Trader's Dispatch - October 2021

OCTOBER 2021

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

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SBARE seeks input

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The North Dakota State Board of Agricultural Research and Education (SBARE) is seeking public input on needs in the state.

SBARE provides the state Legislature and governor with recommendations on how the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and North Dakota State University Extension can address critical state needs and ensure that the state’s investments on behalf of North Dakota citizens will yield great long-term dividends.

The input will help shape SBARE’s recommendations for the 2023 legislative session.

“You have a vital stake in North Dakota’s future and are invited to join us by providing your thoughts on critical needs and concepts for solutions,” says Mark Birdsall, SBARE chair. “Specifically, we ask you to provide your input in a format that works best for you.”

SBARE is holding two input sessions: • November 2-3 - NDSU Harry D. McGovern Alumni Center, 1241 N. University Drive, Fargo • December 7 - Dickinson Research Extension Center, 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, N.D. To set up a time to present 10 to 15 minutes of testimony at an input session, contact Melissa Schwengler at 701-231CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

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PRODUCTION SALES

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OTHER DATED EVENTS

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International Conference on Pig Survivability

K-State Research and Extension News Kansas State University will co-host a conference that aims to provide the most current information on sow, litter, weaned pig and grow-finish mortality.

University officials said the International Conference on Pig Survivability is planned for October 27-28 in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Hilton Omaha.

“By featuring presentations and panel discussions from industry leaders and scientific experts, we want to bring the industry together to motivate change,” said Joel DeRouchey, a swine specialist with K-State Research and Extension.

“We want attendees to walk away with a sense of urgency toward the issue of mortality and some practical ideas of what to do about it.”

Jason Ross, director of the Iowa Pork Center, said “the conference will feature speakers from an array of swinerelated businesses and organizations that will discuss relevant, take-home messages to impact swine survivability.”

Registration for the conference is now open at bit.ly/PigSurvivabilityConference. Registration will cost $300. There CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

Landon Omdahl, Ken Winkowitsch, Jacob Hjartarson, and Jed Winkowitsch display their chickens to judge, Martin Townsend, during the senior showmanship division of the poultry show. Jacob, Jed, and Ken placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively in senior showmanship with Jacob earning the Grand Champion poultry showman trophy. Photo by Kim Woodring.

Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers Annual Conference and Meeting The Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers Association will be holding their Annual Conference, on October 22 & 23. The conference will start off on Friday, October 22nd at 5:00 pm with a tour of the new Veterinary Technology Facility at NECC in Norfolk, Nebraska.

The association will continue their conference Saturday, October 23, at the Madison County Fairgrounds, in Madison, Nebraska. The conference will start at 9:00 AM and finish with a wonderful lamb dinner around 5:00 PM.

Dr. Richard Ehrhardt, Ph.D. from Michigan State University will be keynote speaker. Richard Ehrhardt has been the small ruminant specialist at Michigan State University since 2009 holding a joint appointment between the departments of animal science and large animal clinical sciences. He received his BS in Animal Science from UW-Madison and his graduate training (MS and PhD) from Cornell CONTINUED ON PAGE A3

Online training for new commercial pesticide applicator licenses

University of Wyoming Extension The Zoom training is Tuesday, December Training for those seeking new commercial pesticide applicator licenses is being offered 7-Friday, December 10, said Jeff Edwards, online by the University of Wyoming (UW) UW Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program coordinator.

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New commercial pesticide applicators are not required to participate in a new applicator education program.

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SBARE seeks input CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

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Other options are: • Provide written testimony - Send a letter to SBARE, NDSU Dept. 7520, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 • Provide testimony by email - Send an email message to sbare@ndsu.edu • Provide an online submission - Submit testimony online at ndsu.edu/vpag/sbare/stakeholder_input_request In your remarks, describe your agricultural research and/ or Extension needs and potential solutions.

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is a reduced registration rate for students.

The event is being hosted by K-State, Iowa State University and Purdue University. A complete schedule and lodging information is available online (https://www.regcytes. extension.iastate.edu/survivability/).

The International Conference on Pig Survivability is part of the Improving Pig Survivability project, a five-year, interdisciplinary and multi-university project funded by the National Pork Board and Foundation for Food and Agriculture. The group aims to reduce mortality in the U.S. swine industry by 1% or more per year of the project.

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exams,” said Edwards. The program items will be offered in up to four, four-hour blocks on consecutive days.

Classes start at 8 a.m. The program is: • Tuesday, December 7 -- Core Manual Review (1-8); Worker Protection Standard.

• Wednesday, December 8 -- Weed Biology, ID, Herbicide Mode of Action; (Review of topics from Categories 901A, B, & C and 903 A, B, & C).

• Thursday, December 9 -- Insect Biology, ID, Insecticide Mode of Action; Plant disease and control.

• Friday, December 10 -- Calibration.

Edwards said the final schedule may vary and that the Zoom link will be sent by Wednesday, December 1.

PDFs of all manuals are available at bit.ly/wy-pesticidetraining.

“We highly encourage you to read all manuals pertaining to the category in which you plan on taking exams,” said Edwards. “Your rate of passing will significantly increase if you read the training manuals.”

Applicants must pass the CORE and at least one other category exam with a minimum of 70 percent to be issued a license, he said.

For more information, call Edwards at 307-837-2956 or email jedward4@uwyo.edu.

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University. His interest in extension and applied research were fostered by a diversity of experience with sheep including purebred sheep during his youth, shearing professionally since his early teens, field research in New Zealand and Australia, and managing his own flock of commercial ewes on an accelerated lambing program for the past 20 years. His applied research interests revolve around increasing production efficiency in small ruminants through strategic nutritional management, optimizing a seasonal reproduction, improving whole-farm forage utilization and by establishing preventative health programs.

We will also have Dr. Lisa Surber, Ph.D. She was born and raised on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada and is still active in her family’s commercial cattle operation. She obtained her B.S., M.S., and PhD in Animal and Range Sciences from Montana State University. During her time at MSU, she was the managing director of the Montana Wool Lab. Lisa served as a Wool Education Consultant for the American Sheep Industry Association and with WestFeeds as a Ruminant Nutritionist. Lisa now runs her own consulting business providing nutritional expertise for cattle and sheep, wool buying, classing, and education services, NSIP certified ultrasounding services, and OFDA on-site wool testing services. Also, she is the Executive Secretary for South Dakota Sheep Growers Association. She is

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2021 Montana Ram and Ewe Sale results

By Leah Johnson, MWGA Executive Secretary The Montana Ram and Ewe Sales were held September 15 and 16 in Miles City, Montana. Sheep offered included 883 commercial ewes, and 295 range-ready rams from consignors across Montana. Successful bidders hauled sheep home across Montana and into Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, and Texas.

The Montana Wool Growers Association would like to extend a big thank you to all buyers and bidders. Thank you to Frontier Stockyards and Doug McLean for organizing the online catalog, online sale, and handling the clerking. Thank you to our auctioneers, Collin Gibbs and Kyle Shobe, for their great teamwork from the auction block.

Please plan to attend the 97th Annual MT Ram Sale and the 9th Annual Montana Ewe Sale next year, September 14 and 15, 2022, in Miles City, Montana. For more coverage and pictures of both sales, please see MWGA on Facebook.

See the sale summaries below: 96th Annual MT Ram Sale A donation ram, offered by the Ortmann Family of Wolf Point, started the 96th Annual Montana Ram Sale. The Targhee buck was offered in Memory of the late Heinrich Ortmann, who consigned rams to the Montana Ram Sale for 48 years. Contributors gave nearly $4,000 in his memory, with funds being used to support the building of the new Montana Wool Lab at Montana State.

Auctioneers Collin Gibbs and Kyle Shobe kept the sale moving, selling 295 rams for an overall average of $1,843, up from $1,542 in 2020.

The Targhee sale average was $1859 on 209 head. The high selling ram overall, was a Targhee consigned by Skull Creek Targhee of Brockway, Montana. The buck sold for $12,000 to Turner Sheep Company of Gillette Wyoming.

Five Targhee lots sold for $5,000/hd or more.

Rambouillet bucks sold very well, with an overall average of $2,114 on 51 head, more than $400/head higher than last year. Helle Rambouillet of Dillon had the top selling buck, purchased for $3,500 by the University of Wyoming.

Suffolk, Hampshire, and crossbred bucks showed high demand. The overall blackface average was $1,352, compared to $891/head in 2020. Dawe Suffolks of Big Timber topped the portion of the sale again this year. Dawe sold two lots for $2,000 each, one purchased by Garrett Cunningham of Broadus, Montana, and another selling to Arnold Mader of Biddle, Montana.

Sale Gross on 295 rams: $543,600 Targhee ram average on 209 head: $1,859 (Low $500, High $12,000) Rambouillet ram average on 41 head: $2,032 (Low $1000, $3,100) Rambouillet Cross ram average on 10 head: $2,450 (Low $1,700, High $3,500) Suffolk ram average on 16 head: $1489 (Low $1,100, High $2,000) Suffolk X Hampshire ram average on 16 head: $1,363 (Low $1,000, High 1,700) Hampshire Ram average on 3 head: $583 (Low $350, High $900) 8th Annual Montana Ewe Sale The ewe sale kicked off with a donation ewe, donated by John and Betty Sampsel of Hughes Newford Co, of Stanford, Montana. The yearling Targhee ewe raised $1,150 towards scholarships to send young producers to MWGA and sheep industry events.

The ewe sale offered 883 head, with 383 ewes on-site and 500 offsite. Cal and Julie Ward, of Sheridan, Montana, topped the sale, selling their pen of 10 Targhee ewes for $600/head, to Chip Dye of Alzada, Montana. The volume buyer of the on-site lots was Bill Schaeffer, of Hoven, South Dakota, taking home 49 head. The volume off-site buyers were Casey Earl of Lewiston, Utah, purchasing 300 head of Helle Rambouillet yearling ewes, and Duane White of Circle, Montana, taking home 200 head of Lehfeldt Rambouillet yearling ewes.

Sale Gross on 883 Ewes: $331,550 Total sale average on all ewes: $375/hd Whiteface yearling ewe average on 868 head: $376/hd Blackface ewe lamb average on 15 head: $367/hd Average on pens of 10: $387/hd Average on pens of 20: $363/hd Average on off-site lots: $375/hd ##### Oranges were originally green. The first oranges ever imported from to the West were from Southeast Asia and were tangerine-pomelo hybrids that were green in color. In fact, oranges grown in warmer parts of the world such as Vietnam and Thailand stay green throughout their lifetime.

Fall flowers nourish the bees and butterflies

By Esther McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension the northern Great Plains because of their Planting late-summer and fall-blooming late bloom. perennials can seal your reputation as an Recommended aster cultivars include exceptional gardener.

‘Alma Potschke’ and ‘Dream of Beauty.’

When everyone else’s garden is looking ‘Alma Potschke’ produces magenta flowtired in September, your garden can be the ers in early fall and is a butterfly magnet. showcase of the entire neighborhood with However, the plant may need to be staked a fresh set of blooms. to keep it upright.

Besides their ornamental appeal, late‘Dream of Beauty,’ with its compact season blooms play an important role in habit, fits better in smaller landscapes. Its sustaining native bee and butterfly popupink blooms are a welcome addition to the lations. fall garden. This cultivar attracts fewer polLate summer is when male bumblebees and next year’s queens are hatched. The linators than ‘Alma Potschke.’ male bumblebees perpetuate the species by For more information, see the NDSU mating with the new queens. The pregnant Extension publication “Pollinator Preferqueen then feeds heavily on nectar and polences for Selected Aster, False Indigo, Bee Balm and Sedum Flowers in North len to fatten up for winter while the rest of Dakota” at https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubthe colony dies in the fall. Only the new queen overwinters in an underground burlications/lawns-gardens-trees/pollinatorpreferences. row and produces offspring the following year to form a new colony.

Likewise, fall flowers are important for butterflies.

Painted lady butterflies are frequently observed on fall flowers.

However, the monarchs are the true stars of the garden in the fall. They need to find nectar-rich flowers to feed the beginning generations that start the long migration to winter grounds in Mexico.

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has studied late-season native and ornamental perennials for their ability to attract and nourish bees and butterflies. In the study, Extension entomologists counted the number of bees, butterflies and beneficial insects that landed on the flowers to determine the best pollinator plants for home landscapes.

Ornamental tall sedums that bloom in August and September are surprisingly good pollinator plants.

These drought-tolerant succulents attract a surprising range of bees and butterflies. The cultivars ‘Autumn Fire’ and ‘Autumn Joy’ are two of the best for attracting a wide range of pollinators.

The more compact cultivar, ‘Neon,’ produces pretty pink blooms that seem to attract butterflies. Every time I approached ‘Neon,’ a cloud of painted lady butterflies would take flight.

Asters are one of the last plants to bloom in the ornamental landscape and are underutilized. They bloom from late August until the first heavy frost.

Selecting an aster can be tricky for a couple of reasons. First, some of the native asters are too large for a managed landscape. Other asters may bloom too late in the season and may experience a heavy frost before reaching full bloom. The cultivars ‘Purple Dome’ and ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ do not reach their full potential in

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By Andrea Nisley The Miscellaneous 4‑H area consists of a numerous va‑ riety of projects and topics. Some of these projects include veterinary science, wood science, automotive, bicycle safety, posters, electricity, entomology, safety, computers and wild‑ life conservation, as well as, the club secretary books, news reports and club scrapbooks. The projects brought to the fair were judged with the following results: Forestry Cross Section Display – Purple: Wesley Thompson (Lex‑ ington).

Conservation and wildlife Wildlife Diorama – Purple: Carson Reiman (Cozad) and Roman Scott (Gothenburg).

Wildlife Essay – Purple: Casey Wahlgren (Gothenburg).

Wildlife Arts – Purple: Wesley Thompson (Lexington).

Wildlife Houses – Purple: Colter Sanger (Brady).

Harvesting Equipment – Purple: Mason Schaaf (Lex‑ ington), Alec Wagner (Gothenburg), and Casey Wahlgren (Gothenburg).

Taxidermy Taxidermy – Cinch Sanger (Brady), Casey Wahlgren (Gothenburg), and Parker Walahoski (Overton).

4-H Shooting sports Shooting Aid – Purple: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad) and Wes‑ ley Thompson (Lexington). Blue: Mollie Spradlin (Cozad).

Citizenship/Leadership Project – Purple: Wesley Thomp‑ son (Lexington).

Other natural resources Design Your Own Exhibit – Purple: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad).

Agronomy Poster – Purple: Addison Luther (Overton).

Entomology Insects Macrophotography – Purple: Wesley Thompson (Lexington).

Veterinary science Small Animal/Pet Poster – Purple: Addison Luther (Over‑ ton).

Rocketry Hand or Air Brushed Rocket – Purple: Jackson Dowdy (Gothenburg) and Griffin Owens (Lexington).

Commercially Painted Rocket – Purple: Tanner Fairley (Brady), Levi Linsenmeyer (Overton), Greta Rickertsen (Lexington), and Wesley Thompson (Lexington).

Model building Level 1 Models – Purple: Terrence Bliven (Lexington), Alexis Burkink (Gothenburg), Jackson Dowdy (Gothen‑ burg), Levi Linsenmeyer (Overton), Harper Racek (Lex‑ ington), Cassidy Reiman (Cozad), Lorelai Rickertsen (Lexington), Dylanger Schledewitz (Oconto) and Camryn Sutton (Lexington).

Level 2 Models – Purple: Jenna Anderson (Gothenburg), Lyndsay Anderson (Gothenburg), Tessa Carter (Gothenburg), Benjamin Dones (Lexington) and Joslynn Lans (Lexington).

Level 3 Models – Purple: Wesley Thompson (Lexington).

Diorama – Purple: Wesley Thompson (Lexington).

Woodworking Unit 1 (Woodworking Article) – Purple: Cassidy Reiman (Cozad). Blue: Mason Schaaf (Lexington).

Unit 3 (Woodworking Article) – Purple: Preston Beattie (Sumner) and Lorelai Rickertsen (Lexington). Blue: Emma Luther (Overton).

Unit 3 (Woodworking Display) – Blue: Roman Scott (Gothenburg).

Unit 3 (Recycled Woodworking Display) – Blue: James Lans (Lexington).

Unit 3 (Composite Wood Project) – Blue: Jackson Daum (Gothenburg) and Jhett Daum (Gothenburg).

Unit 3 (Outdoor Wood Project) – Blue: Kai Jorgensen (Gothenburg).

Unit 4 (Woodworking Article) – Purple: Josiah Rhea (Lexington). Blue: Seth Rhea (Lexington).

Welding Welding Article – Purple: Jordan Lans (Lexington), Joslynn Lans (Lexington), Shank Sall (Cozad) and Mollie Spradlin (Cozad).

Welding Furniture – Purple: Jacob Lans (Lexington).

Blue: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad).

Composite Weld – Purple: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad). Blue: Mollie Spradlin (Cozad).

Clover kids The Clover Kids 4-H Program is designed with educa‑ tional objectives focused on youth ages 5-7. It helps enhance CONTINUED ON PAGE A7

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the social development of the pre-4-H’ers in a group setting with project activities organized by older youth and adults.

This year, exhibitors in the Clover Kids project were: Ryker Buckley (Gothenburg) 2 ribbons, Kristina Burns (Cozad) 3 ribbons, Claire Carter (Gothenburg) 1 ribbon, Jamie Dowdy (Gothenburg) 2 ribbons, Lysa Duryea (Lexington) 2 ribbons, Bodee Klemm (Lexington) 2 ribbons, Charlotte Kouba (Gothenburg) 2 ribbons, Rylan Kubert (Johnson Lake) 1 ribbon, Jorgianna Lans (Lexington) 1 ribbon, Caleb Linsenmeyer (Overton) 2 ribbons, Seth Linsenmeyer (Overton) 2 ribbons, Riggs McConville (Lexington) 1 ribbon, Gretta McKim (Gothenburg) 1 ribbon, Keeley Nichols (Eddyville) 1 ribbon, Brynlee Reil (Overton) 1 ribbon, McKenna Reiman (Cozad) 3 ribbons, Nora Reiman (Cozad) 2 ribbons, Alexandra Rickertsen (Lexington) 2 ribbons, Shad Sall (L) 2 ribbons, Kamery Schledewitz (Oconto) 2 ribbons, Seth Wahlgren (Gothenburg) 2 ribbons, Grant Walahoski (Overton)1 ribbon, and Meg Walahoski (Overton) 1 ribbon.

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Timing of vaccinations for calves

K-State Research and Extension News With the year we’ve all been through, most would agree that everyone have an increased awareness of how vaccinations and immunity are connected. Not only is this true for people, but it is for cattle as well, and the timing of when calves should be vaccinated will be somewhat dependent on when they will be marketed according to the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute.

“Vaccines are most effective when they are given a few weeks before calves are at risk for the disease,” said Brad White, veterinarian and BCI director on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.

For calves that leave the farm at weaning, veterinarian Bob Larson said, they are at a greater risk for a respiratory challenge because of the trucking and co-mingling with cattle from different herds. In spring-born calves that sell at weaning, Larson advised calves be given their immunizations three to four weeks ahead of that event for maximum immunity.

“We typically vaccinate calves against the respiratory diseases of IBR and BVD,” Larson said.

For cattle that stay on the ranch past weaning, Larson and White agree that those vaccinations can be given when the calves are a little older.

“To keep the cattle healthy, it is more than just giving a vaccine, it is also about providing the cattle a good diet and minimizing the stress of weaning. The vaccines are just one tool,” Larson said.

White added that it takes typically two to four weeks before the immunity generated through the vaccine will offer an adequate level of protection.

For those producers who choose to vaccinate the calves at weaning, Larson emphasized the importance of planning for low stress weaning. Some strategies include locating the calves and their dams across the fence from each other as well as offering the water and feed in a familiar location.

“The time to start planning for an October weaning of spring-born calves is now,” White said. “For some vaccines one dose is enough but for others a two-dose regimen is required.”

The bottom line, Larson said, is to time these immunizations to the situation.

“It is important to time the vaccinations to when the greatest risk for disease will be and often that is when there is going to be a change in their diet and an exposure to cattle from other herds,” Larson said.

To hear more of this discussion, tune into the Cattle Chat podcast online (https://ksubci.org/2021/08/06/grazingseason-purchase-or-produce-hay-hay-quality-and-quantitypre-weaning-health-management/).

Soybean residue for forage

By Brad Schick, University of Nebraska Many soybean fields have already been harvested. Cows are often put on soybean residue in order to get them off pasture when other forage options are unavailable. Soybean residue or stubble may also be baled and used in rations.

But what is the quality of grazed or baled soybean residue?

Soybeans themselves are very high in protein and fat.

They are about 40% Crude Protein and about 20% fat which is why soybean residue can be perceived as great feed. However, the residue itself has a much different feed composition. The empty pods and stems contain only 4 to 6% CP and the TDN is only 35 to 45%. The leaves are slightly higher in protein at 12%, but the protein is only 30% digestible and leaves break down quickly after plants reach maturity and harvest has taken place.

These feed values will not begin to support the nutritional requirements of a dry cow even if there is some grain left in the field. Soybean residue can be grazed and would work to remove cattle from pasture as long as supplemental feed is provided.

Baled residue can be worked into a ration once the quality of the soybean residue bales is determined. Bales can be used as a roughage source in rations if other sources are less available. Just like grazing, baled soybean residue does not even come close to providing the feed value of corn stalk bales.

Soybean residue may not be the quality we often think.

Residue alone will not meet even a dry cow’s nutrient requirements, so supplementation will be need if you decide to utilize your soybean residue.

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Windrow grazing

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum With feed cost being a top expense for many producers, one cost reducing option to consider is windrow grazing.

Let’s look at the advantages and challenges of implementing this practice in your operation.

Windrow grazing occupies a gray area between haying and grazing forages. When done correctly, it provides the best of both worlds, allowing harvest to occur at the optimal time for yield and quality, while eliminating the cost and labor of baling, storing, and feeding hay. Properly cured, windrows can be grazed through the fall and winter, maintaining quality similar to stored round bales.

With less than 25% of precipitation in Nebraska occurring between October and March, fall harvesting forages face less pressure from weather. While windrow grazing can be practiced successfully statewide, central and western Nebraska may see better results due to an overall cooler and drier climate.

Along with climate, construction of the windrow will also aid in success. Thinner stemmed grass species fit best for this system including cool season grains like oats, triticale, barley, and wheat, and warm season annuals like foxtail millet and sudangrass. A high, dense windrow is less susceptible to weathering loss. If forage yields are less than 1.5 tons/ acre, consider raking two windrows together. Swath rows parallel to prevailing winds to keep blowing to a minimum and cut high to leave stubble the windrow can sit on, keeping it off of the ground.

When it comes time to use, portion off a section of field with temporary fence running perpendicular to the windrow.

Start with providing one week’s worth of feed, then adjust the allotment to provide more or less as necessary. Even under snow, a well-built windrow will be easily accessed by cattle.

