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One year makes a differenceSeptember corn yield forecast far better than 2012

by Greg ForbesAs the 2013 harvest nears, yield predictions be-

come clearer.On September 13, USDA-NASS released the

monthly corn yield forecast, which predicted a statewide yield average of 162 bushels per acre.

September’s forecast dropped one bushel from August, which may be attributed to hot and dry weather conditions in late August and early Sep-tember. The September forecast was released be-fore rains drenched parts of Iowa from September 16 to September 22, although Roger Elmore, corn specialist with Iowa State University Extension, said he believed the precipitation would not dras-tically change the yield forecast.

Elmore also credited the predicted drop from Au-gust to September to more accurate readings, as corn crops are mostly mature and most ears are

filled out. He expected October’s forecast to be more accurate than September’s.

Regionally, the report estimated northwest Iowa to experience an average of 175 bushels per acre, the most in the state. Northeast, east central and north central Iowa are all expected to see 167 bushels per acre or better. Central Iowa is fore-cast at 162 bushels per acre while southeast (158 bushels per acre) and west central (153 bushels per acre) are projected at less than 160 bushels per acre. South-west Iowa looks to fall to 147 bushels per acre while south central Iowa could experience average yields at just 133 bushels per acre.

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September’s predictions for corn yields vary from region to region across Iowa. Timely precipitation and soil quality play a big part in the expected yields. Pictured above, a farmer in western Iowa begins combining corn. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

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Spilling the beans about the importance of agUSB analysis shows impact to nation, states

by Gordon WolfThe Animal Agriculture Economic Analysis released

by the United Soybean Board (USB) and funded by the soybean checkoff can be a valuable tool to further educate farmers and consumers and those who influ-ence decisions how important animal agriculture and agriculture in general is to the national economy and to the economies of individual states, including Iowa.

Laura Foell, of Schaller, a member of the United Soybean Board, said state soybean boards have been given the analysis and that the information has been made available to the USB’s partners who have the ability to talk to their legislators.

Foell explained the USB cannot lobby.The USB, which administers soybean checkoff ac-

tivities, is different from the American Soybean As-sociation (ASA). While both work to improve the suc-cess of U.S. soybean farmers, the ASA works on state and national policy issues. The law prohibits checkoff dollars from being used to influence governmental policies.

Foell said the Animal Agriculture Economic Analy-sis contains information to educate not only politi-cians but also consumers as it shows how important animal agriculture, including pork production, is to Iowa and Iowa’s economy.

Foell said pork production in the United States grew by 20 percent in the last 10 years but in Iowa, pork production grew by more than 50 percent in the same time period.

“As a non-livestock producer, I know how impor-tant this is,” she said.

She said 79 percent of the soybean meal used in Iowa in 2011 went toward pork production, and if not for pork production, Iowa soybean farmers would see a lot of raw soybeans and soybean meal shipped overseas. She added that 3.4 million tons of soybean meal was used in Iowa for pork production during that year.

Throughout the nation, poultry production uses 50 percent of the soybean meal produced in a year; pork production uses 25 percent.

Soybeans have long been used in pork production, Foell said.

“Soybeans have a lot of the essential amino acids that pork needs in order to grow,” she said. “Soy-beans are a great protein source.”

She said many farmers and consumers may find it interesting that when Iowa soybean farmers harvest their crop and the soybeans are crushed, two-thirds of the crop ends up as meal and one-third is used for other purposes, such as soybean oil. Seventy to 80 percent of soybean oil goes toward human use.

Foell pointed to the importance of supporting ani-mal agriculture at the local and state levels, stating that animal agriculture created more than 22,000 jobs in the last 10 years, resulting in more property and income taxes paid.

Animal agriculture also accounted for a $5.5 billion increase in economic output for Iowa.

“We’re in a whole chain together – livestock farm-ers, grain farmers, school systems that use prop-erty taxes, that state government, that used income taxes,” she said.

“When the rest of the economy was slow, agricul-ture was the bright spot,” she said. “We have been number one in Iowa in soybean production for years. This year we were overtaken by Illinois. We had the drought, then flooding, and then back to drought.

Every year is different in the business of agriculture.”Foell said among the development of the uses of

soybeans has been research in ways to bring out more of the essential amino acids, to develop soybeans and soybean meal to lessen the smell from livestock facili-ties and to increase the energy derived from soybean meal.

“We’re trying to tweak the soybean meal and soy-beans in general, to increase production for yields and to increase the protein in the meal,” she said.

Research into improvements in soybeans and soy-bean meal and for new uses for soybeans is paid for through the national checkoff. Every time a producer sells a bushel of soybeans, half a percent of the mar-ket price receives goes into a national pot of money, said Foell.

As legislated by Congress, half of the money stays in the state where the soybeans were produced and the other half goes into the national pool of checkoff funds.

Foell is one of 69 volunteer directors on the national board that look how to improve soybeans and also how to improve the bottom line for soybean produc-ers.

She said besides research, the USB is involved in promotion, development, communications and educa-tion, and that’s why the checkoff is important.

“We’re looking for more uses and a better product,” Foell said.

She added the USB is working on high oleic soy oil.Information from the USB’s website (unitedsoy-

bean.org) said that high oleic soy oil is a promising new oil with no trans fats and better functionality than commodity soy oil. The soy checkoff plans to conduct in-person meetings and demonstrations with food-company representatives to market the oleic soy oil. Companies will be presented with the advantages of high oleic oil so they will be more likely to use the oil when it becomes available.

Foell said finding new uses for soybeans is a task that the soybean board is involved with.

She mentioned some recent new uses such as car

seats in Ford vehicles, carpet backing and backing for Astroturf.

She added that soybeans are used for animal feed, of course, but the soybean board is working with aquaculture. Foell said overseas nations have a huge demand for protein to feed fish in the aquaculture industry as fish in the wild are declining.

Information from the USB said that checkoff-fund-ed research shows the growing aquaculture sector has the potential for strong growth as it is one of the fast-est growing sectors in global animal agriculture.

The USB has partnered with 11 Qualified State Soy-bean Boards (QSSBs) and the Soy Aquaculture Alli-ance (SAA) to focus on growing the U.S. aquaculture sector through the use of soy as a sustainable feed, information on the USB’s website said.

Additional information from the USB said the U.S. Soybean Export Council is working with the China Ministries of Agriculture and Environmental Protec-tion to introduce a high-intensity production system developed in the U.S. that can be adapted to existing pond systems in China and that the Iowa Soybean Association supported the introduction of this tech-nology at the Pingway Fish Farm in eastern China.

“We’re looking at many new ways to take our sup-ply of soybeans and put it to use to help feed a grow-ing world,” she said.

Foell said currently, one of every two rows of soy-beans is exported.

“If we can develop more uses and send that value-added production (overseas), it will develop more jobs here and will keep our economy going,” she said. “In my seven years on the board, this is something we’ve been looking at.”

“I think the soybean farmers understand it’s a vol-unteer job,” Foell continued.

USB directors are appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and can serve a maximum of three three-year terms.

Foell said, “The board is there to try to help with more uses of soybeans, to help the economy and help farmers do the best they can.”

A focus of the United Soybean Board (USB) is to develop new and more uses for U.S. soybeans. Information from Laura Foell, a USB director, is that one of every two rows of soybeans is exported. She said new, value-added uses of soybeans will create more jobs and help the economy. Pictured is a scene from last year’s soybean harvest. File photo by Bruce A. Binning

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Coalition joins call for action on disaster aid denial

by Greg ForbesCombines have hit fields throughout

Iowa as farmers are ready to conclude a bizarre growing season.

In the Soybean Brief, issued Septem-ber 23 by the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), ISA Board member Sheila Heben-streit estimated that soybeans harvested in Green County during the weekend of September 14 yielded 30 to 35 bushels per acre.

The early reports fall short of the state-wide average yield estimate of 43 bush-els per acre, down three bushels per acre from August’s forecast. Despite dropping in the last month, Iowa’s forecasted yield is nearly two bushels per acre better than the national average of 41.2.

The national bushels per acre predic-tion also dropped since August but is up 1.6 bushels per acre compared to last year’s September yield forecast.

Despite improved conditions, Iowa’s soybean production is projected to drop 9 million bushels compared to 2012.

The report notes that pod clusters were lacking on Iowa bean plants.

The drop in bushels per acre may be at-tributed to inclement weather throughout

the planting and growing seasons. Heavy rains delayed soybean planting into late June and many acres throughout the state were left unplanted. The rain gave way to a cool-weather drought that featured a July that produced less than an inch of rain statewide. On the third week of August, temperatures around the state climbed into the upper 90s, further com-plicating growing conditions for all crops, particularly late planted soybeans.

The USDA September crop report showed that just 34 percent of Iowa’s soybean plants are at “good” or better condition. Just 69 percent of the soy-beans have turned color whereas nearly 90 percent of plants would have colored this time of year.

A mid-September rainfall helped alle-viate some of the effects of the drought in some regions of the state. However, southeast Iowa reported 97 percent of top-soil moisture at “short” or “very short”.

Information compiled from ISA Soybean Brief. The complete document is available as a PDF on ISA’s website at www.ias-soybeans.com. The link to the document is located on the front page.

Iowa agriculture, business and electric utilities, in partnership with government officials, joined together to urge action on a recent decision by the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency (FEMA) to deny federal disaster aid in the wake of devastating storms earlier this year.

