the land ~ nov. 29, 2013 ~ northern edition

NORTHERNEDITION

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November 29, 2013© 2013

Nov. 11, Veterans Day, was an incredible“memory day” for virtually everyoneacross our nation. We all have immediatefamily, or relative, or neighbor or distantfriend who has served our country, or stillis serving. And it truly is a day of remem-brance often filled with sadness, too.

At our Veterans Day program here atOlivia, Minn., the Color Guard of our OliviaLegion created a special impact, especiallyfor our high school youth. As the ColorGuard quietly but solemnly advanced thecolors into the school gymnasium, all veter-ans, some leaning on a cane, proudly ren-dered proper salutes to Old Glory. And so,too, did many students. You sense theirrespect of the American flag, their strong pledge ofallegiance to that flag, and the quiet attention as thehigh school concert band played the “Star SpangledBanner.” Yes, pride was on display; so, too, a few tears.

Veterans Day is all about freedom and honoring allwho served. So what is a veteran? A veteran is some-one who at one point in their life, wrote a blankcheck payable to the United States of America for anamount up to, and including, their life. Not anotherword is necessary.

Our local newspaper printed a Veterans Day poeticmessage that so vividly captures the heart and soulof our American veterans. It reads:

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair wasfalling fast, and he sat around the Legion telling sto-ries of the past. Of a war that he once fought in and thedeeds that he had done, of his exploits with his bud-dies; they were heroes, every one. And ’tho sometimes tohis neighbors, his tales became a joke, all his buddieslistened quietly, for they knew whereof he spoke.

But we’ll hear his tales no longer, for ol’ Bob haspassed away, and the world’s a little poorer for a sol-dier died today. He won’t be mourned by many, justhis children and his wife. For he lived an ordinary,very quiet sort of life. He held a job and raised a fam-ily, going quietly on his way, and the world won’t notehis passing, ’tho a soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie instate, while thousands note their passing, and pro-claimed that they were great. Papers tell of their lifestories from the time that they were young, but thepassing of a soldier goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of the landsome jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellowman? Or the ordinary fellow who in times of war andstrife, goes off to serve his country and offers up his life?

The politicians’ stipend and the style inwhich he lives, are often disproportionate tothe service that he gives. While the ordinarysoldier, who offered up his all, is paid offwith a medal and perhaps a pension, small.

It’s so easy to forget them, for it is somany times that our Bobs and Jims andJohnnys went to battle. But we know it isnot the politicians with their compromiseand ploys, who won for us the freedomthat our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, withyour enemies at your hand, would youreally want some cop-out with his ever-waffling stand? Or would you want a

soldier — His home, his country, his kin,just a common soldier, who would fight until the end.

He was just a common soldier, and his ranks aregrowing thin, but his presence should remind us wemay need his like again. For when countries are inconflict, we find the soldier’s part is to clean up allthe troubles that the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor while he’s here to hearthe praise, then at least let’s give him homage at theending of his days. Perhaps just a simple headline inthe paper that might say: “Our country is in mourn-ing, a soldier died today.”

Speaking as a veteran and senior citizen, for meVeterans Day does indeed generate emotions. Likemost Minnesota communities, we have a few WWIIveterans still living with us. Plus we have a growingcadre of more recent veterans; unfortunately somewith a prosthesis for what used to be a leg or an arm.Sadly there also is an occasional military funeral,with the Legion Honor Guard providing the properdignity. Veterans, we thank you.

This closing note: You farmers have now survived amost challenging production season. A late, and formany a disgustingly wet, spring. A snow in May. Avirtual shutdown of moisture getting into August. Aharvest season with wet corn and wind-damagedfields. An early November snowfall shutting thingsdown for a few days. Plus corn and soybean pricescrunching to $4 and $13 levels. So all is not joy infarm country. But you’re wrapping up 2013 and it’stime to be thankful. Farmers, we thank you.

Perhaps fitting at this Thanksgiving season arethese words: The happiest of people don’t necessarilyhave the best of everything; they just make the mostof everything they have.

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

Veterans, we thank you

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Somewhere along his long, winding wayfrom Delaware to Indiana to WashingtonD.C., Bart Chilton picked up a desire forpublic service, a view that governmentshould serve the powerful and powerlessalike and a trusted way to bring peopletogether to write straightforward, fairpublic policy.

Appointed in 2007 by President GeorgeW. Bush, Chilton began to serve as a com-missioner at the Commodity FuturesTrading Commission just before the 2008Wall Street meltdown. That fire was lit byfinancial derivatives the CFTC had nopower to regulate.

Reappointed in 2009, Chilton quicklymade himself a pain in the neck to too-big-to-failbanks, too-big-to-jail bankers and “cheetah” specula-tors the world over who claimed 2008 was a freakoccurrence and that their in-the-dark derivativesmarkets needed no regulation.

He, and others, disagreed and, in 2010, Congresspassed the Dodd-Frank reform law that put toughrules, stiff penalties and clear oversight — by theCFTC and others — in U.S. financial markets.

Its passage, however, began a high-dollar lobbyingand legal fight by the financial industry to challengeevery comma, colon and apostrophe in the proposedrules to implement the law.

The battles, raging yet today, have become so bruis-ing that three years after Dodd-Frank became law —and a full year since either of its authors, Sen.Christopher Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, served inCongress — Dodd-Frank is still not in place.

Many of the fights have occurred in the Senate andHouse agriculture committees because each holdsoversight power on the CFTC.

For example, on Oct. 30, the House ag committee’sRanking Member, Collin Peterson of Minnesota,spoke on the House floor against committee action tochange Dodd-Frank provisions he said would “puttaxpayers on the hook for big banks’ risky behavior.”His warning fell on deaf ears.

Chilton, too, has taken to the road to explain thebenefits a tough Dodd-Frank law and the regulatorycertainty and trust it would bring back to the mar-ketplace.

The banks ain’t buying; they want fewer rules and,by implication, more room to create new productsand profits.

Their actions, however, prove Chilton, Peterson andevery financial watchdog correct: Weekly bankannouncements showcase billion-dollar blunders andmulti-billion dollar fines for market violations. (OnNov. 19, JP Morgan Chase agreed to pay the U.S.government $13 billion to settle shady mortgagedealings.)

But banks have plenty of politicians to offer cover.In mid-November, House ag committee ChairmanFrank Lucas, Oklahoma, questioned the CFTC’s “lat-est move to regulate cross-border swaps” — anotherpoorly understood financial instrument — because

“(r)egulating without regard for how mar-kets function is irresponsible ...”

Not understanding — let alone not reg-ulating — these opaque, complex markets

is irresponsible.

In fact, looking the other way wheneveryone from London to Lincoln to Lis-

bon knows from experience that the $3-trillion-per-day global financial market is rife with unknownrisk and well-known wrongdoing is not only irre-sponsible, it’s just plain dumb.

Regulators like the CFTC’s Bart Chilton knowthat. Taxpayers like you and me know that. And,best guess, even a politician/promoter like FrankLucas knows that.

But dumb is thenew smart. Dumb iswhat we do. Dumbreigns triumphant.And, sooner thanlater, dumb is gonnacost everyone bigagain.

Right now, though,dumb is driving

thoughtful, smart public servants like Bart Chiltonout of public service. On Nov. 5, after six years onthe CFTC, Chilton announced that he had “sent aletter to the president expressing my intent to leavethe agency in the near future.”

If Chilton leaves by Jan. 1, as is expected, the six-member CFTC (five commissioners and a chairper-son) will have but two members. Two. Think Dodd-Frank has any chance to move through the CFTCanytime in 2014?

Right. Dumb wins again.

Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is publishedweekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America.Contact him at [email protected]. ❖

The triumph of dumb where sanity attempts to rule

FARM & FOOD FILE

By Alan Guebert

OPINION

In fact, looking the other way when everyone fromLondon to Lincoln to Lisbon knows from experiencethat the $3-trillion-per-day global financial marketis rife with unknown risk and well-known wrong-doing is not only irresponsible, it’s just plain dumb.

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Do you enjoy writingfilled with hyperbole? Howabout “reporting” that citeslong-dispelled myths asfact and uses professionaltalking heads as sources?Is lazy journalism thataims to manufacture con-troversy your thing?

Then an AssociatedPress story about so-called “dirty” ethanol isright up your alley. Buthold on a minute. Beforeyou read further and getyour salacious journal-ism fix, let us give you ataste of what this storywould look like if itsauthors dealt in factsinstead of half-truths; iftheir aim was to actually inform readers instead oftroll for cheap web clicks and re-tweets.

In other words, let us warn you about a few of themany outrageous claims about “dirty” ethanol,farmers and renewable fuels that are made in thestory, and set the record straight.

AP claim: “Five million acres of land set asidefor conservation ... have vanished on Obama’swatch. Landowners filled in wetlands. Theyplowed into pristine prairies, releasing carbondioxide that had been locked in the soil.”

Whew, we warned you about the hyperbole.First, farmers are not filling in wetlands. Acreage

enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’sWetlands Reserve Program hit a record 2.65 millionacres in 2012. That land is enrolled permanently, orfor a period of 30 years. Farmers can’t just wake upone day and decide to fill it in.

Second, acres in the USDA’s Conservation ReserveProgram have declined, but a big reason for the declineis because the cap on CRP acres fell from 39 million to32 million acres as a result of the 2008 farm bill. CRPlands were always intended to remain available to befarmed if market conditions warranted. It is perfectly

reasonable to grow crops ongood farmland, and save themore highly erodible land

and fields near waterways for CRP enrollment. Third,those “pristine prairies” remain pristine. According tothe Environmental Protection Agency, no new grasslandhas been converted to cropland since 2005. Most nativegrasslands are also protected under “sodbuster” and“swampbuster” provisions of the farm bill. In Min-nesota, a recent Department of Natural Resourcesreport shows an increase in wetland acreage.

Finally, farmers participate in a variety of conser-vation efforts. Minnesota farmers lead the nationwith more than 2 million acres enrolled in theUSDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program. Min-nesota’s corn farmers also invest more than $2 mil-lion annually in research that seeks to improve con-versation efforts and farming practices.

AP claim: “Historically, the overwhelminglymajority of corn in the United States has beenturned into livestock feed. But in 2010, for thefirst time, fuel was the No. 1 use for corn inAmerica. That’s been true every year since.”

This claim is a doozy.Actually, it’s just plain wrong.Livestock feed remains

the No. 1 market for U.S.corn. Period.

What the AP authorsaren’t telling you (presum-ably they know this, butmaybe not) is that for every56-pound bushel of corn thatis made into 2.8 gallons ofethanol, 17 pounds — aboutone-third — is returned as ahigh-protein animal feed.This is what corn farmersmean when they talk aboutgrowing food, fiber and fuel.Enough corn is grown tosupport all three (withplenty left over to export toother countries). We don’thave to pick just one.

If the AP reporters were

honest, they would have acknowledged that when youfactor in co-products, livestock feed — not fuel —remains the top use for corn by a wide margin.

AP claim: “Before the government ethanol man-date, the CRP grew every year for nearly a decade.”

Actually, it didn’t. CRP enrollment fell in five con-secutive years from 1994-99. Oh, those pesky facts …

AP claim: “But using government satellite data— the best tool available — the AP identified aconservative estimate of 1.2 million acres of vir-gin land in Nebraska, South Dakota and NorthDakota alone that have been converted to fieldsof corn and soybeans since 2006, the last yearbefore the ethanol mandate was passed.”

The reporters don’t bother to tell us what “govern-ment satellite data” was used or how “virgin land” wasidentified. Government agencies like the USDA don’tuse satellite data often for regulatory or enforcementpurposes because it contains a high degree of error.

If you want to know what’s happening on cropland inNebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota, referring to asatellite hovering around in outer space isn’t the bestmethod. Instead,you want to use on-the-ground data. If theAP reporters paid attention to what was happening on theground, they would have learned that yes, 2013 corn acresin Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and NorthDakota are up over 9 million compared to the five-yearaverage from 2000-04. However, acres dedicated to othercrops fell by more than 11 million — meaning the increasesin corn acres was more than offset by the decrease in othercrops,not from planting corn on “virgin land.”

AP claim: “Between 2005 and 2010, corn farm-ers increased their use of nitrogen fertilizer bymore than one billion pounds. More recent

OPINIONCommentary: AP story plows under the facts about ethanol

Links of interestLink to AP storywww.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html

Links to peer-reviewed studieshttp://goo.gl/02EUWYhttp://goo.gl/bBbUu6

On Nov. 12, the Associated Pressreleased a question-and-answer withitself. AP asked its own reporter, DinaCappiello, a series of questions entitled“Ethanol, Oil and What It Means to BeGreen.” Bob Dinneen, president and CEOof the Renewable Fuels Association,answers the same AP questions from afact-based, fair perspective.

Q: What is the ethanol mandate?A: We’re not sure, because there’s no

such thing as an “ethanol mandate.” Thereis, however, a program called the Renew-able Fuel Standard, which requires oilrefiners to blend increasing amounts oflower-carbon renewable fuels with gaso-line and diesel. Ethanol is one of many

renewable fuels that qualify for the RFS;the program is certainly not limited toethanol. In fact, biodiesel, renewable diesel,bio-naptha, renewable gasoline, biogas andeven bio-heating oil have all been used tomeet RFS requirements.

The RFS has enjoyed broad bipartisansupport. It was originally passed by aRepublican-controlled House and Senateand signed into law by a Republican presi-dent in 2005. The RFS was expanded in2007 by a Democrat-controlled House andSenate and signed into law by a Republicanpresident.

Q: Sounds straightforward. Greenenergy, right?

A: That’s right. The RFS requires thatconventional biofuels must reduce green-house gas emissions by at least 20 percentcompared to gasoline. Advanced biofuelsmust reduce GHG emissions by at least 50percent, and qualifying cellulosic biofuelsmust achieve a 60-percent GHG reduction.In addition, the policy contained strict safe-guards against conversion of non-agricul-tural lands, such as native grassland andforest. Finally, the Environmental Protec-tion Agency may entirely waive the pro-gram’s requirements if it determines imple-mentation would result in “environmentalharm” to the nation.

Commentary: Ethanol, oil and the facts — RFA respondsSee COMMENTARY, pg. 6A

See Q&A, pg. 7A

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COMMENTARY, from pg. 4Adata isn’t available from the USDA, butbecause of the huge increase in corn planting,even conservative projections by the AP sug-gest another billion-pound fertilizer increase

on corn farms since then.”USDA data show that nitrogen applied in 2010

was down compared to nitrogen use in the early andmid-1980s, even though today’s corn crop is 40 per-cent larger than it was in 1985. The nitrogen

required to grow a bushelof corn is down 43 percentsince 1980. By the way,yields are way up. Farmers are growing more corn onless land and drastically increasing the efficiency offertilizer application.

AP claim: “Corn demands fertilizer, which ismade using natural gas. What’s worse, ethanolfactories typically burn coal or gas, both ofwhich release carbon dioxide.”

According to Argonne National Laboratory, whenall greenhouse gas emissions related to growing cornand processing it into ethanol are tallied, averagecorn ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by34 percent compared to gasoline. Since 1995, ethanolplants have cut electricity use by 38 percent andthermal energy use by 36 percent.

There are many other peer-reviewed studies —http://goo.gl/02EUWY — that reach similar conclu-sions about ethanol’s impact in reducing greenhousegas emissions. Unfortunately, the AP ignored all ofthem — http://goo.gl/bBbUu6.

We could keep going, but I think you get the point.This story is a dumpster fire, and it comes at a

time when Big Oil is spending big bucks and goingall out to try and get Congress to repeal the Renew-able Fuels Standard, or convince the EPA to makesignificant changes to the RFS.

The AP isn’t the first news outlet to fall victim toBig Oil’s deep pockets and powerful influence. Unfor-tunately, it also won’t be the last.

Corn farmers and ethanol supporters have noproblem with media outlets taking a critical look atfarming practices and the ethanol process. Here inMinnesota, we help reporters identify sources on aregular basis, even when we know the story in alllikelihood may cast agriculture in a negative light.

But when a story like this one is written — onethat parrots talking points from the oil industry andregurgitates dated myths and blatantly wrong“facts” from anti-everything environmental groups— we feel it’s our responsibility to set the recordstraight as soon as possible. In this case, as soon aspossible means before the story is even published.

If you log on towww.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html tothe abbreviated story and read its claims about the so-called “dirty” ethanol industry, remember that most ofMinnesota’s gasoline comes from the Alberta Tar Sands.Also remember that before ethanol was blended in 10 per-cent of all of Minnesota gasoline 16 years ago, large citiesin our great state were deemed to be in “no attainment”status by the EPA for carbon monoxide pollution.

Ethanol has helped clean up Minnesota’s air,reduced our dependence on foreign oil, created jobsand rejuvenated the agriculture and rural economy.

For reasons we will never understand, the Associ-ated Press views these accomplishments as “dirty.”

You can read the AP’s attack on ethanol at www.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html.

This blog appeared on the Minnesota CORNerstoneblog, www.minnesotacornerstone.com. ❖

OPINIONDispelling AP claims in the name of clean energy6

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Q&A, from pg. 4AQ: But ethanol helps reduce

global warming?A: Yes. The latest peer-reviewed, pub-

lished studies on the subject concludethat today’s conventional ethanol signifi-cantly reduces GHG emissions com-pared to gasoline. The most recent studyby scientists at Argonne National Labo-ratory found that corn ethanol reducesGHG emissions by an average of 34 per-cent compared to gasoline, even whenhypothetical land use change emissionsare considered.

Meanwhile, ethanol from sourceslike corn stover and switchgrassreduce GHG emissions by an esti-mated 88 to 108 percent. In 2012alone, corn ethanol reduced GHGemissions from the transportation sec-tor by more than 33 million metrictons — that’s like taking 5.2 millionvehicles off the road.

Q: The ethanol industry disputes(the AP’s land conversion) num-bers and says no virgin land hasbeen lost. What gives?

A: Total cropland in the UnitedStates continued to shrink. In fact,farmers today plant about 2 to 3 per-cent fewer acres to crops like corn, soy-beans, wheat and cotton than they didin the 1990s. So, how could the APargue that farmers are convertingnative lands to cropland, when crop-land is actually shrinking? Further,native grasslands, wetlands and othersensitive lands are protected by cer-tain farm bill conservation programs.

The AP story ridiculously attributesthe drop in Conservation Reserve Pro-gram acres since 2007 to ethanol andthe RFS, but the truth is the 2008 farmbill cut funding for CRP by 20 percentand required farmers to decrease CRPacreage. Finally, the authors of thesatellite analysis upon which AP relied

admitted that a “short-coming” of their work“was our inability to ... dis-tinguish between different types ofgrassland conversion, i.e. to separatenative prairie conversion from changeinvolving CRP, hay lands or grass pas-ture.” Yet, AP dismissed this admissionof uncertainty and hid the fact that thesatellite data on grassland conversionis wrong as often as it is right.

Q: (Protecting against land con-version) must have been factoredinto the equation when the gov-ernment wrote this policy, right?

A: Yes. Not only did the EPA assess apunitive land use change emissionspenalty against conventional biofuelsin its GHG analysis, but Congress alsoclearly prohibited cultivation of native,non-agricultural lands for the pur-poses of making biofuels. The EPA isrequired to annually evaluate whetherthe RFS is causing U.S. cropland toexpand beyond the 2007 level of 402million acres (the year the RFS wasexpanded). Each and every year, theEPA has found that cropland has beenbelow the 2007 baseline; and the 2012cropland total was at its lowest point(384 million acres) since the EPAbegan this annual analysis.

Q: We’re talking about corn. Likecorn you eat in the summer?

A: No. The corn used for ethanol is“field corn” and is not the same assweet corn. Humans do not directlyconsume field corn. Farmers produceda record crop of field corn in 2013 andjust 22 percent of the record supplywill be used for fuel ethanol. On aglobal basis, the U.S. ethanol industryuses just 2.9 percent of the world grainsupply. The 2013 world grain supply isthe largest in history and 25 percentlarger than the global grain supply 10years ago.

Q: You don’t hear a lot about this.

A: Yes, it’s unfortunatethat consumers don’t hearmore about the benefits of

renewable fuels. Biofuels like ethanolhave reduced our nation’s dependenceon imported petroleum, reduced GHGemissions, displaced and delayed theneed for dirty fuels like tar sands andoil from fracking, created jobs in ruralcommunities, and added value to farmproducts. The renewable fuels industryhas a tremendous success story to tell;it’s a shame that the AP chose to demo-nize biofuels rather than shine a lighton the industry’s many benefits.

Q: So bottom line, is ethanol bet-ter for the environment than oil?

A: Without question. In today’s fuelmarket, ethanol is competing againstgasoline from environmentallydestructive oil sources like tar sandsand fracking. Ethanol substantiallyreduces GHG emissions compared tomarginal crude oil, uses less energyand water to produce, and has far morebenign effects on air and water quality.

Further, ethanol is rapidlybiodegradable, whereas oil remainsnoxious and toxic for long periods. Ateam of researchers from Duke Uni-versity, the University of Minnesotaand Oak Ridge National Laboratory

published an exhaustive comparisonof the environmental impacts ofethanol and gasoline in 2012, findingthat ethanol offered superior environ-mental performance across a broadrange of indicators.

Q: Then why does the govern-ment keep this going?

A: Because the RFS is the most suc-cessful and important U.S. energy pol-icy in recent history. Petroleumimports are down, job creation inrural America is up and GHG emis-sions from transportation are falling.But we still have a long way to go.

Not only has the RFS encouragedthe development of today’s robust con-ventional biofuels industry, but it hascreated the market certainty and sup-port for the next generation of biofu-els.

In 2014, commercial-scale volumes ofcellulosic ethanol produced from agri-cultural waste will enter the market,ushering in the next phase of develop-ment in the biofuels industry. For theseadvanced and cellulosic biofuels to suc-ceed, a strong and lasting commitmentto the RFS is necessary. ❖

OPINIONRenewable Fuel Standard successful energy policy

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s corn ethanol to blame for the current market situation?

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By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press

Corn is king in south central Min-nesota and ethanol production con-sumes a sizable amount of the annualfall harvest.

Whether the increased use ofethanol correlates to the expansion ofland put into crop production is diffi-cult to prove.

“There are certainly issues on cornethanol if you are taking marginalland and putting it in production,”said Gregg Marg, a Minnesota StateUniversity-Mankato biology professorwho researches biofuels.

“But that’s not unique to ethanol, it’san issue for all kinds of corn produc-

tion. If you stopped all ethanol, farmersare still going to grow corn for feed andother uses and they’re going to want toproduce as much as they can. It mighttake a few acres out of production if the(corn) price goes down, but I don’t seethat happening,” Marg said.

Bruce Peterson, who farms nearNorthfield, Minn., and is vice presidentof the Minnesota Corn Growers board ofdirectors, doesn’t believe ethanol hasbeen the main catalyst for increasedcorn acres and believes government con-servation programs are targeting themost environmentally sensitive land.

“In Minnesota, there is more cornbeing grown. On the western part ofthe state there is corn being grown all

the way to Canada,” Peterson said.“But they’re growing corn instead ofthe wheat they used to grow, it’s notvirgin ground they’re plowing up.”

He said it’s the same in the Southwhere low cotton prices have led to aswitch to corn acres. “It’s a reshufflingof the deck in most places.”

Peterson thinks supply and demandwill lower the number of acres plantedto corn with the government estimat-ing corn acres will be 3 or 4 percentlower next year.

“In the last three years corn produc-tion has been below average, which hasprobably had more of an effect thanethanol. This year we will have a recordcrop, which will make up for a verytight supply. We’ll have plenty of sur-plus corn, the price will drop and farm-ers will adjust their cropping plan.”

While the amount of land enrolled inconservation programs, such as theConservation Reserve Program, hasdecreased, Peterson said the programbetter focuses on fragile land and theoverall cutback is a reality of federalbudget deficits.

He said that in the past, CRPenrolled most any farmland, with thegovernment guaranteeing a certainannual payment for 10 years to keepthe land out of production.

“It was first offered during the farm cri-sis in the mid-’80s. People were enrollingtheir land to save their farms.”

He said the land now targeted is themost environmentally sensitive. “Puttingstrips along wetlands, erodible land andmarginal wet areas that maybe should bein a long-term retirement program.” Hesaid the nearly 30 million of acres in CRPrepresent about 10 percent of all of thenation’s land used for agriculture.

