Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds 22 AUGUST 2011 Section One of One Volume 29 Number 23 F eatured Columnist : Lee Mielke Mielke Market Weekly 17 Focus on Ag 6 Auctions 22 Classifieds 35 Farmer to Farmer 8 DHIA & Dairy $1.99 Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture Farm Aid 2011 Page 5 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. ~ Proverbs 11:25 North Ferrisburgh farm named Vermont Dairy Farm of the year ~ Page 2
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Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds
22 AUGUST 2011Section
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Volume 29Number 23
Featured Columnist:Lee Mielke
Mielke Market Weekly17
Focus on Ag 6
Auctions 22Classifieds 35Farmer to Farmer 8
DHIA & Dairy
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Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture
Farm Aid 2011Page 5
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshesothers will be refreshed. ~ Proverbs 11:25
North Ferrisburgh farm namedVermont Dairy Farm of the year
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DeVos family milks about 220Holstein, Jersey and Jersey-Holstein cross cows
BURLINGTON, VT — A NorthFerrisburgh farm family that plansto take its certified organic dairy tothe next level by bottling and sellingtheir own milk has been named theVermont Dairy Farm of the Year for2011.
The award is presented annuallyby University of Vermont Extensionand the Vermont Dairy IndustryAssociation, in cooperation with theNew England Green PasturesProgram.
JD DeVos and his wife, Cheryl,received this prestigious award fortheir overall excellence in dairying,including their high-quality milkproduction; outstanding herd, cropand pasture management; andsound conservation practices. Thelatter also earned them recognition
as the 2010Otter CreekConserva t i onFarmer of theYear.
The DeVosesoperate KimballBrook Farm,which has beenin JD’s familysince 1968.They pur-chased it fromhis parents,John and SueDeVos, in 1997,t rans i t i on ingfrom a conven-tional farm toorganic sixyears ago.Today they areone of thelargest organic dairy operations in
the state.The farmers
currently are inthe process ofe s t a b l i s h i n gGreen MountainOrganic Creameryin Hinesburg tobottle their organ-ic milk to selllocally. Onceviable, they planto purchase milkfrom otherVermont organicdairy farms.
They milk about220 Holstein,Jersey andJersey-Ho ls te incross cows with arolling herd aver-age of 18,000
pounds. They consistently produce
top quality milk, which has earnedthem numerous milk quality awardsfrom Horizon Organic, where theyship their milk.
The dairy herd is housed in a free-stall barn with access to pastureseven months of the year. Dry cowsand heifers six months of age andolder are kept at a second farm, alsolocated in North Ferrisburgh. Thedairy farmers grow 100 acres oforganic corn, averaging 15 tons ofsilage per acre, and 550 acres oforganic hay, averaging 3.5 tons ofhaylage per acre for feed for theiranimals.
The family, which includes sonsJosh, Ryan and Jack and daughterHilary, will be honored at EasternStates Exposition in WestSpringfield, MA, in September, andthe Vermont Dairy IndustryAssociation banquet at the VermontFarm Show in Barre in January.
North Ferrishburgh farm is Vermont Dairy Farm of year
A cow and her calf at Kimball BrookFarm, Vermont’s 2011 Dairy of the year.
by Dennis O’BrienA U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) scientistis trying to learn what iscausing the decline in bum-ble bee populations and alsois searching for a speciesthat can serve as the nextgeneration of greenhousepollinators.
Bumble bees, like honeybees, are important pollina-tors of native plants and areused to pollinate greenhousecrops like peppers and toma-toes. But colonies of Bombusoccidentalis used for green-house pollination began tosuffer from disease problemsin the late 1990s and compa-nies stopped rearing them.Populations of other bumblebee species are also believedto be in decline.
Entomologist JamesStrange is searching for solu-tions at the AgriculturalResearch Service (ARS)Pollinating Insects — Biology,Management and SystematicsResearch Unit in Logan,Utah. ARS is USDA’s chiefintramural scientific researchagency, and this researchsupports the USDA priority ofimproving agricultural sus-tainability.
Many greenhouse growersnow use commercially pro-duced Bombus impatiens, ageneralist pollinator native tothe Midwest and EasternUnited States and Canada.But scientists are concernedabout using a bee outside itsnative range, and some west-ern states restrict the importand use of non-native bees. IfB. impatiens were to escapeand form wild colonies in thewestern United States, theycould compete with nativebees for food and resourcesand expose native bumblebees to pathogens they are illequipped to combat.
Strange has been studying
a pretty, orange-striped gen-eralist named Bombus huntii,native to the western half ofthe country, that could beused in greenhouses in thewestern United States. He isdetermining how to best rearB. huntii in a laboratory set-ting, a vital step in commer-cializing it.
To understand the declineof B. occidentalis, Strange andhis colleagues also have beentracking its habitat range andpopulation trends. Evidencegathered so far shows thatthe range and populations ofB. occidentalis have declined,that it is not as geneticallydiverse as it used to be, andthat it has higher pathogenprevalence than other beespecies with stable popula-
tions. The results wererecently published in theProceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.
The researchers also haveassembled a large databasewith information on morethan 80,000 Bombus speci-mens representing 10 speciesthroughout the country,including B. occidentalis.With Geographic InformationSystem (GIS) modeling tech-nology, they were able to con-struct historic and currentrange maps of several bumblebee species. The mappingprocess is described in theUludag Bee Journal.
Read more about thisresearch in the August 2011issue of Agricultural Researchmagazine.
The flight of the bumble bee:Why are they disappearing?
Hunt's bumble bee, a native of the intermountain west, is beingstudied as a potential crop pollinator for greenhouses in the west-ern United States, as an indigenous replacement for decliningbumble bee species.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Thevarious budget deficit talks thathave gripped the attention ofWashington these past monthshave finally resulted in a planto reduce our nation’s deficit,”said Jon Scholl, President ofAmerican Farmland Trust(AFT). “While we are thankfulthat this crisis has been dealtwith, we also know that theplan will have serious implica-tions for the future of U.S. agri-culture and its ability to pro-vide food, fiber, fuel and stew-ardship of our naturalresources.”
The plan agreed upon recent-ly will address the nation’sbudget deficit by requiring$900 billion in immediate cutsand then over $1 trillion in cutseither via a “super committee”of 12 members of Congress, orthrough automatic cuts if thecommittee can not come toagreement.
“We do not know what thesecuts will mean for farms, farm-land and food since the imme-diate and longer-term cutshave not been fully mapped outfor each area in the federalbudget,” adds Scholl. “However,it is clear that agriculture willneed to do more with less.”
“I believe the next farm billcan be transformational,”Scholl said. “Our country mustnow make big decisions aboutthe nature of government andhow it will spend our money,and agriculture and food policywill be no exception to thatrule.”
Scholl notes that many oftoday’s farm programs andrural development efforts havebeen in place for decades, withthe last major overhaul of TitleI occurring in 1996, and con-servation programs evolvingsince 1985. “Congress is nowasking very different questions.Rather than asking how a pro-
gram works, or how it can beimproved, they are asking whatis the appropriate societal ben-efit for the program, what is therole of government, and howcan we ensure programs bestserve producers and society?”
These different questionscould lead to a transformationof farm policy next year. “I amexcited about the prospects forchange because at AmericanFarmland Trust we know thatprotecting farm and ranchland, and keeping farmers ontheir land, providing healthyand safe food and addressingenvironmental concerns are thetop priorities of the majority ofAmericans — priorities that webelieve will be better reflected infuture policy choices,” Schollsaid.
AFT is already at work on thenext farm bill. “Farmers andranchers acting through theirpolicymakers have an opportu-nity to set a long-term vision foragricultural policy in the nextfarm bill,” added Scholl.
Although excited by theprospects of new policy, Schollis concerned that the farm billmight be pushed throughCongress on a very tight time-line — as little as 10 weeks. “Afarm bill that is not deliberateand well-thought out could be along-term disaster for agricul-tural policy. In the spring,Chairman Lucas (R-OK) indi-cated that he needed time to gethis committee up to speed andready to write a bill. While theHouse has had many hearingsto review how programs workthey, neither they nor theSenate have spent equal timeexamining what the futureholds for programs. I agree withChairman Lucas, we need thetime and some semblance ofnormal order to work throughwhat could be a transforma-tional farm bill,” Scholl con-cludes.
Deficit plan paves wayfor changes to future of
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Secretary of Agriculture TomVilsack recently announced the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)Animal and Plant Health InspectionService’s (APHIS) proposed animaldisease traceability (ADT) rule,which appeared in the FederalRegister Aug. 9.
“It’s been a long and very detailedprocess that required a great deal ofoutreach,” said Vilsack. “Knowingwhere diseased and at-risk animalsare, where they’ve been and when, isvery important in making sure wehave a rapid response when animaldisease events take place.”
Vilsack explained that the eightpublic meetings held last year provid-ed industry representatives and pro-ducers an opportunity to discuss thenew framework, and for APHIS to pro-vide additional details about the pro-gram. The proposed rule meets thefour tenets initially laid out: it will beadministered by states and tribalnations, will apply only to livestockmoved interstate, encourages the useof low technology and will be imple-mented transparently through federalregulations and a full rule-makingprocess.
“Under this proposed rule,” saidVilscak, “livestock moved interstatewould have to be officially identifiedand accompanied by an interstatecertificate of veterinary inspection orother documentation such as an own-ership statement or brand certificate.”Vilsack acknowleged that tracingcapabilities vary by species, especial-
ly for cattle where improved tracing ismost needed.
Vilsack says that the proposed reg-ulations specify approved forms ofofficial notification for each species,but added that livestock can bemoved between shipping and receiv-ing states with another form of ID,such as brands, as long as officials inthe two jurisdictions agree on thatidentification. There will be exemp-tions for producers who raise animalsto feed themselves their families andimmediate neighbors. Animals thatare moved interstate to a customslaughter facility are also exempt.
“We proposed this frameworkbecause increasing levels of officialidentification will help USDA morequickly identify which animals do notneed to be held and tested in the con-duct of a disease investigation,” saidVilsack. “This information can reducethe number of locations affected andthe number of animals tested, there-by decreasing significantly the lengthof the investigation and the cost toproducers and the government.”
Vilsack noted that the sheep indus-try is clear evidence of how rapidlytracing can occur when identificationis present. “Ninety-two percent ofculled sheep bear an official tag,” hesaid. “In a 2010 incident, sheep wereeasily traced to flock of origin withinminutes. On the other hand, low lev-els of official ID in the cattle sectorrequire more cattle, often thousandsof head, to be tested more than nec-essary, and it dramatically increasesthe time necessary to conduct an
investigation.” Vilsack says thatalthough the system will not preventdisease, knowing where disease andat-risk animals are is indispensableduring an emergency response andfor ongoing disease programs.“Reducing the number of animalowners impacted by an animal dis-ease event also reduces economicstrain on the owners and affectedcommunities.”
Vilsack is hopeful that the new pro-posal is an adaptable system that willhelp respond to disease events quick-ly and minimize harm. “It’s flexible,yet coordinated, in its approach totraceability,” he said. “I think itembraces the strengths and expertisethat exist in our states, tribal nationsand producers, and empowers all ofthem to find and use traceabilityapproaches that work best for themand their region.” He noted that theformer system, which was voluntary,was not well-received among variousindustries. “The notion of ‘one size fitsall’ was not well-received in the mar-ketplace or by producers,” he said.“The reality is that there are differentneeds in different regions of the coun-try. We’ve attempted to recognize theuniqueness of each region and eachlivestock sector to work with themand do a better job of traceability.”Vilsack estimated that less than 30percent of producers were involved inthe original plan, which led to situa-tions where they had to test andrespond to emergency situations witha ‘broad brush’.
Chief veterinary officer for the
United States Dr. John Clifford saysthey’ve worked closely with the cattleindustry and marketing sector in thedevelopment of the rule. “I can assureyou that this rule will not impedecommerce,” he said. “It’s not theresponsibility of the market to deter-mine the destination. After animalsare sold and buyers determine wherethose animals go, they will get certifi-cates for those animals if they aremoving interstate. That can be doneafter the sale. We worked closely withstates to give them maximum flexibil-ity, but at the same time, make surewe have good traceability.”
The department encourages pro-ducer feedback during the commentperiod, and says that that input,added to what they’ve already learnedduring the hearings and outreach,will help create a proposal that will beworkable for producers and otherstakeholders as well as meet thecountry’s need for an adaptableapproach to animal disease traceabil-ity. “It will help us find animals asso-ciated with disease quickly,” saidVilsack, “and focus efforts on thoseanimals and minimize the harm andeconomic loss to producers.”
To comment on the proposed rule:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
Or mail comment to Docket No.APHIS-2009-0091, RegulatoryAnalysis and Development, PPD,APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 RiverRoad Unit 118, Riverdale, MD20737-1238.
Ag secretary announces new animal disease traceability rule
by Arden Tewksbury, Manager, Pro-Ag
For years, some of us have beenpounding away for the need of a rawmilk pricing formula that wouldcover the dairy farmers cost of pro-duction.
I can remember back in the 1970sand early ’80s when the formerEastern Milk Producers Dairy Co-opurged such a formula plus a reason-able supply management program.
At that time, Eastern witnessedthe same type of opposition that weare today. Some people say youcan’t have a cost of production for-mula because every dairy farmers’cost of production is different. Somesay you can’t have it because noother agriculture commodity hassuch a formula. Others continue tosay; I want to produce all the milk Iwant to, as long as someone will buyall my milk.
Dairy farmers, if you continue tobelieve and support the above-men-tioned reasons for not having a costof production formula, then youknow what? You will never get one!
Of course milk is a heavily regu-lated commodity. The fact (aseveryone knows) that milk is awholesome product, but milk isvery perishable and must be han-dled properly.
The first and most importantplace to prevent milk from becomingperishable is at the dairy farm!
Dairy farmers across the country
have invested countless thousandsof dollars to be sure when the rawmilk leaves the farm the milk meetsthe top quality standards that havebeen established by proper healthregulators.
This isall great,but youk n o ww h a t ?S o m e o n eforgot totell thedairy farm-ers they should be rewarded with aprice that covers their cost of pro-duction.
Well Mr. and Ms. Dairy Farmer, letme tell you something — there is aproposal out there that will allowyou the opportunity to cover yourcost of production.
It’s called the Federal MilkMarketing Improvement Act of 2011(FMMIA). The FMMIA calls for yourmilk to command a price that coversthe National Average Cost ofProduction, plus an opportunity torealize a profit.
The FMMIA does not tell you howmuch milk you can produce, but itdoes say the following: If and only ifthere is over-production of milk,then those who over-produce will bepenalized on their amount of over-production. (but just on the amountof over-production).
Please don’t buy into the argu-
ment that no other agriculture com-modity has been priced with sometype of a cost consideration.
Please look at some of the grainprograms where target prices and
deficien-cy pay-m e n t st h a th e l p e dk e e pt h o u -sands ofg r a i nf a r m e r s
stabilized.As one grain farmer told me once
from Ohio, “Once I collect my defi-ciency payments, I take off forFlorida for the winter, while youdairy farmers must keep on milkingyour cows.”
Of course, every dairy farmer’scost of production is different.
As I said in Syracuse last week,everyone’s cost of production is dif-ferent today. Is anyone crying todaybecause your neighbor and otherdairy farmers’ costs are higher orlower than yours? I have neverheard one farmer complain thatother dairy farmers are receiving thesame starting price; even with ahigher or lower cost of production.
All the FMMIA wants to do is togive all dairy farmers an equalchance to stay in business with anadequate, stable price!
The beauty of the FMMIA is the
fact that the proposal is not gearedto cost the U.S. government anyfunds.
Oh, by the way, the assessmentson over-production (if it happens)will be transferred to the CommodityCredit Corporation and will be usedto purchase excess dairy products(if they exist) to be given to needyAmericans!
However, Mr. and Ms. DairyFarmer, do you want to supportFMMIA, or do you want to supportthe proposal that calls for theUSDA to purchase insurance tohelp cover your feed cost, and thenask you if you want to cover othercosts, you must buy additionalinsurance?
The proponents of the insuranceprograms are now saying they arenot aiming for a profit for dairyfarmers.
Isn’t that nice!So, the decision is yours. Mr./Ms.
Dairy Farmer, do you want an ade-quate price for your raw milk as theFMMIA obtains for you, or do youwant the government to buy aninsurance program to help coveryour cost and then tell you that youmust obtain additional insurance tocover your costs.
Remember, do you deserve a prof-it? The FMMIA will obtain it for youif you continue to manage your farmproperly, (as you already are). Thechoice is very clear, but it’s up to thedairy farmers.
Dairy Farmers: Do you want pricing that covers your cost?
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S.Department of Transportation’sFederal Motor Carrier SafetyAdministration (FMCSA) announcedon Aug. 10 that it has no intention topropose new regulations governingthe transport ofa g r i c u l t u r a lproducts. Theagency alsoreleased guid-ance designedto make surestates clearlyunderstand thecommon senseexemptions thatallow farmers,their employees, and their families toaccomplish their day-to-day workand transport their products to mar-ket.