While best suited for the climate of central and western Nebraska, windrow grazing can be practiced statewide. To be successful, harvest in the fall for reduced weathering, build a dense windrow, and limit feed with temporary fence.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The summer of 2021 has been very challenging for ranchers and livestock. With severe to moderately severe drought in the state, we have experienced the challenges of a reduced amount of forage for grazing and forages harvested for winter feed.

“While the recent rains have improved some pasture and late season grazing conditions, winter feed inventories still remain a challenge for many,” says Zac Carlson, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension beef cattle specialist.

“The challenge of reduced winter-feeding inventories can be improved if the fall environment allows for late season grazing of cover crops, cereal crop regrowth or un-grazed lush meadows,” Carlson says.

While viral and bacterial pneumonia in adult cattle are somewhat rare, NDSU Extension veterinarian Gerald Stokka warns that a sudden change in the composition of forage of mature grazing cattle may result in a condition known as “fog fever,” or bovine pulmonary emphysema.

“Animals diagnosed with fog fever have lung damage due to metabolites produced by the rumen micro flora in response to the rapid change in diet from dry, mature grasses and forages to the higher moisture, lush growth found in grasses, alfalfa, some meadow forages and even some species of brassica cover crops,” Stokka says. “The change in diet results in metabolites of the naturally occurring amino acid tryptophan.”

Stokka explains that L-tryptophan is converted to 3-methylindole in the rumen by rumen microorganisms. 3-Methylindole is absorbed into the bloodstream and is the source of the pneumo-toxicity (lung damage) after metabolism.

The level of tryptophan in crops is most likely to be high in lush, rapidly-growing pastures, particularly, but not exclusively, in the fall.

“This type of pneumonia produces lung damage similar to a condition in feedlot cattle called atypical interstitial pneumonia but is distinctly different from bacterial pneumonia,” Stokka says.

The symptoms of this condition are labored, open-mouth breathing, extended head and neck, and frothing at the mouth.

Body temperatures will be high normal but may be elevated when environmental temperatures are high.

“Attempting to move cattle will exacerbate the need for oxygen from the damaged lungs and while some cattle will survive, there may be long-term damage,” Carlson says.

According to Carlson, an outbreak typically develops within the first two weeks of changing pastures. Pneumonia of this type does not respond to antibiotic therapy but may benefit from antihistamine and/or anti-inflammatory therapy if instituted early enough. However, Stokka warns that the use of some anti-inflammatories, such as corticosteroids, may induce abortion in pregnant cows.

“Monensin (rumensin) and/or lasalocid (bovatec) has been shown to prevent tryptophan-induced acute bovine pulmonary edema and emphysema,” Stokka says. “According to published research, these ionophores act by reducing the ruminal conversion of L-tryptophan to 3-methylindole.”

“This fall in particular use caution when changing forage diets in cattle,” Carlson advises. “Ensure that cattle are not hungry when changing to new lush regrowth.”

Feeding hay bales prior to turning cattle into new growth or making the transition gradual by limiting the number of hours cattle can graze new, lush forage will decrease the risk of this condition, according to Carlson.

Feeding Rumensin to beef cows at a rate of 200 mg per head per day will lower the risk, but it must be fed several days ahead of turning animals into new forage. Bovatec is not currently labeled for beef cows in a mineral mix but can be provided via lick block to pasture cattle.

Please consult with your veterinarian about all therapy recommendations and when making rapid changes in the diets of pastured cattle.

Shall we dance There were “dance marathons” during the Great Depression. It wasn’t exactly a means of keeping the American spirit up through the darkest financial crisis in its history, either. These human endurance contests served as a way of giving broke married couples a roof over their head and food to eat for a few days. The dance partners would take turns sleeping while the other propped them up and continued dancing with them.

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Nebraska 2021 Make It With Wool contest

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Andrea Nisley, UNL Extension Educator, Dawson County Extension Enter the Make It With Wool Contest! The object of the contest is to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns; to encourage personal creations in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving of wool fabrics and yarns; and to recognize creative skills.

The 2021 State Make It With Wool Contest will be November 20 at the Adams County Extension Office in Hastings, Nebraska beginning at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to the public Fashion Show at 1:00 p.m.

The divisions determined by age as of January 1, 2021 (national rule), are as follows: Preteen – age 12 and under, Junior – age 13 to 16, Senior – age 17 to 24, Adult – age 25 and over, and Made For Others.

For more information, contact the Nebraska State Director: Andrea Nisley, P.O. Box 757, Lexington NE 68850 (phone 308-324-5501) anisley1@unl.edu or the District Directors. District Directors include, District I – Doris Rush of Scottsbluff, 308-635-0156 and Rosalene Tollman of Marsland, 308-665-2415; District II – Crystal Fangmeier of Hebron, 402-768-4183; and District III – Sarah Purcell of Cook, 402-269-5593.

The entry form, state brochure and national wool contest guidelines are posted on the website: https://extension.unl. edu/statewide/dawson/. Entry forms, fees, wool samples and wool testing fees are due October 15, 2021 to Andrea Nisley. The fabrics/yarns used for the wool contest must be 100% wool or wool blend (minimum 60% wool or specialty wool fiber) for each fashion fabric or yarn used. Specialty wool fibers include alpaca, angora, camel, cashmere, llama, mohair, and vicuna.

More information is available on the National Make It With Wool website: www.makeitwithwool.com.

Earlier this year the 2020 state contest winners, Karla Herrarte of Lexington, Aretta Brennemann of Curtis and Delores Brennemann of Hyannis represented Nebraska at the mail-in National Make It With Wool competition due to the American Sheep Industry Convention being a condensed virtual event and Covid-19 restrictions. Junior Division contestant, Karla Herrarte, was first runner-up in the Junior Division.

The National Make It With Wool Contest also has a Fashion/Apparel Design Competition for college students who are currently enrolled in a college-level fashion or apparel design program. Entry deadline is November 1 for Fashion/ Apparel Design Competition. Information, criteria, how to enter and deadline information is given on the National Make It With Wool website.

Horses – left shoulder Cattle – left hip

S Thrive JAS 5515

Horses – left thigh Cattle – left hip

#18159105 Tehama Revere x S Summit 956 x Shipwheel Chinook

Proven home raised sire of performance, docility and maternal strength. This sale offering includes 2 maternal brothers sired by LD Capitalist 316.

Selling 13 Sons November 17th

Sitz Monarch 11977

SydGen Blueprint

BW+0.9 WW+68 YW+126 Milk+30

BW+0.4 WW+65 YW+122 Milk+29

BW+0.9 WW+70 YW+130 Milk+19

Horses – left shoulder Cattle – left rib

#18780636 KM Broken Bow 002 x Sitz Investment 660Z x Sitz Traveler 5924

High selling bull at SydGen in 2017 and sire of S Architect 9501

Selling 10 Sons November 17th

S Architect 9501

#18715713 Sitz Royal 9784 x Barstow Cash x Sitz Tebow

His dam is a member of the Florabelle Fanny cow family. Other Spickler owned sires from this cow family include: Sitz Performer 9029, Sitz Right Time 8034, and SydGen Blueprint.

Selling 11 Sons November 17th

S Architect 9501 #19437622 SydGen Blueprint x S Whitlock 179 x

150 Coming Two Year Old Bulls

Connealy Courage 25L x S Summit 956 For years we have strived to raise Angus cattle whose numbers and phenotype

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240 Bred Angus Heifers

including 25 Single Lot Registered Bred Heifers

BW-0.7 WW+97 YW+173 Milk+29

Wednesday,

align. Architect represents the best combination of phenotypic power and numeric excellence we have produced to date. His maternal lineage represents 5 generations of nearly perfect uddered, small teated, cows from the Blossom cow family. Architect is our most heavily used sire the past 2 years. Look for the Architect's service in our November Production Sale. The 170 of the 240 Sale Females will have Architect calves next spring.

November 17, 2021 1pm CST at the Ranch

CALL/TEXT: Justin 701.650.8840 or Sara 701.650.9890 8377-7th Parkway NE Glenfield, ND 58443 w jsspickler@gmail.com

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New insurance option for conservation-minded farmers

USDA News Release Corn farmers who “split apply” nitrogen will soon have another option for insurance coverage. Beginning in crop year 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) will offer the Post Application Coverage Endorsement (PACE) in certain states for non-irrigated corn, providing coverage for producers who use this practice that is considered better for natural resources and saves money for producers.

To “split-apply” nitrogen, growers make multiple fertilizer applications during the growing season rather than providing all of the crop’s nitrogen requirements with a single treatment before or during planting. The PACE will provide payments for the projected yield lost when producers are unable to apply the in-season nitrogen application.

“USDA is committed to building insurance options that encourage use of practices that are better for the environment and for producers’ bottom lines,” said RMA Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy. “We are able to offer the PACE thanks to the cooperation of our partners, including the Illinois Corn Growers Association, National Corn Growers Association, Ag-Analytics Technology Company and Meridian Institute.”

“Split application” of nitrogen can lead to lower input costs as well as helps prevent runoff or leaching of nutrients into waterways and groundwater. This is because it is used in more targeted amounts over multiple applications, rather than one large application.

This new crop insurance option builds upon RMA’s efforts to encourage use of conservation practices, including cover crops. For example, RMA recently provided premium support for producers who planted cover crops to help offset impacts from the pandemic. Meanwhile, RMA recently updated policy to allow producers with crop insurance to hay, graze or chop cover crops at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. This policy change supports use of cover crops, which can help producers build resilience to drought.

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board approved the PACE recently, and RMA will share additional details later this year. The sales closing date for the endorsement will be the same as the producer’s underlying corn policy.

More Information RMA staff are working with AIPs and other customers by phone, mail and electronically to support crop insurance coverage for producers. Farmers with crop insurance questions or needs should contact their insurance agents about conducting business remotely (by telephone or email). More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus.

Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator (https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/Information-Tools/Agent-Locator-Page). Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at rma.usda.gov.

N.D. 4-H Foundation awards scholarships

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The North Dakota 4-H Foundation has awarded 10 scholarships to 4-H members.

The scholarships and recipients are: • Eleanor R. Schulz Memorial Scholarship ($300) - Tucker Regner, Cavalier County • North Dakota 4-H Foundation Scholarship in memory of Erwin and Nora Klusmann and John Norgaard ($350) Madeline Robinson, Cass County • Rosevold Memorial Scholarship ($400) - Iris Jo Marie Dukart, Dunn County • Jerome Striegel Memorial Scholarship ($150) - Karly Just, LaMoure County • William Bloom Scholarship ($100) - Kaylee Marie Obrigewitch, Stark County • John DeKrey Jr. and Hannah DeKrey Scholarship ($1,000) - Calli Mack, Kidder County • John D. Paulson Memorial Awards ($1,000 each) - Andy Johnson and Heather Okeson, Walsh County • Kelci Jo Willson Memorial Award ($750) - Noah Helgoe, Pembina County • Steve E. and Mary M. Tuhy Scholarship ($500) - Gracie Mae Erickstad, Cass County

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Big Sky Equipment Co. Service Corey Combs, 781-7678 cell Gary Brown, 788-9033 cell

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

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2014 New Holland SP.240F front boom self-propelled, 1200 gallon poly tank, 100ft. booms, IntelliView IV monitor, fence row nozzles, UltraGlide boom level, luxury cab, low hours.......................... $182,500 New Holland SP.295F front boom self-propelled sprayer, 1200 gallon poly tank, 120-ft. booms, Intelliview IV monitor, UltraGlide boom level, luxury cab........... ................................................. $214,900

2016 Apache AS1220 self-propelled sprayer, 1200 gallon tank, 100-ft. steel booms, Raven Hawkeye nozzle control, Autoboom Autoglide, Smartrax Autosteer, Rave Viper 4 monitor............... $154,900 2012 Apache AS1020 self-propelled, Top-Con X20 with RTK, Auto-Steer, Auto-Boom, 100-ft. booms, 5 section control.

PRICE REDUCED................... $114,900

SPECIAL PRICING ON SELECT COMBINE HEADERS

USED TRACTORS

2017 New Holland Boomer 24, ROPS, hydro, 60” mower, loader. Very low hours... .................................................... $18,900

USED AIR DRILLS

2016 MacDon FD75 35-ft. flex draper with John Deere adapter, slow speed transport............................................. $59,900 2010 MacDon D60 45-ft. draper header with pickup reel, transport.................. $49,900

USED HAYING EQUIPMENT 2019 MacDon M155 (E4) self-propelled wind2004 Morris Maxim II, 55-ft., 10” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, single shoot, 7300 towbetween tank, mechanical drive cart.......... ...................................................... $29,900

2012 MacDon FD70 35-ft. flex draper with Case IH adapter, slow speed transport... .................................................... $45,000

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

2015 Apache AS720 self-propelled sprayer, 60/90-ft. booms, 750 gallon poly tank, Top-Con X30 monitor.............. $129,900 2007 Apache 1010 self-propelled, 100-ft. steel booms, 1000 gallon tank. AS-IS.... .................................................. $74,900

USED HEADERS

2019 MacDon FD140 with New Holland adapter, slow speed transport, upper cross auger, spare knife................ Just Traded 2018 MacDon FD140 with New Holland adapter, slow speed transport, upper cross auger, spare knife................ Just Traded 2011 MacDon D60S 35-ft. draper header, pickup reel, Case IH adapter (from 7088), gauge wheels, slow speed transport package.............................................. $44,900 1998 Case IH 1010 30-ft. header, batt reel, oil bath wobble box........................ $4995 Case IH 1015 pickup header.............. $2995 International 810-13 pickup header.... $500

USED COMBINES

1997 New Holland TR98 combine with New Holland 971 pickup header and 1996 MacDon 960 36-ft. draper header........... .................................................... $27,500 New Holland TR86 combine............. $9995 New Holland TR75, Ford engine, hydro drive, good rubber, 960 22-ft. header with batt reel. Good machine for only....... $16,995

rower, 35-ft. draper head, double knife, transport wheels..................... Just Traded New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine.

AS-IS................................................ $4500 New Holland 688 round baler, net/twine.

AS-IS................................................ $4500

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.

2018 New Holland L220 skid steer, SIMS cab with heat, mechanical hand and foot controls, front electric, 72” bucket, very low hours. New list is over $50,000 on this unit.............................................. $39,900 Erskine 2010X 78” snow blower skid steer attachment, CNH and Bobcat electric harness, hydraulic spout turn/tilt.... $6500 John Deere BL9B 108” (9-ft.) blade, Worksite PRO series, hydraulic angle control.$3250

2009 Case IH 7088 combine, rock trap, chopper, yield/moisture............. $114,900 2006 John Deere 9760 STS combine....

REDUCED $10,000 to................ $39,900 1993 Massey Ferguson 8570, includes 30-ft. auger header, 13-ft. pickup header.......... ............................................. Just Traded

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Cat 420D, front and rear QC, open ROPS, pilot controls, extend-a-hoe, tires at 90%, 4WD, front auxiliary hyd, 8558 hours. Good condition................................................ Call John Deere 310EL, 2WD, cab, 3 stick controls. Well taken care of......................................................................... Call

CRAWLERS

2006 Deere 772D, cab, air/heat, powershift transmission, LED lights, 17.5x25 tires at 55-85%, 6WD capable, 14-ft. moldboard, wing addition with blade, 5 shank rear ripper, 13,290 hours. Runs good, operates good............ $79,000

FORESTRY

Cat 320B LL log loader. For parts.................................... Call Cat 966C loader, open station, average tires. Starts and operates as it should...........................................Call for Price Clark Ranger 668, runs well, hole in radiator, 6V53 Detroit engine...................................................................... $7500 Danzco PT20 delimber, high mount, comes with trailer and lights..................................................................... $10,000 Deere 690E log loader............................................ For parts Hitachi EX270 log loader, elevated cab, can come off, good undercarriage and miscellaneous. Runs good..... $29,900 John Deere 740 skidder, good tires, swing boom grappler.

Good older skidder, will go to work..............Call for Price Timberjack 2520 feller/buncher, parts machine.............. Call 2003 Valumet 890 forwarder, good working condition..... Call Several slide booms for parts available

MISCELLANEOUS

1994 Deere 450G, logging equipped......................... $31,000 2006 Deere 450J, new undercarriage, ripper, 6-way blade, open ROPS, 3103 hours. Could replace ripper with winch.. Call 1989 Deere 650G, ripper................................................... Call 2006 Komatsu D61 PX-15, 6-way blade, 5888 hours...$60,000

Tennant 830-II sweeper, ex-county owned, 5600 miles.......... .............................................................................. $29,000

EXCAVATORS

Cat 299D, cab, pilot controls, 2 speed, high flow, 4500 hours. .............................................................................. $45,900

1989 Cat EL 200B............................................................ Call 2013 Deere 135D, hyd progressive thumb, front blade, auxiliary hyd, hyd pin grabber, QC, cab, air, heat, good undercarriage (90%), wide pads (28”), 36” dig bucket, 7568 hours.

Nice overall condition........................................... $89,000 2002 Deere 200CLC, 48” bucket, 79,800 hours........ $49,000 1998 Deere 230LC, dual link hyd thumb, dig bucket, 10,000 hours, very good undercarriage, tight throughout. Hard to find a nicer machine............................................. $47,000 Hitachi ZX85, hyd thumb, blade, 2000 hours. Very nice.. Call 1999 Hitachi EX135US-5, good undercarriage, steel tracks with rubber pad inserts, zero tail swing, front blade, thumb ordered and will be installed, 36” dig bucket, cab, air, heat, 1424 hours. Very nice older machine................... $65,000 2012 Hitachi ZX135, 36” dig bucket, hydraulic thumb, hydraulic quick coupler, blade.............................................. $88,000 2002 Hitachi ZX200LC, cab, air, heat, forestry cab guard, thumb, 42” dig bucket, Hendrix pin-grabber coupler, auxiliary hyd. Very good undercarriage............................ Call 2018 John Deere 50G, cab, air, heat, front blade, hyd thumb.................................................................... $55,000 John Deere 892D-LC, good undercarriage, hyd thumb. Starts and operates as it should..................................... $32,500

LOADERS

2010 Case 321E, cab, air, heat, QC, forks, bucket, 2900 hours..................................................................... $53,000 Case 621B, cab, heat, tool carrier, ACS coupler, 6971 hours.

Well maintained, city owned. Can’t find a better one.. Call Cat 966C, 4 yard bucket............................................. $25,000 Deere 210LE skip loader, 4x4, hyd box blade.................. Call 2015 Deere 344K, 3rd valve, QC, 5300 hours........... $68,000 1999 Deere 544H loader, 3 yard bucket, straight loader, good matched tires, 12,500 hours................................. $46,000 Deere 624H loader........................................................... Call

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TELEHANDLERS

Ingersoll-Rand VR90B telescopic forklift, open cab, joystick controls, all 3 steering options, 3 speed forward/reverse, 5-ft. x 4” wide tires, front tires 35%, rear tires 85%, . Runs and operates good................................................ $29,000

TRACTORS

John Deere 4010 tractor, hyd front blade, hyd angle snow wing, PTO, 2 hyd remotes, lights, plug in block and oil heaters, new rear tires, studded chains, good front tires, studded chains................................................................... $11,000

TRUCKS

1973 Ford F700, 12 yard dump. Come and get it while it lasts!........................................................................ $3000

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Dry bean harvest options

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News This crop season’s drought has caused highly variable crop stand density and growth stages, including in dry bean fields.

“Dry topsoil at dry bean planting time resulted in less than optimum plant densities and extended plant emergence, causing variable plant growth stages still observed at the current time,” says Greg Endres, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension cropping systems specialist.

Recent rains have stimulated new growth on dry bean plants, especially pinto beans. The plants are producing late-season blossoms and new pods (1 to 3 inches in length without seed). This has occurred with plants also having a majority of seeds near or at physiological maturity.

Dry bean growers are wondering whether to plan harvest timing based on existing seed on plants that are near or at maturity or to delay harvest at least a month, with the possibility that more seed yield will be gained with the latedeveloping seed.

“The low-risk answer is to prepare for harvest based on seed currently expected to contribute to yield,” Endres says.

“The challenge is timing plant cutting or application of herbicide desiccants to maximize yield considering the highly variable plant and seed stages in the field.”

The probability is low that the new blossoms and pods will produce mature seed before a killing frost this fall. Also, if harvest is delayed to gain potential late seed, the early matured seed, which likely will be the major contributor to total field yield, may be reduced due to pod shatter before or during harvest.

Mature conventional (not slow darkening) pinto bean seed likely will have darkened seed coats if not timely harvested or be stained by rain, resulting in reduced seed quality and market discounts. In addition, if a frost occurs before the late-developing beans are mature, these beans cause harvest problems and likely will reduce quality of the “good” beans.

Another negative factor to consider if harvest is delayed to gain potential yield from the new growth is weeds. The delayed harvest option will allow more late-season existing weed growth and new weeds to emerge that will hamper harvest, reduce “good” seed quality and add more weed seed to the soil for field management challenges in future years. Also, effectiveness of herbicide desiccants generally will decline as application is delayed from late summer to fall (last half of September or beyond).

“Dry bean growers should manage their fields based on harvest readiness of the majority of seed currently present in fields, which was early produced,” Endres advises.

Refer to the NDSU Extension publication “Dry Bean Production Guide” for general information on preparing fields for harvest as well as the harvest operation and seed storage. Also, refer to chemical product labels and Page 39 of the NDSU Extension “Weed Control Guide” (www.ag.ndsu. edu/weeds/weed-control-guides/2021%20nd-weed-controlguide-1) for guidelines on the use of dry bean preharvest/ desiccation herbicides if this option is considered in preparation for harvest.

Alfalfa winterization and frost concerns

Brad Schick, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum We’ve already discussed when the last cutting of alfalfa should occur, but what about cold snaps and winterization?

When alfalfa experiences a non-killing frost, the lowest areas of a field may still be susceptible to damage. A killing frost usually occurs if the temperature is 24 - 29°F for approximately 4 to 6 hours whereas a non-killing frost would be a temperature of 30°F to 32°F. So, what does frost mean for cutting? For non-killing frosts, there will be some damage to the tips of the alfalfa as well as some curled or wilted leaves. These plants will continue to growth well as fall progresses, but the quality will decline after each non-killing frost event. It is fine to cut after a non-killing frost, however, be sure that there has been ample winterization because regrowth will come from the crown buds and use the energy already stored for winter.

In a killing frost situation, cutting will need to take place soon after as the quality will quickly decline due to damage to the plant cells. If grazing, watch out for bloat; and this is only recommended if feed is needed. ##### Did you know? A single ant can live up to 29 years.

Horse tests positive for rabies in Ravalli County

Montana Department of Livestock On Wednesday, September 8th, the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) received confirmation that a horse in Ravalli County was diagnosed with rabies. This is the 12th case of rabies in the state in 2021, and the fifth in a terrestrial (non-bat) species. As a result, Ravalli County has been placed under a 60-day quarantine. The purpose of the quarantine is Trader’s Dispatch Fall 2021 to reduce the risk of further disease spread in 6the county if 1/2-page x 12.3333 there are other exposed animals that have not been identified.