“So it’s still quite significant and itdoesn’t make a lot of sense for the gov-ernment to rent land to retire highlyproductive farmland. The world needsthe grain.”

Peterson is bothered by critics ofethanol who often say that 40 percentof the nation’s corn crop goes toethanol. That figure does not take intoaccount byproducts of ethanol produc-

Farmers: Markets, not ethanol, the driving force

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ETHANOL, from pg. 8Ation, such as distillers grain that is valued as live-stock feed. “It’s more like 25 to 30 percent (of thecrop used for ethanol). The byproducts are used todisplace some of the corn we’d normally feed.”

Minnesota is fifth in the nation in ethanol produc-tion with more than 1 billion gallons made annu-ally. Iowa is the top producer with 3.5 billion gal-

lons, followed by Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana.Ethanol plants in south central Minnesota are

among the largest in the state.The Guardian Energy plant near Janesville and

Valero Renewable Fuels plant near Welcome are thestate’s two largest plants, each turning up to 40 mil-lion bushels of corn into 110 million gallons ofethanol annually.

The Heartland Corn Products plant near Winthropis second, producing 100 million gallons of ethanol.The POET plant near Lake Crystal, annually turns20 million bushels of corn into 56 million gallons ofethanol, and the Corn Plus plant near Winnebagoproduces 49 million gallons.

Marg’s research has focused on cellulosic ethanol— fuel made from plant materials ranging from cornstalks to prairie grass. While the development of cel-lulosic production has been slower than many hadhoped, Marg said it is a viable fuel alternative andbelieves it will grow.

“It’s not just thinking of an idea and then makingit work right away. Cellulosic is actually moving at afairly fast pace. There are places running small butcommercial-scale plants. The fact people are throw-ing tens of millions of dollars into these things indi-cates they think it will work.”

He said the cost of producing cellulosic fuel contin-ues to fall as more research is done. “It’s getting nearthe point where it will be competitive with $100 abarrel oil, but it still has a ways to go.”

Marg said whether from corn or plant material, itwill be difficult to replace oil-based gasoline anytimesoon.

The country consumes 140 billion gallons of gaso-line, and ethanol production of 13 billion gallons ayear is only about 10 percent of total gas usage.

One study concluded that the country could even-tually harvest 1 billion tons of cellulosic materialwithout damaging fields or the landscape. If thatamount were used right now, it could produce some100 billion gallons of fuel, close to what the nationuses. There is hope the amount of fuel extracted fromcellulosic could be increased to double what it is now.But, Marg said, producing cellulosic fuel also con-sumes fuel so the net gain would not be as high.

Much of the ethanol debate recently has beenfocused on the federal government’s Renewable FuelStandards, which require a certain percentage offuels come from biofuels each year.

Corn growers’ associations nationally have beenfighting a plan by some members of Congress tochange the required amount of ethanol blended ingasoline. In 2007, Congress required the use of 9 bil-lion gallons of ethanol annually, an amount that hasgrown to 13 billion gallons. The law also sets targetsfor increased use of cellulosic and other advancedbiofuels.

Some senators proposed a law that would removecorn ethanol from those targets, with more focus onadvanced biofuels, in hopes of spurring developmentof cellulosic and other biofuels. The proposed legisla-tion is opposed by agricultural groups who argue itwould slash jobs, harm the rural economy and wouldactually slow the development of advanced biofuels.The National Corn Growers Association said cornethanol is building the market, infrastructure andother support needed to get the newer fuels into themarketplace.

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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

In the early days of the ethanol industryan acceptable “yield” from a 56-pound bushelof corn was 2.6 gallons of ethanol plus about18 pounds of a livestock feed product knownas distillers dried grains soluble. Fast for-ward to 2013, and the ethanol industry isextracting nearly 3 gallons of ethanol fuelplus a growing array of other products fromthat same bushel of corn. Those kernels of corn arebecoming a virtual cornucopia of value.

Leading the parade is Quad County Corn Proces-sors at Galva, Iowa. Started in 2002 as an 18-mil-lion-gallon “design capacity” ethanol plant, todaythis facility is doing 35 million gallons per year withan expansion to 45 million to 50 million gallons inthe near future.

“We’re doing some ‘de-bottlenecking’ to ramp up tothis higher production,” said General ManagerDelayne Johnson.

How exactly do you “de-bottleneck” an ethanolplant? In essence, it means some additional engi-neering and new chemistry to improve processingtechniques plus reworking the “flow system” so cornmoves more efficiently through the entire system.

Quad County is currently revamping into a newcellulosic ethanol process which boils down to get-ting more out of that same kernel of corn.

“This new process enables us to convert the cellu-lose portion of the kernel, which adds about 6 per-

cent to our yield and that gets us very near tothat yield of 3 gallons per bushel,” Johnsonsaid.

This new technology alsogenerates two additionalbonuses: about 300 percentmore corn oil, plus theprocess removes more of thefiber resulting in a higher-nutrition feedstuff. He indi-

cated a strong market is growing forcorn oil, especially among thebiodiesel industry and feed compa-nies.What’s ahead

Quad County has patented thisnew process and, after repeatedruns through the plant, they arenow confident the process works.The engineering timetable to getthis new system online will be April but, thanks tode-bottlenecking, the plant continues operationwithout any slowdown in daily output.

Apparently much of the U.S. ethanol industry isalready aware of this potential breakthrough inoperation efficiencies. “We’re getting quite a fewphone calls,” Johnson said. “Other ethanol plantslike the idea that once we have this new processtotally integrated into our production process, theycan come here to view the process and understandthe improvement in our true yields.

“We are discussing how we will commercializethis new process. We anticipate that other ethanol

plants will want to do this simplybecause it improves the bottomline of their financial reports.

“If the 205 additional ethanolplants across the nation can seebetter yields and better marginswhile also increasing our nation’stotal energy supplies, we think thiscan be a significant step for theentire renewable fuels program.Plus consumers win becauseethanol is considerably cheaperthan gasoline.”

According to the Iowa RenewableFuels Association, ethanol reducesIowa gas prices by $1.69 a gallon. Astudy by Iowa State University’sCenter for Agriculture and Rural

Development said this amounts to a $2,363 savingsper year for a typical Iowa family.

Acknowledging that the U.S. Renewable FuelsStandard is important to the ethanol industry,Johnson said the industry is coming into balancewith opportunities to incorporate ethanol fuels into

Ethanol plant squeezing more out of every kernel

Delayne Johnson

This new processenables us to con-vert the celluloseportion of the ker-nel, which addsabout 6 percent toour yield and thatgets us very nearto that yield of 3gallons per bushel.

— Delayne Johnson

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KERNEL, from pg. 11Athe U.S. energy pipeline. Thanks to agrowing awareness of the importanceof “green” energy sources, he feels theethanol industry is already quite self-sufficient. As consolidation continueswithin the industry, additional effi-ciencies are generated.

“I think we’ll see more of this busi-ness trend going forward and I doubtwe’ll see new corn starch ethanolplants,” Johnson said. “But new cellu-losic ethanol facilities are being built,one at Emmetsburg just down theroad from us. There’s now about adozen nationwide processing varioussources of cellulosic materials.”Operating efficiencies

Because he’s GM of QCCP, Johnsonclosely monitors the operating effi-ciencies of ethanol production andnotes the corn crop is different eachyear. The 2012 crop, for example, waslow in starch, and was also higher in

fiber which ties up some of the starch.This meant some adjustments inenzymes and additives during the fer-mentation process. He said starch con-tent of that kernel of corn last yearwas in the 67 to 68 percent bracketcompared with 71 to 72 percent starchthe prior year.

“This impacts yield very directly,” hesaid. “Ethanol comes from the starchportion so you’re simply processingless alcohol per bushel of corn but itdoes add more to the co-product. How-ever we want to put more into the ‘highvalue’ bucket of products from thatkernel of corn.”

Even though profits are marginalwithin the ethanol industry, meaningsome are black ink operations andsome aren’t, Quad County has a 12-year history of providing payback to itsproducer-investors both in terms of taxcredits and cash distributions. He indi-cated Quad County is only a coupleyears away from paying off its original

construction loan of about $20 million.“If we were to build a 35-million gallonplant today it probably would costabout $2.50 per gallon.”

All corn sourced to Quad County isprovided both through commercial ele-vators (40 percent) and corn producers(60 percent) within a 40-mile radius.Because corn is 85 percent of the totalcost of running the facility, corn pricingis a daily event. However because theyare able to market about 85 percent oftheir stillage (wet distillers’ grain) tocattle feeders within a 45-mile radiusthey save considerably on natural gasusage.

“The other 10 to 15 percent is driedand sold as DDGs feed product prima-rily to swine producers in this part ofIowa,” he said.

But this doesn’t imply that market-ing of “byproducts” is a piece of cake forQuad County. There are lots of ethanolplants in Iowa (45 total) and manyright there in northwest Iowa includ-ing one just 15 miles away. “So buyersare continually checking the marketseeing who’s got the best price today,”Johnson said. He points out that live-stock producers also note the totalnutrient content of these DDG co-prod-ucts, especially the protein and energyvalues.Premiums

Producers have delivery options oftheir corn based on what ChicagoBoard of Trade month they price theircrop. But they also have an option to

grow ENOGEN corn, a Syngenta prod-uct that replaces the alpha amylaseroutinely purchased as part of the fer-mentation process.

It slightly increases processing yieldfor Quad County because it breaksdown the fiber components of that ker-nel of corn slightly better than whatthe alpha amylase was doing. Thistends to lower production costs, andthus Quad County offers a 40-cent-per-bushel premium to producers growingthis special corn.

There is no additional seed cost forthe ENOGEN corn, no yield drag andit has Food and Drug Administrationapproval for food and feed usage.World markets also accept the product.Quad County now has two years ofexperience with the corn and alreadyhas 14,000 acres contracted for the2014 growing season.

“Farmers apparently like the prod-uct. And we’re proud to put an addi-tional half million dollars worth of pre-mium money into the hands of ourgrowers and our local economy,” saidJohnson, who gives full credit to hismanagement group with each havingvarious specialties about this entireextraction process of how to get just abit more out of that kernel of corn.

Johnson, 47, is a graduate of IowaState University and initially worked inthe agricultural supply business. He wasa charter board member of QCCP beforebeing hired as general manager. ❖

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Minnesota Pork BoardAnnual MeetingDec. 3, 3 p.m.Country Inn & Suites,Mankato, Minn.Info: Registration requestedby contacting Colleen Carey,(800) 537-7675 [email protected]

Nutrient Reduction Strategy Open HouseDec. 3, 4-6 p.m.St. James Hotel, Red Wing,Minn.Info: Public meeting to reviewand comment on a proposedstatewide strategy for reducingphosphorus and nitrogen thatescape into surface and

groundwater; a draft is open forpublic review and commentthrough Dec. 18 atwww.pca.state.mn.us/nutrienteducation or e-mail [email protected]

Midwest Dairy ExpoDec. 3-4River’s Edge Center, St.

Cloud, Minn.Info: Advanced registrationrecommended by calling (877)577-0741 or logging on towww.mnmilk.org

Nutrient Reduction Strategy Open HouseDec. 4, 3-5 p.m.Otter Tail County ServicesBuilding, Fergus Falls, Minn.Info: See details of Dec. 3 event

Grazing and Soil QualityVideoconferenceDec. 5, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.Several locations aroundMinnesotaInfo: Presented by the Min-nesota Department of Agricul-ture and the Minnesota Graz-ing Lands ConservationAssociation; for more detailsand to register, log on tohttp://bit.ly/1hHKD8f —

$25/GLCA members, $50/non-member, $45 for one-yearGLCA membership and regis-tration to the videoconference;seating is limited at each site

Minnesota Beef CheckoffInformational HearingVideoconferenceDec. 5, 10 a.m.Sites across the state: Will-mar, Brainerd, Rochester,Detroit Lakes, Marshall, RedLake Falls, Mankato, St. PaulInfo: Minnesota Beef Researchand Promotion Council is pro-posing a voluntary check-offprice increase of $1 per head; amail ballot election will be heldin February; a ballot can berequested from the MinnesotaDepartment of Agriculture web-site, www.mda.state.mn.us orfrom the MBPRC

20th Annual Drive-Through Live NativityDec. 6-7New Life Christian Church,Albert Lea, Minn.Info: Free admission; located at1705 SE Marshall (betweenAdvance Auto and NAPA AutoParts); call (507) 373-0814 or(507) 373-1533; canceled in caseof inclement weather

Old Fashioned DanishChristmasDec. 7Danebod Campus, Tyler, Minn.Info: 2-5 p.m. shop the Julebu-tikker; 4-6 p.m. traditional Dan-ish supper, advanced tickets pre-ferred by calling (507) 247-3000,$8/adult, $4/child 10 and under;6:30 p.m. free evening entertain-ment by Marilyn (Buhl) Parkerand the Jazz Interpreters fol-lowed by dancing around theChristmas tree

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Farm bill uncertainty?Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., wants

to say “it’s a done deal,” but this vet-eran congressman knows nothing isfinal until the president’s signatureshows up. Finding that “sweet spot” inthe final language of the farm bill con-tinues to be the big challenge to theHouse-Senate conference committee stillworking out details, item by item, beforesubmitting to both houses for a vote ofapproval. Conferees include 41 membersof both houses but four are doing thegroundwork, said Peterson, who is one ofthe four.

At a Hutchinson, Minn., Farm-CityBreakfast Nov. 1, Peterson said thebiggest issue continues to be the foodstamp gap. Versions between theHouse and Senate are wildly different.

• In the House, the Republican billcalls for cuts of $40 billion over thenext 10 years.

• In the Senate,a bipartisan bill proposescuts of $4 billion over the next 10 years.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said,“the House-passed resolution goes toofar. It would hurt the most vulnerableacross the country.” Peterson indicateda compromised $11-billion cut in foodassistance would work in the Senatebut said, “that won’t fly in the House.”

He suggested they worry less aboutnumbers and instead put the effort onfarm policies and various titles thatmake up the total farm bill. He also ref-erenced Senate Ag Chairwoman DebbieStabenow, D-Mich., who said she could-n’t go with double digits in reference toproposed cuts in the food stamp pro-gram, now known as the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program.

“(House Speaker John) Boehner des-perately wants to get a farm bill signedby Thanksgiving but he doubts hisHouse colleagues will go even that far,”Peterson said.

After a 1 1/2-day joint session of theConference committee Oct. 30-31,Peterson said, “I’m optimistic with thecaliber of conversation we had the pasttwo days that we can do a bipartisanagreement and finally get this up for avote.” He’s concerned that if this con-ference committee doesn’t come upwith a farm bill and final language isleft to a vote by House and Senatemembers, a one-year extension of thecurrent farm bill might happen. “Andthat simply leaves even more uncer-tainty for farmers and agri-businesspeople as they attempt to make plans

for their future. We’ve got to have afarm bill this session,” he said.

“I’ve been through this before so I knowwhat needs to be done,” Peterson told hisaudience at Hutchinson, saying thateven though the House would be absentthe week of Nov. 1, he felt the conferencecommittee would have an acceptablefarm bill and very likely this would hap-pen even before the Congress has abudget bill in front of them.

“Strange as it sounds, I could see thebudget bill hitchhiking on the tails of thenew farm bill. We need to get this thingwrapped up before Thanksgiving. Yes,there’s likely some ‘land mines’ out there sothis is not a slam dunk even with the con-ference committee coming to an agreement.Unfortunately nobody can tell us exactlywhat that ‘sweet spot’ is,”Peterson said.

One possible “land mine” is proposedfederal legislation that dismantles theRenewable Fuel Standard. A billdrafted by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla.,would remove corn ethanol from theRFS and adjust the RFS for advancedbiofuel at 16 billion gallons.

“Removing corn ethanol from the stan-dard makes no sense at a time whengrowers are harvesting what may be arecord crop.The fact is, we are on track tomeet all demands for food and fuel, witha surplus at the end of this marketingyear of nearly 2 billion bushels,” saidNational Corn Growers Association Pres-ident Martin Barbre.

He contends it is bad policy for law-makers to promote “next generation”biofuels over corn ethanol, becausethose newer fuels are dependent onthe success of the entire ethanol indus-try to build the market, infrastructureand other support need to get thesenewer fuels into the marketplace. Bar-bre said, “without corn ethanol in theRFS you won’t see 16 billion gallons ofadvanced biofuels by 2022.” He claimsthe ethanol industry today supportsabout 400,000 jobs and in 2012 added$30.2 billion to household income.

Peterson openly admitted any “rework-ing”of the RFS would be politically devas-tating for some Senate Democrats, alsoHouse members. But he also said that ifthe RFS isn’t changed, legal suits by the

oil industry and the livestock industry areinevitable. And if it’s changed, the suitwill come from the ethanol industry andthe NCGA.

“Legislatively we’ve got this RFS issuestopped in the House,” Peterson said,while also voicing that he doesn’t thinkcellulosic energy will ever get off theground. He perhaps thinks POET Energyworking with corn stover might make itwork “but the issue is simply too muchvolume. It’s a logistical nightmare.”

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., also on theHouse ag committee, unabashedly pointedfingers: “We’ve got too many pencil push-ers.” His reference was about members ofCongress, on both sides of the aisle, whoreally have no idea of the importance of afarm bill to America’s farmers and poten-tially to future food supply.

Minnesota Farm Bureau FederationPresident Kevin Paap said, “this con-

ference committee needs to providean adequate safety net for farmersand ranchers. A comprehensivesafety net is also important for con-sumers. We’re asking for a five-yearfarm bill that meets farmers’ needswhile also contributing significantsavings to reduce our federal deficit.It’s time to get a farm bill done.”

Perhaps surprising to some readers,Peterson indicated that Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will be a major help in providingthe additional votes needed once the billgets introduced into the Congress. “Nextweek in our committee session we’ll likelydo all the other issues and then settle inon the food assistance numbers.”

Peterson, a long-time proponent of aproduction control mechanism in thedairy bill, said the conferees support hisoriginal proposal but he got defeated onthe House floor because of misinforma-tion.The problem is getting rid of the oldsystem and going to a new “insurance”system which permits insuring dairyincome over feed costs.

Currently set at about $6.50 eventhough today that figure is about $9 overfeed costs, Peterson contends thatbecause this would be a voluntary pro-

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FARM BILL, from pg. 15Agram it has to be proposed as a rela-tively low-cost insurance, otherwisedairy farmers wouldn’t participate. Butif this leads to overproduction, Petersonasked, “what are we going to do with it?And that’s why stabilization (productioncontrol allotments) needs to be part ofthis new dairy legislation.”

He knows Boehner and others wouldlikely not support this issue but Petersonreminded his Hutchinson audience thiswould be only a five-year deal and partic-ipation would be voluntary. His pointbeing that after five years, dairy farmerswould see the value of such a programand support it accordingly.

“If the leadership leaves us aloneand lets the conference committee doits work,” Peterson said, “it will work.If they muck around on this issue, itcould kill the entire farm bill effort.And if we don’t get a new farm bill bythe end of this year, we revert to Per-manent Law — and that’s $39 perhundredweight on milk which simplyisn’t sustainable. Consumer backlashwould quickly destroy our dairy

industry. The reality is that the out-come of doing nothing is total chaos.”

One certainty voiced by Peterson andmost farm organizations is that guaran-teed direct payments,which farmers havereceived for a couple of decades, are his-tory. According to Kent Thiesse, farmmanagement analyst and vice presidentat MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal,Minn., these direct payments have aver-aged about $25 per acre for corn and soy-bean producers in most south centralMinnesota counties. “Most landlords havefactored the direct payment amount intoland rental rates in recent years,” saidThiesse, also a marketing columnist forThe Land. “However there will not likelybe a reduction in land rental rates whendirect payments are eliminated.”

Jerry Hagstrom writing in theNational Journal Nov. 3, stated that atthe conference the week before therewere signals that the conferees think thetime to act has come. “The 41 confereesdid use the last and possibly only publicopportunity to make the case for theirviews. But almost all members abided bythe directive from the conference leader,House agriculture committee chairman

Frank Lucas, R-Okla., to keep theirremarks to three minutes. And even themost ideological of them on the right andleft were polite and stressed that theywere there to compromise and finish thebill.”

It was unclear how quickly the con-ferees would proceed to the big issuesbecause the House left town until Nov.12. There had been talk of a meetingon the bill between President Obamaand the four conference committeeprincipals: Lucas, Peterson, Stabenow,and Senate agriculture ranking mem-ber Thad Cochran, R-Miss.

Peterson said he had mixed feelingsabout such a meeting because supportfrom Obama might cause some Housemembers to oppose the bill.

The dairy program is still a flashpoint. However the biggest surprise atlast week’s conference committee ses-sion may have been Lucas’ announce-ment that he supports changes to thelaw requiring country-of-origin labelingfor red meat. Hagstrom noted that theWorld Trade Organization ruled thatimplementation of the law which

emanated from the 2008 farm bill vio-lated its rules. The Obama administra-tion has rewritten its implementationplan but agribusiness groups led by themeat industry oppose the rewrite andhave asked the conferees to somehowreduce its impact and avoid retaliationfrom Canada and Mexico. Food labelingis projected to be a “stormy” issue.

However, Hagstrom writes that Peter-son thinks one place on which Obamacould be helpful would be resolving thesize of the cut to food stamps. Both Lucasand Peterson think that is likely to bethe last item settled and that Obama,Boehner and Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, D-Nev., will have to makethat call. The official White House posi-tion is to make no cuts.

So regardless the “sweet spot” amongconferee conversations, compromisecontinues as the key to a new farm bill.Peterson’s closing comment in Hutchin-son: “We’ll either get a new farm bill, orwe’ll get an extension, or we’ll revert topermanent law. If we (conferees) comeup with a bill that we all sign off on,Congress will be hard pressed not to goalong with it.” ❖

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Perhaps reinforcing what mosthave been suspecting, the pace ofchange of weather is acceleratingsaid Mark Seeley, University ofMinnesota Extension Service clima-tologist, in his address to over 500people at the Nov. 5 Minnesota Agri-Growth Council annual meeting.

“Yes, we are seeing warmer winters. Yes we areexperiencing higher minimum temperatures (fewerbelow-zero occurrences). And yes, we are measuringgreater moisture variations even within a givengrowing season,” Seeley said.

He also noted the annual temperature trendline isquickening, reporting that 2012 was the third-warmest year in Minnesota history with recordsdating back to 1807. That 88 F reading on St.Patrick’s Day, 2012, was the warmest everrecorded.

So what are the consequences ofwarmer winters and higher minimumtemps? Seeley listed quite a few.

• Change in depth and duration of

soil and lake freezing• More rapid breakdown of soil residue• Nitrogen applications happening later into the

fall season• Less energy being used for heating purposes• Longer growing season• Increased number of freeze-thaw cycles• Change in plant hardiness zones• Change in exposure time to molds and allergensMinnesota’s wettest year was 2010, according to

Seeley, and we’re getting wetter, with more than half

of the state now experiencing 29 inches or more pre-cipitation. Severe weather parameters are migratingnorth up through the Mid- and North-Central states.In 2010 Minnesota led the nation in tornadoes, with113 documented events, including 47 in one day. Min-nesota has also experienced three 1,000-year floods(10-plus inches of rain in one storm) since 2000.

Seeley urged his audience not to dismiss theweather data. “Change is real and rapid and pre-dictable. The number of days of measurable precip isdeclining but we are seeing an increasing frequencyof bigger dosage rains. Perhaps we need to considerchanges in zoning and land use related to changingweather scenarios,” he said. Seeley recognized con-trolled tile drainage as showing promise in someareas of the farm landscape. ❖

Changing weather — a quickening phenomena

1976: Drought; creation ofExtension climatologist facultyposition

1978: Flash floods in Rochesterarea (Zumbro River, July andSeptember)

1979: Flooding, later planting,delayed harvest

1980: Drought in western coun-ties

1981-82, 83-84, 00-01, 10-11:Threat of winter snow loads

1983, ’95, ’99, ’01, ’05, ’11:Heat waves, health and livestockstress

1984: Drought in western coun-ties

1987, ’89, ’13: Severe win-terkill of forage crops

1988: Drought statewide (over$1 billion in losses)

1989: Red River spring flooding1991: Floods in southern coun-

ties1992: Chandler tornado1993: Floods on Minnesota,

Mississippi rivers1995: Derecho in Itasca State

Park and heat wave1997: Statewide spring floods

(over $1 billion in losses)

1998: March tor-nado outbreak in south-ern counties (over $1 billionin losses)

1999: Derecho in BoundaryWaters Canoe Area and heat wave

2000: Granite Falls tornado2001: Spring flood on Min-

nesota, Mississippi rivers2002: Flash floods in northern

counties2004: Flash floods in southern

counties2005-12: Drought response

every summer2007: Flash floods in southeast-

ern counties (simultaneous withdrought)

2009: Red River spring snowmelt flooding (66 days in Moor-head)

2010: Tornado outbreak (48 onJune 17; 113 total)

2010: Red River flooding2011: Red River flooding, Hen-

nepin/Anoka tornadoes2012: Flash floods on Cannon

River and Duluth (simultaneouswith drought)

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Speaking at Nov. 5 Agri-GrowthCouncil annual meeting, Terry Barr,senior director of Industry Researchat CoBank, ACB, suggested folksshould expect considerable changeover the next five years.