In the letter, which was submitted to members of Iowa’s congressional delega-tion during the week of September 15, the coalition asked that they join them in asking FEMA to reconsider a recent and drastic policy change impacting rural electric cooperatives and municipal utili-ties.

Coalition members stated, “When a partner, particularly one that is a govern-mental entity whose fundamental pur-pose is to help you get back on your feet after a disaster, backs out of its commit-ments, it can have a tremendous negative impact on our community’s entire fabric.”

Following a late winter snow, ice and wind storm in April, a federally declared Major Disaster included Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux and O’Brien counties. Three of Iowa’s electric cooperatives and two municipal utilities suffered damage.

Instead of following established policy and practice, FEMA stated that federal disaster aid could not be issued because

the affected electric cooperatives did not conduct comprehensive laboratory testing on every mile of wire on an annual basis. The test in question is not performed as a matter of industry practice, or required to meet any industry or engineering stan-dard. In addition to being denied disaster aid following this storm, FEMA’s decision could force Iowa’s electric cooperatives to repay tens of millions of dollars in previ-ously awarded aid.

Representatives from Iowa’s electric co-operatives traveled to Washington, D.C., earlier this week to meet with representa-tives from Iowa’s congressional delega-tion, which submitted a letter to FEMA earlier this week asking they meet with Iowa’s electric cooperatives and other stakeholders to find a resolution to the matter.

“We’re pleased to have the support of such a broad coalition of organizations in the state who understand the devastat-ing impact FEMA’s decision will have on rural Iowa,” said Marion Denger, presi-dent of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives.

“We are hopeful that FEMA will realize their decision is not only unfair, it’s not in the best interest of Iowa communities and our member-consumers.”

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My husband had a birthday this month. (He’s 49 now. Shhh. Don’t tell him I told you. It’s the last year where he’s still climb-ing up the hill.)

It’s my long-standing belief that whom-ever has the birthday gets to pick what ac-tivity they want to do or what they would like to have for supper.

A few years ago, my birthday was close to a weekend. It was my 40th, and I had found out that an exhibit based on “The Chronicles of Narnia” was going to be in the Science Center at Union Station in Kansas City.

The only shot I had to get the boys down there to see it was to choose that place on my birthday. So, in an effort to escape the usual 40th birthday shenanigans, we made our way to Kansas City and walked through the Science Center and the Narnia exhibit. It was awesome!

We also were able to see works on ex-hibit by a Lego artist which was pretty fun for the boys as well.

His birthday was on a Saturday this year, so I asked him if he wanted to go out to eat or if he wanted me to grill as steak.

He does love his beef. If I let him, he’d probably eat beef for every single meal.

When we took our oldest child to Wash-ington, D.C. a few years ago as a reward for reaching his Star rank in Boy Scouts, he had beef for every meal. While my son

and I were stretching our culinary chops with lamb stew from an Irish Pub and crab cakes at another place, my husband had hamburg-ers for lunch every day, and steak for supper every night. Seriously. I can’t make this up.

Getting back to my hus-band’s birthday, he said he wanted to go out to eat that night. That worked for me ... no cooking!

So I asked him what he was going to do during the day, besides the normal chores of course.

He wanted to go look at cattle with the boys. Yep, that’s right. He wanted to spend his day walking through various pastures in Nebraska and Iowa scouting cattle that could be purchased for next year’s 4-H and FFA projects.

Last weekend was also homecoming and a class reunion for my husband. We went to the game, then out with his class afterwards for awhile. One of the ladies said he looked exactly like he did in high school. I laughed, because when I married him his hair was about 3 inches longer

than it is now. Ah, the long hair of youth!

A few years after I gradu-ated high school, it merged with another one, so I don’t really have a homecoming because the high school is in the other town. I don’t think I’ve ever made it to a class reunion either. I think our 25th was last year, but I’m not sure we did any-thing. I didn’t know about it anyway.

I’ve been trying to be ad-opted into our school sys-tem. My husband gradu-ated from here and both of my boys will graduate from here.

Maybe they can make me an honorary graduate at some point. Until then,

I’m a graduate without a high school.The next morning the boys all set out to

scout for cattle. I was thankful that I didn’t have to go.

They ended up not getting back until re-ally late, so we headed off to the restaurant of my husband’s choice for supper.

Guess what he ordered.Yep, steak.But, so did I.

Birthdays, beef, reunions and homecomings

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2011 JD 8285R875 hr pst, 4 scv, 18.4 x 50 dls, 1300 mfwd, fend-

ers, radar

$173,900

2010 JD 96301434 hr, 800 dls-FS, HID lits, dif lok, 4 hyd, #5830,

extd wrty

$223,900

0% 5 Yrs

2009 JD 96301456 hr, 800 dls,

active seat, dif lok

$210,900

0% 5 Yrs

0% 5 Yrs

2010 JD 95301867 hr, dlx cab, active

seat, 800 dls, 4 hyd, diff lok

$192,900

2010 JD 9530T1426 hr, dlx cab, 36” tracks, radar,

26 frt wts

$239,900

0% 5 Yrs

2009 NH T9020865 hr, 18.4x46 dls,

PTO, 24 spd, less 3 pt

$156,900

0% 5 Yrs

0% 5 Yrs

2010 JD 95301738 hr, dlx cab, active

seat, 800 dls, dif lok

$194,900

0% 5 Yrs

2010 JD 95301653 hr, dlx cab, 4 NEW

800 dls, dif lok

$204,900

2003 Bobcat S1302298 hr, cab, foot con-trols, 49 hp, 10x16.5

tires, 60” bkt

$13,900

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2009 Geringhoff Northstar12/30, folding, knife rolls

$49,900

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JD 9560RT, 875 hrs, 36” belts, 26 frt wts, 4 hyd, pst w/ effi ciency mgr ..............$327,500JD 9560R, ‘12, 1098 hr, 800 dls, radar, 2-1400 lb wts, #5830 wts......................$279,900JD 9630T, ’10, 1302 hr, 36” tracks, 26 frt wts, dlx cmft ......................................$262,900JD 9630T, ‘10, 1462 hr, 36” tracks, frt wts, 4 scv, wide swing drawbar. ..............$259,900JD 9630, ‘11, 691 hr, 800 dls, dlx cab/active seat, 4 scv, 0% for 5 yrs.............. $259,900 JD 9630, ‘11, 960 hr, 800 dls , dlx cab/active seat, 4 scv, 0% for 5 yrs............... $249,900 JD 9630, ‘11, 1171 hr, 800 dls , dlx cab/active seat, 4 scv, 0% for 5 yrs.............$236,900 JD 9630, ‘10, 634 hr, 800 dls , dlx cab/active seat, 4 scv, 0% for 5 yrs............... $247,900 JD 9630, ‘10, 1540 hr, 800 dls-Mich, Hi fl ow, hyd, 5 scv, 0% for 5 yrs......... ......$222,900JD 9630, ‘09, 1363 hr, 800 dls , dlx cab/active seat, 4 scv, 0% for 5 yrs.............. $226,900 JD 9630, ’09, 977 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, 2800 lb wts………………. .$243,900JD 9630, ’09, 1084 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, HID lts, leather seat….. ......$227,900JD 9630, ’09, 1126 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, 4 scv’s……………. ...........$218,900JD 9630, ‘09, 1244 hr, dls cab, active seat, 800 dls-FS, hid lights.......................$219,900JD 9630, ‘08, 1724 hr, 800 dls, active seat, dif lok, #2800 lb wts........................$195,900JD 9630, ‘08, 2057 hrs, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, 4600# rr wts, 1800# frt... .$199,900JD 9620, ‘05, 2069 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, 4930# rr wts, hid lts...........$169,900JD 9510RT, ‘13, 501 hr, 36” tracks, 4 hyd, 26 frt wts, radar, wrty til 2/2014.... ...$299,900JD 9510R, ‘12, 606 hr, 800 dls, 2800 lb rr wts.................................................... $266,900JD 9530T, ‘11, 640 hr, 36” tracks, 4 hyd, 26 frt wts, buddy seat...................... ...$268,900JD 9530T, ‘11, 1188 hr, 36” tracks, 4 hyd, 20 frt wts, 0% for 5 yrs................. ....$249,900 JD 9530T, ‘10, 1595 hr, dlx cab, 36” tracks, radar, 26 frt wts.......................... ....$249,900JD 9530, ‘11, 532 hr, 710/42 Michelin tires, active seat, hid lts, 2800 lb rr wts.. $254,900JD 9530, ’11, 415 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, 2800 lb rr wts……… ..........$245,500JD 9530, ‘11, 1215 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 duals, 0% for 5 yrs................... $219,900 JD 9530, ‘10, 974 hr, 78 gpm, 5 scv, 800-Mich duals, hid lits.............................$239,900JD 9530, ’10, 737 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, 0% for 5 yrs....... ......$226,500 JD 9530, ’10, 631 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 710 Mich-duals, hid lights, 1400 lb… $239,900JD 9530, ’10, 745 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, 0% for 5 yrs....... ......$226,500JD 9530, ’10, 642 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, HID, 0% for 5yrs.... ..$236,500JD 9530, ’10, 1355 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, 0% for 5 yrs..... ......$217,900 JD 9530, ’10, 1785 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, 0% for 5 yrs..... ......$194,900JD 9530, ’10, 1779 hr, dlx cab, 4 new- 800 dls, dif lok, 0% for 5 yrs..... .............$211,900JD 9530, ’09, 1031 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, 2-1400 rr wts……. $208,900JD 9530, ’09, 1078 hr, dlx cab, active seat, dif lok, 800 dls…………………. ....$206,900JD 9530, ‘08, 1455 hr, dlx cab, active seat, dif lok, radar, 800 dls.................. .....$199,900JD 9530, ‘08, 1976 hr, dlx cab, active seat, dif lok, HD Gudgeon, 800’s..... .........$187,500JD 9530, ‘08, 2270 hr, dlx cab, active seat, dif lok, radar, 800 dls............. ..........$183,900JD 9530, ‘08, 2358 hr, dlx cab, active seat, dif lok, radar, 800 dls............... ........$179,900JD 9530, ‘08, 4244 hr, fl x cab, active seat, 800 dls, dif lok, radar................. .......$161,900JD 9520T, ‘03, 2930 hr, pto, 4 hyd, 30” tracks, HID lts, at valve, frt wts.......... ...$161,900JD 9520, ‘04, 2773 hr, 800 dls, AT vlv, #2800 rr wts.................................. .........$145,900JD 9520, ‘04, 2988 hr, 710/42 dls, active seat, hid lts...................................... ...$152,500JD 9520, ‘03, 3712 hr, 800 dls, active seat, dif lok, 4 hyd, #3030 rr wts.......... ...$139,500JD 9520, ‘03, 3271 hr, 800 dls, active seat, dif lok, not at rdt..............................$135,900JD 9520, ‘02, 5720 hr, 710/42 dls, active seat, ATU 200, pst, 4 scv.............. ......$120,900JD 9520, ‘02, 6847 hr, 710/70R38, 4 hyd, dif lok, 2800 lb rr wts.................. ......$119,900JD 9460R, ‘12, 713 hr, 710/42 dls, PTO, #2800 wts, radar, wrty until 1-6-14.. ...$244,900JD 9460R, ‘12, 120 hr, 800 dls, active seat, #2800 wts, wrty until May 2014... ..$267,500JD 9460R, ‘12, 482 hr, 710/42 dls, bareback, active seat, wrty til 10/14............. $247,900JD 9410R, ‘12, 399 hr, 710/42 dls-Michelin, PTO, radar, HID lits................. .......$254,900JD 9410R, ‘12, 748 hr, 18.4x46 dls, 3 pt/pto, pst, 5 hyd, radar, ext wrty........... ..$264,900JD 9410R, ‘12, 453 hrs, 710/42 dls, PTO, radar, wrty until 1/23/2014........... .....$249,900JD 9410R, ‘12, 328 hr, 710/42 dls, pst, bareback, wrty until 2/24/2014..............$239,900JD 9430, ‘10, 682 hr, PTO, 710/42 dls, #2800 rr wts, dif lok, radar, leather... .....$236,900JD 9430, ‘10, 702 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 710/42 dls, 4 scv, pst trans........ .......$222,900JD 9430, ‘10, 810 hr, dlx cab, active seat, 710/42 dls, 4 scv, pst trans.......... .....$220,900JD 9430, ‘09, 1173 hr, dlx cab w/ active seat, 710/42 dls, pst, 4 hyd.......... ........$215,900JD 9420, ‘04, 2600 hr, 710/42 dls, pst, bareback, 4 hyd, active seat, #2800 wts... $152,900JD 9420, ‘05, 4072 hr, 710/42 dls-Mich, bareback, 4 scv, hid lits, dif lok.......... .$135,900

