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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,and his mercy endures for ever. ~ Psalm 107:1

Northeastern Cattlemen scorebull’s eye at Denver Livestock

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by A. RockFor some time now cattlemen have

learned to come together regionallyand nationally with the best of theirbreeds to meet, compete, recognize,and grow their herds. While many ofthe finest and biggest ranches oft cor-ner the ribbons and the markets, thisyear approximately 36 farms exhibit-ing at the Denver Livestock Show werefrom the Northeast and proved theycould hold their own with the some-what rare and prized AmericanHighland cattle. Members of theNortheast Highland Cattle Association(Regional) are also in the AmericanHighland Cattle Association (National),which is headquartered in Denver, CO.They were quite pleased with theirresults at this, “The Super Bowl ofStock Shows.”

The first national Western StockShow was held in 1906 with fourbreeds — Angus, Galloway, Hereford,and Shorthorn. “They were the stan-dards of the day and the foundation ofthe American cattle market.” With theaddition of heavier cattle, the industryin America was altered, and theNational Western Stock Show alsoevolved into a show with a wide varietyof animals from the world over. Nowthe exhibition includes sheep, goats,rodeo, working dogs, and a youth com-petition as well as the best of the bestcattle. The National Western stockShow is held every January, still at theoriginal stock yards in Denver, CO.

About 125 Highland cattle wereshown this year with about 36 farms.About 1/3 or 30 farmers were from theNorth East, according to Dick LeClar,who with his wife Joyce LeClar ownDouble LL Farm near Boonville, NY.“This is probably one of the largest

groups of animals and most farms thathave ever traveled to the NWSS. This isour national show,” explains DickLeClar, “and, as far as I know, thelargest show for our breed.”

The Highland breed in America isnow a specific breed, but its origin canbe traced to Scotland where the earlycattle lived in the rugged Highlandsand can be traced archaeologically tothe 6th century, with written recordsdating to the 1300s. Only the fittestsurvived of two early classes: a small-er, usually black Kyloe and a larger,usually reddish strain (Though yellow,dun, white, brindle, and silver alsoexist). The cattle themselves may nolonger be imported, due to mad cowdisease in the British Isles a few yearsago; only semen may be.

This “Grande Old Breed” was listedin the first herd book of 1885 withrecords in the United States in the late1890’s, probably accompanying theimmigration of Irish/Scots duringthose times. The American Highlandbreed is still uncommon in the UnitedStates although the AmericanLivestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC)describes its existence as a conserva-tion success story. Highlands are seenworldwide as inspiration to breeders ofcritically rare breeds and some of thestrategies may be adaptable as well.

Dick and Joyce LeClar of the DoubleLL Farm near Boonville, NY, pur-chased Trafalgar Xerxes at the auctionin Denver which is part of the multidaylivestock show. This bull is a halfbrother to the 2012 Grand Champion.Xerxes is himself the IntermediateYearling Bull Champion at the 2012Stock Show (and that’s a Bull’s eye!)He is a 2-year old who weighs 1260pounds. LeClar hopes to keep him two

years, and get him to 1400 pounds,while using him for breeding. Thus,the LeClars hope to enrich their herdwith excellent seed stock, which is aprime motivation in attending theStock Show.

The LeClars have attended since1995, raising American Highlandssince 1986, and in farming formerlywith Holsteins and Herefords sinceDick LeClar “was a kid”. Now they have40 all Registered Highland breeding

stock; he likes their looks, hardiness,temperament, and “wanted somethingdifferent”. Dick LeClar is a memberand Vice President of the NationalBoard of American Highland CattleAssociation. He’s Past President of theNorth Eastern Highland CattleAssociation.

“In fact this has been an exceptionalyear, one of the best years the NorthEast has ever had,” states Dick LeClar.All three major Grand Champions havecome from the North East. Usuallyoutstanding results are spread fromDenver to Texas to Washington andOregon.”

An enjoyable footnote for the LeClarsis that this year five offspring of cattlethat LeClar has sold in Denver over theyears were in events. “You must be atthe top end of your game, especiallywith bulls, to be in the Denver events,”exclaims Mr. LeClar.

The American Highland breed isknown for its hardiness, vigor, easyhandling, exceptional mothering andcalving ease along with excellentbrowsing and grazing ability. It alsohas outstanding beef quality! Its coatis double. A long coarse outer layergives strength to a soft, wooly innerlayer. This reduces the need for expen-sive barns and vast shelters. Long hairover the eyes reduces incidences ofpinkeye and other fly-borne diseases,according to the Association.

Since it doesn’t need a heavy layerof back fat for insulation, the breedproduces lean, low fat, high qualitybeef. Since calf size is usually small(60-70 pounds) calving difficulty(dystocia) is less common say theexperts. They have long, productivelife spans.

Northeastern cattlemenscore bull’s eye at

Denver Livestock Show

The LeClars have been raising American Highlands since 1986 on their farm nearBoonville, NY.

Photos by Jerry Waskiewicz

LeClar brushes out his handsome bull named Trafalgar Xerxex.

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NY Farm Bureau offered an opportu-nity for all New York State farmers toshowcase their finest products to StateLegislators on March 5 at the 2012 NYFarm Bureau’s Taste of New YorkLegislative Reception in Albany.

NYFB Associate Director of PublicPolicy & Manager of Public Affairs,Matthew Nelligan, reported that 62booths with displays representing 21County Farm Bureaus and other agri-cultural organizations were on exhibitduring the event. Legislators andother attendees enjoyed a diversesmorgasbord of meats, fruits, cheeses,yogurt, maple syrup, wines and a vast

assortment of delicacies made fromthese ingredients.

Legislators obviously appreciated theamount of work that went into thepreparation for the event.

“We received a lot of compliments thenext day when we were lobbying,”noted Wayne Co. FB President & StateDirector, John Sorbello.

While over 500 Legislators attendedthe spectacular reception, approxi-mately 250 NYFB members fromacross the state participated in LobbyDay on March 6.

Priority State Level Ag issuesaddressed included ‘Meeting the 2 per-cent Tax Mandate,’ which although it

was enacted last year, has not beenapplied as a cap to Ag assessed land.According to NYFB President DeanNorton, some Ag land is beingassessed with a 10 percent cap.

“This is very important to our ruralcommunities,” stated Sorbello,“especially in this current economicclimate.”

Sorbello said that the “Let New YorkFarm Act,” which opposes extra farmfees, paperwork and red tape was alsodiscussed. “This would lower overheadgovernmental costs to farmers, saidSorbello, “as well as making somefavorable changes to regulatory poli-cies farmers are dealing with.”

The Senate Agriculture Committeeapproved the “Let NY Farm Act.”

Sorbello reported that besides meet-ing with representatives AssemblymanOaks and Senator Nozzolio, “adopted”legislators from downstate were alsomet with. “There seems to be a sincereinterest — and even a ‘we’re all in thistogether’ attitude,” he reported.

County Ag represented at 2012 NY Farm Bureau

Lobby Days & ‘Taste of NY’

Officers and the Board of Directors of NYS Association of Agricultural Fairs pose for a photo at the Lobby Days reception.

Photos by Elizabeth A. Tomlin

NY Farm Bureau county presidents informing legislators about their county's prod-

ucts included, Daniel Hubbard (Steuben), Tony LaPierre (Clinton), Peter Martini

(Yates), John Sorbello (Wayne), Bruce Maybury (Seneca), Lisa Grefrath (Ontario),

Harvey Skeele (Onondaga), Mike Kiechle (Jefferson), Jon Greenwood (St. Lawrence),

Aron Crowell (Chautauqua) and NY FB Associate Director of Public Policy & Manager

of Public Affairs Matthew Nelligan.

(From left) Orleans Co. FFA Albion Chapter President Nicole Nesbitt, NY State FFA

President (Jefferson Co.) J. W. Allen; NYS V.P. (Lewis Co.) Nate Lundquist; Lobby Day

FB Key Speaker Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush (122nd Dist.); and Albion V.P. Paige

LeVandowski, discussed Blankenbush's thoughts on Ag in New York State.

Key people in NY Farm Bureau industry (from left), Associate Director of National

Affairs M. Kelly Young, NY FB Director of Public Policy Julie C. Suarez, and New York

Farm Viability Institute Chairman James Bittner pause for a photo.

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LIVERPOOL, NY — Three individu-als — two Cornell students and aCornell professor — were honored withprestigious awards provided by thefamily of industry trend setter RichardPopp recently at the 2012 NortheastDairy Producers AssociationConference near Syracuse.

Seniors Jordan Fisher and DanielDurfee, both active in Cornell DairyFellows and Cornell University DairyScience Club, have exhibited leader-ship and excellence through participa-tion in several work-related intern-

ships in the industry, as well as educa-tional trips within the U.S. andabroad. Both expressed eagerness toput their skills to work in productiondairy upon their graduation, andspoke highly of their interaction withprofessors and advisors during theircareers at Cornell. Fisher, of Madrid,NY, and Durfee, of Chittenango, NY,also praised their families for supportalong the way. Dick Popp challengedthe Northeast dairy industry to becomeone of the progressive leaders in thecountry. He was keenly interested indairy students and welcomed themregularly to his western New York farmuntil his death in 1997. The scholar-ship check, made possible by his wifeJan and their adult children, is pre-sented annually.

Dr. David Galton, long-time dairyprofessor and winning judging coach,head of the Cornell Dairy ManagementGroup, former director of PRO-DAIRY,and advisor to scores of students,gratefully received the Richard PoppMemorial Leadership Award. He wasintroduced with words of affection andrespect by one of NEDPA’s past chair-men and three former students whoare all active in dairy careers. DickPopp’s daughter Aileen, also one of“Doc’s” students, sent a note of con-gratulations to be shared in herabsence.

The dairy program at Cornell rose to

national and international prominenceunder Galton’s leadership, drawingexcellent faculty and students fromgreat distances. He developed theDairy Fellows Program which takesstudents regularly to the most progres-sive working dairy farms where theylearn to analyze the businesses andenjoy the privilege of observing bestmanagement practices. Galton, ofGenoa, NY, emphasizes the importanceof U.S. and global travel for his stu-dents, and works diligently to placethem in internships where they canput their skills and education to workwhile still in college.

Known throughout the industry as ahard-driving, fun-loving mentor,Galton counsels students to pursuetheir dreams while keeping the reali-ties of family dynamics, economics,and the dairy industry’s volatility closeat hand. Popp frequently advisedGalton as he sought to raise the stan-dards and efficiencies of the New Yorkindustry through formal educationand hands-on learning. Galton demon-strates many qualities that definedPopp as a unique role model of ourtime: pioneering new ideas and tech-nologies, forsaking certainty for strideson the cutting edge of the industry,and selfless support of the dairy com-munity. For these reasons and more,Dr. David Galton joins the growing listof Popp Leadership honorees.

Past recipients:• 1998 Don Rogers, First Pioneer

Farm Credit, Enfield, CT• 2000 David Porter, Porterdale

Farms, Inc., Adams Center, NY• 2002 George Mueller, Willow Bend

Farm, Clifton Springs, NY• 2004 Willard DeGolyer, Table Rock

Farm, Castile, NY• 2006 Rick Smith, Dairylea

Cooperative, Inc., Syracuse, NY• 2008 Eleanor Jacobs, Northeast

Dairy Business, Syracuse, NY• 2010 George Conneman, Cornell

University (retired), Ithaca NY

Cover photo by Jerry WaskiewiczDick LeClar with one of his American Highland Cattle fromthe Double LL Farm near Boonville, NY.

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Popp awards presentedat 2012 NEDPA conference

LIVERPOOL, NY — More than 400 ofthe dairy industry’s brightest and bestassembled recently at the 2012Northeast Dairy Producers Association(NEDPA) Conference in central New YorkState. Presented by NEDPA and Cornell’sPRO-DAIRY, the two-day conference pro-vided dairy producers, agri-service per-sonnel, educators, and students with theglobal perspective, hands-on strategies,and scientific facts they’ll use to propeltheir industry to even more progressiveand profitable levels.

Guest speakers from the UnitedKingdom and United States explored abroad range of topics including:

• How U.S. agriculture and dairyindustry are impacted by a worldincreasingly in chaos

• How dairies can capture more valuefrom the marketplace

• Why it’s critical that we speak up tosupport the consumer’s right to choosein the dairy marketplace

• Why dairy businesses need to takemore leadership in the role as educa-tors of the public

• How to minimize challenges andembrace opportunities present intoday’s New York dairy industry withthe latest technologies and businessanalysis techniques

• What impact new genomic tech-nologies have on producing herdreplacements

• How to use activity-based account-

ing systems to manage multiple busi-ness sites

• How to employ on-farm mass bal-ance assessments to use nutrientsmore efficiently

• Which management tools best con-trol incidence of “today’s” ketosis

• How updated research championsdairy products’ important contributionto U.S. intake of key nutrients,debunks 1950’s failed theory that fatslead to heart disease and saturatedfats raise cholesterol levels

A panel comprised of Cornellresearcher, veterinarian and dairy pro-ducer also shared on-farm lessonslearned establishing successful group-housed feeding systems for youngcalves in locations across the state.This presentation prompted an extend-ed and spirited discussion with theaudience, always eager for battle-test-ed “take home.”

NEDPA’s Executive Director CarolinePotter provided the membership with adetailed update on the association’smake up, recent accomplishments,strategic plan for the near future, andthen introduced the Board’s recently-elected Directors.

NEDPA is a group of forward-lookingdairy producers committed to an effi-cient, profitable, environmentally-responsible and consumer consciousdairy industry in the Northeast. Formore information visit www.nedpa.org.

2012 Northeast Dairy ProducersAssociation Conference attracts 400 ofthe dairy industry’s brightest and best

Daniel Durfee (L), Jordan Fisher (R).Photos by Meg Gaige

Dr. David Galton

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by Sanne Kure-JensenThe National Labor Relations Board

has implemented a new rule impactingfarms and businesses across Americafrom small operations with just twoemployees to huge corporations.Employees must be notified of theirrights to organize and join a union.

Farm owners and managers withnon-family employees who are NOTexclusively engaged in “agriculture”and who sell across state lines are sub-ject to the National Labor Relations Act.These farms MUST comply with thenew posting rule by April 30 or face stiffpenalties. Most, but not all, smallfarms (as well as railroads, airlines andthe U.S. Post Office) will be exempt.

The definition of “agriculture” isfound in the Fair Labor Standards Act.“Agriculture” includes farming and allof its primary and secondary functions— cultivating and tilling the soil, pro-ducing, cultivating, growing and har-vesting agricultural or horticulturalcommodities, dairying, the raising oflivestock, bees, fur-bearing animals orpoultry, and the “secondary” functionsinvolved in agriculture such as thepacking of produce farmed by that par-ticular employer.

The new labor poster MUST be post-ed at all non-exempt farms and busi-nesses alerting employees to theirrights to unionize.

Employee Notice:The poster includes a summary of

these employee rights:1. Organize a union to negotiate with

employer for wages, hours and otherterms and condition of employment

2. Form, join and assist a union3. Bargain collectively through rep-

resentatives of their choosing for a

contract with their employer4. Discuss their terms and condi-

tions of employment or union organiz-ing with co-workers or a union (dis-cuss pay)

5. Take action with one or more co-worker to improve work conditionsraising work-related complaints direct-ly with employer or with governmentagency and seek help from union

6. Alert employees where to go forhelp (government agency) or to filecharges against employer

7. Strike and picket (depending uponthe purpose or means)

8. Choose not to do any of theseactivities

The poster does not list any of theconsequences, positive or negative,that employees may encounter by exer-cising these rights. The poster does notmention that employers have no legalobligation to agree with terms of aCollective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).Employers are only required to make a“genuine effort” to reach agreements.

Employers May NOT:1. Prohibit solicitation or distribu-

tion or union-related materials, exceptduring working hours

2. Question employees about theirunion activities

3. Take adverse action againstemployees because of union-relatedactivity

4. Threaten to close5. Promise benefits6. Prohibit display of union logo or

insignia7. Spy or videotape (or pretend to) on

employees who may be engaging inprotected union organizing activity

Posting Requirements:The poster must be printed 11” by 17”

and posted in a conspicuous place whereother employee notices are posted. If 20percent or more of your labor force isnon-English speaking, there must be aposter in that language as well. You candownload the necessary posters atwww.dol.gov/oasam/programs/osdbu/sbrefa/poster/matrix.htm.

Enforcement and Penalties:Failure to post the notice may result

in a finding that the employer isunfriendly to unions. If you don’t dis-play the poster, the National LaborRelations Board (NLRB) may allow adisgruntled employee to bring chargesthat go back more than six months.Business owners can face fines that goup daily as well as other penalties.

If there is any chance that your farmis not exclusively an “agriculturalemployer,” then you should hang theposter by April 30 and check periodi-cally to be sure the poster is still up.

Union Membership:As of 2011, 14.8 million or 11.8 per-

cent of American workers were union-ized; 17.4 percent of RI workers wereunionized, the sixth highest percent inAmerica. These numbers are downfrom 1983 when 20.1 percent of RI and17.7 percent of nationwide workersbelonged to unions.

New York has the highest rate of 24.1percent union workers; North Carolinahas the lowest rate at 2.9 percentunionized. Among the top six states,their common or major industries aretourism, aircraft manufacturing and

auto manufacturing.1. New York2. Alaska3. Hawaii4. Washington5. Michigan6. Rhode IslandPublic sector or government workers

are five times more likely to be in aunion with 37 percent versus 6.9 per-cent in private sector jobs. Educatorsand library staff are the most likely tobe in union jobs. In 2010, 67 percentof public sector jobs in Rhode Islandwere unionized, second only to NewYork. This includes local governmentworkers like teachers, police officersand fire fighters.

Private sector positions with the mostunion workers include transportation,utility and construction workers. Salespositions have the fewest unionizedemployees; workers in these positionsgenerally like individual incentives,such as commissions and bonuses,available through individualized deal-ings with employers.

Lori Caron Silveira, Esquire of Adler,Pollock & Sheehan presented on thistopic in February, 2012 at theNewport County Chamber ofCommerce. If you have further ques-tions, please see www.nlrb.gov/posteror contact Ms. Silveira atlsilveira@apslaw.com, call 401-274-7200 or write c/o Adler, Pollock &Sheehan, One Citizens Plaza, 8thFloor, Providence, RI 02903.

New national labor posting rule may affect some farms

It’s not rocket science SenatorSchumer!

According to published reports, NewYork’s senior Senator, CharlesSchumer, wants more milk. More milkproduced in New York State to be pre-cise. So much so, he is proposinginvolving scarce U.S. taxpayer dollarsin the quest. No surprise there:Senator Schumer’s general approachto problems usually involves throwingsome taxpayer cash at them...

This time the question comes down,not only to his choice of a problem butif, in fact, a problem exists at all.Schumer’s concerns have been stimu-lated by the construction of severalnew Greek-style yogurt factories inupstate New York. Up and running,these plants will need milk. ThePepsico/Theo Mueller Wave plant,under construction in Batavia, will bethe largest, so far, in North America: itwill need lots and lots of milk.

That New York State is capable ofproducing more milk is not in doubt;it could easily produce three times asmuch as it does and even more.

Moreover, where better to producethis additional milk than here in theNortheast, where grass is lush, plen-tiful and watered by natural precipi-tation. The Greek-style yogurt pro-duced in these new plants will findready markets near at hand, up anddown the densely populated EastCoast. All this was known and thor-oughly factored before any of theseyogurt outfits tossed the first shovelfull of New York dirt.

Where New York dairymen should becareful is in gauging the marketdemand for this additional milk.Optimistic statements by our seniorSenator aside, prudent state dairymenwould do well to await the developmentof a market demand before adjustingtheir production upward. When mar-ket demand kicks in, New York dairyfarmers will see it in the prices paid bythese yogurt makers and, through theworkings of a competitive marketplace,the prices paid by other regional milkprocessors as well.

Here is why dairymen should wait:looking at the “mailbox” milk prices

received by Northeast dairymen overthe last two decades, it must be notedthat, price-wise, the demand for milkin the Northeast has been flat at best.Flat demand sires abysmal farm milkprices and those paid in theNortheast have been among the low-est in the nation. The all too obviousbitter fruit of this legacy is plain tosee in the dark, empty cowbarns andcollapsing former farmsteads thatblight the region.

Currently, state dairymen are look-ing at a further staggering reduction offarm milk prices this spring, officiallybecause of “market forces.” In realitythese “market forces” come down tothe continuing blatant corporatemanipulation of the cheese tradingmarket of the Chicago MercantileExchange, whose sale data loads theUSDA Milk Price Formula. If SenatorSchumer had the best interests of hisdairymen at heart he would do some-thing less flamboyant and ultimatelymore useful; join New York’s juniorSenator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who hascorrectly identified this problem. Shehas been calling for investigation andreform of the USDA Milk Price Formulafor quite some time now.

So, Senator Schumer wants moremilk? This class clown turned U.S.Senator has based his assessment on

the assumption that, at some time inthe future, vast amounts of new milkwill be required to fuel the newGreek-style yogurt plants that seemto be popping up like mushrooms allover the upstate New York landscape.If these new projects do come to com-pletion he will no doubt be provencorrect.

However, this is not rocket science,Senator Schumer; there is a way toensure the availability of this milk andit doesn’t even require a single redcent of U.S. taxpayer cash. It’s calledbasic market economics. Let thesefirms investing in these yogurt facili-ties agree to pay the New York dairyfarmers that are expected to producetheir necessary raw material, (milk)fair and stable prices for their essen-tial contribution. When that happensNew York dairymen won’t need theirsenior Senator to advise them or agovernment program to fund them.When market economics dictate anup-tic in New York milk production isneeded, our senior Senator shouldtake care to get ... out of the way, lesthe risk getting run over by one of all ofthose new milk trucks...

Nate Wilson, Sinclairville, NYWilson, 64, has retired after 40 years

dairying on a small ChautauquaCounty grassland dairy farm.

Opinions of the letters printed are not necessarily those of the staff or manage-ment at Country Folks. Submit letters of opinion to Editor, Country Folks, PO Box121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428. Fax 518-673-2699; E-mail cfeditor@leepub.com.

Letter to the Editor

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of1933 was the first modern farm bill.

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Rumbling cloudsOn Thursday, March 15, I was visiting Hiram, one

of my Mohawk Valley customers, whose real nameis actually something different. I had accidentallyleft my tarp at another customer’s place on a sun-ny day. Rain had begun to fall as I drove next to Hi-ram’s barn, so his sons and I unloaded his orderfrom my uncovered truck as rapidly as possible.The rain continued, a nice soothing unseasonablywarm precipitation. What happened next was therattling of Hiram’s metal barn roof as it resonatedwith thunder. A few minutes later clouds in the dis-tance whitened brightly, followed by thunder afteranother seven or eight seconds. At least this part ofCentral New York was experiencing its first spring-time thunderstorm.

I had hoped that the first thunderstorm of theseason would wait two or three more weeks, like itdid last year. The reason that I had hoped that suchan occurrence would hold off a little (or a lot) longeris that a half-year following the first serious electricstorm in the springtime is when we expect au-tumn’s first killer frost. This forecast only applies tomid-latitude regions, i.e., those located near the 45degree parallel, a line running between Watertownand Canton, NY. Vast acreages of serious farmland,heavy in dairy, are situated within five degrees ofthe 45th parallel. So with a serious thunderstormstriking March 15, we can predict the first killerfrost on the other end of the growing season will hitsix months later. This means folks should try toplant as much short season corn as possible, par-ticularly for grain. Most crop people in the North-east try to plant short season corn as much as pos-sible anyway. This year that will be more of a chal-

lenge than in normal years… whatever a “normal”year is.

Last year’s growing season for seedcorn was un-usually harsh (something I will address in moredepth next week). For now, let me shorten that longstory by saying that most corn growers will getenough seedcorn, but it probably won’t all be thevarieties they were hoping for, particularly for folkswaiting till the last minute. These days there seemto be more variety substitutions than there used tobe. So often a seed dealer tells a customer, “we ranout of X variety, but we got you Y… which will workjust as well”.

There is scientific basis for this 183 day lag be-tween first springtime thunderstorm and the firstkiller frost at the other end of the growing season.The basis for this prediction is the jet stream polardrift rule. This phenomenon dictates that oneweather extreme deviating time-wise from the ver-nal equinox (March 20 this year… today as I write)will be followed half a year later by the opposite ex-treme, deviating by the same amount of time fromthe autumnal equinox (Sept. 22). Since the firstthunderstorm hit five days before the vernal equi-nox, the first killer frost should hit five days beforethe autumnal equinox, or Sept. 17.

Again, this climatologic pendulum has scientificbasis, at least in regions near the 45th parallel,which is half-way between the 30 degree latitudeand 60 degree latitude. The 30th parallel, whichruns near New Orleans, is home for the southernbranch of the northern hemisphere jet stream. The60th parallel, which runs near the tip of Canada’sSt. James Bay, is home to the northern branch ofthat jet stream.

When the northern branch of our jet stream veersway north, as was the case on March 15, warmmoist southern air plows through our region. Atsome point this air mass collided with a cold front,causing a thunderstorm. Then the opposite shouldhappen six months later, as the northern branch ofthe jet stream bounces southward, allowing cold

Canadian air to spread frost through the mid-lati-tude regions.

Occasionally, I have backed off from making thisforecast when it looks like el Niño might mess thingsup meteorologically. When this el Niño climate char-acteristic gets unruly, all bets are off the table, interms of jet stream behavior. I was able to assess elNiño’s 2012 behavior by referring to the website ofthe International Research Institute (IRI) for Climateand Society. El Niño is defined as occuring when thePacific Ocean surface areas along the equator andwest of South America experience water tempera-ture increase (compared to normal) of 1.5-3.5 de-grees Celsius (2.7-6.3 degrees Fahrenheit).

Let me quote from IRI’s website: “Most of the setof dynamical and statistical model predictions is-sued during late February and early March 2012predict cool, but neutral ENSO (el Niño southernoscillation) conditions for the March to May 2012season currently in progress, although a few mod-els do continue predicting weak la Niña conditions(as are still observed at mid-March) for the period.Many models indicate some warming during thesecond half of the calendar year, but most do notcall for el Niño.” (La Niña occurs when these equa-torial water temperatures drop an unusualamount.) Based on IRI’s assessment, I’m acceptingthat el Niño remains “ruly”, and my jetstream polardrift prediction stands.

Hiram said he saw some lightning two days earli-er. I asked if it was accompanied by rain; he saidno. No rain meant no storm, so that was good. ASept. 17 frost will be hard enough to take. Follow-ing my last year’s first frost prediction, my battingaverage with these forecasts increased to 82.35 per-cent. This year I hope I’m wrong with first frostdragging way into fall.

Speaking of biblical names (like Hiram) and elec-trical storms, I thought it would be really cool ifsome guy named Noah was a really good welder.Then he could start a business with a sign out frontwhich said: Noah’s Arc.

Crop Commentsby Paris Reidhead

Field Crops Consultant (Contact: renrock46@hotmail.com)

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see dairy being one ofthe first commoditiesout of the chute in theCongressional Hearingprocess for the upcom-ing Farm Bill debate.Recently, seven mem-bers of the House Agri-culture Committee at-tended a field hearing at

Saranac Lake, NY, tohear testimony fromthree dairy producersand other livetock andcrop farmers.

The members of theHouse Agriculture Com-mittee in attendance in-cluded Chairman FrankLucas (R-OK), BobGoodlatte (R-VA), ChrisGibson (R-NY), Bill

Owens (D-NY), ChelliePingree (D-ME) MikeConaway (R-TX) andDavid Scott (D-GA).

Dairy producers testi-fying included Neal Rea,Chairman of the Boardof Agri-Mark; EricOoms, Vice President ofNew York State FarmBureau and Jeremy Ver-ratti of Upstate Niagara

Cooperative. All threewitnesses did a greatjob. And the most im-portant thing abouttheir testimony was thatit was consistent interms of policy changesneeded to deal with milkprices in the future. Thethree dairy witnesses allendorsed the Dairy Se-curity Act, H.R. 3062,

which was introducedlast year by Congress-man Peterson of Min-nesota and Congress-man Simpson of Idaho.

Neal Rea emphasizedthe importance of theMargin Insurance Pro-gram in the Dairy Secu-rity Act. He pointed outhow margins (the differ-ence between the allmilk price and feedcosts) had shrunk tojust $3.66 when farmmilk prices declined pre-cipitously in 2009. Al-though margins recov-ered to $7.59 in 2011Mr. Rea noted that theywere shrinking alreadyin 2012 and will proba-bly average $5.80 thisyear. Eric Ooms covereda variety of subjects im-portant to the dairy in-dustry. He pointed outthat overall the federalmilk marketing ordersystem has worked andthat current Class I dif-ferentials are working.He stressed the impor-tance of dairy productsin the school lunch pro-gram and how importantthe EQIP conservationprogram has been fordairy producers. And hepointed out the impor-tance of the Capper-Vol-stead Act in the market-ing of dairy products bycooperatives.

He mentioned that theFarm Bureau supportsthe Dairy Security Actbecause the productionmanagement provision(Market StabilizationProgram) is voluntary.

Jeremy Verratti madea key point on the im-portance of diversity inthe sales of variousdairy products such asyogurt, cottage cheese,chip dip, ice cream,whey and other prod-ucts to the dairy indus-try. He linked this toNMPF’s development ofthe Foundation for theFuture which ultimatelybecame the basis for the

Dairy Security Act.Mr. Verratti stressed

the need for a stable andfair price for milk as akey ingredient in the fi-nancial well being ofdairy producers. As afourth generation dairyproducer, Jeremy Ver-ratti wants to stay in thedairy business. There-fore he emphasized theneed for new dairy poli-cies such as the DairySecurity Act to makethat happen.

The two key tenets ofthe Dairy Security Actinclude the Margin Po-tection Program (dairyinsurance) which servesas a safety net for dairyproducers when farmmilk prices decline. TheMargin Protection Pro-gram replaces the cur-rent MILC program. Thesecond piece of theDairy Security Act is theMarket StabilizationProgram which wouldonly “kick in” when na-tional supplies of milkboth for domestic useand export needs exceeddemand. This key provi-sion is aimed at mitigat-ing dairy price volatilitywhich has been a majorproblem for dairy pro-ducers for the past sev-eral years. The last dipin prices in 2009 was sosevere that it placedmany dairy producers indifficult financialstraits. The Market Sta-bilization Program by it-self can’t eliminate pricevolatility but it can if itworks properly to re-duce the deep valleys infarm milk prices.

At the same time theconcept of injecting feedmargins into the provi-sions of the Dairy Secu-rity Act recognize thatincreased feed priceshave the biggest impacton the cost-pricesqueeze faced by dairyfarmers.

Source: NDFC E-let-ter for March 16

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Spring has sprung!With the beautiful

weather that we haveenjoyed for the pastweek it is hard to denythat spring is here.About one week ago thecrocuses in my yardwere in full bloom.Years ago when some-one helped weed myflower bed they tossedmy crocus bulbs outinto the lawn not rec-ognizing them. Thanksto that I now have afront lawn filled withdelightful purple cro-cuses.

Saturday I noticedthat the daffodils onmy bank were showingyellow. By Sundaymorning they were infull bloom. I know thisis quite early, but I amenjoying it while itlasts. The tulip leavesare already quite tall.Who knows when theymight decide to open?

The warm weathermarked the end of themaple syrup season. Ithink producers didbetter than I thoughtthey might. It lookedlike a very short sea-son. Maple syrup mightjust be in short supplythis year. There arepeople who say theywill not pay the pricefor a gallon of syrup.To those people I sayenjoy your sugarsyrup. They do not re-alize how hard themaple producers workjust to produce a gal-lon of the amber syrup.It takes about 40 gal-lons of sap to boil downto make a gallon ofsyrup. Once it getsclose to being ready toboil, it takes a lot ofwatching before it canbe bottled.

Temperatures havereached nearly to the80s. The clerks in thestore were complainingabout how hot it wasinside. Businesses arenot yet ready to runtheir air conditioners.The one clerk chastisedherself saying, “Listen

to me. I am complain-ing about being hotand it is only March!”

Her sentiment I amsure is echoed by manyof us. It certainly hasbeen unseasonablywarm. I have alreadyused my sun roof to letthe warm air out of mycar. When I came out ofchurch the car regis-tered just shy of 80 de-grees, but, of coursethat was in the sun.

My porch rocker is agreat place to sit toread. I have alreadytaken my book out toenjoy it. I am sad thatit is once again Day-light Savings Time be-cause now it is stilldark in the morningwhen I am enjoyingthat first cup of coffee.I used to enjoy takingmy coffee out on theporch to listen to thebirds. Now I cannot seethe birds if they arethere.

My dog and I took awalk the other nightjust for the exercise.We both slept soundlythat night. My grand-daughter and I had al-ready walked the trackat the YMCA in themorning so I had plen-ty of exercise.

A day off of schoolleft time for one of thegrandsons to walk thetrail at the Audubonwith me. I had tried todo it earlier in the win-ter but the weather didnot cooperate. The oth-er days he had off itrained and I do not liketo walk in the rain. I donot mind walking thetrails in the snow. Thatis invigorating.

We opted for the longtrail that led aroundthe big pond. Westopped along the wayto visit the lookout ar-eas. We saw a numberof birds, but little else,but then it is early. Wesaw robins, red-wingedblackbirds, sparrows,geese, and seagulls. Wedid see a frog jump offthe bank into one of

the ponds.He told his father he

saw an eagle — that ofcourse, was Liberty!She seemed to be en-joying her day on oneof the perches withinher cage. She was quitevocal that morning.Neither of us recalledever hearing her makethat much noise.

There are severalpoints of new construc-tion at the Audubon. Adedicated team of vol-unteers builds to keepthe trails in shape. Ifyou have never gone fora walk up there, youneed to do it. You canpick a short trail tostart with so that yousee what is available. It

is my favorite place towalk. There is alwaysso much to see.

I told my grandsonthat April would proba-bly be a better monthto see things. The wild-flowers will be out andthe animals will bebuilding nests. He re-membered that we sawa goose with eggs rightalong the trail when wewalked there one time.He suggested that wefind time to walk inApril as well.

Toward the end ofApril they do birdbanding at theAudubon. One year Itook the grandchildrenup to observe. Theywere delighted that

they each got to hold abird that was beingbanded. It was fun forthem to release it.There are pictures ineach of the scrapbooksso they will not forgeWeactually walked a com-bination of trails thatyielded about a threemile walk. It was abeautiful day. Al-though it was coolwhen we started it wasclose to 70 degreeswhen we finished. Thesweatshirts came offbefore we went into thebuilding.

If you are a memberof the Audubon youcan go into the build-ing with no charge. Wewandered through the

live exhibits checkingout the turtles, snakeand fish. If you are nota member, you can goup on any Sunday af-ternoon. Sundays arefree. There is never acharge to walk thetrails. They do like tohave you documentanything that you seethat is unique.

When people com-plain that there isnothing to do aroundhere, they do not knowwhat things they aremissing out on. Natureis a powerful teacher.Get out and enjoy it!

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Chapter of NYS HorseCouncil sponsored aFarrier’s Clinic, withfree trimming of active4-Hers horses’ hooves,on Sunday, March 11,in the huge indoor are-na at the Rolling StoneRanch in Bethel, NY.Volunteers seeking newmemberships and re-newals manned tablesadvertising the SullivanCounty Chapter as wellas the NYS HorseCouncil.

Hailing from far-awayAttica, NY, clinician Ker-ry Brooks started Farri-ering in 1986 after grad-uating from the EasternSchool of Farrier Sci-ence in Martinsville, VA,and has spent the past26 years enjoying herjob of trimming andshoeing horses. Despiteliving about a 4-hour-drive away, Kerryspends three days aweek trimming andshoeing horses inDelaware County andanother in Sullivan be-fore returning home.

Kerry began with aninteresting talk andprovided lots of visuals— a table filled withvarious types of horseshoes, models of horsefeet and hand-outsheets describing theparts of the horse’s foot.Topics for discussionincluded Founder,(laminitis) which resultsfrom a shock to thehorse’s system —whether that shockcomes from eating abarrel of feed, heavy/lengthy exercise fol-lowed by drinking lotsof cold water, or eating

too much new grass atonce. And although thehorse may just exhibit a‘belly ache’ and recoverthe next day, this shockto the horse’s systemmight not show up inthe horse’s feet for oneto six months — andshould be consideredwhen the horse hasfoot problems, sheexplained.

Kerry showed thegroup a horse’s hoofthat had never beentrimmed — the poor an-imal suffered such neg-lect it had to be putdown. The hoof hadgrown so long it hadcurved up like a horn —and it was easy to seeon the model that thehorse had suffered fromsevere laminitis. Shesaid that ponies are es-pecially notorious forbeing prone to laminitis.

Especially during thistime of year, earlyspring, too much grasscan be deadly to horsesfor this reason. Kerrystressed that it is mostimportant to monitoryour horse’s grass in-take in early spring; asthe more he eats, themore susceptible to be-coming foundered andcontracting laminitis.The sugars are highestin early lush grasses onthe cold mornings, espe-cially when there is froston the ground — horsesshould not be allowed tograze at will during thistime of year and time ofday — rather, start out1/2 hour a day for a fewdays, then gradually in-crease their grazing timeby minutes for a fewmore days until theyhave been able to accli-

mate their digestive sys-tem. But on frostymornings it’s better notto let your horses grazeat all, at least until thesun has burned off thefrost mid-day.

Navicular is a seriousproblem that can alsocome from owner neg-lect. A horse with a nav-icular problem will ex-hibit the classic sign ofstanding with one footpointed out in front,sometimes alternatingfeet, to get the weight offand make the horsemore comfortable. Theproblem can’t really betotally fixed, she said,but with careful trim-ming and shoeing thehorse can be made morecomfortable and still beusable.

Ringbone, she ex-plained, is identified by

a pronounced ‘bump’ onthe front of the foot — itis a calcification thatdoes not go away; it is apermanent condition.Heavy horses, such asSpanish Barbs andClydesdales are suscep-tible to ringbone if theyare over-fed; their extraweight causes too muchpressure on the foot.

Cushings Disease iscommonly found in old-er horses and ponies.The classic symptomsinclude a very long,heavy hair coat. Cush-ings is a disorder of thepituitary gland, oftencaused by a tumor. Thehorse may exhibit acresty neck and be over-weight, and exhibitlaminitis. It is importantto monitor the type ofhay and feed you’re giv-ing your horse if he hasthis condition; plaingrass hay is preferredover rich alfalfa hay,and grain should notcontain molasses. Thereare medications on themarket to counteractthe effects of Cushingsdisease.

Another word of cau-tion Kerry gave thegroup had to do with de-wormers. She explainedthat good hygiene, suchas never sharing buck-ets with other horsesand having adequatepasture area for yourhorse, will go a long wayin preventing infestation

of worms. She does notadvocate the use of dai-ly dewormers and saysthat she has had goodresults using deworm-ers twice a year — inMay and October.

