The Trader's Dispatch October 2018 by The Trader's Dispatch

OCTOBER 2018

Vol. XIX No. 9 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997

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

NDSU to celebrate 45 years of excellence

By NDSU Extension Service The 45th annual Harvest Bowl program at North Dakota State University (NDSU) will be held November 2 and 3. The NDSU Harvest Bowl program recognizes the success, dedication and hard work of outstanding agriculturists in 53 counties in North Dakota and 10 counties in western Minnesota. Highlights of the event include a Harvest Bowl dinner and awards program November 2 at the Delta by Marriott, formerly known as the Ramada Plaza Suites in Fargo, and the Harvest Bowl football game between NDSU and Youngstown State on November 3. Also, on November 3, as part of Harvest Bowl, honorees will participate in educational sessions and tours on the NDSU campus. As the state’s land-grant university, NDSU plays a major CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

AUCTION SALES

Oct, 12, 13, 14, Lewistown Gun Show, Lewistown MT......................................A4 Oct. 13, Fromberg School, Surplus Auction, Fromberg MT............................A4 Oct. 13, Matt’s Auction Service, Fall Consignment, Vaughn MT......................A4 Oct. 13, .RK Statewide Auction, Car Care Liquidation/Retirement, Glendive MT ........................................................................................................................A2 Oct. 13, .. Billings Public Auto Auction, Cars/Trucks/SUVs & More, Billings MT ........................................................................................................................A3 Oct. 14, RK Statewide Auction, Gun & Coin, Sidney MT..................................A6 Oct. 15, Pate Auction Inc, Scoffield Retirement, Online...................................A7 Oct. 20, Jim Cooper Auctions, Shepherd Sandblasting & Painting Inventory Reduction, Shepherd MT..............................................................................A8 Oct. 20, RK Statewide Auction, Stockman Lanes Liquidation, Circle MT......A9 Oct. 20, Montana Auction Company, Bergem Retirementd, Arnegard ND....A10 Oct. 22, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Simonson Ranch, Online.....A11 Oct. 24, RK Statewide Auction, Dawson County Land, Richey MT...............A12 Oct. 27, Ophus Auction Service, Drugge Farm Auction, Chinook MT...........A13 Nov. 3, RK Statewide Auction, Automated Bulk Storage, Loball Construction, Miles City MT...............................................................................................A18 Nov. 3, Montana Auction Company, Cayer Rare & Antique Firearms Estate, Glendive MT.................................................................................................A17 Nov. 3, RK Statewide Auction, XL Land & Livestock Farm Machinery & Construction, Miles City MT.......................................................................................A19 Nov. 8, RK Statewide Auction, Roy Rogers Bar/Café, Terry MT.....................A20

Proposals sought for potato research

From Montana Department of Agriculture The Montana Potato Advisory Committee is seeking proposals for the Montana Potato Research & Market Development Program. Proposals should relate to demonstration projects, applied research, and market development projects designed to address needs and opportunities for the Montana potato industry. Proposals are due October 26, 2018. The committee has established the following research priorities for the 2018-2019 funding cycle: 1. Management of potato viruses and their vectors; 2. Stem and tuber diseases caused by fungi and bacteria (such as blackleg, scab, soft rot and ringrot); and 3. Weeds as alternate hosts for potato pathogens The committee will review proposals at the first regular meeting of the year. It will review all applications and make recommendations to the department for funding. Projects CONTINUED ON PAGE A3

PRODUCTION SALES

Nov. 8, Diamond D Angus, Valier.......................................................................A21 Nov. 14, Montana Hereford Assoc Feeder Calf Sale, Three Forks..................A23

4-H’ers take aim at the North Dakota 4-H Shooting Sports State Shotgun Match. (NDSU photo).

Politics and agricultural resiliency topic of annual MSU economics conference

The Montana State University Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and MSU Extension will host the 12th annual agricultural economics conference, “Agriculture and Political Uncertainty” on Friday, November 9, beginning at 8:45 a.m. in MSU’s Procrastinator Theater. The conference, part of the annual Celebrate Agriculture event in the College of Agriculture, will host several MSU agricultural economics and Extension faculty speakers on topics of interest to Montana’s agricultural industry, including grain markets, farm labor, farm bill, pollinator health and weather insurance for farmers and ranchers. The annual conference is an opportunity for university economists to share and discuss current topics with Montana’s agricultural community, according to Joel Schumacher, MSU Extension associate specialist. “Part of what makes a land-grant university so unique is the connection between faculty and off-campus audiences, and this event is an example of that valuable connection,” Schumacher said. “I think our faculty members look forward to this event as much as the attendees.” The conference’s guest M.L. Wilson Speaker this year is Randy Fortenbery, professor at Washington State University in the School of Economics Sciences and co-director of the Impact Center. Fortenbery, who also holds the WSU Thomas B. Mick Endowed Chair, will present a guest lecture, “Trade in an Uncertain Political Environment,” at 11:15 a.m. Fortenbery’s research relates to agricultural price performance,

impact of futures on cash prices, market development and trade. Additional conference speakers include Kate Fuller, MSU assistant professor of agricultural economics, who will address a report compiled by the department, “Montana Agriculture Year in Review.” Eric Belasco, MSU associate professor of agricultural economics, will address agricultural weather insurance. Anton Bekkerman, MSU associate professor of agricultural economics and associate director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, will discuss grain markets. Diane Charlton, MSU assistant professor of agricultural economics, will discuss farm labor issues. Professor of Economics Randy Rucker will discuss the economic impacts of colony collapse disorder, and George Haynes, professor and agricultural policy Extension specialist, will discuss the new farm bill. The cost of conference registration is $25 and includes a hosted a lunch. The conference will run from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in the Procrastinator Theater in MSU’s Strand Union Building. Participants are welcome to call 994-3511 to register or register online at www.ampc.montana. edu/fallconference, where a full conference agenda can be found. The conference is part of MSU’s annual Celebrate Agriculture event, held in honor of the state and university’s joint agricultural legacy and in celebration of current students, agriculture alumni and MSU’s extended agricultural community across Montana.

PRIVATE TREATY

The deadline for November issue

Feddes Herefords, Manhattan MT...............................A23 J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood MT...................................A23 McMurry Cattle, Billings MT........................................A23 Wichman Herefords, Moore MT...................................A23 Wyse Genetics, Manhattan..........................................A11

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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

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1992 International tandem dump truck (bad motor), 16-ft. Sturdyweld aluminum box, steerable lift axle, 24.5 rubber on aluminum, Hendrickson extended leaf suspension, 13 speed transmission, sell whole or parts!

TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE!

Currently wrecking 230 trucks. All shapes & sizes!

(7) Grain boxes and Hoists, Gravel Boxes and Flatbeds, ranging from 13-ft. - 22-ft. in size. Also (3) 1999 Fruehauf S.A. congears.

(41) 5/16 thru 1/2 transport chains (20) 5/16 thru 1/2 binders

Sales lot located I-90 at Rocker Interchange

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Car Care If you make a pdf to make smaller like October 2016 be Liquidation/ sure to make Tribune pdf Retirement Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 10:00 AM Location: GLENDIVE, MT – 128 ½ DOUGLAS STREET S

(Coming off the Yellowstone Bridge into Glendive, take first right for 2 blocks, turn right on Douglas)

Owner: KEN PENA 406-939-0049 cell 406-365-8811 shop Wedco 150000 BTU Oil Burner 8000 lb & 6000 lb post lifts Sioux Valve Grinder with roller cabinet and seat grinder (2) Engine analyzers Sun Volt/Amp Tester FMC Brake Lathe – does rotors and drums 1500lb Cherry Picker 16 Speed Floor Drill Press Sioux ¾ HP Grinder with stand Smith Cutting Torch with cart 20 Ton Press Fuel Line Disconnect Tools (4) Harmonic Balancer Pullers AC Seal Replacement Kit and pullers 36 drawer cabinet of brass fittings Carbide tip burr set Jack stands (2) roller carts Arbor press Cam bearing driver Ridge reamer Ring groove cleaner Sioux right-angle drill NAPA Coolant recycling system (2) Engine stands Several Floor jacks (2) Orbital sanders 1 Line sander Gear lube dispensers Miscellaneous seal and bearing drivers Hand truck Headlight aimers

16” wheels and tires for Chevrolet Automatic locking hubs Bearing assortment Seal assortment ¾” and 1” drive sockets Various pullers and bearing separators Large wrenches Slide hammers Totes full of carburetors and parts Many GM special tools NAPA die grinder set NEW Gear wrench sets – metric and SAE Socket sets – metric and SAE Gear wrench ¼ inch drive set (2) Snap On 3/8 air ratchets Snap On ½” impact

Ingersoll Rand 3/8 impact Stubby wrench sets – metric and SAE Over 50 service and repair manuals Rebuilt heads 2003 GMC Yukon for parts 9N Ford Tractor for parts 97 Ford Taurus for parts Numerous axle sockets and ball joint sockets Oil pressure sockets Heater 75000 BTU space heater Craftsman 5/8 HP 4 1/8” jointer planer Wilton 12 ½” planer White 20” auger type snow blower – electric start Shop Smith woodworking system

Ken has run his mechanic business for 48 years and has decided to liquidate his equipment and retire. He is one of the very best mechanics in Glendive. Ken has a complete line of mechanic tools and equipment. This is a great opportunity for someone starting a business or wanting high quality name brand tools! We hope to see you at this auction on October 13th! LUNCH AVAILABLE

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Big Horn County Montana quarantined for rabies

The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) has issued a rabies quarantine in Big Horn County after a stray cat tested positive for the disease. The cat was submitted for testing due to concern over potential human exposure. Under Montana law (ARM 32.3.1202) , counties are quarantined for 60 days when rabies is diagnosed in a terrestrial animal such as a dog, cat, skunk or fox. During the quarantine, all dogs, cats and ferrets must be vaccinated a minimum of 28 days prior to any travel outside the county. Rabies is a fatal disease of mammals that is virtually 100% preventable in domestic animals through the administration of rabies vaccine. A typical series for a dog or cat includes an initial vaccination at 3-4 months of age, a booster at 1 year of age, and subsequent doses of vaccine every three years. Pet owners are encouraged to keep their animals up to date on vaccinations and should consult with their veterinarian to determine local requirements. “This incident is a good reminder of the importance of vaccinating pets for rabies,” said Dr. Tahnee Szymanski, Assistant State Veterinarian with MDOL. “Non-vaccinated pets that are exposed to known or suspected rabid animals must be either euthanized or placed under a strict quarantine for up to six months.” This was Montana’s 16th case of rabies this year, with all previous cases having been in bats. Anyone who is bitten or scratched by an animal should thoroughly wash the wound with soap and water and seek medical attention for the wound. Animal bites should be reported to the county health department (or county sheriff’s office after hours) as soon as possible. The mission of the DOL is to control and eradicate animal diseases, prevent the transmission of animal diseases to humans, and to protect the livestock industry from theft and predatory animals. For more information on the department, visit www.liv.mt.gov.

NDSU to celebrate 45 years CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

role in contributing knowledge through research, academic programs and Extension. More than 2,700 agriculturists have been recognized and more than $210,000 in scholarships have been awarded to NDSU student athletes who are studying agriculture, business or premed, and come from an agricultural background. An agribusiness award recipient is chosen annually. This award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of agriculture and business in North Dakota and beyond. Sharon Anderson, former director of NDSU Extension and NDSU professor emeritus, will receive the 2018 award. For information on Harvest Bowl and to register, visit the NDSU Foundation and Alumni Association website at https://www.ndsualumni.com, call the NDSU alumni office toll-free at 800-279-8971 or locally at 701-231-6800, or email Melissa Harms at melissa@ndsualumni.com.

THE TRADER’S DISPATCH (USPS 019-793)

October 2018 — Vol. XIX No. 9 Published monthly by Trader’s Dispatch Inc., PO Box 997, Conrad, MT 59425-0997. Free on request to farmers, ranchers, heavy equipment owners and truckers in the Western United States. Non-qualifying in-state annual subscription fee is $15. Out-of-state nonqualifying U.S. annual subscription $25. Periodicals Postage Paid at Conrad, MT and at additional mailing offices.

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Hay & Flatbed Hauling Ty Aaberg cell - (406) 590-1572 Conrad, MT 59425

70 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE AI’d to Conneally Black Granite Start calving March 1 – All one herd

50 AI’d heifers 20 Bull bred heifers Near Great Falls, Mt Phone 406-781-4920

Darci Littrell was the 2nd place Junior beef showman at the Marias Fair with her cow. Darci was also busy showing her market hog at the fair which was in the championship drive. Photo by Kari Lewis.

Proposals for potato research CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

must be innovative and not duplicate relevant research already available to Montana potato producers. If relevant research is available, the applicant must explain how the proposed research will build upon the previous research. Montana continues to be a major producer of potatoes and seed potatoes. In 2017, Montana produced 3,740,000 cwt of potatoes with the bulk of that being sold for seed. The total value of potato production was over $46 million for 2017. Visit https://bit.ly/2NB9zWX for a complete list of guidelines and eligibility requirements. Questions on applications should be directed to the Montana Potato Research & Market Development Program, PO Box 200201, Helena, MT 596200201 or by contacting Jana Mertens at (406) 444-2402 or via email at JMertens@mt.gov.

PUBLIC AUTO AUCTION Saturday, October 13th

1248 1st Ave. N • Downtown Billings, MT Preview: 8:00 AM • Auction: 10:00 AM GR Lease Return, Repos, Private Sellers, PR EAT ICE S! D O Surplus Inventory of Cars/Trucks/SUVs, MIS N’T S IT and MORE! !

4-H’ers compete in state shotgun match

By NDSU Extension Service Ramsey and Dickey County teams took home the top honors in the 2018 North Dakota 4-H Shooting Sports State Shotgun Match. The match was held at the Capital City Gun Club in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Capital City Sporting Clays Range near Menoken, North Dakota. The competition brought in 56 shooters from across the state. Shotgun events consisted of trap, skeet and sporting clays. Seniors shot at 100 trap, 50 clay and 50 skeet targets. Junior division participants shot at 50 trap, 50 clay and 25 skeet targets. Shooters received one point for every target hit. The Dickey County team of Landon Hill, Erich Scheffert and Andrew Hill was the senior division champion. The team shot for a combined score of 511 out of 600 in the three events and qualified for the 2019 4-H National Invitational in Grand Island, Nebraska. The top shooters in the senior division and their scores were: • Tie for first - Landon Hill and Chris Morstad of Ramsey County, with scores of 172 out of 200; Hill also was the top scorer in skeet, with a score of 43 • Second - Scheffert, with a score of 171 • Third - Zachary Ohma, Ramsey County, with a score of 169; he also was the top scorer in sporting clays, with a score of 39 • Fourth - Andrew Hill, with a score of 168 • Fifth - Peter Wang, Ramsey County, with a score of 164 The Ramsey County team of Tayler Lorenz, Benjamin Vetsch, Evan Arndt and Rebecca Morstad scored 202 out of 375 points to claim first place in the junior division. The top individual scorers in the junior division were: • First - Jacob Thomas, Morton County, with a score of 97; he also was the top scorer in trap, with a score of 45; skeet, with a score of 19; and sporting clays, with a score of 33 • Second - Ty Awender, Dickey County, with a score of 83 • Third - Wyatt Dunlop, Rolette County, with a score of 79 • Fourth - Kylie Thompson, Morton County, with a score of 76 • Fifth - Lorenz, with a score of 73

2012 Ford F250 (5)

2008 Ford F250 Service Body

2005 Chevrolet 7500 diesel 1990 Sun Voyager RV 2000 Cadillac Seville 2003 Chevrolet 3500 Service Body 2005 Volvo XC90 2004 Dodge Durango 2008 Saturn Vue 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel 2002 Nissan Xterra

1920 Willys Overland

2008 Dodge Charger SRT8 Superbee

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2014 Chevrolet Equinox AWD

2008 Dodge Ram 1500 (3) 2009 Chevrolet Impala

2007 Chevrolet Suburban

2013 Ford F150 SuperCrew 1950 Ford Coupe Project

2005 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L Diesel

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2013 Chevrolet 1500

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OWNER RETIRING - AIR DRILL FOR SALE

Concord 4012-3 40-ft. air drill, large AS-2000 cart... $6000 Christensen Farms, Inc., (406) 450-1133, Conrad, MT

Lewistown Gun Show

October 12, 13 & 14, 2018 Fergus County Fairgrounds Trade Center - Lewistown, MT For more information contact Ed at (406) 538-5394 FROMBERG, MONTANA

SCHOOL SURPLUS SALE Saturday, October 13, 2018 Silent Auction - 7am — 11 am Back of gym parking lot and old bus barn

~ Items for sale ~

1992 bus chassis with 2012 Cummins 9500 bus motor with under 16,000 miles. 1999 Ford 14 passenger van. Many miscellaneous items.

Pickup Auction Items - 11am — 12 pm Call 406-668-7315 for more information or email - jjones@fromberg.k12.mt.us

Bids accepted via email.

K-State agronomy faculty members bring home national awards

By K-State Research and Extension News criteria including effectiveness in extenThree Kansas State University Departsion and outreach activities, significance ment of Agronomy faculty members are and originality of research, achievements being honored by their peers nationally and in private section application of agronomy, internationally for their exemplary work in crop, and/or soil science. agronomy, crop and soil science. Nathan Nelson, professor in agronomy, Ignacio Ciampitti, agronomy associate was named the recipient of the 2018 Soil professor has been honored with two prestiScience Education and Extension Award gious awards for his work in agronomy and by the Soil Science Society of America. crop science. The Crop Science Society of He will be honored at the SSSA AnAmerica (CSSA) selected Ciampitti as the nual Meeting in San Diego, California on 2018 CSSA Early Career Award recipient. January 8, 2019. The award recognizes The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) educational achievements in soil science. also chose Ciampitti as its 2018 Early CaNelson teaches courses in soil fertility, reer Award recipient. fertilizer chemistry, nutrient cycling, and The two societies are separate internainternational studies, and incorporates the tional professional organizations that share use of case studies, podcasts, and hands-on a cooperative relationship along with the activities to facilitate learning and increase Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). student engagement. His research program Ciampitti will be presented the awards at develops best management practices that the society’s annual meeting held jointly in minimize nutrient loss and maximize nutriBaltimore, Maryland, November 5, 2018. ent use efficiency, particularly with respect Ciampitti’s research focuses on maxito phosphorus. Nelson has authored 27 mizing yield and closing yield gaps by peer-reviewed journal articles, two book implementing best management practices, chapters, and numerous extension publicaemploying review and synthesis-analysis tions, abstracts, and proceedings. procedures, investigating interactions beDavid Mengel, professor emeritus and tween crop production factors, and using past department head in agronomy, was modeling and remote sensing approaches. awarded the 2018 ASA Distinguished He is a prolific speaker and author, with nuService Award. This award recognizes merous conference presentations, more than someone who has made a transformational 50 refereed papers, six book chapters, and is contribution to the profession of agronomy. the main editor of the ASA Sorghum Book. The focus of the evaluation criteria is on In his specialist role with K-State Research agronomic service with associated educaand Extension, he has given more than 220 tional, public relations, administrative conpresentations that have reached more than tributions, and efforts as a member of ASA. 20,000 participants. He provides leadership Mengel served as president of ASA in 2014 for several organizations, serving ASA as and has received several awards during a member and past-chair of the Extension his years of membership. In 1997, he was Education and Early Career communities elected Fellow of both ASA and the Soil and CSSA as a member and chair of the C-3 Science Society of America. division as well as an associate editor of the Crop Science Journal. ##### Both awards recognize individuals who Want to reuse cooking oil without it tasthave made an outstanding contribution in ing like whatever you just cooked? Cook a the areas of agronomy and crop science one-quarter-inch piece of ginger in it. This within seven years of completing their final will remove any previous odors or flavors. degree. Nominees are evaluated on several

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Cat face spiders, Araneus gemmoides

WHEEL LOADER FOR SALE

2009 Volvo L70F wheel loader, 3500 hours, 20.5 Michelin tires (90% good), hydraulic hook up, 3 cubic yard 100” bucket, Volvo forks (57” long tines), Weiss Big Bale hay head. Phone 307-850-5087, Riverton, WY

By Dr. Lauren Kerzicnik, Research Associate, Montana State University

MT Tractors Call (406) 370-6362 - Stevensville, MT Email: penderfarms@aol.com

John Deere 7920 MFWD, 7000 hours. Very nice............................. $65,000

Figure 1. Cat face spider, Araneus gemmoides. Photo by Katie Duncan.

It is the time of year when large, orange spiders are appearing on our front porches and decks. These are cat-face spiders. They make their webs outside on porches around lights and in corners. The female cat-face spiders have the name because they have these odd projections on their abdomens that look like cat ears. The females will lay an egg sac in early fall and will die shortly afterwards. Her egg sac will overwinter and the spiderlings will hatch in the spring. They are harmless spiders, but their body and web size can become quite large by early fall. They very rarely enter the home.

Disclaimer: These recommendations are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator’s responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. Due to constantly changing labels and product registration, some of the recommendations given in this writing may no longer be legal by the time you read them. If any information in these recommendations disagrees with the label, the recommendation must be disregarded. No endorsement is intended for products mentioned. The authors and Montana State University assume no liability resulting from the use of these recommendations.

Exhaust Kits with 25’ Hose Regular $2040

SALE $1375

Heavy Harrow Tines

John Deere 4455 MFWD, 7000 hours, PowerShift. Nice condition.. $38,500 John Deere 4255, MFWD, PowerShift. Good shape........................ $33,500

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John Deere 4255 John Deere 7810 2WD

John Deere 4055 MFWD, P/S. $32,000

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John Deere 6140M MFWD, A/Q, 3 hydraulics, H360 SL loader/bucket/ grapple................................ $82,000

New Holland TL90 MFWD, 3 pt., 2k hours. Clean........................ $32,500

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~WANTED~

All types of hay to bale on shares. Call for custom baling. Phone (406) 799-8323

##### Winter in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is caused by Earth’s axis in that hemisphere being tilted away from the sun.

PICKUP AND BALERS FOR SALE 2011 Dodge 3500 1-ton, 4WD dually, 6.7 Cummins diesel, chip, Laramie package, leather, sun roof, BW turn over ball, 8-ft. box, 84,000 miles, excellent condition. 2005 Challenger RB56 round baler, same as Hesston 956A, 1000 PTO, 4300 total bales, shedded, excellent condition. 2003 John Deere 567 round baler, 1000 PTO twine only, newer belts, excellent condition. Phone 406-378-3147, Big Sandy, MT

GUN & COIN auction Sunday, October 14, 2018 - Noon

LOCATION: SIDNEY, MT-PARISH CENTER, From Central Ave turn East at the Loaf & Jug on 7th Street for 3 blocks. (Located on the left -310 7th Street SE)

Lunch will be available!

Auctioneers Note: We have a great collection of Winchester lever action Rifles in very good condition selling at this auction. There are some very rare coins, as well. There are many coins that are not listed. This sale will be held inside. We hope to see you SUNDAY OCTOBER 14TH!

GUNS

• Winchester model 90, 22long octagon barrel SN#415997 • Winchester model 1890, 22 long octagon barrel SN#482203 • Winchester Teddy Roosevelt model 94, 30-30, SN#TR10086 • Winchester 1985 Chevy Outdoorsman model 94AE XTR, 30-30, SN#5297700 • Winchester Golden Spike Commemorative, model 94, 30-30, box and sleeve SN#GS2770 • Winchester Centennial ’66, 30-30, octagon barrel, SN1446 • Winchester Legendary Frontiersman model 94, 38-55 win, SN#11180 • Winchester Bicentennial ’76, 30-30, box and sleeve, SN#02452 • Winchester Teddy Roosevelt model 94, 30-30, SN#TR30608 **Note serial number numerical order • Winchester Teddy Roosevelt model 94, 30-30, SN#TR30607 **Note serial number numerical order • Winchester Lone Star Commemorative lever action, model 94, octagon barrel, 30-30, box and sleeve, SN#19610 • Winchester Centennial 66, 30-30 octagon barrel, box and sleeve, SN#62405 • Winchester model 94, 30wcf, SN#1166534 • Winchester Centennial 30-30 octagon barrel, in box and sleeve SN#17002 • Winchester Wells Fargo Commemorative model 94, lever action, 30-30, box and sleeve, SN#WFCO2460 • Winchester Legendary Frontiersman model 94, 38-55, box and sleeve, SN# LF07501 • 1903 Winchester Model 1892 Octagon Rifle in 38 W.C.F. (38-40) • 1904 Winchester Model 1892 Octagon Rifle in 32 W.C.F. (32-20) • 1906 Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine in 44 W.C.F. (44-40)

• 1906 Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in 38-55 W.C.F. • 1908 Winchester Model 1894 Round Barrel Rifle in 25-35 W.C.F. • 1909 Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in 25-35 W.C.F. • 1910 Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in 30 W.C.F. (30–30) • 1914 Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine in 25-20 W.C.F. • 1926 Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in 30 W.C.F. (30-30) • 1952 Winchester Model 1894 Carbine in 32 W.S (Winchester Special) • 1958 Winchester Model 1894 Carbine in 32 W.S. (Winchester Special) • 1963 Winchester Model 1894 Carbine in 30-30 • Made from 1963-1973 Winchester Model 250 Deluxe in 22 Long Rifle Lever action • Made from 1963-1971 Winchester Model 255 Deluxe in 22 Magnum Lever action • 1918 Savage Model 1899 Takedown with brass rotor in 250-3000 • 1924 Savage Model 1899 Takedown with brass rotor in 30-30 • Smith & Wesson Model 29-2 with 5” barrel in 44 Magnum • 1995 Ruger Vaquero with 7 ½” barrel in 45 Long Colt • Lorcin pink handles in 25 ACP • Davis Derringer in 38 Special

MONEY & COINS

• (2) 1934 $500.00 Bills • 1934 $1000.00 Bill • 1882 Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar • (55) Morgan Silver Dollars • (125) Liberty Silver Dollars • (50) Silver ½ Dollars • 1862 $2.00 Dollar Bill Mississippi Central RR Note/ Ink Sign • 1873 South Carolina $1.00 RR Note/Ink Sign • 1838 Liberty 1 Cent • 1996 & 1998 Silver Proof Sets • 1987 Silver Dollar Proof • 1992 Uncirculated Bank Set • 1984 Silver Proof Set w/leather case • 1935 & 1953 $1.00 Silver Dollar Certificates • 1934 & 1953 $5.00 Silver Certificates • (7) 1953 $2.00 Bills

• (2) 1976 $2.00 Star Notes • (2) 1976 Uncirculated $2.00 Bills • 1854 Zero Seated Liberty ½ Dollar • 1868 & 1881 3 Cent Nickel • 1853 & 1877-S Seated Liberty Quarters • 1866 & 1883 Shield Nickel • 1926, 1936 & 1937 Buffalo Nickels • 1920 P Buffalo Nickel • (2) 1913 Buffalo Nickels • 1865 & 1866 3 Cent Nickels • 1950 CHBU D Jefferson Nickel MS63 • 1837 & 1876 Liberty Dimes • 1854 & 1855 Dimes • 1837 & 1857 ½ Dime • 1850 Liberty Dime • 1849 Seated Liberty Dime • 1838 Silver Dime • 1866 2 Cent Shield Coin • 1857 Seated Liberty ½ Dime

MSU to host annual Celebrate Agriculture event

The Montana State University College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will host its 19th annual Celebrate Agriculture event, set for November 9-10 in the MSU Strand Union Building ballrooms. The event includes an annual agricultural economics conference, a 1968-themed harvest dance, and a public brunch. Celebrate Agriculture is held each year in honor of the state and university’s joint agricultural legacy and in celebration of current students, agriculture alumni, and MSU’s extended agricultural community across Montana. During the month of November, the college will celebrate its agricultural heritage, part of MSU’s yearlong 125th anniversary celebration. MSU Vice President of Agriculture Charles Boyer said the event is a longstanding tradition. Boyer said he’s particularly pleased to be honoring agriculture at MSU in November, as he’ll be retiring from a lifelong career in agriculture and higher education in December. “This year we’re particularly enthused to be celebrating agriculture at the state’s flagship land-grant institution,” Boyer said. “As we celebrate MSU’s historic 125th year and the bright future of agriculture and all disciplines at MSU, we want to welcome the friends, family and supporters of agriculture who share in our success.” The two-day event will feature the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics’ annual Outlook Seminar, “Agriculture and Political Uncertainty” scheduled from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Friday, November 9, in the MSU Procrastinator Theater. Several MSU agricultural economics faculty will present short talks on farm and ranch insurance, grain markets, labor issues, the new farm bill and colony collapse disorder. Randy Fortenbery, professor at Washington State University in the School of Economics Sciences, will deliver the keynote M.L. Wilson Lecture, “Trade in an Uncertain Political Environment.” Registration for the outlook conference is $25 and can be found online at http://www.ampc.montana. edu/fallconference/. Following the conference, the MSU Collegiate Stockgrowers will host a reception beginning at 4 p.m. in the atrium of the Animal Biosciences Building. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Agricultural Education Club will host an ice cream social in Room 231 in Linfield Hall for alumni of the Division of Agricultural Education. From 8 to 10 p.m., the event includes a public Harvest Ball in the MSU Strand Union Ballrooms. The dance is a throwback to 1968, with a vintage costume contest, live music by Rocky Mountain Pearls, a cash bar, photo booth and light refreshments. Costume prizes will be awarded. On Saturday, November 10, a free Harvest Brunch will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the MSU Strand Union Ballrooms, where the college’s annual Outstanding Agricultural Leader and 2018 honorary and alumni achievement awardees will be recognized. MSU President Waded Cruzado and Boyer will deliver remarks. At 1p.m., Bobcat Football will play Northern Colorado for the Ag Appreciation game at Bobcat Stadium. During the first half of the game, the Outstanding Agricultural Leader will be recognized. A full schedule of events for the Celebrate Agriculture weekend can be found at http://agriculture.montana.edu/ celebrateag/.

EQIP funding application cutoff for October 19

• 1825 ½ Cent • 1864 2 Cent • 1867 5 Cent • 1852 Silver 3 Cent • 1857 & 1858 Flying Eagle Pennies • 1788 &1799 Spanish Reales • 1825 Cape Bust MANY MORE COINS NOT MENTIONED

KNIVES

MANY HUNTING & COLLECTIBLE KNIVES (SEVERAL NEW)

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has set a Oct. 19, 2018, application cutoff for agricultural operators to be considered for 2019 conservation program funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers and ranchers implement conservation practices that provide environmental benefits to help sustain agricultural operations. Conservation program participation is voluntary and helps private landowners and operators defray the costs of installing conservation practices. NRCS accepts conservation program applications yearround; however, applications for 2019 funding consideration must be submitted by October 19, 2018. Applications made after the Oct. 19 cutoff will be considered in the next funding cycle. Additional information is available on the Montana NRCS website at www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov under the Programs tab or you can contact your local NRCS service center.

Bauer named interim NDSU Animal Sciences head

By NDSU Extension Service Marc Bauer has agreed to serve as interim head of North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Animal Sciences Department. Bauer, an associate professor in the department, became interim head September 16. “We are excited to have Dr. Bauer step into this leadership role in Animal Sciences,” says Greg Lardy, NDSU’s associate vice president for Agricultural Affairs. “I am confident he will work well with the faculty, staff, students and stakeholders in the Animal Sciences Department.” Bauer joined the department in 1996 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. In his faculty role, Bauer is responsible for teaching a wide variety of courses. He also is very active in advising undergraduate students, as well as student clubs and organizations, such as the FarmHouse Fraternity. “Dr. Bauer’s commitment to students through highly effective teaching and mentoring that pays close attention to the needs of the student has been an outstanding feature throughout his career,” says David Buchanan, associate dean for academic programs in NDSU’s College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources. Bauer’s research interests include feedlot nutrition and management, byproduct utilization, and nutrient digestion, absorption and utilization. He has developed ration-balancing programs for a number of livestock species; these programs are used throughout the state. His expertise in experimental designs and his knowledge of animal research are valuable to the graduate students in the department. Bauer also showcases the NDSU Beef Cattle Research Complex, Animal Nutrition and Physiology Center and other department facilities to tour groups, including members of the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, legislators and other decision makers in the state. In addition, he has been involved with many committees of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and is on an ASAS ad hoc committee to explore whether to establish a national accreditation program for animal science departments.

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GRAIN TRUCKS

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PICKUPS

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HARROWS

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HEADER & TRAILER

CASE 1010 grain header, 30’ w/Dakon 4044 transport trailer

HAYING EQUIPMENT

NEW HOLLAND 282 baler w/Wisc. eng. CASE side delivery rake

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HAY FOR SALE – ALFALFA/GRASS MIX

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Confirmed in N.D.

By NDSU Extension Service Palmer amaranth, a very aggressive weed, has been found in North Dakota for the first time. Laboratory analysis has confirmed that a plant found in a row-crop field in McIntosh County in southcentral North Dakota is Palmer amaranth. “A diligent farmer was scouting his field and doing some hand-weeding when he came across plants that looked unusual and wondered if they could be Palmer amaranth,” says North Dakota State University (NDSU) weed scientist Brian Jenks. The farmer pulled the plants to keep them from going to seed. He showed the plants to a local agronomist, who contacted NDSU weed specialists for confirmation. “We commend this farmer for being actively aware of the Shepherd Sandblasting & Painting Inc. weeds in his field,” Jenks adds. “This is the type of awareness and diligence needed to keep this weed from having any impact in the state.” Shepherd, Montana Palmer amaranth, the No. 1 weed problem in the U.S., is 4230 Shepherd-Acton Road a type of pigweed that originated in the desert region of the southwestern U.S. (New Mexico and Arizona) and northern Mexico, then spread to the Mississippi Delta before invading Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, as well as other states. Start 10 am - Preview 8 am _________________________________________ The plant in McIntosh County likely came from seeds dropped by migratory birds, according to NDSU Extension sugar beet agronomist Tom Peters. Palmer amaranth poses a serious threat to North Dakota crops 1993 GMC Top-Kick U-Haul because it can grow 2 to 3 inches per day in optimum conditions Hyster 180 forklift (new) engine, 13.5 hours and reach a height of 6 to 8 feet. A single plant can produce up to 1 million seeds. Especially heavy infestations have reduced SkyTrak 6036 yield up to 79 percent in soybeans and 91 percent in corn. 1980 triple axle gooseneck horse trailer, 7-ft. x 28-ft. Palmer amaranth is extremely hard to control because it is prone to being resistant to several herbicides. Applying herbi2006 4 seat buggy Volkswagen 1835 engine cides before the weed emerges is more effective than trying to Heavy duty sawhorses, 14-ft. to 40-ft. control it with herbicides after it has started growing, Peters says. Generators/Heat wagons and more Unlike other annual weeds that need to be controlled only through early summer, Palmer amaranth emerges throughout For photos and full listing go to jimcooperauctions.com the growing season, notes Jenks. Phone(406) 855-4908 Peters and Jenks say the best way to keep Palmer amaranth from spreading is to look for it. Identifying Palmer amaranth can be difficult because “Seal the Deal” with Reinke’s it resembles redroot pigweed, exclusive design... Powell amaranth and waterhemp. One of the best ways to The V-Ring Seal distinguish Palmer amaranth Tired of leaky T-Gasket style pipe gaskets used by other from the other weeds is its brands? Here is why our industry exclusive V-Ring seal and leaf stem, or petiole, Peters pipe flange is a superior design: says. Palmer amaranth’s peti• Flanges are specially engineered to form a triangular ole is as long as or longer than pocket next to the water pipe to accept the V-Ring seal. • Triangular pocket completely encapsulates the V-Ring seal the leaf blade. protecting it from damaging UV rays. Another clue is Palmer • Unique V-Ring causes no additional pressure loss due to amaranth’s distinctive, long, gasket intrusion into the water flow. • Steel to steel contact of the pipe flanges greatly increase snaky seed heads. The seed the strength of the joint. heads can grow up to 2 feet Because of these superior features our V-Ring seal is backed long. up with an industry exclusive “25-YEAR WARRANTY”!! Visit NDSU Extension’s Palmer amaranth website at Contact us to find out more on why Reinke is better by https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ design and lets - “Seal the Deal”! 7837 Hwy 287 palmeramaranth to learn more Townsend, MT about the weed and how to 1-800-654-2845 identify it. NEW LOCATION: Farm equipment, wildlife, 4270 US Hwy 310 water and wind are among the Joliet, MT ways Palmer amaranth seeds 1-855-654-2846 can spread. In other states, seeds also have been found in native seed mixes used for www.reinke.com

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Suicide prevention for farming and ranching

Suicide rates in rural America are soaring, and Montana has the highest suicide rate in the nation. A new free resource is now available to help the farm and ranch community address the unique stressors associated with agriculture, depression and suicide. The name of this initiative is Ask in Earnest. Funded by the Yellowstone Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition, www. askinearnest.org is a mobile-friendly site that is designed to raise the level of awareness of the prevalence of suicide in Montana farm and ranch communities and to engage rural populations in a community-based effort of suicide prevention. The founder of this initiative, Darla Tyler-McSherry, knows firsthand of suicide’s devastation. Her father, Dick Tyler, a Montana wheat farmer, took his own life on the family farm. Darla says, “We need to address mental health, depression and suicide in rural communities. Research shows that one suicide tremendously impacts 25 people, and another 115 are exposed to suicide’s devastating impact. One hundred forty people can be a significant portion of many Montana farming and ranching communities. We need to take action now to save lives.” For more information, contact Tyler-McSherry at askinearnest@hotmail.com.

