MAY 2020
Vol. XXI No. 4 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
Phone 406-271-5533 Fax 406-271-5727 website: tradersdispatch.com
2020 Hemp planting license deadline extended
The Montana Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for hemp planting applications for the 2020 growing season to Monday, June 1, 2020. To download the current application form, click here. To complete the application online, click here. In addition to new applicants, all 2019 licensees are required to renew if interested in growing in 2020. A 2020 hemp grower license is not required to market 2019 crop grown under a valid 2019 license. The hemp licensing process is two-fold: upon approval of the initial application, eligible applicants will be issued a Planting license so they may purchase seed or live plants and plant or propagate hemp. To receive full licensure, the applicant must submit a Planting Report confirming information about the crop(s) that was planted. Successful candidates will be issued the second stage Production license. The Production License allows for the production and harvest of compliant hemp. Planting Reports will be available online beginning late May. The initial licensure requires entity information, participant information, verification of plant source, crop information, an $850 non-refundable fee, and acknowledgement of the Attestation and Risk Acknowledgement Statements. Due to restricted access to obtain fingerprint documentation caused by the pandemic, the department is waiving the requirement for FBI Identity History Summary documentation for all 2020 hemp license applicants and key participants. This does not exempt applicants from the federal requirement of having no prior convictions of felony drug charges in the last 10 years. For more information regarding the MDA Hemp program, go to https://agr.mt.gov/Industrial-Hemp. Completed applications can be submitted to MDA: Via email at: mikayla.moore@mt.gov or Via mail at: Montana Department of Agriculture PO Box 200201 Helena, MT 59620-0201
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
April 29-May 30, Shobe Auction & Realty, Cabin Fever, Online......................A13 May 1-19, Smeltzer Auctions & Real Estate, Severson Firearms, Coins, & Collectibles, Online.................................................................................................A2 May 1-16, Springhill Auctioneers, Sundquist Estate, Online............................A4 May 5-19, Pate Auction, Inc., Evans Farm Equipment, Online..........................A8 May 15-26, Smeltzer Auctions & Real Estate, Equipment, Online....................A6 May 19-June 2, Pate Auction, Inc., RMC, United Equipment, Guest Consignor, Online...............................................................................................................A15 May 23, Mills Auction Service, Spring Consignment, Broadus MT................A12 CANCELLED, Matt’s Auction Service, Spring Consignment, Vaughn MT CANCELLED...................................................................................................A14 May 25-June 25, Shobe Auction & Realty, Taildragger Farms, Online............A13 May 27-June 3, Barnes Auction Service, Farm & Ranch, Online....................A16 June 6, Mills Auction Service, Feldman Ranch, Wibaux MT...........................A18 June 6, Kevin Hill Auction Service, Inc., Equipment, Kalispell MT.................A22 June 13, Kamerman Auction Co., Rescheduled Farm Auction, Manhattan MT... ...........................................................................................................................A24 June 25, Flying D Auction, Taft Estate, Devon MT............................................A23 July 18, Stan Howe-Front Range Auctioneers, Estate, Butte MT...................A26 TBD, Kevin Hill Auction Services Inc., Farm & Ranch, Hot Springs MT........A28 TBD, Kevin Hill Auction Services Inc., Business Liquidation, Plains MT......A28 TBD, Weaver Auctions, Farm & Ranch Consignment, Drummond MT...........A10
MT Mule Days Cancelled
By Tara Price, Montana Longears Association. It is with great sadness that we announce to you that we have come to a decision to postpone our Montana Mule Days 2020 show until June of 2021. CONTINUED ON PAGE A3
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It may be some time before we see people gathering as they did for the MGGA Convention luncheon at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls, Montana. Hopefully we will back to these kind of get togethers soon. As they say “We are all in this together”.
Submit comments on the removal of brucellosis from the select agent list
The Montana Department of Livestock is encouraging the public to submit comments to remove brucellosis from the select agent (or bioterror) list. Diseases on the select agent list have severe restrictions on research because they could pose a threat to human, animal, or plant health. The comment period for this notice closes on May 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Including brucellosis on the list has prevented research that could have led to new vaccines, diagnostics, and other methods of disease control, says, Dr. Marty Zaluski, Montana State Veterinarian. “Without better tools, especially vaccines, brucellosis will continue to spread in Greater Yellowstone Area wildlife, expose more livestock, and increase management costs.” “While the intent of including brucellosis on the select agent list was to limit the availability of the bacteria, it’s having the opposite effect,” states Zaluski. “The disease is becoming more broadly distributed on the landscape and we have few tools to stop it.” Both the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspective Service (APHIS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published requests for public comment on the select agent list. The Department also encourages individuals to consider submitting letters to the secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USDA, and the CDC. DHS is opposed to
the removal of brucellosis from the select agent list. Comments can be submitted at the following links: CDC: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CDC_FRDOC_0001-0117 APHIS: https://www.regulations.gov/do cument?D=APHIS-2019-0018-0001 Additional information, including talking points for inclusion in comments and the addresses of the DHS, USDA, and CDC secretaries, can be found on the Department’s website at http://liv.mt.gov/Animal-Health/ Diseases/Brucellosis. The mission of the Montana Department of Livestock is to control and eradicate animal diseases, prevent the transmission of animal diseases to humans, and to protect the livestock industry from theft and predatory animals. For more information on the Montana Department of Livestock, visit http://liv.mt.gov/.
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USDA reports record enrollment in key farm safety-net programs
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Producers signed a record 1.77 million contracts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2019 crop year, which is more than 107 percent of the total contracts signed compared with a 5-year average. USDA also reminds producers that June 30 is the deadline to enroll in ARC and PLC for the 2020 crop year. “Producers for several years have experienced low commodity prices, a volatile trade environment and catastrophic natural disasters,” said Richard Fordyce, Administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). “Farmers looking to mitigate these risks recognize that ARC and PLC provide the financial protections they need to weather substantial drops in crop prices or revenues.” Producers interested in enrolling for 2020 should contact their FSA county office. Producers must enroll by June 30 and make their one-time update to PLC payment yields by September 30. FSA attributes the significant participation in the 2019 crop year ARC and PLC programs to increased producer interest in the programs under the 2018 Farm Bill and to an increase in eligible farms because of the selling and buying of farms and new opportunities for beginning farmers and military veterans with farms having 10 or fewer base acres. Enrollment for 2019 ended March 16. USDA Service Centers, including FSA county offices, are open for business by phone only, and field work will continue with appropriate social distancing. While program delivery staff will continue to come into the office, they will be working with producers by phone and using online tools whenever possible. All Service Center visitors wishing to conduct business with the FSA, Natural Resources Conservation Service or any other Service Center agency are required to call their Service Center to schedule a phone appointment. More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus. For more information on ARC and PLC, download the program fact sheet (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/ USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2019/arc-plc_overview_fact_sheet-aug_2019.pdf) or the 2014-2018 farm bills comparison fact sheet (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/ USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2019/arc-plc_ farm_bill_comparisons-fact_sheet-aug-2019.pdf). Online ARC and PLC election decision tools are available at www. fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. To locate the nearest USDA Service Center, visit farmers.gov/service-center-locator.
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Annual Wyoming Forage Field Day
University of Wyoming Extension Modern production and management technology of forages will be highlighted during the Wyoming Forage Field Day Thursday, June 18, at the University of Wyoming’s (UW) Laramie Research and Extension Center. Events are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Cliff and Martha Hansen Livestock Teaching Arena on Hwy. 230 southwest of Laramie. Held annually, the field day is held in different locations based on producers’ questions and demands, said Anowar Islam, UW Extension forage specialist. “This event provides great opportunities for producers to connect and have individualized conversations with leading forage researchers and expertise,” said Islam. Topics include: • Flood irrigating grass hay meadows • Hay harvest and quality • Highly digestible alfalfa • Integrated weed/pest management • Soil health and fertility • Grass varieties performance • Panel discussion • Forage product and equipment demonstrations Registration is free, but attendees must register by June 11 to ensure lunch. Visit bit.ly/ForageFieldDay20 to register. For more information, contact Islam at 307-766-4151 or mislam@uwyo.edu.
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TRAILER FOR SALE
2014 PJ 30-ft. flatbed trailer, 10-ft. hydraulic dovetail, dual wheels, 16,000# tandem axles and air brakes. Under 1000 total miles, excellent condition................................. Asking $14,000 Phone (406) 397-3333, Hingham, Montana
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MT Mule Days Cancelled CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
We have continued to monitor the Covid-19 situation, and it is out of great concern to the health of our Montana Mule Days Fans, Contestants, Volun-teers, Vendors, Members, and the surrounding community that we have decided to postpone this wonderful event. For the last 35 years Montana Mule Days has brought so much enjoyment to the mule and donkey world and their fans. We, here with the Montana Longears Association will greatly miss having a show and seeing everyone at the show. Every year at Montana Mule Days it seems like a family reunion and we get to see all the great people. Make sure to mark your calendars for the next show, you won’t want to miss out on coming to our 36th annual Montana Mule Days. We are already planning for Montana Mule Days June 2021. Dates for the next Montana Mule Days will be June 11th, 12th and 13th of 2021.
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Pick Strawberries Day
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 20 Pick Strawberries Day is a sweet, tasty way to enjoy a late spring day. If your mom or dad ever took you picking fresh strawberries, you have a wonderful childhood memory. That memory is what will draw you to enjoy today with your own kids or grandkids! If you’ve never picked fresh strawberries, you’ve missed out on the fun. Many of those tasty berries never make it out of the field...... they go straight to your mouth. For those who have picked strawberries before, get out today and pick some. For those who have never picked them in the field, start a new tradition today!
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Registered Angus bulls for sale Private Treaty /2 and 3/4 brothers available High Growth Easy Calving Maternal Function Phone (406) 654-7115 1
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USDA announces loan maturity now extended to 12 months
Agricultural producers now have more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The loans now mature at 12 months rather than nine, and this flexibility is available for most commodities. “Spring is the season when most producers have the biggest need for capital, and many may have or are considering putting commodities under loan. Extending the commodity loan maturity affords farmers more time to market their commodity and repay their loan at a later time,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. “We are extremely pleased that USDA can offer these marketing flexibilities at this critical time for the agriculture industry and the nation.” Effective immediately, producers of eligible commodities now have up to 12 months to repay their commodity loans. The maturity extension applies to nonrecourse loans for crop years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Eligible open loans must in good standing with a maturity date of March 31, 2020, or later or new crop year (2019 or 2020) loans requested by September 30, 2020. All new loans requested by September 30, 2020, will have a maturity date 12 months following the date of approval. The maturity extension for current, active loans will be automatically extended an additional 3 months. Loans that matured March 31 have already been automatically extended by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Producers who prefer a nine-month loan will need to contact their local FSA county office. Loans requested after September 30, 2020, will have a term of nine months. Eligible commodities include barley, chickpeas (small and large), corn, cotton (upland and extra-long staple), dry peas, grain sorghum, honey, lentils, mohair, oats, peanuts, rice (long and medium grain), soybeans, unshorn pelts, wheat, wool (graded and nongraded); and other oilseeds, including canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sunflower seed, and sesame seed. Seed cotton and sugar are not eligible. About MALs Placing commodities under loan provides producers interim financing to meet cash flow needs without having to sell their commodities when market prices are low and allows producers to store production for more orderly marketing of commodities throughout the year. These loans are considered nonrecourse because the commodity is pledged as loan collateral, and producers have the option of delivering the pledged collateral to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for repayment of the outstanding loan at maturity. MAL Repayment Under the new maturity provisions, producers can still repay the loan as they would have before the extension: • repay the MAL on or before the maturity date; • upon maturity by delivering or forfeiting the commodity to CCC as loan repayment; or • after maturity and before CCC acquires the farm-stored commodity by repaying the outstanding MAL principle and interest. Marketing Loan Gains A Marketing Loan Gain occurs when a MAL is repaid at less than the loan principal. If market gain is applicable during the now-extended loan period, producers can receive a gain on the repayment made before the loan matures. For more information on MALs, contact the nearest FSA county office. USDA Service Centers, including FSA county offices, are open for business by phone appointment only, and field work will continue with appropriate social distancing. While program delivery staff will continue to come into the office, they will be working with producers by phone and using online tools whenever possible. All Service Center visitors wishing to conduct business with the FSA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, or any other Service Center agency are required to call their Service Center to schedule a phone appointment. More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus. ##### Barley is grown by the Aymara people on the highest cultivated plot of land in the world at 15,420 feet near Lake Titicaca. The lake is the border between Peru and Bolivia at 12,500 feet, and the area was home to one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas. The Aymara people that live there still practice ancient methods of agriculture. Potatoes and quinoa are also grown there at slightly lower elevations.
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(PH) Philip, SD 605-859-2636
(SU) Sundance, WY 307-283-2971
(BL) Bloomfield, NE 402-373-4449
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2014 New Holland H7150 (WI), Stk #63108, 16’ MoCo W/Rubber Conditioner, 1,000 PTO.................. $7,900 2019 John Deere W235 (PH), Stk #64654, 8 Hours!! This Unit Was Sold New & Never Used!! Stored Inside, Premium Cab, JD 536D Header.............................. $175,000
2019 John Deere 560M (BF), Stk #63741, 3,857 Bales, Customer Trades Every Spring, 1,000 PTO, MegaWide & Pushbar......... $43,000
2019 John Deere 560M (BL), Stk #63576, 6,000 Bales, Hydraulic Pickup, Has Lube Minder, 1 3/8” PTO..................................... $35,500
2018 John Deere 560M (HA), Stk #57424, New Demo W/Precutter, Warranty Still Left, Twine & Surface Wrap................................... $62,900
2016 John Deere 569 Std (WI), Stk #61468, Just Under 13,500 Bales, Wide Pickup, 1,000 PTO, Big Tires.. ............................................ $28,900
2015 John Deere 569 (BF), Stk #62086, 7,936 Bales, 1,000 PTO, MegaWide Plus Pickup, Hydrualic Pickup................................. $32,900
2015 John Deere 569 (WA), Stk #61682, Belts Look Good, 1,000 PTO, Kept Inside When Not Used.... ............................................ $21,500
2015 New Holland BC5070 (SU), Stk #62787, Only Used 2 Seasons & Looks New!! Always Shedded, 75” Super Sweep Pickup........... $17,800
2013 John Deere 569 (PI), Stk #62823, 10,000 Bales, Good Tin, Belts & Pickup, Very Well Maintained.................................. $24,500
2013 John Deere 569 Premium (WA), Stk #62838, 14,000 Bales, Small Thousand, Netwrap & Twine, Needs Display To Run......... $23,000
2013 New Holland H7150 (WI), Stk #63994, 16’ Sickle Head, Rubber Conditioner In Great Shape, Used Only On Grass.................... $19,750
2017 John Deere W235 (WI), Stk #64655, 1,062 Hours, Very Nice W/500R Head, Will Go Thru The 2011 MacDon A30-D (WI), Stk #61274, 16’ MoCo, Reel Bar & Teeth Shop & Field Ready, Premium Cab. Are Good, Steel Conditioner, Tires .......................................... $122,000 Are Good............................ $10,900
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2003 John Deere 4895 (SU), Stk #64552, 2,222 Hrs, 16’ Head, Augers Replaced 2 Years Ago, Steel Rollers Are Good Along W/Guards 2017 John Deere 9520R (PI), Stk #60076, 1,381 Hours, 18/6 Pow& Sections........................... $43,500 erShift Trans, 2630 Gen 3 Display W/10” Screen, Hi-Flow Hydraulics, 5 SCV’s, Premium Lights.$284,000
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2017 John Deere 8320R (WA), Stk #61510, 695 Hours, PowerShift Trans, Suspension, Super Single Metric 600 Front, Super Metric 800/70R38 Rear Duals..... $252,000 2018 John Deere 9620RX (WA), Stk #64348, 815 Hrs, Hi-Flow Hydraulic, 6 Rear SCV’s, PS Trans, Cab Suspension, PTO, 10” Gen 4 Display..... .......................................... $449,500
2018 John Deere 9620RX (WA), Stk #64349, 778 Hrs, Twin to Stk #64348!! 36” DuraDrive 3500 Tracks, HID Lights............. $454,500
2017 John Deere 9570R (WI), Stk #62604, 1,466 Hrs, 800/70R38 Duals, 5 SCV’s, Premium Cab W/ Leather............................ $274,500
1990 John Deere 8760 (PI), Stk #61521, 9,389 Hours, 3 Point Hitch, 3 Remotes, PowerSync Transmission, Standard Hydraulic Pump................................. $26,000
2017 John Deere 6155R (WA), Stk #61819, 322 Hours, Partial PowerShift Trans, GreenStar Ready, 45 GPM Hyd Pump, 3 SCV’s, Single 450lb Rear Weights........... $127,000
2003 RoGator 1064 (WA), Stk #64297, 6,150 Hrs, 80’ Booms, Stainless Tank & Mid Tire Width..... .......................................... $24,500
Call for more info on any of these listed units, or to find out what else we have available! 2014 John Deere 6210R (HA), Stk #60048, 6,227 Hours, Partial PowerShift Trans, TLS Front Suspension, H380 Loader, 4 SCV’s, Weighted Up On Rear............................ $105,500
2014 John Deere 8310R (WA), Stk #64332, 5,500 Hrs, IVT, 1 Pair 1,400# Weights, 60 GPM Pump, Premium Cab.................... $150,000
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##### A farmer was milking his cow. He was just starting to get a good rhythm going when a bug flew into the barn and started circling his head. Suddenly, the bug flew into the cow’s ear. The farmer didn’t think much about it, until the bug squirted out into his bucket. It went in one ear and out the udder.
USED IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
(1) 1500-ft. Western with 7-ft. wheels, some 5” pipe, new motor....$3500 (2) 1/4 mile wheel lines, Western style movers, square Wade couplers, mostly bolted, 4” pipe, 5-ft. wheels...................................$3000 each (2) 1/4 mile Gheen wheel lines with chainlock couplers, 4” pipe, 5-ft. wheels. Needs TLC-as is................................................... $1500 obo 3/4 mile, older Wade mainline........................................ $1.50/ft. or obo 1/4 mile Gheen 6” mainline..........................................................$2.75/ft. Other miscellaneous mainline available. Call 406-261-7604, Swallow’s Irrigation, Kalispell, MT
2020 SPRING EQUIPMENT ONLINE AUCTION
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Soil testing for phosphorus and pH
Provided by Clain Jones, Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Specialist Several tests have been developed over the past century to assess phosphorus (P) availability, including Olsen, Bray, Mehlich-3, and Haney–Haney–Hossner–Arnold (H3A). Montana State University fertilizer guidelines are based on Olsen P, which has proven to be reliable in soils with pH greater than 7 (alkaline) that contain calcium carbonate (limestone). However, different laboratories often use one of the other three, especially labs in the Midwest. The question is whether there is a reliable conversion between Olsen and any of these three OR whether Mehlich-3, Bray, and H3A are simply not reliable in high pH soils. A recent article in Crops & Soils, September 2019, published by the American Society of Agronomy, reported on an Idaho study that found a strong correlation between Mehlich-3 and Olsen P (Olsen P = (Mehlich/2.05) – 14). Using this conversion, the MSU P fertilizer guidelines can be used with caution to calculate approximate P fertilizer rates. Both the Bray and H3A tests were designed for neutral to acidic soils (pH less than 7). The Idaho study did not find a correlation between either the Bray or the H3A tests and Olsen P test results in soils containing calcium carbonate. In a number of soils, the Bray P test did not detect any P, even though Olsen P levels were relatively high. When sending soil to a lab, ask the lab to use the Olsen test. If the lab doesn’t use Olsen, but does use Mehlich-3, make sure to convert from Mehlich-3 to Olsen. If the lab only uses Bray or H3A, consider switching labs, or make sure that the pH is less than 7. The Bray test may be a reliable indicator of available P, however, you will need to use the lab’s P recommendation rather than MSU’s, which may not be ideal for Montana soils. The H3A test is not reliable for Montana soils. While you are in the field soil sampling, look for or ask about areas that may have had unexplained poor production, unusual response to herbicide or herbicide residual, increased Cephalosporium stripe or fusarium crown rot, or nitrogen deficient legumes (poor legume nodulation). These are all indicators of possible soil acidification. Farmers in several Montana counties are experiencing nearly complete yield loss in portions of their fields due to soil acidity (pH below 5.5). Soil acidification is best caught early in order to modify agronomic practices and minimize further crop loss. In areas that are suspect, test the top 0-3 inches of soil using a field soil pH probe at about 1.5 inches (or sending off for lab analysis). Soil at the edge of poor growth areas should also be analyzed to determine if the pH is close to toxic, but crops do not yet exhibit symptoms. The potential is there for problem areas to grow in size. Areas where pH is 5 to 6 should be managed differently to prevent further acidification. For additional information on this emerging issue, go to http://landresources.montana.edu/soilfertility/acidif/index. html. Please contact Clain Jones, (clainj@montana.edu, 994-6076) with questions.
Online COVID-19 resource page
From University of Wyoming Extension A one-stop shop for resources to help the public during COVID-19 has been created by the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension, said David Keto, UW Extension manager for communications and technology. The website is at bit.ly/uwyo-extension-covid. The page is linked from UW Extension’s homepage and offers a variety of resources particularly relevant during the current crisis, he said. The page offers general resources such as news updates, national and state resources and information regarding sanitation and cleaning, Keto said. It also provides resources for individuals and self-sufficiency by providing links to at-home activities, community resources, food resources in Wyoming, gardening and growing food, personal finance and public assistance programs. Resources for businesses and organizations and additional ideas for food, safe food handling and pantry supplies are also available. It does not replace any of the existing extension websites, said Keto.
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A7
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$44,500 1997 Peterbilt 379 EXHD
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$31,900 1979 Peterbilt 359
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$22,500 1999 International 9200 N14 Cummins, 430 hp, 13 speed, all aluminum, pre ELOG
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2014 Frontier 47-ft. Ag Hopper Steerable lift axle, electric Agri-Cover roll tarp
Rural development specialist urges citizens complete census
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A8
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AUCTION Gerald Evans Farm Equipment 512 Cobb Rd. • Geyser, MT.
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University of Wyoming Extension Relocations and other changes caused by COVID-19 and the U.S. Census Bureau suspending field operations until summer has prompted a reminder for Wyoming residents to complete the 2020 Census. University of Wyoming Extension specialist Cole Ehmke said the census can be completed online at my2020census. gov, over the phone or by mail. Residents can use their address to complete the census form online. They don’t have to wait to receive anything in the mail from the U.S. Census Bureau. “University students who have been sent home for the semester should still consider themselves residents of where they were going to school,” said Ehmke. About 43 percent of Wyoming residents have completed the 2020 Census compared to the national response rate of about 52 percent as of April 23, according to data. Census data determines the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and guides allocation of more than $675 billion to states, counties and communities based on population and demographics. “Times like these show how important it is to have Wyoming represented fully at the national level,” said Ehmke, a rural development specialist. “But as a rural state that doesn’t have particularly good internet access, the census suspending field operations until the summer makes it more important for residents to take the initiative for themselves.” The census does not include questions about housing characteristics or income, nor does the Census Bureau ask for Social Security numbers, bank information or money, said Ehmke.
Online prairie dog management course
From University of Wyoming Extension A new online course for prairie dog management is available for commercial pesticide applicators through the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension. Content for the Wyoming Department of Agricultureapproved Prairie Dog Management Certification course has been provided through a partnership with the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council and extension, said Jeff Edwards, extension pesticide training coordinator. The course can be accessed by going to www.uwyo.edu/ uwe and clicking on Extension Online Courses. “This class is worth two continuing education units (CEUs) for commercial pesticide applicators looking for a refresher, or something new, for prairie dog management,” Edwards said. “It is new and first-time available online with completely new content. UW Extension has never offered prairie dog management as a standalone program for pesticide applicator CEUs.” Brittney Gross, instructional technology educational specialist with UW Extension, designed the course and said the class is self-paced. Each of the three modules has an assessment. Participants must score at least 70 percent on each to receive certification. Once successfully completed, a certificate will be e-mailed to the participant, and then the certificate must be mailed to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture to document the two CEUs. There is a $10 fee that goes to the University of Wyoming Pesticide Safety Education Program to develop additional programs for Wyoming applicators, said Edwards.
The Vaqueros tradition
The true bosal-style hackamore has a rich history with vaqueros (California reinsmen). The vaqueros base their famous training methods on dressage elements from Europe, practiced among the Moors, who passed them to the Spanish Conquistadors, who brought them to the New World. The primary vaquero objective is to train a horse without a bit to the point that it is submissive, relaxed, and responsive to all other aids (the rider’s seat, voice, and legs). The horse is then introduced to a bit, often resulting in complete acceptance of the bit, with the horse being ultra-responsive and light to the rein touch.
4-in bore 8-in stroke - Trader’s $85 Dispatch, Semi load quantities of used 2-7/8 available - Hydraulic Call for delivered Calf prices!
T-Rex Post Driver
From Montana Post Driver $2,500
Montana Post Driver
750R: 1000E: 1500E: $6,200 $8,300 $10,500
10 FREE Brace Rails with Purchase REDI
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Fenceline Feeder Panels 24-ft adjustable neck rail
Tables
•Brace rail with hardware $29 •Complete brace with 8-ft posts $59 •Wire gate latches for 2-7/8 posts $18
Shipping Containers 20-ft - Used $3,400 New $4,300 40-ft - Used $4,600 New $7,250 *Rental return containers availabile 40-ft $6,000
$1,600
2.5-gal water Fire Extinguishers
Portable Tub & Alleyway
$120
Free Standing Portable Panel
Mineral Feeders
24-ft long $425
Diablo Metal & Wood Cutting Saw Blades
Portable Panel Trailer
6K torsion axel - $2,200
Portable Panels
All panels are constructed with 12 & 14 ga. 1.66” OD tubing • 10-ft heavy portable panels • 12-ft standard portable panels (Will latch to Winkel™ panels)
Pocket Gopher & Mouse Poison + Bait Boxes
Flat Bottom Storage Tanks Grinding and Cutting Wheels
Pallet forks skidsteer mount:$930 Global mount: $950
Rotary mower skidsteer mount: $5,250
300 & 60-gal
Pickup & UTV Fire Units
ATV & UTV Sprayers
20
$9
Bolt together fence brace kits
7’ & 8’ Road Grader
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Posts
$3,775 / $2,975
Continuous Fence
2-7/8” x 6-ft $11 • 6-rail 1-1/4” 2-7/8” x 8-ft $15.50 14 ga. $94 2-7/8” x 10-ft $19 20-ft long 5-in galvanized octagon • 6-rail 1.66” 14 ga. 9’9” posts $26 20-ft long *Pipe posts can be cut to length
Gates
All gates are constructed with 12 & 14 ga. 1.66” OD tubing
• 10-ft bow gates $280 • 12-ft bow gates $300 Corral gates - 6-bar 8-ft $160 10-ft $170 12-ft $190 14-ft $210 16-ft $230
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406.390.1110 SuperSteel/ Steel Decking
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Large selection of Grade 5 & 8 BOLTS
- 36”x24’ 22ga Prime galvanized SuperSteel - Use for windbreaks, corrals, etc.
Tow Ropes
Various Sizes up to 200.000-lb breaking strength
$2.77/lb for Grade 5 $4.40/lb for Grade 8
Cattle Guards
Metric bolt assortment with 72-hole bin $680
Used Guardrail 2-rail & 3-rail
Constructed with all new material 10-ft $1,550 12-ft $1,750 16-ft $2,100 Cattle guard kits with used pipe available. 10-ft $880 12-ft $990 16-ft $1,325
Rubber Tire Water Tanks
12.5-ft
1,725-gal
Portable Buildings Poly DEF & Fuel Tanks 12x24-ft All steel portable buildings - use for horse sheds, calving sheds, storage, etc. - Starting at $4,300
Portable Loading Chute
Steel Workbenches (8-ft
9-ft
• Various sizes available
ESAB Wire
Flux Core .045 $4.30/lb
1-in Sucker Rod Miscellaneous
• Feedbunk (constructed with 10ga and heavy tube legs) 20-ft x 38-in x 12-in $790 (other sizes including bottomless)
$295)
Guardrail I-Beam Posts Galvanized
$3,950
Secondary Square Tubing
• Skidsteer Light Material Bucket (constructed with 3/16-in plate) 8-ft: $1,150 and 10-ft: $1,350
$25
Portable adjustable floor loading chute $6,680
Knipex tools!
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• 5-in galvanized octagon tubing (39-ft lengths) • Used 2-7/8 pipe • 1.25” 14 ga round tubing • 1.66” 14ga round tubing • 3-1/2” used pipe 31-ft Bale spears • Pipe Caps: various sizes! skidsteer Harrow mount: A lot more steel…too 6’x6’x5/8”: $630 $695 much to list - Call us! Drawbar:$180
• Skidsteer Plates: $110 • 2.5-gal Water Fire Extinguishers: $120 • Extinguisher Mount: $40 • Bale Spears: $85 • Head Catch: $790 • 2”x27’ Ratchet Strap: $13 • 5/16” Grade 70 Transport Chain: 20-ft @ $36.50 • 3/8” Grade 70 Transport Chain: 20-ft @ $50 • Lever Chain Binders 5/16-3/8”: $25 • Ratchet Chain Binder 5/16-3/8”: $30
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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A10
Deadline for advertising in the June 2020 issue is WEDNESDAY, May 27th.
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Registered Irish Black and Irish Red Bulls, Cows and Heifers The Grand Forks County team placed first in the senior division of the North Dakota state 4-H crop judging contest. Pictured are (back row, from left): Evan Coles, William Stover, Jennifer Schneibel and Ryan Juve; (front row, from left): Isaak McHugo and Emily McHugo. (NDSU photo)
Sleeping Willow Ranch ~ Stevensville, Montana Tim Hamilton at 406-360-4710 or email swrcattle@gmail.com
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2020 Wilson 41’ X 66”, ag hoppers, air ride, 4 aluminum and 4 steel wheels, 1124.5 Bridgestone tires, strap traps, S/S rear skin, 24” hopper clearance, new tarp................. $34,500
2007 Wilson 29’ X 72’ X 102”, strap traps, air ride, alum sub frame, good brakes, pintle hitch, current DOT inspection, priced with the tandem axle dolly.. $22,500 or trailer only for $19,000
1990 Jet 22’ hopper pup, single axle dolly on fifth wheel, 10.00X20 tires, Dayton wheels, drop tongue, roll tarp, Will sell with or without dolly................ $8750 or $7,250 for trailer only
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Grand Forks, Ward County win crop judging contest
The Grand Forks County 4-H crop judging team placed first in the senior division of the North Dakota state 4-H crop judging contest, which was held in conjunction with the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City. Team members are Evan Coles, Emily McHugo and Isaak McHugo of Grand Forks, Jennifer Schneibel of Manvel, William Stover of Larimore and Ryan Juve of Thompson. The Grand Forks County team is coached by Cheryl Granger and Tyler Stover. Coles placed first individually in the senior 4-H contest with a score of 934 out of a possible 1,000 points. The Ward County team placed first in the junior division of the state contest. Team members are Mark Schauer and Daylon Yanish of Carpio, and Abby Finke of Berthold. The team is coached by Kelly Finke. Schauer placed first individually in the junior contest with a score of 770 out of a possible 800 points. The remaining top teams in the senior division were: Second - Mountrail County, with team members Andrew Haakenson and Tyson Odermann of Parshall, Danny Littlefield of New Town and Logan Ruud of Ross. The team is coached by Roger Christenson. Third - Walsh County, with team members Andrew Myrdal of Edinburg, Conner Hodek of Fordville, Justin Klose of Hoople, and Owen Zikmund and Jonah Zikmund of Pisek. The coach is Brad Brummond. Fourth - Steele County, with team members Jake Doll of Finley, Sydney Jacobson of Hatton, Emma Gullicks of Galesburg and Jerrett Kihne of Mayville. The team is coached by Angie Johnson. The remaining top teams in the junior division were: Second - Foster County, with team members Joe Lindberg of Pingree and Abby Lee, Maddyx Davis and Kenleigh Hinrichs, all of Carrington. Coaches are Joel Lemer and Bruce Bachmeier. Third - Mountrail County, with team members Alyssa Haakenson and Brendan Haakenson of Parshall, and Rebecca Littlefield of New Town. The team is coached by Roger Christenson. CONTINUED ON PAGE A12
The Ward County team placed first in the junior division of the North Dakota state 4-H crop judging contest. Pictured are, from left: Daylon Yanish, Abby Finke and Mark Schauer. (NDSU photo)
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 – Page A11
Billings, Montana Big Timber, Montana
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2011 Bobcat S130 Skid Steer Perfect like showroom condition! Only 250 hours, cab with heat... ...............................................................................$26,000
2013 Bobcat T590 Track Skid Steer cab with heat, new tracks, excellent condition, strong mid-sized machine!.................................................................$27,500
2012 Cat 299D HXP Track Skid Steer 2012 Skyjack SJ111 3219 Electric Scissorlift 2013 Cat 259B3 Track Loader
19-ft., 36” extension platforms, non-marking tires, power to the platform, low hours........................$5500 per machine
cab with heat and air conditioning, two speed, pilot controls, high flow hydraulics, one owner machine!......................$38,500
Cab with air conditioning, good tracks, 3400 hours, hydraulic quick attachment....................................................$29,500
2005 Cat TH460B Forklift 45-ft./8800 lb. capacity, 2450 hours, good tires, nice machine!... . ...............................................................................$39,000
2011 Kubota M9540 MFWD Tractor Only 1700 hours, Absolutely excellent condition, 94 hp with both PTO options, fully loaded UltraGrand cab..............$33,300
2016 Case CX57C Excavator Like New!, Only 400 hours, quick attachment with 2 buckets, 1 owner, 1 operator Ever!..........................................$55,000
2002 Fleming Tilt Deck Trailer
tandem 20,000 lb. axles, pintle hitch, good tires!............ $8900
2012 Kelly Mfg B70D Backhoe Attachment 3-point attachment, 70 hp and up tractor, 8-12 GPM, ripper tooth, Like New!
$9500
Skytrak 6036 Telescopic Forklift 4x4x4 drive 6000 lb/36-ft., only 4400 hours, paint is faded but it’s a solid machine!.....................................................$18,000
2007 Gehl RS842 Forklift cab, 4900 hours, 4 wheel drive & steer, 8,000 lb./42-ft................ . ...............................................................................$37,000
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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A12
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41ST ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT
AUCTION May 23, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Lunch Available
AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE POWDER RIVER FAIRGROUNDS IN BROADUS, MT.
TOOLS
3-ft. wheel magnet • laser level • ratchet straps • self-propelled lawn mower • fertilizer spreader garden hose • portable generator, 5000 watt • Winco generator on cart, PTO • electric heaters air compressors • wooden sheep panels • metal sheep panels • paint sprayer Dewalt and Black & Decker tools • numerous tools of all kinds • 3/8-1/2-3/4 socket sets mig welder • 3/4 impact sockets • large & small hydraulic jacks • welding rod • ratchet straps open & box end wrenches • Chicago electric welder • Wagner paint sprayer Pittsburg cherry picker • rototiller • John Bean Visaline engine analizer • tool box • power winches floor band saw • air compressor • Milwaukee battery charger • David White survey instrument (5) push lawn mowers • lawn tools • steel shop cabinet • (2) boxes Chilton repair manuals Stanley socket set • battery charger • lots of heavy shelving • shop benches • Dremel set car polisher & sander • floor jacks • sewer snake • 5th wheel plate • electric power tools battery cable • log chains • boomers • pickup & truck chains • several tools of all sorts battery cables • AC & Argan bottles • electric heaters • 20# acetylene bottles • 4-way wrenches Chevron ad & more • power booster • box of cut filters • used tires w/8-hole rims • shop lights 4-ft. florescent bulbs & others • light fixtures • air hose • Carhart coats • welding leathers, coveralls
HOUSEHOLD
Bedroom dresser w/mirror • vanity with mirror • Whirlpool washer & dryer set • (2) beds (2) kitchen tables & chairs • folding chairs • Traeger BBQ grill • 2 small sewing machines side by side refrigerator • Oak buffet • Bella berry juicer • card table • canning jars ladies & mens golf clubs • wooden wagon wheel • suitcases • (2) microwaves • Easy Bake Oven cedar chest • blanket trunk • several blankets • patchwork quilt • card tables • lawn chairs office desk • (2) Bissel floor sweeps • stereo system & speakers • wood burning stove chimney sweep • oil paintings • jewelry • Zippo lighters • lots of nik naks • cookie master press lots of jewelry • wicker baskets • wood bowls • china bowls • old dishware • enamel boiler enamel roasting pans • pots & pans • waffle maker • knives & forks • instant water heater record player w/records • several speakers • several CD’s • Disney VHS tapes & DVD’s sewing books & kits • set of Louis L’Amour books • set of Star Trek books • comic books Star Wars books • Monopoly games • several puzzles • many cook books • craft books stuffed animals • kids chairs • kids toys • plus more
SPORT
14-ft. canoe w/paddles • trolling motor • fishing poles • fishing tackle • skis & ski poles • life jackets (3) sets of binoculars • ski boots • compound bow & accessories • motorcycle helmets • golf clubs deer horns • pool sticks • man cave sign • plus more
ALFALFA SEED
500# common alfalfa seed (donated for band trip)
OWNERS: Area Consignors AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This is an early listing, there will be many more items by sale day, always a large spring sale. Plan to spend the day with us at the fair barn in Broadus! TERMS: Cash or Bankable Check ****** Not Responsible for Accidents --- Sale Conducted by --
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Producers reminded to apply for state hail insurance
From Montana Department of Agriculture The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding producers to apply for coverage through the State Hail Insurance Program. Montana producers can access and fill out applications for state hail insurance online by visiting the program’s website (https://agr.mt.gov/HailInsuranceApplying). Crop insurance against hail damage is available at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by county. A detailed list of rates by county and crop can be found at https://agr.mt.gov/ HailInsurance-Applying. Producers who previously purchased state hail insurance should have received an application and more details in the mail. Completed forms can be emailed, mailed, or faxed to the department. Producers may also reference forms if they prefer to contact MDA by phone. Contact Information: Montana State Hail Insurance Program P.O. Box 200201 Helena, MT 59620-0201 Phone: (406) 444-5429 Toll Free: 1 (844) 515-1571 Fax: (406) 444-9442 Email: agrhail@mt.gov The Montana State Hail Insurance program was created at the request of producers in 1917 to provide basic hail insurance coverage on any crop grown in Montana. The program is directed by a five-member board consisting of the department director, state insurance commissioner, and three producers.
Grand Forks, Ward County win crop judging contest CONTINUED FROM PAGE A10
Fourth - Dickey and LaMoure counties, with team members Alex Lahlum and Leo Lahlum of Marion, and Evan Olson of Forbes. The team is coached by Eric Lahlum and Dan Spellerberg. Fifth - Grand Forks County, with team members Tucker Stover and Phoebe Stover of Larimore, and Gabriel Schneibel of Manvel. The Grand Forks County team is coached by Cheryl Granger and Tyler Stover. The junior crop judging contest consists of crop seed pan classes, identification of plants and seeds, market factors of wheat, grain grading, and identification of insects and equipment. The senior contest also includes crop disorders. The 4-H crop judging contest is conducted with support and sponsorship from the North Dakota Winter Show, North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association, and the North Dakota 4-H Foundation. The Valley City Eagles Club hosted the event.
A poor excuse for a pirate
In 1800 a pirate named Joseph Baker from Canada signed on to the merchant schooner Eliza. Not long after the ship set sail, Baker decided that he wanted to be the captain, so he, along with two other crewman attacked the first mate during a night watch and tossed him over board. Then the three pirates went after the captain, William Wheland. They wounded him during a brief skirmish and took him hostage. But there was a problem: While discussing where to sell the ship’s cargo, the mutineers realized that none of them actually knew how to navigate a ship. Sensing an opportunity, Wheland offered to sail them anywhere they wanted…if they spared his life. Baker agreed to the deal, but he was a pirate after all, so be boasted to his fellow culprits that he’d kill Captain Wheland as soon as they sighted land. But Wheland overheard them and hatched a plan of his own: He locked the two other conspirators in the hold, caught Baker by surprise, and chased him up the mainmast. Wheland kept Baker up there, lashed to the mast, until they landed on St. Kitts in the West Indies, and then turned him over to the authorities. After a four-day trial in April 1800, Baker and his pirate pals were hanged.
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Summer 2020 Auction Schedule
May
30
Cabin Fever Auction Firearms, Western Art & Indian Artifacts
10:00 a.m. • Live Auction with Internet & Phone Bidding ONLY
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Taildragger Farms, Inc.
AUCTION 10:00 a.m. • Saturday, May 30th
TION C U A E V I L et & Phone with Intern nly! Bidding O
Over 60 Winchester & Colt Firearms, Vintage & Contemporary Indian Artifacts, Gold & Silver Coins, Bits & Spurs, Original Western Art & Western Memorabilia June
Cabin Fever
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Farm Equipment Auction
Original C.R . Cheek
Timed Online-Only Auction ends June 25 @1:00 p.m. mdt
Owners: Chet & Leesha Wolery, Turner, MT • Equipment near Hoglund, MT.
Exceptionally clean line of farm equipment in north central Montana! August
22
Mt Horse Progress Days
– 8th Annual Event – Featuring an elite offering of driving and riding horses, teams and mules as well as tack, carriages, wagons, implements and harness!
19
Assiniboine
vintAge & contemporAry indiAn ArtifActs Western Art & geAr
Horses, Teams, Wagons & Tack Auction
10:00 a.m. • Reuben Miller Farm • near Moore, MT
September
Eddie Hulbert
Buermann Original O.C. Seltzer
Win 1894 Deluxe
Sparks Chevrolet
Business Liquidation Auction
Win 1873 .22 Short
10:00 a.m. • 519 W Broadway • Lewistown, MT
Win 1876 .45-75
Owner: Duane & Marilyn Sparks Family, Lewistown, MT
Featuring Classic & Automobiles, Shop Tools & Equipment, Specialty Tools & more!
50 Winchester Lever Action rifLes
including Models 1873, 1876, 1886 1892, 1894’s
Please check the website for full listings and sale updates!
Look for photos & videos in the online catalog. No previewing available.
www.ShobeAuction.com • 406-538-5125
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FARM AUCTION ADVANCE NOTICE! d Time NLY -O E N I ONL uction A
TAILDRAGGER FARMS, INC. Auction Ends
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 G 1:00 p.m. mdt
Owners: Chet & Leesha Wolery, Turner, MT (Chet: 406-390-3582)
Location: Equipment located at Hogeland, MT (26 miles north of Harlem). Driving directions: From Harlem, go north 5 miles on Hwy. 241, then north 21 miles on Hwy. 338. Equipment is located east of Hogeland grain elevators.
2008 Case IH 535 Quad Trac
John Deere 9760 STS
E-Z Trail 710
HARVEST EQUIPMENT
TRACTOR
John Deere 9760 STS Bullet Rotor combine, 1867 rotor hrs., 2628 engine hrs., 340 hp (373 hp power boost with unloading auger), Contour Master hyd. header control, Green Star ready, PowerCast tail board, vari-speed feeder housing, moisture & yield sensors, in-hopper ag camera ready, 20.8/42 front rubber new in 2016, 600/65 rear rubber, 21’ unloading auger. This combine is in excellent condition. Work orders/history on file at auction office. S#H09760S716333 Honey Bee SP36 draper header, 36’, 6070 series JD adapter, hyd. fore and aft controller, pea auger, 6-bat reel, all 3 draper canvases-1 year/season old, pickup fingers-2 years/seasons old, w/transport. Work orders/history on file at auction office. S#36GB091889 E-Z Trail 710 grain cart, 710 bu. capacity, hyd. or pto drive (1000 rpm), s#D02105 Farm King 10” x 60” pto auger, hyd. swing-away hopper
2008 Case IH 535 Quad Trac, 535 hp, 4680 hrs., Cummins 14.9L 6-cyl diesel, 16 spd power shift, 5 hyd., 76 gpm hyd. pump, AFS Pro 600 w/ 372 GPS controller, air ride cab, 30” Soucy tracks w/warranty, new tracks installed @ 3545 hrs. Exceptionally clean tractor that has had ag use only. Ready to go! Work orders/history on file at auction office.
408 W Main - Lewistown, MT
Flexicoil 820, 60’
Flexicoil 4350
Flexicoil 820 60’ toolbar w/mtd harrows (new 18” teeth), knock-on shovels, auto depth adjust, Honey Bee dead rod, new wheel bearings in 2017, new turnbuckle bearings. Excellent condition!
TRUCK, PICKUPS, TRAILERS & TANKS
2010 Bourgault 5710 air drill, 74’ x 12”, paired rows, Atom Jet boot points w/ 4” spread, pneumatic series H packers, Agtron blockage monitor, Series II mid-row banders, set up for Flexicoil cart, easy transition back to Bourgault cart-parts included, can be reduced to a 48’ w/o wings. Excellent condition! Flexicoil 4350 air seed TBT cart, 3 compartments, 10” fill auger, mechanical drive, new computer installed by Zerbe Bros., new fan bearings, pintle hitch
2008 Kenworth T-800 tandem grain truck, 475 hp. Cat C-15 Acert engine, Load Line 21’ 6” x 64”h box, 96”w, 2-way hoist w/Brehon controller, handheld remote, 988,522 total miles (26,930.1 hrs), Cat engine overhaul at 702,033 miles, rebuilt trans. at 817,666 miles, emissions apparatus removed, 12’ spread-on push axle, Fuller 13 spd. trans., 3.36 rear ends, 284” WB, saddle fuel tanks (150 gal & 70 gal), near new brakes & drums on drive axles, hauls 540 bushel, 24” Low Pro 285/75R24 rubber, roll tarp, total truck and pup GVW 97,000#. Clean and as loaded as you’ll find one! Work orders/history on file at auction office.