“No, I don’t expect the trauma ofother readjustments in our recentpast, but as world production ofgrains continues to increase, I do seecrop prices stabilizing without thevolatility of the past four to fiveyears,” Barr said. He also predicted

land prices going through some read-justment which might involve a reset-

ting of rental rates.“But farmers still like to buy land. That

trend may be slowing but it certainly isn’tstopping,” Barr said.

He thinks the current market transitions willprovide more opportunities and risk, and will place

a greater premium on management.“The pace of consolidation, both horizontally and

vertically, will accelerate at all stages of the globalsupply chains, as margins tighten, scale of economiesdominate and liquidity capital is deployed,” Barrsaid.

He told of major tax code changes coming. Andthere will be new rules on depreciation, 1031-likeexchanges, accounting options, estate taxes, etc.,could alter previously optimal business structureand strategies, he said.

“This also suggests investments in equipment, landownership and rental commitments will need to bereassessed in this new marketplace,” Barr said. Headded that a strong balance sheet with significantworking capital and strong risk management policieswill be critical in accessing the increasingly expen-sive debt capital required to implement transitionstrategies. ❖

Ag transitionsaccelerating

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“Our human activities affect the environment, soagriculture is likely to leave a footprint,” said Agricul-tural Research Service soil scientist Jane Johnson.“What we need to know is what we can do to reducethat footprint.”

As part of that goal, Johnson led a study to seewhether reduced-tillage organic and conventional pro-duction systems differed in yields or in the emission ofgreenhouse gases that have greater global warmingeffects than carbon dioxide, like methane and nitrousoxide.That is, would greenhouse gas emissions from anacre of conventional corn exceed greenhouse gas emis-

sions from an acre of organic corn, or vice versa?Johnson works at the ARS North Central Soil Conser-

vation Research Laboratory in Morris, Minn. Her proj-ect team included Morris soil scientist Sharon Weyersand biologist Nancy Barbour, as well as agricultural sci-entist David Archer, who works at the ARS NorthernGreat Plains Research Laboratory in Mandan, N.D.

The scientists studied yields from organic and conven-tional production of a four-year corn-soybean-wheat-alfalfa rotation in Minnesota. While both systems reliedprimarily on alfalfa for nitrogen, the conventional plotswere also amended with urea-based fertilizer, while the

organically managed plots were amended with soliddairy manure.

This meant that during the study period, the conven-tional systems received 590 pounds of synthetic nitro-gen, almost twice as much as the organic systemsreceived via dairy manure amendments.

The team used closed-vented chambers to monitorgreenhouse gas emissions for three years during thegrowing season from May to November,as well as duringearly spring thaws. They found that both systems pro-duced similar corn grain yields during 2007. But organiccorn yields were 60 percent lower than conventional cornyields in 2006 and 40 percent lower during 2008.

During 2007 and 2008, organic and conventional soy-bean yields were similar, but 2006 organic soybeanyields were 90 percent lower than conventional yields.In 2006, organic wheat yields were 50 percent lowerthan conventional wheat yields.

Field measurements of greenhouse gas emissions indi-cated that both systems emitted 3.75 pounds of nitrousoxide per acre every year — measurements that cumula-tively represent 4.74 percent of the nitrogen added to theconventional system and 9.26 percent of the nitrogenadded to the organic system.This meant that the nitrousoxide emissions per unit of nitrogen applied were nearlytwice as large from the organically managed system asfrom the conventionally managed system.

The scientists believe that the greater biomass pro-duction in the conventional system and the lower pro-ductivity of the organic system indicate that the conven-tional crops were able to use applied nitrogen moreeffectively to support plant growth. Because the yieldwas lower from the organic system, the nitrous oxidefootprint per unit of crop yield was greater in theorganic system than in the conventional system.

“This study suggests that the ability of organic produc-tion to mitigate greenhouse gases may be less attractiveto producers if it also results in lower yields.This empha-sizes the importance of management to maintain cropproductivity in any system,” Johnson said.

This article was published in the November-Decemberissue of Agricultural Research magazine. It was writtenby ARS information staff member Ann Perry. ❖

Greenhouse gas emissions — organic vs. conventional

Stephen Ausmus/Agricultural Research Service

Using closed-vented chambers, biological scienceaide Rochelle Jansen (right) and soil scientist JaneJohnson collect gas emissions from soil at a researchfarm. Samples will be analyzed for carbon dioxide,nitrous oxide and methane.

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Intensive management practices used on cattlefeedlot sites can produce large concentrations ofmanure with excess nutrients, antibiotics andmicroorganisms.

The contaminants may end up in surface andground waters, and minimizing such damage isimportant to feedlot operators. This is particularlychallenging in states where limestone and “karst”terrain offers contaminants subterranean passageinto underground caves, springs and sinkholes.

Cleaning up these sites is costly, and the big ques-tion is how to apply resources to the right areas. Spa-tial sampling and mapping is one of the best toolsavailable to identify the most intensively contami-nated areas, find out how contaminants have spread,and decide which areas need the most attention. Theultimate goal is to help producers develop manage-ment strategies that minimize contaminant loads.

Kim Cook and Karamat Sistani, at the Agricul-tural Research Service’s Animal Waste ManagementResearch Unit, in Bowling Green, Ky., along with col-laborators at Western Kentucky University in Bowl-ing Green and at ARS in Beltsville, Md., are usinggeographic information system technologies to mapthe distribution of contaminants across feedlot sites.Their approach is unique in its use of the technologyto determine not just how nutrients flow through thesoil, but also the fate of bacteria and pharmaceuti-

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WATER, from pg. 23Acals given to cattle to protect their health.

The team measured the levels of contaminants insoil samples collected from a five-acre feedlot usedto grow out weaned calves for finishing. The site lieson a 4-degree slope with a feeding and wateringarea at the highest elevation, a grassy grazing areain the middle and a shallow retention basin andsinkhole at the bottom.

Most rainwater percolates into the soil, but heavyrain can cause flooding that fills the basin with

water from the grazing area.The researchers analyzed the soil for nutrients,

including nitrogen and phosphorus; antibiotics usedto treat diseases and enhance growth; and formicroorganisms commonly used to indicate fecalcontamination in waterways and soils — Escherichiacoli, Bacteroides and Enterococcus.

The study was one of the first to simultaneouslymeasure all three types of contaminants — nutri-ents, antibiotics and indicator microorganisms —and to use GIS technology to map patterns of con-

taminant distribution.The results, published in the Journal of Environ-

mental Quality (2013), showed that nutrients,microorganisms and antibiotics all largely stayed inthe feeding area at the top of the slope. “Analysis ofcontaminants, particularly antibiotics and microor-ganisms, on this scale is not very common. Incorpo-rating the GIS mapping allowed us to visualize thedistribution of all three contaminants in new ways.We were surprised to find that all were distributedin a similar manner and there was no distinct flowpattern downhill from the barn,” Cook said. The find-ings suggest that cleaning up the site may be moremanageable than previously thought, with effortsfocused on soil remediation in the feeding andnearby grazing areas where contaminants are con-centrated.

To reduce nutrient loads, forage grasses that takeup nutrients are now being raised on part of the site.The researchers are also evaluating soil treatments(alum, biochar and gypsum) in the most contami-nated areas to see if they will bind with the nutri-ents, antibiotics and microorganisms and give themtime to decompose in the soil.

This article was published in the November-Decem-ber issue of Agricultural Research magazine. It waswritten by ARS information staff member DennisO’Brien.

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Charity auctions are “old hat” for Kris-tine Fladeboe Duininck and her brotherGlen of Fladeboe Auctions of Willmar,Minn. They do about 200 charity eventsper year throughout the nation, in addi-tion to their primary revenue stream offarmland auctions all across Minnesota.

But the auction she conducted Oct.10 was something special.

First of all, it took place in HongKong. Second, it was for InternationalCare Ministries, a Philippine-basedorganization that has served the ultra-poor in this country of 96 million peoplesince 1992. Oh, and it happened to raise$1.5 million, the most in ICM’s history.

“The mission of this particular auc-tion,” the 40-year-old Duininck said,“was a fund-raising effort to help feedand educate the people of this islandnation. My husband and I spent fivedays in the Philippines before flying toHong Kong for the auction. We wantedto better understand the total effortsof International Care Ministries.

“Extreme poverty best describes thePhilippine nation. Almost 50 percent oftheir population lives on less than $2 aday. It’s the 12th-largest country in theworld yet it’s not even the size of Min-nesota. Our hearts have been touchedforever by this experience.”Preparation

People acquainted with Duininckknow she intensely prepares beforecalling every sale. This auction requiredeven greater preparation, due to itslocation and the diversity of the 1,000bidders in the live audience plus onlinebidders from 12 countries representinga variety of languages. Duininck did notuse a translator, however. And she con-ducted the auction in Hong Kong dol-lars which are 7.8 times the U.S. dollar.

She and her husband went to HongKong three days prior to the Thursdaynight auction. Prep time included a five-hour session with ICM on the mechanicsand “culture” of this particular auction.

She earlier did “phone time” with thepeople hosting this event, a night-timeauction in the largest convention cen-ter in Hong Kong. The event started at6 p.m. but the actual bidding processdidn’t start until 9:45 p.m.

She noted this about the people shemet in the Philippines and Hong Kong.“They are highly motivated people.They have high expectations. I was feel-ing the pressure of wanting to do myvery best job. I strongly felt it was God’s

calling. I could sense the audience hadtremendous regard for this ministry.

“It’s my habit to visit with the bid-ding audience before the auction

starts. The first person I talked withtold me she was the anchor lady forCNN, Hong Kong. That certainly rein-forced my observation that this was

indeed a fine audience.”Auction time

So what was Duininck auctioning?Well, her first auction item was apurse, for which she “nudged” a$14,000 bid. Other items Duinincksold included a week-long getaway tothe Maldive Islands located in theIndian Ocean, and a ski vacationpackage to Niseko, Japan.

“But I’m most proud of what I call ‘AMoment of Giving’,” she said. “Westart at different bidding levels. Thisone I started at $75,000 for the firstitem and ended with a $5,000 biditem. We raised $625,000 U.S. Thatgenerous moment in the lives of these1,000 bidders was heartwarming.”

Time is apparently less a concernwhen doing auctions in Hong Kong.Duininck pointed out that dessertwas served at 11 p.m. with 1,000 peo-ple still in attendance. She said thecourtesy of this audience was dra-matic. “You could hear a pin dropthroughout the night. The atmos-phere was incredible. The air wasexciting; the giving was contagious.People were having so much fun. Theteam effort together was tremen-dous,” said Duininck, who has a repu-tation for putting fun into auctions.

She also requests some special help.“I threw in a couple of prayers. Get-ting some guidance from the Lordalways is helpful. Our few days in thePhilippines also helped the audiencerelate to this light-skinned womanfrom Minnesota. But to God be theglory,” said Duininck, who felt thenight was truly magical. Successful,too — receipts were about 20 percenthigher than the previous year’s event.

This Hong Kong auction repre-sented a variety of faiths, althoughshe sensed the majority were Chris-tians. “And 100 percent had the mind-set of giving back. Most of my audi-ence I was told represented success intheir business world. And so evidentwas the philanthropic feeling that towhom much is given, much isexpected,” she said. The auction tookabout one hour.Where the money goes

So what happens to the $1.5 millionraised? Duininck said that ICM has apartnership with Feed My StarvingChildren, so literally thousands offood packs will be distributed to thepeople of the Philippines.

“But the biggest impact will be their

$1.5 million charity auction aids Philippine poorMinnesota auctioneer conducts Hong Kong auction for International Care Ministries

See AUCTION, pg. 26A

Submitted photos

Above: Kristine Fladeboe Duininck conducting the Hong Kong charity auction. Below left: Duininck met with Philippine farmers and got to ride a water buffalo.Below right: Farmers with a precarious, yet commonly seen, load of sugar cane.

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AUCTION, from pg. 25A‘Transform’ program where they sendtrained staff members into the mostimpoverished villages,” she said.“They teach these people how to findand develop their livelihood so thatthey might become self sufficient.This would be somewhat like thePeace Corps program here in America,however ICM is a faith-based organization.”

They also learn about health. Sanitation is mini-mal in these impoverished communities. But onceeducated about what to do and how to do it, there istremendous team spirit in making their lives better.“Boots on the ground” efforts really show up whenyou teach others how to improve their lives.“Change is in the air over there and I could reallysense a willingness to learn and work together, evenas entire communities,” she said.

Admittedly, the Philippine government has beenguilty of corruption from within. But Duininck saidtheir government and organizations such as ICMare critical to help in the distribution of funds andteaching programs to the impoverished.Philippine agriculture

Because of her almost 20 years of farm auction-eering plus growing up on a Kandiyohi County(Minn.) farm, Duininck has a keen eye for agricul-ture, wherever she travels. She describes her obser-vations of farming in the Philippines like a time-warp experience, especially relating to the

harvesting of sugar cane, the predominant crop.“It was harvest time for sugar cane when I was

there,” she said. “My heart just went out to these farm-ers. They were harvesting sugar cane with machetes.That’s right, each with a knife to cut each cane plantand stack in piles. They are mostly barefooted. Thenthey would lift that pile by hand and walk it on a plankto the back of a wagon pulled by a water buffalo to atruck at the edge of the field. These trucks would haulthe cane to the processing plant but they were so over-loaded that accidents were numerous.

“These cane farmers I was told make about $2 to $3 aday. I did not see a tractor anywhere.Yet optimism was inthe air because their ‘lean months’ are now behind andwith harvest they will now have some money again.”Family

Family unity is important there. Often the grand-parents are living with their children, plus the sev-eral kids that are part of these families. She indi-cated that eight, 10, even 14 children per familywere not uncommon. “We went to 12 farm homes; 11of them had dirt floors. I did not see one mattress

during our visits. I never saw a singleappliance, because there is no electricity;also no running water. But family iseverything. They lean on each other, theycling to their faith, they cling to theirhope. What was so impressive to me washow thankful they are for what theyhave. Often they would offer food to my

husband and I, yet very likely that was theirfood for the day. They simply went hungry

but wanted to be kind to us guests.”Duininck noted that even though they wish to have

more and to live better, these husbands and wiveswere thankful because they had each other, and chil-dren to love. “They are incredibly kind people.They’re grateful. They’re happy,” she said. ICM isimplementing jump-start kindergarten programs inslum villages to get youngsters reading.

“I did an auctioneering session with one school ofkindergarten kids,” Duininck said. “They just burstout in laughter when I started doing my auctioneer-ing chant. In these poor communities the kids mightgo to school for only a couple of grades; maybe onemight even go to college and that is really a big deal.If one sibling gets that opportunity everyone in thefamily pools their resources to help pay for that sin-gle child going on to college. That student will thenmake money and bring it back home to the family.”What’s ahead

So what’s ahead for Duininck? For starters, she and her brother (along with their

family auction company) have several farmland auc-tions scheduled through the end of the year, plusabout 40 benefit auctions on the docket. Despitedownward pricing of corn and soybeans, she is stilloptimistic about agriculture because people are stillputting their faith and value into farmland.

“It might level off from 2012 but overall I’mencouraged about the future of American agricul-ture. It is a dynamic industry and I believe peoplestill have confidence in the land.”

In 2010, Duininck was named the International Auc-tioneer Champion by the National Auctioneers Associ-ation. Her company, Fladeboe Auctions, has offices inWillmar and Minneapolis. In 2013, the firm will raisemore than $13 million for its 225 nonprofit and educa-tional clients across the Upper Midwest and sell thou-sands of acres of agricultural land. The company wasfounded in Willmar in 1978 by her father, Dale, who isstill involved in the business today.

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Even though Jeff Littrellhad just climbed out of hiscombine at the weary hour of 4a.m. on Oct. 29, he was stillwilling to share some harvestinformation with The Land ina telephone interview around11:30 later that morning.

Harvesting a field of non-geneticallymodified organism corn that he saidyielded from 195 bushels per acre to300 bu./acre will make a guy want toshare harvest data.

Apparently you can do away with theidea that non-GMO corn has a yielddrag compared with conventional corn.The corn was standing well so you canalso do away with the notion that non-GMO corn has weaker stalks.

Granted, you’d expect Littrell’s storywould tend to include some embellish-ments. His firm FHR Inc. sells non-GMO seed and grows the grain. Butwith 20 years in the non-GMO produc-tion world he speaks with lots of docu-mented history.

He’s one of four originators ofGenesys Grain Genetics, a farmer-owned cooperative with a tag line thatreads “Seed … from beginning to end,”which tells this firm develops its ownproprietary seed line, uses cooperativemembers to grow the seed (soybeanseed, for example, is grown in sixstates), and, of course, provides themarketing arm to get these non-GMOproducts into the marketplace.

“We’re at about 50 patrons enrolledor in final stages of enrolling,” Littrellsaid, indicating a goal of about 300members. “If we figure 2,000 to 3,000acres per grower this generatesenough production of non-GMO grainsto have some ‘marketing muscle’ allthe way through from seed productionto growing the product to marketingthe product.

“Most non-GMO firms have good sys-tems for selling the seed, but few havecontrol over the genetics and produc-tion of the seeds plus the marketingfunction of the grain, both domesti-cally and into overseas markets as wedo.”

As Genesys Grain Genetics grows,Littrell said non-GMO corn versusnon-GMO soybean acres is about a 50-50 ratio. “We recognize that we havemore marketing opportunities in soy-beans, particularly with Japan andsome other Asian outlets. But domesticmarkets apparently are also growingrather rapidly. Whole Foods at a recent

meeting in Dallas, Texas, said theywere going down the road with non-GMO foods throughout their entiredistribution system. They have com-mitted to labeling of all their productsby 2017.

“Yes, that means Littrell Farms, ourStewartville farm, could be identifiedon the label as the grower of the non-GMO soybeans used in any of theWhole Foods products. Every foodprovider now has organic products.The next phase is to quantify what theconsumer wants, and that includeswhere the food was grown.”

Because of the heavy movement intoorganics by major food distributorssuch as Whole Foods, Littrell sees asignificant market increase for non-GMO corn to provide for the consumerdemand of non-GMO meats.

Exports of non-GMO foods intoJapan must first be approved by thegovernment of Japan. “They are veryprecise. We work with a company with20-plus years processing soybeans atOskaloosa, Iowa, who has been work-ing in the Japanese market for 20years. They have a client at Brecken-ridge who has been in that marketwith their own brand of tofu beans forseveral years.

“The Japanese government evenestablished a fertility program for thegrowing of non-GMO soybeans byAmerican producers to best fit theirimport requirements. We (FHR Inc.)have now taken on that programwhich covers genetics and environ-ment, including all phases of the plantnutrient requirements.”

It’s this total protocol of crop produc-tion that led to the formation ofGenesys Grain Genetics. Their MissionStatement reads: “... to provide healthyhigh-value non-GMO dedicated seedgenetics, produced using high-manage-ment fertility production, to bring seedlinked to premium grain markets forenhanced grower profits in a systemproviding responsible stewardship ofland, food and consumer health.” Inessence “Get on board with us and we

will show you the footprints to suc-cess.”

Littrell somewhat facetiously saidthat if you get a $2 premium for yournon-GMO soybeans but they only pro-duce 35 bushels why bother? “So ourgoal is genetics that provide a 55 to 60bushel soybean with a $2 to $4 pre-mium. We’re already doing contractsfor 2014 that pay $2 premium for food-grade beans and $4 over Chicago forour seed-grade soybeans.

“Our patrons get first choice on theseseed contracts, plus first choice oncover crop.”

Mostly two private breeders, RustyPacker and Jim Nelson, both foundingmembers of the company and bothwith extensive backgrounds in soy-

bean development, perform thegenetic work for Genesys Grain.“We’ve tied in with some unique peo-ple in the genetic world, predomi-nantly private individuals but alsosome key university researchers,” Lit-trell said, explaining that non-GMOwork is not on most academic mindsthese days. Perhaps an exception isNorth Dakota State University, whichhas major recognition in the non-GMO world for plant genetics.

In addition, a few individuals gotbetween the garbage can and the backdoor, such as what Charlie Brown didat the University of Minnesota.According to Littrell, Brown gatheredsome of these “heirloom varieties” andstashed them in a cold storage systemso that it might have genetic signifi-cance for those seed lines.

Brown is the founder and presidentof Brownseed Genetics in Bay City,Wis.Stalk quality issues?

On this lodging issue of non-GMOcorn, Jim Koenigs of Pinicon Farms atMcIntire, Iowa, said, “stalk quality isnot an issue in my observations.There are ‘trait’ varieties with very

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GENE, from pg. 27Agood agronomic qualities, includingstalk strength. There are also ‘trait’hybrids with inadequate agronomics.Attaching chemical resistance or bug-resistant traits to inferior geneticsisn’t going to fix that problem.”

He said, “we’re not 100 percent cer-tain that non-GMO corn is a moreprofitable alternative, but we seesome positive indications. This yearwas our first year with significantacres on non-GMO corn. We’ll con-tinue this experiment into 2014.”

Koenigs said over half the total cornacres at Pinicon Farms is now non-GMO corn. “For 2014, because of whatwe learned in 2013, we will be usingfour non-GMO varieties ranging from106-day to 97-day maturity on thebulk of our acres.”

They plant in 30-inch rows with aseed drop of 32,000 to 34,000 plants peracre. Not wanting to quote specific seedcosts, Koenigs ventured that economicsfavor non-GMO seed purchases. Alsobecause corn yields are such a “localissue” depending on weather, soils andother inputs he said, “our highest yield-ing field so far this year (as of the Oct.30 telephone interview) was non-GMOcorn-on-corn. And we utilize the bestavailable traited varieties when doingour comparisons.”

Pinicon Farms markets to a largegrain merchandiser specializing inexport delivery overseas.

For the 2014 season, Genesys GrainGenetics offers 17 hybrids, of whicheight are experimental. That high-tech fertility program is used on every

acre of seed production, as well as cornfor grain production. Working with aMichigan seed grower for PioneerSeeds, Littrell said this grower tellshim that a 105-bushel seed yield is theequivalent to 280 to 300 bushel fieldcorn; get seed yields up to 125 busheland you are brushing on 400-bushelyields of field corn according to thisMichigan seed grower.

Littrell said they averaged 179

bushels on four hybrids produced byPioneer, he went from 1,200 acres seedcorn six years ago to 3,000 acres. Lit-trell also said a yield bump, ratherthan a yield drag, is more likely withthe quality non-GMO hybrids avail-able today. Plus you’re saving upwardsof $100 per seed bag or more. Withseed costs now the No. 2 cost after landcosts in growing corn, little wondergrowers keep note of seed corn coststhese days, especially with first choiceconventional hybrids now $400.

Littrell said corn planting on FHRInc. farms started May 17 this seasonso even with wet soils and a decidedlylate planting season, he’s extremelypleased with yield data their combine

is recording. They normally plant at33,000 to 34,000 ppa, but cut that toabout 30,000 ppa this spring becauseof the late planting.

Littrell Farms strip tills in the fall andalso fall applies potassium sulfate andabout 25 pounds per acre of potassiumchloride. In addition, “Soft Rock Phos-phate,” a foliar phosphate sourced out ofIdaho, is applied at 50 pounds per acre.In the spring, soils get enriched with apelletized blend of ammonium nitrateand ammonium sulfate which is thenmixed with 6-8-6 “chicken litter” so thecrop feeds off of both macro nutrients andmicro nutrients.

