November 2014

NOVEMBER 2014

Vol. XV No. 10 P.O. Box 306 Valier, MT 59486-0306

Weed Cost Share Program

The Cascade Conservation District is accepting application for the 2015 Weed Cost-Share Program. The purpose of the Weed Cost-Share Program is to provide funding to help local landowners or land occupiers offset the costs of weed control.

This is a 3 year cost-share program.

Eligible practices include chemical and applicator costs.

The CCD cost-share rates are 0% maximum of $1000 for year 1 ($500), 40% maximum of $1000 for year 2 ($400), 30% of maximum of $1000 for year 3 ($300).

The Cascade Conservation District will begin accepting application immediately. The application deadline is February 1, 2015. Contact Tonya at the Cascade Conservation District, 406.727.3603 x140 for more information and to obtain an application form.

PRODUCTION SALES

Nov. 22, Thistledew Land & Cattle Company, Joliet...........................................A4 Nov. 24,Bobcat Angus, Great Falls......................................................................A5 Dec. 5, Harmon Angus, Lavina..........................................................................A11 Dec. 6,Montana’s Choice - Simmental, Billings...............................................A34

PRIVATE TREATY

Tomsheck D&L Ranch, Oilmont........................................................................C25 Beery’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida..................................................................A15 Brillhart Ranch Co., Musselshell.......................................................................A15 Dutton Hereford Ranch, Gold Creek.................................................................A15 Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan.........................................................................A15 Courtney Herefords, St Onge, SD.....................................................................A15 McMurry Cattle, Billings.....................................................................................A15 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek.........................................................................A15 Wichman Herefords, Moore...............................................................................A15 JV Inc., Valier.........................................................................................................C7 Love Rach, Great Falls.......................................................................................C26

Riverton, WY beef AI school

By University of Wyoming Extension A four-session beef artificial insemination (AI) school will meet in November in Riverton sponsored by University of Wyoming (UW) Extension.

Sessions are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day at the Fremont County Fairgrounds. The days are Thursday, November 13, Monday, November 17, Thursday, November 20, and Monday, November 24, said Ron Cunningham, extension educator and an instructor for the school. Other main instructors are beef specialist Scott Lake and extension educator Kellie Chichester.

Cost is $75 for adults and $60 for students. Lunch is not included. To register, contact Cunningham at 307-332-2363 or at ronc@uwyo.edu.

Students can receive college credit through the Central Wyoming College agriculture department, said Cunningham.

He said students should attend at least three of the four days.

Each day has a different lesson.

Sessions cover reproduction, physiology, anatomy, heat synchronization, reproductive and pregnancy diseases, nutrition and hands-on AI practice every day.

UW Extension’s Agriculture and Horticulture State Initiative Team is offering the school.

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Nov. 15, Gardner Auction, Wilkinson Retirement, Alberton............................A38 Nov. 19, Moodie Implement Co, Online...............................................................A9 Nov. 20, Pate Auction Inc., Bankruptcy, Helena..................................................A2 Nov. 22, Smith Sales Co., Curtis Construction, Miles City................................A4 Nov. 26, Moodie Implement Co, Online...............................................................A9 Nov. 28 & Nov. 29, Stan Buckholz Auction, Livestock, North & South Dakota.... .............................................................................................................................A49 Nov. 29, Salisbury Auction Service, Mentzer Living Estate, Drummond.........A7 Dec. 5, Piroutek Auction Service, Pretty Creek Ranch Land, Dupree SD........A8 Dec. 10, Ophus Auction Service, McKerrow Estate Land, Great Falls...........A40 Dec. 13, RK Statewide Auction, Large Coin & Gun Auction, Sidney..............A34

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Special sign up for Cost Share Program

Cascade Conservation District (CCD) has initiated a special sign up period for the 2015 Cost Share season. Eligible practices include stream and fisheries improvement, erosion control, uplands improvements and wildlife habitat.

Application deadline is December 31,

2014. Contacts will be awarded in January.

Maximum cost-share funding allowed per project is 50% maximum of $5000.00 provided by CCD or $2500.00 total. There is a limitation of one project/year/person.

Look it up on the web: cascadecd.com or contact us at 406.727.3603 x140.

Wet fall weather has caused rain rot in horses

By Penn State Extension tion is reduced, rain rot will result. The Rain rot or rain scald, is caused by baczoospores germinate and produce hyphae teria and often is mistaken for a fungal (threadlike tentacles), which penetrate into disease. The bacteria live in the outer layer the living epidermis and then spread in all of skin and cause pinpoint to large, crusty directions from the initial infection site, scabs to form. resulting is an acute inflammatory skin Conditions Contributing to “Rain Rot” condition.

• Pennsylvania and other states often en• If the horse spends most of its time dure wet, humid, damp weather conditions outdoors during the wet season, one should in October, and owners of horses kept durexamine the horse periodically for rain rot. ing these conditions have reported seeing During the wet winter months when the rain rot or “dermatophilosis.” horses have full coats of hair, a hands-on • Rain rot or rain scald, is caused by examination is needed to see if the horse has bacteria and often is mistaken for a fungal a problem. The infected horse usually will disease. The bacteria live in the outer layer have a series of bumps along the back and of skin and cause pinpoint to large, crusty croup. When rubbed, the “bumps” might scabs to form. When removed, the base of rub off in the form of scabs with a small, the hairs can be seen sticking through the hairless spot of skin showing. Unlike other bottom of the scab. In early or less-severe skin problems rain rot is not itchy. cases of this disease, simply removing the • Rain rot is relatively easy to diagnose, scabs with shampoos and currying will take a positive diagnosis can be made by your care of the problem. More severe cases in veterinarian by taking a culture and sending which the infection has affected deeper it to a laboratory for testing. layers of the skin might require antibiotics.

Treatment • The natural habitat of the bacteria that • Treatment of infected animals often incauses the skin problem is unknown, but volves intra-muscular injections of procaine many researchers believe that it lives in the penicillin and streptomycin. soil. However, attempts to isolate it from • External treatment with disinfectants soil have been unsuccessful. It has been isothat contain a cresol or copper salt base can lated only from the skin of various animals, decrease the spread of infection. and it is restricted to the living layers of the • Remember to read and follow the epidermis. Infected animals are considered medical literature written on the label before the primary reservoir. commencing treatment.

• The bacteria that cause this problem • Controlling biting insects with insectican live in dormancy within the skin for cides can be effective in preventing the skin some time and become active when the breaks that allow bacteria to get started. skin is compromised in some way, such as • Remember that a skin problem that goes prolonged wetting when left outside, high untreated will get worse. humidity, high temperature, or attacks by Contact Information aswinker@gmail. biting insects. When the infective zoospores com reach a skin site where the skin’s protec-

EARLY DEADLINES Because of the upcoming holidays we are forced to move our deadline for the December and January issues.

Deadline for the December issue will be Wednesday, November 26.

Deadline for the January issue will be Wednesday, December 31.

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Sorting cows for more efficient winter feeding

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By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension First calf heifers have historically been the toughest females on the ranch to get rebred. They are being asked to continue to grow, produce milk, repair the reproductive tract, and have enough stored body energy (fat) to return to heat cycles in a short time frame. Two-year old cows must fill all of these energy demands at a time when their mouth is going through the transition from baby teeth to adult teeth.

If these young cows are pastured with the larger, mature cows in the herd, they very likely will be pushed aside when the supplements are being fed in the bunk or on the ground.

The result of these adverse conditions for young cows very often is a lack of feed intake and lowered body condition.

Of course, lowered body condition in turn results in delayed return to heat cycles and a later calf crop or smaller calf crop the following year.

North Dakota State University data of commercial cow herds recorded over a 21 year period illustrated the differences in size and body condition of very young cows and the very mature (10 year old+) cows. The North Dakota data clearly show that the average 2 year old is about 20% smaller than her full grown herd mates. There is little wonder that the younger cows get pushed away from feed bunks, hay racks, or supplements fed on the ground. The results of the size differences and the need to continue to grow are manifest in the lower body condition scores noted in the very young cows. The very old cows are experiencing decline in dental soundness that make it difficult for them to maintain feed intake and therefore body condition. Over the 21 year data set from North Dakota, the 2-year old cows and the 11 yearold and older were significantly lower (0.3 or more units) in body condition score than middle-age cows.

Consequently, it makes sense to sort very young cows with the very old cows and provide them with a better opportunity to compete for the feed supplies. By doing so, the rancher can improve the re-breeding percentages in the young cows and keep the very old cows from becoming too thin before culling time.

From this data one can formulate three logical groups of cows to be pastured together for feeding efficiency.

Group 1: The two-year old first calf heifers. They have higher nutrient needs than other cows that are not growing.

They are too small to compete with larger, older, boss cows for the supplement.

Group 2: The old cows (10 years and older) and the 2nd calf heifers. In addition, this group should include any of the middle aged cows that were thin and needed extra supplement. Cows that were Body Condition Score 4 or less would be considered.

Group 3: The remaining cow herd. This is the group that is mature in size and in adequate condition to enter the winter feeding period as at least Body Condition Score 5.

If only two groups are possible, putting groups 1 and 2 together would be the logical other combination. Ranchers, then want to be certain that the feeding program is adequate to have cows in each group calve as BCS 5 or 6 next spring.

THE TRADER’S DISPATCH (USPS 019-793)

November 2014 — Vol. XV No. 10

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

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Natrona secretary receives UW Extension’s top award

By University of Wyoming Extension Sue Anderson in the Natrona County office of University of Wyoming (UW) Extension has received extension’s highest secretarial honor for the second time.

Anderson received the Frances Freese Secretary of the Year award September 25 during the annual Extension Secretary Conference – A Professional Event (ESCAPE) meeting in Thermopolis. She also received the honor in 2005.

Anderson joined UW Extension in 1985.

Anderson carried out her responsibilities plus those of the 4-H educator for more than 13 months while the position remained open.

“She handled the additional responsibilities with fortitude and strength rarely seen in an administrative assistant,” wrote a nominator.

She recruited new 4-H volunteers and members and was in charge of 4-H activities at the county fair for two years.

“She put in many extra hours and sacrificed her personal schedule in order to ensure everything within 4-H was flowing smoothly,” wrote another nominator.

Anderson helped Joddee Jacobsen learn 4-H duties when Jacobsen was hired as the 4-H educator earlier this year.

The Frances Freese award recognizes extension secretaries for outstanding contributions and accomplishments and is presented each year during ESCAPE. Freese worked at the Wind River Indian Reservation extension office then moved to the Fremont County office, where she worked for 25 years.

UW Extension has offices in every county and the Wind River Indian Reservation.

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Training for applying pesticides MSU News Service

A free tribal workshop for people who want to apply restricted use pesticides on land that they own, rent or lease will be held Wednesday, November 12, in Lame Deer.

The workshop will run from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. at the Muddy District Community Hall four miles west of Lame Deer.

A catered lunch will be provided. Attendees will learn about the private applicator license, pesticide laws, pesticide movement in the environment, integrated pest management and new weed invaders, product labels, pesticide safety and calibration of

ground sprayers.

Individuals who want to apply restricted use pesticides within any Montana tribal boundary must now obtain an EPA federal pesticide certification. To obtain this certification, individuals must either take an EPA online training course or provide a copy of their state pesticide license to the EPA, said Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education Specialist Cecil Tharp.

The upcoming workshop will license non-tribal individuals to apply restricted use pesticides on land they own, rent or lease while qualifying tribal attendees for the federal pesticide certification. It will offer six private applicator recertification credits, as well as commercial applicator credits.

Although the event is free, attendees must pre-register with Tharp at ctharp@montana.edu or (406) 994-5067.

The schedule is: 9 a.m. – Welcome and local updates by Northern Cheyenne Reservation Extension Agent Ryhal Rowland.

9:10 to 9:40 a.m. – Understanding the private applicate license by Tharp.

9:45 to 10:45 a.m. – Pesticide laws by Eric Clanton of the Montana Department of Agriculture.

10:45 to 11 a.m. – Break.

11 a.m. to noon – Pesticide movement in the environment

by Tharp.

Noon to 12:45 p.m. – Catered lunch.

12:45 to 1:45 p.m. – Integrated pest management and new weed invaders by MSU Extension Invasive Plant Specialist Jane Mangold.

1:45 to 2:15 p.m. – Reading the product label by Tharp.

2:15 to 2:25 p.m. – Break.

2:25 to 3:25 p.m. – Pesticide safety by Clanton.

3:25 to 4:25 p.m. – Calibration of ground sprayers

by Tharp.

4:25 to 5 p.m. – Quiz.

The workshop is sponsored by the MSU Extension Pesticide Education Program and the MSU Extension Northern Cheyenne Reservation Office. For more information, contact Tharp at (406) 9945067 or ctharp@montana. edu; Rowland at (406) 4776498 or ryhal.rowland@montana.edu; or go to http://www. mtagalert.org/alertDocs/agalertlamedeer2014.pdf

Deadline CHANGE!!

December deadline

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

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10TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE MONDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2014

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Lot 107 Bobcat Black Granite B93

3/18/2014 Connealy Black Granite x BR Midland BW 81 Adj. 205 728 NR 107 BW +1.9 WW +70 YW +113 M +26

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Lot 4 Bobcat Black Granite A79 3/22/2013 Connealy Black Granite x Vermilion Special Order BW 90 Adj. 205 805 NR 115 Adj. 365 1328 YR 114 BW +2.8 WW +61 YW +101 M 1+25

Lot 58 Bobcat Lombardi A175

Lot 11 Bobcat Xcalibur 321

Lot 52 Bobcat 4-Stroke A164

Lot 10 Bobcat Xcalibur A55

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8/24/2013 Mytty 4-Stroke x Bobcat O-Line BW 88 Adj. 205 739 NR 109 Adj. 365 1240 YR 112 BW +1.8 WW +52 YW +90 M +30

3/15/2013 Bobcat Xcalibur x VRD BW 80 Adj. 205 753 Adj. 365 1187 BW +2.3 WW +52 YW +87 M +16

3/19/2013 Bobcat Xcalibur x Leachman Right Time BW 76 Adj. 205 709 NR 101 Adj .365 1269 YR 109 BW +2.2 WW +53 YW +98 M +19

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Bobcat 4-Stroke B19

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3/8/2013 WK Bobcat x Leachman Right Time BW 79 Adj. 205 743 ET Adj. 365 1242 ET BW -.7 WW +45 YW +83 M +25

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Body condition important for bred heifers

By Donald Stotts, Communications Specialist Agricultural Communications, Oklahoma State University diet is bermudagrass or native pasture or While strong cattle prices are encouraggrass hay. If the forage source is adequate ing producers to develop replacement heifin quantity and average in quality, say six ers to add to their current cowherd, cattle percent to nine percent crude protein, heifproducers need to be paying extra attention ers will need about two pounds of a high to conditioning bred heifers for optimal protein – between 38 percent and 44 percent health.

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“Soybean hulls or wheat-mids also may be “Ideally, 2-year-old heifers should be in used to ensure adequate energy intake of a body condition score of six at the time pregnant heifers.” their first calf is born,” he said. “This alProvided adequate rainfall produces neclows them the best opportunity to provide essary growth, wheat pasture can be used as adequate colostrum to the newborn, repair a supplement for pregnant replacement heifthe reproductive tract, return to heat cycles, ers. Using wheat pasture judiciously makes rebreed on time for next year and continue sense for pregnant heifers for two reasons: normal body growth.”

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Due to the holidays the December and January deadlines will CHANGE!!

December deadline -WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline - WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

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NEW 2013 Miller GC75 self propelled sprayer with 120ft. truss boom, auto height control, 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, Raven Envizio Pro, Phoenix 300 antenna, 275 hp, front wheel assist............. $270,000

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Saltcedar

By Julie Goss, LoMo CRM Saltcedar is a pretty evergreen shrub that can grow up to fifty feet in height. As an invasive shrub, saltcedar can form dense thickets of vegetation, especially along waterways.

Leaves resemble juniper leaves; they are scale-like, overlap each other along the stem and are gray-green in color. Stems of saltcedar are slender, light red or orange-colored and flowers are pale pink to white and form dense masses of 2 inch long spikes at the branch tip. Dense plumes of flowers bloom from early spring to late fall, and each plant can produce 600,000 seeds annually. Saltcedar reproduces by root and seeds which are dispersed through water and air. This plant prefers riparian areas, but can be found in drier soils as well.

The Lower Missouri Coordinated Resource Management (LoMo CRM) recently purchased two back pack sprayers and 2.5 gallons of AquaSweep for each weed district in the LoMo CRM. “AquaSweep from Nufarm offers outstanding control of invasive and noxious weeds and brush on roadsides, rightof-ways, ditchbanks, aquatic sites, as well as pastures and along fence rows. The first liquid premix with full terrestrial and aquatic uses, AquaSweep is the perfect base for any selective weed control program interspersed with aquatic and wetland areas.” Counties receiving the sprayers and spray are McCone Valley, Richland and Roosevelt.

The LoMo CRM has received several calls concerning new infestations of Saltcedar below Fort Peck Dam. Presently the infestations are relatively small and the stands young, we would like to stop this infestation will we still have a fighting chance. With the purchase of the back pack sprayers and the donation of the chemical we hope weed districts and conservation districts will encourage landowners who have salt cedar on their property to utilize the equipment.

Roosevelt, Valley and Richland County Weed Districts will have control of the backpacks. McCone County Conservation District will be lending out the equipment in McCone County. We are also requesting you identify any infestation on your property that you have treated in order for the weed districts to monitor the sites.

If you are interested in using a backpack sprayer please contact your local weed district or Conservation District.

Alert system about urban pests, insects, weeds

Montanans can now sign up for “MSU Urban Alert,” a new system to rapidly share information about plant disease, insect and weed issues in urban settings.

“Landscapers, gardeners, homeowners and managers of parks or nurseries might be among those interested in receiving the free emailed alerts,” said Mary Burrows, plant pathologist with Montana State University Extension and director of the Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory at MSU. “The MSU Urban Alert works the same as MSU AgAlerts, but the new system focuses on issues in homes, gardens, parks or other outdoor urban settings instead of plant disease, insects and invasive plants impacting agricultural areas,” Burrows said.

MSU Urban Alert might warn people to avoid mistaking the fruit of the poisonous vine white bryony with grapes, for example. It could provide the latest information about emerald ash borers or remind people to water their trees in the fall.

MSU Urban Alert is a new service provided by the Schutter Diagnostic Lab and MSU Extension. For more information or to sign up, go to http://www.mturbanalert.org ##### “Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.”

Take Advantage of WINTER DISCOUNTS! For all your grain storage needs!

G & M Bins, LLC Fairfield, Montana

Contact: Mark at 406-590-3240 or Greg at 406-590-0404 e-mail: mcfarms@3rivers.net

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AUCTIONEER

Gary Salisbury 406-273-6967 or 406-529-7242

Directions: Turn at Drummond exit Hwy 1 to Hall, turn left at Hwy 542 go 2 miles, turn left at Y, go about 1/2 mile.

Ranch Equipment: Ford 7000 with DuAl loader, new alternator, starter and water pump, 10548 hours/ Ford 8600 hydrostatic drive, GB High Master 900, new fuel injector, pump and starter, 6558.8 hours/ 1973 International Load Star 700 stock truck, electric fuel pump, new carburetor, 72,000 miles/ 1985 Ford F250 diesel/ 1984 Ford F150/ 1984 Freightliner/ 1965 Hesston 1282 12ft. self-propelled baler/ John Deere side delivery rake/ Allis-Chalmers rake/ International rake/ John Deere 12-ft. grain drill with grass seeder/ New Holland 1282 self-propelled baler/ Thorson head catch/ 8-piece spike tooth harrow/ Meadow harrow/ Two heated waterers/ Metal truck stock rack/ New Holland 282 baler/ 3-point windrow turner/ John Deere 520 with DuAl loader (not running)/ Allis-Chalmers WD45 tractor, no 3-point hitch/ Dump rake/ Spike tooth harrow/ Ford F6 dump truck, no title/ 3-point hitch round bale feeder.

Shop: Buckets of bolts and nuts/ Miscellaneous shop tools/ Welder/ Air compressor/ Bolt bins/ Honda E15 generator/ Miscellaneous electric motors/ Miscellaneous sickle bars/ Water pumps/ Miscellaneous hydraulic hoses/ Tote boxes/ Miscellaneous belts for farm equipment/ Powerline chain saw/ Miscellaneous hand tools/ Chest tool box/ Miscellaneous oil filters/ Older oil cans/ Car ramps/ Miscellaneous oil in 5 gallon buckets/ Railroad jack/ Miscellaneous hydraulic jacks/ Powerhouse 4000 generator/ Miscellaneous farm equipment parts/ Muffler/ Control arms/ Old wooded box/ Branding irons/ Hand crank drill press/ Miscellaneous equipment tires/ PTO pump with tanks/ Draw bars/ Step ladders/ Culvert/ Buzz saw with blades/ Belting/ Vice/ Grinding wheel.

Miscellaneous: Metal saddle rack/ Metal, wood and concrete head gates/ 1000 bushels of barley/ Trash burner stove/ Milker buckets/ Weed eaters/ Old cream separator without bowl/ Wheels for portable cattle chute/ Head catch/ Calf puller/ Dehorners/ Pulling chains/ 9 sacks of 50# trace mineral salt/ Barb wire rolls/ Ice auger/ Cross cut saws/ Ship lap boards, 75-8ft., 1-12-ft., 1-10-ft., 3-6-ft/ Miscellaneous scrap boards/ 4-wheeler trailer/ Bridge beams/ 1981 Honda 90/ Saddle and halters.

Terms and conditions: Payment must be made day of auction by cash, good check, Visa or Master Card.

Buyers are required to register with proper ID. Everything sold day of auction will be sold “as is, where is” with no guarantee what so ever. Statements made day of auction take precedence over advertising.

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RYDELLE ENTERPRISES LLC 406-288-3883 Marion L. Jones

• Sale and erection of Brock grain storage • Sale and erection of grain legs, conveyors, and towers by Schlagel • Complete millwright and concrete service • Bin roof repairs or replacement • Projects completed in Montana, Idaho and Washington

Prime Farmland - Hunting - Scenic Ranch Land

7,500 acres Pretty Creek Ranch

Land Auction

Friday, December 5, 2014 - 1 pm

West Central South Dakota - Just off Hwy 212 near Dupree, SD “One of the most productive and scenic ranches in western South Dakota”

This ranch/farm has it all!!!

• Scenic views, miles of trees along Pretty Creek and Bear Creek for winter protection, extensive farm and alfalfa fields for livestock feed, or for raising cash grain or hay to market.

• Well-managed for profitability - very efficient per animal unit.

• Wells, spring, rural water, pipelines, many stock dams.

• A beautiful home, plus additional home for ranch help.

• Excellent barns and corrals. • Feedlot.

• Indoor and outdoor roping arenas.

• Outstanding farm ground and excellent pastures. 743 acres of winter wheat in the ground with more acres ready for spring crops. More land could be converted from pasture to farmland. Excellent access to every tract.

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The tales I could tell

By Larry Stanfel, Roundup, Montana

I’d like to tell ya ‘bout my life on the range With Trey and me in his saddle Crossin’ deserts and mountains and streams and sage A’ punchin’ those stubborn cattle Like the times I got stuck on wicked, hot days Away in the rear ridin’ drag Chokin’ dust and sand and too scared of a blaze To risk lightin’ up a new fag

Alone out in nowhere mendin’ miles of old fence To the nearest soul, sev’ral hours With my hands all cut up and my poor back wrenched Just me, Trey, and the coyotes’ howl Ridin’ point, a guy never sees around bends, And one day a big lion sprang; Not buckin’ or flinchin’, Trey stood in defense, And it died when my forty-five rang For a bone-dry land, it could rain dogs and cats On many a drive in the fall; Poor Trey’d look like a wet muskrat, And my hat, like a waterfall Once bolts o’ lightnin’ spooked a huge herd to flight, But a cowboy’s sleep’s often missed; Saddled up and chased them varmints all night And turned ‘em just at a precipice Our range’d have plenty o’ crazy, wild mustangs, And a ranch always needs new mounts; A box canyon is where they’d run from our gang, Who’d close like a pack o’ coon hounds And then comes the sweat o’ breakin’ them crtitters, Who’d kill ya to be let alone; They buck, bite, and kick – it’s no place for quitters, I’ve had a few cracks in my bones One time we were brandin’ some strays near a woods, When out o’ the trees burst a bear; I jumped on staunch Trey, roped it fast as I could, And dragged it as far as we dared On some Saturday nights we’d ride into town, A few drinks at the local dance; After hard work ‘twas fun whirlin’ girls around, A chance for a little romance But the range and the wind were stuck in my blood Too strong for the perfumes and gowns; I’d wallowed too long in dust, cow dung, and mud To be able to settle down I would talk about nights I went without beds With cattle and coyotes abroad Sleepin’ with Trey’s saddle under my head And the night sky’s proof of a God An old cowhand’s life – I’d have stories to tell And probably brag some, o’ course, But to tell the truth, and I’d better – oh, hell!

I was too scared to climb on a horse.

Deadline changes!!!

December deadline WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

Quarterly milk production

Mountain region highlights Arizona dairy herds produced 1.08 billion pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 6.7 percent from the previous year.

Colorado dairy herds produced 920 million pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 9.0 percent from the previous year.

Montana dairy herds produced 76.0 million pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 2.7 percent from the previous year.

New Mexico dairy herds produced 2.01 billion pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 2.3 percent from the previous year.

Utah dairy herds produced 2.52 billion pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 7.0 percent from the previous year.

Wyoming dairy herds produced 33.0 million pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 1.5 percent from the previous year.

United States highlights Nationally, U.S. milk production during the July - September quarter totaled 51.1 billion pounds, up 3.5 percent from the July - September quarter last year. ##### In the Middle Ages, vinegar was thought to cure fever, snake bites, leprosy and the plague.

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Huge Online Auction November 19th and November 26th Unreserved, Everything Sells! $100 Starting Bid on Everything! Register & Bid at www.moodieimplementauctions.com

John Deere 4640, 175 hp, cab, Quad-Range, 18,885 hours. 11/19/14.......................................$100 (H)

Case 1680 combine, 225 hp, spreader. 11/19/14...... ................................................................$100 (G) Ford 946 4WD. Tag #25295................... 11/19/14 (L) New Holland BR780 baler. Tag #27465.11/19/14 (L) Case IH RBX563 baler. Tag #27090...... 11/19/14 (L) New Holland 688 baler. Tag #27172..... 11/19/14 (L) John Deere 320 skid steer. Tag #26913.11/19/14 (L) Case IH RB564 baler. Tag #29623........ 11/26/14 (L) New Holland BR780 baler. Tag #27625.11/26/14 (L) Case IH RBX562 baler. Tag #29529...... 11/26/14 (L) John Deere 4640 tractor. Tag #28413...11/19/14 (H) Ford 8N tractor, loader. Tag #25612......11/19/14 (H) Loral spreader truck. Tag #28172..........11/19/14 (H)

John Deere 320, 66 hp, cab, air, 1950 lb. lift, 3251 hours. 11/19/14....................................... $100 (L)

Massey Ferguson 2856 round baler, net, excellent condition. 11/19/14.................................$100 (G) Landpride Trekker Tag #28753............11/19/14 (H) Case 2290 tractor, loader. Tag #29732..11/19/14 (H) Flexi-Coil 65XL sprayer. Tag #27852....11/19/14 (H) Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer. Tag #25275....11/19/14 (H) John Deere 435 baler. Tag #29673.......11/19/14 (H) John Deere 535 baler. Tag #23888.......11/19/14 (H) Case IH 1680 combine. Tag #24823......11/26/14 (H) International 560 tractor, HD8 post pounder. Tag #28780..............................................11/26/14 (H) Ford 4110 tractor. Tag #25210..............11/19/14 (G)

Ford 946, 325 hp, 4WD, 4 SCV’s, syncro transmission.

11/19/14.................................................. $100 (L) Loral spreader truck, 60-ft. fertilizer spreader.

11/19/14..................................................$100 (H)

Internaitional 284, 28 hp, gas, 3-point. 11/19/14...... .............................................................. $100 (LV) International M tractor. Tag #27903......11/19/14 (G) Case IH 1680 combine. Tag #23508......11/19/14 (G) John Deere 212 pickup header. Tag #29654............ ..........................................................11/19/14 (G) Sund 912 pickup header. Tag #26449...11/19/14 (G) New Holland 664 baler. Tag #26714.....11/19/14 (G) Massey Ferguson 2856 baler. Tag #28275.............. ...........................................................11/19/14(G) John Deere 566 baler. Tag #26448.......11/19/14 (G)

Steiner SSB-480 snowblower, 4-ft., 3-pt. 11/19/14... ................................................................$100 (B) Case IH RS561 baler. Tag #29538........11/19/14 (G) John Deere 535 baler. Tag #29519.......11/19/14 (G) New Holland 664 baler. Tag #29206.....11/26/14 (G) John Deere 535 baler. Tag #29870.......11/26/14 (G) 54” front blade. Tag #25152...................11/19/14 (B) Woods 5000 chipper. Tag #26422.........11/19/14 (B) Steiner SSB-480 4-ft. snowblower. Tag #26427........ ..........................................................11/19/14 (B) International 284 tractor. Tag #29163.11/19/14 (LV) John Deere LT155 mower. Tag #29259.11/19/14 (LV) New Holland 664 baler. Tag #29017... 11/19/14 (LV)

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SPRAYER FOR SALE

1997 Rogator 854 sprayer, 60- to 90-ft. booms, full GPS, Auto Steer, Trimble SMX display, very good condition.

Phone (406) 567-2632 or 350-2266, Coffee Creek, MT

Zhang named 2014 OSU Whatley Award recipient

By Donald Stotts, Communications Specialist, Agricultural Communications Services Oklahoma State University’s (OSU) university and the statewide Oklahoma AgGuolong “Glenn” Zhang has been named ricultural Experiment Station system,” said the 2014 recipient of the James A. Whatley Clint Rusk, head of the OSU Department of 2WD International Award for Meritorious Service in AgriculAnimal Science. tural Sciences.

Zhang has garnered more than $4 million Nomar wrecker The award was initiated in 1982 and is in research funding while at OSU and has 466 diesel, low mileage. presented annually by OSU’s Division of published 46 refereed papers in renowned (406) 799-6923 Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resourcscientific journals such as Science, Journal es in recognition of outstanding research of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Biologcontributions that command national and ical Chemistry and Infection & Immunity. international respect in their applicable He serves on the editorial board of three career fields. professional journals and is guest editing a An OSU animal science faculty member special issue for Pathogens, an international since 2002, Zhang’s research focuses on the open-access journal. regulation of animal immunity. His research He currently holds a utility patent entitled outcomes have led to the development of “Antimicrobial Defensin-Related Peptide – Fork Lifts – innovative antibiotic-free strategies for disand Methods of Its Use” that was issued – Winch Trucks – ease control and prevention in both humans by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office – Cherry Pickers – and animals. in 2009. Another Zhang-developed patent 24-Hour Service “The success of his laboratory and the poentitled “Immune Boosting Dietary Suppletential for pharmaceutical and agricultural ments for Disease Control and Prevention” applications have resulted in his research is currently being filed by OSU. being funded by the National Institutes of “Given a recent Food and Drug AdHealth, U.S. Department of Agriculture and ministration recommendation to withdraw 434-5583 – Shelby Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of antibiotics from livestock production, there Science and Technology, in addition to the is an urgent need for Dr. Zhang’s patents in the food animal industry,” Rusk said.

A startup company called Altbiotics was formed by OSU in June to exclusively develop and commercialize one of his technologies related to alternatives to antibiotics.

Zhang has received numerous honors at the university and national levels, including the department of animal science’s Tyler Award in 2014, the OSU Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award in 2008 and induction into the National Academy of Inventors in 2012.

His professional affiliations include the American Society for Microbiology, American Association of Immunologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Association of Veterinary Immunologists, among others.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in animal genetics and his Master of Science degree in nutritional immunology from China Agricultural University in 1993 and 1995, respectively.

Zhang earned his doctoral degree in immunophysiology from Kansas State University in 1999, and then spent two years as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute postdoctoral fellow in molecular immunology at Yale University.

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Questions about MT spiders

From identifications to cataloging species present in Montana, experts with Montana State University Extension often address questions about spiders. Schutter Diagnosic Laboratory on the MSU campus offers information and help to the public in identifying spiders and other insects.

While there is conflicting information on the Internet and in the media, the brown recluse is not native to and cannot survive in Montana’s cold, dry climate. Its native range is from southeastern Kansas south to Texas and east to western North Carolina and south to southern Georgia.

“It is extremely unlikely that any spider bite from this area is from a brown recluse,” said Lauren Kerzicnik, insect diagnostician at the Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory. “While we often receive submissions from people wondering if a spider is a brown recluse, we have never positively identified one in Montana.”

Identifying a brown recluse is difficult because it has a violin pattern that is common to many spiders. Brown recluse spiders have six eyes that are arranged in three pairs of two behind its head. To be sure, identification of a brown recluse must be done by a trained arachnologist or entomologist.

Brown recluse bites are consistently misdiagnosed in areas where the spider is not present, including Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. The venom of brown recluse spiders contains a component called sphingomyelinase D, which creates mild to severe necrotic lesions in the immediate area of the bite.

Reactions to the toxin in the venom delivered from the brown recluse bite mimic several other types of medical issues, including bacterial infections, chemical and allergic reactions, lymphoma and other conditions. The spider is often erroneously blamed for bacterial-caused rashes and lesions that have nothing to do with spiders or spider bites but, rather, are caused by some other wound or puncture that allows bacteria to enter the body.

Bites from brown recluse spiders do not typically cause body-wide or systemic reactions. The venom itself does not cause infection. Instead, the open wound creates an entry point into the body for bacteria. The only way to confirm that a spider or insect is responsible is if the specimen is captured and identified.

The only spider commonly found in Montana with venom harmful to humans is the black widow. Its venom causes latrodectism, which results in persistent sweating, muscle cramping, and other neurological responses. Bites from black widows are very rare.

The hobo spider, which has also been called the aggressive house spider, is present in most of central and western Montana. It does not cause necrotic lesions and is not directly harmful, despite misinformation on the internet. There has been significant research on this subject over the last decade and any suggestions that hobo spider bites or lesions are dangerous has been discredited. Nevertheless, if a wound becomes inflamed or soreness persists, medical care should be sought as secondary infection can enter the body through the wound.

To minimize the risk of spider bites, take caution when working in crawl spaces, garages, the laundry room, and in areas that are not often encountered. In general, bites are rare from spiders because they are small, their fangs are small, and they lack the musculature to pierce the human skin. If think you have a spider bite, see a dermatologist if your symptoms persist.

Facts about the brown recluse and other spiders in Montana: The brown recluse has never been positively identified in Montana The brown recluse bite causes localized necrotic lesions on the skin due to a toxin in its venom Necrotic lesions can be caused by several factors, including some spider bites or secondary infections in the bite area The most common cause for such necrotic lesions in areas of the country where brown recluse spiders are not found (such as Montana) is MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus aureus infection) A brown recluse spider must be identified by an experienced professional The black widow is the only spider harmful to humans that has been identified in Montana Hobo spiders are present in Montana but are not aggressive and do not cause necrotic lesion.

If you find a spider or insect of concern, please place it in a leak-proof container and either freeze it or preserve it in rubbing alcohol. Bring the sample to your local county Extension office or send it to the Schutter Diagnostic Lab at 119 Plant BioScience Bldg, PO Box 173150, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150.

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JIM NIELSEN TRUCK & PARTS, INC.

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

Sales lot located I-90 at Rocker Interchange

1985 International S1800 22-ft allsteel flatbed, 9-0 diesel, 5+2, good rubber on Budds, clean cab & hood.

Parting out!

2001 IHC 4900 24-ft. Morgan van body, DT466E, 6 speed transmission, 30,000 GVW, good 1122x5 rubber on Budds, ex-postal truck, very clean! Sell whole or separate!

Special Equipment

1998 International 4700 chassis, T444E, auto transmission (bad). Sells as-is or part out!

Currently Building

1995 Kenworth W900L tractor, 3406 Caterpillar, 15 speed transmission, 404-3:55 rears, 8 bag ride, 1124x5 aluminum, studio sleeper (removeable).

Semi Trailers

1996 Kidron 45-ft. reefer van, white 1991 Kentucky 48-ft. tri axle van, white 1990 Theurer 48-ft. x 102” dry van, orange 24-ft. tandem gooseneck, flatbed, black

Recently Parting

2005 Freightliner Columbia Detroit 14.0 engine, 10 speed, Meritor rear, under hood fire damage, good body parts!

Williamsen 9-ft. utility truck bed. Good condition. Needs paint, yellow Factory adjustable pickup material handler rack. Complete with arrow lite board 1998 Omaha 16-ft. steel flat and hoist, consigned 5-14-ft. thru 18-ft. van bodies Ridewell air lift 4th axle, complete 2-aluminum closet cab guards 18-ft. all steel bed and roll gate 3-underbody hoist assemblies

Consignment Corner

1997 Peterbilt 377 tractor, blue 1993 Kenworth T600 tractor, blue 1979 International 4070 cab over tractor, green 1969 Chevrolet C50 16-ft. flatbed, lift gate, green Black-Max rebuilt 5-hp shop compressor.

Transportation Available

1990 Utility 28’x102” storage van trailer, air-ride suspension, good 22.5 rubber on Budds (undercarriage damage).

Very towable!

Inventory Available

2000 International 4900 chassis, white 1997 Ford F800 diesel, automatic, 18ft. steel bed, white 1994 International 4900 tandem chassis, white 1993 International 4700 16-ft. scissor dump, white 1992 Chevrolet Kodiak single axle, diesel, chassis, white 1991 GMC tandem, snow plow, dump, needs engine work, orange 1990 International 8300 tandem tractor, green 1988 GMC 7000 single axle, diesel, chassis, 102 CA, white 1982 Ford L9000 tandem, diesel, chassis, Allison auto, white 1980 GMC 7000 grease rack truck, blue Omaha Standard underbody double cylinder hoist assembly.

Complete with hardware

Currently wrecking 299 trucks!

All shapes & sizes!

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1995 GMC C7500 55-ft bucket truck, Cat 3116, 6 speed......... ...................................$17,500

1998 Dynaweld 30-ton, ramped equipment trailer, 24-ft deck, 5-ft ramps. Like new....$20,000

1995 Ford F800 service truck, Cummins, automatic, 6000 lb auto crane, Thermo Arc 270 welder, compressor.....$22,500

1997 Ford F800 bucket truck, 55-ft. reach, Cummins, 5&2 speed.........................$17,500

1997 International 4900 DT466 diesel, 6 speed, 14-ft. dump body...........................$17,500

1997 Ford F450 460 V8, 5 speed, 12.5-ft. flatbed, 5000 lb crane, outriggers....$10,000

Rough terrain 7000-8000 lb. forklifts.........................$7000 to $9000 Alitec PH60 asphalt grinder for skid steer................................ $7500 Ditch Witch 400SX cable plow with trencher............................ $5000 1999 Ditch Witch 410SX cable plow with boring attachment... $7500 Ditch Witch 350SX cable plow.................................................. $5000 2003 Ford F550 service truck, V-10, auto, 3200# IMT crane.$15,000 1994 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5+2 speed, 6200# IMT crane, compressor, hydraulic outriggers........................................ $12,500 1991 GMC service truck, 3116 Cat diesel, 9 speed, 8000# crane, Ranger 8 welder, IR compressor......................................... $20,000 1988 International service truck, DT466, 5+2 speed, 6000 lb crane, Miller 225 welder, air compressor........................................ $17,500 1985 Ford F700 4x4 service truck, IMT 5000 lb. crane, underhood air compressor, outriggers........................................................ $15,000 1985 Ford F600 service truck, diesel, 5/2 speed, 8000 lb. Auto Crane, compressor.............................................................. $11,000 1995 GMC Topkick service truck, Cat 3116, 10-speed, 11-ft AutoCrane box, hydraulic outriggers. Set up for crane.................. 12,500 1996 Chevrolet Kodiak Cat diesel, 6 speed automatic, utility bed, outriggers. ............................................................................. $8500 1989 International 41-ft. bucket truck, diesel, automatic....... $10,000 1981 International 4x4 dump truck, low miles....................... $12,500 16-ft. flatbed dump with hoist..................................................... $3500 1986 Ford F800 National 228 37-ft. crane 14-ft. dump bed... $10,000 1999 Ford 550 diesel, automatic, flatbed with lift gate.............. $9000 1988 Internatonal 1800 2-ton diesel 4x4 flatbed...................... $9000

2013 Terex light plant.......$5000

2003 Ford F550 4WD, bucket truck, V10, automatic, generator...............................$15,000

2000 Ford F450 V10, automatic, Gen set, Telsa 31-ft bucket.. ...................................$12,500

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Reading utility box.................................................................. $5000 12-ft. flatbed, 3200 lb. IMT crane, air compressor...................... $5000 125-185 CFM air compressors.....................................$4000 - $6000 1999 Haulin 31-ft. flatbed (expands to 34-ft.), telescopic hitch and air brakes. Good for round bales ............................................. $10,000 1991 Eager Beaver 3 axle equipment trailer, 22 ton pintle hitch, 19-ft. deck, 5-ft. beavertail............................................................ $11,000 12-ton 22-ft. tilt bed trailer.......................................................... $6500 (11) 20-ton 24-ft. tilt bed trailers.................................$7500 - $10,000 1-ton utility beds, starting at...................................................... $1000 Miller 250-400 amp diesel welder................................$1500 - $4500 2 ton dump boxes, each............................................................ $1000 Buckets for skid steer loaders........................................................Call Forklift forks...................................................................................Call Cat IT28 quick-tach forks.......................................................... $2500 Auger bits, 18” and 30” with 21/2” square shank............$750 & $1000 16” to 36” augers...........................................................$750 to $1750 Versatile 35-ft. bucket attachment............................................. $3000

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Growing fruit in Wyoming?

By Jeff Edwards, University of Wyoming Extension pesticide training coordinator Fruit producers (yes, there are some in Wyoming!) and homeowners know fruit flies can show up when there is damaged or overripe fruit either in the field or on a kitchen counter.

A new fruit fly has found its way to Wyoming and is not going to go away. The spotted winged drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) was first identified in Wyoming in 2013 and seems to have overwintered.

What makes this pest such a problem is that, unlike other fruit flies, this species prefers to lay eggs on non-damaged and non-ripened fruit, particularly fruit with soft flesh (like berries) and has a host range that includes all fruit (this includes tomatoes).

Detection and Monitoring If this pest is in berries, the fruit will not appear “normal,” possibly off-color, droopy, and prematurely soft and mushy.

Suspect fruit can be opened and inspected for maggots (yes, maggots in your fruit – not too appealing, is it?). The fly larvae are very small and may be difficult to spot. An option is to drop the fruit into a container of rubbing alcohol, and they will emerge from the fruit. You may also see fruit that has dehydrated on the stem (the larvae have developed in this fruit and moved on).

You can make monitoring traps, or some are commercially available. These traps can be filled with apple cider vinegar, hung within the crop, and checked periodically to determine if flies are present. Pheromone traps are also available that will lure the flies – distribute these outside the boundaries of your fruit production. Pheromones will draw the flies to them and away from fruit. These traps are manufactured by Trece and available through many different commercial outlets.

Economic Injury Level The economic injury level is the number of pests that can be present prior to determining if a treatment program is warranted. Pretty simple for this pest...recent reports suggest if you have one, you need to treat.

Management Options in Wyoming A good scouting and aggressive harvesting program can provide some relief from this pest. Although rarely discussed in the literature, there is evidence suggesting a trap crop of muskmelon or cantaloupe will draw flies away from other fruit crops. Also, refrigeration will slow development, and freezing will kill the larvae.

A well-timed chemical control strategy can lead to effective management.

With help of other states and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, a data sheet containing chemical options is available and is published on the UW Extension pesticide education website: http://uwyoextension.org/psep/ Chemical management is the only control option for this pest. Read, understand, and follow label restrictions for controlling this insect. Pay particular attention to the re-entry interval (number of hours or days that must pass post-treatment before anyone can enter the treated area without the stated personal protective equipment) and the preharvest interval (number of hours or days that must pass prior to harvest and consumption of the treated fruit). This pest will have multiple generations per season – this means you should not spray a single product more than two times per season – the fruit fly can develop resistance to a particular product rendering that product ineffective.

Bee warning! All of these products can be toxic to bees, and the label will state if there are any restrictions on application. The best option for preserving bee health is to apply when the weather is calm – right at dusk after the bees have gone home for the evening.

Other Resources http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/swd.htm http://spottedwing.org/ http://extension.oregonstate.edu/douglas/sites/default/ files/documents/hort/2010/spotted_wing_drosophila_traps_ osuviticulture1.pdf Pheromone trap manufacturer http://www.trece.com/PDF/PHEROCON_book.pdf

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Tractors ........................................................................ $80,000 (H) 2011 Case IH 485 1900 engine hrs. #15481W.$211,000 Combines (S) 2008 Case IH 535 #UT783............................ $275,000 (W) 1982 International 5288 5411 engine hrs. #15477W.. ........................................................................ $14,000 Frontier Equipment Equipment (G) 1993 Case IH 1688 2070 engine hrs. #23126B.$26,000 (F) 1994 John Deere 9600 5654 engine hrs. #23167B...... (S) 2012 Case IH 550 #UT750............................ $340,000 Stanley (H) 1978 John Deere 4630 10,500 engine hrs. #14159W.. ........................................................................ $27,000 (S) 2003 Case IH 2388 3028 engine hrs. #23162B.$67,000 (S) 2011 Case IH 550 #UT764............................ $316,000 Glasgow Implement ........................................................................ $19,500 (S) 2003 Case IH 2388 #UC753............................ $98,000 (S) 2000 John Deere 9750 #UC763..................... $50,000 (S) 2011 Case IH 550 700 engine hrs. #UT780... $293,000 2003 John Equipment Deere 9750STS #22069W............ $72,000 (G) 2007 Case IH 7010Frontier 1944 engine hrs.Equipment #23133B.$166,000 (B) Stanley (F) 2011 Case IH 550 596 engine hrs. #WUT725.$375,000 (W) 1997 John Deere 7810 9100 engine hrs. #14158W.... ........................................................................ $69,000 (S) 2011 Case IH 7120 #UC748.......................... $248,000 (D) 2004 Challenger 670 2475 engine hrs. #25011W........ (B) 2013 Case IH 600 800 engine hrs. #15482W.$400,000 Glasgow ........................................................................ $64,000 (G) 2012 Case IH 7230 #GUH270...................... $290,000Implement (B) 2013 Case IH 600 810 engine hrs. #15483W.$400,000 (F) 2012 Massey-Ferguson 8690 400 engine hrs. #18103B........................................................ $232,000 (G) 2013 Case IH 7230 #GUH308...................... $298,000 (D) 2008 New Holland CR9070 1328 engine hrs. (H) 2011 Case IH 600 1250 engine hrs. #15467W.$379,000 #24074W....................................................... $225,000 (F) 2008 Case IH 8010 1208 engine hrs. #23136B.$202,000 (B) 1995 Case IH 9280 #15451W.......................... $44,000 (G) 1991 Case IH 5140 #GUT203......................... $29,500 (F) Case IH 8010 #WUH529............................... $210,000 (G) 1992 Case IH 9280 7777 engine hrs. #15147B.$42,000 (W) 2013 Case IH 140A 367 engine hrs. #15474W.$89,000 Air Drills (G) 2010 Case IH 8120 #GUH287...................... $227,000 (D) 2014 Amity 6015 #47182W.......................... $200,000 (S) 1996 Case IH 9380 #UT728............................ $70,000 (F) 2014 Case IH Farmall 140A 4 engine hrs. #15149B.... ........................................................................ $84,000 (S) 2010 Case IH 8120 #UC712.......................... $258,000 (F) 2013 Case IH 400 #47119B........................... $158,000 (G) 2011 Case IH 550Q 1022 engine hrs. #GUT196..........

(S) 2009 Case IH 8120 1256 engine hrs. #UC724.$239,000 (B) 2013 Case IH 700 #47197W.......................... $148,000 ...................................................................... $328,000 (S) 2008 Case IH Max 140 4208 eng. hrs. #15141B.$73,000 (S) 2011 Case IH 8120 #UC735.......................... $278,000 (D) 1980 Case IH 8500 #47132W.......................... $12,000 (G) 2011 Case IH 550Q #GUT197...................... $328,000 (F) 2009 Case IH Max 140 Pro 2008 engine hrs. #15151B.......................................................... $84,000 (F) 2009 Case IH 8120 #23102B........................ $243,000 (D) 2009 Case IH ATX700 #47146W................... $122,300 (S) 2013 Case IH STG350 980 engine hrs. #15148B.........

(F) 2009 Case IH 8120 829 engine hrs. #WUH719.$208,000 (D) 2008 Case IH ATX700 #47177W................... $121,000 ...................................................................... $241,000 (W) 2006 Case IH MXM 130 414 engine hrs. #15478W..... ........................................................................ $49,500 (G) 2012 Case IH 8230 #GUH266...................... $302,000 (F) 2011 Case IH ATX700 #47114B.................... $105,000 (G) 2009 Case IH STG535 3250 engine hrs. #15129B...... Frontier Equipment Stanley Equipment (F) 2012 Case IH Puma 125 407 eng. hrs. #15112B.$86,000 (G) Case IH 8230 #GUH299............................... $314,000 (F) 2010 Case IH FH700 #47107B...................... $139,000 Glasgow Implement ...................................................................... $253,000 (D)(D) CIH Farmall W80137 NEW Frontier Equipment Stanley Equipment 2009 Case IH40, Puma 165..................................

1198 hrs. #15420W.. $85,000 (G) Case IH 8230 #GUH301............................... $364,524 (F) 2012 Case IH PD40 #WUD170..................... $118,000 (F) 2008 Case IH STG535 #15113B................... $224,000 Glasgow Implement w/CIH 1010 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. $8,000 Combines & Headers $314,000 Skid Steers (W)(G) CIH 60, W80170 NEW 1979Farmall International 1486 ................................. #15143B.................. $12,000 (G) Case IH 8230 #GUH303...............................

(F) 2010 Case IH STG535 2100 engine hrs. #15156B.. . ....

(S) Case IH PH800 60-ft. #47117B.. . ................... $205,000 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (D)(S) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 ..................................

NEW (B)2013 670Case Cat w/SP36 Dpr Hd, 25002W ............ $190,000 International 1586 #UT592.. ........................... $12,500 (G) IH 8230HB#GUH306...................... $314,000 (F) 2012 ...................................................................... $246,000 Case IH PH800 #47102B.. . ................... $220,000 (B)(F) CIH Farmall 95, W80189 ..................................

NEW hrs. w/971730 NH 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... $7,000 (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 (W) NH TR95 1981 Massey-Ferguson 2705 3235 engine (S) 2012 Case IH 8230 engine hrs. #UC773.$286,000 (G) 2013 Case STG550 engine hrs. #15118B........

(D) CIH 95U FWA, W80138 ..................................... NEW (F)CIH 20107010 Casew/36’ IH SDX40 #47122B. ...................... $95,000(H) 743 (F) Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 Bobcat w/oIHBkt, 20101W652 ............................ $8,500 (D) (2)Case NH TR98 36’ Dpr, hrs.

971 #23341W.$263,000 PU Hd, #18102B.......................................................... $10,000 (D) 2011 IH 9120w/994 846 engine $357,000 (D) CIH (S)CIH Concord #UD257................................... $28,000(B) S130......................................................................

8010,4010 WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20112WU....................... $18,995 105U W80160 ..................................

NEW 24025W 24026W ....................................................... $101,100 (F) (W) 2006 NewFWA, Holland TV145 #16178W.............. $65,000 s e d E q u i p m e n t New Equipment (D) 2011 or Case IH 9120 704 engine hrs. #23347W.$263,000 (H) 2012 Case IH STG600 #52102W....................... $1200 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 ....................................... $280,000 (F) 2010 Ezee-On 7550 #47124B......................... $33,000 (D) 753 Bobcat, 20083W ....................................... $19,000 (B) CIH Puma 125 FWA, W80053 ........................ NEW (D) NH TR66 w/36’ 960 MacDon Dpr Hd, (B) 2009 New Holland TV6070 1414 engine hrs.

Combines & Headers Skid Steers (D) 2011 Case IH 9120 #23370W........................ $304,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23075W ........................................ $265,000 (F) 2013 Case IH STG600 560 engine hrs. #15128B.. . ......

(H) 753 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 (F) 2009 Ezee-On 48-ft. #WUD148....................... $50,000 w/L750 Ldr, W85038 ...................................... NEW &28019W .............................................. $64,000 #16166W......................................................... $99,000 (D) 2011 2009W Case IH 9120 682 engine hrs. #23389W.$238,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 Bobcat, 20120W .................................... $23,000 $422,000 (W) CIH Puma 165 FWA, W80112 ...................... NEW (D) 2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 #47174W....................... $75,000(D) S150......................................................................

(D) NHCase TX68, 24016W ........................................... $65,000 2010 New Holland TV6070 1950 engine hrs.

(H) 2012 IH 9230 539 engine hrs. #23387W.$313,000 (F) Flexi-Coil CIH 8010,5000 23087W ....................................... $270,000 Bobcat BkT Bite, 20133W (S) 2008 Case w/BKT, IH STX485 2181 engine....... hrs.$22,500 #15110B....... (S) w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW #47118B.. ............................... $36,000(D) S150 w/36’ MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................ $28,000 (W) #16105B.. ..................................................... $101,000 (H) 2012 Case IH 9230 #23388W.. . ..................... $313,000 WUH342 $185,000 Bobcat, no Bkt, 20120W ....................... $23,000 Puma .210, W80037 .................................... NEW $191,000 (D) CIH (F)CIH 20128010, Flexi-Coil 5500....................................... #WUD15B................... $130,000(D) S205......................................................................

(W) NH CR960, 24019W .................................... $160,000 (F) (H) 2005 Versatile 4618 engine hrs. #16187W..........

(G) IH AF7120 946 engine hrs. #23125B......... (F)CIH ....................................... $330,000 S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ w/L770 Ldr, 2145 W85031 ...................................... NEW 2012 Case IH STX500 578 engine hrs.$26,500 #GUT182.......

(F)2011 NHCase CR960, WUH370 .................................... $137,000 (F) 20038120, John WUH298 Deere 1820 40-ft. #WUD160......... $59,000(B) (G) ........................................................................ $73,500 $212,000 (S) , ........................................................... $89,900 (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 Scout Ut Vehicle, WNM126 .................... NEW (D)......................................................................

NH CR970, 24021W ..................................... $188,000 ...................................................................... $260,000 (F) CIH (W)CIH 20032388 John Deere 1890 #47193W.................. $80,000 2012 Farmall 588 engine $240,000 (G) IH AF7120 engine hrs. #23160B.. ..... (S) Bobcat, $19,000 CIH 72” Case FinishIHMwr, W85133105U .......................

NEW hrs.

(D)2009 NHCase CR 970, 24022W1240 .................................... $180,000 (D) 1995 JohnWUT322 Deere ......................................

8770 6545 engine hrs. #14157W..... (D)(F) (F)CIH 20147010 John, .........................................................

Deere 1890 #47120B.................. $279,000(F) 863 #15138B.. ........................................................ $67,000 08 CIH 7010, .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863........................................................................ ......................................................................

Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526 ............ NEW w/94C NH 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W ....................... $186,000 $47,000 (S) $53,500 (F) CIH (B)072011 John Deere 1895 #47196W................. $205,000 CIH 8010, .................................................. $249,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 2009HDX Case182 IH Farmall 95WNH553 2390 engine hrs.NEW #15153B..

(G) IH AF7120 1200 engine hrs. #23170B.. ..... (S) Agr Hd, .................

(F)2012 NHCase CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (F) 1999 John Deere 9100 4100 engine hrs. #14111B...... (F)(F)CIH (S) Bourgault 6550 #UD264.. . .............................. $74,000 06 CIH 8010, .................................................. $220,000 (D) S330 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 ........................................................................ $30,000 WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW ...................................................................... $253,000 (S) (W) NH CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 ........................................................................ $64,000 (W) CIH (S)MF 2011860, Bourgault 6550 #UD288........................ $87,000 UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (W) LS160 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $19,000 2012RB564 Case IH Farmall 95 1818W83013 engine........ hrs.NEW #GUT205.

(W)(G) CIH Rnd Blr, AW,TW, (F) 2010 AF7120 942................................. engine hrs. #23166B.........

(D) NHCase CR IH 9070, 24024W $260,000 (S) (W) 1997 John Deere 9300 #14150W.................. $75,000 (S) 2009 Bourgault 5710 47110B.. . .................... $105,000 Post Diggers 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 RB564 Rnd Blr, Ele Twn Nt, W83014 .. NEW ........................................................................ $45,000 $211,000 (S) (S)......................................................................

NH CR9070, 24035W .................................... $249,000 (S) 2010Case JohnSkid Deere 9530 1104 engine hrs. #14104B...... (W) CIH (S) 2008 Bourgault 5710 #UD282........................ $78,000 w/Bkt 20129W ................. $14,000 (W)(F)CIH SPX3330 Spryr, W85098 NEW hrs.

2013 Case IHSPMaxxum 110 TA...............

328 engine 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W ....................... $42,000 (S) CIH 8230 PT Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 (D) 1825B (F) 2013 w/NH Case94C IH AF7230 612 engine hrs. #23171B......... ...................................................................... $264,000 Misc (S) 2010 Case IH 800 #UD275.. . ......................... $140,000 Grain Augers &$14,000 Vacs Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ...................

(F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, WNH585 ................ NEW (W) JD 9600, 22004W ............................................. $306,000 $52,000 (S) CIH 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 (D) 1845 #MAXX110...................................................... $81,000 ......................................................................

Lawn & Garden (F) 2014 engine hrs. #14110B..... (W) (S)CIH John2188, DeereUC565 1835 ............................................. #UD259............................ $220,000(F) 420 $69,500 SSL John CaseDeere Skid, 9560R WUT324270 ..................... $23,000 CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom .Spryr, W85043 (W) JDCase 9600, ............................................. $49,000 (S) (S) 1979 International 986 #UT569.. ................... $24,000 (F) 2013 IH22011W AF7230 460 engine hrs, 320 separator ...................................................................... $369,000 (S) MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 ................................................................................. NEW (W) 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 hrs.JD #23172B................................................. $311,000 (S) CIH 2188, Grain Handling $85,000 (D) 440 (S) 1982 Steiger Bearcat ST225 #15114B.. . ........ $17,500 UC572 .............................................

Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 Steers Utility Vehicle (F) Skid CIH 8120 Combine, & WNC432 .........................

NEW (F)2010 JD Case STS 9660 , WUH346 .................................. $31,000 (D) 2002 Brandt 10x70 auger. #51160W.................. $7500 (S) IH AF8120 #23124B.. .................. $212,000 (H) 2007 485w/Bkt, 140020130W engine hrs. #16186W.$161,000 NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (D) 440 C3 Versatile Case Skid .............. $36,000 Bobcat 235 hours. #UM798................... $24,000 (D)(S) CIH 8120S130 Combine, W82055 .......................... NEW JDAF8120 Dpr, WUH261 $29,000 (S) (F) 2010 w/936D Case IH 1250................................. engine hrs. #23153B.......

(D) 2013 Brandt 13x90XL auger #51179W.. . ........ $31,500 $41,000 (W)(D) (F) 2001 Agco 9745w/Bkt, #WUT693.............................

Case Skid 20131W ................. $22,000 CIH Combine, W82076 NEW 20088120 Bobcat S220 465 hours.......................... #20177W........ $29,000 w/635F JD, WUH262 ........................................ $35,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (D) 60XT ...................................................................... $227,000 (S) (D)Honeybee 2008 Convey-All #TCH14115. #51167W........ $39,000 42GB Hd, ................................... $71,000 (D) Skat (S) 2011 Case IH 170 #UT781............................ $101,000 (W)(H) Trak 1500D Skid, 20088W .............. $17,000 W82078 ......................... NEW CIH Combine, 20118120 Bobcat S250 #20361W.......................... $31,500 (D) 9760 JDIH w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (F) 2011 Case AF8120 740 engine hrs. #23169B......... (S) (F) 10x70 grain auger. #51106B............................... $9500 MacDon 963 Hd, ......................... Call for Pricing (D) 4800 Magnatrac Skid w/Bkt, Dzr180 , 20111W (H) 2011 Case IH Magnum 693 $6,000 engine hrs. (W)(S)CIH 8120 Combine, W82080 .........................

NEW (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 2009 Bobcat S300 900 hours. #20115B......... $47,000 ...................................................................... $249,000 (B)MacDon 2004 Westfield J208x41 auger. #51183W..$61,000 ........ $3500 D60 Hd , ..........................................

CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd,hours.

W82057 ................... NEW #15484W....................................................... $131,500 (B)(S) Post Diggers (B) 1680 CIH, 23057W ........................................... $29,000 (S) 2009 Bobcat S330 788 #20114B......... $47,000 (F) 2012 Case IH AF8230 #23112B.. . ................. $300,000 (G) Westfield MK100x71 auger. #51105B.. . .......... $10,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd , .....................................

59,000 (B) CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 .....................

NEW (D) F8 2012 Case Post IH Magnum 210...............

615 engine (H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 (H) 3pt Danuser Dgr, 52027W $850 hrs. (F) 2012 Bobcat S770 511 hours. #20105B.......... $54,000 (F) 2012 Case IH AF8230 647 engine hrs, 498 separator (S) Honeybee 3655 , ............................

Call for Pricing (W) 2000 Westfield MK130x71 auger. #51182W.. . ... $7750 CIH 2152 40’Deere Drpr4x4 Hd,utility W82062 ................... NEW $135,000 (D)(W) (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (W) 3pt#15410W.......................................................

F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 2004 John vehicle. #59025W..$2800 CIH Brandt 1010 Hds , ..........................

Call for Pricing hrs.1688 #23113B.................................................

(W)3 1998 4000 grain vac. #51184W............. $5300(B) McMillin (W) CIH, 23082W ......................................... $300,000 $50,000 (S) 52022W ..............

(S) 2009 Hyd CasePost IH Dgr, Magnum 210 770 $1,295 engine hrs. (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW (S) NH CR960 , .................................................... $180,000 (F) 2012 w/1015 Case IH 651 engine hrs. #23114B.........

40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ................... NEW CIHAF8230 PU Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 #15131B........................................................ $143,000 (D) CIH 2152 Miscellaneous Misc GrainLoaders Augers & Vacs DrprBG2330 Hd, W82074 .................

NEW (B)......................................................................

CIH 2188, 23046W ........................................... $300,000 $47,500 20092152 New45’ Holland adapter #UC757.$6000 (S) 2011 Case IH Magnum #UT778............ $186,000 (W)(S)CIH (H) C1000SR Swath Roller, 290 520354W ................. $750 (D) 1991 Case IH 710 #56089W.. . ......................... $10,500 (F) 2012 Case IH w/30’ AF8230 hrs. #23163B.........

(D) CIH 2188 CIH 600 1010engine Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ (W) 7x36 Westfield w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (D) 2003 Degelman 12-ft. dozer. #56073W........... $17,000 (W) 2012 Case IH Magnum 340 773 engine hrs.

(H)7x51 2008 Westfield Case IH L750 #56090W............................ $6750 Lawn & Garden w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 ...................................................................... ........................................................................... $300,000 $12,000 (D) #15469W....................................................... $242,000 (F) 2008 Case IH SCX100 mower conditioner, 8200 hours.

(S) 2003 DuAl 3100 #UT760.. . ................................. $2000 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (F) 2013 Case IH AF8230 450 engine hrs. #23164B.........

(H) CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 #30103B.......................................................... $22,000 (D)19015W 2014 Case IH Magnum 340 3 engine hrs. #15450W... ................................................................. $6,950 (S)8x46 Woods 360 #15115B....................................... $11,000 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $314,000 $85,000 (D) ...................................................................... ...................................................................... $235,000 (F) 718K Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, (S) Woods 360 #UT767.. . ......................................... $6500 (B) CIH 2388, 23018W58 ........................................... $90,000 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (F) 2012 Case IH AF8230 engine hrs. #23173B.$348,000 Bale Processors (H)WUM534 1999 Case IH MX220 7628 engine hrs. #15476W.. .............................................................. $5,000 ......

Swg Agr, 51057W ... $2,500 (B) CIH 2388, 23047W ......................................... $100,000 (D) MK 8x51 Westfield (F) 2013 Case IH AF8230 725 engine hrs. #23174B.........

Planters $63,500 (S) 2005 Haybuster 2650 #34103B...................... $12,000 (D) 721 ........................................................................

Grasshopper Lawn Tractor, 51054W $5,000 (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, (F)......................................................................

CIH 2388 w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 $322,000 (D) 2005 Case IH 1200 #46047W.......................... $60,000 (F)19016W 2011 Case IH Puma 170 #15107B................ $125,000 (F) 2010 Haybuyster 2650 #WUH725.................. $14,000 ............................................................... $11,500 (W) CIH 2388 w/30’ 1010#23175B..

