the land ~ april 18, 2014 ~ northern edition

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Sibley, Iowa, native takes charge as National FFA officer Story onPage 6

April 2 was a remarkable day for me. Iwas at the Minnesota State Capitol par-ticipating in Co-op Day on the Hill. I wasin the company of two Renville-SibleyREA board members, Roger Manthei andGary Peterson, and Bob Mehlhouse, anOlivia, Minn.-area farmer and REA mem-ber. These guys are old pros at this Day onthe Hill stuff, and I’ve done a few back inmy Farm Bureau days.

A Day on the Hill is always exciting.Full of history, too. For me it includes afew minutes wandering those spaciouscorridors checking the colored portraitsof all Minnesota governors; also step-ping into the governor’s spacious officecomplex and gaze at the incredible paintings; and ofcourse if either house is in session, try an upperchamber seat for a peek at the law-making process.Admittedly, at times a bit of theater on display. Howelse to get the attention of yourdrowsing colleagues?

The tempo is crazy. Scads of peoplewith scads of agendas. You wonder ifanybody is keeping score? But that’sthe uniqueness of a Day on the Hill.Everyone is keeping score.

This 2014 short session seems tobe moving at warp speed.

Lobbyist Bruce Kleven told us,“last year 1,862 bills were intro-duced during the entire five-monthsession. This year 1,403 bills wereintroduced in just the first months!”

He acknowledged November elec-tions are spurring some of this activ-ity. But not to worry. Kleven indi-cated few of these proposals wouldeven survive their first committeehearings.

The organization of the CooperativeNetwork for this Day on the Hill wasimpressive. Everyone met at 9 a.m. inRoom 118 for Issue Briefings and Lobbying Tips. Aproposed tax on motor fuels to increase the statetransportation fund was one of the main issues dis-cussed, since it could significantly raise costs at thepump for cooperatives as well as consumers.

Co-op participants were also prepped with informa-tion on proposed mandates for propane industry reg-ulation; a potential sales tax exemption and grant

funding for propane tank purchases; elec-tric co-op access to state funding in timesof disaster; expressing thanks for the elec-tric cooperatives’ exemption from expen-sive mandates last year.

Bill Oemichen, Cooperative NetworkCEO, reminded us, “Minnesota is home tothe largest number of cooperatives in thenation. ... This grassroots event allows co-ops to put faces and stories with the sta-tistics and issues that affect our 3.4 mil-lion member-owners. Legislators havingface-to-face contact with you always

makes a difference.”He suggested it’s OK to remind your

legislator that cooperatives did about $34billion in revenue and employ approximately 46,000people in Minnesota.

More than 70 cooperative board members, man-agers and leaders were in attendance. Divided into

eight teams with a team leader foreach, during the next two hours 52legislative offices were visited, rep-resenting both parties and bothhouses. And always the legislatorbeing visited was either the authorof or a committee member of someproposed legislation that was a par-ticular issue of concern to the coop-erative world.

Often these were only eight- to 10-minute visits. Sometimes that visitwas in a Capital hallway where youcaptured maybe only five minutes ofa legislator’s attention in betweenhis/her next meeting. Such is thenature of the beast when the sessionis on — prearrange if you can, buttake a five-minute hallway visit ifthat’s the only time available.

Courtesy was commendable. Eachlegislator shook hands and greetedeach co-op visitor. And the co-op

guys and gals quickly made their points on a particu-lar issue and politely asked the legislator for his/hersupport. Or they volunteered more information ifthat would be a helpful gesture. Suffice to say thiswas a “well-oiled” exercise on how to market yourmission to the political leaders of Minnesota. Alsothe “Co-op World” is a well-known entity within the

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Co-op Day on the Hill

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By Dick Hagen

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This grassrootsevent allows co-ops to put facesand stories withthe statistics andissues that affectour 3.4 millionmember-owners.Legislators hav-ing face-to-facecontact with youalways makes adifference.

— Bill Oemichen,Cooperative

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As this space has often noted, facts, fig-ures and data are as essential to journal-ism as verbs, nouns and dangling partici-ples. In fact, journalism without facts is acup of tea without tea.

We also understand that erudite farmand food conversationalists — like you,for instance — are often on the prowl forconvincing evidence and fresh facts toinform the unknowing and inspire thefaithful. We can help by offering somefacts and figures that recently caught ourjaundiced eye.

For example, while New Zealand isbut the world’s 75th largest country bysize, it is the world’s fifth largest beef exporter.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’sForeign Agricultural Service, New Zealand exported529,000 metric tons of the 620,000 metric tons ofbeef it produced in 2013. Forty-six percent of allthose exports, or about 244,000 metric tons, went tothe United States.

That’s 536.8 million pounds of New Zealand beefimported by the United States, the world’s largestbeef producer, when we grew 11.7 million metrictons of beef ourselves, or nearly 19 times the totalproduction of New Zealand. (Links to supportingdocuments posted at the Farm and Food File web-site — http://farmandfoodfile.com/in-the-news.)

What’s more, according to the USDA, America’scattle numbers were so low last year that we also

imported 989,406 head of cattle fromMexico and 1,038,584 head from Canada.(Neither was a record: In 1995, the UnitedStates imported 1.7 million head fromMexico; in 2002 it imported a similar 1.7million head from Canada.)

In fact, predicts the USDA, as U.S.ranchers hold back young stock to rebuildbreeding herds this year, total Americanbeef production will decline another684,000 metric tons, or more than all ofNew Zealand’s 2014 production.

Declines are also forecast for Ameri-can ethanol production as the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency works

on new rules to balance today’s smaller Americangasoline market with previously enacted mandatesfor increased use of biofuels. As might be expected,farmers who grow corn, the main feedstock ofethanol, aren’t happy.

At a recent Senate ag committee hearing on“advanced biofuels,” however, Chairwoman DebbieStabenow, D-Mich., cited Iowa State Universityresearch to support expanding, not cutting, ethanoluse.

According to ISU, related Stabenow, in 2010,“(E)thanol reduced the cost of gas by 89 cents (pergallon) across the country — and by as much as$1.37 in the Midwest.” Since the average Americanfamily used 892 gallons of gasoline that year, theaverage American “family would have saved $794 in

2010 because of biofuels.”A May 2012 update by ISU, however, put those dra-

matic numbers into a broader context. The report’s“results indicate that over the period of January2000 to December 2011, the growth in ethanol pro-duction reduced wholesale gasoline prices by $0.29per gallon on average across all regions.”

Stabenow’s numbers aren’t wrong; they just focuson the “marginal impacts on gasoline prices” that“are found to be substantially higher given the dra-matic increase in ethanol production and highercrude oil prices” in recent years.

The chairwomen did, however, use favorable corn-based ethanol numbers to kick off a Senate hearingto examine a “move to non-food” — in other words,non-corn — “based advanced biofuels.”

The most hog-wild mixed message coming from thewinter, though, has been the impact of PEDv, orporcine epidemic diarrhea virus, a pig-only virusthat has infected hog herds in 28 states.

The virus, when it strikes, is deadly. Mid-winterestimates pegged baby pig losses nationwide sinceMay 2013 at 2.7 million to 6 million head, or between5 and 10 percent of the U.S. herd.

The USDA’s March 28 Quarterly Hogs and PigsReport saw the number closer to the low end of the lowend, or about 5 percent. That means, says Purdue Uni-versity’s Chris Hurt, an Extension economist, for pro-ducers “not heavily affects by PEDv,” record high hogprices will rule and 2014 will be “a record profit year.”

That’s a fact. Here’s another: buy the bacon forthose summertime BLTs now.

Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published weeklyin more than 70 newspapers in North America. Contacthim at [email protected]. Past columns, newsand events are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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By Alan Guebert

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MINDS, from pg. 2political circles of the Min-nesota Legislature.

Everyone reconvened in Room 118 forwrap-up comments by Rep. KurtDaudt, House minority leader; Sen.David Hann, minority leader; and Rep.Paul Thissen, House speaker. Daudtreminded that this is the first time in22 years thatone party con-trols bothhouses plusthe governor.“So it’s farfrom a levelplaying field.We’re sensingsome progresson getting ridof the busi-ness-to-busi-ness taxes.”

Hann, eightyears on theSenate agcommittee,urged cautionwhenever youhear aboutissues that didn’tmake the firsthearing might be relegated to anomnibus bill. “We refer to that as end-ing up in a ‘garbage bill’ — the dump-ster for various pieces of legislationthat couldn’t survive on their own.” Hewas reluctant about predicting passageof a new minimum wage law for Min-nesota. “Right now this is a 450-pageproposal. Does it get readjusted everytwo years? Should there be an inflationclause that automatically adjusts? It’scomplicated and doubtful in my opin-ion.”

(Editor’s note: Gov. Mark Daytonsigned the minimum wage bill into lawApril 14, after Hann had been inter-viewed for this column, and as thisissue was on its way to the press.)

Thissen suggested that in view of thestate’s $1.2 billion budget surplus anda $443 million tax relief bill alreadypassed there should be another $100million in tax reductions yet to do. Henoted there was a statewide reductionin property taxes last year. However,there was a big increase in farmlandproperty taxes because of the incredi-ble increase in farm land values.

“But now in view of the significantreduction in net farm income there has

to be a reassessment offarm land property taxes.And that is why we are

introducing a proposed $450 tax reduc-tion per farm across the board for all95,000 Minnesota farms. Also I don’tthink the proposed 5-percent grossreceipts tax on fuel is going anywhere.You can’t depend upon increased gaso-line taxes to fund the highway budget.

We’ll eventu-ally havethousands ofelectricpower autos;plus mileagekeepsincreasing.Today youare suggest-ing a user feebased onannual milesdriven asbeing a bet-ter route.That makessense to me.”

Sen. LyleKoenenagreed that auser tax tiedto annual

mileage is a more logical alternative tofunding future highway projects. Hetoo said the “gross receipts tax on fuel”proposal is going nowhere.

Renting space for the Minnesota Sen-ate, the Minnesota House and the twochambers during the major Capitolbuilding remodeling project is going tobe an expensive proposition. Koenentalked a $20 million cost to rent spacefor the Senate; $60 million for House.

The proposed new Senate officebuilding for just 44 of the 67 senatorsis not likely to happen. The idea beingthat key House and Senate leadershippositions would continue to be housedin the Capitol. But in so many words,Thissen and others said it’s an “all-or-nothing” proposition.

Time will tell how successful thisparticular Day on the Hill was for theMinnesota cooperative world. Worthnoting however is that seven of theeight issues discussed with legislatorsduring the 2013 Co-op Day at the Capi-tol resulted in outcomes favorable tocooperatives.

Dick Hagen is staff writer of TheLand. He may be reached at [email protected]. ❖

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... now in view of the significantreduction in net farm incomethere has to be a reassessmentof farm land property taxes.And that is why we are intro-ducing a proposed $450 taxreduction per farm across theboard for all 95,000 Minnesotafarms. ...You can’t depend uponincreased gasoline taxes to fundthe highway budget. We’lleventually have thousands ofelectric power autos; plusmileage keeps increasing.

— Paul Thissen

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By KAREN SCHWALLERThe Land Correspondent

SIBLEY, Iowa — Every now andthen, something in life comes alongthat can really make a difference inthe life of a young person.

That happened with Steven Brock-shus of Sibley, who was an FFA mem-ber all four years of high school, andhas now been named to the NationalFFA officer team as a sophomore incollege. He is the National CentralRegion vice president. There are six ofthem in the nation.

Brockshus, 20, an Iowa State Uni-versity ag major, said the role is soimportant to him that he is taking hissophomore year of college off so hecan commit himself to the responsibil-ities and personal growth his positionrequires of him.

“I love it,” he said of his FFA career,which has led him from his local FFAchapter at Sibley-Ocheyedan HighSchool, all the way to Japan to inter-act with Japanese high school stu-dents who are interested in agricul-ture. “I’ve never had anyone besidesmy parents and teachers invest somuch in me and want me to be so suc-cessful.”

FFA is nothing new to the Brock-shus family, who operate a dairy farmnorthwest of Ocheyedan. He and hisbrothers have all been heavilyinvolved in FFA, taking on leadershiproles on the local and state levels andtraveling all over the state with it.

His father, Jason, was also active inleadership roles when he was in FFAin the early 1990s, and encouraged hissons to get involved with it.

Brockshus has come a long way sincehis first day of FFA, as he rememberedhis ag education teacher, Mike Earll,making him and his class feel at home

in that setting. He remembered hisfreshman year of FFA, as he partici-pated in a “career development event”contest in ag leadership. He did “Con-duct of Meetings” for it, taking him tothe state competition, where he camein last in the state.

“Mr. Earll said it didn’t matterbecause it was more about the journeyanyway,” he said.

His sophomore year he becameinvolved in launching the creation ofan unofficial welcome center near Sib-ley called “Hawkeye Point.” It’s thehighest point in Iowa, which their FFAchapter thought could make a goodattraction to their county. He workedwith the county board of supervisors,and that year also met and got to knowGov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. KimReynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agri-

culture Bill Northey.“I didn’t know how big of a deal it

was at the time,” he said.He served as chapter secretary dur-

ing his junior year and spent that yearworking toward the state FFA degree,which he received.

His senior year brought chapterreporter responsibilities, as he workedwith local media and businesses in thecommunity. He also helped securefunding for the “Hawkeye Point” wel-come center, and saw the campgroundportion of that area become a reality.That year he was also approached byJake Kent, a state FFA officer, aboutrunning for a state office. He waselected to the Northwest State VicePresident position for the 2010-11year, and never looked back.

“Jake asked me one day if I’d everthought about running. It got methinking about it. I can’t thank himenough for how much he’s done forme,” said Brockshus, who graduatedfrom Sibley-Ocheyedan High School in2011.

During his first year as a state offi-cer he put 20,000 miles on the cardoing chapter visits around the stateand visiting with school administra-tors. They worked with students onteamwork, communication andauthenticity. He helped facilitate con-ferences and spent time at the newIowa FFA Enrichment Center inAnkeny.

Brockshus spent his freshman yearof college as a state vice president,working with planning the state FFAconvention in Ames that attracts 5,000FFA members from across the stateannually.

He went on to become the state FFApresident for the 2012-13 school year.With others on the state officer team,he connected with people from DuPontPioneer, Syngenta, the Des MoinesRegister and other heavy hitters in theagribusiness arena. He also workedmore with Northey — along with agsecretaries from all across the UnitedStates.

As state FFA president, he alsoworked with a state officer team andan adult board of directors on creatingpolicies for the FFA organization.

Being elected this past November toa national position for this school year,Brockshus has already found himselfin places he never dreamed he wouldbe. He has mentors from around thenation who help guide him in making

Iowa FFA member commits year to national office

Karen Schwaller

Steven Brockshus was elected to serve as a national vice president at the lastnational FFA convention. The Iowa State University sophomore took a year offfrom his agriculture major studies to devote his time to serving the national FFA.

See BROCKSHUS, pg. 7

Jake (Kent) asked meone day if I’d everthought about running(for state office). It gotme thinking about it. Ican’t thank himenough for how muchhe’s done for me.

— Steven Brockshus

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BROCKSHUS, from pg. 6decisions and encouraging his growth.He has gained copi-ous experience in doing interviews and in public speaking,presenting workshops, participating in partnership train-ing and working with the public. He and the team alsomet with the chief executive officer of Tyson Foods andlearned about the scope of that agribusiness.

He’s been to Arkansas for team training on goals,values and strategies, and went to Wisconsin tospend a week working with FFA students from 43different chapters there. He did workshops andkeynote speeches there.

This past January he was in Washington, D.C.,where he and the team met with U.S. Secretary ofAgriculture Tom Vilsack, along with the secretary ofeducation and chairman of the Senate ag committee.He also spent time there at the national FFA boardmeeting, where they discussed issues in FFA policiesand where the organization is headed.

“Since I worked on the state level with some ofthese issues, it was fun to see what was happeningwith them at the national level,” Brockshus said.

Taking him to Tokyo, Japan, and surrounding areas,Brockshus spent 10 days with Japanese students in the“FFJ” (Future Farmers of Japan). There he and theteam visited with Japanese students interested in agri-culture, visited rice paddies, visited with a Japanesegrain buyer, and even got to stand on a barge and watcha shipment of U.S. corn come into port.

“It was a real come-to moment for me,” Brockshussaid. “That corn came from the United States andcould have been from our neighbor’s farm. It made methink about what my dad always says. I asked himonce what keeps him getting out of bed every day, andhe said it was about feeding the world. People dependon what we do for a living and I saw it there.”

He also ate in some Japanese restaurants, andthought it was interesting the way the menu show-cased U.S. beef.

“They had a picture of the United States on themenu, with the Midwest section highlighted, thenthey had a picture of a farmer next to it,” he said.“They know the U.S. has quality meat.”

Brockshus has had plenty of time on trips to visitwith people about how food is grown and about foodsafety issues. He said a man from New York onceasked him what GMOs are.

“It was neat to be able to share that knowledgewith him and share what I’ve learned in my animalscience class in college,” Brockshus said. “He thoughtall farms in Iowa were factory farms.”

The most meaningful part of his FFA experience,Brockshus said, has been being able to reach out toother young people and get them excited about agri-culture. “I never thought I would be able to travelhalfway around the world through FFA.”

He will finish up his term on the national officerteam with the National FFA Convention inLouisville, Ky., this November.

His future plans call for finishing college at ISU,where he is majoring in ag education and globalresource systems. He would like to become an ageducation teacher or start an agribusiness of some

kind. He leaves all options open, as he said he keepsa notebook handy at all times to jot down ideas hehas about alleviating world hunger, and ways he cancontribute to that goal. His ultimate dream would beto return to this family’s dairy farm after he’s beenout in the world.

“What I hang my hat on at the end of the day isthat anyone can find success. I found it through myinvolvement in FFA. No matter who you are or whatyou do, there’s always something you can do to beinvolved in FFA and become successful,” Brockshussaid. ❖

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If you even know a farmer, you knowwhat I’m talking about.

There’s a certain kind of strength thatbelongs only to a farmer. And if the restof the world understood it, there would bea national day of recognition for thosewho choose to spend their lives filling ourplates three times a day, every day.

You may know a farmer if you’ve eversmelled him coming before you wereaware of his presence. Though it’s notalways that way, you’ll want to admirehis strength from a distance after he hasspent the day power washing the hoghouse or scooping rotten corn out of a bin. You mayalso want to give him a snack that comes with awrapper or a fork on those days — his hands maynot be the cleanest. And you may want to distributeit at the end of a long stick. Ack.

The farmer is a man-beast of sorts. He can heftheavy hay bales straight up, not even needing thatfamiliar “bale swing space” to get it where it needsto go. He can carry four hay bales at a time acrossthe yard. While his slow but paced stride in doing somay resemble a penguin mother-to-be, he knowshow to get that job done when he’s the only onethere.

A farmer can pick up a 250-pound pig on hog load-ing day. Of course, this depends on how well the hogloading is going. The madder the farmer, the lighterthe pig.

The farmer has hands strong enough to crackopen pails of feed additives, hook up heavy imple-

ments and fix motors, and gentle enoughto cradle a tiny, sick lamb.

He scales the sides of grain bins andsilos with great athletic prowess — some-times, holding a shovel as he goes. Thatshould be a new Olympicsport. There are timeswhen the farm wife’sheart is racing as muchas her farmer husband’sis by the time he reacheshis destination. It’s along way to the top goingstraight up, and a short

way down if his foot slips.

He bales on the hottest days ofsummer and repairs frozen livestockwaterers bare-handed when it’s 20below. He’s out checking pregnantlivestock, delivering baby animals inthe middle of the night, and worksaround the clock to get the crops outand the last of the fall tillage donebefore it snows.

Straight rows and healthy cropsare important to him; after all, everyone will see.

He sits with a pencil and a calculator as he mar-kets his commodities, and does so with a stomach ofsteel as he plays that game. He fills out his financialstatement for his banker, and sometimes wonderswhy things weren’t better, based on how hard heworked all year.

He watches his children struggle with the death of

animals they’ve grown close to, and even struggleswith it himself now and then. He watches his youngchildren clumsily learn how to run his equipment,sitting next to them, guiding and encouraging —sometimes with firm tones. But always, teaching the

next generation how to do it after he’sgone.

He shoulders years when commodityprices convince him to put off buyingneeded equipment, and spends moneycautiously in the good years, knowingit may not last.

His skin is leathery, calloused, linedand worn — not only from MotherNature, but from years of worry, a fewyears of hardship, and a lot of sleepdeprivation.

And yet when that sickly motor runslike a top again at the work of hishands, when healthy animals greethim at the feed bunk, when he success-fully crafts a machine part out of scrapiron because he can’t afford to buynew; when he can fix something him-self, when he stands in his field and

feels the rain water his crops ... when he puts on hiscap and squints in the sunshine of a brand new day,it’s enough to give him the guts to do it all overagain.

That’s farmer strong.

Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Landfrom her home near Milford, Iowa. She can bereached at [email protected]. ❖

There’s a kind of strength that only farmers possess

TABLE TALK

By Karen Schwaller

A farmer canpick up a 250-pound pig onhog loadingday. Of course,this depends onhow well thehog loading isgoing. Themadder thefarmer, thelighter the pig.

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Chris (Henning) Schumacher,President

“I don’t think I’d want to bein that other place.”

That was Chris Schu-macher’s reply when askedwhere she thinks she would bewithout FFA in her life.

She hasn’t had to worryabout that “other place”because as soon as she couldshe joined the Heron Lake-OkabenaHigh School FFA chapter. “I was luredby the strong program and the leader-ship of the program,” she said. “KeithPlace had a good reputation as anadviser and a teacher. … His wife,Julie, was the speech coach and reallyhelped us, too. … It just looked like agreat leadership opportunity.”

Schumacher was raised in an agricul-tural background, but neither of her par-ents had an FFA background, but theycertainly didn’t hold back their children.

“With our family, agricultureinvolves everybody,” she said. “Momwas in the tractor, vaccinating hogs …everybody worked on the farm.”

Paul and Joyce Henning had a farrow-to-finish hog operation, along with beefcattle, and raised corn and soybeans.They also raised Chris, Robert, Sheilaand Brenda on the farm near Okabena.

Schumacher remembers being thechapter creed speaker, as well as beingin the state and national FFA talent con-test, where she used her vocal chords.She remembers singing “One Moment inTime” during her retiring address at thestate FFA convention. She also sang inthe state and national FFA choir.

As a junior in high school she washer chapter’s vice president, and then

for her senior year Lakefield wasbrought into the school mix.That year she served as chap-ter vice president again, butshe also served as regionalvice president. “That’s whenthe bug really bit me that Ithought about being a stateofficer. … I saw the state offi-cers at different camps andwhat they did, and I saw that Iwanted to get that.”

She was elected for state FFA officethe spring of her senior year in highschool, and claimsshe had no appre-hension about beinga state officer andcollege freshman atthe same time. “Iremember gettingpep talks from AnneHenkels (HL-Oalum) and DeanHarder (fromMountain Lake),and just beinginspired by them,and they encour-aged me to pursue what I could.”Henkels and Harder spoke from expe-rience as both had been Minnesotastate FFA officers on the 1985-86team, and Harder went on to become anational FFA officer 1986-87.

Schumacher fondly remembers thatyear as state officer, working with herfellow state officers and Paul Day,state adviser, and Jim Ertl, state FFAexecutive secretary.

“I remember after we got elected, wehad our first meeting. Mr. Day took theguys and Rita Jorgensen took us girls.We were told to get a haircut, wearmakeup, what color nylons to wear …

how we were to handle ourselves.”That year as state officer, Schu-

macher poured all she could in to FFA,but she wasn’t done after that year. Sheran for national FFA office followingher year as state officer, but did not getslated. She did, however, get a chanceto work for National FFA as chairmanof the national nominating committee.

She also worked with the FFA pro-gram that is now known as the Wash-ington Leadership Conference, beforealso working with the Excellence Pro-gram, which was a series of “short

weekend semi-nars” that traveledto different states.

Keep in mind thatwhile she was fulfill-ing all of these FFAduties, she was stilla University of Min-nesota studentmajoring in agricul-tural education,after switching fromcommunications.

“I was taking alighter load to accommodate all that Iwanted to do,” she said, “but I couldn’tdo it without the support I had fromback home.” Besides her parents andyounger siblings, she also had thesupport of another young FFA mem-ber — Adam Schumacher, who hadbeen an FFA proficiency award win-ner and was attending North DakotaState University at the time.

She had met Adam when they wereboth in the third grade, and thoughshe claims it wasn’t love at first sight,“I always knew he was special, I just

FFFFAAhas long beenheld high asan organiza-

tion that brings out strengths inyouth who didn’t realize theability that they had.

The 1988-89 Minnesota stateFFA officer team of Chris (Hen-ning) Schumacher, Kris(Williams) Uter, Joan Koep,Dean VonBank, Lori (Michels)Heil and Patrick Thell workedas a team, but four of the mem-bers admitted to being shy —even “painfully shy” — beforethey joined the FFA ranks.

Koep, the “painfully shy” one,however, said she became a dif-ferent person when involved inFFA activities.

These six, along with theregional vice presidents — AndyErickson, Lee Knudson, MikeMastey, Bruce Mathiowetz, GarySchmiesing, Allen Schoenfeld,Nancy Schwantz and Brian Van-Zomeren, made for a strongteam of 14 to lead the state’sFFA members.

