the land ~ jan. 23, 2015 ~ northern edition

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Once again area corn producers areinvited to any of several meetings inform-ing them of a potential multi-million-dol-lar lawsuit against Syngenta, a Switzer-land-based major chemical and seed cornfirm.

The contention being that Syngentastarted marketing a genetically modifiedcorn prior to its approval by China. Thisparticular corn was no problem with othernations buying U.S. corn, only China. Thataction supposedly resulted in a drop inU.S. corn prices and thus negativelyimpacted all corn producers.

Losses to farmers were estimated tobe at least $1 billion. More than 50 law-suits have been filed in 11 major corn-growing states. And apparently vari-ous law firms across the nation aresigning on as associated plaintiffs inthis mega lawsuit involving the U.S.corn industry. The corn involved isMIR-162, a genetically modified traitapproved in 19 countries and mar-keted with the label of AgrisureViptera.

I am merely an observer. However Ido question the legitimacy of inferringthat the marketing of this particularcorn back in May 2013 caused suchincredible turmoil to Chinese marketsof U.S. corn ... and the alleged crash-ing of corn prices.

China is a small player in the U.S.corn export market. Based on 2013U.S. Department of Agriculture data,Japan is the biggest, buying about 30percent of U.S. corn exports. After thatit’s Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Egypt andthen China at only about 2.4 percent.Argentina and Brazil are also majorproviders in the world export corn market so thosetwo countries definitely impact world corn prices,too.

Domestically the two biggest users of U.S. corn are

ethanol at 40 percent and feed at 40 per-cent. What happens in these two marketshas a far greater impact on U.S. corn mar-kets day by day than any action byChina? Even though the media (and nowapparently a covey of law firms) seem tothink that Syngenta tainted the Chinesemarket for U.S. corn.

China routinely does this sort of hanker-ing with potential sellers because theyknow there’s more than enough corn to goaround. Contrary to what some legalminds seem to think, when you’re playing

commodity games with China, marketscan and do come back with the flip of aswitch. Unpredictable China is always

unpredictable China. Just last monthChina had a change of mind, andnow this Syngenta corn product isokay in its market.

But corn markets continue to lan-guish. Why? We’ve just got too muchcorn on our hands. Nonetheless, sev-eral law firms apparently are think-ing they might as well try to get apiece of this action. Intriguing is thatCargill and ADM also are talking liti-gation against Syngenta. Now you’retalking with the “big boys” in thisvery competitive agricultural mar-keting world. And if the legal worlddoesn’t already know, they soon willlearn that corporate names don’tmuch mean a damn to rank and filefarmers anymore.

Upfront, signing on to this massivelegal effort costs nothing for cornfarmers. All expenses are paid by thelegal firms as part of a 60/40 contin-gency fee with 60 percent of theaward money going to farmers signed

into this agreement. Stay tuned. This proposedaction, if it ever gets the OK of U.S. Federal Courts,likely will have some long legs.

Dick Hagen is staff writer for The Land. He can bereached at [email protected]. ❖

Grain games leading to litigation

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By Dick Hagen

Contrary towhat somelegal mindsseem to think,when you’replaying com-modity gameswith China,markets canand do comeback with theflip of a switch.UnpredictableChina is alwaysunpredictableChina.

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As a state legislator representing rural Min-nesota, I believe that it’s important we articulate afuture for rural Minnesota that includes a place forsmall and medium-sized family farms.

Indeed, I think a key to a vibrant rural Minnesotais creating policies that support and encouragemore small and medium-sized family farmers.These operations are the types of small businessesthat spend money on Main Street andthat can help attract young people backto rural Minnesota.

That’s why I was disappointed to readabout Sen. Julie Rosen, at a meeting of the SenateRural Task Force, contrasting a 320-acre diversifiedcrop and livestock farm with an 8,000-cow dairysaying, “That’s not real ag, this is.” Dismissing afarm because they graze or use other sustainablefarming practices is wrong.

Holding up an 8,000-cow mega-dairy as what itmeans to be “real ag” sends the wrong signal to themany people wanting to begin farming and thosealready farming. To put this issue in perspective,according to the University of Minnesota there are3,808 dairy farms in our state and only 76 (two per-cent) of them are even larger than 500 cows.

Holding up the biggest of the big as “real ag” anddemeaning average-sized family farms won’t lead tofarm policies that move rural Minnesota forward.The fact is we need more farmers on the land, notfewer. We must measure success not on how manycows or hogs we have in rural Minnesota, but how

many farmers we have raising cows andhogs.

There are some very tough issues facing new farm-ers, including not just the cost of land, but access toany land at all. I’m committed to finding answers tothe tough questions facing our farmers, including

how best to support our existing dairy farm families,especially when we have low milk prices, and how weuse the growing demand for local, sustainably raisedfoods to put more farmers on the land.

I think finding answers to these questions and oth-ers like them is key to creating a vibrant rural Min-nesota.

I’m talking with farmers and farm groups nowabout what polices we can implement at the statelevel to best support them. I welcome you to contactme with any ideas you may have at (800) 920-5882.

This commentary was submitted by David Bly,Minnesota State Representative, District 20B. Bly is amember of the House Committees on Agriculture Pol-icy and Agriculture Finance. ❖

Commentary: Small family farms are state’s ‘real ag’

To the Editor: Today’s farmer is far and few between, their lifestyle

is one of very little time for family, friends and vaca-tion. Farmers used to be together, standing proud, onevoice to share their livelihood with the world. Due tothe lifestyle that farming brings to the individual whochooses farming as a career, farmers are a dying breed.

These thoughts bring me to a recent public hearingin the Dodge County (Minn.) Courthouse, where a

young man walked in to defend his career of choiceagainst a band of people who had already temporarilystopped his operation to help feed this country andsupport his family. In this hearing, the facts about thisoperation were supposed to be heard and discussed.

What actually happened was very different — theelderly man in charge of this band of people turned apublic hearing into a high school name-calling anddown-grading brawl. Did this man let time and agediminish his memories of where he started, when he,too, was a young man with livestock? Or was it theintruding uninvolved parties from the Cities whoraise a ruckus and then go home, turning neighboragainst neighbor? They lose no sleep as they parktheir car in their suburb garage, yet our young maninvolved in this story is up all night trying to figureout how to pay his bills.

There are already in place many regulations, per-mits, inspections and a whole heap of red tape toabide by to even try to own or raise a small herd oflivestock in Dodge County. Why this band of peopleneed to leave their offices to come to our small com-munity and get trouble started, only they know. Allthe regulations are in place to keep the communityand the county safe. If a young man or woman wantsto start a livestock operation and the county agreesthat they have met all regulations of that particularcounty and/or state, the community should commendthem for taking on such a career.

As for our city slicker troublemakers, what will youdo when there is no more pork, beef, chicken, milk oreggs in your grocery stores for you to feast on, ormaybe the prices are too high for even you to afford?Because you have forced all of our livestock growersto close and scared off the next generation, like ouryoung man in this story.

Fortunately in this story, our young man had hispublic hearing and they saw through the band of peo-ple opposing his operation; Dodge County granted theyoung man permission to continue with his livestockoperation and now he, too, can sleep at night.Heather SchwingleKasson, Minn.

Letter: Young farmer forced todefend career against ‘city slickers’

These operations are the types ofsmall businesses that spend moneyon Main Street and that can helpattract young people back to ruralMinnesota.

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OPINION

To the Editor: The Land staff writer

Dick Hagen loves to usethe “S” word in his columns. Just recently, in his Dec.19 “Land Minds” column he once again tossed out hisfavorite verbal red herring.

He said Bill Wilson, a fellow he follows, wrote, “Wehave become a socialist state in dire financial condi-tion.” Hagen then proceeded to write: “To which Iagree; the figures pure and simple tell the story ofthe growing travails of this great country of ours.”

According to his column there are 158.3 millionpeople receiving some form of government benefit. Asa Social Security recipient, Hagen said he’s one of themyriad socialists feeding at the government wallow.By including Social Security payments as one of thesocialist projects bringing our great nation to itsarthritic knees, Hagen and Wilson just smoke me.

I am not a socialist. I am a card-carrying SocialSecurity recipient and a libertarian, small-govern-ment-loving, petty capitalist. And over the last 50years I’ve contributed some tens-of-thousands of dol-lars to my retirement insurance fund. That the fundis managed by the government, and not Hagen and

Wilson’s buddies at Merrill Lynch, Enron or someother failed government welfare cash cow for corpo-rate capitalist crooks, is good by me.

Thanks to the efficiency of the Social Security Admin-istration, I’m drawing money from my retirement insur-ance account just like Hagen is. Retirement insurancejust isn’t socialism and as somebody who has workedhard for over a half a century to build up my account Iresent his repeated claim that it is. Hagen should behappy to know the truth — he’s not a socialist.Tim King Long Prairie

Letter: Social Security recipientsnot socialists; claim resented

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To the Editor: I have to laugh when I read Dick Hagen’s nonsense.

He writes for a farm magazine. No other part of societywith the wealth of farmers has their hand out lookingfor more. He writes about extreme challenges. The tax-payers are paying the lion’s share of the cost to coverfarmers for nearly any kind of loss they could have.

Does he have any idea what is going on? Land thatwas worth $1,000 an acre not that long ago is nowbringing $10,000. If you are a carpenter and youhave a bad year, you’re on your own. If you have twoor three bad years as some did, you lost your house!These farmers he’s feeling sorry for have left forFlorida for the winter. Their five months of work isdone. Who else lives like that?

I had an uncle from Iowa who built a million dol-lars’ worth of buildings on his farm — free. The tax-payers paid for them at the time with 26.5-cent stor-age payments that were paid to farmers by thegovernment in order to store corn. Yep, those peopleworking for the Walton family need to get going inlife if they are going to pay for millionaire farmers’winter vacations and increase the Walton’s wealthfrom the 40 percent on the bottom end that theyalready equal their wealth.

Yes, it’s a shame we have people like Senator Eliz-abeth Warren who really do care about people, caus-ing rich people a little heartburn.Tommy StilesHenning, Minn.

Letter: Farmers feeding on taxpayers

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OPINIONI am not a socialist. I am a card-car-rying Social Security recipient and alibertarian, small-government-lov-ing petty capitalist. And over thelast 50 years I’ve contributed sometens-of-thousands of dollars to myretirement insurance fund.

January’s week of blister-ing cold was met with theblissful heat from thefarmette’s two efficientwoodstoves. Red oak andhickory are, after all, theJuly and August of woodheat both when you split’em and when you burn ’em.

Zero degree cold was notcommon on the big south-ern Illinois dairy farm ofmy youth. While winterswere cold, I don’t recall anyas cold as every one of the30 winters at my adoptedhome 200 miles north.

Oh, the ground down south didfreeze every winter but it was rarelyfrozen all winter. In fact, we oftencounted on a lengthy, warm Februarythaw for Uncle Honey to finish anydelayed plowing and hired men Jackieand Howard to haul manure.

Short snaps of deep cold were not

rare but all were deeplyunwelcome. The cows, thehired men, the plumbing, theshivering calves, the machin-

ery — everyone and every-thing — moved slower ornot at all when tempera-

tures fell to zero or below.The cows suffered the worst. Ice and

manure froze on their tail switches;frozen barn lots made for slow, treacher-ous walks to the milking parlor and feedbunks; udders chapped; straw beddingwas never deep enough nor fresh enough.

Next in line were the hired-men,

brothers Jackie and Howard.Jackie, the field hand, was outside in

the weather most workdays so winterhit him especially hard. If the cowsneeded bedding, Jackie put his cap’searflaps down and got the straw. If thecows needed feed, Jackie got his coatand hauled corn. Busted fence, brokenwater line, flat tire? Where’s Jackie?

No matter how cold he might get,Jackie’s tiny frame always held enoughspark to ignite a streak of flamingcusswords to describe how cold it wasyesterday, how cold it was today, andhow cold it was going to be tomorrow.He railed at the cold with such fer-vency you’d have sworn he had a back-ground in tent preaching — except forthe swearing, that is.

Howard, the herdsman, had far betterreasons to cuss winter, but he rarely did.The worst was his hands. From 5 a.m. to7 p.m., six days a week, Howard’s milk-ing-parlor hands were either just wet,soaking wet or dripping wet. Coldweather then chapped them so badlyyou’d have thought ’em skinned.

His home life offered little time forthe painful, raw hands to heal. He wasthe main cook and housekeeper forJackie and a third brother, Orlie. Thatmeant he made their meals, did their

dishes and, on his day off every Satur-day, washed their laundry. Each taskbrought more water, more soreness andmore cracks to his big hands.

Howard’s home cure only made allworse. Daily he’d wrap each cracked,bleeding finger in cotton cloth soaked inrubbing alcohol, then wrap ’em tight inblack electrical tape. No one — not myfather, a doctor, the visiting veterinarian— could convince him to stop the awfulpractice. He continued it each winter untilhe retired when we retired the dairy.

Thankfully, the machinery didn’t runon turpentine or diesel, so getting thegas tractors started those winter morn-ings took little more than a lot of chokeand a little patience. Running themachinery, however, took layers of longunderwear, jeans, socks, overalls, vests,coats, gloves and “stocking” caps.

We had all that clothing because notractor on our farm had a cab or heater.The more-used winter tractors, UncleHoney’s Oliver 77 and Jackie’s 88, didsport “heat housers,” flimsy canvas get-ups that directed engine heat toward yourfeet.The design, though, ensured yourtoes toasted as your eyelids froze tight.

If your eyelids did freeze tight, you hadtwo choices: you could wait a week for athaw or you could just stand next toJackie for a minute or two when he goton a red-hot cussing jag about the cold.

If you chose the latter, though, youhad to keep your earflaps down.

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. ❖

Winter from the window; cold snaps and cusswords

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No matter how cold he might get, Jackie’s tinyframe always held enough spark to ignite astreak of flaming cusswords to describe howcold it was yesterday, how cold it was today,and how cold it was going to be tomorrow.

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Minnesota Farm Bureau FederationPresident Kevin Paap was reelectedtoday to the American Farm BureauFederation’s Board of Directors toserve a two-year term by the votingdelegates at the AFBF Annual Meetingvoting delegate session in San Diego,California. This will be Paap’s thirdterm on the board of directors. Paapserves on the AFBF board which has25 state Farm Bureau presidents alongwith the Women’s Committee Chair,Young Farmers & Ranchers CommitteeChair, Vice President Bushue andPresident Stallman.

During the AFBF Board of Directorsmeeting Paap was reappointed to theAFBF Trade Advisory Committee andreappointed chair of the committee.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to rep-resent Farm Bureau members from

Minnesota on the American FarmBureau Federation Board of Directors,”said MFBF President Paap. “Thisallows Minnesota to have a seat at thetable when meeting with national andinternational leaders on issues ofimportance that affect farming andranching and rural communities aredetermined.”

Kevin, a full-time farmer, and hiswife, Julie, own and operate a fourth-generation family farm in Blue EarthCounty near Garden City. The Paapsraise corn and soybeans. Paap has beena lifelong Farm Bureau member. Hewas first elected president of the Min-nesota Farm Bureau in 2005 and priorto that served as vice president of theorganization since 1997.

This article was submitted by theMinnesota Farm Bureau. ❖

Paap re-elected to American Farm Bureau Board

By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

OLIVIA, Minn. — EdBaumgartner, 54-year-old president of 3MGNorth, the Olivia-basedseed firm with the mis-sion to reintroduce newnon-genetically modifiedcorn hybrids, is buckingthe trend. Most seed com-panies have spent mil-lions over the past decadeintroducing new GMOhybrids.

“My tendency is to gothe opposite direction of what everyoneelse is doing. So if everyone was work-ing on trans-genes, we figuredthe non-GMO market was agood place and that’s why wekeep our focus on non-GMO,conventional breeding,” saidBaumgartner.

Without disclosing cus-tomers, Baumgartner said hisfirm had 14 hybrids producedthis season by various seedcompanies for saleinto the 2015 growingseason. And he hopesthat might triple forthe 2016 growing sea-son.

“We think we’re onthe verge within thenext two years of sig-nificantly improvingour presence in themarketplace,” saidBaumgartner.

The timing of 3MG(3rd MilleniumGenetics) appears tobe remarkable. Crashing commodityprices combined with expensivebiotech hybrids are creating a growinginterest in non-GMO hybrids. Conven-tional seed costs about $100 less perbag (80,000 kernels).

After 10 years of developing andlaunching new conventional corn lines,Baumgartner said this trend is alsoconsumer-driven.

“Whether we believe GMO traits inthe food chain are harmful or not isalmost immaterial from our point ofview. Today it’s about consumer choiceand if non-GMO foodstuffs are wherethey are heading, we want to be able toprovide just that,” he said.Field testing

Baumgartneroperates a 900-acreresearch station inPuerto Rico whichpermits up to threecycles of testingobservations peryear. He employsupwards of 300local people whoare trained towork with tem-perate crops.

“We are nowapproaching 30

crop cycles and are into ourthird generation of breeding work onselected material,” said Baumgartner.

His firm also conducts grow-outs of hybrid potentials on a40-acre research plot at hismother’s Olivia area farm andruns summer testing in NorthDakota and South Dakota.

“We collect different strainsof corn from all over the globe.Some corns native to the trop-ics have some interesting char-

acteristics. We’re put-ting together goodmaterial on insect tol-erance, heat toleranceand building on grainquality,” said Baum-gartner.

3MG is notinggenetic tolerance tofall armyworm andcorn ear worm insome of their breed-ing material. Hepointed out thatthough Europeancorn borer is still a

pest, it’s not nearly as yield devastat-ing as armyworm, ear worm and West-ern bean cutworm can be. His firm pro-vides inbred materials for selectedherbicide programs for non-GMOcorns.

Baumgartner’s ambition that 3MGand the seed companies it services willhave significant amounts of non-GMOseed for the 2016 crop year.

“If consumer demand for non-GMOfoods continues, the seed industry iscapable of very sizeable increases inseed production very rapidly,” pre-dicted Baumgartner.

Baumgartner is aware of resistance

Cover story: Interestgrows in non-GMO seed

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NON-GMO, from pg. 7in the seed industry to maintain theirbiotech products which has been theirmoneymaker for several seasons.

Baumgartner makes occasionaltravels to Europe and notes thatEuropean nations are more tuned into the “healthy food” status of non-GMO grains.

“I don’t see any reversal of theiracceptance of GMO seeds any timesoon. The policymakers may want tochange but the people won’t go for it,”said Baumgartner.

Baumgartner smiled at the thoughtof what an ideal corn plant will looklike 10 years from now.

“If we find that ideal corn plant I’mout of a job. I’ve been working towardsthat ‘ideal’ corn plant for over 30 yearsnow. I visualize lower populationsrather than this continual trend ofhigher populations. At this lower pop-

ulation, the ideal plant will put onlarger ears or multiple ears in a varietyof moisture and temperature environ-ments. This new corn will exhibit bet-ter fertilizer efficiency. That’s all part ofthe strategy in building a sustainablecrop economy,” said Baumgartner.

His logic is to improve the capacity ofthe factory rather than putting morefactories in the same space.

While pursuing the ideal corn plantis rewarding, Baumgartner’s greatestsatisfaction comes from sharing hisaccomplishments with his family. Heworks with his wife, Deb, daughtersRaechel and Rebekah, and his mother.

“We’ve now worked enough cropcycles so we’re beginning to see prod-ucts from our nursery and testing pro-gram evolving into usage within theseed industry,” said Baumgartner.

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Ed Baumgartner, with daughter Raechel (left) and wife Deb (right), is proud that hiswife and daughters have made 3MG a family business. Daughter Rebekah andBaumgartner’s mother, not pictured, also work in 3MG.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Seven hundredand ninety-five Minnesota farmers andforest landowners have successfully re-enrolled in the Conservation Steward-ship Program for another five-yearperiod.

The program provides opportunitiesfor farmers who are already establishedconservation stewards, helping themimprove water quality, soil health andwildlife habitat.

“The strong interest in farmers re-enrolling in the program for anotherfive years comes as no surprise asthese were the first participants toenroll in the program back in 2010,”Minnesota National Resources Conser-vation Service Acting State Conserva-tionist Walter Albarran said.

For many farmers, CSP offers rewardand recognition for the conservation theyare already doing, plus a little extra incen-tive to try a few more or new practices.The average annual payment for re-enrollment in the program was $13,107per contract.

Over $10.4 million in payments will bemade to those farm families later thisyear, and over $520 million over thecourse of their five-year contracts.Apply now for 2015

Farmers interested in getting startedwith CSP may apply now for contracts

beginning in 2015. Applications will beaccepted at the NRCS office in USDAService Centers throughout Minnesota.

CSP was reauthorized in the 2014 farmbill, and is a voluntary program thatoffers payments to producers who exer-cise good land stewardship and agree tofurther improve their conservation per-formance. CSP is available to all produc-ers regardless of operation size, type,crops produced, or geographic location.

Total crop and pasture land acresenrolled in Minnesota to date is2,687,710 plus 11,237 acres of wood-land (non-industrial private forest-land) in 3947 active contracts. Averagepayment rates for contracts obligatedduring the last enrollment period were$21.20 per acre for cropland, $13.80per acre for pasture, and $5.13 per acrefor woodland.

Payments are made annually foreach of the five years of the contract.CSP is open to small and large opera-tions, with farms already enrolledranging from just a couple of acres toover 7,400 acres of cropland.

For more information, visitwww.mn.nrcs.usda.gov, or contact theNRCS office at the USDA Service Cen-ter serving your county.

This article was submitted by the U.S.Department of Agriculture. ❖

Nearly 800 re-enrolledin CSP in Minnesota

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By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor

What will happen to your farm when you die andhow your family will handle the farm in the event ofincapacity or death is not a pleasant thought, but it’sa reality that needs to be faced — before either eventhappens.

Attorney Scott Miller comparesfarm succession plans to puzzles andMiller, an expert in tax law andestate planning, is confident that hisfirm is very good at putting all thepieces together.

“The biggest problem withoutplanning is, in all likelihood, there’sgoing to be excess tax owed by thefamily and a lot of conflict, becauseyou will run into what’s in it for me? Nobody knowswhat the rules are,” said Miller.

Miller, managing and founding attorney of MillerLegal Strategic Plan-ning Centers, withoffices in Tyler, Dawsonand Rochester, Minn.,has dedicated his firmto estate planning and95 percent of thoseestates include farmsuccession plans.

“The legacy that allclients have whenthey’re gone is theirfamily. Nobody remem-bers how much taxesyou saved; all theyremember is the family,”said Miller. “Let’s figureout all the human ele-ments first to make surethis works. And then we

will add in the taxes. If the kids hate each other, thenit isn’t a good plan.”

The average age for estate planning is 50 to mid-70s. The kids are often pushing their parents to gettheir affairs in order, said Miller.

“They need to start planning when they are emo-tionally ready to do it,” said Miller.

At Miller Legal, all clients begin by completing apersonal information form prior to the first meeting.The form is a very detailed balance sheet. Miller tellshis clients to think about their goals for their farmand family.

“We want them to think about in a perfect world, ifthey die today, what would they want to happen,” saidMiller.

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Scott Miller

Let’s figure outall the humanelements firstto make surethis works.And then wewill add in thetaxes. If thekids hate eachother, then itisn’t a goodplan.

— Scott Miller

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PLANS, from pg. 9and bankers. Many clients print their most recentFINPACK balance sheet for the meeting. Onceclients identify their goals and provide a balancesheet, the work is on Miller’s desk now.

“It’s the expert that should solve the problem,”said Miller. “We engineer plans.”Nitty gritty

In the event of incapacity and death, farmers needa plan that will transition the farm to their childrenwho farm and provide equitable settlements for thechildren that do not farm. Plans are engineered tomeet Mom and Dad’s objectives first, and second tokeep family harmony, explained Miller.

“To create a good succession plan to meet all goals,it has to be customized,” said Miller.

“Not every plan is the same, they have similarissues, but they are so varied from one operation toanother,” said Miller. “They both may have trusts,but those trusts are designed very differently.”Revocable living trusts are used 100 percent of thetime and serve as the foundational estate planningdocument, said Miller. Revocable trusts ensure theestate will be kept out of probate.

In the event of incapacity, Miller looks at how thefarm can continue. He addresses land rental rates,equipment, agriculture buildings, upkeep, mainte-nance, seed inventory, debt and many more details.In the event of death, the succession plan outlineshow the farm and assets will be transferred. Forinstance, is the equipment given or sold to the farm-ing son or daughter?

“There are usually concessions given to that kidwho stayed home to farm. Other than the last fiveyears, farming has been hard to sell at full value,”said Miller. “So much of the income is in the form ofequity.”

Miller advises that the farming son or daughterreceives the main building site and that co-owner-ship is not part of the equation.

“That farming kid needs to control that particularparcel. Should he or she want to expand, the non-farming kids will wonder what’s in it for me,” saidMiller.

Attorneys also protect the farm’s assets from unin-tended beneficiaries. Miller offered this example: adaughter is divorced from her husband. If the daugh-ter dies, the farm’s assets would go to her husbandand not her children. The plan needs to state thatthe assets will go to the grandchildren.

“We spend a lot of time in our planning to makesure assets get to the people you want them to getto,” said Miller.

Miller also looks closely at debt. The plan willdefine how the debt will be paid and in the event aparent enters a nursing home, the plan will definehow that bill will be paid as well.

One of the biggest issues in farm succession plansis land. That’s where option agreements come in toplay. These agreements can have a variety of termsto make the plan economically realistic for the non-farming and the farming children, said Miller.

For instance, the son or daughter that doesn’t farmmay have the first right of refusal to the land by sell-

ing it to the sibling that farms. The price can be setat a percentage of the appraised value, but instead ofa cash sale, a contract for deed may be required,explained Miller.

Parents can even require that a non-farming sib-ling rent the land to the farming sibling. Then Millerwill draft a rental agreement that will stand the testof time by building in inflation and deflation.Telling the kids

Kids should not be involved in the planningprocess until the parents want them to be involved.