Hdr, 23066W &23067W$319,000 ............... (D) 30’ Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 (F) 2013 Case IH AF8230 ..................

(S) 1535LP 2011 Case IH 1240Cnvyr, #UTL214. ....................... $107,000 (G) 2011 Case Dixon IH PumaLawn 180 2712 engine hrs. #15144B... (F) 2010 Vermeer BP8000 #38100B..................... $16,000 Grizzly Mower, (W) Brandt 51010W ............. $12,500 (B) ZTR ........................................................................... $97,400 (F) 2008 Gleaner R75 1528 engine hrs. #21100B.$137,000 (H) 2009 Case IH 1250 #46046W.......................... $76,500 ...................................................................... $108,000 (F) 2013 Vermeer BPX9000 #50100B................... $17,000 19013W ................................................................. $6,500 (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000 (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A ................. $6,500

Used Equipment

New Equipment

(B) 670 Cat w/SP36 HB Dpr Hd, 25002W ............ $190,000 (W) NH TR95 w/971 NH 25’ Hd, 24114&2114A ..... $7,000 (D) (2) NH TR98 w/994 36’ Dpr, 971 PU Hd, 24025W or 24026W ....................................................... $101,100 (D) NH TR66 w/36’ 960 MacDon Dpr Hd, 2009W &28019W .............................................. $64,000 (D) NH TX68, 24016W ........................................... $65,000 w/36’ MacDon 962 Dpr Hd, 24017W ................ $28,000 (W) NH CR960, 24019W .................................... $160,000 (F) NH CR960, WUH370 .................................... $137,000 (D) NH CR970, 24021W ..................................... $188,000 (D) NH CR 970, 24022W .................................... $180,000 w/94C NH 42’ Dpr Hd, 24023W ....................... $47,000 (F) NH CR 970, WUH324 ................................... $152,000 (W) NH CR9070, 24027W ................................. $270,000 (D) NH CR 9070, 24024W ................................. $260,000 (S) NH CR9070, 24035W .................................... $249,000 w/NH 94C 42’ Dpr Hd, 24036W ....................... $42,000 (W) JD 9600, 22004W ............................................. $52,000 (W) JD 9600, 22011W ............................................. $49,000 (W) JD 9650 w/930R JD Hdr, 22007W,22009W .. $123,500 (F) JD STS 9660, WUH346 .................................. $31,000 w/936D JD Dpr, WUH261 ................................. $29,000 w/635F JD, WUH262 ........................................ $35,000 (D) 9760 JD w/36D Dpr Hd w/Fgr Rl, 22015W .... $231,000 (W) 1680 CIH, 23022W ......................................... $30,000 (B) 1680 CIH, 23057W ........................................... $29,000 (H) 1680 CIH, 23058W .......................................... $38,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23050W ......................................... $45,000 (W) 1688 CIH, 23082W ......................................... $50,000 w/1015 CIH PU Hd, 23084W ............................... $7,000 (B) CIH 2188, 23046W ........................................... $47,500 (D) CIH 2188 w/30’ CIH 1010 Hdr, 23099W & 23100W ........ ........................................................................... $12,000 (H) CIH 2188, 23109W .......................................... $40,000 (W) CIH 2188, 23111W ......................................... $85,000 (B) CIH 2388, 23018W ........................................... $90,000 (B) CIH 2388, 23047W ......................................... $100,000 (F) CIH 2388 w/1015 Hdr, WUH211 .................... $142,000 (W) CIH 2388 w/30’ 1010 Hdr, 23066W &23067W ............... ........................................................................... $97,400 (F) CIH 2588, WIH319 ......................................... $195,000

w/CIH 1010 30’ Hd, WUH320 ............................. $8,000 w/CIH 1042 36’ Cpr Hd, WUH323 ................... $22,000 (F) CIH 6088, WUH312 ....................................... $215,000 (F) CIH 7010 w/36’ Grain Belt Hdr, WUH297 ..... $310,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH172 ........................................ $196,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH232 ....................................... $280,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23075W ........................................ $265,000 (D) CIH 8010, 23076W ........................................ $265,000 (W) CIH 8010, 23087W ....................................... $270,000 (F) CIH 8010, WUH342 ....................................... $185,000 (F) CIH 8120, WUH298 ....................................... $330,000 (S) CIH 2388, ........................................................... $89,900 (S) CIH 7010, ......................................................... $240,000 (S) 08 CIH 7010, .................................................. $249,000 (S) 07 CIH 8010, .................................................. $249,000 (S) 06 CIH 8010, .................................................. $220,000 (S) MF 860, UC550 ..................................................... $9,500 (S) 2 Honeybee SP36 Hds, .............................. $59,500 (S) CIH 8230 PT Swthr, UC558 ......................... $8,500 (S) CIH 8120, UC564 ........................................... $299,000 (S) CIH 2188, UC565 ............................................. $69,500 (S) MacDon 973 Hd, UC566 .............................. $29,500 (S) CIH 2188, UC572 ............................................. $85,000 (S) NH 94C Hd, ..................................................... $45,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $65,000 (S) Honeybee 42GB Hd, ................................... $71,000 (S) MacDon 963 Hd, ......................... Call for Pricing (S) MacDon D60 Hd, .......................................... $61,000 (S) Hondybee 40GB Hd, ..................................... 59,000 (S) Honeybee 3655, ............................ Call for Pricing (S) 3 CIH 1010 Hds, .......................... Call for Pricing (S) NH CR960, .................................................... $180,000

(W) 7x36 Westfield w/16HP Briggs, 51034W ....... $2,100 (D) 7x51 Westfield w/220v Elec Mtr, 51053W ....... $2,500 (D) 8x41 Westfield, 51016W .................................. $4,500 (D) 8x46 Westfield, 51055W .................................. $3,500 (B) 8x52 SC Brandt, 51058W ............................... $2,100 (D) MK 8x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51057W ... $2,500 (D) MK100x51 Westfield Swg Agr, 51054W $5,000 (D) 30’ Speedking PTO Belt Cvyr, 51036W $7,100 (W) 1535LP Brandt Cnvyr, 51010W ............. $12,500 (W) 1026 REM Grain Vac, 52096A ................. $6,500

(W) 632 Bobcat, 20018W ........................................ $7,250 (H) 642B Bobcat w/Bkt, 20124W ........................... $7,500 (H) 743 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20101W ............................ $8,500 (B) S130 Bobcat w/o Bkt, 20112W ....................... $18,995 (D) 753 Bobcat, 20083W ....................................... $19,000 (H) 753 Bobcat, 20085W ....................................... $12,000 (D) S150 Bobcat, 20120W .................................... $23,000 (D) S150 Bobcat w/BKT, BkT Bite, 20133W ....... $22,500 (D) S205 Bobcat, no Bkt, 20120W ....................... $23,000 (B) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20146W ........................ $26,500 (D) S205 Bobcat w/Bkt, 20142W ......................... $25,000 (F) 863 Bobcat, WUT322 ...................................... $19,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20105W ..................................... $23,000 (W) 863 Bobcat, 20136W .................................... $18,000 (D) S330 Bobcat w/80” Bkt, 20094W ................... $43,000 (W) LS160 NH Skid 20109W ............................. $19,000 (D) 1825 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20128W .................... $10,000 (D) 1825B Case Skid w/Bkt 20129W ................. $14,000 (D) 1845 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20127W ................... $14,000 (F) 420 SSL Case Skid, WUT324 ..................... $23,000 (F) 435 SSL Case Skid, WUT341 ..................... $35,000 (D) 440 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20125W ...................... $34,000 (D) 440 C3 Case Skid w/Bkt, 20130W .............. $36,000 (D) 60XT Case Skid w/Bkt, 20131W ................. $22,000 (D) Skat Trak 1500D Skid, 20088W .............. $17,000 (D) 4800 Magnatrac Skid w/Bkt, Dzr, 20111W $6,000

(H) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52027W ............... $850 (W) 3pt F8 Danuser Post Dgr, 52030W .............. $800 (B) McMillin Hyd Post Dgr, 52022W .............. $1,295 (H) C1000SR Swath Roller, 520354W ................. $750 (D) 425 JD Lawn Tractor w/54” Mwr, 51” Brm, 19015W .................................................................

$6,950

WUM534 ..............................................................

$5,000

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

19016W ............................................................... $11,500

(B) ZTR Grizzly Dixon Lawn Mower,

19013W .................................................................

$6,500

(D) CIH Farmall 40, W80137 .................................. NEW (W) CIH Farmall 60, W80170 ................................. NEW (D) CIH Farmall 95, W80193 .................................. NEW (B) CIH Farmall 95, W80189 .................................. NEW (D) CIH 95U FWA, W80138 ..................................... NEW (D) CIH 105U FWA, W80160 .................................. NEW (B) CIH Puma 125 FWA, W80053 ........................ NEW w/L750 Ldr, W85038 ...................................... NEW (W) CIH Puma 165 FWA, W80112 ...................... NEW w/LX770 Ldr, W85140 .................................. NEW (D) CIH Puma 210, W80037 .................................... NEW w/L770 Ldr, W85031 ...................................... NEW (F) CIH Scout Ut Vehicle, WNM126 .................... NEW (D) CIH 72” Finish Mwr, W85133 ....................... NEW (F) CIH SCX100 16’ Pvt Tng, WNH526 ............ NEW (F) CIH HDX 182 Agr Hd, WNH553 ................. NEW (W) CIH WD1203 Swthr, W83050 ....................... NEW (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, AW,TW, W83013 ........ NEW (W) CIH RB564 Rnd Blr, Ele Twn Nt, W83014 .. NEW (W) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, W85098 ............... NEW (F) CIH SPX3330 SP Spryr, WNH585 ................ NEW (W) CIH SRX160 134’ Wld Boom Spryr, W85043 ................................................................................. NEW (F) CIH 8120 Combine, WNC432 ......................... NEW (D) CIH 8120 Combine, W82055 .......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82076 ......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82078 ......................... NEW (W) CIH 8120 Combine, W82080 ......................... NEW (B) CIH 2142 35’ Drpr Hd, W82057 ................... NEW (B) CIH 2152 35’ Dpr Hd, W82024 ..................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82062 ................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82065 ................... NEW (D) CIH 2152 40’ Drpr Hd, W82050 ................... NEW (W) CIH 2152 45’ Drpr Hd, W82074 ................. NEW

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8155 Hwy. 10 West Missoula, Montana 406-544-2940 or 406-829-3540 E-mail: neilm@lm-machinery.com

Ford self-load water truck, new pump, 42,000 miles...........$8750

1988 GMC dump truck, single axle, V671, automatic, air brakes......... ..........................................$7000

2-1995 GMC Topkick bucket trucks, 8 liter gas, 5 speed.Each............. .......................................$12,500

Ford 9000 4000 gallon water truck with rear spray...................$9600

Ford flatbed with National 3T-27 crane..............................$19,500

LeeBoy 8500 paver with 8- to 15-ft. screed............................$19,500

Snorkel 60 lift, 4x2, propane............ ..........................................$5200

1999 Mack RD600 with 3 axle pup... ............. Call for Details & Price

Older International truck and 3000 gallon steel tank.........$1700 obo

1978 International dump truck PARTING OUT. Box & cylinder, 10 speed, cab, hood, miscellaneous parts........................CALL

1990 Ford 1 ton with service body... ..........................................$2400

Idaho Norland 10-ft snow blower, fits 4 yard loader, complete with power unit..........................$6500

Clark 125B wheel loader, Ex-state highway...........................$22,500

2010 Harley Davidson Soft Tail.

Only 11 miles!...............$13,500

Cat 930 loader.....................$21,500

1980 Cat 130G motor grader, new rubber and ripper............$52,500

Cat 950B wheel loader, general purpose bucket, good rubber............ .......................................$49,500

1994 John Deere 670B motor grader, scarifier......................$47,500

Barko 450 log loader..........$19,500

Fiat Allis 16B dozer cab, ripper....... .......................................$21,500

Log/scrap grapple...................$7800

2010 Takeuchi TB153 excavator with new thumb and only 480 hours..............................$49,500

Magnum 6-ft mulcher. Never used.

Fits skid steer..................$17,500

1990 P&H 25 ton crane. Only 880 hours..............................$39,000

Angle snow plow to fit Cat IT28 loader........................................$4500

Trail King TK 13-2400 equipment trailer.................................$6750

Case 570 LXT landscape loader...... .......................................$15,750 Vermeer vibrating cable plow, 2000 hours..............................$15,500

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Ingersoll Rand DD24 compactor..... ..........................................$6500

Shaker Buddy 2 deck screen........ .................................... RENTAL 45,000 lb hydraulic truck mount winch.................................$7000

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3-pipe tongs........................$CALL

Wide variety of trencher boxes.

1994 KW W900 4000 gallon water truck............................ RENTAL

UW sophomore joins National Beef Ambassador Team

By University of Wyoming Extension A sophomore agricultural business student at the University of Wyoming is one of five selected to the 2015 National Beef Ambassador Team.

Rachel Purdy, who is also a UW Ag Ambassador, said growing up on her family’s farm near Pine Bluffs spurred her passion for the beef and agricultural industries and motivated her to become an advocate.

“I really do enjoy consumer events,” Purdy said.

“I think it’s a really good way to reach consumers because there’s no such thing as a stupid question, and it’s a good way to educate them and have a good conversation about why we eat beef and how it gets to the consumer’s plate.”

Other team members are Will Pohlman, Arkansas, Alicia Smith, Texas, Kalyn McKibben, Oklahoma, and Demi Snider, Ohio.

Purdy, a student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, first competed in the junior level in 2011, where she not only made it to third place, but was inspired – and determined – to make the national team for ages 17-21.

“That really opened my eyes – that it’s more than just a resume filler,” she explained. “These kids are really out there interacting with consumers and going to these events, so that’s when I kind of set the goal I wanted to be on that team. So from then, one thing sort of led to another, and here we are today.”

The 2015 team was selected from 20 winners of state competitions from across the nation who traveled to Denver in September. The top five showed outstanding promise as agricultural advocates in four specific areas – consumer promotion, education and outreach strategy, media interview technique and issues response.

Purdy said she is excited to represent the culture she’s passionate about in major cities across the nation and hopes the ambassador experience will lead toward a career in agricultural policy.

“Producers don’t have the time to interact with consumers and tell our story,” she said. “So that’s why we’re here. I think that’s just a great thing to be able to go and serve the producers.”

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Montana Hereford Directory Anchor Polled Herefords

Hess Herefords

406-467-2880, Vaughn, MT

406-567-2345, Denton, MT

406-848-2588, Emigrant, MT

406-279-3301, Valier, MT

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

406-765-7068, Plentywood, MT

Anderson Ranch Banjo Ranch

Holden Herefords J Bar E Ranch

K & C Hereford

Bar Star Cattle

406-240-9301, Deer Lodge, MT

Bayers Hereford Ranch

406-425-2252, Absarokee, MT

Bear Paw Herefords

406-778-2393, Baker, MT

Beery’s Land & Livestock Co

406-492-7091, Avon, MT

406-399-7811, Loma, MT

406-684-5465, Twin Bridges, MT 406-357-3216, Chinook, MT

406-773-5721, Vida, MT www.beeryherefords.com

Brillhart Ranch Co

406-947-2511, Musselshell, MT

Broken Pick Ranch

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

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

Churchill Cattle Co

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

Cooper Hereford Ranch

L Bar W Ranch M/D Herefords

McIntosh Ranch

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

McMurry Cattle

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

Merrimac Cattle Company

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

Otis Ranch

406-287-9947, Whitehall, MT

406-580-6676, Willow Creek, MT

406-368-2244, Canyon Creek, MT

406-322-4425, Columbus, MT

406-432-3412, Lothair, MT

Duncan Ranch Co

Rafter Ranch Reich Bros

Snowshoe Cattle Company 406-778-2320, Plevna, MT

Elings Polled Herefords

Sparks Herefords

Storey Hereford Ranch

406-587-3024, Bozeman, MT

406-278-3406, Conrad, MT

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

406-846-1370, Deer Lodge, MT

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

Garrison Ranches Inc

Weaver Herefords

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

406-212-0480, Kalispell, MT

406-821-0247, Darby, MT

Dale Venhuizen (406) 580-6421 dale@churchillcattle.com

Churchill Sensation 028X

Vandeberg Ranch

406-323-1297, Roundup, MT 406-386-2244, Big Sandy, MT

Griffin Polled Herefords

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

Tomlinson Herefords

406-835-2501, Glen, MT

Genex Hawkeye West

190 SUNNYSIDE LN. GOLD CREEK, MT 59733

Thomas Herefords

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

Feddes Herefords

2-year old virgin Horned Hereford bulls for sale

Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, MT Hereford Genetics From Churchill There’s Nothing Else Like It!

406-288-3330, Gold Creek, MT 406-266-4121, Townsend, MT www.ehlkeherefords.com

Beef Country Bull Sale December 3, 2014

K.L. Slagsvold Herefords 406-584-7571, Lindsay, MT

DUTTON HEREFORD RANCH

Registered and commercial Herefords that will qualify for CHB Program

Bulls for sale - private treaty

406-292-3503, Joplin, MT

Ehlke Herefords

BLL STANDARD 17U

Brillhart Ranch Co.

Sidwell Ranch

406-875-2138, Pompeys Pillar, MT

Dutton Hereford Ranch

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Common kitchen practices aren’t always safe

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service I recall being at the home of a close relative a few years ago. The person shall remain anonymous to preserve peace in the family. You probably know how that goes.

When I went to get a drink of water, I noted ground beef thawing in the sink. Of course, I couldn’t let the opportunity for food safety education pass. Actually, we share a lifetime of mostly good-natured needling of each other, so I got to play the role of obnoxious food safety specialist.

“Did someone forget to put the meat in the refrigerator?”

I asked with just a bit of sarcasm.

“It’s only been out a few hours,” was the reply, with a bit of disdain.

“Are we having bacterial toxin for dinner?” I needled.

“You’re not invited for dinner,” was the reply. That quieted me down.

I took the matter into my own hands by putting the meat in a pan and placing it in the refrigerator. Fortunately, no quarrel or combat ensued.

Many common practices in kitchens, such as thawing on the counter, aren’t necessarily safe ones. Food can be thawed safely in the refrigerator, in the microwave followed by immediate cooking, under cool water (in the case of poultry) and as part of the cooking process.

Improperly thawing food on the counter can lead to the formation of toxins that might not be killed during later cooking. These toxins can lead to flulike symptoms, which can be severe among vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, immune-compromised and pregnant women.

Kitchens can be hazardous places, so it’s good to be informed about the latest research. Consider these questions and responses based on food safety research: • Have you ever used plastic trash bags for food storage?

Trash bags are not food-grade plastic and should not be used to store food. Often they are treated with pesticides, which can be harmful.

• Do you reuse plastic bottles that held purchased water (such as spring water)? The water bottles are not meant for multiple uses and may not withstand the water temperatures needed for proper cleaning.

• Do you use Styrofoam containers from restaurants or margarine tubs to reheat leftovers in a microwave oven?

This isn’t considered a safe practice because the container may melt and chemicals can migrate into the food during microwave heating.

• Have you ever used brown paper bags to cook turkey or other foods? This is not recommended because the bags are not food grade. The bags may ignite in the heat of the oven, and the ink or glue may emit toxic fumes.

• Have you ever used paint brushes as “pastry brushes” in the kitchen? Paint brushes are not meant for food use. Pastry brushes and other utensils can lead to cross contamination, so they need to be cleaned carefully.

• Do you use sponges to clean kitchen surfaces? Sponges can harbor millions of germs because they provide a moist, warm place for germs to thrive. Dishcloths are a better option because they can be laundered more easily. In fact, it’s a good idea to use a fresh dishcloth at least daily. Paper towels are another good option in the kitchen.

Here’s a simple recipe that kids like. Pair it with a spinach salad, sliced apples with fruit dip and low-fat or fat-free milk for a tasty meal. Follow these food safety tips: Thaw the meat in the fridge and reheat the leftovers in a microwavesafe container.

Easy Pasta Bake 1 pound extra-lean ground beef, browned 2 c. cooked pasta (such as vermicelli) 1 15-ounce jar spaghetti sauce (low-sodium) 1/3 c. Parmesan cheese 1 c. part-skim mozzarella cheese Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef.

Cook pasta according to package directions. Mix together browned ground beef, pasta, spaghetti sauce and Parmesan cheese, top with mozzarella cheese and place in a greased or sprayed 9- by 13-inch baking dish. Cover pan with foil.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 10 minutes, until internal temperature reaches at least 165 degrees.

Makes six servings. Each serving has 340 calories, 13 grams (g) of fat, 21 g of carbohydrate, 2 g of fiber and 280 milligrams of sodium.

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Learn how to nourish your body

The deadline for advertising in the December issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be November 26. Phone (406) 279-3291.

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The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service has a fun, interactive way to help you learn how you can take good care of your muscles, heart, eyes, skin, bones and joints, brain and digestive system. It’s called the Nourishing Boomers and Beyond program.

The program also can help you: • Cope with and relieve stress • Learn ways to stretch your food dollars and still serve nutritious meals • Get reliable, research-based information to help you sort out fact from fiction when you’re looking for health information • Learn more about prescription and nonprescription medications and how food can interact with them In November, the Extension Service is kicking off the second year of the Nourishing Boomers and Beyond program.

As the name implies, it’s designed to help people 50 and older develop strategies to reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases. But any adult can benefit from the information.

“Our goal is to provide nutrition and overall wellness education, and online support, to help adults sustain a healthy lifestyle,” says Julie Garden-Robinson, Extension food and nutrition specialist and program director.

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The Extension office in several counties will offer the classes. Counties involved in teaching face-to-face classes are listed on the Nourishing Boomers and Beyond website, http://www.ndsu.edu/ boomers. Anyone can participate in the online content.

Nourishing Boomers and Beyond also provides a monthly online newsletter.

Participating county offices have Facebook pages to interact with people, and the program is on Pinterest at “nourishboomers.”

Visit the website at http:// www.ndsu.edu/boomers to see if a class is being held near you or to sign up for the e-newsletter. Also visit that site if you aren’t able to attend a class or want more information about a topic covered in a class.

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#### Turkey is the traditional dish for the Thanksgiving feast. In the U.S., about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations. There is no official reason or declaration for the use of turkey. They just happened to be the most plentiful meat available at the time of the first Thanksgivng in 1621, starting the tradition.

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By NDSU Extension Service 2015 could be a very good year for hog producers, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service swine specialist David Newman says.

He is optimistic for several reasons: • The projected corn crop of nearly 14.4 billion bushels will be a record, and the U.S. soybean crop is expected to total 3.9 million bushels, which means a good supply of low-cost feed will be available for hogs.

• Recent corn and soybean meal futures prices put average farrow-to-finish costs below $68 per hundredweight. That would be the lowest annual average cost since 2007, when it was $62.72.

• The August rally in lean hog futures, combined with the low grain prices, raises the estimate of average farrow-tofinish profits back above $40 per head for 2015. The October, November and December 2014 margins are at $54, $42 and $44 per head, respectively.

• The number of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) cases fell significantly this summer as expected, but total losses of hogs since PEDv was discovered in the U.S. are in the millions. Plus, cases of PEDv likely will increase this fall and winter, which could lower the supply of hogs in 2015 and keep hog prices at profitable margins.

The virus has killed as many as 7 million U.S. pigs since it was discovered in the country in May 2013. The mortality rate in piglets from herds not previously exposed to the PEDv is nearly 100 percent.

“Although we will most likely see an increase in PEDv outbreaks this winter, it is doubtful that we will see the number of losses incurred in 2013-2014 to date,” Newman says.

The key to preventing the disease from spreading is good biosecurity, according to animal health experts. That involves making sure the swine barn is clean and virus-free, and establishing a line of separation between the clean area (the barn) and the dirty area (anywhere outside the barn). It also includes washing boots and clothing before and after being around swine, and cleaning and disinfecting vehicles used to transport pigs.

“Producers who are able to maintain herd health and practice good financial management most likely will have a good year in front of them,” Newman says.

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By NDSU Extension Service Epsilon Sigma Phi, the Extension Service honorary organization, presented awards to 10 individuals and teams at the recent North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service/Research Extension Center fall conference in Fargo.

Honored were: • Friends of Extension: Reinhard Hauck, who was Dunn County auditor for 37 years and now serves as a Dunn County commissioner, and Myron and Muriel Johnsrud. Myron Johnsrud served as NDSU Extension Service director and administrator for the federal Extension Service.

• Meritorious Support Service Award: Jeri Fischer, Burleigh County administrative assistant, and Cindy Olson, Ramsey County administrative assistant • Mid-Career Service Award: Jodi Bruns, Community Vitality area Extension specialist based in Dickey County • Meritorious Service Award: Marcia Hellandsaas, McKenzie County Extension agent, family and consumer sciences • Administrative Leadership Award: Chris Boerboom, NDSU Extension Service director • Distinguished International Service Award: Charlie Stoltenow, Extension assistant director, agriculture and natural resources • Distinguished Service Award: Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, agriculture and natural resources • Distinguished Team Award: Tri-County Tourism Alliance with Carmen Rath-Wald, Logan County Extension agent, family and consumer sciences; Acacia Stuckle, Emmons and Kidder counties Extension agent, 4-H youth development; and Kathy Tweeten, Center for Community Vitality director (retired) #### Several people wanted to have an official day of thanksgiving, including George Washington, who proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789. Several people did not want it, including President Thomas Jefferson.

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Tag #27128...........................$30,000 (L) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 20”, 1500 gal, suspended. Tag #27834...... $24,000 (H) Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gal, 5 boom sec, 3 nzl bds. Tag #28307.. $34,500 (H) Summers Ultimate 1500 gallon, 110-ft. booms..............................Coming In (H)

Tillage

Flexi-Coil 60SB 62-ft. spreader bar. Tag #20841....................................$4000 (L) John Deere 2410 61-ft. chisel plow, mounted harrows. Tag #29824.......$95,000 (L) John Deere 331 30-ft. tandem disk, 3 section fold. Tag #28674............$14,500 (L) John Deere 1410 10-ft. offset disk, 22” disks. Tag #28799..................$2500 (LV) John Deere 310 12-ft. hvy duty tandem disk, 19.5” blades. Tag #29761......$5500 (LV) Frontier DH1048 4-ft. 3-pt. mount disk harrow............................................ $900 (B) International 480 21-ft. disk..Coming in (L) Krause 907 25-ft. folding tandem disk. Tag #26321................................... $5700 (B)

Combines & Attachments

John Deere S680 540 hp, 400 bu, ProDrive, 348 hours. Tag #29794..... $355,000 (B) John Deere S680 540 hp, 400 bu, duals, power bin extensions..... Coming In (G) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, 765/593 hours. Tag #30191............ $275,000 (B) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, powertail, 26-ft. auger, 150 hours.. Coming In (G) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, powertail, 26-ft. auger, 150 hours.. Coming In (G) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, ProDrive, 803/535 hr. Tag #30145.. Coming In (L) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, 392/285 hours. Tag #27153.............$325,000 (L) John Deere S670 425 hp, 300 bu, ProDrive, 191/125 hr. Tag #27152.... $325,000 (G) John Deere 9870STS 440 hp, 300 bushels, 1301/926 hr. Tag #26934.. $228,000 (H) John Deere 9660STS 285 hp, 300 bu, tank extensions. Tag #29873.... $110,000 (H) John Deere 9610 275 hp, 240 bushels, 3790 hours. Tag #27456..... $52,000 (H) John Deere 9610 275 hp, chppr, 930 head, 3795/2675 hr. Tag#29745... $62,500 (H) John Deere 9600................Coming In (H) John Deere 9600, high hours.................... ........................................Coming In (H) John Deere 8820 230 head with bat reel.

Tag #29534..........................$18,500 (L) John Deere 7720 145 hp, 2250 hours, 224 head. Tag #26708................ $11,500 (L) John Deere 7720 Titan II 145 hp, 190 bu, chppr, 2937 hr. Tag #29897.$12,500 (H) Case IH 6088 305 hp, 300 bushel, 1240/977 hours. Tag #27905............ $195,000 (B) Case IH 7120 360 hp, 315 bu, 4 speed hydro, chppr. Tag #29478.$170,000 (H) Case IH 8120 420 hp, 350 bushel, 1265 hours Tag #27680............. $170,000 (H) Case IH 2388 280 hp, 210 bu, 2089/1550 hours. Tag #29747.............. $89,500 (H) Case IH 2388 280 hp, 210 bu, 3 speed, 3000/1930 hr. Tag #29852.. $72,000 (H) Case IH 1680 225 hp, 210 bushels, spreader, singles. Tag #29409....... $24,500 (G) Case IH 1680......................Coming in (H) Case IH 1680 275 hp, 210 bu, chopper, 3447 hr. Tag #24823.Auction 11/26 (H) Case IH 1680 225hp, 210 bushel, 3524 hours. Tag #23508....Auction 11/19 (G)

Lots of combine platforms in stock.

Misc Grain Handling

Westfield MK130-71 13”x71-ft. grain auger.

Tag #27534............................. $7000 (H) Farm King 8”x60-ft. PTO driven auger on transport. Tag #29233............$2500 (LV) Brandt 4500 grain vac. Tag #27094........... .............................................$10,500 (G) 30-ft. high speed header trailer. Tag #29023................................... $3500 (B)

Construction Equip.

John Deere CT323DT track loader, 1156 hours. Tag #21464...............$37,500 (L) John Deere 320 66 hp, 1950# lift, 3251 hours. Tag #26913.....Auction 11/19 (L) Case 450 skidsteer, 89 hp, 2450 lb............ ........................................Coming In (H) Case SV185 skidsteer, 60 hp, 1850 lb....... ........................................Coming In (H) Cat 420D backhoe, 88 hp, 4x4, cab, heater, 3224 hours. Tag #30226....$43,500 (LV) Bobcat 873 skidsteer, 73 hp, 2450 lb. Tag #30245................................ $12,500 (H) Bobcat S300 skidsteer, 75 hp, 3000 lb. lift, bkhoe, 1100 hr. Tag #26535..$45,000 (G) Bobcat boom mounted backhoe with 18” bucket. Tag #29597............... $1500 (B)

Tractors

John Deere 9560R 4WD, 560 hp, 730 hours. Tag #27163............. $307,500 (H) John Deere 9510R 4WD, 510 hp, GPS, AutoTrac, 600 hours. Tag #30229.$315,000 (B) John Deere 9460RT track tractor, 460 hp, GPS display, 450 hr........ Coming In (G) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, 713 hours. Tag #27156............. $297,000 (H) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, PTO, GPS, 400 hours.............. Coming In (G) John Deere 9460R 4WD, 460 hp, PTO, GPS, 400 hours.............. Coming In (G) John Deere 9300 4WD, 360 hp, new tires, auto steer, 4100 hours.....Coming In (H) John Deere 8420 MFWD, 235 hp, 5250 hours. Tag #25448............. $115,500 (H) John Deere 8330 MFWD, 250 hp, JD H480 loader. Tag #30148............ $169,500 (G) John Deere 8300 MFWD, 200 hp, duals, 7588 hours. Tag #25941.......$75,000 (L) John Deere 8230 MFWD, 235 hp, 16 speed, 13,500 hours. Tag #30117...... $89,000 (B) John Deere 7820 MFWD, 175 hp, PowrQuad, ldr, 7745 hr. Tag #28696....... $99,950 (LV) John Deere 7800 MFWD, 165 hp, 11,414 hours. Tag #27533............... $42,500 (B) John Deere 7730 IVT, 190 hp, MFWD, 1658 hours. Tag #25945..............$119,500 (B) John Deere 7720 MFWD, 165 hp, IVT, 4696 hours. Tag #30121............... $94,500 (H) John Deere 7410 120 hp, MFWD, cab, JD 740 loader, 11,864 hours.Coming In (L) John Deere 7400 MFWD, 115 hp, cab, JD 740 ldr, 9600 hr. Tag #28302.$43,500 (H) John Deere 7320 2WD, 130 hp, corner exhaust, 8599 hr. Tag #29279.....$43,900 (B) John Deere 7230 MFWD, 135 hp, loader, 2294 hours. Tag #29819...... $85,000 (G) John Deere 6140M 140 hp, MFWD, cab, loader, 125 hours............ Coming In (G) John Deere 6140M 140 hp, MFWD, cab, loader, 125 hours............ Coming In (G) John Deere 5420 65 hp, MFWD, open station, 1650 hour. Tag #30167.$27,500 (LV) John Deere 5055E MFWD, 55 hp, loader, 295 hours. Tag #24938........ $34,000 (H) John Deere 4640 2WD, 175 hp, 3 SCV’s, 18,885 hr. Tag #28413.Auction 11/19 (H) John Deere 4520 2WD, cab, synchro, loader, 8441 hr. Tag #30169.$12,500 (H) John Deere 4450 MFWD, 170 hp, JD 280 ldr, 12,800 hr. Tag #29386....$39,500 (L) John Deere 4240 125 hp, cab, PowerShift, loader, 6531 hr. Tag #29539.$21,000 (G) John Deere 4240 125 hp, cab, PowerShift, loader, 8000 hours......... Coming In (LV) John Deere 750 23 hp, 626 hours, loader.

Tag #26876............................. $5000 (G) Allis Chalmers 7080 2WD, 210 hp, cab, duals, 8163 hr. Tag #29821.... $8000 (G) Case IH 885 79 hp..............Coming In (H) Case IH 245 Magnum MFWD, 248 hp, cab, 2205 hr. Tag #28713.......... $144,900 (G) Case IH Puma 165 MFWD, 165 hp, CVX, ldr, 2350 hr. Tag #28111.......$95,000 (L) Case IH Maxxum 140 MFWD, 140 hp, ldr, grpl, 415 hr. Tag #29321.... $105,000 (H) Case IH Maxxum 140 MFWD, 140 hp, cab, loader, 1850 hr. Tag #30173.$91,500 (G) Case IH Maxxum 140 MFWD, 140 hp, cab, loader, 1850 hr. Tag #30174.$91,500 (G) Case IH 9380 4WD, 4 remotes, pwr shift.

Tag #27746.......................... $72,500 (H) Case IH 9380 4WD, 400 hp, triples, 4950 hours. Tag #30241............... $75,000 (H) Case IH 9180 4WD, 375 hp, 4 SCVs, 90% tires, 8519 hrs. Tag #27922.$62,500 (H)

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Case IH MXU130 MFWD, 130 hp, 4434 hours. Tag #26826............... $52,500 (G) Case IH MXU110 MFWD, 110 hp, cab, loader..............................Coming In (H) Case IH 4690 4WD, 261 hp, 7724 hours.

Tag #29838...........................$10,500 (L) Farmall 560 2WD, 60 hp, wide front, Shaver pounder. Tag #28780.Auction 11/26 (H) International 284 2WD, 28 hp, gas, 3-pt., 3259 hr. Tag #29163.Auction 11/19 (LV) International M 2WD, 36 hp, gas. Tag #27903......................Auction 11/19 (G) Kioti CK35, 35 hp, hydro transmission, loader, 3 hr. Tag #29176...... $21,500 (H) Long 460 2WD, loader, 45 hp, 1480 hours.

Tag #25975............................. $7250 (H) Ford 4110 2WD, 48 hp, open, canopy, 6212 hours. Tag #25210.....Auction 11/19 (G) Ford 6000 2WD, 60 hp, open, loader, 540 PTO, 6182 hr. Tag #28187....$6000 (LV) Ford 8770 MFWD, 190 hp, loader, 7200 hours. Tag #27800............... $55,000 (G) Steiger ST225 225 hp, 4WD, Cat engine, 20 spd, 9975 hr. Tag #29767.$12,500 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 325 hp, 4WD, 5377 hours. Tag #25295......Auction 11/19 (L) Versatile/Ford 946 4WD, 325 hp, 4 SCV’s, 10,700 hr. Tag #28227..........$25,000 (L) Versatile 895 4WD, 4 SCV’s, 9476 hours.

Tag #29016.......................... $17,000 (H) Versatile 895 4WD, 310 hp, 5 SCV’s, 10,500 hours. Tag #30200... $19,500 (H) Versatile 875 4WD, 280 hp...Coming In (L) Versatile 875 4WD, 280 hp, 6000 hours.

Tag #29627.......................... $19,000 (H)

Drills

John Deere 1910, 430 bu, 710/70R38 tires, single shoot. Tag #30204.... $78,500 (H) John Deere 1830 61-ft., 12.5” spacing, single shoot. Tag #30203.. $110,000 (H) John Deere 1890/1910 42-ft., 7.5”, 300 bu, tow between. Tag #30193.$145,000 (B) John Deere 1890/1910 50-ft., 7.5”, 350 bu, tow between. Tag #30194.$170,000 (B) John Deere 1820/1900 60-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot. Tag #25282.....$60,500 (L) John Deere 1820/1900 42-ft., 12” spacing, tow between. Tag #28966..$62,500 (LV) John Deere 9450 50-ft., 12” spacing. Tag #22937................................ $16,000 (H) Case IH ATX700 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27613...... $118,000 (H) Case IH 3430/800 70-ft., 12” spacing, 430 bushels...........................Coming In (H) Concord 3400 50-ft., 12”, 340 bu, tow between. Tag #30189............. $32,000 (G) Concord 3400 50-ft., 12”, 340 bu, tow between. Tag #30190............. $32,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 7500/2320 50-ft., 12” spacing.

Tag #29369......................... $37,500 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000 60-ft. Tag #29334............. ............................................$60,000 (G) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft., 9” spacing, double shoot. Tag #26849.. $53,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft..Coming In (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot. Tag #27296.. $45,000 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft., 3”, 230 bu, dbl sht, stl pckrs. Tag #28203... $64,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3430 57-ft., 9”, 430 bu, dbl sht, prim block. Tag #28175.$87,500 (H) Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 57-ft. 12” space, 340 bu, sngl sht. Tag #29895..... $49,500 (G) Flexi-Coil 7500/3450 60-ft., 9” spacing.

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

Tag #24886......................... $95,000 (H) Great Plains 30HC 30-ft. grain/fert box drill, 10” spacing. Tag #29839.$1950 (G) Kirschmann endwheel, 12-ft., 6” spacing, double disk. Tag #28795.......$2750 (LV)

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Miscellaneous

John Deere 825i UTV, gas, roof, exra lights, power box lift. Tag #29498...... $9250 (H) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, power steering, 437 hours. Tag #30227......... $11,500 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas. Tag #29748... ..............................................$10,500 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, 1102 hours. Tag #29262................................... $9500 (B) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, 460 hours. Tag #28964.................................$11,950 (L) John Deere 825i UTV, gas, dlx glass cab, htr, 760 hr. Tag #30034.......$14,500 (LV) John Deere 620i UTV, 4x4, gas. Tag #28998................................... $6000 (H) John Deere TX Gator UTV, 4x2, gas, 390 hours. Tag #29750.................. $6395 (B) Yamaha Rhino 660 UTV, 4x4, gas, poly cab. Tag #30210............. Coming In (G) Bobcat 2200 UTV, 4x4, automatic. Tag #28411.................................... $6500 (G) Land Pride Trakker UTV, 20hp, Honda gas, wndshld. Tag #28753.Auction 11/19 (H) KTM motorcycle. Tag #29394..... $6000 (G) Kawasaki 3010 Mule UTV, 4x4, gas, soft cab, 171 hours. Tag #29851... $6100 (H) Leon 12-ft. dozer, fits JD 8630, hyd. lift, no angle. Tag #27758.................. $3000 (H) Westendorf WL-42 nonself-level ldr, bckt, jystk, fit JD4240. Tag #28350...$5500 (LV) Degelman 7200 rock picker. Tag #28962.. ............................................. $17,500 (H) John Deere 54” front mount blade. Tag #25152...................... Auction 11/19 (B) John Deere 48” pallet fork for 6/7 series loader. Tag #28144................... $850 (H) Froniter AB12 bale spear, heavy duty, single tine. Tag #29837............. $750 (H) Lewco small sq bale grapple, fits JD 600/700 loaders. Tag #28723..$3500 (LV) Frontier AS10H 10-ft. snow push, fits JD 300/400 series ldr. Tag #24539..$2200 (B) Ford pallet loader forks off a Ford 8770. Tag #27801.....................................$750 (G) Bush Hog RZ60 5-ft. rotary cutter. Tag #26096..................................... $900 (G)

Degelman 7200 14-ft. HD 6-way hydraulic dozer blade. Tag #28332......$26,500 (L) Eagle 6-ft. 3-point mount tandem disk harrow. Tag #29601....................... $950 (B) Gannon HD21SL 6-ft. 3-pt. box blade, scarifier teeth. Tag #30114..............$750 (LV) Rhino BX72 6-ft. 3-point mount box blade with scarifiers. Tag #29603....... $750 (B) Tufline TB296 8-ft. 3-pt. mount box blade, scarifiers. Tag #29712............ $1299 (B) Rhino PHD post hole digger, 3-point, 540 PTO, 12” bit. Tag #29602......... $950 (B) Woods 5000 chipper, 3-point, PTO drive, 5” capacity. Tag #26422.Auction 11/19 (B) Wheatheart auger, bucket mount, hydraulic drive. Tag #30138..................... $500 (G) Beltec M300 hydraulic drive auger............ ........................................ Coming In (G) Steiner SSB-480 4-ft. snowblower, 3-pt., 540 PTO. Tag #26427.Auction 11/19 (B) Shaver 901 post hole digger with two bits.

Tag #20775..............................$1100 (B) Trailmax TD-40-FBR trailer, 46,800 GVW, 19-ft.+ 5-ft.Tag #29208.......$15,000 (LV)

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Misc Haying

Hesston 4910 4x4 big square baler with accumulator. Tag #29489.... $36,000 (H) Tonutti 6-ft. sickle bar mower, 3-point. Tag #26780..................................$1350 (LV) New Holland 1048 self-propelled 2 wide balewagon. Tag #27743...... $11,500 (H) New Holland 1044 pull-type 3 wide bale wagon. Tag #28800...............$4500 (LV) Sitrex RP4 hay rake. Tag #22995..$850 (G) Sitrex RP4 8-wheel hay rake. Tag #29496. ................................................ $2200 (H) Haybuster 2640 round bale processor, grain tank. Tag #28033.........$23,000 (L) Haybuster 256+II round bale processor. Tag #30033................................... $6500 (H)

Lawn & Garden

John Deere 1435 72” deck, diesel, front mower. Tag #26517................ $7500 (H) John Deere 757 commercial zero turn mower, 60” deck. Tag #29095................ ................................................$5600 (G) John Deere X540 54” deck, bagger, shovel, canopy, 187 hr. Tag #30060... $6900 (B) John Deere X320 48” deck, hydro, v-twin engine. Tag #29395................ $2700 (B) John Deere X300 42” deck, hydro, mulching deck. Tag #29330................... $2300 (B) John Deere X300 42” deck, hydro, v-twin, 140 hours. Tag #30119........... $2300 (B) John Deere X304 42” deck, hydro, 4 wheel steer, bagger. Tag #29697...... $2950 (H) John Deere Z665 60” deck, zero-turn. New never used. Tag #29609............. Call (L) John Deere Z425 48” deck, zero-turn, bagger, power flow. Tag #29629....$4999 (L) John Deere Z225 42” deck, 18 hp, zero turn, bagger. Tag #29707................ $2150 (H) John Deere Z245 zero turn mower, 48” deck. Tag #19680................... $3599 (G) John Deere 48C Powerflow bagger. Tag #23618..................................... $900 (B)

John Deere LT180 42” deck, hydro, Kawasaki v-twin. Tag #29061.......... $1600 (B) John Deere LT170 42” deck, lawn tractor, hydro. Tag #29762...................$1350 (L) John Deere LT160 16 hp, hydro transmission. Tag #25935.................... $1500 (G) John Deere LT160 16 hp, hydro, 42” deck, Kohler engine. Tag #28586..... $1200 (G) John Deere L120, 109 hours. Tag #28937 ................................................$1300 (G) John Deere L115, 42” deck, bagger. Tag #28870......................................$900 (L) John Deere 265 46” deck, hydro, tiller. Tag #29512....................................$1750 (L) Sabre 1438HS lawn tractor, 38” deck, hydro.

Tag #29266................................$650 (L) Toro Z480 hydro transmission with bagger.

Tag #25903............................. $1900 (G) Dixon ZTR-4424 zero turn mower, 44” deck, hydro. Tag #29165...................$1099 (L) Husqvarna RZ5424 24 hp, 54” deck, hydro, zero turn. Tag #29443............. $3500 (H) John Deere 44 44” blade for 300 series tractors. Tag #29331................. $250 (B) John Deere 1028E walk behind snowblower, 10 hp. Tag #28938....... $950 (G) Swisher Quad Boss 44” pull-type mower, 12.5 hp. Tag #29763................$1350 (L)

Round Balers

John Deere 569 net wrap, MegaWide, 1000 PTO. Tag #26988................ $43,000 (H) John Deere 569 net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO, 2496 bales. Tag #27796.......$43,000 (L) John Deere 569 net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO, 2292 bales. Tag #27797.....$43,000 (LV) John Deere 569 net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO, 2406 bales. Tag #27798.....$43,000 (LV) John Deere 569 net wrap only, MegaWide, 1000 bales...................... Coming In (G) John Deere 568 net, MegaWide, 1000 PTO, hyd lift, big tires. Tag #30225.$28,500 (H) John Deere 568 net/twine, MegaWide, big tires. Tag #29333................. $36,000 (G) John Deere 568 net wrap, MegaWide, 12,000 bales.................... Coming In (L) John Deere 568 twine/net, MegaWide, big tires. Tag #29448................. $26,000 (H) John Deere 568 twine/net, MegaWide, big tires. Tag #29449................. $27,000 (H) John Deere 568, net wrap, wide pickup, 1000 PTO. Tag #29713....... $39,000 (H) John Deere 568 net wrap, wide pickup, 5409 bales. Tag #29717...... $34,000 (H) John Deere 568 net, wide pckp, 1000 PTO, 8161 bales. Tag #30199.......$35,000 (L)

Windrowers & Mower Conditioners

John Deere 995 16-ft. rotary, V10 conditioner, 300 hr. Tag #27478....$32,000 (L) John Deere R450 16-ft. rotary, 995 platform, 850 hours. Tag #30181........ $98,000 (H) Case IH WDX1903 16-ft. rotary platform, 262 hours. Tag #30228.........$95,000 (L) Case IH 8820 75 hp, 16-ft. hay head, 25-ft. draper, 4261 hr. Tag #26537.$29,500 (H) MacDon M200 35-ft. draper, triple delivery, 1809 hours. Tag #27562.....$94,500 (LV) MacDon 9352i 1857 hours, 30-ft. draper head. Tag #27322................ $71,000 (G) MacDon 9352i 16-ft. sickle head, steel conditioner. Tag #29518...... $64,900 (G) MacDon 9000 18-ft. hay head, 960 36-ft. draper. Tag #29419.............. $33,000 (G) Hesston 9260 16-ft. rotary head, 1350 hours. Tag #29393................$57,500 (L) Hesston 9365 15-ft. rotary platform. Tag #29446...............................$74,500 (LV) Case IH SDX100 14-ft. swing tongue sickle moco. Tag #29506..............$13,950 (LV) John Deere 946 13-ft. 2-point Impeller. Tag #26996...............................$29,500 (LV) John Deere 945 13-ft. rubber roll conditioner. Tag #26612............... $13,000 (G) MacDon A30D 16-ft. sickle swing tongue.

Tag #29324...........................$31,000 (L) MacDon 5020 16-ft. pickup reel. Tag #27325................................ $15,000 (H) MacDon 5000 16-ft. swing tongue, sickle, steel conditioner. Tag #29643.$7500 (LV) MacDon R85 16-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #28056............... $34,200 (G) New Holland 116 14-ft. swing tongue, sickle mo-co. Tag #29485................. $4500 (B) New Holland 116 swing tongue, sickle mo-co............................... Coming In (L) New Holland HW300 2362 hours, 16-ft. double sickle. Tag #27464....$36,900 (L) New Holland H7460 15.5-ft. rotary mower conditioner. Tag #27697...... $29,900 (G) New Holland 1475 16-ft. mower conditioner.

Tag #29526...........................$12,500 (L) New Holland 1114, gas, 14-ft. sickle, rubber conditioner. Tag #29593...... $11,500 (H)

John Deere 567 net wrap, wide pickup, 21,658 bales. Tag #29387... $18,500 (B) John Deere 567 net wrap, MegaWide, push bar, 1000 PTO. Tag #29098...$15,900 (B) John Deere 567 net wrap, MegaWide, push bar. Tag #29595................... $15,500 (H) John Deere 567 twine only, MegaWide, 540 PTO, 19,900 bls. Tag #29655.$13,500(G) John Deere 567 twine only, MegaWide, 540 PTO, 29,900 bls. Tag #29628$12,500 (LV) John Deere 567 twine only, 13,000 bales.

Tag #29743...........................$14,950 (L) John Deere 567 twine only, 10,573 bales.

Tag #29825...........................$17,500 (L) John Deere 567 twine only, wide pickup, 11,019 bales. Tag #30009... $16,500 (H) John Deere 567 twine only, 20,822 bales.

Tag #30131...........................$14,950 (L) John Deere 566 14,197 bales. Tag #30149................................ $10,500 (G) John Deere 566 twine only, hydraulic pickup lift. Tag #29510.................... $10,000 (H) John Deere 566 net wrap, 540 PTO. Tag #26448......................Auction 11/19 (G) John Deere 566 twine only. Tag #27448... ............................................. $12,750 (H) John Deere 566 twine only, 14,000 bales.

Tag #29826...........................$13,500 (L) John Deere 535 twine only, push bar. Tag #30185..................................$4000 (LV) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #23888... ................................... Auction 11/19 (H) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #29519... ...................................Auction 11/19 (G) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #29508... ................................................ $3800 (H) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #29870... ...................................Auction 11/26 (G) John Deere 535 twine only. Tag #30036... ................................................$4500 (G) John Deere 435 double twine wrap, hydraulic lift. Tag #29673...... Auction 11/19 (H) Case IH RBX564 twine/net, 540 PTO, 7800 bales. Tag #29623......Auction 11/26 (L) Case IH RBX562 twine only. Tag #29529.. ....................................Auction 11/26 (L) Case IH RBX563 net wrap. Tag #27090.... ................................... Auction 11/19 (H) Case IH RS561 twine/net push bar. Tag #29538......................Auction 11/19 (G) Massey Ferguson 2856 , 5x6. Tag #28275......................Auction 11/19 (G) New Holland BR7090 Extra Sweep pickup.

Tag #26231.......................... $23,500 (H) New Holland BR7090 twine only. Tag #27129................................ $11,500 (H) New Holland BR780A twine, 540 PTO, 5328 bales. Tag #27923...... $12,500 (H) New Holland BR780A twine, 540 PTO, 6447 bales. Tag #27924...... $12,500 (H) New Holland BR780 net wrap, hyd. pu lift.

Tag #27625.................Auction 11/26 (L) New Holland BR780 net wrap. Tag #27465.......................Auction 11/19 (L) New Holland 688 twine only. Tag #27172.. ....................................Auction 11/19 (L) New Holland 688 twine/net, gathering whls, 21,700 bales. Tag #30213...... $6000 (B) New Holland 664 twine/net. Tag #26714... ...................................Auction 11/19 (G) New Holland 664 5x6, twine only, gathering wheels. Tag #29017.Auction 11/19 (LV) New Holland 664 5x6, twine only. Tag #29206 .....................Auction 11/26 (G) Vermeer 605M net, wide pickup, 1000 PTO, 4800 bales. Tag #30214.....$24,000 (LV)

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John Deere 5420, 65 hp, MFWD, power reverser, loader, 1647 hours. Tag #30167....... $27,500 (LV)

John Deere 8300, 200 hp, MFWD, weighted front and rear, duals, 7278 hours. Tag #25941.. $75,000 (L) John Deere 7320, 105 hp, 2WD, 8600 hours. Very Clean. Tag #29279.............................$43,900 (B)

John Deere 4255, 120 hp, 2WD, PowerShift, 3 SCV’s, 540/1000 PTO, 14,972 hr. Tag #29836.$31,900 (L)

2007 TrailMax TD40FBR 24-ft. trailer, 46,800 lb GVW, air brakes. Tag #29208..................... $15,000 (LV)

John Deere 331 30-ft. tandem disk, 3 section fold.

Tag #28674........................................ $14,500 (L) Case IH Magnum 245, 245 hp, MFWD, powershift, 2205 hours. Tag #28713...................$144,900 (G)

Case IH MXU130, MFWD, powershift, loader, 4436 hours. Tag #26826..............................$52,500 (H)

Case IH Maxxum 140, 140 hp, MFWD, loader, grapple, 415 hours. Tag #29321.......$105,000 (H) John Deere 4450, MFWD, PowerShift, 280 loader, 12,500 hours. Tag #29386.................. $39,500 (L)

John Deere 7230, 110 hp, MFWD, 740MSL loader grapple, 2294 hours. Tag #29819.......$85,000 (G)

John Deere 4920, 120-ft. boom, 20” spacing, 4230 hours. Autotrac ready. Tag #28120...$115,000 (H)

John Deere 825i UTV, gas, 4x4, EFI, deluxe glass cab, heat. Tag #30034...................... $14,500 (LV)

John Deere 7730, 190 hp, IVT, MFWD, 1582 hours.

Tag #25945......................................$119,500 (B) 2011 Case IH Patriot 3330, 100-ft. boom, Aim Command, 1700 hours. Tag #27909........$210,000 (B)

2014 John Deere 569, net/twine, wide pickup, 2296 bales. Tag #27797............................ $43,000 (LV)

2012 John Deere 9560R, 4 hydraulics, 800R38 tires, 591 hours. Tag #27163.....................$307,500 (H)

2014 John Deere 569 baler, net/twine, wide pickup, 2496 bales. Tag #27796..................... $43,000 (L)

John Deere 4830, 100-ft. boom, 20” spacing, 1000 gallon, 341 hours. Tag #28071.........$271,000 (B)

MacDon M200 with 36-ft. triple delivery head, 1850 hours. Tag #27562............................ $94,500 (LV)

Cat 420D backhoe, 4x4, cab, heat, extend-a-hoe, 3224 hours. Tag #30226................... $43,500 (LV)

Hesston 9365 190 hp, 15-ft. rotary platform, 988 hours. Tag #29446............................ $74,500 (LV)

Case IH 6088, 2WD, Pro600 touchscreen, long auger, 1130 hours. Tag #27905...................$195,000 (B)

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WSU to develop national database system for crop genomic research

By Sylvia Kantor, Washington State University Extension organization, storage, analysis, and curaWashington State University (WSU) has tion the system will help standardize crop been awarded a five-year $2 million Nationgenetic research. al Research Support Project grant to build “In Washington State, which grows 300 and maintain a national system for sharing different crops, only a few can afford to digital plant genetic resources. Known as take advantage of new genetic procedures NRSP10, the project is the tenth National like marker assisted breeding,” said Mike Research Support Project in the nation.

Kahn, associate director of the Washington The system will support research for 24 State Agricultural Experiment Station. crops grown in all 50 states, collectively “This grant provides the infrastructure and valued at $23.6 billion in 2012. However, technical support to access the genetic data the concept is flexible enough to have imneeded to do genomic research and breeding pact on other crops and organisms that are nationwide.” valuable to U.S. agriculture.

Input and feedback over the five-year “Recent advances in genomic, genetic project from scientists across the nation will and breeding technologies have led to a ensure a robust system that serves multiple paradigm shift in crop science research,” research needs. said Dorrie Main, associate professor of The project represents a collaboration horticulture and the project lead. “The shift among commodity groups for tree fruit, is generating petabytes of data that must be berries, legumes, and cotton; the USDA organized, stored, analyzed and integrated Agricultural Research Service; and 40 sciso that the data are accessible and useful to entists at 12 universities including Clemson multiple research communities,” she said.

University, Cornell University, Michigan One petabyte equals one million gigaState University, North Dakota State Unibytes, or one thousand terabytes. versity, Oregon State University, Salve Main explained that many existing geRegina University, University of California nomic databases were developed in isolation at Riverside, University of Florida, Univerusing different approaches to the organizasity of Georgia, University of Minnesota, tion of the data for a specific organism. The University of Tennessee and Washington new system will allow multiple databases State University. to operate under a commonly agreed set of rules using a common language.

An outgrowth of the Genome Database ##### for Rosaceae developed by Main and her It’s not true that married men live longer colleagues, the system is being built using than single men. It only seems longer. an open source software platform called ##### TRIPAL. By establishing standards, proMarriage means commitment. Of course, tocols and applications for data collection, so does insanity.

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4 Total time 3730 hours with a 100 hp.

Continental engine, 1010 hours SMOH. 4 Propeller is legal 72” S.T.C. for more power during ski operation, high altitude and take offs.

4 Wings just recovered with polyfiber fabric.

4 Wings, flaps, ailerons and wheel pants were painted to match the fuselage which has perfect paint on it.

4 Upholstery matches and is like new.

4 Cleveland wheels and brakes, Scott tailwheel and skis included.

4 New tires all around.

4 Com radio and head sets.

4 New annual date of sale.

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Please call Forrest at cell (406) 439-0653, leave message with your phone number, thank you.

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VW13CC

VW1C

Original 3/8” JD Acraplant Great Plains - Morris 310

VW10FC - 41/4” - full carbide front and sides - single shoot up to 31/2” spread - shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth.

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

VW18HDS

Harmon double shoot seed boot.

Carbides protect seed opening.

Morris double shoot

Opener shown with VWM1C - main front drill point with two carbides.

VWM3C and 4M4C - side plates with carbide imbedded and full carbide M2C deflector.

VW2CC

Has two front carbides.

Shown on JD opener.

VWHC1

Small Harmon point - large carbide.

VW10FC - full carbide

Shown on Bourgault opener.

VWHC2

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

JD 1890 seed boot

VW2CC

This drill point - The VW2CC also fits this opener.

VW11FC - 3 /4” - full carbide 1

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

with three carbides along wear edge to prevent wear and comes with bushings in bolt holes. Will likely outlast your drill!!

VW16 B 2C

VW3C

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

Fits Versatile - Cereal.

VW46J.D.S.T.

Carbide tipped - two carbides - for J.D. strip till.

VWJ.D.1870 fertilizer knife

Large carbide - long wear.

VW11FC - 31/4” drill point

VW4C

Shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault openers

Fits IH Eagle Beak opener IH 7200 - IH 8500

VW17FS

Flexi scraper - carbide tip.

Many times life of original.

1

Bourgault Spoons

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

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

VW12FC - 21/4” - full carbide Up to 1.5” spread. Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits on VW14FB and Flexi Stealth

VW12FC drill point shown VW7CC - 2 carbides

Shown on Bourgault opener Also fits Flexi Stealth opener

VW27

/8 shim - for all C shanks.

Tip opener up or down.

on VW14FB. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth single shoot drill point.

VW22G1B

JD spear point and Danish tine, three carbides - many times life of original

VW32 p.r.d.s.

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VW13CC - chrome - carbide VW7CC - 2 carbides

Shown on VW14FB. Also shown on VW14FB is VW21DSF

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

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By NDSU Extension Service Producers in the soybean specialty market may be interested in ND1406HP, a new variety developed by the North Dakota State University (NDSU) soybean breeding program. ND1406HP is a conventional (non-GMO) soybean that was released this year from the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

“ND1406HP is intended for the high-protein, tofu or soymilk specialty markets,” says Ted Helms, NDSU soybean breeder. “I am excited about this release because ND1406HP has better yield and quality for these specialty uses than other NDSU varieties. However, it is important for some growers to note that it lacks a major gene for phytophthora root rot resistance.”

ND1406HP has had consistently high protein content. It also is more resistant to lodging than Prosoy and is rated higher than Prosoy in overall tofu quality. Characteristics of ND1406HP include 0.6 maturity, purple flower color, gray pubescence, yellow hila with dull seed coat luster and brown pod color. ND1406HP is tolerant to metribuzin herbicide at the recommended rate of application.

Compared with the conventional NDSU soybean variety Sheyenne, ND1406HP has 3 percent higher protein content, matures three days earlier and yields 6 bushels per acre less. Earlier-maturing varieties can help reduce the risk of yield reduction in a cool year with an early fall freeze.

“ND1406HP will be attractive for people in the foodgrade soybean market because of its potential to be an earlier tofu soybean with high yield,” says Tom Teigen, NDSU Agronomy Seed Farm director. “It also has better quality and shorter maturity than Prosoy, the current industry standard specialty soybean.”

Helms credits the North Dakota Soybean Council and North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station for their continued support of the NDSU soybean breeding program, especially in the development of ND1406HP. The North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association has a license agreement with the NDSU Research Foundation to produce and distribute ND1406HP seed through Dakota Select Seed. There is a one-time $100 membership fee to join Dakota Select Seed. A variety access fee of $100 per variety per year also is charged.

For more information, contact Gonzalo Rojas, Foundation Seedstocks assistant director, at (701) 231-8168 or gonzalo.rojas@ndsu.edu.

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By University of Wyoming Extension The revised “A Field Guide to Wyoming Grasses” is back on bookshelves.

Out of print for nearly two years, retired University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources professor Quentin Skinner created a more user-friendly version by making scientific names easier to find and updated format inconsistencies on nearly all of the 608 full-color pages.

Long-time proponents of UW’s Range Club, Skinner and his wife, Arlene, have directed all proceeds of this latest version toward club members.

“Arlene and I have always believed it was an important part of our education at UW and should be for theirs,” explained Skinner. “Selling this book, gaining the experience of marketing a product and using the proceeds to attend state, regional, and national meetings is but one small way we could help them become successful as managers of people, rangeland, livestock and wildlife.”

Skinner said the book is a great resource for managers of natural resources, both public and private.

“It is but a field guide but serves the user on the ground very well,” he said. “ It will always be a popular and valuable source and tool for those interested in grasses of Wyoming and the western U.S.” Hard copies may be purchased for $55 plus $5 shipping by contacting Dee Bixby at bixbyd@uwyo.edu or 307766-2115. An online order form can be found by going to www.uwyo.edu/ces and clicking Publications in the left-hand column, typing RJ-215 in the search field, click on the title then Request Copy.

Can dung beetles aid food safety?

By Sylvia Kantor, WSU CAHNRS Communications For farmers, especially organic farmers, who are increasingly challenged by food safety guidelines, dung beetles could provide an elegant solution to a vexing problem.

Entomologists at Washington State University (WSU) are investigating whether dung beetles could suppress harmful foodborne pathogens in the soil before they can spread to humans.

The research will take place on 45 farms in Washington, Oregon and California, thanks to a $500,000 grant recently awarded by the USDA NIFA Organic Research and Extension Initiative.

“Every vegetable grower struggles with this issue regardless of management practices,” said Bill Snyder, WSU professor of entomology. “It’s a wide open area where there is a hunger for more information and not a lot of good information out there.”

Attacking E. coli Dung beetles play an important role in removing feces above ground and in killing pathogens in the feces that they feed on.

“We’re trying to pay attention to the ecology of the pathogen,” said Matt Jones, a doctoral student who will lead the three-year investigation of the feces-feeding insects. “You can think of dung beetles as an ecologically based cleanup crew.”

Droppings left by wildlife, domestic animals, and birds that carry harmful E. coli bacteria can contaminate farm produce, putting consumers and farmers at risk for illness and lawsuits.

Some farmers have pulled out windbreaks, drained ponds, and installed extensive fencing in order to decrease the risk of contamination from rodents, deer, and birds. These measures are expensive and not necessarily backed by scientific research to reduce risk, Snyder said. Simplifying the landscape in this way runs counter to the organic approach of increasing diversity on the farm in order to take advantage of natural ecosystem processes like pollination and pest control.

“We could be making the problem worse.” Snyder said.

“By simplifying the environment do you reduce the population of dung beetles?”

Different types of dung beetles have evolved diverse ways of eating, living in, and laying their eggs in animal feces.

Together these approaches provide a “blanket attack” on animal feces.

Farm-based research Jones wants to understand the relationships between the beetles’ activities, farm management practices, and the natural suppression of human-pathogenic E. coli.

He will collect data at organic, conventional and integrated livestock/produce farms about the number of dung beetle species, how they are spread across different types of farms, and how quickly they consume animal feces.

In the lab, he’ll measure the survival rate of the particularly harmful O157:H7 E. coli bacteria in soils collected from the farms in the presence of the different species of dung beetles.

Food safety begins on the farm Most food safety guidelines, known as Good Agricultural Practices or GAPs, focus on improving post-harvest handling practices.

The ultimate goal of this project is to provide new and long-time growers with tools to effectively improve the natural suppression of human pathogens on the farm, and to inform the debate on farm-based food safety practices with scientific research.

Jones said it’s too soon to know just what the potential management strategies might be but the project includes extension components to make sure growers are informed.

A series of farm-walk field days called “Dirty jobs: Nature’s pooper scoopers and how they can help save your farm” will be offered to teach growers how to monitor dung beetles on their farms.

Meanwhile, Jones has his work cut out for him.

“It’s a glamorous project,” Snyder jokes. “Matt drives around to all these farms with a freezer full of pig poop for baiting dung beetle monitoring traps.”