Just as the leaders of today,these 14 led and inspired thestate’s FFA members.

Following are the stories of thesix constitutional state officers.The theme for this year’s Min-nesota FFA convention, April 27-29, is “Fuel Your Fire.”

Will your FFA fire be fueled bythe stories of these leaders fromthe past?

—Kevin Schulz

Back row: Kris Williams, Chris Henning, Joan Koep

Front row: Dean VonBank, Lori Michels, Patrick Thell

Chris (Henning)Schumacher

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I saw the state officersat different camps andwhat they did, and Isaw that I wanted toget that.

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PRESIDENT, from pg. 9didn’t know how special.”

After graduating in1993 with an agriculturaleducation degree, Schu-macher worked for aboutfive years as a territoryseed representative forCiba Seeds. “Then we hadour second child and thenursery business was grow-ing and decided to come intothe family operation.”

Schumacher is secretary for Schu-macher Nursery and Berry Farms atHeron Lake, Minn., an operation thatalso consists of Adam, his father, mother,his brother Trent and Trent’s wife.

Just as the nursery and strawberrybusiness consumes all the Schumach-ers, FFA has flourished with Chris’siblings, and with Adam and Chris’children.

Robert Henning, the second oldest

Henning, followed his sister into thestate and national FFA choirs,

sister Sheila wouldbecome a state treas-urer on the 1992-93team as well as being inthe state choir andcompeted in thenational FFA talentshow. Youngest sister,Brenda, used her FFAexperience to travel

abroad.“They all paved their own way,” she said.

“I never pushed them to do anything.”The same holds true of her own chil-

dren. Son Stuart, 19, is a freshman atthe University of Minnesota majoringin agriculture business. Oh, yea, he’salso currently serving as state FFAvice president, and she will be at thisyear’s state convention to see him givehis retiring address. “We watched thelive stream of him being named tostate office last year, and we said that

we’d be there this year.”Garrett is a junior at Heron Lake South-

west Star Concept High School and isinvolved in the local FFA chapter, and ofcourse a member of the nursery landscapeteam. Wyatt is an eighth grader “lookingforward to joining FFA next year.”

Madelyn, 9, and Addison, 5, roundout the Schumacher clan. The futurelooks bright for the FFA legacy of theSchumacher family.

“We’ve never pushed them in FFA,”she said. “If they ask, we tell them ofall the benefits — the public speakingexperience, the leadership, the friend-ships. … That’s what’s great aboutFFA, especially today — FFA hassomething for everyone.”

Schumacher sees how she has bene-fited from FFA involvement, and heradvice to any youth contemplatingFFA involvement sounds like a mottoFFA could use: “FFA. There’s some-thing for you. Guaranteed.” ❖

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Kris (Williams) Uter,Vice President

A bottle lamb deserves the credit forkick-starting Kris Uter’s FFA career.

Uter was not raisedon a farm, but she hada friend who was, andthat friend had sheep.

“Well, one day Icame home with abottle lamb,” Utersaid. She brought ithome to her parents’rural acreage west ofTruman, Minn., andthat sparked an interest in agriculture.

“In 4-H I did a lot with sheep,” shesaid. “I did well in lamb lead.”

That lamb led her into FFA as afreshman in high school.

High school FFA adviser LouiseWorm put together a nursery and

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VICE PRESIDENT, from pg. 10landscape team, and included theyoung Kris Williams on that team.From that team involvement,Uter’s interest in plants,shall we say, sprouted.

Her sophomore year inhigh school, she and ateammate took first andsecond at the state FFAconvention in the nurseryand landscape contest,but could not go on to thenational contest since theyneeded a team of three.

They remedied that for the next yearby recruiting another team member, andtook the state competition and placed“sixth or eighth” at the national contest.

Though Uter’s parents weren’t farmers,Nelson and Yvonne Williams were sup-portive of what Kris and younger brother,T.J., did in FFA and life in general.

“I drug them into it (FFA) kicking andscreaming,” she said. OK, maybe not“kicking and screaming” but she saidher parents weren’t quite sure whatthey were getting themselves into whentheir daughter brought home that lamb.“They were always very supportive, andthey certainly adapted to the manycounty fairs, state fairs and banquetsthat I was heading off to all the time.”

Yvonne even took care of the smallsheep flock when her daughter wentoff to college.

Before leaving for college, Uter ranfor state FFA office in the spring of1988, her senior year in high school.Running for state office is a stressfulexperience by itself, but Uter had towork that much harder.

“I didn’t even know how to go aboutapplying for state office,” she said.“Louise (Worm) had moved on toHeron Lake (Okabena-Lakefield) toteach ag, but I still contacted her tohelp me.” This was long before the daysof doing a Google search for “state FFAofficer application.”

Obviously, Worm helped Uter figureit out, but she still didn’t think itwould be enough.

“I remember sitting there waiting asthey were calling the names of the newofficers,” Uter recalls. “Once they got tosecretary, I figured ‘well, I did all that Icould, but it wasn’t good enough’.” Theelected state officers are announced inthe following order: sentinel, reporter,treasurer, secretary, vice presidentand, finally, president.

“When they announced my name for

vice president, I didn’t know what to do.”What she did do was become the

member of a strong six-person team. “Ithink we all brought individual

strengths to the team. ...Those were my ‘glorydays,’ nothing but a lot offond memories.

“I’m amazed how wellwe put things together,that we pulled off what wedid without the technol-ogy that they have today.”

In addition to thestrength of the officer team

itself, Uter also credits Paul Day, thestate FFA adviser at the time, and JimErtl, the state FFA executive secretary,with leading the way for the six state offi-cers and eight regional vice presidents.

“Mr. Day was huge for doing thingsthe right way ... handwritten thankyou notes, what a proper handshakeshould feel like,” she said. “A lot ofwhat I learned as a state officer I stilluse every day.”

After that whirlwind year as stateofficer, Uter settled back into the rou-tine of college student at the Univer-sity of Minnesota where she graduatedwith a degree is Landscape Architec-ture in 1993.

After college she took a job with aMaple Grove, Minn., firm doing resi-dential landscape design, which shedid for two years. “That was not what Iexpected,” she said. “The hours werehorrible because we had to be therewhen the homeowners were there,which meant either early in the morn-ings or in evenings.”

After those two years, she decided to“just get a ‘job-job’” to help pay the bills asshe and her husband were thinking aboutstarting a family. Not fully satisfied andwanting to get back to her true love oflandscaping, she became intrigued by the“hiring cashiers” sign outside Otten Bros.Garden Center & Landscaping at LongLake, Minn. One day she actually walkedin, spoke with the owner “for three min-utes and got hired on the spot, andstarted as a cashier the next day.”

She is now in her 19th year withOtten Bros., working her way up fromcashier to the last number of years aspurchasing and marketing manager.Though she got her college degree infive years (Landscape Architecture isnow a six-year degree), she claims allthat she learned about plants camefrom high school and being on thenursery and landscape team in FFA.

She does all the purchasing for the

company, as well as handling all themarketing including mass media,social media, direct mail, electronicmailing “and everything in between.”

When she isn’t busy being a “Kris-of-all-trades” at Otten Bros., she is busywatching her children — Mackenzie andZachary — grow into young adults.Mackenzie, 17, is a senior at HowardLake-Waverly-Winsted High Schoolwhere she competed in the FFA parlia-mentary procedure contest, placing fifth

at the national convention last fall. Shewill be attending St. Cloud State Uni-versity on a basketball scholarship.

Zachary is an eighth grader atHLWW middle school and plans tojoin FFA in the fall. “He loves theengineering and equipment side of it.”

Both of the Uter children havedeveloped a good work ethic, and agri-culture background, by spending time

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Joan Koep, SecretaryOlder brothers telling sto-

ries of FFA activities is whatdrew Joan Koep to join theBattle Lake High School FFAchapter.

“My oldest brother, Don, hasalways been a story teller, sowhen he came home from FFAhe’d have some story,” she said. “Icould tell that he was enjoying it, andthought it was something that Iwould like to try some day.”

Well, her time came and she joinedas a high school freshman, becomingthe only girl in the Battle Lake FFAchapter at the time. “The gradebehind me had a few girls join FFA,

but I was the only one my firstyear.” This had become rarewith the times, as girls hadbeen populating MinnesotaFFA chapters since firstallowed to join in 1969. “Iremember that because I wasborn that year,” Koep said.

Koep’s brothers loved theoutdoors and thus were in the

wildlife and forestry competitions.Though she wasn’t passionate aboutthe outdoors as her brothers were, shestill participated in the wildlife judg-ing contests. “If they could win state, Ithought we could too,” she said. Herteam did win state, and though thathad become a Battle Lake FFA tradi-

tion, she looks back on allthe hard work that her teamput in to come out on top.

Leadership comes easy forsome; others have to put in alittle more effort.

Leadership wasn’t naturalfor Koep. She knew abouthard work, growing up on herparents’ (Gerald and Patricia)dairy farm. Similar hard workwould be needed to achieve her FFAdreams.

Self-described as “painfully shy” inhigh school, she found herself in FFA.Attending Greenhand Camp after herfreshman high school year, she ran forand was elected to a camp office. Also

at that same GreenhandCamp, Koep was firstexposed to state offi-cers. “I’m not sure Ieven knew that theyexisted before that,”she said.

That meeting whether leadershipappetite, an appetite

that needed to bequenched. She held various

chapter offices, as well as district andregional posts, but she had her sightson a state office.

Koep remembers being encouragedby previous state officers as well as her

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VICE PRESIDENT, from pg. 11on their father’s (Uter’s former hus-band) dairy farm.

Uter has helped guide the HLWWFFA chapter’s nursery landscape team,proud of the team’s eighth place finishat national convention, passing alongthe knowledge that she learned and

has served her well through life.“FFA got me on my career path,” she

said. “From when I got into FFA andfound the nursery and landscape com-petition, I knew that that’s what Iwanted to do for my career.”

“I wouldn’t be where I am at withoutFFA,” Uter said. ❖

Joan Koep

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SECRETARY, from pg. 12high school adviser, Blaine Larson, totake the next step in the leadershipprogression.

The 1987 high school graduate ranfor state office at the end of her fresh-man year at Fergus Falls CommunityCollege, and obviously she made theslate of the six state officers. “I wasnever president of my chapter, but Iwas region vice president,” she said.

Although Koep was a shy girl in highschool, she said she was a differentperson in FFA — outgoing and fun.

Koep remembers attending FFAleadership camp, and was in the samecabin with other FFA girls fromaround the state, “and one of the girlssaid I was ‘cool.’

“That was the last word you wouldhave used to describe me in school …FFA made me comfortable in my ownskin. I was more successful away fromschool.”

Being raised on a dairy farm, Koepdoesn’t remember family vacations —“we’d take an occasional long road trip”— so the “goodwill” tours as a state offi-cer got Koep to see some parts of Min-nesota that she had only heard of.

Koep remembers that year as stateofficer as a coming-together of six indi-viduals with specific talents andstrengths to form a strong team — ateam that was actually 14 strong. Thesix constitutional officers featuredhere are supplemented by the eightregional vice presidents. “They(regional vice presidents) were a big

part of our team.”Lessons and skills learned in FFA

have helped Koep in her career, whichlead her through several part-time jobs before landingher at the TraverseCounty Farm ServiceAgency. She worked therefor six years before fallingvictim to governmentbudget cuts.

She spent the next threeyears working in a lawoffice, and then in 2000 wasable to come back to agricul-ture, landing a job at the GrantCounty FSA office as a program tech-nician. “I enjoy working with produc-ers; it keeps me in touch with my agri-cultural roots.”

Koep fondly remembers encourage-ment she received from older and fel-low FFA members throughout herjourney, and that has come full circlefor her to give back to those aroundher.

She has become involved with Begin-ning Experience, a ministry to helpindividuals who have suffered lossthrough death, divorce or separation.

Koep became involved in BE after herdivorce, and now sees “how full andfun my life has been.”

Starting with BE as a partici-pant, she was encour-aged to give back bybecoming a facilitator,and ended up leadingthe organization for awhile. “I would neverhave gone that far ifsomeone hadn’t recog-nized that I had what ittakes to serve, and

point me in the rightdirection.”

Those little nudges along the wayare all that’s needed to push someonein the right direction. Koep benefitedfrom those “pushes” from her FFAadviser and from her brothers Don,Tony, Pat and Frank; pushes thatmade her “do more than you can thinkyou can do.”

Its true value “is hard to measure,but the FFA experience has beeninvaluable in the confidence that itbrings out in you,” she said.

Take that from a self-described“painfully shy girl.” ❖

25 Years: ‘FFA made me comfortable in my own skin’I would never havegone that far (withBeginning Experience)if someone hadn’t rec-ognized that I hadwhat it takes to serve,and point me in theright direction. ... (Thevalue of past mentorspushing her) is hard tomeasure, but the FFAexperience has beeninvaluable in the confi-dence that it brings outin you.

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Dean VonBank, TreasurerDean VonBank followed the lead-

ership progression from 4-H to FFA.“I had been involved in 4-H,

showing animals,” VonBank said.“Both my parents had been in 4-Has youth, so it was natural for meto also be in FFA.”

In addition to the 4-H presence inthe VonBank household, there was a strong FFApresence as Dean’s father, Dan, was the FFAadviser at the Clara City High School FFA chapter.“It was my choice to belong to FFA, and it justseemed like a natural progression.”

VonBank’s sister, Susan, preceded him in the FFAranks, being two years older.

Dan VonBank now lives in Vancouver, BritishColumbia; Dean’s mother, Ruth Gunderson, passedaway this past December.

The younger VonBank remembers being in publicspeaking, the FFA creed contest and wildlife con-tests, but it was in the leadership roles where heflourished.

Leadership didn’t come easy, though. “I was a shykid and forced myself to become an extrovert,” hesaid. “Life experiences through 4-H and FFA openedme up to a lot of opportunities.”

He served as the state 4-H president 1986-87, andthen entered the University of Minnesota after

graduating from Clara City HighSchool in 1987. “I had just got donewith the state 4-H president term,and thought I’d take a year off beforetrying for state FFA office.”

Even with his shyness, leadershipwas in the genes as Dan VonBankwas Minnesota FFA reporter in 1962,so it was natural for the younger Von-Bank to also take a seat with the topsix FFA officers in the state.

Since he was one of the oldest members ofthe state officer team, and he was already in theTwin Cities, he became the de facto FFA representa-tive “if an FFA presence was requested in the metroarea.” He enjoyed the travel that was required withboth the 4-H and the FFA state office positions. “4-Htook me around the country, but FFA got me aroundthe state” as the team visited high school chapterbanquets and other activities.

Another difference between the two youth organi-zations, at least from the leadership aspect, was that“4-H was a lot of fun and (I) got to see different partsof the country, and FFA was much more structured, alot more work.”

Through all the hard work, “we got to be a prettytight group back then,” VonBank said of the 1988-89state officer team.

Upon completion of his term as state FFA treas-urer, VonBank continued his business major studiesat the University of Minnesota Carlson School of

Management where he graduated in 1991.FFA provided VonBank a lot of life

experiences, but he never saw himself inthe world of agriculture. “For as long as Ican remember I knew I wanted to be insome sort of business.” After graduationfrom the U of M, he did interview withCargill “to run a plant,” but he ended upworking for AT&T in an entry-level salesposition. He stayed with AT&T for three

to four years, working his way up througha variety of sales positions. “Anyone getting into

business should go into sales,” he said. “Dealingdirectly with customers will help you a lot.”

While he was in college he worked for Honeywell,and in 1995 he went back to work for the then Min-neapolis-based Honeywell in its Microswitch divi-sion in Freeport, Ill., where he stayed for about fouryears.

He then learned the lesson “it’s who you know, notnecessarily what you know” as he was recruited tojoin a small private company where he stayed forone-and-a-half years. He was recruited for that posi-tion by a former boss from Honeywell.

He then went to work for Navteq, a subsidiary ofNokia, in Chicago. Through a company namechange, he is now working for HERE, a global leaderin the mapping and location intelligence business.According to the HERE website, the company’s mapscan be found in four out of five in-car navigation sys-tems in North America and Europe.

He went to Berlin, Germany, to be vice president ofGlobal Solutions to build the Center of Excellencewithin HERE for developing market-specific solu-tions and driving scalable implementation of thosesolutions into the regional organizations.

He has since moved to his current position of vicepresident of Global Planning, Strategy and Opera-tions where his job is to “plan and execute our salesstrategies and ensure tight planning and interlockwith the vertical business and marketing teams.”

Along with VonBank in Germany are his wife, KateWettergren, and children: Spencer, 9, and twindaughters, Tessa and Sydney, 8.

VonBank said he is currently under a three-yearopen-ended contract, and though the family is enjoy-ing their time in Europe, he does see them returningto their Chicago home.

“It was a big cultural change for my wife and thekids,” he said from a hotel room in Paris, “but nowthey’re getting involved more and more.” The Von-Bank children attend an international school where15 to 20 ethnic backgrounds are represented in theirclassrooms.

One thing the children are not exposed to Europe,or in Chicago for that matter, is the FFA. “In Chicagothe kids have as many clubs or organizations to beinvolved in as possible,” he said. “I think it’s differentfor kids today. The opportunities are exponentiallygreater for kids nowadays.”

Regardless what his children get involved in, hefeels they will have the opportunity to grow, just astheir father did in FFA. ❖

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Lori (Michels) Heil,Reporter

Once upon a time, aquiet, shy high schoolfreshman girl joinedan organizationunder the lure of herbest friend.

Lori Heil stuck withit, and flourished,even though that friend only stayed inFFA for another year.

Heil’s brother, Joe Michels, may havepreceded her in to theMadelia High SchoolFFA chapter, but it washer friend who convincedher to join the group.

“I was pretty quiet andshy in high school, butFFA really helped megain experience in publicspeaking.”

Though she was firstexposed to state officers atGreenhand Camp after her freshmanyear in high school, it took a whilebefore she set her sights that high. “Ittook a little time for me to think that Icould make it as a state officer,” shesaid. “Mr. Schloesser continually put it

out there for us.” Mr. Schloesser isBrad Schloesser, Heil’s FFA adviser atMadelia High School, and he knewwhat it took to become a state officersince he was state vice president onthe 1980-81 officer team.

As mentioned, Heil’s brother Joe wasin FFA, but he was more on the pro-duction side of FFA, as where his littlesister went more the leadership route.

She did get involved in her chapter’sfarm business management team thatwon the state FFA contest, beforegoing on to win the national FFA con-

test. “We worked so hard beforeschool, after school,” shesaid. “Seeing that hardwork pay off was sorewarding.”

Rewarding is how shesums up a lot of what FFAcan offer youth. “Jobinterview, for instance, isa great contest to be

involved in. It teaches a lotof real life skills that you can

use all of the time.”The 1988 high school graduate ran

for state office the spring of her senioryear in high school, rather than get-ting a year of college under her belt. “I

thought that maybe I wouldn’t do it if Ididn’t do it right away because I mightget into my studies and then never runfor office.”

She feels that even though being anFFA state officer and a college fresh-man simultaneously made for a busyyear, she feels she may have actually

benefited from the hectic schedule.“I had become pretty good at jug-

gling my schedule and activities,” shesaid. “I think it was probably goodthat I stayed busy.” As the reporter onthe team, she is jealous of the techno-

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REPORTER, from pg. 15logical advancements that today’sFFAers have literally at their fingertips.

“Most of what I did back then was sotime-consuming as reporter.”

She thought that the state officerscame together to make a strong teamout of six individual talents and skills.“I think we meshed pretty well.”

“I loved being invited to speak at FFAbanquets; it was always a special time,”she said. “All the people I met and allthe young people who looked up to me.”

The Heil family was preparing for amove at the time of this interview,and she said she ran across a file ofthe various speeches she had given

over the years. “I learned how to be apublic speaker through FFA.

“It’s hard to fathom that in fouryears that I grew that much; it’s prettyamazing the confidence that you getfrom FFA.”

She approached the 1989 state FFAconvention with mixed emotions, whenthey would give up their state officesto the new team. “It was a relief, yetsad that it (year as state officer) wasdone … I had done what I wanted to dowith the state office, but then it wastime to focus on the studies.”

She took what she learned from herFFA competition in farm business man-agement contests into the classroom,graduating from the University of Min-

nesota with a bachelor’s degree in agbusiness management in 1992. “I pickedmy career because of FFA and I pickedthe U of M because of FFA.”

She apparently pickedthe U of M for more than adegree, since her future hus-band, Mark Heil, was takingthe same classes as Lori.

FFA actually had a handin bringing the twotogether. Mark was chapterpresident at the PlainviewFFA chapter, “and he remem-bered being at Greenhand Campwith me, but I didn’t remember him.”

Obviously she eventually took note,as the couple was married in 1991.

After college graduation, Lori took ajob with Green Giant as a field repre-sentative at the Montgomery, Minn.,location. She worked there for threeyears before taking a position with Agri-Growth. Mark then took a job with Con-tinental Grain and the family moved toMilwaukee, Wis. She worked as an exec-utive secretary, and then the couple’sfirst child, Sam, came along. She headedback to work after maternity leave.

Mark was then transferred to Car-men, Manitoba, in 1998, and the familyfollowed, but they were only grantedone work visa. That was when Lorimoved onto the most-rewarding careerof stay-at-home mom. The couple hasSam, a high school sophomore, andMegan, an eighth grader. The Heilshave also opened their home to Samuel,

a 15-year-old who lost both his parents.The family moved back to the UnitedStates in 1999, landing in Bloom-

ington, Ill., but have justmoved to Normal, Ill.Mark is general man-ager for Prairie CentralCooperative.

As with any youngFFAer, Lori couldn’thave become the personshe did without the sup-port of her parents —

Aaron Michels and JoanRockram — and siblings. In additionto Joe, there is a younger brother andsister, Steve and Chris.

“I don’t remember my parents hav-ing any concern the more I gotinvolved in FFA,” she said. “They werealways very supportive.”

She and Mark have offered the samesupport for their children, while Loriadmits her children have grown up“more citified.”

Sam, Megan and Samuel may nothave an opportunity to grow throughFFA as Mark and Lori did, but Lorisaid they are finding their ownstrengths.

“We share our FFA stories,” she said.“I found an FFA scrapbook and wewere looking at it, and that helps themrealize that if they can set goals andtry they can be a success. … I’m notsure how the world sees a success, butif you try, that’s success.” ❖

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Patrick Thell, SentinelLife has a way of being cruel.FFA state officers are sup-

posed to be at the top of theirgame, the strength of theirorganization. Patrick Thellwas at the top of his game asthe sentinel on the state FFAofficer team, elected at the1988 state convention in April.

Just eight months later he got newsthat nobody, especially someone soyoung and vibrant, should have tohear — he had leukemia. “It was Dec.7,” said John Thell, Patrick’s 84-year-old father. “It’s one of those things thatyou never forget.”

“That is not some-thing people our ageshould have had todeal with,” said Chris(Henning) Schu-macher, who was pres-ident on that stateoffice team. “It wassuch a hard thing towatch ... but he neverwanted the focus to beon himself. He was verymuch a giver.”

This diagnosis was not going to holddown the young Thell. John relatedthat as a state officer, “he was alwayssaying ‘Mr. Day said this’, ‘Mr. Day saidwe needed to do that,’ whatever Mr.Day said, they did.” Mr. Day is PaulDay, former state FFA adviser whooversaw the team. “Patrick never leton how bad off he was. I don’t think hisfellow officers knew how sick he was.… He wanted to carry his share of theload.”

“I remember his inner-strength, andthat smile,” said Kris (Williams) Uter.“For him to be able to come to stateconvention how ill he was; we didn’tknow how ill he was until after thefact. Just for him to be there was awe-some.”

Lori (Michels) Heil remembers thepositive influence of Patrick. “I thinkseeing him go through what he wasgoing through, brought our teamtogether,” she said. “To see him lose hishair, he stayed so positive, upbeat. Hewas an inspiration to us all … Iremember him being determined to doas much as possible.”

The elder Thell remembers Patricksaying “I’m probably the only baldstate FFA officer you’ll ever have” dur-ing his retirement address at the 1989state convention.

John Thell said the last couple of

months of his son’s life weretough on Patrick and the entireThell family. “It was tough tosee him go through it.”

Patrick Thell died Aug. 4,1989, just one month shy of his20th birthday.

After graduating from Will-mar High School, Patrick

enrolled in the community college atWillmar, with the plans of transferringto the University of Minnesota.

That never happened. John Thellremembers having to take backPatrick’s books during his first quarterat Willmar Community College. “He

planned on starting up again in thespring, but he was just too sick,”

John said.Doug Hanson, one of

the Willmar High Schoolvocational agricultureinstructors whilePatrick was in highschool, remembers theyoung Thell being ahard worker, and deter-mined to become a stateofficer.“I think coming in with

the background of his brother (Robert)having been a state officer, he just sethis goal early that that’s what hewanted to achieve,” Hanson said.Robert Thell was president of the1978-79 FFA officer team.

“Pat was not a loud, boisterous typeof guy,” Hanson recalls. “He led byexample.”

Mention the name Patrick Thell, andthe first word that comes to Schu-macher’s mind is “kind.”

“He was such a kind person, a drysense of humor,” she said.

Joan Koep remembers Patrick as“one of those all-around nice guys, notan unkind word for anyone.”

Patrick was the youngest of John andCeleste’s children, which also includedJohn III, Susan, Robert and David.Celeste passed away Memorial Day of2013.

