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Stearns County,Minn., farmerJim Anderson

You’re undoubtedly aware of the ongo-ing story of Kim Davis, the county clerkfrom Kentucky.

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulingon June 26 that denial of marriagelicenses to same-sex couples is in viola-tion of the 14th Amendment’s DueProcess and Equal Protection clauses, theRowan County clerk refused to comply,citing her Christian faith.

A district court judge eventuallyordered Davis to issue the licenses, andthe Supreme Court declined to hear herappeal. Continuing to ignore judicialrulings, she was found in contempt ofcourt and sent to jail Sept. 3. Davis wasreleased Sept. 8 under the condition that she notinterfere with the issuing of marriage licenses by herdeputies to all legal couples, same-sex or otherwise.

“This has never been a gay or lesbian issue for me,”she said prior to her brief incarceration. “This is aboutupholding the word of God. ... This is a heaven or hellissue for me and for every other Christian that believes.”

A great number of Davis’ detractors (courtesy ofinternet anonymity) are saying very ugly thingsabout her, and attempting to shout down those whocome to her defense. But who are any of us to belittlesomeone for standing up for themselves? What kindof message does such cruel behavior teach our chil-dren? Life is far too short for such hate.

I think Kim Davis is a courageous woman. I amenvious of her steadfastness in defense of her beliefs.Although she has been accused of opportunism, I’veread enough truly despicable attacks upon her faith,her appearance, her personal history, etc., that,frankly, if she’s actually able to make a few bucks offof her fame once all of this is over, I say good for her.

I also happen to think her stance is dia-metrically opposed to core values uponwhich this nation was founded.

Davis, her lawyers, and supporters arguethat she is being persecuted for her faith.Among her most vocal backers are presi-dential hopefuls Mike Huckabee — “Wemust end the criminalization of Christian-ity!” — and Ted Cruz — “Those who arepersecuting Kim Davis believe that Chris-tians should not serve in public office!”

Through their incendiary words, politi-cians such as Huckabee and Cruz do agreat disservice to their country, fan-ning flames of rage when what would

better serve is calm and reasoned reflec-tion upon the place of religion in government.(Rhetorical question: Would either man be in Ken-tucky defending religious liberty if Davis were aMuslim clerk attempting to impose Sharia law uponthe good people of Rowan County?)

Where persecution and conspiracy is claimed, thetruth is much simpler: Davis was sent to jail notbecause she is a Christian, but because she refusedto obey the law. Muslim, Jewish, Hindu or atheistcounty clerks would have been held in contempt justas quickly — possibly more so — had they failed toperform their duties as elected government officials.

Christians are not being prevented from serving inpublic office. Christians (and everyone else) arebeing told that if they are elected to, or hired for, agovernment job, they are expected to perform theduties of that job — and if they find themselvesunable to perform those duties for any reason, reli-gious or otherwise, they must either step aside to leta co-worker do it, or step down.

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Faithful readers of this weekly effortmay recall my darling, but dangerousUncle Honey. He was my hometown’squiet, easy-going milkman who retired tothe southern Illinois dairy farm of myyouth to break, bend or beat up any plant,animal or machine unlucky enough to benearby when Honey “helped” my father.

It wasn’t intentional; Honey didn’t havea mean molecule in him. It was, instead,his complete inattention to small detailslike barns, telephone poles, and rivers.

For example, Honey never set out tobreak the throttle off our Oliver 77; itjust “you know, broke.”

We did know; it was a pure Honeymove. Since the tractor worked harder every time hepulled the throttle downward, Honey believed her 34horsepower could be boosted to 40 or 50 horsepowerby simply yanking the throttle downward even more.After years yanking, though, the old girl finallyrevolted — the throttle broke — and all Honey coulddo was hand my father a four-inch piece of cast ironas a trophy because, “You know, it broke.” (My fatherbrazed the throttle back together in steely silence.)

Honey wasn’t the sole reason we owned an arcwelder and an oxygen-acetylene torch, but he wasthe main reason.

While Honey’s subconscious need to create chaosoften gave my father heartburn, it gave me some-thing more timeless; it gave me stories. Moreover,these stories have given my daughter and me a book,a book title, and a book tour. Since May, Gracie and Ihave held 50 events to read from and sign copies ofour book, “The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey.”

Every stop throughout our “Summer of Honey” hasdelivered anywhere from five to 100 or more loyalcolumn readers, friends, and foodies ready to hearmore Honey stories and eager to participate in wide-ranging conversations about farming, food, and agpolicy.

Many guests arrive armed with questions and com-ments about food safety and ingredient labeling,water usage and resource management, the growing

cost of crop insurance and whethertoday’s federal ag policy favors farmingover food.

Others offer evidence of a growing“fresh food” movement in their area —new food cooperatives, expanded farm-

ers markets, and more direct farmer-to-consumer avenues for fresh pork, beef, cheese, andpoultry.

Still others note another fast-growing, more dis-turbing trend: the widening gulf between the highquality of fresh, nutritious food available to highincome consumers and the vast amount of highly-processed, nutritionally-poor food available to low-income earners.

Why the difference, they ask, and why are thepoles pulling further apart rather than closertogether?

The best answer we arrive at is that fresh food,because of the personal labor involved, is more costlyto produce and, therefore, affordable to high-income

earners. Alternatively, assembly-line food —machines, not people; 24/7 factories, not dawn-to-dusk or seasonal farms; commodity ingredientssourced globally, not locally — is far less costly tomake and, therefore, is very cheap, but not the bestquality or nutrition, for low-income consumers.

Invariably though, the book events end withguests sharing stories of their “Honeys” — the hiredmen, family members, and neighbors — whosedestructive genius they believe might challenge myown machinery-challenged uncle.

Everyone listens intently and laughs loudly atthese lovingly told tales of the broken fences, bustedbarn doors, and balky machinery left in the splin-tered wake of these South Dakota or Nebraska orMinnesota or Wisconsin Honeys.

And, as you might expect, I always claim the finalHoney moment — I invented the whole genre,remember? — to offer up a story or two of Honey’shighest low points I’ve yet to share in print.

For example, there was the time Honey floodedthe barnyard with diesel fuel because…

On second thought, I’ll save that one for when I needto give the Honey tour a little more throttle as Gracieand I head back on the road this fall. Surely, somebodyout east knows how to braze cast iron, right?

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By Alan Guebert

Honey wasn’t the solereason we owned an arcwelder and an oxygen-acetylene torch, but hewas the main reason.

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ROYER, from pg. 2Davis refused to issue marriage licenses

that are legal in all 50 states, refused toallow her deputies to issue them, andrefused to resign from her position. Faithis not the issue here; the issue is insubor-dination. She is not a victim, andcertainly not a martyr. (Davissupporters want to compare herto Rosa Parks, but the differencebetween them is clear: One went to jail seeking toexpand civil rights, the other to deny them.)

“If I left, resigned or chose to retire,” said Davis, “Iwould have no voice for God’s word.”

I have tried but failed to understand why shebelieves her job as Rowan County clerk is a reli-gious position. She swore an oath on a Bible touphold the Constitution, not the other way around.

I’ve seen it argued that Davis’ refusal to issue mar-riage licenses to same-sex couples is of no concern,because any of them could have just driven onecounty over and gotten a license there. But what ifthat county’s clerk refuses? And the next one? Howfar should a citizen of the United States be expectedto travel to have the nation’s laws applied?

There are cooler heads, even among socially con-servative politicians, who say there must be room for

compromise — that accommodations should bemade to allow the lawful work of government to

continue without sacrificing an individual’s faith.I agree. Rowan County could have issued those mar-

riage licenses without Davis being found in contempt.All she had to do was let someone else do her job forher. Offered a reasonable alternative, she instead choseto treat her government-issued desk as a bully pulpit.

The U.S. Constitution protects the right of citizensto follow their faith of choice, while also prohibitingthe government from forcing a particular religionupon them. Davis’ actions amount to her office forc-ing her specific belief system upon the people ofRowan County, Ky. Not only is this a violation of theConstitution, but a dramatic leap from evangelismtoward flat-out coercion.

Some friends had a heated religious discussion onlinethe other day, spurred by the Kim Davis situation. Oneman, a very conservative Christian, took another, a very

liberal Christian, to task for “picking andchoosing” what parts of the Bible he uses tobuttress his opinions, calling it “a shakyfoundation for determining morality.”

This was written by the man withoutthe faintest hint of self-awareness.

Could he truly have been blind to thefact that he himself, and every other

Christian, regardless of political leaning, does theexact same thing every single day? Even if there wasbut one translation of the Bible — instead of themore than 100 available to choose from — Christian-ity would still be split by numerous denominations,each emphasizing one verse over another. Each claim-ing ownership of the “correct” interpretation.

Whose interpretation will form the basis of the Christ-ian theocracy so many seem to wish upon this nation?

Yours, or that guy’s you’ve never met, next countyover?

“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?May we not be of one heart, though we are not of oneopinion? Without all doubt, we may,” wrote the notedsinner John Wesley. “Herein all the children of God mayunite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.”

Tom Royer is managing editor of The Land. He maybe reached at [email protected]. ❖

‘Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?’There are cooler heads ... who say there must beroom for compromise — that accommodations shouldbe made to allow the lawful work of government tocontinue without sacrificing an individual’s faith.

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Andy Pulk Wannaska, Minn. Roseau CountySept. 11: “My goal is to try to have all thetillage and stuff done by deer huntingseason.”

The PulksWannaska, Minn.Corn, soybeans, spring wheat withgrass seed, sunflowers

Joan Lee McIntosh, Minn. Polk CountySept. 10: “For the most part we gotmoisture when we needed it. Hopefully theyields will be strong.”

John Haarstad Rothsay, Minn. Otter Tail & Wilkin CountiesSept. 10: “The bean crop is going to bebetter than we’re thinking. Things are prettymuch ready to go.”

Rodney Froemming Garfield, Minn.Douglas CountySept. 10: “Things are going good now thatwe got rid of the high humidity.”

Dale Filzen Renville, Minn.Renville CountySept. 10: “It was tough to get drying dayslast week with the heat and humidity.”

Nathan Thorpe Canby, Minn.Yellow Medicine CountySept. 6: “This is the best corn crop our areahas had; it’s very good.”

Delayne Pagel Winthrop, Minn.Sibley CountySept. 6: “It looks like (the kidney beans are)going to be a good crop.”

Harlan Marble Mapleton, Minn.Blue Earth CountySept. 4: “I think for our area they’re goingto come up with some very high cornyields.”

Nate Heusinkveld Wykoff, Minn.Fillmore CountySept. 6: “(The silage corn is) starting to turnbut is still holding a bunch of moisture.”

Brian Kemp Sibley, IowaOsceola CountySept. 6: “The corn is looking good (and)starting to show signs of maturity.”

The Lees McIntosh, Minn.Organic hay, corn, oats, soybeans; conventional wheat, soybeans

The Haarstads Rothsay, Minn.Corn, soybeans

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, wheat,alfalfa, rye

The Filzens Renville, Minn.Corn, soybeans, sugar beets, navy beans

The Thorpes Canby, Minn.Corn, soybeans

The Pagels Winthrop, Minn.Corn, soybeans, wheat,kidney beans

The Marbles Mapleton, Minn.Corn, soybeans, hogs

The Heusinkvelds Wykoff, Minn.

Dairy cows, corn, alfalfa,barley, peas, winter rye

The Kemps Sibley, IowaCorn, soybeans

FOLLOWING THE 2015 GROWING SEASON By KRISTIN KVENOThe Land Correspondent

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The latest full ‘From the Fields’ crop reports from our Minnesota

& northern Iowa producersThe Pulks Wannaska, Minn.

The wheat harvest finish line is in sight for AndyPulk. When The Land spoke with him on Sept. 11he was happy to announce that “we will finishtoday.” The year’s harvest has been a slow processwith lots of starts and stops due to the weather.“It’s been an ongoing battle with moisture,” saidPulk, who noted that the good news is “quality isgood, yields are excellent.” With about 10 daysuntil they start harvesting soybeans he’s pleased

the crops “look pretty good.”The corn is at 75 percentmilk line, and the sunflowersare two weeks away fromharvest. “My goal is to try tohave all the tillage and stuffdone by deer hunting

season.” That time is closing in, as Pulk said he“did see some frost on the grass this morning.” Asfor the current crop conditions, he said he’s “veryhappy” but wishes “prices would rebound some.”

The Lees McIntosh, Minn.

Change was in the air when The Land spokewith Joan Lee on Sept. 10. She was watching thesteeple being removed from the church she andher family were once members of in McIntosh.Salem Lutheran celebrated its 125th anniversaryand then decided it was time to close the doors forgood. Saying goodbye to a beloved church is hard,she said, but with such a rich history, memories ofthe church will live on. Change is also evident in

the fields. Lee said she wouldbe “starting to chop corn nextweek,” estimating it will yieldabout 120 bushels per acre— “nothing fantastic but stillpretty good for us.” Thesoybeans are starting to turn,

and she said it will be a couple of weeks untilharvest. “It’s been a good growing season,” saidLee. “For the most part we got moisture when weneeded it. Hopefully the yields will be strong.”

The Haarstads Rothsay, Minn.

Soybean harvest is almosthere for John Haarstad and it’searlier than usual this year.“I’ll probably be harvesting bythe end of next week,” he toldThe Land on Sept. 10. The beans are “maturingahead of schedule,” said Haarstad, about twoweeks earlier than average. The corn is dryingdown, too, he added; there will be “some black

layered by the end of next week.” He says he’s“shooting for average” for corn yields this year.With little rain since early August the ground is“pretty dry now,” which has made tillage easier.“The bean crop is going to be better than we’rethinking,” said Haarstad. “Things are pretty muchready to go.”

The Filzens Renville, Minn.

The navy bean harvest was complete on theFilzen farm as of Sept. 5. When The Land spokewith Dale Filzen five days later he reported thatthe navy beans were “good quality.” The weathermade harvest a little challenging, however. “It wastough to get drying days last week with the heatand humidity.” The soybeans were still two weeksaway from being harvested which, according toFilzen, would be an average harvest date for them.

Meanwhile, “The corn isstarting to look like it’s dryingdown (and is) maturingrapidly,” he said. Untilsoybean harvest Filzen will becleaning out the bean bin,working on a corn dryer, and

checking on an auger. His prediciton for cropyields? “They’ll be good; not sure they’ll be asgood as some people thought a few months ago.”

The ThorpesCanby, Minn.

The humidity isn’t Nathan Thorpe’s friend. “It’sbeen a real pain to work in,” he told The LandSept. 6. He was more than ready for cooler, less-humid temperatures to arrive in the next day. “Theearlier beans are really turning,” Thorpe said. Heestimates that he will start combining soybeans inabout three weeks. The corn is “excellent” Thorpesaid, noting that “we’re seeing green stocks withthe husk starting to turn colors.” He is looking

ahead to a promising cornharvest — “This is the bestcorn crop our area has had;it’s very good.”

The PagelsWinthrop, Minn.

“The crops are reallymaturing.” When The Landspoke with Delayne Pagel onSept. 6 he reported that he’dbegun kidney bean harvest onthe first of the month. So far, Pagel said he likeswhat he sees — “It looks like it’s going to be agood crop.” As for the corn, Pagel said that he“can’t complain.” Meanwhile, the soybeans are

“turning colors; looking OK.” Overall, Pagel ishappy with the crops thus far, and calls them“above average.”

The MarblesMapleton, Minn.

With his wrist surgerybehind him and only a weekand a half left of arm liftingrestrictions, Harlan Marble islooking forward to being apart of harvest. When The Land spoke with Marbleon Sept. 4 he reported that they’ve got threesoybean fields that are turning, he said, and theleaves are starting to come off already; one field of

corn is doing the same. The other corn fields are“pretty green yet.” Marble said he heard that thissummer will go down on record as the third-greatest summer in Minnesota history, and hedoesn’t disagree. “The crops in southernMinnesota reflect that,” he said. Marble is lookingforward to seeing the yield numbers — “I think forour area they’re going to come up with some veryhigh corn yields.” As for his crops in general,Marble is “thrilled” with how they look.

The HeusinkveldsWykoff, Minn.

Less humidity and some dry days would be justfine for Nate Heusinkveld and his hay. The Landspoke with Heusinkveld on Sept. 6 as he was“going to start on fourth-crop hay.” After he getsdone with that he’ll be starting on corn silage. Thecrop is “starting to turn but is still holding abunch of moisture.” The silage corn is currently inthe dough stage. As far as the grain corn goes, “Ithink it will be a pretty good crop.” The cows

aren’t big fans of all thishumidity either, Heusinkveldsaid — “They backed off alittle on milk.” With cooler,more seasonable weatherahead, he’s hopeful the nextfew weeks will result in a

good hay and corn silage harvest.

The KempsSibley, Iowa

“Everything is progressing nicely,” according toBrian Kemp. When The Land spoke with Kemp onSept. 6, he talked about the changes he wasseeing in the soybean crop. “We got a fewvarieties of soybeans turning yellow.” Kempbelieves it will be a couple of weeks before beanharvest begins. Meanwhile, “the corn is lookinggood (and) starting to show signs of maturity.” Themilk line is “about 50 percent,” and he is seeing

“some die-back in the tops.”With harvest coming soonKemp is about to get thecombine ready to go to thefield. It isn’t just harvest thathe’s looking forward to,however; the Clay County Fair

in Spencer, Iowa, begins on Sept. 12. Kemp callsit “the agricultural event in northwest Iowa.” Whatbetter way to end the summer and bring on thefall?