In addition to Snyder and Jones, the project team includes Thomas Besser, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine; John Reganold, WSU Crop and Soil Sciences; Daisy Fu, WSU Entomology; and David Headrick, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. ##### 10,000 years ago, the state’s eastern edge, of North Dakota, was a vast glacial lake bed.

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With climate change, the 2012 summer could be normal

By Dan Moser, IANR News Service Nebraskans who wonder what climate change could portend for the state have a recent reference point: the summer of 2012. The worst drought in the region’s recorded history, it could be just a typical summer by century’s end, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientists warn.

Don Wilhite, longtime climate scientist, led a discussion of climate change at the first Heuermann Lecture of 2014-15.

Wilhite and other UNL scientists discussed their new report “Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska” before several hundred people at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center.

Although the extent of human beings’ contribution to climate change remains a point of political contention in the United States, Wilhite said there’s virtually no scientific doubt left. Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists now believe human behavior is changing the climate.

Although the Earth has gone through ice ages and warm periods throughout its history, the warming of the planet is occurring at a faster rate than ever before, and it’s become clear to scientists that shifting land use patterns, burning of fossil fuels and other actions are quickening the pace, Wilhite said.

He pointed to 10 indicators measured globally over decades, all of which indicate the earth’s climate is warming.

They include temperatures over oceans and land, snow cover, ocean heat content and sea surface temperatures. Wilhite also said that July 2014 was the 353rd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.

Wilhite acknowledged projections are not certain because it’s impossible to predict how human behavior might change in the coming decades to contend with climate change.

Average temperatures in Nebraska could increase 4-5 degrees up to 8-9 degrees by 2071-2099. Days of 100-degree temperatures could increase by 13-16 per year, up to 22-25.

The frost-free season, having already increased 5-25 days, could increase by another two weeks.

Wilhite pointed to the 2012 summer, when McCook and Lincoln experienced 37 and 17 100-degree days, respectively – 11 and 4.6 days more than normal.

“2012 would be an average summer” if climate change projections are accurate, Wilhite said.

Some regions of the United States would be “winners” in climate change, but “losers” would include the Great Plains, the Southwest and the Southeast, Wilhite said.

Other coauthors of the report offered some perspective in a question and answer session. Deborah Bathke, an assistant professor of practice in meteorology-climatology, said UNL is well-positioned with its variety of expertise to help find answers to climate change. She urged “a positive, solutionsoriented focus rather than a doom and gloom approach.”

Robert Oglesby, a professor of climate modeling at UNL, said the United States has a responsibility to provide leadership on the issue, but many politicians instead point to other countries, such as India and China, where rapid industrialization has had significant environmental impacts.

“We used to think of ourselves as leaders. Waiting to see how other countries act is not leading,” he said. “Do we have the will or do we not have the will?”

Wilhite said he hopes the UNL report will provide a foundation to state and federal policy makers. In addition to its summary of scientific evidence of climate change, he noted, the report features commentaries from several key sectors in Nebraska, including water resources, energy supply and use, agriculture, forestry, human health, ecosystems, urban systems, infrastructure and rural communities.

The entire report is available at go.unl.edu/climatechange.

Heuermann Lectures focus on providing and sustaining enough food, natural resources and renewable energy for the world’s people, and on securing the sustainability of rural communities where the vital work of producing food and renewable energy occurs. They are made possible by a gift from B. Keith and Norma Heuermann of Phillips, long-time university supporters with a strong commitment to Nebraska’s production agriculture, natural resources, rural areas and people.

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Understanding corn shrink

By Kim Dillivan, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist Shrink is the loss of weight caused by dryCalculating Total Shrink ing and handling the grain and is expressed Grain buyers will account for both moisture shrink and handling loss. This is called as a percentage of the original quantity. It is a loss of revenue associated with mechanitotal shrink and to calculate buyers will often cally drying corn. Corn buyers account for use either drying tables or a constant shrink shrink by discounting the price per bushel factor. Grain drying tables include a water that they offer (i.e. a charge per bushel) or by shrink loss (calculated using shrink factors calculating the reduction in bushels. When from Table 1) plus a loss from handling. Ofproducers are considering whether to sell ten this handling loss is assumed to be 0.5%. corn at harvest or store on-farm, all costs, Using the example above, corn dried from including shrink, must be evaluated.

25 to 15% moisture has a moisture weight Moisture Shrink loss equal to 11.76% (10 x 1.176). Adding When corn is dried, the largest component in a handling loss of 0.5% gives an assumed of weight loss is the removal of moisture. total weight loss of 12.26%.

This loss of mass is called moisture shrink Another method used to calculate shrink and is calculated by multiplying a moisture is to use a constant shrink factor; often 1.3, shrink factor by the percentage of water 1.4, or 1.5 per percentage point of moisture removed. removed. A constant shrink factor is used The moisture shrink factor (% weight loss to account for both water and handling per % moisture removed) is equal to: losses. Total shrink (% total weight loss) is 100/(100 – final moisture %) found by multiplying the percentage moisFor example, corn dried to 15% moisture removed by the constant shrink factor. ture has a shrink factor of 1.176 (100/85).

For example, assuming a constant shrink Moisture shrink factors are independent of factor of 1.4, corn dried from 25 to 14.5% the initial corn moisture percentage. Moismoisture (loss of 10.5 percentage points of ture shrink factors are dependent on final water) has an assumed loss of mass equal moisture percentage and several are shown to 14.7% (10.5 x 1.4). In this example, the in Table 1. estimated water loss equals 12.27% (10.5 x The moisture shrink factor is a constant 1.169). Therefore the grain buyer is assumfor each final moisture level achieved. For ing a handling loss of 2.43% (14.7 – 12.27). example, the moisture shrink (weight loss) is The handling loss assumed increases as 1.176% for each point of moisture removed the constant shrink factor is increased. Table when the final moisture content of the corn 2 provides handling loss values for various is 15% (Table 1). constant shrink factors based on 15% final Table 1. Moisture Shrink Factors for Final Moisture Levels corn moisture. The handling loss is found by subtracting the water shrink from the total shrink.

Corn shrink occurs whether the grain is stored on-farm or at a commercial facility. Shrink is a reduction of grain weight (mass) and results when corn is dried to a moisture content that is safe for storage. When corn buyers apply a constant shrink factor to estimate shrink (e.g. 1.4), they are As mentioned earlier, moisture shrink (% accounting for moisture and handling losses. weight loss) equals the percentage of moisProducers can use Table 2 to find the hanture removed multiplied by the moisture dling losses assumed by buyers when they shrink factor. For example, corn dried from apply a constant shrink factor to purchases 25 to 15.5% moisture (loss Table 2. Handling Loss for Various Constant Shrink Factors for 15% of 9.5 percentage points of Moisture Corn water) has a loss of mass equal to 11.23% (9.5 x 1.183). In this example, the percentage reduction from the original weight (11.23%) represents the amount of water removed when drying 25% moisture corn to 15.5%.

Handling Loss Although the majority of weight lost when drying corn is a consequence of water removal, some dry matter is also of corn dried to 15%. lost. Called handling loss (sometimes called For Further Information invisible shrink), this small reduction in Many useful calculations and procedures mass results from broken kernels, foreign affecting corn harvesting, drying, and marmaterial, loss of oil or other compounds, and keting are in: continued respiration of the seed kernels.

• Useful calculations: corn yields and However, handling losses are usually quite storage requirements (http://pubstorage. small relative to water loss. sdstate.edu/AgBio_Publications/articles/ The amount of handling loss depends on ec929.14.pdf). Pp. 111–19. In Clay, D.E., several factors, including the physical qualK.D Reitsma, and S.A, Clay (eds). Best ity of the corn, the method used to dry the Management Practices for Corn Production corn, how long the corn is dried, and how in South Dakota. EC929. South Dakota the corn is handled during drying. AccordState University, South Dakota Cooperative ing to Hicks and Cloud (2001), research at Extension Service, Brookings, SD Iowa State University estimated on-farm Reference handling losses ranging from 0.22 to 1.71%; Hicks, D.R. and H.A. Cloud. 2001. Uniand losses from commercial drying systems versity of Minnesota. Calculating grain weight shrinkage in corn due to mechaniranged from 0.64 to 1.33%. Hicks and Cloud found the 3-year on-farm handling loss avercal drying (http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/ Management/pdfs/NCH61.pdf). NCH-61, age was 0.82% compared to 0.88% for the commercial facilities.

National Corn Handbook, Iowa State University Extension.

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John Deere 455 30-ft. double disk, 7.5” spacing. #C014711.........................................$26,500 (K) John Deere 450 13-ft. double disk, 7.5” spacing, grass seeder. #C018106...................$10,900 (K) John Deere 450 13-ft. double disk, 7.5” spacing. #C014983............................................$8900 (M) John Deere 8300 13-ft. double disk, 6” spacing, fertilizer. #C018916..............................$7950 (R) John Deere BD1113 13-ft. double disk, grass seeder. #C015356.............................$15,900 (R) John Deere B 12-ft., grass seeder. #C018969......... ...............................................................$850 (R) Lilliston 10-ft., grass seeder, fertilizer. #C018035.... .............................................................$9500 (M) Case IH 6300 double 10-ft. drills. #C019214............. .............................................................$8500 (R) International 620 12’6” drill. #C020611....$3500 (K) Ezee-On 5500 air drill, 3175 cart. #C019884............ ..........................................................$18,000 (K)

John Deere 970 24-ft. roller harrow. #C014453........ ..........................................................$21,500 (M) John Deere 970 24-ft. roller harrow. #C014530........ ..........................................................$22,500 (R) John Deere 970 15-ft. roller harrow. #C017275........ ..........................................................$11,500 (K) John Deere 930 3-pt. 15-ft. roller harrow. #C014205 .............................................................$2500 (M) International 415 28-ft. roller harrow. #C019237...... ..........................................................$12,500 (M) Pepin 20-ft. spike tooth harrow. #C020132$5000 (K) John Deere 630 26-ft. tandem disk. #C020021........ ..........................................................$22,500 (M) John Deere 330 29-ft. tandem disk. #C017726........ ..........................................................$10,500 (M) John Deere 310 12-ft. tandem disk. #C018105........ .............................................................$5900 (M) John Deere 230 24-ft. tandem disk. #C017723........ .............................................................$7900 (R) John Deere 230 12-ft. heavy duty tandem disk. #C020022............................................$5500 (M) John Deere 220 22-ft. disk. #C010016.....$2950 (R) John Deere BWF 18-ft. disk. #C011298...$3950 (K) Krause 28-ft. tandem disk. #C017474.......$7900 (K) GN 3-pt. 6-ft. tandem disk. #C020556..........$700 (M) Krause 27-ft. field cultivator. #C017615....$3500 (K) International 770 pull plow. #C013732.....$2950 (K) International 550 plow. #C020610..............$900 (K) Ford 3-pt. 10-ft. cultivator. #C012449........$1250 (M) John Deere 1600 12-ft. chisel plow. #C017004........ .............................................................$5900 (M) Minneapolis Moline CP210 14-ft. chisel plow. #C015638............................................$1750 (M) John Deere 3100 plow. #C003977..............$950 (K) Rite-Way 34-ft. coil packer. #C019091...$11,500 (R) AerWay 12-ft. aerator. #C007244..............$9000 (K) AerWay 12-ft. field aerator. #C020507......$7900 (K) John Deere 3600 5 bottom pull plow. #C018089...... .............................................................$5900 (R) John Deere 965 6 bottom switch plow. #C017718... .............................................................$6950 (R) International 550 5 bottom plow. #C020610$900 (K) International 4 bottom spinner plow. #C018427....... .............................................................$3950 (R) Frontier 3-pt. 2 bottom plow. #C009371......$950 (K) Melroe 5 bottom pull plow. #50020382........$900 (K) GN 3-pt. 2 bottom plow. #C020555..............$250 (M)

ROUND BALERS

John Deere 568, twine/net, 6700 bales. #C019492.. ..........................................................$29,500 (K) John Deere 567, twine. #C019885........$16,500 (K) John Deere 567, twine. #C020330........$16,500 (M) John Deere 566, twine/net, 12,000 bales. #C016550.........................................$14,500 (R) John Deere 535, twine. #C020519...........$7900 (K) John Deere 535, twine. #C016593...........$6900 (K) John Deere 530, twine. #C010932...........$2900 (R) John Deere 530, twine. #C014348...........$2900 (R) John Deere 510, twine. #50490175............$950 (K)

OTHER HAY EQUIPMENT

MOWER CONDITIONERS 2010 John Deere R450 windrower, 14.5-ft. rotary header, flail conditioner. #C019624...$93,500 (R) John Deere 4995 windrower, 14-ft. rotary head. #C020081.........................................$89,500 (R) John Deere 3830 windrower, 12-ft. sickle head. #C019851.........................................$16,500 (M) MacDon Premier 2900, 15-ft. multi-crop head. #C002895............................................$9500 (K) Hesston 6610 windrower, 14-ft. header. #C016819.. .............................................................$6000 (M) MacDon 940 multi-crop 15-ft. header. #C002896...... .............................................................$1500 (K) Frontier 7-ft. 3-pt. sickle mower #C014132.$2500 (M) John Deere #11 7-ft. pull sickle. #C020174.$900 (K) John Deere #5 sickle mower. #C014507....$750 (M) New Holland 1032 bale wagon. #C016229.............. .............................................................$7900 (K) My-T-Handy 60-ft. bale elevator. #C016643.............. .............................................................$3400 (K) Steffen hay bale clamp. #C019238...........$7400 (K) Farmhand 10 pack bale clamp. #C019218............... .............................................................$1800 (R) Haybuster HA2640 round bale processor. #C017792.........................................$10,000 (K) Haybuster HA2640 round bale processor. #C018074............................................$6900 (K) Haybuster HA2640 round bale processor (needs TLC). #C018079..................................$5900 (R) Haybuster HA2620 bale processor. #C014119........ .............................................................$7500 (R) Haybuster 256+II processor. #C018760...$5900 (R) Highline 7000HD round bale processor. #C018108. .............................................................$8500 (M) Highline 6800 round bale processor. #C018159...... .............................................................$7000 (M) John Deere 840 round bale grinder. #C020485........ .............................................................$2500 (M)

John Deere 946 14-ft. cut. #C014535....$14,500 (R) 2012 John Deere 946 14-ft. cut, V-10 conditioner. #C019850.........................................$32,500 (M) John Deere 946 14-ft. cut. #C019763....$29,500 (R) John Deere 946 14-ft. cut. #C016275....$14,500 (M) John Deere 946 14-ft. cut. #C012977....$14,000 (R) John Deere 936 11’6” cut. #C020817....$14,900 (M) John Deere 936 11’6” cut. #C007337....$12,500 (K) John Deere 936 11’6” cut. #C014378....$11,000 (R) John Deere 935 11’6” cut. #C013458.......$9900 (K) John Deere 935 11’6” cut. #C020180.......$7000 (R) John Deere 935 11’6” cut. #C012825.......$6500 (M) John Deere 935 11’6” cut. #C005275.......$6500 (M) John Deere 930 11’6” cut. #C004475.......$8500 (K) John Deere 926 11’6” cut. #C020758....$12,500 (K) John Deere 926 11’6” cut. #C014564....$11,500 (M) John Deere 925 11’6” cut. #C019563.......$9950 (K) John Deere 925 11’6” cut. #C018904.......$9900 (M) John Deere 820 10-ft. sickle. #C016234...$9800 (M) John Deere 820 10-ft. sickle. #C016233...$8900 (R) John Deere 735 11’6” cut. #C012899....$15,500 (R) John Deere 630 11’6” cut. #C019139....$18,500 (R) John Deere 1470 11’6” cut. #C016592.....$6900 (K) New Holland 1431 13-ft. cut. #C006824...$9500 (M) New Holland 1412 11-ft. cut. #C019981...$8800 (M) New Holland 499 12-ft., center pivot. #C020687...... .............................................................$4900 (K) Case IH 8312 12-ft. cut. #C017009........$10,000 (M) Hesston 1320, steel conditioner. #C020607............. .............................................................$7500 (K) Vermeer RC7120 #C016322.....................$5900 (K)

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John Deere 5100E MFWD, no cab, loader. #C020305.........................................$49,500 (M) John Deere 6430 (2011) MFWD, 673SL loader. #C021134......................................... $79,500 (M) John Deere 6420 MFWD, JD 640 loader. #C018617. ...........................................................$59,500 (K) John Deere 6420 MFWD, 640SL loader. #C019486.. ...........................................................$59,500 (R) John Deere 6420 2WD, cab, 640 loader. #C018900. .......................................................... $52,500 (M) John Deere 6300 2WD, no cab. #C020763.............. ..........................................................$17,500 (M) John Deere 6115D MFWD, cab, joystick, no loader. #C016095.........................................$62,500 (M) John Deere 5525 MFWD, no cab, loader. #C020396 ...........................................................$42,500 (K) John Deere 5410 MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020590 ..........................................................$29,500 (M) John Deere 5410 2WD, ROPS, loader. #C020591... ..........................................................$24,500 (M) John Deere 5410 MFWD, no cab, 540 loader. #C018746.........................................$24,900 (M) John Deere 5310 MFWD, cab, loader. #C021374.... ..........................................................$27,500 (K) John Deere 5210 MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020589 ..........................................................$26,900 (M) John Deere 5075E MFWD, cab, no loader. #C020306.........................................$39,000 (M) John Deere 5065M MFWD, cab, H260 loader, grapple. #C018179...........................$64,000 (M) John Deere 5065E MFWD, ROPS, loader. #C020592.........................................$31,900 (M) John Deere 5065E MFWD, no cab. #C018942......... ..........................................................$29,500 (M) John Deere 2940 2WD, 148 loader. #C018034........ ..........................................................$19,500 (M) John Deere 2940 2WD, loader, grapple. #C020496. ..........................................................$16,500 (R) John Deere 2940 MFWD, no cab, JD 260 loader. #C019493.........................................$14,500 (R) John Deere 2640 2WD, no loader. #C021493.......... .............................................................$8500 (M) John Deere 2020 2WD, gas, loader. #C019689....... .............................................................$8500 (M) John Deere 2010 2WD, loader. #C018528............... .............................................................$6500 (M) John Deere B, single front tire. #C008716............... .............................................................$1300 (K) Ford 9030, loader, grapple, sickle head. #C020497.. ..........................................................$24,500 (M)

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Rem 2700 grain vac, sweep. #C020768.$17,900 (K) John Deere 1518 15-ft. folding rotary mower. #C020929............................................$8950 (R) RHC P60 5-ft. 3-pt. flail mower. #70055275.$950 (M) John Deere 443 4 row corn head. #C009819........... .............................................................$4500 (M) John Deere 230 30-ft. combine header, trailer. #C017457............................................$2900 (K) E-Z Trail grain cart. #C019835..................$4500 (R) Shaver HD10 post driver. #C015840.........$2950 (K) Shaver post driver. #C012003...................$2500 (K) Shaver HD8 post driver. #C019998...........$1500 (M) Worksaver PD20 post driver. #C010318...$1800 (M) Post auger, hydraulic. #C017596...............$1500 (M) Ford 3-pt. post hole auger. #C014145.........$300 (K) Houle 7-ft. rock bucket. #C015636............$2900 (M) Herd 3-pt. spin spreader. #C016846............$390 (K) Hundis 2 unit hitch, John Deere 8300 drills. #C014984..............................................$250 (K) Farmi 3-pt. log winch. #53034280.............$4000 (M)

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John Deere 338 14”x16”. #C020565........$4900 (K) John Deere 348 “New”, no warranty. Special Purchase. #C018164........................$23,950 (M) John Deere 467 16”x18”. #C004035........$2950 (R) New Holland 580 16”x18”. #C016485......$6900 (K) New Holland 425 16”x14”. #C002893......$2450 (K)

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John Deere 7220 MFWD, JD 741 loader. #C018180 ........................$79,500...$74,500 (M) John Deere 7800 MFWD, 740 loader, grapple. #C021555.........................................$56,500 (R) John Deere 7800 MFWD, no loader. #C021245....... ..........................................................$35,000 (R) John Deere 7700 MFWD. #C018144.....$57,500 (K) John Deere 7700 MFWD, 740 loader. #C020112..... ..........................................................$49,500 (R) John Deere 7630 MFWD, H480 loader, grapple. #C016928.......................................$119,500 (R) John Deere 7600 2WD, 740 loader. Nice. #C021554.........................................$54,900 (R) John Deere 7510 MFWD, 740SL loader, LH reverser. #C019487...........................$68,500 (R) John Deere 7420 MFWD, 741SL loader. #C020839. ..........................................................$89,500 (R) John Deere 7410 MFWD, 740SL loader, reverser transmission. #C021104...................$62,500 (R) John Deere 7410 MFWD, LH reverser. #C015981... ..........................................................$54,500 (M) John Deere 7400 MFWD, JD 740 loader. #C018140.........................................$49,900 (K) John Deere 7130 MFWD, H360SL loader. Warranty #C018731.........................................$99,500 (M) John Deere 4850 MFWD, duals, 6745 hours. #C019932.........................................$54,500 (R) John Deere 4650 MFWD, duals. #C019361............. ..........................................................$52,500 (R) John Deere 4640 FWA, duals. #C019837................ ..........................................................$27,500 (R) John Deere 4640 2WD, 156 hp, duals. #C018527.... ..........................................................$21,500 (R) John Deere 4430, 158 loader, no 3-pt. #C014705.... ..........................................................$16,500 (K) John Deere 4040 2WD, cab. #C021494.$24,000 (M) John Deere 4010D, no 3-pt. #C013039....$5900 (K) International 1066, cab, no 3-pt., $14,000 in repairs. #C009802............................................$8900 (K) Massey Ferguson 1105, loader, 3-pt., cab. #C021553............................................$6500 (R)

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Allen hydraulic twin rake. #C008294.........$3450 (M) Allen hydraulic side rake. #C006357.........$2000 (K) John Deere 705 twin rake. #C020757...$10,500 (K) John Deere 705 twin rake. #C020816...$10,500 (M) Frontier WR1008 wheel rake. #C020657..$4500 (M) Daros 7-ft. belt rake. #C009142.................$2500 (K)

Artisan cheese startups face six-digit costs

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Never to early to start thinking about next HARVEST...

By Daniel Robison, Oregon State University Extension Aspiring artisan cheese makers should be prepared to shell out at least $250,000 to set up operations, according to an Oregon State University (OSU) study.

OSU researchers developed a tool for predicting artisan cheese startup and operating costs based on a number of factors, including types of milk (like goat, cow and sheep), cheese types (such as cheddar, blue and mozzarella), labor expenses, creamery location, marketing; and even the fuel needed to transport products to farmers markets.

“We wanted to give cheese entrepreneurs a realistic idea about what they’re getting into,” said Lisbeth Goddik, a food science and technology professor in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences and co-author of the study. “In this industry, lack of economic data has sometimes made it difficult to craft a business plan, obtain financing and plan for the future.”

OSU’s study is the first to estimate costs for Oregon artisan cheese makers, Goddik pointed out. OSU researchers interviewed large- and small-scale cheese companies in Oregon and studied their expenses.

They found that a large-scale artisan cheese company producing 60,000 pounds a year faces startup costs of $623,874, assuming the company purchases its own processing and aging facilities. First-year operation costs are an additional $620,094, the researchers estimated.

A smaller operation producing 7,500 pounds a year would spend about $267,248 to set up processing and aging operations, with a first-year production cost of $65,245.

“Since profits are unlikely in the first few years, access to sufficient capital is critical to survival,” said Cathy Durham, an applied economics professor at OSU who works at OSU’s Food Innovation Center in Portland. She also is a co-author of the study.

“Despite the challenges,” Goddik added, “the industry is active.”

In Oregon, the number of artisan cheese manufacturers jumped from three in 1999 to 20 in 2014, according to dairy plant licenses with the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA).

OSU’s economic model is adaptable so cheese makers around the world can tailor it to their location and account for other attributes that affect cost. OSU researchers have used the tool in consulting with Oregon cheese startups, as well as artisan cheese entrepreneurs from Canada, Europe and New Zealand.

Goddik provides training for all levels of artisan cheese makers, including improvements in product quality, shelf life and safety. She consults closely with them to solve specific challenges and serves as a technical liaison with the ODA’s Food Safety Division.

Goddik, Durham and former OSU graduate student Andrea Bouma co-authored the study, which was published in the Journal of Dairy Science. The study was funded by the Eckelman Endowment at OSU.

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December deadline WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

OSU names Jay Noller new head of crop and soil science

By Daniel Robison, Oregon State University Extension and Greece. Digging deep into the soils Oregon State University (OSU) has seunder Rome recently, Noller concluded the lected Jay Noller the new department head ancient city began as a grain terminal for of crop and soil science in the College of exporting food around the Mediterranean, Agricultural Sciences.

Middle East and beyond.

Noller, a longtime landscape soils profes“Jay truly thinks across the broad specsor in the department, started his new positrum in academia. From the liberal arts to tion on October 1. He succeeds Russ Karow Saturday • Dec. 13, 2014 • 10:00 A.M. the depths of science,” said Karow. who served as department head since 2001.

“He uses new technologies and knowl“Our research into soil and crops will Location: Sidney, MT - Parish Center. edge of the environment and plant comcontinue to have a common theme: food.

From Central Avenue turn east at the Loaf & Jug on 7th munities to predict what soil will be—and Improving food, creating sustainable conStreet for 3 blocks. (Located on the left - 310 7th Steet SE) see what could have been. It opens up many ditions to produce food and supporting fascinating possibilities,” added Karow. stakeholders in agriculture and natural Noller is also an accomplished artist, resources,” said Noller, who previously painting the often hidden beauty of underserved as associate department head under ground landscapes. His work is well known Karow.

Go to our website for complete listing for incorporating soils from around the “We’re also all about terroir—how food www.r-kauction.com world into paints to add texture and unique carries its place of origin with it, through Lunch Available colors. To see his artwork, visit http://soilstaste, nutrition and other qualities. We want capestudio.com. people to say, ‘This came from Oregon,’” “Both research and art help tell the story he added. of a place and how it came to be,” Noller Noller studies the very foundations of said. “For me, art provides time for introagriculture: how soil forms and how humans spection while touching on our department’s interact with it through farming. range of research, from wheat and potatoes, He also studies the co-evolution of landto soil and its creative powers.” scapes and culture, such as soil erosion in As department head, Noller has set relationship with ancient land use in Cyprus his sights on increasing the number of undergraduate students, noting the department could double its current enrollment. Students with crop and soil expertise are enjoying increased employment opportunities in farming, conservation, forestry, and December 6, 2014 • Billings, MT agricultural support, he said.

“There are jobs in these arBILLINGS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION eas. We can prepare students to immediately launch into these positions and be effective.” Noller said. “There is a crying need for the knowledge and training we provide, especially in agronomic circles.”

Noller will also continue an effort to combine the department’s faculty and labs into a single cohesive unit under the same roof—an ongoing effort since the separate departments of crop and soil science merged in 1990.

“During Russ’s tenure, CHOICE LOTS FROM THE he melded the department FOLLOWING PROGRAMS SELL: into a body of scientists who continue to earn a great deal Lassle Simmental Ranch of respect around the world Konesky Simmentals for their work,” Noller said.

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3-2007 Freightliner Columbia daycabs, Detroit 14.0L Series 60, 10 speed Ultrashift, engine brake, air ride, the right length for a 19-ft. grain box........................ $39,500

2006 Sterling AT9500, MBE4000, 460 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, new paint......................................... $34,500

2006 Freightliner Century Cat C15, 475 hp, engine brake, 13 speed, air suspension................................. $27,500

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7-2006 Sterling AT9500 MBE4000, 460 hp, 10 speed, engine brake, 3.90 ratio, rust free, miles in the 4’s and 5’s................. $29,500 to $32,500

2007 Freightliner Columbia MBE4000, 450 hp, 10 speed Ultrashift, engine brake, 70” midroof sleeper.............. $25,500

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2007 Wilson Pacesetter 42-ft.x96”x78”, S/S front corners, air ride, roll tarp............................................ $27,500

2007 GMC T7500 24-ft. box, tommy lift, roll up door..................... $29,500

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2007 Trail-Eze TE80HT 40-ton hydraulic tail drop deck, hydraulic winch............................................... $39,500

1993 White/GMC WIA64 Series 60, 12.7, engine brake, 9 speed, 48” midroof sleeper, nice clean older truck................................................. $17,500

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1994 Peterbilt 379 Cat 3406B, 425 hp, 8LL transmission, engine brake, lift axle, air suspension................................. $25,000

2001 Wilson 50-ft.x102”x72” S/S front corners, air ride, new tarp, rear lift axle ....................................................... $26,500

2015 Wilson ag hoppers, sight windows, electric tarps, air ride, clear LED lights, 96” wide, 66” sides, 40-ft. with pintle hitch and 22-ft. pup................................. $80,000

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Auction site: 11 miles up Petty Creek Road from I-90 or 7 miles from the Grave’s Creek turn off of Hwy 12 This will be an outstanding auction with something of interest for everyone including tractors, trucks, farm implements, Hot rods and project cars, shop full of tools, antiques, collectibles and more. This is only a partial listing at the present time since inventory is still being taken. Check back frequently for additions to this listing.

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Equipment & Vehicles

Kubota L3600 4×4 tractor with cab, dual remotes, mid and rear PTO, heat & a/c, CA680 Loader, L7050 70” bucket w/ chain hooks, 38.5 hp, 714 hours, calcium chloride in rear tires, front and rear tire chains- L20721 72” front blade w/ hydraulics & quick hitch- L2052-1 69” front mount snow blower w/ hydraulics & quick hitch- BL4690-1 Backhoe attachment w/ clam hook arm & 16” bucket- L2054 Sub frame w/ quick hitch plus all manuals Kubota 2910 HSD-F 4×4 tractor w/ LA 402 loader, 60” bucket w/ chain hooks, triple hydraulics, block heater, mid & rear PTO- RC 72-27B mid mount 72” mower deck, 30 hp, 864 hours- B2772 front mount 63” snow blower w/ quick hitch & two hydraulics- 2773 quick hitch sub frame- Front sweeper w/ quick hitch, front and rear chains and all manuals 1975 Chris Craft cabin cruiser 25 ft. aluminum boat w/ tandem trailer, new exterior paint, and spray in interior liner, 302 Ford I/O with only 12 hours on motor, teak rear platform, Evinrude 15 hp trolling motor 1972 International 2 ton fuel truck 1955 Ford 2 ton dump truck 1971 Jeepster 4×4 completely rebuilt, 2nd owner, Vortec V6, 63,000 on motor, 400 auto transmission 1948 Chevy street rod 5” chopped top, 5” pancaked hood, hood folds forward, comes w/ 327 cu. in. SBC w/ double hump heads, 4 speed over drive

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Grizzly 20” planer Grizzly Shaper w/ ¾” spindle & tooling Craftsman radial arm saw Craftsman table saw Central Machinery floor model drill press Bench model drill press Parts washer (2) 10 ft. steel shop work benches w/ 5/16 bent steel tops 18 ton Porta Power / Jack stands / Hydraulic floor jacks / Wrench sets / Socket sets / Anvil / Bench grinder / Bench vise / Hammers / Pliers / Screwdrivers / Circular saws / Sanders / Drills / Troybilt rear tine tiller / Lathe tools / Staplers / Jig saws / Bar clamps

1929 Ford Roadster pickup street rod, 350 SBC mild cam, overdrive auto 1939 Cadillac Lasalle Hearst 1997 GMC 2wd pickup w/ 5.7L V-8, auto 1996 Chevy Impala SS w/ 55,000 miles 1991 Chevy 1 ton Flatbed 4×4 1984 Jaguar XJ6 w/ Chevy 350 conversion & 700R4 tranny 1971 Jeep 1 ton 4×4 pickup 12 ft. aluminum row boat 1969 Dodge 2 ton Flatbed water truck w/ 2,000 gallon tank & new 9,000 gallon per hour Honda high pressure pump Ford 8 N tractor w/ Shaver front mount post pounder Case T6 manure spreader fully restored w/ manuals John Deere hydraulic back blade 3 pt. PTO cement mixer 3 pt. Rototiller 3 pt. Tandem disc Sweepster front mount sweeper International sickle mower Gradall G560 shovel truck 2 Wheel hay turner Spray coupe Culti-packer Calf creep feeder Receiver hitch ice melt/fertilizer spreader

Miscellaneous

New solar panel automatic gate openers, 12 volt batteries, remote controls, opener arms & other parts 6 ft. bay window / Folding ice fishing hut / 10 gallons of Behr waterproofing / Horse collars & hames / Misc. horse tack / Bison skulls w/ horns / Office furnishings including desks, chairs, shelves, organizers / (3) Oak captains chairs / World Record rainbow trout mount / Burl wood coffee table / Jenn Aire stove top / Heavy free standing butcher block Exceptional antique 3 pc. walnut bedroom set w/ marble top dresser & mirror, marble top night stand and matching high back bed Antique walnut medallion back chair Corona Stoneware 3 gallon water cooler w/ stand Antique walnut slag glass table lamp Antique ornate throne chair And many other items still being inventoried

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Artful work of fungi

By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Library (NAL) probably does not come to mind as a place to go mushroom hunting, but it is the place to find a great mycological treasure.

The library features James Bolton’s original hand-drawn manuscript of An History of Fungusses Growing about Halifax, 1784-1791, or Icones Fungorum Circa Halifax Sponte Nascentium [Halifax, England], as it was titled as the first English-language work devoted to the fungi more than 200 years ago.

The manuscript is six volumes with 242 exquisite watercolors of mostly life-size mushrooms, with extravagant detail about what Bolton discovered of their life stages and biology. He described many new species or new British records, although the number was later reduced by taxonomic reclassifications.

Because of the exactness of his depictions, the volumes became a standard resource for mushroom identification.

It is as regularly quoted today as it was in the early 1800s, according to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh head of mycology (retired) Roy Watling.

Exactly what brought the manuscript to NAL’s attention remains a mystery, although famed USDA plant pathologist and mycologist Cornelius Lott Shear wrote in a 1932 Transactions of the British Mycological Society article that NAL purchased the manuscript for 1,000 Swiss francs from “an old bookseller in Zurich, Switzerland.”

Some think it could have been John Stevenson who discovered the Bolton manuscript or advocated for its purchase.

Stevenson was in charge of the National Fungus Collections at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, from 1927 to 1960. Stevenson was known for collecting all things mycological.

The manuscript has significance far beyond its prized historical value. One unquestionable extra is that its pages preserve three actual specimens of fungi. Except for a specimen preserved at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a few very recently uncovered in a brown paper packet at the Sunderland Museum in England, these are the only fungi collected by Bolton known to have survived.

According to Shear, the last mention of the original manuscript before 1932 was in The Halifax Naturalist in 1902 that said, “It is doubtful whether the originals for the History of Fungusses are still in existence. They were probably destroyed by fire when the old hall at Exeton [the Earl of Gainsborough’s family seat] was burned in 1810.”

But those who possessed it during the 141 years between the final volume’s publication and its 1932 purchase by NAL must have cared for the manuscript well, as it is in excellent condition.

Toxic weed: Milkweed

By Donna Foulk, Extension Educator, Penn State Extension Milkweed is a native perennial herb with milky sap and leaves opposite or whorled, simple and entire; the flowers are in umbels, purple to greenish white; the fruit is a follicle, with numerous seeds, each with a tuft of silky hairs.

Description. Milkweeds exude a white, milky juice from broken or cut surfaces. Both narrow-leafed (whorled) and broad-leafed species exist; the narrow-leafed variety is most toxic. The fruit is a follicle (i.e., a capsule filled with numerous seeds); a silky tuft aids spread of seeds by the wind. The flower is very distinctive: each flower has five sepals and petals which are strongly deflexed. Extending upward from the base of each petal is a club-shaped or hooded lobe.

Toxic principle. The primary toxic principle, galitoxin, is of the resinoid class. Galitoxin is found in all vegetative parts of the plant. In addition, a group of toxicants known as cardenolides may be responsible for digitalis-like signs that cause or contribute to death. In general, it appears that the broad-leaved species produce cardiotoxic and GI effects while the narrow-leaved species are more commonly neurotoxic. Dosages of whorled milkweed as low as 0.1 % - 0.5% of the animal’s body weight may cause toxicosis and, possibly, death. Cattle, sheep and horses are most susceptible. Toxicity is not lost when the plant is dried. Therefore, contaminated hay is potentially toxic.

Clinical signs include profuse salivation, incoordination, violent seizures, bloating in ruminants and colic in horses.

Early signs are followed by bradycardia or tachycardia, arrhythmias, hypotension and hypothermia. Death may occur from 1-3 days after ingestion of the milkweed.

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Land Auction - 199 Acres Conducted by: Ophus Auction Service and Fort Benton Realty LLP

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Registration for bidder numbers begin at 1:00 pm - Auction begins at 2:00 pm Location: Holiday Inn, 1100 5th Street South, Great Falls, Montana 59405

Property: 199 acres with dry-cropland and pasture located approximately 5 miles north of Great Falls along Lake Flat Lane and east of Bootlegger Trail Road. Go to www.OphusAuctions.com for more information.

Owner: Gordon McKerrow Estate.

Terms of Sale: A live auction sale will be conducted on December 10, 2014 with a sale to the highest successful bidder that is subject to terms of the auction on sale day.

Auctioneer’s Comments: An Auction Sale is a live, transparent, public sale format whereby everyone who is financially capable can participate in the bidding process. You bid, you set he price. This is not a sealed bid format. All participants know what the actual current bid is at any given moment and what the final bid is. Participants can elect to bid, continue bidding or stop at any time. Everyone is invited to attend and register to bid or simply observe the bidding process.

Note: The information contained herein is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and the Buyer should verify all such information.

For further details or a showing of this property, call Shane Ophus, Agent and Auctioneer (406) 788-6662 or Mark Pyrak, Broker (406) 788-9280

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Latest update of USDA National Nutrient Database

By Rosalie Marion Bliss, Agricultural Research Service The 2014 update of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 27, has been launched. Containing data for more than 8,600 food items, the database is compiled by scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) in Beltsville, Maryland.

Each year, new food-nutrient profiles are added to the database, and existing nutrient profiles are updated using data generated by USDAARS through its National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program and collaborations with the food industry and with others.

The Internet “dashboard” that users see after launching the online version of the database has been reorganized so that users can more easily select and view food-nutrient profiles from individual food groups. Another new consumer-oriented upgrade allows users to look up the amount of a specific nutrient within any one of the database’s food items. For example, a person whose doctor recommends more dietary fiber might sort all foods by fiber content from highest to lowest. A consumer who wants to increase calcium intake might sort by calcium content of foods.

To use the new feature, click on “Start your search here” at ndb.nal.usda.gov.

Next, select “Nutrients List” from the menu options at the top. Click “Select nutrient” in the “First Nutrient” box to see a drop-down list of more than 100 nutrients such as protein, calcium, carbohydrate, cholesterol, fats, caffeine and vitamin K. A second and third nutrient also can be selected. Then choose to search either “All Foods” or the “Abridged List,” which includes about 1,000 commonly eaten foods in the United States. Next, for the “Food Groups” selection, click on “All Food Groups” or one of the 25 food groups available. Decide whether to sort by “Food Name” or “Nutrient Content” in the next box. Then choose between “Household” and “100 grams” in the “Measure by” box and hit “Go.” The database is managed by scientists at the ARS Nutrient Data Laboratory. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A41

3-V Distributing, Inc.

Conrad Industrial Park

Box 955

Conrad, MT 59425

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

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

E-mail Address 3vdist@3rivers.net

Happy Thanksgiving

As we reflect on thanksgiving and the blessings we have The Entire Crew at 3V would like to thank you, our customers for your patronage through this last year.

One stop shop for fuel and service. Call or stop by today to check out our Tool n’ Fuel trailers.

This is a great time of the year to get fixed up so you’re ready for cold weather hauling 2 Trailers IN STOCK

990 gallons fuel/100 gallons DEF or 750 gallons fuel.

30 and 50 gallon per minute pumps for fast delivery!

Several Kits in Stock

Protect What You Tow!!

Come check out the Rock Tamers on display.

ITB Grain Bodies in stock.

Different sizes to choose from.

This is a perfect time to order - we’ve already had some snow!!!

Days are getting shorter...

Come check out our GREAT SELECTION of LED lights.

Remote control options also available.

2 - DewEze 675 bale bed IN STOCK

Find us on Facebook and tag us in your harvest photos

FARMERS: Let us tune up your truck before you put it away for a while.

We can check your trap system, hydraulic hoses, pto shafts, lights, and all other hardware so you’re ready to go when the time comes.

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A42

Deadline CHANGE!!

December deadline WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

2014 GMC Terrain SLE 2.4L, AWD, 2010 Ford Edge SLE 3.5L, AWD, automatic, air, tilt, cruise, AM/ automatic, air, tilt, cruise, AM/ FM/CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, 6 FM/CD, leather, 6 way. Tag way, rear camera. Tag #14U53... #14T72A.Asking Price $18,495 ...............Asking Price $24,495

2008 GMC Yukon XL Denali 6.2L, heated leather, AM/FM/CD/ XM/Nav/OnStar, 4 buckets, remote start, rear camera. Tag #14T55A..Asking Price $26,995

2014 Buick Enclave CXL 3.6L, AWD, heated leather, AM/FM/ CD/XM/OnStar/Nav/DVD, sunroofs, remote start, rear park assist, 7 passenger. Tag #14U59.... ...............Asking Price $41,995

2006 Chevrolet 2500 LT crew cab, 6.6L Duramax, automatic, air, tilt, cruise, power windows & locks, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar, 6 way, fog lamps, flatbed. Tag #13T78A..Asking Price $22,995

2008 Buick Enclave CXL 3.6L, heated leather, power windows & locks, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar, sunroofs, remote start, rear park assist, 7 passenger. Tag #14U14A..................................... ...............Asking Price $18,495

2007 GMC Yukon Denali 6.2L, heated leather, AM/FM/6CD/ XM/OnStar, 4 buckets, towing package, sunroof. Tag #15T47A. ...............Asking Price $23,495

2010 Buick Enclave CXL 3.6L, 2012 Ford F250 Lariat crew cab, 6.7L, heated & cooled leather, AWD, heated leather, AM/FM/ remote start, rear park assist, CD/XM/OnStar/ Nav/DVD, suntowing package, 5th wheel, roofs, remote start, rear park asRhino, running boards. Tag sist, 7 passenger. Tag #15B02A.. #15T60A..Asking Price $39,995 ...............Asking Price $24,495

2014 Chevrolet LT 1/2 ton, crew cab, 4.3L automatic, air, tilt, cruise, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar, keyless entry, bedliner. Tag #14U62... Asking Price $30,995

2011 Chevrolet Suburban LT 5.3L, heated leather, AM/FM/ CD/XM/OnStar/Nav/DVD/Bluetooth, sunroof, remote start, rear camera. Tag #14T89A................. ...............Asking Price $31,495

2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ 3.6L, heated leather buckets, AM/FM/ CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth/Bose, sunroof, remote start, rear spoiler. Tag #14U60............................ 2011 Chevrolet Equinox 2LT 2.4L, AWD, heated leather, AM/FM/ ...............Asking Price $20,495 CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, 6 way, remote start, rear camera, rear park assist. Tag #14T60B............ .............. Asking Price $$18,495 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L, 4 heated leather bucket seats, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, rear camera, remote start, factory warranty, tow package, assist steps. Tag #15T01A.. ...............Asking Price $31,995 2008 Chevrolet LTZ Z71 1/2 ton, crew cab, 5.3L, heated leather, AM/FM/6CD/XM/OnStar, rear camera, sunroof, remote start.

Tag #14T41A.............................. ...............Asking Price $18,995 2013 GMC Yukon XL SLT 5.3L, heated leather, heated 2nd row bench, AM/FM/CD/XM/OnStar/ DVD, rear camera, remote start, sunroof, tow package. Tag #14U20... Asking Price $42,995

2011 Ford Taurus SEL, 3.5L, automatic, air conditioning, tilt, cruise, AM/FM/CD/XM, power seats, low miles. Tag #14B07A...

2011 Chevrolet Camaro 2LT/RS ...............Asking Price $16,995 3.6L, automatic, air, tilt, cruise, power windows & locks, AM/FM/ CD/XM/OnStar/Bluetooth, remote start, heated leather, sunroof, one owner. Tag #14G02B.... ...............Asking Price $22,995

1997 Cheverolet Suburban LT, 5.7L, automatic, air conditioning, tilt, cruise, power windows/ locks, AM/FM/CD/cassette, leather bucket seats, tow package. Tag #15T10C....................... ..................Asking Price $5495 After hours phone numbers: Dave Bell 873-5478; Dick Ebert: 873-5738; Doug Embody 873-5301

BELL BELL MOTOR MOTOR CO. CO. 1-800-823-2355 (BELL) — 406-873-5515 CUT BANK www.bellmotorco.com

$5 million gift funds research facility

By Rachel Webber, CAHNRS Communications The Washington Grain Commission announced recently a $5 million gift to expand facilities and advance grain research at Washington State University (WSU). Plant growth facilities are central to developing grain varieties through WSU’s plant breeding programs.

“When the Washington Grain Commission asked researchers at WSU what they felt the biggest limiting factor for moving their research forward was, they told us they needed more greenhouse space,” said Washington Grain Commission Chairman Steve Claassen. “This will be a huge benefit to Washington grain growers as they will be able to plant improved varieties of wheat and barley and they will be available sooner.”

The new facility will complement the existing 34,000-square-foot small grain plant growth facility on the Pullman campus and provide WSU and U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists with space and technology to conduct groundbreaking research. It will include innovative controlled environment growth rooms, greenhouse spaces and laboratories where plant scientists will address some of the biggest challenges in agriculture and climate.

“This state-of-the-art plant growth facility is a solid example of the close relationship that exists between the WSU College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences and the Washington Grain Commission that partnered to construct the facility, and USDA-ARS that funded the equipment necessary to conduct the research,” said Jim Moyer, director of the WSU Agricultural Research Center. “This is a unique partnership that supports the kind of cutting-edge, responsive research required by a billion-dollar grain industry.”

The initial phase is projected to construct 9,500 square feet of greenhouse space on two levels. This phase will also introduce 10,500 square feet of indoor space for research and equipment.

Phase 1 will be completed in 2015. To learn more, visit http://bit.ly/1jrJz8u.

The Washington Grain Commission’s generous contribution will be counted within the $1 billion “Campaign For Washington State University: Because the World Needs Big Ideas.” To date, donors, businesses and organizations have committed more than $934.4 million to the Campaign for WSU to increase support for the university’s students, faculty, research and extension programs and to leverage the university’s impact across the state, nation and world. See http://bit.ly/XyjtL1.

Acclimating calves is important first step

By Grant Dewell, Iowa State University Extension Whether you are backgrounding your calves after weaning or a feedlot bringing in new calves, acclimating those calves into the feedlot can be beneficial. Acclimating cattle into a confined feeding environment can decrease stress because calves adapt to the new environment faster.

Whether the calf is newly weaned, coming off pasture or in a group of put-together calves, there is an adjustment phase when they arrive at a feedlot. Newly weaned calves have lost the social structure of the cow herd and put-together calves may be in utter chaos. Over time these calves will develop a pecking order and oer social structures, but for a social herd animal the intervening time can be stressful.

Acclimating does two things for these calves. First, as the calves are introduced to feedlot, they will be walked around the pen systematically so they visit all four corners, the feedbunk and water trough. Typically they will be walked through the processing facility without being restrained and processed and then returned to the home pen where there is fresh feed for them.

The second benefit of this acclimation process is that the cattle caregiver takes over the director role in the social hierarchy. Although calves may still need to determine their place in the pecking order, the director role has been established by the caregiver in walking the calves around the pen and to the processing facility, and finally by having them walk slowly in single file past the caregiver. This process will develop trust between the caregiver and calf and will make future handling of calves easier. There is beginning to be evidence that acclimated calves perform better and have less disease than un-acclimated calves.

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New

CFR650 Round Bale Processors Complete feed system with the Patented Feed Chopper™ & “Metered Grain Insertion System™” • Place processed feed in a windrow in the field.

• Place processed feed in a bunk.

• Spread bedding bales up to 50 feet for an even and lofty spread.

• Process one bale while carrying another on the forks.

• Loading a bale is a one person job from the tractor cab.

• Unrolls and processes round bales with PTO-powered flails. This process blows away mold, dust and mildew.

Feed is more palatable and reduces lung and digestive problems in cattle.

BALER SCHOOL

Tuesday, December 9th, 2014

If you’re interested in attending this baler school please call Hoven Equipment and sign up.

We will send you an invitation later to remind you.

Any questions please call.

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

www.hovenequipment.com 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT www.hovenequipment.com

WINTER SERVICE SPECIALS Save time and money by getting your machinery ready this winter

Free Trucking to Hoven Equipment Free Machine Inspection 10% OFF in shop labor 5% OFF parts used in shop (Discounts apply to Cash Payment Only)

Option of no Payment for 180 days available Call Hoven Equipment’s Service Department to schedule your machine inspection. 406-727-7153 “Our service sets us apart”

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT www.hovenequipment.com

812-30 Expandable

Standard Features: • Bed expands 81/2’ - 121/2’ • Electric/hydraulic pump • Hydraulic jack leg • 24,852-lb. GVW • Hinged beavertail with spring-assisted ramps

Model 180 Swather Carrier

BALER SCHOOL

Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 If you’re interested in attending this baler school please call Hoven Equipment and sign up.

We will send you an invitation later to remind you.

Any questions please call.

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

www.hovenequipment.com 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Standard Features: • Retracts to legal width when empty • 8000-lb. axles.

• Electric brakes on both axles • Spring-assisted ramps • LED lighting

Stock Trailers

New MORRIS 1400 & 900 Hay Hikers

Standard Features: • Galvannealed material • Full 7’ inside width • 1/8” steel lower side wall • Slam latches • LED lighting

“Our service sets us apart”

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

Other Brands That Hoven Equipment Carries:

Agco - Bobcat - Hesston - Massey Ferguson - Gleaner - Sunflower - Morris MacDon - Vermeer - Versatile - Farm King - Buhler - Bourgault - Highline New Holland - Donahue - Westfield - Schulte - AG Leader - AG Shield DemCo - Lee Agra - J&M Mfg. - H&S - Universal - Danuser - Wheatheart Shaver - Westendorf - Alloway - Ezee-On - Quicke - Batco - Harvest Ag

Haying operations must be efficient in the face of rising costs. Morris Industries has become an industry leader in round bale systems. The proven ProAg Hay Hiker turns round bale loading and unloading into a fast, easy, oneperson operation, saving you time, money and labor.

Up to eighteen bales can be picked on the go, in a single pass, and unloaded without ever having to leave your tractor cab. The ProAg 900 and the larger capacity ProAg 1400 Hay Hikers deliver superior performance and value.

406-727-7153 www.hovenequipment.com 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A44

XL78 Rock Picker

New

Fast, clean, tough and efficient. We made the XL-78 to pick rocks faster, and with less dirt in the bucket. They’re tough farm hands that stand up to the rough and tumble world of rock picking and you can depend on them to get your rock picking jobs done quickly and easily.

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

www.hovenequipment.com 4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

CONSIGNMENTS

Massey Ferguson 300 tractor with backhoe attachment & loader........................... $5900 John Deere 7700 combine.................. $10,000 White header, 15-ft..................................CALL Massey-Ferguson 8570 combine, 24-ft. header, pickup header.................................. $39,000 MacDon 9352 with 16-ft. header.........$49,000 Versatile 400 swather with 21-ft. header..$6000 R85 header for MacDon rotary disc..... $32,900 Brandt QF1500 sprayer.......................... $8900 Brandt 1000 wheel boom sprayer, 1000 gallon tank..................................................... $8500 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, 120ft. booms.......................................... $12,000 Flexi-Coil 65 100-ft. sprayer....................CALL Bean sprayer, 300 gallon, 100-ft. hose reel.$300 Morris Maxum 49-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, double shoot, 7300 tow behind tank.$39,000 Case IH RBX562 round baler, twine/net.......... ....................................................... $12,900 Bobcat 953 skid steer........................ $15,500 Bobcat 463 skid steer........................... $7600 Westgo 8x31 PTO drive auger............... $2250 1965 Dodge truck with hoist, V-8, 5 speed transmission....................................... $1900 1996 Eagle tandem dually pintle hitch flatbed, 6-ft. beavertail..................................... $6000 Perkins V8 engine.................................. $7000

USED AIR DRILL

USED SKID STEERS

Bobcat T180 track machine................ $24,500 Bobcat S185 skid steer...................... $24,500

Bobcat S185 skid steer...................... $21,900 Case 1845 skid steer............................. $9500

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

NEW Vermeer BPX9000 Bale processors reduce waste and increase palatability for your herd.

2009 Bourgault 3310 PHD 55-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, single shoot, L6450 tow between tank, 3-tank metering.....................$179,000

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

USED PROCESSORS

New J&M 375 Speed tender

Bale King 4000 round & square.........$11,900 2-Brandt VSF round/square processors. Each were $11,900............... Reduced To $8900 New Holland SD440 air seeder, 57-ft., 12” spacing............................................$74,900

“Our service sets us apart”

IN STOCK

Haybuster 2650 round bale processor. Was $10,250........................ Reduced To $9750 Haybuster 256 Plus II pull-type. Was $10,500........................ Reduced To $8900 Haybuster 256 2-point..........................$3500 Highline 6600 round bale processor. Was $6500........................... Reduced To $4900

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

USED MISCELLANEOUS

Grasshopper 620 lawnmower.............$10,000 Rock-O-Matic rock picker.......................$3500 Woods 3-pt. backhoe..............................$6500 Danuser F7 3-pt. post hole auger with 9” & 12” bits....................................................... $1400

USED COMBINES

Morris Contour C2 86-ft., 8650 variable rate tow between cart, 12” spacing.......$299,500

USED CONVENTIONAL DRILL

John Deere 9400 40-ft. drills, 7” spacing, transport..................................................$19,900 John Deere 9400 drills, 10” spacing......$9900

Massey-Ferguson 9895 combine..... $199,000 John Deere 9650ST with 930 draper head.......

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT ....................................................... $129,900 Hayhiker 881........................................... $9900 Gleaner R62 combine.......................... $55,900 New Holland 216 rake.......................... $11,900 Gleaner R72......................................... $29,900 Gleaner L3 combine............................. $14,900 Gleaner L2 combine................................ $3900 Case IH 1680 with CIH 1010 header.... $19,900

Lee Manufacturing

New Load-Out Augers

IN STOCK

Hoven Equipment

500 & 1000 gallon fuel tank trailers 406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

New

8x36 – 10x36

Loader mover assembly Specials – Call for Details

Hoven Equipment

SX275 Sprayer

New

The Versatile SX275 is designed with the same simplicity and reliability you’ve come to expect from Versatile. A 1200 gallon stainless steel tank, modern cab, and complete precision application system creates a productive working environment for long days in the field.

The SX275 has a highly efficient Max Torque® two-wheel mechanical drive system. With unparalleled power-to-theground the SX275 takes full advantage of its 275 hp Cummins engine and heavy-duty Allison 5-speed automatic transmission with locking torque converter.

Versatile self-propelled sprayers boast an impressive boom system with an extreme-duty design. The boom was built with the most efficient strength-toweight lattice-style construction and the center pivot is top mounted on the booms center section. The ProAction-Flex® boom was designed to ensure your sprayer performs where it matters most. Utilizing a tandem rubber torsion suspension the SX275 has the industry’s most advanced parallel boom linkage.

Tractor

New

Versatile 280 MFWD 3-point, PTO, 280 engine hp

Loadout Augers

with movers

www.hovenequipment.com

“Our service sets us apart”

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

www.hovenequipment.com

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A45

USED TRACTORS, CRAWLERS

Belt Buckles Are Here

Challenger 575B tractor, no loader....... $99,000 Challenger 35 track tractor.................... $46,900 Case IH MX240 MFD, duals, 3-pt., PTO..$72,000 Massey-Ferguson 6480 MFD, loader... $64,900 John Deere 4440 2WD with loader....... $24,900 2-Kubota M9540 2WD. Each................ $19,900 Versatile 555 3-pt., PTO........................ $19,900 Big Bud HN250 tractor.......................... $19,900 Belarus 8345T 3-pt., PTO, loader, cab.........Call New Holland TC33D compact tractor with belly mower................................................ $13,900 Case 2470 tractor..................................... $9900 Case 837 2WD, no cab, loader/grapple, no 3-pt.. ............................................................. $7900

USED WINDROWERS

ROUND BALERS New Holland 664 with net/twine.........$11,000 New Holland 664 twine only..................$9600 Hesston 5556A with mesh wrap........$19,900

Hesston 5556A twine only.................$22,000 Hesston 565A with mesh wrap.............$5900 John Deere 535 twine only....................$7900

406-727-7153 4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

2- New Holland 8080 swathers, low hours, 19-ft. rotary discs. Each............... $115,000 Massey-Ferguson 9430 swather...... $84,000 MacDon 100 35-ft. header................. $84,800 MacDon M205 self propelled swather.. CALL MacDon 9352 with 25-ft. header....... $59,000 MacDon 9300 with 30-ft. draper header, pickup reel................................................ $39,000 Case IH 8840 with 14-ft. auger header, 21-ft. draper header................................ $28,000 Hesston 6650 self propelled swather... $8500 MacDon R85 16-ft. rotary disc hydra swing..... .......................................................$32,900 Hesston 1275 pull-type......................$14,900 Hesston 1170 pull-type hydro swing....... $8900 John Deere 955 rotary disc.............. $14,000 John Deere 945 rotary disc MoCo.......... $9900 John Deere 945 14-ft. rotary disc MoCo..$9900

COMING IN

Donahue 20-ft. stock trailer.

MacDon M100 swather with 35-ft. double sickle.

Farm King 8x51 auger with PTO.

SQUARE BALER

New Holland BB960 3x4 square baler.$39,900 New Holland 590 baler......................$19,900 New Holland 282 baler......................... CALL Case IH LBX432 3x4 with cutter........$69,900 Massey-Ferguson 2170 3x4 big square baler................................................$74,900 Massey-Ferguson 2170 3x4, cutter... $59,000 Hesston 4900 4x4x8 big square baler..$17,000 Challenger BA4 3x4 bale acumulator. $4900 Massey-Ferguson AC25 bale accumulator for MF 4x4 square baler..........................$5000

USED AUGERS

Farm King 13x70 swing hopper. Like new.......... ..........................................................$15,900 Farm King 13x70 auger with mover.........$8900 Farm King 8x61 belt drive auger.............. CALL Westfield J Series belt drive PTO............$1900 Westfield MK1381 Plus auger..............$17,900 Westfield MK1381 Plus auger..............$17,900 Westfield MK 13x91 swing auger.........$18,000 Westfield MK flex 13x71 auger.............$22,900 Westgo 1305 10x60 auger.......................$2900 GT 8x41 belt drive, PTO auger.................$1200 Wheatheart drive over hopper..................$9000 Mayrath 10x60 swing auger.....................$3000

Rakes

USED HEADERS

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

USED SPRAYERS

Melroe 4450 Spra-Coupe, 80-ft. booms, 400 gallon tank...................................... $59,900 Summers suspended boom............... $29,900

12- & 14- wheel Hi Capacity IN STOCK NOW

NEW header trailers IN STOCK

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

NEW Massey Ferguson® 6600 Series Tractors Made to fit your farm like a WORK glove.

Hoven Equipment

406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail Great Falls, MT

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

Don’t Forget To Sign Up For Montana Stockgrowers Chance to Win a Lease on a Massey-Ferguson tractor

Drawing to be held December 13, 2014 at the MSGA Annual Convention.

Please call the MSGA office at 406-442-3420 for more information.

NEW M205 windrower Windrowing technology takes another leap forward

406-727-7153 Great Falls, MT

Three models will be available, each offering multiple configurations and options to tailor the machine to the exact needs of the customer and the job at hand. The entire line-up will boast an EPA Tier 4i compliant 4-cylinder engine from AGCO Power, and will range from 130 to 150 engine HP (100 to 125 PTO HP). All machines come standard with 4wd and cab, and customers will have a choice of Dyna-4, Dyna-6 and Dyna-VT transmissions.

4600, 7600 & 8600 Series Also IN STOCK As Well As New Compact Tractors

New

Massey Ferguson Hesston 2270 Big Square Baler

Setting new standards in performance and capacity.

How do you improve a machine that has set industry benchmarks for speed and productivity? The answer is you focus on pushing the boundaries even further; things like giving every model a horsepower boost, improving operator comfort with an all-new suspension system and boosting infield performance with an upgraded header drive. What you won’t find changed are the things operators loved, such as intuitive controls, easier maintenance and the exclusive Dual Direction® technology that permits faster travel to and from the field at road speeds up to 23 MPH.

Hoven Equipment

100 - 125 PTO hp

Ken – Cell, 788-4588; Sean – Cell, 899-0889; Ed – 231-4254; Rick – 231-9898

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

Hoven Equipment 406-727-7153

4181 North Park Trail - Great Falls, MT

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A46

Recipe Patch by Geri

Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig

Grape Salad

44/45/357 500/460/454 1911’s Taurus Judge Great for Horseback Riding, Bowhunting, Backpacking, ATV riders Carry your gun with comfort • Fully lined • Premium American tanned leather

December deadline WEDNESDAY NOV. 26th January deadline WEDNESDAY DEC. 31st

Norm Schertenleib 406-965-2253 • Great Falls, MT www.montanaholster.com

$ave Thou$and$

CSA Approved For Canadian & U.S. Homes

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 1/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 pounds seedless red grapes 2 pounds seedless green grapes 3 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons chopped pecans In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until blended. Add grapes and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving bowl. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans just before serving.

Yield: 21-24 servings.

Pumpkin Pie Pudding

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup biscuit/baking mix 2 eggs, beaten 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract Whipped topping, optional In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until a thermometer reads 160°. Serve in bowls with whipped topping if desired. Yield: 6 servings.

Caramel and Pear Pudding

Now available for the first time in Canada, too HUD and modular – Single and park models, too – Approximate 6-week delivery

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TOPPERS

USED TRAILERS

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Soybean chlorosis scores

By NDSU Extension Service Soybean iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) is a major problem in the eastern part of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, says Hans Kandel, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agronomist.

The IDC symptoms might be present during the two- to seven-trifolioate leaf stages. Plants tend to recover and start to turn green again during the flowering and pod-filling stages.

However, IDC during the early vegetative stages can reduce yield potential severely. Some varieties are more tolerant to IDC than others. For high pH soils with known IDC problems, select an iron chlorosis-tolerant variety of suitable maturity and is high yielding.

For the soybean varieties tested by NDSU in 2014, the Roundup Ready IDC and conventional / Liberty Link IDC scores are available at the NDSU variety trials result website at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials.

“Seed companies already are offering soybean seed for sale for the 2015 growing season, so this new IDC information is important in making the right soybean variety selection decisions,” says Kandel.

Data from the 2014 trials is based on field studies conducted at three locations that had known IDC problems.

Measured was the IDC resistance of 246 Roundup Ready and 51 non-Roundup Ready, including Liberty Link, soybean varieties.

For the research, eight seeds were planted very near to each other. Soon after emergence, the number of plants were thinned to three.

Visual IDC ratings were made of the plants on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 representing no chlorosis and 5 the most severe chlorosis. Ratings were taken at the 2- to 3- and 5- to 6-trifoliolate stages.

“Significant differences in IDC scores were observed during the testing,” says Ted Helms, who conducted the research and is the NDSU soybean breeder. “As far as we know, this is the most comprehensive evaluation available to farmers.”

“Variety selection is the number one management strategy to reduce IDC expression in the field. Farmers are encouraged to pick the most tolerant, high yielding variety for their most severe IDC fields,” says Kandel.

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This is the third agriculture census in which NASS has collected reservation-level data. The report covers 76 American Indian reservations in 16 states.

“The Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations report shows the importance and value of agriculture on reservations,” said NASS Administrator Joseph T. Reilly.

“Collected only once every five years as part of the national Census of Agriculture, the reservation-level data provide tribal leaders, government officials, farmers, agribusinesses and others with data to help make informed decisions and thoughtfully allocate resources.”

The 2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations report contains a variety of reservation-level statistics, including: · Number and size of farms · Farm tenure and organization type · Market value of farm products sold · Major crop and livestock items · Farm economic characteristics and expenses · Farm operators age, sex, primary occupation, and number of years on farm NASS is committed to ensuring that every farmer and rancher is represented in the Census of Agriculture, and we’ve worked closely with our tribal partners and community based organizations to improve census participation in Indian country,” added Reilly. “This newest report is the most comprehensive American Indian Reservation volume NASS has ever released, and we look forward to continuing to work with our stakeholders and to sharing the data with the tribal communities.”

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BeefTalk: Vaccinate to protect ranch assets

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service A good discussion of all three questions will Protecting one’s assets is another term for fall veterinarian? The simple answer is to call the vetcalf vaccinations. One does not need to view very erinarian. I called Gerald Stokka, who is an NDSU help producers make the right vaccination program many market reports to understand that the asset Extension Service veterinarian. With the large decision.