John II remembers David, who is aTCF certified public accountant, andPatrick always talking about startinga business together once Patrick grad-uated from college. “When Patrick wasdying, David said, ‘there goes our busi-ness’.”

John believes that Robert uninten-tionally set the goals for Patrick to fol-low. “He wanted to do what Robertdid,” he said. ❖

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I can still rememberThe way things were back then.I didn’t even know your name,Let alone call you friend.

Now that we’ve become so close,It makes me want to cry,When I think of that dark day,When we must say goodbye.

Look at us nowStanding here together,None of us strangers,Anymore.

Look at us nowStanding here together.My only wish that won’t come true,Is that it could last forever.

It seems when we’re togetherEach moment a memory.Love and laughter fill the airIt’s plain for all to see.

In all the things you’ve done and saidYou showed that you care.And now I can’t imagine lifeWhen you’re no longer there.Look at us now … we miss you, Pat.

Look at us now...The 1988-89 state FFA officer team dedicated the following poem to the mem-ory of Patrick, and it appeared in the Fall 1989 Minnesota FFA newsletter.

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Local Corn and Soybean Price IndexCash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $4.34 -.03$4.33 +.03$4.51 +.00$4.18 +.13$4.20 +.01$4.51 -.02

$4.35

$6.45

soybeans/change*$14.06 +.17$14.16 +.17$14.46 +.22$13.92 +.21$14.16 +.33$14.40 +.20

$14.19

$13.89

Grain prices are effective cash close on April 15. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain AnglesCosts key to plan

developmentOn March 31 the U.S. Department of Agriculture

released their Prospective plantings report.The report revealed even more than anticipated soy-

bean acres will be planted (81.5 million soybean and91.7 corn acres). Going back to the USDA’s long-termprojections these numbers coin-cide with the general expectationof soybean acres increasing.

It seems like just a few shortweeks ago, I was working withproducers and their crop budgetsto try to find a positive marginfor the upcoming 2014 year. Pro-ducers were also concerned thegrain they had in storage was atrisk of the price falling further.

Knowing our costs is the key todeveloping a plan of action. Hav-ing a plan can help reduce stressand allows time to focus on othercrucial areas of the farm.

I talk extensively with my clients about takingadvantage of pricing opportunities when the marketincreases. In simple terms, this strategy is called“rewarding the rally.”Demand

The renewed demand for our crops is definitelygood news over the medium- to long-term for ourprices. However, experience tells us, even when thefundamentals of the market are in our favor, therestill may be extended periods that will move the mar-ket in the opposite direction.

In my opinion, we still need to have the mindset to“reward the rally,” especially with respect to new crop2014 corn. I have worked with some producers whoare starting to sell the 2015 corn crop in incrementalamounts. The incremental sales approach during

Grain OutlookCrop report mildly

friendly to cornThe following market analysis is for the week end-

ing April 11.CORN — The week was highlighted by the mid-

week release of the April crop report.The report was mildly friendly to the corn market with

2013-14 ending stocks down 125million bushels to 1.331 billionbushels. The pre-report estimatewas looking for 1.403 billionbushels. This came about solelyfrom an increase in exports from1.625 billion to 1.750 billion bushels.

In most traders’ opinion, no fur-ther upward revisions to exportswill be needed for the year.Argentina’s corn production was leftalone at 24.0 million metric tons,but Brazil’s jumped from 70.0 mmtlast month to 72.0 mmt this month.The world carryout at 158 mmt wasslightly higher than the 157.7 mmt estimate and slightlylower than last month’s 158.5 mmt figure.

Price action after the report was mixed as nearby cornrallied to $5.19 per bushel, the highest level for a lead con-tract since August 2013. The surge was short-lived andcorn closed lower for the day. May corn closed the week 31/4 cents lower at $4.98 1/2 and the December contract fell7 1/2 cents to $4.99 1/4 per bushel.

Weekly export sales were 26 million bushels. Using theupdated U.S. Department of Agriculture export forecastfor 1.75 billion bushels, we need 7 million bushels perweek of sales to achieve the new target. Weekly inspec-tions need to average 36 million bushels per week, whichis an aggressive target. Total corn export commitmentsamount to 94 percent of the refreshed USDA export pro-jection with 4 1/2 months left in the marketing year.

Historically, weekly corn sales average 6.1 million

Livestock AnglesMeat markets

running out of gasThe start of April has seen some changes in the

prices of both cattle and hogs. It appears that bothmarkets are beginning to run out of gas on the upside.

The hog market has seen a sharp turnaround aftersetting all-time highs in the first few days of April.There has been a major changein the basis as futures havemoved from a large premium to alarge discount in a short periodof time. The rapid run up in thepork cutout caused many buyersto retreat from chasing thehigher prices on the idea thatconsumers would begin to balkat the higher prices.

In fact the higher the porkcutout advanced the slower thepork movement became. As withany commodity, it is only worthwhat someone is willing to payfor it. In other words demand eventually trumps sup-ply. Undoubtedly, the loss of inventory to the porcineepidemic diarrhea virus will still keep supplies lessthan a year ago and at some point this will bringprices to a halt in the current slide in prices.

However the demand for pork has probably beendamaged to some degree because of the rapid priceincrease. It now appears that China is consideringrestricting the import of U.S. hogs because of thePEDv and this will also hurt demand especially ifother countries follow the Chinese lead.

All of these factors should concern producers tocontinue to monitor the market situation and protectinventories as warranted.

The cattle market is continuing to find resistanceat higher prices like the hogs. The beef cutoutappears to have doubled, topped above the $140 per

JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

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

PHYLLIS NYSTROMCHS Hedging Inc.

St. Paul

See NYSTROM, pg. 19 See TEALE, pg. 19 See WACHTLER, pg. 19

GLENN WACHTLERAgStar Assistant VPFinancial Services

Baldwin, Wis.

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NYSTROM, from pg. 18bushels per week until the end of theAugust. Conab raised their Braziliancorn production number slightly to 75.46mmt (USDA is 72.0 mmt). This increasesthe possibility of more competition forlate-summer corn export business.

Industry sources also reported thisweek that China has rejected 1.45 mmtof U.S. corn shipments since Novemberdue to non-approved genetically modi-fied organism corn. Ethanol productionwas down 26,000 barrels per day thisweek to 896,000 barrels per day. Stockswere up 500,000 barrels to 16.4 millionbarrels. This is the third week in a rowof increased inventory.

A technical glitch at the Chicago Mer-cantile Exchange early in the weekreminded us all how dependent we are onthe electronic trading system. The cornand wheat electronic markets were closedabout 20 minutes early due to the prob-lem; however, the soy complex was notaffected. The corn and wheat open outcrypits remained open to handle trades.

OUTLOOK:The world has plenty of cornand South American basis levels are declin-ing, making U.S. corn less competitive.

The May-July spread widened to a six-cent carry during the week as the Goldmanroll took place.The inability of the spread tonarrow also suggests the market doesn’tneed the corn in the delivery system.

Now that the USDA report is history,oldcrop corn may be expected to return to a$5.19 to $4.75 cent range. For new crop,the coming week should bring the firstcorn crop planting progress report fromthe USDA. The average corn plantingpace for mid-April is 5 percent.

Weather will take center stage as thedriver of new crop price direction. Itshould be noted, in three of the last fouryears, summer rallies in December cornhave ranged from $1.75 to $3 per bushel;but when we finally reach new crop mostexpect December corn to be trading sub-

$5 per bushel. However,when you go back to2004-07, the seasonal islower throughout the summer.

Which type of year will we see thisyear? Keep in mind that many believethe acreage total for the 20 principalcrops on the Prospective Plantingsreport may be underestimated by 2 mil-lion to 4 million acres. The May USDAreport on May 9 will give us our firstofficial glimpse at the 2014-15 balancesheets. A short-term range for Decem-ber corn is $4.75 to $5.17 per bushel.

Markets will be closed April 18 inobservance of Good Friday.

SOYBEANS — The April cropreport was neutral to slightly friendlyfor the soybean market with endingstocks cut 10 million bushels from 145million to 135 million bushels. Thiswas 4 million lower than the forecastfor 139 million bushels.

A variety of changes were made tothe soybean balance sheet to keep ourheads above water. Imports wereincreased 30 million to a record 65 mil-lion, crush was cut 5 million, exportsrose 50 million to 1.580 billion bushels,seed was 8 million higher on increasedacreage and residual use was reducedfrom 12 million to zero.

But is the export number highenough? We currently have 1.638 bil-lion bushels of total export commit-ments (after this week’s sales report).If 40 million bushels of export salesare carried over into next year, whichis typical, we are still above the new,updated 1.58 billion forecast.

Since 1990-91, the lowest bean saleshave averaged per week from herethrough the end of the marketing yearis 1.7 million bushels per week. Mak-ing that assumption, exports for theyear could range from 1.615 billion to1.63 billion bushels. This could makeanother 5 million bushel dent in our

ending stocks. The newstocks-to-use ratio at4.0 percent matches the

lowest ratio ever reported on anyUSDA monthly crop report. The USDAhas used nearly all their avenues tomake the balance “work.”

Prices jumped higher in post-reporttrading with May soybeans hitting$15.12 per bushel. In the sessions fol-lowing the report, increased talk ofChina defaulting on bean contractssent prices lower. For the week, Maysoybeans dropped 10 3/4 cents to$14.63 and November soybeans rallied6 1/4 cents to $12.14 3/4 per bushel.

The balance sheet situation has notimproved, stay tuned.

Brazil and Argentine bean produc-tion were neutral at 87.5 mmt and54.0 mmt respectively. China’s importswere left unchanged at 69 mmt in spiteof reported diversions, delays and can-cellations from South America.

World ending stocks were 69.4 mmtcompared to estimates for 70.1 mmtand 7.6 mmt on last month’s report.

Weekly soybean export sales were2.9 million bushels. We usually aver-age a minimum of 2 million bushels ofsales per week from here to the end ofthe marketing year. Until we seeweekly sales show negative numbers,the new 1.58 billion bushel export pro-jection may be too low. The reportshows that China has just 263,000 mt(approximately 9.7 million bushels) ofold crop U.S. beans left to ship. Mealsales continue strong at 179,600 mt forold crop and 80,100 mt for new crop.

News reports this week included astory that Chinese importers havedefaulted on at least 500,000 mt of U.S.

and Brazilian soybeans, the largestdefaults since 2004. Reportedly, threecompanies in eastern China defaulteddue to their inability to open letters ofcredit. Crush margins in China are run-ning a negative $80 to $100 per ton.

The first cargo of Brazilian soy-beans hit the U.S. Gulf this past week.Total bean imports through Februaryare approximately 20 million bushels.The new import projection of 65 mil-lion bushels would be an all-timerecord, surpassing last year’s record36 million bushels. Brazilian beanbasis levels were retreating to multi-year lows as the week concluded.

OUTLOOK: The reports of increasingdefaults and cancellations of SouthAmerican soybeans by China and of ameeting in China to discuss possiblebean defaults with Brazil lent pressureto prices in post-report trading.

Funds are long and so far have beenwilling to support that position. Ifmoney flow reverses, it will changethe complexion of the market andcould feed on itself. There is, however,a history for July beans to expire athigher levels than seen in mid-Aprilwhen April balance sheets are tight.November beans have had a summerrally of at least $1.75 per bushel ineach of the last seven years.

Attention will focus on plantingweather forecasts in coming weeks, butkeep an ear to what is occurring withChinese defaults. May soybeans’ short-term range is seen from $14.50/$14.25to $15.25/$15.35 per bushel.

This material has been prepared bya sales or trading employee or agent ofCHS Hedging Inc. and should be con-sidered a solicitation. ❖

MARKETING

TEALE, from pg. 18hundredweight level basis choice anddropped quickly from this area. Theboxed beef movement has continued todecline each time the cutout moveshigher suggesting strong retailer resist-ance to the higher prices. The packer hasbeen forced to pay higher live prices tocapture live inventory which has for themost part kept his margins in the red.

With demand slowing and invento-ries building in the cooler, the packer

has had to cut prices to move the boxedbeef inventories. With the pork cut outfalling and the price of chicken remain-ing fairly steady well below beef andpork per pound, the outlook for beefprices remaining high are diminishing.

Once again, demand is the key to thecattle as with all commodities, despitethe fact that live inventories are lessthan in previous years. Therefore, pro-ducers should remain cognizant ofmarket conditions and protect invento-ries as needed. ❖

Demand key to cattle

April crop report neutral to slightly friendly to soybeans

WACHTLER, from pg. 18these market rallies is one of thebasics of grain marketing and anacceptable strategy for the market weare currently experiencing.Weather

Weather markets can be more volatileand the opportunities presented can begained or lost quickly. Changes in theweather and markets beget us to thinkthrough well-defined tactical plans forthe short run. The recent weather con-cerns may be the best opportunity thatproducers with stored grain will realize.

Most farmers need to move this corn inthe next few months and there may notbe enough time to wait for opportunitiesthat are “down the road.” A shorter time

frame means producers may need to beresponsive with a larger portion ofgrain sales from their bins.

Just like the weather, the marketcan change its mind quickly andbeing prepared for that change is thebest tactic.

Wachtler is also a member of theAgStar Grain Industry Team. For moreinsights on issue impacting the grainmarkets, and insights on the industry, logon to AgStarEdge.com.AgStar FinancialServices is a cooperative owned by clientstockholders. As part of the Farm CreditSystem,AgStar has served 69 counties inMinnesota and northwest Wisconsinwith a wide range of financial productsand services for more than 95 years. ❖

Market changes mind quickly

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Due to the high cost ofinvestment in farm machinery,an ever-increasing number offarmers are hiring other farm-ers to provide some or all oftheir machinery resources fortheir farm operation.

This is especially true withnew and younger farmers, andwith children who decide tostart farming with their par-ents. Also, some land investorsare choosing to operate thefarm themselves ratherthan cash renting the landanother farmer. In that case, the landowner is gener-ally hiring a farmer to provide necessary tillage,planting and harvesting crop operations under acustom farming agreement.

Some farmers also hire specific farm operationsthrough a custom arrangement with another farmer,such as combining or hay baling. Many farmersnegotiate these types of custom rate and customfarming arrangements in the spring of the year.Custom rates increasing

As has been the trend in recent years, average2014 custom rates for farm work are likely to show asmall increase, compared to 2013 custom rates. Mostcustom rates for farm work in 2014 are listed at 4 to7 percent above the rates for similar operations in2013, with an average increase of about 5 percent.

Fuel costs have remained fairly stable; however,increasing cost for new and used machinery, alongwith rising repair and labor expenses, are also fac-tors in the higher custom rates.

These results are based on the annual “Iowa FarmCustom Rate Survey” that is coordinated and ana-lyzed by Iowa State University. The survey sampled195 custom operators, farm managers and ag lenderson what they expected 2014 custom farm rates to befor various farm operations.

The survey summary lists the average custom rateand the range for various tillage, planting, fertilizerand chemical application, grain harvesting, and for-age harvesting functions on the farm. The survey

also includes many miscellaneous farming practices,lists average machine rental rates for some equipment,and includes a formula for estimating average machin-ery rental rates. The survey also lists average customfarming rates for corn, soybeans and wheat. Over theyears, the average custom rates for farm operations insouthern and western Minnesota has been close to theaverage Iowa custom rates.2014 custom rates

Average 2014 farm custom rates for some typicaltillage, planting and harvesting practices, as well ascustom farming rates, are listed in the adjoiningtable. The complete 2014 “Iowa Farm Custom RateSurvey” for all farming practices is available online atwww.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a3-10.pdf.

All listed custom rates in the Iowa survey resultsinclude fuel, labor, repairs, depreciation, insuranceand interest, unless listed as rental rates or other-wise specified. The average price for diesel fuel wasassumed to be $3.25 per gallon. A fuel price increaseof $0.50 per gallon would cause most custom rates to

increase by approximately 5 percent.These average rates are only meant to be a guide for

custom rates, as actual custom rates charged may varydepending on continued increase in fuel costs, availabil-ity of custom operators, timeliness, field size, etc.Custom farming agreements

An alternative to leasing farmland is a “Custom FarmingAgreement.” In a typical Custom Farming Agreement, thecustom operator agrees to perform all the machine opera-tions on the owner’s land in exchange for a set fee or rate.

Note:Turn to Page 23 for the average custom farming ratesfor 2014 listed in the 2014 Custom Rate Survey Table.)

The landowner pays for all seed, fertilizer, chemi-cals, crop insurance and other input costs; receivesall the grain produced, as well as all eligible farmprogram payments on the land; and is responsible tostore and market the grain.

One obvious advantage to the custom operator isthat a Custom Farming Agreement provides someextra farm income, with little or no additional oper-ating capital or farm machinery investment. Fuel,lubrication and repairs are usually the only addedcosts. In addition, custom farming offers a fixedreturn per acre to the custom operator, and althoughthere is some possibility of higher repair bills, this isminor compared with the price and yield risks typi-cally faced by a farmer in a normal cash rental con-tract.

Of course, in a good year, profits from a CustomFarming Agreement will be lower than under mostcash rental leases; however, in this era of muchhigher land rental rates there is much more risk tothe farmer with a cash lease, as compared to a cus-tom agreement with a landowner.

Landowners also find several advantages to a Cus-tom Farming Agreement. Landowners with smallacreages can make most of the crop production andgrain marketing decisions without the investmentinto a full-line of farm machinery. The landownerdoes not have to negotiate land rental rates, orworry about collecting lease payments, since theowner receives all of the crop proceeds. Thelandowner does have to pay the farmer an agreedupon per acre fee for the custom farming services byspecified dates.

The landowner is considered to be the materialparticipant for income tax purposes, and thelandowner is typically entitled to all governmentfarm program payments, crop insurance indemnitypayments, etc.Key issues with custom farming agreements

Although the concept of a Custom Farming Agree-ment is simple, close communication between thecustom operator and the landowner is essential. Awritten contract for the Custom Farming Agreementshould definitely be prepared that specifies theamount of payment by the landowner to the customoperator, and all other pertinent details.

Following are some points to consider for CustomFarming Agreement.

• The Custom Farming Agreement should specifythe payment amount per acre that the landowner

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will pay the custom opera-tor, and should list the pay-ment dates.

• There needs to be an accurate counton the number of acres that will beunder the Custom Farming Agreementfor payment purposes, and so that thefarmer can accurately plan tillage,planting and harvesting schedules.

• The normal field practices to beincluded under the Custom FarmingAgreement should be listed (tillage,planting, weed control, harvesting,etc.). Typically, these agreed upon prac-tices are part of the per acre customfarming payment for the year that isnegotiated between the custom opera-tor and the landowner.

• Additional tillage trips or replant-ing due to weather conditions, or addedspraying applications of pesticides tocontrol weeds, insects or diseases,which are provided by the custom oper-ator, are usually charged to thelandowner at a custom rate per acrethat is over and above the base customfarming rate.

• Timing of planting and harvestingoperations should be discussed andnegotiated between the custom opera-tor and the landowner prior to thegrowing season. This can become a ten-uous issue, especially in years withchallenging weather conditions.

• The custom operator may be askedfor advice by the landowner regarding

the seed cornhybrid or soybeanvariety to plant, fer-

tilizer rates, chemical applications, lev-els of crop insurance coverage or grainmarketing decisions. However, the finaldecisions on these items lie with thelandowner, and the custom operatorneeds to be careful not to take respon-sibility for the final authority on thosedecisions.

• Typically, the harvested grain of thelandowner is delivered by the customoperator to a farm storage facilityowned or rented by the landowner, orto an agreed upon area grain elevator,as part of the Custom Farming Agree-ment.

Any grain deliveries beyond the localarea usually result in the landownerpaying an extra custom rate charge forgrain hauling. Also, if the landowneruses the custom operator’s grain dryingand handling facilities, there is typi-cally an added charge for these serv-ices.

For more details on Custom FarmingAgreements and other farm machineryinformation, refer to the Iowa State Uni-versity “Ag Decision Maker” website atwww.extension.iastate.edu/agdm.

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Final authority on decisionsremains with the landowner Following are the average custom rates for

some common farming practices for 2014,based on the “Iowa Farm Custom RateSurvey.”Custom farming rates(Includes tillage, planting and harvestingcosts)• Corn: $136.10 per acre (Range: $95-$175)• Soybeans: $121/acre (Range: $80-$165)• Small grain: $91.25/acre (Range: $80-$100)Tillage• Moldboard plow: $17.15/acre• Chisel plow: $16.15/acre• V-ripper (deep tillage): $20.40/acre• Field cultivator: $13.80/acre• Tandem disk: $14.20/acre• Row cultivator: $14.20/acre• Chopping cornstalks: $11.55/acrePlanting and spraying• Planter with attachments: $19.25/acre• Planter without attachments: $17.85/acre• No-till planter: $19.35/acre• Soybean drill: $16.40/acre• Grain drill: $15.30/acre• Crop spraying (broadcast): $7.55/acreHarvesting grain• Corn combine: $34.15/acre ($40.05 withchopper head)

($47.65/acre with grain cart and truck)• Soybean combine: $34.15/acre

($45.20/acre with grain cart and truck)• Small grain combine: $29.75/acre• Corn grain cart (in field): $6.95/acre• Soybean grain cart (in field): $5.75/acre• Hauling grain (5 miles or less): $0.11 perbushel• Hauling grain (5 to 25 miles): $0.175/bu.• Grain auger use (on farm): $0.07/bu.Harvesting forages• Windrowing hay: $12.90/acre• Hay baling (small square bales): $0.65 per bale• Hay baling (large square bales): $10.50/bale• Hay baling (large round bales): $11.05/bale

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CIH 600 Quad, '14, 105 hrs ..........................................$401,915 CIH 600 Quad, '14, 115 hrs ..........................................$401,915 CIH 600 Quad, '14, 240 hrs ..........................................$400,835 CIH 600 Quad, '13, 240 hrs ..........................................$387,750 CIH 600 Quad, '13, 380 hrs ..........................................$375,000 CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1135 hrs ........................................$335,000 CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1350 hrs ........................................$332,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 630 hrs ..........................................$353,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 820 hrs ..........................................$353,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 925 hrs ..........................................$299,500 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 930 hrs ..........................................$339,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1270 hrs ........................................$338,500 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 245 hrs ..........................................$367,900 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 250 hrs ..........................................$365,670 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 300 hrs ..........................................$365,125 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 340 hrs ..........................................$365,125 CIH 550 Quad, '13, 240 hrs ..........................................$318,175 CIH 550 Quad, '11, 625 hrs ..........................................$334,900 CIH 550 Quad, '13, 290 hrs ..........................................$355,530 CIH 550 Quad, '11, 1000 hrs ........................................$315,000 CIH 535 Quad, '09, 2215 hrs ........................................$271,500 CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1785 hrs ........................................$265,000 CIH 535 Quad, '07, 1795 hrs ........................................$271,500 CIH 500 Quad, '13, 130 hrs ..........................................$344,080 CIH 500 Quad, '13, 175 hrs ..........................................$342,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '13, 210 hrs ........................................$306,575 CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1070 hrs ........................................$300,000 CIH STX500Q, '05, 3670 hrs ........................................$199,500 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 1155 hrs ........................................$275,000 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 1415 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 910 hrs ..........................................$269,500 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 2100 hrs ........................................$256,500 CIH 485 Steiger, '10, 1600 hrs ......................................$226,500 CIH 485 Quad, '08, 1950 hrs ........................................$270,000 CIH STX480, '06, 3085 hrs............................................$182,500 CIH 450 RowTrac, '13, 360 hrs ....................................$365,000 CIH 450 Steiger, '13, 95 hrs ..........................................$260,650 CIH STX450Q, '02, 4935 hrs ........................................$164,500 CIH STX440Q, '01, 4150 hrs ........................................$144,500 CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 895 hrs ........................................$235,000 CIH 435 Steiger, '09, 1780 hrs ......................................$199,500 CIH 380 Steiger, '07, 2280 hrs ......................................$180,000 CIH 350HD Steiger, '12, 1090 hrs ................................$210,000 CIH 335 Steiger, '09, 2695 hrs ......................................$166,500 CIH 9390, '97, 8000 hrs ..................................................$74,500 CIH 9370, '00, 6705 hrs ..................................................$82,000 CIH 9350, '96, 5400 hrs ..................................................$63,900 CIH 9330, '96, 6970 hrs ..................................................$66,000 CIH 9270, '92, 6415 hrs ..................................................$64,000 CIH 9270, '91, 7130 hrs ..................................................$55,000 IH 4586, '97, 2060 hrs ......................................................$6,500 Cat 75, '92, 7290 hrs ......................................................$49,000 Challenger MT855B, '07, 4420 hrs ................................$210,000 Ford 946, '89m 7595 hrs ................................................$29,900 JD 9930, '09, 1740 hrs..................................................$230,000 JD 96560, '12, 320 hrs..................................................$320,000 JD 9620T, '06, 3485 hrs ................................................$169,500 JD 9620, 04, 3680 hrs ..................................................$165,900 JD 9620, '04, 3835 hrs..................................................$167,900 JD 9530, '10, 810 hrs....................................................$249,500 JD 9460RT, '12, 1010 hrs..............................................$292,000 JD 9400T, '01, 4560 hrs ................................................$119,500 JD 9400, '97, 7125 hrs....................................................$79,500 JD 8450, '84, 6460 hrs....................................................$29,500 NH 9682, '98, 6545 hrs ..................................................$74,500 NH 9682, '96, 4965 hrs ..................................................$69,900 NH 9680, '95, 5970 hrs ..................................................$53,500 NH T9.505, '11, 215 hrs ................................................$205,500 NH 9020, '10, 580 hrs ..................................................$159,500