The 60-day county quarantine applies to dogs, cats and ferrets in Ravalli County that are not currently vaccinated for rabies (MCA Title 81, Chapters 2 and 20). The quarantine is in effect from Wednesday, September 8th, to Sunday, October 31st. Animals past-due for a rabies booster, animals that are not 28 days past their first rabies vaccine, and animals that have never been vaccinated are subject to the quarantine.

As a result of the diagnosis, four individuals are seeking post exposure rabies treatment and 15 horses are being monitored for potential exposure. Rabies is a fatal viral disease that is spread through the saliva of an infected animal. The virus can infect any mammal, including people. However, it is virtually 100% preventable in domestic animals through the administration of the rabies vaccine.

“While rabies diagnoses involving horses are not common in Montana, this case is a reminder that they can occur, especially in unvaccinated animals”, says Dr. Anna Forseth with the Department of Livestock. “The rabies vaccine is a core vaccine for horses, as defined by the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Horse owners should work with their veterinarians to ensure their animals are appropriately vaccinated.”

To protect yourself, your family, and pets against rabies: • Consider vaccinating horses and high value livestock.

• Keep all animals up to date on rabies vaccination.

• Keep garbage in tight containers to avoid attracting animals such as skunks, raccoons, and foxes.

• Avoid night animals, like raccoons and bats, that are active during the day.

• Stay away from domestic animals that act aggressive and wild animals that seem unafraid.

• Contact your local animal control agency if you see an animal behaving suspiciously.

• Contact your veterinarian if any of your animals are behaving abnormally. Animals can present with a variety of clinical signs, ranging from lethargy to aggression.

If you or someone you know is bitten by an animal, wash the wound immediately with soap and water, consult a doctor right away, and call your local public health department to report the bite.

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

Grant program is now accepting applications

Montana Department of Agriculture The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) announces noxious weed grant funding is now available through the 2022 Noxious Trust Fund (NWTF) Grant Program.

Established by the 1985 Montana Legislature, the NWTF grants provide funding for noxious weed research projects, development projects, state and community education, and local cooperative - landowner cost share. Funding assistance is provided to counties, local communities, researchers, and educators to assist with their efforts to solve a variety of weed problems in Montana.

In 2021, over $2 million was awarded to organizations in 54 counties and seven tribal nations across Montana.

Applicants may apply for funding up to $75,000 per project through WebGrants - Montana Grants and Loans. The deadline to apply is January 6, 2022.

To learn more about these opportunities, visit the Noxious Weed Trust Fund website (https://agr.mt.gov/NoxiousWeedTrustFund) or contact Greta Dige, NWTF Program Coordinator, at 444-7882 or greta.dige@mt.gov.

The Montana Department of Agriculture is serving Montana Agriculture and growing prosperity under the Big Sky. For more information on department programs and services, visit agr.mt.gov.

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Technically, a buttload of wine is about 475 liters (126 gal).

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Sales: Marty Lundstrom 406-654-7255

Parts: Matt 406-265-9554 1977 Versatile 825 II Nice clean tractor with a 12-ft.

Leon blade $28,000

1979 Big Bud 320/10 320 hp, Cummins NTA855, 6077 hours, duals, 3 remotes, high flow hydraulics, 4WD $62,500

1986 Big Bud 370 400 HP Cummins 855, 40 GPM, 4 hydraulic remotes, Case drain, Fuji Teco 12 speed Powershift transmission, 70,000 lb. Clark axles 24.5-32 Tires,duals 60% $129,500

1976 Versatile 850 II Nice older tractor, well taken care of, runs great $28,000

1982 Versatile 1150 Good tractor, have the triples just not on in the pictures, runs great $75,000

Versatile 895 Call for Prices and Info

1989 Case IH 9180 Recent engine work. Really nice clean tractor $59,500 1979 Big Bud 400/30 Recent in-line rebuild, Big Cam new style 855 to 400 hp, twin disc Powershift, Clark 70,000 lb. axles, new paint & decals, air drill hydraulics with Brandt flow control valves, Super Sharp! $95,000

1979 Big Bud 525/50 Very clean low hour Big Bud, 525 hp, ready to go to work! $180,000

John Deere 8770 8300 hours, duals, tires at 50%, 4 remotes, 350 hp, 4WD, Synchro transmission $55,000

1981 Big Bud 525/50 Very clean updated Big Bud Ready to go to work! $180,000

2018 Versatile SX280 280 hp Cummins, Powershift, 120-ft. boom, 20” nozzles, 1200 gallon stainless tank $300,000

1983 Versatile 875 III Clean well maintained 875.

Not many out there as clean as this one. $28,000 1979 Big Bud 525/50 Great running, big horse power $125,000

Big Bud 400/30

1980 JI Case 4890 300 hp, 2016 hours, Powershift transmission, 1000 PTO, 4WD $20,000

Flexi-Coil 2320 Nice clean unit. Valmar granular applicator, coil packer $50,000

Case IH ADX3430 430 bushel TBT with ATX700 70-ft. 12” $95,500

New Holland SF115 100-ft. booms, 1600 gallon tank, 20” nozzles $30,000

2020 Versatile Vertical Tillage 3 units to choose from

1971 Big Bud HN350 Same owner for past 28 years. Cat engine swap done by Big Equipment.

Very nice clean tractor $35,000

K-Hart 60-10 Just traded, field ready.

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Farm King 6650 Disc 32-ft., 24” blades, heavy duty disc $7.00 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup.

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USDA accepts 2.8 million acres for CRP

USDA News Release the most sensitive land like highly erodible The U.S. Department of Agriculture land, the most environmentally beneficial (USDA) has accepted 2.8 million acres land like wetlands and buffers along streams in offers from agricultural producers and and rivers, or locally identified critical private landowners for enrollment into the habitat like State Acres For Wildlife. This Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in targeted approach also reduces the whole2021. This year, almost 1.9 million acres farm type enrollment in CRP that was more in offers have been accepted through the common when it first began and helps meet General CRP Signup, and USDA’s Farm the conservation goals while maintainService Agency (FSA) has accepted over ing the majority of the land in production 897,000 acres for enrollment through the agriculture. FSA has accepted offers from Continuous Signup. The USDA expects to over 37,000 producers to enroll more than enroll more acres into all of CRP than the 897,000 acres through the Continuous 3 million acres that are expiring.

Signup. This is double the enrollment from “Despite Congress raising the enrolllast year and three times the enrollment from ment target in the 2018 Farm Bill, there 2018 and 2019. FSA expects this process have been decreases in enrollment for the to be completed by the end of September past two years. The changes we made this so contracts may start on October 1, 2021. spring have put us on the path to reverse The growth in the targeted enrollment this trend,” said FSA Acting State Executive through Continuous Signup is due to a Director Les J Rispens. “Even with the imrecommitment of USDA to incentives and proved direction, USDA will still be about partnerships that brought in nearly 1.4 mil4 million acres below the enrollment target. lion acres in 2016 and 2017. These efforts The CRP benefits for producers, sportsmen, have also included the expansion of the wildlife, conservation and climate are nuClean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rives Initiative merous and well documented. We cannot 30-year (CLEAR30) from two regions to afford to let them to be left on the table.” nationwide as well as moving State Acres The 4 million-acre shortfall in CRP for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) practices would have had the following impacts: from the General to the Continuous signup.

• More than 359,000 acres less annual This year, offers for 20,000 acres have been forage under CRP Grasslands; submitted for CLEAR30 and 296,000 acres • A loss of 1,500,000 acres of qualin SAFE practices. ity wildlife and pollinator less habitat for General CRP Signup wildlife; FSA opened the General CRP Signup 56 • 20% fewer apiaries in major production in January 2021 and extended the original regions meeting critical forage thresholds; deadline to July 23, 2021, to enable produc• A loss of more than 4 million upland ers to consider FSA’s new improvements to game and other grassland birds; the program, which included higher rental • About 90 million pounds of nitrogen payments and more incentivized environentering waterways; mental practices.

• Over 30 million tons of soil eroded, Additionally, FSA introduced a new Clileading to increased pollution and sedimenmate-Smart Practice Incentive to increase tation in streams and rivers; and carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse • Foregone sequestration of more than 3 gas emissions. This incentive provides a million metric tons of CO2.

3%, 5% or 10% incentive payment based Like other USDA conservation programs, on the predominate vegetation type for the CRP is a voluntary program that has a varipractices enrolled – from grasses to trees to ety of options that can be tailored to the spewetland restoration. cific conservation issues of a state or region Through CRP, producers and landowners and desires of the landowner. The options establish long-term, resource-conserving run the gamut from working lands such as plant species, such as approved grasses CRP Grasslands to partnerships with states or trees, to control soil erosion, improve and private entities to target a specific joint water quality and enhance wildlife habitat concern such as water quality or quantity. on cropland. In addition to the other well“We are grateful to the leadership and documented benefits, lands enrolled in CRP staff at the USDA, who have worked diliis playing a key role in mitigating impacts gently over the last several months to ensure from climate change. that the Conservation Reserve Program A full list of changes to CRP, includremains a viable and effective conservation ing those to the Continuous and General tool,” says Whit Fosburgh, president and Signups, can be found in our “What’s New CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservawith CRP” fact sheet (https://www.fsa.usda. tion Partnership. “Today’s announcement gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/ demonstrates that when the CRP is adminFactSheets/crp-whats-new-fact-sheet.pdf). istered with the needs of landowners in More Information mind, they respond by investing their lands In April, USDA announced several in conservation. This course correction is changes to CRP to increase participation needed now more than ever, as managewhile improving climate-related and other ment decisions in recent years have left environmental benefits. CRP sequesters program acreage at a 30-year low, with an carbon while preserving topsoil, mitigating additional 4 million acres set to expire by greenhouse gas emissions, reducing nitroOctober 2022. We look forward to continugen runoff, and providing healthy habitat ing to work with the USDA to improve the for wildlife. trajectory of the CRP and guarantee that The 2018 Farm Bill established a nationthe program benefits our natural resources, wide acreage limit for CRP, with the total landowners, and the sporting community number of acres that may be enrolled capped for years to come.” at 25 million acres in 2021 and growing to Continuous CRP Signup 27 million by 2023.

Continuous CRP allows USDA to target ##### Were they high? Every member of Teddy Roosevelt’s family owned a pair of stilts, including the First Lady. ##### The Uape Indians of Brazil mix the ashes of their dead with their alcohol.

##### Definition of “indentured servant”: senior working part-time to pay for false teeth. ##### You know you’re getting old when you take mountain-climbing lessons to get into bed.

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Help your lawn recover from drought

By Tom Kalb, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension This summer has been very stressful for lawns. The historic drought of 2021 turned many of our lawns brown and crispy.

That’s in the past.

Temperatures have cooled off recently and we finally are getting some rain. This opens an opportunity for us to strengthen our lawns before winter.

Start by fertilizing your lawn. The fertilizer will thicken your turf and strengthen its root system this fall.

Applying a lawn fertilizer with potash in it is especially important this year. This is the third number listed on the bag.

For example, a 30-0-10 fertilizer contains 30% nitrogen, 0% phosphate and 10% potash. This potash will help our lawns recover from the stresses of this summer’s drought and the upcoming winter’s cold temperatures.

Let’s aim to apply the fertilizer near Labor Day. Irrigate the lawn after fertilizing.

Many of our lawns are full of weeds now. These weeds kept growing this summer while our lawn grasses turned brown and went dormant.

The key to killing a weed is to get the herbicide down into its roots.

As the nights get longer and the temperatures cool off, weeds will start moving their nutrients down into their roots to prepare for winter.

This movement down into roots makes fall the most effective season to kill hard-to-control perennial weeds such as thistle, field bindweed, clover and dandelion.

When you spray a perennial weed this fall, the plant will move the herbicide naturally down into its roots along with its nutrients.

The first step is to get the herbicide absorbed by the leaves of the weed. That’s why herbicide sprays are more effective than granular (usually weed-and-feed) products. Herbicide granules sometimes drop off weed leaves before they are absorbed.

Let’s aim for weed control operations sometime in mid- to late September.

Spot treatments are best to minimize the exposure of yourself and your landscape plants to toxic chemicals. Read the label of the herbicide carefully and follow its instructions.

If the drought created some bare spots in your lawn, now is a great time to sow seed and repair the damage. Now through mid-September is the best time to sow grass seed.

The ground is warm, and the seed will germinate quickly.

Rake out the dead patches, sow the grass seed and lightly rake the seed into the soil.

Keep the soil moist with frequent, light waterings for two to three weeks until the seeds germinate and become established. Try to water at least once every day for a few minutes to keep the seed bed moist and to help the seedlings grow.

Another way to improve your lawn this fall is to aerate it.

September is the best month to aerate your lawn.

A core aeration will open air pockets in the soil, encouraging more roots to grow. Remove cores as deeply as possible, taking a few passes over the lawn. Best results are attained when the soil is slightly moist.

You can aerate, sow and fertilize on the same day, if you want.

Thank goodness for the rains we are receiving now. Let’s take advantage of this cooler, wetter weather to help our lawns recover from drought and prepare for winter.

The iron lady gets bombed

In 1984, four weeks before a scheduled meeting of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party in Brighton, an Irish Republican Army boomer named Patrick Magee checked into the Grand Hotel, where he knew Thatcher would be staying. He then rented a room five stories above Thatcher’s and planted 30 pounds of explosives.

The bomb was programmed to explode at 3:00 a.m. on the last night of the conference. Thatcher should have been asleep…had her speechwriters done a better job preparing the speech she was to deliver the next day. But she was still working on it. Just moments after she left her room, the powerful bomb destroyed much of the hotel…including Thatcher’s suite. By then, however, she was in another part of the hotel, unharmed.

Five people, including a member of Parliament, were killed in the blast and 30 more were injured. Authorities speculated that the death toll would have been much higher if so many officials had not been downstairs in the hotel bar.

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Tool helps determine standing corn crop value

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The ongoing drought is forcing some North Dakota producers to harvest corn for silage.

In some cases, corn for silage is sold standing in the field, and producers need to know how to determine a fair price for the standing crop.

North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension has a Corn Silage Decision Tool spreadsheet to help them. It’s available at https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/cornsilage-decision-tool. It includes features for adjusting the corn silage price and estimating yield calculations.

“The value of the standing corn crop depends upon several variables, including yield, price of substitute feed crops, and harvesting and hauling costs,” says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension farm management specialist.

The buyer should discount the computed price by the estimated spoilage. With this information, the parties can negotiate the price.

Haugen also has this advice: “Producers should check with their crop insurance agent before chopping corn for silage.

They can get an appraisal done to determine if the yield is above or below their crop insurance guarantee. They may or may not collect a crop insurance payment based on the appraisal.”

Failing to notify their insurance agent may result in forfeiture of any potential indemnity payment. If producers have a potential insurance claim, their insurance company likely will require them to leave a number of rows unharvested at specified intervals across the field to be used for final appraisal.

Zac Carlson, NDSU Extension beef cattle specialist, recommends that before harvesting drought-stressed corn for forage, producers should check the chemical labels of any herbicide and pesticides used on the crop for harvesting restrictions.

“Make sure to allow for the minimum harvest interval to be met before harvesting the corn,” he says.

See pages 109 to 112 of the NDSU publication “2021 North Dakota Weed Control Guide” (https://www.ag.ndsu. edu/weeds/weed-control-guides) for information on restrictions for grazing, feeding and haying crops treated with herbicides.

To learn more about how to calculate the value per ton of corn silage, visit NDSU Extension’s “What is the Value of a Standing Corn Crop for Silage?” publication at https:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/crops/what-is-the-value-ofa-standing-corn-crop-for-silage.

Total red meat production down 3 percent from last June

USDA June 2020 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays.

June 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays.

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.67 billion pounds in June, down 3 percent from the 4.79 billion pounds produced in June 2020.

Beef production, at 2.40 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.95 million head, up 3 percent from June 2020. The average live weight was down 19 pounds from the previous year, at 1,346 pounds.

Veal production totaled 4.1 million pounds, 27 percent below June a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 31,800 head, down 15 percent from June 2020. The average live weight was down 37 pounds from last year, at 223 pounds.

Pork production totaled 2.25 billion pounds, down 6 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.6 million head, down 5 percent from June 2020. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from the previous year, at 284 pounds.

Lamb and mutton production, at 11.3 million pounds, was down 9 percent from June 2020. Sheep slaughter totaled 188,300 head, 2 percent below last year. The average live weight was 120 pounds, down 9 pounds from June a year ago.

January to June 2021 commercial red meat production was 27.9 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2020. Accumulated beef production was up 7 percent from last year, veal was down 20 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly.

RMA makes improvements to Whole-Farm Revenue Protection

USDA News Release Organic and aquaculture producers can tural groups in recent years to create new soon benefit from updates to the U.S. Decrop insurance options. Learn more in our partment of Agriculture’s (USDA) WholeAugust 26, 2021 news release (https://www.

Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan. rma.usda.gov/News-Room/Press/PressUSDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Releases/2021-News/Reports-Interest-inis revising the plan of insurance to make it Crop-Insurance-for-Specialty-and-Organicmore flexible and accessible to producers Crops-Grows-as-Options-Expand). beginning in crop year 2022.

More Information “These improvements to the Whole Farm RMA staff are working with crop insurRevenue Protection program will make it a ance companies and other customers to supbetter risk management tool for producers,” port crop insurance coverage for producers. said RMA Acting Administrator Richard Farmers with crop insurance questions or Flournoy. “USDA is committed to equity in needs should contact their insurance agents program delivery, and this includes specialabout conducting business remotely (by ty crop, organic, and aquaculture producers, telephone or email). More information can who will benefit from these enhancements be found at: farmers.gov/coronavirus. to WFRP.” Crop insurance is sold and delivered Changes to WFRP include: solely through private crop insurance • Increasing expansion limits for organic agents. A list of crop insurance agents is producers to the higher of $500,000 or 35 available at all USDA Service Centers and percent. Previously, small and medium size online at the RMA Agent Locator (https:// organic operations were held to the same 35 www.rma.usda.gov/en/Information-Tools/ percent limit to expansion as conventional Agent-Locator-Page). Learn more about practice producers. crop insurance and the modern farm safety • Increasing the limit of insurance for net at rma.usda.gov. aquaculture producers to $8.5 million. Previously aquaculture producers were held to a $2 million cap on expected revenue, this change allows more Schedule Now for Fall! aquaculture producers to participate in the program.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The 23rd annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show is planned for Saturday, October 16, in Turtle Lake, North Dakota.

The Dakota Feeder Calf Show helps participating North Dakota cattle producers identify cattle with superior growth and carcass characteristics by offering an opportunity to measure growth performance in a feedyard. After harvest, carcass quality and value also will be determined.

Interested consignors will need to deliver 500- to 700-pound calves before 10 a.m. CST on the day of the show.

Each producer can consign one or two pens containing three or four calves each. The calves are exhibited and evaluated that afternoon and then shipped to the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC) feedlot to be fed to finished market weight.

NDSU Extension partners with the Dakota Feeder Calf Show to provide producers an opportunity to experience retained ownership of calves beyond the cow-calf segment of cattle production.

“There are several ways to collect growth performance carcass data from your calves,” says Karl Hoppe, Extension livestock systems specialist at the CREC. “The best is to feed out your entire calf crop. That takes considerable time, effort and funds. An alternative is to consign a group of calves to a feedout project. Your risk is less and a feedout project provides a substantial amount of information about the calves.”

Dakota Feeder Calf Show chairman Darwin Chesrown has been consigning calves since the feedout started.

“I enjoy comparing my weaned calves in October to the finished calves in May,” he says. “The calves really grow, and I do see differences in herd sires.”

During the 2020-21 feedout, the calves gained an average of 772 pounds in 222 days, with a total feeding cost (excluding interest) of 82.9 cents per pound of gain. The average sale weight was 1,374 pounds. The calves were fed with a market weight break-even point of $111.74 per hundredweight.

“It’s the variation among cattle that makes this project educational and a real eye-opener,” Hoppe says.

In the 2020-21 feedout, the spread in net return per head between the average of the top and bottom five herds was $189.02. The spread between the top and bottom herd is more noticeable ($276.93 per head). Average daily weight gain in the feedlot was 3.85 pounds for the top-profiting herd and 3.04 pounds for the bottom herd.

“Small differences in production have a huge impact on profit,” Hoppe says.

Feedout project staff will gather data on the rate of gain, feeding costs and other characteristics during the trial. After the calves are marketed, the staff will collect and provide information to the entrants on carcass weight, meat quality and value.

Calves should be prevaccinated for BVD, PI3, IBR and BRSV, Mannheimia, Clostridials and histophilus somni.

Booster vaccinations will be administered upon delivery to the show.

Producers will be assessed an entry fee of $20 per calf.

Dakota Feeder Calf Show officials will present awards to producers at the end of the trial.

For more information or to preregister calves, contact Hoppe at the CREC at 701-652-2951, by cell at 701-6508810 or karl.hoppe@ndsu.edu, or Chesrown, Dakota Feeder Calf Show Committee, at 701-448-9286.

Breaking and entering Why does Santa Claus break into your house via the chimney? It’s an odd tradition that goes back nearly two millennia.

In his day, St. Nicholas was known as Nikolaos of Myra.

He was born in Patara, Lycia (now a part of Turkey) around A.D. 270 when the area was ruled by the Greeks. According to legend, Nicholas inherited a large fortune from his father and decided to give it away to the poor children.

One night, Nicholas encountered a nobleman and three daughters, who had all fallen on hard times. Because their father couldn’t provide dowries, the girls had no shot at marriage. One night Nicholas intervened and tossed a sack of gold coins through their window for the first daughter.

He returned the following night and tossed in another sack for the second daughter. On the third night, the window was closed. Undaunted, Nicholas climbed onto the roof and dropped more gold down the chimney. The next morning, the daughters found the coins in the stockings they had hung to dry over the fireplace. (Sound familiar?).

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USDA News Release Organic producers and handlers can now apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds to assist with the cost of receiving or maintaining organic certification. Applications for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP) are due November 1, 2021.

“USDA is here to help all producers, including those who grow our nation’s organic food and fiber. Many farmers have told us that cost was a barrier to their ability to get an organic certification,” said Zach Ducheneaux, administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). “By assisting with the costs, this program can help organic farmers get their certification along with the benefits that come with it.”

OCCSP provides cost-share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products for the costs of obtaining or maintaining organic certification under the USDA’s National Organic Program. Eligible producers include any certified producers or handlers who have paid organic certification fees to a USDA-accredited certifying agent during the 2021 and any subsequent program year. Producers can be reimbursed for expenses made between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021 including application fees, inspection costs, fees related to equivalency agreement and arrangement requirements, travel expenses for inspectors, user fees, sales assessments and postage.