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pollinator or wildlife habitats and in potting soil and hay. A lot of donated hay came into North Dakota in 2017 because of the severe drought the state was experiencing, so producers need to be on the lookout for Palmer amaranth and other weeds, Jenks and Peters say. Gardeners also need to keep in mind that the potting soil they buy in North Dakota likely was bagged elsewhere and it may contain contaminants such as Palmer amaranth seeds, Peters adds. Anyone who sees a plant that may be Palmer amaranth should contact a local NDSU Extension agent as soon as possible. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directory for contact information.

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ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS HAY FOR SALE

1st, 2nd, 3rd cutting of Alfalfa or Alfalfa grass irrigated and dry in 3x3 mid size squares and rounds..................................................... Starting at $75/ton Semi load discounts – Ostberg Farms, Fairfield, MT– (406) 590-1688 or 590-6488

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL I

Lots 16AP and 17 AP of Block 2, of the Amended Plat of the original townsite of Circle, McCone County, Montana, according to the Amended Plat filed on April 5, 2010, at 9:12 a.m. at Book 1 of Subdivisions, page 35-RB-35, as Document NO. 185883, in the office of the county Clerk and Recorder in and for McCone County, Montana.

Main Street, Circle, MT

BUILDING DESCRIPTION:

6750 sq. ft. building, electrical and plumbing has been updated, walk-in cooler in basement (the liquor licenses and lanes have been sold)

BOTH LOTS ARE COMMERCIAL LOTS A title commitment has been ordered and will be available, at their request, to prospective buyers for inspection prior to sale day. The above may or may not be the proper legal description; it was taken from the McCone County Tax Receipts. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any, and all bids.

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The building is in a great location on Main Street in Circle, MT. The bowling lanes and the liquor license have been sold previous to the auction. With the Keystone Pipeline coming, it would be the perfect time to start a business. Don’t miss this opportunity! ~ Rick

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Harvesting quality grain sorghum

By Brent Bean, Ph.D., Sorghum Checkoff Agronomist Harvesting quality grain sorghum begins with timely harvest. Ideally, grain sorghum should be harvested when the moisture content is between 17 and 20 percent. Elevators and end users differ on when they begin discounting for moisture, but any grain above 14 percent can be subject to a charge. In the mid-South and some Eastern states, extended periods of wet weather can lead to lodging, grain deterioration from molds and seed sprouting. For this reason, growers are encouraged to harvest as soon as the crop reaches maturity. If all grain heads in the field reach maturity at the same time and the heads extend above the flag leaf, growers may avoid the use of a harvest aid (desiccant) or the need of a hard freeze to kill and desiccate the plants. However, most of the time, growers still need a harvest aid to eliminate late green tillers, weeds and sorghum leaves that interfere with timely harvest. The most common harvest aid in grain sorghum is glyphosate. The key to successfully using glyphosate is to treat only the amount of acres that can be harvested in a timely manner. Growers should try to harvest glyphosate-treated sorghum eight to 15 days after application. If harvest is delayed, the sorghum is at risk of lodging. Also, the addition of Aim herbicide with glyphosate can aid in the control of morning glory and other tough-to-control weeds. Go to http://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/news-and-media/newsroom/2017/09/15/ sorghum-and-the-use-of-aharvest-aid-product/ for a full discussion on the use of a harvest aid. Once harvest begins, growers should cut just below the heads to avoid unnecessary intake of leaves and stalk material, which decreases harvesting efficiency. Grain sorghum can be harvested with a grain header (platform or rigid cutter bar), flex header, row crop header or draper header. When using a grain header, guard extensions attached to every other guard will reduce gathering losses in standing sorghum. Other attachments are available that can help with lodged sorghum if needed. Recently, a company developed a conversion kit for corn headers called ARROTM (Alternative Rotary Rowcrop Option), with kits available for most all corn header brands. These kits have worked well, and growers are using them in increasing numbers in the sorghum belt. Finally, growers should take their time when setting their combines because a well-adjusted combine can add a significant amount of income per acre. Loss is determined by counting seeds left behind the combine. Depending on seed size, 16 to 21 seeds per square foot will equal one bushel per acre. A 5 percent loss is considered acceptable for grain sorghum.

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HAY FOR SALE

2nd & 3rd cutting Premium Alfalfa hay in round bales. Relative feed value 190 Asking......$105/ton Hauling available.

406-289-0230 - Choteau, MT

BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE

Hope Lund won the Reserve Champion Steer - Overall and the Grand Champion Steer - Heavy Weight Division at the Wibaux County Fair.

Record high pork production for July

From USDA July 2017 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. July 2018 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.24 billion pounds in July, up 6 percent from the 3.99 billion pounds produced in July 2017. Beef production, at 2.23 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.77 million head, up 6 percent from July 2017. The average live weight was down 3 pounds from the previous year, at 1,330 pounds. Veal production totaled 6.1 million pounds, 8 percent above July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 47,800 head, up 22 percent from July 2017. The average live weight was down 27 pounds from last year, at 223 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.99 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.60 million head, up 6 percent from July 2017. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 277 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.1 million pounds, was up 10 percent from July 2017. Sheep slaughter totaled 178,900 head, 7 percent above last year. The average live weight was 135 pounds, up 3 pounds from July a year ago. January to July 2018 commercial red meat production was 30.5 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2017. Accumulated beef production was up 4 percent from last year, veal was up 1 percent, pork was up 4 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 6 percent.

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DAN SIMONSON RANCH

LOCATION: 16125 Lovejoy Road, Loring, MT • (16 mi N of Malta on Hwy 191N, 16 mi W&N on Lovejoy Rd)

Dan Simonson Ranch (406) 674-5247 Or 654-7250: Inspection of equipment by appointment.

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FAIRFIELD HAY & STRAW FOR SALE

Grass/Alfalfa hay in round bales.

Barley straw in round bales and 3x4 squares.

Call for delivered prices – (406) 870-9003, Power, MT

Seed bugs invading buildings By Dr. Lauren Kerzicnik, Research Associate, Montana State University

Dawson County

LAND AUCTION

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm 797.46+/- ACRES IN DAWSON COUNTY TO BE SOLD IN (3) THREE PARCELS Sale Location: Richey Senior Center, Richey, MT OWNERS: Deckert Family Trust whose address is in North Newton, Kansas will offer the following property to the public at auction. The final bid will be subject to their approval. The Owners reserve the right to accept or reject any, and all bids. PROPERTY LOCATION: From Richey, MT-Take Highway 254 toward Bloomfield, MT for 6.1 miles, turn on Road 506 for 3/10ths of a mile. (Parcel 1) For Parcel II you Take Highway 254 for 8.3 miles, turn left on Road 508 for 3.5 miles. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: PARCEL I 319.66+/- TOTAL ACRES W/242.32+/- ACRES OF CROPLAND, 77.34+/- ACRES OF GRASSLAND. Section 05, T21 N, R53 E, L 1,2, S2NE4, SE4 FRL CONT 319.66

Figure 1. False chinch bug adult (left) and nymph or immature (right). Photo by Salvador Vitanza.

Several phone calls and emails have come in about masses of insects infesting outsides of buildings and entering homes PARCEL II 317.80+/- TOTAL ACRES W/288.65+/- ACRES OF CROPLAND, 29.15+/- ACRES recently (Three Forks, Bozeman, Townsend, and Belgrade). OF GRASSLAND. S18, T21 N, R54 E, N2 FRL CONT These are immature seed bugs (Family Lygaeidae) and are PARCEL III 160+/- TOTAL ACRES OF CROPLAND. S21, T21 N, R54 E, SW4 CONT most likely the false chinch bug, Nysius sp. Because it is an immature, species identification is difficult. MINERAL RIGHTS: Any mineral rights held by the Deckert Family Trust will transfer. These seed bugs are coming to buildings and turfgrass A title commitment has been ordered and will be available, at their request, to prospective in search of moisture and humidity when their normal host buyers for inspection prior to sale day. The above may or may not be the proper legal deplants dry out. When not aggregating on buildings, they are scription; it was taken from the Dawson County Tax Receipts. sap-feeding insects and feed on weeds such as flixweed, TAXES: Taxes will be pro-rated from the day of closing. plants in the mustard family, turf, kochia, and pigweed. Aggregations can be in the hundreds at certain times on plants TITLE INSURANCE: Standard owner’s title insurance will be provided by the seller through and on buildings. First American Title Holding Company, 204 N Kendrick Ave, Suite 205, Glendive, MT Management: This invasion is only temporary, and they (406)365-5482 TERMS: Cash. 10% down sale day, the balance due at closing approximately 30 days from should die on their own within a week or so. Reduce watersale date at the office of First American Title Holding Company, 204 N Kendrick Ave, Suite ing to your lawn, if possible. Seal up any cracks, crevices, 205, Glendive, MT (406)365-5482 or holes in screens. They are resistant to many insecticides, Buyers Premium: A 2 % Buyers premium will be added to the winning bid price to arrive at but perimeter/foundation sprays on the outside of the buildthe total contract price paid by the purchaser. ing can temporarily reduce densities of the pests. They are Your bid is considered acceptance of the terms of this auction. If you, the Buyer fails to close, the down payment is non-refundable. If the Sellers fail to close, 100% of the down payment will be returned. At this time, there is no harmless to humans and pets and are not known to bite. The known reason that the Seller would not be able to close. All funds are held in the escrow account of First Amerifact sheets below might also be helpful. can Title Holding Company, 204 N Kendrick Ave, Suite 205, Glendive, MT (406)365-5482 All information is from sources deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by the Sellers or the Auctioneers. Offering is http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/falsesubject to error, omission, and approval of purchase by owner. We urge independent verification of each and chinch-bugs-5-603-2/ every item submitted to the satisfaction of any prospective buyer. It is every potential bidder/purchaser’s sole responsibility to accomplish his or her due diligence in whatever manner he or she deems advisable. Announcehttps://utahpests.usu.edu/schoolipm/structural-pest-idments made sale day take precedence over any printed materials. The property sells “As Is-Where Is.” guide/false-chinch-bug Please note: There are also other home-invading insects For more information and on our radar, which include the Tuxedo bug, Raglius alshowings call Rick Kniepkamp boacuminatus, the elm seed bug, Arocatus melanocephalus, (406) 485-2548 or boxelder bug, Boisea sp., Western conifer seed bug, LepCell (406) 939-1632 toglossus occidentalis, and root weevils (many species, but *R-K Statewide Auction Service and mostly in the genus Otiorhynchus). its auctioneers are acting solely as Disclaimer: auctioneers for the Seller. These recommendations are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator’s responsibility, by law, to read and follow 2019 RANGER all current label directions ® for the specific pesticide beXP 1000 EPS Keep Winter Outside ing used. Due to constantly NorthStar Edition Where It Belongs. changing labels and product OFF-ROAD CLIMATE registration, some of the CONTROL recommendations given in this writing may no longer Industry-leading utility SxS, with a be legal by the time you premium RANGER Pro Shield™ Cab that keeps dust out 3x better read them. If any informathan its closest competitor with tion in these recommendafactory-installed Heating, A.C. tions disagrees with the and windshield wipers. label, the recommendation must be disregarded. No endorsement is intended for products mentioned. The authors and Montana State University assume no liability resulting from the use of these recommendations.

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Health and environmental concerns of indiscriminate GMO adoption in agriculture

By Dragan Miljkovic, Professor, NDSU Agribusiness &Applied Economics Department • Glyphosate and its metabolites are The World Health Organization (WHO) widely present in the global soybean supply. defines genetically modified organisms • Human exposures to GBHs are rising. (GMOs) as those organisms in which the 200 Head of Registered • Glyphosate is classified authoritatively genetic material has been altered in a way Angus Females For Sale as a probable human carcinogen. that does not occur naturally. • Regulatory estimates of tolerable daily In general terms, the safety assessment • 125 head of bred cows, 8 years and younger intakes for glyphosate in the U.S. and Euroof genetically modified (GM) foods should AI’d to Bubs Southern Charm, S Chisum, Baldridge Bronc pean Union are based on outdated science. investigate toxicity, allergenicity, specific Start calving 2/25/19 The scientists offer many recommencomponents thought to have nutritional or dations to further improve our predictive toxic properties, the stability of the inserted • 15 head of fancy AI sired bred heifers. capability regarding glyphosate risks. Some gene, nutritional effects associated with AI’d to MCR Horizon. Start calving 2/14/19 of their recommendations are: genetic modification and any unintended • The scientists independent of glyphoeffects that could result from the gene in• 30 head of 2018 replacement heifer calves sate’s registrants should conduct regulatory sertion. Many GM varieties of major crops tests of GBHs that include glyphosate alone, such as soybeans and corn have been devel• 30 head of aged bred females as well as GBH-product formulations. oped to be resistant to the use of most potent On a complete vaccination program • Epidemiological studies are needed glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs). to improve knowledge at the interface of In response to the findings of the most GBH uses, exposures and human-health recent scientific studies, the WHO’s InterCall 406-745-2782 or 970-396-7302 outcomes. national Agency for Research on Cancer • Biomonitoring studies, such as the U.S. concluded in 2015 that glyphosate is “probCenter for Disease Control and Prevention’s ably carcinogenic to humans.” In response National Health and Nutrition Examination to changing use patterns of GBHs and adSurvey program, that are examining refervances in scientific understanding of their ence populations should examine human potential hazards, a group of very prominent fluids for glyphosate and its metabolites. scientists from the U.S., Canada and the • 1/3 Weight of Aluminum • More comprehensive toxicity experiUnited Kingdom has produced a statement • UV Inhibitor & Food Grade ments, including those using “two hit” study of concern drawing on emerging science • Chemical Resistant 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft. designs, which examine early life exposures relevant to the safety of GBHs. • 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4”, 3/8”, & 1/2” thick Widths to GBHs followed by later-life exposures to The scientists’ statement of concern con• 8-ft. or 10-ft. wide x Any length chemical or other environmental stressors, siders current published literature describing • Dump trucks & belly dumps are needed. 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What is ‘soil friendly’ eating?

From Soil Science Society of America Grocery shopping is fraught with decisions. Is ‘soilfriendly eating’ part of yours? The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) September 1st Soils Matter blog explains simple steps to consider in the grocery aisles. “The food you buy at the grocery store also has an impact on the entire food supply system,” says blogger and scientist Christine Negra of Versant Vision. “The good news is that (soil friendly eating) may not be as hard you might think.” Negra outlines a few simple steps with positive impact on soil health: 1. Improve your food diversity 2. Vary your protein routine 3. Include beans in your diet 4. Look for sustainably-produced meat 5. Reduce your food waste 6. Compost “Perhaps the easiest ‘win’ of all for soil-friendly eating is actually eating all the food that you buy,” Negra writes. “Every bit of food that made it into your shopping cart required land, water, nutrients, and energy to produce. These resources are wasted if the food ends up in your garbage.” To read the entire blog post, visit https://wp.me/p3Rg6r-pf.

Montana REAL ID website goes live

The REAL ID website, mtrealid.gov, has gone live! It has the latest information on where Montana is in reference to REAL ID, it has Frequently Asked Questions, list of locations that will be offering REAL ID, costs, and at a later date, the ability to schedule an appointment to get a REAL ID. Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will begin issuing REAL IDs in January of 2019. Your current unexpired license or ID may still be used to fly domestically or access a federal facility until October 2020.

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Wheat genome sequence will bring stronger wheat varieties to farmers

By K-State News Kansas State University scientists, in collaband rice after their reference sequences were oration with the International Wheat Genome produced. Sequencing Consortium, published recently “Kansas wheat farmers have been supporting in the international journal Science a detailed the wheat genome sequencing efforts through description of the complete genome of bread the Kansas Wheat Commission’s wheat assesswheat, the world’s most widely cultivated crop. ment since the establishment of the InternaThis work will pave the way for the productional Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium tion of wheat varieties better adapted to climate in 2005, with a cumulative amount of nearly a challenges, with higher yields, enhanced nutriquarter of a million dollars,” said Justin Giltional quality and improved sustainability. The pin, chief executive officer for Kansas Wheat. article is titled “Shifting the limits in wheat “The sequence of the bread wheat genome has research and breeding using a fully annotated already had a positive effect on wheat improvereference genome” (http://science.sciencemag. ment, which not only affects the science behind org/content/361/6403/eaar7191). wheat breeding, but has a long-lasting positive The research article — authored by more outcome in regard to wheat producer productivthan 200 scientists from 73 research instituity, profitability and, ultimately, livelihoods.” tions in 20 countries — presents the reference Sequencing the bread wheat genome was genome of the bread wheat variety Chinese long considered an impossible task because of Spring. The DNA sequence ordered along the its enormous size — five times larger than the 21 wheat chromosomes is the highest-quality human genome — and complexity — bread genome sequence produced to date for wheat. It wheat has three sub-genomes and more than 85 is the result of 13 years of collaborative internapercent of the genome is composed of repeated tional research and the support of the National elements. Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of “It is exciting to be a part of this landmark Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and achievement,” said Jesse Poland, associate proAgriculture, Kansas farmers and many others. fessor at Kansas State University and director “It is a dream come true for Kansas wheat of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center and the farmers, who were the first to invest in the wheat U.S. Agency for International Development genome sequencing project and were pivotal in Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics. rallying U.S. wheat farmers in support of the “This international effort, toward something wheat genome sequencing project,” said Bithat was once deemed impossible, will have kram Gill, distinguished professor emeritus of tremendous impact on wheat in Kansas, and plant pathology at Kansas State University who the world.” organized the first National Science Foundation The impact of the wheat reference sequence and U.S. Department of Agriculture-sponsored has already been significant in the scientific workshop planning meeting on wheat genome community, as exemplified by the publication sequencing in Washington, D.C., in 2003. on the same date of six additional publications A key crop for food security, wheat is the describing and using the reference sequence staple food of more than a third of the global resource, one appearing in the same issue of human population and accounts for almost 20 Science, one in Science Advances and four in percent of the total calories and protein conGenome Biology. In addition, more than 100 sumed by humans worldwide, more than any publications crediting the reference sequence other single food source. It also serves as an have been published since the resource was important source of vitamins and minerals. made available to the scientific community in Kansas farmers grow an average of 340 January 2017. million bushels of wheat each year, but acres “We are extensively using the new referplanted to wheat have dropped dramatically ence sequence for more informed molecular over the past decade, from 10 million acres to breeding,” Poland said. “It is really having a fewer than 8 million. To meet future demands big impact.” of a projected world population of 9.6 billion by In addition to the sequence of the 21 chro2050, wheat productivity needs to increase by mosomes, the Science article also presents the 1.6 percent each year. To preserve biodiversity, precise location of 107,891 genes and of more water and nutrient resources, the majority of than 4 million molecular markers, as well as this increase has to be achieved via crop and sequence information between the genes and trait improvement on land currently cultivated, markers containing the regulatory elements rather than committing new land to cultivation. influencing the expression of genes. In order for farmers to dedicate these precious The International Wheat Genome Sequencresources to wheat production rather than ing Consortium achieved this result by combinproduction of other crops, wheat farming must ing the resources it generated over the last 13 become profitable. years using classic physical mapping methods With the reference genome sequence now and the most recent DNA sequencing technolocompleted, breeders have at their fingertips new gies; the sequence data were assembled and tools to address global challenges. They will be ordered along the 21 chromosomes using highly able to more rapidly identify genes and regulaefficient algorithms, and genes were identified tory elements underlying complex agronomic with dedicated software programs. traits such as yield, grain quality, resistance to All consortium reference sequence resources fungal diseases and tolerance to physical stress are publicly available at its data repository at — and produce hardier wheat varieties. URGI-INRA Versailles and at other interna“Completion of the sequence is a landmark tional scientific databases such as GrainGenes event that will serve as a critical foundation for and Ensembl Plants. future wheat improvement,” said Allan Fritz, The International Wheat Genome SequencKansas State University professor of agronomy ing Consortium, with 2,400 members in 68 and wheat breeder. “It is the key to allowing countries, is an international, collaborative efficient, real-time integration of relevant genetconsortium, established in 2005 by a group of ics, making the selection process more efficient wheat growers, plant scientists, and public and — it’s a turbocharger for wheat breeding.” private breeders. The goal of the consortium It is expected that the availability of a highis to make a high-quality genome sequence of quality reference genome sequence will boost bread wheat publicly available, in order to lay wheat improvement over the next decades, with a foundation for basic research that will enable benefits similar to those observed with maize breeders to develop improved varieties.

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NSF awards $1.8 million to estimate U.S. plant transpiration

By Chris Branam, Oregon State University Stephen Good, assistant professor in OSU’s Transpiration, the evaporation of water College of Agricultural Sciences and princifrom plant leaves, accounts for more than pal investigator on OSU’s $933,377 grant. half of all the global transfer of water from “Water is a critical resource that sustains the continents to the atmosphere, but little is continental ecosystems, and land plants known about how much water is transpired play a critical role in the cycling of water across the United States. between the continents and atmosphere by With a $1.8 million from the National extracting water from soils and groundwater Science Foundation, scientists at Oregon and releasing it to the atmosphere as they State University (OSU) and the University grow,” Good said. “Surprisingly little is of Utah are teaming up to make initial estiknown about how much water is transpired, mates of U.S. plant transpiration. These data how different plants and ecosystems govwill be used to develop models and improve ern transpiration, and how ecosystems are predictions of future plant water use, said shaped by transpiration.” NSF announced the project as part of its 2018 group of grants made under the agency’s MacroSystems Biology and Early National Ecological Observatory Network Science programs. The grants, which shed light on diverse and highly relevant environmental issues, support research that helps understand biosphere processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use and invasive species, from regional to continental scales. Eighty-one sites around the United States constitute the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The network provides a unique combination of air-, ground- and water-based sensors and field sampling with statistical, physical and biological modeling. The interdisciplinary research team will work with a wide range of NEONproduced data products, with an emphasis on stable isotope ratios of water vapor and carbon dioxide. Isotope ratios provide an integrated measure of physical processes controlling gas exchange between plant leaves and the atmosphere. The suite of NEON sensors provides the first standardized data set enabling isotope-based estimation of transpiration across a diverse range of continental ecosystems. OSU researchers are Good, David Noone, professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; and Christopher Still, associate professor in the College of Forestry. The University of Utah team includes Gabriel Bowen and William Anderegg. ##### Rocking horses became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries as toys. Many had real horse hair, and they are now prized collector’s items. They evolved into present-day bouncing horses, which are supported on springs so that children can bounce up and down as well as rock.

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Conservation Initiative funding for 2019

NRCS is offering additional funding through EQIP to target specific resource concerns in Montana in 2019: on-farm energy, honey bee pollinators, high tunnel systems, Sage Grouse Initiative invasive conifer removal and cropland seeding, Capital 360 Forestry Project, and the National Water Quality Initiative. While NRCS accepts EQIP applications on a continuous basis, NRCS has set a deadline of October 19, 2018, to apply for 2019 initiatives funding. Below is an overview of each initiative: National On-Farm Energy Initiative: This initiative has two components. In the first component, agricultural producers work with an NRCS-approved Technical Service Provider to develop Agricultural Energy Management Plans or farm energy audits that assess energy consumption on an operation. In the second component, NRCS may also provide assistance to implement various recommended measures identified in the energy audit through the use of conservation practice standards offered through this initiative. Honey Bee Pollinators: NRCS will work with agricultural producers to combat future declines by helping them to implement conservation practices that provide forage for honey bees while enhancing habitat for other pollinators and wildlife. High Tunnel Systems: NRCS helps producers implement high tunnels that extend growing seasons for high value crops in an environmentally safe manner. High tunnel benefits include better plant and soil quality and fewer nutrients and pesticides in the environment. Sage Grouse Initiative Invasive Conifer Removal: Conifer encroachment into sagebrush rangelands affects the productivity of grazing lands and can be detrimental for sage-grouse and other species that depend on sagebush-steppe habitat. The most cost-effective approach for conifer treatment is to target early encroachment stands, where small trees can be completely removed and the existing sagebrush community sustained. By targeting early stages of encroachment in intact sagebrush landscapes, habitat for wildlife can be improved. Sage Grouse Initiative Cropland Seeding: Loss and fragmentation of sage-grouse habitat is the primary threat to sage-grouse. Through this initiative, landowners can work with NRCS to seed cropland in sage-grouse habitat back to perennial species to improve the connectivity for not only sage-grouse, but the many other species that depend on large, intact landscapes. Capital 360 Forestry Project: The goal of the Capital 360 partnership project is to improve forest health by integrating resource management across all administrative boundaries. Through this localized initiative, fuels reduction treatment projects will be strategically placed across Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Powell counties. National Water Quality Initiative: This initiative helps producers implement conservation systems to reduce nitrogen, phosphorous, sediment and pathogen contributions from agricultural land in the Camp and Godfrey Creeks (Lower Gallatin) Watershed. EQIP offers financial and technical assistance to eligible participants to install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. Conservation practices must be implemented to NRCS standards and specifications. In Montana, socially disadvantaged, limited resource, and beginning farmers and ranchers will receive a higher payment rate for eligible conservation practices applied. For more information about EQIP, or other programs offered by NRCS, please contact your local USDA Service Center or visit www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov.

NOSB Fall 2018 meeting materials available

From Montana Department of Agriculture The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) has posted meeting materials for the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Fall meeting, to be held in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 24 - 26, 2018. Documents are posted on the Fall 2018 NOSB Meeting webpage (https://www.ams.usda.gov/event/nationalorganic-standards-board-nosb-meeting-st-paul-mn). Posted materials include a tentative Meeting Agenda and Proposals and Discussion Documents.

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Do you feel you’ve been led down a rabbit hole?

Angus cattle used to be noted for their function, fertility, and longevity. As a result of the number chase game, many Angus cattle have totally lost the characteristics that made them popular in the first place. They are not bred to last.

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Soybeans may be viable cattle feed option

By NDSU Extension Service North Dakota producers having trouble selling soybeans for the export market this year should consider feeding the soybeans to beef cattle, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock experts say. Soybeans can be used as a protein supplement for beef cattle, as long as the beans are a small part of the cattle’s diet, according to Karl Hoppe, Extension livestock systems specialist at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center. “Whole soybeans typically contain about 40 percent protein and 20 percent fat,” he says. “Nutrient analysis is recommended on soybeans prior to feeding to correctly balance rations.” Researchers have found that when the oil content of the ration exceeds 7 percent, it can be toxic to the microbes in the cattle’s rumen and decrease digestibility. Too much oil in cattle rations will lead to scours (diarrhea), cessation of rumen fermentation and, eventually, death. “Because of these limitations, the recommended upper limit of feeding would be about 20 percent of the ration,” Hoppe says. “Practical feeding levels are probably more like 2 to 3 pounds per head per day. At this low rate of supplementation, soybeans provide an excellent source of protein and energy.” For example, he recommends feeding 2.5 pounds of soybeans if the ration requires an extra pound of crude protein to meet protein requirements. For a 1,400-pound cow eating 40 pounds of feed, whole soybeans are about 6 percent of the ration. Cattle are better able to tolerate whole soybeans than swine. Whole beans contain anti-nutrition factors, or substances that reduce the use of nutrients or food intake, which affects livestock’s growth. The beans need to be heat-treated, which inactivates these substances. Heat treatment can be done by extruding (processing) or roasting. Soybean meal is heat-treated during the oil extraction process. “Mature cattle appear to not be affected by the same antinutrition factors as swine,” says John Dhuyvetter, Extension livestock systems specialist at NDSU’s North Central Research Extension Center. “However, unprocessed soybeans should not be fed to young calves under 300 pounds.” Also, producers should not use raw soybeans in conjunction with protein tubs, blocks or other supplements containing urea. Soybeans contain urease, which breaks down rapidly into ammonia. The combination of urea-containing products and soybeans can lead to ammonia toxicity and death. Green soybeans, which are beans that are harvested early or frost damaged before they can become mature, also can be fed to cattle at low rates in the ration, says Janna Kincheloe, Extension livestock systems specialist at NDSU’s Hettinger Research Extension Center. However, mycotoxins can be a problem in damaged soybeans. “So, in addition to testing for oil content, producers should consider testing soybeans for mycotoxins that can impact animal health,” she notes. “Mold does not have to be visible for mycotoxins to be present, although proper drying and storage of beans reduces this potential.” Hoppe says soybeans haven’t been used much in cattle rations because they have been more expensive than other feeds such as distillers grains, alfalfa hay and wheat midds, but the recent trade disputes that have limited U.S. soybean exports may make beans a more affordable option to provide cattle with protein.

Out like a lightbulb

Horses do not need as much sleep as humans. They tend to need only about 2-4 hours of sleep a day, often in 15-30 minute increments. When horses lie down to sleep, such sleep (REM) is believed to be deeper than a stand-up nap. Some horses tend to lay down more than others. Feeling safe seems to be a factor. In the wild, horses often stand watch over a horse that is sleeping on the ground. Most horses will lie flat out, or in a crouched position with their noses (muzzles) propped on the ground. Some horses that lay down in a box stall (an enclose stall for a single animal) are prone to getting cast; their legs get stuck against the wall, and they have trouble figuring out how to roll over and get unstuck. Tip: If a horse is kept in a box stall, the stall should be large enough to allow the horse to sprawl out fully. A 12 x12-foot stall may not be big enough for all horses.

Pumpkin and your Health

Pumpkins are rich in Vitamin A and potassium. They are also high in fiber. The conclusion you should now be reaching is that they are therefore good for you. Your conclusion is absolutely correct.....until you start adding other ingredients that make up many pumpkin recipes. From a medicinal standpoint, pumpkins have been used for a variety of ailments: • They were once recommended as a cure for freckles.

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• They were used as a remedy for snake bites. • The seeds help avoid prostate cancer in men. • Many recipes, among them Pie and Cheesecake, include eggs and whole milk(or half and half). In addition, the recipes sometimes call for heavy doses of salt. The end product is outstanding in taste, and all but taboo for today’s cholesterol and salt conscious population. Did you Know? Native Americans fed pieces of pumpkin to their horses.

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By University of Wyoming Extension Creating a valid will in Wyoming, making health care decisions and setting up trusts is explained in a new online course from the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension. According to a new Caring.com survey, only 42 percent of U.S. adults have estate planning documents, such as a will or living trust. For those with children under age 18, the figure is even lower, with just 36 percent having a plan in place. The extension publication series “Planning Ahead, Difficult Decisions” (available at http://bit.ly/wyoplanahead) provides a start with the estate planning process. The first entry in the series, “Introduction to Estate Planning,” is available as a free interactive short course through extension’s online course catalog. The course takes 30-40 minutes and can be accessed at http://bit.ly/Introduction_to_Estate_Planning Cole Ehmke, one of the series authors, said, “Estate planning can be confusing and time consuming, and people tend to say, ‘If I die…’ but serious injuries – after which you can’t make your own decisions – and unexpected death do happen.” Ehmke, an extension personal finance specialist, suggested taking care of affairs now, because delaying may limit options. Planning now can reduce confusion and trouble regarding who gets what property (and when), who will make decisions and what exactly you own. “Planning can minimize conflict among heirs, protect privacy, minimize taxes and even increase the size of your estate through life insurance,” he said. Estate planning is not just for those with large estates. Ehmke offered this advice, “Ask yourself, ‘What happens to my assets and my loved ones when I die?’ Everyone who has property has an estate, and if you don’t have preferences, the statutes of the state of Wyoming will tell a court how to proceed, including how to take care of any dependents you have.” For other free personal financial courses from UW Extension, including “Personal Financial Literacy: Understanding and Avoiding Credit Pitfalls” and “Wyoming Tax Facts,” go to www.uwyo.edu/uwe and click the Extension Online Courses button.

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“Ground coffee” with soil perks in Brazil

By Penelope Hillemann, American Society of Agronomy Coffee is one of Brazil’s biggest crops. Brazil’s favorable climate helps coffee beans ripen and be ready for picking during a concentrated period of weeks. This makes mechanical harvesting an economically reasonable choice. So much mechanization, however, comes with its challenges. Tiago de Oliveira Tavares is an agronomist at Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. He and his colleagues perked up at the opportunity to brew some coffee-growing solutions. Up to 20% of coffee berries fall to the ground. This can be due to the mechanical harvesting process as well as other causes, including rain, wind, disease, and pests. This “ground coffee” is retrieved through a process of mechanical sweeping and picking. But the machinery is heavy. Over time it compresses the soil, interfering with the trees’ root growth and their ultimate levels of production. In response, growers use a process called subsoiling to break up this hard soil. A long blade is pulled behind a tractor. It breaks up the soil very effectively but leaves an uneven soil surface behind. Uneven ground means more ripe coffee berries are left behind by the machines, and more dirt and stones are picked up. Growers use additional soil management techniques to smooth the soil. For example, a harrow is a tool with teeth or discs that break up the big clods of dirt that remain after subsoiling. The soil is left softer and fluffier. A crusher pulverizes the soil and any plant matter, leaving the ground smooth and bare. Which technique, or combination of techniques, does the best, most cost-effective job of improving sweeping and picking efficiency? Here’s where Tavares’ team steps up to the coffee bar. The researchers had four options on their soil management menu: 1. Control group with no soil management. This provides the best conditions for the machinery but is not a good soil management practice. 2. Subsoiler followed by harrow. The researchers found the harrow treatment led to the highest losses. They concluded that subsoiling plus harrowing was an economically undesirable management practice. 3. Subsoiler, harrow, and crusher. This treatment was not consistently effective. The extra step also increased operational costs, making it a less desirable option. 4. Subsoiler followed by crusher. Tavares and his team determined that the crusher treatment was the best option to reduce the losses of mechanical coffee harvesting. This method had the lowest losses and best operational quality. Leaving fallen coffee berries on the ground is not a good option. For one thing, the berries provide a breeding ground for the coffee borer, which is the coffee crop’s second most common pest. Just as important, the sale value of the fallen coffee makes it economically worthwhile to recover as much as possible. “This study is important because through this research coffee producers can improve the management of their coffee plantations,” Tavares said. “They can reduce losses and increase their profit while taking good care of the soil.” That’s a coffee blend with just the right amount of earthiness and a great finish.

Bulletin recommends best forage mixes for Wyoming

By University of Wyoming Extension Four years of research at the Sheridan Research and Extension Center have resulted in recommended forage mixes for growing in Wyoming. University of Wyoming (UW) Extension forage specialist Anowar Islam found the best forage is a 50-50 percent mixture of meadow brome grass with alfalfa, a 50-25-25 percent mixture of meadow brome grass, alfalfa, and birdsfoot trefoil, and a 70-30 percent mixture of meadow brome grass with alfalfa. The details are in Meadow Bromegrass – Legume Mixtures for Diversified and Profitable Hay Production in Wyoming, B-1327. The bulletin is available for free viewing and download by going to uwyo.edu/uwe and clicking on the “Find a Publication” link. Type the title or number in the search field. The publication is available in pdf, HTML or ePub formats.

Former sorghum checkoff board director retires

From sorghumcheckoff.com Gary Kilgore, a former Sorghum Checkoff board director, is retiring from the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission (KGSC) after more than 10 years of service. Kilgore also served on the inaugural United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) board when it began in 2008. He was one of 10 nominees for five seats representing Kansas on the Sorghum Checkoff board. Kilgore was selected to serve a three-year term and was sworn in by the Secretary of Agriculture in Washington, DC, in November 2008. Kilgore was involved in organizing committees, hiring employees and establishing checkoff amounts to be returned to states. Kilgore farmed sorghum and other crops in Neosho County, Kansas, and began representing his region of southeast Kansas in 2007 after his retirement from Kansas State University as a research and extension agronomy specialist. Through his many years of service to the sorghum industry, Kilgore said he valued his experience on the Research Committee as a Sorghum Checkoff board director. “I am still in awe of USCP and all the vital work that they continue to do to this day,” he said. In addition to serving on the USCP board of directors and as a KGSC member, he was also appointed to a two-year term on the Collaborative Sorghum Investment Program (CSIP) board. The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and USCP established the Kansas State University Center for Sorghum Improvement and the Collaborative Sorghum Investment Program to bring together industry partners to fund research. While on the CSIP board, Kilgore funded research into sorghum production, weed control, sorghum genetics, and sorghum’s use in animal and human food. After a lifetime of dedication to the betterment of the sorghum industry, Kilgore was recognized at a banquet hosted by the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission on August 30. According to KGSC, his retirement will be effective at the end of the year. The Sorghum Checkoff would like to thank Kilgore for his hard work and years of commitment to advance sorghum and improve the crop through numerous avenues.