CIH 340 Mag, '13, 560 hrs ............................................$234,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 865 hrs ............................................$235,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 935 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 950 hrs ............................................$225,000

CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1665 hrs ..........................................$198,500 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1780 hrs ..........................................$199,000 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1920 hrs ..........................................$197,500 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2125 hrs ..........................................$196,500 CIH 335 Mag, '11, 835 hrs ............................................$209,900 CIH 335 Mag, '11, 900 hrs ............................................$192,500 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 3600 hrs ..........................................$144,900 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 2645 hrs ..........................................$144,900 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 185 hrs ............................................$226,300 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 200 hrs ............................................$234,500 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 460 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 815 hrs ............................................$210,000 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 935 hrs ............................................$210,000 CIH 315 Mag, '12, 1560 hrs ..........................................$190,000 CIH 315 Mag, '11, 1430 hrs ..........................................$172,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3655 hrs ..........................................$145,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3695 hrs ..........................................$145,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1795 hrs ..........................................$172,500 CIH 305 Mag, '07, 2250 hrs ..........................................$159,500 CIH 290 Mag, '13, 235 hrs ............................................$197,000 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 1730 hrs ..........................................$169,500 CIH MX285, '04, 4955 hrs ............................................$106,000 CIH MX285, '04, 7300 hrs ..............................................$87,500 CIH MX270, '99, 4625 hrs ..............................................$74,900 CIH MX270, '99, 5920 hrs ..............................................$75,900 CIH MX255, '05, 3400 hrs ............................................$106,000 CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3510 hrs ..........................................$119,500 CIH MX240, '01, 7290 hrs ..............................................$68,500 CIH MX240, '00, 9140 hrs ..............................................$67,500 CIH 235 Mag, '11, 560 hrs ............................................$155,000 CIH 235 Mag, '11, 680 hrs ............................................$174,500 CIH 225 Mag, '13, 145 hrs ............................................$171,825 CIH MX220, '00, 2995 hrs ..............................................$69,900 CIH MX200, '01, 4420 hrs ..............................................$77,500 CIH MX200, '01, 6000 hrs ..............................................$75,000 CIH MX200, '99, 8900 hrs ..............................................$69,500 CIH 190 Mag, '09, 3660 hrs ..........................................$109,500

CIH 180 Mag, '13, 1930 hrs ..........................................$117,500 CIH 180 Mag, '12, 125 hrs ............................................$153,875 CIH MX170, '98, 10,295 hrs............................................$44,500 CIH 200 Puma, '11, 435 hrs ..........................................$141,500 CIH 140 Maxxum MC, '12, 550 hrs ................................$82,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, '13, 282 hrs........................................$79,000 CIH 125 Maxxum, '11, 1160 hrs......................................$89,000 CIH 125 Value, '07, 5000 hrs ..........................................$49,900 CIH 115 Maxxum MC, '13, 85 hrs ..................................$75,500 CHI MX100, '00, 7600 hrs ..............................................$29,900 CIH 8920, '98, 6250 hrs ..................................................$68,500 CIH 7220, '96, 2895 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 7220, '94, 6145 hrs ..................................................$69,500 CIH 7120, '92, 5740 hrs ..................................................$57,500 CIH 7120, '91, 6580 hrs ..................................................$52,750 CIH 3220, '96, 6425 hrs ..................................................$12,900

Agco RT120A, '07, 2400 hrs ..........................................$66,900 JD 8760, '90, 6545 hrs....................................................$49,500 JD 8310R, '12, 475 hrs ................................................$249,900 JD 8260R, '13, 255 hrs ................................................$189,900 JD 2520, '08, 450 hrs......................................................$17,800 Massey 5460, '04, 2765 hrs ............................................$34,900 NH T9020, '10, 560 hrs ................................................$171,000 NH T8040, '10, 1110 hrs ..............................................$169,500 NH T8010, '08, 2010 hrs ..............................................$119,500 NH 8.360, '11, 2050 hrs ................................................$180,000 NH T5.115, '13, 20 hrs ....................................................$64,900 NH TS6.140, '13, 105 hrs................................................$72,500

CIH 75A, '13, 15 hrs ........................................................$20,250 CIH CX90, '00, 10,700 hrs ..............................................$15,000 CIH 5140, '91, 5840 hrs ..................................................$25,000 CIH 5130, '91, 14,065 hrs ..............................................$17,000 CIH 5130, '90, 6015 hrs ..................................................$19,900 CIH 5130, '90, 9140 hrs ..................................................$22,500 Case 4230, '95, 2630 hrs ................................................$24,900 Case 1570, '77, 590 hrs ....................................................$7,900 IH 5088, '82, 4765 hrs ....................................................$25,000 IH 3488, 11,000 hrs ........................................................$29,500 IH 966, '75, 7530 hrs ......................................................$12,500 IH 806, '66, 8200 hrs ........................................................$4,900 IH 584, 1630 hrs................................................................$6,500 IH 574................................................................................$6,500 IH A, '41 ............................................................................$4,250 IH M, '40............................................................................$1,800 AC 6080, '84, 6300 hrs....................................................$16,500 JD 7600, '94, 8000 hrs....................................................$46,900 JD 2630B, '75, 5840 hrs....................................................$8,900 JD 2155, '88, 4795 hrs....................................................$14,900 Kubota MX5000SU, '06, 155 hrs ....................................$13,900 Massey 65, '58 ..................................................................$3,850

Bobcat CT440, '13, 100 hrs ............................................$23,500 Cub Cadet 6284, '07, 245 hrs............................................$8,875 Cub Cadet 5252, '07, 410 hrs............................................$5,000 JD 4610, '04, 4720 hrs....................................................$14,900 JD 4320, '04, 1100 hrs....................................................$22,900 JD 4310, '04, 1345 hrs....................................................$15,900 JD 3203, 795 hrs ..............................................................$9,850 JD 2305, 495 hrs ..............................................................$8,975 JD 855, '95, 1275 hrs......................................................$14,900 Kubota B750HSD, '02, 1310 hrs........................................$8,900 Kubota B7300HSD, 1265 hrs ............................................$6,500 Kubota B3200HSD, '13, 60 hrs........................................$16,900 Kubota B3000HSDC, '11, 25 hrs ....................................$32,500 Kubota B2710, '04, 755 hrs ............................................$13,950 Kubota B2620, '12, 45 hrs ..............................................$17,500 Kubota B1700HST, '98, 1170 hrs ......................................$9,900 Kubota BX23, '03, 525 hrs ..............................................$13,800 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1985 hrs ..........................................$7,750 Kubota BX1800, '00, 1510 hrs ..........................................$6,600 Kubota L3130HST, '04, 3485 hrs ....................................$10,800 Kubota L245DT, '80, 555 hrs ............................................$6,900 NH TC29D, '10, 650 hrs ..................................................$13,500 NH TC25D, '00, 500 hrs ....................................................$9,900 Artic Cat 700EFI, '11, 1120 hrs........................................$16,500 Cub Cadet 4x4 Trail, '06, 610 hrs ......................................$6,900 JD 620I, '10, 395 hrs ........................................................$8,500 Kawasaki 650, '06, 600 hrs ..............................................$4,500 Kubota RTV1100CWXH, '12, 105 hrs ..............................$17,900 Kubota RTV1100CW, '09, 340 hrs ..................................$17,800 Kubota RTV1100, '08, 1590 hrs ......................................$11,250 Kubota RTV1100, '07, 850 hrs ........................................$14,250 Kubota RTV900, '05, 500 hrs ..........................................$10,900 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 840 hrs ........................................$8,200 Polaris 500HO, '00, 2340 hrs ............................................$4,995

CIH 4430, '14, 120 hrs ..................................................$310,000 CIH SPX3200B, '01, 3825 hrs ........................................$79,000 CIH 3200B, '01, 2270 hrs ................................................$97,500 Ag Chem 1074SS, '07, 2200 hrs ..................................$136,000 Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '99, 4300 hrs ..............................$69,900 Hagie STS12, '12, 550 hrs ............................................$259,000 Miller 4365, '10, 820 hrs ..............................................$259,000 Miller 4365, '09, 2050 hrs ............................................$199,500 Miller 2200T, '05, 2050 hrs ............................................$99,900 Rogator 884, '09, 2415 hrs ..........................................$149,500 Rogator 854, '96, 7690 hrs ............................................$39,900 Spray Coupe 220 ............................................................$10,500 Tyler Patriot XL, '96, 3025 hrs ........................................$36,500

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Meet the 2014 “From the Fields”farmers. The Land will be followingthe Thronsons, Wiltses, Hoffmans andHagens through this year’s growingseason, and we hope you will, too.They were interviewed in mid- to late-March for this “meet-and-greet” firstinstallment.The ThronsonsGary, Minn.

Jared Thronsondidn’t grow up farm-ing; now he can’timagine doing any-thing else.

Thronson’s grand-father farmed so hewas always exposed to the hard-work-ing lifestyle, but it wasn’t until hegraduated with a two-year degree andbegan a career as an electrician didhe feel the farm’s siren song callinghim.

His grandfather farmed eight milesnortheast of Gary and had rented outhis acres after retirement. WhenThronson expressed interest in want-ing to begin farming, his grandfatherwas supportive in his ambitions andbegan renting out hisacres and machinery toThronson.

Since 2008 he hasbeen farming all of hisgrandfather’s acreslocated in both Normanand Mahnomen coun-ties. This spring willmark his seventh yearof farming, and he’slooking forward to asuccessful growing sea-son.

With “corn prices notas good,” Thronson willbe adding wheat to the planting rota-tion this year, along with the corn andsoybeans. The 2013 growing seasonhad its challenges but for Thronson itwent “real well except the corn would-n’t dry down.” His corn ranged from20 to 30 percent moisture, and itended up being a late harvest as he“finished up a week before Thanksgiv-ing.”

He’s grateful that he finished at alllast fall — there are still numerousfarmers in the area trying to harvest

last year’s corn. Thronson was able toget his corn crop planted last year ontime but “soybean planting went later.”

Ideally Thronson would have corn inthe ground by the beginning of May.His planting completion target forbeans is May 10. With wheat Thronsonhopes to get the seed in the ground

“the earlier the better,like corn.” Early plant-ing may not be on theagenda this year, how-ever, as “we still havequite a lot of snow.”

When the melting inthe fields does start,the “water usuallymoves out prettyquick.” While he is for-tunate that he doesn’tusually endure over-land flooding issues inhis fields, it may be alack of moisture in theground that is going to

be a concern this year. It was a “drysummer last year,” Thronson said. “Ithink we’re still dry.”

Rain, drought, wind, hail — farmershave faced it all in working to put asuccessful crop in the bin. For Thron-son the fact that farming, and morespecifically the land he farms, hasbeen in the family makes him moti-vated to “try to keep it going.” Younever know what you’re going to faceeach day out in the field, he said. “It’salways something different.”

As he carries on his grandfather’slegacy, Thronson wouldn’t want it anyother way.

The WiltsesHerman, Minn.

Dennis Wilts loveswhat he does.

Turning the soil,readying the field,planting and finallyharvesting the cropis what this third-generation farmer has done every yearsince 1972. For Wilts, farming startedas family business and has remainedso throughout his farmer career.

Wilts farms outside the town of Her-man in the northwest corner ofStevens County. For 42 years Wilts hasgrown corn, soybeans and wheat. In1996 sugar beets were added into therotation. His brothers Duane and Dou-glas, son Bryan, and Duane’s son-in-law Cory Thennus are all part of thefarming operation.

Married since 1972 to his wife,Marcy, in addition to their son, theyhave a daughter, Jennifer, and son-in-law who live in Carver. Wilts is theproud grandpa to six grandchildrenranging in age from 5 to 13.

In reflecting on how last year wenton the farm, Wilts admits that “itturned out better than we thought itwould.” From hail to lack of moistureWilts’ fields saw it all. Last year’s lackof moisture coupled with the fact that

they “haven’t had a whole lot of snowthis year” has Wilts concerned. “Unlesswe get some we’ll be short moisture,”he said. “We need some timely rains.”

The frost is down to eight feet, so it’sgoing to take a while to get the groundwarmed up. Wilts is hopeful he can bein the field between April 15 and 20.Last year’s late spring made for aplanting starting date of May 5, whichWilts remembers as being cold andwet.

Wilts is planning for “pretty muchthe same rotation as last year.” He willbe “using some different chemicals tokeep our Roundup-ready weeds undercontrol.”

Looking ahead for the year, Wilts hasfarming on the brain but still enjoysspending time down in Arizona whenhe can get away. With the long and dif-ficult winter they’ve experienced thisyear, Wilts is thankful to get a respitefrom it, enjoy the Arizona sun, andspend time with the grandchildrenwho visit him and his wife while in thedesert.

But even the warm Arizona climatecan’t keep Wilts away from the fieldsthat he’s known since childhood. Farm-ing is in his blood, and he enjoys thefact that it allows you to “be your ownboss and do what you want to do.”

The HoffmansNew Ulm, Minn.

Dairy farming isingrained in Don Hoff-man’s DNA. “Born andraised on the dairyfarm,” he said. “It’swhat I know best.”

Hoffman graduatedhigh school in 1982and has been farming outside of NewUlm ever since. In fact, he “never con-sidered anything else.”

For Hoffman and his wife, Diane, thefarm and dairy operation is a familyaffair, including son Brad doing cus-tom silage chopping work and hisother son Scott (along with daughter-in-law Kendra) raising the calves.

The last few years have been toughon dairy producers, but it seems atleast for the moment “the milk priceshave improved,” Hoffman said. “We’repretty excited about that.”

From the Fields: Itching to get crops in the ground

Look for the next From the Fields in your May 2 issue of THE LAND

(Jared Thronsonis) grateful thathe finished atall last fall —there are stillnumerousfarmers in thearea trying toharvest lastyear’s corn.

Jared Thronson

See FIELDS, pg. 29

The Thronsons ❖ Gary, Minn ❖ Norman-Mahnomen Counties

The Wiltses ❖ Herman, Minn ❖ Stevens County

The Hoffmans ❖ New Ulm, Minn ❖ Brown County

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FIELDS, from pg. 26Last year there was a bright spot in dairy produc-

tion on the Hoffman farm, as their milk productionwas up. With the cold weather they’ve endured thiswinter, Hoffman is more than ready for spring. Thecows were comfortable in their free-style barn butthe temperatures got so cold that manure equipmentwouldn’t function, which meant doing everything byhand.

Hoffman was quick to point out, though, that “thecows come first, people come second.” At the Hoffmandairy “cows have a good life.”

As Hoffman looks to this spring he will be plantingcorn, alfalfa and soybeans but does have concernsabout the moisture levels in the fields. It was “verydry last year,” he said. Currently “most of the fieldsare cleared off (of snow).” But with a reported frostdown to five feet, it could be a while until the fieldsare ready. He hopes to plant by the last week ofApril. If not, “anything after May 1 I wouldn’t con-sider good.”

Hoffman knows that in farming and dairy produc-tion nothing is ever routine or quiet. Hoffman islooking forward to a quiet summer on the social frontas last summer the family was busy with the wed-ding of his son Scott on Hoffman’s father’s farm. Itwas “a fair amount of work but it all went well.”

That along with a “major Hoffman reunion” madelast summer an exciting one. Hoffman looks forwardto enjoying another summer of the farm life heknows and loves, but also hopes to spend some of hislimited down time by wetting a line in one of hisfavorite fishing holes.

The HagensLake Mills, Iowa

On land six miles east of LakeMills sits the farm of Jim Hagen, asecond-generation farmer who’sbeen “planting corn since I was 14years old.”

Hagen attended Iowa State Uni-versity in 1980 for one year butknew in his heart that the farm was where hewanted to be and decided to take the plunge intofarming for a living. Since 1981 he has been farmingfull time with his father, Gordon.

When you like something, why change? Hagen saidhe has “lived within five miles of here my whole life.”Some changes, however, are worth making as evi-denced by the big change that took place for Hagenearlier this year: getting married to his wife, Christy.

Hagen has three children: Stacy, who works at theUniversity of California at Davis, and sons Andrewand Eric who are both in the Navy. He also has twostepchildren, Zack and Jennifer Pope. Zach is anengineer at Jet Trailer in Humboldt, Iowa, and Jen-nifer is a student at ISU majoring in biology.

As Hagen reflects backon the 2013 growing sea-son and harvest, it was achallenge in many ways.He knows that he wasfortunate to just get hiscrop in the ground,which wasn’t the case forso many producers in thearea. He was able to

plant “90 percent of corn before the snow on May 2.”He planted soybeans on May 5.

Last year was filled with “lots of short windows,”Hagen said. He felt he needed to take advantage ofevery day that the weather cooperated. Last yearprovided plenty of moisture for the fields, and in theend the crop was “better than expected. ... It was aneasy fall.” No early frost last year allowed Hagen toget the crop off when the conditions were right. Hecredits his crops doing as well as they did to havingproper drainage tiling — “that’s why we got every-thing planted last year.”

For the 2014 season Hagen is looking at plantinga 50/50 corn-soybean rotation. If Mother Naturedecides to dust some May snow on his fields againthis year, Hagen won’t be discouraged. He said thatthe “best corn I’ve ever had was stuff that had beensnowed on.”

Whatever spring has in store, it will be exciting toget to the field and put seed in the ground. Growinga crop is “like a new birth every year.” For Hagenthat new birth creates a sense of accomplishmentfor a job well done; a job he takes great pride in yearafter year. ❖

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This column was written for the mar-keting week ending April 11.

The hemorrhaging may becoming to an end at theChicago MercantileExchange.

Cash Cheddar cheeseblocks dipped to $2.1650Thursday, then inched up ahalf-cent Friday, to close at$2.17 per pound, down 18cents on the week, down26.25 cents from its recentrecord high, but still 33.25cents above a year ago.

The barrels closed at $2.08, up a half-cent Friday, but down 14.5 cents on theweek, 29.75 cents below its recentpeak, and 32.5 cents above a year ago.Eleven cars of block and three of barreltraded hands on the week. The laggingNational Dairy Products Sales Report-surveyed U.S. average block price hit$2.3983/lb., up 5.4 cents and the bar-rels averaged $2.3583, up 3.7 cents.

Some large cheese manufacturersreport that production is mostly steadyto slightly lower from the last twoweeks according to the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture’s Dairy Market News.Some inquiries for surplus milk arebeing made, offering up to $1.60 aboveclass, but sellers are hard to find. Espe-cially in central to northern regions ofWisconsin, there are still occasionalpatches of snow lingering in manyfields. With hay still considered highpriced and feed quality lagging, milkproduction is not yet as robust as mightbe expected. Cheese price weaknesscontinues to be a topic of great interest.

Butter held all week at $1.97/lb., 23cents above a year ago. No butter wassold at the CME all week. The NDPSRbutter averaged $1.9697, up 7.2 cents.

The DMN reported that Midwest but-ter prices are mostly steady on a rela-tively quiet week. However, many inter-national prices are trending lower,slowing export orders. The market toneis steady. Some manufacturers are shift-ing production toward larger volumes of82 percent after completion of last-

minute 80 percent holiday orders. A fewbutter churn operators reduced churn

rates as they sold somecream supplies at premiums.Overall production is steadyto lower. Domestic demandis steady, but print sales arebacking off. Inventories aremostly light, but areexpected to grow upon enter-ing the seasonal rebuildingperiod.

Cash Grade A nonfat drymilk plunged 11 centsWednesday but rallied some

and closed Friday at $1.9075, down 9cents on the week. NDPSR powderaveraged $2.0524, down 2.1 cents, anddry whey averaged 67.1 cents, up 0.4cent.

Jerry Dryer, editor of Dairy and FoodMarket Analyst, called it “a classiccheese market. It overreacts, going ineither direction.” Speaking in Friday’sDairyLine, Dryer said “it was probablytoo high, too long and now we’re facing acorrection.” He added that a “swift cor-rection like this rather than Chinesewater torture, a quarter-cent per day fortwo months, makes for a better market,”and he predicts a cheese market floorabove $2/lb. Ditto on butter and nonfatdry milk, according to Dryer, and hebelieves there’s still strength in thewhey price so “the sky is not falling.”

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Switching to Wednesday’s World Agri-cultural Supply and Demand Esti-mates report, Dryer said the entirereport caught his attention because ofthe significant upward price adjust-ments. “They now expect the cheeseprice to average about $2/lb.,” Dryersaid, “twelve cents more than theywere forecasting just a month ago.”Their butter forecast was raised by 15cents, to $1.80/lb. for the year, he said,but they held their nonfat dry milkforecast at $1.85, and bumped up theirwhey forecast to 63 cents “So that givesus an all-milk price around $23 perhundredweight,” he said.

Cheese prices continue to fall, but the sky hasn’t yet

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MIELKE, from pg. 30The good news this week was exports.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council reportedthat U.S. February export volumes werethe highest in six months (on a daily-average basis), led by strong sales ofcheese, whey proteins and butterfat. U.S.suppliers shipped 160,510 tons (353.9million pounds) of milk powders, cheese,butterfat, whey and lactose in February,up 19 percent from last year. Total valueof all exports was $585.2 million, up 37percent from a year ago. On a daily-aver-age basis, this is the highest figure ever.

February cheese exports totaled 31,264tons (68.9 million pounds), up 44 percentfrom a year ago and the most ever on adaily-average basis. Shipments to Mex-ico were up 46 percent while Japan wasup 58 percent, and South Korea, up 43percent, posted large gains. Exports toSaudi Arabia nearly tripled.

Total whey exports topped 86 millionpounds in February, the most in sixmonths. Export volumes were 18 percentmore than January (daily average) and11 percent more than a year ago. Exportsof dry whey, whey protein concentrateand whey protein isolate were all aboveprior-year and prior-month levels. Chinaremains the major customer for U.S.whey products, with February purchasesup 47 percent from a year earlier.

U.S. exporters also continue toexpand shipments of butterfat, up 102percent from last February, whole milkpowder, up 191 percent, and milk pro-tein concentrate, up 58 percent. In thelast eight months, butterfat exportsaveraged 21.4 million pounds permonth, with the majority going to theMiddle East/North Africa region. Majorcustomers for WMP are Algeria, Chinaand Vietnam. Top buyers for MPC areNew Zealand and Morocco.

Exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milkpowder have slowed considerably fromthe volumes shipped from April toOctober last year. During that seven-month stretch, U.S. exports averaged113 million pounds per month. In Feb-ruary, exports were just 79.7 millionpounds.

As a result, NDM/SMP exports in Jan-uary represented only 45 percent of U.S.powder production for the month, leadingto a hefty build-up of inventory. In thefirst two months of the year, NDM/SMPshipments to Southeast Asia were up 38percent from the prior year, but sales toMexico were down 22 percent. Detailsare posted at www.usdec.org.

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accepted 17 requests for export assis-tance this week to sell 4.56 millionpounds of cheese and 2.48 millionpounds of 82 percent butter to cus-tomers in Asia, Central America andthe Middle East. The product will bedelivered through August and raisedthe CWT’s 2014 cheese exports to 40.79million pounds plus 31.9 million poundsof butter and 3.37 million pounds ofwhole milk powder to 27 countries.

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The USDA, in its latest World Agricul-tural Supply and Demand Estimatereport issued this week, raised its 2014milk production forecast from lastmonth as strong returns are expected toencourage a more rapid expansion incow numbers and increased milk percow. Look for 2014 output to hit 206.1billion pounds, up 400 million poundsfrom last month’s estimate, and com-pares to 201.2 billion pounds in 2013and 200.5 billion in 2012.

Fat-basis exports were raised onhigher sales of cheese and butter, but theskim-solids export forecast was loweredon weaker-than-expected nonfat drymilk sales. Skim-solid imports werereduced slightly due to lower imports ofmilk protein concentrate and casein.

Product price forecasts for cheese,butter and whey are higher, supportedby strong demand and price strength todate. However, the NDM price wasunchanged at the midpoint as exportdemand is weaker than expected.

Class III and IV prices were raised onhigher product prices. The 2014 Class IIIis expected to average around$20.65/cwt., up from the $19.25 pro-jected a month ago, and compares to$17.99 in 2013 and $17.44 in 2012. Lookfor the Class IV to average $21.35, upfrom last month’s $20.70, and comparesto $19.05 in 2013 and $16.01 in 2012.

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The California Department of Foodand Agriculture announced their MayClass I milk price this week at a recordhigh $25.88/cwt. for the north and arecord $26.15 for the south. Both are up$1 from April, after slipping 50 centsfrom March, and are $6.49 above May2013. That pulls the 2014 Class I aver-age for the north to $24.42/cwt., up from$19.66 at this time a year ago, $18.03 in2012, and $19.03 in 2011. The southernaverage now stands at $24.69, up from$19.93 a year ago, $18.30 in 2012, and$19.30 in 2011. The federal order Class Ibase price is announced by the USDAon April 23.

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Wisconsin was/is still the “big cheese”when it comes to manufacturing the tastytreat but total cheese output was down inAmerica’s Dairyland in February,accordingto the USDA’s latest Dairy Products report.

February output,at 214.96 million pounds,was down 5.1 million pounds or 2.3 percentfrom February 2013 and down 27.5 millionpounds or 11.4 percent from January 2014.