After hearing from concerned farm-ers earlier this year, FMCSA initiatedthis review to make sure states don’tgo overboard in enforcing regulationson agricultural operators, and toensure consistent access to exemp-tions for farmers. No regulations willbe proposed for any new safetyrequirements or changes to the rulesgoverning the transport of agricultur-al products, farm machinery, or farm
supplies to or from a farm.“We have no intention of instituting
onerous regulations on the hard-working farmers who feed our coun-try and fuel our economy,” saidSecretary Ray LaHood. “Farmers
deserve to knowthat reasonable,common senseexemptions willcontinue to bec o n s i s t e n t l yavailable to agri-cultural opera-tions across thecountry, andthat’s why wereleased this
guidance.”This guidance — which does not
impose any new rules on farmers —follows the Federal Register publicnotice which FMCSA issued on May31, 2011, asking farmers, farmorganizations and the public to giveinput on the agency’s longstandingsafety rules.
“We want to make it absolutelyclear that farmers will not be subject-ed to new and impractical safety reg-ulations,” said U.S. TransportationDeputy Secretary John Porcari. “Thefarm community can be confident
that states will continue to follow theregulatory exemptions for farmersthat have always worked so well."
“FMCSA is pleased with the inputwe’ve received from the agriculturalcommunity and members ofCongress. We received about 1,700comments and the vast majoritycalled for us to preserve the guidancethat leaves states to carry out thefarm exceptions as they have formany years.” said FMCSAAdministrator Anne Ferro. “We wantto make crystal clear that we are notimposing any new regulations.”
Earlier this year, farm groups cameto FMCSA with concerns that somestates might not allow exemptions toCommercial Drivers License (CDL)requirements for certain farm opera-tions using “crop-share” leasing.
When FMCSA investigated, thereappeared to be wide differencesamong states in how the “for-hire”and related agricultural exceptionswere being applied. In order toensure consistency, FMCSA askedstate officials to cease all new entrantsafety audits on farmers engaged in“crop-share” leasing and issued thepublic notice soliciting input thatwould provide insight on the complexuse of farm equipment on publicroads. The guidance released Aug.10, which is based on that input,clarifies three critical issues:
• Interstate vs. intrastate com-merce. Since the difference betweenthe two has been determined by theU.S. Supreme Court and otherFederal courts, FMCSA has limitedflexibility to provide additional guide-lines. The Agency has concluded thatnew regulatory guidance concerningthe distinction between interstateand intrastate commerce is not nec-essary. Generally, the states and theindustry have a common under-standing on this point. To the extentthat fact-specific questions arise, theAgency will work with the States andthe industry to provide a clarificationfor the specific scenario.
• Commercial Driver’s License.Federal regulations allow states tomake exceptions to CommercialDriver’s License (CDL) regulations forcertain farm vehicle drivers such asfarm employees and family members,as long as their vehicles are not usedby “for-hire” motor carriers. Somestates have questioned whether thisexemption applies to drivers whowork for “crop share” or similararrangements. FMCSA’s noticeincludes guidance to ensure consis-tent application of the exemption.After considering the public com-ments, the Agency has determinedthat farmers who rent their land for ashare of the crops and haul their ownand the landlord’s crops to marketshould have access to the agricultur-al CDL exemptions given by thestates.
• Implements of Husbandry. In aperfect world, farm vehicles wouldonly operate on farms, while com-mercial trucks would operate on pub-lic roads. The reality is that farmequipment that is not designed orintended for everyday use on publicroads is often used for short trips atlimited speeds. This creates a grayarea for classification. After consider-ing the public comments, FMCSA hasdetermined that most States havealready adopted common senseenforcement practices that allowfarmers to safely move equipment toand from their fields. In areas wherefarm implements are common, theenforcement community and theagricultural community haveachieved a mutual understanding ofwhich safety regulations shouldapply to farm equipment on theirpublic roads.
FMCSA is committed to the safetyof our highways and the long-termsuccess of America’s agriculturalindustry. To learn more about feder-al safety regulations that impact thetransportation of agricultural prod-ucts and equipment, please visit theFMCSA Web site atwww.fmcsa.dot.gov.
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Cover photo by Peggy Manahan/UVM Extension
JD and Cheryl DeVos, recipients of the 2011 Vermont DairyFarm of the Year Award, take a break from their work atKimball Brook Farm in North Ferrisburgh.
U.S. Department of Transportation reinforces commitment to no new regulations for America’s agricultural community
Guidance will ensure states continue to use common sense in applying existing safety rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. — TheAmerican Farm Bureau Federationis pleased the U.S. Department ofTransportation’s Federal MotorCarrier Safety Administration lis-tened to farmer and rancher con-cerns regarding changes to agricul-tural transportation regulations andcommercial drivers license provi-sions.
As a result of comments receivedfrom AFBF and others,Transportation Secretary RayLaHood said that the FMCSA hasno intention to propose new regula-tions governing the transport ofagricultural products, and that theagency has released guidance tostates so they clearly understandcommon-sense exemptions “to allowfarmers, their employees, and theirfamilies to accomplish their day-to-day work and transport their prod-
ucts to market.”“This public announcement and
the guidance sent to states today bythe FMCSA is great news forAmerica’s farm and ranch families,”said AFBF President Bob Stallman.
Stallman said he was pleased bySecretary LaHood’s clarity in statingthe department “had no intention ofinstituting onerous regulations onthe hardworking farmers who feedour country and fuel our economy.”
“Operating and moving themachinery necessary to tend andharvest crops and care for livestockis a vital part of farming and ranch-ing,” Stallman said. “Long estab-lished protocols are in place at thestate and local levels to ensure thatsafety is paramount, and that farm-ers are able to do their jobs andtransport their goods to market.”
AFBF pleased by DOT guidanceon agricultural transportation
“We want to make it absolutely
clear that farmers will not be
subjected to new and
impractical safety regulations.”
~ U.S. Transportation Deputy
Secretary John Porcari
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As America struggles with mountingeconomic challenges, Farm Aid usedits annual benefit festival to under-score family farmers’ essential role in astronger financial future for our coun-try. Farm Aid board members WillieNelson, Neil Young, John Mellencampand Dave Matthews, joined by morethan a dozen artists at Kansas City’sLIVESTRONG Sporting Park, empha-sized the role of family farmers invibrant, healthy communities and aneconomically stable nation.
“Family farmers persevere,” saidNelson, president and founder of FarmAid. “We have a lot to learn from theirinnovation and tenacity, and if we sup-port an agricultural system that treatsthem fairly, they will lead the way toeconomic recovery.”
This is the first Farm Aid concert totake place in Kansas, a state whereagriculture is the foundation of theeconomy and culture. At a press eventearly in the day, Nelson was honoredfor his 26-year commitment to farmfamilies with an induction into theNational Agricultural Hall of Fame.Missouri farmer and advocate RogerAllison introduced him, and Oscar-winning farm broadcaster Ken Rootpresented the award.
“We want to recognize Mr. Nelson forhis long commitment to America’sfamily farmers and for the millions ofdollars and enormous attention he hascontributed to the devastating eco-nomic problems faced by this coun-try’s family farmers and their commu-nities,” said Cathi Hahner, ExecutiveDirector of the National AgriculturalCenter and Hall of Fame.
Following the induction, JimHightower, national radio commenta-tor, author, public speaker, humorist,and two-term Texas AgricultureCommissioner and populist agitator,moderated a discussion about thepromise that family farmers offer ournation and the challenges that impedetheir progress. Participants includedNelson, Mellencamp, Young andMatthews, along with Farm Aid execu-tive director Carolyn Mugar; Kansascattle rancher and owner of RanchDirect Foods, Mike Callicrate; farmerand founder of Good Natured FamilyFarms, Diana Endicott; and farmerand founder of Cultivate Kansas City,
Katherine Kelly.“In this climate of deficits, our
nation’s family farmers are ourstrongest asset. It’s their know-howand ingenuity that can fix our econo-my,” said executive director CarolynMugar.
Long-time, grassroots family farmsupporters hosted a two-day meetingto impart their wisdom to a new gener-ation of advocates who are working fora stable, vibrant family farm-basedsystem of agriculture. Farmers heroesthat included veteran advocate ShirleySherrod, crisis counselor BettyPuckett, and law expert Neil Hamiltonprovided information on a variety ofareas essential to successful familyfarming, from credit to discrimination.
Farm Aid 2011 featured perform-ances by Nelson, Mellencamp, Young,and Matthews, who was joined by spe-cial guest Tim Reynolds. Also perform-ing were Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson,Jakob Dylan, Billy Joe Shaver, LukasNelson & Promise of the Real, RayPrice, Robert Francis, Will Dailey & theRivals, Rebecca Pidgeon, TheBlackwood Quartet, John Trudell, andthe Hearts of Darkness.
The concert event offered familyfarm-identified, local, and organicfoods with Farm Aid’s signatureHOMEGROWN Concessions®. FarmAid’s HOMEGROWN Village featuredhands-on activities that offered con-certgoers a chance to meet farmers,get their hands dirty, and learn aboutthe ways family farmers are enrichingour soil, protecting our water, growingalternative fuels, and bringing us goodfood for good health.
Event sponsors of Farm Aid 2011are Horizon Organic, Chipotle MexicanGrill, Anvil Knitwear, Organic Valley,Silk Soymilk, United Natural Foods,Applegate Farms, Whole FoodsMarket, Brightcove, GoodnessGreeness and Hippie Chow NaturalFoods. Additional food donors are TheRogue Creamery, Paradise LockerMeats, Patchwork Family Farms,farmer Eric Norton, Farm to MarketBread Company, Rudi’s OrganicBakery, Late July Organic Snacks,Popghum LLC, Yummylicious CookieCompany, Gehring Buffalo, Jeni’sSplendid Ice Creams and GetReal FoodCompany.
Farm Aid 2011 highlights vital roleof family farmers in addressing
nation’s economic challenges
Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave
Matthews performed at Farm Aid 2011 on Aug. 13 at the LIVESTRONG Sporting
At a press event early on the day of the Farm Aid benefit concert, Willie Nelson was
honored for his 26-year commitment to farm families with an induction into the
National Agricultural Hall of Fame.
BOSTON, MA —Strengthening the Patrick-Murray Administration’s com-mitment to land protection,Energy and EnvironmentalAffairs Secretary (EEA) RichardK. Sullivan Jr. recentlyannounced the LandscapePartnership Program, an inno-vative new grant initiative thatencourages non-governmentalorganizations already pursuinglarge landscape-scale land pro-tection investments to partnerwith the state and local com-munities.
“The Landscape PartnershipProgram will focus on land-scape-scale conservation byleveraging state funds andencouraging a collaborative
approach to protecting largeunfragmented forests, hillsides,lakeshores and more,” saidSullivan.
Through existing state capitalfunds already dedicated to landprotection, the LandscapePartnership program will offer$4 million in competitive grantsto municipalities, non-profitland trusts and EEA agencies— the Department ofAgricultural Resources (DAR),Department of Conservationand Recreation (DCR) andDepartment of Fish and Game(DFG) — for projects that per-manently protect parcels ofland of at least 500 acres.Applications for the new grantprogram are due Oct. 28.
To qualify for grants, projectsmust include public access andapplicants must form partner-ships. For example, a stateagency can partner with a non-profit or municipality, a non-profit can partner with a stateagency or municipality, ormunicipality can partner with astate agency or non-profit. Thenew grant program will alsoencourage and fund innovativenatural resource zoning initia-tives for local communities toprotect rural working lands,such as farms and forests,within communities that hostthe large land conservationprojects funded through theLandscape Partnership pro-gram.
EEA launched this programto reduce the complexity andincrease the success rate oflarge land protection projects,which historically have ofteninvolved coordination amongmultiple local organizationsand across a variety of stateprograms.
By offering state grants tosupport large projects likethese, an incentive is createdfor other private funders to con-tribute to the projects, encour-aging state-municipal-privatepartnerships, enhancing stew-ardship of conservation landand increasing public accessopportunities, the programaims to protect some of the fewremaining large unfragmented
landscapes in the state.This initiative will support
rural economies by encourag-ing local communities, landtrusts and EEA’s agencies toproactively seek partnershipswith farmers, foresters, sawmillowners and harvesters whoown many of the remaininglarge working forest blocks inthe state. It also allows DAR’sAgricultural PreservationRestriction Program — thenation’s oldest farm protectionprogram — to add workingforests to its portfolio with theadditional funding in thesegrants.
For more information on thegrants or to apply, visitwww.mass.gov/eea/dcs-grants
Massachusetts announces new land protection grant program
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by Michael PettengillFor farmers and
ranchers, upholdingone’s duty to defend andprotect the liberties andideals for which our na-tion stands is not achoice, but rather a debtowed by all Americans.This patriotic spirit hasbeen engrained in ruralagricultural communi-ties since the birth of ournation. Even today, morethan 44 percent of allU.S. military troopsboast rural roots.
America’s farmers andranchers have alwaysdemonstrated unwaver-ing commitment to pro-tecting our nation fromthreats both foreign anddomestic. And, as theU.S. faces the growingthreat of individual acts ofterrorism, farmers arehonoring their nationalduty by supporting De-partment of HomelandSecurity regulations onammonium nitrate, a fer-tilizer used to provide es-sential nutrients to crops.
While many farmersand ranchers have tran-sitioned away from am-monium nitrate, thecompound is still usedas a nitrogen source formany crops, particularlyin warmer climates.
However, in the rightconcentrations ammoni-um nitrate can be addedto explosive devices to
increase the magnitudeof explosions. Ammoni-um nitrate was used inseveral terrorist attacksincluding the 2005 Lon-don underground bomb-ings, and the 1995 Okla-homa City bombing thatkilled 168 innocent U.S.citizens and cost theU.S. $1.35 billion.
In 2007, new legisla-tion instructed DHS tostep up existing effortsto protect the nationfrom the potential mis-use of ammonium ni-trate. Earlier this sum-mer DHS announced ini-tial steps creating theAmmonium Nitrate Se-curity Program. Unlikeprevious DHS programsfocused primarily on se-curity at high-risk chem-ical facilities, ANSP is de-signed to increase con-trols and monitoring ofsales, purchases andtransfers of the product.
Purchasers, sellersand individuals involvedin the transfer of ammo-nium nitrate productscontaining 30 percent ormore of the compoundby weight would be re-quired to register for ap-proval by DHS. The reg-istration process is esti-mated to take about twohours and will require apayment every five years(based on volume pur-chased) that the agencyestimates would average
from under $100 to $832for farm use. Purchaserswho use ammonium ni-trate, but never come indirect contact with it arenot required to register.According to DHS, theprogram will be cost-ef-fective if it prevents justone attack the same sizeof the Oklahoma Citybombing every 14 years.
In keeping with farm-ers’ and ranchers’ com-mitment to protectingour great nation, FarmBureau is working tosupport efforts that helpfurther secure ammoni-um nitrate. This in-cludes requiring individ-uals making purchasesto show positive identifi-cation and increasedagency oversight ofsales, provided undueburdens are not placedon farmers, fertilizer dis-tributors and dealers.
Farmers and ranchersare proud to produce agri-cultural products to meetthe growing global de-mand for food. Now morethan ever, it is importantthat we provide our farm-ers and ranchers withevery tool at our disposal.
However, we must alsokeep in mind that therisk of ammonium ni-trate being used to com-mit acts of terror is real.The new standards willallow farmers andranchers to assist DHS
in monitoring ammoni-um nitrate, while stillensuring the product isavailable for agriculturalproduction.
While national securitymust come first, food se-curity is equally impor-
tant in ensuring the suc-cess of our nation and itseconomy. Through thecombined efforts of bothDHS and our farmersand ranchers, we can
achieve balance betweenthe two.
Michael Pettengill is apublic relations intern atthe American Farm Bu-reau Federation.
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The U.S. beef cow in-ventory totaled 30.9 mil-lion head on Jan. 1,2011, marking a declinefor 13 of the past 15years. The combinationof record high cull cowprices and intensifyingdrought across theSouthern Plains statescontinues to support anelevated rate of beef cowslaughter this year. Re-duced cull cow slaughterrates and increasedheifer retention rates bycow-calf producers pro-vide the initial indica-
tions that size of the beefcow herd has stabilizedand/or started to ex-pand.
Stabilization, and sub-sequent expansion, ofthe beef cow herd will re-quire a sustained reduc-tion in beef cow slaugh-ter levels and further re-ductions in heifer place-ments into feedyards,back into the 30 to 33percent range for a pro-longed period of time.Look for these trends todevelop over the nextyear or two.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Over the last severaldecades, thousands offarmers markets havebeen popping up in citiesand towns across thecountry, benefiting localfarmers, consumers andeconomies, but theycould be doing a lot bet-ter, according to a reportreleased by the Union ofConcerned Scientists(UCS). What’s holdingfarmers markets back?Federal policies that fa-vor industrial agricul-ture at their expense.
“On the whole, farmersmarkets have seen ex-ceptional growth, provid-ing local communitieswith fresh food directfrom the farm,” said Jef-frey O’Hara, the authorof the report and aneconomist with UCS’sFood and EnvironmentProgram. “But our feder-al food policies are work-
ing against them. If theU.S. government divert-ed just a small amountof the massive subsidiesit lavishes on industrialagriculture to supportthese markets and smalllocal farmers, it wouldnot only improve Ameri-can diets, it would gener-ate tens of thousands ofnew jobs.”
