milk. Yes, the flavoring adds some calories but the calcium and other nutrient content remain the same. He might actually have accepted the fruit-flavored milk.

Here’s a tasty shake from http://www.dairymakessense. com to take on the go. With 15 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber, this breakfast in a cup will tame your appetite.

Peanut Butter and Banana Breakfast Shake 1 c. fat-free or 1 percent milk 1/2 c. frozen banana slices 1 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon Combine all ingredients in a blender; blend until smooth and creamy. Serve in a tall glass or on-the-go drink container.

Makes one serving with 270 calories, 9 grams (g) of fat, 35 g of carbohydrate, 15 g of protein, 3 g of fiber, 220 milligrams of sodium and 35 percent of the daily value for calcium.

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Childhood obesity research: Lessons from the field

By K-State Research and Extension News Turn on the TV or open the morning newspaper - news of the U.S. obesity rate and the health problems associated with being obese or overweight are everywhere. A recent study reported in the media said that the obesity rate for young children, ages 2 to 5, has dropped 43 percent in the last decade. Still, other reports have said the rate has declined but not that much, has stayed the same or might even be up in different age groups.

“There is a lot of conflicting research out there, which has always been the case in regard to nutrition-related research,” said Paula Peters, assistant director for K-State Research and Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences. “It really does take some time to sort through all of the evidence and figure out what is happening.”

Peters, along with others in K-State’s College of Human Ecology, landed a five-year, $4.5 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to test community coaching as an effective method in reducing childhood obesity in seven states, including Kansas. The team is finishing up the third year of the project.

Sandy Procter, a K-State Research and Extension human nutrition specialist, is on the project with Peters. She said when people hear varying reports about the state of childhood obesity in the United States, they need to realize that nutrition is a relatively young science, and many factors related to nutrition and obesity need to be continually addressed by research.

“It’s only been about 100 years since the discovery of vitamins, so we’ve come a long way in 100 years,” Procter said. “I would encourage people, when they hear (varying reports) to be thankful that we are able to have ongoing research to discover new things.”

Obesity research at K-State The NIFA project is just one of several research projects at K-State looking at childhood obesity. Peters, Procter and others at K-State are collaborating with extension staff and nutrition educators in seven states in the north-central part of the country to examine childhood obesity in 4-year-olds who live in rural, low-income communities. In addition to Kansas, the other states include Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Two similar communities in each state were identified in the first year of the project. Peters said the research team is working with community coalitions in each community with hopes to create a healthy environment so children are less likely to become overweight or obese.

The needs for a healthier environment, Peters said, could include anything related to family, the local preschool or school, churches and even the policies in the broader community that might be influencing childhood obesity. Those policies could affect whether or not there are safe places for children to play or opportunities for families to purchase healthy foods.

One community coalition in each state is given researchbased information about combating obesity, while the other community coalition is given all of those things plus a trained community coach, Peters said.

Procter added that once the research team identified the community coaches in each of the seven states, the coaches formed a group and are able to learn from one another constantly. The coaches have received ongoing training to work with the community coalitions and specifically address the needs of 4-year-olds.

Studying 4-year-old children is important, Procter said, because they are still within their family structure, but they are beginning to be affected by the outside world, such as starting preschool.

“The 4-year-old is developing habits that they are going to carry with them throughout their life,” Peters added. “It seems to be a pretty important time for helping influence what they are going to do.”

The researchers say studying rural, low-income areas is also important, because much more research has been done in urban areas compared to rural areas.

“In general, we know that low-income people have a lot more health disparities as they age and are more likely to be overweight,” Procter said. “In public health, we talk about prevention is easier than curing. Looking at it at this early age can help identify those factors that need to be addressed.”

While the K-State team looks to finish the last two years of the NIFA project, other areas of research in obesity prevention have come to mind along the way. Procter said CONTINUED ON PAGE C45

Childhood obesity research: Lessons from the field CONTINUED FROM PAGE C44

research is showing the possibility that mother and father weight status before pregnancy plays a role in determining the future weight status of their children.

“Current pregnancy and maternal policy is inching back toward assessing the mother’s weight and nutrition status prior to pregnancy and how much of a long-term effect that can have not only on that next generation but on future generations,” Procter said. “I think we are just on the verge of exciting information about weight. Where it really starts is just a huge question right now.”

Data from the past several years, Peters said, shows progress in lowering the obesity rate overall in the United States.

Families and communities, from her perspective, are becoming more actively involved in creating a healthier environment for all people who live there.

“If you look at all of the studies together, it looks like we’re making some progress in stemming the tide of an increase in weight,” Peters said. “I don’t know if we can say we’re seeing fewer people being overweight or obese, but I think the curve is getting a little bit flatter.”

