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By Marie Wood

OPINION

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Despite claimsto the opposite,the increasingchances of Don-ald (“You’refired!”) Trumpchanging to I,Donald (”dosolemnly swear”)Trump is not asign of the com-ing apocalypse.

Granted, theend could becloser than we think when any billion-aire steps off his Boeing 757 airlinerand declares, “I could stand in themiddle of Fifth Avenue and shootsomebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”

It’s more likely, however, the apoca-lypse will arrive in something far lessbreathtaking than a 757 and far moremundane like, say, a land-grant uni-versity extension bulletin. For exam-ple, here’s a Jan. 19 bulletin fromKansas State University that explains(I think) one of the many local optionsto 2016 federal farm program benefits:

“ARC pays the differencebetween the (5-yearOlympic average MYAPrice (OAP) X 5-year Olympic averagecounty yield (OACY) X 86%) - MYAprice X actual county yield. For exam-ple, $6.70 wheat OAP X 35 bu. OACY X86% = $201.67) - $5.00 MYA price X 38bu. actual county yield = $190 =$11.67per payment ac. X 100 base ac. X 85% =$991.95.”

And, as I’m sure you noted whilereading the explanation, this analysisis not complete because, of course, all is...

“Subject to: Stop loss equal to 10% ofgross guarantee or 10% X ($6.70 OAP X35 bu. OACY) =$23.45 X 100 base ac. X85% = $1,993. In this example, the pay-ment is less than the maximum pay-ment of $1,993, so FSA would pay$991.95 to the farmer.”

No, I’m not making this up. Congress,however, did. Yes, it’s crazy and yes, fewon Capitol Hill know what this pretzel-bending really means.

On second thought, this probably ismore a sign of the times than a sign of

the end-of-times.One sign the apocalypse

is near is the dissidence onwhat the Center for Food Integrity saysconsumers want in food labeling andwhat farm groups say consumers willget in food labeling.

“It’s simple,” noted the very first sen-tence of a 2015 CFI report . “If youincrease transparency, you willincrease trust.”

The two groups most responsible forthat transparency are “food manufac-turers” and “(f)armers,” explainedCharlie Arnot, CFI’s chief executiveofficer.

But while “consumers trust farmers,”Arnot said, “…they’re not sure theytrust farming.”

That’s not clever double-talk; it’s aninsightful explanation to the ever-growing disconnect between farmingAmerica and consuming America. Inshort, eaters like farmers; but they dis-like how they farm.

That gap grew when farm and com-modity groups successfully lobbiedCongress last December to repealCountry of Origin Labeling for

imported meat and poultry. No COOLmeans less transparency and, in turn,less trust of farmers by consumers.

Now, just weeks later, a USDA Live-stock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook fore-casts that U.S. consumers will see moreimported, unlabeled pork in Americanstores because “COOL repeal likelymeans a slow increase of live swineimports.”

Interestingly, slow to USDA meansthat “Imports of Canadian live swine in2016 are expected to increase about 9percent, from 5.6 million head in 2015to 6.2 million head this year.”

A 600,000-head increase in Canadianhog imports may not be apocalyptic toUSDA, but the decrease it brings todomestic hog prices will trim U.S. farmprofits while it pads global meatpackerprofits.

That’s a terrible tradeoff — for farm-ers, consumers and the rural economy— now or in the best of times.

The Farm and Food File is publishedweekly through the United States andCanada. Past columns, events and con-tact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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By Alan Guebert

OPINION

To the Editor:Minnesota is currently enjoying a

surplus of about 1.1 billion dollars.However, the current proposals by bothparties don’t provide any relief for citi-zens who don’t own property or provideincentives to address the greatest chal-lenge of our lifetime; which is healthcare. As the ecnomy picked up, mostworking class families have been askedto work more hours — providing lesstime for grocery shopping and healthymeal preparation. This has been awindfall to the fast food industry andthe state of Minnesota through salestax on lunch.

The State of Minnesota is missingout on a great opportunity to providemodest tax relief for all of the citizensof Minnesota, providing they makehealthy choices for lunch. An employedfamily of four can easily spend $500 ayear on sales tax just on lunch. This isa sneaky tax that hits working classfamilies hard.

A much better way to give back someof this state’s surplus would be to havea sales tax waiver on lunches whichcontribute to a healthy lifestyle.Requirements could be similar to othernutrition programs such as WIC. This

would provide the food service industrya major incentive to offer more healthyalternatives. There would be manylong-term health benefits which wouldpay dividends by reducing our healthcare costs.

The benefits of this program areavailable to all citizens of Minnesotaregardless if they own farm property,lake homes or single family homes.College students would love this bene-fit (and we all know about the studentloan crisis). For a family of four, thisbenefit would be about the same asproposals to reduce property taxes on160 acres of farm land — provided theymake the healthy choices for lunch. Ibelieve this is a far better way toreturn the state’s surplus to the citi-zens of Minnesota.

We need a new generation of leaderswho see the problems differently. How-ever, getting into the legislature is avery difficult process for the averagecitizen. It requires raising a lot ofmoney and time to get the message outin the public’s view. Current legislatorshave an enormous advantage.Earl L. SchaellerCosmos, Minn.

Letter: Try healthy tax perks

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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

An interview with JohnBaize, veteran world travelerand observer of agriculture,yields a book-load of informa-tion and insight. Baize, presi-dent of John C. Baize andAssociates, offers vision, view-points and candor. The Landinterviewed Baize at the Lin-der Farm Network 2016 AgOutlook Meeting on Jan. 12 inWillmar, Minn. Baize was afeatured speaker at all of theLinder meetings.

Q: In view of China’s con-tinuing headline presence, what’sgoing on in China and how mightit impact U.S. agriculture?

Baize: Their current economic crashseemed inevitable. You can’t push fora 10 percent yearly growth rate with-out suffering consequences. WithChina it’s too much debt because theynever stop building whether it’s morefactories, more housing, more railroadsand highways — more of everything.Because of inflation, the value of theircurrency keeps going up. Also, theirwage rates kept increasing so theircosts of production were going up. Allof that has to come to a head and that’swhat’s happening. What you reallyhave is a correction, sometimes just aslowdown and sometimes a recession. Ithink the Chinese economy might beheading into a recession with this one.

They now want to get their currencydevalued so their exports are morecompetitive and imports are less com-petitive. Yes, it’s disrupting the exportof U.S. ag products into China. Theyalways are looking for the cheapestprovider, even more so now. Our shareof the Chinese soybean marketdecreased somewhat this past year.Their total imports went up by 8 mil-lion tons with most of that coming

from Brazil. But even so, over60 percent of our total soybeanexports are still going toChina. Soybean imports con-tinue strong because proteinsfor their livestock and theirpeople are such a high priority.

Q: Any likelihood of arevolt within the ranks oftheir people?

Baize: Most of the peoplewho are not wealthy don’t havethe ability to change thingsbecause of the oppressivenature of their totalitarian gov-ernment. I’ve often said thatthe leaders of China would pre-

fer to leave office vertically ratherthan horizontally. So they’re alwaysdoing something that would appear tobe satisfying the wishes of the people,especially that expanding middleclass. The wealthy people, and thereare many very wealthy people inChina, have to a large extent alreadyfound a way to deal with theseextremes. Many have homes outsideChina and will leave if conditionsbecome too challenging. Already thereis a tremendous population of wealthyChinese living in Southeast Asia; alsoin the United States. If push comes toshove, they’ll leave their homeland!

Q: In view of this economicsqueeze is their population level-ing off, even declining?

Baize: It’s leveling off. The birth rateis now slower than the death rate.They’ve decided you can now have twochildren instead of just one. But if youonly have two that isn’t enoughbecause early deaths, an acceleratingold age population, and a growingeconomy that needs more workers stillleaves China short of what it nowneeds. Thanks to better health care,life expectancy — even in China, isgoing up. But that only works for

awhile. There’s a general understand-ing that if the birth rate drops below1.5 births per couple, you’re fallingbehind. Procreation has to keep upwith what the economy is needing oryou’re going backwards.

Q: You shared some interestingdata on Argentina. Thanks to anew president who eliminated orgreatly reduced export taxes onagricultural products, you suggestArgentina will now expand agri-cultural production.

Baize: Their new government leadereliminated export taxes on wheat,corn, beef and sunflower seed whichpreviously were in the 23 to 32 percentrange. Plus they’ve cut the export taxon soybeans from 35 percent to 30 per-cent. The net effect is increased incomeopportunity for Argentina farmers.What’s likely is a probable doubling ofcorn and wheat plantings; maybetripling sunflower plantings and per-haps a cutback in soybeans for the

short term. That’s because thanks toa devaluation of their currency, about500 million bushels of soybeans sit-ting in storage because growers could-n’t afford the export tax are now beingdumped on the market.

Q: You mentioned significantimprovement in river travel forBrazil’s crops.

Baize: They can now transport athousand miles upriver from theirocean ports. They’ve also improvedchannels on certain rivers so they cando barge traffic another 600 milesinland. These all flow into the Ama-zon. So for example, at Santé Rimwhere Cargill has a major facility,they now have an inland port facilitywhere the river is 12 miles wide I’mtold and over 200 feet deep. Yet youare 800 miles from the ocean. It wouldbe much like taking an ocean-goingvessel up the Mississippi to Min-neapolis.

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BAIZE, from pg. 5Q: Do you see the political climate

in America in for a major overhaulafter the November elections?

Baize: We’re going to be seeing arambunctious year in politics. That’salready underway. If for no other rea-son than Mr. Trump is going to get cer-tain issues discussed that otherwisewouldn’t have been discussed. He isthe absolute challenge to political cor-rectness in the American scene. He’smade immigration an issue; he’s madeIslamic migration a major concern;he’s made everyone aware of the needfor a stronger, bigger wall across oursouthern border with Mexico. He’srude, crude and liked! You have toadmire how he handles the media.He’s quick and clever at manipulatingthe media into covering him becausethey think he’s ridiculous and that hassimply gotten him even more coverage.

The odds are the Republicans aregoing to win this election because wehave a history in this country of goingeight years before its time for a changein leadership from one party toanother party.

Q: Should that happen, will ourgeneral population continue to befrustrated with the division withinthe ranks of Congress?

Baize: Probably not. You will justhave a different set of people upsetwith Congress. The Democrats rightnow are upset because the Republi-cans are in control, but they like theWhite House. Republicans don’t likethe White House right now, and manydon’t like the Congress because theythink the Congress is too conservative.If you have a Republican in the WhiteHouse and Republicans controllingboth houses of Congress, we will getmore things done but it predictablywill alienate the Democratic side sim-ply because they will not like a lot ofwhat’s being done by this new Con-gress and President.

If Donald Trump were to get elected,he may become the most popular Presi-dent in quite some time because he hassupport from Independents, Republi-cans and 20 percent of the Democrats. Itwill be interesting to see what happens.

Q: Should that scenario happen,any likelihood of major changes toU.S. agricultural policy and farmbill?

Baize: I think a new congress andadministration would have littleimpact on agriculture. Agriculture hasa huge amount of support regardless ofwho’s running the show. Uneducated

though they may be about our agricul-tural industry, politicians tend tounderstand where their food comesfrom. The old story when I worked onCapitol Hill was, ‘Every state has twosenators and at least one dairy cow.’Agriculture will continue to have a dis-proportionate amount of power inWashington relative to its size andnumber of voters. Everyone knows weneed a strong food supply, especiallyits importance to national defense.

Q: How serious is this farmequity situation?

Baize: I think the next two to fiveyears could be extremely difficult.We’ve got a high valued dollar which ispushing down commodity prices. We’vegot too much supply in the world withrecord crops in South America, nearrecords in North America and as muchor more soybeans being planted in2016. Global recession is slowing downChina, the biggest importer of agricul-tural products be that grains or live-stock and poultry. Our products arelikely going lower to meet world prices.

Q: Yet thanks to technology andbetter genetics, productivitykeeps increasing?

Baize: Very definitely. You can’t slowthe technology appetite amongst notonly U.S. farmers but farmers aroundthe world. I think soybean yields willbe increasing at a faster rate than cornbecause of the influx of many patentedsoybean varieties now into the market.

Q: Your reading on the mood offarmers this year compared withprevious years?

Baize: I look out over the audienceand I see a look of worry ... perhaps bet-ter described as ‘confidence worry’. Thepast three to four years they wereelated. They were making more moneythan they ever envisioned, paying downdebts and getting in great financialpositions. But now they recognize that‘the worm has turned’ and they’re hav-ing to hunker down to figure out how tocut their costs, reduce their outlays,maximize their profits — if any. ButAmerican agriculture is still the giant,still financially strong and capable.

I can remember looking over farmaudiences in the early 1980s. You did-n’t see worry; you saw fear becausethey didn’t know if they could survive.And many of them didn’t. It was terri-ble. Land values falling like a brick.That won’t happen.

Farmer’s debt-equity ratios are muchbetter than in the past. Most don’tneed and won’t be buying new equip-ment. Yields are so much better these

days. However, ask me five years fromnow if things are going to get betterand we may still be in much the samesituation. If we see interest rates sud-denly jacking up, farmers could get ina world of hurt real fast.

Q: You travel the world, John.Has agricultural technology nowexpanded worldwide?

Baize: American farmers still have afew advantages. New bio-technologycoming out largely gets unwrappedfirst for us because we are first to get itapproved. But after a year or so itstarts showing up legally or illegally inArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay and else-where.

We’ve an advantage over the Euro-peans because they simply don’t get it.British farmers are now suggestingthey drop out of the European Unionso they can start using bio-technologylike the American farmers. They thinkEurope today is turning into an agri-cultural museum. European govern-ments have shown enormous capabil-ity to continue stupid policies. I thinkat some point it will shift simply

because if you can’t compete becauseof some people’s misplaced fears youwon’t be viable. Then your leadershave performed an unforgiveableinjustice to your ability to be a solventand important provider to world food.

Q: On that issue, 9 billion peopleare predicted to inhabit the earthby 2050. Current world popula-tions are about 7.2 billion. Willthere be enough food?

Baize: Barring some majorcalamity, my thinking continues thatcome 2050, we will still have surplusgrain production in this world. Look-ing at history and mankind’s ingenu-ity to increase yields, I’m confidentthe world will continue to be well-fed.I’m 67 years old. In my lifetime, lookat how much we have seen in growthof food supplies. We’re still seeingreal growth of productivity — recordsoybean yields last year, record cornthe year before. And there are otherareas of the world that can come intoproduction if prices are high enough,and governments permit private capi-tal to go to work. ❖

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You’re seeing a few more of thesestrange structures dotting the Min-nesota landscape. Hoop barns is thefarm slang for them, but organicfarmers call them high tunnel green-houses. For Eric Branch and his twinbrother, Carl Branch, their 24 by 96foot high tunnel is generating enoughincome to finance their first year ofcollege at the University of Min-nesota, Saint Paul.

Eric is working on a plant breedingdegree and Carl on plant biology. Andthese brothers are getting hands-onexperience in their high tunnel pro-duce and flower business at theirfarm Berry Ridge Farm, near Alexan-dria, Minn.

“We started in 2006. My dad haddone some high tunnel farming ear-lier and he now has several struc-tures. We got a loan from the FSA(Farm Service Agency) Youth Loanprogram. We built our unit and havenow had 10 years of production,” saidEric.

Their structure started with a kitproviding pre-fabricated hoops. Theplastic vinyl covering was sourcedlocally. Getting it all together and

ready for organic produc-tion was a labor of loveinvolving their dad, bothbrothers and some helpfrom other FFA membersfrom their hometown.

The Branch operationand family farm is notcertified organic, but theyuse organic practices.Growing

Eric says this singlestructure has been bigenough for their localmarkets plus they alsoplant some vegetablesoutside — beets, carrots,lettuce and more. Insidethe tunnel they grow pro-duce that generates a bitmore revenue. That wouldbe tomatoes which flour-ish from the good sunlightand hot weather. The tun-nel offers a longer season — an earlierstart and a longer fall season beforecold weather shuts down productionunder the high tunnel.

They deliver their products to theAlexandria Farmers’ Market and selldirectly from their farm. They also docut flowers, peppers, and slicing

cucumbers with customers mostlydriving to their farm for purchases.

According to Eric, tomatoes get anearly May start with harvest throughOctober into season-ending freeze up.Tomatoes actually get a greenhousestart from seed and are transplantedseveral times into the high tunnelstructure. They work with variousbrands to provide variety and longerseason marketing opportunities.

Snap dragons are the predominatecut flower.

“The high tunnel is great for these. Itkeeps them out of the wind and therain so we have a quality product,”said Eric.

Their snap dragon choice was mostlybased on what other high tunnel grow-ers were talking about.

“We market three days out of theweek. With peppers we’ve mostlylearned by trial and error. We’ve hadquite a few years for learning,” saidEric. “The bell peppers we start har-vesting mid-July which is about thefirst harvest of our tomatoes. And weare still marketing peppers until theend of our tomatoes harvest.”

The biggest revenue generator for theBranch brothers is the tomato crop.

“The advantage of tomatoes and pep-pers is that we can have them readyfor harvest before local gardeners havethem from their own gardens,” saidEric. “The demand is very high at thefront end. And word seems to quicklyget around that both tomatoes andpeppers are available at the Branchfarm.”

MaintenanceDrip line irrigation takes

care of the moisture needsunder the tunnel. Once youget the drip lines in place,it’s a labor-free operationwithout having to carrywater hose, sprinklers, andsuch. But they do replenishtheir rooting materials.

“Each fall and spring wehaul in compost from collec-tions of other plant materi-als,” said Eric. “Plus croprotations are important tominimize any fungus orother insect-soil related dis-ease issues.”

They’ll do three or fouryears of tomatoes in thesame seed bed before switch-ing tomatoes to the otherside of the structure. Pep-pers and cut flowers then

grow where tomatoes did the previousseason.

Roof life on the high tunnel is four orfive years, explained Eric. Sun andwind are the destructive elements.They typically use a 7-mil polyethyl-ene film stretched over the hoops.Rows are laid out to provide access toboth sides of their plants.Future in farming

Revenue wise, Eric said that for ahigh schooler their project has beenvery good money.

“But looking down the road, even topay my college education, there has tobe more revenue so expanding whatwe are already doing is likely,” he said.