2010 Bourgault 5710
2013 Wilray, 20’
AIR DRILL & TILLAGE
Honey Bee SP36
2016 Load Line pup hopper trailer, 20’ x 60”h box, 102”w, 11R24.5 rubber, 20’ tongue, ag hopper, roll tarp, ladder front and rear, inside stirrups, hauls 505 bushel 2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD pickup, 6.6L Duramax, 4x4, auto, SLE, crew cab, bucket seats, AM/FM/CD, dual climate control, power windows & locks, 235,841 mi., new 10-ply tires. Good, clean runner! 1991 Ford F350 service pickup, 460 gas, 2 wd, 5 spd. man-
ual, 2000# crane, 14’ arm, engine drive 3-stage air compressor, bench vise, outrigger jacks 2013 Wilray 20’ gn flatbed trailer with Wilray 660 gal. self-contained fuel tank, DOT 406 compliant (incl. AvGas use), Fill-Rite 12V pump (25 gpm), 2 – BC 31 solar powered batteries (new) Water trailer, 5000 gallon, pintle hitch, originally a fuel pup, no title
View online catalog @ www.ShobeAuction.com
2008 Kenworth T-800 & 2016 Load Line
www.ShobeAuction.com • 406-538-5125
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A14
PUMP FOR SALE
Kelderman 18 inch water pump with 75hp electric motor 8000 GPM 10 TDH............................................. $15,000 Call, 406-489-6499, Sidney MT
Isabelle Lowry wins Grand Champion Showmanship at National Western Stock Show From Kimberly Lowry
D E L EL
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Beefcake by DewEze • Tackle daily livestock feeding chores • Designed to fit any feeding style
• Featuring electric or hydraulic models
Montana 4-Her and FFA Member Isabelle Lowry named Grand Champion Intermediate Cattle Showman during the National Western Stock Show Market Steer Show in Denver. Lowry who has been showing cattle since her first year of 4-H at the age 8 has held a life-long dream and goal to show cattle at National Western Stock Show. She began showing in Denver with both market hogs and market lambs for many years before showing cattle there for the first time in 2019. Last January she took her dream and goal one step further by showing a prospect steer named Max at the National Western Stock Show prospect steer show. A trip through the show ring itself felt like a big victory for Lowry as Max was the most challenging steer she had ever worked with in the weeks prior to arriving in Denver for that show. She reported that “Max was almost impossible to halter break and at times I thought it was just not going to work with him but he was already entered in the prospect steer show which was a dream of mine so I was determined not to give up on him.” It was only when the pair arrived in Denver to begin preparations in the days ahead of that show that a partnership looked like it would be possible. “Showing in Denver was the best thing for me and Max because he finally let his guard down and began to trust me while we were there.” To top off their experience they won their prospect steer class while in Denver in January 2019. The first trip to Denver together began a year of amazing experiences and success for the pair. They enjoyed traveling throughout the country logging both showmanship and market wins along the way. Most notably the pair were Reserve Champion Prospect Steer and Grand Champion Showman at the Spokane Junior Livestock Show in May where Lowry also earned the Gladhart Award for Champion Overall 4H Showman following the Round Robin Showmanship competition and were later selected as Grand Champion Steer at Pacific International Livestock Exposition together in June. The pair enjoyed many other jackpot wins along the way to their return trip to Denver this January. Lowry said “This turned out to be such an amazing year with Max. I had a chance to show at the North American International Livestock Exposition, N.A.I.L.E. in November on the famous green wood chips with my buddy Max which was really cool.” However, a dream and goal for Lowry for many years has been to show at the Market
Steer Show at National Western Stock Show in Denver. “Showing Max again at Denver where our journey together began a year earlier was an experience I will remember forever.” The over year-long journey came full circle this January as the pair won Grand Champion Intermediate Showmanship honors and were also First Place in Class Ten of the Market Steer Show together in Denver. Isabelle’s mom Kimberly commented on the experience, “This is a true example of a young girl setting a big goal and committing everything she had to the hard work every day to reach it. It was so incredibly exciting to hear Isabelle’s name and we all got goose bumps to hear from Helena, Montana her hometown announced when she won. It truly is exciting to see her hard work pay off and for this pair to enjoy such a tremendous honor while representing the entire Montana livestock community at the same time. It was an unbelievable partnership formed through challenge and hard work and something our family will remember forever.” Right now, Lowry taking a little time to enjoy the success while also working to set goals for herself and her livestock for the upcoming season. Raised on a cattle ranch she raises cattle, hogs and lambs that she has enjoyed exhibiting locally and nationally gaining valuable experience and instilling a deep rooted interest in agriculture. Lowry is serving as the newly elected President of the inaugural East Helena High School F.F.A. program and is working to help her FFA Chapter raise funds for that group to attend the National F.F.A. Convention next fall. No doubt whatever she sets her mind to she will achieve and Montana will be watching.
Reflecting on their year together while waiting for their turn to sell during the National Western Stock Show Junior Market Livestock Sale.
Timed Online Only
AUCTION
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2019 — Page A15
RMC, United Equipment & Guest Consignors
3 Locations: Helena, Missoula & Kalispell
Bidding ends on Tuesday, June 2
Online Only Auction CATERPILLAR TH103 Telescopic forklift CATERPILLAR 303.5 mini excavator with thumb VERMEER RTX 1250 articulated vibratory cable plow GENIE GTH 1056 Telescopic forklift HITACHI EX300LC excavator with thumb 1994 FORD L8000 single axle dump truck 2004 DODGE 3500 4x4 diesel, flatbed & tool boxes 2 - 2002 DODGE 3500 4x4 diesel, flatbed & tool boxes CASE Maxi-Sneaker articulated vibratory cable plow 3 - Vac Trailers (VERMEER & VACMASTER) 2000 FORD F750 XL diesel single axle flatbed truck 2 - Tandem dual pintle hitch equipment trailers 2006 FORD F550 XLT 4x4 with Miller wrecker body 2006 FORD F650 service truck, crane & compressor CATERPILLAR 910 wheel loader Download the Pate Triple axle lowboy trailer Auction App to your Spread axle step deck trailer mobile device or go online TOYOTA forklift and bid your price on this Tool & Job site trailers 2 - 48’ van trailers line of tools & equipment! 1994 GMC Top Kick service truck JOHN DEERE 210C skip loader 1995 KENWORTH T800B t/a truck tractor with drop axle GMC s/a van body truck 1990 INTERNATIONAL tandem axle dump with drop axle CLARK C-500 forklift, 6000 lb., gas engine WESTERN STAR tandem axle truck tractor FREIGHTLINER single axle truck tractor 1997 FORD F350 SRW crew cab flatbed 2 - FORD 1 ton bucket trucks IH 4700 digger derrick truck VERMEER V-8550 trencher/backhoe CASE 660 trencher/backhoe DODGE 800 s/a dump truck with plow 2 - Trailer mounted water pumps Assorted ATV’s, cars, pickups & vans CATERPILLAR 301.8 mini excavator 2011 FORD F550 4x4 ext. cab 2011 FORD F350 4x4 2007 DODGE 3500 4x4 crew cab 2007 DODGE 3500 4x4 cab & chassis FARMALL tractor & loader Inspection days and locations will be listed on the web site Tools, Shop Equipment And Much More!!
Download the Pate Auction app to your mobile device or go to www.pateauction.com for a complete listing of auction items!
Pate Auction Inc.
2814 Billings Ave. • Helena, Montana 59601 Doug 406- 439-8855 • Dan 406-439-5561 www.pateauction.com
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A16
MANURE SPREADER FOR HIRE I will load, haul and spread your piles. Call for rates and availability Phone (406) 868-2295
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Bale Beds with 26” Extendable Arms IN STOCK
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Students can access Wi-Fi in county extension office parking lots
From University of Wyoming Extension University of Wyoming (UW) students facing internet difficulties to access online courses can utilize Wi-Fi in parking lots of UW Extension offices across the state. Parking lot Wi-Fi is being offered in 12 counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation. Extension director Kelly Crane said Wi-Fi access in parking areas is often provided through cooperative agreements with county commissioners. UW closed its Laramie campus to the public in mid-March following spring break and required all courses be offered online due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our students with limited connectivity are mostly able to access email, but not videos, both synchronous and asynchronous (recorded),” said Warrie Means, associate dean and director of the Office of Academic and Student Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “Of course, some have limited or no cellular service.” The Wi-Fi and contact information is available by going to www.uwyo.edu/uwe and clicking on the “UW Extension Parking Lot Wi-Fi Availability” link under “UW Extension during COVID-19.” Access to extension facilities is restricted due to COVID-19 mitigation measures, and students will not be able to access extension offices or other facilities. “If students have questions or require a password for Wi-Fi access, they are encouraged to call the respective county extension office, or e-mail the UW Extension county coordinator listed,” said Crane. “UW Extension is happy to support our students. We expect students to practice social distancing by staying in their respective vehicles.” For specific information on how COVID 19 is affecting UW and for resources for students, staff and faculty, see www.uwyo.edu/shser/corona-virus.html. County, contact information, location, and if a password is required: • Big Horn County – Gretchen Gasvoda-Kelso, gasvoda@ uwyo.edu, 307-568-4160, 208 S. 5th St., Basin • Converse County – Leah Roberts, lrober23@uwyo.edu, 307-358-2417, 1839 Madora Ave., Suite 4, Douglas • Fremont County /Lander – Alex Malcolm, amalcolm@ uwyo.edu, 307-332-2363, 130 Eugene St., password required • Fremont County/Riverton – Alex Malcolm, amalcolm@ uwyo.edu, 307-857-3654, 814 S. Federal Blvd., password required • Goshen County – Megan Brittingham, mbrittin@uwyo. edu, 307-532-2436, 4516 U.S. Highway 26/85, Torrington • Hot Springs County – Barton Stam, brstam@uwyo.edu, 307-864-3421, 328 Arapahoe, Thermopolis • Lincoln County/Afton – Shar Perry, hunsaker@uwyo. edu, 307-885-3132, 150 S. Washington St. • Lincoln County/Kemmerer – hunsaker@uwyo.edu, 307828-4091, 215 Hwy. 233 • Niobrara County – Denise Smith, desmith@uwyo.edu, 307-334-3534, 4080 U.S. Highway 20, Lusk • Platte County – Stacy Buchholz, stacy@uwyo.edu, 307322-3667, 57 Antelope Gap Rd., Wheatland • Sublette County – Megan Smith, sublette@uwyo.edu, 307-367-4380, 9660 Hwy. 191, Pinedale • Teton County – Mary Martin, mmmartin@uwyo.edu, 307-733-3087, 255 West Deloney, Jackson • Uinta County – Bridger Feuz, bmfeuz@uwyo.edu, 307783-0570, 228 9th St., Evanston, password required • Washakie County – Amber Armajo, amwall@uwyo.edu, 307-347-3431, 1200 Culbertson Ave., Worland • Wind River Reservation – Amanda Hitshew-Small, ahitshew@uwyo.edu, 307-332-2135, Frank Wise Building 3 Ethete Rd., Fort Washakie
Horse sense
Horatio Bottomley was a convicted fraud artist and former member of the English Parliament. In 1914 he figured out what he thought was a foolproof way to rig a horse race: He bought all six horses in the race, hired his own jockeys to race them, and told them in which order he wanted them to cross the finish line. Then he bet a fortune on the horses he’d picked to win and also placed bets on the order of finish. Everything went according to plan…until a thick fog rolled in over the track in the middle of the race. It was so thick that the jockeys couldn’t see each other well enough to cross the finish line in the proper order. Bottomley lost every bet he placed.
Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A17
2018 John Deere 6195R 2013 John Deere 4830 2011 John Deere 1835 2015 John Deere 1830 JUST IN!
JUST IN!
JUST IN!
• Only 215 hours • Loader • IVT • Duals • Warranty until 8021
• 100-ft. boom • 1000 gallon • Floaters • Full technology
Sale Price $109,970
Buy or Lease to own $22,712/yr - oac
2016 John Deere S670 2014 John Deere 4940 JUST IN!
• 788 hours
• 580 separator hours • 2WD
Buy or Lease to own $39,394/yr - oac
• 120-ft. boom • 1200 gallon • 2630 with Auto Trac • Section control
Toston, MT
•Truck mount spreader • Auto steer • Prime-X tires • Dual spinners • New Chandler fertilizer box
Buy or Lease To Own $32,645/yr - oac
• 1650 gallon tank • 90-ft. • Agitation • Field ready
Ultimate Sprayer
Used Fertilizer Spreader 8 Ton
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1547LP Conveyors • Powermover • Winch • 26.5 Kohler engine • Cold weather package
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New Trailer
Chandler
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• Green • Roll tarp • Sight window • Hydraulic drive
Buy or Lease to own $4536/yr - oac
Spreader
Manure
• Hydraulic drive • 3 chain • 435 bushel
Buy or Lease to own $4890/yr - oac
New 1552LP
• 35 hp
• EZ Mover
Buy or Lease to own $5330/yr - oac
2018 Wilson Trailer
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Buy or Lease to own $7531/yr - oac
Chandler
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• Blue • Sight window • Roll tarp • Hydraulic drive
Buy or Lease to own $4536/yr - oac
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NEW 12 Ton
• ISO capability • PTO drive • 80-ft. spread pattern • Dual spinners • Stainless chain and floor
Buy or Lease to own $10,476/yr - oac
8x42 Augers
Just what your Farm Needs!
Sale Price $5600
8x37 Augers
Trailer • 40-ft. Aluminum • Power tarps • Power gates
Buy or Lease to own $8392/yr - oac
• 40-ft. steel • Ag Hoppers • LED lights
Buy or Lease to own $26,527/yr - oac
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• Mid row banders • Double shoot • 61-ft. • 1910 430 bushel tank
• 10” spacing • 550 bushel tank • Double shoot • 50-ft.
• 50-ft. Aluminum • Ag Hoppers • Stainless rear
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Trader’s Dispatch, May 2020 — Page A18
If you have items you want advertised in the June 2020 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM is May 27th.
GROVE CONSTRUCTION Your Montana Authorized GSI Dealer since 1993
Extended Discount Pricing • Crews Available • Grain Bins, Full Floor Aeration and Unload Systems Farm and Stiffened Bins Available up to 50,000 Bushel • Call TODAY for your Grain Storage & Handling Needs!
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RANCH AUCTION Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:00 AM Lunch Available We have sold our ranch & will auction our equipment and personal property at our new home in Wibaux, Montana. WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGN. Dale & Pat Feldman EQUIPMENT
1990 Case IH 7130 w/cab, PTO, 3 point, duals, & 3 remotes (6700 hours) • Ezee-On 2135 loader w/8ft. bucket & grapple fork for above tractor • Farmall 806 w/cab, wide front & 7400 hours • Farmall F27 loader & grapple on above tractor • Farmall M w/ narrow front, runs good • Du-al loader w/bucket & grapple • Farmall McCormick 400 w/wide front • 1963 Chevy 60 2-ton truck with steel 16-ft.box with hoist • 2015 ABU 32-ft. tandem dual gooseneck flatbed w/ ramps • 1995 Ford F250 460 engine, 4 speed transmission w/Hydrabed bale feeder • 1983 Ford F250 w/400 engine, long-box, single cab • John Deere 12ft. disc grain drill w/fertilizer box • International trail mower w/7-ft. bar • John Deere side delivery rake • Ideal manure spreader (ground drive) • Mayrath 7” x 40-ft. grain auger w/Briggs engine • M&W 12-ft. hay rack on rubber • cake belt auger, 20-ft. • Fire Fighter sprayer w/240 gallon tank, Honda engine & Kappa pump • (2) K&K 2-ton portable creep feeders w/frame • bumper pull 14-ft. flatbed trailer • cement mixer • 3 point bale unroller • 2010 Wildwood by Forest River bumper trailer camper with 1 slide-out & queen size bed (very nice!)
RANCH SUPPLIES
Pearson large cattle chute w/palp cage • Sioux maternity pen • (40) Sioux 10-ft. stock panels • 10-ft. fiberglass stock tank • 250 gallon propane tank • (2) 75 gallon pickup tanks w/pumps • (2) 10-ft. Tarter feed bunks • wooden calf warmer • calf sled • branding pot • (4) propane bottles • Popular Mechanics large tool chest • Bulldog arc welder w/leads • Forney arc welder w/leads • (2) duplex pump jacks • 18.4x34 tractor chains • 15 & 16 inch pickup chains • MAC tool chest • Remline Pro Series tool chest • Broyhill propane tank heater • Honeywell 7000 watt portable generator • Coleman Power Mate 4000 portable generator • small air compressor • Rigid pipe threaders • cutters • wrenches • 3/8 socket • 1/2 socket • 3/4 socket sets • shovels • forks • bars • hand tools • log chains & boomers • (2) stock saddles • saddle blankets • several bridles & bits • spurs • work horse harness • several collars • lots of horse supplies • several horseshoes • farrier tools • table • chairs • benches used for branding crew • blacksmith post vice • wall hand drill • several forging tools • neck yokes • old tools • animal traps • box of manuals • Plus More!
ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES
Common Sense wide-track bobsled w/11-ft. box, ready to go to work • Emerson & Braningham Co. 2 seat prairie buggy, original body, new wheel work, ready to go • old wooden wheel wagon, rough • Coast to Coast Guardsman bicycle • Route 66 bicycle • Huffy 3-wheel bicycle • several kids sleds • old windows & doors • old license plates • 3 style old scales • vintage yellow chrome table & chairs • Oak large china hutch • bedroom dresser • Oak lamp tables • several lamps • Oak buffet • coffee table • console stereo system 78 records & several 78 albums • large box crystal • several antique dishes • cast iron bath tub • tin tubs • pop bottles • well pump • coal shuttle • manure fork • hobbles • axes • buck saw • well pulley • wooden pulleys • cast fork hanger • sears chain saw • egg crate • canes • childs toys • lanterns • Maytag wringer washer • battery radios • home oak pot belly stove • horse drawn cultivator • Plus More!
YARD & HOUSEHOLD
Murray garden tractor 18.5 hp engine & 4-ft. snow plow attachment & 36” roto tiller w/Briggs attachment & 4-ft. mower platform for Murray garden tractor • Jari 3-ft. sickle brush cutter • 1½ pallets of deck material 16-ft. (new) • various amounts of lumber • John Deere 140 48” riding lawn mower • rakes • spades • tools • self-propelled roto tiller • Amana washer & dryer, works good • gas kitchen range • gas water heater • double & single beds • loveseat couch • recliner chairs • (2) large metal storage cabinets • curio cabinets • small deep freeze • gun cabinet • humidifier • storage shelves • several canning jars • kitchen appliances • pots & pans • spoon rack w/spoons • 3 dressers, 2 with mirrors • several good doors from remodel • Oak china hutch with leaded glass doors • Plus More!
OWNERS: DALE & PAT FELDMAN 406-795-2267 AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Pat & Dale sold the ranch and are living in Wibaux so plan to join us on June 6th. We will move all items to Wibaux for auction.
TERMS: TERMS: CASH OR BANKABLE CHECK ***NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS --- Sale Conducted by --
MILLS AUCTION SERVICE
BOX 128 BOYES, MT 59316
406-427-5317, Cell 605-645-9611 www.mills-auction.com
Isabelle Lowry during the Market Steer Grand Champion Drive at the National Western Stock Show Market Steer Show in Denver.
Student’s homeless shelter design earns regional award
From University of Wyoming Extension A homeless shelter design that addresses shelter safety concerns and noise comfort levels earned a University of Wyoming (UW) student a second-place finish in the Pacific West region in the Interior Design Educator’s Council (IDEC) competition. Department of Family and Consumer Sciences student Georgia Wollert in her senior level interior design class used Revit and 3D Max design programs to design a basic needs center for a homeless population following the student design guidelines. The contest had 38 school submissions, including 91 undergraduate and five graduates. “This is a huge deal and a great honor,” said Treva Sprout Ahrenholtz, senior lecturer for the design, merchandising and textiles program in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Wollert had to follow intense guidelines to meet the specifications of the center, including 20 bathrooms all ADA accessible, pet areas, living areas, laundry room, manicure station, and coffee bar all in a 2,500 square-foot space. Her design goals were independence, comfort, community and security. “It was difficult in terms of organizing the facilities,” said Wollert, a native of the Lingle area. She had to conduct primary research by interviewing shelter directors and former homeless persons to help with design choices, said Sprout Ahrenholtz. Wollert visited a Fort Collins facility similar to the design guidelines. One of the biggest issues Wollert learned about homeless centers is many people feel unsafe. “The purpose was to design a space where they didn’t feel like they had to watch their back all the time,” said Wollert. She also discovered noise level was another factor that made people feel uncomfortable. To help reduce noise levels but still create a space that could be cleaned easily, Wollert chose to use a sublayer flooring under the hardwood and wooden acoustical paneling to help absorb and reduce noise. “I really wanted to focus on how the space felt to the person and by reducing the noise, it created a more comfortable space,” said Wollert. Sprout Ahrenholtz commented that the Pacific West region is highly competitive. “She did not place in the top three nationally, but a regional winner is still a real feather in your cap,” said Sprout Ahrenholtz. The full list of winners and Wollert’s project design can be viewed at bit.ly/IDECcompetition.
4-H Leadership Awareness Weekend a success
Youth from 12 counties developed and enhanced their leadership skills during this year ’s Leadership Awareness Weekend (LAW), a statewide 4-H civic engagement event that North Dakota State University Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development organizes. The youth participated in parliamentary procedure activities, a service project and judicial system activities during the three-day program held on the University of North Dakota campus in collaboration with the UND School of Law. The parliamentary procedure activity, called “Parli Play,” ended with groups of youth showcasing the skills they learned. “Loved the new knowledge and skills that I gained,” says Alyssa Thomsen of Barnes County. “I thought the Parli Play was going to be hard, but it was actually pretty fun.” The second half of the weekend focused on the career paths and opportunities associated with law. “The students got a chance to see that there is so much more to attending law school than just becoming an attorney,” says Brenda Jarski-Weber, a chaperone for the weekend. Judges Don Hager and Daniel Narum, local attorneys, law students and professors helped youth experience real courtroom skills by arguing a case before a real judge. LAW participants also learned about courtroom etiquette and participated in a mock trial. “I loved talking to the different lawyers and asking them questions,” says Isabel Engelhard, a 4-H’er from Ward County. “Doing the mock trial was cool, and we got to see how an actual courtroom was run. I had so much fun and learned so much!” Ana Weber, a youth from Stutsman County, said this about LAW: “My favorite parts were argument wars and the mock trial because it was fun to see what court is like.” Before youth headed home, they learned some additional information about the judicial system by deciphering puzzles to get codes that opened locks on a box with a memento from the weekend inside. “This event proved to be a worthwhile experience for North Dakota youth,”
says Sue Quamme, NDSU Extension’s 4-H youth development leadership and civic engagement specialist.
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Funding opportunity to assist America’s seasonal farmworkers
From U.S. Department of Labor housing. The U.S. Department of Labor anNFJP grantees awarded under this announced the availability of up to $91.8 nouncement must actively partner with million in grant funding to support the ecothe State Monitor Advocates and nearby nomic stability of farmworkers through the American Job Centers to deliver compreNational Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). hensive, work-based learning services and Overseen by the department’s Employcreate pathways that lead to better economic ment and Training Administration (ETA), outcomes for migrant and seasonal farmthe NFJP is a nationally directed, locally workers and their dependents. administered competitive grant program Learn more about grant eligibility and that provides funding for communityhow to apply at https://www.grants.gov. based organizations and public agencies to Authorized by Section 167 of the Workprovide career services, training services, force Innovation and Opportunity Act and youth services, related assistance services appropriated by the Further Consolidated and housing assistance to eligible migrant Appropriations Act of 2020, this round and seasonal farmworkers and their deof NJFP funding will be awarded in two pendents. ETA awards NFJP grants every categories – housing and career and trainfour years though a Funding Opportunity ing. The department intends to award an Announcement. estimated 52 career and training grants “During this unprecedented time of ecototaling approximately $85.2 million and nomic disruption caused by the coronavirus, an estimated 7-20 housing grants totaling we must support our nation’s food supply approximately $6.1 million. Applicants may and the farmworkers critical to maintaining receive funding in one or both categories but it,” said Assistant Secretary of the Employmust submit separate applications if they ment and Training Administration John wish to apply for funding in both categories. Pallasch. “Communities that invest in their ETA administers federal job training and farmworkers are investing in America’s dislocated worker programs, federal grants farming industry and its future.” to states for public employment service Grants will be awarded to eligible entiprograms and unemployment insurance ties, such as state workforce agencies, workbenefits. These services are primarily proforce agencies of outlying areas, non-profits vided through state and local workforce or Tribal organizations to support projects development systems. designed to: The mission of the Department of Labor • Help farmworkers and their dependents is to foster, promote and develop the welfare acquire necessary skills to either stabilize or of the wage earners, job seekers and retiradvance in their agricultural jobs or obtain ees of the United States; improve working employment in new industries or occupaconditions; advance opportunities for profittions; and able employment; and assure work-related • Assist these individuals in securing benefits and rights. safe and sanitary permanent and temporary
Honor society recognizes outstanding agriculture students
University of Wyoming Extension Outstanding students at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources have been selected by the University of Wyoming (UW) chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society of agriculture. Faculty members nominate outstanding students for these awards, and winners are selected by the chapter’s membership and awards committee. The following is the award, city, student, major. Outstanding Freshman • Cheyenne – Emily Purifoy, animal and veterinary science (ANVS) with concentration in preveterinary medicine Outstanding Sophomore • Casper – Payton Hallsted, ANVS with concentration in preveterinary medicine • Crowheart – Riley Rux, ANVS with concentration in preveterinary medicine Outstanding Junior • Jackson – Clara Delahaye, ANVS with concentration in animal biology • Pine Bluffs – Sierra Shelit, ANVS with concentration in preveterinary medicine Outstanding Senior • Laramie – Carter Eckhardt, molecular biology and physiology • Fort Collins, Colorado – Courtney Newman, agricultural business with concentration in livestock business management, ANVS with a concentration in animal sciences and economics • Lusk – Lexie Dockery, agricultural business and finance Outstanding Masters • Wheatland – Taylor Bush, master’s degree in soil science Faculty Award of Merit Faculty members who have distinguished themselves in research, teaching, extension or a combination are also recognized. This year’s recipient of the Faculty Award of Merit is Vardges Hovhannisyan, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
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ROUND BALER FOR SALE 2010 John Deere 568 round baler, net & twine, wide pickup, flotation tires, 12,000 bales, stored inside. Phone (406) 535-9895 or 380-0993
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EQUIPMENT / VEHICLES
John Deere 8630 tractor, SN# 001619R, full glass, duals, good rubber, MR. 7606 hrs. John Deere 8630 tractor SN#001530R, no rear glass, 3 remotes, MR. 8697 hrs., PTO, newer rear tires John Deere 8630 tractor SN#003610R, runs, no rear glass, 3 remotes, JD 3 pt. quick hitch, MR. 9681 hrs, PTO John Deere 4010D tractor JCB 506-36 telehandler, 8153 Hrs, SN# 577553 Cat 85SP swather, 1534 hrs, SN# HR08177 Hesston 4910 baler, SN# 00674 Double L 6 row planter, SN# 1187 Double L 4 row potato windrower, SN# 51-409 Lockwood sizer/dirt eliminator, 240V, 1Ph, SN#A442 N.W. Equipment potato bagger - small w/Swift weight scale Weigh-O-Matic 10 bagger, 1-phase, 240V, SN# 603015 2” X 300’-ft. Cencore HDPE 250 PSI poly pipe (3 rolls) Pride of the Farm 60 bushel hog feeder Wheel line & hand line irrigation pipe 5” & 6” main line
White 9700 combine with two 34-ft. header, 2978 hrs, SN# 97-31428 Brillion 14-ft. packer Alloway 20-ft. flail shredder, PTO, SN# 18556 Laurier HP 8x8 coil packer harrow Northwest rotary tiller PTO 12-ft., Model D-HC-144-S-C 1989 Volvo semi tractor, 476k miles, Eaton Road Runner, 10 speed, model 350, Cummins diesel, big block 1970 Brown 40-ft. flatbed trailer Vermeer R23A rake, SN# 1VRR201P821003139 Hyster 30 XL2 electric forklLift 2500LB, SN# C114V05586N
POTATO EQUIPMENT Spudnik 1100-76 piler, SN# 443 Spudnik 900-85 potato piler, SN# 761 Spudnik dirt eliminator, 1-phase, 240V, SN# 16657 Trinity Indiana 1000 gallon ag tank on trailer 16-ft.x41”, OD Kerian 70-50 speed sizer, 1 phase, 240V, SN# 223
MISCELLANEOUS Old platform scale 5-ft. x 2-ft. gas cooker/smoker on trailer Carousel parts & bolt bin Galvanized homemade tricycles (5) Radio Flyer tricycle
Ford F600 truck w/16-ft. box, 79k miles, 2 speed rear end 40-ft., spring tooth chisel MFG Kory farm trailer, 6278 frame w/40-ft. bed 20-ft. offset disc Heavy duty pipe trailer 18-ft. spike tooth harrow, 3-point 11-ft. man basket, forklift Yielder 1520 no-till drill, SN# 112 Simonsen N-64HBR fertilizer spreader, PTO, SN# 878N8708 John Deere 32-ft. chisel plow Big Butch boom sprayer w/400 gallon tank, 40-ft. boom 125 hp pump w/panel Milestone potato seed cutter SN# 860060, 120V Pallets of potato sacks - various sizes 55-ft. x 16” conveyor, 1 phase, 115/230V 20-ft.x16” & 25-ft. x 16” conveyors
Fans, blowers, various motors Hydraulic valves & cylinders Quincey QT-7.5 vertical compressor 201, 31A, 240V, 735 hp Craftsman radial arm saw Lincoln Weldan Power
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MSU researcher examines animal origins of COVID-19
By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service For years, Montana State University researcher Raina Plowright’s work has studied bats and the viruses they carry and spread. Now, with the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Plowright’s research is timelier than ever. Plowright said the virus that causes COVID-19, called SARS-CoV-2, originated in bats and is the third coronavirus to move from bats to humans in two decades. She and collaborators in Australia, Bangladesh, Ghana and Madagascar are researching how to prevent the spread of other viruses from animals to humans — a process known as spillover. That work begins by understanding how viruses exist in bats and how widespread they are among bats in various locations. “Thankfully, we’ve collected a huge dataset over space and time in bat populations in multiple countries,” said Plowright, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in MSU’s College of Agriculture and principal investigator in the Bozeman Disease Ecology Lab. “Now, we can screen our samples for coronaviruses and other viruses that may interact with coronaviruses.” Plowright’s work has also examined Hendra virus and Nipah virus, both of which can also be carried by bats, leading to the extensive collection of samples that can also be used in the new research. She said it’s unknown whether SARSCoV-2 spread directly from bats to humans or whether it first infected an intermediary species. The researchers in her lab will screen those existing samples to see how many contain coronaviruses and where those samples were collected. That may offer insight into how SARS-CoV-2 made its way into humans. “Coronaviruses are well known for their ability to recombine parts of their genomes when two viruses infect cells in the same animal. So, it could have had a bit of a genetic mix-up in a different host,” she said. “We’re working to understand coronaviruses in bats as well as looking of the role of bats in not just this, but also future spillovers.” In addition to analyzing the samples they already have, Plowright and her team are moving forward with research to help Bozeman, Gallatin County and the state of Montana respond to the ongoing pandemic. Work in the state includes research with Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton to examine aerosol transmission of the virus and preventive measures; monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in Montana’s communities; and creating predictive computer models. “We are working with local epidemiologists and other researchers here at MSU to provide forecasts to the community on when to expect peaks, the capacity of local ICUs and so on,” she said. The hope with predictive modeling is to develop a toolkit for reopening local, state and national economies and allowing individuals to return to workplaces. The more information governments have on how the virus spreads and the potential ramifications of reopening, the more they can prevent future spikes in infection and death, said Plowright, something that is true the world over. An international graduate student and postdoctoral fellow are also helping efforts in their home countries of Chile and Uruguay, monitoring the progress of their outbreaks and aiding in the exchange of scientific information to help local pandemic response teams. “I have a lab full of brilliant young disease ecologists,” she said. “These are young people with great expertise and advanced degrees in public health and disease ecology. They have found themselves in a real-time response to a real-life pandemic.” With new discoveries still being made as scientists examine SARS-CoV-2 and a wealth of information available to the public, Plowright’s students and fellow researchers have also created a resource to interpret cutting-edge information so that it can be understood by everyone. They created the Disease Ecology Lab COVID-19 Blog, which answers common questions related to the novel coronavirus and provides understandable summaries of new scientific and medical discoveries. As the world has shifted into high gear to understand COVID-19, Plowright said it is critical that each individual does what they can to protect their community. “Few groups can study bats and understand the dynamics of these infections in bat populations,” she said. “Our work is to understand how these pathogens spill over and how we can prevent future pandemics is unique. But in terms of responding to the current pandemic, we are doing the same thing that many people around the world are doing, right? We’re trying to do our very best for our community, protect people who are vulnerable and reduce the number of people who are sick and who die from this disease.”
Plant pathology students dissecting art hones deep observational skills
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University of Wyoming Extension agriculture have never been to the UW Art Picasso probably couldn’t diagnose powMuseum.” dery mildew but plant diagnostic students at The exercise also helps augment their the University of Wyoming could probably writing skills. This semester, students were dissect a Picasso. to select an art piece at either the New York That’s because plant pathologist William or Chicago art museums. He’s only had a Stump has directed past students to the UW few assignments turned in and is waiting for Art Museum as part of a deep looking exerthe others but said the art selections chosen cise to hone observational skills. so far could be telling of what students are That facility is closed due to COVID-19 feeling about their college careers in the and students aren’t on campus anyway – so whirl of COVID-19. Stump’s requirement this semester for his One was a man in manacles forlornly 19 undergraduate and graduate students to looking upward, another was a woman virtually visit the Metropolitan Museum of whose reading was interrupted by someArt in New York City and the Art Institute of thing and is looking off into the distance. Chicago further implements the university’s Another was two men contemplating the mandate to switch all classes and labs online moon, the artist infusing a feeling of hope the remainder of the semester. for the future in the midst of gloomy or Called deep looking, Stump drew inspiuncertain times. ration for the activity from plant sciences Students will return after the deep lookdepartment colleague Randa Jabbour, who ing, online exercise to Stump’s required had used the art museum as a deep looking diagnostic lab work – virtually. exercise for her students. Stump, an assistant professor in the department, was impressed with the results. “These deep looking exercises are done in a lot of curriculum,” he said. “Even some medical schools use this, a little bit of art appreciation training for students.” Those who go through the training score better on direct observational skills than those who don’t. Keen observational skills aid plant disease diagnostics. Stump gives students Register 9 am – Sale 10 am – Free Coffee – Lunch Available affected plants and challenges students to determine 6 miles south on South Devon then 1 mile oneast Peterson Road, Road, then right for 1/4 to sale. 6 miles south of Devon, MT on SouthRoad, Devon Road, theneast 1 mile on Peterson then right formile 1/4 mile to sale. the disease or cause. They Follow you at at the the sale! sale! Followthe thesigns signs and and see see you can use books, online information and information he AUCTION NOTE: It was Bruce Taft’s wish to sell his estate provides. at auction, and donate the proceeds to the “It’s been one of the more Yellowstone Boys & Girls Club, the Shriners, popular labs for class,” he and Shodair Children’s Hospital. said. “I’m pleasantly surprised at how well these kids Grain cleaner 2000 Ford 1/2 ton with topper Galvanized Water Tank, do this. They really take it Flail mower 20’ Alloway approx. 1,000 gal. Welder Case tractor 1370, new rear tires 2 - Int drills Wisconsin motor to heart.” Reznor heater AC HD 11B 18’ Krause disc Stump drew upon his own Artic Cat snowmobile 1959 Chevrolet 4x4 3 - Drill disc LL art affection to develop the Celebrity 8’ pool table Case 770 Donahue Trailer Motor manuals McCormick-Deering Antique Minneapolis Moline G6 tractor cross-discipline activity. GMC 5500 truck 16’ Box 1967? Burch 10’ offset Metal Desk He received a bachelor’s Fuel tank 1950’s International pickup R120 3 - IH 150 drill in fine arts degree between 280 — 2x4x10 1940’s Dodge pickup JD 5’ side mower T-111 siding - 55 sheets 1930s Chevy truck 5 JD Double Disc earning his master’s de16’ Masonite siding - 65 pieces 1971 Chrysler Newport Cement mixer gree and doctorate. He has 1956 Ford 500 truck Aluminum ramps 16’ Ladder produced Christmas cards Filing cabinets 1960’s Chevy truck 14’ box Eversman Hydraulic scraper, 5 yard Roofing tin 10’ - 15 pieces 1940’s Chevy truck 12’ box 41 x 7 Westfield auger for years and uses them to Roofing tin 14’ - 9 pieces Dodge pickup with electric motor 7.5 hp demonstrate to students how 10-piece Scaffolding system 1960’s GMC pickup Ford N with loader, 3 point to closely examine art. He 1950’s IH truck 12’ box 5’ Mower, 3 point Windows - double sash Screen door 1976 GMC 10, 2 fuel tanks W6 McCormick with dual loader also tells them what he was 1,500 gal. plastic tank Shelving from Buttrey’s Glasply 20’ boat, inboard / outboard trying to convey. An assortment of new and used 1955 Dodge car body Cenex 18-44 riding mower “A lot of art is commu4 - 50’ trailer house frames JD 7700 combine with header, hand tools, tool boxes, farm jacks, and other 2 - Crust Buster 24’ and cart nication,” he said. “A lot of miscellaneous items. 24’ Jeoffroy plow Acetylene outfit people don’t get that.” He requires students to describe the piece they select, what it meant to them and what the artist is trying to convey. He also assigns a word list for students. “I want the kids to jumpstart their observational Auctioneers: skills before they jump into Zane Drishinski • Cell: (406) 289-0514 plant diagnostics,” he said. 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Youth place in N.D. state 4-H livestock judging contest
The Mountrail County 4-H team took first place in the senior division of the North Dakota state 4-H livestock judging contest. Pictured are (back row from left): Bailey Hawbaker; team members Fletcher Hennessy, Ty Fladeland, Logan Lapica and Kash Lee; Jess Bullinger; and coach Jim Hennessy; (front row from left): team members Calli Hennessy, Mariah Braasch, Kyra Fox, Jacob Littlefield and Morgan Vachal. (NDSU photo)
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The Mountrail County 4-H team took first place in the senior division of the North Dakota state 4-H livestock judging contest, which was held in North Dakota State University’s Shepperd Arena. Foster County’s 4-H team placed first in the contest’s junior division. During the competition, 20 junior, one open and 17 senior teams judged cattle, swine, goats and sheep. The members of the first-place Mountrail County 4-H team were Calli Hennessy, Mariah Braasch, Fletcher Hennessy, Morgan Vachal, Logan Lapica, Ty Fladeland, Kyra Fox, Kash Lee and Jacob Littlefield. The first-place junior team from Foster County 4-H consisted of Molly Hansen, Isabel Wendel, Kadence Spickler, Jessa Spickler, Cally Hansen, Watson Spickler, Cyrena Kuss, Hayleigh Spickler and Trace Spickler. The other top teams in the senior division were: Second - Adams County 4-H, with team members Olivia Nitschke, Mitch Stuber, Tom Buckmier, Alyssa Dix, Mace Stuber, Kaden Schauer, Tate Nash, Tatum Fitch, Kestrel Damjanovich and Oscar Laufer Third - Stutsman County 4-H, with team members Kelsey Vandeberghe, Alexis Vandeberghe, Abby Helm, Billy Vanepps, Evyn Dick, Dylan Cleghorn, Tamika Holte, Alexa Carlson and Chloe Carlson Fourth - Foster County 4-H, with team members Kennedy Wendel, Madeliene Nichols, Jozey Retzlaff, Trisa Lesmann and Auna Kubal Fifth - Oliver County 4-H, with team members Jacob Klaudt, Rebecca Schmidt, Reanna Schmidt and Wilton Henke The remaining top teams in the junior division were: Second - McHenry County 4-H, with team members Madalyn Ivedalen, Avery Johnson, Melissa Kuhnhenn, Sydney Schock, Bergan Jaeger, Kinley Follman, Addysen Jaeger and Addison Johnson Third - Adams County 4-H, with team members Blake Larson, Grady Bock, Sophia Kennedy, Mika Stuber, Riley Hasbrouck and Jackson Haiien Fourth - Stark-Billings County 4-H, with team members Abby Talkington, Emma Bock, Ian Dohrmann, Coy Melchior, Trevor Lefor, Hadley Talkington, Kylee Sickler, Sawyer Wolf and Layne Melchior Fifth - Grant County 4-H, with team
members Kaitlyn Hauge, Taylor Zenker, Layton Redmann, Paige Zenker, Landan Zenker, Addison Dahners, Kamryn Zenker and Christia Stewart The top five individuals in the senior division classes were: Overall First - Calli Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Second - Jamie Geyer, Ransom County 4-H Third - Olivia Nitschke, Adams County 4-H Fourth - Rhea Laib, Sheridan County 4-H Fifth - Mariah Braasch, Mountrail County 4-H Reasons First - Chance Manhart, Golden Valley County 4-H Second - Calli Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Third - Jacob Klaudt, Oliver County 4-H Fourth - Fletcher Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Fifth - Mariah Braasch, Mountrail County 4-H Sheep First - Rhea Laib, Sheridan County 4-H Second - Fletcher Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Third - Olivia Nitschke, Adams County 4-H Fourth - Paige Zimprich, Ransom County 4-H Fifth - Mariah Braasch, Mountrail County 4-H Swine First - Calli Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Second - Medora Ellingson, Morton County 4-H Third - Olivia Nitschke, Adams County 4-H Fourth - Kennedy Wendel, Foster County 4-H Fifth - Jamie Geyer, Ransom County 4-H Beef First - Calli Hennessy, Mountrail County 4-H Second - Chance Manhart, Golden Valley County 4-H Third - Mariah Braasch, Mountrail County 4-H Fourth - Kelsey Vandeberghe, Stutsman County 4-H Fifth - Calli Mack, Kidder County 4-H CONTINUED ON PAGE A26
World Whisky Day
Date celebrated: May 18 If you’re friends with Jack and Jim and spend your weekends with Jameson and Johnnie, then World Whisky Day is going to hold a special significance for you. Whisky is one of the iconic drinks of true lovers of alcohol and is the foundation of some of the most wonderful drinks known to man. But honestly, who needs an excuse to imbibe in these wonderful libations? If you need one, World Whisky Day is it! History of World Whisky Day One of the most common forms of whisky that is sought after is Irish Whisky, and perhaps appropriately so. The origins of the word Whisky can be found in the Gaelic Language. Uisce Beatha was the original name of whiskey in classical Gaelic, which ultimately became Uisce Beatha in Ireland and Uisge Beatha in Scotland. Both of these names mean “Water of Life” and tells us just how important and vital this particular distillation was to the Gaels. It was later shortened to just Uisce/ Uisge, and then anglicized to Whisky. So now you know, when someone is concerned about your whisky consumption, you can just tell them you’re drinking the water of life! So what, exactly, is whisky? Whisky is what happens when you create take rich flavorful grains and ferment them into a mash, and then take that mash and distil it down into a pure delicious spirit. Distillation takes place in a still, a device whose whole purpose is the purification of the alcohol from the fermented mash. One of the most important secrets of distillation is that it must take place in a copper (Or copper lined) still, as the copper removes the sulfur from the drink that would make this otherwise diving beverage decidedly unpleasant to drink. How To Celebrate World Whisky Day World Whisky Day reminds us that there is an incredibly broad range of whisky out there to try, and its unlikely that we’ve managed to try all of it. Whisky can be made from barley, corn, rye, and wheat, just to name a few, and those grains are often mixed in different proportions before fermenting and distilling. The results are then aged in casks, with both the cask and the time inside changing the flavor. Needless to say, you may need more than one day to sample every kind available to you! World Whisky Day is a great opportunity for you to expand your palette, and share your experiences with your friends.
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NH Bale Wagons & Retrievers FOR SALE & WILL PURCHASE
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Youth place in N.D. state 4-H livestock judging contest CONTINUED FROM PAGE A24
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 2008 New Holland TV145 bidirectional, PTO front and rear, 3-pt. front and rear, loader and grapple, tires 60%, engine end wheel weights, 3500 hours.
2017 New Holland 18-ft. hay header, push frame, works great. Package deal, tractor/header. Great for haying.
1996 New Holland 9030 bidirectional, PTO front and rear, hydraulic front and rear, 3-point cab end, loader with grapple, new seat, new radio, new AC, new shocks on window and doors, 80% tires, 10,500 hours. Great Shape............. $27,000 obo
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Stan Howe Front Range Auctioneers
Helena, MT We have some auctions coming up later this summer including a very nice top quality estate auction south of Butte. Featured is a like new 2019 Honda pickup – new Honda snow blower – two nearly new four wheelers – dirt bikes – a large shop full of new and excellent tools – beautiful household furniture – several storage sheds – much more. There will also be a tag sale for the kitchen & household items.
This will be a live on-site auction only as there is no cell service in the area.
Our tentative date is July 18, 2020
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Foster County’s 4-H team placed first in the junior division of the North Dakota state 4-H livestock judging contest. Pictured are (back row from left): Julie Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association; team members Molly Hansen, Isabel Wendel, Trace Spickler and Jessa Spickler; and coach Missy Hansen; (front row from left): team members Cally Hansen, Kadence Spickler, Hayleigh Spickler, Watson Spickler and Cyrena Kuss. (NDSU photo) The top five individuals in the junior division classes were: Overall First - Molly Hansen, Foster County 4-H Second - Abby Talkington, Stark-Billings County 4-H Third - Grace Ones, Renville County 4-H Fourth - Madalyn Livedalen, McHenry County 4-H Fifth - Avery Johnson, McHenry County 4-H Reasons First - Molly Hansen, Foster County 4-H Second - Blake Larson, Adams County 4-H Third - Taylor Zenker, Grant County 4-H Fourth - Abby Talkington, Stark-Billings County 4-H Fifth - Grady Bock, Adams County 4-H Sheep First - Remi Laib, Sheridan County 4-H Second - Grace Ones, Renville, County 4-H Third - Molly Hansen, Foster County 4-H Fourth - Marisa Hoffarth, Barnes County 4-H Fifth - Addison Dahners, Grant County 4-H Swine First - Molly Hansen, Foster County 4-H Second - Madalyn Livedalen, McHenry County Third - Blake Larson, Adams County 4-H Fourth - Isabel Wendel, Foster County 4-H Fifth - Trevor Andrews, Bowman County 4-H
Bee First - Isabel Wendel, Foster County 4-H Second - Taylor Zenker, Grant County 4Third - Jessa Spickler, Foster County 4-H Fourth - Grady Bock, Adams County 4-H Fifth - Blake Larson, Adams County 4-H “The North Dakota state 4-H livestock judging contest could not have been successful without the support of many,” says Leigh Ann Skurupey, 4-H animal science youth development specialist in NDSU Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development. “The NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club members stepped in to take leadership of many roles necessary to keep the wheels of a large contest like this moving forward efficiently and effectively. “The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, North Dakota 4-H Foundation, Independent Beef Association of North Dakota, Farm Bureau, Strothman Family and Holiday Inn took the initiative to financially support our contest participants in various ways,” she adds. “Without their support, it would be difficult to host such a great contest. “A special thank you goes to Four Hill Farms for providing the wonderful Angus bulls, to Trevor Bjerke for letting us utilize his Boer goats and to the Nord Angus Farms for the beautiful class of Angus heifers provided,” Skurupey says. Staff from the NDSU Beef Unit, Swine Unit, Sheep Unit and NDSU Beef Cattle Research Complex helped fit and provide animals for the other classes.
Horse trailers
A horse trailer was originally known as a horse box. Today, horse trailers come in all sizes and shapes. Some horse trailers have luxurious, hotellike living quarters for the owners to stay in during horse competitions and rodeos. Some horses actually ride in the back of pickup trucks, in the bed with side walls and a loading ramp. It is not uncommon for a pickup truck to pull a six-horse trailer. Large semi-trucks are used by professional haulers, with the inside of the boxed portion made into as many as 12 padded stalls,
with air conditioning, heating, automatic watering systems, and other amenities. Horses that are raised on islands are often exported to the coastlines on ferryboats. When hauling horses, it is standard practice to travel with barrels of the home water to which the horse is accustomed. If they fail to drink during travel, and get dehydrated, they can easily develop colic (stomach ache). Just like athletes, electrolytes are often added to the water of a traveling horse to avoid dehydration.
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3-V Distributing, Inc.