“We also dump about 25 gallons of 32percent urea into that same root zone.We’re not exactly spoon feeding but weuse tons of foliar products. We’ve beeninto microbiological products for over 25years now. We’re into our second yearwith an acid-based material whichapparently etches more phosphorous outof the soil that ordinarily wouldn’t beavailable to the plants. Also we normallyapply about 125 pounds of nitrogen,applied either as dry or liquids and therest of this nutrient program is appliedwith airplanes. We fly four times a yearwith foliars,” Littrell said.

An Iowa crop scout checks fields every10 days, a local agronomist is in theirfields every week, and Littrell does lotsof looking as well. “To get a 100-bushelseed yield on a field planted June 15and considering the cold season, this isunheard of,” Littrell said, adding thatpaying attention to the “total environ-ment” of each field is the biggest factorin maximizing production. From hisviewpoint, that means particular atten-tion to how those corn plants are fedevery day of their entire life.

This lack of “total programming” byseed companies is what launched theFHR Inc. “total environment” strategy.

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GENE, from pg. 28ASo, who’s buying?

Who’s buying the non-GMO grains?Down the river for overseas export iswhere most of the soybeans go; with corna growing domestic market for livestockproducers, or farmers who sell to live-stock producers who are capitalizing onthe non-GMO consumer meat demand.

Littrell admits it was a battle whenthey first got into non-GMO corn. “Ifyou were in Burlington, Iowa, or CedarRapids area, there were various mar-kets for non-GMO corn from the get-go. But we’ve got one of the big precur-sors of non-GMO grains right here inMinnesota, SunOpta just south ofOwatonna. There should be no reasonwhy we shouldn’t be raising lots morenon-GMO corn,” he said, adding thatgrowing health concerns about humannutrition are paving a brighter road.

“To me more and more it’s boiling downto giving the consumer what they want.And that includes labeling so they knowprecisely the source of their foods.”

There are no worries about when youget paid for your product anymoreeither — same day as you deliver ifthat’s what your local elevator can han-dle. “I tell receivers who are handlingour grain that they’ve got to providequick payment to their growers. Farm-ing today is such a highly capitalizedbusiness. Farmers shouldn’t have towait for their checks.”

The Oct. 29 board price for non-GMOcorn was $4.70 to $4.80 delivered;beans were $14 to $15 food grade; seedbeans at $16 to $17. Those pricesreflect only about a 50-cent bonus fornon-GMO corn today, and purity in themarketplace is the ultimate objectiveof non-GMO grain production, Littrell

said.The ramifications are intriguing.

Totally glyphosate-free crop produc-tion doesn’t guarantee the absence ofthe chemical for the consumer.

Beef cattle fed on conventionalstacked-trait corn with glyphosateweed control will carry the chemical intheir manure. Even non-GMO corngrown adjacent to conventional cornruns the risk of contamination, Littrellsaid.

Why non-GMO?The Genesys Grain Genetics web-

site lists these three bullet items.• Strong demand from domestic and

global customers.• Concern for soil and food health.• Additional revenue in premium

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ROADS, from pg. 32ATo Burns that was the literary find

of the century, she said. McIntosh’scolumn so impressed him thatthroughout the documentary, actorTom Hanks narrates directly fromMcIntosh’s writing, Lanphere said.

Building on the awareness madeby this documentary, communitybenefactors Warren H. Herreid IIand his wife, Jeannine M. Rivet, became involved.They made known their passion for war veterans bydonating to the building project abundantly throughtheir K.A.H.R. Foundation.

“His father, Warren G. Herreid, had served in WorldWar II along with his brothers,” Lanphere said. “A life-long resident, he has helped with the museum. He isnow 93. The veterans helped with explaining how thisexhibit impacted the war effort.”

This makes the museum more than just imper-sonal presentations, she said. The Herreid MilitaryMuseum has archived as many real life stories theypossibly could.

Arranged by significant events of the war, thestory is told through the eyes of local men andwomen who were there: Bombers, fighter pilots, onthe sea dealing with kamikaze pilots, the foot sol-diers on the ground with the African campaign, par-ticipating in the Battle of the Bulge, or workingbehind the scenes with communications, developingprotocol for the Navajo language.

The third floor is being renovated to expand themilitary display of the wars since World War II.Already it has a full-size jeep that took quite an

effort to maneuver it up the stairs. Lan-phere expects it to be finished sometimein 2014.

In addition the museum is a gallerydisplaying photographs by Jim Bran-denburg, a Luverne native renowned forhis photographs of nature. His prairieimages show the beauty of the region’slandscape that is often overlooked.

Herreid Military Museum is located inthe Courthouse Square. The Rock CountyCourthouse, listed on the National Regis-ter of Historic Places, was also built oflocal Sioux Quartzite in 1888. It has beenrestored to how it appeared at that timein history. South of the two historic build-ings is a restored Civil War cannon.

Within the square is the Rock CountyVeterans Memorial. A solemn circle ofgranite benches surround a center obeliskthat carries the names of local veteranswho died in service. Seated on one of thebenches is a life-sized statue of a veteran,leaning on his cane, reflecting on thoughtsand memories known only to him.

The Herreid Military Museum is openMonday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sat-urday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and located at 213East Luverne St. (two blocks north ofMain Street and three blocks east ofHighway 75.) Guided tours can bescheduled, or you may view the museumat your own pace. Call (888) 283-4061for more information. ❖

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Renae Vander SchaafAn historical treasure revealed

Herreid Military Museum,Courthouse Square,Luverne, 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.

Near the Rock County Courthouse a jail of SiouxQuartzite from a local quarry was built in 1900to keep its citizens safe from those who would

harm them. It served the county well until a new jailwas built.

Today the old building memorializes the lives of menand women who have served in the military to maintainliberty for the United States and the world. Again keep-ing the citizens of southwest Minnesota safe.

“Changing the jail into a museum wasdefinitely a challenge,” said Jane WildungLanphere, executive director of theLuverne Area Chamber and Herreid Mili-tary Museum caretaker. “Originally thesheriff and his family resided on the fronthalf of the first two floors. The jail cellswere in the back half (north side) of thebuilding. The sheriff ’s wife fed the prison-ers and did their laundry. The jail cellswere part of the cross beams of the floorsabove. The only way to take out the cellswas to remove the roof.”

Some of the cells were used in the northterrace entrance of the museum. Openingin 2009 its primary focus was on WorldWar II with smaller displays from theCivil War and Spanish American War.

“The Homestead Act of 1862 broughtmany Civil War veterans to Rock County,”Lanphere said. According to the Home-stead Act, soldiers could deduct their timeof service off the five years that wasrequired to prove up the land.

“Families had donated many World WarII items to the Rock County HistoricalSociety,” Lanphere said. “Rock County hadone of Minnesota’s highest percent of itspopulation to serve in World War II; one infive of its citizens were involved in the wareffort.” The items were archived andstored.

Luverne was an historical treasure thatwould remain hidden, until filmmaker

Ken Burns chose the town as one of four communitiesprofiled in his “The War” documentary which had itspremiere showing in Luverne in 2007.

“Quentin Aanenson had made a video of his WorldWar II experiences as a fighter pilot,” Lanphere said.“That brought Luverne to Ken Burns’ attention. Someclips from Quentin Aanenson’s video were used in thedocumentary.”

“Then as Burns researched Luverne, he located AlMcIntosh’s ‘More Or Less Personal Chaff ’ columns.McIntosh was the owner, editor and publisher of thelocal paper Rock County Star Herald. In that columnhe kept his readers up to date on the war, his viewsand thoughts on current events.”

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Local Corn and Soybean Price Index

Grain AnglesInvesting in your

farm or ranchOver the past few years high commodity prices

have proven to be quite profitable for many grainproducers and have also been quite challenging forthe livestock industry.

One thing is for certain, whenyou are involved in agriculturethere will be good years and therewill be challenging years. As weenter a new phase for the grainmarkets, many farmers andranchers will be weighing theiroptions and considering how theycan maintain or grow profitability.

For some, continuing to improvereturns on current investmentsmay be the answer. For others, addi-tional investments may be the wayto go. If you are considering aninvestment in land, machinery orother improvements, it is extremely important to weighthe profitability potential prior to making a decision.

Professional investor Warren Buffett has manyinvesting tips. There are a few that I thought werequite relevant in making investment decisions onyour farm or ranch.

• The first tip is thinking long-term and beingpatient. At today’s prices it may or may not be prof-itable to buy the neighbor’s land at $10,000 an acre,but depending on your operation, putting in drainagetile or irrigation could prove to be your best return oninvested capital.

• A second tip Buffett recommends is saving for theunexpected. Many involved in the agriculture indus-try did not expect input prices to rise as high as they

Grain OutlookCorn distancedfrom bean rally

The following market analysis is for the week end-ing Nov. 22.

CORN — The corn market continued to strugglewhile spreads narrowed and basis was mixed.

Corn distanced itself from theimpressive rally that wasobserved in the soybean market.The March corn-bean ratio closedat 3:1, a new high. The balancebetween getting enough corn intothe pipeline and the big endingstocks figure is one a combina-tion of futures, basis and spreadswill have to help solve.

The December-March cornspread narrowed to a 5 1/4 centcarry, its smallest difference inover a year, before settling for theweek at 7 cents. Funds added totheir net short position for the week ending Nov. 19,according to the latest commitment of traders report.For the week, December corn closed one-quarter of acent higher at $4.22 1/4 per bushel and the Marchcontract was 1 1/4 cents lower at $4.29 1/4 per bushel.

This week’s action began with sharply lower tradeto new lows for the move on Monday (December hit$4.10 3/4 and March $4.20) after the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s lower ethanol mandateannouncement on Nov. 15 and the discovery of a non-approved genetically modified organism variety ofU.S. corn in a shipment to China. Corn then retracedthe majority of those losses the balance of the weekand may indicate moving into a consolidation phase.

The GMO incident is viewed as a one-time occur-

Livestock AnglesDemand down,prices stagnant

The livestock markets have started November in asteady to lower price atmosphere. Supply is apparentlywhat most prognosticators are focused on at this time,but demand looks to be the most important factor.

The cattle market has beenholding its own for several weeksnow as the supply of cattle is atsome of the lowest levels of theyear. The interesting thing aboutthis is that cattle prices have beennear steady during these lowernumbers, where most wouldexpect to see cattle prices movingsharply higher. It appears thatdemand is the key to why priceshave remained fairly stagnant.

Over the past year there hasbeen a steady decline in domesticdemand as the beef cutoutremained extremely high in comparison to competi-tive meats. The export market was strong enough tohold prices at the higher levels; however as the worldeconomic conditions continue to remain weak, thatexport demand will also likely begin to decline. Thereis a move by many countries to expand their cattleherds, which will increase the completion in the beefexport market in the future.

With the coming of the new year comes many newtaxes and domestic disposable income is likely toshrink, which for the consumer means to becomemore prudent in their meat purchases. This does notbode well for cattle prices to continue to move higherbut at best remain steady in the months ahead. Pro-ducers should be cognizant of market conditions and

JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

Cash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $4.07 -.18$3.90 -.10$4.09 -.13$3.92 +.02$3.85 -.10$4.06 -.09

$3.98

$7.27

soybeans/change*$12.54 +.18$12.74 +.13$12.84 +.18$12.69 +.24$12.68 +.10$12.79 +.13

$12.71

$14.00

Grain prices are effective cash close on Nov. 22. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

PHYLLIS NYSTROMCHS Hedging Inc.

St. Paul

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

See NYSTROM, pg. 2B See TEALE, pg. 2B See LENSING, pg. 2B

KURT LENSINGAgStar Assistant VP

and Industry SpecialistWaite Park, Minn.


S E C T I O N BTHE LAND November 29, 2013

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NYSTROM, from pg. 1Brence that won’t affect corn sales toChina. The ethanol mandate may not beas bad as some fear. If the economicswork to produce ethanol, you can be sureit will be produced. With the holidaysapproaching, the basis should remainfirm to assure supplies into processors,feeders and the export pipeline.

Weekly export sales were in linewith expectations at 37.2 millionbushels, bringing total commitmentsto 960.6 million bushels or up 104percent from last year. We need justunder 12 million bushels per week toachieve the U.S. Department of Agri-culture projection of 1.4 billionbushels. New sales for 2014-15 were1.5 million bushels.

Ethanol production this week fell23,000 barrels per day to 904,000 bar-rels per day. Stocks dropped slightlyfrom 15.2 million barrels to 15.1 mil-lion barrels.

OUTLOOK: The markets will beabbreviated the week of Nov. 25 withnormal market hours Nov. 27, then nomarkets until they reopen on Nov. 29at 8:30 a.m. CT. Grain markets willclose early at noon on Nov. 29.

A shortened trading week with nomarket correlation for price directionaround the Thanksgiving holidayshould result in a choppy week.March corn has support at last week’slow at $4.20 with next resistance at$4.50 per bushel. In seven out of thelast 10 years, corn production hasincreased from the November to Jan-uary crop report.

Dec. 1 corn stockshave surpassed theaverage trade guess inthree of the last five years by 225 mil-lion to 275 million bushels. Funds havecontinued to add to their large netshort position. Nearby demand maynot be enough to counteract the nega-tives facing the market. It’s difficult toget too excited about sharplyhigher corn prices knowingthe 2014-15 carryover willdouble the carryout we hadcoming into this fall.

Consider adding tosales on rallies,depending on whereyou are with yourmarketing plan.And don’t forgetabout your 2014production as well.

SOYBEANS —Soybeans finished theweek on a strong noteinspired by Chinese buy-ing and huge weeklyexport sales.

The USDA announced a 115,000 met-ric tons bean sale to China on Friday,but it was rumored in the market thatthey may have bought another 10 ormore cargoes that have not yet beenreported. On Tuesday, China purchased240,000 mt of 2014-15 U.S. soybeans.

Weekly export sales were stagger-ingly higher than forecasts when it seta weekly record for this week of theyear at 50.6 million bushels. Thisbrings total commitments for the year

to a record 1.303 billionbushels, up 32 percent

from last year at thistime. Only 4.5 million bushels of salesper week are needed to reach theUSDA export figure of 1.45 billionbushels. We now have 90 percent ofUSDA’s forecast on the books.

Weekly export inspections(what is actually shipped)were a record for any weekat 87.8 million bushels.Does this mean we need to

up the export categoryonce again, or have

sales peaked? Therewere marketrumors that Chinawas canceling someU.S. bean cargoes.Brazil’s beans for

February/Marchshipment are report-

edly 90 cents cheaperthan U.S. origin. Therewere no new 2014-15

sales on the weeklyreport.

Now that harvest is essentially overand we go into holiday mode, it falls tothe market to attract bushels to fulfillprocessor and export needs. Basis andspreads will do a portion of the work,but in the end the futures market mayhave to carry the majority of the burden.

January soybeans were 39 centshigher for the week at $13.19 1/2 perbushel. It is approaching the $13.30resistance level we have been monitor-ing.

South American weather is favorablefor soybean development and esti-mates for a Brazilian crop as high as90 million mt and 57.2 mmt forArgentina have popped up. Brazil’s agminister declared a state of emergency

in Mato Grosso, their top bean produc-tion state, due to infestation of thehelicoverpa caterpillar. Many feel thatconcerns should be assuaged by spray-ing. Brazil’s bean planting is estimatedat 80 percent complete versus 64 per-cent average and Argentina’s nearaverage at 44 percent complete.

Argentina saw major changes intheir administration this week as theag minister, economic minister, thedirector of the Central Bank and theinterior commerce minister werereplaced by President Cristina Kirch-ner. What this means for exchangerates, export taxes, grower selling andprice controls is yet to be seen.

OUTLOOK: Be on the watch for mar-keting opportunities over the next 30 to60 days. Once the South American cropis assured or when beans begin to hitthe shores of China, the demand forU.S. soybeans likely will decline.Domestic demand will help limit anydeclines, but if China really is cancelingcontracts, that will rule price direction.

Next resistance in the January con-tract is $13.30 per bushel, then $13.50,with levels of support at $12.70 to$12.50 per bushel. And what is yourplan for the 2014 crop?

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changesfor the week ending Nov. 22: Min-neapolis wheat was 2 1/2 cents higher,Chicago gained a nickel and KansasCity was up 3 1/2 cents. January crudeoil was 35 cents higher at $94.84,December ultra-low-sulfur dieseljumped up 10 1/4 cents, gasolineincreased 6 3/4 cents and natural gasrose 10 3/4 cents.

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

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LENSING, from pg. 1Bdid or commodity prices to fall as fastas they did. It’s certain there will beunexpected times ahead. Maintainingadequate working capital will ensureviability of your farm for the future.

• A third investing tip is to knowyour numbers. Do you know how yourfarm or ranch compares to others in thesame region? Knowing financial ratioswill paint a more vivid picture of howyour business is performing and willhelp you identify where improvementscan be made. If you are contemplatinga business investment in your farm orranch, it’s essential to know whichenterprise or crop is generating thebest returns on the cash to be invested.

For example, at AgStar we haveseen some farms with just under$100/acre invested in machinery and

vehicles and others who have$1,000/acre invested. This is just oneexample of how investment allocationimpacts profitability or returns on cap-ital invested in the business.

Although every farm’s financial posi-tion is different, be sure to look forreturns on investments that are themost profitable for your operation. Ifyou do, both you and Uncle Sam will berewarded. By making smart choicesnow, you will be prepared to withstandany challenges we face in the future.

AgStar Financial Services is a coop-erative owned by client stockholders. Aspart of the Farm Credit System, AgStarhas served 69 counties in Minnesotaand northwest Wisconsin with a widerange of financial products and serv-ices for more than 95 years. ❖

Know your financial ratios

TEALE, from pg. 1Bprotect inventories as needed.

The hog market, on the other hand,has seen prices slide since the begin-ning of November. Hog numbers havebeen adequate to meet the packers’needs and from a seasonal standpoint atypical down period until after theThanksgiving holiday. Demand for porkhas been fairly good since the porkcutout has been representing the bettervalue in the entire meat complex.

This does not necessarily mean thathog prices will benefit from an imme-diate turnaround and move higher

because of the pork cutout price.The relationship of the wholesale price

of all meats will tend to lead the con-sumer to the best value, which at thistime happens to be pork. With therecent downdraft in the market, there isbound to be some recovery in the weeksahead. This does not necessarily meanthat prices will have a substantial rallybecause of the overall condition of themarket and the economic conditions.

Considering the premiums offered bythe deferred contracts, producersshould keep in tune with the marketconditions and protect inventorieswhere applicable. ❖

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This column was written for the market-ing week ending Nov. 22.

October milk production in the top 23producing dairy states totaled 15.4 billionpounds, up 1.2 percent from October 2012,according to preliminary data in the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s latest MilkProduction report.

The 50-state total, at 16.4 billionpounds, was up 1 percent. Revisions low-ered the original September estimate by13 million pounds, to 14.8 billion, up 1percent from a year ago.

October cow numbers totaled 8.5million head in the 23 major dairystates, down 2,000 from September but 36,000 morethan a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,806pounds, up 14 pounds from a year ago.

California was up 1 percent despite a 15-pound-per-cow drop in production but cow numbers were up3,000 head. Wisconsin was up just 0.9 percentthough output per cow was up 15 pounds and cownumbers were up 1,000 head. New York was up 2.8percent, thanks to a nice 50-pound gain per cow. Cownumbers were unchanged. Idaho was down 2.7 per-cent on a 30-pound loss per cow and 7,000 fewercows. Pennsylvania was up 0.2 percent on a 5-poundgain per cow and 1,000 more cows. Minnesota wasdown 0.3 percent, thanks to a 5-pound loss per cow.Cow numbers were unchanged.

Other key players: Michigan was up 2.7 percent ona 15-pound gain per cow and 7,000 more cows. NewMexico was off 0.6 percent on 2,000 fewer cows. Out-put per cow was unchanged. Texas keeps pouring iton, up 3.8 percent on a 25-pound per cow gain and10,000 more cows. Washington was up 2.3 percent,on a 10-pound gain per cow and 5,000 more cows.

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The USDA estimated 276,800 culled dairy cowswere slaughtered under federal inspection in Octo-ber, up 18,200 from September, but 8,600 less thanOctober 2012. The gap between 2012-13 year-to-datecull dairy cow slaughter continues to close, reportsDairyBusiness Update.

The January-to-October 2013 total was estimatedat 2.619 million head, 45,200 more than the sameperiod in 2012. Through the second week in Novem-ber, year-to-date cow slaughter was just 35,800 morethan a year ago, the smallest gap since April 6.

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Feed price forecasts continue to decline, based onthe most recent World Agricultural Supply andDemand Estimates report. The forecast corn price for2013-14 was lowered in the USDA’s latest Livestock,Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, to $4.10 to $4.90 perbushel in November from September.

Lower harvested acreage is more than offset byhigher yield, leading to a record production forecast.

However, the soybean meal price was revisedhigher for 2013-14 in November to $375 to $415 aton. Soybean production forecasts for 2013-14 wereraised in November based on higher yield expecta-tions, but stronger exports of soybean meal isexpected to boost prices.

The October Agricultural Prices reportshows the preliminary October price foralfalfa was $193/ton, down fractionallyfrom September’s estimate and below ayear ago. Dairy feed ration prices willlikely be lower in 2014 than this year,according to the USDA.

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Herd size projections were resumed thismonth, and the National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service estimated the U.S. herd at9.227 million head for the July-to-Septem-

ber quarter.The herd is expected to average

9.225 million head in 2013 andincrease to 9.245 million in 2014 as producersrespond to improved returns. The current-year milkyield per cow is forecast at 21,865 pounds. Milk percow is forecast at 22,170 pounds next year, based onexpectations that cheaper feed and abundant forageswill support improved yields.

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Meanwhile, cash cheese prices were mixed asThanksgiving approached. The blocks closed Nov. 22at $1.8350 per pound, up 1.5 cents on the week and apenny above a year ago. Barrel finished at $1.7550,down a quarter-cent on the week, a penny above ayear ago, but 8 cents below the blocks.

Only two cars of each traded hands on the week.The Agricultural Marketing Service-surveyed U.S.average block price hit $1.8768, up 2 cents. Barrelsaveraged $1.8648, up 1.1 cent.

Buyers are attempting to make needed purchases foradded seasonal demand, according to the USDA’s DairyMarket News. “Timing is everything as buyers look tosave on later purchases, but are pressed to acquire prod-uct in time for holiday deliveries,” the DMN said. “Manu-facturers are caught in a balance of trying to fill seasonaldemand despite tight milk supplies,” and good exportsales are adding to the supply uncertainty.

The Foreign Ag Service reports that exports ofcheese and curd during September totaled 56.8 mil-lion pounds, up 40 percent from September 2012.Exports for January through September totaled 507million pounds, up 14 percent from a year ago.

Cash butter saw a fourth week of gain, closing Fri-day at $1.68/lb., up 3 cents on the week but a pennybelow a year ago when it plunged 10 1/2 cents. Sevencars found new homes this week and the AMS butterprice averaged $1.5019, up 1.9 cents.

Cream supplies are reduced from strong Class IIdemand, according to the DMN. Demand for butteris good to strong in the United States and interna-tionally and butter inventories are shrinking acrossthe regions.

The FAS reports September exports of butter andmilkfat totaled 25 million pounds, a nearly fivefoldincrease from September 2012. Exports for Januarythrough September totaled 137.2 million pounds, a63-percent increase over a year ago.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk slipped a penny ear-lier in the week but rallied Friday, closing at$1.9850/lb., up a penny on the week. Extra Gradefinished at $1.9750, up 7.5 cents on the week. AMS

powder averaged $1.8914, up 1.1 cent, and dry wheyaveraged 57.74 cents, up a half-cent.

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FC Stone’s Chris Hildebrand said “Asian demandcontinues to be strong and demand from Mexico haspicked up after faltering.”

The other unknown factor is China’s change in itsone child policy. Couples will be allowed to have asecond child, if one of the parents is an only child.Infant formula demand could jump.

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Speaking of exports, the U.S. Dairy Export Councilreports that September U.S. dairy product exportswere equivalent to 16.6 percent of U.S. milk solidsproduction, the fifth straight month above 16 per-cent, according to the DBU.

In the first three quarters of 2013, exports wereequivalent to 15.5 percent of U.S. milk solids pro-duction. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milksolids production were 2.6 percent in September2013.