UCS released the re-port just a few days be-fore the 12th annualU.S. Department of Agri-culture’s (USDA) Nation-al Farmers Market Week,which took place theweek of Aug. 7. Accord-ing to the report, “Mar-ket Forces: CreatingJobs through Public In-vestment in Local andRegional Food Systems,”the number of farmersmarkets nationwidemore than doubled be-tween 2000 and 2010jumping from 2,863 to
6,132, and now morethan 100,000 farms sellfood directly to local con-sumers.
All that growth hap-pened with relatively lit-tle help. Last year, for ex-ample, the USDA spent$13.725 billion in com-modity, crop insurance,and supplemental disas-ter assistance paymentsmostly to support largeindustrial farms, accord-ing to the CongressionalBudget Office. Theamount the agencyspent that year to sup-port local and regionalfood system farmers?Less than $100 million,according to USDA data.
In 2007, the most re-cent USDA figure, directagricultural productsales amounted to a $1.2billion-a-year business,and most of that moneyrecirculates locally. “Thefact that farmers are
selling directly to thepeople who live nearbymeans that sales rev-enue stays local,” O’Harasaid. “That helps stabi-lize local economies.”
Keeping revenues localalso can mean more jobopportunities. Last sum-mer, Agriculture Secre-tary Tom Vilsack askedCongress to set a goal inthe 2012 Farm Bill ofhelping at least 100,000Americans to becomefarmers by, among otherthings, providing entre-preneurial training andsupport for farmers mar-kets. O’Hara’s reporttakes up Vilsack’s chal-lenge and argues thatsupporting local and re-gional food system ex-pansion is central tomeeting that goal.
In the report, O’Haraidentified a number ofinitiatives the federalgovernment could take
to encourage new farm-ers and the growth offarmers markets in theupcoming Farm Bill. Forexample, the reportcalled on Congress to:
• support the develop-ment of local food mar-kets, including farmersmarkets and farm-to-school programs, whichcan stabilize communi-ty-supported marketsand create permanentjobs. For example, thereport found that theFarmers Market Promo-tion Program could cre-ate as many as 13,500jobs nationally over afive-year period, if reau-thorized, by providingmodest funding for 100to 500 farmers marketsper year.
• level the playing fieldfor farmers in rural re-gions by investing in in-frastructure, such asmeat-processing or
dairy-bottling facilities,which would help meat,dairy and other farmersproduce and markettheir products to con-sumers more efficiently.These investments couldfoster competition infood markets, increaseproduct choice for con-sumers, and generatejobs in the community.
• allow low-income res-idents to redeem foodnutrition subsidies at lo-cal food markets to helpthem afford fresh fruitsand vegetables. Current-ly, not all markets areable to accept Supple-mental Nutrition Assis-tance Program benefits.
“Farmers at local mar-kets are a new variety ofinnovative entrepre-neurs, and we need tonurture them,” saidO’Hara. “Supportingthese farmers should bea Farm Bill priority.”
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GREENWICH, NY —Take hundreds of naturalanimal fiber producers,some knitting, spinningand weaving, throw insome sheep, alpacas, lla-mas and angora bunniesthen add the WashingtonCounty Fairgrounds andyou have a unique festi-val perfect for the fiberenthusiast as well as thefamily looking for some-thing fun to do on aweekend.
The third annual
Southern AdirondackFiber Festival will be heldat the Washington Coun-ty Fairgrounds on Sept.24 and 25. More than120 fiber-artisans fromNew York and New Eng-land will be participatingin this weekend celebra-tion of wool and fleece.
Every aspect of fiberwill be represented fromfleece to finished goods.In addition, there will behandcrafted spinningwheels, drop spindles,
knitting needles, soaps,baskets, and bags. Thisyear sees the addition ofworkshop and classes.From novice to expert,here is the opportunity tohone your skills. Theseclasses require pre-regis-tration and a listing canbe found on the festival’sWeb site,www.adkfiber.com.
For the kids and kids ofall ages demonstrationsinclude sheep shearing,sheep herding, weaving,
felting, spinning, Kool-Aid dyeing, and RugHooking. Musical enter-tainment, Puddles theClown, and an assort-ment of Festival foods willround out the day.
Fiber animals includ-ing a variety of sheepbreeds, alpaca, llama,cashmere goats and an-gora rabbits will be ex-hibited by their owners.
The Washington Coun-ty Fairgrounds is locatedon Route 29 in Green-wich, NY. Vendors will belocated indoors so thefestival runs rain orshine. Admission is $5for adults, children under14 are free. Parking isfree. For the safety of theanimals, vendors, andfestival participants, weask that you leave your
pets at home. This year’sfestival is sponsored inpart by WashingtonCounty Fair and Bat-tenkill Fibers Cardingand Spinning Mill.
Additional informationincluding a full schedule,hours, a complete vendorlist and directions to theFairgrounds is can befound atwww.adkfiber.com
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The 2011 Auxiliaryheifer auction at the All-American Angus Breeders’Futurity, June 19 inLouisville, KY, raised$6,000 for the AmericanAuxiliary scholarshipfund.
The heifer, O’Neill’s Era-line 259 (reg. no.16717542) donated byJim and Ardyce O’Neill ofO’Neill Angus Farm, Lo-gan, Iowa, sold for $6,000to high bidder Greg Buie,Copan, OK.
“The heifer was a goodfit for my program and Iknew the money would goto a good cause,” Buiesaid.
Buie has just transi-tioned to the Angus breedand said the heifer willhelp expand his herd withquality genetics. He also
toured the O’Neill facilitybefore and after the sale,traveling more than 700miles.
“I know buying theheifer was the right thingto do because O’Neill An-gus Farm is more thanquality Angus cattle —Jim and Ardyce are gener-ous and honest peoplewanting to make a differ-ence,” Buie said.
American Angus Auxil-iary President Barbara Et-tredge said, “The Auxiliaryis grateful to Mr. Buie andall other individuals whorealize the importance ofour scholarship program.”
“The success of thefundraiser is attributed tothe dedication and hardwork of everyone who hada hand in organizing, pro-moting and bringing the
project to fruition.”The Auxiliary hopes to
continue the project formany years and is begin-ning work for next year’sheifer auction.
“After a 15-year ab-sence, the fundraiser wasa success, and the Auxil-iary is excited about thefunds raised,” Ettredgesaid.
The proceeds from thefundraiser will go towardthe Auxiliary’s scholar-ship fund, managed bythe Angus Foundation.Each spring, the Auxiliaryreviews the scholarshipfund activity and deter-mines scholarshipamounts.
Visit www.angusauxil-iary.com to learn moreabout the American An-gus Auxiliary.
Auxiliary heifer auction raises fundsAuction in Louisville raises $6,000 for youth scholarships.
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by Meg Downey Hardy,UNH Cooperative Exten-sion Master Gardener
Some gardeners havefantasies about loungingin an Adirondack chairunder the arbor, sippingiced tea with fresh-picked mint, and enjoy-ing the results of theirhard work.
But sitting under myarbor is too close to theaction for me. I feel aneed to pull the weeds ordeadhead those flowersthat I missed — every-thing that doesn't meetthe perfection idealizedin magazines and books.
So, I enjoy and observefrom above, from my sec-ond-story bedroom win-dow.
Working in my gardenis like meditating to me.The physical labor ofmaintaining and nurtur-ing all that life pulls mein, and hours go by with-out a thought of anythingelse. After hours in myyard, I retreat to the coolhouse to rid myself of mywet, mud-drenchedclothes and shoes. Iscrub my grime-filled fin-gernails and my weath-ered skin of sweat, sunblock and insect repel-lent and I settle down tomy quiet reflections frommy upstairs window.
When I am in the gar-den, I work because Ican't help myself: dead-heading a plant here,staking a plant there,watering another plant,pulling weeds or snip-ping blossoms and fo-liage to bring pieces ofmy garden indoors. My
hands are full, and Iscatter tools around thegarden as I jump fromone task to the next. Icarry scissors, clippers,a shovel, a bowl of water,ties for stakes, plantidentification labels, andmy glasses.
My garden is a party Iam hosting; my guestsneed attention and Ineed to offer it.
The distance and per-spective from my bed-room window offer a dif-ferent kind of medita-tion. The view fromabove allows me to soakin the multitude of sum-mer colors and patterns,each flowing into thenext with the changesbetween colors varyingfrom rigid angles to fuzzyand soft blends.
Some areas are explo-sive and wild, catchingmy eye and demandingattention, while otherparts of the garden seekmy eyes with a quiet, un-derstated presence.
Plants have personali-ties. The garden partythat I witness from aboveis full of drama. The sun-gold, majestic daisiesstand firm and rigid nextto the fuzzy lavender andred of the bee balm,equally as tall but fight-ing for attention withless gusto.
My eye travels awayfrom my tall, egotisticalfriends to the shady cor-ner where the comicalmauve and whiteastilbes bob their feath-ery heads, daintily danc-ing over the bold-leaved,no-nonsense hostas of
white, green and yellow.Next, my eyes rest on
the soft, muted lamb’s earreclining next to thesplashing purple, peachand plum pansies bob-bing along the edge, hold-ing their own with mirthand good humor. Fra-grant mint spreads toevery vacant spot; fragilemulti-colored cosmos addtheir dainty touch, andsturdy, bold marigoldswork hard to fend off un-invited insects.
My 2011 tomato cropleans limply againststakes. As their hostess Ihope for a harvest like afew years ago that keptme in the kitchen forhours with friends cook-
ing and freezing pastasauces and chili. Butfrom above, my tomatoesare only a small part ofthe party.
Some of my gardenerfriends choose to inviteone type of flower friendto their party. Some wantpeaceful, calm attendees.I like interesting partiesthat deliver surprises. SoI expand my guest list towild unknowns. I wel-come native weeds to addtheir spunk and stub-bornness. My husbandgroans as I find new lon-ers along back roads orswamp edges or the un-tended fringes of ouryard. He thinks they areugly and should be kept
out.I look for diversity. I
like underdogs. Mymothering nature de-mands that I includethese vagabonds, and Itend to their needs justas I tend to all the needsof my invited guests. Iadmit there are timeswhen my need to includeeveryone leads to chaosand confusion.
Colors and stylesclash, pop, and zing.Some of my new guestsend up towering overshorter invitees thatneed to be in the front. Itgets crowded with myopen invitation, andevery year I need to redi-rect the quieter, smaller
plants towards the frontof the crowd. When aguest gets too aggres-sive, I replant it at thefringe of the party.
Every day new surpris-es await me. Guestscome and go. As oneflower drops its fadedblooms, a new one of adifferent height, color, orshape appears.
I enjoy inviting guestsand tending to theirneeds. I like the succes-sion of guests and thevarying moods of theparty. And I cherishstepping up and away towatch them from aboveseeing the guests inter-mingling and enjoyingthe party as a whole.
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The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee ispleased to announce that Jim Crowley, Jr. has ac-cepted the position of Dairy Cattle Show Superinten-dent, effective at the March Annual Board of Direc-tors meeting in 2012. Crowley brings a substantialamount of experience to the position, having followedin his father’s footsteps by becoming an integral partof the World Dairy Expo cattle shows at a young age.Most recently, Crowley has served as the BrownSwiss Superintendent, meeting the needs of BrownSwiss exhibitors from throughout the United Statesand Canada.
Crowley will be shadowing current overall DairyCattle Show Superintendent Bob Kaiser at this year’sshow, in addition to serving as Brown Swiss Super-intendent. This will be Kaiser’s fifth show serving asoverall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent, beforethat he served as Ayrshire Superintendent. From allof us at World Dairy Expo, we are extremely gratefulfor Kaiser’s efforts over the past five years and lookforward to working with Crowley in the future.
World Dairy Expo is an international trade anddairy cattle show for dairy producers. “Around theWorld of Dairy in 5 Days” is the theme for this year’sevent, Oct. 4-8, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madi-son, WI. For a show schedule and further informa-tion, visit www.worlddairyexpo.com.
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by Hubert J. KarremanHi Folks,What’s in a name?
What does a name relayto us? What do we asso-ciate with differentnames? How does aname affect how we in-teract with whomever orwhatever it is — whetherit is plant, animal or per-son? For instance, “dead-ly nightshade” — is it al-ways “deadly”? Or coulddeadly nightshade havesome interesting charac-teristics in its growth orpreference for soil typethat we don’t even thinkabout because we simplysee “deadly nightshade”and tremble?
For sure, I have neverliked when a cow has noactual name but is onlyknown by an ear tag orneck chain number. Thisis in part because I can’tremember a cow by itsnumber if my life depend-ed on it. I’m simply not a“numbers guy”. Yet I canremember cows with realnames for many years.Ask some farmers aroundLancaster County andthey will likely agree. Theother reason I haven’t likecows being given only anumber is that I havethought that it shortsthem out of a personality.
Indeed, names for ani-mals can provide the an-imal with instant char-acter. The potentialproblem is that when wegive a name to an animal(especially if it in someway reflects a behavioralpattern of the animal),
we tend to lose sight ofthe animal as its own in-dividual being. Granted,a warm name like Cud-dles will probably makefor a cow that everyoneinstantly likes. Opposite-ly, a name like Jerk willmake for a cow no onelikes much nor will peo-ple be as likely to gladlyhelp her if she needs it,compared to one namedCuddles. Each cow mayhave “earned” the name,but then it sticks foreverand we sum up the ani-mal in one breath.
When I was takingblood samples every fewweeks from a herd a cou-ple months ago, theherdsperson would tellme the name of the cowand then perhaps tell meof some interesting tidbitabout the cow. Granted,I definitely like to knowthe story of the animal infront of me. We veteri-narians always like toget as much history aspossible, though at timesthe telling of innocentbarn history of a cow canthrow us off track!
But what I have cometo realize is that whileI’ve always enjoyed get-ting a short story alongwith a name of the ani-mal, even simply know-ing a name can actually“blind” me to connectingwith the animal directlyon a “being to being” ba-sis. This may be due topre-conceived notions Imay have with whatevername an animal has. Forinstance, I have found
that many female ani-mals named Hazel seemto have odd, quirky tem-peraments. I’m not sureif this is a case of behav-ior following a givenname or a name follow-ing a given behavior pat-tern, but the name Hazelis kind of old fashionedand perhaps implies anodd, quirky type nature.
Now, is this actuallyfair to the animal? Thecow Hazel I am thinkingabout is generally knownto be kind of witchy andkicky. And, granted, Iwill always listen to afarmer in regards to apotentially kicky cow. Sofor a few sessions of tak-ing blood samples, werestrained her very wellbefore I even got near herand I even ended up tak-ing blood from her jugu-lar vein one time be-cause of her thrashing toget free of the restraints.However, the last time Igot a blood sample fromher, I simply approachedher quietly. In my usualway of using the backs ofmy fingers to touch thetail to alert the cow of mypresence, she momen-tarily clamped down hertail and then relaxed. Af-ter that, with calm andpeaceful intent, I gentlylifted her tail and drewthe blood sample. Noproblems whatsoever.
Another cow, with thecute name of Babette,was nothing but trouble,even though theherdsperson told meglowing stories of her be-
fore hand. I guess a nicestory with a friendlyname like Babettecalmed me into a falsesense of security.
I then mentioned to theperson that knowing thename of the cow isn’t asimportant as knowingthe cow herself as an in-dividual being. That largecreature is a conscious,highly aware being thathas a private life sepa-rate of the temporary in-teraction with people atmilking time. She thinksand perceives the worldin ways that only cowsdo. And she knows everycow there quite well, in“cow-ways” which we willnever truly know — andyet she knows not one oftheir names.
Once we let go ofnames we can start tounderstand animals asthey truly are, ratherthan how we project ourthoughts upon them.Only then can we trulyconnect ourselves withthem — and they to us.This is best done by gaz-ing into their eye for afew moments and catch-ing their gaze returned tous. With cows this can bedeeply penetrating, giv-ing one a sense of “bovin-ity” and their wild ances-tors — the bison and buf-falo. It is then that acomplete realization oftheir individuality can beexperienced: a clearawareness of their indi-vidual presence in ourmidst. It is then that wecan understand that the
world will be experiencedby them in quite a differ-ent, unique way than wedo. The outcome of suchawareness is a true re-spect for diversity, espe-cially biodiversity for lifein our midst on the farm.Whether it is a bird look-ing for a place to land ora plant rooted and draw-ing up the earth’s miner-als to grow, each life formadds to Life.
What would a cow’smost complete experi-ence of life, if we weren’tinvolved? What is thehighest “cow-ness” a cowcan achieve? In the caseof ruminants, it would begrazing forages andforbs. For an individualcow, regardless of whatwe may name her, itwould to be blended inwith her herd mates, notdrawing attention to her-self, yet knowing eachand every subtle move-ment of her herd matesin ways we simply willnever truly understand.