More information While research continues to examine obesity causation and prevention, Procter said people could continue to help out in their local communities and take an active role in being part of the solution.

“If your community is trying to address healthier ways to celebrate in schools, or how healthier lunches might be addressed, be a thoughtful part of those deliberations and help make a difference,” she said.

You can find the most current information about nutrition recommendations and how to do your part in helping with weight and obesity issues at your local extension office. ##### Nothing is harder than gracefully getting down from your high horse. ##### Don’t judge...you can’t tell how far a frog can jump just by looking at it.

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By Dr. Roy Burris, Beef Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky

In the 1800’s, one farmer grew enough to feed 3-5 people. In other words, maybe they produced enough to feed their family.

By 1940, that number had grown to nineteen and was enough to feed a family with a little left over. If you wonder what farm life was like back in those days, I actually have some idea since the old family farmstead had some buildings from the Civil War era which gave a clue of what had gone on, and we still grew most of our own food in the 1950’s and 60’s when I was just a kid.

The “new” house and barn were built in the 1920’s by my great-grandfather but the farmstead was started by his grandfather and many of those buildings, and a lot of the lifestyle, remained for generations. It appeared to be a model of a self-sufficient lifestyle.

One of the oldest and most mysterious buildings on the homestead was the “old kitchen”. It dated back to a time when kitchens were separate from the living quarters – had two rooms, a cellar and a loft. The cellar was full of canned goods and even had canned sausage in it. Onions were tied in bundles with the tops on and hung up to dry – which accounted for some of its pungent aroma. The loft contained some old side-saddles, a dough board and

a spinning wheel left over from a different era. Potatoes were spread out and covered with lime until they were needed.

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Custom Pole Buildings A big garden was essential Prebuilt Trusses to farm families. Our garden 8’ to 20’ Sidewalls was plowed with a team of mules that were left over from earlier times. Their only function was to plow the garden FREE and that, I think, was just an ESTIMATES excuse to keep them around – they had apparently earned their keep before the tractor • Grain Storage • Calving Barn appeared. Farm life was hard • Machinery Storage • Insulate for a Shop • Etc. but if big families worked together they could make it Open Saturdays 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But most family members started moving off farms to better paying jobs and the farmers that remained on the land became masters of efficiency. A farmer today feeds 155 people. Wow, just take a 406-279-3251 • In MT - TOLL FREE 1-800-622-7734 look at the supermarket aisles FAX 406-279-3712 and see the abundance of Box 568, Valier, MT 59486 food. Isn’t it time that everyone should thanks a farmer?

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Big Horn Basin farm uses new enterprise risk analyzer tool - II

By James Sedman, consultant to the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and John Hewlett, farm and ranch management specialist in the department In a previous installment in this series we enterprise based on their minimum, most looked at the example Big Horn Basin farm, likely, and maximum values entered earlier the EF, and how its managers were begin(General tab). ning to use the Enterprise Risk Analyzer For EF’s data, sugar beets carry the farm tool (ERA tool) from RightRisk.org. while the corn enterprises show considerWe assess their various cropping enable losses unless the best price scenario is terprises over 835 acres of farmland and realized.

While some cropping enterprises may be necessary for rotational benefits, the silage corn enterprise should be examined further due to its low net income potential even in the best scenario.

Short-term and Long-term Break-even Analysis Another useful feature of the ERA tool is the break-even analysis.

This allows the producer to examine how breakeven price and yield determine areas of potential improvement. compare with the minimum, most likely, Organizing Information and Tracking and maximum values entered earlier.

Income and Expenses This analysis provides managers with a After the farm managers entered their method to evaluate prices necessary to cover data for cropping enterprises, they input expenses if the minimum scenario of price total income and expense data from their or yield occurs. In terms of the corn silage IRS Schedule F and tax return. This includes all cash expenses. These figures for total income and expenses will be allocated over each enterprise as we move further into the ERA tool.

The EF Farm has inventories, farm machinery, other buildings and equipment, and real estate to enter into depreciation schedules. They also provide basic details for any loans and other liabilities.

The next step is to allocate cash and non-cash income and expenses to each enterprise based on the total data entered previously. While this is a relatively enterprise, the break-even price to cover simple exercise when entering cash income gross expenses is $27.51 per ton or $7 more and expenses, the challenging part becomes than the most likely price. entering non-cash income and expense data.

Further breakdown of the silage corn The method chosen for this example is enterprise should be performed to see if efto allocate based on acreage for each enficiencies could be gained, such as costs reterprise. Remain consistent in this method duced or gains made to estimated revenues. for both income and expenses, otherwise For more information results may be misleading.