After the question andanswer period, Kerryworked on horses thatwere brought to theclinic. Attendees wereencouraged to look atthe untrimmed, thentrimmed hooves to seehow it is done. Shestressed the importanceof fitting the shoe to thefoot, and not the otherway around. She alsolikes to keep as much ofthe frog as possible, asit acts as the horse’sshock absorber — and agood-sized frog will en-able the foot to spreadout and be healthy.When re-shoeing a

horse she looks closelyat the shoe to see how itis worn, in order tolearn how the horse istraveling. For unevenhoof wear, such as a“low spot” or in the in-stance of one horse thathad suffered from a‘gravel’ and had a holethat had grown out tothe bottom of its hoof,Kerry uses a liquid filler,“Grand Circuit”.

Lastly she discussed“dry feet”, comparing itto the dry skin many ofus suffer from in winter.Kerry likes to use PineTar and demonstratedhow to apply the dark,sticky material with atoothbrush to the out-side of the horse’s foot.The three-dozen atten-dees were very apprecia-tive of all they hadlearned at this clinic.

Sullivan County Horse Council sponsors Farrier Clinic

Kerry Brooks trimmed hooves and demonstrated hertechnique.

Kerry Brooks measuresthe shoe to the trimmedfoot.

Photos by Judy Van Put

Attendees were fascinated to see a severely founderedfoot.

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LEON 585 Silver spreader hydra pash topbeater end gate saper single truck tires ex.condition $13,000. No Sunday calls.315-946-0087.(NY)

CAST IRON water bowls, push button, 2hole frost free cattle waterer, best offers.Moravia, NY. 315-730-3733

1957 FARMALL 230, fast hitch w/snow-plow, runs good, good condition, $3,250.315-782-8775.(NY)

NEW HOLLAND 1431 Discbine 2 pointhitch. No Sunday calls. 607-243-5749.(NY)

CEDAR FENCE POSTS, sharpened orunsharpened $2.50 each. 315-858-2882.(NY)

TRACTOR TIRES: 10x36 $175.00;11.2x36 $225.00; 12x36 $225.00; 11.2x38$175.00; 13.6x38 $225.00; 30% to 50%tread 5.00x15 $40. Information call 315-699-2200.(NY)

HUD-SON FOREST equipment, FarmBoss saw on trailer with blade sharpenerand several blades $4,000. 315-789-6961.(NY)

TEAM BELGIAN 15, 16 year old, wellbroke, $1,800; American saddlebred geld-ing 8 years old, rides drives, $1,500. 315-963-7103.(NY)

SMALL GRAZING HERD FOR SALE:Jerseys, Holsteins, crosses, 32 cows, 4bred heifers, $65,000. 607-760-9459.(NY)

WANTED: 20.8x42 snap-on or JD axleduals, or two used 20.8x42 tires; Also threerow snapper head for New Holland 900.315-651-3807.(NY)

NH 311 BALER w/thrower, EZ trail 9x18,(2) 8x16 steel wagons with or w/out run-ning gears, all exc cond. 413-667-3692.(MA)

JOHN DEERE LA with plows, mower, cul-tivator, belt, pulley wheel weights, electricstart; Also Case 310 dozer, runs good.607-369-7656.(NY)

JOHN DEERE 5020 tractor 18.4x38 tires1,000 RPM dual remotes and cab $4,500.413-684-4665.(MA)

HEREFORDS, barn tied, calm, well fed,cows, heifers, steers, tractors, sq-balers,round-baler, tedder, haybind baleage, cat-tle chute, wagons, rake. 607-865-5678.(NY)

WANTED: New Holland 718 Chopper elec-tric controls, 2 row corn head w/sickle barknife. Heads from 717 Chopper also fit.315-531-8072.(NY)

TEN JERSEY and Jersey cross heifercalves, also Jersey Holstein cross cow dueApril, Robert Yoder Morrisville Organic.315-684-3422.(NY)

17 ANGUS CROSS bred cows, bred toregistered Angus bull. Will start calvingMay 1st. $1,100. each. 585-330-7874.(NY)

EASTER LAMBS, 40 to 100 pounds, 35lambs, average 55 pounds. 607-433-2292.(NY)

FULLBLOOD ABGA registered Boer buck,4 years old; Ennobled pedigree; long, verymuscled, gentile disposition; can emailphotos; $450/OBO. 607-648-2618.(NY)

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FREE 18x50 Curristone stave silo; 98BPatz silo unloader; 16-20’ tripod hoist$800. West Winfield, NY. 315-822-5834

MCCORMICK G30R 2004, 809HRS. 4x430HP. 2hyd. remotes 3pt. hitch, 540 PTOreversible operators station, fold downROPS. “Nice”. 585-526-5442.(NY)

JD 2010D 8K Mech RBLD $4,400. Brillion10’culti-mulcher $2,200. INT 4 bottomrollover plow $2,200, 5 blade soiler $650.Hudson. 518-567-9958.(NY)

DISBINE 408 New Holland 8ft. field ready$5,200. Louisa, VA. 540-748-9018.

IH SUPER C J.G. M.F. 50 gas 3pt. Belarus250D 3pt. new tires V.G. Oliver plow partwanted large spreader. 607-742-2326.(NY)

3 JERSEY cross heifers for sale, been run-ning w/purebred Jersey bull since fall$1,000. each. Purebred Jersey bull $750.315-675-8128.(NY)

FORD 3550 TRACTOR loaded 3pt. P.T.O.new rear tires and wheels $6,000. Gravitywagon with new Killbros auger. 716-652-9482.(NY)

PAYTRAIL SPRAYER 1996, 3150HRmodel 150, 90’ Booms Dickey John con-troller, good condition $34,500. IH 11501250 feed grinder. 585-370-2544.(NY)

ATV WINCH heavy duty $140. Auger gas5in. blade $140. Weed whacker tree limber$130. Planes antique $5. each Bluffpoint.315-531-8670.(NY)

WANTED: Pair of black Australian Swans,L. Kahre, 2448 Rosendale Rd., Schenec-tady, NY 12309. 518-374-1590.

HAY FOR SALE 1st cutting alfalfa timothymix, 45lb. average, small square. If noanswer please leave phone number 315-589-8568.(NY)

2 NOFA cert. organic Jersey heifers 1 bred1 open $2,000 OBO. 518-312-7011.(NY)

WHITE PINE SHAVINGS, kiln dried, 3.25cu. ft. paper bags, nice and soft, good qual-ity. 529 Klock Rd., Fort Plain, 518-568-3203.(NY)

224 MASSEY FERGUSON baler with 212kicker also 4 easy trail 18ft. kicker wagonsused 1yr. 802-635-2633.(VT)

EXCELLENT CONDITION, Hesston smallsquare baler, $7,900; Vicon 4 star tedder,$2,900; IH 700 auto reset 5 bottom plow,$2,500. 315-348-6149.(NY)

WANTED: A full Jersey bull that is ready forservice now. Iddo Brenneman 1018 Augus-ta Solsville Rd. Oriskany Fls. NY 13425-4004

BELGIAN MARE, kid broke, work single ordouble, any one can drive her. 607-647-9849.(NY)

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Editor’s Note: This is amonthly column fromthe Pennsylvania FieldOffice of USDA’s Nation-al Agricultural StatisticsService (NASS-PA) oper-ated in cooperation withthe Pennsylvania De-partment of Agriculture.The website iswww.nass.usda.gov;for the reports men-tioned below, click onthe “Publications” tab.

USDA GEARING UPTO CONDUCT 2012CENSUS OF AGRICUL-TURE — National Agri-cultural ClassificationSurvey is an ImportantStep toward a CompleteCount: In January andFebruary 2012, surveysarrived in mailboxesaround the nation tohelp identify all activefarms in the UnitedStates. The NationalAgricultural Classifica-tion Survey (NACS),which asks landownerswhether or not they arefarming and for basicfarm information, isone of the most impor-tant early steps used todetermine who shouldreceive a 2012 Censusof Agriculture reportform. The Census ofAgriculture, conductedevery five years, is acomplete count of U.S.farms and ranches andthe people who operatethem.

We are asking every-one who received theNACS to respond even ifthey are not farming sothat we build the mostaccurate and compre-hensive mailing list toaccount for all of U.S.agriculture in the cen-sus. The census is theleading source of factsabout American agri-culture and the onlysource of agriculturalstatistics that is com-parable for each countyin the nation. Farm or-ganizations, business-es, government deci-sion-makers, commodi-ty market analysts,news media, re-searchers and othersuse census data to in-

form their work.NACS is required by

law as part of the U.S.Census of Agriculture.By this same law, all in-formation reported byindividuals is kept con-fidential. NASS willmail the 2012 Censusof Agriculture later thisyear and data will becollected into early2013.

The NACS survey isthe first step in getting acomplete count, so weask everyone who re-ceives a survey to com-plete and return it. Thecensus is a valuable wayfor producers and ruralAmerica to show theirstrength — in numbers.

The 2012 Census ofAgriculture is yourvoice, your future, yourresponsibility. For moreinformation aboutNACS, the Census ofAgriculture, or to addyour name to the censusmail list, visit www.ag-census.usda.gov.

NASS provides accu-rate, timely, useful andobjective statistics inservice to U.S. agricul-ture. We invite you toprovide feedback on ourproducts and services.Sign up athttp://usda.mannlib.cornell .edu/subscrip-tions and look for“NASS Data User Com-munity.”

2012 CUSTOMRATES PUBLISHEDMARCH 9: The annualMachinery CustomRates report showsPennsylvania averagerates for over 80 con-tracted services includ-ing: plowing and culti-vating, planting anddrilling, spraying, har-vesting, and more. Av-erages are also pub-lished for mountainand valley regions ofthe state.

The state average isaccompanied by therange of reportedcharges after removingthe highest and lowest10 percent across thestate. We have includedthe state average for theprevious year for com-parison purposes.

This popular reportwas funded by thePennsylvania Depart-ment of Agriculture butit is only possiblethanks to voluntary re-ports by custom opera-tors and Pennsylvaniafarmers. THANK YOU!

The results of theCustom Rates surveycan be found atwww.nass.usda.gov/pa/ by clicking on “Penn-sylvania Publications.”We can also put you onour mailing list by call-ing 800-498-1518.

ANNUAL MILK PRO-DUCTION PUBLISHEDFEB. 17: Although theMilk Production reportis issued monthly withthe previous month’sdata, the February is-sue also contains annu-al statistics for the pre-vious year.

Pennsylvania ranksin fifth place for 2011milk production nation-wide. Milk productionranking was: 1) Califor-nia with 41.5 billionpounds, 2) Wisconsinwith 26.1 billion, 3)Idaho 13.3 billion, 4)New York 12.8 billionand 5) Pennsylvaniawith 10.6 billionpounds of milk.

Pennsylvania milkproduction in 2011 was1.2 percent below lastyear. Average milk cownumbers remainedsteady at 541,000 in2011. Milk per cow de-creased slightly from19,847 to 19,601pounds per cow. Idahoincreased productionby 3.7 percent over lastyear; California by 2.7percent; New York by0.9 percent; and Wis-consin by 0.3 percent.

Due to very differentherd sizes, the 2011ranking for these samefive states in the num-ber of licensed dairyherds was: 1) Wiscon-sin with 12,100 herds,2) Pennsylvania 7,240,3) New York 5,450, 4)California 1,675 and 5)Idaho with 575 dairyherds.

2011 CHICKENS &EGGS PUBLISHEDFEB. 28: The annualnumber of layers aver-aged 25.1 million birds

for 2011, up 5 percentfrom the previous year.This ranks Pennsylva-nia as the third largeststate. Iowa was firstwith 53.0 million birds,and Ohio averaged 27.7million layers to ranksecond.

The Pennsylvaniabirds produced 7.31billion or 608.8 milliondozen table eggs as wellas 245 million hatchingeggs for incubation.Taken together, this av-eraged 291 eggs perbird in 2011, down oneegg from 2010.

Pennsylvania hadthree of the top 25counties nationwide forlaying hens, accordingto the most recent AgCensus for 2007. Lan-caster County rankedthird nationally for thenumber of layers at 7.1million birds. Berkswas 18th with 1.9 mil-

lion layers; Schuylkillwas 25th with 1.7 mil-lion. Lebanon Countyfell from 14th positionin 2002 to 28th with1.5 million layers.

2011 TROUT SUM-MARY PUBLISHEDFEB. 24: Pennsylvania2011 trout productionranks third in the na-tion based on the valueof trout sold. Pennsyl-vania sales account for8.2 percent of nationaltrout sales. Only Idahoand North Carolina hadmore trout sales. Theannual survey contact-ed all known producersand hatcheries.

In Pennsylvania, pro-duction (live weight) in-creased from 1.59 mil-lion pounds in 2010 to1.82 million pounds oftrout in 2011 whensales were valued at$6.3 million. State levelnumber of operations

will only be publishedevery five years in con-junction with the Cen-sus of Agriculture.

Pennsylvania ranksthird for the value oftrout distributed forconservation and recre-ational purposes, be-hind California andWashington. With a val-ue of $9.2 million,Pennsylvania accountsfor 9.2 percent of thenation’s distributedtrout. This includestrout released by statehatcheries, cooperativenurseries, and privatefishing clubs.

The complete reportincludes statistics for the16 major trout produc-ing states. The tables in-clude: trout sales by sizeof fish, trout loses byreason for loss, distrib-uted trout by size of fish,and trout eggs both soldand distributed.

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Growing season, variety, chopheight, maturity, moisture, (field dry-ing), and likely other factors affect for-age quality for dairy feed. With the ex-ception of the first item, most are un-der your control.

Measuring qualityMost dairies grow forages to provide

digestible NDF (neutral detergent fiber)which allows more profitable milk pro-duction. Lab measurement of the NDFdigestible at 24 (NDFD24) or 30 hrs(NDFD30) of rumen fermentation pro-vides a useful quality measure. Rela-tive Forage Quality (RFQ) provides abetter method of valuing forage be-cause it incorporates forage nutrientanalysis and digestibility into onenumber. Relative Forage Value (RFV)didn’t consider digestibility. NDF per-cent and NDF digestibility are nothighly correlated. Grass and smallgrain forages are more accurately val-ued with RFQ. Corn silage RFQ isn’tcalculated and NDFD is used.

Growing seasonGrowing season has a large impact

on quality, perhaps more than somevariety differences. Generally, foragesgrown under warm, moist conditionsare higher in lignin and lower in fiberdigestibility. Yield is high, quality islower. The opposite occurs in cool, dryseasons.

VarietyAlfalfa breeders continue to progress

in providing higher NDFD varieties.Varieties and hybrids are available thatmay lower stem to leaf ratios. Researchis investigating lower lignin varietiesthat still perform agronomically,and/or do not solubilize as much pro-tein in the silo, saving more usableprotein. Grass varieties with highersugar content are available. These areparticularly useful for grazing. Howev-er, most sugar is retained in hay and,while lower in silage (it’s converted toacids), it may still be higher with ahigher sugar variety.

Many are familiar with the short har-vest window of cereal rye as a qualitydouble crop for silage. Wheat has alonger window, but may come off toolate. Newer triticale (wheat/rye cross)varieties offer a solution and are gain-ing popularity. Additionally, higheryielding forage oats varieties withwider leaves and higher digestibilityare available. Some areas have thegrowing season to allow triple croppingwith a combination of these. Populari-ty has jumped dramatically.

Brown mid-rib (BMR) corn has al-ways resulted in about 5 pounds ofmilk / cow /day. NDFD is much high-er than traditional varieties. Some“silage specific” varieties are also mar-keted with higher NDFD than conven-tional or dual purpose corn. The com-

pany with BMR in the market for manyyears has made major agronomic andyield advances. Ask for multi-year,multi-plot NDFD variety comparisonresults when selecting.

BMR sorghum and sudan varietiesand crosses are available. They havemuch higher fiber digestibility thanconventional types, but again differ bygenetic strain. BM6 gene varieties arebetter than others. Multi-plot and yearcomparisons are best. Select varietiesspecifically for grazing, ensiling or bal-ing suitability.

Harvest heightMost are familiar with the positive ef-

fect on whole plant corn silage qualityby chopping higher. More starch andless fiber typically results. There is ayield trade-off with chopping higher ofcourse, but it may be a good trade in awet growing season.

The same quality/yield trade may beworth it with alfalfa, grass and smallgrain forage. Cutting higher will gener-ally leave more of the lower, more ligni-fied, less digestible stem portion in thefield. NDFD should be higher in whatis harvested.

MaturityHarvest at one-tenth bloom, harvest

at bud stage, if you see purple it’s toolate — all have been heard as guidesover the years. Alfalfa NDF increases4-6 percent per week in spring/sum-mer, more slowly in late summer/fall.RFV falls 3-4 units a day in spring.Wisconsin researchers developed thePEAQ (predictive equations for alfalfaquality) system years ago. Subtractingsome loss for harvest and storage givesan idea of feeding value. You can pur-chase calibrated “PEAQ” sticks or usea yardstick and do the calculations.

Scissor cutting samples and sendingto labs for analysis before harvest canestimate quality. This method can varyacross states and seasons somewhatand is only useful for first cutting.Check with local agronomists and findGDD calculators for your area online.More information on these tools is atwww1.umn.edu/mfgc/scissors.htm

Alfalfa / grass mixes should be har-vested at the best combination of both.Cornell has a recommended harvest

chart based on the proportion of grassin the stand. Harvest grassier fieldsearlier. New, later maturing grass vari-eties are available to better match al-falfa maturity. You should be able toharvest these mixes at greater alfalfaheight, maintaining quality and cap-turing higher yields.

More farms are no-till seeding BMRsorghum/sudan into 4th year or de-pleted alfalfa stands. Triticale harvest-ed at flag leaf stage offers some thehighest potential quality forage.

MoistureMoisture targets vary by silo struc-

ture. Wetter is okay inbunkers/piles/bags. Avoid too wet(over 65 percent) in towers. Seepagelosses can exceed field drying losses.Ensiling near or above 70 percentmoisture will increase protein break-down. Ammonia increases, clostridialfermentation, butyric acid and otherfoul byproducts increase.

Test corn whole plant moisture bychopping stalks when near 1/4-1/2kernel milk line. Prediction chartsare available to estimate the timefrom varying plant growth stages tillthat point. Be aware with “staygreen” varieties the kernels may gettoo dry while waiting for desirablewhole plant moisture.

Applying “wide-swath” practicesspeeds drying by up to a day.Overnight drying results in plant res-piration which lowers nutrients har-vested. Photosynthesis continues inthe wide-swath during the day, reduc-ing net losses. Wide- swathing haylageresulted in 11 units more RFQ in amulti-year WI study. Crimping can ac-tually slow wide-swath drying of 65percent moisture haylage. Crimping isusually beneficial if drying all the wayfor hay.

Intensively managed grazing maybe an option on some farms, reduc-ing the need for stored forage. Cowsselectively eat the highest qualityforage from the sward. Frequentlymoving high producing cows, followon grazing with lower demand ani-mals, clipping and/or harvesting ex-cess growth will maximize quality.

Harvest quality dairy forages

Cornell Cooperative Extension ofSteuben County will host a work-shop entitled Farm Market Regula-tions: What Every Vendor ShouldKnow on Wednesday, April 11, from3-6 p.m., at the Steuben County Civ-il Defense Training Center, 7220State Route 54, Bath, NY.

Farm markets continue to be apopular source of local food. Con-sumers usually find them to be infor-mal, friendly places to get their week-ly supply of fresh farm products. Inlight of food safety concerns amongthe general public, direct marketingvenues are coming under increasedscrutiny by state inspectors. Farmmarket vendors and managers mustcomply with particular rules that ap-ply to farm markets, while maintain-ing a casual atmosphere.

This workshop will provide updatesfor farmers and farmer market man-

agers about rules and food safetyguidelines for farmer vendors. Stafffrom the New York State Departmentof Agriculture and Markets will reviewthe rules, licenses and regulations as-sociated with direct marketing at farmmarkets and other similar settings.Diane Eggert of the New York StateFarmers Market Federation will ad-dress specific issues around foodsafety, and making the most of themodern farm market setting.

This session is a unique opportu-nity to ask questions and clarifywhich regulations are real andwhich are rumors gone wild.

The workshop fee is $15 per per-son or farm family. To register or formore information contact CornellCooperative Extension of SteubenCounty at 607-664-2300 or e-mailsms64@cornell.edu or ksb29@cor-nell.edu.

Farm market regulations:what every vendor should know

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On March 27, at the NationalWomen in Agriculture Conference inMemphis, TN, Bonnie Collins, FarmBusiness Management Educator atthe Oneida County Cornell Coopera-tive Extension in Oriskany, will pres-ent her dairy discussion group as asuccess story made possible throughthe New York Farm Viability Institute.The Institute provided the funding forthe start-up of dairy industry discus-sion groups statewide and the devel-opment of a Farmer-to-Farmer Dis-cussion Groups Facilitator’s Guide.

Dozens of dairy-focused discussiongroups are active across New YorkState with more than 600 farmer-par-ticipants in 31 counties.

Collins, is among the Extension andCornell University PRO-Dairy Special-ists facilitating discussions by youngfarmers, small and large herd man-agers, graziers, Mennonite farmers,and other distinct groups.

NYFVI Managing Director DavidGrusenmeyer says, “The opportunityto learn from one’s peers and to en-gage experts in the areas of most in-terest to the group is a proven methodof educating farmers in a timely andeffective way. A host of results arecustomized by each participant’s useof what they learn through thegroup.”

Collins says the members of herdairy women’s discussion group rep-resent conventional dairy operations;most are responsible for the farm’s fi-nancial records.

“Since our initial focus in 2008 onrecordkeeping, the group has coveredeverything from labor managementand how to present the dairy industryto a non-dairy public to peacemakingamong multi-generations on thefarm,” Collins says.

As a group, the women have pre-sented information on the agricultur-al industry to the Oneida County leg-islature.

The men in the women’s lives wereinvited to an estate planning seminarmeeting.

When the women expressed interestin on-farm safety practices, a groupmember who is a registered nursetaught CPR to the group. In April2012, the members, along with the lo-cal Sheriff’s Department, fire depart-ment and emergency medical person-nel will develop farm emergency pre-paredness plans with maps identify-ing the locations of equipment, flam-mable product storage and other crit-ical pieces of information for 911 per-sonnel.

Kathy Barrett developed the discus-sion group facilitator’s guide. She isthe NYFVI Dairy Discussion GroupProject Leader and a Cornell Universi-ty PRO-DAIRY Program Educator

“These discussion groups help pro-ducers measure their business per-formance against farm benchmarks.One group of eight farms reported$817,189 in increased profitability,while overall 86 percent of partici-pants statewide responding to thesurvey reported improved profitabili-ty, and better recordkeeping and deci-sion making,” Barrett says.

Collins and Barrett both say groupparticipants report that better farmmanagement and planning have al-lowed them more time to spend withfamily.

Collins credits the training hand-book and the group’s dynamics forthe project’s success.

“The group drives the agenda. I fa-cilitate the meeting places, resources,and speakers to meet their needs andinterests,” Collins says. “The womendo the work of coming together once amonth for two hours, and then con-necting one-on-one with each other,and with others in their communitiesand on their farms.”

The Oneida County group has metwith the dairy women’s discussiongroup from neighboring Lewis Coun-ty. A New York State Department ofLabor representative presented issuesof labor laws. This summer, thegroups will visit farms in each other’scounty.

CCE Oneida County also has a largeherd dairy discussion group and a

CSA (community supported agricul-ture) discussion group is on the targetlist for development.

The Farmer-to-Farmer DiscussionGroups Facilitator’s Guide with tips forrecruiting members, setting goals, andhosting productive meetings is onlineat www.ansci.cornell.edu/prodairy/pdf/farmertofarmer.pdf.

Learn more about the New YorkFarm Viability Institute atwww.nyfvi.org.

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Priscilla Larry (L-R), Joanie Smith, TerriDiNitto, Sheryl Taylor, and Marylynn Mat-tison-Collins are members of the OneidaCounty Women in Farming dairy discus-sion group. The group will be presentedas a successful model for the dairy in-dustry at the National Women in Agricul-ture Conference in Memphis, TN.

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a Year AgoIssued Mar. 16, 2012Cash block cheese

closed mid March at$1.5825 per pound, up9 cents on the week, thethird week in a row for again, but still10 1/4-cents below a year agowhen they plummeted33 cents, to $1.6850,and barrels plunged 261/2, to $1.70. The bar-rels also closed Fridayat $1.5825, up 8 centson the week, and 113/4-cents below a yearago. The gains came onbids; no cheese wassold in the cash marketthis week. The blockshave been trading belowthe barrels from time totime the past few weeks.Why is that notewor-thy? The March 15 Dai-ly Dairy Report remindsus that “Margins forblock manufacturersare squeezed when thebarrel price exceeds theblock price.” The NASS-surveyed block priceinched up a half-cent,to $1.4926. The barrelsaveraged $1.5146, up0.8 cent.

FC Stone dairy econo-mist Bill Brooks wrote

in the March16 e-DairyMorning Executive Edi-tion; “There is concernabout where milk anddairy product supplieswill be later this yearand some buying is like-ly occurring for thesummer grilling sea-son.”

In some heavy trad-ing, cash butter closedFriday at $1.5150, up 61/2-cents on the week,but 55 1/2-cents belowa year ago. Twenty sixcars were sold. NASSbutter averaged$1.4150, down 0.8 cent.NASS nonfat dry milkaveraged $1.3410,down 2.3 cents, butwhey reversed six weeksof decline and regained1.3 cents, climbingback to 61.93 cents perpound.

“Unlike the cheesemarket, buyers of butterhave found the price lev-el at which sellers arewilling to let go of prod-uct,” says Brooks.“There are concernsabout future milk sup-plies and warm weathercould be pulling milkfatinto ice cream and otherClass II products, hesaid, but warned;“There is no shortage of

milkfat.” Looking “back to the

futures;” the averageClass III milk price forthe first six months of2012 stood at $16.35per hundredweight(cwt.) on February 3,(after factoring in theannounced Januaryand February Class IIImilk prices) $16.19 onFebruary 10, $16.08 onFebruary 17, $15.69 onFebruary 24, $15.65 onMarch 2, $15.77 onMarch 9, and was hov-ering around $16.04late morning March 16.

California’s AprilClass I milk price wasannounced by the Cali-fornia Department ofFood and Agriculture at$17.21 per cwt. for thenorth and $17.48 forthe south. Both aredown 39 cents fromMarch and $4.45 belowApril 2011. The north-ern price 2012 averagenow stands at $18.30,down from $18.56 ayear ago at this timeand $16.37 in 2010.The southern price av-erage is $18.57, downfrom $18.83 a year agoand $16.65 in 2010.The Federal order ClassI base price is an-nounced by USDA onMarch 23.

Milk cow estimateswere raised again in theAgriculture Depart-ment’s latest Livestock,Dairy, and Poultry Out-look; although herd sizecontraction is still ex-

pected later in 2012.Milk per cow was alsoraised above earlier fore-casts.

Feed prices are ex-pected to be higher dur-ing 2012 than last year.The corn price is ex-pected to average$5.90-$6.50 per bushelfor the 2011/12 cropyear, an increase fromthe $5.18 average in2010/11. Soybean mealis forecast higher thanin February at $310-$340 per ton, but lowerthan the $346 in2010/11.

The increase in thesoybean meal priceforecast this month isdue to reduced suppliesfrom South America.The higher feed pricesexpected this year willcontinue to pressurethe milk-feed price ra-tio. The preliminaryFebruary milk-feedprice ratio was 1.58,well below 2.01 postedin February 2011. Thisproducer profitabilityindicator is unlikely toimprove as the effect ofhigher feed prices willbe exacerbated by fore-cast lower milk anddairy product pricesthis year.

Prices for replacementheifers which will enterthe herd during 2012 andinto mid-2013 were alsoabove expectations, sug-gesting that there is de-mand for dairy replace-ments and further expan-sion.

February’s forecastcow numbers were in-creased to 9.2 millionhead for the year andproduction per cow wasraised to 21.7 millionpounds. Most of thegain in cow numbers isexpected to come in thefirst half of 2012. Therelatively mild winter inmost of the U.S. is idealfor production, boostingyield per cow in the firsthalf of 2012. However,weaker producer re-turns are expected tolead to herd contractionand lower milk per cowin the second half of theyear says USDA.

Milk production re-mains heavy in theSouthwest, according toUSDA’s weekly update.California and NewMexico processingplants are working onextended schedules tohandle the milk as con-ditions are favorable formilk cows.

Pacific Northwest milkoutput is well above ayear ago. Milk and con-densed product is beingmoved around the re-gion to accommodateongoing repairs at a

drying facility in Lyn-den, Washington. Thereare more concernsabout high feed pricesand future milk priceprojections, accordingto USDA.

Milk production is in-creasing in Central re-gion. Surplus milk sup-plies are being dis-counted at up to$4/cwt. under Classprices. Bottled milkneeds are variable withsome snow relatedstorms closing schools.Northeast milk outputis increasing. Floridaand other Southeasternstates are also seeingmilk output rise. Auxil-iary plant capacity con-tinues to be utilized tobalance the milk sup-plies. Pastures are ben-efiting from rains, ac-cording to USDA.

USDA’s Foreign Agri-cultural Service reportsthat January exports ofcheese and dry wheywere up from a yearago.

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prior year levels, whileexports of butter/milk-fat and whey proteinconcentrate were no-tably lower than a yearago, according to theCME’s Daily Dairy Re-port.

Cheddar cheese ex-ports increased 27 per-cent, or 2.4 millionpounds, to 10.8 millionin January versus ayear ago. The DDR said“This stellar gain is due,in part, to the continualgrowth in Cheddarcheese exports to ourneighbor, Mexico.”Cheddar exports toMexico totaled 2.3 mil-lion pounds, up over560 percent from a yearago. Mexico accountedfor over 21 percent ofU.S. Cheddar exportsduring January, ac-cording to the DDR.

Speaking of exports;Cooperatives WorkingTogether (CWT) accept-ed 15 requests for ex-port assistance fromDairy Farmers of Amer-ica, Darigold, Maryland& Virginia Milk Produc-ers Cooperative and

United Dairymen of Ari-zona to sell a total of 1.7million pounds of Ched-dar and Monterey Jackcheese and 827,000pounds of butter to cus-tomers in Asia, the Mid-dle East and Africa.

The product will bedelivered through Au-gust 2012 and pushedCWT’s 2012 cheese ex-ports to 30.4 millionpounds and butter to28.8 million to 18 coun-tries. On a butterfat ba-sis, the milk equivalentof these exports is 876million pounds or theannual production ofapproximately 42,570cows, according to CWTanalysis.

In dairy politics; agroup of South Dakotadairy manufacturersare opposing the supplymanagement provisionincluded in legislationexpected to be includedin the draft Farm Bill,according to a press re-lease from the Interna-tional Dairy Foods As-sociation (IDFA).

The group includedthe presidents and

CEOs of four large dairycompanies; SaputoCheese USA, Inc., LakeNorden Food IngredientCompany (DaviscoFoods International,Inc.), Valley QueenCheese Factory, Inc.,and Bel Brands USA,and expressed concernto Senator John Thune(R-SD), pointing to thegrowing dairy industryin South Dakota, andcalled it “alarming thatCongress would consid-er legislation that wouldlimit milk production,increase regulation andallow government inter-ference in free markets,”according to the release.

Thune sits on theSenate Committee onAgriculture, Nutritionand Forestry, which willconsider the legislationas part of the proposed“Dairy Security Act,” ex-pected to be included inthe Farm Bill.

“The dairy industry inSouth Dakota has beengrowing tremendouslyin recent years,” thedairy leaders wrote.“Our investments in

dairy manufacturingplants in the state bringnew jobs as well as in-creased demand formilk from dairy farm-ers. In fact, we havebeen working with Gov-ernor Daugaard in hisefforts to bring newmilk production to ourstate in order to keepup with the growth inour operations.”

“It’s also important tonote that the opportuni-ty for dairy expansioninto global markets isterrific for our industry,”the dairy leaders added.“Just a decade ago, ournation was a net im-porter of dairy products.Now, we export theequivalent of 15 percentof the milk produced byour nation’s dairy farm-ers.” They called onThune to oppose “thisapproach for the dairyindustry and our na-tion.”

Meanwhile; NationalMilk’s (NMPF) Board ofDirectors supported aresolution urging Con-gress to pass a FarmBill in 2012 that con-tains “an improved safe-ty net for farmers in theform of the Dairy Secu-

rity Act” (DSA). A pressrelease said the Boarddoes not support anyextension of currentfarm programs and “de-lay the creation of a bet-ter dairy program.”

“Kicking the can downthe road into 2013,where the farm bill isconcerned, is neithergood politics, nor goodpolicy,” said RandyMooney, Chairman ofNMPF and a dairyfarmer from Rogersville,MO. “The tough choicesabout budget prioritieswon’t be any easier nextyear. But more to thepoint, dairy farmersneed a better programthan what we have rightnow. A farm bill exten-sion in 2012 doesn’t dous any good.”

The Federation hasworked since 2009 toformulate a comprehen-sive economic safety netthat is based on mar-gins, rather than justthe farm level price ofmilk, a NMPF press re-lease stated. After de-veloping its own propos-al, the “Foundation forthe Future,” NMPFworked with Reps.Collin Peterson (D-MN)

and Mike Simpson (R-ID) to include thoseconcepts into H.R.3062, the DSA.

NMPF’s Chris Galenreported on the first offour field hearings onthe new Farm Bill by theHouse Ag Committee inThursday’s DairyLine.The first hearing washeld in upstate New Yorkwhere much of the focuswas on dairy. The Feder-ation had three dairyproducers testify in sup-port of the DSA, Galenreported.

The Senate, on theother hand, completedits four Farm Bill hear-ings this week. Galensaid “All the cards arenow beginning to lineup to have somethingdone, at least in the AgCommittees by the endof this spring or by ear-ly summer, getting aFarm Bill created.”“The key,” he conclud-ed, “Will be trying to getit passed through Con-gress and signed by theWhite House this yearbefore the electionssweep away anythingthat can get done herein Washington.”

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This March will notbe forgotten

March 2012 will notsoon be forgotten. Weusually have threeweeks of winter and oneweek of spring. I’ve beencaught off guard thisyear as spring ap-proaches, but winter isstill with us accordingto the calendar. I knowthe order of the sea-sons, but I’m havingtrouble as spring ar-rives and winter de-parts. They should takea look at this year; it’sfull of contradictions. Afew spring-like dayscome, then winter hitsback, then we return tospring. But don’t befooled, because OldMan Winter is on theback burner waiting toget us when we least ex-pect it.

A nearby fruit farmerwas out calibrating hissprayer the other dayand said that he willhave to start sprayinghis apples on the 19thof March. In all theyears we’ve been here, Ican’t remember anyoneapplying their first applespray in the winter. Wealso watched as hemowed his orchards inearly March. Of course,daylight savings timewas pretty early thisyear. Our lawn will needattention all too soonand corn planting willbegin in around 30days, unless? Up on theRidge, just a few milessouth of here, they al-ready have sweet cornplanted under plastic!The snowdrops are allaglow and the crocusesare blooming while daf-fodils and tulips pop up.Even the robins appearto be more plentiful thisyear and earlier too!

Last weekend we werewatching our youngestdaughter’s kids whileshe ran a snowshoerace, but they were hav-ing difficulty findingideal conditions to prac-tice on this winter andsome of the races werecanceled. The World’sChampionship race washeld one hour north ofQuebec City last weekand even that locationwas questionable as towhether or not they

would have enoughsnow.

While visiting a dairyfarmer this week, he in-formed us that he’sbeen milking cows for60 years. He seems tostill be going strong,with only a slight limp.He also told us that hisbest corn last year wasthe field that they plant-ed later, on heavily ma-nured sod. I’d say thatwould be a given!

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by Kelly GatesWhen open, the odor it

emits is indistinguish-able from warm, rottingmeat. Its flower canreach more than 9 ft. inheight, the largest flowerhead in the world. Itssingle leaf can reach 16feet in length.

After nearly a decadeof waiting, scientists atCornell University, Itha-ca, NY, got to see theirspecimen bloom in cap-tivity.

The plant in questionis Amorphophallus ti-tanum or titan arum.More commonly, it is

known as CarrionFlower or “corpse plant.”The plant only growsnaturally in the rainforests in Sumatra.

“The reason the planthas this pungent odor isthat it has Carrion Syn-drome, a pollination syn-drome that it has devel-oped to attract a uniquegroup of pollinators,”said Melissa A. Luckow,associate professor ofPlant Biology at Cornell.“When in bloom, theplant actually heats upand emits chemicalsthat translate to thescent of rotting meat.

This attracts carrion-eating beetles and fliesin the family Sar-cophagidae, which areoften referred to as 'fleshflies.'”

These flesh-eating in-sects commonly rest in-side of the flower atnight to keep warm.While there, they contin-ually walk around, coat-ing themselves withpollen. When they leavethe following morning tofind another titan arum,the pollen is carried withthem, enabling pollina-tion to take place.

Much of Cornell's un-derstanding of how tocultivate this unusualplant came from theUniversity of Wisconsin.Luckow saw a corpseplant in bloom there in2002.

“I was at the Universi-ty of Wisconsin forBotanical Congress in2002 and I asked thegreenhouse manager forseeds,” explained Luck-ow. “When we got them,our greenhouse grower,Carol Bader, sowed twoof them and she hasnursed them along forthe better part of 10

years. The grower at theUniversity of Wisconsinwas very helpful with ad-vice, but Carol is the onewho put in all the workover the years.”

Horticulturists andscientists at Cornell per-formed an array of testswhen the plant bloomed.One of the primary stud-ies will explore thechemical makeup of therotten smell it propelsinto the environment.The goal is to determineif there is a presence ofchemical signalers thatprompt the male titanarum to begin the polli-nation process.

During the past 10years, Cornell's green-house, science and hor-ticulture staff has close-ly monitor every aspectof the plant's makeupand development. Ac-cording to Luckow, theCarrion Flower is rare inmany ways.

“The Carrion Flowerpresents an inflores-cence with a spadix-astalk made up of smalland anatomically re-duced male and femaleflowers. Around the in-florescence is a spathethat looks like a giantflower petal,” she said.“When it heats up, thespadix enhances theemission of the strongodor of decaying meat,luring pollinators fromall over the rain forest.

Attention was firstdrawn to the CarrionFlower back in 1878when Italian botanistand explorer Dr. Odoar-

do Beccari discovered itwhile traveling in Suma-tra. At the time, few be-lieved Beccari's tall talesof a giant flower thatsmells like death.

Today, the plant is cel-ebrated within the grow-ing community as selectbotanical gardens anduniversities like Cornellsuccessfully produceflowering specimens in-doors.

If the plant at Cornellblooms, it will be one ofapproximately 140 suchcultivated bloomsrecorded in history.