Their dad has three tunnels alongwith extensive outdoor gardening atthe family farm. Two more tunnels arein the works for the 2016 season. Totalacres of fruits and vegetables at BerryRidge Farm are about 7 acres, whichincludes a pick-your-own blueberryplot.

Eric was interviewed at the Min-nesota Organic Conference on Jan. 8 inSt. Cloud. For Eric, the event was agreat learning experience and he saidhe was pleased to see so many youngpeople there.

According to the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, the average age of afarmer today is 57.

“They say the average age of farmerskeeps getting older; but check the peo-ple at this conference and it looks tome like good things in the future,” saidEric. ❖

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ARLINGTON, Minn. — Discussing high yield cornsystems, Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Exten-sion corn agronomist showed his audience surprisingyield data comparing three planting rates — 30,000,36,000 and 42,000 at research centers in Waseca,Lamberton and Rochester. The 36,000 rate was the“yield champ” in seven of the nine comparisons.

There was also no yield increase with more than30,000 seeds per acre in five of the 12 environments.Studies were done in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 atall three locations.

Coulter presented his findings at the 2016 WinterCrops Days from the University of Minnesota South-ern Research and Outreach Center and the U of MExtension on Jan. 14, in Arlington.

Coulter also showed comparisons on two rates ofnitrogen applications, 155 pounds per acre vs. 200pounds per acre on 36,000 and 42,000 populations.At Waseca, the 155 pound rate at 32,000 populationshowed a better net return three of the four years. AtLamberton, net return per acre at 42,000 populationwas a mixed bag; two years favored the 155 poundrate, two years showed the 200 pound rate slightlybetter. At Rochester, net returns per acre favored the155 pound N application three of the four years.

“We’re seeing little value in going to the 42K rateand the higher 200 pound nitrogen application.Looking at these studies at these three differentlocations, each with different soils, it’s probably safe

to say that weather in any given location, every yearis still the key driver in yields,” said Coulter.

Yields over this three-year study ranged from 220bushels per acre and better at all three locations in2015 with Lamberton data the highest, but lows inthe 160 bu./acre category in 2013, also at Lamberton.Coulter’s take home points were:

• Increases in corn yield and net return are limitedin frequency and magnitude with above-normalplanting rates and uses of other inputs;

• Weather can have a much larger impact on yieldthan agronomic inputs and it greatly influences opti-mum N management;

• Have a Plan B and Plan C in case the weathercauses challenges.

Coulter cautioned because of stagnant world mar-kets, too much world production and the strong U.S.dollar, it looks like a tough year ahead for profitablecrop production. In view of this challenging outlook,he suggested producers and crop consultants mustalso be economists with strict attention to details.

Coulter recommended controlling costs withoutimpacting yield and conducting simple on-farm teststo evaluate your inputs. He advised being timely inplanting, fertilizer application, pest control and har-vesting. Coulter also reminded producers not to over-look the basics of crop rotation, hybrid selection,stand establishment and weed control.

Coulter pointed out that in 2015 Minnesota-National Corn Growers Association Corn Yield trials

10 of the 15 winners were in southeast Minnesota;three were in south central Minnesota. And thewinning maturity in each was 103-105 days.

Warmer temperatures, more favorable soil typesand better rainfall distribution were contributingfactors he indicated. But a 40-bushel spreadbetween the top and bottom yields suggested hybridselection is critical.Nitrogen

U of M Extension researcher Jeff Vetsch discussedvariable rates of nitrogen applications for corn. Dueto growing concerns about leaching potentials offall applications of anhydrous ammonia, Vetsch,Extension educators Brad Carlson and Ryan Millertested N plus preplant and sidedress treatments,applied in combination in fall and spring.

“There is considerable interest in using sidedress Nto fine tune current N recommendations. The typicalpractice is applying 60-75 percent of N prior to plant-ing and then sidedress remaining N,” Vetsch said.

In these plots, sidedress N was applied as ureaplus NBPT at V6-8 growth stage. NBPT reduces therisk of ammonia loss. They also studied the effectsof time of N application and nitrogen stabilizer oncorn production and nitrate losses from tiledrainage. Vetsch shared this summary:

Higher populations not answer to higher yields

See YIELDS, pg. 10

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Scott Ausborn, with 10 years atBlue River Hybrids and currentlyits business developmentmanager, has a full bucket ofinformation about theperformance of Blue River’sorganic seeds.

Ausborn, an Iowa State Univer-sity graduate, appreciates working in his collegetown of Ames.

Representing non-genetically modified organismsand an organic seed lineup, he’s open about thegrowing interest in their seed products, especiallyin view of the crunch time now underway in agricul-tural commodities, be that seed or livestock.

“Because Blue River focuses mostly on the certi-fied organic seed products and non-GMO hybrids,we’ve seen exponential growth,” said Ausborn.

A national company, Blue River sells productsfrom California to New York, Texas to Canada.

Blue River has experienced accelerated growththe past two years when corn prices got squeezeddown from $7 to current $3.50 prices.

“Producers are looking for alternative ways toreduce their production expenses. The lower cost ofnon-GMO products is an obvious choice for many,”said Ausborn.

Retail price to farmers today for Blue Riverorganic hybrids is in the $200-$220 range. Andretail price for farmers growing and marketingorganic corn is in the $9-$10 per bushel category.

Considerable savings at the front end on seed

costs and a doubling of value when you market yourorganic corn are key drivers of this expandingorganic industry.

Ausborn noted that because of the rapid growth ofthe organic markets, a grower now has multipleoptions for where to sell.

“You can do either spot contracts (taking what youget on any given day) or forward contracts where youhave selling price locked in before you even plant thecrop,” he said.

And where are the biggest markets for organic rowcrops? Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, NewYork and Texas are top producers today, said Aus-born, but new growth is in the Southeast stateswhere cotton and tobacco acres are cutting back con-siderably. He noted Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippiand Alabama are ramping up.

“Plus eastern Texas because adequate water sup-plies for rice production has become such an issue,”Ausborn said.

The perennial question in entering organic farm-ing is weed control.

“It’s pretty much with iron,” said Ausborn. “Thatmeans hitching up your cultivators but what we sug-gest is getting in touch with growers in a given areawho are already farming organically. There stillaren’t any chemical fixes for weed control and likelywon’t be if your ambition is organic marketing. Thebiggest thing is plant a little later and use your ironto be on top of weeds. Rotations are a big help also.”

Like most row crop farmers, wide rows in the 40-inch category are history with organic farmers too.Instead the 30-inch row predominates and 22-inchwidths are gaining favor also. Increasing plantingpopulations is a trend and that’s a weed controlstrategy.

“The more seeds in that row the less spacing thereis for weeds,” Ausborn said.

Fertility rates for organic farming depend uponthe management practices of each producer. Soiltests to determine what’s already there is a startingpoint.

“But we’ve got low-input producers working onsustainability who deliberately use minimumamounts of organic plant food to high-input growerswho rely on special micro-nutrients through foliar

feeding,” he said.A partner company called CRD Advisors does the

genetic research for new and better seeds for BlueRiver Hybrids. CRD Advisors has a corn breedingprogram with nurseries in Illinois, Ames, Iowa, andSleepy Eye, Minn. New hybrids are added every yearsaid Ausborn with maturities ranging from 76-day to115-day. Of the 35 products for 2016, 10 are newofferings.

Ausborn noted that Blue River isn’t continuallyintroducing new hybrids just for the sake of newmaterials.

“Farmers tell us when they find a product they likethey want to stay with that product indefinitely. Butat the same time when we have a new product withsimilar characteristics to an already popular hybridbut it has better yields, we emphasize the new prod-uct,” he said. “The life expectancy in our productlineup is 4 to 5 years these days.”

Ausborn said he’s aware of market forecasters whoare talking $3.50-$4 corn for the foreseeable future.Even though some economists are predicting cornand soybeans to be non-profit crops for 2016, he’s notpredicting crop land will sit empty.

“Because of such an extended fall season, mostgrowers got much of their ground worked up and fer-tilizer inputs taken care of already,” he said. “And Idoubt soybeans will be picking up acres at theexpense of corn.”

According to Midwest Organic and SustainableEducation Service, 108 firms are listed as buyers,brokers, sellers and marketing service providers oforganic grain and feed ingredients across the nation.Minnesota has 20 on that list; Iowa has seven. For adirectory of Minnesota organic producers, visitwww.organicfarmsdirectory.mda.state.mn.

Scott Ausborn was interviewed at the MinnesotaOrganic Conference, Jan. 8-9, in St. Cloud, Minn.Visit www.blueriverorgseed.com to learn more. ❖

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YIELDS, from pg. 9• A split application of N (fixed or variable)

increased corn yields at three of four sites when com-pared to a single preplant rate;

• Only one of three sites showed a yield increaselarge enough to give a return on investment;

• Yields with fall application of urea were much lessthan spring urea in one of four years; similar in two offour years (2012 and 2014) and slightly greater inonly one year (2015 with an 8 bushel advantage);

• Adding nitrogen stabilizer (Dow AgroSciencesInstinct) to fall-applied urea increased yield andreduced NO3 concentration and loss in tile drainagewater only in 2013;

• Fall-applied urea had 38 percent greater NO3loss in tile drainage water than did spring appliedurea, when averaged across 2013-2015.

Vetsch noted, “Climatic conditions can and dogreatly drive results.” ❖

Split N trial results

Scott Ausborn

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$8 corn for 2016? Yes, if it’s organic!Does $16 corn or $7 oats get yourattention?

Donald DeWeerd, of Pipestone,Minn., was just sharing some market-ing history of his organic crops in2012-2014. The Land interviewedDeWeerd at the Minnesota OrganicConference, Jan. 8-9 in St. Cloud,Minn.

DeWeerd has been into organic farm-ing for about 30 years with everythingpreviously fed to his dairy cows. Butwhen he sold the cow herd in 2001, heneeded new markets for his organiccrops. That meant certified productionto get certified markets.

His entrance to certified organicfarming dates back to 1998, graduallyworking his entire 200-acre operationinto certified organic production. Hehas tried a variety of different cropsalong the way.

“Corn is my primary crop. But we dosoybeans, wheat, oats, some peas, andsome rye. And a good feature of certi-fied organic crop production is thatthere seem to be more buyers eachyear,” said DeWeerd.

Currently, DeWeerd projects $8-$9prices for his organic corn.

“But my high point was $16 for corna couple years ago; about $12 onwheat,” he said. “With oats we’ve beenrunning anywhere from $5.50 to ashigh as $7.”

Yields are the key determination ofgross revenue per acre. And organiccrop production generally takes a hitdue to weeds and no herbicides. Evenso, oats have been good. DeWeerd saidaround 65-bushel yields on oats thelast two years but four years prior hisoats were doing well over 100-bushelyields, with 110 bushels per acre fortwo sucessive years.

“Just good oat years in terms ofweather, humidity, and moisture,” saidDeWeerd. “This year we had the rightamount of moisture but humiditystayed too high. Oats are a cool-seasoncrop.”Seeds

With the entire farm certified,DeWeerd does some shopping for seedsources. At the St.Cloud event, eightdifferent seed houses were selling seedto the over 620 organic producers inattendance.

“For a number of years I used a seedfirm out of Illinois but they weremostly longer maturity hybrids; not the

best fit for our Pipestone area,” he said.Before he went organic, he was using

the Jung Seed Company out of Wiscon-sin which was handling Blue Riverseeds.

“So I started organic with Blue River,then changed for a few years,” he said.“Two years ago I checked their seedcatalog and noticed some of the samehybrid numbers when I was originallywith them so I went back to Blue Riverbrand.”

DeWeerd’s corn yield was 120bu./acre. He acknowledges that’s amodest yield because the non-GMOorganic hybrids don’t have the genetraits and without herbicides weedsare usually cutting some yields. Culti-vation is his weed control.

“My 120-bushel yields aren’t so goodbut that $9 price covers all myexpenses with a little margin stillavailable,” he said.

For 2016 he’ll repeat his 2015 crop-ping program of 60 acres of corn, 40-50acres of oats, 20-30 acres of peas, 25-30acres of soybeans and 30 acres of rye.He doesn’t seek out advance contractsfrom buyers.

“I wait until everything is harvestedand in the bins,” he said. “Then I get onthe phone and start calling prospectivebuyers. I’ll usually have a variety ofdifferent buyers each year becausethat’s just the nature of these markets.There’s getting to be more buyers eachyear it seems.”Cover crops

DeWeerd sees value in cover crops inorganic farming.

“We’ve been doing cover crops since1971. We’ve always used red clover andthe past few years we’ve tried somewinter rye and radish, usually seededafter my soybeans,” DeWeerd said.“I’ve seeded rye as late as the second ofNovember. It didn’t come up in the fallbut it did in the spring. We worked itdown and planted soybeans in thatfield.”

DeWeerd said he thinks it’s impor-tant to keep something green on yoursoils.

“To me that means keeping your soilhealthy so there is microorganismnutrient value. Cover crops just helpbuild soil health,” he said. “They pro-vide good protection against wind ero-sion. We get some brisk winter windsaround here that can scour our soilsurface quite aggressively sometimes.”

Cover crops can:• Scavenge nutrients to reduce fertil-

izer inputs. Rye and most cereal grainsare good at taking up nitrogen leftafter the primary crop and holding ituntil worked back into the soil in thespring.

• Fix nitrogen to reduce fertilizerinputs. Very few plants are capable of

creating their own nitrogen. Legumesdo this however. Clovers, alfalfa, tre-foil, and vetch are legumes and poten-tial cover crops.

• Reduce erosion. Cover crops arean ideal way to prevent water andwind erosion in between row crops. Asolid seeded cover crop can decreaserunoff, increase water retention andreduce nutrient loss.

Choosing cover crops is based onyour crop rotation, location, desiredbenefits and harvest schedule. TheMidwest Cover Crop Council websiteoffers Cover Crop Decision Tools andlists of cover crop species for Midwest-ern states. Visit www.mccc.msu.edu.

Visit www.mda/state.mn.us/organicfor more on organic farming in Min-nesota. ❖

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Donald DeWeerdsaid he’s been intoorganic farming forabout 30 yearswith everythingpreviously fed tohis dairy cows.When he sold thecow herd in 2001,he found new mar-kets for his organiccrops.

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It doesn’t matterwhich agriculturalmeeting you attendthis winter, the farmincome forecast islooking cloudy. Norwill the marketinggurus who closelyfollow income prospects for farmersmake any predictions on when a turn-around might happen, barring a majorweather disturbance, nothing encour-aging in the near term they say.

At the Willmar, Minn., Linder FarmNetwork 2016 Ag Outlook Meeting,Cory Bratland, chief grain strategistfor Kluis Commodities in Wayzata,Minn., shared market insight. Brat-land is still actively involved in hisfamily farm near Willow Lake, S.D.

“Commodity prices in general willremain under pressure. I think we’relooking at a consolidation phase forthe time being,” he said. “Biggest fac-tor going forward I think will be ourU.S. dollar index which is beinginflated slightly by the rest of theworld economies which are just flatout struggling.”

Bratland said other countries areinvesting in the United States whichinflates our dollar. That stronger U.S.dollar is making us uncompetitive inworld markets. In addition, he notedthat we have burdensome suppliesfrom back-to-back years of record pro-duction.

“The pipeline is full. Exports of ouragricultural products are down,”Bratland said.

“Going forward, I think weather willhave to be an issue. I’m talkingsevere weather that jeopardizes

either the South American crop or theNorth American crop before we see anupward trend in these markets.”

In 2015, corn production at 1.43 bil-lion bushels was 4 percent more thanthe previous state records set in 2012.Minnesota farmers averaged 188bushels per acre, 11 bushels above theprevious record set in 2010. Soybeanproduction was 378 million bushels, up25 percent from 2014. Yields averaged50 bu./acre, the highest ever and fivebushels more than the previous recordset in 2010.

This record produc-tion across the Midwestprompted MichaelSwanson, Wells Fargochief agricultural econo-mist to report, “Cur-rently, the 2016 ChicagoMercantile Exchangefutures don’t offer any relieffor producers who requirehigher prices to cash flow.”

But this glut on pricingmay have an optimisticring. Bratland predicts thatmarket lows are already in and a yearor so of consolidation of numbers isahead for the industry.

Forward pricing contracts aren’thappening yet in this new marketingyear. With prices being squeezed down-ward for several months now, farmershave turned gun-shy of contracts.

“But get a little rally this spring and Ithink guys will be more apt to get intosome forward pricing. We know we canproduce these bushels,” he said. “Pro-ductivity is no longer an issue becausethe genetics farmers are working withthese days are so phenomenal.”

Bratland advises Kluis private

clients through his business Prairie AgMarketing in Willow Lake, S.D.

“It is amazing the yields we now getin our area. 170-bushel, 180-bushelcorn is almost the norm these days.”

With little or no profit penciling outfor 2016, some of the marginal groundmay be going back to the ConservationReserve Program, said Bratland.

“Lots of those contracts expired andhaven’t been renewed because cashrents got so strong. But that’s chang-

ing. Cash rents havecome down somewhatbut there needs to be abigger adjustment,” hesaid. “Sure, landownershate to see some of theirincome disappear. But iflower rental rates don’thappen, we’ll be seeingtenants gettingsqueezed out and thenland owners will be fac-ing the reality of newtenants constantly.”

Bratland said operat-ing loans are getting tight with lots ofnervous bankers in the ag lendingbusiness.

“For us, this squeeze becomes a busi-ness plus. In years of low prices andtight margins, especially when theysink below break-even on cost of pro-duction, growers come to us seekingassistance,” he said.

So why the boost for commodity bro-kers in tough times?

“They need all the help they can get,”said Bratland. “Anybody can sell $6and $7 corn; $10 and $12 beans; butwhen the crunch is on, it becomes suchan emotionally difficult time to makethe sale. Our service is sitting downwith our customers and in detailreviewing their farming budgets; thenworking with them to do a marketingplan. We are incremental sellers; gen-erally no more than 10 percent of yourtotal crop at any one time.