After bringing the cowsinto fresh pasture whenafternoon milkings weredone, I remember wellsitting on the ground andsimply being there: lis-tening to the cows rip atthe grass to eat it, thenmove along and rip atmore grass. Combiningthis with a colorful sun-set and crickets chirping,lightening bugs blinkingand cicadas resounding,a sense of knowing whata cow experiences in herown element emerges —Bovinity! This is a deeply
calming experience, al-lowing one to immerseand be one with other liv-ing beings — they goingabout their life as if youweren’t even there. Thisallows you to see thesewonderful animals forthe beautiful, peacefulbeings that they are,both individually and asa group. They don’t mindyou’re there, after allthey know you quite well— and guess what, theydon’t even know yourname. Removing filters,like names, allows us toconnect directly with lifearound us at a heart feltlevel. Try it, even if justoccasionally. It is a veryrevealing yet humblingexperience.
I’m pretty sure there issome sort of innate bondbetween humans andcows, with cows surren-dering some of their“cow-ness” while peoplehopefully surrendersome of their pre-con-ceived notions andmindfully blend them-selves into the herd, tobecome clear and awareof their cows’ bovinity.Indeed this is the casefor any truly dedicatedcow person. And as wewill continue to nameand number cows — justremember to occasional-ly look beyond the nameor number for the indi-vidual that is there.
“The real journey ofdiscovery consists not ofseeking new landscapes,but in having neweyes…” Marcel Proust.
The Moo News ~ Newsletter of Penn Dutch Cow Care
by Maureen DuffyNH Farm Bureau Federa-tion Communications Di-rector
Within the past year,about 11,800 Americanbred heifers have madetheir journey across theAtlantic Ocean. It hasbeen over 20 years sincelivestock export was per-mitted from nearby ports,hence the excitementover the approval to do soat Eastport, Maine.
Since permission wasgranted, back in July of2010, cattle from NewHampshire, Maine, Ver-mont, New York, Pennsyl-vania, Wisconsin, Min-nesota and Ohio havebeen transported to thecoast of Maine in prepa-ration for their voyage toTurkey.
This export opportunityis a welcome market forEastport residents and astruggling dairy industry.The cattle making theirway to Turkey are short-bred dairy heifers, ex-plained export dealer, JayRoebuck. He estimates
between 500 and 600New Hampshire heifershave made the trip. Roe-buck has been shippingcattle overseas for yearsout of Delaware, exceptduring the BSE (BovineSpongiform Encepha-lopathy or Mad Cow) cri-sis a few years ago, whenthe border was closed toall ruminant exports. Nowthat the export market isopen again, Roebuck isready to access the mar-ket with high-qualityAmerican dairy cattle.
“It’s a good market andit looks like it will be stablefor awhile,” said Roebuck.“We are also working onattaining the Russian andMiddle East markets.”
The port is consideredsuitable because it iscloser to Europe thanother US ports, making ita wise choice for the cus-tomers and cattle. To en-sure satisfied customers,the delivery of healthy liv-ing cattle is vital to futuresales. All the cattle des-tined for the nation ofTurkey are transported to
Turner, Maine, wherethey are held for theirmandated rest stop. It isat this location where thecattle are inspected forthe last time before theyboard the ship.
On average there areapproximately 600 ani-mals shipped about threetimes a month that re-quire the proper healthchecks and certification24 hours prior to theirdeparture. That’s whereveterinarians Chip Ridky,the primary inspector forthe USDA from Maine,and Nicole Giguere, Vet-erinary Medical Officerfor the, Animal and PlantHealth Inspection ServiceVeterinary Services(APHIS), as well as twoveterinarian technicianscome into action.
“We make certain theanimals being exportedtest negative for Tubercu-losis, Brucellois, andBluetongue Disease (ca-tarrhal fever),” saidGiguere, whose office isbased in Concord, NH.“Any animals that exhibit
concerns such as cough-ing, lameness or infec-tions are pulled. We arethe final advocates forthese animals and it isour responsibility to en-sure their well-being. An-imal welfare is very im-portant to APHIS and wetake it seriously.”
Each individual animal,has a radio frequencyidentification (RFID) eartag. As each heifer runsthrough the cattle chutethey are identified byscanning the RFID buttontag and are cross checkedwith their individualhealth records from atleast two other vet checksand are certified accord-ingly. The animals thatpass inspection are herd-ed onto a cattle linerwhere the truck is thensealed for port delivery.
At the port, the cattleare unloaded from thetrucks and herded intotransport containers,known as CATs or com-fortable animal transportsuites. There are 13heifers per container, a
number that preventscrowding but is tightenough to keep them safefrom getting tossedaround by rough seas.The containers have beencompletely modified tohave windows, electricfans, automatic-waters,feed and bedding in orderto make the 11- to 14-daytrip at sea as comfortableas possible.
In general, most of thecattle being shipped areHolsteins, but there aresome Jerseys, Shorthornsand a few beef heifersaboard. Turkey has a se-vere shortage of milk cowsand is seeking Americancattle for their milk pro-duction capabilities. Onaverage, farmers are paid$1,300 per animal.
“The price was good,better than what wecould get locally for the14 short-bred registeredHolsteins that we sent,”said Debbie Erb ofSpringvale Farm inLandaff, NH. “It was anintriguing experience andwe plan on sending
more.”The University of New
Hampshire dairy facilityhas also utilized thismarket opportunity.
“It’s good money for a14-month-old heifer,”said Jon Whitehouse,manager of the FairchildDairy Teaching and Re-search Center at the Uni-versity of New Hamp-shire. “We are able tomake our costs back andwe’ve been very pleasedthe three times that wehave shipped our regis-tered Holsteins. The bestpart is that you don’thave to haggle over theprice, the dealer offers$1,300 and it’s a niceway to market animals.”
Eastport has openedthe doors to opportuni-ties and optimism for theAmerican dairy industry.The ability to access for-eign markets has gener-ated excitement and hopefor many people directlyand indirectly involved inthe ag-industry. And forthat reason, it is a voyageworth taking.
New export opportunities have resulted in optimism for local dairy producers
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by Dianne Lamb, Extension Nutrition andFood Specialist, University of Vermont
Bringing lunch from home is a bar-gain in a bag — easy on your waistlineand on your wallet. You also get to“think outside the box” and be creativewith your food choices instead of set-tling for the same ho-hum options atthe office cafeteria.
When you make your own lunch,whether it’s a sandwich, wrap or salad,you can control portion size as well ascalorie and fat content. Making smartchoices increases nutritional benefitsthat may even lower the risk of cancerand other chronic diseases.
A good place to start when planningyour brown bag lunch is the traditional,central item: the sandwich. Since about60 percent of a sandwich is bread,choose one made with whole-grainflour. But don’t be fooled. Just becausethe bread is dark bread that doesn’tnecessarily mean that it’s whole grain.Caramel color or molasses often isadded to give bread a deep color.
Whole grains, which are denser thanrefined versions, are more fiber-rich andfilling than refined grains. They are richin many health-protective substancesincluding antioxidants, phytochemicals,vitamin E, folic acid, zinc, selenium andmagnesium. When buying a loaf ofbread, check the ingredient label. Thefirst item listed should be either “100percent whole grain” or “whole” followedby the type of grain used.
For sandwich fillings consider alter-natives to meat, such as vegetables orcheese. Since many cheeses containmore fat per ounce than most meats,select a reduced-fat cheese. If makingsandwich fillings with soft cheese,include vegetables or fruits or both toadd extra flavor, texture and nutrition.
Or instead of a traditional peanutbutter sandwich, why not put peanut
butter in celery sticks with a few whole-wheat crackers on the side. Include ahandful of raisins in a sealable bag inyour lunch, and you have the adult ver-sion of “ants on a log,” for many a child-hood favorite.
Wraps made from soft tortillas are apopular restaurant item and easily canbe made at home to take for lunch.Consider a spinach or tomato-herb tor-tilla as the base instead of a plain tortilla.
When making wraps it’s better to erron the side of “less” instead of “more.”Too much filling, particularly ingredi-ents like salsa, chopped tomatoes orrunny spreads and dressings will oozeout, making it difficult to eat. If you areusing any “juicy” items for the wrap,pack the components separately andassemble just before eating.
Layer thinly sliced meats or low-fatcheese with your choice of vegetables,fruit or beans. Hummus (chickpeaspread) and pesto both make flavorful“glue” for a wrap.
Leftover tossed salad also makes a greatfilling. Or use pita bread or whole-grainbreads or crackers instead of a tortilla.
Pasta salad made with different-shaped pasta or whole wheat pasta andcolorful vegetables such as broccoli,carrots or red peppers and a lightdressing is another option for lunch.You can add beans, cheese or meat tothe salad or serve these on the side forprotein. Round out the meal with apiece of fruit and a glass of low-fat milk.
Soup makes a great packed lunch asdo leftovers including chili, macaroniand cheese, casseroles or spaghetti.Heat these items to 165°F before pack-ing into an insulated thermos to keepthem warm (140°F) until lunch. Forbest results, fill the insulated containerwith boiling water and let it stand for afew minutes. Empty out the hot waterand refill the container with the piping
hot food (165°F). Keep the containerclosed until it’s time to eat.
Think safety when packing lunches.The first rule is “Wash your hands.”Make sure counters, cutting boardsand utensils are clean. Wash after usein hot soapy water and rinse well. Keepfamily pets off counters and other foodpreparation areas.
Don’t cross-contaminate. Remember,harmful bacteria can spread easily fromone surface to another. When preparingfood such as tomatoes or lettuce thatwill not be cooked on a counter or cut-ting board, be sure these surfaces havebeen thoroughly washed first.
Keep perishable foods in bag lunchesout of the danger zone (40 to 140°F) asbacteria can multiply rapidly at thesetemperatures. Perishable foods includ-ing milk, meats, fish and eggs need tobe kept cold at 40°F or below.
Insulated, soft-sided lunch bags areideal or use metal, plastic or paper con-tainers and freeze bottles of water, fruitjuice or ice packs to keep foods cold. Ifpossible, store your lunch in the refrig-erator at work until ready to eat.
Looking for something different andnutritious for tomorrow’s brown-baglunch? Try this recipe.
Carrot Spread1 8-oz. package low-fat cream cheese1/4 c well-drained crushed pineapple1 to 2 Tbsp. low-fat sour cream1 c. coarsely grated or finely chopped
carrots2 Tbsp. chopped blanched almonds
or other nutsPlace cream cheese in a medium bowl
and allow to soften at room tempera-ture. Then mash and work with a forkuntil texture is light enough to combineeasily with other ingredients. Mix inremaining ingredients, graduallyadding just enough sour cream socheese becomes soft and easy tospread. Cover and refrigerate up to 2days ahead or let stand at room tem-perature for 1 hour before serving toallow flavors to blend and mellow.Spread on slices of whole-grain bread.
Per serving (1 Tbsp.): 31 calories, 2grams (g) total fat (1 g. saturated fat), 2g carbohydrate, 1 g protein, less than 1g dietary fiber, 30 milligrams sodium.Yield: about 1 1/2 c.
A brown-bag lunch can be an oppor-tunity for creative cuisine. Let yourimagination and food preferences beyour guide when packing a lunch.
Upgrading the brown-bag lunch
(NAPSA) — Celebrating the littlethings in life can add enjoyment toyour family and help build confidencein children...getting an “A,” scoring agoal, mastering a first musicalpiece...all worth celebrating-but whatto make? No worries...if you have a fewstaples on hand, such as a variety ofpie fillings, a special treat can be easi-ly prepared in no time!
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cookie dough2 tsp. sugar1 can (21 oz.) Comstock® or
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Preheat oven 450°F. Measure andset aside 1/2 cup cookie dough; patremainder into 9” x 13” pan. Spoonfruit filling over dough. Break off smallpieces of dough that was set aside andscatter over filling; sprinkle with
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1. Prepare brownie mix as directedfor cake-like brownies. Lightly grease36 mini muffin cups. Fill each cup 3/4full. Bake for 15 minutes or untilbrownie tops are crackled and brown-ie is separating from cup.
2. With your finger, make an inden-tation in each brownie top. Cool 10minutes. Run a thin spatula aroundedge of brownie. Remove from pans.
3. Place chocolate into bowl. Insaucepan, heat cream over mediumheat until it starts to boil. Immediatelyremove from heat; pour cream overchocolate. Stir until chocolate is melt-ed and mixture is smooth.
4. Fill each indentation withganache and spread to edges. Top withdollop of cherry filling.
Simple recipes to make every occasion special
Getting your kids ready for schoolhas changed tremendously sincesharpening some pencils and pack-ing an apple for the teacher. But evenif technology and the times havechanged, it never hurts to have sometips to make sure your little scholaris ready to hit the books. Here aresome suggestions from the FederalCitizen Information Center:
• Sending your child to schoolmeans more than ABCs and 123s. It’seasy to forget about updating theirimmunization record, or talking withthem about school bus safety. Getyour kids and yourself ready withthese back-to-school resources fromUSA.gov for easy to overlook guide-lines.
• Introduce them to Kids.gov. Asthe official kids’ site of the U.S. gov-ernment, you can trust that all itscontent is safe and secure. Besidesfun and educational games for yourkids, there’s a section for parentsand educators for you to use whilebeing your child’s teacher at home.
• You’re eager to help your child
succeed, but not every body is atrained educator. Use homework tipsfrom the Department of Education toassist your child with math, reading,and more. Visit www2.ed.gov/par-ents/academic/involve/homework/index.html
• Every parent hopes that theirchild’s biggest issue at school is grip-ing about homework. Sadly, that isnot always the case. Bullying bypeers has become a national issue —see what our leaders have to sayabout when times get tough and fac-ing adversity with the White House’svideo as part of the “It Gets Better”campaign. Visitwww.whitehouse.gov/itgetsbetter
Going back to school is an excitingand busy time. With so much goingon, it’s easy to forget some of theodds and ends that come with board-ing the school bus again. Using theseback-to-school resources fromUSA.gov in the beginning andthroughout the school year will helpyou and your child both make thegrade.
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ARLINGTON, VA —Dairy producers realizethat the status quo pro-tections offered by cur-rent federal policies have
failed them during thepast decade — especiallyin 2009 — yet some mayunderstandably be ap-prehensive about advo-
cating comprehensive re-form of those policies.
The Dairy ProductPrice Support Program(DPPSP) and the Milk In-
come Loss Contract(MILC) program com-bined constitute nearly80 percent of the dairybudget baseline over thenext 10 years, accordingto the CongressionalBudget Office. However,the DPPSP has becomean ineffective safety netfor farmers, and has cre-ated an unintended out-come whereby the U.S.has become burdenedwith balancing theworld’s milk supply.
The MILC program alsohas been ineffective inproviding a safety net forfarmers, and treats farmsand entire regions of thecountry unequally. Morespecifically, it does notaddress the rise involatile feed costs, andhas not prevented the ex-odus of farms during itsdecade of existence. In2001, there were 97,460U.S. dairy farms, but by2010, that figure was62,500 — a loss of 36percent of the nation’s
dairy farmers, almost allof which were small tomedium-size operationsof 500 cows or less. Thisclearly demonstrates theinadequacy of the currentprogram and the need forbetter dairy policy.
The policy proposalscontained in the Nation-al Milk Producers Feder-ation’s Foundation forthe Future (FFTF) elimi-nate the DPPSP andMILC programs, and cre-ate a more efficient andeffective safety net in theform of a Dairy ProducerMargin Protection Pro-gram, the costs of whichare shared by dairyfarmers and the federalgovernment. FFTF alsoestablishes a Dairy Mar-ket Stabilization Pro-gram to prompt produc-ers to respond morequickly to economic sig-nals from the market-place and at no cost tothe government.
Existing farm pro-grams, including thedairy title within theFarm Bill, are expectedto undergo further cutsas part of the new feder-al budget deal passed bythe House and Senate.FFTF was created toachieve better economic
protection for farmers,while also yielding abudget savings — com-pared to current baselinespending levels — pre-cisely because farm safe-ty nets are going toshrink in the future. TheCongressional BudgetOffice says FFTF willsave $166 million overthe next five years, at atime when Congress hasnow pledged to cut morethan a trillion dollarsfrom federal spending.
Dairy producers haveacknowledged thatshrinking federal re-sources are the reality.Keeping the status quo isnot an option, either eco-nomically, as the bestsafety net to producers,or fiscally, due to budgetdemands. Producershave been calling forsomething better for thepast two years. We can’tstay where we are andchange is needed, whichis why Foundation for theFuture was developed.
To learn more aboutFoundation for the Fu-ture, including the DairyProducer Margin Protec-tion Program and theDairy Market Stabiliza-tion Program, visitwww.futurefordairy.com.
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Dairy producers reject status quo, support policy offering budget savingscommentary from Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —On July 27, Rep. K.Michael Conaway,Chairman of the HouseAgriculture Committee’sSubcommittee on Gen-eral Farm Commoditiesand Risk Management,held an audit hearing toexamine Title I programsand the SupplementalRevenue Assistance Pay-ments (SURE) program.This is the eighth hear-ing in the series on farmpolicy that is designed toprovide oversight of cur-rent spending to ensureprograms are deliveredeffectively. It also pro-vides Members of theCommittee with a com-prehensive view of farmprograms.