For 2021, OCCSP will reimburse 50% of a certified operation’s allowable certification costs, up to a maximum of $500 for each of the following categories (or “scopes”): • crops • wild crops • livestock • processing/handling • State organic program fees Organic farmers and ranchers may apply through an FSA county office or a participating state agency.

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Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Besides limiting forage production, dry weather can create another problem for producers to deal with, nitrate toxicity. With drought-stricken areas of the state receiving some much-needed moisture lately, does the risk of nitrate poisoning go away?

Nitrogen is an element essential for growth in all forms of life. Plants in particular typically absorb nitrogen in the form of nitrate from the soil, transporting it from the roots to actively growing portions of the plant above ground. Once the nitrogen is moved into the leaves; then, the nitrate can be changed into useful carbohydrates through sunlight and the photosynthesis process.

When dry conditions slow or halt plant growth, this pathway hits a dead end on the delivery side. Nitrate continues to be absorbed, but with no place to go, build in concentration in lower portions of the stem. While all plants can exhibit nitrate toxicity during dry weather, grasses like our small grain species (rye, oats, wheat, triticale) and forage species (sorghums, millets, sudangrass) are particularly susceptible.

With the return of precipitation and additional plant growth, nitrates once again have a place to go as plants recover. While this imbalance will eventually correct itself, the process will take time; and it is recommended to wait at least 3 days (after a significant drought ending rain event) before harvesting forage. This may allow the stressed plants to convert the potentially toxic nitrate levels into usable carbohydrates. Plants still displaying characteristics of stress will most likely still be carrying a higher than normal nitrate load. If you have any doubts, it’s better to be safe and send a sample to a reputable lab for testing.

The take home: nitrates accumulated in forages during drought can be reduced with the return of precipitation, but this process takes time. Wait for plants to fully resume normal growth and if in doubt, test.

2021 EcoStar Pollution Prevention award winners announced

MSU News Service Montana State University’s (MSU) Poltana,” Grossenbacher said. “Their P2 work lution Prevention Program and the U.S. is making a significant impact on Montana’s Environmental Protection Agency have reenvironment as well as its economy and cently presented awards to small businesses their own personal pocketbooks. Even more across the state highlighting their pollution notable than the numbers are their vision, prevention efforts and statewide leadership. leadership and innovation as well as their The EcoStar awards program, now in its inspiration to others, particularly during this 20th year, recognizes Montana businesses challenging past year.” that support environmentally and economiAccording to Adrienne Huckabone of cally sustainable communities by preventHappy Trash Can Curbside Composting, ing pollution, or “P2,” through efforts such despite COVID-19 and the hardships of as conserving water, energy and clean air. the past year and a half, the company has “Pollution prevention efforts have posiexpanded its efforts to grow composting tive results for businesses, including in the Bozeman community and close the creating a safer working environment, local food loop. reducing hazards to public health and the “We have begun a working relationship environment, improving their public image with Bozeman Solid Waste to optimize and saving money,” said Jennifer Grossentheir compost operations while continuing bacher, director of the Montana Pollution to grow our own business,” Huckabone Prevention Program for MSU’s Institute added. “We thank all of our Happy compost on Ecosystems. customers in helping expand our growing This year’s award winners represent 13 network of food waste diversion and local communities across Montana. They are compost creation and distribution.”

GTUIT in Billings; Boulder Hot Springs Montana small business interested in apInn, Spa & Retreat Center in Boulder; plying for the EcoStar award in the coming Happy Trash Can Curbside Compostyear can email Grossenbacher at jenniferg@ montana.edu for additional details. ing, Mint Dental Studio, Highline Adventures and Bridger Bowl Ski Area in Bozeman; Vilicus Farms in Havre; Farmented Foods in Kalispell; Soil Cycle in Missoula; Philipsburg Brewing Company in Phillipsburg; and MacKenzie River Pizza Co., which has locations in Bozeman, Belgrade, Billings, Butte, Helena, Missoula, Great Falls, Polson, Kalispell and Whitefish.

“Each year that we apply for the EcoStar Award, the process helps us reflect on the pollution prevention measures we already have in place and how we can continue to improve our Our grower’s success is our success. Honesty green practices,” said Kerri Kumasaka of Boulder Hot and integrity are the backbone of our futures Springs.

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4-H land judging contests

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The Walsh County 4-H land judging team placed first in the senior division of the recent state 4-H land judging contest near Inskter, North Dakota.

Team members are Marit Ellingson of Dahlen, Andrew Myrdal of Edinburg, Connor Hodek of Fordville and Owen Zikmund of Pisek. The team is coached by Brad Brummond.

Ellingson was high individual in the contest and received the Head of the Herd Award.

Second place in the senior division was the team from Foster County. Team members are Molly Hansen, London Davis and Brekka Kus of Carrington and Hayden House of Grace City. The team is coached by Missy Hansen and Joel Lemer.

The Stark-Billings County team of Quin Polensky of South Heart, Wyatt Kessel of Belfield and Leah Nauman of Dickinson placed third in the senior division. The team is coached by Kurt Froelich.

The Foster County team of Kelsey Johnson of Kensal, Cyrena Kuss of Woodworth, Cally Hansen and Abigail Lee of Carrington, placed first in the junior division of the state 4-H land judging contest. The team is coached by Missy Hansen and Joel Lemer. Johnson received the Head of the Herd Award in the junior division.

The Walsh County team of Natalie Bina and Ruger Jasmer of Park River and Ingrid Myrdal and Hannah Myrdal of Edinberg placed second in the junior division. The team is coached by Brad Brummond.

Stark-Billings County placed third with team members Hadley Talkington and Rawley Kessel of Belfield and Garett Bargmann of Dickinson. The team is coached by Kurt Froelich.

The land judging contest consists of four sites. Each site includes a pit for the contestants to examine the soil profile and characteristics. Information on the soil depth history, present crop use, cropping plan and fertility levels is provided. Participants use this information to estimate slope and potential erosion factors to determine land class and recommendations for management of the soil.

Personnel in North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension’s Grand Forks County office and Grand Forks County 4-H leaders hosted the contest on the Forest River Colony farm. Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension soil specialist based in Fargo, and Chris Augustin, director of NDSU’s Dickinson Research Extension Center, officiated the contest.

Lunch for participants was sponsored by Ag Country Farm Services of Grand Forks, Mandan and Minot. The 4-H contest is sponsored by the North Dakota 4-H Foundation with support of North Dakota Soil Conservation Districts and is held in conjunction with North Dakota FFA.

Fall forage residue options

Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Fall harvest provides many valuable forage options for ag. producers. For some growers, early high moisture corn harvest is providing strong basis prices. Others may be harvesting whole plants as corn silage; while still others may be waiting for dry down to sell grain into the cash markets.

For those planning to harvest corn as grain, baled stalks offer another income source along with potential forage stalk grazing. Final corn harvest decisions will likely depend on your harvesting equipment available; cashflow needs; feed inventory; and projected forage needs & supply.

Our Nebraska Extension Forage Team encourages crop managers to consider the following in your economic and forage harvest plans. Since corn leaves detach from the stalks within 1 to 2 months after harvest and may blow out of fields; so timely baling and/or grazing soon after harvest is highly recommended to save your valuable corn leaf residue.

UNL research indicates that for every 40 bushels per acre of grain production, corn residue production will average about 1 ton per acre.

Ideally, about 2 tons of residue should be remain in the field after baling corn stalks to reduce erosion. Also, avoid taking residue cover from fields with slopes higher than 5%; or leave at least half the residue cover to reduce soil erosion along with wind and water.

In corn-soybean rotations, corn stalks harvests are recommended every four years to maintain soil health while still providing additional forage income in a grain sales system.

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MSU’s annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend

From the MSU News Service Montana State University’s College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will host the annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend November 12-13 on the MSU campus. Celebrate Agriculture honors MSU alumni and students and the legacy of Montana’s agricultural communities.

Celebrate Ag Weekend will include an agricultural economics conference, a pregame event ahead of Saturday’s Bobcat football game against the Idaho Vandals and the presentation of the Outstanding Agriculture Leader Award to Dave Kelsey of Molt.

“We are so glad to be bringing back Celebrate Ag Weekend this year,” said Sreekala Bajwa, MSU’s Vice President of Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture, noting that the 2020 event was canceled Dave Kelsey, Outstanding Agriculture Leader due to the pandemic. “It will be a joy to reconnect with our partners, alumni, donors Kelsey, who was raised on a Montana and friends after the challenges of the past farm producing sugar beets, corn and grains, year and a half.” has operated his own dryland farm for more The weekend will kick off on Friday, than 40 years, growing small grains and November 12, with the annual Agricultural raising cattle. A graduate of MSU’s agriculEconomics Outlook Conference hosted by tural education program, he has served as an the Department of Agricultural Economics agriculture teacher and spent decades proand Economics and MSU Extension. The moting agricultural education at all levels. conference will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 In addition to running his business, p.m. at Bozeman’s Best Western GranTree Kelsey was a member of the Molt Volunteer Inn. Presentations around the theme of Fire Department for more than 30 years, led “Continued Uncertainty” will include a 4-H activities for more than 25 years and has 2021 agricultural year in review, trends in lobbied extensively for agricultural issues agricultural and forest land conservation, in both Helena and Washington, D.C. He drought management strategies and the currently serves as the chairman of MSU future of farm policy, among others.

Extension’s Advisory Committee.

The conference also includes the fea“Since the first time I met Dave, I knew tured M.L. Wilson Lecture, which this year that he was cut from a different cloth than will be given by Shannon Neibergs, an most,” wrote Darrin Boss, head of MSU’s Extension economist at Washington State Department of Research Centers. “His University and director of the Western humanity and desire for others to be happy Center for Risk Management Education. and appreciated is very much respected The talk will be titled “Infectious Disease and makes him the unique individual that Economics: The Case of BRD in Cattle” he is. I cannot begin to tally the total hours and will be held at 11:15 a.m. the day of the Dave has given to the next generation of conference. A full agenda and registration agricultural producers. He has given his can be found at https://ampc.montana.edu/ time, experience and energy to many young economicsconference/. people around the state of Montana.”

Saturday, November 13 will begin with In total, Kelsey received more than a doza celebratory breakfast at 10 a.m. in MSU’s en nominations for the award. He was also Rendezvous Dining Pavilion. That event nominated by partners at Extension offices will include remarks by MSU President in Yellowstone, Stillwater and Chouteau Waded Cruzado and Kelsey, the recipient counties; Montana FFA; MSU’s Governof the annual Outstanding Agricultural ment Affairs Office; Stockman Bank; and a Leadership Award. The award is given to a number of fellow agricultural producers, inMontana agriculturalist who embodies sercluding Gary Broyles, a producer in Rapelje vice, engagement and community impact. who received the Outstanding Agricultural “I have known Mr. Kelsey since I first Leader award in 2006. started working in government relations “What stands out the most about Dave for Montana State University. Part of my is that he is involved purely to make life job was to find advocates to speak to the better for others,” wrote Broyles. “He is an Montana Legislature in support of MSU avid supporter of MSU and the land-grant Extension, the MSU College of Agriculture mission. His idea of being a great leader is and the Montana Agricultural Experiment to put the focus on those around him and Station,” Tracy Ellig, MSU’s vice president make them the great leaders. It is people for communications, wrote in a nomination like Dave that make Montana agriculture letter. “Mr. Kelsey was not only willing, but thrive...I am honored to be his friend and he was also enthusiastic beyond compare. neighbor.”

He always arrived with a smile on his face, a More information and a full agenda for twinkle in his eye and an unshakeable belief the Celebrate Agriculture weekend can be in the value of agriculture to the people of found at http://agriculture.montana.edu/ Montana.” celebrateag/ ##### Little Johnny is making faces at school. The teacher catches him at it and says, “You know when I was little and made faces, my dad told me a secret. And that is that when you keep making faces, your face finally can’t go back and you end up really ugly.”

Little Johnny quiets and says, “Well, at least you were warned…”

##### The class was told to paint a picture of cows grazing in a meadow. Soon, Little Johnny lifts a hand that he’s finished and shows the teacher a blank sheet of paper.

“But Johnny, you didn’t paint anything on it?” says the teacher.

“Well, the cows have eaten all the grass and since there was no grass left, they just went away.”

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Hay testing

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Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Do you know the quality of the hay or silage that you harvested this past season? It is important to know how much protein and energy your cows will get when you start feeding, or how much supplement to feed. Find out by following instructions for sampling and testing.

Maybe the most important step in sampling hay is deciding which bales and stacks should be included in each sample. Ideally, each sample should include only bales that were produced under similar conditions.

Obviously, the place to start grouping is to separate different types of hay, like alfalfa or CRP or corn stalk or meadow hay. But each cutting of hay probably is different from the other cuttings also, so there is another separation. And no two fields or meadows are ever exactly the same, especially if they were cut more than several days apart, this makes another grouping. And what if part of the field was rained on before it was baled? The hay made without rain damage will likely be different from hay with rain damage.

After you’ve made all these separations, which could result in quite a few groups of similar bales, then and only then are you ready to sample. From each group gather a dozen or more cores from different bales or stacks and combine them into one sample.

Be sure to use a good hay probe that can core into at least 12 to 18 inches into the bale.

Finally, send these samples to a certified lab for tests of crude protein and energy content. With the drought conditions of this past year, testing any annual forages for nitrates is a good idea.

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Thin alfalfa stands fall options

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For thin alfalfa stands, the temptation may be to drill or broadcast more alfalfa seeds to fill open spaces between plants. However, this practice is NOT recommended; since live alfalfa roots emit an ethylene chemical toxin into soil impeding growth of new alfalfa. This allelopathy effect also called ‘autotoxicity’ weakens or kills any new emerging alfalfa. Autotoxicity also accumulates more in soil over time; meaning older alfalfa stands have increased toxin levels compared to newer stands. Therefore, it would be better to find a new replacement alfalfa field than seed into an existing thin stand.

The next decision for thin fields might be to delay mowing of the alfalfa to increase harvest tonnage. Once it has been decided to convert a thin alfalfa field to another crop, potential winter injury on plants lacking 6 or 8 inches of recommended regrowth is no longer a concern.

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The bottom line is wait 4 weeks to over a year after established plants have been killed before drilling new alfalfa seed into previous alfalfa field. Further, when converting a thin alfalfa field into an alternative ‘cash crop’ like corn or grain sorghum, opportunity arises for fall or winter alfalfa graze-out of thin alfalfa fields.

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New publication available from MSU Extension

From MSU News Service Montana State University Extension has a new, free, color booklet available about identifying and managing pests and problems in ornamental trees and shrubs in Montana.

The 240-page guide is intended to help MSU Extension agents, arborists and those in nursery and landscape trades identify and diagnose tree and shrub issues and to help with decisions for treatment based on integrated pest management concepts.

“The first step in an (integrated pest management) approach is to correctly identify pests to determine how best to manage them, and we hope our guide will help with this critical first step,” said Sarah Eilers, integrated pest management manager.

Additionally, although insects and diseases are often blamed for woody plant symptoms, most problems with ornamental plants are environmental issues, such as overwatering or nutrient deficiencies. This guide also covers common environmental disorders associated with Montana trees and shrubs.

The guide includes a section on woody plant identification with multiple color photos per species, as well as sections on diseases, insects and environmental issues that also have multiple color photos to help with identification. The guide is written by Sarah Eilers, integrated pest management manager; Eva Grimme, plant disease diagnostician; Lauren Kerzicnik, insect diagnostician; and Noelle Orloff, plant identification diagnostician. The development and printing of the guide were funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

A single printed copy of the spiral-bound booklet (EB0235) is available to order free from the MSU Extension Distribution Center. It can be shipped for a nominal charge. To order, visit msuextension.org/store or call 406-994-3273. The guide is also available in sections as a downloadable PDF or as an HTML website.

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Led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), LTAR uses experimentation and coordinated observations from 18 federal, non-government and university research sites across the country to develop a national “roadmap” for the sustainable intensification of agriculture. The effort, begun in 2012, takes aim at two simultaneous goals. The first is providing food, fiber, feed and fuel for a growing world population likely to surpass 9 billion individuals by 2050. The second is making sure soil, water and other natural resources aren’t overtaxed in the process—including important ecosystem services, like water filtration and nutrient recycling.

In partnership with the PhenoCam Network, ARS ecologist Dawn Browning and her LTAR team are using data generated from time-series images to measure how climate change can impact plant phenology (seasonal timing of plant events) in three types of agroecosystems: crop land, grazing land and combinations of the two.

“Understanding how higher temperatures, more frequent drought and flooding events, and shifts in the timing and amount of rainfall influence the seasonal dynamics of forages and crops can guide decisions about best practices to adopt or adapt to decrease risk of loss and sustain yield,” said Browning, with the ARS Range Management Research Unit in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Although several sensor technologies, including satellitebased ones, are available for obtaining measures of plant phenology such as canopy greenness and area, there’s little information on how data generated by each correlates at the continental scale, noted Browning, lead author of a paper to be published in the journal Ecological Indicators (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S1470160X21008128).

To find out, she and collaborators from more than a dozen ARS locations and state universities analyzed phenological data generated by three different sensor platforms: Landsat satellite, PhenoCam towers and eddy covariance stations.

The latter measures the exchange of gases like CO2 between the soil, air and vegetation within a defined area.

Based on the results, the team devised an evaluation tool, called the “metric assessment framework,” that, for the first time, shows where and how phenological estimates derived from the three sensors complement, diverge from or duplicate one another. For example, Landsat-based estimates for growing season length were significantly longer than those generated from PhenoCam and eddy covariance data, while the latter two sensors provided high-resolution, on-the-ground details and metrics not possible with an orbiting satellite.

Browning said the framework’s use should improve the selection of sensor instrumentation used by producers, land managers and decision makers to model, monitor and forecast the plant phenology of agroecosystems across the country, helping ensure their peak productivity and continued health and use for future generations as well as food security challenges to come.

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Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum When there is rain; there is opportunity. Although welcome rains have finally reached most of Nebraska, it may have been too late to rescue some severely stressed row crops. Still, these rains have created opportunities for new crop seeding plans to take full advantage of the moisture.

When drought limits row crop yields, many producers seek dual purpose forages which can provide both forage and cash grain income. Wheat is one of those dual-purpose crops providing forage grazing as well as a potential early summer cash grain income. To get full benefits, grazing animals will need to be removed in the Spring from the fields prior to the wheat reaching the jointing growth stage.

This fall, the recommended winter wheat seeding dates for grain optimum production vary across Nebraska based on elevation (from September 1 in the extreme northwest to October 1 in the southeastern tip). For central Nebraska, the normal wheat drilling season is September 20 to September 25. This target date might be delayed to the last week of September if producers select wheat varieties susceptible to the Hessian Fly insects.

If forage production is the main goal, then earlier fall drilling is highly encouraged. Oats, barley, turnips and radishes especially benefit from early fall planting. Whereas rye, triticale and wheat can be drilled later into the fall with success. Nebraska Extension research reveals, though, that total forage production doubles for each month earlier in the fall the forage crops can be planted.

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Cole Ehmke, University of Wyoming Extension A person can give their power of attorney to more than one individual. In most cases, the principal – the person authorizing another to make financial decisions on his or her behalf – will appoint an initial agent and at least one alternate, a person who can act on the principal’s behalf if the initial agent is unable or unwilling to do so.

If you have an existing estate plan (a will, power of attorney, and advance health care directives), the power of attorney (POA) document might have your spouse as the initial agent, and a family member as an alternate. If you (and your spouse’s) documents don’t specify an alternate, you can simply prepare a new POA. In fact, you could specify as many alternates as you choose. You will want to revoke the old POA. What if your spouse is in the early stages of dementia?

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The piece, “Herbicides: What to Know With so many readily available herbicides, it is Before You Use Them,” was published July easy for homeowners to get overwhelmed, but 28 and focuses on “horticultural vinegar”, a those kinds of decisions are exactly the ones the product available at hardware and gardening MSU Extension personnel like Mangold and stores that can be an effective herbicide when Orloff seek to help Montanans make. used properly. Typical household vinegar is “There are lots of different ways to manage 5% acetic acid, but “horticultural vinegar” can weeds,” said Mangold. “Whatever you do, do be dangerous due to its high concentration of it fully informed. If you don’t know, first ask acetic acid, typically 20-30%. Some acetic “Sanctify them by them by the truth; for help.” acid-based products aren’t marketed as an heryour word is the truth.”

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By Carrie Knutson, NDSU Extension Agent, Grand Forks County For the past two years, I have tried growing garlic in my garden.

The first year, I had several challenges. The fall was incredibly wet and cold. I also underestimated the amount competition from self-seeded dill plants. I harvested two really small heads of garlic.

I was not discouraged. Remember, a good gardener will kill a plant at least three times and keep trying! My second attempt was a winner. I harvested my garlic this past weekend and was not disappointed.

Garlic is a hardy perennial member of the onion family.

Garlic differs from the onion in that it produces a cluster of cloves that makes up the bulb, rather than one large bulb.

Garlic also has flat leaves rather than the round, hollow leaves like an onion.

We have two main types of garlic: hardneck and softneck.

Hardneck garlic is the hardiest type for us and, as the name implies, it has a stiff neck. Hardneck garlic varieties to try for our area are ‘Music,’ ‘German Extra Hardy,’ ‘Russian Red,’ ‘German Red’ and ‘Spanish Roja.’ Softneck garlic is the kind we typically buy in the grocery store, and it doesn’t grow well in our area.

Planting requires some preparation because garlic needs full sun and well-drained soil. You also will want to work in 3 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer per 100 square feet before planting.

Cloves are planted in late September or early October.

They should be spaced 1 to 3 inches apart and planted 4 inches deep. Cloves will produce roots and the tops also will begin sprouting before the soil freezes.

Garlic should be covered with a mulch layer to protect it from low winter temperatures and soil temperature fluctuations. Typically, cover garlic with a 4-inch layer of clean straw.

Garlic produces thin foliage that is not a good competitor with weeds, so be prepared to do some weeding. The winter mulch will help with weed suppression during the growing season.

Garlic is harvested in mid to late August or when the foliage starts to turn yellow. To prevent any damage, gently dig the tops rather than pulling. Place the entire plant, top and all, on a screen in a well-ventilated location at room temperature for about two weeks. When the plants have dried down, remove the tops about an inch above the bulb.

I am saving the largest cloves from my crop to plant later this fall, but I can’t wait to use the smaller cloves in stir-fries and vinaigrettes. Whether you shop local, order online or ask another gardener to share, I hope you try planting garlic your garden this fall. Happy gardening!

Winter annual forages

Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Are you planting or at least thinking about planting wheat, rye, or triticale for forage next spring? Which of these small grains should you plant this fall? Let’s look at some of their characteristics to help you select.

Cereal rye is your best choice for the earliest grazing possible. Because it’s early, it also may be the best match for double cropping. Some varieties provide quite a bit of fall growth, too, if planted early. Rye also may be the most reliable when planted under stressful conditions. But it has some drawbacks. It turns stemmy and matures much earlier than wheat or triticale, losing feed value and palatability earlier in the spring. Plus, wheat grain producers don’t want it contaminating fields next year.