“But we also have a history rich incharts thanks to Al Kluis, an acknowl-edged expert on reading and interpret-ing what charts are telling us. For exam-ple, soybean markets tend to move in39-month cycles. We’re close to the bot-tom right now based on chart history.”Weather

Bratland speculates if La Niña doesset up this spring, it could be a wildride for soybeans come August. Soy-bean production has exploded in SouthAmerica, he said. Currently SouthAmerica produces 50 percent more

soybeans than the United States. Andthe export tax on Argentina soybeanshas been reduced from 35 percent to 30percent; soy meal and soy oil exporttaxes reduced from 32 percent to 27percent with the incentive of a 5 per-cent reduction per year for the here-after. Argentina is a major competitor,especially to the China market.

Bratland notes some caution aboutU.S. weather forecasts for this spring.The weather speaker at the Lindermeeting predicted a strong possibilityof a colder and wetter spring in theMidwest.

“We’ve been watching weather modelsfor the past 30 days and will continue tostudy them for the next 60-90 days,”said Bratland. “There is a legitimateconcern about La Niña setting up forthis late winter-early spring. The lasttime we had a La Niña effect was 2012and we ended up with something like a123 bushel national corn yield. Such adisruption in 2016 would indeed impactcommodity prices strongly.”Non-GMO crops

Organic crops aren’t making animpact on commmodity markets, saidBratland.

“The market premium is for real,”said Bratland, “but at this stage organ-ics are such a small total that commod-ity pricing isn’t affected.”

Bratland said he thinks the UnitedStates needs to get more aggressive inpromoting our corn exports as we’vealready done a good job with soybeanexports.

“If or when this world economy startsstabilizing it will be positive for U.S.agriculture simply because we continueto be the world’s number one producer;our quality is the world’s best; and wecan deliver to wherever the productsare needed,” said Bratland. “That’shappening with U.S. soybeans. Foreigncountries trying to better feed their peo-ple have learned that with soybeansthey can meet the protein needs of theirpeople with a third as many bushels.”

He acknowledges the non-GMO issuewill continue to prevent U.S. exportsinto several countries. But he also rec-ognizes the tremendous impact oftoday’s genetics on productivity.

“If we were still struggling with 120-130 bushel yields I couldn’t imaginewhat grain prices would be right now.And how little grain we would have tofeed into the world food chain,” saidBratland.

Follow Cory Bratland on Twitter@thegrainguy. ❖

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Feb. 9 – Nutrient Managment Conference – Morton, Minn. – Learnto better manage fertilizer and manure nutrients to reduce costs andrunoff – Contact George Rehm at (507) 263-9127 or register onlineat www.mawrc.org/events/html Feb. 9 – Ag Symposium – North Mankato, Minn. – South CentralCollege hosts speakers to include animal expert Temple Grandin, agadvocate Laura Daniels and ag expert Moe Russell – Contact SouthCentral College at (507) 389-7203 or visit www.southcentral.eduFeb. 9 – Cow Calf Days – Staples, Minn. – U of M Extension BeefTeam hosts a seminar tour and trade show featuring cow-calfconfinement systems, trace mineral nutrition, calf health protocols,and leading research and technology – Contact Brenda Miller at(320) 533-4655 or visit www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/beef/Feb. 9 – Cow Calf Days – Bagley, Minn. – U of M Extension BeefTeam hosts a seminar tour and trade show featuring cow/calfconfinement systems, trace mineral nutrition, calf health protocols,and leading research and technology – Contact Jim Stordahl at (218)563-2465 or visit www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/beef/Feb. 13 – Sustainable Farming Association Annual Conference –Saint Joseph, Minn. – Join the Upper Midwest’s sustainable farmingcommunity for a day of education, conversations, networking andfood – Contact SFA at (844) 922-5573 or [email protected] Feb. 16 – Women in Agriculture Conference – St. Cloud, Minn. –University of Minnesota Extension hosts a day of learning andnetworking for women in ag – To register, call (320) 235-0726, ext.2001 or visit https://www.regonline.com/WomeninAg Feb. 16 – Barriers to Bushels - Corn/Soybean Production Workshop– Little Falls, Minn. – University of Minnesota Extension presentsresearch-based information to control soybean and corn costs; topicsinclude fertilizer, pest, soil and weed management – To register, call(320) 968-5077 Feb. 23-25 – Central Minnesota Farm Show – St. Cloud, Minn. –Farm seminars, exhibits and networking – Contact (320) 251-2940or [email protected] or visit www.stcloudriversedgeconventioncenter.comFeb. 24 – Barriers to Bushels - Corn/Soybean Production Workshop– Appleton, Minn. – University of Minnesota Extension presentsresearch-based information to control soybean and corn costs; topics

include fertilizer, pest, soil and weed management – To register, call(320) 235-0726, ext. 2006 Feb. 25 – Barriers to Bushels - Corn/Soybean Production Workshop– Willmar, Minn. – University of Minnesota Extension presentsresearch-based information to control soybean and corn costs; topicsinclude fertilizer, pest, soil and weed management – To register, call(651) 480-7706 Feb. 26-28 – Annie’s Project Retreat – Cohasset, Minn. – Join ruralfarm women at Sugar Lake Lodge for an Annie’s Project Retreat andlearn more about networking, risk management, education andempowerment – Contact AgStar at (866) 577-1831 March 14-15 – North Central Avian Disease Conference – St. Paul,Minn. – Attend for a variety of scientific presentations and asymposium on current animal health issues held in conjunction withthe Midwest Poultry Federation Convention – Contact MidwestPoultry Federation at (763) 682-2171 or [email protected] visit www.midwestpoultry.com March 15-17 – Midwest Poultry Federation Convention – St. Paul,Minn. – Largest regional poultry show in the United States withTurkey Grower, Broiler Production, Turkey Processing, TurkeyBreeder, Oranic and Specialty Poultry Production, Egg Production,Turkey Health, Diesease Response Planning Workshops and PoultryNutrition and Health Symposium – Contact Midwest PoultryFederation at (763) 682-2171 or [email protected] or visitwww.midwestpoultry.com March 19 – Gardening Education Day – Collegeville, Minn. – U of MExtension Master Gardeners of Stearns County hosts a day ofgardening sessions on tomatoes, grapes, perennials, cut flowers,plants for pollinators, pest control and trends – Contact Beth Berlinat (320) 225-6169 or [email protected] or visithttp://z.umn.edu/GardenEdDay

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Keynote speaker Robert Milligan, Cornell Profes-sor Emeritus and senior consultant with DairyStrategies LLC, will challenge participants toaddress the future of their farm business. Breakoutsessions will feature farm communications and rela-tions; farm transition and estate planning; farm pay-roll and tax planning; and the farm image.

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She’s only 14-months old. Andas our daughterElizabeth told thestory of her babygirl, I wish I hadrecorded when wefirst recognizedhow Elizabethwas wired. Eliza-beth said that shewas bent low asshe tossed toysinto the box whenshe accidentallynailed Reagan in the forehead.

“Sorry, Reagers,” she said. Regan did-n’t respond. Beth kept picking up andnever saw it coming. Her 14-month oldwalked up to her and threw one of thestray toys at her head.

As the story concluded, I thoughtElizabeth’s sisters were going to lose it.In front of our fireplace their heartswarmed at the thought of Elizabethdealing with what she had dealt themover the years. And as Elizabeth recog-nized her self in the story, they laughedand squealed, “Write this down! Youhave to write this down!”

If only I had done the same. Over theyears cute stories about our girls wereretold a time or two, but I rarely putthem to paper. Just keeping up withtoddler life was about all I managed atthe time. And now I wish I had donewhat we tell Elizabeth. Write it down.

It’s not just the old, over-stressed,and over-committed who suffer mem-ory loss. We all do! Here’s the thing –remembering matters. It matters for usand for those who follow in our steps.And as sweet as it is to remember thememorable quips and accounts fromthe past, there is something deeperthat takes place for those who trustGod with their very lives.

When we write things down it is avisible, physical reminder of what is inour lives. This is our reality. And forthose who trust in God that visible,physical reminder is hope! Yes, thingsmay look dark for your future, but inJesus there is light. Yes, it seems as ifthere is no way out of this mess, but in

Jesus you have the Way, the Truth, andthe Life — the real and abundant kind!

There’s an old hymn, “Come, thouFount of Every Blessing”, that you mayhave sung or heard your grandparentssing. It’s a good song, but let’s be real.What in the world is an Ebenezer?

Ebenezer means “stone of help.” Inthe first half of the Bible known as theOld Testament, it was a stone. Basi-cally it was a memory rock that helpedpeople remember that God helpedthem in the past and He would bethere for them in the future as well.

Did you know that people still useEbenezer reminders today? I read aboutone lady who keeps an old suitcase byher front door to remind her that thisworld is not her home; she’s going to livewith Jesus in heaven one day.

I have a stuffed bunny near my com-puter where I write. It’s over 30 yearsold and looks ratty and worn. My dadgave it to me when I was 5 years oldand very sick in the hospital. Duringmy nine-day hospitalization thatbunny stayed by my side. Today thatbunny is an Ebenezer, daily remindingme of my dad’s love and my HeavenlyFather’s healing.

Another Ebenezer that is a physicalreminder of God’s spiritual truths arejournals. When you write down the awe-some things that God is doing in yourlife, it’s like setting up an Ebenezerstone and saying, “This is how God hashelped me!” When you are weary, tired,or sad, you can reread your journal andbe encouraged. And in years to come itwill encourage your kids, your friends,and your community, too.

Ebenezer memory rocks can be jour-nals, a ragtag bunny, a shadow boxfilled with treasures, a favorite toy, oreven a rock. It’s anything that helpsyou remember God’s faithfulness in thepast, which in turn gives hope for thefuture.

So what’s your Ebenezer? I may justthrow a toy at Elizabeth’s forehead toremind her of hers. But stop and thinkabout you. Whether you believe it ornot, God is with you and watching over

you. Trust Him. When you trust Himwith your life, write it down. ThisEbenezer will change everything foryou and all those who read your lifeand your words. “This is who God isand how He helped me.”Lenae Bulthuis muses about faith,family, and farming from her backporch on her Minnesota grain and live-stock farm. She can be reached [email protected] or @Lenae-Bulthuis. ❖

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By SARAH JOHNSONThe Land Correspondent

Did you know it takes 80,000 Amer-ican pork-producing families to keepus bacon-lovers happy? Blessingsupon the pork farmers, because with-out them we’d be missing all thosewonderful sausages, chops, loins,roasts and hams. Pork is the mostwidely eaten meat in the world.

The National Pork Board certainlyknows all this, and periodically issuesbooklets of recipes to encourage us tokeep on eating it and perhaps trysomething new. Here are some porkrecipe suggestions that are easy ontime as well as on the budget from the“Farm Table to Family Table” 2003booklet by the National Pork Board.

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When the weather outside is fright-ful, a bowl of hot soup is sooooodelightful. The comforting flavors,smells and textures of homemade soupare always worth the little trouble

they are to prepare, likeBow Tie Sausage Soup.My family spooned it upquick this snow-coveredJanuary, with four out offour “yums” in the tastedepartment.Bow Tie Sausage SoupServes 6

1 pound Italian porksausage

1 medium onion,chopped

1 clove garlic, minced4 cups chicken broth3 cups bow tie pasta1 (15-ounce) can tomato

sauce1 tablespoon Worcester-

shire sauce1 teaspoon dried basil1 teaspoon dried thymeCombine sausage, onion and garlic in

a large, heavy, covered pot; cook untilsausage is brown, breaking up sausage

with wooden spoon. Drain off fat. Stirin chicken broth, uncooked pasta,tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce,basil and thyme. Bring to boiling;reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about20 minutes, or until pasta is tender,stirring occasionally.

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When you’re in the mood for some“speecy spicy” stuff, rustle up some ofthis Sausage and Chipotle MashedPotatoes (with fresh spinach). This is aprime example of using simple, freshingredients to create culinary master-pieces and practically anyone can do itat home. Save yourself the pain ofexpensive restaurant food, roll up yoursleeves and surprise yourself with howgood it can taste.Sausage and Chipotle Mashed PotatoesServes 4

3/4 pound cooked, smoked Polishsausage links

3 medium potatoes (about 1 pound)1/4 cup plain yogurt2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo

sauce, finely chopped1 tablespoon butter or margarine1/8 teaspoon salt1 medium onion, halved lengthwise

and thinly sliced1 teaspoon minced garlic1 tablespoon vegetable oil1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips2 tablespoons dry white wine5 cups coarsely chopped fresh

spinach leavesPeel and quarter potatoes. In

medium saucepan, cook potatoes, cov-ered, in boiling, lightly salted water for20-25 minutes or until tender. Drainand mash potatoes. Stir in yogurt,chipotle peppers, butter or margarine,and salt.

Meanwhile, cut sausage crosswise

into 1/2-inch slices. In 12-inch skillet, cook onionand garlic in hot oil untillightly browned. Stir insausage, bell pepper andwine. Cook and stir overmedium high heat untilsausage is heatedthrough. Stir in spinach.Cook and stir for oneminute or until spinachstarts to wilt. Serve withmashed potatoes.

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Skip the fat-laden Chi-nese takeout and enjoyyour own version of thatyummy orange sauce youcrave over tender, leanpork strips instead of bat-

ter-fried meat chunks. Carrots, celeryand cashews add nutrition, flavor, tex-ture and eye candy. You can use thissauce with chicken as well, or make avegetarian version (just don’t tell thePork Board).Orange Stir-FryServes 4

1 pound pork tenderloin1 tablespoon grated orange rind1/2 cup orange juice1 tablespoon cornstarch1 tablespoon soy sauce1/3 cup corn syrup1/4 teaspoon ground ginger2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided2 large carrots, peeled and sliced

diagonally2 stalks celery, peeled and sliced

diagonally1/2 cup cashewsCut pork tenderloin into thin strips.

Set aside. Combine next six ingredi-ents, stirring well. Heat one teaspoonoil in nonstick skillet over mediumheat. Add carrots and celery, stir-fryingabout three minutes. Remove vegeta-bles; set aside. Pour remaining oil intoskillet. Add pork; stir-fry for aboutthree minutes. Return vegetables topan; add orange juice mixture andcashews. Cook, stirring constantly,over medium-high heat, until thick-ened. Serve over hot rice, if desired.

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Those who enjoy a little sweetnesswith their meat will love Spiced Pearsand Pork Chops, a flavorful pairing oftender (and oh-so-easy) pears with con-venient, lean and tasty boneless porkchops. Utilizing basic pantry ingredi-ents, this one-skillet dish could becomeyour next go-to recipe for a quick mealanytime.

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Gardening inthe winter is atime for dream-ing about newplants and oldstandbys theseed catalogs areoffering. The glo-rious colors andenticing descrip-tions of theplants are nearlyirresistible.

It’s a time todog-ear the pages, make lists and notesand finally narrow the order from“Wouldn’t it be fun to grow, to ... theseare in my growing zone and fit in mybudget.”

Nigella Damascena, commonly calledlove-in-a-mist is a fascinating annualwhich we started growing a number ofyears ago from seed ordered through acatalog.

It earns its common name becausethe foliage, which is ferny and lookslike fennel, forms a mist around theflowers. The blooms come in blue, whiteand shades of purple. Blue is ourprominent color because it is rarer.

Mature plant size is about 15 incheshigh and it blooms from late springthrough early fall. It thrives in full sunto partial shade and likes a moist well-drained soil.

Love-in-a-mist belongs to the butter-cup family Ranunculaceae and isnative to southern Europe, North

Africa and southwest Asia. The nameNigella damascena relates to Damas-cus is Syria. The seeds of a speciescalled Nigella sativaare produce theseeds of black-caraway often calledblack cumin. These black seeds areused as a spice and taste like a combi-nation of onions, black pepper andoregano.

I read there is archeological evidencethese seeds have been found in severalsites in ancient Egypt includingTutankhamen’s tomb. The earliestwritten reference to Nigella sativaareis thought to be in the book of Isaiah inthe Old Testament, where the reapingof Nigella (cumin) and wheat is con-trasted.

Nigella flowers are fluffy and the

seed pods that develop are intriguingwith their tan color and purple sidestripes. The seed pods can be dried andused in arrangements. Cut the stemswhile the pods are still green and freshand tie the stems in bundles and hangupside down to dry. The seed pods canbe cut in half to show off the star-shaped seed chamber.

These dainty annuals self-seed read-ily and if left over the winter withoutdeadheading will produce a wave ofvolunteer plants. They are easy to con-trol by weeding and hoeing out excessplants. They have tap roots like a car-rot and transplanting is best donewhen the plants are very small.

Visitors to our gardens, who have not

seen Love-in-a-mist growing before,invariably want some seeds or plantsand we are happy to oblige theirrequests. Once you see Nigella inbloom, you will always recognize it byits airy bracts, minute clawed petalsand ethereal appearance.

When you are choosing your seedsthis year I suggest adding a packet oflove-in-a-mist. You will be rewardedwith a gem of a plant, seeds to sharewith gardening friends and tales toshare about its ancestral ties to theancient world.Sharon Quale is a master gardenerfrom central Minnesota. She may bereached at (218) 738-6060 [email protected]. ❖

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COOKBOOK, from pg. 16Spiced Pears and Pork ChopsServes 4

4 boneless pork chops, 1/2-inch thick2 (15-ounce) cans pear halves or

slices, in juice1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg1 tablespoon water2 teaspoons cornstarchNonstick cooking sprayCoat large skillet with nonstick cook-

ing spray. Heat over medium heat. Addpork chops; brown one or two minuteson each side. Remove chops. Mean-while, drain pears, reserving juice.Combine reserved pear juice, chickenbouillon granules, cinnamon and nut-meg in the same skillet. Bring to boil-ing. Boil gently, uncovered, about fiveminutes or until reduced by half.Return chops to skillet; add pears. Sim-

mer, covered, for five minutes more.Transfer chops and pears to servingplatter with a slotted spoon.

In a small bowl, combine water andcornstarch. Add to pear juice mixturein skillet. Cook and stir until thickenedand bubbly. Cook and stir for two min-utes more. Spoon sauce over chops andpears.

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Grain AnglesBalance sheetrebalancing

Now’s the time when producers throughout theMidwest are providing their lenders 2015 year-endbalance sheets for review of their operations and fordiscussing future financing opportunities. The sam-ple size I’ve seen so far is small, but overall itappears some producers took a step back in networth and in liquidity (workingcapital position) even though wehad outstanding yields through-out most of Minnesota and Wis-consin.