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USDA launches program for farmers affected by trade disputes

By NDSU Extension Service or about December 3, 2018,” Parman says. U.S. agricultural producers, including “However, a second payment is not assured those from North Dakota being impacted by at this time. Further, the rates given for the ongoing trade disputes, will get some relief. initial payment may be subject to change. The Trump administration and the U.S. Determination of a second payment likely Department of Agriculture (USDA) have will be based upon the timeliness of trade announced a program to aid those farmers. resolutions.” The USDA’s Market Assistance Program The initial MFP payment will cost apis a $12 billion aid package intended to provide relief for the 2018 crop marketing year. proximately $4.7 billion. The other two proThe Market Assistance Program will grams, including the Agricultural Marketing include the Market Facilitation Program Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Ser(MFP), using the Commodity Credit Corvice Ag Trade Promotion Program, will cost $1.2 billion and $200 milporation to provide direct payments to corn, cotton, lion, respectively. Thus, soybean, sorghum, wheat, based upon current estidairy and pork producers. mates, the initial rollout The MFP, affecting many of the Market Assistance North Dakota producers, Program will cost $6.1 will be administered by billion of the authorized the Farm Service Agency $12 billion. (FSA). “It is important to note Also included is a Food that the Market FacilitaPurchase and Distribution tion Program and Food Program that allows the Purchase and Distribution USDA to purchase some Program are not intended of the commodities that to overcome all additional were not exported due to financial hardship resultthe trade disputes, such as beef and selected ing from the trade dispute,” Parman adds. pulse crops. In addition, the Market Assis“The stated intent is to provide short-term relief for affected farmers, allowing time tance Program includes a trade promotion for a resolution to ongoing negotiations. As component intended to identify and establish such, the Market Facilitation Program and new trading partners for U.S. agricultural the Food Purchase and Distribution Program commodities. are one-time assistance packages, and not “The payments are intended to be paid multiyear programs.” to producers harvesting 2018 crops that The need for the Market Assistance Prohave been impacted by the ongoing trade dispute, as well as hogs and dairy products,” gram is due to the U.S. implementation of says Bryon Parman, North Dakota State import tariffs on select products last spring. University (NDSU) Extension agricultural Countries who exported those products finance specialist. “The USDA has stated implemented retaliatory tariffs on goods that the payment rates are dependent upon imported to them from the U.S. the estimated severity of impact to specific Many of the products affected by the tarcommodities and based upon actual 2018 iffs are U.S. agricultural exports, including production numbers.” those eligible to receive MFP payments, Producers may apply only after the haras well as dried distillers grains, beef and poultry, among others. vest is complete so that it can be certified. For North Dakota farmers and ranchers, The application period for the first round of one of the most impactful retaliations has payments closes on January 15, 2019. been the 25 percent tariff China enacted on The USDA is reporting that the MFP will July 6, affecting $34 billion in U.S. exports. have two phases. An initial payment will These tariffs, most notably effected soybe calculated by multiplying 50 percent of the actual 2018 production by the MFP rate beans and pork, because China is a major designated for that commodity. importer of those commodities. Eligibility requires an ownership interBecause China is the largest outlet for North Dakota-produced soybeans, cash pricest in the commodity, active engagement in farming and an average adjusted gross ines in North Dakota are especially sensitive to changes in the flow of soybeans destined come for 2014 to 2016 of less than $900,000. for China. Additionally, since July 5, Mexico Payments will be capped at $125,000 per has imposed a 25 percent tariff on $3 billion person, or entity, for the combined producof goods imported from the U.S., including tion of corn, cotton, sorghum, soybeans and selected pork products and potatoes. wheat. The program also has a $125,000 Further retaliation by the U.S. and cerdollar combined cap for hogs and dairy. However, payments made under the MFP tain trade partners, including the European will not count against the cap for payments Union and Mexico, have been muted. On under the 2014 farm bill. August 27, the Trump administration anFor hogs, the payment will be determined nounced that a new trade deal had been by the number of live hogs owned on August reached with Mexico, and negotiations with 1, 2018. For dairy, payments will be based Canada appear to be ongoing. However, no on the highest production year from 2011 progress has been announced regarding the to 2013 using production from the Margin dispute between the U.S. and China. Protection Program. 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By Jane Strommen, NDSU Extension gerontology specialist With fall just around the corner, many of us are settling into a new routine, so now is a perfect time to consider how to include physical activity into this schedule. Exercise and physical activity are good for everyone, including older adults. For some older adults, getting older seems to involve a loss of strength, energy and vigor. But this does not need to be the case. The frailty and decreased energy we associate with aging, such as difficulty climbing stairs, walking long distances or doing household chores, are largely due to muscle loss. Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia, is a natural part of aging. After age 30, we begin to lose as much as 3 to 5 percent per decade. Most men will lose about 30 percent of their muscle mass during their lifetimes. One of the best ways for keeping muscles strong is through exercise called strength training. Research has shown that strength training is one of the best ways to combat the frailty and weakness that can come with age. When done on a regular basis, strength training can build bone and muscle, and help with maintaining strength, independence and energy. These exercises are effective and safe for people of all ages, including those who are in less than perfect health. In fact, individuals with specific health concerns, such as heart disease and arthritis, may benefit the most from an exercise program that includes lifting weights each week. Studies have shown that strength training can help manage and sometimes prevent conditions as varied as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and osteoporosis. When combined with regular aerobic exercise, strength training can have a major effect on a person’s mental and emotional health. Research also shows that people who exercise regularly sleep better. In addition, strength-training exercises can reduce depression and boost self-confidence and self-esteem, and improve one’s sense of well-being. Whatever your motivations for staying strong and fit, figuring out what to do and where to start can be challenging, especially if you are inactive. One useful website to visit is Go4Life (www.nia.nih.gov/Go4Life), a national exercise and physical activity campaign for people 50 and older from the National Institute on Aging. The institute is part of the U.S. Department of Health. This interactive website offers exercises, success stories and free materials to motivate the growing numbers of baby boomers and their parents to get ready, start exercising and keep going to improve their health and achieve a better quality of life. Falling also is a risk associated with muscle loss and poor balance. September is National Falls Prevention Month, and older adults are encouraged to educate themselves about ways to reduce their risk of falls. Strength training can help you stay strong, vital and independent throughout your life. Consider motivating others to join you in the many physical and emotional benefits of strength training.

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Date When Celebrated: Always October 17th Wear Something Gaudy Day is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, gay, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Look for something to wear that’s really wild and wacky, and will stick out like a sore thumb wherever you go. If you don’t have anything like this in your wardrobe, perhaps a friend does. Note: If you’re always garbed in gaudy attire, this is your day to look like everyone else! Origin of Wear Something Gaudy Day: The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day.

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By Angie Stump-Denton, K-State Research and Extension News With recent occurrences of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) and Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV) in countries important for U.S. trade, there have been many questions about how to best prevent foreign animal disease transmission into U.S. swine herds. Cassie Jones, an associate professor in Kansas State University’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, says that while feed and ingredients are not the most likely sources of introduction and transmission, they are a documented vector for disease. Thus, the extension of on-farm biosecurity practices to the feed mill is important. “We have made updates to the ‘Feed Safety Resources’ link on KSUSwine.org to answer producer questions about African Swine Fever Virus in feed,” Jones said. “The updated site includes frequently asked questions about ASFV in feed.” For example, many producers have approached members of the K-State swine nutrition team with questions about which ingredients are high risk, and what they can do to help keep their feed safe. Jones said that the FAQ document on the website describes that an ingredient may be high risk for foreign animal disease transmission based on its geographic, agricultural and transportation practices. Ingredients that may be dried on roadsides in countries with circulating ASFV would be higher risk than those fermented in a biosecure facility in a country free of foreign animal disease. Also, the website http://bit.ly/KSUFeedSafetyResources includes a biosecurity audit for producers to use for suppliers or in their own facilities to help identify the risk of the disease entering into feed. Jones said there are also links to research articles on viral transmission in animal feed, and the site includes questions to ask suppliers to help reduce risk of ASFV transmission. “We encourage producers to visit this site to learn more about the risk of pathogen transmission through feed, and their options for control,” Jones said.

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By NDSU Extension Service of feet of grain on the pile surface, which Grain can be stored in many types of is a huge loss. facilities. For example, a cone-shaped pile 25 feet “The important point is that all storhigh contains approximately 59,000 bushels age options should keep the grain dry and of grain. Losing just 1 foot of grain on the provide adequate aeration to control grain surface is a loss of about 13 percent of the temperature,” says North Dakota State grain, which is $39,000 if the grain value is University (NDSU) Extension agricultural $4 per bushel and $78,000 at $8 per bushel. engineer Ken Hellevang. “Grain must be Aeration and wind blowing on the pile will dry and cool (near the average outdoor temnot dry wet grain adequately to prevent perature) when placed in alternative storspoilage. age facilities because providing adequate, Use a cover to prevent water infiltration. uniform airflow to dry grain or cool grain Drainage is critically important to the succoming from a dryer is not feasible.” cess of any grain storage. About 25,000 Structural Issues gallons of water will run off an area about Grain pushing against walls can dam100 by 400 feet during age buildings not built a 1-inch rain. This water for grain storage. The must flow away from the wall must be anchored grain and the area next securely, and its structural to it. When determining members must be strong a location for a pile, exenough to transfer the amine the entire area to force to the building poles assure that flooding will or support structure withnot occur during major out breaking or excessive rain events. bending. The outdoor ground “Typically, you’ll need surface where grain will additional poles and a be piled should be pregrain wall to support the pared to limit soil moisture from reaching grain force in a pole building,” Hellevang the grain. The storage floor also should be says. “Hire an engineer to complete a struchigher than the surrounding ground to minitural analysis, or have a contractor follow mize moisture transfer from the soil into exactly the building company recommendathe grain. Make sure the ground surface is tions to prevent a structural failure.” crowned so moisture drains out and away Before placing grain in a building previrather than creating a wet pocket that leads ously used for grain storage, look for anyto grain deterioration. thing out of alignment, such as wall bowing Also look for these issues: and distortions in the roofline. Bowing or • Anything out of alignment in a bunker bending indicates the load on the building or bulkhead wall - Any twisting, flexing or exceeded the load for which it was designed bending of a structural member may lead and built. This weakens the structure. Also to a failure. examine connections for separation or • Separation or movement in connections movement and add a gusset or splice to • Material deterioration reinforce the connection if necessary. Grain Covers Storing in Bags A combination of restraining straps and Storing grain in poly bags is a good opsuction from the aeration system holds tion, but it does not prevent mold growth grain covers in place. Also provide adequate in damp grain or insect infestations. Place airflow through the grain to control grain grain in the bag at recommended stortemperature. Place perforated ducts on the age moisture contents based on grain and grain under the cover to provide a controlled outdoor temperatures during the potential air intake for the aeration system and airflow storage period. near the cover to minimize condensation Heating will occur if the grain exceeds a problems under the cover. safe storage moisture content and it cannot Place properly sized and spaced ducts be aerated to control heating. The average under the pile on the ground to pull air temperature of dry grain will follow the through the grain. Some storage options use average outdoor temperature. a perforated wall for the air inlet. Minimize Hellevang also has this advice: the amount of open area so the air does not • Select an elevated, well-drained site for “short-circuit” to the fan. the storage bags. Run the bags north and Wind velocity determines the amount of south so solar heating is similar on both suction you need to hold the cover down. sides. Sunshine on just one side heats that Some control systems measure wind velocside, which can lead to moisture accumulaity and start fans based on the wind speed. tion in the grain and spoilage on the cool Backup power can hold the cover down durside. ing power outages. Make sure the backup • Monitor the bags for damage. Wildlife power starts when needed. can puncture the bags, allowing moisture Cooling Stored Grain in, which can lead to spoilage and the grain Cool grain with aeration to extend the smell being released, which attracts more allowable storage time and reduce the powildlife. tential for insect infestation. Temperatures • Monitor the grain temperature at several below about 60 F reduce insect reproducplaces in the bags. tion. Insects are dormant below about 50 • Never enter a grain bag because it is F, and extended exposure to temperatures a suffocation hazard. If unloading the bag below about 30 F can kill insects. with a pneumatic grain conveyor, the sucCooling grain as outdoor temperatures tion can “shrink wrap” a person. cool will reduce moisture migration and Grain Piles the condensation potential near the top of Grain frequently is stored short term in the grain pile. Also, the grain should be outdoor piles. 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2007 Merritt cattle pot, 53-ft. x 102”, 70% floors, nose decking, air ride, spread axle......................... $36,500 1994 Case 590 turbo backhoe, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, full cab with heat, 2 stick control, good hours........................................ $26,500

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2008 Circle R side dump, 46-ft. x 102”, 34-ft. tub, spring ride, rear lift axle...................................... $39,500 2011 Trail King 55 ton lowboy, 26-ft. well, 4th pin-on axle, air ride, rear lift, hydraulic detach, aluminum wheels, 2 Kingpin settings, excellent condition........................... $79,500

1988 Fruehauf dry van 28-ft.x102”, roll up door, single axle, spring ride, very clean , ............................................................$6750

1995 Mickey beverage trailer, 35-ft.x96”, spring ride, pintle hitch, 10 roll-up doors on each side, rear roll-up door..................$6500

2011 CPS belly dump, 44-ft.x96”, spring ride, tri-axle, manual tarp...... $23,500

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2008 XL Specilaized XL100HFG folding neck lowboy, air ride, 50 ton, rear lift axle, pinned for 4th axle, self-contained, no hydraulics needed, outriggers and D-rings...................................... $43,500

1995 Lynwood tilt deck trailer, 37-ft.x102”, 20-ft. deck, hydraulic tilt, tri-axle, spring ride.............................................$7500 1999 NTE tilt trailer, 37-ft.x96”, tri-axle, spring ride................................$7500

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2010 Neville 48-ft.x64”x102” tri-axle spring ride, ag hoppers, 2 speed openers, sight windows.................................. $23,000

1998 CPS 42-ft. belly dump, spring ride........................................ $16,500

1978 Custom Built end dump pup, 29-ft.6”, 16-ft. tongue, 12-ft. tub, spring ride.............................................$7500

1999 Ranco belly dump, 3 axle, spring ride....................................... $15,500

1992 Fruehauf belly dump pup, 16-ft. hitch, turntable, spring ride..... $14,500

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1995 Monon dry van, 48-ft.x102”, spring ride, wood floor, swing doors.....$5000 1979 Stand 17-ton tilt trailer, 29-ft. overall, 22-ft. x 96” tilt deck, air brakes.............$6900

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Consider pros, cons of storage methods CONTINUED FROM PAGE A32

10-degree reduction in grain temperature. For example, the allowable storage time for 17 percent moisture corn is about 130 days at 50 F and about 280 days at 40 F. The grain should be cooled whenever the average outdoor temperature is 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the grain. It should be cooled to near or below 30 degrees for winter storage in northern states and near or below 40 degrees in southern states. Aeration ducts need to have perforations sized and spaced correctly for air to enter and exit the ducts uniformly and obtain the desired airflow through the grain. The maximum spacing for aeration ducts is equal to the grain depth to achieve acceptable airflow uniformity. Long-term Grain Storage Grain has an acceptable storage life before the quality is reduced enough to impact its value. Allowable storage time is cumulative,

so consider the amount of storage life remaining when deciding if you can store the grain longer. For example, if corn is stored at 14 percent moisture and 60 degrees for two months (November-December), then cooled to 40 degrees for four months (January-April), then stored through the summer months (May-August) at 70 degrees, approximately 90 percent of the storage life has been used. That means very little expected allowable storage life is remaining if the grain is going to be stored for another year. Grain going into storage for a second year needs to have been kept cool and dry during the first year and have few broken or cracked kernels. “Remember, airflow through the grain permits grain temperature to be maintained, but it does not extend the allowable storage time,” Hellevang says.

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3V Distributing, Conrad MT .................B21 87 Rentals, Shepherd MT....................B13 Abilene Machine Inc, Abilene KS ........A20 Accelerated Metal Solutions, Brady Smelser, Glendive MT ......................................B19 Action Toys, Billings MT .......................C36 Affordable Construction Equipment, Billings & Bozeman MT .................................C17 Ag Trucks & Equipment, Great Falls MT...C3 Ag West Distributing Co., Great Falls MT...C8 Ag Wise, Kremlin MT ...........................C10 AgraSyst Dealers.................................C20 Aldrich Lumber Co., Billings ................C24 Badland Truck Sales, Glendive MT ......A25 Basin Seed, LLC, Stanford MT ............B32 Bass Auction Co. Inc., Lewistown MT ..A16 Bell Motor Co., Cut Bank MT ...............B12 Ben Taylor, Valier & Shelby MT ............C23 Big Equipment Co., Havre MT ...............C9 Big Sky Equipment, Conrad MT ..........C37 Big Sky Sawmill & Wood Products, Vaughn MT .....................................................A30 Big Sky Wholesale Seeds, Shelby MT...B10 Billings Farm & Ranch Supply, Billings MT ................................................. A40, C11 Brandt Agricultural Products LTD.........C36 BTI Feeds, Cut Bank MT .....................C23 Buckley Auction MT ...............................B5 Bull Mountain Fencing, Yoder, Dan, Roundup MT .....................................................C36 Burks Tractor, Twin Falls, Caldwell ID...A24 C&B Operations, LLC, Circle, Culbertson, Glasgow, Plentywood MT ..................C21 Cahill Seeds, Scobey MT ....................C18 Cascade Machine & Supply, Great Falls MT .....................................................C39 Chamley Pipe & Salvage, Williston ND...C33 Chic Harbine Sales, Missoula MT .......C30 Circle G Salvage, Walhalla, ND .............B7 Circle S Seeds, of Montana, Three Forks MT .....................................................C26 Clearview Seed, Denton MT..................C2 Corder & Associates, Fort Benton MT....B29 Courtesy Ford, Conrad MT ..................B23 Cox Ranch Equipment, Winston MT....B22 Crazy Mountain Fabrication, Travis Klein, Big Timber MT .........................................C12 Cut Bank Tire, Cut Bank MT ..................C5 D-Cat, Construction LLC, Sun River MT.... ..........................................................C35 David J Heine & Associates, Kalispell MT . ..........................................................B14 DBL Sales & Service, Dave & Brock Linker, Coffee Creek MT ...............................C32

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Dick Irvin Trucking, Shelby MT.............B15 Direct Ag Network, LLC Dan Thome, Billings MT .....................................................C32 Doane Western of Montana, Bozeman MT ..........................................................A26 Empire Equipment, LLC, Canyon Creek.... ..........................................................A14 Equipment Connection, Columbia Falls MT ............................................ B30, B31 Exchange Services, Inc, Whitefish MT ..B6 First State Bank, Shelby MT ..................B4 Fisher Metal Products, Fort Benton MT...A24 Fisher Truck & Equipment, Scobey MT...A20 Flaman Sales & Rental, Power MT...B6, B19 Fort Benton Realty, Fort Benton MT ....B32 Fraser’s Oil Inc., Inverness MT ..............B2 Frieling’s Agricultural Equipment, Great Falls MT ......................................A5, A36, C29 Frontier Live Sales ...............................A22 Frontline Ag Solutions Dillon, Dillon MT..C13 Frontline Ag Solutions, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Dillon, Lewistown, Havre, Chester, Great Falls, Belgrade, Livingston MT .................................................C14, C15 Fuson Excavation & Trucking, Conrad MT . ..........................................................A32 Gateway Arch & Fence, Wayne Thiem, Bozeman MT .............................................A26 Glass Trucking, Denton MT....................C6 Golden Harvest Seeds, Big Sandy MT...C39 Great Falls Fence, Great Falls MT .......C31 Greyn Fertilizer, Choteau, Dutton, Valier MT .....................................................C19 Grizzly Sports Auto Sales, Choteau & Billings MT .............................................A32 Havre Ford, Havre MT .........................C14 Heartland Seed Company, Moccasin MT .. ..........................................................C24 Hedman, Inc, Brett Hedman, Grass Range MT .......................................................B9 Helfert’s Helena Farm Supply, East Helena MT .....................................................B28 Henke Enterprises, SprayFlex & Big Dog Mowers, Chester MT ..........................A2 Hi-Line Rental, Havre MT ....................A31 Highline Communications, Cut Bank MT...C6 Hodgskiss Seed, Choteau MT .............A30 Hoven Equipment Co., Great Falls MT ...... .........................................B25, B26, B27 Huggy Bear’s Consignment, Cut Bank MT ............................................................B3 Hwy 12 Equipment & Repair, Baker MT...B22

Iron Horse Express, Coffee Creek MT....... ..........................................................B18 J & T Equipment Sales, John Jones, Stevensville MT ......................................C38 J Bar T Bins & Steel Buildings, Jeremiah Johnson & Thad, Chester MT ...........B29 Jamieson Motors, Inc., Chinook MT .......... ................................................... A40, B8 Jason’s Agri-Motive, Lefleche, SK Canada ..........................................................C16 Jim Nielsen Trucks & Parts, Butte MT....A2 JW Feeds, John Wolery, Chester MT ....C4 Krogmann Mfg. ......................................C4 Lemken, T&T Farm Supply, Chester MT.... ..........................................................B13 Lewistown Honda, Lewistown MT .......A12 Lewistown Rental, Lewistown MT ........A31 Liphatech, Rozel ..................................C22 M & R Seed Cleaning, Watford City, ND...B8 M & W Machine, Three Forks MT ........B32 MDS Construction Supply, Great Falls MT ............................................................C7 Mohrlang Fabrications, Brush CO .......A27 Montana Farmers Union ......................A22 Montana Holster & Shoulder Rig, Norm Schertenlieb MT ................................B22 Montana Livestock Ag Credit, Helena MT . ..........................................................A16 Montana Metal Fabrications, Great Falls MT .....................................................B23 Montana Organic Association..............A28 Montana Valley Irrigation, Great Falls MT .. ..........................................................C16 Mountain Equipment, Belgrade MT .....B15 Mountain View Livestock, Choteau MT...A38 Mountain View Metal Works, Wilsall MT...A9 MT Tractors, Matt Pendergast, Stevensville MT .......................................................A5 Musselshell Valley Equipment, Roundup MT ......................................A29, C1, C35 New Holland of Belgrade, Belgrade MT...C25 New Homes of the Future, Billings MT....B8 NM Machinery, Missoula MT ...............C26 North Star Equipment, John Myers, Simms MT .....................................................B19 Northern Ford, Cut Bank MT ...............C27 Northern Hydraulics, Great Falls MT ...A15 Northern Prairie Auto Sales, Wolf Point MT .......................................................C5 Northwest Plastics, Libby MT ..............A14 Powerhouse Equipment, Floweree MT....C6 Precision Truck & Trailer, Havre MT .....C12

Price Truck & Equipment Sales, Missoula MT .....................................................A15 R & L Seed & Machine LLC, Geyser MT ... ..........................................................B22 Reddig Equipment & Repair, Kalispell MT. ..........................................................B20 RENN Mill Center, Inc. ........................C30 Rockwell Scales, Simms MT .................C8 Roger Rader, Inc, Sun River MT..........C26 Rozel, Liphatech ..................................C22 Ruralands Real Estate, Pavillion, WY....A10 Rydelle Enterprises, Marion Jones, Drummond MT ...........................................C33 Severinsen Irrigation, Fairfield MT .......B29 Shop Specialties, Valier MT ...................A7 Shortline Ag, Scobey MT......A28, C1, C22 Sod Buster Sales, Polson MT .......C7, C28 Specialty Tool & Attachment, Cody WY...A40 Steel Etc, Great Falls MT....................B11 Stock Drive Trailer Sales, Dillon MT .....B24 Stokes Fencing, Conrad MT ................C18 Stricks Ag, Chester MT........................A25 Sullivan Brothers Construction, Conrad MT .......................................................C2 Super SmartRooms/Superform ICF, Jerry Gangstad, Avon MT .................C20, C35 Swains Spring Service, Great Falls MT...B7 T & T Farm Supply, LLC, Chester MT....B13 Taylor Farm Store, Shelby MT .............C23 TCB Transport LLC, Todd Bedosky, Geyser MT .....................................................B20 That Guys Fab Shop, Havre MT ..........B14 The Repair Shop, Choteau MT ............B24 Tiber Tractor Co., Chester MT................B1 Tilleman Equipment Company, Havre MT . ..........................................................A33 Tom’s Shop, Grassrange MT ...............B10 Treasure State Seed, Fairfield MT .......A27 Tri County Implement, Sidney MT..........B5 Triangle Ag Service, Fort Benton MT...C34 Triple T Sales, Chinook MT ......... B18, C40 TT&E Inc, Victor MT ............................A36 Van Motors, Conrad MT.........................B7 VanDyke Trucking, Conrad MT ..............B4 VW Mfg, Loren Hawks, Chester MT ....A39 Watson Irrigation, Townsend MT ...........A8 Wesco Trailer Sales, Conrad MT ...........B4 Western Montana New Holland, Missoula MT .....................................................C11 Wichman Ag Supply LLC, Hilger MT ...B22 Wild Horse Seed, Havre MT ................A38 Yellowstone Tractor Co., Belgrade MT....A31 Zerbe Bros., Glasgow MT ........... B16, B17 Zomer Truck, Conrad MT ............ A34, A35

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Researchers unveil new genetic resource to improve wheat

By K-State Research and Extension News After a long-term study in which they evaluated massive amounts of information from the wheat genome, Kansas State University researchers and colleagues from Montana State University and the University of California-Davis have released a genetic resource that opens the door to faster and more efficient improvements to one of the world’s mostgrown crops. Eduard Akhunov, a K-State professor of wheat genetics and pathology, said the scientists can now use 2400 wheat lines developed in the study to gain specific genetic information on how to improve numerous traits in future varieties, including boosting yields and increasing resistance to pests, disease and drought. “One of the main things we do as wheat geneticists is we identify genes that control agronomic traits so that later on we can develop tools and resources for improving wheat,” Akhunov said. Recently, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium – a group of more than 1,500 members in 60 countries that was formed in 2005 – released the sequence of the wheat genome with more than 100,000 identified genes. That key milestone opened new possibilities for wheat scientists to start characterizing the functional role of each gene, according to Akhunov. “Now that we know all the genes in the wheat genome, we need to start figuring out what each gene is doing and how each gene contributes to a trait,” Akhunov said. He added: “The genetic resource we developed can help to accelerate the progress in understanding the function of many genes in the wheat genome.” For the past year and a half, K-State scientists used gene sequencing tools to characterize genetic variation in many genes along the wheat genome, considered the most complex genome of all farm crops. They analyzed nearly 10,000 wheat lines from around the world, then selected 28 of the most genetically and geographically diverse wheat lines. The scientists then crossed the 28 lines to build a population of 2400 wheat lines. Using a molecular technique called next-generation sequencing, K-State’s research team identified close to 1 million markers in the genome for each of the 2400 wheat lines – giving them nearly 2.4 billion data points that were analyzed to build the map of gene sequence variation across the entire wheat genome. “This (data) resource allows us to identify genes that control numerous agronomic traits,” Akhunov said. “Because we were studying the most genetically diverse set of wheat lines, it does capture the maximum diversity of what exists in wheat at this moment.” Katie Jordan, a research assistant professor of plant pathology, spent nearly a full year analyzing the data and generating maps that now will become part of a public resource where wheat geneticists and breeders can quickly access information to map genes for improving future wheat varieties. “We did the research to put that in place so that the next person who wants to measure a trait can start with all of that genetic data, link it to the trait and get results pretty quickly,” Jordan said. In addition to improving yield or resistance to pests, disease and drought, the project included studying genes that control flowering time, heading dates, seed size, grain weights and many more traits important to bringing in a good crop. Akhunov said an exciting finding was that Jordan identified genes that relate to the efficiency of breeding new wheat lines. “When you cross breeding lines in the breeding program, what you are really trying to do is re-shuffle the genetic material of the two lines that you cross,” Akhunov said. “The efficiency and the rate with which the re-shuffling happens is actually genetically controlled, so we need to identify genes that allow us to accelerate the rate of genetic material exchange in the breeding process.” That process is called recombination, and by making it more efficient, it decreases the time needed to make a successful cross – ultimately meaning that successful wheat varieties get to the farmer more quickly. K-State’s research was funded by the USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture’s Wheat Coordinated Agricultural Project (Wheat-CAP), which is part of the International Wheat Yield Partnership, a large international effort to improve wheat production. The study is published in The Plant Journal, which is available online at https:// onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.14009.

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

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

NEW ITEMS

See Me about your bale processor needs. Sullair compressor. Tag #Hug1018..........................................................$25,000 NEW Airway 30-ft. aerator. Tag #RickW1018...........................................$50,000 Airway 20-ft. aerator. Tag #RickW1018....................................................$33,000 Continental Cargo 8-ft. x 20-ft. trailer, 12-volt battery system, LED lights. Tag #Larry1018............................................................................................$8500 Grizzly 3-pt. backhoe. Tag #ANF1018.........................................................$3500 Case David Brown 1200 3-point, 540 PTO, new 18.4x30 rear tires and a power draw bar, 3092 hours. Tag #RodB1018.................................................$6500 Badger Hopto trailer mounted backhoe. Tag #Hug1018............................$1500 M&W 450 grain dryer. Tag #DaveB1018. International FAA tractor, 540 PTO, saw blade. Tag #SteveF1018. International FC tractor, 540 PTO. Does not run. Tag #SteveF1018. Case 1070 tractor, good motor but transmission bad. Tag #JohnDR1018...$3500 (39) 4-ft. perforated aeration tubes. Tag #DickS1018...............................$135 ea. (136) rings for aeration tubes. Tag #DickS1018.........................................$35 ea. Frigidaire stainless steel refrigerator. Tag #Terra1018..................................$500 Stainless steel dishwasher. Tag #Terra1018..................................................$300 Magic Chef microwave oven. Tag #Terra1018...............................................$250 2012 Dodge pickup bumper. Tag #DickG1018..............................................$450 John Deere 6125R tractor with 340 loader, 3-point, FWD, 2300 hours. Tag #Sam1018........................................................................................$135,000 2014 John Deere 569 round baler, Mega Wide pickup, net wrap. Tag #Sam1018. Mirage 32-ft. triple axle gooseneck, 21,000# GVW, extra storage above gooseneck. Tag #Kerry1018............................................................................$6500 Aerway 18-ft. pasture harrow with drawbar. Tag #Kerry1018......................$5500 Highline 6800 multi bale processor. Tag #JR1018...................................$14,900 Lufkin 48-ft. double drop trailer. Tag #RianC1018....................................$17,000 1984 Load Master belly dump gravel trailer, 60,000 GVW. Tag #RianC..$12,000 Vermeer BPX 9000 bale processor, round and square bales. Tag #KlintS1018... ................................................................................................Price Pending 2008 Case Puma 180 trailer with L770 loader, bucket and grapple, 3-point, 540 PTO, 2289 hours. Tag #Wayne1017...................................................$88,000 International 444 2WD tractor, loader, 3-point, 38 HP, 540 PTO, 1976 hours. Tag #Wayne1017.........................................................................................$7500 2009 Honey Bee 40-ft. draper header. Tag #Mike1018............................$20,000 Bale spears to fit skid steer loaders. Tag #Hug1018. 42-ft. drop deck trailer, 25-ton capacity. Tag #Pack1018...........................$12,000 New Holland L220 skid steer loader. Tag #Pack1018. MM 4292 combine with 16-ft. header. Tag #Joanne1018. Case IH 3450 soft core round baler, makes 900# bales. Tag #JohnP1018...$4500 New Holland 1049 bale wagon. Tag #MarionT1018. John Deere 800 swather with 18-ft. header. Tag #MarionT1018. Ford Model A truck. Tag #PhilB1018. New Holland 195 manure spreader for sale or rent. Tag #Hug1018. 1948 CJ Jeep Tag #MartyD1018. John Deere 6415 tractor with loader, only 300 hours. Tag #ReidH1018..$50,000 Agco 75 MFD tractor, 75 hp. Tag #Reid1018...........................................$25,000 2003 John Deere 567 round baler, twin wrap, 1000 PTO, 13,000 bales, fairly new belts. Tag #Harvey1018..............................................................$12,000 2005 Challenger RB 56 round baler, twine wrap, 1000 PTO, only 4400 bales. Tag #Harvey1018...............................................................................$13,000 1978 Ford grain truck, 18-ft. bed. Tag #CarlT1018......................................$1750 1994 Interstate trailer, pintle hitch. Tag #CarlT1018. Hesley Frot 6-ft. bucket. Fits older Case backhoe. Tag #CarlT1018. Target Quickie Saw 14”, 2 cycle gas, rollers for concrete slab cutting. Tag #CarlT1018. 1959 Ford truck, 13-ft. box and hoist with stock rack. Tag #CarlT1018.......$1750 1952 GMC truck, 12-ft. steel bed and hoist. CarlT1010. 3-sections of drag harrows. Tag #CarlT1018...........................................$100 ea. 2-Melroe 8-ft. 9” spacing drills. Tag #CarlT1018......................................$700 ea. 1000 gallon galvanized water tank. Tag #CarlT1018.....................................$700 300 gallon stock tank with side troughs for pigs and sheep. Tag #CarlT1018. Hog panels. Tag #CarlT1018.....................................................................$20 ea. Ford side delivery rake. Tag #CarlT1018. John Deere 7 mower, 3-point hitch. Tag #CarlT1018....................................$800 Bale elevator with electric motor. Tag#CarlT1018..........................................$500 Miskin bale elevator, never been used. Tag #CarlT1018. John Deere 6600 gas combine. Tag #CarlT1018........................................$2000 1979 Wilderness travel trailer, 20-ft. bumper pull, 2” ball, good tires, 2 30# bottles........................................................................................................$5000 1964 Volkswagon Bug Tag #CarlT1018.....................................................$4500 Donahue 24-ft. trailer. Tag #CarlT1018. New Holland swather. Tag #CarlT1018. Century wire welder. Tag #CarlT1018. Pressure washer with Briggs and Stratton engine. Tag #Carl1018. Binks paint gun. Tag #CarlT1018. Hydraulic drill fill auger. Tag #CarlT1018. 3-phase engines. Tag #CarlT1018. 2 Elevator scales, 20- and 30-ton units. Tag #CarlT1018. Assorted stock racks. Tag #CarlT1018.

SWATHERS & MOWER CONDITIONERS

Hesston 8100 windrower with 30-ft. DSA header. Tag #BlakeS1117.......$18,000 International 5000 swather with 21-ft. header. Tag #BlakeS1117...............$7500 International 5000 swather with 14-ft. auger header, diesel. Tag #BlakeS1117.... ..............................................................................................................$6500 2001 John Deere 4890 windrower with 16-ft double sickle header, 1700 cutting hours. Tag #Harvey0218...................................................................... $42,000 Hesston 8450 windrower with 14-ft. auger header. Tag #Neal0518.........$27,000 New Holland 1100 swather with 12-ft. header. Tag #Scotty0618................$7500 New Holland 1112 windrower with 3200 hours. Tag #Marty0718............$15,000 Case IH WDX100 haybine. Tag #DougR0818..........................................$19,500

PICKUPS & CARS

1981 Ford F250 2WD pickup with service box. Tag #Ruth0618..................$1500 1984 1-ton service pickup, 200 gallon fuel tank, 2WD, 4-speed manual transmission, 103,000 miles. Tag #JackW0417..................................................$4000 Mitsubishi 350 mini pickup truck. Tag #BrokenP0117................................$4000 1996 Dodge 2500 fuel pickup. Tag#Brent0718............................................$5000 1987 Ford F250 pickup with new bed, parts pickup, new exhaust system, engine runs, transmission work done. Tag #D&B0418. Jeep CJ2, rollbar, flathead. Tag #BDawson0316 1991 GMC pickup. Tag #VicC0218................................................................ $1500 2000 Kia 4wd. Tag #VicC0218....................................................................... $1500

2016 Wacker Neuson ST35 track skid loader and 2016 Wacker Neuson WL34 wheel loader FOR SALE OR RENT Call Huggy at 1-406-229-0662 or Larry at 1-406-690-3761 GRAIN AUGERS

Mayrath 60-ft. PTO grain auger. Tag #BrokenP0117.....................................$750 FarmKing 10x60 swing hopper auger. Tag #JohnA0618............................$9500 MK tailgate auger. Tag #JohnA0618............................................................$1500 Feterl 7”x27-ft. grain auger with Wisconsin engine. Tag #JackW041.............. Call

Financing Available

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

Case 4690 4WD tractor, fairly new engine repair, transmission problem. Tag #FredV0818. John Deere 6410 MFD tractor with loader, grapple, 3-point, dual PTO. Tag #Dan0818..........................................................................................$45,000 John Deere 4020 tractor. Tag #ANF0818. John Deere 7520 tractor. Tag #ANF0818. John Deere 1010 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, power steering. Loader is available. Tag #ANF0818......................................................................................$6500 John Deere 7330 FWD tractor, loader, grapple, 3-pt, dual PTO, low houred. Tag #Riley0218........................................................................................... $85,000 International 656 gas tractor, 540 PTO, no 3-point, 741 loader, 5302 hours, needs seat. Tag #D&B0418. 1993 Versatile 876 (blue) tractor, 20.8x38 duals, weights, manual transmission, only 2438 hours, tractor is immaculate. Tag #JackW0418........................ Call Allis Chalmers 170 2WD tractor, loader, 3-point, 540 PTO.Tag #Neal0518...$7500 John Deere 4520 tractor with PTO. Tag #ANF0618....................................$9500 John Deere 2240 tractor with 3-point. Tag #GaryS0917. Case 1030 tractor with hole in bucket. Tag #Ruth0618..................................$750 John Deere 80 tractor with power steering, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF0618.......$8500 John Deere 3010 gas tractor, 540 PTO, no 3-point. Tag #ANF0618...........$8500 John Deere 3020 tractor. Tag #ANF0618. John Deere 830 tractor. Tag #ANF0618......................................................$9500 Case 2470 4WD tractor, 18.4x34 duals. Tag #JohnA0618..........................$7500 Case 1030 tractor with DuAl loader, 540 PTO. Tag #RichT0418.................$7000 2010 John Deere 85F 83 hp orchard tractor, FWD, runs great. Tag #RichT0418.. ...........................................................................................................$15,000 Versatile 800 tractor with 18.4x38 tires, (2 new tires), manual transmission, 5953 hours. Tag #JackW0418.................................................................. Call Case 2870 4WD tractor, 219 HP drawbar horse power, new tires, only 6600 hours. Tag #BrianB1217...............................................................................$18,000 John Deere G tractor, tricycle front end, 540 PTO. Tag #ANF0618. John Deere 2010 2WD tractor, loader, 3-pt., PTO. Tag #JerSmt1117........$8500

BALE MOVERS

New Holland 1048 2-wide bale wagon, 90 bale capacity. Tag #D&B0418..... Call 1985 New Holland 1032 2-wide bale wagon, 69 bale capacity. Tag #HerbK0518. 3-point round bale retriever. Tag #BigSkyC0617..........................................$1500

Several air seeder and conventional drills available. Call me with your needs.