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

“Things are going good nowthat we got rid of the highhumidity,” Rodney Froemmingtold The Land on Sept. 10.The break in the highhumidity that day allowed him to finish cuttingthird-crop hay. The soybeans are turning yellowand have lost most of their leaves, saidFroemming, who believes that he’ll be combining

in another week to week and a half. The corn “isstarting to dry back,” he said. Besides gettingready for his own bean harvest, Froemming willalso do some custom combining. Once beanharvest is complete, he plans on switching gearsimmediately and jumping into harvesting corn. Thecrops right now look “pretty good,” saidFroemming. “Overall, we’re a week ahead ofnormal.”

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By MARIE WOODThe Land Associate Editor

When 13-year-old Elizabeth Thiesen,of Alden, Iowa, takes her sheep to thefair, she knows exactly what the judgesare looking for in breeding and show-manship. She has the purple and blueribbons to prove it.

“They’re looking for the wool quality,that it’s good,” she said. “A sheep that islong and has a straight back. Most of thejudges like a sheep that is tall. A lot will take intoconsideration how their mouth is, that they don’thave an underbite or overbite.”

Elizabeth, a member of Franklin County 4-H Tri-L Club, competed at the Iowa State Fair in thebreeding sheep division, other wool breeds class.She was awarded Champion Columbia yearling eweand Reserve Champion Columbia ewe lamb. Heryounger brother, Colby Thiesen, received a blue rib-bon in breeding sheep.

Elizabeth isn’t the only champion in thefamily. Her cousins Mauren and MaesynThiesen live in Sauk Centre, Minn., andare members of Stearns County 4-HPelican Peak Club. They earned purple

ribbons at the Minnesota State Fair thisyear. In the breeding sheep division, 15-year-old Maesyn was awarded Cham-pion Columbia ewe lamb and 18-year-

old Mauren was awarded ChampionColumbia yearling ewe. Maesyn was

Reserve Champion in breeding sheep seniorshowmanship while Mauren placed fourth in

advanced showmanship.They all get their sheep from Grandpa’s farm,

which supports a flock of roughly 35 ewes. Theirgrandpa, Leland Thiesen, breeds sheep and operatesThiesen Family Columbias in Windom, Minn. Hegets help from his three sons — Brian, Ken andStephen Thiesen.

“My dad has been the leader of the whole organiza-

tion and he really installed a joy in all three of hissons for being involved in 4-H and sheep projectsand also the showing side,” said Ken, Mauren andMaesyn’s dad.

In April, Elizabeth, her dad, Brian, and youngerbrothers Colby and Jackson head to Grandpa’s placeto choose the sheep they will show that year. Mau-ren, Maesyn and younger brother Macoy do the samewith their dad, Ken.

“We all go and divvy them up between all of usgrandchildren,” said Mauren.

“My dad and his brothers make suggestions,” saidElizabeth, “but for the most part we get to choose.”

“It’s always an exciting time when they decidewhich ones each are going to show for the year,” saidLeland.

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THIESENS, from pg. 8the grandkids to show. Still the opera-tion remains profitable as they sellbreeding stock and wool. He relies onfour things to turn out champion sheep:“Good breeding, good feeding, goodpreparation, and good showing.”

“We’ve established a good ewe baseand try to select top rams to go withthem,” he said.

Leland attends county and state fairs to watch hisgrandchildren show.

“That’s part of being a grandpa,” Leland said.Chores

The real work begins when Elizabeth gets thesheep home. She feeds the sheep the same feed thatGrandpa uses — a mix of corn and protein with a lit-tle oats and molasses. They also get alfalfa hay.

“We work with them a lot,” she said. “We clip themall once or twice by hand before every show.”

The first time Elizabeth puts sheep on the standfor trimming can be tough, but they calm down. Infact, she works with them for many hours to getthem to be “pretty calm” in the show ring.

“We walk them around a lot so they’re calm. Wehave to go out and do chores,” said Elizabeth.

Her father, Brian, said he is proud of his daughterand how well she’s doing.

“She gets up every morning, does the chores, tiesthem up and leads them around,” he said.

Mauren has been showing sheep since she was 5.At 18 years old, she is a freshman at the Universityof Minnesota-Morris.

“I think it’s taught me a lot of good skills — one isto communicate with other people in the breed andhelp teach the public about different positives of live-stock and what we’re doing and why we’re doing it,”said Mauren.

Showing sheep has also taught her patience and thatyou have to work hard and put in your time to learnthe best possible way to showcase yourself and the ani-mal. From her grandpa, she learned about breedingand the importance of enjoying what you’re doing.

“He wants to create that love and passion for all ofus in the sheep,” Mauren said. “Loving what you’re

doing and enjoying every second around the sheepand the people.”Showtime

Right before the show, Elizabeth walks her sheeparound to calm its nerves. When she shows hersheep, she holds the head up and sets the front andback legs square.

“In the back, if they dip down, you can scratch theirbelly to bring that up,” she explained.

Then the judge will have the sheep walk aroundand they look at how they walk, said Elizabeth.

Elizabeth enjoyed her time at the Iowa State Fair.She went down early with her family for the openclass before competing in the 4-H sheep show.

“I just like walking around and seeing all the dif-ferent animals and just showing sheep,” she said. “Ilike the competition that everyone else brings to theshow ring.”

Elizabeth also took home a blue ribbon in show-manship with her Columbia ewe lamb at the IowaState Fair. In showmanship, the judges are lookingat how you are presenting your sheep rather thanthe sheep’s characteristics, she explained.

“I make eye contact with the judge. When hemesses with the wool, I smooth it back out,” she said.“I always make sure the sheep is between me andthe judge so I change sides. I make sure that my

sheep is set up in the right position andset up quickly.”

“You want to make yourself as leastnoticeable as possible,” said Mauren.Breeder shows

Besides 4-H, the Thiesen familyshows in open class and breeder showsincluding the Columbia Sheep Breed-ers National Show and Sale.

“The most fun as a parent is to see the connectionsthey’ve made and the people they’ve gotten to knowby being involved with the sheep and the showingside of it,” said Ken.

In November, Elizabeth will head to the NorthAmerican International Livestock Exposition SheepShow in Louisville, Ky. She has already chosen hersheep for that show. Her ewe lamb will be the sameone, but she will show a different ram lamb andyearling ewe.

Grandpa and Dad took Elizabeth to the show lastyear.

“It was definitely a lot bigger than what Iexpected it to be,” she said. “I thought it was reallynice, all the different sheep that were there.”

Even so, Elizabeth didn’t come across any breedsthat she didn’t know.

Leland said he doesn’t give advice on showing tohis granddaughters these days.

“They pretty well all know what to do or theywouldn’t be doing as well as they are,” said Leland.

Elizabeth said Grandpa can still be counted on forencouragement — a “good job” or “keep it up.” ❖

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He wants to create that love and passion for all of usin the sheep; loving what you’re doing and enjoyingevery second around the sheep and the people.

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By MARIE WOODThe Land Associate Editor

MANKATO, Minn. — “You guysare our partners in the field,” saidRay Hart to a room full of Minnesotasoybean growers at the Biodiesel andBioheat Forum hosted by the Min-nesota Soybean Research and Promo-tion Council in August.

Hart’s new tagline isn’t a realityyet, but there is potential.

Hart is the owner of Hart HomeComfort, a family-owned heating oilbusiness in Long Island, N.Y. In 1998,he took a big risk and bought an oilterminal and made the major capitalinvestment to blend biodiesel withheating oil, known as Bioheat.

Hart, an early provider of Bioheat,began delivering the blend to cus-tomers in 2007. Today, he offersEcoblend — a blend of 20 percent

biodiesel with conven-tional heating oil. Bio-heat is often blendedat 5 percent biodieselto heating oil.

Hart would not beable to charge more forthe green product, butproviding a cleaner,domestically producedproduct was important to him.

“Financially, it made absolutely nosense to us,” he said, “but in my heart, Ijust knew it was something we had to do.”

John Luepke, a director of the Min-nesota Soybean Processors, brought upthe challenge of shipping biodiesel byrail to the Northeast. Hart’s biodieselcomes from the United States andCanada via rail.

Meanwhile, most biodiesel comes intothe New York harbor by barge. Accord-

ing to Paul Nazzaro,of Nazzaro Group andpetroleum liaison tothe NationalBiodiesel Board,many of those bargescome from Argentina.Nazarro recognizedthe challenge for Min-nesota farmers to getbiodiesel into the

New England market.“We will work on it with them,” said

Nazzaro. “There are as many chal-lenges as opportunities.”

Future goals for Bioheat are toincrease the biodiesel content to 20percent and B6 to B20 biodiesel blendshave been approved. With an increasein demand for biodiesel, Bioheat couldbe an emerging market for Minnesotabiodiesel.

In addition, the Northeast needsbiodiesel at a time when Minnesotacuts back on biodiesel use in trucks,Nazzaro said.Biodiesel

Biodiesel and Bioheat markets havea ripple effect on the soybean marketin making the beans and oil more valu-able while keeping the cost of soymealdown for livestock producers and

global hunger programs.Osakis, Minn., farmer Tom Grund-

man, a director in the Minnesota Soy-bean Growers Association, said theevent showed just how importantbiodiesel is to our industry.

Soybean oil, a major feedstock inbiodiesel production, has a 50 percentshare in the market.

“In the ’90s we were spraying thatsoybean oil on the roads. It was awaste,” said Grundman. “Informa Eco-nomics did a study and said it’s(biodiesel) putting 70 cents to 90 centsa bushel in our pockets.”

Mike Youngerberg, senior director offield services for the Minnesota SoybeanGrowers Association, received theBiodiesel Award of Excellence at theforum. Youngerberg got involved inbiodiesel in 1999 when he worked on theMinnesota biodiesel mandate — a B2

Bioheat potential market for Minnesota biodiesel

See BIOHEAT, pg. 11

Paul Nazzaro Mike Youngerberg

You guys are our partners in the field.

— Ray Hart

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BIOHEAT, from pg. 10mandate which took effect in 2005.That means biodiesel made from veg-etable oils — often soybean oil —must be blended at a two percentratio with diesel fuel.

Youngerberg continued hisinvolvement through the currentmandate for B10 in the summermonths, reverting to B5 in the win-ter months. In 2018, the mandate is scheduled tojump to B20 in the summer months.

Minnesota has three biodiesel plants with a com-bined production of 63 million gallons, according tothe Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The MDAestimates current production capacity will coveralmost all of the demand for B20 for trucks anddiesel engines.

Vernon Pooch, a Farwell, Minn., contract soybeanseed producer and director in the MSR&PC, is quickto promote the homegrown renewable fuel.

“It’s absolutely excellent for the farmers to haveBioheat,” he said. “If we didn’t have biodiesel, howcheap would beans be? I’m glad to hear that they’reusing Bioheat because it helps clean up the air a lot.”

Increasing the capacity to produce biodiesel inMinnesota may be necessary to serve the Bioheatmarket.

When it comes to the biodiesel tax credit, Luepkeof Minnesota Soybean Processors would like to see aproduction credit instead of a blender’s credit.

The American Soybean Association supports shift-ing the tax credit from a blender’s credit to a domes-

tic producer’s credit. This would promote domesticproduction and eliminate the ability of foreign-pro-duced biodiesel to claim the credit.

“The producer’s credit would help out our indus-try, state and soybean farmers,” Luepke said. ❖

Grand Champion Market Beef: $22,000 (*)Exhibitor: Jed Knutson, Freeborn CountyBuyer: Ames ConstructionReserve Champion Market Beef: $10,700Exhibitor: Elizabeth Wasmoen, Freeborn CountyBuyer: MN Farmers Union IndustriesGrand Champion Dairy Steer: $13,000 (*)Exhibitor: Mallory Mattson, Freeborn County Buyer: American Foods Group, Central Livestock Assn.,

& O & S Cattle Co.Reserve Champion Dairy Steer: $8,975 (*)Exhibitor: Zachary Mattson, Pope CountyBuyer: MN State Fair Concessionaires, American Foods Group,

& Pope County BusinessesGrand Champion Market Barrow: $11,000Exhibitor: Ryan Franz, Cottonwood CountyBuyer: Hormel Foods, Dupont Pioneer, & Friends of Ryan FranzReserve Champion Market Barrow: $12,300 (*)Exhibitor: Dalton Dykstra, Jackson CountyBuyer: TCC Materials, Nutra Blend, & the Jackson County

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Purple Ribbon ClubReserve Champion Market Gilt: $7,950 (*)Exhibitor: Camryn Reuter, Mower CountyBuyer: MN Farmers Union Industries, Ag Star Financial Services,

& Murray County BusinessesGrand Champion Market Lamb: $7,500 (*)Exhibitor: Matthew Wiebe, Cottonwood CountyBuyer: Twin City ConcreteReserve Champion Market Sheep: $5,000Exhibitor: Jessica Wiebe, Cottonwood CountyBuyer: MN Farmers Union IndustriesGrand Champion Meat Goat: $5,900 (*)Exhibitor: Henry Schultz, Rice CountyBuyer: Minnesota Farmers Union & Friends of Rice County 4-HReserve Champion Meat Goat: $4,125 (*)Exhibitor: Thomas Sell, Cottonwood CountyBuyer: Sorenson Seeds, Staples Oil,

& Cottonwood County BusinessesGrand Champion Dairy Meat Goat: $4,000 (*)Exhibitor: Marshall Johnson, Fillmore CountyBuyer: Long Cheng Hmong Meats & Fillmore County Businesses

80 percent of the proceeds from the Purple Ribbon 4-H Livestock Auctiongo to the 101 youth participants, with the balance going to the MN 4-HLivestock Enhancement Fund, which is used to fund special 4-H animalscience projects and programs throughout the year and to help fund the 4-H auction scholarship program. In 2015, twelve 4-H junior leaders received$2,000 scholarships and twenty-two received $1,000 scholarships, for atotal of $46,000 and 34 scholarships awarded through the 4-H Auction.

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What is your role as Princess Kay?

“I’ll be visiting throughout the state wherever I can be a

voice for the Minnesota dairy industry.”

What got you interested in the Princess Kay competition?

“When I was little we’d come to the State Fair. I would see

the butter sculptures of the dairy princess candidates and I

thought ‘that would be really cool to have my head carved

out of butter.’ As I got older I realized more and more what

the Princess Kay program is all about. In essence, it is

communicating with people what dairy farming and milk

production is all about and the hard work and dedication it

demands. That’s truly why I got involved.”

How can being a college student and being Princess Kay

work out — How can you do both?

“Last year I was the Minnesota State FFA Officer so I

learned how to juggle that with being a full time SDSU

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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

As media coordinator intern at theMinnesota State Fair, A.J. Hasslenworked an almost non-stop schedulefor 12 days. She is a senior at theUniversity of Minnesota majoring inagricultural communications andmarketing, with a minor in animalscience at the St. Paul campus.

“I work a lot with Wendy Huckaby, our state 4-Hmedia coordinator,” said Hasslen. “Wendy getsdozens of requests from radio and print media ask-ing for contacts with 4-H’ers in competition here atthe State Fair. I find those 4-H’ers, line them up tomeet with Wendy and me. We give them a bit on howto talk with media, then we escort them down to themedia center, introduce them to the appropriatemedia rep. Once they’ve completed their interview,we escort them back up here to the 4-H Center.”

A 4-H member for 10 years and a state 4-H ambas-sador for two years, Hasslen is a Sherburne Countyfarm girl whose real name is Allison Jean. Shebelongs to the Sherburne County Busy Bees 4-H cluband she was certainly busy at the State Fair.

Hasslen also posted on the Facebook page called“4-H’ers at the State Fair.” Each day she highlighted

a different 4-H’er with a brief story and snapshot.During the week of the 4-H livestock encampment,

poultry exhibits were banned due to the avian flu. Inplace of live poultry, 4-H’ers brought demonstrationson poultry care, research and avian flu.

“So consequently we had several media requestsasking to talk with 4-H poultry exhibitors who could-n’t bring their poultry to the fair,” she said.

Hasslen sees growth in 4-H in Minnesota — espe-cially among girls.

“There’s a growing demand for more informationon the farm to food industry. Even with the live poul-try ban we still had 40 kids participating in the poul-try show with demonstrations and educational dis-plays,” she said. “Ordinarily there would have beenover 200 kids in our State Fair poultry show.”

State-wide there are about 32,000 4-H club mem-bers. Include the “just-one event” participants andthe number swells to 93,412. Hasslen noted steadygrowth in urban areas which may reflect the increas-ing desire of young people to learn how and wheretheir food is produced.

Hasslen provided numbers on top Minnesotacounty 4-H membership: Anoka with 1,174 members;Dakota with 938; Washington with 721; Wright with592 and Goodhue with 589. ❖

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A.J. Hasslen

KAREN ROKERStatus: Mom to Daniel and his big sister, Lisa How many 4-H’ers from your county are at the State Fair this year? “I’m not certain but we have six kids showing in the swine project. Lotsof others are showing in various livestock categories. So I wouldestimate there are 15 or 20 Renville County kids here this year. Therewould have been even more if the poultry division had not beencancelled.”