One of the primary reasons forbalance sheet deterioration islowered grain inventory valuesfrom a year ago of approximately$.60 per bushel on corn and $2per bushel on soybeans. Withunpriced grain valued around$3.25 per bushel for corn and$8.10 per bushel (at year-end insouthern Minnesota) this adds upto some real accrual losses over all your bushels andsome significant reduction in working capital posi-tion. (Working capital = current assets - current lia-bilities which can be converted to cash within 12months).

A review of AgStar’s projected Margin Manager for2016 corn and soybeans is showing estimated non-land costs of around $550 per acre for corn and $300per acre for soybeans. This would include all inputs,insurance, fuel, repairs, labor, interest, and deprecia-tion (everything except land cost and family livingexpense). Add your land costs (both owned andrented), ex. $225/acre + $50/acre for family living(operator draw) and you are at $825/acre for corn and$575/acre for soybeans. In a 50-50 rotation of corn

Livestock AnglesErratic swings in cattle price

Here we go again, another several weeks of erraticswings in the livestock markets. This is particularlytrue in the cattle market; hogs have remained rela-tively quiet with steady price improvement unlikethe rapidly changing cattle.

The main reason for the insta-bility in the cattle market is thecontinuation of the battlebetween supply and demand. Forweeks this battle has gone onand there currently does notseem to be an immediate changein this battle. There is a realconundrum with the fundamen-tals of the cattle market. There isa smaller supply of cattle asreported by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture as evidenced inthe latest Cattle on Feed reportreleased Jan. 22. The USDA pro-jected that there were justslightly fewer cattle on feed as compared to a yearago, as well as cattle placed in feedlots. The reportalso indicated there were more cattle marketed thanthe previous year. This report continues to reflectlower numbers than a year ago.

At the same time the USDA released the Cold Stor-age report which indicated we once again have morebeef in storage than a year ago. It also reflects, formore than six months in a row, beef in cold storagewas continually greater than the previous month.Thus the battle between supply and demand contin-ues. Overall, for the past several months, the lack ofdemand for beef, not the supply of cattle, has dictatedthe direction of cattle prices. This is not likely tochange much in the weeks ahead until the disparity

Local Corn and Soybean Price IndexCash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

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Grain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 2. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain OutlookCorn closed higher again

The following market analysis is for the week end-ing Jan. 29.

CORN – Corn action was flat through mid-weekto the point where “boring” would have been a gooddescription. Prices pressed lower on Jan. 28 as cornwas pulled lower by soybeanswhen the U.S. Department ofAgriculture announced a largeexport sales cancellation byChina. Funds added to the painof the bulls with selling. Exportsales were delayed until Jan. 29since Washington was essen-tially closed early in the weekafter snowstorm Jonah rockedthe East Coast. Corn finishedthe week near its weekly high onmonth-end positioning anddespite a surge higher in theU.S. dollar when Japan unex-pectedly cut its interest rate. TheBank of Japan will charge 0.1 percent interest forexcess reserves! Corn closed higher for the thirdconsecutive week with a key reversal higher to endthe month.

China did act on its plan to cut domestic cornprices, saying the market will determine the pricethey pay to growers for reserve corn. China wants toreduce the amount of corn and corn products itimports. This increased concerns about U.S. cornand corn product exports to China. The ChinaNational Grain and Oils Information Center said atleast 20 corn cargoes or 1.2 mmt of corn have beenbought for the first quarter. Indications earlier inthe week were that two of the cargoes would comefrom the United States with the majority being

JOE TEALEBroker

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NYSTROM, from pg. 18sourced from Ukraine. China has 7.2mmt of import quotas this year, butsaid it will only use 3.5 mmt.

South Africa released its corn cropestimate this week, about a month ear-lier than normal due to its severedrought. They pegged production at7.4 mmt of which 3.2 mmt is white and4.2 mmt is yellow. This would be thecountry’s smallest crop since 2007; butnot as small as the pre-report tradeestimate for 6.686 mmt. The USDA iscarrying their crop at 8.0 mmt and lastyear they produced 9.94 mmt. SouthAfrica has projected they may need toimport 5 to 6 mmt of corn thisyear. Trade chatter this week includedsuggestions that Russia may try toimplement an export reporting systemsimilar to the USDA’s to get a bettergrip on its export system.

Weekly export sales were at the lowend of expectations at 32.2 millionbushels. Total export commitments are26 percent behind last year and theUSDA is projecting an 8.8 percentyear-on-year decline. We will need toaverage 27 million bushels of sales perweek through the end of the marketingyear to hit the USDA’s 1.7 billionbushel forecast. Weekly ethanol pro-duction was down 22,000 barrels perday at 961,000 bpd. This was thesmallest production level in twomonths, as margins have been nega-tive for that same time frame. Ethanolstocks were down 500,000 barrels at21.4 million barrels — the first drop infour weeks.

The Congressional Budget Officereleased its 2016 Baseline for FarmPrograms Budget Projections thisweek which were largely ignored. It isforecasting corn acres for 2016 at 90.2million, yield at 167.8 bushels per acre,

production 13.86 billionbushels and endingstocks for 2016-17 at1.895 billion bushels. The USDA onthe January report used 88.0 millionacres, yield 168.4 bu./acre, crop 13.6billion bushels and carryout at 1.802billion bushels.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans followedthe same pattern as corn for the firsthalf of the week, although in a muchwider range. The Jan. 28 USDAannouncement that China canceled395,000 metric tons of U.S. bean pur-chases (9 percent of current U.S. opensales to China) sent prices spiralinglower, trading to its lowest level sinceJan. 12. This was the biggest single“flash” cancellation since December2012. Heavy fund selling and improv-ing weather for South America addedto the negative tone. Argentina isbeing monitored for dryness in thesouthern regions, but chances for rainare in the forecasts for the first week ofFebruary (albeit slimmer chances thanwhat was expected early in the week).Soybeans closed on a strong note ofmonth-end buying, counter to the dol-lar roaring higher.

In the weekly export sales report,sales were within expectations at 23.8million bushels; but were the thirdlowest of the marketing year. Theyearly commitments are running 9.5percent behind last year, but that’sclose to the USDA’s projection thatexports will fall 8.3 percent year-on-year.

Crude oil moved steadily higher thisweek as talk of the possibility of pro-duction cuts circulated. According toreports, Russia has indicated they arenow ready to meet with the OPECmembers, specifically Saudi Arabia, todiscuss lowering production. Russia

stated Saudi Arabiawas proposing theyeach drop output by 5

percent. Based on current production,that would mean a combined decline of1 million bpd. While the drop wouldn’tsolve the global oversupply problem,it’s perception that counts to the mar-ket players. Many traders commentedthey didn’t believe anything wouldreally come of it. Also, OPEC has saidno meeting has been scheduled.

The CBO baseline projections forthe 2016-17 soybean crop includedplanted acreage of 83.0 million acres,yield at 46.0 bu./acre, production3.776 billion bushels with endingstocks at 466 million bushels. On theJanuary crop report the USDA used82.7 million acres, yield at 48.0bu./acre, a crop of 3.93 billion bushelsand ending stocks of 440 millionbushels. ❖

LARSON, from 18and soybeans this is an average of$700 per acre to put in 2016’s crop.

A combination of your own workingcapital and borrowed money (operat-ing loans) are needed to meet yourcash needs in putting in a crop. Assum-ing you can borrow about $450 peracre for operating (dependent on col-lateral such as your crop insuranceguarantee) leaves a producer’s share toput the crop in of approximately $250per acre of working capital ($700 peracre average corn-soybean costs less$450 per acre operating). Therefore,the minimum amount of working capi-tal a grain producer needs is rightabout $250 per acre.

As you likely heard in 2015, one keyto helping get your own individual plantogether is having adequate workingcapital in your business — not only forputting in this year’s crop, but to coverfor the next few years of lower prices,compressed margins or even losses.

How is your individual balance sheetstructured? Is it appropriate for thetimes we are in and for the size andage of your operation? It’s possibleyour balance sheet may need to berebalanced so you are positioned withenough working capital to meet yourneeds. The following strategies canhelp.

• Move current debt (possibly fromyour operating loan) to an intermediateterm loan amortized at five or sevenyears. This is a popular strategy forclients who paid cash for capital pur-chases, like equipment or tile, in recentyears and now need to replenish thatcash and rebuild working capital. If, inthe next few years, you are able to cap-ture better prices or you can get yourcosts reduced to profitable levels, payingoff debt early is another consideration.

• Move current debt or intermediateterm debt to a longer term, using realestate as collateral and the equity

you’ve built in long term assets.Although, this does not remove yourdebt, it could improve your cash flowwhile also rebuilding working capital.Again, this is a strategy to give youmore time to get your cost structurein line with decreased crop prices. Ifyou select this strategy, be sure toconsider how it impacts your overallland costs.

• Consolidate debt. In our present(attractive) interest rate environ-ment, it might be a good strategy toconsider consolidating multiple loansinto one and stretching them out toimprove cash flow and current debtrequirements while also locking in agood fixed interest rate. Having fewerloans can also simplify your repay-ment schedule. Always considermatching payment dates to yourincome stream. (Exmaple: When doyou deliver your grain?)

• Sell off nonproductive assets. Arethere assets on your balance sheetthat are no longer needed and, if sold,the proceeds could be used to buildworking capital or pay down debt?Start with reviewing your detailedbalance sheet. Make a priority listingof assets that are no longer necessaryor don’t fit into your future plans.Consult your tax advisor on theimpact this may have on your incometax management.

Now is an excellent time to meetwith your lender to discuss your bal-ance sheet structure and projectionincluding a per acre projection (mar-gin manager) and review if you haveenough working capital.

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TEALE, from pg. 18in price between beef to pork, chickenand turkey changes. Producers shouldcontinually monitor market conditionsand protect inventories as needed.

The hog market has graduallyimproved over the past several weeksdue to continued demand for pork.Packer margins have been good andtherefore the interest by the packer toaccumulate inventory has been good.Numbers have not been overbearing atthis juncture, so the prices paid for liveanimals has steadily increased overthe past several weeks.

The demand for pork has been very

good as it represents the likely bestvalue to the consumer at this time.Even though export business has beenslowed by the strong U.S. dollar, thebetter domestic interest in pork is rep-resented by the steady to slightlyclimbing pork cutout values. Overall,this would indicate the possibility ofhog prices moving a bit higher in theshort term. The problem would be thatthe demand for protein is highly com-petitive and with the economy onshaky ground at this time, rallies maybe muted. Producers should keep aneye on market conditions and protectinventories when warranted. ❖

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HighGround Dairy’s Eric Meyer.speaking in the Jan. 29 DairyLine,reported that the mood at the Interna-tional Dairy Foods Association’s DairyForum in Phoenix was much colderinside than outside.

Citing poor U.S. exports and “rela-tively better-than-expected milk pro-duction in the U.S.,” Meyer warned thatU.S. cheese prices would likely remainin the $1.40-$1.50 per pound level orslip some in the first half of 2016.

Butter has better fundamentals, hesaid, and the price is at a record levelfor this time of year. Although, the lat-est Cold Storage reports call intoquestion what butter futures are look-ing like.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’sbutter rule change starting Feb. 1 mayalso weigh in by allowing more prod-uct to come to the CME, he said.“While there is some potential forweakness here, no one is anticipatingbutter entering a bear market likewe’re seeing in other commodities.”

As to the Dairy Forum, Meyer saidthere was a lot of pessimism expressed.“The story was on Europe,” he said.Europe’s November milk productionwas up 5 percent from a year ago. Mostexpect output between December andMarch will even accelerate so “withEurope pumping out as much milk asthey have and the U.S. being betterthan expected, and with New Zealandbeing down only 1.2 percent in Decem-ber, it is a bit of an oversupply situa-tion that may overhang the U.S. mar-ket for a while,” he concluded.

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The dairy industry will lose one ofits long-time leaders. Connie Tipton,president and CEO of the IDFAannounced Monday that she willretire at the end of 2016.

Tipton, who has led the associationsince 2004, made the announcementat this week’s Dairy Forum.

She joined the staff of the Milk

Industry Foundation andthe International Ice CreamAssociation in May 1981,before IDFA existed. Thereshe met her now-late hus-band, Tip Tipton, CEO ofthe associations from 1988to 2003. In 1990, theyformed IDFA as theumbrella organization forthe Milk Industry Founda-tion, the International IceCream Association andthe National CheeseInstitute. Together theysuccessfully pushed forpassage of legislation in the 1990 FarmBill which established the Milk Proces-sor Education Program.

Finally, Holsum Dairies of Hilbert,Wisc., was named the 2016 InnovativeDairy Farmer of the Year during anawards ceremony at the Dairy Forum.

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U.S. milk production remains aboveyear-ago levels, but not by much.According to U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s preliminary estimate, Decem-ber output in the top 23 states wasreported at 16.4 billion pounds, up 0.7percent from December 2014. Revisionsadded 26 million pounds to the Novem-ber estimate, now put at 15.6 billionpounds, up 0.7 percent. The December50-state output totaled 17.4 billionpounds, up 0.7 percent.

Fourth-quarter U.S. output, at 51.2billion pounds, was up 0.6 percent from2014, with the average number of milkcows totaling 9.32 million head, up6,000 from the third quarter and33,000 more than fourth quarter 2014.Preliminary 2015 milk output hit 208.5billion pounds, up from 206 billion in2014 or about 1.2 percent.

December cow numbers in the 23states totaled 8.64 million head, up1,000 from November but 29,000 headabove a year ago. The 50-state total at9.3 million head was up 23,000 from ayear ago.

Output per cow averaged1,894 pounds in the 23states, up six from a yearago and the highest Decem-ber output per cow since theseries began in 2003.

California output laggedthe year-ago level for the12th consecutive month,down 3.0 percent, due to a55-pound drop per cow and4,000 fewer cows. Wisconsin

made up the difference,up 4.8 percent, thanksto an 80- pound gain

per cow and 6,000 morecows. Wisconsin output was up 4.8 per-cent last month as well. Mild tempera-tures in much of the milk-producingregions are helping the girls do betterin the parlor.

South Dakota is also producing lotsof milk. The state again posted thebiggest percentage gain in the country,up 13 percent on 12,000 more cows and10 pounds more per cow. Wisconsin andMichigan shared second place, both up4.8 percent, though Michigan had10,000 more cows and output per cowwas up 45 pounds.

Six states showed declines. New Mex-ico was down 6.2 percent on a 105-pound loss per cow and 4,000 fewercows. Virginia was off 3.3 percent.Texas matched California, down 3 per-cent, but on a 20-pound loss per cowand 9,000 fewer cows. Snow stormGoliath certainly impacted New Mexicoand Texas.

Idaho was up 1.1 percent despite a 5-pound loss per cow, though cow num-bers were up 8,000. Minnesota was up2.9 percent on a 50-pound gain per cowand Washington state was up 0.4 per-cent on a 10-pound gain per cow. NewYork was up 3.5 percent thanks to a 50-pound gain per cow and 5,000 morecows. Pennsylvania was unchangedacross the board, but last weekend’srecord snow storm will surely impactJanuary output in the affected states.Milk was reportedly dumped as thestorm shut down roads to milk pickups.

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Checking stocks on hand, accordingto USDA’s latest Cold Storage report,we have plenty. The Dec. 31 butterinventory stood at a much higher thanexpected 152.9 million pounds — up20.2 million pounds or 15 percent fromNovember and a whopping 48.2 millionor 46 percent above a year ago.

This is the highest December inven-tory since 2012 and well above expecta-tions. Analysts speculate there is likely

enough butter on hand for the upcomingEaster-Passover holidays and there willbe little to no price rise in coming weeks.

American cheese, at 700.7 millionpounds, is a record high for December— up 2.4 million pounds and virtuallyunchanged from November; but 72.9million or 12 percent above a year ago.Total cheese stocks hit 1.15 billionpounds, unchanged from November;but 127.9 million pounds or 13 percentabove 2014.

Dairy Market News’ weekly milk pro-duction update reports that milk out-put is steady to increasing at seasonallevels across most of the country. How-ever, marginal drops in output arereported in a few areas.

Fluid milk sales vary across theregions. Bottling orders in the Eastwere strong, due to the wintery snowstorm. Milk transportation delays wereexpected because of cancellations asthe storm developed. Sales into bottlingmoved lower in the Midwest as ordersfor specialty products declined.

Arizona reported steady to lowerfluid sales, as sales picked up in thePacific Northwest. Cream is availableacross the regions, with the majority ofinterest coming from butter manufac-turers. Supplies in the Midwest arebeing augmented by loads from theNortheast and West. With the SuperBowl fast approaching, interest in sourcream type products and dips contin-ues to rise.

November packaged sales totaled 4.2billion pounds, down just 0.3 percentfrom November 2014, according toDairy Market News. Conventionalproduct sales totaled 3.96 billionpounds, down 0.2 percent from a yearago. Organic products, at 199 millionpounds, were down 0.9 percent.Organic represented about 4.8 percentof total sales for the month.

Whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billionpounds, up 5 percent from a year ago;with year-to-date sales reaching 12.5billion pounds, up 4.1 percent.

Looking January to November, totalpackaged fluid milk sales hit 45.1 bil-lion pounds, down 1.4 percent from thesame period a year earlier. Year-to-datesales of conventional products, at 42.9billion pounds, were down 1.4 percent.Organic products, at 2.2 billion pounds,were down 2.3 percent. Organic repre-sented about 4.9 percent of total fluidmilk sales in the first 11 months of2015. The figures represent consump-tion of fluid milk products in federal

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Dairy prices at the CME saw little change the lastweek of January. In fact, there was no change on thecheese — something which hasn’t happened sincethe week of Oct. 8, 2012. The block Cheddar held at$1.46 per pound, 7.25 cents below a year ago, and thebarrels stayed at $1.43, 7.5 cents below a year ago.The only activity all week was two unfilled bids ofeach Friday at the existing price.

“The impact on cheese sales increases attributed tothe Super Bowl is a discussion topic which seems tohave stretched over several months,” according toDairy Market News. “In reality, most orders for retailor food service frozen pizza cheese that will be con-sumed before or during the event have been filled.Cheese manufacturers are now looking forward intospring.”

Dairy Market News goes on to say, “Some Midwestcheese manufactured for sales to eastern customerswas not sold or shipped as a result of the substantialsnowstorms over the weekend. This resulted in someincrease in manufacturer inventories.”