Conrad Industrial Park
Box 955
Conrad, MT 59425
Phone 406-278-5400 or 1-800-310-5402 Evenings Call: Jordan VanDyke 406-450-3953
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Changes to make it easier for customers to conduct business
Hot Spring, MT - 10 am Date To Be Determined - ASAP
Please follow our website or on Facebook to stay current with all of our auctions. Please sign up for email updates. John Deere 4955, John Deere 4055, John Deere 7520, Kuelker’s bale processor, New Holland tedder, trucks, Delta S3 harrow, 3 squeeze chutes, 2 plows, Vermeer R23A rake, goose neck flatbed, 3 harrows, hand and wheel lines (approximately 3 miles), 5-ft. & 7-ft. wheels, irrigation pumps, PTO pump, 4 pipe trailers, stock tanks, mineral feeders, solar stock pump and much more. Select items will sell live and online. For Photos & Inventory, or sign up for email notifications, see website:
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USDA News Release USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open in Wyoming by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available to continue helping agricultural producers with program signups, loan servicing and other important actions. Additionally, FSA is relaxing the loan-making process and adding flexibilities for servicing direct and guaranteed loans to provide credit to producers in need. FSA Service Centers are open for business by phone appointment only. While our program delivery staff will continue to come into to the office, they will be working with our agricultural producers by phone and using email and online tools whenever possible. “FSA programs and loans are critical to Wyoming farmers and ranchers, and we want to continue our work with customers while taking precautionary measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus,” FSA State Executive Director Lois Van MARK said. “We recognize that farm loans are critical for annual operating and family living expenses, emergency needs and cash flow through times like this. FSA is working to find and use every option and flexibility to provide producers with credit options and other program benefits.” FSA is delivering programs and services, including: • Farm loans; • Commodity loans; • Farm Storage Facility Loan program; • Disaster assistance programs, including signup for the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (this includes producers now eligible because of losses due to drought and excess moisture in 2018 and 2019); • Safety net programs, including 2020 signup for the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs; • Conservation programs; and • Acreage reports. Relaxing the Farm Loan-Making Process FSA is relaxing the loan-making process, including: • Extending the deadline for applicants to complete farm loan applications; • Preparing Direct Loans documents even if FSA is unable to complete lien and record searches because of closed government buildings. Once those searches are complete, FSA would close the loan; and • Closing loans if the required lien position on the primary security is perfected, even for loans that require additional security and those lien searches, filings and recordings cannot be obtained because of closed government buildings. Servicing Direct Loans FSA is extending deadlines for producers to respond to loan servicing actions, including loan deferral consideration for financially distressed and delinquent borrowers. FSA will temporarily suspend loan accelerations, nonjudicial foreclosures, and referring foreclosures to the Department of Justice. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will make the determination whether to stop foreclosures and evictions on accounts under its jurisdiction. Servicing Guaranteed Loans Guarantee lenders can self-certify, providing their borrowers with: • Subsequent-year operating loan advances on lines of credit; • Emergency advances on lines of credit. FSA will consider guaranteed lender requests for: • Temporary payment deferral consideration when borrowers do not have a feasible plan reflecting that family living expenses, operating expenses and debt can be repaid; and • Temporary forbearance consideration for borrowers on loan liquidation and foreclosure actions. Contacting FSA FSA will be accepting additional forms and applications by facsimile or electronic signature. Some services are also available online to customers with an eAuth account, which provides access to the farmers.gov portal where producers can view USDA farm loan information and payments and view and track certain USDA program applications and payments. Customers can track payments, report completed practices, request conservation assistance and electronically sign documents. Customers who do not already have an eAuth account can enroll at farmers.gov/sing-in. FSA encourages producers to contact their county office to discuss these programs and temporary changes to farm loan deadlines and the loan servicing options available. For Service Center contact information, visit farmers.gov/ coronavirus.
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Best gardening practices, other helpful information on UW Extension COVID-19 website The University of Wyoming Extension and its Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) have compiled gardening information on the new COVID-19 webpage. To find these gardening resources visit bit.ly/uwyo-extension-covid and find the “Gardening and Growing Food” tab listed under the individuals and self-sufficiency block. “This serves as a hub that we’ve pulled stuff relevant to what’s going on right now,” said Kali McCrackin Goodenough, CNP marketing coordinator. Tips on what to grow in Wyoming, starting seeds indoors, growing your own foods, vegetable and herb gardens and extended growing season tips are provided. Including gardening, the page links to a variety of resources such as news updates, national and state resources and informa-
tion regarding sanitation and cleaning. Also provided are resources for individuals and self-sufficiency by providing links to athome activities, community resources, food resources in Wyoming, personal finance and public assistance programs. Resources for businesses and organizations and additional ideas for food, safe food handling and pantry supplies are also available. ##### According to Greek myth, the return of spring coincides with the return of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, who is the goddess of plants and fertility. ##### In the Southern Hemisphere, springtime lasts from August until November.
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Montana Hereford Directory Anchor Polled Herefords 406-467-2880, Vaughn, MT
Bayers Ranches, Inc.
Dallas Polled Herefords
406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT
Dutton Hereford Ranch
406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT www.bayersherefordranch.com
406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT
Beery’s Land & Livestock Co
406-266-4121, Townsend, MT www.ehlkeherefords.com
406-979-5720, Vida, MT www.beeryherefords.com
Ehlke Herefords
Feddes Herefords
Brownell Polled Herefords 406-788-3242, Pendroy, MT
Dan 406-570-1602, Manhattan, MT www.feddes.com
Churchill Cattle Co
307-631-6012, Absarokee, MT
406-580-6421, Manhattan, MT www.churchillcattle.com
Cooper Hereford Ranch
406-285-6985, Willow Creek, MT www.cooperherefords.com
Curlew Cattle Co
406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT
Frank Herefords
Garrison Ranches Inc 406-835-2501, Glen, MT
Griffin Polled Herefords 406-821-0247, Darby, MT
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406-880-9211, Frenchtown, MT
Modest birth, massive meat Our production sale is any time you want. We sell Hereford bulls and females by private treaty. Find out more at feddes.com. Better yet, visit the ranch.
Feddes Herefords www.feddes.com 2009 Churchill Road Manhattan, MT 59741 tfeddes@msn.com Tim 406.570.4771 Dan 406.570.1602 Yearling Hereford Bulls for Sale Private Treaty
Wintered until end of April, Flexible Payment, Multi-Bull Discount
Sires: Genetic 2U Britisher 1415 • AGA 18Y Standard 46Z WH 137Y Standard 333A ET • XTC 5C Total Recall ET 66A AGA 2Y MO LE Domino 119A • AGA 60H BO LE Domino 29B Justin Wichman (406) 350-3123 www.wichmanherefords.com
Dave Hanson & Kelsey Cooper 406-570-5519, Willow Creek, MT
Harper Herefords
406-323-1686, Roundup, MT
Holden Herefords
406-450-1029, Valier, MT www.holdenherefords.com
L Bar W Cattle Company
Indreland’s Grasshaven Ranch
McKechnie Land & Cattle Inc.
406-778-2320, Plevna, MT www.sparksherefords.com
McMurry Cattle
406-323-1297, Roundup, MT
406-799-2973, Stevensville, MT www.LuckyUCattle.com
On Point Cattle Co Otis Ranch
Emily Pederson
406-322-8541, Columbus, MT
J Bar E Ranch Arvid Eggen - 406-765-7068 Lorrie Eggen - 406-765-8219 Jay-De Eggen - 406-671-7149
Wichman Herefords
406-350-3123, Moore, MT www.wichmanherefords.com
406-223-4518, Emigrant, MT
Your Northern Montana source for quality Hereford bulls Plentywood, MT
Vandeberg Ranch
406-254-1247, Billings, MT www.mcmurrycattle.com
J Bar E Ranch
K & C Herefords
Sparks Herefords
406-432-2296, Shelby, MT
570-637-2644, Absarokee, MT
406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT
Rockin’ Double R Ranch
406-445-2280, Red Lodge, MT
406-214-5120, Missoula, MT
406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT
406-832-3219, Wise River, MT
Lucky U Cattle Company
Hop Creek Ranch
406-799-2264, Lavina, MT www.hopcreekranchcompany.com
Rafter Ranch Inc
406-425-2484, Absarokee, MT www.lbarw.com
XA Cattle
308-320-1110, Moorefield, NE
Yorlum Cattle Co
406-882-4086, Trego, MT
McMURRY CATTLE
Added Genetic Balance Trait And Carcass Value ONLY THE BEST SELL Private Treaty Bull Sales
Fred & Doreen McMurry 2027 Iris Lane Billings, MT 59102
HP 406 254 1247 Cell 406 697 4040 mcmurrycattle@gmail.com www.mcmurrycattle.com
Contact MHA to get your information into our ad in the Trader’s Dispatch and featured on MHA’s Facebook page. Connect with us at www.montanahereford.org
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AIR SEEDER FOR SALE
John Deere air seeder, 787 cart (same as 2320 F/C) with 36-ft. 730 seeding tool. Disc opener spacing 6”. Located at Bozeman, Montana............................................. offers considered Call or text (406) 539-1097
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CLAY CREEK ANGUS PRIVATE TREATY 80 Two-Year-Old Bulls • 160 Yearling Bulls 60 Calving-Ease Heifer Bulls • 80 Replacement Heifers
Jim & Lori French 3334 Rd. 14 • Greybull, Wyoming 82426 • 307-762-3541 www.claycreek.net • bulls@claycreek.net
Sires represented include:
Coleman Charlo
Coleman Doc 2261
BW: -0.1 WW: +51 YW: +91 Milk: +26
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Funeral planning
By Cole Ehmke, University of Wyoming Extension Here are some insights to help prepare for and plan a funeral service. Unattended & Attended Deaths First, what happens when someone dies? An unattended death occurs when an individual dies alone. In that case, call 911 or the sheriff’s office. They will send out a police unit, an ambulance, and the county coroner. If the coroner determines there is no reason to investigate the death further, then the funeral home of your choosing is contacted, and they will remove the deceased. If it is an attended death (i.e. hospice), then call hospice, who will send a nurse immediately. Once the family is ready, hospice will contact the funeral home and they will make the removal. Choosing a Funeral Home Funeral home selection is often based on previous experience and reputation – although having a funeral at home is certainly an option, after all, every funeral was at home before the funeral industry existed. If you don’t have a relationship with a funeral home, then visit different ones to get a feel for their establishment and to discuss their services. Pre Planning Consider these questions when planning a funeral: 1. How much do you want to spend? Funerals often cost between $6,000 and $10,000. 2. Would you like a traditional coffin and burial, or cremation? 3. Where would you like to be buried – will a cemetery plot be needed? 4. What type of coffin or urn are you interested in? 5. What type of vault or grave liner would you like, if required and desired? 6. What type of marker or monument would you like? 7. What religious, fraternal, or military customs should be followed? 8. Is there a particular charity or beneficiary you want to receive memorial gifts? 9. Who would you like your pallbearers to be? 10. Do have specific clothes or jewelry to be buried in? 11. For a memorial service, are there readings, ministers or other speakers, music, slide shows, etc. you would like? 12. What do want to happen to your ashes if you are cremated? At-Need This is when no pre-arrangements have been made at the time of passing. The questions above still apply, but there a higher degree of urgency, and certainly more stress, involved, meaning that there is less time to be a good consumer (shopping around) or to refine details. Other Factors Some people take out a life insurance policy in order to generate money to pay for a funeral, or perhaps buy funeral insurance. Others pre-pay the funeral and burial expenses. In your planning, note that each funeral home and cemetery will have different policies and regulations to follow. Whatever plans you may make, be sure that some knows where the file is or that the details are easily found. It may also be good to keep information for an obituary accessible for when it is needed.
Police Officer’s Memorial Day
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Date When: Always on May 15 Police Officer’s Memorial Day honors and remembers police officers who gave their lives while on duty. Police officers protect us 24/7 every day of the year. It’s a sometimes dangerous job. They know they are putting their lives at risk to make and keep us safe. Police officers know the risks, and accept them. Sometimes, they pay the ultimate price. Please show our respect and appreciation for police officers everywhere...today....and everyday. Ways to participate in this day: • Show appreciation for police officers. • Make a donation to a police officer fund or memorial • Participate in activities honoring officers who have died on duty. • Better still, create a memorial event, if there isn’t one in your area. • Thank your police officers for a job well done. Origin of Police Officer’s Memorial Day: Police Officer’s Memorial Day was created and established as May 15th by an Act of Congress.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska agricultural land values increased 3% over the last year to a statewide average of $2,650 per acre, according to preliminary results from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Farm Real Estate Market Survey. This marks the first year-to-year increase since land values in the state peaked at $3,315 per acre in 2014. Survey participants reported that economic forces providing stability in the market included the limited supply of land for sale, strong demand for purchases, and disaster-assistance payments over the last year. Estimated dryland cropland values in the state rose between 3% and 4%, while the values of gravity- and centerpivot-irrigated cropland rose 2% and 3%, respectively. However, the northwest and southwest districts saw declines between 2% and 5% for the two land classes. Grazing land and hayland value estimates also rose between 2% and 5% over the last year, with slight declines in two districts. Major cow-calf pair regions, including the northwest, north and central districts, led the increase in market values, with growth between 6% and 8%. The survey also revealed a high degree of concern between many landlords and tenants when working to agree on an equitable rental rate, generally attributed to landlords facing high property taxes and producers facing low commodity prices. The Farm Real Estate Market Survey is an annual survey of land professionals, including appraisers, farm and ranch managers, and agricultural bankers. Results from the survey are divided by land class and agricultural statistic districts. Land values and rental rates presented in the report are averages of survey participants’ responses by district. Actual land values and rental rates may vary depending upon the quality of the parcel and local market for an area. Preliminary land values and rental rates are subject to change as additional surveys are returned. The preliminary report was released in the Department of Agricultural Economics’ weekly Cornhusker Economics newsletter and is available t agecon.unl.edu/realestate. Final results from the survey are expected to be published in early June. ##### Horses do not have gall bladders or collarbones.
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By Julie Garden-Robinson, NDSU Extension Service I thought I heard a freight train driving right by our house despite no train tracks in the vicinity. I glanced at my alarm clock. It said 3 a.m. My bedroom windows were open after an exceptionally muggy Fourth of July day. Now my drapes were flying over me in the strong wind. Was I dreaming? I went downstairs to investigate with my parents. I was a teenager at the time. When daylight broke, my parents and I ventured outside. Our small town looked as though a bomb had hit it. People were standing outside, stunned and shaking their heads in disbelief. Many were crying. High-pitched sirens of ambulances rang out in the otherwise silent community. A tornado had devastated our tiny Minnesota town. We had no warning. Uprooted 100-year-old trees left gaping holes in our yard, but our home was undamaged. On the next street, houses were flipped upside down. The business my dad managed was missing its massive red roof and the concrete walls were cracked. Merchandise was scattered for many miles. We soon heard news that several people had died. I knew them. Thinking back, my dad maintained an exceptionally calm demeanor in the midst of devastation. It might have been his Scandinavian stoicism or maybe the fact that he had survived four years of World War II. Our family had been spared from injury. Everyone rolled up their sleeves and began the massive cleanup and rebuilding effort. Soon the loud buzz of chainsaws cutting up trees and the sound of trucks punctuated our daily life. I recall dragging tree limbs, raking for hours and making sandwiches to serve volunteers and residents at the emergency shelters. Our town became a “curiosity” and some people felt the need to drive slowly through town and observe us. I helped check people in at the highway entrance to town. The visitor had to give a really good reason to enter our town. As a gatekeeper, I had strict rules to enforce. The memories are etched forever in my mind and I learned many life lessons from my elders. Unfortunately, most of us have to deal with emergencies of various types at points in our lives. The type of emergency varies depending on where we live. Blizzards, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods can cause enormous destruction. We have had our share of blizzards and floods in North Dakota during my adult years. Our community has flexed our collective muscles to lay sandbags several times. Power outages, flooding, fires and other disasters can trigger food safety issues. Before a potential flood, do some planning. Raise refrigerators and freezers off the floor, especially in basements or garages. Move canned goods and other foods (and any items you value) from basements or low cabinets to higher areas. Be sure you have appliance thermometers in your refrigerator and freezer, and find out where you can purchase dry and block ice. If you lose power, be sure to keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed. A closed refrigerator will keep your food safe for up to four hours unless you add blocks of ice or dry ice. A full freezer will hold its temperature for 48 hours, while a half-full freezer will hold its temperature for 24 hours. If available, you can use dry ice to maintain temperatures. In the spirit of being prepared, here are some tips from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. If flooding happens and it affects food, dishes, pans and other food-related items, follow these tips: Use bottled drinking water that has not come in contact with floodwaters. Do not eat any food that may have come in contact with floodwaters. Discard any food that is not in a waterproof container if any chance exists that it came in contact with floodwaters. Food containers that are not waterproof include those with screw caps, snap lids, pull tops and crimped caps. Discard cardboard juice/milk/baby formula boxes and home canned foods if they have come in contact with floodwaters. They cannot be cleaned and sanitized effectively. Inspect canned foods; discard any food in damaged cans. Can damage is shown by swelling, leakage, punctures, holes, fractures, extensive deep rusting or crushing/denting severe enough to prevent normal stacking or opening with a manual, wheel-type can opener. CONTINUED ON PAGE A36
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Be prepared foodwise for spring and summer disasters CONTINUED FROM PAGE A34
Discard wooden cutting boards, plastic utensils, baby bottle nipples and pacifiers that may have come in contact with floodwaters. They cannot be cleaned safely. Wash metal pans, ceramic dishes and utensils (including can openers) thoroughly with soap and water (hot water if available). Rinse and sanitize them by boiling them in clean water or immersing them for 15 minutes in a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water. Wash countertops thoroughly with soap and water (hot water if available). Rinse and then sanitize them by applying a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of clean water. Allow to air-dry. See https://tinyurl.com/floodsandfood for more tips about food safety during emergencies. See https://www.ag.ndsu. edu/disaster for NDSU Extension resources about disaster preparedness and recovery. Be sure to keep some nonperishable food, such as canned goods, on hand in case of emergencies. Low-acid canned foods such as commercially canned beans last up to five years on your shelf, while acidic foods, such as tomatoes, have an 18-month shelf life, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Having a grill or another means of cooking food also helps with being prepared. You can make this recipe as fast as you can open a can and a jar. You might have the ingredients in your cupboard. Black Bean and Salsa Dip 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained (or your favorite beans) 1 1/2 cups salsa (mild or medium), reduced-sodium Combine in bowl and refrigerate until serving. Makes eight servings. Each serving has 150 calories, 1.5 grams fat, 9 grams protein, 25 grams carbohydrate, 7 grams fiber and 370 milligrams sodium. ##### Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to remember even this.
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The options are endless! Several different widths and spacings in stock with a variety of cart sizes and configurations! 2011 John Deere 1835, 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, 4” capped steel press 2016 John Deere S680, 1085 engine/751 wheels, all run seed blockage, primary separator hours, IF800/70R38 tires, adblockage on fertilizer, 430 bushel tow vanced powercast tailboard, power fold behind cart, ground drive, 10” fill auger. grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload auger, Stock #68666...................$115,000 (11) complete GPS system. Stock #64593... 2019 John Deere 1830, 61-ft., 10” spac.......................................... $320,000 (3) ing, Intelligent Ag all run blockage, 2016 John Deere S680 1212 engine/865 4x22” steel press wheels, 430 bushel separator hours, IF800/70R38 tires, tow between cart, 10” auger with KSI lateral tilt, fixed speed feederhouse, ad#69885 low profile hopper. Stock #69885.......... vanced powercast tailboard, power fold ........................................ $225,000 (14) grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload auger, 2018 John Deere 1895, 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, all run blockage, tow 2010 John Deere 1830, 61-ft., 12.5” complete GPS system. Stock #64601... behind C850 cart, section command, spacing, single shoot, 350 bushel tow .......................................... $305,000 (1) 12” conveyor with wireless remote, tank behind cart, 550# openers on four 2014 John Deere S680, 1495 enscales. Stock #67436..... $505,000 (12) ranks, mechanical depth control, single gine/1075 separator hours, IFwing caster wheels. Stock #64415........ 900/60R32 tires, powerfold grain tank 2014 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, 90 Series openers, single shoot, all .......................................... $87,500 (14) covers, advanced powercast tailboard, run blockage, tow between 430 bushel Seedhawk 3012, 30-ft., 12” spacing, dou26-ft. unload auger, complete GPS syscart, section command, 12” conveyor. ble shoot, all run blockage, center tantem. Stock #70220............ $220,000 (1) Stock #69853.................. $197,500 (14) dems, singles on wings, 500 bushel tow 2017 John Deere S670 488 engine/361 behind cart, 10” auger. Stock #70157.... separator hours, IF800/70R38 tires, 2011 John Deere 1890, 50-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, all run blockage, ............................................ $80,000 (1) variable speed feederhouse, powerspoked gauge wheels, 350 tow becast tailboard, manual grain tank covCALL US WITH YOUR tween mechanical drive cart, 10” auger. ers, 28.5-ft. unload auger, interactive Stock #70704.................... $119,000 (3) combine adjust, complete GPS. Stock EQUIPMENT NEEDS TODAY!! #64854............................ $337,500 (14) 2012 John Deere S670, 1634 engine/1158 separator hours, 900/60R32 drive tires, powercast tailboard, power Several used efficient John Deere sprayers in stock! fold grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload Variety of boom makes and widths available. auger, complete GPS system. Stock Several units are ready to roll with turnkey GPS! #70015............................ $165,000 (12)
2018 John Deere S790, 583 engine/435 separator hours, combine advisor, active yield, LSW1100/45R46 drive tires, advanced powercast tailboard, powerfold grain tank covers, 28.5-ft. unload auger, extended warranty thru 6/2021 or 1000 hours, complete GPS system. Stock #69024.................... $415,000 (1) 2019 John Deere S780, 377 engine/257 separator hours, combine advisor, active yield, 520/85R42 duals, 750/65R26 rear tires, advanced powercast tailboard, powerfold grain tank, 28.5 unload auger, complete GPS system. Stock #69941.................... $426,000 (1) 2018 John Deere S780, 792 engine/629 separator hours, combine advisor, active yield, advanced powercast tailboard, power folding grain tank, 28.5 unload auger, IF520/85R42 duals, 750/65R26 rear tires, complete GPS system. Stock #69865.... $365,000 (13) 2018 John Deere S770, 255 engine/185 separator hours, active yield, combine advisor, manual grain tank covers, advanced powercast tailboard, 28.5-ft. unload auger, IF800/70R drive tires, full GPS system. Stock #64662................... Options available include ........................................ $385,000 (14) PTO, high flow hydraulics and 2016 John Deere S690, 997 engine/735 separator hours, interactive combine complete GPS guidance systems! adjust, power fold grain covers, 26-ft. #66379 unload auger, advanced powercast tailboard, LSW1100/45R46 drive tires, LSW710/60R30 rear tires, complete GPS system. Stock #69908.... $319,000 (14)
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2016 John Deere R4038, 100-ft. steel booms, 20” spacing, IF380/90R46 2018 John Deere R4045, 132-ft. cartires, hi-flo pump with dual flowmeter, bon fiber booms, exact apply, front fill, auto solution control, boom air purge, auto solution control, boom air purge, section control, 1458 hours. Stock VF420/95R50 tires, complete GPS sys#70557............................ $227,500 (15) tem, extended warranty 4/2023 or 2000 2011 John Deere 4830, 100-ft. booms, hours, 312 hours. Stock #69554............ 20” spacing, 1000 gallon stainless steel .......................................... $447,500 (1) tank, 5 sensor BoomTrac, eductor, IF2018 John Deere R4045, 132-ft. carbon 420/80R46 & 650/70R38 tires, comfiber booms, 20” spacing, Exact applete GPS system, 2276 hours. Stock ply, front fill, 5 sensor boom level, auto #70396.............................. $142,500 (1) solution control, 420/95R50 tires, com2007 John Deere 4930, 120-ft. booms, plete GPS system, extended warranty 20” spacing, hydraulic tread adjust, hi3/2021 or 2000 hours, 383 hours. Stock flow solution pump, BoomTrac Pro 5 #64416............................ $425,000 (12) sensors, boom section strainers, 3900 2017 John Deere R4045, 120-ft. steel hours. Stock #70851........... $99,000 (1) booms, 20” spacing, VF420/95R50, 2006 John Deere 4720, 90-ft. booms, auto solution control, section control, 20” spacing, 800 gallon stainless tank, auto boom level, 1985 hours. Stock poly booms, eductor, 380/105R50 tires, #69658.............................. $235,000 (1) complete GPS system. Stock #70224... 2019 John Deere R4044, 120-ft. steel .......................................... $78,000 (12) booms, 20” spacing, hi-flo pump with 2001 John Deere 4710, 90-ft. booms, 800 dual flowmeter, IF420/80R46 tires, auto gallon poly tank, 3 way nozzle body, boom level, extended warranty until 420/80R46 tires, hydraulic tread adjust, 3/2022 or 1500 hours, 493 hours. Stock 2600 display & ATU, 3317 hours. Stock #69472.............................. $339,000 (1) #70349.............................. $72,500 (14) www.frontlineagsolutions.com
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News Six decades after pouring water into its livestock production, the United States is investing relative drops in the Accidents cost money, change busibucket to produce its meat, milk and eggs, says a recent ness plans, disrupt lives, and could analysis from Nebraska’s Daugherty Water for Food Global cost you your business. Learn how to Institute. protect your way of life through good safety procedures and policies. 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The United States produced milk about five times TURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT more water-efficiently in 2016 than in 1960; pork nearly four Alfalfa loses 1/4 to 1/3 of its digestible times more efficiently; chicken, turkey and eggs, collectively, • APHID & WEEVIL RESISTANT protein through bloat, lack of condensed tannis about three times more efficiently; and beef about twice as montanaseeds.com • • NON NON BLOAT BLOAT • NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT montanaseeds@gmail.com efficiently. Annual water investments in that U.S. livestock • NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT •• APHID montanaseeds.com APHID & & WEEVIL WEEVIL RESISTANT RESISTANT dropped 36% from 1960 to 2016, the study reported. montanaseeds@gmail.com Nebraska’s Mesfin Mekonnen, the study’s lead author, said the projected rise in global population — from an estimated 7.7 billion to nearly 10 billion people by 2050 — will continue to demand improvements in water efficiency. • NON BLOAT “Globally, we see that the population is growing, income is • NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT • APHID & WEEVIL RESISTANT improving, and with that, the demand for livestock products is increasing,” said Mekonnen, research assistant professor with the Water for Food Institute. “When comparing a livestock product to a nutrient-equivalent crop product, livestock GoBLOAT Green And Pink • NON Livestock, wildlife, wildlife, and and even even honey honey bees bees prefer prefer Sainfoin Sainfoin over over other other forages. forages. Livestock, demands more water. So, with the increase in demand for Alfalfa dealers dealers are are despartely despartely trying trying to to get get the the condensed condensed tannins tannins in in their their Pollution Save Alfalfa Pollution Less, Less, Save Energy Energy Y GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT Alfalfa and and use use high high pressure pressure sales sales to to convince convince you you to to grow grow Alfalfa. Alfalfa. Alfalfa animal products, there will be more water demand, creating “Healthy, Wholesome “Healthy, Wholesome Fodder Fodder ” ” & WEEVIL RESISTANT Sainfoin leaves leaves naturally naturally contain contain tannins, tannins, allowing allowing the the protein protein to to be be digestdigestmore pressure on the limited available water.” Sainfoin Rocky ed instead instead of of excreted. excreted. 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Sanfoin’s bedeep grazed hayed gives producers options •• Low •• High •• Hay/graze when near full Alfalfa dealers are to getproducts the condensed Low Seed Seed Cost Cost High Seed Seed Cost Cost While thedespartely total weight oftrying U.S. livestock increased Hay/graze when nearoperation. full bloom. bloom. to best utilize it’s benefits in your (Webster’s Dictionary) Easy Stand Stand Enhancement Enhancement Expensive Stand Stand Replacement Replacement Reasons: •• Easy •• Expensive •• High Palatability •• Less Palatability 48% over the 56-year period, the weight of their feedto rose High Palatability Less Palatability Alfalfa and use high pressure sales to convince you gro SAINFOIN ALFALFA •• Good •• Less Production Growing best practices: FFor Good Pollen Pollen Production Production Less Pollen Pollen Production - $2.00/lb A Sainfoin leaves naturally contain tannins, allowi N or more more information, information, call call A • Legume • Legume Mountain Remont A T N N •• Rocky Nector Produced at 60° F • Nectar Produced at 90° F A O T by just 8%, the study found. 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By Jan Suszkiw, ARS Research News A new computer application (app) from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could speed the search for genes that underpin important crop traits, like high yield, seed quality and resistance to pests, disease or adverse environmental conditions. Known as the Pathway Association Studies Tool (PAST), the app allows users to build on the results of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of crops. GWAS takes a kind of bird’s-eye look at a crop plant’s genome for marker regions called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Finding SNP markers near the gene or genes encoding a desired trait can flag the genomic whereabouts of those genes, and also help plant breeders follow the trait’s inheritance and expression. This makes it easier to select plants that have the desired trait and develop new, elite varieties from them for producers. However, GWAS’s use of a statistical threshold means that only markers with the strongest gene associations are identified, noted Marilyn Warburton, a geneticist with ARS’s Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit (CHPRRU) in Mississippi State, Mississippi. This can blind researchers to the presence of other gene markers that fall below the threshold, but are no less meaningful to their studies, she added. PAST picks up the slack by taking an additional step known as metabolic pathway analysis. This added step doesn’t just find interesting markers that GWAS misses; it also reveals important biological information about their associated genes and how each contributes to the biochemical assembly of a plant trait, function or response—regardless of the crop species. Warburton’s team published a paper describing PAST in the January 2020 issue of the journal Plants and posted an announcement about the app to her LinkedIn account, which has received 5,500 views to date. About 900 users from around the world have downloaded the app so far, and Warburton hopes for even greater awareness of it following the March 12 release on the MaizeGDB website, a database with extensive genomics and genetics information about corn (maize). In her own research, Warburton’s use of both GWAS and PAST has already led to the identification of genes in corn plants for resistance to the corn earworm (a caterpillar pest) and Aspergillus flavus, a greenish mold that produces a carcinogen called aflatoxin. Unchecked, corn earworms feed on the corn plant’s silks and kernels, causing damage that fosters Aspergillus growth and aflatoxin contamination. By federal law, corn or other grains with aflatoxin levels exceeding 20 parts per billion cannot be sold for human consumption, and the grains’ use for animal feed is restricted. In the United States, outbreaks of Aspergillus molds that produce the carcinogen inflict more than $200 million annually in economic losses for corn and $300 million for peanuts and other crops combined. Warburton’s research is part of a broader effort at CHPRRU together with Mississippi State University (MSU) collaborators to pre-empt aflatoxin on multiple fronts—with plantings of resistant corn varieties being a keystone defense. She credited Adam Thrash (MSU graduate student), Daniel Peterson (MSU faculty), Mason Deornellis (MSU undergraduate) and Juliet Tang (an ARS postdoc, now a scientist with the Forest Service) with assisting in the development, testing and release of PAST. Warburton expects the app’s ease of use and versatility could also buttress GWAS studies of animals and even humans, in which the identification of genes linked to inherited diseases can lead to personalized medicines to treat these diseases.
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Summer Strawberry Soup
2 cups vanilla yogurt 1/2 cup orange juice 2 pounds fresh strawberries, halved (8 cups) 1/2 cup sugar Additional vanilla yogurt and fresh mint leaves, optional In a blender, combine the yogurt, orange juice, strawberries and sugar in batches; cover and process until blended. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Garnish with additional yogurt and mint leaves if desired.
Grilled Honey-Mustard Brats
1 cup honey mustard 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon celery seed 8 uncooked bratwurst links 8 brat buns In a small bowl, combine the mustard, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and celery seed. Pour 3/4 cup into a large resealable plastic bag; add bratwurst. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes. Transfer 1/4 cup of the sauce to another bowl; cover and refrigerate until serving. Set aside remaining sauce for basting. Drain and discard marinade. Using long-handled tongs, dip a paper towel in cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Grill brats, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 10 minutes, turning frequently. Baste with 2 tablespoons of reserved sauce; grill 3 minutes longer. Turn and baste with remaining sauce; grill or broil 3-5 minutes longer or until no longer pink. Serve brats on buns; top each with 1-1/2 teaspoons sauce.
Buttery Grilled Onions
6 medium onions, peeled 6 tablespoons butter, softened 6 teaspoons beef bouillon granules 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper 6 teaspoons sherry, optional Shredded Parmesan cheese Carefully remove a 1-in. x 1-in. core from the center of each onion (save removed onion for another use). Slice into 6 to 8 wedges, leaving the base of the onion intact. Place each onion on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 12 in. square). Combine the butter, bouillon, garlic powder and pepper; spoon into onions. Sprinkle with sherry if desired. Fold foil around onions and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 30-40 minutes or until tender. Carefully unwrap foil to allow steam to escape. Sprinkle onions with Parmesan cheese.
Grilled Chiles Rellenos
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 2 tablespoons lime juice 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro, divided 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 tablespoon butter 1 garlic clove, minced 1 small yellow summer squash, finely chopped 1 small zucchini, finely chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped 1 large portobello mushroom cap, finely chopped 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend, divided 1 cup frozen corn, thawed 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 4 large poblano peppers, halved and seeded In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, lime juice and 1/4 cup cilantro. Cover and refrigerate until serving. In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the yellow squash, zucchini and jalapeno; cook and stir over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add mushroom; cook and stir for 2 minutes until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the beans, 1-1/2 cups cheese, corn, cumin, salt, pepper and remaining cilantro. Remove from the heat. Spoon into pepper halves; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Prepare grill for indirect heat, using a drip pan. Place peppers over pan. Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 10-14 minutes or until tender. Serve with sour cream sauce.
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By NDSU Extension Service Gary McCullough used to think he had a good plan for shedding some unwanted pounds. “I thought to lose weight, I could just eat less of the same kinds of foods,” he says. Then the Valley City man attended a diabetes prevention program that North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension hosted. He found out that wasn’t the case. He lost 20 pounds as a result of the program. He learned to make better food choices and took over meal preparation at home. He also began exercising 150 minutes weekly. “Our program is called the National Diabetes Prevention Program,” says Nikki Johnson, NDSU Extension community health and nutrition specialist. “The program is all about how to create healthier behaviors and improve your lifestyle.” The one-year community-based program includes educational sessions and support for people with prediabetes and those at a high risk for prediabetes. It is designed to help people take control of their health by making healthful food choices, losing weight, being more active and learning stress management techniques. Specifically, the program promotes weight loss of 5% to 7% through long-term healthful eating and 150 minutes of physical activity per week. Participants meet weekly for 16 weeks, then monthly for eight months. Extension offers the class at no charge or for a nominal fee. Diabetes is a major concern in North Dakota. Approximately 200,000 North Dakotans have prediabetes. That means they have sugar levels that are above normal but not high enough to be diabetes. Having prediabetes puts an individual at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease or having a stroke. “With no intervention, 15% to 30% with prediabetes will develop diabetes in the next five years,” says Molly Soeby, NDSU Extension’s family and community wellness agent in Grand Forks County. “On average, medical expenses are 2.3 times higher for those with diabetes than for those without diabetes.”
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winged blackbirds and Western meadowlarks are staking out their breeding and nesting areas. Sandhill cranes stand silhouetted on prairie hilltops like a weathervane on a barn. Mature bull elk have started to regrow their massive headgear, and by early May, female pronghorn will start to calve their young. Montana’s members of the deer CONTINUED ON PAGE A45
Diabetes prevention program making a difference CONTINUED FROM PAGE A43
In North Dakota, more than $900 million is spent annually on diagnosed diabetes costs. More than $190 million of that is indirect costs from loss of people’s productivity. Delaying or preventing one person from developing diabetes will save about $8,000 per year in medical costs, according to Soeby. “The good news is that if you have prediabetes, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-led Diabetes Prevention Program can help you make lifestyle changes to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems,” says Rita Ussatis, NDSU Extension’s family and community wellness agent in Cass County. NDSU Extension has teamed up with public health staff and local health-care providers throughout the state to offer the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Extension also is involved in other partnerships, such as running classes for Sanford Health Plan members. Extension agents such as Soeby also have become master trainers for the program. “This has allowed Extension to train other agents and partners to be lifestyle coaches delivering the National Diabetes Prevention Program,” she says. “This allows for greater sustainability in our communities, especially critical in our rural areas, by having the ability to train local lifestyle coaches.” Surveys show the program is working: • One hundred percent of participants have reported adopting two or more improved nutrition habits after completing the program. • Ninety percent of participants showed an increased level of physical activity since starting the program. • Participants reported improved blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure levels. “The program is successful because the participants are supported in their journey,” says Susan Milender, the NDSU Extension family and community wellness agent in Barnes County. She led the class McCullough completed. “The support is felt by having accountability partners who care, encourage and cheer for others,” she adds. “In essence, our group becomes a family. “The program is not rocket science,” she notes. “However, the tools that are passed along in the classes, the meticulous attention to details, and the support given throughout the program are what makes this program effective. The program is all about creating and sustaining healthy habits for a lifetime.” McCullough encourages others to take advantage of the program that NDSU Extension is offering. “It’s a matter of if we want the help, it’s there,” he says. ##### Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota produce more than half of the United State’s corn crop.
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Spring will soon arrive CONTINUED FROM PAGE A44
family – elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer – generally don’t have their young until early June. Bears, both black and grizzly, have started to venture from their winter dens while ground squirrels, also known as gophers, have been running around above ground for a couple of months or more. Already a snake or two has emerged from its hibernaculum, soaking up solar heat on a rock ledge. And warmer, wetter nights will soon bring out a chorus of boreal frogs. Boreal frogs are heard everywhere in the spring and early summer. During their April-June breeding season their loud, short chirp that resembles the slow running of a thumb over the teeth of a comb, seems to come from every prairie pond and waterfilled roadside ditch. By midsummer, the inch-long boreal frogs disappear underground, beneath vegetation, into water tanks, or even on building foundations, anywhere they can keep their skin moist. In rivers and streams, wild rainbow trout are spawning. The peak often occurs from mid-April to late April, in rivers and streams with gravel bottoms. Those requirements are important for a couple of reasons. First, flowing water provides oxygen, which keeps the eggs alive. Second, gravel helps protect eggs from predators and keeps them alive – a silt bottom could smother and kill the eggs. As daylight lengthens and water temperature warms, at least into the mid-40’s, a female rainbow will clear a slight depression, called a redd, in gravel. She does that by turning on her side and beating her tail up and down. Then she deposits 2,000 to 3,000 eggs in the redd. When she’s done, she
Watch for fallen rocks
The vacationers were hiking up a mountain trail where “Watch for Fallen Rocks” signs were posted at intervals at the base of each sign, one of the hikers stopped, picked up a few rocks, and put them in his backpack. At the end of the day when they returned to camp, the rock-collecting hiker went to the ranger and emptied his backpack. “Here are the fallen rocks,” he said. “Now were’s my watch?” ###### If you’ve ever had to pull off the highway because stuff started flying off your dusty, cluttered dashboard because the windows were still rolled down...You Might be a Farmer.
will dig 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 and reservoirs are also looking for a suitable tributary with flowing water and a gravel bottom. That’s why right now they are slowly swimming along the shorelines, searching. However, most reservoirs in north central Montana lack suitable spawning tributaries for a self-sustaining rainbow population. As a result, they are stocked from the state’s hatcheries. That’s not a secret to the men and women who know where and when to go fishing for them. If being stuck in the house, isolated, is gnawing, then perhaps a day spent bird watching, or fishing will lift the spirits. Nature and wild things may not need us, but right now we sure need them.
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IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR... GET YOUR RENTAL EQUIPMENT HERE!
Case IH ADX3430 430 bushel tow between with 70-ft., 12” spacing, Case 700 single shoot drill $6.50 per acre plus delivery and pickup
Flexi-Coil 2320 Tow between with 39-ft., 12” spacing 5000 air drill $6.50 per acre plus delivery and pickup
John Deere 1830 Air Drill 60-ft., 12” spacing with 430 bushel tow behind 1910 air cart, single air $6.50 per acre plus delivery and pickup
Great Plains 3S4000 Disc Drill 40-ft., 7.5” spacing $7.50 per acre plus delivery and pickup
Cat Challenger MT765C 300 hp PTO, Powershift, 3 point $80 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Versatile 535 12 speed, manual duals $140 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Versatile 895 Manual, 310 hp, duals $80 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Big Bud 400/30 400 hp, Powershift, duals $120 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Case 9170 375 hp, duals, Powershift $90 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Cat Challenger MT965C 525 hp, duals, Powershift, PTO $150 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Case 7120 MFWD with loader, 150 hp, Powershift, PTO $75 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Friggestad 53 56-ft. chisel plow $5 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate
Versatile Viking Vertical Tillage 38-ft. , rolling baskets $7.50 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup.
Farm King 6650 Disc 32-ft., 24” blades, heavy duty disc $7.00 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup.
Summers Super Coulter 30-ft., tine harrow and rolling baskets $7.00 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup.
Versatile SX275 Self-Propelled Sprayer 1200 gallon, 100-ft., Auto Steer, Raven rate control $1200 per day plus delivery and pickup. Ask about monthly rates.
Spra-Coupe 7650 Sprayer 660 gallon, 90-ft., Auto Steer, Raven rate controller $900 per day plus delivery and pickup. Ask about monthly rates.
Accessories Unlimited Land Roller 50-ft., 3 section $3.00 per acre, plus delivery and pickup. 140 acre minimum. Case 1150G Bulldozer 118 hp, 6-way hydraulic bulldozer, ripper $900 per day plus delivery and pickup.