“We recommend that parents do the planningwithout the kids and tell them this is what we didand why we did it,” said Miller.

However, some farm succession plans are designedas an ongoing transition to their child or children asthe parents retire from the daily farm business.

“The hardest part is that as moms and dads, weare wired to please our kids. If the kids only careabout themselves, you can’t please all of them,” saidMiller.

Oftentimes, Miller will lead the meeting when hisclients inform their children of the plan. As an inde-pendent, unbiased party, Miller can best explain theterms of the plan.Maintaining your plan

“Your plan is not a one and done. It’s getting itcompleted and then maintaining it. It’s just like acombine, you just don’t go out and buy it, you have tomaintain it too,” said Miller.

Miller recommends at the very minimum to updateyour plan every three years. Laws change as do cir-cumstances. Some clients see Miller every year.

“The plan you have at 44 may not be the same asthe plan you’ll have at 54. That’s where maintenancehelps to keep it on target because the target is mov-ing, your assets are changing,” said Miller.

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By TIM KING The Land Correspondent

MADISON, Minn. — Farm researchin Minnesota and research done at theUniversity of Manitoba at Winnipegshow that chopped alfalfa mulch canbe a source of nitrogen and othernutrients for crops such as corn, bar-ley, and wheat.

Carmen Fernholz, an organic farmernear here, no longer has a livestockenterprise on his farm and thus has noon-farm produced manure to providenitrogen. He normally purchasesmanure from his neighbor but fouryears ago he decided to see what wouldhappen if he put some of the alfalfathat he raised back into the soil on hisfarm.

“In our current agricultural climate,many organic and conventional pro-ducers have operations without live-stock,” Fernholz said. “Alfalfa is grownfor its soil-building attributes. How-ever, when the alfalfa is harvested ashay and sold off the farm, nutrientsessential to plant growth are alsoexported in the hay.”

In 2010, Fernholz received a two-year demonstration grant from theMinnesota Department of Agricul-ture’s Energy and Sustainable Agricul-ture Program. His idea was to seewhat kind of a nitrogen boost corn andbarley ground would receive if heapplied hay mulch to the field.

“If the project is successful, it will goa long way in alleviating the growingissue of low fertility on my farm,” Fern-holz wrote in his grant application.“The alfalfa mulch should also improveweed management and enhance soilstructure. On-farm production of fertil-ity should reduce input costs andincrease income by allowing me tomaintain my certified organic status.”

“The concern that I had prior toestablishing a working relation withmy neighbor on his livestock manurewas that I was exporting significantamounts of Phosphorous and potashoff of the farm when selling the alfalfaas a cash crop instead of being able to

feed it to livestock,” he said recently.In late August of 2010, following a

winter wheat harvest, he used a sidedelivery hay processor to shred one tonround bales of alfalfa into a mulch. Ananalysis of the alfalfa when it wasapplied showed that the mulch treat-ment provided 465 pounds of nitrogenper acre.

Fernholz describes the layer ofmulch as “reasonably even.” He incor-porated the mulch with a chisel plowand in the spring planted barley.

Fernholz did get a boost in fertilityand yields by applying alfalfa mulch.In addition to the full rate of applica-tion he also did a plot with half thatquantity of mulch and another plotwithout any mulch. Interestingly, thehalf rate mulch plots saw the biggestboost in available nitrogen and phos-phorous whereas the full rate plotssaw the largest increase in potassium.

“Due to a narrow window for har-vest, no yield data were collected fromthe barley plots in 2011,” Fernholzsaid.

“However, visual differences in theplots were easily observed prior to har-vest. The full rate mulch plots weredarker green, had fuller grain heads,and plants were fully six inches tallerthan the control plots. The half ratemulch plots were visibly different fromboth the full rate plots and the controlsin both height and density.”

In 2011, following the barley har-

vest, Fernholz repeated the alfalfamulch application in the same man-ner. He planted corn in the plots in2012. It was a dry year so corn yieldswere down somewhat. The overallfield average was 141 bushels peracre.

“Yields were significantly higherwhere the mulch had been applied,”he said. “The half rate and full ratemulch yielded 149 and 153 bushelsper acre, respectively.”University research

Matthew Wiens, formerly of theDepartment of Plant Science at theUniversity of Manitoba at Winnipeg,conducted a similar project in 2001and 2002.

“A strip farming system may be thebest way to deliver alfalfa mulch toorganic grain crops,” Wiens wrote inthe publication for the Organic Agri-culture Centre of Canada in 2003.

“Alfalfa could be grown in stripsacross a field for three years to maxi-mize its soil-building benefits. Annual

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— Carmen Fernholz

University of Minnesota Extension

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ALFALFA, from pg. 11crops would be grown between thealfalfa strips, to receive mulch har-vested from the alfalfa strips. Afterthree years, the alfalfa strips wouldbe rotated with the cropped strips.Whether this system is feasibledepends, in part, on how the mulchaffects the annual crops.”

Wiens established alfalfa stripsbetween wheat strips and thenapplied green chopped alfalfa in threesets of plots at three different rates ofapplication. Like Fernholz, he alsohad a control plot with no mulch.Plots were established at four of theUniversity of Manitoba’s researchstations.

“N uptake and wheat yieldsincreased as mulch application ratesincreased,” Wiens wrote. “Wheatreceiving the 2x mulch rates at boththe early and late application timingsproduced yields almost twice that ofthe control (31.8 vs. 16.5 bushels peracre), equivalent to yields producedwith 36 and 54 pounds per acre ofinorganic N fertilizer.”

Wiens noted that a light alfalfamulch actually stimulated weed ger-mination whereas the heaviermulching rates seemed to depressweed germination but not wheat ger-mination.

“If practical methods of field-scaleapplication can be developed, usingalfalfa as mulch will be an avenue for"straight-grain" organic farmers toincrease alfalfa acreage in order tocapture its soil building benefits,”Wiens wrote.Farm decisions

Fernholz, who did have a field-scaleapplication method, chose not to adaptthe mulch-for-N system after his grant

expired. He feels that the approachhas potential but that a system toapply the mulch more evenly needs tobe developed. He also believes that thetime required to harvest and apply thenitrogen-as-alfalfa is too great. Finally,with high alfalfa prices, the nitrogenobtained was fairly expensive.

“One can estimate that there areabout 55 to 60 pounds of nitrogen in agood ton of alfalfa,” he said. “As aresult we are looking at lots of dryalfalfa to meet the nitrogen needs. Onecan use green chop alfalfa which ismuch higher in protein but then theissue becomes all of the time, effortand equipment necessary to accom-plish it. We need to address the overallcost,” he said.

Researchers in the University ofMinnesota’s Agronomy and Soil Sci-ence Departments have continued thework Fernholz began on alfalfa mulchas a source of nitrogen. They did notrespond to requests for informationabout their research. ❖

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A strip farming system may be the best way todeliver alfalfa mulch to organic grain crops. Alfalfacould be grown in strips across a field for threeyears to maximize its soil-building benefits.

— Matthew Wiens

Midwest Organic & SustainableEducation Service is hosting its 26thannual organic framing conferenceFeb. 26-28 at La Crosse Center, LaCrosse, Wis. The three-day conferencefeatures 67 workshops, a two-floorexhibit hall, an organic research forumand over 3,000 participants.

MOSES Organic University kicks offthe conference with in-depth all-daycourses on Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Courses include Soil Biology and theSoil Food Web, Health Care forOrganic Dairy Cattle, In Her Boots:Resources to Empower Women Farm-ers; Farmscale Permaculture, Prof-itable Fruit Processing and more.

Workshops are offered all day Feb. 27and 28. Workshops are offered in fieldcrops, healthy soils, market farming,

specialty crops, livestock, business,certification and emerging issues.Farmer roundtables are sheduledthroughout the conference to helpfarmers connect.

John Jeavons, will deliver thekeynote on how to optimize organicfarming. Jeavons’ biologically inten-sive approach to farming is helpinggrowers around the globe increaseyields and build soil fertility whileusing less water.

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This article was submitted by theMidwest Organic & Sustainable Edu-cation Service. ❖

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This column was writtenfor the marketing week end-ing Jan. 16.

The U.S. Department ofAgriculture announced Mon-day that more than half ofU.S. dairy operations haveenrolled in the new MarginProtection Program fordairy in 2015. AgricultureSecretary Tom Vilsack said“Enrollment far exceededour expectations in thefirst year. We’re pleasedthat so many dairy pro-ducers are takingadvantage of the expanded protection.USDA conducted a lot of outreach toget the word out. When you comparethe initial enrollment rate for the Mar-gin Protection Program to the long-standing federal crop insurance pro-gram, where participation ranges from30 percent to 80 percent depending onthe crop, it’s clear that these outreachefforts made a difference.”

National Milk Producers Federationpresident and CEO Jim Mulhern calledthe announcement “An encouragingstart to this crucial new safety net pro-gram for our industry.”

An NMPF press releasereports that more than23,000 dairy operationssigned up for the programduring the three-month win-dow that ran until Dec. 19,2014, according to USDAdata, a sum representsabout half of the overallnumber of dairy farms inAmerica.

“The Margin ProtectionProgram is a welcome

improvement to federaldairy policy, and comesat an important time to

help farmers deal with what will be amore challenging economic outlook in2015,” Mulhern said. “The MPP is nowthe only widely-available tool to helpfarmers protect against both lowermilk prices and higher feed costs. Itrepresents a new paradigm in sharedresponsibility between farmers and thegovernment to cover the cost of thatinsurance.”

While the USDA has yet to releasethe volume of U.S. milk production cov-ered under the program, anecdotalreports indicated that the sign-upextensions granted after Thanksgiving,coupled with a sharp downturn in milk

price forecasts for 2015, encouragedadditional participation prior to theDec. 19 cutoff.

NMPF expressed appreciation to theUSDA for allowing additional opportu-nities for dairy farmers to insure them-selves through the MPP.

“Secretary Tom Vilsack is to be com-mended for maximizing the opportu-nity for farmers to use this new tool,”Mulhern said and he thanked the lead-ers of the Agriculture Committees forestablishing the MPP in the farm billpassed last year.

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But, not everyone is happy about theMPP. Arden Tewksbury, manager of theProgressive Agriculture Organizationin Meshoppen, Penn., in a Tuesdaypress release asks the question: “Doyou as a dairy farmer really think the

margin insurance program will helpyou to manage your farm in a moreefficient way?”

“The Secretary of Agricultureannounced that slightly over 23,000dairy farmers signed up for the mar-gin insurance program. Now however,nearly one half of those producerssigned up for the minimum coverageof $4 per hundredweight.

Allegedly, there are 46,000 dairyfarmers in the United States. Thesefigures mean that between 34-35,000dairy farmers did not sign up for theprogram, or took only the minimumcoverage. This is a long ways frombeing a real exciting support for theprogram.

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn.,announced that dairy farmers now

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MIELKE, from pg. 13will be able to manage their farms bet-ter, and consumers will see less fluctu-ation in prices in the grocery stores.”

Tewksbury goes on to ask, “Has any-one told Mr. Peterson that all dairyfarmers are still going to be paidunder the same ill-fated formula thatthey have for many years? Has any-one told the members of Congress thatnearly 50 percent of the cost on adairy farm will not be affected by themargin insurance program? Has any-one told the Congress that milk priceswill still be unstable in the grocerystores? It is time dairy farmers getstirred up and realize your cost onyour farms will not be covered on acontinued basis until you dairymenbegin to support a new pricing for-mula based on the national averagecost of production.”

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USDA has lowered its 2014 and2015 milk production estimates froma month ago in the World AgriculturalSupply and Demand Estimates reportissued Monday, based on a lowergrowth in cow numbers and milk percow. The 2014 production and market-ings were projected at 206.0 billion

and 205.0 billion respec-tively. Both are down200 million pounds fromlast month. If realized, 2014 productionand marketings would be up 2.4 per-cent from 2013.

The 2015 production and marketingswere projected at 211.7 billion poundsand 210.7 billion, respectively. The milkproduction estimate is down 500 mil-lion pounds from a month ago whilethe milk marketings estimate is down600 million. If realized, 2015 produc-tion and marketings would be up about2.8 percent.

The 2015 Class III milk price averageis expected to range $16.20-$17/cwt.,down 35 cents from last month’s esti-mate, and compares to $22.34 in 2014,$17.99 in 2013, and $17.44 in 2012.

The 2015 Class IV price average, at$15.60-$16.50/cwt., is down 85 centsfrom a month ago, and compares to$22.09 in 2014 and $19.05 in 2013.

October 2014 packaged fluid milksales totaled 4.38 billion pounds, down2.9 percent from October 2013. Octobersales of conventional products, at 4.17billion pounds, were down 3.5 percentfrom a year ago. Organic products, at215 million pounds, were up 10.7 per-

cent and representedabout 4.9 percent oftotal sales for the

month. January-October packagedfluid milk sales, at 41.59 billionpounds, were down 2.9 percent from ayear earlier. Year-to-date sales of con-ventional products, at 39.52 billionpounds, were down 3.5 percent; organicproducts, at 2.1 billion, were up 10.1percent. Organic represented about4.96 percent of total sales.

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Cash cheese prices crashed the sec-ond full week of the New Year. TheCheddar blocks closed Friday at thelowest price since Feb. 27, 2012, at$1.47 per pound, down 12 cents on theweek, 76 cents below a year ago, and 98cents below the record high hit in Sep-tember 2014. The Cheddar barrelsgained a nickel Monday, plunged 15.25cents Wednesday, regained 1.75 Thurs-day and lost a penny Friday to finishedat $1.45, down 9.5 cents on the week,75.25 cents below a year ago, and $1.04below their September record high. Sixcars of block and 13 of barrel tradedhands on the week. The laggingNational Dairy Products Sales Report-surveyed U.S. average block price fellto $1.5984 per pound, down 1.4 cents,and the barrels averaged $1.5322,down 3.5 cents.

Midwest cheese manufacturing is“hunkered down, moving milk throughthe plants,” according to Dairy MarketNews. Inventory levels and sales varyplant to plant. Some plants have lowersales than recent weeks, whichresulted in inventory levels increasing.Other plants feel milk intakes are bal-anced with output and are comfortablewith the current production/sales/inventory situation.

Spot milk supplies and discounts areless evident although some plants arebalancing extra milk into cheese. Mostproduction schedules are back closer tonormal as the holiday weeks fade intothe past. Early year uncertainty aboutmarket price signals now must processthe first Chicago Mercantile Exchangecheese price decreases of 2015 onWednesday. The sudden magnitude oflower prices was not an unexpectedtrend considering present conditionsand factors looking ahead.

Cheese imports are challengingdomestic cheese production. GlobalTrade Information Services reportsEuropean cheese exports for October tothe United States were 25 percenthigher than year-ago levels.

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Cash butter closed Friday at $1.55,up a penny on the week, 30.25 centsbelow a year ago when it jumpedalmost 18 cents, and is $1.51 below itsrecord September 2014 peak. Only onecar traded hands on the week. NDPSRbutter averaged $1.5558 per pound,down 6.1 cents.

Cream continues to be readily avail-able within the Midwest and fromother regions at advantageous pricingfor butter churn operators, reportsDairy Market News. A few manufactur-ers elected to sell some cream loads.Butter production remains strong withsome plants running full schedules.Print sales have slowed, but continueat levels that are limiting stock build-ing. Export orders are picking up andthe market tone is steady, according toDairy Market News.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milkdropped to 95-cents per pound, down3.75 cents this week, following a 1.25cent decline last week. The powder isat the lowest it has been since Aug. 4,2009. NDPSR powder averaged$1.0618, down 8.4 cents, and dry wheyaveraged 58.85 cents per pound, downa half-cent.

The farmer-funded CooperativesWorking Together accepted 28 requestsfor export assistance this week in itsfirst 2015 announcement to sell 2.99million pounds of Cheddar and Mon-terey Jack cheese and 11.68 millionpounds of 82 percent butter to cus-tomers in Asia, Europe, the MiddleEast and North Africa. The productwill be delivered through July 2015 tonine countries on four continents andare the equivalent of 290.5 millionpounds of milk on a milkfat basis.

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So, how low will cheese prices go? Weposed the question to HighGroundDairy’s Eric Meyer in Friday’s Dairy-Line. Meyer responded by pointing outthat the block cheese price was at thelowest level in over two years on Jan. 14.

“The world markets have beentelegraphing this move in the U.S. forsome time and unfortunately for produc-ers, joining that party.” He warns thatwe may not have seen the bottom yet.

Meyer issued his forecasts last weekand, when asked about the low pointon cheese, he said he sees the $1.30s asa possibility.

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnistwho resides in Everson, Wash. Hisweekly column is featured in newspa-pers across the country and he may bereached at [email protected]. ❖

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Many farm operators, ag lenders andfarm business managers are now in theprocess of cash flow planning for the 2015crop year. At the same time, farm opera-tors are currently finalizing decisions forthe various options available in the newfarm program at local Farm ServiceAgency offices. The farm program choiceswill be in place for five years, for the2014-2018 crop years. Producers mustfinalize their farm program option deci-sion by March 31. Decisions on base acrereallocation and updating FSA paymentyields must be completed by Feb. 27at FSA offices, and do require alandowner signature.

All potential payments in the various options of thenew farm program are based on the 12-month “mar-ket year average” price for a given crop. The 12-month marketing year for corn and soybeans beginson Sept. 1 in the year that a crop is harvested, andcontinues until Aug. 31 the following year. The 12-month MYA price for that crop year is then finalizedby Sept. 30 the following year. For wheat, oats, bar-ley, and small grain crops, the 12-month marketingyear begins on June 1 in the year of harvest, andcontinues until May 31 the following year, with theMYA price finalized by June 30.

As a result of the MYA calculations, any potentialfarm program payments, regardless of the farm pro-gram option that is selected, are not made until Octo-ber in the year following crop production. So, anypotential payments for the 2014 crop year will notoccur until October 2015, and potential payments forthe 2015 crop year will not occur until October 2016,etc. From a cash flow standpoint, this means that anyestimated farm program payments from the previousyear will need to be shown as an accounts receivableon the Jan. 1 balance sheet, and as a paymentreceived in October of the following year.

Those currently involved in doing cash flow plan-ning are currently wondering what amount if anycan be included in a cash flow projection for esti-mated farm program payments from the 2014 cornand soybean crop, and possibly for the 2015 cropyear. There are many variables that factor in to thecalculation of potential farm program payments;however, by knowing a few of the basics, a person canmake a reasonable estimate of potential paymentsfor 2014, as well as possibly for 2015.

Following are some key things a person needs toknow for farm program payment estimates:

• What is the number of base acres for each eligi-ble crop?

Potential payments for all farm program optionsare based on crop base acres, and the payment poten-tial varies considerably among the various crops.

• What is the payment yield ?The Price Loss Coverage program uses either the

established counter-cyclical yields or the updatedFSA payment yields. Ag Risk Coverage-County usesthe olympic average of the county average yield forthe past five years (2009-2013) for 2014 crop year asa benchmark yield. Ag Risk Coverage-Individual

uses farm-level yields.• Which farm program option was

selected?There is a big variation in the calcula-

tion methods for each farm programoption, as well as in the potentialfarm program payment levels with

each option in a given year.Cash flow considerations

PLC The PLC program is the price only farm program

option, and payments are only made when the 12-month MYA price falls below the established refer-ence prices for a given crop. The reference price for2014-18 for corn is $3.70 per bushel, and is $8.40 perbushel for soybeans. All potential PLC payments aremade on 85 percent (.85) of eligible crop base acres,and payments can occur even if that crop was notraised in a particular year. PLC payments per cropbase acre are calculated as follows: Estimated PLCpayment per crop base acre = payment yield x esti-mated payment rate x .85

ARC-COThe ARC-CO program is based on actual county

crop revenue (yield and price) for each crop in agiven year, which is compared to average benchmarkcounty crop revenue for each crop, in order to deter-

mine potential ARC-CO program paymentsfor each crop for that year. Benchmark rev-enues for each crop will be determined bymultiplying the olympic average county-levelyield times the average MYA price for themost recent five years The olympic averagedrops the highest and lowest yields andprices during the five year period, and aver-

ages the other three. The county benchmark yields,five-year average MYA prices, and benchmark rev-enues are adjusted each year.

The ARC-CO program guarantee for a given cropis 86 percent of the calculated county benchmarkrevenue for that year. ARC-CO payments for a givencrop will occur when the actual county revenue(county yield x MYA price) for the year falls belowthe annual county revenue guarantee for that crop.The maximum ARC-CO payments are 10 percent ofthe county benchmark revenue per acre for a crop.ARC-CO payments will be paid on 85 percent of eli-gible crop base acres for a given crop, and paymentscan occur for an eligible crop even if that crop wasnot raised in a particular year.

2014 benchmark prices for the ARC-CO programare $5.29 per bushel for corn and $12.27 per bushelfor soybeans, which will also likely be the ARC-CObenchmark prices for the 2015 crop year. If futurecrop prices remain at current levels or lower, theARC-CO benchmark prices for corn and soybeans arelikely to decline significantly in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

ARC-IC The ARC-IC program must include all eligible

farm program crops on a FSA farm unit(s), with nooption for either the PLC or ARC-CO programs on

Cash flow planning impacted by new farm program

FARM PROGRAMS

By Kent Thiesse

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See THIESSE, pg. 16

... Any potential payments for the2014 crop year will not occuruntil October 2015 ...

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MIELKE, from pg. 15specific crops. The ARC-IC programoperates very similar to the ARC-COprogram, but is based on farm-levelcrop yields, rather than county aver-age yields. The ARC-IC program com-bines the five-year weighted revenue(actual farm yields x MYA) for the pre-vious five years for all crops on FSAfarm units in a given state that areenrolled in ARC-IC, in order to calcu-late benchmark revenue for ARC-IC,rather than the crop-specific approachused in the ARC-CO program. Theweighting for the ARC-IC program ison the basis of the percentage ofplanted crop acres on the FSA farmunits in the production year.

Potential ARC-IC payments aremade on crop base acres, and themaximum payment is 10 percent ofthe weighted benchmark revenue forthe farm, rather than the crop spe-cific method in the ARC-CO program.Potential payments in the ARC-ICprogram are made on only 65 percentof crop base acres, as compared to 85percent of base acres with the ARC-CO program. Individual crops mustbe planted each year in order for thatcrop to be considered for ARC-IC cal-culations for a given year, which dif-ferent from the PLC or ARC-CO pro-gram options.

Expected 2014 farm paymentsAll potential farm program payments for the 2014

crop year for the PLC, ARC-CO, and ARC-IC pro-grams will be based on the 12-month 2014 MYAprice from Sept. 1, 2014, through Aug. 31, 2015. Thepotential ARC-CO and ARC-IC program paymentswill also be impacted, respectively, by the final levelof 2014 county and farm-level yields. Following is ananalysis of potential farm program payments for the2014 crop year:

PLC — Based on the most recent U.S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture Supply and Demand Report,USDA is estimating the 2014 MYA price at $3.50 perbushel for corn, and $10 per bushel for soybeans.Based on these price levels, there would be a $.20 perbushel payment for corn, and no payment for soy-beans for the 2014 crop year. Based on the currentmarket trends, it would appear that we may get asmall 2014 PLC payment for corn ($.20 per bushel orless), and no PLC payment for soybeans.

ARC-CO — Based on the $3.50 per bushel price2014 MYA price estimate for corn, most producers in

the ARC-CO program will receive themaximum ARC-CO payment level for2014 (approx. $50-$80 per corn base acrein most Minnesota counties). If the 2014MYA price ends at $4 per bushel orlower, producers will likely receive themaximum ARC-CO payment amount,with 2014 county average yield levelsthat are at or below the county bench-mark yield. If the final MYA price levelis between $4-$4.50 per bushel, ARC-COpayments would still occur, but at agradually reduced basis. There would bevery limited corn ARC-CO paymentslikely at MYA prices beyond $4.50 per

bushel. If 2014 county yields are above the bench-mark average yield, the price thresholds for ARC-COpayments would be reduced slightly.

Based on the $10 per bushel price 2014 MYA priceestimate for soybeans, most producers in the ARC-CO program will receive a partial ARC-CO paymentlevel for 2014 (approximately $10-$20 per soybeanbase acre in most Minnesota counties). If the 2014MYA price ends at $9.30 per bushel or lower, produc-ers will likely receive the maximum ARC-CO pay-ment amount, with 2014 county average yield levelsthat are at or below the county benchmark yield.There would be very limited corn ARC-CO paymentslikely at MYA prices beyond $10.50 per bushel.

ARC-IC — These payment calculations are harderto estimate because they involve farm averageyields, and are based on annual planted acres; how-ever, ARC-IC payments do utilize the same MYAprices as the other programs. A good estimate forARC-IC payments is to take the ARC-CO paymentestimates at the same yield level and to reduce themby 25 percent, and then to prorate the ARC-IC pay-ments based on the percentage of planted acres in agiven year. The 25 percent reduction is due to theARC-IC payments only being made on 65 percent ofcrop base acres, rather than on 85 percent.

Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs ana-lyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in LakeCrystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137or [email protected]. ❖Serving Minnesota Farmers Herbicide Needs for Over 60 Years!

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Estimated farm program payments for soybeans (2014 or 2015 crop years)Final ARC–CO PLC

MYA Price Benchmark County Yield PLC Payment Yield50 43 36 47 40 33 Payment Per Base Acre (Est.) Payment Per Base Acre (Est.)

$8.00 $52 (*) $45 (*) $37 (*) $15 $13 $11$9.50 $44 $38 $32 0 0 0$10.20 $14 $12 $10 0 0 0$10.50 $2 $ 2 $1 0 0 0(*) denotes maximum ARC-CO payment level.Notes:• PLC soybean reference price is $8.40 per bushel for 2014-2018.• Assumes a $12.27 per bushel MYA benchmark price for soybeans in 2014 and 2015.