How many State Fairs have you attended? (Laughing) “Probably 30 or 40. Many of them as a 4-H member andlater years working in Extension, and now having my own kids here, too.The State Fair is a tremendous experience for 4-H kids wherever theylive.”

DANIEL ROKERHometown: Bird Island, Minn.Status: Freshman at South Dakota State University,majoring in Animal ScienceFactoid: This is Daniel’s 13th year as a 4-H member doingswine

You’re about to show your registered spot barrow. What do you learnfrom doing this?“Responsibility, a good work ethic, how to develop your own skills. andvery likely this is something I can do in the future. I’m learning how torun a business and it is a good learning experience.” Your barrow weighs 281 lbs. What might this pig bring you if it is thechampion?

“Anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000.”

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By TIM KINGThe Land Correspondent

BELGRADE, Minn. — People onthe second annual bus tour of the Irri-gators Association of Minnesota hadthe opportunity to witness an historicevent on Aug. 20.

“This is the earliest we’ve ever har-vested sugar beets,” Todd Geselius ofthe Southern Minnesota Beet SugarCooperative told tour participants asthey watched tons of beets tumblefrom a 12-row harvester into a semi-truck trailer at the Anderson familyfarm near Belgrade in Stearns County.

“We are 10 days early this year.”Not only were the beets early, they

were predicted to be above average inyield.

“We usually average 26 to 27 tons per

acre,” Geselius said. “This year we arepredicting a yield of 31 tons per acre.”

Geselius said the cooperative had4,000 acres of sugar beets under irriga-tion in the Bonanza Valley. The Valleyincludes parts of western Stearns, Pope,Kandiyohi, and Douglas Counties.

The valley generally has sandy orgravelly soils that were laid down bygiant glacial melt water rivers.

“We like irrigation. It provides con-sistency,” Geselius said. “They havehigh-quality beets here.”

The consistency and high quality ofirrigated crops were terms repeated a

number of times throughout the tour,which included visits to Mycogen seedcorn research fields, field corn fields,RD Offut potato fields, dry bean fields,and a variety of vegetable fields undercontract to Lakeside Foods of Brooten.

“We have 5,200 acres of peas and6,200 acres of sweet corn under irriga-tion in the area,” Jeff Haugen of Lake-side Foods said. “We also have some car-rots and table beets under irrigation.”

A visit to a sweet corn field inKandiyohi County showed that crop tobe in excellent condition also.

“The corn looks very good but withall the rain we are worried about thenitrogen leaching away,” Haugen said.“We don’t want to load the soil with N.”Efficiency

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We are concerned about nitrogen. Wespoon-feed it and control it carefully.

— Jim Anderson

IRRIGATION, from pg. 14quality and quantity, tour host JimAnderson said. Anderson hosted a Uni-versity of Minnesota nitrogen efficiencyfertigation study a few years ago.

“We are concerned about nitrogen,”he said. “We spoon-feed it and controlit carefully.”

Anderson, who farms 6,000 acresand operates 65 centerpivot irrigators with hisbrother and three sons,demonstrated comput-erized technology on acenter pivot irrigator.

“Using GPS technol-ogy and mapping wecan do variable rateirrigation on one centerpivot,” he said. “We canput more water on thehigh dry sections thatthe center pivot passesover and less on the lower areas withheavier soils. We can even turn a por-tion of the pivot off when it passes overa conservation wetland area.”

“These variable rate irrigation systemscan reduce water usage by up to 13 per-cent,” said Josh Stamper, an IrrigationSpecialist with the University of Min-nesota’s Department ofSoil, Water, and Climate.“They can be a powerfulconservation tool.”

Over the years irriga-tion technology hasbeen increasinglyfocused on using watermore efficiently, JerryWright, the Member-ship Secretary of theIrrigation Association ofMinnesota told tour par-ticipants.

“When I started inirrigation most of thesystems used travelinggun irrigation systems,”Wright said. “Traveling guns requiredhigh pressure and did not apply thewater that consistently. Over the yearsirrigators have adapted more efficientwells, gone to center pivot irrigators,and more recently adapted drop tubeswith low-pressure sprinklers. With allthose improvements they can irrigatewith pressure as low as 15 pounds.When you reduce pressure you reducecosts.”Fen

Another stop on the Association’stour was Regal Meadow CalcareousFen and Observation Wells in Kandiy-

ohi County. The 675-acre Nature Con-servancy-owned preserve contains asection of upland prairie that dropsdown into the fen. Calcareous fens areone of Minnesota’s rarest habitats andthey are very susceptible to pressuresfrom agriculture and other humanactivities.

“A calcareous fen is a rare wetlandcharacterized by non-acidic peat fed by

cold oxygen poorground water rich incalcium and magne-sium bicarbonates,”said Megan Benage ofthe Minnesota Depart-ment of NaturalResources. “There areonly three in Kandiy-ohi County and 200 inMinnesota. They areusually small and theyoften contain rare andthreatened species.”

Calcareous fens are regulated byMinnesota’s Wetland Conservation Actand the DNR is responsible for protect-ing them. As part of its effort to protectthe Regal Meadow Fen, the DNR hasrecently established two monitoringwells on the property. One well moni-tors a shallow ground water aquifer

and a second monitorsa mid-range aquifer.The observation wellswere drilled in 2014and to date the DNRmonitoring data hasnot indicated any neg-ative effect on the fenfrom irrigation.

Recently the DNRworked with alandowner that wantedto drill an irrigationwell 1,000 feet fromthe fen.

“We believed that awell that close wouldhave a negative effect

on the fen,” DNR hydrologist EthanJenzen said. “We encouraged him todrill the well into a third, deeper,aquifer. He did that and we don’tbelieve that will affect the water sup-ply to the fen.”

Alan Peterson, a Clear Lake areafarmer, irrigator, and the president ofthe 480-member Irrigation Associationof Minnesota, said he felt this year’sbus tour was a success.

“The bus tour started last year at myfarm where we invited (MinnesotaDepartment of Agriculture) Commis-sioner Fredrickson and his staff to tour an

irrigated farm,” Peterson said. “We werehoping he would start to be an advocate ofirrigated agriculture. This year wedecided it would be a good time to hostthe DNR for the same type of tour.”

Peterson said about 75 peopleattended the tour including StateRepresentatives Jeff Howe, DaveBaker and Paul Anderson, as well asState Senator Michelle Fishbach. ❖

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These variablerate irrigationsystems canreduce waterusage by up to13 percent.

— Josh Stamper

With all thoseimprovementsthey can irrigatewith pressureas low as 15pounds. Whenyou reducepressure youreduce costs.

— Jerry Wright

By SARAH JOHNSONThe Land Correspondent

Looking for recipes in “The MinnesotaTable: Recipes for Savoring Local FoodThroughout the Year” (Voyageur Press) islike falling down a rabbit hole: Therecipes are entirely surrounded by tempt-ing stories, photos and original art thatcapture your eye and imagination. Hourslater you remember you were hungry andstart searching again … only to fall downanother rabbit hole. But procrastinationnever felt, or tasted, so good.

Readers get to meet nuns who bakecommunion wafers, yak farmers, applegrowers, sausage makers and a host ofother colorful characters providing foodfor the Minnesota table. There are sec-tions on freezing berries, making the per-fect pot of tea, and drying herbs. It’s notjust a cookbook; it’s a sit-down-and-read-it book offering lessons in cooking, eating and life ingeneral.

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I finally chose the Kale and Walnut Sauté, a decep-tively simple dish made stellar by a blend of flavorfulsesame and olive oils and a dash of rice vinegar. As aside dish for the carnivores and an entrée for thevegan, it was a tasty success, although kale is not onthe top of anybody’s list except for the vegan (go fig-ure). Four out of four “yums” from the Johnson clan.

Kale and Walnut SautéServes 4 to 6

2 tablespoons sesame oil2 tablespoon olive oil4 cup chopped raw kale, ribs removed1/3 cup toasted walnuts1 tablespoon soy sauce1⁄4 teaspoon black rice vinegarHeat sesame and olive oils over medium heat and

sauté kale until limp but still bright green. Toss withtoasted walnuts, season with soy sauce and vinegar,and serve.

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Bacon and just a dash of cayenne pepperliven up these deviled eggs. Better double therecipe if you want to get any yourself.Nick’s Devilish EggsServes 6

1 dozen large chicken eggs1⁄2 cup prepared mayonnaise1⁄2 cup full-fat sour cream1⁄2 teaspoon dried mustard1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper for seasoning,

plus a sprinkle for garnishKosher or coarse sea salt, to taste1⁄4 pound bacon, crisp-cooked and crumbled

1⁄4 cup parsley leaves, finely minced Fill a large saucepan with enough cold water to

cover the dozen eggs. Add a pinch of salt, place theuncovered pan over high heat, and bring to a boil.Once the water begins to boil, remove the pan fromthe heat, cover, and let sit for 12-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix mayonnaise, sour cream, driedmustard, cayenne pepper and salt in a medium-sizedbowl. Add crumbled bacon and minced parsley; setaside. Prepare an ice-water bath in a large bowl.

Drain the hard-boiled eggs and immediately placein the ice-water bath for 5-10 minutes. Once cooled,drain again. Roll the eggs in a kitchen towel to crackthe shells; they should peel off cleanly and easily.Cut the eggs in half lengthwise, scoop the yolks intoa bowl, and arrange the whites on the kitchen towel,cut side up.

Mash the eggs yolks in a large bowl with the backof a fork (or push through a ricer). Fold in the pre-pared dressing, taste for seasoning, and adjust. Placeegg yolk mixture in a pastry bag fitted with a largestar tip (or in a gallon-sized zip-top bag, snipping offone corner after filling); pipe into the cooked eggwhites. Garnish with cayenne pepper.

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Visitors to the State Fair’s bee and honey exhibitsmay have sampled the delicious honey lemonade soldthere for many years. This recipe promises to fill thegaps between fair times. Store it in the refrigeratorfor lemonade on the spot.Honey LemonadeMakes 3 cups syrup

3⁄4 cup light honey1 cup water1/8 teaspoon saltRind of 2 lemons, cut into stripsJuice of 6 lemons

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For me, it’s the best weekof the year. Yet within itsseven days it literallyreeked. On one of the firstnights of our family vacationup north, it started.

When youngest daughterMelanie and I entered ourvacation home on Mondayeve I said, “The good news isthat I missed the deer. Thebad news is that I nixed askunk.” We carried itsresidue into the home and noone doubted our report.

A few sleeps later on our first nightback at the farm we had a problem noone wants or wishes for. Somethingwent awry with the septic system thatwrenched the strongest stomach.Whether outside or inside the homethere was no masking the foul. Candlestried; time won.

Two days later on a way to anappointment where we would mix inthe midst of town folks mostly isolatedfrom country odor, Mike and I stoppedto talk to manure haulers. Mike low-ered the window and I masked how ittook my breath away. Yet one of theguys asked, “Did you bring pop andcookies?”

Are you kidding me? In the smell he’swondering if we brought snacks?

As if once, instead of thrice, wasn’tenough for the convincing, I thought, “You get used to the stench.” In all threescenarios what was initially an unbe-lievable stink, in time became tolerable— nearly unnoticeable.

And it caused me to think on mymom’s commentary of a childhood sit-com, “Three’s Company.” I said it wasfunny; she did not. In a show revolvingaround three single roommates — twogirls and one guy, the basis of the showstank with innuendos. No need to showand tell, the context was enough for her

to say, “No go.” And whenMom said no, no meant no.At the time, I disagreed.

In today’s world “Three’sCompany” would not be acrowd, but part of the crowdand culture. It’s now tamein the name of entertain-ment. As a show it’s mildfor the morning, and in theeve may even lull little onesto sleep.

What happened? And howdid this happen? I believe

we got used to the stench. What used tobe cause for alarm is now status quo.Trash talk became trendy, the shockingis standard, and the amiss acceptable.

Some say, “If you can’t beat them, jointhem.” We can nod and shrug in agree-ment or we can stand up, speak up, andlive in the light.

Moving our youngest daughter intodowntown Chicago for the fall semesterwas a step of faith by Mike and me.Although it may not be a big deal forcity folk, it was hard for us. We lovecountry roads where we recognize peo-ple by pickups and greet folks on thestreet by name.

But this is what she wanted and herheart’s desire lined up with ours. She’sworking with an organization thatinspires “motivated individuals tobreak the cycle of homelessness andpoverty, transform their lives,strengthen their communities, andforge paths to real and lasting success.”

She was almost apologetic to bemoved into a gigantic community thatis served by a seemingly minusculeministry that helps the hurting. “It’s asmall organization,” she said.

I quickly corrected her, as moms canreadily do.

“The size of the organization doesn’tmatter,” I said. “What makes the differ-

ence is what is done in relationship.”If you want to change the world, it

happens one person at a time.Got something gone wrong in your

community or your side of the tracks orsection? Instead of talking about it,speak face to face with the ones in themidst of it. Within conversation you’llmore readily understand theirthoughts and choices. Build a relation-ship, and you could change the trajec-

tory of their lives.Replace stench with friendship.And

within that friendship you may experi-ence hope and peace that changes theworld with the sweet aroma of God’s love.

Lenae Bulthuis muses about faith,family, and farming from her backporch on her Minnesota grain and live-stock farm. She can be reached [email protected] or @LenaeBulthuis. ❖

‘Stench’ in pop culture no longer crinkles our noses

THE BACK PORCH

By Lenae Bulthuis

COOKBOOK, from pg. 16Combine the honey, water, salt and

lemon rind in a heavy-bottomedsaucepan and bring to a boil for 5 min-utes. Cool and add the lemon juice.Strain and refrigerate in a tightly cov-ered glass jar.

To serve, fill an 8-ounce glass withice; add water and 2 tablespoons ofhoney lemonade syrup, and stir. Gar-nish with a bruised sprig of fresh mintand lemon zest if desired.

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Please specify if you wish to have thecookbook returned, and include infor-mation on how readers may obtain acopy of the cookbook. Submission doesnot guarantee a review. ❖

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Dahlias are magnificentstars of the late summergarden. They take a longtime to produce their blos-soms from spring plantingof the tubers, to bud devel-opment, and then to the pro-lific display of flowers justwaiting to be admired or cutand used in floral bouquets.

A standout in our gardenis a huge white dahlianamed “My Love.” It has awhite inflorescence and acream colored center. It literally begsto be included in an arrangement andlooks lovely paired with mauve andmaroon hues.

Tips on growing dahlias: Plant in asunny location that gets five to eighthours of sun each day. Stake plantsthat are three feet or taller. Water twicea week for 30 minutes with a sprinkler.Dahlias love lots of water. Fertilizewith a low nitrogen fertilizer such as a5-10-10 product.

Weeding should be done by hand.The plants are very sensitive to herbi-

cides. Most products thatare safe to use on vegetablecrops can be used ondahlias. Slugs love eatingnew sprouts as well asmature foliage so use a slugbait after planting and asneeded throughout thesummer. For bushier plantswith larger blooms, pinch orcut the center just abovethe third set of leaves whenthe plant is about two feettall.

Tips on dividing and storing tubers:After the first frost has nipped thefoliage it is time to dig and store thetubers. Carefully lift with a fork andhose off the dirt. Let the tubers dry in ashady place for about three days.

Divide the clump by cutting each oneoff being sure to include at least oneeye. The eyes are on the top where thetuber joins the stem.

I usually store the tubers in their bigclump and divide them in the springjust before planting. Pack the tubers inpeat moss or vermiculite in cardboard

boxes lined with newspaper and storein cool temperature of 40-50 F. Mostbasements work well for winter stor-age.

Check periodically during storage tosee if there are any issues with drynessor rot and remove affected tubers.

Tips on using dahlias as cut flowers:

The best time to cutyour flowers is in thecool early morning.Place the cut dahliastems in 2-3 inches ofvery hot water (160-180 F) and allow tocool for about an hour.This hot water treat-ment will make theblossoms last fromfour to six days in thehouse.

A source for pur-chasing dahlias thathas the largest selec-tion of varieties in theUnited States is SwanIsland Dahlias in Ore-gon. Their websiteaddress is

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This column was written for themarketing week ending Sept. 11.

A new study reinforces the needfor comprehensive immigrationreform, according to the NationalMilk Producers Federation. “Half ofall workers on U.S. dairy farms areimmigrants, and the damage fromlosing those workers would extendfar beyond the farms, nearly dou-bling retail milk prices and costingthe total U.S. economy more than$32 billion,” according to a newreport commissioned by NMPF.

The report, which includes the results of anationwide survey of farms, found that one-thirdof all U.S. dairy farms employ foreign-born work-ers, and that those farms produce nearly 80 per-cent of the nation’s milk. It concluded that a com-plete loss of immigrant labor could cause the lossof one-in-six dairy farms and cut U.S. economicoutput by $32.1 billion, resulting in 208,000 fewerjobs nationwide. Some 77,000 of the lost jobswould be on farms. Retail milk prices, the reportsaid, “would increase 90 percent if all immigrantlabor was lost. That would drive the supermarketprice of a gallon of milk, which averaged $3.37 inJune, to approximately $6.40.”

NMPF said the survey, an update of one done in2009, was conducted last fall, before immigrationbecame a hot-button issue in the presidential cam-paign. A comparison of the two surveys shows thenumber of immigrants working on dairy farmsincreased by 35 percent, or nearly 20,000, in sixyears. The portion of the milk supply coming fromfarms with immigrant labor increased by 27 percent.