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##### Two old men are sitting in a diner.

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Taking proper precautions prior to county fair and exhibition events

By Beth Ferry, and Madonna Gemus, Michigan State University Extension As county fairs and livestock exhibitions not allow for nose-to-nose contact of the start preparing for the 2014 show season in pigs, however disease and viruses can still Michigan it is important to review, consider “hitch a ride” on people, various objects or and implement vaccination and biosecube tracked from place to place in manure. If rity protocols prior to tagging or weigh-in such an event is scheduled for your county events. Fair and event managers, along with fair it is important to eliminate as many risk swine superintendents should be aware of factors as possible and establish guidelines the various animal health risks, including for those helping with these activities.

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) Create a protocol where the tagging/vacand Swine Influenza that have been present cinating person(s) entering the trailer wears in both small farm and commercial pigs and disposable (Tyvek) coveralls, disposable or to discuss the best methods for reducing rubber boots and gloves. Once the person disease transmission for pigs that will be has completed the tagging and vaccination exhibited this summer at livestock events. process they should wait until the pigs have Vaccinations quieted down or are on the front portion of If it is possible, encourage youth to purthe trailer, before exiting the trailer, eliminatchase pigs from a breeder who currently ing the risk of a pig exiting the trailer and has a vaccination program for their herd. being exposed to other pigs and manure. An This way historical information, herd health important rule of thumb is to leave as much status and veterinarian recommendations can organic matter (manure and bedding) in be taken into account when vaccinating. If the trailer as possible; this eliminates other the breeder of the pigs does not have a vacpeople tracking infected manure throughout cination program in place, youth can work the area. with their veterinarian to ensure that their Upon exiting the trailer the designated animals receive the correct vaccines. Dr. Maperson should put on clean Tyvek coverdonna Gemus, Swine Extension Veterinarian alls, gloves and boots. They should either with Michigan State University suggests that change their disposable boots or remove as youth producers vaccinate for Circovirus much manure and bedding from their rub(PCV-2) and Influenza (SIV) at minimum. ber boots as possible and dip them in a foot Many breeders also include vaccines for bath of bleach solution: one cup of 6 percent Erysipelas and Mycoplasma hyopneumonia. bleach to 32 cups of water at the entrance/ A vaccine program will help provide exit point of the trailer. While in the footbath protection for exhibition pigs from common the person should remove their gloves and swine diseases. Circovirus is commonly coveralls and discard into a garbage bag. found in commercial herds and cause loss Event coordinators can purchase garbage of body condition, unthriftiness and rough bags with disinfection in the bags and drawhair coats. Swine Influenza is most often strings if they so desire to dispose of the used expressed as a common cold in pigs and coveralls, boots and gloves. The designated is characterized by elevated temperatures person should also wipe hands and tagging and respiratory rates, along with off feed equipment with Clorox disinfecting wipes events. Certain strains of this virus are also or dip tagging tools into a bleach solution zoonotic, making it possible for the virus to (1:32 ratio) as a disinfectant. Disposable transfer from pigs to humans, resulting in a syringes should be used to vaccinate each public health concern. Vaccinating for Erytrailer of pigs and needles should be changed sipelas in feeder pigs can reduce incidence between trailers. of lameness caused by bacterial infection.

Because organic matter is hard to comVaccination for Mycoplasma hyopneumonia pletely disinfect, you will need to change will reduce the incidence of pneumonia and your footbaths often (every 4 or 5 trailers) reduced growth common in pigs derived and discard used bleach in an area away from from positive herds or herds in high Mycoany livestock traffic. Having Clorox wipes plasma dense areas. As with most vaccines, and disposable boots available for anyone this will not guarantee that your pigs will who is helping open and close trailer doors not be exposed to the different diseases, is also important. The less contact that is however if your animals do become exposed made with areas that may be contaminated it will help reduce the severity and incidence with virus the better. Michigan State Univerrate of the disease, which is important when sity Extension suggests eliminating pre-fair achieving maximum growth of your animal. weigh-ins for feeder size pigs for the 2014 This initial vaccine dose should be given exhibition year, as complete disinfection of a to the animals before purchase or shortly shared scale would be nearly impossible and after they arrive at the new owner’s farm. increased pig traffic in common areas highly A second or booster dose of the vaccine increases the likelihood of disease spread. should be given to the pigs a few weeks At any livestock event it is important that following the initial dose. The number of exhibitors use proper observation skills and days between the initial dose and booster only transport healthy animals, especially dose should be no less than 21 days and no when a central collection point is being used. more than 50 days. This will help ensure that If an exhibitor does detect clinical symptoms your pigs have protection through exhibiin their pigs such as elevated temperatures, tion and market. Currently a 4-way vaccine diarrhea and increase respiratory rates, al(Circo, SIV, Erysipelas, Mycoplasma) can low them to make alternative arrangements be sourced for around $2.50 per dose from for tagging or vaccinating their animals. local veterinarians and can be administered Extreme care should be taken to not bring by a parent or responsible adult, following sick pigs to locations where other animals proper injection protocols. or exhibitors will be.