MISCELLANEOUS

DuAl loader to fit John Deere 4520 tractor. Tag #GaryS0818.....................$4500 Ag Rain 3570 Big Reel, 4” plastic hose, sprinkler head. Tag #JimH1117...$8500 New Fair bale processors & snowblowers. see Huggy Bear Squeeze chute, good shape. Tag #D&B0418................................................. Call Tulsa 12-ft. flat bed with tail roll and winch. Tag #JackW0418........................ Call New!! Danuser skid steer mounted hammer. Tag #Hug0418...Preseason Price Wheatheart Heavy Hitter post pounder. For Sale or Rent. Tag #0616.Call Huggy!!! 2016 H&S 125 manure spread, like new. Tag #FredV0218........................ $10,000 New Holland 195 manure spreader. For rent or sale. Tag #....................... $13,500 NEW H&S 16-wheel rake. Tag #Hug0518. NEW!! Danuser 48” pallet fork for skidsteer loader. Tag #Hug0518..............$890 Valmar 320 Fargo spreader mounted on 54 harrow cart, good shape. Tag #JackW0418............................................................................................. Call Minn-Kota high lift rock picker, hydraulic drive. Tag #JackW0418...............$1500 Bale spear for skid steer loader. Tag #Hug0618............................................$650 Bale spear for Furo-Style attachment. Tag #Hug0618...................................$665 NEW!! Danuser hydraulic post hole digger, 9” and 12” auger. Tag #Hug0418...... ............................................................................................Preseason Price Berkeley pump, 25 hp, 3 phase, control box. Tag #BobC1116.....Price Pending 1987 Holiday Rambler 35-ft. RV, sleeps 6, has new awning, 70,000 miles. Tag #JackW0418............................................................................................. Call 1977 M&W 450A grain dryer. Tag #WahlF0618...........................................$7500 500 gallon square fuel tank. Tag #GrantO0416.............................................$750 Finn T30 hydroseeder on 2-ton flatbed. Tag #Brent0718.........................$15,000 John Deere HH80 hammer. Tag #Brent0718..............................................$9500 2012 John Deere drum roller. Tag #Brent0718...........................................$9000 2012 John Deere 73” sheepsfoot roller. Tag #Brent0718............................$8000 2011 Marv Haugen broom. Tag #Brent0718...............................................$4000 Haukaas marker for 45-ft. Flexi-Coil air seeder. Tag #BigSky0718..............$3500 John Deere 785 manure spreader, hydra push. Tag #BigSky0718.............$5500 Hutchison 36-ft. conveyor with power unit. Tag #Jess0718.....................$18,000 Budweiser truck box for storage. Tag #RonBC0718...................................$4000 24” culvert, 3 sections. Tag #ANF0718. 3-point snowblower for Allis-Chalmers 170. Tag #J&J0718.........................$1900 Several T-posts. Tag #D&B0718..............................................................$3.00 ea. 2012 Marv Haugen trencher. Tag #Brent0718............................................$5700 2012 Marv Haugen 76 tiller. Tag#Brent0718...............................................$4500 2012 Marv Haugen land plane. Tag#Brent0718..........................................$3500 2-front grill guards for Ford pickups. Tag #DBK1117................................$400 ea. Calf scales. Tag #TomS0518. Animal Traps. Tag #HowardW0218 1 set of 18.34x38 duals. Tag #GaryS0117.....................................................$750 1 set of 24.5x32 duals. Tag #GaryS0117.......................................................$750 NEW H&S 1460 16-ft. wheel rake. Tag #Hug0618....................................$19,500 New Shaver and Ezee-On pounders available. Allis Chalmers 650 3-pt. backhoe attachment. Tag #Lyle0618...................$1500

GRAIN DRYERS

Keho grain drying equipment........................................................Call for prices Other grain dryers available

PLOWS

Gysler 36-ft. plow with 12-ft. center section, AM rod weeder, Degelman mounted harrows. Tag #GaryS0818.....................................................................$5600 John Deere 16-ft. plow. Tag #JackW0418...................................................... Call Melroe 33-ft. plow, no wing lift cylinders, Flexi-Coil mounted harrows. Tag #GeraldB0117...............................................................................................$4500 Melroe 501 42-ft. plow, 1” shanks. Tag #DaveT0916 Melroe 501 42-ft. plow, no wing lift, new tires, 1” shanks. Tag #JohnA0618..$4500 Melroe 36-ft. plow, no wing lift, Honey Bee rod. Tag #JohnA0618...............$4500 Gysler 35-ft. plow with wing lifts. Tag #JohnA0618......................................$4500 Gysler 24-ft. plow with Degelman harrows. Tag #JohnA0618.....................$3500 Friggstad B3-31 34-ft. plow, 11/4” shanks. Tag #JohnA0618.......................$9500

TRAILERS

Fireball gooseneck camper trailer. Tag #VicC0218....................................... $4000 1993 gooseneck 30x8 flatbed trailer, tandem axle, duals, 16,000 lb. capacity. Tag #BrokenP0117......................................................................................$6500 New PJ trailers for sale. Tag #Wyatt0718. 1992 Twanco trailer. Tag#Brent0718........................................................$17,500 2012 Cross Country belly dump trailer. Tag#Brent0717..........................$36,000 2013 Cross Country belly dump trailer. Tag#Brent0718..........................$38,000 PJ tilt trailer. Tag#Brent0718........................................................................$6000 1979 Cook 40-ft. belly dump gravel trailer, single gate, completely rebuilt. Tag #Pack0716.........................................................................................$17,500 1978 21-ft. tandem dually 5th wheel trailer, haul Cat D6C. Tag #BK0117....$4500 2006 PJ 24-ft. gooseneck trailer, 7000 lb. axles. Tag #Pack0617.................$7500 1998 PJ 24-ft. gooseneck trailer, 7500 lb. axles, tie down straps. Tag #Pack0617. ..............................................................................................................$7500

LAST MONTH’S NEW ITEM

M&W grain dryer with 75 hp electric motor, new bearings. Tag #Vermulum0918... ..............................................................................................................$7500 John Deere 450 windrower with 16-ft. rotary disc header, 760 machine hours, 1100 engine hours. Tag #Rog0918..................................................$110,000 John Deere 567 twine tie round baler, 10,500 bales, new chains and belt drive. Tag#0918...........................................................................................$18,000 2015 New Holland windrower with 18-ft. HS header, 500 hours. Tag #Sam0918.. ...........................................................................................................$88,000 2001 Case IH 2388 combine, 2856 hours, 40-ft. 1042 draper header and 1015 pickup header with Sund pickup. Tag #Vince0918.............................$60,000 2-Case IH 810 13-ft. pickup headers. Tag #Brandon0918. Case 810 30-ft. straight cut header. Tag #Brandon0918. 1978 Peterbilt grain truck with 20-ft. box and hoist, 400,000 miles, 13-speed Fuller, 855 Cummins. Tag #Russ0918................................................$31,000 Hesston 1200 30-ft. pull type swather. Tag#Seville0918.............................$3500 Golf cart. Tag #EPaul0818...........................................................................$3500 Homemade 17-ft. gooseneck trailer. Tag #Paul0918....................................$3500 Push blade to fit on Gehl telehandler. Tag #Paul0918.................................$2500 125-ft. of 14 gauge link fence with 4 gates. Tag #Paul0918...........................$500 Westfield MK100 10”x61-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #GaryS0918...........$3900 International Harvester H1372 13”x72-ft. swing hopper auger. Tag #Jess0918... ...........................................................................................................$18,000 Hutchinson 36-ft. belt conveyor. Tag #Jess0918.....................................$18,000 2007 Case IH 7010 combine with 1200 separator hours, 36-ft. Honey Bee double sickle header. Tag #Jess0918. John Deere 4520 tractor with loader. Tag #GaryS0918. John Deere 2240 tractor with 3-point. Tag #GaryS0918. Valmar 3255 spreader, implement mounted. Tag #BigSky0918..................$1500 Vermeer 625 wood chipper. Tag #LarryK0918............................................$7500 Smaller wood chipper with Briggs engine. Tag #LarryK0918.......................$2500 2008 John Deere 9770 combine with 635 draper header, 3000 engine hours and 2200 separator hours, new motor, new sieve, new gearbox. Tag #Terry0818..............................................................................................$155,000 1991 Aljo 21-ft. gooseneck travel trailer, sleeps 6, has refrigerator and sink, air conditioning, sound system. Tag #Mary0918........................................$8500 Rem grain vac. Tag #GaryS0918. New Holland TR 86 combine with 30-ft. header and 13-ft. pickup header with RakeUp pickup attachment, 3650 hours. Tag #Lyle0918. New Holland 2300 18-ft. auger header, fits New Holland. Case swathers. Bidirectional tires. Tag #TomK0918.............................................................$8500 New Holland HW320 windrower with 18-ft. header and has 2280 hours. Tag #Sam0918..........................................................................................$29,000 Case MX120 MFD tractor with L300 FEL loader, 96” bucket, square bale fork. Tag #Rog0918....................................................................................$45,000 New Holland 456 sickle mower with 9-ft. sickle. Tag #Vern0918.................$3500 Husqvarna RZ24219 42” zero turn mower, low hours. Tag #Lynn0918......$2800 Round bale mover, hauls 4 bales. Tag #Scotty0918....................................$4500 Case 105U MFD tractor, 3-point hitch, 540/1000 PTO, cab, heat, low hours. Tag #Sam0918..........................................................................................$28,000 1998 Red River belly dump trailer. Tag #Sam0918..................................$15,000 1998 Freightliner truck, new tires. Tag #Sam0918..................................$19,000 Gleaner L2 combine with 24-ft. header with Crary air reel. Tag #Richard0918...... ..............................................................................................................$6000 Gleaner L2 combine with 24-ft. header with Crary air reel, 2766 engine hours. Tag #Richard0918.................................................................................$6000 Gleaner L2 combine with 24-ft. header with Crary air reel, 2092 engine hours. Tag #Richard0918.................................................................................$6000 John Deere 800 swather with 18-ft. draper header. Tag #Marion0918. New Holland 1425 self-propelled baler. Tag #Marion0918. 3-New Holland 1282 self-propelled baler. Tag #Marion0918. New Holland 1425 for parts. Tag #Marion0918. New Holland 1049 self-propelled, 3-wide bale wagon. Tag #Marion0918.

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Wishek 14-ft. disc with new pans. Tag #Sam0518...................................$28,000

TRUCKS

1983 International 1724 2-ton truck with 18-ft. flatbed with tailgate hoist. Tag #BrokenP0117......................................................................................$5500 GMC 7000 truck with 1500 gallon tank, 16-ft. flatbed, 114,363 miles, 5 speed manual transmission. Tag #Jack0418....................................................... Call 1970 Ford LN600 truck with 18-ft. box and hoist, ShurLok tarp, 4&2 speed, 83,500 miles. Tag #JackW0418................................................................ Call 1979 International cab-over grain truck, 20-ft. ITB box, Cummins engine, 452,000 miles, tandem axle, 13 speed transmission. Tag #JohnA0618...........$25,000 1975 International 4300 conventional truck, 19-ft. Rtena box, 13 speed transmission, tandem axle, good rubber. Tag #JohnA0618........................$25,000 1994 Ford LT9000 dump truck. Tag#Brent0718.......................................$36,000 1999 Kenworth W900 truck. Tag#Brent0718...........................................$26,000 1994 Ford LT900W truck. Tag#Brent0718................................................$22,000 1987 GMC truck with gas engine, 24-ft. van body.. Tag #D&B0418. 1984 GMC truck without tail gate, gas engine, 5 speed transmission, 24-ft. van body. Tag # #D&B0418............................................................................. Call GMC 7000 truck with 1500 gallon tank, 16-ft. flatbed, 5-speed manual, 114,363 miles. Tag #JackW0417.........................................................................$7000 1989 Volvo truck with Jaylor 1500 mixer, new engine overhaul, new clutch, new knives on screw. Tag #Hillside0818....................................................$55,000

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BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS

Case 680 2WD, tractor, loader, backhoe, extend-a-hoe. Tag #Hug0218 2016 New Wacker Neuson ST track skid steer loader. Tag #LarryB0617. Melroe 811 skidsteer mounted backhoe. Tag #KenBert0916........................ $6500 2016 New Wacker Neuson WL34 wheel loader. Tag #LarryB0617. 1986 International 560 loader. Tag #Brent0718......................................$22,000 2011 John Deere 304 loader. Tag #Brent0718........................................$67,000 Case 850 crawler/dozer, 10-ft. dozer blade, bucket. Tag #BrokenP0117....$15,000

SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms, John Deere rate controller. Tag #BigSky0718................................................................................................$5500 2007 New Holland SF216 sprayer, 80-ft. booms, wind screens, rinse tank, mixer tank, 1600 gallon tank, double nozzles. Tag #Dale0318.....................$15,000 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 100-ft. booms, double nozzles. Tag #HerbK0518. Barber 34-ft. spreader. Tag #BDawson0316

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HARROWS

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##### In the homes of the Bedouins, coffee is generally served plain with ginger or cardamom. It gives off a yellow color and a very sweet taste. Sometimes ginger is added instead of cardamom. The Bedouins would greet the guest in honour with “Allah wa Sablan”, meaning, “My home is your home.”

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Recipe Patch by Geri Baked Eggplant Sticks

10 oz. eggplant 1 cup olive oil ½ tsp kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper ½ cup Italian Seasoned breadcrumbs 2 tbsp parmesan cheese 1 large egg white Oil spray Marinara sauce for dipping Preheat the oven to 450º. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray with oil. Cut ends off the eggplant. Slice eggplant in half, then into ¼ inch thick slices. Lay each slice on the cutting board and cut into ¼ inch strips. Be sure to cut all the strips the same size so they cook evenly. Place eggplant strips in a bowl and season with olive oil, salt and pepper. Set aside. Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a bowl and egg whites in another. Dip a few strips of eggplant at a time into the egg whites, then into the bread crumps. Using a fork, remove eggplant from crumbs and place on the baking sheets. Spray with more oil and bake 10 minutes on the middle rack. Turn over and bake an additional 5 minutes, or until golden. Serve hot.

Cherry Barbecue Sauce

1 medium onion, chopped 2 tablespoons butter 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups fresh or frozen dark sweet cherries, pitted and coarsely chopped 1 cup ketchup 2/3 cup packed brown sugar ¼ cup cider vinegar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons ground mustard ½ teaspoon pepper 1/8 teaspoon Liquid Smoke, optional In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 20 minutes or until cherries are tender and sauce in thickened, stirring occasionally. Yield: about 3 ½ cups.

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4 teaspoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon pepper 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 3 ½ to 4 pounds pork spareribs JALAPENO BARBECUE SAUCE: 2 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients; rub onto both sides of ribs. Place ribs, meat side up, on a rack in a foil-lined roasting pan. Bake at 325º for 1 ½ to 1 ¾ hours or until tender. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine sauce ingredients; simmer, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes or until thickened. Grill ribs, uncovered, over medium heat for 1015 minutes or until browned, basting with sauce and turning several times. Reheat remaining sauce and serve with ribs. Yield: 4 servings.

All in One Pierogi Meal

1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 lb ground beef 1 (16 ounce) package frozen potato pierogis, thawed 1 (10-ounce) package frozen broccoli florets, thawed ½ tsp salt 1/4 tsp peper 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Cheddar Cheese In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat, and brown beef 5 minutes, or until heated through. Stir in broccoli, salt, and pepper, then top with cheese. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook an additional 4 to 5 minutes, or until cheese melts and broccoli is warmed through.

World Egg Day

Date When Celebrated: Second Friday in October What’s all the egg-citement about? Why, today is World Egg Day! World Egg Day celebrates and promotes the benefits of eggs. It is truely a world, or international, celebration, from China and New Zealand, to Great Britain and Mexico. This is no yolk. Eggs certainly are what they are cracked up to be. Aside from high cholesterol, eggs are a healthy food. High in nutrition, and low in fat, people all over the world enjoy eggs. And, they celebrate eggs on this day. Don’t have egg on your face by forgetting this special day. We can think of a dozen reasons to enjoy World Egg Day to the fullest. We know eggs-actly how people begin

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this special day.... with eggs for breakfast. And, there’s ohh so much more you can do with them. Ways to celebrate World Egg Day: • First and foremost, eat some eggs today. You can have them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. • Learn more about the health benefits of eggs. • Have an Egg Hunt. Who says egg hunts are only at Easter!? • Hold a debate with the question: “Which came first, the chicken or the Egg?” • Have an Egg throwing contest. It’s a big sport in Great Britain. • Send an Egg Ecard to family and friends. • Read an eggy story to your child. We suggest reading “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”. • Decorate some eggs. • Find out how many things are made of, or contain eggs. You might be surprised.

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THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO RUN YOUR FARM! New Harvest Equipment In Stock Case IH 8240 Combine Case IH 3152 40' Header

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In Stock Tractors UsedUsed Haying Equipment In Stock

2002Case Case IH IH Puma LBX331 Square ................................$29,000 .... $99,000 loader..................... MFD,Baler 155 2009 2008 Case IH RB564 round baler, 8700 bales, mesh wrap, wide 140 1900 hours, MFD................ $59,000 Maxxum IH Case 2009 pickup, endless belts, hydraulic pickup lift, central lube ......$26,500 MFD, hrs, 3 pt, MX270 6800 IH RBX562, 2002 2003Case CaseIH MeshWrap, Like NewGood Condition$39,000 $24,500 hrs, 12 speed....................... $49,000 7600 1997 1999Case Case IH IH 9370 RS561 .....................................................$12,500 1995John Case Deere IH 8465 .........................................................$8,995 3 point, PTO......................... $19,500 4840 1979 1994 Case IH9682 84804600 Softcore Trelleborg duals, weight kit, EZ-steer hrs,............................................$6,995 New Holland 1990 Hesston 560 Round Baler ........................................$5,500 .......... $69,000 ............................. guidance..................

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2003 Case IH RB562 twine and mesh..........................$22,000 Case IH Farmall 75C, cab & loader CaseIH Puma 130 • CaseIH Maxxum 2013 Case IH RB564 round baler, mesh and twine, 125 wide pickup, CaseIH Maxxum 140 • CaseIH Puma 165 roller windguard, 9000 bales..................................$21,500 CaseIH Puma 185• CaseIH Magnum 260 2013 Haybuster 2650 bale processor..........................$17,000

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Case IH Farmall 356B w/loader 2008 Case IH Steiger 480, 1480 Hrs, Cummins engine, 710 radials, like new .................................... $179,000 1979 JD 4840, 3 pt, PTO .............................. $22,500 2009 Case IH Puma 155, MFD, loader ........ Just Traded

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Researchers make important finding in plant disease resistance

By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture pipecolic acid in systemic signaling but did University of Kentucky plant pathology not understand how it related to the other researchers have uncovered the function and known systemic chemical signals,” Pradeep placement of another component in a pathKachroo said. “We now not only know how way that triggers plant disease resistance. pipecolic acid functions, but also how this Their finding brings them one step closer chemical cooperates with the other signals.” to understanding this pathway that allows “The chemicals are like a team,” Aardra plants to fend off secondary infections. Kachroo said. “You need every single memThis knowledge will allow scientists to help ber, and their roles shift in relation to each plants simultaneously defend themselves other, not only at different plant locations against a variety of pathogens which, in with respect to pathogen presence but also turn, could help crops. with respect to the timing of infection.” A team of researchers, led by Pradeep These signals also play a role in other Kachroo and Aardra Kachroo of the Uniimportant plant processes such as light versity of Kentucky College of Agriculture, recognition and root-to-shoot signaling. Food and Environment, studied the chemiTherefore, understanding their interrelationcal signals involved in cell-to-cell comship will help scientists better understand munication. This is how pathogen-infected their roles in other nondefense-related tissue lets other parts of the plant know physiologies. to prepare itself against future pathogen “It’s exciting to consider eventually using infections. They found that pipecolic acid, these naturally occurring plant chemicals to a small organic compound derived from improve crop resistance,” Pradeep Kachroo lysine, initiates the process by inducing the said. “Another important aspect of this study accumulation of free radicals. Free radicals is that we are looking at defense-inducing initiate a pathway resulting in the accumuchemicals that do not have a negative impact lation of the signaling chemicals salicylic on yield.” acid and glycerol-3-phosphate. Salicylic The research team members included acid, glycerol-3-phosphate, and to a lesser lead author Caixia Wang, Ruiying Liu, extent, pipecolic acid then travel within the Gah-Hyun Lim, Laura de Lorenzo, Keshun plant as part of the defense “preparedness” Yu and Arthur Hunt from the University of process. There, salicylic acid and glycerolKentucky College of Agriculture, Food and 3-phosphate initiate additional pipecolic Environment. Kai Zhang was a research acid synthesis to continue this signaling collaborator from Southwest University in pathway. China. “Scientists knew about the importance of

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The History of Pumpkins

Pumpkins are believed to have originated in Central America. Seeds from pumpkin plants have been found in Mexico, dating back over 7000 years to 5500 B.C. Native American Indians used pumpkin as a staple in their diets, centuries before the pilgrims landed. When European settlers arrived, they saw the pumpkins grown by Native Americans. Pumpkin soon became a staple in their diets, too. The pilgrims also brought seeds back to Europe, where they quickly became popular. Just like today, early settlers used pumpkins in a wide variety of recipes, from desserts to stews and soups. In addition to cooking with pumpkins, they also dried the shells and cut strips to weave into mats. Early settlers made pumpkin pie by filling a hollowed out shell with milk, honey and spices, then baking it.Whether they learned this from Native Americans is not known. Native Americans and early colonists preserved pumpkins by drying them. The skin was peeled and the insides scooped out. The pulp was sliced and placed on drying racks, or hung up to dry in the sun. The Thanksgiving Connection There are conflicting reports and documentation as to whether pumpkins were a part of the first Thanksgiving meal of the Pilgrims and the Indians, or whether it was the second Thanksgiving celebration the next year. We do know that pumpkins were a staple of the Indians long before the arrival of the pilgrims. From that time forward, pumpkins have been, and continue to be a tradition at the Thanksgiving feast. Not only is it associated with the meal itself, but the pumpkin has adorned and decorated homes and communities in honor of this event for hundreds of years. Pumpkins should be our national fruit. They were at the first Thanksgiving feast of the pilgrims and Indians in 1620. They were there at the first Independence Day celebration, long before Johnny Appleseed dropped his first seed. Sure, pumpkin fruit was not ripe during the Fourth of July. But, back then American ate more vegetables. This included pumpkin and squash flowers (get the recipe). Pumpkin leaves were also used in salads. Did you know?!? The Turkey was almost our National Bird? In a vote in congress, the bald eagle won out over the Turkey as our national bird. Had this happened, we all would be eating crow, err Bald Eagle for Thanksgiving dinner!

Mischief Night

Date When Celebrated: Always October 30th Mischief Night is an evening when people traditionally participated in harmless (please) mischief. We stress harmless or innocent mischief. Other forms of mischief can lead to big trouble. Even seemingly harmless mischief can be the source of problems. This night is discouraged by law enforcement organizations. The mischief is sometimes less than funny, and can even lead to vandalism or destructive. Important: We neither encourage, nor endorse participation in this day. Why risk getting in trouble?? Historically, some common forms of mischief on this has included: • Soaping windows • Egging houses and cars • Tossing a few rotten tomatoes • Toilet papering house trees, etc. • Knocking on doors, then running away Have a happy, safe, and harmless Mischief Night. Origin of Mischief Night: Mischief Night appears to have roots in England back to the nineteenth century. Some documentation and readings has it occurring on Halloween night. Other, references, has is on the 30th.

Mother-in-Law Day

Date When Celebrated: Fourth Sunday in October If you missed Mother’s Day in May, then here’s another chance to honor your beloved Mother-In-Law. The source of many jokes, a mother-in-law doesn’t usually get the praise and appreciation she deserves.

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##### Farmers and ranchers receive only 15 cents out of every dollar spent on food at home and away from home. The rest goes for costs beyond the farm gate: wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution. In 1980 farmers and ranchers received 31 cents. ##### The millennial generation (people aged 34 and under) includes 257,454 farmers. More than 20 percent of all farmers are beginning farmers (in business less than 10 years).

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Wiggle your way into worm composting

By Kym Pokorny, OSU Extension Service Impressed by compost’s contribution to the soil, gardeners conferred on it the nickname “black gold.” Even more beneficial worm castings could take the title “black diamonds.” Just ask true believer Larry Steele, an Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service master gardener who commends the rich nutrition of red-worm manure, also known as castings. “I started with regular compost,” said Steele, who teaches Extension-sponsored classes on worm composting or vermicomposting. “But then I took a session in master gardener training and the instructor talked about how good worm castings are and how easy it is to make.” Right away he learned the most important lesson in vermicomposting: Don’t use the big worms already wiggling around in the soil. These big night crawlers won’t hang around. Instead, keep your worm farm working with red worms, also called red wigglers or tiger worms. Build or buy the worms a box or bin, feed them food scraps and they’ll reward you by sticking around and producing a rich compost that not only adds nutrients to the soil, but also improves its structure. “If you build a comfortable place for them to live and keep feeding them, they’ll never go away,” said Steele, who keeps a worm bin at home and at the Linn County Master Garden Demonstration Garden in Albany. Making a comfortable place for the worms is an easy enough proposition. Plenty of worm bins are on the market, but building one takes only six pieces of plywood, a hammer and some nails. Make a box by attaching sides and bottom but leave the top board loose so you can open and close the bin. Add hinges if you’re feeling ambitious. Don’t forget to drill holes in the sides of the box to give the inhabitants air; they’ll die without it. The size of the box depends on the amount of food waste you add during a week. A good rule of thumb is a square foot of box per pound of waste a week, according to Steele. A 2-by4-foot box with a 12- to 16-inch depth is a good place to start. Plastic bins can be used, also, but because of their nonporous nature you’ll need two bins stacked on top of each other with spacers (bricks would work) between them. In this case, drill holes in the bottom of the first bin so liquid resulting from the vermicomposting process can drip down. The liquid can be CONTINUED ON PAGE B10

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mixed with water and applied around plants. “Most of the excess moisture gets absorbed into the wood or just doesn’t materialize as condensation because the wood is a better insulator and warmer surface,” he said. “And more moisture just escapes because wood breathes and plastic doesn’t.” For bedding, newsprint is a cheap and easy option, but only use the black-and-white sections. Tear it into long strips, soak it in water and squeeze until it’s about as moist as a damp sponge. Fluff it up and then fill the bottom quarter of the box. Add worms and cover them with a layer two to three times as thick as the bottom layer. Lay down more bedding when it is reduced by half, about every month or two depending on the size of the bin and how much food is provided. Steele recommends about 1,000 worms for that size box, but even a quarter of that amount will work. “They have a marvelous capacity to reproduce,” he said. “Eight mature worms can result in 1,500 offspring in six months.” No need to worry about worms crawling out of the bin, though. The size of the box and amount of food will keep them in check. Red worms are available at places that sell fish bait and online from outfits that supply vermicomposting equipment. Or, scoop out a handful from a friend’s bin for free. Again, be sure to get red worms, not night crawlers. To feed the worms, just pull back a bit of bedding, put in some kitchen or vegetable garden waste and cover it up. Worms are top feeders, Steele explained, so they’ll naturally come to the uppermost layers to eat. As they digest the food, it passes through and comes out as castings or, to be more precise, worm manure. Feed the worms vegetable and fruit scraps, banana peels, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, crushed egg shells and corn cobs. Don’t add meat, fish, bones, oils and dairy products. Be conservative with citrus peels, onions and garlic. You can chop up the bigger pieces or not; eventually they’ll get eaten. Letting the scraps sit in a bucket outside to rot a little isn’t a bad idea, Steele said. Worms go through softer things quicker. “They don’t have what we think of as teeth, so they’ll work into the softer stuff first,” Steele explained. The best location for a worm bin is in a garage or shed, but they can be kept outside year round if filled with enough bedding for insulation. Watch the moisture level, too. In summer, you may need to sprinkle it down to keep it damp enough. As the castings build up in the bottom of the bin, harvest by pushing aside the bedding and scooping out a double handful of finished product. Take as few worms as possible in order to keep your worm farm populated. Put the castings on a table in the sun for about 10 minutes. Since the worms don’t like sunlight, they’ll retire to the inside of the mound of castings. Just gather them up and add them back to the bin. If that seems too tedious, skip that step but you’ll be losing a lot of worms. The castings can be added to regular compost – about 25 percent – and used to build up beds. Or spread them around plants and dig in slightly. Sprinkle castings on potted plants and over garden beds. A little goes a long way. Other uses include adding to the bottom of planting holes and mixing with potting soil at a concentration of about 20 percent. For more information, check out https://catalog.extension. oregonstate.edu/em9034.

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Do you include pulse foods on your menu?

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By University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other industrial applications. The strucDecades after scientists discovered hunture of the fatty acids housed within an dreds of different fatty acids in vegetable oil help dictate both its health effects and oils, two that had managed to elude detecindustrial merits. tion have finally revealed themselves to a Most off-the-shelf vegetable oils, such as team led by the University of Nebraskacanola or soybean oil, contain the same five Lincoln and Huazhong Agricultural Unifatty acids. Those conventional fatty acids versity in China. all contain either 16 or 18 carbon atoms Named for the sites of the two leading and feature similar molecular structures. institutions, Nebraskanic acid and Wuhanic By contrast, Nebraskanic and Wuhanic rank acid make up nearly half of the seed oil among a class of “unusual” fatty acids that found in the Chinese violet cress, a flowercontain fewer or more carbon atoms — ing plant native to central China. both have 24 — and uncommon molecular According to the research team, the disbranches that stem from those carbons. covery may be the first of its kind since the Whether conventional or unusual, all 1960s and 1970s, when biochemists idenknown fatty acids generally obey the same tified troves of new fatty acids in various instruction manual: They add two carbon vegetable oils. atoms at the end of a four-step biochemical “People thought maybe they’d found evcycle, then continue doing so until assembly erything there was to find,” said Nebraska’s is complete. But the Nebraskanic and WuEd Cahoon, a George Holmes University hanic acids seem to go off-book, Cahoon Professor of biochemistry who co-authored said, in a way rarely if ever seen outside of an August 27 study on the discovery in the certain bacteria. journal Nature Plants. “It’s been at least sevBoth acids appear to follow the tradieral decades since somebody has discovered tional script until adding their 10th pair of a new component of vegetable oil like this.” carbon atoms, Cahoon said. After reaching Fatty acids represent the primary comthat milestone, though, the acids appear to ponents of vegetable oils, which are best skip the last two steps of the four-step cycle, known for their role in the kitchen but have CONTINUED ON PAGE B15 also found use in biodiesel fuels, lubricants

China trade team sets sights on U.S. sorghum

From sorghumcheckoff.com A team of six top Chinese sorghum importers and feedmillers visited the U.S. July 16-26. This visit was a collaboration of efforts between the Sorghum Checkoff, the U.S. Grains Council, the Texas Grain Sorghum Association and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission to educate buyers about U.S. sorghum production, uses and strategies and provide the tools necessary to make better purchasing decisions. During the visit, the team was able to further develop and strengthen relationships with U.S. suppliers, which will encourage more sorghum sales to China following trade challenges in early 2018. “Importing grain from the international market can be an impersonal experience,” said Bryan Lohmar, Director of the U.S. Grains Council office in China. “Coming to the U.S. to meet producers and better understand the marketing system and the various players involved helps importers visualize and appreciate where their products are coming from. Such activities also help build relationships and information exchanges, assisting both sides in managing risk and developing mutually-beneficial outcomes.” The team comprised of company representatives whose imports account for more than 50 percent of China’s total U.S. sorghum imports. The tour consisted of several visits to sorghum farms, ethanol plants, and local elevators, which allowed the importers to learn more about the sorghum value chain. “The U.S. farmer produces the highest quality sorghum in the world,” said Shelee Padgett, Sorghum Checkoff regional director. “During these tours of the Sorghum Belt, we make sure to highlight sorghum’s nutritional qualities, U.S. production methods, quality, price and our superior export logistics.” The first week consisted of stops in Texas including several sorghum fields in Waxahachie and Snook, the Port of Houston and concluded with a tour of the Federal Grain Inspection Service. The team also had dinner at Wayne Cleveland’s house, Texas Grain Sorghum Association Executive Director, where Cleveland and his wife served several dishes including sorghum as an ingredient. The team then headed to Kansas where they talked one-on-one with several growers, visited a grain marketing company and toured Kansas Ethanol in Lyons, Kansas. Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission staff traveled with the team and coordinated several visits with local producers. China remains a top customer for U.S. sorghum accounting for $868 million in exports, equating to 4.8 million metric tons (189 million bushels), during the 2016-2017 marketing year. Utilizing these efforts, the Sorghum Checkoff will continue to explore and grow opportunities for U.S. sorghum in the global marketplace.

Rare discovery of new fatty acids CONTINUED FROM PAGE B14

twice cutting short the routine to accelerate the addition of the 11th and 12th carbon pairs. The process also leaves behind an oxygen-hydrogen branch, or hydroxyl group, in the fatty acid chain. “We sort of had an idea of what the biochemical pathway might be, but it was completely different than what’s in the biochemistry textbooks,” Cahoon said. “These fatty acids also seem to be stored in the violet cress seeds in a way that we haven’t quite seen before for other vegetable oils. “We believe that the fatty acids are linked to one another through the hydroxyl groups to form a complex matrix of fatty acids, which is quite different from how fatty acids are arranged in a typical vegetable oil.” That unique assembly and structure could account for the corresponding oil’s superior performance as a lubricant, which was tested at the University of North Texas. Compared with castor oil, the violet cress oil reduced friction between steel surfaces by 20 percent at 77 degrees Fahrenheit and by about 300 percent at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. “When we saw the long-chain molecules and their arrangement, we knew the oil found in Chinese violet cress seeds would make an excellent lubricant,” said Diana Berman, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at North Texas. “This oil doesn’t just have the potential to supplement or replace petroleum-based oil; it can also replace synthetics. It is a renewable solution to a limited-resource problem.” Cahoon said the team intends to further investigate how enzymes drive assembly of the fatty acids. Better understanding their architecture could also yield practical benefits, he said. “We think that if we can figure out exactly how all these fatty acids are connected to one another, then we can maybe design ways to make better lubricants,” Cahoon said. “Nature can guide us.” Fatty chance The “serendipitous” discovery of Nebraskanic and Wuhanic acid began in China, where Chunyu Zhang and his colleagues at Huazhong Agricultural University noticed a strange reading in a chemical analysis of the violet cress oil. Zhang’s team was using an analytical technique known as thin-layer chromatography. The technique involves depositing a sample of liquid onto a plate, then adding a solvent and forcing the resulting solution up the plate via capillary action – a physical force that allows liquids to move against gravity in confined spaces. Different components of the solution climb the plate at different speeds, creating distinct bands that offer insights into the original sample’s chemical makeup. To Zhang’s surprise, one of those bands seemed to have abandoned its typical perch higher up the plate for a spot farther down when the oil was deposited on a certain material. Zhang decided to consult his colleague Cahoon for a second opinion. “He’s showing me a scan of this chromatography plate and this band,” Cahoon said. “I’d never seen anything like it. He gave me some seeds and said, ‘Let’s figure out what this is.’ That’s how the whole project started. It was very much a fluke that this was even found.” After late nights spent confirming the anomaly and tracing its origins, the researchers tapped the expertise of Robert Minto and Alicen Teitgen at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, who spent a year helping to characterize the structures of the two fatty acids. The team also managed to pinpoint two genes that, when activated, help kick-start production of the fatty acids. That knowledge could inform efforts to ramp up production of the oil, and its performance-enhancing fatty acids, to an industrial scale. “With breeding and bringing in other germplasm, maybe we can make this plant into an industrial oilseed crop,” Cahoon said. “Right now, the yield is less than half that of canola, but canola’s been intensively bred for more than 50 years. It’s a great crop already.” The researchers authored the Nature Plants study with Juan Ling, Wei Zhang and Zaiyun Li of Huazhong Agricultural University; senior research associate Xiangjun Li and postdoctoral researcher Lucas Busta, both of Nebraska’s Center for Plant Science Innovation; Rebecca Cahoon, research manager in biochemistry at Nebraska; along with Asghar Shirani and Kent Chapman from the University of North Texas. The researchers received support from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation of China.

##### Robert’s wife was, shall we say, a casual housekeeper. One day Robert teased her by saying, “Look! The dust is so thick on the coffee table that I can write my name in it!” She replied sweetly, “Yes, I know. That’s why I married a college graduate.” ##### Lamb...An animal that gets more sheepish every year.