Stokka also reminds us that many of the vaccines value of a calf has gone up. In other words, calves selection of vaccines available, he says producers need to be given at least twice to achieve some are worth good money. should ask their veterinarian three basic questions level of herd immunity or some level of protective Many things can impact the life of these very as they implement a vaccination program.

First of all, he says there needs to be a good dis- individual immunity. If one were to review the calf valuable calves. Some are unpredictable, such as accidents. Handling facilities can be tuned and care cussion on what the exposure risk is to a particular vaccination program at the Dickinson Research taken in processing the calves, but not all handling pathogen and what the subsequent consequences are Extension Center, you would find that calves are impacts are controllable. Sometimes, what the calf if an infection occurs. Reading lots of information vaccinated starting at 3 months of age and again at is thinking and what the producer wants are so can overwhelm a producer, so localize the question weaning. The center’s program is fairly standard. contrary that nothing will soothe the process. In with the veterinarian, but keep in mind the intended What is remarkable is that the vaccination program is not very expensive. those cases, calves can have a bad day, and so can destination of the calves.

These vaccinations provide protection against the producer.

Stokka says the second question would be a However, for the most part, the care and man- discussion on the effectiveness of the vaccine. The infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), bovine agement of calves is controlled by the producer, local veterinarian could advise you on the effec- viral diarrhea type II (BVD) and bovine respiratory so minimizing risk is doable. What comes to mind tiveness of different products. Not all vaccines are syncytial virus (BRSV).

These vaccines also aid in the control of bovine first? Good management; nutrition, which includes the same, and sometimes the overlap in names of good water; and just plain good animal husbandry viruses and bacteria, as well as the combinations viral diarrhea type I (BVD) and bovine parainfluenza 3 (PI3) virus, as well as the bacterial agents practices all rank as No. 1. within vaccines, can become confusing.

Somewhere on the list will be calf vaccinations.

Vaccine effectiveness is not the same for the mannheimia haemolytica and pasteurella multocida.

The clostridial bacterin-toxoid includes blackleg Producers have many options to prepare calves for many pathogens, so a producer will have to decide, caused by clostridium chauvoei, malignant edema the market, but the first is to assure that the calf is in conjunction with the veterinarian, the level of adequately protected against the many pathogens effectiveness that is acceptable while keeping in caused by Cl. Septicum, black disease caused by that are lurking and waiting to take advantage of mind that even a modest rate of immunity may be Cl. Novyi, gas-gangrene caused by Cl. Sordellii, and enterotoxemia and enteritis caused by Cl. percalves that do not have adequate protection. better than none.

Even well-managed calves that are fit, alert and Stokka says the third question is related to vac- fringens types C and D. Added only at weaning is ready to eat can, if exposed to the wrong pathogen, cine safety. Although the general population expects Histophilus (Haemophilus) somnus.

All this protection cost the center less than $10 succumb to illness. So how does one plan? extensive testing of new products, the ultimate To start, review the numerous vaccination pro- recipient of the vaccine is the producer’s calves. per animal.

May you find all your ear tags. grams available and then, in consultation with a Stokka reminds us that every producer must have For more information, contact Ringwall at 1041 veterinarian, design and match operational needs a communicative relationship with the operation’s with marketing protocols. veterinarian and also a strong comfort level with the State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, or go to http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/beeftalk/.

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An apple a day could keep obesity away

By Sylvia Kantor, WSU CAHNRS Communications Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have concluded that non-digestible compounds in apples — specifically, Granny Smith apples — may help prevent disorders associated with obesity. The study, which is thought to be the first of its kind to assess these compounds in apple cultivars grown in the Pacific Northwest, appears in October’s print edition of the journal Food Chemistry.

“We know that, in general, apples are a good source of these non-digestible compounds but there are differences in varieties,” said food scientist, Giuliana Noratto, the study’s lead researcher. “Results from this study will help consumers to discriminate between apple varieties that can aid in the fight against obesity.”

The tart green Granny Smith apples benefit the growth of friendly bacteria in the colon due to their high content of non-digestible compounds, including dietary fiber and polyphenols, and the low content of available carbohydrates.

Despite being subjected to chewing, stomach acid and digestive enzymes, these compounds remain intact when they reach the colon. Once there, they are fermented by bacteria in the colon, which benefits the growth of friendly bacteria in the gut.

The study showed that Granny Smith apples surpass Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, McIntosh and Red Delicious in the amount of non-digestible compounds they contain.

“The non-digestible compounds in the Granny Smith apples actually changed the proportions of fecal bacteria from obese mice to be similar to that of lean mice,” Noratto said.

The discovery could help prevent some of the disorders associated with obesity such as low-grade, chronic inflammation, which can lead to diabetes. The balance of bacterial communities in the colon of obese people is disturbed. This results in microbial byproducts that lead to inflammation and influence metabolic disorders associated with obesity, Noratto said.

“What determines the balance of bacteria in our colon is the food we consume,” she said.

Re-establishing a healthy balance of bacteria in the colon stabilizes metabolic processes that influence inflammation and the sensation of feeling satisfied, or satiety, Noratto said.

The study was funded with an Emerging Research Issues Internal Competitive Grant from the Agricultural Research Center at Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.

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Stressed-out days can affect nutrition and health

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service I couldn’t help but think of the 1960s song “Mama Said There’ll Be Days Like This” the other day.

I had been on two flights earlier in the day on my way to Alaska. I arrived at my gate an hour early with only two people in line in front of me. I needed to change airlines and get my seat assignment.

I have plenty of time for a snack, I thought to myself.

I already had spent 10 hours on flights and layovers in my long journey, so I was feeling a “hunger headache” coming my way. The small packet of pretzels provided on the flight doesn’t carry me through.

The airline attendants began having problems with the computer at the gate, and about six people were working nervously at the computer terminal. Forty minutes passed. My stomach was growling and I was growing more impatient by the minute, along with the 20 people now in line behind me.

I could hear lots of heavy sighs, audible complaints and people talking about ordering pizza. I took a deep breath, did a couple of shoulder shrugs and thought about my favorite stress-relief song. I smiled thinking about the entire line of people breaking into a song and dance routine.

The minutes toward takeoff ticked by and people began boarding the plane. Finally, another attendant came over and asked for my itinerary. She left and quickly returned.

“Since this machine isn’t working, either, we’ll have to wait until everyone is seated to see if we have a seat for you,” she said.

I was hoping that the plane was “working.”

My heart began beating faster, my shoulders tensed, and I think my antiperspirant was failing quickly. Finally, the attendant wrote a seat number on my sheet and I was the last person to board the plane.

I walked somewhat triumphantly onto the plane. However, when I arrived at my seat, someone was occupying it. I was ready to crawl into the overhead luggage compartment.

Fortunately, the person discovered she was in the wrong row. The expression on my face probably gave her a clue.

Yes, I was feeling a little stressed, partly because flying isn’t my ideal pastime and partly because I really needed some food.

Stress can have many effects that might include an increased heart rate, dizziness, stomachache, headache, stiff neck, shoulder pain, irritability and many other symptoms.

A little stress can be positive. The stress of a deadline can propel you to get your job done, do your job well and get to your gate at the airport on time.

On the negative side, stress can affect your ability to concentrate, leave you feeling sad, reduce your energy level and cause sleep issues, as well as many other symptoms.

Prolonged stress can cause ongoing pain and a weakened immune system, which can lead to frequent colds and infections. Long-term stress can increase your blood pressure and affect your heart health.

Some people might turn to drinking alcohol or smoking to cope with stress, but neither of those options provides long-lasting relief from stress.

Getting some physical activity is one of the best ways to overcome stress. All of us need to try to accumulate about 30 minutes of moderate activity on five or more days of the week.

Stress can affect your eating patterns, so we need to be aware of managing and balancing our nutrition. Some people eat more than usual and others will lose their appetite in response to ongoing stress.

When I finally settled into my seat for my flight that day, I remembered I had dropped a crunchy granola bar with nuts in my bag on my way out of my home. Complex carbohydrates and magnesium-rich nuts actually are satisfying and good for combating stress.

I rented a DVD player and watched a comedy. Laughter also helps relieve stress.

I would have preferred some warm, soft, satisfying food such as this tasty recipe that’s perfect to serve over mashed red potatoes, brown or white rice or pasta. Add some colorful steamed broccoli, baked apples and low-fat or fat-free milk for a delicious meal.

Slow Cooker Paprika Chicken 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Paprika (generous amount) 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 (4-ounce) can mushrooms with liquid (optional ingredient) CONTINUED ON PAGE A51

N.D. 4-H clubs practice eating smart, playing hard

By NDSU Extension Service Twenty-four 4-H clubs were recognized for demonstrating their commitment to a healthy lifestyle and are designated as a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club for 2013-14.

The 4-H clubs, with a total of 431 members, earned the special recognition for making “Eat Smart. Play Hard.” lessons part of their club meetings for the past year. Nine clubs also earned extra recognition for completing the “Family Mealtime Challenge.”

“Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together” is a statewide campaign that emphasizes the importance of making healthy food choices, getting regular exercise and families eating together. The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service and Bison Athletics teamed up to launch the initiative in 2005.

This was the sixth or seventh year some clubs were named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club. This year, each club member received a certificate of recognition and a small prize.

The clubs recognized this year are by county, number of members and number of years they have received the Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club recognition: • Barnes - Valley Friends, 20 members, five years • Burleigh - Caring Hands, five members, three years; Dakota Guys and Gals, seven members, four years; McKenzie Magnums, 15 members, five years; Northern Colors, eight members, two years; Silver Colts, 10 members, six years • Cass - Bennett 4-H, eight members, two years; Clover Friends, 15 members, one year; Dragonflies, 28 members, three years; Golden Clovers, 28 members, two years; Harwood Helpers, 20 members, four years; Kindred 4-H Friends, 17 members, seven years; Rainbow Kids, 18 members, six years; Uniters, three members, six years; Valley Adventures, 14 members, six years; Wheatland Pioneers, 14 members, seven years • Divide - Flickertails, nine members, seven years • Grant - City Slickers, 32 members, three years • Logan - Dakota Kids, 17 members, two years • McLean - Flickertail Farmers, 41 members, one year • Morton - Missouri Valley Bunch, 25 members, seven years • Pembina - Helping Hands, 14 members, two years • Ransom - Sheyenne Braves, 32 members, one year; Tri County Ag, 31 members, three years “The clubs continue to impress us with their creative approaches to promoting good health among their members and the thoughtful, ongoing service activities they conduct in their communities,” says Julie Garden-Robinson, NDSU Extension food and nutrition specialist and Healthy North Dakota 4-H Clubs program coordinator. “For example, they learn about preparing healthful recipes through hands-on activities. Some clubs do food drives for a local food pantry, while others bake items and visit community members with a treat.

“These young people definitely are ‘learning by doing’ and we hope these lessons inspire them to maintain healthy habits throughout their life,” she adds.

Clubs are required to incorporate at least one nutrition or fitness activity into a minimum of six regular meetings during the year to be named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club.

4-H clubs interested in participating in the 2014-15 North Dakota Healthy 4-H Clubs program should contact their county Extension office or visit this website: http://tinyurl. com/healthy4-hclub.

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Manure management is important for all farm sizes

By Shelby Bollwahn, Michigan State University Extension What is considered a small farm? A 3,000 head beef feedlot? A 30,000 head free-range turkey operation? A dairy with 50 head? Or maybe a stable with 10 horses?

There really is no right answer to this question. Regionally, there are different perceptions as to what a small farm is. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a farm as “any operation that produces and sells, or could sell, at least $1,000 worth of agricultural production.” Did you know that 59 percent of farms in the United States sell less than $10,000 worth of agricultural production? There are more than 1 million operations selling less than $5,000 worth of production. If you look at the numbers you’ll note that a lot of agricultural production comes from small farms. Small farms may include animal feeding operations (those with fewer animals than the confined animal feeding operation threshold), small scale commercial production or hobby farm enterprises (horses or show/heritage/exotic breeds of livestock).

Why is manure management important on small farms?

Small farms are different than large farms, the challenges of managing manure nutrients are different but the principles are the same. Small farms may have fewer animals and sometimes several animal species on the same farm. Those farms could also have limited acreage and possibly lack the equipment necessary for spreading manure. Michigan State University Extension recognizes the positive and negative impacts of manure. Manure is a valuable resource on the farm as a great source of nutrients for crop production and it can help to improve soil health.

Most farm owners do not realize the value of the manure that is produced on their farms. When not managed properly, manure can pollute the environment. This includes ground or surface water pollution due to Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Carbon (organic matter). Mismanaged manure can contribute to air quality concerns (dust and odor), pathogens in water supplies and presence of vermin.

Small farms can choose to spread or store manure.

There are two options for small farms when it comes to managing manure. Option one is to collect the manure and bedding daily, load it in a spreader and spread it on cropland, hayland or pasture. This option is time consuming and has to be done regardless of soil moisture, weather or time of year. Option two is to stockpile or store the manure for a period of time. In this case, the manure could be spread or hauled away, and utilized at a later time. Even though the number of livestock may not be large, enough manure will be generated to pose a problem if planning is not done. For example, a 1,000 pound horse can produce approximately 50 pounds of manure per day. If kept in a stall, it may require 15-20 pounds of bedding per day.

Manure in addition to bedding will have a volume of 203 cubic feet per day. In total, a stalled horse will require the removal of 60-70 pounds of waste per day. That results in 12-13 tons of waste per stall per year. The annual stall waste from one horse will fill a 12 foot by 12 foot stall about 6 feet deep, according to eXtension Stall Waste Production and Management. The capability to store manure reduces or eliminates the need to spread manure on a daily basis. Manure storage facilities also allow the farm owner to store the manure until it can be removed and used by other farmers, gardeners or landscapers.

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One of the oldest and most universal mythical creatures is the dragon. Huge, winged lizards or serpents with greenish scales and flaming breath are found in tales from ancient China to medieval Europe.

In China, the dragon originally represented the rising sun, happiness, and fertility. Sumerians included dragons in their religious art as early as 4000 B.C. The ancient Greeks called their dragon Draco and pictured it as a massive, winged snake emitting light and squeezing victims to death in its coils.

In the British Isles, dragons were associated with the legendary King Arthur and St. George, and though it is generally accepted that dragons do not exist, some think ancient man’s glimpses of giant seas snakes may have inspired dragon myths.

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ALL USED COMBINES Retail price less 10% discount, less 25% down payment (applicable JDF pool fund programs, trade equity or cash) plus contract fees @ 0% interest for one year followed by 3.25% for 4 years total of 5 years financing at JDF - o.a.c.

2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001466. (4).............................Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001463. (4).............................Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper,520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001462. (1).............Call 2013 John Deere S670 premium cab, XM radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 color Touchscreen Command center, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001460. (1).............................Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 Touch Screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty thick sking rotors, heavy duty high torque variable speed laterial tilt feeder house with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 front tires with 6.5” spacers, 28L-26 rear tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger. 5 year 3000 hour JD PowerGard warranty remaining. #16001505................Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, extended wear elements, separator tines & top cover, extended wear small grain concaves, heavy duty high torque variable speed laterial tilt feeder house with reverser, 2 speed fine cut chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires with 6.5” spacer, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high output unloading auger. #16001485...................................Call

2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, & radio, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, GS3 7” Touch color display, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top cover, 350 bushel grain tank, 26-ft. unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/75R38 drive tires, 6.5” wheel spacer, 28L-26 steering tires. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001456...................................Call 2012 John Deere S670 premium cab, HID lighting, Auto Trac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed hydro, heavy duty (thick skin) rotor, Contour Master feederhouse, 2 speed fine cut straw chopper, 520/85R42 dual drive tires, 28L-26 steering tires, 26-ft. high speed unloading auger. 5 year 3000 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16001443. (4).............Call 2012 John Deere S670 combine with premium cab, HID lighting, AutoTrac ready, 7” GS3 touch screen color display, 3 speed electric shift transmission, extended wear thick skin rotor, separator tines & rotor top covers, 350 bushel tank, 26-ft. unloading auger, fine cut straw chopper, 800/70R38 drive tires, 6.5” axle spacer, 28L-26 steering tires. 5-Year 3000 hour PowrGard warranty remains. #16001382.

(4).................................................Call 2011 John Deere 9770STS premium cab, Contour Master feederhouse, extended wear small grain & round bar concaves extended wear, hicapacity 26-ft. unloading auger, bullet rotor, 20.8x42 dual tires, 28L-26 steering tires, pro-drive transmission. #16001496...................................Call 2011 John Deere “4WD” 9770STS 3 speed hydro, premium header control, Touchset automatic combine adjust, Contour Master feederhouse, bullet rotor, high capacity 22.5-ft. unloading system, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001308. (1).............Call

D L O S CORN HEADS

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

HEADER TRAILERS

Horst 36-ft. header trailer. #13012353....... ................................................... $6500 AW C H C 3 6 3 6 - f t . h e a d e r t ra i l e r. #13012333................................. $6500 U n i v e r t h H T 4 2 h e a d e r t r a i l e r. #16010049................................. $6000 U n i v e r t h H T 4 2 h e a d e r t r a i l e r. #16010048................................. $6000

2009 John Deere 9770STS 2WD, singles, chopper, yield monitor, lateral tilt feeder house, Guidance ready, Contour Master, header height resume, 600/65R28 R1W steering tires, Performance Plus, 22.5-ft. unloading auger, hydraulic fore & aft reel control, fine cut chopper with chaff spreader, xenon lighting. #16001509............. $160,000 2009 John Deere 9770STS Performance Plus package, Premier cab, Contour Master feederhouse with reverser, premium header package, high capacity unloading auger, 2 speed straw chopper, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R26 steering tires. #16001263. (1)......Call 2009 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, deluxe header ctonrol, 800/65R32 drive tires, 600/65R-28 steering tires, high speed unloading auger, fine cut wide spread straw chopper. #16001375. (1).............................Call

FLEX HEADERS

2013 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel, cross auger, automatic header flight sensing. #16002409................$90,500 2012 John Deere 640FD 40-ft., pickup reel with AWS air reel attached, crop conveyor auger, headsite automatic header height control. #16002571....... ................................................$83,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger fingers. #16002431.......$47,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger finger. #16002430.........$46,000 2013 John Deere 635F 35-ft., composite auger finger. #16002429.........$45,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers. #16002336. (1)..$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft., auger composite fingers, one piece spare knife. #16002333..............................$42,000 2012 John Deere 635F 35-ft. pickup reel. #16002327..............................$42,000 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., finger reel. #16002386..............................$33,000 2009 John Deere 635 35-ft., Crary air reel. #16002370. (1)........................$27,500 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., finger reel. #16002237..............................$25,000 2006 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel, composite fingers, high stone dam. #16002264..............................$25,000 2005 John Deere 635F 35-ft., header height & Contour sensors with 2008 Crary air reel. #16002316. (2)..$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F 35-ft., pickup reel. #16002395..............................$25,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers. #16002271. (4)...........$21,000 2004 John Deere 635F auger composite fingers, HH sensing & Contour sensor. #16002243. (3)........................$21,000 2006 John Deere 630F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002573..............................$22,500 2002 John Deere 930F 30-ft., header height sensings, level land, splined backshaft/universal, Dial-A-Speed reel control, fore & aft reel control, poly-skid plates, auger with full width fingers. #16002453. (4)........................$10,500 2001 John Deere 930F 30-ft., pickup reel. #16002288. (1)........................$13,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. with integral air finger reel. #16002329.......$12,500 1994 John Deere 930F 30-ft. header. #16002359. (2)........................$12,500

2008 John Deere 9770STS combine 1987 John Deere 8820 20-ft. unloading with yield monitor, heavy duty variauger, chaff spreader, Dial-A-Speed able speed Contour Master feeder header height & reel. #16001451. (1). house, 800/70R38 drive tires, 28L-26 .............................................. $14,500 steering tires, fine cut straw chopper, 1985 John Deere 8820 2WD combine chaff spreader, 22’5” high speed unwith chopper, 20-ft. unloading auger, loading auger, xenon lighting package.

255 hp, 6 cylinder. #16001436. (1)..... #16001508.......................... $210,000 .............................................. $13,500 2008 John Deere 9770STS corn/small 1983 John Deere 8820 30.5x32 tires, grain heavy duty performance packchopper, chaff spreader. #16001482. age, premier cab, Contour Master (4).......................................... $19,500 feederhouse with reverser & high 1979 John Deere 8820 2WD, singles, torque variable speed drive, Harvest spreader, 30.5x32 tires. #16001510... monitor with Greenstar II display & .............................................. $15,000 receiver, extended wear separator & 1998 Gleaner R62 2WD, singles, chopper. grain handling system with high rate #16001480............................ $39,000 unloading SY straw chopper, heavy 1994 Case IH 1688 2WD, singles, spreadduty hydro, 800/65R32 drive tires, er, hydro 2 speed, rock trap with 1010 600/65R32 steering tires. #16001504.

30-ft. auger header. #16001498. (1)...

(3).................................................Call .............................................. $28,000 2008 John Deere 9770STS Premier cab, Command Touch operating control, AUGER HEADERS premier header control, Contour Mas- 1998 John Deere 930R 30-ft., slat reel, ter feederhouse, high speed unload level land, heavy duty skid plates, Dialsystem, fine cut straw chopper with A-Speed reel control. #16002454. (4).. tailboard spreader. #16001434. (4).... ...................................................$9800 .....................................................Call 1993 John Deere 930R 30-ft. rigid.

2004 John Deere 9760STS 3 position #16002394.................................$3500 header height control, Harvest Doc, 1996 John Deere 925 25-ft. rigid header, Touchset concave adjustment, 22.5-ft. fore/aft, Dial-A-Speed reel control, 30-ft. high capacity unloading system, twin slat reel, level land. #16002368. (1)..... disk straw spreader, 18.4R-42 dual ...................................................$2500 drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, HID lighting. #16001413. (4)........Call PICKUP HEADERS 2002 John Deere 9750STS Premier cab, 2011 John Deere 615P 15-ft. with attachdeluxe header package, Greenstar ment. #16002449....................$26,500 yield/moisture monitor, 20-ft. high 1981 John Deere 212P 12-ft. with JD atcapacity unload auger, wide spread tachment. #16002253. (1)..........$3150 fine cut straw chopper, 800/65R-32 1979 John Deere 212P 14-ft. with Melroe drive tires, 18.4R-26 steering tires, 351 pickup attachment. #16002240.

“Reconditioned”. #16001287. (1).Call (1)...............................................$2950 2001 John Deere 9750STS variable 1979 John Deere 212P 12-ft., no attachspeed feederhouse, Greenstar moniment. #16002212. (1).................$1250 tor with yield, deluxe header controls, John Deere 100 12-ft. with Melroe attach20-ft. unloading auger, fine cut chopment. #16002209. (3)...................$700 per, 800/65R32 drive tires, 16.9x26 steering tires, buddy seat, engine GRAIN CART heater, AM/FM/CASS/WB, in cab draper control, service lights, 4-ft. axle spacers. #16001440. (1)...............Call 2001 John Deere 9650STS 2WD, duals, chopper, yield monitor, lateral tilt feeder house, Dial-A-Matic header height control, 30.5x32 14 ply drive tires, 18.4-26-6P steering tires., Greenstar less mapping with display, 2013 Unverferth 1596 1500 bushel grain extra high capacity air cleaner, 20-ft. tank, 22” double auger, 900/60x32 tires, unloading auger, fine cut chopper with self steer undercarriage, 520 Indicatio chaff spreader, adjustable rear heavy scale, tarp. #16010054. (4)....... $94,500 duty spindles, high capacity feeding package, Contour Master, MD variable speed feeder house. #16001506........ .............................................. $93,000 1995 John Deere 9600 Dial-A-Matic header heights, 20-ft. unloading auger, slide away chopper, 30.5x32 12 ply, 2013 Unverferth 1196 1100 bushel grain 14.9x24 6 ply, grain concave, cylinder cart, 1000 PTO, tarp, scale, 520/85x42 filler plates. #16001491......... $50,000 tires, walking tandem axles, pivot unload1993 John Deere 9600 combine, 260 ing auger, easy cleanout. #16010056. hp, Dial-A-Speed reel control, hy(4).............................................. $85,000 draulic fore/aft, 20-ft. unloading auger, 30.5x32 drive tires, 14.9x24 steering tires, straw spreader. #16001470. (2). .............................................. $37,000 1990 John Deere 9500 2WD with straw chopper, Dial-A-Speed reel, 24.5x32 front, 14.9x24 rear. #16001398. (1).... .............................................. $37,000 1990 John Deere 9500 small grain, 24.5x32 fronts, 14.9x24 rears, chaff Kinze 1050 1000 PTO, tandem walking axle, spreader, Dial-A-Matic header height tarp. #16010047........................ $32,000 control. #16001500............... $35,000 1990 John Deere 9500 conventional Check Out Our combine, hydrostatic transmission, 20-ft. unloading auger, 24.5x32 drive WEBSITE: tires, 11x24 steering tires, straw chopper, chaff spreader. #16001428. (1)... www.fesmt.com .............................................. $32,000

SOLD

SOLD SOLD

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

After Hours Sales:

JOHN DEERE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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AIR SEEDERS, 2WD TRACTORS, 4WD TRACTORS, & TRACK TRACTORS

4WD TRACTORS

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

RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE AIR HOE DRILL

2009 John Deere 1835 SFP 61-ft.x10” air drill, 550# trip, 3-rank, dry fertilizer delivery, 4x22” steel press, smooth gauge wheel, cast fertilizer closing wheels, 31L & 33L dual main frame, PSTV depth control, transport lowering stop, rock guards, primary blockage seed and fertilizer, less tools. #16005279.

(3)....................................... $168,000 1998 John Deere 1820 45-ft., 7.5” spacing, single shoot, 3” steel packer wheels, 1900 270 bushel tow between cart. #16005305. (2).............. $62,000

John Deere 737 air drill with 787 air cart. #16005239. (4)...................... $30,000

1995 John Deere 680 35-ft. air hoe drill, 12” spacing, double shoot with JD 787 tow behind, 3/4 tip with 4” spreader. #16005236. (2)...................... $24,000

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

2012 John Deere 9560R 560 HP, 18/6 powershift transmission, JD link, cab preim CV11 with CMD AR, premium radio/ XM satellite, hi-flow hydraulic system, 5 remotes, no rear PTO, drawbar Cat 5, dual IF800/70R38 Firestone tires, PRM HID light package, RH/LH electric REM ADJ, antenna, F/Business band, motor seal drain, engine 13.5L IT Compliant, rear wheel weights. 5 year 3000 1996 John Deere 730 44-ft. air disc drill, hour Factory PowerGard warranty 7.5” spacing, 230 bushel tow between remains!!! #16003866. (1)...$379,000 air cart and rolling baskets, dual caster wheels with wings, 550# openers on 2012 John Deere 9560R 560 hp, powershift, triples, 480/80R50, 5 hydraulics, 4-ranks, 11” sweep. #16005277. (3)...

Premium Commandview cab, 3-pt, 15 .............................................. $28,000 rear suitcase weights, HID lights, SF1 John Deere 730/787 44-ft. air disc Starfire 3000 receiver, GS3 2630 disdrill, 7.5” spacing, single shoot. play, SF1 activation. #16003912. (3).... #16005302............................ $28,000 ..............................................$344,500

2009 Case IH 400 45-ft. flexhoe with 3380 tow between cart, 10” spacing, 3.5 packer wheels, variable rate, single shoot, 1” pts, primary blockage. #16005259. (3).................... $115,000

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

TRACK TRACTORS

2012 John Deere 9460RT 36” tracks, PTO, Guidance ready, 4 hydraulic remotes, leather trim, dual beam radar sensor, business band radio, RH & LH electric adjust mirrors, GS3 Command Center 7, 3000 receiver, SF1 ready, deluxe Commandview cab, heavy duty steering pump, tow cable, “New Reman engine”. #16003933.............$335,000

2011 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe comfort package, AutoTrac ready, Premiere lighting package, tool box, leather trim, AM/FM/WB/CD, 30” tracks. #16003670. (3)......................$298,000

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

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

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

AIR SEEDER 1990 John Deere 8760 singles, hydraulic outlets, performance monitor, 14-ft. dozer. “Reconditioned.” #16003809.

(3)............................................$52,000

1992 Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, anhydrous side shoot system, steel packers, 2320-230 bushel tow between air seeder cart. #16005250.

(4).......................................... $35,000

2010 John Deere 9630T 530 hp, deluxe cab, AutoTrac ready, plug-n-play, deluxe comfort package, Cat 5 drawbar, 36” tracks, dual beam radar, premiere lighting package, tool box, HID lights, AM/FM/CD/WB, leather trim, buddy seat, FM business antenna, front weight bracket with 26 weights, side weights-12, rotary beacon light, 1000 PTO. #16003663. (1)............................ ...................Rental Return SAVE $$$

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

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

D L O S

2005 Bourgault 5710 50-ft. air hoe drill, double shoot, 3.5” steel packers, 3/4 stealth openers with trailing 6450 cart, deluxe auger. #16005265. (2)............. ............................................ $128,500

AG MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS GLOBAL GUIDANCE

2013 John Deere 0706PC 2630 display. #16017257.................................$4550 2006 John Deere 0330PC GS2 rate controller, 31 pin. #16012087. (1).......$600

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

CORN PLANTER

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

D L O S

1989 John Deere 8960 370 hp, 20.8x42 duals, 24 speed Synchro, Cummins 855. #16003935. (1)................$42,950

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

(1)..........................................$269,000

GRAIN AUGERS New Highline CFR650 bale processor with chopper. #14200880...... $27,500 New Highline CFR650 round bale processor. #14201014..................... $25,500 New Highline CFR650 bale processor. #14200978............................ $25,000 Rental Return Highline CFR651 bale processor, 4 remotes, hydraulic agression control. #14200893. (3)................ ....................................ONLY $19,000

D L O S

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

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

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

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

Check out our website: www.fesmt.com

After Hours Sales:

JOHN DEERE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

1994 New Holland 9880 syncro, differential lock, duals NEW 710/70R38 Trellebro radial tires, 2860# front & rear weights. 2009 Batco RS2500 grain auger, drive over pit, belt conveyor. #16006840..... $9500 #16003748. (3)........................$79,500

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TRACTORS - ROW CROP - COMPACT

DRAPER HEADERS

2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup reel, 10” center, dual LH/RH spare knife, road transport with lights. #16002396. (4)..... ................................................$72,500 2011 John Deere 640D 40-ft., pickup finger reel, road transportation package, full width skid shoe. #16002566....$67,000 2012 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation package, “Reconditioned”. #16002299.................$66,500 2011 John Deere 635D 35-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights. #16002369. (1)........................$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002421. (3)......... ................................................$54,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002558..$48,000 2010 John Deere 635D 35-ft., pickup reel with transportation kit. #16002330........ ................................................$54,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., double sickle, gauge wheels, pickup reel, hydraulic fore & aft, single point hookup transportation system. #16002260...... ................................................$51,500 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., cutterbar with full width shoes, poly tine pickup reel, road transport with lights. #16002419..............................$46,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., transportation kit. #16002259..................$45,000 2009 John Deere 635D 35-ft., road transport with lights, poly tine pickup reel. #16002572..............................$44,500 2008 John Deere 936D 36-ft., poly tine pickup reel, road transport, lights, “Reconditioned”. #16002389. (1).$35,000 2005 John Deere 936D 36-ft., finger reel, transportation kit. #16002422..$35,000 2000 John Deere 936D road transport with lights, poly tine pickup reel. #16002390.

(1)............................................$29,900 2010 Honey Bee SP42 42-ft. with double knife, UII pickup reel, transportation kit, JD adapter. #16002456. (1)....$55,000 2009 Honey Bee 42-ft., with JD adapter, pickup reel, transport system. #16002440. (3)........................$49,000 2007 Honey Bee 422 42-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, JD adapter. #16002441. ............................$48,000 2003 MacDon 963 36-ft., pickup reel, transportation kit, 60 Series JD adapter. #16002193..............................$21,000 1999 MacDon 962 36-ft., transport. #16002569..............................$13,500 1998 MacDon 962 36-ft., pickup reel, transport. #16002278. (4)........$14,000

SOLD

PAYLOADER & FORKLIFT

1973 CAT 950 payloader, 3rd function, 5-tine JD grapple. #16003785..$48,000

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

1966 John Deere 4020 cab, syncro transmission, 23.1-30.00-16 front, 158 loader & grapple, no 3-pt., 2 remotes. #16003637. (4).......................$12,500 John Deere 4010 syncro range, PTO, 18.4x34 rear, 7.5x18 front tires. #16003940................................$6200

2013 John Deere 8360R FWA 360 hp, Intel power management Premium CommandView II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color Touch display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., ILS front suspension, 710/70R42 dual rear tires with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, 2-1400# rear weights, 5 year 3600 hour factory PowerGard warranty remains. #16003846. (4).... .............................................$298,500

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

2012 John Deere 8360R FWA, 360 hp with Intel power management, Premium cabview II cab, leather trim, RH/LH electric mirror, dual beam radar sensor, 7” color display, foot throttle, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 85cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, 710/70R42 dual rear tires with fenders, 480/70R34 dual front tires with fenders, 16 front weights, 2-1400# rear weights.

5 year 3600 hour factory PowerQard warranty remains. #16003845. (2).... .............................................$279,500

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

2008 John Deere 8130 MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, AutoTrac ready, 16 speed powershift, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt., 118” axles, 620/70R42, 480/70R30 fronts, front fenders, radar, HID lights, leather trim, AM/FM, JD 840 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple fork. #16003715. (1).....................$157,500 2004 John Deere 7920 140 hp, FWA, IVT, Guidance ready, 540/1000 PTO, 3-pt, instructional seat, 4 hydraulic outlets, RH joystick, JD 746 loader, bucket, grapple fork. #16003852......$126,000

2013 John Deere 7280R 280 hp, AP/ IVT prem, CV11 cab, XM satellite/ radio, 63cc hydraulic pump, 4 remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 40,000 triple link suspension, HID lights, quik-tatch with H480 loader. #16003853. (1).$258,500

2012 John Deere 6170R 170 hp, IVT 40K, premium cab, deluxe radio, 3 remote cylinder control, 540/1000 PTO, 480/80R46, 380/85R34, tool box, GS AutoTrac ready, 200 amp alternator, Panorama glass roof, 1 pair 450# inside weights with H480 loader. #16003864...........................$160,000 1975 John Deere 4430 cab, sycro transmission, duals, 148 loader. #16003747.............................$23,500

SOLD

1973 John Deere 4430 with 158 loader, QuadRange transmission, 3 hydraulics, no 3-pt. hitch, 18.4x38 duals (50%). #16003734. (4)...........$17,500

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2013 John Deere 5100M FWA, 16F/16R power reverser, triple rear & mid mount remotes, 18.4R30 rear tires, 12.4R24 front steering tires, cold weather package, loader available. #12003393. (1). ...............................................$63,500 2007 New Holland T6050 Delta cab, MFWD, partial powershift, 18.4R38, 3 hydraulics, air seat, instructional seat, 16x16 electroshift, rear weights with loader. #16003936.................$60,000

2011 John Deere 3720 FWA, 3 remotes, Dom IT4, cab, air ride seat, hydro transmission, mid PTO, 43x1620R4/27x8.5-15, dual & single rear remotes with 300CX loader. #16003898.

(4)..........................................$37,800

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After Hours Sales:

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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

3 PT. HITCH EQUIPMENT

1988 John Deere 855 2WD, 2 hydraulics, 540 PTO, syncro, loader. #16003877.

(4).............................................$8500

2011 Case IH Puma 185 CVT transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. “Only 1250 hours.” #16003726. (1).........$167,000

2011 Case IH Puma 185 MFD, powershift transmission, 155 PTO hp, 3-pt., loader, grapple, bucket teeth. #16003725.

(1).........................................$161,000

1978 John Deere 4240 cab, 2WD, pow- 1999 Case IH MX180 MFD, cab, powershift, 20.8R-42, loader, 3-pt., 18F/4R ershift, singles, 2 hydraulics, 3 pt. with powershift transmission. #16003896.

148 loader & grapple. #16003889. (1).

(1)..........................................$65,000 ...............................................$25,500

406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

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2007 New Holland T6030 FWA, 95 hp, powershift, 540/1000 PTO, cold weather package, 3 mid mount hydraulics, instructional seat with 840TL loader, grapple, pallet fork, 925 hours. #16003921. (1).......................$68,000

2003 John Deere 7520 FWA, 123 hp, cab, partial powershift, singles, air seat, 3 mid-mount hydraulic, 3 pt., 110” rear axle, 741 self leveling loader, 16 speed, 2 remotes. #16003834. (1).....$79,000

NEW Schulte RDX117 snowblower, 13/4-20 spline yoke shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010035. (2)........................$21,000 NEW Schulte RDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty 540 PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010033. (1)........$15,000 NEW Schulte RDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010032. (2)........................$15,000 NEW Schulte SDX102 snowblower, size 8 heavy duty PTO shaft, heavy duty chute kit, hydraulic cylinder kit, chute deflector. #13010027. (2)........................$12,500 2009 Schulte RDX110 snowblower, 13/8 yoke, heavy duty chute, hydraulic kit for chute deflector. #16007470. (3)...... ................................................$12,500 2012 John Deere SB1174 medium snowblower. #16007488..................... $3600

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2014 General Implement RI C8A 8-ft. commercial grader. #13012493. (1)..... ................................................... $4200 2014 General Implement RI U7A 7-ft. standard grader. #13012496. (1)..$3700 2014 General Implement RI U6A 6-ft. standard grader. #13012494. (1)..$3100 2014 General Implement RI U6A 6-ft. standard grader. #13012495. (1)..$3100

GRAIN VACS

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

NEW

XL78

rockpicker

IN STOCK Fast, clean, tough and efficient. We’ve made the XL-78 to pick rocks faster, and with less dirt in the bucket. They’re tough farm hands that stand up to the rough and tumble world of rock picking and you can depend on them to get your rock picking jobs done quickly and easily.

• The XL-78 has a picking width of seven feet. • Large bucket capacity.

• The XL-78 dumps rocks 7 feet - plenty of height if you’re using a truck or trailer to haul rocks off the field.

• Hydraulic reel drive • Heavy duty, high efficiency parallel drive gearbox.

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SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS

ROUND BALERS

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

2013 John Deere 569 Premium coveredge surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale kicker, 2630 display, only 2475 bales. #16007368. (1)...................... $52,500 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006798............................ $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 rim & tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift, mounting brackets, Comfort Guard. #16006797. (1)...................... $45,000 2013 John Deere 569 1-3/8” 1000 rpm PTO hookup, 21.5L-16.1 tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006801. (4)...................... $43,500 2012 John Deere 568 1000 rpm hookup, 21.5L-16.1 10-ply tires, Megawide pickup, push bar, coveredge surface wrap, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006788.

(3).......................................... $41,000 2011 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, bale push bar. #16006825. (3).$31,000 2010 John Deere 568 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, Megawide Plus pickup, pushbar, coveredge surface wrap & twine, hydraulic pickup lift. #16009940. (3)....... .............................................. $38,800

JOHN DEERE 2010 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale push bar. #16006844. (4)...... $34,000 2010 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, surface wrap, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup, bale push bar, variable core. #16006822...... $32,000 2009 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 flotation tires, hydraulic lift Megawide pickup dual gauge wheels. #16006438. (1)........... .............................................. $35,500 2007 John Deere 568 surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 tires, pushbar, Megawide pickup, hydraulic pickup. #16006806............................ $32,000 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap 1000 PTO, 21.5L-16.1 10 ply tires, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale pushbar, variable core valve, hydraulic pickup lift. #16009932....................... $31,500 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 8 PR, hydraulic pickup lift, slip clutch alert & speed sensor, bale push bar. #16006845. (4)............... $28,900 2007 John Deere 568 Megawide pickup, twine & surface wrap, 1000 PTO, hydraulic pickup lift, 31x13.5 8PR tires, bale pushbar. #16006819. (4)..$28,500 2006 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, surface wrap, 1000 PTO, bale push bar. #16006836............................ $17,000 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, 540 PTO, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup lift, surface wrap. #16006796.. .............................................. $19,500 2004 John Deere 567 Megawide pickup, twine only, 540 PTO, bale push bar. #16006824. (4)...................... $15,000 2003 John Deere 567 540 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup, bale push bar, hydraulic pickup, surface wrap. #16006847....... .............................................. $20,000

SOLD

CASE IH 2009 Case IH RB564 wide pickup, hydraulic pickup lift, mesh wrap. #16006807.

(4).......................................... $20,500 2006 Case IH RBX563 1000 PTO, big tires, bale kicker, surface wrap. “Reconditioned.” #16006313. (1)..$14,950

SWATHERS & HEADER

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS HAYING EQUIPMENT

Morris 1400 hay hiker. #16006848............ ................................................$22,500

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

(1)........................................ $118,000 2005 John Deere 4895 with 896 header, 18-ft. auger platform. #16006821. (4).. .............................................. $62,500 1998 John Deere 4890 with JD 890 18-ft. header, rubber/urethan conditioner, 18.4x26 button tires. #16006823. (4).. .............................................. $39,000

SOLD

2009 John Deere 620i Gator, 4WD, XUV, green & yellow, 12” tires, overhead protection structure, “Only 110 hours. #16007511. (1)......................... $9450 2008 John Deere 850D Gator, 4WD, 1997 John Deere 4890 swather with rubber/urethan conditioner, 18.4x26 bar diesel, extreme terrain tires, deluxe tires, 18-ft. 895 header. #16006835. light kit, horn kit, front fender kit, deluxe (3)......................................... $29,000 outdoor package. #16007492. (1)...... .............................................. $13,250 Mammoth TH880 4x4 utility vehicle, runs, needs some TLC..$$ Make A Offer $$ 2011 John Deere X320 lawn mower, hydro transmission with 48” deck. #16007500............................... $3300 2009 John Deere X324 lawn tractor, 4-wheel steer, Kawasaki 22 hp, hydro, 48” mower deck. 16007273. (3)..$3250 2007 John Deere X320 lawn tractor, 48” deck. #16007449...................... $2750 2011 John Deere D120 garden tractor, 21 hp, no deck. #16007505............. $650 2004 John Deere L111 20 hp lawn trac- 1989 John Deere 590 pull type swather with 25-ft. header. #16006777. (1)...... tor, 42” deck, automatic transmission. ................................................. $3500 #16007456................................. $595

SOLD

NEW John Deere TR60B 5-ft. skidsteer high flow trencher. #12400221... $8950

SOLD

SOLD

Consumer Products

NEW John Deere 825i gator, power steering, green & yellow, 14” Bighorn tires, HP sport bucket seat, deluxe cargo box, canopy, power lift brushguard, rear protection package. #12204156.. .............................................. $21,750 0% for 36 months or 3.9% for 60 months-oac NEW John Deere 850i sport gator, olive & black, 14” Alloy black wheels, bucket seat. #12204432................... $17,750 0% for 36 months or 3.9% for 60 months-oac NEW John Deere 550 XUV gator, green & yellow, 12” Maxxis Bighorn tires, bench seat, manual lift kit. #12204429......... .............................................. $11,500 0% for 36 months or 3.9% for 60 months-oac 2012 John Deere 825i Gator, EPAS, green & yellow, 14” Bighorn tires, benchseat, deluxe cargo box, premium cab, windshield. #16007499. (4)........... $15,500

2003 John Deere 567 Megawide Plus, twine only, 540 PTO, bale push bar. #16006842. (4)...................... $15,000 2002 John Deere 567 Megawide, pushbar, twine tie, 540 PTO. #16006693.

(4).......................................... $15,500 2001 John Deere 567 twine/surface wrap, 1000 PTO, Megawide Plus pickup, push bar, hydraulic pickup lift. #16006827. (3)...................... $19,000 1997 John Deere 566 regular pickup, twine only, 1000 PTO, 31x13.5 8 PR hi flotation tires, bale push bar. #16006830............................... $9500 1995 John Deere 535 twine tie, 540 PTO, bale ramp, Megawide pickup, gauge wheels. #16007374.................. $4995 1990 John Deere 535 regular pickup, twine, 1000 PTO, bale push bar. #16006943. (4)......................... $5000

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2014 Salford I-2141 41-ft. independent series cultivator, 3 section, 71/2” spacing, 22”x13 wave on front two - 22”x8 wave on last 3 ranks on 15/8” coil shank, 8 bolt 305/70 x R22.5 recap truck on main frame 28’ – 41’, Cat 4 articulating implement hitch, 31 weights, axle pivot grease bank-3 section. #14200999 (3).. ...Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$

2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012487. (1)............... $2400 2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012486. (1)............... $2400 2014 Genim 9-ft. heavy duty skidsteer bucket. #13012485. (1)............... $2400 2014 Genim 6-ft. skidsteer tooth bucket. #13012491................................. $2100 2014 Genim 78” skidsteer tooth bucket. #13012488. (1)........................... $2100 2014 Genim 7-ft. skidsteer utility bucket. #13012484. (1)........................... $1875 2014 Genim 84” skidsteer utility bucket. #13012483. (1)........................... $1550 2014 Genim 84” low profile skidsteer bucket. #13012489. (1)............... $1450 2014 Genim 78” skidsteer bucket. #13012482. (1)........................... $1450 2014 Genim 78” low profile skidsteer bucket. #13012490. (1)............... $1400 2014 Genim 6-ft. skidsteer bucket. #13012481. (1)........................... $1350

SQUARE BALER

2004 Hesston 4760 31.5x34.4 bale, 91” pickup, 21.5L-16.1 tires. #16006785.

(3)............................................$48,000

SKIDSTEERS

2013 John Deere 328E deluxe cab, SW joystick, 2 speed, turbo, 14x17.5 14 PR, hydraulic CIR, speed sensitive, 3” seat belt with 2” shoulder strap, power quik tach, cab, heat, defrost, air, air suspension seat, reversing fan drive, horn, EH performance package, backup alarm, cold start package, precleaner, chrome exhaust, single set counterweights, 2nd set counterweights, radio/AM/FM/WB, rear view mirror, louver rear grille, keyless start, 78” HD construction bucket with edge. #12400237. (4).................... .Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$ 2013 John Deere 318D EH joystick control, 2 speed, 10x16.5 tires, hydraulic CIR self hi flow, 2” seat belt with shoulder, power quick tach, cab, heat, defrost & air, air suspension seat, reversing fan drive, horn, precleaner, L/HD fuel filter, cold start, hazard warning lights, chrome exhaust, single set counterweights, radio, rear view mirror, 66” construction bucket with edge. #12400249.

(1)..................Rental Return SAVE $$

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2012 Summers “Rental” 50-ft. super coulter. #13011076. Was $97,000.............. . Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$

SOLD SOLD

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

2010 John Deere 326D two speed, power quick attach, cab, heater, 12x16.5 tires, 72” bucket. #16008057. (1)......$39,000

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

2006 Caterpillar 287-B with tracks, cab, air, heat, high flow, air ride seat, hand controls, bucket. #16008062...$35,800

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

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Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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COMMERCIAL SPRAYERS

Up to 5 years 0% INTEREST available

2005 Top Air TA1600 rinse tank, 1600 gallon, 380/90R46 tires, 90-ft. boom, triple nozzle bodies. #16014171. (4).. .............................................. $32,000

With qualifying down payment or trade equity - o.a.c.

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

(3)......................................................

Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$

2011 John Deere 4940 self-propelled, 480/80R50 tires, SS eductor delivery system, 120-ft. booms, 2630 display with AutoTrac SF1 software & section control, inject foam marker, wheel slip control, Xenon HID field lighting, radar speed sensor, row crop fenders, ultra low sprayer tips. #16014176. (3)........ ............................................ $322,500

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

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

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

2013 Top Air TA1600 120-ft. FF boom, 20” quad 10-section, Ace hydraulic pump/Raven ISO, 380/90x46 R-1 tires. #14200909. (3)...................... $79,000

2013 Top Air TA1600 90-ft., 1600 gallon, 20” quad 6-section, Ace hydraulic pump/Raven 4400, 380/90x46 R-1 tires, adjustable axle, chemical inductor, fence row nozzle kit, auto-boom height control. #14200962 (2)..$70,000

MISCELLANEOUS

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

2005 John Deere 741 8-ft. loader bucket, mounts for 20 or 30 series tractor, 3rd function valve, no 3rd function lines or joystick. #16010051. (1).............. $9900

2007 John Deere 4930 commercial, 1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms with BoomTrac Pro automatic leveling Farmhand F11 loader, bucket, 5-tine grapple. #16010057. (1)............. $3500 system, 480/80R50 tires with fenders, Greenstar GS2 display, AutoTrac ready, auto air spring level system, HID Xenon lighting. #16014111. (1)..........

Rental Return SAVE Thousands $$

FERTILIZER SPREADER

2009 New Leader L3030G4 spreader box with tarp. #16009930. (3)...... $47,500

D L O S

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

2002 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 18.4x38 tires, 1500 gallon, bottom fill, 200 gallon rinse tank, triple nozzle, clean fil windscreens, tip lift, 5 section plumbing. #16014136. (4)............... $19,500 Summers 120-ft., 1000 gallon pull type sprayer. #16014132. (4)............ $5000 2011 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gallon, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies, wash wand package, hitch clevis, single electric end nozzle with tip, 3-sensor Norac boom, center height control for Norac. #16014178.

(1).......................................... $42,000

2014 New Leader L3030G4 fertilizer box, conversion kit, fits JD 4920 through 4940 commercial sprayers. #14201021............................ $56,000

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

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

2004 Summers Ultimate 90-ft., 1500 gallon tank, 480/80R 38 tires, 3 boom section plumbing HMI cast iron high pressure pump, 450 Raven control with sensor aluminum wet boom package, windscreens, 2” bottom fill kit, clean water kit, touch down skid package, 20’-50’20’ split boom option, electric end nozzles, wash wand, clevis hitch. #16014154. (4)... $23,500

2011 Top Air TA2400 132-ft. suspended boom, 2400 gallon tank. #16014161.

(1).......................................... $77,500

2014 John Deere BW16005 96” Global high volume bucket, fits H340 & H360 loaders. #16010058.................... $3200

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

2007 Apache AS1010 boom leveling, 96-ft. booms, EZ-Steer, 20” nozzle spacing, Raven SCS 4400, 320/90R38 front, 320/90R50 rear duals, 850 gallon poly tank, 5 boom section. #16014122.

(3)........................................ $115,000 2013 Summers Ultimate 110-ft., 1650 gallon tank, chemical clean load system, nozzle bodies only, crossover plumbing package, hitch piece backstop, single electric end nozzles, 3 sensor UC5 Norac. #13011099................. $70,000

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

2008 Summers Ultimate 133-ft. suspended boom, 1500 gallon tank, JD GS2 compatable components, remote sprayer control, electric shut off agitation kit, 5-ball plumbing, 200 gallon rinse tank, wash want with 80-ft. hose. #16014112............................ $46,500

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

Brandt QF2500 100-ft. booms, 1500 gallon with dual boom. #16014116. (4)......... ................................................. $5900 2005 Summers Ultimate 100-ft. booms, 1996 Brandt QF1000 80-ft. booms, 1000 windscreens, 1500 gallon, 200 gallon gallon tank, mixing cone, foam marker, rinse tank, wash wand, clean load single body with 5 gallon nozzle. system. #16014137. (3)......... $31,500 #16014170. (4)......................... $5500

406-228-2496 or 800-428-2496 Glasgow, MT (1) 406-765-1531 or 800-443-9447 Plentywood, MT (2) 406-485-2145 or 800-521-5800 Circle, MT (4) 406-787-6201 Culbertson, MT (3)

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

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2005 John Deere 4720 800 gallon stainless steel tank, 90-ft. booms, 380/90 R46 radial tires, Auto Trac ready, fenders, wheel motor shields, traction control, field lamps, radar, strainers. #16014152. (1).................... $154,000

Aluminum service body, 7 enclosed compartments, heavy duty bumper with vice........................................... $4950

JOHN DEERE

Glasgow: Mike Johnson, Salesman 406-263-2501; Rob Campbell, Salesman 406-942-0543; Wade Engstrom AMS/Commercial Sprayer Specialist 406-263-2498; Coel Stutheit 406-263-2494 Plentywood: DJ. Dixon, Salesman 406-480-3512 Circle: Mike Haynie, Store Manager/Salesman, 406-939-5994; Ole Rolandson, Salesman, 406-974-2144; Shad Haber, Salesman, 406-941-2424 Culbertson: Mike Kjos, 406-489-7277; Luke Anderson, Salesman 406-478-3118

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WANTED - FLEXI-COIL PLOW - WANTED 40- to 45-ft. Flexi-Coil plow in good condition and reasonably priced.

Phone (406) 590-3240, Fairfield, Montana

GRAIN TRAILER FOR SALE

2006 Neville 26-ft. grain trailer, 2 compartments, new brakes, very good 11-24.5 tires, good tarp, single axle dolly with 16-ft. tongue. Entire unit, very good. ......... Call for reduced price Phone (406) 567-2632 or 350-2266, Coffee Creek, Montana

406-388-3259

101 Sunfield Drive, Belgrade, MT

Heavy Equipment Sales • Truck and Trailer Sales Cargo Container Sales and Rentals BACKHOES

OCEAN CONTAINERS

TRUCKS & TRAILERS

2005 Cat 420D loader/backhoe, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, cab, air, pilot controls, 5900 hours..... $44,500

1998 Mack water truck with 5000 gallon tank, hydraulic pump, front/rear/side spray......$33,500

2012 Sidedumper Industries Super B side dump set. Excellent..Call

2012 Towmaster T20 tag trailer, tilt bed, 10-ton capacity, electric brakes. Like new............$12,500

2005 John Deere 310SG 4x4 extend-a-hoe, cab, air, 2900 hours............................. $43,000

1989 Ford L8000 palfinger 3200K knuckle boom crane, 21-ft steel flatbed, airlift tag, recent new engine. ..........................$42,000

FINANCING AVAILABLE – OAC

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

2007 Cat TL943 telescoping forklift, 9000# capacity, 43-ft. reach, outriggers.......................$45,000

(4) 2010 & 2011 Trail King TKBD22433 3 axle, air ride, bottom dump trailers. Each..................$35,000 1978 Williamson 2 axle aluminum gravel pup.........................$3500

WHEEL LOADERS

1989 Cat 140G Low Pro cab, snow wing, front lift group, recent engine and transmission, 14.00x24 tires...............................$65,000

1995 Cat 160H motorgrader, ripper, push block, radial tires, service records...........................$89,500

1975 John Deere 7520 4WD tractor, PTO, 3-pt., duals, excellent tires, 9800 hours. ...................$15,000

Used 17-ft. dump box with sloped tailgate..............................$2500 Progressive Link hydraulic thumb to fit Komatsu 300............$3500 Komatsu excavator buckets, 200 and 300 size.........Call for Price

2011 Case 621E wheel loader, 3 cubic yard general purpose bucket, quick attach, 3rd valve, EROPS, air conditioning, 1200 hours. Nice!.................$104,500

CRAWLERS 2007 Komatsu WA250 QA 3-yd. bucket, EROPS, clean and straight..........................$59,500 Link Belt HSP-8022 rough terrain crane, 80-ft. boom, 4BT Cummins, 7600 hours, excellent tires................................$35,000

TRADES CONSIDERED

1998 Fiat-Allis FD80 crawler, 6 way blade, low hours, Cummins diesel, hydrostatic transmission.. ......................................$26,000 1995º Cat D3C Series III crawler dozer, 6 way blade, ripper, open ROPS, 4400 hours.........$22,500

Check Us Out On The WEB:

www.mountainequipment.net

1995 Cat 928F cab, heat, excellent radial tires, 23/4 yard bucket......... ......................................$39,500

Steve Swan

Steve’s cell - 406-580-2937

11/2 -miles west of Belgrade on Frontage Road

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program announce scholarship winners

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln Recipients of Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Scholarships at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) have been named for the 2014-15 academic year.

Scholarships are awarded in two categories – an undergraduate renewable award of up to $10,000 per year as well as one-time scholarships up to $4,000.

These scholarships recognize students with high capacity to bring entrepreneurial talent to the marketplace, specifically focused on business development in the wide domain of agriculture.

Undergraduate one-time award winners, class, hometown and major include: Katrina Santiago, freshman, Miami, Florida, animal science; Taylor Buckley, freshman, Franktown, Colorado, animal science; Jon Janhke, sophomore, Bancroft, mechanized ag systems; Jared McKeever, junior, Wymore, animal science; Larissa Wach, senior, Wauneta, agribusiness; Emily Bledsoe, freshman, Blair, agribusiness; Matt Treadway, junior, Ashland, mechanized ag systems; Andrew Bader, freshman, Gresham, agribusiness; Madeline Cass, sophomore, Lincoln, applied science; Kelsey Foster, sophomore, Berwyn, horticulture; Reece Gronewold, freshman, Pickrell, applied science; Tyler Haun, sophomore, Spencer, agricultural education; Jamie Mashino, freshman, Spencer, agribusiness; Jessica Schmidt, freshman, Gothenburg, Pre-Vet; Zach Settje, freshman, Raymond, animal science; Mathew Grimes, freshman, Raymond, grazing livestock systems; Melinda Knuth, Junior, Hartford, South Dakota, horticulture.

Students receiving renewable scholarships include: Jeff Hornung, sophomore, Davey, agribusiness; Sam Morse, freshman, Columbus, agronomy; Curtis Wetovick, junior, Fullerton, animal science; Davis Behle, sophomore, Kearney, agribusiness; Haley Bledsoe, sophomore, Blair, animal science; Joe Duba, senior, Wilber, agronomy; Steven Fish, junior, Imperial, agribusiness; Lukas Fricke, junior, Ulysses, animal science; Doug Grotrian, senior, Johnson, agronomy; Haley Harthoorn, senior, Ainsworth, agribusiness; Spencer Hartman, sophomore, Imperial, agribusiness; Jared Knobbe, junior, Imperial, agribusiness; Logan Peters, junior, Pender, animal science; Travis Schiefelbein, junior, Kimball, Minnesota, animal science; Rachel Stevens, senior, Fall City, horticulture; Dylan Tegtmeier, junior, Malcolm, wildlife biology; Erich Vogel, sophomore, Hastings, biochemistry.

Established in 2010 by a gift from the Paul and Virginia Engler Foundation, the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program has grown to involve more than 100 students at the university.

The program offers an academic minor focused on business concept development, significant opportunities to develop professional business skills outside the classroom, relationship building, leadership and service opportunities as well as the support for international experiences focused on entrepreneurship and enterprise creation.

More information can be found at engler.unl.edu or by contacting Tom Field, Director of the program at engler@ unl.edu. The deadline for scholarship applications for the 2015-16 academic year is February 15, 2015 and the application can be accessed at engler.unl.edu.

Grant to advance ‘big data’ for genomic research

By Sylvia Kantor, CAHNRS Communications Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to help meet the growing needs of the data driven genomic science community. The Tripal Gateway project will build on existing cyberinfrastructure to enhance the capacity of genomic databases to manage, exchange and process “big data.”

“Now, in a single day some modern DNA sequencers can output as much data as the human genome,” Stephen Ficklin said. “We expect the deluge of data to continue to grow exponentially.”

Ficklin, the lead investigator and a research scientist in the department of horticulture at WSU, said that just as computers have had dramatic improvements that have lowered costs and allowed for mass production, DNA sequencing CONTINUED ON PAGE A60

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

NEW STEEL, NEW SALVAGE, AND RECYCLING ALL IN ONE LOCATION

GREAT FALLS

Culvert Grade Pipe 22” - $15.00/ft.

1-800-334-5964

Now Buying

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

Automotive & Heavy Industrial Batteries

LAND ROLLER PIPE

24”x .75 wall - 42”x .72 wall

#2 Railroad ties - $1000 each #1 Railroad ties - $1550 each

New 12” - 48” Steel Culvert

New 12” - 30” Poly Culvert

Used 4” & 27/8” drill pipe

NEW Rebar

3/8” & 1/2” - 20-ft. lengths

FINAL LOT!!

(ONLY 6 spools available)

/8” Poly Coated Cable

3

2345-ft. per spool (sold by the spool only)

$0.16 per foot Great for horse fence & feed bunks

BLACK PIPE

Various sizes available – CALL

Used 2 rail

12” galvanized Guard rails

We Buy Old Farm Tractors

and Combines

New Surplus Square Tube •Sizes vary•

Domestic A500 Grade B 6”x.250 well casing, 20-ft. lengths....

Call for pricing

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

New Selection of TOOLS! 5-ton gear puller................... $58.87 Oil pistol can, 6 oz...... ........................ $3.55 1-ton chain hoist.................. $89.90

Used 5-ft. Guard Rail Posts

TANK CARS

For Non Potable Water Storage

Now Carrying Abrasives

HOPPER BOTTOM CARS

6” Surplus Pipe

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

Great for grain storage

] Sucker Rod Hangers ]

Now carrying Nucor Steel and Chicago Heights Steel Fence Posts – All made in America

51/2’ & 6’ T1.33#

(Sand & Slag)

CATTLE GUARDS Overseas Flats - 8’x40’ Great for bridges

WE SELL NEW & USED Tubing • Pipe • Angle Iron • Plate

Round steel post caps 31/2” & 27/8”

FOR SCRAP For Bridges

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

Used Electric Motors & Boxes

✗✗✗ Fencing Supplies ✗✗✗

RAILROAD FLAT CARS

• .188 wall • epoxy coated • 40+-ft. lengths

4” x .250 wall surplus pipe - In Stock Random lengths

NEW STEEL plate & beams IN STOCK Call Fred, Dick, or Joe

• Stainless Steel Sheets • Flat Bar • Pipe, Fittings

IN STOCK

NEW! SURPLUS STEEL TUBING

2” x 2” square - .125 & .155 wall - 24-ft. lengths 8” x 6” rectangular - .188 wall - 45-ft. lengths

New Red Brand and CF&I Class I Barb Wire

Round Tubing

16.5 CAL tie wire $4.95/Roll

Great for corrals

11/4”, 11/2”, 13/4” & 2” O.D.

All approximately 20-ft. & 24-ft. lengths

Call Jim Filipowicz @ 800-334-5964 (406) 761-4848

After Hours (406) 791-6712

Fax (406) 791-6708

Steel Department & Salvage Yard Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Salvage Yard – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday

USEABLE SALVAGE DIVISION • Limited Quantities

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page A60

HEADER FOR SALE

2009 Honey Bee 36-ft. header with Hart Carter pickup reel.

For more info, call Vince at 406-899-6077

##### What do you call six guys at a funeral who are upset because the decreased looks better than they do?

Appalled bearers.

Thank You!!

“ For a great fall season from all of us at Heartland Seed”

We look forward to working with you in the spring.

We wish everyone a joyous holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving Certified Seed Cleaning Plant

406-423-5600

FAX 406-423-5665 101 Indian Butte Road Moccasin, MT 59462

Grant to advance ‘big data’ for genomic research CONTINUED FROM PAGE A58

technologies are undergoing a similar transition. The challenge is no longer affordability of DNA sequencing, he said.

The WSU project is one of 17 grants, totaling $31 million awarded by the National Science Foundation Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBS) program.

Sharing information Genomic research relies on community databases — websites that house genomic, genetic and breeding data — for use by scientists working in the same research area, for example cotton, cacao (chocolate), or plants in the rosaceae family like apple, cherry, and pear.

By creating ways to easily share data between community databases, on demand, researchers will no longer have to navigate between multiple websites to obtain the information they need.

“Genomics scientists who can access large data sets but have limited resources for storing, sharing and analyzing them will benefit from this work,” Ficklin said.

The three-year project will also utilize software-defined networking technology to quickly transfer large data sets between computational resources and the database to support data sharing and analysis. Ultimately, it will link existing community databases for fruit and hardwood trees as well as legumes into a larger network of online research databases.

Tripal software The project is based on open-source software known as Tripal (http://tripal.info), originally developed by Ficklin and Meg Staton at Clemson University and significantly enhanced by Dorrie Main at Washington State University and Kirsten Bett at the University of Saskatchewan. Tripal is used by at least 24 different plant and animal databases, including the Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR) and community databases for 24 crops developed by the Main lab. Main is a co-investigator of the new project.

The project team also includes Sook Jung, Washington State University; Alex Feltus and Kuang-Ching Wang, Clemson University; Meg Staton, University of Tennessee; and Jill Wegrzyn, University of Connecticut.

Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page B1

3V Distributing, Conrad ..............................A41 3 Pine Ranch, Great Falls...........................A52 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS .................A7 Action Toys, Billings ....................................A24 Advanced Rodent Control Technology, Liphatech......................................................... C46 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman ............................................... C31 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls ...........A6 AgraSyst Dealers......................................... C9 Agri-Pro, Syngenta, West Fargo, ND ......... C59 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank ............................A42 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby .........................A29 Big Equipment Co., Havre ..........................B19 Big Iron, Stock Auction Company ...............A16 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad ...................... C49 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, VaughnC58 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby .....C45, C52 Border Plains Equipment, Glasgow ............B13 Bouma Truck Sales, Choteau, Great Falls ........ ........................................................INSERT BTI Feeds, Cut Bank ..................................A29 Buckley Auction ..........................................B14 C&B Operations, LLC, John Deere ...C20, C21 Capital Trailer & Equipment, Helena ............ C4 Charles Moore, Inc. Miles City ................... C57 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula.......................A3 Circle Ag Show, Circle ............................... C12 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND ..................A30 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks .. C38 Clearview Seed, Denton ............................ C29 Courtesy Ford, Conrad .................................B1 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber ....................................................A32 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank ...............................A9 Dave’s Repair LLC, Charlo ........................ C51 Denny’s Service & Repair, Black Eagle ..... C34 Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby ..........................A10 Diesel Power Parts & Machine, Missoula ...A26 Dietz Auto & Truck Salvage, Billings ............ C1 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman...... C32 Durnell Fencing, Valier ..................................A6 Eagle Equipment, Belgrade ........................A30 Eddy Bauer, Wolf Point .............................. C30 Enduraplas, Neche ND .............................. C27

Index

Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls............ ......................................................C22, C23 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish ............ C16 Farm Equipment Sales, Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, Circle....A53, A54, A55, A56, A57 Farm Tech, (Doug Weist) Choteau ..............A18 Filipowicz Savage & Recycling, Great FallsA50 First State Bank, Shelby .............................A47 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton ............A16 Flaman Rentals ......................................... C43 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power ..............C1, C2 Fosse Insurance Agency, Great Falls ........ C10 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness ........................ C24 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls ... ......................A17, A48, C5, C13, C37, C60 Frontline Ag, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon ........................................ C39, C40, C41 Frontline Ag Dillon (formerly Dillon Imp), Dillon .............................................................. C33 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad ....... C50 G&M Bins, LLC, Mark McInerney, Fairfield ...A7 Gerber’s, Great Falls.................................. C56 Get ‘Er Done, Brady ................................... C42 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy ............ C34 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier ... C53 Heartland Seed Company, Moccasin .........A60 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass RangeC15 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East HelenaB17 Henke Enterprises, Chester ..................... C15 Henry Building Systems Dealers ................. C2 Hi-Hog Equipment ......................................A60 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls ................... ..............................................A43, A44, A45 Hubbard Feeds Dealers............................... C2 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank .........B9 I-State Truck Center, Missoula ................... C19 ITB (Intercontinental Truck Body), Conrad...C52 J & M Trailer Sales, Laurel ..........................B16 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook .................B20 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte ...............A11 K.R. Rauch Company, Billings ................... C35 Krogmann Mfg. .......................................... C56 Larson & Co., LLC, Glenn Larson, Opheim C28 Lewis Cattle Oiler Co, Russ Baker............. C36

Lewistown Honda, Lewistown.................... C55 Liphatech ................................................... C46 LM Machinery, Missoula .............................A14 Lost Valley Fence, Fairfield .........................A20 M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND .... C50 M & W Machine, Three Forks .................... C54 MH Equipment & Truck Repair, Billings ....... C6 Midland Implement , Billings ...................... C36 Milk River Co-op, Big Sandy, Chinook, Havre, Malta, Rudyard, Turner .............................. C59 Montana Metal Fabrications, Inc, Great Falls ... ...............................................................A47 Montana Post Frame, Townsend ................ C48 Montana Shed Center, Great Falls ............ C47 Moodie Implement, Havre, Lewistown, Great Falls, Livingston, Belgrade..A8, A21, A22, A23 Motor Power, Great Falls ........................... C46 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade ..................A58 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, StevensvilleC10 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup ....A39 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade ............. C9 New Homes of the Future, Billings ............ C44 Northern Chrysler, Cut Bank ..................... C55 Northern Ford, Cut Bank ............................A33 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls ................A35 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point ..... C25 Northwest Plastics, Libby .......................... C26 Pacific Recycling, Great Falls .....................A28 Patty Seaman Homes, Kalispell .................A46 Power Motors Implement, Fort Benton ...... C25 Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula ..A12 Pure Bliss Cycle Sales, Conrad ................. C42 Rainbow Irrigation & Equipment, Chinook ........ ...................................................... A50, A51 RDO Equipment, Billings ..............................A8 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell ....... C18 Rockwell Scales, Simms............................ C32 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River .......................A24 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond ........................................................A8 Scenic City Trailer Sales, Belgrade ...............B4 SeedMaster ................................................A40 Shop Specialties, Ronan ..............................A3 Shortline Ag, Inc, Scobey .............................B5

Sod Buster Sales, Polson ....................B8, C58 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY ......A12 Steel Etc, Great Falls .................................A59 Steer In Trailer Sales, Three Forks............. C19 Steinhatchee, Lance Nelson, Stevensville....B6 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad .....B12 Sunrise Equipment, Sidney ......................... C3 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls ...A12, C16 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester ...............A32 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby ..........................A29 The Gear House, Helena............................A28 The Repair Shop, Choteau .........................A38 The Truck Shop of Billings ..........................B18 Three Forks Lumber & Ready Mix, Three Forks ..................................................... C45 Tilleman Motor Company, Havre ............... C11 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange............................ C44 Tomsheck Ag LLC, Oilmont ....................... C29 Torgerson’s, Ethridge, Great Falls, Lewistown, Havre, Denton, Billings .......................... C17 Transport Equipment, Missoula ..................B11 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield ....................A27 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton .......A10, C54 Triple T Sales, Chinook ...................... A18, A19 Triple W Equipment, Kalispell, Missoula, Ronan.....................................................A31 TT&E Inc, Victor..........................................B14 Vaughn Truck, Havre .............................. B7, B8 Vermeer ......................................................A26 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester .................A25 Wally’s Over Door Co., Great Falls ............ C42 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad.......................A46 West Plains Implement, Beach, Dickinson, Bowman, Hettinger........................................A13 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula . C27 Western Pipe & Rod, Joe Gunderson, Columbia Falls ....................................................... C26 Western Trailer Sales, Havre ......................A47 Wilray Manufacturing, Fort Benton ............ C14 World Equipment, Idaho Falls, ID .............. C51 Yellowstone Country Motors, Livingston .... C41 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade, Ronan ... C9 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow ............................ B2, B3 Zomer Truck, Conrad ........................................ ...................... A2, A20, A27, A36, A37, C30

2012 Chevrolet 2500LT Silverado 4x4, Duramax diesel, automatic. Only 32,000 miles.

Very Clean..........................................$40,895 2014 Ford Edge LTD AWD, 3.5L V6, automatic, heated leather, Sony Sirius, Sync. 16,000 miles. Warranty....................................$29,995

2013 Ford F150 Lariat supercrew, 4x4, EcoBoost, automatic, moonroof, heated leather, navigation. Only 22,000 miles. Warranty.......... ............................................................$39,495

2008 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4, V6, automatic, 3rd seat. 71,000 miles. Clean unit.......$10,995

2014 Ford Expedition XLT EL 4x4, V8, automatic, heated/cooled leather, power lift gate, rear seat. 15,000 miles. Warranty........$36,495 2014 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4, 3.5L V6, automatic, heated leather, dual moonroof, Sync & more. 24,000 miles. Warranty..............$31,995

2013 Ford Edge LTD AWD, 3.5L V6, automatic, heated leather. 20,000 miles. Warranty. ............................................................$27,995

2014 Ford Taurus SEL AWD, V6, automatic, 24,000 miles, warranty........................$22,495 2010 Ford Focus SEL moonroof, heated leather. 32,000 miles.................. Only $10,995

2012 Ford Explorer LTD 4x4, V6, automatic, navigation, heated leather. 30,000 miles. Warranty....................................................$30,495

2013 Ford Escape TItanium 4x4, 2.0L EcoBoost, automatic, dual sunroof, heated leather, navigation & more. 15,000 miles. Warranty.. ...........................................................$26,995

2011 Ford Fiesta SES hatchback, 4 cyclinder, automatic, sunroof. Up to 40 mpg.

Only 12,000 miles. Warranty................$11,995

We advertise our best Cash-No Trade Prices - Trades figured from Retail - * Includes Factory Incentives

Courtesy

Leader in Price, Selection & Service

CargoMate Utility Flatbeds in stock.

5x8, 61/2x10, 61/2x12. With spare tire, ramp gates. Reasonably priced..Call us for trailers!

Titan 16-ft bumper pull dump trailer, tandem 7000 lb axles, spreader gate..................$9395

Ford

514 South Main, Conrad, MT – 406-278-5533 or toll free 1-800-833-1813 – www.courtesy-ford.com

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New Holland Equipment New Holland T9 615 Smart Trak Tractors New Holland Roll Belt 560 Round Balers

New Holland Tractors New Holland T9000 Series Tractors

New Holland Suspended Sprayers

New Holland Air Drills New Holland Combines New Holland Guardian Sprayer

New Holland P2050

Zerbe Bros.

406-228-4311

USED AIR DRILLS

2013 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 41/2” steel wheels, double shoot, stealth openers. #NDN226................................... DEMO

Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, stealth bodies with 2320 tow between cart. #UDF237................................................$36,000 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 41/2” steel packers, 550 lb. trips, 3450 tow between air cart, double shoot, variable drive, 30.5x32 tires.. #UDF239................................................$89,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 57-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, 41/2” steel packers, double shoot with 3450 tow between variable drive air cart............... JUST IN Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill with 12” spacing, 31/2” steel packers with 1610 tow behind air cart. #UDF235................................................$25,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft., 7.2/14.4 spacing, double shoot with 2320 tow between cart......... JUST IN

USED SPRAYERS

2012 New Holland P2060 70-ft. air drill with 10” spacing, 550 lb. trips, 31/2” steel packers, double shoot with P1060 tow between air cart, 430 bushel, variable rate, duals. #UDNH15.............. JUST IN 2005 New Holland SD440 58-ft., 12” spacing, 550# trips, 51/2” rubber packers, 4350 tow between cart, double shoot with 2320 tow behind cart..JUST IN 2012 Seed Hawk 6012 60-ft., 12” spacing, twin wing openers, 500 bushel tow behind tank, Loup III monitor................................................... JUST IN Bourgault 5710 59-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, mid row coulters, 5350 tow between tank with 8” auger, Eagle Beak points, anhydrous setup. #UDB006.. ................................................................$79,000

USED MISCELLANEOUS

2009 Haybuster 2650 bale processor, 1000 PTO, extra stripper, 12.5L-15 tires. Just in.......$11,500 Valmar 3255 32-ft. - 80-ft. granular applicator, 2250# capacity with cover, used very little............$4500 Valmar 2455 24-ft. - 60-ft. granular applicator, 1800# capacity with cover, used very little............$3500 Gates bag lifter............................................ JUST IN

2012 New Holland S1070 100-ft. suspended boom, 1600 gallon tank, 380/90R:46 tires, flex-control auto rate, hydraulic pump....................... JUST IN 2005 New Holland SF115 100-ft. wheel boom, 18.4x26, HMIC hydraulic pump, FlexControl Auto Rate, 3 boom valve, hydraulic unfold, windscreens. #USNH31................................................$14,500 2004 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom with windscreens, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, rinse tank, double nozzle.................................$28,000 Flex-Coil S67XL 130-ft. wheel boom, FlexControl monitor, Auto Rate, combo jets. #USF178.JUST IN 2000 Flexi-Coil System 67XL 100-ft., 1500 gallon, wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, FlexControl Auto Rate, windscreens, double nozzles, rinse tank. #USF153................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139................................................$17,500 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67 110-ft., 1000 gallon, windscreens, wheel boom, FlexControl monitor. #USF151................................................$14,500 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 120-ft., 1500 gallon, no Auto Rate. #USF173..........................................$6500 1996 Brandt QF2500 100-ft. wheel boom, twin tank, twin boom, with Auto Rate, 18.4x26 tires, foam marker, Ace hydraulic & PTO pump. #USBT12... ................................................................$10,900

USED BALE PROCESSORS

2012 Haybuster 2650 bale processor..........$16,500

New Holland P2060 60 & 70-ft. folding drill

Glasgow, Montana

USED SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS

2012 New Holland SP275R Guardian sprayer, 120-ft. rear boom, 275 hp, 6 speed Allison transmission, hydraulic front wheel assist, 750 hours, 10 section Accuboom, Autoboom, 1200 gallon tank, duals... ............................................................... JUST IN 2011 Apache AS1220 1200 hours, 250 hp, 100-ft. boom, 10 section, 1200 gallon tank, duals, Autoboom, Accuboom................................... JUST IN 2008 Apache AS1210 1250 hours, 275 hp, 100-ft. boom, 1200 gallon tank, 10 section, duals, Accuboom, Autoboom.................................... CALL 2008 Apache AS1010 1020 hours, 215 hp, 100-ft. boom, 5 section, Auto Steer, section control, auto height control, semi float tires................ JUST IN

USED TRACTORS

2011 New Holland T9030 4WD, 740 hours, 385 hp engine, 16 speed powershift, 710/70R42 tires, PTO, luxury cab, HID lights, weight package. #UTNH94............................................... JUST IN 2005 Case IH MXU125 105 PTO hp, 16x16 transmission, with LX 156 loader and grapple, 3300 hours...................................................... JUST IN

USED HEADERS

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

1995 Case IH 7240 MFD tractor, 6500 hours with DuAl loader............................................ JUST IN

USED WINDROWER

2007 John Deere 4995 185 hp, 16-ft. disc bine and 30-ft. Honey Bee draper header, double sickle, pickup reel, transport package, 850 hours. #UWJD31.............................................. JUST IN 2013 New Holland H7150 swing tongue with HS16 hay header............................................. JUST IN

1993 Agco 9690 MFD, 190 hp, 18 speed, powershift, 20.8x42 tires with duals, 3400 hours..... JUST IN

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1950

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1996 John Deere 8570, 4WD, 250 hp, 18.4R42 duals, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 12 speed, 9000 hours.. $50,000

1982 John Deere 8850 4WD tractor, 400 hp Cummins 855 Big Cam, 24.5x32 tires (75%), 4 rear hydraulics................................................$45,000

1981 John Deere 8640 4WD tractor, 20.8x38 tires 50% with Ezee Steer 500.......................$24,000

1980 Versatile 875 4WD tractor, 855 Cummins, 20.8x38 duals, with Degelman dozer frame, no blade, 8264 hours, clean........................$35,000 John Deere 5010 2WD tractor, cab with Leon loader.........................................................$8500 Ford 9N tractor, new tires, new paint, 3-pt. hitch, 540 PTO, very nice............................................$3000 2007 K-Hart 60-ft. no-till air drill, 10” spacing, Bourgault 4350 tow behind air cart.................$95,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot with 2340 tow between cart and 2320 tow behind cart..............................$57,000

CONSIGNMENTS

1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, 550# trips, double shoot, 4” rubber packers, stealth openers with 3450 tow between cart, mechanical drive, 30.5x32 tires..................................$55,000 Concord 3612 36-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, hydraulic fan, 2300 tow behind air cart, 18.4x26 rice tires.. ................................................................$28,000 2-Melroe 201 & 204 10-ft. drills, 7” spacing, 2-drill hitch with fertilizer. Each............................$1000 Massey-Ferguson 33-ft. tandem disc, 22” blades.

Like new..................................................$11,000 2008 New Holland SF216 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 380/90R46 tires, wind screens, SP655 Auto Rate................................................$33,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, rinse & wash, FlexControl auto rate.....................................$19,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$14,500 2003 Flexi-Coil 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, auto rate, windscreens, dual bodies.

SN 113271..............................................$15,000 1999 Flexi-Coil 67XL 100-ft. wheel boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, triple nozzle bodies, SP655 Auto Rate. Nice!.................................................$7500 2008 Miskin scraper, 13-yd., 13-ft. cut, 11x24.5 tires, swivel hitch with Raven laser system 1/2 mile range......................................................$39,000 2009 New Holland BR 7090 round baler, extra wide pickup, twine tie, 1000 PTO, laced belts, 13.5x15 tires.........................................................$23,000 Vermeer 605K round baler, twine tie, 540 PTO.$7500 2003 Hesston 956A round baler, twine only, auto cycle, hydraulic pickup, 5300 bales.........$10,000 1997 Hesston 565A round baler, auto tie, twine only, 31x13.5-15 flotation tires............................$6500 New Holland 280 square baler, 16”x18” chamber, 540 PTO drive...................................................$2500 2002 Hesston 1275 mower conditioner, 16-ft. hay deader, 1000 PTO drive..........................$12,000

1995 Case IH 8830 windrower, 14-ft. hay head and conditioner, 2760 hours..........................$18,000 2004 Donahue IEXG-160 5th wheel swather trailer.. ...................................................................$8500 1998 Gleaner R62 combine, 285 hp Cummins diesel, 36-ft. 960 MacDon header, 2100 separator hours.......................................................$50,000 1990 New Holland TR86 combine, 30-ft. 971 header, double knife, batt reel, 2213 hours..........$17,500 1992 Gleaner R72 combine, 2003 MacDon 963 draper header with pickup reel, 30.5x32, 390 hours on new Cummins engine, 2530 separator hours.......................................................$67,000 1982 Gleaner N6 combine, 30.5x32 front tires 90%, 220 hp diesel, 30-ft. header and pickup reel........ ................................................................$17,000 1979 Allis-Chalmers N5 combine, 24.5x32 tires with 27-ft. header, batt reel................................$7500 1978 John Deere 7700 combine, diesel engine, 3631 hours with 224 head, non hydro.................$6000 MacDon 974 36-ft. flex draper header with pickup reel and cross augers, CR adapter, with transport..... ............................................................... JUST IN HoneyBee 94C 42-ft. ridgid draper header with pickup reel, upper cross auger, CR adapter, with transport................................................ JUST IN Gleaner 13-ft. pickup header with Melroe attachment.............................................................$500 1973 Chevrolet C60 fertilizer truck, 6 ton hopper, filler, diesel tank and pump................................$5000 A&E-708 8 run fertilizer spreader boom..........$9000 John Deere 50 3-point backhoe, 9-ft. digging depth, 16” bucket..................................................$9000

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

2004 John Deere 9760 STX Auto Steer, MacDon 974 flex draper header, 36-ft. upper cross auger. 2250 separator hours. .................................... JUST IN

USED ROUND BALERS

2010 Vermeer BP8000 round bale processor, right hand discharge, 16.5x16.1 cleated tires, 1000 PTO, built-in twine cutter, grain tank.......$20,000 2013 Farm King 9-ft. side sickle mower, 540 PTO, hydraulic lift, skid shoes, extra parts............. Call 2011 Toro SS5060 Zero Turn mower, 23 hp, Kawasaki engine, 50” deck, very nice........................$2800

USED SKID STEERS

2009 New Holland H8040 windrower, suspension rear axle and cab, 940 hours with HS16 header.. ................................................................$69,900

USED COMBINES

2007 New Holland CR-9070 1383 separator hours, 20.8R42 duals, straw chopper, moisture/yield, dual speed rotor, 400 hp diesel, 330 bushel grain tank, deluxe mirrors. #UCNH69...................... JUST IN 1994 New Holland TR97 2100 hours with MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header, 30.5x32 tires, straw chopper & chaff spreader. #UCNH37.....$60,000 1993 New Holland TR96 combine with twin rotor, SN 554419, 3109 engine hours, well maintained, annual service repairs, 30-ft. 971 auger head. #UCNH28................................................$36,500 1981 New Holland TR85 2200 separator hours, 24-ft. header. #UCNH58...................................$12,500

Melroe Bobcat S185 cab with heater, auxiliary hydraulics, 1850 hours............................. Just in Melroe Bobcat S330 6-ft. bucket, cab, heater, 2000 hours........................................................ Just in

2007 New Holland BR-780A Bale Command, twine/ mesh, 1000 PTO, extra wide pickup, laced belts, 13,500 bales.......................................... JUST IN 1992 New Holland 660, Bale Command, standard pickup, 1000 PTO. #UHN108.....................$7500 Hesston 560 with auto tie, 540 PTO. #UHHS51..... ................................................................. $5500 2002 Hesston 856A automatic, twine tie, 4500 bales, wide pickup. #UHHS54.............................. $9500 1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43..................................... $11,500 1998 Vermeer 605L twine & mesh wrap, hydraulic bale kicker. #UHVM31............................. $12,000 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $7500

Vermeer BPX9000 Bale Processors

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The deadline for advertising in the December issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be November 26. Phone (406) 279-3291.

Hay Hauling Trailers Are In!

PJ 32-ft. Classic flatdeck with duals, 2-12,000# axles, 5-ft. dovetail with 2 flip-over MONSTER RAMPS, ramp support arms, 2-speed jacks, Douglas Fir deck and cold weather wiring harness.

Retails for $14,529. Sells for............... $12,999

PJ 30-ft. Classic flatdeck with duals, 5-ft. dovetail, 3 flip-over ramps with diamond plate ramp bottoms, Douglas Fir deck.

Retails for $11,979. Sells for............... $10,759

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

Retail $6029. WILL SELL FOR................ $5379 NEW 2014 PJ 14-ft.x96” deckover dump trailer, BP split spreader gate, tarp kit, 14,000 GVW. Retail $8299. Dealer DEMO. Reduced to............................................... $7150

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NEW 2014 PJ 14-ft.x83” gooseneck deck over dump trailer, split spreader gate, tarp kit, 15,400 GVW. Retail $9459. SPECIAL PRICE................ $8459

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2014 Wells Cargo 7-ft. high ramp door, side door, flow thru side vents. 4 year warranty.

Retails $6999. Sells for............................ $6199

NEW PJ 20-ft medium duty deckover, 6” channel, 2-5200 lb axles, straight deck, V-front wood deck, 24”x6’ wide expanded metal slide in ramps, spare tire mount.

Retail $5129. WILL SELL FOR................ $4589

20-ft. Equipment tilt, 22-ft. Equipment tilt and Heavy Duty Car Hauler arriving the week of 11-17-14.

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

Retail $9799. Now.................................... $8599

New Circle D 6-ft. 8” x 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 7000# axles, bull package, sliding 1/2 divider gate, mats, spare tire. White or Charcoal.

Retail $10,652. Will Sell for....................... $9399 New Circle D 6-ft. 8” x 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 7000# axles, bull package, 1 solid divider, 1 sliding 1/2 gate on rear divider, mats, spare tire.

Charcoal gray.

Retail $12,199. Will Sell for................... $10,399 2008 Wells Cargo Sport Wagon insulated trailer.

Great hunting trailer................................ $3500

2245 Amsterdam Road Circle D pickup flatbeds comes complete with Belgrade, Montana LED lighting, 2 5/16” ball, wiring harness.

406-388-7479 7-ft.x81/2-ft. Retail $1795. Sells for......$1499 1 8-ft.x8 /2-ft. Retail $1925. Sells for......$1725 Delivery available. Call for details “We Work Harder To Stretch Your Dollar Farther”

Sniffing out the source of beef manure odor

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service A recent study conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists indicated that just three compounds in beef manure were responsible for generating over two-thirds of detectable odors.

These findings by ARS agricultural engineers Bryan Woodbury and John Gilley could help with developing techniques for controlling objectionable odors from manure used to amend crop fields. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this work supports USDA’s priority of responding to climate change.

Woodbury and Gilley conducted a comprehensive study to identify compounds responsible for beef manure odor and to evaluate how land application practices, diet, soil moisture and application procedures affect odor emissions.

The team used manure collected from feedlot pens where cattle consumed diets containing 0, 10, or 30 percent wet distillers grain solubles. The scientists also evaluated two application methods—no-till surface manure application or disk tillage that incorporated manure into the soil—and collected air samples before and after water was added to the soil to assess the effect of moisture levels on emissions.

Beef cattle manure was applied at levels that provided 135 pounds of nitrogen per acre, which met the 1-year nitrogen requirement for corn. After collecting and analyzing the air samples, the researchers determined that two volatile fatty acids—isovaleric acid and butyric acid—and the aromatic compound 4-methylphenol were responsible for over twothirds of detectable beef manure odors. Most of these odors were released within 24 hours after manure was applied to the soil.

Incorporating the manure into the soil and irrigating afterwards reduced most of the odor compounds that were measured. But the manure needed to be incorporated almost immediately after being applied to obtain the most effective odor mitigation.

The importance of tilling manure into soil was highlighted by emission measurements the researchers obtained for 4-methylphenol. The greatest emissions of this compound occurred from dry soils on no-till plots and were sometimes as much as 10 times greater than similar emissions from tilled soils.

Woodbury works for the ARS Nutrition and Environmental Management Research Unit in Clay Center, Nebraska, and Gilley works for the ARS Agroecosystem Management Research Unit in Lincoln, Nebraska. They published their research in the Journal of Environmental Quality in 2013.

Ins and outs of beneficial nematode movement

By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Tiny worms called nematodes don’t move randomly through the soil, but instead find their way around by relying on electrical fields, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

A research team led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist David Shapiro-Ilan and plant pathologist Clive Bock at the agency’s Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory in Byron, Georgia, found that the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae was attracted to an electrical current they applied to an agar dish. Based on that lab study, they concluded the worms rely on electricity, or electrical fields, to help them navigate in the soil. They then hypothesized that the nematodes may also use magnetic fields for the same purpose.

ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

They tested their theory of magnetic fields by placing magnets on opposing sides of a petri dish containing agar and S. carpocapsae nematodes. One magnet was oriented toward the North Pole and the other magnet was oriented to the South Pole. The research team noted a directional response of the nematodes, with more of them moving toward the South Pole than the North.

This movement in response to magnetic fields, called magnetoreception, can be important in facilitating or enhancing foraging ability in various organisms. The research was published in the International Journal for Parasitology.

The scientists also looked at the movement of six different entomopathogenic (insect-killing) nematode species and found that their movement was not random. Instead, the worms moved together as a group. According to Shapiro-Ilan, this CONTINUED ON PAGE B7

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Meridian (Sakundiak) HD8x46 auger, Kohler 30 hp, electric clutch, Meridian mover. Was $17,400.....................................................$15,300 Meridian (Sakundiak) HD8x39 auger, Kohler 27 hp, electric clutch, EKay mover with power steering. Was $19,100........................$16,800 Tow Rope Clearance 20% OFF These “In Stock” Prices 13/16” x 30-ft.....$105 • 15/8” x 30-ft.....$185 • 2” x 30-ft.....$265 23/16” x 30-ft.....$365 • 23/8” x 50-ft.....$495 • 23/4” x 30-ft.....$485

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Brandt 10x70 swing-away auger............................................ Now $5500 Westfield 13x81 swing-away auger, remote control hopper mover.

Was $15,200................................................................. Now $12,995 Batco 13x75 conveyor, swing. Was $19,500, $14,000........ Now $13,000 Kwik Kleen grain cleaner, 7 tube, hydraulic drive, extra screens....$4500

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These are rental units; 3 are 2014 models, 1 is a 2013 model (2) Degelman 51-ft. land rollers. New $49,000.......................................... ..........SN 5836 Sale $37,500 • SN 5648 Sale $38,000 (2) Degelman 64-ft. land rollers. New $80,925.......................................... ..........SN 4900 Sale $57,200 • SN 5861 Sale $65,700

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2007 John Deere 7430 APQ transmission with LHR, 166 hp, 3 remotes, new rear ties, new 740 loader/grapple, 4054 hours........ ...............................$92,500

1999 John Deere 7810 175 hp, PowrQuad transmission, front weights, Quick hitch, duals, 3 remotes, 8850 hours.............$52,000

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

2000 Bobcat Mini 331E 2534 hours, 7800 lbs, extend-a-hoe, remote hydraulics, 12” bucket, good tracks and undercarriage..$21,500

2010 John Deere 318D skidsteer, 1800 lb operating capacity, 58 hp. 3340 hours......................$18,500

1991 John Deere 4255 powershift transmission, 2 remotes, Westendorf loader bucket, bale spear. 5849 hours......................$39,750

1989 John Deere 4450 powershift transmission, 2 remotes, new front tires, clean unit. 5245 hours......... ...............................$39,000

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

2006 Bobcat T190 2350 hours, 3400 lb. operating capacity, Bobtach hydraulic hitch, good undercarriage, good tracks.............$23,000

2006 John Deere 310G extend-a-hoe, 4x4, cab, heat, Q/C bucket, 4000 hours...... ...............................$42,000

2006 Cat 287B skidsteer, 3400 lb. oper cap, heat and air, undercarriage and tracks at 75%, local trade, 1933 hours.............$32,000

2008 Cat 287C 84 hp, pilot controls, 4x1 bucket, 18” tracks, air conditioning, heat, good undercarriage, 3500 lb. operating capacity, 1643 hours.............$39,000

2006 Case 850K XLT series 2 crawler, 3388 hours, 9’6” 6-way blade, 75% undercarriage, 96 hp, excellent condition..........$45,000

1996 Volvo tri-axle dump truck, 370 hp Cummins, 9 speed, Lo Hole Hendrickson suspension, air conditioning, hitch. 283,000 miles.......................$29,500

1994 Kenworth T600 Detroit 430 hp with 1992 Trail King 35 ton Detach, Honda motor, 22-ft well.................. $45,000

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Frosted forage precautions

By Mark Sulc, Ohio State Extension Jack Frost will be visiting us soon. SevDon’t allow hungry or stressed animals to eral forage species can be extremely toxic graze young growth of species with prussic soon after a frost because they contain comacid potential. pounds called cyanogenic glucosides that Graze or greenchop sudangrass only after are converted quickly to prussic acid (i.e. it is 15 to 18 inches tall. Sorghum-sudanhydrogen cyanide) in freeze-damaged plant grass should be 24 to 30 inches tall before tissues. We will discuss those first below. grazing. Never graze immature growth or Others species have an increased risk of short regrowth following a harvest or grazcausing bloat when grazed after a frost, we ing (at any time of the year). will discuss those at the end of this article.

Do not graze wilted plants or plants with Species that can develop toxic levels of young tillers. prussic acid after frost include annual grassGreen-chopping the frost-damaged plants es in the sorghum family, Johnsongrass, will lower the risk compared with grazing shattercane, chokecherry, black cherry, indidirectly, because animals are less likely to angrass, and elderberry. It is always a good selectively graze damaged tissue. However, idea to check areas where wild cherry trees the forage can still be toxic, so feed greengrow after a storm and pick up and discard chop with great caution after a frost. any fallen limbs to prevent animals from Always feed greenchopped forage of grazing on the leaves and twigs. species containing cyanogenic glucosides The potential toxicity after frost varies within a few hours, and don’t leave greby species as follows: enchopped forage in wagons or feedbunks Sudangrass varieties = low to intermediovernight. ate in cyanide poisoning potential Hay and silage are safer Sudangrass hybrids = intermediate poPrussic acid content in the plant decreases tential dramatically during the hay drying process Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids and forage and the forage should be safe once baled as sorghums = intermediate to high dry hay. The forage can be mowed anytime Grain sorghum = high to very high after a frost if you are making hay. It is very Piper sudangrass = low prussic acid poirare for dry hay to contain toxic levels of soning potential prussic acid. However, if the hay was not Pearl millet and foxtail millet = rarely properly cured and dried before baling, it cause toxicity should be tested for prussic acid content Animals can die within minutes if they before feeding to livestock. consume forage with high concentrations Forage with prussic acid potential that is of prussic acid. Prussic acid interferes with stored as silage is generally safe to feed. To oxygen transfer in the blood stream of the be extra cautious, wait 5 to 7 days after a animal, causing it to die of asphyxiation. frost before chopping for silage. If the plants Before death, symptoms include excess appear to be drying down quickly after a salivation, difficult breathing, staggering, killing frost, it is safe to ensile sooner. convulsions, and collapse.

Delay feeding silage for 8 weeks after Ruminants are more susceptible to prusensiling. If the forage likely contained high sic acid poisoning than horses or swine levels of cyanide at the time of chopping, because cud chewing and rumen bacteria hazardous levels of cyanide might remain help release the cyanide from plant tissue. and the silage should be analyzed before Plants growing under high nitrogen levfeeding. els or in soils deficient in phosphorus or Freezing also slows down metabolism potassium will be more likely to have high in all plants that might result in nitrate acprussic acid poisoning potential. After frost cumulation in plants that are still growing, damage, cyanide levels will likely be higher especially grasses like oats, millet, and in fresh forage as compared with silage or sudangrass. This build-up usually isn’t hazhay. This is because cyanide is a gas and ardous to grazing animals, but green chop dissipates as the forage is wilted and dried or hay cut right after a freeze can be more for making silage or dry hay. dangerous.

Young, rapidly growing plants of species Species That Can Cause Bloat that contain cyanogenic glucosides will Forage legumes such as alfalfa and clohave the highest levels of prussic acid. Afvers have an increased risk of bloat when ter a frost, cyanide is more concentrated in grazed one or two days after a hard frost. young leaves and tillers than in older leaves The bloat risk is highest when grazing pure or stems. New growth of sorghum species legume stands, and least when grazing following a non-killing frost is dangerously stands having mostly grass. high in cyanide. Pure stands of indiangrass The safest management is to wait a few can have lethal levels of cyanide if they days after a killing frost before grazing pure are grazed when the plants are less than 8 legume stands - wait until the forage begins inches tall. to dry from the frost damage. It is also a Grazing Precautions good idea to make sure animals have some The following guidelines will help you dry hay before being introduced to lush fall avoid danger to your livestock this fall when pastures that contain significant amounts of feeding species with prussic acid poisoning legumes. You can also swath your legumepotential: rich pasture ahead of grazing and let animals Do not graze on nights when frost is graze dry hay in the swath. Bloat protectants likely. High levels of toxic compounds are like poloxalene can be fed as blocks or produced within hours after a frost, even if mixed with grain. While this an expensive it was a light frost. supplement, it does work well when animals Do not graze after a killing frost until eat a uniform amount each day. plants are dry, which usually takes 5 to 7 days. ##### After a non-killing frost, do not allow I bought a voice-memo recorder so I animals to graze for two weeks because the could remind myself to call certain people. plants usually contain high concentrations However, after hearing how my voice of toxic compounds. sounds on the recording, I never want to New growth may appear at the base of use the telephone again. the plant after a non-killing frost. If this ##### occurs, wait for a hard, killing freeze, then As you get older, three things happen: wait another 10 to 14 days before grazing The first is your memory goes...and I can’t the new growth. remember the other two.

Using local lakes to safeguard regional water quality

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service Isolated lakes in the Mississippi Delta can be transformed into farmer-friendly landscape features that trap agricultural pollutants, according to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). These findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ecologist Richard Lizotte and his colleagues can help producers control the impacts of field runoff on downstream water bodies as far as the Gulf of Mexico. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific agency.

Lizotte, who works at the ARS Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit in Oxford, Mississippi, led a series of studies that evaluated how effectively an experimental wetland along Mississippi’s Coldwater River trapped common crop pesticides. The study watershed was developed in a small stretch of the river that had been cut off from the main channel. The resulting pool had two distinct sections: One was as deep as a small lake, and the other was a shallow wetland surrounded by natural vegetation.

The team installed small dams called weirs at either end of the wetland. Then they added three pesticides to the wetland at the upstream weir at rates that would simulate typical runoff rates from a 40-acre field.

After the researchers added the pesticide mix to the water, it only took 24 hours for pesticide concentrations near the upstream weir to drop almost 65 percent, while at the downstream weir, only trace amounts of the pesticide were detected. Pesticide concentrations became undetectable at the upstream weir 21 days later.

Lizotte also assessed how well the experimental wetland reduced concentrations of pesticides, nutrients, and sediment from a “catastrophic” runoff event that could result from sudden and severe storms shortly after fertilizers and/or pesticides are applied. He noted that sediment, phosphorus, nitrogen, and pesticide concentrations peaked within three hours after the event as far as 325 yards below the upstream weir.

But within 48 hours, loads of the sediment, nutrients, and pesticides had been reduced by as much as 98 percent. Twenty-eight days later, levels of all the pollutants had returned to—and sometimes even dropped below—pre-event levels.

Lizotte believes his findings show that these types of wetlands could become a very effective and efficient tool for reducing field runoff contaminants.

Results from his research have been published in River Research and Applications, Science of the Total Environment, and Ecohydrology.

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Food supplement to improve digestion

By Jane Moorman, New Mexico State University Extention During drought, having cattle that can of the amino acid supplemented cows did tolerate poor nutritional forage is the differnot have higher birth weights, and that is ence between a cow and calf operation going important to cattle producers,” he said. “We under, or staying in business. are now conducting performance tests on the Pregnant cows have a harder time during calves to determine if their digestive system drought because they are eating for two. If is more efficient than the control group of the they are not able to consume and digest the mothers who did not receive the amino acid.” required nutrients during pregnancy, calf A second part of the study is looking at the development can be negatively influenced, impact of the amino acid feed supplement which in turn has an impact on the dollars in administered 200 days into gestation, during the cattle producer’s bank account. the last trimester of the pregnancy.

To help the cows’ digestive systems to be “During the third trimester, the calf is more efficient in harvesting nutrients from pretty well developed and it is growing,” poor-quality forage, New Mexico State Scholljegerdes said. “However, our thought University Assistant Professor Eric Scholis that if we can improve blood flow to parljegerdes is developing an amino acid feed ticular tissues, we could see an improvement supplement and studying the influence it has in meat quality.” on fetal programming.

“Overall, we hope that we can improve “This particular amino acid has been females’ longevity by enhancing the digestive system,” Scholljegerdes said. “So when shown to stimulate blood flow by increasing the cow is pregnant and we are in a drought, the number and size of blood vessels going we are hopeful that through this feeding proto the placenta,” said Scholljegerdes, beef gram she will be able to tolerate poor forage cattle nutritionist. He is conducting research and extract the nutrients she needs for her on cattle at NMSU’s Corona Range and developing fetus.”

Livestock Research Center.

The downside to this work, he said, is that “This increase in blood flow should stimulate the overall nutrients supplied to the fetus. during the early period of gestation when this By giving the amino acid supplement to the program may have the greatest impact, grass cow 40 days into gestation when fetal organs is starting to grow and is typically of high are developing, in particular the digestive quality. Many cattle producers do not want tract and associated organs, it should help the to supplement cows because quality of the digestive system function better after birth.” grass is sufficient to meet their needs.

The first generation of calves, born during “I don’t disagree with that at all, but if we the fall of 2013, is currently being monitored can come up with a 30-day nutrient supplement program that’s going to stimulate the to assess the impact of this feeding program. calf’s future abilities to thrive, then I would “One of the first questions we hoped to argue the ends may justify the means,” answer is how it was going to influence the Scholljegerdes said. birth weight. The answer is that the offspring

Ins and outs of beneficial nematode movement CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4

type of movement was like group behavior in other animals, such as a school of fish or a pack of wolves.

Based on these findings, the researchers contend that aggregated movement behavior may further contribute to a patchy distribution, or clumping, of natural or applied entomopathogenic nematode populations that is seen in crop fields. These findings were

also published in the International Journal for Parasitology.

The studies have implications for understanding nematode foraging behavior and improving natural pest control tactics. Knowledge of how and why beneficial nematodes find their prey is essential to optimizing their use in biocontrol programs in the future.

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Insects represent a link for antibiotic resistance traits

By K-State Research and Extension News ters for Disease Control and Prevention Those pesky houseflies buzzing around (http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threatyour home or invading your springtime report-2013/), at least 2 million people picnic could be doing more harm to human become infected with antibiotic-resistant health than you realize. According to a recent bacteria, and at least 23,000 people die each study by Kansas State University (K-State), year as a direct result of these infections in published in the Applied and Environmental the United States.

Microbiology journal (http://aem.asm.org/ Currently, two places where antibiotics content/early/2014/04/01/AEM.00600-14. are most widely used are hospitals and food abstract), insects carry antibiotic-resistant animal production facilities, Zurek said. bacteria from one point to another, includAntibiotics in food animal production are ing from food animal farms and wastewater not only used to treat infections in animals treatment facilities, for example, to urban but also in helping animals grow. areas.

“Antibiotics in low doses are added as “There are a number of insects that are feed additives, primarily in poultry and commonly associated with animals, such swine diets,” he said. “The outcome is that as house flies and cockroaches,” said Ludek the animals grow faster. At the same time, if Zurek, K-State professor of microbial ecolyou use low doses of antibiotics extensively, ogy and lead author on the published study. that poses selective pressure on bacteria “House flies are common where animal main the digestive tract of these animals and nure is produced, including in cattle, poultry results in antibiotic resistance.” and swine operations. Cockroaches, primarHumans experiencing more problems ily German cockroaches, have become a with antibiotic resistance could be due to common pest in confined swine operations.” many potential reasons, Zurek said, includZurek and his colleagues collected houseflies and cockroaches from food aniing overuse of antibiotics in human medicine and human connection to antibiotic use in mal production locations, including swine food animals. There are likely many other and poultry farms, as well as wastewater potential environmental connections as well, treatment facilities that collect waste from so it’s hard to pinpoint specific infections multiple sources, including hospitals. The and where the antibiotic resistance origiresearchers then genetically analyzed the bacteria in the digestive tract of the insects nated. and compared them to the bacteria present In addition to the insects, Zurek and his in the animal feces and wastewater. research team have also showed that wild “We found these insects carry the same birds, such as ravens and crows, carry multibacteria found in the animal manure,” Zudrug antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

“Wild birds can pick up the antibiotic rek said. “Then we started sampling insects resistant bacteria from fields where animal found in surrounding urban areas, includmanure was used as a fertilizer,” he said. ing fast food restaurants, and again, we “We still don’t know how significant these found house flies with multi-drug resistant birds are as carriers. We just know there are bacteria.” multiple venues where wildlife can acquire The houseflies collected from the wasteresistant strains and move them around in water treatment plants, likewise, carried the the environment.” same bacteria found in the waste itself, he Making strides on the issue said. Houseflies collected several miles from To help eliminate the potential connection the wastewater treatment plants in surroundto food animal production, the U.S. Food ing urban areas had a lower prevalence of and Drug Administration last December the antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those released its first request to antibiotic manuexamined from the facilities themselves, but the bacteria still existed in those urban facturers to voluntarily remove antibiotics houseflies. from the list for animal growth promoters.

The study led the researchers to conclude The plan is to phase out antibiotics as a feed that insects, primarily houseflies, can pick up additive for growth promotion in United antibiotic-resistant bacteria and disseminate States in the next three years. them to surrounding areas. How serious that The European Union (EU) took a precaulink is still needs to be investigated, but the tionary step in 2006 to combat human antipotential is clearly there, Zurek said. biotic resistance. All EU countries banned “Cockroaches and house flies are highly antibiotic use as growth promoters in food mobile, and they are attracted to residential animals. areas,” he said. “They are attracted to our Lowering the use of antibiotics in anifood and drinks. They have great potential mal industry will be another step to lower to move multi-drug resistant bacteria to prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in urban areas.” the environment and in human infections, In addition, Zurek’s team showed that Zurek said, but because antibiotic resistance bacteria in the house fly digestive tract can in human infections is such a serious global exchange antibiotic resistance by horizontal health problem that has led to higher patient gene transfer. The resistant strains multiply mortality rates, prolonged hospitalization in the fly and can be left behind on food by and increased healthcare costs, it needs to fly regurgitation or spitting, and defecation. be tackled from many angles.

Background on antibiotic resistance “Clearly, pest management and trying to Antibiotics, since their discovery 70 years minimize the pest populations on farms and ago, have saved millions of lives, Zurek said. outside of the farms is one way,” he said.

“Unfortunately, because of the intensive “House flies aren’t just a nuisance. They use of antibiotics in human medicine, we can carry antibiotic resistant bacteria, so pose high pressure on bacteria, and they they should be taken seriously as a vector.” respond by developing resistance,” he said.

“The resistant strains then survive and are ##### selected by antibiotic treatments. Currently, “Doc, just give it to me straight.” we have situations where people get infec“Do you want the good news or the bad tions they die from because the antibiotics news?” are not effective anymore. The bacteria “The bad news.” that caused the infections are multi-drug “You won’t last the weekend.” resistant.”

“And the good news?”

According to a 2013 report by the Cen“It’s a three-day weekend.”

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Ford F3 pickup with sprayer. Tag #Mcclean1114 John Deere 240 14-ft. mower conditioner. Tag #RWard1114 Mohawk 7-ft. 3-pt. rotary mower. Tag #ANF1114 John Deere 2010 diesel tractor, 3-pt., 540 PTO. Tag #ANF1114.......... $6900 1973 Moto-Ski T4500 snowmobile. Like new. Tag #Hug1114............... $1500 John Deere 5010-20 2WD tractor, loader, no PTO. Tag #DanR1114.... $4500 1000 gallon water storage tank. Tag #Vince1114 John Deere 420 tractor, 3-pt., power steering, shuttle transmission, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF1114 John Deere 4020 diesel tractor, 58 loader, no 3-pt., no PTO. Good loader tractor. Tag #ANF1114..................................................................... $3500 Farmhand F11 loader, adapts to many tractors. Tag #ANF1114 Soilmover 3 yard pull-type scraper. Tag #ANF1114 John Deere 3020 tractor, 540 PTO, a 3-pt. is available. Tag #ANF1114 International 340 2WD tractor, gas engine, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF1114 1-ton trailer with dump box. Tag #ANF1114 John Deere 730 diesel tractor, tricycle front end, 3-pt., 540 PTO. Tag #ANF1114 1981 Versatile 835 tractor, 18.4x38 duals at 60%, Trimble GPS available. Tag #LGre1114................................................................................... $22,500 Blower fan. Tag #Hug1114 Massey Ferguson 35 28-ft. pull-type swather. In excellent shape with extra parts. Tag #Hug1114....................................................................... $1900 Flexi-Coil S67XL field sprayer, double nozzles, 1500 gallon tank, mix tank, auxiliary tank, 18.4x26 singles. Tag #BCreek1114 1981 Miller 24-ft. pintle hitch trailer. Tag #Hug1114.............................. $6500 1974 Homemade flat bed trailer, 107” deck. Wide enough for older swathers.

Tag #TSimo1114............................................................................. $2500 New Holland TC29 front wheel drive tractor, New Holland loader, 3-pt. Attachments are also available. Tag #RobN1114 (2) Liberty 41 gallon sewage pumps. Tag #KenW1114.................. $600 each Melroe 501 42-ft. plow. Tag #Paul1114.................................................. $3500 Hesston 5585 round baler. Tag #Paul1114 Mayflower truck, 30-ft. van body. Tag #LarryK1114 2011 Haybuster 2800 square/round bale processor. In excellent shape. Tag #WarrenM1114............................................................................ $30,000 2008 Case IH FTX435 tractor, cloth interior, high capacity pump, 410x42 Firestone tires, Trimble 500 EZ-Steer, 992 hours. Tag #KA1114.$185,000 2013 Case IH 550 track tractor, loaded, leather, Pro 700 monitor, PTO, 1036 hours. Tag #KA1114................................................................... $295,000 2004 ASV RC50 track skidsteer loader, joystick controls, 1800-1900 lb lifting capacity, 1828 hours. Tag #Dwight1114....................................... $19,500 Calf and hoof trimming table. Tag #JHold1114...................................... $8500 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J, 2-door, 74,000 miles, white and black.

Tag #JerSmt1114............................................................................ $8700 18-ft. gooseneck stock trailer. Tag #JerSmt1114.................................... $2500 Brandt 1070 swing hopper auger, blue. In good shape. Tag #PWic1114........ ........................................................................................................ $9500 Brandt 10x60 swing hopper auger, orange. Tag #PatW1114................ $5500 John Deere 2010 2WD tractor, loader, 3-pt., PTO. Tag #JerSmt1114.. $8500 1975 Chevrolet 3500 2WD pickup, automatic, good paint, good interior. Tag #Paul1114....................................................................................... $7000 1967 Ford F600 grain truck, single axle, 15-ft. box. Tag #JerSmt1114.. $3500 Case David Brown 1212 2WD tractor, 3-pt., backhoe, loader, engine good, needs transmission work. Tag #Alten1114 Cat D6 9U crawler, 12-ft. Holt dozer, cab, pony motor, tracks are tight. Tag #Alten1114

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2010 REM 2700 grain vac, 2 flexible spouts and handle, 168 hours. Tag #TL0814 Riteway RR900ST rock picker, hydraulic drive. Tag #WahlF0614 Allison automatic transmission out of 1985 Steiger tractor. Tag #WahlF0614 1984 Nashua mobile home, 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom. Tag #WahlF0614 1980 Carter Disc 2654 grain mill on trailer. Tag #WahlF0614.....................$7500 1980 Cal-West generator, Onan generator, 20kw single phase, 254 diesel engine. Tag #WahlF0614...........................................................................$9750 2012 Ezee-On skidsteer mounted post pounder. Tag #Hug0614...............$6000 Adrian Quick-Pit 10 drive over grain pit. Excellent. Tag #BK0114..............$7500 Degelman 46/54 14-ft. blade, hydraulic angle and tilt, off Case IH 305 MFD tractor.

Like new. Tag #Jess0414.......................................................................$9500 Bestland hydraulic rock picker, 5-ft. rock fork. Tag #DaveS0414.................$1900 24-ft. portable corral panels. Tag #BCreek0714....................................$350 each (6) 30-ft. portable corral gates. Tag #BirchCr0114................................$450 each John Deere 840 loader, off JD 8100. Like new. Tag #ClintonB0414........$14,000 S&I Arrow Front Feeder 20-ft., feeds chopped hay or round bales, heavy duty.

Tag #ANF0114......................................................................................$6000 Shaver HD8 post pounder with 3-pt. mount. Tag #TonyV0814 Cattle squeeze chute. Tag #TonyV0814.........................................................$650 (4) used 23.1x30 tires. Tag #ANF0414. Each................................................$250 (2) new 23.1x30 tires. Tag #ANF0414. Each................................................$1000 (2) like new 24.5x32 tires. Tag #ANF0314 Ford 3-pt. post hole digger, 12” auger. Tag #ANF0714................................$1200 DuAl loader off International 806. Tag #ANF0714.......................................$1950 2012 Ezee-On skid steer mounted post pounder, used very little. Tag #Hug0613.............................................................................................$6000 2000-ft. 8” mainline pipe. Tag #Gerald0614................................... $3.75 per foot Engine end 3 point hitch & PTO for 9030 bidirectional. Tag #RogW0512....$3800 24-ft. pipe panels. Tag #Joe0314..........................................................$350 each 6000 gallon fertilizer tank. Tag #SmartCr0711.............................................$6000 16-ft. cattle guard. Tag #Walt0514 (30 or more) rubber packers for John Deere 9450 drills. Tag #ANF0514 NEW!! Spike tooth harrow. Tag #Hug0414....................................................$350 Sullair compressor. Tag #Hug1013..........................................................$25,000 Dodge dually white pickup box. Tag #JP0513.............................................$1800 16-ft. gravel box with single cylinder. Tag #TomV1112.................................$3000 King Kutter bale spear. Tag #ANF0714........................................................$450 7000 watt generator, Ford diesel engine. Tag #Jonathan0914 (14) cement steps with landings. Tag #SevilleC0914............................$600 each Portable loading chute. Tag #HarryV0914...................................................$1200 Farmhand 228 loader, grapple off John Deere 4020. Tag #ANF0914 PTO water pump. Tag #HugBr0914...............................................................$500 Fuel stand. Tag #HugBr0914.........................................................................$100 1982 Valmar 240 granular applicator, hydraulic drive, mounted on homemade cart. Tag #HerbK0914 Alloway 20-ft. flail shredder. Tag #PatW0914...........................................$12,000 Gravel for sale. Tag #GunsightGr0914 Woods 6-ft. trail mower. Tag #Wayne0814 Walinga grain vac. Tag #Russ0514.............................................................$3000 Cherokee 3-pt. post pounder. Tag #Bob0714................................................$750 New Danuser SM 40 hammer for skidsteer. Tag #Hug0514.......................$8500

MISC. HAY TOOLS

New Holland 411 disc mower, PTO drive. Tag #Scotty0614.......................$8500 New H&S rakes available. Give us a call John Deere 935 12-ft. disc mower. Tag #JR1113........................................$9500

SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

New Holland 495 12-ft. haybine. Tag #KMagee0714..................................$4500

ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

New Holland SP-166 self propelled baler, 2 Wisconsin engine, reconditioned and should run fine. Tag #ANF0714......................................................$8500

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COWS FOR SALE 78 Bred black Angus cows Preg tested and poured. Young herd.

Phone (406) 278-5640, Conrad, MT

Residential and Commercial Cleaning Services

References Available, Competitive Rates, Call for a free estimate Simply Clean (406) 231-4514

OVERSEAS STORAGE CONTAINERS 20-ft. to 40-ft.

Starting at $3200 delivered.

Phone (406) 899-4104, Evenings

1986 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK Big Cam Cummins, 13 speed, Heil dump box. Like new.

Phone (406) 799-6923

VEHICLES FOR SALE

1997 Chevrolet 1/2 ton 4x4, extended cab, long box.... $5250 2002 Mazda Protege5................................................... $3800 2008 Yamaha Road Star............................................... $6000 All very good condition. Call for more info Steve Matheson (406) 627-2127 or 450-2776, Conrad, MT

TRACTOR FOR SALE 1992 John Deere 6400 85 hp, 4WD, standard transmission, has loader mounts and controls, 7900 hours. Very clean, always kept in shed.......... $31,500 Phone (406) 360-6837

TRAILER FOR SALE

Light weight, custom built, tandem axle, built in toolbox. This trailer will haul 3 quads end-to-end, or 5 loaded from the side. Self-contained ramps, also spare. Pulls real nice.

Asking................................... $2400 Ask for Bill (406) 390-6671

MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE

2008 Honda 450R Rode very little and had good upkeep Phone (406) 735-4348

POLYURETHANE FOAM INSULATION Are your calving barns cold and drafty???

WE CAN HELP!!

Homes, barns, quonsets, shops, etc.

LeRoy Hanson Doug Morgan (406) 590-2874 (406) 590-8336 Choteau, Montana Choteau, Montana

Report projects positive outlook for pork producers and consumers

By K-State Research and Extension News feeding them to a finished market weight.

The U.S. pork industry today is small by “The reason I highlight that is the tight historic standards. But, signs of producers pork supply situation we have today is here holding back more females to increase the for the rest of 2014,” Tonsor said. “Couple breeding herd mean the industry is in the that with strong meat demand in general, process of expanding, which could put strong pork demand in particular, we’re more pounds of pork in grocery stores by probably going to have historically high the middle of next year. pork prices the rest of 2014.”

“We continue to have historically high One of the greatest challenges the U.S. hog prices, as well as retail pork prices,” pork industry has faced recently is PEDv, said Glynn Tonsor, livestock economist for or porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. DiscovK-State Research and Extension. “We also ered in the United States for the first time in have improving production costs as grain 2013, PEDv is a disease caused by a porcine prices are coming down. That’s sending coronavirus and can lead to vomiting and a signal, an economic incentive, for pork occasional diarrhea in sows and gilts and producers to expand so they can sell more severe diarrhea and vomiting in nursing and pigs at a positive dollar per head margin recently weaned pigs, according to Kansas than they did last year.”

State University’s College of Veterinary Information about the state of the U.S. Medicine. pork industry was included in the quarterly PEDv spreads quickly and can lead to Hogs and Pigs Report, released by the U.S. severe sickness and death in pigs, although Department of Agriculture’s National Agit is not a threat to food safety or humans. A ricultural Statistics Service on September Pork Checkoff report estimates the disease 26. Tonsor said the report provides the best caused a loss of 7 million to 8 million pigs estimate of the current size of the industry from June 2013 to April 2014. and how large it will be in the future.

“To the extent we have additional conAccording to the report, the inventory cerns about PEDv, that could mute some of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2014 of this increase in pork production,” Tonsor was 65.4 million head, which was 2 percent said. lower than a year ago but up 6 percent from PEDv has reduced the amount of pigs June of this year. The breeding inventory weaned per litter, he said, and the net effect was at 5.92 million head, up 2 percent from is fewer market hogs in the United States, last year and up 1 percent from June. The therefore fewer pork pounds produced. In market hog inventory was at 59.4 million the past, the virus has hit swine herds worse head, down 3 percent from last year but 7 from November through April. Although percent higher than it was in June. vaccines have been developed recently, it’s Further, U.S. hog producers intend to unknown if producers can battle the virus have 2.89 million sows farrow, or have pigs, more effectively through the coming winter during the September through November with use of the new vaccines.

2014 quarter, which is up 4 percent from the Pork demand still high actual farrowings during the same period in Despite the recent and current tight sup2013 and up slightly from 2012. A projected ply situation caused in a large part by PEDv, 2.87 million sows will farrow December Tonsor said retail pork demand has been through February 2015, up 4 percent from strong. Given the pounds produced and 2014 and up 3 percent from 2013. consumed in the United States recently, the A consumer focus retail price realized was higher than most What does this expansion outlook mean expected. for pork consumers? Tonsor said most likely “The second quarter of 2014 was actually around the middle of next year, retailers the best quarter for retail pork demand, the will see an increase in pork supplies comway I estimate it, in more than 10 years,” ing from this expansion. An increase in he said. “It’s important to recognize that’s supplies likely means cheaper pork prices a positive signal for the entire pork indusfor consumers. try, because the public was willing to pay “None of this is guaranteed, but our curmore for those reduced pork pounds than rent estimate is that we’re going to have we expected.” more sows, and therefore more pigs and “The U.S. public sees more value in those more pork pounds that show up starting (pork) products,” he continued. “Maybe the around April 2015,” he said. “There will be products are more convenient. Maybe the some relief in high prices (consumers) have consumers were less sensitive to the price been seeing for some time now. Most of or had improving incomes. Probably some these adjustments take a long time, not quite of all of the above is actually truth, which as long of a biological lag that we have in led to this positive demand story.” the cattle industry, but they still take time.”

Access the full September 26 quarterly Specifically, it would take in excess of hogs and pigs report at http://usda.mannlib. eight months from starting the process of cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo. holding back females, to breeding them, to do?documentID=1086. farrowing them, to weaning their pigs and

Due to the upcoming holidays the deadlines for December and January will change!!

December deadline

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26th January deadline

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st

Coating helps stop water from beading

By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service Rainwater pounding on the glass winwhich is a cattle industry byproduct, as the dows of an office building or a home is less protein, and ethyl cyanoacrylate, a major likely to bead up and reduce visibility if the component of “super glue,” as the starting windows are treated with a new, transparent material that is key to creating the nanoparcoating from U.S. Department of Agriculticles. ture (USDA) chemist Sanghoon Kim and Applying the coating is quick and easy. his colleagues.

All that’s needed is to spray it onto clean Besides its potential use on windows, the glass or other recommended surfaces, then coating might also be applied to solar panels rinse with water. to help keep dirt from interfering with their In a follow-up study, Kim and his colperformance, Kim notes. league Yeon Seok Kim of the National What’s more, Kim and his colleagues Institute of Standards and Technology, have observed that the coating works well used gliadin, a protein from wheat, to on other materials, including Plexiglas and demonstrate that their process for making metals such as stainless steel. the coating is applicable to both plant- and Kim, along with research chemist Atanu animal-derived proteins.

Biswas and physical scientist Kervin EvPeer-reviewed scientific articles pubans—all with the USDA Agricultural Relished this year in the Journal of Nanoparsearch Service (ARS) National Center for ticle Research and in 2013 in Colloids and Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Surfaces B: Biointerfaces have details about Illinois—created the coating’s nanoparticles the work. by using only a few off-the-shelf laboraInformal cost estimates suggest that the tory chemicals, including a protein from new coating, made with either a plant or an agriculture. animal protein, could be produced at the From start to finish, production of the same or less cost than coatings already on nanoparticles takes less than an hour, inthe market. volves simple procedures with inexpensive The Peoria coating is rain-ready in about chemicals, and doesn’t require specialized a minute, a feature that apparently makes equipment or costly heating. it unique. ARS is seeking a patent for the In a proof-of-concept experiment, the research; the scientists are looking for inresearchers used bovine serum albumin, dustry partners to commercialize it.

“2,000 Bull Project” targets cattle traits

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are investigating methods to help beef cattle producers further improve genetic evaluations for routinely measured traits such as growth and calving ease. They are also targeting economically important traits like feed efficiency and disease resistance that are expensive or difficult to measure.

In 2007, scientists started the “2,000 Bull Project” at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska, to study relationships between genomic variation and economically important traits in 16 breeds. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

USMARC geneticists Mark Thallman and Larry Kuehn and their colleagues worked with U.S. cattle breed associations to obtain genomic profiles of 2,000 bulls from those 16 breeds to promote the development of genomic predictions.

For each breed, the project provided the first substantial set of high-density genotypes, which are being used by breed associations as a starting point to incorporate genomic data into their breed improvement programs.

Growth is a routine and easily measured trait that is related to increased feed consumption, but an animal’s feed efficiency-how much feed is required to produce a unit of growth-is more economically important to producers. However, individual feed intake is not practical to measure on large numbers of animals in commercial operations. Instead, a more feasible approach is to use research populations to develop genomic predictions for traits such as individual feed intake, disease resistance and meat tenderness that are expensive or difficult to measure.

At USMARC, thousands of cattle have been evaluated for such traits, and about 15,000 have been genotyped. The researchers’ goal is to detect genomic regions that affect these traits to improve the accuracy of genomic tests available to producers. Also, the scientists are sequencing the genomes of bulls that have the most descendants in the USMARC population, which may lead to more accurate predictions across breeds and benefit the industry.

As part of this effort, geneticist Warren Snelling is focusing on identifying DNA sequence variation that affects gene function to help predict important traits consistently across many breeds. Snelling has demonstrated that this technique can be used to identify genetic markers predictive of meat tenderness.

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WANTED: ALUMINUM GRAIN TRAILER Mid 80’s to late 90’s model Call Jesse 406-485-2793

Onsite Farm Equipment Cleaning/Detailing

References available, Call Robert for your free estimate (406) 836-1119

1994 Kenworth L10 cab and chassis Cummins engine, 10 speed (406) 799-6923

USED IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

1-Wade square wheel line, 5” pipe, 5-ft. wheels, Western style mover.............................................................. $4500 4-Wade round wheel lines, 4” pipe, 5-ft. wheels................... .................................. $4000 - $5000 depending on length All have levelers all the way.

Phone Swallow’s Irrigation (406) 752-4371, after 6 pm or cell 261-7604, Kalispell, MT

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT SPOKANE, WA 1-800-366-4497 James Cell: 509-714-8232

MISSOULA, MT 1-800-356-3547

Brad Cell: 406-239-8188 - Dyhlan 406-274-2993

2 available 1987 Load King mechanical detach Lo-boy, 35 ton, 25-ft well, spread axle. Nice solid trailer.... .............................................CALL for Details NEW CTS Pack Mule belly dump trailers, 43-ft., 3 axle, air ride, 3rd axle air lift, Super singles on all aluminum wheels, Infinite gate control valve, removable push block, pintle for pup, 23.5 cubic yard......................................CALL for Details

2010 Volvo VNL64T day cab, D13 485 hp, Eaton 15 speed transmission, 12,500 front axle, 40,000 rears, 3.73 ratio, Jake brake, 197” wheelbase. 467,000 miles. Ready to work....... .............................................CALL for Details

2008 Volvo VNL64T670 D13 500 hp, Ishift transmission, 3.21 ratio, 90% Lo-pro 22.5 tires on all aluminum wheels, Magnum moose bumper, thermo-king apu. One owner, well mainained with history..........CALL for Details

1 available 2000 Kenworth W900L Cat 3406E 475 hp, 13 speed transmission, DS404 3.36 ratio, 11R24.5 tires on aluminum wheels. Good sound truck.. ............................................................ $26,900

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2011 Kenworth W900 Cat C15 490 hp., 18 speed transmission, 14,000 lb front axle, 46,000 lb rears with lockers, wet kit, very clean truck.

Only 330,000 miles...............CALL for Details

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The deadline for phoning in advertising for the December 2014 issue of the Trader's Dispatch will be WEDNESDAY, November 26. Phone (406) 279-3291.

STEPDECK TRAILER FOR SALE

2000 Western “Elite”, 48-ft.x102”, closed tandem, aluminum 22.5 wheels, new pin and upper plate, new brakes, seals and air bags, sliding winches, tool box, 9500#........... $16,500

Call Roger Rader, 406-264-5475, Sun River, MT

To discover how one or both of these systems can benefit you, call us today at (406) 492-8229

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“When you need the job done, and you need it done right.......

Feel free to give us a call during the day or at night!”

Plow in your water lines, gas lines, etc.

Up to 4” in diameter and up to 6-ft. deep

ALSO SEE US FOR

✓ Directional Boring ✓ Excavation Needs ✓ Road Grading

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NDSU Extension Service honors staff for service

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service faculty and staff were honored for their years of service at the recent NDSU Extension Service/Research Extension Center fall conference in Fargo.