The survey results do not distinguish betweendocumented and undocumented foreign-born work-ers, but 71 percent of survey respondents said theyhad either low or medium level of confidence in the

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MIELKE, from pg. 19employment documents of their immi-grant workers. As a result, the reportsaid, a majority of dairy farmers arevery concerned about actions such asimmigration raids or employee audits.Despite this, 80 percent of dairy farmssurveyed continue to hire immigrants.

“This report reinforces the urgentneed for Congress to address thisissue,” said NMPF President and ChiefExecutive Officer Jim Mulhern.“Farms that rely on hired foreignworkers need their current labor forceas well as an effective program toensure an adequate future workforce.And the way to do that is to enact com-prehensive immigration reform.”

“The notion that immigrants are tak-ing these jobs away from Americanworkers is simply not true,” addedRandy Mooney, a dairy farmer fromRogersville, Mo., and the chair ofNMPF’s board. “Dairy farmers havetried desperately to get American work-ers to do these jobs with little successand that’s despite an average wage thatis well above the U.S. minimum wage.”

In other legislative news: NMPF andthe International Dairy Foods Associa-tion praised the introduction this week ofthe “Safe, Flexible and Efficient TruckingAct” in the House of Representatives. Thebill would allow states to increase thegross vehicle weight limit on commercialtrucks if they are properly equipped withsix axles and meet the same safety stan-

dards as trucks currently allowed oninterstates. Known as the Safe TruckingAct, the bill was introduced by Represen-tative Reid Ribble, R-Wis.

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U.S. cheese prices are under pressure.While Chicago Mercantile Exchangeblock Cheddar held the Labor Dayshortened week at $1.6950 per pound,65.5 cents below a year ago, the barrelsdropped eight cents, to $1.59, 74.5cents below a year ago, and an unsus-tainable 10.5 cents below the blocks.Five cars of barrel traded hands.

“Adequate milk supplies continue toflow into cheese vats,” according to DairyMarket News. “Cheese production issteady. Some processors report a littlelull in sales. Industry contacts note thereis plenty of cheese available. Althoughinventory levels are a little higher, theyhave not concerned many cheese makersbecause of the anticipated increase incheese demand from football season,school meal programs and the upcoming

Fourth Quarter holidays.”Western contacts state cheese is

readily available but regular customerdemand is steady, and cheese produc-tion has remained relatively strongthrough the end of summer. The dip incheese production that normally occursin late August through September hasyet to materialize fully. Milk intakeshave held higher than normal. Cur-rently, cheese supply is a little strongerthan demand, causing inventories ofsome varieties to build. Manufacturersare not yet concerned and are hopefulthat the fall demand will increase andstart to draw down inventories.

Spot butter repeated last week’s 11.25cent jump, closing at $2.5650 per pound,still 43.5 cents below a year ago whenthe spot price made history, jumping15.5 cents and hit $3 per pound. Six carswere sold at the CME this week.

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MIELKE, from pg. 20butter production is slowing as butterfat componentsdecline alongside farm milk intakes. Western butterproduction is steady and still somewhat dictated bythe availability of or demand for cream. Butterdemand has been firm. “Recent press announcementsand study releases have further bolstered demand forbutter and milk fats,” according to DMN, and someparticipants point to the increase in positive press andgreater interest in using butter by food manufacturersas a reason market prices at the CME have risen.

But analysts Jerry Dryer and Matt Gould warned intheir Sept. 4 Dairy and Food Market Analyst of a tum-ble in butter, stating “Supply and demand data do notsupport this market rally. Data shows butter suppliesare outpacing demand. During the three-month periodending July 31, total supplies (production, inventoriesand imports) were up 16 percent, year-over-year, whilecommercial disappearance, a measure of demand, wasdown five percent. Put another way: At the end of Julythere were 51.6 days of usage in storage versus thefive-year average for that date of 44.9 days. The bot-tom line: There is product hanging over the market,just not currently available in Chicago.”

Gould echoed those remarks in Friday’s DairyLine,saying “We’re in the demand season,” as we approachthe holidays and butter is tight, but he sees a differ-ent scenario in November-December.

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The Dairy and Food Market Analyst credited theuptick in nonfat dry milk to back-to-back increasesat the Global Dairy Trade auction which “sparkedthe attention of buyers, according to milk-powder-selling contacts in the United States, Europe andNew Zealand. Buyers are now placing orders to for-ward cover their needs and some buyers are lookingfor commitments for all of 2016.”

Also fueling the purchasing, according to the ana-lysts, is the expectation that a New Zealand milk sup-ply contraction may be coming. “Fonterra is forecast-ing 2015-16 milk collections down two percentyear-over-year due to negative economic pressures onthe Islands. Other analysts are forecasting annualmilk production could fall as much as seven percent,if El Niño brings its expected punch: Drought.”

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at 87 cents perpound, down three cents on the week and 46 cents belowa year ago. Fifteen cars sold this week at the CME.

The California Department of Food and Agricultureannounced its October Class I milk price at $17.37per hundredweight for the north and $17.64 for thesouth. Both are down 71 cents from September and$8.72 below October 2014. The 10 month average is$17.62 for the north, down from $24.91 at this time ayear ago and compares to $20.00 in 2013. The south-ern average, at $17.90, is down from $25.18 a yearago and $20.27 in 2013. The October Federal orderClass I base price will be announced by the U.S.Department of Agriculture on Sept. 23.

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U.S. dairy farmers are faring much better thantheir European counterparts where milk is pricedcheaper than water, according to Time magazine, andEuropean dairy farmers took to the streets of Brus-

sels on Monday to protest.An emergency meeting was held Monday by Euro-

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — It’s no secretthat farming is a costly business.Luckily, there are some amazinggrant programs through the Min-nesota Department of Agriculture.

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MIELKE, from pg. 21HighGround Dairy’s Eric Meyer

examined the targeted aid to dairyfarmers, writing “This was stated asthe most significant part of the pack-age and will be provided to all MemberStates to support the dairy sector. TheCommission is working on the packageand the distribution key, but will haveparticular regard to those MemberStates which have been most affectedby market developments. Total fundswithin this package were not yetannounced. Also, the Commission isproposing an increase to payout 70 per-cent of current annual Direct Paymentprograms (up from 50 percent) by 16October 2015.”

The Commission had previouslyextended the Private Storage Aid andpublic intervention periods for butterand skim milk powder through nextyear, but Meyer wrote “They are nowworking on an enhanced scheme forSMP focusing on higher aid levels aswell on ways to ensure that the productis stored for the appropriate time tomake the scheme even more effectivein alleviating pressure on the supplyside. Details were not included.”

Meyer said the Commission went outof its way to address Intervention asmany Member States were looking foran increase on SMP prices to stabilizethe dairy markets. Vice President JyrkiKatainen’s stated, “We owe it to farm-ers to make it clear that this (Interven-tion price increase) is not the appropri-ate policy response to the currentsituation. At a time when there is aclear market imbalance, increasing theprice paid for public intervention willdo nothing to restore market balancebut would instead create an artificialoutlet for EU dairy products.

“It would weigh on the EU competi-tiveness for the 10 percent (or more) ofEU milk production that need to beexported. I am also concerned that thevery existence of EU public stockswould simply push market prices downfurther, deepening and prolonging thecurrent difficult situation. This wouldalso remove incentive for a cautiousapproach on the supply side in times ofmarket turbulences.”

Meyer concluded “There are certainlya number of steps the EU Commissionhas offered to address an extremelychallenging environment for EU farm-ers, but we see a lot more bark than wedo actual bite.”

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Meanwhile, U.S. dairy farmers, usingtheir self-funded Cooperatives Working

Together program, accepted sixrequests for export assistance thisweek to sell 47,069 pounds of Cheddarcheese, and 393,423 pounds of wholemilk powder to customers in Asia, theMiddle East and South America. Theproduct has been contracted for deliv-ery through November and raisedCWT’s 2015 export sales to 45.36 mil-lion pounds of cheese, 28.1 millionpounds of butter and 34.5 millionpounds of whole milk powder to 33countries.

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Milk production is waning along sea-sonal trends for most of the country,according to Dairy Market News. Heatand humidity are impacting cow com-fort across much of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Heat has con-tinued to push milk production lowerin California. Heavy rains have createdsoggy fields in Florida and herd healthissues in Arizona. Milk production isstabilizing in the South Central regionand has increased somewhat in NewMexico. Bottling demand is generallystrong. Fluid milk needs in the South-east region are pulling heavily on Cen-tral and Mid-Atlantic milk supplies.Cream supplies are tight in the East,adequate in the Midwest and mixed inthe West.

Dairy Market News says Oceania pro-duction is slowing, but still up fromyear-ago levels. Dairy Australia isreporting July milk production was up5.4 percent from a year ago while his-torically low farm level prices havemany New Zealand farmers culling lowproducing cows, not sure they can sur-vive. Production is up slightly year todate, but this is largely due to earlycalving. Production is expected to trendback in line with last year over thecourse of September. Weather has beengenerally cold and wet, which is notconducive to good grass growth, accord-ing to Dairy Market News.

The Daily Dairy Report’s SarinaSharp wrote in the Sept. 4 Milk Pro-ducers Council newsletter that“China’s economy seems adrift in trou-bled waters and end users have inven-tories and patience to spare.” She saidthe Sept. 1 Global Dairy Trade auctionshowed positive gains but “representedjust 63 percent of the volume traded atthe GDT a year ago, providing ammu-nition to skeptics who believe that theauction results do not reflect an immi-nent recovery in dairy product prices.New Zealand’s milk production is sea-sonally on the rise and expected torival last year’s early season pace, sug-gesting there is still a considerable

amount of dairy products to be mar-keted off the GDT.”

European milk production is alsostrong, up 3.6 percent in June. “This isimpressive,” wrote Sharp, “given thatEuropean dairy producers had alreadyexpanded aggressively by mid-2014,and it is important because Europeanmilk production dwarfs that of theUnited States and New Zealand. Dairyproducers in Europe are lamenting

loudly over painfully low prices. Thecomplaints are likely to continue, butproduction is unlikely to slow mean-ingfully. They have invested heavily toexpand production and processing andmost producers will tough it out.”

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

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Grain AnglesChina ethanol

imports upLately news headlines about China have been less

than positive when it comes to U.S. agriculturalexports going to China. With China’s currencydevaluation putting a strain on U.S. agriculturalexports, and the stock market on the decline, anincrease in Chinese ethanolimports is one of the bright spots.

Recently COFCO, the state-rungrain trading company in China,has started importing sugar canebased ethanol out of Brazil fromNoble, a company which wasacquired earlier this past spring.This is thought to be the firstethanol shipped from Brazil toChina since 2012.

At the same time COFCO hasincreased ethanol imports fromthe United States. The U.S.ethanol industry is the largest inthe world, with over 14.3 billion gallons producedlast year. The majority of our ethanol is used domes-tically in gasoline blends. With ethanol blend ratesstuck at 10 percent, the industry is looking for addi-tional marketing channels until domestic gasolineblend levels potentially increase.

Increasing exports have been a priority for theindustry. In the past couple years ethanol exportshave accounted for roughly 4.5 percent to six per-cent of production. In 2015, year-to-date exportshave surpassed 2014 levels due to an influx in Chi-nese purchases.

Corn, the primary feedstock for U.S. ethanol pro-duction, costs about one third the price of heavilysubsidized corn prices in China. Therefore ethanol

Livestock AnglesCattle struggle,

drift lowerIt has been a very uneven past couple of weeks in

the livestock markets. The cattle market is strug-gling and drifting lower, while the hog market after arally in prices is beginning to turn lower. The eco-nomic conditions around the world seem to be domi-nating all markets these days.

Cattle prices have slipped thepast several weeks as demand forbeef has been very slow. Theweights of cattle have increaseddramatically over the past fewmonths which has offset to a cer-tain degree the lack of animalsavailable for slaughter. This hasweakened the position of the cat-tle feeder for the most part in theprice discovery process for thepast several weeks.

As a result prices have declinedto levels not seen for months. Itwould appear that if demand does not pick up signif-icantly in the very near future, cattle prices may con-tinue to slip lower.

One obstacle in the way of increased demand wouldbe the strength in the U.S. dollar which has madeexport business significantly more expensive forthose countries that import U.S. beef. Another impor-tant factor in the demand for beef is the fact that thecompetitive meats are of better value to the con-sumer than beef in poor economic conditions. Sodespite the fact that cattle numbers are expected toremain tight for some time, the demand has becomethe dominant feature in the price discovery process.

Producers should be aware of market conditionsand protect inventories as needed.

Local Corn and Soybean Price Index

Grain OutlookCrop report rallies corn

The following market analysis is for the week end-ing Sept. 11.

CORN — The corn market gapped higher astraders returned from the Labor Day holiday and pro-ceeded to close higher every day of the week headinginto the World Agricultural Sup-ply and Demand Estimates Sep-tember crop report. The week wascapped by a bullish crop reportthat pushed prices to their high-est level since the last crop reporton Aug. 12 and accounted for overhalf of the week’s 24-cent rally.

The latest crop report was con-sidered friendly in general, butthe numbers were very close tothe pre-report estimates. Cornyield was dropped 1.3 bushels peracre from 168.8 bu./acre lastmonth to 167.5 bu./acre (167.6est. and 171 last year). Yields across both sides of theCorn Belt were cut, but of the top four producingstates, Iowa’s yield was 181 bu./acre (down two vs.last month), Illinois 173 bu./acre (up one), Minnesota183 bu./acre (down one) and Nebraska at 184 bu./acre(down three). Corn production for 2015-16 wasdropped 101 million bushels to 13.585 billion bushels(13.599 est.) from last month’s 13.686 billion bushelsand compared to 14.216 billion last year. Harvestedacres were left unchanged at 81.1 million acres.

Other 2015-16 balance sheet changes were a cut of25 million bushels in feed/residual and a five-millionincrease in Feed, Seed and Industrial. Including the40-million-bushel reduction in carry-in from 2014-15,ending stocks were less than expected showing adecrease of 121 million bushels from last month to

JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

Cash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $3.35 +.09$3.38 +.26$3.39 +.21$3.28 +.19$3.24 +.20$3.48 +.28

$3.35

$2.88

soybeans/change*$8.14 -.10$8.19 -.45$8.49 -.35$8.04 +.15$8.11 -.34$8.44 -.45

$8.24

$10.17

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

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. 26 See TEALE, pg. 27 See LENSING, pg. 26

KURT LENSINGAgStar Assistant VP &

Industry Specialist Waite Park, Minn.

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NYSTROM, from pg. 251.592 billion bushels. The tradedguess was 1.643 billion and lastmonth’s number was 1.713 billionbushels. This results in a year-on-yeardecrease in ending stocks of 140 mil-lion bushels. The 2015-16 stocks touse ratio went from 12.4 percent inAugust to 11.6 percent this month.

The 2014-15 balance sheet was alsoupdated. Ending stocks fell by 40 mil-lion bushels to 1.732 billion bushelsby increasing FSI use by 15 million(ethanol accounted for 5 million) andexports by 25 million bushels. Endingstocks were expected to fall from1.772 billion last month to 1.761 bil-lion this month.

World ending stocks for 2014-15were as expected at 197.2 millionmetric tons. The 2015-16 endingstocks fell to 189.7 mmt. Much of thedecline is accounted for by a 4.25 mmtfall in EU 28 production. The newnumber compares to 195.1 mmt lastmonth and the pre-report outlook for191.5 mmt. China raised their cropforecast by 3 mmt to 228 mmt whenthe USDA is using 225 mmt. Conabthis week pushed Brazil’s productionforecast to 84.7 mmt. The RosarioGrain Exchange’s outlook for

Argentina is a 23 per-cent cut in corn acresthis year due to thefinancial squeeze their farmers areundergoing.

Weekly export sales were a disap-pointment for the first week of the newmarketing year at 16.2 millionbushels. Total export commitments aredown 29 percent from last year whenthe fresh USDA balance sheet calls fora 1.3 percent decline in exports year-on-year. It will not be unexpected if theexport line on subsequent reports islowered.

Weekly ethanol production was thehighest ever for the beginning of amarketing year at 958,000 barrels perday, up 10,000 barrels per day week onweek. Stocks fell 360,000 barrels to18.6 million barrels.

OUTLOOK: December corn rallied24 cents for the week, over half comingon report day, settling at $3.87 perbushel as funds bought 20,000 con-tracts on the day. An outside higherday on report day sets up the 100-daymoving average at $3.88 per bushel asa very short term resistance point,then $3.93 1⁄2 per bushel.

The trade is anticipating another cut

to the yield outlook onnext month’s report.While this is a possibil-

ity, the demand side of the equationwill need to be scrutinized, which maykeep the carryout forecast in the 1.6-1.7 billion bushel area. Harvestweather will also come into play. If it’sdry, growers will push bushels to com-mercial storage quicker; if it’s delayedintermittently, producers will squirrelaway bushels at home.

Seasonally, we typically see a pricedecline in September. Other unknownsinclude funds’ appetite for furtherlength, export sales and farmer selling.For now, outlooks for price action mayturn slightly positive with the contractlow at $3.57 1⁄2 holding support untilmore is known about yields.

