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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

This year’s Farmfest, at the GilfillanEstate southeast of Redwood Falls,Minn., will feature a special forum —“Farm Program Decisions with theNew Farm Bill.”

Panelists include: Duane Voy, U.S.Department of Agriculture Risk Man-agement Agency director; Kevin Klair,University of Minnesota Center forFarm Financial Management; PaulSimonsen, Minnesota SoybeanResearch and Promotion Councilchair; John Mages, Government Rela-tions Committee chair with the Min-nesota Corn Growers Association.;and farm financial consultant PaulGorman.

The Land asked them to give a briefpreview of what they expect to talkabout at this forum, scheduled for1:15 p.m., Aug. 5 at the Wick Build-ings Farmfest Center.

Paul Simonsen“At this stage as a farmer I don’t

have a lot of information on thedetails of the new farm bill. As usual,the devil is in the details but itappears even more emphasis will beon keeping records of your crops, acre

by acre and yielddetails, too. The pre-vious farm bill Irecall we had to goback the previous 10years for documenta-tion of yields andacres. So likely we’llhave a chance to do orredo some of that

stuff. Vegetable crops are in the pro-gram now, too. I raise sweet corn andpeas and I’m not sure how that’s goingto affect me.

“Last year some of us in this areaagreed to grow for Birds Eye becausethey wanted to establish production uphere. So the deal was that if we gaveup some of our acres with Seneca, wecould grow for Birds Eye. But last Jan-uary they called and told us theyweren’t coming up here after all. Allthese canning companies had suchgreat yields last year so they cut backon acres. And I’d guess most are wish-ing they hadn’t made that decision inview of the difficulties with this year’scanning crops.

“It sounds to me like there will belots of meetings by Extension, cropinsurance outfits, our commoditygroups, etc., simply to explain in more

detail provisions of this new 2014 farmbill. So likely there will be spreadsheets where these agencies will fill intheir data and then determine whichof the various crop insurance pro-grams works best for them, and theirfarmer customers. There’s been USDAmoney allocated to various universi-ties to develop information analysis.We (the Minnesota Soybean Researchand Promotion Council) will do aseries of webinars starting in Augustand into September.

“We’ll have Al Kluis and others tohelp determine the financial impact ofthese decisions. And as I understand,final decisions by individual farmerswon’t have to be made until well afterharvest.”

Paul Gorman“I’ll attempt to

explain and detailhow various insur-ance options pencilout — I’m talkingindividual Agricul-ture Risk Coverage,County ARC, or howPrice Loss Coveragemight work for a particular land parcelat different corn prices. Growers willhave those three options. So by doing

some projections on corn prices andcorn yields, I’m hoping we can at leastprovide some guidelines so that whenthey sit down with their insuranceagent they’ve got a starting point fortheir decision. For example, I intend toprovide some numbers so that if youlive in Blue Earth County and theaverage corn price for marketing year2014 was $3.75 you might get ‘thismuch per acre’ from the variousoptions.

“As far as farmer payments, I workedon that quite a bit this spring includ-ing some specific work for a farmerwho was short on cash flow. His rentwas high; his landlords weren’t willingto lower their figures. We were lookingat how we could stick extra money intohis cash flow ... which meant usingvarious corn prices and corn yield pro-jections or project what his total cashflow per acre might be. At this stagethe bottom line is telling us thatunless corn yields are exceptional,there likely won’t be a positive cashflow on corn this year especially whenyou factor in family living expenses.Illinois data, which we just lookedusing yields of 197 bushels per acreand $293 rent with corn at $3.75, proj-

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SHOW HOURSTuesday, Aug. 5: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Wednesday, Aug. 6: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 7: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

LOCATIONGilfillan Estate, 28269 Highway

67, Morgan, MN 56266Online map: http://bit.ly/Farmfest

ADMISSION$12 at the gate, under 18 free.Register online for half-price admission. Visit www.farmfest.com and click

the “Register Now” button to get your discount.PARKING

Free attendee parking is available on the South and West side of the showgrounds. Exhibitor parking is located on the east side of the site acrossCounty Road 13, in the area next to the field demonstrations.GETTING AROUND

There are plenty of ways to get around the 50 acres of Farmfest. Takeadvantage of the many convenient transportation options provided.

On-site shuttle: A complimentary on-site shuttle, sponsored by AgStarFinancial Services, will be circling the show grounds throughout the threedays. Look for the “Farmfest Shuttle Stop” signs and hop on for a ride aroundthe perimeter of the show.