The USDA reports that 4.2 billion pounds of pack-aged fluid milk products is estimated to have beensold in September in the United States, down 1.2percent from September 2012. Total conventionalfluid sales decreased 1.7 percent while organic fluidsales increased 10.4 percent from a year earlier.

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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By Lee Mielke

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It was really quite innocent. I waschecking out at the grocery store one daywhen the checker asked me how I got sodirty. Not realizing how much I resem-bled a speckle-faced sheep, it occurred tome that washing the car that day was notask for the pristine-hearted.

As a family, we have eaten supper inmany kinds of places — the park, besidethe lake, the elevator parking lot, on theroad, in an empty grain bin and in themountains of Colorado. But they proba-bly all pale by comparison to the nightwe ate supper in the pasture.

Harvest was in full swing. In our operation comeharvest time, supper-ware grows tires and movesaround from field to field in gypsy-like fashion. Thefood tries to stay warm while we hunt down the peo-ple who are combining, trucking, working ground, orotherwise trying to feign busy-ness.

One night as I was tracking down my family, myhusband told me where they were working, andsaid, “but we’re not actually in the field. We’reparked in the pasture.”

I had just finished feeding a crew a few miles awayand decided to take the most direct route there. It ledme down two miles of Level B service roads, whichdon’t threaten me this time of year like they do in thewinter. Feeling like I was headed down a cow pathanyway, I tooled along in the dark with great ease,knowing I was cutting out unnecessary miles.

When I got toward the end of the second mile, I dis-covered that out in that area of the country, theymust have gotten more than an inch of rain all sum-mer, because the water was splashing up on the sidesof the car, and I was gunning it so I didn’t get stuck.

The tires and the car looked more like a Chevypickup truck commercial. I started singing “Like ARock” as I made my way out of the quagmire. I’msure my family was grateful to not be in the car as Icrooned the lyrics with triumphant volume and arro-gance.

I arrived at the pasture and saw the trucks and thecombine lights. As I got closer, I slowly made my waythrough cows that looked at both me and the carwith a hint of tranquil suspicion. Their distrust ofme was painfully obvious as they never once broketheir icy stares.

I was getting supper out of the back of the carwhen my husband came over, wondering where I’dbeen four-wheeling, visually examining the car withthe same look that the cows had.

I was beginning to feel a little unwelcome.The plot thickened as I dished up the main entrée

— meatloaf. As the cows began to close inon us, I began to wish I had cooked some-thing with chicken or pork that night.The cows knew where the beef was, andwere starting to have one with me. I’mcertain they counted their pasture matesto make sure they were all there, and noton our plates. We scarfed our supper thatnight in front of a critical four-leggedaudience which had gathered around uslike a common street gang. And when itwas time to go, I realized I’d stepped in apie, but not one I had brought.

Great.I wiped that off of my shoe in the pasture grass as

best as I could. The tires had also found plenty of iton the way in and out of the pasture, and it becameobvious that the car was going to need to be washedafter that evening’s unusual harvest catering festivi-ties.

Thus, my speckled face, hands, arms and clothes asI checked out of the grocery store the next day.Unless they could smell me, I’m betting they thoughtit was all road grime.

Our car could have actually used some pasteuriza-tion to rid itself of objectionable content followingour supper in the pasture. Welcome to the farm.

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The pasturized supper — Going out to eat, farm-styleThe plot thickened as I dished up the main entrée — meatloaf. As thecows began to close in on us, Ibegan to wish I had cooked some-thing with chicken or pork thatnight. The cows knew where thebeef was, and were starting to have one with me.

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The white dog cautiously watchedus from a distance as we headed backto the truck after making a push fordeer through a Federal Waterfowl Pro-duction area in Pope County,Minn.

It seemed eager for somecompanionship but never-theless, retreated nervouslyinto the tall grass as weapproached.

“I really hope it isn’t some-one’s lost hunting dog,” Isaid to my son, Mike, andBob Westphal, a huntingbuddy.

We’re all dog lovers andcould easily relate to the heartbreak of adog owner somewhere agonizing over thefate of a waywardfamily member.

I knew that ifnecessary, the restof our day wouldbe spent on thetrail of the dog’sowner instead ofdeer.

Getting closer,we could hear abell tinkling on thecollar suggestingour worst fears:Somebody indeedhad lost theircanine huntingcompanion.

We finally coaxed the dog — itappeared to be a Brittany spaniel mix— close enough finally to grab the col-lar where two tags jingled.

The dog relaxed, leaning heavilyagainst me as I read them.

One was for a Glenwood veterinaryclinic, the other for the GlenwoodHumane Society.

Once upon a time, tracking down theowner might have required a 20-minute drove to Glenwood to trackdown the necessary information.

But in this digital era, my sonwhipped out his iPhone and dialed thefirst number.

The voice on the phone said she couldhelp us locate the owner if we read herthe rabies vaccine number.

Mike gave her the number engravedon the tag.

After a few moments she came back.“We haven’t had contact with the dogsince it was vaccinated in May,” shesaid. “It was a Humane Society dog andwas adopted. We don’t know who

adopted herthough.”

She suggestedwe call theHumane Society.

The womanthere listened aswe read back thenumber on theHumane Societytag.

A few minuteslater, she was backon the line. “Thedog’s name is

Molly,” she said. There was a longpause.

“The dog has a bit of a history,” shesaid. “We’ve had several calls over thepast several weeks about Molly wan-dering off.” She gave us a name andaddress of the dog’s owners.

She went on to say that we weren’tthe first hunters to call to say they haddiscovered the wayward hunting dogsince hunting seasons had opened.

We got into the pickup and I began todrive as my son entered the name andaddress into his phone’s GPS.

We came to a crossroad that corre-sponded with the rural street thewoman at the Humane Society gave us.

Right or left?I turned left and immediately, the dog

that had grown placid and relaxed,began to bark furiously.

“Wrong way,” my son said, as the nav-igation screen on his phone finallycame up.

Indeed.

We turned around and Mollyrelaxed.

A point on the screen markedour destination, a dairy opera-

tion about a half-mile away.A few minutes later, we

rolled into the empty farm-yard.

The dog bound out of thetruck as we went up tothe front door and

knocked.Nobody home.I glanced around and

noticed a kennel to oneside, the gate stilllatched closed.

“Let’s go, Molly,” I said. Thedog followed happily.I opened the door and she will-

ingly went in. I took the old kettlefilled with a frozen block of ice, banged iton the ground to dislodge the icy plug,

and refilled it with fresh water from thegallon jug I carried in the truck.

The dog watched, its nose pushedagainst the kennel mesh as we gotback into the truck.

As I turned the pickup around in thefarmyard, she barked several timesbefore settling onto her haunches towatch as we motored down the longdriveway.

We concluded that Molly really had-n’t been lost, just exploring, and thatshe would most likely wander offagain if given the opportunity byapparently inattentive owners.

But we also knew that we would allsleep better that night knowing thatat least for the time being, Molly onceagain was safe at home.

John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.)Free Press staff writer. Contact him at(507) 344-6376 or [email protected] or follow him onTwitter @jcross_photo. ❖

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Outdoors investigation — Hunting for a hunting dog’s home

Getting closer, we couldhear a bell tinkling onthe collar suggesting ourworst fears: Somebodyindeed had lost theircanine hunting compan-ion. We finally coaxedthe dog — it appeared tobe a Brittany spaniel mix— close enough finally tograb the collar wheretwo tags jingled.

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Tradition reigns with holiday feasts — homemadedelights and once-a-year favorites to share withfamily and friends. This year, why not get “wild”with your traditional turkey dinner.

Your holiday feast would not be the same withoutthe golden brown turkey, but adding something newand simple like Wild Rice Stuffing or Wild CraisenSalad will leave your guests singing your praises

and asking for more. If you’re a once-a-year breadbaker, Wild Rice Multi Grain Bread will make you astar. Wild rice offers what you’re looking for this hol-iday season.

The holidays are the perfect time to incorporatethe distinctive flavor of wild rice into your meal.Whether in stuffing, salad or bread, the one-of-a-kind flavor of wild rice brings out the best in your

holiday celebrations.Try these wild rice holiday favorites or search the

world’s largest wild rice recipe library for other“wild” options to add flair and spice to your holidaytable this season — www.mnwildrice.org/search.php.Wild Rice Stuffing

Looking for a way to spice up your traditionalstuffing? For a stuffing recipe sure to leave yourguests clamoring for more, Wild Rice Stuffing pro-vides the perfect opportunity to incorporate thesmoky, nutty flavor of wild rice into your holidaymeal. Wild Rice Stuffing combines bacon, onion,sage, oregano, mushrooms and wild rice in anextraordinary blend of flavors to create the perfectaccompaniment to the traditional holiday turkey.Wild Craisen Salad

There’s more than one way to feature cranberriesat your holiday feast. For a new twist on an oldfavorite, try serving your cranberries in the savoryWild Craisen Salad. This salad is a great way to addfestive color to your holiday table by combining driedcranberries, green pepper, celery and more, tossed ina refreshing light cranberry dressing.Wild Rice Multi Grain Bread

Instead of the same old bland dinner rolls, impressyour holiday guests with Wild Rice Multi GrainBread. Beautiful enough to be your centerpiece buttasty enough to steal the show, this delicious bread isrich in whole grains and is sure to become one ofyour holiday traditions combining oats, wild rice,sunflower seeds and more.Wild Rice Stuffing

4 slices bacon, cut in 1-inch pieces1 medium onion, chopped1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced3 ribs celery, chopped3 cups cooked wild rice1 teaspoon crushed leaf oregano1/2 teaspoon crushed leaf sage2 cups bread crumbsSalt and pepper to taste1/4 to 1/2 cup chicken broth, optionalPreheat oven to 350 F. In large skillet, sauté bacon,

onion, mushrooms and celery; cook until bacon iscrisp. Stir in wild rice, oregano, sage and breadcrumbs; adjust seasonings. Place in greased 2-quartcasserole, cover and bake 30 to 40 minutes. Add 1/4to 1/2 cup chicken broth, if needed, for moisture.

Wild rice adds the perfect touch to your holiday meal

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WILD RICE, from pg. 6BSausage stuffing: Add 1/2 pound crumbled, cooked

and drained sausage.

Wild Craisen Salad4 cups cooked wild rice1/2 cup sliced celery1/4 cup sliced green onion1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley1/2 cup chopped green pepper1/2 cup craisens (dried cranberries)Dressing (whisk together; chill):1/2 cup cranberry juice1/2 cup white vinegar1 tablespoon olive oil1 teaspoon basil leavesSugar and salt to taste

In large bowl, toss salad ingredients. Add dressing;toss. 6-8 servings.

Wild Rice Multi-Grain Bread4-5 cups all-purpose flour, divided2 cups whole wheat flour1/2 cup rye flour1/2 cup uncooked rolled oats1 package dry yeast2 teaspoon salt1/3 cup water2 cups milk1/2 cup honey2 tablespoon butter or margarine1 1/2 cups well-cooked wild rice1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water1/2 cup hulled sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 375 F. In large bowl, combine 2 cupsall-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, rolledoats, yeast, and salt; mix well.

In medium saucepan, heat water, milk, honey, andbutter until very warm (120 F to 130 F). Add warmliquid to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until mois-tened; beat two minutes at medium speed. Add wildrice. Cover and let rest 15 minutes.

Stir in enough additional all-purpose flour to makea stiff dough. On floured surface, knead dough 10minutes; add more flour as necessary to keep doughfrom sticking. Place in lightly greased bowl, turnover, cover and let rise until doubled, about twohours. Punch down.

Knead briefly on lightly floured surface. Dividedough into thirds, shape into three strands; braid andplace onto greased baking sheet to form a wreath. Letrise until doubled, about 45 minutes.

Brush tops of loaves with egg mixture. Sprinklewith sunflower seeds. Bake 45 minutes or until breadsounds hollow when tapped. Makes 1 wreath braid,two loaves (9 1/2-inch by 5 1/2-inch pans), or 18 breadsticks (approximately. 12 inches long).

This article was submitted by the Minnesota Culti-vated Wild Rice Council. ❖

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November 29, 2013

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Sale Site: West Bend International, 101 130th St., West Bend, IowaNotice: As West Bend International has sold their 3 locations to Red Power Team, andthey will liquidate their entire used inventory. Locations - West Bend International 515-

887-7781, Estherville Implement 712-362-3596, Spencer International 712-262-2933

Tractors- 18 mo. Interest free for 18 mo: Case IH- 600 QT-2012-705 hrs.- 550 Steiger-2011-500 hrs., 290 Magnum-MFWD-2012-200 hrs., 290 Magnum 2011-MFWD-approx. 500hrs., 260 Magnum-MFWD-2011-approx. 500 hrs., 255 Magnum-MFWD-2004-4360 hrs.- MX240-MFWD-2001-4530 hrs., Farmall 95- MFWD- Puma 195-2008-440 hrs., 9170-1990-4375hrs., 7140-MFWD-1989-9758 hrs., 1486, JD 9620T-2005-3334 hrs., 8400T-1998-6128 hrs.,NH 8360-MFWD-1997-3493 hrs., AC 7040, Combines- 2 yrs. Interest free- most allcombines have field tracker-rock trap-chopper-yield monitors&display- 6130-2013-185sep.- 42” w/duals, 6130-2012-340 sep-800/65R32, 8230-2012-470 sep.-42”w/duals, 7230-2012-187 sep.-7230-2012-326 sep.-42” w/duals, 7120-2011-309 sep.-42”w/duals, 8120-2011-722 sep.-RWD w/factory tracks, 8010-2008-1004 sep.-42”w/duals, 2888-2004-1250sep.-38”w/duals,2388-2003-2191 sep.-30.5x32, 2388-2001-2995 sep.-42”w/duals, 2366-1998-3495 hrs., 2166-1997-3208 sep.-24.5x32, 2166-1996-2177 sep.-30.5x32, JD 9660STS-2007-1040 sep.- 20.8x38w/38 duals, NH- CR970-1840 sep., Corn Heads- Case IH-3408-2010, 3408-2009, 3408-2008, 2608-2010, 2612-2009, 2208-2004, 2208-2003, 2206-2008,1083-1998, 983, 2) Drago 8R30”-2005, Agco-Gleaner 3000-8R30”- Equipment- Case IH730C w/hyd. Leveler, DMI 730B w/hyd. Leveler, DMI 730, 2) JD 2700-7x30”, Sunflower4412-7x30”, 4412-7x24”, M&W 2200F-9x24, NH ST 770-7x30”, Wilrich 3400-32’ fieldCult.,2500-24‚ field cult., Planters - Case IH- 1250-16R30”-2013-has done 1500 acres,1250-24R30” bulk fill-2011, 1250-24R30”, 1250-16R30” bulk fill, 2) 955-12R30”- VF, SDX 40-40’ air drill, JD- 1770 XP-12R30”, 1770-NT-16R30”, White-8516-16R30” bulk fill, 8200-12R30”, 8180-16R30”, Kinze 3140-16R30”, Grain Handling-Grain Carts - Parker-1048w/scale-tarp & 900/60x32, 839 w/camera-30.5x32, Kinze-1050 w/1250/45x32, 640w/24.5x32, Brent 1594-w/camera-scale-tarp & 35.5x32, Kilbros 1820 w/24.5x32, J&M 750w/ 24.5x32, Gravity Boxes-Brent 644-w/light-brakes-tarp-& 445R22.5 rubber-red, Parker7250 w/brakes-lights & 445R22.5, Killbros 500-w/425R22.5, 2)Killbros 300 on gears,Westfield 10”x71’ auger w/swing hopper-2012, Feterl 10”x34’ auger, MiscellaneousEquipment- Skid Loaders- Case- SV 300-2012-612 hrs., 440 S-3-2010, Mustang MTL 20-2007-2187 hrs., JD 260-2004-838 hrs., 250-2004-1072 hrs., plus sprayers, snow blowers,utility vehicles and lawn and garden equipment.For a complete listing-w/ descriptions and more photos go towww.gehlingauction.com or call West Bend International 515-887-7781or Gehling Auction Co. 1-800-770-0347.Terms: CNH Capital financing and programs available to qualifiedbuyers on qualified items to pre-qualify stop in at or call any of theirlocations. Tractors Interest free for 18 months- Combines interest freefor 24 months, all other items cash or good check day of sale.

Aasness Auctineers ....................9BAg Power Enterprises Inc ........20BAg Systems Inc ..........................5BAgri Systems/Systems West ....12AAgro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers21AAnderson Seeds........................15AAsgrow ......................................9ABerens Rodenberg & O’Connor10BCountry Cat..............................16ACourtland Waste Handling ......29ACyrilla Beach Homes ................8ADahl Farm Supply ......................4BDairyland Seed Co Inc ............30ADan Pike Clerking....................12BDiers Ag & Trailer Sales..........31ADouble B Manufacturing ..........4BDuncan Trailers LLC ..............22BExcelsior Homes West Inc ......11AFaber Building & Supplies ......28AFarm Drainage Plows Inc ........14BFast Distributing ......................14AGehling Implement &

Auction ..........................8B, 11BHarpels ....................................22AHewitt Drainage Equipment ......6BHolt Truck Center ....................29AHotovec Auction Center Inc ....10BHughes Auction Service LLC ..12BK & S Millwrights Inc ............20AKannegiesser Truck Sales ........27AKeith Bode ..............................22BKeltgens Inc ..............................3BKibble Equipment Inc ....18B, 19BLarson Brothers Implement17B 21BMages Auction Service ............10BManders Diesel Repair Inc ......24AMankato Spray Center Inc ......28AMassey Ferguson ....................23A

Matejcek Implement ................24BMidwest Machinery Inc ..........23BMike’s Collision ......................26ANetwrap......................................3ANK Clerking ..............................9BNorthern Ag Service ................21BNorthstar Genetics......................7BNutech Seed ............................19ANutra Flo Co ....................8A, 17BPioneer ....................................17APruess Elevator Inc ..................12BRabe International Inc..............15BRule Tire & Auto ....................22ARush River Steel & Trim ........11ASchweiss Inc ............................18BSmiths Mill Implement Inc ......21BSonstegard Cattle Co LLC ......12BSorensen Sales & Rentals ........18BState Bank of Gibbon ................4BSteffes Auctioneers

Inc ..............10B, 11B, 13B, 15BSunco Marketing......................12ASyngenta Seed..............4A, 5A, 6ATjosvold Equipment ................17BTony Montgomery Realty &

Auction Co ..........................14BTriad Construction Inc ......7A, 22AUnited Farmers Cooperative....14AWhite Planters..........................10AWieman Land & Auction ........16BWillmar Farm Center ..............22BWillmar Precast........................31AWoodford Ag LLC ..................17BZiegler ......................................13A

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Tractors: ‘10 JD 8270R, MFD, 1188 hrs; ‘04 JD 8420, MFD; JD6420, MFD, w/640 loader; ‘09 CIH 245, MFD, 1370 hrs; CIH 75A,MFD, 50 hrs; Deutz 140A, MFD, 2690 hrs; AC 9455, MFD, 4900hrs; NH 8770, MFD, w/Westendorf 700 loader, 5700 hrs; Farmall460 & loader; 4x4’s: ‘02 JD 9220, 3500 hrs; JD 9300 & 9400,5000 hrs; JD 8430. Combines: ‘09 JD 9770, 4x4, 765 sep hrs;‘09 JD 9770, 975 sep hrs; ‘08 JD 9770, 1088 sep hrs; ‘08 JD9670, 716 sep hrs; ‘07 JD 9760, 1327 hrs; ‘02 JD 9650STS, 2097sep hrs; (2) ‘00 JD 9550’s, 1647 & 2032 sep hrs; ‘02 CIH 2366.Combine Heads: (2) ‘11 JD 612C Chopping Heads, both lowacres; ‘08 JD 612C Non; (2) JD 608C’s; ‘11 CIH 3412, 12RN;Drago N8TR Chopping & N6TR Cornheads; Platforms (5) JD635F Flex’s; (4) JD 630F Flex’s; (2) JD 625F’s; (2) CIH 1020, 30’Flex; JD 930, 925’s, 920’s, 30’, 25’ & 20’ Heads. Planters: (2) ‘07JD 1770 NT CCS, 24 rows; JD 1770, 24 row; JD 1760, 12-30;White 6180, 16RN; CIH 950, 16 row. Tillage: New JD 2410, 36’Chisel Plow; (5) JD 2700 5- & 7-shank rippers; DMI 730 & MW965 5-shank rippers; ‘11 Hiniker 5620 Windrow Shredder & JD220 Shredder. Sprayers: ‘09 JD 4730, 4x4, well equipped, 900hrs; Hagie 284, 4x4; (3) Fast 7400 & 7410 Sprayers, 80’, 90’, 120’booms. Others: Demco 650 & Brent 674 Grain Carts; Brent 744Gravity Wagon; (3) REM Grain Vacs; JD 568 Round Baler;Woods 355 Loader; Westendorf Loader, Bale Spear & PalletForks; Lankota Stalk Choppers. Consumer: ‘11 JD 855D GatorXUV; Yamaha 700FI Grizzly; Lawn: 10’ JD X744; JD X540; JD777 Z Track; JD F687, low hrs; JD F725; JD 345 & much others.

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REDUCTION AUCTIONFRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH @ 10:00 AMLocated at Ernie Williams LTD, Hwy. 9 Estherville, IA

(Estherville located MN/IA line approx. 70 mi. SWof Mankato, MN)

This is a partial listing, some items subject to pre-sale thruNov. 25th, check website for updates @

www.danpikeauction.com or www.auctioneeralley.com. Online bidding and photos @ proxibid.com.

JD Financing Available 6 month Int. waiver on Combines.Very few small items. Sale Site Phone # 712-362-7747 for

more info and to pre-qualify for financing. Come prepared topurchase as this is an absolute auction.

Ernie Williams has reputation for nicest equip. in area.Auctioneers: Kahler Auctioneers of Auctioneer Alley & Dan PikeAuction Co. 507-847-3468--507-920-8060--507-238-4318 & Associates.

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519 Center Street in New Ulm at (507) 233-3900.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 201380 Acre Parcel including farm siteLocated in Lake Hanska Township,

Brown County, MNSale to be held at Turner Hall (lower level),

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REALTORS: LARRY MAGES 507-240-0030; AMY BURNS 507-766-3744; DEB FISCHER 507-240-0546; JOE MAIDL 507-276-7749;

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2 Story Farmhouse, Large Kitchen! Cabinetsgalore, main floor laundry, kitchen, remodeledupstairs, private setting w/lots of outbuildings, 3bedrooms, upper balcony walkout, darkwoodwork w/pillars, spacious rooms, $109,900 •62428 220th St • Gibbon, MN

5 Bed, Beautiful Oak Wood: 6.73 acre farmsiteoutside of town. Large rooms, built in hutches,back entry way, washroom, cedar lined closet,extra kitchen downstairs, outbuildings,hardwood floors, formal living room. Nice!$89,900 • 61596 250th • Gibbon, MN

7 Acre Farmsite Setup for Horses: Main floorlaundry, 2 bedrooms, metal roof, updatedwindows, electrical panel, storage space, hobbyfarm/horses, $69,900 • 31009 611th Ave •Gibbon, MN

Farmsite just outside town! Move in ready,enjoy this spacious 4 bed, 2 full bath, upgradesgalore, 2006 new osmosis drinking watersystem, washer/dryer, patio, sunroom,kitchen/dining is beautiful, bedrooms, baths areall fresh & clean looking, $174,900 • 58552 276thSt • Winthrop, MN

Country Kingdom: 2 story home w/4 bedrooms,2 baths sitting on 5.5 acres, many kitchen

cupboards, open eat-in kitchen w/steps leadingto lower level, office/laundry, rooms arespacious, living room is beautiful w/fireplace, dblgarage/detached, fenced pasture, outsidebuildings, $199,900 • 31819 581st Ave •Winthrop, MN

11 Acre Rural Residence Custom kitchen-dining, beautiful hardwood floor, oak cupboards,entry w/2 large closets, fireplace washroom,storage space, office/den, kitchen, family room,exterior done! Gorgeous inside & recentlyremodeled, appearance shows the quality workinto this farm, $229,900 • 66686 Co Rd 27 •Fairfax, MN

Charming Farmsite w/remodeling all done!Eat-in kitchen w/center island, cupboards clean,white vintage style w/new countertop,dining/living room open concept, huge masterbedroom, bathrooms updated, entry/porch area,outside buildings in good standing, yard keptmaintained, $169,900 • 58067 236th St •Winthrop, MN

5.33 acre Farmsite: w/2 full baths, beautifulwoodwork, builtin corner hutches, sun roomkitchen w/vintage cupbards & stainless steeldeep sinks, eat-in kitchen, $159,900 • 58023350th St • Lafayette, MN

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JD H serial #H13584 cast ironfront wheels. Runs tires up,needs some parts. Cell(262) 470-6793

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

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Opening Saturday, November 23 & Closing Tuesday,December 3: IQBID Hanson’s Auto & Implement Year EndAuction, Grafton, ND

Opening Monday, November 25 & Closing Tuesday,December 5: IQBID Haug Implement, Willmar, MN, InventoryReduction Auction

Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Monday, December9: IQBID Noteboom Implement, SD Locations, InventoryReduction Auction

Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Tuesday, December10: IQBID December Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, SeeComplete lot listing & photos online at IQBID.com

Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Wednesday,December 11: IQBID Goarder Collectible Auction, Litchfield,MN, Toys & Collectibles

Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Wednesday,December 11: IQBID Selvin Brenden Toy Auction, Litchfield,MN, Facility, Large farm toy collection

Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Monday, December16: IQBID Greg Barker Toy & Belt buckle Auction, Litchfield, MN,Collection of over 100 farm toys & belt buckles

Tuesday, December 3 @ 10 AM: Norman & Polk County, MN,Multi-Tract Land auction, Ada, MN, 509+/- deeded acres inLockhart & Reis TWP

Wednesday, December 4 at 10:00 AM: AgIron West FargoEvent, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, Large multi-ring event with consignments being taken now! Tractors,Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage, ConstructionEquipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!