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MIELKE, from pg. 31California output, at 185.6 million pounds (just 29.4

million pounds below Wisconsin) was up 10.5 millionpounds or 6 percent from a year ago but down 19.3million or 9.4 percent from January.

The third largest total cheese producer in February wasIdaho, at 61.3 million pounds, followed by New Mexico at58.7 million, New York at 54.7 million, Minnesota at 51.5million and Pennsylvania at 31.2 million pounds.

■One of the driving forces motivating California

dairy producers to consider forming a Federal MilkMarketing Order in the state is the discrepancybetween California’s Class 4b cheese milk prices andthe comparable federal order Class III manufactur-ing grade milk price. The March 4b was announcedat a record high $22.16/cwt., however, was it $1.17below the federal order Class III price. The price gapis a consistent monthly occurrence.

The gap started 2014 at just 84 cents below the federalorder Class III price, then jumped to $2.21 in February,and that despite the temporary price increases mandatedby the California Department of Food and Agriculture,which expire in July. Last year the January 2013 4b pricewas $2.30 below the federal order Class III, February was$1.84 below, and March was $1.91 below.The differencegap averaged $1.57 in 2013 and ranged from a low of 67cents in April to $2.30 in January. It averaged $1.91 in2012 and ranged from 98 cents in June to $2.82 in Janu-ary. So far in 2014, the gap average is at $1.41.

The Milk Producers Council’s Rob Vandenheuvel haswritten often about this gap in his newsletter, charg-ing that dairy producers are “subsidizing” Californiacheese manufacturers. Manufacturers argue that theprice advantage enables them to be competitive, tomake up for the distance factor in shipping cheese.

But, the price gap is a bit more complicated thandistance factors. A joint effort by John Newton,Department of Agricultural and Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Cameron Thraen, Department of Agricultural, Envi-ronmental and Development Economics at Ohio StateUniversity, and Andrew Novakovic, of the Charles H.Dyson School of Applied Economics and Managementat Cornell University, address the issue.

Their key findings are that the 2014 farm bill permitsCalifornia producers to keep some form of their uniquequota system if an FMMO is adopted. The value of theCalifornia quota statewide is estimated to exceed $1 bil-lion and entitles California producers to as much as$1.70/cwt. in additional milk price revenue. Any gainsin farm level milk prices due to the adoption of federalorder classified prices in California would be dependenton the market-wide utilization of milk and may be off-set if high value milk is consistently de-pooled.

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

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FOR SALE: '07 JD 9520T36" tracks 50-60%, 18spd,powershift, 26 frt wgts, 4hyds, auto track ready,SNRW9520T908049, only2445 hrs, good clean trac-tor, $149,500. 320-583-9793

FOR SALE: '10 EZ SteerFM750 screen GuidanceSystem, $4,500 . New Hol-land 256 side rake, $2,000.507-272-7832

FOR SALE: '11 JD 7330MFD, 16 spd, PQ, 2 hyds,front fenders, buddy seat,like new, only 410 hrs., 1owner, retiring, $82,500OBO. 507-223-5279 or 507-828-8951

FOR SALE: '78 IH 4186 trac-tor, 3pt, cab, air, heater &radio, low hrs, exc cond, re-tired. 507-334-8538

FOR SALE: Farmall 560 dslw/ hyd drawbar & WF,$3,500/OBO. (715)791-0632

FOR SALE: Ford 3000 gasutility tractor w/ matchingloader, power steering, 3pt,PTO, 2000 act hrs, goodtires, a sweet little tractor,all original condition. 507-726-6953

FOR SALE: IH 656 gas w/Schwartz loader & rearchains, $6,500. 507-391-3775

FOR SALE: JD 4020D, niceshape, runs good, backtires 85% tread, synchroshift, asking $9,100. 507-640-0149

FOR SALE: Late model 1930CC Case tractor to restore.507-430-1089

FOR SALE: Tractor sidemounts for liquid tanks, fitsCase IH MX (Magnum) se-ries tractor with front du-als. 320-748-7443

FOR SALE: White 2-105 latemodel, 5,400 hrs, 14.9x38tires & duals, no heavytillage, always shedded.320-766-8476

IH 856 w/2350 CIH loader,very good cond., $11,000.507-359-1821

JD 4430, new interior, goodcond, $14,500/OBO. (715)495-1324

JD 7810 MFWD, 3800 hrs.,pwr shift, new Firestone42's, duals & wgts., verynice. 651-338-6861

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

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

WANTED: Tractor Whity''fieldross'' model 2-4 dieselwith creep gear. Good Con-dition. Call 320-384-6789

Harvesting Equip 037

'89 JD 9400 combine, 2,676sep hrs., excellent condi-tion, $28,000; JD 843 corn-head, 8R30", very straight,clean, $7,500. 715-296-2162

Farm Implements 035

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

Int'l 45 18' Vibra shank dig-ger; Int'l 12' Vibra shankdigger; H&S 8' tedder.(715)772-4562

JD 1250 corn planter, 6R30”;JD 6R30” cultivator; 4wheel trailer, flair box &hoist; 21' anhydrous appli-cator. 507-319-7056 after 7pm call 507-726-2786

JD 2010 gas tractor, WF, 3pt, fenders, like new tires,$3,450; JD 4110, MFW, com-pact dsl tractor, 3 pt, 540PTO, 60” mower deck,$7,900; JD 8300, 12' end whldrill, $3,650; Midsota 12'hyd. dump box, tandemaxle, like new, $3,750; 12'pull type box scraper,$1,750. 320-769-2756

JD 2510 gas tractor, JDWF,3pt, $4,450; JD BB 12' endrow drill w/ grass seeder,$2,450; JD 230 25' tandemdisk, $3,900; 14.9x42 bandduals, $1,350; Pr of 18.4x389 bolt duals w/ JD 3 3/8”hubs, $850. 320-769-2756

JD 7200, 6-30 planter; Skids:Case 1840, sharp, only 2600hrs., 1825 gas, nice; IH 480disk; 7 sect. hyd. drag;Ford 800, 7' 501 mower, 3pt.; 3-B plow; Ford fend-ers, rear wgts.; 8 gravitywagons, 350-600 bu. Peter-son Equipment, New Ulm,MN. 507-276-6957 or 6958

Up to 24 Martin trash whip-pers, JD mountings, $125ea.; used Yetter trashwhls., w/bearings, $35 ea.;12 JD HD down pressuresprings, $375 for all; JD 328baler w/40 ejector, elec.controls, $6,900; JD 946 Mo-Co, 13' w/tine conditioner,$11,900; NH 258 rake, nice,$2,450. 320-769-2756

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

Tractors 036

'12 JD 6330, 4WD, cab, 24spd. trans., 25mph, LH re-verser, corner post ex-haust, air ride seat, Rack &Pinion Wheels 38" Rear 24"Front, 2 remotes, 289 hrs,Warranty Until 3-8-15$65,000. 715-296-2162

1988 936 Versatile 310 hp 855Cummins, 5510 hrs, 20.8x42tires, 12spd manual trans-mission, 4 hyd outlets, nicetractor ready for the field$36,000 (320) 522-1216

2011 John Deere 8260Rtractor, IVT, 1500 frontaxle, 540/1000 PTO,480/80R50 duals, HIDlights, active seat, 5 re-motes, 640 hours $167,000(320) 894-8791

88 Model JD 4650 2WD, 7800hrs, 149x46 rear tires w/du-als, $30,000. (715)308-0349

Farm Implements 035

FOR SALE: 14' DegelmanPTO driven rock rake, exc.shape. 320-360-4458

FOR SALE: Ford TW35,MFWD, duals, completelyOH'd; 6620 Titan II com-bine, 220 BH, 643 CH; NH616 disk mower; 7000 6RNJD planter, dry fert; NH707 chopper. 320-266-6569

FOR SALE: Great Plainsmounted drill-Solid Stand15, mulcher & hyd mark-ers, wide press wheels, lowacres, like new! $5,150; Ke-wanee Model 1010 flexingdisk, 18' w/hyd fold wings,low acres, very good,$4,600; JD 694AN planter &6R cultivator, 30", $850.00for both. Equipment al-ways shedded. (507) 426-7672

FOR SALE: IH grain drill,12'; IH 810 head, w/ Melroepickup. 507-524-3486

FOR SALE: JD 100 bigsquare baler, completelyre-cond, like new, 2 newpreservative tanks, rearhitch for towing, exc cond,$28,900. 507-649-0963

FOR SALE: JD 30' 726 soilfinisher, good cond, newsweeps, Spring Valley, MN507-460-9108

FOR SALE: JD 7800,MFWD, 18.4x42 duals, 75%,new front tires, 7900 hrs,PQ, auto steer integrated,$59,900; '07 JD 3710 plow,$32,000; JD 435 rnd baler,$7,500. 320-510-0468

FOR SALE: Kewanee 102530' tandem disk; CIH 45'crumbler; Top Air TA110060' x-fold sprayer, PTOdrive. All good condition.320-981-0276

FOR SALE: Knowles 10tooth chisel, H&S 8 wheeltwin bi-fold rake, Deutz Al-lis 385 4R planter, no tillw/monitor. (715)946-3118

FOR SALE: New Idea singleaxle PTO manure spreaderw/ hyd gate; Brillion 20'roller/packer w/ end trans-port; Dahlman 2R potatodigger/windrower, PTOdrive. 507-525-5556

FOR SALE: NH TC45 trac-tor, open station, 870 hrs,exc cond, $14,000/firm; NH4020 zero turn lawn mower,52” cut, like new, $2,250.320-760-2074

FOR SALE: Rock picker,PFM brand, like new, hy-draulic reel, asking $15,000.507-847-2710

Gehl 980 & 970 steel chopperboxes; both have Gehl 12Ttandem wagons, 16' long.For info call (608)487-0694

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

IH 574 gas tractor, w/2250ldr, 2 bkts; IH 303 combinew/bean & cornhead; JD 3pt. 2R planter, 71 units; 6'& 8' 3 pt. blades; hand cornshellers; JD 8W 14' disk;Ford 3 pt. field cults; JD148 & 158 ldrs; 3 pt. posthole driller; Land Pride 5' 3pt. tiller; JD Donohuetrlrs; new Tiger 20' tandemtrlr. Koestler Impl. 507-399-3006

Hay & Forage Equip 031

FOR SALE: JD 7' yellowhay head, exc. cond., ask-ing $1,900. 507-227-2602

Bins & Buildings 033

SILO DOORSWood or steel doors shipped

promptly to your farmstainless fasteners

hardware available.(800)222-5726

Landwood Sales LLC

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

Grain Handling Equip 034

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

Ask for Gary

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'04 Gehl 1085 chopper; 9' hayhead, 2R narrow cornhead,kernel processor, very nice,$17,500. 715-418-0483

24 Ft Kent Discovator/Finisher Series 7 (No Welds)

Shedded Very Good. H&S 20Ft Big Bale Feeder OnWheels. J&M 350 Bu Wag-on/Truck Tires, Nice Unit.319-347-2349 Can Deliver

986 NEW T.A. & clutch,$9,500; Cyclo 8R30 planter,$500; 4500 24' field cultiva-tor, new shovels, like new,$1,000; Melroe 9 sectiondrag, $500; (2) Gehl 920,$1,300/ea. 320-974-3372

CIH 690 disk ripper; 20' ro-tary hoe; Int'l 810 headw/Melroe pickup; hyd. lifthog wagon, 6x12; Clipperfanning mill. 507-524-3486

FOR SALE: #48 JD ldr w/ 7'material bucket, $1,500.Master cyl. for JD 7000 8Rplanter, like new, $500. 8Rawson coulters, $100/ea.River Falls. (715)426-1918

FOR SALE: '77 Ford 550backhoe, good general ap-pearance, engine needswork, priced down to$8,000. Contact Duane Hult-gren, 320-894-7523

FOR SALE: 30 ton steel bulktank w/ bottom agitation;NH 116 haybine, 14' hydroswing. 507-391-0098

FOR SALE: 616 IH trailertype plow, also 716 trailertype plow & 1066 IH dieseltractor. 320-760-5622

FOR SALE: 800 gal pull be-hind 2 whl sprayer tank; '68Chevy 60 tandem truck, 18'steel box; 80 gal air com-pressor; (2) 200 gal saddletanks; Used tires, 34” to38”; '53 Chevy car, 2 door.507-227-0222

FOR SALE: Artsway bellymower for WD or WD45 Al-lis tractor, will sell sepa-rate; 6' Trail Blazer 3ptmower/bush cutter;18.4x34” band duals; 2RWNew Idea corn picker; '62Int'l truck w/ Crysteel box& hoist. 507-381-3776

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2nd Wed. at 8:00 PMHOTOVEC

AUCTION CENTERN. Hwy. 15

Hutchinson, MN320-587-3347

www.hotovecauctions.com

WEEKLYAUCTION

Every Wednesday

Farm Equip, Vehicles, Guns, Tools,Antiques, Collectibles, Household & More

ABSOLUTE AUCTIONSaturday - April 26th, 2014 9am

55780 St. Hwy. 19, Winthrop, MN:1/4 mile west of Hwy. 19 & Hwy. 15 Intersection

Vehicles, Motorcycle, ATVs, Snowmobile & Camper: ‘07 Chevy Uplander LS; ‘06 Chevy 3500, ext cab;‘98 F-350, crew cab, flatbed; ‘92 Dodge Dakota; ‘87 Dodge pickup; Chevy C-60 camper; Chevy Silverado2500 w/Western plow; ‘99 Olds Intrigue GL; ‘01 Honda Shadow ACE cycle, loaded; ATVs: ‘97 HondaFourtrax 300, 4x4, & extras; ‘97 Polaris 250 Trail Boss; Club golf cart, gas w/box; ‘98 Rockwood pop upcamper; ‘00 Polaris XC600; Farm Machinery & Farm Items: ‘56 JD 720, d, nf, restored; Oliver 1550tractor, wf, 3pt, 2 hyd; Gehl 8285 TMR wagon; Case IH 3640 Rd baler; Hesston 7165 chopper w/30”cornhead; (2) Gehl 970 forge boxes w/gears; Gehl 1540 blower; IH digger, 26’; IH 400 6x30 planter;Dakon 300 gravity box w/gear; MN 250 gravity box w/gear; IH V ripper; IH 800 cornhead, 30x5, rw;Badger 14’ forge box w/gear; throw wagon w/gear; Demco sprayer 500 gal, 45 ’boom; Ag Chem 90, 500gal sprayer w/60’boom; Hyster forklift; Skid steer attachments include: Lowe hyd auger 9”x12”; Stoutbrush grapple; Rock bucket grapple HD72; pallet forks 48”; Hm backhoe for skid steer; Schwartz FMloader; JD 54’ flight elev; JD bale thrower; Badger feed conveyor; 10’ Tandem disk; Case pull typecombine; JD sickle mower; 7’ hay head; assort livestock equip; Chicken plucker, 36”; Guns, Boat & SportEquip: H&R 40cal semi; Hi-Standard .22cal revolver; Stevens 1900’s 22 cal, sgl shot lever action;Charles Daly 31/2 mag, 12ga; Rem 870 exp mag 20ga pump w/slug & shotgun barrels; Marlin Model60, .22cal semi w/scope; K-Mart Model 151 410 sgl shot; Marlin Model 336, 30-30 lever w/scope;Stevens Model 58, 12ga bolt; Savage 1000 air rifle w/scope; Flintlock muzzle loader; Bushnell shotgunscope w/870 Remington mt; Air Glide hard gun case; Dosko hard gun case; Ammo includes: 20ga rifleslug; 410; Winchester 30-30, .22cal, .223 & S&W 40cal; full wolf hide; buffalo hide; Minnow boatw/45hp ob, & trailer; misc Harley parts; Prints, Antiques, Coins, Toys & Collectables: Steel wheelwagon w/flowerbed; Army jackets & trench coat; dressmaker form; Northern Pacific RR telegraphmachine; 87+ Barbie's; JD toy tractors; Nascar collection; tin doll-houses; Marx elec train set & misc RR;stein collection; cast iron motorcycle w/side car; coffee items; lic plates; sleigh bells; cedar chests;lighting rod w/glass ball; gasoline pump topper; cuckoo clocks; egg baskets; antique chainsaws; potatoplow; tools; adv items; cookie jar collection; Harvester salt/pepper shakers; assort depressed glass;carnival; milk; jewel T; Coins: 1976, 1964, 1969 sets; 1968 Canadian set; wheat pennies; tokens;Furniture, Appliances & Household & Misc: Oak dresser w/mirror; wall phone; buffet; curio cabinet;oak table w/chairs; bed sets; hutch w/matching shelf; fold out buffet; misc oak furniture; elec fireplace;glass display cabinet; full (2) ‘08, Com A/C units; (1) Corn blower; stoves, frigs, washers, dryers, dish-washers, chest freezer; hi-rise bicycle; kaleidoscope; piggy banks; keyboard; violin & case; guitar amp;Fender guitar; Atari video game system w/cartridges; Sony stereo w/components; complete Disney VHStape set; Lawn, Tools & Shop Items: GT2000 Cub Cadet lawn trac; JD 325 lawn trac; Craftsman mowertractor w/bagger; JD 316 lawn trac w/deck, blade & snowblower; Yazoo mower z-turn; lawn carts;Craftsman rear tine tiller, 14”; Intek ST0927 snowblower w/elect start; Tanka hd weed eater; utilitywagon; ATV sprayers; Coleman air compressor; metal lathe; Craftsman tool boxes; large assortment oftools and shop items

Auctioneer: Matt Mages 507-276-7002 Lic # 08-14-004Auctioneers: Larry Mages - Lafayette • Joe Maidl - Lafayette • John Goelz - Franklin • Joe Wersal - Winthrop

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service LLC - Not Responsible for Accidents or During Inspection.

For pics, complete list & terms: magesland.com

TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENTTJOSVOLD EQUIPMENTSales & Service • West Hwy. 212 — Granite Falls, MN 56241800-337-1581 • 320-564-2331 • After Hours (320) 212-4849

www.tjosvoldequip.com

USED TRACTORS‘07 NH L175 SSL, w/2-spd., cab/AC, hyd. Q/A,New Engine ....................................................$24,900

‘06 NH L170 SSL, cab/heat, 2060 hrs. ............$21,900‘02 NH LS170 SSL, cab/heat, 72” bucket ....Coming In‘05 Buhler 2180, MFD, Super steer, 14.9R46 duals,EZ Pilot, 2000 hrs...........................................$95,900

‘06 NH TC55, MFD, ROPS, w/loader, 1300 hrs.....................................................................Coming In

‘95 Ford 8870, MFD, Super steer, Mega Flow,750 hrs. ..........................................................$74,900

‘04 Buhler 2425, 4WD, 710/70R38 duals, full wgts.,3350 hrs. ......................................................$119,900

‘95 Ford 9680, 20.8R42 duals (90%), 4 remotes,3050 hrs. ........................................................$96,900

‘89 Deutz 5215, MFD w/325 loader ..................$8,500IH 4130, diesel, skid steer loader ......................$3,900

COMBINES/HEADS‘01 NH TR99, RWA combine, straddle duals, bin ext.,chaff spreader, 40K in parts, Field Ready! ....$109,900

‘01 NH TR99, 2100 hrs., 18.4R42 (4), Y/M, GPS,Field Ready!....................................................$74,900

‘94 NH TR87, 30.5-32 singles......................Coming In‘04 NH CR940, 20.5-32 tires, Y/M, 1350 hrs.$119,900(4) ‘10 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornheads..............................................................From $60,900

‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead w/K&M chopper$39,950(2) ‘10 NH 74C, 35’ flex heads ..............From $29,900‘04 NH 98C, 6R30” cornhead, Like New! ........$33,000‘02 NH 96C, 8R30” cornhead, Loaded! ..........$25,900‘00 NH 73C, 30’ flex head w/AWS, cut, New! ..$25,900NH 974, 10R22” cornhead, poly ......................$11,900(2) ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..........................$10,500

(2) ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ............................$9,500‘94 NH 974, 8R30 cornhead ..............................$8,900‘92 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead ............................$8,900

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.‘05 JD 1780, 16/31 planter, 3 bu. boxes ......Coming In‘13 Degelman LR7651 & LR7645, Demo’s, New! Call‘12 EZ Trail 510 grain cart, tarps & lights........$14,900‘01 EZ Trail 475 grain cart w/Shurlock tarp ......$9,900‘11 Loftness 240, semi-mtd. shredder w/tow bar

......................................................................$22,900‘89 NH 855 round baler, Nice! ..........................$5,500‘11 NH H6740, 6 disc mower ............................$8,500‘98 NH 616 disc mower, Nice! ..........................$5,900‘11 Parker 524 grain cart, Holdover ......................Call‘10 Parker 1048 grain cart w/tarp ................Coming InNEW NH SG110 60’ coil packers, (4 Left) Ea. $37,900‘05 Great Plains 50’ crumbler ......................Coming In‘05 JD 200, 45’ crumbler ................................$15,000‘07 Parker 838 grain cart w/tarp......................$24,000‘07 NH 617, 7 disc mower, Rebuilt! ..................$6,900‘04 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 5 shank w/harrow,30” spacing ....................................................$22,900

‘92 DMI 530 ripper ..........................................$14,900‘11 Wilrich 513SP 9-shank ripper w/spike harrow

....................................................................Coming In‘13 NH H7450 discbine, Loaded!, Demo Unit ..$28,900‘05 JD 2210, 50’ field cult. w/4 bar harrow..Coming In‘00 JD 980, 45’ field cult. w/harrow, Nice! ......$19,900New Unverferth rolling reels, 18’ & 22’ ..................Call‘10 Krause 4850-21 Dominator, Nice! ..........Coming In‘04 Allied 108” snowblower w/truck spout,NIce! ................................................................$6,500

Visit Us At: www.tjosvoldequip.com

©2014 CNH America LLC. New Holland is a registered trademark of CNH America LLC.

Tillage Equip 039

FOR SALE: JD 980 25 ½'field cultivator, 6” spacing,7” Perma-Loc shovels, 3bar coil tine harrow, lightkit, nice condition, $13,900.320-295-3854

FOR SALE: Wil-Rich 3400field cult, 4 bar harrow,walking tandems on wings,34'; IH 4300 field cult, w/harrow, walking tandemson wings, 54', both in greatshape. 515-320-4171

IH 475, 20' disk, hyd. fold,shedded, exc. cond., $4,500;30' Flex-i-coil multi-weeder,retractable s-tines & coilpackers, used very little,$5,000 OBO. 952-240-2193

LANDOLL (2008) 23 Ft Mod-el #6230 Heavy TandemDisk Front Blades 23”,Rear 23 1/2”, Shedded LikeNew. Kent 26 Ft Series VIIDiscovator (Disk Blades)(NO Welds) Nice Unit! 319-347-6282 Can Deliver

Riteway 1610 coil packer, 35'or 45', $7,500; Brillion 18'Land Commander, disk rip-per, 9 shk., $10,500. 320-396-4288

TAYLOR-WAY ROCK FLEXDISC- 24' wide, 21"-22"blades, 9" spacing, 1 1/2"arbors, $4,000. 715-878-9858

Used parts for IH 720plows, toggle/auto reset. ½ price of new or less.