Triticale holds on to its feed value best into late spring.

This makes it well suited for hay and silage, or for stretching grazing well into June if you don’t mind starting two or three weeks later compared to rye. But triticale tends to be a bit more susceptible to winter injury.

Winter wheat has been the small grain of choice for winter and spring grazing in the southern plains where higher winter temperatures allow growth to continue, although slowly. Up here where wheat goes dormant, though, its carrying capacity is not as high as triticale or rye. But it is top quality before stems develop. And it’s the clear choice if you want the double use as early pasture and then for grain.

So, there it is. Rye for early pasture, triticale for hay, silage, or later grazing, and wheat for grazing plus grain. You may have other factors affecting your choice, but in general, these guidelines work well.

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American Society of Agronomy The perfect cup of morning coffee. Before you even purchase the beans at the store, many things must go right before that great-tasting coffee can be poured into your favorite mug. It starts in the soil where farmers grow the beans. For example, Brazil is the world’s biggest coffee producer, and the soils there can cause problems for coffee plants.

The tropical soils coffee calls home is naturally acidic and low in the minerals calcium and magnesium. In addition, adding fertilizer to the soil adds to its acidity. This all adds up to lower yields for coffee plants.

Rogério P. Soratto is a researcher in Brazil who studies if limestone and phosphogypsum could help improve the soil.

Soratto and colleagues recently published their research in Agronomy Journal, a publication of the American Society of Agronomy.

“Soil acidity and low concentrations of exchangeable calcium and magnesium are among the main factors that limit coffee yield,” Soratto explains. “So, we did a field experiment to test the effect of band application of limestone and phosphogypsum. We studied them alone and combined to see their effects on plant nutrition, yield, and profit.”

In the study, researchers used different amounts and combinations of just limestone, just phosphogypsum, and the two combined. Each impacted the soil chemistry in a different way. They applied the treatments at the base of the coffee plants, as a band under the plant canopy.

Limestone is a source of calcium and magnesium. Its action can often be limited to the soil surface where it is applied. Phosphogypsum contains calcium and sulfur. It is better able to take calcium deep into the soil. However, the researchers found it wasn’t so easy to simply combine the two treatments.

“In our study, the combined application of limestone and phosphogypsum greatly increased the calcium concentration in the soil and also caused an unbalance of the soil chemistry, overall,” Soratto says. “This may have lowered potassium uptake by the coffee plants at the phase of greatest demand, which is the fruit-filling stage.”

Ultimately their study found that applying only limestone was the most effective treatment. If the acidity of the subsoil is an issue, they recommend low phosphogypsum rates. This will avoid throwing off the soil chemistry.

When applied to the soil, limestone makes it less acidic and supplies calcium and magnesium. It also lowers toxic aluminum and manganese in the soil. This helps increase the activity of helpful soil microbes. Lastly, it makes fertilizer more effective. This allows crops to perform better and be more economically viable.

“In southeastern Brazil, the climate is favorable for the good growth of Arabica coffee trees,” he says. “It can allow producers to harvest fruits with a good drinking quality. However, this is only possible in well-managed crops because in this region, most soils are acidic.”

Most importantly, the limestone application that performed the best increased both coffee yields and economic returns by more than 40%.

“This research is important because coffee is widely cultivated around the world and soil acidity problems often limit the bean yield of coffee plantations,” Soratto says. “As we have shown in our research, fixing soil acidity and providing calcium and magnesium is critical. However, the application of too much calcium using limestone and phosphogypsum at high rates becomes harmful.”

It is not well known that applying limestone and phosphogypsum together is not always the best option. Their future work hopes to investigate this further and educate coffee farmers.

“Limestone and phosphogypsum applications are extremely important soil amendment practices for coffee production, not only in Brazil, but also in other producing countries,” Soratto says. “To obtain high coffee yields, we must first improve the root environment, helping the plants better exploit the soil resources.”

Rogério P. Soratto is a professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP). This research was funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). ##### Dear God, thank you that I’m now wise enough to put life in perspective. You’ve shown me how to enjoy each moment instead of lamenting my past mistakes and those annoying senior moments.

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By Clain Jones, Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Specialist top to bottom and may be confused with seSulfur (S) is an often-forgotten plant vere nitrogen deficiency. You need to catch nutrient. It used to be an impurity in other the deficiency at early stages. See Nutrient fertilizers and in some areas in the air from management module 9, or our Nutrient Deindustrial sulfur dioxide emissions. Sulfurficiency and Toxicity website (both listed at free fertilizers, cleaner air and higher S end) for pictures of sulfur deficient crops. removal as yields increase are leading to To verify sulfur deficiency, collect tissue sulfur deficiency on some croplands. samples and submit them to a lab that will Sulfur is one of the 17 nutrients required provide fast turnaround times for sulfur. by all plants. It, like nitrogen, is necessary Plant parts to sample are crop and growth for making protein. If your wheat protein is stage specific; for example, the whole plant consistently lower than you’d expect given should be collected from wheat when tilleryour nitrogen rates and yields, consider ing, but just the flag leaf is sampled at boot looking at sulfur. to heading. Collect the 5th leaf (5th from the Sulfur deficient plants have uniformly top) from canola at bud, the 1st leaf (younglight green or yellow upper leaves. The est mature leaf) from pea at any growth deficiency shows up on upper, meaning stage, and the top 6 inches from alfalfa. To younger, leaves first because it is immobile make sure you characterize a field well and in the plant. Unlike a mobile nutrient such provide enough material for the lab to anaas nitrogen, the plant can’t move sulfur from lyze after drying, collect approximately 50 the lower leaves to the upper leaves. When leaves. Tissue sulfur sufficiency levels for the plant runs low on sulfur, it’s the actively wheat and pea are approximately 0.20% at growing upper leaves that suffer. any growth stage, 0.17% for canola at bud Unlike nitrogen, phosphorus, and potasstage, and 0.31% for alfalfa at any stage. sium soil test levels, soil sulfur levels have Actual sufficiency levels for a particular not been found to be very predictive of crop field or crop variety might differ from these sulfur fertilizer needs for several reasons. general levels. It is best to also collect tisFirst, a large amount of sulfate, the plant sue from plants that do not appear deficient, available form of sulfur, can come from and then compare deficient vs sufficient decomposition of residue and organic mattissue concentrations. If sulfur deficiency ter, possibly more than the sulfate available was suspected, but sulfur tissue levels are at soil sampling time. Thus, in a wet, warm essentially the same between bad- and goodyear perfect for decomposition, substantial looking plants, then sulfur deficiency can sulfur can be released during the growing likely be ruled out. season, minimizing the likelihood of a If your crop is deficient, you can consider sulfur fertilizer response. Conversely, in a applying liquid sulfur at 3-5 lb S/acre as drought, sulfur release from decomposition a ‘rescue’ treatment. If it is too late in the will be low and roots can struggle to make growing season (for example at grain fill), it to deeper soil where sulfate levels are then consider increasing sulfur fertilizer often higher than near the surface. Also, in applications the following year, at least in drought, all nutrients move more slowly in areas or fields that are sulfur deficient. A the soil. Montana State University scientists simple rule of thumb is to apply half the have found sulfur to be more important for crop’s sulfur uptake in the fertilizer blend yield and protein during moderate drought. and assume the crop will get the remaining Since soil testing for sulfur is not very sulfur from the soil. Sulfur removal rates predictive of sulfur needs, what should for Montana’s common crops are supplied producers and their advisers do? I suggest in Table 21 of Fertilizer Guidelines for three options: scout for sulfur deficiency, Montana Crops (listed at end). For example, tissue test, or try a sulfur strip trial. When wheat takes up 0.08 lb S/bu and another 4 scouting, note that some crops, notably pea lb S/ton of stubble. A 50 bu/ac winter wheat and corn, often have naturally lighter upper crop will contain 4 lb S/acre in the grain and leaves than lower leaves, so you’re looking another 10 lb S/acre in stubble (assumes for leaves that are lighter green than normal. about 1.67 ton stubble/ton grain) for a total Also, herbicide damage can cause lighter uptake of 14 lb S/acre. Therefore, adding colored leaves. Finally, plants with severe sulfur deficiency will be light colored from CONTINUED ON PAGE B7

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Forage/cover crops following corn silage

Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Cover crops can complement corn silage systems; especially when soil erosion protection is a concern. As the name implies, cover crops provide ‘cover protection’ for bare soils subject to erosion by rain droplets when residue has been removed. Beyond erosion benefits, the choice of cover crops usage as a single plant species or mix may be further based on soil health goals; growing season remaining after silage harvest; intended cash crop for the upcoming year; and economics.

If corn silage harvest occurs early enough in the fall such as mid- to late-August; both small grains and brassica will likely have enough time to produce favorable forage yields (when moisture is not a limiting factor). Research indicates that cover crop forage production will double for each month that the fall growing season can be extended. As planting dates move later into the fall, there may be less usage of brassica plants such as turnips, canola and radishes. Among the small grain cover crop choices, cereal rye is usually the most preferred species choice for fall and early spring growth and grazing. Oats, winter wheat and triticale may also provide fall forage grazing, but cereal rye breaks dormancy earlier in the Spring. Thus, rye will potentially provide more spring forage production if corn will be the intended crop planted on previous silage fields.

Oats, wheat, triticale, and barley may be preferred if the intended next crop can have delayed Spring planting.

The bottom line is that living plants can protect soils as well as provide grazing forage.

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Thumbelina is the smallest horse on record, measuring a mere 17 inches at five years of age. That is only a little over 4.1 hands tall. She is a dwarf miniature horse. Most adult miniature horses are 28-34 inches tall. Only 10 pounds at birth, Thumbelina now weights 60 pounds.

Madalyne Stokes exhibited the top Hereford Influenced steer of the Marias Fair with her black baldy steer.

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Beretta Winkowitsch of Cut Bank exhibited both the top Charolais Influenced and Angus Influenced steer at the Marias Fair, winning a jacket from C & D Charolais and an extra $50 in prize money. Photo by Kari Lewis.

Jed Winkowitsch with his 303 lb purple ribbon swine at the 2021 Marias Fair held in Shelby, Montana. Stockman Bank purchased Jed’s pig.

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Lexi Stubbs shows off her rabbit to judge, Martin Townsend, during the Marias Fair rabbit show. Lexi exhibited both the Grand and Reserve Champion rabbit and was the 1st place Pre-Junior rabbit showman. Photo

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By Trampus Corder, Certified Crop Advisor and Broker/Owner of Corder and Associates, LLC The information you obtain at weaning time can be the most crucial part of a cattleman’s livelihood. My daughter recently became involved in the registered Black Angus cattle industry and understands the learning curve on the different data points necessary to submit is vital. This does not exclude the data points that every commercial cattle producer should retrieve at weaning time and throughout the year when applicable.

Important data points include measurements on both the cow and weaned calf. Weaning weights are important and typically collected between 120-280 days of age. These weights can then be adjusted to a 205-day weight which is the standard for production in the American Angus Association. Average and range of weaning weights of calves are an indicator of cow milking ability and the genetic ability for growth. The goal for beef producers is rapid early growth and moderation at maturity. Finding those genetics that excels in growth traits, but moderate mature cow size can assist any cattle producer in financial success.

Mature cow size is a key economic driver in cow/calf production and thus is important to the maternal weaned calf value which helps a producer realize economic gains and losses. I suggest documenting the cow’s mature weight, height and body condition as a score (BCS) at the time of weaning. Weaning time is also an excellent time to collect and analyze some important information for accessing herd reproductive efficiency. Important pieces of information are the number and percentage of calves weaned, age at weaning, and distribution of ages as related to weight, average, and range of weaning weights of calves, and the percentage of pregnant cows. The number and percentage of calves weaned give producers an indicator of the herd’s past reproductive performance and indicate places for improvement or monitoring.

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Kings who ate themselves to death King Henry 1 of England was a man of indulgence.

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King Adolf Frederick, who ruled over Sweden in the 18th century, is known today as “the king who ate himself to death.” On February 12, 1771, Frederick devoured a feast fit for a dozen kings: multiple helpings of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, cabbage soup, smoked herring, and champagne.

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Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Pastures and hay meadows provide higher quality feed, are more productive, and require fewer inputs when they have good forage legumes growing in them.

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Cookbook Launch Day

Date When Celebrated: Always October 12th Cookbook Launch Day is a little known day designed to launch a new cookbook.

Schools, churches, clubs and a wide range of organizations ask members to donate a recipe for creating of their own cookbook.

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Tegan Boyce and Beretta Winkowitsch keep their steers set up and eyes on the judge during the Marias Fair beef show. This duo won their steer class and Beretta went on to be the 3rd place junior beef showman and Tegan’s steer placed 3rd in the carcass contest! Photo by Kari Lewis.

Fall thistle control

By Jerry Volesky, University of Nebraska Did you spray thistles this past spring and summer? If so, it would be a good idea to revisit those areas as there are likely some remaining or new growth that has occurred.

October and early November is a key time to control thistles in pastures. There are several biennial thistles, but musk, plumeless, Scotch, and bull thistles are our most problematic.

Biennials require portions of two growing seasons to flower/ reproduce. They develop from seed the first season into a flat rosette. When trying to control biennial thistles, destruction of rosettes prior to flowering (bolting) is an effective means of preventing seed formation and subsequent spread.

Another thistle to look out for is Canada thistle. Canada thistle is a creeping perennial that can be controlled with fall spraying, in conjunction with other management options in the spring.

While in the rosette stage, thistles are more effectively controlled using herbicides. It is important to note that fall spraying of thistles is not a silver bullet and effective control often needs repeated applications. It will take several years of timely control before the soil seed bank is reduced.

There are many herbicides labeled for thistle control. Note that some products traditionally recommended for spraying thistles have recently changed product names. Take care when purchasing products and always read/follow label directions before use.

GrazonNext® HL, Milestone®, Chaparral®, Graslan® L, Stinger®, Overdrive®, and Tordon 22K® are all products that are labelled for use on biennial thistles as well as Canada thistle. 2,4-D mixed with dicamba is also an effective option but should be sprayed when temperatures are warmer for the highest efficacy. When using Tordon 22K® or Graslan® L, both products are restricted use and contain picloram. Use extreme caution around other vegetation, especially trees, as both products will kill woody plants.

Addisyn Bengtson and her mom, Andrea Bengtson, display Addisyn’s ‘Let Freedom Ring’ cake that she created in memory of her grandfather, Dean Peterson, who served in the US Navy. Addisyn won a Best of Show trophy for top Decorated Foods exhibit at the Marias Fair. Photo by Kari Lewis.

Destini Anderson was the 1st place junior swine showman and Grand Champion dairy showman. She took her showmanship skills to the Round Robin where she showed all livestock species, including the meat goat. Photo by Kari Lewis.

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Reed Briggs with his 1355 lb blue ribbon steer at the 2021 Marias Fair held in Shelby, Montana. Reed’s steer was purchased by Stockman Bank.

“Paul Revere warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells and making sure as he was riding his horse through town to send those warning shots that we were going to be free.”–Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, while touring Boston. (Revere didn’t ring bells or fire shots, and he was warning American Rebels, not the Brits.)

Hobo Spiders Scientific Name: Eratigena agrestis

By Laurie Kerzicnik, Montana State University Extension (lauren.kerzicnik@montana.edu) (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus auDuring reus ) infection. MRSA and other bacteria late sumcan enter the body through punctures which mer and could include a spider bite, as well as many early fall it other more likely wounds. If a wound from is normal any bite or scratch becomes inflamed, or if for spiders soreness persists, medical care should be to enter sought as secondary infection that enters buildings the body through the wound may need to and homes. be treated.

This in•Hobo spiders are not known to be cludes hobo naturally aggressive in their native area or spiders in the United States. Their nickname, the which have aggressive house spider, comes from an long been errant translation of their scientific name, prevalent Figure 1. Female hobo spider. Photo Eratigena agrestis. The Latin translation of in Montana.

by L. Kerzicnik agrestis is not aggressive, but rather “rural” Common or “in the fields”. misconceptions about the hobo spider often cause unnecessary concern.

Things to know: •Spider bites are rare. Generally, their fangs are small and lack the musculature to pierce the human skin. They typically only bite if threatened or if trapped in clothing, shoes, etc.

•There is no conclusive evidence that hobo spider venom causes necrosis in humans; and a large body of scientific research that proves it does not.

•The most common cause for necrotic lesions (wounds not healing) in the West is a bacterial infection called MRSA Figure 2. Male hobo spider. Photo by L. Elliott, Bugguide

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Fall into winter preparations for flowers, lawn and prairie

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By Catherine Wissner, University of Wyoming Laramie County Extension Office Horticulturist is also important.

Fall is here and now is the time to help Check with your local feed and grain your plants to survive Wyoming winter stores, local nurseries or if you know of weather. a farmer growing oats or wheat they may Mulching your perennials and trees will have straw to sell. make a huge difference getting them to How much mulch do you need to cover overwinter. There are a lot of different your perennials? To cover 100 square materials to use, but straw mulch profeet, a 10 foot by 10 foot space, to a depth vides the best overall winter protection of 3 inches you will need 1 cubic yard of for plants. Straw mulch will provide the mulch. A cubic yard is 3 feet by 3 feet most consistent soil surface temperatures by 3 feet. during winter months. Straw mulch can Gentle reminders; don’t mow your praialso prevent early season growth caused rie, you will need that tall grass to hold the by winter warmups. This is of benefit to snow and prevent drifting later in the year. the garden by preventing the plants from The tall grass helps hold moister keeping beginning growth when temperatures can the fire danger low, tall grass helps keep still damage. Straw mulch can help delay out the rabbits and rodents. Mowing the very early spring growth by reducing the prairie creates the perfect environment for risk of frost damage to your perennials. rabbits and rodents.

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University of Montana (UM) today than at The research awards from the prior year any point in the flagship institution’s history. are an excellent indicator of the research For fiscal year 2021, which runs from expenditures this year. The Office of SponJuly to June, UM reported $138 million in sored Programs at UM is currently deterresearch awards. This sizeable increase is mining the research expenditures that will 38% larger than the previous year’s recordbe reported to the Commissioner’s Office in breaking research intake.

November and will appear in the National “UM is quickly emerging as a regional Science Foundation’s Higher Education research leader,” said Scott Whittenburg, Research and Development (HERD) survey UM vice president for research and crelater in the year. The HERD survey is the ative scholarship and dean of the Graduate national metric used to measure research School. “This continued growth is driven activity and is used in determining the Carnby students, faculty and staff, who are moegie Research Classification of universities. tivated to solve some of the most pressing Research investments made at UM come challenges facing society. It is exciting for in a variety of forms, including research our whole campus that UM remains on the grants from federal agencies such as the path to achieve a Carnegie Research VeryNational Institutes of Health, National SciHigh Activity, or R1 ranking.” ence Foundation, NASA and the U.S. DeR1 is the highest classification awarded partment of Agriculture, as well as private to universities in the United States based on sector contracts. Research efforts at UM research activity and impact. reflect the wide array of disciplines housed Whittenburg noted that since 2013 UM across the campus, including health sciranks No. 6 nationally for research growth, ences, biological and biomedical sciences, according to data from the National Science natural resources, conservation, psychology, Foundation. In the past seven years, UM’s geosciences, social sciences and computer research expenditure growth has more than sciences and engineering. doubled, and Whittenburg believes the surge On-campus research at UM also has in research activity will continue. helped spur private business spinoffs, which “The proposed volume of research fundare located in Missoula and employ dozing requests UM made last year was $285 ens of researchers at high-paying salaries. million, which also was a record for our Some of the UM-affiliated business spinoffs university,” Whittenburg said. “This instituinclude FYR Diagnostics and Inimmune tion is in a strong position to continue this Corp. upward research trajectory, and that is in

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Members of the Communications and Technology team in the University of Wyoming Extension received national recognition during the recent virtual national Association for Communication Excellence conference.

The office, in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, received several honors.

“I couldn’t be prouder of our UW Extension Communications & Technology team continuing to persevere and produce awardwinning work despite the COVID pandemic,” said David Keto, office manager. “Even while working remotely, our team continued to collaborate seamlessly on joint projects and continued to share the best of extension knowledge across Wyoming and beyond.”

The college’s research magazine Reflections received a gold in the technical publications division. The magazine is edited by Steve Miller and designed by Tanya Engel, with articles written by scientists in each of the college’s departments plus a selected student paper. The 2020 edition of Reflections is at bit.ly/uw-reflections2020. Miller received a gold award in newspaper stories for an article last October originating from Torrington about growing giant pumpkins.

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Brittney Gross, extension’s instructional technology educational specialist, received a silver for Qualtrics survey software training. That training is at bit.ly/uw-qualtricstraining.

Engel, with writer Katie Shockley, received a bronze for the extension publication Raspberry Production Guide for Wyoming.

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Another publication, the Wyoming Integrated Pest Management Calendar designed

by Engel, received a bronze. Videographer Lindsay Hadfield also received a bronze in information technology for a meat fabrication and identification project. That course is at bit.ly/4Hmeats, Keto said the office in the early days of COVID trained and helped others in UW Extension adapt to remote educational delivery.

Gross’ training, even though meant for internal audiences, highlights the consistent quality of extension products to reach any audience, he said. He complimented Miller’s efforts to tell stories and traveling safely in the state when articles required a personal touch.

He said the office continues to excel at creating unique and compelling long-form bulletins thanks to collaborations like the one between Engel and Shockley. Hadfield’s project to create a dynamic video-driven training about meat fabrication and retail identification should serve 4-H youths in the meat judging project, animal science students, hunters and foodies well into the future, Keto said.

“In short, I continue to be nothing but thankful for our amazing team and their great work,” he said.

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Save your tender bulbs for next year

By Esther E. McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension We live in an era of reduce, reuse and recycle. We also have a Midwestern ethic of thriftiness. Can you apply this ethic to your flower garden? Yes! In a short period of time, our annual flowers will be killed by fall frost if left in the garden. To preserve plants for next year and to save money, consider lifting and overwintering your expensive tender bulbs.

Tender bulbs is a generic term for summer-blooming plants from the tropics and subtropics that have fleshy underground storage structures such as bulbs, rhizomes, tubers and corms. Gardeners plant them in late spring after the danger of frost has passed. Examples include dahlias, cannas, caladiums and gladiolus.

After the first light frost has killed the aboveground foliage, dig up the root system using a pitchfork or shovel.

Carefully dig around the perimeter of the plant making sure not to wound the underground structures. Wounds allow entry points for bacteria and fungi that may cause rotting over the winter.

Cut off the foliage and brush off excess dirt. A garden hose can be used to wash off dirt for most tender bulbs but not gladiolus. More on gladiolus in a minute.

Cannas, caladiums and dahlias should be cured for one to three days. Curing means allowing the underground structures to dry indoors at room temperature for one to three days. Discard any structures that are rotting or infested with insects.