SOYBEANS — The first three daysof the short trading week acted as away to kill time ahead of the monthlycrop report. In the preamble, soybeanstraded a limited 17-cent range. TheSept. 11 crop report was bearish forsoybeans which resulted in a sharpspike lower to a new contract low at$8.53 1⁄4 per bushel. When the dustsettled, however, soybeans had erasedthe dive lower as corn rallied. Lookingahead, upside seems limited as har-

vest gains momentum, but limitedgrower selling and competitiveness onthe world scene may keep the down-side in check.

The biggest surprise on the Septem-ber WASDE report was an increase inthe soybean yield when the trade wasanticipating a decline. The yield wasraised 0.2 bu./acre to 47.1 bu./acrewhen the trade was expecting adecline from 46.9 bu./acre last monthto 46.4 bu./acre. The four top producingstate yields and the change from lastmonth were: Iowa 53 bu./acre (up one),Illinois 54 bu./acre (up one), Minnesota47 bu./acre (down one), and Nebraska56 bu./acre (unchanged).

The six-week streak of steady cropcondition reports at 63 percentgood/excellent into September werelikely a factor for the increase. Condi-tions have been higher than 63 percentonly twice in the last 20 years at thispoint in the year. Production waspegged at 3.935 billion bushels, up 19million bushels from last months’3.916 billion and 66 million higherthan the 3.869 billion average esti-mate. Last year we produced 3.969 bil-lion bushels. With a cut in carry-in of

LENSING, from 25prices are also inflated in China. Theaccompanying table is provided bythe Renewable Fuels Association andshows U.S. production vs. demand.

The question remains, is this influxof Chinese ethanol buying a newtrend that’s been driven by lower cornprices? Or, are the Chinese simplylooking to fill inventories at today’sprices?

If ethanol exports were to increaseby 50 percent this year it would beequivalent to increasing corn demandby 150 million bushels. The ethanoltax credit has been discontinued sinceJanuary of 2012, however ethanolproducers continue to provide thedomestic and export markets withcompetitively priced fuel.

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Table: 2014 Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand

Source: Renewable Fuels Association

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See NYSTROM, pg. 27

NYSTROM, from pg. 2630 million bushels, other changesincluded on the new crop balance sheetwas an increase of 10 million in crush and reductionof two million in residual use. Ending stocks for 2015-16 at 450 million bushels were 20 million lower fromlast month, but 35 million higher than the 415 mil-lion bushel estimate. Ending stocks year- on-year areexpected to more than double. The stocks to use ratiofell from 12.6 percent to 12.1 percent.

On the old crop 2014-15 balance sheet, imports wereraised three million, crush increased 25 million,exports upped 10 million and residual reduced by twomillion bushels. Resulting ending stocks at 210 millionbushels was a cut of 30 million bushels from last monthand compared to the 223 million bushel forecast.

World ending stocks were neutral in nature, butdrive home the fact that year-on-year stocks areclimbing. Ending stocks for 2014-15 at 78.7 mmtwere less than the 80.2 mmt estimate, but surge in2015-16 to 85.0 mmt. The 2015-16 stocks number wasslightly below the pre-report projection of 85.4 mmt.Argentina’s and Brazil’s production outlooks wereunchanged at 57 and 97 mmt respectively as wereChina’s bean imports at 79 mmt. Brazilian soybeanplanting will begin once the soybean-free period endsSept. 15. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and CornAdvisor is forecasting a 3.3 percent increase inBrazil’s planted soybean acres this year with a pro-duction forecast of 99 mmt. His outlook for Argentinais steady acreage with production of 60 mmt.

Weekly export sales were very good at 65.8 millionbushels to begin the new marketing year. However,total commitments are running 33 percent behind

last year while the USDA is project-ing just a six percent decline in

exports year-on-year. Brazil’s currencydecline has kept them competitive. U.S. exports arefinally becoming competitive on the global scene, sowe’ll see how they progress in the short run.

Turning to China, their producer price index inAugust fell 5.9 percent the biggest monthly drop since2009. August imports slumped 13.8 percent year-on-year. This sets the table for more government stimu-lus. China’s soybean imports in August were 7.78mmt, 29 percent higher than a year ago, bringing cal-

endar year imports to 52.39 mmt, up 10 percent year-on-year. Some estimates put China’s coverage at 85percent for October and 30 percent for November.

OUTLOOK: November soybeans closed 7 3⁄4 centshigher for the week at $8.74 1⁄4 per bushel after set-ting a new contract low on report day at $8.53 1⁄4per bushel. The potential for lower soybean pricesexists and could be expected in the short run sincethe crop report confirmed the world is well-suppliedwith soybeans. The November soybean price sup-port is the $8.50 area with resistance at $8.90 perbushel. ❖

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TEALE, from pg. 25The hog prices have also begun to drift lower over

the past few days as numbers continue to be a littlemore than adequate to meet packer’s needs. Thusthe slip in cash prices the past several days. Thefutures market has been rallying despite the weak-ness in cash to close the gap in the large discount thefutures have been maintaining since the August con-tract expired.

However, the outlook for a continued fair supply ofhogs and the questionable economic conditions, theanticipation of the market would still suggest fur-ther weakness lies ahead. The futures market hasanticipated the growing hog supply and are cur-rently at a deep discount to cash. This discount withfutures will continue to shrink as cash and futurescome together over time.

The positive news for pork is that it continues to bethe best value for meat protein at this time. This willnot likely create any major rallies in hog prices, butwill keep packers active in selecting live inventory.

Producers are urged to stay attuned to market con-ditions and stay current and protect inventories ifthe opportunity arises. ❖

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GEHL ........................................21

Haug Implement ........................31

Henslin Auctions ........................30

Hog Slat Inc ................................10

Holt Truck Center ......................18

Hotovec Auctions........................30

K & S Millwrights Inc................23

Keith Bode ..................................37

Kibble Equipment Inc ................37

Kohls Weelborg Ford..................27

Larson Brothers ....................33, 36

Massop Electric ..........................37

Matejcek Implement ..................38

Mitchell-Przybilla Auction ........31

MN Dept of Agriculture ............13

MN Livestock Breeders Assn ....11

MN Soybean Association ............4

Monson Motors ..........................16

Mustang Mfg ............................22

New Holland ..............................15

Northern Ag Service ..................33

Pioneer ......................................7, 8

Pride Solutions............................37

Pro Equipment Inc ......................35

Pruess Elevator Inc ....................36

R & E Enterprises of Mankato ..35

Rabe International Inc ................33

Ram Buildings ............................9

Ritter Ag Inc ..............................14

Rush River Steel & Trim ............11

Schlauderaff Implement..............10

Schweiss Inc ..............................36

SI Feeder/Schoessow Inc............22

Smiths Mill Implement Inc ........32

Sorensen’s Sales & Rentals ........32

Vermeer ......................................17

Willmar Precast ..........................12

Woodford Ag LLC......................35

Ziegler ........................................24

Zielsdorf Auction Service ..........30

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ADVERTISING NOTICE:Please check your ad the

first week it runs. We makeevery effort to avoid errorsby checking all copy, butsometimes errors aremissed. Therefore, we askthat you review your ad forcorrectness. If you find amistake, please call (507)345-4523 immediately sothat the error can be cor-rected. We regret that wecannot be responsible formore than one week's in-sertion if the error is notcalled to our attention. Wecannot be liable for anamount greater than thecost of the ad. THE LANDhas the right to edit, rejector properly classify any ad.Each classified line ad isseparately copyrighted toTHE LAND. Reproductionwithout permission isstrictly prohibited.

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FOR SALE: Central MN hogfarm, meat processingplant under inspection & di-rect marketing naturalpork business opportunity.Call for details. 320-533-1100

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

Selling or Buying Farms or 1031 Exchange!

Private Sale or Sealed Bid Auction!

Call “The Land Specialists!”Northland Real Estate

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

THINKING RETIREMENT?28 yr old w/ Agricultural De-

gree looking for 300+ till-able acres grain farmingoperation to buy, rent,manage or contract fordeed. 320-291-9033

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

thousands of acres. Serving Minnesota

Mages Land Co & Auc Servwww.magesland.com

800-803-8761

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5:00 PM - Farm Misc.6:00 PM - Hay & Straw

7:00 PM - LivestockSheep & Goats

2nd Wed. at 8:00 PMHOTOVEC

AUCTION CENTERN. Hwy. 15

Hutchinson, MN320-587-3347

www.hotovecauctions.com

WEEKLYAUCTION

Every Wednesday

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FOR SALE: Westfield 8x61'PTO auger, exc cond,$2,800; Demco green 365gravity box w/ 10T runninggear & lights, like new,$3,300; 11' bin sweep augerw/ motor, $130. 320-455-7123

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

Ask for Gary

Grain bin fan or blower,14,000 CFM, 27", 15hp mo-tor, 3 ph, like new, best of-fer. 612-819-6311

Gravity Wagons: Brent 544.Demco 365, (2) Parker 2600400 bu, (2) J&M 350 bu;Killbros 500, 15T gear, Spe-cial $4,875. Augers: 8x34,55, 60, Nice. (30 JD 8'blades, IH 490 disk, (4)3000, new rubber. (2) 6'brush mowers. Plus More!Peterson Equipment

New Ulm MN 507-276-6957 or 6958

Used Grain Bin SheetsFor grain storage in

a building.Broskoff Structures

507-256-7501

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Doda Super 150 10' chopperpump, 1000RPM, hose & fit-tings, $2,500; Balzer 6”x16'load stand on wheels,$1,500; '11 Lorentz snow-blower, Category III hitch,hyd swivel, hyd tilt, large1000RPM, used the last 3seasons, $6,500; Hutchinson42' grain auger, 5HP elecmotor, $900. 507-828-5521

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FOR SALE: 18x11 Butlergrain bin w/ unloadingauger & motor, asking$2,000/OBO. 320-266-3136 or320-253-3946

FOR SALE: Used grain bins,(2) 9,000 bu, (2) 12,000 bu,(1) 22,000 bu, (1) 40,000 bu.Call Broskoff Structures,507-256-7501 Ask for Dave

SILO DOORS Wood or steel doors shipped

promptly to your farmstainless fasteners

hardware available. (800)222-5726

Landwood Sales LLC

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

Wooden grain bunker: (8) 12'long x 8' high corner sec-tions; (6) 12' long x 8' high(2) 8' long x 8' high wallsw/ aeration tubes, can holdapprox 18,000 bu, $3,000.952-807-5583

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Brent #610 Grain Cart 600 bu,Good Cond. Glencoe 13Shank Stretch Soil Saver(16 Ft 3”) w/ Summers 3Bar Heavy Harrow, LikeNew. 319-347-6138 Can Del

Brent Avalanche 1084 graincart, '06, 36" track & tarp,$35,000. 715-556-9090 or 715-632-2319

FOR SALE: 4-480J 3ph 18”fans w/ controls, used oneseason; 3-22” LP binheaters 110 volt controlsable to transition to fit anyfan. 320-269-8719 or 320-226-0296

FOR SALE: Westfield 10x61auger w/ swing hopper, di-rect drive. 507-532-3161

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FOR SALE: Antique cornbinder, IHC, PTR drive,asking $250/OBO. 320-266-3136 or 320-253-3946

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FOR SALE: Gehl forageblower #99; Kewanee eleva-tor, 10” x 51' w/ PTO, mod-el 4100. 507-876-2745

Pritchett brand netwrap.Tired of broken net? Giveus a try. It's made heavierfor cornstalks. Use lesswraps and reasonablypriced. Cy Eisele. 507-360-0251

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Aeration fans: (4)18”, 1½ hpCaldwell fans, (1) 26”, 13hp, Airstream, (1) 26”, 5 hpCaldwell, all single phaseand shedded. 320-235-8349

FOR SALE: 1-14,000 bu MFSbin, comes w/ false floor,aeriation fan, grain spread-er, roof vents, 8” unload; 1-4,000 bu GSI wet bin, 1-8”46' cross auger w/ motor.320-980-1312

FOR SALE: Used CleanGrain Bins: 24' & 27' Butlerdryers; 24' & 27' & 36' But-ler storage bins. Seller canpour concrete and erect binon your site if scheduledsoon. 612-501-4177

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

(952)447-4700

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Bought It BecauseYou Saw it in The Land?Tell AdvertisersWHERE You Saw it!

Building Lasting RelationshipsFarm Implements 035

CIH 6500 11 shank disk chis-el, $4,750; JD 630 26' disk,exc blades, $7,900; CIH 580031' chisel plow, $9,750; JD2800 6 bottom onland springreset plow, $3,250; (3)Parker 2500 gravity boxesw/ truck tires, $1,350/ea; JD1075 trailer 12.5x16 tires,$1,300. 320-769-2756

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Balzer 6350 manure spread-er, 6350 gal liq, flow meter,raven truck transfer kit,bottom fill hyd drivenpump, Lots of extra parts,$28,000; Hose Trailer, 6Trunning gear, deck w/sides, storage compart-ments on each side, $750.507-828-5521

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15' JD Batwing Rotary Mow-er, 3 bale racks w/ runninggear, bumper hitch tele-scoping & swinging. 715-532-9904

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Have anupcoming auction?

Talk to your auctioneeror call our friendly staff

at (800) 657-4665to place your auction

in THE [email protected] • www.TheLandOnline.com

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

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

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

Sioux Equipment:• Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders• Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates • Loading Chute • Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes

& Tubs • Calf WarmerJBM Equipment:

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

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

• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.• 150 Bu. Steel Calf Creep w/Wheels• Taylor-Way 7’ rotary cutter• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders• Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’• EZ Trail Wagons Boxes & Bale Baskets• Taylor-way 3 way dump trailer• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor• Sitrex Wheel Rakes• Bale Baskets• SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks• Goat, Sheep & Calf Feeders

– NEW ITEMS –• For-Most Livestock Equipment• Ameriag Poly Mineral Feeders

Lot - Hwy 7 EOffice Location - 305 Adams Street

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

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

• GT (Tox-o-wik) 350 Bu. PTO Dryer• GT (Tox-o-wik) 500 Bu. PTO Dryer, Being Rebuilt• IHC 4RW Stalk Chopper, Very Good• ATG 1200 Automatic Roller Mill, PTO w/Blower• 5-Shank Pull-Type V-Ripper• JD BWA Disk w/Duals, 15’, Very Good• Tandem Hyd. Dump Trailer• Several Good Manure Spreaders• 4-Wheel Feeder Wagon, 20’• EZ Flow 300 Bu. Box w/10-T EZ Trail Wagon

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• DR® POWER EQUIPMENT

We can also sell your equipment for youon consignment

USED TRACTORSNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ................................CALLNEW NH T8.320, FWA..................................CALLNEW NH T7.200, FWA..................................CALLNEW NH T4.105, w/loader ..........................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader ............CALLNEW Massey 1736, w/loader ......................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD..............................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA..............................CALLNEW Versatile 260, FWA..............................CALLNEW Boomer 37, w/loader ..........................CALL‘12 NH T9.560, 4WD ............................$210,000NH TV6070 bi-directional ......................$84,000‘12 Versatile 280 w/F&R duals, 760 hrs.