We ship anywhere.Call Maple Valley Farms

Randy Krueger(715)250-1617

Machinery Wanted 040

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

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

WANTED: (3) JD liquid fer-tilizer tanks & brackets fora 6R JD 7000 planter; new-er 12' grain drill w/ grassseeder. 507-381-3776

WANTED: 4440 or 4640 inwell taken care of cond.Quad trans., no dealersplease. (715) 645-0285

WANTED: Knight manureslinger model 8114 or 8118.507-226-3405

WANTED: Motor for AllisD-21 turbo model 3500.WANTED: Tires 16.9x38 &13.6x28 FWA, prefer Fire-stone 50% tread. 612-201-8236

WANTED: Rock rake, 3 pt.715-425-8017

Spraying Equip 041

3pt. Demco 90' sprayer boomw/Raven 450 sprayer con-trol, mounted on JD 4430w/two 300 gal saddle tanks,excellent condition. $25,000(715) 334-5699

Planting Equip 038

JD 7000, 4RW planter w/DF,H, I, nice; NH 273 SuperSweep baler w/thrower,nice; JD 16A flail chopper,7', good machine; '75 IHC784 tractor. 320-864-4583 or320-779-4583

Tillage Equip 039

41 Ft C-IH DMI (2003) Tigermate

Field Cult w/ New Style 4Bar Drag; 45 Ft MandakoLand Roller w/ FloatingHitch. Both Like New. 319-347-6138 Can Deliver

FOR SALE: (2) 8R cultiva-tors; Gravity Flow wagon,300 bu; fanning belt toclean grain; 7 section drag;Artsway feed mill. 507-854-3362

FOR SALE: 5 section 30'wheel drag, sections arelike new, $600/OBO. 507-831-4428

FOR SALE: Case IH 4800 29½' field cultivator, 3 barharrow, good shovels, fieldready, $7,200. 507-240-0247

FOR SALE: CIH 4300 fieldcultivator, 33', nice shape,$10,500. 507-391-3775

FOR SALE: JD 960 27' fieldcultivator w/ 3 bar JD har-row, tandem wheels on thewings, knock off shovels,very good condition, $6,500.507-220-4425

Planting Equip 038

FOR SALE: JD 7200, 8RMaxi-merge vac. planterw/PTO hyd. pump for vacu-um, liq. fert, pesticide box-es, row openers, Precisioncorn planter plates, & newdisk openers, great workingcond., $10,900. 507-380-6001

FOR SALE: New '14 JDplanting parts (36R)- ProSeries hoppers & meters,pro shafts, elec row clutch-es, drive shafts, variousseed plates, 12Vcompressor, air surge tankw/ valve & bracket, seetubes w/ sensors, activedownforce sensors, seedsensors for hyd. motor,seedstar electricalbox w/ computer controls &harnesses, rubber for clos-ing wheels (used), will sep-arate out, call 320-226-0778or 320-269-9233

FOR SALE: White modelAire 6R pull type planter,model 5400 w/ 30” rows,Dickie John monitor w/seed counter & row moni-tor, very good shape, al-ways shedded, used verylittle. 701-640-0671

JD 1750, 6-row conservationplanter, new precision fin-ger pickup, dry fertilizer,no till coulters, 250 monitor,$19,600. (715)669-3381

JD 7000 2R Corn Planter, 3PT, $1,675. Fertilizer Op-tional, $650. 715-234-1993

Planting Equip 038

FOR SALE: 16 Yetter sharktooth screw adjust rowcleaners for Case planter,$125 per row or $1,800 allcleaners. 320-808-7981 or320-732-3361

FOR SALE: JD 12R 7000planter, dry fert w/ singledisk openers, liq fert, preci-sion meters, $5,750. 507-662-5596

FOR SALE: JD 7000 planter,8-30, nice, no fertilizer,$4,000; also, twin lift assistfor 7100 planter, no cylin-ders, $600; 2 JD 900x24 tires& wheels, $150 each. 320-968-7314


FOR SALE: 7155 Hesstonchopper, electric controls, 3row 22”, head, $2,500. 320-286-5994 Cokato, MN

FOR SALE: CIH 2206 corn-head, hyd. deck plates,plastic snouts, low acres,very nice. 507-530-8875


FOR SALE: '97 GeringhoffRota Disc cornhead,12R22”, head sight, ContourMaster drives, stored in-side, $27,500. 320-352-6771


FOR SALE: '08 JD 600C Se-ries CH, SNH0612CX725872,12R20”, hyd deck plates,also, hookup for IH com-bines, used very little, likenew, retiring, $62,000. 507-823-4642

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GREATER MINNESOTATWO-CYLINDER CLUB

22nd Annual

Field Days, SwapMeet & Auction

May 3 & 4, 2014Morrison County Fairgrounds, Little Falls, MN

Auction: Saturday, May 3rd - 10 AMItems Wanted:

Antique & Collectibles Tractors, Gas Engines,Garden Tractors, Snowmobiles, Machinery,

Parts & ToysContact: 320-355-2650

Swap Meet, Flea Market,Toy & Craft Show

Outside Spots: 218-839-5116Inside Spots: 320-573-2270

Featuring:John Deere Letter Series Tractors,

Minnesota Made Tractors & Equipment,Wheel Horse Garden Tractors,

Scorpion SnowmobilesAntique Tractor Pull: Sun., May 4 - 12 Noon

Contact: 605-430-4320Garden Tractor Pull: Sun., May 4 - 12 Noon

Contact: 320-808-6306Pedal Tractor Pull: Sat., May 3rd - 1 p.m.Tractor, Gas Engine & Snowmobile Displays,Plowing Demonstrations, Parade, Children’s Activities,Old Fashion Jam SessionsAll Exhibitors, Musicians, Consignors,

& Vendors Welcome- Camping Available -General Info: 320-393-JDJD (5353)

[email protected] • www.gmntcc.com

LET’S GET THE WORD OUT!THE LAND’s

2014 Festivals Guidewill be published in the

May 9 and May 16 issues.If you have an

event you wouldlike to promote,please contactTHE LANDvia email at:

[email protected]

[email protected]: April 25

or mail info to:THE LAND, P.O. Box 3169

Mankato, MN 56002-3169– THANK YOU! –

Buy FactoryDirect & $AVE!

The Affordable Wayto Tile Your Fields

3 Point Hitch & Pull TypeModels Available

• Walking Tandem Axlesw/425/65R22.5 Tires forSuperior Grade Control

• Tile Installation DepthGauge

• Formed V Bottom onShoe & Boot forms to Tile.No more Crushed Tile

• Paralled Pull Arms, ZeroPitch for the Most AccurateTile Placement

www.haugimp.com

‘08 JD 8430T, TRACK,255 hp., 18” tracks, 4 hyds.,2075 hrs. ................$180,000

‘07 JD 9330, 4WD, 375 hp.,18.4x46, 5 hyds., 2463 hrs.................................$208,000

‘11 JD 8285R, MFWD,285 hp., 380-90R50, 4 hyds.,1307 hrs. ................$210,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 4WD, 510 hp.,76x50, 210 hrs. ............CALL

‘12 JD 320D Skid, 63 hp.,2-spd., cab, 84” bucket,1118 hrs. ..................$32,500

‘06 JD 1770, 24R30, CCS,fert. ........................$117,900

‘03 JD 557, 540 PTO,single axle ................$14,500

‘10 JD 9530T, TRACK,475 hp., 36” belts, 4 hyds.,1100 hrs. ................$289,000

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

‘11 JD 7200R, MFWD,200 hp., 4 hyds., loader,815 hrs. ..................$165,000

DMI Tigermate II Field Cult.,49’, 7” shovels, harrow..................................$37,900


‘08 JD 313 Skid, 49 hp.,power quick tach, cab,538 hrs. ....................$18,500

Salford RTS41, RTS, 41’,coulter, harrow..........$62,500

‘11 JD 9430, 4WD, 425 hp.,710-70R42, 4 hyds.,2206 hrs. ................$238,000

‘12 JD 9460R, 4WD, 460 hp.,800-70R38, 4 hyds., 811 hrs.................................$270,000


‘04 JD 9620T, TRACK,500 hp., 30” belts, 4 hyds,3525 hrs. ................$175,000

‘06 JD 544J Wheel Loader,4WD..........................$85,000

‘10 JD DB90, 36R30, CCS,vacuum ..................$215,000

‘12 JD 468, surface wrap,2284 hrs. ..................$33,500

‘09 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp.,800-70R38, 4 hyds.,2109 hrs. ................$238,000

JD Starfire ITC Receiver.Get A Spring Deal On UsedAMS Equipment! ........$1,750

‘12 JD 8310R, MFWD,310 hp., 380-90R54, 5 hyds.,801 hrs. ..................$250,000

‘09 JD 2210 Field Cult.,45’, harrow................$48,000

‘11 JD 568, Mega Widepickup, 7400 hrs. ......$36,750

‘12 JD 332D Skid, 89 hp.,2-spd., cab................$44,000

‘11 Fast FS9518T Sprayer,132’, 1800 gal. ..........$72,000

E Hwy 12 - Willmar 800-428-4467

Hwy 24 - Litchfield 877-693-4333

www.haugimp.com

Jared Ron Matt Cal LancePaal Neil Hiko Felix Dave

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'08 Redball 570 sprayer, 90'boom w/radar & Raven con-troller, $19,000, CentralMinnesota. 320-354-4526

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Fast sprayer, 60' boom, 1000gal. tank, Raven 450 moni-tor w/automatic shut-off,exc. cond., $14,000 OBO.507-227-5838

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Demco pickup sprayer, 300gal. tank, foam marker, 51'boom, Honda eng.; Behlenhopper btm bin, 1800 bu.320-583-1550

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DAMAGED GRAINWANTEDANYWHERE

We buy damaged corn andgrain any condition

- wet or dry -TOP DOLLAR

We have vacs and trucksCALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC800-205-5751

‘10 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, IVT, 650/65R38single rear tires, 540/65R28 front tires, rear wgts.,air seat, 741 self-leveling loader w/joystickcontrol, 885 hrs. ........................................$98,000

‘11 JD 7830, MFWD, 16-spd. power quad trans.,4 remotes, HD front axle, 380/90R50 duals,front wgts., 2950 hrs., Powertrain Warrantytill March 2015 or 4000 hrs. ....................$106,000

‘09 JD 8430, Powershift, 1300 front axle,380/90R50 duals, 380/85R34 single fronts,4 remotes, wgts., 5200 hrs. ....................$115,000

All of the above John Deere Tractors have justbeen through service program and are field ready.‘11 JD Gator TS 4X2, bed lift, 682 hrs.........$4,200‘11 JD 635F flexible platform ....................$21,500

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332507-381-1291

for questions or prices please call

R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc.1-800-388-3320

Lime Spreading“Have you checked your soil PH lately”

Advantages we offer:• We unload directly from the trucks to a floater

(Terra Gator) without stockpiling material.This gives us a more uniform spread with nofoliage to plug up the spreader.

• With direct loading there is no stockpile, nowasted lime or mess in your field.

• We use a floater (Terra Gator) to spread sowe have less compaction.

• We are equipped to spread variable rate usingGPS mapping.

• We service Minnesota and northern Iowa.Why apply Aglime:• A soil ph level of 5.5 nitrogen efficiency is only

77 percent.• A soil ph level of 6.0 nitrogen efficiency still is

only 89 percent.• At a soil ph level of 7.0 fertilizer efficiency is

100 percent.

Tuesday, April 29 @ 10:00 AM: Cass County, MN FarmlandAuction, Holiday Inn Fargo, Kurtz Township, 80+/- acres ofRed River Valley Farmland

Wednesday, April 30 @ 10:00 AM: Cass County FloodProperty Acquisitions, Steffes Group facility, West Fargo

Opening May 1 & Closing May 8: IQBID May Auction,Upper Midwest Locations, Owners selling Ag, Construction,Trucks, RV’s, Vehicles & More!

Opening May 5 & Closing May 15: IQBID Jim Kulus FarmRetirement, Little Falls, MN, Preview will be Tuesday, May 13

Opening May 26 & Closing June 4: IQBID Donny & JuanitaArens Farm Retirement, Watkins, MN, Tractors, Loaders,Planter, Drills, Tillage Equipment & more!

Friday, May 30 @ 10:00 AM MDT: Ken Kudrna FarmRetirement, South Heart, ND, Tractors, Loaders, HarvestEquipment, Tillage, Hay & Livestock Equipment & muchmore!

Opening June 1 & Closing June 10: IQBID June Auction,Upper Midwest Locations, Owners selling Ag, Construction,Trucks, RV’s, Vehicles & More! Advertising Deadline:Thursday, May 15

Thursday, June 5 @ 10:00 AM: Lakeview Excavating Inc.& Lakeview Trucking, ND Winter Show Facility

Wednesday, July 30 @ 9:00 AM: AgIron West FargoEvent, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, Tractors& Loaders, Combines, Heads, Tillage Equipment, SemiTractors, Skid Steer Loader & Much More! AdvertisingDeadline: Wednesday, July 2

Steffes Auction Calendar 2014For More info Call 1-800-726-8609

or visit our new website:SteffesGroup.com

– SEED TENDER SPECIALS –

WOODFORD AG, LLC37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MN • (507) 430-5144

www.woodfordag.com

(2) SEED SHUTTLE 290Green

- $15,250 Each

(2) ‘13 SEED SHUTTLE 400Green, 7 function remotes, self-loading

1 with scale- $24,6001 without scale- $21,500

STROBEL BT-2002 On Hand

- Starting at: $18,600

STROBEL 2 Box- $8,950

AZLAND TRAUG 2 Box Defender w/Scale

- $13,050

AZLAND TRAUG 4 Box Defender w/Scale,

Talc and Pivoting Auger - $21,500

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

FOR SALE: Grass hay andstraw, $4/small bale. Am-boy MN 507-674-3255Evenings only.

FOR SALE: Western Hay &Straw In large squares orround bales by the semiload. Protein 18-26%, RFVup to 200. SmikrudGalesville, WI 608-582-2143608-484-0916 cell (Over 23years in the Hay Business)

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4x5 round net wrapped cornstalks, $30 ea; rotarycombed, raked leafy soybeanstubble, $40 ea; grass hay,$50-$70 ea.; bales about 900lbs; Qty discounts. 320-382-6288 home 320-905-6195 cell

Alfalfa grass, grass, straw,corn stalks in round bales,net wrapped. Delivered insemi loads. Call Tim at 320-221-2085

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

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Silo Demolition – We buyHarvestors & charge totake down staves. Also buy-ing junk combines. 507-995-2331

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Demco side quest mountingbrackets for Case IH Mag-num Tier 4 tractor. 507-456-4909 before 9 p.m.

FOR SALE: '07 570 Redballsprayer, 90' boom, 1200 gal-lon, 460 Raven monitor,very good condition. 507-227-0573 or 507-227-0721

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012’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness• 42” drum diameter• 4”x8” frame tubing 1/4” thick• Auto fold

MANDAKO New Rock WagonsAVAILABLE!

USED EQUIPMENT

‘08 CIH 215, FWA, 900 hrs., 3 PTO ........................................................$135,000IH 5488, FWA ..........................................................................................Coming InCIH 7150, FWA, 3528 hrs. ..........................................................................$75,500CIH 7140, FWA, 3945 hrs. ..........................................................................$62,000CIH 7140, FWA, 3900 hrs. ..........................................................................$62,000CIH 7120, 2WD, 7500 hrs. ..........................................................................$45,000CIH 7110, 2WD, 5200 hrs., no duals..........................................................$39,000IH 5488, FWA, 9386 hrs. ............................................................................$39,900IH 5288, FWA, 6800 hrs. ............................................................................$36,000NH 166, inverter w/EX ..................................................................................$6,200IH 5088 ........................................................................................................$19,000IH 966, New TH & New Motor ....................................................................$12,500IH 3688, 2WD, 3500 hrs. ............................................................................$21,500IH 1566, 2WD, dual PTO, 6800 hrs. ..........................................................$17,000CIH 7230, FWA, 3600 hrs. ..........................................................................$76,500IH 656, hydro., 4800 hrs. ..............................................................................$7,000CIH 4800, 24’ field cult. ................................................................................$9,500CIH 4800, 26’ ................................................................................................$9,500CIH 3900, 24’ cushion gang disk ..............................................................$18,500CIH 527B ripper ..........................................................................................$20,500DMI 530B ....................................................................................................$21,000(4) DMI 527B ..............................................................................$14,500-$17,500CIH 496, 24’ ................................................................................................$16,500CIH 6500 disk chisel, 9-shank......................................................................$6,500CIH 6750, 6-shank w/lead shank, w/hyd. lever ........................................$16,500CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk w/mulcher ............................................$26,500CIH MX100 w/L600 loader, 2200 hrs. ........................................................$51,000CIH MX110, 3694 hrs. ................................................................................$35,000CIH JX55, 2WD, 2241 hrs...........................................................................$14,000CIH Tigermate II, 26’ ................................................................................$26,000DMI Tigermate II, 30’ ................................................................................$18,000CIH 496 w/mulcher, cushion ......................................................................$16,500(6) Demco 365 boxes ..........................................................From $4,500-$6,500Demco 450, Red & Black ................................................................................CALL(2) Demco 550 box ....................................................................................$10,500(2) J&M 250 ..................................................................................................$2,500Demco Used Gravity Boxes, All Sizes Available ............................................CALLGehl 125 grinder ........................................................................................$13,900

LARGE SELECTION OFWHEEL RAKES IN-STOCK

New Sitrex Rakes AvailableMany New & Used Rakes

Available

GREENWALD FARM CENTERGreenwald, MN • 320-987-3177

14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

Used Rollers• 42’ Roller - $32,000• 45’ Roller - $34,000

- Both 1 Year Old -

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

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

Sioux Equipment:• Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders• Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates• Hog Feeders • Sqz. Chutes & Tubs • Calf Warmer

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

• Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes)• Bergman Cattle Feeders – Special Prices

• Lorenz Snowblowers – Special Prices

• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu. -EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS NOW IN EFFECT!

• Sheep & Calf Feeders• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates• Peck Grain Augers – Big Discounts• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders• Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment• Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’• EZ Trail Wagons & Boxes• EZ Trail Bale Baskets, • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor• Parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers• Sitrex Wheel Rakes• Bale Baskets• SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks• Goat & Sheep Feeders• Mist Sprayers, gas or PTO• NEW ITEM! * 3 Pt. Fence Mowers*• Fainting goats & min. donkeys

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

FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTIONOffice Location - 305 Adams Street

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

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

• Grasshopper 227, 61” deck, 15 hrs., Demo• #620 Grasshopper Zero-Turn Mower,

48” powerfold deck, 140 hrs.!• Toro Z-Master 72” Zero-Turn, dsl., 590 hrs.• 6’ 3 pt. Reverse Tine Tiller• 15’ JD BWA Disc w/duals, Very Good• 9-shank Disc Chisel• Bale Baskets

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

DR® POWER EQUIPMENT

Wanted to Buy:• Green Choppers• Hog & Cattle Scales• Good Smaller Manure Spreaders• Cattle & Calf Feeders, Hog Feeders• Cattle Handling Equipment

TRACTORSNew Farmall 31, MFD w/60”‘08 CIH 95, 2WD, cab - $29,500‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2464 hrs.,PTO - $238,500

‘11 CIH 315 w/Soucel tracks,1520 hrs. - Call

‘12 CIH Puma 130 CVT, 320 hrs.- $96,500

‘09 CIH MX245, 1335 hrs.- $145,000

‘92 CIH 5240, 2WD, PS - $24,900‘10 CIH 435 Quad, 550 hrs.‘09 CIH 385, 4-wheel, 950 hrs.

PLANTERS & TILLAGE‘08 1200, 16-30 pivot, bulk fill,2500 acres - $79,500

‘07 CIH 1200, 12-30 pivot planterw/bulk fill & insecticide- $58,500

JD 1770 NT, bulk fill, like new- $85,000

‘05 CIH 1200, 16-30 pivot bulk- $54,500

CIH Tigermate 200, 441⁄2’, rollingbasket

JD 2200, 33.5’, 3 bar - $23,500

LOCAL TRADES LOCAL TRADES

RABE INTERNATIONAL, INC.1205 Bixby Road (across from fairgrounds), Fairmont, MN507-235-3358 or 800-813-8300 • Get the Rabe Advantage

Case IH and CNH Capital are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC Visit our Web Site at http://www.caseih.com

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

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Polled Hereford bulls, 3 yrold & yearlings. Buy now,will hold 'til you need them.608-235-9417 or 608-839-5207

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FOR SALE: Yearling Short-horn beef bulls, by JSFCapiche 46U. 218-924-2337Gene Robin, Verndale, MN

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FOR SALE: Three Simmen-tal breeding aged bulls.Two black baldies and onered. Call 920-838-2057 if in-terested.

Polled Hereford bulls, year-lings & 2 year olds, sementested, delivery available.Jones Farms, LeSueur,MN. 507-317-5996

Simmental Registered PBSimmental Bull 1 Year ofage. We have 2 Built RiteX Crazy Queen bulls,selling choice. NicolaiFarms 651/437-4493 or651/283-5076

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FOR SALE: Polled BlackPurebred Salers bulls, lowbirth wgts, exc P.B.D. &also some 2 yr olds. Oakhill Farms 507-642-8028

FOR SALE: Purebred BlackAngus bulls, long yearlings& 2 year olds, great EPD's.John 507-327-0932 or Brian507-340-9255 JRC Angus

FOR SALE: Registered An-gus Bulls, 2 yr old & year-lings, AI sired, for severalgenerations to some of thebreed's best bulls. MillerAngus, Kasson MN 507-634-4535 [email protected]

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Angus Bulls for sale. Year-ling & 2 yr olds. Breedingsoundness exam. TschanzFarms, Hwy 53, Blair, WI.(608)989-2223

Calving ease bulls, black &red Angus, sell April 26,bonus Angus. 608-348-3284

FOR SALE OR LEASE:Purebred RegisteredCharolais bulls, heifers, &cows. Great bloodlines, ex-cellent performance, bal-anced EPD's, low birthweights. Delivery avail-able.

Laumann Charolais Mayer, MN 612-490-2254

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Large and small squares,good quality grass, hay.Rice Lake area. (715)205-9994. Easy loading.

Open pollinated seed corn.Outproduces hybrids forsilage, $65/bu. plus ship-ping. Sweet, leafy stalks.217-857-3377

WANTED AND FOR SALEALL TYPES of hay &straw. Also buying corn,wheat & oats. Western Hayavailable. Fox Valley Alfal-fa Mill. 920-853-3554

WANTED TO BUY: Dairyand Beef quality hay, alsostraw, corn stalks, any typeof bale. 608-633-9340

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FOR SALE: (2) 1000 gal NH3tanks on running gears,farmer owned since new,always shedded, excellentcond, $4,000. 507-240-0247

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Yearling peacocks, alsobronze guineas. (608)582-4228 Galesville WI

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FOR SALE: Purebred BlackAngus bulls, calf ease &good disposition; also York,Hamp & Hamp-Durocboars & gilts. 320-598-3790

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Dutch Belted Semen, qualitypurebred genetics, Red,Black or Polled. (920)253-8826

Expanding Dairy in need ofclose up Springing Heifers.715-579-7200

FOR SALE: 14 Stall Germa-nia parlor, 36” spacings,automatic take-offs w/ DeLaval claws & shells, Ger-mania 20' crowd gate &controls, air. 507-391-0098

Reg. Holstein bulls, goodmaternal lines & goodsires. We also have red &white. Merritt's Elm-ChrisFarm (715)235-9272

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

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20 Simmental breeding bulls,Black Polled, excellentquality, good disposition,vaccinated, One 2 yr oldson of Dream On (AI) gen-tle, easy calving. Threesired upgrade sons. 40 plusyears of Simmental breed-ing. Riverside SimmentalsGerald Polzin 320-286-5805

25 Limousin bulls, 2 yr olds& yrlings, low birth wgt.,super growth, black or red.John Goelz, Franklin, MN507-557-8394

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

USED PARTSLARSON SALVAGE

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN763-689-1179

We Ship DailyVisa and MasterCard Accepted

Good selection oftractor parts

- New & Used -All kinds of

hay equipment, haybines, balers,

choppersparted out.

New combine beltsfor all makes.

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

WANTED

DAMAGED GRAINSTATE-WIDE

We pay top dollar for yourdamaged grain.

We are experienced handlersof your wet, dry, burnt

and mixed grains.Trucks and Vacs available.

Immediate response anywhere.

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

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

1409 Silver Street E.Mapleton, MN 56065

507-524-3726massopelectric.com

We carry a full line of Behlen& Delux dryer parts;

Mayrath and Hutch auger parts.Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs,

bearings, chains & pulleys

NEW DRYERSDELUX 10’ MODEL DP3015, LP/NG, 1 PH, W/MOISTURE LINK

USED DELUX DRYERSDELUX 10’ MODEL 2515, LP/NG, 3 PH, 250 BPHDELUX 20’ MODEL 6030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 600 BPHDELUX 20’ MODEL 5030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 500 BPHDELUX 15’ MODEL DPX7040, LP/NG, 3 PH, 700 BPHDELUX 25’ MODEL DPX12560, LP/NG, 3 PH, 1250 BPH

USED DRYERSKANSUN 1025 215, LP, 1 PHBEHLEN 380, 1 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIMBEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIMBEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, DOUBLE BURNER

USED LEGS100’, 4000 BPH, 40 HP, 3 PH, DRIVE & MOTOR, GALVANIZED

- NEW BELT & CUPS60’, 3000 BPH, 10 HP, 3 PH, DRIVE & MOTOR, PAINTED

USED SPRAYERS

USED WAGONS

AVOCA SPRAY SERVICE• NEW LOCATION •

HWY. 59 N • Slayton, MN

We are dealers for Top Air, Sprayer Specialties, Gregson Sprayers, new & used on hand Wheathart,Westfield, FarmKing, Brandt Vacs & Balzer Equipment • We have NEW Balzer stalk choppers on hand

• Truckload prices on NEW Westfield augers, Brandt grain vacs, Batco belts

Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, 380x60 duals ..................................$55,000Top Air 1600 gal., 132’ boom ..........................................................$53,000Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ boom, 14.9x46 tires......................................$40,000Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, Raven 450, hyd. pump....................$33,000Fast 9500, 1800 gal. tank, Raven 450, Chem inductor..................$32,000Brandt 1600 gal., 90’ boom, 46” tires..............................................$29,000Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................$22,000Sprayer Specialties, 1250 gal., 90’ boom......................................$21,000Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................$19,500Red Ball 670, 1200 gal., 90’ boom..................................................$19,000Gregson 1000 gal., 90’ boom, 13.6x38 tires....................................$18,000Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ X-fold boom..................................................$17,000Top Air 1100 gal., 90’ boom ............................................................$17,000Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ X-fold boom..................................................$16,000Spraymaster 1000 gal., 80’ boom, 13.6x38 tires............................$14,000Red Ball 680, 1000 gal., 90’ boom, 380x90x46 tires ....................$13,000Great Plains 1000 gal., 80’ Top Air boom, 13.6x38 tires................$12,500Hardi 1000 gal., 66’ boom, 13.6x38 tires ........................................$12,500Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440 ..................$11,000Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440......................$9,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, Big Wheel ......................................$8,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,800AgChem 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem ..................................$6,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 72’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,500Harvest 10x72 ....................................................................................$6,000Blumhardt 750 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ............................................$6,000Blumhardt 1000 gal., 80’ NYB boom, tandem ..................................$6,000Demco 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem......................................$6,000Top Air 750 gal., 60’ vertical fold boom ............................................$5,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem ..........................................$5,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem ..........................................$5,500Pleasure Products 1200 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ............................$4,500

• Ph. 800-653-2676 or 507-335-7830 • Fax: 507-335-7808 • Mobile: 507-227-6728

Planter Kits On Hand!