“After this one bloomsfor two days, which webelieve it will, the flowerwill die back and theplant will go dormant,”noted Luckow. “In thewild, the plant will con-tinue flowering regular-

ly. In captivity however,it may be a decade orseveral decades before itblooms again, if at all.”

So far, signs point to apending bloom. OnMarch 13, the unopenedinflorescence measured57 inches long. In thefollowing days it grewaround two inches daily.

Cornell opened itsgreenhouse doors to anassortment of guestsduring the exciting time.The Carrion Flower sitsin Green Greenhouse114 at the university'sIthaca campus as part ofthe Liberty Hyde BaileyConservatory collection.

There was alsostreaming video of theplant available for any-one to view online atwww.ustream.tv/chan-nel/titan-arum

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New York Agri-Womenheld its second AnnualMeeting in Riverhead,NY, in the North Fork ofLong Island, on March2-3. The two-day eventwas filled with paneldiscussions, a visit fromthe President of Ameri-can Agri-Women, aJapanese cultural ex-change, education sem-inars, and businessnetworking opportuni-ties.

Long Island was se-lected for the annualmeeting due to the suc-cess of the Suffolk

County with bringingtogether women inter-ested in agriculture.Vicki Gruber, Long Is-land business attorneyand Suffolk CountyLeader noted that she“was delighted that theorganization choseRiverhead as the loca-tion for its 2012 AnnualMeeting and Confer-ence.” The theme of thesecond annual meetingwas ‘Shared Challengesand United Goals’, ac-curately describing theconnection among NewYork Agri-Womenmembers.

Highlights of theevent included presen-tations by Montana res-ident Karen Yost, Presi-dent of American Agri-Women and networkingopportunities betweenfarmers on Long Island

and their counterpartsfrom upstate New York.“Educational seminartopics included immi-gration and employ-ment issues, solar ener-gy, Cornell CooperativeExtension’s role onLong Island, farm mar-keting” said Gruber.She also noted the op-portunity for attendeesto meet with distin-guished members of thefemale Japanese agri-cultural organization,Women EmpowermentLife Improvement Asso-ciation (“WELI”).

Thirty-five WELImembers joined theNew York Agri-Womenfor an evening of sister-hood during the cultur-al exchange. The twogroups shared theiragricultural heritage,views on the food sys-tem and discussed theTran-Pacific TradeAgreement (“TPT”). “Itwas an amazing experi-

ence to exchange agri-cultural knowledge andlife experiences withwomen from half wayaround the world, whoare managing the samechallenges as we arehaving here in theU.S.,” stated CrystalCornell Aukema, anagricultural teacherfrom Castle Creak, NY.“The exchange proved tobe an excellent opportu-nity for women aroundthe world to unite in thename of agriculture andthe food system.”

A panel of female en-

trepreneurs echoed theimportance of havingself-confidence as a keyingredient to being suc-cessful in business. Thepanelists included JuliePatterson from Patter-son Farms, Inc., UllaKjarval from SheepdogPrint and Design, LLC,Peggie Ehlers fromNuna Knits, DeborahBrenner from Women of

the Vine, and MelissaDanielle, a communitychef in Brooklyn, NewYork. When asked whatmakes a successful en-trepreneur, Ulla Kjarvalresponded with oneword: confidence. “Asuccessful entrepreneurmust believe in them-selves and their prod-uct,” said Kjarval. Allpanelists agreed thatduring difficult times,an entrepreneur mustbe able to look insideherself and trust hernatural instincts for de-cision-making.

New York Agri-Womenis a state affiliate ofAmerican Agri-Women.For more informationabout New York Agri-Women, please visit thewebsite at

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Barn Equipment

(2) 24 ft. Big Ass fans. Onlyused one summer, with con-verter. $5,000. 315-250-0652

Barn Repair

BARN REPAIR SPECIAL-ISTS: Straightening, leveling,beam replacements. Fromfoundation and sills to steelroofs. HERITAGE STRUC-TURAL RENOVATION INC.,1-800-735-2580.

BARNS, STEEL BUILDINGS,GARAGES. We repair them!From extensive renovations tominor repairs. 585-739-0263

Bedding

ANIMAL BEDDING: Kiln driedsawdust/woodchips. Bulk, upto 120yd. loads. Willow CreekFarms, 716-741-2599

Bedding

KILN DRIED SAWDUST& WOOD SHAVINGS

Quality~Clean~AffordableNo Chips or Grindings

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KILN DRIEDBULK BEDDING

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Beef Cattle

Available from ApplegarthFarm Spring 2012:Start-upbeef herd. Some experi-enced cows and someyoung heifers. British WhitePark and Simmentals, allbred, plus two calves from2011. Registered BritishWhite cow due in March.Call: 607-638-5784

FOR SALE: 20+ purebredBritish Park White heifers, cer-tified organic, born spring2010-2011. 315-376-4905

Beef Cattle

FOR SALE: Registered Sim-mental yearlings, heifers & 3bulls. 315-338-9020, 315-865-5750

WANTED: Steers 200# & up.570-561-8488

BuildingMaterials/Supplies

INSULATION 1/2” to 4” - 4x8sheets foam insulation. 1x6,2x6 tongue & groove, whitepine siding. Large quantitiesavailable!! Beachy’s Lumber &Insulation. 585-765-2215

Buildings For Sale

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Rt. 8, Bridgewater, NY

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Custom Services

“A Farmer Friendly Direct Marketing Service”Barb KelleyOwner/OperatorLicensed & Bonded

Toll Free1.877.208.0123

Local607.703.0052

Cell607.227.5282

• Accepting All Types of Livestock

• Competitive Pricing

• Trucking Available

Monday 9am - 4pmThursday 9am - 3pmWorking With You, The Farmer

B.K. Transfer 5324 County Rd 14Odessa, NY 14869

DISTELBURGERR LIVESTOCKK SALES,, INC.Middletown, NY (845)) 344-71700

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Visit Our New Troy, NY Location!Strong demand for youngstock, heifers and herds.

AALWAYSS AVAILABLE:Whether you’re looking for a few heifers or

a large herd, we have a quality

selection of healthy, freestall trained cattle.

Herds ranging in size

from 30-200+ tie or freestall.

ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS

Buying all hot loads of milk, minimum of 9000 pounds. Price is $2/hundred.Prompt and timely pickup at the farm or Grade A tanker wash facility on

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Cattle

REG. TEXAS LONGHORNS:Bred cows, heifers, bulls,exhibition steers. Seewww.triplemlonghorns.comTom/Julie (w)607-363-7814,607-287-2430

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ConstructionEquipment For Sale

1987 CASE 580K backhoe,4x4, extend-a-hoe, clamshellbucket, 6,500Hrs., great con-dition, $18,500. 315-730-2687

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Dairy Cattle

10 Jersey & Holstein Jerseycross springing heifers. Deliv-ery available. 585-727-4330

100 WELL-GROWN freestalltrained Holstein heifers dueApril & May. Had all shots.315-269-6600

15 CALF TEL HUTCHES,good condition, $120.00 each.585-610-0883

2 FRESH, 10 close/springingheifers, due March & April,vaccinated and boostered,$1,200 to $1,400. Your pick.585-394-7576

Dairy Cattle

50 WELL GROWN FreestallHeifers due within 60 days.Joe Distelburger 845-344-7170.

Herd Expansions

WANTEDAll Size Heifers

Also Complete Herds Prompt Pay & Removal

315-269-6600

Dairy Cattle

REG. HOLSTEIN COWSHigh Type - High ProductionFresh Cows Milking 80-100 lbs.

Show Calves - Breeding BullsCall Greg 518-284-2991

REGISTEREDHOLSTEINS

63 Cow Tiestall HerdDHIA Avg. 24,000 lbs.

150,000 SCCClosed Herd

Large Cows, Good Type,Nice Udders

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HEIFERS300 Lbs. to Springing

Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds

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BASKIN LIVESTOCK585-344-4452508-965-3370

Dairy Cattle

- WANTED -Heifers & HerdsJack Gordon

(518) 279-3101

WANTED: Guernsey or Jer-sey freestall herd or heifersspringing in 3-5 months. ForApril to May delivery. 519-271-8978

We have clients in need ofherds, fresh cows, bred, and

open heifers. Call Us withyour information or email

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Dairy Equipment

Complete Double eight milk-ing parlor, everything exceptthe stalls. Boumatic Airstarvariable-speed 10hp vacuumpump with converter, 16Boumatic signature seriescorded take-offs, pulsators,pre-cooler 3” low-line, receiverwith milk pump, washer.$25,000. 315-250-0652

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Farm Equipment Farm Equipment

Alternative Parts Source Inc.Chittenango, NY • 315-687-0074

THINK SPRING!JD 9420 4500 HRS . . . . . . . .$95,000JD 4650 MFD NEW PS . . . . .$29,500JD 4050 MFD PS . . . . . . . . .$25,500CIH 9170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,500CIH 7120 MFD . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,500CIH 4366 NICE . . . . . . . . . . .$10,500IH 3588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,250IH 1086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,250IH 1066 CAB . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,750IH 1066 MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500IH 1066 W/LDR . . . . . . . . . . .$10,500IH 1066 FENDER & NEW TA .$10,900IH 966 FENDER . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250IH 856 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250IH 806 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,900IH 656 WEAK HYDRO . . . . . .$3,500IH 424 W/LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500FD 4100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,500BOBCAT CT225 W/LDR NEW $14,900

JD 9510 4WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,900JD 9510 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$53,000JD FLEX HEADS . . . . . . . . . . .CALLJD CORN HEADS . . . . . . . . . .CALLKILLBROS 350 GRAVITY BOX NICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,750CORN PLANTERS . . . . . . . . . .CALLELWOOD 4WD UNIT . . . . . . . .$5,500IH & WHITE PLOWS 4X-10X . .CALLFRONT END LOADERS NEW & USED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALLCASE 8430 ROUND BALER . .$5,0001ST CHOICE GS520-4 TEDDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,250CHISEL PLOWS 9-17 SHANK .CALL33FT AL DUMP TRAILER . . . .CALLLOTS OF DUALS . . . . . . . . . . .CALLIH, JD, FD TRACTOR WEIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL

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Dairy Equipment Dairy Equipment

ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERSWe Need Good Used Tanks • 100-8,000 ga. - Call Us

HEAT EXCHANGERSS •• TUBEE COOLER300-60000 Gall Storagee Tanks

Wee Doo Tankk Repair

SHENK’S505 E. Woods Drive, Lititz, PA 17543Sales 717-626-1151

• 6000 Gal. Storage• 4000 Gal. Surge (99)• 3000 Gal. Surge (95)• 3000 Gal. Storage• 2700 Gal. Mueller OH• 2000 Gal. Mueller OH• 2000 Gal. Mueller OE• 1600 Gal. Surge• 1500 Gal. Mueller OHF• 1500 Gal. Mueller OH• 1250 Gal. Surge• 1250 Gal. Mueller OH• 1250 Gal. Majonnier• 1250 Gal. DeLaval• 1000 Gal. Sunset F.T.• 1000 Gal. Mueller OH

• 1000 Gal. DeLaval• 1000 Gal. Mueller M• 900 Gal. Mueller OH• 800 Gal. Majonnier• 800 Gal. Mueller OH• 735 Gal. Sunset• 700 Gal. Mueller OH• 700 Gal. Mueller V• 700 Gal. Mueller M• 600 Gal. Mueller OH• 600 Gal. Mueller M• 600 Gal. DeLaval Rnd• 545 Gal. Sunset• 500 Gal. Mueller M

• 500 Gal. Mueller MW

• 500 Gal. Mueller M

• 500 Gal. Majonnier

• 415 Gal. Sunset

• 400 Gal. Jamesway

• 400 Gal. Majonnier

• 375 Gal. Milkeeper

• 300 Gal. Majonnier

• 300 Gal Mueller M

• 300 Gal. Sunset

• 200 Gal. Mueller RS

• 200 Gal. Sunset

• 180 Gal. Milkeeper

• 150 Gal. Majonnier

• 150 Gal. Mueller RH

• 100 Gal. Milkeeper

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Farm MachineryFor Sale

Farm MachineryFor Sale

MABIE BROS., INC.

85711 Kinderhookk Rd.. Kirkville,, NYY 13082

315-687-78911 •• 315-510-2400MabieBros.Comm

Bellimaa Silagee BalerThis is the machine to depend on. Featuring an

extremely robust fixed bale chamber, Bellima

produces bales from silage, hay and straw

of brick-like densities. At the same time it is

an absolutely low-maintenance machine that

requires an extremely low input from the tractor.

MABIESOEM PARTS

MasseyChallenger

AllisWhiteKronePerkinsHesstonGleaner

315-687-7891315-510-2400

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Lower your feed cost!Save an average of 3 to 4 lbs of grain per cow per dayGoing from non processing to a processor.

$6.00 corn. . . .

Farm MachineryFor Sale

Farm MachineryFor Sale

JD 8430 C/A MFD, duals, all around, active seat, H.D. wt. package, Greenstar ready, 2200 hrs, beautifulTr. at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $172,000

JD 8330 C/A MFD, 46” duals, wts, 4 remotes, warranty, same as new with 1200 hrs. . . . . . $155,000JD 8270-R C/A MFD, duals, wts, same as new with 1700 hrs, compare price anywhere at . . . . . . .$168,500JD 8410 C/A MFD, duals, wts, Q-hitch, 4 remotes, 4300 hrs & very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $97,500JD 7230 C/A MFD, w/JD 673 SL loader, only 540 hrs as new! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82,5002010 Case IH 305 C/A MFD, Fully Loaded, including 3 PTO’s, Only 286 hrs, Extended Factory Warranty

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,5002010 Case IH 245 C/A MFD, duals, wts, fancy w/1043 hrs, look here and compare!. . . . . . $129,500Case IH 7140 C/A MFD, duals, wts, Q-hitch, good one w/4808 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,500

See Us At www.AndrewsFarm.com

ANDREWS FARM EQ. INC. Conneautville, PA

814-587-2450

Dairy Equipment

MILKING SYSTEM: 2000 gal-lon bulk tank w/Energy Starcompressor, Universal 8 stallflat barn parlor w/Milk Mastertakeoff, DeLaval vacuumpump w/120’ 2” pipeline,$25,000 OBO, will sell sepa-rately. 585-610-0883

WANTED: Mueller 800 to1000 gallon milk tank in work-ing condition. 716-941-5123

Dogs

11 Collie/Australian ShepherdMix Puppies, 8 weeks, motheris very friendly and brave herddog, very playful and gentlewith kids, $200.00. Urie Byler,3801 Sprague Hill Rd., Fal-coner,NY 14733

FOR SALE: Border ColliePuppies in time for Easter. 3males, 4 females, 7 weeksolds, $50.00 each. Call Lauraat 315-573-2262 anytime

Farm Equipment

For Sale: Val-Metal BaleMaster(bale chopper), station-ary unit, excellent condition,stored inside, 207-437-2554dennis.mckeen@gmail.com

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Farm MachineryFor Sale

1069 NEW HOLLAND balewagon, 160 bale, gas, 2Sp.,V.G., $29,500; 20.8-38 Snap-On duals, $1,500. 315-730-1334.

11 HOLE Ontario grain drill,like new w/directions; NewIdea hay rake, rubber tires &set of iron wheels, like new.585-335-2789, 585-519-5604

15’ GREAT PLAINS no-tilldrill, 7” spacing, like new con-dition, $11,900. 315-549-9949

1939 JD “B” needs restora-tion, asking $900.00 OBO.Geneseo NY, 585-245-4739

1992 CASE IH 1680, 4WDcombine, 3500 engine hours,excellent condition, w/102020’ flex head, excellent shape,always housed, $49,500. 315-420-8328, 315-382-6334

2 BEAUTIFUL JD 9550 side-hill combines just arrived! Veryhigh quality. Also, JD 9510 2W& JD 9510 4x4 sidehills; (2)JD 9500 sidehills. Zeisloft Eq.800-919-3322

2005 CLAAS 850 CHOPPER,3400 engine hours, 2500 cut-ter head hours, PU300 hayhead, RU450 6 row cornhead, clean machine,$130,000. 716-789-5651

2007 KRONE BIG X 650,1156 cutter head hours, 1573engine hours, 8 row corn headw/processor, 12½’ hay head,all upgrades are done, cabcamera, inoculant sprayer,$229,000. 802-373-7215

2009 CASE IH Maxxum 1254x4 w/cab, heat, AC, powershift, left hand reverser, airride seat, Michelin radials,only 230 hours, $65,000. 585-526-4785

2009 JOHN DEERE 1750concertill planter, dry fertilizer,30” rows, insect boxes. Dans-ville, NY. $27,000 OBO. 585-746-5555

Farm MachineryFor Sale

25’ Rolling Reel Leveler Model75, $8,000; 12 row mountedno-till coulters for JD planter,$1,200; 12 soybean seedcups for JD planter, $150;19½’ aluminum dump boxw/pump, hoist & tank, $3,000;15’ feeder wagon, $1,200;1,300 gallon water tank, $500.607-776-7113, 607-765-1055

(4) JD 750 NO TILL DRILLS;(1) JD 1560 15’ w/seeder.Zeisloft Eq., Bloomsburg, PA800-919-3322

50 (Approx.) Calf Pens$200/each; 20 calf hutches,$250/each. Or Best Offer.585-330-0014

8 YETTER row cleaners, bestoffer. 585-269-0698

BALE GRABBER w/skidloader hitch, $1,100. Call 315-531-8672

Best Price! Buy Now!• Pallet Forks - $595.00

Universal AttachAlso Buckets for Skid Steers

Price Subject to ChangeBurkholder Repair LLC

315-536-8446

Big Tractor Parts

Steiger TractorSpecialist

1. 10-25% savings on new drive train parts

2. 50% savings on used parts3. We buy used or damaged Steigers4. We rebuild axles, drop boxes, trans-

missions with one year warranty.

1-800-982-1769US or Canada

American made quality partsat big savings

CIH 2366 combine, 4WD,specialty rotor, 2300/1750hours, 1020 grain, 1063 cornhead, excellent condition.585-721-4728

Degleman 46-57 12 ft. bladewith mounts for CaseIH MXtractor. Nice shape. $10,000315-250-0652

FOR SALE: JD plow Model1600, 3Pt., 4 bottom, autoreset, $3,900. Evenings 716-942-3889

FORD 5000 tractor, 772loader, 4000 hours, 2WD,excellent condition, $6,500OBO. 315-737-0820

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Farm MachineryFor Sale

Farm MachineryFor Sale

Charles McCarthyFarm Machinery

TRACTORS • FARM MACHINERY • UTILITY TRAILERS

BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADEPH: 570-869-1551 570-833-5214

Cell: 607-759-46464698 ST. RT. 3004 MESHOPPEN, PA 18630

JD 7410 cab, 4WD, PQ, trans. . . . . . . . . .$24,800JD 7400 canopy, 4WD, syncro trans . . . . .$17,300‘02 JD 6605 ROPS 4WD, syncro . . . . . . .$18,500‘99 JD 6605 canopy, 4WD, syncro . . . . . .$17,800JD 6400 cab, 2WD, PQ, 9795 hrs. . . . . . .$18,500JD 5510 ROPS 4WD, pwr reverser w/541 ldr. $17,800‘07 JD 5325 ROPS, 4WD, dual hyd . . . . .$14,900Snap-on Duals 18.4x38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,500

Penn Yan, NY 315-536-8919Feed, Seed,

Grain & Corn

Pat O’Brien & SonsFor all your feed needs!

• Steam Flaked Corn • Corn Meal • Energy Mixes• Protein Mixes • Minerals • Nutritional Services

Pick-up or Delivery from our Geneva Feed MillWe Buy All Grains! Call Pat @ 716-992-1111

Farm MachineryFor Sale

FORD 7740 loader tractor,4WD with ROPS & canopy,good condition, $18,000. 315-536-0252

FORD-WHITE 5 bottom 16”reset plow, model 152, goodcondition, $2,000. Fargodump wagon, 12’, very goodcondition, $2,000. 585-409-1693

GEHL 970 on tandem axleGehl running gear, $4,700;2-38” wedge lock IH 3-1/4”cast centers, $750/ea; 2-38”rims for 18.4-38, $185 ea.;front axle for 3588 2+2,$1,000 more parts available.716-771-9199.

HARDY 500 gallon sprayer,45’ booms, foamer, very good,$4,500; JD 8300 double disc,21x7, good grain or soy drill,$2,400; Oliver 252 disc, goodblades, $2,200; Kewaneeheavy flat-fold disk, 20’, goodblades, nice, $4,800; IH 490,double fold, new 22” blades,$6,500; IH 11 shank, 3pt. chis-el plow, $1,600; 4 JD plantermonitors, $50 to $100; JD2700 plow 5x18, spring reset,$2,850. Mike Franklin 607-749-3424

HUSQVARNA model 51chainsaw 16” bar, starts, runs,and works excellent, two extrachains $150.00. 585-727-2188

IH 600 Blower, $900; 6 singledisc fert. openers for JD 1770NT planter, $250ea; 1/4 turnchute for JD baler, $200; sin-gle seat buggy, $2,000. 315-536-0094

IH DISGUSTED??? Withyour shifting? Now is thetime to fix. Put a good tractorback to work. 800-808-7885,402-374-2202

Farm MachineryFor Sale

IVA Manufacturing pull-typefield crop sprayer, 300 gallonpoly tank, PTO roller pumpw/crop care foam marker kit,same as new, $2,700. 607-532-8512

JD 2755 cab; JD 7200w/loader; JD 6200 w/loader;Case IH 5240 MFWD, cab,w/loader; Ford 6710, cab,MFWD w/loader; Case IH5230 MFWD w/loader. 800-919-3322 zeisloftequip.com

JD 4630, nice, $12,500; JDtractor & ldr, compact,$10,500; Hesston 4x4 w/cab,$9,000; White 4x4 w/cab,135hp, nice, $12,500; Int.4x4, $13,500; David Brown,$3,500; Baler, $2,000; RoundBaler $1,500; Corn Picker,$1,500; Corn & Flail Chop-pers, $1,200 up. 6 4x4 Blaz-ers & pickups.Several Balers; many Dis-cbines; Hay Wagons; HayRakes; Tedders; Land Plows;Disks; 300+ Tractors; SeveralWoodsplitters; Brush Hogs,Harrows, Plows & more.IH dsl. dump truck, $3,000;new dump trailer, $5,000; 9ton trailer, $1,500; Excava-tor, $12,500; Case 450 Dozer,$8,500; JD 350C Dozer,$11,500; White 4x4 ldrhoe,$9,000; Case ldrhoe, $6,000.

Acres of EquipmentAlso Parts - Buying

Machines Dead or Alive

Smiley’s Equipment518-634-2310

JD 4955 MFWD nice! JD 4555MFWD off farm sale, only4600 hours, sharp; JD 7810MFWD only $59,500. Lotsmore. Call! zeisloftequip.com800-919-3322

JD 7000 corn planter, 8 row30” liquid, end transport,$4,500. 585-269-0698

Farm MachineryFor Sale

JD 7830 MFWD, power shift,duals, front weights, quickhitch, $105,000; JD 8220MFWD, power shift, duals,quick hitch, front weight brack-et, rear weights, $77,500.315-447-3008

JD BALER PARTS: Used, NewAftermarket and rebuilt. JDcanopy new aftermarket,$750. Call for pictures. NelsonHorning 585-526-6705

JOHN DEERE 10’ grain drillw/grass seeder, 12’ 3pt. drag,Gehl 2 beater self unloadingwagon. All good condition.716-782-4808

JOHN DEERE 15’ disk, fair$1650. JD 12’ roller harrow,fair $1500.Kewanee 800 14’heavy disk, good cond.$2750. 845-590-7803

JOHN DEERE 215 disk, Glen-coe 11 shank Soil Saverw/deep-till attachment. 585-746-1542

John Deere 2840 w/148loader, 80hp, 500 hrs. on newengine, tires 90%, no cracksor welds on loader, niceshape............$12,000 OBOCat Challenger 65, 9200hours, 75% tracks, PTO,280hp .....................$35,000

315-725-0139JOHN DEERE 4890 self pro-pelled windrower, one owner,excellent condition, 2300hours; 910 Pequea tedder,new condition. 518-843-0999

JOHN DEERE no-till 1750 6-Row planter w/Unverferthzone till, dry fertilizer, insecti-cide hoppers, herbicide sprayattachment, precision planterunits completely updated.518-882-6684

2004 JD 5520 2x4 Deluxe Cab, Heat,AC, Stereo & JD LDR 2,500 hrs, 15-80 HP Dual Outlets, Power Reverser,12 Spd Super Clean $26,500; 4x4Ford 555D TBL w/Factory HeatedCab (2) Bkts, Ready to Dig! $16,900;Trojan LDR 1700M Good Tires, WellMaintained $12,900; 4x4 KubotaM8950 Heated Factory Cab 85-90 HPDsl Lots of Wts, Dual Outlets $12,500;Int 404/LDR 40 HP Gas $2,950; AC Cw/ (1) Btm Plow $1,275; JD 1010 GasAll Orig $2,750; JD 2240 50 HP DslOnly 1000 hrs!!! $8,750; Int 450 (3)Btm Plow $1,275; 3pt Howard Used5’ Rototiller Heavy Duty $1,275; 3ptNH 451 SB Mower 7’ $1,875; Int 100SB Mower $1,250; 3pt LandscapeRakes 6’ & 7’; Landpride 10’Semi mt.Rotary Mower Demo (3) Gearboxes540 PTO $5,600 (new list over $7,000);Lots more Tractors & Machinery

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KICKER BALE WAGONS$2,350; 8 & 10 Ton RunningGears, $1,325-$1,500; 20’Bale Carriers, $2,750. Horst’sWelding, 585-526-5954

KNIGHT Reel Mixer, Model3300; 940 Gehl forage box forparts. 585-293-2513

Farm MachineryFor Sale

KRONE BIG-M New 30’ dis-cbine, low hours, 27mph; 2-JCB telehandlers; White 2-110 4WD tractor, 120hp; Case2670, duals, silage blade; JD4630, 4WD, PS, $17,500;Case IH 5220 Maxxum, 4WD,Quickie loader; Ag ChemRogator, 4WD, Raven radarcontroller; MF 1529, 4WD,loader, 8 hrs., Nice; 2-IHvibrashank field cultivators;NH 315 baler, w/thrower; NH892 chopper; MF 850 com-bine, 4WD; Pequea tedder.315-536-8718

LARGEST SELECTION ofquality combines on EastCoast. All with 1 year motor &trans warranty. Bloomsburg,PA zeisloftequip.com 800-919-3322

LOADER TRACTORS: CaseIH 5240 MFWD, cab, loader,$32,500; Ford 6710, cab,MFWD, loader, $22,900; CaseIH 5230, MFWD loader,$26,900; JD 7200, 2WDloader, $27,900; JD 6200,open, 2WD, loader, $18,900.zeisloftequip.com 800-919-3322

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Model 345 Massey Ferguson3 bottom automatic resetplows excellent condition$1,500.00/firm. Phone 315-388-4248

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NEW AND USED CHOPPERPARTS for New Holland 770to FP240. John Deere 3940 to3975. NEW Horning cropprocessors. NEW & USEDNew Holland baler parts &service. Closed Sundays.607-243-5555

NEW HOLLAND 1089 auto-matic bale wagon, 900 hrs.,fair condition. Call 315-246-3455

NEW HOLLAND BR740round baler, silage special,crop cutter, new belts, shedkept, $14,000. 716-499-0754

NEW SKID LOADERATTACHMENTS: Buckets,Manure Forks, Pallet Forks,Bale Spears, Round BaleGrabbers, Feed Pushers,Adapter Plates, Skid SteerHitch, 3pt. Bale Spears.Truck Freight Available. Mar-tin’s Welding, 315-531-8672

NH self-propelled 1047 haystacker, $8,000; 7 bottom on-land automatic reset Kver-neland plow, $4,000; IH 510grain drill, 15’, very goodcond, $2,800; 10’x12’ portablegreenhouse w/fan, $600. 315-626-6779

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Organic Weed Control

Weeder w/Kovar TinesHorse Drawn

5’-15’ - 3pt. 5’-46½’Many Options Available

Call Bob at 716-984-7442

PEOPLE WILL PAY TO HUNTon your land. Earn top $$$ forhunting rights. Call for a FREEquote and info packet toll free1-866-309-1507 or request atwww.BaseCampLeasing.com

PRICES REDUCED on com-bines for quick sale. Manyrecent arrivals. 800-919-3322.zeisloftequip.com

PROGRESSIVE 12 row sidedresser. 315-822-6883

RED DRAGON 12 rowpropane flamer for organicweeding, used one year,excellent condition, $15,000;15’ rotary hoe, good condi-tion, $1,500. Call Doug 585-721-4728

SEVERAL LOADS of tractorsjust arrived, JD & Case IH,Ford. Call! 800-919-3322www.zeisloftequip.com 3.7%fin.

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LOOKING FOR 16.9R46 or420/80R46 rims & axle mountduals to fit JD 4450. 585-245-4739

WANTED TO BUY: Used farm& construction equipment, allmakes and models, running ornot, 1980’s & newer. Will 315-777-2357

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Case IH DCX 101 disc-bine . . . . . . . . . . $14,500Westgo rock picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500John Deere 960 fieldcultivator . . . . . . . $9,000Brillion 15’ cultimulchermodel #ML-1803 $11,000John Deere 635 disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,00020’ Round Bale Wagonw/IH running gear $3,500

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Hay - Straw For Sale

15 bales 2nd cutting baleage4x4, mostly grass, $28.00each. Mike Franklin 607-749-3424

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STONEHOLM FARMA progressive 700 cow dairywith sites in Putney, VT andWalpole, NH is looking for aHERD MANAGER for our400 cow dairy in Putney.Qualified applicants musthave a strong reproductionbackground and excellentA.I. skills. They must be upto date in the most moderndairy practices. Duties willinclude repro, herd health,fresh cow and supply mgt.They must be able to inter-act and manage employees.Spanish a plus. Housing,health ins., retirement plan.Call Mike at 802-579-4739

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22955 -- Oneidaa Countyy Gentleman'ss Farm. 46 acres of beauti-ful property. 30 acres tillable all in hay balance woods and pasture.Year round stream Remodeled 2 story 3 bdrm home. 2 car garage.2 story Dairy barn remodeled for storage and a large machinerybuilding. Farm would be great for raising beef or horses. Very nicelocation close to schools and shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reducedd fromm $259,0000 too $239,000

23111 -- Madisonn Countyy FFarmm -- 2400 acree Farm borderinglarge State Land and the Brookfield Equine Trail System. 60+ acretillable mostly hay 70 acres in pasture, balance woods. Older 2story barn for 70 head of cattle. 2 out buildings for machinery stor-age. Older 2 story 5 bedroom home. Excellent hunting. Sits on avery quiet road with lots of possibilities. Raise beef or horses.Excellent hay making farm. Road frontage on two roads. Farmcould be easily sub-divided for investment. Gas and Mineral rights

convey. Owners are relocating their dairy operation to another areathis spring and have priced this farm very reasonable to move it .Priced to sell, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $310,000

23044 -- Oneidaa Countyy Dairyy Farmm 1400 acres, 80+ acres till-

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22800 -- Otsegoo Countyy Dairyy Farm. 25 acres total, 10 tillable,

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23199 -- 135 m/l acres. 20 acres open balance woods. Over a half

of mile of road frontage on a quiet road with beautiful views over-

looking a gorgeous valley. Would make a nice piece of land to build

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ber, awesome deer and turkey hunting. Trails to ride 4wheelers and

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the City of Utica. Shopping, hospitals within minutes. If you are

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Training Session Cornell Cooperative Extension,401 N. Main St., Warsaw, NY.8:15 am - 12:15 pm. NYSDECrequires advance registrationto be eligible to take the certifi-cation exam. If you are plan-ning to take the exam, youmust first call the NYSDECPesticide Division at 716-851-7220 to discuss eligibility. Season Extension of Fresh

VegetablesCornell Cooperative ExtensionCenter, 480 North Main St.,Canandaigua, NY. 6:30-8 pm.$10/amily. Pre-registrationrequested by March 22. Con-tact CCE, 585-394-3977 ext.427 or send name, addressand phone number tonea8@cornell.edu.

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MAR 28Farmers Market Seeks Vendors

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Garden DayYates County Building Audito-rium, 417 Liberty St., PennYan, NY. 9 am - 12 pm. Fee is$12/person, which includesone set of handouts andrefreshments. Pre-registrationis required. Contact CCE YatesCo., 315-536-5123.

Cheese Curd ClassSchuyler County Human Ser-vices Complex, Montour Falls,NY. 9 am, 12 pm or 1 pm, 4pm.$50 to cover materials andsupplies. Participants willneed to bring with them 1 gal-lon of milk, a pot with a lid(that will hold 1-1/2 gallons)and a slotted spoon. Space islimited, early registration isencouraged. Payment isrequired in advance and canbe done online throughwww.putknowledgetowork.comContact CCE Steuben Co.,607-664-2300.

Pond Management Workshop

Wayne County CooperativeExtension, 1581 State Route88 N., Newark NY. 9 am -noon. To register send$12/participant to CornellCooperative Extension ofWayne County, 1581 Rte. 88N., Newark, NY 14513 (Pleasewrite pond management in thememo section of your check).Registration deadline is Fri-day, March 23. Contact LaurieVanNostrand, 315-331-8415.

APR 2Best Practices for

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Alfred State College Campus,Townhouse Commons Confer-ence Room, Alfred, NY. 10 am- 2 pm. There is a cost toattend this program and pre-registration is requested.Lunch will be provided and aparking pass will be requiredto park on campus. ContactLynn Bliven, 585-268-7644ext. 18 or e-maillao3@cornell.edu.

by Tracy Taylor GrondineInternational trade is a

cornerstone of our coun-try. From the 18th centu-ry when Native Ameri-cans traded fur to theFrench along the OttawaRiver to the $131 billionin U.S. agriculture ex-ports forecast for thisyear, we have always

been a player in the tradearena. After all, saidPresident CalvinCoolidge, “The chief busi-ness of the American peo-ple is business. They areprofoundly concernedwith producing, buying,selling, investing andprospering in the world.”

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make up a significantcomponent of overall U.S.exports. And althoughthe world continues todemand large amounts ofU.S. farm products,maintaining export val-ues and volumes to bene-fit U.S. farmers requiresconstant efforts to ex-pand market opportuni-ties and remove govern-ment-imposed tariffs andother barriers.

Like the world we livein, trade initiatives andtrends are ever-changing.To stay at the top of thegame and maintain acompetitive edge, ourtrade agenda has to beforward-looking and en-sure plenty of market ac-cess for U.S. farmers.

For example, achievingPermanent Normal TradeRelations for Russia isFarm Bureau’s maintrade priority in 2012.PNTR makes permanent

the trade status the U.S.extends to Russia eachyear. The agreement Rus-sia negotiated with theU.S. and other WorldTrade Organization mem-ber nations includes im-proved tariff and sanitaryprovisions particularly af-fecting U.S. beef, porkand poultry exports. In2011, the United Stateswas the third-largestsupplier in the Russianmarket. Obtaining PNTRis a critical step to ensurethe U.S. stays competi-tive in that part of theworld.

Another priority is theTrans Pacific Partner-ship, or TPP, which aimsto eliminate tariff — andnon-tariff — barriers totrade between the U.S.and countries like Aus-tralia, Chili, Malaysia andmany others. Japan,Canada and Mexico havealso expressed interest in

joining the TPP, whichwould increase trade op-portunities because theywould be unable to ex-clude certain sectors un-der the agreement.

For example, Japan isour fourth-largest agri-cultural export destina-tion, with more than $13billion in sales in 2011.But, the country hasmany restrictive policiesagainst certain agricul-tural imports that wouldhave to be addressed un-der the TPP.

Looking to Europe, ef-forts are under way to in-crease agriculture tradewith the European Unionand remove barriers onU.S. products made withbiotechnology. In 2011,the U.S. exported morethan $10 billion in agri-culture products to theEU. Additional market

access to the EU is signif-icant for farmers.

Lastly, China becamethe United States’ topagricultural importer in2011, with more than$20 billion in sales. Con-tinued demand from Chi-na for a range of prod-ucts, primarily soybeansand cotton, with growingdemand for meats andcorn, will keep China inthe forefront as an agri-cultural customer.

If we stay the courseand maintain a strongagricultural trade agen-da, we can ensure we arereaching all of our poten-tial trading partnerswhile maximizing our fullexport potential.

Tracy Taylor Grondineis director of media rela-tions for the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation.

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The 154th Harford Fairhad a successful week in2011 including, onceagain, the Founders’ Mu-seum. Many positivecomments were heardwhile patrons visited the

museum. After passingthrough, many comment-ed on how “…this is oneof the best things the Fairhas done.” Some askedhow they might partici-pate in 2012 which willbe the third year of thedisplay.

Harford Fair’s missionin establishing the muse-um is to save and displayagricultural items fromthe farms, farm houses,and related farm busi-nesses of the past. Theseitems of course wouldhave been used by manyof your ancestors in set-tling the region in the1700’s, 1800’s, and1900’s.

The earliest of thesesettlers were using rudi-mentary, hand-made,and yet ingenious tools tosurvive from one harshseason to the next innortheastern Pennsylva-nia. Even into the early1900’s, many of thefarms were small subsis-tence farms where thefamilies used all that theycould raise during thegrowing season in hopesthat their families couldsurvive until the nextbounty.

The establishment ofthe Founders’ Hall Muse-um is not only to preserveas much of the evidenceof our ancestors’ dedica-tion to the land and theirfamilies as we can butalso to keep that heritagealive with future genera-tions. If you have some-

thing of this region orsurrounding regions thatyou think could be help-ful in explaining howhard our ancestorsworked and the difficul-ties and joys that they ex-perienced, please let usknow so that it can beshared during HarfordFair week.

These items may takethe form of tools, smallmachines/implements,photos, farm signs, farm-house items (i.e. barrelchurn, treadle sewingmachine, and smalleritems used by the farmwife), farm sale signs,and documents.

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Bruce Conklin makes final adjustments on the carriagehe loaned for display in the Founders Museum at theHarford Fair 2011. Mark Pease is helping Bruce with thebeautiful carriage which was a highlight of the museumdisplay last year. The department is once again askingthe public for items to be loaned or donated for displayin the museum at the 2012 fair. If you have something,contact the secretary at the Harford Fair office at 570-434-4300.

Photo courtesy of Cindy G. Reynolds, Harford Fair

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —On March 15, NationalFarmers Union (NFU)President Roger Johnsontestified before the U.S.Senate Committee onAgriculture, Nutritionand Forestry to discussrisk management andcommodities in the 2012Farm Bill.

“Every family farmer,rancher and consumerbenefits from a strongand effective safety netfor commodities,” saidJohnson. “Commodityprices do not remainhigh and do not alwaysreturn a profit to ourproducers. When pricesfall, and we know they

will, it is critical that aprice-based safety net bein place, because weknow that long lastingdrops in commodityprices and artificiallyhigh price peaks areharmful to the entireproduction supplychain, in both domesticand international mar-kets.”