..........................................................$125,000‘12 Cat MT945C, 480 hrs. ....................$257,000

TILLAGENEW Sunflower 4412-07..............................CALLNEW Sunflower 4412-05..............................CALLSunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..............CALLSunflower 4412-05, 5-shank ..................$25,000Sunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow ............CALLNEW Wilrich 513, 9-shank, Demo ..............CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/basket ............$48,500‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................$48,000‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................$30,000‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ....................$35,500

SKIDSTEERSBobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ........................$35,900NEW NH Skidsteers – On Hand ..................CALL‘11 NH 225 h/a, Loaded ..............................CALL

PLANTERSNEW White Planters ....................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ................$92,000White 6122, 12-30 ..................................$14,900White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row................$15,000

‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 $92,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20..........$38,500

COMBINESNEW Fantini Chopping CH ..........................CALLFantini Pre-Owned 8-30 Chopping CH ......CALL‘10 Gleaner R66, Loaded ....................$200,000‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ....................$210,000‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop ..........$95,000‘03 Gleaner R65 ....................................$115,000‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ........................$18,000‘96 Gleaner R62 w/CDF rotor, exc. ........$58,000

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS Units ..............................CALLNEW Salford Plows......................................CALLNEW Unverferth Seed Tenders....................CALLNEW Westfield Augers ................................CALLNEW Rem 2700 Vac ....................................CALLNEW Hardi Sprayers ....................................CALLNEW Riteway Rollers ..................................CALLNEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..........................CALLNEW Batco Conveyors ................................CALLNEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts..............CALLNEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ......................CALLNEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ............CALLREM 2700, Rental ........................................CALLUnverferth 8000 Grain Cart..........................CALLKinze 1050 w/duals......................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ..................CALLPre-owned Sprayers ....................................CALL

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

and “Low Rate Financing Available”

SPECIALS– On All Equipment –

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Small 150-200 bu gravity box-es on 6 & 7T gears; Ford3pt 3-16 plows; inland 16'bale flat racks on 6 & 8Tgears; IH 450 tractor, NF,PS, regular draw bar, goodrubber; 6 & 8T runninggears; plow parts for 720IH plows. 320-864-4583 or320-779-4583

TRACTOR FOR SALE:1991 CIH 7140 MFD, 18R-42 duals, front weights,quick hitch. Very goodcondition. (320) 269-8717

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

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'99 JD 8400 FA w/ duals,newer radar, tires 80-90%,full set of wgts, ballastedcategory III quick hitch,P/S, 6,100 hrs, $75,000; '65JD 4020, All new lights &wiring, New alternator, ra-diator side lights, YearAround cab, rock box,quick hitch, very goodcond, 13,256 hrs, $10,000.507-828-5521

Case IH 8940 MFD, Case IH7110, Case IH 7220, JD4250, JD 4450, JD 7600MFD, NH 8970 MFD. 608-987-2373

FOR SALE: '04 JD 7820,2WD, 993 hours, rock box,18.4-42 tires, 4 wheel wgts,,exc. condition, always shed-ded. 320-366-3589

FOR SALE: '08 JD 8130,MFWD, one owner, 2440hrs, PS, 60 gal pump, ac-tive seat, Xenon lights,380x90/R50 duals, $117,500.320-894-5192

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JD 4020 $7,000; WoodsbushBull 720 weed cutter 72"$2,000; Bobcat Auger Model18, w/ 9" & 24" bits, $1,800.815-943-2251 or 815-351-3314

JD 428 60' hay & grain eleva-tor w/ hyd lift. 608-797-2003

JD 443 cornhead, hi-tin, earsaver, good shape, $2,500;DMI 9 shank, disk chisel, 221/2” disk blades, exc. shape,$6,000. 651-674-8231

Loftness 180SH shredder,near new cond, $8,900;Degelman 10' dozer, exccond, will fit most tractors,$3,500; Artsway 860 TMRw/ scale, very good cond,$3,500; Gehl 1680 blower,good cond, $900. 651-983-4741

MF 1135 cabin air; 6x51 &8x41 elec augers; graincleaner; Katolight 55 & 85KW generators & others;GN 30' tandem dual trailer.320-760-1634

Parker 6250 gravity box w/tarp, $8,750; J&M 525 gravi-ty box, $5,750. Both have425 truck tires & brakes &lights. '02 Case IH 1020 30'flex head, 3” cut, $4,900; '03Case IH 1020 25' flex head,3” cut, $5,900; Case IH 10838x30 CH, $4,750; Case IH1063 6x30 CH, $3,750; IH 7207x18 onland auto resetplow, $3,450. 320-769-2756

Peterson Equipment New Ulm MN

8 gravity wagons; Demco,Parker, J&M, Killbros15T 500 bu. Augers: 8x34'55', 60'. IH 490 disk; 4tractors: Ford, 3000, 800;3pt 6' chopper; 2 JD 8'3pt blades. Plus More!507-276-6958 or 6957

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FOR SALE: 2 Sudenga pwrhead 8” unload augers for36' bin, 1 Sudenga 6” sweepauger for 36' bin; 1 West-field 861 auger; Hi-Cap 48”grain screener; 1 2hp elecmotor & 2 5hp elec motors;IH 710 518 auto reset plow.507-437-6238 or 507-438-6623

FOR SALE: IH 8x18 onlandplow, $5,000; JD 220 beanhead, nice, $1,500; Caterpil-lar D6 bull dozer, $5,000;Case 1845 skid loader,$6,500. Delivery possible.507-330-3945

FOR SALE: JD 3800 chopperw/ 2RW cornhead & hayhead, always shedded, invery good condition, $2,500.763-662-2635 Princeton MN

FOR SALE: Merritt alumhopper grain trailers; '89IH 1680 combine; 690 Kill-bros grain cart; 24R30” JDpl on Kinze bar; Big Afloater; 175 Michigan ldr;IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708CH & parts; White plows &parts; (3) 4WD drive pick-ups ('78-'80); JD 44' fieldcult; 3300 Hiniker fieldcult; IH 260 backhoe; head-er trailers. 507-380-5324

Harms Mfg. Land Rollers,Brand New, 12'-$6,500;

14'-$7,000; 16'-$7,500; 24'-$14,000; 32'-$16,500;

42'-$19,500 Used 45' - $15,000

715-234-1993

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

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CIH 9170 tractor, PS, 20.8x38triples, recent work orderof $20,000 & 4 new tires,$27,900; CIH 5800 311' chiselplow, $9,750; IH 800, 9x18pull type plow, auto reset,$5,900; JD 608C choppingcornhead exc cond, $32,500;'07 JD 635 flex head, $8,500.320-769-2756

FOR SALE: '79 KD 4240 QR,Cab & Air, 7400 hrs; JD3020 diesel Wheatland, 3pt,WF; IH 303 combine w/bean & cornhead, goodcond; JD 45 loader, JD 148& 158 loaders; Case IH 2255loader, 3pt post hole drill;JD 40 PTO manure spread-er; Killbros 655 bu gravitybox, like new; JD Donahue8x 28' & 6x28' trailers.Koestler Equipment 507-399-3006

FOR SALE: '82 IH 5488, 6650hrs, 18.4x42 tires, lg1000rpm PTO, new batter-ies, 18-6 transmission, pro-fessionally repainted, allnew cab interior, 507-381-9374

FOR SALE: 185 NH manurespreader, exc cond, $7,800.715-265-4409

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Classified Ad Deadline is Noon on Monday

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

TRACTORS‘09 CIH 385, 4-wheel - $179,900‘11 CIH 315 Trucks - $215,900‘12 Puma 130, Duals, CUT - $89,250‘10 CIH 435 Quad - $249,000‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 36” PTO- $215,000

TILLAGECIH RM+370, 28’, 3 bar - $38,500CIH 730C - $24,900CIH 870, 14’ w/spike harrow - CallCIH 870, 18’, 4 basket - $53,500CIH 530B - $15,000

IH 720, 7-18 O/L, auto - $595

HARVEST‘99 CIH 2388 - $64,500‘08 CIH 7010 - $179,500‘11 CIH 7088 - $219,500‘10 CIH 6088 - $205,000‘89 CIH 1680 - $19,900‘09 CIH 2020, 30’ - $21,500‘04 CIH 1020, 30’ - $8,950‘10 CIH 2608, 8-30 chopping head- $55,000

‘01 CIH 2208, 8-30 - $18,500

LOCAL TRADES LOCAL TRADES

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

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

– CLOSE OUT PRICES –New Aluma 8218 tilt w/4800# axle - $6,395, plus tax & licenseDemo - 870, 22’ w/Reel only 50A (e) - $79,500

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

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

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘13 JD 9460R, 389 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd.

valves, hi-flow, HID lights, 480x50 tires &duals, P.T. Warranty Until 5/16..........$220,000

‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO,5 hyd., hi-flow, 480x50 tires & duals$225,000

‘12 JD 9560RT, 859 hrs., 1000 PTO,36” tracks..........................................$245,000

‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., 800/70/38 duals..........................................................$229,000

‘12 JD 9410, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,duals ................................................$190,000

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

‘13 JD 9360R, 290 hrs., PS, 3 pt. hitch, 1000PTO, 5 hyd., hi-flow, HID lights, 480x46 tires& duals, P.T. Warranty Until 1/16 ......$199,000

‘97 JD 9200, 8239 hrs., 24-spd., 1000 PTO,520x42 tires & duals, 3 hyd. ..............$59,000

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

‘02 CIH STX425, 12-spd. manual, 4 valves,710x38 duals, 3465 hrs. ....................$95,000

‘13 NH T9.615, 670 hrs., PS, 800x38 duals,HID lights, w/complete auto steer ....$205,000

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

‘05 CIH STX375, 6675 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,710x38 duals ......................................$89,000

‘09 Challenger 765C, 3180 hrs., 6 hyd. valves,1000 PTO, 3 pt., 18” tracks ..............$118,000

‘13 Cat 765D, 790 hrs., 25” tracks, 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts. ..........$180,000

‘09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., 12-spd., 4 hyd.,800x38 tires & duals ........................$139,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘13 CIH 290 Magnum, 1249 hrs., Lux. cab,

18-spd., PS, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 duals& 480x34 front duals, Extended WarrantyUntil 02/05/17 or 4000 hrs. ..............$135,000

‘12 CIH 260 Magnum, 1784 hrs., 19-spd. PS,susp. front axle, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, 480x50tires & duals, also front duals & wgts...........................................................$115,000

‘10 JD 8270R, MFWD, 3888 hrs., PS, 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46 duals......$110,000

‘08 JD 9630, 2750 hrs., PS, 4 hyd., HID lights,800x38” tires & duals ......................$140,000

‘14 JD 8285R, 1255 hrs., PS, 4 hyd., 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 480x50 duals, front wgts.$145,000

‘04 JD 8220, MFWD, 5083 hrs., PS trans.,3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd. valves, front wgts.,520x42 tires & duals ..........................$78,000

‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,IVT trans., 18.4x46 tires & duals ......$118,000

‘94 NH 6640SLE, MFWD, cab, air, 3 pt.,w/loader & grapple..............................$27,000

‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 585 hrs., 3 pt.,540/1000 PTO, big pumps, 420x46 duals,Auto Steer ready ..............................$129,000

‘12 CIH 315, MFWD, 481 hrs., Lux. cab,1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 reartires & duals......................................$155,000

‘12 CIH 290, MFWD, 390 hrs., Lux. cab,5 hyd., big pump, HID lights, front & rearduals, 480x50 rear tires ....................$155,000

‘06 CIH 245, MFWD, 5100 hrs., 4 hyd. valves,3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals............................................................$69,000

‘03 CIH MX210, MFWD, 5550 hrs., 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, 380x46 tires& duals................................................$63,000

COMBINES‘10 JD 9870, 2WD, 1500 eng./1220 sep. hrs.,

1250/32 floater tires, 5-spd. feederhouse,Pro-drive ..........................................$132,000

‘09 JD 9870, 1895 eng./1233 sep. hrs.,Pro-drive, 5-spd. feederhouse, chopper,520x42 tires & duals ........................$129,000

‘11 JD 9770, 895 eng./614 sep. hrs., Premiumcab, 5-spd. feederhouse, CM, Pro-drive,chopper, 520x42 tires & duals..........$175,000

‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs.,chopper, CM, 20.8x42 duals ............$135,000

‘11 JD 9670, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs.,CM, SLS pkg., 20.8x38 duals............$149,000

‘09 JD 9570, 1496 eng./904 sep. hrs.,CM, chopper, 30.5x32 tires, Very Clean..........................................................$123,000

‘10 CIH 9120, 4x4, 859 eng./615 sep. hrs.,rock trap, tracker, chopper, 620x42 tires& duals..............................................$175,000

‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs.,well equipped, 520x42 tires & duals $200,000

‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42 tires& duals..............................................$169,000

‘13 CIH 7130, 511 eng./399 sep. hrs., lateraltilt, rock trap, chopper, power bin extention,800x32 single tires............................$169,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42 tires& duals..............................................$169,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, lateral tilt feeder,power bin extension, 30.5x32 tires ..$135,000

‘13 Challenger 560C, 4WD, 489 eng./278 sep.hrs., (Has ATI Track System), power binextension, HID lights, Same Combine asMassey 8560 ....................................$198,000

‘08 NH CR9060, 1782 eng./1332 sep. hrs., 4x4, terrain tracer, chopper, rock trap,620x42 duals ......................................$95,000

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, long unloading auger,520x42 tires & duals ..........................$65,000

COMBINE HEADS‘05 Geringhoff 830 Roto Disc, 8R30” ..$25,000‘08 CIH 3408, 8R30”, hyd. deck plates $25,000‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head ..................$12,500‘05 JD 630, 30’ flex head ......................$13,000‘07 Geringhoff Roto Disc Head, 16R22”,

for JD ..................................................$29,000Gleaner 6R30” hugger cornhead,

off R60 combine ..................................$6,500

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FOR SALE: '07 JD 893 corn-head, knife rolls, hyd deckplates, single pt hookup,stubble lights, side shields,$25,000; Loftness 20' stalkchopper, $6,500. 507-317-1757

FOR SALE: '12 Brent 1082,scale, tarp, & 20 ply dia-mond trend tires, low use,will deliver, $32,500. 715-797-9510

FOR SALE: '80 JD 3960silage chopper w/ 3R30”head, SN484055, $5,900; (2)14' Balzer unloading wag-ons, $2,750/ea; 122 JD un-loading wagon, $1,750; NHsilage blower #40 1000rpm,SN741304, $3,500. All shed-ded, very good cond. 507-525-1034 or 507-456-3698

FOR SALE: '84 JD 6620 com-bine w/ 3100 eng comes with920 bean head & 443 corn-head, well maintained, al-ways shedded. 507-430-5563or 507-342-5711

FOR SALE: '90 Gleaner R50,4RW, 15' bean head, 13'dummy head, 2600 hrs, exc,field ready, New Idea 324corn picker, 12R huskingbed, exc, Norwood 612-202-7944

FOR SALE: '97 IH 2166 com-bine, AFX rotor, AFS yieldmonitor, grain ext, fieldtracker, 1063 cornhead, 102025' bean platform w/ cart,$57,500/OBO. 507-456-2001

FOR SALE: '98 2366 com-bine, rock trap, field track-er, chopper, Ag Leaderyield & moisture, $65,000;IH 781 chopper hay & corn-head, $2,500. 612-508-1194

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'50 JD M engine OH'd, newtires, battery & paint, showready, $3,650. 715-268-2487

FOR SALE: '78 AC 7060, re-cent overhaul, PS, nearlynew, 20.8 Firestone radials,duals, $8,500. 507-220-2834

FOR SALE: '79 JD 2840tractor with 148 loader,rollbar and canopy. Runsgood but needs somework. 5300 hrs. $7,500OBO (or best offer) (507)537-1815

FOR SALE: C-Allis Trac-tor SFW 1948 C Allis witha single front wheel, col-lector tractor, only 664built. Restored in 2003,has only been driven in 4parades since. Have pho-tos. $3,000/OBO (or bestoffer) (218) 230-9337

FOR SALE: JD 4630 Quad,cab, 18.4x42 tires w/ duals,engine has miss, call for in-fo. 715-797-9510

FOR SALE: Oliver tracotrs,660 gas, looks & runs good,880 standard ddsl, in goodrunning cond; 77 gas NF,runs but needs work. 218-564-4273 or 218-639-0315

FOR SALE: Used Oliver &White tracotr parts, forOliver 66 up to 2255 & White105 tractor. Also, havesome tires & rims, a lot ofsheet metal for Olivers &White 105. 218-564-4273 or218-639-0315

FOR SALE: Versatile 875,2nd owner, well cared for,$18,000; '97 Ford 7740 FWA,C/A/H w/ 695 Allied ldr,$25,000; JD 610 27' chiselplow, $7,500; CIH 730B rip-per, $8,500. 218-639-9304

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


'87 Case IH 1660 4dw special-ty rotor, Kile rotor lights,4300 hrs; 1020 20' flex head,Case IH. Both in great con-dition. (715)748-2533

'89 JD 6620 TITAN II Side-Hill combine, 28L-26 tires,$7,900. 715-577-0082

'94 Case IH 1666 combine, w/3230 hrs, through Titan In-t'l inspection last 2 yrs,front tires like new, excshape, $26,000. '90s 1020bean head, 25' w/ rockguard & elec head control,$4,000. 507-223-5532

1000 Bu Unverferth #9250Grain Cart w/ Scale (2007)Very Good. FETERL12x112 Ft CommercialAuger w/ Power MoverHopper Good One. 319-347-2349 Can Deliver

370 Mathews continuous flowcorn dryer, LP or naturalgas, 3ph converter is avail-able, $4,500. 715-948-2227 or715-553-3250

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

‘14 JD 8320R, 980 Hrs., PS,Leather, Ext. Warranty ....$229,900

‘12 JD 8335RT, 1647 Hrs.,25” Tracks ........................$235,900

‘09 JD 7930, 1084 Hrs., IVT,AT Ready..........................$149,900

‘11 JD 8310RT, 1886 Hrs., PS,30” Tracks, Leather ........$214,500

(H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 Sep. Hrs.,18.4x38’s ..........................$154,900

(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 800 Hrs.,620/70R42’s ....................$219,900

‘12 JD S660, 292 Sep. Hrs.,520/85R38’s ....................$259,900

(H) ‘14 JD S680, 278 Sep. Hrs., PTWarranty Until 9-9-17 ......$339,900

‘02 JD 9550, 1652 Sep. Hrs.............................................$84,900

(B) ‘11 Geringhoff RD1230,12R30” Chopping ..............$74,900

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(N) ‘14 JD 9560R, 250 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$339,900(N) ‘14 JD 9510R, 628 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$299,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 534 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ..$289,900(N) ‘14 JD 9460R, 374 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$284,900(OW) ‘15 JD 9370R, 480 hrs., PTO ..........................$269,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO ..........................$259,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1360 hrs., 800/38’s ....................$234,900(B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1294 hrs., 800/70R38’s..................$225,900(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s ....................$219,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630, 2138 hrs. ........................................$212,900(H) ‘09 JD 9530, 2802 hrs., 800/38’s ........................$189,900(OS) ‘09 JD 9330, 2124 hrs., PTO ............................$189,900(N) ‘08 JD 9530, 1356 hrs., 800/70R38’s..................$185,000(OS) ‘05 JD 9620, 2119 hrs., 800/70R38’s, duals ....$175,000(OW) ‘07 JD 9620 3973 hrs., PS ..............................$169,900(OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ................$79,900(B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4812 hrs., 710/38’s ..........................$79,900