Gladiolus corms are a special type of tender bulb that should not be washed or else they will rot. Corms should be allowed to cure for three weeks before storage.

All tender bulbs should be marked with their species and cultivar. An easy way to do this is to write the name on the bulb using a permanent marker. Tags may also be used.

Place the tender bulbs in a well-ventilated container such as a cardboard box. Plastic containers should be avoided because they keep the humidity too high around the bulbs.

The container should be filled with a dry media such as peat moss, vermiculite or sawdust. To prevent rotting, dust the bulbs with an approved fungicide and place in the media with space between the bulbs.

Store the bulbs for the winter at temperatures between 40 degrees and 50 degrees F. Finding an appropriate storage area can be challenging to prevent the bulbs from freezing or else rotting at a higher temperature. A heated garage works well if the temperature is regulated. Alternatively, find the coolest and darkest corner of your basement.

In early April, pot up the bulbs in small containers to coax the bulbs out of dormancy. These tender plants can be transplanted into the garden in mid- to late-May depending on your average last frost date.

Tender bulbs should not be confused with hardy bulbs.

Hardy bulbs are planted in the fall and include crocus, tulips, hyacinths and daffodils. These hardy bulbs can remain in the ground over the winter.

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Storage methods to reduce hay losses

Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Hay is a valuable commodity this year. So, as you bring in your round bales for winter storage and feeding, store them to minimize weather losses.

Hay stored outside will be damaged by rain, snow, wind, and ice this fall and winter. The average round bale may lose up to one fourth of its original nutrients during storage, but these losses can be reduced to less than 10 percent or so.

For instance, do you usually line up bales for easy access so the twine sides touch each other? Or do you stack your bales? If so, extra spoilage will occur where these bales touch because rain, snow, and ice will gather in spots where bales touch instead of running off. Research has shown that round bales stacked in a pyramid form will have greater dry matter losses compared bales butted end-to-end, cigar-like.

Does snow drift around your bales? Bales placed in eastwest rows often have drifts on the south side. Hay next to fence lines or trees can get extra snow. As snow melts it soaks into bales or makes the ground muddy. Plus, the north side never gets any sun so it’s slow to dry. This year, line your bales up north-and-south for fewer drifts and faster drying as sunlight and prevailing winds hit both sides of the row.

Most important is the bottom of your bales. Always put bales on higher, well-drained ground so water drains away from them. Keep them out of terrace bottoms or other low spots. If necessary, use crushed rock, railroad ties, or even pallets to elevate bales to keep the bottoms dry. This also will reduce problems getting to your hay or getting it moved due to snow drifts or mud.

So, for outside storage, a single row of bales end to end, along with consideration for row orientation and the ground surface drainage, will be the best storage method.

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Date When Celebrated: October 13th Many nations around the world celebrate their navies, with a special day dedicated to them. Each country selects a date relevant to their navy, often the birth date of the navy.

In the United States, Navy Day is commonly celebrated on October 27th. This date was selected as it was the birth date of President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid supporter of the U.S. Navy. In the 1970’s, research determined that the birthday of the U.S. Continental Navy was October 13, 1775. At the time, efforts were made to move Navy Day to this date. However, Navy Day in the United States, is still largely recognized as October 27th.

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MSU News Service for their respective children.

When it comes to estate planning, However, according to Joel Schumachblended families can face unique challenges. One of these challenges is rooted er, MSU Extension economics associate in Montana laws governing who inherits specialist, a will with a testamentary trust property when a deceased family memcan help blended families create an estate plan to meet goals of passing specific ber did not have a written will or another property to specific heirs. document listing beneficiaries.

“The property in the testamentary trust While these laws often work smoothly can provide income for the surviving with the estate planning goals of a tradispouse during their lifetime,” Schumacher tional family, Montana State University said, “and after the death of the surviving (MSU) Extension experts said the laws spouse, allow the remaining testamentary are less likely to address the complex istrust property to pass to the desired heirs.” sues of blended families. To help inform The MontGuide also touches on Claythe public, MSU Extension has created a new MontGuide addressing the estate ton Election Qualified Terminable Interplanning process for blended families. est Property – or QTIP – trusts, another “In this MontGuide we focus on a estate planning tool. While this option is blended family in Montana who does not the most complex of the three, Goetting have an estate plan,” said Marsha Goetand Schumacher said the trust is helpful to beneficiaries as it enables them to avoid ting, MSU Extension family economics capital gains taxes if they sell the inherited specialist. “We explore what Montana property. law will do with their property, then we “A QTIP trust also has added flexibility provide three options and outline some of in anticipation of future federal estate tax the advantages and disadvantages.” law changes,” Goetting said.

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Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Pond scum generally isn’t looked upon kindly. But the microalgae that make up these floating green mats of slime could get newfound respect as renewable sources of fuel, specialty chemicals, dietary supplements and other valued products.

The potential of pond scum has also spilled over into agriculture. In August, a team of University of Minnesota (UMN) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists published findings that inoculating crop soils with microalgae known as cyanobacteria can offer several benefits. These include naturally fertilizing the soil, replenishing its store of organic matter and binding soil particles together so that they’re less prone to erosion.

Adriana Alvarez, with UMN’s Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, led the study together with UMN professor Robert Gardner (deceased) and ARS soil scientists Sharon Weyers and Jane Johnson—both at the agency’s Soil Management Research Unit in Morris, Minnesota. The collaboration is part of a shared interest: finding sustainable ways agriculture can meet the food, fiber, feed and fuel needs of a growing world population forecasted to exceed 9 billion by 2050.

For the study, the team chose to use a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium known as Anabaena cylindrica UTEX strain 1611. The researchers applied it as a dark green slurry to pots containing Mollisol, a type of organically rich clay loam soil common to grassland areas of the U.S. Upper Midwest.

Previous research by other groups had focused on the use of cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic microalgae to fertilize rice crops and revitalize degraded soils in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. But less research had been done examining the effects of the microalgae’s use on nutrient-rich arable soils with high organic content like Mollisol, the team noted in a paper published in August in the online issue of the Journal of Applied Phycology.

To learn more, the researchers divided their study into three separate laboratory experiments. The first examined the effects of using the cyanobacteria on soil structure and nutrient dynamics, the second on soil loss and nutrient levels in runoff and leaching water following simulated rainfall events, and the third on mineralization, in which “biomass” of the cyanobacteria release plant-nourishing forms of nitrogen and phosphorus as they die and decay in soil.

Among the results, the researchers observed: • Soils inoculated with cyanobacteria had more soluble nitrogen and phosphorus than untreated control soils—a build-up that occurred gradually rather than suddenly. The latter raises the prospects of a biobased, slow-release fertilizer, the researchers noted.

• Those same soils also had more soluble organic carbon, a form known to stimulate the growth and activity of other beneficial soil microorganisms that promote plant health and productivity.

• Soils contain clumps of particles called aggregates.

Cyanobacteria-inoculated soils had more large aggregates that held together better in water, a feature that can contribute to improved soil structure and reduced likelihood of erosion by wind or rain.

Although the results affirm the findings of prior studies, the researchers cautioned more work has yet to be done across different agricultural systems and geographic areas to fully understand the value, safety and limitations of using microalgae.

“More research is needed with different strains, different crops, different soils and climates,” Alvarez said. The economic feasibility of scaling up microalgae production and harvest for products that farmers can use—and in what forms—also has to be investigated. However, new approaches like this will be critical to meeting the agricultural challenges of tomorrow, Alvarez added—namely, “protecting and preserving the soil resource and value of soil as a central piece in our food, water and energy production for the next decades.”

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News The drought of 2021 left many ranchers short of feed, both grazing forage and hay. A great option for spring grazing or hay production is winter cereals.

“Establishing a winter cereal for grazing next spring will allow producers to delay pasture turnout, giving droughtstressed pastures more time to recover,” says Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Many pastures were overgrazed due to decreased forage production this year, and producers may see delayed growth and decreased production in 2022.”

Winter cereals are planted in the fall. Much of the Northern Plains finally received some needed rain in August and early September, providing an opportunity for growing winter cereals.

“Winter cereals can be planted anytime in September, with early- to mid-September recommended,” says Kevin Sedivec, NDSU Extension rangeland management specialist “There are three winter cereal options for grazing and haying that fit well in North Dakota; including winter rye, triticale and wheat. The seeding rate for all three types is 90 pounds per acre.”

Sedivec says there are a few questions to consider when selecting a winter cereal to plant. Do you plan to graze it early next spring or harvest it for hay? Do you want to plant a cash crop afterward or a crop for forage?

Winter Rye Winter rye fits best if you plan to graze in May. It is the most aggressive growing winter cereal in May, providing the greatest economic return to the livestock. Seed costs will be around $22 to $27 per acre, with forage ready for grazing between May 5 to 10.

Rye achieves 80% to 90% of its growth by early June and is recommended to be harvested for hay in early June.

Livestock do not like to forage on rye once it produces seed heads.

Winter rye also reaches the recommended harvest time for hay or silage by June 3 to 10. Rye also is a great option for seeding soybeans into after grazing or haying. Planting a forage crop like foxtail millet, sorghum-sudan, sudangrass or a full-season cover crop also is a great option. Rye does use a lot of water to grow, so if seeding a cash crop or forage crop following winter rye spring moisture will be critical.

Winter Triticale Winter triticale also is a good fit for grazing in May. It is a little slower to grow in the first half of May compared to rye and matures about three to five days after rye. Triticale will have a higher protein and total digestible nutrient (TDN) value than rye, but also costs around $33 to $37 per acre for seed. Triticale is usually ready to be harvested for hay by early- to mid-June.

Triticale regrows better than rye, so if spring moisture is good a second crop can be harvested for hay or grazed, usually about 50% of the first harvest. A second forage crop often is planted after grazing or haying triticale with crops such as foxtail millet, sorghum-sudan, sudangrass or a fullseason cover crop.

Winter Wheat (forage varieties) “Winter wheat would not be recommended for May grazing, as it grows much slower than rye and triticale,” says Zachary Carlson, NDSU Extension beef cattle specialist.

“The forage winter wheats are best suited for hay production, as it is ready for hay harvest in late June.”

Winter wheat is the lowest in lignin content, thus more palatable to livestock, and highest in crude protein and TDN compared to both rye and triticale. Seed costs will be around $29 to $32 per acre.

A second forage crop often is planted after harvesting winter wheat with crops such as foxtail millet, sorghumsudan, sudangrass or a full-season cover crop.

For more information on selecting annual forages, visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/livestock/annualcover-crop-options-for-grazing-and-haying-in-the-northernplains.

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The time and money spent on chopping silage for feed does not go unnoticed, but if the pile isn’t covered, the loss of feed will be noticeable. Even after the silage is packed correctly, air and water can penetrate the outer layers and severely damage the quality and quantity of silage. Additionally, molds, mycotoxins, and fungi have a prime place to grow in uncovered silage.

Many studies at Kansas State University have reported a minimum three percent loss in dry matter from the top three feet of silage in uncovered silage bunkers compared to covered. Much like the last span of a pivot irrigates a large percentage of a field, the outer portion of a silage pile makes up a large portion of the pile. Covering with plastic will give about an 8:1 return on investment for the producer.

Silage should be covered as soon as possible with plastic.

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Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service beers like Golden Bobcat Pale Ale, which the As the Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Company brewery released in 2018 to help celebrate grew from a small Great Falls establishment to Call for details and pictures MSU’s 125th anniversary. one selling craft beer in 10 states, the company 208-494-4425 • Kooskia, ID According to Roberts, any Montana enterfaced a challenge common among Montana manufacturers: how to scale up its operations prise that’s in the business of making somewithout getting bogged down by debt and old thing stands to benefit from working with habits.

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Janice López-Muñoz, Agricultural Research Service If you feel you are in a continuous search to have a fire ant free home lawn, you are not alone. These invasive and common insect pests are difficult to control and come back as uninvited East Side Fairfield Bench • Vaughn, MT guests over and over.

The good news is that USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, recently discovered a new technology that is safer than pesticides to control fire ants and keep them away.

The technology, known as “receptor interference” (RECEPTOR-i), disrupts the vital processes (e.g., feeding, digestion, and development) needed for fire ants to survive, resulting in a natural biological control strategy.

“The concept and procedure for RECEPTOR-i has been 397+/- acres, irrigated acres, pivot, barns, shop, developed over years,” said Man-Yeon Choi, Research Ento2 - homesteads, corrals, feedlot, spring, domestic well mologist at the ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon. “Now it is a proven technology that will $2,500,000 serve as a model for other pest management strategies such as #227PR for spotted wing drosophila, thrips and pest slugs.”

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by Biomolecules (https:// www.mdpi.com/2218273X/11/4/583), establishes how RECEPTOR-i technolWe are here to serve you. ogy uses the fire ants own We appreciate the opportunity cell components to target and screen for the small proteins to earn your business. needed to disrupt the insect’s vital processes resulting in negative effects on their survival. Using the insects own cells is key to the success of RECEPTOR-i, since those small proteins can be obtained within 2-3 weeks versus other pest control strategy approaches that take longer and are more expensive.

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NDSU Extension launches rural aging initiative

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News North Dakota State University has launched the Aging in Community (AIC) Project.

The AIC Project is an initiative to improve the quality of life for older adults who wish to stay in their rural homes and communities. NDSU Extension will work with community stakeholders in two rural communities to identify solutions to rural aging issues. The project will be piloted in the Lisbon area and rural Morton County.

The project is based on a successful model of communitybased care in rural North Dakota, called Community of Care, that has proven to help older adults live with autonomy and dignity. The Community of Care model will be adapted and/ or replicated in the two pilot communities and be evaluated for effectiveness, replicability and sustainability.

A project of this type is greatly needed in North Dakota, according to Jane Strommen, NDSU Extension gerontology specialist.

“North Dakota is faced with unique challenges in caring for and about its older residents,” she says. “Two-thirds of its counties are designated as frontier (less than six residents per mile). A documented shift of the state’s population from rural counties to urban areas has resulted in a higher proportion of older adults in small towns and sparsely populated locations.”

Between 2019 and 2029, the state’s population of people 65 and older is projected to increase by 32%. In contract, the working-age population (ages 20 to 64) is projected to decrease from 59% in 2016 to 55% in 2029, placing additional burdens on a critical workforce shortage.

In addition, the state’s budget has been impacted by slumping economies in its major industries: agriculture and oil production. The COVID-19 pandemic also has placed undue burdens on the state’s economy and its people.

“Assuring North Dakota is a good place to live and age well is a complex problem needing an integrated and collaborative solution,” Strommen says.

This initiative is supported in part by a $1.51 million, three-year grant from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

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Harvest-aid use in grain sorghum

By Sorghum Checkoff Agronomy Director Brent Bean, Ph.D. from the top of the head and progresses The use of harvest-aid products is a comdownward, so check the bottom of the head mon sorghum management practice in the for grain maturity. Be careful not to apply South and Mid-Atlantic States, though the a harvest-aid too early. Approximately 25 practice is used sparingly in the High Plains. percent of the kernels seed weight is filled The High Plains usually can rely on a hard the two weeks prior to reaching physifreeze to kill the plant and facilitate harvest.

Many of the new dryland sorghum hyological maturity. The grain is considered mature once hard starch has formed at the brids have more of the stay-green trait which base of the kernel where it is attached to the is great for post flowering drought tolerance panicle branches. A mature kernel will have but does slow down drying of leaves prior a black spot at its base. to harvest. The use of a harvest-aid will desAt maturity, the grain contains between iccate the green sorghum plant along with any weeds that may be present. Harvest-aids also prevent any late tillers from developing grain that could further delay harvest or result in high-moisture grain being delivered to the elevator. In addition, by using a harvest-aid, the grain sorghum can be harvested earlier — prior to wet conditions that may lead to moldy grain or even pre-harvest 25 and 30 percent moisture. A harvest-aid sprouting. And finally, harvest efficiency can be applied at this time. A common miscan be improved resulting in cleaner grain, conception is that a harvest-aid will speed especially under those conditions when the up the drying of the grain. This is not the sorghum heads are not sufficiently above the case. Harvest-aids will dry out leaves and top leaves of the plant. stalks but have very little impact on grain Three products are labeled as harvest-aids moisture. For this reason, most agronomists for use in grain sorghum: glyphosate, Aim® recommend that growers wait until the herbicide and sodium chlorate (Defol®). moisture content is below 20 percent before - Glyphosate is the most commonly used applying a harvest aid. Grain drying time product and will kill the sorghum plant as will depend on weather conditions. well as many weeds. The product works Another consideration in using a harvestslowly but does kill the plant, which means aid in sorghum is the presence of sugarcane the stalk begins to deteriorate. This deteaphids. Harvest-aids used alone have not rioration of the stalk can lead to lodging been shown to eliminate sugarcane aphids. if the sorghum is not harvested in a timely If the sorghum plant is desiccated or killed, fashion. Therefore, when using glyphosate, the sugarcane aphids eventually will leave. treat only the number of acres that can be But, by that time, the window for a timely harvested within a few days of the sorghum harvest may be past. If sugarcane aphids being desiccated or killed. The labeled preare present, it is best to apply an insecticide harvest interval is 14 days. along with the harvest-aid to eliminate - Aim herbicide sometimes is mixed with aphids and facilitate a timely and efficient glyphosate to facilitate the control of mornharvest. Since sugarcane aphids only need ing glory and other vine-type weeds. to be controlled for a short period of time, - Sodium chlorate is popular among use the lowest labeled rate of product. growers who are producing sorghum for For more information see the excellent seed production since there is no risk of the publication from Dr. Josh Lofton at Okproduct moving into the seed and potentially State: Using Harvest Aids in Grain Sorghum hurting germination. Sodium chlorate is a Production (https://extension.okstate.edu/ quick-acting contact product that dries out fact-sheets/using-harvest-aids-in-grainthe plant rather than killing it. If this product sorghum-production.html). A second article is used, growers should be prepared to harthat provides additional information was vest the crop quickly, prior to any regrowth prepared by Dr. Erick Larson at Mississippi that may occur.

State: When is it Safe to Apply a Harvest Aid Keep in mind that harvest-aid products do in Sorghum (https://www.mississippi-crops. not speed the maturity process of the grain. com/2021/08/07/when-is-it-safe-to-apply-aApply a harvest-aid only after the grain has harvest-aid-to-sorghum/). reached maturity. Grain sorghum matures

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Two strange coincidences

A Leap of Faith Makes a Life-long Dream Come True for Two Hi-Line Ranchers

By Lyndsay Bruno For first-time ranchers Mark and Tammy Copenhaver, every day is a learning experience and a lesson in communication. It took 30 plus years to fulfill their dream, and with nearly a year of ranching under their belt, it’s been a wild ride. Tammy is from the High-Line, and Mark was born and raised in the area. They made a life in Helena, MT, for the past three decades, where they raised their two girls Jeri and Jacki. Tammy worked for Mountain-Pacific Quality Health most recently and Mark for Veteran Affairs. In 2020 they left the city life behind and purchased a ranch in Hingham, MT near Gildford. from Roger and Mabel Lincoln. Mark is a distant cousin of Mabel’s. Roger was a farmer and crop sprayer. The call sign for Roger’s grass landing strip was 12MT. Looking for a way to honor Roger’s legacy and preserve the history of the land, they named the property 12MT ranch. Mark and Tammy purchased a herd of Black Angus on Facebook Marketplace, and nearly overnight, they became cattle ranchers.”Ranching has its trials and tribulations. In retirement, I was going after no commitments and no responsibility, and what I got was cows, horses, dogs, and kids. There is a lot of good with the lifestyle. The cows are the fun part. We are getting better at communication. If ranching does anything, it teaches you patience. After 30 years of marriage, we are still learning that.”

Any rancher will tell you that the learning process is constant, and for firsttime ranchers, each day brings new challenges. They have learned about breeding techniques, soil health, branding, and the role of cover crops for fall and winter grazing. Some tasks like branding are a family affair, but Mark and Tammy are the heart and soul of the operation. They both expected their lives would change with the transition, but neither one could have imagined what would come next.

Tammy has undergone mammograms for years. In 2006/2007, doctors detected a lump in her right breast. Fast forward to July 2020, and the lump had grown by two millimeters. The growth prompted doctors to schedule a biopsy.

In March of this year, Tammy was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.

In 2021 it is estimated 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S. “When I got the diagnosis, it was a shock; it was a hit,” said Tammy. “By the time I had the results, I had worked through and already processed a lot. Literally, within an hour of finding out I had breast cancer, I contacted a provider friend. I was resolute in what I was going to do.

I was called back for so many ultrasounds that I told Mark if it happens, I am having a mastectomy.”

Eighty-five percent of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. This was true in Tammy’s case. She underwent genetic testing after her brother was diagnosed with cancer. Tammy’s brother would lose his battle with cancer this year, which was devastating to the family.

Tammy’s process from diagnosis to treatment happened very quickly. “Once you have a diagnosis and treatment, they like to have it all occur within a sixweek window.” The following weeks were met with a barrage of appointments and preparation for surgery. “I had the mindset that when my doctors told me to worry, I would worry. I didn’t lay awake at night worrying. I had faith in my providers.”

Tammy had the mastectomy in Bozeman. The recovery took about six weeks. In mid-September, Tammy underwent a successful reconstruction and is back on the ranch recovering. To her relief, cancer has not spread to her lymph nodes. And fortunately, she is not a candidate for chemotherapy at this time. She will be on a five-year treatment of hormone blockers to prevent reoccurrence.

Mark and Tammy move forward during the diagnosis and treatment, busy with ranch life learning by trial and error. NRCS has helped them learn about soil health and a few practices to implement to enhance the soil with rotational grazing and cover crops. They incorporated corn into the grazing rotation and learned it’s best to mix the cover crop with hay and native forage.”We are first-time, first-year, first-generation ranchers. I recommend seeking out mentors in the industry and building a relationship with your veterinarian. Seek, listen and use their advice for herd health. Those relationships are invaluable. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.”

Mark works sun up to sun down, building the property’s infrastructure. Tammy continues to recover from surgery and manages the day-to-day administrative duties until she can be working the land with Mark. They have their sights set on passing down the ranch to their daughters. “You always want the next generation to have this, and it is our dream to make that happen.”

Tammy has chronicled both her journey with breast cancer and ranching fearlessly on the 12MT Ranch Facebook page.”The parallels of the ranch and the cancer are certainly there. I didn’t worry as much about cancer because when you build a ranch from the ground up, you have a whole lot of things to think about and do.”

Tammy has an oncologist at Sletten Cancer Institute in Havre and has been very impressed with the level of care. She says one key to her recovery was communicating with all her providers through the online patient portal. “Access to rural healthcare can be challenging, but no matter your zip code, make your health a priority. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As much as mammograms are a pain in the rear for every woman, it’s the whole reason I am here.”