JD 9420, ‘04, 2949 hr, 710/42 dls, 24 spd, dlx cab/active seat, 4 hyd............... ..$126,900JD 9420, ‘02, 4547 hr, 710/42 dls, 24 spd, dlx cab/active seat, 4 hyd............ .....$124,900JD 9400, ‘99, 5450 hr, 710/38 dls, 24 spd, 3 scv, less dif/lok........................... ....$74,900JD 9330, ‘10, 869 hr, 620/70R42 dls, active seat, pst, 4 scv.............................. .$205,900JD 9320, ‘02, 2137 hr, 24 spd, 620/42 dls, 4 scv, 3 pt hitch, rear wts.................$139,900JD 9300, ‘99, 4250 hr, 24 spd, 710/38 dls, 4 scv, radar, dif lok, at valve............ ...$98,900JD 9300, ‘97, 5385 hr, 24 spd, 710/38 dls, pto, 4 scv, dif lok........................... ....$89,900JD 9360R, ‘12, 215 hr, 3 pt/pto, dlx cab, active seat, 4 scv, 18.4x46 dls............ .$248,900JD 9230, ‘10, 611 hrs, 3 pt/pto, dlx cab, active seat, 4 scv, 18.4x46 dls.............. $209,900JD 9230, ‘10, 1038 hr, 3 pt/pto, dlx cab, active seat, 4 scv, 18.4x46 dls.............. $199,900JD 9230, ‘10, 1597 hr, 3 pt/pto, dlx cab, active seat, 4 scv, 18.4x46 dls.............. $189,900JD 9220, ‘04, 4080 hr, 620x42 dls, 1000 pto, dif lok, active seat, powershift..... $140,900JD 9200, ‘00, 3943 hr, 710/38 dls, 24 spd, dif lok, 4 scv, 1000 pto, rear wts...... ..$89,900JD 9200, ‘98, 4477 hr, 20.8x42 dls, bareback, 4 scv, dif lok, 24 spd............... ......$86,900JD 9200, ‘97, 5381 hr, 620/70R42 dls, good interior, new exhaust.................... ...$81,900JD 9200, ‘97, 5452 hr, 24 spd, 20.8x42 dls, 4 scv, dif lok................................... ..$76,900JD 9200, ‘97, 5372, 24 spd , 20.8x42 dls, dif lok, dlx cab, 4 scv......................... ..$77,900JD 9200, ‘00, 6201 hr, 24 spd, 20.8x42 dls, 3 scv, dif lok................................ .....$75,900JD 9100, ‘01, 2534 hr, 24 spd, bareback, 3 scv, 18.4x42 dls-FS-new............... ..$107,900JD 9100, ‘98, 4718 hr, 18.4x42 dls, bareback 24 spd............................................ $72,900JD 9100, ’98, 4382 hr, 24 spd, bareback, 4 scv, 20.8x38 dls………………… ....$76,900JD 8970, ‘93, 4870 hr, 24 spd, 710/38’s, 4 wcv, new steering pins..................... ..$71,900 JD 8970, ‘95, 7537 hr, 12 spd, 710/38 dls-90%, 3 scv, 400 hp.............................$57,900JD 8870, ‘94, 3533 hr, 24 spd, Dif lock, new turbo, 20.8x42 dls...................... .....$72,900JD 8870, ‘94, 4430 hr, 24 spd, dif lock, new water pump, 3 scv........................ ...$70,900JD 8870, ‘95, 5749 hr, 24 spd, 710/38 dls, 4 hyd, bareback, #1800 rear wts........$63,900JD 8870, ‘96, 4125 hrs, 24 spd, 20.8x38 dls, 3 pt hitch, 3 scv, dif lok.............. ....$65,900JD 8870, ‘95, 4203 hr, 20.8x38 dls, 3 pt hitch, 24 spd.........................................` $64,900JD 8960, ‘92, 8340 hr, 24 spd, 20.8x42 dls, 3 scv, bareback, 400 hp................. ..$43,900JD 8360RT, ‘11, 871 hr, IVT, 5 hyd 25” tracks, hid lits, wide drive whl... .............$267,900JD 8360RT, ‘11, 760 hr, IVT, 5 hyd, 25” tracks, wide drive whl, hid lits..... ..........$266,900JD 8360R, ‘12, 667 hr, IVT, ILS w/ dls, 5 scv, 18.4x50 dls, leather, hid lts. .........$281,900JD 8345R, ‘10, 596 hr, IVT/ILS w/ frt duals, 4 scv, 18.4x50 rr, frt fenders. .........$239,900JD 8345R, ‘10, 1256 hr, IVT/ILS, 18.4x50 rr, 4 scv, 60 gpm, 8 frt wts.... ............$230,900JD 8345R, ‘10, 1972 ht, IVT/ILS, 18.4x46 rr, 5 scv, HID lits....................... .........$216,900JD 8345R, ‘10, 2105 hrs, IVT/ILS, 18.4x46 rr, 5 scvs, 22 frt wts, leather seat... .$219,900JD 8335RT, ‘12, 307 hr, IVT, 18” tracks, 5 hyd, 72” track spacing.......... ............$259,900JD 8335RT, ‘13, 246 hr, IVT, 18” tracks, hid lts, leather, 6 scv, 22 frt wts............$264,900JD 8335RT, ‘12, 515 hr, IVT, 18” tracks, 6 scv, extd wrty............................ ........$247,900JD 8335R, ‘12, 477 hr, IVT/ILS, 20.8x46 dls, 5 scv, frt fenders, leather............ ..$249,900JD 8335R, ‘12, 432 hrs, PST, ILS, 20.8x46 dls, 5 scv, frt fenders, leather seat... $241,900JD 8335R, ‘12, 463 hr, IVT/ILS, 18.4x50 rr, 4 hyd, frt duals, 14 frt wts.......... .....$242,900JD 8335R, ‘11, 733 hr, IVT/ILS, 18.4x50 rr, 4 hyd, 2800 lb rear wts.............. .....$236,500JD 8335R, ‘11, 1101 hr, IVT/ILS, 18.4x50 rr, 4 hyd, 2800 lb rr wts................. ....$218,900JD 8335R, ‘11, 784 hrs, pst, 1500 mfwd w/ single 380/38, 5 scv, hid lits..... ......$210,900JD 8320R, ‘10, 721 hrs, IVT, 1500 frt duals, 5 scv, hid lits, 12 frt wts............... ..$212,900JD 8320R, ’10, 525 hr, pst, ILS, 20.8x46 dls, 5 scv, hid lts, leather…………. ..$215,000JD 8320R, ’10, 995 hr, pst, ILS, 20.8x46 dls, 5 scv, hid lts, leather…………. ..$212,900JD 8310R, ‘11, 517 hr, pst, 18.4x50 dls, 380/38 dls w/ 1500 mfwd, 4 hyd........ .$213,900JD 8310R, ’11, 190 hr, pst, 18.4x50, 1500 mfwd, 4 scv, 60 gpm, 4 hyd……… .$207,900JD 8295R, ‘11, 509 hr, pst, 5 scv, 18.4x50 dls, 1300 frt axle, 60 gpm................. $192,900JD 8295R, ‘11, 1489 hr, ILS, 5 scv, 18.4x46 dls, frt dls, hid lts..................... ......$203,400JD 8295R, ‘11, 1656 hr, ILS, IVT, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, frt 420/34 dls, hid lts... .....$195,900JD 8295R, ‘10, 1569 hr, ILS, pst, frt singles, 18.4x50 dls, 4 scv, rear wts...... ....$191,900JD 8295R, ‘10, 1640 hr, pst, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, fenders, active seat.................. $174,900JD 8285R, ‘12, 619 hr, pst, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, 4 scvs, leather seat.................. ..$192,900JD 8285R, ‘11, 315 hr, pst, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, 60 gpm, radar, like new............. $192,500JD 8285R, ‘11, 875 hr pst, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, 1300 mfwd, fenders, radar... ......$173,900 JD 8285R, ‘11, 1010 hr, pst, 18.4x50 dls, pst, 1300 frt axle, 4 scv, 60 gpm......... $172,900JD 8260R, ‘12, 223 hr, pst, 18.4x46 dls, 4 scv, 8 frt wts, #2800 rr wts.......... .....$187,900