Biosecurity: Risk factors and points of When reviewing your fair or exhibitions infection protocols for pre-fair weighing, tagging or When looking at the possibility of disease validation events it is important to minimize spread and health risks for exhibition pigs it the risk the disease spread. Evaluate each is important to review biosecurity protocols step of the process and work to minimize and procedures. The highest risk of disease the comingling of pigs and shared equipment transfer comes when pigs from different or tools. Implementing good biosecurity sources are comingled with each other at practices will help maintain the health of the a single location. Good examples of these animals involved in your event and allow for are weigh-ins or tagging events for swine youth to have successful starts to their swine projects at a county fair. These events may projects for the 2014 show season.

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Ornamental grasses add character to the garden

By Annette Meyer Heisdorffer, Daviess County Extension Agent for Horticulture textured leaves have narrow bands of white Even though the weather is cold and unon the green leaves. This gives the plant a comfortable outside, I can enjoy the grace silvery color from a distance. The flowers and beauty of the ornamental grass from are reddish bronze when they first appear in my kitchen window. A glaze of ice makes October and dry to fluffy cream. ‘Morning it sparkle in the sun. The texture, motion, Light’ prefers to grow in full sun and in a and sound provided by the leaves create moist soil. year-round interest.

Zebra grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘ZebMany perennial grasses are available. rinus’) is unusual with narrow, horizontal They have been selected for their attractive bands of yellow up and down the one-half foliage, distinctive form, and showy flowers or seedheads. By selecting different grasses, to three-quarter inch wide leaves. The leaves the period of bloom can range from June to arch outward in broad, spreading clumps.

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(RFI), and 14 percent had heard of residual Knowing inputs and outputs average daily gain (RADG).

Cattle in the commercial feedlot are easy to evaluate for feed efficiency, Weaber said. “ We have lots of work to do in the On a pen-wide basis, feedlot managers industry to help producers understand know how much feed the cattle consume, conventional measures of feed efficiency as every feed truck is weighed, and cattle or transformation of data into measures of owners are billed accordingly. metabolic size, feed intake or growth rate, such as RFI or RADG,” Weaber said. “We “We know how much the cattle cost going into the feedlot and how much they also need to help them understand how to weighed,” he said. “We know what the use those tools in selection strategies.”

Breed association national cattle evaluvalue is when they leave the feedlot in terms ation programs are beginning to report of grid value, carcass merit, live weight or efficiency-related expected progeny difother output measurement. That’s easy to ferences (EPDs) that producers can use in capture.” cattle selection. For a long time, the strong Understanding efficiency at the cow/calf genetic association of feed intake and gain level is a much more complicated issue, performance has been understood in the Weaber said. beef industry, he said, as it’s somewhere “We don’t measure how much forage they consume,” he said. “We have a fixed around 0.75 or 0.80.

In addition to the RADG EPD published land mass typically in owned or rented by the American Angus Association, other pasture that provides the bulk of calories EPDs and value indexes are emerging to our animals consume. We can only measure differentiate animals for growth efficiency. hay allocation and supplemental feed as adFor determining maintenance efficiency ditional inputs.” on the cow side, $EN (cow energy value) To calculate efficiency in feedlots, manin Angus or the maintenance energy EPD agers often use the feed conversion ratio, in Red Angus are examples. These can a measure of an animal’s feed intake to help producers select sires of replacement gain, or its reciprocal, gross feed efficiency, females that represent lower maintenance Weaber said. Cow/calf producers, on the energy costs and a more moderate mature other hand, should collect enough records size and lactation potential. to be able to calculate weaning weight per cow exposed to measure efficiency. This Matching animals to their environprovides producers with the output of their ment cow herd relative to the calories that the Along with knowing the genetic selection cows exposed to a bull consumed. It shows tools available for improving efficiency, producers how the cows are working not producers should also understand the difindividually, but as a system. ference between maintenance requirements versus maintenance efficiency in the cow “ For most producers in Kansas and herd. across the country who sell calves at weaning time, weaning weight is the targeted “Maintenance efficiency in a cow perend point,” he said. “The nice thing about spective is how animals differ in their ability weaning weight per cow exposed is that to use consumed nutrients, and right now in it captures all sensitive areas that have an the beef sector we don’t have a very good impact on productivity in your cow/calf opway to measure that on an individual animal eration - fertility, conception rate and ability basis,” Weaber said. “So that means selecfor cows to re-breed. It is a function of how tion to change that would be difficult.” many cows you turned out with bulls and the A more appropriate strategy, he said, net effect the management decisions made is making sure maintenance requirements to realize a marketable product.” match a producer’s forage environment.