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The King and I: On July 28, 1900, King Umberto l of Italy and his wife, Margherita, visited a restaurant and found that the owner, also named Umberto, bore a striking resemblance to the king. It gets even weirder: The two men were both born on March 14, 1844. The restaurant owner’s wife’s name was also Margherita, and the restaurant’s opening and the king’s inauguration had both occurred on the same day. The day after that strange dinner the restaurant owner was shot dead. So was Umberto l.

The long way home: Charles Coghlan was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1841. He became a successful stage actor and toured the world, but he always considered Prince Edward Island his home. In 1899, during an appearance on Galveston Island, Texas, he fell ill and died, and was buried in a Galveston cemetery. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck Galveston, washing away most of the town and swamping all the cemeteries.

Seven year later, a fisherman from Prince Edward Island noticed a large box in the water. He towed it to shore, chipped off the barnacles, and discovered the coffin of Charles Coghlan, beloved native son. It had floated into the Gulf of Mexico, been caught by the West Indian current, carried into the Gulf Stream, and deposited on the shore only a few miles from his birthplace.

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The MIWW competition is open to all ages that sew, knit or crochet garments with wool fabric or wool GFX-350 GFX-750 yarn. The categories are Preteen (12 and under); JuCHOOSE YOUR RECIEVER nior (13-16); Senior (17-24); Adult (age 25 and older); and Made for Others. Ages IN STOCK IN STOCK are determined as of January 1, 2021.

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Why is it important to increase genetic diversity in crops?

Answered by Tommy Carter, retired USDA present in the landraces.

Variety is the spice of life! Having mulSoybean provides a good example retiple varieties of a certain produce to pick garding the insufficient diversity in modern from is the result of crop breeding. Whether varieties. Farmers domesticated soybean it’s creating varieties of crops that are disperhaps five thousand years ago in central ease resistant, easier to grow, or simply taste China. These seeds spread through most of better, crop breeding is beneficial to us all Asia via caravans with population migraBut many of today’s crop varieties are tion. Adapting soybean to local conditions too closely related, which make it difficult as soybean spread slowly over Asia, ancient to produce new varieties. Blogger Tommy farmers selected out more than 10,000 diCarter explains the importance of increasing verse varieties from domestication to the genetic diversity in crops in this Sustainpresent. Many of these are now preserved able, Secure Food blog. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Most of us have a favorite variety of China in seed banks. apple. ‘Honey Crisp’ is Carter’s new faAlthough the thousands of old Asian vorite because, as the name implies, the soybean landraces are genetically diverse, taste is super sweet, and the bite is crunchy. modern U.S varieties are not. In the process For apple pies, Carter prefers the more tart of developing modern soybean varieties for Granny Smith. It stands up to baking better.

U.S. farmers, the first generations of U.S. Carter also has other favorite varieties soybean breeders (~1930-1990) essentially from the garden – Silver Queen for corn ignored genetic diversity. They instead foon the cob, German Johnson tomatoes for cused on adapting soybean for mechanical sandwiches, Candor peaches and Charleston farming. Hundreds of new varieties were Gray watermelons for eating on hot summer released to U.S. farmers in a successful afternoons. They are so good! Varieties reendeavor to improve productivity, but these ally do make a difference. varieties were not very diverse, genetically So, how do we get new varieties? Behind speaking. the scenes, plant breeders develop new vaToday, U.S. soybean breeding programs rieties every day. Just as one might breed a are widely recognized as limited by insufnew variety of dog, such as the cockapoo, ficient genetic diversity. Breeding progress these scientists breed new plant varieties in slowed, and the reasons are twofold: labs, greenhouses, and test fields.

• The first is that only seventeen ancestors One reason to breed new varieties is (among thousands available) account for to create our ‘farmers market’ favorites.

86% of the collective parentage in modern But breeders also create an array of new U.S. soybean. Seventeen is a small number varieties in non-garden crops as diverse when one considers that eighty million acres as soybean, pine trees, and lawn grasses. of soy are grown in the United States.

New varieties may taste sweeter if they are • The second reason is that the diversity fruits or vegetables. Or they may be more in this initial narrow genetic base has been nutritious, resist pests, and perhaps just reduced further as a victim of its own sucgrow better. But they are born and bred for cessful breeding. That is, early modern varione purpose – to increase food security and eties by their popular nature dominated 20th to make us healthier and happier with our century breeding programs. Genetic bottlefood choices. necks resulted which severely constricted What does genetic diversity have to do following soybean breeding to the present. with variety development? The answer is This effect is known as genetic drift. that the genetic basis for new varieties is Two landmark soybean USDA cultivars, found in old varieties. Food crops have Lee and Forrest, in the southern US offer pedigrees just like people. We all come from prime examples of this problem. They were somewhere, ancestrally speaking! released in the 1950s and 70s. Their superior It turns out that we have lots of old agronomics and popularity on the farm led varieties that farmers have developed for to their heavy use as parental stocks for millennia. Long before Darwin and Menbreeding during the following decades. del, farmers domesticated wild plants and The result was a new generation of progcontinued improving them by selecting out eny (soybean “children”) that were highly desirable types (landraces) as they popped related not only to the landmark varieties up. They did so each growing season as Lee and Forrest, but to each other as well. people and crops slowly spread across reAlthough they performed well in the field, gions and continents. these “brother and sister” soybeans were During this long process, ancient farmers not good mating stock for producing new selected out thousands of new landraces. varieties. The term inbreeding is often used These ancient landraces created collectively to describe this effect in animal breeding, a wealth of genetic diversity in our crop and the term applies here as well. plants that is preserved today. In fact, old Short-term gains made in developing Lee varieties are reservoirs for hundreds of imand Forrest, thus, came at the expense of portant genes and alleles now used by modlong-term progress. Diversity, the basis for ern plant breeders in variety development. new progress, was lost. But a new plan from Although our large collections of farmerthe USDA-ARS, known as the 301 Plan, selected millennia-old landraces are diverse, has the goal to restore diversity to applied the relatively small group of modern varibreeding programs. Science in the 301 Plan eties derived from them are much less so. results in new, unique breeding lines which Modern honing of new varieties to increase have diverse pedigrees and genetics. yields and farming efficiencies has led to A new release of soybean “USDAfewer types of varieties planted and harN6004” is part of that effort.* Breeders crevested. ated USDA-N6004 soybean by hybridizing This loss of diversity in our current fields of USDA cultivar “NC-Roy” and Japanese and gardens has real consequences. Modern cultivar “Blue Side.” Blue Side is a vegvarieties are often too uniform genetically etable (edamame) soybean that comes from speaking for good agricultural health. That’s outside the U.S.’s genetic base. Japanese because many new varieties are too closely germplasm generally is not well represented related – like cousins or siblings. This unias parental stock in U.S. breeding. Thus, formity makes them less useful as breeding Japan appears to be a rich untapped source stock in current breeding efforts because they have lost useful genes which are still CONTINUED ON PAGE C27

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When the cat’s away… millions die When the Black Plague devastate Europe in the 14th century many people assumed it was caused by witchcraft. And cats, with their glowing eyes and night-prowling habits, were thought to be tools of witches Result: Thousands of cats (and several women thought to be witches) were slaughtered.

Irony alert: Scientists later determined that the plague was transmitted by fleas that lived on rats. Had all those cats not been slaughtered, they might have been alive to kill all those rats, which could have vastly reduced the death toll of approximately 30 million people.

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Why is it important to increase genetic diversity in crops?

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of diverse genes for future U.S. soybean breeding.

The story of this new soybean provides a good case study that illustrates why genetic diversity is important in developing new varieties. Old landrace varieties provide the diversity that makes new varieties possible.

Moving forward with the 301 Plan will increase the diversity of our soybean crops. This should lead to new soybean varieties that are less closely related, more productive and more resistant to disease and changing weather. USDA and other agricultural research teams are fixing the problem of insufficient genetic diversity by going back to landrace varieties developed by ancient farmers and using them as parental stock. The USDA maintains well over 100,000 stocks and landraces for use in breeding. *When new varieties of plants are certified by the USDA, they receive an official registration number. Some breeders then choose to name their variety with a more common name, such as “Lee” and “Forrest” soybean mentioned in this blog.

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4-H consumer decision making contest

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Teams from Cass County took first place in both age divisions of the 2021 North Dakota 4-H consumer decision making contest.

The Cass County team of Elsa Axtman, Linnea Axtman, Nolan Severance and Aubrey Delaney placed first in the senior division. The team will represent North Dakota 4-H in the national consumer decision making contest in 2022.

Cass County’s junior team of McKenna Mohs, Nora Severance, Grace Burchill and Ethan Richard took first place in the junior division.

These teams were among 74 youth who participated in the contest, which was held during the North Dakota State Fair in Minot. Forty-two competed in the junior division and 32 competed in the senior division.

The contest is designed to educate youth about making better consumer decisions. This year, the youth judged classes of boots, portable speakers and yogurts, and gave oral reasons for why they placed the items in a certain order in some of the classes.

In addition to judging the classes, the junior and senior teams participated in a group think component. Each 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.

“Decision making, communication and teamwork are important life skills that youth gain from participating in the consumer decision making contest,” says Meagan Hoffman, a youth development specialist in North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development.

Nine teams competed in the senior division and 11 teams competed in the junior division.

Other teams placing in the senior division were: • Second - Stark-Billings/Dunn counties, with team members Faith Norby, Kacee Wasem, Michaela Mitchell and Desmond Cain • Third - Barnes County, with team members Allison Bryn, Kaidence Harstad and Alyssa Thomsen Other teams placing in the junior division were: • Second - Dunn County, with team members Tessa Dvorak, Clover Norby, Audrey Dvorak and Landry Dvorak • Third - Grand Forks County, with team members Amy Draxton, Michael Komprood, Rachel Draxton and Caroline Dudden Elsa Axtman from the Cass County team was the top scoring senior individual, and Aubrianna Staloch from Williams County was the top scoring junior individual.

The North Dakota 4-H Foundation sponsors this contest.

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Steer-A-Year program seeks donations for 2021-22 academic year

From MSU News Service Association and the Montana Farm Bureau Montana State University’s (MSU) SteerFederation, allowing for additional networkA-Year program (http://animalrange.montana.edu/clubs.html) is seeking donations ing and learning opportunities. of young cattle and feed for the 2021-22 Steer-A-Year students raised 36 steers duracademic year. ing the 2020-21 academic year, all of which A student program in MSU’s College of were purchased by Culinary Services.

Agriculture combining academic courses with “In addition to benefitting our students, hands-on, technical experience, Steer-A-Year producers who donate steers to the program exposes students to the variety of elements receive a lot of powerful information that they involved in raising cattle. Students spend the can use to benefit their operations,” said Carl academic year feeding and managing steers, Yeoman, head of the Department of Animal caring for them through the winter and spring, and Range Sciences. “Students caring for the collecting data on feed efficiency and weight cattle provide these producers regular reports gain, and studying livestock marketing. on their donated animal’s growth and health, “This program is a huge benefit to our as well as detailed information about meat students because it allows many of them the quality after the steers are harvested.” first hands-on experience raising cattle that Awards are given annually to the producer they’ve ever had,” said Hannah DelCurtowho donated the best initial feeder steer, the Wyffels, the program’s adviser and an instrucsteer with the top rate of gain, the steer with the best feed efficiency and the steer that tor in the Department of Animal and Range produces the best carcass.

Sciences. “Through Steer-A-Year, they are “The relationships created through this proable to gain a well-rounded and comprehensive knowledge of the cattle industry, which gram are invaluable,” said DelCurto-Wyffels. helps prepare them for future careers.”

“It’s such a joy to see our students interacting Donated steers are housed at the Bozeman with producers across the state and to watch Agriculture Research and Teaching Farm. Afthem learn from each other. The generosity of our supporters is truly what makes this ter being cared for by the students through the program possible.” academic year, the cattle are sold annually to DelCurto-Wyffels said that before donaMSU’s Culinary Services, where the meat is served in both on-campus dining halls, Miller tion, calves should be weaned, castrated and and Rendezvous. dehorned and should weigh 500-800 pounds.

Proceeds from those sales support travel The ideal pickup period for calves is the first and other costs for various student teams and two weeks of November. Those interested in clubs in the College of Agriculture, as well donating steers or feed, providing financial as funding trips for students to meet with support or learning more about the Steer-Acommodity groups and industry professionYear program can contact DelCurto-Wyffels at 406-994-3752 or hannah.delcurto@monals, such as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the Montana Stockgrowers tana.edu.

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2019 John Deere S790, 540 engine/371 separator, IF520 duals, Combine Advisor, Active Yield, 28.5-ft. unload auger, power folding tops, premium residue system, complete GPS, extended warranty 6/2022 or 750 hours. Stock #73398............................ $427,000 (14)

#73376

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#69030

2017 John Deere S680, Premium cab with leather, Contour Master, fore and aft adjust 2630 with AutoTrac activation, 3000 receiver, TriStream rotor, 26-ft. unloading auger, power folding tops, fine cut chopper, 792 engine hours, 583 separator hours. Stock #69030....$330,000 (3) 2017 John Deere S680, 970 engine/655 separactor, Contour Master, IF520/85R42 duals, 750/65R26 rear tires, PowerCast tailboard, powerfold grain tank, 26-ft. unload auger, TriStream rotor, complete GPS system, extended warranty 10/2022 or 1500 hours. Stock #76897...$305,000 (14)

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2015 John Deere S680, 936 engine/618 separator, Contour Master, TriStream rotor, 26-ft. unload auger, Advanced PowerCast tailboard, 520/85R42 duals, 750/65R42 rear tires, complete GPS, extended warranty 6/2022 or 1750 hours. Stock #70512....... $259,000 (14) 2016 John Deere S680, 1232 engine/867 separator, Interactive Combine Adjust, TriStream rotor, powerfold grain tank, 26-ft. unload auger, Advanced PowerCast tailboard, IF800/70R38 drive tires, 750/65R26 rear tires, complete GPS. Stock #75741.................. $255,000 (12)

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2016 Case IH 8240, 1188 engine/817 separator, IF520/85R42 dual drive tires, VF600/70R28 rear tires, 26-ft. unload auger lateral tilt feederhouse, HID lighting, hydraulic fold grain tank and cover.

Stock #71959.................... $235,000 (3) 2011 John Deere 9870STS 3315 engine/2215 separator hours, 2WD, dual 520/85R42, ProDrive transmission, Contour Master (lateral tilt feederhouse), PowerCast tailboard, 26-ft. unloading auger, Premier cab. Very nice unit. Local machine. Stock #74294........ $102,500 (2) 2007 John Deere 9860, 2739 engine/ 2032 separator hours, level land feederhouse with fixed speed drive, Premium header control package, fine cut chopper with chaff spreader, 22-ft. Hi-Cap unload auger, 30.5LR-32 tires. Stock #72605................................ $83,500 (3)

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2017 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, no till drill. Pro-Series openers installed spring of 2021, spoked gauge wheels, all run blockage, 430 tow between cart, no section control, 10” auger. Stock #77867................. ...............................................$235,000 (14)

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2019 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, 828 acres, all run blockage, Pro-Series openers, narrow gauge wheels, C850 4 tank scales, Section Command, dual 850/75R42 rear. Stock #63019.................$499,000 (14) 2018 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, Intelligent Ag All Run Blockage, crumbler closing wheel, spoked narrow gauge wheels, 90 Series opener, 430 bushel tow between cart with 12” KSI conveyor. Stock #72872........... ................................................$257,500 (14)

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2014 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, single shoot, Intelligent Ag All Run Blockage, 550 bushel tow behind 1910 cart hydraulic drive, spoked gauge wheels, Section Command, KSI conveyor, 1100/55R46 rear cart tires, 33,062 acres. Stock #70581............................................. $199,000 (1) 2012 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, John Deere All Run Blockage, single shoot, 430 bushel tow between cart with mechanical drive. Stock #75416................. $145,000 (12) 2010 John Deere 1890, 42-ft., 7.5” spacing, narrow solid gauge wheels, smooth closing wheel, All Run Intelligent Ag Blockage, 350 bushel tow behind cart. Stock #77025.......... ..................................................$84,500 (14) 2003 John Deere 1820, 61-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, 1” knives, all run blockage on seed only, 3” steel press wheels, 270 tow between cart. Stock #76356......... $39,500 (11)

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2006 John Deere 1820, 60-ft., 10” spacing, 4 rank, 5 section, John Deere 1910 tow behind 430 bushel cart, variable rate, 1” carbide openers, single shoot, 4” steel packers, 62,816 acres. Stock #76621.......$43,500 (1) 2011 Seedhawk 6612, 66-ft. 12” spacing, double shoot, 500 bushel tow behind variable rate cart, 2500 gallon liquid tow between fertilizer cart, dual fan, double shoot, hydraulic controlled swing auger, Honda/Pacer load pump, 3” semi-pneumatic press wheels, 20,000 acres. Stock #58822.......$90,000 (1) Case IH Precision Hoe 800, 50-ft. 10” spacing, Primary Blockage, semi-pneumatic press wheels. Never been in the ground. Stock #56487...................................... $52,000 (11) 2005 Bourgault 5710/3225, 42-ft. 7.5” spacing, SS, 1” points, narrow steel press wheels, no blockage, 225 bushel tow between cart, 50,000 acres. Stock #77435.......$26,500 (1)

2019 John Deere 9620RX, 18/6 PowerShift, 36” Durabilt 3500 tracks, 5 SCVs, premium light package, radar, complete GPS system, 550 hours. Extended warranty through 10/2022 or 1500 hours.

Stock #73199.................. $495,000 (14) 2018 John Deere 9620RX, 18/6 PowerShift, 36” Durabilt 3500 tracks, 6 SCVs, PTO, no 3-point, Active Command steering, complete GPS system, extended warranty 11/2022 or 1500 hours, 749 hours. Stock #73321.. $492,500 (4) 2018 John Deere 9620RX, 620 hp tractor with 30” track spacing, 18 forward/6 reverse speeds with Efficiency Manager, John Deere Active Command steering, (ACS) StarFire 6000 receiver, CommandView III cab with cab suspension, premium radio package, dual hydraulic pump, six rear remote SCVs ElectroHydraulic (EH) controls, 1000 rpm (20-spline) PTO, Cat 5 drawbar, 1316 hours. Stock #76310....... $432,500 (12) 2018 John Deere 9620RX, cab, 18/6 PowerShift, 36” Durabilt 3500 tracks (with standard mid rollers) 6 SCVs, no 3-point, 1000 PTO, premium radio, premium CommandView III cab with suspension, premium lighting, leather seat, tow cable, complete GPS system, extended warranty, 597 hours. Stock #77146.............................. $492,500 (1)

1997 Case IH 9350, 310 hp, Synchro transmission, 20.8x38 tires with duals (60% front and rear) Firestone tires, Cummins engine, low hours, no GPS. Stock #76100.................... $60,000 (15)

2020 John Deere 9520R, 18/6 PowerShift, IF800/55R46 tires, 4 SCVs, PTO, complete GPS system, 8500 lb weight package, 515 hours. Extended warranty through 2/2023 or 1500 hours. Stock #73200............................ $440,000 (14) 2019 John Deere 9470RX,18/6 PowerShift, 30” Duradrive 3500 tracks, 4 SCVs, PTO, deluxe light package, premium cab, complete GPS system, 459 hours. Stock #69880....... $457,500 (14) 2020 John Deere 9470R, 470 hp, LSW800 duals, standard cab with LED lights, PTO, 18 speed PowerShift with Efficiency Manager, heavy weight package, 4600 display with premium activation and extended monitor, 6000 receiver (SFI), 4 remotes, power beyond and load sense for air drills. Stock #75184... ......................................... $390,000 (12) 1984 John Deere 8450 with Synchro tranmission, 3 hydraulics, 18.4.38 tires with duals, rears 75%, fronts 20%, 4998 true hours. Stock #75576......... $36,500 (12) 1996 John Deere 8870, 4WD, 370 hp, Synchro transmission, Trimble Guidance, 3 hydraulics, 24.5-32 tires with duals (30%). Stock #75407.................... ........................................... $45,000 (12) 2013 New Holland T9615, includes GPS (262 receiver, Nav II controller) 16 speed powershift, 36” tracks, 6 SCVs, no 3-point, no PTO, standard hydraulic flow (40 gpm), cab suspension, 4 HID lights, active seat, differential lock.

Stock #74546.................. $199,000 (12)

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2013 John Deere 7280R, 280 hp, cab, IVT, MFWD, triple link suspension, 3-point hitch, dual speed PTO, 5 SCVs, 59 gallon pump, AMS-display receiver, 710/785R42 single rear tires. Stock #77520............................ $145,000 (15) 2005 John Deere 7820, 172 hp, 746 loader, bucket and grapple, 16 speed PowrQuad transmission dual rear tires 18.4x42, 3-point hitch, dual speed PTO, 3 SCVs, 9565 hours. Stock #77617....... ............................................$84,900 (11) 2019 John Deere 8320R, 320 hp, MFWD with ILS, IVT transmission, 1000 PTO, SF6000 receiver-4500 display, CommandView III cab, RH reverser, 85 gpm hydraulic pump, 5 SCVs, Cat 4N-3, 3-point hitch with quick coupler, 480/80R-50 rear tires with duals, 420/85R-34 front tires, 200 lb. front weights and 3300 lb. rear weights.