Additonal notes:• ARC-CO payment estimates assume final County average yield is same as benchmark yield. • If final Countyyields increase, payment estimates may be lowered, and if County yields decrease, payment estimated may behigher (if below the maximum). • Payment factor for both ARC-CO and PLC payments is 85 percent (0.85) ofbase acres. • Listed payments per base acre are estimates, and are not exact payment amounts.

Estimated Farm Program payments for corn (2014 or 2015 crop years)Final ARC–CO PLC

MYA Price Benchmark County Yield PLC Payment Yield180 160 140 170 150 130Payment Per Base Acre (Est.) Payment Per Base Acre (Est.)

$3.20 $ 80 (*) $ 71 (*) $ 62 (*) $72 $63 $55$3.65 $ 80 (*) $ 71 (*) $ 62 (*) $7 $6 $5$3.80 $ 80 (*) $ 71 (*) $ 62 (*) 0 0 0$4.10 $ 68 $ 61 $ 50 0 0 0(*) denotes maximum ARC-CO payment level.Notes:• PLC corn reference price is $3.70 per bushel for 2014-2018.• Assumes a $5.29 per bushel MYA benchmark price for corn in 2014 and 2015.

The table shows estimated ARC-CO and PLCpayments for corn and soybeans for the2014 and 2015 crop years various final MYAprice levels, using three different yieldlevels. The table is applicable for both yearsbecause ARC-CO MYA benchmark prices forcorn and soybeans will likely be the same for2014 and 2015, and PLC reference priceswill be the same for 2014-2018. Thoseusing the table are cautioned that countybenchmark yields for corn and soybeans in2015 for many Minnesota counties may belower than 2014 benchmark yields, if 2014actual county yields were below average.Also be advised that the payment levels inthese tables are only estimates.

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Local Corn and Soybean Price Index

Grain AnglesMarketing as risk

managementJust over three months ago commodity prices hit

lows not seen in years. Some advisers were suggest-ing producers hold onto corn and soybeans becausebetter prices were to come. Today corn futures are60 to 70 cents a bushel higher than March futureswere on Oct. 1, 2014.

We are definitely experiencing“better” corn prices, but have wemade any additional sales sinceOctober? Or do we simply keepmoving our targets up or down asmarkets continually fluctuate?This is one dilemma that many, ifnot most, producers face when awritten marketing plan is notcreated and executed.

If I sell 2014 or 2015 corn near $4today, do I want the market to goup or down? This question is diffi-cult for many, but it doesn’t have tobe. If I sell and the market declines I may feel greatabout my last sale, but what about the remainder ofmy production? Likewise if the market goes up after Isell, do I have additional bushels I can sell at an incre-mental profit? No matter how you look at it, it’s impor-tant to think of grain marketing as risk management.

How can I reduce my risk throughout the market-ing year and remain comfortable with my decisions?For example, if you do not have any of your 2015crop marketed today, you are likely under the opin-ion that prices will go up.

The next question is a challenging one: Are youwilling to bet 100 percent of your 2015 productionon that higher-priced assumption? If you decide thatmaybe you are only 70 percent sure prices willincrease, it may be reasonable to consider how you

Grain OutlookMarket focus

turns to weatherThe following market analysis is for the week end-

ing Jan. 16.CORN — With the final 2014-15 crop report and

Grain Stocks as of Dec. 1 report behind us, the market’sfocus will be South American weather, rate of demand,and 2015 growing intentions.

Let’s first recap the reportsthat pushed March corn back tomid-November levels for a 13 1⁄4cent loss for the week to settle at$3.87 per bushel. The Decembercontract settled 6 3⁄4 cents lowerat $4.14 3⁄4 per bushel.

The final 2014-15 balancesheet included production of14.22 billion bushels, down 191million bushels from Decemberand 130 million bushels underthe average guess. This was thelargest November to final produc-tion drop on many analysts’ databases.

This was achieved by dropping planted acreage300,000 acres from 90.9 to 90.6 million acres; lower-ing yield by 2.4 bushels per acre from 173.4 to 171.0bu./acre and a slightly smaller four-million-bushelcarry-in. Minnesota’s corn yield decreased from thelast report by 9 bu./acre to 156 bu./acre.

On the usage side, feed-residual was dropped 100million bushels, ethanol usage raised 25 million andexports left unchanged at 1.75 billion bushels. Carry-out fell 121 million bushels from 1.998 billion bushelsto 1.877 billion bushels. The average estimate for thecarryout was 1.927 billion bushels and last year’s end-ing stocks were 1.232 billion bushels. The stocks touse ratio fell from 14.6 percent to 13.8 percent.

Livestock AnglesCattle skyrocket

to open 2015Well the livestock markets started off the new year

with some its own fireworks, especially in the cattlemarket. It seems the volatility that has been presentas of late will continue in the livestock markets. Thestruggle of supply versus demand is still an impor-tant factor in weeks ahead.

The best word to describe thecattle market is “explosive.” Thefirst week of January saw the cashmarket act extremely strong, withcattle trading as high as $172 —$4 higher than the previous week.At the same time the beef cutoutmade a very good advance, withthe boxed beef movement improv-ing from a lackluster holiday trade.

While these advances were tak-ing place, the futures marketadvanced into previous resistancewell below the current trade inthe cash market. After struggling for several days atthis resistance level, the futures began to see someliquidation that drove the futures sharply lower. ByFriday the market had come under severe pressurefinishing with limit losses in the nearby months. Thisput the futures contracts extremely discount to thelatest cash prices at that point.

Several factors were noticed to create such a selloff. It appeared that funds were liquidating theirrecent long positions, and margin call selling ensuedas traders just wanted to vacate their long positions.The other factor ever-present is the fact that thefutures market is always anticipating the next moveinstead of the current market.

It would appear that some in the trade are afraidthat demand has at least equalized with the tight

JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

Cash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $3.65 +.00$3.41 -.09$3.50 -.12$3.36 -.09$3.39 -.06$3.50 -.12

$3.47

$3.90

soybeans/change*$8.57 -.74$9.08 -.73$9.23 -.74$8.91 -.72$9.13 -.58$9.18 -.77

$9.02

$12.27

Grain prices are effective cash close on Jan. 20. 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.

PHYLLIS NYSTROMCHS Hedging Inc.

St. Paul

Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.

See NYSTROM, pg. 18 See TEALE, pg. 18 See LENSING, pg. 18

KURT LENSINGAgStar Assistant VP

and Industry SpecialistWaite Park, Minn.

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NYSTROM, from pg. 17The average on-farm price was

increased by 15 cents to a range of$3.35 to $3.95 per bushel. Grain stocks as of Dec. 1were 11.203 billion bushels which was 80 millionbushels higher than the trade estimate and is 750million bushels higher than last year. World endingstocks for 2014-15 were 189.2 million metric tons,down from the December 192.20 mmt number.Brazilian and Argentine corn production wereunchanged at 75 mmt and 22 mmt respectively.

The Farm Service Agency released their finalacreage program report this week indicating 86.505million acres of corn were entered into governmentprograms in 2014-15. This is an historically largediscrepancy to U.S. Department of Agriculture acresof 4.1 million acres (USDA is 90.6 million plantedacres). Prevented planted acres were 1.608 million.

Weekly export inspections were slightly betterthan trade expectations at 32.2 million bushels forold crop and 1 million for new crop. Weekly exportsales need to average 21 million bushels per week tohit the USDA’s 1.75 billion bushel expectation. Therewas trade chatter during the week that South Koreabought up to seven cargoes of corn from Ukraine thisweek and only one cargo from the U.S. gulf. TheUSDA announced corn sales in their daily reportingsystem everyday Tuesday through Friday this week.

Informa Economics published their 2015-16planting intentions this week. They are peggingcorn acres at 88.6 million acres, up from theirDecember survey estimate of 88.0 million acres. In2014, U.S. growers planted 90.6 million acres.

OUTLOOK: The market now needs to find a rea-

son to buy. Ethanol crush marginshave moved into the red, gasoline ischeaper than ethanol, Argentine farm-

ers are undersold and funds are holding a long posi-tion. First support for nearby corn is $3.70-$3.75with resistance near $4.07 per bushel. The slightlybullish 2014-15 crop report has been traded. Thecorn reports this week weren’t totally bearish, but1.877 billion bushels is a more than adequate carry-out and lower trends in beans and wheat may limitwhat corn can attempt on its own to the upside.

SOYBEANS — As we once again headed into aholiday-shortened week, soybeans gave back all ofthe previous week’s gains in post report trading thatleft 2014-15 ending stocks unchanged at 410 millionbushels and China canceled U.S. soybean purchases.The range of ending stocks estimates was 355-452million bushels with the average guess at 393 mil-lion bushels. At 3.969 million bushels, 2014-15 soy-bean production was near last month’s 3.958 millionbushel figure and the trade estimate of 3.97 billionbushels. The 11 million bushel November to finalproduction number gain was the smallest increasesince 1975. Planted acreage was dropped one-halfmillion to 83.7 million acres, harvested acres werecut 200,000 acres and yield was increased 0.3bu./acre from 47.5 bu./acre to 47.8 bu./acre. Min-nesota’s soybean yield was unchanged from the lastreport at 42 bu./acre.

On the usage side of the balance sheet, exportswere raised 10 million to 1.77 billion bushels andresidual was cut 1 million for ending stocks of 410million bushels. The stocks-to-use ratio remained at11.2 percent. The on-farm price was increased on thelower end by 45 cents and cut on the upper end by a

nickel for a new range of $9.45 to $10.95 per bushel.Soybean stocks as of Dec. 1 were 2.52 billion

bushels, slightly under the 2.59 billion bushel tradeprojection. This is 288 million more bushels than lastyear. World ending stocks were 90.8 mmt comparedto the 89.87 mmt on December’s report. Brazil’s soy-bean production rose from 94 mmt to 95.5 mmt andArgentina’s number was unchanged at 55 mmt.China’s import forecast was steady at 74 mmt.

The FSA’s 2014-15 planted soybean acres wereupdated to 81.757 million acres compared to USDA’s83.701 million planted acres, a difference of 1.9 mil-lion acres. Prevented soybean planted acres were842,000 acres. Informa Economics updated their2015 U.S. soybean planted acreage forecast to 88 mil-lion acres, down from their 88.8 million acre projec-tion last month. In 2014, U.S. farmers planted 83.7million acres.

An unexpected 285,000-metric-ton soybean salecancellation by China caught the market off-guardthis week. Is this the beginning of more? Weeklyexport sales commitments are 92 percent of theUSDA forecast when 85 percent is normal, but withthe Chinese cancellation, ideas for further increasesin export projections may be muted. Weekly exportsales were 41.6 million bushels for old crop and 11.2million bushels for new crop. The overall numberwas better than anticipated. Weekly sales only needto average 5.7 million bushels to hit the new 1.77 bil-lion bushel export forecast.

Adding to the negative news this week was theDecember National Oilseed Processors Associationcrush report. The December crush at 165.383 millionbushels was just short of the all-time monthly recordof 165.385 million bushels set in December 2013, butit was under the 167 million bushel trade estimate.

The South American weather situation may makethe headlines every few days, but in general it’s fine.The caveat is their weather still needs to be moni-tored for hot, dry weather as the crop finishes. In gen-eral any harm to yield would be minimal, but percep-tion is reality. South American growers, however,remain behind in their selling. This pushes morebushels to be sold into a smaller selling window. Keepin mind we’re looking at record crops in South Amer-ica this year. There are thoughts that the USDA isunderestimating Brazilian soybean exports this yearat 46 mmt. Late February should be the peak of theBrazilian harvest. Brazil’s beans are currently pricedlower than U.S. soybeans for as early as February.

OUTLOOK: Technically, March soybeans beganthe week with a key reversal lower, which was againconfirmed on Thursday. March soybeans crashed 601⁄2 cents lower this week to close at $9.91 3⁄4 perbushel, their lowest close since late October. TheNovember contract lost 44 1⁄4 cents per bushel toclose at $9.75 1⁄4 per bushel. March soymeal fell$22.90 per ton to $326.20 and bean oil dropped .29points to 33.39 for the week. The next support inMarch soybeans is likely the harvest low at $9.20 3⁄4per bushel with resistance back near the $10.30 perbushel level. Soybean prices will be challenged by adeveloping record crop from South America on thecusp of harvest, a huge U.S. carryout number andincreasing world stocks. ❖

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TEALE, from pg. 17supply of cattle and may further suffer as competitivemeat prices continue to drop. Regardless, it now wouldappear the cattle market may have made a major topback in the month of October. Therefore, producersshould become more cognizant of market conditionsand be prudent about protecting inventories.

On the other hand, the hog market almost seemsbenign in comparison. Cash prices have continuedtheir descent as the new year got under way andhave not yet ceased. The outlook continues to show afair amount of hogs; however the price decline hasslowed which may indicate there is increasing inter-

est by packers in acquiring inventory since their mar-gins are positive. The supply-demand scenario is justthe opposite for the hogs to the cattle. The supply ismore than adequate to meet the demand for pork.

One major problem for the demand for pork is theexport market in recent months. The strength in theU.S. dollar has slowed foreign buyers as the dollar hasincreased in value. However domestic demand has heldfairly well and could increase in the months aheadsince, from a value standpoint, pork is a good value incomparison to competitive meats. Producers shouldremain current and keep a watchful eye on market con-ditions and protect inventories as needed. ❖

Hog market continues its descent

LENSING, from pg. 17will reduce or eliminate price risk on the other 30percent of your production. Selling in incrementswill help mitigate risks. If you sell at current pricesit may be wise to hope that it is the worst sale youmake.

Regardless of your opinion on the market direc-tion, most marketing professionals would advocatefor not only writing down a marketing plan, but alsoactually executing upon it. We have seen $1.20 rally

in soybean futures and 70-cent rally in corn futuresin the past few months. Will you “reward” the marketrally we’ve seen? If not now, at what price level willyou make your next sale, and what percentage ofconfidence do you have in achieving that goal?

AgStar Financial Services is a cooperative ownedby client stockholders. As part of the Farm CreditSystem, AgStar has served 69 counties in Minnesotaand northwest Wisconsin with a wide range of finan-cial products and services for more than 95 years. ❖

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The year 2014 will likely godown in history as one of thebest years for Minnesota dairy farm-ers, particularly for those who grewtheir own feed, according to Jim Salfer,University of Minnesota Extensiondairy specialist.

“We’ve had rather excellent milkprices,” he said. “Feed prices moderateda lot during the year.”

Looking at milk futures he’s predict-ing 2015 to be anaverage year.

“It might not feellike an averageyear after comingoff such a reallygood year as 2014,”Salfer said. “Butmilk prices looklike they’ll be inthe $16.50 to$17.50 brackethere in Minnesota.The national allmilk price is fore-cast at about $18for next year (2015).”

Just how good was 2014? Salfer saidmilk hit a record $22 to $23 per hun-dredweight price range even though itfell off significantly in November andDecember.

Exports contributed to the strongprices of 2014. Currently 15-18 percentof U.S. dairy production is exported,with China being the key sales driver.Since February, U.S. milk prices havebeen above the world market.

“When you’re above the world mar-ket the market goes to other sources tobuy their dairy products,” said Salfer.“We’ve got to get our pricing back inline because we can’t absorb that addi-tional 15 percent into our domestic

markets.”Dairy popularity

In view of obesity and otherhealth issues making waves inthe media, dairy products areenjoying a tremendous reawak-ening by the public.

“Right now dairy productsare sort of in vogue,” said

Salfer. “Today saturated fats aren’t badfor you … that’s virtually an entirelynew thought process. Also butter con-sumption is the highest it’s been forseveral decades. You’ve got Greekyogurt that has really taken off. Sodairy products are shining.”

Salfer credits new research on obe-sity trends that disproves fat and satu-

rated fat as the cul-prit.

“New data com-ing out shows car-bohydrates andrefined carbohy-drates are more ofa factor,” he said,“especially withconsumption ofthese foods goingup significantly. Sothere seems to be ageneral consensusthat our dairyproducts that con-tain some fat aren’t

going to kill you.”Organic foods, especially organic

milk and dairy products, are on the riseas well.

“The demand for organic dairy prod-ucts continues to go up faster than con-ventional dairy products. And thisdemand is mostly for fluid milk pluswhat’s called grazing butter — mean-ing from grass-fed dairy cows,” Salfersaid.Production

Dairy cow numbers are staying rela-tively flat in Minnesota, but nationallythere is some increase.

Salfer to dairy farmers: Expect an ‘average’ 2015“We’ve got to getour pricing backin line ...”

Jim Salfer

It might not feel like anaverage year after com-ing off such a reallygood year as 2014. Butmilk prices look likethey’ll be in the $16.50to $17.50 bracket herein Minnesota.

— Jim Salfer

See SALFER, pg. 21

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Waterbeds are coming back — notfor people, for cows. Dairy farmerswere talking about cow waterbedsat the Minnesota Dairy Expo in St.Cloud. Mark Misch, Midwest salesrepresentative for Dual ChamberWaterbeds, explained what’s so spe-cial about waterbeds for cows.

“Cows get a custom fit every time they lay down,”said Misch, who works out of DCC Waterbeds inReedsburg, Wis.

The water contained in each bed surrounds each ani-mal so a cow’s hocks aren’t sawing back and forth whichtends to happen when cows are laying on a flat surface.It’s on par with sand bedding without the continuousreplenishing that’s needed with sand, said Misch.

In 1999, Dean Throndsen, CEO of Advanced Com-fort Technology brought waterbeds for cows fromEurope to the North American dairy industry. Thelarge single bladder filled with water had potential,but Throndsen saw flaws in the design. In 2003, hepatented the dual chamber cow waterbed. Twochambers provides additional stability and comfort

for the knees and hocks.And this added comfort apparently adds to a cow’s

life. Misch showed data involving 100 fourth lacta-tion cows on waterbeds with about six percentimproved longevity.

“So you’d have six less cows to replace versus sandor flat mats,” said Misch.

DCC Waterbeds are sold with 10-year warrantiesbut Misch said the company’s waterbeds are 20years old in some Wisconsin barns.

“We’ve got hundreds of thousands of waterbeds outin over 30 countries around the world. Holland is ahuge market. So to is Taiwan, Indonesia, NewZealand ... wherever there are sizeable numbers ofdairy cattle,” he said.

A DCC Waterbed costs about $250 to $300 per cowdepending upon the installation. For example, a tiestall barn might be slightly higher because therewould be more posts to cut around and more totaltime doing the job.

Upon order, shipment and installation can begin inabout a week. DCC Waterbeds keeps an inventory of5,000 waterbeds on hand at their Mondovi, Wis., ware-house so beds could be shipped within a week withinstall starting just as soon as a crew is available.

“We like to have one of our installers go out and getthat farmer properly started. After that most farmerscan handle this job. They would need the special fillmeter from a local dealer. This device measures theright amount of water for each bladder,” he explained.

Cow waterbeds are not relegated to large dairy herds.Misch knows of Amish farmers in the Marshfield, Wis.,area putting in just three beds. They liked the results.

“They started installing 10 at a time until they hadtheir 70-cow barn totally equipped. I have a dealer inthat area who now has installed over 700 beds andmost of his customers are Amish farmers.

“We’re in the process of waterbeds for a 4,500-cowoperation in South Dakota. We’ve got an 800-waterbed barn in western Minnesota; a 1,200-bedinstall near Green Bay. So it’s been a good year. Obvi-ously stronger milk prices are spurring the adoptionof waterbeds,” said Misch.

Misch also recommends some sawdust or strawsprinkled over the waterbeds, but not sand; sandwould be abrasive.

“I suggest about a gallon of sawdust or straw orbean stubble on each waterbed,” said Misch.

To learn more, visit www.dccwaterbeds.com or call(608) 797-5982. ❖

Waterbeds offer comfort, longevity to dairy cows

Mark Misch

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SALFER, from g. 19“Perhaps the primary reason cow numbers stay

down is because cull cow prices are so high,” saidSalfer. “It they have any issues with particular cows,dairy farmers are moving them to market ratherquickly these days. And that may help temper some ofthese price drops in milk. It’s easy to sell a cow whenshe’s worth $1,500.”

Cheaper feed prices and more aggressive culling isalso slightly boosting milk productivity per cow.

Robotic systems arestill only on a smallpercentage of dairiesin Minnesota.

“I don’t have anexact figure. I’m say-ing 50 to 70 Min-nesota farms are nowrobotic but with 4,000dairy farms in thestate, it’s still a smallpercentage,” Salfersaid. “But there con-tinues to be a tremen-dous amount of inter-est in going robotic, byboth older dairy farm-ers thinking they cancoax a few more yearsout of their own bodiesand by younger‘wanna-bes’ thinkingthis might be an eas-ier way to get into thismilk production busi-ness.”

Grabbing somerecent headlines is theannouncement of an8,000-cow dairy inKandiyohi County.This will be a businessadjunct of the 20,000-

cow River View Dairy southwest of Morris, Minn.“They are a very good dairy business,” said Salfer.

“Their dairy facilities gleam with cleanliness; they’regreat with neighbor relations; their stewardship isexemplary. I think they’ve been a role model of envi-ronmental cohesiveness. Their concerns about how towork with neighbors sets the stage for all of us. Theylisten to the concerns of neighbors’ and they addressthose concerns accordingly. They just do a great job.”

Despite a few of these “biggies” on the Minnesotalandscape, according to 2013 Minnesota AgriculturalStatistics, the Gopher State still ranks sixth nation-ally in number of milk cows. In order, the top fivestates are California, Wisconsin, New York, Idaho andPennsylvania. ❖

Salfer: Roboticmilking systemson few farms

There continuesto be a tremen-dous amount ofinterest ingoing robotic,by both olderdairy farmersthinking theycan coax a fewmore years outof their ownbodies, and byyounger‘wanna-bes’thinking thismight be aneasier way toget into thismilk productionbusiness.

— Jim Salfer

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Duane and Louise Holker of Litch-field, Minn., are a bit unusual in theagricultural world. They’ve movednine times since their start as dairyfarmers. When a dairy farmer movesit’s not just tractors and field imple-ments but also cows, calves and milk-ing equipment.

“My dad sold his cows when I was inthe 8th grade,” said Duane.

But there were still four heifers onDuane’s family farm in Beardsley,Minn., on the South Dakota border.

“My dad said to me ‘If you want tobe a dairy farmer, you can start withthose four heifers.’ So I started milk-

ing four cows when I was a freshmanin high school. By the time I graduatedin 1980 my herd was up to 18 cows.”

Vocational agriculture wasn’t avail-able, but there was a nice looking farmgal two miles north.

“I decided to start dating her. Webecame high school sweethearts and

have been together ever since,” saidDuane.

Louise hadn’t exactly been dreamingof marrying a dairy farmer.

“No, I didn’t. I wanted to marry afarmer. It was okay if he had cows butat that time I was scared of dairy cows.I soon got over that,” said Louise.

Duane and Louise married in 1981.Their second move was to a nearby

farm Duane’s dad had purchased fromhis mother.

“And again Dad said to me, ‘If youwant to get a start on your own, youcan move to that farm, fix that barn up

and expand some more,’” said Duane.He and his dad did some fixing. They

set up that old barn to handle 40 cows.That was one year after graduatingfrom high school.

“So we were milking 40 cows on whatwas originally my father’s home farm.We were there from 1980 to 1995 andexpanded that farm up to 75 cows,”said Duane.

During that 15-year span, dairyingwasn’t exactly profitable; $10 milk wasfairly common but $12 milk did happenoccasionally. Making a buck wasn’t easy.

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Louise and Duane Holker are nomadic dairy farmers, having moved home andherd nine times across Miinnesota.

See MOVE, pg. 23

We became highschool sweetheartsand we’ve beentogether ever since.

— Duane Holker

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MOVE, from pg. 22“Things were pretty tough. Still lots

of work needed to be done to that farm.We put more concrete down. We had tobuild a feed storage facility. We weresort of struggling along,” said Duane.Expansion

A life-changing bit of advice from theHolkers’ local Land O’Lakes advisor changedall that. He told Duanethat if he wanted to getanywhere in this dairyindustry he had toinvest in a larger dairybusiness. That’s when hemet Greg Jans, dairyfarmer at Grove City, Minn.

“Louise and I made an agreementwith Greg and Nickie Jans to put ourdairy cows into his brand new facility.We moved our cows there in September1995. That was about a 100 mile movefor our herd and family,” said Duane.

Business in the third location workedout “fairly well,” said Duane.

“It was a drive-through six-row freestall barn with 200 free stalls and adouble-6 milking parlor which wasexpandable to a double-12. We had agreat deal of success. But we were fill-ing up with heifers so fast that we wererunning out of space,” he said.

Cow numbers were up to 270. Theywere on a 3X milking schedule. Theywere doing 26,000-plus pounds of milkper cow. It became obvious that thefacility would have to be expanded. ButDuane and Louise were having secondthoughts.

Instead they decided to venture out ontheir own again in move number four. InJune 1998, they found a farm to rentnear Paynesville, Minn.; signed a three-year lease; the barn built in 1970 had adouble-six parlor with pit underneath.

“It was decent, but we had some upsand downs with the facility. The stallswere a little small and a few issues likethat were sort of nagging at our herd.We weren’t able to get the productionwe had wanted to attain,” Duane said.

A dairy farm came up for sale atKingston, Minn., south of Kimball.Their farm business managementinstructor suggested it was time forthem to buy into our own operation.This farm had a new barn with a step-up parlor from the old tie-stall barn.

“So we decided it was time to try astep-up parlor. We brought our 100

cows, then bought another 60 cows,”said Duane.

Move number five occurred October13, 2000.

Unfortunately, the step-up parlordidn’t work out.

“We didn’t like it. It just wasn’t a con-venient operation towork in so we decided tobuild our own milkingparlor,” said Duane.

Duane is a handy guyand his cousin and twofriends went to workwith him. In about twoweeks, this crew built a

double-7 herringbone parlor suspendedtotally from the ceiling of the old barn.