Understanding feed efficiency tools Cow size and milk production are both moderate to highly heritable traits, and EPDs and concepts can help producers select for cows that are Weaber and several of his colleagues are more optimally matched to their production working on a beef feed efficiency project environment. For many producers, that will and completed a nationwide survey of beef mean selecting lower milking cows with cow/calf producers, seedstock producers more moderate or smaller mature weights, and feedlot operators in 2013, to gauge producers’ understanding of a wide variety of continued on page c54

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By Dan Moser, Universtiy of Nebraska-Lincoln The intellectual war over modern agripreschoolers is down. culture has been won by the “cultural elite,” “The activists’ critique of the way we eat ... is having an impact ... and I think that’s an but agriculture’s continued commercial and impact we should welcome and celebrate,” technological success still bode well for its Paarlberg said. future, a political scientist said.

Activists’ promotion of organic agriculThat’s not to say conventional agriculture ture and local marketing of food have led to won’t have to make adjustments in the face advances in those areas too, but Paarlberg of ongoing challenges from its detractors, noted, they still comprise a very small said Robert Paarlberg, who spoke at the percentage of conventional agriculture and University of Nebraska-Lincoln as part international food marketing, respectively. of the Heuermann Lecture series. SpecifiMeantime, most critics of conventional cally, he predicted that the inroads activists agriculture have ignored, perhaps as “an already have made in the area of animal inconvenient truth,” the fact that their prewelfare will continue to force change in dictions that conventional farming practices livestock agriculture. were unsustainable have proven untrue.

Paarlberg, the Betty Freyhof Johnson ‘44 In recent years, conventional agriculture Professor in the Department of Political Scihas drastically cut inputs while continuence at Wellesley College, is author of the ing to increase yields. Total fertilizer use book “Food Politics: What Everyone Needs peaked in 1981, total pesticide use in 1973, to Know.” His lecture Thursday was titled Paarlberg said.

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Technological advances have led to huge Conventional agriculture as practiced in reductions in land use, soil erosion, irrigastates such as Nebraska “is under strong tion water, energy and greenhouse gases, attack” from people who believe it is unhe added. healthy, unsafe, environmentally unsustain“If only the rest of our economy had done able and socially unjust, Paarlberg said. this well, we would have something to be These forces want a shift from large-scale, proud of,” Paarlberg said. specialized, highly capitalized farming sysTwo areas where critics of conventional tems to smaller scale systems that integrate agriculture have scored significant viccrop and livestock production. Instead of tories are animal agriculture and the use internationally traded foods, they want local of genetically modified crops for human foods and instead of genetically engineered consumption. food, they want organic food.

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California and passed in Connecticut and Paarlberg said he’s found one risks “soMaine. cial ostracism” by defending conventional “Conventional agriculture will be obliged agriculture in his state of Massachusetts. to make concessions,” Paarlberg concluded, In the commercial arena, detractors have but “those concessions aren’t going to push made some progress in promoting changes conventional agriculture away from its prein diets. Meat consumption and overall ferred model” of highly capitalized, large, calorie consumption have dropped and a science-driven practices. recent study shows the obesity rate among

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as they will likely have fewer maintenance requirements.

“We can affect cow size and lactation potential in the next calf crop by using appropriate selection strategies,” Weaber said.

“If we think about the nutrient requirement between a 1,000-lb. cow and a 1,400-lb. cow for maintenance of bodyweight, there’s about a 27 percent difference. If we look at the difference between a low milk, 10-lb. peak lactation cow versus a 30-lb. peak lactation cow, that’s another 16 percent change in nutrient requirements.”

Together, that is more than a 40 percent difference in maintenance requirements between small, low-milk cows and large, high-milk cows. On a caloric basis, that’s about a ton of corn equivalent per cow, he said.

“If you think about how energy-dense corn is, think about the required difference in nutrient consumption if you were feeding prairie hay,” Weaber said. “The difference

is massive.”

Producers should strive to hit the optimum level of how many cows and calves they have relative to their access of native, standing forage, he said. Not having to feed a lot of harvested forage can really change the profitability of an operation.

Crossbreeding also helps improve cow herd efficiency by improving weaning weights of calves and especially traits with low heritability, such as fertility and longevity, Weaber said. System efficiency improvements across the whole cow herd inventory due to crossbreeding can be realized in three to five years depending on the replacement rate in the herd.