Thursday, December 5 @ 10 AM: Stearns County MN LandAuction, Litchfield, MN, facility, 130.39+/- deeded acres inPaynesville TWP

Friday, December 6 at 11:00 AM: Howard & Sheri SwansonRetirement Auction, St. James, MN, Tractors, HarvestEquipment, Gravity Boxes, Tillage & Row Crop Equipment, SemiTractors, Trailers, Hog Nursery Bldg., & More!

Opening Monday, December 9 & Closing Wednesday,December 18 & Thursday, December 19: Arnolds EquipmentInc., Sauk Rapids, MN, 2 day Absolute online auction closing,excess inventory from 6 store locations

Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00 AM: Walter Herrman Auction,Barron, WI, Farm Retirement

Friday, December 13 at 10:00 AM: Don & Shirley Rick Auction,Litchfield, MN, Farm Retirement, Farm Equipment & RegisteredBlack Angus

Tuesday, December 17 @ 10 AM: Kibble Equipment,Redwood Falls, MN, Large dealership inventory reduction

Thursday, December 19 at 10:00 AM: AgIron Litchfield Event,Litchfield, MN, Large multi-ring event with consignments beingtaken now! Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage,Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & muchmore!

Friday, December 27 @ 10 AM: Murphy Brown of Missouri LLCHay Dispersal, Princeton, MO, selling 2,500 bales of varioustypes of hay

Monday, December 30 @ 10 AM: AgIron Ames Event,Litchfield, MN, Large multi-ring event with consignments beingtaken now! Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage,Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & muchmore!

Steffes Auction Calendar 2013For More info Call 1-800-726-8609

or visit our website:www.steffesauctioneers.com

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


New oak silage & hay bunks,cedar boxes. (715)269-5258


'93 MacDon haybine-mowerconditioner, 14' width,$3,800/OBO 715-495-0755

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We pay top dollar for yourdamaged grain.

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EXTREMELY NICE LARGE LATE MODEL

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Tuesday, December 10 @ 10:30 AMSTORM-BLIZZARD DATE: Thursday, December 12 @ 10:30 AM

In case of blizzard weather conditions check our websitewww.danpikeauction.com or listen to area radio stations or call

auctioneers for updated information.

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LOCATION: Due to Dick’s health issues, his auction will be held at the Bockmanfarm which is located at 2018 320th Ave., Terril, Iowa, which is located from Terril,Iowa, 3 miles north on N-14 to County Road #A-31, then 1 mile east on A-31.Watch for auction signs.

Owner: Richard Bockman Farms, Inc.For more information, call Dick @ 712-330-4420

SALE CONDUCTED BY: Dan Pike #32-13-015, Jackson, MN • 507-847-3468 (O) or 507-841-0965 (C); Kevin, Allen & Ryan Kahler, Sherburn &Fairmont, MN; 507-920-8060 (C) or 507-227-8528; Doug Wedel &Dustyn Hartung, Fairmont, MN.

TRACTORS & GREEN STAR COMPONENTS: ‘08 JD 9530, 4x4tractor w/Only 1,830 hrs; ‘08 JD 8130 MFD tractor w/Only 1,201hrs; ‘91 JD 2955 tractor w/6,014 hrs; ‘65 JD 4020(D) tractor; 2 -JD complete Green Star GS02 2600 systems; JD motorized autosteering wheel; COMBINE & HEAD: ‘07 JD 9560STS combinew/ONLY 720 separator & 1,073 engine hrs.; ‘09 JD 606C 6R30”chopping cornhead; SEMI TRACTOR - GRAIN TRAILER -GRAIN CART - WAGONS: ‘97 Volvo Aero WIA conventionaldaycab semi tractor; ‘10 Timpte 4066 Super Hopper 40’ grainhopper trailer; Brent 674 grain cart; FIELD EQUIPMENT: ‘12 JD1770NT CCS 16R30” planter; ‘09 JD 2310, 33’9” mulch finisher;‘06 JD 2700, 17’6” 7 shank disk ripper; Fast 9420, 1,500 gal. pull-type sprayer; TILING, ATV & OTHER EQUIPMENT ITEMS: Veryfew small items, so please don’t be late. For more information& photos go to: www.danpikeauction.com; INSPECTION: OnSaturday, December 7th & Monday, December 9th from 10a.m. - 3:30 p.m. ONLY or by appointment only with DickBockman by calling 712-330-4420. For more information:www.danpikeauction.com

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48' CMC floor, like new con-dition, half price of new.

507-697-6133 www.usedbinsales.com

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1300 Bu X-TREME#1315 Unverferth GrainCart w/ Tarp/Scale(76x50x32 tires). 550 Bu Un-verferth #530 Wagon w/Tarp Like New. 319-347-6676Can Deliver

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

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FOR SALE: JD 9200, 4WD,$70,000 trades?; JD 7720TII combine, RWD, rebuiltw/843 CH & 220 BH, $27,500;IH 700 8x18 OL plow,$7,000; Super B grain dryer& holding bin, $4,000. 507-330-3945

FOR SALE: Rhino RC20, 20'flail shredder, $9,000 OBO.712-253-4222

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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

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FOR SALE: JD 444 high tincornhead, good condition,$1,850. JD 444 low profilecornhead, oil drive, realnice, $3,200. JD 215 flexbean head, hydraulic reel,$1,500. 763-482-2575

Fox chopper w/flail head forcorn stalks, $1,250 com-plete. (715)962-3497

JD 6620 Titan combine w/920SS flex head & 443 corn-head. 507-340-1183

JD 7720 combine, completelyrebuilt, 643 oil bath, polyhead. (608)214-1859

Retiring: '08 Drago 6R chop-ping cornhead, low acres,$45,000 OBO. 651-564-0606

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FOR SALE: JD 1780 cornplanter 12-23R, 250 monitor,3 bu boxes, $22,800/OBO.320-563-8479 or 320-760-6848

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2009 Case-IH 7 Shank #730CRipper (with or w/o 6 LeadShanks) w/ Leveler 2500Acres. 750 Bu Unverferth#7200 Grain Cart w/ Scale &Tarp. Both Like New. 319-347-2349 Can Deliver

IN-LINE 7 Shank 3 Pt ZoneBuilder Auto Re-set With orw/o Pull Hitch. Farm King13x70 Auger w/ Low HopperReal Good. #4311 Sunflower5 or 7 Shank Disk Ripper w/Heavy Harrow Real Good.319-347-6677 Can Deliver

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'68 JD 4020 diesel, powershift, excellent condition.608-214-1859

FOR SALE: IH 1256. Call320-290-2682 or 320-254-8461

IHC 7240 MFD, 2200 hrs,front weights, new rubber,$85,000; Wilrich 34½' dig-ger, $7,500. 507-462-3589

JD model B, 1951, Ser. No:295717, 3 pt. hitch, new reartires, $2,600. 651-455-4324

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

Oliver 770 w/WF, ldr, tripbucket, $2,250/OBO. (715)962-3497

Oliver 770 WF, power steer-ing, $2,500. (715)962-3497

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

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'11 Drago 830 cornhead, red,less than 1,000 acres,w/headsight & more. 507-402-0606

2012 Drago 12-22 cornheadwith choppers. Insight,plastic, nice head, har-vested 300 acres, fits Ca-seIH 8010. $100,000 orB.O. Call Rick, 320-847-2325 or 320-894-7461.

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'84 JD 4650 MFWD, 6765 hrs.,power shift, quick hitch,18.4x42 rears w/duals,$37,500. 507-828-2917 Morton,MN

'96 CIH 9350, 3800 hrs., M11engine, new 20.8x38 tires, 24spd., bareback, deliveryavailable; Gehl 1075 chop-per, hay cornhead, kernelprocessor. 507-276-4962

2-7420 JDs, MFD cab, powerquad trans, high hours,higher model, can lower.$19,900-$23,900. (715)223-3600

6410 JD MFD cab, powerquad rebuilt by JD/warran-ty, front fender, nice tighttractor, $31,900. (715)223-3664

Case 1030 NF, dsl, 3pt hyds,less than 200 hrs on a re-man motor, $4,500. (715)962-3497

FOR SALE: '66 JD 4020 J w/Koyker K-5 loader, diesel,PS, cab, good condition,Best Offer. 320-848-2453 or320-905-2940

FOR SALE: Case IH 9330Steiger, 3pt hitch, PTO, ex-cellent tires, excellent con-dition. 715-896-0828

FOR SALE: MF Super 90,new rubber paint decals,live PTO, hyd 3 pt, WF,Perkins dsl, runs & drivesgood, consider trade; blkhead & carb for JD 60. 507-383-5973

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FOR SALE: WDAC w/ ldr,runs good. Call 715-652-2189

GREAT PLAINSTURBO-CHISELS On Hand 7-9-11-13 Shank

Built Heavy Duty We Trade/Deliver Anywhere

www.albusemanind.comA.L. Buseman 319-347-6282

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

NEW & USED M&WEarthmasters 5 & 7 ShankOn Hand. We Like ToTrade/Deliver Anywhere.M&W Earthmaster Parts.Dealer 319-347-6282

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

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'05 Case IH JX1100U, 2WD,ROPS, w/loader, 18.4x34tires, 2,400 hrs. 507-402-0606

'06 JD 8430T, 8034 hrs., 3 pt.& PTO, 25” tracks, exc.cond., $94,000. 507-327-1903or 507-964-5548

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TRACTORS‘92 CIH 5240, 2WD, PS - $24,900

CIH 5250, 2WD, cab w/loader- $32,500

New Farmall 31, MFD w/60”‘11 CIH 550 Quad - $273,500

PLANTERS& TILLAGE

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

‘07 CIH 1200, 12-30 pivotplanter w/bulk fill & insecti-cide - $58,500

‘99 DMI, 32’, 3 bar - $16,500‘06 JD 1760, 12-30 - $39,500‘03 CIH Tigermate II 40’, 4 bar- $34,500

JD 2200, 33.5’, 3 bar - $28,500

‘11 CIH 870, 9-shk. w/reel- Call

CIH 2500, 7-shk. ripperw/leveler - $9,500

CIH 530C w/leads - Call

COMBINES‘90 1680, duals, - $28,500‘93 1666 - $32,500‘03 CIH 2388, duals, 2000eng. hrs. - Call

‘99 CIH 2388, 2800 hrs‘96 CIH 2166, 35Lx32 tires- Call

‘06 CIH 1020, 30’ - $16,500‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ - $14,000‘98 CIH 1020, 25’ - $7,950‘92 CIH 1083, 8-30 - $6,500‘08 CIH 2608, 8-30 - Call‘05 CIH 2208, 8-30 - $28,500

LL O C A L T R A D E S O C A L T R A D E S

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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WANTED: Case IH 7500vari-width plow, w/ auto re-set, 6 bottom, will consider5 bottom. 320-352-1347

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10' or 12' Wheel Disk Want-ed: 10' or 12' wheel disk inexcellent condition. Mustbe stored inside. (507) 269-4039

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

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2014 SEED CORN SALE.Avoid the pending price in-crease. Buy all convention-al and technology hybridsat 2013 pricing until Dec. 1.With our 9% prepay dis-count, conventional hybridsstart at only $81. Offer and prices online at

WWW.KLEENACRES.COMor call 320-237-7667.

“ITS THE PLACE TO BE!”

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

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

Hay For SaleRound or large square bales,

alfalfa, straw or grass hay.Delivery Available by semi.Ose Hay Farm, Thief RiverFalls, MN Call or textLeRoy at (218)689-6675

HAY FOR SALE, largesquares and round bales forsale. (218)391-3031

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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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FOR SALE: 1 reg Jersey 2yr old cow, sired by a Shys-ter son out of a 92 pt dam. 1reg Red & White 2 yr oldcow, sired by Big AppleRed ET. Both cows havebeen shown, asking$2,000/ea. 715-305-0814 or715-305-0825

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

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LARGE MACHINERY AUCTIONTRACTORS – SKID LOADERS – COLLECTOR TRACTORS – COMBINES

HEADS – FORAGE-HAY-FEEDING EQUIPMENT – PLANTERS ASST. MACHINERY – TRUCKS – CARS – PICKUPS – TRAILERS - ATV

Our annual year end auction will be held at the Wieman Auction Facility at 44628 SD Hwy. 44,located from Marion SD 1 mile south and 1/2 mile west on:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH • 8:45 AM – CSTLunch by Presbyterian Church Ladies

WIEMAN LAND & AUCTION CO., INC. – (SINCE 1949)MARION, SD • 605-648-3111 or 1-800-251-3111 • AUCTION SITE: 605-648-3536 or 1-888-296-3536

EVENINGS: Derek Wieman - 605-660-2135 • Mike Wieman - 605-297-4240 • Kevin Wieman - 605-648-3439 • Richard Wieman - 605-648-3264 • Gary Wieman - 605-648-3164For a detailed ad and some pictures call our office or visit our website at: www.wiemanauction.com • e-mail address: [email protected]

TRACTORS – SKID LOADERS – FORK LIFTS – CONSTRUCTION - COLLECTOR TRACTORS‘11 CIH 290, MFD, loaded, 1100 hrs; ‘12 CIH 235, MFD, loaded, 1676 hrs; ‘09 CIH 275, MFD, loaded, 2500 hrs, 540/1000 PTO; ‘03 CIH MX285, MFD, loaded, 5663 hrs; ‘99 CIH MX240, MFD,loaded, 4916 hrs; ‘08 CIH 140 Pro, MFD w/Ldr, 2300 hrs; 2 – ‘07 CIH 125’s, MFD, 4400 & 7300 hrs w/CIH & KMV Ldrs; ‘89 CIH 9180 BB, 10,000 hrs; ‘05 CIH MXM 175, MFD, 4200 hrs w/GB860 Ldr; ‘05 CIH MX 210, MFD, 6700 hrs; ‘94 CIH 5240, MFD, 7000 hrs w/Miller PL2 Ldr; ‘88 CIH 7130, MFD; ‘89 CIH 7120, MFD; ‘98 CIH 8920, MFD w/Ldr; ‘94 CIH 5240, MFD w/GB 660Ldr; ‘04 JD 8220, MFD, 4300 hrs, sharp; ‘01 JD 8410, MFD, 3900 hrs, nice; ‘10 JD 7430 Prem, MFD, PQ, LHR, 1800 hrs w/JD 741 Ldr; ‘07 JD 7830, MFD, PQ, LHR, 2675 hrs w/JD 746 SLLdr; ‘05 JD 7820, MFD, PQ, LHR, 2500 hrs, 18x42 duals; ‘09 JD 7330, MFD, IVT, LHR, 2065 hrs; ‘06 JD 7720, MFD, IVT, 5890 hrs; ‘05 JD 7720, MFD, IVT, 3300 hrs; ‘00 JD 8410, MFD, 7000hrs; ‘04 JD 9320, 24 sp., 4800 hrs; ‘97 JD 9400, PS, 9450 hrs; ‘03 JD 7710, MFD, IVT, LHR, 3400 hrs; 2 – JD 7400’s, MFD w/Ldrs; ‘91 JD 8760, 24 sp., 3 pt, PTO, 8900 hrs; ‘93 JD 6200, MFDw/JD 640 Ldr; ‘78 JD 2840; ‘79 JD 4240, QR; ‘74 JD 4230, QR; ‘73 JD 4430, QR; JD 4020 D., WF; ‘09 JD 3520, MFD, hydro, 300 hrs w/72” mower; ‘10 JD 7130, MFD, CAH, 1200 hrs; ‘97 JD7810, MFD, PS, 6200 hrs; JD 7410, MFD, PQ, LHR, 6000 hrs; JD 4960, MFD, 6200 hrs, duals & wts; ‘90 JD 4955, MFD, Eng. & Trans OH; ‘88 JD 4450; ‘81 JD 2940; JD 4440, PS, 6096 hrs;JD 4255, MFD, Quad w/JD 740 Ldr, sharp; ‘77 JD 4630; CIH 9280, CAH, 4x4, BB; ‘97 CIH MX135 MFD, 13,000 hrs w/trans problems; CIH MX120, MFD, 12,000 hrs; CIH 7110, MFD; IHC5088, MFD, 4300 hrs, sharp; IHC 1486 w/Westendorf WL42 Ldr; ‘81 IHC 1086 w/Koyker 510 Ldr, 5750 hrs; ‘83 Case 4490, CAH, 4500 hrs, 3 pt; AC 8550, CAH, 3 pt, PTO, trans problems;Case 2090, CAH, 3000 hrs, sharp; MF 1100, needs motor work; CIH 9270, CAH, 4x4, trans OH; ‘08 CIH 125 Maxxum, MFD, CAH, 5519 hrs w/CIH L750 Ldr; CIH 8920, CAH, 2WD, 4200 hrs,.42” duals; ‘04 JD 7320, MFD, PQ, LHR, 20 sp, 3800 hrs w/JD 741 Ldr w/grapple; JD 4630, CAH; JD 4030, WF w/Westendorf WL42 Ldr, grapple & spear; AC 7045, CAH; JD 3010D, WFw/Dual 325 Ldr; JD 3010 Gas, WF w/JD 48 Ldr; ‘08 NH T8010, MFD, loaded, 1833 hrs; ‘07 NH TG245, MFD, loaded, 1600 hrs; ‘07 NH T6070, MFD, 1493 hrs w/NH 840TL Ldr; ‘07 NH TL100,MFD, 1800 hrs w/Koyker 345 Ldr; ‘08 NH T7040, MFD, 2832 hrs w/MH 850TL Ldr; ‘04 NH TV145 Bi-directional w/NH 7614 Ldr, 3 pt & PTO’s, 1967 hrs; ‘98 NH TV140 Bi-directional, 6189hrs, big pump; SKID LOADERS – PAY LOADERS – FORKLIFTS & CONSTRUCTION ITEMS: ‘09 NH L185 skid loader; ‘07 Bobcat S185, CAH; NH LS180, 3500 hrs; ‘06 NH L190, Cab,2400 hrs; ‘01 JD 260, Cab, 3855 hrs; IHC 3200 Gas skid loader; ‘88 Bobcat 943 w/backhoe-rotary broom-break hammer-snow bucket, 7000 hrs; Bobcat 440 B Gas skid loader; Bobcat 90”finish mower, hyd; Bobcat hyd. broom; Bobcat hyd. concrete breaker; JD 544D pay loader; Lehmann #30 Diesel skid loader; CAT 212 maintainer; JD 160 LC track excavator; Kolman gravelconveyor w/shaker screener; portable 4” water pump w/Perkins D. engine on trailer; ‘07 Bobcat 200 hyd 72” snowblower; Linde H250 Diesel Warehouse forklift; AC Gas forklift; Little DipperGas forklift; 3 pt forklift; assortment of new skid loader attachments-buckets-rock buckets-pallet forks-hydraulic augers & etc.; COLLECTOR TRACTORS & VINTAGE MACHINERY: JD620; JD 210 Gas, WF; JD 70, NF; JD 40, NF w/2RW cult.; JD 60; IHC 350, Gas, Wheatland, restored-sharp; IHC 1256, WF, 3 pt, sharp; IHC 806 Diesel, Wheatland, Eng. OH; IHC WD9,Wheatland; IHC 1466; IHC 400 Diesel; IHC M & H Tractors; IHC 656 Gas, WF; IHC 186 Hydro, WF, 3 pt; ‘64 IHC 606 Gas utility; IHC 3414 Gas w/3 pt & Ldr; MM Jetstar, 3 pt; Oliver 77, NF;‘66 M, 670 w/Miller M12 Ldr; ‘58 AC D17 Gas, WF w/Ldr & backhoe; Case Vac; 2 – AC WD 45’s (WF & NF); Ford 3B plow; JD 514 PT plow; JI Case 8B squadron hitch plow, rare; Cockshutt3B PT plow; IHC seeder; JD fenders; triple box on steel wheel gear; 2 – Case 4RW cultivators; Electric flare box w/gear; R & V Engine; MM 706, FWD; MM BF Avery w/3 pt; MM 335 GasUtility w/belly mower; MM M670 Diesel, WF, 3 pt; IHC 756 D., WF, 3 pt; AC D-17 Gas; IHC M w/Ldr; JD 70 w/WF; IHC 400 Gas, NF; AC DD Gas road grader; AC D19 Gas, WF; AC D17, D.,WF, motor stuck; 2 – AC D17’s Gas, WF (Series III & IV); AC WD Gas, WF; MF 150 Gas, WF w/belly mower; IHC 450 Gas, WF w/FH F11 Ldr; Collector Equipment: JD 4x14 PT plow; JD3x14 semi mtd; JD #30 plow 1B, 3 pt; JD 4B PT 2 way plow; JD 802 steel wheel gear; IHC 3x14 3pt plow; 2B walking plow on steel wheels; 2 – station engine carts; AC 2RW planter, 3 pt;IHC 12’ drop seeder; Case manure spreader-rebuilt; horse drawn PT road grader; Adams #14 PT road grader; JD paddle grain conveyor, unusual;

COMBINES – HEADS – GRAIN CARTS – WAGONS – GRAIN HANDLING09 JD 9670 STS, 1335/932 hrs, CM, Duals, loaded; 05 JD 9660 STS, 4x4, 4400/3300 hrs; 03 & 01 JD 9750 STS’s, 2740/1996 hrs & 4810/3425 hrs, CM & LL, 4WD Duals; 2 – JD 9650 STS’s;2 – JD 9610’s; 2 – JD 9510’s; 2 – JD 9600’s; 2 – JD 9500s; 2 – JD 6620 Titan II’s; 83 JD 7720; 05 JD 9660 STS, 1850 sep., CM, duals, hi-cap, sharp; 05 CAT 585R, Tracks & 4x4; 2011 CIH7120, Chop, Trap, Tracker, 500/600 hrs, duals, sharp; 09 CIH 7088 Chop, Tracker, Duals, 750/582 hrs; 2 – 00 CIH 2388, Choppers, 3400/2600 & 4200 & 2950 hrs; 98 CIH 2366 RT Chop, Track,3200/2300 hrs; 90 CIH 1660 RT, Chop. 4200 hrs; 91 NH TR86, Chopper, 3400 hrs; 95 NH TR97; JD 7720; Corn Heads: JD corn heads: 444’s, 643’s, 843’s, 1243, 693’s, 893’s, 1293’s, 608C’s,612C’s; CIH corn heads: 844, 1044, 1063’s, 983, 1083’s, 1084, 884, 2206, 2208’s, 3208; 92 NH 974 corn head, 8R20”; 05 Drago 8RN chopping CH; Flex Heads: JD Flex Heads: 218, 220,224, 915, 920, 920F, 925, 925F, 930, 930F, 625F, 630F, 635F; CIH Flex Heads: 2020’s-25’- 30’- 35’, 1020’s, 20’, 22 ’, 2’, & 30’, NH 973 flex, 20’ & 25’; IHC 810 17 ’ rigid; IHC 810 w/5 beltPU; Header Trailers: New MD 32’ & 38’ header trailers; Assortment of 25’ to 35’ header trailers; Grain Carts & Grain Handling: 06 Brent 744 gravity flow wagon; Big 12 450 cart; 15 –gravity boxes ( 180 to 385 bu); Westfield 10’ x 71” auger; 8’ x 26” truck auger; Feterl 10” drive over hopper;