“We enjoyed our new parlor verymuch. Had our office in the barn, rest-room in the barn, we had really nicefacilities. We were happy. We’d builtour herd up to 240 cows and builtanother free-stall barn,” said Duane.Barn fire

Disaster struck April 23, 2009, at8:30 p.m. A devastating fire ignited intheir adjacent farm shop. Strong windsquickly moved it to the barn and intothe stored hay. Even a 17-by-50 footblue silo with fiberglass roof, a SealStore silo, filled with high-moisturecorn was on fire. Five fire departmentsresponded.

“It was a horrible mess. We still hadall the cows but no milking parlor. Wehad to find a home for 200 cows in fourhours time. Jason Maas, a dairy farmerfriend near Litchfield had just quitmilking. He had a swing 10-cow parlornow sitting empty. He always milkedaround 120 cows. We took 170 of ourcows to his farm, the remainder toother friends. Now we had cows inthree locations and suddenly we got tomilk in another parlor,” said Duanewith a chuckle.

This was move number six.“God’s been good to us,” Louise said

quietly.Their two children, Albert and Mor-

gan Holker, now 28 and 26 respectively,were a huge help in this sudden trans-formation to yet another location fortheir parents’ dairy business.

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Jinma LM-284, '07, 340 hrs ......................................................$5,800 JD 855, '96, 2030 hrs ................................................................$8,900 Kubota B2710HSD, '04, 1070 hrs ............................................$13,900 Kubota B2620, '10, 85 hrs ........................................................$16,400 Kubota B2320HSD, '11, 125 hrs ..............................................$18,500 Kubota BX2650HSDC, '13, 55 hrs ............................................$34,500 Kubota BX2230, '04, 410 hrs......................................................$8,395 Kubota BX1800DD, '00, 1670 hrs ..............................................$5,500 MF 1533, '08, 960 hrs ..............................................................$24,000 Artic Cat 700EFI, '11, 1120 hrs ................................................$16,500 Coleman HS500, '13, 85 hrs ......................................................$7,900 Kawasaki 3010 Mule, 1685 hrs ..................................................$4,995 Kawasaki 650, '06, 600 hrs ........................................................$4,500 Kubota RTV1100, '08, 120 hrs..................................................$15,500 Kubota RTV1100, '07, 850 hrs..................................................$14,250 Polaris Ranger 800EFI, '08, 1745 hrs ........................................$7,999 Polaris 500 EFI, '07 ....................................................................$3,975 Polaris 500HO, '00, 230 hrs ......................................................$4,995

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DMI TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..........................................................$32,750 DMI TMII, 38.5' Fld Cult ..........................................................$17,900 JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$78,500 JD 2210, 55.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$54,900 (2) JD 2210, 54.5' Fld Cult ......................................starting at $58,900 JD 2210, 52.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$73,500 (7) JD 2210, 50.5' Fld Cult ......................................starting at $35,500 JD 2210, 49.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$59,900 (4) JD 2210, 45.5' Fld Cult ......................................starting at $35,000 (2) JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult ......................................starting at $39,000 JD 2210, 32.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$31,500 JD 985, 50.5' Fld Cult ..............................................................$23,000 JD 980, 50' Fld Cult ..................................................................$23,000 NH ST250, 36.5' Fld Cult ..........................................................$32,500 Sunflower 5631, 45' Fld Cult ....................................................$10,900 Sunflower 5055, 44' Fld Cult ....................................................$29,500 Wilrich 3400, 50' Fld Cult ..........................................................$7,500 Wilrich Excel, 27.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$17,500 (2) Wilrich Quad 50.5' Fld Cult ................................starting at $29,500 (2) Wilrich Quad, 45' Fld Cult ..................................starting at $49,500 Wilrich Quad, 44.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$17,500 CIH 183, 12R30 Row Crop Cult ..................................................$4,000 CIH 183, 8R30 Row Crop Cult ....................................................$2,950 CIH 3900, 33' Disk....................................................................$17,000 CIH 370, 25' Disk......................................................................$46,900 CIH RMX340, 34' Disk ..............................................................$37,700 CIH 330, 42' Disk......................................................................$68,900 (8) CIH 330, 34' Disk ..............................................starting at $43,000 CIH 330, 31' Disk......................................................................$42,500 (4) CIH 330, 25' Disk ..............................................starting at $39,500 JD 635, 33' Disk ......................................................................$19,900 JD 635, 32' Disk ......................................................................$20,500 JD 230, 20' Disk ........................................................................$3,950 Kewanee 1020, 20' Disk..............................................................$3,900 Krause 8200 Disk......................................................................$43,900 Summers 30" Super Disk ..........................................................$36,900 (2) Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk ....................................starting at $54,900 JD 2310, 45' Combo Mulch ......................................................$54,950 Wilrich DC3, 35' Combo Mulch ................................................$14,900 (8) CIH 110, 50' Crumbler ........................................starting at $9,000 CIH 110, 45' Crumbler ..............................................................$14,500 DMI 50' Crumbler ......................................................................$9,500 DMI 45' Crumbler ......................................................................$9,500 DMI 40' Crumbler ......................................................................$9,850 Riteway 45' Crumbler ..............................................................$12,900 CIH 181, 20' Rotary Hoe ............................................................$2,500

(2) CIH 1265, 36R22..............................................starting at $239,500 (4) CIH 1260, 36R22..............................................starting at $179,000 CIH 1260, 36R20 ....................................................................$178,900 (6) CIH 1250, 24R30..............................................starting at $105,900

(10) CIH 1250, 16R30..............................................starting at $79,000 CIH 1250, 12R30 ......................................................................$65,000 CIH 1240, 24R20 ....................................................................$129,900 (2) CIH 1240, 16R30................................................starting at $55,000 CIH 1225, 8R30 ........................................................................$36,000 CIH 1220, 8R30 ........................................................................$49,500 CIH 1220, 6R30 ........................................................................$37,500 CIH 1200, 32R22 ......................................................................$59,900 CIH 1200, 18R22 ......................................................................$35,900 (2) IH 1200, 24R22..................................................starting at $45,900 CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................................................$67,000 CIH 955, 8R30 ..........................................................................$10,900 CIH 900, 12R30 ..........................................................................$4,950 CIH 900, 6R30 ............................................................................$7,500 IH 800, 8R30 ..............................................................................$2,500 JD DB44, 24R22 ....................................................................$155,000 (2) JD 7200, 16R30 ................................................starting at $26,500 JD 1780, 15R31........................................................................$39,500 JD 1770NT, 16R30....................................................................$59,900

JD 1770, 16R30...........................................................JD 1760, 12R30...........................................................Kinze 4900, 16R30.......................................................Kinze 3600, 12R24.......................................................Kinze 2200, 12R30.......................................................White 8816, 16R30 .....................................................White 8800, 24R30 .....................................................White 8180, 16R30 .....................................................White 6722, 18R22 .....................................................

CIH 3330, '12, 575 hrs ...............................................CIH SPX3200B, '01, 3825 hrs .....................................Ag Chem 1074SS, '07, 2200 hrs .................................Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '02, 2080 hrs .........................Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '99, 4140 hrs .........................Ag Chem 664, '94, 3240 hrs .......................................Hagie STS12, '12, 550 hrs ...........................................JD 4830, '09, 525 hrs .................................................Miller 5240HT, '13, 190 hrs .........................................Miller 4365, '10, 825 hrs .............................................Miller 4365, '09, 2055 hrs ...........................................Miller Condor A75, '08, 1740 hrs.................................Rogator 1084SS, '09, 2380 hrs ...................................Rogator 884, '09, 2415 hrs .........................................Rogator 854, '98, 3490 hrs .........................................Rogator 854, '97, 5125 hrs .........................................

Demco 1200 Nav .........................................................Fast 9500, 1850 Gal .....................................................(2) Hardi Commander, 1200 Gal ..............................staHardi CM1500 .............................................................Hardi NP1100, 90' .......................................................Redball 690, 2000 Gal .................................................Redball 680, 1600 Gal .................................................Redball 680, 1350 Gal .................................................(2) Redball 670, 90' ................................................staRedball 670, 88'...........................................................Spray Air 3600, 120' ...................................................(2) Summers Ultimate, 90' ......................................sta(2) Top Air 1600, 120' ............................................staTop Air 1200 Gal .........................................................Top Air TA1100, 80' .....................................................

Claas 8700, '04, 2005 hrs ...........................................NH H8080, '11 .............................................................Hesston 9260, '04, 995 hrs .........................................JD R450, '12, 695 hrs .................................................NH H8060, '12, 850 hrs ...............................................(4) CIH DC132, 13' MowCond ................................staCIH DCX101 MowCond ...............................................CIH SC412 MowCond .................................................(2) Claas 9100C MowCond ......................................staClaas 8550C MowCond ...............................................Claas 8400RC MowCond .............................................JD 946, '04 MowCond .................................................Krone 9140EV, 30' MowCond .....................................NH H7230 MowCond ...................................................

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CIH 290 Mag, '13, 515 hrs. ......$195,000

CIH 315 Mag, '13, 815 hrs. ......$210,000

CIH 400 Steiger, ‘12, 540 hrs. ....$239,500

CIH 1260, 36R22 ..................$179,000

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CIH 1250, 16R30 ....................$79,000

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NH 1475, 14' MowCond............................................................$16,000 NH 1431 MowCond ..................................................................$13,500 (2) NH 316, 16' MowCond ......................................starting at $29,900 CIH MDX81 Disc Mower ............................................................$6,900 Kuhn GMD800 Disc Mower ........................................................$7,900 Kuhn GMD700HD Disc Mower....................................................$9,500 CIH RR90 Rotary Mower ............................................................$2,000 Everest 5700C Rotary Mower ....................................................$1,995 Kuhn GMD400 Rotary Mower ....................................................$7,000 Landpride AFM4211 Rotary Mower ..........................................$12,500 Landpride FDR2584 Rotary Mower ............................................$3,000 Landpride RCF2072 Rotary Mower ............................................$2,500 Woods BW1800Q Rotary Mower ..............................................$17,000 (2) Gehl WM2109 Wind Merg....................................starting at $9,800 JD HM1212 Wind Merg ............................................................$21,500 Kuhn MM300 Wind Merg..........................................................$19,500 Millerpro 7916 Wind Merg..........................................................$9,500 (5) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg................................starting at $26,500 (2) Oxbo 334 Wind Merg ......................................starting at $122,500 Oxbo 14-16 Wind Merg ............................................................$49,000 Phiber SM848 Wind Merg ........................................................$28,500 Rowse 8' Wind Merg ..................................................................$6,500 Kuhn GA7301 Rake ..................................................................$11,500

CIH RB564 Rnd Baler................................................................$25,500 CIH RB561, 5x6 Rnd Baler..........................................................$9,950 CIH RS561, 5x6 Rnd Baler........................................................$10,750 Claas 355 UNI Rnd Baler ..........................................................$36,000 Claas 280RC Rnd Baler ............................................................$19,500 Claas 255 UNI Rnd Baler ..........................................................$31,000 JD 854 Rnd Baler......................................................................$26,900 JD 568 Rnd Baler......................................................................$27,000 NH BR760 Rnd Baler ................................................................$22,600 NH 688 Rnd Baler ....................................................................$13,500 NH 648 Rnd Baler ......................................................................$9,900 CIH LB334 Rec Baler ................................................................$75,000 CIH LB333 Rec Baler ................................................................$69,900 Claas 1150 Rec Baler ................................................................$19,500 (2) NH BB940A Rec Baler ........................................starting at $49,500

Case SR250, '11, 1550 hrs ......................................................$29,000 Case SR220, '12, 240 hrs ........................................................$35,500 Case SR220, '12, 700 hrs ........................................................$36,900 Case SR220, '12, 785 hrs ........................................................$33,900 Case SR220, '11, 3060 hrs ......................................................$27,000 Case SR200, '13, 490 hrs ........................................................$34,500 Case SR200, '13, 1245 hrs ......................................................$32,750 Case SR200, '13, 1500 hrs ......................................................$34,500 Case SR200, '13, 1660 hrs ......................................................$27,400 Case SR200, '13, 1980 hrs ......................................................$27,400 Case SR200, '12, 1330 hrs ......................................................$31,900 Case SR200, '11, 1300 hrs ......................................................$30,000 Case SR175, '13, 55 hrs ..........................................................$31,900 Case SR175, '11, 2305 hrs ......................................................$21,500 Case SR175, '11, 2920 hrs ......................................................$18,500 Case SV300, '12, 2100 hrs ......................................................$34,900 Case SV300, '11, 435 hrs ........................................................$41,900 Case SV300, '12, 2180 hrs ......................................................$33,900 Case SV300, '11, 1635 hrs ......................................................$36,900 Case SV300, '11, 2270 hrs ......................................................$37,500 Case SV250, '13, 1210 hrs ......................................................$34,900 Case SV250, '12, 3005 hrs ......................................................$29,500 Case SV250, '11, 1170 hrs ......................................................$30,500 Case SV250, '11, 1330 hrs ......................................................$29,000 Case TR270, '12, 280 hrs ........................................................$39,500 Case TR270, '11, 1775 hrs ......................................................$31,900 Case TV380, '12, 680 hrs ........................................................$45,500 Case 1845C, '99, 8200 hrs ........................................................$8,900 Case 1840, '95, 4645 hrs..........................................................$10,500 Case 1835C, '89, 1755 hrs ........................................................$6,900 Case 445CT, '06, 1630 hrs........................................................$35,500 Case 440-3, '08, 2100 hrs ........................................................$26,900 Case 435, '06, 700 hrs..............................................................$26,900 Case 420, '05, 935 hrs..............................................................$17,500 Case 60XT, '04, 3095 hrs..........................................................$16,000 Case 60XT, '04, 3430 hrs..........................................................$16,200 Bobcat S300..............................................................................$34,900 Bobcat S185, '11, 520 hrs ........................................................$29,500 Bobcat T250, '08, 1795 hrs ......................................................$28,900 Bobcat 610..................................................................................$3,500 Deere 328, '08, 4135 hrs ..........................................................$21,900

Deere 326D, '12, 355 hrs..........................................................$36,900 Deere 323D, '13, 240 hrs..........................................................$48,500 Deere 260, '02, 3920 hrs ..........................................................$16,750 Deere 250, '00, 8840 hrs ..........................................................$12,900 Gehl 7810, '10, 1860 hrs ..........................................................$39,500 Gehl 5640E, '08, 3900 hrs ........................................................$19,900 Gehl 5640, '04, 3900 hrs ..........................................................$19,900 Gehl 5635, 2580 hrs ................................................................$14,500 Gehl 5240E, '11, 725 hrs ..........................................................$28,900 Gehl 5240E, '11, 2775 hrs ........................................................$22,900 Gehl 4840, '04, 2170 hrs ..........................................................$23,500 Gehl 3935, '01, 1995 hrs ..........................................................$11,900 Gehl V330, '12, 640 hrs ............................................................$42,500 Gehl V330, '12, 910 hrs ............................................................$38,900 Kubota SVL90-2HC, '12, 1375 hrs............................................$47,500 Kubota SVL90-2HC, '12, 1650 hrs............................................$42,900 Kubota SVL90-HC, '12, 1775 hrs..............................................$39,900 Mustang 2700V, '09, 730 hrs....................................................$29,900 NH LX565, '96, 3280 hrs ............................................................$8,900 Groomer BR180MP, '02, 2145 hrs............................................$37,000

(2) Alloway 20' Shredder ..........................................starting at $5,500 Alloway 15' Shredder ................................................................$11,500 Balzer 2000, 20' Shredder ........................................................$13,900 Brillion FS-1806-1 Shredder ....................................................$10,500 JD 520 Shredder ......................................................................$12,900 JD 220, 20' Shredder..................................................................$9,900 Loftness 360, 30' Shredder ......................................................$17,500 Loftness 180, 15' Shredder ........................................................$7,900 Wilrich 22' Shredder ................................................................$12,900 Woods 522CD6K Shredder ......................................................$18,900 Woods S20CD, 20' Shredder ......................................................$5,900 (2) Meyer 4620, 20' Forage Box ..............................starting at $18,500 (4) CIH 600 Forage Blower ........................................starting at $1,250 Alloway 1410 Auger ....................................................................$2,250 Buhler 856, 8x56 Auger ..............................................................$1,950 Feterl 12X72 CSWD Auger ..........................................................$8,500 Hutch 10x60 Auger ....................................................................$6,500 Mayrath 10x52 Auger..................................................................$1,450 Sudenga 12x61 Auger ..............................................................$10,500 Westfield MK130 Auger ............................................................$17,500 Westfield MK 10x71 Auger ........................................................$6,250 Meyer 3954T Manure Spreader ................................................$14,500 NH 165 Manure Spreader ..........................................................$6,950 Artsway 5165, 165 bu Grinder Mixer ........................................$24,000 Hiniker Big Ox 10' Blade ............................................................$3,995 Buhler 9' Loader ........................................................................$7,500 Gnuse F40 Loader ......................................................................$2,800 Demco 650 Grav Box ................................................................$10,500 Demco 365 Grav Box ..................................................................$6,500 DMI 280 Grav Box ......................................................................$2,850 Killbros 500 Grav Box ................................................................$4,200 Killbros 385, 400 bu Grav Box ....................................................$5,300 Parker 2500, 300 bu Grav Box....................................................$2,800 Parker 505, 550 bu Grav Box....................................................$14,900 Balzer 1250 Grain Cart ..............................................................$57,000 (2) Brent 1594, 1500 bu Grain Cart ........................starting at $75,000 (2) Brent 1194 Grain Cart ........................................starting at $41,500 (2) Brent 1082 Grain Cart ........................................starting at $36,900 Brent 882, 850 bu Grain Cart ....................................................$35,000 Brent 744, 750 bu Grain Cart ....................................................$18,500 Brent 572R Grain Cart ..............................................................$14,750 Brent 470 Grain Cart ................................................................$11,500 (2) Brent 420 Grain Cart ............................................starting at $7,950 Demco 850 Grain Cart ..............................................................$26,500 EZ Trail 710, 700 bu Grain Cart ................................................$13,900 J & M 1150-22D Grain Cart ......................................................$42,500 J & M 1050, 1000 bu Grain Cart ..............................................$32,000 J & M 875 Grain Cart................................................................$28,500 J & M 620, 620 bu Grain Cart ..................................................$13,500 J &M 525-14 Grain Cart............................................................$13,900 Killbros 1810 Grain Cart............................................................$19,900 Killbros 1400, 750 bu Grain Cart ..............................................$18,000 (3) Kinze 1050 Grain Cart ........................................starting at $38,900 Killbros 690 Grain Cart..............................................................$10,500 Parker 510, 500 bu Grain Cart ..................................................$11,500 Unverferth 8000, 800 bu Grain 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MOVE, from pg. 23continued with their big help. It was a God-sendthat these younger folks and other neighbors werethere to help when we desperately needed help,”said Louise.

There were challenges, but one of heaven’s angelsdecided to wrap its wings around the Holkers. Aneighbor, Vernon Matheis who is a contractor saidto Duane, “Let’s get you into a parlor.” Matheis andHolker went to work and again in two weeks therewas a new parlor.

“We put a double-7 parbone inside a building thatmeasured 22 feet wide and 32 feet long. We built ina milk room; even found space for a utility room.And we did an outside holding pen. The buildingwas a Lester’s Calf Nursery originally,” said Duane.

That was move number seven.“We brought our cows home. Got them used to our

new little parlor. We were at about 200 cows then.We'd sold off some cows because there wasn’tenough room anymore after the fire. We did thatfrom 2009 until September 2011. At that point,finances caught up with us. Corn was too expensive;milk was too cheap. We were buying all our feed sothe cards were stacked,” said Duane.

So a total ‘sell out’ in September 2011. Again oneof those Holker angels intervened.

“Our veterinarian was running a dairy and sheasked if we would be interested in managing herdairy. So we moved over there and managed her 90-cow dairy. It was like a breathing spell for Louiseand me after all our various stresses the previous

months. We were still in Meeker County so still feltat home.”

That was Move number eight.“We worked there for one year than a friend at

Danube, Minn., asked if we wanted to come downand join his gang for a stint until we could get goingon our own once again. We had known Odie (Jansen)for several years. He knew about our situation. Itsounded like an opportunity. We worked with Odieand his crew for two years … he had approximately160-170 cow dairy and let us build up some of ourown cow numbers again.

“But soon the same situation like we experiencedat the Greg Jans place … too many cows and notenough space,” said Duane.Starting over

The couple agreed it was time to make anothermove back into a place of their own. Meeker Countyfarmer Paul Schilling was looking for someone torent his dairy barn.

“We always longed to move back to Meeker County

because we love the area so much. Also our feed guyBrian Carlson wanted us to come back here,” saidDuane.

That dreaded stray voltage challenge flared up onthe Schilling farm. Even after trying several correc-tive measures, he finally decided to call it quits. Butthose electrical issues were later corrected when thelocal utility put in a new power line to the farm.

Duane said that he, Schilling and Carlson togetherprayed about this next decision, which would bemove number nine. Now the Holkers were losingsome amenities. This barn didn’t have a parlor. Theywere back to tie-stalls and pipeline milking.

“Back to how we started,” smiled Louise.Schilling owns 40 cows; Duane and Louise 26 cows

currently. They have 7 milking units. Lots of bendingand squatting and standing so lots of exercise forDuane, now 52, and Louise, 51. These milkingnomads named the farm Shuffle Dairy.

“We’re going to try to make this work out for usand Paul Schilling. I don’t have any plans to moveon, at least not at this point,” said Duane.

His wife however noted, “Yes, there will be onemore move. We’re currently living in an apartmentin Litchfield. We’d like to be into a house of our own.”

And that would be move number 10.“I’ve always had a passion for dairy farming. We

love our Lord. We follow him and he tells us where togo,” said Duane.

Duane and Louise Holker were interviewed by TheLand at the Minnesota Dairy Expo, St. Cloud, inDecember. ❖

Faith, friends, hard work pulled dairyers through

I’ve always had a passion fordairy farming. We love ourLord. We follow him and he tellsus where to go.

— Duane Holker

The Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — Milk sales set records in 2014,

but plummeting prices are forcing some dairy farm-ers to spill the surplus down the drain.

Already disheartened by the current glut, which isdue to global factors and overproduction, dairy farm-ers say they worry that futures markets predictdwindling prices in 2015. Over in the dairy aisle,though, shoppers are milking savings by the gallon.

“I guess I’m sorry if I’m hurting the farmer or themiddleman, but I’m certainly delighted to pay under$3 a gallon,” said Michael Kleinhenz, of Madison,Wisconsin.

Dairy farmers recognize the volatility of the indus-try. Less than a year ago, they struggled to meetglobal demand and milk prices climbed to recordhighs — about $25 per hundredweight, according toMark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis atthe University of Wisconsin.

So, many farmers bought new equipment andexpanded their herds to meet demand. But whenChina pulled back on its dairy imports after stockpil-ing milk powder and Russia imposed sanctionsagainst the United States by halting trade, dairyfarmers nationwide were left with a surplus,Stephenson said.

“We were told to bring everything to a screechinghalt,” said Norbert Hardtke, director of milk market-ing at Family First Dairy Cooperative in Madison,Wisconsin.

Every state has some dairy production, but Califor-nia and Wisconsin anchor the country’s supply. Themilk glut reached its peak in the Northeast over theholidays, when cooperatives asked farms to pour outsome of their milk.

“It’s something that no farmer likes to do ... it does-n’t feel good to just dump it out,” New York-basedNortheast Dairy Producers Association board direc-tor Jon Greenwood said.

With an excess of milk in the international market,prices for milk, butter and milk powder continue todrop. Market predictions for 2015 look worse,Hardtke said, as prices are expected to drop throughthe spring — about $13.50 per hundredweight inMarch. Dairy Farmers of America, a national mar-keting cooperative, has started charging its 15,000members 50 cents per hundredweight to account foradditional transportation fees and low prices.

The boom-and-bust cycle is just part of the busi-ness, said Greenwood, who farms in Canton, NewYork. He said feed prices are low, “so things are notas bad as they could be.” ❖

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By TIM KROHNMankato (Minn.) Free Press

MANKATO, Minn. — Motorists aren’t the onlyones smiling when they pull their pickup or car up tothe gas pump these days.

“It’s a win-win for us and our customers,” saidWade Volk, operations manager of Volk Transfer inMankato about the falling fuel prices.

While gasoline drives most American autos, dieselfuel drives much of the economy. And while thedecline in diesel prices hasn’t been as big as that ofgasoline, even a small change makes a big difference.

“Diesel didn’t trend at all with unleaded (gasoline).But when you compare the two, it’s really apples andoranges,” Volk said. “With a bigger (semi) fleet, a fewcents can equal substantial savings.” Big rigs gener-ally get about 7 to 7 1/2 mpg and their fuel tankshold between 125 and 200 gallons.

Diesel prices were around $4 a gallon or highersince early 2012 but are now below $3 in theMankato market.

Lower fuel prices are aiding a wide variety of busi-nesses and their customers, from landscaping busi-nesses and furniture movers to stores and manufac-turing plants that are paying less to move materialsand goods.

Even the power boat industry expects a boost. The

National Marine Manufacturers Association is fore-casting powerboat sales will be up 5 percent thisyear, as consumers have a little extra money in theirpockets and the thought of filling up a gas tank on ahigh-speed boat seems a little less daunting.

Oftentimes the fuel savings is a greater benefit forcustomers than a business’ bottom line.

Jerry Pietz, owner of Kato Moving and Storage,said many businesses charge a fuel surcharge to cus-tomers, so when prices are high, customers pay moreand when fuel prices are down, customers pay less.

“It comes back to us the same either way.”On interstate moves, a fuel surcharge formula

approved by the Interstate Commerce Commissiondetermines what the fuel surcharge will be, based oncurrent prices.