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2013 Case IH 160 100-ft. suspended booom, windscreens, 480/80R38 tires, Trimble 750 controller w/Field IQ, 1600 gallon. #USCA02...............................................................................................................$39,000 1998 Flexi-Coil System 67XLT twin tank, 130-ft., foam marker, hydraulic unfold, air inductor tips. #USF139.. ............................................................................................................................................................$5500 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft., 1500 gallon wheel boom, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, FlexControl, dual nozzles, windscreen. #USNH00.......................................................................................................$20,000 2012 Seed Hawk 8412 single side band, section control, full Intelligent AG blockage, 800 tow behind air cart, conveyor, 30.5 duals, bag lift....... Just In

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USED SKID STEERS 2010 Seed Master 5012 5-sections, precision seeding, 50-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot carbide sideband openers, 400 bushel Ezee-On cart. #UDSM01.............................................$115,000 2013 New Holland L230 360 hours, 3000 lb. lift capacity, 2 speed drive, mechanical controls, cab with heat and air conditioning, suspension seat, hydraulic coupler, 14x17.5 large tires...... $41,000

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2004 Gleaner R65 Cummins engine, 973 MacDon 36-ft. draper header with pickup reel and transport. #UCAG20...............................................$88,000

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2009 New Holland T7060 MFD tractor, 1900 hours, CVT transmission, 42” rear duals, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO’s with Auto Steer.............................$71,000

2004 Challanger MT545B MFD tractor, 1600 hours, CVT transmission, 4 hydraulics, 3 pt. hitch, 540/1000 PTO’s, 42” rear tires with ML98 loader, bucket and grapple fork...........................$46,000 1992 Gleaner R72 8.3 Cummins conversion, 260 hp, 600 hours on new engine, 2667 seperator hours. ................................................................$19,000

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

2005 New Holland CR960 Class 7, deluxe cab, 17” rotors, 900/60R32, front tires, 600/28 rears, #UCNH91...............................................$69,000

2002 Versatile/Buhler 2210 MFD tractor, 5135 hours, 210 PTO hp, 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, duals, Allied 2895 loader with bucket & grapple..........$65,000 1951 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor, 540 PTO with loader.........................................................$2500 2006 Freightliner 425 hp, Cat diesel, 13 speed transmission, Columbia series................$18,000

1981 New Holland 1037 balewagon, 540 PTO drive, 104 bale capacity, 3 wide 7 high, 11Lx15 tires..... ................................................................$11,000 John Deere “R” manure spreader, ground drive...... .....................................................................$850 Nutri-Placer 5252 40-ft. liquid fertilizer applicator with carbide points.............................................$6000 2012 New Holland S1070 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1600 gallon, windscreens, 46” tires, rinse tank with wash........................................$35,000 2006 New Holland SF115 90-ft. suspended boom sprayer, 1500 gallon, SP655 auto rate....$20,000 2004 New Holland SF115 134-ft. sprayer, 1500 gallon, 18.4x26 tires, HMIC pump, Flexi-Control Auto Rate, dual nozzles, windscreens.............$12,000 Flexi-Coli S67 XLT 104-ft. wheel boom sprayer..$3000

USED ROUND AND SQUARE BALERS

1999 Hesston 856T 5x6 bales, 75” wide pickup, bale kicker. #UHHS43..................................... $11,500 1994 Vermeer 605K round baler, 1000 PTO. #UHVM33.................................................. $5500

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

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2008 Ford F350 service pickup, 4x4, 113,000 miles, diesel, tool racks, 120 gallon fuel tank, welder & generator................................................$18,500 1987 GMC L10 truck, Cummins diesel, 280 hp, 13 speed transmission, 3 axles w/lift, box & hoist, remote control.........................................$15,000 Friggstad 600 plow, tool bar, 44-ft. 5-section, 1 1/4” shanks w/harrow........................................$7000 Harrell 3606 6 bottom switch plow, 3 pt. mount........ ...................................................................$5500 Melroe 1000 plow, 29-ft. 13-18” bottoms.........$6500

2008 Case IH ATX700 70-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 550 lb trips, 5.5” rubber packers, single shoot, Stealth body with 4” Dutch spread tip, all run blockage, ADX3430 tow behind air cart, 430 bushel, duals, variable rate drive...................................$66,000 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 33-ft. air drill with 1720 tow between and 1720 tow behind air carts, 9” spacing, stealth boots, goose shooters, 31/2” steel packers....................................................$32,000

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......$25,000

USED WINDROWERS New Holland 660 round baler with Bale Command, twine and net, standard pickup, 540 PTO. #UHN145................................................... $4000 2017 John Deere 569 3100 bales, twine & net, flotation tires, mega wide pickup, 1000 PTO drive...... ..................................................................Just In 2002 John Deere 9650STS combine, 2925 separator hours, 800/65R32 tires, chopper with 9360 header....................................................$82,000 2009 New Holland 88C flex draper header, 36-ft., upper cross auger, transport, finger reel..$25,000

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

USED GRAIN CART John Deere 346 small square baler, twine tie, 14”x18” chamber, 540 PTO drive, 1/4 turn chute.... $4500

2009 Chevrolet Suburban LT 4WD, leather, sunroof, 115,000 miles, 1/2 third seat.......................$13,900 2008 Fisher Liberty 240 Pontoon 26-ft., two front chairs, new seats, large bimini top, lots of room and storage, 60 hp Big Foot 4-stroke engine, new tires on 2000 trailer.............................................$15,900

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Summers sprayer, 100-ft., 1650 gallon, triple nozzle bodies, very clean, low acres.................................................................................. $30,000 John Deere 914 pickup header, Rake-up pickup attachment.......... $7500 1990 Kenworth Cat 3406, 400 hp, 9 speed manual, 3.55 rear, less than 10,000 miles on in frame overhaul.................................. Call for price 1997 MacDon Premier Turbo 2930 swather with 1998 MacDon 960 30-ft. triple delivery header, 1180 total hours.................................... $27,500 1979 Versatile 875 855 Cummins motor, 280 hp, 90% tires...Call for price

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Boost soil health for more productive pasture, hay or cropland

By Jay Norton, University of Wyoming Extension soils specialist and assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Department of Ecosystem and Management Practicing the 4 Rs of fertilizer managecycling in ways that are often unfavorable. ment can enhance soil health and reduce Minimizing tillage, growing cover crops, fertilizer costs. When Right rate, Right applying compost and rotations that include placement, Right time and Right type of periods of perennial hay or pasture, careful fertilizer are combined with proven consergrazing management and other components vation practices, crop biomass is increased of sustainable management conserve as and soil organic matter is conserved. much plant material as possible on the soil Healthy soils provide plentiful crops, surface. In such a system, fertilizers apforage and wildlife habitat, as well as lots plied using the 4 Rs increase plant biomass of clean water. Decomposed plant, animal production. More plant roots and abovegand microbial materials – soil organic matround residues contribute to soil biota and ter – give soil its ability to store and supply increased soil organic matter. both water and nutrients. Soil organic matter Fertilizer Management is key to soil health even though it usually The 4 Rs of fertilizer management are makes up only 2 or 3 percent of the weight crucial to efficient and responsible use of of the soil. fertilizer as part of a sustainable agricultural Fertilizers applied as part of sustainproduction system, whether in pasture, hay able management improve soil health by land or cropland. increasing plant biomass that contributes The right rate means using soil test results to soil organic matter. Fertilizers applied to to determine how much nutrient the soil can replace good management – as a quick fix provide and how much more is required for for depleted soil – cause a spiral of declinoptimal yield. ing yields and need for greater amounts of The right placement means appropriately fertilizer. injecting, banding, incorporating or waterSoil microbes and plants take up nutrients ing in fertilizers to maximize access by roots as quickly as they are released from decomand minimize loss. posing organic materials. Fertilizers provide The right time means applying nutrients exactly the same forms of nutrients as oras closely as possible to when plants need ganic matter, but the influx of nutrients from them. fertilizers affects microbial activity, organic And the right source means choosing the CONTINUED ON PAGE B20 matter decomposition rates and nutrient

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Fumigant trainings offered across Montana

By Cecil Tharp (MSU Pesticide Education Specialist) Human fatalities spurred EPA and product registrants to implement new phosphine fumigant restrictions since 2010. These include: 1) prohibiting all uses of the product on single and multi-family residential properties, nursing homes, schools (except athletic fields), daycare facilities, and hospitals, 2) increase buffer zones to 100 feet for treatment around non-residential buildings that could be occupied by people or animals, 3) completed fumigant management plan prior to the application, and much more. Though reduced, ongoing fatalities have occurred, including one Utah adult in 2018, and four children in Texas, 2017. The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering multiple trainings in Montana to assist applicators in effectively managing pests with phosphine fumigants, while using them in a safe manner. *Some common examples (not all inclusive) of products containing aluminum or magnesium phosphide include Fumi-cel, Fumitoxin, Magtoxin, Phostoxin, and Weevil-cide. Phosphine gas applicators may attend fumigant training sessions offered by the MSU Pesticide Education Program (PEP) on December 18th in Havre, or December 19th in Miles City. These half day sessions will focus on managing rodents with fumigants (Stephen Vantassel, MDA Vertebrate Pest Specialist), and managing insects in agricultural structures (Cecil Tharp, MSU Pesticide Education Specialist). December 18th. Havre, MT. Northern Ag Research Center, 3710 Assiniboine Road. Pre-register online or contact Amy Bowser (406-994-5178; amy.bowser@montana.edu). $30 fee at the door. Registration required by December 12th, 2018. December 19th. Miles City, MT. USDA-ARS-PA Livestock & Range Research Laboratory, 243 Fort Keogh Road. Pre-register online or contact Amy Bowser (406-994-5178; amy.bowser@montana.edu). There is a $30 fee at the door. Registration required by December 12th, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Information regarding this news release and aluminum and magnesium phosphide can be found on the EPA website. If you have questions regarding this article contact the MSU Pesticide Education program (Cecil Tharp, Pesticide Education Specialist, 406994- 5067, ctharp@montana.edu). Applicators can view the complete agenda by navigating to the MSU PEP website at www.pesticides.montana.edu and selecting ‘2018 Fumigant Training Tour’ on the website banner.

Team using NSF grant for development of soil sensor

By K-State News When addressing the ongoing global problem of food scarcity, a key element toward ensuring a successful crop yield is healthy soil conditions. The need exists for a sustainable method of attaining real-time data on soil health to aid farmers in making better decisions related to food production. In response, the combined efforts of a group of scientists and engineers at Kansas State University are expected to produce a sensor that will provide the agricultural community with continuous measurements of needed data such as soil moisture content, available nutrients and microbial activity. The team, headed by Stephen Welch, professor of agronomy, has recently been funded by a National Science Foundation Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research, or EAGER, award of $300,000 to develop such a sensor. “Our sensor will be unique as it will be powered by microorganisms that already exist in the soil,” said Stacey Kulesza, assistant professor of civil engineering and coinvestigator for the EAGER. “And if successful, its use will help farmers to make more informed decisions about agricultural practices.” Other researchers in the two-year project titled “Sustainable Biosensor Integration for Precision Management of Agricultural Soils” are Prathap Parmeswaran, assistant professor of civil engineering; Ganga Hettiarachchi, professor of agronomy; and Ryan Hansen, assistant professor of chemical engineering. The anticipated result of the funded work will be twofold. First is the development and validation of an impedance spectroscopy sensor powered by a subsurface microbial fuel cell. Then additional data provided by the sensor and fuel cell will be used to create a continuous-time, mathematical/ computer simulation model for predicting valuable soil data relevant to crop growth. “This project will strengthen the collaboration among engineers and agronomists by establishing this new multidisciplinary team to address the issue of global food shortages,” Kulesza said. “A team goal is to be among the leaders in generating new knowledge about tomorrow’s challenges facing farmers in Kansas and farmers worldwide,” she said.

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Top 4-H’ers in 307 Livestock Judging Series

By University of Wyoming Extension A summer series of livestock judging camps designed to boost skills among 4-H’ers – and increase opportunities for college scholarships – culminated at the state fair when the top scorers in three divisions were recognized. University of Wyoming (UW) livestock judging team coach Caleb Boardman presented 307 Livestock Judging Series certificates to five senior, five intermediate and three junior participants. 4-H’ers could compete in twelve 307 Livestock Judging days and camps. They had to attend at least three and then compete at the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo, noted Boardman. “We are trying to give students interested in judging more opportunities to compete,” Boardman said. “The more experience you get, the better you will be.” All-State Award recipients in their divisions and their counties are: • Juniors (ages 8-10) – Riley Lake, Albany; Emmy Hornecker, Natrona; Paiyzli Baker, Sublette. • Intermediate (ages 11-13) – Kymber Stinson, Albany; McKinly Hepp, Johnson; Emma Gonzalez, Laramie; Garrett Burkett, Brekken Hornecker, Natrona. • Seniors (ages 14-18) – Kemsley Gallegos, Alexis Lake, Saige Ward, Albany; Emma Mercer, Big Horn; Logan Mehling, Park. There are sports camps in summer, why not livestock judging camps, asked Boardman, who noted the camps have aided student recruitment to UW. “I don’t want to take anything away from sports, but the majority of students from Wyoming, if they get scholarships, will be academic or agricultural scholarships,” he said. “If you look at the ag industry, UW Extension and the college of agriculture, all of these students are working toward gaining a scholarship and being on a collegiate competition team.” Extension educators and specialists, Wyoming community college instructors and department heads, and members of the UW livestock judging team joined in the program. Camps at community colleges were three days; 4-H’ers attended two days of training then competed the final day. County events were one day. Extension educators in the individual counties organized the camps, and UW livestock judging team members assisted, as did others from the community colleges. “It’s been fantastic,” said Boardman. “This is our second year doing it, and our numbers continue to grow.” Boardman noted there were 51 senior 4-H’ers, 66 intermediate and 25 junior participants. The program is being offered again this year. The training for the 4-H’ers would not be possible without sponsors, he said. First Northern Bank was a main sponsor of $2,500 to support all of the contests. Other sponsors were Casper College, Eastern Wyoming College, Northwest College, Laramie County Community College, Burch Livestock and Hay, Pickinpaugh Livestock, 3D Livestock, Custis Showpigs/ShowTec Feeds, M Lazy Heart Feed Division, On The Mark Feeds and Sublette County 4-H.

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Jack O’Lanterns and The Tale Of Stingy Jack

The Irish brought the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack O’Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O’Lantern was not a pumpkin. Pumpkins did not exist in Ireland. Ancient Celtic cultures in Ireland carved turnips on All Hallow’s Eve, and placed an ember in them, to ward off evil spirits. The Tale of Stingy Jack and the Jack O’ Lantern Jack O’Lantern legend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. Many of the stories, center round Stingy Jack. Here’s the most popular story: Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who took pleasure in playing tricks on just about everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself. One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. After the Devil climbed up the tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. Unable to touch a cross, the Devil was stuck in the tree. Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died. Once the devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses, and the Devil climbed down out of the apple tree. Many years later, Jack died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was mean and cruel, and had led a miserable, worthless life on earth. Stingy Jack was not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to Hell and the Devil. The Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was scared. He had nowhere to go, but to wander about forever in the dark Netherworld between heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave, as there was no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell, to help Stingy Jack light his way. Jack had a Turnip with him. It was one of his favorite foods, and he always carried one with him. Jack hollowed out the Turnip, and placed the ember the Devil had given him, inside the turnip. From that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his “Jack O’Lantern”. On all Hallow’s eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O’Lanterns. In the 1800’s a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O’Lanterns.

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Date When Celebrated : The fourth Saturday in October Initiated in 1990, this is a national day is for devoted to helping others by doing volunteer work in the community. The activity can be almost anything. On this day, millions of Americans participate in community improvement projects. It takes the form of cleanup, fixup, painting, and repair in poorer neighborhoods, parks and municipal facilities. It doesn’t matter what project you take on. It doesn’t matter whether you help a non-profit organization, the community, your town, nursing home, a church, a food kitchen, or any other group in need. What matters is that you participate. Make a commitment to help others for just one day. Make a difference on Make a Difference Day! Did You Know? Each year on Make a Difference Day, ex-President Jimmie Carter gets out his hammer and saw, and helps to build or rebuild housing in underprivileged areas. There is not better example of people helping others than this!

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Commercial beef producers joined the reproductive traits, expressed in percentages “500 Club” in pounds weaned per cow of cows exposed, and some growth traits, exposed, according to the 2018 Cow Herd expressed in pounds, are presented. Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS) The typical CHAPS producer has 93.7 records. percent of the cows that were exposed The new benchmark is 502 pounds and to bulls be pregnant in the fall, with 93.1 illustrates better understanding of benchpercent calving in the spring. In the fall, 91 marks. This knowledge is critical because percent of the cows that were exposed to it allows producers to gauge, adjust and bulls weaned a calf. keep track of cattle production based on During a typical calving season, 63.2 long-term benchmarks within the industry. percent calved during the first 21 days, You cannot change what you do not mea87.6 percent during the first 42 days and sure. Measurement of a 96.1 percent within the trait through time helps first 63 days. The avermake active decisions age age of the cows was to lower, maintain or 5.6 years. increase that trait within Calf age, growth the herd. Begin by knowand weaning numbers ing the level at which the were as follows: age, cow-calf enterprise is 193 days; weight, 557 functioning. pounds; and frame score, The NDSU Dickin5.2. The weight per day son Research Extension of age was 2.9 pounds Center calculates yearly and the average daily averages of beef cow gain was 2.5 pounds. herd data from produc“Pounds weaned per ers. The CHAPS team cow exposed to the bull” calculates five-year rollis a trait that factors in ing average benchmarks management and genetfrom herds with at least ics in cattle production. 50 cows that have been in CHAPS for three For every cow exposed, CHAPS producers years or more. Yearly averages are good, but weaned 502 pounds of calf. a rolling five-year average buffers yearly Interestingly, benchmarks do not vary ups and downs in the data. very much across years, which is indicative A review of the 2018 benchmarks is a of a mature cow-calf business. Because of worthy read because understanding normal, the maturity of the cow-calf business, cattle or in this case typical, performance allows producers have developed stable production producers to better understand how to set practices that, in some cases, cross generaand guide individual herd goals. Overall CONTINUED ON PAGE B24

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tions of beef producers. Minor ups and downs may occur, but newsworthy changes are seldom. Some individual operations will experience what one might call Mother Nature trauma, but those operations have little they can do about those events, other than to have an emergency response plan in place. As an aside, that emergency response plan needs practice, so go over those plans at least once a year. Back to the benchmarks. The good news, although small, is that pounds weaned per cow exposed benchmarks for 2018 reached the “500 Club,” with an average benchmark of 502. That’s good news because the industry has been on a fiveyear run of lower pounds weaned per cow exposed. That number was 499 pounds for 2013, 496 pounds for 2014, 495 pounds for 2015, 494 pounds for 2016 and 498 pounds for 2017. These may not seem like huge differences, but the trend is good. Prior to that, the benchmark for pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed had been quite consistent. Historically (10-plus years ago), the benchmark was 500 pounds for 2005, and 502 pounds for 2006 and 2007. In 2008, the benchmark for pounds weaned per cow exposed was again at 500 pounds, and it was at 507 pounds for 2009, 505 pounds for 2010, 503 pounds for 2011 and 501 pounds for 2012. Interestingly, the average producer has not been able to sustain the 500-pound threshold in recent years, so I guess we will wait to see if the “500 Club” pound mark holds. Has the industry changed much? Not really. Is 500 pounds the right number? Well, each producer has to determine what fits the operation. However, CHAPS has been calculating the number since the mid-1980s, and after many years of evaluations of CHAPS herds, 500 pounds is doable and a logical goal. A tweak could be that those producers with lower input may accept a little fewer pounds at weaning, but again, each producer needs to do what is right for that person’s operation and checkbook. But the discussion today is simply benchmarks. And as stated earlier, benchmarks allow a producer to measure managerial changes on the operation. Fall is a good time to review the status of the beef operation as the calves come home. Sitting on the fence and watching the cattle walk by is good, but numbers are needed to offer the details for a proper evaluation. Do you know your pounds of calf produced per cow exposed? May you find all your ear tags. For more information, contact your local NDSU Extension Service agent (https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directory) or Ringwall at the Dickinson Research Extension Center, 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND 58601; 701-456-1103; or kris.ringwall@ndsu.edu.

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ROUND BALERS

New Holland BR7090 net & twine..$22,000 (L) New Holland BR780 net & twine..$14,000 (L) New Holland BR780A twine only..........$6500 New Holland 664 twine only..................$7900 Case IH RB565 net & twine.......... $44,000 (L)

USED SWATHERS

Massey-Ferguson WR9760 16-ft. disc header....................................................$99,000 MacDon 7000 with 30-ft. 960 header.$27,900 John Deere 2320 swather. #23892.......$8900

Vermeer 605M net & twine.................$21,000 Vermeer 605XL baler. Stk #23475........$9000 Vermeer Super 605J twine only............$4900 John Deere 568 round baler..............$19,900 John Deere 530 baler...........................$4200

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SQUARE BALERS

Massey Ferguson 2190 baler............$52,000 Massey Ferguson 2170 3x4, cutter... $44,900 Case IH LBX432 3x4 with cutter........$54,900 New Holland BB960 baler.................$29,900

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WEEDit: Spot & Precision Spraying

WEEDit’s intellgent sensors sample the ground 40,000 times per second searching for living plant matter and applies chemical only to the target, allowing you to increase chemical rates and still save money on applications. Use up to 90% less chemical - WEEDit combines very accurate and super fast weed detecting technology to only spray weeds in a highly efficient matter. High speed = high productivity - A very significant benefit of the Weedit is its high speed operation. This operating speed means more productivity and more time saved! Background calibration - WEEDit is less sensitive to changes in background conditions because it only measures cholorophyll, and is automatic so the system is always operating at its optimum. Electrical management - With so many solenoids, sensors and powerful light sources these systems place significant demands on power supplies. The WEEDit system overcomes these issues by running at 48V.

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2015 Bobcat E35 mini excavator, S/N AR1K12242, cab. #19459...............Payment as low as $710/month 2017 Bobcat E45 mini excavator, S/N B2VY12789, cab. #21215.............Payment as low as $1020/month 2018 Bobcat S650 skid steer loader, S/N ALJ822325, cab. #22325..........Payment as low as $745/month 2016 Bobcat T595 compact track loader, S/N B3NK11957, cab. #21161...Payment as low as $975/month 2017 Bobcat T630 compact track loader, S/N AJDT14042, cab. #21212...Payment as low as $930/month 2017 Bobcat T740 compact track loader, S/N B3CA12120, cab. #21213..Payment as low as $1010/month 2018 Bobcat S570 skid steer loader, S/N ALM 420118, open. #22933......Payment as low as $560/month

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USED SKID STEERS

2015 New Holland L230 skid steer, 3060# lift ROC................................................$39,900 New Holland LT185 skid steer.........CALL (L) John Deere CT332 open cab, hand & foot controls...........................................$24,900

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John Deere 328 open cab, hand & foot controls.................................................$13,900 John Deere 325 open cab, hand & foot controls.................................................$12,900 Bobcat LR65 land rake.........................$6000

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USED TRACTORS

Versatile 450....................................$206,000 Valtra T140-4 with loader.............. $65,000 (L) Valtra C120 with loader......................$53,900 Versatile 835 tractor...........................$14,900 Massey Ferguson 4609.....................$49,900

Massey Ferguson 4253 #23579..$25,000 (L) John Deere 1020 tractor.......................$7299 Ford 841 tractor/loader..........................$5900 Versatile 700 parting out, engine and some tires gone.

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Turbo Drum for the draper headers It is smaller in diameter, more fingers, & staggered flighting. It reduces bunching in heavy and bushy crops.

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USED SPRAYERS Freightliner with F/S sprayer............. $25,900 Brandt 85-ft. pull type sprayer............... $3900 Ag Shield 1500 sprayer...................... $24,900 Demco skid mount sprayer. #23959...... $2700

USED AUGERS

Farm King 13x85 auger........................$7900 Farm King 8x61 belt drive auger...........$1500

Westfield MK13x91 swing auger.......$10,500

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Plant more acres per day with the new 15 inch shank spacing and ShieldCore paired row opener. Rapid uniform crop emergence is the hallmark of well-designed seeding equipment.

USED AIR DRILLS

Case 800 50-ft., 10” spacing, 43 VRT Preci- Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 12” spacing....... sion SS drill, 3430 cart tow between, single .................................................$24,900 (L) chute..................Lease for $15,628/yr-oac Ezee-On 3215 33-ft. air drill. #23898..$16,000 Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” spacing and 2320 air cart.............................$26,000 (L) HAYING EQUIPMENT Hayhiker 881 hay hauler. #23887................... ................................................. $12,900 (L) USED DRILLS John Deere 9450 40-ft. with 12” spacing. Sold MacDon 1300 bale stacker.................$14,900 individually......................................... $2000 Case WRX301 rake...................... $12,000 (L) John Deere 50-ft. drill hitch................... $1400 H&S Hay Machine II rake............... $4500 (L)

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USED MISCELLANEOUS

Summer 1530 vertical tillage. #23881............. ....................................................... $48,000 New Holland 680 spreader..............$9000 (L) Ford F250 with bale bed....................... $4900

USED HEADERS

2014 MacDon D65D 40-ft. header.$57,900 Agco 5200 36-ft. draper header..........$19,900 MacDon D60D 30-ft. header...............$36,000 USED COMBINES MacDon D60S 35-ft. draper header....$29,900 New Holland 9060 combine, no header.......... MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header, pickup .....................................................$150,000 reel.................................................$14,900 New Holland TR98 combine..............$29,900 30-ft. bat reel off 8570 header.................$799 New Holland TR97 combine..............$19,900

CONSIGNMENTS

Haybuster CNF 430 vertical mixer with scales........................................$28,900 (L) Haybuster H-1100 1000 PTO mixer................ ..................................................$26,000 (L) Case IH MX150 tractor/loader............ $52,000 Versatile 876 tractor with high flow pump........ ....................................................... $29,500 Versatile 700 tractor. #23873................ $9500 Massey-Ferguson 135 tractor. #23932..$4500 John Deere 5020 tractor with PTO & loader... ..................................................$15,000 (L) Kelly 60 backhoe..............................$5900 (L) Case IH 2188 combine, 1015 pickup header... ....................................................... $42,500 Gleaner R72 combine........................ $41,900 Massey-Ferguson 8570 combine, 24-ft. header, pickup header.................... $30,000 Massey-Ferguson 850 combine with 24-ft. header, air reel.................................. $4500 New Holland CR7090 combine....................... .................................CALL FOR PRICE (L) New Holland TR97 combine,36-ft. Honeybee header, 13-ft. pickup with Swathmaster pickup attachment.......................... $42,500 International 1660 combine. #13168..$12,000 John Deere 7700 combine.................... $5500 John Deere 9400 combine. #23874... $12,000 White 9700 combine............................. $5294 Massey 8590 combine, parts only......... $2500 New Holland 94C 42-ft. double sickle, pickup reel, double swath.......................... $19,900

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New Holland 971 header with Rake-Up pickup attachment......................................... $6000 MacDon 962 36-ft. header.................. $16,900 Case DHX302 draper header.................CALL Westfield MKX13x84 auger............... $19,900 Westfield TFX10x36 auger.................... $9900 New Holland 1442 15’3” rotary disc...... $6700 Ag Shield 300 recon hay conditioner..$24,000 New Holland 575 baler. #23935............ $9500 Case 8465 round baler.......................... $5000 New Holland 166 inverter. #23933........ $4500 New Holland wing up rake. #23949..$2500 (L) Sitrex 6-wheel rake. #23950.............$2500 (L) Sitrex RP3 rake. #23939......................... $700 New Holland 1032 balewagon. #23934..$7000 Ezee Haul 7-bale trailer. #23962........... $4800 Buhler 1500 7-bale retriever..........$14,950 (L) Spra-Coupe 4640, 60-ft. booms......... $29,500 Bourgault 950 sprayer, 100-ft. boom, 1000 gallon tank......................................... $8000 Flexi-Coil 67XL sprayer, 1500 gallon tank, 120ft. booms............................................ $8000 Morris Contour I 41-ft. air drill with 7240 cart. .................................................$99,000 (L) Case 800 70-ft. x 12” spacing air drill with 3430 tank................................................. $65,000 John Deere 9400 40-ft.x12” drills....... $12,000 John Deere 777 40-ft. air seeder.......... $4000 International 510 drill. #23937.............. $3900 Aerway 19-ft. harrow. #6928.................. $1200 Liquid fertilizer cart............................. $14,200 Quicke 660 loader - grapple.................. $5000 International truck................................ $1900

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TMX trailer. #23955................................ $4000 International 2-ton truck....................... $1900 Matthews MC flail mower...................... $7900 John Deere 148 loader, grapple............ $5500 KC 3-pt. disc.......................................... $1900 Shaver HD-8 post pounder...................... $600 Hanson 3-pt. snowblower...................... $1900

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Bulletin highlights agriculture research across Wyoming

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KIOTI TRACTORS IN STOCK Kioti CS2210 sub compact with SL2410 loader, 4WD hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires.... ............................................$12,678 Kioti CK2610 with KL4010 loader, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, PTO, 3 point, industrial tires, 6 year warranty. ............................................$20,000 Mechron 2200 UTV, 4WD, steel dump, box, HD tires, glass window shield, roof.....................................$13,500

We will be closed October 19th to October 28th Back October 29th NEW KIOTI IMPLEMENTS AVAILABLE Single Bale Spear, 44”...................$554 Double Bale Spear, 44”..................$673 Triple Bale Spear, 32”....................$750

New Red Devil 6-ft. snow blower

We now have

WALLENSTEIN wood splitters, chippers and log grapples available.

MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS

New Eagle 7-ft. 3 point rear blade.... ............................................ $675 New Eagle 8-ft. 3 point rear blade.. $725 New Front Mount QA bale spears for skid steer loader mount......CALL Front Dozer Blade with manual adjust. Fits various models......$2500 Wagner loader for Ford 8N, 9N, and NAA. Complete with front pump & mounts............................... $1500 White Cab to fit Oliver 55 Series tractor...................MAKE OFFER

MISCELLANEOUS

BEN-SER SE63 63” snow blower with frame. Runs off rear PTO, fits 40-60 hp tractor...........$2500 Running gear.........................$1000 Massey Ferguson 302 loader/backhoe.......................................$5500 Shaver HD8 front mount post driver.......................................$1295 Heavy duty post hole auger, 3-pt..... ...........................................$995 Major tractor..........................$1000

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In Stock $6250

NEW Eagle box scrapers New Eagle 560HD..................... $625 New Eagle 566HD..................... $699 New Eagle 672HD..................... $729 New Eagle 784 HD.................... $779

SITREX RAKES

American Hay Master 500 series stack wagon.....................$7500 John Deere 6600 combine, gas, pickup header......... COMING IN Massey-Ferguson 510 combine with Perkins diesel............$3250 Hesston 1014 12-ft. swather........... .......................... NEEDS WORK New Holland 855 round baler.$3850

USED TRACTORS

Ford 4000 gas, loader, front blade, Select-O-Speed.....................$3500 Massey Ferguson 255 with loader....... ............................................. Just In Zetor 6341 with cab, 2WD, 3 point, PTO....................................$16,000

PARTS UNITS

New Holland 320 square baler.....For Parts Massey Fergusen 165 complete tractor...................................For Parts Ford 2000 Select-o-Speed...For Parts Oliver 1755, 77 & 1855.. FOR PARTS

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

Tarter Equipment 6-ft. rotary mower...................$1435 5-ft. rotary mower...................$1350 4-ft. rotary mower...................$1165 7-ft. heavy duty disk plow.......$1500 6-ft. heavy duty disk plow.......$1000 3-ft. 1 bottom plow....................$695 (3) 7-ft. rock rakes, 3-point.......$600 (3) 6-ft. rock rakes, 3-point.......$575 7-ft. back blade.........................$475 6-ft. back blade.........................$425 Super Spear quick attach bale spear..................................$499

USED HAYING

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

Good Selection Of Spike Tooth Harrows Starting At $150.00

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By University of Wyoming Extension The eighth annual Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station (WAES) Field Days Bulletin features 95 reports highlighting an array of research projects across the state, including studies involving cattle, sheep, crops, weeds, wildlife, rangelands, forests and wildfire. The Field Days Bulletin documents and makes publicly available the content of ongoing and completed research projects and activities conducted or funded by WAES, said Bret Hess, WAES director and interim dean in the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “This bulletin is a reflection of our commitment to document agricultural and other research at our four Research and Extension (R&E) centers in Laramie, Lingle, Powell and Sheridan, at UW and across the state,” Hess said. Reports summarize dry bean, malting barley, sugarbeet and winter wheat variety trials, and also highlight studies relating to traditional and alternative crops, including alfalfa, grass hay, corn, table and wine grapes, chickpea, forage sorghum, camelina, as well as pulse and cover crops. Other crop-related studies include irrigation practices, disease and insect control, fertilization, weed management and the use of compost in dryland winter wheat fields. UW scientists, working in collaboration with others, also summarize a variety of research projects designed to help ranchers produce healthier and more efficient beef cattle and sheep. “We are highly committed to conducting research and extension activities that help solve issues for farmers, ranchers, agricultural organizations, the owners of small acreages, the managers of both public and private lands, and others,” said WAES associate director John Tanaka, who also directs the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture R&E Center (SAREC) in southeast Wyoming near Lingle. “SAREC was formed to be a place where applied research will be conducted to help agricultural production in the region become more sustainable, and we’re working hard to achieve that mission,” Tanaka said. The Field Days Bulletin also highlights numerous other studies, including ones involving annual, perennial and wildflowers, wildlife including pronghorn antelope and greater sage-grouse, the use of biochar in a high tunnel environment, as well as post-fire soils and forestry projects being conducted at the UW-owned and WAES-managed Rogers Research Site in the Laramie Mountains of southeast Wyoming Another focus area is the management of cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that is now widely distributed across Wyoming and the West, where it lessens native plant biodiversity, decreases forage for livestock and wildlife, and increases fire frequency. “Unfortunately, there is a very limited suite of tools that may offer long-term control of cheatgrass and other invasive annual grasses,” said Brian Mealor, director of the Sheridan R&E Center. “Because of this, research teams in Wyoming and other western states are studying a variety of ways to better control this noxious weed, including how it competes with various desirable perennial grasses and whether certain herbicide mixtures and bioherbicides can offer long-term control.” On the back page of this year’s bulletin are photos from the second annual “I Love Pistol & Pete” calendar, which showcases the team of Haflinger horses known as Pistol and Pete. The duo pulled the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ sheep wagon at various events around the state in 2017, and they are once again entertaining folks this year. “Pistol and Pete have become well known across the state, and their fame continues to grow as they make appearances at UW events, parades and other activities in Wyoming,” said Scott Lake, interim director of the Laramie R&E Center. Attendees of this year’s field days will receive the calendar as a gift from WAES, and a limited number of Field Days Bulletin hard copies will also be available at the events or by contacting one of the R&E centers listed below. The 2018 bulletin (along with the 2011-2017 publications) is posted on the WAES website at www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/ publications. For more details about the field days, contact the R&E centers: Laramie, lrec@uwyo.edu, 766-3665; Powell, uwprec@ uwyo.edu, 754-2223; Lingle, sarec@uwyo.edu, 837-2000; and Sheridan, shrec@uwyo.edu, 673-2856.

Research explores benefits of manure and cedar mulch

By University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at students hands-on experience evaluating a practhe University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) tice to understand how it impacts farm profitabilwill conduct a project transforming manure and ity is a unique way to improve science literacy, cedar mulch from waste to worth. The project is critical thinking skills, and interest in agricultural funded by a $132,663 grant from the Nebraska careers.” Environmental Trust. Outreach activities will focus on improving Leading the research will be Amy Millmier understanding among crop farmers of the benefits Schmidt, assistant professor in biological systems these amendments provide and motivating impleengineering and animal science, and Rick Koelmentation of this new practice. The long-term goal of the project is to improve soil health propsch, professor in biological systems engineering and animal science. The project is designed to erties for Nebraska soils, reduce nutrient losses to provide natural resource benefits to Nebraska Nebraska water resources, and reduce eastern red through increased utilization of livestock manure cedar tree encroachment on Nebraska’s pasture and cedar mulch among crop farmers. and grassland resources. “When manure is applied to cropland at agThe project is one of the 105 projects receiving $18,301,819 in grant awards from the Nebraska ronomic rates using recommended best manageEnvironmental Trust this year. The Nebraska ment practices, it provides agronomic, soil health, Legislature created the Nebraska Environmental and environmental benefits,” said Schmidt. Trust in 1992. Using revenue from the Nebraska As the management of eastern red cedar trees Lottery, the Trust has provided over $289 million has become a critical issue in many parts of in grants to over 2,000 projects across the state. the state, Schmidt and others have been studying practices that utilize the biomass created during forest management activities in ways that add value to this product. “Combining wood chips with manure prior to land application could provide a market for the woody biomass generated during tree management activities and help offset the cost that landowners bear for tree removal,” she said. The team’s on-farm research to date has demonstrated that manure-mulch mixtures improve soil characteristics without negatively impacting crop productivity. This new award will allow an expanded project team to demonstrate the practice more widely throughout the state, complete an economic analysis of the practice, and engage high school students in educational experiences related to soil health, conservation and cedar tree management. It will also introduce the students to on-farm research for evaluating a proposed practice change. “On-farm research is at the core of extension and research programs at land-grant universities like Nebraska,” said Koelsch. “Giving high school

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2018 PJ 16-ft. x 83” landscape trailer 3500# GVW, 4-ft. expanded metal sideboards, front landscape box, rear ramp gate, spare tire. Also available: 14-ft, single axle.......$3350

2018 PJ 34-ft. gooseneck with hydraulic tail trailer 32-ft. deck, 10-ft. hydraulic beavertail, (2) 12,000# axles.

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2018 PJ 22-ft. Deckover Tilt Trailer 22-ft. deck, 8’6” wide, (2) 7000# axles, power up/ down hoist, 16” rubber, winch plate. Also available: 24-ft.