Title I programs, pluscrop insurance, form thebackbone of the farmsafety net, but only ac-count for roughly 16
percent of all farm billspending. In addition tocrop insurance, the pri-mary components of thetitle include direct pay-ments, the counter-cyclical program, andmarketing loan assis-tance. Together, they en-sure that farmers havesupport during seasonsof bad weather andvolatile prices. The 2008Farm Bill introduced an-other form of commoditysupport in the form ofAverage Crop RevenueElection (ACRE). Alsonew to the 2008 FarmBill is the SURE pro-gram, which providesassistance to eligibleproducers suffering croplosses during naturaldisasters.
“In the last few yearsAmerican agriculturehas experienced a multi-tude of perils, both natu-
ral and man-made. Withthat in mind, and Con-gress lacking the abilityto accurately predict thefuture, it is imperativethat future farm policynot only mitigates a cri-sis, but also establishesa framework to preventone. With little time be-fore the next farm bill,we should be cognizantthat our resources are fi-nite, our decisions aretimely, and our invest-ments need to last. Ourchoices must be wise,”said Chairman K.Michael Conaway (R-TX).
“As a farmer, I have al-ways considered myselfan eternal optimist.However, every now andthen the farmers andranchers who feed ournation face painful con-sequences to their oper-ation. Our producersmust operate and suc-
ceed in an industry thatrelies on uncontrollableforces, such as weather,ever increasing cost ofinputs, and marketvolatility. We need toprovide a strong supportsystem to enable farm-
ers and ranchers to con-tinue to provide thesafest, most plentifuland affordable food sup-ply in the world. AllAmericans have a vestedinterest in their suc-cess,” said Ranking
Member Leonard L.Boswell (D-IA).
The AJCC ResearchFoundation has issued arequest for research pro-posals to be funded in2012 addressing signifi-cant issues for the Jer-sey breed and Jerseymilk producers.
Current priorities forresearch funding are:
• Nutrition of high-pro-ducing Jerseys, particu-larly practical feedingmethods to maximize
production of valuablemilk components;
• Factors affecting man-agement of Jersey calves;
• Factors affectingyield and/or quality ofproducts manufacturedfrom Jersey milk;
• Factors affecting eco-nomic impact of Jerseys:efficiencies, net income,longevity, and lifetimeprofit;
• Optimizing the genet-
ic basis for improving an-imal health and/or en-hancing product quality;
• Enhancing environ-mental impact associat-ed with Jerseys;
• New technologies forsafe and sustainablefood production fromJersey cattle; and
• Feasibility of addingvalue and increasingconsumer acceptance ofJersey-derived products
through enhanced prod-uct quality and branding.
Application deadline isThursday, Dec. 1. The Re-search Advisory Commit-tee of the American Jer-sey Cattle Association willevaluate the proposals,then forward its recom-mendations to the AJCABoard of Directors, whichwill award funds at itsmeeting in March 2012.
Submissions are eval-
uated for (a) merit (e.g.,potential to advancepractical knowledge, cre-ative approach to theproblem); (b) competence(i.e., high probability ofsuccessful completionwithin the proposed timeframe); and (c) relevance(e.g., problem derivedfrom one of the areas ofresearch priority).
Since 1988, the Foun-dation has awarded near-
ly $880,000 in seed mon-ey for selected projects.
Detailed informationabout the CompetitiveGrants Program can befound on the web site(www.usjersey.com/pro-grams/researchpro-gram.html) or requestedfrom Cari W. Wolfe, Di-rector of Research andGenetic Programs Devel-opment, at 614-322-4453.
Committee holds eighth audit hearing on agricultural programs
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The new legislativedraft of National MilkProducers Federation’s(NMPF) Foundation forthe Future program ad-heres closely to two keyprinciples: that it be na-tional in scope, and ap-ply equally to all pro-ducers, the organizationsaid on Aug. 11.
Those key objectiveswere established twoyears ago when NMPFChairman RandyMooney, a dairy farmerfrom Rogersville, MO,
formed a task force toexamine how best to im-prove dairy policy.
“The task force had togenerate policies thatwere national in scope,meaning that becausethey would apply to alldairy farms across thecountry, they musttreat all regions equi-tably — and any policychanges must not dis-criminate among pro-ducers in any way, es-pecially with respect tothe size of their farms,”
Mooney said. The Foun-dation for the Future(FFTF) package “followsthose principles be-cause it treats each pro-ducer fairly and equal-ly.”
As a result of volumecaps, current dairysafety net programscontain a major short-coming in that they donot protect the majorityof U.S. milk production,leaving large segmentsof the industry exposedto the inherent, unique
financial risks associat-ed with dairy farming.This exposure threatensnot only dairy farmers,but also American con-sumers by underminingthe ongoing ability ofproducers to produce areliable supply of nutri-tious, wholesome, andaffordable dairy prod-ucts, according toMooney.
FFTF’s Dairy Produc-er Margin ProtectionProgram (DPMPP)guards against the eco-
nomic hardship result-ing from poor marginscaused by low milkprices and high feedcosts, and provides fora basic level of no-costinsurance coverage forall producers (and alarger share of the U.S.milk supply). It also in-corporates an addition-al measure of risk man-agement for those pro-ducers looking for sup-plemental protection —but largely at their owncost. In addition, by al-lowing farmers of allsizes to choose theirown level of supplemen-tal margin protection,the DPMPP gives small-er producers access to aform of self-directedrisk management thatpreviously had been un-available to them.
For the same reasonof fairness, Mooney saidthat NMPF rejected anyconsideration in itsDPMPP of adjustmentsto feed costs that wouldcontain regional consid-erations or biases.DPMPP also places nolimitations on individ-ual producers’ ability toparticipate in the pro-
gram as a result of theirproduction volume.
“NMPF recognizesthat just as farmers ofall sizes, and in all re-gions, contribute equal-ly to the dairy promo-tion and researchcheckoff (fifteen centsfor every hundredpounds of milk pro-duced), they shouldalso share equally inthe benefits of sensibledairy policy reform,”Mooney said.
Another member ofthe NMPF task forcethat created the DairyProducer Margin Pro-tection Plan said thatwhile each farm has dif-ferent feed costs, thosedifferences are minimalwhen margins aregreatly compressed, asthey were in 2009.
Ken Nobis, a producerfrom St. Johns, MI, not-ed that “while opera-tional costs will alwaysdiffer among producers— even within states orlocal regions — thesedifferences should haveno bearing in the estab-lishment of a safety netprovided by the federalgovernment. The Dairy
Producer MarginProtection Programand the other ele-ments of Founda-tion for the Futurerecognize this, andwere designed to beavailable to allwithout bias.”
To learn moreabout Foundationfor the Future, in-cluding the DairyProducer MarginProtection Programand the Dairy Mar-ket StabilizationProgram, visitw w w . f u t u r e f o r -dairy.com.
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Vermont DHIA Country Folks List for the Month Ending July 2011
Following is the July 2011 VT DHIA Top 40 herds of 10 or more animals based on protein poundsin each County serviced by VT DHIA and processed through the Dairy Records ManagementProcessing Center, Raleigh, NC during the calendar month. Rolling herd averages will appear onthis list for herds which have chosen the option to have their herd average published and the herdhas 12 consecutive tests including components for each test.
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The Agriculture De-partment reduced its2011 milk productionforecast for the first timesince April, despite ris-ing cow numbers. ItsJuly World AgriculturalSupply and Demand Es-timates report says “Al-though the July Cattle
report indicates that pro-ducers are holding rela-tively large numbers ofdairy replacementheifers which supports ahigher forecast dairyherd, recent hot, humidweather and relativelyhigh priced feed mayconstrain the growth in
milk per cow.” The report predicts
2011 milk output to hit195.6 billion pounds,down 100 millionpounds from the July es-timate. The 2012 fore-cast is for 198.8 billion,unchanged from amonth ago, but above2011 reflecting a largerherd in the first part of2012 but slightly slowergrowth in milk per cow.
Commercial exportsfor 2011 were forecasthigher on the strength ofbutterfat. Imports werelowered reflecting lesscheese and milk pro-teins. Trade forecasts for2012 were unchanged.
Cheese, butter, andwhey prices were fore-cast higher for 2011 butnonfat dry milk (NDM)was forecast lower.Tighter milk supplies areexpected to supporthigher product prices,according to USDA, butsoftening internationalprices will likely weighon U.S. NDM markets.
The Class III price fore-cast was raised based onhigher forecast cheeseand whey prices, butlower forecast NDMprices will outweighhigher butter prices sothe Class IV price fore-cast was reduced. Lookfor the Class III price toaverage $18.40-$18.60
per hundredweight, upfrom $18-$18.30 expect-ed in last month’s report.The 2012 average wasprojected to range$16.10-$17.10, up adime from a month ago.The 2010 average was$14.41 and an anemic$11.36 in 2009.
The 2011 Class IV priceis expected to range$19.05-$19.35, downfrom last month’s $19.15-$19.55. The 2012 averagewas put at $16.45-$17.55, down a nickelfrom last month and com-pares to $15.09 in 2010and $10.89 in 2009.
NFDM prices for 2012were forecast lower onexpected weaker early-year demand but cheeseprices were forecastslightly higher. Forecastbutter and whey priceswere unchanged fromlast month.
Dairy Profit Weekly ed-itor Dave Natzke detailedthe feed side of things inFriday’s DairyLine. Hereported that USDA low-ered its 2011 corn pro-duction estimate com-pared to a month ago.The corn harvest is nowforecast at 12.9 billionbushels, up 4 percentfrom 2010, but down 4percent from lastmonth’s forecast. With
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The 2011 soybeanharvest forecast wasdowngraded slightlyfrom a month ago, to 3.1billion bushels, down 8percent from last year.With smaller supplies,season-average priceswere raised 3-4 percent,to a projected mid-rangeof $13.50 per bushel,and $370 per ton forsoybean meal, accordingto Natzke.
Production of the othermajor dairy feedstuffs,dry alfalfa and other haywas also lower. The alfal-fa hay harvest forecastwas lowered 4 percentfrom a year ago and theharvest of other hay wasforecast down 14 percentfrom last year. “The newsisn’t good for farmers al-ready stressed by record-high hay prices this sum-mer,” Natzke concluded.
Cooler weather in theMidwest has reducedstress on animals andfarmers however milkproduction is not likely torebound to previous lev-els real soon. The extremeheat and humidity thatcovered most of the U.S.brought declines of 10-30percent, according to US-
ADA, with the exceptionsof California, Utah, Idaho,and the Pacific North-west. Much of Texas re-mains in the oven, withseveral cities about toshatter records set in theheat wave of 1980.
Class I demand has in-creased in the Southeastand in some urban areaswhere schools have or areabout to start their fallterms. Manufacturingschedules are lighter inthe Central and Easternregions due to the re-duced milk supply withsome plant managersconcerned over the futureavailable milk supplies.
Internationally; thewinter season continuesto make its presenceknown with cold tempera-tures and snow in NewZealand while wet in Aus-tralia. Producers andhandlers remain opti-mistic about the upcom-ing production year. Al-though too early to tell,milk producers and han-dlers in New Zealandproject a 3-5 percent in-crease with Australian es-timates near 1-2 percent.The new season resumesin 4-6 weeks and a fewweeks later for Australia.
Increased milk produc-tion in those countriescan mean lower interna-tional dairy prices howev-
er California’s Milk Pro-ducers Council’s August5 newsletter says “Globaldemand, led by China,Russia, India, and sever-al Southeast Asian na-tions is still being project-ed to absorb those in-creases and more.”
Back on the homefront, effects from Stan-dard & Poor’s downgradeof U.S. debt, may nothave a direct effect ondairy, according toeDairy economist BillBrooks in their August 8Executive Edition. Hesaid “It takes a while fordevelopment like that tofilter through, to see howit impacts demand andproduction.” To becomea subscriber of eDairy’sExecutive Edition andreceive twice daily in-sights on the markets,call 1-800-231-3089.
Monday’s downgradeson Freddie Mac, FannieMae, farm lenders, andsimilar entities promptedmajor equity indexes todrop. The University ofWisconsin’s Dr. BrianGould warned in Tues-day’s DairyLine that,“When the quality of thebonds goes down thecost of attracting moneyfor those bonds has to goup because they’reviewed as more risky.” “Ifthat holds true then
those short term andmedium and long termloan costs could go upfor the ag sector.”
He added that themarkets “aren’t reactingas we would havethought in terms of sig-nificant increases inthose interest rates butit’s a wait and see be-cause we’ve never beenin this state before.”
Gould also called onproducers to “look atboth sides of the coin.”The industry is seeingvolatility because of fluc-tuation in the grainprices, he said, and thataffects the revenue and
the cost side. When look-ing at the relative volatili-ty of feed versus theClass III milk price since2006, feed markets havebeen just about asvolatile in terms ofmonth-to-month variabil-ity, according to Gould.
Gould’s analysis in-cludes a series of 16 per-cent dairy rations andhow it varied relative tothe Class III price sincethe BFP formula in 1995.He reported that, “Be-tween 2000 and 2005 wedid have relatively stablefeed prices and we didn’tneed to be concernedabout margins, all we
had to do is look at themilk price. But, since2006, the volatility meas-ures that I’ve looked atare about equal with re-spect to the 16 percentdairy ration that I put to-gether versus the ClassIII milk price so againthat implies that youneed to look at both therevenue side and the feedside since feed is such ahigh portion of total costof production.”
Plants and buyers areconcerned about cheesedemand, reports Califor-nia’s Milk Producers
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Council (MPC). It warnedthat “The U.S. economycontinues to barely grow,and consumer confi-dence is not much high-er than it was at thedepth of the recession.The concern aboutcheese demand ishealthy for the industry;it is causing both sidesto become cautious.”
Jerry Dryer, editor ofthe Dairy and Food Mar-ket Analyst, sees thingsa little differently. Hewrote in his August 5 is-sue; “Some folks contin-ue to look for a sizabledownward correction inthe cheese price, but itjust doesn’t seem to bein the cards. Almost allof the manufacturersand distributors/bro-kers I talked to this weekreported good orders.”
A major converter re-ported that it is current-
ly running its plants sixdays a week; anothersaid, we’re much busierthan usual for this timeof year. A third added:“Our volumes are aboutequal to a year ago.”Sales into retail andfoodservice are both en-joying fairly good vol-umes, according to Dry-er, based on evidencehe’s seeing. For a free tri-al subscription to Dry-er’s weekly newsletter,log on to www.dairymar-ketanalyst.com.
Meanwhile; California’sSeptember Class I milkprice is a record high$23.56 per hundred-weight for the North and$23.84 for the South, up32 and 33 cents respec-tively from August, and$6.41above September2010. That equates toabout $2.03 and $2.05per gallon respectively.
The 2011 average nowstands at $20.64 for theNorth and $20.91 for theSouth, up from $16.46and $16.74 a year ago.The September Federalorder Class I base priceis announced by USDAon August 19.
Updating the CMEcash dairy markets;block cheese closed thesecond Friday of Augustat $2.0250 per pound,down 10 3/4-cents onthe week, but still 401/2-cents above a yearago. Barrel dropped to$2.07 but regained apenny Friday to close at$2.08, down a nickel anda half on the week, 491/2 above a year ago,and 5 1/2-cents abovethe blocks. Only eightcars of block tradedhands on the week andfive of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average
block price inched ahalf-cent higher, to$2.1116, while the bar-rels averaged $2.1554,up 2.1 cents.
Butter rallied some onFriday as well after slip-ping to $2.0425 onThursday. It closed Fri-day at $2.0725, up 3cents on the day, down 3cents on the week, butstill 15 1/2-cents a yearago. Ten cars were soldon the week. NASS but-ter averaged $2.0812, up7.3 cents. NASS powderaveraged $1.5726, down1.1 cent, and dry wheyaveraged 56.31 cents, up0.4 cent.
Looking “Back to thefutures;” the Federal or-der Class III contract’saverage for the last halfof 2011 was $18.34 perhundredweight on June10 and 17, $18.21 onJune 24, $18.19 on July
1, $18.54 on July 8,$19.29 on July 15,$19.75 on July 22,$19.92 on July 29,$19.75 on August 5, butwas looking like some-thing around $19.12late Friday morning Au-gust 12.
In dairy politics; theNational Family FarmCoalition (NFFC) gave athumbs-down to NationalMilk’s Foundation for theFuture (FFTF) dairy poli-cy proposal saying it has“serious potential to fur-ther drive raw milk pricesdown and also marginal-ize nearly 20 percent ofthe nation’s remainingdairy farmers who cannotparticipate in an insur-ance-based program dueto religious beliefs.”
A NFFC press releasesaid “In just the lastfour years, close to 20percent of this nation’sdairy farms have closedtheir doors for good,wreaking havoc on ru-ral families andeconomies,” addingthat “Crisis hotlineshave been at record lev-els as have the level offarm bankruptcies andauctions, all signalingthat something is seri-ously wrong,” statesBen Burkett, Presidentof the NFFC.
“Dairy farmers receiveunfair prices for theirmilk that come nowhereclose to covering theircost of production,” thepress release said, andcalled for “a new pricingsystem that requires theprocessors and/or mar-keters to pay a fair pricefor the milk they pur-chase,” according to Wis-consin farmer PaulRozwadowski.