Those recognized were: Five Years • Igathinathane Cannayen, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Mandan • David Lehman, Institute for Business and Industry Development, Bismarck • John Lukach, Langdon Research Extension Center • Karla Meikle, Morton County • Peggy Netzer, Burleigh County • Christina Rittenbach, Stutsman County • Scott Swanson, Agriculture Communication 10 Years • Ellen Crawford, Agriculture Communication • Kasia Kinzer, Plant Pathology • Judith Konerza, Gearing Up for Kindergarten, Grand Forks • Crystal Schaunaman, McIntosh County • Tara Sondeland, Walsh and Pembina counties • Ron Wiederholt, Southeast District Office, Fargo and Carrington • Brian Zimprich, Ransom County 15 Years • Mark Boetel, School of Natural Resource Sciences • Michelle Effertz, McLean County • Mohamed Khan, Plant Pathology • Lisa Pederson, Dickinson Research Extension Center 20 Years • Lynette Flage, Northeast District Office, Grand Forks • Dave Franzen, School of Natural Resource Sciences • Julie Garden-Robinson, Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences • Barbara Laschkewitsch, Plant Sciences • John Nowatzki, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering • Jim Swank, Ag Budget Office • Ona Vig, Ag Budget Office 25 Years • Kristi Berdal, Nelson and Steele counties • Dan Folske, Burke County • Marcia Hellandsaas, McKenzie County • Deb Lee, Ransom County • JoAnn Runner, Bowman County • Kevin Sedivec, School of Natural Resource Sciences 30 Years • John Dhuyvetter, North Central Research Extension Center, Minot • Andy Swenson, Agribusiness and Applied Economics 35 Years • Jackie Buckley, Morton County • Brad Cogdill, Center for 4-H Youth Development • Al Ulmer, LaMoure County 40 Years • Linda Hauge, Center for 4-H Youth Development

Broccoli Basics

We are eating 900% more broccoli than we did 20 years ago.

In 1970, consumption of broccoli was only a half a pound per person.

Today, the average person in the United States eats four and one half pounds a year.

In the United States, broccoli was probably first grown by immigrants from Italy in home gardens in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1923, a group of Italian vegetable farmers in Northern California started to grow broccoli commercially and in a few years they were shipping fresh broccoli to Boston and New York.

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WE HAVE NEW CASE IH EQUIPMENT ON OUR LOT USED DRILLS

Come In and Make Us An Offer

USED TRACTORS

2013 Case IH Magnum 235 with L795 loader, luxury cab, 414 2011 Case IH Farmall 95 with L730 loader, MFD, 540/1000 PTO, hours....................................................................... $193,900 ROPS........................................................................ $48,000 2011 Case IH Puma 180 with L770 loader, 2735 hours.............. . Case 1486 dual PTO, 2 remotes.................................... $17,500 ................................................................................ $113,000 1976 International 464 with IH loader, 45 hp.................... $6500

USED SPRAYERS

2013 Seedmaster 70-ft. drill, double loop sensors, grain monitor, outer wing casters, tow behind Nova XP820 cart, rear 40 bushel mounted tank, rear hitch, duals, 10 zone auto zone, load cells, variable rate with Raven Viper Pro remote monitor, hydraulic conveyor, tire in tire packers, auto adjust force sensors..................................................................................Call Ezee-On 7550 48-ft. 10” spacing, single shoot with stealth points, variable rate, 3000 cart, 12,000 acres....................... $56,000

USED 4WD TRACTORS

2012 Case IH 500HD 4WD.................................................CALL 2008 Case IH 3320 Patriot foam, AIM command, Trimble EZ boom and steer....................................................... $139,000

New Holland S1070 100-ft sprayer................................ $27,000

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2-2011 Case IH 550 Quad Trac, low hours, one with PTO, loaded........................................................................JUST IN Case 2870 4wd, 5454 hours............. Mechanics Special $4995

USED COMBINES & HEADER

Case IH 8120 538 rotor hours, 600 monitor, 900/60R32 drive, yield/moisture, chopper, HID stadium lighting......... $270,000 2013 Case IH 7230 long auger, Nav II, 372 antenna, yield/moisture.......................................................................... $343,000 2012 Case IH 7230 luxury cab, rock trap, long auger, chopper, power mirrors, HID lighting, yield/moisture logging..$307,000 2011 Case IH 7120 luxury cab, rock trap, long auger, chopper, HID lighting, yield/moisture logging......................... $282,000 2011 Case IH 7120 586 rotor hours, rock trap, long unload auger, chopper, monitor, yield/moisture............................. $262,000

Are you in the market for a used combine?

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USED MISCELLANEOUS

2013 Case IH 8230

2011 Case IH 7120 600 rotor hours, luxury cab, 900/60R32 R1 drive, rock trap, chopper, yield/moisture, 600 monitor............ . ................................................................................ $272,000 2009 Case IH 7120 Pro 600 monitor, chopper, long auger, 780 hours........................................................................ $235,000 Case IH 7010 1944 engine hours, 1425 rotor hours, deluxe cab, yield/moisture logging, chopper, self leveling sieves..$186,000 1993 Case IH 1688 2474 hours...................................... $38,000 Case IH 1020 flex header with regular reel and Crary air reel, transport trailer.......................................................... $16,000

USED HAYING

Agco Hesston 856 round baler...................................... $12,000

small grains, long auger, large screen, leather, HID lighting, power mirrors, auto guidance, trailer hitch, 285 separator hours...........................$364,525

Visit us on the web at: www.glasgowimplement.com

Brent Avalanche 1084 1000 bushel grain cart, 520/85R38 duals, roll tarp....................................................................... $39,995 Brandt 20” drive over conveyor grain deck..................... $12,900 Brandt 20” drive over grain deck.................................... $12,000 Brandt 15”x80-ft., conveyor, end drive PTO kit.............. $18,500 Alloway 10”x70-ft. swing auger, hanger bearings, 540 PTO....... . ..................................................................................... $6500

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Border Plains Equipment - Glasgow, Montana

Brandt 1020 grain cart Brandt 8”x40 grain auger

AFTER HOURS SALES: Pete Pederson 406-263-7140

SERVICE: Nancy 406-263-9347

PARTS: Larry Legare 406-263-2641

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NEW 30’ x 40’ x 12’ STEEL BUILDING

New, never assembled All Steel Construction Bay spacing - 2 @ 20-ft.

Front door 16-ft. x 10-ft., side door 9-ft. 6” x 8-ft.

Approximate inside clearance - inside walls 12-ft. 11” Walls sit on stem walls to make dimensions PRICE REDUCED..........$18,500 Phone Charles (406) 930-0240, Livingston, Montana

BUCKLEY AUCTIONS AND APPRAISERS

We have auctions booked for spring 2015 but not yet dated. If you are planning an auction or appraisal give us a call.

Included with our auction business we also do all types of appraisals. Including farm/ranch equipment and inventory, farm/ranch and urban type real estate and homes, business properties and collectibles, etc.

Remember - auctioneers make excellent appraisers as we see everything saleable being sold at our auctions.

Phone Conrad (406) 450-2244, leave a message or 278-5580.

Scott Schmiedeke (406) 240-2572, Victor, MT Henry Kallis (605) 639-1904, Spearfish, SD See us on the web: www.tte-inc.com

2004 Deere 310SG 4WD, air conditioned cab, extend-a-hoe, new front tires, 80% rear tires, rebuilt power shift transmission, 4285 hours. Very tight and dry machine.

Located in Victor, Montana.....................$49,500

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BeefTalk: Have some bulls to cull?

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service Now is a good time to look at the bull for future issues. pen, even though it probably is empty. In However, one of the biggest issues is fact, one would have to wonder why if there temperament. As the bulls get older, they develop pretty strong territorial boundaries is a bull in the pen.

For many, the bulls are left on pasture and can become difficult to move. With and rounded up with the cows and calves the replacement price of bulls, one tends to think twice before marketing a bull, but as fall progresses. Throughout the summer, with excellent cull prices, bulls can bring various bulls are moved around or brought more than $3,000 as market beef. That home. In some cases, they are injured. In certainly will put some money in the bank other cases, they simply won’t stay in the for a replacement bull pasture. Wandering this coming winter. bulls are a liability The center’s bulls and don’t make for still are breeding in good neighbor relaearly to mid-Septemtions.

Although the ber, but come Octoweather is very dry ber, they are pulled in places or sopping and have some restwet in others, fall folful months ahead.

The bulls should gain lowed by winter is about a pound a day quickly approaching, as they rest, so they so thoughts of feedwill add about 300 ing cattle, especially pounds to their mabulls, come to mind.

What is the reason ture weight. for feeding cull bulls?

Searching for the For the most part, the quicker the bulls go nutrient requirements of beef cattle on the to market, the less stress.

Web, I came upon the Oklahoma State As producers prepare to round up cattle, University publication “Nutrient Requirea change in management is triggered by a ments of Beef Cattle” by David Lalman. It change in weather, usually snow. As colder notes the nutrient requirements for a bull weather sets in, grass may not be actively that is predicted to weigh 2,000 pounds as growing and feed resources are quickly utia mature bull.

To get to that weight, a bull that weighs lized. As fall work becomes more pressing, 1,400 pounds and is gaining 0.5 pound a the most neglected group often is the bulls. day needs a daily intake of 31 pounds of The bulls usually are pulled from the cows dry matter (hay or grass) that is 7 percent and placed in an out-of-the-way place for protein and 50 percent total digestible nuthe remainder of the season.

Bulls often are the last group of cattle trients (TDN). If those same bulls were to brought home for winter feeding because gain 1.7 pounds a day, their daily intake most of the attention and time is placed on would need to increase to 32 pounds of a the freshly weaned calves, calves in the higher-quality ration. It would contain the backgrounding lots or sorting cows. same crude protein level, but the energy However, don’t ignore the bulls. On one content of the ration would need to increase of those less than busy days, review the bull to 60 percent TDN. herd. Rather than keeping problem, inferior A grain-based supplement would need or old bulls through the winter, give some to be added or some very high-quality forthought to marketing the culls. age would need to be found. Those feed Reviewing the inventory of bulls is a resources should be available this year. wise move. How many of those bulls will However, is the bull worth keeping for be needed or used next year? The Dickinanother year?

Because a good selection of young yearson Research Extension Center needs 18.

However, a quick review of needs for the lings will be available next year, those bulls spring of 2015 would indicate extra bulls that are struggling to gain and recover from are needed. The center did reserve three the breeding season should be sold. In adbulls in May as backups but can look at not dition, as with any management decision, overwintering all the bulls. one has to weigh the present genetic value Why maintain bulls you don’t need? of the sound bulls versus what the anticiCull the obvious bulls to start the process. pated price will be for replacement bulls Although none of the bulls have obvious next spring, as well as their genetic value. male reproductive problems, now is a Can one buy better genetics? How are good time to check for other abnormalities your bulls doing? Have some to sell? or injuries that may have occurred during May you find all your ear tags. the breeding season. Bulls with behavioral For more information, contact Ringwall and structural problems should go to town. at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, Also, a review of the expected progeny difor go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/ columns/beeftalk/. ference values should be done to scrutinize

New lure target’s almond enemy No. 1

By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service Almond orchard experiments and laboleader in almond production—indicate that ratory tests led by U.S. Department of the experimental lure is at least seven times Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colmore powerful than the most commonly leagues are yielding good news for almond used alternative. Beck works at the Western fans and bad news for almond’s No. 1 insect Regional Research Center operated by the enemy, the navel orangeworm. Headed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the USDA chemist John J. Beck, the team has chief intramural scientific research agency developed a promising new combination of of USDA. all-natural compounds to lure navel orangeThe new lure’s effectiveness is due, at worm moths into monitoring traps. least in part, to its ability to attract both male According to Beck, preliminary tests and female navel orangeworm moths. The at his Albany, California, laboratory and conventional lure can’t do that. in two orchards in that state—the nation’s CONTINUED ON PAGE B15

Hay quality and supplemental feeding for cattle

By Daren Redfearn, Mary Drewnoski, Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension To answer the question, “is my hay feeding program meeting the cowherd’s nutritional requirements?” Two key pieces of information are needed. The first piece of information to obtain is the animal nutritional needs. Nutrient requirements are not consistent for all classes of livestock, so some knowledge of their body weight and stage of production is also required. Your Extension Educator can provide information on determining beef nutrient requirements. The next piece of information is the results from a forage analysis. At a minimum, it is important to know the crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrient (TDN) values for hay supplies.

Most forage quality analyses cost $10 to $20 per sample.

During the winter hay feeding period, it will take about 1000 pounds (DM basis) of grass hay to feed an 1100-pound mature cow for 30 days. This is equivalent to 28 pounds (DM basis) of hay per day. The following example can be used to help explain the relationship between forage quality and stage of production. In a 1000-pound bale of mediumquality grass hay with 7.0% CP (DM basis) and 58% TDN (DM basis), there are 70 pounds of CP and 580 pounds of TDN. The nutritional requirements for a mature cow during the middle 1/3 of gestation is 1.4 pounds of CP (DM basis) and 9.7 pounds of TDN (DM basis) each day. From a couple of simple calculations (Table 1, http://go.unl.edu/ndc7), the 30-day CP requirement for this animal is 42 pounds and the TDN requirement is 291 pounds. This hay should be adequate to maintain the 1100-pound mature cow during the middle 1/3 of gestation if her daily DM hay consumption is at least 28 pounds.

The nutrient requirements for the same 1100-pound cow the first 90 days after calving increase to 2.9 pounds of CP (DM basis) and 16.8 pounds of TDN (DM basis) each day. Assuming she consumes 28 pounds (DM basis) of hay per day, both her protein and energy requirements will be deficient.

In this instance, both additional protein and energy should be provided to meet the increased nutritional requirements.

It would require about 4 pounds per day (DM basis) of distiller’s grains to meet the 17-pound CP deficiency of an animal during the first 90 days after calving if she were consuming medium-quality grass hay containing 7.0% CP (DM basis) and 58% TDN (DM basis). At a cost of $125 per ton for the supplement, the cost of supplementation would be $0.25 per day. However, this supplementation is not needed during the middle 1/3 of gestation. In this example, over-supplementing a 100-cow herd for 90 days during the middle 1/3 of gestation would result in unnecessary feed costs of $2,250. Greater profit potential is the primary reason livestock producers need to know the quality of the forages they are feeding. The cost to determine if additional protein or energy feeding is needed can be quickly recovered in either feed cost savings or improved animal performance.

New lure target’s almond CONTINUED FROM PAGE B14

The monitoring traps in which the new lure might someday be used are typically hung from almond tree branches.

Growers and their pest control advisors use the traps to detect incoming navel orangeworm moths and to monitor their numbers, then use that information to determine the best time to apply insecticide. The new lure may provide a more accurate picture of moth numbers within an orchard.

Navel orangeworm larvae that emerge from eggs laid by female moths can damage almonds by feeding on the kernels or by contaminating them with mold-forming Aspergillus flavus or A. parasiticus fungi. The fungi are of concern because they can produce cancer-causing compounds known as aflatoxins. Almond processors spend millions of dollars annually inspecting harvested almonds to keep any nuts that contain unsafe levels of these toxins out of the food supply.

The almond studies help improve food safety and reduce food waste, two USDA top priorities. An article (http://www. ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug14/almonds0814.htm) in the August 2014 issue of Agricultural Research magazine has more details about the research.

Beck and Douglas M. Light, Wai S. Gee, and Noreen E. Mahoney, all with ARS at Albany; Daniel D. Cook, with ARS at Logan, Utah; Bradley S. Higbee of Paramount Farming Co., LLC, and other colleagues, conducted the research with funding from ARS, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Almond Board of California, the California Pistachio Research Board, and Paramount Farming; and with the assistance of D&D Farms, S&J Ranch, Strain Ranches, Nickels Soil Laboratory, and others.

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By Karla Jenkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension The nutrient density of the weaned calf diet depends on the size of the calf, the desired rate of gain, and the feedstuffs available.

Commodity prices are lower than they have been in quite some time and cattle prices are at a record high. As fall approaches, many cattle producers are considering backgrounding calves rather than selling them at weaning. This may be economically advantageous, but only if the calves remain healthy and achieve the desired rate of gain.

Calves learn to eat forage within the first few weeks of life, so weaning is not the time that rumen function begins to develop. However, keep in mind the weaned calf’s rumen is fairly small compared to older cattle. Therefore, nutrient dense feed that passes through the rumen quickly, allowing for more nutrients to be consumed, is important for good daily gain. Milk is highly digestible and nutrient dense.

When it is removed from the diet, calves will need high quality forage or a protein and energy supplement to replace it. Supplying vitamins and minerals just prior to and post weaning will help fortify the calf’s immune system which will be challenged by weaning.

The nutrient density of the weaned calf diet depends on the size of the calf, the desired rate of gain, and the feedstuffs available. For more information on nutrient requirements of weaned calves and backgrounding considerations see NebGuide G2064 Wintering and Backgrounding Calves http:// www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g2064/build/g2064. pdf. A 500 lb steer calf would gain approximately 2 lb/d on vegetative irrigated perennial cool season pasture this fall.

Conversely, the same steer grazing native winter pasture and supplemented with 1.5 lb/d distillers grains would only gain 0.5 lb/d due to the difference in protein and digestible energy content.

Corn prices are predicted to be lower this fall than they have been for some time. Corn can also be a great energy source for backgrounding calves. Corn does contain starch and therefore can have negative associative effects on digestion of low quality forage. Including an adequate supply of degradable intake protein will ensure proper utilization of the corn in the diet. Example diets containing corn for weaned calves as well as information on vaccination protocols and other considerations for weaned calves can be accessed at http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g2057/build/ g2057.pdf (NebGuide G2057, Management, Health, and Nutritional Considerations for Weaning Calves).

In addition to protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals, an important, but often overlooked nutrient for weaned calves is water. Fresh, clean, readily accessible water is critical for maintaining dry matter intake, health, and daily gain.

Calves should know where the water source is, have plenty of access to the source, and be able to reach the water at all times. Inadequate water intake results in reduced feed intake, eventual dehydration, and reduces the calf’s ability to fight infection.

University of Nebraska Extension personnel can assist producers with ration balancing if needed. Additional information on weaning and developing cattle is also available at http://beef.unl.edu.

Protecting your plants from mildew

Here’s an old treatment to prevent plants from suffering from mildew or black spots. Mix together ½ tablespoon baking soda with a drop of vegetable oil and 2 cups soapy water. Spray on both sides of leaves of plants that are normally affected. Complete this treatment in the evening and never in full sunlight, otherwise the leaves may scorch. While the soap helps to spread the mixture and the vegetable oil causes it to stick, the baking soda makes the surfaces of the leaves alkaline, which will inhibit the fungal spores. The biggest advantage of this is that there will be no adverse environmental impact, thanks to the all-natural ingredients. #### 20% of cranberries eaten are eaten on Thanksgiving. #### The ‘wishbone’ of the turkey is used in a good luck ritual on Thanksgiving Day. #### The first Thanksgiving lasted for three days.

Use of sprouted grains feed for livestock

Because of this summer’s weather – Montana has been hot, cold, rainy and, in some parts, snowy – the grain harvest was delayed in many areas, and some barley and wheat have sprouted in the seed heads. These sprouted grains, although not suitable for traditional markets, can be used as a feedstuff for livestock.

Based on research, sprouted grains have similar feed value to non-sprouted grains. Daily gains and feed efficiency in the feedlot are similar between cattle consuming non-sprouted or sprouted grains. However, due to the high starch content of wheat and barley, feeding below 20 percent of the total ration on a dry matter basis is recommended to minimize incidences of acidosis. For the greatest benefit of feeding wheat and barley, either sprouted or not, the kernels should be rolled or cracked and should never be self-fed or used for creep feeding. Fine grinding of wheat and barley should be avoided.

Major areas of concern when feeding sprouted grains are proper storage and the potential development of mold and mycotoxins. Proper storage of the sprouted grains is crucial to maintaining quality and limiting mold growth.

If moisture levels are less than 13 percent, it can be stored as you would ordinarily store grain. When determining moisture levels of a field, make sure multiple samples are collected.

Moisture content may vary across the field depending on topography and wind, which would cause uneven drying the sprouted grain.

If moisture levels are greater than 13 percent, ensiling may be a better option for storage. Sprouted grains can be ensiled in silos, bunkers, or storage bags. Whole grain does not pack well, so rolling or cracking of the grain should be done prior to ensiling. Sprouted grains, such as barley and wheat, can be layered with corn silage during silage packing to ensile the sprouted grain.

The combination of high moisture and cool weather conditions means mold may develop in sprouted grains. If mold is seen on the sprouted grains, it is recommended to collect multiple samples from around the field. Proper drying of the sprouted grains is more likely to occur on the outer edges, while the center of a field will be more susceptible to mold and mycotoxin production due to higher moisture contect.

Mold and mycotoxin levels should be assessed prior to feeding or harvesting because they can be hazardous to both humans and livestock.

Barry Jacobsen, MSU Extension plant pathology specialist, suggests that when submitting samples to labs, mold species and genus should be identified if possible. If mycotoxins are present in the sprouted grains at moderate levels, the sprouted grains should be combined with clean, non-moldy feed to reduce mycotoxin levels.

For additional information about feeding sprouted grains, please contact your local county Extension Office.

Grant helps WSU improve state’s most valuable crops

By Sylvia Kantor, WSU CAHNRS Communications Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have been awarded $2.53 million to improve fruit quality and disease resistance of crops in the rosaceae family (apple, blackberry, peach, pear, rose, strawberry, sweet cherry and tart cherry).

The production, processing and marketing of these crops in Washington generate an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion, making them the state’s most valuable agricultural commodity, said Jim McFerson, Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission research manager.

DNA tools for use nationwide The project will create DNA-based tools in 22 U.S. breeding programs in order to develop commercial scion and rootstock cultivars more efficiently, accurately and creatively.

“The application of modern DNA-based tools, which has been lagging in rosaceous crops, will become more accessible to the country’s 50-plus rosaceous crop breeding programs, including WSU’s apple and sweet cherry breeding programs,” said Cameron Peace, tree fruit geneticist in the WSU Department of Horticulture and project co-director.

“This is a fantastic return on investment and a wonderful recognition of the quality of our WSU researchers,” said Jim Doornink, Yakima tree fruit grower and chair of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission.

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Onions add flavor, potential health benefits to your menu

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service from the onion, then peeled and diced them.

“Mom, what’s wrong?” my daughter I knew better. Next time, I will remember asked. some onion-cutting strategies to reduce I was blinking hard, tears were running tears. down my cheeks and my face was red as a I should have cut the top first and left the tomato when I turned from the counter. root end intact as long as possible. Many of I think my daughter was expecting some the sulfur compounds, which can irritate kitchen catastrophe requiring a trip to the your eyes, are concentrated at the root end. emergency room. I regained my composure Chilling onions for at least 30 minutes also in a couple of minutes and chopped the can help reduce the crying potential. Using onions with extended arms. a sharp knife is advised.

“I’m cutting the onions I just picked from The National Onion Association has a our garden and they’re really pungent!” I video at http://tinyurl.com/stoptears that exclaimed. shows how to slice and dice an onion like I wasn’t expecting our relatively small a pro. garden-grown onions to be aromatic powOn average, most people consume about erhouses. I also had not followed some of 20 pounds of onions per year. In fact, we are the usual “rules” for cutting onions.

I had cut off the top and the bottom end CONTINUED ON PAGE B18

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Onions add flavor, potential health benefits to your menu

Tool helps track insects blowing in the wind

By Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Corn earworms, also known as cotton bollworms, migrate at cetin” that protect our body from damage. eating 70 percent more onions than we did night, making them notoriously hard to track. Farmers worried Some researchers are studying the potenjust a few years ago. about controlling infestations have to make educated guesses tial role of onion consumption in helping Onions are among the foods I always about the pest’s movements, based on reports from other areas prevent diseases such as heart disease, varihave on hand in my house because we add and past experience. Guessing wrong can be expensive: The ous types of cancer, bone disease and ulcers. them to kabobs on the grill, casseroles, pest costs cotton producers an estimated $200 million a year.

Many onion varieties are available, instews, meatloaf, pizza, sandwich spreads, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in College cluding yellow, red, white, purple, Spanish egg salad and fajitas. When sautéing onions, Station, Texas, have shown that signals routinely collected by and Vidalia. When you select onions at the avoid using high heat because it can lead to the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Doppler radar network grocery store, look for onions without cuts bitterness. could serve as an early-warning system to track corn earworms or bruises because damaged produce will Yes, on occasion, we indulge in some and other nighttime traveling pests. have a shorter shelf life. onion rings or even an “onion blossom” at a Agricultural Research Service (ARS) meteorologists John Store unpeeled onions in a cool, dark restaurant. Keep in mind that batter-dipped, Westbrook and Ritchie Eyster at the Southern Plains Agriculplace with plenty of airflow. Do not keep deep-fried foods are high-calorie foods best tural Research Center in College Station focused on the capathem in a plastic bag. Once you have peeled left for an occasional treat. bilities of what is known as Next Generation Weather Radar, and cut the onions, store them in your reNot only are plain onions low in calories or NEXRAD. frigerator in a sealed container and use them and high in flavor, but they also are good for With more than 150 ground-based installations across the within a week. us. Onions provide vitamin C and fiber and United States, NEXRAD monitors weather conditions by If you have more onions than you can just 45 calories per medium-sized onion. sweeping the atmosphere every 5 to 10 minutes and reading use, consider freezing them. Simply, peel, They contain phosphorus and potassium and the energy reflected by rain, snow and other precipitation. antioxidant compounds including “querCONTINUED ON PAGE B20 Algorithms normally remove energy reflected by flying insects, but scientists have used NEXRAD and other radar signals to track birds, bats, and insects.

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The researchers measured overhaul (call for details), 10 mins ISX 400 hp, 10 speed, 11R24.5 tires, fresh annual inhead rods, mains, and liner ......................................$39,500 radar properties associated speed, AG400 suspension, 3.70 886,077 miles. Fleet maintained. spection.........................$19,500 O-rings, 10 speed, Virgin Low ratio, 240” wheelbase, near new ......................................$22,500 Pro 22.5 tires on all aluminum with aerial concentrations Low Pro 24.5 cap drives on all wheels, 3.73 ratio. 862,000 of moths at heights of up to aluminum wheels.

Only 567,200 miles. ............................$28,500 miles..............................$46,500 3,900 feet, using archived NEXRAD data collected in 1996. They compared it with 2000 Kenworth W900 Detroit data from the same time pe430/470, 13 speed, AeroCab, 1997 Peterbilt 377 dump truck, 3.9 ratio, 11R22.5 virgin tires.

Detroit 430 hp, 10 speed, 16-ft. riod previously collected by 1998 Freightliner Century mid Just had annual inspection......... tub box with high lift gate, pintle roof, Cummins N14 435 hp, low Wayne Wolf, a retired ARS ......................................$27,500 with air, 6 aluminum wheels. pro 22.5 virgin tires, 979,000 near new box in excellent shape, 2005 International 9200I Cumagricultural engineer, with 1992 Peterbilt 357 short hood miles..............................$15,000 nice truck!!.....................$25,900 mins ISX 425 hp with less than dump truck, Cat 3406B 425 hp, a scanning “X-band” radar Transmissions and 250,000 miles on Cummins Re18 speed, 46,000# rears with Differentials system. Unlike NEXRAD, con, Eaton 10 speed, 3.55 ratio, rear locker, 4.30 ratio, pintle with 226” wheelbase, good tires and hydraulics. Just in...........$25,900 Set of 23160 46K double lockers, which is constantly operating, brakes............................$26,500 4.56 ratio...................... $3900 the scanning X-band system Freightliner air suspension with 2003 Mack CH613 Mack 460 Engines 23160 double lockers, 3.73 is specifically designed to hp, Eaton 18918 18 speed, Cummins N14’s, BCII 400, BCIII 350 ratio.............................. $5500 46,000 lb double lockers, all alutrack insects, but must be set Single axle diverter dolly...$1650 & 400, BCIV 400, M11’s minum wheels................$24,900 RTLO16913....$3000 ($1500 core) Cat C15’s, 3406E’s, 3406B’s up and monitored each time RTO14613........................... $1500 Reman Crankshafts Cat C15 6NZ12180 550 hp rebuilt Most 9, 10, 13 and 15 speeds.CALL it’s used. NEXRAD data is Cat 3406E.. . ...................... $1250 with Cat parts..................$8500 ENGINES 2011 Acura TL V6, leather, Rockwell, Eaton, Spicer, IH Cat 3406B........................ $1050 Cat 3054 Serial #5YS.............$3200 publicly available and can automatic transmission, power differentials - most ratios available Cummins N14.................. $1500 AND Cat MXS69658 475-hp...........$7500 windows/locks, keyless entry, be used without any positionCummins 855 BC/SC........ $900 Detroit 6V53T........................$5500 18” wheels, navigation, premium We have the parts TRANSMISSIONS Cat C12............................ $1200 ing or monitoring cost, so it Detroit 60’s sound, sun roof, tinted windows. that you need Also available ISX, L10, M11, Volvo VED7C 275 hp..............$4000 Only 25,000 miles. Very fun to WITH EXCHANGE would be less expensive. with over 9 acres DT466, C15, Det 60 series We have a large selection of used parts drive!!.............................$19,500 The results showed that of used parts to get you back on NEXRAD was not only caVisit Us On The Web www.trkshop.com the road! pable of tracking insect migration patterns, but also was LIVESTOCK & MISCELLANEOUS TRAILERS superior to the X-band system because it offered a larger detection range and could determine the direction and speed 2006 Wilson 53-ft.x102 spread 2012 Wilson 50-ft.x102” live1992 Reitnouer 45-ft.x96” all axle livestock trailer, 30” king stock trailer, 30” king pin, curbaluminum flatbed trailer, alumiof the insects. The results of 3- Flatbeds Just In! pin, nose boards, aluminum side doors, like new floors, good num deck, aluminum wheels, 2-1995 Transcraft 45-ft.x96” air this work were published in wheels, new brakes, low pro virgin tires, good brakes, used 11R24.5 tires, built in headache ride.....................$7500-$8500 1972 Butler 5750 gallon insulat24.5, 2 tool boxes, stationary very little.........................$50,000 rack, air ride......................$9500 the International Journal of 1995 Fruehauf 45-ft.x96” steel ed stainless tank trailer, spring dog house, translucent roof, Biometeorology (April 2013). flatbed, spring suspension, pinsuspension, Budd wheels, rear LED lights, dump valve, air tle with air and light hookup, lots draw...............................$13,500 gauge, gate on nose floor next More work is needed, but of winch tie downs, 1 tool box, to c/b..............................$46,000 1999 Wilson Road Brute 48-ft. recent upgrades should make built in headache rack.......$6500 x102” combination aluminum it easier to use NEXRAD rasteel spread axle flatbed trailer, Steerable lift axles dar to identify potential corn low pro 22.5 virgin tires on aluHendrickson Paralift with 26-ft tilt deck pintle hitch trailer, 1982 Eagle Bridge 42-ft live minum wheels, 2 tool boxes, earworm infestations. Also, axle.....$3800 2007 Wilson 53-ft.x102” spread air brakes..........................$6900 bottom trailer..................$12,500 LED lights......................$13,500 with refined algorithms, it axle livestock trailer, 30” king T pin, nose boards, aluminum O should be able to track beet wheels, 90% brakes, good tires, H F armyworms, grasshoppers, 3/4 dog house, LED lights, 80% E floors, dump valve, air gauge...... and other large-bodied inCall 406-254-2400 3145 N. Frontage Road – Billings, MT INC. ......................................$48,000 sects.

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

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

Flexi-Coil 820 62-ft, 4 bar harrows.............................................. Just In Summers Supercoulter Plus...................................................$59,500 Friggstad CD-83-102 62-ft. chisel plow, 12”, new style shank/shank holders..................................................................................$19,500 Melroe Renn 503 42-ft., hydraulic fold Degelman harrows. One 6-ft. section missing. John Deere hubs and spindles......................$9500 Gysler 24-ft. plow. No harrows, cable fold.....................................$4500 Clark Melroe 903-816 moldboard plow, 8 bottom, 16”..................$8000 Victory blade plow, 40-ft., weights, duals on center section. Blades in good condition......................................................................$10,000

SPRAYERS

2007 Apache 1010 with 1000 gallon tank, 60- to 90-ft. booms, Auto Steer, rate shut off, dual rear wheels, triple nozzles. 1189 hours, field ready...................................................................................$132,500 Ag Shield 100-ft. sprayer with 1000 gallon tank............................$6500 Summers sprayer with 1000 gallon tank.......................................$5000 Brandt QF2000 sprayer with 1500 gallon tank..............................$9500

COMBINES

2014 Case IH 8230 0 hours, 900/60R32 singles, moisture/yield Pro 700 monitor, air compressor, Magna Cut chopper, 2016 head..... Just In 2004 Case IH 8010 2040 separator hours, 2700 engine hours, has IH 2020 30-ft. flex head, upgraded Monitor Pro 600, Contour Master, chopper, long auger, moisture/yield, new rotary drive kit, updated feeder house, 2006 newer engine................Combine only $175,000 With header.........................................................................$200,000 2011 Case IH 7120 600 separator hours, hopper topper, chopper, Pro 600 monitor.........................................................................$228,500 2007 Case IH 7010 912 engine hours, 706 separator hours, standard chopper, deluxe cab, Pro 600 monitor.................................$159,500

2014 Pillar disc/pull drill, Pillar rubber packers, mud scrapers, double shoot, Flexi-Coil towers...............................................................Call Flexi-Coil 5000 57’x9” spacing, steel packers, 2340 variable rate cart.. ............................................................................................. $55,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, new style disbribution system, capped steel packers, single shoot, 2320 tank.................... $49,500 1998 Flexi Coil 5000 57-ft, 9” spacing, 2320 tank, 11L-15 tires. Can be made into 39-ft or 57-ft.

39-ft..................................................................................... $42,500 57-ft..................................................................................... $49,500 2000 New Noble 392 42-ft. drill, tow behind cart, 8” auger, 7” spacing, steel packers........................................................................ $39,500 Concord 50-ft., 12” spacing, 3400 tow behind. Very clean........ $35,000 Concord 60x12 air drill, shanks replaced with Edge-On shanks, diesel motor (if you want it can be a fan motor), 3000 cart............ $35,000 Great Plains 45-ft. air drill, 7” spacing.......................................$35,000 NEW 2012 Ezee-On AC 315 tow behind air cart, 3 compartments, 100 bushel....................................................................................$69,500 (2) Sets Case IH 7200 14-ft. x 7” hoe drills, boxes good shape, fair tires, 3 rank, steel packers, extra parts....................................... Set $9500 (3) International 7100 rubber packers, regular hitch. Each..........$2000 International 150 14’ drills, 12” spacing. Each..............................$1000 (4) John Deere 9350 drills with fertilizer, steel packers. Each.......$1500 2009 Brillion SS-12 12-ft. grass seed drill. Good condition.......$12,500

Introducing our New Versatile Line 550 Deltatrack 310 tractor 550 4WD tractor 400 4WD tractor Versatile RT 490 combine Versatile SX275 sprayer

New Seed Master Drills - 50-ft. x12”, 54-ft.x12” (can be increased to 60-ft.), 70-ft.x12”, 70-ft.x12” with 300 BV on board seed tank with Zone Command individual row metering.

Tank’s Available - 300 TD 820 BV (tow between) TBTW or (tow behind) TB

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

We have various Seed Master drills available - Pricing varies per drill

1996 Case IH 2188 3893 engine hours, 3085 separator hours, new tires.......................................................................................$47,500 Case IH 1680 with 1010 header, 3245 hours................................... Call 1988 Case IH 1680 Stk#: 1701..................................................$29,500 Case IH 1480..............................................................................$10,000 1996 New Holland TR98 2621 separator hours, a lot of recent work done. Very clean unit..............................................................$55,000

2001 John Deere 9750 2300 separator hours. Very clean........ $89,500 Gleaner R60, 2882 hours.......................................................... $22,500 Gleaner R Series, pickup header with attachment...................... $6500

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TRACTORS & LOADER

Big Bud 665/50 Detroit 12V-92 at 700 hp., Trelleborg 900/65 duals, HID lights, JD compatible Auto Steer, 75830 Clark axles...........$260,000 Big Bud 600/50 KT 1150 motor, major component work, twin disk transmission, 75,000# Clark axles, new paint, new 30.5x32 tires...... .............................................................................................$180,000 Big Bud 550/50 550 hp, 2610 Series transmission, 70,000 lb. Clark axles, new paint and interior..........................................................$125,000 Big Bud 525/50 600 hp, 1110 hours, 1150 motor, new style ROPS cab.......................................................................................$125,000 Big Bud 525/50 rebuilt transmission........................................$110,000 Big Bud KT 525 525 hp, can be 600 hp. 30.5x32. Recent engine work.

Good condition.......................................................................$39,500 Big Bud 500/30, 475 hp, 8V-92 engine, duals @ 60%, Clark axles, 4 remotes, new paint................................................................$95,000 Big Bud 450 Series IV, 5655 hours, Cummins engine, Trelleborg tires... .............................................................................................$199,500 Big Bud 450 Series IV, 3000 hours, 3406 Cat engine, Trelleborg tires... .............................................................................................$199,500 1979 Big Bud 450/50, 30.5x32 duals, 4037 hours....................$89,500 Big Bud KT450 1150 Cummins 450 hp, 13 speed Fuller transmission, 70,000# Clark axles, needs paint..........................................$29,500 1979 Big Bud 360/30, updated wiring, new paint and interior, 3327 hours.

Set up for air drill hydraulics..................................................$95,000 1973 Big Bud HN360.................................................................$29,500 2002 Case IH STX450 4WD, 5 remotes, 710x38 duals at 50%, 5500 hours....................................................................................$115,000 2009 Case IH 275 Magnum 4WD with L780 Pro Loader, PTO, powershift, 3005 hours..........................................................................$149,000 2010 Case IH Puma 210, 650 hours, MFWD, 4WD, 3 hydraulics, CVT transmission, Full Auto Guidance.......................................$149,500

Case 9380 12 speed powershift, 24.5x32 duals, inside 50%, outside 30%, air drill hydraulics. Recent new mains and rods. Recent new paint. 6593 hours. .................................................................$79,500 Versatile 895..............................................................................$37,500 Versatile 700 5524 hours...........................................................$12,500 Rare Wagner 17, factory installed 318 Detroit diesel engine, 23.1x30 tires, factory duals, dual hydraulics. All original, good condition.....$29,500 Wagner soil packer with dozer, FWD.........................................$15,000 Agco 8610 MFD tractor, 5529 hours, 94-100 hp, PTO, 3-point, shedded.........................................................................................$39,500 Steiger Panther ST325 4WD, Cat 3406 engine.........................$15,000 John Deere 8630 4WD, quik hitch, 3 point, PTO, tires at 50%..$29,500 John Deere 7520 150 hp 4WD, PTO, nearly new tires. Very clean tractor..........................................................................................$17,500

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

The DH-50 and 60 series Pillar drills are 5 plex toolbars with parallel lifting sub frames to lift and lower the double shoot Disc/Hoe openers. The main toolbar does not move to lift the openers out of the ground. With depth stops on the cylinders it is very easy to maintain the correct frame height as the disc wears or when changing seeding depth.

They also feature a rear walking beam that keeps all the transport wheels on the ground. This feature removes the stress on the frame during transport and keeps the toolbar as level as possible in the field. There are walking axles on the transport wheels as well, these features keep an even load on all four corners of the toolbar all the time.

The DH5010 and DH6010 Pillar disc drills come with Flexi-Coil easy flow headers but can be adapted to other air carts as well. These two models come with an 8 run, double shoot air pack.

Call for more details.

2006 Cat Challenger MT665B tractor, Quickie loader, 8-ft bucket, auto steer. 5036 hours..........................................................Call for Price 2004 Cat Challenger MT765 tractor, 24” tracks, PTO, powershift. 2817 hours....................................................................................$155,000 CAT 920 loader with cab.............................................................. Just In

MISCELLANEOUS

2005 Premier 2610 pull-type 30-ft swather with pickup reel....... Just In Versatile 4400 swather with 14-ft. & 20-ft. header, gas, cab, air....$4950 1985 GMC truck, 20-ft box, 9 speed, hydraulic gate...................$32,500 Kinze 1040 grain cart, tarp, scale...............................................$35,000 Kinze 840 grain cart, roll tarp, 1000 PTO...................................$29,500 1972 GMC 6500 40,069 miles, 454 automatic transmission with Willmar fertilizer spreader box, mechanical drive................................$12,500 Friggstad 2025 30-yard hydraulic scraper.................................$55,000 V MFG rigid header trailer..............................................................$3000

HEADERS & ATTACHMENTS

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

New and Used J&M Grain Carts

Different models, bushel capacity and pricing Give us a CALL

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Onions add flavor, potential health benefits CONTINUED FROM PAGE B18

wash, chop and blanch in boiling water for 90 seconds. Then cool them in an ice bath and pack in recipe-sized amounts in freezer bags or containers. Frozen diced onions work well in cooked dishes such as soups.

What about the “onion breath?” Try nibbling on fresh parsley, drink lemon water or chew some gum. You can do what we do in my house: Hang around with people who ate the same food.

Here’s a delicious Italian-inspired recipe courtesy of the National Onion Association (http://www.onions-usa.org).

Crusty Onion Bruschetta 1 French bread baguette (about 8 ounces) 4 ounces light cream cheese 1/2 c. nonfat or low fat ricotta cheese 2 tsp. dried oregano 2 tsp. dried basil

1 c. pizza sauce, canned 1 medium onion, cut into paper-thin wedges 1/4 c. Parmesan cheese, grated Parsley flakes (optional) Split bread in half lengthwise. Pull out some bread from center of each half, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. Beat cheeses and herbs with fork and spread mixture along length of both bread halves. Place a ribbon of pizza sauce and a single layer of onions over cheese mixture.

Sprinkle with Parmesan and bake on baking sheet at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until onion is tender and tips are slightly blackened, but crust is not too dark. Sprinkle with dry parsley flakes if desired. Cut crosswise into narrow strips.

Makes eight servings. Each serving has 190 calories, 4 g of fat, 8 g of protein, 30 g of carbohydrate, 2 g of fiber and 530 mg of sodium.

TRUCKS FOR SALE

2001 International 9200i tractor, 51” cab, Cat C-12, recent complete overhaul by T&E with some warranty left, Fuller FRO-15210C transmission, Meritor RT40-145 rears at 3.90, air ride, low miles, light weight.

1998 Freightliner FLB four axle truck with a 12,000# steerable lift axle, Detroit Series 60 engine overhauled by Interstate Diesel, Fuller RTLO 16713A transmission, Meritor RT 40-145 rears at 4.10, cab and chassis set up for up to 24-ft. box and pintle hitch.

Call Roger Rader, 406-264-5475, Sun River, MT

Fun, friendly website helps teens eat more veggies

By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service Videos featuring animated-cartoon teens learning about nutrition may help real-life teens eat more veggies, according to a study by scientists funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The smart and sometimes funny cartoon teens appear in short videos that are part of the experimental, science-based “Teen Choice: Food and Fitness” website. Nutrition and behavioral science researchers Karen W. Cullen and Deborah J. Thompson of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Texas, and Richard Buday and colleagues at Archimage, Inc., also in Houston, created the site in collaboration with hundreds of ‘tween and teen volunteers.

Featured in the October 2014 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, the site was developed to motivate adolescents to make better food choices and to be less sedentary.

The scientists first sought the input of some 100 young volunteers who shared their ideas about how to make the site easy to navigate, informative and relevant.

In follow-up research, 400 teen volunteers were asked to visit the site at least once a week for 8 weeks, peruse its information about food and nutrition, set a nutrition or fitness goal, and check their progress weekly.

The volunteers’ log-on rate averaged 75 percent—regarded as “high” for an education-focused Internet site, according to Cullen.

Also, more of the volunteers who had access to the site’s interactive features—including the cartoon videos and a blog—reported eating three or more servings of veggies in the past week than did volunteers whose access didn’t include these and other interactive options. That’s important, because getting kids to eat more veggies is apparently more difficult than getting them to eat more servings of fruit, for instance.

The scientists, who hope to make the website publicly available, documented their research in peer-reviewed articles published in 2012 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research and in 2013 in Health Education Journal.

The Children’s Nutrition Research Center is a joint venture of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital—both in Houston—and ARS, which is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

The studies support the USDA priority of enhancing children’s health and nutrition, and were funded by ARS and USDA National Research Initiative grant #2007-5521517998.

Grant helps WSU CONTINUED FROM PAGE B17

The grant is part of a $10 million, five-year U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) competitive grant awarded to Michigan State University. One of the largest in the history of the SCRI, the project is directed by Amy Iezzoni.

The award supports a second phase of the RosBREED project originally funded by the USDA in 2009. RosBREED addresses diseases identified as key challenges by industry stakeholders across the country.

It is estimated that the U.S. domestic wholesale value for rosaceous crops exceeds $12.5 billion annually, said McFerson.

Practical benefits to growers, consumers “Producers will have more options to sustainably protect their crops, while consumers and the entire supply chain will directly benefit from products with better taste, nutrition, keeping ability and appearance,” he said.

“The Pacific Northwest tree fruit industry will benefit from very practical outcomes – rootstock and scion cultivars that will help the grower, satisfy the consumer and allow us to compete better in a very challenging marketplace,” said Doornink.

Researchers at WSU include Kate Evans, Nnadozie Oraguzie, Lisa DeVetter, Desmond Layne and Dorrie Main, in the Department of Horticulture, and Karina Gallardo and Vicki McCracken, in the School of Economic Sciences.

Peace and Iezzoni will lead a group of 35 scientists from 13 U.S. institutions including: California Polytechnic State University, Clemson University, Cornell University, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas, University of California at Davis, University of Florida, University of Minnesota, University of New Hampshire, USDA-ARS Corvallis and USDA-ARS Kearneysville.

Factors that affect cycling

By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension The breeding season is only weeks away for those herds that have a fall calving program. The most important factors that determine if, and when, a cow returns to cycling activity were analyzed by Kansas State University physiologists.

Over a period of 6 years, Kansas State scientists used more than 2,200 beef cows in estrous synchronization studies. As a part of these studies they determined which cows were cycling before the start of the breeding season both before and after synchronization treatments. They then looked at the previous data about each cow and determined the major factors that influenced the likelihood that she would have returned to heat by the start of the breeding season. The research indicated that three main factors were the most important determinants as to whether the cow would recycle before the breeding season began. Body condition, age of the cow, and the number of days since calving were the biggest influences on incidence of cycling activity before breeding.

Body condition: Cows ranged in body condition score from 1 (extremely emaciated) to 7 (very fleshy). As body condition score increased the percentage of cows cycling increased in a linear fashion. The Kansas data reported that there was an 18% increase in percentage cycling for every 1 full condition score improvement.

Age of the cow: The percentage of first calf two-yearolds cycling was about 10% less than mature cows that were having at least their second calf. The extra nutrient requirement for growth clearly limits the cycling activity at the beginning of the breeding season of two-year-olds.

Also two-year-olds are in the stage of life where the baby teeth are being replaced by permanent teeth. Some of these young cows have problems consuming roughage similar to “broken-mouth” older cows. This explains why many producers choose to breed replacement heifers ahead of the cow herd and therefore give them more days before the breeding season begins for mature cows.

Numbers of days since calving: Cycling activity was also influenced by the number of days since calving. For every 10 day interval since calving (from less than 50 days to 70 days) the percentage cycling increased by 7.5%. A short calving season is important because it allows a higher percentage of cows to be cycling by the start of the breeding season.

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Making it work in a grazing lease

By Bethany Johnston, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Extension Educator Pasture leases can be a tricky business or a great opportunity for both the land and livestock owners. Pat Reece, professor emeritus and now a consultant and owner of Prairie and Montane Enterprises, understands this from years of experience working with producers. Dr. Reece recently recorded a webinar “Equitable Incentives for Land and Livestock Owners” that highlights these incentives.

Lease agreements should always benefit the rangeland resources. “It is in the best interest of the land and livestock owner to improve and maintain range condition,” states Reece.

Landowners can provide incentives for grazers in a lease.

First, the landowner must realize the potential herbage production of their rangeland. A trusted rancher, Extension staff, or NRCS staff can advise the landowner.

How do you start improving the rangeland resource?

Start with a moderate stocking rate that matches your pasture condition. The NRCS has stocking rates for a variety of range sites and condition.

Graze semi-arid pastures one time per year and vary the time pastures are grazed from year to year.

Subirrigated meadows may be grazed two or more times during the year, because of their plentiful soil moisture.

Base the lease on Animal Units, or how much grass is available to graze. This allows flexibility as production changes from year to year.

Plan to adjust stocking rates for dry and wet years to match livestock forage demand to available herbage production.

Land owners should consider rewarding good management practices by the livestock owner through deferred compensation. Management activities that could be rewarded with deferred compensation to the livestock owner could include the following.

Rewarding good grazing management. Management practices that will increase herbage production and the land value for the land owner.

Labor and materials the livestock owner provides. Is the livestock owner fixing the fence or wells? What would it cost to hire someone to do these activities?

Years of labor or for other inputs that have been provided without full compensation. An example here may be in the settling of an estate or for the rewarding of long term efforts by a livestock owner.

Example of Deferred Compensation could include any of the following.

Shift from a one-year lease to a multiple-year lease. The long term lease should include periodic adjustments, especially for stocking rate.

Discount the base price of forage, or hold the price steady.

Include the first-right-of-refusal clause in the lease.

Include the first-right-of-refusal contract for the purchase of a specified land parcel.

Add a percent discount on the future appraised value of the property in the first-right-of-refusal contract.

Families passing the ranch to the next generation could include the future receipt of the title for a specified parcel of land at a specified date or event in the life of the land owner.

Remember to work with an attorney to draw up these arrangements, so it will be legal and binding.

An unlikely collaboration harms potato crop

By Scott Weybright, CAHNRS, Washington State University Washington State University (WSU) researchers have discovered that a common potato virus and a fungus-like pathogen can work together to damage the crop.

In a study published this summer, scientists found that potato virus S (PVS) breaks down late blight resistance in potato. The study is in the American Journal of Potato Research (Lin, Y-H., D.A. Johnson and H.R. Pappu. 2014.

Effect of Potato virus S infection on late light resistance in potato. Amer. J. Potato Research).

The implications will impact potato breeding programs, as they must now take the virus into consideration during breeding for potato late blight resistance, said Hanu Pappu, the Sam Smith Distinguished Professor in plant pathology.

Pappu teamed with WSU colleague Dennis Johnson, proCONTINUED ON PAGE C4

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USED TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

USED LOADER TRACTORS

USED 2WD, MFWD TRACTORS

REAR TIRES & RIMS

2010 John Deere 8345R (345 eng hp) IVT transmission, MFWD with suspension, 4 hydraulics, 3 pt. with quich hitch, PTO, 710/70r42 duals, front duals, no filter or fluid.

964 hours. .....................................$239,500 2000 John Deere 5510 (75 PTO hp) sync shuttle transmission, MFWD, 3 pt. hitch, 18.4x30 singles.............................................$21,500

set of 4 Firestone, 710/70R42 duals, 98% rubber, 2 inside, 2 duals (1R)...............$15,000 set of 4 Firestone, 710/70R42 duals, 90% rubber, 2 inside, 2 duals (2R)...............$14,000 2-Goodyear 650/85r38 on inside rim, 95% (3R)....................................................$6000 set of 4 Titan, 480/80R50 duals, 98% rubber, 2 inside & 2 duals (4R).......................$12,000 2-Firestone 480/80r42 duals, NEW rubber (5R)....................................................$5000 4-Goodyear 380/90r50 2 inside, 2 duals, 60% rubber (6R).........................................$5000 2-Goodyear 380/90r50 on dual rims, 50% rubber (7R)..............................................$4500 2-Goodyear 380/90r50 on dual rims, 50% rubber (8R)..............................................$3500 2-Goodyear 320/90r50 on inside rims, NEW rubber. (9R)........................................$6000 2-Goodyear 380/90r50 on inside rims, 30% rubber (10R).......................................$1800 2-Goodyear 320/90r50 on dual rims, 30% rubber (REX)............................................$2000 4-Firestone 20.8r42, 2 inside, 2 duals, 30% rubber (12R).......................................$3000 4-various 16.9x38 duals, 20% rubber (13R)..... ..................................................... $250/pair 2-Firestone 20.8x38 on cast wheels, 50% rubber (14R)............................................$1000

2011 John Deere 5065E (65 eng hp) MFWD, 3-pt, 1 hydraulic, PTO. New John Deere 553 loader with 6-ft bucket. Only 108 hours......... ........................................................$31,900

John Deere 2700 mulch ripper............$23,500 Harrell 5 bottom switch plow, 18”............$1650

USED BEET EQUIPMENT

2004 Amity beet harvester, 6 row, steerable, row finder...............................................$33,500 Artsway 9420 beet harvester, 6 row, 24”, row 2008 John Deere 7330 (125 PTO hp) IVT transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. hitch, 3 hydraulics, dual finder, rear steer...............................$14,500 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, John Deere 741SL WIC 9 row defoliator, steerable, knife scalper.... loader, 8-ft. bucket, grapple, joystick............. ...........................................................$6500 ......................................................$109,500 2000 WIC 6 row defoliator, steerable, knife scalper................................................$6500 1968 John Deere 4020 (90 PTO hp) powershift, 3-point hitch, 2 hydraulics, dual PTO, 18.4x34 2005 Amity defoliator, 6 row, steerable...$11,500 singles, John Deere 158 loader, bucket, USED COMBINES & HEADERS grapple................................................$9950 1975 John Deere 4030 (80 PTO hp), syncro2.9% Fixed Rate range transmission, 3-point hitch, 3 hydrauOn All Used Combines - oac lics, PTO, 14.9x38 singles, JD 148 loader, 6-ft. bucket, grapple trt hyds............$13,500

USED 4WD TRACTORS 1981 John Deere 8640 (229 PTO hp) quad range transmission, 3 hydraulics, PTO, 3-pt hitch, 14-ft Degelman dozer.............$21,500

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0% Financing On Huge Selection of Used Round Balers - oac 2012 John Deere S660 combine, 520/85R38 duals, Contour Master, low, low hours..CALL

2006 John Deere 9660STS combine, 520/85R38 duals................................................... CALL 2002 John Deere 9650 STS 800/70r65 singles, chopper............................................$95,000 1999 John Deere 9610 combine, 30.5x32 singles, chopper, chaff spreader, dual range cylinder............................................$69,500 Used Set of 18.4x38 duals for John Deere 9600, 9610, 60 % rubber..............................$3000

2013 John Deere 640FD draper platform, no HHS in rigid........................................ CALL 2012 John Deere 635FD draper platform, no HHS.................................................... CALL 2010 John Deere 630R platform, pickup reel... ........................................................... CALL 1997 John Deere 930F flex platform.......$9950 1997 John Deere 930F flex platform, CWS air reel, header trailer............................$14,500 1998 MacDon 962 draper platform with pickup reel...................................................$17,500 1993 MacDon 960D platform.................. CALL

New

(2) 2011 John Deere 568, loaded. Each........... ..................................................$32,500 ea.

2011 John Deere 568 loaded, net wrap..$36,500 (2) 2009 John Deere 568, loaded. Each........... ..................................................$34,500 ea.

2007 John Deere 568 mega wide pickup, net wrap.................................................$19,500 2007 John Deere 568, loaded except for kicker bar...................................................$28,500 2005 John Deere 567 net wrap, mega wide..... ........................................................$16,900 1994 John Deere 535.............................$8500 1998 John Deere 566 mega-tooth pickup.$9250 1998 New Holland 664 net wrap.............$5950

REAR TIRES NOT MOUNTED

1995 John Deere 8970 (400 eng hp) Powershift transmission, 4 hydraulics, 520/85R42 duals................................................$69,500

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USED LAWN & GARDEN

2012 John Deere 3005 compact tractor (23.5 PTO hp) 8 speed transmission, MFWD, 3-pt. hitch, JD 300 loader. Like new.........$18,500 2010 John Deere X720 lawn and garden tractor, 54” deck and 14 bu power flow bagger......... ...........................................................$8500 2003 John Deere GT245 lawn and garden tractor, 54” deck........................................$1675 2007 John Deere X540 lawn and garden tractor, 54” mower, powerflow bagger, new engine... ...........................................................$5750 2011 John Deere D120 lawn tractor, 42” deck, bagger, new motor..............................$1750 2010 John Deere Z720A front mower, 60” deck....................................................$6500 2006 John Deere 1435 front mower, 72” deck.. ........................................................$10,750 Cub Cadet GT3200 54” mower deck & 45” snowblower.........................................$5500 Cub Cadet SLT1554 lawn tractor, 54” deck....... ...........................................................$1650 Woods BW180 15-ft batwing mower.......$7950 John Deere 60HD rotary broom (fits 3000 series tractor)................................................$2950 John Deere 40 60” tiller..........................$1250 John Deere 59 snowblower (fits 3000 series tractor..................................................$2500 John Deere 320 snowthrower...................$150

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2003 John Deere 1890 40-ft air disk drill, 10” spacing, 1997 John Deere 787 cart, 230 bushels............................................... CALL Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 57-ft. air hoe drill, 7.2” spacing ...........................................$42,500 (2) John Deere 9350 disk drills, 8-ft. units, fertilizer, hitch............................................$4750 (3) John Deere 9350 disc drills, 10-ft. units, 6” spacing, fertilizer, JD transport hitch.$11,500

USED MISCELLANEOUS

4-Goodyear 710/70r38 40% rubber.....$400 ea 4-Goodyear 710/70r38 20% rubber.....$200 ea 4-Goodyear 620/70r46 50% rubber.....$800 ea 4-Goodyear 520/85r42 NEW rubber..$1500 ea 1-Firestone 35.51x32 60% rubber.......$500 ea 10-Goodyear 20.8x42 20-30% rubber..$100 ea 8-Goodyear 18.4r46 20-50% rubber....$400 ea 2-Firestone 18.4r38 50% rubber..........$400 ea

FRONT TIRES & RIMS

2-Goodyear 480/70r34 on 10 hole wheels, 75% rubber (1F).........................................$2250 2-FIrestone 420/85r34 on 10 hole wheels, 95% rubber (2F).........................................$3000 2-Titan 420/85r34 on 12 hole wheels, NEW rubber (3F).........................................$3500 4-Goodyear 380/85r34 on 10 hole wheels, NEW rubber (4F & 5F)......................... $3500/pair 2-Firestone 420/85r34 on 12 hole wheels, 95% rubber (6F).........................................$3000 2-Goodyear 295/90r34 rim only, 50% rubber (8F).....................................................$1000

FRONT TIRES NOT MOUNTED

1-Firestone 14.9x24 70% rubber.........$150 ea 1-14x17.5 90% rubber (r4)....................$150 ea

USED HAY & FORAGE

2000 John Deere 955 14.5-ft rotary mower conditioner.......................................$11,900 John Deere 3970 forage harvester.........$3500

John Deere 746 loader mounts for 77-7920.$500 A day on the farm begins at SUNRISE! John Deere 840 loader mounts for 8000 series.......................................................$500 Brandt 4000EX grain vac........................$4500 USED SPRAYERS 2013 Brandt 13x70 hp swing away auger with hydraulic winch................................$21,900 2006 Brandt 10x70 swing away auger with pit express drive over hopper...............$10,900 Brandt 8x52 super charged auger, 25 hp Honda.................................................$6950 2011 John Deere XUV 825i gator. 4000 miles. ...........................................................$8950 Flexi-Coil 65 110-ft. sprayer....................$9500 2011 John Deere XUV 850i gator...........$9950 2011 Summers Ultimate 1500 gallon sprayer, Diamond 72” & 62” mowers.....................$2500 100-ft. booms...................................$37,500 2003 Ford F150 4x4, 4.6L, V8, automatic, regular 2006 Brandt, 1000 gallon sprayer........$11,000 cab, long box. 99,600 miles. Clean..... $6950

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Rise in paraquat use

As weeds like kochia develop resistance to glyphosate herbicides, more Montanans are turning to herbicides that contain the active ingredient paraquat, says Montana State University Pesticide Education Specialist Cecil Tharp.

Paraquat is very effective as a broadspectrum herbicide, but unlike glyphosate products, it is highly toxic to humans, Tharp said. Just a few drops to one teaspoon can kill the average 160-pound person. As a result, Tharp warns applicators to be aware of the personal protective equipment requirements that are listed on the product label. He also reminds dealers that they aren’t required to suggest personal protective equipment to customers, but if they do, they must be sure to read the product labels to give accurate advice.

“Due to the risks, applicators shouldn’t simply ask dealers, retailers, friends, family or neighbors for the required personal protective equipment,” Tharp said. “They should always read and follow the pesticide product label. That is the ultimate source and contract for applicators to follow.”

Most herbicide products used in Montana require only minimal personal protective equipment, but products that contain paraquat require much more personal protective equipment, Tharp said. Some common paraquat products are Gramoxone SL, Bonedry, Paraquat Concentrate and Firestorm.

“Neglecting to follow the product label personal protective equipment requirements puts you and your workers, handlers and possibly family at risk to poisoning,” Tharp said, noting that paraquat is a Category 1 for toxicity, the highest level given on product labels.

Personal protective equipment requirements are always listed on the pesticide product label, and they are updated periodically, Tharp said. The recommendations for paraquat products are currently aimed at two groups: applicatorshandlers and mixers-loaders.

Applicators and other handlers must wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants, chemically resistant gloves, protective eyewear, NIOSH-approved particulate filtering respirators equipped with N, R, P, or HE class filter media.

In addition to those items, mixers and loaders must wear chemically resistant aprons and face shields. All users must select only the type of respirator recommended on the pesticide label.

Personal protective equipment is often available where pesticide products are sold, but not always, Tharp said. For more information on vendors that carry personal protective equipment, applicators can ask their local pesticide dealer or go online to www.gemplers.com or www.airgas.com.

For more information, contact Cecil Tharp at ctharp@ montana.edu or (406) 994-5067.

An unlikely collaboration harms potato crop CONTINUED FROM PAGE C2

fessor of plant pathology, and Ph.D. student Yu-Hsuan Lin, now a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University.

More than half of the nation’s potatoes are produced in the Pacific Northwest. The potato industry contributes over $3.5 billion annually to Washington state’s economy.

PVS is commonly found around the world and historically hasn’t been a concern for growers in the U.S. “Now it’s demanding attention because of its role in making late blight disease more severe,” Pappu said.

Lin developed an experimental system to test for the three-way interactions among potato, late blight pathogen and PVS. She validated the interactions under controlled conditions, and this platform will be useful for screening additional potato genotypes.

Lin said her research used only one late blight resistant variety of potato because it is the only commercially available variety that has both tuber and foliar resistance.

Pappu said further research is needed to see exactly how these pathogens collaborate at the molecular level and how the host’s genetic mechanisms affect the pathogens.

“This is much more complicated research,” he said. “We normally study how a plant interacts with a single pathogen.

Now we have to find how two very different pathogens interact with each other and the plant.

“Lin’s findings underscore the need to keep in mind the dynamic nature of the pathogens and their interaction with their hosts,” he said.

The project was funded by the Washington State Potato Commission.

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Researchers seek vaccines for tick-borne disease

A Kansas State University professor is researching ways to keep animals and humans safe from tick-borne diseases.

Roman Ganta, professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, has received a four-year $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to continue studying the tick-borne bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis. With the latest grant, Ganta now has 16 years of continuous NIH funding for his research related to tick-borne pathogens.

By studying the genetic makeup of E. chaffeensis, Ganta and his research team plan to develop vaccines to protect against infections from E. chaffeensis and other similar tick-borne pathogens.

“Our research is directed at more than just one pathogen and one disease from one tick,” Ganta said. “There are several different tick species that transmit pathogens that cause diseases in humans, dogs, cattle, sheep and other vertebrate animals. Our research also applies to other pathogens transmitted from different tick species.”

E. chaffeensis is a zoonotic pathogen that is transmitted to humans and animals by the lone star tick. E. chaffeensis causes a human disease called human monocytic ehrlichiosis. The lone star tick is prevalent in eastern Kansas and throughout the southeastern and south central regions of the U.S., where cases of human monocytic ehrlichiosis are documented frequently.

Infection with E. chaffeensis can cause persistent fever, headache, fatigue and muscle aches, which often appear one to two weeks following a tick bite. The severity of the disease varies from person to person, although it can be fatal in immunocompromised people, Ganta said.

The major goal of Ganta’s research is

to understand what proteins are important for E. chaffeensis to grow in vertebrate hosts and in ticks. Ganta and his research team are working at the genome level to understand how the pathogen grows in humans, animals and ticks, and how it is uniquely able to adapt to vertebrate hosts and ticks.

“We want to identify which genes are essential for the pathogen and use them to develop a vaccine,” Ganta said. “We want to understand the molecular basis for the pathogenesis by carrying out basic research that has important implications for applied science.”

Ganta also has received $90,000 from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the department of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology to develop a tick-rearing laboratory. The facility will be used for his research and other projects in the college and the university. The facility also may aid in establishing research collaborations with other universities and industry members, Ganta said.

“We are thrilled with the recognition from the college and from the National Institutes of Health,” Ganta said. “It is very encouraging. Our research would not be possible without the support.”

Ganta’s research team from the diagnostic medicine and pathobiology department includes Deborah Jaworski, research assistant professor; Chuanmin Cheng, microbiologist; Arathy D.S. Nair, postdoctoral associate; Huitao Liu, postdoctoral associate; Laxmi U.M.R. Jakkula, postdoctoral associate; and Vijay K. Eedunuri, postdoctoral associate. Tanner Slead, veterinary medicine student in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Overland Park, also is involved.