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2015 Versatile SX280
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2012 VERSATILE SX275 Trimble Control, Auto steer, 100-ft. booms. $169,000 w/no auto boom ht, $179,500 w/auto boom ht
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2019 Versatile 345 Soil razor blades, 9” spacing, heavy duty scrapers, bearing wear plates,rolling basket $98,000
1982 Versatile 1150 Just in good tractor, have the triples just not on in the pictures, runs great! $75,000
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1979 Big Bud 525/50 4290 hours, 900 Trellaborg tires, very clean tractor $180,000
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Big Bud 525/50 $125,000
2008 John Deere 1830 60-ft., 12’ spacing, with 1910 430 bushel tow behind air cart $82,500
2012 Challenger MT965C 5 remotes, Trimble auto steer PTO, Full weight package front and rear $220,000
2 to choose from! 2 Case IH ATX700’s with ADX3430 carts to choose from!!! $98,000
Great Plains 40-ft., 7.5” spacing, double disc drill, liquid fertilizer, 4500 acres $75,000
3 Big Bud 400/30’s to choose from!!
1979 Friggstad 53-ft., super clean and straight for its age, tires are good. Ready to go to work $20,000
2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650 Raven rate controller, Raven autosteer, 660 gallon plastic tank, chemical inductor, triple nozzle bodies, Perkins engine $60,000
John Deere 6150 with loader, 2780 hours, very nice clean tractor $120,000
2019 Wil-Rich 2550 CPW55-59 Heavy duty harrows, 12R225 tires
2015 Seedmaster 6012 Nice, clean 60-ft. double shoot air drill with Onboard $230,000
2005 CASE IH SPX3310 New reman engine, 90-ft boom with 1000 gallon tank, 20” spacing $82,000
Case 1150 8990 hours, 118 horse power, ripper $49,000
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BUCKLEY AUCTIONS
This Day in History
• The last episode of Seinfeld is aired. It’s a sad day in May for millions of Seinfeld followAND APPRAISERS ers. (1998) We have auctions booked for spring 2020 May 15 President Abraham Lincoln established but not yet dated. If you are the Department of Agriculture (USDA) planning an auction or appraisal give us a call. (1862) • Regular airmail service inaugurated (between We specialize in farm, ranch, industrial and New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) business type auctions. . (1918) We do it ALL from start to finish. Including • Nylon stockings hit the market for first time advertising, setup and display work, (1940) auctioneering and clerking. We also do all types • “If I had a Hammer” by Peter, Paul, and Mary of appraisals in farm and ranch equipment and wins a Grammy (1963) inventory, business properties, collectibles, etc. May 16 Charles Hires invents Root Beer. (1866) Remember - auctioneers make excellent May 17 “And They’re Off!” as the first Kenappraisers as we see everything saleable tucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs. being sold at our auctions. (1875) 58 years in the business. May 18 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes EmPhone (406) 450-2244, leave a message peror of France (1804) or call 278-5880. May 19 Ringling Brothers circus premieres. (1884) May 20 Hubble Space Telescope transmits photograph’s from space (1990) May 21 The American Red Cross was formed. (1881) May 22 Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried and acquitted for treason. (1807) • The Great Train Robbery. (1868) • First reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. (1933) Per n i • The debut of “Mister Rogers’ a f G N) o . s Neighborhood”. (1967) b 3.5 l (69% TD e* May 23 Legendary bank robDay t. Cattl bers Bonnie and Clyde Bar5-7 w row are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana. (1934) May 24 Nursery Rhyme * Jesse Norcutt, Currant, NV “Mary Had a Little Lamb” was written by Mary Hale Greenway SeedsGGrazing Corn (GX80) is the No. 1 grazing corn in the nation because it of Boston. (1830) raze 1 r e P May 25 Ford ceases proin 500 Yearthan is 5-6 days earlier the competition. of Ga DN) . l s i n b duction of the Model “T”. l g T 5 so a 130 A 3. 69% tcontent * ( e l y This allows the rancher 5-6 days later and still reach peak sugar cre Ptonplant t a (1927) D ivot t. Ca for 30 w 7 • The movie blockbuster “Star 5 ays shuts you down! (pre tassel) before theDfrost Wars” is released. (1978) May 26 Michael Jackson mar* Jesse Norcutt, Currant, NV ries Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley. (1994) Greenway Seeds Grazing Corn (GX80) is the No. 1 grazing corn in the nation because it May 27 Achsah Young is the is 5-6 days earlier than the competition. first woman to be executed This allows the rancher to plant 5-6 days later and still reach peak sugar content as a witch in Massachusetts. Planttassel) with a grainbefore drill following cutting on anyou older down! field of alfalfa. Ready to graze in early September. (pre thesecond frost shuts (1647) • The pop-up toaster is pat“We planted GX80 following second cut alfalfa. If we had to do that over we would follow third cut. We grazed 400 head for two ented. (1919) weeks on 20 acres” Cory Veterre - Greenriver, Utah • German battleship Bismarck with Grazing Corn sunk by British navy. (1941) May 28 President Franklin D. Plant with a grain drill following second cutting on an older field of alfalfa. Ready to graze in early September. Roosevelt pushes a button “We planted GX80 following alfalfa. If we hadND to do that over we would follow third cut. We grazed 400 head for two Coffin Butte Farm and second Ranchcut - New Leitzigg, that opens San Fransisco’s weeks on 20 acres” Cory Veterre - Greenriver, Utah We planted 400 acres on dryland and turned out 800 pair. We grazed it from Oct. 20 to Nov. 24. The cows ate the corn almost to the ground. The corn was Golden Gate Bridge. (1937) 7-1/2 ft. tall. The program was a success! May 29 Famous Abraham HERE’S WHAT RANCHERS ARE SAYING Lincoln quote: “You can Coffin Butte Farm and Ranch New Leitzigg, ND Garry Hess - McBride Cattle Co. - Alderville, WA We planted 400 acres on dryland and turned out 800 pair. We grazed it from Oct. 20 to Nov. 24. The cows ate the corn almost to the ground. The corn was fool some of the people all We planted andwas grazed mother cows. Their body index rose from 5 to 6. It was incredible feed! My recommendation is to graze calves on this 7-1/2 ft. tall.two Thepivots program a success! of the time, & all of people product. The weight gain wouldCattle be tremendous! Garry Hess - McBride Co. - Alderville, WA some of time, but you can’t We planted two pivots and grazed mother cows. Their body index rose from 5 to 6. It was incredible feed! My recommendation is to graze calves on this fool all of the people all of Bob Strahley McCook, NE product. The weight gain would be tremendous! time”. (1849) We planted 105 acres on dryland and divided it into three 35 acre parcels. Two hundred head of bred cows were grazed on each parcel for about two weeks Bob Strahley - McCook, NE • Sir Edmund Hillary is on top each.planted The corn about 5 ft tall on dryland acreage. We 105was acres on dryland andthe divided it into three 35 acre parcels. Two hundred head of bred cows were grazed on each parcel for about two weeks of the world. He is the first each. The corn was about 5 ft tall on the dryland acreage. Winecup-Gamble Ranch - Montello, NV person to reach the summit Winecup-Gamble Ranch - Montello, NV We planted GX80 on July 4 at 4900 ft. elevation. Corn made it by the second week of September. Very successful. of Mt. Everest. (1953) We planted GX80 on July 4 at 4900 ft. elevation. Corn made it by the second week of September. Very successful. • Bing Crosby sings “White We’re We’re planting planting more. more. Christmas” into the record Alan Greenway books as the biggest selling Alan Greenway Seedsman record. (1942) Caldwell, Idaho May 30 The brassiere is inSeedsman www.greenwayseed.com vented. As we understand, Alan cell: 208-250-0159 Over 40 years it received a lot of support. www.greenwayseed.com Experience (1889) Message: 208-454-8342 May 31 The trans-Alaska pipeOver 40 years $58 per Bag - Free Shipping on 2000 lbs. or more! line is completed. (1977) Experience May 11 Einstein’s presents his Theory of General Relativity. (1916) • BF Goodrich manufactures the first tubeless tire. (1947) • Jay Forrester patents computer core memory. (1951) May 12 The flush toilet is patented. (1792) May 13 The Rolling Stones record the now infamous song “Satisfaction”. (1965) • The Beatles movie “Let it Be” premieres. (1970) • “Mr. October”, Reggie Jackson becomes the first major league ballplayer to strike out 2,000 times. (1983) May 14 A party of settlers led by John Smith establish the first permanent English settlement in New World at Jamestown Va. (1607) • Vaseline petroleum jelly slides onto store shelves for the first time. (1878) • The first U.S. space station, “Skylab” is launched. (1973)
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3V Distributing, Conrad MT ................................A27 A-Plus Auto, Great Falls MT ...............................C36 Action Toys, Billings MT ......................................A24 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman MT ...........................................................A11 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls MT .............C37 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls MT ...........C43 Ag Wise, Kremlin MT ..........................................C31 AgraSyst Dealers................................................B19 American Manufacturing, Hogeland MT .............B10 Amsoil, Big Sky Synthetics, Deer Lodge MT ......C42 Basin Seed, LLC, Stanford MT .............................A6 Bass Auction Co. Inc., Lewistown MT .................C10 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby MT ...........................C19 Big Equipment Co., Havre MT ................... A46, A47 Big Iron Auctions ................................................C44 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad MT .........................C27 Big Sky Harley-Davidson, Great Falls MT ..........B11 Big Sky Pipe, Great Falls ....................................A42 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn MT....C10 Big Sky Synthetics, Amsoil, Deer Lodge MT ......C42 Billings Farm & Ranch Supply, Billings MT .........C21 Bootlegger Realty, Chester .................................B23 Border Plains Equipment, Plains Ag, MT, ND, KS, CO .....................................................................B1 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls MT .......... .................................................................. INSERT Brock Bins, Rydelle Ent., Drummond MT .............A2 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank MT ....................................C19 Buckley Auction MT ............................................A48 Bull Mountain Fencing, Yoder, Dan, Roundup MT .... .........................................................................C34 Cahill Seeds, Scobey MT ...................................A24 Carlson Law, PLLC, Great Falls MT .....................C9 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls MT ........A3 CbarR Cleaning & Spreading, Cody Rohlf, Shelby MT ...................................................................A22 Central Steel Building & Construction, GSI Bins, MT & ND ................................................................C25 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ..........................B12 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks MT.....A20 Clearview Seed, Denton MT...............................A44 Clearwater Properties, Pete Schultz, Great Falls MT ...........................................................................B7 Cobett, Josh Wenger, Loma MT ...........................A4 Corder & Associates, Fort Benton MT ................C26 Courtesy Ford, Conrad MT .................................C11 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber MT .....................................................................B3 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank MT ...............................C39 Darling Ingredients, Inc.............................. A32, C38 David J Heine & Associates, Kalispell MT ..........A44 DBL Sales & Service, Dave & Brock Linker, Coffee Creek MT .................................................. A8, C24 DD Enterprises, Livingston MT...........................C11 Diamond Seed, Garrett Herden, Vida MT...........A23 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman MT ........B19 Double Diamond Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula MT ...................................................................C21
Index
Dust Master, Gruber Excavating, Inc, Clancy MT ..... .........................................................................C29 Ear Mountain Machine, Choteau MT ..................A16 Eastern Montana Ag, Miles City MT ...................B10 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls MT ..C4, C5 EV Insulation, Evan VanDyke, Conrad MT .........C12 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish MT .................B2 Faber Productions, Rozel WY .............................C21 First State Bank, Shelby MT ...............................A42 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power MT ............C35, C42 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness MT .............................C8 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls MT ..... .................................. A17, A41, B9, C9, C35, C45 Frontline Ag Solutions Dillon, Dillon MT .............A33 Frontline Ag Solutions, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon, Lewistown, Havre, Chester, Great Falls, Belgrade, Livingston MT ......................... A36, A37 Gateway Arch & Fence, Wayne Thiem, Bozeman MT ...................................................................C28 Glass Trucking, Denton MT...................................B2 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy MT ...............A34 Golden Triangle Seeds, Rudyard MT ..................B17 Gordon Repair, LLC, Miles City MT ......................B6 Great Falls Fence, Great Falls MT ........................C6 Greenway Seeds, Caldwell ID ............................A48 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier MT ......C33 Grossenburg Equipment, Winner, Pierre, Philip, Belle Fourche SD, Wayne, Bloomfield, Harrington NE, Sundance WY ....................................................A5 Grove Construction, GSI Bins, Moccasin MT .....A18 Gruber Excavating, Inc, Dust Master, Clancy MT ..... .........................................................................C29 GSI Bins, Central Steel, MT & ND ......................C25 GSI Bins, Grove Construction, Moccasin MT .....A18 GSI Bins, Severinsen Irrigation, Fairfield MT ......B24 H & H Spreading, Conrad MT.............................C44 Hampton Truck Sales, Idaho Falls ID ..................A21 Hedman, Inc, Grass Range MT ............................A9 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East Helena MT........ .........................................................................C30 Henke Enterprises, SprayFlex & Big Dog Mowers, Chester MT .....................................................B27 Highline Communications, Cut Bank MT ............C12 Hodgskiss Seed, Choteau MT ............................A40 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls MT ...... B14, B15 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank MT ...........B5 Hwy 12 Equipment & Repair, Baker MT ...............B6 Iron Horse Express, Coffee Creek MT................B18 J & T Equipment Sales, John Jones, Stevensville MT ...................................................................B16 J Bar T Bins & Steel Buildings, Jeremiah Johnson & Thad, Chester MT..............................................B4 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook MT ............ B7, C42 Jason’s Agri-Motive, Lefleche, SK Canada .........A25 JCT Building Services, Shelby MT .....................A30 JGL Grain, Blue Springs, MO .............................C14 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte MT.................B20
Plains Ag
Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula MT ......C7 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser MT ..............B6 Johnsen Trailer Sales, Inc., Bismarck & Fargo ND ... Red House Ag Custom Fertilizer Spreading, Matt Meyers, Chester MT ........................................B24 .........................................................................C20 JW Feeds, John Wolery, Chester MT .................A20 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell MT..........C18 KayDee Feeds, Mountain View Livestock, Choteau Rehbein Ford, Inc., Plains MT ............................A19 MT .....................................................................B9 Reinke, RPH Irrigation Services, Choteau MT ...A43 Krogmann Mfg. ...................................................B22 Rock Creek Custom Sawmill, Moore MT ............B19 Lange Bin Erection & Repair, LLC, Wentworth SD ... Rockwell Scales, Simms MT ..............................B12 .........................................................................C39 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River MT.........................C46 Lee’s Trapworks, LTD, Swift Currant Canada ......C10 RPH Irrigation Services, Reinke, Choteau MT ...A43 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown MT ............. A26, C44 Rydelle Enterprises, Drummond MT ....................A2 M & M Auto, Trailers, & Welding, Stevensville MT ..... Salois Construction, Conrad MT.........................C24 .........................................................................B21 Severinsen Irrigation, Zimmatic & GSI, Fairfield MT . ................................................................ B24, C20 M & W Machine, Three Forks MT .......................B12 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls MT ...........B8 Shop Specialties, Valier MT ................................B21 Milk River Ag, Chinook, MT ................................C22 Shortline Ag, Scobey MT...........................C28, C46 Mineral Tub Lifter, Malta MT................................C14 Skookumchuck Ag, Sunburst MT .......................B25 Missouri River Realty, Glasgow, Malta, Sidney MT .. Sod Buster Sales, Polson MT .................... A26, C32 .........................................................................C47 Sonny Todd Real Estate, Big Timber MT ..............A3 Montana Ag Safety Program ..............................A38 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ..............B21 Montana Farrier Supply, Livingston MT ..............C34 SprayFlex, Doug Henke Chester, MT .................B27 Montana Fiberglass Inc, Lewistown MT .............C24 Steel Etc, Great Falls MT...................................C48 Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig, Norm Schertenlieb Stokes Fencing, Conrad MT ...............................C16 Great Falls, MT ................................................B22 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad MT .......C38 Montana Livestock Ag Credit, Helena MT ..........B22 Super SmartRooms/Superform ICF, Jerry Gangstad, Avon MT.................................................... A8, A36 Montana Metal Fabrications, Great Falls MT ......A29 Montana Seeds, Conrad MT ..............................A38 Swallows Irrigation, Kalispell ................................A6 Montana Valley Irrigation, Great Falls MT ...........C16 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester MT .................C47 Morris Land Surveys, Choteau MT .....................A12 Tate Miller Welding, Golva ND ............................C47 Mountain Equipment, Cody WY..........................B13 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby MT ............................C19 Mountain View Livestock, Choteau MT.................B9 TCB Transport LLC, Todd Bedosky, Geyser MT..B16 Mountain View Metal Works, Wilsall MT .............C17 That Guys Fab Shop, Havre MT .........................B27 Mountain West Ag Services, Garneill MT ...........C16 The Fagenstrom Co. Great Falls MT...................C12 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville MT ..B17 The Gear House, Helena MT .............................A34 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup MT............ Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks MT .........................................................................C17 ................................................. B2, B20, C22, C23 Nature Safe, Darling Ingredients Inc.......... A32, C28 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester MT.............................C25 New Homes of the Future, Billings MT ...............B18 Tilleman Equipment Company, Havre MT ..........C13 NorMont Equipment Co., Black Eagle MT ..........B17 Tom’s Shop, Grass Range MT ............................A14 North Star Equipment, John Myers, Simms MT ....... Treasure State Seed, Fairfield MT ............... 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Montana Department of Agriculture announces grants awards From Montana Department of Agriculture
Director Ben Thomas and the Agriculture Development Council announced the recipients of $859,832 in grants and loans to Montana agricultural businesses and organizations. From Westby to Alberton, a total of 24 projects across the state were awarded funds through the Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) program. “Agriculture drives Montana’s economy and the Growth Through Agriculture program plays a vital role in providing opportunities to strengthen and diversify the industry,” said Director Ben Thomas. “Investing in value-added agriculture helps producers and businesses across the state expand, access new markets, and promote Montana’s high-quality ag products.” This year, the Council funded several projects aimed at bolstering and expanding local meat processing capabilities. Hamilton Pack of Hamilton was awarded a $46,000 grant to purchase equipment to expand processing capabilities and product offerings, while Hi Country Snack Foods of Lincoln was awarded a $25,000 grant and $50,000 loan to purchase and install new packaging equipment, giving them the ability to co-package for other Montana companies. Montana Branded of Westby was awarded a $27,000 grant to purchase a walk-in freezer to expand retail beef sales, and Project Meats of Billings was awarded a $50,000 grant and $100,000 loan to purchase packaging and processing equipment, train new hires and purchase a new delivery vehicle. A full list of funded projects is included with this release. The GTA program was established by the legislature to strengthen and diversify Montana’s agriculture industry by developing new agricultural products and processes. The GTA program is administered by the Montana Department of Agriculture with counsel from the Agriculture Development Council, a seven-member committee appointed by the Governor. GTA funding requires the investment of at least $1 in matching funds for every $1 in grant or loan assistance received. 2020 Growth Through Agriculture Program Awards Big Sandy Organics – Big Sandy Grant for $40,000 to increase storage space, grow production capabilities with the purchase of a second jacketed steam kettle, and advance its national online marketing. Big Sky Orchards – Big Fork Grant for $40,000 to expand the processing and packaging of family-grown Montana hops and enable year-round hops availability. Caroline Point Farm - Missoula Grant and Loan for $30,000 to help expand ecommerce and wholesale markets for Mountain Meadow Bone Broth. Cowboy Cricket Farms – Bozeman Grant for $15,000 to assist with the purchase of automation and sensor equipment to increase cricket farm production and materials for packaging finished products. Crawford Distillery – Havre Grant for $5,362 to assist with the purchase of distilling equipment that will increase production capability from 50 gallons to 300 gallons. Crescent Ridge Farm – Alberton Grant for $25,250 to assist with a processing and cold storage facility and expansion of the produce and flower farm. Crooked Yard Hops – Bozeman Loan for $13,500 to help with the expansion of hops harvesting and packaging line to meet the Montana market demand for
hops and hops processing. Dry Hills Distillery – Bozeman Loan for $49,000 to assist with the purchase of an electric hammer-mill and an automated bottle labeling system to increase the production of Montana grains and expand co-packaging potential. Farmented Foods – Kalispell Grant for $14,052 to assist with business expansion and larger-scale processing and fermentation equipment purchases, consultant services, advertising and promotion. Flathead Lake Cherry Growers – Polson Grant for $50,000 to replace its cold-storage cooling system with a non-hazardous, Freon-based system. Go Roam Free – Hot Springs Grant for $5,000 to help expand the production of grass-fed bison products through improvements to infrastructure and marketing. Green Ridge Biosolutions – Ronan Grant for $45,000 to purchase a 50kg per hour extraction unit and expand Green Ridge’s capacity to extract Montana-grown hemp ten-fold. Hamilton Pack – Hamilton Grant for $46,000 to assist with the purchase of a vacuum tumbler and new hamburger grinder and mixer to expand product offerings and sell an additional 700 lbs of meat per week. Hi-Country Snack Foods – Lincoln Grant and Loan for $75,000 to assist with the purchase and installation of packaging equipment for the local jerky operation so it can co-package for other Montana companies. Kalispell Kreamery – Kalispell Loan for $28,000 to assist with the establishment of a glass bottle recycling program through purchase of a multi-function bottle washer and a rotary cap feeder and cap chute. Lifeline Produce – Victor Grant for $16,990 to build and equip a commissary kitchen for prepping and washing ready-to-eat vegetables. Milk River Joint Board of Control – Havre Grant for $50,000 for supplies and materials to replace Drop 2 of the St. Mary Project, helping to provide a continued water supply to the Milk River Basin while preserving the Basin’s natural resources. Montana Branded – Westby Grant for $27,000 to assist with the purchase of a walk-in freezer to expand retail beef sales. Montana Gluten Free Prairie – Manhattan Grant for $5,000 to upgrade packaging and baking equipment to increase production efficiencies and double production capacity in two years. Montana Premier Protein – Billings Grant for $50,000 to help fund an engineering study, site evaluation consultation, and market analysis for its pulse protein processing facility. Project Meats – Billings Grant and Loan for $150,000 to assist with the purchase of packaging and processing equipment to accommodate growth at a new facility, provide new hire training and acquire a delivery vehicle. SporeAttic – Bozeman Grant for $11,290 to assist with infrastructure development, startup costs and mushroom cultivation equipment purchases for the commercial mushroom farm. CONTINUED ON PAGE B4
Water a Flower Day
Date When Celebrated: Always on May 30 Water a Flower Day is a reminder to water your flowers... all of them. Sure, we know that this day reads Water “a” Flower (singular) Day. It clearly indicates that a flower should be watered. But, in today’s world of equal rights and non-discrimination regulations, how can you single out one particular flower to water? Even if you can decide upon a certain flower, wouldn’t the rest of your flowers get upset and file a class action lawsuit? So please, for your own sake, water all of your flowers today. As a gardener, this author suggest you make your flowers very happy with you, by adding a liquid fertilizer to the water. They will reward you with faster growth, and bigger blooms! Have a Happy Water a Flower Day!
Bucking broncos
Not all horses become bucking broncos when getting broke to ride. Much depends on the history of the particular horse, the trainer’s skills, and the training methods. Classic dressage principles can be used to avoid making young horses frightened, tense, or rebellious. This usually involves first teaching the horse to long line or ground drive (properly carry a bit in the mouth and steer from the ground). Some primitive breaking methods relay on the rider’s brute strength or ability to stay on whereas most trainers rely on reasoning and the earning of trust. Horses are flight or fight animals. If they cannot get away and are cornered and pressured, they may fight (kick, strike, bite) during the breaking process. Trainers have been known to break horses in the deep snow or a body of water, such as a lake or ocean, where the horse has trouble bucking and rearing. A wide-held belief is that the regular handling of foals and yearlings makes them more trusting, experienced, and submissive; therefore, easier to break.
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Proper spring grain drying and storage critical By NDSU Extension Service
As outdoor temperatures increase, stored grain requires attention to prevent losses, says Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension agricultural engineer and grain drying expert. The stored grain temperature increases in the spring not only due to an increase in outdoor temperatures but also due to solar heat gain on the bin. Solar energy produces more than twice as much heat gain on the south wall of a bin in spring as it does during the summer. Hellevang recommends periodically running aeration fans to keep the grain temperature near or below 30 degrees until the grain is dried if it exceeds recommended storage moisture contents, and below 40 degrees as long as possible during spring and early summer if the grain is dry. Night air temperatures are near or below 30 degrees in April and 40 degrees in May. Soybean oil quality may be affected in less than four months if even 12% moisture soybeans are stored at 70 degrees. Cover the fan when it is not operating to prevent warm air from blowing into the bin and heating the stored grain. Hellevang also recommends ventilating the top of the bin to remove the solar heat gain that warms the grain. Provide air inlets near the eaves and exhausts near the peak or use a roof exhaust fan. Bin vents can become blocked with frost and ice when the fan is operated at temperatures near or below freezing, which may lead to damage to the roof. Leave the fill and access door open as a pressure relief valve when operating the fan at temperatures near or below freezing. Monitor Grain Moisture, Temperature Stored grain should be monitored closely to detect any storage problems early, Hellevang advises. Grain temperature should be checked every two weeks during the spring and summer. Grain also should be examined for insect infestations. Check the moisture content of stored grain to determine if it needs to be dried. Remember to verify that the moisture content measured by the meter has been adjusted for grain temperature. In addition, remember that moisture measurements of grain at temperatures below about 40 degrees may not be accurate. Verify the accuracy of the measurement by warming the grain sample to room temperature in a sealed plastic bag before measuring the moisture content. Corn needs to be dried to 13% to 14% moisture for summer storage to prevent spoilage. Soybeans should be dried to 11% to 12%, wheat to 13%, barley to 12% and oil sunflowers to 8%. The allowable storage time for 13% moisture soybeans is less than 100 days at 70 degrees. Corn at moisture contents exceeding 21% and soybeans exceeding 15% should be dried in a high-temperature dryer because deterioration is rapid at warmer temperatures. For example, the allowable storage time of 22% moisture corn is about 190 days at 30 degrees but only 30 days at 50 degrees. Recommended Airflow Rates and Maximum Air Drying Moisture Contents Here are some drying recommendations: • Corn - For natural air-drying, assure that the fan’s airflow rate is at least 1 cubic foot per minute per bushel (cfm/bu) and the initial corn moisture does not exceed 21%. Start the fan when the outdoor temperature averages about 40 degrees. • Soybeans - Use an airflow rate of at least 1 cfm/bu to natural air-dry up to 15% to 16% moisture soybeans. Start the fan when the outdoor temperature averages about 40
degrees. Follow the manufacturer’s recommendation for high-temperature drying soybeans. Monitor the soybean quality and reduce the drying temperature if excessive cracking or splitting occurs. Reduce the fire hazard by keeping the soybeans flowing in the dryer. Pods and trash can become lodged and combustible. Frequently clean the dryer to remove anything that may impede flow. Constantly monitor the dryer when drying soybeans. • Sunflowers - Natural air-drying for oil sunflowers requires an airflow rate of 0.75 cfm/bu for up to 15% moisture. The drying should start when outdoor temperatures average about 40 degrees. • Wheat - Use an airflow rate of at least 0.75 cfm/bu to natural air-dry up to 17% moisture wheat. Start drying when the outside air temperature averages about 50 degrees. • Barley - Use an airflow rate of at least 0.75 cfm/bu to natural air-dry up to 16% moisture barley. “Remember that some of the allowable storage life was used during the fall before the grain was cooled to near or below freezing, so there is less time for spring drying before deterioration occurs,” Hellevang says. “This is particularly important for malting barley, where germination can be lost, so using a higher airflow rate to reduce the drying time is encouraged.” Grain Stored in Grain Bags Grain storage molds will grow, and grain spoilage will occur in grain bags unless the grain is dry. Grain in the bags will be at average outdoor temperatures, so grain will deteriorate rapidly as outdoor temperatures increase unless it is at recommended summer storage moisture contents. Grain bags that run east-west will have solar heating on the south side, which creates a temperature variation across the bag that will move moisture to the north side of the bag. Continue to monitor grain stored in bags frequently. Work Safely “Also, everyone needs to become aware of safety hazards associated with handling grain and to apply recommended safety practices,” Hellevang stresses. “More grain deaths occur during years with challenging conditions.”
Sidesaddle
In previous centuries, female sidesaddle riders would wear dresses to remain “proper’ while riding. Horses were even jumped in sidesaddles. Today, there are competitions for this style of riding, using custom-made western or English saddles. Since the rider can only cue from one side with her legs, the horse must be trained to work with a whip on the legless side.
MT DOA grants & awards CONTINUED FROM PAGE B2
St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group – Malta Grant for $43,388 to repair and replace the most severely failed expansion joints and concrete saddle supports of the St. Mary River Siphon. Willow Mountain Winery – Corvallis Grant for $25,000 to assist with vineyard expansion, maintenance, and winery production including the development of sparkling wines.
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Tag #DaveH0520................................$7500 50-ft. set of John Deere 9400 drills, 10” spacing, fertilizer boxes, transport hitch, packer wheels are capped. Tag #Wayne0520....................................$25,000 Flexi-Coil 50 boom sprayer with 50-ft. booms, double nozzles, windscreens and 650 gallon tank. Tag #Chuck0520...........................................................$300 EZ Trail 3400 weigh wagon with scales and side delivery auger. Tag #Chuck0520..........................................................................................$7500 John Deere 6140 MFD tractor with loader/grapple. Only 212 hours on tractor. Tag #Doug0520..................................................................................$66,000 John Deere H tractor, restored. Tag #ANF0520..........................................$4000 John Deere 4020 2WD tractor with cab, 3-point, dual PTO. Loader may be available. 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ROUND & SQUARE BALERS
2013 John Deere 569 Premium round baler. Tag #Abe0919..................$16,500 Case IH 3450 soft core round baler, makes 900# bales. Tag #JohnP1019...$4500 2005 Challenger RB 56 round baler, twine wrap, 1000 PTO, only 4400 bales. Tag #Harvey1019.............................................................................. $13,000 New Holland 275 small square baler. Makes 14x16 bales. Tag #Ben0619......$2500 2005 Case RBX562 round baler with net wrap. Excellent shape. Tag #Doug0819........................................................................................$13,500 New Holland 644 round baler. Tag #Fred0719............................................$5000 2-Massey Ferguson 12 hay baler. As Is. Tag #PatH0220............................. $2000
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Flexi-Coil 5000 33-ft. air seeder, 1720 tow behind tank, 7.5” spacing. Tag #Paul0120. 2012 New Holland P1060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, steel packers, stealth opening, complete with 430 bushel V-R tow between cart. Tag #Rog0120. Great Plains 40-ft. air drill with 7.5” spacing, 1400 bushel tank. Tag #RogWill0919.............................................................................................$62,000 2013 Sunflower 60-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, single shoot, 3 Rank Edge on shank with 360 bushel air cart. Tag #KevinB1118............................$145,000 Concord 6012 3 rank air seeder with Fargo 3350 stainless steel air cart. Tag #DBK1118..........................................................................................$25,000 Victory 35-ft. air seeder, 14” spacing with 5” spreader (actually will spread 7” spacing), 2320 tow behind tank with auxiliary 3rd tank, rubber packers. Can be either single or double shoot. Tag #Rick0416....................................... $18,500 2006 New Holland 57-ft. air seeder with 430 tow-behind cart, single shoot. Tag #Rog0219..........................................................................................$65,000 Versatile 2000 42-ft drills on transport hitch, 12” spacing. Packers have been recapped. Tag #GaryS0220................................................................. $6500 2006 New Holland 57-ft. air seeder with 430 tow behind cart single shoot. Tag #Rog0220......................................................................................... $65,000 John Deere 12-ft. hoe drill, 7” spacing. Tag #Riley0220................................$600 International 150 28-ft. double disc drill. Tag #Brent0919..........................$4000 John Deere 9350 50-ft. drill, 12” spacing, home-made hitch, clean boxes. Tag #ArtH0516.............................................................................................$5000 1995 Concord 4012 air seeder, 40-ft. 12” spacing with 3400 air cart, 5” carbide tips. Good condition. Tag #RonH0320................................................$29,000
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LAST MONTH’S NEW ITEM
TUB GRINDERS & PROCESSORS
See Me about your bale processor needs. Highline 6800 multi bale processor. Tag #JR1019...................................$14,900 2013 Haybuster T1130 tub grinder. Tag #CodyY0219............................ $28,000 New Fair bale processors. Tag #Larry0419. New Harsh mixer wagons. Tag #Larry0419. New Luck Now Tmr mixers. Tag #Larry0419. New Fair bale processors & snowblowers. See Huggy Bear. International 1150 grinder mixer, 20” mill, 2 screens, new drive belt, shedded. Tag #ANF0220......................................................................................$5500 Farmhand 82C grinder/mixer. Tag #BobS1219...........................................$4500
2WD & 4WD TRACTORS
International 444 2WD tractor, loader, 3-point, 38 HP, 540 PTO, 1976 hours. Tag #Wayne1019.........................................................................................$7500 John Deere 2750 2WD tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, loader., 5232 hours, has 18.4x30 rear tires. Tag #ArtH0619.....................................................$19,500 1996 New Holland 9030 bi-directional, 6000 hours, with Case 18-ft. auger header, loader and grapple fork. Tag #Tanner0619............................................$59,000 John Deere 1010 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, power steering. Loader is available. Tag #ANF0819......................................................................................$6500 Case IH Puma 180 FWD tractor with loader/grapple, Tag #Wayne1118...$80,000 Case MX120 MFD tractor with L300 FEL loader, 96” bucket, square bale fork. Tag #Rog0919....................................................................................$45,000 Versatile 610 4WD tractor, only 250 hours, has 8:00x38 dual tires, power shift, 60 GPM hydraulics, weight package. Tag #RogW1019....................$385,000 Ford 8000 2WD tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, cab, loader. Tag #Glenn0619. 2008 Case IH 535 4WD tractor, 20.8x46 triples, PTO, PowerShift transmission, 3800 hours. Tag #Roger0120. 2014 Case IH 550 quad track tractor, 1200 hours. Tag #Roger0120........$280,000 International FC tractor, 540 PTO. Does not run. Tag #SteveF1019. 1985 Versatile 956 set up for air seeder, 8078 hours. Tag #JackW0120..$35,000
SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS
2001 John Deere 4890 windrower with 16-ft double sickle header, 1700 cutting hours. Tag #Harvey0220...................................................................... $42,000 2012 Case 1203 swather, less header. Tag #Lorenze0619......................$40,000 International 5000 swather with 14-ft. auger header, diesel. Tag #BlakeS1118.... ..............................................................................................................$6500
SEVERAL SIZE PLOWS FOR SALE!!! COMBINE & HAY HEADERS
Hesston 65SD 21-ft. header, fits 6450 or 6550 swather. Tag #HarryV0719..$4500 New Holland 21-ft. DSA header, fits New Holland 1100 or 1116 swathers. Tag #KemA0719..............................................................................................$4500 New Holland 2300 14-ft. header. Tag #GlennP0819.................................. $2500 2004 MacDon 972 36-ft. header to fit NH TV140 tractor. Tag #DaveT0916 Versatile 2400 24-ft. draper header to fit bi-directional tractor. Tag #KerryC0512. ................................................................................................................$500
COMBINES
1991 Case IH 2188 combine, 4400 engine hours, 3021 separator hours, 36-ft. Honey Bee draper header. Tag #DaveP0220.....................................$28,000 2005 Case 2388 combine with 36-ft. 2042 draper header, 2610 engine hours, and 1899 separator hours. Tag #Paul0220........................................ $65,000 2001 Case IH 2388 combine with bin extensions, yield monitor, Auto Steer, 30-ft. MacDon draper header, 2130 separator hours. Tag #Hugh0220...... $70,000 2012 Case IH 8230 combine complete with 2015 pickup header, extended warranty, MegaCut chopper, 1600 separator hours. Tag #Roger0120. Case 2388 combine with 40-ft. draper header and 1015 pickup header, 3527 engine hours, 2856 separator hours. Tag #Vince0719..........................$55,000 John Deere 9650 STS with MacDon 962 36-ft. header, 2400 separator hours. Tag #Gordon0819..............................................................................$70,000
PICKUPS & CARS
1999 Ford E350 van, 15-passenger, 459,893 miles. Tag #Lorenze0619....$6000 2012 Ford F150 pickup, 4x4, 68,500 miles, automatic. Tag #Doug0819..$17,000 1993 5-seat bus, 138,000 miles. Tag #Lorenze0619...................................$6000 2008 Dodge 3500 pickup, grill guard, flatbed with tool boxes, 299,000 miles, Cummins, 10,000 miles on new transmission. Tag #TagLorenze0619....$15,000 1976 Ford F250 pickup, manual transmission, gas. Tag #JackW0120........$6500 1996 GMC 3500 pickup with service box. Tag #JackW0120.......................$7500 2002 Chevrolet 3/4-ton pickup, automatic transmission, crew cab, gas engine. Tag #RichT0120.................................................................................$10,500 1981 Ford F250 2WD pickup with service box. Tag #Ruth0618..................$1500
HARROWS
Riteway 8100 heavy harrow. Tag #Doug0518......................................... $39,500 25 harrow teeth for Morris mounted harrow. Tag #Mrshal0619......................$100 1998 Flexi-Coil System 82 60-ft. harrow with straight tines, down pressure springs. Tag #Paul0220..................................................................... $13,000
Harsh Feeder Equipment ----------------------------------Wacker-Neuson Construction Equipment FINANCING AVAILABLE
TRUCKS
1994 Ford L9000 Aeromax Tag #Marshal0619.......................................$25,000 1999 Sterling semi truck. Tag #Marshal0619...........................................$25,000 1993 Ford L9000 truck for pulling trailers. Tag #Marshal0619.................$35,000 1975 International 4300 conventional truck, 19-ft. Rtena box, 13 speed transmission, tandem axle, good rubber. Tag #JohnA0619........................$25,000 1981 Kenworth flatbed truck, Cummins diesel engine. Tag #Marhsal0619...$4500 1979 International cab-over grain truck, 20-ft. ITB box, Cummins engine, 452,000 miles, tandem axle, 13 speed transmission. Tag #JohnA0619.............$25,000 1994 Interstate trailer, pintle hitch. Tag #CarlT1019. 1983 International 1724 2-ton truck with 18-ft. flatbed with tailgate hoist. Tag #BrokenP0120..................................................................................... $5500
Aeration Equipment Available
Massey 8-bottom plow. Tag #Hug0420........................................................$3500 Massey 35 25-ft. pull type swather in excellent shape with extra parts. Tag #Hug0420................................................................................................$2500 New Wessex pasture harrows. Tag #Hug0420......................... $170 per section Farm King 10”x70-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #HiddenLake0420.............$3500 NEW!! Danuser hydraulic post hole digger, 9” & 12” auger. Tag #Hug0420.......... ...............................................................................................Preseason price NEW!! Spike tooth harrow. Tag #Hug0420. NEW!! Danuser pallet forks for skid steer loader. Tag #Hug0420.......................... ...............................................................................................Preseason price Tebben 6-ft. 3-point mowers. Tag #Hug0420.............................Preseason price NEW!! Tebben 5-ft. 3-point mower. Tag #Hug0420...................Preseason price NEW!! Tebben 10-ft. 3-point mower. Tag #Hug0420.................Preseason price New!! Danuser skid steer mounted hammer. Tag #Hug0420...Preseason price Smithy lathe, Tag #Ruth0420......................................................................$1700 1948 Dodge grain truck with Knapheide box. Tag #Ruth0420.....................$1900 (2) 22-ft. tip-tops for Knapheide box. Tag #StanW0420...........................$500 ea. International feed grinder, complete with PTO. Tag #Neal0420...................$400 1994 Top Kick truck with 18-ft. van box, 6 speed transmission. Tag #D&B0420.... .................................................................................................................$8000 1991 Ford F700 truck with 24-ft. van body with tail lift, 427 gas engine, new radiator, 247,727 miles. Tag #D&B0420...................................................... Call 1987 Ford F250 pickup with no bed, parts pickup, new exhaust system, engine runs, transmission work done. Tag #D&B0420. 1987 GMC truck, 24-ft. van body, 427 gas engine. Tag #D&B0420. Pickup rack. Tag #D&B0420...........................................................................$275 Squeeze chute, good shape. Tag #D&B0420 1989 Ford, 12-ft. van body, 4-speed overdrive, 7169 miles. Tag #D&B0419.. Call Pickup rack. Tag #D&B0420...........................................................................$350 2-500 gallon round fuel tanks. Tag # #D&B0420......................................$500 ea. Fuel stand for 500 gallon tank. Tag #D&B0420..............................................$100 International 160 truck with 14-ft. box and hoist. Tag #D&B0420.................. Call International L160 truck with 16-ft. box and hoist, 4x2 speed transmission. Tag #D&B0420.................................................................................................. Call Chevrolet 60 truck with box and cattle rack, 4x2 speed transmission, 68,290 miles. Tag #D&B0420.................................................................................. Call 1984 GMC truck without tail, gas engine, 5 speed transmission, 24-ft. van body. Tag #D&B0420............................................................................................ Call John Deere 896A 12-ft. side delivery rake. Tag #D&B0420........................$1000 2- 6-ft. spike tooth harrow with drawbar. Tag #JackW0420............................. Call Minn-Kota high lift rock picker, hydraulic drive. Tag #JackW0420...............$1500 John Deere LZB drills, 32-ft., 4) 8-ft. JDS drills with fertilizer boxes, hitch for the 32-ft. Tag #JackW0420.......................................................................... Call 2-John Deere 628 28-ft. plow, Noble mounted harrow. Tag #JackW0420...... Call John Deere 10” spacing drill with fertilizer. Tag #JackW0420. Noble M 24-ft. of V-blades, 3 – 8-ft. Tag #JackW0420.................................... Call Cat D7 for parts. Tag #JackW0420. Valmar 320 Fargo spreader mounted on 54 harrow cart, good shape. Tag #JackW0420. 2-John Deere LZB 12-ft. 10” spacing drills, steel packers. Tag #JackW0420. John Deere 16-ft. plow. Tag #JackW0420...................................................... Call 18-ft. drawbar spike tooth harrow. Tag #JackW0420....................................... Call 4- 6-ft. mounted harrow. Tag #JackW0420...................................................... Call Degelman 6-ft. harrow. Tag #JackW0420....................................................... Call 3-8-ft. John Deere LZB 12” spacing drills. Tag #JackW0420......................... Call 4-12-ft. 10” spacing drills with steel packers, manual lift. Tag #JackW0420.... Call 1972 Ford F900 dump truck with 10-yard. Tag #JackW0420......................... Call Case IH 1010 straight cut header. Tag #JackW0420...................................... Call 1993 Versatile 876 (blue) tractor, 20.8x38 duals, weights, manual transmission, only 2438 hours, tractor is immaculate. Tag #JackW0419........................ Call Versatile 800 tractor with 18.4x38 tires, (2 new tires), manual transmission, 5953 hours. Tag #JackW0420.................................................................. Call Tulsa 12-ft. flatbed with tail roll and winch. Tag #Jack0420............................ Call 14-ft. truck body. Tag #JackW0420.................................................................. Call Summers sprayer for parts. Tag #JackW0420. Mineral feeder. Tag #JackW0420.................................................................... Call Booms for Summers sprayer. Tag #JackW0420.............................................. Call 3 spike tooth harrows. Tag #JackW0420..................................................$125 ea. Noble harrows. Tag #JackW0420. 18.4x26 tires, 24.5x32 lug tires, 18.4x38 tires. Tag #JackW0420................... Call Case IH 1680 combine, 30.5x32 tires, good feeder chain. Tag #JackW0420..Call 1987 Holiday Rambler 35-ft. RV, sleeps 6, has new awning, 70,000 miles. Tag #JackW0420............................................................................................ Call 2-1500 gallon storage tanks. Tag #JackW0420.............................................. Call Summers 60-ft. sprayer mounted on pickup. Sprayer has triple nozzles, 8 hp Honda motor. Tag #JackW0420.................................................................. Call 1952 rockpicking truck with 12-ft. box and hoist. Tag #JackW0420................. Call 1984 Ford F250 pickup, 4-speed manual, 2 wheel drive. Tag #Jack0420...... Call 1970 Ford LN600 truck with 18-ft. box and hoist, ShurLok tarp, 4&2 speed, 83,500 miles. Tag #JackW0420................................................................ Call Feterl 7”x27-ft. grain auger with Wisconsin engine. Tag #Jack#W0420.......... Call 2010 John Deere 85F 83 hp orchard tractor, FWD, runs great. Tag #RicjT0420... ..............................................................................................................$15,000 New Luck Now TMR mixers. Tag #Larry0420. New Fair bale processor. Tag #Larry 0420. New Harsh mixer wagon. Tag #Larry0420. MacDon 973 36-ft. header with pickup reel, fits Case IH 2188 combine. Tag #Jim0420...........................................................................................$18,000 2008 John Deere 568 net wrap baler. Tag #Gordon0420. Kubota out-front mower, 6-ft. deck. Also has rotary broom, hydrostat 4x4, 3 cylinder diesel, 2201 hours. Tag #Leon0420.............................................$12,500 Case David Brown 990 tractor with loader, 3-point. Tag #Leon0420. International 706 2WD tractor with loader. Tag #Leon0420. Oliver 80 Hart Par tractor. Tag #Leon0420. Crown rock picker. Tag #Leon0420. 6-ft. rotary mower. Tag #Leon0420. Stihl forklift 8000 lb. capacity, 18,883 hours, propane, side shift. Tag #Leon0420. Hyster 1140 forklift, 2650 hours, side shift. Tag #Leon0420. Jarco lift with 25-ft. bed. Tag #Leon0420..................................................$11,000 2019 PJ 18x43 trailer. Tag #EquipC0420.....................................................$2500 Doepper Super 8 hay trains, hauls 40 round bales. TAg #JeffH04201.....$10,500 1978 Steiger tractor, 9300 hours. Tag #DarwinZ0420.................................$9900 Case IH 310 Magnum FWD. Tag #RogerW0420...................................$220,000 2018 Versatile 610 4WD tractor, 350 hours, 870x38 tires. Tag #RogW0420.......... .........................................................................................................$280,000 Minneapolis Moline G900 2WD tractor. Tag #ANF0420. Minneaspolis Moline G706 tractor, 2WD. Tag #ANF0420. Bougault 7200 84-ft. heavy harrow. Tag #Rog0420.................................$40,000 1985 Champion 780 road grader with Detroit diesel engine. Tag #Rog0420........ ...........................................................................................................$17,000
Financing Available TRAILERS
Donahue 28-ft. trailer. Tag #Carl0919..........................................................$3000 Eddie Bauer gooseneck trailer with new brakes, new LED lights. Tag #DBK1118.............................................................................................$4800 1998 PJ 24-ft. gooseneck trailer, 7500 lb. axles, tie down straps. Tag #Pack0617. ..............................................................................................................$7500 2008 TravAlong 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer. Tag #Riley0220..................$8000 1978 TrailMaster 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer. Tag #Riley0220.................$2850 Hay train with 32-ft. front trailer and 30-ft. rear trailer. Tag #Jeff0220...........$8500 New PJ trailers for sale. Tag #Eequip0220..
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Student’s research applies GIS to avalanche terrain
By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service Like many members of the Montana State University (MSU) community Everett Coba is an avid skier. But Coba has taken his love for the backcountry one step further and turned it into an undergraduate research exploration. Coba, a senior in the Department of Earth Sciences in MSU’s College of Letters and Science with a concentration in snow science, has spent winters working as a ski patrol member at Titus Ridge near Ketchum, Idaho. Doing the same this year presented the opportunity to apply a spatial science modeling system to the area that gauges avalanche danger and terrain difficulty based on a variety of factors. “Everett is looking at the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale, or ATES model, which can be used to model avalanche runouts,” said Nick Fox, Coba’s adviser and a Geographic Information Systems specialist in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in MSU’s College of Agriculture. “His goal was to validate it on the ground for this particular location. He’s trying to prove that model and see if it accurately rates this terrain that he knows well.” Coba began by running the model remotely in Bozeman on a computer. The ATES model analyzes sets of data such as slope angle and shape, forest density and terrain traps such as gullies and cliffs. What the model ideally then produces is a map of the terrain based on a rating system of 1 (simple), 2 (challenging) or 3 (complex). “In backcountry skiing there’s a lot of unknowns due to variables we can’t control, like snowpack,” said Coba, a Seattle native. “It’s hard to have fun skiing a slope when you have uncertainties about those variables. The best way to stay safe is to be aware of the hazards by knowing the terrain you’re moving through. This ATES model is a way to distinguish avalanche terrain from non-avalanche terrain.” Much of the challenge, said Fox, lay in simply getting the model to run correctly. Coba had to carefully curate those layers of geographic data, setting numeric thresholds to identify ratings for different routes and areas of Titus Ridge. Weather and land cover data were input along with data about the geographic features of the mountain, but as with many models, small mistakes could lead to a failed rendering. Once Coba had the model running successfully, he moved into the second element of the project: comparing the ratings created by a computer to what he knew about the terrain firsthand, as well as the ski area’s own rating system. With his knowledge of the terrain at Titus Ridge, he had a fairly good idea of what the end result should look like. What he found was surprising. “Things turned out well for the first two categories, simple and challenging,” said Coba. “But it didn’t want to show much complex terrain in there. It was misinterpreting some of the data as a forest, when really it was steep couloirs and geologic features. Some factors can’t necessarily be quantified in GIS.” Adequate preparation by skiers is critical for backcountry safety, said Coba, but models like ATES can make that preparation easier and more effective for winter recreationists. “It’s meant to help people who are unfamiliar with terrain make better decisions before they leave the house,” said Coba, noting that ATES is not designed for use as a navigation tool. “We open and close runs every day based on conditions, and models like this help potentially make those decisions on whether or not to close terrain easier.” Jordy Hendrikx, director of the MSU Snow and Avalanche Lab and advisor for the snow science option, said he is glad to see undergraduate students working on projects like Coba’s, which merge theory and practice. That merger is a key theme in snow science, he said, and Coba’s project with ATES builds upon the work of previous MSU students, including one project that used ATES to help develop a nationwide map for avalanche terrain in Norway. “These efforts highlight the value of undergraduate research in developing skills and exploring real-world problems,” said Hendrikx. “Those skills can ultimately help lead to advances in students’ respective fields, and in this case, help keep people safe from avalanches.” The more students and researchers like Coba refine models such as ATES, the better the models will get at rating terrain, said Fox. The better the models work; the smarter skiers and ski areas can be about the terrain in which they recreate. “Everett is looking at whether ATES does a good job in a new backcountry ski area,” said Fox. “If it does, it can be used in other places too. It’s just another way to create useful information for people going out into the backcountry and knowing how valid it is will help improvement and build it as a tool for people in other areas.”
4-H volunteers impact N.D. positively
From NDSU Extension Service The impact of 4-H volunteers goes beyond the 4-H program and leads to changes in communities. During National Volunteer Week, April 19-26, NDSU Extension shared results of a study that documents the impact of 4-H volunteers. The North Central Region 4-H Volunteer Impact Study, conducted across a 12-state region, aimed to understand and document the specific value and impact that 4-H volunteers have on the 4-H youth development program and in communities. “We have always known the value of 4-H volunteers, but through this study, we learned their impact goes beyond the scope of the program and leads to changes in communities,” says Rachelle Vettern, NDSU Extension leadership and 4-H volunteer development specialist. “Entire communities are stronger because of the work of 4-H volunteers.” Brad Cogdill, NDSU Extension Center for 4-H Youth Development chair, says, “Extension volunteers are at work in nearly every community in North Dakota, and their communities need them. This study reaffirms that the private growth of an individual volunteer transforms into public benefit and stronger communities.” Brenda Weber, a Stutsman County 4-H volunteer, says, “On a personal level, I have learned valuable leadership skills that extend beyond 4-H, but seeing the kids learn a new skill or take on a leadership role is my favorite part of being a 4-H volunteer.” The survey research resulted in three key findings. 4-H Volunteers Gain Personal Skills Volunteers come into the 4-H program hoping to support youth and make a difference, but they also gain skills in teaching, leadership and communication. These skills transfer to other environments in which volunteers work and live. Survey responses indicated: • 95% built new relationships with youth • 87% gained skills that were useful in other settings • 82% increased their confidence as a leader NDSU Extension Benefits Significantly From 4-H Volunteers North Dakota’s 4-H volunteers give seven hours per month to the 4-H program in their communities. Annually, that time is worth $2,165 per volunteer. Survey responses reported: • 89% made connections in the community on behalf of 4-H • 85% spoke about the value of the 4-H program • 83% recruited new youth to 4-H • 70% recruited and helped train new 4-H volunteers Communities Are Stronger Because of 4-H Volunteers 4-H volunteers network with other volunteers, helping communities and organizations stay better connected. Volunteers donate their time and service to community gardens, retirement homes, cleanup projects, fairs and other civic engagement endeavors. • 93% said volunteering with 4-H makes communities stronger • 91% said volunteering with 4-H contributes to better connected communities • 87% said volunteering with 4-H improves the health of communities • 87% said volunteering with 4-H increases civic engagement To learn more about the survey results, see https:www. ndsu.edu/4h/volunteers_leaders/4_h_volunteer_impact_ study.