Stock #73258.................. $325,000 (15) 2007 John Deere 8430T PowerShift transmission, 25” tracks, wide spacing, 42 gpm hydraulic pump, 4 SCVs, deluxe comfort cab, front and rear HID lights, 3-point, PTO, dual beam radar, 22 front weights, 5653 hours. Stock #73428....... ........................................... $93,000 (15) 2020 John Deere 8345RT, IVT transmission, RH reverser, Cold Start, 25” 6500 Series track on standard spacing, standard mid rollers, 6000 receiver with SF3 & RTK ready premium cab with suspension, 4600 dual display and premium activation, LED lights, 5 remotes, 60 gpm hydraulic pump, 20,000 lb. 3-point hitch, 22 front weights, 10 front frame weights. Stock #73197.... $367,500 (15) 2007 Massey-Ferguson, 215 hp, cab, 1090 NSL loader with 8-ft. bucket and 5-tine grapple, 21F/18R powershift transmission, LHR, 4 rear SCVs, 3-point, large 1000 and small 1000 PTO (no 540), radar, buddy seat, 420/80R46 duals = 70%, 380/85R30 front Goodyear tires = 60%, 1800 lb. total cast rear weights. Stock #78349...... $62,500 (14) 2019 John Deere 6155M, 155 hp, MFWD, 20/20 Command Quad+ standard cab, economy seat, 3 SCVs, 520/85R38 rear tires, 4208/85R28 front tires, cold start package, 114 L/min hydraulic pump, 660R loader/grapple, 660R SN:1P0660RXTKC003675, GreenStar Ready Warranty to May 2022 or 1500 hours. Stock #78332......... $138,900 (1)

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Stock #69560.................... $447,500 (1) 2018 John Deere R4045, 132-ft. carbon fiber booms, ExactApply, front fill, auto solution control, 5 sensor boom leveling, 20” spacing, VF 420/95R50 tires, extended warranty 3/2022 or 2000 hours. Stock #74434....... $425,000 (12) 2016 John Deere R4038, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, auto solution command system, VF380/90R46 tires, BoomTrac pro, boom air purge, complete GPS system, 1882 hours. Stock #74923.$227,500 (1)

2009 John Deere 4830, 100-ft. boom, 20” spacing, 1000 gallon SS tank, no BoomTrac, standard pump, No eductor, traction control, hydraulic tread adjustment, 380/105R50 (85%), includes GPS with activation. Stock #74518....$110,000 (1) Case IH Patriot 4440, 120-ft. boom with Aim Command Pro, 620 float tires, 1200 gallon SS tank and plumbing, 372 receiver, Pro 700 display, navigation controller, Auto Boom height, front fill. Stock #73404............................ $247,500 (14) 2011 Case IH Patriot 4420, 120-ft. boom, 20” spacing, 1200 gallon SS tank, 650/65R38 tires, AIM Command, full GPS. Stock #71958........... $104,000 (2)

#74435 2018 John Deere R4045, 132-ft. carbon fiber, 20” spacing, ExactApply, 420/95R50 tires, auto solution command system, GPS, extended warranty 3/2022 or 2000 hours, 630 hours. Stock #74435.............................. $435,000 (4)

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2013 John Deere 4940, with 480/80R50 tires, high flow solution pump (15-200 gpm) stainless steel eductor system, 120-ft. boom, 20” spacing, SS plumbing, hydraulic tread adjust, 50 gallon foam marker, traction control, Xenon HID lights, RH and LH fence row nozzles, row crop fenders. Stock #78259..... ......................................... $150,000 (12) 2015 Apache AS1220, 100-ft. boom, boom leveling, poly tank, MidGuidance ready, Guidance Receiver, Guidance Display, 20” nozzle spacing, duals for rear, full Raven GPS, Raven Auto Height. Stock #76809............................$125,000 (12)

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Tractors

2014 New Holland T4.95 tractor, MFD, FEL under 500 hours.

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John Deere 650 grain cart........ ......................................$8500 Kinze 1040 grain cart, 1,000 bu capacity..................... $18,000

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USDA News Release new insurance plan that targets specialty The number of agricultural producers crops affected by a lack of viable public who purchase crop insurance for their speprice information. The plan’s key feature is cialty and organic crops continues to climb, that the coverage is based on the producer’s which the U.S. Department of Agriculture personal yield and revenue history, which (USDA) attributes to its work with producis a much more accurate and tailored insurers and agricultural groups in recent years ance guarantee for the producer. The plan to create new crop insurance options, to was originally available in several Florida expand and improve current options and to counties and was expanded to include Calisupport local food efforts. fornia counties for crop year 2022. RMA USDA’s Risk Management Agency developed PRH specifically for specialty (RMA) recently released reports on speand organic producers, to provide revenue cialty crops, organic crops, local food coverage similar to other non-organic field production and greenhouse production crops. (https://rma.usda.gov/en/Topics/SpecialtyBroadened or Improved Insurance Crops), which highlighted insurance options Options improvements for specialty crops, such as • WFRP: Beginning in the 2021 crop fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and horticulture year, direct market producers could report crops, as well as organic crops. Some imtwo or more commodities using a new comprovements were directed by the 2018 Farm bined direct marketing code. This reduced a Bill, while others resulted from producer tremendous burden for diversified producfeedback and research. ers. Direct market commodities are sold by “We recognize the necessity to adapt the farmer directly to the consumer, such as insurance options to meet agricultural prospecialty or organic crops sold at farmers ducers’ needs. Our work in recent years to markets. The 2018 Farm Bill directed this support specialty crop and organic producchange to WFRP. ers shows our commitment to America’s • Hemp: A multi-peril hemp insurance farmers and ranchers,” RMA Acting Adminprogram was made available in the 2020 istrator Richard Flournoy said. “Specialty crop year and was expanded this past year crop and organic producers play a pivotal to include more states and counties as well role in providing fresh, local and healthful as being better synced with other program, food and fiber to our nation.” reporting and billing dates.

From 1990 to 2020, liabilities for insured Pandemic Assistance specialty crops rose from $1 billion to more The pandemic created challenges for than $20 billion. producers to meet with their crop insurance Similarly, from 2010 to 2020, liabilities agent to report mandatory records, submit for insured organic crops rose from $207 applications, collect signatures and more. million to more than $1.7 billion, and the To assist, RMA provided several flexibilinumber of policies has more than doubled. ties, including one for organic producers, Additionally, RMA and third-party groups enabling them to report acreage as organic continue to refine existing policies and creas long as the organic certification was reate new ones where there are gaps. quested. RMA is making this a permanent New Insurance Options policy change, recognizing that it helps both • California Citrus Trees: Beginning organic producers and certifying agencies with the 2021 crop year, producers could because organic certification does not necinsure young trees – from planting to essarily coincide with crop insurance dates 4-years-old – against their biggest threats: and cycles. freeze, fire and lack of irrigation because Research and Other Initiatives of drought. This was a privately developed • Apples: RMA is proposing changes to product to help California citrus producers apple crop insurance to strengthen policy who have encountered unusual weather patlanguage and address vulnerabilities. This terns, including freezing temperatures that change is after review and feedback that damage young trees, over the past decade. began in 2018.

• Florida Citrus: Beginning with the • Greenhouse: RMA contracted a study 2022 crop year, producers can insure sevto determine the feasibility of insuring eral citrus commodities under this Actual production in a controlled environment Production History plan that offers several like a greenhouse. Based on the results of advantages over the existing Florida Citrus the study, RMA intends to work collaboraFruit Dollar Plan. This product provides tively with the contractor in developing a individualized coverage based on historical new inventory-based crop insurance prodyield instead of a state’s average value. It uct which establishes the guarantee based also provides more comprehensive coveron inventory values in the operation, like age for citrus fruit during the bloom phase RMA’s Nursery Value Select program. This until fruit forms on the tree and a simpler will be accomplished through a single-peril loss adjustment process and faster settlepolicy that covers disease, which the conment of claims. tractor determined to be the primary risk for • Hurricane Insurance Protection – controlled environment producers.

Wind Index (HIP-WI): Beginning with the • Guar: RMA is working with a con2020 hurricane season, producers could use tractor to gather data and develop a viable this new insurance plan to protect against program for guar, a drought-tolerant annual crop losses from hurricanes. HIP-WI is an legume that has historically been used for endorsement that attaches to certain poliboth food and feed. Today, the crop is pricies. HIP-WI was implemented for 70 crops, marily grown for the gum from its seeds, including 49 specialty crops, in the vicinwhich has several industrial and food proity of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic cessing applications. RMA expects to use Ocean, as well as Hawaii. 2020 was one of information gathered from the contractor the most active hurricane seasons on record, to develop a policy to be available for the making the new RMA-developed policy 2023 crop year. well timed. Over 17,000 policies provided • Local Foods: RMA contracted a study $649 million worth of protection with over to assess the feasibility of insuring local $187 million in indemnities. food production. The contractor provided • Production and Revenue History several recommendations to improve cover(PRH): Beginning in the 2021 crop year, Florida strawberry producers could use this CONTINUED ON PAGE C34

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(From left to right) Spencer Walahoski, Overton; and Emma Peterson, Gothenburg; were awarded belt buckles for winning the Elite Showmanship Contest at the Dawson County Fair. Peterson won first place and Walahoski took home the second place honors.

The Dawson County Elite Showmanship Contest took place following the completion of the 2021 County Fair livestock shows.

Winning first place and a belt buckle was Emma Peterson, daughter of Paul and Shannon Peterson of Gothenburg, Nebraska.

There is no Elite Showmanship Contest at the Nebraska State Fair.

Finishing in second place was Spencer Walahoski, son of Jared and Kristine Walahoski of Overton, Nebraska. Spencer also received a belt buckle.

The top two Senior Showmanship contestants from the feeder calf, beef, sheep, and swine shows came together to determine an elite showman. All eight contestants took a livestock knowledge test and then had their showmanship skills with swine, sheep, and beef, evaluated by judge Kyle Stewart, Agriculture Education teacher in University Park, Texas. Contestants were: Helene Keiser, and Emma Peterson, all of Gothenburg; Spencer Walahoski, Overton; Jacie Wolfinger, Lexington; Eli Boryca, Cozad; Mattison Beattie and Bart Beattie, of Sumner; and Gage Schledewitz, Oconto.

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More Information Specialty crop producers can learn more on RMA’s Specialty Crops webpage (https:// www.rma.usda.gov/Topics/SpecialtyCrops) or by contacting one of RMA’s specialty crop liaisons, who serve as point of contact for local specialty crop producers.

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4-H shooting sports still “draws” a crowd

By Bruce Treffer The beginning of the 2021 Dawson County Fair started with two days of Shooting Sports contests. There was a total of 54 youth in 29 divisions.

BB gun division These talented BB gun marksmen took home gold medals in their divisions. Junior division, the gold medal went to Tenleigh Roberts (Lexington). Intermediate gold went to Kipley Kuecker (Lexington). Senior division saw Emma Luther (Overton) clinching the gold.

Silver medals were awarded to Bristol Kubert (Johnsons Lake) in the junior division; Nevaeh Sauer (Lexington) in the intermediate division; and Sarah Treffer (Cozad) in the senior division.

Bronze medals went to Mathias Pepplitsch (Lexington) in the junior division; Abbi Sutton (Lexington) in the intermediate division; and Kalli Sutton (Lexington) for the senior division.

Ribbons in the BB Gun Division were awarded as follows: Junior Division – Purple: Tenleigh Roberts (Lexington), Bristol Kubert (Johnsons Lake), Mathias Pepplitsch (Lexington), Griffin Owens (Lexington), Leah Sauer (Lexington), and Dylanger Schledewitz (Oconto). Blues: Mason Schaaf (Lexington), Mickailee Reil (Overton), Stephine Meininger (Sumner), Mollie Spradlin (Cozad), and Levi Martin (Lexington). Reds: Mia Scoville (Sumner), Charlie Baker (Cozad), and Amelia Pepplitsch (Lexington).

Intermediate Division – Purples: Kipley Kuecker (Lexington), Nevaeh Sauer (Lexington), and Abbi Sutton (Lexington). Blues: Sophia Burns (Cozad), Parker Walahoski (Overton), Dustyn Sullers (Lexington), and Ellie Scoville (Sumner). Red: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad).

Senior Division – Purples: Emma Luther (Overton) and Sarah Treffer (Cozad). Blues: Kalli Sutton (Lexington), Addison Luther (Overton). and Kylie Sellers (Lexington).

Air rifle division In the Junior Division – Wesley Thompson (Lexington) received the gold medal and a purple ribbon. The silver medal and a purple ribbon was awarded to Kylee Kubert (Johnsons Lake).

In the Intermediate Division, gold medalist and purple ribbon winner was Ryan Fitzgerald (Lexington).

In the Senior Division, a gold medal and purple ribbon was awarded to Gage Schledewitz (Oconto).

Air pistol division In the Junior Division – Wesley Thompson (Lexington) scored a 180 but because of a weather-related event one of the competitors in this division didn’t finish so the results are pending.

Intermediate Division – Ryan Fitzgerald (Lexington) won the gold medal and a purple ribbon. Parker Walahoski (Overton) received the silver medal and a purple ribbon followed by Rieker Spradlin (Cozad) with a bronze and blue ribbon. Jaelynn Roberts (Lexington) also earned a blue ribbon and Dustyn Sellers (Lexington) took home a red ribbon.

There were no participants in the Senior Division.

Shotgun In a separate exhibition held earlier at the Cozad Gun Club, shotgun participants took aim and resulted in these winners. In the Senior Division Cole Atkinson (Gothenburg) earned the gold medal ad purple ribbon and Gage Andersen (Gothenburg) won the silver medal and blue ribbon. There were no other participants.

Small bore rifle Junior Division – Kylee Kubert (Johnsons Lake) won the gold medal and purple ribbon. Wesley Thompson (Lexington) also earned a purple ribbon and silver medal.

Intermediate Division – Clayton Scoville (Sumner) took home the gold medal and purple ribbon. Ryan Fitzgerald (Lexington) received the silver medal and purple ribbon, and Braden Bender (Lexington) won the bronze medal and another purple. The rest of the purple ribbon winners in this division were: Rieker Spradlin (Cozad), Preston Beattie (Sumner), Parker Walahoski (Overton), and Dustyn Sellers (Lexington).

Senior Division – Bart Beattie (Sumner) was the only participant in this division and earned the gold medal and purple ribbon.

Archery division There are five different areas of archery competition: Basic Bow, Freestyle Limited Recurve, Freestyle Limited, Freestyle and Bow Hunter Freestyle.

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Cereal: Named after Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture.

Atlas: One of the Greek Titans banished by Zeus when they sided with his son against him. Atlas was condemned to carry the world on his shoulders. That scene was popular with early mapmakers, who regularly put it on the covers of their books of maps. The books themselves eventually became known as atlases.

Panic: Named after the Greek God Pan, who was believed to howl and shriek in the middle of the night. Greeks who heard these noises often panicked.

Hygiene: Inspired by Hygeia, the Greek goddess of good health.

Panacea: The Roman goddess who cures diseases.

Tantalize: Tantalus was a Greek king who was punished by the other gods for trying to deceive them. He was forced to stand in a pool of water up to his chin, but when he lowered his head to drink, the water receded just out of reach.

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2014 Case TR270 700 hours, very good condition........................ $45,000 2005 Case IH RB562 round baler, only 8500 bales, net and twine........ $8900 2009 Case IH RB564 round, net & twine, 10,500 bales, consigned........$18,500

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Barebow Junior Division – Mathias Pepplitsch’s (Lexington) keen eye landed him the gold medal. The silver went to Wesley Thompson (Lexington), and the bronze to Griffin Owens (Lexington). Purple: Mathias Pepplitsch (Lexington), Wesley Thompson (Lexington), Griffin Owens (Lexington), Rieker Spradlin (Cozad), Charlie Baker (Cozad), and Leah Sauer (Lexington). Blue: Tenleigh Roberts (Lexington) and Brilyn Peterson (Gothenburg). Red: Mollie Spradlin (Cozad), Elijah Graves (Cozad), Amelia Pepplitsch (Lexington), Levi Martin (Lexington), and Kollyn Nichols (Eddyville).

Intermediate Division – Gold medal went to Parker Walahoski (Overton) with a purple ribbon. The silver to Kipley Kuecker (Lexington) and also a purple ribbon, and the bronze to Rieker Spradlin (Cozad). Abbi Sutton (Lexington) also earned a purple ribbon. The blue-ribbon winners were Nevaeh Sauer (Lexington), Ryan Fitzgerald (Lexington), Greta Rickertsen (Lexington), Sophia Burns (Cozad), and Ashlyn Peterson (Gothenburg). Red: Jaelynn Roberts (Lexington) and Zachary Kopf (Lexington).

Senior Division – The gold medal was awarded to Kalli Sutton (Lexington), silver to Grace Ratkovec (Cozad), and the bronze to Emma Luther (Overton). Reds: Kalli Sutton (Lexington), Grace Ratkovec (Cozad), Emma Luther (Overton), Addison Luther (Overton), and Sarah Treffer (Cozad).

Freestyle limited Junior Division – Karsyn Nichols (Ed) was rewarded with the gold medal and a purple ribbon. Stephine Meininger (Sumner) received the silver medal and a blue ribbon. The bronze went to Dylanger Schledewitz (Oconto) with a red ribbon. The other ribbon winner was Mia Scoville (Sumner) who earned a red placing.

Intermediate Division – Ellie Scoville (Sumner) received a gold medal and a red ribbon. Rilyn Schledewitz (Oconto) took home the silver medal and a red ribbon.

Senior Division – Gage Schledewitz (Oconto) took home the gold medal and a red ribbon.

Freestyle limited recurve Junior Division – Wesley Thompson (Lexington) earned the gold medal and purple ribbon.

Intermediate Division – Parker Walahoski (Overton) won the gold medal for this division and a purple ribbon.

Senior Division – The gold went to Kalli Sutton (Lexington) the silver to Grace Ratkovec (Cozad) and bronze to Kylie Sellers (Lexington). Purples: Kalli Sutton (Lexington) and Grace Ratkovec (Cozad). Red: Kylie Sellers (Lexington).

Freestyle Junior Division – Kylee Kubert (Johnsons Lake) took aim and hit the bullseye by taking home the gold medal and the purple ribbon.

Intermediate Division – Gold medal went to Preston Beattie (Sumner) and blue ribbon.

Senior Division – Gage Andersen Gothenburg) taking home the gold medal and a purple; with an impressive score of 150 out of possible 150. Bart Beattie (Sumner) earned the silver medal and a red ribbon.

Bowhunter freestyle Junior Division – Kylee Kubert (Johnsons Lake) received the gold medal and a purple ribbon. Bristol Kubert (Johnsons Lake) received the silver medal and a purple ribbon and Mickailee Reil (Overton) received a bronze medal and blue ribbon. Beckett Anderson (Gothenburg) and Mason Schaaf (Lexington) also earned blue ribbons.

Intermediate Division – Gold medal went to Dustyn Sellers (Lexington) and a blue ribbon.

Senior Division – Cole Atkinson (Gothenburg) received the gold medal, while Katelyn Hetz (Gothenburg) received the silver medal and Kylie Sellers (Lexington) won bronze.

Atkinson also earned a purple ribbon, Hetz went home with a blue ribbon and Sellers earned a red placing.

Dawson County 4-H leaders who are certified to teach shooting sports include Mike Wolff, Chris Wolff, Bret Tiller and Garth Andersen, all of Gothenburg; Daniel Kreis of Brady; Bill Scoville of Sumner and Dave Schledewitz of Oconto, Brent Graves of Cozad, Stacy Kubert of Johnson Lake, and Robert and Tina Thompson of Lexington.

The Chief Range Officer was Gage Crowell for BB gun; and Dave Schledewitz and Robert Thompson for archery.

Chris Wolff ran the Air Pistol and Air Rifle areas. Anyone interested in joining or becoming certified leaders may contact the Dawson County Extension Office at 308-324-5501.

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(WI) Winner, SD 605-842-2040

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2.40% FOR 60 MONTHS ON USED SPRAYERS*

2021 John Deere R4060 (PH), Stk #70105, 410 Hours, 120-ft. 20” Spacing, Will Have New 380 Tires On it, ExactApply, Extended Monitor, Field Ready................................................. $455,500

2018 John Deere R4045 (PI), Stk #70082, 2,200 Hours, 120-ft. 15” Spacing, Very Good Tires, Well Kept Based On Hours, Booms Straight & Interior Clean, AutoTrac & Section Control........ ............................................................ $225,000

2021 John Deere R4045 (PH), Stk #70107, 310 Hours, 120-ft. 20 “Spacing, Excellent Unit, Will Have Extended Monitor, Premium Gen 4 Activations, Float Tires & ExactApply........... $435,000

2020 John Deere R4038 (WA), Stk #70138, 400 Hours, 120’-ft. 20” Spacing, Boom Air Purge, Front Fill, Halogen Lights, 380/90-46 Tires........ ............................................................ $341,500

2018 John Deere R4045 (PH), Stk #70102, 3,500 Hours, 120-ft. 15” Spacing, Been Thru Our Service Inspection Last 2 Years, Boom Pins & Bushings Gone Thru........................... $205,000 2018 John Deere R4045 (PI), Stk #70081, 2,700 Hours, 120-ft. 15” Spacing, Well Cared For Unit, Good Booms & Tires Good, AutoTrac & Display..................................................... $215,000

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2011 J & M 1326-22 (WA), Stk #70573, 22” Unload Augers - 50-60%, 1250 Big Metric Tires, Roll Tarp, GT560 Scale Head W/Auto Log, Big 1000 PTO............................................. $52,000

2009 Demco 850 (HA), Stk #71212, Bar Tires In Great Shape, Augers Show A Little Wear, Tarp, Scale, Kept Inside................................. $23,500

0% FOR 5 YEARS ON “S” SERIES COMBINES* 2008 Demco 650 (HA), Stk #71205, 1000 PTO, No Tarp, Bar Tires Are Good, Scale, Kept Inside When Not Used.................................... $13,900

2019 John Deere S770 (WA), Stk #70134, 530/437 Hours, Premium Cab, LED Lights, Combine Advisor Package, Active Yield, ProDrive, Extended Wear TriStream Rotor............. ............................................................ $319,000

2019 John Deere S770 (BL), Stk #67658, 703/547 Hours, 26’ Unload Auger, Extended Wear Rotor & Unload System, Sidehill Performance Pkg.... ........................................................... $315,000

2018 John Deere S770 (PH), Stk #68183, 1,283/912 Hours, Run Thru The Shop & All Repairs Done! Folding Grain Tank, Refrigerator, Leather, AutoTrac............................... $283,500

Killbros 1600 (WI), Stk #66648, Very Solid & Good Condition For It’s Age, Auger Flighting Very Good, Tarp In Good Shape............$14,900

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2018 John Deere S770 (PH), Stk #68182, 1,272/926 Hours, Loaded with Refrigerator, Leather, Only Harvested Wheat & Sunflowers Round & Small Concaves................... $283,500

2015 John Deere S680 (WA), Stk #66829, 1,949/1,438 Hours, Inspected & Serviced Every Year, 1 Owner Machine, Premium Cab, 750/65R26 Tires..................................$180,000

2017 John Deere S660 (WI), Stk #68172, 2,173/1,348 Hours, Premium Cab, 2630 Display, 22.5’ Auger, Small & Round Bar Concaves................................................. $192,500

2014 John Deere S680 (HA), Stk #69730, 2,516/1,599 Hours, Big 125 50R32 Drive Tires & 281-26 Rears, 4WD, 5 Speed Feederhouse, Pro Drive..............................................$170,000

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Wyoming Sundance (307) 283-2971

1.50% FOR 60 MONTHS ON USED HEADERS*

2014 Fantini GO2 (PI), Stk #68861, 12R30, Has JD Adapter, Chains & Pans In Pretty Good Shape, Ready For Fall Sunflowers!...... $40,000

2013 John Deere 635F (WA), Stk #67581, Knives & Guards Are Sharp, Knife Drive Just Rebuilt... .............................................................. $18,500

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www.grossenburg.com 2012 John Deere S680 (WA), Stk #65525, 2,706/1,727 Hours, Big Metric 650 Duals, 28L Wide Rears, ST Chopper with Power Tailboard, Pro Drive Transmission..........................$95,000

*30% Down Payment Required, Based On Approved Credit, See Dealer For Exact Details.

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2012 John Deere 616C (PI), Stk #69416, 16R30, Stalk Master Chopping Head, Very Good Condi- 2011 John Deere 635F (WA), Stk #71123, New tion, Opposing Knife Rolls, Always Shedded.....

Long Course Sickle, Short & Long Dividers, .............................................................. $69,500 Field Ready!.......................................... $14,500