JD 8260R, ‘12, 376 hr, pst, 18.4x46 dls, 5 scv, 8 frt wts, #2800 rr wts............ ...$186,900JD 8260R, ‘11, 780 hr, pst. 18.4x46 dls, 5scv, 540/1000 pto, less wts.............. .$181,900JD 8235R, ‘12, 477 hr, 18.4x46 dls, pst, 540/1000, 4 scv, frt fenders.................. $169,900JD 8530, ‘06, 3500 hr, IVT/ILS, 18.4x50 dls, frt duals, hid lits, 4 scv........... .......$169,900JD 8520T, ‘03, 3685 hr, 24” tracks, 20 frt wts, 42.5 gpm w/ 4 scvs ....................$135,900 JD 8520, ‘02, 5382 hr, 20.8x46 dls, ILS, pst, 4 scv, active seat...........................$119,200JD 8420, ‘04, 4317 hr, 18.4x50 dls, ILS, pst, hid lts, AT rdy, 4 hyd..... ................$133,900JD 8420, ‘02, 7541 hr, 18.4x46 dls, ILS, 42 gpm, 5 scv, hid lits, 8 frt wts...... ....$110,900JD 8410, ‘00, 8718 hr, 710x38 dls, 3 scv, 840 loader w/ joystick.................. ........$84,500JD 8220, ‘05, 2128 hr, 420/80R46 dls-Mich, pst, AT rdy, 3 scv, 42.5 gpm..........$124,900JD 8220, ‘03, 3279 hr, 20.8x42 dls, mfwd, 22 frt wts, 3 scv, 1000 pto, fender... $123,900JD 8200, ‘97, 7513 hr, 2wd, 18.4x46 dls, 8 frt wts, new frt tires, 3 hyd............. ...$52,900JD 8200, ‘97, 3726 hr, 2wd, 18.4x42 dls, 3 hyd , quick hitch............................. ...$61,900JD 8130, ‘09, 808 hr, mfwd, pst, active seat, 540/1000, 3 scv, 12 frt wts......... ..$156,900JD 7280R, ‘12, 816 hr, IVT, 18.4x46 dls, 4 scv, 1000 pto, frt fenders, radar........$175,700JD 7215R, ‘12, 460 hrs, IVT, 18.4x46 dls, 4 scv, 540/1000, HID lits............. ......$162,500JD 7200R, ‘12, 408 hr, IVT, 18.4x46 dls, 4 scv, 540/1000, hid lits................... ...$157,900JD 7930, ‘07, 1688 hr, mfwd, IVT, 18.4x46 dls, TLS front axle, HID lits......... .....$147,900JD 7830, ‘11, 482 hr, mfwd, AQ, TLS, 18.4x46 dls, hid lts, 540/1000, AT rdy... ..$152,900JD 7810, ‘02, 5291 hr, mfwd, pwr shift, 2 scv, 540/1000 pto, 14 frt wts......... ......$82,900JD 7810, ‘99, 5667 hr, 2wd, 16 spd, 2 scv, 18.4x42 Mich duals, wt brkt........... ...$59,500JD 7810, ‘98, 7849 hr, 2wd, pq trans, 18.4x42 dls, has been underhauled........... $54,900JD 7800, ‘95, 9939 hrs, mfwd, powershift, 3 scv, 18.4x42 dls, 16.9x28 rr........... $49,900JD 7800, ‘93, 8976 hr, 2wd, 19 spd pst, 18.4x42, 11L, 3 scv’s............................. $37,900JD 4755, ‘91, 13222 hr, mfwd, 20.8x42 dls, 16.9x30 frt, 3 scv, pst................. .....$29,900JD 4450, ‘84, 6495 hr, mfwd, pst, 18.4x38 dls, 14.9x26 frt............................... ...$39,900JD 4840, ‘82, 8125 hr, ps trans, 18.4x42 dls, 3 hyd, frt fuel tank.............. ............$17,900JD 6430P, ‘12, 609 hr, cab, mfwd, 24 spd, frt fenders, 3 scv, air seat, less jystk.... $82,900JD 6430P, ‘09, 712 hr, cab, 673 ldr, mfwd, 16 spd, R&P axle, air seat.......... ........$71,900JD 6230P, ‘09, 706 hr, mfwd, cab, 16 spd w/ lhr, 2 scv, dlx exhaust.................. ...$54,900 JD 6115D, ‘12, 40 hrs, open, 2wd, 563 loader w/ 85” bkt, joystick.................... ...$47,900JD 5105M, ‘12, 205 hrs, cab, mfwd, 32 spd, 3 func joystick, 18.4x30............. .....$50,900JD 5100M, ‘13, 2 hrs, 32 spd, joystick, 2 rear scv, cold weather pkg.............. ......$55,900JD 2840, 4455 hr, 18.4x34 rr, 2 scv, 148 loader, cab........................................ .....$10,900JD 2840, ‘77, open, 18.4x34 rr, straight, tach reads 2179 hr.......................... .........$8,900JD 2240, ‘81, 2916 hrs, 8/2 trans, JD 145 loader w/ indep vlv, 1 rear scv....... ......$12,500JD 2555, 3210 hrs, turbo chrgd eng, 1110 loader, 1 rr scv, yellow................. .........$9,400Cat MT765, ‘07, 2118 hrs, 4 hyd, 3 pt/pto, 25” tracks, 4 hyd, 20 frt wts.......... ..$156,900 Cat 85D, ‘98, 5734 hr, bareback, 4 hyd, 30” tracks, 360 hp........................... .......$47,900Cat 75C, ‘93, 5545 hrs, 30” tracks, 3 pt, 4 hyd, air seat, 10 spd pst, frt wts.......... $34,900CIH 535, ‘08, 1700 hrs, 710/42 dls, 16 spd, Gold signature edition, 4 hyd.......... $194,900CIH 500 Quad, ‘12, 510 hrs, 4 scv, leather, Tracks-90%, AFX monitor........... .....$292,900CIH 485 Quad, ‘10, 2109 hrs, 30” tracks, leather, 4 scv, AFS 600 guidance.... ....$223,900CIH 385, ‘10, 1250 hrs, 18.4x46 dls, 1000 pto, less 3 pt ....................................$209,900CIH STX 375, ‘05, 1744 hr, 620/42 dls, 4 hyd, bareback, pst, less wts............. ..$141,900CIH 350 Steiger, 604 hrs, 3 pt/pto, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, pst, leather, 8 frt wts.... ..$216,900CIH 350 Steiger, 749 hrs, 3 pt/pto, 4 scv, 18.4x50 dls, leather, frt and rr wts... ..$199,900 CIH 9270, ‘91, 5112 hrs, 24.5x32 tires, 12 spd, 4scv, 335 hp............................ ...$41,900CNH 340, ‘12, 440 hrs, 18.4x50 dls, 4 scv, susp frt axle w/ dls, 10 frt wts........... $224,900CIH 215, ‘10, 725 hr, 18.4x46 dls, pst, air seat, 3 scv....................................... ..$127,900CIH JX95, ‘04, 304 hrs, 18.4x34, 3 hyd, 13.6x24 frt............................................. $35,900CIH 95 Farmall, ‘08, 500 hrs, cab, L730 NSL loader, joystick, bale spear/bkt.... ...$42,900CIH JX55, ‘05, open, mfwd, 1 rr scv, 14.9x28 rear tires, left hand mech rev.... .....$17,900NH T9030, ‘08, 800 hrs, 710/42 dls, 24 spd, 4 hyd............................................. $149,900NH TJ375, ‘06, 2098 hrs, 710/42 hrs, 24 spd, 4 scv, Trimble Guidance, 375 hp... $123,500NH 9680, ‘95, 3798 hr, 12 spd, bareback, 4 scv, 24.5x32 dls, bareback............ ...$59,900Versatile 856, ‘85, 7093 hr, trans rebuilt, 3 pt, 4 scv, 18.4x38 tires................. .....$21,900Agco Allis 8765, ‘99, 2wd, 18.4x34 rr, 540/1000, 12 spd trans w/ rev, 2435 hr.. ..$14,900Ford 4610, 2822 hrs, 2 scv, 8 spd, 2wd, 16.9x30 rr, 3 cyl diesel.................... .........$7,900

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The seventh annual Farm Crawl will offer tours of eight independent family farms in south central from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 6. Last year’s Farm Crawl attracted more than 1,000 visitors.