Dairy Market News warned that “Strong domesticmilk production seems to be a likely reality in com-ing months. Midwest weather quickly bounced backfrom a cold spell and now looks to remain mild incoming weeks, which will keep the milk flowing. Thesame is true in the EU. The outcome will be continu-ing strong cheese production on both continents.That will also maintain greater competition in

cheese export markets. Growinginventories are a resulting realitymore manufacturers expect to have to

deal with. The two most significant questions arewhether domestic cheese demand will remain strong;and whether expanded cheese exports will material-ize in a world with much cheese export competition.”

Western cheese output is steady. Manufacturers saythere is enough milk to meet processing needs butadditional loads of milk are not as readily available asthey were over the winter holidays. Cheese stocks havegrown, albeit slower than in some other regions. Inven-tories of barrels continue to be heavy and blocks arelong. Contacts say cheese with some age is definitelylong and harder to place. However, a few manufactur-ers report a little tightness for fresh cheese.

The resilient spot butter closed the morning of Jan.29 at $2.22 per pound, up a nickel on the week and47 cents above a year ago when it plunged 20 centsto $1.75 per pound. Thirteen cars exchanged handson the week at the CME.

Dairy Market News says the Central butter marketis steady to firm, although market participants findit difficult to reconcile the current prices and stockson hand. “Manufacturers indicate most orders forspring holiday coverage are two to three weeks out,but a few orders were placed in the last few days.Butter makers say cream supplies are fairly well bal-anced. Although additional spot loads of cream areavailable, many processors are content to use thecream they have rather than seek additional loads.”

“Western butter production is active. Most proces-sors are busy fulfilling first quarter commitments.Manufacturers report domestic demand has beendecent ahead of the upcoming spring holidays.Inventories are building, but holders are not overlyconcerned.”

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at71.75 cents per pound, up three-quarters on theweek but 34.75 cents below a year ago on 24 carssold.

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Cooperatives Working Together accepted eightrequests for export assistance from Dairy Farmersof America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold)and Tillamook County Creamery Association to sell921,532 pounds of Cheddar cheese and 663,592pounds of whole milk powder to customers in Asia,North Africa and South America. The product wascontracted for delivery through July 2016.

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who residesin Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured innewspapers across the country and he may bereached at [email protected]. ❖

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4WD - CIH 620 Steiger, '14, 970 hrs ................................$285,000CIH 620 Steiger, '13, 190 hrs ...........................................$325,000CIH 600 Quad, '13, 1100 hrs ............................................$335,000CIH 600 Steiger, '12, 1005 hrs .........................................$275,000CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1720 hrs ............................................$287,900CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1795 hrs ............................................$287,900CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1550 hrs ............................................$295,900CIH 600 Quad, '11, 3100 hrs ............................................$241,900CIH 550 Quad, '12, 910 hrs ..............................................$296,900CIH 550 Quad, '11, 1210 hrs ............................................$283,900CIH 550 Quad, '11, 1785 hrs ............................................$268,900CIH 550 Quad, '11, 2380 hrs ............................................$270,900CIH 535 Quad, '10, 1500 hrs ............................................$267,900CIH 535 Quad, '10, 3720 hrs ............................................$189,000CIH 535 Quad, '09, 3075 hrs ............................................$235,000CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1945 hrs ............................................$245,900

CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1955 hrs ............................................$225,900CIH 530 Steiger, '07, 2425 hrs .........................................$179,900CIH 500 RowTrac, '14, 505 hrs ........................................$324,900CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1430 hrs ............................................$269,900CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1580 hrs ............................................$272,900CIH 485 Quad, '09, 1950 hrs ............................................$246,500

CIH 485HD Steiger, '10, 1065 hrs ....................................$219,900CIH 485 Quad, '08, 2160 hrs ............................................$225,900CIH 485 Quad, '08, 1595 hrs ............................................$231,900CIH 480 RowTrac, '14, 640 hrs ........................................$309,900CIH 450 RowTrac, '13, 555 hrs ........................................$299,900CIH 450 Quad, '11, 1555 hrs ............................................$275,000CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 935 hrs ...........................................$195,900CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 1795 hrs .........................................$179,900CIH 435 Steiger, '09, 1850 hrs .........................................$174,900CIH 420 RowTrac, '14, 1075 hrs ......................................$289,900CIH 400 RowTrac, '13, 715 hrs ........................................$293,900CIH 385 Steiger, '10, 2550 hrs .........................................$170,000CIH 350 Steiger, '12, 1115 hrs .........................................$195,900CIH 350 Steiger, '12, 1300 hrs .........................................$191,900CIH 350 Steiger, '12, 1400 hrs .........................................$195,900CIH 350HD Steiger, '11, 795 hrs ......................................$186,500CIH 350HD Steiger, '11, 1055 hrs ....................................$182,900CIH 335 Steiger, '08, 1910 hrs .........................................$149,500CIH 330 Steiger, '07, 1490 hrs .........................................$135,000CIH STX53Q, '06, 3500 hrs ..............................................$183,500CIH STX500Q, '05, 3990 hrs ............................................$198,000CIH STX450Q, '03, 4670 hrs ............................................$137,500CIH STX450Q, '02, 4980 hrs ............................................$142,900CIH STX430, '07, 4550 hrs ...............................................$125,000CIH STX325, '01, 5865 hrs .................................................$59,500CIH 9380, '98, 6330 hrs .....................................................$74,000CIH 9370, '96, 6775 hrs .....................................................$64,500CIH 9330, '96, 6925 hrs .....................................................$57,900CIH 9270, '94, 6095 hrs .....................................................$65,000Case 4690, 6100 hrs .............................................................$6,250IH 3388, 9410 hrs .................................................................$7,500JD 9630T, '10, 2770 hrs ...................................................$204,900JD 9630T, '09, 2005 hrs ...................................................$207,000JD 9630T, '09, 2415 hrs ...................................................$204,900JD 9560RT,'14, 595 hrs ....................................................$312,900

JD 9560RT, '14, 610 hrs ...................................................$312,900JD 9560RT, '14, 670 hrs ...................................................$312,900JD 9560RT, '12, 1040 hrs .................................................$269,900JD 9430, '07, 3180 hrs .....................................................$163,500JD 940, '00, 4185 hrs .........................................................$79,500JD 9400T, '00, 4235 hrs .....................................................$70,000JD 9400, '97, 4045 hrs .......................................................$69,500NH T9.560, '11, 1100 hrs .................................................$215,000NH T9060HD, '08, 2460 hrs .............................................$165,000NH TJ325, '05, 10,125 hrs .................................................$69,500NH 9882, '98, 5000 hrs ......................................................$59,900

AWD/MFD - CIH 380 Mag, '15, 255 hrs ............................$263,900CIH 340 Mag, '14, 665 hrs ...............................................$245,000CIH 340 Mag, '13, 1600 hrs .............................................$183,900CIH 340 Mag, '13, 1125 hrs .............................................$219,900CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2105 hrs .............................................$169,900

CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1965 hrs .............................................$173,900CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2325 hrs .............................................$167,900CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2760 hrs .............................................$159,900CIH 335 Mag, '11, 1060 hrs .............................................$179,900CIH 335 Mag, '08, 990 hrs ...............................................$129,900CIH 315 Mag, '13, 480 hrs ...............................................$219,900CIH 315 Mag, '13, 545 hrs ...............................................$224,900CIH 315 Mag, '13, 945 hrs ...............................................$211,900CIH 315 Mag, '12, 2175 hrs .............................................$195,900CIH 310 Mag, '14, 415 hrs ...............................................$207,500CIH 310 Mag, '14, 670 hrs ...............................................$239,500CIH 305 Mag, '10, 1825 hrs .............................................$149,900CIH 305 Mag, '10, 2180 hrs .............................................$139,900CIH 305 Mag, '09, 2015 hrs .............................................$139,900CIH 305 Mag, '07, 3565 hrs .............................................$125,500CIH 290 Mag, '14, 405 hrs ...............................................$189,900CIH 290 Mag, '14, 815 hrs ...............................................$195,900CIH 290 Mag, '14, 180 hrs ...............................................$195,900CIH 290 Mag, '13, 445 hrs ...............................................$185,900CIH 290 Mag, '12, 915 hrs ...............................................$169,900CIH 290 Mag, '11, 735 hrs ...............................................$165,900CIH 290 Mag, '11, 1530 hrs .............................................$151,900CIH 290 Mag, '11, 1780 hrs .............................................$141,900CIH 280 Mag, '14, 245 hrs ...............................................$185,000CIH 275 Mag, '10, 2585 hrs .............................................$133,900CIH 260 Mag, '12, 490 hrs ...............................................$165,000CIH 260 Mag, '11, 1305 hrs .............................................$146,900CIH 250 Mag, '14, 250 hrs ...............................................$181,900CIH 245 Mag, '10, 2145 hrs .............................................$135,900

CIH 240 Mag, '14, 405 hrs ...............................................$157,500CIH 240 Mag, '14, 225 hrs ...............................................$183,500CIH 235 Mag, '13, 360 hrs ...............................................$179,900CIH 225 Mag, '14, 130 hrs ...............................................$169,000CIH 220 Mag, '14, 225 hrs ...............................................$154,000CIH 210 Mag, '09, 3055 hrs .............................................$104,500CIH 200 Mag, '14, 205 hrs ...............................................$150,500CIH 190 Mag, '14, 620 hrs ...............................................$155,500CIH 190 Mag, '11, 2005 hrs .............................................$111,900CIH 190 Mag, '09, 3840 hrs ...............................................$99,900CIH 180 Mag, '15, 105 hrs ...............................................$154,900CIH 180 Mag, '13, 1415 hrs .............................................$118,900CIH 180 Mag, '13, 2140 hrs .............................................$109,500CIH 180 Mag, '11, 670 hrs ...............................................$126,900CIH MX305, '06, 2800 hrs ................................................$137,900CIH MX285, '04, 5175 hrs ..................................................$97,500CIH MX270, '99, 6950 hrs ..................................................$66,900CIH MX210, '05, 4390 hrs ..................................................$84,500CIH 170 Puma, '12, 3385 hrs ...........................................$112,000CIH 165 Puma, '09, 3945 hrs .............................................$82,000CIH 140 Maxxum, '13, 1680 hrs .........................................$80,000CIH 140 Maxxum, '09, 2150 hrs .........................................$69,500CIH 125 Maxxum, '11, 1400 hrs .........................................$79,900CIH JX1100U, '05, 2160 hrs ...............................................$33,500CIH 8940, '98, 7055 hrs .....................................................$62,000CIH 7220, '94, 10,720 hrs ..................................................$59,500CIH 7210, 6570 hrs ............................................................$54,500CIH 7140, '89, 6800 hrs .....................................................$49,500JD 8345RT, '10, 1485 hrs .................................................$209,500JD 8330T, '07, 1650 hrs ...................................................$145,000JD 8320RT, '10, 1600 hrs .................................................$199,900JD 6115D, '15, 210 hrs ......................................................$62,900Kubota M9660, '13, 400 hrs ...............................................$41,750Kubota M100GXDTC, '12, 650 hrs .....................................$50,000McCormick MC130, 1740 hrs .............................................$55,000NH T8040, '10, 1145 hrs ..................................................$139,900NH T8010, '08, 2195 hrs ....................................................$99,900NH TD5050, '09, 2425 hrs ..................................................$35,500NH T8.435, '14, 1600 hrs .................................................$159,000NH T8.330, '11, 1045 hrs .................................................$145,000NH T7.210, '11, 740 hrs ...................................................$117,500

2WD - CIH MX180, '00, 2885 hrs ........................................$64,500CIH JX70, '07, 1980 hrs .....................................................$22,900CIH 885, '88, 3355 hrs .......................................................$12,900IH Hydro 84, 4990 hrs ........................................................$14,000IH 1066, '72, 9745 hrs .......................................................$11,900Ford 3930, '90, 2415 hrs ......................................................$8,900JD 7710, '99, 4610 hrs .........................................................$4,610JD 5055D, '12, 285 hrs ......................................................$18,500NH T5070, '08, 1100 hrs ....................................................$35,500 JD 2210, 295 hrs ................................................................$11,900

COMPACT - JD 650, 2670 hrs ..............................................$4,275Kubota B3030, '10, 990 hrs ................................................$13,950Kubota B2620, '10, 105 hrs ................................................$16,400Kubota B2320HSD, '11, 125 hrs .........................................$18,500Kubota L3400HST, '07, 20 hrs ............................................$18,900Simplicity Legacy XL, '07, 215 hrs .....................................$11,995Coleman HS500, '13, 85 hrs .................................................$7,900JD HPX 4x4, '06, 840 hrs .....................................................$6,500JD 620I, '08, 995 hrs ............................................................$6,400Yamaha G22A, '05 ................................................................$2,995

SPRING - (4) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ...........starting at $44,500(2) CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult ..........................starting at $47,500(6) CIH TMII, 60.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $56,500(7) CIH TMII, 54.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $49,000CIH TMII, 52.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$43,000(4) CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $34,500(2) CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $33,500CIH TMII, 46.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$33,500(3) CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $45,900(3) CIH TMII, 40.5' Fld Cult ...............................starting at $39,500CIH TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$40,000CIH TMII, 33.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$38,500CIH TMII, 28.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$30,500CIH 4900, 44' Fld Cult ........................................................$10,500CIH 4800, 30.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$9,500CIH 4300, 44.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$12,500CIH 4300, 38.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$9,850CIH 4300, 32.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$11,500CIH 4300, 22.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$12,500

(2) DMI TMII, 54.5' Fld Cult ..............................starting at $32,500DMI TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$32,750DMI TMII, 39.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$14,900DMI TMII, 35.5' Fld Cult .....................................................$15,900JD 2210, 65' Fld Cult ..........................................................$68,500

JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$78,500(2) JD 2210, 55.5' Fld Cult ................................starting at $54,900(2) JD 2210, 54.5' Fld Cult ................................starting at $58,900(7) JD 2210, 50.5' Fld Cult ................................starting at $35,500JD 2210, 49.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$59,900JD 2210, 45.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$40,900(5) JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult ................................starting at $29,900JD 2210, 34.5' Fld Cult .......................................................$32,950JD 985, 49.5' Fld Cult .........................................................$22,000JD 985, 48' Fld Cult ............................................................$22,750JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult .........................................................$16,500JD 724, 21' Fld Cult ............................................................$12,900Krause 5635-50 Fld Cult .....................................................$49,900Wilrich Excel, 27.5' Fld Cult ................................................$17,500(2) Wilrich Quad 50.5' Fld Cult ..........................starting at $29,500Wilrich QuadX, 42' Fld Cult .................................................$29,000Wilrich QuadX2 Fld Cult ......................................................$67,500Wilrich Quad5, 38' Fld Cult .................................................$15,000CIH 183, 12x30 Row Crop Cult .............................................$2,900CIH 3800 Disk .......................................................................$7,850CIH 496, 30' Disk ................................................................$13,500CIH 370, 28' Disk ................................................................$45,000CIH MRX370, 34' Disk ........................................................$24,500CIH RMX340, 34' Disk ........................................................$37,700CIH RMX340, 31' Disk ........................................................$37,500CIH 340, 25' Disk ................................................................$27,500CIH 330, 42' Disk ................................................................$59,995(5) CIH 330, 34' Disk .........................................starting at $39,900CIH 330, 25' Disk ................................................................$35,900IH 4500, 24' Disk ..................................................................$2,500Bush Hog 1438 Disk .............................................................$5,900Summers 40' Disk ..............................................................$49,900(2) Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk ...............................starting at $54,900JD 2310, 45' Combo Mulch ................................................$54,950(5) CIH 110, 50' Crumbler .................................starting at $10,900CIH 110, 45' Crumbler ........................................................$14,500DMI 42.5' Crumbler ..............................................................$9,250DMI 40' Crumbler .................................................................$9,850Unverferth 1225, 57' Crumbler ...........................................$34,900CIH 181, 20' Rotary Hoe .......................................................$2,500Yetter 3530, 30' Rotary Hoe .................................................$4,900

PLANTING/SEEDING - CIH 1265, 36R22 ............................$220,250(3) CIH 1260, 36R22 .......................................starting at $182,500CIH 1260, 36R20 ..............................................................$164,900(2) CIH 1255, 16R30 .......................................starting at $110,000(7) CIH 1250, 24R30 .........................................starting at $84,900(7) CIH 1250, 16R30 .........................................starting at $69,900CIH 1245, 24R22 ..............................................................$135,000(2) CIH 1240, 24R22 .......................................starting at $110,000CIH 1240, 24R20 ..............................................................$125,900(2) CIH 1240, 16R30 .........................................starting at $55,000

CIH 1220, 8R30 ..................................................................$39,500(2) CIH 1220, 6R30 ...........................................starting at $24,900CIH 1200, 16R30 ................................................................$49,750CIH 1200, 16R22 ................................................................$33,000CIH 1200, 12R30 ................................................................$67,000CIH 955, 12R30 ....................................................................$9,500CIH 955, 8R30 ......................................................................$8,500CIH 900, 12R30 ....................................................................$5,500CIH 800, 8R30 ......................................................................$9,900CIH 800, 6R30 ......................................................................$4,800CIH 900, 4R38 ......................................................................$3,500(2) JD DB44, 24R22 ..........................................starting at $79,900JD 1780, 24R22 ..................................................................$42,500(2) JD 1770NT, 16R30 .......................................starting at $50,000JD 1700, 8R30 ....................................................................$15,000(2) Kinze 4900, 16R30 .....................................starting at $119,500NH SP480, 8R30 ................................................................$27,900White 8816, 16R30 .............................................................$86,500White 8200, 12R30 .............................................................$45,500White 8180, 16R30 .............................................................$62,500White 6200, 12R30 .............................................................$19,500

SPRAYER SP - CIH 4430, '14, 285 hrs .............................$319,000CIH 4420, '08, 2075 hrs ...................................................$165,000CIH 4420, '08, 3060 hrs ...................................................$139,900CIH 3330, '14, 565 hrs .....................................................$226,500CIH 3330, '13, 450 hrs .....................................................$257,900CIH 3330, '11, 290 hrs .....................................................$250,000