Track Tractors(OW) ‘14 JD 9460RT, 523 hrs., leather ....................$299,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 825 hrs., leather ....................$279,900(OW) ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2249 hrs., PTO ................$277,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8335RT, 567 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ........$269,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1640 hrs. ..................................$249,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ........$249,900(B) ‘97 JD 9630T, 1431 hrs. ......................................$249,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1907 hrs. ......................................$244,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9630T, 1737 hrs. ..................................$239,900(H) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1157 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks..........$235,900(B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1883 hrs., PS, 25” tracks ..........$214,500(OW) ‘10 CIH Quad Track 535, 4100 hrs. ..............$209,900(H) ‘05 JD 9620T, 3141 hrs. ......................................$134,900

Row Crop Tractors(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$299,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ....$294,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 480 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$294,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 501 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$289,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 491 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$279,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 513 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$274,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ....$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$269,900(OS) ‘14 JD 8320R, 100 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ......$263,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 877 hrs., IVT, ILS, leather ........$249,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 474 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$244,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS......................$244,900(OS) ‘13 JD 8310R ....................................................$239,900(N) ‘14 JD 8320R, 938 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$239,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 969 hrs., PS, ILS......................$229,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 980 hrs., PS, ILS......................$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 350 hrs., PS ............................$229,900(N) ‘14 JD 8260R, 274 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$210,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 1000 hrs., PS, ILS....................$209,900(OS) ‘14 JD 7270R, 313 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty......$209,500(Os) ‘14 JD 7210R, 240 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$179,900(OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 950 hrs., PS, front duals ........$169,900(OS) ‘13 JD 7200R, 200 hrs., IVT..............................$169,900(OS) ‘14 CIH 235, 214 hrs., PS ................................$160,000(B) ‘10 JD 8225R, 602 hrs., PS ................................$159,900(B) ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 hrs., IVT ................................$149,900(H) ‘13 JD 6170R, 568 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$142,900(OW) ‘08 JD 8130, 2246 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$139,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 627 hrs., IVT ................................$138,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 639 hrs., auto quad ....................$129,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 413 hrs., auto quad ....................$126,900(H) ‘06 JD 8130R, 4742 hrs., 540/1000 PTO............$112,500(OS) ‘13 JD 6125R, 111 hrs., IVT..............................$108,900(B) ‘01 JD 8210, 6491 hrs., PS, MFWD ......................$74,900

(N) ‘14 JD 6115M, 93 hrs., PQ ....................................$74,900(N) ‘93 JD 7800, 4600 hrs., 2WD, loader ....................$56,500(B) ‘13 JD 5085M, 460 hrs., power reverser ..............$53,900(B) ‘09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs., loader ..........................$52,500(B) JD 5085M, 133 hrs., OS ........................................$42,900(OS) ‘14 JD 5065E, 60 hrs., MFWD ............................$29,500(B) ‘78 IH 1486, 7400 hrs.............................................$11,900(B) ‘80 White 2-85, 6904 hrs., Recent OH....................$8,595

FALL TILLAGE(OW) ‘13 JD 2623VT, 40’ vertical tillage ....................$69,500(B) ‘12 CIH 870, 9-shank ............................................$54,500(OS) ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ............................$49,900(B) ‘12 Salford 8212, 12-bottom plow ......................$47,500(OW) ‘12 Krause 30’ vertical tillage ............................$47,500(N) ‘14 JD 2700, 9-shank @ 24”..................................$45,500(OW) ‘11 JD 2410, 55’ chisel plow ............................$44,900(N) ‘14 JD 2410, 332’ chisel plow ..............................$43,000(B) ‘11 JD 2410, 47’ chisel plow ................................$40,900(H) ‘10 Krause 4850, 9-shank ripper..........................$39,900(OW) ‘11 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow............................$39,900(B) ‘12 JD 2410, 28’ chisel plow ................................$38,900(H) ‘12 JD 2700, 7-shank, rolling basket ....................$37,900(B) ‘02 JD 637, 32’ disk ..............................................$34,900(B) ‘09 JD 3710, 6-bottom plow ................................$31,900(B) ‘05 JD 512, 9-shank ripper ....................................$28,500(B) ‘00 JD 512, 9-shank ripper ....................................$27,900(H) JD 635, 30’ disk ......................................................$25,500(N) ‘94 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ..............................$22,500(B) ‘99 JD 3710, 6-bottom, on land............................$21,900(OS) ‘09 JD 512, 5-shank ripper ................................$21,500(OW) ‘96 JD 3710, 9-bottom plow..............................$20,000JD 2700, 5-shank ..............................(7) Starting at $19,950(B) CIH 527B, 5-shank ripper ......................................$17,900(B) ‘97 JD 680, 11’ chisel plow......................................$9,900

COMBINES(H) ‘14 JD S680, 278 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ........$339,900(B) ‘13 JD S680, 338 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$319,900(B) ‘14 JD S660, 106 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$319,900(N) ‘14 JD S670, 215 sep. hrs. ..................................$319,900(N) ‘14 JD S660, 159 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ........$289,900(OS) ‘14 JD S660, 162 sep. hrs., Ext. PT Warranty $289,500(OW) ‘14 JD S660, 228 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ......$284,900(OW) ‘12 JD S660, 145 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ......$279,900(OS) ‘13 JD S660, 363 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ......$269,900(N) ‘12 JD S660, 292 sep. hrs., duals ......................$259,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9770, 758 sep. hrs., PRWD..................$219,900(B) ‘10 JD 9670, 732 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$219,900(OS) ‘11 JD 9670, 770 sep. hrs., duals ....................$218,500(OW) ‘10 JD 9870, 945 sep. hrs., PRWD..................$205,900(B) ‘09 JD 9770, 856 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$189,900(OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 571 sep. hrs., duals ....................$182,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1173 sep. hrs., duals ................$179,900(H) ‘11 JD 9770, 1978 sep. hrs., duals ....................$156,900(H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 sep. hrs., duals ......................$154,900(H) ‘07 JD 9660, 1364 sep. hrs. ................................$139,900(B) ‘04 JD 9760, 1365 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................$134,900(H) ‘05 JD 9860, 2034 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................$132,500(OS) ‘06 JD 9660, 1509 sep. hrs., duals ..................$129,900(OS) ‘05 JD 9560STS, 1555 sep. hrs. ......................$127,500(OW) ‘06 JD 9660, 1542 sep. hrs., duals ................$125,900(OW) ‘07 JD 9760, 1815 sep. hrs., duals ................$125,900(H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep. hrs., duals ....................$119,900(N) ‘05 JD 9560STS, 1454 sep. hrs., duals..............$119,500(H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1581 sep. hrs., walker, duals ........$108,000(OW) ‘06 CAT 580R, 2100 sep. hrs., duals ................$99,900(H) ‘01 JD 9650STS, 2006 sep. hrs., duals ................$95,900(OS) ‘03 JD 9450, 1734 sep. hrs., walker ..................$88,500(H) ‘03 JD 9750, 2049 sep. hrs., duals ......................$84,900

(H) ‘02 JD 9550, 1652 sep. hrs., walker ....................$84,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9550, 1857 sep. hrs., walker..................$79,900(OW) ‘00 JD 9550, 1841 sep. hrs., duals....................$78,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9650, Walker, 2500 sep. hrs...................$68,000(H) ‘89 JD 9500, 4564 sep. hrs., duals ......................$27,500

CORNHEADS(OW) ‘14 JD 618, 18R20”, chopping ........................$159,500(N) ‘14 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ............................$104,900(OW) ‘13 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ........................$104,900(H) ‘12 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ..............................$74,900(B) ‘11 Geringhoff RD1230, 12R30”, chopping ........$74,900(H) ‘11 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ..............................$69,900(OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ..........................$64,900(B) ‘09 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ..............................$64,900(B) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ..............................$61,900(OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ..........................$55,500(OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ..........................$55,000(OW) ‘10 Drago N12TR, 12R30”, chopping ..............$49,900JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping, 16 To Choose From

..............................................................Starting @ $39,900(OW) ‘09 JD 608, non-chopping ................................$37,900(B) ‘07 Geringhoff RD830, 8R30”, chopping ............$35,900(OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R30”, non chopping ..................$33,900(H) ‘04 JD 1290, 12R20”..............................................$33,000(B) ‘00 JD 1092, 12R20”, knife rolls............................$26,900(OW) ‘06 Harvest Tec 4308C, chopping ..................$22,900(N) ‘05 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls................................$19,900(B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ................................$14,900(B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ................................$15,495JD 893, 8R30”, 20 To Choose From ..........Starting @ $9,950(OW) ‘92 JD 843, 8R30” ................................................$5,500(B) ‘82 JD 643, 6R30” ....................................................$4,595

PLATFORMS(OW) ‘08 JD 635, air reel ............................................$38,000JD 635, 12 To Choose From

..............................Priced Between $18,900 to $21,900JD 630, 12 To Choose From

..............................Priced Between $16,000 to $21,500(H) ‘05 JD 625, 25’ full finger ......................................$20,000(N) ‘05 JD 625, 25’ full finger ......................................$19,900(H) ‘11 JD 635, air reel ................................................$35,500(OW) ‘09 JD 635, air reel ............................................$27,900(H) ‘98 JD 925, level land ..............................................$6,500(OS) ‘94 JD 925, 25’ ......................................................$5,900

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Why apply Aglime:• At a soil ph level of 5.5 nitrogen efficiency is only77 percent.• A soil ph level of 6.0 nitrogen efficiency is still is only89 percent.• At a soil ph level of 7.0 fertilizer efficiency is 100 percent.Advantages we offer over others:Field Care• Our system of delivering lime is more efficient andeconomical.• No stockpiling on the ground.• No wasted time or mess.• Spread with a Terra Gator to minimize groundcompaction.Terra Gators• We have eight units to keep wait time to a minimum.Even Spread• We use the latest GPS application and guidance.• We are capable of doing conventional and variable ratespreading to suit the needs of our customers.

For more information on Agricultural Lime delivery,spreading and rates, please email us at:

[email protected] - or call 800-388-3320 today!


FOR SALE: JD 693 corn-head, low acres, excellentcondition, w/ header wagon,$17,500. 715-797-9510

FOR SALE: JD 9x22” &10x22” cornheads, recentJD service, poly, verygood, $5,000/OBO each. 952-240-2193

FOR SALE: Killbros 475 sideunload grain cart, 23x26tires, shedded, good condi-tion, $4,800. 952-240-2193

FOR SALE: Sharp LateModel MF 860, 1 owner 9120bean head, 1163 cornhead.$18,500/OBO 515-571-1372

Geringhoff PC chopping CH,6R30", recent new chains,guides, knives & concaves.$6,000/OBO. (651)380-3734 or(651)923-4478

Int'l 1420 combine, 3200 hrson it, $3,000; Case 4RNcornhead, $2,500. 563-379-3745

JD 30' 630F grain head, ('06)field ready, low acres,$13,900/OBO. JD 230-23 ½'tandem disk, $1,500. 507-327-6430

JD 9600 combine '97 model,new reverser, plus manynew parts, 4x4, good condi-tion, $32,500. 715-307-4737

John Deere 444 lo-profile, oildrive cornhead, $2,800;John Deere 215 bean head,$1,200. 763-482-2575

NH 824 cornhead, exc cond,$2,500. (715)495-0757

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'01 JD 1750 conservation 6Rplanter, No till or conven-tional, has everything,Nice, $16,500, St. CroixFalls. 715-557-0762


FOR SALE: 4 gravity boxesin excellent condition. 715-639-2119

FOR SALE: IH '81 1440 com-bine, 863 CH, 30”, 1020 BH15.5', like new; JD 4400combine, BH; White disk271, 23 ½' cushion. RetiredFarmer. C:320-841-0398 or320-769-2205

FOR SALE: JD 120 stalkchopper, 20', nice, fieldready, $8,500; also, IH 800onland plow, 10 bottom, 18”auto, good condition, $8,000.320-212-9240

FOR SALE: JD 237 mountedcorn picker, shedded. 507-262-0306

FOR SALE: JD 300 cornpicker, $2,500. 715-308-0379or 715-235-8272

FOR SALE: JD 608C 8R30chopping cornhead, notused in 2014, shedded. 320-815-3495

FOR SALE: JD 608C 8RNchopping cornhead, verygood cond, $36,000. 507-275-3398 or 605-690-3016

FOR SALE: JD 643 corn-head, low tin, oil drive w/total Clark knife roll con-version, wedge kit & cobsaver, PTO drive, exc cond,$7,900/OBO. 320-309-0952

FOR SALE: JD 6600 com-bine, '78, 4600 hrs, hydro,air, $5,700 in repairs 2 yrsago, $2,200/OBO. 220 JDbean head, Tiger jaw sick-le, rock guard, $800/OBO.443 JD cornhead, been re-built, $3,000/OBO. 507-822-1696

FOR SALE: JD 6600 dsl hy-dro combine, 3600 hrs, al-ways shedded, stored in-side, good condition, $3,500.507-359-4177


FOR SALE: 13' bean headfor an IH 315 combine, al-ways been under a roof, invery good shape, hard tofind because it only fits a315 combine, $300. 507-381-7886

FOR SALE: 25 – new West-field augers on hand, vari-ous sizes on hand; 40 – usedportable augers on hand,various sizes. Call BroskoffStructures 507-256-7501Geneva MN

FOR SALE: 3150 bu Butlerhopper bottom holding bin,phone 507-426-7489 or 507-829-1752 cell.

FOR SALE: Case IH 1020flex head, F&A tracker,poly, $3,000; Rock guardfor 30' flex head, $150; 20”dual extension for combine.763-227-3037

FOR SALE: Case IH 19941020 25' bean head, rockguard, fore-aft, 3,200 totalacres, 1 1/2” knife, verygood condition, $5,000;Horst header cart, 30', likenew, $2,500. CIH '01 2206cornhead, 30”, 1,200 acres,like new, $15,000. 952-445-6140

FOR SALE: Dry MorMariner corn dryer, 375 bucontinous batch, singlephase LP, good condition,$2,000/OBO. 612-716-1797

FOR SALE: Frontier 42'high speed head cart, torflex axles, brakes & lights,11,600 lb GVW, $5,500. 815-383-4040

FOR SALE: Gleaner M2corn & soybeans special,good working condition,comes w/ 18' floating cutterbar bean head & 6RN corn-head, $4,900; '73 GMCtruck, nice 16' steel box &hoist, $4,500. 507-995-2513

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USED PARTSLARSON SALVAGE

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN763-689-1179

We Ship DailyVisa and MasterCard Accepted

Good selection oftractor parts

- New & Used -All kinds of

hay equipment, haybines, balers,

choppersparted out.

New combine beltsfor all makes.

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

WANTED

DAMAGED GRAINSTATE-WIDE

We pay top dollar for yourdamaged grain.

We are experienced handlersof your wet, dry, burnt

and mixed grains.Trucks and Vacs available.

Immediate response anywhere.

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

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

HOPPERS‘97 Wilson Commander, 43/66,

AR, 80% T/B, Elec. Roll Tarp,20” Hopper Height ........$17,500

‘03 Jet AL Hopper Bottom Grain,42/96, 68” Sides, 2-Holes w/2-Spd. Doors, Front/Rear Ladders,Shur-Lok Roll Tarp, 11R22.5 ALDisc Whls. ......................$18,000

‘09 Wilson Hopper, 41/96,Bottom Grain, 66” Sides,2-Holes, Roller Trap Doors,ront/Rear Catwalks/Ladders,Stainless Steel Front Corners,Shur-Lok Roll Tarp, 11R24.5......................................$24,500

FLATBEDS‘02 Great Dane, Curtain Side,

48/102, AR, Closed Tandem........................................$8,750

‘81 Lufkin 42/96, Closed Tandem,Steel, 80% Tires & Brakes,Clean, New 5th Whl. Plate........................................$5,500

‘94 Wabash, 28/102, Sandblasted,Painted, 80% Tires & Brakes........................................$5,000

DROPDECKS‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 48/102,

Steel, SX, Air Ride, Wood Floor......................................$19,000

‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 53/102,Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle,Wood Floor, Sandblasted &Painted, Beavertail ........$25,000

Engineered 5’ Beavertail:Kit Includes Paint, LED Lights & All Electrical........$3,750 Kit/$5,750 Installed

‘75 Transcraft Drop Deck, 40/96,New Floor, Tires, Brakes......................................$10,000

‘87 Transcraft 53/102, Drop Deck,Closed Tandem, Beavertail, New

Recap Tires, Alum. Whls., NewPaint, New Floor, LED Lights,Very Clean ....................$16,500

‘95 Wilson Combo, 48/102, ALFloor, SX, AL Whls., AR, NewTires, No Rust, Clean ....$16,000

DOUBLE DROPS‘80 Transcraft Double Drop, 53’,

33’ Well Non-Detachable, AR,Polished AL Whls., NewHardwood Decking, 80% T/B,Clean..............................$11,500

‘99 XL Specialized Double Drop,48/102, 29’6” Well, New255/22.5, RGN MechanicalDetatch RGN ..................$20,500

END DUMPS‘88 Ravens AL Frame, 34/96,

1/2 Bed Liner, 54” Sides, Air TailGate, Load Bearing Dollies, CoalChute, AR, Air Pusher Up/Downw/22.5 Low Pro Radial Tires,11R22.5 Disc Whls., 80% Tires,New Brakes ..................$22,500

MISCELLANEOUS(30) Van & Reefer Trailers,

48/102-53/102 - Great ForWater Storage Or Over The Road$3,500-$5,500

Custom Haysides:Stationary ..........................$1,250 Tip In-Tip Out ....................$1,750Air Ride or Spring RideSuspensions:....$500 SPR/$1,000 AR per axle

TRUCKS/CARS‘06 Dodge Caravan, Stow-n-Go,

New Tires, State of Iowa vehicle........................................$3,750

‘99 FLDK 112 Day Cab, 12/7Detroit, 13-Spd., 70% Tires &Brakes, New Cab Paint, 950KMi., With Paperwork ......$11,900

HANCOCK, MNwww.DuncanTrailersInc.comCall: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361

• Will Consider Trades! •

Sheep 060

FOR SALE: Southdown ramand ewe lambs. Also year-ling rams. Panning FamilySouthdowns 952-467-3161

Rams For Sale: Montadaleand commercial. 608-488-5271 or 608-797-2228

Swine 065

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

FOR SALE: Berkshire Giltsbred to purebred Berkshireboar, Due 1st week October.320-587-8711

FOR SALE: Boars, gilts,feeder pigs & boar semen,show pig quality. Jamie Go-plin 715-530-0875 or RogerGuse 715-983-5763 WhitehallWI 54773.