“It affects customers more than us. For a customer,on an 1,800-mile trip their (fuel-related) costs aremaybe lowered by a third.”

For local moves, Pietz said the fuel cost is a negligi-ble factor in the cost of a move.

The Free Press of Mankato, Minn., is a sister paperto The Land under The Free Press Media. Staffwriter Tim Krohn can be reached [email protected]. ❖

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D.J. Gossen of Green Bay, Wis., tops off the tanks onhis 18-wheeler with diesel priced below $3 a gallonJan. 19 in Mankato, Minn.

By MARK FISCHENICH Mankato (Minn.) Free Press

MANKATO, Minn. — Foul weather last June pro-duced a lightning bolt that propelled a tree limbthrough the wall of a Mankato home, blew overbuildings in the Mapleton area, caused hillsides toslide into houses near Henderson, and unleashedtorrential rains that quickly flooded houses andbusinesses in the area.

For a rural Mankato neighborhood, the torrentialdownpours and resulting high river levels were justanother in a series of body blows that threaten tosend homes toppling over a cliff into the Le SueurRiver. Two homes in particular are on the precipice.

“There is an immi-nent threat to thesehomes,” said BlueEarth County PublicWorks Director AlForsberg.

The homes on RiverPark Drive and RiverPark Court are builton high bluffs overthe river, just offCounty Road 41southeast ofMankato. Decades oferosion have turnedthe bluffs into sheercliffs, and the record-setting rains of June caused more of the remainingcushion between the cliff edge and the houses to dis-appear.

Another sudden sloughing away of the top of thecliff could take the houses over the edge and plung-ing as much as 60 feet into the river.

“It very well could happen this spring or, if not, thefollowing spring,” Forsberg said.‘They’re our citizens’

While most federal disaster aid addresses damagealready caused by a storm, the Hazard MitigationGrant Program offers grants to state and local govern-ments to reduce the loss of life and property from long-term hazards after a federally declared major disaster.

The homeowners — Carol and James Mellies andDavid and Tamy Munsen — came to the county afterseeing most of their remaining backyards disappearafter the June rains. While the county isn’t offeringany financial assistance, it agreed to seek fundingfrom the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, serve asthe fiscal agent, and supervise the demolition andremoval of the buildings.

“They’re our citizens, so we’re interested in helpingthem,” Forsberg said. “And there’s an environmentalconcern because you don’t want these homes fallinginto the river.”

It’s far from a cost-free fix for the homeowners,Forsberg said, beyond the trauma of losing theirhome. The Munsens bought their home 20 years ago,the Mellieses six.

“They have to pay what the federal and state gov-ernments won’t pay, which is a substantial differ-ence,” he said.

If the grant application is successful, the FederalEmergency Management Agency will pay 75 percentof the appraised value of the properties and 75 per-cent of the cost of the demolition and removal, theclosing of wells, the filling of basements and grading.The Munsens and Mellieses will be responsible forthe remaining 25 percent.

Appraisals won’t be done until after FEMAapproves the grant, but the assessed values of theMunsen and Mellies properties are $199,300 and$173,400, respectively, according to county taxrecords. If the appraised values matched theassessed values, the FEMA payments would beabout $149,500 and $130,000 for each home —minus the 25 percent property owner share of thedemolition, disposal and clean-up costs.

Both families agreed to accept those terms beforethe grants were formally submitted, Forsberg said.‘So many emotions’

The Mellies didn’t respond to requests by The FreePress for comment. David Munsen said it was too dif-ficult to talk about the looming loss of his longtimehome.

“There are so many emotions involved,” Munsensaid.

The county investigated the possibility of relocat-

ing the homes, but a house-moving firm said thetask would be difficult because of the style of thehomes and the proximity of the sheer cliff.

“They didn’t feel it was practical or even safe,”Forsberg said.

The odds of the grant being approved appearstrong.

“Every indication we’ve received is the applicationis appropriate and very well done,” Forsberg said.

That doesn’t mean it will prompt a quick decisionby the bureaucracy. Another month of waiting islikely.

The county went through a similar process fiveyears ago, serving as the fiscal agent and construc-tion manager when the Dick and Pat Hasher homenear Garden City had to be removed when it wasthreatened by erosion from the Watonwan River in2010.

The number of bureaucratic hoops appears tohave increased since then.

“As the years have gone by and there have beensome abuses around the country, FEMA has tight-ened up their process,” Forsberg said.

Aid sought to buy homes with river erosion risk

See EROSION, pg. 30

Pat Christman/Mankato Free Press

Just a trickle in January, the Le Sueur River has eroded river bluffs into steep cliffs following multiple heavyfloods. Homes above the river, including the lighter colored one on the left, may be purchased and demol-ished with federal disaster assistance to keep them from plunging into the river.

There is animminent threatto these homes.... It very wellcould happenthis spring or, ifnot, the follow-ing spring.

— Al Forsberg

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EROSION, from pg. 29‘Scooping away’

Once approval is received, plenty of work wouldremain. Appraisals need to be done, the purchasesfinalized, and the demolition and cleanup completed.With that much left to accomplish, Forsberg, the con-tractor removing the homes and the families mightbe some of the very few Minnesotans hoping winterlasts longer than normal thisyear.

“Our whole goal is to get it donebefore the spring run-off,” Fors-berg said.

For now, the families are stillliving in the homes.

At least some of their neighborsexpect they will eventually be fac-ing the same loss as the Melliesesand the Munsens. They’re just notsure whether that fate is months,years or decades away.

“The river’s going to continue scooping away,” saidDavid Johnson of 308 River Park Drive.

On one March night during flooding five years ago— another in the frequently occurring floods thatwere once categorized as “100-year floods” — a majorpiece of Johnson’s property and even more from DonWaskosky next door disappeared.

“In 2010 when we had the big flood we lost, rightbehind the house, about 10 feet and toward David’shouse about 20 feet of soil,” Waskosky said. “... Theview of the river is nice. But not that close.”‘Just a beaver dam’

An erosion-control project done by the Departmentof Natural Resources attempted to direct the river’sflow toward the middle of the stream rather than thebank below the homes of Johnson and Waskosky.

Waskosky said the project helped protect his land

during last June’s floods: “It slowed down the waterand took some of the power away.”

The bank stabilization in four places near theneighborhood was financed in part with $247,000 inLegacy Act funding and aimed to reduce sediment inthe river, along with protecting the homes. The proj-ect involved an innovative method that embeddedtree trunks — covered with rocks and mud — at crit-ical points along the bank.

But damage to a V-weir ended up directing moreflow toward Johnson’s bank and eroded away thestabilization structures that he had spent substan-tial money and hundreds of hours of labor to helpput in place.

Johnson remembers the skepticism of some neigh-bors when the project was underway in 2011.

“And they were right,” he said. “I remember oneneighbor saying, ‘Oh, this is just abeaver dam.’”‘Look to the skies’

The course of the erosion on thetop of the bank on River ParkCourt is moving toward Johnson’shome.

“That, I think, eventually willtake my property,” he said.

Still, he knows two of his neigh-bors are facing that prospectalmost immediately.

“I don’t think there’s three feetbetween the back of their home and this steep cliff,”he said of the Mellieses.

And the Munsens have watched their property dis-appearing for decades.

“They have lived with this for years, gave up theirbackyard a long time ago,” he said. “I feel bad forthem.”

As for his property, Johnson said Department ofNatural Resources officials have suggested they’dlike to fix the V-weir. But any funding won’t comeuntil after the spring snow-melt.

“Every day I look to the skies,” he said, “and won-der how much of a spring flood we’re going to have.”

The Free Press of Mankato, Minn., is a sister paperto The Land under The Free Press Media. Staff writerMark Fischenich can be reached [email protected]. ❖

Homeowner: River view nice, ‘but not that close’

This Blue Earth County home is one of two inimminent danger of plunging off a cliff into theLe Sueur River. Officials are awaiting federalapproval and funding to remove the homes,something they hope will come before theriver rises in the spring.

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In 2010 when we hadthe big flood we lost,right behind the house,about 10 feet andtoward David’s houseabout 20 feet of soil.

— Don Waskosky

As the new year is born, today’s farmwife is not satisfied with the same old res-olutions made every year for us by weight-loss and wrinkle cream companies. Shewants to fill the self-improvement tankwith her own list that makes a lot moresense to her everyday life.

This year she promises not to howl whenshe brings supper to the field expecting sixor seven to feed, and finding more than adozen hungry faces around her car. Shemay still panic and apologize for smallerportions, but she will resolve to cover it upby saying she wants everyone to try outthat whole Blue Zone thing. Then she will promptlyignore the looks she gets because those looks reallybelong to someone who should have told her howmany people she would be feeding.

She resolves to work on knowing all of the fieldnames when she delivers meals, manpower or equip-ment to said fields. She also will work on knowingwhere the field driveways are at night so the neigh-bors don’t think she’s a year-round nipper of theeggnog.

She promises not to swear out loud as she mendsthe pliers pockets of her husband’s blue jeans andinsulated coveralls. Oh, she’ll be swearing all right— she just resolves to do that under her breath thisyear. Resolving to keep it in perspective, it would bean even worse scenario if the pliers showed up miss-ing someday because of an unrepaired hole, resultingin a marriage that also needs repairing. Those pliers

are irreplaceable, you know.She promises to try to understand her fault in it

when the sheep or goats get into the garden. Badfences — or no fences — around the garden are justasking for trouble on a sheep and goat farm. Adam inthe Garden of Eden eventually realized he shouldnot have eaten the forbidden fruit from the Tree ofKnowledge. Sooner or later, the sheep and goats alsoeat the forbidden fruit — except they don’t knowanything more afterwards than they did before.

Pity.She promises to be grateful as she sweeps up the

hundred-thousandth pile of corn/soybeans/oats off ofthe basement floor. It means there was adequaterain and sunshine, and able-bodied people to help getit from the fields and into the house. I mean the bins.

She will remember, because of past experiences, to

wear a more heavy-duty kind of over-the-shoulderunmentionable when she runs the disk ripper in thefall. Those bumpy fields are not for the weak ofspine nor the more generously endowed of thefemale persuasion. The right kind of support couldsave her from a lifetime of double vision.

She resolves to look at the enormous laundry pile(and the manure smells emanating from it) withpatience and understanding. After all, there aremany who have never been blessed with family tocreate such a wonderful consumer of time, waterand laundry soap.

She will remember that caring about weather andmarkets will do more for her marriage than thelocal beautician ever could. Beauty is fleeting —and the weather and markets often make sure thathappens. If you both get the same worry lines, whoreally cares about them?

She will resolve to take better care of her husbandby suggesting more firmly that he go to a doctorwhen necessary, then see to it that he extracts him-self from the farm to go to an appointment. Thefarm wife runs many errands, but since his teethand other samples they need are inside of him,there is only so much she can do about running thaterrand for him.

Finally, she resolves to stop making promises.Once when she did that she ended up having towash manure-laden clothing and deal with the mar-kets for the rest of her life.

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This year she promisesnot to howl when shebrings supper to the fieldexpecting six or seven tofeed, and finding morethan a dozen hungryfaces around her car. TABLE TALK

By Karen Schwaller

Uprooting an elderlyloved one and movingthem into your home isdifficult enough, but addto that the resistance youmay receive, and the care-giving becomes an all-encompassing activity.Your loved one’s naturaltendency is to resist careand assistance, if onlybecause they do not wantto think of themselves asold or frail.

Often caregivers willbecome easily angeredand irritated at thethought of a loved onerefusing care and thisconflict can be very dam-aging to the entire care-giver-care recipient expe-rience. Understanding the stress and loss ofindependence your loved one faces when they give uptheir home is the first step in easing the tense situa-tion.

Here are a few other ideas that may be helpful ifyou are experiencing any resistance in your dailycaregiving.

• Allow the loved one to have a part in the decision

making process surround-ing their care and well-being. Do not let them feelthey have no part in theirfuture, and allow them thechance to voice their viewabout the care they wouldlike to receive.

• The older adult maywant to start a fight orbring up past actions thatoccurred, but remainfocused on the matter oftheir care, and do not takepart and say anything youmay regret later.

• Remember to think ofyour own needs, and setlimits in the amount ofwork you’re willing to takeon. Perhaps you providethe in-home care for them,

but are unwilling to bathe them, yet your loved onerefuses to allow a home-care aide to assist you.Explaining your feelings to your relative and beinghonest with what you’re willing to help with canallow you the control of the situation.

• Be willing to work with the older adult in order tofind some kind of agreement. Whether they refuse

Handling care resistance from older adults

See CAREGIVING, pg. 32

You are the ruler of the roost.Your nest is feathered just the way

you want it, you’ve got a little nestegg, nobody’s henpecking you, you’rethe cock of the walk at home, and nowthat you’re an empty-nester, you dowhat you want. Life is good.

And if anybody calls you a bigchicken, you might want to thankthem. See why in “Why Did theChicken Cross the World?” by AndrewLawler.

Take every dog, cat, pig and cow onearth today, add in all the rats andwhat would you have? A big mess, that’s for sure,but that assemblage would still pale in comparisonto the worlds’ birds — and that includes some 20billion chickens.

“... the chicken,” says Lawler, “is universal ...”So how did that happen? How did an ancient, wily

jungle fowl become common in barnyard, breakfast,and boasting?

The short answer is that scientists don’t exactlyknow. They’re not even sure which came first: thebird to us or us to the bird. They do know that thechicken crossed the world because “we took it withus” a long time ago but, though it can trace itsancestry back to the dinosaurs, the remains ofancient chicken dinners are rare.

Chickens can come in many shapes, sizes, and col-ors: You can get a palm-sized pet pullet or a giganticmonster-chicken to ruffle the neighbors’ feathers.Gallus Gallus Domesticus is on all continents

(except Antarctica, where they’rebanned) and in all countries (exceptVatican City, where there’s no placeto keep them). Wherever they’vegone, they’ve adapted quite well —so much so that scientists foundchickens near Chernobyl that are able to shake offradioactive toxicity.

We, of course, eat chicken before it’s born and afterit’s dead. We use it in medical treatments, fertilizer,crafts, and religion. We made the chicken into an epi-thet, a riddle, a mania in both London and America,and livestock that once ensured egg money for slaveand housewife alike.

And its future? Well, let’s just say it could be out ofthis world ...

It may seem hard to believe but author AndrewLawler says that there are people today who’ve neverseen a chicken outside of a grocery store or restau-rant. This book may make them want to change allthat.

Indeed, “Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?” isa whole flock of fun. Lawler mixes science and his-

tory with a good amount of barnyardpeeks to show that the lowly fowl is not

so foul; in fact, researchers haveproven that chickens are no dumbclucks. Lawler also takes us on a tripto see where the bird has gone, thenhe investigates where it’s going byvisiting large corporate processors.That makes for a well-rounded,informative, and highly enjoyablebook.

Definitely, farmers and backyardcoopers will like this book and if you’rean animal lover or a big chicken, you’llwant to bring it home to roost. For you,“Why Did the Chicken Cross theWorld?” is a book you’ll crow about.

■

Want more egg-selent books like this?Then look for “Extraordinary Goats” by

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Also look for “The Call of the Farm” by RochelleBilow, the story of a woman who got “hooked” on aday in the life of a farm — so much so, that she leftbehind her big-city life in order to be a country girlfor a year. What she found, well ... read the book.

Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or alibrary near you. You may also find the book at onlinebook retailers.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri hasbeen reading since she was 3 years old and never goesanywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin withthree dogs and 10,000 books. ❖

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CAREGIVING, from pg. 31full-time care and you disagree entirely, consideralternatives such as a weekly visit from a health aideand Meals on Wheels service that may ease tensionand be agreed upon by both of you.

• Realize that they are more than likely not goingto be happy about the situation, and focus on main-taining the quality of care. They may not look for-ward to having someone bathe them and cook forthem, but you can see a difference in their care andlet the senior in time grow accustomed to the change.

• Do not make the situation entirely about them,instead allow them to see it through your eyes to getan idea the work you put forth. Tell them the stressand workload you face and their understanding andwillingness to resist you in the future may be less-ened. They will look at it as an opportunity to helpyou in the process of them receiving the aid.

• Work up to changing your loved one’s life and donot suddenly start changing everything they havegrown accustomed to over the years. Alert them toany fears you may have, prepare them for anychanges, and be as calm and positive as possible toreassure them it is for the best.

• Plan ahead in case of a sudden decline in healthor hospitalization, because it is at these momentswhere you may face little resistance and can altertheir daily care in the manner you see appropriate.

Information adapted from article in Fearless Care-giver Newsletter Tuesday January 24, 2012 — IssueNo. 70.

This article was submitted by Gail Gilman Wald-ner, Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging programdeveloper and University of Minnesota professoremeritus. She may be contacted [email protected] or (507) 389-8869. ❖

Realize they likely won’t be happy with change

... Focus on maintaining quality ofcare. They may not look forward tohaving someone bathe them andcook for them, but you can see adifference in their care and let thesenior in time grow accustomed tothe change.

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Sell your land or real estatein 30 days for 0% commis-sion. Call Ray 507-339-1272

We have extensive lists ofLand Investors & farm buy-ers throughout MN. We al-ways have interested buy-ers. For top prices, go withour proven methods over

thousands of acres. Serving Minnesota

Mages Land Co & Auc Servwww.magesland.com

800-803-8761

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TRACTORS – COLLECTOR TRACTORS – COMBINES – HEADS– SKID LOADERS – FORAGE-HAY-FEEDING EQUIPMENT – PLANTERS

– ASST. MACHINERY – VEHICLES – TRUCKS - TRAILERSOur New Year Auction Event will be held at the Wieman Auction Facility located 1 mile south and 1⁄2 mile west onHighway 44 from Marion SD on:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH – 8:45 CSTLunch by Presbyterian Church Ladies

TRACTORS – COLLECTOR TRACTORS – PAY LOADERS – SKID LOADERS – CONSTRUCTIONJD Tractors: JD 9630, CAH, PS, 1800 hrs, 710’s, sharp; ‘14 JD 6210, MFD, CAH, 400 hrs, joystick w/duals & JD H380 Ldr w/grapple; ‘14 JD 6170R, MFD, CAH,400 hrs, joystick w/JD H360 Ldr w/grapple; 2 – ‘13 & ‘14 JD 6125R, MFD, CAH, 500 hrs, joystick w/JD H340 Ldr w/grapple; ‘13 JD 6140R, MFD, CAH, 171 hrsw/JD H340 Ldr & joystick; ‘12 JD 6100D, MFD, CAH, 400 hrs w/JD 673 Ldr; JD 7230 Premium, MFD, CAH, PQ w/LHR, 2630 hrs w/duals, auto steer ready, 24sp, sharp; ‘07 JD 8230, MFD, CAH, 4 hyd., 46” duals, 3650 hrs; ‘03 JD 8420, MFD, 5000 hrs; ‘97 JD 8400, MFD, 10K hrs; ‘08 JD 7130 Premium, MFD, CAH, PQw/LHR, 1900 hrs; 0’4 JD 7420, MFD, CAH, PQ w/LHR, 8500 hrs w/JD 741 Ldr w/grapple; ‘95 JD 7800, MFD, CAH, PQ, 8448 hrs w/Miller PL3 Ldr; ‘93 JD 7700,MFD, CAH, PQ w/JD 740 Ldr; JD 7730, MFD, IVT, LHR, 20,000 hrs; JD 6330 Premium, MFD, PQ w/LHR, 14,000 hrs; JD 6230, MFD, PQ, LHR, 8300 hrs; ‘75 JD4630, CAH; CIH Tractors: ‘04 CIH STX 450 Quad Trac, PS, 6000 hrs; ‘12 CIH 235, MFD, CAH, 1600 hrs, duals & wts, sharp; ‘11 CIH 260, MFD, 1300 hrs, duals& wts; ‘12 CIH 180, MFD, CAH, 1639 hrs w/CIH Ldr mts; ‘08 CIH 165 Puma, MFD, CAH, 4490 hrs w/CIH 770 Ldr w/grapple; ‘11 CIH Maxxum 140 Pro, MFD,CAH, 2500 hrs w/CIH 760 Ldr w/joystick & grapple; CIH MXU 125, MFD, CAH w/CIH 156 Ldr; IHC 5288, CAH, 9500 hrs; ‘81 IHC 1086, CAH, 7216 hrs; ‘75 Case2670, CAH, 4x4, 3 pt; AC Tractors: ‘95 Agco Allis 9630, MFD, CAH, PS, 8600 hrs; ‘84 AC 8050, MFD, CAH, PD, 6219 hrs, sharp; NH/Ford Tractors: ‘07 NHT6070 Plus, MFD, CAH, 1641 hrs w/NH 840TL Ldr; ‘06 NH TG275, MFD, SS, PS, 2757 hrs w/duals; ‘06 NH TG215, MFD, SS, PS, 3300 hrs w/duals; ‘96 NH 9482,CAH, 6314 hrs w/Degelman 14’ dozer; Ford 420 Diesel schuttle, WF, cab w/Ford Ldr; COLLECTOR TRACTORS: ‘68 JD 4020, D., WF, 3 pt, cab; ‘56 JD 420, gas,WF, 3 pt, restored (all green); JD B, NF; IHC 450, gas, WF, 2 pt. w/Dual 325 Ldr; IHC 660 Diesel Wheatland w/PTO; ’36 IHC F12; Case 580 CK gas tractor, 3 pt, 2hyd.; ‘50 JD 50, NF; MM JT Twin City tractor; AC WC, NF; IHC 826 D., WF, 2 pt, cab, not running; IHC 460 gas, NF, not running; IHC Super MTA, gas, NF w/Dual325 Ldr, not running; IHC M, NF w/IHC 7’ sickle mower; Collector Machinery: JI Case 5 x 14 plow; Case 13’ PT chisel; Case NT sq. baler w/engine; JD All Steelgear; Adams PT road grader; JD 1 1⁄2 stationary engine; Witte 4 Hp stationary engine; PAY LOADERS – SKID LOADERS – CONSTRUCTION – ATTACHMENTS:‘97 Volvo L70C pay loader, 16,000 hrs; Terex 7251 pay loader, 3 yd. bucket; ‘12 NH L230, CAH, 90 Hp, 100 hrs, sharp, like new; ‘02 NH LS170 D. open, 3200 hrs;Case 440 skid loader; ‘00 JD 260 skid Ldr, high flow, 1146 hrs; Bobcat 720 gas skid Ldr w/bucket & forks; Mustang 930A Diesel, 1571 hrs; Clark electric 6000#warehouse forklift; Yale 5000# LP gas forklift; Asst. of new skid loader attachments (pallet forks, buckets, rock buckets, trash buckets, hyd. post augers & etc.);

COMBINES - CORN HEADS – FLEX HEADS – GRAIN CARTS – GRAIN HANDLING‘12 JD S660 combine, 624/456 hrs, 4x4, loaded; 04 JD 9860, duals, 2594/1816 hrs; ‘05 JD 9760 STS, 2100 sep. hrs, duals, CM; 05 JD 9660 STS, 2113/1464,duals, loaded; ‘04 JD 9660 STS, CM, 3421/2377 hrs, duals, loaded; ‘03 JD 9750 STS, CM, 3800/2800 hrsm duals; ‘00 JD 9550 Walker, 3500/2400 hrs; ‘95 JD9600, duals, 6000/4200; ‘77 JD 6600 side hill hydro, chop, 4035 hrs; ‘91 JD 9500, chop, 5370/3528, single point; ‘01 CIH 2388, chop, trap, 3800/2600 hrs; ‘99CIH 2388, chop, trap, 30.5 x 32, low hrs, sharp; 9’1 CIH 1640, chop, trap, 4400 hrs; ‘91 CIH 1660, 2965 hrs; ‘82 NH TR75, 3700 hrs, chopper; Corn Heads: JDHeads: (444, 643’s, 693’s, 843’s, 893’s, 608C’s, 1293’s, 612C’s) CIH Heads: (1063’s, 1083’s, 2208’s); Flex Heads: JD Heads: (920’s, 925, 930’s, 930F’s, 630’s,635’s); CIH Heads: (1020’s – 20’s, 25’s, 30’s) (2020’s – 25’, 30’, 35’) (2012 3020 – 35’); ‘99 Gleaner 800 – 30’; Dummy Heads: IHC 810 w/Melroe PU; HeaderTrailers: New MD 32’ & 38’ header trailers; asst. of new & used 25’, 30’ & 35’ header trailers; Grain Carts – Wagons – Augers – Grain Vacs: Unverferth 8250 CA800 bu. grain cart w/tarp; Brent 672 CA grain cart w/scale & tarp; 2 – Brent 640 gravity boxes w/gears & brakes; Several gravity boxes; ‘13 Mayrath 8 x 56 auger;Feterl 12 x 86 auger w/swing hopper; Mayrath 13 x 92 auger; Batco 18 x 35 belt conveyor; ‘08 Brandt 5000EX grain vac; New Flex Star 220 grain vac; Feterl rotarygrain screener;

The Jesse Ortman Estate – Marion SD will sell (Call Ron Ortman 605-351-7987 for more info): ‘69 Case 1030 D., WF, duals; ‘64 Case 730 D. Caseomatic,NF w/Schwartz loader; IHC M w/Dual Loader; 2 – Demco 365 gravity boxes w/gears, like new; IHC 45 field cult, 15’, 3 pt; IHC 475 disk, 18’; Mayrath 6 x 27’portable auger w/engine; Westfield 8 x 36 auger; ‘04 Ford F150 Pickup, ext. cab, V8 auto, 2WD, 41,400 miles, sharp: 3 pt blade, 6’; 1000 gallon fuel tank w/pump;

Plus A Large Assortment of Swathers; Moco’s; Balers; Rakes; Bale Processors; Feeder Wagons; Forage Equip.; Manure Spreaders; Grinder Mixers;Planters (4 Row to 24 Row & 31 Row); Drills; Sprayers; Seed Tenders; Planter Attachments; Tillage; Snow Blowers; Land Roller; Trucks; Trailers; Vehicles;Snowmobiles; Golf Carts; ATV’s; Tires & Misc.Auctioneers Note: A portion of the Auction will be available on Proxibid.com for online bidding with a 2 1⁄2% buyer’s premium with a max of $750.00 per item.Another large interesting sale! Older Machinery sells at 9:00 AM sharp with 2 auction rings all day, 3rd ring starts @ 11:00 will sell vehicles-trailers-trucks. SouthDakota sales tax will be charged. This ad is subject to additions and deletions. All consignments must have been approved by the Wieman’s. We have excellentloading and unloading equipment. We appreciate your business. We are in our 67th year of selling. Honest and fair treatment to all. Financing and truckingavailable. Sorry we are full! Come prepared to Buy! If you are driving a good distance – call to make sure your item is here. (Welcome to the “Machinery Mall ofSouth Dakota”).