“The Federal Milk Mar-
ket Improvement Act of2011 would enable farm-ers to earn a decent liv-ing without being de-pendent on a govern-ment subsidy becausemilk buyers would pay afair price,” he said. NFFChas called on lawmakersto co-sponsor the legisla-tion “before it is too late.”
MPC’s Rob Vanden-heuvel remainsadamantly behind Na-tional Milk’s FFTF, say-ing “Independent think-ing has been a luxurythe dairy industry enjoysand often benefits from.But every once in awhile,a time comes for dairyfarmers from coast-to-coast to unite behind acommon plan. That timeis now with FFTF.” Van-denheuvel’s perspectiveis featured in MPC’snewsletter and appearsin the September edi-tions of Western Dairy-Business and East-ernDairyBusiness
Gary Genske, CPA,managing partner withGenske, Mulder & Com-pany and a member ofthe National Dairy Pro-ducers Organization(NDPO) board, asks pro-ducers to compare theFFTF with one developedby NDPO, called the“Dairy Industry Stabi-lization and Sustainabil-ity Act of 2011.” Genskealso shares his com-ments in an editorial inWestern DairyBusiness.
The FFTF got athumbs-down from JimEichstadt, a Wisconsin-based dairy consultantand former general man-ager of the FarmersUnion Milk MarketingCooperative (now Family
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Dairies USA). Eichstadturged supporters of theFFTF to be “skeptical,”charging that NationalMilk is “not working forthe best interest of grass-roots dairy producers.”
National Milk main-tains that its proposal isnational in scope and ap-plies equally to all pro-ducers, according to apress release Thursday.Details are posted at
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As U.S. farmers are ontrack to produce thethird largest corn cropin history, this sum-mer’s extreme hot anddry conditions acrossmuch of the country arehindering soybean andall wheat production.This is the latest fore-cast, according to theCrop Production reportreleased Aug. 11 by theU.S. Department ofAgriculture’s NationalAgricultural StatisticsService (NASS).
Corn production isforecast at 12.9 billionbushels, up 4 percentfrom last year. Based onconditions as of Aug. 1,corn yields are expectedto average 153.0bushels per acre, up 0.2bushel from 2010, andthe fourth highest yieldon record. Acreageplanted for all purposesis estimated at 92.3 mil-
lion acres, unchangedfrom NASS’s June esti-mate in the Acreage re-port.
NASS reports a differ-ent picture for soybeanproduction, which isforecast at 3.06 billionbushels, down 8 percentfrom last year. Based onAug. 1 conditions, yieldsare expected to average41.4 bushels per acre,down 2.1 bushels fromlast year. Planted areato soybeans is estimatedat 75.0 million acres,down fractionally fromthe previous NASS esti-mate.
All wheat production,at 2.08 billion bushels,is down 1 percent fromthe July forecast anddown 6 percent fromlast year. Based on con-ditions as of Aug. 1, theU.S. yield is forecast at45.2 bushels per acre,up 0.6 bushel from last
month but down 1.2bushels from 2010.Specifically, double-dig-it decreases are expect-ed in Durum and otherspring wheat productionfrom last year due toflooding and excessivelywet conditions earlier inthe season.
Durum wheat produc-tion is forecast at 57.1million bushels, down10 percent from Julyand down 47 percentfrom 2010. The U.S.yield is forecast at 42.4bushels per acre, up 3.7bushels from last monthbut unchanged fromlast year. Acres plantedto Durum wheat aredown nearly 18 percentfrom the previous esti-mate in June, a changebased on farmer re-in-terviews during mid- tolate-July.
Other spring wheat isforecast at 522 million
bushels, down 5 percentfrom last month anddown 15 percent fromlast year. The forecastedyield is 42.5 bushels peracre, up 0.8 bushel fromlast month but down 3.6bushels from 2010.Acres planted to otherspring wheat are down 7percent from the esti-mate in the JuneAcreage report, anotherresult of the producer
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The Federal Milk Mar-keting Improvement Actof 2011 (new dairy pro-posal) received a realboost recently whenJohn Kinsman, Presi-dent of the Family FarmDefenders (FFD) an-nounced that the FamilyFarm Defenders wasstrongly supporting theintroduction of the newdairy proposal (formerlythe Specter-Casey bill).
President Kinsman, adairy farmer fromLaValle, WI, said, “ it’s
time that dairy farmershave a pricing formulabased on the dairyman’scost of production.”
According to Kinsman,Wisconsin is the secondlargest milk producingstate in the union, butthe dairy leader said, “weare losing a substantialamount of dairy farmersand this new dairy pro-posal is going to helpeliminate the current ex-odus of dairy farmers.”
Fred Matthews, a dairyfarmer from La
Fargeville, NY, who is amember of the FamilyFarm Defenders said,“there are various dairyproposals being tossedaround the milk shed,but the Federal MilkMarketing ImprovementAct of 2011 (which is anupdate of the Specter-Casey bill) is the onlyproposal that will coverthe dairy farmers cost ofproduction and priceraw milk at the dairyfarmers bulk tank.”
Kathy Ozer, Executive
Director of the NationalFamily Farm Coalition(NFFC) stated, “It’s reallyrewarding to realizethere are many organiza-tions that are lining upin support of the FederalMilk Marketing Improve-ment Act of 2011.”
The NFFC and many oftheir support organiza-tions have been verycritical of the NationalMilk Producers Federa-tion proposal which callsfor both the UnitedStates Department of
Agriculture and dairyfarmers to purchase in-surance programs tocover the dairy farmerspotential losses.
According to news re-leases by the ProgressiveAgriculture Organiza-tion, (Pro-Ag), the dairyfarmers’ cost of produc-tion will be covered bythe new dairy proposal,and also will return aprofit to the dairyfarmer, without costingthe government anyfunds.
Both Kinsman andMatthews are urging alldairy farmers and Agri-business people to con-tact their U.S. Senatorsand Congressmen andurge them to support theFederal Milk MarketingImprovement Act of2011.
The Family Farm De-fenders is a multi-stateorganization.
For more information,you may contact JohnKinsman at 608-986-3815.
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A group of concernedcitizens in ChenangoCounty, New York hasstarted a project to helpTexas farmers feed theirlivestock in the midst ofwhat experts say is the
worst drought in thatstate’s history.
“It’ll be Americanshelping Americans for achange,” said HermanSherwood-Sitts, one theorganizers of the effort.
The project beganAug.1 and Hay for Texashas collected 74.5 tons ofhay so far, including 26.5tons donated by an indi-vidual from Endicott inBroome County. The im-
mediate goal of Hay forTexas is to collect 80tons, which it is estimat-ed will feed 4,000 cowsfor one day.
The biggest obstaclethe project is facing isfinding a way to transportthe hay to where it needsto go. Sherwood-Sittssaid he has attempted toget tractor-trailer opera-tors to help, “but so far,no one’s stepped up tothe plate.”
According to Sher-wood-Sitts, at his urging,Utica-area Rep. RichardHanna sent a letter to
Gov. Andrew Cuomo onAug. 15 requesting theuse of the New York AirNational Guard to trans-port the hay. The requestis within the realm of theAir Guard’s capabilities alieutenant-colonel toldhim, Sherwood-Sittssaid.
“They needed (the hay)last month and we’re go-ing to try to get it to themthis week,” he said.
The ultimate goal ofHay for Texas is to havethe effort spreadthroughout the Northeastto provide as much hay
as possible to the farmersfor their livestock.
“We’re just trying to getthe word out and to getpeople informed,” Sher-wood-Sitts said.
Anyone interested indonating to Hay for Texascan contact the Chenan-go County Farm Bureauat 607-334-6061. Thatorganization is workingwith the Texas Depart-ment of Agriculture todistribute the hay when itreaches Texas. Sher-wood-Sitts can bereached at 607-334-7186.
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Freestall - Sire ID Young Holstein Cows and Heifers. 25 - 1st & 2nd calf springers,15- Fresh 1st calf heifers, 50 bred heifers, 60 open breeding age heifers. PineHollow Dairy is a 800 cow Dairy that milks at 2 locations, in an effort to downsize to 600 cows at one location; this is hand picked cattle from each age group.They are commercially sound cattle that are working hard. All vaccinations are upto date and all cattle will be vet checked. We will not be accepting consignmentsfor this sale.Both sales will be held at our sale barn. Directions: Former Welch Livestock6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South of Utica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY. Checkout our website for all our upcoming sales.
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Dairy Farmers of Amer-ica Inc.’s (DFA) Boardand management com-mend RepresentativesCollin Peterson, D-MN,and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, for their bipartisanleadership in the effort toreform dairy policy.
Recently Simpson, asenior member of theHouse Budget and Ap-propriations committee,joined Peterson, rankingmember of the HouseAgriculture Committee,in supporting America’sdairy producers througha re-write of federal dairypolicy.
Peterson took a vitalfirst step earlier thissummer in developing
draft legislation that be-gins the discussion ondairy reform. Simpson’sfollow-up pledge thisweek to be the lead Re-publican sponsor for thebill underscores the bi-partisan support for thiscritical legislation.
We look forward to thebill’s introduction whenCongress reconvenes inSeptember and are work-ing with Peterson andSimpson to secure addi-tional support for thismeasure.
Dairy plays a vital rolein this nation’s agricul-ture industry and in thefight against hunger andmalnutrition. Working to-ward federal dairy policy
reform is essential to en-sure producers have thetools they need to remaincompetitive in the worldmarket and facilitate theindustry’s growth andlong-term sustainability.
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New England dairyfarmers need a safety netprogram that will protectthem from the volatility ofthe market. A proposalbeing considered in Con-gress would leave the re-maining dairy farms in
our region more vulnera-ble, at a time when NewEngland dairies are shut-ting down at a rapid rate.
New England FarmersUnion (NEFU) voiced op-position to a proposedoverhaul of federal dairy
policy, recently voting infavor of a resolutionpassed by the NationalFarmers Union (NFU).Representative Collin Pe-terson, D-MN, the rankingmember on the HouseCommittee on Agricul-
ture, has released a dairyreform proposal that at-tempts to resolve a num-ber of critical issues thatprevent the current na-tional dairy safety netfrom functioning ade-quately. However, it woulddo so at the expense ofsmall dairies, such asthose in New England.
“While we are very ap-preciative of rankingmember Peterson's pro-posal to initiate mean-ingful and necessarydairy reform, our Boardof Directors feels that theproposal in its currentform is inadequate,” saidNFU President RogerJohnson. “The currentproposal, which claimsto be size neutral, wouldnot provide a safety netfor all dairy farmers, par-ticularly family-sized op-erators. A fundamentalproblem with this pro-posal is that it appearsthat the largest farmerswill reap the greatestbenefits at the expenseof smaller family farms.”
The proposal would en-courage small dairies to
add more production,which would exacerbateoversupply problems, de-press prices and putfamily farmers at greaterrisk. In addition, wherethe current Milk IncomeLoss Contract (MILC)program caps payments,the proposed Margin Pro-tection Program does notinclude a similar cap,which means the largestdairies stand to reap themost financial benefit.
NFU's resolution in-cludes several sugges-tions that would countershortcomings in theCommittee's proposal,including a plan that,when combined with thecurrent MILC program,would provide a fiscallyresponsible way to man-age risk in dairy produc-tion at minimal or nocost to the American tax-payer. The resolutionpassed by the NFUBoard of Directors isavailable athttp://nfu.org/images/stories/legislation/dairy/071811_DairyResolu-tion.pdf
“New England dairiesneed federal programsthat provide them with asafety net when pricesdrop below the cost of pro-duction,” said NEFU Pres-ident Annie Cheatham.“MILC has helped manydairies in our region, andto replace it with anuntested insurance pro-gram that would benefitlarge dairies at the ex-pense of small ones, likethose in New England, isunfair. We are pleasedthat National FarmersUnion is taking up this is-sue and defending thesmall- and mid-sizeddairies as this discussiongoes on in Congress.”
“It is encouraging thatthe issue of reform in thedairy industry is beingtaken up in Congress,but it is clear that thislegislation is not the an-swer,” said Johnson. “Wewill continue workingwith policymakers to en-sure that any proposeddairy policy reforms donot exacerbate an al-ready dire situation. Wemust be certain that thecure is not worse thanthe disease.”
New England FarmersUnion, a member-drivenorganization, is commit-ted to enhancing thequality of life for familyfarmers, fishermen,nurserymen, and theircustomers through edu-cational opportunities,co-operative endeavorsand civic engagement.For more information,see www.newengland-farmersunion.org .