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From University of Wyoming Extension “I’m trying to get harrowing done, and An academic landscape routed by coroeverything is dry right now, the right time navirus has agriculture students at the to do it,” he said, prior to recent snowUniversity of Wyoming (UW) adopting a storms that blanketed Wyoming. “I’ve got Marine-like improvise, adapt and overcome everything linked through. I’ve listened to attitude. a couple lectures and in the morning when Undergraduate student Ty Paisley north I’m feeding I can listen to them, too.” of Wheatland is listening to courses via The Paisleys are also in the middle of podcast through Bluetooth in a tractor while calving, and he checks cows during the day working because COVID-19 doesn’t stop and a couple times at night so his father, diwinter turning to spring and pastures needrector of the James C. Hageman Sustainable ing harrowing. Agriculture Research Extension Center near Livestock judging team member CourtLingle, can get some sleep before he has to ney Newman outside Fort Collins and other go to work, a 45-minute drive. team members are honing skills via online Stevens in Alaska’s capital city said she livestock judging contests because all live writes down all due dates of assignments contests were cancelled. in a planner to stay on top of her classes. Animal and veterinary sciences freshman She has good internet and cell service. Kiley Stevens in Juneau, Alaska, is taking Juneau is two hours behind Mountain Time. advantage of group chats to keep up with “I also do my best to watch the lecture her assignments. videos for all of my classes on the day I Graduate student Kelly Woodruff obnormally would if I were attending class,” tained a research exemption to conduct Stevens said. “This way I keep myself to a research near Laramie so every two hours normalized schedule.” she checks cows ready to calve for research Group chats with classmates are imdata, because cows ready to calve don’t portant. Classes include statistics, animal know UW has put in place research restricbiology, general chemistry 2 and a first-year tions due to coronavirus safety concerns. seminar course. They’re only a few examples of how “Having group chats with people in the College of Agriculture and Natural Revarious classes helps all of us work out sources students are handling the changes things we don’t understand, and it helps us when COVID-19 whacked their academic not miss deadlines,” she said. landscapes. Newman is having to deal with livestock UW required most classes and laboratobut in a much different way. Members ries be offered online, live or recorded. of UW’s highly touted livestock judging Woodruff’s research subjects are at the team have had to convert to online judging beef unit of the Laramie Research and Excontests instead of their usual on-location tension Center. She suctions stomach fluid judging competitions. Team members also from newborn calves before they nurse, help at 4-H and FFA judging events durstudying the effects of cow nutrient restricing summer, but some of those are also tion on the developing calf biome. The cancelled. cocktail is rich with bacteria, fungi, protoThe agricultural business and economics zoa and viruses. Woodruff’s adviser, Hanmajor lives outside Fort Collins but still runs nah Hollinger in the Department of Animal into internet issues. Science, is interested in the development of “It’s not great,” she said. “We are lucky to the calf microbiome and whether the microhave a couple options. We can go into town biome is different in a nutrient-restricted where my parents still work by themselves. cow and how the restricted nutrient diet If we do need good internet, we can get by.” affects development of the calf. Newman is taking six courses, some reWoodruff said she is thankful for the corded and one Zoom. She likes the Zoom ability to continue her research. “Cows live presentations but also the flexibility of only calve once a year, and I can’t pick having lectures recorded. this up in a couple of months,” she said. Newman and other livestock judging “We are maintaining all social distancing team members have competed in one online guidelines.” contest to date, open to anyone in livestock Calving started the end of March and will judging from 4-H through collegiate levels. probably end the last of April or early May. Videos of four animals (goats, hogs, sheep Paisley has had to work around very limand cattle) are posted on YouTube. Each ited internet and cell service. He said he and contestant has 30 minutes to look at the class his high school siblings are using a hotspot then video record and post their reasons to with their phones to complete coursework. YouTube. A judge is sent the link. 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He noted he has one student tions in Kansas City and Louisville this fall. who is driving to a McDonald’s parking lot “Cancellation of (Houston) has been diffor internet to participate in his class. ficult, but it won’t set us back,” Newman Ty Paisley has the Zoom app on his phone said. “It was just an opportunity we didn’t and had installed a stereo in a tractor years get to take advantage of.” ago. He listens to lectures and watches Zoom presentations while working.
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Wyoming 4-H Foundation awards $61,000 in scholarships
From University of Wyoming Extension Over $61,000 in scholarships was awarded by the Wyoming 4-H Foundation/State 4-H Office scholarship committee to 4-H’ers attending the University of Wyoming (UW) or a Wyoming community college this coming school year. Approximately $34,500 was awarded to first-time winners this year, said Steve Mack, Wyoming State 4-H Foundation director. Past Ella Schloredt scholarship recipients, with a grade point average of at least 3.0 and meeting academic progress, are eligible to continue receiving the scholarship for up to four years. He said 15 continuing scholarships were awarded ranging from $1,000 to $2,300 for the fall 2020 academic year. Scholarship, counties, names and amounts are: Ella E. Schloredt continuing awards: Albany – Amanda Christensen, Christina Hewlett, Hannah Powers Converse – Taylor Rodeman Goshen – Kaci Schmick Lincoln – Kaycee Linford, Jackson Linford Natrona – Hannah Van Tassel Park – Emily Sweet Sublette – Taylor Ruckman, Dawson Hoover, Trevor Moritsch, Garett Schamber, Katelyn Hayward Teton – Kylie Anderson Ella E. Schloredt first year awards, $1,700: Albany – Kelcey Anderson, Malea Christensen Platte – Todd Paisley, Madison Wright Sheridan – Elsa Petzold Marion M. Henderson Memorial, $1,500: Laramie – Sarah Dey Teton – Alise Prestrud Edna Mae Wallace McClaflin, $1,000: Albany – Cecilia Hewlett F.A.I.R. Posse, $500: Johnson – Ashlynn Fennema CONTINUED ON PAGE B10
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The word pants
It comes from a 16th-century Italian comic character known as Pantalone, who wore strange trousers. This gave us the pantaloon, which first meant “clown,” and then the plural pantaloons, or trousers. The word was shortened to “pants” when it reached America.
Producers urged to follow their business plan
K-State Research and Extension News A Kansas State University farm analyst says his phone has been ringing frequently as the state’s farmers and ranchers flood him with questions about the recent drop in commodity markets. “People are seeing the value of the commodities they’re holding drop – livestock, grains, feed. Everything is pounding them right now,” said Duane Hund, director of the Farm Analyst Program in K-State’s Department of Agricultural Economics. “As those values go down, those people are wondering what effect this is going to have on their cash flow analysis as we move forward.” Listen to Duane Hund on Agriculture Today As one example, Hund said producers who have been feeding cattle this past winter are looking for opportunities to figure out if they should sell or retain ownership. “There are just a lot of questions and as we see these markets continue to dive, there just doesn’t seem to be a bottom now,” Hund said. “It’s causing a lot of anxiety, to put it mildly, among producers and I’m hearing anxiety coming from the lending community also.” Some farmers and ranchers are even considering whether to get out of the business. “As people talk to me, they wonder if they’re going to survive this (drop in the markets),” Hund said. “My first order of business is to tell them to follow their plan. Let’s not make knee-jerk, drastic decisions. Let’s stick with the plan in place and develop alternative decisions that are made in combination with the facts and what your business advisers will tell you.” Hund said it’s important for producers to surround themselves with as many people as possible who can help them make the best decisions for their operation. “When I talk to people about talking with their business partners, that’s usually family,” he said. “They need to share the facts, look at the opportunities, talk about their concerns openly. Now is not the time to be the strong, silent type. We need to be able to open up and say, ‘Gosh, this thing is beyond what I’m comfortable with. Let’s talk this over, let’s share the issues, maybe we can be okay, but maybe we need to look at some alternatives, if there are some that we need to be considering.’” Hund added that a business plan should be the producer’s road map through the tough times. “Like going down any road, if we’re going to enter in some muddy areas, areas we’re not comfortable traveling through, we need to stop,” he said. “Maybe we need to think through some things, maybe we need to look for some alternative routes and ask if I did do this differently than I originally planned, what would that look like.” One strategy for recovery, Hund said, is to remember the tasks that producers do every day in normal times. “In stressful situations, our ordinary tasks fall to the wayside because our mind is so bombarded with all this information,” he said. “We may be losing ground with our ordinary tasks, such as keeping our cows fed and our lists of ordering supplies for spring planting, which is just around the corner. Hund adds: “There is a rhythm to what we do everyday. We need to keep that rhythm going. We need to make sure we are on the same path; the cadence we normally handle as we get into spring planting. Getting the planter ready, getting the right hybrids ordered, getting the right mineral needs for the livestock that are coming up and will soon be on grass, getting together with our neighbors for scheduled prescribed burning in the Flint Hills. “By doing those ordinary things that are part of our cadence…we can have some control in a chaotic environment if we just keep things steady and going forward.” The Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services offers free, confidential support for farmers and ranchers. The program can connect producers with K-State’s Farm Analyst program and other resources to help through the down market. The toll free number is 1-800-321-FARM (3276). “Sometimes,” Hund said, “the best decision for your farm right now is no decision. Sometimes the best decision is staying the course and keeping your eye on the ball, doing what you had planned on doing, and not jumping off to a direction that is not the best thing to do. “A crisis is a crisis, and the problem eventually will be remedied. We don’t know how soon, but now is not the time to be making drastic decisions. It’s a time to be reflective, to be careful of what we do, and to think things over. Let’s make sure we’re doing the right things at the right time.”
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UM researchers study how birds retweet news
By Courtney Brockman, UM News Service Every social network has its fake news. that’s how fake news starts,” Greene said. And in animal communication networks, Nuthatches and chickadees share the even birds discern the trustworthiness of same predators: the great-horned owl and their neighbors, a study from the University the pygmy owl. To the small birds, the of Montana (UM) suggests. pygmy owl is more dangerous than a greatThe study, recently published in the top horned owl due to its smaller turning radius, science journal Nature (https://www.nature. which allows it to chase prey better. com/articles/s41467-020-14414-w), is the “If you are eating something that’s almost culmination of decades’ worth of research as big as you are, it’s worth it to go after it,” from UM alumni Nora Carlson and Chris Greene said. Templeton and UM Professor Erick Greene Using speakers in the woods, the rein the College of Humanities and Sciences. searchers played the chickadee’s warning It sheds a new light on bird social networks. call for the low-threat great-horned owl “This is the first time people have shown and the higher-threat pygmy owl to nutthat nuthatches are paying attention to the hatches. The calls varied by threat level source of information, and that influences — great-horned owl versus pygmy owl the signal they produce and send along,” — and whether they were direct (from the Greene said. predators themselves) or indirect (from the Carlson, Templeton and Greene shared an chickadees). interest in trying to crack the Rosetta Stone What they discovered about the nutof how birds communicate and collected hatches was surprising. bird calls over the years. Direct information caused the nuthatches Each bird species has a song, usually to vary their calls according to the high sung by the males, for “letting the babes threat and the low threat. But the chickaknow ‘here I am,’” Greene said, as well as dee’s alarm call about both predators elicstaking out real estate. Their loud and comited only a generic, intermediate call from plex calls usually ring out during breeding the nuthatch, regardless of the threat level. season. Greene said the research points to the But for warning calls, each sound stands nuthatch’s ability to make sophisticated for a specific threat, such as “snake on decisions about stimuli in their environment the ground,” “flying hawk” and “perched and avoid spreading “fake news” before hawk.” The calls convey the present danger they confirm a predator for themselves. level and specific information. They also are “You gotta take your hat off to them,” heard by all species in the woods in a vast Greene said. “There’s a lot of intelligence communication network that sets them on there.” The research, conducted by Carlson, high alert. Templeton and Greene around Montana and “Everybody is listening to everybody else Washington throughout the years, wasn’t in the woods,” Greene said. without challenges. In the study, Greene and his researchers Most of the set up happened during winwanted to determine how black-capped ter, and nuthatches had to be isolated from chickadees and red-breasted nuthatches chickadees to ensure the warning calls were encode information in their calls. not a response to witnessing chickadees In bird communication, a high-pitched going crazy. Often a chickadee would ap“seet” from a chickadee indicates a flying pear after everything was set up, and the hawk and causes a strong reaction — other researchers had to take everything down birds go silent, look up and then dive in and try a new location. the bushes. Alarm calls can travel quickly “It’s quite hard to find nuthatches without through the woods. Greene said in previous chickadees somewhere in the area,” Greene experiments they clocked the speed of the said. “That was the most difficult part — to calls at 100 miles per hour, which he likens find these conditions out in the wild.” to the bow wave on a ship. But the results were worth the work. “Sometimes birds in the woods know Greene said the nuthatch study ultimately five minutes before a hawk gets there,” helps researchers better understand how Greene said. animal communication networks work and A harsh, intensified “mobbing call” how different species decode information, drives birds from all species to flock toencode info and pass it along. gether to harass the predator. When the “We kind of wish people behaved like predator hears the mobbing call, it usually nuthatches,” Greene said. has to fly a lot farther to hunt, so the call is Read more about the study in Navery effective. tional Geographic at https://on.natgeo. “The owl is sitting in the tree, going, ‘Oh com/3bAGO61. crap!” Greene said. Carlson earned her undergraduate deGreene calls it “social media networks gree in wildlife biology from UM in 2012 — the original tweeting.” and a doctorate from the University of St. For the study with chickadees and nutAndrews in Scotland. She resides at the hatches, the researchers focused on direct Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior at information — something a bird sees or Germany with a globally prestigious Marie hears firsthand — versus indirect informaCurie Research Fellowship. tion, which is gained through the bird social Templeton received a graduate degree in network and could be a false alarm. organismal biology and ecology from UM “In a way, it kind of has to do with in 2002 and also researched bioacoustics fake news, because if you get information at St. Andrews. He works as a professor at through social media, but you haven’t veriPacific University in Portland. fied it, and you retweet it or pass it along,
Storm predictors?
It is commonly reported that horses exhibit odd behavior (flighty and distracted) prior to storms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Some believe this phenomenon may be related to ultrasonic
waves or electromagnetic signals. Before one major volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens in the U.S., a herd of horses was reported to have safely migrated away from the area, prior to the eruption.
Cover crops can benefit hot, dry soils
By Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, American Society of Agronomy The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, intense storms can cause severe soil erosion. Strong winds also strip away valuable topsoil. Enter cover crops. Usually grown during seasons when primary crops aren’t cultivated, cover crops can include legumes such as pea and hairy vetch, or grassy crops like oats and barley. Cover crops do more than just cover fields between growing seasons. They help soils retain rainwater and reduce erosion from wind and water. In a new study, researchers from New Mexico State University and the United States Department of Agriculture show that cover crops can increase soil health in a semi-arid region of New Mexico. “There was a lot of skepticism on the effectiveness of cover cropping in the hot, dry environment of the southern High Plains,” says Rajan Ghimire. Ghimire is a researcher at New Mexico State University. “Our research shows that cover crops increased the biological health of soils in the study area within two years,” says Ghimire. To determine soil health, the researchers measured soil carbon dioxide emissions. These emissions were higher in test plots with cover crops compared to fallow plots. Soil microbes are tiny creatures that live and breathe in healthy soil. Carbon dioxide is released from soils during plant root and soil microbial respiration. “The higher the biological activity is in soils, the greater the carbon dioxide emissions,” says Ghimire. The plots were located in Clovis, New Mexico – about 200 miles east of Albuquerque. Ghimire and colleagues tested a variety of cover crops over two growing seasons. They also tested combinations of cover crops, such as growing peas and oats together. Plots with peas alone, and a combination of peas and canola, showed the highest soil carbon dioxide emissions during one of the study years. However, the emissions trend was not consistent in the second year, making results difficult to interpret. The researchers showed that the interaction of soil temperature and rainfall play a major role in determining how much carbon dioxide is emitted. Therefore, those factors influence soil health. But unchecked soil carbon dioxide emissions can be a problem. That’s because carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. “Soil carbon dioxide release needs to be balanced with soil carbon storage,” says Ghimire. Luckily, cover crops help take that gas from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. Cover crops increase soil carbon storage in two ways. First, their root and aboveground biomass are largely made of carbon, which will eventually decompose into soil organic matter. They also provide housing and food for the soil microbes. These microbes, especially fungi, are associated with even more carbon storage. Biological activity also improves soil structure, and microbes can release nutrients crops need. “These changes greatly benefit both the environment and farming,” says Ghimire. Microbes living in the roots of legumes can fix atmospheric nitrogen to make it available to crops. However, this activity can also increase soil carbon dioxide emissions when legumes are grown as cover crops. Grassy cover crops, such as oat and barley, contribute well to soil carbon accumulation without the extra emissions from fixing nitrogen. But that means plants will need to get nitrogen elsewhere, and these grasses also tend to need more water than legumes. “Finding a balance is key,” says Ghimire. “Mixing grasses with legumes may help increase soil carbon and nitrogen while minimizing carbon dioxide release.” The researchers plan to continue this experiment as a long-term study. “Cover crops are a great way to sequester carbon, reduce global warming and increase agricultural resilience,” says Ghimire. “But there is still a lot to learn about cover cropping, especially in semi-arid environments.” ##### In the old days, ship captains kept pigs on board because they believed that pigs always swam towards the nearest shore.
##### If a dog of war is lost in combat, he or she is honored by the entire squad. Feeding dishes are symbolically placed upside down and a poem called Guardians of the Night is read in their honor. ##### 7 days without prayer makes 1 weak.
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Gradell MT80 fork lift............................$13,250 Degelman 4100 round & square processor...... .........................................................$15,000 Schuler SRM 262 mixer..........................$6825 Morris CP743 chisel plow.....................$12,000 Melroe 501 plow with Valmar...................$6500 Renn 5501 39-ft. chisel plow....................$6500 International 75 39-ft. plow.....................$3500 Wilray 20-ft. roller, water filled.................$8050 John Deere 5020 tractor with DuAl loader........ ............................................................$8500 John Deere 3020 tractor, no loader with Shaver post pounder........................................$8500 Versatile 800 tractor.............................$12,000 Ford 5000 tractor with mower..................$5000 Massey Ferguson 9540 combine......$190,000 Gleaner R72 combine with MacDon 962, 36-ft. header..............................................$41,900 Massey-Ferguson 850 combine with 24-ft. header, air reel....................................$4500
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New Holland TR97 combine, 36-ft. Honeybee header, 13-ft. pickup with Swathmaster pickup attachment........................................$42,500 International 1660 combine. #13168... $12,000 John Deere 9610 combine...................$44,275 John Deere 8820 combine...................$18,000 White 9700 combine...............................$5294 New Holland 971 header........................$6000 Case IH 1680 30-ft. head, pickup head.$19,000 Honeybee 36-ft. header, MF bracket....$14,900 Farm King 10x60 auger..........................$6000 Feterl 7x41 electric auger........................$2000 Brandt drive over transfer auger...........$12,000 Wheatheart PT13 drive over deck..........$5675 New Holland 200 rotary swather with 416 disc head & 430HB 30-ft. draper head with pickup reel.................................................$138,755 New Holland 1112 swather..................$18,000 New Holland BR7090 net/twine baler.$26,000 Case IH RB564 round baler.................$25,750
New Holland BB960 big square baler, 3/4 turn...................................................$28,000 John Deere 466 small square baler..Coming In
Case 8465 round baler............................$5000 Case WRX301 rake........................ $10,900 (L) Morris 1400 Hayhiker..........................$16,750 New Holland 1000 bale stacker..............$2500 New Holland C1002 balewagon.............$2300 Spra-Coupe 4640, 60-ft. booms...........$29,500 Versatile SX275 sprayer.....................$127,000 Bourgault 950 sprayer, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank................................................$8000 1977 GMC/Summers sprayer..................$8500 1987 International 9670 truck with 3000 gallon stainless steel tanks.........................$19,000 Chevrolet C60 truck................................$9500 Morris Contour I 41-ft. air drill with 7240 cart.. .................................................. $99,000 (L) Case 2400 40-ft.x10” spacing air drill with 240 cart............................................ $23,450 (L) John Deere 9400 40-ft.x12” drills.........$12,000 150 grass seeder.......................................$800 2500 gallon poly tank.................................$900 1500 gallon poly tank.................................$500
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SALES:
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Case IH WD1504 swather, 16-ft. sickle head, steel conditioner, rear air bags.........$92,000 Massey Ferguson WR 9870 16-ft. rotary disc, auto steer, suspension...................$135,000 New Holland HW340 16-ft. rotary disc..$28,000
USED MISCELLANEOUS
New Holland LM 445A telehandler..... $45,000 Gates 48-ft. heavy harrow, 1/4 carbide............. ........................................................ $21,000 Vermeer R23 rake...........................Coming In Allen 8803 26-ft. hydraulic rake........... $18,000 Kelly 47 3-point backhoe........................ $3100 International 2-ton truck........................ $1900 Gysler 39-ft. chisel plow......................... $3500 Spear with 4-ft. & 2 1-ft., fits Westendorf quick attach.................................................... $500
New Holland T7.210 CVT transmission with loader, grapple............................... $149,500
Massey Ferguson 7475 VT transmission, front suspension, loader with grapple...... $70,000
MacDon M205 with R85 header.........$104,000 MacDon 7000 with 16-ft. header..........$14,500 Hesston 6450 15-ft. draper header.........$9500
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Valtra C120 tractor with loader, grapple, 3 pt., PTO................................................. $40,000
Case IH MX150 tractor with loader.......$52,000 Allis Chalmers 8610 tractor with loader............ .........................................................$19,500 Versatile 835 tractor............................ $11,900 Versatile 700 parting out, engine and some tires gone.
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USED SPRAYERS
Massey Ferguson 8650 with variable transmission, suspension, 3 pt., PTO.......... $114,900
USED COMBINES
Case IH 3240 sprayer........................ $199,000 Miller 3275 HT 90-ft. front boom sprayer, 1000 gallon, 2WD, Raven Smart Trax...... $64,000
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Agco 7650 Spra Coupe, mechanical rear drive, front hydraulic assist, 90-ft. boom, hydraulic extend axle...................................... $69,900
Agco 7660 Spra Coupe...................Coming In Ag Shield 7700, 1500 gallon tank.......... $9900 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer....................... $14,000 Demco skid mount sprayer. #23959....... $2700
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New Holland CR9060 combine, Intell Plus II, exterior wear, chopper....................$134,000 New Holland TR98 combine................$14,900 New Holland TR97 combine................$14,900 Gleaner R75 combine. 836 separator hours, duals, spreader & chopper...............$60,000
MacDon FD75 40-ft. header, transport, pickup reel, Gleaner adapter, double sickle..$56,000 MacDon FD70 40-ft. header with pea auger..... .................................................... Coming In MacDon D65D 40-ft. with cross auger, JD adapter DS.......................................$33,000 MacDon D60S 35-ft. draper header......$25,900 MacDon 973 30-ft. header....................$20,000 MacDon 972 30-ft. draper header.........$14,000 MacDon 960 35-ft. draper header, pickup reel.. ............................................................$9900 MacDon 960 25-ft. – 30-ft. headers................... ..............................................$5000 – $6000 MacDon A40D 18-ft. header.................$19,900 Massey Ferguson 5200 36-ft. draper header... .........................................................$12,500
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1994 John Deere 4039T 4 cylinder turbo diesel 1100 hours, PTO bellhousing. Runs excellent................$3500
1997 Freightliner FL60 hauler 250 hp 3126 Cat, 7 speed, locker, Jake, AC, tilt, air ride suspension and cab, 75% 19.5 tires, 12-ft. flatbed, gooseneck, 182,000 miles. Needs TLC....... .......................................$8500 1997 GMC C7500 250 hp, Cat diesel, 6 spd Allison, 137K miles. AB, PS, 11R22.5’s 90%, trailer hookups, 33K GVW................$7750
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In 2020, the state average cropland value is $2,063 per acre. North Dakota cropland values and cash rents remain flat, says Bryon Parman, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension agricultural finance specialist. “Despite the lower commodity prices of the last several years, the longer-term averages have been aided by low interest rates, farm programs and ad hoc payment programs designed to help farmers meet cash flow obligations,” Parman says. Parman used data from the 2020 North Dakota Department of Trust Lands survey to determine that state average cash rents were down .5% in 2020, while land values were up slightly at 1.73%. “However, when movements that small are put into context over time, it shows North Dakota cropland values and rents are not moving,” Parman notes. For instance, from 2017 to 2018, rents statewide were down 4.6%, then from 2018 to 2019, they were up 3.6%, then down slightly again in 2020 by .5%. Much of that movement likely is related to the average quality of the cropland rented or negotiated in any given year and survey measurement error. When viewed regionally, much wider swings were observed in which the northwestern region appeared to have cropland rents fall 5.2% from 2017, then increase 7.38% in 2019, then fall again 6.6% in 2020. Similarly, the south-central region showed a drop of 12.25% from 2017 to 2018, then an increase of 10.3% from 2018 to 2019, then a decrease of 3.24% in 2020. This information is useful when evaluating trends in cash rents, Parman says. For instance, the statewide average cash rental rate in 2014 was $63.17 per acre, and in 2020 it was $63.04 per acre. Statewide, this rate peaked in 2015 at an average of $64.78 per acre, with a low of $61.10 per acre in 2018. In general, this indicates that despite some data showing minor fluctuations, statewide average cash rents have remained mostly flat during the last six years, which may surprise some, given the lower commodity prices seen in the last several years, Parman says. Although the regional swings are much wider, they tend to paint the same picture. The northwestern, northern Red River Valley and south-central regions in North Dakota have some of the largest yearover-year swings in surveyed average cash rents. However, from 2014 to 2020, the
northwestern region went from a cash rent of $34.70 to $34.50 per acre, the northern Red River Valley went from $89 to $89.70 per acre and the south-central region went from $60 to $55 per acre. “It should be noted that the south-central region has experienced double-digit swings in three out of the last six years and 7% swings in two out of six years, and yet in the long run, is still relatively close to the rents seen in 2013 at $56 per acre,” Parman says. With respect to land values, the North Dakota state average was $2,123 per acre in 2014 and $2,111 per acre in 2015. In 2020, the state average is $2,063 per acre. Using the 2014 peak value, the six-year drop totals 2.8%, or a decline of negative .48% per year. However, just as with rents, regions may show large swings such as the northwestern region showing increases of 10.5% and 12.75% in 2015 and 2016, then drops of nearly 9% in 2018 and 2020. The result is a cropland value in the northwestern region of $1,051 in 2015 and a land value of $1,091 in 2020. “From 2015 to 2020, the northern Red River Valley region experienced changes of negative 9%, negative 6% and positive 10.4%, and yet the change during that time is from $2,983 per acre to $3,056 per acre, which is surprisingly consistent over time, given the yearly reported movements,” Parman says. Cash rents remained highest in the southern Red River Valley region, averaging nearly $127 per acre, while the southeastern and northern Red River Valley regions sit at $96.50 and $89.70, respectively. As expected, these regions have the highest land values as well, with the southern Red River Valley at nearly $4,000 per acre, while the northern Red River Valley and southeastern regions are around $3,050 per acre. The lowest rents for cropland occur in the northwestern and southwestern regions of North Dakota, with both regions near $37 per acre. They also have the lowest land value at $1,091 and $1,350, respectively. Three regions - the north-central, northeastern and south-central - have rents between $52 and $56 per acre and values from approximately $1,750 to $1,850 per acre. The east-central region has a bit higher average rents and values than the previous three regions, with a 2020 cash rent of nearly $69 per acre and land value of approximately $2,080 per acre.
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Dying without a will
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MT Tractors
From Marsha A. Goetting, Ph.D., CFP®, CFCS Call (406) 370-6362 - Stevensville, MT and Wendy Wedum, FCS/4-H Agent Pondera County Email: penderfarms@aol.com During a crisis, people without a will may move that task higher on the priority list. With many people “sheltering in 4.74% VARIABLE place” because of the COVID-19 epidemic, this can be an RATE FINANCING opportunity to organize information to get a will written. “Some people assume Montana law would distribute property the same way they would, so there is really no need to formalize their wishes with a will,” says Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension Family Economics Specialist. “These two examples show how Montana law may not be best for John Deere 4055 MFWD, PowerShift... individual family situations.” New Holland 8360 MFWD....... $34,000 ............................................ $32,000 Assume Jack dies without writing a will. He has property John Deere 4055 MFWD, PowerShift, valued at $800,000 in his name only. Jack’s survivors are Loaders 5600 hours, nice.................. $35,500 his wife and parents. How much money, if any, will Jack’s John Deere 8200 MFWD......... $48,500 Available wife receive? Most people believe that Jack’s wife receives all $800,000. That’s wrong. Check our web site: Montana law grants the surviving spouse the first $300,000 mttractors.com in value of the estate and three-fourths of the balance. Because the property is solely in Jack’s name, the remaining balance (one-fourth) passes equally to his parents. Jack’s wife receives $675,000. Jack’s father and mother receive $62,500 each. This is not the distribution Jack wishes. He wants his wife to receive all of his estate. Jack needs to write a will. Now let’s look at what happens in Wanda’s family. Wanda remarried after her husband died four years ago. She titled her home in joint tenancy with her new husband shortly after they married. Wanda wrote a will leaving the home to her children. If Wanda dies, who receives the home? Most people believe Wanda’s children because the will was the most recent document. Wrong! The joint tenancy title to the home is a contract. A joint tenancy contract has priority over her will. Wanda cannot undo the contract with her written will. She has disinherited her children without realizing it. To make matters worse, let’s say Wanda and her husband were in an accident. He dies more than five days after she does. His children receive the house, not Wanda’s children. “If Wanda wants her children to receive the house, she first needs to undo the joint tenancy contract with her husband. Wanda then needs review her will to be sure it accomplishes her goals,” emphasizes Goetting. But Goetting would be the first to say you need to think beyond financial assets. The distribution of personal property may cause more family fights than other assets because of the memories people have with the items. In the event of a wife’s death, would her husband or children know who Aunt Suzy’s heirloom ring goes to if this information is not written out? For that matter, would the family members even know which ring is Aunt Suzy’s?” A will with a separate listing of personal property clarifies that issue, making it possible and easier for surviving family members to follow your wishes about who gets your treasured items. “It can stop family feuds,” says Goetting. “There are three ways to learn who your property passes to under Montana law if you don’t have a will,” says Wedum, Pondera County FCS/4-H Extension Agent. First, you can answer questions at an MSU Extension Web site. 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COMBINE FOR SALE
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N.D. pastureland values decline in 2020 From NDSU Extension Service
4000 engine hours. 3208 CAT turbo. MAV Redekop chopper (chop & spread chaff & straw) easy to windrow. 300 bushel grain tank with a CRARY big top. Ag Leader yield & moisture monitor (create color zone maps). Feeder reverser. Very nice and well maintained combine. Always shedded. Comes with 2 headers a NH 971 30-ft header with pickup reel and a NH 970 13-ft pickup with a Rake-up attachment!.............$26,900 Call or text 406-788-5616 • Conrad, MT
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John Deere 7920 tractor, new bucket/grapple, low hours, excellent condition, 90% rubber.............$95,000
John Deere 2030 tractor, 55 hp., diesel engine, 3-point hitch, with hydraulics, good rubber........$8500
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Statewide, the average cash rental rate for pastureland is down approximately 5.1%. Statewide pastureland values and rents are down in 2020, after peaking in 2019, says Bryon Parman, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension agricultural finance specialist. There appears to be some weakness in cash rents and land values for pastureland in North Dakota. Parman used data in the County Rents and Prices Annual Survey, funded by the North Dakota Department of Land Trusts, to develop the weighted NDSU regional averages. Statewide, the average cash rental rate for pastureland is down approximately 5.1%, while pastureland values were down nearly 3%. Parman notes, “Of the nine identified regions across North Dakota, three are not included in this report as pasture rental and sales data is sparse in the northeastern, northern Red River Valley and southern Red River Valley regions. Cash rents are down across all regions of North Dakota from 2019 to 2020. The largest drops are in the northwestern region falling 8.2%, the south-central region falling 8.7% and the southeastern region falling 7.6%. The north-central, southwestern and east-central regions experienced cash rental declines between 1 to 2%, for a statewide average decline of nearly 5%. The most expensive pastureland rental rates continues to be in the southeastern region at $31.70 per acre or $44.65 per Animal Unit Month (AUM), while the least expensive is the northwestern region at $11.1 per acre or $16.82 per AUM. “Regionally, pastureland values across North Dakota were more mixed,” says Parman. “While the statewide average did decline nearly 3%, some regions show
modest increases while others declined, in some cases dramatically.” Two NDSU regions increased modestly in value from 2019 to 2020 including the south-central region and southeastern region. The south-central region increased approximately 1.1% from $1,042 per acre to $1,054 per acre, while the southeastern region increased from $1,437 per acre to $1,489 per acre or approximately 3.6%. The two largest declines in pastureland values occurred in the northwestern region and east-central region. The northwestern region fell from $630 per acre to $552 per acre or a decline of 12.4% while the eastcentral region fell from a high in 2019 of $1,052 per acre to $948 per acre or a drop of 9.9%. More modest declines occurred in the southwestern region falling from $927 per acre to $881 per acre which is a decline of almost 5% while the north-central region fell 1.1% from $805 per acre to $796 per acre. These figures work out to a weighted average decline statewide of approximately 3%. “The 2020 Department of Trust Lands survey was conducted before the effects the COVID-19 crisis had a chance to be felt across the livestock industry,” says Parman. “Livestock markets have moved dramatically lower in recent weeks and should they persist well below 2019 prices for much of the year, it will likely have an impact on pastureland prices and rents heading into 2021.” Parman concludes, “Also of note will be any government assistance provided to livestock producers, which may help prop-up net incomes during the year. In essence, the drop in pastureland values and rents across North Dakota seen from 2019 to 2020 could continue downward as livestock producers grapple with low prices and uncertainty.”
Specializing in hopper, flatbed and stepdeck, freight including hay and machinery. Local and out of state, fully licensed and insured. Marty Cunningham Matthew Goldman 406.212.5843 406.380.0857 (leave message) 406.567.2313 3367 Tesarek Road, Coffee Creek, MT 59424
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Ag-West Distributing had information on many of the products that they can provide at M.A.G.I.E. in Great Falls, Montana in mid-January.
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Korey Fauque of KW Insurance in Sunburst shared the basics of crop insurance and how to reduce inputs using regenerative agriculture practices at Montana’s Next Generation conference. Korey is a longtime conference supporter with KW Insurance being a diamond level sponsor for the weekend as well. Photo by Kari Lewis.
Lost and found: The Lascaux Caves
There was a legend in the Dordogne region of France about a tunnel deep in the woods leading to a hidden treasure. In September 1940, four young boys and their dog, Robot, set out to find it. Robot found a deep hole hidden in the undergrowth. Thinking that this was the tunnel to the treasure, the boys lowered themselves down. The tunnel was an entrance to a cave complex, the upper walls and ceiling of which were covered with huge bulls painted in brilliant tones of red, black, and brown. Other rooms were painted with prehistoric horses, cats, and even rhinos. The boys had discovered the most important prehistoric cave paintings ever found, images of animals that lived 15,000 years ago. The Lascaux caves came to be known as the Sistine Chapel of prehistoric art. Scientists believe the paintings were not for decoration but to pass along important information, as there is no evidence that humans ever lived in the caves.
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If you have items you want advertised in the June 2020 issue THE VERY LATEST WE CAN ACCEPT THEM is May 27th.
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From NDSU Extension Service Field peas may be an alternative to distillers grains as a protein source in cattle feed if the field peas are at a low enough cost, according to a North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock systems specialist. Distillers grains are a coproduct of producing ethanol from corn. “Distillers grains are a very palatable feed that usually has a feed test of 30% crude protein dry-matter (DM) basis,” says Karl Hoppe, who is based at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center. “Typically, dried distillers grains are priced at 110% to 120% of the price of corn grain per ton. When priced on cost per pound of crude protein, distillers grains traditionally have been a very low-cost protein source. Also, distillers grains have a high energy value, making them both a protein and an energy feed.” However, ethanol plants have reduced production or closed temporarily, so the price of distillers grains has risen from $130 to $180 per ton and modified dried distillers grains (50% moisture) have risen from $65 to $90 per ton. “The higher moisture content of modified and wet distillers grains blends well into a total mixed ration and nicely conditions the feed,” Hoppe notes. “It’s a popular choice in cattle rations. But when price increases and/or availability is limited, cattle producers look for options.” One such option is field peas. Pulse crops such as field peas are suited to cooler climates and not usually planted where corn is prevalent. However, North Dakota raises corn and field peas, and field peas are an excellent feed for cattle, Hoppe says. Field peas are 25% to 27% crude protein and contain a high amount of starch. The energy content of field peas is similar to corn grain. Field peas are very palatable once cattle become accustomed to the grain. Getting cattle accustomed to field peas usually takes three days if cattle have not had previous experience with field peas. Field peas can be fed in amounts similar to corn. If producers want to include field peas in cattle diets at high rates, the amount of field peas should be increased slowly, similar to corn. “If field peas are priced competitively with corn grain, field peas can be a replacement for corn energy,” Hoppe says. Typically, field peas are priced for the human food or pet food markets. These prices are considerably higher than feed grain prices. However, recently the demand in the pet food market has been reduced and some field pea producers are looking for other markets. If field pea prices are $5 per 60-pound bushel, that calculates to $167 per ton for a 25% to 27% (DM basis) crude protein feed. “If dried distiller grains are $180 per ton for 30% (DM basis) crude protein, then field peas are a competitive protein source.” Hoppe says. “If freight needs to be added to distillers grains, then field peas are even more cost competitive if the field peas are already binned on-farm.” Field peas are not a direct substitution for distiller grains, though. Distillers grains have been through a fermentation process to remove most of the starch and sugars. Field peas are high in starch and including them in livestock diets at high rates may cause acidosis, a nutritional issue caused by cattle consuming too much starch. “As with all grains, using ‘step up’ rations, or slowly increasing the grain concentration into the ration, will reduce acidosis issues,” Hoppe says. Field peas have yellow and green seeds, and difference may exist in protein content. A feed analysis will determine crude protein concentration in the field peas. “Field peas are a beneficial addition to a cattle ration,” Hoppe says. “Providing both protein and energy, field peas are a viable supplement for beef cow rations. With recent pricing and demand changes for feed, reconsider using field peas as a feed source for cattle.” He notes that North Dakota also produces other protein sources that producers might consider feeding their cattle. Those protein sources are canola, sunflower and soybean meal. Whole soybeans can be used as a protein source when limited to less than 4 pounds in a cow diet. Wheat midds and alfalfa hay can be considered as protein sources as well. ##### Although the practice of using dogs to augment military forces dates back to ancient Greece, no military in history has used them as extensively, or as effectively as the United States.
Researchers work on COVID-19 vaccine
University of Montana News Service Researchers in the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana have been awarded $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to identify and advance a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The principal investigator on the two-year award is Dr. Jay Evans, the center director and a research professor in UM’s Division of Biological Sciences. “When the call came from NIH in February to shift focus and develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, we quickly adjusted lower priority vaccine projects to focus our efforts on this urgent need,” Evans said. “Our dedicated team of experienced researchers stepped up in the face of school closures, stay-at-home orders and social distancing to rapidly advance this vaccine and continue working on other essential research projects of critical importance to our community and the nation.” The NIH award resulted from the combined efforts of Evans with Drs. David Burkhart and Hélène Bazin-Lee from the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Dr. Kendal Ryter from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Dr. Steve Sprang from the Division of Biological Sciences. The UM team partnered with Drs. Florian Krammer and Adolfo García-Sastre from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in in New York City to assist with the rapid advancement of a COVID-19 vaccine. UM has a world-class vaccine discovery and development team actively working on new or improved vaccines for influenza virus, tuberculosis, pertussis (whooping cough), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease, E. coli and opioid addiction. This vaccine research team has expanded from 15 people in January 2016, when the group joined UM from GSK, to over 40 employees now, including students, staff and faculty. There are plans for further growth in 2020 and beyond with this funding and other new projects expected this year. Dr. Stephanie Lathrop, a UM immunologist and COVID-19 project leader, has been instrumental in designing studies and coordinating staff schedules in the middle of a pandemic. “It’s not every day you can be involved in an essential vaccine project with global health implications,” Lathrop said. “It has been amazing to see the UM community rally behind us in support of our efforts.” The research team has implemented alternative work schedules, social distancing, additional personal-protectiveequipment requirements and telecommuting to ensure the safety of employees and their families while balancing the need for critical research to continue. “Zoom and Skype are our new best friends, keeping us all healthy and connected in real-time,” Evans said. “We have learned new ways of working and interacting – some of which will also be helpful after the restrictions are lifted.” The UM team has spent more than 20 years working to improve vaccines through the use of adjuvants – components added to vaccines to improve the immune response – and novel delivery systems to ensure vaccines are safely and efficiently delivered to the right cells. These technologies now are being used for the COVID-19 project to rapidly advance a safe and effective vaccine toward human clinical trials. “Our team has already started testing a wide array of vaccine adjuvants with the COVID-19 antigens from our collaborators at Mount Sinai to quickly find the best vaccine that will protect against the virus,” said Burkhart, a researcher and associate director of the Center for Translational Medicine. “We will use this data to obtain funding to advance it to human clinical trials as soon as possible, while running the tests needed to ensure the vaccine is safe for human use.” “This award demonstrates the amazing team the University has assembled to advance vaccine development for both COVID-19 and future viruses that will lead to the next pandemic,” said Scott Whittenburg, UM vice president for research and creative scholarship. “UM is now a recognized leader in the response to pandemics and other health emergencies through the Center for Translational Medicine, Center for Public Health Research, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics and numerous faculty across campus.” ##### If regular social conversation with your closest friends at the local diner involves rainfall, equipment repairs, hybrids, or herbicides...You Might be a Farmer.
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##### We, ignorant of ourselves, beg often our own harms, which the wise powers deny us for our good. – William Shakespeare
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Montana Farm Bureau Federation Ag NewsWire “I’m grateful for the contributions of our Milton Ranch has been selected as the state’s landowners in sustaining the landscapes recipient of the inaugural Montana Leopold and values we care deeply about as Montanans Conservation Award®. and for inspiring future generations to engage Given in honor of renowned conservationist in environmental stewardship,” said Governor Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes farmers Bullock. “Bill and Dana Milton have practiced and foresters who inspire others with their this exceptional and innovative rangeland dedication to land, water and wildlife habitat management for decades – protecting soils, management on private, working land. conserving water, and enhancing natural Bill and Dana Milton of Roundup, Mondiversity – and I congratulate them on this tana, were presented with $10,000 and a well-deserved award.” crystal award at the 100th Montana Farm “Sand County Foundation is proud to Bureau Federation’s Convention in Billings add Montana to our Leopold Conservation on November 12. The Miltons, who are MusAward family. We look forward to celebrating selshell County Farm Bureau members, raise conservation-minded families who are part of Angus cattle on 15,000 acres of sagebrush Montana’s strong agricultural legacy,” said plains. They have refined their conservation Kevin McAleese, Sand County Foundation efforts since receiving the Montana Land President and Chief Executive Officer. Reliance Conservation Award in 1993. Their Earlier this year, Montana landowners were pastures are intensively grazed for a short encouraged to apply (or be nominated) for amount of time, before allowing native plants the award. Applications were reviewed by an to recover and go to seed. They have successindependent panel of agricultural and conserfully advocated for holistic grazing techniques on federal lands. vation leaders. Among the many outstanding Milton Ranch has participated in third party Montana landowners nominated for the award monitoring of the health of their grasslands for were finalists: Doug Crabtree and Anna Jonesover 20 years. To preserve soil and vegetaCrabtree of Havre in Hill County, and Craig and Conni French of Malta in Phillips County. tion during times of drought, they voluntarily The Montana Leopold Conservation Award reduce their herd’s size. New water tanks is made possible through the generous support and pipelines reduce disturbance to riparian of Governor Steve Bullock’s Office, Montana areas and natural water sources. Innovative Department of Agriculture, Montana Departfencing and escape ramps in water troughs benefit wildlife. ment of Natural Resources and Conservation’s “Bill and Dana are outstanding examples of Rangeland Resources Committee, Sibaynethe diversity that exists among the people who Stillwater, World Wildlife Fund, USDAraise livestock in the American West,” Dan Natural Resources Conservation Service, Dagget wrote in his book, Beyond the RangeBayer Crop Science, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Montana Grazing Lands Conland Conflict: Toward a West that Works. “At the same time, they’re excellent examples servation Initiative, Montana Weed Control of the diversity to be found among people Association, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, who call themselves environmentalists. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Society for Miltons have not only stood on both sides of Range Management – Northern Great Plains that fence but they’ve also spent much of their Section, Western Landowners Alliance, and adult lives trying to build bridges across it.” The Wildlife Society of Montana. Bill once summed up his conservation goals In his influential 1949 book, A Sand County for a ranch management consultant in writing: Almanac, Leopold called for an ethical relaGrasslands with more litter, more diverse tionship between people and the land they own plants, increasing organic matter, and more and manage, which he called “an evolutionary leaves to harvest the sun’s energy. Stable water possibility and an ecological necessity.” table. Little or no soil erosion. Invasive weeds Sand County Foundation presents the Leopcontrolled or well managed (eaten). Habitat old Conservation Award to private landowners that optimizes local wildlife populations. A in 20 states with a variety of conservation, simple and well-maintained fence and water agricultural and forestry organizations. For infrastructure. more information on the award, visit www. In 2005 the Miltons had the opportunity leopoldconservationaward.org. to purchase the remaining acreage of a ranch Leopold Conservation Award Program they had partially purchased in 1979. They The Leopold Conservation Award is a sold their original ranch and moved their headcompetitive award that recognizes landowner achievement in voluntary conservation. Sand quarters to the center of their acreage. They County Foundation presents the award in also made the switch from sheep to beef cattle, California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, and joined a marketing cooperative that helps Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dasell their hormone and antibiotic-free beef. Trained in facilitation, conflict resolution, kota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and ranch succession planning, Bill began a Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and in New England consulting business informed by his experi(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont). www. ence in resiliency. leopoldconservationaward.org Bill’s facilitation of meetings for water usSand County Foundation ers from the Musselshell River in the 1990s Sand County Foundation inspires and enhelped lead to the formation of the Musselshell Watershed Coalition, an ongoing partnership ables a growing number of private landownbetween irrigators, conservation districts, and ers to ethically manage natural resources in state and federal agencies to serve water users their care, so future generations have clean while supporting the health of the river and and abundant water, healthy soil to support its tributaries. agriculture and forestry, plentiful habitat for The Miltons work with local groups dediwildlife and opportunities for outdoor recrecated to enhancing the health of grass-based ation. www.sandcountyfoundation.org agriculture and rural communities. Bill also Montana Farm Bureau Federation organized a group of 20 area residents who The Montana Farm Bureau Federation is are passionate about improving their owned the state’s largest agricultural organization and leased land. Together they have conducted with 21,000 member families across the state. rangeland vegetation evaluations, soil testing They are celebrating their centennial in 2019. and bird surveys. www.mfbf.org
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Price: $850,000 Acres: 680 total acres Cultivated acres: 660 approx. Grazing acres: 20 approx. Crops planted in area: Winter and Spring Wheat, Peas, Lentils, Mustard, Canola, Barley, Oats, Alfalfa and Chickpeas. Great opportunity to own a piece of Black Coulee area farm land. This acreage sits conveniently 12 miles south of Joplin, on the west side of the Joplin road. This is a great parcel if you’re looking to increase current production or purchase as an investment property.The county has a total area of 1,458 square miles. 97% of Liberty County’s economy is supported by agriculture. Rich soil provides nourishment for vast fields of wheat, barley and pulse crops.