CIH 3230, '14, 340 hrs .....................................................$167,500CIH SPX4410, '06, 2925 hrs .............................................$115,000CIH SPX3185, '05, 2815 hrs ...............................................$59,900Ag Chem Rogator 854 ........................................................$39,500Ag Chem 1074SS, '07, 2025 hrs ......................................$136,000Hagie STS12, '12, 550 hrs ................................................$229,000JD 4830, '09, 525 hrs .......................................................$219,900JD 4730, '08, 2520 hrs .....................................................$125,000JD 4038, '15, 830 hrs .......................................................$299,000Miller 4365, '10, 825 hrs ..................................................$245,000Miller 4365, '09, 2060 hrs ................................................$179,900Miller 4275, '08, 2110 hrs ................................................$159,500Millerpro 2200HT, '05, 1675 hrs .......................................$109,000Millerpro 2200TSS, '05, 1820 hrs ......................................$95,900Miller Condor A75, '08, 1740 hrs .....................................$149,000Rogator 1084SS, '09, 2650 hrs ........................................$149,500Rogator 1074, '06, 3700 hrs ..............................................$82,000Rogator 854, '98, 3490 hrs ................................................$46,000Tyler 150, '98, 3900 hrs .....................................................$27,500

SPRAYER PT - Demco 1200 Nav ........................................$14,900Fast 9518E, 120' .................................................................$22,500Fast 9500, 1850 Gal ............................................................$34,900(3) Hardi Commander, 1200 Gal ........................starting at $19,900Hardi NP1100, 90' ..............................................................$23,500Redball 680, 1350 Gal ........................................................$16,500Redball 570, 1200 Gal ........................................................$15,900Spray Air 3600, 120' ...........................................................$29,700Summers Ultimate, 90' .......................................................$18,900Top Air 1600, 120' ..............................................................$32,500Top Air 1200, 90' ................................................................$27,500Top Air 1200, 88' ................................................................$17,900Top Air TA1100, 60' ............................................................$10,500

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TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued

TRACTORS 2WD

SPRING TILLAGE Continued

COMPACT TRACTORS/RTV’s

SPRING TILLAGE

PLANTING & SEEDING

CIH 535 Quad, ‘08, 1955 hrs. ....... $225,900

CIH 485HD Steiger, ‘10, 1065 hrs. ...$219,900

CIH MX180, ‘00, 2885 hrs. .............$64,500

CIH 290 Mag., ‘11, 1530 hrs. ..... $151,900

CIH 3230, ‘14, 340 hrs. ............ $167,500

Top Air 1200, 90’ .....................$27,500

CIH 350 Steiger, ‘12, 1400 hrs. .. $195,900

CIH 340 Mag., ‘13, 1600 hrs. ..... $183,900

CIH TMII, 40.5’ Field Cult. ..........$39,500

CIH TM 200, 50.5’ Field Cult. ......$47,500

CIH 1250, 24R30 ......................$84,900

PLANTING & SEEDING Continued

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JBM Equipment:• Feeder Wagons - Several Models• Self-locking Head Gates • HD Feeder Panels• Self-locking Bunk Feeders• Tombstone Horse & Horned Cattle Feeders• Skid Feeders • Bunk Feeders • Bale Wagons• Bale Thrower Racks • Flat Racks for big sq. bales• Self-locking Feeder Wagons • Fenceline Feeders• Several Types of Bale Feeders

• Field & Brush Mowers • Roto-Hog Power Tillers• Stump Grinders • Log Splitters • Chippers• Power Graders • Power Wagons• Leaf & Lawn Vacuums • Versa-Trailers

For-Most Livestock Equipment:• Squeeze Chutes - Head Gates• Large & Small Animal Tip Chutes• Open Bar Corral Tub • Round & Square Calving Pens• Tub & Alley Chutes • Crowding Tubs --------------------------------------------------------------------• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.• 150 Bu. Steel Calf Creep w/Wheels• Bohlman Concrete Waterers• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• Hog Scales• Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’• EZ Trail Wagons Boxes & Bale Baskets• Taylor-way 3-way Dump Trailer• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor• Sitrex Wheel Rakes• SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Goat, Sheep & Calf Feeders• Ameriag Poly Mineral Feeders• Lorenz & Renegade Snowblowers, 3-Pt. & Skidsteer Models ~ SPECIAL PRICES ~

Lot - Hwy 7 EOffice Location - 305 Adams Street

Hutchinson, MN 55350320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

• MDS Roto-King Bale Processor for skidsteers - Demo Unit - Special Price• Schwartz 150 Bu. 2-Wheel Feeder Wagon• SI 4-Wheel 20’ Bale & Silage Wagon• Rebuilt Smidley Hog Feeders• Smidley Steer Stuffers• 10”x41’ PTO Teck Auger (New)

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• DR® POWER EQUIPMENT

We can also sell your equipment for you on consignment

E Hwy 12 - Willmar • 800-428-4467Hwy 24 - Litchfield • 877-693-4333

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‘13 JD 9560RT Track, 797 hrs, 560 hp, 36" belts, 4 hyds ..................... $345,000

‘13 JD 9560R, 4WD, 194 hrs, 560 hp, 800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds ...... $333,000

‘10 JD 9530T Track, 1266 hrs, 475 hp,36" belts, 4 hyds ..................... $289,000

‘14 JD 60G Excavator, 16" tracks,36" bucket, 91 hrs ..................... $69,900

‘13 JD 333DT Skid, 17.7" tracks, 91 hp,cab, 1646 hrs ............................ $52,500

‘14 JD 328E Skid, 86 hp, 2-spd, cab,84" bucket, 716 hrs ................... $45,500

‘11 JD 8285R, MFWD, 514 hrs, 285 hp, 380-90R54, duals, 4 hyds ...... $206,000


‘13 Kubota M135, MFWD, 338 hrs.,135 hp, 3 hyds, loader .............. $75,000

‘09 JD DB60 Planter, 24R30, Seedstar 2, fert .......................................... $154,500

‘14 JD 1790 Planter, 24R30 .... $134,000‘06 JD 1770 Planter, 24R30, CCS,liquid fert ................................ $117,900

‘97 JD 1720 Planter, 18R22, vacuum, 1.6 bu, stack fold ...................... $36,000

Unverferth 1225, rolling basket, 55'double ....................................... $31,000

‘08 JD 2210 Field Cult, 50.5', 101 shanks, harrow .........................................$55,000

‘13 JD 569 Round Baler, 2950 hrs, 1000 PTO, Mega Wide, 5' bales ......... $37,000

‘13 JD DB66 Planter, 36R22, CCS,Row Command ....................... $236,000

‘13 JD 8335R, MFWD, 1046 hrs, 335 hp, 380-90R54, duals, 5 hyds .......$250,000

‘11 JD 7430, MFWD, 4195 hrs, 166 hp, 480-80R42, 3 hyds, loader ..... $110,000

‘13 JD 5075E, MFWD, 1534 hrs, 75 hp, 16.9x28, 2 hyds ........................ $36,000


‘02 JD 8220, MFWD, 7305 hrs, 190 hp, 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds ...... $104,000

‘12 JD 6125R, MFWD, 349 hrs, 138 hp, 460-85R38, 3 hyds, loader ..... $108,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 4WD, 988 hrs, 510 hp, 76x50 ............................................. CALL

‘12 JD 8235R, MFWD, 1205 hrs,235 hp, 380-90R54, 5 hyds .... $162,000

‘13 JD 6170R, MFWD, 1237 hrs, 170 hp, 380-90R50, duals, 3 hyds .......$129,000

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Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

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Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re-pair Repair-Troubleshoot-ing Sales-Design Customhydraulic hose-making upto 2” Service calls made.STOEN'S Hydrostatic Ser-vice 16084 State Hwy 29 NGlenwood, MN 56334 320-634-4360

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FOR SALE: 84” Schweissdouble auger snowblower,excellent shape; '78 AllisChalmers 7020, good shape,3228 actual hrs. (507)-822-0234

JD 1760 12x30 vacuumplanter w/ flex frame, hydfold, 3 bu boxes, 250 moni-tor, min coulters, $15,900;Case IH 5400 20' 3pt drill,7.5” spacings, markers,$3,900; JD 7800 MFW trac-tor, PQ, 3pt w/ quick hitch,$33,900; 9' Farm King 10803pt snowblower, 1000 RPM,$3,450; NH BR780 roundbaler, auto tie w/ baleramp, $5,750. 320-769-2756

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110 S. Main, P.O. Box 249 • Kiester, MN

507-294-3387www.midwestfarmsales.com

EQUIPMENTJD 4410, w/cab & loader ............. $20,900JD 4100 Compact ..........................$7,900JD 70, gas ........................................$4,900JD 60, gas ........................................$3,900IH 656, hydro, high-clear ............. $15,900IH 70, hydro, high-clear ............... $20,900IH H-width Belly Mower ..................$1,995IH 5088 ......................................... $10,900(2) IH 1026, hydro ........................ $10,900IH 856, 1256, 1456 ...........From $10,900(2) IH Super MTA ................. From $3,900Allied Buhler 695 Loader ..............$4,900JD Sound Guard Cabs .................... CALLFord 901, Gold Demo ..................SAVE $$– LOADERS - ON HAND - CALL –“New” K 510, JD 148, JD 158, JD 48

COMPLETE LISTING & PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE

Upper Midwest Mgmt. Corp.;New Ulm, MN

Greg Thomas, Broker or Scott Nelson, REALTOR®T. Gruendemann, Auctioneer, #65-67

507-359-2004 • www.ummc.co

Doug Meyer, Owner. 237.64 acres, m/lLocated in Sections 12 & 13, Stevens Twp.Buy the quarter section, the 80 or entire property!152.9 Tillable Ac., Sec. 12 • 75.9 Ac. CRP, Sec. 13

Stevens Cty. MN FarmlandAUCTION!

Feb. 23, 2016 – Hotel 200Morris, MN – 10:30 a.m.

• Sunflower Tillage• Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac• Woods Mowers• J&M Grain Carts• Westfield Augers• Summers Equipment• White Planters• Wilrich Tillage

• White 8524-22 planter• Pickett thinner, 24-22• Alloway 22’ shredder• Alloway 20’ shredder• J&M 1131 grain cart• J&M 1151 grain cart• Sheyenne 1410, 10x66

hopper• Sheyenne 1410, 10x70

hopper• Westfield MRX 13x90• Hutch 13x71, swing• Hutch 8x60, swing• CIH 870, 13x24, deep till• Wilshek 862, 26’ disk• SN 1434 35' disk• DMI crumbler, 50’• Wilrich Quad X2, 60’, rolling

basket

• Wilrich Quad X2, 50’, rolling basket

• Wilrich Quad X, 55’, rolling basket

• Wilrich Quad X, 50’ F.C.• Wilrich Quad 5, 44’, 4-bar

harrow• JD 2210, 581⁄2’ F.C.• JD 980, 40', harrow• CIH 200, 55’, rolling basket• Hardi Comm. 4400, 132’• Hardi Comm. 1500, 132’• Hardi Comm. 1200, 90’• Hardi Comm. 1200, 88’• Hardi Nav. 500, 60’• Hardi Nav. 1000, 88’• ‘13 Amity 12-22• ‘12 Amity 12-22• Amity 8-22, (3)• ‘11 Artsway 6812, 12-22• ‘10 Artsway 6812, 12-22• ‘11 Artsway 6812, 8-22• ‘06 Artsway 6812, 8-22• Artsway 898, 8-22• Artsway 692, 8-22• Amity 12-22 topper, St. Ft.• Alloway 12-22 folding

topper• (2) Alloway 12-22 topper, St. Ft • Artsway 12-22 topper

Clara City, MN 56222 320-847-3218

www.wearda.com

USED EQUIPMENTNEW EQUIPMENT

USED EQUIPMENT

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FOR SALE: 2012 Brent10802, tarp, scale, 20plytires, green, used 1 season,$28,500. (715)797-9510

FOR SALE: Butler Kansungrain dryer model, 210,good shape, $5,000. 507-391-5127

FOR SALE: JD 568 roundbaler w/ 2036 bales, netwrap, mega wide pickup.(763)-682-1389

FOR SALE: Super B graindryer SC500, 8 column cen-trifugal fan, 3 phase, LPgas, $16,000. 507-381-1871

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FOR SALE: '10 GSI1220 corndryer, vg cond; '10 LandollTo The Max Warrior; '124850 Krause Dominator, 18'disc chisel; '12 20' Bush-Hog rotary mower, newcond; '12 Krause 4830 7shdeep ripper; '12 Dragochopping cornhead, 8R30”.(651)345-4362

FOR SALE: '11 Kinze 320012R hyd fold w/ liq fert,beam brush meters, 20-20Precision mon, Precisioncorn meters, WaveVisionseed tubes, seed firmers,hyd compressor, 1 yr old,no till coulters w/ Precisionclean sweep row cleaners,very clean, $50,000. (507)-456-0771

NO-TILL DRILLS by GREAT PLAINS

NEW 3 Pt 10 Ft NT DrillsCompl 3 Boxes Small

Grass/Native Grass/MainBox, (7 1/2”) w/ Rear LiftAssist

SALE........................ $29,995Dealer 319-347-6282

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FOR SALE: '88 Case IH 7120dsl 7185 hrs, 3pt, 3 remotes,duals, front weights, hasnewer reman engine, up-time inspection in 2015,very good condition, retired(507)-223-5523

FOR SALE: JD 620 '58, ex-cellent shape, $6,000. 320-250-1371

FOR SALE: JD 730 gas trac-tor, WF, fenders, goodpaint, runs good, good tires,$6,500. 507-391-5127

FOR SALE: JD front dualset up, Goodyear 320/85/38on Unverferth 12 boltwheels w/ HD spacers, nearnew, $4200. 507-360-7927

FOR SALE: JD8300 MFB14.9x46 tires w/ duals, 95 %,4HD, quick hitch, radar,rock box, looks like new in-side & out, $62,000. 320-583-5895

FOR SALE: Massey Fergu-son '65 gas utility model,power steering, weightbracket w/ 4 weights, 3ptmounted MS, 3-4' plow. 320-815-3495

NEW AND USED TRACTORPARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,55, 50 Series & newer trac-tors, AC-all models, LargeInventory, We ship! MarkHeitman Tractor Salvage715-673-4829

WANTED: Older tractorsdead or alive, no restoredones, will pay cash. (507)-383-5973

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FOR SALE: 2005 JD 9760Combine with heads, 2500engine hrs/1800 separatorhrs, Dual wheels, 2005-635F bean head, 2006-893cornhead. Both includecarriers. Call for moredetails, $130,000. (507)829-5286

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FOR SALE: '05 JD 7920,MFWD, IVT, LH reverser,4 remotes, duals, 180HP,very clean, 1730 hrs,$95,000. 507-665-2869

FOR SALE: 1997 JD8400T, 5700 hrs, 24”tracks 60%, excellentcondition, buddy seat,also 16” JD tracks forthe tractor. 1997 960 fieldcultivator, 32.5', 4 barharrow. Northwest Iowa.(712) 260-3363

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FOR SALE: Oswald TMR 4auger feeder wagon w/scale, in good shape. 515-231-6240

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FOR SALE: 1995 JohnDeere 8100, 6992 hrs, en-gine overhaul at 5300hrs,has 10 series updates,new front 14.9/34 tires,rears & duals are 40-50%,rear fender extenders,rock box, 3 SCVs, & autotrac ready, call 507-220-5153 $70,000/OBO (orbest offer) (507) 220-5153

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(B) Belle Plaine, MN

(952) 873-2224

(N) Northwood, IA

(641) 324-1154(OS) Osage, IA

(641) 732-3719(H) Holland, MN

(507) 889-4221(OW) Owatonna, MN

(507) 451-4054

TRACTORS• Rental Return Tractors •

(N) ‘14 JD 9510R, 629 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$299,900(OW) '15 JD ‘8370R, 466 hrs., IVT, ILS .......................$289,900(N) ‘15 JD 8370R, 486 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$289,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 512 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$289,900(B) ‘15 JD 8370R, 516 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$284,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 491 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$274,900(OW), '15 JD 9370R, 483 hrs., Ext. Warranty .............$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 371 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 778 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$267,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 882 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$249,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 1157 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$239,900(N) ‘14 JD 8320R, 944 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ...........$239,900(H) ‘14 JD 8320R, 920 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 737 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty .......$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 600 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty .......$214,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 342 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 379 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 394 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(OW) ‘15 JD 6150R, 480 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warr. .....$122,900(B) ‘15 JD 6125R, 233 hrs., MFWD .............................$112,900

4WD Tractors(B) ’15 JD 9620R, 276 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$382,000(OW) ‘11 JD 9560R, 443 hrs. .......................................$319,900(N) ‘15 JD 9520R, 353 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$319,900(B) ‘14 JD 9460R, 376 hrs., PTO .................................$299,900(N) ‘15 JD 9470R, 172 hrs., 800/38’s ..........................$295,000(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 595 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty .....$289,900(OS) ‘12 JD 9510R, 1079 hrs., 800/70R38’s ...............$289,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9510R, 636 hrs. .......................................$274,900(B) ‘13 JD 9510R, 741 hrs. ..........................................$274,900(N) ‘15 JD 9420R, 376 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$274,000(N) ‘13 JD 9460R, 374 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$259,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO .............................$259,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9560R, 1045 hrs. .....................................$249,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9560R, 1149 hrs. .....................................$249,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9410R, 1073 hrs., hi-flo hyds. ................$239,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1497 hrs., 800/38’s .......................$234,900(B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1328 hrs., 800/70R38’s.....................$225,900(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s .......................$219,900(OS) ‘09 JD 9330, 2203 hrs., PTO ...............................$189,900(H) ‘09 JD 9330, 1890 hrs., 3 pt. .................................$176,500(OS) ‘05 JD 9620, 2119 hrs., 800/70R38’s, duals .......$175,000(OS) ‘98 JD 9200, 5200 hrs., 620/42’s, AT Ready ........ $84,500(N) ‘97 CIH 9350, 3365 hrs. ........................................... $58,500