Parking lot shuttle: A shuttle will run through the parking lot during theshow days to help you get from your car to the entrances and back again.Shuttles will make multiple stops throughout the parking lot.

Golf cart rental: Golf carts are available on a first-come, first-servedbasis. The cart rental is located inside Entrance Gate 2. Golf Carts can bereserved in advance by contacting NB Golf Cars at (605) 275-4653.

Gilfillan Estate, August 5-7

See FARM BILL, pg. 3F

FARM BILL, from pg. 2Fects losing about $48 per acre before any family liv-ing draws, depreciation, etc. Toss those in and theprojected lose is about $140 per acre. The point beingwe’ll have to make some good adjustments on ourcrop programs going into the future it now appears.”

Kevin Klair“Information that you absolutely must have when

you start making decision about your farmingstrategies, especially when it comes to marketingyour products and insuring that production is oneissue I’ll be talking on. We’re talking about nationalefforts to develop a decision aid program to helpfarmers when it comes to deciding what crop insur-ance program might be best for them.

“I admit at this stage this might be mostly wishfulthinking because we definitely need to have theserules spelled out and into the hands of our localagencies so they can they properly advice and informfarmers. In the past we’ve worked with farm billsthat had specific rules, and then two to three weeks

into the implementation, they changed the rules.Let’s hope that doesn’t happen this time.”

John Mages“Sign-up deadlines for the options on USDA crop

insurance program won’t be until sometime this win-ter we’re told, so we’ll have some hindsight on 2014crops and some projections perhaps on pricing forthe 2015 year. I think a big assist will be these FarmCalculator information systems. Three universities— Texas A&M, University of Missouri and the Uni-versity of Illinois — are developing the input data forthis Farm Calculator package. We’re told this info

will be available later this summer or early fall.“With that decision aid, surveying the long-term,

five-year plan as to which particular insuranceoption might be the better choice will be moredoable. That apparently covers us better on TargetPrice packages plus the Supplemental CoverageOption should you want to purchase which is onlyavailable through the PLC program.”

Duane Voy“As a Farmfest panel member, I plan to briefly dis-

cuss the Risk Management Agency’s changes to thecrop insurance program in response to the farm bill,which provides more risk management options forfarmers and ranchers.

“It also continues the growth of the crop insuranceprogram and provides expanded farm safety netoptions for organic and specialty crop producers.Specific topics to be briefly touched on include theSupplemental Coverage Option, beginning farmerprovisions, increased program integrity, organicexpansion and conservation compliance.”

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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

Farmfest 2014’s feature forum “Cli-mate Change — Impact on Future AgProduction Practices?” takes place10:30 a.m. on Aug. 7 at the Wick Build-ings Farmfest Center.

Panelists include DTN ag weatherand climate analyst Bryce Anderson,University of Minnesota College ofFood, Agriculture and Natural Sci-ences Dean Brian Buhr, and U of M cli-mate specialist Mark Seeley.

Anderson, Buhr and Seeley wereasked to give a preview of what theywould be discussing at Farmfest.

Bryce Anderson — DTN Meteo-rologist

“What I’ll mostlikely speak about atFarmfest will verymuch depend on thequestions from ouraudience. And in viewof the remarkablediversity of weatheracross our nation andour globe, I suspectwe’ll have plenty to talk about.

“One issue that I will share aredetails on the changing rainfall pat-terns over the upper Midwest the pastfew years. Very likely what we’re see-ing are not flash-in-the-pan incidents.We’re seeing rainfall do several things.First we’re seeing that the Upper Mid-west is quite likely to be the focal pointof more heavy rains. Also rainfall has a

tendency to focusmore in the springand in heavier occur-rences. Research isshowing that pattern is likely to con-tinue.

“But will this impact a redistributionof our major crop production areas? Ithink not. Yes, we are seeing more cropland farming across the Dakotas andinto Canada. But that partly is a resultof the genetics being provided to thesefarmland areas. Yes, there is anassumption that the Corn Belt willkeep expanding, mostly westerly andnortherly. But I question if that takesinto consideration the several nuancesthat are part of the landscape.

“I think as we learn more aboutweather and climate we’ll be puttingmore focus into how to better growthese crops where the environment ismost suitable. That to me questions ifthe Corn Belt geography is expandingor is more likely a matter of shiftingjust a little bit.”