In an effort to offerCongress a plan thatmight be more effectiveand less expensive thanwhat is currently inplace, NFU commis-sioned the University ofTennessee’s AgriculturalPolicy Analysis Center(APAC), to help develop a

farm program thatwould moderate extremeprice volatility in com-modity markets while al-lowing farmers to receivetheir income from themarketplace rather thanfrom government pay-ments, saving the federalgovernment a significantamount of money in theprocess. The plan NFUproposes is known asthe Market-Driven In-ventory System (MDIS).

“MDIS is an agricultur-al commodity programthat mitigates pricevolatility,” said Johnson.“It provides advantagesto livestock producersand the biofuels indus-

try. In addition, it wouldreduce government ex-penses, increase the val-ue of crop exports andmaintain net farm in-come over time. The cen-tral feature of MDIS is avoluntary, farmer-ownedand market-driven in-ventory system based onrecourse loan rates set alevel below total cost ofproduction but abovevariable costs.”

According to the studyby APAC, during the1998 to 2010 time peri-od, actual governmentpayments for the eightprogram crops (corn,wheat, soybeans, grainsorghum, barley, oats,

cotton and rice) totaled$152.2 billion, excludingcrop insurance premiumsubsidy payments. IfMDIS had been in placeduring this time, farm-ers would have received$56.4 billion from thegovernment (in storagepayments), while earn-ing roughly the same netfarm income over the pe-riod as historically re-ceived. Taxpayers couldhave saved nearly $100billion. If current pro-grams were continuedfrom 2012 to 2021, gov-ernment paymentswould total $65 billionover those 10 years.With MDIS in place, gov-

ernment payments areestimated to total $26billion, or 60 percentless.

“NFU will remain en-gaged during the comingweeks and months asmore decisions are beingmade related to the 2012Farm Bill,” said John-son. “We will continue towork with Congress oncoming to an agreementthat will benefit familyfarmers in times of mar-ket crashes or when dis-asters strike so that theUnited States can con-tinue to provide a con-sistent, safe and abun-dant food supply to itsresidents and the world.”

NFU outlines less expensive, more effective farm bill planduring Senate Committee hearing

New York BurgerLovers provided an-swers to the question“Who has New York’sBest Burger?”

WESTMORELAND, NY— In its second year, TheBest NY Burger Contestgenerated a sizzle acrossthe state when the NewYork Beef IndustryCouncil asked the sim-plest of questions, “Whohas the best burger?” Anoverwhelming 1,800votes for over 100restaurants across thestate answered that veryquestion.

From the results fromthe “Best NY Burger”survey the New York BeefCouncil has identified 10regional restaurantsacross the state fromBuffalo to Long Island.Nominations were madebetween Feb. 1 andMarch 15 via online vot-ing. The Top Ten Region-al restaurants were thetop vote getters when allthe ballots were counted.

“The burger is the All-American classic servedin almost every restau-rant from the local caféto the finest white table-cloth establishments,”says Jean O’Toole, Di-rector of Public Relations& Promotions of NYBIC.“The burger is the num-ber one sandwich or-dered in restaurants,and with that burger cre-ativity has hit an all-timehigh mixing of flavor pro-files to entice taste budsof eager followers!”

The restaurants (andtheir winning burger), inregional order (west toeast) are:

Region 1: BuffaloArea — The Terrace atAlfred State, Alfred withtheir “Asian Twist Man-darin Beef Burger”

Region 2: RochesterArea — River Park Grille,Waterloo, with their“Reuben Burger”

Region 3: SyracuseArea — Ale & AngusPub, Syracuse, withtheir “Power Play Burg-er”

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— Crazy Otto’s EmpireDiner, Herkimer withtheir “Cheeseburger”

Region 5: AlbanyArea — The SpinningRoom, Tannersville withtheir “Buckaroo Burger”

Region 6: AdirondackArea — The Pickle BarrelCafé, Depauville, withtheir “Pickle Barrel Burg-er”

Region 7: Bingham-ton Area — McGirk’sIrish Pub, Binghamton,

(2nd time regional win-ner!) with their “BlarneyBurger”

Region 8: HudsonArea — AJ’s Burger, NewRochelle, with their “AJ’sClub Burger”

Region 9: New YorkCity Area — DavidBurke’s at Blooming-

dales with their “JuicyBurkey Burger”

Region 10: Long Is-land Area — The BurgerSpot with their “ParisianBurger”

These top ten restau-rants will be judged bythe “50burgersorBust”team the last week of

April and the first weekof May. The Best NYBurger winner will beannounced on May 15.The winning restaurnatwill receive a platter anda media prize packagethat will include an on-site live radio broadcast.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —National Farmers Union(NFU) supports the effortsto establish payment lim-itations on farm programsin the Rural AmericaPreservation Act of 2012,sponsored by SenatorsChuck Grassley, R-Iowa,and Tim Johnson, D-SD.The bill would tighten eli-gibility requirements andlimits the total value ofpayments farmers can re-ceive annually.

“Farm bill programs aredesigned to help protectfarmers in times of need,not to make farmers andranchers rich,” said NFUPresident Roger Johnson.“The Grassley-Johnsonbill strengthens the defi-nition of ‘actively engagedin farming’ by requiringsubstantial active man-agement and/or personallabor on the farm opera-tion.”

The proposed bill wouldcap loan deficiency pay-ments and marketingloan gains at $75,000each and impose a$50,000 limit on all othercommodity programs. Thecombined limit for pay-ments to married farmcouples would be$250,000. The legislationwould also improve the“measurable standard” bywhich the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture deter-mines who should andshould not receive farmpayments.

“Directing farm pro-gram benefits so that theymeet the reasonableneeds of family farmerswould reduce governmentcosts while furthering thesustainability of our fami-ly farms, our rural com-munities and our naturalresources,” said Johnson.“This bill helps to directwhere farm payments aregoing and ensure thatthey are going only tothose who are active onfarms and ranches. I en-courage Congress to passthis fiscally responsiblepiece of legislation assoon as possible.”

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TRACTORS: '07 NH TB120 4WD, 2000 hrs; NH TD80D 4WD w/cab & ldr 1000 hrs like new; NH TB110 4WD w/cab & ldr; NH TN70 4WD w/ldr, 2000 hrs; JD 4050; JD 3055; JD 2955 4WD w/cab & ldr; '06 LandiniPowerfarm 105 w/ldr, 100 hrs; '05 McCormick C-Max 75 4WD 360 hrs!; JD 6200 2WD PowerQuad cab 4900 hrs, nice!; JD 2940 4WD, Fresh eng OH; MF 2605 w/ldr, almost new!; '04 Landini Legend 125 4WD 2900 hrs;Case IH 584 w/ROPS & canopy, 310 orig. hrs absolutely like new: '97 Landini 85F 4WD orchard w/cab; Ford TW15; IH 1086 4WD; IH 3288; IH 3688, nice; IH 966, 1066, 1466, 886; JD 2440 w/new ldr; MF 255; MF 231150 orig hrs; Case 2094; Case 1210 3000 hrs, one owner; Belarus 525M 4WD w/ldr, low hrs; AC D17-4; AC D14; Mahindra 575 400 hrs; Case IH C80 3800 hrs; Kubota M5000 MF 231S 120 hrs; Ford 2000 w/ldr; Ford5000; Ford 800; MF 135, restored; MF 65; & more! COMPACT TRACTORS: All are 4WD most have loaders!!! New McCormick X10.40 4WD w/ldr; NH TC55DA 4WD & ldr 1050 hrs; NH TC33DA w/ldr; KubotaB7510 w/ldr; NH T1510 w/ldr new; Kubota L3200 w/ldr; Kubota BX2200 w/ldr; Kubota B7200 w/ldr; Kubota L2900 w/ldr; NH L4330 w/ldr; Kubota BX2360 w/ldr, new; JD 4610 w/ ldr; JD 1050 4WD w/ldr; JD 10504wd w/ ldr & backhoe; Kubota B2150 4WD w/ldr; NH TZ22 4WD w/ldr; Kubota BX2750 w/snowblower; Bolens 244 4wd w/ldr; JD 650 4WD; (2) Kubota front blowers; several 3 pt backhoes; Plus more coming in daily! SKID STEER LOADERS: Unbelievable selection!!!! NH L185 w/cab & AC 850 hrs like new!; NH LS170; (2) Case 75XT; Case 40XT; Hydra-Mac 2650 w/JD diesel, low hrs; Bobcat 883 w/cab & AC; Bobcat S175;Bobcat T140 track SS; Bobcat MT55 track loader; Bobcat 743; Bobcat 975 w/JD diesel; Bobcat 632 w/hoe; Bobcat 48in snowblower; Bobcat 54in sweeper; Bobcat M06 backhoe; Valby chipper for SS; Bradco trencher, likenew; More coming in daily!INDUSTRIAL: JD 3420 telehandler w/cab & AC, Bobcat 325 excavator; Sharp Cat 307 excavator; Ford 455 4WD TLB w/ ext hoe & twistowrist only 2000 hrs; IH TD8-C dozer; Case 580D TLB; NH LB620 dsl ldr back-hoe; Drott Feller Buncher on tracks w/ 20in shear head & Cummins dsl; '92 Dodge Cummins DSL low miles; Kubota RTV 1100 camo like new!; Kawasaki Mule 3010 4WD 4 seats - Like new; JD HPX Gator; Cub CadetBig Country, like new; Bush Hog 12ft batwing finish mwr; (2) 2005 Jacobsen dsl reel mowers; 8ft Harley rake; Arps 3pt vibratory cable plow, like new; New Bradco trencher for SS, grapples, bkts; 20 ton Talbert, 9 tonInterstate trailers, 20ft Hillsboro; & much more!

TILLAGE & PLANTING: JD 1560 10ft NoTill drill w/seed-Very Nice!; Kinze 6R narrow dry fert planter;Case IH DMI 530B EcoloTiger 5 shank-like new!; Case IH 900 9X18 reset plows; White 598 6X variablewidth; IH 720 5X reset; IH 720 5X reset completely rebuilt; White 508 4X reset completely rebuilt;Kverneland 4X; CIH 6500 9 shank disc chisel, sharp; IH 13 shank disc chisel; Glencoe 7 shank disc chisel;Many more plows all sizes; Haybuster Rock EZ 106 rock picker-very low acres; DMI 7 shank disc-ripper;Brillion 15ft Land Commander; IH 6500 9 shank disc-chisel-like new; Krause 7400 27ft rockflex disc; White272 30ft rockflex disc; White 273 23ft rockflex discs; Tuffline 16ft rockflex disc; JD 210 & 215 discs; JD 22020ft rockflex disc; (10) other discs 6-16ft; JD 7200 6R planter; Sharp JD 7000 4R planter; Kinze 4r NoTillplanter; Case IH 900 4R planter; Case IH 5100 21X7 press wheel drill w/seed; Case IH 5300 21x7 drillw/seed; IH 5100 drill; Moore No till drill; Marliss 10ft drill-nice!; Excellent Brillion 21ft cultimulcher; NiceBrillion 13ft & 15ft cultimulchers; New Brillion 6ft cultimulcher; 5 ton tandem fert. spreader; More plows,planters, discs; HAY& HARVEST EQUIP: Our best selection ever! JD 5440 4WD forage harvester-new knives; NEW Kuhn7922 double rotor 25ft rake; New Kuhn 6622 22' double rotor rake; Kuhn GA4120 Rotary Rake-nearly new;Kuhn GF5001 tedder-nearly new; NH H7330 discbine-nearly new; (2) NH 1432 discbines; NH 1441 discbine;(2) NH 1431 discbines; NH 1412 & 1411 discbines; JD 946 discbine; Gehl 2330 discbine; Nice 2006 NH 575baler w/thrower; NH 326 baler w/thrower; ROUND BALERS: Claas 180; JD 446; NH 638; Hesston 856Aw/net wrap, like new; Hesston 540; NI 484; Deutz-Allis 280; Kverneland 806S round bale chopper, like new;SQUARE BALERS: '06 NH 575 baler w/ thrower; NH 570; (2) NH 315; Sharp NH 311; JD 336; NH 273w/thrower; JD 946, 930, 1460 discbines; NI 5209 & 5212 discbines; JD 7ft disc mower; Krone 36ft tedder,like new; Kuhn 8501 8 star tedder; (6) Claas, Fahr, & NH 4 star tedders; Kuhn GA4100 rotary rake; NH 166inverters; Gehl 1075 FH w/2 heads & kernel processor; Agripac 9100 round bale tuber; JD 3970 FH w/ cornhead-new knives-excellent!; NH 1499 SP haybine; NH 489; Hesston BP25 bale processor; JD 3970 FH-excel-lent; Schulte S150 15ft batwing; Bush Hog 3715 15ft HD batwing; Nice Little Giant 32ft elevator; (4)skele-ton elevators; (3) NH 256 rakes; (2) NH 258 rakes w/NH tandem hitch-like new!; NH; NI; Case IH rakes;sicklebar mwrs; NI 2R picker; more coming in!!!!OTHER FARM EQUIP: Brock 10 ton grain bin-like new; N-Tech 4000 gal tank spreader w/brakes; Husky4000 gal tank spreader; Calumet 2500 gal tank spreader; Kelley 60 10ft 3pt backhoe; Woods 3pt backhoe;Caretree 24" 3pt tree spade; JD 450 HydraPush spreader; NI 3626 spreader; NI 213 spreader, mint! Severalsmaller manure spreaders; Stoltzfus & H&S feeder wagons; (4) Cultipackers 8-14ft; PTO irrigation pump;Jacto airblast sprayer; (10) rotary mowers 4ft-15ft; (3) 3pt snowblowers; Keenan FP80 & 140 mixer wagons;(2) Gehl mixer wagons; (5) Used loaders; (20)Farm gates; NI 5623 spreader; (20) New tractor tires 24-38inch; Belsaw PTO sawmill - 48" blade; M&W dyno; lots of 3pt equipt including tillers; snowblowers; back-hoes; rakes; plows; rotary mowers + more!LAWN & GARDEN: JD X475 w/bagger; Kubota ZD28F-72P dsl Zeroturn; Kubota ZD331 dsl Zero Turn;Cub Cadet M72 & M60 Tank ZT mowers; Ferris ProCut 72-like new; Grasshoppper ZT; (2) Jacobsen LF3400dsl comm'l mwrs; & more! ANTIQUE TRACTORS: (Selling after 2pm) JD 820 diesel w/ 3200 orig hrs original tires-restored and nearperfect!! Cockshutt Blackhawk 35, restored; Ford 8N restored S/N 167; JD 435 GM dsl; JD 530; JD 430Ww/PS, mwr, super low hr, orig! Cockshutt 30 restored; JD GP; Wallis 12-20; Rare Ferguson 40 LP gas 1 of 6;AC CA w/WF, low hours orig; (2) JD L; JD unstyled B; MM G100LP-orig; Rare MM Jetstar 3 dsl; Oliver 70restd; Orig Ford 9N on steel; 1939 Worthington; 7hp Economy eng; Complete 3pt for Oliver 770 & at least10 more antique tractors Auctioneer's Note; Most of this clean ready to go equipment is here on a one way ticket with no reservesor minimums! Be ready to buy! Starting early with 2 auctioneers for the first 3 hours; Big equipmentstarting at 9 AM!TERMS: All items sold as is, where is. All sales final. List is subject to change. Consignments taken til Fri,March 30th. Trucking available anywhere. All purchases must be paid for on day of sale. Within 72 hours foronline bidders. Buyer's premium for online purchases 10% for payment with credit card. 5% for cash, checkor wire transfer, $25.00 fee for all wire transfers. Buyer's premium capped at $750.00 per item. Onsite buyer'spremium 5% for payment with credit card. Onsite premium is waived for payments by cash or good check.

15TH ANNUAL LAWN & GARDEN AUCTIONSATURDAY, APRIL 7TH - 10AM

MACFADDEN'S HUGE SPRING AUCTIONSAT. MARCH 31ST - 8AM

TRACTORS - FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIP. - ANTIQUES - PARTS & MORE!!

At our yard on US Rt. 20, 4 mi. east of Sharon Springs, NY

Online bidding available at www.macfaddens.com • Our best line-up of clean ready to go equipment in years!

21 COMPACT TRACTORS & UTILITY VEHICLES: Kubota L5030 4WD w/ldr & backhoe, 500hrs; (2) Cub Cadet8404 4WD w/ldr; (3) Cub Cadet - Yanmar EX 3200 4WD w/ldr; (2) Cub Cadet EX 2900 4WD w/ldr; (3) Cub Cadet EX2400 4WD w/ldr; Cub Cadet 7254 4WD w/ldr; Cub Cadet 7265 4WD w/ldr; Cub Cadet 5234 4WD w/ldr; KubotaB2400; (3) Cub Cadet Big Country 4X4 utility vehicles, all low hours; Kawasaki 2510 Mule 4X4 low hours; Case 1150B dozer, very good cond; JD 450C crawler loader, very good cond; IH 656 tractor; Oliver 1550 w/ldr; Farmall M; Moretraded by auction!50+ CUB CADETS: (10) Cub Cadet 3000 series 16-25 hp w/mowers, power steering & some w/snowblowers; (4) CubCadet Super garden tractors; (27) Cub Cadet 2000 series 16-25 hp-many like new; (15) Cub Cadet 1000 series 10-18hp;Several older Cub Cadets including a 100; 107 & more traded in by auction day.COMMERCIAL MOWERS: (8) Late model Cub Cadet Zero-Turn mowers 44-48-54-60 inch; Toro 4500D commer-cial mower; JD 525; NH LS45 & more coming in!50+ TRACTORS OTHER BRANDS: (26) John Deeres 8 - 25hp including 425; 345; 312; 314; 316; 317; & many oth-ers; Plus at least 25 more tractors various brands!200+ PCS MISC NEW & USED EQ.: tillers; dump carts; push mowers; chippers; baggers; generators; log splitter; 3pthitch implements including mowers, blades, York rakes, snowblowers; (10) pallet lots of misc. parts, owners manuals,parts equipment row & much more!!!

Selling 10 AM Sharp!!!Antique Cub Cadets - Pedal Tractors & Toys

Iver is reducing his collection:(2) 1961 Original Cub Cadet tractors, one electric start, one recoil both restored. 1976 Cub Cadet Spirit of '76restored. (7) Pedal Tractors: Original open grille Farmall H; IH 400 w/ cart, original, 1986 Kubota 8950, new,

(2) JD 4020 w/wide front; (2) IH 1066; plus approximately 50 farm toys all NIBCome early & have some fun!!!

TERMS: Cash or good check only! All items sold "as is." List is subject to change.NOTE: The best selection of clean Cub Cadets anywhere! Auction under big tent, rain or shine. This auction featurestop quality equipment and you set the price!! These tractors are all reconditioned and ready to mow. Many have snow-blowers, tillers, cabs, etc. Iver says business has been good and it is again time to clean house for a big spring season.Plan to attend, a great opportunity!!!

Owner: Springfield Tractor (315) 858-2578Auctioneers: MacFadden & Sons, Inc.

Rt. 20 Sharon Springs, NY • (518) 284-2090Pictures at www.macfaddens.com

Springfield Tractor Rts. 20 & 80, Springfield Ctr. NY200+ pcs like new garden tractors, compact tractors, toy collection & more!The nicest tractors for sale anywhere, all will sell w/no minimums or reserves

Nothing like it anywhere else!!!!!!!

MACFADDENN && SONS,, INC.1457 Hwy. Rt. 20, Sharon Springs, NY 13459

(518) 284-2090 or www.macfaddens.com

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Plans for the annualspring trip to Washing-ton, D.C., are well under-way. Members of theAmerican Sheep Indus-try Association’s (ASI)Legislative Action Coun-cil, along with member-state sheep associationleaders, will be in Wash-ington May 1-3.

The purpose of the vis-

it is to bring the messageof the sheep industry tothe nation’s capitol andcoordinate updates onwool, lamb, trade, sheepdisease and protectionprograms with the U.S.Department of Agricul-ture (USDA). Visits withfederal policy makers re-garding legislation andmeetings with agricul-

ture and land manage-ment agencies aboutprograms that affect thebusiness of sheep pro-ducers in this countryare being planned.

Topics of interest forthese meetings includeappropriations for topsheep programs at USDAincluding Wildlife Ser-vices, which was the

subject of a full Housevote last year; an exten-sion of the language pro-hibiting the federal landmanagement agenciesfrom reducing sheepgrazing due to wildsheep; defending sheepand wool research that isbeing threatened by

budget cuts; the U.S.Forest planning rule;and sheep priorities inthe next Farm Bill.

The much anticipatedAmerican lamb barbecuefor congressional and ad-ministration representa-tives will again be hostedby ASI on Wednesday,

May 2, in Alexandria, VA.Producers interested in

participating in thisevent should contacttheir state association orPeter Orwick at por-wrick@sheepusa.org.

Source: AmericanSheep Industry WeeklyMarch 16

DON MAMMOSERFARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT AUCTIONMONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 AT 10:00 AM

Schuster Road, Eden, New York

Auction to be held on Schuster Road, just west of East Eden Road, approximate-

ly 5 miles south of Hamburg, 5 miles west of Route 219, 9 miles east of Thruway

exit 57A.

HAVING DISCONTINUED OUR DAIRY OPERATION WILL SELL:

SELLING: TRACTORS: JD 8640 w/ duals & 6 way Coontz blade; IH 4586 w/ 855

Cummins engine; IH 4568 w/ 855 Cummins engine; IH 1066, blackstripe; IH

4166; IH 1086; IH 826 w/ IH 466 engine; IH 766 w/ IH 360 engine; JD 4030; IH

584; IH 574; Ford 4000; Farmall Cub; LOADERS: NH L455 skid loader; Trojan

1700 pay loader; TRUCKS: '93 IH w/ 466 Diesel & 18' silage box; '84 Ford w/

3208 Cat & 18' silage box; '83 IH w/ 466 Diesel & 16' silage box; GMC Astro road

tractor; IH S1900 liquid fertilizer truck; 1986 GMC 1 ton spray truck w/ 300 gal.

tank & 45' booms; HARVEST: JD 6810 Forage Harvester w/ 6 row JD 676

Kemper style corn head & 14' Mezogeph hay head, all new cutter head in 2010

& rebuilt hydraulics; Kuhn 4000 discbine, used one season; NH 1432 discbine;

NH 1431 discbine; Kuhn GF7822 MasterDrive rake; Kuhn GF7601 tedder; 2 12'

Dump Chief dump carts; TILLAGE: JD 12 row 7200 Conservation planter, liq-

uid fert., finger pickups, soy cups; Krause 21 shank chisel; WilRich 4411 13

shank chisel; DMI 32.5' crumbler; 35' field cultivator; AMCO 30' disc; Miller 14'

offset disc; JD 2800 8 bottom plow; JD 2800 6 bottom plow; IH 450 4 bottom

plow; Brillion 23' cultimulcher; Simonsen N-52E fertilizer spreader; Westgo rock

picker; BARN & MISC: 1973 OshKosh all wheel drive truck w/ Husky 3,500 gal

tank; 1970 White 4000 truck w/ Husky 4,400 gal tank; 1975 Mack truck w/ 4,400

gal tank; Husky 3,850 tank spreader w/ flotation tires; Knight 8032 V spreader;

JD 780 hydrapush spreader; Husky agitator; Schutte Hammer mill w/ hydraulic

auger; Automatic 1200 roller mill/blower; (2) Knight 3450 mixer wagons; (2) saw-

dust shooters; Haynes 21' stock trailer; 52' house trailer; 8' disc, 6' bushog; drag,

misc. small tillage equipment CONSIGNED: Estate of Alan Mammoser: JD

8960 w/ duals; 1999 Ford F150, needs transmission; OTHER: NH 273 baler; NH

256 rake; 4 star tedder; (2) snow plows; flat wagon; 16' stock trailer. Visit our

website, www.williamkentinc.com, for more information and photos!

Much of this equipment was rebuilt and repowered by Alan Mammoser in

his shop. Not new paint but equipment that will go out and work for you!!

TERMS: Cash, Check, MasterCard or Visa. Nothing to be removed until settled

for. Out of state buyers must bring a bank letter of credit made out to William

Kent, Inc. All items sold "AS IS"!

ESTATE OF RONALD MILCAREK Selling Vehicles, Farm Machinery, Tools, & Household

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 AT 10:00 AM4584 State Route 20A West, Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York

Auction to be held at the corner of Dick Road and Route 20A, 2 miles west of Warsaw andRoute 19, 1 mile east of Route 238, 25 miles south of NYS Thruway exit 47 & Le Roy, and 24

miles south of NYS Thruway exit 48 & Batavia;

SELLING FOR THE ESTATE:VEHICLES: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 pickup truck, 30,000 miles, extended cab, 4X4,automatic; 2006 Kia Spectra SX sedan, 40,000 miles, 5 speed, 4 door; 1980 International6 wheel truck, 16' box with hoist; TRACTORS: New Holland TB100 tractor, 583 hours,ROPS, 18.4X34 rubber, LIKE NEW!; Massey Ferguson 573 tractor, 200 hours, ROPS,16.9X30 rubber, shuttle, LIKE NEW!; Ford 4610 tractor, 2,215 hours, with Ford 776Floader, cab, 16.9x30 rubber-good; HARVEST: Gleaner F2 combine, diesel, 4 row cornhead, 14' grain head; Fox FA forage harvester, 1 row head; (2) Fox forage harvesters forparts; New idea 310 picker; (2) New Idea pickers for parts; New Holland 38 flail chopper;International 990 haybine; New Holland 275 baler, string; International side delivery rake;(2) older side delivery rakes; (5) wood basket wagons; 325 bu gravity wagon; 250 bu grav-ity wagon; older gravity wagon; 42' hay & grain elevator; Seifert self unloading wagon;blower; running gear; TILLAGE: International 56 planter, 4 row; Case 308 plow, 3 bottom;3 bottom full mount plow; International 16 hoe drill; Ontario drill; older drill; Oliver 16'transport disc; McCormick Deering cultipacker; 12' drag; Baltic fertilizer spreader, 3 point;BARN & MISCELLANEOUS: H&S manure spreader; 3 pt snowblower; dump cart; trailerlog splitter; snowmobile trailer; Coleman 60 gallon 7 hp air compressor; 3 pt back blade;14' P&D unloader; 14'x40' silo; 4 ring grain bin; YardMachines 20 hp riding mower;Troybilt rototiller; boat & trailer; Johnson 9.9 motor; older Arctic Cat snowmobile; andassorted tools! PRODUCE: Approximately 500 bales of 2010 grass hay; 200 bales of olderhay; Quantity of corn; HOUSEHOLD: Antiques, furniture and more! CONSIGNED: Ford3000 tractor, 4,275 hours.

Visit our website, www.williamkentinc.com, for more information and photos!

TERMS: Cash, Check, MasterCard or Visa. 13% buyer's premium, 3% discount for cashor check. All items sold "AS IS". Nothing to be removed until settled for. Out of state buy-ers must bring a bank letter of credit made out to William Kent, Inc.

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Represent your state in Washington, D.C.

Anthony Grzemski wasrecently named Regula-tory Affairs Coordinator.Grzemski will be respon-sible for all products andingredient regulatorymatters both nationallyand internationally forAgri-King, Inc. He waspreviously with EmeraldPerformance MaterialsLLC, Cheyenne, WY.

Grzemski completed

his BS in Chemistry atElmhurst College,Elmhurst, IL. He is amember of the AmericanChemical Society, the In-stitute of Food Technolo-gists, Enzyme TechnicalAssociations, RegulatoryAffairs Professional Soci-ety and the Defoamer In-dustry Trade Associa-tion.

Grzemski, his wife,

Mary and their two chil-dren, Ann and Abby, andhis daughter, Lillian, re-side in Albany, IL.Grzemski’s other threechildren reside in Texas.

Grzemski named Regulatory AffairsCoordinator for Agri-King, Inc.

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Monday, March 26• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752.• 10:00 AM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Live-stock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 milesS. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). SpecialHoliday Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. We willstart this sale at 10 am due to the amount of smallanimals. This date is the last week of March.Group of Boar cross goats from one farm; 2 Boarcross Billy Goats. 25 - 100% Boar kids from onefarm. Group of sheep from one flock. Group of 6-8 lambs from one flock. We expect a good run.Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager,518-584-3033• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, NewBerlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. ofNew Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 12:30 Pro-duce, 1 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats,Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy.Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom &Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800,cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep,Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves &Beef. Regular Monday schedule. Tim Miller, Man-ager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,

Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick,Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing,518-392-3321.

Tuesday, March 27• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Consigned from Washing Co.Farmer. Overstocked sends 10 fresh hfrs., Hols.X. All have had 9 way & have been wormed. Realnice group of hfrs. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs andhorses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef andcalves.Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Wednesday, March 28• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 12:00 Noon: East Middlebury, VT. Annual SpringDairy/Feeder & Consignment Sale. Addison Co.Commission Sales E.G. Wisnowski & Sons, 800-339-COWS or 802-388-2661• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Easter Lamb & Goat Sale approx. 5pm. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire LivestockMarketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calvesfollowed by beef. Tim Miller, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill

Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, March 29• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavil-ion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market-ing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager,518-584-3033• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Ourusual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls.Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing,315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. TimMiller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Friday, March 30• 10:00 AM: Warsaw, Wyoming Co. Estate ofRonald Milcarek Auction. Selling vehicles, farmmachinery, tools & household including ‘07 ChevySilverado, NH TB100 tractor, MF 573 tractor andmore! Watch our website for a complete list andphotos. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com• 11:00 AM: Rt. 5, Coventry, VT. Organic FarmAuction of 135 head organic Holsteins and B.C.,Full line of equipment for Paul Lehoullier. RobertsAuction Service, 802-334-2638

Saturday, March 31• Cobleskill, NY. 31st Annual Cobleskill DairyFashion Sale. Hosted by SUNY Cobleskill DairyCattle Club. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226,daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.com• 205 Hanley Rd, Nassua, NY. Estate Auction.Case-IH 685 4x4 Diesel w/loader, JD 4030, Oliver1755 tractors, Befco C50 15’ Batwing finishmower, Wood Working & Mechanics tools, Horseequip. & Tack, Lumber, Cattle Show equip. &gates, Asst furniture & collectibles. Jacquier Auc-tions, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.com• 9:00 AM: Windmill Farm Market, 3900 Rt. 14A, 5mi. S. of Penn Yan, NY. Equipment ConsignmentAuction. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm• 9:00 AM: Middlesex Livestock Auction, 488Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefiled, CT. Lamb & GoatSale. This sale will have over 250 lambs, goats,kid goats and sheep to choose from. MiddlesexLivestock Auction, Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828, res.860-346-8550, sale barn 860-349-3204 or e-mailsscirpo35@comcast.net• 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY.Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction. FarmTractors & Machinery, Lawn& Garden Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auc-tioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Horse & Tack Sale.Starting with tack at 10 am. Empire LivestockMarket, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, SueRudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent,Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 12:00 Noon: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Lamb, Sheep and GoatEaster Sale. All animals taken Fri., March 30 from8 am - 5 pm.. Also accepting until 10 am day ofsale. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220

Sunday, April 1• 9:00 AM: Middlesex Livestock Auction, 488Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefiled, CT. Lamb & Goat

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THE CATTLE EXCHANGE4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753607-746-2226 • Fax 607-746-2911

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C.W. GRAY & SONS, INC.Complete Auction ServicesRte. 5, East Thetford, VT

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DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN

3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424585-396-1676

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DELARM & TREADWAYSale Managers & Auctioneers

William Delarm & Son • Malone, NY518-483-4106

E.J. Treadway • Antwerp, NY 13608315-659-2407

EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING LLC5001 Brittonfield Parkway

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FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK3 miles east of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PMFeeder Cattle Sales monthly

Horse Sales as scheduled585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC.AUCTION SERVICE

Franklin, NY607-829-5172

Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions

Frank Walker, AuctioneerP.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775

fwalker2@stny.rr.com

FRALEY AUCTION CO.Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded

1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA570-546-6907

Fax 570-546-9344www.fraleyauction.com

GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040

607-863-3821www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com

GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC.7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811

607-642-3293www.goodrichauctionservice.com

H&L AUCTIONSMalone, NY

Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800

518-832-0616 cellAuctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003

HARRIS WILCOX, INC.Bergen, NY

585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com

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Monday, April 2• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica &6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Fat Cow &Feeder Sale. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs &Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves &Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm.Tom & Brenda Hosk-ing 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 10:00 AM: Eden, NY. Don Mammoser Farm Ma-chinery Auction. Selling a complete line of farmmachinery including John Deere and IH tractors,trucks, tillage, harvest, barn and more! Watch ourwebsite for more information. William Kent, Inc.,585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.comThursday, April 5

• 11:00 AM: 2324 Ridge Rd., Penn Yan, NY. Mar-vin & Mildred Koek Excellent Farm EquipmentRetirement Auction. IH 1420 4WD combine, ‘95Ford 16’ grain truck, tillage, planting & harvestequip. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm• 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14,Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies, registeredand grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, JayMartin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030• 5:00 PM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Live-stock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 milesS. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Openhouse & viewing of cattle for the Spring PremierSale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comFriday, April 6

• 10:00 AM: Alfred, NY. Alfred State CollegeSpring Fling. All Breed Sale featuring choice cat-tle of all ages! Watch our website for more infor-mation. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Live-stock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 milesS. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). SpringPremier All Breed Sale. 165 Head selling: 100Holsteins, 30 Jerseys, 30 Brown Swiss, 5Guernsey. Selections are complete the quality isthe best ever. We have show calves of all breeds,outstanding bred heifers, fresh young cows thatwill please the most discriminating. Watch ourwebsite for complete catalog on line. (Join us theevening before for open house and cattle view-ing). Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comSaturday, April 7

• 10:30 AM: Independence Township (AlleganyCo.) New York. Complete Line of Good Farm Ma-chinery and Livestock Handling and SupportEquipment for Lyon View Farm. Pirrung Auction-eers, Inc., 585-728-2520

www.pirrunginc.com• 11:00 AM: Champlain, NY. Betty & NelsonLeDuc Farm Machinery Auction. Full line of ma-chinery: Case MX120 w/ldr., Case IH 8920, Case5130, NH TB110 w/ldr., Ford 6610. Northern NewYork Dairy Sales, Harry Neverett, 518-481-6666,Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503

www.nnyds.comMonday, April 9

• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica &6 miles N. of New Berlin) . Monthly Heifer Sale. 1pm dairy followed by sheep, lamb, goats, pigs &feeders. Calves & cull beef approx. 5-5:30 pm.Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comTuesday, April 10

• Westport, NY. Pat Bennett Equipment Dispersal.Full line of equipment including 2 2010 JohnDeere Tractors. Sale Managers, Northeast King-dom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net,Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892

Wednesday, April 11• The Pines farm, Barton, VT. 151st Top of Ver-mont Invitation Dairy Sale. Sale Managers, North-east Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774,neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892

Friday, April 13• The Pines Farm. Barton, VT. 151st Top of Ver-mont Invitation Dairy Sale. Sale Managers, North-east Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774,neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892• B&R Dairy, West Chazy, NY. 2 Day Sale April13-14. 13th: 300 top quality AI sired free stallheifers. Northern New York Dairy Sales, HarryNeverett, 518-481-6666, Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503

www.nnyds.com• Batavia, NY. 2012 Spring Consignment Auctionto benefit Agriculture Education. Sponsored bythe Farm Burewau. Now accepting quality con-signments. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com• 10:30 AM: Catskill Tractor, Inc., 384 Center St.,Franklin, NY. Farm Equipment Consignment andInventory Reduction. Franklin Used EquipmentSales, Inc. Auction Service, 607-829-2600• 6:00 PM: Syracuse, NY. NY Spring Color BreedSale. Held in conjunction with the NY SpringDairy Carousel. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.comSaturday, April 14

• B&R Dairy, West Chazy, NY. Farm machinery &tiling equipment. Northern New York Dairy Sales,Harry Neverett, 518-481-6666, Joey St. Mary518-569-0503

www.nnyds.com

• Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Machinery Con-signment Sale. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-829-3105• Canton, NY. Machinery Dispersal for MarkBrown Farm. Case 1896 & Case JX80 (both4WD) & full line. Willis Shattuck, Sales Manager &Auctioneer 315-347-3003 with H&L Auctions,Malone, NY. Ed Legacy 518-483-0800, ScottHamilton 518-483-8787• 8:00 AM: Farm of Don & Betty Duska, 1820 Co.Rt. 7, Ancram, NY. 22nd Annual Auction. QualityConsignments Accepted. Leaman Auctions, J.Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721• 8:00 AM: Beaver Mountain Farms, 1820 CountyRt. 7, Ancram, NY. On the Farm of Don & BettyDuksa, 22nd Annual Auction. Quality Consign-ments Accepted. Leaman Auctions, J. EdwardLeaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721• 4:00 PM: Syracuse, NY. New York Spring Hol-stein Sale. Held in conjunction with the New YorkSpring Dairy Carousel. The Cattle Exchange,607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.comWednesday, April 18

• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager716-450-0558

Friday, April 20• Pennellville, NY. 2012 Twin Brook Farms Ma-chinery & Equipment Auction to settle the estateof Eugene Blumer. Full line of farm machinery in-cluding John Deere & Case tractors, John Deereforage harvester plus harvest, tillage and barnequip. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com• 9:00 AM: Melvin Miller, 240 Phillip Rd., FortPlain, NY. Farm Equipment & Tools. Benuel Fisher

PARTICIPATING AUCTIONEERSHILLTOP AUCTION CO.

3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146Jay Martin 315-521-3123

Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030

HOSKING SALESSales Managers & Auctioneer

6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392

Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?Give us a call. Trucking Assistance. Call the Sale

Barn or check out our trucker list on the Web site.607-699-3637

Fax 607-699-3661www.hoskingsales.com

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HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCHLIVESTOCK MARKET

Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411

607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comhoskingsales@stny,rr.com

LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584

717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com

MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERSSales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers

Whitney Point, NYToll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540

Fax 607-692-4327www.manasseauctions.com

MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455

Sale Every MondayLisa Scirpo 860-883-5828Sales Barn 860-349-3204

Res. 860-346-8550

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLENorman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.717-354-4341

Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC.Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT

Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913neks@together.net

NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTIONWhately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949

Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM413-665-8774

NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALESNorth Bangor, NY

518-481-6666Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503

Harry Neverett 518-651-1818Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken

802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com

PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC.P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572

585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378www.pirrunginc.com

James P. Pirrung

R.G. MASON AUCTIONSRichard G. Mason

We do all types of auctionsComplete auction service & equipment

Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICEMARCEL J. ROBERTS

Specializing in farm liquidations.802-334-2638 • 802-777-1065 cell

robertsauction@together.net

ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERSSpecialist in large auctions for farmers,dealers, contractors and municipalities.

Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com

TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICERt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY

518-695-6663Owner: Henry J. Moak

WILLIAM KENT, INC.Sales Managers & Auctioneers

Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com

WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541

802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

AUCTION CALENDARTo Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative

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• Dekalb Junction, NY. 12th Annual Machinery &Equipment Consignment. Call for info or to con-sign. Willis Shattuck, Sales Manager & Auctioneer315-347-3005 with H&L Auctions, Malone, NY. EdLegacy 518-483-0800, Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica &6 miles N. of New Berlin). Annual Spring Machin-ery Sale & Plant, Tree & Shrub Auction. Acceptingconsignments groups or single items. Consign-ments already coming in call today to get into ad-vertising it will make a difference. Expecting afield full of quality farm equipment. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• Quarryville, PA. Wea-Land Holsteins CompleteDispersal. Landis Weaver & Family, Owners. Co-managed by The Cattle Exchange & StonehurstFarm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, dav-eramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.com• 8:25 AM: Newton, PA. Inventory Reduction.Farm tractors & equipment. Leaman Auctions, J.Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721• 9:00 AM: Allegany Fairground, 15 North MainSt., Angelica, NY. 22nd Annual Spring Extrava-ganza Auction. Call now to consign for advertis-ing. 585-567-8844 or 585-261-8844• 9:00 AM: Gerry Rodeo Grounds, RT. 60 Gerry,NY. Chautauqua County Area, Municipal & Con-tractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.Auctioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:00 AM: Argyle Livestock Station, 8McEachron Hill Rd., Argyle, NY. Machinery Con-signment Sale. Franklin Used Equipment SalesInc., Frank Walker Auctioneer 607-829-5172• 10:30 AM: Dalton (Livingston Co.) New York. Dr.Lonnie and Donna Meeusen Retirement Auction.Clydesdale Horses, Show Wagon, Tack, new JDTractors, haying line & general purpose line! Pir-rung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520

www.pirrunginc.comMonday, April 23

• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica &6 miles N. of New Berlin) . Boardwalk Holsteins -50 Head of Registered Milking & Close bredheifer Dispersal. RHA 19837 3.8 760 3.0 592.SCC 126,000. No BST or TMR. Brad & CarolAinslie & Family. 315-822-6087 Watch future adsfor more details. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comTuesday, April 24

• 11:00 AM: Paul & Darcy Graves Farm, Com-stock Rd., Adams, NY. Complete Machinery Dis-persal. Watch future ads and our website forcomplete listing. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer,Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, salebarn 315-287-0220

Wednesday, April 25• The Pines Farm. Barton, VT. Annual EquipmentAuction. Sale Managers, Northeast KingdomSales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auc-tioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892

Friday, April 27• Waddington, NY. Complete Dispersal for GaryTiernan. 200 head of AI sired dairy cattle. Delarm& Treadway, 518-483-4106• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. Ma-chinery Consignment Sale. Finger Lakes Live-stock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, April 28

• Rising Sun, MD. 40 plus tractors. Watch for fu-ture ads. Leaman Auctions, J. Edward Leaman,610-662-8149, 717-464-1128www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721

• 172 Marsh Rd., Litchfield, CT. Farm Auction forBill Butts. Hay & Tillage Equipment, Tools & Cat-tle Support Equipment. Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.com• Heifer Haven, North Bangor, NY. MachineryConsignment Sale. Northern New York DairySales, Harry Neverett, 518-481-6666, Joey St.Mary 518-569-0503

www.nnyds.com• Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power Sports Con-signment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257• 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Barber HillRd., Geneseo, NY. 42nd Annual New York’s Fa-vorite Consignment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.Auctioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 8:00 AM: Benedict Farms, Turin, NY. CompleteMachinery Dispersal on the Farm. Tim Miller,Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. Town-line Equipment Annual Spring Used EquipmentSale. C. W. Gray & Sons, Inc., 802-785-2161• 9:00 AM: 796 No. Cream Hill Rd., Bridport, VT.Jim Ferguson Farm Machinery & Small Equip-ment Sale. All machinery like new. Wide selectionof tractors, tools, hay & farm equip. Well main-tained. Addison Co. Commission Sales E.G. Wis-nowski & Sons, 800-339-COWS or 802-388-2661• 10:30 AM: Benedict Farms, Turin, NY. CompleteMachinery Dispersal on the Farm. Dale Cham-bers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 11:00 AM: On the farm Otego, NY. Gretna AcresRegistered Brown Swiss Complete Dispersal. 100Head sell. This is a long established breedingherd (50 years) DHI tested, AI sired. Regular herdhealth program. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 12:00 Noon: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Spring Dairy Cattle, FeederCattle & Machinery Consignment Sale. Good list-ing f cattle & machinery already. Jack Bero, Mgr.& Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220

Tuesday, May 1• 5:00 PM: Greenwood (Steuben Co.) New York.“Warrinerdale Homestead.” The estate of WayneWarriner, Sr. Farm Equipment. Pirrung Auction-eers, Inc., 585-728-2520

www.pirrunginc.comFriday, May 4

• Ron Paro Farm, Heuvelton, NY. Complete DairyCattle & Machinery Dispersal. Watch papers forcomplete listing. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer,Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, salebarn 315-287-0220

Saturday, May 5• Rt. 125, East Middlebury, VT. Annual Spring Ma-chinery Auction. Addison Co. Commission SalesE.G. Wisnowski & Sons, 800-339-COWS or 802-388-2661• Burke, NY. Complete Dispersal. 90 head AIsired, many red & whites plus equipment for Nate& Krista Beachy. Also selling machinery for Don &Jo Eastman, 4 JD tractors, JD discbine & otherequipment. H&L Auctions, Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787, 483-8576, cell 569-0460, Ed Legacy518-483-7386, cell 832-0616, with Willis Shattuck315-347-3003• 9:00 AM: Fraley Farm Complex, Muney, PA. 4thAnnual Lawn & Garden Event. Everything for yourfarm, cabin, river lot, garden & home. Shrubs,trees, 100’s of hanging baskets, flowers, plants,lawn furniture, lawn tractors, RTV’s, trailers,campers, boats, tools, etc. Fraley Auction Co.570-546-6907

www.fraleyauction.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Also selling Trowbridge Angus Bulls. Finger LakesLivestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comTuesday, May 8

• Mohawk Valley Produce Auction. WholesaleFlower Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257

Friday, May 11• Arcade, NY. Co-Vista 20th Anniversary Sale.Hosted by Co-Vista Holsteins, the George Family.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, davera-masr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.comSaturday, May 12

• Burke, NY. Miller Family Spring ConsignmentAuction. Contact Paul Miller 518-483-6804 (NoSunday Calls). Delarm & Treadway, 518-483-4106• Mohawk Valley Produce Auction. Spring Con-signment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257• 9:00 AM: 3080 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY.Estate of Tom Oliver. Excellent farm collectibles,signs, 2 Oliver 66 tractors. Dann Auctioneers,Delos Dann, 585-396-1676

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm• 10:00 AM: University Dr, Torrington, CT. EstateAuction. Ford 2810 tractor w/loader, Hay & 3 phequip., Farmie winch, storage trailers. JacquierAuctions, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday HorseSales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger LakesLivestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, May 19

• 10:00 AM: Langdonhurst Farm, 1601 Rt. 7A, Co-pake, NY. Buildings, Dairy, Cattle & Milking Equip-ment, Case/IH 5240 & Ford 7700, (2) MackTrucks & Dump Trailer, Hay & Manure Equipment.Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, May 23

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Friday, June 1• 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, June 9

• 9:00 AM: Don Rice Jr., 5761 Barber Hill Rd.,Geneseo, NY. 15 MM farm tractors & parts, 150MM farm toys, MM & gas signs. Dann Auction-eers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htmTuesday, June 26

• At the Farm, Newport, VT. Poulin-Royer, Inc.Complete Dispersal of all cattle and most equip-ment. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales,802-525-4774, neks@together.net, AuctioneerReg Lussier 802-626-8892

Wednesday, June 27• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, July 7• Garden Time LLC in Glens Falls, NY. 3rd AnnualAuction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257

Friday, July 13• 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, July 21

• Middleburgh, NY. Reflections of Maple DownsSale. Hosted by Maple Downs Farm II. Held inconjunction with the NY Holstein Summer Picnic.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, davera-masr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.comSaturday, July 28

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday HorseSales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger LakesLivestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, August 3

• 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, August 22

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, September 8• North Country Storage Barns. 2nd Annual Shedand Shrubbery Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions,518-568-2257• Morrisville, NY. 30th Annual Morrisville AutumnReview Sale. Hosted by Morrisville State CollegeDairy Club. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226,daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. .Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, September 15

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday HorseSales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger LakesLivestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, September 22

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 26

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, September 29• Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power Sports Con-signment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257

Saturday, October 6• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, October 20

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, October 27

• Ithaca, NY. NY Fall Harvest Sale. Hosted by Cor-nell University Dairy Science Club.The Cattle Ex-change, 607-746-2226,daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.com• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, November 3• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, November 10

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, November 29

• Lampeter, PA. Destiny Road Holstein Dispersal.Jay Stolzfus, owner. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

www.cattlexchange.comSaturday, December 1

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, December 8

• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday HorseSales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger LakesLivestock, 585-394-1515

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MIDDLESEXLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Middlefield, CTMarch 19, 2012

Calves: 45-60# .40-.50; 61-75# 1.35-1.40; 76-90# 1.45-1.50; 91-105# 1.55-1.60;106# & up 1.65-1.70.Farm Calves: 1.80-2.30Started Calves: .60-.72Veal Calves: 1.10-1.30Open Heifers: .72-1.60Beef Heifers: .88-.90Feeder Steers: .71-1.2750Beef Steers: .95-1.1750Stock Bull: .76-1.56Beef Bull: 1.01-1.03Sows: 1 at .34Butcher Hogs: .75-.85Feeder Pigs: 60-75Sheep (ea): 120-150Lambs (ea): 145-260Goats (ea): 80-255; Kids 80-90.Canners: up to 83.50Cutters: 84-86Utility: 87.50-90.50Rabbits: 10-46Chickens: 6-35Ducks: 12-36On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt

ADDISON COUNTYCOMMISSION SALESEast Middlebury, VT

March 19, 2012Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 95-100; Breakers 80-95.50; Boners 78-86.50;Lean 60-83.50.Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls92-125# 90-220; 80-92# 85-205; 70-80# 80-145; Vealers100-120# not well tested; 90-100# 70-90; 80-90# 60-88;70-80# 65-87.50; 60-70# 50-66.

COSTA & SONSLIVESTOCK & SALES

Fairhaven, MAMarch 21, 2012

Cows: Canners 40-81; Cut-ters 81.50-85.50; Util 86-91.Bulls: 89.50-106Steers: Ch 121-126.50; Sel85-120.50; Hols. 100.Heifers: Ch 120; Sel 114-118; Hols. 96Calves: 51-118 ea.Lambs: 181Goats: 123-222 ea.Kids: 35-86 ea.Sows: 50-53.50Hogs: 69-75.50Chickens: 5.50-21Rabbits: 6-25Ducks: 7-22* Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCKLittleton, MA

No report

NORTHAMPTONCOOPERATIVE AUCTION, INCWhately, MA

March 20, 2012Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 15-56;61-75# 41-72; 76-95# 20-85;96-105# 49-80; 106# & up66-90.Farm Calves: 100-225/cwt

Start Calves: 106-110Feeders: 69-80/cwtHeifers: 40-88.50/cwtCanners: 20-71.50/cwtCutters: 72-82/cwtUtility: 84-93.50/cwtSows: 48-53.50/cwtHogs: 66-72.50/cwtFeeder Pigs: 55 ea.Lambs: 160-315/cwtSheep: 30-100/cwtGoats: 30-235 ea.Rabbits: 3-11.50 ea.Poultry: 3-17.50 ea.Hay: 24 lots, 1.50-5.30/balenorthamptonlivestockauc-tion.homestead.com

HACKETTSTOWNAUCTION

Hackettstown, NJMarch 20, 2012

Livestock Report: 44Calves .35-2, Avg 1.47; 49Cows .38-.90, Avg .78; 6Easy Cows .02-.69, Avg .42;20 Feeder 300-500# .46-1.30, Avg 1.13; 12 Heifers.58-1.09 Avg .88; 10 Bulls.70-.95, Avg .86; 22 Steers.74-1.02.5, Avg .90; 2 Hogs.65-.74, Avg .68; 3 RoastingPigs 68.50; 1 Boar .48; 2Sows .50-.54, Avg .52; 23Sheep .38-1.40, Avg .85; 2Lambs (ea) 95, 18 (/#) 1.58-3.10, Avg 2.22; 9 Goats (ea)75-170, Avg 144.44, 25 Kids(ea) 42-165, Avg 68.96. Total248.Poultry & EggReport:Heavy Fowl (ea)5.75; Pullets (ea) 10.50;Roosters (/#) 3.25; Bunnies(ea) 2-10; Rabbits (/#) 1.50-3.10; Pigeons (ea) 6-7.75.Grade A Eggs: White EggsJum XL 1.25; Brown Jum XL1.20-1.25; L 1.05-1.15; M.85-.90.Hay, Straw & Grain Report:29 Mixed 2.50-6; 4 Timothy3.70-4.30; 4 Grass 3.60-4.60; 1 Mulch 2.30; 1 WheatStraw 4.60; 1 Ground Corn10.25; 1 Firewood 15; 1Cedar Post 30. Total 42.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEYLIVESTOCK MARKET, INC

Cambridge, NYNo report

EMPIRE LIVESTOCKMARKET

BURTON LIVESTOCKVernon, NY

March 15, 2012Calves: Hfrs. .30-1; GrowerBulls over 92# .50-1.25; 80-92# .40-.85.Cull Cows: Gd .64-.78; Lean.45-.63; Hvy Beef Bulls .62-.80.Dairy Replacements: FreshCows 700-1500; SpringingCows 750-1400; SpringingHfrs. 800-1350; Bred Hfrs.700-1100; Fresh Hfrs. 600-1300; Open Hfrs. 300-800;Started Hfrs. 100-300.Beef: Feeders .40-.95; Hols.Sel .80-.90.

Lamb/Sheep: Market .75-1.50; Slaughter Sheep .30-.55.Goats: Billies 75-170; Nan-nies 70-100; Kids 20-80.

CENTRAL BRIDGELIVESTOCK

Central Bridge, NYNo report

CHATHAM MARKETChatham, NY

March 19, 2012Calves: Hfrs. 110-150;Grower over 92# 185-220;80-92# 200-240; Bob Veal71-76.Cull Cows: Gd 83-87.50;Lean 74-80.50.Dairy Replacements: Ser-vice Bulls 73-78.Beef:Feeders 128-163; Hfrs.74-84.50.Lamb/Sheep: Feeder 225-270; Market 180-215;Slaughter Sheep 70-78.Goats: Billies 140-190; Nan-nies 120-162.50; Kids 40-60.Swine: Sow 62-65; Boar 50;Feeder Pig 63.*Buyers always looking forpigs.

CHERRY CREEKCherry Creek, NY

March 7, 2011Calves: Hfrs. 170; GrowerBulls over 92# 1-1.375; 80-92# .975-1; Bob Veal .20-.50.Cull Cows: Gd .635-.755;Lean .60-.75; Hvy Beef Bulls.795-.835.Dairy Replacements: OpenHfrs. 550-710.Beef: Feeders .50-1.37; Ch.95-1.25; Hols. Ch .85-1.02.Goats: Kids .80-1.25.Swine: Hog .51-.56

DRYDEN MARKETDryden, NY

March 19, 2012Calves: Grower Bulls over92# 1.10-1.60; 80-92# .75-1.15; Bob Veal .10-.40.Cull Cows: Gd .66-.76; Lean.58-.67; Hvy. Beef Bulls .68-.71.Beef: Feeders .70-.86; Hols.Ch .94-1.04; Sel .82-.89.Goats: Billies 120-160; Nan-nies 60-90.

GOUVERNEURLIVESTOCK

Governeur, NYMarch 19, 2012

Calves: Hfrs. .70-1.30;Grower over 92# .80-1.70;80-92# .65-1.10; Bob Veal.25-.53.Cull Cows: Gd .63-.79; Lean.55-.72; Hvy Beef Bulls .75-.855.Beef: Feeders .80-1.40Calves: Hfrs. .50-1.40;Grower Bull over 92# 1-1.90;80-92# .70-1.20; Bob Veal.40-.60.Cull Cows: Gd .62-.765;Lean .55-.70; Hvy. Beef Bulls.70-.80.

PAVILION MARKETPavilion, NY

March 19, 2012Calves: Grower over 92#.90-1.425; 80-92# .40-1.10;Bob Veal .30-.40.Cull Cows: Gd .67-.79; Lean.59-.70.Beef: Hols. Ch .88-.98Goats: Nannies 132.50.

BATH MARKETBath, NY

March 15, 2012Calves: Hfrs. .60-1.20;Grower Bulls over 92# 1.20-1.35; 80-92# 1-1.25; BobVeal .20-.65.Cull Cows Gd .66-.79; Lean.55-.64; Hvy Beef Bulls .70-.77.Beef: Feeders 1.10-1.18.Lamb/Sheep: Market 1.50-1.65; Slaughter Sheep .40-.50.Goats: Billies 100-140; Nan-nies 75-110; Kids 20-25.Swine: Sow .47-.55; Boar.10-.20.

FINGER LAKESLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Canandaigua, NY March 21, 2012

Dairy Cows for Slaughter:Bone Util 88; Canners/Cut-ters 74.Dairy Bulls for Slaughter:HY Util 86.50-98.50.Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95-110# 90; 80-95# 87.50; 60-80# 85.Beef Bulls: 301-500# 113-198; 501-700# 102-187;701# & up 96.50-140.Dairy Calves Ret. to Farm:Bull over 95# 217.50; 80-95#227.50; 70-80# 190; Hfr.calves 200; Beef calves bullover 95# 90-145.Beef Steers: Ch grain fed115-132.50.Slaughter Hogs: US 1-3 45-67.Hot House Lambs: 40-50#177.50-222.Market Lambs: Ch 147.50-167.50.

Rams: Ch over 130# 102.50.Goats: Billies L 110# & up160-182.50; Nannies L97.50-142.50.

FINGER LAKESPRODUCE AUCTION

Penn Yan, NYNo report

Produce Mon. @ 10 am,Wed-Fri. @ 9 am sharp!

FINGER LAKESHAY AUCTIONPenn Yan, NY

March 13 & 16, 2012Hay: 85-305, 1st cut; 90-365, 2nd cut; 245, 3rd cut.Straw: 180-200* Hay Tuesdays & Fridays @11:15 am. Produce Friday @9 am sharp!

HOSKING SALESNew Berlin, NYMarch 19, 2012

Cattle: Dairy Cows forSlaughter Bone Util .70-.88;Canners/Cutters .58-.70;Easy Cows .60 & dn.Bulls: Bulls & Steers .98.Calves: Bull Calves 96-120#1-2.55; up to 95# .10-2.40;Hols. under 100# 1.60.Dairy: Milking Age up to1225.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCKAUCTION

Belknap, PANo report

BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCKAUCTION

Belleville, PAMarch 14, 2012

Slaughter Cows: Breakers76-79.50, lo dress 73.50;Boners 74-77, lo dress69.50-72; Lean 70-73.50, hidress 76-76.50, lo dress 60-66, very lo dress 52.50-59.50; Light Lean 85-92%lean 62-67.50, lo dress 55-57, very lo dress 36-50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11438# 82.50.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 2780-950# 89-94; Hols. L 3300-500# 94-108; 500-800#73-91; Bulls M&L 2 350# 92;860# 79.Holstein Bull Calves: No. 194-116# 225-245; 84# 225;No. 2 94-116# 185-220; 86-90# 185-210; No. 3 80-116#100-185; Util 56-116# 10-70.Holstein Heifer Calves: No.1 90# 150/hd; No. 2 80#130/hd.Holstein/Beef X Calves:126# 150.Slaughter Hogs: Barrows &Gilts 49-54% lean 250-270#175-180; 45-50% lean 250#130.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 20-50#12-54; 60-80# 50-68.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 44-64# 130-220; 70-108#130-215; 114-120# 137-165;Yearlings 140-156# 116-127;Ewes Gd 2-3 116-122# 95-107; Rams 192-312# 67-88.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 130-40# 34-52; 60# 135; Nan-nies Sel 1 160# 130; BilliesSel 2 140# 170.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA

March 20, 2012Slaughter Cattle: Steers HiCh & Pr 2-3 1450-1590#130-133.50; Ch 2-3 1410-1570# 127-29; Ch 4-5 full1535-1645# 119-126.50; Sel1210-1300# 17-123; Ret. toFeed 108-115; Hols. Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1440-1620# 113.50-123; Ch 2-3 1095-1725#104.50-112.50; cpl full103.50-106.50; 1 Swiss1475# full 95; Hfrs. Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1275-1415# 129-131;Ch 2-3 1250-1380# 127-129;Thin & Sel 1160-1235# 111-124; Ret. to Feed 98-110; 1Hols. full 1285# 95.Slaughter Cows: Breakers87-92; Boners 82-89; Lean75-86.50; Big Middle/lodress/lights 63-77; Shelly 62& dn.

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Bulls: 1475-2235# 86-104.Feeder Cattle: Steers BWFace 465-875# 115-127;Hols. 325-400# 107-112;975-1120# 94.50-97.50;Feeder Hfrs. L 2 240-885#78-104; M&L 1 fleshy 620-875# 97-116; 1 hd 1025# 78;Bulls Hols. 465-1015# 73-93;Dairy type stags 545-1070#82-112.Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.Bulls No. 1 80-120# 240-260;No. 2 70-120# 215-242 No. 370-140# 135-205; Util 125 &dn; No. 2 Jerseys 90-115#115-125.Swine: Hogs 235-300#62.50-64; Sow 365-555#55.50-58.75; Boars 670# 32.Goats (/hd): Nannies/Billies129-167; Fleshy Kids 129-145; Small/thin/bottle 30-87.Lambs: Ch 90-115# 210-217.50; Sheep all wts. 80-112.Sale every Tuesday* 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry &Eggs* 6 pm for Livestock startingwith calves.* Special Fed Cattle SalesApr 3-17.* Complete Easter SaleMarch 30.Receiving 7:30 until 10 am.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA

March 13, 2012Rabbits: 14-20Bunnies: 1-9Rabbit Family: 42Chickens: 2-14Ducks: 8Guineas: 9-12Guinea Family: 7Turkeys: 14Pigeons: 3.50Guinea Pigs: .50-1.50Cockateil: 14Eggs (/dz): XL Brown 1.50; LBrown 1-1.35; M Brown .75;Sm. Banty .30; Fertile Chick-en Eggs 1; Fertile Turkey &Goose Eggs .80-1.All animals sold by the piece.Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC

State Graded Feeder Pig Sale

Carlisle, PANo report

Receiving from 7:30 until 10am. Sale time 1 pm.

DEWART LIVESTOCKAUCTION MARKET, INC

March 19, 2012Heifers: 1280# 120Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 83-85; Breakers 81-83.50; Boners 80.50-83.50;Lean 71.50-82.Bulls: 1140-2068# 92-98Feeder Heifers: 400-600#107.50-117.50.Feeder Bulls: Hols. 300-500# 105-115.Calves: 185. Bull Calves No.1 94-122# 222-250; 80-92#

220-247; No. 2 94-122# 200-230; 78-92# 185-217; No. 394-120# 145-200; 80-92#130-180; Hfrs. No. 1 88-120#230-300; No. 2 70-12# 120-205; Util 70-100# 25-90; 58-68# 10-37.Sheep: Lambs 50-70# 255-275; Ewes 116-154# 70-75.Goats: Kids 30-50# 50-110/hd; Billies 100# 160-180/hd.EarCorn: 6 lds, 175-200/tonHay (/ton): 32 lds, TimothyGrass 135-215; Mixed 80-330; Grass 170-325; Alfal-fa/Grass 250-340.Straw: 5 lds, 160-300/ton.Round Bales: 3 lds, 22-75.

EIGHTY FOURLIVESTOCK AUCTION

New Holland, PAMarch 19, 2012

Slaughter Heifers: Sel 1-21080-1315# 109-110.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 95-99,hi dress 101-102.50; Break-ers 75-80% lean 87-91, hidress 93; Boners 81-86.50,lo dress 79; Lean 85-90%lean 73-78, hi dress 79-80, lodress 70-72.50.Slaughter Bulls:YG 1 1250-2095# 94-100; hi dress107.50; YG 2 1000-1820#87-89.Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 163-177; 500-700#157-158; 700-800# 12; Hfrs.M&L 1 300-500# 137.50-160; 500-700# 135-147; 700-900# 115-125; M&L 2 300-500# 111-133; 500-700#111-130; Bulls M&L 1 400-500# 147.50-167.50; 500-600# 150-163; 700-900#114-128; M&L 2 300-400#139-162.50; 400-500# 113-133; 500-600# thin type 135.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 85-120# 225-255; No. 280-120# 180-210; No. 3 80-120# 110-170; Util 70-120#40-75; Beef type 155-175#150-225; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1100-165# 135-150.Slaughter Hogs: Barrows &Gilts 45-50% lean 180-225#72-74; Boars 800# 16.Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3

45-50# 240-262.50; 80-100#192.50-215; Gd & Ch 1-2 75-80# 172.50-182.50;YearlingsCh 2-3 115-120# 117.50-160; Ewes Gd 1-2 118-185#70-74.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 150# 88; 65# 125; 72-75#120-141; Sel 2 60-65# 90-112.50; Nannies Sel 2 80-100# 75-80/cwt; Billies Sel 195# 132.50; Sel 2 115#95/cwt.

GREENCASTLELIVESTOCK AUCTION

Greencastle, PAMarch 19, 2012

Slaughter Cattle: Steers HiCh & Pr 2-3 1320-1586#129-133; full/YG 4-5 129.50;1696# 127.50; Ch 2-3 1150-1562# 124-129.50; full/YG118.50-123; Sel 1-3 1194-1452# 118-123; Hols. Hi Ch& Pr 2-3 1404-1596# 109.50-113.50; Ch 2-3 1308-1574#102.50-108.50; 1722# 102;Sel 1-3 1196-1428# 99-101.50; Hfrs. Hi Ch & Pr 2-31406# 128.50; Ch 2-3 1098-1422# 119-123; full/YG 4-5118; Hols. Hfrs. 1436-1488#96.50-100.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 91.25;Breakers 75-80% lean 84-87.50, hi dress 90, lo dress81-83.75; Boners 80-85%lean 79.75-85, hi dress85.75-89.50, lo dress 74-79.50; Lean 85-90% lean 73-79, hi dress 81-85, lo dress68-73, very lo dress 59.50-66.50; Light Lean 85-92%lean 70-75, hi dress 78-79.50, lo dress 59.50-67.50,very lo dress 50-58.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1164-2102# 96-105; hi dress105.50-106, lo dress 91.50;YG 2 1472# 89.Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L1 350-450# 160-180; 730#140; M&L 2 300-500# 126-137.50; 500-700# 127.50-131; L 3 Hols. 380# 83; 650-1140# 82.50-105.50; Hfrs.M&L 1 300-450# 135-165;550# 137.50; M&L 2 300-500# 122.50-145; 500-750#98-135; Bulls M&L 1 300-

500# 140-190; 500-700#130-145; 750-900# 111-120;M&L 2 300-500# 131-150;500# 117.50; Hols. Bulls L 3Hols. 300-500# 77.50-115;650-1020# 74-100.Feeder Calves: Hols. BullsNo. 1 94-118# 240-262.50;80-92# 242.50-262.50; No. 294-116# 205-250; 80-92#215-245; No. 3 74-106# 100-190; Util 54-84# 10-92.50;Hfrs. No. 1 80-94# 155-200;No. 2 68-96# 95-155;Hols/Beef X 80-112# 175-250.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 50-65# 225-240; 75-110# 192.50-230; 110-140#170-207.50; Yearlings 98-196# 95-122.50; Ewes Gd 2-3 84-196# 65-95; 278-284#52.50-55; Rams 260# 65.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 130-40# 97.50-145; 45-60#105-147.50; 70-90# 145-165;Sel 2 under 20# 5-45; 20-40#47.50-102.50; 45-50# 85-107.50; 70# 157.50; NanniesSel 1 100-170# 147.50-182.50; Sel 2 110-130#122.50-140; Billies Sel 1170# 240; Sel 2 100#127.50-142.50.

INDIANA FARMERSLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Homer City, PAMarch 15, 2012

Slaughter Cattle: Steers HiCh & Pr 2-3 1388-1488#125.25-126; Ch 2-3 1198-1484# 121.50-124.50; Sel 1-2 1274-1366# 118-121; Hols.Steers Ch 2-3 1238# 99.50;Hfrs. Sel 1-2 1374# 119.50.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites hi dress 94; Breakers75-80% lean hi dress 89.50,lo dress 82.50; Boners 80-84.50, hi dress 85-85.75, lodress 79.50; Lean 85-90%lean 73.50-74, lo dress71.50-72.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11346# 100.50.Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1300-400# 120-140; Hfrs.M&L 1 500-600# 125-145;M&L 2 300-400# 120; 500-700# 112.50-120.Ret. to Farm Feeder

Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 85-120# 200-230; No. 2 80-120#170-190; No. 3 80-120# 120-160; Util 70-120# 30-50; Beeftype 82-110# 80-110; Hols.Hfrs. No. 1 90-120# 150-210.Slaughter Hogs: Barrows &Gilts 45-50% lean 214-288#69-73; Sows US 1-3 600#56; Boars 400# 21; 600#24.50; Feeder Pigs 30-50#37.50-50/hd.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 60# 215-260; EwesGd 1-2 154-184# 80-92.50.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 150# 115; 70# 167.50; Sel 230# 62.50; Nannies Sel 2140# 160.

KUTZTOWN HAY &GRAIN AUCTION

Kutztown, PAMarch 17, 2012

Alfalfa: 3 lds, 160-190Mixed Hay: 17 lds, 120-335Timothy: 7 lds, 170-260Grass: 8 lds, 120-250Straw: 7 lds, 145-175Firewood: 4 lds, 60-85

LANCASTER WEEKLYCATTLE SUMMARY

New Holland, PAMarch 16, 2011

Slaughter Cattle: Steers HiCh & Pr 3-4 1290-1635#125-130; Ch 2-3 1160-1590#122-126; Sel 2-3 1130-1475#117-121; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1410-1580# 111.50-114;Ch 2-3 1285-1695# 102-108.50; Sel 2-3 1290-1580#99-102; Hfrs. Hi Ch & Pr 3-41215-1480# 123-126; Ch 2-31180-1425# 124-127, lateweek sales 118-121.Slaughter Cows: PremWhites 65-75% lean 83.50-89, hi dress 90-94.50; Break-ers 75-80% lean 81-88, hidress 88-94, lo dress 78-81;Boners 80-85% lean 79-87,hi dress 87-89, lo dress72.50-79; Lean 85-90% lean73-81, hi dress 81-85, lodress 66-73.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 900-1835# 93-100; hi dress 100-108, lo dress 83-93; 2100-2355# 94.50-99.Graded Bull Calves: Thurs.No. 1 120-128# 197; 110-118# 249-260; 94-108# 261-270; 80-92# 245-255; No. 2120-128# 228; 98-118# 240-252; 94-96# 220-225; 80-92#237-252; No. 3 90-130# 197-207; 80-88# 237; 72-78#150; Util 60-110# 17-40;Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 90-100#180-270; No. 2 80-110# 80-150.

LEBANON VALLEYLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Fredericksburg, PAMarch 13, 2012

Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 86.50-89; Breakers 75-80% lean78-81.50, lo dress 74-75;Boners 73.50-77.50; Lean85-90% lean 68-72.50, lo

dress 62-66.Holstein Bull Calves: No. 195-120# 220-240; 80-90#200-220; No. 2 80-120# 175-210; No. 3 95-120# 150-175;Util 65-130# 30-80.

LEESPORT LIVESTOCKAUCTION

Leesport, PAMarch 14, 2012

Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-31265-1430# 124.50-127; Sel2-3 1220-1565# 117.50-122.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-31380-1610# 106.50-110; Ch2-3 1335-1670# 103-107.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 89.50-90;Breakers 75-80% lean 81-86,lo dress 78-81; Boners 80-85% lean 79-83.50, hi dress84-86, lo dress 74-76; Lean85-90% lean 72-78, hi dress79.50-84, lo dress 64-68;Light Lean 88-92% lean lodress 55-58.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1280-1565# 97-99.Feeder Calves: Hols. BullsNo. 1 96-124# 235-265; 80-94# 255-290; No. 2 96-124#190-235; 80-94# 205-245;No. 3 96-124# 120-170; 80-94# 195-230; Util 65-130#50-120; Hfrs. No. 1 215-270;No. 2 75# 185; Jersey Hfrs.55-70# 75-145.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 50# 265; Gd & Ch 1-2 75-80# 195-232.50; EwesGd 2-3 215# 75.Goats: Sel 2 30-50# 55-85;60# 90-100; Nannies Sel 280-130# 127; Sel 3 80-130#109.

MIDDLEBURGLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Middleburg, PAMarch 13, 2012

Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1215-1515# 129-132.50; full/YG 4-5 128.50-129; Ch 2-3 1225-1540#124-128.50; Sel 1-3 1140-1460# 118.50-124; Hols. HiCh & Pr 2-3 1335-1585#110-113.50; Ch 2-3 1295-1560# 104.50-109.50; Sel 1-3 1235-1535# 101-102.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1225-1485# 127-129.50; full/YG 4-5 125; Hols.1340-1380# 100-105; Ch 2-31090-1440# 121-125; full/YG4-5 117-120; Sel 1-3 1125-1295# 114-117.50.Slaughter Cows: Breakers75-80% lean 83.50-87, lodress 78.50-82.50; Boners80-85% lean 79-84, lo dress75-79, very lo dress 70-73.50; Lean 85-90% lean72.50-78.50, hi dress 80, lodress 65-72.50, very lo dress60-65; Light Lean 85-92%lean 70-74, lo dress 60-65,very lo dress 49.50-59.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1305-1785# 89-100; hi dress102.50; lo dress 81.50-87.Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1420# 167; 500-550# 135-

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150; M&L 2 350-500# 122-142; 500-700# 120-128; 850-900# 115-125; L 3 Hols. 350-500# 95-112 600-1000# 72-87; Hfrs. M&L 1 250# 160;300-500# 132-150; 500-600#122-132; M&L 2 300-500#125-127; 500-700# 95-125;Bulls M&L 1 300-500# 140-165; 500-600# 130-155;M&L 2 250-400# 135-137;Herefords 112-120; HolsBulls L 3 340# 87; 800# 65.Feeder Calves: Hols. BullsNo. 1 95-125# 220-245; 80-90# 222-250; No. 2 95-120#190-235; 70-90# 190-230;No. 3 65-110# 115-185; Util60-100# 15-90; Hols. Hfrs.No. 1 100# 195; No. 2 75-90#100-130.Slaughter Hogs: Barrows &Gilts 49-54% lean 235-277#72-78, singles 80; 280-325#71-75, singles 78-80; 280-325# 71-75, singles 78-80;45-50% lean 220-265# 65-290-325# 67; Sows US 1-3525-740# 60-69; Boars 825#30; Jr. Boars 235-370# 56-59.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 10-35#39-58; 80# 61; Roasting Pigs110-190# 55-63/cwt.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 30-65# 180-252; 72#165; Ewes Gd 2-3 150-175#72-92; 200-205# 80-85;Rams 270# 185.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 140-45# 130-127; 80# 165;Sel 2 under 20# 30-55; 25-45# 105-125; Nannies Sel 1100-140# 130-160; Sel 2 80-90# 95-110; Billies Sel 2130# 155.

MORRISON’S COVELIVESTOCK AUCTION

Martinsburg, PAMarch 19, 2012

Cattle: 83Steers: Gd 108-113Heifers: Gd 105-110Cows: Util & Comm. 78-89;Canner/lo Cutter 75 & dn.Bullocks: Gd & Ch 91-101Bulls: YG 1 85-90Cattle: Steers 110-140; Bulls100-135; Hfrs. 90-135.Calves: 78. Ch 110-125; Gd90-105; Std 20-90; Hols.Bulls 90-130# 150-240.Hogs: 44. US 1-2 73-75; US1-3 65-72; Sows US 1-3 42-57; Boars 22.50-65.Feeder Pigs: 10. US 1-3 20-50# 40-80Sheep: 58. Lambs Ch 160-180; Gd 140-160; Sl Ewes65-75.Goats: 15-160

MORRISON’S COVEHAY REPORT

Martinsburg, PAMarch 19, 2012

Alfalfa: 150-225Alfalfa/Grass: 240-275Grass: 150-200Timothy: 120-205Mixed Hay: 95-165Round Bales: 70-150Lg. Sq. Bales: 135-230Hay Auction held everyMonday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVELIVESTOCK, POULTRY &

RABBIT REPORTMartinsburg, PAMarch 19, 2012

Roosters: 4.50-8.50Hens: 2-4.50Banties: 1-4Pigeons: 2Guineas: 6-14Ducks: 4-4.50Bunnies: 3-8.25Rabbits: 7-13Auction held every Mondayat 7 pm.

NEW HOLLANDSALES STABLESNew Holland, PAMarch 15, 2012

Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1295-1635# 126-130;Ch 2-3 1220-1535# 122-126;Sel 2-3 1130-1350# 117-121; Hols. Ch 2-3 1295-1540# 100-102.Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-31180-1425# 118-121.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 86-89, hidress 90-92, lo dress 83-85;Breakers 75-80% lean 83.50-88, hi dress 88-89, lo dress78-83; Boners 80-85% lean82-87, hi dress 87-89, lodress 74-80; Lean 88-90%lean 75.50-81, hi dress 82-85, lo dress 69-74.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 910-1830# 95-100, hi dress 103-105, lo dress 88-93; 2100-2355# 94.50-99.Graded Bull Calves: No. 1120-128# 197; 110-118#249-260; 94-108# 261-270;80-92# 245-255; No. 2 120-128# 228; 98-118# 240-252;94-96# 220-225; 80-92# 237-252; No. 3 90-130# 197-207;80-88# 237; 72-78# 150; Util60-110# 17-40.Holstein Heifer Calves: No.1 90-100# 180-270; No. 2 80-100# 80-150.

NEW HOLLANDPIG AUCTION

New Holland, PAMarch 7, 2012

US 1-2: 25 hd,, 30-40# 140-175; 46 hd, 45-50# 130-150;4 hd pkg 82# 95.US 2: 62 hd, 20-30# 160-200; 85 hd, 30-40# 160-180;4 hd, 60-70# 75-110.*Next Feeder Pig Sale isMarch 21.