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2018 Southland Dump Trailers Available: 10-ft......$5450 and 14-ft......$8250

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2018 PJ 16-ft tilt trailer Full tilt deck, (2) 7000 lb. axles, radial rubber. TJ HR 22-ft. tilts......$9450

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2018 PJ 22-ft. superwide trailer (2) 7000# axles, heavy duty drive-over fenders, 2-ft. tail, slide-in ramps, spare tire.

$5250 14-ft. x 83” “Rollster” Roll-Off Dump Bins 14-ft. long x 83” wide x 48” high, 10 gauge steel, tarp kit, rear barn doors. Leave one at each job site! $4150 each

2018 PJ 20-ft. x 8” heavy duty deckover trailer with Monster ramps 4-ft. tail, 14,000# GVW.

$6000 2018 PJ 22-ft. deckover trailer 19-ft. deck, 3-ft. beavertail with standup ramps, 14,000# GVW.

2018 PJ 20-ft. equipment trailer bumper pull, 14,000 lb. GVW, 18-ft. deck, 2-ft. beavertail with standup ramps.

$4300 2018 PJ 13-ft. equipment tilt trailer single 7000 lb. axle, 83” wide, radial tires, LED lights. Also available: 16-ft......$4450

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2018 PJ 16-ft. x 83” bumper pull dump trailer (2) 7000# axles, scissor hoist, spare, tarp. Also available: Lo-Pro.....$9400

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2018 PJ 22-ft. powered full tilt (2) 7000# axles, spare tire, winch plate.

2018 PJ 8-ft. x 60” single axle utility dump trailer (1) 5200# axle, 15” rubber.

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2018 PJ 16-ft. carhauler trailer (2) 5200 lb axles, rear ramps, spare tire. Also available: 18-ft.....$4000 and 20-ft.....$4200

2018 PJ 22-ft (16+6) gooseneck tilt trailer (2) 7000# axles. Also available: 3 axle.....$9350

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2018 PJ 14-ft.x96” deckover dump trailer fold-down sides, 14,000# GVW, 16” rubber. Also available: gooseneck.....$8850

$9200

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2018 PJ 8-ft. x 60” utility trailer rear ramp, spare tire, 15” rubber. Also available 10-ft.x60”.....$2200 10-ft.x77”....$2100

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2018 PJ 16-ft.x10” I-Beam Deckover Dump Trailer fold-down sides, roll-over tarp, cold weather wiring, spare tire.

2018 PJ 10-ft x 77” Utility Trailer 4-ft. fold-up gate, 22” metal sides, pipe top. Also available: 12-ft. x 77”.....$2775

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2018 PJ 16-ft.x83” XL dump trailer scissor hoist, 15,000 lb GVW, ramps, spare tire. Also available: 3 axle...$11,100

2018 PJ 30-ft. gooseneck with duals trailer (2) 12,000 lb axles, beavertail with monster ramps. Also available: 25-ft......$12,650 30-ft. lo-pro.....$13,400 34 ft.....$13,400 36-ft......$13,600

2018 PJ 28-ft. gooseneck tilt trailer 22-ft. tilt, 6-ft. front stationary, winch plate, (2) 7000 lb axles, spare. Also available: 24-ft......$9450

2018 PJ 14-ft. x 83” utility trailer rear ramp, 3500# axle, ATV ramps on front. Also available: 12-ft. x 77”.....$2250 12-ft. x 77” tandem axle....$4100 14-ft. tandem axle.....$3400

2018 PJ 14-ft. x 83” Lo-Pro high side dump trailer scissor hoist, tarp, (2) 7000# axles, spare tire. Also available: Lo-Pro.....$8800 16-ft.........$9700

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2018 PJ 34-ft. gooseneck trailer powertail, (2) 12,000 lb axles, 2 speed jacks, fir deck. Also available: 30-ft.....$14,600

$2650

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2018 PJ 12-ft. x 83” dump trailer (2) 7000# axles, scissor hoist, spare, tarp.

2018 PJ 14-ft. x 83” dump trailer tandem axle, 16” rubber, tarp. Also available: 14-ft. x 83” Lo-Pro dump trailer...$8700

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$8600 2018 Cargo Mate 8.5 x 20-ft. tandem axle enclosed trailer rear ramp door, side RV door, 5200# axles, additional 1-ft. height, 80” rear door opening, spare tire, LED lights, radial tires, white. Also available: 8 x 22-ft.....$8300 8 x 24-ft......$8800

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2018 Cargo Mate 8 x 16-ft. tandem axle enclosed trailer 1-ft. extended height, side RV door, D-rings in floor, radial tires. Also available: Barn door.....$6400

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2004 Kenworth W900 Dump Truck C15, 475 hp, jakes, 18 speed, 48,000 lb. GVWR, new 17-ft. Crysteel box, steerable tag, bull bar, state DOT

$3450 2018 Royal 6-ft.x12-ft. Single-Axle Enclosed Trailer rear ramp door, side RV door, radial tires

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2019 Globe 20-ton Tag Trailer 2-axle, 17.5 rubber, 25-ft. deck, flip ramps, front toolbox Also available: Used 2016 Globe 25 Ton Tag Trailer - $31,000

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2018 Globe 55-ton Lowboy Trailer 9-ft. wide, non-ground bearing, detachable neck, 24-ft. well, powder coated, LED lights, covered rear wheels, air ride with rear lift axle, 22.5 rubber with aluminum outside wheels, front tool box, Honda gas pony motor, wet line plumbing, gray in color. ‘New Demo’

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2012 John Deere 410J Backhoe cab, heat, air, Extend-a-hoe, Powershift, pilot controls, ride controls, hydrualic quick attach front, rear auxiliary hydraulics, 2 rear buckets, good tires, 4x4, 421 one-owner hours, includes bucket & forks

2007 Allight Light Plant diesel engine, 5 lights, hydraulic outriggers & tower, nice!

$24,500 1993 Ford L9000 Dump Trailer 3406 CAT engine,34,500# GVW, aluminum wheels, good tires!

$23,500 1995 Ingersoll Rand PT 125 Roller John Deere engine, hydraulic transmission, 2300 hours, foam-filled tires, 19,000# weight.

$11,000

1991 Vibratory Rex Roller smooth drum, 72” drum, John Deere diesel engine

$8000

1992 John Deere 644E Wheel Loader cab, heat, Grab-Tech hydraulic grapple, good rubber, great older machine!

$9000 1993 International 9400 Truck N14 Cummins engine, 13 speed transmission, jakes, 202,000 miles, 15-ft. flatbed w/5-ft. beavertail & ramps, lift axle, new rubber on drives & tag, aluminum wheels, great equipment hauler!

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$11,000 2013 Hurricane 40-ft. Gooseneck Enclosed Trailer Triple axle, 21,000# GVW, (2) man doors, LED lights, generator door, dual air conditioner units.

$8500 Caterpillar 950 Wheel Loader Great older machine, runs great!

2012 CM 3-Horse Slant Trailer aluminum, tack room, 3-tier saddle rack, slide-in tinted window panels, good tires & brakes, pulls great!

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2002 Skytrak 8042 Legacy Telescoping Forklift 8000 lb. lift, 42-ft. reach, 6220 hours 1989 Barrett 45-ft. Cattle Pot Trailer 24.5 rubber, outside aluminum wheels, needs some TLC.

2005 Ditch Witch RT40 Front blade, counter weights, hydraulic angle trencher, low hours.

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1994 Red River 3-axle Belly Dump Trailer 42-ft., works smoothly

$43,500

$20,000

1995 Zieman Tag Trailer fresh paint & decals, new decking, new LED lights, new wheels & tires, 36,000 lb. GVWR

2011 Bobcat S175 Skidsteer cab, heat, includes 68” bucket w/cutting edge & pallet forks, new wheels & tires, heater, 1812 hours

$42,000 2016 Case 570 NEP Skip Loader cab, heat, air conditioning, 1211 hours, 85 hp, 4x4, ride control, 7-ft. front bucket w/cutting edge, 7-ft. rear box blade w/ripper shanks, front & rear auxiliary hydraulics

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$17,000

$21,000

$59,900 2005 Kenworth T800 Truck 846,000 miles, Cumins ISX, 450 hp, 10 speed transmission, pusher axle

$13,000

2012 Trail Max 25-ft. Gooseneck Tilt Trailer 10,000# axles, 25-ft. total deck length (20-ft. tilt with 5-ft. stationary).

2018 Kaufman 35-ton Low Boy detachable, spring ride, 22.5 rubber, front flip ramps, covered rear deck, front toolbox, outriggers, outside aluminum wheels.

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Date When Celebrated: Always October 21 National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day celebrates a delicious Fall dessert. In October, pumpkins are literally glowing. So, why not put two of your favorites together.....pumpkins and cheesecake!? They make a great dessert. They are both nutritious and healthy. Its easy to enjoy this special day. Go to a cheesecake store or bakery, and buy a pumpkin cheesecake. Or, better yet, make a homemade pumpkin cheesecake. It’s fun and its easy. Here is a a Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe to try. Have a happy National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day !! ##### A state trooper pulls over a speeder and asks, “Didn’t you see the speed limit signs posted all along the highway?” “No, I sure didn’t,” the driver replies. “I was going way too fast to read those little things!”

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Youth place in consumer decision making contest

By NDSU Extension Service Teams from Cass and Barnes counties took first place in their respective divisions in the 2018 North Dakota 4-H consumer decision making contest. The Cass County team of Tyler Marschke, Maddie Robinson, Josie Mohror and Sam Radermacher placed first in the senior division. The team will represent North Dakota 4-H in the consumer decision making contest at the Western National Roundup in Denver, Colorado, in January 2019. Barnes County’s team of Allison Bryn, Matayia Thompson, Kaidence Harstad, Chesney Thomsen and Alyssa Thomsen took first place in the junior division. These teams were among 89 youth who participated in the contest, which was held during the North Dakota State Fair in Minot. Sixty-three competed in the junior division and 26 competed in the senior division. The contest is designed to educate youth about making better consumer decisions. This year, the youth judged classes of healthy snacks, toys and wearable technology, and gave oral reasons for why they placed the items in a certain order in some of the classes. A group think component was added to the contest this year. Each senior team was given the same scenario, and each team’s members had 10 minutes to work collaboratively to evaluate the situation and make a final decision based on given standards. Teams were scored on how well they worked together and presented their solution. “Youth have the opportunity to practice important life skills such as decision making, communicating and working together as a team,” says Meagan Scott, a youth development specialist in North Dakota State University Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development. Seven teams competed in the senior division and 15 teams competed in the junior division. Other teams placing in the senior division were: • Second - Stark/Billings/McIntosh counties, with members Reilly Meyer, Addie Schnabel and Faith Norby • Third - Pembina/Barnes counties, with team members Noah Helgoe, Shannon Bryn and Lily Crosby Other teams placing in the junior division were: • Second - Oliver County, with members Ericka Vosberg, Breanna Vosberg, Cameron Albers, Londyn Sackman and Ierlyn Sackman • Third - Cass County, with team members Nora Severance, Nolan Severance, Zachary Schroeder and McKenna Mohs Eva Lahlum from the LaMoure County team was the top scoring senior individual, and Allison Bryn from the Barnes County team was the top scoring junior individual. The North Dakota 4-H Foundation sponsors this contest.

Salsa rules

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Sometimes, I feel like a broken record, especially when we reach canning season. I keep repeating things year after year, hoping that more people will hear about the current rules. But wait: Some (younger) people don’t know what a “record” is or how you might break one, other than in an athletic race. Maybe I feel like a scratched CD or a tangled cassette tape. Those analogies do not work, either. Cassettes are antiques and compact discs are getting harder to find in stores. The other day, I took an online quiz about items from the 1980s and earlier to see if I could remember the items from my younger years. I still have a portable Walkman and a boom box somewhere in my house, and they probably still work unless my cassette tapes have become tangled. Sometimes, hanging onto “old stuff” is OK because the items may have nostalgic value. Sometimes they come back in style. Vinyl records are making a comeback. However, sometimes, we have to let go of old items to make way for improvements in quality or safety. Old recipes for canning usually fall into the category of “let them go.” You might think you are getting the latest advice if you get your information on the web, but unfortunately, some of the food preservation information does not meet current safety standards. Be sure you get it from a university Extension website or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Salsa is one of those foods that definitely require a current, research-tested recipe. That’s because salsa is a mixture of acidic and low-acid ingredients, and the acidity level and processing time play major roles in determining safety. If you improperly home-can salsa, you could put yourself at risk for botulism, a potentially deadly foodborne illness. Be aware of these “rules for safety” whether you are the person canning the food or if you receive or purchase salsa. Ask questions and be an informed consumer, even if you may sound like a broken record. • Follow the recipe exactly and measure/weigh ingredients carefully. Use bottled lemon or lime juice or vinegar as indicated. • Handle hot peppers carefully. Wear plastic gloves and wash your hands before touching your face. • In canning recipes calling for spices, you safely may decrease the amount of spice (cumin, oregano, pepper, etc.), but do not increase the spice amounts. • To alter the “heat” in salsa, you safely can substitute one type of pepper for another but keep the total amount of pepper the same. • Do not thicken salsa with cornstarch before canning. If the salsa appears thin, it can be heated and thickened with cornstarch, or some of the excess juice may be strained away, after opening the jars. • Before beginning to prepare salsa for canning, fill the water-bath canner about half full of clean water. For hotpacked food (such as the example salsa recipe), preheat the CONTINUED ON PAGE C2

Bald and Free Day

Date When Celebrated : Always October 7th (or the 14th ???) Bald and Free Day honors those of us with a beautiful, shiny top. You don’t’ have to be bald to celebrate this day. But, it helps. People who are married to, or related to a bald headed person can celebrate with the honoree. Enough with the bald jokes. There will be zero tolerance for them today. Rather, today is a day to cherish and appreciate the freedom that comes with being bald. While the rest of us are spending money on hair cuts, hair shampoo, hair sprays, combs, and such, the bald guys is smiling as he saves money and time. Upon becoming a lucky bald guy, you are finally freed of the worry and fret that other guys have as they wonder for years: • “Will I lose my hair?” • Is my hair turning grey? Better still, bald guys are much happier. In addition to saving money on haircuts and hair accessories, they never had a “bad hair day”. So, if you are bald, enjoy your freedom, as you celebrate Bald and Free Day.

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water in the canner to about 180 F. Use a rack in the canner. • Start with clean jars and heat them in a pan of hot water. Heat lids as recommended by the manufacturer. • Fill jars, leaving 1/2 inch of head space. After filling jars with food, remove trapped air bubbles with a nonmetallic spatula, adjusting head space if needed. • Wipe the rim of each jar carefully with a cloth or paper towel and apply the lid and screw ring. Do not overtighten the screw ring. It only should be “finger tight” or the lids may not seal properly. • Place jars in the canner using a jar lifter positioned below the screw band of the lid. Keep the jars upright at all times. • Add more boiling water, as needed, to bring the water level to at least 1 inch over the jar tops. • Begin timing when the water boils. Keep the canner covered during processing. The water should remain boiling at all times. • When the processing time is complete, carefully remove the jars from the canner, using a jar lifter. Place the jars at least 1 inch apart on cooling racks or towels to cool at least 12 hours. Do not retighten screw rings. Do not expose jars to a cold surface or cold drafts, which could lead to cracking or breaking. • Test seals the next day. A good seal is evidenced by a concave lid that does not move when pressed. Remove the screw rings. Label sealed jars with contents and canning date. • See https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food/food-preservation for more information. Here’s a tested recipe from the National Center for Home Food Preservation at the University of Georgia. Peaches are in season, and the recipes uses many vegetables we can grow locally. It goes great with grilled pork. Peach Apple Salsa (for canning) 6 c. (2 1/4 pounds) chopped Roma tomatoes (about 3 pounds tomatoes as purchased) 2 1/2 c. diced yellow onions (about 1 pound or 2 large as purchased) 2 c. chopped green bell peppers (about 1 1/2 large peppers as purchased) 10 c. (3 1/2 pounds) chopped hard, unripe peaches (about 9 medium peaches or 4 1/2 pounds as purchased peaches) 2 c. chopped Granny Smith apples (about 2 large apples as purchased) 4 Tbsp. mixed pickling spice 1 Tbsp. canning salt 2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes 3 3/4 c. (1 1/4 pounds) packed light brown sugar 2 1/4 c. cider vinegar (5 percent) Wash and rinse pint canning jars and keep hot until ready to use. Prepare lids according to manufacturer’s directions. Place pickling spice on a clean, double-layered, 6-inchsquare piece of 110 percent cheesecloth. Bring corners together and tie with a clean string. (Or use a purchased spice bag.) Wash and peel tomatoes; place in boiling water for one minute and then in cold water to slip off skins. Chop into 1/2-inch pieces. Peel, wash and dice onions into 1/4inch pieces. Wash, core and seed bell peppers; chop into 1/4-inch pieces. Combine chopped tomatoes, onions and peppers in a stockpot. Wash, peel and pit peaches; cut into halves and soak for 10 minutes in an ascorbic acid solution made according to package directions. Wash, peel and core apples; cut into halves and soak for 10 minutes in ascorbic acid solution. Then chop the peaches and apples into 1/2-inch pieces. Add chopped peaches and apples to the saucepot with the vegetables. Add the pickling spice bag to the saucepot; stir in the salt, red pepper flakes, brown sugar and vinegar. Bring to boiling, stirring gently. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove spice bag and discard. With a slotted spoon, fill salsa solids into hot, clean pint jars, leaving 1 1/4 inches of head space. Cover with cooking liquid, leaving 1/2 inch of head space. Remove air bubbles and adjust head space if needed. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened, clean paper towel. Apply two-piece metal canning lids. Process for 15 minutes for altitudes of 0 to 1,000 feet, 20 minutes if 1,001 to 6,000 feet and 25 minutes if above 6,000 feet. Remove from canner and allow to stand undisturbed at least 12 to 24 hours. Makes 7 pints. Note: Unsealed jars may be reprocessed safely within 24 hours, or the jars of salsa may be refrigerated for fresh consumption. To reprocess, empty the salsa into a pan, heat to boiling and ladle the mixture into clean, hot jars. Use new lids and process for the full recommended time. The quality and nutrient content of twice-processed food may be lower, but the product will be safe to consume.

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Enhancing soybean storage starts with harvest moisture

By NDSU Extension Service similar storage characteristics as wheat or Harvest timing can have a huge impact corn at 13.5 to 14 percent moisture. Use on soybean shatter losses and storability, an allowable storage time (AST) chart for according to North Dakota State University cereal grains to estimate allowable storage (NDSU) Extension agricultural engineer times for soybeans. Airflow through the soyKen Hellevang. beans maintains the grain temperature but “Field losses, splits and cracked seed does not extend the allowable storage time. coats increase as moisture content deAccording to the chart, the AST for 13 creases,” he says. “Shatter losses have been percent moisture soybeans at 80 degrees shown to increase significantly when seed is only about 40 days. The AST approximoisture falls below 11 percent or when mately doubles for each mature beans undergo 10 degrees the soybeans multiple wetting and dryare cooled. ing cycles.” Allowable storage Also, molds develop time is cumulative, so more rapidly in soybeans the soybean temperature with seed coat cracks, so and moisture during the the amount of mechanical fall have a huge impact damage occurring during on storability next spring. harvest affects the beans’ For example, if 16 perdeterioration rate. A moiscent moisture soybeans ture content of about 13 are stored for 35 days at percent at harvest is op50 F, half of the storage timal for mitigating melife has been used. If the chanical damage. soybeans then are cooled Harvesting during high to 40 degrees, the allowable storage time at humidity, such as early morning, late eve40 degrees is only 70 days, rather than the ning or in damp conditions, may reduce 140 days shown in a chart. shatter loss and mechanical damage if the Storage Recommendations soybeans are below 11 percent moisture • Keep fans covered. Once soybeans are content, Hellevang notes. cooled, cover fan and duct openings to preMoisture content can increase by several vent snow or moisture from blowing into the points with an overnight dew or decrease bins during winter storage. Keep fans covby several points during a day with low ered during the spring and summer to limit humidity and windy conditions. Avoid air from warming the soybeans. Ventilate harvesting when beans are driest, such as the top of the bin to reduce solar heating during afternoons, to maintain moisture and affecting the beans at the top of the bin. reduce shattering losses. • Monitor stored grain regularly. Outside “The market moisture for soybeans is 13 temperature changes can result in temperapercent, which is fine for storing soybeans ture and moisture changes inside the bin. during cool conditions,” Hellevang says. “If Monitor soybeans at least once every two your soybeans will be stored through winter weeks during winter storage and weekly and into the warmer weather of spring and during the fall until the grain has been summer, store at 11 percent moisture to limit cooled to winter storage temperatures. Monmold growth and deterioration. The storage itor the soybeans weekly during the spring life is roughly doubled for each percentage and summer. Measure the grain temperature point of reduction in moisture content.” and watch for indications of problems such Storage Temperature as condensation, insect activity and increasControlling soybean temperature during ing grain temperatures. Record temperature storage is critical, Hellevang says. Free fatty values and grain condition to help track any acid percentages, a negative characteristic, changes. tend to increase with storage moisture, • Use available tools, but don’t turn evtemperature and time. erything over to automation. Improved techAt 12 percent moisture, free fatty acid nology can help producers better manage percentages increase slowly with storage stored grain, but they still need to manage time if the beans are kept cool. In one study, the grain and inspect it visually. 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Species shifts in the honey bee microbiome

By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service The makeup of microbial species—the microbiome— in a honey bee q u e e n ’s g u t changes slowly as she ages, while a worker bee’s microbiome changes much more rapidly, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Learning the details of the honey bee gut microbiome is offering potential for a whole new set of tools for managing honey bee colonies, explained ARS microbial ecologist Kirk E. Anderson at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona. “We established the close connection of the makeup of the honey bee microbiome with the physiology of aging and stress. Our results provide a roadmap to improving colony health through improving queen rearing, nutrition and other management practices,” he explained. Honey bee queens, which lay all of the eggs in a hive, commonly last about three years in managed colonies before beekeepers replace them as reproduction slows. But in recent years, queens have been failing more quickly. This is a factor in higher colony losses reported during the past 12 years and has increased beekeepers’ costs and labor. Queens currently cost about $25 each. The honey bee gut microbiome plays a significant role in metabolism, development and growth, and immune system function and protection against pathogens. Five to seven bacterial species groups usually make up the vast majority of a honey bee’s core microbiome from among a common list of 10-12 species groups. The exact mix depends on a honey bee’s age and function in the hive. Anderson and ARS molecular biologist Vincent Ricigliano found that as a queen ages, in her gut microbiome, the levels of two bacterial species groups slowly increase: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, both known for providing probiotic benefits in mammals including humans. At the same time, her microbiome has decreased levels of Proteobacteria species, which are often associated with unhealthy microbial imbalances. The rate of this shift is associated more with a queen’s biological age than her chronological age. Queens age biologically at different rates depending on their colony’s exposure to a variety of environmental stresses, which can include available nutrition and exposure to temperature extremes. Interestingly, during this study, the researchers discovered a new potentially queen-specific pathogen not detected in any adult worker bees—Delftia bacteria (in the order Burkholderiales). The occurrence of Delftia in the queen’s mouth and gut rose or fell opposite to the levels of bacteria considered beneficial. This suggests Delftia may play a part in early queen mortality, according to Anderson. In comparison, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium levels dropped, and the number of Proteobacteria went up as worker bees aged. Workers’ microbiomes appear to change in a highly predictable fashion, especially with age. This may mean early shifts in worker microbiota could be used as a warning indicator for colony dwindling and/or failure. Applying this new information to enhancing honey bees’ microbiome may represent a new strategy to slow their aging or to combat physiological stress. In addition, as understanding of the honey bee’s relatively straightforward microbiome increases, the ARS researchers are hopeful that bees may offer an excellent model in which to study the much more complex microbiome of other species including humans.

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By K-State News unmanned aircraft use continuous sensors Kansas State University researchers are and sample sensors to measure particles part of a large collaborative project that is and ozone-causing chemicals, and they use using unmanned aircraft to improve the thermal imaging to measure fire temperaKansas Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan ture. The continuous sensors use lasers to (http://www.ksfire.org). take measurements and send data, including The three-year project is funded by the particle concentration, ozone levels, temKansas Department of Health and Environperature and humidity. The sample sensors ment, or KDHE, and involves university have a small bag to gather and bring back scientists; NASA scientists; unmanned airair particulate samples that are analyzed for craft systems pilots from the Kansas State particulate matter, or PM, as well as nitroUniversity Polytechnic Campus; meteogen dioxide and volatile organic carbon, or rologists; ranchers; and environmentalists. VOC, levels. The research team members have varied Travis Balthazor, UAS flight operations backgrounds, but they all share a common manager, is leading the team of 12 trained goal: improve the environment and human UAS pilots, which includes researchers health while balancing the livelihood of and students with the Kansas State Univerranchers and farmers. sity Polytechnic Campus. The students are “We want to have our data be useful for getting real-world experience through the keeping fire as a practice that is both ecoproject, Balthazor said. logically acceptable and socially acceptable “This is outside the realm of our normal in the Great Plains,” said Carol Baldwin, box, so this is an effort that benefits us in the project leader and a K-State Research the long run,” Balthazor said. “As far as and Extension associate in the College of operating aircraft and looking to the future Agriculture. of unmanned aircraft, everybody wants to The team is collaborating with a Flint fly beyond line of sight and they want to fly Hills rancher to gather data during typical higher. We are getting a taste of that with tallgrass prescribed burns. The researchers this project.” have attached sensors on unmanned aircraft After the burn to gather air quality information during a After each burn, the researchers have a burn. record of grass biomass that was burned, The information they gather is helping the fire’s heat levels and the emission levels NASA verify satellite data products and is from the fire. facilitating collaboration between KDHE This data is helping NASA verify sateland the Environmental Protection Agency to lite imagery and remotely driven emissions improve the Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Manestimates. NASA uses imaging from satelagement Plan. The plan was implemented lite data to determine a fire’s intensity and in 2011 and helps ranchers make decisions smoke emission rates. To complete validaabout the best days to burn without negation, researchers combine direct measuretively affecting human health, particularly ments of black carbon production with data in metropolitan areas. from a thermal camera that measures the In the past, when the weather conditions full range of a fire’s internal temperatures. were right, Flint Hills spring burning affectThe research also is helping NASA improve ed air quality in Wichita, Topeka, Kansas satellite data models. City and metropolitan areas in Nebraska and Other project collaborators — including Oklahoma. The poor air quality is bad for Deon Van Der Merwe, adjunct faculty mempeople with asthma and other health probber in diagnostic medicine and pathobiology lems. The challenge is that fire is needed to in the university’s College of Veterinary maintain the integrity of the tallgrass prairie Medicine — are using the unmanned airlandscape, Baldwin said. craft to estimate fire size by flying aircraft “We need fire,” said Baldwin, who is above grassland before a prescribed burn to an expert in grassland range management. determine how much grass, trees or shrubs “If we take fire and grazing out of the are in the area. ecosystem, we will not have prairies as we For rancher Koger, the research project know them. We will end up with a scrubby can help ranchers like her learn how to woodland.” maintain the tallgrass prairie without damCurrent smoke management models, aging their livelihoods. such as the Flint Hills plan, use data from “I think it’s important to get a better unfires in other parts of the U.S., not in the derstanding of what we are doing and what Great Plains, Baldwin said, and that’s a we are putting into the air,” Koger said. “We problem. The university-led project wants have kids and grandkids, and some of them to get more accurate fire data from the Great have asthma. It does affect all of us. When Plains region by working with real ranchers we have concrete science — and when Kduring a typical burn. State shares that — ranchers listen. Getting “It is our hope that ranchers in the Flint some numbers and knowing what we are Hills will use these tools to plan their burns really doing and getting that back out to the so they do not impact air quality downwind public will speak to people.” from the fire,” said Doug Watson, air moniCollaborators toring and planning chief with the Kansas The full list of Kansas State University Department of Health and Environment. collaborators: “At the same time, we want to educate the Carol Baldwin, K-State Research and Exmetropolitan areas about the importance of tension range management associate in the the Flint Hills ecosystem and the reasons College of Agriculture; Travis Balthazor, why the ranchers burn to maintain that UAS flight operations manager, David ecosystem.” Burchfield, teaching assistant professor of Using unmanned aircraft unmanned aircraft systems, and Kurt CarTo test a prescribed burn, the researchers raway, UAS research executive director, all are working with Jane Koger, a Matfield with Kansas State University Polytechnic Green rancher. Koger has allowed the reCampus; Zifei Liu, assistant professor of searchers to collect data before, during and biological and agricultural engineering in after the annual burns on her ranchland. the College of Engineering; Randall Mai, UAS pilots gather smoke emissions from research technologist in agronomy and a controlled burn by flying three unmanned aircraft into the smoke above the fires. The CONTINUED ON PAGE C7

A global food crisis?

By K-State Research and Extension News looked into investing in agriculture from Some of the leading organizations in the a purely investment standpoint,” Menker world seem to think so, including the World said. “This became a four year obsession Economic Forum, which reported recently into learning about the challenges the agthat demand for food in the year 2050 will be 60 percent higher, yet the available arriculture world is facing and out of that emerged Gro and the opportunity to transable land will have shrunk due to climate change, urbanization and soil degradation. form how the world understands and uses But Sara Menker says a potential food agricultural data.” emergency may not wait until the year She said that Gro Intelligence analyzes 2050, and in fact may happen sometime in large, complicated sets of information the next 10 years. – often called Big Data -- and helps its “High global food demand centers -clients make sense of the large, sometimessuch as China, India, and Africa -- have fragmented world of agriculture data. extremely young populations that will “And the potential impact of this is fuel food demand at an exponential rate,” huge,” Menker said. “Not only can we Menker said. “If you examine current prosupport our clients to spend more time on analysis and far less on data procurement, duction patterns in regions that export food, but by bringing all this data together and such as North America, South America, and making sense of it all, we can also help Europe, the growth rate of production is not tackle major issues around forecasting crop enough to match the growth of demand.” yields and food security on a global scale.” Menker, a native of Ethiopia who quit a Her hope is that by making the best use prestigious job as a commodities trader on of available information, areas of the world Wall Street to form a company that aims to where there is an abundance of uncultivated find solutions to world hunger, is the fifth arable land can help to meet the growing speaker in the Henry C. Gardiner Global food needs of a world in which the populaFood Systems lecture series. She will deliver the talk, ‘Why there tion is expected to reach nearly 10 billion doesn’t need to be a global food crisis,’ in people by the year 2050. Kansas State University’s McCain Audito“Our initial focus was in Africa because the data needs were more severe there,” rium on October 8 at 7 p.m. Admission is Menker said. “When I began to conduct free, but patrons are encouraged to arrive research and ask farmers about their crop early because the lecture series typically insurance and forecasting yields, the quesdraws large crowds. The Henry C. Gardiner Global Food tions could not be answered. I realized this Systems lecture aims to provide sciencewas a systemic problem not only in Africa, based education about the global food sysbut globally, and that tackling supposed African issues meant addressing the fragtem. The series allows university students, faculty, staff and Kansas citizens to interact mentation of agricultural data on a global with U.S. and international food industry scale.” leaders. Kansas State University and GarShe added that during the October 8 lecture, she intends “to demonstrate that it diner Angus Ranch of Ashland, Kansas is possible to meet any pending food shortinitiated the lecture in 2015. “It’s not that there is not enough food ages by committing to some kind of struc(in the world), it’s just that large segments tural change, which can lead to increased of the population do not have access to production without having to significantly food,” Menker said of the looming food increase planted areas. This is entirely crisis. “And this is a truly global issue. The possible but depends upon using data far world can feed itself, and we can meet the more smartly, to analyze, predict and plan demands of a growing global population, for food shortages and address structural but only if we get smart and address the imbalances.” vast data gaps that exist across the global Menker earned degrees in economics agriculture industry.” and African Studies at Mount Holyoke ColMenker is the founder and chief execulege and the London School of Economics. She also obtained an MBA from Columbia tive officer of Gro Intelligence, a technoloUniversity. gy company that is bridging the information She has recently given a TED talk on gap in agriculture by providing data that can the subject of a global food crisis, which help farmers and others in the agricultural is available online (https://www.ted.com/ industry determine the most efficient way talks/sara_menker_a_global_food_crito grow food in different regions around the world. sis_may_be_only_a_decade_away). “When the 2008 financial crisis started For more information about the Henry to hit and everything you consume in the C. Gardiner Global Food Systems lecture world just started crashing, I started wonseries, visit http://www.k-state.edu/globaldering how we are going to afford food and food/lecture-series.

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weather station technician with Kansas Mesonet; Christopher Redmond, assistant scientist in agronomy and network manager with Kansas Mesonet; and Deon Van Der Merwe, adjunct faculty member in diagnostic medicine and pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Utrecht University faculty member. Other collaborators: Jane Koger, a commercial rancher from Matfield Green; Jayson Prentice, technical resources and projects unit supervisor, Kathleen Waters, environmental program

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Here is a collection of pumpkin trivia and FAQs: • Pumpkins originated in Central America. • Pumpkins are really squash... members of the squash family. • A pumpkin is a fruit. Most people think of it as a vegetable. • Pumpkins are 90% water. • The largest pumpkin ever grown is 2,323.7 pounds. • The largest pumpkin pie weighed 3,699 pounds, and is 20 feet in diameter. More information and a picture • Pumpkins are grown all over the world on six of the seven continents, with Antarctica being the sole exception. They are even grown in Alaska. • A pumpkin is not a Jack O’Lantern, until it is carved. • Pumpkins were once recommended as a cure for freckles. • Pumpkins were used as a remedy for snake bites. • Pumpkin seeds help avoid prostate cancer in men. • Halloween evolved, in part, from the Celtic tradition of All Hallow’s Eve. • Native Americans fed pumpkins to their horses. • Pumpkin flour can be used in place of wheat flour. It has many health and medicinal benefits. • Pumpkins are gluten free. • At the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, the pilgrims did not serve pumpkin pie, Rather, they made stewed pumpkin. • Food maufacturers use tan colored pumpkins to make pumpkin puree.

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Did you know that 80 to 90 percent of the energy used by a washing machine is to heat the water? When doing laundry, always use cold water to wash your clothes. Due to advances in detergents and washing machines, the only time you really need to use warm or hot water is when you need to get a really bad stain, like red wine or oil, out of an article. Not only will you help the environment, you’ll save money on heating the water, too.

TILLAGE PARTS AVAILABLE Sweeps, Chisel Spikes, Disc Blades, Wear Plates, etc. FOR THE MONTANA WAREHOUSE

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Used Tractors

Kubota L3010 32 hp, loader, GST shift, 667 hours, John Deere 3038 w/loader, very clean........... $16,800 Allis-Chalmers 185 75 hp, 305 hours, 38 hp, very add on cab, 3-pt. hitch..... clean................... $16,900 .............................. $8200

SPECIAL FINANCING on all New and Used Equipment

Used Hay Equipment

New Holland 1049 bale- John Deere 820 mower conditioner............. $9800 wagon, no cab........ $9500 Kubota DM1022 3 point New Holland 1048 bale disc mower, 7-ft. 2” cut, wagon, ready soon.$8000 like new.................. $7800 Oliver 1465 diesel 70 hp, John Deere 955 swing John Deere 2630 70 hp dievery clean.............. $5500 tongue, mower flail condisel, loader, grapple.......... tioner, 14-ft. 9” cut.. $7000 ........................... $11,500 Miscellaneous John Deere 936 11-ft. 6” cut Case 1175 w/Ezee-On loadEquipment disc, flail conditioner......... er, 120 PTO hp.... $11,500 ........................... $11,500 Hesston 4590 baler.$12,500

John Deere 820 diesel tractor with loader, 3-pt. hitch.. Snow Blades and Throwers International W4 tractor, now IN STOCK! .............................. $8500 very original........... $2250

At Western Montana New Holland we sell parts for Ford tractors and other makes

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Old Farmers Day

Date When Celebrated : Always October 12th Old Farmers Day honors the hard labor of farmers throughout American history. Early American culture was heavily a farming culture. Early settlers cleared fields and pristine woods to farm the rich land. They brought seeds and farming methods with them. They found new seeds, and learned new methods along the way. Many of those new farming methods came from Native Americans, who were already farming the land. Most notably, was the concept of hilling, or mounding soil. The month of October is a very appropriate month to celebrate and honor farmers. At this time, the harvest is largely complete. It means that farmers can take a break from their labors, to enjoy this celebration. A farmers’ work is long and hard. It certainly doesn’t make a person rich. It has its good years, and its bad ones. There is no guarantee of a good crop. Weather, pests, and disease problems often prove disastrous. But, through it all, farmers have persevered. And, their ceaseless hard work sets an example for all. As Americans, we tip our hat to all farmers for their contributions to American culture, values, society, and the economy. Happy Old Farmers Day! Origin of Old Farmers Day: Our research did not find the creator, or the origin of this day. The origin of this day seems to date back to the early to mid 1800’s. There appears for be many dates in September and October for local town “Farmer Days”. Many have been around for a long time. For some unknown reason, October 12th is by far the most common date for this celebration of farming and of the harvest they reap. ##### Not only is drain cleaner expensive, it can weaken your pipes. Instead of using Drano to unclog a slow-moving drain, use a gel dishwasher detergent like Cascade. Pour the detergent into the drain and chase it with boiling water.