FOR SALE: Duroc, ChesterWhite, Spot breeding ageboars; Also, nice group ofChester-Duroc F1 gilts. CallSteve 507-456-7746 or Dale651-895-4342

FOR SALE: Hamp &Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts,320-598-3790

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

Pets & Supplies 070

1 1/2 Yr Welsh PembrokeCorgi, spayed female.Great herding instinct &active! Willard, WI. 715-267-6283

Livestock Equip 075

FOR SALE: 18' Hanson silounloader, ring drive, goodshape w/ one yr old stain-less steel blower, elecwinch, remote control forinside of silo. 320-980-1312

VOLMATIC Jamesway bunkfeeder, LOYAL 9" x 26' el-evator on transport, FORE-MOST Squeeze Chute. 715-532-9904

Trucks & Trailers 084

'00 Peterbilt day cab, Capmotor 9spd full rockers, w/24' Meyers rear unloadsemi trailer, $47,000 for thepair or will split. 608-987-2373

'07 Kenworth T800 CumminsISM, 410hp, 13spd, air susp& cab, 60” flat roof Aro-dyne sleeper, 22.5 alumwhls, FA 12K#, RA 40K#,sharp looking, $38,990 Callfor info. 612-210-8567

'84 Intl 2500, 300 Cumminseng., 9 spd. trans., 19' box& Crysteel hoist, $8,000; '93Kenworth semi, 60 Detroiteng., 10 spd. trans., $6,000;'92 Intl, 3406 Cat eng., 9spd., 20' box & hoist,$16,000. 320-587-6301

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FOR SALE: Holstein bullsservable age, also cows andspringing heifers. Norwood612-202-7944

Registered Holstein heifersfor sale, due Sept - Oct.(715)286-2905

WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLERALL SIZES. 920-867-3048

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

Cattle 056

2-16 month old AI sired purebred Red Angus bulls, bothhealth & semen tested, topquality genetics at a rea-sonable price. 920-822-3124

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

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

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

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

Horse 057

Matched Pair of registeredSuffolk Colt yearlings, 1/2brothers, dark chestnut w/blaze, gelded, vaccinated &ready to go, call after 5PM.715-661-2222

Sheep 060

FOR SALE: Suffolks &Polypay ram lambs, 2 year-ling Suffolk rams, also ewelambs available. 507-445-3317 Please leave message.

Feed Seed Hay 050

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

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

Feed-grade straw, wheat &oats straw. Round bales orsquare. New crop & oldcrop. Contract your sup-plies now for 2015-2016. CallRick 414-507-4632

FOR SALE: 170 R.F.V. 1stcutting Alfalfa 900 lbs,medium square bales. De-livery Avail. 218-689-6675

FOR SALE: Need Hay forWinter? Good quality, norain, 1200-1300 lb net wrapalfalfa bales, $75/ea. 320-328-5734

FOR SALE: New crop cov-ered Oat/Kafkia soft redwinter wheat out of bin forseed for covered crop. 715-678-6478

FOR SALE: Oat straw forsale large squares, 3x3, 875bales, $80/ton. Delivery pos-sible. 507-473-3613

FOR SALE: Western Hay &Straw In large squares orround bales by the semiload. Protein 18-26%, RFVup to-200. Also avail. smallsquare Western StrawSmikrud Galesville, WI.608-582-2143 or 608-484-0916cell (Over 23 years in theHay Business)

Rye seed for sale, bin runstarting at $5/bushel, cleanstarting at $10/bushel. Peteat office 608-339-3400 or cell608-335-2109

Rye seed for sale, bin runstarting at $5/bushel, cleanstarting at $10/bushel. Peteat office 608-339-3400 or cell608-335-2109

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

Machinery Wanted 040

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

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

WANTED: JD 853A row cropheads. Roeder Implement,Seneca, KS 785-336-6103

WANTED: Single row or 2row corn picker; 4 or 6 row30” corn planter. 320-587-3572

Spraying Equip 041

Ag-Chem pickup sprayer, 500gal., 40' booms, 5 hp Hondaeng., $700; Ag-Chem airpressure rope lick, 30' fronttractor mount, $300, bothmint cond., always shed-ded. 320-235-8349

FOR SALE: 1,000 gal Hardysprayer, Micro-trac moni-tor, 60' hydraulic boom, 3years old. $7,500/OBO

Call Jeff: 507-317-2418

Wanted 042

WANTED TO BUY: UsedGT (Tox-O-Wik) PTO batchdryers. We also buy usedcattle, hog & sheep equip-ment. Call Larry atSorensen's Sales & RentalsHutchinson 320-587-2162

Feed Seed Hay 050

Cereal Rye for cover cropvery clean bin run in bulk93% germ, $6.25/bushel. 715-417-0785

Planting Equip 038

'97 JD 1710 planter, E-set,whippers, insect, 12R30”,3pt mounted, 200 monitor,field ready, sweet corndisks, good condition,$12,000. 507-828-5521

Tillage Equip 039

FOR SALE: Int'l 330 turbotill, 34', little wear on newfront blades, rolling basket,$40,750. 507-473-3613

FOR SALE: JD 3710, 8 btmplow, exc. cond., like newmoldboards, 2005 year. 320-894-7356

FOR SALE: JD 520 highspeed stalk chopper, 1000PTO, exc shape, $14,500.TIRES: set of 30.5x32 ricetires, mounted on JD rims,$4,000/set. 507-340-2111

FOR SALE: SP740 NH 5shank chisel plow, Excel-lent condition, $15,000/OBO.320-293-3302

JD 635 Disc, 26.5', rock cush-ion 21 1/4” blades, verygood condition, $17,500. 715-417-0785

NEW M&W #1710 7 Shank (2014) Earthmasterw/4 Bar Heavy (Flex) DragREDUCED.............$ 44,700DEALER.........319-347-6282

Can Deliver/Let It Ring

Summers Super CoulterPlus, 30' vertical tillage,partial rolling chopper, likenew Vortex blades, weightkits, manage residue in theFall, $23,500. 715-417-0785

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

We ship anywhere.Call Maple Valley Farms

Randy Krueger(715)250-1617

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‘13 Farm King 10x82 Swing HopperAuger, New ......................................$8,600

‘14 CIH 3230 Self-Propelled Sprayer,100’ boom, 800 gal. tank, 295 hrs., GPScomponents, Warranty ..............$147,500

‘09 JD 8130, MFWD, IVT, 1300 front axle,,380/90R50 duals, 540/1000 PTO, HIDlights, Active seat, 2400 hrs. ........$99,500

‘03 JD 9520, 710/70R42 duals,4016 hrs. ........................................$97,500

‘99 JD 8400, 380/90R50 duals, new380/85R34 single front tires, front wgts.,4 remotes, 12,200 hrs., Through ServiceProgram ........................................$49,500

‘13 Case 580SN Tractor/Loader/Backhoe,4WD, cab, air, 2 stick controls,extendahoe, 526 hrs., Warranty ..$63,000

‘13 CIH 3020, 35’ Flexible Platform,dbl. drive, New Unused, 1-Yr. Warranty,on shipping stand, not set up ......$24,000

‘12 NH B95B Tractor/Loader/Backhoe,4WD, cab, air, PS, extendable stick,pilot controls, 470 hrs. ..................$61,500

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332507-381-12911409 Silver Street E.Mapleton, MN 56065

507-524-3726massopelectric.com

We carry a full line of Behlen & Delux dryer parts;Mayrath and Hutch auger parts.

Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs,bearings, chains & pulleys

USED DELUX DRYERSDELUX 10’ MODEL 2515, LP/NG, 1 PH, 300 BPHDELUX 15’ MODEL 7040, LP/NG, 3 PH, 700 BPHDELUX 20’ MODEL 6030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 600 BPH

USED DRYERS‘94 FARM FANS 2140A, SS SCREENS, LP, 3 PHKANSUN 1025 215, LP, 1 PHBEHLEN 380, 1 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIMBEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM

USED RECEIVING DRAGHUTCH MODEL 50

USED LEGSBEHLEN 70’, 3000 BPH

Miscellaneous 090

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place your classified ad inThe Land, Farm News,AND The Country Today.Call The Land for moreinfo @ 507-345-4523 • 800-657-4665.

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

RANGER PUMP CO. Custom Manufacturer of

Water Lift Pumps for field drainage Sales & Service

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

REINKE IRRIGATIONSales & ServiceNew & Used

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

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

Trucks & Trailers 084

'93 Int'l straight truck, Cum-mings motor w/ 20' Meyersrear unload silage box,$19,500. 608-987-2373

FOR SALE: '01 Int'l graintruck, dsl, w/ steerablepusher taxle, tandem axle,21' Crysteel box w/ rolltarp, minimizer fenders, allvirgin rubber, very niceclean truck. 507-451-7626

FOR SALE: '07 Wilson 42'hopper bottom, like newcondition, $26,500; '91 Wil-son 42' hopper bottom,alum whls, scale, roll tarp,$15,900. 507-920-9619

FOR SALE: '94 Ford 350crew cab, 4x4, AT, 7.3 turbodsl, new transmission,$4,900. 320-583-0881

FOR SALE: 42' hopper bot-tom, $10,900. Semi storage& insulated trailers, somew/ side doors; loadingramps; Curtain van trail-ers, older flat beds; Con-tainers, Water tanks &spray parts. (701)474-5780www.rydelltrailers.com

FOR SALE: Ford 800 tan-dem axle Twin screwtruck, steel box & hoist,good tires, box has 3 pcswing out end gate. 507-427-3561

Recreational Vehicles 085

Pop-up camper on trailer,bathroom on back, $2,000.507-430-1671

STORAGE Hwy 169, Mankato,

big high doors, boats campers, etc.

Call 507-625-4181 or 507-508-6894

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I-35 & Highway 60 West • Faribault, MN • 507-334-2233 BlakePaul Herb©2014 CNH Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. CNH Capital and Case IH are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC. Printed in the USA.

CNH Capital’s Commercial Revolving Account provides financial assistance for parts and service when you need it,keeping your equipment running as its best with the quality parts and service you’ve come to expect from Case IH.Contact your local dealer or visit www.cnhcapital.com today for details.

‘15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 508 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, 36” tracks, Full Pro 700 auto guide, All The HID Lites...Loaded! ..$349,900‘15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 599 hrs., Lux. cab, 30” tracks, Full auto guide, All The HID Lites..................................................$339,900‘14 CIH Steiger 620Q, 224 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide, PTO,

COMING IN AFTER THE SEASON ........................................................................................................................................$379,900‘14 CIH Steiger 500Q, 315 hrs. ..........................................................................................................................................COMING IN‘14 CIH Steiger 350RCQ, Row Crop Quad, 870 hrs., PTO, 16” tracks, auto guide ready ................................................$209,900‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1155 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto guide, Very Nice Tractor....................................$269,900‘05 CIH STX450, 7382 hrs., Excellent Tracks & Undercarriage, PTO, auto guidance ........................................................$109,900Steiger Tiger, 525 hp., Cummins eng., Allison auto. trans., Like New 520/85R42 Triples ....................................................$89,000

STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

USED COMBINESInterest Waiver Available Thru Case Credit* • Call For Details

‘14 CIH 8230, 453 eng./294 sep. hrs., RWA, Lux. cab, HID lites ..........................................................................................$259,000‘12 CIH 8230, 1230 eng./893 sep. hrs., RWA, Lux. cab, HID lites ........................................................................................$189,900‘14 CIH 7230, 383 eng./340 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine,

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT ............................................................................................................................................$239,900‘12 CIH 7230, 288 eng./185 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine, Excellent Unit! ..$209,900‘10 CIH 7120, 1504 eng./1149 sep. hrs., duals, HID lights, Good Looking Machine!..........................................................$139,900

USED 2WD TRACTORSInterest Free • Call For Details

COMBINE PLATFORMS & HEADS‘14 CIH 4408, 8R30”, non chopping ..................................................................................................................................COMING IN‘09 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ................................................................................................................................$39,900‘11 Geringhoff, 8R chopping cornhead....................................................................................................................................$55,000‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ................................................................................................................................................$44,900‘10 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ................................................................................................................................................$31,000‘08 CIH 2208, 8R30” ..................................................................................................................................................................$28,500‘04 CIH 2208, 8R30” ..................................................................................................................................................................$24,500‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform ........................................................................................................................................................$28,000‘09 CIH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel..............................................................................................................................$28,000‘95 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ......................................................................................................................................$9,900‘03 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife ..........................................................................................................................................................$7,500‘04 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ....................................................................................................................................$10,900‘01 CIH 1020, 25’..........................................................................................................................................................................$7,900

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‘15 CIH Magnum 340 Track, 18” tracks, 120” spacing, Lux. susp. cab, susp. front axle, Full Pro 700 auto guide,high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ......................................................................................................................................$239,900

‘11 CIH Magnum 340, 965 hrs. ..............................................................................................................................................$139,500‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 533 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, auto steer ready, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ....$156,500‘14 CIH Magnum 235, 201 hrs. ..........................................................................................................................................COMING IN‘14 CIH Magnum 235, 550 hrs. ..........................................................................................................................................COMING IN‘12 CIH Magnum 235, 325 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, auto steer ready, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ....$139,900‘14 CIH Puma 160, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ................................................................................................$109,900‘14 CIH Puma 145, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ................................................................................................$109,900‘12 CIH Puma 185, MFD, 705 hrs., CVT trans., duals, C-IH loader......................................................................................$139,900

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‘11 CIH CIH Magnum 340, 965 hrs.,19-spd., Lux. cab, susp. front axle..................................................$139,900

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‘14 CIH 8230, 453 eng./294 sep. hrs.,RWA, Lux. cab, HID lites ..........$259,000

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,80010,000 bu. Drying Bin w/floor,powersweep, stirator, grain spreader,(2) 3-phase fans, burners andtransitons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $13,450

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Paul Bunyan and Babe have seena lot since they moved to Bemidjisome 80 years ago. Recently, dur-

ing the summer of 2015, constructionworkers and machines buzzed aboutthem as they worked on a park reno-vation project.

As you may know, Paul and Babewere invited there by the businesscommunity to boost tourism. Eversince, the two heroes have posed forphotos with generations of lovely anduncomplaining children. Then thefamilies have happily patronizedBemidji businesses. It has been a suc-cessful partnership.

In the winter of 1971 my brother andI had the opportunity to dine with agentleman who worked with Mr. Bun-yan in the forests of North Dakotashortly before Bunyan’s retirement.We lived in the woods outside of Elyand were off our luck. Our choices wereto get on food stamps or become log-gers for the renowned Harry Homer.

In ’71 the snow was deep and no onewanted woods work. The food stampapplication line snaked down Sheri-dan Street, along the Fernberg Road,across Moose Lake to the Canadianborder. A few applicants got in line onthe border’s north side and werepicked up by the Royal CanadianMounted Police and incarcerated inAtikokan. They ate well. That’s whenthe term Canadian Food Stampsstarted.

We didn’t have enough gas in the vanto get to Moose Lake so we headed upthe Echo Trail to work for Mr. Homer.

“You boys *#%? better do it right,” hegrowled.

Once we turned off the trail Mr.Homer’s crews had excavated tunnelsthrough the snow and we drovethrough them to the logging site.There a fellow handed us shovels.

“Trees is that way,” he pointed.We started digging. Pretty soon my

brother struck a tree trunk. He sawedit off at the stump. It couldn’t fall over

so I tunneled up it, swamping off thelimbs as I climbed. Near the top Ibroke through the surface of the snow.I cut the top off, climbed back downthe tunnel I’d made, and we dug ourway to the next big spruce.

We did 31 trees by lunch and werepretty hungry. We walked down thetunnel until we saw a light at the end.

Joe Logger’s shack was there. He waseating moose and spruce grouse stew.He shared it. We shared our wild haresandwiches with him.

That’s when he told us about work-ing with Mr. Bunyan on Teddy Roo-sevelt’s logging crew along the LittleMissouri in western Dakota.

“Skeeters was bad,” he began. ❖

Paul and Babe, Bemidji, Minn.

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