Track Tractors(N) ‘15 JD 9570RT, 259 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$397,500(OW) ’15 JD 9470RT, 210 hrs, Ext. Warranty .............$354,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 473 hrs. .....................................$339,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 618 hrs. .....................................$329,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 628 hrs. .....................................$329,900(N) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 537 hrs., .1000 PTO .....................$297,500(N) ‘13 JD 9560RT, 1385 hrs. ......................................$279,900(OW) ’15 JD 8345RT, 586 hrs., 18” tracks ..................$279,900(OW) ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2249 hrs., PTO ....................$277,900(B) ‘12 JD 9560RT, 1264 hrs. .......................................$249,900(H) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1695 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks ............$235,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630RT, 1837 hrs. ...................................$229,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8310RT, 440 hrs., 25" tracks ..................$225,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630RT, 1964 hrs. ...................................$209,900

(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 2094 hrs. .........................................$209,900(H) '09 JD 9630T, 1857 hrs..........................................$199,900(B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1928 hrs., PS, 25” tracks .............$195,000(OS) ‘00 JD 8420T, 5755 hrs., 24" tracks ..................... $74,900(OW) ‘98 JD 8300T, 5750 hrs., 16" tracks .................... $59,500

Row Crop Tractors(OS) ‘15 JD 8370R, 264 hrs., IVT, ILS .........................$304,000(N) ‘15 JD 8320R, 223 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$282,500(N) ‘15 JD 8320R, 321 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$277,000(N) ‘14 JD 8360R, 338 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ...........$269,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 524 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$264,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 707 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$259,900(N) ‘15 JD 8270R, 157 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$249,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310R, 735 hrs., PS, 480/50’ ..................$229,900(B) ‘13 JD 8260R, 402 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$202,900(N) ‘15 JD 8270R, 250 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$218,000(OW) ‘10 JD 8345R, 1813 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$215,900(N) ‘15 JD 8245R, 192 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ...........$215,000(N) ‘15 JD 7270R, 250 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ...........$209,500(OS) ‘14 JD 7270R, 444 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$209,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8270R, 251 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty .......$208,900(N) ‘15 JD 8245R, 81 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty .............$202,000(OS) ‘12 JD 72805R, 382 hrs., IVT ..............................$189,900(OS) ‘10 JD 8245R, 1786 hrs., IVT, ILS .......................$179,900(OS) ‘14 JD 7210R, 250 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$179,900(OS) ‘14 CIH Magnum 260, 1163 hrs. ........................$167,500(OS) ‘13 JD 7215R, 474 hrs., IVT ................................$164,900(OS) ‘14 CIH Magnum 235, 214 hrs. ..........................$159,900(OS) '08 JD 8430, 3100 hrs., PS, ILS ..........................$159,500(N) ’15 JD 6150R, 150 hrs., AQ, loader .......................$155,000(H) ‘13 JD 6170R, 667 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ...........$139,900(OW) ‘03 JD 8420, 3086 hrs., PS.................................$124,500(H) ‘06 JD 8130R, 4742 hrs., 540/1000 PTO ...............$112,500(H) ’03 JD 8320, 3847 hrs, PS, AT Ready ...................$105,500(N) '01 JD 8310, 7314 hrs. ............................................. $84,900(OW) '00 JD 8310, 6141 hrs., PS, MFWD ..................... $83,500(OW) '97 JD 8100, 5906 hrs., PS................................... $69,900(N) ‘94 JD 7700, 4460 hrs., 2WD, loader ...................... $47,500(OW) ‘03 Agco RT130, 5290 hrs., MFWD, PS .............. $34,900

UTILITY TRACTORS(B) ’13 JD 6125R, 111 hrs, MFWD ..............................$108,900(N) ’15 JD 6125R, 270 hrs.., MFWD ............................$104,000(N) ’15 JD 6125M, 100 hrs., MFWD .............................. $91,500(N) ’15 JD 6130D, 343 hrs., MFWD ............................... $64,000(B) ’13 JD 5085M, 468 hrs., cab, MFWD ...................... $53,900(OW) ’12 JD 5100M, 200 hrs., cab, MFWD .................. $51,900(N) ’15 JD 5085M, 160 hrs., OS, MFWD ....................... $47,900(B) ’14 JD 5085M, 133 hrs., OS, MFWD ....................... $42,900(N) ’14 JD 5075E, 83 hrs., cab, MFWD ......................... $42,500

SPRING TILLAGE(OW) ’13 Summers, 62’ Super Roller ............................ $52,900(N) ’12 Krause TL6200, 45’ M/Finisher ........................ $52,500(B) ’10 JD 2210, 58.5’ .................................................... $49,900(H) ’06 JD 2210, 58.5' ................................................... $49,000(OS) ’04 Krause TL6200, 42’ M/Finisher ...................... $46,000(OS) ’08 JD 2210, 64.5’ .................................................. $44,900(OW) ’09 JD 2210, 44.5’ ................................................. $44,500(H) ’11 Wil-Rich Quad 5, 60’ ......................................... $43,900(N) ’08 JD 2210, 45.5' .................................................... $39,500(H) ’05 JD 2210, 45.5’ .................................................... $38,900(B) ’02 JD 2200, 44.5’ .................................................... $38,500(H) ’07 JD 2210, 45.5' .................................................... $36,500

(OS) ’09 JD 2210, 38.5’ .................................................. $32,500(OS) ’05 JD 726, 24’ M/Finisher .................................... $29,500(H) ’03 JD 2200, 38.5’ .................................................... $28,900(N) ’02 JD 980, 44.5’ ....................................................... $19,900(OW) ’97 DMI Tigermate II, 36.5’ ................................. $19,900(N) ’06 DMI Tigermate II, 30’ ........................................ $19,500(H) ’92 DMI Tigermate, 38’ ............................................ $16,900

SPRAYERS– More Sprayers Listed On Our Website –

• Dry Box •(N) ‘15 JD R4045, 486 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$325,000(OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 952 hrs., Certified Pre-Owned .....$274,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4940, 1392 hrs., Ext. Warranty ...............$222,900

• 120’ Boom •(N) ‘15 JD R4045, 210 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$368,000(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 995 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ....$229,500(OW) ‘11 JD 4830, 1135 hrs., section control ............$218,900

• 100’ Boom •(OW) ‘15 JD R4030, 294 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$245,900(H) ‘12 JD 4730, 1330 hrs., boom trac, SS tank .........$179,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4730, 676 hrs., One-Owner ....................$166,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 2050 hrs., 15” spacing, HTA.........$159,900

• 90’ Boom •(N) ‘15 JD R4030, 154 hrs., section control ...............$265,900(N) ‘13 JD 4830, 384 hrs., AT activation .....................$234,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 552 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ....$229,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 1156 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ..$199,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4730, 923 hrs., Ext. Warranty .................$189,900(OW) ‘15 JD 4630, 268 hrs., Ext. Warranty .................$187,900(OW) ‘11 JD 4830, 1815 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ..$169,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 1080 hrs., HTA, traction control ...$142,900(OW) ‘12 Miller N2XP, 1700 hrs., SS tank...................$135,000(OW) ‘06 Ag-Chem 874, 4400 hrs., SS tank, HTA ........ $69,900

• 80’ Boom •(OW) ‘15 JD 4630, 32 hrs., Ext. Warranty ...................$183,000(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 734 hrs., Ext. Warranty .................$146,900

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(OS) ‘13 JD DB60, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............................$195,000(N) ‘15 JD DB60, 24R30” .............................................$195,000(OS) '14 CIH 1255 CCS, 24R30" .................................$159,900(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, liq. fert. ...........................$149,900(B) ‘07 JD DB40, 24R20”, tracks .................................$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ................................$121,900(B) '12 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30" .....................................$109,900(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ................................$109,900(B) ‘13 JD 1770NT, 16R30", liq. fert. ...........................$105,900(N) ‘15 JD 1990 CCS, 40’, 15” spacing ......................$102,000(H) '09 JD 1770 CCS, 24R30" ....................................... $99,900(OW) ‘11 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” .............................. $89,900(N) ‘07 White 8524 CCS, 24R30” ................................. $88,900(OS) '09 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30" .................................... $84,900(N) ‘08 CIH 1250 CCS, 24R30” ..................................... $84,900(H) ‘14 JD 1770NT, 12R30", liq. fert. ............................. $84,500(OS) '07 JD 1770 CCS, 24R30" .................................... $79,900(OS) ‘08 JD 1790 CCS, 23 split row ............................. $79,900(N) ’10 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” ....................................... $69,900(OS) ’05 JD 1770 CCS, 24R30” .................................... $59,900(B) ’98 JD 1780, 24R20” ................................................ $34,900(OW) ‘98 JD 1750, 8R30”, dry fert. ............................... $24,900

‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”,Liq. Fert. .............................$99,900

‘10 JD 4830, 2050 Hrs., 100’ Boom, 15” Spacing ....................... $159,900

‘14 JD 4940, 592 Hrs., Dry Box,CPO ..................................$274,900

‘15 JD 8370R, 522 Hrs., IVT, ILS,Ext. Warranty ...................$284,900

‘14 JD 8345R, 8782 Hrs., IVT, ILS, leather .......................$249,900

‘14 JD 8320R, 921 Hrs., PS, ILS,Ext. Warranty ...................$229,900

‘13 JD 6125R, 111 Hrs., IVT,AT Ready ..........................$108,900

‘11 JD 8310RT, 1928 Hrs.,30” Tracks ........................$195,000

‘15 JD DB60, 24R30", Promax 40disks ................................. $195,000

‘08 JD 2210, 64.5’, Harrow............................................. $44,900

‘10 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30",Promax 40 disks ................. $69,900

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(L) Wishek 16’ disc w/harrow ............$24,800(L) JD 2700, 9-24 ripper ....................$23,900(G) JD 2700, 7-shank .........................$23,900(L) JD 2400 chisel plow, 33-shank ....$29,950(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 4-bar .....................$21,600(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 3-bar .....................$20,700(L) JD 980, 3-bar, 38.5’ .....................$23,800(L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar .....................$17,500(L) JD 960, 36.5’, 3-bar .......................$5,600(G) JD 3 pt. plow, 5-bottom .................$1,900 JD 230, 26' disc .............................$4,600(L) Sunflower 1435-36 disk ...............$28,900(L) CIH 600 PTX 38' chisel plow .......$29,800(L) CIH 370, 28’ disc .........................$34,500(L) CIH 730B ......................................$17,900(L) CIH Tigermate II, 54.5’, 8-bar ......$33,900(L) CIH 4900, 36.5’, 3-bar ...................$6,975(L) CIH 4800, 36.5’, 3-bar ...................$6,975TMR’S .................................(W) Knight 5073, tow ..........................$17,199(W) Kuhn Knight 5135 TMR ...............$16,250(W) Kuhn Knight VT156 TMR .............$32,500(W) ‘14 Kuhn Knight RA142 ....................CALLSPRAYERS ............................(L) L&D 1000 gal., 60’ boom ...............$6,900(L) Hardi 1000 gal., 60’ boom ...........$14,400(G) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ...........$6,500(L) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ...........$6,900(L) Demco 700 gal., 66’ boom, front fold .....................................................$14,900(L) (2) Redball 1200 gal., 90’ boom ..$19,900(L) Redball 670, 1200 gal., 66’ boom $13,800(L) Top Air 800 gal., 60’ boom ............$9,350MISCELLANEOUS ....................(L) Bobcat 3400 UTV, gas ....................$8,450(L) Artsway 5165 Mill Scale ...............$20,800(L) Frontier 750 Grain Cart ................$19,900(L) Loftness 20’ Chopper .....................$9,600(G) Minnesota 250, 10-ton gear ...........$1,900(G) Used Grain Legs ................................CALL(L) Woods 20’ Chopper, 3 pt. ..............$5,950(L) EZ-Flow 300 bu. Box ......................$1,950(L) Unverferth 400 bu. Cart .................$7,950(L) Used Snowblowers ...........................CALL(L) Tonutti 5’ Disc Mower ....................$4,500(W) (4) Meyers 4618 Forage Box’s Ea. $8,950(L) J&M 1151, scale/tarp ...................$48,900(W) J&M 875 Grain Cart ..........................CALL(W) 72” Box Blade, skid steer, universal attachment .....................................$2,899(W) 72” Dump Bucket, skid steer, universal attachment .....................................$3,299(W) Westin 84” Snow Bucket, skid steer, universal attachment ......................... $975(W) ‘80 Allied 8’ 3 pt. Single Auger

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FOR SALE: '05 DMI TigerII 34 ½' tandem axle &gauge wheel on wings, 4bar coil tine harrow, greatshape, $20,000. (507)456-0771

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‘15 CIH 8240, 400 hrs., Luxury cab, HID lites, auto guide, folding unload auger, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ....................................................... $285,000‘14 CIH 7230, 530 eng./410 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ...................................................... $229,900‘13 CIH 9230, Tracks, RWA, 702 eng./610 sep. hrs., Luxury cab .............................................. $299,900

USED 2WD TRACTORS24 Months Interest Free Available • Call For Details

‘14 Case 580SN, Extend-A-Hoe Backhoe, 272 hrs., pilot controls, cab, A/C, loader ................$78,500‘04 CIH MX285, new front & rear duals, 540/1000 PTO................................................................$79,900‘15 CIH Puma 165, MFD, powershift, cab, CIH 765 loader w/grapple ..................................COMING IN‘14 CIH Puma 145, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ..................................................... $109,900‘14 CIH Maxxum 125, MFD, 291 hrs., cab ....................................................................................$72,000'04 CIH MXM 130, MFD, 2065 hrs., cab ........................................................................................$39,900‘15 CIH Farmall 105C, 29 hrs., Dlx. cab w/hi-vis panel, dual PTO, 12x12 power shuttle ..........$47,900

‘14 CIH Steiger 620Q, 710 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, auto steer ..................... $339,900‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1683 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full auto steer ...................................... $225,000‘15 CIH Steiger 580, 358 hrs., 710/70R42 tires, Lux. susp. cab, PTO, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto steer ..................................................................................................................................... $275,000‘00 CIH 9380 Quad, 400 hp., 5893 hrs., Tracks ......................................................................COMING IN‘96 CIH 9370, powershift, triples, 6327 hrs. ..................................................................................$79,000Steiger Tiger, 525 hp. Cummins eng., Allison auto. trans., Like New 520/85R42 Triples ...........$79,900‘97 Cat 75D, 9524 hrs., 330 hp. ......................................................................................................$39,900

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COMBINE PLATFORMS & HEADS‘15 CIH 4408, 8R30” chopping cornhead ......................................................................................$69,900‘14 CIH 4408, 8R30” chopping cornhead ......................................................................................$64,500‘09 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ......................................................................................$29,900‘11 Geringhoff, 8R chopping cornhead .........................................................................................$49,900‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead .......................................................................................................$39,900‘10 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead .......................................................................................................$29,900‘08 CIH 2208, 8R30” .......................................................................................................................$28,500‘04 CIH 2208, 8R30” .......................................................................................................................$24,500‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform ..............................................................................................................$18,000‘09 CIH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ...................................................................................$23,900‘13 CIH 3020, 35’ flex platform .......................................................................................................$24,900‘15 CIH 3162, 40’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$69,900‘15 CIH 3162, 40’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$69,900‘14 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$62,500‘15 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$69,900‘15 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$69,900‘15 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform...........................................................................................$69,900

‘14 CIH 7230, 530 eng./410 sep. hrs., leather seat, HID lites, Loaded! $229,900

'96 CIH Steiger 9370, 6357 hrs., P.S., triples ...........................................$69,000

‘04 CIH MXM 130, 2065 hrs., MFD,cab ...............................................$39,900

Steiger Tiger, “Rebuilt” - MUST SEE!New Tires .....................................$89,000

‘12 CIH Tigermate 200, 46’, 4 bar harrow ..........................................$45,900

2014 Case 580SN Extend-A-Hoe, 4WD,pilot controls ................................$78,500

‘97 Cat 75D, 330 hp., 9524 hrs.......................................................$39,900

'15 CIH Farmall 105C, power shuttle,90 PTO hp. ...................................$47,900

‘15 CIH Steiger 580, susp. Lux. cab, PTO, full auto guide ................. $275,000

‘15 CIH 8240, Lux. cab, auto guide,HID lites .................................... $285,000

‘14 CIH 9230, Track, 710 eng. hrs., RWA, Loaded ............................ $299,900

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‘11 Bobcat S-770, cab w/AC, 2-spd., hi-flow, joystick control ...............$41,000

Leon M1000 Scraper, 10-yard......................................................$22,500

Ashland I-175, 17-yard .............$78,500

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FLATBEDS‘02 Great Dane, 48/102, AR, Closed Tandem Slider........... $8,750‘03 Wilson, 48/96, SX/AR, Alum.