Does a cooler growing season for2014 suggest a trend towards fewergrowing degree day units in the future?

“We get asked that question fre-quently but I don’t know if we canreally put a tag on that. GDDs (grow-ing degree days) for a particular grow-ing season are somewhat unpre-dictable based on today’s scientificknowledge. Safer to say that seasonstend to have their own character withtremendous variation from one section

of the country toanother. This currentgrowing season beinga prime example.

“Once the Upper Midwest got into amore typical season in terms of tem-peratures and sunshine patters, cropconditions have improved virtuallyeverywhere. Granted, simply toomuch water late into this spring sea-son wiped out significant crop acresacross southern Minnesota, northwestIowa and even into the Dakotas. Butwe’re now seeing the potential ofrecords crops in Ohio, Indiana, Illinoisand eastern Iowa. Even parts of ourMinnesota landscape will be getting200-plus bushel corn.”

Brian Buhr — Dean, Universityof Minnesota Economics

“From a global perspective depend-ing upon temperature ranges one ofthe big issues of climatic change willbe the moisture content of our weatherworld wide. That issue of water

becomes a primaryfactor of growingconditions in globalagriculture. Theseextreme variationsseem to be quite evi-dent in the models;California, for exam-ple, continuing inextreme drought

while here in the Upper Midwest oneof the wettest spring and early sum-mer seasons on record.

“As this happens we’ll see moreintensive agriculture in those regionswhere the favorable weather patternsexist — the ‘haves’ so to speak versusthe ‘have nots.’ This will generate ashifting of crop patterns. This willalso generate very interesting tradepatterns occurring across the globe.Yes, we’ve seen corn movementsmostly north, and northwest, of about150 miles the past few years. As mar-

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Don’t miss all the great daily eventstaking place at Farmfest.

Ride and Drive DemonstrationsCome test out the 2014 North

American Truck of the year, theChevy Silverado. Stop by the Chevro-let display for a hands on experienceand take a spin in some of Chevrolet’snewest vehicles. Sponsored by Chevyand Graham Tire. Other Ride & Driveparticipants: HARDI North America,Inc. and Miller St. Nazianz.

Drone Demonstration — Demoarea across Hwy 13

In addition to their forum presenta-tion, “Drones: The Next TechnologicalBreak-through in Agriculture,” HaugImplement will be demonstrating howdrones work in the field. Stop by thedemo area, across County Highway 13,to see the newest thing in ag technol-ogy in action. Demos will take place at10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday and

Wednesday and 10 a.m. on Thursday.Kids Pedal Pull — near

Entrance Gate 2Bring your youngster to the Farm-

ers Union Agency Pedal Pull to seehow he or she fares in Farmfest’smost widely-attended children’s con-test. Children ages 4-11 are eligible toparticipate and the top three contest-ants in each bracket will win anaward.

Farm Safety Carnival — Min-nesota Farm Bureau, booth 7

The Farm Safety Carnival offershands-on education for children andtheir families on recognizing andavoiding farm dangers and practicingsafe farm activities. A fun adventurefor the whole family to learn aboutsafety and possibly win a prize. TheFarm Safety Carnival is sponsored byRedBrownVille Farm Safety 4 JustKids and the Minnesota Farm Bureau.

See FORUMS, pg. 6F

Daily demos, children’s events

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FORUMS, from pg. 5Fkets grow, I think we’ll seethese somewhat dramaticpatterns continuing.

“This will likely trigger a shifting of the pest anddisease issues as well. We’ll be seeing new occur-rences across the landscape somewhat in concertwith these shifting cropping patterns. If cropsweren’t being grown intensively previously but noware, we’re creating a new habitat with these cropsthat likely will be hosting new pest and diseaseissues too. But this also depends somewhat uponwinter weather conditions so this is likely to be amoving target so to speak.”

Will these changing world climates impact theGenetically Modified Organism debates?

“This adaptability cycle of GMO crops is also rele-vant to crop season and crop tolerance. And not tobe ignored is a growing consumer demand of non-GMO foods which is apparently prompting bothGeneral Mills and Cargill to make some changes intheir food products. So I think this trend is moretriggered by world economics than changingweather patterns. According to recent U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture data our food costs in theUnited States are now down to 6.6 percent of ourbudget. So either disposable incomes have grown orour food resources have increased enough to exert adownward spin on food costs. And at this stage con-sumer costs are not yet a factor in the trend towardmore consumer demand of non-GMO foods. How-ever the value of drought tolerance and pest resist-

ant traits is likely to be tested more andmore in this non-GMO food arena.”