Moldy corn and corn silages Q&A

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By Tracey Erickson, South Dakota State University Extension We have been starting to receive some reports of corn having some mold and along with some stalk rot in certain areas of the state due to the cool and wetter growing conditions this past year. This has been especially true if there are maturity issues or storm damage followed by cool and wet conditions. It might be helpful then to answer some common asked questions.

What is the difference between molds and mycotoxins?

Molds produce mycotoxins, but molds by themselves do not cause problems to animals. However, the mycotoxins molds produce can cause significant problems for livestock.

This year the molds Gibberella, Fusarium, and Diplodia may be an issue. The main mycotoxins we worry about in South Dakota are Zearalenone (reproductive problems), DON / Vomitoxin (feed refusal), Aflatoxin (reduced performance/ death more prevalent in drought), and ergot/scab. Fumonisins and T-2 toxins may occur here, but less frequently, but should not be ruled out.

So where can I go to get help dealing with mold issues or wet grain?

Please feel free to contact the Extension Service via your local Regional Extension Office or refer to the iGrow article and video Molds and Mycotoxins in Dairy Feeds document on molds and mycotoxins and its affects or the Dealing with Mycotoxin-contaminated Feeds at Feeding Time fact sheet.

Producers wishing to have their grain or feed tested to be used in animal feeding operations can send samples to: SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic South Dakota State University SPSB 153, Box 2108 Brookings, SD 57007 Phone: 605.688.5545 CONTINUED ON PAGE C7

Moldy corn and corn silages Q&A CONTINUED FROM PAGE C6

Services offered: Aflatoxin, fumonisin, zearalenone, deoxynivalenol (DON) screens: Will using preservatives in the feed (such as propionic acid) kill the toxin if it is already present in the feed?

NO. Adding mold inhibitors, drying corn, or adding acids will only kill current mold present and will prevent any more from growing, but it will do nothing against mycotoxins already produced and present in the feed. There are some additives available, but they only work against aflatoxin. There are no commercial products available that consistently work against DON/vomitoxin and zearalenone. The best advice is if you have seen mold on corn, test it before feeding to determine what, if any mycotoxins may be present, especially if it is being fed to the milking or breeding animals.

Does going through the fermentation process or drying process in ethanol plants remove toxins from DDGS or Syrups?

No, in fact it makes it worse since it triples the concentration of mycotoxin in DDGS without inactivating it. Since molds could affect fermentation and ethanol production plants do screen corn for molds and mycotoxins.

What about my crop insurance and mold damage?

Producers should contact their crop insurance agent BEFORE harvesting the crop to determine the correct procedure for documentation of damage.

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By NDSU Extension Service The North Dakota chapter of the Association for Communication Excellence and NDSU Agriculture Communication have selected Frayne Olson as the 2014 communicator of the year.

Olson is the NDSU Extension Service’s crops economist/ marketing specialist and an assistant professor in NDSU’s Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department.

The Communicator of the Year Award recognizes an individual who displays exceptional expertise and professionalism in delivering educational programs and information to the public through several types of media.

Olson shares Extension information in a number of ways, including publications, news releases and interviews with news media from throughout North Dakota, as well as national media such as Successful Farming, Farm Journal, Bloomberg News, Reuters and New York Times.

He is a regular contributor to Market Journal, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s agricultural business TV program, and has been the presenter for several of NDSU Extension’s Sound Ag Advice programs. He also has developed Excel spreadsheets and provided other educational material for several websites to help producers make informed decisions, and has been a presenter at 70 to 90 meetings in the region each year.

In addition, he has made use of NDSU’s commodity trading room (CTR) in his Extension programming. The CTR, at Barry Hall, helps NDSU focus on educating students and producers about commodity trading, finance and risk management.

Olson grew up on a farm near Buxton. After receiving bachelor of science and master’s degrees in agricultural economics from NDSU, he farmed with his father and brother.

While continuing to farm, he worked part time for the NDSU Extension Service as a farm management specialist from 1987 to 1996. From 1996 to 2003, he worked part time as assistant director for the NDSU Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives.

He earned a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri in 2007 and then spent a little more than a year working for the Iowa State University Extension Service in the Economics Department. He rejoined NDSU Extension in 2008.

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2013 New Holland H8060, suspension, deluxe cab, 720HD header, 260 hours....$109,500 2008 New Holland H8040, air suspension, with either a 12-ft. or 14-ft. sickle head..$87,500 2006 New Holland HW365, rear suspension, deluxe cab, 2355 disc, 1300 hours.$91,500 New Holland 770HD 19-ft. disc. head............... .......................... Call For Special Pricing!

New Holland DB419 19-ft. disc. head............... .......................... Call For Special Pricing!

New Holland HW325 14-ft. auger header......... ..................................................Coming In New Holland HW320 14-ft. auger header......... ..................................................Coming In MacDon 940 15-ft. multi-crop header......$7700 New Holland 2330BF push frame for bidirectional, 16-18-ft. completing package.$7700

USED PULL-TYPE SWATHERS

2001 New Holland 1432 13-ft. disc mower, flail conditioner.....................................$11,500

2006 New Holland 1431 13-ft. disc mower conditioner.....................................$19,600 1999 New Holland 1431 13-ft. cut disc mower conditioner, Chevron conditioner...$10,800 2006 New Holland 499 12-ft. pivot tongue........ .......................................................$17,700 Case IH DC132 13-ft. disc mower conditioner.

Only 150 acres of use!!!.................$29,500 MacDon 5000 14-ft. mower conditioner. Very nice shape!!.......................................$9700 Hesston 1014 14-ft. pivot tongue, 14-ft. sickle head..................................................$6400

USED TRACTORS

NEW New Holland Compact Wheel Loaders INCREASED LIFT, REACH, SPEED AND, CONVENIENCE

NEW W80B lland K o H New IN STOC

New Holland B Series compact wheel loaders pay their way on the jobsite with outstanding performance in a compact, maneuverable machine. the Universal Link design of the W50B TC and W80B TC offers a combination of increased versatility with increased operator comfort and control. The result? You get the job done more quickly and efficiently.

Precised parallel forklift path eliminates the need for manual correction so operators can focus on load placement rather than load leveling.

NEW New Holland T7 Series - Tier 4A Tractors

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USED ROUND BALERS

2006 New Holland BR780A, twine, Super Sweep, Bale Command, 2358 bales............$24,800 2005 New Holland BR780A, twine, Super Sweep, Bale Command, 13,348 bales........ .......................................................$21,500

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2004 New Holland BR780, net/twine, Xtra Sweep, Bale Command.................$19,300 2003 New Holland BR780, net/twine, Bale Command, Xtra Sweep..................$20,800 2003 New Holland BR780, net/twine, Bale Command, Xtra Sweep..................$19,800 2003 New Holland BR780, net/twine, Bale Command, lace belts, 1000 PTO...$18,800 2002 New Holland 688, twine, Bale Command..............................................$11,800 2001 New Holland 688, net/twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup..................$15,800 2000 New Holland 688, twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup.............................$14,100 1997 New Holland 664, net/twine, Bale Command..............................................$14,800 1997 New Holland 664, net/twine, Bale Command, hydraulic pickup..................$12,100 New Holland 853, twine. Excellent, must see!.. ..........................................................$4800 New Holland 853, twine..........................$3500 1995 John Deere 535, net/twine..........$11,100 1989 John Deere 535, twine...................$5500 2005 Vermeer 605M, net wrap.............$21,500 2001 Vermeer 605XL, twine.................$14,100

USED HAY TOOLS

2006 New Holland 216 hydraulic rake. Excellent.................................................$18,500 New Holland Super 1049 self-propelled bale wagon............................................$15,000

Vermeer R23 hydraulic drive rake........$11,500 H&S CR10 10 wheel carted v-rake.........$3800

LAWN & GARDEN

Walker mowers in stock along with Toro commercial and residential units.

2009 New Holland TV6070 New engine!!!

Fully loaded unit!!.........................$110,510 2005 New Holland TV145, loader, grapple, auxiliary hydraulics, loaded on engine end, 2400 hours.....................................$87,000 1992 Ford 9030 bidirectional, cab end loaded, engine end hydraulics, PTO, draw bar, newer loader..................................$38,300 1988 Ford 276 bidirectional, PTO, hydraulics on engine end, loader.........................$28,500 2010 New Holland TD5050 2WD, cab, PTO, hydraulics, 3-pt., 750 hours. Excellent......... .......................................................$34,500 John Deere 4630 2WD, cab, 3-pt., PTO, duals. .......................................................$24,500 John Deere 4230 2WD, cab, 3-pt, PTO, loader. .......................................................$12,500 Massey Ferguson 1500 4WD tractor.....$3500 Massey Ferguson 184-4 MFD, cab, 62 hp........ ..........................................................$8500 Farmall 400 2WD, DuAl 320 loader........$4900 Oliver 77 2WD, loader. Runs great..........$2200

The new T7 Series: unrivaled comfort, power, efficiency and precision. Your productivity—and efficiency—will soar with a T7 Series tractor as your mobile office. Innovative features, including the Auto Command™ CVT transmission and the Sidewinder™ II armrest with CommandGrip™ multifunction controller, deliver the power, control and flexibility to mow, bale, till, seed and load more productively.

Brandt 5200EX grain vac...................... Just In John Deere 7700 diesel combine, 24-ft. header, pickup head.......................................$7500 Ezee-On FLBS-330 14.5-ft. disc. Like new....... .......................................................$15,100 New Holland 260TL loader for compact tractor...................... Call For Special Pricing!

Koyker 150 loader and mounts, bucket..$3500 Worksaver 3 spear bale handler for round and square bales.......................................$750 Farm King 100” 3-pt. rigid drag harrow. Like new!....................................................$975 Land Pride RB1572 6-ft. 3-pt. rear blade..$750 Land Pride LR1596 8-ft. 3-pt. rock rake....$950 Great Plains 706NT no-till drill. Like new.......... .......................................................$33,500 Kirschmann 12-ft. hoe drill.....................$2500 Erskine 960FM 96” front mount snowblower, drive lines..........................................$5800 New Holland 6-ft. front mount snowblower. Like new!!.................................................$3800 Snowmachines 5-ft. 3-pt. snowblower with chute.................................................$1750 Farm King Y810E 8x12 unloading auger, electric motor...........................................$2000 Beltec heavy duty post hole auger..........$2800 Speeco 3-pt. post hole auger with bit........$975 General 720 post hole auger with 9” digging bit........................................................$950

SKIDSTEERS & CONSTRUCTION

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2012 Bobcat S850 skidsteer, loaded, servo controls, 2600 hours......................$44,900 2007 New Holland L190 skidsteer, bucket, 700 hours. Excellent..............................$33,900 New Holland LX665 skidsteer, bucket.$14,500 John Deere 450 dozer, 6-way mechanical blade.................................................$9500 New Holland B104 backhoe and bucket for skidsteer............................................$5950 Mustang MBH9H 9-ft. backhoe for skidsteer, 24” bucket..........................................$7600 Harley MX8 8-ft. power box rake with hydraulic angle.................................................$6900 Buhler SB5200 skidsteer snowblower. Excellent....................................................$4800 Sheyenne 550L 66” skidsteer snowblower....... ..........................................................$3500 Degelman 8-ft. snow bucket skidsteer attachment..................................................$1500

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TRAILERS FOR SALE

2005 Timpte 3 axle, 50-ft. ag hopper, air lift tag, 11-24.5 tires.

2014 Timpte 42-ft. ag hopper, air ride, air gauge, less than 3000 miles.

2011 AgriLite 42-ft. aluminum trailer, air ride, air gauge, like new.

Phone (406) 734-5310 or 899-9861, Carter, Montana

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1980 Versatile 875 tractor, 355 hours on rebuilt engine.

Versatile 875 tractor with bad engine.

3-Case IH 7100 14-ft. drills with 12” spacing.

John Deere 8820 combine with bad engine.

1976 International Loadstar 1700 truck, 29,000 miles.

Ford F600 truck, roll tarp, 33,000 miles.

1960 Ford truck.

Summers sprayer with 350 gallon tank.

Three augers - 8” PTO drive - 7” 16 hp engine - 7” hydraulic drive.

Phone (406) 390-1662, Chester, Montana

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John Deere 7400 MFWD, PowrQuad, 3 pt. 7400 hours................$37,500

John Deere 4450 MFWD, powershift, 3-pt., 7500 hours..............$34,500

John Deere 7230 MFWD, 24 speed PowrQuad, JD 741 loader, bucket, grapple..............................$78,000

John Deere 8400 ................... Just In John Deere 7920 ................... Just In John Deere 7600 MFWD, 3-point, powershift, 4500 hours, excellent. . ..........................................$45,000 John Deere 7600 low hours. .. Just In John Deere 4255 MFWD, powershift, 3-pt. 8000 hours................$35,500

John Deere 4755 MFWD, powershift, 3-pt, weights, duals, 7200 hours.

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Winter care for your horse

By Ann Swinker, Ph.D. Extension Horse Specialist, Penn State Extension grain per 100 lbs of body weight. If a horse With winter approaching, horse owners is not maintaining good body condition or will need to prepare and conduct a different is performing some work, grain should be approach in caring for their horses. Often added to the diet. Roughage is digested in neglect is the worst thing that happens to the cecum and colon by bacterial fermentathe horse during the winter months. Most tion and a great deal of heat is produced in horses are turned out to pasture and we only this process. see them in the dark at feeding time. In the • If you must supplement your hay with summer months, it is easy to provide loving grain, one of the safest of grains to feed is care for the horse, when we are riding every oats. However, corn contains twice as much day and want to make certain the horse is energy as an equal volume of oats therefore fit and in good health. a small amount of corn added to the diet will Care of the Horse During the Winter increase the energy supply.

The Elements of Winter • Contrary to popular belief corn does • About the worst thing for a horse during not produce heat it produces energy that the winter months is ice; most importantly, can later be converted to heat; it is the the ice that covers the watering trough or digestion of the hay that quickly produces water bucket. the heat. However, for the thin horse, corn • Water for the horse during cold weather will provide the energy needed to keep the is too often overlooked. The water may horse in good body condition and provides freeze, making it inaccessible to the horse. the energy needed for work.

Mature horses need about 10 gallons of wa• Cold weather is a real stress as the horse ter a day. To keep the horse healthy during generates enough heat to provide body freezing weather owners should make sure warmth during the coldest of weather. A an ample supply of fresh water is always horse’s nutritive needs will be higher when available. Excessively cold water will deit is minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit, than it crease the horses’ consumption of water. will be when the temperatures are around • Water should be maintained at a tem50 degrees. perature of 40 degrees F. When the horse • Do not overfeed. Overfeeding can cause drinks less water, feed intake will decrease. too much weight gain during the winter, and A reduction in feed intake results in less lead to laminitis and other health problems energy being available to maintain body in the spring. temperature and body weight during the • Vitamin and mineral requirements are cold months. Reduced feed and water intake a year-round concern. All horses should could lead to colic and an impacted intestihave access to trace mineral salt to meet nal tract in the horse. their electrolyte and trace mineral needs.

• To help prevent water consumption Adequate levels of vitamins are present in problems in the winter, water should be sufficient amounts in good quality horse made as accessible to the horse as possible. feed, especially in well-preserved green hay.

Heated waterers are one way to assure your However, if the hay appears brown, weathhorse an ample supply of drinking water. ered and the hay quality is questionable, If electric water heaters are used, the water additional vitamin supplementation may tank should be checked every day to inbe needed. A commercial vitamin mineral sure that the heater is not shorting out and supplement can be used to provide what is shocking the horse. An electric shock would missing from the hay. prevent the horse from drinking.

Winter Shelter Natural Defenses • While horses need shelter from cold • The horse has two natural defenses winds, rain and snow; it is not necessary to against cold, a long hair coat and a layer of keep them in a closed barn throughout the fat beneath the skin. Both provide an excelwinter. Horses kept outdoors in the winter lent means of insulation against the cold. with access to a run-in shed, that opens • The long winter hair coat serves as inaway from the normal wind patterns, will sulation by reducing the loss of body heat generally have fewer respiratory disease and provides the first line of defense against problems than horses kept in poorly ventithe cold. Its insulating value is lost when the lated, heated barns. With a three-sided shed, horse becomes wet and/or is covered with the horse can take shelter during a rain or mud. This is why it is important to provide snowstorm and its insulating hair remains a dry sheltered area in cold wet weather and dry and fluffed. When the storm is over, regular grooming. the horse can emerge and be comfortable • In damp weather, be alert for rain rot even though the mercury has drops below and other skin problems. If unchecked, rain zero. Horses maintained in an enclosed barn rot can result in hair loss and irritation to should be exercised regularly, to maintain the horse. muscling and health.

• It is very important to keep the horse • Show horses with hair coats that are arfrom losing its hair coat and body weight tificially short should not be turned outside and approaching an energy deficient state in bitter winter cold without protection of (the horse must be properly fed). a blanket or windbreak.

Winter Feeding • If a show horse that is housed in a barn • Most nutritional needs of the horse during most of the winter, the barn should do not change during the winter season. be adequately ventilated in order to reduce Vitamin, mineral and protein requirements the risk of respiratory disease. Proper venwill still depend upon the horse’s age and tilation eliminates excess moisture and conphysiological status and not on the time of densation buildup. Care should be taken to year. The horse should be fed according to also prevent a direct draft on the horse; this body condition. will cause stress and additional problems.

• Thin horses should be fed some supple• Even in cold weather horses frequently mental grain in addition to good quality hay prefer to be outdoors. The horse, when given to assure enough energy to produce warmth, the opportunity, will acclimate to cold temwhile a fat horse will require little or no peratures without much difficulty. increase from their fall diet. Most mature Other Winter Tips horses that are idle and in good flesh can • One important aspect of care that often survive the winter quite well on good qualis neglected is hoof care. Even though you ity hay and ample clean water. are not regularly riding the horse, the hooves • Horses will generally consume 1 to 1 still grow during the winter months. In addi½ pounds of hay per 100 pounds of body weight and if needed ½ to 1½ pounds of CONTINUED ON PAGE C12

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INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE

New Morris Contour C2 air drill

2006 Hesston 5556A baler. Stock #025290.............. $26,000 2002 Hesston 856A baler. Stock #L25368................... $8000 New Holland 664 baler. Stock #77747A.................... $10,000 New Holland BR780 baler. Stock #42033.................... $9999 2005 New Holland BR780 baler. Stock #053054...... $12,000 2004 New Holland BR780 baler. Stock #52925........... $7500 John Deere 10-ft. angle blade...................................... $2000

1982 John Deere 8820 combine. Stock #514631......... $6000 1982 John Deere 8820 combine. Stock #515407...... $12,000 Hesston swather head. Stock #508162........................ $1000 1982 John Deere 230 header. Stock #539886............. $2500 1982 John Deere 230 header. Stock #539889............. $2500 2009 John Deere 25-ft. header. Stock #221289........... $2500 1982 John Deere 2280 swather. Stock #34234E.......... $5000

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NEW & USED MACDON COMBINE HEADERS 25-FT. TO 45-FT. NEW VERMEER 2300 RAKES USED AIR DRILLS UNDER $30,000 NEW MORRIS C2 61-FT. DRILL WITH MORRIS 650 BUSHEL CART. Please call for details!!!

The next generation C2 Contour lets you cut through trash and makes opener adjustments easier. The independent opener features parallel linkage for ultra-precise seed and fertilizer placement. Adjustable packing pressure lets you pull through damp spots.

Available in narrow transport models of 25 feet and 31 feet up to large five-frame 86 feet models.

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AIR DRILLS

2013 Bourgault 3710 60-ft. drill with 10” spacing...............................CALL 2013 Morris C2 60-ft. drill with 9650 leading tank, 12” spacing, paired row. ..........................................................................................................CALL 2010 Case IH ATX700 70-ft. drill with 12” spacing, 430 bushel tank and new openers................................................................................ JUST IN 2004 Bourgault 5710 47-ft. air drill, steel packers, 3/4” knives, double shoot with mid row banders, 5350 tow between tank........................CALL 1993 Flexi-Coil 5000 air hoe drill, 57-ft. working width, 12” spacing, single shoot. 1993 Flexi-Coil 2320 tow between air seeder, 230 bushel, manual rate................................................................................................ $49,000 1990 Great Plains air hoe drill, 45-ft. working width, 12” spacing, 170 bushel tank, v-style steel packers......................................................... $12,000

ROUND BALERS

2006 Hesston 5556 round, low bales, clean................................... $26,000 2002 Hesston 856A round, well kept................................................. $8000 2008 Case IH RB564......................................................................... $8000 2006 Case IH RBX562....................................................................... $8000

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CONVENTIONAL WHEAT STRAW FOR SALE

Large bales 3x4 size Bozeman, MT (406) 600-4146

FOR SALE 1963 Ford, V8, 5 speed, 8-ft. stock rack, runs strong, all in good shape......................Asking $1250

International W6, runs good, outstanding loader.......Asking $1250

TD6, runs as good as it looks........ ...............................Asking $2750

Bradford flatbed, fold down sides, all the hitches, 9-ft. x 8-ft. 3”. Asking.......................................$1750

Dump rakes.................Make offer 5-ft. mower, like new. Asking.$750

New HDG 9000ER gas generator with remote start. Asking....$1500

Ford 9N runs good, bad clutch.

Asking...................................$850

Ford 8N tractor, 3-point, Hi Lo Range, runs as good as it looks.

Asking.................................$1800

Case 900 diesel, nice blade, runs excellet. Asking...................$1750

Nice 2-horse trailer, good tires, pulls easy. Asking.................$750

1967 GMC newly overhauled V6 engine. Asking......................$700

For more information call (406)782-3648, Butte, MT

Make time to body condition score cows

By K-State Research and Extension News The old tractor still runs, but because out the year can help producers evaluate the fuel gauge is busted, you have to keep the effectiveness of their pre-breeding and checking to make sure it has enough fuel to pre-calving nutrition programs. continue working. And whether you realize “As our summers have gone here, with it or not, your cows function similarly to lots of rain to no rain to somewhere in bethat old tractor. tween, monitoring (body condition) would “Body condition scoring is looking into certainly give you a good sense of what’s a cow’s gas tank to see how much energy going on with your grass, what the quality reserve she has,” said Sandy Johnson, beef and quantity is as we go later into the grazcattle specialist for K-State Research and ing season,” she said. “This could be helpful Extension. “We need an idea of where she’s so we don’t take too much condition off of at as we manage her condition in relation to that cow.” the quality of our forages.”

“So that cows can rebreed in a timely A body condition score, or BCS, in cattle fashion, don’t take more condition off is a reflection of how well a cow is, or has the cow than you have the time and feed been, meeting her nutritional requirements. resources to put back on by calving time,” Producers must provide that adequate nutrishe continued. “A cow needs to gain more tion to their cow herd. If a cow is not getting than 100 pounds during the last trimester to her required nutrients, the producer can’t account for fetal growth. If she doesn’t, she expect her to do her job well, Johnson said. in effect loses body condition.”

Producers should score individual cows What does an optimum condition cow from 1 to 9, with 1 being thin and 9 being look like? over-conditioned. A score of 5 or 6 at the This time of year a cow will still have a time of calving is recommended to achieve slick hair coat, Johnson said, which makes timely rebreeding. it an easy time to score her.

Johnson said beef producers should regu“As we look at her topline, it would aplarly determine the average BCS of their pear smooth,” she described. “We wouldn’t herd. Now is a good time in the producsee any of her spinous processes. When tion season, when cows are either bred for she’s not loaded up on water or feed, seeing spring calving or have fall calves by side, her last two ribs is still acceptable in a BCS to score the herd and prepare for manage5 cow. She will not have any build up of fat ment through the remainder of fall and into around her hooks and pins, or no fat around the winter. tail head. Essentially, her brisket is going to “Intentionally writing down and tracking be tight with no evidence of excess fat. She (body condition) will help you know what’s would have no muscle atrophy, which we going on in your herd and help you plan for would see on a BCS 3 or lower cow that’s known changes in your cows’ nutritional beginning to use muscle for energy. So, requirements,” she said. whatever muscle she has, a BCS 5 cow is Sometimes it’s difficult for producers to showing her full amount.” see body condition changes occurring in the If cows are lower than a target score of 5 herd, especially if they see the cows every at calving, they will generally have a longer day, she added. Producers should simply than normal post-partum interval, meaning take a few moments to score the cows while they will take more time to rebreed, and the they’re checking them. An easy way is to next calf will be younger and lighter when write down the numbers 1 through 9 and it is weaned, Johnson said. Managing body place a tally mark by the corresponding condition is one of the things producers can score for each cow. Writing down the scores use to maintain or even shorten that postis important, along with the date, as it helps partum interval. keep track of any changes over time.

“As we look at a 2-year-old, we might “It doesn’t matter if you have a large want to have her in a little better body condigroup of cows and don’t score them all,” tion,” she said. “She’s lactating, she’s growJohnson said. “If you score 20 to 30 percent, ing and still trying to maintain her body, and you’re probably going to have a sense of the so our typical feed resources might come a herd average body condition score.” little shy of what she needs. She’s typically How often should you score? going to lose a little condition as she’s lacJohnson recommends body condition tating. That BCS 6 gives us cushion to get scoring at several key times in the producher rebred in a timely fashion.” tion year: weaning, 90 days prior to calving, Where can I learn more? calving and the start of the breeding season.

Johnson said there are numerous reliable These key times are when the cows’ nutriresources online with images and charts to tional changes occur. Scoring every month help producers properly BCS their cows. An or two during the grazing season also is example of how to figure BCS herd averuseful. ages is available in the latest K-State Beef As an example, 90 days prior to calving Tips newsletter (http://www.asi.k-state.edu/ is usually when a cow needs more energy about/newsletters/Sept2014BT.pdf). to meet the increased demands for her Contact your local extension agent for unborn calf, she said. At calving, lactation a variety of resources for body condition will require an additional increase in energy. scoring and for help in properly scoring Producers should score their herd at weanyour herd. Johnson said you also can pracing so there is ample time to change cow tice scoring cows at your local sale barn, condition prior to calving, if needed. where more variety and differences in cows Scoring at these various points throughis likely available.

Winter care for your horse CONTINUED FROM PAGE C10

tion, the horse is traveling on uneven, frozen ground that can crack and break feet.

• Have the shoes removed and the hooves trimmed before turning the horse out for winter, and have the feet trimmed on a regular basis. This insures that when spring arrives, the horse will have sound hooves that will be capable of holding a shoe.

• Be on the alert for the presence of lice and mites. Parasites, both internal and external, can be heavily implicated by winter.

The important thing is, do not just turn horses out and forget about them.

Every day at every feeding, horses should receive at least a visual examination.

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Rick laughed, said that meant I owed each a beer, As his two kids bull-dogged the strays right back; I got quicker, yes, but by his rule, I fear, That at day’s end I owed them all six-packs.

I can’t say I liked this work so well, With its stench of burned hair and hide I looked away from the hot iron’s hell; How they flailed their heads and cried.

So, when Rick asked if I’d like a branding turn, Though flattered, I quickly declined; I thought how I’d feel with my old hide burned; Not from my post was I inclined.

They thrashed and clanged their suff-ring heads, So I got doused with cattle spit, But diarrhea earned some large shots of meds, And my wifely rear guard got splashed with **** We scarred the whole bunch, about three score and ten; Half the time with rain from the east, Enough to make our dirt road a fen; So we fled home without the feast!

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Trader’s Dispatch, November 2014 — Page C15

By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Bacteria that live inside the guts of tiny nematodes could hold the key to controlling pecan scab, a major fungal disease that affects pecan production in the southeastern United States.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists discovered nematode-dwelling bacteria that produce chemical compounds that control the fungus Fusicladium effusum, which causes pecan scab.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist Clive Bock, entomologist David Shapiro-Ilan, chemist Charles Cantrell, and plant pathologist David Wedge examined chemical extracts of the bacteria to identify the major components responsible for suppressing pecan scab. ARS is the USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

Bock and Shapiro-Ilan work at the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory in Byron, Georgia. Cantrell and Wedge work at the ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit in Oxford, Mississippi.

The bacteria, according to Shapiro-Ilan, live in the guts of beneficial nematodes in the genera Steinernema and Heterorhabditis. The bacteria are critical in helping the beneficial nematodes kill their insect hosts, and can be grown in petri dishes. Extracts of the cultures contain antimicrobial metabolites that are active against a wide range of microbial pathogens of animals and plants, including bacteria and fungi.

The extract found to be most toxic to the pecan scab fungus was purified and found to contain trans-cinnamic acid.

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What’s in your balage? - Inadequate fermentation may lead to botulism

By Dr. Michelle Arnold, DVM- Ruminant Extension Veterinarian (UKVDL) and Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Beef Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky and can be used in an extra-label fashion Round bale silage (or “balage”) is an in cattle if a valid veterinary-client-patient alternative to baling dry hay that allows relationship exists. This vaccine will not shorter hay curing time and saves valureverse clinical signs already present but able nutrients in the face of approaching may help to prevent new cases. adverse weather conditions. It is a combiGenerally, animals less severely affected nation of hay and silage making and has that do not go down will survive. Dead certain advantages and disadvantages over animals must be disposed of properly (inother forage preservation systems. Balage is cluding rendering) as the meat is not safe simply forage of a relatively high moisture for consumption. content that is baled with a round baler and Diagnosis is difficult and is usually based then stored in a sealed container, usually a on history and clinical signs. Rumen conplastic bag or wrapped in plastic, to keep tents, feed samples and blood can be anaoxygen out. Both grasses and legumes lyzed for the toxin. Other possible causes of can be preserved by this method if proper muscle weakness and downer cows include techniques are followed. Forage cut at the low blood levels of calcium, potassium or correct stage of maturity, allowed to wilt to magnesium, ionophore toxicity (rumensin, a 40-60% moisture range, then baled and lasalocid), organophosphate or carbamate wrapped at the proper moisture content will insecticides, heavy metals such as lead, undergo fermentation, a process that drops and infectious causes such as listeriosis or the pH of the feed below 4.5 where spoilrabies. Calves may exhibit extreme muscle age organisms (especially bacteria from weakness due to a lack of selenium. Your the Clostridial family) will not grow. Probveterinarian is the best source of informalems arise when there is a lack of adequate tion to determine the cause of your problem. fermentation to reach this low pH, which Prevention is based on ensuring proper occurs most often with small grains (rye, harvest and preservation of wrapped foroats, wheat, barley). Wet, non-wilted, and/ ages to reduce the risk of botulism in cattle. or overly mature forages have less soluble Correct moisture content and maturity of sugars available for completion of fermentathe forage are of primary importance. Also, tion. Clostridials thrive in wet environments achieving the highest bale density possible, where forage moistures are in the higher 67especially with high internal core densities, 70% range; > 70% moisture almost guarangets out the maximum amount of oxygen tees Clostridial activity. Baled silage is also with few air pockets. Wrapping the bales as more likely to spoil as compared to silage soon as possible with a good quality plastic, in traditional silos because of aerobic degpreferably with an ultraviolet inhibitor and radation of the carbohydrate due to delayed 6-8mm thickness, and using multiple layers wrapping, poor moisture management, and will extend the storage time. If holes appear damage to the plastic covering, resulting in during storage, these should be covered the harmful introduction of oxygen. immediately with tape. Store the wrapped Botulism is a disease caused by one of bales on a north facing slope if available the most potent toxins known to man. This because prolonged exposure to the summer toxin is produced by Clostridium botulisun may cause the upper side and the south num, a spore forming anaerobic Gram + face of the bale to dry out, with the moisture rod. These spores are found everywhere condensing on the bottom or north face of in the soil and contaminate plant material the bale. A well-managed bale could end during harvest. In the absence of oxygen (as up developing a Clostridial prone pocket is found in wrapped hay) and a pH greater in dried out areas of the bale. than 4.5 (poor fermentation), the spores enIn summary, it is advisable to test the pH ter a vegetative state, multiply and produce of your balage to insure adequate fermentatoxin. Two forms of the toxin, Types B and tion. To do this, samples can be submitted C, occur most frequently in KY cattle. Type to a forage laboratory and a fermentation B is associated with improperly fermented profile requested. This will often include forage while Type C occurs from the accia pH and volatile fatty acid profile. This is dental feeding of dead birds, dogs, cats or a common practice for corn silage and one poultry litter contaminated with dead birds should consider this with fermented forages in the ration of cattle. Both types produce of all types. An outbreak of botulism in 2009 the same characteristic clinical picture in in Nelson County serves as a reminder of cattle including: the potential for deadly consequences from 1. Typically a large number of animals poor quality feed. In December 2009, round affected all at once; bale oatlage was fed to stocker calves that 2. Progressive muscle weakness leading resulted in the deaths of 90 head. Samples to recumbency (downers) over a 2-5 day of the rumen contents and the oatlage were period of time, depending on the amount of sent to the Botulism Diagnostic Laboratory toxin ingested. Signs may develop as early at the University of Pennsylvania where as 24 hours to as many as 10 days after both tested positive for the Clostridium ingesting the toxin: botulinum Type B spores and preformed 3. Decreased Tongue Tone-The “classic” toxin. Further analysis revealed a pH of feature of botulism. The tongue may actu6.8 in the forage-the perfect environment ally hang from the side of the mouth as the for a disaster. It is important to remember disease progresses. Without tongue control, that thousands of round bales are wrapped a cow will have other associated signs such annually with only a few cases of botulism as a dirty nose, difficulty chewing and swaloccurring; the risk of disease is low if one lowing, and plunging the nose deep in a applies the proper management from time watering trough to drink; of harvest through feeding.

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By Jim Stordahl, Clearwater/Polk County Extension, Minnesota Increased corn production means more residue is available for grazing.

Grazing corn residues is one way to reduce the cost of wintering beef cows for livestock producers who also raise corn.

Corn acres are increasing in our area. With that increase, the availability of corn residue also has increased, making this practice even more attractive.

Corn residue left behind after harvest includes the stalk, leaf, husk and cob, as well as downed ears. The amount of downed ears varies with the corn variety, but it can be as much as 3 to 5 bushels of corn per acre. Generally, approximately 50 pounds of residue is left on the field per bushel of corn harvested. For example, if you harvest 120 bushels of corn, you can expect about 6,000 pounds of residue per acre (120 bushels times 50 pounds of residue per bushel).

Obviously, the cow will not graze or use all of that material. At the most, a cow will be able to graze about 50 percent of that material (in this example, about 3,000 pounds per acre). One acre of corn residue should support a 1,000-pound cow for about 1.5 to two months. Strip grazing the fields (dividing the field and limiting access using electric fencing) will improve utilization and allow you to increase the stocking rate.

The residue portions with the greatest nutritive value include the husk and leaf. The cob is fairly high in digestibility, but very low in protein. The stalk is low in both protein and digestibility. The longer the cattle graze a particular corn field, the lower in nutrient content their diet will be. This is due to the cattle selecting the higher-quality material first and the loss of nutrients due to weathering. Longer-term grazing may require protein supplementation to meet the nutrient needs of grazing beef cows.

Corn residue also is low in most minerals and vitamin A. Therefore, producers should follow a good-quality vitamin and mineral supplementation program when grazing corn residue.

Corn residue can be grazed long into the winter feeding period, provided snow cover does not limit the cow’s selectivity and grazing ability. The length of time will vary from year to year. Once fields are snow-covered, the ability of the cow to select the higher-quality portions of the corn residue is limited.

Two factors are the biggest limitations to grazing corn residue in this area of the country. First, many corn fields are not fenced and, second, many do not have adequate water for grazing livestock.

However, the amount of residue available for grazing and its cost effectiveness should cause beef cattle producers to at least consider this option as one means of lowering the cost of winter feeding.

Grazing corn residue also may have other drawbacks.

One is an increased risk of founder or acidosis if fields have greater than normal levels of downed ears. Gradually adapting cattle to grain prior to turnout into the cornfield may be warranted if high levels of downed ears are present.

Soil compaction is another issue. It’s often cited as a reason for not grazing corn stalks. However, data collected in Nebraska and Iowa demonstrate that this generally is not a major problem and grazing corn residues does not negatively affect subsequent yields.

For more information, contact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. Source: This article was provided by Greg Lardy, NDSU Extension Beef Specialist.

Mermaids and mermen

The ancient Babylonians worshipped a half-human/ half-fish creature named Oannes who gave them the gift of civilization. The contemporary mermaid, a beautiful woman with the lower body of a fish, may have been popularized

by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Little Mermaid. Some think that mermaids spotted at sea by lonesome sailors are nothing more than manatees–large flat-tailed mammals.

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Fruit pest’s favorite aromas turned against it

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By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service A blend of odors that attracts spotted wing drosophila flies (SWD) has been developed into a new lure product for improved monitoring and control of these tree-fruit and berry pests.

The blend is a combination of four different chemicals found in the aromas of both wine and vinegar. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist Peter Landolt and research associate Dong Cha, along with their Oregon Department of Agriculture colleagues, isolated the chemicals and evaluated them extensively in laboratory and field trials.

Based on those findings, Trece, Inc., in Adair, Oklahoma, commercially formulated the compounds into a novel blend and controlled-release lure, which is marketed under the trademark “PHERO-CON SWD,” along with a related trap.

According to Landolt, with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Wapato, Washington, farmers and pest managers need improved methods of attracting, monitoring and managing the flies to prevent potential losses of cherries, berries, grapes and other fruit crops. The lure’s availability should provide growers with better information to use in making pest-management decisions, such as where, when or whether to spray.

Left unchecked, female SWD flies deposit their eggs beneath the surface of host fruit, where subsequent larval feeding causes it to soften, bruise and wrinkle, notes Landolt, who is in the ARS Fruit and Vegetable Insect Research Unit at Wapato.

Capturing SWD with lures containing wine and vinegar isn’t a new approach. But Landolt’s group was first to conduct a top-down examination of which chemical constituents in the liquids’ aromas attract specifically these flies.

In extensive testing, they showed that ethanol alone was less attractive than wine, and acetic acid alone was less attractive than vinegar. Similarly, combinations of ethanol and acetic acid were also less attractive to the flies than wineplus-vinegar blends, which suggested that other constituents were at work. Of 20 total Chardonnay wine and rice-vinegar chemicals the researchers evaluated, acetoin and methionol triggered the strongest responses in the flies when combined with acetic acid and ethanol.

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1999 Case IH 9350 310 hp, 12F/3R syncro, 4 SCV’s, 3490 hours. SU#174578.$74,025 (S) 2013 John Deere 7215R 215/178 hp, IVT with RHR, 1058 hours. SU#176204.$173,624 (R)

2013 John Deere 8235R 235/192 hp, IVT with RHR, 1075 hours. SU#172206.$198,171 (I)

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2011 John Deere 4730 100-ft. boom, 20”, 800 gallon, 762 hours. SU#175715. $225,808 (I)

2013 John Deere S670 375 hp, Contour Master, 423/576 hours. SU#171244..... $309,666 (R)

2004 Unverferth 9200 1000 bushel grain cart, 17” auger, roll tarp. SU#180893.$28,554 (P)

2008 John Deere 568 5x6 bale, wrap/twine, MegaWide pickup. SU#173823.$29,093 (S)

2012 John Deere S670 373 hp, Contour Master, 918/1364 hours. SU#171972... $234,000 (B)

2013 John Deere 333E 89 hp, diesel, 2 speed trans, 417 hours. SU#184014.....$73,496 (S)

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2010 John Deere 1895 no till drill, 10” spacing, tow behind tank. SU#174129.. $178,500 (B)

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2013 Frontier TM5132 32-ft. tandem disk, 10.5” spacing. SU#182391........ $76,050 (R)

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By NDSU Extension Service The “Financial Characteristics of North Dakota Farms, 2004-2013” publication summarizes the performance of more than 500 farms enrolled in the North Dakota Farm Business Management Education program.

Acreage per farm has remained fairly stable the past 10 years as young farmers have replaced retiring producers. In 2013, average and median acreage per farm was 2,581 and 1,865, respectively. However, farm gross cash revenue has more than doubled. In 2013, the average and median gross cash revenue was $868,840 and $606,730, respectively.

Median total farm assets increased 130 percent and median total farm liabilities increased 59 percent during the past 10 years. In 2013, more than 70 percent of the farms were crop farms and the median age of a farm operator was 48.

There was a significant decline in financial performance in 2013 because of sharply lower grain prices and about 8 percent higher crop production costs per acre. Median net farm income dropped 62 percent to $90,629 from the record high profit year of 2012.

“Financial performance in 2007-2012, excluding 2009, was much superior to other years in the 2004 through 2013 period,” says Andy Swenson, North Dakota State University farm management specialist. “Overall performance was the worst in 2006. It was the best in 2012 due to record crop prices and surprisingly strong yields for nearly all crops because stored soil moisture from a wet 2011 sustained crops through the dry summer.” Median current ratio, a measure of a farm’s ability to meet financial obligations when they come due, was the highest, at 2.3, in 2012, compared with 1.9 in 2013 and a range of 1.2 to 1.4 during 2009 and 2003 through 2006.

“The median term debt and capital repayment margin was $25,849 in 2013,” Swenson says. “It was the highest, at $185,291, in 2012. Prior to 2007, the 10-year high was $21,012. Only 3.5 cents from every dollar of gross revenue was necessary to cover interest expense in 2013, up from 2.8 in 2012. Since 2006, interest expense as a percent of gross revenues generally has improved because of lower interest rates and much higher gross revenues.”

The Red River Valley and crop farms typically had stronger profitability, solvency and repayment capacity than other regions and farm types. Exceptions were 2013, 2009 and 2007, when the north-central region, and 2005, when the south-central region had the best performance. Also, in 2005, livestock farms had better financial performance than other farm types.

“In 2013, farms with sales of less than $500,000 were nearly three times more likely to have a debt-to-asset ratio higher than 70 percent than farms with sales greater than $500,000,” Swenson says. “Also, as expected, the debt-toasset ratio improved and the level of cropland ownership increased as farmers got older.”

The publication uses 16 financial measures to evaluate liquidity, solvency, repayment capacity, profitability and financial efficiency.

Farms are grouped by region, type, size, gross cash sales, land tenure, profit, debt-to-asset ratio and the age of the farmer to look at relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics.

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Is organic farming risky? The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) will be taking an in-depth look at that question over the next four years.

NCAT, which is headquartered in Butte and has six regional offices around the country, recently was awarded a $750,000 USDA Organic Research and Extension Initiative Program grant to explore organic farming’s risk as well as whether the general lack of quality crop insurance acts as a barrier to the expansion of diversified organic systems of food production and markets.

“This is a very exciting opportunity to better understand how and to what extent organic production systems can build more resilient food systems,” said Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT’s agricultural policy and funding research director.

Scahczenski will lead the project with Eric Belasco, an agricultural economist at Montana State University, and NCAT Southwest Regional Director Mike Morris. Morris works out of San Antonio, Texas.

While all farming is risky, there has been a common assumption that those who undertake organic food production are more likely to experience greater risks of crop failure and loss.

The long-term goal of this project is to understand and measure the relative yield and price risk of comparable organic and non-organic production systems.

“I’ve been working on the topic of whole farm revenue crop insurance for diversified agricultural systems for over seven years and have always been struck by the important connection between the increased diversity of cropping and integrated livestock systems and production and market risks,” Schahczenski said. “It seems intuitive that farmers who depend on only one or two crops for their livelihood are more prone to both natural and market sources of risks than those who have greater crop and livestock diversity.

“Organic production systems tend to have greater crop and livestock product diversity and thus ought to be less risky systems of production. However, until fairly recently, our publicly subsidized crop insurance programs have not fully recognized the benefits of diversity inherent in organic production systems. This project gives us the chance to explore these important speculations carefully.”

Kathy Hadley, executive director of NCAT, said she is looking forward to the research and educational opportunities this project will add to NCAT’s prolific work in sustainable agriculture development.

“NCAT has been a national leader and champion of sustainable and organic agriculture for over 30 years,” she said.

“Our work with USDA in operating the ATTRA program, a national sustainable agriculture information service, has been outstanding. This new project will ultimately lead to practical and scientifically validated understanding and policy changes that will help agriculture producers build the diversified and resilient agriculture and food systems we so badly need as we face future climate and food security uncertainty.”

Belasco has been active in research related to issues of crop insurance and production and market risks, while Morris has worked on more than 20 projects assisting hundreds of organic and sustainable farmers and ranchers throughout the United States. An extensive project advisory team of individuals representing 12 national and regional sustainable and organic organizations will assist in project development, data collection, and outreach.

Fungi eyed to tackle weedy menace of American West

By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Beneficial fungi could become microbial marshals tasked with wrangling a weedy icon of the American West, Salsola tragus—also known as tumbleweed or Russian thistle.

Popularly depicted in movies and television tumbling through dusty towns of the Old West, tumbleweed is in fact one nasty hombre of the western American landscape, elbowing aside crops, clogging irrigation ditches, spreading insect pests, and even posing a driving hazard.

Large-scale infestations, especially on low-value agricultural lands, can make chemical or cultural control too costly or impractical, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant pathologist Dana Berner. He works at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Foreign DiseaseCONTINUED ON PAGE C25

Studies steadily advance cellulosic ethanol prospects

By Ann Perry, Agricultural Research Service The potential for producing cost-effective cellulosic ethanol that uses plentiful and sustainable cellulosic plant biomass continues to grow, thanks to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Bioenergy Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, have recently completed studies on multiple approaches that could help streamline cellulosic ethanol production. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this work supports USDA’s priority of finding new sources for producing bioenergy.

In one study, a team led by ARS chemical engineer Bruce Dien looked at using switchgrass, a perennial grass native to the prairie, for ethanol production. The team concluded that biomass producers could optimize cellulosic ethanol production by planting Kanlow variety—a lowland ecotype—and harvesting at either mid-season or post frost. Results from this study were published in Environmental Technology in 2013.

ARS chemist Michael Bowman led another study of switchgrass xylans, which is challenging to convert to sugars with enzymes because of its complex chemical structure. Bowman determined that structural features of xylan remained the same as the plant matures, even though the amount of xylan changed with maturity. This is good news for biorefiners, because it suggests that they can use the same biomass hydrolyzing enzymes to break down xylans in all switchgrass biomass, no matter when the crop is harvested.

Results from this study were published in Metabolites in 2012.

ARS molecular biologist Ronald Hector led work on the microorganisms needed to ferment xylose—molecules that make up xylans—into ethanol. Distiller’s yeast used by corn ethanol producers does not ferment xylose. An enzyme called D-xylose isomerase, or XI, catalyzes the missing metabolic step for fermentation of xylose to ethanol. Hector’s team isolated four novel XI genes encoding the enzyme from rumen and intestinal bacteria and expressed them in distiller’s type yeast strains, conferring the ability for them to ferment xylose.

Then the scientists took the most promising yeast strain from this first round of trials and improved its growth and fermenting capacities through further adaptations. The result was a yeast strain that grew almost four times faster than other strains that contained XI enzymes and one that could produce ethanol at significantly greater yields than other yeasts engineered to ferment xylose to ethanol. The scientists published their findings in Biotechnology for Biofuels in 2013.

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Weed Science Research Unit in Frederick, Maryland. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency.

In studies at Frederick, Berner and his colleagues are evaluating certain fungi with potential to biologically control tumbleweed, an invasive species that entered the United States in the 1870s as a flax seed contaminant.

Their most promising fungal candidates, Uromyces salsolae and Colletotrichum salsolae, were originally isolated from infected thistle plants in Russia and Hungary and exported to the ARS Frederick lab under permit for quarantine study. In Biosafety Level-3 greenhouse containment, the researchers exposed plant specimens from 64 different species to U. salsolae and 89 species to C. salsolae and gauged the plants’ reactions and disease symptoms, if any.

To broaden the scope of their host-range tests—critical to ensuring the fungi won’t harm non-target plants or crops once released—the team used an approach called BLUPs, short for “mixed model equations that produce Best Linear Unbiased Predictors.” Using a disease ranking system and matrix information, BLUPs predict a plant species’ susceptibility based on how genetically similar it is to the targeted weed—Russian thistle, for example.

Based on the information, the researchers have submitted petitions seeking recommendation for release of the two fungi from the Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds, which comprises members from federal and state regulatory agencies, as well as from Canada and Mexico.

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By K-State Research and Extension News As fall progresses into winter and harvest year has been a positive change for irrigators comes to a close, crop producers might want and made the tool easier to use. to consider planning their future crop rota“When we developed the Web-based vertions, crop mixes and irrigation use. The sion, we also considered those people who increasing demand for water in the future are using mobile devices,” Aguilar said. gives producers an even greater obligation “We envision the CWA being used while to efficiently use the resource while opti(producers) are out in the field and are able mizing yields. to share with other farmers what they are That obligation is felt by many producplanning for the next season. Then maybe ers throughout Kansas, according to Danny they can also get some feedback from the Rogers, agricultural engineer for K-State other farmers.”

Research and Extension. Through being Both the new Web-based version and involved in developing Kansas Gov. Sam downloadable software version are availBrownback’s 50-year water vision this able on the Mobile Irrigation Lab website, past year, he knows water concerns, albeit and producers can use whichever version different concerns, have risen in all parts they prefer. The two versions work with of the state. the same end goal - achieving optimum The largest single water user in the returns - in mind.

Kansas economy is irrigation, Rogers said, “You can put in the limitations that your which in western Kansas is primarily profield experiences, and then the CWA will vided by the High Plains Aquifer System, or look at different combinations of crops for in extreme western Kansas, called the Ogaldifferent water levels,” Rogers said. “It is a lala Aquifer due to the Ogallala Formation useful tool to help irrigators establish a crop that makes up a majority of the geological rotation they might want to consider for the High Plains Aquifer mass. Research at next few years. As we move to more deficit Kansas State University found that as much irrigation, crop rotation becomes an imporas 69 percent of the Ogallala would be detant consideration for those producers.” pleted in the next 50 years, as water usage As an example, Rogers said assume fully is exceeding the recharge. irrigated corn in a particular area might on In eastern Kansas, Rogers said various average require 16 inches of irrigation, but sedimentation issues are affecting many of a producer only has the ability to apply 10 the reservoirs that serve both public water inches. That producer can choose to grow supplies and crop irrigation. Some of those corn at 10 inches for the entire field, or he reservoirs are direct diversions from rivers or she might want to look at corn on part of administered by the Division of Water Rethe acres with other crops, or even fallow as sources, which means irrigators in eastern an option on the other part of the acreage.

Kansas at times face unanticipated water The allocator looks at the water availabillimitations. ity a producer has in 10 percent increments “Whether you’re in western Kansas facof the available water. The land allocation ing declines, therefore limiting the total can be split into units of land area as small volume that you can physically apply duras 25 percent sections of the total cropland ing the season, or you’re in eastern Kansas base. The producer then selects which crops where you might have an administrative to be considered and customizes inputs reduction in your water right allocation by such as yield potential and crop prices for a certain percentage, now is the time to plan the analysis. how to best optimize the use of that water Each crop will be evaluated in the difin the next (crop production) seasons,” he ferent land segments with each increment said. “We have the tools that can help you of water, and eventually the CWA compiles do that.” the best combination of crop and water apFor those irrigators who are challenged plication depth for the producer to review. with water availability in their irrigation “You can use this whether you’re looking programs, free online and downloadable at a single-field application or a whole farm tools are available on K-State Research application,” he said. “That would be your and Extension’s Mobile Irrigation Lab to long-term strategy if you started a particuhelp them make the most of their water lar rotation. This is a guide to model what resources. combination you might want to consider.”

Among the variety of resources on the Inputs in the allocator have default genwebsite, three main user-friendly and practieral values, and producers could use these cal tools are available for crop producers to values if they are applicable to their area, make water-planning decisions: the Crop Aguilar said. But, producers can customize Water Allocator (CWA), a tool used to plan those, particularly their own yield goals and optimum crop mixes for the next growing available irrigation levels, as needed. season; the Crop Yield Predictor, a tool Crop water use curves, showing the proused to predict yield, based on the amount duction increases with increased water use of water and timing of irrigation within a up to the crop’s yield potential, are built into specific season; and KanSched, an evapothe program, and producers would input transpiration, or ET-based scheduling tool what they believed to be their upper limit used within a season to maintain acceptable of productivity. levels of irrigation in fields.

“Because there are differences in location Crop Water Allocator (CWA) due to soils and other various aspects, you Rogers said the CWA was primarily wouldn’t want to input a 300 bushel an acre designed for western Kansas, as it was m corn yield when the best yield you’ve ever developed using data from K-State agriculhad was 180 for fully irrigated corn,” Rogtural research centers in Colby, Tribune and ers said. “That would make it an unrealistic Garden City. projection.”

Using the tool, irrigators can select from Aguilar said in the past year, many on the major Kansas crops they plan to plant and K-State water team have hosted trainings to set their field conditions - volume of water, help producers better understand the CWA, anticipated precipitation levels, soil type its benefit to producers and how to properly and acreage. All of the inputs are easy to seuse it. He is optimistic that those who atlect and change if needed using drop-down tended the trainings will let others know boxes on the new Web-based version. The how to use the tool, because they saw its resource is customizable for each producer. usefulness firsthand.

Jonathan Aguilar, K-State Research and In-season water planning tools Extension water resource engineer, said While the CWA could help producers making the Web-based CWA within the last CONTINUED ON PAGE C27

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with next season’s crop mixes and planning their long-term rotation strategy, another tool called the Crop Yield Predictor is available for in-season decisions.

“Using this tool, if you decided you wanted to plant a particular crop, and you’re projecting you’re going to put on a certain amount of water, you could play with what would be the best strategy of timing that irrigation,” Rogers said.

“It’s a seasonal look at water that has a yield component in it, and it will tell you for this particular crop and this level of water what would be the best strategy.”

The Mobile Irrigation Lab’s baseline irrigation scheduling tool is KanSched, and it’s the tool Rogers said he strongly recommends that every producer, whether they’re deficit irrigating or fully irrigating, use for in-season daily decisions on irrigation.

“I often hear producers say, ‘I’m deficit irrigating. Once I start irrigating, I don’t have any other decisions to make.’

That’s not true,” he said. “It’s hard to remember, since we’ve gone through about four years of drought now, that there are times we have above-normal precipitation in western Kansas, and that there are opportunities to save water.”

A recent simulated irrigation schedule analysis that used a 43-year record of ET information showed many opportunities for water savings for limited-capacity wells within a season as compared to continuous in-season pumping, he said. Scheduling doesn’t guarantee a producer will always have enough water, but it does help guarantee the producer won’t miss opportunities to save water for future use.

“As we look forward, we see more policy models coming out where we could go to multi-year allocations of water rather than annual allocations of water,” Rogers said.

“There’s benefit to a producer to save an inch or two of water this year that can then be applied in a following year.

Because that water can be applied later, you have a much higher productivity value.”

Other tools to help with items such as pumping efficiency, and managing fuel and other energy costs, can be found on the Mobile Irrigation Lab (http://www.bae.ksu.edu/mobileirrigationlab/).

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Proper disposal of dead livestock

By Carol Sanders, University of Arkansas Extension As one producer said, “At some point, livestock become dead stock.”

David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, reminds producers to be prepared to properly dispose of animals that die on their farms. Disposing of carcasses in locations where they might contaminate surface water or wells is illegal in Arkansas.

“Several methods for the disposal of livestock carcasses are acceptable under Arkansas law,” Fernandez said. “These include rendering, burial, extrusion, cooking for swine feed, composting and incineration.”

Large animal carcasses may be sent to a renderer, but finding one to pick up large animals in Arkansas is difficult.

Sheep and goat carcasses may not be accepted because of import regulations of other countries.

Buried animals must be covered with at least 2 feet of soil.

They must also be at least 100 yards from a well and where surface water cannot be contaminated, he said. If you have a backhoe attachment for your tractor, digging a 3 to 6 feet deep hole to bury an animal properly may not be a problem.

But, with only a shovel, it’s a big job.

Extrusion involves cooking the carcass for an extended period, then pressing it into pellets or another form of animal feed. Cooking carcasses for swine feed requires high heat.

Incineration requires reducing the entire carcass to ash. Generally, while these methods are approved, Arkansas livestock producers do not have the facilities to use them.

If you cannot extrude, cook or incinerate and do not want to spend all day digging a deep hole only to fill it up again, what can you do? “The answer is composting,” Fernandez said.

Composting can be done in a simple compost pile, on a floor with a roof, or in a bin. “You need at least 24 inches of compostable material on all sides, top and bottom of the carcass to make sure carcass liquids are completely absorbed and to prevent leaching under the pile into the groundwater,” he says. This helps prevent flies from feeding and breeding in the carcass. It also keeps animals such as dogs and coyotes from digging the carcass out of the compost pile.

The compost pile must reach an internal peak temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit and must remain above 110 F to prevent disease-causing bacteria from growing. When the composting process is complete, all that remains is some easily broken bone. Compost provides an excellent source of organic matter for use on pastures or gardens to improve soil properties and fertility.

For a complete description of the rules governing livestock disposal in Arkansas, go to http://alpc.arkansas.gov/regulations/Documents/CarcassDisposalLargeAnimal.pdf. For more information about composting livestock, go to http:// www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-1044.pdf and read FSA 1044 “Organic Burial Composting of Cattle Mortality,” or http://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-1045.pdf FSA 1045 “Two-Stage Poultry Mortality Composting-Daily Management is Essential.” If you have questions on this or other livestock-related issues, contact Fernandez at (870) 575-7214 orfernandezd@uapb.edu.

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Plant science app for teachers, students

By Dan Moser, IANR News Service A new app will give high school agri-science teachers a tool for teaching biotechnology to their students.

“The Journey of a Gene” is the product of a partnership between Iowa State University (ISU) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The project uses the example of soybean and the disease, sudden death syndrome, to illustrate the process of genetic engineering.

The project began with a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for more than $5 million titled “Transgenic Approaches to Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybean.” ISU scientists Madan Bhattacharyya and Alison Robertson envisioned an extension component that would target agri-science teachers who also lead FFA chapters across the country.

Bhattacharyya and Robertson thought an app that could be used on a smartphone or tablet would work best for teachers and their students. Robertson was familiar with UNL agronomy professor Don Lee’s teaching in genetics and biotechnology, and they partnered with him and UNL’s Plant and Soil Science eLibrary to develop and evaluate the app.

Grace Troupe, one of Lee’s graduate students, took the app development on as her master’s project.

She started with UNL and Lincoln programming experts and was led to Crowd Favorite, a small app development company. She used existing Plant and Soil Science eLibrary resources and worked with videographers to capture the work of scientists from UNL and ISU. The app, at http://passel.unl.edu/ge/, shows “the real science behind genetic engineering,” Troupe said.

The Journey of a Gene breaks down the genetic engineering process into four sections in showing how soybeans can be engineered to be resistant to sudden death syndrome. In the video, scientists explain techniques used in the process.

“We hope the app will capture the attention of youth and educate them in plant biotechnology, which will likely play a key role in the successful second green revolution to feed the ever-growing population in the 21st century,” Bhattacharyya said.

Bhattacharyya added that he hopes exposing students to biotechnology through the app might even encourage some to enter plant science as a career.

Troupe said the team will be getting feedback from teachers and further refining the app. It will be piloted with college students this fall to see how it changes their attitudes toward genetic engineering, and the app will be used next spring in the Nebraska FFA contest. Troupe also is presenting it in other regional meetings.

The app gives science teachers a way to present very complicated but critical, science-based information to their students.

“The reason they don’t teach this very much is they feel it’s a really difficult subject. They worry about misunderstanding the science,” Troupe said. She cited the example of one teacher who used to spend 10 minutes on genetic engineering in class in the past; now, using the app, he wants to do eight full class periods on the topic.

“These classrooms have our future producers and consumers. They need to understand this technology so they can make better decisions,” Troupe said.

UNL’s Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary produces educational material covering aspects of agriculture ranging from genetics to soil science to agronomic practices. Founded in 1999, the eLibrary is a collaborative project between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service ducers seem to have culled 13 to 15 percent Got cows to sell? If you do, sell them. of the herd annually for quite some time.

You only have to look at the prices to know Looking at the annual culling details, the market is looking for beef. Producers alapproximately 6 percent go as open cows ways have some cows to sell if they want to. and 3 percent will lose a calf. The remaining Current discussions focus on increasing culled cows are old, ornery or structurally cow numbers, but it may be ill-advised to unsound. Are any of these cows really worth change cow culling schemes. When a cow keeping for another year? Probably not. is determined to be market beef, sell her.

A long-term culling strategy is relatively Maintaining old cows that are subject to unforgiving. Cows need to be part of a more structural problems, already are havherd, so when they are not, the costs go up ing difficulty keeping up with the herd and significantly. In addition, cows do not have more than likely are going to wean a lighter independent calf are headliving faciliaches cattle ties available producers do to recline in not need. during their In addilater years. tion, relaxProductivity ing expectais a lifelong tions that a expectation. cow should What if conceive and the culling raise a live rate could be calf every changed and year eventuthe long-term ally will lead average was dropped to an arbitrary 10 to reproductive inefficiencies in the cow percent? That would mean four cows that herd. normally would be culled would not be.

Fortunately, cattle producers have been Because changing the culling rate does not diligent in maintaining rigid culling princhange the stocking rate, the four extra cows ciples. In fact, it is remarkable just how do not change total herd productivity based consistent those culling numbers have been. on available grazing units.

If one looks at the long-term historical All that really happened was four potenbenchmark values since 1995 for the annual tially headache-type cows were retained. culling rate percentage of cows exposed to These cows would have an above-average the bull, the culling rate was 13.9 percent. risk of losing their calves or having adThe percentage comes from North Daditional structural problems. In addition, kota Beef Cattle Improvement Association lower milk production resulting in a lighter beef producers involved in the North Dakota calf weight weaned would be the norm.

State University (NDSU) Extension Service Also, when the producer finally markets CHAPS program. the cow, her market value would more than The more recent 2013 benchmark value likely be lower. for culling rate was 13.5 percent. These That being said, the goal still should be numbers are rolling five-year averages that to maintain current culling standards, but are intended to reflect what is happening decreasing the culling rate by increasing the historically with CHAPS herds. By presentnumber of years a cow will stay in producing the continually rolling five-year average, tion. Can that be done? the highs and lows are buffered and a more Some cows are being selected because of understandable trend is generated. breed longevity. When one looks around, In reviewing the older data back to 1995, there is a noticeable variation in the longevthe lowest culling percentage benchmark ity of living things. However, the real queswas 13.2 percent in 1996 and the highest tion is: Can a producer increase the number was 14.8 percent in 2010. These numbers of years a cow will be productive but not reflect how managers cull cows. The numthe number of years a cow will live? Those bers seem to be quite stable. are two different traits.

Is the current market demand for beef Regardless, keep a rigid cull criteria and strong enough to let more cows go or should then turn your attention to the replacement a producer hold on to more cows to increase heifer selection. Keep the good ones. the herd? If past history means much in May you find all your ear tags. answering the question, one only is talking For more information, contact Ringwall the difference of two cows per 100 head at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, between the low and high culling rates. or go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/colThe culling rate has been very constant umns/beeftalk/. when one views previous years because pro-

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By Sylvia Kantor, WSU CAHNRS Communications With global food demand expected to outpace the availability of water by the year 2050, consumers can make a big difference in reducing the water used in livestock production.

“It’s important to know that small changes on the consumer side can help, and in fact may be necessary, to achieve big results in a production system,” said Robin White, lead researcher of a Washington State University (WSU) study appearing in the journal Food Policy.

White and WSU economist Mike Brady demonstrated that the willingness of consumers to pay a little more for meat products with labels that reflect a single, environmentally friendly production practice, such as water conservation, can add up to real change.

But such single-focus labels don’t yet exist and labels that are currently available can be confusing and misleading.

Saving billions of gallons of water The study shows that meat packers and retailers can play a key role in creating incentives for water-saving livestock production with labels that appeal to consumer values, White said.

White and Brady found that by paying 10 percent more for environmentally labeled meat products, consumers could bring about huge water savings in livestock production. In 2013, the U.S. produced 26 billion pounds of beef. Based on this number, White estimated that 76 to 129 billion gallons of water could be saved annually.

On the upper end, this adds up to the equivalent amount of water used annually by 3.5 million people, roughly the population of the greater Seattle metropolitan area.

White, now a postdoctoral scholar at the National Animal Nutrition Program, conducted the research as part of her doctoral studies in the Department of Animal Sciences at WSU. Single vs. multiple label claims “It is difficult to tease out a product’s true environmental impact from currently available labels,” said White. “Consumers may believe a label represents an environmental, health, or animal welfare benefit but it’s difficult for them to really know.”

White and Brady were able to distinguish and compare consumers’ willingness to pay for meat products with labels that reflect a single attribute of reducing environmental impact with labels that represent a suite of attributes. Among the purely environmental labels, they evaluated different price premiums to find the sweet spot — where the lowest premium that consumers found palatable would also cover the costs to the producer of reducing water use.

The study also demonstrated that moderate price premiums for all cuts of meat that are acceptable to the average consumer will have a greater impact on water conservation than high premiums for a few niche products.

Growing greener grass White explained that cow/calf operations represent an opportunity to significantly reduce water use in beef production. Feeding pregnant cows and suckling calves typically requires pasture or rangeland, and represents a substantial maintenance cost. Yet, in the U.S., intensive, more efficient pasture management is not yet what it could be, White said.