J&M 760 gravity wagon ..................................................................$17,000New Parker 605 gravity wagons ....................................................$16,700Used Parker 605 gravity wagon ....................................................$14,500Used J&M 360 gravity wagon ..........................................................$4,800Used Demco 355 gravity wagon ......................................................$4,000Gehl 970 silage wagon ......................................................................$4,000Kory 220 gravity wagon w/drill-fill ....................................................$2,500

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Top Quality Holstein Steers200-800 lbs. in semi loadlots. 319-448-4667

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

WANTED: To feed yourbaby calves. .50 per headper day. You furnish thefeed, can do anywherefrom 50-600 head. ContactAmos C.M. Borntreger,E25069 Stagecoach Rd.,Fairchild, WI 54741

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FOR SALE: Miniature black& white registered Stallion2 yrs. (608)943-6269

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Blue India Peafowl, cocksand hens, (715)537-5413

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150 dairy goats for sale $125.For more info call (715)271-1165

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

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WAKEFIELD FARMS Performance tested

Charolais & Red Angusbulls, 50+ yrs in the feedstock business. Deliveryavailable. Will feed yourpurchases until May 1st.Put more profit in yourpocket with a Wakefieldbred bull.

507-402-4640

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FOR SALE: Red & BlackAngus cows, (1) Black bull& (2) Red bulls. 763-682-2536

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FOR SALE: 2 yearling Reg.polled Hereford heifers.320-796-0000, Spicer, MN

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– TRACTOR SPECIALS –

WOODFORD AG, LLC37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MN • (507) 430-5144

www.woodfordag.com

2011 CIH 260 Magnum1158 hrs., 1-owner, 3 PTO’s, cab

suspension, 360 HID lights, front &rear duals, Michelin 90%, Pro 700

AFS Auto Steer, leather - $175,000

1981 Versatile 5553 point, PTO, 70% tires, 5500 hrs.

- $12,500

USED TRACTORSNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T8.300, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH T8.275, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH T7.200, FWA ....................................CALLNEW Massey 8670, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 7620, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 6615, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD ................................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALLNH TV6070 bi-directional ............................$95,000‘00 NH 8870, FWA........................................$64,000NH TN55S, FWA, w/cab ..............................$15,900‘08 NH 6070 w/cab, 2WD............................$69,000Versatile 895, 4WD ......................................$23,500‘60 IH 560, WF ..............................................$5,200

TILLAGESunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..................CALLSunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ......................$29,500Wilrich 957, 7-shank....................................$18,500Wilrich 513, 5-shank, Demo............................CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/bskt. ....................$54,500‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$52,500‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$34,500CIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500JD 2210, 36’ w/4-bar ..................................$25,900‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ..........................$38,900

SKIDSTEERSNEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALLNH LS170 ....................................................$13,750NH L170 cab, new rubber ..............................CALL

PLANTERSNEW White planters ........................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, loaded ......................$97,500

White 6700, 12-30, w/res. managers............$6,500White 6222, 12-30, front fold ......................$29,500White 6186, 16-30 w/ins..............................$24,500White 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500JD 7200, 16-30, w/res. managers ..............$14,500

COMBINESNEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALL(2) Fantini pre-owned 8-30 chopping CH ......CALL‘10 Gleaner R76, loaded............................$235,000‘03 Gleaner R75, loaded............................$129,500‘01 Gleaner R72, just thru shop ................$110,000‘00 Gleaner R72 ..........................................$78,000‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ............................$24,500‘90 Gleaner R50 w/20’ ..............................COMING

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALLNEW Salford Plows ........................................CALLNEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HANDNEW Westfield augers ....................................CALLNEW Rem 2700 vac ........................................CALLNEW Hardi sprayers ........................................CALLNEW Riteway rollers........................................CALLNEW Lorenz snowblowers ..............................CALLNEW Batco conveyors ....................................CALLNEW Brent wagons & grain carts ..................CALLNEW E-Z Trail seed wagons ..........................CALLNEW rock buckets & pallet forks .................. CALLREM 2700, Rental............................................CALLUnverferth 8000 grain cart ..............................CALLKinze 1050 w/duals ........................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ......................CALLPre-owned Sprayers........................................CALL

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MNPhone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noonwww.smithsmillimp.com

(DMI Parts Available)

LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD763-689-1179

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

Check Out Our Large On-line Inventory of Trucks,Semis & Industrial Equipment

@ www.larsonimplements.com

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘13 JD 9560R, 416 hrs., 4 remotes,

800x38” tires & duals ....$259,000‘12 Cat 865C, 1171 hrs., 30” tracks,

5 hyd., big pump, HID lights......................................$240,000

‘12 JD 9410, 1261 hrs., 1000 PTO,5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires &duals ..............................$210,000

‘12 JD 9560RT, 799 hrs., 36”tracks, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd. hi-flow

......................................$269,000‘12 JD 9560R, cab, powershift,

808 hrs., 4 hyd., Michelin 800x38tires & duals....................$257,500

‘12 Cat 865C, 992 hrs., 36” tracks,5 hyd., hyd. swing draw bar,HID lights ........................$250,000

‘11 JD 8360RT, 1101 hrs., 16”tracks, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 5 hyd.,big pump, front wgts. ....$220,000

‘12 CIH Steiger 400HD, 298 hrs.,power shift, 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO,480x50 duals, diff. lock ..$225,000

‘12 CIH Steiger 400, 318 hrs.,power shift, 4 hyd., big pump,520x46 tires & duals ......$195,000

‘11 JD 8360RT, 1167 hrs., ultrawide stance up to 160”, 16” tracks,5 hyd., big pump, 3 pt., 1000 PTO,front wgts. ......................$220,000

‘08 Challenger MT955B, 1400 hrs.,460 hp., auto steer, 208x46 triples ..............................$157,500

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., Premium

cab, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, IVTtrans., 18.4x46 tires & duals

......................................$129,000‘13 JD 7200R, MFWD, IVT trans.,

540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 3 hyd.,710x38 rear tires ............$132,000

‘12 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD,525 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,big pump, complete auto guidancesetup, 420x46 tires & duals

......................................$150,000‘11 JD 8335R, MFWD, 1777 hrs.,

ILS, IVT trans., 4 hyd., big pump,front wgts., 18.4x50 tires& duals............................$187,500

‘11 JD 8285R, MFWD, 1214 hrs.,powershift, 4 hyd., big pump,18.4x46 tires & duals ......$165,000

‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, 4468 hrs.,3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump,front wgts., 480x50 tires & duals

......................................$120,000‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD,

3050 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,4 hyd., 420x46 tires & duals

......................................$100,000‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD,

4090 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,4 hyd., 420x46 rear tiresw/18.4x42” duals ..............$92,000

‘06 CIH MX245, MFWD, 4975 hrs.,3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46”tires & duals......................$82,000

‘94 NH 8770, MFWD, 5250 hrs.,super steer, 3 pt., 3 hyd., 1000PTO, 14.9x46 tires &duals $55,000

‘86 CIH 3594, MFWD, 3275 hrs.,3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x42”tires & duals, front wgts., 1-Owner

........................................$34,000

COMBINES‘11 JD 9670, 1160 eng./736

sep. hrs., Contour Master, chopper,SLS shoe, 20.8x38 duals $160,000

‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper,tracker, 520x42” duals ....$189,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732sep. hrs., Luxury cab, rock trap,tracker, chopper, 520x42 tires &duals ..............................$188,500

‘87 CIH 1640, 3468 hrs., rock trap,auto header controls, 24.5x32 tires

........................................$18,500‘09 JD 9870STS, 1895 eng./1233

sep. hrs., Premier Cab, Pro-drive,5 spd. Feederhouse, CM, 520x42”duals, 28L-26 rears ........$145,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895sep. hrs., tracker, chopper,rock trap, 30.5x32 tires ..$142,000

‘11 JD 9770, 880 eng./613 sep.hrs., CM, 5 spd. feederhouse,Pro-drive, chopper, 520x42 tires& duals............................$189,000

‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938sep. hrs., 4x4, CM, chopper,1250/45/32 tires..............$155,000

‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379sep. hrs., chopper, bin ext.,20.8x42 duals....................$49,000

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JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for info

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

507-294-3387www.midwestfarmsales.com

EQUIPMENTCIH 7130, 2WD ........................................$32,900JD 4430, OS, PS ......................................$15,900‘77 JD 4430, quad....................................$19,900JD 4240, PS..............................................$21,900JD 4230, Quad, OS, w/JD 720 ldr ..........$18,900JD 4030, Syncro, open station................$14,900JD 4030, Quad, open station ..................$14,900(2) ‘69 JD 4020, diesel ....................................CallJD 2940 w/146 loader..............................$10,900(2) IH 1026, hydro ..........................From $15,900IH 856, 1256, 1456..........................From $10,900IH 806, diesel..............................................$8,900(2) IH 560, gas & diesel ....................From $4,000Gehl 4635 skid steer, 6’ bkt ....................$12,900Allied Buhler 695........................................$4,900JD Sound Guard Cabs ..................................Call

LOADERS“New” Koyker 510, JD 148,

JD 158, JD 522, JD 58, JD 48, IH 2250

HOPPERS‘98 Wilson, 41x96, 66” Sides,

Extra Lights, Roll Tarp,24.5 LP Tires ................$18,000

‘95 Merritt, 42’ AL Hopper,68” Sides, 2-Spd. Doors,Rebuilt ..........................$12,500

‘94 Timpte, 40’, Split Hoppers,SPR, 80% Tires & Brakes,Clean ............................$15,500

SEMI TRUCKS(2) ‘04 Volvo Day Cab, Single

Axle, 365 Hp., 10c Trans.,390 Ratio, 450K Mi. ........$8,500

‘95 Kenworth T800 Conventional,Series 60 Detroit Eng., 860KMi., Eng. Brake, 10-Spd.,40,000 lb., 3.90 Ratio, AR, 2Line Wet Kit, Air Slide 5th, 235”WB, Full Screw, 80% 24.5 LPRadial Tires, Disc Wheels, ALDisc Front ....................$16,900

*TRUSS TRAILERS‘98 Lakeside RollerMaster,

32’-45’/102, Elec. over Hyd.Lift, Top Locking Deck Rollers,New Paint, Winches, 80% T&B ................................$6,500

‘97 JDH TrussMaster, 42’-60’/102, 8 Winches, Elec. overHyd. Tilt, Elec. over Air Extend,Tandem Axle ..................$5,500

FLATBEDS(2) ‘99 Transcraft, 48/102,

All Steel, 80% Tires & Brakes........................................$8,750

‘99 Transcraft Eagle, 48/96All Steel, SPX, AR, 80% Tires& Brakes ........................$8,750

‘98 Fontaine, 48/102, NewAirbags & Brakes, SPX/AR,No Rust, 80% T&B, CaliforniaTrailer..............................$9,000

‘97 Transcraft, 48/102 AL Combo,Winches, Tie Down Chains, SPX,AR, 80% Tires ................$9,750

‘95 Utility, 48/96 AL Combo,AL Floor, Winches, Tie Downs,Storage Box, SPX, AR......$8,750

‘93 Wilson, 48x96, SPR,Sliding Tandem ..............$6,500

(2) Utility, 45-102, ClosedTandem, SPR, All Steel ................................Ea. $6,000

DROPDECKS‘05 Fontaine, 48/102, Tandem

SPX, 22.5 Tires..............$24,900‘96 Fontaine, 53/102, All Steel,

90% Tires & Brakes ......$19,250‘89 Fontaine, 48/102,

Sandblasted/Painted, NewFloor, New T&B, New Lights......................................$17,500

Engineered 5’ Beavertail,Kit includes Paint & LED Lights& all electrical............$3,750/$5,750 Installed

CATTLE/HOG TRAILERS‘96 Wilson AL Livestock Pot,

48/102, Trans. Roof, Nose Railw/Decking, 3/4 CounterbalanceDoghouse, LH Load ......$18,750

Barret, 46’, 3 Floors -1 Removable, 50% 24.5 Tires,70% Brakes ....................$7,550

BELTED‘02 Red River, 48’, 84/102, 52”

Belt, 3 Single AR Axles, 1 LiftAxle, 385x225 Super Singles,Electric Tarp, Wind Kit, WeightGauges, Clean ..............$37,500

DOUBLE DROPS‘80 Transcraft, 53’, 33’ Well,

Non-Detachable, AR, PolishedAL Wheels, New HardwoodDecking, 80% Tires & Brakes,Clean ............................$14,000

END DUMPSSummit End Dump, 30’,

72” Sides, 3 Axle, AR ....$16,750VAN/WATER TRAILERS

(4) Reefers, 48/102, Clean..........................$5,000-$6,000

Kentucky Furniture Van, SideDoors AR, 70% T&B ........$6,000

(20) Van Trailers, 48/102-53/102;Great for water storage orover the road......$3,000-$7,000

48/102 Van Bodies, Less Axles &Dollies, for setting on ground..................$2,000 Plus Delivery

48’ & 53’ Van Trailers. Rent ForStorage ............$145.00/ Month

AUTOS‘04 Dodge Caravan SXT, 3.8L,

130K Mi., Clean ..............$4,750‘02 Chevy Impala, 160K Mi.,

Tan ..................................$5,500‘04 Malibu Max LS, V6, 32 mpg.,

Good Tires, Sunroof, 76K Mi.,Silver ..............................$6,500

‘00 Chevrolet Impala, 147K Mi.,Loaded, Heated Leather Seats,Sunroof, Black ................$4,800

‘88 Ford F150 XLT Lariat, 4.9L6-Cyl., 2WD, 5-Spd. OverdriveRebuilt Trans., New Clutch,AC, PS/PB, Dual Tanks, Topper,4 New Tires ....................$1,650

MISCELLANEOUS‘70 John Deere Tractor, Gas,

Wide Front, Runs Good ..$4,500‘64 IH 806 Gas Tractor, Wide

Front, 2P, Runs Good ......$4,500Hyster Forklift, 6000 lb., Side

Shift, 131⁄2’ Lift, 15” PneumaticTires................................$6,250

Custom HaysidesStationary ........................$1,250 Tip In Tip Out ....................$1,750Front & Rear Extensions

....................................$350/Ea.Complete Suspensions,

Air Ride or Spring Ride..........................$1,000 AR/Axle............................$500 SR/Axle

(50) Steel & (25) Aluminum Rims- In Stock: 24.5 & 22.5..................................$50 Steel........................$150 Aluminum

Will Consider Trades!Call: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!! www.DuncanTrailersInc.com

Delivery Available!

HANCOCK, MN

• All Trailers DOTable •

We Can ConvertFlatbeds To BridgesTo Suit Your Needs.

Call For A Quote

TRACTORS• ‘14 MF 6616 tractor & loader• ‘13 MF 8690, MFD• MF GC1705 w/loader• MF 4610, MFD, platform• ‘13 MF GC 1705, compact tractor• ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp, 400 hrs.• JD 4440, cab, loader

CORN HEADS• Geringhoff 1822RD, ‘09• Geringhoff 1820RD, ‘09• Geringhoff 1630RD, ‘09• Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘07• Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘07• Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘04• Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘09• Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘11• Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘08• Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘07• Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘05• Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘03• Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘11• Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘05• Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘04• Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘02• Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘12• Geringhoff 830NS, ‘08• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘08• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘06• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘05• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘01• Geringhoff 830RD, ‘07• Geringhoff 630RD, ‘07• Geringhoff 630RD, ‘05• Geringhoff 630RD, ‘97• JD 622, GVL poly• JD 822 KR, HT, steel• ‘04 Gleaner 1222 hugger, GVL poly• MF 844 4RW• MF 1163• ‘12 CIH 2608, HHC, end row augers,

chopping

COMBINES• ‘07 MF 9790, duals, RWA, 1001 hrs.• ‘14 MF 9540, RWA• ‘98 MF 8780 combine. RWA. duals• ‘91 MF 8570, RWA

• ‘86 MF 8560• ‘97 Gleaner R62, duals, 2052 sep. hrs.• ‘92 Gleaner R62, 2063 hrs.

GRAIN HANDLING• Parker 2620 seed tender• Parker G. Box, 250 bu.• ‘05 Parker 625 gravity box, 4-wheel

brakes• A&L 850S grain cart w/tarp, 850 bu.• ‘08 Brandt 1535 LP, gas, track mover• Brandt 20110 swing hopper• Brandt 7500HP grain vac.• ‘00 Brandt 4500 EX, grain vac.• ‘03 Brandt 1070 auger, PTO Drive,

w/swing hopper• Conveyall 10x40 belt conveyor,

electric motor• Brandt, 1515, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585

belt conveyors• Brandt 8x62 auger, PTO drive, SC• Brandt 8x45 auger, 18 hp. Briggs• Brandt 8x35, 8x37, 8x40, 8x47, 8x52,

8x57, 8x62, 8x67, 10x35 straightaugers

• Brandt 1060XL, 1070XL, 1080XL,1380XL, 1390XL swing hopperaugers

• ‘12 Buhler 1282 sling hopper• Parker 839 grain cart, tarp, 850 bu.• Parker 165-R gravity box• Hutchinson 10x61 auger• ‘08 Unverferth grain cart, 500 bu.• Killbros 1175 grain cart, 750 bu.

w/tarp• ‘05 Demco 650 gravity box, 4-wheel

brakes

HAY & LIVESTOCK• JD 38, sickel mower. 7’• IH 14, 5 bar rake• ‘12 NH H7450 disc mower condit., 13’• MF 1329 & 1330, 3 pt. disc mower• ‘11 NH H6750, 3 pt., disk mower,

110”• Sitrex RP2 wheel rakes• Sitrex RP5 wheel rakes• Sitrex 10 wheel rakes on cart• Sitrex 10- & 12-wheel rakes on cart• Sitrex MK12 & MK16 hy. cap. wheel

rakes

• MF 2856 baler, w/kickerw/net-twine wrap

• MF 1372 mwr cnd, 12 steel rollers• Used MF 200 SP windrower, cab

w/14’ auger head• ‘13 760 Roto-Grind tub grinders• 13’ 2881 Bale King bale processor,

RH discharge

MISCELLANEOUS• WRS 30’ header trailers• E-Z Trail 39’ header trailer• Mauer 28’-42’ header trailers• Degelman 5 ft. skidsteer buckets• Degelman RP 570 prong pickers• Degelman RD 320 rock digger• Degelman 7200 rock picker• Melroe 600 rock picker• Degelman 6000HD rock picker• Degelman RR1500 rock rake, PTO

drive• DMI crumbler, 50’• Sunflower 1435-21 21ft. disc, 3 bar

harrow• (2) Degelman LR7645 land rollers,

Rental Return• Everest 84” finish mower• ‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper• Loftness 20’ stalk chopper• Wil-Rich 25’ stalk chopper• Loftness 240 stalk chopper,

semi-mount• ‘06 Kodiak 60”, 72” & 84” rotary

cutters• Loftness 84” snowblower, hyd. spout• Loftness 8’ snowblower• 2011 SB Select snowblower, 97” &

108”, 3 pt.• Lucke 8’ 3 pt., snowblower• Sunflower 4610-9 disc ripper• Sunflower 4511-15 disc chisel• Sunflower 4412-07 disk ripper• Sunflower 4412-05 disk ripper• Sunflower 4311-14 disk ripper,

7 shank• CIH 4800 field cult., 271⁄2’• Sunflower 5056-63 field cult.• ‘14 Sunflower SF 5056-49 field cult.• Sunflower 5055-36 field cult.• ‘10 Sunflower SF 4213-13 disk chisel• Sunflower 1435-21 disc

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WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLERALL SIZES 920-867-3048

Industrial & Const. 083

FOR SALE: '00 CaterpillarD5C, Series 3, 1900 hrs, cab,nice machine, $60,000. 952-292-5255

Trucks & Trailers 084

FOR SALE: '76 Great Dane45' van trailer, for storage,clean & dry, $1,800. 507-340-2820

FOR SALE: '84 Int'l, Cum-mins eng, 9spd, 19' box &hoist, $11,000; '93 Ken-worth, 60 Detroit, 10spd,$6,500; '86 GMC Top Kick,3208 Cat eng, 5spd, 26' folddown implement deck,$3,000; Scott truck hoist.320-587-6301

FOR SALE: Ford 7.3 dsl en-gines & parts. New & Usedwith service. 320-583-0881

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FOR SALE: '08 PolarisRanger, white limited edi-tion, equipped w/ full cab &other extras, 1750 mi, exccond, has a wiring harnessto run JD GPS equip. Call320-226-0778 or 320-269-9233

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Cummins 4BT3.9, $2,500; Al-lis 6 cyl. Turbo, $1,900; IHDT466, $2,000; JD 6414T,$3,700; JD 6404T, $3,000.(715)669-5796

FOR SALE: (4) 20.8x38 Goodyear tires, (1) 18.4x38Goodyear tire, (1) 14.9x38Coop tire, (1) 13.6x28 Cooptire, (1) 16.9x34 Goodrichtire. 507-430-1089

FOR SALE: 15-5-38 hub du-als off JD 3020, asking $350.507-227-2602

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4-H & FFA show pigs ForSale, County, State, & Na-tional winners. Jan, Feb,March litters avail. CechShow Pigs. Contact ZackWilliamson 507-402-7114 orAaron Cech 507-383-6709

FOR SALE: Show Pigs, bothPurebreds and Crossbreds.Call for an Appointment.Sheldon Johnson 507-840-1210 or Levi Johnson 507-840-1487 Jackson MN

FOR SALE: Sow shares & a2400 sow filtered farm,gives you the right to re-ceive 1000 head ISO weansevery 8½ - 9 weeks, PEDSand PRRS negative, verygood production, moreshares a possibility. Cur-rent pig prices $39. North-west IA. 712-441-4410

FOR SALE: Spot, Durocs &Chester White boars.Resler Spots & Durocs. 507-456-7746

FOR SALE: Yorkshire,Hampshire, Duroc &Hamp/Duroc boars, 4-Hpigs, also gilts. Excellentselection. Raised outside.Exc herd health. No PRSS.Delivery avail. 320-568-2225

ORR FEEDER PIGS. TimOrr. Call for availability.(563) 920-2680

Show Pigs for sale, availableMarch 28 & after. 608-487-3082 or 608-269-1082

Swenson Fine Swines

Show pigs for sale, high qual-ity, healthy litters of pigsborn Jan-March, sired bytop AI show pig sires. Jeff& Roger Owen (715)672-5630

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FOR SALE: (36) 2' x 6' HogSlat stainless steel dry hogfeeders, exc shape, picturesavailable for viewing onemail or texting. 507-230-0040 Tracy Melson

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‘13 JD 9510R, 696 Hrs., PS,800/38’s............................$284,500

‘98 JD 8200, 7500 Hrs.,540/1000 PTO ....................$74,900

‘09 JD 7830, 1275 Hrs.,Auto Quad........................$114,900

‘07 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”,..........................................$110,000

‘00 JD 1760, 12R30”,Finger Pickup ....................$48,500

‘97 JD 1710, 12R30”,Row Cleaners ....................$29,500

‘12 JD 9460RT, 1023 Hrs., PS,Leather ............................$299,900

‘11 JD 4930, 1725 Hrs., 1200 Gal.SS, 120’ SS Boom ..........$229,500

‘09 JD 4830, 2400 Hrs., 1000 Gal.,90’ Boom..........................$200,000

‘12 JD 4730, 1065 Hrs., 800 Gal.SS, 90’ Boom ..................$208,500

‘09 Miller Nitro N2XP, 2800 Hrs.,1000 Gal., 90’ Boom........$133,900

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Tractors4WD Tractors

(N) ’13 JD 9560R, 172 hrs ............................................$346,500(N) ‘13 JD 9560R, 218 hrs ............................................$346,500(N) ‘12 JD 9560R, 330 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$315,000(H) ‘13 JD 9560R, 605 hrs ............................................$314,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9560R, 606 hrs, ext. warranty ..................$304,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9560R, 579 hrs, ext. warranty ..................$285,900(B) ’12 JD 9560R, 840 hrs ............................................$288,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9510R, 450 hrs, lease return ....................$284,500(N) ’12 JD 9460R, 325 hrs ............................................$278,500(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 435 hrs, lease return ....................$269,900(N) ’12 JD 9460R, 185 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$265,000(OS) ’11 JD 9430, 195 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$245,000(OW) ‘09 JD 9530, 2450 hrs, 800/38’s ..........................$214,900(N) ’03 JD 9120, 3225 hrs., 18.4x36’s ..........................$119,900(B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4695 hrs, 710/38’s..............................$105,000(OS) ’90 JD 8760, 4906 hrs ............................................$56,500(H) ’90 Case IH 9170, 4418 hrs, PS................................$54,500(B) ‘92 JD 8760, 6878 hrs ..............................................$52,900(OS) ’89 JD 8760, 6915 hrs ............................................$52,000(H) ‘76 JD 8430, 9164 hrs, 3pt, PTO ..............................$14,900