Our Next Auction is June 3, 2015

WIEMAN LAND & AUCTION CO., INC. (SINCE 1949) MARION SD • 605-648-3111 or 1-800-251-3111

AUCTION SITE: 605-648-3536 or 1-888-296-3536EVENINGS: Derek Wieman 605-660-2135 • Mike Wieman 605-297-4240 • Kevin Wieman 605-648-3439

Richard Wieman 605-648-3264 • Gary Wieman 605-648-3164For a detailed ad and some pictures call our office

or visit our website at: www.wiemanauction.com • e-mail address: [email protected]

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TRACTORS2012 CIH MAGNUM 235, MFD, 550 HRS2012 CIH MAGNUM 190, MFD, 815 HRS2010 CIH MAGNUM 215, MFD, 865 HRS2007 CIH MAGNUM 305, MFD,2205 HRS

2006 CIH MAGNUM 245, MFD,2800 HRS

1999 CIH MX 240, MFD, PS, 4052 HRS1997 CIH 8910, TWD, LDR, 6000 HRS1990 CIH 7130, MFD, PS, 5200 HRS2009 CIH 125 PRO, MFD, LDR,1424 HRS

2002 CIH MX 120, MFD, LDR, 4490 HRS1995 CIH 5220, TWD, 3990 HRS2014 CIH 75A, TWD, OS, 100 HRS1981 IH 986, TWD, 5290 HRS2012 JD 9510R, BAREBACK, 420 HRS2002 JD 9320, BB, 24 SPD, 4339 HRS2006 JD 8330, MFD, PS, 2017 HRS1997 JD 8100, TWD, PS, 3650 HRS2011 JD 7130 PREMIUM, MFD, PQ,2200 HRS

2005 JD 7820, MFD, PQ, 4115 HRS1993 JD 7600, TWD, PQ, 5023 HRS1997 JD 7210, MFD, PQ, LDR, 3990 HRS2013 JD 6125M, MFD, PQ, 360 HRS2006 JD 6320, SYNCRO, TWD1992 JD 4960, MFD, PS, 5130 HRS1991 JD 4455, TWD, QR, 6450 HRS1981 JD 4440, TWD, QR, 5500 HRS1976 JD 4630, TWD, QR, 4500 HRSW/NEW LDR

1975 JD 4430, TWD, QR1964 JD 4020, OS, SYNCRO,4990 ORIGINAL HRS

2013 JD 1023E, MFD, LDR, 15 HRS.2004 JD 4410, MFD, LDR, 920 HRS1998 JD 4200, MFD, LDR, 1300 HRSBOBCAT CT225 MFD, LDR, 150 HRS2011 CHALLENGER 765C, WG,1688 HRS

2000 CAT 65E, 3500 HRS2008 CHALLENGER 525B, MFD,2680 HRS

2010 NH T7060, MFD, PS, 4400 HRS1997 NH 8970, MFD, PS, 7800 HRS2008 NH TD80D, MFD, 1550 HRS1996 MF 8160, MFD, 3030 HRS1990 MF 3660, MFD, 5940 HRS1990 CIH 9270, PS, BB1989 VERSATILE 846, BB, 7250 HRSMF 383 W/LDR, BAD CLUTCH-SALVAGEMF 255-BAD MOTOR-SALVAGE

COMBINES1998 CIH 2388, RT, FT, 3350/2590 HRS1998 CIH 2366, 3700/2900 HRS1993 CIH 1644, RT, 4100 HRS1981 JD 4420, 2672 HRS2005 JD 9760 STS, CM, 2900/2100 HRSHEADS2010 CIH 3406, HD, KR2002 CIH 2208, HD, KR1999 CIH 1063, POLY

JD 6431998 CIH 1020, 302001 CIH 1020, 251995 CIH 1020, 201988 CIH 1020, 171⁄2CONSTRUCTION2010 NH L218, 2200 HRS2009 BOBCAT T250, CAH, 2000 HRS2012 BOBCAT S650, CAH, 2400 HRS.2007 JD CT322, CAH, 2 SPD, 2000 HRS2010 JD 318D, CAH, 460 HRS2012 NH C227, CAH, 2 SPD, 638 HRSCHAMPION ROLLER1998 GMC 7500 SERVICE TRUCK-CRANE-COMP.

SHEEPSFOOT ROLLER, 48” DRUM,ATTACHMENTSRHINO 6 FT MOWERASV 84” 6-WAY BLADEHLA 84” 6-WAY BLADENEW 10 FT SNOW BOX2-NEW 8 FT SNOW BOXESNEW 74” ROOT GRAPPLENEW 72” ROCK BUCKETNEW 66” BUCKETNEW WOODS 48” FORKSNEW HAY SPEARNEW POST PULLERJD PA30 POSTHOLE DIGGERVERMEER TREE SPADEHYD THUMB-OFF CAT 31240” EXC BUCKET-OFF JD 490HAY & FORAGE & BLADESNEW IDEA 4643 BALERJD 946, MOCO, 13’ DISC BINENH 116 HAYBINE, CENTER PIVOTKEENAN KLASSIK 200 MIXER WAGONFRONTIER RB2307, 7 FT BLADEALLIED 15120, 10 FT BLADEJD 524, 8 FT FRONT BLADE- CAME OF 4440

MOWERS2014 WOODS BW 180X, 15 FT-LIKE NEW

WOODS BW 1800, 15 FT WOODS BW 180, 15 FTWOODS RD 7200 FINISH MOWERWOODS BB48X JD 275, 9FT DISC MOWERJD 520 HIGH SPEED FLAIL MOWER-NICE

PACKERS & CRUMBLERSBRILLION XL144, 30 FT, NICE BRILLION XL144, 26 FT2-BRILLION X108, 25 FT BRILLION X108, 23 FTUNVERFERTH 75, 18 FT CHOPPERUNVERFERTH 75, 12 FT CHOPPER,LIKE NEW

UNV 1225, 28 FT ROLLING HARROW,LIKE NEW

UNV 1225, 31 FT ROLLING HARROWDMI 321⁄2 FT CRUMBLER DALBO MAXI CUT 600, 22 FT, KNIFEROLLER, LIKE NEW

PLANTERS & DRILLS2009 KINZE 3500, 8R15, VAC W/LIQ-NICE

2006 KINZE 3600, 16R302002 KINZE 3600, 12R23, NT2004 JD 1770NT, 16R30, LIQ VAC1997 JD 1770, 16R30, LIQ VAC1998 JD 1750 8R30, DRY VAC2000 JD 1750 6R302002 JD 1750 4R, DRY CONS. FPUJD 7200 6R30, CONS. VAC LIQJD 7200 6R30, LIQ VACGP 6030 6R30 W/LIQWHITE 6100, 12R30WHITE 6100, 4R30 DRY1999 JD 1530NT DRILL & CART1994 JD 750 15 FT, NT DRILL1992 JD 750 15 FT, NT, W/SEEDER-GOOD

CIH 5400 15 FT NT DRILLPLOWS & CULTIVATORSJD 2600, 4X, ASR PLOW-NEW IRONJD 2000, 5X TOGGLE PLOWIH 720 6X, ASR ONLAND PLOW2-IH 720 5X, ASR PLOWSWHITE 588 6X, ASR PLOWCIH 1830, 6R30 CULTIVATORRIPPERS & CHISELS2011 KRAUSE 4850, 21 FTDOMINATOR-NICE

BLUE JET 5 SH DISC RIPPER DISCBRILLION SC-2, 5 SH DISC RIPPERDISC

SUNFLOWER 4511, 9 SH DISC CHISELDISC-VERY NICE

SUNFLOWER 4212, 9 SH SOIL SAVERBRILLION SB3, 11 SH SOIL SAVER-CLEAN

LANDOLL 9 SH SOIL SAVERGLENCOE SS9 SOIL SAVERJD 710, 7 SH SOIL SAVERIH 5500, 17 SH PULL TYPE CHISELWHITE 458, 10 SH, 3 PT CHISEL CASE 6 SH, 3 PT CHISEL BUSH HOG 11 SH PULL TYPE CHISELDISCSUNFLOWER 6630-29 VTSUNFLOWER 1434, 33 FT RF DISC-CLEAN

LANDOLL 6230, 33 FT RF DISCJD 637, 32 FT RF DISC-NEW BLADESJD 637, 25 FT DISC- LOW ACRES WHITE 271, 24 FT RF DISC-NICEIH 475, 16 FT CIH 760 14 FT OFFSETKRAUSE 4900, 21 FT RF DISCKRAUSE 2200, 16 FT RF DISCKEWANEE 800, 12 FT RF DISCFINISHERS & FIELD CULTIVATORSJD 726 21’9” FINISHER-CLEAN SUNFLOWER 6331, 18 FT FINISHER LANDOLL 850, 25 FT FINISHER SUNFLOWER 6430, 30 FT FINISHERDMI TIGERMATE 30 FT 3 BAR CTCIH 4800, 26 FT 3 BAR SPIKE

CIH 4500, 20 FT JD 960, 21 FT 3 BAR CTJD 1010, 20 FT 3 BAR CT WILRICH 3400, 42 FT 3 BAR SPIKEWILRICH 2500, 24 FT 3 BAR CTHINIKER 4500, 32 FT W/BUSTER BARBER-VAC 615, 34 FT FIELD CULTIVATORCARTS & TRAILERSBRENT 674 GRAIN CART-CLEANBRENT 420 GRAIN CART W/SCALESEZ TRAIL 475 GRAIN CARTJ&M 250 WAGON W/BRUSH AUGER2007 FARMASTER 36 FT HOPPERAGRITRADERS 30 FT HOPPERMISCELLANOUS2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA,455,000 ACTUAL MILES

INT 9670 SEMI TRACTOR,771,000 MILES

JD 620I GATORNEW NH 270 LDRWESTGO ROCK PICKERPINCOR GENERATORLAND PRIDE PD55 DITCHERDANUSER 3 PT POST HOLE DIGGERBRADCO 612 3 PT TRENCHER WOODS BSS60 3 PT GRADER BLADENEW KING KUTTER 6 FT TILLERJD 4039T NEW WG 975 GALLON FUEL TRAILER+ DEF

KELLY B60, 3 PT BACKHOEODB 8 FT 3 PT SWEEPERVARIOUS DUALS TRAILS–9+10 BOLT

NOTE: Due to early printing there will be additions and deletions • NO SALES after January 10th, 2015AUCTIONEERS: Mike Berger AU#0870052 • Gary Olsen AU#01031658 • Roger Ford AU#01026697 • Kelly Hoffman AU#10100019 • Gary Horras, Ringman • Steve Feldman, Clerk

DIRECTIONS: 5 mlles north of Junction US 30 & SR 15 at Warsaw or 9 miles south of Junction US 6 & 15 at New Paris,50 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, 50 miles southeast of South Bend, 110 miles from Chicago and Indianapolis.

ALL ITEMS must be removed from the lot by February 16, 2015 • NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED! EVERYTHING SELLS!

Polk Equipment, Inc. • 6407 North State Road 15 • Leesburg, Indiana 46538 • 574-453-2411

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TRACTORS WILL BE SOLDAFTER EQUIPMENT

Local Motels inWarsaw, Indiana

• Super 8 - 574-268-2888• Wyndham Garden - 574-269-2323

• Comfort Inn - 574-269-6655• Holiday Inn Express

574-268-1600• Hampton Inn - 574-268-2600

Local Airport:Warsaw - 5 milesMajor Airports:

South Bend orFort Wayne - 50 miles

TERMS:Cash or Good Check on the day of

the Auction. NO EXCEPTIONSONLINE BIIDDERS SHOULD

PRE-REGISTER 48 HRS IN ADVANCEat www.polkequipment.com

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‘11 JD 9870STS, PWRD, 800R38,960 eng./689 sep. hrs. ..$299,000

‘09 JD 7130, MFWD, 121 hp.,480-80R38, 3 hyds., loader,500 hrs.............................$89,900

‘12 JD 7230R, MFWD, 230 hp.,480-80R46, 4 hyds., 788 hrs.......................................$179,900


‘12 JD 9510R, 4WD, 510 hp.,76x50, 371 hrs. ....................CALL

‘10 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp.,800-70R38, 4 hyds., 958 hrs.

............................$277,000

‘09 JD DB44 Planter, 24R22, CCS,Seedstar ........................$144,900

‘13 JD S660, AWD, 710-70R38,256 eng./183 sep. hrs. ..$330,000


‘13 JD 9560RT Track, 560 hp.,36” belts, 4 hyds., 598 hrs.......................................$345,000

‘12 JD 1790 Planter, 24R20, CCS,Seedstar, 3600 hrs. ........$124,000

‘12 JD S670, AWD, 650-85R38,378 eng./158 sep. hrs. ..$340,000

‘12 JD 6125R, MFWD, 138 hp.,460-85R38, 3 hyds., loader,345 hrs...........................$108,000

‘13 JD 9560R, 4WD, 560 hp.,850-42, 4 hyds., 176 hrs.......................................$333,000

‘13 JD 1770NT Planter, 24R30,CCS, front fold................$165,000

‘13 JD S680, 650-70R38,672 eng./493 sep. hrs. ..$350,000

‘05 JD 4720, MFWD, 66 hp.,1 hyd., loader, 276 hrs. ....$28,000



‘13 JD 9460R, 4WD, 460 hp.,800-70R38, 5 hyds., 372 hrs.......................................$295,000

‘10 JD 9530T Track, 475 hp.,36” belts, 4 hyds., 1189 hrs.......................................$289,000

‘09 JD 2210 Field Cult., 45.5’,harrow, rear hitch ............$40,000

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

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

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ADDITIONAL TRACTORS‘02 CS/IH MX170, 4600 HRS, MFWD, 145 HP, 18.4R42, 3 HYDS, LDR ........$67,500‘89 JD 4555, 2820 HRS, 2WD, 157 HP, 18.4X42, 3 HYDS..............................$52,900‘85 JD 4650, 10000 HRS, MFWD, 165 HP, 14.9X46, 3 HYDS ........................$32,900JD 4720, MFWD, 58 HP, 16.9X24, 2 HYDS ....................................................$37,900‘13 JD 5075E, 1534 HRS, MFWD, 75 HP, 16.9X28, 2 HYDS ..........................$36,000‘13 JD 5100E, 2948 HRS, MFWD, 100 HP, 18.4X30, 2 HYDS ........................$38,000‘11 JD 7430, 4045 HRS, MFWD, 166 HP, 480-80R42, 3 HYDS, LDR ..........$110,000‘05 JD 8120, 2050 HRS, MFWD, 170 HP, 380-54, 5 HYDS ..........................$120,900‘13 JD 8335R, 696 HRS, MFWD, 335 HP, 380-90R54, 5 HYDS....................$250,000‘79 JD 8640, 4450 HRS, 4WD, 275 HP, 20.8-38, 3 HYDS ..............................$21,900‘14 JD 9510R, 126 HRS, 4WD, 510 HP, 800-70R38, 5 HYDS ............................CALL‘14 JD 9510R, 167 HRS, 4WD, 510 HP, 800-70R38, 5 HYDS ............................CALL‘13 JD 9560R, 716 HRS, 4WD, 560 HP, 800-70R38, 4 HYDS ......................$322,000‘04 VERSATILE 2360, 3396 HRS, 4WD, 360 HP, 710-38, 4 HYDS..................$74,500‘13 CAT CHALLENGER, 832 HRS, TRACK, 285 HP, 30" BELTS, 5 HYDS ......$247,500

ADDITIONAL SPRING EQUIPMENT‘10 JD 4930 SPRAYER, 752 HRS, SELF-PROPELLED ..................................$285,000‘09 JD 1710 PLANTER, 12R30, PRO SHAFT ..................................................$34,900JD 1710 PLANTER, 16R30, 1.6 SEED BOX, K&M BAR....................................$29,900‘06 JD 1770 PLANTER, 24R30, CCS, LIQUID FERT ......................................$117,900‘01 JD 1770NT PLANTER, 16R30, VACUUM, 3.0 BU, FERT ............................$60,000‘14 JD 1790 PLANTER, 24R20, FRONT FOLD ..............................................$134,000‘98 JD 24R22 PLANTER, 24R22, 1.6 BU, FERT ..............................................$52,000‘90 JD 7300 PLANTER, 8R30, FERT, 1.6 BU BOXES ......................................$10,900‘94 JD 980 F CULT, 36'6", 7" SHOVELS, HARROW ..........................................$14,900‘08 JD 2210 F CULT, 50.5', 101 SHANKS, HARROW ......................................$55,000GEHL 1450 RD BALER, 4X5 ..............................................................................$2,250GEHL 1470 RD BALER, 4X5, TWINE WRAP, 540 PTO ......................................$5,500

ADDITIONAL COMBINES‘05 JD 9760STS, 3150 ENG HRS, 18.4-46, TRIPLES, CONTOUR MASTER ........CALL‘10 JD 9770STS, 1006 ENG HRS/682 SEP HRS, RWA ................................$289,000‘04 MF 9690, 2038 ENG HRS/1486 SEP HRS, 18.4X42..................................$86,500

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11:00 AM - Farm Misc.12 Noon - Hay & Straw

1:00 PM - LivestockSheep & Goats

1st Wed. of Month!HOTOVEC

AUCTION CENTERN. Hwy. 15

Hutchinson, MN320-587-3347

www.hotovecauctions.com

WEEKLYAUCTION

Every Wednesday

WANTED

DAMAGED GRAINSTATE-WIDE

We pay top dollar for yourdamaged grain.

We are experienced handlersof your wet, dry, burnt

and mixed grains.Trucks and Vacs available.

Immediate response anywhere.

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

PRUESS ELEV., INC.1-800-828-6642

OWNER: LAVONE JOHNSONListing Auctioneer: Joe Maidl, Lic #52-003, 507-276-7749

Broker: Matt Mages, Lic #08-14-004, 507-276-7002 Broker/Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service, LLC.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: MAGESLAND.COM

109.14 ac Nicollet County Farmland

LAND AUCTIONTUESDAY, FEB. 3, 2015 - 10 AM

LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY CENTER540 7TH STREET, LAFAYETTE, MN

Directions to Land: From intersection of St. Hwy. 15 andCo. Rd. #1 (350th Ave), go East 2 miles on #1 to 545thAve., go South on gravel 1/2 mile. Land on East side.

This property will sell in 2 parcels including:Parcel #1: 39.94 deeded acres in Bernadotte Twp., Sec 7,with approx. 38.75 ac. tillable, Prodex Rating of 91.8,PID#: 020070905.Parcel #2: 69.20 deeded acres in Bernadotte Twp., Sec 7,with approx. 66.54 ac. tillable, Prodex Rating of 91.8,PID#: 020070905 + 020070900.2015 Proposed Taxes: $2,330 on total ac.

In Case of Severe Weather Listen to 860 AM KNUJ at 8:30 the Morning of the Auction for Postponement & Rescheduling Info.

Blizzard Date is Wednesday, Feb. 4, 12 p.m. Noon.

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Private Sale or Sealed Bid Auction!

Call “The Land Specialists!”Northland Real Estate

612-756-1899 or 320-894-7337www.farms1031.com

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WANTED: Land & farms. Ihave clients looking fordairy, & cash grain opera-tions, as well as bare landparcels from 40-1000 acres.Both for relocation & in-vestments. If you haveeven thought about sellingcontact: Paul Krueger,Farm & Land Specialist,Edina Realty, SW SuburbanOffice, 14198 CommerceAve NE, Prior Lake, MN55372. [email protected]

(952)447-4700

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

507-294-3387www.midwestfarmsales.com

EQUIPMENTCIH 7130 ..............................................$29,900JD 4650, 2 wheel ................................$27,900JD 4440, Quad ....................................$19,900JD 4430, Quad ....................................$15,900JD 4410, w/cab & loader ....................$20,900JD 4240, Quad ....................................$18,900JD 4100 compact ..................................$7,900JD 4030 Syncro, Open Station............$14,900JD 2940, w/146 loader ..........................$9,900‘69 JD 4020, diesel ..............................$11,900IH 1456 ................................................$14,900IH 1026 ......................................Coming SoonIH 1066, Open Station ........................$13,900IH 1026, hydro......................................$14,900IH 856, 1256, 1456 ....................From $10,900(2) IH 560, gas & diesel ................From $2,900Gehl 4635 skid steer, 6’ bucket ............$9,900Allied Buhler 695 loader ........................$4,900

LOADERS - ON HAND - CALL“New” K510, JD 148, JD 158, JD 48, IH 2250

COMPLETE LISTING & PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE

REDWOOD COUNTY FARM SALE!Beautiful farmsite, hog finishing barns andprime farmland offered as separate parcels.80.00 acres +/- in the S1/2 of SW1/4 of Section 10,Township 111, Range 34Redwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Joel MaurerDate of Sale: January 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.Location: Office of The Legal ProfessionalsTM106 1/2 N Minnesota St., New UlmMinimum Bid Required: $8,500/tillable acre

To request a sale packet, contact Shari P. Fischer, attorney forsellers, at 507-354-2161 or go to www.thelegalprofessionals.comfor complete sale packet.

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JD 4440, FWA, $19,500; JD7000 6RN planter, $7,000;Westigo 8x32 auger, 5HPldr, $1,000; IH 8x18 plow,$5,000; Red Devil 8' 2 stagesnowblower, $2,000. 507-330-3945

JD Equipment('13) 1790 planter, 24R20'',

1900 acres; ('05) 9860 STScombine 1400 hrs,;('00) 9650combine 1800 hrs; ('02) 8420tractor, MFWD, 5,100 hrs,new motor & tires; ('00)9520 tractor 4WD, duals,farmer owned. (608)778-6600

NH BR780 baler, twine or netwrap, hyd pickup, $7,750;'03 JD 637 37' rock flex tan-dem disk w/JD harrow,$23,900; 10' 3pt blade, hydtilt & turn, $2,350; CIH 202035' flex head, exc cond,$9,750; CIH 1083 8x30 corn-head, poly snouts, PTOdriver, $8,950. 320-769-2756

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

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Case IH 9270, 4 remotes,20.8-42s 70%, 12spd manual,radar, 9000 hrs, serviced,$36,500.

Case IH 7130, 2WD, 3 re-motes, 3pt, PTO, 18-42 du-als at 60%, fresh OH, 8600hrs, new paint, nice,$35,500.