The farms are located in south Marion County/north Lucas County (one hour south of Des Moines). Farm Crawl participants drive themselves from farm to farm to visit the animals, meet the farmers, sample the goodies, purchase locally grown and pro-duced products and have lots of fun in the beautiful Iowa countryside.

Several of the host farms will have guest area businesses and farms that produce fiber/yarn, photo cards, artisan beer, honey, pastry, wine, and pork.

Entrance to all of the farms is free, al-though admission will be charged to the corn maze at Dan-D Farms). Practical Farm-ers of Iowa (PFI) is the major sponsor of the Farm Crawl.

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Blue Gate Farm (Jill Beebout and Sean Skeehan): Certified Naturally Grown, chemical-free produce, pastured eggs, and honey bees. Sample homemade jams, jel-lies and honey; guided tours of the gardens and season-extending high tunnels. Guests: Peace Tree Brewing Co. (Knoxville), Aunt Louise’s Cinnamon Rolls (Russell), Glorybe Photo Cards (Columbia) and Still Waters Fiber Farm (Pleasantville). Cookies and herb lemonade.

Coyote run Farm (Matt russell and Patrick Standley): A 110 acre farm being rebuilt to profitability through relational marketing and sustainable agriculture with chemical-free produce and cut flowers, pastured poultry and eggs, hormone-free/grass-fed and grain-fed beef, and mules. Self-tour the farm and high tunnel. Refresh-ments available.

Crooked Gap Farm (Ethan and rebecca

Book): A good representation of contempo-rary homesteading, the Books started their farm on an empty 40-acre piece of land that had been fallow fields and timber for many years. Their heritage and rare-breed animals include woodlot pigs, grass-fed cattle, pas-tured lambs, pastured rabbit, pastured broil-ers, laying hens and guinea fowl. Purchase meat and hand made soap. Blacksmith dem-onstrations throughout the day.

Dan-D Farms (Dan Dennison and Fam-ily): 20-acre Corn Maze, racing pigs, barn yard animals, hay rides, giant slide, and pick-your-own pumpkins. Refreshments available.

Pierce’s Pumpkin Patch (John and Joy Pierce): Thousands of different pumpkins, squashes, gourds, decorative corn and Hal-loween celebration décor. Enjoy brisket or pork sandwiches, jumbo hotdogs and all the fixings.

reichert’s Dairy Air (lois and Jack reichert): A small goat herd, micro-dairy with custom built milking barn and cheese-making plant. Sample several varieties of delicious, award-winning, artisan cheeses and see the goat herd. Guests: Grape Escape Winery (Pleasantville) and The Stamps Family Farm (heritage pork from Chariton).

Schneider Orchard (Arnie and Jane Schneider): Stroll through the orchard, enjoy fresh fruit pie ala-mode, apple crisp and caramel apples. Tractor wagon rides for kids through the orchard. Chariton FFA will conduct games and activities for the kids. Rope-making demonstrations plus Pipers Candies will be on the grounds with special treats.

White Breast Pottery and Weaving (Sharon Seuferer and Carol Oliver): Visi-tors will see how local clay, from beneath the waters of White Breast Creek, is used in making pottery that reflects the area. View the beautiful loom-woven rugs made onsite. Visit a herd of miniature horses. Pottery, broom-making and loom demonstrations. Live music and refreshments. Guest: Marlys Sowers, basket weaving.

Guiding a 12-row chopper through a field southwest of Denison, Gary Vetter makes short work of silage chopping in mid-September. The huge chopper is German engineered and has 800 horsepower, the biggest chopper made.

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Correctionville farm hosts Mexican meat buyers

Seventeen meat buyers from Mexico learned about Iowa beef production on a tour of the Triple U Ranch near Correctionville on September 10.

Hosted by the Utesch family –brothers Craig, Brad and Kirk and their families - the buyers checked the pastures to see the cow/calf opera-tion and then visited the feedlot to learn about the finishing end of the beef business.

The buyers represent-ed the Mexican National Meat Processors Associa-tion and 12 companies in Mexico that purchase U.S. beef.

Past Iowa trade teams to Mexico have developed re-lationships with the buy-ers and encourage them to visit Iowa on a return trade trip.

“Craig and I had an op-portunity to attend a meat trade mission to Mexico several years ago where we met some of the same people who came to our farm. We’re proud to show them how three genera-tions of the Utesch family make their living by rais-ing cattle, crops and caring for our land,” said Elaine Utesch, Iowa Beef Industry Council director.

“We put them in our pickups and drove right out into the pastures,” said Craig Utesch.

“They had so many questions about our cattle, our machinery, and how we raise our crops. They were surprised we had to harvest all our crops before it snowed and also wanted to know how many crops we get each year! And of course they loved the rib-eye steaks that the Wood-bury County Cattlemen

grilled for our supper.”Coordinated by the

Iowa Economic Develop-ment Authority, the bien-nial visit includes tours of Iowa meat processing plants, livestock farms and special business meetings with meat exporting com-panies in Des Moines and Sioux City.

The “Meet the Buyers” sessions allow Iowa beef and pork suppliers to meet privately with the buyers and negotiate business.

Twenty Iowa companies registered to meet with the buyers during the week of September 9-11.

Mexico is the second largest U.S. beef export market in volume and third in value.

Recent reports show ex-ports of beef and beef va-riety meats added almost $273 to the value of a fed steer in July. Beef export activities in Iowa are fund-ed by the $1-per-head beef checkoff.

Elaine Utesch, (bottom left) of the Triple U Ranch in Correctionville, hosted 17 Mexican meat buyers on a Meat Buyers Trade trip to Iowa. Photo submitted

Cody Wilson, left, of the Triple U Ranch in Correctionville, explains cattle feeding to two Mexican meat buyers visiting Iowa with a Meat Buyers Trade Team. Photo submitted

More than $7,600 to be awarded at Beef Scholarship Extravaganza

The 19th annual Beef Scholarship Extravaganza will take place Friday, December 13, at Kildee Hall on the cam-pus of Iowa State University in Ames.

More than $7,600 in scholarships will be awarded. The deadline for teams to enter the competition is November 1.

The contest, sponsored by the Iowa Cattlemen’s Founda-tion, is open to teams of high school juniors and seniors; however, team members do not need to be from the same school. Extravaganza tests student knowledge at 10 sta-tions that cover all aspects of beef cattle management and beef marketing issues.

Stations include: Handling and Health; Nutrition; Mar-keting (Beef cut evaluation); Seedstock Merchandising; Job Interview; Keep-Cull Replacement Heifers; Reproduction; Beef Management Challenge; Credit and Finance; Beef In-dustry Issues and Advocacy. Station protocols will be sent to registered teams and are posted on the ICF website, www.iowacattelemensfoundation.org. Registration infor-mation is also on the site.

Scholarship dollars won at the Extravaganza can be used at any university or community college. In addition, if the student will be attending Iowa State University, Kirkwood Community College, Hawkeye Community College, Musca-tine Community College, Des Moines Area Community Col-lege or Iowa Lakes Community College, those institutions offer additional matching scholarships to students on the winning teams.

The entry fee is $200 per team; and a team can consist of two or three students. The fee covers noon lunch, snacks and an Extravaganza t-shirt.

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October 4 deadline for three EQIP conservation initiatives

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications in Iowa field offices for three spe-cial program initiatives through October 4 - the Organic Initiative, Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative, and On-Farm Energy Initiative. Through these initiatives, NRCS provides technical help and financial assistance at a higher rate than many other conservation programs. Each initiative includes its own set of eligible conservation practices. They are funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – USDA’s largest and most popular con-servation program. Through EQIP, eligible farmers address soil, water and related natural resource concerns on private agricultural lands. Five percent of EQIP financial assistance dollars are set aside for beginning farmers, and another five percent is reserved for socially-disadvantaged farmers.

NRCS accepts applications for all programs on a continu-ous basis, but recently announced October 4 is the first signup cutoff deadline to fund fiscal year conservation pro-gram applications in Iowa for fiscal year 2014.

More information about these initiatives includes:On-Farm Energy Initiative – enables a producer to find

ways to conserve energy on the farm through an on-farm energy audit, providing financial assistance to implement various measures and practices recommended in the audit. Practices include typical conservation such as cover crops, no-till and windbreaks to very practical energy improve-ments like high efficiency lighting for aging livestock fa-cilities and more efficient motors for grain dryers. During fiscal year 2013, NRCS provided more than $800,000 Iowa farmers through the Energy Initiative.