Growing grass more efficiently through strategic irrigation, fertilization and grazing strategies can significantly improve yield and save water, but adds to the costs for the producer. However, the price premiums associated with environmental labels can offset those costs.

The livestock industry wants to demonstrate improvements in sustainability, White said. To do so, they need consumer cooperation and willingness to pay a little more for products produced with a reduced environmental impact.

“This study demonstrated that consumers are willing,” White said. “Now we just need to connect the dots to accurately represent a product’s environmental impact in a way that is meaningful, understandable and attractive to consumers.”

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Montana Organic Association’s Annual Conference

You are cordially invited to the 12th Annual Montana Organic Association Conference, December 4-6, 2014, in Great Falls.

Building a business and staying in business is something everyone in organics faces, so we’ve put together an agenda to include sessions on economic themes such as estate planning, market outlooks, crop insurance, the Farm Bill, business planning, marketing, and economic sustainability.

We’ve also designed sessions to help producers with many of the challenges they face, including agronomy, soil fertility, pest management, and food safety, as well as new information on local food systems, wheat research, alternative ancient grain crops, and 15 years of organic research.

We’ll also get updates from the USDA, Organic Trade Association, NOSB, Organic Advisory and Education Council, Montana Department of Agriculture, and MOA’s Board.

This year’s speakers are experts in their fields and offer leading edge information on a variety of topics, including keynote speaker Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet; economist Stuart McMillan; nutritionist Alison Harmon; Betsy Rakola of USDA; and knowledgeable speakers from NDSU and MSU. We’re offering Organic University, have added a Kids’ University, and have also added some exciting tours this year, including processing facilities and an aquaponic system. And we haven’t forgotten to add in a dash of movie, a dollop of music, a few helpings of auctions and networking, and a large dose of fun!

The conference is a great opportunity to get excited for the upcoming year, learn, and to catch up with everyone in our organic community. Check out the agenda on the next page and start planning your conference experience. Use the enclosed registration form to register today!

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS Kid’s University, December 5, 1:004:00 pm For the first time, and by popular demand, we are offering Kids University (KU) at this year’s MOA Conference. At KU, kids will be participating in fun interactive activities, which will highlight soil and water, and they’ll be learning about healthy eating and taking home microgreens. KU will be facilitated by two FoodCorps representatives, Whitney Pratt and Jessica Manly.

FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders who connect kids to real food and help them grow up healthy.

This fun-filled, information-packed session is open to 6-11 year-olds and those aged 12-15 for a cost of $5 per child, with a maximum of $20 per family. A child caregiver will be available for those under 6 years of age and a tip for her services would be appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact MonaRae Tuhy at 406-837-9979 or via email at thunderglory@centurytel.net.

Economics of organics, December 5, 1:00-2:30 As a former analyst for the Canadian Wheat Board, Stuart McMillan specialized in weather and market analysis, forecasting the direction of grain production and prices and provided input to sales and commodities desks. He is now an international organic inspector and sees organic production in many geographic areas. He will have valuable economic insights to share with session participants.

Organic research in North Dakota The first 15 years, December 6, 9:00 10:00 am Organic wheat research, December 6, 10:30 - 11:15

Dr. Patrick Carr has directed organic and sustainable research programs for many years. He currently directs research in crops and crop/livestock integrated systems that focus on environmental and economic sustainability. His two sessions will give information that can be used by all organic producers to look at their own systems and their bottom lines.

AGENDA Thurdsday, December 4, 2014 Organic University 9:30 am – 12:00 pm: Organic University—The Basics of Organic Production: facilitated by Jonda Crosby, International Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA); Certification Requirements with Georgana Webster, Organic Program Manager, Montana Department of Agriculture (MTDA); Inspection Preparation with Margaret Scoles, Executive Director, IOIA; Beginning Farmer Resources, Lender Expectations and Options with Dennis Franz, Farm Credit Services (FCS); and Organic Certification and Farmer-to-Farmer Q & A Group Discussion with Leaders in Organic Crop and Livestock. Organic University includes lunch. Pre-registration is required.

MOA Organic Processors’ Tours 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Processor Tours: Tour 1: Timeless Seeds and Montana Milling Inc. Tour 2: Montana Specialty Mills and Montana Flour and Grains Tour 3: Aquaponic System, consisting of a Fish-farm and Greenhouse.

Pre-registration is required, space is limited.

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Pre-conference Welcome; Jonda Crosby, MOA Board Treasurer, IOIA MOA CONFERENCE 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Social Hour with Hors d’oeuvres and no host bar 6:30 pm: The Earth Beneath Our Feet; Keynote Speaker Judith Schwartz, journalist and author of Cows Save the Planet 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Movie: special surprise showing of a world leader and his conversion to organic agriculture; hosted by Bob Quinn, Kamut International Friday, December 5, 2014 7:00 am – 8:00 am: Registration and Breakfast 8:00 am – 8:15 am: Welcome; Nate Brown, MOA Board Chairman, Almatheia Dairy 8:15 am – 9:00 am: Organic Priorities at the USDA Update; Doug Crabtree, Vilicus Farms and Betsy Rakola, Organic Policy Advisor of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Marketing Tools; Anton Beckermann, PhD, Montana State University (MSU) Session 2: Soil Fertility Issues Related to Cover-Crops; Clain Jones, PhD, MSU 10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Keynote Speaker Judith Schwartz 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch and Presentation; Check-off and Farmer Advisory Council Updates; Nate Lewis, Organic Trade Association (OTA) Kids’ University 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Kids’ University; Whitney Pratt and Jessica Manly of AmeriCorps’ FoodCorps Pre-registration required. Kids’ University runs concurrently with conference.

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: The Economics of Organics; Stuart McMillan, Board Member of IOIA and former analyst for the Canadian Wheat Board 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Sources of Fat in the American Food Supply: Implications for Sustainability in Public Health; Alison Harmon, PhD., MSU CONTINUED ON PAGE C38

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Session 2: Alternative Crops; Steve Zwinger, Research Specialist, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Session 3: Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate? Estate Planning; Marsha Goetting, PhD, MSU 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Crop Insurance and the New Farm Bill; Shawn Fladager, FCS, and Jeff Schahczenski, National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Session 2: Puzzled About Pests? Get Some Answers; Mary Burrows, PhD, MSU 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm: Social and Reception 6:45 pm – 7:30 pm: Dinner 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Presentation of MOA Annual Awards, Live Auction and Music; Jim Sargent, Central Montana broadcaster and DJ Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:30 am – 8:00 am: Breakfast 8:00 am – 8:15 am: National Organic Project: Need Your Help; Jeff Schahczenski 8:15 am – 8:30 am: Food Safety Training in Montana; Jan Tusick, Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center (MMFEC) and Jonda Crosby 8:30 am – 9:00 am: National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Update; Margaret Scoles, IOIA 9:00 am – 10:00 am: Organic Research in North Dakota: The First Fifteen Years; Patrick Carr, PhD, Dickinson Research Center 10:00 am – 10:15 am: Organic Advisory Education Council (OAEC) Update; Daryl Lassila and Ole Norgaard of OAEC 10:30 am – 11:15 am: Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Organic Wheat Research; Patrick Carr Session 2: Role of Lentils in Montana’s Self-Reliance; Alison Harmon 11:15 am – 12:15 pm: MOA Business Meeting 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm: MOA Board Elections 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch with Presentations by Ron DeYong, Director MTDA, and Jon Tester, US Senator, Montana 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Agronomy Research; Steve Zwinger, North Dakota Extension Session 2: Growing the Future; Georgana Webster, MTDA 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm: Starting a Business, Staying in Business; Bob Quinn 3:15 pm: Closing Remarks; Nate Brown CONFERENCE VENUE The Great Falls Air Host Facility is located at the Great Falls International Airport. The address is 2800 Terminal Drive, Great Falls, 59404, phone (406) 727-9240.

You can park in the airport terminal parking lot. Enter the main terminal doors and the conference rooms are on the third floor.

Conference participants will receive parking validation for the airport parking lot as part of their registration package.

LODGING The official hotel of the MOA Conference is the Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites, 3701 31st Street SW, Great Falls, Montana, 594044700. Their phone number is 866-727-7788 (or 406-727-7788) and their website is www.crystalinngreatfalls.com. The Crystal Inn is one mile from the airport and has a shuttle to the airport. MOA’s discount rate is $79, but be sure to ask for the rate with group number OF1214. You must make your reservation by November 10, 2014 to get the rate.

There are many hotels and motels close to

the Great Falls, Montana, Air Host Facility, as well as many attractions around the Great Falls area. Please visit the Great Falls Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) website at www.gftourismbid.com to find Great Falls, Montana lodging, attractions, dining and shopping.

NOTICE OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS The Montana Organic Association has two Directors whose terms are expiring at the end of this year. The Directors are considering staying on to serve another three year term, but this could change. The direction of this organization is only as strong as it’s leadership, so MOA is looking for energetic and motivated personnel to help carry this organization forward.

Any vacant positions on MOA’s Board of Directors will be filled at the annual business meeting at 12:15 PM on December 6th, 2014, at the Great Falls’ Air Host Facility during the MOA Conference.

The terms that Directors serve are three years in length and Directors can be reelected. The Board of Directors usually meets in person two times each year and as needed by conference calls. Other volunteer committee work will also be expected.

Directors will be reimbursed for travel and communications expenses if they choose. Since MOA is not in a position to provide monetary compensation for Board work, Directors will receive board experience advising a growing, statewide organic organization.

If any one has interest, or knows of a good candidate, please contact Sam Schmidt at (406) 771-9229. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor prior to the election.

REGISTRATION Please use the registration form. Be sure to send in your registration by November 26.

B U S I N E S S O P P O RT U N I T I E S AVAILABLE Put your business or organization up front and center at the Conference. For vendor, sponsor or advertising opportunities at this event, please contact Wes Gibbs at (406) 622-3401.

CALL FOR DONATIONS We do our best to keep costs down, so we would gratefully accept your donations of organic food, auction items, and scholarship funding. Call Sandi at (406) 297-7588.

CALL FOR AWARDS NOMINATIONS The MOA Awards Committee is seeking your nominations for two awards to be presented at the Annual Conference in Great Falls.

The “Lifetime of Service” award will go to an organic producer, handler, retailer, researcher, service provider (or other) who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to organic agriculture in Montana. Previous recipients are: Robert Boettcher (2005), Barry Flamm (2006), Bob Quinn (2007), David Oien (2008), Jim Barngrover (2009), Laughing Water (2010), Steve and Cindy Baril (2011), Russ Salisbury & Elsie Tuss (2012), Judy Owsowitz (2013).

A “Leadership in Organics” award will go to an organic producer, handler, retailer, researcher, service provider (or other) who demonstrates an on-going commitment to advancing the adoption, practice and success of organic agriculture in Montana.

Previous recipients are: Margaret Scoles (2005), Jon Tester (2006), Jonda Crosby CONTINUED ON PAGE C42

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2001 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, semipneumatic packers, 3” carbide tips, 3450 cart. Cut Bank. Tag #9912...................................... $63,500 2000 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 9” spacing, 3450 cart.

Tag #14491.............................................. $71,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 9” spacing, steel press wheels, primary blockage, 3450 tow between cart.

Tag #9877................................................ $68,900 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000, 50-ft., single shoot, primary blockage, 2320 cart. Tag #13987............. $45,000 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, 1” tips, new hoses. Tag #13461................................... $47,500 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, 4” rubber press wheels, 2320 carts. Tag #13625..... $50,000 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000 57-ft., 550# tips, capped steel press wheels, 2320 cart. Tag #14077...... $40,880 1994 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, center tandems, single shoot, stealth openers with carbide tips, 2320 tow between cart. Tag #13294.$47,500 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57-ft., 12” spacing, rubber covered packer wheels, 2320 cart. Tag #13394.... $45,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 51-ft., 12” spacing, 2320 cart, single shoot. Tag #14421.................................... $29,000 1995 Concord 6012, 60-ft., 12” spacing, 300 bushel tow behind cart. Cut Bank. Tag #13236... $50,000

NYB pickup sprayer, 60-ft., 440 Raven control, triple nozzle bodies, hydraulic tiplift, 2” bottom fill. Tag #13738........................................................ $6500

Railroad Ties $8.00/tie Sold in 16 tie bundles We will load Available at Conrad, We’re on Cut Bank and the web at: Dillon www.frontlineag.com 4 it out!! locations

2011 John Deere D450, under 300 hours. Well taken care of. Tag #14045................................. $89,000 1998 MacDon 1900 30-ft. draper header, batt reel.

Tag #14350................................................. $9500 Versatile 4750 25-ft. draper header, batt reel. Tag #14956..................................................... $15,900 1985 Massey-Ferguson 885 30-ft. draper header, pickup reel. Tag #15149.............................. $8750 1984 Hesston 6550 16-ft. auger header. Call Cut Bank store for more details. Tag #13799.... $6500 1999 John Deere 955 mower conditioner, rotary, tongue, 13/8 hookup, Impeller conditioner. Choteau.

Tag #14538.............................................. $12,000 New Holland 1475 16-ft. pull type, swing tongue, rubber rolls, nice shape. Tag #15022....... $18,000

AFTER HOURS SALES:

Jack Hadcock 271-7839 or 899-5657 Burke McCormick 873-2813 or 450-3606 Dan Lannen 590-4488 Jake Han 450-3605 Joe Flesch 239-2660 Jim Orr 289-0744 Pat Wheeler 450-1704 Barry MacGillivray 590-4703 Neil McCormick 470-2927 Mark Eney 539-0803

Choteau 1-866-466-5741; 406-466-5741 Conrad 1-877-278-5531; 406-278-5531 Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530; 406-873-5505

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USED COMBINES & HEADER

2004 John Deere 9760S 936D header, just over 1300 hours. Tag #14167................................. $205,000 2004 John Deere 9760 936D header, atu included.

Tag #14808............................................ $200,000

2001 John Deere 9750, 20-ft. unload auger, twin disk straw spreader with chaffer. Choteau. Tag #8982. ............................................................... $120,000 2001 John Deere 9750 STS, yield monitor, 930 header included. Cut Bank. Tag #14185.. $92,000 2000 John Deere 9650 20-ft. unloading auger, ready to go. Tag #15107.................................... $90,000 1998 John Deere 9610 new air conditioner compressor, concaves and bearings a few years ago. Tag #15175..................................................... $52,000 1996 John Deere 9600 has a 936D header and much more. Tag #15170.................................... $72,000 1992 John Deere 9600, chopper, spreader, John Deere 930R rigid header with pickup reel. Tag #13164..................................................... $55,000 1994 John Deere 9600 includes 930R and 214 pickup header. Tag #14963................................. $50,000 1982 John Deere 8820 one owner, 230 header, batt reel, header and pickup trailer. Tag #15079.......... ................................................................. $22,000 John Deere 7720 one owner, 230 header with batt reel. Tag #15115....................................... $12,500 1980 John Deere 7720, included 224 header with batt reel. Call Choteau store for more details. Tag #14568......................................................$11,700 2010 Case IH 7120 Call Cut Bank store for more details. Tag #13146................................ $226,500 1997 Case IH 2188, good tires, Maurer unloading auger extension. Tag #10674................... $55,000 1994 Case IH 1688 1800 hours, chopper, batt reel.

Tag #14926.............................................. $38,000

2005 Cat 670, includes header. Call for more details.

Tag #14437............................................ $135,000 2002 Massey Ferguson 8780XP, chopper, includes 12-ft. pickup header, draper header, pickup reel.

Tag #13103............................................ $102,000 John Deere 612 pickup header fits 9750 combine.

Tag #14973................................................. $4000

USED GRAIN HANDLING

2013 Brandt 1380XL swing auger, bucket spout, electric winch. Tag #13199....................... $24,000 2010 Brandt 13x110 swing auger, hydraulic lift winch, swing hopper. Tag #15155....................... $28,000 Brandt 1360XL swing auger, 13x60, spout. Tag #13173..................................................... $12,500 2011 Farm King 13x85, good condition, 540 PTO. Tag #15359.............................................. $14,000 Westfield 130-71 swing auger, bucket spout. Tag #12493......................................................$11,200 2006 Wheatheart BH41-8 grain auger, new Kohler motor. Tag #13866...................................... $7500 Alloway 1060 10x60 swing auger, hydraulic drive.

Tag #15207................................................. $4000 Alloway 1060 swing auger, 10x60, spout. Tag #13374........................................................ $4000 Spray Air 12x60 auger, no mover. Tag #14886........ ................................ Priced Right At Just $6500 Feterl 10x60, 540 PTO, hydraulic winch, manual swing hopper. Tag #15221.......................... $4000

USED TURF EQUIPMENT

2013 John Deere 850i green & yellow, its an RSX. Tag #15127.............................................. $14,500 2013 John Deere 825i S4 XUV, bench seat, power lift brush guard, rear protection package. Cut Bank.

Tag #14215.............................................. $17,754 2008 John Deere 850D UTV, diesel, poly roof, rear screen, front and rear hitches. Tag #12361.$8500 2010 John Deere 620i UTV, poly roof, windshield, manual box. Tag #10888............................. $8800

Rem 2700 grain vac, has new flex hose. Tag #13984..................................................... $15,800 2010 Rem 2700 grain vac, one year old fan, only 476 hours. Tag #13707................................... $15,000

CONSIGNED

1981 Versatile 875 4WD tractor, cab, liquid ballast on all inner tires. Tag #12373..................$39,775 1992 Case 9280 4WD tractor, 855 Cummins, 4 SCV’s. Tag #14138..................................$39,500 1979 John Deere 4840 tractor, 10 front weights, new radiator, front duals. Tag #15566.............$22,000 1979 John Deere 4640 tractor, 8 speed powershift, 3-pt hitch, 3 SCV’s. Tag #15254..............$23,000 1981 Ford FW60 4WD tractor, 4 SCV’s, 3-pt hitch, 903 Cummins. Tag #15255.....................$16,000 2009 Summers Ultimate sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, 100-ft. booms, windscreens. Tag #15568.$30,000 1994 Claas 108SL combine, 2WD, singles, chopper.

Tag #13189.............................................$22,000 1987 John Deere 8820 combine, chopper, dual chaff spreader, 30-ft. header, batt reel. Tag #15567..... ................................................................$16,500 1998 HoneyBee SP36 36-ft. draper header, batt reel, transport. Tag #13190.............................$22,000 John Deere 844 corn header. Tag #11354..$20,000 Massey-Ferguson 775 swather, 21-ft. draper head, open station, shedded. Tag #15096...........$4950 1993 New Holland 660 round baler, net/twine, 540 PTO, bale ramp. Tag #15109.....................$3600 New Holland 320 square baler, 4 cylinder gas engine, clean, shedded. Tag #15095............$6500 New Holland 1035 balewagon, Wisconsin gas engine. Tag #15097........................................$8500 John Deere 1610 41-ft. chisel plow, 14” sweeps, 3 section. Tag #15259...................................$4000 Mayrath 8x50 auger, PTO. Tag #1372001.....$4600 Brandt 862 62-ft., 8” grain auger, 10 turbo screw bottom. Tag #15261....................................$1750 1979 Chevy C60 Tyler fertilizer box, holds 5 tons urea. Tag #14329.......................................$9950 1959 Chevy 60 Load King with 7 ton tender box.

Tag #10652................................................$3350 1974 Western Trailer fifth wheel stock trailer. Tag #13562.......................................................$2600

2012 John Deere 550 XUV, Ancla XT tires, bench seat, manual lift kit. Tag #12393.................. $8000 John Deere X534 25 hp, hydro transmission, 4 wheel steering, 54” deck, powerflow. Tag #12655..$8500 2013 John Deere 7-Iron 72” mower deck, fits 4720 compact tractor. Tag #12798....................... $3800 2012 John Deere 62D 62” mid-mount mower, fits 2720 tractor. Tag #13420............................ $3200 2011 John Deere WE85 walk-behind commercial mower, 179cc Kawasaki motor, 3 speed gear transmission, rear discharge, 21” cutting width. Tag #12662.......................................................... $950 2011 John Deere SB11 snowblower, 54”, hydraulic chute rotation. 3-pt. hitch mount. Tag #12181....... .................................................................... $2895 John Deere SB59 snowblower, 59”, 3-pt. It could snow, again. Tag #10328............................ $2000 2011 John LVB24991 dual rear SCV with lever control for 5085M tractor. Never used. Choteau. Tag 1557.............................................................. $950

2007 Brandt 5000 grain vac, standard model. Cut Bank. Tag #13702.................................... $12,000 Brandt 5200EX local trade, in good shape. Tag #14380..................................................... $19,500

Railroad Ties $8.00/tie Sold in 16 tie bundles We will load Available at Conrad, Cut Bank and Dillon locations

More Equipment Arriving Daily Choteau 1-866-466-5741; 406-466-5741 Conrad 1-877-278-5531; 406-278-5531 Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530; 406-873-5505

http://www.frontlineag.com

AFTER HOURS SALES:

Jack Hadcock 271-7839 or 899-5657 Burke McCormick 873-2813 or 450-3606 Dan Lannen 590-4488 Jake Han 450-3605 Joe Flesch 239-2660 Jim Orr 289-0744 Pat Wheeler 450-1704 Barry MacGillivray 590-4703 Neil McCormick 470-2927 Mark Eney 539-0803

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USED TRACTORS

John Deere 9510R, 800 IF tires, PTO, premium cab, hi-flow hyd, under 600 hours. Tag #15509$350,000

2013 John Deere 9510R, 4WD, SF1 AutoTrac, tires @ 90%. Loaded and in excellent shape. Tag #13845................................................... $335,000 John Deere 9460R, SF1 AutoTrac, duals, 5 SCV’s, hi-flow hydraulics, much more. Tag #14524.......... ............................................................... $325,000 2011 John Deere 8285R, premium cab, IVT transmission, 85cc hydraulic pump, 4 SCV’s, 1000 PTO, auxiliary hydraulic connect. Tag #14527.$218,500 2012 John Deere 7330 Premium MFWD, 96” rear axle, 20 speed AutoQuad transmission, 3 SCV’s, air seat, premium lighting. Tag #12029.. $152,582 1997 John Deere 9400 4WD, front & rear differential lock 24/6 transmission, 4 SCV’s. Tag #11623....... ................................................................. $98,000 1999 John Deere 8300 MFWD, 32 gpm hydraulic pump, 3 SCV’s, 1000 PTO, 3-pt. hitch. Tag #14535..................................................... $65,000 1996 John Deere 8200 MFWD, cab with heat & air conditioning, 3 SCV’s, 1000 PTO, 30 gpm hydraulic pump. Tag #12205................................... $66,000 1993 John Deere 7700 MFWD, cab, PowerShift, 3-pt. hitch, 3 remotes, duals, 740 loaderTag #14151.... ................................................................. $49,000 1993 John Deere 7600 MFWD, cab, PowerShift transmission, dual PTO, 3 SCV’s, 740 self leveling loader, grapple. Tag #14201..................... $43,900 2005 John Deere 6715 MFWD, cab, PowrQuad, 2 SCV’s, self leveling loader. Choteau. Tag #14042. ................................................................. $59,150 1977 John Deere 4630, cab, PowerShift, 1000 PTO. Arriving soon. Tag #14200....................... $19,500 John Deere 2440 2WD, open station, loader. Tag #15288........................................................ $8500 John Deere 4020 open station, Miller loader, 2 SCV’s.

Tag #15101................................................. $9500

Big Bud 460/30, Montana made, Detroit diesel, cab, 4 SCV’s. Tag #10890............................... $53,000 Cat CH75 track tractor, local trade, farmer owned, air drill ready, 60% tracks. Tag #14132......... $50,000 Brandt VSF bale processor. In good shape. Tag 1998 New Holland TV140, dual PTO’s on cab end, #13953........................................................ $6725 3 remotes, auxiliary hydraulic pump. Tag #13011.

2000 Brandt VSF hay processor. Call Choteau for ................................................................. $65,000 details. Tag #13608..................................... $5800 2010 Case IH Puma 195 MFWD, CVT powershift 2011 Haybuster 2650 bale processor, low use, great transmission, 4 SCV’s, loader/grapple. Cut Bank. shape. Tag #15370................................... $18,000 Tag #13147............................................ $123,886 2008 Case IH Puma 195 MFWD, loader/grapple. Tag #15315..................................................... $89,000 2004 Case IH MX255 Magnum MFWD, 1000 PTO, 4 SCV’s, Category 3 drawbar. Tag #12276........... ............................................................... $104,000 1999 Case IH MX270 MFWD, cab, heat, air, 1000 PTO, 3-pt hitch. Tag #15287.................... $55,000 Case IH 2294 MFWD. Call for more information. Cut Bank. Tag #14379.................................... $24,000 Agco 8620 MFWD, loader with grapple, 3 SCV’s, 3-pt., cowboy cab. Tag #14793................ $21,500 1982 Versatile 256 Cummins diesel, little rough but runs good. Tag #12905............................ $19,000 Long 445, 1 SCV, 3-pt., 540 PTO. Tag #15335........ .................................................................... $2200

More tractors arriving daily

We’re on the web at: www.frontlineag.com 4 it out!!

USED ROUND BALERS

2013 John Deere 569 Premium, net wrap, 1000 PTO, push bar, baler automation. Choteau. Tag #99390508............................................... $47,900 2010 John Deere 568 1000 PTO, MegaWide Plus pickup, push bar, surface wrap, hydraulic pickup.

Tag #14731.............................................. $30,000 2009 John Deere 568, 1000 PTO, MegaWide pickup, pushbar. Tag #13289................................ $21,000 2003 John Deere 567 net/twine, hydraulic pickup, 540 PTO, new “mega” hi float tires. Tag #14790... ................................................................. $16,500 2001 John Deere 567 Call Choteau for more details.

Tag #13139.............................................. $14,900 2000 John Deere 566 Mega tooth pickup, 540 PTO, push bar. Tag #14897............................... $12,000

Railroad Ties $8.00/tie Sold in 16 tie bundles We will load Available at Conrad, Cut Bank and Dillon locations

USED MISC AG EQUIPMENT

1993 Haybuster 256 II bale processor. Cut Bank. Tag #14058........................................................ $6000 Degelman R570H rock picker. Call Choteau for more details. Tag #13836..................................... $4000 2012 Degelman 7651 51-ft. landroller. Ready to go.

Tag #14043.............................................. $42,000 Degelman 12-1 blade. Call Conrad for more details.

Tag #14565.............................................. $12,000 Degelman blade, 10-ft. manual blade. Tag #8652.... .................................................................... $3900 2005 Swisher RTB12544 pull type, rough cut 44” mower, gas. Tag #13009............................. $1600 2006 New Holland 1475 16-ft. haybine, rubber conditioner. Tag #15375................................. $10,000 Magnum MK12 12 wheel rake. Call Dillon for details.

Tag #10213.............................................. $10,500 Rite-Way 8100 82-ft. harrow, hydraulic tine adjust, good tires. Tag #15208............................. $28,000 Morris 50 standard harrow cart, 10-5-ft. sections, 3/8” tines. Tag #15373................................ $2250

USED SQUARE BALERS

New Holland 688 round baler, 1000 PTO, gathering wheels, net and twine. Tag #14768............... $9000 2000 New Holland 688 540 PTO, Bale Command computer. Tag #14908................................. $7500

2001 New Holland BB940 3x3 square bale, new arrival. Tag #14846...................................... $32,000 Hesston 4910 large square baler, priced to move.

Tag #12665.............................................. $26,000 New Holland 320 4 cylinder Wisconsin gas engine, clean, shedded. Cut Bank. Tag #15095...... $6500

Choteau 1-866-466-5741; 406-466-5741 Conrad 1-877-278-5531; 406-278-5531 Cut Bank 1-800-273-5530; 406-873-5505

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PICKUP HEADERS FOR SALE (2) John Deere 615P pickup heads. Excellent condition Call (406) 868-5691, Great Falls, Montana

WALLY’S OVER DOOR CO. GREAT FALLS, MT

WAYNE PETRINI KRISTINE HABEL

Email: office@wallysoverdoor.com Phone: (406) 453-1425 • Fax: (406) 452-7516

PO Box 7430 • 815 18th Street N • Great Falls, MT 59406

Montana Organic Association’s Annual Conference CONTINUED FROM PAGE C38

(2007), Mikel & Nancy Lund (2008), Jon & Amy Kvaalen (2009), Andre’ Giles (2010), Nancy Matheson (2011), Dave & Dee Turner (2012), Jeff Schahczenski (2013).

Written nominations may be submitted

by MOA members no later than November 17, 2014, by email or regular mail to: Judy Owsowitz 6505 Farm to Market Rd Whitefish MT 59937 phone (406) 862-6362 email: terrapin@aboutmontana.net Please provide the following information with your nominations: • Nominee’s Name, Address, Phone and Email

• Describe the nominee’s connection to organic agriculture (50 words or less) • Why the nominee should receive the award Current and immediate past members of the MOA Board of Directors and members of the Awards Committee cannot be considered for these awards. It is preferred, but not required, that nominees be members of MOA. Please include your contact information as well.

The Awards will be presented at the Conference on Friday, December 5, at 7:30 PM.

Get ‘Er Done Wiest

• Hedge Restoration • • Fire Suppression • • Wildland – urban interface • • Forestry cleanup •

Gary Wiest 561 Wiest Road Brady, MT

406-753-2393 or 450-1968

Used Side by Sides & 4 Wheelers

2011 Polaris Ranger 800 crew. .......................................................................... $6999 2011 Polaris Ranger 800 .......................................................................... $6650 2012 Honda Rubicon 500 power steering.

5939 miles......................................................... $5640 2012 Honda Foreman 500 power steering, 4WD.................................................................. $4970 2011 Kawasaki Teryx 750 side by side, windshield, top. ................................................ $8150 2007 Yamaha Raptor 700R sport ATV, manual clutch & reverse................................................ $3450 NEW 2014 Bear Track aluminum ATV trailers.......................................................... In Stock

Used Street & Dirt Bikes

2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 900, 10,300 miles...................................................... $3820 2001 Honda XR200, dirt bike.............................................................. $1500 WE TAKE TRADES - FINANCING AVAILABLE

Yamaha — Honda — Polaris

Pure Bliss Cycle Sales

Check out our website for “Monthly Specials” www.pureblisscycle.com

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Phone (406) 278-7583 — 609 So. Main, Conrad, MT

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FLAMAN

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1-403-317-7200

www.flaman.com

Over 20,000 Farmers Rented Occasional Use Equipment Last Year

Daily, weekly, monthly rentals

For your equipment rental needs, call Your local authorized FLAMAN RENTAL DEALER

Power, Lattin & Sons .............................. 406-467-2901 Conrad, Lattin & Sons ............................ 406-278-3432 Helena, Grizzly Diesel ............................ 406-449-1269

Rock pickers & rock rakes Manure spreaders 15’ & 26’ mowers Land rollers • Harrows 10’, 14’ & 20’ breaking disks Trailers • Post drivers 3-point roto-tillers Grain vacs And more • Give us a call

* No Capital Outlay * 100% Write Off * No Depreciation * Easy To Book 3 Point Hitch Equipment & Skid Steer Attachments

Augers, Conveyors, Grain Equip. Grain Carts & Gravity Wagons

Sukup 18” heater, propane or natural gas fired................. $2895 Wheatheart swing auger 13”x71-ft., power swing, bin sensor, Farmking 10-ft. rear blade, hyraulic angle, hydraulic tilt, used 4 Mulkti flight hopper. Like new..................................... $19,900 hours. Like new condition............................................. $4500 Farmking 13”x85-ft. swing away with Brehon mover. Good Ramrod 1150 Taskmaster rubber tracks, extra attachments...... shape........................................................................ $17,500 .................................................................................. $10,900 Field Marshal 6-ft. rotary cutter, 3-point, red.................... $1895 Kodiak 6-ft. 3 point mower, medium duty with slip clutch.. $2300 Kodiak 6-ft. 3 point mower, medium duty with slip clutch.. $2300 NEW Wheatheart high & heavy hitter, 13 hp Honda motor, all Kodiak 6-ft. 3 point mower, medium duty with slip clutch.. $2700 hydraulics, highway tires............................................ $14,900 2009 Tram 10-ft. rotospike. Comes with replacement tines. Good condition.................................................................... $11,900 2007 Surgemaster log splitter, 25 ton, 5.5 Honda, 4 way head available....................................................................... $3300 2010 Leon 1700 17 cubic yards, cutting edge at 75%. Excellent. .................................................................................. $44,900 2006 Surgemaster log splitter, 25 ton, 5.5 Honda, 4 way head available....................................................................... $3200 2011 Leon 650 land scraper, 6.5 cubic yards. Excellent .$20,900 Surge Master 20 ton log splitter........................................ $2750 HD 10-yd. scraper. SN K-14552...................................... $19,000 2005 Dirt Dawg post hole digger, 9 hp. Honda, hydraulic auger.

Good condition............................................................. $3500 2005 Dirt Dawg post hole digger, 9 hp. Honda, hydraulic auger. 2012 Schulte FX530 SN C53010046206. Excellent...... $43,000 Good condition. Each................................................... $3500 2010 Dirt Dawg post hole digger, 9 hp. Honda, hydraulic auger.

Excellent. Each............................................................. $3950 2010 Dirt Dawg post hole digger, 9 hp. Honda, hydraulic auger. 2012 Schulte RS320 conveyor style, 3.2 cubic yard hopper. Nice Excellent. Each............................................................. $3950 shape........................................................................ $18,850 2010 Farm King 5.5-ft. 3 point disc, 17” blades, adjustable angle. 2014 Schulte RS320, conveyor style, 3.2 cubic yard hopper. Nice Nice.............................................................................. $2400 Shape........................................................................ $19,900 Schulte 1100 snowblower................................................. $9200 Schulte SDX 840 snowblower. SN B70190309909........... $5700 Schulte SDX-110 snowblower. SN B1101073010.......... $14,250 2007 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, SN 87743..................... $10,250 2009 Sovema 12-wheel V-rake, tandem axle, SN 118642...$12,750 2014 Pro Bagger hopper, 23-ft. conveyor with mover........CALL 2014 Pro Bagger hopper, 23-ft. conveyor with mover........CALL 2014 Pro Bagger hopper, 23-ft. conveyor with mover........CALL 2008 Haukaas 10 bale mover. Nice shape..................... $21,900 Pro Bagger 1210 wide mouth hopper............................... $3800 2007 Haukaas 10 bale mover. SN 007-016.................... $21,900 2013 Pro Bagger 23-ft. conveyor with mover. Like new. $37,000 2006 Haukaas 10 bale mover, hydraulic end gate. SN 02026.....

2013 Pro Bagger hopper, 23-ft. conveyor with mover. Excellent .................................................................................. $20,900 shape........................................................................ $36,900 2012 Pro Bagger hopper, 23-ft. conveyor with mover........CALL

Post Pounders Land Scrapers

Schulte & Kodiak Mowers

Rock Pickers

Flaman Pro Grain Baggers

Heavy Harrows

2011 Riteway 62-ft., 9/16” tines at 22.5”. Nice shape....... $35,500 2008 Riteway 50-ft., 9/16” tines at 21”, Valmar applicator.$40,900

Manure Spreaders

Leon 425 vertical beater manure spreader. SN 6983.... $19,900 Leon 425 vertical beater manure spreader. SN 80680.. $18,900 Meyer’s 440 bushel, vertical beater. SN16VB44012...... $26,500 Meyer’s 440 bushel, vertical beater. SN 14VB44010..... $27,500 Meyer’s 440 bushel, vertical beater. SN 6VB44012....... $25,900

2013 J&M 1000 900 tires. Excellent, used 1 season, red..$52,400 J&M grain carts, 1511 bushel, scale, tarp, GT460 auto log, Track driven, 22” auger.............................................................CALL 2-J&M 1411 grain carts, walking axle, tarp, GT460 auto log on scale...............................................................................CALL J&M grain cart, 910 cart/1025 bushel, tarp, 900/60R32 lug tires, scale (5 point system) with GT auto log.........................CALL J&M grain cart, 810-875 bushel, tarp, 30.5 lug tires, PTO extendable auger, scale with GT460 auto log...........................CALL 1994 UFT grain cart, hydraulic drive, 750 bushel, tarp, brand new 30.5 lug tirs................................................................. $19,000 2009 J&M 1325 scale kit, auto log, walking beam axle, 22” auger, #6062......................................................................... $60,500 2011 J&M 1326 scale kit, auto log, walking beam axle, 22” auger, #6155......................................................................... $63,900

Dieci Telehandlers & Montana Tractors

Montana 4944 49 hp., FWA, loader, 3 point, 2 remotes, 3 speed hydrostat.................................................................... $20,500 Montana 3944 39 hp., FWA, loader, 3 point, 2 remotes, 3 speed hydrostat.................................................................... $16,000

Grain Bag Extractors

Hay Rakes & Pasture Equip.

2013 Tridekon grain boss, 13” 360 degree unload auger, steering axle. Like new............................................................ $39,900 2011 Tridekon 1210 HD factory updates, excellent. SN TRI-111091.......................................................................... $27,000 2010 Tridekon 1210 HD. serviced, field ready. SN TRI-10-1066. .................................................................................. $26,000

Bale Carriers

Tree Chippers & Grass Seeders

Discs

2010 Wishek 714 30-ft. field disc with 24” blades. Nice condition.............................................Clearance Special $70,900 2008 Wishek 842NT 26-ft., 11” spacing, 24” front. Priced as is, needs rear gang work................Clearance Special $50,900 Ezee-On 4600 35.5-ft. disc, front notched 24” rear blades, 25” smooth front.............................................................. $50,500 Ezee-On 4600 38-ft........................................................ $47,500 Ezee-On 4590 38-ft. Nice shape................................... $33,900 Case Cod Hutchmaster 30-ft., SN 1659116. Decent shape...... .................................................................................. $18,900

* Freight rates apply on all used equipment. *

2008 Brillion 10-ft. grass seeder, light kit, acre meter. Excellent. .................................................................................. $12,900 2008 Brillion 10-ft. grass seeder, light kit, acre meter. Excellent. .................................................................................. $12,900

Grain Vacs

2012 Rem 2700 SN 2999. Nice shape.......................... $15,900 2011 Rem 2700 only 100 hours on unit. Excellent......... $19,500 2009 Rem 2700 360 hours, new fan. SN 0592............... $12,900

New Clearance Items

25’x80’ arch frame tent...................................................... $7995 Tree Spade quick attach, 3 shovel................................. $11,500 Bandit 1700 liquid fertilizer cart, ground drive pump, total drain tank........................................................................... $20,500 Poly West 1075 gallon low profile transport tank. Needs plastic weld.............................................................................. $1500

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SPRAYERS FOR SALE

2004 Brandt 130-ft. sprayer...............................$9500 obo 2006 Brandt 100-ft. sprayer...............................$9500 obo Phone Mitch Auer (406) 861-0558, Broadview, MT

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HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE IN TETON COUNTY Alfalfa/grass round bales and barley straw round bales Delivery available Phone (406) 870-9003

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Flexi-Coil 45-ft. air drill with 9” spacing, 2320 tow between cart.

1984 John Deere 8820 combine, 230 header, 5900 engine hours.

Both of the above pieces are original farm/owner.

Ford 8N utility tractor, working condition, new battery.

6-ft utility cultivator.

6-ft. light duty 3-point blade.

Phone Byron (406) 278-5352 or 450-1182, Conrad, MT

Super Saving Sale Modulars starting at $60 per sq. ft.

Technology makes sidedressing crops with manure easier

By Jerry May, Michigan State University Extension

SAVE LOCK IN SALE PRICE, TAKE DELIVERY LATER! $1000’s • WOW!! Triplewide 2790 sq. ft. with all the bells & whistles.

• 1600 sq. ft. modular, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 6” walls, glamour bath, low-e windows, upgraded cabinets. ONLY $103,900

NEW HOMES 406-248-1100 of the FUTURE www.newhomesofthefuture.com 7239 South Frontage Rd., Billings, Montana 59101

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Fortunately they had previously purchased and had some experience with a spreader and injectors capable of sidedressing in standing crops.

In mid-June, Weburgs started sidedressing corn with manure. The farm employee operating the equipment reported that the GPS and automatic guidance used on the farm simplified and improved the process.

The driver was able to set the tractor to follow the line previously established during planting. The tractor and manure spreader combined create a long piece of equipment.

Any slight direction corrections by the tractor pulling the spreader are magnified at the rear of the spreader and have the potential to either cover the corn or till it out.

Because the planting tractor was equipped with automatic guidance, rows were planted such that the tractor pulling the manure tank didn’t need to respond to row variation and the manure spreader was held straight. The

operator reported slightly adjusting the line of the sidedress tractor to center the manure injectors between the rows. The small corn plants were not disturbed by the operation.

The Weburgs are also cooperating on a field trial facilitated by the Michigan State University Extension Nitrogen in the Environment work group. This trial is currently designed to compare nitrogen (N) provided by sidedress manure to 28 percent liquid N applied with herbicides after the crop was planted and a combination of a reduced rate of liquid N plus sidedress manure. Using previous manure analysis, the manure application rate was adjusted to provide the crop with the equivalent amount of N as the normal farm application rate using the 28 percent liquid N. The trial was originally designed to include manure applied prior to planting, but weather prevented including that component in the plots. Evaluation factors include grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency and the impact of compaction caused by the manure spreader when sidedressing.

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Detecting and preventing disease in trout

By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are taking their studies to the field to gauge the survival rate of a new line of rainbow trout that is resistant to bacterial cold-water disease.

The disease often kills young, smaller cold-water fish species and impairs growth and yield in larger, older fish. In addition to developing a disease-resistant trout line, researchers at the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture (NCCCWA) in Leetown, West Virginia, created a susceptible line and a control line to use in studies.

Molecular biologist Greg Wiens and geneticist Timothy Leeds at NCCCWA recently evaluated the three trout lines in field trials. Partnering with the aquaculture industry and government stakeholders, they measured performance of trout under farm conditions before and after natural exposure to the pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum, which causes bacterial cold-water disease. The rate of survival for the disease-resistant line was higher, and fewer diseaseresistant fish harbored the pathogen in their internal tissues compared with the control and susceptible fish.

A highly sensitive real-time polymerase chain (PCR) reaction test, developed by Wiens and postdoctoral fellow David Marancik, was used to confirm that the resistant trout line did not harbor any detectable pathogen. The PCR recognizes a unique gene sequence found only in pathogen and accurately measures small amounts of it in fish tissue.

In other studies, scientists identified a genetic link between a physical trait—spleen size—and specific disease resistance in fish. Wiens and research geneticist Yniv Palti found common genetic regions in trout that influence both spleen size and disease resistance, and they are conducting further research to identify the genes that are responsible.

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By Aaron Berger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Two factors influence whether or not there is benefit to feeding cows a protein supplement when grazing cornstalks.

Consider the following when determining whether or not the feeding of a protein supplement is needed.

The first factor is the quality and quantity of forage available. The amount of corn, leaves and husks will vary with growing and harvest conditions. Cattle will select the grain and best quality forage first when initially turned into a field. As cattle continue to graze, their diet quality will decrease. Once cattle have eaten the available husks and leaves and begin eating more of the stalk, diet quality will go down significantly. Weathering will deteriorate forage quality. Cool, dry weather conditions in the fall and winter will maintain quality for a longer period of time, while wet, warm, muddy conditions will result in a faster deterioration of leaves and husk.

The second factor is cow body condition score at the initiation of grazing. Recent research at the University of Nebraska indicates that mature, spring calving cows in a body condition score 5 or better do not need supplemental protein or energy when grazing targets removal of half of the leaves and husk based on corn yield. See the 2012 Nebraska Beef Report Supplementing Gestating Beef Cows Grazing Cornstalk Residue for more information. Plan to supplement cows with salt and mineral. Bred two-year-old heifers in their third trimester as well as lactating cows will have higher nutrient requirements. These will need both protein and energy supplementation to meet their nutrient requirements. Spring calving cows in a body condition score less than 5 would likely benefit from protein supplementation.

For more information on management of grazing cows on cornstalks or other crop residues, please see the recently released UNL Extension Circular “Grazing Crop Residues with Beef Cattle”. To view a webinar on cornstalk grazing go to the Beef.unl.edu website and see “Cornstalk Grazing - Understanding the Value to Cattle Producers and Corn Farmers”.

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By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service The team was the first to gather data— Though you can’t tell just by looking at representative of the entire U.S. cattle them, some of the cattle grazing in a pasture, population—to estimate incidence of suor noshing high-energy rations in a feedlot pershedding. Their analysis showed that pen, may be “supershedders”—meaning supershedders may make up approximately they shed high levels of pathogenic Esch2 percent of a herd, on average. erichia coli—such as E. coli O157:H7—in In other work, the researchers monitored their manure.

O157 contamination on hides of cattle in 10 Supershedding could increase the amount feedlot pens and determined that supershedof E. coli O157 that makes its way from ders were responsible for the majority of pasture or feedlot pen into packinghouses contamination. where steaks, roasts, ground round, or other There’s more. Arthur and team showed in-demand beef products are prepared. that, in supershedders, E. coli colonization Often referred to simply as “O157,” this may occur throughout the digestive system, bacterium is apparently harmless to cattle. from mouth to tail-end. “If you are operatBut in people, it can cause vomiting, severe ing a packinghouse sanitation system with stomach cramps, diarrhea, or other illness, the expectation that O157 occurs primarily such as hemolytic uremic syndrome—a in the lower digestive tract, it’s important sometimes deadly form of kidney failure. to know that a supershedder is apparently In the United States, O157 is associated an exception to that generalization,” Arthur with about 95,000 infections every year, acsays. cording to estimates from the U.S. Centers One strain to blame? for Disease Control and Prevention. Some In another “first,” the researchers showed of these infections are attributed to eating that supershedding was not restricted to any O157-contaminated ground beef that was particular O157 strain. “Our work rules not properly cooked. Findings from studies out the idea that a strategy should target a led by Agricultural Research Service microspecific strain or strains to reduce superbiologist Terry Arthur may help keep beef shedding,” Arthur says. “The O157 in the safe to eat by adding to our knowledge of manure samples collected for our research supershedding. Arthur is with the agency’s was mostly a mixture of strains in which no Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Resingle E. coli predominated.” search Center in Clay Center, Nebraska.

The research has also yielded criteria to The investigations may provide a sciengauge the success of candidate strategies tifically sound basis for new and effective for reducing or eliminating supershedding. strategies to curb supershedding. What’s Such interventions might include treating more, the studies are a step toward a longer cattle with an O157 vaccine or adding an term goal—shared by public health officials, ingredient to their feed that helps suppress food safety researchers, and beef producers, the pathogen. For an intervention to be processors, and purveyors alike—of ensurdeemed successful, the scientists say, two ing that no harmful E. coli occurs in any criteria must be met. First, none of the cattle link of the beef-production chain—from in the pasture or pen would be supershedranch to fork. ders. Second, the rate of fecal contaminaWhat defines a supershedder? tion (the number of cattle in a pen that are Scientists generally agree that a supershedding O157 in their manure) would be shedder is any animal that sheds 10,000 kept below 20 percent. Though preliminary, pathogenic organisms per gram of manure. these criteria are apparently the first statisti“It isn’t the amount of manure that’s shed,” cally sound targets for the development and Arthur emphasizes. “It’s the amount of the testing of a feedlot intervention. pathogen in the manure.”

“When you have a supershedder or more Supershedding is a transitory condition than 20 percent of the animals shedding that researchers currently think lasts less O157 in their manure,” Arthur says, “you than a month. Regardless of duration, the have a dramatic increase in the number of basic problem with supershedding is the hides contaminated with manure-borne E. same: the copious amounts of O157 in the coli O157. Hide contamination is typically manure don’t necessarily stay where the 80 percent or higher in those pens. manure was deposited.

“It may seem surprising that having 20 Instead, shedding may lead to spreading. percent of the herd shedding O157 at low An animal that takes a soothing dust levels, or one animal supershedding, could bath, for instance, may inadvertently roll lead to having 80 percent of the hides conover some E. coli-contaminated manure taminated with O157. But cattle tend to conon the feedlot floor and end up with O157 gregate, and that promotes contamination. cells stuck to its hide. Later, some of that “Right now, it’s difficult to say what’s manure-borne E. coli may spread to pen ‘normal’ in terms of the number of cattle in mates during the usual milling about. Or the a pen that shed O157. We’ve seen anywhere microbes could be ingested during mutual from 0 to 100 percent, and we’re trying to grooming, another normal, everyday behavdefine factors that are responsible for the ior of pastured or penned cattle. differences.”

E. coli O157 that’s swallowed might then Arthur’s group of current and former colonize a previously uninfected animal’s ARS scientists, including Clay Center regastrointestinal tract, and that animal’s searchers Mick Bosilevac, Jim Bono, Dayna manure could later become a new source Brichta-Harhay, Norasak Kalchayanand, of infection in other cattle.

Mohammad Koohmaraie, John Schmidt, From feedlot to packinghouse Steven Shackelford, and Tommy Wheeler, Understandably, high levels of O157 has documented these findings in peer-reon cattle hides could stress packinghouse viewed scientific articles published in 2009 sanitation systems designed to prevent the and 2013 in Applied and Environmental spread of the pathogen.

Microbiology. ARS and the Beef Checkoff To discover more about supershedding, helped fund the research.

Arthur and colleagues designed and conOther aspects also probed ducted studies of 6,000 head of feedlot cattle Related work at Clay Center, conducted and more than 13,000 manure, hide, and by researchers Jim Bono and Jim Wells, carcass samples. Some of their investigaalong with colleague Andy Benson of the tions are among the most detailed of their kind, to date.

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BeefTalk: Time to sort the thin, young or old cows

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service producer, why not acknowledge those time The cow is the source of production, so frames when a positive impact could be keeping her in shape is critical. made to lower total feed costs.

Today’s point is that cows will regain For example, a moderately milking body condition easier when production 1,300-pound cow would like to eat about demands are low. Also, as a general rule, 30 pounds of good, green hay a day prior when the living have adequate food but are to weaning. After weaning, that same cow limited to little activity, weight gain occurs. needs 26 to 27 pounds of that same hay. In If food is bountiful, weight gain will occur other words, the cow is no longer milking even faster. and does not need the extra feed. However, In the case of cows, producers should if the feed is offered, such as during fall take advantage of this. As cows go out of aftermath grazing, the cow will store that production during late lactation and weanextra feed as improved body condition. ing, fall provides an excellent time to put Even if feed is plentiful, the producer can weight on cows. In addition, the cow does take feed away from well-conditioned cows not need to channel calories into staying and give it to the thin cows. The thin cows warm, so do it now. should respond with increased conditioning, Feed seems to be ample in the northern which means they will be better prepared for Great Plains. However, after a quick review winter and next year’s calving. of the U.S. drought monitor map, one is No-emergency pre- or post-calving feedquickly reminded that those dark red, excesings mean less overall expense. Each fall, sively dry areas always seem to be present there is a window of opportunity to evaluate somewhere. This year, cattle in the southcow condition and improve the condition of western and western areas of the U.S. may those cows that are thin. have more difficulty finding feed, which, There are two very important points to in reality, is the largest direct expense for consider. Cows that are thin will be thin to cattle producers. thinner in the spring if adequate nutrition is In fact, according to the North Dakota not increased now. Also, thin cows do not Farm Management education program compete well with cows that are in better (http://www.ndfarmmanagement.com), condition. along with FINBIN (http://www.finbin.

“Thin cows do not compete” and “they umn.edu) from the Center for Farm Finanneed more feed” are points that need to be cial Management at the University of Minwritten on a barn wall, painted on pasture nesota, almost three-fourths of the direct fences and noted on all of your paperwork. expenses of a cow can be traced back to Standard fall production practices should feed-related items. include a visit with a good nutritionist and Although current market trends tend to applying common sense. The most practical muffle these expenses, they still are exsolution is to split the herd at weaning into penses, so long-term survivability relates at least two groups. to the ability to control expenses. A quick Cows that are thin, showing no fleshiness, look at some of the numbers available from and some obvious rib and bone structure, FINBIN shows that production costs are esneed to be sorted out. In addition to these calating. Annual direct costs are approachthin cows, young and old cows also may be ing $500 per cow, or almost $1.40 per day. added to the sorted-out group. The second If feed-related expenses continue at group should be the better-conditioned, three-fourths of direct expenses, $1-a-day mature cows, and they should be fed acfeed costs soon will be pretty common. cordingly. This group should not require Of course, there still are big, medium and the greater degree of supplementation the smaller cows. There are cows that eat at first sort needs. bunks and cows that walk a mile for lunch.

Overly conditioned, nonproductive cows There are cows that could fill a milk bucket make good market beef, so you don’t need and those that introduce their calf to outside a separate pen for them, just a truck. The feed quickly. bottom line: Don’t wait because fall is the More than likely, all these types of cows time to bring cows back into condition and, exist in herds across the area because a lot if you are going to buy some supplement, of cows are not selected for specific traits put it where it needs to go. that lower costs. Instead, they are selected May you find all your ear tags? for specific traits that increase production.

For more information, contact Ringwall Also, the information that is known about at 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601, cow efficiency relative to decreasing feed or go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/colcosts is not readily implemented into a umns/beeftalk/. cow herd. For the average herd and typical

“Supershedders” role in spreading E. coli scrutinized CONTINUED FROM PAGE C48

University of Nebraska-Lincoln and others, may fill in other pieces of the supershedder puzzle. In particular, their research may help answer the question of why some cattle are supershedders while others are not.

In one set of studies, these scientists are inventorying and comparing the microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract of supershedders with those dwelling in nonsupershedders. This work may provide clues about whether some microbial species and strains help O157 flourish or, conversely, whether some “beneficial” species outcompete and suppress it. Such data may be useful in developing approaches to help the

beneficial strains proliferate in cattle.

In another line of inquiry, geneticists Larry Kuehn and Warren Snelling are scrutinizing the genetic makeup of supershedders to determine whether supershedding is a gene-controlled trait. If it is, it may be possible to breed the trait out of tomorrow’s beef cattle herds and help end this troublesome phenomenon.

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Farmers go digital to confront changing growing conditions

By Carlos J. Harris, USDA Tractor American farmers have a long history of overcoming obstacles. In 1938, they helped the country emerge from the Dust Bowl by switching to contour plowing and eradicated the boll weevil forty years later by employing integrated pest management techniques. In both cases – and many others – USDA was there to help farmers achieve success.

Many of the obstacles they face today are on a much larger scale, associated with climate change and seasonal weather variability. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is helping farmers get the tools they need to meet those challenges.

NIFA provided a $5 million Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant in 2011 to Purdue University to lead a multi-institutional effort to provide farmers with online tools that could make their crop-related decisions easier. Today, the resulting “Useful to Usable” (U2U) project is helping Corn Belt farmers improve their resilience and profitability amid the irregular weather conditions of a changing climate. The U2U project takes existing weather data and then provides the information in formats that farmers can use to manage their crops – what, when, and where to plant; fertilizing; irrigating; and more.

The U2U team consisted of Purdue, Iowa State University, Michigan State University, South Dakota State University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of Wisconsin.

“Developing solutions to the complex problems associated with agricultural production and climate change requires many skill sets and also localized knowledge,” said Melissa Widhalm, U2U project manager at Purdue. “While the entire Midwest is growing corn, specific regions have unique climate characteristics, farm management strategies, and social factors that must be considered. By bringing together a diversity of experts from across the region we can accomplish work that no single university could do alone.“ “The goal of U2U is to develop a dashboard of tools that people can use for decision-making, not only within the season but also when looking ahead at multiple seasons,” explained Dennis Todey, South Dakota State University’s U2U program director.

According to Todey, U2U contains various web-based tools, including the Corn Growing Degree Days (GDD).

Most plants, including corn, develop at rates that are dependent upon how much warmth they receive each day. GDD is a mathematical formula (based on daily temperatures) that determines how many units of heat the corn accumulates over the course of the growing season. Farmers can then use that data to compare how their crops are actually performing and when they may reach maturity compared to potential freeze conditions. U2U’s GDD method has proven to be helpful in both food safety and economic growth for farmers.

Farmers select the location and time when corn is planted and determine the amount of days it will take to reach maturity. According to Todey, the program then assesses the development compared to a 30-year average to project tasseling and maturity dates.

“The GDD tool has been particularly useful this year because of delayed planting and overall cool summer conditions. Producers have been able to review where they are in development and how likely corn is to reach maturity.

Producers can then make decision on chopping corn for silage, changing marketing decisions, or propane purchases for corn drying needs,” said Todey.

Another U2U decision support tool is the Climate Patterns Viewer (CPV). CPV gives a historic view of how El Nino weather patterns and Arctic Oscillations have influenced corn yield across the Corn Belt. The CPV map shows how these weather events have affected temperature, precipitation, and deviations in yield from 1981-2010.

“This is very timely, since we’re looking at a pending El Nino,” Todey said. “Farmers are now able to track the potential weather month by month and better understand how oscillations effect temperature changes, precipitation and crop yielding.”

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Durum wheat stocks in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 60.2 million bushels, down 9 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 41.4 million bushels, are down 4 percent from September 1, 2013. Off-farm stocks totaled 18.9 million bushels, down 20 percent from a year ago. The June - August 2014 indicated disappearance of 18.4 million bushels is up 25 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Barley stocks in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 179 million bushels, down 9 percent from September 1, 2013. On-farm stocks are estimated at 98.0 million bushels, 7 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 80.8 million bushels, are 11 percent below September 2013. The June - August 2014 indicated disappearance is 83.6 million bushels, 17 percent below the same period a year earlier.

Oats stored in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 73.2 million bushels, 15 percent above the stocks on September 1, 2013.

Of the total stocks on hand, 40.5 million bushels are stored on farms, 9 percent higher than a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 32.7 million bushels, 24 percent above the previous year. Indicated disappearance during June - August 2014 totaled 22.0 million bushels, compared with 37.5 million bushels during the same period Bob Welker a year ago.

Shelby, MT Old crop grain sorghum stored in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 34.0 million bushels, up 125 percent from a year ago.

On-farm stocks, at 1.95 million bushels, are up 223 percent from last year. Offfarm stocks, at 32.1 million bushels, are up 121 percent from September 1, 2013. The June - August 2014 indicated disappearance from all positions is 58.4 million bushels, up 125 percent from the same period a year ago.

Old crop sunflower stocks in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 201 million Reliability pounds, down 41 percent from a year ago. All stocks stored on farms totaled 25.1 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 176 million pounds.

Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 114 million pounds; of this total, 19.8 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 94.0 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunWireless interface between the flower stocks totaled 87.0 milECUs and display in the cab results lion pounds, with 5.30 million in fewer cables in the cab and less wiring exposed to harsh weather pounds stored on the farm and 81.7 million pounds stored off the farm.

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Of the total stocks, 462 million bushels are stored on farms, up 68 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 774 million bushels, are up 42 percent from a year ago. The June - August 2014 indicated disappearance is 2.62 billion bushels, compared with 1.95 billion bushels during the same period last year.

Old crop soybeans stored in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 92.0 million bushels, down 35 percent from September 1, 2013. Soybean stocks stored on farms totaled 21.3 million bushels, down 46 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 70.6 million bushels, are down 30 percent from last September. Indicated disappearance for June August 2014 totaled 313 million bushels, up 6 percent from the same period a year earlier.

All wheat stored in all positions on September 1, 2014 totaled 1.91 billion bushels, up 2 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 722 million bushels, up 30 percent from last September. Off-farm stocks,

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By Milton W. Orr, University of Tennessee

As most producers are aware, calving season is a busy time of year for most producers. It is important to plan the calving season from the start of the breeding season to make it as stress free as possible.

There are many things producers can do to reduce stress and problems associated with the calving season, but the best producers remain ready for problems to protect the investment in the calf crop. Below are a few tips for making your calving season as stress and successful as possible.

• Prepare and carry with you a calving kit. There are some problems that producers themselves can take care of if properly prepared. Keep in mind however, that there are limitations that producers must realize that will indicate a need for professional help. Your calving kit should include several items including, lubricant, palpation sleeves, colostrum supplement, towels, esophageal feeder, calving chains, bucket, water, flashlight, rope halter, catch rope, the phone number of at least two veterinarians, and possibly a heat source. A calf jack is not included in a producer kit as this usually indicates a problem that requires professional help. The uses of each of these will be discussed in the additional tips below.

• Having a very defined breeding season regardless of when it occurs, allows a great advantage at calving time in that it will define the beginning and end of the calving season. From a health, production, and management point of view, the shorter the period (60 to 90 days) the better. In addition, noting breeding dates on the animals possible to collect these dates on will shorten the hours spent during the calving season.

If information is known about the sire in regards to birth weight indicators, then many potential problems can be closely observed and mishaps avoided. These factors, along with regular checks, will allow a producer to avoid many calving season mishaps. The extra effort and expense to save one calf is well worth the cost when the value of that weaned feeder calf is approaching $725.00.

• Know what is normal. Producers should familiarize themselves with the normal calving process and the visual signs associated with each. The first stage of birth would be the presentation of the water bag and the breaking of the bag. This would indicate the start of the birth process and the fluid released is to lubricate the birth canal.

This phase will normally take somewhere between two and six hours depending on the age of the cow. Heifers usually take longer than older cows. The second phase is the presentation of the calf. Normal presentation usually begins with the appearance of two feet and a nose. The soles of the hoof should be pointed downward in a normal presentation. Hooves with the soles pointed upward usually indicates a breech, or backwards presentation which would indicate a more difficult birth. The presentation of the head and front quarters is followed closely by the rear quarters. This stage will take anywhere from a few minutes to almost an hour depending on the status of the cow and calf weight. Usually, heifers will take longer than mature cows. Heavier birth weights can result in longer times for birth to occur.

The third and last stage of the birth process is the elimination of the afterbirth. This stage can take up to 8 hours, but after that time, producers should seek assistance for those animals that have retained afterbirth.

Under no circumstances should the afterbirth be removed by pulling on the portion outside the animal. Removing afterbirth is job for a professional. Producers that are comfortable and know ledgeable about the normal birth process should be prepared to

assist the animal or call for assistance from a professional. Remember that if you are clean and careful, it is impossible to assist too early, but always cleanly and carefully.

• When it is determined that assistance is needed, there are a few practices that are important. First of all, prepare lubricant for lubricating the birth canal. This can be done by using a commercially available lubricant, or by preparing a mixture of Metamucil for those who are budget minded. Lubricant is one item that can be used without fear of using too much, so apply liberally to all surfaces of the calf and inside of the birth canal. Be sure to clean the outside of the cow as thoroughly as possible, removing all foreign matter that might carry bacteria resulting in infection of the uterus.

Use a mild disinfectant such as Betadine or Nolvasan in the wash solution to further lessen the incidence of infection. Be sure to apply the calving chains to the legs with the first loop placed above the pastern joint and a half hitch placed between the hoof and pastern joint. This placement of chains on both legs will lessen the chance of injury to the leg structure during the pulling process.

Be sure to pull first one leg and then the other to walk the front quarters of the calf through the birth canal. Be sure to check your progress often and re-apply lubricant each time. When the center of the calf’s belly crosses the anterior or front edge of the pelvis, the umbilical cord will likely be ruptured or broken, destroying the calf’s ability to receive oxygen transfer from the placenta. This is critical in the case of the breech birth when the calf’s head is still inside the birth canal as fluid will be drawn into the lungs as the calf attempts to breathe.

This is the time when time is critical and the calf must be delivered as quickly as possible to achieve a successful birth. Producers should understand their limitations in assisting in the delivery and not attempt assistance when unsure. A professional cannot correct mistakes made before they begin their assistance.

• Make sure that the calf nurses soon after birth. The ingestion of colostrum within the first 12 hours is essential in establishing passive immunity in the calf. In fact, it is often essential to the calf’s survival, in that the ability of the young animal to respond to disease and bacteria challenges often are dependent on immunity received from the colostrum. It is a good idea to collect colostrum from a nearby dairy, preferably from the older cows, and freeze for later use.

When thawing frozen colostrum, thaw by immersing the container in warm water.

Never thaw by placing on direct heat or microwaving the colostrum. Another option is a commercially available colostrum substitute. It is imperative that the animal receive the colostrum whether by nursing, bottle, or esophageal feeder. Remember to discard any unused colostrum after it has been stored for a year.

• After the calf is warm and properly protected by passive immunity, it is time to make sure that the calf is warm and dry.

It is much better if the cow attends to this as it allows a bond to develop between the cow and calf. If the calf is weak, it is a good idea to dry 3 the calf and provide some warmth. Usually, a vigorous calf will need no assistance if the cow cleans the calf and it nurses quickly.

• Keep a watchful eye on the calf crop throughout the development up to weaning.

Producers should be aware of the potential for scours to rob calves of valuable pounds during the growth period up to weaning.

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cluding weak and dead calves and cause serious financial losses. Scours are easily treated when detected early in the progress of the disease. Talk to your local veterinarian for treatment options, but remember that scours cause dehydration. Dehydration is the major cause of financial loss and dehydration treatment should always be your first line of defense for calf scours.

Remember, that you can plan for a successful calving season starting with the breeding season and be prepared for

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