Floor, Alum. Crossmembers, 80% T&B, Sandblasted, Painted ... $8,750

‘89 Great Dane, 48/96, Steel, 70% T&B, Good Paint, Floor, Closed Tandem Spring Ride ............. $7,250

‘97 Wilson, 48/102, Alum. Floor, SX/AR ................................... $8,250‘95 Utility, 48/102, Alum. Floor, SX/AR ................................... $8,250'06 Transcraft, 48/102, Spread Axle,

Air Ride................................. $9,500'99 US, 45/96 Steel, Closed Tandem

Slider, 70% T&B, Perfect Seed Tender Trailer ....................... $7,500Hay Sides with any Flat or

Drop Deck sales – $1,00000 –

HOPPERS(2) ‘94 Wilson, 42/66, 11/24.5, 80% T&B, Good Tarps, SPR Ride, New 5th Whl. Plate, Clean ........ 1 @ $14,500 - 1 @ $12,750‘11 Agerlite, 40/66 Alum., AR, Ag Hopper, 11/24.5 Alum. Whls., New T&B ............................ $24,500‘06 Wilson, 39/96/72, SS Front/AR

Back, 445/50R22.5 Alum. Whls., Nice Clean Hopper ............. $24,500‘06 Merrit, 42/66 Ag Hopper, new 22.5 AR, Clean Nebraska Trailer ........................................... $21,500‘01 Wilson, 41/66 Ag Hopper, AR,

80% T&B ............................ $18,500

DROP DECKS‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 48/102,

Steel, SX, Air Ride, Wood Floor ........................................... $19,000‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 53/102, Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle, Wood

Floor, Sandblasted & Painted, Beavertail ........................... $25,000

‘05 Transcraft Drop Deck, 48/102, Steel Like New, SX, 255/22.5, AR

Super Clean ........................ $22,500‘96 Featherlite Alum. Combo, 48/102, Alum. Floor, Crossmembers,

SX, 255/22.5, AR................. $16,500Engineered 5’ Beavertail Kit: Includes: Paint, LED Lights & All Electrical .................$3,750 Kit ............................. $5,750 Installed

DOUBLE DROPS‘99 XL Specialized Double Drop,

48/102, 29’6” Well, New 255/22.5, RGN, Mechanical Detach RGN

........................................... $19,000

MISCELLANEOUS(30) Van & Reefer Trailers - On Hand, 48/102 - 53/102, Water,

Storage Or Over The Road ................................$3,500-$5,500Custom Haysides: Stationary ............................. $1,250 Tip In-Tip Out ....................... $1,750AR or SR Suspensions: 96” & 102”

Axles .......................$500 to $1,000 Also: Vans On Ground For Storage ............................................. $2,000Alum. Wheels: 24.5/22.5 .... Ea. $150(30) Vans - 53/48 For Water Trailers,

Storage, Road Ready, AR, SPR, '05-'90's ..................$3,000-$6,000

TRUCKS‘97 Peterbilt 379 Conventional, N-14 435 hp. Cummins, Cruise,

Jake, 13-Spd., AR, 48” High-Rise Sleeper, New 11R22.5 Alum. Whls., 3.70 Ratio, New Brakes, 234” WB, Clean Hard To Find Truck, New Rods & Mains, New Tires, Clean

........................................... $22,000‘05 GMC Quad Cab, Well Maintained,

90% T&B, 195K Miles ........... $8,250

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Cattle 056

FOR SALE: March-April2015 registered beef short-horn bulls w/ EPB records.Contact Gene Robben,Verndale, MN (218)-924-2337

FOR SALE: RegisteredBlack Angus Bulls, 3 year-lings & 1 coming 3 year old.Sires include Bismark, Ob-jective, HD, Regis. Startingat $2,500. For more info call(952)-846-8415

Limousin & Red AngusBulls. Delivery avail. Ham-mond, WI. 715-821-3516

Registered Texas Longhornbreeding stock, cows,heifers or roping stock, topblood lines. 507-235-3467

WANT TO BUY: Butchercows, bulls, fats & walkablecripples; also horses,sheep & goats. 320-235-2664

Swine 065

Compart's total programfeatures superior boars &open gilts documented byBLUP technology. Duroc,York, Landrace & F1 lines.Terminal boars offer lean-ness, muscle, growth. Ma-ternal gilts & boars areproductive, lean, durable.All are stress free & PRRSfree. Semen also availablethrough Elite Genes A.I.Make 'em Grow! CompartsBoar Store, INC. Toll Free:877-441-2627

Feed Seed Hay 050

Hay & Straw in rounds soldper ton by grade, prices incdel in semi loads w/in 150mile radius. Grass-$79-$99;Alfalfa grass-$109; Alfalfa$109-$149; Straw-$74; Cornstalks-$59; Straw (3x4x8)$84. Call Tim 320-221-2085

SEED CORN SAVINGS! Dependable, high yield, na-

tional hybrids. Only $127.00per bag! (conventional va-rieties, 80 to 103 Day Mat.,20 unit order placed byFeb. 29, 2016)

For free catalog: 320-237-7667MIDSTATE GENETICSwww.KLEENACRES.com

Livestock 054

FOR SALE: Black Angusbulls also Hamp, York, &Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts.320-598-3790

Dairy 055

WANTED TO BUY: Dairyheifers and cows. 320-235-2664

Cattle 056

FOR SALE OR LEASEREGISTERED BLACKANGUS Bulls, 2 year old &yearlings; bred heifers,calving ease, club calves &balance performance. Alsired. In herd improvementprogram. J.W. RiverviewAngus Farm Glencoe, MN55336 Conklin Dealer 320-864-4625

Feed Seed Hay 050

Dairy Quality AlfalfaTested big squares & roundbales, delivered from SouthDakota John Haensel (605)351-5760

Dairy quality western alfal-fa, big squares or smallsquares, delivered in semiloads. Clint Haensel(605) 310-6653

FOR SALE: Oat straw & haybales, large squares, 3x3.Delivery possible. 507-473-3613

Feed Seed Hay 050

200-300 bales grass hay, firstcutting. 507-549-3492

Alfalfa, mixed hay, grasshay and straw, mediumsquares or round bales, de-livered. LeRoy Ose, call ortext 218-689-6675

Buyers & sellers of hay,straw, corn, wheat, oats &other grains. Western Hayavailable. Fox Valley Alfal-fa Mill 920-853-3554

Feed Seed Hay 050

4x5 & 4x6 rnd bales of cornstalks, soybean stubble,grass, oat & wheat straw,CRP, prairie hay, & alfalfa.All net wrapped, someshedded, can deliver w/semi or Gooseneck. 320-382-6288 (home) or 320-905-6195(cell)

Alfalfa square baleage indi-vidually wrapped 160 to 190RFV delivered by truckload clean 3 x 4 straw balesalso available. 866-575-7562

Spraying Equip 041

FOR SALE: Melroe Spra-Coupe Spra-Coupe Mod220 Raven 440 controller,foamer, 1578 hrs, VW en-gine includes 2 sets ofrear tires good cond.(320) 241-7693

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WANTED TO BUY:Com-mercial sized fanning millfor small grain. 320-444-4436

Spraying Equip 041

FOR SALE: '96 Willmar #765sprayer, 75' boom (could be60') new valves, Raven 440,tires 12.4x42”, adj axle;Redi-Haul sprayer trailer,tires very good. (507)276-1955 or (507) 359-7602

FOR SALE: 1100 gal Con-quest 90' front fold,Trimble 750 monitorw/FLD, IQ auto swath,Wilmont, MN (507)-360-7753

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USED TRACTORSNEW NH Boomer 37, w/loader ............................CALLNEW NH T9.645, w/Smart Trac ............................CALLNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ..........................................CALLNEW NH T8.320, FWA ..........................................CALLNEW NH T4.105, w/loader ...................................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader .....................CALLNEW Massey 1736, w/loader ...............................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD ......................................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA ......................................CALLNEW Versatile 260, FWA ......................................CALL‘97 NH 8970, FWA .......................................... $63,900NH 946, 4WD .................................................. $34,500‘12 NH T9.560, 4WD .....................................$210,000‘12 NH T9.390, approx. 650 hrs. ..................$189,000NH TV6070 bi-directional ............................... $84,000‘12 Versatile 280 w/F&R duals, 760 hrs. ......$125,000‘12 Cat MT945C, 480 hrs. ............................$235,000

TILLAGESunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo .......................CALLSunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow .....................CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/basket .................... $48,500‘01 Wilrich Excel 36’ FC w/3 bar ................... $24,500(2) DMI 530B’s ......................................................CALL‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom .................................. $48,000‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom .................................. $30,000‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ............................. $35,500JD 2210, 31.5’ FC w/3 bar ............................. $27,900

SKIDSTEERSBobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ................................. $35,900NEW NH Skidsteers – On Hand ...........................CALL‘11 NH L230, Loaded ...........................................CALL

PLANTERSNEW White Planters .............................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ......................... $92,000White 6122, 12-30 .......................................... $14,900White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row ....................... $15,000‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 ......... $92,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20 ................. $38,500

COMBINESNEW Fantini Chopping CH ..................................CALLFantini Pre-Owned 8-30 Chopping CH ...............CALL‘13 Gleaner S77 ...................................JUST TRADED‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded .............................$210,000‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop .................. $95,000‘03 Gleaner R65 ............................................$115,000‘02 Gleaner R62 ..............................................COMING

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS Units ........................................CALLNEW Salford Plows ..............................................CALLNEW Unverferth Seed Tenders ............................CALLNEW Westfield Augers .........................................CALLNEW Rem 2700 Vac .............................................CALLNEW Hardi Sprayers ............................................CALLNEW Riteway Rollers ...........................................CALLNEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..................................CALLNEW Batco Conveyors ........................................CALLNEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ......................CALLNEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ...............................CALLNEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ......................CALLREM 2700, Rental .................................................CALLUnverferth 8000 Grain Cart ..................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ...........................CALLPre-owned Sprayers ............................................CALL

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN

Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon

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‘08 JD 3710, 10-btm. Plow, Nice ....Was $30,000 NOW $23,000‘12 JD 3710, 10-btm. Plow............Was $48,000 NOW $41,000‘09 JD 1790, 24-20 w/Liquid, 20-20 e-set, loaded .........................................Was $92,000 NOW $82,000JD 1780, 24-20 w/Fert., Ins., 20-20, 3-bu. boxes .........................................Was $38,500 NOW $32,000

LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95

763-689-1179Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings - www.larsonimplements.com

TRACK TRACTORS‘13 Challenger MT 765D, 726 hrs., 25”

tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts. .......................................................$180,000‘10 Challenger 765C, 2866 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, 6 hyd., 18” tracks ..................$120,000‘13 JD 9560RT, 1088 hrs., 36" tracks, 4 hyd.,

front wgts., Extended Power Train Warranty until 2/2217 or 2000 hrs. ...............$225,000

‘12 JD 9560RT, 1250 hrs., 30” tracks, 4 hyd. front wgts. ...........................$210,000

4WD TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560R, 1088 hrs., 4 hyd., 800x38”

duals ...............................................$205,000‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., HID lights, 4 hyd.,

Michelin 800x38” tires & duals ......$220,000‘13 JD 9460R, 1377 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt.

hitch, 5 hyd. valves, Hi-Flow, 620x42” tires .......................................................$220,000‘13 JD 9460R, 336 hrs., 24-spd. trans., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd. valves, stand & pump,

710x42” tires & duals ....................$192,000‘13 JD 9410R, 640 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50" tires & duals ....$210,000‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000

PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50" tires & duals ...............................................$219,000‘13 JD 9360R, 290 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000

PTO, 5 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x46” tires & duals ...............................................$199,000‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights, 520x46" tires & duals ...$179,000‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., big pump, 480x50" tires & duals ....$195,000‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump,

520x46" tires & duals .....................$185,000‘02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 12-spd. manual

trans., 4 hyd., 710x38" tires & duals $95,000‘09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., gear drive, 12-spd., 4 hyd., front & rear wgts., 800x38"

tires & duals ...................................$140,000‘13 NH T9.615, 634 hrs., 4 hyd., Hi-flow,

800x38" tires & duals, full auto steer .......................................................$195,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘13 JD 6125R, 603 hrs., 4x4, Deluxe cab,

24-spd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, Loader Ready Package ............................................$69,500

‘13 JD 6170R, cab, IVT trans., 540/1000 PTO, 480x46" tires & duals, has JD H380 loader

w/joystick, Warranty until 3/16 or 2000 hrs. .......................................................$125,000‘13 JD 6190R, 665 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt.,

540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46" tires & duals ...............................................$115,000‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46" tires & duals ........$109,000‘04 JD 8120, 5083 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 520x42" tires & duals ...........$78,000‘12 CIH 315, 481 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50" tires & duals .......................................................$149,000‘11 CIH 315, 2356 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights, 620x42" tires & duals, front & rear wgts. ...........................$105,000

‘13 CIH 290, 1249 hrs., Lux. cab, cab susp., 18-spd. PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x50" rears & duals, 480x34" fronts & duals, front wgts. .............$125,000‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000

PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50" rear duals .......................................$149,000

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd. PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50" rear tires & duals,

14 front wgts. .................................$110,000‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46" tires & duals ...............................................$122,000‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 380x46" tires & duals ...........$63,000‘11 NH T8.330, 2155 hrs., Lux. cab, 480x50"

duals, front duals, 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, Complete Auto Guidance System .....................$98,000

‘11 NH T8.300, 1644 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves,

Auto Steer Complete, 520x46” rear tires & duals .............................................$94,000

TILLAGEJD 512, 9-shank disc ripper ...............$15,000

COMBINES‘13 JD S550 Hillco Sidehill, 43 eng./18 sep.

hrs., HID lights, chopper, 30.5x32" tires, Super Low Houred, Power Train Warranty

.......................................................$219,000‘09 JD 9670, 1842 eng./1181 sep. hrs., CM, chopper, extended wear ..........$110,000‘10 JD 9870, 1500 eng./1220 sep. hrs., 5-spd. feederhouse, Pro-drive, chopper,

1250x32" single tires .....................$125,000‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs.,

chopper, 20.8x38" duals, Goood Combine .........................................................$57,000‘13 JD 5660, 527 eng./308 sep. hrs., CM, chopper, 480x42” tires & duals ......$193,000‘12 JD 5670, Hilko Sidehill, 630 eng./361 sep. hrs., chopper, HID lights, power cast

tailboard, 520x42” tires & duals .....$205,000‘12 CIH 7230, 605 eng./434 sep. hrs., Lux. cab, rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals ...............................................$185,000‘14 CIH 7130, 511 eng./399 sep. hrs., lateral tilt feeder, rock trap, chopper, power bin ext., 800x32" drive tires .$159,000‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, power topper ...$195,000‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 520x42" duals ..$160,000‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32" sgls. ..$125,000‘13 Challenger 560C, 489 eng./278 sep. hrs.,

(Has ATI Track System), 36” belts, 4WD, chopper, lateral tilt, HID lights ........$189,000

‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42" tires & duals

.........................................................$79,000‘08 NH 9060, 4x4, 1786 eng./1332 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 620x42" duals ....$95,000‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,

tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, air compressor, 520x42" tires & duals ..$65,000

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PARMA DRAINAGEPUMPS New pumps &parts on hand. Call Min-nesota's largest distributorHJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell – 320-212-5336

REINKE IRRIGATIONSales & ServiceNew & Used

For your irrigation needs 888-830-7757 or 507-766-9590

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Winpower Sales & ServiceReliable Power SolutionsSince 1925 PTO & automat-ic Emergency ElectricGenerators. New & UsedRich Opsata-Distributor800-343-9376

Trucks & Trailers 084

FORD F-800 GRAINTRUCK, Cat 3208 eng, twinscrew, walking tandemsusp, air brakes, 13spdtrans, 18' box & hoist, 600bu, 120,000 miles, 1985 mod-el, $15,000. 715-878-9858

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507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334www.rangerpumpco.com

Livestock Equip 075

FOR SALE: New steer feed-ers, calf and finisher sizes,1 ton to 8 ton cap. 920-948-3516 www.steerfeeder.com

WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLER,ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048

WANTED: Used 5-7 ton bulkfeed bin in good shape. 507-227-1926

Industrial & Const. 083

CASE 35D EXCAVATOR,5.9 Cummins eng, 24"tracks, 42" bucket & ditchcleaning bucket, leveler, 20'boom, 9' stick, $12,900. 715-577-0082

Trucks & Trailers 084

FOR SALE: #4 Star livestocktrailer, 8'x30'x7 ½' high, 8k2 axle, w/ removable topdeck, loading ramp, elecbrakes, very nice; PupGrain trailer w/ 18' alumbox, hyd hoist roll tarp,new tires, air brakes, DOT,pinto hitch; Redi-Haulsprayer trailer, tires verygood. (507)276-1955 or (507)359-7602

Swine 065

FOR SALE: Spot, Duroc, &Chester White boars &gilts. (507)-456-7746

FOR SALE: Yorkshire,Hampshire, Duroc &Hamp/Duroc boars, alsogilts. Excellent selection.Raised outside. Exc herdhealth. No PRSS. Deliveryavail. 320-568-2225

Livestock Equip 075

REDUCED PRICES ON ALL OUR SHEEP &

GOAT EQUIPMENTTurn Cradles, Run Panels

Sorting Gates, SlidingGates, Mineral Feeders,JIGS Etc. $2,000 Purchase 20% Disc$3,000 Purchase 25% Disc$4,000 Purchase 30% Disc

BUY ALL OF IT AT50% DISCOUNT

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondents Tim King (story) and Jan King (photo)

The Cold Spot

Do you have a Back Roads story suggestion? E-mail [email protected] or write to Editor, The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002.

It’s possible that cold weather makes for vibrant rural communities. Embar-rass Township, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, may be an example of thatcold weather-warm community phenomenon. Lying in Minnesota’s North

Woods with the Embarrass River flowing through it, this place is very rural. Andit is notorious for intense cold.

Twenty years ago, on Feb. 2, 1996, Rowland Fowler walked out of his house inthe woods along County Road 21 and over to the little white box in the park infront of the Credit Union. The thermometer read -64 F. That is the lowest of alltemperatures recorded in what locals humbly call The Cold Spot.

Fowler has recorded other tree splitting temperatures. It was -54 F on Jan. 7,2005. On Jan. 24, 2013, the thermometer fell to -42 F.

Embarrass responds to these temperatures with Finnish conversation get-togethers at the town hall in the winter and at the Nelimark HomesteadMuseum in the summer. The conversation gatherings are held Thursday after-noons. The exercise group meets after that. The exercise group also meets onTuesday afternoon and the Ladies Coffee group meets Tuesday morning.

“The coffee group is one of our most popular groups,” Diane Nelmark, the town-ship clerk, said. “I think more people use the town hall because it’s open and I’mhere four days a week.”

There are also meetings of the 4-H club, the town board, the EmbarrassRegional Fair Board, the Fair Board’s monthly pancake supper, and the SisuHeritage cultural organization.

Sisu Heritage sponsors the conversation gatherings, operates the NelimarkHomestead Museum, and runs summer tours of the restored Nelimark andPyhala Finnish homesteads. They are also restoring the Seitaniemi house-barnhomestead.

The Fair Board has been holding a regional summer fair for three quarters of acentury. The 2015 fair, at the Embarrass Timber Lodge, featured a horse show,livestock exposition, craft displays and sales, food vendors, and a demolitionderby among other things.

The township itself doesn’tsponsor many events. They focuson providing a warm communityspace for gatherings.

“The only event we do,” saysNelmark, “is the Ice Candle andHoliday Gathering.”

This year volunteers made 600candles. On Dec. 19, 2015, theyplaced them in the cemeterybefore dusk. The cemetery glowedwith soft light as night fell andthe community quietly passedthrough the resting place of theirancestors. Afterwards, they gath-ered at the town hall to celebrate.

“It was hard this December,”Nelmark said. “It was so warm,200 of the candles melted.”

Visit www.embarrass.org for vis-itor’s information. ❖

County Road 21Embarrass, Minn.

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