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www.auctionsinternational.comTuesday, August 23
• Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip-ment, Aerials, Forklifts, Attachments, Support,Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-
tion, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs andhorses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef andcalves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.• 5:00 PM: Albion, NY (Orleans Co.). James F.Davis Farm Machinery Auction. Selling a com-plete line of farm machinery including JD trac-tors, JD combine, hay, tillage & barn equip. andmuch more. Visit our Web site for more informa-tion. William Kent Inc., Sales Managers & Auc-tioneers, 585-343-5449
• The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 148th Top of Ver-mont Invitation Dairy Sale. Sales Managers,Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auc-tioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892
[email protected]• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Feeder Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire LivestockMarketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calvesfollowed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. DonYahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Mar-ket, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104• 6:00 PM: Town of Marcellus. Dump Truck & As-sets - ‘01 Dodge Ram 3500 dump truck, ‘90 JohnDeere 240 tractor, 8’ sander box & office desks& folding chairs.• 6:10 PM - Port St. Lucie, FL - Vehicles & Assets- ‘99 Ford F150 pickup, ‘97 Jeep Grand Chero-kee Laredo, Apple IPhone 3G, Toshiba TV,Olympus microcassette recorders & more. Auc-tions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comThursday, August 25
• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavil-ion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auction-eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033,585-738-2104.• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. DairyCattle followed by Beef & Calves. Dale Cham-bers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing,315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef.TimMiller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.• 5:00 PM: Elba, NY. Dan & Penny Bridge FarmMachinery Auction. Selling a full line of farm ma-chinery including New Holland 1915 forage har-vester, 7 tractors, mixer wagon and more.William Kent Inc., Sales Managers & Auction-
eers, 585-343-5449www.williamkentinc.comThursday, August 25
• 6:00 PM: August Second Chance Auction. Lotsworth taking a second look at here! ‘04 FordF550 dump truck, Eager Beaver trailers, GMCSierra 2500 pickups & more.• 7:15 PM - Private Consignor - ‘85 Midland P-1201 paver w/new parts, Meyer plow w/acces-sories & (2) Salt Dogg salt spreaders.• 7:25 PM - Country Cafe - Restaurant Liquida-tion - Star Grill Express sandwich press, Hobartautomatic slicer, Traulsen 4 door reach-infreezer, Wells flat grills & more.• 7:50 PM - Franklinville CSD - Vending Ma-chines - Two snack vending machines. Model &serial numbers are unknown, however both ma-chines are in working condition.• 7:55 PM - Private Consignor - Olds Bravada -‘00 Olds Bravada 4 door 4WD SUV w/GM 4.3LV6 CPI gas engine. Runs good! Sold with keys &clean title. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comFriday, August 26
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bed-ding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley ProduceAuction, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bed-ding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley ProduceAuction, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bed-ding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley ProduceAuction, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bed-ding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley ProduceAuction, 518-568-3579• 7:00 PM: Fraley’s Dairy Complex, 1515 KepnerHill Rd., Muncy, PA. 300+ Dairy Cattle featuring2 herd dispersals. Fraley Auction Inc., 570-546-6907
www.fraleyauction.comSaturday, August 27
• North Lawrence, NY. Sid & Joan Cheney Dis-persal of farm machinery, horse equipment,household and 4 tractors sell. Delarm & Tread-way, Sale Managers & Auctioneers, 518-483-4106
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• 9:00 AM: 140 Perrin Rd., Woodstock, CT. Es-tate of Ernest Levesque. JD 2355 tractorw/loader, JD 327 baler, Woods backhoe, equip-ment, huge collection of horse drawn equip. &collectibles, lumber, tools, real estate, barns &57 acres . Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421• 9:00 AM: Ionia, NY. Estate of Keith & ThelmaBennett. Excellent, clean household, lawn equip.& shop tools. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann,585-396-1676
www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Produce Auction. Inc.Fall Machinery Consignment Sale. For info con-tact Edwin Zimmerman at 315-536-6252. Pir-rung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.com• 9:00 AM: Oswego County DPW, Oswego, NY.Oswego County Municipal Contractor Equip-ment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers,585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 9:30 AM: 50 Old Mill Rd., New Oxford, PA. Pub-lic Auction of Real Estate and Farm Related An-tiques, Tools, etc. 30+ - OR Acres to be offeredseparately as 12.8 and 17.6 acre subdivided lotsand together. Leaman Auctions Ltd., 717-464-1128, AuctionZip Auctioneer ID #3721
Sunday, August 28• 6:00 PM: Onondaga County. Bulldozer & Autos- ‘80 Fiat Allis 16-B bulldozer & (2) ‘99 Ford Tau-rus LX 4 door Sedans. All start, run & drive/op-erate. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comMonday, August 29
• 6:00 PM: Private Consignor.Trailers - ‘06 Heavyduty flatbed trailer sold with a transferable regis-tration & Mallard travel trailer w/gas, electric,cable.• 6:10 PM - Private Consignor - Farm Tractor -‘50’s Ford 8N farm tractor. Near perfect body;everything original. Starts & runs just fine. Keysare available.• 6:15 PM - Private Consignor - Grand Cherokee- ‘97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. Lots of new& replaced parts. Formerly owned by a schoolteacher. Keys & clean title.• 6:20 PM - Private Consignor - Sports Cards -Thousands of Baseball, Football & Hockey trad-ing cards. Pinnacle, Donruss, Fleer, Score,Topps & Upper Deck. Auctions International,
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Tuesday, August 30• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 4:00 PM: Wayland, NY (Steuben Co.).Jablohski Brothers Retirement Auction. Potato &Grain Farm Machinery. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc.585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.com• 6:00 PM: Christian Central Academy. SurplusAssets - (12) Solid Oak laminate doors, (30) 2bulb fluorescent fixtures, children’s chairs, Mi-nolta copier & more. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comWednesday, August 31
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, September 1
• Oakfield, NY area. Farms for Sale Sealed BidAuction. Retiring will sell 562 total acres in 6deeds mostly contiguous, 6 houses, 3 sets ofbarns and farm machinery. 400 acres of mostlyOntario soil presently in crops and a majority ofthe balance in pasture. Farms are owned by Vir-gil Phelps and Sons, Inc. Bids will be accepteduntil noon on Thurs., Sept. 1, 2011 at HarrisWilcox’s office, 59 So. Lake Ave., Bergen, NY.Owners have right to accept or reject any or allbids and to re-open the bidding process. Ownersare motivated sellers and have indicated theywill probably accept the high bid. 10% Buyer’sPremium in effect. Willard Pengelly & CraigWilcox, Brokers. Call 585-494-1880 between 8am and 11:45 am Mon. - Fri. and speak withChristine Martz for information and bid packets.Harris Wilcox, Inc., Auctioneers, Realtors & Ap-praisers, 585-494-1880
www.harriswilcox.comFriday, September 2
• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8,New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N.of New Berlin). Certified Organic Dairy Dispersal& Added Consignments. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.comSaturday, September 3
• 9:00 AM: Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 792Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Farm MachineryConsignment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions,518-568-2257
Monday, September 5• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin,NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of NewBerlin). Labor Day - We will be closed and re-open on Tues., Sept. 6. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.comTuesday, September 6
• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin,NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of NewBerlin) . Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Tom &Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.com• 6:00 PM: City of Poughkeepsie . Police - Autos& SUV’s - ‘02 Land Rover Freelander SE, ‘97Ford Explorer, ‘01 Ford Focus SE, ‘92 NissanSentra GXE & (2) Honda Accords. Auctions In-ternational, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comThursday, September 8
• 1:00 PM: 10400 Gillete Rd., Alexander, NY.Western NY Gas & Steam Engine Assn. Con-signment Auction. Dann Auctioneers, DelosDann, 585-396-1676
www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htmFriday, September 9
• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8,New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N.of New Berlin). Pine Hollow Dairy Herd Reduc-tion Sale. 150 head sell. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
• 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Dept., Rts.34 & 34B, Lansing, NY. Municipal Surplus &Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth,Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comMonday, September 12
• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin,NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of NewBerlin) . Monthly Heifer Sale. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.comWednesday, September 14
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, September 15
• Belleville, PA. First String Holsteins CompleteDispersal. Andrew Fleischer, owner. Co-man-aged by Stonehurts Farms & The Cattle Ex-change. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama,607-746-2226
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www.lyonauction.com• 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland,NY. Special Fall Consignment Auction of Farm &Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks.Consignments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 9:00 AM: Windmill Farm Market, 3900 Rt. 14A,5 Mi. S. of Penn Yan, NY. Equipment Consign-ment Auction. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann,585-396-1676
www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger LakesLivestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 21
• 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, September 22
Friday, September 23• South Bend, IN. 2 Auctions in One Day! Com-plete Liquidation of Late Model Construction,Support Equip. & Large Job Completion of LateModel Construction, Support Equipment &Large Job Completion of Late Model Earthmov-ing Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son,315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comSaturday, September 24
• Betty & Nelson LeDuc, Champlain, NY. DairyDispersal. 180 head. Northern New York DairySales, 518-481-6666, Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503, Harry Nererett 518-651-1818
• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc.,Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY.Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction ofFarm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comTuesday, September 27
• Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. PADairy Classic Sale featuring herd reductions forLiddleholme (NY) and Schug’s Holsteins (OH).100 head will sell. Co-Managed by The CattleExchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Ex-change, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 9:00 AM: Spencer’s Inc. of Mt. Airy, 525 QuarryRd. (Spencer’s yard), Mt. Airy, NC. One OwnerComplete Liquidation Going out of Business Ab-solute Auction. Construction Equip., Trucks &Trailers. Online bidding is provided by Realtime-Bid. Visit their Web site at www.realtimebid.comfor more information and to bid online. Note:There is an additional 2% buyer’s premium foronline bidders. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc.,419-865-3990
Wednesday, September 28• Hardwick, VT. Mapleview Jersey Dispersal. 110head of top quality registered Jerseys. RHA15,035 M, 4.7%, 3.6 protein. Art & Sharon Ling,
• 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390,Rochester, NY. Monroe County Municipal Equip-ment Auction. Heavy Construction Equipment,Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers,585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, October 5
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
Saturday, October 15• Sweet Water Farm Auction, 26 Barker St.,Three Rivers, MA. IH 5088 & 1086, JD 2020,Dozer, IH Silage Trucks, Equipment, OwnerGeorge Foskit. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc.,Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 11:00 AM: Richfield Springs, NY. 63rd OHMHolstein Club Sale. 100 head of quality regis-tered Holsteins sell. Hosted by Roedale Farm,the Pullis Family. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637, Brad Ainslie SaleChairman 315-822-6087
www.hoskingsales.comWednesday, October 19
• Allentow, PA. State Auction. Complete Liquida-tion of Automotive Dismantling Operation. MACCar Crusher, Rubber Tired Loaders, Rollback &Dump Trucks, Vans. Over 100 Cars (40-50 run-ning), UNBELIEVABLE Accumulation of Motors,Transmissions, Shocks, Glass & Much More.On-line bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, October 20
• Gordonville, PA. Jo-Lan Farm Complete Dis-persal. John & Rachel Lantz, owners. Co-Man-aged by The Cattle Exchange & StonehurstFarms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds).Onondaga County Area Municipal EquipmentAuction of Municipal & Contractor Equipment.Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.comWednesday, October 26
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, October 27
• Moira, NY. Complete Dispersal for Carl Bilow.100 High quality dairy cattle sell. Delarm &Treadway, Sale Managers & Auctioneers, 518-483-4106
Friday, October 28• Bloomfield, NY. Bennett Farms Milking Herd &Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bennett Farms, Inc. own-ers.The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc.,Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 9
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. . Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, November 10
• Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Re-served for a major New York Herd Dispersal w/ aBAA of 110%! Co-Managed by The Cattle Ex-change & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Ex-change, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8,New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N.of New Berlin). Fall Premier All Breeds Sale. 100head of quality all breeds sell. Call to participatein this sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.com
Saturday, November 12• Madison, NY. Fern Hill Farm II Milking HerdDispersal. 100 outstanding registered Holsteinssell. Jack Russin & Family, owners. The CattleExchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
56-56.50.Boars: 400-700# 23.50-24.50.Feeder Pigs: 40-60#27.50-48/hd.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 1-2 60-80# 182.50-192.50; Ewes Util 1-2 115-185# 88-95.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 50# 82-84; 60-70# 108-115; Sel 2 40-50# 47.50-77;60-70# 87-100; Sel 3 30-40# 32.50-33; Nannies Sel1 100# 95; Sel 2 80-110#67-84; Sel 3 60-80# 47.50-52.50; Billies Sel 1 120-140# 119-132.50-152.50;Wethers Sel 1 160# 147.50.
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Slaughter Cows: Breakers75-80% lean 72, lo dress66.50-71; Boners 80-85%lean 66.50-69.25, hi dress70.50, lo dress 50-56; Lean85-90% lean 58.25-65.50, hidress 70.75, lo dress 50-56.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11095-1210# 65-75.Feeder Steers: L 3 770#66.Feeder Heifers: L 2 780#68.50.Feeder Bulls: L 2 375# 86;695-865# 71.50-77.50; L 3575# 67.50.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 95-120# 92.50-120;90# 102.50; No. 2 95-115#72.50-87.50; 85-90# 55-75;No. 3 80-105# 45-57.50; No.1 Hols. Hfrs. 85-100# 155-185/hd; No. 2 80-100# 115-145/hd.Vealers: Util 70-95# 28-44.Slaughter Hogs: Barrows &Gilts 49-54% lean 260-290#185.50-225/hd; Sows US 1-3 400# 160/hd; Jr. Boars220# 120/hd.Feeder Pigs (/hd): US 1-310-55# 27-50; 60-70# 50-53.Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-335-60# 132-210; 70-95#162-190.Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-385-185# 60-77; Util 1-3 90-100# 35-40.
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Slaughter Rams: 305# 50.Slaughter Goats (/hd):Kids Sel 2 under 20# 20; 35-45# 50-80; 50-65# 77.50-90;Nannies Sel 1 100-130# 95-110; Sel 2 90-130# 45-95;Billies Sel 2 120# 142; Sel 2130# 122.
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA
August 16, 2011Slaughter Steers: Ch1215-1485# 112-117.25;Sel & Lo Ch 1200-1325#107-113; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr1465-1560# 102.25-105; Ch1405-1700# 97.25-101.50; 2hd thin 92-92.75; 2 hd Std.75-79.Slaughter Heifers: Beeftype 1300-1505# 96-107.50.Slaughter Cows: Breakers76-79; Boners 72.50-75.75;Lean 68.50-76; BigMiddle/lo dress/lights 58.50-65.25; Shelly 57.50 & dn.Bulls: Beef type fleshy1555-1875# 78.50-83; 1 hd1510# 70.Feeder Cattle: Steers L 1525# 121; 990-1220# 88-95;Hols. 165-185# 87-89; 1 hd770# 58; Hfrs. BeefX 90-150# 102-130; Bulls beeftypes 210-470# 120-130;Dairy type 410# 79.Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.Bulls No. 1 90-115# 110-116; No. 2 95-120# 85-110;No. 3 70-120# 45-80.Hogs: 273-300# 72-72.75.Sows: US 1-3 315-470#69.50-71; 485-540# 70-72.75; US 2-4 330-485# 59-67.50.Boar: 450# 37.Goats: L Nannies/Billies110-180; cpl thin dn to66;Fleshy Kids 84-105;Small/Thin/Bottle 15-78.Lamb: Gd & Ch 45-60#134-176; 65-85# 152-170;cpl thin 80-90# 145.Sheep: all wts. 80-130; 1 hdfat 250# 30.Sale every Tuesday* 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry &Eggs* 6 pm for Livestock startingwith Calves* State Graded Feeder PigSale Fri., Aug. 26.* Special Fed Cattle SaleTues., Aug. 30.
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA
Small Animal SaleAugust 16, 2011
Rabbits & Bunnies: 1-15Chickens/Chicks: .50-7.25Guinea Keets: 2-5.50Frizels: 1Bobwhite Quail: 4Ducks: 2-6Pigeons: 1.25-3.50Rabbit Families: 5-25Guineas: 7.25Guinea Peeps: 1.25Guinea Pig: 1-4Turkins: 2.50Chuckers: 4.75Swan: 100All animals sold by thepiece. Sale starts at 5 pm
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC
State Graded Feeder Pig Sale
Carlisle, PANo report.
*Next State Graded SalesFri., Aug. 26. Receiving 7:30am till 10 am. Sale time 1pm.
NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA
No report
NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC.
New Wilmington, PANo report
PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Market SummaryAugust 15, 2011
Compared to last week cornsold steady to .05 higher,wheat sold .15-.20 higher,barley sold steady, oats sold.05-.10 higher & soybeanssold steady to .05 lower.EarCorn sold steady to 5lower. All prices /bu. exceptear corn is /ton.Southeastern PA: Corn No.2 Range 8.17-8.45, Avg8.30, Contracts 7.25-7.29;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.83-7.22, Avg 6.90, Contracts6.88-7.10; Barley No. 3Range 4.25-5, Avg 4.65;Oats No. 2 Range 4.50-5.20, Avg 4.85; SoybeansNo 2 Range 12.68-13.68,Avg 13.40, Contracts 12.85;EarCorn Range 230-235,Avg 233.Central PA: Corn No. 2Range 7.80-8.55, Avg 8.18;Wheat No. 6.25-6.74, Avg6.49; Barley No. 3 Range 4-4.75, Avg 4.45; Oats No. 2Range 3.80-4.75, Avg 4.18;Soybeans No. 2 Range 13-14, Avg 13.60; EarCorn 165-240, Avg 202.50.South Central PA: CornNo. 2 Range 7-8.40, Avg7.86; Wheat No. 2 Range5.50-7.30, Avg 6.22; BarleyNo. 3 Range 4-5.20, Avg4.75; Oats No. 2 Range3.25-5, Avg 3.91; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 13-13.65, Avg13.35.Lehigh Valley Area: CornNo. 2 Range 8-8.41, Avg8.25; Wheat No. 2 Range7.05-7.22, Avg 7.13; Barley
No. 3 Range 5.05; Oats No.2 Range 4.60; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 13.35-13.82,Avg 13.64; Gr. SorghumRange 7.80.Eastern & Central PA:Corn No. 2 Range 7.80-8.55, Avg 8.17, Mo. Ago8.06, Yr Ago 4.14; WheatNo. 2 Range 5.50-7.30, Avg6.61, Mo Ago 5.93, Yr Ago6.17; Barley No. 3 Range 4-5.20, Avg 4.67, Mo Ago4.78, Yr Ago 2.31; Oats No.2 Range 3.25-5.20, Avg4.25, Mo Ago 3.95, Yr Ago2.28; Soybeans No. 2 Range12.68-14, Avg 13.51, MoAgo 14.03, Yr Ago 10.70;EarCorn Range 165-240;Avg 198.75, Mo Ago 213.75,Yr Ago 112.20.Western PA: Corn No. 2Range 7-7.62, Avg7.30;Wheat No. 2 Range6.48; Oats No. 2 Range3.25-4.75, Avg 3.76; Soy-beans No. 2 Range 12.95
With most of the coun-try sizzling, it’s a goodtime to repeat this Tip onways to help prevent heatstress in your heifers.
• Insure sufficient wa-ter supply — cows maydrink 1-2 gallons perhour at 90 degrees F.
• Insure that the wateris clean (dirty water willdiscourage consump-tion).
• Allow sufficient watertrough space.
• Provide shade at alltimes — refer to theDCHA’s Gold StandardsII atwww.calfandheifer.org/?page=GoldStandardsII forhousing guidelines.
• Sprinklers that emitlarge droplets are helpful.
• Occasional sprayingwith a fire hose is helpfulif no sprinklers are avail-able.
• If cattle must bepenned, moved or
worked, do it very early inthe morning.
• Provide strong air flowat all times (5 to 7 mph ormore for adult cows andolder heifers).
• Provide plenty ofspace for each animal toinsure good air flow.
• Put cattle in pastureswith tall grass (andshade). (Tall grass will becooler than short grass orno grass).
• For cattle not on analways-available TMRfeeding program, put out
most of the feed in theevening.
• For cattle on pasture,speed up the rotation ofpastures to improve qual-ity of forage.
• Be sure that cattlehave access to sufficientminerals due to increasedwater intake/excretion.
• Reduce fly populationto reduce tendency of cat-tle to crowd together.
• Insure that watertroughs are always in theshade.
• Increase the energydensity in the feed ration(compensate for reducedDMI).
• Have your water sup-ply checked for mineralsand contaminates.
• Run misters a fewminutes at a time, thenshut off until cows dryoff, then run again.
• Use high qualityroughage in the diet.
Always consult with
your veterinarian and nu-tritionist for specific rec-ommendations for youroperation. Refer toDCHA’s Gold StandardsII for Temperature Hu-midity Index (THI) guide-lines.
Source: Dairy Calf &Heifer Association
Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, PA Just Off Rt. 23, New Holland
SALE MANAGED BY:New Holland Sales Stables, Inc.David Kolb 61-L
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SPECIAL MENTION:(1) Trailer load of Angus steers & heifers from MD(2) Set of Herefords from Chester Co.(3) Fancy Char & Char Crosses from NJ(4) Several lots of Holstein, home raised from local
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NEW YORKABELE TRACTOR & EQUIP. CO. INC.
72 Everett Rd.Albany, NY 12205518-438-4444
BOURQUIN FARM EQUIPMENT9071 Rt. 12E
Chaumout, NY 13622315-649-2415
CATSKILL TRACTOR INC.60 Center St.
Franklin, NY 13775607-829-2600
NEW YORKCNY POWERSPORTS
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VERMONTDESMARAIS EQ., INC.