Case IH 8910, 2WD, 3 re-motes, dual PTO, 3pt, 14.9-46s at 70%, automotivepaint, higher hrs, all re-conditioned, must see,$49,000. All units fieldready. www.kruegerdiesel.com

507-327-0858

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'13 JD995 MOCO Platform,16' disc cut, V-10 condition-er, BRAND NEW, $30,000.715-296-2162

CLEARANCE SALESHEEP & GOAT EQUIP

Our TURNING CRADLEHas 2 Guillotine Gates Spe-cial Price $945 Only a FewLeft. Run & Corral Panels,Slide Gates, 2 & 3 WaySorting Gates, Creep Pan-els Mineral Feeders Etc.319-347-6282 Can Deliver

FOR SALE: 220 JD beanhead, black reel, $1,000; 4bottom plow, 2600, $2,000.507-461-3430

FOR SALE: 7-18s trailertype plow, auto re-set. 320-760-5622

FOR SALE: 970 Case dieseltractor w/ 3pt cab; 5-18spull type plow w/ auto re-set; 930 Case diesel. 320-760-5622

FOR SALE: JD 960 field cul-tivator 27.5 ft clean, alwaysshedded. One owner. $7,500OBO (507) 380-1151

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

JD 568 round baler, twine ornet wrap, mega wide, hydpickup, large tires, 1000PTO, $18,900; JD 1760 12x30hyd fold planter, 3 bu box-es, Yetter trash whippers,$22,750; JD 4455 2WD trac-tor, PS, 3pt, $34,500; NH1475 16' haybine, 2300 Serieshead, $5,750; JD 1075 run-ning gear, $1,400. 320-769-2756

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FOR SALE: 18' diameterholding tank, holds 4100bushels. (2) used full floors,hawk cut for 36' diameterbins, (2) 8” dischargeaugers for 36' bins. 507-236-1387

Hopper Bottom Bin: 1800bushel hopper bottom bin.12 feet diameter, 28 feet topto bottom. Very goodshape. $1,500 (507) 874-3211

Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.100% financing w/no liensor red tape, call Steve atFairfax Ag for an appoint-ment. 888-830-7757

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FOR SALE: '94 FarmFans2140A corn dryer, 4900 hrs,stainless steel, LP, 3 phase,exc condition, $39,500. 507-380-1947

FOR SALE:Used grain bins,floors unload systems, sti-rators, fans & heaters, aer-ation fans, buying or sell-ing, try me first and alsocall for very competitivecontract rates! Officehours 8am-5pm Monday –Friday Saturday 9am - 12noon or call 507-697-6133

Ask for Gary

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WANTED: Land For Rentin South Central Min-nesota. 320-583-6983

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FOR SALE: '01 Claas 870chopper, 492 Series, hasbeen reconditioned as need-ed & in very good runningcondition. Call for more in-fo. 507-777-4262

FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 &6000 & 7000 series forageharvesters. Used kernelprocessors, also, used JD40 knife Dura-Drums, &drum conversions for 5400& 5460. Call (507)427-3520www.ok-enterprise.com

Haybuster bale shredders#2100, $7,995. #2655 shortcut, $14,150. #2564 w/blower,$28,900. 320-543-3523

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FOR SALE: Bobcat S160skidloader, heat, AC, radio,power tach, 6500 hrs.,$14,500. Call me. 507-227-2602

Model 185 H&S manurespreader, new chain in2013, plastic sides & floor,exc. cond. 507-237-2644

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‘14 JD 9460R, 513 Hrs., PTO!, Ext. Warranty ..................$289,900

‘14 JD 8345R, 353 Hrs., IVT, ILS,Leather ............................$279,900

‘14 JD 6150R, 621 Hrs., IVT,Loader Prep Pkg ............$136,900

‘04 JD 7820, 4445 Hrs., 2WD, 20spd Power Quad................$79,900

‘06 JD 9520T, 3900 Hrs.,Autotrac Ready................$149,900

‘14 JD 8320R, 412 Hrs., PS, ILS,Leather ............................$253,900

‘12 JD 9560RT, 960 Hrs.,Ext.Power Gard Warranty......$314,900

‘05 CIH 1200, 31R15”............................................$55,900

‘05 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24R30”..........................................$120,000

‘12 JD 4730, 694 Hrs.,90’ Boom..........................$215,500

‘12 JD 4830, 744 Hrs.,90’ Boom..........................$236,500

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Tractors4WD Tractors

(N) ‘14 JD 9560R, 250 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$343,000(B) ‘14 JD 9560R, 419 hrs., 800/38’s......................$339,900(B) ‘14 JD 9560R, 180 hrs., Ext. Pt. Warranty ........$334,900(B) ‘14 JD 9560R, 456 hrs., Rental Return ............$334,900(OS) ‘13 JD 9560R, 250 hrs. ..................................$324,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9560R, 887 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..........$309,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9510R, 573 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..........$299,900(N) ‘14 JD 9460R, 349 hrs, Ext. Warranty ..............$294,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 513 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty $289,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9510R, 526 hrs. ..................................$289,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1360 hrs., 800/38’s ..................$261,500(N) ‘13 JD 9410R, 600 hrs., rear PTO ....................$259,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 570 hrs., Ext. Pt. Warranty ....$259,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9530, 2751 hrs., 800/38’s ..................$199,900(H) ‘08 JD 9530, 2185 hrs., 800/38’s ......................$199,000(OW) ‘07 JD 9620 3890 hrs., PS ............................$169,900(OW) ‘04 JD 9320, 2154 hs, one owner..................$144,900(B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4722 hrs., 710/38’s ........................$99,500(OS) ‘01 JD 9100, 3100 hrs., 20.8x38’s ....................$95,000(OW) ‘98 JD 9400, 5128 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$94,900(B) ‘00 JD 9100, 4802 hrs., 20.8x42 ........................$79,900(OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$79,900(OS) ‘90 JD 8960, 6684 hrs.......................................$53,500

Track Tractors(N) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 300 hrs.....................................$379,500(OW) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 173 hrs., Ext. Pt. Warranty ..$354,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460RT, 358 hrs., leather ..................$319,900(H) ‘12 JD 9560RT, 950hrs., PS ..............................$314,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 739 hrs., leather ..................$294,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1544 hrs. ................................$288,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8335RT, 567 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ......$269,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1740 hrs. ....................................$269,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ......$259,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1202 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ....$255,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1157 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks ....$245,000(OW) ‘09 JD 9630T, 1737 hrs. ................................$239,900(OW) ‘10 CIH Quad Track 535, 4100 hrs ..............$224,900(B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1883 hrs., PS, 25” tracks ........$214,500(N) ‘04 JD 9520T, 3268 hrs. ....................................$157,000(H) ‘06 JD 9520T, 3874 hrs. ....................................$149,900(OW) ‘00 JD 8410T, 4140 hrs., 25” tracks ................$99,900

Row Crop Tractors(OW) ‘14 JD 8370R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$292,900(N) ‘14 JD 8360R, 254 hrs, IVT, ILS ........................$287,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 387 hrs., IVT, ILS....................$279,900(H) ‘13 JD 8360R, 636 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$278,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$276,900(B) ‘11 JD 8360R, 350 hrs, IVT, ILS ........................$269,900(H) ‘14 JD 8320R, 355 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$268,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 377 hrs., PS, ILS....................$255,900(OS) ‘13 JD 8310R ..................................................$255,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, PS, ILS, Rental Return ..........$253,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310R, 412 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$244,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 340 hrs., PS, ILS....................$234,900(H) ‘14 JD 8295R, PS, MFWD, Rental Return ........$221,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8310R, 916 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$217,900(N) ‘14 JD 8260R, 274 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$210,000(OW) ‘13 JD 8260R, 372 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$202,900(H) ‘12 JD 7260R, 1000 hrs., IVT, loader ................$199,500(B) ‘14 JD 7230R, 300 hrs., IVT, lease return..........$189,900(OS) ‘12 JD 7260R, 371 hrs, IVT, 540/1000 PTo ....$185,000

(OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 949 hrs., PS ..........................$179,900(OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 950 hrs., PS, front duals........$169,900(B) ‘10 JD 8225R, 445 hrs., PS, AT ready ..............$169,900(OS) ‘13 JD 7200R, 200 hrs., IVT............................$169,900(OW) ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 hrs., IVT ..........................$154,900(N) ‘14 JD 6150R, 250 hrs., loader ........................$143,500(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 397 hrs., IVT ..............................$138,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 621 hrs., IVT, duals....................$136,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 390 hrs., auto quad ..................$126,900(N) ‘13 JD 6125R, 50 hrs., IVT ................................$108,900(N) ‘00 JD 8110, 3800 hrs., PS, MFWD ....................$89,500(OW) ‘03 NH TG255, 4030 hrs., PS ..........................$87,500(N) ‘14 JD 6115M, 60 hrs., power quad ..................$81,000(B) ‘04 JD 7820, 4391 hrs., 2WD, PQ ......................$79,900(H) ‘04 JD 7320, 3100 hrs., IVT, loader ....................$77,500(OW) ‘97 JD 8200, 7180 hrs, MFWD ........................$69,900(H) ‘05 CIH MXU135, 1875 hrs., loader....................$66,950(N) ‘14 JD 6115D, 115 hrs., p/reverser ....................$54,000

SPRING TILLAGE(OW) ‘13 JD 2210, 55.5’, R/basket ..........................$74,900(H) ‘12 JD 2210, 45.5’ R/basket................................$65,000(OW) ‘07 JD 2210, 55.5’, R/basket ..........................$64,900(OS) ‘08 JD 2210, 64.5’ ............................................$62,500(H) ‘11 Wilrich Quad 5, 60’ ......................................$53,900(N) ‘07 JD 2210, 46.5’ R/basket................................$50,000(OS) ‘06 JD 2210, 58.5’ ............................................$49,000(OS) ‘04 Krause TL6200 M/finisher, 42’ ..................$46,000(OW) ‘09 JD 2210, 44.5’............................................$44,500(OW) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’............................................$44,500(H) ‘05 JD 2210, 58.5’ ..............................................$42,500(H) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..............................................$42,500(OW) ‘05 JD 2210, 45.5’............................................$41,500(OW) ‘12 JD 2210, 36.5’............................................$39,900(N) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..............................................$39,900(N) ‘08 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..............................................$39,500(B) ‘02 JD 2200, 44.5’ ..............................................$38,500(OW) ‘06 JD 726 M/finisher, 38’................................$35,900(H) ‘10 JD 2210, 32.5’, R/basket ..............................$35,000(H) ‘03 JD 2200, 38.5’ ..............................................$33,900(OW) ‘04 JD 726 M/finisher, 30’................................$29,900(OW) ‘97 DMI, Tigermate II, 47.5’ ............................$24,900(OW) ‘00 Wilrich Quad 5, 45.5’ ................................$22,900(B) ‘98 JD 980, 36.5’ ................................................$21,900(OW) ‘98 JD 980, 41.5’..............................................$21,500(N) ‘01 JD 980, 38.5’ ................................................$19,500(OW) ‘97 JD 980, 38.5’..............................................$18,900(B) ‘98 JD 985, 53.5’ ................................................$18,500(H) ‘97 JD 980, 44.5’ ................................................$17,900(OW) ‘02 JD 980, 27.5’ ............................................$17,500(OS) Wilrich, 37’........................................................$14,900

Sprayers(N) ‘14 JD 4940, 166 hrs., 120’ boom ....................$348,000(OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 52 hrs., 120’ boom ..................$330,000ON) ‘14 JD 4940, 387 hrs, dry box ........................$320,000(B) ‘12 JD 4940, 768 hrs., 120 boom......................$283,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 768 hrs., 120’ boom ................$281,500(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 387 hrs., 120’ boom ................$279,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 982 hrs., 120’ boom ................$269,750(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 603 hrs., 120’ boom ................$269,700(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 1393 hrs., dry box ....................$267,500(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 413 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$259,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 552 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$257,750(OW) ‘13 CIH 4530, 568 hrs., dry box ....................$244,900

(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 1680 hrs, 90’ boom..................$242,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 744 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$236,500(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 1155 hrs., 90’ boom ................$235,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 792 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$233,000(N) ‘13 JD 4730, 182 hrs., 80’ boom ......................$222,000(OS) ‘12 JD 4730, 694 hrs., 90’ boom....................$215,500(N) ‘11 JD 4930, 1725 hrs., 120’ boom ..................$215,000(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 637 hrs., 100’ boom ................$214,900(OW) ‘12 Ag-Chem RG1100, 90’ boom ................$205,000(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 2050 hrs., 100’ boom ..............$182,900(OW) ‘09 JD 4930, 2403 hrs., 120’ boom ..............$169,900(H) ‘08 JD 4730, 980 hrs, 100’ boom......................$165,000(OW) ‘08 JD 4830, 1675 hrs., 90 boom..................$163,500(OW) ‘10 Ag-Chem 1386, 1835 hrs., dry box ........$159,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 950 hrs., 80’ boom ..................$159,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4730, 1815 hrs., 90’ boom ................$154,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4730, 2050 hrs., 90’ boom ................$150,900(OW) ‘06 JD 4720, 3744 hrs., 90’ boom ................$124,900(OW) ‘06 Ag-Chem 1074, 100’ boom ......................$77,900(OW) ‘06 JD 4920, 6386 hrs., dry box ......................$69,500(OW) ‘02 Willmar Eagle 8500, 120’ boom ..............$58,900(B) ‘97 Ag-Chem 854, 2535 hrs, 90’ boom..............$45,900

Planters/Seeders(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, liq. fert. ......................$154,000(OS) ‘11 JD 1790 CCS, 32R15”..............................$135,000(OW) ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert...........$126,900(OS) ‘05 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30” ........................$120,000(H) ‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............$119,000(OS) ‘07 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30” ........................$110,000(N) ‘07 White 8524 CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............$109,900(N) ‘14 JD 1990 CCS, 40’ @ 15” spacing ..............$101,500(OS) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 16R30” ....................................$86,000(OS) ‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert..............$97,500(N) ‘10 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ............................$97,000(OS) ‘10 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ..........................$92,500(H) ‘04 JD 1770NT, 16R30”, liq. fert. ........................$67,500(B) ‘04 JD DB60, 36R20” ..........................................$66,900(OS) ‘97 JD 1770, 24R30” ........................................$62,000(OS) ‘03 JD 1590, no-till, 20’ 10” spacing ................$42,000(OS) ‘03 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert ..........................$35,500(OW) ‘07 JD 1750, 6R30”, dry fert ............................$25,900(OS) JD 7200, 16R30”, liq. fert. ................................$24,000(OS) ‘02 JD 1560, 15’ no till, 10” spacing ................$23,500(OW) ‘95 JD 7200, 8R30”, liq. fert ............................$20,900(B) ‘94 JD 7200, 12R30”, FF, dry fert ........................$19,900(B) ‘94 JD 7200, 16R30”, liq. fert. ............................$19,900(OS) ‘93 JD 7200, 12R30”, liq. fert ..........................$19,500(B) ‘89 JD 7200, 8R30”, liq. fert. ..............................$15,900(OW) ‘92 JD 7200, 8R30”, dry fert. ..........................$15,500

SKIDSTEERS(N) ‘14 JD 333E, 265 hrs., tracks..............................$70,000(N) ‘13 JD 333E, 267 hrs., cab, AC, tracks ..............$69,000(H) ‘11 Case TV380, 1000 hrs., tracks ....................$54,500(OW) ‘11 JD 329D, 529 hrs, tracks ..........................$49,500(H) ‘11 NH L230, 1031 hrs, cab, AC ........................$45,500(B) ‘11 JD 323D, 817 hrs, tracks ..............................$44,900(OS) ‘11 JD 323D, 1085 hrs., cab, AC, tracks..........$44,000(H) ‘12 JD 328D, 1103 hrs, cab, AC ........................$41,500(OW) ‘12 NH L220, 850 hrs, cab, heat......................$30,500(OW) ‘11 JD 320D, 1500 hrs, 2 speed......................$28,500(N) ‘09 Gehl 5240E, 478 hrs, cab, heat ....................$27,900(B) ‘12 Mustang 2056, 404 hrs, cab, heat ...............$27,000(OS) ‘06 JD CT332, tracks, cab w/AC......................$25,000

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FOR SALE: JD 6430 premi-um, 2WD, w/ 16spd powerquad, 18.4x38 tires, 3 hyds,1627 hrs, super nice! 507-272-9358

JD 8520T, 2002, 3170 hrs, 16"tracks 40%, 4 SCV, widegauge, powershift, Instr.Seat, quick coupler, HIDlights, Auto Trac ready,$96,500/OBO (507) 317-0178

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FOR SALE: C-IH MX285(2005) 95% tires, 34” front,46” rear, buddy seat, callfor more details. $54,900.MUST SELL! 715-571-8227

JD 6410 4X4, PQ, cab/air, 3Rem, Dual PTO W/JD 640SL LDR & Bucket. UsedEvery Day, $22,500. 641-394-2455 or 641-330-7094

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'10 JD 7630 MFWD, 4,500Hrs, IVT, TLS, 30MPH,DLX CAB, W/ JD 746 SLLDR 3 REM Air brakes,Air Compressor, $131,000.641-394-2455 or 641-330-7094

FOR SALE: '66 Case 730Comfort King, factory widefront & factory 3pt, dualhyds, very good condition,$6,500/OBO. 507-437-1334

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'09 JD 7850, 2WD, KP 2,300ENG Hrs, New Front Tires,JD 678 Cornhead & JD 640BHay Head, Field Ready,$282,000. 641-394-2455 or641-330-7094

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‘11 CIH 260 Magnum tractor ................................$153,000

Case 686G Telehandler, 36’,6,000 lbs. ..............................$15,000

JD 930, 30’ flex head ................$4,750JD 510 ripper, 7-shank ............$12,500IH 720 plow, 7-18” ....................$5,500CIH 3900, 30’ disk ..................$22,000CIH 4700, 481⁄2’ field cult. ..........$7,250Melroe 36’ multiweeder, 3 rank

................................................$1,750Alloway-Woods 20’ stalk shredder

................................................$7,500EZ Trail 860 grain cart, red......$17,500Unverferth 470 grain cart ..........$6,500

J & M 350 bu. wagon ................$2,700Westfield 1371 auger w/swing

hopper walker, PTO ..............$8,500Hutch 8x60 swing hopper, Nice

................................................$3,000Hesston 1170 mower conditioner

................................................$5,700NH BR780A baler ....................$12,000‘13 Maschio 12 wheel high capacity

rake ........................................$8,500‘13 SS-400 tender, scale ........$24,500White 6700, 18R22” planter ....$16,500Donahue 37’ 4-axle machinery trailer

................................................$3,500

*************** USED EQUIPMENT ***************

– NEW YEAR SPECIALS –Meteor 8’ Snow Blowers, heavy duty, 200 hp., New ..$5,750Skid Steer Pallet Forks, 3,700 lbs., New ........................$550Enduraplas Nurse Trailer, 1100 gal. w/pump, New ....$5,700

LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95763-689-1179

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

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560RT, 859 hrs., 1000 PTO, 36” tracks

$255,000‘12 JD 9510R, 1113 hrs, 5 hyd. valves, 710x42”

tires & duals, (4) 1400/6 wheel wts. $205,000‘13 JD 9460R, 721 hrs., 4 hyd. valves,

1000 PTO, 710x42” tires & duals ....$213,000‘12 JD 9410, 688 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,

big pump, 5 hyd., 480x50” tires & duals..........................................................$227,000

‘12 JD 9410, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,480x50 tires & duals ........................$199,000

‘13 JD 9410R, 640 hrs., 5 hyds., hi-flow, 1000PTO, 480x50” tires & duals ..............$210,000

‘12 JD 9360R, 1278 hrs, PS, 3 pt, 1000 PTO,520x42” tires & duals ......................$182,500

‘13 JD 8360RT, 414 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch,25” tracks, Power Train Warranty ....$223,000

‘13 JD 8360RT, 588 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch,25” tracks, Power Train Warranty ....$219,000

‘13 CIH 450HD, 535 hrs., luxury cab, 4 hyd.hi-flow, 710x42 tires & duals............$205,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., luxury cab, 6 hyd.hi-flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50 tires & duals..........................................................$195,000

‘09 CIH 485, Quad Track, 2995 hrs., 1000 PTO,Pro 600 screen, auto steer, 30” belts$195,000

‘12 CIH 350HD Steiger, 1630 hrs., Luxury cab,1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, big pump,520x42” duals ..................................$147,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 318 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump,520x46” tires & duals ......................$185,000

‘09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., 4 hyd.,12-spd., 800x38 tires & duals ..........$148,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘10 JD 8270R, MFWD, 3888 hrs., powershift,

3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 380x50 tires & duals..........................................................$110,000

‘11 JD 8285, 1324 hrs., PS trans., big pump,4 hyds., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x46” tires& duals..............................................$149,000

‘09 JD 7630, MFWD, 4112 hrs, 3 pt, 540/1000PTO w/JD 746 loader w/5 tine grapple,20.8x42 rear single tires ....................$95,000

‘07 JD 6430, Premium, MFWD, 5129 hrs, IVTtranny, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 420x38 rear tires ....................................................$48,000

‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,IVT trans., 18.4x46 tires & duals ......$120,000

‘11 CIH Magnum 315, 1998 hrs., Lux. cab,4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 620x42” tires &duals ................................................$119,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 3100 hrs.,4 hyd. valves, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 420x46”tires & duals........................................$90,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 4100 hrs.,3 pt., 4 hyd. valves, 540/1000 PTO, 420x46rear tires w/480x42” duals..................$80,000

‘12 CIH 315, MFWD, 481 hrs., Lux. cab,4 hyd., big pump, 1000 PTO, 480x50” reartires & duals......................................$160,000

‘12 CIH 315, 798 hrs., Lux. cab, suspendedfront end, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump,480x50 tires & duals ........................$160,000

‘12 CIH 290, MFWD, 390 hrs., Lux. cab,5 hyd., big pump, HID lights, front & rearduals, 480x50” rear tires ..................$159,000

‘06 CIH 245, MFWD, 5100 hrs., 4 hyd. valves,3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46” tires & duals............................................................$75,000

‘11 Cat Challenger MT655C, 1176 hrs, MFWD,3 pt, 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd, 480x50” tires &duals ................................................$100,000

COMBINES‘09 JD 9870, 1895 eng./1233 sep. hrs.,

Pro-drive, 5-spd. feederhouse, chopper,520x42” tires & duals ......................$140,000

‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs., 4WD,chopper, Contour Master, 20.8x42 duals ................................................$135,000

‘09 JD 9570, 1496 eng./904 sep. hrs.,Contour Master, chopper, 30.5x32 tires,very clean..........................................$130,000

‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. hrs.,chopper, bin ext., 20.8x42 duals ........$40,000

‘00 JD 9550, 3508 eng./2425 sep. hrs.,Contour Master, chopper, bin ext.,24.5x32 tires ......................................$57,000

‘02 JD 9750STS, 3359 eng./2271 sep. hrs.,updated feederhouse to 60 Series heads,Contour Master, chopper, duals, $29,000repairs in February ..............................$65,000

‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs.,well equipped, 520x42” tires & duals..........................................................$205,000

‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42 tires& duals..............................................$180,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42” tires& duals..............................................$180,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, lateral tilt feeder,power bin ext., 30.5x32 tires ............$139,000

‘08 NH CR9060, 1782 eng./1332 sep. hrs.,4x4, Terrain tracer, chopper, rock trap,620x42 duals ......................................$99,000

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ........$68,000

COMBINE HEADS‘05 Geringhoff Roto Disc 830, 8R30” ..$28,000‘07 Geringhoff RD1622, 16R22” chopping

head ....................................................$35,000‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head ..................$12,500‘05 JD 630, 30’ flex head ......................$13,000‘07 Geringhoff Roto Disc 600, 6R30” ..$29,500‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head ..................$11,000‘95 JD 893, 8R30” w/pixall rolls ..........$13,500‘90 JD 643, 6R30” cornhead ..................$8,500

TILLAGE‘07 JD 512, 9-shank disc ripper............$19,500

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JD 7610 MFWD, 5,960 Hrs,All New Rubber 18.4X42DLS, Front Fenders, 3 PT,$59,000. 641-394-2455 or 641-330-7094

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

River Dale Farms Enginebuilding, cylinder head-work, port polishing,restorations. (920)295-3278

Specializing in most ACused tractor parts forsale. Rosenberg TractorSalvage, Welcome MN56181, 507-848-6379 or 507-236-8726

Harvesting Equip 037

FOR SALE: '87 Ford L9000grain truck twin screw, 19'box & hoist, 3 cargo doors;'08 JD 608C 8R30” choppingcornhead, shedded. 320-815-3495

NH 360N4 4RN Cornhead,good condition, $9,500. 641-394-2455 Or 641-330-7094

NH FX 60, 2WD, KP 2,800HRS, W/RI600 Cornhead &10' Hay Head, Field Ready$87,500. 641-394-2455 or 641-330-7094

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FOR SALE: '00 Kinze 8R30”w/ interplant units, trashwhippers, has liq fert & in-secticide tanks on planter,very clean, always shed-ded. 507-456-1868

FOR SALE: JD 7000, 8R30”planter, folding markers,trash whippers, insect.,new style transm., Kinzebean meters, JD populationmon., Immaculate, asking$8,500. 507-227-2602

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C-IH 41 ½ Ft DMI Tiger-mate Field Cult w/ NewStyle Drag. Sunflower 7Shank #4311 Deep Til Rip-per w/ Summers HeavyDuty Coil Tine Drag (NoWelds). Both Real Good.319-347-6138 Can Deliver

FOR SALE: JD DB66, 36x22planter, CCS, air downpressure, hyd drive, seed &liq Redball, variable rate,swath control, 750 gal tank,carbide scrapers, 2020 mon-itor, E sets, exc cond,$135,000. 320-583-5895

Harms Mfg. Land Rollers,Brand New, 12'-$6,500; 14'-$7,000; 16'-$7,500; 24'-$14,000; 32'-$16,500; 42'-$19,500. Any size available.715-296-2162

JD 980, 24'6” field cult., 8whls, good sweeps & har-row teeth, nice tight cond.,$12,500. 507-526-5635 after 6p.m.

Kewanee #1200 -24' disc, 91/2'' spacing, front blades22'', rear blades 23'', fur-row fillers, walkingtandems on main, singletires on wings, $4,500. (715)878-9858

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☺GREENWALD FARM CENTERGreenwald, MN • 320-987-3177

14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

• 5/8” drum rollerwall thickness

• 42” drum diameter• 4”x8” frame

tubing 3/8” thick• Auto fold

FOR THE BEST DEALORDER NOW!12’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

MANDAKO

Port-A-Hut Shelters:• All Steel Shelters for Livestock & Other Uses

Notch Equipment:• Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks• Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks• Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’• Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders• Land Levelers

Smidley Equipment:• Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts• Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders• Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scale

Sioux Equipment:• Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders• Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates

• Loading Chute• Hog Feeders • Sqz. Chutes & Tubs • Calf Warmer

JBM Equipment:• Feeder Wagons - Several Models• Self-locking Head Gates• 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• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu. -

EARLY ORDER DISCOUNT• Taylor-Way 7’ rotary cutter• Sheep & Calf Feeders• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• Steel Bale Throw Racks w/ Steel Floors• Peck Grain Augers • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders• Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment• 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• Bale Baskets• SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks• Goat & Sheep Feeders• Fainting goats & min. donkeysLorenz & Walco Snowblowers-PTO &

Skidsteer Models

Lot - Hwy 7 EOffice Location - 305 Adams Street

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

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

R-C Round Bale FeedersDR® POWER EQUIPMENT

We will rebuild Your Smidley SteerStuffer or Hog Feeder. We also buyused feeders. We can also sell yourequipment for you on consignment.

Call for Details. We have a LargeInventory of Livestock Equipment

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underground polygas pipe.

Many HappyCustomers!