For more information on the effects of crossbreeding on production efficiency, production system constraints and breeding systems, Weaber recommends the National Beef Cattle Education Consortium’s Beef Sire Selection Manual available online (http://www.nbcec.org/producers/sire.html).

Be patient with lawn care

By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota The snow is mostly gone and the lawns will soon be green.

With spring like weather finally here, there is a strong temptation to grab the rake and start spring cleanup. Likewise, the garden centers and discount stores are starting to feature fertilizers in their advertisements and homeowners get the urge to apply their spring fertilizer. It is very important to withstand that temptation and leave those tools in the garage until the lawn is ready.

No matter how beautiful the weather, keep off the grass until the soil feels fairly firm underfoot and you no longer leave footprints when you walk across the lawn. If it’s still soggy wet, you will compress the soil wherever you step which will add to compaction and promotes poor root growth and poor water drainage. This is especially important if you are going to use your lawn tractor or other heavy equipment to clean your yard. In addition, it is very easy to pull the grass out by the roots when the grass is wet. The actual time to start raking the lawn is dependent on moisture levels in the soil, soil type, amount of rainfall and drainage of the lawn. Don’t rush it!

When the lawn is ready to rake, use a lightweight lawn rake, not a heavy garden rake. The lighter rake removes dead grass and weeds as well as allows air to reach the crowns of the grass plants without harming the roots. Raking also removes rocks and other debris that could pose a problem when you mow later this spring.

Although lawns may be aerated and dethatched in late April and May, the best time is during the months of August and September. If you do choose to aerate or dethatch in the spring, be sure the soil is dry enough so that compaction does not occur.

Despite what you read in fertilizer advertisements, it is much too early to make your spring fertilizer application. If fertilizer is applied before the grass plants are growing rapidly enough to utilize the nutrients, particularly nitrogen, the nutrients will leach below the roots of the grass plants and become unavailable to the plants.

If you fertilized last fall, there really is no need to fertilize in early spring. If you missed the fall application or have determined your lawn needs spring fertilization, wait until the lawn is ready for its first mowing before applying the fertilizer. At that time put down only a light application of fertilizer as heavy spring feeding encourages fast green-up and a flush of succulent growth that is more vulnerable to fungus diseases. The heavier applications of fertilizer should be made in September and October, at which time it promotes good root development, which will, in turn, produce lush green grass in the spring.

To remove the guesswork as to the amount of nutrients to apply, consider having the soil tested. Call or stop in at the Extension Office to get an information sheet and a soil sample bag.

Of course, if you’re not fond of mowing, skip the fertilizer altogether. With the vast majority of lawns, there are ample soil nutrients to nurture grass. Additional fertilizer typically creates lush, dark green growth but increases the need for mowing. If lawn work is low on your priority list, forget the amendments and go fishing.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu Source: Carl Hoffman, former UM Extension Educator.

Guide to successful cut sunflower production

By University of Wyoming Extension Sunflower growth and harvest in Wyoming is explored in a new University of Wyoming (UW) Extension bulletin.

“A Wyoming growers’ reference guide to cut sunflowers,” B-1253, provides in-depth information about growing environment, water, temperature, light requirements and the impact of cultivar variety.

“The horticulture industry in Wyoming has shown tremendous growth as interest in local production has increased,” said Karen Panter, UW Extension horticulture specialist.

“The proliferation of farmers markets, community supported agriculture ventures, and food cooperatives around the state carrying locally produced goods are indicative of this trend.”

The bulletin is available for free download by going to www.uwyo.edu/ces and clicking on Publications on the lefthand side of the page. Type the bulletin title or number in the search field. The direct link is http://www.wyomingextension.org/agpubs/pubs/B1253.pdf.

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The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee approved a budget of $4.3 million dollars for fiscal year 2015. Approximately one third of this budget is dedicated to research, with the remainder focusing on marketing, education, and transportation.

Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Chairman Chris Kolstad said, “This year’s budget is really focused on benefitting the producers of Montana. Transportation service issues are affecting price at the elevators, and pests like sawfly and orange blossom wheat midge are affecting production in the field. With this year’s check-off funding we hope to make things easier for Montana farmers.”

Montana State University in Bozeman will be conducting research with check-off funds, emphasizing winter wheat, spring wheat, durum, and barley breeding programs, as well as wheat stem sawfly, orange blossom wheat midge, and wireworm issues. Crop rotation and herbicide resistant kochia are also major areas being funded.