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP &GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PAMarch 19, 2012

Slaughter Lambs: Non-Tra-ditional, Wooled, Shorn Ch& Pr 2-3 40-60# 230-250; 40-50# fancy 275-288; 60-80#208-230, fancy 60-70# 250-258; 80-90# 190-210; 90-110# 176-191; 110-130#170-183; 130-150# 153-170;150-200# 164-170;Wooled &Shorn Ch 2-3 40-60# 217-230; 60-80# 178-221; 80-90#168-183; 90-110# 144-160;110-130# 142-154; 130-150#

137-152.Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 Mflesh 120-160# 88-105; 160-200# 84-102; 200-300# 96-100; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120-160# 78-94; 160-200# 65-80.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 130-40# 125-140; 40-60# 127-158; 60-80# 160-174; 80-100# 162-179; 100-110#184-198; 110-120# 188-198;Sel 2 20-40# 78-96; 40-60#100-134; 60-80# 125-156;Sel 3 20-40# 56-73; 40-60#64-89; 60-70# 101-108; 80-100# 108-134;Nannies/Does Sel 1 80-130#147-163; 130-180# 170-180;Sel 2 80-130# 135-150; Sel3 50-80# 92-107; 80-130#111-126; Bucks/Billies Sel 1100-150# 177-193; 150-250#222-245; Sel 2 100-150#151-168; 150-250# 172-189.

NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA

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NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC.

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PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE

Grain Market SummaryCompared to two weekscorn sold .05 to .10 higher,wheat sold .05 to .10 lower,barley sold steady to .05lower, Oats sold steady toweak & Soybeans sold .15-.20 higher. EarCorn sold 1-2higher. All prices /bu. exceptear corn is /ton.Southeastern PA: Corn No.2 Range 7.13-7.45, Avg7.27, Contracts 5.75-5.80;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.61-7.15, Avg 6.85, Contracts6.40-6.44; Barley No. 3Range 4.70-6, Avg 5.40,Contracts 4.50; Oats No. 2Range 4.50-5.10, Avg 4.76;Soybeans No 2 Range12.63-13.07, Avg 12.95,Contracts 12.99-13.50; Avg13.25, Contracts 112.64-12.70; EarCorn Range 208-210, Avg 209.Central PA: Corn No. 2Range 6.95-7.56, Avg 7.18;Wheat No. 2 6.61; BarleyNo. 3 Range 5.30; Oats No.2 4-5, Avg 4.50; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 11.50-13.30,Avg 12.78; EarCorn Range195-220, Avg. 207.50.South Central PA: Corn No.2 Range 6.70-7.23, Avg6.95; Wheat No. 2 Range6.50-7.03, Avg 6.74; BarleyNo. 3 Range 4.25-6.25, Avg5.13; Oats No. 2 Range3.25-4.50, Avg 3.91; Soy-beans No. 2 Range 12.87-13.24, Avg 12.99; EarCornRange 190.Lehigh Valley Area: CornNo. 2 Range 7-7.32, Avg7.19; Wheat No. 2 Range7.45; Barley No. 3 Range 6;Oats No. 2 Range 4.60; Soy-

beans No. 2 Range 12.50-13.38, Avg 12.99; Gr.Sorghum Range 6.Eastern & Central PA: CornNo. 2 Range 6.70-7.56, Avg7.17, Month Ago 7.02, YearAgo 6.92; Wheat No. 2Range 6.50-7.45, Avg 6.88,Month Ago 6.56, Year Ago7.05; Barley No. 3 Range4.25-6.25, Avg 5.33, MonthAgo 5.29, Year Ago 4.44;Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-5.10,Avg 4.41, Month Ago 4.36,Year Ago 3.06; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 11.50-13.30,Avg 13.01, Month Ago11.67, Year Ago 13.07;EarCorn Range 195-220;Avg 204.60, Month Ago205.71, Year Ago 171.Western PA: Corn No. 2Range 6.20-7, Avg 6.55;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.37;Oats No. 2 3-4.85, Avg 3.87;Soybeans No. 2 13.29.

PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE

Weekly Livestock Summary

March 16, 2012Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 126-132; Ch 1-3 122-126; Sel 1-2 117-121; Hols.Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 110-115; Ch2-3 103-107; Sel 1-2 99-102.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 123-130; Ch 1-3 118-125; Sel 1-2 113-117.50.Slaughter Cows: Breakers75-80% lean 80-88; Boners80-85% lean 77-84.50; Lean85-90% lean 73-78.50.Slaughter Bulls: hi dress103-114; Avg dress 95-100;lo dress 83-92.Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 170-187; 500-700#144-175; M&L 2 300-500#135-170; 500-700# 120-160.Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 140-170; 500-700#135-160; M&L 2 300-500#120-145; 500-700# 114-135.Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-500# 140-175; 500-700#130-155; M&L 2 300-500#120-150; 500-700# 127.50-136.Vealers: Util 60-120# 20-80.Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols.bulls 95-120# 220-270; 80-90# 245-290; No. 2 95-120#175-220; 80-90# 185-255;No. 3 90-120# 120-200; 70-90# 185-240; No. 1 Hols.Hfrs. 84-105# 200-287; No. 280-105# 130-225.Hogs: Barrows & Glts 49-54% lean 220-270# 65-71;45-50% lean 220-270# 63-67.Sows: US 1-3 300-500#54.50-58; 500-700# 57.50-59.50.Graded Feeder Pigs: US 1-2 30-40# 140-175; 45-50#130-150; US 2 20-30# 160-200; 30-40# 160-180.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh & Pr 2-3 40-60# 247-295;60-80# 217-251; 80-110#194-221; 110-150# 161-188;Ch 1-3 40-60# 204-235; 60-

80# 203-228; 80-110# 184-209; Ewes Gd 2-3 120-160#86-101; 160-200# 84-100;Util 1-2 120-160# 85-100;160-200# 82-96.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 120-40# 82-125; 40-60# 115-158; 60-80# 152-171; 80-100# 162-182; Sel 2 40-60#110-137; 60-80# 125-147;Sel 3 20-40# 52-74; 40-60#70-94; 60-80# 94-101; Nan-nies Sel 1 80-130# 160-176;130-180# 178-188; Sel 2 80-130# 139-154; Sel 3 50-80#93-108; 80-130# 113-128;Billies Sel 1 100-150# 195-218; 150-250# 245-267; Sel2 100-150# 155-170.

PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE

Hay Market SummaryHay & Straw Market ForEastern PA: All hay pricespaid by dealers at the farmand /ton. All hay and strawreported sold /ton. Com-pared to last week hay &straw sold steady. Alfalfa175-325; Mixed Hay 170-325; Timothy 150-260; Straw110-180; Mulch 60-90.Summary of Lancaster Co.Hay Auctions: Prices/ton,267 lds 36 Straw; Alfalfa 90-405; Mixed Hay 100-440;Timothy 150-370; Grass 120-340; Straw 130-265.Diffenbach Auct, March 12,110 lds Hay, 13 lds Straw.Alfalfa 170-405; Mixed Hay140-440; Timothy 170-370;Grass 120-330; Straw 130-250, mostly 145-180.Green Dragon, Ephrata:March 16, 43 lds Hay, 7Straw. Alfalfa 155-335; MixedHay 160-355; Timothy 195-260; Grass Hay 120-295;Straw 180-265, mostly 180-195.Weaverland Auct, New Hol-land: March 15, 37 lds Hay, 6Straw. Alfalfa 240-250; MixedHay 145-400; Timothy 150-335; Grass 140-340; Straw160-205.Wolgemuth Auction: Leola,PA: March 14, 77 lds Hay, 10Straw. Alfalfa 90-310; MixedHay 100-365; Timothy 215-260; Grass 160-300; Straw140-167.Summary of Central PAHay Auctions: Prices/ton,243 Loads Hay, 40 Straw.Alfalfa 110-385; Mixed Hay100-400; Timothy 115-260;Grass 95-335; Straw 122-200.Belleville Auct, Belleville:March 14, 43 lds Hay, 2 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 250-265; Mixed112.50-260; Grass 280;Straw 200.Dewart Auction, Dewart:March 12 35 lds Hay, 6Straw. Alfalfa 200-290; MixedHay 130-400; Grass 95-335;Straw 160-225.Greencastle Livestock:March 12 & 15, 14 lds Hay, 3Straw. Mixed Hay 100-152.50; Timothy 122.50-180;Straw 122.50-140.Kutztown Auction, Kutz-

town: March 17, 35 lds Hay,7 Straw. Alfalfa 160-190;Mixed Hay 120-230; Timothy170-260; Grass Hay 195-250; Straw 145-175.Middleburg Auct, Middle-burg: March 13, 51 lds Hay,5 Straw. Alfalfa 110-385;Mixed Hay 85-340; Timothy115-215; Grass 85-165;Straw 140-190.Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippens-burg: March 3 & 6, 65 ldsHay, 17 Straw. Alfalfa 132-300; Mixed Hay 95-365; Tim-othy 140-265; Grass 115-280; Straw 100-190.New Wilmington Livestock,New Wilmington: March 16,49 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Alfalfa100-235; Timothy 190-210;Grass 185-190; Straw 115-220.

VINTAGE SALESSTABLES

March 13, 2012Slaughter Holstein Steers:Ch 2-3 1285-1550# 103-108;Sel 2-3 1350-1405# 99.50-102.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1215-1480# 123-126.Slaughter Cows: PremWhites 75-80% lean 83.50-84.50; Breakers 75-80% lean81-85, hi dress 86.50-88.50,lo dress 78.50-80.50; Boners80-85% lean 79-84, hi dress85-87, lo dress 73.50-79;Lean 88-90% lean 75-79, hidress 80-83, lo dress 68-72.50.Graded Holstein BullCalves: No. 1 122# 215;104-113# 235-243; 90-95#247-257; No. 2 104-114#227-235; 84-103# 240-247;No. 3 109-110# 195-200; 93-94# 200-219; 82-83# 235-242; Util 73-103# 20-50.Graded Holstein Heifers:No. 1 93-111# 270-287, pkg85# 225; No. 2 90-100# 205-225; 82# 150; non-tubing 72-83# 55-77.

WEAVERLAND AUCTIONNew Holland, PAMarch 15, 2012

Alfalfa: 3 lds, 240-250Timothy Hay: 7 lds, 150-335Orchard Grass: 2 lds, 290-340Mixed Hay: 20 lds, 145-400Grass: 5 lds, 140-175Straw: 6 lds, 160-205EarCorn: 2 lds, 205-225Firewood: 1 ld, 40Corn Fodder: 2 lds, 85-115Oat Hay: 1 ld, 175Alfalfa Baleage: 2 lds, 40-55.Mixed Baleage: 2 lds, 60-70/bale.

WOLGEMUTH AUCTIONLeola, PA

March 14, 2012Alfalfa: 16 lds, 90-310Mixed: 42 lds, 185-260Grass: 13 lds, 160-300Straw: 10 lds, 140-167Fodder: 3 lds, 70-125Firewood: 2 lds, 35-50

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Bill would streamlineU.S. Apple exports toCanada, offer savingsto growers, allow moreflexible distributionschedule

WASHINGTON, D.C. —As part of her ongoingcommitment to help NewYork’s farmers, U.S. Sen-ator Kirsten Gillibrand, amember of the SenateAgriculture Committee,on March 20 introducedlegislation that would

help New York applegrowers streamline oper-ations and save money.The bill, endorsed byNew York Apple Associa-tion and U.S. Apple As-sociation, would exemptbulk shipments of U.S.apples to Canada frominspection required bythe Apple Export Act, of-fering growers immedi-ate savings of approxi-mately $300 per truck-load, and allowing grow-

ers to create their owndistribution schedules,eliminating costly after-hours inspection proce-dures.

“New York State ishome to some of theworld’s best apples andhardest working grow-ers,” said Senator Gilli-brand. “Our farmers playa vital role in the eco-nomic development andfood security of the state.This bill would ease bur-densome regulations

and allow our apple pro-ducers to streamline op-erations, cut costs andcontinue to grow theirbusinesses.”

Last year, more than1.5 million bushels ofNew York apples wereexported to Canada.Every year, 1,500 truckseach export close to1,000 bushels of applesto Canada, so the in-spection exemptionwould save growers closeto $450,000 annually. In

addition, the exemptionwould expedite the ex-portation process ofmore than 500,000bushels of apples fromNew York to other coun-tries by freeing upstaffers to perform therequired inspections onexports to other coun-tries.

New York is the secondhighest producer of ap-ples, behind WashingtonState. In 2010, New Yorkproduced 1.26 billion

pounds of apples, gener-ating approximately$227 million in revenue.Currently, the Depart-ment of Agriculture re-quires the inspection ofall apple exports underthe Apple and Pear Ex-port Act of 1933. In1999, the law waschanged to excludepears. A similar versionof the bill was intro-duced in the House lastmonth by CongressmanBill Owens (NY-23).

WASHINGTON, D.C. —USDA officials learnedlate Friday afternoon,March 16, that fraudu-lent letters are beingsent by FAX to individu-als and businesses in atleast four states. The let-ters purportedly comefrom a USDA procure-ment officer and seekpersonal information.These letters are falseand in no case should arecipient respond withpersonal and financialinformation. The fraud-ulent letters bearUSDA’s logo and sealand are signed by an in-dividual identified as“Frank Rutenberg” using

a title of “Senior Pro-curement Officer”. Let-ters have been receivedby FAX in Alabama, Ne-braska, Pennsylvaniaand Wisconsin, but mayhave also been sent toother states. Recipientsshould not respond andshould not supply therequested information.USDA is investigatingthis matter through theOffice of the InspectorGeneral.

If you suspect youhave received such a let-ter or have questionsplease contact USDA at:procurement.policy@dm.usda.gov or call 202-720-9448.

77thh Annuall Springg Flingg Consignmentt SaleFriday April 6, 2012 11am Under the BIG TOP at

Alfred State College, Alfred, New York.

Watch for Signs on Sale Day!

A March 2012 Grand-Dtr SELLS!

2nd Dam-Pinehurst Royal Rosa-ET 91 2EDam: Emerling Goldwyn Rosary-ET

Just Fresh!

Sire: PineTree Sid-ET

Emerling Farms, Perry, NY 585-237-6094

Sale Managed byWilliam Kent Inc.

Stafford, NY

(585) 343-4559

www.williamkentinc.com

Sale Sponsored by Alfred StateCollegiate Agricultural Leaders

(CAL Club):Club Advisor: Dr. D. Fitzsimmons

315-729-2075www.alfredstate.edu

ALL BREEDS! Show Prospects-Deep Pedigrees-Over 2000 GTPI Families!Maternal Grand-daughters from Rud ZIP, Royal Rosa, Renita-Red, The Roxys, Broker Mandy

Advent Summer Yrlg

3rd Dam-Stelbro Renita Ranger-Red 2E-94Dam: Carrousel SStorm Roylnn-ET VG 87

Records to 26, 150M 757F 685P

Sire: KHW Kite Advent-Red-ET

Erinwood Genetics, Geneva, NY

585-721-6656

ADD SOME COLOR TO YOUR SPRING LINE-UP!

Young Cows & Calves with show potential from:Hills Valley Farm, LLC -- Cattaragus, Roc-Ells Farm -- Hilton, Jackson-Hill Farm -- Greenwood, Brown Brook

Farm -- Randolph, Lynn Telaak -- Little Valley, Kuszmar Cattle Co -- Bativia, Wall Street Dairy -- Sherman,Landcrest Farm -- Canisteo, NY, Grace Farm -- Lowman, NY

Check our Websites for added Holstein & Colored Breed Lots!

Intermed. Yrlg from Windsor-ManorMaternal Lines!

2nd Dam-Windsor-Manor Rud Zip EX 95 4E GMD DOM

Lifetime: 203,770M 8620F 6841PDam-Windsor-Manor Z Orchid-ET VG 86 DOM

Records to 29,190M 1132F 966PSire: Laeschway Jet Bowser-ETSam Potter, Union Springs, NY

315-729-5378

More Windsor-Manor Blood!Her Roylane Jordan Dtr. Sells!

Windsor Manor Magna Zoom-ET EX 904-09- 305d 26,550 3.3 885 7831-11 365d 26,480 3.2 842 784

2nd Dam is the famous Rud Zip EX 952 maternal sisters to Zoom:

Windsor-Manor Z Delight-ET EX 92(Topped the 2008 Reagancrest Sale at $94,000!)

Windsor-Manor Zeroyal-ET EX 92

Tim Ludwick, Sugar Grove, PA

814-757-5767

A 2011 NY State Fair Winner!Her Red Marker Maternal Sister

SELLS!

Kuszmar Zinger Zelda-RC VG 89256d 16,575 3.6 599 486

ME 24,386 3.7 895 744

Her maternal sister born in December, 2011

sells right for the show season!

Kuszlyk Cattle Company, Batavia, NY

585-343-4800

SHAMWOW!A HIGH GENOMIC SHAMROCK

Dtr out of UFM-DUBS Sheray Family!

2nd Dam-UFM-DUBS Sheray-ET50K GTPI +2099

Dam: UFM-DUBS Shechez-ET 50K GTPI +1851

Sire: Lady’s Manor PL Shamrock-ET 50K GTPI+2455

This calf’s FULL SISTER sold for $11,000 in

the Ohio Fall Sale!

Kevin & Barb Ziemba, Lisbon, NY

315-730-0201

BRING YOUR SEMEN TANK!Annual Semen Sale will be held at the start of the

sale! Popular Sires from Genex, Select Sires,Semex, ABS and Alta AI Studs!

HAVE SOME FUN at the popular SILENTAUCTION of Donated Items and Gift Certificates

from Local Sale Sponsors!

DRIVING & DRAFT HORSE AUCTIONSHERMAN LIVESTOCK

FFRIDAY,, MARCHH 30Small Amount of Tack at 6pm

Horses Promptly at 7pmNoah J Shetler Auctioneer

Dan Johnson, Owner/Auctioneer (716) 761-6167 / (716) 499-0611

USDA warns offraudulent letters

Gillibrand announces legislation to support New York apple growers,ease regulations on exports to Canada

Starting April 15, theNortheast SustainableAgriculture Researchand Education programwill accept proposalsfrom graduate studentswho want to conduct re-search in sustainableagriculture under thesupervision of a facultyadvisor. The deadline ismidnight, May 25.Awards will be an-nounced in August.

Proposals should ad-dress issues of currentor potential importanceto Northeast farmers,agricultural researchers,

and farm service advi-sors.

Instructions on how toapply are posted to theNortheast SARE websiteat www.nesare.org. Youcan also read brief de-scriptions of previousawards to get an idea ofthe wide range of topicscompatible with thisgrant.

If you have questionsthat aren’t answered onthe website or in the ap-plication materials, sendthem tonesare@uvm.edu or call802-656-0471.

Graduate StudentGrant proposals due

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —The National BiodieselBoard released the follow-ing statement March 12regarding the Obama Ad-ministration’s update toits Blueprint for a SecureEnergy Future, whichhighlighted the success ofthe Renewable Fuel Stan-

dard in increasing domes-tic fuel production:

“The U.S. biodiesel in-dustry had record produc-tion last year of more than1 billion gallons, thanks inpart to the Renewable FuelStandard. That translatesdirectly into jobs and im-proved energy security,

and it is exactly what weneed if we are ever going toreduce our exposure tothis endless cycle of oilprice spikes that are sodamaging to our econo-my,” said Anne Steckel,vice president of federal af-fairs at the NationalBiodiesel Board. “The

Obama Administrationshould continue thisprogress by raising thevolume standard forbiodiesel next year as theEPA has proposed. Thou-sands of jobs in our indus-try as well as improvedU.S. energy stability de-pend on that decision.”

The Obama Adminis-tration is reviewing anEPA proposal to grow thebiodiesel volume require-ment under the RFS to1.28 billion gallons in2013. Late last year, theAdministration delayedthe decision, saying itneeds further review, and

the EPA could issue a fi-nal rule within weeks. Re-cently, a bipartisan groupof 60 members of Con-gress from across thecountry signed letters tothe White House urgingthe Administration to fol-low through with the pro-posed increase.

Outstanding line of late model equipment

TUES. APRIL 10, 201211 AM SHARP

Completee Dispersall off FarmEquipmentt && Barnn Equipment

Pat Bennett Farm63 Decker Road

Westport, NY 12993

Directions to Farm: I-87 to Exit 31 to Rt 9 South to Rt 22N to Decker Road.From VT: 8 miles south on Rt 22 from Charlotte Ferry to Decker Road or 24miles north on Rt 22 from Champlain Bridge to Decker Rd, 1/4 mile to farm.

2010 John Deere 7130 deluxe cab, 4x4; JD 741 loader, 115 HP, 24 speed powerquad plus left hand reverser, 1150 Hrs., 460/85R38 rears, 380/85R24 front; 2010JD 7330 deluxe cab, 4x4,135 HP, 600 Hrs., 20 speed power quad, 3 remotes, lefthand reverser, front weights, 18.4R42 rears, 16.9R28 front; 1997 JD 8100 4x4,16 speed power shift, 180 HP, duals, 3 pth, quick hitch, 4 remotes, 8100 Hrs,20.8R42 rears, 420/90R30 front; New Holland L170 skid steer with heated cab &new tires; 2011 PJ gooseneck flat bed trailer, 34’ bed, 22,400 lb. GVW, ramps;2010 JD 946 MoCo disc mower; 2010 JD 348 baler with kicker & preserver; NHBB940 tandem large square baler with crop processor, less than 22,000 bales lastbale eject, preserver; 2011 Anderson SB-780 remote control square & round balewrapper, Agland 6610 Macerator (conditioner); 2011 Kuhn GA 4521 GTH gyrorake; 2010 Kuhn GF 8501 MH, 3 pth, 32’ tedder with hyd foldup, Kuhn 7922 dou-ble gyro rake (needs work), bale spears, bale grabber, Generac 40kw generator,JD 340 offset harrows with 22” disc, Brillion ML148-1 cultipacker, Pequea tan-dem steel kicker wagon, 5 steel kicker wagons, round bale wagon, Vicon 3 pthfert spreader, NH solid bottom elevator on wheels, 2 Strick 53’ box trailers withair ride, 1500 gal poly tank, 18..4-26 tractor tires and rims.Dairy Kool 2000 gal bulk tank complete, DeLaval 1000 bulk tank (bad comp.),Mueller plate cooler, Brock 68 gal oil fired water heater, oil tank, Sutorbilt 7.5 hpvacuum pump, DeLaval 5 hp vacuum pump, DeLaval double 7 parlor, some gates,head locks.From a neighbor’s farm: John Deere 510 Loader Backhoe Power Shift, Reverser,Heated Cab (small reserve), Little Giant 60 ft. solid elevator on wheels; TaylorWay 12’ Disc Harrows; NH 256 Rake; John Deere Model 320 portable, oil fired,hot water pressure washer; New Holland model 451, 7’ Sickle Bar Mower.

Terms: Nothing will be released without a check!www.lussierauction.com for pictures and mailing list

Sales Manager’s Note: Sale of the Year! This is one of the best linesof equipment we’ve ever sold. Farm equipment will be sold first fol-lowed by barn equipment.

Owner: Pat Bennett 518-962-2281 • 518-637-4072 cell

Biodiesel statement on White House Energy BlueprintNBB calls for continued growth in renewable fuel standard

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by Bob GrayOn Wednesday, March

14, Senator Schumer (D-NY) introduced legisla-tion to help dairy pro-ducers meet the growingdemand for yogurt pro-

duction. Included here isa excerpt from the Sena-tor’s press release.

Schumer: New Yorkhas got milk, now weneed more

“Today, U.S. Senator

Charles E. Schumer an-nounced that he is intro-ducing new legislationthat will provide NewYork dairy farmers, whowish to expand their op-erations to meet the de-

mand being fueled by theGreek yogurt boom, withthe financial tools theyneed. Thanks to newplants, including the Pep-si Project Wave plant,Alpina, Fage, andChobani, the New YorkFarm Bureau predictsthat New York’s dairyfarmers must be able toexpand their output by15 percent in order totake advantage of the op-portunity that Greek yo-

gurt presents for ourfarmers. To help dairyowners who wish to ex-pand, Schumer plans tointroduce legislation, theDAIRY (Dairy Augmenta-tion for Increased Retailin Yogurt products) Act,that will allow farmerswho purchase cows thatare already in productionto write off the cows as acapital expense, loweringtheir overall tax burden.Schumer’s bill would also

establish federal savingsaccounts targeted tofarmers to help themsave and grow duringbooms and to weathermarket downturns. Theaccounts would be struc-tured to reward savingsduring periods whenbusiness is strong anddefer taxes on those sav-ings until farmers mustwithdraw funds to covernew expenses or managecash flow.”

4236 CTY HWY 18, • DELHI, NY 13753DAVE M. & MERRY RAMA

607-746-2226 OR FAX 607-746-2911EMAIL: DAVERAMASR@CATTLEXCHANGE.COM

WEB: WWW.CATTLEXCHANGE.COM PA LIC. # AU-204463-E

SSalee HostSUNYY CobleskillDairy Club Advisor: Dr. John Tryon 518-332-0458Sale Chairman: Jesse Phillips 607-857-2933

Sale Managed By/Catalogs

31st Annual Cobleskill Dairy Fashions Sale"Where Quality Cattle Are Always In Style"

Saturday, March 31, 2012 • 11 AM • Cobleskill, NYHeld at the Hanger Stable at the SUNY Cobleskill Ag Complex

100 Lots Will Sell • 15 Cows • 15 Bred Heifers • 65 Calves &Yearlings • 5 Lots of Embryos • 40 Sell From EX Dams! Also sellinga MVE-AL30 semen tank with over 300 units of semen included!

By far, one of the most exciting groups we have ever sold at this sale. Many will showand go on to become tremendous cows. All cattle will be pregnancy examined, inoc-ulated for Shipping Fever and tested for immediate interstate shipment.

Sale will be held at the Hanger Stable on the west end of the SUNY Cobleskill campus.From Rt. 7, turn on Schoharie Parkway and follow signs for parking.

Seee thee completee catalogg onlinee att www.cattlexchange.com!

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1ST ANNUAL CHEMUNG VALLEY CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

SATURDAY APRIL 7TH @ 10:00 AM At Chemung County Fairgrounds Horseheads, NY 14945 -

Sponsored by 5 County Farm Bureau's from Chemung, Steuben,

Schuyler; Tompkins and Tioga Counties

Bring your excess Farm Equipment, Tractors, Trucks, Tools, Lawn &

Garden to be sold at a reasonable commission rate

TO CONSIGN and to get in on the advertising campaign call

Ashur Terwilliger 607-733-3957 or Cory Vondracek 607-481-1142 or

HOWARD W. VISSCHER AND SON, SALES MANAGERS AND

AUCTIONEER NICHOLS, NY 607-699-7250

At the former Baldwin Saw Mill located at 11142 Cooper St., Conquest, NY.From Cato take NYS Rte. 370 west, turn left (west) onto Townline Rd to left onto Cooper Street.

TRACTORS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, GARDEN TOOLS, BARN EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, & MORE!CALL HUNTER TODAY AT 315.604.7453 TO CONSIGN YOUR ITEMS

John Deere 9500 combine w/4WD (clean), Mustang skid loader, John Deere 4630 w/ full cab (clean), John Deere4240 FWD w/ full cab (clean), 1997 International 4700 w/ 18’ USA body & hoist (clean), 1100 Massey Fergusondiesel (new engine), 1950 diesel D4 CAT Dozer, John Deere 7000 6 row Corn Planter (narrow), John Deere 70004 row, no-till Corn Planter (narrow), International 510 Grain Drill 21 spout, soy bean special, 800 gallon HardySprayer w/60’ booms, 2-John Deere 2-bottom trailer plow, 2-wooden hay wagons, aluminum 48’ storage trailer, Wil-Rich 3 pt. hitch 6 row Cultivator, 20’ 3 pt. hitch Tine Weeder, 1997 International diesel 3800 School Bus DT466, 8-24.5 x 32 forestry tires and wheels w/ JD bolt pattern, 1000’ Poultry Feedline (30’ section), 700’ Poultry Waterline(30’ section), 1988 Yamaha 350 Induro motor cycle (like new), push mower, snow blower (like new), all kinds ofhand tools & electric tools (some with cases), mechanic tools, tool boxes, drill press, wrench, meters, work bench,table saw (new), all kinds of power tools, bows & arrows, gun cases, and more.

AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: Consignments coming in daily. Preview; Thursday, Friday & Saturday.TERMS: Cash, good NYS check or credit card day of auction. ABSOLUTELY NO BUYER’S PREMIUMS OR PENALTIES

when paying with cash or good NYS Check. VISIT DEAN ONLINE AT WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM (auctioneer #4840)

Hunter Cook, Auction Manager - 315-604-7453 Dean D. Cummins, Auctioneer - 315-626-2248

CONSIGNMENT AUCTIONFARM MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & TOOLS

Saturday, March 31 @ 10:00am

Senator Schumer introduces legislation to help dairy farmers meet thegrowing demand for increased milk production

by Bob GrayThis is very good news

and it is certainly goingto strengthen the eco-nomic underpinnings ofthe dairy industry in theNortheast. We haven’tseen this kind of upturnin demand for sometime.

Most recently GregWickham, the CEO ofDairylea Cooperative,Inc., pointed out that the“yogurt phenomenon” ischanging the dynamicsof the Northeast dairy in-

dustry. Wickham notedthat Greek yogurt hasbeen the driving forcebehind the increasedgrowth. He estimatedthat the Greek yogurtmarket will use 6 per-cent of the total raw milkproduction this year inNew England, New York,Pennsylvania, New Jer-sey, Delaware and Mary-land.

One of the main ad-vantages our NortheastRegion has over other re-gions of the country is

our closeness to majorpopulation centers.However, Greg Wickhamalso pointed out that thiscontinued growth inGreek yogurt sales couldresult in raw milk short-ages in the short term.So this is going to be achallenge for our dairyindustry in the North-east. However I believeour dairy producers areup to this challenge.

Source: NDFC E-let-ter for March 16

Impact of Greek and other yogurtproducts spurring new demand for

increased milk production

WASHINGTON, D.C. —On March 21, Represen-tative Timothy V. John-son, Chairman of theHouse Agriculture Com-mittee’s Subcommitteeon Rural Development,Research, Biotechnology,and Foreign Agriculture,

held a public hearing toidentify duplicative feder-al rural development pro-grams. There are at least16 federal agencieswhich operate more than88 programs relating torural development incommunities across the

country. SubcommitteeMembers questioned theU.S. Department of Agri-culture’s (USDA) Under-secretary for Rural De-velopment and the Direc-tor of the GovernmentAccountability Office(GAO) on the efforts be-

ing made to streamlineduplicative programsand improve coordina-tion among agencies thatadminister programs.

“Given our limited re-sources, it’s critical nowmore than ever that gov-ernment programs oper-ate as efficiently as pos-sible. Today, Subcom-mittee Members pressedthe administration for in-sight on how they areworking to leverage cur-rent resources to benefitmore communities in atight fiscal environment.My colleagues and I wantto craft the best policypossible to benefit ruralAmerica. Making these

programs work better forour constituents is ourtop priority; clearly,much progress is need-ed,” said Chairman Tim-

othy V. Johnson (R-IL).“Rural America faces

different challenges than

those of urban communi-ties in promoting eco-nomic development sothe public-private strate-gy for addressing thoseneeds often requires adistinctive approach.USDA Rural Develop-ment, with field officesthroughout rural Ameri-ca, is well-positioned tohelp rural communities,businesses and entrepre-neurs drive economic de-velopment. As we moveforward with the 2012Farm Bill, we must en-sure that the needs of ru-ral America are effective-ly and efficiently met,”said Ranking MemberJim Costa (D-CA).

Sale Managed by/Catalogs 4236 CTY HWY 18, DELHI, NY 13753DAVE M. & MERRY RAMA

607-746-2226 OR FAX 607-746-2911EMAIL: DAVERAMASR@CATTLEXCHANGE.COM

WEB: WWW.CATTLEXCHANGE.COM

March 30th: Siemers Holsteins Spring

Showcase, Fond du Lac, WI. 110 lots

featuring contract heifers and show age

heifers! (Auctioneer)

March 31st: 31st Annual Cobleskill Dairy

Fashions Sale. Hosted by SUNY Cobleskill

Dairy Cattle Club. 100 special offerings!

April 13th: NY Spring Colored Breed

Sales, Syracuse, NY: Held at 6:00PM at the

NY State Fairgrounds. Brown Swiss,

Guernseys, Short Horns & Ayrshires! (A

great place to buy Junior's fancy show win-

ning heifers for the 2012 show season!)

April 14th: NY Spring Holstein Sale,

Syracuse, NY: Held at 4:00PM at the NY

State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY. Contract

heifers, deep pedigrees, show prospects,

fancy Red & Whites & more!

April 21st: Wea-Land Holsteins Complete

Dispersal, Quarryville, PA. Landis Weaver

& Family. 11:00AM. Fantastic dispersal

with 50% Red or Red factor & one of the

highest type herds to sell all year! Co-

Managed w/Stonehurst Farm.

April 26th: Genesee-Hill Holsteins

Complete Dispersal, Avon, NY. 11:00AM

Complete Dispersal of all cattle owned by

Genesee-Hill Holsteins, Mulligans & Larry

& Beanie Hill owners. 240 head will sell!

Free Stall, parlor trained & sensational

breeding!

April 28th: Delaware County Calf Sale,

Walton, NY. 11:00AM. Hosted by the

Delaware County Holstein Club. Dave

Rama-Auctioneer.

May 2nd: Ocean-View Holsteins Complete

Dispersal, Windsor, CA. One of America's

greatest breeding establishments! 600 head in

one huge day! Co-Managed w/Burton Assoc.

May 5th: Northeast District Classic,

Harford, PA. 11:00AM. Dave Rama-

Auctioneer. 75 lots. Show calves & heifers,

4-H projects & more!

May 11th: Co-Vista 20th Anniversary

Sale, Arcade, NY. 11:00AM. Russ George

& Family. 120 Outstanding Free Stall Cows

& heifers!

June 12th: Kueffner Kows at Cowtown,

Derby Line, VT. Dispersal of all Holsteins

owned by Ernest Kueffner! 150+head of the

breeds finest!

July 21st: NY State Holstein Picnic &

Reflections of Maple Downs Sale,

Middleburgh, NY. Hosted by the Lloyd

Family.

Aug. 18th: Lebanon County Showcase,

Myerstown, PA. (Assisting)

Sept. 8th: 30th Morrisville Autumn Review

Sale. Hosted by SUNY Morrisville College

Dairy Club.

Oct. 27th: NY Holstein Harvest Sale,

Ithaca, NY. 100 of the greatest NY & the

Northeast have to offer! Hosted by Cornell

Univ. Dairy Science Club.

Nov. 29th: Destiny Road Holsteins

Complete Dispersal, Lampeter, PA. Jay

Stoltzfus & family. 150 Registered Holsteins.

Co-Managed w/Stonehurst Farm.

Offering the finest in Auction services, licensed & bonded!If you are considering an auction, call The Cattle Exchange

Cattle Exchange Managed Auctionsare a symbol of Quality!

For catalogs, visit our web site at www.cattlexchange.com or email Daveramasr@cattlexchange.com. Serving the dairy industry from coast to coast.

The sales below will offer the finest Dairy Cattle to sell all year. The herds and consignment sales we manage afford buyers an opportunity to buy cattle that

will surpass your expectations!

It'ss showw timee again!For the finest in Livestock Mortality Protection Contact:

Merry Rama Insurance at 607-746-2226Protect your investments accordingly! Don't gamble with your future!

Valuable show cows and heifers should be covered while transporting. Contractcows and heifers that can return thousands in embryo and AI contracts should beinsured. Quality service and the best rates in the industry! Contact Merry Rama

Insurance immediately! 607-746-2226

FARM AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AUCTION

SATURDAY MARCH 31ST @ 9:30 AMAt Visscher Farm Rte. 282 (1400 S Main St) - 1 1/2 miles south of the Village of

Nichols, NY 13812 use Exit 62 off Southern Tier Expressway (Rte. 17/I86)- 20 miles

north of Wysox/Towanda, PA area via Rte. 187 (bridge now open)

Compact & Farm Tractors: Ford 5000 w/cab & 777F loader; Case IH 1594 4x4; AllisChalmers 200 w/cab; Kubota M4700 4x4 w/LA1001 loader; Ford New Holland 1630w/794 hours; and 7308 loader; Ford 3910; Allis Chalmers "B" w/tools; AC 190XT w/ ldr.;AC 190 (for parts); Farmall 400; MH 44; Ford 9N Construction: John Deere 490 Excavator w/thumb; Dresser TD8 Dozer w/6 way bladenew tracks; Int. TD8 w/6 way blade; NH E27SR Mini Excavator 715 hours; Takeuchi TB125 Mini Excavator; Diesel wood chipper Skid Steers: Bobcat 553; John Deere 240; NH LX885; Case/IH BHX 1102; backhoeattachments for S.S. or compact plus S.S. attachments: grapple bucket; pallet forks;bale spears; snow plow; brush grappleFARM EQUIPMENT: Balers: Gehl 2580 silage special round baler "nice"; Massey 146round baler; Hesston 5330 w/crowder wheels; New Holland 273 - 268 & other balersDisc & Mower Conditioners: New Holland 1432 discbine w/flails 13' hydro "nice" shedkept; JD 1360 w/flails; Hesston 1014 hydro swing; NH 469; Hesston PT 7; Tedders: 4star Vicon Fanex 400; Pequea 710 "new"; Hay Rakes; Plows: White 508 spring resetside hill hitch + coulters; JD 4 btm hydraulic reset 3 pt 5 shank chisel; Int 3 btm plow;JD 2 btm 3 pt; Forage Harvestor: Hesston 7155 - 7140; Tillage: IH 18' model 45 fieldcultivator; Grinder Mixer: Gehl 170 Mix All, double auger, hydraulic drives "nice"; GravityWagons: E2 flow w/ext. sides; Grain Drill: JD 8300 double disc w/grass seed; RotaryCutters: Bush Hog 3 pth; Woods model MD 172 pull type; Int. 6' "new"; Alamo 8' rotarymower 3pt; 5 ft brush mower; offset 8' rotary mower w/tongue; plus other 3 pt & pulltype; NI 5 ft brush hog; Corn Planters: JD 7000-4 row w/dry & liq fert, monitor, trackeliminator; Case IH 900-4 row cyclo; IH 56 2 row; JD 484-4 row; Rototiller: Bush Hogmdl RT NR60 3 pth; Bale Shedder: Case IH 8610; Manure Spreaders: NI tandem boxspreader; Oliver Superior "nice" 4 whl horse drawn Vehicles: 2000 Ford F250 pick up; 2002 Ford F150 pick up 4x4 w/XT cab; 1987 ChevyToter 83,000 miles; Freightliner tractor; 2004 Honda Civic Si; Trailers: 1988 customdeck over tandem dual HD; tri axle trailer; drop deck trailer; Misc.: pallet forks loader;auger Timber Wolf Firewood Processor Pro CMX; "new" 8'x8' shed-chicken coop-out-house-bridge-bird houses-planters; 8x8 18ft long landscape timbers; Hale water pump;bale grabs; discs; flotation tires; (13) 2x2x6 concrete blocks; MIG welder; welding cart;"new" electric winch; Farmi winch; rolling ladders (3); "Sharp" NI hay loader; cultivators;sickle bar mowers; drags; 3 pt blades; (4) 20.5x25 loader tires; Grouser S.S. tracks"new" fit 10" tires; Fencing; grain cleaner; Snap On 4 point car lift; service body; 100 gal-lon 3 pt crop sprayer; 4000 gallon fuel tank; plastic 250 gallon totes; new Titan tiresfor front backhoe & 4x4 compact; ATVs: John Deere 620 XUV w/280 hours; Bush HogTH 4400-Honda powered; (2) Kawasaki 610 Mule 4WD; '94 Honda Mdl 300 4 wheel-er; plus Nursery Stock: trees, bushes, etc.; tools and smalls in barn

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK LUNCH AVAILABLE

HOWARD W. VISSCHER AND SONwww.visscherauction.com

SALES MANAGERS AND AUCTIONEERNICHOLS, NY 607-699-7250

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ALBANY, NY — TheNew York State Senateon March 19 passed the“Buy From the BackyardAct” to promote the pur-chase of locally grown orproduced food.