Mettler Implement Menno & Mitchell 605-990-3276 will sell: 08 Gehl CT7-23 Ag-Telehandler, 4600 hrs, RCB, CAH; 77 JD 4630 Quad, CAH, duals; IHC 1566, Cab, WF; 84 MF 3545,CAH, 2WD; 73 Oliver 1755, D, WF; IHC 560 Diesel; IHC 460 Gas w/Dual Ldr; IHC H, NF; 53 AC WD, NF; 06 Hesston 1275 Moco, 16’; 2 – CIH 8575 Lrg. Sq. balers (1 silage model); 03 NHBR780 R. baler w/net wrap & extra sweep; 92 CIH 8380 Moco, 16’; 04 Gehl 2880 R. baler; Gehl 7190 mixer feeder wagon; NH 358 grinder mixer; JD 637 RF 45’ disk w/harrow; JD 726 soilfinisher, 28’ w/harrow; 02 Sunflower 1544-45 disk, 45’; JD 630 disk, 30’ w/harrow; Wilrich 13 FCW, 24’ field cult w/harrow; JD 222 flex head; GP 2200 Turbo Till, 22’; Custon 30’ doublebasket rolling harrow; CIH 4600 PT 24’ FC w/harrow; Wilrich 2500 PT 36’ FC; 2 – White 6138 planters, 8RW; White 5122 planter, 12RN; ATV’S: ‘09 Yamaha 700 Rhino 4x4, 5700 miles; 2 –07 Polaris Rangers 500 EFI, 4x4 (1 w/new engine & 1 w/cab & heat); 07 & 06 Polaris Rangers XP700 EFI, 4x4 (1 w/cab & heat); 08 Polaris Ranger XP700, EFI, LE, 4x4; 06 Polaris SportsmanX2 500 EFI, 4x4; 07 Bushhog 4400, Cab, 4x4, 292 hrs; MOWERS: JD 687 ZTR mower, 23 Hp, 60” deck, 1325 hrs; JD F510 front deck mower;

Dakota Plains Ag – Parkston SD will sell: 2012 JD 4940 SP sprayer, 120’ boom, 2630 Green Star, Cap Stan Sharp Shooter Quick fill system, floater tires, sharp; 2 – 09 & 08 CIH 4420 SPsprayers, 90’ boom, Viper controller, Raven GPS, AIM Command, ACCU boom, 2590 & 3530 hrs; 02 AgChem 1254 Rogator w/ spinner box, Trimble GPS, Raven controller, 5212 hrs; 09 CIHFLX 4520, dry floater, auto steer, Viper controller, Raven GPS, 2360 hrs; 2011 Terragator 9300 VRT dry floater, 6 bin, auto steer, Raven, Viper, GPS, 1015 hrs; 7 – Simonsen and Wilmar 6ton fertilizer spreaders; 92 Volvo Truck w/Tyler 16 ton fertilizer tender box; 90 Freightliner w/Tyler 16 ton dry fertilizer tender box; 79 Step Deck trailer w/Simonsen 24 ton fertilizer tender;96 & 97 Duo Lift 1010 & 1210 trailers w/1000 gal. nurse tanks and pump; utility 36’ trailer w/3-1650 nurse tanks w/pumps and inductors; 2 – Great Dane 36’ trailers w/3 1650 gal. tanks &pumps; 2 – 2012 Meridian seed tender trailers; 03 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, 161,000 miles; 99 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, high miles; 96 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, high miles; 95 Chevy 3500 Pickup4x4, high miles;

PLUS: LOADERS – MANURE EQUIPMENT; HAYING – FEEDING & FORAGE EQUIPMENT; PLANTERS – TILLAGE – ASSORTED MACHINERY;TRUCKS – TRAILERS – PICKUPS – CARS – ATV’S – SNOWMOBILE – MISC.

Auctioneers Note: A portion of the Auction will be available on Proxibid.com for online bidding with a 21⁄2% buyers premium with a max of $ 750.00 per item. Another large interestingsale! Older Machinery sells at 8:45 AM sharp with 2 auction rings all day. At 11:00 a 3rd auction ring will sell most trucks-vehicles-related items. South Dakota sales tax will be charged.This ad is subject to additions and deletions. All consignments must have been approved by the Wieman’s. We have excellent loading and unloading equipment. We appreciate yourbusiness. We are in our 64th year of selling. Honest and fair treatment to all. Financing and trucking available. Sorry we are full! Come prepared to Buy! If you are driving a good distance– call to make sure your item is here. (Welcome to the “Machinery Mall of South Dakota”).

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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‘11 NH T3045, MFD, cab, CVT, 350 hrs. ..........$35,500’09 Versatile 250, MFD, Ultra Steer, Mega Flow,380/90R54 duals, HID lites, 1400 hrs. ........$119,900

‘08 Buhler 435, 4WD, 710/70R42 duals, 2250 hrs ......................................................$161,900

‘97 NH 7740, SLE pkg., MFD, 18.4-34, 4600 hrs. ........................................................$29,700

‘97 NH 7740, SLE pkg., MFD, w/cab, A/C, ldr & bkt ................................................................29,900

‘94 Ford 8870, Super Steer, Mega Flow, O/H,18.4R46 duals, 3500 hrs.............................Coming In

‘88 Ford TW35, MFD, w/18.4R42 duals,4900 hrs ........$33,900

‘83 Ford 7710, MFD, w/4500 hrs ....................$21,900White 2-55, MFD, loader, no cab ....................$11,900‘04 Buhler 2425, 4WD, 710/70R38 duals, full wts ........................................................Coming In

COMBINES/HEADS‘10 NH CR9065, w/620/80R42 duals,500 sep. hrs. ................................................$229,900

‘10 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..........$65,900‘07 NH CR9060, 800 hrs., 420/80R46 duals,1015 sep. hrs, Field Ready. ..........................$189,900

‘04 NH 98C, 6R30” cornhead, Like New! ........$33,000‘03 NH CR960, 2000 hrs., 20.8R42 duals......$129,000‘01 NH TR99, 2100 hrs., 18.4R42 (4), Y/M,GPS, Field Ready ............................................$89,900

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

‘05 NH 98C, 8R30” cornhead, Loaded ............$34,900‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead w/K&M chopper$39,950‘98 NH 996, 12R22” cornhead, Loaded ..........$23,900(2) ‘10 NH 74C, 35’ flex heads ..............From $33,900‘06 NH 74C, 30’ flex head ................................$23,900‘98 CIH 1020, 25’ flex head ..............................$9,900‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ..................................$9,500(2) ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..........................$10,500‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head w/AWS reel ............$15,900‘94 NH 974, 8R30 cornhead ..............................$8,900‘92 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead ............................$8,900NH 974, 10R22” cornhead, poly ......................$11,900CIH 1000 Series, 8R22” cornhead ..................Coming

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.‘13 Degelman LR7651 & LR7645, Demo’s, New! Call‘12 NH SG110, 60’ flex-coil packer, Like New..$36,900(2) ‘12 EZ Trail 510 grain carts /tarps & ltsea $14,900‘11 Loftness 240, semi-mtd. shredder w/tow bar

......................................................................$22,900‘11 NH BR7090 Silage Special rnd baler, loaded, 3000 bales......................................................$32,900

‘11 Wilrich 657DCR, 23’ w/discs & rollingbaskets & harrow ..........................................$51,900

’11 NH ST830, 29’ chisel plow, holdover ........$33,900‘11 NH H6740, 6 disc mower ............................$8,500‘11 Parker 524 grain cart, holdover ........................Call‘10 Parker 1048 grain cart w/tarp ................Coming In‘12 Case 100, 50’ crumbler, Like New!............$18,900‘05 JD 200, 45’ crumbler ................................$15,000‘07 NH 1475 w/HS 14 head, Clean! ................$19,900‘07 Parker 838 grain cart w/tarp......................$24,000‘99 DMI 730B ripper, Nice................................$16,900‘07 NH 617, 7 disc mower, Rebuilt ....................$6,900‘04 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 5 shank w/harrow,30” spacing ....................................................$22,900

‘03 Loftness 20’ semi-mtd. shredder ..............$13,900DMI 527 ripper ................................................$12,900‘06 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 7x30” ..................$19,900’00 DMI 40’ crumbler ......................................$14,900‘13 NH H7450 discbine, Loaded, Demo Unit....$28,900’00 DMI TM2, 40’ field cult. w/harrow ............$28,900‘00 JD 980, 45’ field cult. w/harrow, Nice! ......$19,900‘88 CIH 4900, 45’ field cult. w/harrow ............$10,900‘79 Wilrich 4400 chisel plow ............................$9,900JD 27, 15’ shredder ..........................................$4,950IH 20’ chisel plow ..............................................$2,150Wilrich 30’ field cult w/Nobel harrow ................$1,950(2) Parker 2500 wagons..............................Ea. $5,000Parker 450 wagon..............................................$4,900Red Devil 9654B 96” snowblower, 2-stage ......$2,950

SKID STEERS‘11 NH L220, cab, A/C, Loaded ..............................Call‘09 NH L175, 2-spd, cab, A/C, 890 hrs., pilots $29,900‘07 NH L185, w/cab & heat, 2-spd., hyd. Q/A,4100 hrs. ........................................................$20,900

‘91 NH L785, 2-spd., cab ..................................$7,500

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CAMBRIDGE, MN763-689-1179

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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.

HARVEST INTERNATIONAL AUGERS

H 13-62, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112H 10-62, 72, 82T 10-32, 42, 52, 62Auger Joggers - on hand ....$1,950

WHEATHEART AUGERSAll Sizes

16-82 and 16-112 ......................Call

COMBINE HEAD MOVERSRenegade 25’ & 30’ - 4 WheelHarvest International 35’, 40’ & 45’

KOYKER LOADERS & AUGERS585 - on hand ........................$6,9951050 Grain Bagger210 Gran Vac

WOODFORDWELDING BALE RACKS

18’ - 23’ - 28’

E-Z TRAIL GRAIN CARTS510 - 710 - on hand

AZLAND SEED TENDERS2 Box - on hand ..................$10,5504 Box Scale & Talc - on hand4 Box Skid - on hand

STROBEL SEED TENDERS2 Box - on hand ....................$8,900BT-200 - on handBT-300 ........................................Call

SEED SHUTTLE SEED TENDERSSS-290 - on handSS-400 - on handSS-500 - coming in....................Call

ENDURAPLAS NURSE TANKS1100 Gal., 6.5 Honda & hoses$5,750

AZLAND FUEL TRAILERS500 ExtendedPlatform ................................$7,800

INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE!!

1981 Versatile 555 ..........$12,7502012 SS-400, Scale ........$24,5002012 SS-400 ....................$21,500EZ Trail 860 Grain Cart, red,Like New ........................$21,500

Brent 470 Grain Cart ........$6,500Land Pride 1872 Mower....$1,250

E-Z Trail 500 bu. Wagon, red ....................................$6,500

Feterl 12” Drive Over, Like New ..................................$4,500

Westfield 1371 Auger w/swinghopper walker, PTO ........$8,500

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50 Black Steers & Heifers,450-550 lbs. Call (608)792-7223 or (608)788-6258

BEEF CATTLE WANTED:Strong demand for for beefcalves, yearlings, bredcows & pairs. 218-391-3031

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

FOR SALE: 1 Reg. Yearlingpolled Hereford bull & 1Reg. Hereford heifer, showquality. 320-796-0000

FOR SALE: Shorthorn beefbulls by JSF Capiche46U,born March 2013, 2 roans &1 red, 218-924-2337 GeneRobben

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Office Location - 305 Adams StreetHutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~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 Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates• Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs• Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes)• Bergman Cattle Feeders – Special Prices• Lorenz Snowblowers - All Models in Stock!• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.• 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’• Hay feeders for horned animals• Jari Sickle Mowers• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor

• Parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers• Sitrex Wheel Rakes• Walco 3 pt. Mowers• Bale Baskets• SI Feeders & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • JBM Bunks w/headlocks• E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts• Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• JBM hay & grain feeders & bunks• Corral Panels & Horse Stalls• EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks• Roda Mini-Spreaders• Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks• JBM Bale Trailers• Goat & Sheep Feeders• Mist Sprayers, gas or PTO• NEW ITEM! * 3 Pt. Fence Mowers*• Fainting goats & min. donkeys• Grasshopper Lawn Mowers – Special Price Now!

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

• #7190 Gehl 2 whl bunk feeder wagon, VG• #570 GT Dryer – (Tox-o-wic)• #380 GT PTO Grain Dryer – (Tox-o-wik)• 72” PTO Woods snowblower• Skidsteer snowblower• IHC #80 Snowblower, VG• Brady #5600 15’ Stalk Chopper or Windrower• Smidley Cattle & Hog Feeders

• Tebben V-Ripper, 5- or 7-shank, pull-type• 9 shank disk chisel• Grasshopper 620, 0-turn mwr, 48”, 143 Hrs, VG

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

DR® POWER EQUIPMENT

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

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4WD TRACTORS(O)’12 JD 9560R, 360 hrs., IF tires ............................$319,900(O)’13 JD 9560R, 500 hrs., Lease Return ................$314,900(O)’13 JD 9560R, 500 hrs., Lease Return ................$314,900(O)’12 JD 9650R, 400 hrs., Lease Return ................$312,500(H)’12 JD 9510R, 306 hrs., Lease Return..................$289,900(O)’13 JD 9510R, 450 hrs, Lease Return ..................$284,500(O)’13 JD 9460R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$279,900(O)’13 JD 9410R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$274,900(B)’11 JD 9430, 474 hrs., 710/42’s ............................$267,900(O)’13 JD 9410R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$264,900(O)’06 JD 9420, 1765 hrs., PS ..................................$184,900(B)’02 JD 9520, 2910 hrs., 710/70R42’s....................$174,900(H)’97 JD 9400, 5755 hrs., 650/42’s ............................$99,900(H)’90 CIH 9170, 4418 hrs., PS ..................................$54,500(H)’81 JD 8640, 6441 hrs., 3 pt, PTO ..........................$24,900(H)’76 JD 8430, 9164 hrs, 3 pt, PTO ..........................$14,900TRACK TRACTORS(O)’11 JD 9630T, 644 hrs., Extended Warranty ........$309,900(O)’10 JD 9630T, 1650 hrs. ........................................$287,500(H)’09 JD 9630T, 1110 hrs. ........................................$279,900(B)’12 JD 8335RT, 848 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ..............$269,900(O)’12 JD 8310T, 166 hrs., PS,25” tracks ..................$257,900(B)’10 JD 9630T, 1995 hrs. ........................................$249,900(H)’10 JD 8345RT, 1440 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ............$234,900(B)’03 JD 8420T, 3430 hrs., 16” tracks ......................$105,900(H)’00 JD 9300T, 4375 hrs., 30” tracks ......................$105,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS(O)’13 JD 8335R, 300 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$259,900(B)’13 JD 8310R, 300 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$249,900(O)’13 JD 8310R, 321 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$244,900(O)’13 JD 8285R, 300 hrs., PS, Lease Return ..........$219,900(H)’09 JD 8530, 850 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$210,000(O)’13 JD 8285R, 300 hrs., PS, Lease Return ..........$204,900(O)’11 JD 8260R, 484 hrs., Extended Warranty ........$194,900(B)’13 JD 7230R, 259 hrs., IVT..................................$179,900(O)’09 JD 8330, 1730 hrs., PS, 540/1000 PTO ........$172,900(B)’13 JD 6150R, 459 hrs., IVT..................................$131,900(B)’13 JD 6150R, 450 hrs., IVT..................................$131,900(O)’13 JD 6150R, 477 hrs., Auto Quad......................$125,900(O)’93 JD 4760, 2414 hrs, PS......................................$79,900(B)’95 JD 8200, 7335 hrs., MFWD ..............................$74,900(B)’90 CIH 7140, 6700 hrs., 2WD, PS ........................$37,900(H)’77 JD 4630, PS, 158 loader ..................................$26,500(H)’79 JD 4240, 7423 hrs., PS ....................................$25,500(B)’78 JD 4240, 9114 hrs., PS ....................................$24,900(H)JD 4240, PS, duals ................................................$24,500(B)’76 JD 4630, 8105 hrs., Quad ................................$16,900(O)’74 JD 4030, open station ......................................$12,900(B)’65 JD 4020, loader..................................................$11,000UTILITY TRACTORS(B)’12 JD 5085M, 467 hrs, reverser ............................$48,900

(O)’96 White 6105, 5480 hrs., MFWD, cab..................$24,900(B)JD 401C, diesel, 3 pt, PTO........................................$5,900(B)Oliver 1650D, 6507 hrs. ............................................$4,900(B)’41 JD “B” ..................................................................$2,995COMBINES(O)’12 JD S680, 511 hrs., Extended Warranty ..........$345,000(O)’12 JD S670, 225 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$319,900(B)’11 JD 9870, 511 sep. hrs., PRWD........................$309,900(O)’11 JD 9870, 700 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$294,900(O)’12 JD S670, 263 sep. hrs., duals ........................$289,900(H)’11 JD 9870, 508 sep. hrs., duals..........................$284,500(O)’12 JD S660, 325 sep. hrs., duals ........................$279,900(B)’11 JD 9770, 511 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$256,500(H)’11 JD 9670, 163 hrs., duals..................................$249,000(B)’10 JD 9870, 1067 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$244,900(H)’07 JD 9570, 888 hrs., duals ................................$208,900(O)’09 JD 9770, 1041 sep. hrs., duals ......................$204,900(H)’09 JD 9570, 700 sep. hrs., duals ........................$197,000(B)’08 JD 9770, 1100 sep. hrs., duals ........................$179,900(B)’07 JD 9660, 1131 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$169,900(O)’06 JD 9760, 1363 sep. hrs., duals ......................$162,900(O)’05 JD 9660STS, 1442 sep. hrs., duals ................$159,900(O)’04 JD 9760, 1192 hrs. PRWD..............................$159,900(B)’06 JD 9760, 1726 sep. hrs., duals, PRWD ..........$154,900(O)’05 JD 9660, 1442 sep. hrs., duals ......................$151,900(B)’06 JD 9560, 1067 sep. hrs., walker......................$142,500(H)’03 JD 9650STS, 1740 sep. hrs., duals ................$114,900(H)’92 JD 9500, 2812 hrs. ............................................$49,900(B)’90 JD 9500, 1587 sep. hrs. ....................................$39,900(O)NEW Mudhog PRWD for 70 Series Combines ......$16,900(B)’82 JD 7720, 4600 hrs., PRWD ..............................$14,900(B)’82 JD 8820, 5571 hrs., duals ................................$13,900(B)’80 JD 7720, 5000 hrs. ............................................$12,900(O)’79 JD 6620SH, 3137 hrs, sidehill ..........................$13,500(O)’79 JD 6620, 5000 hrs.............................................$12,500(O)’79 JD 7720, 4158 hrs.............................................$10,500(O)’79 JD 7720, 4500 hrs...............................................$8,900(O)’79 JD 7720 ..............................................................$8,900(O)’76 JD 6600, diesel ..................................................$4,500

CORNHEADS(O)’11 JD 612C, 12R30”, chopping ..............................$90,000(B)’10 Geringhoff RD1820, 18R20” ..............................$84,900(B)’09 JD 612C, 12R22”, chopping ..............................$82,900(O)’11 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping ................................$69,000(O)’10 Geringhoff 830B, 8R30” ....................................$62,900(O)’10 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping................................$61,900(B)’07 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ................................$59,900(H)’09 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping ................................$58,900(B)’08 JD 606C, 6R30”, chopping ................................$49,900(B)Geringhoff RD630, 6R30”........................................$42,500(H)’03 JD 893, 8R30”, hyd. deck..................................$24,900(H)’95 JD 693, knife, hyd. deck plates ........................$17,900

SPRAYERS(O)’12 JD 4940, 489 hrs., 120’ boom ........................$292,750(O)’12 JD 4940, 467 hrs., dry box..............................$290,500(O)’12 JD 4940, 750 hrs., 120’ boom ........................$281,500(O)’13 JD 4830, 404 hrs., 1000 gal. SS, 120’ boom ..$269,700(O)’11 JD 4930, 1343 hrs., 120’ boom ......................$249,750(O)’11 JD 4930, 1216 hrs., 120’ boom ......................$245,900(O)’12 JD 4730, 800 gal., 90’ boom ..........................$209,900(O)’12 JD 4730, 520 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$209,700(O)’12 JD 4730, 490 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$209,600(O)’10 JD 4830, 934 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$203,500(O)’07 JD 4930, 3093 hrs., dry box............................$200,000(O)’09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs., 100’ boom ......................$185,000(O)’09 Miller Nav1000M, 2787 hrs., 90’boom ............$133,100(O)’05 JD 4720, 1800 hrs., 90’ boom ........................$129,900(B)’05 JD 4720, 3794 hrs., 80’ boom ........................$124,900(O)’10 Apache AS715, 1200 hrs., 90’ boom ..............$109,900(O)’01 JD 4710, 2400 hrs., 90’ boom ........................$109,900(O)’95 Tyler WT, 4617 hrs., 75’ boom ..........................$36,900(O)’94 Tyler Patriot, 3831 hrs., 80’ boom ....................$29,900(O)’01 CIH SPX4260, 3416 hrs., 90’ boom..................$82,500FALL TILLAGE(B)’12 JD 3710, 10-bottom ..........................................$57,900(O)’12 JD 512, 9-shank ................................................$54,000(O)’05 JD 2410, 44’, 16” spacing ................................$36,500(H)’05 JD 2410, 26’ chisel plow....................................$29,900(H)’01 JD 2700, 7-shank, 24” spacing ........................$28,500(H)’10 JD 512, 5-shank ................................................$27,500(O)’97 JD 3710, 8-bottom ............................................$24,900(B)’04 JD 512, 5-shank ................................................$20,900(B)’05 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ..........................................$19,900(B)’97 JD 510, 5-shank ................................................$13,500(O)’96 JD 510, 7-shank ................................................$13,400(O)’95 DMI 730, 7-shank..............................................$10,500(O)’96 DMI 730, 7-shank..............................................$10,000(B)JD 235, 22’ disk ........................................................$9,200(O)White 435, 12’ mulch tiller ........................................$7,500(H)Bush Hog 25’ disk ....................................................$4,500

PLANTERS-SEEDERS(O)’05 JD 1790, 24 row 20” CCS, liq fert ....................$86,900(H)’04 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, 3 bushel......................$79,900(O)’03 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, liq fert..............................$49,500(O)’97 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, liq fert..............................$46,500(B)’01 JD 1780, 24 row 20”, 3 bushel ..........................$45,900(B)’01 JD 1780, 24 row 20”, 3 bushel ..........................$45,900(H)’98 JD 1850, 30’ 10” spacing ..................................$36,500(B)’04 JD 1750, 8 row 30”, dry fert ..............................$36,500(H)’97 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq fert ..................................$33,500(H)JD 1760, 12R30”, liq fert ........................................$32,500(B)’01 JD 455, 35’, 10” spacing....................................$25,900(O)JD 7200, 8 row 30”..................................................$11,500

‘13 JD 9560R, 361 hrs,800/70R38’s ................$319,900

‘10 JD 9630T, 1800 hrs.,Auto Trac Ready..........$287,500

‘10 JD 9870, 1100 sep. hrs.,PRWD ..........................$244,900

‘09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs., 90’Boom ..........................$199,900

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(B) Belle Plaine, MN • 1051 Old Hwy. 169 Blvd.(952) 873-2224

(H) Hollandale, MN • W. Hwy. 251(507) 889-4221

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LONGHORNS - Cows,calves, heifers, bulls, manycolors (some 5 colors-evenbrown & white). Hardhorns. Some very tame,like pets. Very reasonableprices - Farmer retiring.(414) 659-9038