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1988 Peterbilt 379

2005 Peterbilt 379 EXHD

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$34,900

Grain Trailers

1999 Peterbilt 379 EXHD

Cummins N14, 525 hp, 18 speed, 263” wheelbase, all aluminum, freshly painted frame

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3406B, 425 hp, 13 speed, new paint, all new drive tires and steers, new bumper, new brakes and drums, new 13 speed transmission & clutch (24 month warranty)

$26,500

$69,900

2004 Sterling

Cat 3126, 300 hp, 8LL, Tuff Trac spring ride, new box, new paint, new push axle, new tarp with remote control gate & lift

$49,900

1992 Ford L9000 Aeromax

Detriot Series 60, 10 speed, 16-ft. dump box

Trailers For Sale:

1998 Freightliner FLD 120 Classic

Detroit 12.7L, 500 hp, 10 speed, 230” wheelbase, all aluminum, recent overhaul, freshly painted truck & frame

$18,900

2008 Kenworth T800

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Time To Go Electric

1976 Load King 30-ft. flatbed with ramps ...... ..................................................... $11,500 1998 Timpte 49-ft. super hopper, 20” hoppers, electric tarp, air weight system, air suspension, triple axle liftable tag, tires @ 80% .............................................$26,500

1995 Kenworth T600 Box Truck

Detriot S60, 430 hp, 9 speed, lift axle, pintle hitch, 4-stage head lift hoist, 21-ft. grain box

$9900

Tarps and hoppers use the same remote to make loading and unloading hassle free

CALL on these trailers! 2003 Frontier

2000 International 8100

Cummins M11, 400 hp, 10 speed, 150” wheelbase, 230,924 miles

34-ft. ag hopper

2015 Frontier 24-ft. ag hopper pup

1987 GMC 7000 Single Axle Dump Truck 366 V8, 5 speed

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2017 John Deere W-235, 13-ft. 994 header, steel conditioner, 800 hours...............................................................................$129,900 2017 John Deere W-235, 13-ft. 994 header, steel conditioner, approximately 900 hours....................................................$129,900 2013 John Deere W-235, 16-ft. header, flail conditioner......$125,000 2005 Case IH WDX2302, 16-ft. header, 2024 hours..............$35,000

TILLAGE

2016 John Deere 2720 17.5-ft. disc ripper, 7 shank, narrow fold.Call 2014 Parma 24-ft. cultipacker, notched rollers, new S-tines...$57,500 2005 Parma 24-ft. cultipacker, notched rollers, S-tines..........$18,900 John Deere 995 7 bottom plow with Sterling packer.............$13,900

IN STOCK

2015 John Deere 9470RT track tractor, 30” tracks, 18/6 PowerShift, PTO, 4 SCV’s, 58 gpm hydraulic pump, 1282 hours.......$283,500 2015 John Deere 8320R, IVT transmission, ILS with hydraulic diff lock duals, CommandView III cab, 85 gpm hydraulic pump, 6 remotes, 22 front weights, 4600 lb rear weight, approximatley 2000 hours. PowerGard warranty until January 2021 or 5000 hours........... ........................................................................................$235,000 2013 John Deere 8235R, 16 speed PowerShift, 7 inch display, 3 remotes, 1000 PTO, Cat 3 hitch, front and rear weights, 10,315 hours....................................................................................... Call 2017 John Deere 6155M, approximately 500 hours, cab, MFWD, PowerQuad transmission with left hand reverser, 640 loader/ grapple, 5 year, 5000 hour PowerGard.........................$135,900 2017 John Deere 6145M, MFWD, cab, PowrQuad transmission, left hand reverser, 640 loader, grapple, approximately 500 hours....... ........................................................................................$129,900 2015 John Deere 6110M, MFWD, cab, PowrQuad transmission, 3 SCV’s, approximately 400 hours, loader ready. PowerGard warranty until October 2022 or 5000 hours........................$88,000

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(2) 2018 John Deere 560M, net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, flotation tires, MegaWide, hydraulic pickup, bale push bar................... Call 2017 John Deere 569, net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, flotation tires, MegaWide pickup, hydraulic pickup, 9300 bales..............$40,900 2013 John Deere 569 Premium net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, flotation tires, MegaWide with hydraulic pickup, push bar, approximately 18,500 bales.....................................................................$35,500 2010 John Deere 568, net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, flotation tires, MegaWide, hydraulic pickup, bale push bar, 20,000 bales.$23,500 2002 John Deere 567, net wrap and twine, 1000 PTO, MegaWide, hydraulic pickup, bale push bar, 47,500 bales..................$11,900

(2) 2014 New Holland 216 hydraulic v-rakes.........................$15,500 2014 Vermeer R2800 hydraulic v-rake. Nice shape...............$22,500 2013 Twin Star G2 27-ft. 5 bar hydraulic v-rake.....................$20,500

1999 John Deere 945 mower conditioner, 13.5-ft. with flail conditioner.....................................................................................$8500 Case IH LB434 3x4 square baler, low bale count..................$88,900 2015 John Deere 569 round baler, net wrap and twine, MegaWide, hydraulic pickup, flotation tires, bale push bar, 6000 bales.$39,500 2000 John Deere 566 round baler, twine only, 19,431 bales....$8900 John Deere 7700 combine, 224 header, 3500 hours, hydraulic driven, bat reel, hydrostatic drive, air conditioner, rear spreader......$5000 2015 Frontier RC2072 rotary cutter, front and rear chain enclosures, shear bolt..............................................................................$1200

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NEW John Deere 344L wheel loader Many new John Deere skid loaders in stock

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2018 John Deere 455 25-ft. grain drill, 6” spacing, grass, grain and fertilizer boxes.......................................................................... Call 2015 New Holland 9.35 telehandler, 1000 hours..................$89,000 2016 Newhouse C-5000 square bale feeder, tandem axle, only used one season........................................................................$47,500 Jiffy 950 round and square bale processor, cradle feeder. Good shape.................................................................................$15,750 2008 Haybuster 2650 round bale processor, right hand discharge, manual deflector, chute......................................................$12,900 Bale Boss 2 bale square bale processor..................................$7500 2011 John Deere 835 mower conditioner, 11.5-ft. cut, Impeller conditioner, 2-pt. hitch..............................................................$18,250 2009 John Deere 946 13-ft. mower conditioner, Impeller conditioner, clevis hitch, hydraulic swing, hydraulic lift..........................$21,750 2014 John Deere 630D header, transport kit........................$52,500 New Higgobotham hay squeeze for John Deere 544 Series front end loaders...............................................................................$12,000 2005 Farm King grain auger, 10”x60-ft.....................................$5000 2012 John Deere RSX 850 gator, 15,000 miles.......................$8750 Worksaver 6-ft. rear blade..........................................................$575 12-ft. pasture harrow....................................................................$900

2016 John Deere L340 3x4 square baler, tandem axle, roller chute, 6992 bales.......................................................................$117,500 2013 Massey Ferguson 2190 4x4 baler...............................$92,500 2011 Massey Ferguson 2190 4x4 baler, tandem axle, 41,503 bales. ...........................................................................................$77,500 2013 Massey Ferguson 2170 3x4 baler, 24,000 bales.........$78,000 2011 Massey Ferguson 2150 3x3 baler, single axle, knotter fans, roller chute, 10,700 bales..................................................$63,000 2009 Massey Ferguson 1841 16”x18” baler..........................$21,500

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NEW John Deere XUV 835M

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TRACTORS & ATTACHMENTS

Self-Propelled Windrowers

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##### According to superstition, catching leaves in autumn brings good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.

FOR SALE: OIL FIELD TUBING-PIPE-SUCKER RODS Large quantities for all your fence/corral building needs. Delivery available Call for pricing - Faber Productions, 307-660-5160, Rozet, WY

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2011 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 4WD 113,333 miles, Flexfuel V8 6.2L Automatic

$24,985

2006 Dodge Ram 3500 Crew Cab 4WD 136,321 miles, Diesel I6 5.9L/360

$19,995

2005 Ford F-350 XL Regular Cab 4WD 106,880 miles, Turbo Diesel V8 6.0L/366, Automatic

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2004 Ford F-350 Extended Cab 4WD 192,638 miles, Gas V10 6.8L/415 Automatic

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What causes stress in plants?

From American Society of Agronomy Life planted in soil may seem idyllic, but did you know plants get stressed? The August 22nd Sustainable, Secure Food blog explains environmental stressors for plants and research towards relief. “Unlike humans who can move out of the sun and into the shade if they get too hot, a plant doesn’t have that luxury,” writes Wendy Zellner. Zellner is a plant physiologist at the University of Toledo. Stressors for plants include: 1. Temperature (extremes of hot or cold) 2. Water resources (drought or flood) 3. Chemical (contaminated soils or improper fertilizer application) 4. Insects 5. Microbial (mildews, fungi, viruses, and bacteria) 6. Weeds Zellner and others are working to find ways to increase plant resilience to these stressors. “My research focuses on one main component often missing from the healthy, balanced diet of a plant called silicon,” she writes. “This element, when absorbed by the plant, helps protect it from many of the stresses mentioned. However, just feeding the plants silicon won’t completely alleviate stress. We’ve also researched the best way to get plants to absorb silicon.” To read the complete blog, visit Sustainable, Secure Food at https://wp.me/p9gkW1-52. Read more about Zellner’s research at https://www.crops.org/about-crop-science/atwork/wendy-zellner. ##### Whenever I see a man with a beard, moustache and glasses, I think, ‘There’s a man who has taken every precaution to avoid people doodling on photographs of him. ##### Cole’s Law: Thinly Sliced Cabbage

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

SELF PROPELLED SPRAYERS

Self-propelled sprayers that have been reconditioned, and most include complete GPS systems

#59836

2016 John Deere R4038 100-ft. booms, 20” nozzle spacing, 1000 gallon, IF 420/80R46 tires, deluxe lighting, manual solution control, 1211 hours. Stock #59836..................... ...............................................$247,000 (15)

#60347

2014 John Deere 4940 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, hydraulic tread adjust, 380/150R50 tires, turnkey GPS, extended warranty thru June 2019, 1700 hours. Stock #60347......... .................................................$227,500 (1) 2009 John Deere 4930 132-ft. booms, 20” spacing, hydraulic tread adjust, 480/90R50 tires, Boom Trac 5 leveling, deluxe cab, 3750 hours. Stock #61725...............$115,000 (14)

AIR DRILLS

Get a jump start on fall seeding with one of our disk or hoe drills in stock! Variety of widths and spacings available!

#62880

#61016

2009 Marflex Field Star 1500 120-ft. booms, 1500 gallon tank, 2009 International, automatic transmission, 380/90R46 tires, Raven guidance. Stock #61016...........$109,000 (1) 2008 Apache 1010 100-ft. booms, 20” spacing, 1000 gallon poly tank, Trimble guidance. Stock #61812...........................$87,500 (14)

2017 John Deere 1890 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, all run blockage, 550 bushel TBH cart, 12” conveyor, KSI extension, hydraulic drive w/ section command. Stock #62880................. .................................................$315,000 (1) 2013 John Deere 1890 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, single shoot, TBH 550 bushel cart w/auger, all run blockage, hydraulic drive cart Stock #61312.....................................$225,000 (1)

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Railroad Ties

$8.00/tie. Sold in 16 tie bundles We will load Available at Conrad, Cut Bank and Dillon locations

1=Conrad: 888-397-6851 2=Cut Bank: 888-673-9310 3=Choteau: 888-728-9254 4=Dillon: 888-213-2793

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

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

#62094

2009 John Deere 1830 60-ft., 12” spacing, single shoot, all run blockage, 350 bushel TBH cart, variable rate auger. Stock #59784........ .................................................$104,500 (1) 2014 Seedmaster TXB CT 65-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, variable rate, sectional control, 780 bushel TBH cart, 520 bushel dry, 260 bushel liquid, conveyor. Stock #62094... ...............................................$192,500 (11) 2011 Seedhawk 6612 66-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, 500 bushel TBH variable cart & 2500 galon liquid cart, 10” auger. Stock #58822.....................................$149,000 (1) 2009 Morris Maxxim II 60-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, 1” carbide tips, AgTron primary blockage, 2012 450 bushel TBT cart, 10” auger. Stock #58850....................$92,500 (14) 2012 Case IH Precision 800 70-ft., 12” spacing, all run blockage, 430 bushel TBT variable cart, 10” manual auger. Stock #56800.. .................................................$75,000 (14) 2005 Bourgault 5710-47 50-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, variable rate 350 bushel TBT cart, primary bloackage. Stock #62475........ ...................................................$35,000 (3)

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

SKID STEERS AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Units are going fast! Wheeled or track skid steers in stock now!

2015 John Deere 326E skid steer, cab, air conditioning, foot controls, air ride seat, beefy baby tires, 78” bucket. Stock #61487.. ...................................................$53,900 (3)

#61484

COMBINES

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

2016 John Deere S690 507 engine/331 separator hours, advanced Powercast tailboard, tri-stream rotor, fixed speed feederhouse, extended warranty until 2020. Stock #59103 .................................................$375,000 (1)

4WD TRACTORS

Get your fall seeding done quicker with more horsepower. Other options available including PTO, high flow hydraulics, and complete GPS guidance systems!

#63373

100 HP+ MFWD TRACTORS

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

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#59190

2014 John Deere 320E wheeled skid steer, 69 hp, canopy, 3-way switchable controls, standard hydraulic pump, cold start package. Stock #61484.............................$43,500 (3) 2007 John Deere CT322 skid steer, newer tracks, 82 hp, cab w/air and heat, 84” bucket, standard flow hydraulics. Stock #62360....... .................................................$26,000 (15) 2015 Case SV300 skid steer, 90 hp, wheeled, cab, air conditioning, 84” bucket, air ride seat, hand controls. Stock #61369............... .................................................$46,500 (12)

UTV’s

Great side-by-side options with glass or poly cabs, power dump box, power steering, and many more options

2013 John Deere 825i Gator power steering, power lift box, full glass cab, heater, snow plow, 427 hours. Stock #63348..$19,400 (1) 2015 John Deere 825i Gator deluxe glass cab w/poly doors, roll down window, heater, bench seat. Stock #61868........$16,500 (14) 2012 John Deere 855D Gator glass cab & doors, heater, diesel, power lift box, extreme terrain tires, 2798 hours. Stock #60298........ ...................................................$15,900 (1)

#59244

2017 John Deere S680 252 engine/198 separator hours, 800/70R38 singles, Powerfold grain tank covers, complete GPS system. Stock #59190...........................$385,000 (1) 2014 John Deere S680 1081 engine/779 separator hours, 900/60R32 tires, advanced Powercast tailboard, Pro-Drive transmission, Powerfold grain tank covers, turnkey GPS. Stock #63273...........................$247,500 (1) 2014 John Deere S670 1392 engine/968 separator hours, dual 520/85R42 tires, Powercast tailboard, manual grain tank extension, turnkey GPS. Stock #62373...$220,000 (12) 2015 Case IH 8240 585 engine/405 separator hours, dual 520/85R42 tires, HD lateral tilt feederhouse, manual spreaders, luxury cab. Stock #63194...........................$289,000 (3) 2011 Case IH 7120 1054 engine/695 separator hours, single 900/60R32 tires, rock trap, chopper/spreader, 24-ft. auger. Stock #63201.....................................$165,000 (3) 2008 Case IH 2588 1508 engine/1185 separator hours, lateral tilt feederhouse, rock trap, yield & moisture monitor, Case IH 1010-30 auger header. Stock #62828..$119,900 (15) 2003 Agco Gleaner R75 30.5L-32 singles, fixed speed feederhouse, chopper, yield monitor. Stock #61344..............$94,500 (14)

BALE PROCESSORS

2015 John Deere 825i S4 poly cab w/windshield, 4 seater, radio, power steering, power lift box, 1705 hours. Stock #59244........... .................................................$14,500 (11) 2011 John Deere 825i Gator no power steerng, power lift box, full glass cab, heater, 2325 hours. Stock #63424....................$9750 (12)

Great used bale processors in stock now. New inventory arriving soon!

2013 Haybuster 2800 handles round & square bales, 1000 PTO, RH deflector. Stock #60400...................................... $22,900 (3) 2008 Haybuster 2800 handles round & square bales, RH discharge, hydraulic deflector. Stock #60116............................ $20,500 (1) Vermeer BP7000 like new, LH discharge, shedded. Stock #63408............. $12,000 (3)

2018 John Deere 9620R 18/6 Powershift, 5 SCVs, no 3 PT, no PTO, Premium CommandView III cab, hi-flo hydraulics, dual IF 800/70R30 tires, turnkey GPS. Extended warranty until 2023 - 250 hours. Stock #63373................................... $440,000 (12) 2016 John Deere 9470R 18 speed Powershift, IF 800/55R46 tires, 1000 PTO, 4 SCVs, 59 GPM pump w/Power Beyond, heavy weight package. Extended warranty until 2019 - 739 hours. Stock #60796............... $299,000 (12)

#53018

2015 John Deere 8320R IVT, 5 SCV’s, 3 point, PTO, CVIII cab, dual 380/90R54 rear tires, dual 380/80R38 front tires, 269 PTO hp, dual hydraulic pump, 1100 hours. Stock #62619. .................................................$252,500 (1) 2012 John Deere 7200R IVT, 4 SCVs, CVII cab w/suspension, 480/80R46 rear duals, 480/70R30 front singles, H480 loader w/ grapple. Stock #62493............$129,000 (15) 2016 John Deere 6195R IVT, TLS w/HD brakes, 4 SCVs, cold start package, H380 loader w/grapple, Autotrac ready, premium cab w/suspension, 700 hours. Stock #61391.....................................$199,900 (1) 2015 John Deere 6175R TLS, 20/20 AutoQuad Plus, 3 SCVs, cold start package, fuel heating system, 520/85R42 duals, H380 loader w/grapple, 710 hours. Stock #61386............ .................................................$160,425 (3)

#58216 2015 John Deere 9470RT 30” Camoplast Track, 18/6 Powershift, PTO, std flow hydraulics, 4 SCVs, 26 front weights, 1283 hours. Stock #53018......................... $283,500 (14) 2014 Buhler 550 Powershift, Hi-Flo hydraulics, PTO, 6 SCVs, differential lock, 900/60R42 tires. Stock #62092................. $262,500 (11) 2000 Caterpillar CH75E, 10 speed powershift, 4 SCV’s, 3-pt., 25” tracks, EZ-Steer system included, 340 hp. Stock #61356.................... ................................................. $53,900 (15) 1993 John Deere 8770 300 hp, 24/6 partial P/S, 4 SCVs, PTO, differential lock, reman engine less than 300 hours ago, 18.4x46 duals. Stock #61775..................... $49,900 (11) 1995 Case IH 9280 375 hp, 12/3 Powershift, 4 SCVs, Trimble EZ-Steer & display. Stock #63891..................................... $48,000 (12)

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Southern cowpea weevil appears as a new pest on pulse crops

By Gadi V.P. Reddy, Anamika Sharma and Govinda Shrestha, Montana State University, Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, Conrad, Montana America, and Australia. It is known to be Agriculture is the major backbone of the more common in Southern United States. Montana economy. Along with cereal proTransportation often plays an important role duction, pulse is an integral part of Montana in the movement of this pest. farming system. Montana is a leading state Adult Southern cowpea weevil is about in US pulse production. Pulses are mainly 4mm (0.16 inch) in length and have long harvested for dry seeds and other than being antennae, legs, and wings. They are usua good protein source, its production also ally brownish in color but some adults may improve soil health and promote biodiverlook greenish brown (Figure-1). For their sity. Nevertheless, like other parts of the defensive purposes, adults ‘’play dead’’ world Montana pulse production is also when disturbed and resume their movement affected by insect pests and disease infestaafter 5–10 min. This is also most common tions which causes major economic losses. feature in many other beetles and weevils’ After pea weevil, recently, a new pulse species. It is an internal feeder and if the pest reported in Montana is, the Southern seeds are stored in a warm, humid place, cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis. life cycle will be completed in about 20–23 Similar to pea weevil, it is a stored seed days. Female adults lay and glue eggs on feeder, belongs to the family Chrysomelidae seed surface of host plants. The flat bases of under the order Coleoptera, and commonly translucent eggs help them to remain stuck known as beetles and weevils. There are to the surface of the seeds. They can lay many species of Callosobruchus that have as many as 90 eggs during their lifetime. been attacking pulses in different parts of At optimum temperature of 90–95F, eggs the world but one of the most common hatch in 5–6 days and the first instar larva ones is Southern cowpea weevil. It has a then burrows deep into the seed through the wide host range including peas, chickpea, base of the seed. All larval stages complete pigeon pea, garden peas, cowpeas, mung within the single seed, where they go on beans, black-eyed peas, soybeans, lima hidden and sheltered as they feed. The final beans, lentils, and wild legumes. However, instar larva pupates within the seed. Soon Southern cowpea weevil is mainly considafter emergence from the pupa, the adult ered as an economically important pest in crushes its way out of the seed, leaving a cowpea, lentils, green gram and black grain distinctively curved exit hole in the seed’s worldwide. In Montana, this weevil has casing. Adults live for a short period of time been confirmed by entomologists from lentil (about two weeks) and known as very fast shipping containers in the last few years fliers and fast runners. The feeding damage (since 2015). Although Southern cowpea and adult exiting holes cause a reduction weevil is a major problem in the tropical in germination and poor market value of climate, it is distributed around the globe pulses. comprising Asia, Africa, Canada, South

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Figure-1: Life stages of Southern cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis). Photos courtesy of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callosobruchus_chinensis; http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_sto_insect_primary_pest_5.html; https://www.beanbeetles.org/handbook/

Temperature and humidity greatly influence the development and survival of these weevils. The favorable temperature for this insect to complete all life stages ranges from 93F to 100F. A personal communication with Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode (University of Idaho) indicates that there are least chances of overwintering of this weevil in Montana and Idaho due to less tolerance of eggs and larval stages to low temperatures of Montana climate. For example, 14F can kill the eggs in less than 3 hours and 41F in five days. However, during the summer season

they can indeed infest isolated fields. Once they are in stored seeds, heating to 135F for 3–4 hours can kill them. Management strategies for this insect include chemical, cultural and biological management. As chemical management, fumigation of infested stored seeds and spraying with organophosphates chemicals to minimize the infestation is recommended. Good hygiene habits while storing the seeds and the removal of infested crop residue from the field are also other recommended CONTINUED ON PAGE C20

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practices for its management. Moreover, drying and heating can be used to manage an infestation of seeds without affecting seed germination. As the biological control, some less explored egg (Uscana lariophaga), larval and pupal parasitoid (Dinarmus basalis) are also known. Several behavioral aspects of Southern cowpea weevil matches with the pea weevil such as the timing of emergence, egg laying on the presence of exit holes on peas hence it is easy to get confused among both the insects. Nevertheless, Southern cowpea weevil can be distinguished from pea weevil by the presence of very long legs and antennae and also by its vast host range. Pea weevil is host specific to peas whereas Southern cowpea weevil can infest several legumes as listed above. Management of Southern cowpea weevil is challenging due to difficult monitoring of eggs and development of larvae within the seeds. In the early stages of infestation this insect can go unnoticed, and only after the presence of exit holes its presence can be identified, hence a vigilant attitude will be necessary to keep this insect under control in Montana. If somebody notices any damage to seeds and presence of exit holes on any legumes please contact Entomology/ Insect Ecology team members via phone, 406-278-7707 or email, reddy@montana.edu.

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From USDA the spring wheat crop condition was rated MONTANA HIGHLIGHTS 3 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 26 perBased on August 1 conditions, oat cent fair, 54 percent good, and 10 percent production in Montana is forecast at 1.26 excellent. Spring wheat turning color was million bushels, according to the August at 67 percent complete, compared with 49 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by percent last year and the 5-year average of the Mountain Regional Field Office of the 55 percent. National Agricultural Statistics Service, Montana farmers and ranchers expect to USDA. This forecast is up 9 percent from harvest 1.80 million acres of alfalfa hay the July 1 forecast and up 49 percent from this year, up 200,000 acres from 2017. the 2017 crop. Acreage harvested is exThey also expect to harvest 900,000 acres pected to total 21,000 acres, up 3,000 acres of other hay in 2018, down 50,000 acres from the 18,000 acres harvested last year. from last year. 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Barley production is forecast at 32.48 Dry bean production for 2018 is forecast million bushels, down 6 percent from the at 5.16 million hundredweight, up 99 perJuly 1 forecast, but up 13 percent from last cent from the 2.59 million hundredweight year’s crop. The area for harvest in 2018, produced a year earlier. Yields are expected at 560,000 acres, is down 5,000 acres to average 1,500 pounds per acre, up from from the 565,000 acres harvested last year. 1,000 pounds per acre last year. Growers Barley yield is forecast at 58.0 bushels per expect to harvest 344,000 acres this year, up acre, down 4.0 bushels from July 1, but 7.0 84,000 acres from 260,000 acres last year. bushels above last year. As of July 29, the Sugarbeet production is forecast at 1.42 barley crop condition was rated 2 percent million tons, up 2 percent from 1.40 million very poor, 4 percent poor, 27 percent fair, tons produced in 2017. Growers expect to 51 percent good, and 16 percent excellent. harvest 42,600 acres this year compared Barley harvest was 1 percent complete, with 42,700 acres a year ago. Yields are compared with 5 percent last year and the expected to average 33.3 tons per acre, up 5-year average of 6 percent. from 32.7 tons per acre a year ago. Winter wheat production is forecast at UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS 75.40 million bushels, up 4 percent from Oats production is forecast at 65.7 milthe July 1 forecast and up 13 percent from lion bushels, down 1 percent from the July the 66.78 million bushels produced last forecast but up 33 percent from 2017. Growyear. Estimated acreage for harvest, at 1.45 ers expect to harvest 1.01 million acres for million acres, is 140,000 acres less than the grain or seed, unchanged from July but up 1.59 million acres harvested in 2017. As of 26 percent from last year. Based on condiAugust 1, the average yield is forecast at tions as of August 1, the United States yield 52.0 bushels per acre, up 2.0 bushels from is forecast at 65.1 bushels per acre, down 0.7 the July 1 forecast and 10.0 bushels above bushel from the July forecast but 3.4 bushels last year’s final yield. If realized, this would above the 2017 average yield. be a record winter wheat yield for Montana, Barley production is forecast at 156 3.0 bushels above the previous record of million bushels, up 1 percent from the July 49.0 bushels per acre set in 2010 and 2016. forecast and up 10 percent from 2017. Based As of July 29, the winter wheat crop condion conditions as of August 1, the average tion was rated 2 percent very poor, 5 percent yield for the United States is forecast at poor, 15 percent fair, 37 percent good, and 76.3 bushels per acre, up 0.7 bushel from 41 percent excellent. Winter wheat harvest the previous forecast and up 3.7 bushels was 19 percent complete, compared with from last year. Area harvested for grain or 61 percent last year and the 5-year average seed, at 2.05 million acres, is unchanged of 37 percent. from the previous forecast, but up 5 percent Durum wheat production is forecast from 2017. at 21.90 million bushels, down 6 percent Winter wheat production is forecast at from the July 1 forecast, but up 74 percent 1.19 billion bushels, down less than 1 perfrom the 12.56 million bushels produced cent from the July forecast and down 6 perlast year. Estimated acreage for harvest, cent from 2017. As of August 1, the United at 730,000 acres, is 55,000 acres less than States yield is forecast at 47.9 bushels per the 785,000 acres harvested in 2017. As of acre, down 0.1 bushel from last month and August 1, the average yield is forecast at down 2.3 bushels from last year’s average 30.0 bushels per acre, 2.0 bushels below the yield of 50.2 bushels per acre. The area July 1 forecast, but 14.0 bushels above last expected to be harvested for grain totals year’s final yield. As of July 29, the Durum 24.8 million acres, down slightly from last wheat crop condition was rated 1 percent month and down 2 percent from last year. very poor, 5 percent poor, 36 percent fair, Hard Red Winter production, at 661 million 46 percent good, and 12 percent excellent. bushels, is up 1 percent from last month. Durum wheat turning color was at 56 perSoft Red Winter, at 292 million bushels, cent complete, compared to 40 percent last is down 4 percent from the July forecast. year and the 5-year average of 36 percent. White Winter, at 236 million bushels, is up Spring wheat production in Montana 2 percent from last month. Of the White is forecast at 96.90 million bushels, up 3 Winter production, 21.0 million bushels percent from the July 1 forecast and up are Hard White and 215 million bushels 101 percent from the 48.09 million bushels are Soft White. produced last year. Estimated acreage for Durum wheat production is forecast at harvest, at 2.85 million acres, is up 560,000 73.4 million bushels, down 2 percent from acres from the 2.29 million acres harvested the July forecast but up 34 percent from in 2017. As of August 1, the average yield is 2017. The United States yield is forecast forecast at 34.0 bushels per acre, 1.0 bushel at 39.9 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushel above the July 1 forecast and 13.0 bushels above last year’s final yield. As of July 29, CONTINUED ON PAGE C24

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By Jenny Lavey, MSU News Service Nick VanDinther, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who plans to major in accounting and fly fish “as much as possible,” said his time backcountry camping in the Spanish Peaks mountain range in a new Montana State University outdoor orientation program created unexpected, deep friendships – especially during a particularly loud thunder and lightning storm “right on top of the group one night.” “We played a lot of icebreaker games and got to know each other really well, which happened pretty fast because we talked wilderness medicine. about everything,” VanDinther said. “I’m The four-day trips ranged from canoeing definitely close with the guys in my tent. I on the Upper Missouri River, to hiking, don’t feel nearly as nervous about making rafting and climbing in Yellowstone and friends now. This trip was a major part of Glacier national parks, to remote backcounthat.” try camping in the Gallatin National Forest. VanDinther and 37 other first-year MonThe outdoor recreation program provided tana State University students are fresh off the transportation, meals and equipment. the trail from spending 96 hours in MonHannah Olson, from Cave Creek, Aritana’s wilderness together as the first cohort zona, was originally on the trip slated for of the First-Year Outdoor Orientation Trips, multi-sport activities in Glacier National or FOOTsteps, managed by the Associated Park. Due to the Howe Ridge Fire that Students Montana State University Outdoor caused evacuations and closures of the west Recreation Program. side of Glacier National Park, the group reThe basis of the program is to take a routed to the Bitterroot Valley for camping, small group of first-year students to remote rafting and hiking corners of Montana with AMSU Outdoor “I think even though our trip was efRecreation Program student staff leaders fectively cancelled because of the fire, we for an intensive community-building outstill were prepared to enjoy the experience door experience before the academic term and everyone had a great time,” Olson said. begins. The purpose, according to ASMU “We were all total strangers when we left Outdoor Recreation Program Director Ty for the trip, and now it’s like we’re one big, Atwater, is to offer a pre-orientation that happy family.” pairs relationship-building for first-year Thomas Mann, from Malvern, Pennstudents with the impact offered by an outsylvania, said standing at 9,400 feet overdoor experience. looking the Spanish Peaks was particularly “A part of choosing MSU for many of our special, as was catching his first cutthroat students has a lot to do with the environment trout in a backcountry lake. we’re in,” said AMSU Outdoor Recreation “We are all brought together in a really Program Director Ty Atwater. “We really unique way,” Mann said. “I think it was wanted to take the destination of Bozeman because of how special the environment and all that our area offers and pair it with was and how beautiful these places are. Our an enriching outdoor experience that would leaders were amazing and so were the guys help create a community for first-year stuon the trip. The experience really helped me dents.” branch out.” Atwater said the intent of the program is ASMU Outdoor Recreation Program “put students together with peers to share Assistant Director Dan Sandberg, said the and discuss everything about the college program purposely benefits both first-year experience” from fears, successes and tips students and current outdoor recreation for navigating challenges. program student staff leaders. “Those conversations, paired with a “A program like this gives our staff an campfire and the remote nature of being opportunity to apply their training in leadercut-off from technology for a few days, ship and community-building,” Sandberg can be pretty transformative,” Atwater said said. “Those are skills that will help them Atwater said he saw versions of outdoor in the backcountry and in any workplace or orientation programs at other universities professional setting, so the program touches enjoy great success. Some of those proboth current MSU students and first-year grams, Atwater said, demonstrated a constudents. nection between a pre-orientation outdoor That was true for Ellie Nolan, a junior experience and student retention rates, from Missoula, who served as a student similar to research published in the Jourleader on the trip that canoed more than 46 nal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and miles on the Upper Missouri River. Nolan Leadership that explains outdoor orientation also guides raft trips for the outdoor proprograms have a positive impact on retengram throughout the year. tion and graduation rates. “I feel like I’ve learned what real leaderFOOTsteps students applied for a spot in ship is from this trip,” Nolan said. “I had the the program in the spring following “very opportunity to practice all that we trained little advertising” and the program “filled for, especially in risk-management and –up immediately within days,” creating a decision-making. We were 50 miles into waitlist with more than 100 student names, the wilderness and at least that far from Atwater said. any emergency medical facility. The trip The students paid $350 in fees to particitested me in different ways, and I feel more pate in the trip and arrived to Bozeman on capable because of that.” Aug. 17 to move in to their residence halls Nolan said her group has already made early before departing on one of several plans for another river trip together next outdoor trips with seven fellow students month. and two to three outdoor recreation program “The university’s outdoor program is student staff leaders. Staff leaders underabsolutely the best community I’ve ever went several weeks of training and were been a part of,” she said. “It’s my hope these responsible for logistical planning and meal students continue to stay involved with the preparation. Each staff leader is certified in programs and everything it offers.”