United Farmers Cooperativewww.ufcmn.com

(L) Lafayette 507-228-8224 or 800-642-4104(G) Gaylord 507-237-4203 • (W) Waconia 952-442-7326

Main Office: Ag Service Center, 840 Pioneer Avenue • PO Box 4 • Lafayette, MN 56054-0004

USED DRYERS & AUGERS ..........Good Selection of Used Dryers-CALL!(L) Feterl, 12”x72”, Swing Hopper Auger

........................................................$8,995(L) Kansun 10-25-215, FF 190, GSI 260,

GSI 1218 Dryers..................................CALL(L) Westfield MK 13-71, swing hopper......CALL(L) Westfield WR, 100”-51’ PTO................CALL(L) Westfield WR, 80”-46’, electric ............CALL(L) Westfield WR, 60”-61’ EMD..............$1,800(L) GSI 1122 Dryer ....................................CALL(L) Hutch 10”x72’, Swing Hopper ..........$5,900(L) Hutch 6”x61’, electric........................$2,400(L) Sudenga 10”x31’, electric ................$3,495(L) Sudenga 10”x56’, electric ................$4,995

SKID LOADERS ......................(L) ‘01 Bobcat 735................................$13,400(L) Bobcat S650, heat, 2-spd. ..............$41,500(L) Bobcat S630, heat, 2 spd., 400 hrs $34,800(L) ‘10 Bobcat S130, heat ....................$18,500(L) ‘13 Gehl R220, heat, 2-spd ............$34,800(L) ‘13 Gehl R220, heat, 2-spd ............$34,800(L) ‘12 Gehl V330, heat, AC, 2400 hrs..$34,600(L) Gehl V330, heat, 2-spd. ..................$40,900(L) Gehl 5640E, heat ............................$22,900(W) ‘05 Gehl 5640 ................................$18,100(L) Gehl 5240E, heat, 2-spd. ................$24,900(W) ‘04 Gehl 4840, 1995 hrs. ..............$17,999(L) Case 1830 w/bucket ..........................$6,250(L) Case 430, 2 spd ..............................$26,800(L) OMC 320 w/bucket............................$4,375

SPREADERS ..........................(W) New Idea 3709 ................................$3,499(W) New Idea 352, (23035) ....................$1,899(L) Havel tank spreader 5000/9A1 ........$15,800(W) H&S 560 ........................................$13,900(L) H&S 270 ..........................................$6,450(L) H&S 270 ..........................................$6,475(W) Knight 8124 slinger spreader ........$15,500(W) Knight 8114, (A088) ........................$8,400(W) Knight 8132, (B0077) ....................$19,200(W) Knight 8132 ..................................$17,500(W) Knight 8018 spreader ....................$10,900(L) JD 370 spreader................................$5,950(W) Meyer 3954, (1250) ........................$4,500(W) NH 185 ............................................$5,650(W) Gehl 329 Scavenger ........................$4,200

TILLAGE ..............................(G) Wilrich 957, 9-shank ......................$33,900(L) Wilrich 957, 5-shank ......................$16,500(L/G) Wilrich 957 (3), 7-shank ....From $20,600(L) Wilrich 513, Soil Pro, 9-24..............$39,600(W) Great Plains, Turbo chisel

7 & 11-shank ......................................CALL(W) Great Plains 24’ Turbomax..................CALL(L) Glencoe DR 8600, 7-shank ..............$8,500(L) Krause Dominator, 21’ ....................$36,500(L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ....................$34,900(L/G) (2) Krause 18’ Rippers ................$44,800(L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ....................$33,900(L) DMI Tigermate II (2), 38.5’, 4-bar ..$29,900(L) DMI Tigermate II, 42.5’, 3 bar ........$20,600(G) DMI 730 (2) Rippers ......................$10,900(L) DMI 500 ............................................$9,900(L) Wishek 16’ disc w/harrow ..............$24,800(L) JD 2700, 9-24 ripper ......................$25,900

(G) JD 2700, 7-shank ..............................................$23,900

(L) JD 2400 chisel plow, 33 shank ......$29,950(L) JD 2210, 38.5’, 4-bar ......................$31,900(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 4-Bar........................$21,600(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 3-bar ........................$20,700(L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar ........................$17,500(L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar ........................$19,600(L) JD 960, 3-bar, 36.5’ ..........................$5,600(G) JD 3 pt. Plow, 5-bottom ..................$2,850(L) CIH 730B ........................................$19,800(L) CIH 54.5, 8 bar Tigermate II............$39,900(L) CIH 4900, 36.5’, 3-bar ......................$6,975(L) CIH 4800, 36.5’, 3-bar ......................$6,975(L) CIH 4600, 27.5’, 3 bar ......................$4,700(L) CIH 4300, 26.5’, 3 bar ....................$11,950(L) CIH 4300, 34.5’, 3 bar ....................$13,400(L) Wishek disc, 26’..............................$59,500

TMR’S ................................(W) Knight 5073, tow ..........................$17,199(W) Knight 3042 ..................................$12,500(W) Knight 3050 ..................................$11,499

SPRAYERS ............................(L) Hardi 1000 gal., 60’ boom ..............$14,400(G) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ..............$9,500(L) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ..............$7,950(L) Demco 700 gal., 66’, front fold ......$14,900(L) Redball 670, 1200 gal., 66’ boom ..$13,800(G) Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom..................$9,900(L) Top Air 800 gal., 60’ boom................$9,350

MISCELLANEOUS ....................(L) H&S 18’ Power Box ..........................$6,950(L) Loftness 20’ Chopper ........................$9,600(G) Minnesota 250, 10-ton gear ............$1,900(G) Gehl 1410 Spreader ..........................$8,250(G) Used Grain Legs ..................................CALL(L) Woods 3 pt. 20’ Chopper ..................$5,950(L) EZ-Flow 300 bu. Box ........................$1,950(L) Unverferth 400 bu. Cart ....................$7,950(W) Unverferth 400 bu. Grain Cart ........$7,550(L) Used Snowblowers ..............................CALL(L) Tonutti 5’ Disc Mower ......................$4,500(W) Meyers 4618 Forage Box’s

............................................4 @ 12,900 ea.(W) Brillion, 12’ Seeder ..........................$6,500(W) J&M 875 Grain Cart............................CALL(W) 74” Grapple, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$1,850(W) 72” Box Blade, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$2,899(W) 72” Dump Bucket, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$3,299(W) Thundercreek 3” Portable Welder ....$4,950(W) Westin 84” Snow Bucket, skid steer,

universal attachment ............................$975(W) ‘80 Allied 8’ 3 pt. Single Auger

Snowblower w/hyd. chute ................$1,999

STOP IN TOSEE THE KUHN/KUHN KNIGHT/KUHN KRAUSEEQUIPMENT!

Machinery Wanted 040

All kinds of New & Usedfarm equipment – disc chis-els, field cults, planters,soil finishers, cornheads,feed mills, discs, balers,haybines, etc. 507-438-9782

Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712,Glencoe 7400; Field Cultsunder 30': JD 980, smallgrain carts & gravity boxes300-400 bu. Finishers under20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chop-pers; Nice JD 215 & 216flex heads; JD 643 corn-heads Must be clean; JDcorn planters, 4-6-8 row.715-299-4338

WANTED: 3 pt. guidancesystem, slider preferred.320-248-4580

WANTED: Grain Drill 6' ornarrower. Narrower is bet-ter. Steel wheels OK.Write: William Detweiler,S950 Clinton Ridge Rd,Westby, WI 54667

WANTED: IH #80 & 82 pulltype combines any cond.Rosenthal corn shredder#314 & 329 cornpickershellers. 10 am to 10 pm -608-606-6405

WANTED: JD 856 Cultiva-tor. 16 Row. 320-583-9473

WANTED: Slide Guide.Sukup brand. (3 pt guid-ance). IH 1830 cultivator16R. 320-583-9473

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WANTED: Horse DrawnSleigh, Cobalt Blue Dinner-ware & Punch bowl set.e21751 Brunzil Rd., Augus-ta, WI 54722

Farm Services 045

Impact Coating Concreteresurfacing ConcreteFloors. Repair MilkhouseFreestalls Parlors. 715-965-0113. Regrooving.

Feed Seed Hay 050

4X5 Rounds, Direct SeededAlfalfa Grass, No Rain,First Crop $40, 2nd Crop$45, Stored Inside, CallMike. 715-868-6378. BruceWI. Quantity Discount.

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

Corn Silage Shredlage, 15,000Tons, Moisture, 65-69%. Wewill deliver within 25 milesor can be picked up.(Shredlage, future of cornsilage processing,) Locatedin central WI. Call Jim at715-613-8810.

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: Large quantityof round bales and bigsquare bales of grass hay.Also wrapped wet bales.Delivery available by semi.507-210-1183

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USED PARTSLARSON SALVAGE

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN763-689-1179

We Ship DailyVisa and MasterCard Accepted

Good selection oftractor parts

- New & Used -All kinds of

hay equipment, haybines, balers,

choppersparted out.

New combine beltsfor all makes.

Swather canvases,round baler belting,used & new tires.

USED TRACTORSCALL FOR NEW YEAR

SPECIAL PRICING AND FINANCENEW NH T9.565, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T7.200, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH 65 Workmaster, w/loader ................CALLNEW Massey 7620, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 6615, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader ................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD ................................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALL‘98 NH 8970, SS ..............................................CALL‘05 NH TG285, FWA, f/r duals, auto steer......CALLNH TD80 w/loader ......................................$38,500NH TV6070 bi-directional ............................$87,500Versatile 895, 4WD ......................................$21,500

TILLAGESunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..................CALLSunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ......................$29,500Sunflower 4412-05, 5-shank ..........................CALLWilrich 957, 7-shank....................................$18,500Wilrich 513, 5-shank, Demo............................CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/bskt. ....................$54,500‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$52,500‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$34,500CIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ..........................$38,900

SKIDSTEERSNEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALL‘11 NH 225 h/a, loaded ..............................$38,900NH L170 cab, New Rubber ............................CALLJD 125 ............................................................$6,500

PLANTERSNEW White planters ........................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ......................$97,500‘10 White 8186, 16-30 w/3 bu. ..................COMING

White 8222, 12-30, liq., res. 3 bu. ..................CALLWhite 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500White 6106, 6-30 liq., ins. res. ........................CALLWhite 6100, 12-30 w/twin row ....................$18,500‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 ....$105,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20 ..................CALL

COMBINESCALL FOR YEAR END

SPECIAL PRICING AND FINANCENEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALLFantini pre-owned 8-30 chopping CH............CALL‘10 Gleaner R66, Loaded ................JUST TRADED‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ................................CALL‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop ..................CALL‘03 Gleaner R65 ..............................................CALL‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ................................CALL‘96 Gleaner R62 w/CDF rotor exc. ................CALL

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALLNEW Salford Plows ........................................CALLNEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HANDNEW 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 ..............................CALLKinze 1050 w/duals ........................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ......................CALLPre-owned Sprayers........................................CALL

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MNPhone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noonwww.smithsmillimp.com

(DMI Parts Available)

TRACTORS• ‘14 MF 4610, cab, 99 hp.,

ldr.• ‘13 MF 8690, 340 hp.• (2) ‘14 MF 6616, MFD, cab

w/ldr. • ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp.,

400 hrs.• ‘14 MF 1754 Compact,

MFD, w/ldr., hydro• 18.4-38 duals off JD 4440,

75% rubber

CORN HEADS• ‘09 Geringhoff 1820RD,

w/reel• (2) Geringhoff 1622RD • (9) Geringhoff 1222RD • (5) Geringhoff 1220RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 830NS• (9) Geringhoff 830RD • (4) Geringhoff 630RD • ‘12 CIH 2608, chopping • ‘04 Gleaner 1222, GVL poly• ‘84 JD 843, LT• ‘96 JD 893, KR, HDP• ‘96 JD 693, reg. rolls• JD 822 KR• JD 622, GVL poly

COMBINES• ‘11 MF 9250, flex draper,

35’• ‘13 MF 9540 RWA, duals• ‘07 MF 9790, RWA, duals,

1440/1001 hrs.• ‘91 MF 8570, RWA,

5007 hrs.• ‘86 MF 8560, 4941 hrs.• ‘95 CIH 2188, 3219 hrs.

• ‘92 Gleaner R62, 4210/2643 hrs.

GRAIN HANDLING• Brandt augers: 8x35, 8x40,

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hoppers• Brandt 1080XL swing

hopper• ‘13 Buhler 1282 swing

hopper• Brandt 1390 swing hopper

XL & HP• Brandt 20 Series drive over

deck• Brandt, 1515LP, 1535TD,

1545LP, 1585 grain belts• ‘03 Brandt 4500 EX, grain

vac.• Parker 839 grain cart• A&L 850S grain cart,

850 bu.• ‘08 Unverferth 5000 • ‘05 Demco 650 gravity box• ‘05 Parker 625 gravity box• Parker 165-B gravity box• Parker 1020 seed tender

HAY & LIVESTOCK• Kodiak SD72 rotary cutter• Everest 5700 finish mower• Sitrex RP2, RP5, 3 pt.

rakes• Sitrex 12-whl rakes on cart• JD #5, sickle mower• Chandler litter spreaders,

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rock pickers• Degelman RD320 rock

digger• Degelman LR7645 Land

Roller - Rental Unit• Degelman 5’ skidsteer

buckets• JD 520 stalk chopper,

high speed• Loftness 20’ stalk

chopper, SM• Loftness 240 stalk

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& HT28 header trailers• WRS 30’ header trailers• SB Select 108

snowblowers, 540 & 1000PTO

• Lucke 8’, snowblower• Loftness 96” & 84”

snowblowers

TILLAGE• Sunflower 1550-50, 1435-

36 & 1435-21 discs• Sunflower 5035-36, 5056-

49 & 5056-63 fieldcultivators

• Sunflower 4311-14, 4412-07, 4412-05 disc rippers

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ELITE SERIES ROTA-DISC CORNHEADSGENERATIONS AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION1) Slices stalks vertically with 15 serrated discs. No swing blades2) Ground speed and moister have very little effect on material size.3) Much lower horse power requirements than competition.4) Corn head driven with drive shafts and gear boxes. No chain and sprockets like the competition.5) Aluminum alloy gear boxes to reduce weight and dissipate heat.6) Self-tightening gathering chains.7) Double acting stripper plates with welding on hardened edge.8) Large diameter auger that turn slower, reducing ear loss.9) Corn stalk stubble in field is splintered to reduce tire damage if driven over.10) Optional Integrated Crop Sweeper and End Row Augers for improved crop.

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Ford 900, gas, narrow front, 5 spd, heat houser ......$2,975Allis Chalmers WD, gas, narrow front, good tin & rubber,12 volt ..................................................................$1,375

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‘14 C-IH Steiger 620Q, 224 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide,PTO ..............................................................................................................................................$379,900

‘12 C-IH Steiger 600Q, 1190 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd pump, 36" tracks, Full Pro 700 auto guide......................................................................................................................................................$299,900

‘14 C-IH Steiger 580Q, 505 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, auto guide ready ..................................$339,900‘12 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 1245 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 30” tracks, big hyd. pump, HID lites,

Full auto guide..............................................................................................................................$269,900‘14 C-IH Steiger 550, 710/70R42 duals, Lux. susp. cab, PTO, high cap. hyd. ........................$289,900‘14 C-IH Steiger 500Q, 909 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, HID lites ......................................$319,000‘13 C-IH Steiger 500, 445 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 710/70R42 tires, PTO, HID lites ....................$235,900‘08 C-IH Steiger 535Q, 2762 hrs., Lux. cab, HD hyd. pump, HID lites ....................................$189,500‘14 C-IH Steiger 350RCQ, row crop quad, 870 hrs., PTO, 6 remotes ......................................$236,000‘14 C-IH Steiger 450, 246 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, 710/70R42 duals, high cap. hyd. ..$244,800‘14 C-IH Steiger 450, 244 hrs., Lux. cab, PTO, 800/70R38 tires, auto guide ready ................$249,900‘13 C-IH Steiger 350, 1690 hrs., PTO, big pump ......................................................................$149,900‘08 C-IH Steiger 435, 2100 hrs., 800R38 tires, Full Pro 600 auto steer ................................COMING IN‘01 JD 9400, 3542 hrs., 710/70R42 tires........................................................................................$99,900

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‘13 C-IH 7230, 380 eng. hrs. ........................................................................................................$239,900‘10 C-IH 8120, 1319 eng./1044 sep. hrs., leather, HID lights ....................................................$179,900‘11 C-IH 7120, 1485 eng. hrs., duals, HID lights, folding covers ..............................................$149,500‘10 C-IH 7120, 1504 eng. hrs., duals, HID lights ........................................................................$149,500‘02 C-IH 2388, 2394 sep. hrs., duals, chopper, rock trap ............................................................$69,000‘09 C-IH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ....................................................................................$39,900‘11 Geringhoff 8R chopping cornhead ..........................................................................................$59,900‘12 C-IH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ....................................................................................................$44,900‘09 C-IH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ....................................................................................................$34,900‘04 C-IH 2208, 8R30” ......................................................................................................................$24,500‘14 C-IH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform ........................................................................................$66,900‘14 C-IH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform ........................................................................................$66,900‘13 C-IH 3020, 35’ w/in-cab cutter bar suspension ......................................................................$37,500‘10 C-IH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel..................................................................................$32,500‘10 C-IH 2020, 25’ platform w/Crary air reel..................................................................................$26,800‘05 C-IH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................$13,900‘04 C-IH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................$10,900

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USED SPRAYERS‘12 C-IH 3330, 546 hrs., 90’ boom, standard spray, active suspension....................................$199,500

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‘13 Mustang 2054, 424 hrs...............................................$23,900

‘08 Bobcat T190, 2500 hrs...............................................$23,900

‘14 C-IH Magnum 315, 19-spd., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, dual PTO,480/50 tires, front duals, susp. front axle ..................................................................................$205,600

‘14 C-IH Magnum 290, 23-spd., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, high cap. hyd.,dual PTO, 480/50 tires, susp. front axle......................................................................................$194,500

‘12 C-IH Magnum 290, 674 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 360 HID lites, 480/50 tires, front & rear duals,high cap. hyd., Full Pro 700 auto steer ......................................................................................$178,500

‘13 C-IH Magnum 260, 533 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer ready, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump,360 HID lites ................................................................................................................................$156,500

‘12 C-IH Magnum 235, 325 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites,auto steer ready ..........................................................................................................................$149,900

‘11 C-IH Magnum 235, 1163 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, front & rear duals, HID lites ......................$129,900‘08 McCormick MTX120, MFD, cab, loader, 105 PTO hp. ..........................................................$55,000‘14 C-IH Farmall 105C, 925 hrs., MFD, cab, power shuttle, w/loader, Rental Return Unit ......$44,900

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‘09 Bobcat Toolcat, 1650 hrs...............................................$29,900

‘93 Cat 65C, 7717 hrs., auto steerequipped, 3 pt. hitch, 24” tracks..............................................$39,900

‘13 Magnum 235, 1463 hrs., 235 hp.,195 PTO hp., 540/1000 PTO, high cap.hyd., 480/80R46 rear tires ....$119,500

‘15 Steiger 450, 246 hrs., 710R42tires, full Pro 700 auto steer............................................$244,800

‘15 Steiger 550, 288 hrs., Luxurysusp. cab, PTO ..................$289,900

‘14 Steiger 350 RCQ, 870 hrs.,16” tracks, PTO..................$236,000

‘14 Steiger 450, 800 tires,1000 PTO............................$249,900

‘10 CIH 8120, 1319 eng., hrs.......$189,900 Reduced $179,900

‘13 Magnum 260, 553 hrs., 260 hp., 215PTO hp., susp. Lux. cab, HD drawbar, highcap. hyd. pump, HID lights ........$156,500

‘13 CIH 7230, 450 eng. hrs.............................................$239,900

‘12 Magnum 290, 23-spd., susp.frt. axle, 360 HID, Lux. cab............................................$165,000

‘14 Steiger 620Q, 224 hrs., 620 hp.,Lux. cab, HID lights, PTO, high cap. hyd.pump, full Pro 700 Auto Guide $379,900

‘11 Magnum 290, 679 hrs, lux. cab,Full Pro 700 auto guide, HID lights............................................$178,500

‘83 Steiger ST450, 30.5x32 duals,Allison trans. ........................$65,000

‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 30” tracks,1190 hrs ..............................$299,900

‘08 McCormick MTX120, 2873 hrs.w/GB loader..........................$55,000

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TRACTOR 4WDBL ‘06 NH TJ380, Eng Hrs: 2416 ..................$162,500BL ‘10 JD 9630T, Eng Hrs: 1515....................$239,875BL ‘07 CIH QUADTRAC 530, Eng Hrs: 2940 ..$199,000SE ‘08 CIH STEIGER 335, Eng Hrs: 1088 ......$165,000SE ‘95 CIH 9270, Eng Hrs: 5135 ......................$72,500SE ‘07 JD 9420, Eng Hrs: 2378 ....................$186,750SE ‘04 CIH STX450Q, Eng Hrs: 3865.2 ..........$149,900SE ‘08 JD 9530T, Eng Hrs: 1800....................$239,000SL ‘13 JD 9560R, Eng Hrs: 230 ....................$335,000SL ‘12 CIH STEIGER 500, HD, Eng Hrs: 371 ..$279,000

TRACTORBL ‘12 CIH MAGNUM 235, Eng Hrs: 496........$162,500BL ‘14 CIH MAGNUM 290-P Shft~2014-04-01,

Eng Hrs: 206 ............................................$213,000BL ‘07 CIH MAGNUM 275, Eng Hrs: 3028......$149,900BL ‘98 CIH MX100, Eng Hrs: 6289 ..................$44,500BL ‘05 CIH MX285, Eng Hrs: 1930 ................$134,950BL ‘12 CIH MAGNUM 315, Eng Hrs: 773........$221,900SE ‘95 CHLGR 75C, Eng Hrs: 5522 ..................$59,900SE ‘48 AG C ......................................................$1,800SE ‘13 CIH MAGNUM 235, Eng Hrs: 641........$165,000SE ‘14 CIH MAGNUM 290-P Shft~2014-04-01,

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Eng Hrs: 557 ............................................$238,500SE ‘11 CIH MAGNUM 260, Eng Hrs: 653........$159,900SE ‘77 IHC 1086, Eng Hrs: 8774 ........................$9,950SE ‘13 CIH FARMALL 110A-4WD:-CAB, Eng Hrs: 109

..................................................................$51,900SL ‘11 CIH MAGNUM 315, Eng Hrs: 650.3 ....$210,000SL ‘11 CIH MAGNUM 315, Eng Hrs: 991........$208,000SL ‘13 CIH MAGNUM 235, Eng Hrs: 227.5 ....$156,500SL ‘13 CIH MAGNUM 235, Eng Hrs: 232........$170,000SL ‘00 CIH MX270, Eng Hrs: 7100 ..................$69,500

FIELD CULTIVATORBL ‘06 CIH TIGERMATE II--44.5’ ......................$47,900BL ‘09 CIH TIGERMATE 200--54.5’. w/basket..$57,450BL CIH 4800--31’ ..............................................$6,850BL ‘98 DMI TIGERMATE II--30.5’......................$19,900BL ‘09 JD 2210--35.5’ ....................................$32,850BL ‘03 JD 980--44.5’ ......................................$24,850SE ‘04 CIH TIGERMATE II--42.5' ......................$42,500SE ‘98 DMI TIGERMATE II--50.5’......................$25,750SE ‘00 CIH TIGERMATE II-48.5’ ........................$34,500SE ‘08 CIH TM200--60’....................................$63,500SE ‘07 WR QUAD X-52’ ....................................$44,500SE ‘04 CIH TIGERMATE II--32.5’ ......................$32,500SE ‘05 CIH TIGERMATE II--32.5’ ......................$29,850SE ‘92 CIH 4800--26.5’......................................$8,500SE ‘05 CIH TGM2--29.5’ ..................................$33,750SE JD 980--35’ ................................................$16,900SL ‘01 CIH TIGERMATE II--54.5’ ......................$34,500SL ‘98 CIH 4300--44.5’....................................$19,500

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..................................................................$91,500SE ‘05 CIH 1200--16R30--PT ..........................$59,900SL ‘12 CIH 1250--24R30--FF ........................$140,000SL ‘06 CIH 1240--12R30--PT ..........................$52,500SL ‘10 CIH 1250--24R30--FF ........................$133,000SL ‘08 CIH 1240--16R30--PT ..........................$72,500SL ‘08 CIH 1250--24R30--FF, Acre Mtr: 6500 Acres

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Richard SiemersDutch treat

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.

“Dutch treat” is a phrase often used topolitely suggest that everybody pays theirown bill when they eat out. In northwest

Iowa, home to many descendants of settlers from theNetherlands, the phrase has a much sweeter conno-tation.

One good example of that is a visit to Casey’s Bak-ery in Sioux Center. Now located in the Centre Mall,the bakery originated in downtown Sioux Center in1946. Casey and Ann De Groot opened the bakeryspecializing in some traditional Dutchrecipes. To this they added a tried and trueformula: Make everything from scratch + Usehigh quality ingredients = Satisfied cus-tomers that keep coming back.

Four of their popular Dutch items areAlmond Patties (a traditional Dutch puff pas-try filled with almond paste), Spice WindmillCookies (made with a cookie press), Rusk Buns(used for open face sandwiches), and RaisinBuns. There are other Dutch cookies and cakes

and anise candy, too.Glenda Mulder, head barista, said travelers often

stop to take home foods that they remember fromchildhood. And as if Casey’s didn’t offer enough oftheir own Dutch baked treats, they also haveimported Dutch foods and baking mixes, as well asDelft china.

A third generation of the De Groot family is nowinvolved in the management of a business that justkeeps growing. Their Centre Mall location has a

Kaffee Huis (coffee bar),deli and dining room in

addition to the bakeryand gift shop. The

Baker’s Pantry offers

kitchen tools. Their store fronts in this indoor mallhave a traditional Dutch look, so you can pick up abakery treat, add a drink from the Kaffee Huis, sitat a table in front of the store, and imagine you arelunching on an Amsterdam street.

While Casey’s is a good place to sample a Dutchbaked treat, this is a full-line bakery with breads, cook-ies, decorated cakes, and other sweets. Mulder saidtheir highest volume item is the good old Americanhamburger bun, and their delivery trucks supply otherretailers in northwest Iowa and into South Dakota.

If you are heading to or through Sioux Center, it’sworth a stop. The Centre Mall is along Highway 75.Visit www.caseysbakery.com to learn more aboutCasey’s. ❖

Casey’s Bakery, Sioux Center, Iowa

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