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By Jeremiah Vardiman, Agriculture Extension Educator, University of Wyoming revealed that infections to wheat and barley No, we are not talking about your neighbor are 5 to 10 times higher when planted after a or relative. This is in reference to Fusarium corn crop. Wheat or barley crops are also at Head Blight, also known as scab or DON, risk if they are planted adjacent to last years which is a fungal disease that significantly infected fields. effects wheat and barley crops. This could be The next management strategy to implea potential concern to Wyoming’s farmers, whom produced an average of 3.91 million ment would be the removal of the grain bushels of wheat and 6.81 million bushels of crop residue. Unfortunately, this disease is barley. This fungus is found on and attacks benefited by soil health practices of residue the grain of the crop causing yield loss, low retention through no till, minimum till and test weights, low seed germination, and mystrip till because the residue allows the disease to persist in the environment until cotoxin contaminated grain, which results in the next host crop (wheat, barley, corn or lost revenues for farmers and potential rejecgrasses) can be infected. The past few years tion of the harvested grain at elevators. The in Montana and Wyoming, the malt barley main identifying symptom for this disease crop had fairly high infections of fields that is bleaching of some florets in the crop’s were planted after corn and were almost a head prior to maturity, while severe infecguarantee of an infection if that barley was tions can cause premature bleaching of the directly planted into corn stubble (no-till entire head. Infected kernels often have pink system). Effective means for handling crop or orange colored mold on them and often residue are burning, burying, or complete shriveled, white, and chalky in appearance. removal. The disease is caused by several species Irrigation management can also be used of fungi from the group known as Fusarium, to decrease the potential risk of scab infechence the name. Fusarium graminearum is the most common. This disease can be tion. If possible, time irrigation to prior and introduced into a field by spores blown in after flowering of the crop. This practice by the wind or by contaminated seed. Like would provide adequate water to the crop most fungi, Fusarium Head Blight thrives while leaving a dry microclimate in the crop in warm moist conditions which can be canopy that is less favorable to the fungi. caused through rain, irrigation, fog and/or Though not necessarily an option to farmlong evening dew events. Therefore, this ers, it is worth noting that furrow or flood disease is more prevalent in irrigated fields irrigation can provide a slightly drier crop than dryland. However, dryland fields can canopy than pivot or areal irrigation and get this disease if climatic events lineup cortypically does not spread the disease through the splashing of water droplets on infected rectly. Once established in a portion of the crop material. field this disease spreads rapidly throughout If the prior management practices fail the area by wind and splashing water. The to prevent an infection and an infection is most susceptible portion of the wheat and found early enough, then a fungicide is the barley plant is the head and in particular last option. Fungicides only suppress the when the crop is flowering. After the growdisease, they do not kill or eliminate it. For ing season the fungus overwinters on crop fungicides to be effective at suppressing residue and can re-infect a following wheat the disease, application timing is crucial or barley crop. It should also be noted that and should occur at the first sign of anthers Fusarium Head Blight can also persist and extruding from the wheat head or directly colonize corn and other grass crops such as prior to barley head emergence. Fungicide forage grasses. products are locally systemic, meaning they So, what can be done to prevent or reduce only protect the tissue they are applied to this disease? First of all, if there is no history and not the entire plant. The most effective of scab in your fields, neighbor’s fields, or fungicides provide about 50% control comcounty, then the chances are extremely low and probably not a huge concern. If there pared to untreated crops, so do not base your is a concern of potential infection, then full management plan on chemical control. following an integrated pest management In summary, if there is no history of this (IPM) or multifaceted approach is highly disease in your area then this is probably not recommended. a large concern. If there is a history, then this Typically, the first recommendation for disease is controllable with sound manageIPM would be to use resistant varieties. ment practices. Fusarium Head Blight needs Currently there are several spring wheat warm humid conditions during flowering to varieties that are tolerant, though there are favor an infection and production. Rotating no barley or winter wheat varieties that are crops from cereal crops to non-cereal crops resistant. The next management implemenwill aide in breaking the disease’s life cycle. Removal of cereal crop residue will further tation is crop rotation, which breaks the aide in breaking the disease’s life cycle. cycle of the disease and declines the fungi Planting barley or wheat after corn, espepopulation that causes reinfection especially if a legume crop or broadleaf crop is rotated cially into corn stubble, greatly increases between grain crops. Research has proven the risk of infection. Fungicides only supthat Fusarium Head Blight infection is two press the spread and impact of the disease times higher when wheat is planted into on the crop, it does not kill the fungus. For wheat stubble than when wheat is planted more information please contact your local into soybean stubble. Research has also extension office or industry representative.
International Nurses Day
Date When Celebrated: May 12 National Nurses Week, and a number of specific Nurses Days during this week, provides recognition to nurses for their contributions and commitment to quality health care. It brings awareness to the importance of nurses in the care, comfort, and well being of all of us, and especially our children and the aging, and those in poor health. Origin of Nurses Day: The roots of International Nurses Day goes
back to 1953, when Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to proclaim a “Nurse Day” in October of the following year. The proclamation was not officially made. But, this day was born and eventually gained national recognition. International Nurse Day is celebrated on May 12, because this it’s the birthday of Florence Nightingale.
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Skookumchuck Ag, Sunburst, Montana is liquidating a complete modern line of equipment as they close down the farm division. This is mostly late model, lower hour equipment with dealer maintenance on much of it. Call/text or email Lyle Benjamin for full details and more pictures. (406) 539-5953 skookumchuck.ag.lyle@gmail.com
2010 John Deere 1835 air drill, 61-ft., 10” spacing, recapped steel packers, 3” carbine openers @ 70%, primary blockage, double shoot, 1910 tow between cart, ground drive $89,000 variable rate, mid row disc banders..........................$92,000 2012 John Deere 1830 air drill, 61-ft., 12” spacing, 5.5” rubber packers, single shoot, primary & secondary blockage monitors, 1” carbide openers with 3000 acres on them, 1910 tow $73,000 behind 430 bushel cart, 10” fill auger.......................$75,000
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Leon 10-ft blade with three way angle. Cutting edge is in good shape, frogs are not worn............................................$2500
2005 Case IH 2388 combine, factory straw choppers, maxi tops for 300 bushel capacity, large and small wire concaves, third feederhouse lift cylinder factory kit installed for use with CASE 3020 flex header, recent work orders. Comes with 30-ft. 1010 header with trailer, 2015 pickup header with Swathmaster attachment, 1689 rotor hours, 2078 engine hours........................................................................$75,000 2005 Case IH 2388 combine, factory straw choppers, maxi tops for 300 bushel capacity, large and small wire concaves, recent work orders. Comes with 30-ft. 1010 header with trailer, 2015 pickup header with Swathmaster attachment. Hours close to other unit, will need to verify.............$75,000
225 gallon firefighting skid, 5.5 hp Honda pump, 50-ft. 1” handline, ditch nozzle, 2” hand line.....................................$1000
2006 Brandt 65-ft. auger. Has been repaired..................$7000
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Weatherhead hydraulic hose press, mounted on steel bench with electric hose cutter, includes assorted fittings, dies from 1/4”-1”, rolls of Gates 3/8 & 1/2” hose. Ideal for FlexiCoil air drill owners.........................................Asking $1900
Case IH 3020 35-ft. flex auger head with pickup reel and air reel...........................................................................$27,000
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1983 Case IH 1390 2WD tractor, 60 PTO hp, cab, loader.................... $12,500 Seed treater unit............ $450
1965 Eversman scraper, 3 yard. Good condition............$6000
1999 Bench Industries barley upgrader, also works well for separating flax from chickpeas, 400 bushel/hour with 6” auger, single phase power..............................................$4500
Willwood 60-ft. diameter, 19,000 bushel bin ring with cone cover. Would make awesome swimming pool, fish pond, kid’s sandbox, etc in the off season.............................$4500 1996 John Deere 7600 FWA tractor, 112 hp, PowerShift, 540/1000 PTO, 740 loader, 8-ft. bucket and forks. Newer rubber on front, 4000-5000 hours............................$47,500 2009 E-Z Trail 710 grain cart, PTO or hydraulic drive, tarp. Good condition.........................................................$20,000 2012 Capstan individual nozzle section control for John Deere sprayers, set up for 100-ft. 20” spacing....................$20,000 2018 Brandt 1547 conveyor with hydraulic mover, hydraulic winch, work lights, electric start and collapsing hopper........ .................................................................................$20,000 1978 New Holland 1049 self-propelled small square bale stacker, cab, Ford 361 gas, 5 speed, 158 bale capacity, triple wide, 9 tier..........................................................$7500
1975 Allis Chalmers 180 tractor, 65 PTO hp, 3-pt., 540 PTO, 2 hydraulic remotes, loader.........................................$6500 1981 New Castle 10 ton trailer, flip ramp on beavertail, dual tandem axle, pintle, 20-ft. estimated length.................$6000 2004 GMC 2500HD, 3/4 ton pickup, extended cab, 6.0L, 5th wheel ball, Rhino Lined bed, 267,000 miles................$5000 1998 Sakundiak 10”x70-ft. swing away auger. Shear bolts keep breaking..............................................................$2500 1999 Polaris 700 RMK snowmobile, 151” track..............$2000 1995 Farm King 70-ft. swing away auger. Repairs needed, shear bolts keep breaking...........................................$1500 2-1500 gallon water tanks. Each........................................$750 1-1000 gallon tank.............................................................$500 Banjo assorted fittings, size 100, 200, 220 some thread, mostly flange style valves cam lock, plugs, bulkhead fittings, etc.. ........................................................................... Make Offer
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How to tame a snack attack
By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension I broke the cardinal rule of healthful snacking the other night. Can you guess what I did?
I was watching TV when I remembered I had a bag of dill pickle potato chips in the kitchen. The thought of a crunchy snack motivated me to leave the living room. I grabbed the bag on the counter, opened it and carried it to the couch. Actually, then I did a couple of things wrong. I ate out of the bag and I watched TV while eating. This was mindless snacking at its best. During a commercial, I noticed the bag was feeling lighter in my hand. I paused. I realized that if I didn’t slow down, I would eat an entire bag of chips in one sitting. Did I mention this was a large bag? How many servings had I just eaten? I flipped over the bag to check the Nutrition Facts label. The bag had eight servings at 150 calories per serving. I had eaten about three servings at 150 calories per serving. That’s 450 calories. If a person eats 100 extra calories per day, theoretically that person can gain about 10 pounds in a year. A pound of body fat equals about 3,500 calories.
Let’s do the math about potential weight gain after eating 450 calories extra per day. No, let’s not do the math. OK, I did the math. Gaining 45 pounds in a year from excessive daily snacking is not conducive to good health. I would need a new wardrobe, too. I tightened a twist tie on the bag and brought it back to the kitchen, well out of my reach. Then I got a glass of water, which has zero calories. I trudged back to the living room. What should I have done to manage my snack intake? I should have put a serving of those tasty, crunchy chips in a bowl. Then I should have savored them one by one instead of going on a munching fiesta. This particular snack noted 17 chips per serving. I also could have opted for the crunchy carrots and apples in my refrigerator. In flipping over the potato chip bag, I discovered that the company was ahead of its time.
It had the brand new Nutrition Facts label, which will be required by July 2020 on food packaging for all major food manufacturers who sell more than $10 million in food yearly. By July 2021, you will see the new label on all food products required to carry nutrition labels regardless of the annual sales of the food manufacturer. The new Nutrition Facts labels have some key changes from the previous labels. First, you will notice the number of calories per serving more clearly. Calories are listed in a larger bold font. The serving size also is more prominent and serving sizes for many foods have been updated. Maybe that’s why I felt a little guilty. This was easy to read. We used to have to make some calculations to determine calorie and nutrient content on some types of foods. For example, previously the label on a 20-ounce bottle of soda might have noted
that it had 2.5 servings. If you drank the entire bottle, you would have to “do the math” and multiply calories and other nutrients by 2.5. Now, a 20-ounce bottle will be listed as having one serving. This might be a reality check if you drink regular soda. A 20-ounce bottle of regular soda has about 240 calories. This is a test. How many pounds could you gain in a year from a daily bottle of pop above your daily calorie needs? That would be more than 24 pounds. Remember that water has no calories. We also have some new items listed on all upcoming nutrition labels. One of them is added sugars. Many foods, such as fruit juice and milk, contain some sugar naturally. The new required declaration lets us know how much sugar is added to the foods to enhance flavor and other attributes. For example, that 20-ounce bottle of cola has 65 grams of “added sugars.” That’s about 17 teaspoons. While calcium and iron remain on the new label, vitamins A and C no longer are required because they are not nutrients of concern for most people. We can get these nutrients by eating plenty of fruit and vegetables. Potassium and vitamin D are the newest additions to the label. Potassium helps our muscles, including our all-important heart muscle, contract and relax. Vitamin D plays a variety of roles, including keeping our bones strong. Other researchers have linked vitamin D to helping prevent certain types of cancer, diabetes and depression, and keeping our immune system strong. Now you will know the percent of the daily vitamin D you are getting from the food you choose. Keep in mind that we all have room for some “treats” in our diet, whether of the savory, crunchy type or the type that satisfies a sweet tooth. The new labels will help us be better-informed consumers. Here’s a crunchy snack recipe that is much lower in calories, fat and sodium than most packaged snacks. Popcorn is a wholegrain food that provides fiber.
New Nutrition Facts labels will list calories more clearly and serving sizes more prominently. (NDSU photo)
Savory Chili Popcorn
4 c. air-popped popcorn 1 Tbsp. butter, melted 1 tsp. chili powder (or to taste) Dash garlic powder In a bowl, drizzle popcorn with melted butter. Mix seasonings in a smaller bowl and sprinkle over popcorn. Serve immediately. Makes two (2cup) servings. Each serving has 110 calories, 6 grams (g) fat, 2 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber and 45 milligrams sodium.
How atrazine regulations have influenced the environment
By Rachel Leege, Soil Science Society of America To combat weeds, farmers use a variety of tools and methods. By understanding the strengths and downfalls of each tool, a farmer can make the best decisions for his or her operation to keep pesky weeds out of the field. One tool farmers can turn to for weed control is applying herbicides. New research is helping us understand a specific herbicide even better: atrazine. Atrazine is one of the most common herbicides used in the United States. It can be used to manage weeds in crops like corn, sorghum, sugarcane and turf. The chemical kills weeds by preventing photosynthesis in the plant. A benefit of herbicides, like those with atrazine, is that they reduce the need for tillage. In addition to its effects on soil health, tillage can increase erosion of precious soil. Reducing tillage conserves our soil by preventing erosion and maintaining healthy soil structure. A downfall of atrazine, though, is that it can sometimes make its way into streams and rivers. After the chemical is applied to a field, atrazine breaks down in the soil and turns into another compound, called deethylatrazine (DEA). This is a good thing, since DEA is less toxic to aquatic organisms than atrazine. In recent years, atrazine use has been decreasing. However, despite the decrease in atrazine use, concentrations of the secondary compound, DEA, have been increasing. Karen Ryberg and her team thought there must be more to this puzzle than just atrazine use. Ryberg, who works at the United States Geological Survey, wanted to determine the factors, other than usage, that influence trends in herbicide concentrations in streams. The most common conversion of atrazine to DEA is through the activity of soil microbes – like fungi and bacteria. Therefore, atrazine breaks down quicker when it has more contact with soil microorganisms. “Based on previous studies, we predicted factors affecting the atrazine concentrations in streams,” says Ryberg. “These included corn acres in the watershed, weather, climate and management practices.” “In our study, we used existing data from 2002 to 2012 spanning many areas of the country,” explains Ryberg. Then models were used to analyze the data and test the team’s predictions of what caused the atrazine and DEA trends in the streams. In the 1990s, new regulations addressed surface water contamination concerns. These regulations lowered application rates of atrazine for crops, and even prohibited its use near water wells. The goal was to reduce the overall concentration of atrazine in water. “Concentration and use trends show that past atrazine regulations, especially in the Midwest, were successful,” says Ryberg. “More of the atrazine broke down into DEA before reaching streams.” Despite an increase in the amount of corn acres grown between 2002 and 2012, the study showed atrazine use decreased in most areas of the United States. Ryberg’s study also discovered that atrazine turns into DEA faster in dry areas without tile drainage. Tile drains can be installed underground in wet farm fields to help move water and prevent flooding. Tile drains are like storm water drains for farm fields. Because tile drains help water from the field move faster through underground pipes, the water has less time to come in contact with soil. Therefore, soil microorganisms have less time to break down atrazine to DEA before water carries it out of the field toward nearby streams. This finding means there may be more challenges with atrazine levels in the future. As farmers anticipate climate change and wetter field conditions, more tile drains may be needed in order to grow crops in adequate soil conditions. Moving forward, Ryberg would like to build on this research for monitoring pesticides. “Ongoing monitoring is important to understand the degradation and transport processes of pesticides,” explains Ryberg. Farmers will continue to adapt to changing conditions, including weed communities. Pesticide usage will change, and it is an ongoing challenge to monitor for new pesticides or mixtures of pesticides in the environment. ##### Dentures used to be made of the teeth of dead soldiers. The corpses’ teeth would be removed, then placed in artificial gums for use by living people. Both Union and Confederate soldiers’ teeth were frequently used in this way.
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New test identifies poisonous mushrooms
By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service appearance, experts cannot see the toxin A simple, portable test that can detect chemicals that lurk inside. the deadliest of the mushroom poisons in Still this test only identifies the presence minutes has been developed by Agricultural or absence of this specific class of toxin; it Research Service (ARS) scientists and their does not detect other compounds such as colleagues. hallucinogens or toxins that cause other gasEating toxic mushrooms causes more trointestinal or neurological symptoms. So, than 100 deaths a year, globally, and leaves it cannot determine if a mushroom is edible. thousands of people in need of urgent Mushroom hunting has gained in popumedical assistance. Amanitin is the class larity in the last several decades. A single of mushroom toxins that cause the most mushroom identification group on Faceserious issues. book, among many, has more than 166,000 The new test can identify the presence of members. Foraging for mushrooms is popuas little as 10 parts per billion (equivalent lar throughout most of Europe, Australia, Jato 10 cents out of $10 million) of amanitin pan, Korea, parts of the Middle East, and the in about 10 minutes from a rice grain size Indian subcontinent, as well as in Canada sample of a mushroom or in the urine of and the United States. Distinguishing toxic someone who has eaten a poisonous amafrom nontoxic mushroom species is based nitin-containing mushroom. The test also on first correctly identifying the mushroom works with dog urine, as dogs are known and then referencing a mushroom field to indiscriminately eat mushrooms. guide to determine if it is known to contain “We developed the test primarily for toxins or not. But mushrooms of the same mushrooms as food products. Serendipispecies can vary in appearance, especially tously, it was sensitive enough to also detect at different life stages and habitats, making the toxin in urine,” said ARS microbiologist them very difficult to identify. Candace Bever, who worked on the develMany poisonous mushrooms closely opment. Bever is with the Foodborne Toxin resemble edible wild mushrooms. For inDetection and Prevention Research Unit in stance, the Springtime Amanita (Amanita Albany, California. velosa) is a highly desirable edible wild No definitive point-of-care clinical dimushroom in the Pacific coastal United agnostic test currently exists for amatoxin States. But to the untrained eye, it can appoisoning. Early detection of amanitin in a pear similar to the Death cap mushroom patient’s urine would help doctors trying to A. phalloides. The Death Cap accounts make a diagnosis. for more than 90 percent of fungus-related “Our hope is that doctors and veterinarpoisoning deaths in Europe. ians will be able to quickly and confidently “This test can provide more information identify amatoxin poisoning rather than about a wild mushroom beyond physical having to clinically eliminate other susappearance and characteristics and detect pected gastrointestinal diseases first,” she something we cannot even see—the presadded. “We also hope that will give patients ence of amanitins,” said Bever. If an afa better chance at recovery, even though fordable product like this was available, there are no clearly effective, specific treatforaging could become even more popular ments right now.” and possibly safer. The test also could be a practical and The new test is an immuno-assay and definitive way for mushroom foragers to depends on a very specifically reactive identify and avoid eating mushrooms with monoclonal antibody—a lab-produced amanitin toxin if a commercial partner protein that detects and binds only with a can be found to produce and market a test specific target. Scientists from the Univerkit. This test is the most sensitive and relisity of California-Davis, Pet Emergency able field method available to chemically and Specialty Center of Marin and Centers identify amanitin-containing mushrooms. for Disease Control and Prevention also Although mushroom experts can identify contributed to this project. deadly mushrooms just by looking at their
20th of May will be...World Bee Day
Lately, the concerns about bees being endangered have become widely noted among people all over the world, but how to take action about it has become scarce in this age. That’s why World Bee Day exists to educate people about the importance of bees and how they can help preserve them for the sake of the future. If you want to help save these fuzzy insects from extinction, then read down below to learn more about what World Bee Day is about! History of World Bee Day World Bee Day corresponds with an important influencer in the pioneering of beekeeping. Anton Janša, who in the 18th century pioneered modern beekeeping techniques in his native Slovenia, was one of the first people to help bring about the importance of bees in the world environment. Since then, beekeeping has become a vital necessity in the world’s ecosystems and economic systems. However, not many people realize the importance of bees or know how to help save the bees, which led to the announcement of World Bee Day through the United Nations. The United Nations designated World Bee Day to raise awareness of the impor-
tance of bees. Because bees are under a continuous threat from human activity, which includes the introduction of invasive insects, pesticides, land-use change and monocropping practices, have continuously been destroying bee colonies over time. World Bee Day helps educate people about the importance of bees and what they do for the environment, which includes how they help grow 90% of the world’s wildflower plants, 35% of the world’s crops depend on bees to grow, and help build ecosystems all over the world. With these statistics, the United Nations has created various programs all over the world to increase awareness of protecting bees and what you can do to help this cause. How to Celebrate World Bee Day If you’re looking for a way to help raise awareness of bee endangerment, then share and spread the news about World Bee Day through social media. Hashtag #WorldBeeDay and post about bees so your friends can see. If you’re wanting to do more, find a charity that goes towards bee conservation and donates through there. Start a garden and place in a wide arrangement of fruits, vegetables, and flowers that you know bees would like. Looking to be more proactive about how you purchase your food? Go to a local beekeeper and purchase honey from them.
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By Jane Wolery, MSU Extension Teton County for the USDA information on freezing foods Over the last few weeks, we’ve talked on the internet or contact your local MSU about several topics. Well, mostly I’ve Extension Office. written, and you’ve read. I like to think we Since we are speaking of freezing, now are having a conversation. As COVID-19 may be a good time to consider a “spending started to change things for us in the United freeze.” After participating in a financial States, I suggested we focus on those things book club a few years ago, our family has that we can control, because spending a taken a month each year to try to freeze our huge amount of mental capacity spinning spending. Of course, we still pay our bills on things we cannot control is truly burdenfor housing, utilities, etc., but we really try some for our mental wellbeing. Instead, I to limit all other spending. It has been a recommended going about your day with good opportunity to practice restraint and an attitude of gratitude – finding aspects replenish both the budget and our appreof your life to enjoy in the moment. For ciation for what we already have. I realize me, yesterday, I soaked in all the laughter many people may have unexpectedly lost our family had while eating lunch together. their jobs and may be facing tremendous Most of it was at my expense, but what a financial upheaval. Now is a good time for great thing to be so peculiar as to make your most of us to review our expenses and make children laugh! How blessed I am to have sure we have a budget and live by it. There daughters and a spouse to share raucous are many great resources at msuextension. laughter and humor. I thoroughly enjoyed org on financial matters. For beginning budthe sun shining on me and warming my back geting, look at the MontGuide, Developing as I sat at our dining room table (which my a Spending Plan, because after all, a budget daughters built for me – yes, I’m proud) as I is to make sure your money does what you worked. My oldest, as a rare treat, sat beside need it to do most. Know what your needs me taking her college classes. I was grateful are for shelter, utilities, transportation, food for a wonderful cup of tea in a beautiful potand insurance. For many, transportation tery cup from a set my husband purchased costs may be lower now at least in terms from a potter in Eastern Montana who we of fuel. There are ways to cut costs and have known for years. The tea was from a simplify food expenses. The USDA has a family trip we took with my father-in-law great guide available for download called, to visit relatives in South Carolina. I’ve Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals, taken to buying tea when I travel because that has menu plans and recipes. it is light, packs well and when I’m makAs you review or draft a budget, see ing a cup I think about the people, places if you can find room to put money into and experiences from that trip. Tea stores emergency savings. It doesn’t matter how well and I try to always have a good stock little it might be. You can start with $5 in my pantry. or $20. The important part is to have the Speaking of pantries, having you orgaemergency savings account established and nized yours yet? We discussed that a few start building the habit. If you can, automate weeks ago and what expirations dates really the amount going to savings. Those who mean, as well as meal planning and using have emergency savings will weather the items you have in food storage first, if you unexpected changes to their financial status are fortunate to have such. If you have taken with much less stress. There are resources at stock of your pantry and you are well supAmericaSaves.org. I have enjoyed reading plied, now might be a good time to donate to their Saver Tips and Stories. One of my your local food bank. I suspect the best way favorites is about a woman who had lost to do so would be with a check mailed to the her home and whose family was living in a organization in your community. Are you rundown hotel. Her future seemed bleak, enjoying meal planning and meal preparabut she committed to saving $10 per week tion? I’ve had a little challenge at our home for an emergency fund. Within three years, gauging how much we will eat and need to her financial goals and habits had changed build in more meals of “planned-overs” so enough that she could buy a home, appliwe can eat down the remainders of meals ances and still had money in her savings. that are crowding the fridge. We are used In addition to America Saves materials, to having more teenage friends in our home she used Purdue Extension’s Making Your helping us consume our food! It is good to Money Work. remember that many cooked meal items can Extension has a great network of educabe frozen well and saved for later – maybe tors and resources across the United States when we are all a different kind of busy and providing credible, reliable information. back to life as we knew it. Also, if you have MSU Extension’s Joel Schumacher organizthawed meat properly in the refrigerator, es and teaches many of the Solid Finances thinking you will use it and then realize you classes found at solidfinances.msuextenhave too many meals already prepared, it is sion.org. He has tapped into the Extension safe to refreeze the meat. Or, you can cook network with guest presenters. Here are just it and freeze to use later. a few of the classes you can take by viewI have taught a class called, “Once a ing the recording online: 10-Minute Daily Month Cooking,” where I made 30 meals Financial Workouts with Luke Erickson, in a day and then froze them. I used to use University of Idaho Extension; Creating that method in my own home, but now I a Financial Recordkeeping System and more commonly batch prep ingredients to Sticking With It with Carrie Johnson, have on hand for quick meal assembly. For North Dakota State University Extension; instance, I may cook chicken and either Organizing Your Financial Paperwork shred or cube, or fry a bunch of ground with Karen Richel, University of Idaho beef and have that in the freezer ready to Extension; Budgeting for Your Good Life go. My younger daughter and I discovered with Elizabeth Kiss, Kansas State Univerthis year that mirepoix, a sautéed mixture sity Extension and Slash Your Spending of diced veggies, such as carrots, celery, with Carrie Johnson, North Dakota State onions and garlic, also freezes well. We University Extension. had some vegetables getting to the end of On the Solid Finances website there are their prime in the refrigerator, so we diced numerous classes from Marsha Goetting, and sautéed them, put them in jars, labeled MSU Extension. Additionally, she is offerthe lids and put in the freezer. We just thaw ing Tuesday Tips: A Series of 30-Minute in the microwave and much of the work Estate and Legacy Planning Webinars. of making soups and casseroles is already done. If you wonder what freezes well, look CONTINUED ON PAGE C4
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Goetting’s Health Care Power of Attorney MontGuide has just been released and can be found at MSU Extension Publications at store.msuextension.org. When budgeting some time for reviewing your finances, be sure to look at Power of Attorney, advanced directives and wills. As you take stock of your pantry, your budget, your finances and legacy planning, be sure to remember gratitude and take stock of your blessings. I saw years ago the idea of filing a love letter with your will. It struck me that a person’s sentiments of love might be the most cherished inheritance anyone could receive. How we live our lives and the love we share with others may be the best legacy of all. May you and your loved ones be well.
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K-State Research and Extension News A Kansas State University researcher whose work is helping to redefine the way that farmers and plant breeders view the impact of night-time temperatures on farm crops has been recognized by a publication that promotes innovation in science. Krishna Jagadish, an associate professor in K-State’s Department of Agronomy, is the co-author of an article just published in the journal, Trends in Plant Science, that explains why crops and other plants lose water as a result of high temperatures at night. “In climates like we have in Kansas, where the nights are warmer, it’s common for plants to lose water (overnight), which is very precious for many of our crops,” Jagadish said. “In turn, that translates into increased drought periods that will affect the quantity and quality of our yields.” In plants, water passes through the stomata, which are small pores in the epidermis of leaves, stems and other organs. During the day, the stomates open to allow water to be taken from the plant’s roots, then trade that water with carbon dioxide so that photosynthesis (and thus, plant growth) can occur. “Normally, plants keep their stomates closed during the night, and thus would lose very little water during the night when photosynthesis can’t take place,” Jagadish said. “But with warm night-time temperatures, atmospheric drying takes place because the higher temperatures are forcing the plant to open the stomates, at least partially.” The result is that the plant loses some of the water that otherwise would be used to help with photosynthesis the next day, according to Jagadish. “We don’t yet know how much water is being lost in Kansas farm crops,” Jagadish said. “If the night-time conditions are really warm, we could be losing as much as one-third to one-half of what those plants would normally lose during the daytime.” Jagadish and his research team are about to enter a third CONTINUED ON PAGE C7
Farm crops are losing water even during the night
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By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension “We’re going to gain 10,000 pounds if you keep cooking and baking like this,” my husband said as he glanced in my direction. Did I mention he tends to exaggerate a little? “How many pieces of banana cake have you had?” I asked. “This is my second piece,” he replied without even a slight bit of remorse. “The cream cheese frosting is really good,” he added as he placed a large piece on his plate. I think we will gain only 5,000 pounds. Or perhaps 5 pounds. I won’t add to your family’s weight by printing the recipe. However, I know people will ask me for it, so check out https://www.allrecipes.com and search for “Banana Cake VI.” Like any treat, cut the pieces small. Store the remaining cake in your refrigerator. Actually, you might want to put a lock on the refrigerator. However, my sweet-toothed husband would figure out how to dismantle a lock. Cooking and baking are stress relievers for me, especially during this time of uncertainty in the coronavirus pandemic. Our kids appreciate the fancier meals that happen when we have more time to focus on food preparation. For example, we had a Thanksgiving dinner the other day. My kids looked at me a bit oddly but loved it. We also had a lot of leftover turkey to use in planned-over meals. Another day, we enjoyed a beef roast and all the fixings. We made barbecue beef sandwiches the next evening. We continue to support our local restaurants as well, so we order drive-up or delivery at about the same rate as preCOVID-19. We want the restaurants to be in business later, so they need our support. Families and individuals are spending more time at home and eating together more often, sometimes “seeing” each other using technology. That’s a silver lining as we huddle in place. As numerous studies have shown, eating more meals as a family has numerous benefits. According to researchers, eating more family meals may have more benefits than some extracurricular activities. However, kids who have missed attending the prom and sports tournaments, and participating in music and theater performances might not agree at this point in their lives. Eating as a family is a routine that is reassuring for everyone. Researchers have shown that children who eat more meals with their families are more likely to earn mostly A’s and B’s, compared with kids who eat fewer times with their families. Children who eat with their families improve their communication skills and build their vocabularies. Even the occasional bickering session among siblings builds communication skills. Family meals provide structure, stability and feelings of belonging. As a result, children who eat meals more often with their families are less likely to engage in risky behavior, such as drinking alcohol, smoking or drug abuse. They’re also less likely to be depressed and less likely to have eating disorders. A family who eats together enjoys more nutritious meals, too. Kids who eat more often with their families eat more fruits and vegetables, more calcium-rich foods and less high-fat, highly sweetened foods. They’re more likely to meet their needs for fiber, iron, vitamin E and folate, too. Do you ever run out of conversation topics during meals? We can help. My colleague Kim Bushaw, family science specialist, created 60 conversation starters. You can access them on the Family Table website: https://www.ag.ndsu. edu/familytable. Here are a couple of conversation starters from the collection: What is your super power (something you do really well)? What food would you like to try if you were feeling extra brave about trying something new? To help with a collaborative family meal, here’s an easy recipe courtesy of the North Dakota Wheat Commission (https://www.ndwheat.com). This recipe is featured in “7 Steps to Making a Pizza,” which is a publication in our “Pinchin’ Pennies in the Kitchen” series of 26 handouts. The handout lists a variety of toppings and more recipes, including a cauliflower crust. Try setting up a make-yourown pizza buffet with a variety of toppings. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food and click on “Food Preparation” to view a wide range of free materials, including the “Pinchin’ Pennies” series, as we navigate our present journey. CONTINUED ON PAGE C9
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Whole-wheat Pizza Crust 3/4 c. whole-wheat flour 3/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 package quick-rising yeast (2 1/4 tsp.) 3/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. sugar 1/2 c. warm water (120 to 130 F) 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil or other oil Combine whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, yeast, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir to mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine hot water and oil (water should be 120 to 130 F); gradually combine water mixture with dry ingredients until a sticky ball forms. If dough is too dry, add 1 to 2 Tbsp. warm water; if dough is too sticky, add 1 to 2 Tbsp. flour. Using a stand mixer, process dough for one minute to knead. Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and cover bowl, allowing dough to rest for 10 to 20 minutes before rolling. Preheat oven to 450 F and roll out dough (13-inch circle). Brush crust with olive oil and poke with fork. Top with your favorite toppings and bake for about 15 minutes or until cheese has melted and crust is browned. Makes 10 servings (slices). Each serving of the crust has 80 calories, 1.5 grams (g) fat, 3 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber and 180 milligrams sodium.
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Comparison of crude protein and total digestible nutrient values
By Blaine Horn, UW Extension Area Educator throughout those months. Is near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of The beef cattle’s estimated dietary intake beef cattle fecal matter a reliable method to of crude protein and TDN averaged 30% and assess the nutritional value of grazed forage? 7.8% higher, respectively, during the dormant One of the objectives of a project funded by season (Oct – Apr) compared to that of the the Wyoming Department of Agriculture was grasses and sedges. There was no difference to ascertain this. The project was conducted at between dietary intake of these two quality two Wyoming ranches; one in northeast Johncomponents and that of the sampled plants son County (Powder River Breaks) and the during the summer months. For May and June, other in southwest Johnson/northern Natrona crude protein content of the sampled plants County. The Johnson/Natrona County ranch averaged 18% higher compared to that in the grazes two herds from May through Decemcattle’s diet. It’s believed that the reason for ber, one along the Red Wall and the other in this difference was due to only current year’s the foothills of the southern Big Horn Moungrowth being sampled whereas the cattle most tains. During the winter and early spring these likely ingested previous year’s standing crop two herds are combined and graze a transition along with new growth. However, there was pasture between the two fore mentioned areas. no significant difference in %TDN between From July 2015 to October 2018 biomass the cattle’s diet and that of the sampled plants. of rangeland grasses and sedges were obtained Percent crude protein and TDN amounts every five to six weeks from pastures of these were generally similar among the herds for two ranches and at the same time samples both grass and sedge laboratory values and of fresh beef cow manure were obtained. what was estimated to be in the cattle’s diet. The principle plants collected were the two However, estimated dietary crude protein rhizomatous wheatgrasses – western and of the Powder River Breaks herd for May thickspike (Pascopyrum smithii and Elymus through July averaged 10.0% which was lanceolatus), needleandthread (Heterostipa greater than the 7.85% for the Foothills and comate), green needlegrass (Nassella viriduRed Wall herds (Prob. > F 0.02), whereas the la), bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudorogneria 67.5% TDN in the diets of the Foothills and spicata), prairie Junegrass (Koeleria macRed Wall herds was greater than the 62.8% rantha), and threadleaf sedge (Carex filifoin the Powder River Breaks herd (Prob. > F lia). Other plants sampled when in an ample 0.03). It’s not clear why there was this disamount and utilization apparent were prairie sandreed (Calamovlfa longifolia), Nebraska crepancy between the two regions. sedge (Carex nebrascensis), basin wildrye The results from this project would in(Leymus cinereus), alkali sacaton (Sporobolis dicate that sampling fresh beef cattle fecal airoides), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilmatter and having it analyzed by the GAN Lab for dietary crude protein and DOM is lis). The plant samples were analyzed for a reliable method for obtaining these qualtheir crude protein and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents by the Texas A&M University ity components. It is simpler and faster to Soil, Water, and Forage Lab and the manure sample fresh manure compared to clipping samples were analyzed to assess the percent rangeland forage plants and results generally crude protein and digestible organic matter can be obtained more quickly. In addition, (DOM) in the cattle’s diet by the Grazing TDN values calculated from DOM amounts Animal Nutrition Lab (GAN Lab) of Texas obtained by NIRS analysis of fecal matter A&M. Percent ADF of the plants and percent may be more accurate as to what the cattle are DOM from the manure were used to calculate ingesting than TDN values obtained from a total digestible nutrient (TDN) concentration forage lab. The reason is that there are numerof the plants and in the cattle’s diet. TDN is a ous methods to calculate %TDN of a forage measurement of available energy. and the results vary. For this project the folCrude protein content of all sampled lowing method was employed: %Digestible grasses and sedges averaged 6.82% which Dry Matter (DDM) calculated from %Acid was similar to the 6.89% estimated to be in Detergent Fiber; Mega-calories per pound of the cattle’s diet from NIRS analysis of their Net Energy Lactation (NEL) calculated from fecal matter (Prob. > F 0.88). Whereas, the %DDM; %TDN calculated from NEL. This 62.6% average TDN content for the plants was provided the most similar results compared significantly less than the 64.3% estimated to those obtained from NIRS analysis of the to have been in the cattle’s diet (Prob. > F manure. Other methods resulted in lower 0.01). Crude protein and TDN contents of the TDN values. There is a method (Relative Forgrasses and sedges as well as that estimated age Quality) that involves additional forage to be in the cattle’s diet was averaged over analysis (at much greater total expense) that the following periods: January through April, is believed to obtain a more accurate estimate May and June, July, August and September, of TDN. About one-fourth of the grass and and October through December and results sedge samples went through these additional are shown in the below Table. The reason for analyses and the resultant TDN values were averaging over months, except for July, was similar to those obtained by the method used due to the similarity of the quality values and reported in this paper.
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Date When Celebrated: Always on May 21st National Waiters and Waitresses Day recognizes the value and importance of a good waiter or waitress. When you go out to eat, they represent the restaurant, and are all the difference between a good or a bad experience. You already recognize your waiters and waitresses every time you go to a restaurant. That recognition comes in the form of a tip. The tip should be commensurate with the quality of the service. You can recognize your waiters and waitresses on National Waiters and Waitresses Day by giving them a little something extra. In addition to a generous tip, a card or simple verbal recognition is sufficient. Waiters and waitresses should recognize this day by making sure by providing exemplary service (as always).
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The ties that bind
There are various ways to tie a horse, but not all horses cooperate with each method. A direct tie is when the lead rope that is attached to the halter is tied to a hitching rail or ring on a wall. A quickrelease slipknot is standard. In cowboy movies, you see riders quickly hop off their horses and wrap the reins around the hitching post. This is because, if you tie the reins to a hitching post and the horse pulls back, the bit could damage the horse’s mouth and tongue. Cross ties are two ropes attached high on opposing walls of a stall or barn aisle. The snaps at the end of the ropes attach to each side of the horse’s halter, keeping the horse’s head still as the horse stands in the middle. A ground tie is a method whereby the horse is taught to stand untied, with the lead rope or reins dropped to the ground. It takes structured training to get horses to buy into this idea.
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North Dakota producers depend on forage as their primary source of nutrients for livestock, whether it is rangeland, pasture or hay. While producers carefully select species to be used as cover crops or part of a total mixed ration, many ranchers do not know the primary grass species their livestock is consuming, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock specialists. “Knowing the predominant grass species on their operation is important for ranchers because not all grass is created equally,” says Miranda Meehan, Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Different species have different growth patterns and nutritional content, which can influence livestock performance. In addition, grass composition is a good indicator of ecosystem health within rangelands.” In the northern Great Plains, native grasslands consist of a mixture of cool- and warm-season grasses. Native cool-season grasses begin growing once the average temperature is 32 degrees or greater for five consecutive days (typically mid-March) and reach grazing readiness in mid to late May, whereas warm-season grasses start growing once the average temperature is 40 degrees or greater for five consecutive days (typically early April) and reach grazing readiness in mid to late June. Pasture, on the other hand, typically consists of cool-season species that exhibit rapid growth in the spring, permitting grazing in late April to early May. This extends the grazing season by enabling ranchers to head to pasture earlier in the spring. “Timing and intensity of grazing influences species composition within a pasture,” Meehan says “For example, grazing the same pasture every year in July will result in increased consumption of warm-season grasses and an increase in cool-season grasses. Rotating the season of use of pastures helps maintain the balance of warmand cool-season grasses, whereas long-term overgrazing favors short-growing natives and Kentucky bluegrass, which are better adapted to heavy grazing pressure.” Grazing before grass plants reach the appropriate stage of growth for grazing readiness causes a reduction in herbage production by as much as 60%, which can reduce the recommended stocking rate and/or animal performance. Grazing readiness for most domesticated pasture is at the three-leaf stage, whereas grazing readiness for most native range grasses is the 3 1/2-leaf stage.
“The advantage of having grasslands consisting of cool- and warm-season species is that the nutritional plane is more even,” says Janna Block, Extension livestock systems specialist based at NDSU’s Hettinger Research Extension Center. “Thus, the grasslands are able to meet the nutritional needs of cow herds without supplementation for a larger portion of the grazing season.” Meehan notes: “Unfortunately, many grasslands in the northern Great Plains are becoming cool-season dominant due to changes in composition. More specifically, this is due to the invasion of the cool-season introduced grasses Kentucky bluegrass and smooth brome.” Typically, pasture turnout takes place in mid-May to early June, when grasses are growing actively. At this time, crude protein and total digestible nutrient (TDN) levels are high (greater than 15% and 60%, respectively). By the end of the growing season, standing forage is low in crude protein, with cool-season species being about 5% and warm-season species being between 4% and 8%, depending on the species. Energy also will be low for these forages, with coolseason species falling below 50% TDN and warm-season species at about 52% TDN. Understanding the relationship between forage quality and the nutrient requirements of livestock is important, Block says. Peak lactation occurs about 60 days after calving and represents the most nutritionally demanding period in the production cycle. While forages typically meet requirements for lactating cows during late May and early June, cows that are calving prior to the first part of April will reach peak milk production prior to that point. “In addition, turning cows out on pasture too early will have negative impacts on forage health and production,” Block adds. “Alternative forage sources and/or supplements should be provided in early spring to meet increased requirements during lactation.” Knowledge of your grasses can be used to make management decisions that improve forage composition, quality and production, the specialists say. This information can be used to guide grazing management. “Enhanced knowledge of your grass species can improve pasture and herd health,” Meehan says. “Knowing your grasses enables you to make sure that the nutritional needs of your herd are being met, improving growth and reproduction. It also can be used to make management decisions that will improve species composition, which in turn can benefit livestock performance.” For assistance in learning about and monitoring grasses in your native and tame pastures, contact your local NDSU Extension agent or Natural Resources Conservation Service office.
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2019 Vermeer BPX9010 new, square/round bale kit, high float tires, 0% for 48 mo........ ....................................... Call
2019 VERMEER R2800 new, 28-ft, hydraulic lift, 0% for 48 mo OAC!............................Call
2020 Bobcat T76 New......Call
2019 Bobcat S850 New, heat/ ac, 2 speed, hi-flow, air seat, bob-tach, 80’’ bucket......Call
2020 Bobcat S570 New, 1900 lb lift capacity, air seat, open cab, joysticks................. Call
2019 Bobcat S770 New, heat/ ac, 2 speed, hi-flow, air seat, bob-tach, 80’’ bucket.......Call
2020 Bobcat S595 SJC, power bob-tach, 7 pin, 2 speed, bucket positioning, ride control, reversing fan, heat, air, radio, heated cloth air ride seat...Call
Call Justin at Tilleman Equipment for ALL your Irrigation Needs!
2018 John Deere S770 1000/1300hrs, duals, deluxe cab,2x4, 2.44% interest for 72 mo OAC...............................................$305,000
2017 John Deere S670 Fresh trade, premium cab with enhanced air suspension seat. Green Star 3, LED lights, 2 sets of concaves, inspection will be available upon completion. 2.44% interest for 72 mo OAC... .......................................................$195,000
2017 John Deere S670 Fresh trade, premium cab with enhanced air suspension seat. Green Star 3, LED lights, 2 sets of concaves, inspection will be available upon completion. 2.44% interest for 72 mo OAC... .......................................................$195,000
2016 John Deere S670 2300/3300 hrs, 2.44% interest for 72 mo OAC.......................... Call
2004 John Deere 9760 STS 2300/3200 hrs wheat machine................................$49,995
2011 John Deere 8260R Great tractor ready to go to work for you! 6500 hours, has only ever pulled a grain cart, 60 gpm pump......... .........................................................$99,000
2000 John Deere 566 twine only, 10,867 bales, clean baler...............................$6500
2014 John Deere 6170M Local trade, 2700 hrs.......................................................... Call
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TRAILER & GENERATOR FOR SALE
Hideout 19-ft. trailer, 25/16” ball, electric awning, LCD TV new, never been used. Powermate generator, 6.5 KW, 12 volt, electric start, hour meter, low oil sensor. Phone 406-576-7284, Conrad, MT
FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE John Deere 8820 combine.................................... $11,000 John Deere 8820 Titan II combine........................ $11,000 John Deere 8820 combine for parts. Runs, lots of good stuff......................................................................... $3000 John Deere 230 header............................................ $2500 John Deere 930 header............................................ $3000 John Deere 215 header with pickup attachment...... $2500 MacDon 25-ft. Harvest Header with JD adapter....... $4000 1978 International 1600 truck with 446 gas, tag axle and 18-ft. grain body..................................................... $7000 1975 GMC single axle with 18-ft. grain body............. $5500 1978 GMC Astro cabover single axle, pretty fresh 335 Cummins, new back tires....................................... $5000 1978 International 4300 with 400 Cummins, drop axle, 19ft. ITB grain body, pintle hitch.............................. $18,500 1975 Merritt 20-ft. hopper with 17-ft. hitch................ $7500 Phone or text (406) 899-5534
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We make it easier for you to handle your Mineral Tubs - plastic, metal & biodegradable! Can be used with all bale beds. Purchase a Mineral Tub Lifter TODAY!!! Call or email to order!!
Mineral Tub Lifters make GREAT GIFTS for the hard-to-shop-for! Jason 406- 390-0826 • Shyla 406-390-1339 email: shyla@mtintouch.net Malta, Montana See photos and videos on our Facebook Page:Mineral Tub Lifter and check out our website at: www.mineraltublifter.com
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Are you reading a sales pitch?
By Benjamin Phillips and Marissa Schuh, Michigan State University Extension; and Zachary Hayden, MSU Department of Horticulture Advertising can help us find good prodSources of the claims ucts to consider. However, most of us also What evidence is the piece presenting understand that advertisements exist to sell and who are the sources? Often these subtle a product, and accordingly, we consider sales pitches rely on testimonials with prodclaims with a grain of salt. uct users saying how good the crop looked. Do you always know when you’re readThere is rarely anything quantifiable. If all ing an advertisement? From social media you’re reading is glowing testimonials, posts to trade journal articles, new marketthere is very likely bias. Impartial articles ing strategies can create ambiguity between should present appropriate comparisons, product effectiveness and simply a sales contrasts with alternatives and the cons slogan. While these postings should contain along with the pros should be plainly apwords like ad, sponsored or partner, this parent and treated fairly. isn’t always the case. Another source of claims is scientific Sometimes articles in trade journals and journal articles. Sometimes, a sales pitch other outlets discuss the novelty and benefits will take a general, peer-reviewed study and of a product without making it clear what use what it says to support their product. role the company played in producing the For example, a fertility product might take article. The content often sounds authoritaa scientific paper about the role of fieldtive, impartial and backed by science, but applied nitrogen and how it impacts the this impression can be misleading. environment. They will link the paper to Why is this a problem? Confusing a sales their product, even if the paper had nothing pitch with unbiased information can affect to say about the fertility product. This gives decisions you make, impacting invested the product the sheen of the prestigious pubtime as well as productivity and profitabillication, but the publication is general and ity of your operation. Of course, this is not did not test the product in question. If the limited to agricultural products. You would paper is publicly available, using crtl+F to interpret the claim that “coffee is good for search the article for the product could help your health” differently if it came from an you figure out if the product is discussed in impartial health researcher versus a coffee the paper. If the paper is behind a paywall, advertising executive. your local MSU Extension educator can Sponsored advertisements disguised as help you track down and evaluate the paper. guest columns occur in many magazines and Manufacturers of novel products can newspapers, including industry and trade have published but questionable scientific publications. Rooting them out and idenpapers. It can be hard for the public to access tifying them for what they are is a broadly journal articles, but you can tell a couple applicable skill that can help you make the things about the publication from its name. smartest purchasing decisions for you and Sometimes you will see papers that appear your business. in publications called proceedings. ProceedWhat to look for ings are published material that cover what Conflicts of interest was presented at a conference, including Who authored the article? Who is quoted? corporate conferences, and aren’t reviewed Are they employed by the company selling by other scientists for validity. These aren’t the product? Do they have an incentive or always very reliable sources of unbiased a vested interest in portraying the product information. positively? Are the results being misrepreAnother thing you can look at is the joursented for financial gain? nal itself; a quick search can give you an Scope of the claims idea of how reputable a scientific journal is. Generally, if it sounds too good to be true, How many issues are there? Who publishes it usually is. Nothing works all the time it? Are they begging for submissions and or everywhere. Can you find the original will print anything? Your local MSU Extenresearch or just a company summary? Are sion educator can assist in tracking down the authors extrapolating results from the individual scientific papers and reviewing greenhouse to the field with no additional what they say. field tests, or from one crop to another, or Final thought one region to another? We are not saying new products aren’t Causation is hard to prove, especially in effective or that they can’t have a place in field settings where the environment outyour production system. Your local sales side of a product application plays such a representative can be a great source of inhuge factor on crop performance. Multiple formation. But knowing when you’re being replicated trials across regions and crops sold to and when you’re receiving impartial can show where and when a product is information will help you make better decimore correlated with crop performance. To sions for profitable crop production. treat a product’s advertisement fairly would If you have a question about the science discuss the positive and negative patterns or evidence behind a product, MSU Exteninstead of cherry-picking only the good sion is an impartial source for science-based stuff, and there should always be check or information. Contact your local MSU Excontrol data to compare to. tension educator. Data presentation can mislead as well. This article was published by Michigan Are the scales on the x and y axis approState University Extension. For more inpriate? A 0.5-bushel difference in soybean formation, visit https://extension.msu.edu. looks very dramatic when the y axis only To have a digest of information delivered encompasses a 5 or 10 bushel total spread. straight to your email inbox, visit https://exYour local Michigan State University Extension.msu.edu/newsletters. To contact an tension educator is always available to talk expert in your area, visit https://extension. through the science (or lack of science) msu.edu/experts, or call 888-MSUE4MI behind the claim you’re deciphering. (888-678-3464).