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By Kym Pokorny, Oregon State University canning. For most gardeners it’s been a normal or • Santiam: Ripens in 65-75 days. Suited above-average year for the country’s most for salads and fresh eating; good, tart flavor. popular vegetable. • Siletz: Ripens in 70-75 days. Reliable “It was a fairly decent season for tomatomato with good flavor; ideal for eating fresh toes,” said Brooke Edmunds, horticulturfrom the vine. Not resistant to late blight. ist with Oregon State University (OSU) • Indigo Rose: Ripens about 80-90 days Extension Service. “We got warm enough after transplanting. First of a new class of and didn’t have any early cold spells. If you tomato that is high in antioxidants. Its purple were irrigating, you probably had a pretty color comes from the anthocyanin pigment good year.” in its fruit. This open-pollinated variety is Some things – like weather – you can’t a prolific producer. Get the best flavor by control. Tomatoes, which are actually a fruit, picking the tomato at its ripest; it will turn a thrive at ambient temperatures between 65 muddy brown, dull purple color in September and 85 degrees and this year we had plenty when ripe. of days in that range. Some things you can Another great resource for finding the best control, like how much you water and how tomato varieties is Vegetable Variety Trials, you treat the soil. 2017 (https://catalog.extension.oregonstate. If you had problems with blossom-end rot edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/em8777this year, take stock of the soil pH and review 17.pdf), which includes lists of vegetables your watering practices. Blossom end rot grown and evaluated by OSU Extension shows up in many cultivars when calcium in Master Gardeners led by Edmunds. Tomatoes the plant is low. Calcium uptake by plants is are ranked from 1 to 9 in such categories as affected by several things, including low soil fruit size, color and taste, how many days pH and water availability. The best way to to maturity, and yield. The evaluation also adjust a low soil pH is to add lime to the soil includes cabbage, pepper, pumpkin and orin fall. In Extension’s publication BlossomEnd Rot in Tomatoes (https://catalog.extennamental gourd and winter squash. Find tomatoes from both lists in the seed sion.oregonstate.edu/fs139) instructions say catalogs from Territorial Seed Co., Victory to use lime to adjust the pH of the soil to 6.8 Seed Co., Ed Hume Seeds, Johnny’s Selected to 7.2 in order to aid the plant in taking up Seeds, Nichols Garden Nursery and others. calcium. Many Willamette Valley garden Many varieties will be available as starts at soils benefit from at least 5 pounds of lime garden centers. to 100 square feet every three years. Mix the For more information, refer to Extension’s lime thoroughly into the top 8 to 12 inches Grow Your Own Tomatoes and Tomatillos of soil in fall. (https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/ When it comes to watering, tomatoes don’t ec1333). respond well to extreme dry-wet cycles, so If you want to save your own seed, rememwater regularly when soil is drying out, Edber that hybrid varieties won’t come true to munds said. And remember, tomatoes want type, while open-pollinated and heirloom well-drained soil. ones will. The seed packet should tell you Blights can show up, also, and are more what type tomato you’ve chosen or check difficult to fight. Edmunds said the best meththe internet. od is to give tomatoes good air circulation Saving seed can be a little messy, Edmunds by keeping them staked up and pinching off said. Cut open the tomato and squeeze out suckers (the branches that grow at the joints) the seeds, which will be coated with a gelthat can shade the fruit. Pick out affected like substance. There are different methods leaves and put them in the garbage rather for removing the gel, but the easiest is to put than composting. Avoid overhead watering. the seeds in a mason jar and add two-thirds Instead, use drip irrigation, Edmunds recomwater by volume (one-third seeds, two-thirds mends. If possible, move plants to a different water). Stir it up and leave it to ferment. Mold site year to year, coming back to the original will grow on it and break down the gel, seeds spot on a three-year rotation. For more inforget released and sink to the bottom. Pour mation on blight, see Pacific Northwest Pest them out into a sieve or small colander and Management Handbooks (https://pnwhandwash them off. Spread on a paper towel to books.org/plantdisease/host-disease/tomatodry, which could take one to two weeks. Then lycopersicon-esculentum-late-blight). package them up in envelopes or jars (don’t In areas with shorter seasons like much seal all the way). of Oregon, it’s a good idea to choose earlyNo matter what you do, there’s bound to ripening varieties, Edmunds said. Some bred be green tomatoes left on the vine. Edmunds by OSU include: notes it’s possible to ripen those with a little • Legend: A tomato that produces large color by laying them out in a single layer in a fruit that is good to eat straight off the vine. dark area, like a loosely closed box in a closet. Resistant to some forms of late blight. Ripens “Some cultivars do better than others,” she 60-65 days after transplanting. You can get a said. “It’s fun to try.” larger-sized, earlier-ripening fruit by growing Barring that, why not use your green them first from seeds in gallon-size pots then tomatoes and not just fried? Jeanne Brandt, transplanting them. a family and community health expert with • Gold Nugget: Among the first to ripen, Oregon State University Extension Service, this prolific variety grows cherry tomatoes offers two recipes. One is her favorite salsa, with a deep yellow color and mild, juicy which is called Tomatillo Salsa, but the flavor. Ripens in 60 days. recipe is just as good with green tomatoes. • Oroma: This tomato makes good tomato It’s in Salsa Recipes for Canning (https:// sauce and paste. Early to mature; average ripcatalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/pnw395) ening time of 70 days. Prolific after ripening. on Page 6. Fruit is meaty and thick-walled. The other is for Pickled Dill Tomatoes • Oregon Spring: Ripens in 60-70 days. (https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/koSlicing variety that can be eaten fresh in salsher_green_tomato.html). “Some people ads or straight from the vine. It will produce love them, especially when they substitute high, early yields of silver-dollar-sized juicy hot peppers for the green peppers, which is tomatoes. fine to do. You can use a mixture of green and • Oregon Star: Ripens in 80 days. An partially ripe yellow tomatoes for interesting early-maturing, red paste-type tomato. Large, colors. seedless fruit. Good for fresh eating and for

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From USDA Farm production expenditures in the United States are estimated at $359.8 billion for 2017, up from $346.9 billion in 2016. The 2017 total farm production expenditures are up 3.7 percent compared with 2016 total farm production expenditures. For the 17 line items, 13 showed an increase from previous year, while the rest showed a decrease. The four largest expenditures at the United States level total $176.2 billion and account for 49.0 percent of total expenditures in 2017. These include feed, 15.3 percent, farm services, 12.2 percent, livestock, poultry, and related expenses, 11.7 percent, and labor, 9.8 percent. In 2017, the United States total farm expenditure average per farm is $176,352, up 4.3 percent from $169,035 in 2016. On average, United States farm operations spent $27,056 on feed, $20,635 on livestock, poultry, and related expenses, $21,468 on farm services, and $17,204 on labor. For 2016, United States farms spent an average of $27,092 on feed, $20,319 on farm services, $19,491 on livestock, poultry, and related expenses, and $16,616 on labor. Total fuel expense is $12.0 billion. Diesel, the largest sub component, is $7.6 billion, accounting for 63.3 percent. Diesel expenditures are up 2.7 percent from the previous year. Gasoline is $2.2 billion, up 4.8 percent. LP gas is $1.4 billion, up 22.4 percent. Other fuel is $780 million, up 21.9 percent. The United States economic sales class contributing most to the 2017 United States total expenditures is the $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 class, with expenses of $114.9 billion, 31.9 percent of the United States total, up 1.7 percent from the 2016 level of $113.0 billion. The next highest is the $5,000,000 and over class with $84.2 billion, up from $80.6 billion in 2016. In 2017, crop farms expenditures increased to $183.9 billion, up 3.9 percent, while livestock farms expenditures also increased to $175.9 billion, up 3.5 percent. The largest expenditures for crop farms are labor at $25.4 billon (13.8 percent), rent at $24.9 billion (13.5 percent of total), and farm services at $24.4 billion (13.3 percent). Combined crop inputs (chemicals, fertilizers, and seeds) are $51.8 billion, accounting for 28.2 percent of crop farms total expenses. The largest expenditures for livestock farms are feed at $53.4 billion (30.4 percent of total), livestock, poultry and related expenses at $40.1 billion (22.8 percent), and farm services at $19.4 billion (11.0 percent). Together, these line items account for 64.2 percent of livestock farms total expenses. The average total expenditure for a crop farm is $210,081 compared to $151,005 per livestock farm. The Midwest region contributed the most to United States total expenditures with expenses of $109.1 billion (30.3 percent), up from $108.9 billion in 2016. Other regions, ranked by total expenditures, are the Plains at $93.7 billion (26.0 percent), West at $77.7 billion (21.6 percent), Atlantic at $43.1 billion (12.0 percent), and South at $36.2 billion (10.1 percent). The West increased $6.34 billion from 2016, which is the largest regional increase. Combined total expenditures for the 15 estimate states is $238.3 billion in 2017 (66.22 percent of the United States total expenditures) and $228.0 billion in 2016 (65.7 percent). California contributed most to the 2017 United States total expenditures, with expenses of $37.4 billion, (10.4 percent). California expenditures are up 9.3 percent from the 2016 estimate of $34.2 billion. Iowa, the next leading state, has $26.4 billion in expenses, (7.3 percent). Other states with more than $20 billion in total expenditures are Texas with $25.9 billion and Nebraska with $22.6 billion. For a full copy of the Farm Production Expenditures report please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact: Arizona – Dave DeWalt 1-800-645-7286 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800-392-3202 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612 New Mexico – Longino Bustillos 1-800-530-8810 Utah – John Hilton 1-800-747-8522 Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt 1-800-892-1660

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By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension I heard a drum cadence, a high-pitched whistle and the sound of brass musical instruments outside my office window the other day. I almost stood at attention and marched in place. The Gold Star Marching Band was getting students in the mood for the launch of fall classes at North Dakota State University (NDSU). The music outside my window stirred memories. I think I played some of the same pieces when I was in the group many years ago. I remember celebrating my 21st birthday on a snowy November day while sitting on the bleachers at a football game in Fargo. We were a dedicated bunch. We didn’t have an indoor field back then, so we had to huddle to stay warm. Fortunately, our uniforms were made of wool. Create some memories during the variety of fall events coming our way. Along with the sound of marching bands and the cheering crowds at exciting football games, enjoy the flavors and aromas of tailgating parties and picnics. In fact, National Tailgating Day has been observed on the first Saturday of September since 2016. Do you have a “play book” for fall tailgating parties before the big game? Try these burning questions about grilling to be sure you maintain safe food for your friends: 1. What hand-held tool is important for maintaining safety and quality? 2. If you do not have access to a source of water for cleaning up at a tailgating event, what should you bring? 3. For safety, what internal temperature should chicken breasts reach, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)? 4. What internal temperature should burgers made from ground beef reach, according to the USDA? 5. What internal temperature should fish, such as salmon, reach for safety? 6. What is the name of the process where you check if your thermometer is measuring accurately? 7. True or false: Grilled fruits and vegetables are a tasty accompaniment to an outdoor meal. 8. You are serving grilled burgers, cut fruit, potato salad and beverages. How many coolers should you bring? 9. According to the USDA, how long can you keep perishable food (salads, cut fruit, grilled meat) out on a 70-degree day? Here are the answers. 1. A food thermometer is an important tool for ensuring food quality and safety. Thermometers are inexpensive but can be critical for food safety while maintaining food quality. Be sure you know where the temperature-sensing area is on your food thermometer. Sometimes, the sensing area is close to the tip, but sometimes, a dimple on the stem indicates the sensing area. 2. Bringing some water and cleaning cloths would be the best option if access to clean water is limited. However, moist towelettes for cleaning surfaces and hands also are acceptable. 3. Chicken should reach an internal temperature of 165 F. 4. Burgers made from ground beef should reach 160 F. Burgers made from ground turkey should reach 165 F, by the way. 5. Salmon and other fish should reach 145 F, or at a minimum, it should flake with a fork. 6. Calibration. A thermometer should be calibrated or checked for accuracy. To check your thermometer, fill a glass with crushed ice, then add cold water to the top of the ice and stir to make a slush. Place the stem of the thermometer in the ice water and wait about 30 seconds. The thermometer should read 32 F; if not, adjust the nut under the thermometer head if you have a thermometer that can be calibrated. If you can’t adjust an inaccurate thermometer, you will want to get a new one. 7. True. Grilling fruit and vegetables is a great way to add color, texture and flavor to your menu. See “Focus on Fruits and Vegetables” at https://tinyurl.com/NDSUGrilledFruit to learn more about grilling fruits and vegetables. 8. At a minimum, you need two coolers when you are preparing raw meat and serving ready-to-eat foods, but three coolers would be better. Keep raw meat separate from ready-to-eat foods such as salads and fresh fruit. The meat juices can contaminate the ready-to-eat foods and the outside of beverage containers. Harmful bacteria from meat juices CONTINUED ON PAGE C33

Publications explore highaltitude cooking and baking

By University of Wyoming Extension Ever wonder why cakes rise to the oven roof before falling and foods are undercooked when you follow the directions exactly? Two new publications from University of Wyoming (UW) Extension let you blame it on the altitude. They help curious cooks and bakers adjust for the effects of lower air pressures, humidity and boiling temperatures at higher elevations. “Cooking and Baking It Up! Altitude Adjusters” covers food preparation from cookies, breads and cakes to boiling eggs, deep frying, candy-making and canning. “Baking It Up! Tested Recipes and Tips for Baking at Altitude” is a revised and expanded remake of the classic “Baking at High Altitude,” first published more than three decades ago. Both publications feature new, original photographs and food safety fundamentals. They’re free at bit.ly/UWEpubs. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines high altitude as anything over 3,000 feet,” says Vicki Hayman, UW Extension nutrition and food safety educator in Weston County. “That means parts of most western states and ALL of Wyoming.” Since most recipes are created for sea level, success at higher elevations may require adjustments in time, temperature or ingredients, she says. Hayman helped prepare the new guides, which join “Friendly One-Pot Meals from Your Pressure Cooker” and “Diabetes-Healthy Recipes Everyone Will Love” in extension’s “Cooking It Up!” series. For more information, contact Hayman at 307-746-3531 or vhayman@uwyo.edu. “Baking It Up!” and “High Altitude Adjusters” are among the many free guides, courses and videos from UW Extension that help extend skills from soufflés and strawberry jam making to master gardening, estate planning, critter care, and more. See bit.ly/UWEpubs. YouTube video series from UW Extension include “Barnyards and Backyards,” “From the Ground Up” and “Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.”

Tailgaters, are you ready to get grilled about food safety? CONTINUED FROM PAGE C32

that land on the outside of cans can end up in your mouth. Because beverage coolers typically are opened frequently, having a separate beverage cooler can ensure that the salads and fruit in the other cooler stay cold. 9. Do not keep perishable food out of a cooler and on a serving table for more than two hours on a fall day. If temperatures soar above 90 F, you have a one-hour safety window to serve food unless you serve the food in containers nested in ice. The temperature range of 40 to 140 F is the “temperature danger zone,” where bacteria grow best. Keep cold foods cold (below 40 F) and hot foods hot (above 140 F). Make some great memories this fall, not memories about getting a foodborne illness. See https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ food/food-safety for a variety of printable resources to add to your grilling equipment as a reminder. Here’s a recipe that adds color and flavor to your plate as a tasty dessert. Sweet Grilled Fruit Skewers 1 small package of strawberries 1 medium pineapple (cubed 1 inch by 1 inch) 1 tsp. canola oil or olive oil Pinch of sugar Bamboo skewers Soak four bamboo skewers in water for 25 to 30 minutes before use. Preheat grill to medium heat. Wash the strawberries and the exterior of the pineapple. Cut the tops off the strawberries to remove the green leaves. Cut the top and bottom off the pineapple. Then carefully slice the skin off, remembering to core the pineapple. Finally, cube the pineapple slices. Push the fruit onto the skewers, alternating strawberry and pineapple. Lightly brush the fruit with canola oil and let stand for five to 10 minutes. Grill for six to eight minutes, carefully turning the skewers to grill all sides of the fruit. Remove when the fruit is soft and has caramelized grill marks. Top with a pinch of sugar. Makes four servings. Each serving has 70 calories, 1.5 grams (g) fat, 1 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber and 0 milligrams sodium.

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• Gysler 30-ft. chisel plow with harrows • Morris B2 24-ft. rod weeder with harrows • (2) John Deere LZB drills, 10” spacing, connecting hitch, shedded • 1955 Case LA tractor, runs good, shedded • Vicon 2 wheel hay turner, tractor mounted, shedded • 20-ft. and 14-ft. pull type wood flat bed farm trailer • Hay spear for round bales with detachable spears for square bales. Loader attachment points not over 4” wide • Homemade spear for hauling round bales off a 3-point hitch, 41” large spear, 15” small spears with 33” between small spears • Massey Ferguson hay head with push off, 11-ft.x8-ft. Shedded and unused since 1978. Extra wooden teeth • Many cattle tools/supplies - Calf puller, Palmer Cap-Shur rifle, Dr Stik darts, and much more. Offer on collection or by piece. Pictures available

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Steer donations needed for Steer-A-Year program Montana ranchers are encouraged to donate a steer for the benefit of the learning and development of next generation agricultural producers. Montana State University’s College of Agriculture is seeking donations of steers for its Steer-A-Year program. The program accepts donated steers, monetary support and feed. The donated steers allow students in the program to engage in hands-on learning of the beef industry. Students participate in applied learning experiences and courses such as beef cattle management, professional development in beef production systems, livestock management, meat science and livestock evaluation. Through Steer-A-Year, students care daily for steers that Montana ranchers have donated to the university. The steers live at MSU’s Bozeman Agricultural Research and Teaching, or BART, Farm, and students are responsible for everything from feeding the animals to health checks and vaccinations. Students also provide steer production data – such as average daily weight gain, carcass information when the meat is harvested and even genetic testing to the ranchers who donated them.

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Hannah DelCurto Wyffels, instructor in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences and Steer-A-Year program manager, said the program has grown from eight to 30 steers in the last few years. The increase in donated steers has increased the number of students who are able to participate in Steer-A-Year, she said. “The steer contributions are the basis of what we do and what we have the potential to do,” Wyffels said. “Our partnership with Montana livestock producers is one that we’re very proud of, because our stakeholders understand that teaching the next generation of agriculture leaders begins with important first-hand experience for our students.” Steer-A-Year students sell the steers directly to MSU’s Culinary Services. Last year, students sold 30 steers to the program, and the College of Agriculture and the Montana Made Program in Culinary Services hosted a Montana Steer-A-Year beef dinner for the public in the Miller Dining Commons. The Steer-A-Year cattle are processed at Pioneer Meats in Big Timber and are used for anything from large rotisserie roasts to stews in campus dining halls and university events. One of the finest cuts, New York strip steak, is grilled at the First Meal event, when up to 4,000 new students gather for an outdoor picnic at MSU’s Romney Oval. Awards are presented to the best initial feeder steer, the steer with the top rate of gain and best carcass. Profits from sales of the steers fund student activities in the College of Agriculture. Last year, thanks to funds from Steer-A-Year proceeds, Wyffels said MSU’s Livestock Judging Team competed at the National Western Stock Show in Denver; the Houston Livestock Show in Houston; and the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic in Kearney, Nebraska. Donated steers make a direct impact on students, particularly those participating in the livestock judging team, Wyffels said. “The funds allow judging team members to compete nationally and learn the importance of professionally representing Montana and MSU,” she said. “The entire program represents agriculture from every corner: animal science education, business, economics and, finally, getting the product to the consumer.” Approximately 20 students from various backgrounds and majors in agriculture studies are enrolled this year in the Steer-A-Year course, Wyffels said. She noted that the practical learning experiences with the steers are valuable for all of those students. Steers will be accepted between October 31 and November 18. For more information about the Steer-AYear program or how to donate a steer, contact Wyffels at 406-994-3752 or Hannah. delcurto@montana.edu.

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Though a long-tailed weasel may only weigh a half a pound, it has the ability to take down and drag away prey up to six times its size.

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By Bruce Auchly, FWP Region 4 Information Officer Recently, I watched a Cooper’s hawk take off from a rural, gravel road, clutching a dead meadowlark in its talons. An adult Cooper’s hawk might weigh 1 pound. An adult meadowlark probably tips the scale at 3 ounces. To compare that to a human, a 200-pound person would have to lift almost 40 pounds, then run away. Extra points if you can fly. Perhaps you are physically fit. Maybe you are the strongest at the gym, ran a marathon recently or reupped for advanced yoga classes. Isn’t it strange we do these activities to keep up our daily strength and stamina while some animals perform feats of strength daily just to survive? Take deer. To escape predators, a white-tailed deer can jump 8 feet. Remember that 5-foot deer fence you put around the vegetable garden? Nice try. Mule deer don’t jump like whitetails as much as they can bound up, up and away. That allows them to scramble up a steep coulee or rocky slope to escape danger. One record indicates they can bound as much as 28 feet in a single leap, though their jumps are usually shorter. If you can jump that far in a single leap, you belong on the U.S. Olympic team. Antelope are runners. Besides being just plain fun to watch, the species is compact, sturdy and fast. Brother are they fast. Pronghorn have a top speed near 50 and can set their cruise control at 35 miles per hour. Drive that fast through town without stopping and prepare to find yourself in traffic court. Mountain lions like many predators have tremendous strength. First, they can take down and kill prey larger than themselves, like an adult deer or full-grown elk. Then, if they decide their quarry is in an inconvenient spot, they will drag it, using their teeth and jaws. To put numbers on that, consider a 100-pound lion killing a 100-pound deer and dragging it uphill for 50 yards or more. A lion can do that because of the tremendous power in its jaws, its muscular rear legs are longer than its front legs and its long tail is used for balance. Or a 500-pound grizzly bear killing a bull elk weighing at least 600 pounds, then dragging it more than 100 yards as if the carcass was just a bag of groceries. Lions and grizzlies, however, are known for their strength. Nothing new here. Just as antelope are regularly seen running like a prairie wind. It’s the strength and agility of smaller creatures that should surprise us. For example, look to the long-tailed weasel. While it is the largest of Montana’s three weasel species – least and short-tailed are the other two – a long-tailed male still only weighs about a half a pound. Yet it will attack, kill and drag off a rabbit or hare, ranging in weight from a pound and a half to 3 pounds. You can do the math, but that’s impressive. Technology gives us some advantages over wildlife. But when it comes to strength, agility and speed never bet against the animals.

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Samatha Wigen of Helena, Montana won Grand Champion Senior Sheep Showmanship at the Lewis & Clark County 2018 Fair. Photo courtesy of Helena Photography.

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Grasslegume system benefits

By University of Wyoming Extension Adopting grass-legume systems instead of only legumes or only grasses can improve overall productivity and profitability, according to research published in a new bulletin from the University of Wyoming Extension. Grass-Legume Mixtures Can Improve Soil Health, B-1328, explains the increases are through production cost reductions and improving long-term soil health by boosting soil properties and microbial activities. The findings are from a 2010-2014 field study at the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center near Lingle. The free bulletin is available for viewing or downloading by going to www. uwyo.edu/uwe and clicking on the Find a Publication link. Type in the bulletin title or number. The bulletin is available in pdf, HTML or ePub formats. ##### “Cowboy coffee”? It was said they made their coffee by putting ground coffee into a clean sock and immerse it in cold water and heated over campfire. When ready, they would pour the coffee into tin cups and drink it.

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

GREAT VALUE ON ALL DRILLS IN STOCK

2004 New Holland SD440 51-ft. air drill with 380 cart, 12” spacing, single shoot, blockage sensor.................................... $62,500

MISC. EQUIPMENT

John Deere 1600 chisel plow, 35-ft., set up with liquid fertilizer kit..................... $4995

Case IH ATX400 air drill with ATX3380 cart, 50-ft., 10” spacing, 380 bushel tank, single shoot, wireless blockage........... Let’s Deal Ezee-On 7400 40-ft. air drill, 12” spacing, 160 bushel cart, ground driven fan. Very good condition........................................ $18,900

USED COMBINES

New Holland TR75, Ford engine, hydro drive, good rubber, 960 22-ft. header with batt reel. Good machine for only....... $16,995

Service Corey Combs 271-5435 home, 781-7678 cell Gary Brown 278-3373 home, 788-9033 cell

USED SPRAYERS

2012 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, Top-Con X20 with RTK, Auto-Steer, Auto-Boom, 100-ft. booms, 5 section control......................$159,900............... PRICE REDUCED................... $139,500 2012 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, 1000 gallon, 100-ft. boom, 3-way Tee Jet, Envisio Pro Raven monitor, Auto Boom, Accu Boom, Smart Trax.................... $134,900

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT MacDon A30-D mower conditioner........Call

New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine..... .................................................... $11,900 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine..... .................................................... $11,900 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine..... .................................................... $11,900

2008 Case IH 7010 combine, yield and moisture, lateral tilt......................... Let’s Deal

2007 Case IH 2588 combine, rock trap, yield and moisture........................... Let’s Deal

TRACTORS

Versatile 900 tractor........................ $5995

2004 Case IH 2388 combine, yield and moisture, rock trap, hopper topper, long unload auger...................................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1680 combine, rock trap.... $17,900 Case IH 1480 combine with 810 24-ft. header................................................ $12,500

2009 Case IH RB564 round baler, net/twine. Good condition........................... $21,900 Vermeer 605SM baler............................Call

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2013 New Holland 840CD-30...............Call Case IH 1010-30 combine header............... ................................................ Let’s Deal Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, oilbath wobble drive................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, oilbath wobble drive................... Let’s Deal Case IH 1015 combine pickup header......... ................................................ Let’s Deal Case IH 1015 pickup header....... Let’s Deal

MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport. Let’s Deal!...................... Was............................................ $67,900 Drastically Reduced................. $52,900 Case IH 1015 pickup header....... Let’s Deal 1995 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory attachment......................... $8995 Case IH 1015 15-ft. pickup header, Victory attachment..................................... $6500 Case IH 1015-12 pickup header........ $4900 International 810 13-ft. pickup header, Rakeup raking pickup. Very little use..... $8995

Bale King 880 bale processor........... $9500 Vermeer BPX7000 bale processor.... $8995

2009 Miller Condor A75 self-propelled, stainless steel tank, Raven Viper Pro monitor, SmartTrax, UltraGlide auto boom......................................... $89,900 Flexi-Coil S67XL wheel boom, 120-ft. wheel boom, manual fold, 1500 gallon tank, FlexControl or Raven interface, TeeJet double nozzle bodies, inductor cone, hydro pump, 6 ball valves, foam marker, windscreens, 18.4x26 diamond tires (U21171) Reduced.............. $5995

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

SKID STEER LOADERS

We are carrying an excellent selection of skid steer loaders with great pricing available. Huge inventory of pallet forks and bale spears on hand, call today.

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HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE

Alfalfa Grass mix & Grass hay, round bales......... $80-$110/ton Wheat straw, round bales................................................$20/bale Call Doug (406) 473-2357 or 366-0052, Judith Gap, MT

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1980 Brigadier Service Truck 225 hp 6v53T, jake, Allison AT, PS, AB, hydraulic 5 ton crane w/remote, compressor, 45K miles, runs and works great..... .......................................$7500 2007 Sterling L8500 Tractor 250 hp Cat C7, 7 speed, 70% 11R24.5’s, AC, AR, 260K miles, 32K GVW, runs and drives great.....................$8500 2000 International 4700 190 hp, T444E, 7 speed, 70% 22.5’s, PS, PB, AC, cruise, 48K miles, 26K GVW, 16-ft. flatbed, 30K PTO winch, 14-ft. boom.... ....................................$12,500 1994 GMC TopKick Dump 3116 Cat diesel, 6 speed Eaton, AC, PS, PB, 60% 19.5 tires, 15.5-ft. steel grain dump, scissor hoist, hitch, 24K GVW.. .......................................$9750 1997 GMC C7500 250 hp Cat diesel, 6 speed Allison, 116,000 miles, AB, PS, Ingersoll Rand diesel 160 cfm compressor with 816 hours, 70% 295R22.5’s, trailer hookups, 33,000 gvw..........$15,500 1994 Ford F600 18-ft. Flatbed Sullair 125 cfm diesel compressor, 160 hp 5.9 Cummins, 5 & 2 speed, 26,000 gvw, 129,000 miles, 75% 10R22.5’s, PB, PS, double frame...............$12,500 1992 Kodiak Flatbed Dump 75K miles, 215 hp, Cat diesel, 5 speed & 2 speed, PS, AC, PB, 26K GVW, 75% 22.5 tires, 16.5-ft. bed, double frame........ ....................................$14,500 1997 GMC C7500 250 hp, Cat diesel, 6 spd Allison, 137K miles. AB, PS, IR diesel 160 cfm compressor, 900 hours, 11R22.5’s 90%, trailer hookups, 33K GVW........ ....................................$15,500 1994 Ford F700 18-ft. flatbed, 175 hp, 5.9 Cummins, 5 & 2 speed, 26K GVW, 109K miles, 75% 10R22.5’s, PB, PS, double frame..$10,500 1997 GMC Topkick C7500 25K miles, 215 hp Cat 3116, 6 speed manual, PS, AC, AB, PTO, 12’6” of frame, 70% 22.5 tires, 33K GVW............$12,500 1962 Cook Brothers 14 yard Belly Dump 36-ft. long, 50% 11R24.5’s, twin gate. Pulls down the road good...............................$5000 2006 Lincoln T67 Extend Trailer 90% 17.5 tires and brakes, 36ft. retracted, extends to 56-ft. x 102” wide, for trusses or poles. .......................................$8500

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Land values and cash rents From USDA

ARIZONA The 2018 Arizona average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $4,200 per acre. This is an increase of 2.4 percent from 2017 and 10.5 percent from 2016. The average value of cropland and irrigated cropland was $8,450, up 0.6 percent from 2017. Pasture values were not published for Arizona to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Arizona was $253.00 per acre in 2018, $3.00 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for pasture in 2018 was not published for Arizona to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. COLORADO The 2018 Colorado average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $1,420 per acre. This is a decrease of 0.7 percent from 2017 and unchanged from 2016. The average value of cropland was $1,910, down 0.5 percent from 2017. The average value of irrigated cropland was $4,600, unchanged from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $1,250, down 0.8 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were unchanged from 2017 at $760 per acre. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Colorado was $144.00 per acre in 2018, $1.00 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland and pasture in 2018 were not published for Colorado to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. MONTANA The 2018 Montana average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $920 per acre. This is unchanged from 2017 and an increase of 2.2 percent from 2016. The average value of cropland was $1,030, up 1.0 percent from 2017. The average value of irrigated cropland was $3,000, up 0.7 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $840, up 1.2 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were up 1.5 percent from 2017 at $670 per acre. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland in Montana was $26.50 per acre in 2018, up $0.50 from the previous year. Cash rent for pasture in 2018 averaged $6.30 per acre, unchanged from 2017. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in 2018 was not published for Montana to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. NEW MEXICO The 2018 New Mexico average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $530 per acre. This is unchanged from 2017 and an increase of 1.9 percent from 2016. The average value of cropland was $1,480, unchanged from 2017. The average value of irrigated cropland was $3,930, unchanged from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $440, unchanged from the previous year. Pasture values were up 2.8 percent from 2017 at $370 per acre. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland, and pasture in 2018 were not published for New Mexico to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. UTAH The 2018 Utah average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $2,100 per acre. This is an increase of 1.4 percent from 2017 and 2.9 percent from 2016. The average value of cropland was $3,480, up

1.8 percent from 2017. The average value of irrigated cropland was $5,600, up 1.8 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $1,200, up 1.7 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were unchanged from 2017 at $1,050 per acre. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Utah was $92.00 per acre in 2018, $1.50 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland and pasture in 2018 were not published for Utah to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. WYOMING The 2018 Wyoming average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $660 per acre. This is unchanged from 2017 and 2016. The average value of cropland was $1,350, unchanged from 2017. The average value of irrigated cropland was $2,170, unchanged from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was estimated at $760, unchanged from the previous year. Pasture values were unchanged from 2017 at $510 per acre. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland, and pasture in 2018 were not published for Wyoming to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. UNITED STATES The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $3,140 per acre for 2018, up $60 per acre (1.9 percent) from 2017 values. Regional changes in the average value of farm real estate ranged from an 8.3 percent increase in the Southern Plains region to 1.4 percent decrease in the Northern Plains region. The highest farm real estate values were in the Corn Belt region at $6,430 per acre. The Mountain region had the lowest farm real estate value at $1,140 per acre. The United States cropland value averaged $4,130 per acre, an increase of $40 per acre from the previous year. In the Southern Plains region, the average cropland value increased 4.7 percent from the previous year, while in the Lake region, cropland values decreased by 0.6 percent. The United States pasture value increased by $40 per acre (3.0 percent) from 2017 values. The Southern Plains region had the highest increase from 2017 at 5.6 percent. The Pacific region remained unchanged at $1,650 per acre. Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in the United States was $215.00 per acre in 2018, $3.00 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland in the United States was $125.00 per acre in 2018, up $2.00 from the previous year. Cash rent for pasture in 2018 averaged $12.50, unchanged from the previous year. For a full copy of the Land Values and Cash Rents reports please visit www.nass. usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact: Arizona – Dave DeWalt 1-800-645-7286 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800392-3202 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612 New Mexico – Longino Bustillos 1-800530-8810 Utah – John Hilton 1-800-747-8522 Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt 1-800-8921660 ##### Each fall, the black-capped chickadee’s tiny hippocampus enlarges by 30%, which enables it to remember where it collected seeds in different spots in trees and on the ground.

Life-saving measures could start with talk around the dinner table

By K-State Research and Extension News Kansans were reminded yet again how natural disasters can come with little or no warning when up to nine inches of rain resulted in flooding across several counties Labor Day weekend. Gov. Jeff Colyer issued a state of emergency declaration for five counties and assessments are occurring in others. Ironically, some of the areas hit hardest had been in a state of drought. The flooding is just the latest disaster to hit the state this year, which underscores the importance of planning in advance to help lessen damage to lives and property in the event of a disaster, said Elizabeth Kiss, a family resource management associate professor at Kansas State University. Kiss and a team of K-State Research and Extension educators and specialists across the state encourage Kansans to plan in advance through Prepare Kansas (https://blogs.kstate.edu/preparekansas), an online challenge designed to help individuals and families prepare in order to ease recovery and potentially save lives when disasters strike.

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WINTER WHEAT SEED We treat with Vibrance Extreme, Cruiser, Cruiser Max Cereal, and Nipsit

Clearfield varieties

• Monument • Brawl CL2 • Clearstone CL2 • Yellowstone • SY 517CL2 Put Clearfield technology to work reducing • Bearpaw • Warhorse cheatgrass and wild oat problems • Others available Even if we don’t have it listed - WE CAN GET IT!

Willow Creek

• Beardless Forage Winter Wheat up to 5-tons/acre, irrigated Call Roger or Jason for details

• Forage FX 1001 Triticale •

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Pre-Order Your Cake For Fall 406-378-2112 Big Sandy, MT After hours: Roger Terry 406-378-3220

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NEW STOCK & HORSE TRAILERS

New Circle D 24-ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 2 sliding center gates, full bull package, 14-ply tires.....$11,995 New Circle D 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailers with sliding center gate. 14-ply tires. Bull Package............$10,995

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New Circle D 24-ft. stock trailer, 8K axles, 14 ply tires, 2 sliding center gates, full bull package.............. $13,295 New Travalong 20-ft. stock trailer, sliding center gate, 14,000 lb. GVW............................................... $11,995

New Circle D pickup flatbeds NEW HEAVY DUTY FLATBED TRAILERS

Diamond C tandem dual, 2 piece with folding beavertail, dual jacks, tool box, engineered I-Beam frame, torque tube........................................................ 32-ft. $12,895 ............................................................... 30-ft. $12,595 ............................................................... 28-ft. $11,895 Circle D 31-ft. (3) 7,000 lb./6 torsion axle, 3 piece folding beavertail, chain basket, dual jacks....................$9995 Circle D 29-ft. tandem dual, 3 piece beavertail, dual jacks, chain basket....................................................$10,895 Diamond C 28-ft. tandem dual, 2 piece beavertail, dual jacks, tool box, engineered I-Beam frame.......$11,995 Circle D 27-ft. tandem dual, 3 piece beavertail, dual jacks, chain basket....................................................$10,595 Circle D 25-ft. (2) 7,000 lb. torsion axles, dual jacks, chain basket, 3 piece beavertail...................................$7995

NEW DUMP TRAILERS

Circle D flatbeds, gooseneck hitch plate, lights, headache rack, rear skirt. Black 7x7..................................................................$1650 71/2x81/2...........................................................$1650 71/2x9..............................................................$1700 8x9..................................................................$2000 8x11................................................................$2350

Large Trailer Parts Inventory

New Diamond C car haulers 3500, 5200 & 7000# axles 16-ft. 18-ft. & 20-ft. IN STOCK

NEW BUMPER PULL TILT TRAILERS

Diamond C 24-ft. full power tilt deck-over, (2) 7,000 lb. axles...................................................................$7995 Diamond C 22-ft. partial tilt.....................................$6495

5-ft. x 8-ft. to 83” x 14-ft. Prices Range from $1425 - $2295

1993 Wilray 20-ft. stock trailer .... .................................... $3995

A hitch when you need it... A level bed when you don’t

COMPANION™ 5th WHEEL RV HITCH

Mounts to rails bolted under the bed, or attaches easily to B&W’s turnover ball gooseneck hitch. Easy adjustment of height & lateral positions.

2 horse bumper pull ............. $1400

Donohue 16-ft. 7x16 goosneck stocktrailer ................. $3500

2003 homemade 5-ft. x 10-ft. utility trailer .............................$600

2002 GMC 6500 Cat 3126 7 speed diesel, 190 hp, 15ft. Leland Roustabout bed, 30,000# Tulsa winch, 12,000# Ramsey winch, gin poles, 96,000 miles ............$12,995

Triple T Sales

Load King lead trailer, 42-ft., triple axle.................................$27,500 & pup..............................$17,500 As a pair.........................$42,000

1994 Load King 43-ft. triple axle belly dump................ $17,500

1982 Landoll hydraulic tilt equipment trailer w/winch................$18,500

Triple axle, 20-ft. x 83”, pintle hitch, completely rebuilt, LIKE NEW! .........................$6500

2000 Diamond C 8-ft. x 20-ft. flatbed, tandem dual, pintle hitch ..........................$4500

4x7’ Heavy Duty Trailer Mats $65 each

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

1995 Ponderosa bumper pull ....... ....................................... $1700

2013 Circle D flatbed gooseneck, 24-ft. with beavertail, used very little......................$6500

Besler bale bed w/pump...$2500

Excellent Selection On Hand

USED SEMI TRAILERS

2017 Look Element 6-ft. x 10-ft. V-nose, titled but never used . .....................................$3400

2014 Circle D 6x18-ft. enclosed trailer, rear swing-out door, side door, insulated with shelving inside ...........$6000

New LOOK Enclosed Trailers

TURNOVER BALL

MISCELLANEOUS USED EQUIPMENT

Ford F250 with flatbed & snow plow ........................... $6500

LOTS OF NEW BUMPER PULL UTILITY TRAILERS

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

Axles • Springs • Lights • Fenders • Straps • Tie-downs Jacks • Bearings & seals • Etc.

2003 Ford V10 automatic, with NEW Hydrabed ........$21,995

New Diamond C 14-ft. gooseneck.....................$10,195 New Diamond C 14-ft. bumper pull with tarp........$9295 New Travalong 14-ft. gooseneck.......................$11,895

NEW GOOSENECK TILT TRAILERS

G ll steel flatbeds

2015 Sundowner 3-horse slant with living quarters, never used. New: $28,995 ............. NOW: ............................ $19,995

Prices on New Units good on In Stock Units ONLY! PRONGHORN UTILITY Stop in or call for more info. IN STOCK NOW!!!

1994 International 4900 flatbed, air brakes, diesel, 9 speed, tool boxes ....................$9595

Give us a call about any of our trailers or let us find what you need!

Contact Dave Taylor: 406-357-2166

28-ft. Van trailer..............$3495

1992 Interstate 24-ft. tilt deck, 20-ton equipment trailer.... ................................$8500

2002 Container chassis, like new.............................$7500

1992 Wilray heavy duty flatbed trailer, 45,000 lb. GVW, 24-ft. beavertail....................$8500

Detachable neck lowboy 20ft. well, ramps on back, 10.00x15 tires, swing-out extensions ...............$12,995

Chinook, MT

Home Phone - 406-357-2162 Highway 2 West, Chinook, MT 1/2 miles west of Chinook

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