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

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

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All types of horses, ponies &mules wanted. (218) 391-3031

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FOR SALE: January Dorsetram lambs, $250/ea. 320-212-1031

Luther Show Lambs FlockReduction Sale. Selling 15mature ewes that have pre-vious produced County FairChampions & Class Win-ners throughout the Mid-west. 701-212-8385

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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

FOR SALE: Yorkshire,Hampshire, Duroc &Hamp/Duroc boars. Also,Hamp/York/Duroc crossgilts. Tough & durable pigsraised in outside lots. Excherd health. No PRSS. De-livery avail. 320-568-2225

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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

USED TRACTORSNEW NH T4.105 w/loader ..............................CALLNEW NH T4.75 w/loader ................................CALLNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T9.560, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH Boomer 50 w/loader ........................CALLNH TV6070 bi-directional ................................CALLNH 8870, SS ................................................$67,500‘08 NH 6070 w/cab, 2WD............................$69,000NEW Massey 8670, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 8650, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 4608 w/loader ..........................CALLNEW Massey 4610 w/loader ..........................CALLNEW Massey 5450, FWA, cab ........................CALLNEW Versatile 250, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALLVersatile 895, 4WD ......................................$23,500Ford/Versatile 876, 4WD, Nice ....................$43,500‘60 IH 560, WF ..............................................$5,200

TILLAGEM&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ......................$12,500Sunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ..........................CALL‘04 DMI 530B w/leveler ..............................$23,900‘05 JD 2700, 9-24 shank..............................$25,000‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..................................CALL‘10 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..................................CALLCIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500DMI Econo Champ 11-shank........................$7,500M&W 1875, 9-shank ........................................CALL

SKIDSTEERSNEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALLNH LS170 ....................................................$13,750

PLANTERSNEW White planters ........................................CALL(2) White 8516CFS, 16-30 ..............................CALL

White 6700, 12-30, w/res ..............................$6,500White 6222, 12-30 front fold ......................$29,500White 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500

COMBINES‘00 Gleaner R52 w/CDF 520 flex / 6-30 cornhead

Very Clean ....................................................CALL‘10 JD 9770, Nice, w/warranty..................$189,000‘10 Gleaner R76, loaded ................................CALL‘03 Gleaner R75, loaded ................................CALL‘01 Gleaner R72, just thru shop......................CALL‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ................................CALLNEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALLGleaner N6 ....................................................$6,750

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALLNEW Salford Plows ..............................AVAILABLENEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HANDNEW Westfield augers ..........................AVAILABLENEW Rem 2700 vac ........................................CALLNEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers ..............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 ..........................$19,000Kinze 1050 w/duals ....................................$43,000Pre-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 ofTrucks, Semis & Industrial Equipment

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pLOADER TRACTORS‘12 JD 6170R, cab, 426 hrs., MFWD,140 PTO hp., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt.,16-spd. power quad w/reverser, JD 380 loader ............................$128,000

‘09 JD 6430, Premium cab, MFWD,3325 hrs., 103 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO,16-spd. power quad w/reverser, JD 673 loader ..............................$67,000

‘06 JD 7920, cab, MFWD, 6172 hrs.,170 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO, IVT trans.,3 pt., 18.4x46 tires & duals, JD 726loader w/grapple ..........................$96,000

‘07 JD 7520, cab, MFWD, IVT trans.,4935 hrs., 125 PTO hp., 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, JD 741 loader w/grapple......$74,000

JD 6410, cab, MFWD, 90 PTO hp, 3 pt,540/1000 PTO w/JD 640 loader....$44,000

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560R, cab, power shift, 808 hrs.,

4 hyd., Michelin 800x38 tires & duals ....................................$257,500

‘12 JD 9560R, cab, power shift, 595 hrs.,5 hyd. hi-flow hyd., Michelin 800x38tires & duals ............................$269,000

‘12 JD 8560RT, 705 hrs., IVT trans.,3 pt., 1000 PTO, 30” tracks, big pump................................................$239,000

‘12 JD 8335RT, 330 hrs., 18” belts,IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, Like New ..................................$225,000

‘10 JD 8320RT, 1152 hrs., 30” belts,IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, big pump................................................$195,000

‘91 Ford 946, 7232 hrs., 30.5x32 duals,12 speed manual transmission, motorhas 200 hrs. on OH ....................$32,500

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘11 JD 8335R, ILS, MFWD, 1777 hrs.,

268 PTO hp., IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000PTO, front duals, 380x54” rear tires &duals, 4 hyd. big pump ............$196,000

‘12 JD 8310R, MFWD, IVT trans.,1465 hrs., 3 pt., 255 PTO hp, 1000PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 18.4x50 tires& duals ....................................$192,000

‘11 JD 8310R, ILS MFWD, 1536 hrs.,IVT trans., 255 PTO hp, 380x38 fronttires & duals, 380x54 rear tires& duals, 4 hyd., big pump, 1000 PTO, 3 pt. ..........................................$194,000

‘12 JD 7215R, 808 hrs., triple link,MFWD, IVT trans., cab susp., HID lights,540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 178 PTO hp.,Tractor Is Loaded ....................$152,500

‘12 JD 7200R, MFWD, 600 hrs., IVTtrans., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 380x50tires & duals, 165 PTO hp. ......$134,000

‘10 JD 6430 Premium, MFWD, 635 hrs.,24-spd., Auto Quad, 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, w/loader ready pkg. w/joystick..................................................$69,500

‘12 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, 525 hrs.,540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump,complete auto guidance setup, 420x46tires & duals ............................$150,000

‘11 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, 650 hrs.,540/1000 PTO, luxury cab, 3 pt., 5 hyd.,big pump, 380x50 tires & duals................................................$145,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 3050 hrs.,3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46tires & duals ..............................$98,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 4090 hrs.,3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46rear tires w/18.4x42” duals ........$92,000

‘94 NH 8770, 5250 hrs., super steer,MFWD, 3 pt., 3 hyd., 1000 PTO, 14.9x46tires &duals ................................$55,000

‘90 CIH 7130, 2WD, 8750, 3 hyd. frontwgts., 18.4x42” duals,................$32,500

COMBINES‘11 CIH 7120, 796 eng./609 sep. hrs.,

complete auto guidance systems, Pro600 yield & moisture monitor, rock trap,lateral tilt, chopper, on board aircompressor, 20.8x42 tires & duals ....................................$189,000

‘11 CIH 7088, 959 eng./624 sep. hrs.,luxury cab, rock trap, chopper, 2 spd.,hydro, Pro 600 yield & moisture, 800x32tires ..........................................$155,000

‘10 CIH 6088,996 eng./786 sep. hrs.,Tracker, chopper, rock trap, Pro 600Y&M, 18.4x42 duals ................$159,000

‘87 CIH 1640, 3468 hrs., rock trap, autoheader controls, 24.5x32 tires....$18,500

‘87 CIH 1660, 4200 eng. hrs., 4x4, autoheader controls, 30.5x32 tires....$24,000

‘11 JD 9770, 880/613 sep. hrs., CM, 5spd feederhouse, Pro-drive, chopper,520x42 tires & duals ................$189,000

‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs.,4x4, CM, chopper, 1250/45/32 tires................................................$155,000

10 JD 9670, 4x4, 1471 eng./1076 sep.hrs., CM, chopper, 18.4x42 duals................................................$165,000

‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. hrs.,chopper, bin ext., 20.8x42 duals $49,000

COMBINE HEADERS‘95 JD 893, 8R30” cornhead, hyd.

deck plates, Pixall knife rolls$14,500‘00 Geringhoff 1820, 12R30”

chopping head ....................$47,500‘05 Geringhoff 830B, 8R30”

chopping cornhead ..............$29,000‘90 JD 643, 6R30” cornhead ..$7,500

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

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'86 Int'l grain truck, 466 mo-tor, 13spd trans, 18' Scottbox w/steel floor & rolltarp, 11R225 rubber at 75%,$5,750. (715)962-3497

'98 Dodge 3500 dually dsl., 5spd., 124K, new tires, rearbrakes & drums, $8,000.612-369-5234 or 952-492-2159

FOR SALE: '84 Ford 9000tri-axle grain truck, 855Cummins, 7spd trans, 20'box, 300 bu pull behind puptrailer. $21,000. Call 763-286-9442

FOR SALE: '95 Ford L9000,M14 Cummins, 317K miles,10spd, steerable 3rd axle, allvirgin rubber, 21'Beet/Grain loadline box.320-212-4462

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TRACTORS• ‘13 MF 7624, MFD, cab, CVT• ‘13 MF 8690, 350 hp., CVT• ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp., 400 hrs.• MF 7619, MFD, cab• MF 7620, MFD, cab, 150 hp.• MF 6616, MFD, cab, 125 hp.• MF 4610, MFD, platform, 90 hp.• MF 4610, MFD, loader, cab• MF 1705 compact tractorCORN HEADS• Geringhoff 1822RD, ‘09• (3) Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘08, ‘07, ‘04• (2) Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘09, ‘08• (4) Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘08, 07, ‘05• (5) Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘12, ‘11, ‘05, ‘04, ‘02• (4) Geringfhoff 830RD, ‘12, ‘05, ‘04, ‘01• Geringhoff 630RD, ‘05, ‘97• ‘93 Geringhoff 630 PC• ‘04 Gleaner 1222, hugger, GVL poly• JD 822, steel, KR, HT• JD 622, GVL, poly• CIH 1083, ‘92COMBINES• ‘07 MF 9690, duals, LTM, 1300/970 hrs.• ‘13 MF 9540• ‘12 MF 9540• MF 8570, RWA• ‘86 MF 8560• '98 Gleaner 800, 25' flexhead• ‘97 Gleaner R62, duals, 2052 sep. hrs.• ‘92 Gleaner R62, 2063 hrs.• MF 9750 PU table• MF 9118 bean table• (4) MF 8000 30' bean tableGRAIN HANDLING• Parker 2620 seed tender• Brandt 7500HP, grain vac.• Brandt 5200EX, grain vac• ‘00 Brandt 4500 EX, grain vac.• ‘05 Brandt 1070, auger, PTO Drive, w/swing

hopper• Brandt 20110 swing hopper auger• Brandt 1575 belt conveyor• Brandt 1535LP, 1545LP, 1535TD belt conveyors• Brandt 8x35, 8x37, 8x40, 8x47, 8x52, 8x57,

8x62, 8x67, 10x35, straight augers• Brandt 8x45 auger, 18 hp., Briggs

GRAIN HANDLING (CONT.)• Brandt 1060XL, 1070XL, 1080XL, 1380XL,

1390XL swing hopper augers• Parker 839, grain cart, tarp, 850 bu.• Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu.• Parker 165-B gravity box• Unverferth 5000, grain cart• ‘10 Kilbros 1175 grain cart, 750 bushel w/tarp• Hutchinson, 10x61 auger• A&L 850S grain cart, 850 bu. tarpHAY & LIVESTOCK• JD 38, sickle mower, 7’• Woods S106 mower• NI 5408 disc mowers• MF 2856, round baler, net, twine• MF 1745, round baler• MF 1329 & 1330, 3 pt. disc mower• MF 200, SP windrower, cab, auger, header• ‘11 NH H6750, 3 pt., disk mower, 110”• NI 528, 3 pt., disc mower, 94”• ‘13 Bale King 2881 bale processor, RH

discharge• Chandler 26’ litter spreader• Sitrex MK16 wheel rake• Sitrex RP2 wheel rake• Sitrex 10 wheel rake on cart• Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear• H&S 16’ bale wagonMISCELLANEOUS• Wil-Rich 36’, field cult.• Wil-Rich 25’ stalk chopper, SM• '08 JD 520 stalk chopper• Loftness 20’ stalk chopper• Loftness 240, semi-mount stalk chopper• Melroe 912, 4 bottom plow• Melroe 600 rock picker - prong type• Loftness 8’ snowblower• Mauer 28'-42' header trailers• WRS 30’ header trailers• EZ Trail 38’ header trailer• Degelman 6000HD, rock picker• Degelman 7200 rock picker• Degelman RD320 rock digger• Degelman LR7645 land rollers - Rental Returns• Degelman 60” skid steer buckets• ‘11 SB Select snowblower, 97” & 108”, 3 pt.

4412-05 Disc Ripper - 5-shank4412-07 Disc Ripper - 7-shank4530-19 Disc Chisel - 19-shank4511-11 Disc Chisel - 11-shank4511-15 Disc Chisel - 15-shank4610-09 Disc Ripper - 9-shank

Monthly SpecialMF 2856 Baler twine, mesh, kicker - 32,000

SOLDSOLD

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332

507-381-1291

‘08 JD 9670STS combine, 2WD, new 520/85R42 duals,CM, extended wear pkg., Premier cab, Auto Trac ready,chopper w/power tailboard, 1225 sep. hrs.,Just Thru Service Program ............................$139,500

‘07 JD 9620, 800/70R38 duals, diff. locks, 4 remotes,wgts., 2260 hrs. ............................................$162,500

‘11 NH T8.300, MFWD, 19-spd. PS trans., Luxury cab,w/cab susp., HID lights, 540/1000 PTO, 480/80R46duals, 380/85R34 sgl. fronts, 4 remotes, 310 hrs.,Powertrain Warranty ......................................$129,500

‘10 JD 8320R, MFWD, PS, 1500 front axle,380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 sgl. fronts, wgts.,60 GPM hyd. pump, 5 remotes, 2350 hrs.......$158,500

‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, PS, 1300 front axle, 480/80R50duals, 380/80R38 sgl. fronts, wgts., 4 remotes,4700 hrs. ........................................................$124,000

‘08 JD 8330, MFWD, PS, 1300 front axle, 380/90R54duals, 60 GPM hyd. pump, 4 remotes, 380/80R38sgl. fronts, 1900 hrs., Nice ............................$138,500

‘08 JD 512, 22’6” 9-shank folding disk ripper,Nice Condition ..................................................$24,500

‘12 Case 580SN tractor/loader/backhoe, cab, air,extend-a-hoe, 4WD, ride control, 24” hoe bucket,2-stick JD style controls, 120 hrs. ..................$72,500

‘11 NH B95B tractor/loader/backhoe, cab, air,4WD, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 24” hoe bucket,235 hrs. ............................................................$63,500

‘07 NH W130 wheel loader, new 20.5R25 tires,JRB coupler, 3300 hrs. ....................................$63,500

‘11 CIH Magnum 290, MFWD, 380/90R54 duals,380/80R38 front duals, high capacity hyd. pump,23-spd. creeper trans., 5 remotes, wgts., 1425 hrs.,can change rear tires to 480/80R50 duals if needed......................................................................$139,500

‘10 NH BC5070 small sqaure baler, hyd. bale tension,hyd. tongue swing, Nice Condition ..................$14,500

‘11 Frontier SB1308 snowblower, 8’ dbl. auger,hyd. spout, 1000 PTO, Unused ............................$5,500

‘12 JD Gator TX, 4x2, 486 hrs.............................$5,250‘11 JD Gator TX, 4x2, 1300 hrs...........................$3,600

HOPPERS‘03 Timpte, 40’ Ag Hopper,

SR, New Brakes, 70% Tires,Auto Roll Tarp ..........$23,000

‘98 Wilson, 41x96, 66” Sides,Extra Lights, Roll Tarp,24.5 LP Tires ............$18,500

‘95 Merritt, 42’ AL Hopper,68” Sides, 2-Spd. Doors, RollTarp, Disc Wheels ....$12,500

‘94 Wilson Commander, 41’AL Grain Hopper, SPR, 80%Brakes ......................$16,000

SEMI TRUCKS‘04 Volvo Day Cab, Single Axle,

365 Hp., 10c Trans, 390Ratio, 450,000k ..........$8,500

‘74 International 4300,350 Hp. Cummins, 10-Spd.,8 New Tires, Clean......$5,000

FLATBEDS‘96 Wilson AL Combo, 48/96,

SPX/AR, 24.5 LP 50% Tires,New Brakes, New Floor,Sandblasted & Painted,Clean ..........................$9,250

‘93 Wilson, 48x96, SPR,Sliding Tandem ..........$7,000

‘95 Transcraft, 45’, AL Floors& Crossmembers, RebuiltFrame, 50% Tires, 70%Brakes, SPX/AR ..........$5,750

HAYSIDESHaysides are painted and

made out of 11 gauge steel,Stationary Haysides....$1,250Tip-In-Tip-Out Haysides....................................$1,750Front & Rear Extensions$350

DROPDECKS‘99 Wilson, 48/102, New

Recaps, New Airbags, ALCrossmembers, Painted &Sandblasted..............$18,500

‘94 Fontaine, 48/102, Steel,New Recaps, Sandblasted& Painted ..................$16,750

40’ Drop Deck w/4’ Beavertail& Spring Loaded Ramps,New Floor, Sandblasted &Painted, New Lights, 80% 1117.5 Tires & Brakes ..$13,000

Engineered 5’ Beavertail, Kitincludes paint & LED lights........$3,750/$5,750 Installed

TRUSS TRAILER‘98 Lakeside RollerMaster,

32’-45’/102” Extendable,Elec. over Hyd. Lift, TopLocking Deck Rollers, NewPaint, Winches, 80% T&B..................................$10,000

‘97 JDH Trussmaster,42’-60’/102” Extendable,8 Winches, Elec. over Hyd. toTilt, Elec. over Air to Extend,Tandem Axle ............$10,000

END DUMPSSummit End Dump, 30’, 72”

Sides, 3 Axle, AR ......$16,750VAN/WATER TRAILERS

(6) Reefers, 1 @ 36’, 5 @ 48’,Roll Up, Swing & Side SideDoors, 2 w/Flat Floors....................................$6,000

(2) ‘86 Kentucky FurnitureVans, Side Doors AR, 50%T&B ............................$6,750

(20) Van Trailers, 48/102-53/102; Great for waterstorage or over the roadhauling ..........$3,500-$7,000

48’ & 53’ Van Trailers To Rent.$145.00 per month plus tax.

AUTOS‘07 Hyundai Sonata Limited,

4 door, 86K Mi., V6, Reg.Maint...........................$7,500

‘06 Dodge Caravan SXT,108K Mi. ....................$6,000

‘04 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT,120K Mi., 3.8L, Clean..$5,500

MISCELLANEOUSComplete Suspensions,Air Ride or Spring Ride......................$1,000 AR/Axle........................$500 SR/Axle

(8) 385 Super Single Tiresw/Polished AL Rims......................$1,200/set of 4

(50) Steel & (25) AluminumRims - In Stock ......$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 also convert flatbed trailers to be used as a bridge.See our website.

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Call For Details

LOW RATE FINANCINGAVAILABLE thru

I-35 & Highway 60 West • Faribault, MN • 507-334-2233 BlakePaulHerb

©2012 CNH Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. CNH Capital and Case IH are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC. Printed in the USA.

‘11 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1043 hrs.,full Pro 700 steering ............$319,900

‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 604 hrs.,Lux. cab, HID lights, loaded $329,900

‘05 Fendt 926, 4060 hrs., front 3 pt.& front PTO ..........................$122,000

‘08 Steiger 535, 800 tires, 1900 hrs.............................................$205,500

‘02 CIH MX 240, 4100 hrs., duals..............................................$79,500

‘77 JD 4630 ..........................$15,900

‘99 CIH 730B, 7-shank ripper..............................................$15,000

‘12 CIH 9230, track, AWD,260 sep. hrs.........................$349,900

‘06 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper..............................................$16,900

‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 hrs.,susp. front axle, susp. cab, Lux. cab,360 HID lites, Loaded! ........$172,800

CNH Capital’s Commercial Revolving Account provides financial assistance for parts and service when you need it, keeping yourequipment running as its best with the quality parts and service you’ve come to expect from Case IH. Contact your local dealeror visit www.cnhcapital.com today for details. www.matejcek.com

USED COMBINES5 Years Interest Waiver Available Thru Case Credit* • Call For Details

‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 480 hrs., 36”tracks, HID lites, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide, hi cap. hyd. pump ..............................................................................................$386,500‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 702 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide ................................................................................................................................$339,900‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1159 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto Guide..............................................................................................................................$319,900‘11 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1174 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Pro 700 Auto Steer ....................................................................................................................................$315,900‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 604 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ......................................................................................................................................................................$329,900‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 835 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ......................................................................................................................................................................$319,900‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1105 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ....................................................................................................................................................................$295,000‘13 CIH Steiger 500Q, 400 hrs., HID lites, 30” tracks, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 steering ..................................................................................................$319,500‘08 CIH Steiger 535, 1900 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, 800 tires........................................................................................................................................................$205,500‘13 CIH Steiger 500Q, 300 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lites, Lux cab, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide................................................................................$329,500‘13 CIH Steiger 500, 450 hrs., cab susp., Lux cab, HID lites, 1000 PTO, hi cap. hyd. pump, HD drawbar, Full Pro 700 auto guide..............................................$274,900‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 198 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, 800 tires, hi cap. hyd. pump, HD drawbar Full Pro 700 auto guide........................................................................$259,900‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 400 hrs., Lux cab, 710 tires, hi cap. hyd. pump, cab susp., Full Pro 700 auto guide ..................................................................................$249,900‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 250 hrs., Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, cab susp. ..................................................................................................$239,900‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 400 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide ............................................................................................................$249,900‘90 CIH 9170, 5641 hrs., 20.8x42 tires, powershift ..........................................................................................................................................................................$49,900

STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

USED 4WD TRACTORS18 Month Interest Waiver or Low Rates Available • Call Details •

USED 2WD TRACTORS18 Months Interest Free • Call For Details •

‘12 CIH Magnum 340, 603 hrs., susp. cab, leather cab, 360 HID lites, big pump, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide, Loaded ............$209,900‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 500 hrs., Lux cab, frt sus axle, sus cab, 360 HID, 380R54 tires, Full Pro 700 auto guide..................$209,900‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 400 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, 360 HID lites, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. cab, susp.

front axle ..............................................................................................................................................................................$209,900‘13 CIH Magnum 290, 400 hrs., Creeper Trans, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp, axle,

360 HID lites ..........................................................................................................................................................................$194,500‘13 CIH Magnum 290, 400 hrs., Creeper Trans, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. axle,

360 HID lites ..........................................................................................................................................................................$194,500‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 hrs., susp. cab, susp. front axle, leather cab, 360 HID lites, Loaded ........................................$172,800‘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, 170 hrs., susp. Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..........................$169,900‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 200 hrs., susp. Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..........................$169,900‘12 CIH Puma 160, 300 hrs., CVT trans., L765 loader, susp. axle..........................................................................................$135,800‘02 CIH MX240, 4100 hrs., front & rear duals ..........................................................................................................................$79,500‘08 CIH Farmall 95, 414 hrs., MFD, cab....................................................................................................................................$33,800‘77 JD 4630, 10,205 hrs., 18.4x42 tires & duals ......................................................................................................................$15,900‘03 JD X485, 25 hp. Garden Tractor w/front blade......................................................................................................................Just In

‘13 CIH 9230, track drive RWA, HID lites..................................................................................................................................$369,900‘12 CIH 9230, 260 sep. hrs., track drive, RWA, folding covers ................................................................................................$349,900‘13 CIH 8230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..................................................................................................................................$305,000‘12 CIH 8230, 580 eng. hrs., duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off..........................................................................$269,900‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off ................................................................................................$289,900‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off ................................................................................................$284,500‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..................................................................................................................................$277,800‘02 CIH 2388, duals, 2050 sep. hrs., 4WD..................................................................................................................................$79,500‘98 CIH 2388, duals, 2569 eng./1764 sep. hrs. ..........................................................................................................................$66,000‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................................................$69,500‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................................................$69,500‘13 CIH 3408, New 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................................................JUST IN‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ..................................................................................................................................................$44,900‘89 CIH 1083, 8R30” ....................................................................................................................................................................$8,900‘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

Absolute AuctionAbsolute AuctionTues., Dec. 10th, 2013

Medford, MN Site8:00 a.m. Sale Start

– TRACTORS –2011 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 Hrs.2012 CIH Magnum 340, 603 Hrs.2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1355 Hrs.2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1400 Hrs.2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1355 Hrs.2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1300 Hrs.2011 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1424 Hrs.2012 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1409 Hrs.

– COMBINES –2012 CIH 7230, 551 Eng. Hrs.2011 CIH 7120, 868 Eng. Hrs.

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