Organic Initiative – provides assistance to certified or-ganic producers and those transitioning to organic produc-tion to meet their conservation goals. Examples of eligible practices include prescribed grazing, nutrient management, pest management and conservation crop rotations. Since October 2012, NRCS has provided more than $500,000 to Iowa producers covering nearly 1,200 acres through the Organic Initiative.

Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative – provides financial and technical assistance to producers to build high tun-nels, helping to extend the growing season for high value crops in an environmentally safe manner. Iowa producers received about $335,000 since October 2012 to fund 53 seasonal high tunnels.

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Rain helps a little but wind hurts more

by Greg ForbesA mid September wind-

storm, coupled with a summer drought and May snowstorm, completed what has been a bizarre crop season from a weath-er standpoint.

The week of Sunday, September 15 to Saturday, September 21 brought heavy winds and rain throughout the state.

Iowa State Climatologist Harry Hillaker stated the statewide average rain-fall for that period was slightly more than half an inch, the wettest week this year since late June. That Thursday alone areas in Mills County recorded nearly three inches of rain while a majority of areas stretching from southwest to central Iowa recorded more than an inch of rain. Northwest Iowa was not as fortunate as some lo-cations received less than one tenth of an inch. Hill-aker did not mention sec-tions in northeast Iowa amongst those who en-joyed a plentiful rain but the weekly Iowa drought monitor map released Sep-tember 19 by the National Drought Mitigation Center indicated northwest Iowa is comparatively in less of a drought than the rest of the state.

The mid-September rain helped boost the year to date statewide precipi-tation average to 30.12 inches, nearly 1.5 inches above the annual mark for this date. On Septem-ber 23, 2012, Hillaker said the statewide average was at a barren 20.59 inches of precipitation year to date.

While Iowans welcomed the rain, it may have fall-en too late in the growing season to improve crops. The crop summary for the week ending September 22 issued by the USDA re-ported that crop conditions improved slightly with 37 percent of corn planted reported in “good” or “ex-cellent” condition and 34 percent of soybeans plant-ed at “good” or “excellent” condition.

Hillaker said the rains fell too late to show sig-nificant improvement but crop conditions may be

based on overall appear-ance. The rain may have caused some corn and soybean plants to green or allowed some ears to gain additional kernels.

Despite the rain that fell, Hillaker said current moisture levels in soil on September 24 may actually be less than the same date last year.

“It may not be that much difference because of the dryness the last two to three months,” he said. “We had quite a bit more rain last August.”

Hillaker added, how-ever, that the rain received earlier this year mixed with intermittent rains in the late summer have allowed water levels in fields and streams to stay steady.

“That extra 10 inches of rain shows in river levels and farm ponds,” he said. “It hasn’t been dry enough, long enough to have a big impact on those things and this late in the season, they aren’t likely to dry out a whole lot more.”

While most crops were too far into the growing season to benefit from much needed rain some plants were ripe for the picking when accompany-ing winds swept through parts of Iowa.

Hillaker explained 19 counties received heavy winds along with the rain-fall. Some reporting coun-ties estimated gusts up to 70 miles per hour. Hillaker added that the highest re-corded gust, reported by the Ankeny airport, was measured at 66 miles per hour.

Mark Licht, a field agronomist with Iowa State University Exten-sion who serves counties in central Iowa, said corn plants were susceptible to wind damage because of the period in the growing season and dry conditions.

According to Hillaker, Dallas and Polk counties received the most amount of wind-related damage, both of which are in Li-cht’s service area.

“Most of it was just wind damage, I didn’t hear of much hail damage but be-

cause we’re so late in the season, the heavy wind just lays it flat,” Licht said.

Licht continued that he did not have an estimate as to the number of acres damaged but described the loss as considerable.

“We don’t know what the acreage is right now but we do know it was a fairly significant area,” Licht said. The area dam-age included Winterset, Adel, Dallas Center and east to the Des Moines area.

Licht said the crops damaged may still be har-vestable but heavily de-pended on the maturity of the plant.

“It can probably be sal-vaged if they (farmers) can get it picked up. It depends on how close to maturity it was,” he said.

“If it was mature and was dried down to a cer-tain extent, it will last bet-ter than that corn that’s laid down and isn’t ma-ture. It (damage) basically kills the plant and stops the maturity process.”

He added that crops that are still growing and have been blown over by wind carry enough moisture to be vulnerable to ear mold.

The crop report showed that crops not damaged by wind are nearing harvest ready.

The crop report stated that some farmers have already begun to harvest their earliest planted corn and soybean crops. How-ever, corn crops, at 35 percent mature, are well behind the average rate for this time of year.

Hillaker said the late planting date along with a cooler growing season will result in a later than usual harvest, especially com-pared to last year. Hillaker credited the early harvest of 2012 to the early plant-ing season and abnormally dry growing season.

“Last year, we had a re-cord warm and dry spring so everything got planted quite early and it devel-oped quickly,” Hillaker stated. “Moisture-wise, there wasn’t much need to wait for the crop to dry down so that accelerated the harvest even further.”

Mother nature’s mood swings

May snows and September heat waves high-lighted the weather pattern of 2013 that in all reality, has followed no pattern.

Multiple interviews with Iowa State Climatolo-gist Harry Hillaker have revealed that 2013 has had temperature swings and misplaced weather occurrences rarely seen since Iowa weather re-cords began.

The historic drought of 2012 continued into the late winter until record precipitation in April all but quenched dry conditions. The statewide aver-age precipitation for April was measured at 6.52 inches, breaking the old record of 6.25 inches set in April 1999.

A snowstorm welcomed the advent of May, dumping nearly a foot of snow in Lake Mills, For-est City and Britt.

But just more than a week later, all memory of the late blizzard evaporated along with the snow as areas on May 14 recorded the first triple digit temperatures of the year.

May not only saw a blizzard and 100 degree heat but was also doused by a statewide average of 9 inches of rain.

The heavy rain eventually pushed planting sea-son well into June. Some field agronomists with Iowa State University Extension estimated that as many as half of the soybean acres in their respec-tive regions had not been planted by the first week of June. Many fields remained unplanted.

By the time farmers were able to fill suitable acres, the rain disappeared.

Although July finished with a statewide average of less than an inch of precipitation for the month, July also ended more than a degree below aver-age normal temperatures.

Hillaker said July 2013 saw an average of just five days with 90 degree temperatures, a mark reached and exceeded more than 20 times in July 2012. July 27 and 28 even saw lows in areas across the state drop into the low 40s.

Some weather stations even reported record lows.

When late July highs barely reached 70 de-grees, Hillaker estimated that Iowans may have seen the last of oppressive heat but the cool jet stream yielded to a high pressure dome of warm temperatures.

The last week in August brought the first 100 de-gree temperatures of the official summer and tem-peratures in the upper 90s persisted into Septem-ber. On September 9, areas in Iowa once again recorded triple digit temperatures but by Septem-ber 21, other locations had already reported the first frost of the fall.

Rain once again returned to the state on the third week of September as some areas reported nearly 5 inches of rain for the week. Thursday, Septem-ber 19 proved to be the wildest day of the week, dumping 3 inches of rain on some towns and blow-ing through with gusts near 70 miles per hour.

As the calendar nears the end of the year, the wild, unpredictable weather has shown Iowans may be in for an exciting winter.

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Farm Bill may not get to president until late October, Grassley says

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report, a taped interview with one radio station and one newspaper on Septem-ber 19, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley stated he believes a new farm bill won’t get to the president’s desk until late October.

In May the U.S. Senate passed its version of the farm bill, which included provisions for agriculture and food stamps.

The farm bill is normally passed by the Senate and House as one bill, not split into the components of agriculture provisions and the nutrition program.

But in July, the House passed an agriculture-on-ly farm bill and last week passed a nutrition bill.

Grassley said the bill will now go to a conference committee of House and Senate members.

“I suppose it won’t get done by September 30 (the expiration date for the cur-rent Farm Bill) but not too far out there,” Grassley said.

Last year the current five-year farm bill, which was passed in 2008, was extended for one year.

Grassley added, “I think they’re going to get a com-promise, and there’s not much compromising to be done on the farm bill (ag-riculture part), basically do away with direct payments and keep crop insurance.”

He said other minor differences exist in the agriculture provisions, but these are only minor, compared to the major dif-ferences between the Sen-ate and House versions on how much to save in the nutrition program. The Senate’s bill proposes $4 billion in savings and the House version proposes $40 billion in savings.

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Members of the Extension crops team from Iowa State University responded to producer questions related to the late spring, dry summer and slow crop development by hosting meetings in north central Iowa last week.

Extension field agronomists Mark Johnson and Paul Kassel discussed crop maturity, crop drying, potential effects of an early frost, and pre-harvest preparations at meetings in Clarion, Wesley and Sheffield.

Charles Hurburgh, Extension grain quality and han-dling specialist, spoke of 2013 crop quality, including moisture and test weight variability, potential dis-eases, and the best practices for handling and storing the crop.

Iowa State specialists Chad Hart, Extension econo-mist, and Kelvin Leibold, Extension farm management specialist, reviewed the 2013-2014 crop market out-look at the meetings.

For the benefit of those who did not attend the meet-ings, ISU Extension and Outreach made video record-ings of the presentations available on the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative website at http://www.extension.ia-state.edu/grain/.•CropMaturity–MarkJohnson(9min)https://con-

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ICM News articles are published at www.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/; newsletter subscribers receive notification when new articles are published.