Track Tractors(N) ’13 JD 9560RT, 260 hrs ..........................................$369,900(OS) ‘10 JD 9650T, 930 hrs ..........................................$315,000(OW) ’12 JD 9460RT, 1013 hrs, ext warranty................$299,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1472 hrs ........................................$288,900(H) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1650 hrs............................................$287,500(OW) ’13 JD 8335RT, 391 hrs, 18” Tracks ....................$269,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1586 hrs............................................$269,900(B) ’09 JD 9630T, 1482 hrs............................................$264,900(N) ’08 JD 9530T, 2035 hrs, 36” tracks ........................$238,000(N) ’07 JD 8430T, 3170 hrs, 18” tracks ........................$170,000(OS) ’06 JD 8430T, 3062 hrs, 18” tracks ......................$165,000(OW) ’07 JD 8430T, 3184 hrs, 25” tracks ....................$159,900(OW) ’02 JD 9420T, 4430 hrs, AT ready........................$139,900(B) ’03 JD 9320T, 4641 hrs............................................$139,900(H) ‘00 JD 9300T, 4375 hrs, 36” tracks ........................$105,000(OW) ‘00 JD 8410T, 5100 hrs., 18” tracks ......................$79,900(H) ’97 JD 8400T, 5690 hrs, 24” tracks ..........................$66,500(B) ’97 JD 8200T, 5233 hrs, 16” tracks ..........................$62,900

Row Crop Tractors(OS) ’10 JD 8320R, 1877 hrs, ILS, PS ..........................$225,000(N) ’12 JD 8260R, 357 hrs, ILS, PS ..............................$216,500(OS) ’12 JD 7215R, 295 hrs, IVT ..................................$172,500(OS) ’11 JD 7215R, 760 hrs, IVT ..................................$167,000(OS) ’12 JD 7200R, 135 hrs, IVT ..................................$162,500(OW) ‘07 JD 8230, 3500 hrs, MFWD ............................$149,900(B) ‘13 JD 6150R, 669 hrs, IVT......................................$131,900(B) ‘13 JD 6150R, 694 hrs, IVT......................................$131,900(OW) ‘13 JD 6150R, 577 hrs, Auto Quad......................$125,900(OW) ‘09 JD 7830, 1274 hrs, 2WD, Auto Quad ............$114,900(OW) ’97 JD 8400, 7722 hrs............................................$78,900(OS) ‘97 JD 8200, 7800 hrs, MFWD, PS ........................$75,000(B) ‘98 JD 8200, 7355 hrs, MFWD ..................................$74,900(N) ‘96 JD 8100, 4045 hrs, 2WD, PS ..............................$61,000(OW) ‘05 JD 7420, 5085 hrs, MFWD, IVT ......................$59,900(H) ‘90 JD 4755, 5500 hrs, 2WD, PS ..............................$57,500(OW) ‘85 JD 4450, 11,000 hrs, 2WD, loader..................$39,500(H) ‘80 JD 4240, 3350 hrs, PS ........................................$33,500(OS) ‘ 78 JD 4440, 7900 hrs, PS ....................................$18,500(OW) ‘74 JD 4030, open station......................................$12,900(B) ‘65 JD 4020, syncro ....................................................$8,300

Utility Tractors(OW) ’09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs, loader ............................$67,900(OS) ’12 JD 5075E, 2012 hrs, MFWD, OS ......................$29,500(N) ’12 JD 5075E, 63 hrs, MFWD, OS ............................$29,250

(OW) ‘96 White 6105, 5480 hrs, MFWD, cab ................$24,900(N) ’12 JD 5065E, 138 hrs, MFWD, OS ..........................$24,500(N) ’11 JD 5045D, 110 hrs, 2WD, OS..............................$14,800

Combines(B) ‘13 JD S680, 282 sep hrs, PRWD ..........................$377,500(H) ‘12 JD S680, 108 sep. hrs, 650/38’s ......................$358,000(OW) ’13 JD S680, 239 sep hrs ....................................$352,900(OW) ‘12 JD S680, ext warranty ....................................$345,000(OW) ‘13 JD S670, 260 eng hrs ....................................$332,000(OW) ’13 JD S670, 190 sep hrs, duals..........................$329,900(H) ‘13 JD S670, 270 sep hrs, PRWD ..........................$329,900(N) ’13 JD S670, 223 sep hrs ........................................$326,000(B) ‘12 JD S660, 163 rs, PRWD ....................................$299,900(OW) ‘12 JD S660, 215 hrs, duals ................................$299,000(OW) ’11 CIH 9120, 727 sep hrs, tracks, PRWD ..........$295,000(OW) ‘11 JD 9870, 700 sep hrs, PRWD ........................$294,900(OW) ’12 JD S670, 350 sep hrs, ext warranty ..............$289,900(OW) ‘12 JD S660, 420 sep hrs, duals..........................$279,900(B) ’11 JD 9870, 511 sep hrs, PRWD, 800/70R38 ........$279,900(B) ‘11 JD 9770, 511 sep hrs ........................................$256,500(N) ’11 JD 9670, 405 sep hrs, duals..............................$255,000(B) ‘10 JD 9870, 1067 sep hrs, PRWD..........................$244,900(OS) ’10 JD 9670, 431 sep hrs, duals ..........................$240,000(B) ‘09 JD 9770, 1323 eng hrs, PRWD..........................$214,900(N) ’09 JD 9770, 772 sep hrs ........................................$210,000(H) ‘07 JD 9570, 888 hrs, duals ....................................$208,000(OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1041 sep hrs ..................................$204,900(H) ‘09 JD 9570, 700 sep hrs, duals..............................$197,000(OS) ’07 JD 9760, 1206 sep hrs, auto trac ready ........$174,500(H) ’07 JD 9660, 1203 sep hrs ......................................$169,900(H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep hrs, duals............................$168,500(OW) ‘06 JD 9760, 1500 sep hrs ..................................$167,500(B) ‘07 JD 9560, 876 sep hrs, PRWD............................$163,900(B) ‘06 JD 9760, 1750 sep hrs, PRWD..........................$154,900(OW) ‘05 JD 9660, 1442 sep hrs, duals ........................$151,900(OW) ‘06 JD 9760, 1760 sep hrs, PRWD ......................$149,000(H) ‘04 JD 9760, 2350 hrs, duals ..................................$132,500(OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1872 sep hrs, walker, duals ..............$89,000(H) ‘92 JD 9500, 2840 sep hrs, 10 Series updates ........$49,900(OW) ‘91 JD 9500, 1720 hrs, duals ................................$46,900(H) ‘99 JD 9610, 2064 sep hrs, duals..............................$45,000(OW) ’96 JD 9600, 2790 sep hrs, duals ..........................$39,900(OS) ’90 JD 9500, 3250 sep hrs, duals ..........................$37,500(N) ’90 JD 9500, 2636 sep hrs ........................................$37,000

Planters - Seeding(N) ’13 JD 1770, CCS, 24 row 30” ................................$164,500(N) ’10 JD 1770, CCS, 24 row 30”, liq fert ....................$159,000(N) ’10 JD 1790, CCS, 24 row 20” ................................$153,500(OW) ’08 JD DB44, 24 row 22”, CCS, liq fert ..............$141,000(OS) ’11 JD 1790, CCS, 32 row 15”..............................$135,000(N) ’08 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24 row 30”............................$129,000(OS) ‘13 JD 1790, 24 row 15” or 12 row 30” ................$127,500(OS) ’05 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24 row 30” ........................$120,000(OS) ’07 JD 1770NT, 24 row 30” ..................................$110,000(N) ’10 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16 row 30”..............................$99,000(H) ’04 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, 3 bushel........................$79,900(OW) ‘03 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, liq fert........................$76,900(OS) ’97 JD 1770, 24 row 30” ........................................$68,000(OS) ’04 Kinze 3650, 23 row 15” ....................................$65,000(H) Kinze 3700, 36 row 20”, liq fert ................................$62,500(OS) ’97 JD 1770, 24 row 30” ........................................$62,000(N) ‘06 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30” ......................................$58,500(B) ‘00 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, finger pickup ....................$48,500(OW) ’96 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, 3 bushel ........................$46,500(B) ‘03 JD 455, 30’, 7.5” spacing, grass attach ..............$38,500(OS) ’96 JD 1770, 16 row 30” ........................................$37,500(B) ‘97 JD 1710, 12 row 30”, vertical fold ......................$29,500

(OW) ‘07 JD 1750, 6 row 30” ..........................................$25,900(B) ‘93 JD 7200, 16 row 30” ............................................$23,900(OW) ‘95 JD 7200, 8 row 30”, liq fert ..............................$20,900(B) ‘92 JD 455, 30’, 10” spacing ....................................$20,900(OS) ’93 JD 7200, 12 row 30” ........................................$19,500(OS) JD 1530 drill w/cart ................................................$18,500(OS) White 6100, 12 row 30” ..........................................$16,900(N) JD 7300, 12 row 30”, vacuum ..................................$12,000(OW) JD 7200, 8 row 36” ................................................$11,500(OS) JD 7000, 16 row 30” ................................................$8,000

Spring Tillage(H) ‘11 JD 2310, 45’ m/finisher, r/basket ........................$87,900(H) ‘12 JD 2210, 45.5’, r/basket ......................................$65,000(OW) ‘07 JD 2210, 55.5’ ..................................................$64,900(OS) ’08 JD 2210, 64.5’ ..................................................$62,500(OW) ‘08 JD 2210, 55.5’ ..................................................$57,500(B) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’......................................................$55,900(OS) ’06 JD 2210, 58.5’ ..................................................$49,000(OW) Case IH Tigermate, 48.5’......................................$46,000(OW) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..................................................$42,500(H) ’05 JD 2210, 58.5’ ....................................................$42,500(OW) ’05 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..................................................$41,500(B) ‘02 JD 2200, 64.5’......................................................$39,900(B) ‘02 JD 2200, 44.5’......................................................$38,500(H) ‘03 JD 2200, 38.5’ ....................................................$33,900(OW) ‘97 DMI Tigermate II, 47.5’ ..................................$24,900(B) ‘00 JD 980, 44.5’........................................................$23,900(OW) ’04 JD 726, 30’ mulch finisher ..............................$29,900(N) ’02 DMI Tigermate II, 60.5’ ......................................$26,500(OS) ’97 JD 985, 54.5’ ....................................................$26,000(OW) ‘00 JD 980, 44.5’ ....................................................$23,900(OW) ‘00 Wilrich Quad 5, 45.5’ ......................................$22,900(B) ‘97 JD 980, 43.5’........................................................$20,900(B) ‘98 JD 980, 36.5’........................................................$20,900(OS) JD 980, 36’ ..............................................................$19,500(N) ’01 JD 980, 38.5’ ......................................................$19,500(H) ’97 JD 980, 38.5’ ......................................................$18,900(OW) ‘90 JD 724, 30’ mulch finisher ..............................$10,995(OS) Wil-Rich 32’ f/cult ....................................................$3,500

Sprayers(OW) ’12 JD 4940, 756 hrs, 120’ boom ........................$281,500(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 405 hrs, 120’ boom ........................$269,700(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 410 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$259,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 442 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$259,500(OW) ‘11 JD 4930, 1343 hrs, 120’ boom ......................$249,750(OW) ’12 JD 4830, 668 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$236,500(OW) ’12 JD 4830, 1155 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$235,750(OW) ’12 JD 4830, 775 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$234,500(OW) ’12 JD 4830, 792 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$233,000(OW) ’11 JD 4930, 1725 hrs, 120’ boom ......................$229,500(OW) ’11 JD 4830, 1011 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$225,000(OW) ’12 JD 4730, 694 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$215,500(OW) ’12 JD 4730, 800 gal, 90, boom ..........................$209,900(OW) ’12 JD 4730, 490 Hrs, 90’ boom..........................$209,600(OW) ’12 JD 4730, 800 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$208,500(OW) ‘09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$200,000(OW) ’07 JD 4930, 3093 hrs, dry box ..........................$160,000(OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1084SS, 2094 hrs, 80’ boom ........$159,500(OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1286C, 1994 hrs, 90’ boom ..........$158,900(OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1084SS, 2951 hrs, 90’ boom ........$145,500(OW) ‘09 Miller Nitro N2, 2787 hrs, 90’ boom ............$133,100(B) ‘05 JD 4720, 3794 hrs, 80’ boom............................$124,900(OW) ‘10 Apache AS715, 1200 hrs, 90’ boom ............$109,900(OW) ‘03 Ag-Chem 1264, 3785 hrs, 90’ boom ..............$82,000(OW) ‘95 Ag-Chem 844, 750 gal, 60’ boom ..................$36,900

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‘87 Cougar 1000, PS, 280 hp.,8455 hrs. ....................................$39,500

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‘84 Case 580 Super E, TLB..................................$14,500

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Gehl 5625 Skidloader....................................$7,900

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‘11 CIH 7120, 579 sep. hrs.................................$239,900

‘11 Tigermate 200, 54.5’w/crumbler ................$59,900

‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 564 hrs.,36” tracks ................................$369,900

‘01 JD 9400, 3545 hrs., w/duals................................................$115,000

‘11 JD 9630T, 1954 hrs. ........$229,900

‘13 Puma 145, 258 hrs., w/loader................................................$119,900

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‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 564 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi capacity hyd. pump ....................................$369,900‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 761 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ....................................................................................................................$319,900‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 198 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, 800 tires, hi capacity hyd. pump, HD drawbar, Full Pro 700 auto guide ............$259,900‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 124 hrs., Lux. cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi capacity hyd. pump, cab suspension ..............................$239,900‘11 JD 9630T, 1954 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lights, big hyd. pump, leather cab ............................................................................$229,900‘01 JD 9400, 3542 hrs., 710/70R42 tires ....................................................................................................................................$115,000Steiger Cougar 1000, powershift, 20.8x38 tires ..........................................................................................................................$39,500

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‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 434 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, 360 HID lites, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. cab, susp. front axle,380/R54 tires ............................................................................................................................................................................$209,900

‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 300 hrs., susp. Lux. cab, susp. front axle, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..$179,900‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 337 hrs., susp. Lux. cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ............................$169,900‘11 CIH Magnum 235, 1000 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, front & rear duals ......................................................................................COMING IN‘09 CIH Magnum 305, 3120 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. front axle, HID lites ......................................................................................$135,500‘13 CIH Puma 160, 250 hrs., powershift trans., L765 loader, susp. axle ..................................................................................$129,900‘12 CIH Puma 160, 300 hrs., CVT trans., L765 loader, susp. axle ............................................................................................$135,500‘13 CIH Puma 145, 258 hrs., powershift trans., CIH loader........................................................................................................$119,900‘78 IH 986, 7631 hrs., w/duals ......................................................................................................................................................$13,500‘84 Case 580E, Tractor Loader Backhoe, cab ................................................................................................................................$14,500‘12 CIH Farmall 95, 677 hrs., MFD, cab, dual PTO........................................................................................................................$34,500

‘13 CIH 9230, 323 sep. hrs., track drive, RWA, HID lites ............................................................................................................$369,900‘11 CIH 7120, 579 sep. hrs., duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..............................................................................................................$239,900‘08 CIH 8010, 1150 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................................$149,900‘06 CIH 8010, 1223 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................................$129,900‘02 CIH 2388, 2074 sep. hrs., duals, RWA ....................................................................................................................................$79,000‘98 CIH 2388, 2569 eng./1764 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................$66,000‘13 CIH 2612, New 12-row chopping cornhead............................................................................................................................$99,000‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ......................................................................................................................................$64,500‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead......................................................................................................................................$64,500‘13 CIH 3408, New 8R30” cornhead ..............................................................................................................................................JUST IN‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead......................................................................................................................................................$44,900‘89 CIH 1083, 8R30”........................................................................................................................................................................$7,900‘10 CIH 2020, 25’ platform w/Crary air reel ..................................................................................................................................$26,800‘05 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................................................................$13,900‘04 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................................................................$12,900

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‘12 CIH 4430, 120’ boom,aim, auto. boom, Pro 700steering, active suspension,880 hrs. ..................$287,500

‘12 CIH 3330, 90’ booms,546 hrs. ..................$210,000

‘13 CIH 9230 Track, AWD,323 sep hrs. ............$369,900

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MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT‘13 White 8816 CFS, 16R30, cable drive $99,500White 8500, 36R20, CFS ......................$109,500‘03 White 8222, 12R30, 2 bu...................$32,500‘02 White 8222, 12R30, 2 bu...................$29,500White 8122, 12R30, VF, LF ......................$24,500White 8122, 12R30, 2 bu., dry fert. ........$29,500White 6700, 20R22..................................$17,900White 6100, 12R30, I ..............................$11,900White 6100, 12R30, VF, w/6900 splitter ..$22,500White 6100, 8RW, VF, w/6900 splitter ......$8,950‘94 White 6100, 12R30, VF, LF ................$12,900Crustbuster 3400, 15’ no-till drill ..............$7,950White 227, 31’ field cult.............................$3,950CIH 4800, 32’ ............................................$6,950Case IH 4300, 42’ field cult., 3 bar ..........$12,900‘05 Krause 7300, 27’ rock flex disc ........$22,900Sunflower 4511, 15’ disc chisel ..............$34,900WilRich Quad 5, 41’, 4 channel harrow ..$19,900WilRich 2500, 26’ FC, 4 bar ......................$4,950‘05 Wilrich V957, 7x30 ............................$17,900‘06 Wilrich V957, 5x30 ............................$19,900‘04 Sunflower 1444, 40’ disc ..................$39,500Sunflower 1830, 22’ disc, New Demo ....$67,500‘12 Wishek 862NT, 16’ ............................$32,500M&W 1865, 9x24 Earthmaster ..................$9,950‘02 CIH 730B ..........................................$19,900Sunflower 4511-15, 10’ ..........................$39,900NI 6365 (Hesston 856A), 5x6 baler ..........$9,950‘05 Hesston 740, 4x4 baler........................$9,950Hesston 5800, 5x6 baler............................$2,950

Hesston 4760 baler w/accumulator ........$39,900Artsway 240, 20’ shredder ........................$3,950DMI 730 ....................................................$9,950‘06 Hesston 1006 disc mower ..................$5,950‘08 Agco Hesston 3008 disc mower..........$6,750‘02 Parker 737 grain cart, duals ..............$17,500‘02 Parker 737 grain cart ........................$16,900Unverferth GC5000 grain cart..................$11,900Parker 510 grain cart ................................$9,950‘11 Parker 1048 grain cart, tarp, scale ....$39,500Feterl 10x60 HF w/hopper..........................$2,950‘04 Feterl 10x62 GSW auger......................$5,450‘11 Peck 12x43, PTO ................................$4,950Farm King 10” DOH, hyd. drive, NEW......$10,900Feterl 8x46 PTO auger ..............................$2,950Feterl 8x60 PTO auger ..............................$1,995White 588, 4x18 ........................................$2,495Brandt 500 EX grain vac. ........................$12,900Westendorf CC360 off RT155A..................$7,950JD 610, 25’ chisel plow ............................$9,950Miller 12 loader off AC175 ........................$3,450‘10 Farm King Y840, 84” snowblower ......$2,950‘10 Bush Hog PZ2861, 28 hp. 61”, 600 hrs.

................................................................$4,950‘11 Bush Hog PZ3073, 30 hp., 73”, 138 hrs.

................................................................$7,950Davis loader for 8N Ford ..............................$895Bush Hog PZ2661, 26 hp., 61”, 100 hrs.,

Demo ......................................................$7,950

JUST IN Demco 325 wagon ....................................$2,950White 6222, 12R30..................................$22,900‘08 MF 1560, FWA, w/loader, 800 hrs. ....$21,900‘80 Steiger ST-270, 4WD ........................$14,900‘11 MF 1328 disc mower ..........................$7,250Westendorf WL-42, Case mtg. ..................$1,950

‘05 Gleaner R-65....................................$129,500‘08 Gleaner R-65....................................$179,500‘01 NI 5408 disc mower ............................$4,750JD 724 soil finisher, 30’ ..........................$11,950‘09 Wishek 862NT, 34’ disc w/harrow ....$59,500‘08 MF 596 w/loader, joystick, 1400 hrs. $34,500

USED COMBINES & HEADS‘10 Gleaner R-66, 300 hrs., duals..........$219,500‘09 Gleaner R-66, 700 hrs., duals..........$189,500‘03 Gleaner R-65, 1200 hrs. ..................$119,500‘96 Gleaner R-72, 2100 hrs., duals LTM..$59,500‘891⁄2 Gleaner R-60, 3500 eng. hrs. ..........$19,900‘94 Gleaner R-62, 3200 hrs., Cummins ..$39,500‘93 Gleaner R-62, 2600 hrs., duals..........$29,500‘92 Gleaner R-52, 2000 hrs., CDF............$39,500‘81 Gleaner N6 w/20’ Cummins ................$7,950‘81 Gleaner N5 ..........................................$5,950‘81 Gleaner N5 w/20’ ................................$5,950‘79 Gleaner M2 HY, 18’, A430 pkg.............$8,950‘83 Gleaner L3 hydro, duals, 3200 hrs. ....$7,950MF 8570, 9320 flex, 1163 hrs. ................$29,500

Harvest Tech 4306C, 6R30 chopper head..............................................................$26,900

‘03 Gleaner 3000, 12R30 cornhead ........$39,500‘08 Gleaner 3000, 8R30 ..........................$39,500‘05 Gleaner 3000, 6R30 ..........................$26,900‘05 Gleaner 3000, 8RW ..........................$26,500(5) Gleaner 8R30 huggers ........$11,900-$39,900‘99 Gleaner 6R30 hugger, poly ................$14,900(6) Gleaner 6R30 huggers ..........$9,950-$15,900‘03 MF 3000, 6R36 cornhead ..................$17,950‘99 Gleaner 820 flex w/air reel ................$19,900‘96 Gleaner 525 flex w/air reel ................$12,900(15) Used Flexheads ......................................Call

507-427-3414 or 800-657-3249

‘05 Challenger MT255B hydro, FWA..........$9,950Versatile 2425, 4WD, 3500 hrs. ..............$99,500Agco DT200, 3300 hrs.............................$79,500‘96 Agco Allis 9655, 2WD, 6100 hrs. ......$39,500AC 7060 PD ..............................................$7,950‘00 CIH MX240, 5100 hrs. ......................$74,500‘09 MF 8650, 1800 hrs. ........................$134,500‘05 MF 6480 w/loader, 4200 hrs. ............$59,500‘08 MF 1540 w/loader, 500 hrs. ..............$17,900

‘08 MF 1533, hydro, loader, 250 hrs. ......$16,900‘10 MF 1533 w/loader, 100 hrs. ..............$16,900‘07 MF 596 FWD, w/loader, 1300 hrs. ....$34,500White 140, 2WD, 6500 hrs., duals ..........$24,900‘80 White 2-105 ........................................$7,950Oliver 1600, gas ........................................$4,950Belarus 500A, 2WD, 60 hp. ......................$3,950AC rebuilt engines for D021, 210, 220,

wheel loaders ........................Exchange - $4,950

www.midwayfarmequip.com For Sales ask for Jerry or Kyle [email protected]

NEW SPECIALSWilrich XL2, 37’, baskets................................................................................................$48,900Wilrich QX2, 50’, baskets ..............................................................................................$69,900White 8824, CFS, 24R30 ..............................................................................................$129,500White 8816, CFS, 16R30 ................................................................................................$99,500

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land correspondent Richard SiemersService of renewal

IIn 1890, Diamond Lake LutheranChurch was built to serve a popu-lation of Danish settlers. Situated

in Lincoln County a few miles northof Lake Benton, Minn., over time thecampus grew to include the churchbuilding on the north, a parsonage,garage and parish hall on the south,and the cemetery in between.

In 1969, Diamond Lake Lutheranmerged with English LutheranChurch in Lake Benton to form GraceLutheran Church, located in LakeBenton. But with loved ones buriedthere and memories still much alive,the Diamond Lake buildings (exceptfor the parsonage, which was moved)were maintained and used occasion-ally, for evening services, a funeral ora gathering.

By 2012 the buildings had stood for

well over a century. The roof of thechurch building demanded attention.Facing expensive repairs, the congrega-tion decided not to walk away from whathad become a community landmark.They embarked on a renovation project.

On Sept. 23, 2013, a Service ofRenewal was celebrated. Through gen-erous donations by third-, fourth- and

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from the bequest fund of GraceLutheran Church, and contributionsfrom others, they did more than repairthe roof. Both the church building andthe parish hall received a new roof, newsiding and new windows. The churchbuilding’s front steps were replacedwith a concrete ramp, and the garagewas transformed into a picnic shelter.

The pressed tin ceiling and old woodaltar with its statue of Christ are nowsecure within a solid frame. Referredto as Diamond Lake Chapel, Winds ofthe Prairie Ministries uses the sanc-tuary for Wednesday evening services

in the summer, an Easter sunriseservice and occasional special servicessuch as funerals. The parish hall,which has always been a communityasset, is better prepared to host fam-ily reunions, youth gatherings, town-ship annual meetings and elections.

Thanks to the leadership of a groupof dedicated people who wanted tokeep their memories of Diamond Lakealive, this distinctive landmark, situ-ated along U.S. Highway 75 north ofLake Benton, is set to preserve theheritage of early settlers for the gen-erations to come.

Grace Lutheran Church is one of fivecongregations partnered in Winds ofthe Prairie Ministries. Dates andtimes of services and events at Dia-mond Lake Chapel will be listed attheir website, windsoftheprairie.org. ❖

Diamond Lake Chapel,Lake Benton, Minn.

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

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