Orleans, VT 05860 802-754-6629
Combat sizzling temperatures
In just the last fouryears, close to 20 per-cent of this nation’sdairy farms have closedtheir doors for good,wreaking havoc on ruralfamilies and economies.“Crisis hotlines havebeen at record levels ashave the level of farmbankruptcies and auc-tions — all signalingthat something is seri-ously wrong,” states
Ben Burkett, Presidentof the National FamilyFarm Coalition (NFFC).
The primary cause?Dairy farmers receiveunfair prices for theirmilk that come nowhereclose to covering theircost of production. Theneed to reform federalpolicy is clear, however,the Senate AgricultureCommittee is hesitant toact because of a lack of
consensus within thedairy industry.
The lack of consensusis actually among themarketers and proces-sors whose interests areat odds with dairy farm-ers. The National MilkProducers Federation’s(NMPF) “Foundation forthe Future” plan, whichis the basis of Represen-tative Collin Peterson’srecent dairy reform pro-
posal, has serious po-tential to further driveraw milk prices downand also marginalizenearly 20 percent of thenation’s remaining dairyfarmers who cannotparticipate in an insur-ance-based programdue to religious beliefs.
But dairy farmershave a different solu-tion: one that will affectreal, lasting change.
“What we need is a newpricing system that re-quires the processorsand/or marketers to paya fair price for the milkthey purchase fromdairy farmers,” saidWisconsin dairy farmerPaul Rozwadowski. TheFederal Milk Market Im-provement Act of 2011would enable farmers toearn a decent livingwithout being depend-
ent on a governmentsubsidy because milkbuyers would pay a fairprice.
NFFC has delivered aletter to key Congres-sional allies, urgingthem to co-sponsor TheFederal Milk Market Im-provement Act of 2011.America’s dairy farmersneed swift action inCongress before it is toolate.
Dairy farmers: fair milk prices needed tostop the bleeding in rural America
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DEVINE FARM,INC. DHI-AP H 190.2 20833 822 3.9 643 3.1KOKOSKI, JOHN HD1 DHIR J 94.0 15595 830 5.3 607 3.9COOK,GORDON,JR. & HANK DHIR J 10.8 14927 747 5.0 571 3.8HARTSBROOK FARM DHIR-AP H 90.4 16816 685 4.1 529 3.1HAMPDENPOMEROY & SONS DHI-AP H 71.1 22320 847 3.8 696 3.1PALMER,TERRY DHI-AP H 151.6 20382 785 3.9 629 3.1MURPHY, TOM DHIR-AP H 31.7 18458 655 3.5 562 3.0MIDDLESEXTULLY FARMS, INC. DHI-AP H 128.7 20300 813 4.0 653 3.2PICKARD, JAMES & ELEANOR DHI-AP H 83.4 18446 723 3.9 565 3.1ESSEXHERRICK,DAVID SAM DHI-AP H 94.7 24246 879 3.6 760 3.1RICHARDSON'S DAIRY, INC. DHI-AP H 166.9 23458 800 3.4 705 3.0BRISTOLBRISTOL COUNTY DHI-AP H 19.3 20848 773 3.7 643 3.1
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LITCHFIELDJACQUIER, ROBERT & PETER DHI-APCS H 951.9 27837 974 3.5 830 3.0 3XCHRIS & TODD HANNAN DHIR-AP H 37.1 23775 895 3.8 746 3.1WEIGOLD FARMS LLP DHI-APCS H 88.3 23436 903 3.9 721 3.1FREUND'S FARM, INC. DHI-AP H 269.9 22684 823 3.6 699 3.1ARETHUSA FARM LLC DHIR-AP H 70.7 23013 988 4.3 680 3.0TANNER T. DHI-AP H 146.8 20635 767 3.7 649 3.1SUNSET HILL FARM 1,INC. DHIR-AP H 55.2 20904 771 3.7 622 3.0MEADOW RIDGE FARM LLC. DHI H 69.2 20421 816 4.0 613 3.0THORN, CLINTON DHIR-AP H 28.2 19042 825 4.3 612 3.2JACQUIER, DAVID & MELODY DHI-AP H 408.7 18676 702 3.8 601 3.2ARETHUSA FARM LLC DHIR-AP J 27.9 16556 899 5.4 596 3.6CARLSON,DOUGLAS J. DHI-AP H 62.7 17318 661 3.8 539 3.1BIRCH MILL FARM DHI-AP X 35.3 16510 640 3.9 519 3.1WHITETAIL FARM 1 DHIR H 32.1 16928 630 3.7 511 3.0
NEW HAVEN/MIDDLESEXGREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2 DHIR-AP H 158.1 22456 796 3.5 672 3.0 3XGREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2 DHIR-AP X 39.5 16505 731 4.4 550 3.3 3XNEW LONDONSPIELMAN FARM DHI-AP H 396.2 21375 857 4.0 686 3.2BLUESLOPE FARM, INC DHI-APCS H 117.7 18035 698 3.9 533 3.0NORMAN, ERNEST R. DHI-APCS H 108.9 16680 619 3.7 522 3.1TOLLANDBAHLER FARMS INC. DHI-AP H 956.8 25892 931 3.6 789 3.0 3XBAHLER FARMS INC. DHI-AP H 958.2 24864 897 3.6 760 3.1 3XUNIV OF CONNECTICUT DHIR-AP H 82.2 26042 903 3.5 750 2.9 3XHYTONE FARM DHI-APCS H 257.7 22731 889 3.9 718 3.2MAPLELEAF FARM, INC DHI-AP H 228.7 22733 911 4.0 705 3.1UNIV OF CONNECTICUT DHIR-AP J 25.4 16441 786 4.8 583 3.5 3XSHADOW VALLEY FARM DHI-AP H 118.7 19088 702 3.7 580 3.0SHADOW VALLEY FARM DHI-AP X 45.3 16266 670 4.1 538 3.3FISH FAMILY FARM DHIR-AP J 27.8 14722 710 4.8 531 3.6WINDHAMTYLER BROTHERS HD. 2 DHIR-AP H 109.7 23292 927 4.0 735 3.2SAM'S DAIRY DHIR-AP H 18.9 23344 879 3.8 719 3.1SAM'S DAIRY DHIR-AP J 20.9 17077 864 5.1 633 3.7DAVE MORSE DHI-AP H 141.5 19585 712 3.6 614 3.1TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2 DHIR-AP J 152.6 16618 815 4.9 600 3.6TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2 DHIR-AP J 152.4 16602 816 4.9 598 3.6
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U.S. corn farmers arestill on track to producethe third largest crop onrecord despite difficultgrowing conditions thathave plagued much of theCorn Belt since plantingaccording to USDA re-ports released recently.Projected at 12.9 billionbushels, the total 2011U.S. corn crop will onlybe 1.3 percent, or 177million bushels, belowthe record set in 2009.
“This report confirms
again that U.S. farmerscontinue to work hard toproduce the most abun-dant, affordable croppossible,” said NationalCorn Growers Associa-tion President BartSchott. “While many ofus have faced extremedrought or severe flood-ing, we have perseveredand, through the use ofimproved technologiesand practices, we willnearly reach the croprecord set under more fa-
vorable conditions. It isimportant that the 98.5percent of the populationtotally removed fromagriculture understandthat farmers, due to thetriumphs of modern agri-culture, can and willmeet all demands forfood, feed, fuel and fiber.”
The USDA revised esti-mates for the total cropand harvested acreage inthese reports to reflectacreage lost due toweather conditions in-
cluding flooding andacres abandoned in theSouth due to extremedrought. In spite of thesechallenges, projectionson harvested acreage re-mained high at 84.4 mil-lion acres, the secondhighest harvestedacreage since 1944 be-hind only the 2007record of 86.5 million.
Weather conditionsalso affected national av-erage yield forecasts withthe estimate revised to153 bushels per acre, a5.7 bushel per acre dropfrom the July report.While this places esti-mates slightly belowyield trends, if realized itwill still be the fourthhighest average yield onrecord.
If this yield estimatestands, it represents astrong performance onthe part of corn farmerswho faced late plantingdates, excessive mois-ture in the northernCorn Belt, excessive heat
during pollination, andprolonged droughtacross the southernplains, Gulf Coast andsouthern Atlantic regionof the United States. InIowa, Illinois and SouthDakota, yields are pro-jected to be up from lastyear. Excessive droughtnegatively impacted yieldprojections in Texas,Kansas, Oklahoma andthe Carolinas.
The USDA supply anddemand report revisedseveral forecasts fromprevious editions. While2010/2011 feed andresidual projectionsheld, ethanol and exportusage forecasts fell to5.02 billion bushels and1.82 billion bushels re-spectively. These revi-sions are reflective oflarger trends such as de-creased consumer de-mand for automotive fueland displacement ofcorn demand by in-creased use of wheat inthe feed sector. In antici-
pation of these condi-tions holding into thenext year, feed and resid-ual and ethanol demandforecasts for the2011/2012 crop werealso reduced.
Demand forecasts forthe 2011/2012 cropwere further revised withfood, seed and industrialdemand increased by 10million bushels to 1.41billion bushels and ex-ports reduced to 1.75billion. The export fore-cast for the 2011/2012crop showed decreaseddemand in the EuropeanUnion, South Korea andSoutheast Asia with in-creased demand fromEgypt. Estimates of cornexports from this crop toChina held steady.
The season-averagefarm price went up $.70per bushel to $6.70 re-flecting revised total cropprojections. This trendheld true for most majoragricultural commodi-ties.
Manager’s Note: As Tom & Carmen have sold the farm through North Country Realty, they are offering this greatgroup of cattle for sale. For quality replacements, plan to attend.
SALE MANAGED BY: H&L AUCTIONS-MALONE, NYSCOTT HAMILTON 518-483-8787 483-8576, cell- 569-0460
ED LEGACY 518-483-7386, cell- 518-832-0616WITH WILLIS SHATTUCK AUCTIONEER, 315-347-3003
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BARN REPAIR SPECIAL-ISTS: Straightening, leveling,beam replacements. Fromfoundation and sills to steelroofs. HERITAGE STRUC-TURAL RENOVATION INC.,1-800-735-2580.
Pumps, Used MilkingMachine Plus AgitatorMotors, Stainless SteelShells, Weigh Jars, Etc.
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NEW YORK STATE approved150 gallon pasteurizer withrecorder, $12,000; 400 Gal.Gerton Milk Tank w/ compres-sor, $1,800; Heat exchanger,$1,600; Complete Mini dairybottling system, $2,200; 4’x5’cooler w/ new compressor,$3,500; 3 Door reach in cool-er, $1,400; High Temperaturewasher for bottle washing,$3,500; Milk pump, $950;New Milk Bottles for sale. 518-279-3362
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Sell Your Items Through Reader AdsP.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428
JOHN DEERE BALER PARTS:New & used. New Miller balewrappers, basic, $7,200; withcut and hold, $8,400. NewSuper Crimp hay conditioners,$4,200; 8’, $4,626. New balegrabbers, $1,750; HD $1,950.Nelson Horning 585-526-6705
ASSISTANT HERDSMANfor 950 cow farm in West-ern Saratoga County,NY.Wage plus benefits. DavidWood, 518-882-6684 [email protected]
CDL/A DRIVERExperience with dump
and/or walking floortrailer for feed deliveries.
Steady year aroundwork. Good equipment,
pay & benefits. Willconsider owner/operator.
585-356-7421DAIRY FARM HELP WANT-ED in Tiverton, Rhode Island.Minimum 5yrs. experiencew/farm equipment & milkingparlors. Housing available.401-257-5615 or 508-636-8200
Help Wanted Hogs
WORKER FOR HORSE,SHEEP & BIRD FARM
on Hope Island,Caso Bay, Maine
5 days, weekends a must.Non smoker, kind, dedicat-ed. Only the hardy needapply. Salary, apartment,gas & electric provided.Send resumes in detailincluding previous jobs heldwith telephone number andaddress where to reach you.
rm., 3 bdrm. Home w/new roof & vinyl siding has oil hot air heat & full cellar -
also 64x36 ft. 2 story barn w/high ceilings, new electric service & good upstairs
storage area - year around creek . . . . . . . .$160,000 REDUCED TO $150,000#20 - Well-kept country property w/12.7 A. - 8 rm., 3 bdrm., 2.5 baths, brick
ranch home in V.G. condition - 2 rec. rooms in basement - also central air - 30x36
ft. unattached garage & lg. paved driveway - tall pole barn is 54x96 ft. w/20x20
ft. heated, insulated office & half bath - 2 wells, spring & creek . . . . .$249,000#16 - CERTIFIED ORGANIC - 175 ACRES NEAR LITTLE FALLS WITH
ACREAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE 5S - 90 acres tillable the rest woods
and a pond - has great views of the MOHAWK VALLEY. It is located one mile
from the AMISH SALE BARN THAT HAS AN AUCTION AT LEAST ONCE A
WEEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $350,000#67 - Very quiet, private location 3 miles from Little Falls, NY with 46 A., 14 till-
able, 30 pasture - great hobby farm - 9 room farm house in good condition has
combination oil/wood hot water heat, a clean & comfortable home - also like-new
double-wide with 6 rooms, 2 decks, 1 porch, above gound pool, work shop with
electric, dependable year-around creek, drilled well & 2 springs - all for . . . . . .
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Many Used Engines & Components
AUTOMATIC TRUCKS IN STOCK
1998 4900 Auto
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1993 Custom 27 Ton Triaxle
Tilt Trailer $13,500
Many New Silage Bodies - ALL SIZES - Starting Price at $5,500
Many Used Gravel Bodies - 14’ to 20’
1993 Custom Tilt Bed Trailer,
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Horse Equipment
English Saddle Set (Com-plete) Wintec 500 Close Con-tact CAIR 16 ½” Seat Color:Caramel, 50” ProfessionalChoice English Girth, StirrupStraps and Irons, Leather Bri-dle, Reins, and Breast Collarto match, 2 Pads, CompleteGullet System, $650.00. 518-673-2858
Horses
SMALL black Percheron geld-ing, rides the best under sad-dle and drives safe in traffic.Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051
TEAM of small Belgian Mares9 & 10 years old, will hitch toall farm machinery, standquiet after hitched, traffic safeand sound. Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051
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C A M PA I G N P O S T E R S :Very reasonable prices. CallBeth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or emai l [email protected]
Motorcycles
2000 HARLEY SOFT TAIL,low miles, excellent condition.Two tone blue and grey.$9900. 518-673-3736
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NEW, USED & RECONDITIONEDPARTS FOR CONSTRUCTION &
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Real Estate For Sale
CENTRAL NEW YORK DairyFarm and Grain Operation inMadison County, 305 Acres,approximately 212 tillable,pasture and woodland, roomfor 70-75 cows, 100 youngstock, tie stalls for milkingcows, open pens, free stallsfor older heifers, new calf facil-ities, 3 grain bins, buildings formachinery storage, graindryer. 6 bedroom, 3 full bathhouse. All in excellent condi-tion. Call 315-750-9752
SHARON SPRINGS, NY: 289acre farm. 4 bedroom 2 bathfarmhouse. Large cattle andhorse barn. Excellent soils.Picture perfect country set-ting. $495,000. Call BrokerAlton Makely 518-231-0304
Roofing
WANTED: Used roofing on oroff the building. Call 802-265-3200
Silos, Repairs,Silo Equipment
NEW JAMESWAY UnloadersIn Stock. Sales, Parts andService on Jamesway, Van-Dale, J-Star and Big JimUnloaders. Converting Harve-store silos to top unloading.717-768-7456
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NEW AND USED TRACTORPARTS: John Deere10,20,30,40 series tractors.Allis Chalmers, all models.Large inventory! We ship.Mark Heitman Tractor Sal-vage, 715-673-4829
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TEITSWORTH TRAILERS:Over 400 in stock now! PJGoosenecks, Dumps, TiltTops, Landscape, CarHaulers, Skid Steer & more.Best prices, largest selection.585-243-1563
NEW ENGLANDNOTE: Calendar entries mustarrive at the Country Folksoffice by the Tuesday priorto our publication date forthem to be included in thecalendar of events. Email:[email protected]
AUG 27Outdoors & Open Barn
DayCheshire Co. Farm, RiverRd., Westmoreland, NH. 10am - 2 pm. Join us for a dayof fun and an opportunity toexperience Cheshire Coun-ty’s natural resources. Barntour, canning & freezing,nature walk, visit with thecows, farm demonstrations,educational exhibits, Maple-wood Nursing Home’s Auxil-iary cookout fundraiser andsharing community feedbackon the future of Cheshire Co.Farm and buildings. ContactUNH Cooperative Extension,603-352-4550.
SEP 10Scaling Up: Producing andProcessing for the Larger
The Garden House at LookPark - Florence, MA. 6-9 pm.Tickets go on sale August 10.On Internet at www.buylocalfood.org
SEP 22-243rd International
Symposium on Mastitisand Milk Quality
St. Louis, MO. Submission ofabstracts for presentation atthis fall symposium (eitheras a poster or orally) will bedue by March 1. Watch theNMC Web site at nmconline.org for moredetails.
OCT 1-213th Annual
North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
Forster’s Farm, 60 ChestnutHill Rd., Orange, MA. 10 am- 5 pm both days. Rain orshine. $5/day for adults,weekend pass $8. Kidsunder 12 free. Call [email protected] Internet at www.garlicandarts.org
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