Hart and Leibold are frequent Ag Decision Maker au-thors. Ag Decision Maker (AgDM) updates and news are available at www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm. The AgDM newsletter and updates are published every month; subscribers receive notification of the publica-tion of new materials.

As the drought situation continues in Iowa, new material is added to the Dealing with Drought – 2013 webpage.

The webpage offers information for dealing with crops, livestock, stress, home and yard and financial concerns during drought situations at www.extension.iastate.edu/topic/recovering-disasters.

On-line Extension resources answer questions about late harvest, low prices

Mike Naig is new deputy secretary of Iowa ag department

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey an-nounced Wednesday that Mike Naig has been hired as the new deputy secretary for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. He will start with the department on September 4.

Naig previously served as manager of state and local government affairs for Monsanto. He has been active in the agribusiness industry for over 13 years, also having served in public policy roles for CropLife America based in Washington, D.C.; the Agribusiness Association of Iowa; and the Iowa Biotechnology As-sociation.

As Deputy Secretary, Naig will assist in manage-ment responsibilities for the Department focused on the areas of personnel and budget.

He will also support the Department’s efforts to be accessible to Iowans by traveling regularly to rep-resent the Department at meetings across the state.

Naig grew up on a farm near Cylinder in northwest Iowa and is a graduate of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, with degrees in biology and political sci-ence. He and his wife Jaime have two boys.

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Beginning and aspir-ing farmers are invited to apply for Practical Farmers of Iowa’s (PFI) 2014-2015 Savings Incentive Program.

Applications are due by October 4.

The two-year program pairs beginning and aspir-ing farmers with experi-enced mentors; offers par-ticipants the chance to save money and receive match-ing funds while learning how to build a profitable farm; and seeks to sup-port the next generation of farmers through guidance and a firm knowledge base on which build their farm businesses.

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“Through this program, Practical Farmers of Iowa and its supporters have forced me to look at our farm from a completely different perspective,” says Karla Hanson, a current enrollee who raises sheep near Monona. “Without the deadlines and goals re-quired of SIP participation, I would not have moved forward with our farming plans as quickly.”

Jordan Scheibel, another current enrollee who grows produce and herbs at Mid-dle Way Farm near Grin-nell, said applying to the Savings Incentive Program helped solidify his farming intentions. “When I ap-plied, I was on the fence about how committed I was

to farming. Getting accept-ed made my commitment public.”

He added that entering the program made him feel like he was “now on the hook” to follow through on building his farm business.

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Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1,130,000 on September 1, 2013, according to the USDA, National Agricul-tural Statistics Service, Iowa Field Office.

The inventory is down 5,000 head from August

1, 2013, and down 10,000 head from September 1, 2012.

Feedlots with a capac-ity greater than 1,000 head had 550,000 head on feed, down two per-cent from last month and down seven percent from last year. Feedlots with a

capacity less than 1,000 head had 580,000 head on feed, up one percent from last month and up five per-cent from last year.

Placements during Au-gust totaled 142,000 head, an increase of 34 percent from last month but down 11 percent from last year.

Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head placed 66,000 head, up 38 percent from last month but down 13 percent from last year.

Feedlots with a capac-ity less than 1,000 head placed 76,000 head. This is up 31 percent from last

month but down 8 percent from last year.

Marketings for August were 140,000 head, down three percent from last month and down 17 per-cent from last year. Feed-lots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head marketed 73,000 head, up 14 per-

cent from last month but down 13 percent from last year.

Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head mar-keted 67,000 head, down 16 percent from last month and down 21 percent from last year. Other disappear-ance totaled 7,000 head.

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A visit to the Clay County Fair

Patricia Higby, energy education and outreach coordina-tor with the University of Northern Iowa, records Dawson Miller’s wind power as he uses his breath to power a min-iature wind generator Sunday at the Clay County Fair in Spencer. Miller and his father, Gordy Miller, of Storm Lake, visited the wind energy displays at Central Park on the fair-grounds. Higby helps teachers teach about wind energy and other types of energy by providing solar car kits, wind turbine kits, a pedal power energy bike and by providing classes and workshops through the Fabulous Resources for Energy Education (F.R.E.E.) program at UNI. The kits are loaned at no charge. Once the teachers have completed their lesson, they send them back to the F.R.E.E. program. For more information, educators can contact Higby at free-ceee@uni.edu or call her at 319-273-6012. Sunday’s theme at the fair was Iowa Wind Energy Day, sponsored by the Iowa Wind Energy Association.

An attraction at the Iowa Egg Council booth was the serv-ing of hard-boiled eggs on a stick. Visitors could season their eggs with salt, pepper or Cookies Flavor Enhancer.

Abby Galm, of Spencer, shows Jersey cattle from the Jones Dairy near Spencer to visitors at Grandpa’s Barn at the Clay County Fair. Visitors could see or touch a number of animals, including a Highland cattle calf, a rooster, piglets, chicks, an ostrich, turkey, alpacas, rabbits and pot bellied pigs.

Farmer Bob drives his uniquely decorated tractor and wagon around the fairgrounds. This is the second year that Farmer Bob has been at the Clay County Fair. Photos by Gordon Wolf

4-H and FFA members exhibit their cattle in the show ring on Sunday.

Rows and rows of field corn were on display after being judged in the best 10 ears contest. Mary Jane Parsons, of Webb, was the district champion and Clay County champion. The corn was on display in the upper level of the Agriculture Building.

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Elmore said northwest Iowa’s high prediction may be attributed to its soil quality and timely precipitation.

“They (northwest Iowa) picked up some rains we haven’t had in the rest of the state and they’ve got good soils,” he said. “Normally, if you’re looking at the upper sixth of the state, they are usually a higher productivity that the rest of the state.”

Although the statewide predicted average is nearly 17 bushels per acre below the 30 year trend line, Elmore said farmers can expect far better yields than last year’s September estimate of 137.

Elmore said the improvement is due to consistent spring precipitation and a milder, albeit abnormally dry, summer.

“The rain in the spring alleviated the problems so it wasn’t quite as intense and stressful (as last year),” he said. “The time for silking was a lot more conducive but since then, we’ve lost moisture.”

While snow and heavy rain throughout April, May and into June delayed a significant amount of planting as late as mid-June, some farmers were able to plant relatively early.

Elmore said some farmers have begun harvesting those fields planted before heavy rains wreaked havoc

on progress. But due to heavy rains followed by hot, dry conditions, early harvest reports have not been fa-vorable. Areas near Carroll County and Ames have report-ed yields below or slightly above 100 bushels per acre.

“It was stressed out. Some of the fields coming out already are the ones that are stressed more,” Elmore said. “They will yield less than the average because of that.”

Elmore said due to the inconsistent weather and rela-tively harsh conditions, farmers are advised to carefully analyze fields and get stressed crops out of fields as soon as possible.

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1 mile N, 2 miles W on Hwy 9 & 1 1/2 miles N of Starling Ave.Viola Schmit Trust, Owner

Saturday, October 5, 2013 • 10:30 am160 +/- acres located in Union Township, O’Brien County, IA

To be sold from the Paullina Legion Building, Paullina, IA Elizabeth Miller Estate

Thursday, October 10, 2013 • 10:30 am300.85 +/- acres located in Lincoln Township, O’Brien County, IATo be sold from the farm location: From Hartley, IA, go 1 mile

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3•80+/-acresHortonTwp, Osceola County, Ocheyedan,

IA, 10:30 a.m. Viola Schmit Trust, Owner. Vander Werff & Associates, Rich Vander Werff & Todd Hattermann (D)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5•SpecialWeighCowSale,DenisonLivestockAuction

Bldg. Pauley Family Auction Service LLC, Auctioneers (D)•2RealEstateAuctions,9a.m.Pisgah,IAnice2BR

ranch home, 864 sq. ft., Burbridge Family Trust, owners. 11 a.m. Charter Oak, IA selling residence on 2.5 lots, older home, 2 vacant lots. Wanda Throckmorton Estate, owner. Randy Pryor Auctioneer, Woodbine, IA, 712-644-7610.

•160+/-acresUnionTwp,O’BrienCounty,Paullina,IA, 10:30 a.m. Elizabeth Miller Estate. Vander Werff & Associates, Rich Vander Werff & Todd Hattermann (D)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6•SieversFarms,2p.m.AmericanLegionHall,Walnut,

IA 309 AcresM/L Pottawattamie County Land, Osborn Auction LLC (D)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9•OnlineOnly-196Lots6:00a.m.,www.BigIron.com,

Tractors, Combines, 2 Fire Trucks, Grain Trailers, Live-stock Equipment. Dozer, Motorgrader and more! Stock Big Iron Company (D)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10•300.85=/-acresLincolnTwp,O’BrienCounty,Hart-

ley, IA, 10:30 a.m. Harvey & Anna Post Estate. Vander Werff & Associates, Rich Vander Werff & Todd Hatter-mann (D)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12•148.17TaxableAcresm/l,CrawfordCountyFarm-

ground 8:00 a.m. William (Bill) and Hope Truitt, own-ers. Sale to be held at Denison Livestock Auction, 501 N. 9th St., Denison, IA. Pauley Family Auction Service, LLC, auctioneers (D)

•SmallHouseholdSale 8:45 a.m. at Denison Livestock North Building. Pauley Family Auction Service, LLC, auc-tioneers (D)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, continued•MaxineSchiltzEstateAuction,11am1124Toledo

Ave, Dunlap, IA. Schaben Auction Service (D)•SpecialCattleSale11:30weigh-ups,12:30feeders,