Additionally, the committee is focusing funds on overseas marketing efforts through U.S. Wheat Associates and U.S. Grains Council. Diet fads and health concerns surrounding gluten have been a major concern for wheat and barley producers recently. To help combat health myths surrounding grains, the Wheat and Barley Committee has dedicated funding to Wheat Foods Council, a national organization helping to increase awareness of dietary grains as an essential component of a healthful diet.

“Montana grows the best wheat and barley in the world. By investing these check-off dollars wisely in research and marketing, our farmers can stay ahead of the curve in both domestic and international markets,” said Collin Watters, wheat and barley bureau chief.

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Fighting a pernicious weed with fire

By Dennis O’Brien, USDA Carefully staged “prescribed fire” can reset a rangeland’s biological clock, awaken dormant plants, and breathe new life and diversity into an ecosystem. When fire rolls over a rangeland, it gives perennial sod-forming grasses, which are good sources of forage for livestock, a better chance to take hold.

An Agricultural Research Service team in Miles City, Montana, is looking for ways to use fire to control a weed on the Northern Plains and on western range-lands. The weed is purple threeawn, and it is colonizing disturbed soils and overtaking rangelands used for grazing. When fully grown, the plant has sharp prongs that make it undesirable to cattle, and the cattle do not thrive if it becomes a staple of their diet.

The researchers—range ecologist Lance Vermeire, range technician Dustin Strong, and their colleagues—are in the ARS Range and Livestock Research Unit in Miles City.

Fire is commonly used on rangelands in the Southern Plains (Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas), but it was not as readily adopted by settlers west and north of those areas.

Because of that, less is known about its effectiveness as a management tool in the areas where purple threeawn is becoming more of a problem. The research is largely funded by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which manages much of the rangeland in the United States.

Effects of fire To find out whether fire is useful in controlling threeawn, Vermeire, Strong, and their partners are probing a number of issues, including which season is best for using fire. The researchers want to determine whether fire not only reduces the abundance of purple threeawn, but also creates more balanced ecosystems where desirable grasses can flourish.

Their intent is to give land managers a way to keep rangelands viable so that cattle grazing on them can stay healthy and well fed.

“We don’t just want to discourage the bad weeds; we also want to promote the good grasses, such as western wheatgrass, needleandthread, and other native perennial grasses,” Vermeire says.

The researchers grew purple threeawn and two desirable grasses—western wheatgrass and blue grama—in a greenhouse to study the effects of fire under controlled conditions.

Some purple threeawn was grown in isolation, and some was intermixed with the two grasses. They applied fire to some plants and let others grow unimpeded, and they clipped both the burned and control plants to specific heights to simulate cattle grazing. Combusted materials, clipped material, and final biomass of all plants were measured to assess plant production levels.

Results showed that fire killed 36 percent of the purple threeawn and reduced its biomass by 61 percent, reductions the researchers say were significant. Though this study was done in a greenhouse, the researchers say the results indicate that fire treatments would likely have significant impacts for reducing purple threeawn on open rangelands. The study was published in Rangeland Ecology and Management in 2013.

The right timing Another key question is when to use fire. Most prescribed fires are set in rangelands during spring or fall, but a plant’s response to fire varies with its stage of development and activity level. Most native grasses in Montana are cool-season plants that have adapted to the natural cycle of frequent summer wildfires. They go dormant in the summer, making them less susceptible to summer fires. Purple threeawn, however, is a warm-season species that grows during the summer, which should make it more susceptible to summer fires.

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The results showed that while fall fires reduced purple threeawn production, summer fires were much more effective, particularly after a wet spring. “Few rangeland treatments have shown such immediate effects with just a one-time application,” Vermeire says. In comparison to the control plots, the weed’s overall biomass was reduced 90 percent by the summer fire and 73 percent by the fall fire after the wet spring. By comparison, it was reduced 73 percent by the summer fire and 58 percent by the fall fire after the dry spring. Adding nitrogen to the soil had no effect on purple threeawn production at any of the sites nor on growth of the continued on page c64

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The roots will continue to grow throughout the fall and early winter. Good root growth will support new plant growth that emerges in the spring and sustain it throughout the summer. Water the tree or shrub during the late fall and winter if the soil is dry.

Dietary products underresearched, over-marketed

By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service While surfing the Web, consumers often see ads promising “one tip to a flat belly.” But the real tip is accurate consumer information about the products that are being marketed.

African mango (AM) supplements are among the various products that appear at the end of these “one tip” ads. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have studied African mango supplements and found that none of the labels on the ones they tested provided accurate information for consumers.