Senator Seward co-sponsored the bill(S.2468) which requiresstate agencies with foodcontracts to buy at least20 percent of their foodfrom New York sources.

“Agriculture is NewYork’s number one in-dustry,” said Senator Se-ward. “In recent years,agribusinesses have tak-en on all shapes andsizes — large dairyfarms, small alpacaranches, roadside veg-etable stands — encour-aging the use of theirproducts will help ourupstate economy grow.”

The bill expands uponexisting law, which cre-ates a program that en-courages the purchase oflocal food products bystate agencies. Underthe new legislation, atleast 20 percent of thefood purchased by men-tal health facilities, pris-ons, universities andother state institutionsthat have food contractswith the state, would berequired to be grown,produced, harvested orprocessed in New YorkState.

“Farmers markets areextremely popularthroughout my district.It’s an opportunity forconsumers to buy aquality product fromtheir neighbors, knowingthat their purchase willhelp build the local econ-

omy. The “Buy From theBackyard Act” extendsthat concept to New YorkState and will help culti-vate our many agribusi-nesses,” Seward con-cluded.

Senator Seward is amember of the senateagriculture committeeand a consistent recipi-ent of the “Circle ofFriends” award from theNew York Farm Bureau.He recently voted in fa-vor of the senate budgetwhich restores fundingfor several vital farmingprograms including theNew York Rollover Pro-tection System (ROPS)Rebate Program, theFarm Viability Instituteand Cornell Farm FamilyAssistance.

The bill was sent to theassembly.

CATTLE, HEIFER, & MACHINERY SALEHARDWAY FARMS DAIRY

FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2012 10:30 A.M.SSalee too bee heldd att Jackk Wood'ss Salee Barn,, locatedd inn Cincinnatus,, NY.. 22 Miless north,

justt offf off NYYSS Routee 26.. Watchh forr auctionn arrows.Hardwayy Farms,, Hamilton,, NY: After 48 years of farming, selling a good, clean herd, AI breeding,low SCC-120,000, 4.1F, 3.27P. (45) Head dairy, with (15) recently fresh, and (14) due from April to June.Good cows milking, and safe in calf for this fall. Cattle milking 80-90 lbs, with top 2nd calf heifersin this herd. Several Black Crosses, (4) Jersey's, & (1) R&W. Cows go outside daily, milked in tie stalls.Sires used include, Amateur, Flint, Thane, & Boomerang.(20) Head consigned. Good 1st calf heifers that are springing or fresh by sale day. Good cows sell-ing as they bag up or freshen. (3) Jerseys and (4) Crosses in this group. (30) Head from one place. (10) Bred heifers from short bred to 7 mos. (20) Open heifers from 500lbs. to breeding age. Heifers have been handled and easy to work with. Shots up to date.(10) Nice Open heifers from another consigner. Used to free stall.Machinery: JD 4450, 4WD, Cab, power shift. White 2-135, 4WD, cab. JD 4240 w/cab. JD 3020, sideconsole, w/loader. (Gas). Farmall 400, hyd. & 3 pt. hitch. JD 446 Round baler w/ silage kit. (Nice).NH 848 round baler, w/auto tie. NH 263 baler w/kicker. (Works Great). NH 499 12ft. haybine,hydro-swing. NH 256 rake, NI 4150 rake. Wooden hay wagon. Kuhn 4 star tedder. H&S round balewagon low profile.20 ft. Brillion, hyd. fold up drags, 20 ft. McConnel, hyd. fold up drags. Ford 241fold up disc 18 ft. JD 12 ft. disc's. JD Harrow/conditioner, 12 ft., 3pt hitch. Brillion seeder w/doubleroller. 12 ft. roller. NH 900 chopper w/metal alert II & 990W grass head. JD 3950 Chopper, 2 rowcorn head, & hay head, elec. controls. NH 28 blower.(2) Patz barn cleaner units, w/motors. Barn cleaner chain, 100 ft. w/12" paddles. 14 ft. belt con-veyor. NH 185 spreader w/tandem axle. NI Manure spreader. King Kutter 7 ft. back blade. Finishingmower, 4ft. (New). 4 ft. york rake. 4ft. box scraper w/rippers. Bucket for GEHL skidsteer. Roundbale knife. Round bale feeders, NEW. Wooden feeder rack. Shaver post pounder. Fransguard#4000 log winch.Milkingg Equipment: Mueller HO-1000 gal. bulk tank w/compressor. (Ser. #15730). Alamo vacuumpump w/5hp. MVE SC 33-26 Semen tank. (Like new.)Kato-Light 1JA6E generator, 12kw, 540 pto. Winco generator. Potsy steam jenny.(200) fence posts. 10 Hp. motor. Gates from 4-12 ft. Tires: (2) Titan 14.9-24. (2) Titan 9.5-16s. SS pen-6x8. (4) Cow mats. (14) bales plastic twine. More items being consigned daily.Recreational: Kubota 500 RTV, 4x4, windshield & roof. 600 hrs. E-Z-Go golf cart, gas. Ski Doo GZX550 snowmobile, w/reverse. (Nice).

Sale Managed By:Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc.

Cincinnatus, NY 13040 Tel: (607) 863-3821Visit us on the Web @ genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com

Advance Notice: April 20, 2012: Top dairy & machinery already consigned.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 9AMPUBLIC AUCTION

STITZEL'S FARM EQUIPMENTINVENTORY REDUCTION SALE

LOCATION: 207 Krick Ln. Hamburg, PA 19526

DIRECTIONS: From Rt. 78 take Exit 29 (Hamburg), go South on Rt. 61, turn left at Ford Dealer toward Hamburg. From Reading Take

Rt. 222 to Rt. 61 North to Hamburg, turn right at Ford Dealer, then take the 4th road right (Windsor Castle Rd) follow 2-1/4 miles turn

left on Krick Lane. Watch for Sale Signs!

TRACTORS (APPROX NOON TO 3PM)TRACTORS: JD: 8760 4WD, 4255 w/Cab 4WD Ldr, 7810, 8630 4WD, 8640 4WD, 8400, 8310, 8100, 7700, 7400, 6420 4WD, 6410,

6310 w/Cab 4WD Ldr, 5210 w/Ldr, 4960, 4955 4WD, 4955, 5205, 4755 FWD, 4840, 4640 FWD, 4455 FWD, 4450 FWD, 4440, 4850,

4850 FWD, 2350, 2355, 2440, 2510 Dsl, 2520, 2630, 2640 w/L, 2840 w/L, 2940, 2950, 2955 FWD, 2955 FWD, 300, 3010, 3020, 3020

Gas, 3155, 3155 FWD, 4000, 4010, 4020, 4020 w/L, 4030, 4040, 4050, 4230, 4240, 4250 FWD, 4430, 4520, 4620, 4630, 4650, 5020,

5400, 7410, 830, 2550, 4320. CASE IH: MX270 4WD, MXM130 4WD, 5120 w/Cab 4WD & Ldr, 7240 4WD, 7150 FWD, 7140 FWD,

7120 4WD, 7110, 5250 w/Cab 4WD Ldr, 5240 W/L, 5140, 2096, 2594, 3220 4WD, 3588 2+2, 986, 995 w/Forklift. IH: 7110 FWD,

3289 FWD, 3294 4WD, 3388 2+2, 3688, 3788 2+2, 1566, 1486, 1066, 1086, 1586, 5088, 5288, 5488, 84 Hydro, 100 Hydro w/L, 140

w/1R Cult, 274, 3288, 485 w/L, 544 w/L, 574, 595 w/L, 656, 674, 686, 756, 786, 786 w/L, 806, 826, 886, 966, 986 w/L. NH: TS100

4WD w/L. FORD: TW 30 FWD, 8830 FWD, 8210 FWD, 8600, TW-25, 7710, 4610 w/Cab, 2000, 2600, 3000 w/L, 340B w/L, 400,

4000, 5000 w/L, 9600. CASE: 2294, 2390, 2470 4WD. KUBOTA: M9000 w/Ldr. WHITE: 2-105, 2-135, 2-155, 2-85. OLIVER:1650, 770 w/L. MF: 165 w/L, 2675, 2705, 35 w/L, 3505, 65 w/L, 8140. MM: 602. AC: 6080, 7040, 7030, 7010, 7580, 7060, 185,

WD45 w/L, D17. DEUTZ: DX630 FWD. FARMALL: 1566, MTA Gas, Super M, Super C, 200, 300, 460, 560, 806, H, MTA, Super

A w/Cult. VERSATILE: Versitile 500 4wd. 2 CYLINDERS: JD A, JD B, JD D, JD G, JD 730 DSl, JD 720, JD 630, JD 620, JD 60,

JD 520, JD 50, JD 40. INDUSTRIAL: JD 3400 Telehandler, JCB 505 Telehandler, Case 580K w/Cab 4WD Trac Ldr Extend-A-Hoe,

Case 585E Forklift, JD 313 Skidloader, JD 260 Skidloader, JD 250 Skidloader, JD 240 Skidloader, JD 110 TLB, IH 250 TLB, Gehl 4625

Skidloader, Gehl 3Pt Backhoe, Case 40XT Skidloader, Case 1845 C Skidloader, Case 1840 Skidloader, Bobcat 853 Skidloader, Bobcat

843 Skidloader, JD 450 Crawler/Loader, JD 675B Skidloader, NH 840 Skidloader, NH LS180 Skidloader, NH LX885 Skidloader, Vermeer

M-470 Trencher Hoe. COMBINES: JD 4420, NH TR70, Gleaner F2. TRUCKS: 1997 Chevy 2500 4x4 Utility Body Myers Plow,

1997 Ford F-350 Dually 4x4 Dsl Dump Truck.

EQUIPMENT 9 AMBALERS: CIH LBX331 Big Sq, NH 575, JD 100 Big Sq, NH 565, Hesston 4900 Big Sq, NH 570, CIH 8545 Inline, JH 348, JD 347,

JD 338, JD 337, JD 327. ROUND BALERS: New Hesston 855 Rnd Baler, CIH 3450, CIH 8420, Gehl 1870, Hesston 530, Hesston

5580, JD 375, JD 410, JD 447, JD 535 w/Net Wrap, NH 664, NH 847, NH 855, NH BR730, NH BR740, NI 484, Vermeer 505I. STACKWAGONS: NH 1049 SP, NH 1037, NH 1033, NH 1010. FORAGE WAGONS: Gehl 970 TA, JD 716 TA, NH, NH 716 TA, New Kasten

Forage, Gehl 970 TA. MIXER WAGONS: Knight Reel Auggie 3700, Oswalt 250. WAGONS: New Round Bale Carrier Wagon, Parker

Bin, Richardton 700 Side Dump, United Farm Tool Side Dump. INVERTERS & TEDDERS: Deutz 4Star, NH 162, NH 169 6Star,

Pequea 910. RAKES: Kuhn GA7301, Kuhn GA7302, Miller Pro 1100CIH 86, CIH 860, JD 660, Kuhn Rotary, New 4Star Folding Rotary

Rakes, NH 256, NI, Niemeyer Dbl Rotary, Vicon Twin Rotary. DISCBINES: NI 5209, Vicon 9', NH 1431, NH HW340 SP, NH 411,

Kuhn 4000, JD 956, JD 955, JD 945, JD 1360, JD 930. HAYBINES: NH 1495 SP, NH 2450 SP, NH 489, NH 1465, JD 1219, Hesston

7', JD 820. SICKLEBAR MOWERS: IH, JD 350, NH 450, NH 451. MOWERS: (2) 15' Batwing, Ford 6', Hardi Disc Bank, JD 3Pt

Disc, Volunteer Rotary, JD 12', Rhino 15', Bush Hog 12', JD 6', Land Pride. FLAIL MOWERS: IH No. 10, NH 38. CORN-PLANTERS: JD 7200 6R, JD 7200 4R, JD 7000 6R, JD 7000 4R, IH 900 6R. SOIL SAVERS: Glenco 9Tooth, White 445. PLOWS:DMI 5B Reset, IH 710 & 720 5B & 6B, JD 2800 5B Reset, JD 2800 6B Reset, JD 3B, Ford 3B, White 549 5B Reset. CHISEL PLOWS:JD 1600 14 Tooth P/T, JD 11Tooth Chisel. DISCS: JD 215 12' Flex, JD 630, JD 634, JD 638, JD, Rhino, White, Bush Hog, Krause 18-

24' Rock Flex Folding. PACKERS: 14' Transport, 24' X Fold. V-RIPPERS: Brillion & Sunflower 5' & 7' Shank, M&W 7 Shank

Ripper. CULTIVATORS: Brillion 6R, IH 183 6R, JD 6R. CULTIMULCHERS: Brillion 15', JD, CIH 12-15', Bearcat 16'. GRAINDRILLS: CIH 5300, CIH 5100, JD 8200, JD 8300, CIH 510, Tye. NO TILL DRILLS: JD 750 15', Lilliston 9680,Marliss, Tye 15'.

GRINDER MIXERS: NH 357, NH 358, 355, 354, PAPEC 880. MANURE SPREADERS: Badger TA Manure Tank, NH 155, NI

352, NI 3639 TA, NI 3743 Tandem Axle, Pequea, Steiner Liquid Manure Tank. CORNPICKERS: NI 325 2R, NI 323 1R, JD 300 2R.

LOADERS: Ford, IH 2000, IH 2200, IH 2250, JD 148, JD 245, JD 48. HARVESTERS: JD 5440 SP AWD, JD 5730 SP AWD, NH

FP240, NH 900, NH 790, JD 3970, JD 3960, JD 3950, IH 8730, CIH 8525, Gehl 1060, Gehl 1265, Gehl 760, IH 830. ROCK PICK-ERS: 3 Pt Stone, Degleman, Leon. MISC: Brillion 10' & 12' Transport Seeder, Fox Silage Dump Station, G600 Ag Bagger, H&S 40'

Hay Merger, IH 50 Stalk Shredder, JD Grain Cart, JD Heavy Front Tractor Blade, Land Pride Box Scraper Blade, Loader Forks, NH 166

Inverter, Peerless Grinder/Blower, Sdi Sprayer, West Field 60' Grain AugerBale Wrapper, Kidd Bale Chopper, Brillion 6R S-Tine

Cultivator, Hay Jaw Bale Chopper, Arts Way Stalk Shredder, CIH 600 Blower, Easy Trail Model 500 Dump Cart, Grove Dump Station,

JD 15' Stalk Shredder, JD 85 6R Folding Cultivator, JD Roll Bar, Canopies, Killbros Gravity Bin-New, NI 48' Elevator, Parker 375 Bu

Gravity Bin, Sm Gravity Bin, UFT Grain Cart, Westfield 51' Grain Auger, Wic TA Liq Tank, Brillion Seeder, Bale Spears, Loader Forks,

Loader Buckets, Tractor Cabs.

COMPACT TRACTORS AND LAWN MOWERS (APPROX. 3 PM)

(MOST COMPACTS ARE 4WD W/LDRS AND EQUIPMENT)

COMPACTS: JD 3203 w/L, JD 4300 TLB, JD 4700 w/L, JD 670 TLB, JD 4200 w/L, JD4100 w/L, JD 955 w/L, JD 850, JD 955, JD

1050 w/L, New Kubota L3940 w/L, Kubota M4050, Kubota L3650, Kubota L2850 w/L, Kubota L2550 TLB, Kubota L4150, Kubota

L2900 TLB, Kioti 2204 w/L, NH TC485 TLB, NH TC40 w/L, NH TC30, CC 8454 4WD TLB, CC 7254 w/L & Belly Mower, CC 8404

w/L, Farmall Cub 185, Ford 1920 w/L, CC 5254.

LAWN AND GARDEN: JD 455 Dsl, JD 445, JD 425, JD F935 w/Cab & Mower, Kubota G3200 Dsl w/Blade, Kubota T1600 Dsl,

Kubota T1670, Wheel Horse 520H, JD 420, JD 400, JD 330 Dsl, JD 3235A Reel Mower, JD 322 Dsl, JD 318, JD 317, JD 316, JD 1435

Front Mower, JD 112 w/Snowblower, Bolens ST140, CC 1315, CC 1440, CC 1862, CC 1863, CC 2182, CC 2186, Kubota F2100 Front

Mower.

ATV/4-WHEELER: Kubota RTV900, Polaris 700 sportsman, Polaris 500 Explorer, Polaris 400, JD 6x4 Gators, Dsl & Gas.

ABSOLUTE ROW: JD 4040 Tractor, JD 4240 Tractor, IH 3788 2+2 Tractor, Ford 3600 Dsl Tractor, IH 560 Tractor, Ford 800 Tractor,

Farmall M w/Mounted Picker, Farmall M, CIH 1594, 89 Ford Pickup 4x4, Ford & Chevy Pickups.

TERMS: Cash or check with proper ID. Loading facilities available!

AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: Attention Farmers & Dealers: BE PROMPT! Equipment - 9AM! Tractors- approx. 12-3PM, Compacts-

approx. 3PM Selling with Two Auction Trucks! Bring a friend! This sale is an inventory reduction the result of Paul & Kevin's pur-

chasing a lot of nice equipment and Brian trading a lot of equipment. They need room. Come take advantage of this opportunity to buy!

Food available! Porta Johns! Not responsible for accidents!

List subject to change due to daily business. Some items may be added and some may be deleted prior to the sale date.

SALE FOR: STITZEL FARM EQUIPMENT, INC.

Email: Stitzelfarmequip@aol.com • 610-562-8377

WOLGEMUTH AUCTION LLC (#2357)717-656-2947 • FAX 717-656-6011

http://www.wolgemuth-auction.com email: wolgemuth-auct@juno.comAuctioneers: Dennis Wolgemuth & Blaine Rentzel

Seward: “Buy from theBackyard Act” to boost local

agribusinesses

Jay MartinClyde, NY

14433315-521-3123

Elmer ZeisetSavannah, NY

13146315-729-8030

Auction Staff:Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030

(Pedigrees By) John Mikel 585-356-5551Leon Good 315-374-2788

Raymond Zimmerman 315-531-8521Clarence Shirk 570-259-0032

Melvin Lee High 315-651-1924Jay Martin 315-521-3123

Terms:Cash or honorable check. Nothing to be removed

until settled for.

Auctioneers note:If you’re in the dairy industry, you will want to be here!For maximum price vaccinate 2 weeks prior to auctions.

Food stand by the Zimmermans.

Scheduling Spring Auctions - Call to discuss auction method

LAKEVIEW HOLSTEINSThursday, April 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM

2456 Route 14 Penn Yan, NY 1452718 mi. south of Geneva, 18 mi. north of Watkins Glen right along Route 14

Specializing in registered and grade dairy cattle, Jerseys, complete dairy herds, heifers, and service bulls. Set up forinterstate transportation. Reasonable commission rates. Great dairy location. Licensed and bonded. Auction held everyfirst Friday of the month. Excellent ventilation, all cattle vaccinated upon arrival and vet checked by Keseca Vet.

1.) 30 cow Holstein dairy from Bob Nipper from Fulton NY. Herd consists of 30 mature cows with large majoritycomprised of first and second calf heifers, and 4 springing heifers. Cows are in excellent condition and showlots of milk with great udders with 4.2 fat and 3.2 prot. Cows are all AI sired & bred. A few are bred to a purebred bull out of a 92 point dam, Cows are milked in tie stall and housed in free stall. (Bob and Rhonda are greatdairy farmers and it will show)

2.) 45 head Jersey herd from Jim Young from Fleming, NY. Herd consists of 30 cows, 5 bred heifers, 9 youngerstock, and 2 young bulls. This is a pure bred herd that didn’t keep papers up to date. Cows have a 4.3 fat and3.6 prot. Cows are in great condition and show good milk. This is a pasture herd and have a lot due this springand early summer.

3.) A few pure bred Jerseys from Meadow Brook Farms4.) 5 fresh top heifers from overstocked farm5.) 3 pure bred fresh heifers from Bill Brown (nice). Watch next weeks ad for pedigrees6.) 2 pure bred Jersey Bulls7.) This is an early listing. Expecting large auction. Call Elmer Zeiset, Jay Martin or Ray Zimmerman to get in next

weeks advertising.

Strong demand for quality dairy cattle, last month we sold 140 head with the sale topping out at $1,900.We have a specialty mix we feed with grass hay to make transitioning smooth for milking cattle.

FOR TRUCKING AND CONSIGNMENT CALL:

Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • Jay Martin 315-521-3123 • Raymond Zimmerman 315-531-8521

Three more FarmerVeterans have been ac-cepted into FVC’s Fel-

lowship FundThe Farmer Veteran

Coalition (FVC) has

added three veterans tothe Fellowship Fund pro-gram, to support theirfarm businesses andease their transition intoagriculture. The FarmerVeteran Coalition Fellow-ship Fund is a programthat assists veteransstarting their food andfarming careers throughmentorships, donatedequipment and supplies,and small grants. In ad-dition to the smallgrants, FVC providesveterans with personalassistance throughfarming and financialmentorships.

Justen, an Army veter-an and current NationalGuardsman, owns andoperates Veteran Com-post LLC, the only per-mitted facility in Mary-land for composting foodwaste and the only pro-ducer in that state ofvermicompost and com-post worms. Justenhopes to establish addi-tional composting facili-ties across the EastCoast and hire veteransto run these satellite fa-

cilities. An innovator inagriculture, Justen isone of FVC’s first New-man’s Own Veteran In-novators in Agriculture(NOVIA) award recipi-ents.

Army veteran Brett op-erates Serenity ValleyFarm, outside Pittsburg,PA, where he and hiswife grow vegetables,fruit trees and are start-ing a beef cattle herd.Due to a high demandfor locally raised meatproducts in his area,Brett plans to expand hisoperation to includemeat rabbits and broiler

hens. The NOVIA granthas allowed Brett to pur-chase a hoop house,which will protect theanimals year round andalso offer space for start-ing vegetable trans-plants.

Anna served eightyears in the Army beforebeginning ChestnutRidge Farm in NorthCarolina. ChestnutRidge Farm is a 10-acrefamily farm comprised ofa fruit and nut orchardthat integrates pork,chicken and turkeys intotheir agro-ecosystem. Asour first female fellow in

the 2012 Bob WoodruffGrant, Anna will receiveassistance to purchasefencing for her orchardand finance a watermanagement project.

The Farmer VeteranCoalition is a nationalorganization connectingmilitary veterans withopportunities for em-ployment, training, andplaces to heal on Ameri-ca’s farms. Parties inter-ested in providing sup-port to the fellowship orgeneral support to FVCcan reach us at info@far-mvetco.org or call 530-756-1395.

Tractors: IH 986, C/A, ex. 18.4x38, 5000 hrs., 1 owner, always storedinside; 18.4x38 snap on duals; 1950 IH “H”, 1 family owner.Tillage: White 435 7 shank chisel plow, 1 owner; IH 16’ disk with spiketooth leveler; Dunham Lehr 3 section 16’ cultipacker, 6’ and 2-5’wings;Case 16’ field cultivator with tine levelerPlanting: IH 5100 21x7 Soybean Special drill, DD. Packer wheels,grain only, grass seeder; IH 800 6-30 plate planter, dry; Gerber pto seed-er; 500 gal trailer sprayer with 30’ booms.Combine: 1984 IH 1420, 4wd, 2560 hrs. always stored inside, fieldready; IH 820 15’ flex head; IH 810 13” rigid head; IH 943 4-30 cornhead.Truck: 1995 Ford F-Series, gas, 5 spd, 53,370 mi., Parkhurst 16’ grainstake body dump.Grain handling: Turnco gravity box on IH 330 gear; J&M gravity boxon home made truck frame; 4x16’ auger; Speed King 51’ elevator; hyd.motor with hoses.Misc. Equipment: hyd. dump 12’ flat bed on El. Wh. Gear; 2-18.4x38tires, 1 mounted on IH rim; roll of cable; 300 gal diesel and 150 gal gastanks with hand pumps; no small tools.

Equipment has had excellent operation and maintenance.Info: Marvin Koek 315-536-3410Preview: starts March 31st or by appointmentTERMS: ID for bidder number, check or cash or Visa, MasterCard & Discover (3% fee)

Marvin & Mildred Koek Excellent Farm Equipment Retirement Auction

Thurs., April 5, 2012, 11am

DANN AUCTIONEERS, DELOS DANN,3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, 585-396-1676.

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htmUPCOMING AUCTIONS

Sat., May 12, 9am: - Estate of Tom Oliver, 3080 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY, excellent farmcollectibles, signs, 2 Oliver 66 tractors, Oliver 1800 pedal tractor, w/plastic grill.

Sat., June 9, 9am: - Don Rice Jr., 5761 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. 15 MM farm tractorsincluding 14th built G-1000, parts, 150 MM farm toys. MM & gas signs.

2324 Ridge Road - 1/2 mi. N. of Himrod Rd., 1 mi. N. of Milo Center, 3 mi. E. of Penn Yan, NY

Farmer Veteran Coalition: supporting America’s heroes

The Farmer Veteran Coalition is a national organizationconnecting military veterans with opportunities for em-ployment, training, and places to heal on America’sfarms. Parties interested in providing support to the fel-lowship or general support to FVC can reach us atinfo@farmvetco.org or call 530-756-1395.

Photo courtesy of Farmer Veteran Coalition

Pro Ag attends Farm Bill Hearing

Dairy farmer members of Pro-Ag discuss the Farm Bill at the Saranac Lake, NY Hear-ing: (from left to right) Brenda Cochran (PA), Gretchen Maine (NY), Ken Dibbell (NY),Robin Fitch (NY), Congressman Chris Gibson (R-NY), and Arden Tewksbury (Manag-er, Progressive Agriculture Organization).

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HARRISBURG, PA —Under a cooperativeagreement with USDA’sRisk Management Agency(RMA), NASS will conductthe 2011 USDA CertifiedOrganic Production Sur-vey to gather detailedproduction and market-ing information on certi-fied organic farming inthe United States. The in-

formation published as aresult of the survey willbe used by RMA to im-prove Federal crop insur-ance programs for organ-ic crops, as required bythe 2008 Farm Bill. Thedata will help determinethe numbers and vari-eties of organic crops in-sured and develop newinsurance approaches.

This survey providescertified organic produc-ers an opportunity toshowcase their contribu-tions to U.S. agricultureand help ensure the con-tinued growth and sus-tainability of organicfarming in the UnitedStates. From the 2008Organic Production Sur-vey, NASS reported the

average production ex-penditures are higher fororganic farms ($171,978)than for all farms nation-wide ($109,359). Know-ing the disparity in costof production, this newinformation will help theUSDA re-evaluate Feder-al crop insurance pro-grams to ensure USDAcertified organic produc-ers receive equitable in-surance rates and pro-grams for the food andfiber they produce.

Besides RMA, USDA’sNatural Resources andConservation Service willuse the detailed data onagricultural productsproduced using organicpractices to enhance

programs like the Envi-ronmental Quality In-centives Program andUSDA’s Foreign Agricul-tural Service will use theinformation to evaluatethe potential expansionof the Market AccessProgram to allow formore exports of organicagricultural products.

From April 2-20, NASSrepresentatives will beconducting telephone andpersonal interviews ofcertified organic produc-ers who have not yet re-sponded by mail or tele-phone during the Decem-ber 2011 to March 2012data collection period.

Individual informationis completely confiden-

tial by law (Title 7, U.S.Code and CIPSEA, Pub-lic Law 107-347).

“NASS safeguards theconfidentiality of all sur-vey responses and pub-lishes only state and na-tional level data, ensur-ing that no individualoperation or producercan be identified,” statedKevin Pautler.

For more informationon the 2011 USDA Certi-fied Organic ProductionSurvey, visitwww.nass.usda.gov, orcontact Mark Linstedt at717-787-3904.

Find agricultural sta-tistics for your county,state, and the nation atwww.nass.usda.gov

EEQUIPMENTQUIPMENT DDISPERSALISPERSALFor Daniel Kurtz

999 County Route 39, Bainbridge, NY 13733I-88 Exit 8 turn on 206 west go to traffic circle, take Cty Rte 39 south 1 mile

10:00 AM • Saturday, March 31, 2012

Equipment: CIH JX80 4x4 open station 364 hours (tractor still new), Cub Cadet 7260 4x4 withloader 6 foot finishing mower, John Deere 250 series 2 skidsteer full cab 1300 hours 2 bucketsbalespear, CIH DC92 pull type disc mower (like new), John Deere 448 round baler mega wideplus (only baled 500 round bales, still new), S&H V10 wheel rake (like brand new), Taarup balewrapper 7520 (still new), NH 163H 4 star tedder dig-a-drive, NI tandum spredder, work saver baleclamp, New round bale wagon, AC 10' pull type disc, 12' Brillion cultimulcher, 16' pull type drag,3 feeder tubs, 3 round bale feeders, 2 bottom plow, head locks, (20) 16' pressure treated 6x6's,Belmont 24’ gooseneck trailer, 9’x16’ hardwood kicker racks, 6’ MC flail mower

This equipment has been shed kept and is field ready just like new and sells absolute, be on time,not much small stuff.

Salee By:: Fredd R.. Belll && Sonn Hay,, Cattlee && Auctionn Servicee (607)) 343-0183Saless Manager:: Daniell Inghaam

Daniell Kurtzz (607)) 435-5060

TERMS: Cash or good check. 10% buyer’s premium $1,500 or less

Food provided by Hitchin Post and comfort facilities on site.If you are thinking or having a sale give us a call, let out 38 years of auction experience

work for you! Your place or ours!!

Upcomingg sales: Aprill 21stt TBA,, Tooll andd Farmm dispersal;; Aprill 28thh MowhawkValleyy sale,, Sproutt Brook,, NY;; Mayy 26thh AAnnuall springg auctionn inn ourr yard.

Double K Livestock Sales Inc3180 Turnpike RdSennett, NY 13021

••• Upcoming Auctions •••Tuesday, March 27TH Easter Lamb & Goat Sale @ 12:30PM

Saturday, April 28TH Annual Spring Machinery Auction @ 9:00AM(Advertising deadline for Machinery is April 16TH)

Weekly Livestock Auctions Every Tuesday & ThursdayWe offer complete farm auction services

Complete Dairies Bought and SoldFor more information and/or trucking

Sale Barn 315-253-3579 / Kalan 315-374-3428

Consigned from Estate of Gordon Boyce, Ovid, NY; 1974 AC 175 Diesel, ROPS, rear weights;7’ pto snow blower.

Other early consignments: JD 7000 6 R planter, dry monitor, row units rebuilt 2 yrs; NH 275baler w/ thrower; butcher shop equipment - Hobart 5700 - D meat saw, Hobart 403 meat cuber,Biro AFMG24 meat grinder mixer, Berkel 910 meat slicer, Bizerba meat slicer, Heat Seal 625Awrapper, meat lugs 8’ poly top meat cutting table, 10’ & 3’ ss meat wrapping tables, ss meat rackw/ trays, meat saw, knives, steels, general meat grinder; 46 milk cans, vg cond; new 8x12’ and10x14’ storage sheds; new hand tools; contractor small power tools; large quantity and varietyof equipment. Consignments accepted at site on Thurs-Fri March 29-30 9-6pm

Terms: ID for bidder number, cash, check. Payment w/Visa, MC, Disc 3% fee.

All equipment must be removed from Windmill by Thurs. April 5, 12 noon

EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT

AUCTIONSat., March 31, 2012 • 9 AM

DANN AUCTIONEERS, DELOS DANN,3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, 585-396-1676.

www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

UPCOMING AUCTIONSThurs., April 5, 11AM - Marvin and Mildred Koek Excellent Farm Equipment RetirementAuction, 2324 Ridge Rd, Penn Yan, NY. IH 986, IH “H”, IH 1420 4WD combine, ‘95 Ford 16’grain truck; tillage, planting, harvest equip.

Sat., May 12, 9AM - Estate of Tom Oliver, 3080 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY, excellent farmcollectibles, signs, 2 Oliver 66 tractors, Oliver 1800 pedal tractor, w/ plastic grill.

Sat., June 9, 9AM - Don Rice Jr. 5761 Barber Hill Rd, Geneseo, NY, 15 MM farm tractors includ-ing 14th built G-1000, parts, 150 MM farm toys. MM & gas signs.

Windmill Farm Market, 3900 Rt. 14A, 5 mi. S. of Penn Yan, NY.

USDA to interview certified organic growers

“The work of the Agri-culture Committee, includ-ing reauthorizing theFarm Bill in 2012, affectsevery American; ensuringthat our farmers andranchers have the toolsthey need to produce anabundant and affordablefood and fiber supply isas important to our coun-try as national defense.”— Chairman Frank D. Lu-cas

Farm Bill Field Hear-ings

Chairman Frank Lucasannounced a series offield hearings on the2012 Farm Bill to takeplace throughoutMarch and April. Thehearings will giveCommittee Membersthe opportunity tohear firsthand howU.S. farm policy isworking for farmersand ranchers in ad-vance of writing legis-lation.

• New York — Heldon March 9

• Illinois — March23

• Arkansas — March30

• Kansas — April 20Farm Bill FeedbackYou may submit com-

ments to be consideredpart of the Committee’sFarm Bill field hearingrecord by visitinghttp://agriculture.house.gov/farmbill_feedback.html. and completing thefeedback form at that on-line address. Your com-ments must be submit-ted using that link byMay 20. Information

about America’s FarmBill 2012, as posted bythe U.S. House of Repre-sentatives House Com-mittee on Agriculture,can be found athttp://agriculture.house.gov.

Chairman Lucas beganthe Farm Bill processwhen the Committee held11 audit hearings onagriculture programs tolook for ways to improveprograms for farmers, in-crease efficiency, and re-duce spending.

2012 Farm Bill comments beingaccepted online until May 20

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Women with knowledgeare empowered, and em-powered women will feedthe growing population,is the message deliveredby Sheila Marshman,President-Elect of NewYork Agri-Women and aMorrisville State CollegeProfessor. Marshmanrepresented the New YorkAgri-Women at the UnitedNations, 56th Commis-sion on the Status ofWomen Session: Womens’Role in Food Security andSustainable Develop-

ment: Partnership be-tween Rural and UrbanWomen. Other speakersincluded officials fromJapan and Nigeria. Thegoals of the session in-cluded the sharing ofwomen’s role in the foodsystem, the advances ofwomen in agriculture,and the challengeswomen face in each coun-try within the food sys-tem.

In Asia and Africa,many of the farmers arewomen. Women are re-

sponsible for providing food for their families and the people of their coun-

try, often by default, andwith less natural and fi-nancial resources thanmen. Olayinka Adeleke,Executive Secretary, Cen-ter of Women Reproduc-tion and Child Rights inNigeria described the un-sanitary conditions inwhich women are oftenexpected to prepare andprocess food. As stated byOlayinka, “Food trace-

ability from the rural tothe urban women is achallenge, our country isworking hard to educatewomen on how to bestprepare, process, and de-liver food from rural tourban Nigeria”. As thewomen of Nigeria ad-vance and become moreempowered, the food sys-tem and the rural econo-my of Nigeria also ad-vances.

In Japan, 52 percent ofthe nation’s farmers arewomen. The Japanesegovernment has been in-strumental in marketingfood and agriculturalproducts developed byrural women through thecreation of AntennaShops. Antenna shopsand restaurants only selllocal products producedby Japanese women andare found in heavily pop-ulated urban areas in-cluding Tokyo. Accordingto Chieko Serizawa, withthe Pan-Pacific andSouth- East AsiaWomen’s organization,“Antenna shops continueto increase, as they areproving to be an excellentway to empower women,encourage women to pur-sue careers in agricul-ture, and put money back

Dairy Cow & Heifer Sale

Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, PA Just Off Rt. 23, New Holland

SALE MANAGED BY:New Holland Sales Stables, Inc.David Kolb 61-L

717-354-4341 (Barn)717-355-0706 (FAX)

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Wed., March 28th • 10:30 AM

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Complete Dispersal of 40 CowsBerks Co. RHA Over 21,000 Lbs.