Strawberry lemonade Pete Conklin worked as a lemonade vendor for the Mabie Circus in the 1850s. One hot day, business was so brisk he had to make a batch in a hurry and used a bucket of water from a nearby tent. When he poured his first glass, he noticed the lemonade was
pink. Conklin began selling his mistake as “strawberry lemonade.” So what made it pink? A circus performer’s red tights had been soaking in the bucket of water that Conklin had used.
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Prices on New Units good on In Stock Units ONLY! PRONGHORN UTILITY NEW DIAMOND C DUMP TRAILERS
G ll steel flatbeds
Stop in or call for more info. IN STOCK NOW!!!
NEW STOCK & HORSE TRAILERS
New Circle D pickup flatbeds
New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 7200 lb. axles, 2 sliding center gates, full bull package, 14-ply tires..................................................................$12,695 New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 2 sliding center gates, full bull package, 14-ply tires.....$11,995
New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailers with sliding center gate. 14-ply tires. Bull Package............$10,995 New Circle D 24-ft. stock trailer, 8K axles, 14 ply tires, 2 sliding center gates, full bull package.............. $13,295
NEW GOOSENECK TILT TRAILERS
NEW HEAVY DUTY FLATBED TRAILERS
Diamond C 26-ft. full tilt deck-over power tilt, (2) 7,000 lb. axles, tool box.....................................................$9595
NEW BUMPER PULL TILT TRAILERS
Starting at $6795 • 20-ft. • 22-ft. • 24-ft.
$1250
NEW
3-point Bale Unroller Includes cylinder and hoses.
BUMPER PULL 5-ft. x 10-ft. 7000 lb. GVW......................................$5795 82” x 12-ft. 14,000 lb. GVW....................................$9195 82” x 14-ft. 14,000 lb. GVW....................................$9595 GOOSENECK 82” x 14-ft. 14,000 lb. GVW.................................$10,495 82” x 16-ft. 21,000 lb. GVW.................................$14,500
Diamond C tandem dual, 2 piece with folding beavertail, dual jacks, tool box, engineered I-Beam frame, torque tube........................................................ 32-ft. $13,395 ............................................................... 30-ft. $13,195 Circle D 31-ft. (3) 7,000 lb./6 torsion axle, 2 piece with folding beavertail, chain basket, dual jacks........$9995 Circle D 29-ft. tandem dual, 2 piece with folding beavertail, dual jacks, chain basket..................................$10,995 Circle D 27-ft. tandem dual, 2 piece with folding beavertail, dual jacks, chain basket..................................$10,795 Circle D 25-ft. (2) 7,000 lb. torsion axles, dual jacks, chain basket, 2 piece with folding beavertail................$7995
Circle D flatbeds, gooseneck hitch plate, lights, headache rack, rear skirt. Black 7x7..................................................................$1650 71/2x81/2...........................................................$1650 71/2x9..............................................................$1700 8x9..................................................................$2000 8x11................................................................$2350
LOTS OF NEW BUMPER PULL UTILITY TRAILERS 5-ft. x 8-ft. to 83” x 14-ft. Prices Range from $1425 - $2295
Give us a call about any of our trailers or let us find what you need!
MISCELLANEOUS USED EQUIPMENT USED SEMI TRAILERS
2001 Travalong Bandit 3-horse 1997 Titan 3-horse slant, bumper slant, walk-in tack compartpull.............................. $4500 ment............................ $7500
1992 Interstate 24-ft. tilt deck, 20ton equipment trailer.......$8500
1992 Wilray heavy duty flatbed trailer, 45,000 lb. GVW, 24-ft. beavertail.. ..........................................$8500
1980 Alray 22-ft. stock trailer stocktrailer ................. $2500
1980 Kentucky van trailers, offices in front, 2 doors on 1 side, 1 door on other ...$6500
2001 Belly Dump Pup 20-ft., roll-up Load King lead trailer, 42-ft., triple tarp, aluminum wheels ..$10,000 axle.......................................$25,000 & pup....................................$15,000 As a pair...............................$39,000
1995 51-ft. wedge car hauler, winch, 1982 Landoll hydraulic tilt equipment trailer w/winch................$14,500 Country Side carriers, 3-7000 lb. axles..................................$7500
New Diamond C Car Haulers 3500, 5200 & 7000# axles 16-ft. 18-ft. & 20-ft. IN STOCK
New LOOK Enclosed Trailers Excellent Selection On Hand
TURNOVER BALL
Diamond C 6-ft. x 10-ft. utility trailer ............................. $1600 Cat V100 forklift, gas, 10,000 lb. 18-ft. lift ..................... $8500
1995 Wilray 24-ft. pintle hook flatbed trailer, 2-7000 lb. axles, slide-in ramps, always shed- Used 18-ft. car hauler, 5200 lb. axles................................ $1700 ded, excellent shape ...$4500
A hitch when you need it... A level bed when you don’t
COMPANION™ 5th WHEEL RV HITCH
Mounts to rails bolted under the bed, or attaches easily to B&W’s turnover ball gooseneck hitch. Easy adjustment of height & lateral positions. Triple axle, 20-ft. x 83”, pintle hitch, completely rebuilt, LIKE NEW! ......................... $6500
Champ forklift, gas, 6000 lb. 30-ft. lift ...................................$6500 2014 Kaufman 24-ft. gooseneck flatbed, no ramps ...... $5500
(2) Iron Steer 24-ft. lumber roller trailers................$6995 & $8995
2002 Container chassis, like new.... ........................................ $7500
1997 Ford F250 extended cab 351 5 speed, 160,000 miles, Hydrabed ....................$13,000
Triple T Sales
1994 International 4900 flatbed, air brakes, diesel, 9 speed, tool boxes ...................$9595
Ford F250 with flatbed & 8-ft. Western snow plow ......$6500
Large Trailer Parts Inventory
Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps Tie-downs • Jacks • Bearings & seals • Etc. 4x7’ Heavy Duty Trailer Mats $65 each
Contact Dave Taylor: 406-357-2166
Chinook, MT
Home Phone - 406-357-2162 Highway 2 West, Chinook, MT 1/2 miles west of Chinook
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MOWER CONDITIONER FOR SALE John Deere 946 13-ft. cutter, side-to-side, great shape, field ready, barn stored $
22,800
Phone (406) 544-5155, Huson, Montana
STOKES FENCING Conrad, Montana
Lance Stokes (406) 450-2149 Fencing Done Right
Frontline Ag Solutions presented some of their pamplets on the new equipment for the next growing season at the Montana Grain Growers Convention and Trade Show in late December in Great Falls, Montana.
WE’RE MOVING!
No Dirty Dishes Day
New location opens Monday, March 16th Please call with any questions: 1-406-761-8195
@montanavalleyirrigation
1 Windmill View Loop Great Falls, MT 59404 www.MontanaValleyIrrigation.com
LEADERS IN LIVESTOCK NUTRITION STEVE 406.794.6627 • Lewistown, MT JERRY 406.868.6604 • Choteau, MT TATE 406.480.3090 • Circle, MT JODEEN 406.366.3546 • Lewistown, MT SAM 406.370.6495 • Arlee, MT MOUNTAIN WEST AG • GARNEILL, MT 59453
Date When Celebrated : Always on May 18 No Dirty Dishes Day is a reprieve from the daily pile of dishes to wash and dry. Day after day, we do the daily chore of washing and drying dishes, then put them away in various cabinets and drawers. We perform this task after each and every meal, and often after snacks. Even putting them in and out of the dishwasher and running it, can be a chore. You deserve a break from this routine. And, today is that day. The objective of this day is to have no dirty dishes. It is not intended to pile them up until tomorrow. We can think of two ways to avoid dirty dishes today: Use disposable plates, cups and silverware for all meals and snacks. Take the family out to eat all three meals. Then for snack, go out for ice cream! We strongly recommend that you do not pile up the dishes to do tomorrow. This defeats the purpose of this very special day. ##### The West Side Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska exploded at 7:25pm on March 1, 1950. Normally, choir practice started at 7:20, but all 15 members of the choir were running late for various reasons, so the church was empty. ##### Forbidden fruit causes many jams.
4-H educator award recipients advance to regional competition
University of Wyoming Extension County 4-H educators with the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension have received state awards and now will enter regional competition. The Wyoming Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals selected the award recipients. Regional winners advance to the national conference in Boise in October. Award name, recipient and county are: State Communicator Awards • Educational piece – Individual: Kim Fry, Campbell • Periodical publication – Individual: Emily Swinyer, Sheridan • News story: Stacy Buchholz, Platte • Periodical publication – Team: Brittany Hamilton and Christia Ault, Weston • Personal column: Kim Fry, Campbell • Promotional package- Individual: Emily Swinyer • Promotional piece – Individual: Kim Fry • Promotional piece – Team: Sara Fleenor, Crook; Tanya Engel, Office of Communication and Technology; Megan Brittingham, Goshen; Johnathan Despain, state office; Mary Louise Wood, Albany; Kristi Nagy, Laramie; Emily Swinyer; Shar Perry, Lincoln; Stacy Buchholz • Published photo: Mary Louise Wood State Specialty Awards • Denise Miller National 4-H Innovator Award – Kellie Chichester, Denise Smith, Erin Smith, all Niobrara • Excellence in After School Programming Award – Shar Perry • Excellence in Animal Science Programming Award – Kellie Chichester • Excellence in Communication and Expressive Arts Award – Sara Fleenor • Excellence in Natural Resources / Environmental Education Award – Mary Louise Wood Wyoming Service Awards • Achievement in Service – Kellie Chichester •Distinguished Service – Stacy Buchholz • Rookie of the Year –Tycee Mohler, Park
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Advertising Deadline for the June 2020 issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 27th. Call (406) 271-5533 to place your ad.
IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Western 1/4-mile wheel line, 4” with 5-ft. wheels, self-leveling sprinkler heads............... $4000 570-ft. 5” mainline with risers.......................................................................................... $1200 2-Century/Berkley pumps and motors, one 15 HP and one 20 HP...................$500 for both Furnas 3-phase, 440 panel............................................................................................... $600 Located in Flathead Valley, Montana. Phone (406) 250-0151
Concrete Stock Water Tanks 600- to 1000-gallon capacity
DELIVERY AVAILABLE
Super Fenceline Concrete Feed Bunks
38” wide x 19” deep x 8-ft. long
IN STOCK
Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix Phone 406-285-3281
Three Forks, MT
(833)MTSTEEL
20 OFF IN STOCK HAY SAVER FEEDERS BULL
PROOF & TRACTOR PROOF! SINGLE ROUND SINGLE BIG SQUARE BALE FEEDER FEEDER (FEEDS 16 HEAD) $825 (FEEDS 18 HEAD) $875 TRIPLE FEEDER (FITS ROUNDS AND SQUARES FEEDS 34 HEAD) $1375
Heavy Duty Gates
Made from 1 5/8" 14 gauge steel with 1 5/8" 10 gauge Hinge Post standard all thread or weld on hinges - chain latch. Additional latch options available
5 Rail
10’ 146 12’ $163 14’ $180 16’ $200 $
6 Rail
10’ $163 12’ $178 14’ $200 16’ $217
Custom sizes available. Just ask!
Pre-Cut Fence Posts 2 3/8" Std Wall 8' Long $12.40 each 2 7/8" Std Wall 8' Long $14.80 each 3 1/2" Std Wall 9' Long $27.65 each 4 " Heavy Wall 9' Long $32.50 each 4 1/2" Std Wall 9' Long $45.00 each Fence Clips, Posts Caps & Panel Ends IN STOCK NOW
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30 Business Park Road, Livingston
YOUR SPRING
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Advance notice of: Closeouts • Sales • Special buys * PRICING SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO FLUCTUATING STEEL PRICES
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We’d appreciate it if you tell an advertiser you read his ad in the Trader’s Dispatch.
For Sale
Used W-Beam Guardrail 3460 Grant Creek Road Missoula, Montana
Call Steve - (406) 241-7077 FOR SALE: Used W-Beam Guardrail located in Missoula, Montana. Short Used GR Panel: 13’6” @ 93 lbs - (12’ 6” lineal) Long Used GR Panel: 26’ @ 182 lbs - (25’ lineal) $2 per lineal foot Private trucking can be arranged at additional cost.
Reddig Equipment and Repair 406-755-7595 • 2866 Highway 2 East • Kalispell, MT
2012 Hitachi ZX60 USB, bucket, hyd thumb, rubber tracks, 4029 hours............................................................ $45,000
CRAWLERS
2012 Cat 305.5E CR, quick change bucket, just gone thru shop, enc cab, heat, a/c, very nice, work ready, 4800 hours....... .............................................................................. $42,000
BACKHOES
2013 Deere 310K EP, 4x4, 600 hours from new extend-a-hoe, 11/8 yard loader bucket, 24” dig bucket, cab, AC. Nice as they come............................................................. $60,000 2006 Case 580SM, 4x4, pilot controls, enc cab, heat, air, extend-a-hoe, 6500 hours........................................... Call 2006 Cat 420E, 4x4, enc cab, pilot controls, 2 backhoe buckets, backhoe bucket tilt attachment, quick change for the front with bucket and forks, municipality owned..$41,500
EXCAVATORS
1989 Cat EL 200B............................................................ Call 2014 Cat 312 EL 36” dig bucket with hyd. wedge coupler, thumb available, very tight. Will have new rails and sprockets...Call 2005 Cat 314 CLCR, blade, long arm, 36” dig bucket, blade, 10,500 hours......................................................... $45,000 2011 Deere 50D, 2 buckets with quick change and hyd. thumb, enc cab, blade, very nice, 3000 hours, a/c, heat, rubber tracks........................................................................... Call Deere 590D, hydraulic quick change, 3 buckets, 24”, 36” and 48”, serviced and job ready. A good tight older machine... .................................................................................... Call 2006 Deere 200CLC new undercarriage, hyd. thumb, low hours, and operates very nice..................................... Call Kobelco SK150LV IV................................................. $14,900 1998 Hitachi EX120-5E bucket, runs and operates good....... .............................................................................. $19,900 Hitachi EX450-5 good machine, bucket, thumb............... Call Hitachi ZX200LC-3, bucket, thumb.................................. Call Hitachi ZX225US, bucket, thumb..................................... Call 2012 Volvo ECR 145DL, hyd QC, hyd thumb, 2 dig buckets (24” and 36”), like new pin wheel compactor, rear view camera, low hours (2400). Very good excavator................. $79,000
GRADERS
2008 Deere 770-D, 14-ft. moldboard, 4 shank ripper, good tires, push block, 7757 hours. Real nice grader.... $72,000 2010 Deere 770GP, new cutting edges, good tires, operates well, 14-ft. moldboards.......................................... $92,000
LOADERS
1994 Cat IT28F nice loader, good tires, quick change, bucket .................................................................. $29,000 Clark Ranger 45C, 4BT engine, 17.5x25 tires in good condition. Good older loader......................................... $14,500 1997 Komatsu WA250-3L, QC, forks, bucket, 3rd valve......... .............................................................................. $25,000
View our entire inventory with pictures at www.reddigequipment.com
2004 Deere 650H enc cab............................................... Call Deere 450C, 6-way hyd blade, good undercarriage, arch with fair lead, block heater, starts very good. Operates very nice. Serviced and ready to go...................................... $15,000 1996 Deere 650G LGP, includes JD 4K Series winch, 6-way blade, torque converter, very good, tight condition. Has not been in the woods................................................ $35,000 1997 Deere 550G LGP, power shift, recently replaced undercarriage, 6-way hyd blade. Very nice..................... $27,500 Deere 550 LGP Series IV, 6-way hyd blade, winch. Very nice....................................................................... $29,500 2006 Komatsu D61 PX-15, 6-way blade, 5888 hours..... POR
FORESTRY
Cat 320B LL log loader. For parts.................................... Call 1990 Cat 518 skidder, Esco swing grapple, 23.1x26 tires, chains, winch, extra tire. Will be serviced with a new hyd pump. A good swinger.......................................... $35,000 Danzco PT20 delimber, high mount. Good operating condition........................................................................ $11,500 Hurricana 20 saw head, accumulator arm, hyd tilt, low hours on saw motor rebuild, came off a 2520 Timber Jack, a very good head................................................................ $7250 Timberjack 2520 feller/buncher, parts machine.............. Call Several slide booms for parts available
TRUCKS
1971 Ford F9000, roll back bed, winch. Ready to haul your equipment............................................................. $11,000 1980 Kenworth, 14-ft. box, 12R22.5 radial tires, Cummins engine, Jake brake, walking beam suspension, pintle hitch on back. Good older dump truck........................... $10,500
FORKLIFTS & MANLIFTS
1997 Carelift ZB6037-44, enc cab, heater, Cummins engine, 37-ft. reach, good tires, all wheel steering. Good operating lift.......................................................................... $23,500 1993 JLG 60HA lift, 4WD, 60-ft. reach....................... $10,900 1992 JLG 120HX lift, 4WD, Deutz diesel engine, telescopic boom, 120-ft. ........................................................ $12,500
Many 5 - 10,000# forklifts available
SKIDSTEERS
Bobcat S185, auxiliary hyd, traction lock override, very nice tires, 3800 hours. Runs and operates very well, work ready..................................................................... $16,900 2015 Cat 259D, 2000 hours............................................. Call 2013 Kubota SVL75W, OROPS, new tracks, 74” bucket, aux hyd, forks, 3200 hours.......................................... $29,000
Do You Need:
Parts • Service • Sales
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Symbiotic relationships that could help protect Montana trees
By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service Sara Branco thinks fungi are more resilient than we give them credit for. They survive in environments that many organisms couldn’t, adapting to withstand stresses like extreme temperatures and exposure to heavy metals. Branco, an assistant professor in Montana State University’s (MSU) Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Agriculture, wants to figure out just how they do it. Her research is part of the field of environmental adaptation, examining specifically how fungi are able to thrive in environments that should kill them. A grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute is helping her do that. To better understand these adaptations, Branco is collaborating with researchers in Belgium and Florida to investigate Suillus luteus, a mushroom that lives in symbiotic association with pine trees and also exhibits a tolerance to heavy metals. “The Belgian team found that if you get a mushroom from a site that is contaminated with heavy metals and a mushroom of the same species from a nearby site that is not contaminated, then grow them in a lab in a medium that’s enriched with heavy metals, the mushrooms from the contaminated sites are able to grow more than the ones from the non-contaminated sites,” Branco said. “The ones from the clean sites accumulate a lot of heavy metals, and they just sort of short circuit and die.” Branco began her work with the project by examining multiple genomes of S. luteus from polluted and unpolluted sites. Her goal was to identify which specific genes were responsible for the tolerance they exhibit in the contaminated habitats. Postdoctoral researcher Anna Bazzicalupo joined her team to analyze that genetic data. “What Anna found was fascinating,” said Branco. “Looking at the genomes across isolates from contaminated and noncontaminated sites, most of the differences are in the areas that we know are related to dealing with heavy metals. We knew that these genes are present, but the next step was finding out how those genes were being expressed.” S. luteus uses a multitude of tactics to protect itself from heavy metal contamination. It can prevent metals from entering its cells, immobilize the metals within its cells, or use detoxification strategies to avoid metal-induced damage. These approaches can lead to a reduction of metal uptake by the fungi’s plant partners — in the case of S. luteus, the pine trees that it shares the soil with. “This fungus basically covers up the roots of the pine and mediates the nutrient transfers,” said Branco. “What we’re hypothesizing is that they protect the pine, and that’s what we’re trying to test. Because S. luteus has the ability to filter out the metals, it can allow the pine to grow in toxic soil where it shouldn’t be growing.” Now that they’ve identified which genes underlie S. luteus’ heavy metal tolerance, Branco and Bazzicalupo will focus on pinpointing exactly how they work. With the grant from the Genome Institute, they will compare gene expression in S. luteus grown in high and low levels of cadmium and zinc, two metals commonly found in association with mining. All pine trees on Earth have this type of symbiotic relationship with fungi, said Branco. If similar tolerances could be found in fungi native to Montana, she hypothesizes that they could be a resource for protecting native plants from contamination. Branco is also studying environmental adaptation in the thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park. This branch of her research will focus on fungi able to live in areas with high temperatures and a wide range of acidity levels that present challenges for many other lifeforms. “Temperature disrupts the membranes of cells and disrupts the metabolism, which is why we cook food,” said Branco. “High heat should negatively affect fungi, but some species are able to persist in thermal areas. My first question is, which fungi are there? Are all fungi able to withstand high temperatures, or are there specific groups that evolved to tolerate this environment?” Branco has collected soil samples from Yellowstone, which will then be analyzed on a molecular level to document the fungal communities present in thermal areas. From there, the project will mirror the exploration of S. luteus, identifying what makes these fungi different and whether they can help their plant partners persist in hostile conditions. “The main idea is to understand how species tolerate hostile environmental conditions and whether this mutually beneficial association assists in allowing other species to grow there,” Branco said.
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Ways to minimize death loss in calves
K-State Research and Extension News Growing up on a livestock operation teaches agriculturists such life lessons as the value of hard work, the miracle of birth, the joy of caring for animals and, sometimes, the loss of livestock. Recently, experts from the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute tackled the topic of calf death loss on a weekly podcast. Leading the discussion was veterinarian Bob Larson with BCI director and veterinarian Brad White. “Nationally, beef producers lose about 2% of calves at birth or within the first 21 days of life, and another 2% prior to weaning,” Larson said. He noted that there are wide herdto-herd and year-to-year variations in those numbers. These losses are attributed to difficult births or diseases such as scours that can weaken the calves in their first few weeks of life. “Difficult births can cause the calf to be born dead, but also those that survive may be weak and unable to get up and get the necessary colostrum,” Larson said. One of the factors that White said contributes to birthing difficulties relates to cow nutrition. “If the cows are really thin that can lead to calving challenges and potentially hamper nutrition for the calf, so it is important to maintain the cows in good body condition,” White said. Larson added: “A cow that is thin often doesn’t have enough energy reserve to take care of her calf.” One of the ways to support body condition for cows consuming low-quality forage is through protein supplementation. “In late gestation a cow will need a couple pounds of protein,” Larson said. “She typically will get a pound from low quality forage available this time of year and the balance will need to come through a cube or some other form of a protein supplement. Larson encouraged producers to work with their veterinarian or nutritionist to calculate the correct amount of supplementation needed for their management situation Another factor to minimize calf death loss relates to the environment. “We prefer to have cows calve on grass rather than in a dry lot where there is more potential for mud,” Larson said. White added it is also important to make sure the cows and calves are current on their vaccinations For those who are experiencing calf death loss, White stressed the importance of understanding why that is happening in the herd. “Your biggest category of death can’t be an ‘unknown cause’ because it is very hard to solve that problem,” he said. More information on this topic is available on a weekly podcast produced by the Beef Cattle Institute.
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Gardening is a rewarding and relaxing hobby, that lasts a lifetime. As we become more experienced and dedicated (aka Fanatical!) in our gardening endeavors, we look for ways to extend the hobby. A backyard home hobby greenhouse provides that extension, both spring and fall. It opens up a new world of gardening possibilities. Tips for Choosing the Right Greenhouse: We firmly believe there is a home hobby greenhouse for every gardener. To help narrow down the selection, ask yourself these key questions: • What is my budget? How much can I afford to spend? • What size do I need for my gardening needs? • What size will fit the area I can provide for it? • Do I want the less expensive, polyethylene (soft plastic) walls? Or, do I want a more permanent and durable polycarbonate (hard plastic)? • Do I want or need portability....to take it down in the off-season? • Do I want a walk-in model? • For smaller, non walk-in models, do I want a raised bed frame? • What features do I want and need? Auto-vent windows, shelving, rain gutters, etc. Did you know? The word “greenhouse “ in Spanish is : Invernaderos.
USDA announces $15 million for CIG
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $15 million investment to help support the adoption of innovative conservation approaches on agricultural lands. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting proposals through June 29, 2020, for national Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG). CIG projects inspire creative problem-solving solutions that boost production on farms, ranches and private forests and improve natural resources. This year’s priorities are water reuse, water quality, air quality, energy and wildlife habitat. “Through Conservation Innovation Grants, we’re able to co-invest with partners on the next generation of agricultural conservation solutions,” said Tom Watson, State Conservationist in Montana. “Conservation Innovation Grants have helped spur new tools and technologies to conserve natural resources, build resilience in producers’ operations and improve their bottom lines. This year will be the first time we are offering water reuse as a priority, and we’re excited to see how these projects play a role in USDA’s broader strategy for water reuse on agricultural land.” National CIG CIG is a competitive grants program that supports development, testing and research of conservation technologies, practices, systems and approaches on private lands. Grantees must match the CIG investment at least one to one. All U.S.-based non-Federal entities and individuals are eligible to apply. Complete funding announcement information can be accessed through the Conservation Innovation Grants webpage. The National CIG program supports early pilot projects or demonstrations of promising conservation approaches and is distinct from the $25 million announced on March 12 for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. On-Farm Trials is a separate CIG component created by the 2018 Farm Bill. It includes a Soil Health Demonstration Trial NRCS’s CIG program is identified in the federal government’s National Water Reuse Action Plan as an opportunity to support development of innovative projects that focus on water reuse on private lands. Read this April 28 post on the USDA Blog for how USDA is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Interior, Department of Energy and others to promote water reuse across sectors. CIG applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 29, 2020. A webinar for potential applicants is scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2020. Information on how to participate in the webinar is posted on the CIG website. CIG also contributes to the Agriculture Innovation Agenda: a USDA initiative to align resources, programs, and research to position American agriculture to better meet future global demands. Specifically, USDA is working to stimulate innovation so that American agriculture can achieve the goal of increasing production by 40 percent while cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture in half by 2050. For more information on CIG, visit nrcs.usda.gov or contact your local NRCS field office.
Dance Like a Chicken Day
Date When Celebrated: Always on May 14 Dance Like a Chicken Day is for those who like to do the “Chicken Dance”. All ‘ya gotta do is dance like a chicken. While any dance song will do, there’s no dance like the Chicken Dance. It’s tradition at every wedding reception to play and to dance the Chicken Dance. It gets people of all ages up dancing and mingling. It puts a smile on everyone’s face. The Chicken Dance is not limited to weddings. It is also played at other social events where there is a band and dancing. The only problem is that events are way too frequent for a chicken dance lover. Therefore, today exists to provide you with another opportunity to dance like a chicken. So, don’t pass up this priceless opportunity. ‘Cmon, big guy. Get up and dance with me! Did You Know? Thee are more chickens than humans in the world. Origin of the Chicken Dance song It was originally titled “Der Ententanz” (The Duck Dance). It was created by Swiss accordion player Werner Thomas of Davos, Switzerland. Thomas created it in the 1950’s. Over the years, it quickly became popular, especially at weddings.
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Don’t Fry Friday
Date When Celebrated: Friday before Memorial Day Don’t Fry Friday is a very important day for you and your skin. It occurs just as the Memorial holiday begins, and at the start of summer. At this time, sunshine is the most intense. People are seeking the sunshine and the great outdoors after a long winter. The purpose of today, is to educate people, and to make them aware of the dangers of overexposure to UVA and UVB rays. These UV rays come from the sun, and from popular tanning booths. They are the primary cause of skin cancer. Very Important: Skin cancer is very treatable and curable, if caught early. Unfortunately, early detection does not always occur. If you have even the slightest suspicion, go get checked out by your doctor.... immediately. A little sunshine is good for you. It provides important vitamin D, and sunshine brightens your mood. It’s over exposure that damages your skin, and can result in skin cancer. There’s a better way to get vitamin D, than from the sun. It is readily available as a vitamin supplement in pill form, usually along with Calcium. Have a safe and happy summer. Follow the motto for skin cancer prevention: “ Slip, Slop, Slap, and Wrap” This means slip on a shirt, slop on the suntan lotion (SPF 30 or higher), slap on a hat, and wrap on the sunglasses. Yes, UV rays can damage your eyes, too. In addition, it is recommended that people stay out of the sun during midday of summer, when these harmful UV rays are the most intense. Did You Know? Over 3.5 million cases of skin nonmelanomas are diagnosed each year. And, there are over 76,000 cases of skin melanoma a year, most of which are preventable. Source: American Cancer Society
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MSU professor receives regional leadership award
By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service A longtime Montana State University (MSU) professor and soil scientist was recognized for his contributions to agriculture last month with a regional leadership award, selected from a group of nominees who spanned private and public industry across the region. Rick Engel received the Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference Leadership Award in March at the conference’s biannual meeting in Denver. Engel began his career with MSU in 1983 at the Southern Agricultural Research Center in Huntley before moving to the MSU campus as a professor of nutrient management in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. “I think his start at a research center is part of the reason he is so good at on-farm research and is dedicated to identifying projects that will benefit the farmer,” said Clain Jones, MSU Extension soil fertility specialist, who nominated Engel for the honor. “I frequently hear from producers how they have changed their management practices based on Rick’s research results.” Much of Engel’s most important work, said Jones, has been to examine and revise longstanding theories in the field of soil fertility. He worked to identify the underlying cause of physiological leaf spot, a common affliction of cereal grains caused by chloride deficiency, and for the last five years has conducted extensive research on soil acidification and its impacts for farmers. The leadership award recognizes contributions to the field of soil fertility and nutrient management in the Great Plains. Engel, who has been an investigator more than $7 million worth of funded research and authored or co-authored more than 50 journal articles, will retire this summer after 37 years working with MSU and farmers and ranchers across the state and region. Engel’s research focuses on maximizing efficiency in fertilizer use, minimizing losses to agricultural systems and dialing in ideal nutrient levels for cropping systems. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Maine and master’s and doctorate from the University of Minnesota, he moved to Montana and has been here since. Engel said he was surprised and honored by the award but said the best parts of his nearly four decades in Montana have been his collaborators, both producers and fellow MSU faculty. “Just getting to know people in the agricultural communities here has been special, having the opportunity to visit with farmers and learn about their systems, issues related to their fertilizer and nutrient management,” he said. “My colleagues, the faculty members I’ve worked with on collaborative projects as well as the student involvement, have all been highlights.” For his collaborators, the feeling is mutual. “I would not be able to do my job nearly as well if it weren’t for the wealth of research results that Rick shares,” said Jones. “His graduate students have received numerous awards in part due to his mentoring. He is truly deserving of this.”
Memorial Day
Date When Celebrated: The last Monday in May. Memorial Day is officially celebrated on the last Monday during the month of May. Memorial Day is dedicated to service men and women who gave their lives for freedom and country. It is also a time to remember loved ones who have passed away. The roots of Memorial Day observance, goes back to 1865 and the end of the Civil War. Memorial Day was traditionally held on the 30th of May. In 1971, Congress changed it to the last Monday, in order to afford a three day holiday weekend. Regardless of the date, we encourage you follow Memorial Day tradition: attend a parade, and visit a cemetery to honor and remember our serviceman. Take time to remember lost loved ones in whatever way you feel appropriate. Did you Know? Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day. It was changed to Memorial Day in 1882. Memorial Day also marks the beginning of the gardening and summer seasons, even though summer will not occur until a few weeks later. This day usually includes the first family picnic of the year.
Get to know your grass
By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota producers depend on forage as their primary source of nutrients for livestock, whether it is rangeland, pasture or hay. While producers carefully select species to be used as cover crops or part of a total mixed ration, many ranchers do not know the primary grass species their livestock is consuming, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock specialists. “Knowing the predominant grass species on their operation is important for ranchers because not all grass is created equally,” says Miranda Meehan, Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Different species have different growth patterns and nutritional content, which can influence livestock performance. In addition, grass composition is a good indicator of ecosystem health within rangelands.” In the northern Great Plains, native grasslands consist of a mixture of cool- and warm-season grasses. Native coolseason grasses begin growing once the average temperature is 32 degrees or greater for five consecutive days (typically mid-March) and reach grazing readiness in mid to late May, whereas warm-season grasses start growing once the average temperature is 40 degrees or greater for five consecutive days (typically early April) and reach grazing readiness in mid to late June. Pasture, on the other hand, typically consists of coolseason species that exhibit rapid growth in the spring, permitting grazing in late April to early May. This extends the grazing season by enabling ranchers to head to pasture earlier in the spring. “Timing and intensity of grazing influences species composition within a pasture,” Meehan says “For example, grazing the same pasture every year in July will result in increased consumption of warm-season grasses and an increase in cool-season grasses. Rotating the season of use of pastures helps maintain the balance of warm- and cool-season grasses, whereas long-term overgrazing favors short-growing natives and Kentucky bluegrass, which are better adapted to heavy grazing pressure.” CONTINUED ON PAGE C26
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##### While the term “spring” is useful to describe one of the four conventional temperate seasons, in subtropical and tropical climates, other terms are used to describe varying seasonal changes, such as dry or wet and monsoonal or cyclonic.
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FENCING EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Complete fencing outfit for sale. All tools and equipment needed to put in all kinds of fence. Call or email for complete tool list. Josh (208) 446-9781 camasfence@gmail.com
CASE IH COMBINE FOR SALE
1998 Case IH 2388 combine, 36-ft. HoneyBee draper header with U2 pickup reel and Case 1015 pickup header with RakeUp pickup attachment, 3865 engine hours, 2769 separator hours, straw chopper, grain tank extension, extra wide space concaves for peas. Excellent older machine. Would like to sell as package........................................... $45,000 Phone (406) 463-2410, Dutton, Montana
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Get to know your grass CONTINUED FROM PAGE C25
Grazing before grass plants reach the appropriate stage of growth for grazing readiness causes a reduction in herbage production by as much as 60%, which can reduce the recommended stocking rate and/or animal performance. Grazing readiness for most domesticated pasture is at the three-leaf stage, whereas grazing readiness for most native range grasses is the 3 1/2-leaf stage. “The advantage of having grasslands consisting of cooland warm-season species is that the nutritional plane is more even,” says Janna Block, Extension livestock systems specialist based at NDSU’s Hettinger Research Extension Center. “Thus, the grasslands are able to meet the nutritional needs of cow herds without supplementation for a larger portion of the grazing season.” Meehan notes: “Unfortunately, many grasslands in the northern Great Plains are becoming cool-season dominant due to changes in composition. More specifically, this is due to the invasion of the cool-season introduced grasses Kentucky bluegrass and smooth brome.” Typically, pasture turnout takes place in mid-May to early June, when grasses are growing actively. At this time, crude protein and total digestible nutrient (TDN) levels are high (greater than 15% and 60%, respectively). By the end of the growing season, standing forage is low in crude protein, with cool-season species being about 5% and warm-season species being between 4% and 8%, depending on the species. Energy also will be low for these forages, with cool-season species falling below 50% TDN and warm-season species at about 52% TDN. Understanding the relationship between forage quality and the nutrient requirements of livestock is important, Block says. Peak lactation occurs about 60 days after calving and represents the most nutritionally demanding period in the production cycle. While forages typically meet requirements for lactating cows during late May and early June, cows that are calving prior to the first part of April will reach peak milk production prior to that point. “In addition, turning cows out on pasture too early will have negative impacts on forage health and production,” Block adds. “Alternative forage sources and/or supplements should be provided in early spring to meet increased requirements during lactation.” Knowledge of your grasses can be used to make management decisions that improve forage composition, quality and production, the specialists say. This information can be used to guide grazing management. “Enhanced knowledge of your grass species can improve pasture and herd health,” Meehan says. “Knowing your grasses enables you to make sure that the nutritional needs of your herd are being met, improving growth and reproduction. It also can be used to make management decisions that will improve species composition, which in turn can benefit livestock performance.” For assistance in learning about and monitoring grasses in your native and tame pastures, contact your local NDSU Extension agent or Natural Resources Conservation Service office.
Eat What You Want Day
Date When Celebrated: Always on May 11 What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great..... health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day. Eat What You Want Day is definitely not a day for diets. It is one single, solitary day in the year to go off your diet and eat something you really enjoy, Today, you can set aside your dietary “No-No” list. Today, you can splurge. Tomorrow, it’s back to the diet. It is important to note that today is not intended to eat as much as you want. Rather, the goal is to eat something you otherwise wouldn’t have. If you are watching carbs or calories, simply keep within your limits by eating just a small amount of that favorite treat. Caution: People with allergies and/or medical conditions, may not be able to fully participate in this day. Simply said: Do not risk your health to participate in this day. ##### Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first official patent for his telephone on March 7, 1876. He fought years of legal challenges to his claim that he was its sole inventor.
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NEW HOLLAND P2080 60-ft. disc drill, 10” spacing, wireless blockage with P3550 cart, single shoot................... Call today for a great deal!!
Self-propelled windrower, 18-ft. sickle header. Very well maintained......................... $44,900
2012 CASE IH PUMA 170
USED HAYING EQUIPMENT
New Holland 1116 self-propelled windrower, 16-ft. sickle header, rubber conditioner, gas engine..................................... $7900 2009 Vermeer R2800 hay rake....... $19,900 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine..... ...........................................................Call
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USED COMBINES
2014 New Holland CR8090, S3 small grain rotors, IntelliSteer, rock trap, yield and moisture.................................... $198,900
NEW & USED HEADERS 2016 MacDon FD75 35-ft. flex draper, slow
speed transport..................................Call 2012 MacDon FD70 35-ft. flex draper, slow speed transport..................................Call 2014 MacDon D65 40-ft. draper header...... .................................................... $51,900 2014 MacDon D65 35-ft. draper header...... .................................................... $49,900 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport............................. $49,900 2011 MacDon D60S 35-ft. draper header, pickup reel, Case IH adapter (from 7088), gauge wheels, slow speed transport package.............................................. $44,900 2010 John Deere 635F 35-ft. flex draper, auger.................................................Call Case IH 1010-30 combine header, pickup reel.......................................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1010-25 header, pickup reel........... ...........................................................Call Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, oil-bath wobble drive........................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, oilbath wobble drive................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1015 combine pickup header......... ................................................ Let’s Deal Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory attachment..................................... $6500 Case IH 1015-12 pickup header........ $4900 International 810-13 pickup header............ ................................................ Let’s Deal
2013 New Holland CR7090, low hours, ASP stone protection, yield & moisture........... .................................................. $228,900 New Holland TR75, Ford engine, hydro drive, good rubber, 960 22-ft. header with batt reel. Good machine for only....... $16,995 2009 Case IH 7088 combine, rock trap, chopper, yield/moisture............. $114,900
1990 Case IH 1660 combine....... Let’s Deal 2010 John Deere 9770 STS combine......... ...........................................................Call 2009 John Deere 9770 STS combine......... ...........................................................Call 2006 John Deere 9760 STS combine......... ............................................. Just Traded
With loader, auto-guide ready, NEW Alo Quicke loader.........................................$89,900
USED TRACTORS USED AIR DRILLS
2005 Case IH DX40, ROPS, hydro, 84” mower, loader. Very clean, low hours.... .................................................. $26,900 2016 New Holland Boomer 41, MFWD, cab with loader, hydro. Low hours......... .................................................. $36,500 2015 New Holland Boomer 37, ROPS, hydro transmission with loader. Low hours......................................... $21,500 2017 New Holland Boomer 24, ROPS, hydro, loader. Very low hours..........Call 2017 New Holland Boomer 24, ROPS, hydro, 60” mower, loader. Very low hours. ....................................................Just In
USED BALE PROCESSORS
2009 John Deere 1830 60-ft. air drill with 1910 tow behind cart, 12” spacing, capped steel press wheels, single shoot, 350 bushel cart, variable rate.......................... $74,500
USED SPRAYERS
2012 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, Top-Con X20 with RTK, Auto-Steer, Auto-Boom, 100-ft. booms, 5 section control......................$159,900............... PRICE REDUCED................... $129,900 2007 Apache 1010 self-propelled, 100-ft. steel booms, 1000 gallon tank.... $89,900
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Bale King 880 bale processor........... $6900 Vermeer BPX7000 bale processor.... $7500
2004 New Holland SD440 51-ft. air drill with 380 cart, 12” spacing, single shoot, blockage sensor.................................... $62,500
SKID STEER LOADERS
We are carrying an excellent selection of skid steer loaders with great pricing available. Huge inventory of pallet forks and bale spears on hand, call today.
Diverse diet as effective as sports supplements
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JOHN DEERE COMBINES/HEADERS FOR SALE
(2) 2019 John Deere S790 STS combines with 45-ft. flex draper headers. Only 163 hours per machine. Used one season and these are absolutely loaded with options. Still under full warranty. $520,000 each or will negotiate a discount for both machines Call Dean (406) 579-6557 or dean@folkvordfamily.com
MERIDIAN AUGER MOVERS are built strong, stable and versatile. Designed for conventional augers, our four-wheel movers have been engineered to fit between most above-ground hopper legs. With no undercarriage that connects the walking beams to the auger axle, the operator is allowed unrestricted movement around and underneath the auger. In addition, the mover wheels are set on independent walking beams for increased stability as high-quality gear pumps, attached to a universal mounting bracket, supply hydraulic power to the system. Our unique design helps the operator because, no matter how high or low the auger is, the controls are always at waist level, right in front of you.
8” AUGERS BACK IN STOCK 8” x 39’ MERIDIAN AUGERS with 26.5 HP EFI Kohler engine, cold weather muffler, Meridian Mover, electric clutch, reversing gearbox, SALE $15,500 light package, shovel kit, spring belt tensioner ..................................................................... RETAIL $21,200 8” x 46’ MERIDIAN AUGERS with 26.5 HP EFI Kohler engine, cold weather muffler, Meridian Mover, electric clutch, reversing gearbox, light SALE $16,000 package, shovel kit, spring belt tensioner.................................................................................. RETAIL $22,500 10” x 39’ MERIDIAN AUGERS with 37 HP EFI Vanguard engine, cold weather muffler, Meridian Mover, electric clutch, reversing gearbox, SALE $16,600 light package, shovel kit, spring belt tensioner .......................................................................... RETAIL $23,500 10” x 46’ MERIDIAN AUGERS with 37 HP EFI Vanguard engine, cold weather muffler, Meridian Mover, electric clutch, reversing gearbox, SALE $17,600 light package, shovel kit, spring belt tensioner .......................................................................... RETAIL $25,100 BIN SWEEP PLUMBING KIT c/w Motor, Flow control valve, hose, swivel bracket, weld in spider & mounting peg installed add
$900
1-MERIDIAN SEED TENDER 1260RT w/Hydraulic Power Pack, Triple Axle Trailer with air ride and brakes Clearance ............ $95,000 $90,000 OBO .............................................................................................................. WAS $135,000
USED Like New 1435 STAINLESS STEEL CONVEY-ALL CONVEYOR HYDRAULIC drive w/Isuzu Diesel Motor ..................................................................................................... WAS $15,000 ........... NT SALE
$11,995
20-45 MERIDIAN CONVEYOR w/ Mover, 19’ reach; includes 35HP Kohler Gas Engine, light kit, electric clutch and more. Used only for demonstrations ................................................................................................. WAS $38,300 ........... NT SALE
$29,995
13” x 92’ HARVEST INTERNATIONAL with electric mover and winch.................................................................................................................................. NT SALE
$16,000
13” x 70’ BRANDT XL+ AUGER, Like New Condition ........................................................................................... NT SALE
$19,995
CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT (1) Used 8” WHEATHEART Gas Transfer Auger (1) Used 10” WHEATHEART Hydraulic Transfer Auger 13” x 90’ BRANDT XL Auger w/electric mover & hydraulic winch
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Keyhole Steel Brace System
UM News Service The edge. Every athlete, from the professional to the weekend warrior, strives to obtain that ever-elusive element that leads to victory – sometimes sparing no expense to get there. A lighter bike, a better training regimen, the newest shoes. A recently released study from the University of Montana (UM), however, has discovered that common “edge,” sports nutrition products, are no more effective at promoting recovery in female athletes as regular, carbohydrate-rich, often less-expensive potato-based foods. “Athletes are vulnerable to strategic marketing. We are easily swayed,” said UM Research Professor Brent Ruby, a veteran endurance athlete who knows all too well the allure of sports powders and gels. As director of UM’s Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism, Ruby and his team have done extensive work in the field of athletic performance and examining the role that post-exercise carbohydrate nutrition plays in the replenishing of spent muscle mass. The center’s 2015 study that showed a McDonald’s Happy Meal is just as effective for exercise recovery as commercial nutrition products garnered national attention. Again, always the edge. The difference in the latest study is the inclusion and focus on female recreational athletes. “There’s been a great deal of research into what sets the stage for muscle recovery after exercise,” Ruby said. “But women have been poorly represented in these studies. It is common to only study men and then make broad recommendations, which is wrong.” With funding from the Alliance for Potato Research & Education, Ruby’s team established and employed a study similar to the McDonald’s research, this time looking at muscle recovery between male and female recreational athletes using potato products and sports supplements. Eight men and eight women participated in the study, which involved 90 minutes of intense cycling followed by rest, recovery and refueling and a 20-kilometer time trial. After a lot of sweat was spent, blood drawn and muscles biopsied, the results showed that muscles in both men and women replenish carbohydrate stores similarly – and just as well with regular foods as with sports supplements. Ruby hopes these new results – published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology – will help female athletes, as well as male, make better-informed choices about their refueling programs. This article is online at https://rdcu.be/ b3zkg. “Endurance athletes love to talk about how hard they train and how special their diet is,” Ruby said. “But we need to take a deep breath. It doesn’t have to be complicated. As long as you are getting adequate carbohydrates, your diet can be as diverse as you want it to be.”
Bitless bridles
With over 40 years of experience, we specialize in large ranch projects and offer competitive pricing. Available exclusively through Gateway Arch & Fence, our Keyhole Brace System alleviates 100% of the torching, plasma cutting, and welding typically done while building running H braces and corners. While safety is a huge issue, time is of the essence when building fence. The Keyhole Brace System allows one person to drive and assemble a full corner in under thirty minutes. A two person team can fully set posts, cut rails, and wire a corner in close to 10-15 minutes. A simple H brace can be done in five minutes.