All of the labels of African mango dietary supplement products sold in the United States list African mango seed extract as the major ingredient, according to chemist Pei Chen and postdoctoral associate Jianghao Sun. Chen and Sun conducted the research at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

Chen and Sun noted a lack of past chemical analyses of AM seeds, seed extracts and dietary supplements in the scientific literature, and conducted the studies to find out whether the supplements contain what they say they contain.

The team obtained AM seeds that had been imported directly from Africa for the study. The samples came with a voucher verifying their authenticity, and were further authenticated by a U.S. Pharmacopeia scientist. The team also obtained three AM seed extracts and five different AM dietary supplements to analyze.

During testing, Chen and Sun identified a group of major components in the verified AM seeds: ellagic acid; mono-, di-, and tri-O-methyl-ellagic acids; and their related glycosides. These components can be used as authentication markers when testing the contents of AM extracts and related AM dietary supplements for quality control.

Among the five AM dietary supplements tested, only one contained trace amounts of AM seed. The other four supplements and the three AM seed extract samples did not contain any detectable amount of authentic AM seed.

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By John D. Anderson, Deputy Chief Economist American Farm Bureau Federation The wholesale beef market enjoyed an extraordinary first quarter this year. The comprehensive boxed beef cutout (averaging wholesale prices for Choice, Select, Branded and other categories of beef) gained a little over 18 percent between the first of the year and the end of March. The performance of the pork cutout was even more exceptional.

The pork cutout rose by almost 57 percent over that same time period. Over the last couple of weeks, though, wholesale prices on beef and pork appear to have topped out. The comprehensive boxed beef cutout has slipped by over $12/ cwt (about 5 percent) so far in April. The pork cutout finally stalled out last week, declining by over $4/cwt from the record level of the prior week.

The decline in beef and pork prices stands in contrast to the behavior of broiler prices. Broiler prices, which languished for most of the first quarter as beef and pork prices soared to new highs, have increased substantially over the last month or so. Last week, the boneless/skinless (b/s) breast wholesale price reached 168.57 cents/pound, a 33 percent increase over the price at the beginning of the year and the highest price on that cut since last August.

This change in prices over the last couple of weeks has brought wholesale beef and broiler prices back close to their normal historical relationship. For now, wholesale pork prices remain quite high relative to broiler prices as well as to beef prices. At the beginning of the year, it seemed likely that beef, due to declining production, would be at a persistent relative price disadvantage to competing meats.

That, for the most part, has not turned out to be the case.

A big part of the reason that wholesale pork prices have been so strong is that expectations with respect to pork production have been steadily revised lower. USDA offered another such revision in last week’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Projected pork production was dropped by about 2.5 percent compared to the March forecast, reflecting downward adjustments for all four quarters of the year. Broiler production projections were also dropped slightly (between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent) for all four quarters of the year. The projection for beef production for the year as a whole was essentially unchanged: a drop in the first quarter projection was a little more than completely offset by higher third and fourth quarter projections.

The revisions to projected pork production are particularly noteworthy. In January, USDA forecast a year-over-year increase in pork production of a little more than 1.5 percent.

After last week’s revisions, pork production is now forecast to decline year-over-year by almost 2 percent. Broiler production, forecast to increase by 2.8 percent in January is now forecast to increase by 1.8 percent. Beef production, forecast to decline by almost 5.5 percent in January is now forecast to decline by not quite 4.5 percent. Beef still faces a challenge in holding market share in a competitive consumer environment, but that challenge is not quite as daunting as it appeared to be a few months ago.

Of course, the WASDE report also updated supply and use projections for grains. Projected corn ending stocks were lowered yet again in this month’s report: to 1.331 billion bushels, a drop of 125 million bushels from last month reflecting an increase in export projections by a like amount.

If this projection holds, it will mark a stocks-to-use ratio of just under 10 percent – still the highest level in four years but a historically very tight carryover figure. Corn carryover is not nearly as tight as soybean carryover, though. This month’s WASDE dropped soybean carryover by 10 million bushels to 135 million bushels: a stocks-to-use ratio of just 4 percent. Clearly, we will close out the marketing year with very tight supplies of both corn and beans. Expectations of large production this year continue to point toward increasing stocks of both crops for 2014/15; but those increased stocks have been just a year away for about three years now. As is always the case, the weather will be decisive, and at this point in the year, anything is possible.

The Markets Fed cattle prices edged a little lower again last week. The 5-Area weighted average price came in at $149.16 – down $0.55 from the prior week. Negotiated sales were fairly small for a second week in a row.

As noted earlier, wholesale beef prices lost ground last week. The Choice boxed beef cutout value worked out to $225.50 for the week, $6.63 lower than the previous week.

Last week’s feeder and stocker cattle market was called unevenly steady, with the National Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary Report calling prices from $3 higher to $3 lower.

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