This is a tie stall herd and completelyAI bred for years with many cows bred

for summer & fall calving.Averaging 70 Lbs. in the tank, Low SCC

All Consignments WelcomeCOWS - HEIFERS - BULLS

RREMINDER:Special Feeder Cattle Sale, Fri. Eve., March 30th

Special Heifer Sale, Wed., April 11th

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“Since 1952”

Zogg Brothers Auction & Cattle Co.1264 NYS Route 392, Cortland, NY 13045

Office: 607-835-6599 Fax: 866-889-9866

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"OFFERING ONLY THE BEST"Park Family Farm Complete Milking Herd

& Bred Heifer Dispersal & Farm Machinery AUCTION!90+/- * AI - REGISTERED & HI-GRADE HOLSTEIN & JERSEY DAIRY CATTLE * 90 +/-

Wed. April 4, 2011 @ 11 AM* Preview Begins @ 9 AM (Note Date change)

Auction On-Site: 7000 NYS RT. 91 Truxton, NY 13158 (Cortland County)For Park Family Farms * Cattle Inventory Reduction Auction

*Select Consignments Accepted*Sale Order: Machinery, Milkingherd then bred heifers HERD: 67+/- total cows (61 Milking & 6 Dry)90% AI Bred (used to freestall &tie stall) (48 1st & 2nd!) Ave. Age41 +/- Months! (3.8 F & 3.3 P)Young Herd giving over 70# daily,2X, no BST w/ mostly SPRING

FRESHENING! Over 30 Fresh last 60 DAYS! (32) 1st lact., (16)2nd lact., bal. 3+. Many fresh heifers, dry cows, springers &close ups. SCC: 130,000 cattle are bred from (Autumn Ridge,Harveydale, Pooledale, Westan & Iris-Hill). Years of AI breed-ing. Numerous cows milking 80-100 pounds, cows in variousstages, EX feet & legs w/ 1st calf fresh heifers giving 80+ #'s!These cattle will go home & milk well for you and that's aguarantee! Beautiful udders. EX body cond. 5 Jersey cows, 4Holstein/Jersey X's & 1 Red Holstein/ Jersey X. The rest is Reg &Grade Holsteins. Herd is being fed quality baleage & hi-moistcorn TMR. REGISTERED CATTLE: Iris- Hill Fresh Heifer Sept.Storm X VG 85 ADVENT milking heavy (NICE!); Iris-HillSpringer ADVENT x VG 87 RUBENS LAZER-RED w/ 32,000 #1200F & 1030 P due A.I. 5/20 to PEMBROKE; Iris- Hill ADVENTX VG 86 RUBENS w/ 31,000 # @ 1200F & 1000P w/ VG 85 2ndDam due A.I. 5/15 to MAZDA-RED; Iris-Hill ADVENT x VG 862nd dam due A.I. 5/16 to LAKESIDE-RED. HEIFERS: 25 +/- Hi-Grade AI bred heifers checked safe due MAY- OCT w/ severalclose ups. Some Heifers serviced AI & Some bred naturally.Heifer & Herd Sires: CALVIN, HERO, LYNCH, LEADER toname a few. Some sires are unknown, but the quality willspeak for itself. Mostly Select Sires. Don't miss out, thesecattle will be AFFORDABLE!MACHINERY: JD 220 disc. 20'; JD cultivator; JD 920 MoCo dis-cbine, Gehl 980 forage wagon & 12' field drag. VISITZoggbros.com for photos! Terms: Cash, check, Visa, Discover& MC. 3% buyer's premium by credit card. All cattle sold "AsIs, Where Is", absolutely, regardless of price! Driver's licensereq. Catalog available @ Ringside. Inspection welcome any-time. All cattle have been inoculated for shipping fever.Interstate testing available if needed.

Tom & Brenda Hosking6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

607-699-3637or 607-847-8800

cell: 607-972-1770or 1771

SPRING PREMIER ALL BREEDS DAIRY SALE -FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 @ 11:30AMHosking Sales - New Berlin, NY 155 Head Sell

110 Holsteins with 20 R&W, 1 Holstein Service Bull, 20 BrownSwiss, 20 Jerseys & 5 Guernseys - With 50 fresh young heifers and

cows at peak production.Our selections were geared to satisfy the commercial dairyman and the elite breed-ers alike! We'll have something for everyone - Milk, show appeal, many generationsof outstanding performance and genomics. We're excited about the lineup - join usthe evening before the sale for an open house and cattle viewing from 5PM - 9PM.

A few Holstein sale highlights to watch for: Woodmansee, CT sends sixtremendous bred heifers from famous cow families; Wisbee Farms sends a nicegroup of springing and fresh heifers; Genesse-Hill sends a smashing group of 10freestall fresh cows and heifers with deep pedigrees; for the R&W enthusiastLocust-Vale sends 6 fresh cows milking up over 100# and four open heifers readyto breed - super production pedigrees; Morrill Farm sends five top young cowsand heifers, other R&W consignments up to 9 generations of EX from famous cowfamilies. Kel-Vista sends four exceptional fresh young cows; Grassland Farmssends a group of heifers and young cows. Many other deep pedigree, show calves,fresh heifers, high genomic individuals sell.

Also 1st Choice Scientific Destrys of Four IVF females from Pierstein DundeeRosebud-ET VG88 2yr. old - 2-04 286 26959 4.4 1175 4.4 1547, 2D 2E 97Can Thrulane James Rose 6-01 365 43120 4.1 1768 3.5 1517- All American- All Canadian Aged Cow Supreme Champion 2008. 3 #1 Embryos x ComstarLauthroity-ET from Windy-Knoll Peace VG85 at 2yr. - 2-04 3x 365 34820 3.71277 3.0 1061, 2D Pledge 3E 95 GOM DOM, 3D Promise 2E 95 GMD DOM,4D Pala 4E 94. 3 #1 Embryos Crackholm Secure from Ridgedale Riviera-Red-ET VG85 - 2-01 3x 365 23190 4.4 1027 3.2 742, 2D Ridgedale-T RehemaRed-ET 2E93, 7 more EX in the Roxy Family.

Jersey sale highlights: Evans sends a group of fancy bred heifers lead by a Jr.2yr. old prospect for the fall shows sired by Verify-ET from a EX 91 Belmontw/1196f, next dam EX92 w/1161f. Lawtons sends a fancy Int. Calf by Tequilafrom 2yr. T-Bone, 2D VG85 and a fancy fresh 2yr. Action with Dam EX90 25,7301256f 894P. Parkview- Jerseys sends six young cows and heifers; UndergroundGenetics sends a tremendous Indiana Fall Calf from an EX Duaiseoir, 2nd DamEX91. Many more exceptional show calves, young cows - exceptional group.

Brown Swiss highlights: Hills-Valley has a smashing Dec. calf by Blessing MortLaura Legacy from 4 Gen. EX w/big records, Dam 2E-92 5-04 365 34300 3.71267 3.0 1034, 2D 2E 92, 3D EX, 4D EX. Glen Moss sends a beautiful udderedPower Surge 3yr. old already VG from 2 EX dams. Dublin- Hills has a fall calf byWonderment. Osborn Bros sends three fall showage calves sired by Total andVigor. Empire Farm has a Wonderment bred heifer due 4/28; and also an out-standing Vigor Dec. calf from an VG88 Ace, 2nd D VG88, 3rd Dam VG, 4Dam EX.Also a VG 86 3yr. old Vigor dams 2E 91, 2D 3E 90, 3D VG, 4D is Whizzbang 5E93 - she is due after the sale to Emory. Bruno sends a VG 3yr. old Top-Acres EPPremium-ET, D EX91 Jetway, 2D VG88. Also a Wonderment 3yr. old from 2 EXDams. Cedar Lane Farms sends a Brothers Three Parker 2yr. old from a famousTop-Acres pedigree; and a VG 3yr. old Jade Max, DVG87, 2D 2E 92 Jetway Primo.Many more show age calves and sound young cows.

Guernsey Highlights: Grassland farms sends 2 VG young cows both from EX

Dams. A fresh 3yr. old Super Lux sells with her March calf sired by Natural.

Open house - viewing of cattle Friday, April 5th from 5PM - 9PM.Watch next week's ad for exciting consignments.

Catalog will be online www.hoskingsales.com

Directions: (Former Welch Livestock Market) 30 miles South of Utica, 6miles North of New Berlin, NY.

Sale Staff: Shaun Merrill - pedigrees 315-246-1636

Denny Ferguson 607-844-4473 Nate Osborn 315-224-2772Jordan Thomas 315-404-5056 Lester Hosking 845-649-2063

Brian Skarka 518-369-6874

United Nations addresses women’s role in the food system

Women from around the world gather at the United Nations for the 56th Commissionon the Status of Women, on March 1. Pictured from the U.S.: (center) Sheila Marsh-man, Morrisville State College Professor and President Elect of New York Agri-women.

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into the Japanese ruraleconomy.” Antennashops are a proven modelthat can be implementedin other countries.

In the United States anincreasing number ofwomen are becoming in-volved in agriculture. The2007 census revealedthat fourteen percent ofour nation’s 2.2 millionfarms are owned bywomen and thirty percentof our nations farms areoperated by women.Sheila Marshman deliv-ered the message statingthat, “our combined ef-forts have helped U.S.agriculture become themost developed in theworld. Through our pro-duction efforts we providefood and fiber for thegrowing domestic and in-ternational markets.Thanks to the growingnumber of women in-volved in agriculture weare doing so with a re-newed interest in social

responsibility, food safe-ty, and environmentalstewardship.” Marshmanwent on to say that, al-though women in theU.S. have advanced,there is still much workto be done, as there aremore men in upper man-agement of corporateagribusinesses thanwomen, women still lagbehind by 19 percent insalary.

The growing populationis expected to reach 9.1billion by the year 2050and every country mustmake feeding their peopleand those beyond theirboarders a top priority.Marshman concluded herspeech by stating, “We allmust work together tocollectively develop asafe, secure and econom-ically viable local foodmodel that will helpwomen to advance social-ly and economicallyaround the world.” To-gether, we as women we

can advance, throughfeeding the world.

New York Agri-Womenis a state affiliate ofAmerican Agri-Women.For more informationabout New York Agri-

Women, please visit thewebsite at www.newyork-agriwomen.com or con-tact the organization’sPresident Becky Snydera tnewyorkagriwomen@gma

il.com. For a copy ofSheila Marshman’ s com-plete speech please visit:

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Wyoming CountyDairy Institute (WCDI)and the North WestNew York Dairy, Live-stock and Field CropsTeam (NWNY Team)Collaborate on DairySkills Training Pro-grams

WARSAW, NY — TheWCDI and NWNY Teamwill present two dairySkills Training pro-grams during April andMay. The first class isan on-line course of-fered through The Uni-versity of MinnesotaCollege of Veterinary

Medicine, namelyDAIRY COMP 305. Inaddition to this Level 1offering, we will be offer-ing two advanced cours-es which are BREDSUMand SOMATIC CELLCOUNT. These coursesare intended for thosethat feel they have mas-tered the intricacies ofthis herd health datamanagement DairyComp 305 basic pro-gram. Registration forthe Dairy Comp coursesmust be made by APRIL7. The actual onlineclass will begin April 23.

The second class of-fering will be on thePRODUCTION OFQUALITY MILK. Thisclass will be taught bylocal veterinarians anda dairy technologist. Itis intended to help milk-ers’, andherdsmen/women. Theformat for this course isfour science based lec-tures May 1, 3, 8, 10and an on farm “hands-on” learning session onMay 12. Classes will beheld in Warsaw andCanandaigua. Registra-tion for the course clos-

es April 26.All of the aforemen-

tioned courses are avail-able for college creditthrough Alfred StateCollege for an additionalfee. For more informa-tion contact Amy Berry,at Cornell CooperativeExtension of WyomingCounty, at 585-786-2251, ext. 132, stop bythe Extension office at104 North Main Streetin Warsaw, or visit ourwebsite atwww.WyomingCounty-DairyInstitute.com.

Dairy Skills Training Programs

SHERMANN LIVESTOCKSAT., MARCH 31 @ NOONALL TYPES OF DAIRY CATTLE & FEEDERS

Call in Advance for Hauling/Vet on SiteTaking Consignments Now Through Sale Day

Out of State Cattle Welcome, Call for Info.716-761-6167 • 716-499-0611

Dan Johnson - Auctioneer/Owner

SPRINGG DAIRYY HEIFERR&& FEEDERR CALFF AUCTION

PUBLIC AUCTIONat Fraley’s Dairy Complex

1515 Kepner Hill Road, Muncy, PA

SAT, MARCH 31, 2012Starting 11am w/heifers

Cows 12 noon

Short Notice 285 head complete dairy herd185 Holsteins - 100 Crosses

Freestall/parlor trained

COWS: Herd consists of 135 milking age animals, 1/4 BS/Holor Jersey/Hol crosses, balance Holsteins. (60 1st lact, 40 2ndlact) this is a year round dairy w/45 head fresh in the last 4months, Plant BF 4.4 Protein 3.2 Nice set of young cows w/goodfeet, legs & udders. Cows are a little thin but the kind that willgo home & do you good.

HEIFERS: 1/4 BS or Jersey/Hol cross balance Holsteins, 150head, 10 springers, 20 exposed to bull, 60 yearlings, 60 from 4to 8 months.

NOTE: This is a short notice sale, plan to be here for some greatbuys, the green grass is almost here, PLEASE bring trucks tomove cattle on sale day. All cattle inoculated for shipping fever& vet checked.

NO CONSIGNMENTS

Auction Co., Inc.1515 Kepner Hill Road • Muncy, PA 17756

www.fraleyauction.com((570)) 546-6907

Priscilla Larry (L-R), Joanie Smith, Terri DiNitto, SherylTaylor, and Marylynn Mattison-Collins are members ofthe Oneida County Women in Farming dairy discussiongroup. The group will be presented as a successfulmodel for the dairy industry at the National Women inAgriculture Conference in Memphis, TN.

Photo courtesy of CCE Oneida County

Weekly Sales Every Monday 12:30 Produce, Misc. & small animals; 1:00Dairy; **We will now sell lambs, goats, pigs, feeders immediately followingDairy. Calves and cull beef approx. 5:00-5:30PM. Help us increase ourvolume - thus making a better market for everyone. **We are IndependentMarketers- working 24/7 to increase your bottom line. Take advantage ofour low commission rates. Competitive marketing is the way to go.Monday, Mar. 19th sale - cull ave. .68, Top cow .88 wt. 1342 $1180.96,Bulls/Steers top .98 wt. 1732 $1697.36, bull calves top $2.55, heifercalves top $1.50, Dairy milking age top $1225, Goats $120, cull Sheep$1.00#.Monday, March 26th - Note we will start this sale at 10AM due to theamount of small animals. Special Holiday Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale.Note this date is the last week of March. Group of Boar cross goats fromone farm; 2 Boar cross Billy Goats. 25 - 100% Boar kids from one farm.Group of sheep from one flock. Group of 6-8 lambs from one flock. Weexpect a good run.Monday, April 2nd - Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale.Thursday, April 5th - From 5PM - 9PM Open house & viewing of cattle forthe Spring Premier Sale.Friday, April 6th - 11:30AM Spring Premier All Breed Sale. 165 Head sell-ing: 100 Holsteins, 30 Jerseys, 30 Brown Swiss, 5 Guernsey. Selectionsare complete the quality is the best ever. We have show calves of allbreeds, outstanding bred heifers, fresh young cows that will please themost discriminating. Watch our website for complete catalog online. (Joinus the evening before for open house and cattle viewing)Monday, April 9th - Monthly Heifer Sale. 3 started Jersey bulls sired byAlexander, Vete & T-Bone.Saturday, April 21st - Annual Spring Machinery Sale & Plant, Tree & ShrubAuction - accepting consignments groups or single items. Consignmentsalready coming in call today to get into advertising it will make a difference.Expecting a field full of quality farm equipment.Monday, April 23rd - Sale held at the sale barn. Boardwalk Holsteins - 50Head of Registered Milking & Close bred heifer Dispersal. RHA 19837 3.8760 3.0 592. SCC 126,000. No BST or TMR . Brad & Carol Ainslie &Family. 315-822-6087 Watch future ads for more details.Saturday, April 28th - Sale held on Farm. Otego, NY. 11:00 AM. GretnaAcres Registered Brown Swiss Complete Dispersal. 100 Head sell. This isa long established breeding herd (50 years) DHI tested, AI sired. Regularherd health program.LOOKING TO HAVE A FARM SALE OR JUST SELL A FEW - GIVE US A CALL.

**Help wanted - Looking for a clerk for our Monday sales, seriousinquires only. **Trucking Assistance - Call the Sale Barn or check out ourtrucker list on our Web-Site. Call to advertise in any of these sales it

makes a difference.

Directions: Former Welch Livestock 6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South ofUtica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY. www.hoskingsales.com Calltoday with your consignments.

www.hoskingsales.com Call today with your consignments.

Tom & Brenda Hosking6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

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Horse Bowl is a knowledge contest foryouth enrolled in the Wyoming County4-H Horse Project. This year, 56 4-Hmembers participated in the horse bowlheld on Feb. 3 at the CCE EducationCenter in Warsaw. The highest scoringindividuals are listed below:

Senior Division: Samantha Flint ofWarsaw, Miranda Schiller ofAlexander, Casandra Ball of EastAurora, Lauralee Glaser of Bliss,Jamie Pankow of Castile, AlisonStoddard of Silver Springs, andBrooke Schery of Pike.

Junior Division: Andrea Harvey ofSpringville, Monica Smith of Warsaw,Grace Book of Bliss, Brianna Horvatis ofEast Aurora, and Andrea Flint ofWarsaw.

Novice Division: Alyssa King of Alden,Deidra Hopkins of Perry, CassidyJohnston of Arcade, Joseph Kubik ofAttica, Justine Kurowski of Varysburg,Jessica Cummins of Pike, CharlotteBook of Bliss, and Zachary Russell ofArcade.

Most of these youth will have theopportunity to compete in a four-county regional competition onSaturday, March 17, at JamestownCommunity College on Olean, NY.Congratulations to all of the 4-H horseproject members that participated inthe 2012 horse bowl!

To learn more about horse bowl orother 4-H programs offered by CornellCooperative Extension in WyomingCounty call 585-786-2251.

Area youth participate inWyoming County 4-H Horse Bowl

SeniorsPhotos courtesy of Wyoming County 4-H Youth Development

Juniors

by J.W. Allen, New YorkState FFA President

In a recent publicationin the Yahoo news edu-cation section, writerTerence Loose, pub-lished an article titled“College Majors that areUseless.” Unfortunatelyfor Mr. Loose, his num-ber one useless collegemajor hits home to theNorthern New YorkCommunity. The num-ber one industry in NewYork State is agriculture.However, according toMr. Loose, agriculture isthe number one uselesscollege degree. Not onlydoes it irk me, it worriesme. We have citizenswho don’t realize norunderstand where theirfood comes from, howour economy is impactedand how we survive.

Every morning I drinka glass of orange juice,have a cup of coffee, eata bowl of cereal withmilk, and have a slice oftoast. Now granted I pur-chased all of those itemsthat I eat from the localgrocery store, howeverthat is not where theywere produced. All ofthose perishable items

come from the agricul-ture industry, morespecifically a farmer.Whether the farmer isproducing milk, orangesor wheat, my dailybreakfast is courtesy ofagriculture. That’s prettyimportant, seeing how Iam one of billions ofAmericans who eatbreakfast every morning.United States consumersspend just 10 percent oftheir annual income onfood, while those in othercountries spend muchmore. Billions of peoplerely on a healthy andsafe breakfast to kickstart their day, it seemsto me that agriculture,and learning about it isextremely important.

By the year 2050, theworld needs to doublefood production on thesame amount of land.This is a tremendouschallenge that we asAmericans will face. Inorder to ensure that wecontinue to have the mostsafe, abundant andaffordable food supply inthe world, we need agri-cultural education in oursecondary schools, col-leges and universities

across our country. Weneed agriculture, we relyon agriculture, and mostof all we live on AGRICUL-TURE. Approxi-mately 22million people work inagriculture related careerfields. Only 10 percent ofthe 22 million are produc-tion farm workers, mean-ing that they directly workon the farm or ranch.Currently, there are morethan 200 rewarding andrigorous careers related toagriculture.

In 1940, one farmerwas producing enoughfood and fiber for 19 peo-ple. Today, one farmer isproducing enough foodand fiber for 155 people.Within 70 years, theagriculture industry hasbeen dramaticallychanged to better servethe needs of the world.As the population of peo-ple continued to grow,farmers responded. Bymeans of new technologyand advanced methodsof practice, the agricul-ture industry adjusted.As stated previously, weneed to double our foodproduction in less than50 years. In order todevelop new efficient

methods to increase pro-duction, we need newtechnologies. In order tohave these new technolo-gies, we need individualsmajoring in and studyingagriculture who willdevelop ways to producehigher yielding crops.

Products we use in oureveryday lives come fromplants and animals pro-duced by America’sfarmers and ranchers.Personal care productssuch as, shampoo, soap,cosmetics, lotions, fin-gernail polish and tooth-paste are a result of theagriculture industry.Moving over to healthcare products, we havepharmaceuticals, surgi-cal sutures, ointments,latex gloves and x-rayfilm. On the manufactur-ing spectrum we haveadhesives, lubricants,solvents, detergents, andpolymers. For our enter-tainment which everyAmerican loves, agricul-ture provides film for pic-tures and strings formusical instruments. Forour children’s educationand our everyday needswe rely on agriculture toprovide us with crayons,

textbooks, chalk, desks,pencils, and paper. Whatdo agriculture and pro-fessional sports have incommon? Agricultureprovides them with uni-forms, baseball bats,leather equipment, ballsand shoes.Transportation is heavilydependent upon agricul-ture, with the industrycontributing biofuelsincluding ethanol andbiodiesel, lubricants,antifreeze, tires, uphol-stery and packing mate-rials. The bottom line iswe use agriculture on adaily basis and in manydifferent aspects of ourdaily life.

It seems that after allagriculture isn’t useless.As a matter of fact, it’s anecessity for our lives tocontinue in the comfort-able way that we areaccustomed to. Ourcountry has never expe-rienced a food shortage.Our farmers in theUnited States have pro-vided for the entirenation and world for over200 years. Not only havethey provided food andother resources, but theyhave provided it efficient-

ly. Its cost affordable, itsproducts are healthy andsafe. As we look to solveour future problems,avoid food shortages, andturn our economy backaround, we must look toour roots, agriculture.Without advancing tech-nologies and more effi-cient methods we couldbe in trouble. I’m proudto say that agricultureisn’t a useless major. It’sone of the greatestmajors in our education-al system. After all, thosewho serve the agricultureindustry or who aremajoring in agricultureare doing their job as acitizen of the UnitedStates. They are commit-ting themselves to serv-ing others and makingthe world a better place.So, Mr. Loose, I wouldlike to know how exactlydo you survive? If agri-culture is so useless, youmust not eat or take partin the daily activities thatevery human does. Quitefrankly, you must be anexception to the humanrace, because we allknow that a life withoutagriculture would beuseless.

A life without agriculture is useless

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(NAPSA) — A delightful way for your family to greetthe spring can be by getting together and baking uptasty treats that signify renewal, such as SweetChicks and Bird’s Nest Coffee Cake:

Sweet ChicksMakes 18 chicks5 to 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup sugar2 envelopes Fleischmann’s RapidRise Yeast1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon peel1 teaspoon salt3/4 cup evaporated milk1/2 cup water1/3 cup butter or margarine2 large eggsRaisins

Powdered Sugar Glaze:1 1/4 cups powdered sugar 2 to 3 tablespoons milk2 to 3 drops yellow or red food coloring1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractCombine 2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast,

lemon peel and salt in large mixing bowl. Heat milk,water and butter till very warm (120° to 130°F).Gradually add to flour mixture. Beat 2 minutes atmedium speed of mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.Add eggs and 1 cup flour; beat 2 minutes at highspeed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a softdough. Knead on lightly floured surface till smoothand elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cover; let rest 10minutes. Divide dough into 18 equal pieces; roll eachinto 10-inch rope. Tie each into a knot, leaving oneend slightly shorter. Place knots, short ends up, 2inches apart on greased baking sheets. Pinch shortend of knot to form head and pointed beak. Insert 2raisins for eyes. Press long end of knot down; withsharp knife, make 4 to 5 cuts to form tail. Cover; letrise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size,about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bake at 375°F 12 to 15minutes or till done. Cover heads with small piecesof foil if they become too brown. Remove from sheetto wire rack. Brush with Powdered Sugar Glaze:Combine glaze ingredients in small bowl; stir untilsmooth.

Bird’s Nest Coffee Cake3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour1/3 cup sugar2 envelopes Fleischmann’s RapidRise Yeast2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel1 teaspoon salt3/4 cup water1/3 cup milk

1/4 cup butter or margarine9 eggs1/2 cup chopped almonds, toasted1 tablespoon waterFood coloringOrange Glaze:1 cup powdered sugar1 to 2 tablespoons orange juiceCombine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved

yeast, orange peel and salt in large mixing bowl.Heat water, milk and butter until very warm (120° to130°F); stir into flour mixture. Stir in 1 egg, almondsand enough remaining flour to make soft dough.Knead on lightly floured surface till smooth andelastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cover; let rest onfloured surface 10 minutes. Divide dough in half;roll each half to 30-inch rope. Loosely twist ropes

together. Place twisted rope on large greasedbaking sheet; shape into circle and pinchends together to seal. Place 7 eggs, evenlyspaced, on dough, pressing between ropesin twist. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-freeplace until doubled in size, about 20 to 40minutes. Beat remaining egg with 1 table-spoon water; brush over dough (not oneggs). Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes oruntil done. Remove from sheet; let cool onwire rack. Brush eggs with food coloring.Drizzle Orange Glaze over bread: Combineglaze ingredients in small bowl; stir untilsmooth. Serve warm. Refrigerate any left-overs.

More recipes and tips are at www.bread-world.com.

Sweet ways to celebrate the season

Here's an egg-cellent idea: A coffee cake that looks likea nest.

This week’s Sudoku Solution

You can hatch up a happy surprise with sweet babychicks.

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National FarmersUnion (NFU) delegatesadopted four special or-ders of business, andamended a previouslypassed order on March7 at the 110th Anniver-sary Convention in LaVista, NE.

“Through the specialorders passed today,Farmers Union dele-

gates have indicatedthe priorities of the na-tional organization,”said NFU PresidentRoger Johnson. “The is-sues covered in theseorders are critical toU.S. family farmers,ranchers and fishermenand we will work overthe coming year withthe administration and

Congress to be sure ourvoices are heard.”

Delegates amended aprevious order relatedto the 2012 Farm Billaddressing interstatemeat shipments. Thenew order reads thatthe livestock titleshould include lan-guage that deems prod-ucts inspected under a

state cooperative agree-ment, which are equalto or exceed USDA in-spection standards, eli-gible for interstatetrade.

In light of recent in-formation stating ac-countability issues con-cerning the beef check-off and implementationof programs, NFU dele-gates adopted a specialorder directly related tothe checkoff.

“NFU supportsamending the Beef Pro-motion Act, thereby al-lowing the Cattlemen’sBeef Board (CBB) to be-come a completely inde-pendent and freestand-ing organization,” theorder says. “The amend-ed Act should state thatno organization may re-ceive contracts for morethan 50 percent of thetotal checkoff dollars onan annual basis. No beef

checkoff dollars can beused to pay for any por-tion of salaries or bene-fits of people employedby a policy/lobbying or-ganization or of anindividual consultant/lobbyist.”

The order continues,“NFU calls for completeseparation between anypolicy organization andthe Federation of StateBeef Councils to pro-vide for completecheckoff accountability.We also believe any in-crease in the checkoffshould have to be tiedto a two-year periodicproducer referendumon the checkoff pro-gram. Finally, NFUcalls for the rewrite ofthe beef checkoff act tohouse the program withother mandatory check-off programs.”

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gates passed a specialorder urging anychanges to dairy policyacknowledge the lack ofmarket power amongdairy farmers by includ-ing meaningful supplymanagement tools.

“If margin insurancegoes forward, efforts toensure that familydairies can remaincompetitive must be in-stituted, such as premi-um subsidies for thefirst four to five millionpounds of milk to helpoffset the cost of themargin insurance pro-gram should be includ-ed in the program,” thestatement says.

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TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE (Alleghany Co), NEW YORK(GPS address: 1700 Hallsport-Independence Rd, Andover, NY)

Farm is 1 1/2 miles northeast of Hallsport, NY

From Whitesville, NY or (off Rte 19) at Stannards, take State Route 248 to Hallsport and turn northonto Stout Road, follow approx. 1 1/2 miles to farm. From Andover State Rte 417 east just out of towntoward Greenwood, turn up Co. Rd. 22 (Independence Rd) and keep on coming to the Independence-Hallsport Rd which is straight ahead at the hard left curve.

Very successful organic dairy herd sold, selling the following well cared for line:

TRACTORS: CIH CX100 MFWD cab tractor with only 2150 hrs, 2 pto’s, 2 remotes, new 18.4-34rear tires, original 13.6-24 front tires, outfitted with and selling complete with CIH “L550” self level-ing front end loader, real sharp outfit!; CIH 5140 MFWD cab tractor, 540/1000 pto, 2 remote, 14.9-24front and 18.4-38R rear tires, 7400 hrs; nice IH 806 diesel, wfe, 2 post canopy, M&W turbo, 3 pt hitch,2 pto’s, 2 remotes; nice IH 756 with German diesel engine, wide front, 2 pt fast hitch, 2 post canopy,2 pto’s, 2 remotes, 16.9-38 tires; Farmall M nfe tractor with live hyd.; Cub Cadet 1641 hydro andHusq. 2748 hydro lawn/garden tractor with mowers; Set of 18.4-38 double ring chains;

VERY NICE HAY LINE: 1 yr old CIH DC102 disc mower, rubber roll conditioner; 3 yr old Vermeer504M “Silage Special” round baler, net wrap or twine, app 3500 total bales; Vermeer (like new)WR20 8 wheel V-rake; NH 310 square baler with thrower; NH 256 rake; (2) like new matchingPequea model 8618 (18 ft) steel kicker wagons; Bale King 3000 (1000 pto) round bale shredder;Heavy duty and real nice Bush Hog 3008 3 pt semi mt (hyd. rear wheels) rotary mower; 8 bale home-built round bale carrier wagon; Nice round bale trailer; Ag Wrap 5x5 3 pt hitch bale wrapper; Woodenrack 16 ft bale kicker wagon; M&W 4 Star manual fold tedder; NH 36 ft bale/grain transport eleva-tor; 20 ft skeleton bale elevator; 3 pt double bale spear/carrier; 3 bale spears (2 are 3 pt); (3) skid steermount bale spears;

GENERAL PURPOSE ITEMS: IH 510 13 disk grain drill with grass seeder; (2) gravity boxes ongears, 1 is Killbros 300; NH B124 skid steer mount backhoe unit; Ribbed stone bucket for skid steermount; Post hole auger with skid steer mount (3 different augers); IH 720 semi-mt 4b 16 in springreset plow with power slide hitch, coulters; IH 450 3 pt full mt 4-16 spring reset plow with coulters;Brillion 12 ft cultimulcher; AC 2300 14 ft hyd wing disk; JD 3 pt 14 in 3 bottom plow; 150 gal 2 ptfast hitch sprayer; 500 gal fuel skid tank; 1977 GMC model 6000 truck with 12 ft flat dump, 366, 5/2trans; Selection of steel, some is new!; New 24 in x 20 ft plastic sluice pipe; Lincoln 225 welder; etc!

HAY BALES AND LIVESTOCK ITEMS: (50) 4x5 round bales (net wrapped) certified organic 1stcut grass hay in barn (sold in lots of 10); MF 3732 tandem axle manure spreader (same as Hesston, NI,Agco) 2 yrs old and real sharp looking, with end gate and top beater; Dayton 25000 watt pto genera-tor on cart; Shaver #10 post driver, skid steer mount; Brand new Behlen double bowl frost free water-er; JL heavy duty “hay saver” bale feeders each mounted on a tractor tire; Various round and rectan-gular bale feeders; 100-150 and 300 gal poly waterers; Agri Plastics calf condo unit; 6 ton taper bot-tom bin; (10) 10 ft poly u-trough feeders; Big selection of steel gates and corral panels; Qty high ten-sile fencing accessories; 3 pt high tensile 4-spool wire caddy; Misc fiberglass calf hutches; Knight8014 slinger spreader, needs some work; 12 ft tandem axle livestock trailer (with title); 8 ft pasturedrag; (5) milk bar group feeders, each feed 6 calves at once; etc!

TERMS: CASH or honorable check day of auction from persons in good standing. Unknown persons willneed a current bank letter addressed to this auction or leave purchased item until check clears! AcceptableID for bidder’s card! A good clean sale the day before Easter! Lunch & comfort facilities on site.

For specific info on items selling contact:Matt Lyon 585-593-1631 or lyonviewfarm@yahoo.com

Owned by Matt Lyon and Janet Chichester

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Kalamazoo band saw Pallet jack Starter motors, tools, sockets, chain, fan, jack stand Aurora AGI6800SDE diesel generator 60 hz. w/ sump pump CT high pressure washer Karcher 2400 PSI power washer, Honda engine 2'' portable pump Platform scale (2) reels Sullair LS10 rotary air compressor w/dryer, hour meter reads 19,000

plus Genie 6 section man lift Model PLC24, 3,000 lb. maximum load, 24'

platform height Hyster F80XL side shift triple mast forklift, Perkins diesel engine, s/n

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B187V02878L (runs and works) Bobcat 1600 articulated loader w/ GP bucket, extra lift arms &

hydraulic cylinder (runs and works) center and bucket pins worn 1 set of forks for skid loader (2) Bobcat grapple bucket

material bucket for skid loader JCB 407B wheel loader w/GP bucket, S/N U368050P, sells with spare

tire (runs and works) 2005 Chevrolet 2500HD 4WD stake body w/Western snow plow,

automatic transmission, Duramax diesel, odometer reads 41,500miles, recently serviced

(16) dumpster (5) tank on running gear 30 cu. yd. roll off 40 cu. yd. roll off (2) Pankan dumpsters (6) yd (29) 4x10 concrete barriers, (9) concrete blocks (23) 4x10 concrete barriers, (6) concrete blocks (35) concrete barriers, (19) concrete blocks (5) concrete barriers, (5) concrete blocks (20) concrete barriers (28) misc. concrete blocks Vanguard electric motor 50 hp. Model VM 5500 (new never used

armature stuck) Telescopic hydraulic cylinder Transcell TI-500E digital platform scale

(2) Eddy current separators, never used, NRT Pulsort Model P-1500s/n P-0013 & NRT Fliter Bank Model P-1600, s/n PS-0013

Trailmail vertical balers, Left S/N 90M6495, Right S/N 90N6147 KMF manual tie baler, Model HOR 4540HSL, S/N B25910081 NRT optical sorting system, Model 5000 S/N M5A-0120, Model

5000A S/N M5A-0110, Model 5000A S/N M5A-0130, sells withsorters, conveyors, trammels, air classifier

Blue incline conveyor & cross conveyor w/supports S/U box with conveyor Incline conveyor, catwalk, conveyor to baler, MSI baler, wire auto tie Mosley automatic tie baler and incline conveyor, Fiber sorting

system, in feed conveyor & bin, sorting conveyor Thompson compactor w/hopper, hydraulic power unit pallet racks, shelving & tables Pepsi machine bale of aluminum 60'x40' storage building to be removed by

buyer Large pile of scrap

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LAMB & WEBSTER USED EQUIPMENT AUCTIONFARM TRACTORS, MACHINERY, LAWN, & LANDSCAPESaturday March 31, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.

Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NYNotice: One of the top dealerauctions in the Eastern U.S. This isa public auction, everyone iswelcome. Great selection - ComeSee!Selling:Tractors: (65+)Case 1690; Case IH CX90; Case

Farmall 80; Case STX375 Quad Track; Case 9380; Ford 3000; Ford4630; Ford 7700; IH 154 w/mid mower; IH 284; IH 300; (2) IH544; IH 560; IH 574; IH 444; IH 886 ROPS; IH 884 w/ldr; IH W-9;JD 2955; (2) JD 4020; JD 4955 w/blade; JD 5065M; JD 7800; JD9400; JD 4030; JD 2030 w/ldr; JD 7800; JD 9400; JD 4030; JD2030 w/ldr; JD 870 w/ldr; Kubota L4240HST; Kubota BX2350;Kubota L2900GST w/ new ldr; Kubota L3010; Kubota M9580; MFGC2310 ldr/backhoe; MF 210; MF451 4wd; MF 165; MF 210;MF451 4wd; MF 8140; NH TC45 DA w/ ldr & backhoe; NH TW 25;NH 1725; NH 3010; Oliver 1850; Steiger PT350; Yanmar 1950w/ldr; Ford 9NSkid Steer Loaders & Dozer:Gehl 5640; Case 1530B; Case 420; JD 320; NH C175 track; NH LS160; NH LS 180; NH LX 565; NH LX665; NH L150; NH L170; NHL465; Prime; Bradco skid steer mount backhoe; JD 40 crawlerChoppers:Claas 900 S. P.; Dion 1224; JD 3950; Loftness 30'; New Idea 680;NH FP230; NH FP 240; NH FX28 S.P.; NH 1900S.P., NH 790; NH900; Gehl 72 flail chopperRound & Square Balers:JD 457; JD 430; NH BR7060; NH 648; NH853; Vermeer 5400RB;Claas 1150; NH BC5070; NH316; NH570; NH 575Plow & Tillage:IH 10 Furrow; IH 710 5F; IH 720 4F; JD 1450; JD 145 4F; JD 950mulcher; (2) IH 4500 field cultivator; Kongskilde field cultivator; AC2000 disk; Case 30' disc; (2) IH 475 disc; IH 496 disc; Krause4966; Krause 4991; Case 475 disc; Brillion 44' x- fold packer;Brillion XXL144 packer; Case IH 415 mulcher- 30'; Case IH 415mulcher 25'; Unverferth 6 shank zone builder; Dunham 16'mulcher; IH 315 16' mulcher; 2 f plow;

Mower Conditioners:Case IH 8312; Kuhn FC 500; NH H7330; NH 7550; NH 1412; NH1431, (2) NH 1432; Vicon 30'; Kuhn FC 350Hay Equipment:H&S Hay Rack; H&S MM-1 Merger; Gehl 414; Krone SW1010; Kuhn7000DL; (2) Kuhn 7822; (4) NH 258; NH 166 Inverter; Deutz Ks1;Double rack hitch; Deutz KH500; Kuhn 7802; Claas 540T; Rossi06UJ; Rossi 2GL2; Pequea 710; Pequea 910; NH 1033 stack wagon;NH 1002 stack wagon; IH 35 ground drive rake; JD640 rack; NH 273square balerSpreaders & Mixers:Gehl 1177; (2) Knight 8018; Knight 8030; Knight 8118; Knight8132; Meyer 3954; New Idea 3618; NH 145; Keenan 140; (2)Knight 3042; (2) Knight 3300; Knight 3450; RotomixPlanters & Drills:IH 800 6 row; JD 7000; Kinze 2600; IH 56 4row; MF drillRotary Mowers:Bush Hog RTH72; Bush Hog SQ148; Woods 840Combines:Case IH 1680; Gleaner M3; JD 8820Lawn & Garden (50+):Cub Cadet 2135; Cub Cadet 2150; Troybilt 38; Cub Cadet 147; CubCadet 149; Cub Cadet 5234 w/ ldr & Mower; Cub Cadet 2176; CubCadet M72; Cub Cadet RZT22; Cub Cadet 1320; Cub Cadet 1440;(2) Ferris C320; (2) JD 212; JD 145; AC 310; Simplicity 637;Kubota RTV 500 utility vehicle; Cub Cadet M60 tank; Cub Cadet4x4 UV Kawaski 4010; JD 420 w/blower & cab; Bolens 1700Hw/deck; Troybilt sickle mowerMisc:Westfield 8x51 auger; JD self-unloading wagon; Tubeline TL5500Abale wrapper; GT dump wagon; Weaverline 430ss feed cart; LG-48'grain elevator; (2) H&S 7x4 forage boxes; (4) Kilbros gravity box;Gehl 95XD grinder mixer; Mensch side shooter; Round bale feeder;Agri Metal bale shredder; Tyler 4T fertilizer spreader

TERMS - Full payment auction day, cash, check, MC/Visa. 2%buyer's fee waived for payment with cash or check.

Some items may be added or deleted due to daily business

OWNER: Lamb & Webster (716) 592-4923Financing available to qualified buyers with prior approval, call716-592-4923 for details.

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