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A hackamore is a type of bitless headgear consisting of a headstall, noseband, and reins. The noseband puts pressure on the horse’s nose and jaw (chin area) to help the rider control the horse, instead of pressure being applied to the horse’s mouth with a bit. The noseband of a classic hackamore is known as a bosal. This teardrop-shaped ring is made of braided rawhide; it fits around the horse’s nose with a heel knot that rests under the horse’s chin. The core of the bosal may be made of thick leather, rope, or a metal cord. A bosal block is a piece of wood that is shaped like the horse’s nose. It is used to shape and mold the hackamore over time, so that is will rest comfortably on the horse’s nose. The single-band headstall that holds the bosal is called the bosal hanger. The string-like throatlatch piece is called the fiador. The reins, called the mecate, are made of horse mane or tail braided into rope, 20-25 feet in length. The rope is tied according to a special method that allows the bosal to fit snuggly, but comfortably. The rein is one continuous loop, with a remnant piece that ties to the saddle. A mechanical hackamore has a nose piece (often metal covered with leather), and metal shanks (similar to the shanks on a curb bit) extending from the nose piece, accompanied by a chain strap under the chin. These are often used on horses that do not do well with a bit in their mouths. You will occasionally see them on show jumping horses and speed event horses, such as barrel racers.
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The deadline for advertising in the June 2020 issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be May 27th. Phone (406) 271-5533.
Used Equipment and Trucks For Sale 2012 New Holland BR7090 - A great machine - A great price - ONLY 1780 bales, like new Round baler, twine and net wrap, Super Sweep pickup, Gandy granular inoculate applicator, 1000 PTO, moisture tester, Bale Command monitor, hydraulic pickup, Speciality Crop attachment, very clean, always been shedded. Again Only 1780 Bales................. $22,500 Isabelle Lowry during the Market Steer Grand Champion Drive at the National Western Stock Show Market Steer Show in Denver.
Bat bombs away!
Not long after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, a Pennsylvania dentist named Lytle S. Adams was visiting Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico when inspiration struck: “Why not fit millions of bats with bombs and then drop them from planes!” The bats’ instinct to find shelter would lead them to barns and buildings. And once they were settled… BOOM! A time-delayed fuse would ignite the bombs and start fires. Adams sent his idea to the Army Chemical Warfare Service, which actually tried attaching tiny thermite bombs to free-tailed bats. But there were problems: Bats will resist having anything stuck to their skin, so they had to be refrigerated to force them into hibernation. Many didn’t thaw out in time to fly; others fell to the ground because the bombs were too heavy. After two years of unsuccessful experiments, the project was canned. Cost to taxpayers: Around $2 million (and an untold number of bat lives).
1983 Freightliner cabover, 400 hp CAT motor, 13 speed Fuller transmission, tandem rear axle, new 11Rx24.5 tires front/ rear, engine overhauled, Knapheide 20-ft. box, 64” sides, hoist, drill fill with 6” auger. Very clean..$13,500 1994 Fabco spinner plow, 4-18”, 3 pt. hitch, trash turners, shear bolt, Case bottoms, gauge wheels. Very good condition, like new in shed.............. $4850 Eversman 4512 land plane, pull-type, 12-ft. bowl, rubber tires on tail wheels, rubber tires front transport, hydraulic system, reinforced tail section..... $3850
1979 John Deere 7100 Maxi-Merge 6 row planter, 1971 International Load- 1973 John Deere 4230 die30” row spacing, fiberglass sel row crop tractor with star 1800, 392 V8, 5 hoppers, insecticide & Power Shift transmission, speed with 4 speed auxseed, Percussion meter Sound Guard cab with all iliary, new 10:00x20 tires, system, John Deere monioptions, all new trim reM&S rear, heavy duty tantor system, harrow seed placed, new air ride seat, dem rear axle, new transcover attachment, new 3-pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 mission, approximately disk openers. Excellent hydraulics, 16.9x38 rear 60,000 miles, Maxey 20-ft. condition, well maintained tires, duals, 10:00x16 8 ply box, 52” sides, hoist, twin and under shed. Ready to front tires, 5700 hours on cylinder. Very nice unit....... plant.........................$4950 engine overhaul....$14,500 .................................$7850 Windrow turner, 3 wheel, 3-pt..................................$375
For a complete list of options on equipment, call:
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Albany County 4-H educator shares UW engaged staff award
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USED TRACTORS
Zetor 5211 with Ezee-On loader, 42 HP, low profile, good rubber.........$6500 Zetor Agripower 5000, 2WD, PTO, 3-pt.........................................$2500 Ford 4000 gas tractor, loader......$6500 Ford Major 2WD, 3-pt., PTO.......$1000 John Deere 2840, Just In........... CALL
New Red Devil 6-ft. snow blower with QA skid steer mount.
In Stock $6250
PARTS UNITS
Ford 2000 Select-o-Speed...For Parts
KIOTI TRACTORS IN STOCK
Kioti CS2210 sub compact with SL2410 loader, 4WD hydrostatic transmission, engine heater, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires. ....................... CALL Kioti CK2610 with KL4010 loader, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty. ............................................... CALL Kioti CK3510hst with KL4030 loader 35 hp, 66” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Kioti CK4010hst with KL4030 loader 40 hp, 66” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Kioti DK4510hst with KL5010 loader 45 hp, 72” bucket, 4WD, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty........ ............................................... CALL Kioti DK4710SEH with KL5020 loader 47 hp, 72” bucket, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, 3 point, PTO, industrial tires, 6 year warranty............. CALL Mechron 2200 UTV, 4WD, steel dump, box, HD tires.......... $9999 On Sale!
CONSIGNED
Allied/Farm King YC74 snow blower w/ hydraulic chute control...........$3500 John Deere 6600 combine, gas, pickup header..........................COMING IN Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with Perkins diesel........................$3250 Hesston 1014 12-ft. swather................. .................................NEEDS WORK New Holland 855 round baler.$3850 New Holland 1033 balewagon.... CALL Kioti backhoe attachment, PTO driven. ...............................................$2500
Tarter Equipment 6-ft. rotary mower.........................$1595 5-ft. rotary mower.........................$1395 4-ft. rotary mower.........................$1295 7-ft. heavy duty disk plow.............$1500 6-ft. heavy duty disk plow.............$1000 3-ft. 1 bottom plow..........................$695 7-ft. rock rakes, 3-point..................$600 (3) 6-ft. rock rakes, 3-point.............$575 7-ft. back blade...............................$475 6-ft. back blade...............................$425 Super Spear quick attach bale spear... .................................................$499
We now have
WALLENSTEIN
wood splitters, chippers and log grapples available. NEW KIOTI IMPLEMENTS AVAILABLE Double Bale Spear, 44”..................$673 Triple Bale Spear, 32”....................$750
NEW DIRTY HANDS POST HOLE AUGERS IN STOCK Standard Duty and Heavy Duty 9” and 12” Augers
NEW Eagle attachments
New Eagle 560HD..................$625 New Eagle 566HD..................$699 New Eagle 672HD..................$729 New Eagle 784 HD.................$779 New Eagle 7-ft. 3 point rear blade.. ..........................................$675 New Eagle 8-ft. 3 point rear blade.. ..........................................$725
MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS
New Danuser front mount QA pallet fork...........................................$1000 New Legend front mount QA pallet fork. ..................................................$856
USED HAYING
New Holland 575 square baler.$12,500 American Hay Master 500 series stack wagon....................................$7500 John Deere 327 square baler.....$3250 Hesston 1014 swather................$1500
NEW SPEECO POST HOLE AUGERS IN STOCK
MISCELLANEOUS
Front Dozer Blade with manual adjust. Fits various models..............................$2500 Frontier 66” disc..................................$1500 Frontier 6-ft. box scraper......................$795 Wagner loader for Ford 8N, 9N, and NAA. Complete with front pump & mounts....... ......................................................$1500 Shaver HD8 front mount post driver...$1295
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From University of Wyoming Extension STEM combined with STEAM was a force that earned Albany County’s 4-H educator and University of Wyoming (UW) Coe library’s makerspace coordinator the University of Wyoming Millgate Engaged Staff award. 4-H educator Mary Louise Wood and Jane Crayton, who focuses on the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) at Coe, formed the 4-H Makerspace Club, open to the public and serving youths 16-18-years old. The club allows kids to explore their creative side while focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) subjects, using 3D, robotics and e-textiles. The club works to inspire the next generation of students in STEM using project-based art and design. Many of the projects help develop social, creative and critical thinking skills. Through the new concentrated effort in the makerspace, Albany County 4-H is seeing an increase in youth membership. “Jane engages students with STEAM to develop critical thinking and creative skills,” said Wood. “These skills will help the students to become future innovators.” Wyoming 4-H is the youth arm of the University of Wyoming Extension, and its state offices are housed in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Marvin Millgate Engaged Staff Award recognizes UW staff members who both support learning and development through community engagement and build strong, reciprocal relationships between the campus and the community. Crayton and Wood are working on additional outreach and engagement projects in their own fields. Wood has assisted in developing numerous projects and is participating in the UW Extension Impact Collaborative Experience, a professional development program to provide new opportunities for educators to bring innovation and capacity to their respective extension programs. Crayton and Wood are an “energetic team” that is committed to engaging the local community and providing students with the opportunity to gain hands-on learning in STEM fields. They also are creating a collaborative and welcoming environment, said Jean Garrison, director of UW’s Office of Engagement and Outreach, which presents the Millgate Awards. “The recognition of Jane and Mary Louise for the Marvin Millgate Engaged Staff Award acknowledges their innovative program that has quickly built strong, reciprocal relationships between the campus and the community in a model that can be emulated in other parts of the state,” Garrison said.
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Yellowflag iris (Iris pseudacorus L.) is an introduced wetland plant that is now widespread throughout North America. It can displace desired vegetation, decrease wildlife habitat and livestock forage, and reduce water flow in irrigation systems. It was first reported in Montana in 1966 (Lake County). The plant disperses by seeds and rhizomes which move throughout the riparian areas that this species inhabits. Prevention, early detection and immediate action to contain or eradicate infestations are most important for management of this plant in Montana.
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Updated 2020 AMBA recommended malting barley varieties
By Scott E. Heisel, AMBA VP & Technical Director production in Idaho and Montana, where The American Malting Barley Associait combines high malt extract with very tion (AMBA) Board of Directors has apgood grain yield potential. Additionally, proved the addition of ABI Eagle to the list ABI Eagle has agronomic advantages over of recommended malting barley varieties Merit 57 with a shorter plant stature, greater for 2020. resistance to lodging, earlier maturity timABI Eagle (Merit 57/MT050118), develing, higher test weight, and better kernel oped by Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc., plumpness. has favorable brewing quality and performs With the addition of ABI Eagle, the list well in agronomic trials in the northern of recommended malting barley varieties plains of the US and intermountain west. for 2020 is as follows. It is particularly well suited to irrigated Two-Rows AAC Connect Charles* LCS Genie Moravian 170 AAC Synergy Conlon LCS Odyssey Newdale ABI Eagle Conrad LCS Violetta* Pinnacle ABI Growler Endeavor* Merit 57 Puffin* ABI Voyager Expedition Moravian 37 Scarlett AC Metcalfe Explorer Moravian 69 Thunder* Bill Coors 100 Hockett Moravian 164 Wintmalt* CDC Copeland ND Genesis Moravian 165 Six-Rows Celebration Lacey Quest Tradition Innovation Legacy Thoroughbred* *winters
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Balewagons & Retrievers 3-New Holland 1089 balewagons, very nice condition. $85,000 - $105,000
New Holland 1075 diesel...................................................$32,500 New Holland 1069 gas balewagon, nice............................$36,500 New Holland 1068 with Chev 454 engine with automatic transmission.................................................................................$52,000 New Holland 1068 gas balewagon with MilStak 1030S bale clamp, get your 3x4 bales off the field fast $28,000 New Holland 1063 pull-type, hauls 160 bales....................$16,500 5-New Holland S1049 bale wagons..........................$7500-19,500 New Holland Super 1049 balewagon................................$18,500 New Holland 1048 balewagon...........................................$10,500 New Holland 1046 self-propelled, hauls 80 bales.................$7500 2006 New Holland 1037 balewagon, sharp.......................$35,000 6-New Holland 1037 balewagons, rebuilt........ $18,000 to $25,000 New Holland 1033s rebuilt balewagons.............. $10,500-$13,000 New Holland 1032 pull type...............................................$10,500 New Holland 8500 round bale wagon. Nice condition........$50,000 New Holland 1052 retriever mounted on 2006 Peterbilt....$35,000
Swathers
New Holland HW325 swather, 16HS header, new conditioning rolls, 2450 hours....$47,500
2008 New Holland H8060 swather with 13-ft. discbine header, 1137 hours.................................................................................$69,500 2002 New Holland HW320 swather, 16HS header, 3642 hours. Nice condition............................................................................$38,500 MacDon 7000 with 12-ft. multicrop head with condtiioner..$14,000
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New Holland 1425 square baler, diesel..............................$10,500 2007 New Holland BR7080 round baler.............................$10,500 1991 John Deere 435 round baler.........................................$4500 Bush Hog BSR 10-wheel rake, very nice..............................$6500 New Holland 56 rake...............................................................$600
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Supreme 1200TM twin auger mixer mounted on 2007 Sterling truck, nice shape $95,000
John Deere 650 grain cart.....................................................$8500 1972 Freightliner 20-ft. box and hoist, with drill fill auger..$10,500 1973 International 4300 truck with 20-ft. box and hoist, Detroit diesel, 13 speed...................................................................$7500
Tractors & Accessories
1995 Agco Allis 9655 MFWD, FEL, grapple, 155 hp, 18 speed powershift, duals...........$29,500 John Deere 8630 275 hp, 2156 hours, tires 80%...............$21,500 Great Bend 870 FEL, grapple, new condition.......................$7500
Industrial Equipment
2007 Gehl DL6H42 7000 lb 42” lift swivel carriage, 3800 hours...... ........................................................................................$55,000 2001 Carelift 10055 Zoom Boom telehandler, cab, heat, 10,000 lb lift, 55-ft. reach................................................................$45,000
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Wool pools, wool markets and LDP’s
Representatives from the five wool pools that make up the Eastern Consolidated Wool Pool meet via conference call on April 27 to discuss delivery date options. Due to much uncertainty in the health protocols, wool markets and government programs, leaders decided to delay delivery of the Eastern Consolidated Pool until the week of June 15. This includes the Northeastern-Plentywood, Lower Yellowstone-Sydney, Mon-DakWibaux, Hi-Line-Malta and Front RangeChoteau. Pool members should receive notification via mail in the coming week. The domestic wool market is essentially at a standstill. Most wool warehouses are still accepting wool for storage, but very little wool is actually being bought. There is still a small amount of wool filling US military contacts. The wool market started to decline last spring from all-time highs due to uncertainty caused by the trade tariff dispute with China. About 75% of the US clip is shipped to China or other countries for processing and buyers were reluctant to purchase US wool not knowing the tariff costs. Then in the fall of 2019, the coronavirus issue erupted in China and most of the Chinese wool processing mills and ports were closed. The current situation is that China has reopened its mills and ports, but due to the lockdown in the US and other Western countries, most orders for wool products have been cancelled. Speaking with wool buyers and industry leaders, most feel it will be the fall of 2020 at the earliest before any significant amount of wool will be sold in the United States. Currently the Australian Wool Exchange is still trading wool and prices are not bad, but continue to trend down. The advice of most industry people I have spoken with is to either store your wool properly at home, deliver to a wool warehouse or deliver to a wool pool to get it cored and wait till this fall for marketing opportunities. As we have had good wool market conditions for years, many people have never had to apply for government programs on wool. I spent the last week discussing government programs with USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) officials, Dr. Kott (retired Montana Sheep Specialist) and industry leaders to try and summarize those programs. If you plan on applying for a wool program, I highly encourage producers speak with their local FSA office to make sure they are eligible and how to qualify as some counties and states interpret rules differently. There are three options available currently for Montana wool producers through the FSA: 1. Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL’s)You borrow money against the future sales of your wool and then repay the FSA when you market your wool. Gives producers cash for operating expenses when markets are depressed. 2. Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP’s)There are two types: graded and ungraded.
Graded is when you core your wool and get a certified test and ungraded is when your wool is not cored or mixed with other producer’s wools. One of the main things to be aware of when delivering wool to a wool pool is you lose beneficial interest in the wool when you deliver. Therefore, wool pool members are not eligible for either the Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) or the “graded” Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP). To be eligible for either of these, a producer has to maintain control/possession of their wool, core the bales, weigh the bales on a certified scale, send the samples to NZWTA and provide the FSA with a certified core for their wool. Currently there are “graded” LDP’s available for very fine and very coarse wool and the American Sheep Industry and US Wool Council has been working with USDA to clarify some issues with wool price reporting to help make these programs more realistic. Wool pool members are eligible for the “ungraded” LDP which is currently sitting at $0.02 per pound of grease wool. Pool members interested in the ungraded LDP need to file an intent to collect LDP paperwork with the FSA office prior to delivery and then take in the weigh slip after delivery to verify their poundage with the FSA office. I would encourage producers to apply even for the $0.02 as this may move significantly in coming weeks and any future payments could be tied to this filing. You can find current information on wool LDP rates at https://sheepusa.org/issuesgovernmentprograms-woolldp. The final program is a work in progress and concerns the sheep and wool industry’s incorporation into the federal stimulus package called the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. USDA is currently writing the rules for this program and there is not much concrete information to report at this time. Check with your local FSA office for any new information on this coming program. The lamb market has been hard to call. Prices on light lambs and goat kids have remained good. Most of these are being funneled into the nontraditional market as are traditional market consisting of restaurant trade had obviously evaporated. Wolverine Pack in Detroit has shut down temporarily, The Mountain States (old JBS plant) facility in Colorado is running at reduced capacity, the Superior facility in Dixon, CA has been unaffected at this point to my knowledge and a new harvest facility called Colorado Lamb is slated to open in June in Brush, Colorado. At this point, everyone is waiting to see what happens as states begin to come out of lockdown and restaurants begin to open. The demand for lamb and wool is still there, but it will take some time to get things up and running again. In the meantime, we’ll finish shearing and lambing and be thankful for spring rains that’ll bring grass after another long winter.
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2014 RBR Vector 300 New Leader L4000 G4 MultiApplier dry spreader box, twin spinner, all hydraulic with insert, roll over tarp, Viper Pro monitor, 2953 hours................. $124,500
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2002 Case FLX 4300 Flex Air 810 bed, 70-ft. boom, 8.3 Cummins, Allison automatic, Trimble EZ-Steer steering, out in the field, 4193 hours............$42,500
uct with chemical granular bin, 70-ft. stainless steel boom, Accuboom, electric roll tarp, Raven SmarTrax, Viper Pro monitor, 2855 hours....................$139,000
1993 International 20-ton Rayman top auger, Cummins L10 diesel, cheater axle, shows 689,222 miles................................$29,500
2006 Peterbilt 335 floater truck, Newton Crouch spreader bed. Bed built like a Chandler bed, twin 2014 RoGator 1300, 3220 hours, spinners, 2860 hours.......$78,000 New Leader bed.......... $112,000
2007 Case 4520 3 bin, autosteer, 3000 hours......................$98,000
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2014 Case Titan 4530 1856 hours, 3 bin, 70-ft. boom, leather, Viper controller, SmartTrax...........................................................$148,000 2014 Case Titan 4530 5007 hours, 3 bin, 70-ft. boom.........$98,500
1989 Kenworth T800 dry, Cummins, tandem with tag axle, Ray Man 20 ton, 5 compartment, top auger...............................$33,500
2006 Case 4510 70-ft. Flex Air, Viper controller, AutoSteer, 7400 hours, in the field running this spring...............................$62,500
2006 Ingersol-Rand WL-440 wheel loader, shuttle shift transmission, 75” bucket, 4-ft. forks, 1737 hours................... $33,500
1999 Willmar 24 ton side shooter, electric roll tarp...........$31,500
1985 Freightliner with 16 ton rear auger Willmar tender, working truck and tender, 300 Cummins.................................$24,500
Caterpillar 904H articulating loader, diesel engine, 2 speed, ROPS, 12-16.5 tires, approximately 72” bucket, 2624 hours..... ........................................$29,500
2005 KBH 25-ton semi tender with back auger, self-contained.... ........................................$34,500
Case 921E wheel loader, QSM 11, Cummins diesel engine, shuttle shift trans., AM/FM, heat, air, 5430 hours. Incredible Loader Big bucket. Like new tires................... ................$89,000...........$99,000
2012 John Deere 4940 liquid system, 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, 120-ft. boom, 20” spacing..........................$23,000
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2012 International 16 ton Willmar side shooter tender with roll tarp, 455K miles..............$69,000
2000 Caterpillar 924G high lift wheel loader, 20.5-25L tires, 13,095 hours....$33,000...$43,000
2011 Case IH 4520, 810 box, 2912 hours, variable rate, Autosteer, Viper Pro.$99,500$115,500
2005 Peterbilt Stahly Cummins, Allison automatic, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, New Leader controller, Starlink GPS, 4145 hours....................$82,000
New Holland W80B front quick tach, 1000 hours........................... ........................$39,500...$43,500
2003 Ray Man 24 ton, 7 compartment dry tender trailer, top swivel discharge auger...............$36,500
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MSU Extension outlines options to protect financial assets after death
From MSU News Service rights in a person’s securities while they When organizing an estate prior to death, are alive and upon death, the securities are several tools are available to allow individutransferred directly to them. The beneficiaals to have their financial assets pass to the ries who inherit stocks, bonds or mutual people they choose instead of the state, funds can then decide whether to keep the according to a Montana State University investments or sell them. Downloadable Extension specialist. TOD forms can be found on websites of Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family companies where accounts are held. Like economics specialist, said many financial a POD, TOD beneficiaries can be changed assets can be protected through contractual by filling out a new form. arrangement. By designating beneficiaries Montana law allows for naming family, for checking and savings accounts, stocks, friends, community foundations or other bonds and mutual funds, individuals can charitable organizations as beneficiaries on pass more onto their heirs. other financial accounts, such as life insurOne option to consider is a payable-onance and annuity policies; 401(k), 403(b) death designation, or POD, whereby an and 457 accounts; individual retirement acindividual can name whomever they want counts – Roth and traditional; and employee as a beneficiary of their checking or savings benefit plans like SEPs, SIMPLEs; and accounts, certificates of deposit and U.S. Keogh retirement accounts. Downloadable savings bonds. A POD allows a person to beneficiary designation forms can often be keep control of their money in accounts found on the website of the company where during their lifetime. The beneficiary has no the account is held or through a company ownership rights in the accounts, and after representative. death the balance is passed to them. There “Consider beforehand whom you want is no probate required for financial accounts to receive your assets at death and then passing directly to beneficiaries. complete the appropriate legal documents Goetting said POD beneficiaries can to make sure your wishes are carried out,” be changed by filling out a form with the Goetting said. “Make a list of assets on financial institution. which you wish to place a POD, TOD or “Consider naming a secondary benefibeneficiary designation.” Goetting added ciary should your primary one die with you that individuals should either visit their or before you,” she added. “Be sure to refinancial institutions and designate benefiview the beneficiaries on your accounts and ciaries or have the institution mail the forms update when circumstances change such as to avoid probate fees upon death. births, deaths and marriages.” More information about beneficiary desAnother option is a transfer-on-death ignations is available in MSU Extension registration, or TOD. The Montana Uniform MontGuides and online at http://www.monTransfers on Death Security Registration tana.edu/estateplanning/eppublications. Act allows an owner of securities to reghtml. For those who do not have computer ister a beneficiary to receive the title after access, copies of “Non-Probate Transfers” death. A TOD is like a POD, but is used to and “Designating Beneficiaries through designate a beneficiary for stocks, bonds Contractual Arrangements” are available and mutual funds and is kept with an issuer, from county Extension or reservation oftransfer agent or broker. fices. A TOD beneficiary has no ownership
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From University of Wyoming Extension • Download and read any other materials Commercial pesticide applicator licenspertinent to area of pesticide use ing of temporary and seasonal employees Commercial manuals can be found at is moving forward as approved by the https://bit.ly/PSEPtraining-materials. Wyoming Department of Agriculture and Employers must provide proof of training University of Wyoming Extension Pesticide using page three of the Temporary Seasonal Safety Education Program. Worker application in any of the following Original state certification and training ways: statement of self-study; completion procedures will resume after EPA lifts the records of pertinent online UW modules; temporary policy put in place due to COproof of on-site training and including eduVID-19. cational training agendas. Those interested can visit https://bit. Online training modules can be found at ly/temporary-seasonal-applicators, which https://bit.ly/UWTrainingModules. outlines the full licensing application proThere are two options for license applicacedure, said Jeff Edwards, UW Extension tion submission with option two being the pesticide training coordinator. preferred method, said Edwards. Once issued, this license will expire JanuOption one, mail the completed takeary 31, 2021. home workbook, the completed Temporary The process includes proof of self-study, Seasonal Worker License application and employer-led education, completion of a training verification forms to: Wyoming Detake-home workbook and submitting compartment of Agriculture, Technical Services pleted documentation to WDA. Division, 2219 Carey Ave., Cheyenne, WY. All the required files are linked in the Option two, electronically scan and email website, said Edwards. the completed take-home workbook and • Download or print the core manual the Temporary Seasonal Worker License • Print the private applicator workbook Application and training verification forms • Print the temporary seasonal worker to Wes Brown at the WDA at wes.brown@ license application wyo.gov. • Read the core manual If you are not a temporary or seasonal • Complete the take-home workbook by worker and wish to obtain a new but tempoanswering questions in the workbook rary commercial applicators license, contact • Completely fill out the temporary seaBrown at WDA at 307-777-3502. sonal worker license application
USDA addresses milk dumping, other flexibilities
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, RMA is extending inspection deadlines, waiving inspection requirements and authorizing more crop insurance transactions over the phone and electronically to help producers during the crisis. Many state and local governments have issued “stay-athome” orders and have shut down non-essential businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in market disruptions and preventing in-person crop insurance transactions. Specifically, RMA is: • Allowing dumped milk to be counted as milk marketings for the Dairy Revenue Production (DRP) or actual marketings for the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy (LGM-Dairy) programs; • Allowing phone and electronic transactions for 2021 crop year sales and reporting dates, including options and endorsements; • Extending the deadline for some perennial crop PreAcceptance Inspection Reports (PAIRs); • Waiving the 2021 crop year inspection requirements for the Nursery and Nursery Value Select (NVS) programs in certain cases. “Dairy Revenue Protection is a vital risk management tool for our dairy farmers, especially during times like these, and USDA wants to ensure producers continue to get the coverage they purchased. RMA is making some further adjustments to assist the crop insurance industry and America’s farmers and ranchers,” RMA Administrator Martin Barbre said. “We will continue to make adjustments as needed to ensure that the Federal crop insurance program continues to serve the risk management needs of our nation’s producers during this unprecedented time.” Adjustments for Dumped Milk
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USDA addresses milk dumping, other flexibilities CONTINUED FROM PAGE C35
COVID-19 shutdowns have caused disruption in the milk market, and dairy producers are dumping milk as a result. For the 2020 calendar year, RMA is allowing Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) to count dumped milk toward the milk marketings for the DRP or actual marketings for the LGM-Dairy programs regardless of whether the milk was sold. Producers will still have to provide to the AIPs supporting documentation from the cooperative or milk handler verifying the actual pounds dumped and that the milk was dumped. Notifications by Phone and Electronically Notifications and information may be sent by phone or electronic methods between policyholders and their crop insurance agents to do the following: • 2021 Crop Year Sales and Reporting: To make policy elections, such as coverage level, and to report acreage and production. • Reporting Deadline for Options, Endorsements and Forms: To select options and endorsements occurring for the sales closing, production reporting date and acreage reporting deadline. Policyholders will be required to either sign digitally or must follow up with properly signed forms no later than July 15, 2020. Deadline Extensions RMA is providing the following deadline extensions for Perennial Inspections: • Florida Citrus Fruit Dollar and Florida Fruit Tree Programs: The deadline is extended to July 15, 2020, from June 14. • New Apple Tree Program: AIPs must ensure inspections are completed by July 1, 2020, the date insurance attaches to the crop. • Pecan Tree Program: AIPs must ensure inspections are completed by July 1, 2020, the date insurance attaches to the crop. • All Other Perennial Crop Policies: The deadline is extended an additional 30 days for applicable perennial crop policies with an inspection deadline due on or before May 30, 2020. Waiving of Inspection Requirements RMA is authorizing AIPs to waive the 2021 crop year inspection requirements when an inspection report exists in the policyholder’s file for the Nursery Crop Provisions and Nursery Value Select (NVS) for the 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 crop years. For the 2022 crop year, AIPs must inspect those policies that had a crop year 2021 waiver. Nursery Value Select (NVS) is a new program for the 2021 crop year, with a deadline for signup of May 1, 2020, and insurance attaching on June 1. Normally, any inspections should be conducted in May for insurance to begin, as scheduled, on June 1. More Information RMA announced other flexibilities on March 27 and April 3, including enabling producers to send notifications and reports electronically, extending the date for production reports, providing additional time and deferring interest on premium and other payments, allowing the use of self-certification replant inspections for certain crops and waiving the witness signature requirement for approval of Assignment of Indemnity. See all RMA Managers Bulletins for more detailed information. RMA staff are working with AIPs and other customers by phone, mail and electronically to continue supporting crop insurance coverage for producers. Farmers with crop insurance questions or needs should continue to contact their insurance agents about conducting business remotely (by telephone or email). For the most current updates on available services, visit farmers.gov/coronavirus.
Fly away home
The Roman oet Virgil (70-19 B.C.), best known for the Aeneid, once held a lavish funeral on his land. Senators and noblemen attended. The poet himself read a long eulogy for the deceased. An orchestra played solemn music as the tiny coffin was placed in its tomb. What was Virgil burying? His beloved pet…housefly. But there was a method to the poet’s madness: He actually did have a fondness for flies, but he also hated paying high taxes on his land. So, after noticing a loophole in the Roman tax code that excluded mausoleums from paying up, Virgil deemed his land a mausoleum. And he had the tomb of his beloved fly to prove it.
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Analyzer helps with prevented-planting decisions
From NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension has developed a spreadsheet to help farmers make informed prevented-planting decisions. “Producers in North Dakota are waiting for fields to dry out, so they can start field work and crop planting,” says Andrew Swenson, NDSU Extension farm management specialist. “Though it is early, once planting starts rapid progress can be made with today’s large equipment. Now may be a good time to evaluate the economics of prevented planting, so a timely decision can be made if weather events delay planting to the crop insurance final planting date.” After the final planting date, and if several eligibility requirements are met, producers may opt to collect a prevented-planting crop insurance indemnity payment and idle the ground. “The question is whether to plant a crop late and accept the risk of lower yields and reduced crop insurance coverage or to collect a prevented-planting indemnity payment,” says Swenson. June 10 is the final planting date in North Dakota for soybeans, dry edible beans and flax. The final planting date for full crop insurance coverage varies by crop and geographic location. For example, the date for canola varies from May 15 in the southwestern part of the state to June 5 in the northeastern and north-central area of the state. For spring wheat, durum and barley, it is May 31, except for the northern one-third of the state, where it is June 5. For corn it is May 25, except for Cass, Ransom, Richland and Sargent counties where it is May 31. NDSU Extension has developed a spreadsheet, www. ag.ndsu.edu/farmmanagement/prevented-planting, to help with the prevented-planting decision. The program uses partial budgeting to compare the economics of prevented planting with either late planting the crop for which a prevented-planting payment could be received or planting some other crop. The prevented-planting indemnity is offset partially by the direct costs, such as cover crop seed, chemicals and fuel, to maintain the land that will not be used for crop production in 2020. This is compared with the income that could be obtained from growing a crop after the direct costs of production have been subtracted. Two critical assumptions are the expected yield and market price if one seeds later. Producers run the risk of lower yields and quality. The analysis also considers crop insurance indemnities, which may be received if a producer plants the crop late and yields suffer. “Fortunately, the crop insurance coverage level only diminishes 1% per day for the first several days after the date when producers can choose prevented planting,” says Swenson. “Therefore, if a producer still can plant a few days late, he or she still can have a fairly strong safety net and have the upside revenue potential if better than expected yields and market prices exist.” Swenson adds, “There are other considerations in the prevented-planting decision. Planting will use up soil moisture and lessen the possibility the ground will be too wet for seeding next year. Another reason to plant may be to satisfy a forward sales contract. However, late planting may result in lower yields and lower the actual production history, which is used to calculate future crop insurance guarantees. “If soil conditions do not allow seeding by the preventedplanting date, each producer should analyze the preventedplanting option and consult an insurance agent if unsure whether the acreage qualifies, what the payment rates may be and other details,” he notes.
Good kitty
A severe drought hit Baltimore, Maryland, in the summer of 1930. Forecasters predicted an even longer dry spell, but Frances Shields called local newspapers and insisted they’d have rain in 24 hours. The reason: Her cat Napoleon was lying down with his “front paw extended and his head on the floor,” and he only did that just before it rained. Reporters laughed..until there was a rainstorm the next day. Newspapers all over the country picked up the story, and Napoleon became a feline celebrity. He also became a professional weather-cat and newspaper columnist. His predictions were printed regularly–and he did pretty well. All told, he was about as accurate as human weather forecasters.
Dry beans respond to row spacing and plant population
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NDSU Extension Service NDSU researchers study dry beans’ yield response to varying row spacings and plant populations. Narrower row spacings and higher plant populations are trending in dry bean production, says Greg Endres, North When you Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension cropping systems specialist based at NDSU’s Carrington Research need tires Extension Center. call us! NDSU has been conducting field research during the past decade to examine the response of black, navy and pinto We carry a beans to selected combinations of row spacings and plant populations to identify optimum seed yield. HUGE The research was conducted during 2014 to 2018 in eastern North Dakota with black and navy beans grown in inventory!!! reduced row spacing and with increased plant populations, We offer a complete line of Goodyear & Firestone tires for swathers, compared with wide rows (28 to 30 inches) and the standard balers, combines, tractors, automotive, light and heavy duty trucks. 90,000 plants/acre. Researchers found: • Black bean seed yield averaged across four trials was similar among three row spacings of 14, 21 and 28 inches. Averaged across eight trials, yield increased slightly (less than 100 pounds per acre) with just fewer than 120,000 or Cars, Light Trucks, Heavy Duty Farm & Over-the-road Trucks 140,000 plants per acre, compared with yield with an average of slightly fewer than 100,000 plants per acre. • Narrow (14-inch) rows with navy bean plant populations of 117,000 or 140,000 plants per acre increased yield 24% to 28%, respectively, compared with wide rows with slightly more than 90,000 plants per acre. Phone 406-873-5025, Cell. 406-949-7717 — Cut Bank More information about this research is available in the NDSU Extension publication “Black and Navy Bean Response to Row Spacing and Plant Population in Eastern North Dakota.” It’s available online at https:// tinyurl.com/BlackandNavyBeans. A printed version is available from the Carrington Research Extension Center or NDSU Extension county offices. “Similar research work currently is in progress with pinto beans,” Endres says. “We are examining seed yield response with narrow rows and selected plant populations, compared with NDSU’s long-term recommendation of establishing 70,000 pinto bean plants per acre in wide rows.” The average pinto bean seed yield among four trials conducted in eastern North Dakota with 18-inch rows was 11% and 16% greater versus 12- and 30-inch rows, respectively. In a series of five trials conducted at Carrington, pinto bean yield increased 18% with intermediate row spacing (21 to 22 inches), compared with wider rows. Averaged across four pinto bean trials at Carrington DRYING. STORAGE. HANDLING. and Minot, North Dakota, a Covering plant population of slightly ™ more than 70,000 plants per MT, WY, CO, NE, acre had a yield advantage of Looking for innovative, efficient, and reliable products? NM, and SD 6%, compared with 53,000 Sukup Manufacturing Co.is the fastest growing bin plants per acre. Preliminary results with intermediate manufacturing company in the world and offers a full line row spacing and plant popuof product Solutions® for your grain drying, storage, lations near 90,000 plants and handling, or steel building needs. per acre are indicating yield and economic advantages, compared with wide rows and the standard plant popuTake advantage of lation. The research with the ending winter discounts! three dry bean market types Save money! Plan ahead! has been supported by the NDSU Agricultural ExperiBUY NOW! ment Station and Northarvest Bean Growers Association. 605-323-8271 or 605-864-8712
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1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139....................................................$3500
2005 New Holland SD440 58-ft., 12” spacing, 550# trips, 51/2” rubber packers, 4350 tow between cart, double shoot. #UDNH25.........................$89,000 2010 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill, 10” spacing, 550 lb trips, 4” rubber packers with P1060 tow between cart, duals, mechanical drive, 430 bushel........................................................$8500 2005 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. drill, 12” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 51/2” rubber packers, single shoot, dual wing castors, with 2340 tow between air cart, mechanical drive. UDF259...................................$40,000 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 9” spacing, 550 lb trips, 31/2” steel packers, single shoot with steath bodies, 3450 tow between air cart, dual fan, variable drive, 30.5x32 tires. #UDF254..........................$65,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, 4” VW spread, Goose shooter, 2340 tow between, variable rate drive, 5.5” rubber packers. #UDF244............................................... $50,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 41/2” steel packers, stealth with carbide combo tips, single shoot, ADX3360 tow behind cart, variable rate, 30.5x32 tires.......................................... $20,000
2014 New Holland P1060 air cart, tow between, variable rate, dual 18.4x38 tires, 430 bushel, dual fan, “Deluxe” auger system.....................$39,000
2009 New Holland S1070 100-ft. wheel boom, hydraulic unfold, rinse & wash, 1600 gallon tank, Inteli-view monitor, 480/80R38 tires, very nice..... ................................................................$14,500 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft., 1500 gallon wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, FlexControl, dual nozzles, windscreen. #USNH00......$20,000
2009 Apache AS1010 1950 hours, 215 hp, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank, Viper monitor, 520/8546 tires, auto steer, Accu-Boom................... Just In! 2008 Apache AS1010 1949 hours, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon, Envisio Pro monitor, Auto steer, AutoBoom, 215 hp Cummins diesel. #USAP30.........$99,000 2008 Apache AS1010 1530 hours, 215 hp, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank, E-Pro monitor, 520/85R Y6 tires, auto steer..................................$83,000
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2011 New Holland P1060 air cart, tow between, 430 bushel, variable rate, 18.4x38 duals, LCTS display, dual fan, 10” auger..................................$30,000
2012 Seed Hawk 8412 air drill with 800 tow behind cart, section control, conveyor, single side band openers, ViperPro................................... Just In!
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2015 New Holland L218 skidsteer, 60 HP diesel, cab with heater, hydraulic quick coupler, block heater, 237 hours. #USNH72..........$29,500
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2013 New Holland SP240FXP Guardian front boom, 275 hp Cummins, 100 ft., 1200 gallon tank, deluxe cab, 985 hours, Auto Steer/Auto Boom/Accu Boom. #USNH62...................................$219,000
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John Deere 714A forage wagon, 540 PTO drive, 11Lx15” tires, LH discharge.......................$3000 1951 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor, 540 PTO with loader.........................................................$2500
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2003 Case IH MXM175 MFD, 46” rear duals, 540/100 PTO’s, 3 pt hitch, Powershift, 7400 hours, loader, bucket & grapple fork..............................$45,000 2009 Case IH 535 Steiger 4WD, hi-cap hydraulics, 3300 hours, luxury cab, 5 hydraulics, HID lights, Pro 600 monitor, AutoSteer, 520/85R46 triples... ..............................................................$159,000
2013 Bale King 5100 round bale processor, hydraulic chute. #UHBK03.....................................$11,000 2016 Haybuster 2660 knobby float tires, hydraulic chute, 1000 PTO.....................................$17,500
2013 Seed Hawk 8412 drill, double shoot, side band openers, w/800 TBH cart, conveyor, section control, Viper control...................................$199,000
USED ROUND BALERS
1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43........................................ $8500 2012 New Holland BR7090 twine & net wrap, wide pickup, 1000 PTO drive, new belts, rebuilt pickup, float tires, approx. 12,000 bales.............. $28,000 2005 New Holland BR780 twine & net wrap, 1000 PTO drive, x-tra sweep pickup, Bale Command monitor......................................................10,500 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $5500
USED COMBINES
2004 Gleaner R65 Cummins engine, 973 MacDon 36-ft. draper header with pickup reel and transport. #UCAG20.............................................. $88,000 1992 Gleaner R72 8.3 Cummins conversion, 260 hp, 600 hours on new engine, 2667 separator hours. ............................................................... $19,000 1993 New Holland TR96 combine with twin rotor, SN 554419, 3109 engine hours, well maintained, annual service repairs, 30-ft. 971 auger head. #UCNH28.............................................. $15,000
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2013 Timpte 50-ft. grain trailer, 3 axle with rear lift, Ag hoppers, 11R24.5 tires, power roll tarp, one owner..................................................... $29,500 1994 Ford L9000 truck, 410 hp Cummins, 10 speed transmission with 20-ft. box & hoist, 3 axles with lift, roll tarp............................................. $25,000
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Bale Processors 1967 John Deere 4020 tractor, cab, 9991 hours, Powershift, 540/1000 PTO’s, no 3-pt., 2 remotes ith JD 148 loader & bucket......................$11,000 2016 Vaderstad CR400 carrier, vertical tillage tool, 13-ft., 5” spacing, steel runner packers, weight package, 3 point mount w/Vaderstad #250 Biodrill seeder..................................................... Just In! 2007 Brent 7 shank ripper w/rear disc.........$15,000
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USED HEADERS
2013 Case IH 2152 (MacDon) 45-ft. draper header, double knife, transport package, cross auger. #UHCA20................................................$49,000 2007 Honey Bee 94C 40-ft. draper header, pickup reel, CR New Holland adapter with gauge wheels and transport. #UCNH87........................$19,000 2016 MacDon FD75 45-ft. flex draper, transport, cross auger, double knife, AWS air bar & finger reel with JD adapter. #UHMD51............................$69,000 2013 MacDon FD75 45-ft., trailer package, cross augers, double knives, gauge wheels, flex drapers, Case New Holland adapters...................$61,000 2012 MacDon FD70 45-ft., flex draper, double knife, finger reel, cross auger, transport...........$54,000 2005 MacDon 973 39-ft. draper transport package, upper cross auger, finger reel, gauge wheels, JD adaptor. #UCM044..................................$19,000 New Holland 94C 42-ft. draper header, finger reel and transport with cross augers, fits NHCR. #UCNH93................................................$10,500
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1961 John Deere 3010 tractor, 60 hp gas, 540 PTO, 3 point hitch, w/John Deere 46 loader, 5-ft. bucket. ...................................................................$5500 2008 New Holland T7050 MFD, 2600 hours, 165 PTO hp, 18.4R42 rear duals, 19x6 Powershift, 3-pt. hitch, 540/1000 PTO’s.....................$72,500
2006 Versatile 2145 MFD, 5800 hours, 145 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO, 3 point, 42” rear tires, 3895 loader w/bucket & grapple..................................$59,500 Nutri-Placer 5252 40-ft. liquid fertilizer applicator with carbide points.............................................$6000 2010 Kinze 3600 planter, 16 row, 30” spacing, rubber closer wheels, coulters & row cleaners w/liquid fertilizer 2-160 gallon tanks.....................$61,000
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1996 Wishek 842T disc, 23”, 24-ft., w/3 bar gates harrows...................................................$35,000
1980 Friggstad 53-ft. cultivator, new knock-on sweeps, with harrows..............................$13,000 2013 Farm King sickle mower, 3 pt mount, 9-ft., 540 PTO drive w/skid shoes.............................$4500 2016 New Holland 366 belly mower, 66”, mid PTO drive, came off 37 Boomer tractor..............$2800 2017 Premier H015 post digger, 2” hex drive, w/12” heavy duty auger, skid steer mount...........$2500 2002 John Deere 9650STS combine, 2925 separator hours, 800/65R32 tires, chopper with 936D header....................................................$65,000 2009 New Holland 88C flex draper header, 36-ft., upper cross auger, transport, finger reel..$25,000
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2012 Apache AS1220 sprayer, 1430 hours, 250 hp Cummins, 6 speed PowerShift, 100-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank, Viper Pro, 10 section, rear duals, AutoSteer, AccuBoom, AutoBoom........$135,000 2009 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon tank, 46” tires, rinse tank with wash, with auto boom.............................$13,000 2006 New Holland SF115 sprayer, 120-ft. boom, 1500 gallon tank, EZ-Guide 500 with 10 valve section control and auto steer included...............$16,500 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$12,000 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 33-ft. air drill with 1720 tow between, 9” spacing, stealth boots, goose shooters, 31/2” steel packers.............................$20,000
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Board of Milk Control adopts emergency rules
From Montana Department of Livestock The Board of Milk Control adopted an emergency rule on April 9, 2020 pertaining to milk dumped because of market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. While in effect, the emergency rule, enables the economic impact of such dumping to be spread amongst all producers that are part of Montana’s statewide pooling arrangement instead of being borne by individual producers. The emergency rule may be accessed at the following websites. • https://sosmt.gov/arm/emergency/#620-wpfd-2020 • http://liv.mt.gov/ • http://liv.mt.gov/Home/ARM-Notices### The closures of schools and limitations on restaurants and other institutional users of milk have caused a significant decrease in the demand for milk in Montana. The Montana Milk Producers Association estimates a decreased milk consumption in Montana of 1,500,000 gallons for the months of March, April, and May 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Absent demand, some processors may not purchase their normal volumes of milk and the reduced demand may cause milk to be dumped by dairy farms, which may result in no payment to those dairy producers for that dumped milk. Uniform payment is an objective of Montana’s milk market regulation that will not be achieved under these pandemiccaused circumstances. The number of dairy producers in Montana has been in decline. With a reduced market for their milk, more Montana dairy producers could go out of business. The temporary emergency rule will help ensure that there are enough dairy producers still in business when demand returns after the COVID-19 pandemic. Montana dairies have historically supplied 85% of Montana’s fluid milk demand thereby ensuring Montana citizens’ supply of milk is adequate.
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crew cab 4x4, cummins
loaded laramie, heated/cooled leather,
60,000 miles
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2016 RAM 1500
crew cab 4x4,
3.0 eco diesel
loaded big horn,
55,000 miles
Now $29,900
2014 RAM 1500
2014 RAM 1500
crew cab 4x4, hemi,
loaded sport,
104,000 miles
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2006 RAM 2500
quad cab, 4x4, cummins, automatic, loaded slt, short box
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68,000 miles
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2014 RAM 2500
mega cab 4x4, cummins,
2014 RAM 3500
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loaded laramie, leather,
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The Oliver County team took first place in the senior division of the state 4-H livestock quiz bowl. Pictured are, from left: team members Reanna Schmidt, Morgan Miller, Jacob Klaudt and Rebecca Schmidt, and coach Rick Schmidt. (NDSU photo)
Youth compete in North Dakota state 4-H livestock quiz bowl Teams from Oliver, Morton, StarkBillings, Golden Valley, Mountrail and Pembina counties took top honors in the second state 4-H livestock quiz bowl held at North Dakota State University. The contest provides an opportunity for youth enrolled in the North Dakota 4-H livestock project to demonstrate their knowledge of animal science-related subject matter in a friendly, yet competitive, setting. Youth were tested on all food animal livestock species: beef, dairy, swine, goat (dairy and meat), sheep, poultry and rabbit. The 4-H’ers also fielded questions about Youth for the Quality and Care of Animals, a national multispecies quality assurance program for youth ages 8 to 21, with a focus on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being and character development. Fifty-five youth representing six North Dakota counties completed in the quiz bowl Senior Division The top teams were: First - Oliver County 4-H, with team members Jacob Klaudt, Rebecca Schmidt, Morgan Miller and Reanna Schmidt Second - Morton County 4-H, with team members Cooper Strommen, Cassidy Strommen, Sheridan Ellingson and Medora Ellingson Third - Golden Valley 4-H, with team
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