Anita Livestock Auction, Anita, IA. Bernard Vais and Jesse Vais, Auctioneers (AUD)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13•Dale&LindaNelsonAntique,Collectible&Primitive

Auction, Noon, 508 S. Edgerton St., Exira, IA, Osborn Auction LLC (D)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19•SpecialWeighCowSale,DenisonLivestockAuction

Bldg. Pauley Family Auction Service LLC, Auctioneers (D)THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24•HeistandFarm343,LLCLandAuction,11am,340.95

Acres, Schaben Real Estate LLC (D).THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31•SpecialCalf&YearlingSale,DenisonLivestockAuc-

tion Bldg. Pauley Family Auction Service LLC, Auctioneers (D)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14•RealEstateAuction,320Acres,m/lSection31,Wash-

ington Township, Crawford County, IA, Muenchrath, sale managed by Schaben Real Estate, LLC (D)

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Tractors For Sale

IA: 60 John Deere tractor, over-halued, power steering, new tires, very straight, with loader and #5 mower. Extra 60 John Deere tractor for parts. Extra head and carborator. 712-545-9126 or 402-740-4842

IA:Field Ready. MF 850 late new parts. 712-387-5361

IA: IH 560 gas fast hitch narrow front narrow front, good tires 15-5-38 with WL30 Westendorf loader $5,000. 515-368-1358

IA: Wanted International 340 UT tractor 712-722-0486

IA:1942 Case Wheatland D tractor, wide front, new front tires, runs good. 712-857-3417

IA:JD MI (tractor) wide front starts and runs good. 300 IH (tractor) nice tractor good starter and runner 641-425-6139

IA:JD3020 diesel dual hydralic narrow front synco range. 712-384-2438

IA: Aggo white 6086 tractor, diesel, 80 hp. NFWD Westen-dorf TA28 loader, only 2,179 hrs. $19,695 641-592-1211

Tilliage Equipment for Sale, cont.

IA: new idea 2 row mounted corn picker. Good shape, $500. 712-246-1847

Hay Equipment Wanted

IA:2 15” dual wheel rims for A-e Roto baler all-crop combines. 262-716-5250, Atlantic,Ia

Irrigation Equipment For Sale

IA: WINCO GENERATORS, NEW & USED, 1PH 50KW $4,170. KATO LIGHT NEW 1PH AND 3PH WINPOWER USED 1PH $1,000. CALL WES SEBETKA AT, (641) 990-1094

Livestock Equipment For Sale

IA: Feeders 24’ hay feeders meals on whells. Saves hay, saves time & saves money. Call 712-210-6587

IA: 24’ Hay feeders meals on wheels, Saves hay , saves time and saves money. Call 712-210-6587

IA: 2 Smidley Fedders, 10 hole with lids, new, priced to sell. 641-590--2815

IA: 14 double disc fertilizer openers for JD or Kinze planters with 2 inch bar, discs measure 15 inches, $50 712-375-5077

Other Equipment for Sale, cont.

A:Used Ringsted welding stalk smasher, large unit covers 800-38 duals, 1 1/2 years old, like new 641-590-1820

IA:Orthman MP3 Tracker Guid-ance system, 2 blades, always shedded, $4,700. 641-590-2815

IAHawkins Fertilizer Units, 16 units and parts, $125 per unit. 641-590-2815

IA: JD Fert. Openers, single disk, frame mounted, 16 units, excellent $570 each unite. 641-590-2815

IA: Friesen 22 ton bin, with heavy factory skid $3,200 call 712-766-3239

IA: Watermelon style hog oiler $350, six section John Deere harrow wooden eveners $700 Parker 200 bushel wagon Westendorf gear $2,400. 712-420-3030

IA:1973 Case 1737 skid loader 3,031 hrs. $4,195. 641-592-1211

Tilliage Equipment for Sale

IA: C-IH 12R36”Vertical Fold 3 pt, always shedded 308-995-5515

IA:Hiniker 6000 cultivator units-like new 319-521-7220

IIA: JD MI tractor wide front, nice starts, good runner, 300 IH tractor good and starts and run good. 641-425-6139

IA: 1995 Agco Hugger 636 C. H. went to 30 in rows $3800 used on R62. 712-837-4468

Grain Harvest & Han-dling Equipment For Sale

IA:I1997 Case-IH 2188 with 30 ft JD bean head specialty rotor machine in great shape 712-880-0484 for details.

IA:Demco 550 or 650 gravity wagons. Call 712-210-6587

IA: Combine head movers from 25’ to 40’ wide please call 712-210-6587

IA: New Orthman dry bean cut-ters 308-995-5515

IA: 12 x 72 PECK Auger. Flight-ing is excellent. 2 years old. 712-270-0735

IA: 1440 combine new price $2,700 IF not sold by July 15 will part out good unit or lots of excellent parts. 712-375-5077

Livestock Equipment For Sale, cont.

IA: IH 560 gas Fendens fast hitch. NF good rubber West-endorf W130 losfrt zz45,000 515-368-1358

Other Equipment for Sale

IA ANHYDROUS APPLICA-TION UNIT Equaply® non pump system is perfect for side dress. Equal rows, reduced out-gassing. Stops freezing. From $7900. JBI Enterprises, Brun-ning. NE

IA: Cas 1948 VAC rebuilt generator and carburetor. New battery. Runs good. $2,000. 515-432-5163.

IA: For Sale: 55 gallon drums. Only $5 each! Smitty Bee Hon-ey, Defiance, Ia 712-748-4292

IA: Calument 3200 gal spreader tank with 4 knife enjector. Ask-ing $4,500. 515-249-2512

IA: Balzer 1500 gal tank Mag-num left front fill single ayle 21.5 tires w/quick attached hose. Like new call 515-379-1170

IIA: 1995 international, 4000 series, 6 cyl. ,13 ton., 7x12 flatbed. ,13,000 miles. ,duals wheels., mallard 712-857-3432

IA: Hog oiler round $350, JD 2-row cultivate fits only 50 520 $350 conectible, 14-14-21/4” solid JD tool bar 3 point 712-420--3030

LIVESTOCK & ANIMALS

Livestock For Sale

IA: Dorset Rams fall and Jan born Dorset Ewes and Few southdown Ewe lambs 641-449-3226

IA: Minature donkeys any sex any age emailwdbrink@wiatel.net or call 712-353-6730

IA: Leonard Limousin & Angus Bulls for Sale Private Treaty. 70 red, black, polled Limousin and Angus bulls, Holstein, Iowa. 712-368-2611. lori@leonardlim-ousin.com

IA: Registered Gelbvieh Bulls, quality black gentle polled yearning bulls. Hobbs Gelbvieh 641-766-6779 or 641-203-0863

IA: Dorset Rams. Thick meaty type Call 712-882-9840

IA: Steer and heifer show pros-pects. For more information and photos, visit our website at www.mikemillerclubcalves.com or call 515-370-0695. Dana

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IA: Farrowing unit 1,500 to 2,000 sows, can switch to nurs-ery or finishing. In compliance, Ia NC Iowa. Call 641-590-2815

Hay, Grain & Forage For Sale

IA: Good clean, bright sm sq in semi loads 641-658-2738

IA: Custom hay hauling; big rounds, big square etx can haul troughout midwest. For Sale Round Big Squares of Alfalfa/Grass & straight Alfalfa 641-640-0492

Hay, Grain & Forage Wanted

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IA: Quality small or lg sq Alfalfa or misxed in semi loads 641-658-2738

VEHICLES

Cars/SUV’s For Sale

IA: 1966 Ford Galaxy convert-ible parts or restore 515-981-4067

IA: 1986 Monte Carlo LS fixed up $6,000. 1961 Chevy pickup original 3/4 ton $6,000. 712-253-1261

Campers/RV’s For Sale

IA:8 ft Shadow Cruiser pickup camper 3 way refrig, toilet, furnace. $1,000 obo. 515-971-5487

Vehicle Parts/Service

IA: 2 11.2 x 24 like new tires on 8 bolt rims $350. 319-981-1438

AROUND THE HOME

Antiques For Sale/Wanted

IA: Antique oak ice box 39” tal land 27 1/2 “ x 27 1/2” 515-295-2903

IA: Estate Sale September 14 & 15 8am - 4pm. Soldier Com-munity Building. This will be a two day sale featureing the John Deere toy & memorabilia collection of Marvin Larson. This is not an auction. All items will be priced to sell. Remaining items will be discounted for day two. Precision Classic Tractors & implements new w/boxes, Prestige collection new w/box, Collector Edition new w/boxes, numerous 1/64 scale tractors, some I.H. collection, lots of fixer upper toys - large selection of wheels, tires, & misc. parts, met-al signs, clocks, shadow boxes, tools antique items, Please direct any questions to John Larson 712-830-5398.

Household Items For Sale/Wanted

IA: 100% Wood Heat- no worries. Keep your family safe and warm your family safe and warm with an Outdoor Wood Furnace from Central Boiler RDC Truck Repair 712-647-2407 (828-831)

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IA: Steel post. Dennis Becker Bancroft, Ia 515-538-1547

IA: Two 8 x 5614” tires on rims w/5 holes 75% usable 712-784-3452

Other Wanted

IA: Wanted to buy old farm tools, hand woodworking tools, old seed corn items, hand cornsheller, cream separators. Call 515-890-0262

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IA:Guineas for sale. 712-464-3610 or 641-414-6177

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