Here in Minnesota Buhr said the tile anddrainage issue continues, particularly as it

relates to water quality. And this is a portion of theoverall climate — a virtual trading of water certainlyis part of this debate.

“Improved water utilization is the genetic chal-lenge to our seed industry and this is key to theworld climate change challenges ahead.”

Mark Seeley, University of Minnesota Exten-sion climatologist

“We have an occupying area thatis changing. Here in the states ofWisconsin, Minnesota and theDakotas the climate attributesthat we measure, notably tempera-ture and precipitation, are chang-ing the most. That said we are giv-ing weather a tremendous amountof attention.

“Some of the magnitudes and frequency of weatherare also changing. With temperature, for example,portions of the state are no longer experiencing theextreme low temps that we once had but they areexperiencing extremely warm nights … even situa-tions where the night-time temp never drops below80 F. That of course has a tremendous affect on cropproduction because that directly relates to respira-tion of these crops. These heat waves have causedsome livestock losses.

“I’ll talk about how the growing seasons havelengthened, both at the front end and later frostdates in the fall. That has generated significantexpansion of corn and soybean acres to the Northand Northwest. Plant hardiness zones have shiftedalso so now the Minnesota Nursery Association, forexample, markets plants for landscaping into areasthat we formerly did not consider acceptable.

“Yes, the pest and disease issues are also movinginto these areas. What we used to see only in the cen-tral and southern plains states have now made theirway into the Upper Midwest, specifically these newrow-crop agricultural areas of Minnesota and theDakotas. Invasive species fall into that category alsobut that is not to say all invasive species are immi-grants into our area because of our changing cli-mate. They may have come in because of other rea-sons, but once here they find a climatic niche that issuitable.

“Perhaps most noticeable is our changing precipi-tation patterns — both quantity and intensity. We’reseeing a larger annual precipitation, this year 2014being a prime example. And a larger fraction of thattotal precipitation is coming in the form of theseintense thunder storms. The frequency of 3-inch, 4-inch, even 5-inch thunder storms is on the rise. Andthis accounts for the increasing flash flooding of ourlandscape. This past June was the wettest June inMinnesota history, and also the wettest single monthin Minnesota history.

“This is having impacts on water and soil manage-ment across the state, especially across the agricul-tural landscape where tile drainage strategies arean issue, and perhaps amplifying tile drainagethrough pattern tiling has become a major strategyto lessen the impact of surface drainage and runoffof soils and soil nutrients. Better residue manage-ment to protect the soils from erosion certainly wasmuch apparent this spring. It really verified theimportance of leaving more soil residue on the land-scape all times of the year.”

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Carlson Wholesale, Inc.: 221Catholic United Financial: 212SCBM Electronics Lighting: 4303Central Boiler Inc.: 41Central Plains Industries, LLC: 934ECGB — AGRIfinancial Services: 3107CGB — Diversified Services: 2606Channel: SR09Christianson Systems, Inc.: 301CHS Inc.: 316Clarks Ag Supply: 335SClean Burn / Derson Mfg.: 2611Clean Cutter Flail & Tiller Blade Co.: 2408Cleary Building Corp.: 812CliftonLarsonAllen: 3605Congressman Collin Peterson: 414SConklin Products: 2304Conrad American: 1003Convey-All by Hamilton Systems, Inc.: 636Conway, Deuth & Schmiesing, PLLP: 2510Copperhead Ag Products: 2512

Country Cat: 1037Countryside Implements: 63Courtland Waste Handling, Inc.: 402Crary Ag Solutions: 309Crary Industries: 901Crete-Heat, LLC: 3301Croplan by Winfield: SR19Cross-Dillon Tire: 42ECrustBuster / Speed King, Inc.: 52Crysteel Truck Equipment Inc.: 430Culver’s of North Mankato: 616Curt’s Truck & Diesel Service, Inc.: 1031Custom Marketing Co., LLC: 507

DDairyland Seed Co., Inc.: 103SDairyland Supply Inc.: 709Dakota Fluid Power: 4110Dakota Micro, Inc.: 4408Dakota Steel and Trim: 337Dakota Wholesale Tire:20Dan’s Custom Welding Tables: 224SDawn Equipment Co. Inc.: 527

DDSI: 416Degelman Industries, Ltd.: 935Delux Grain Dryers: 421Democratic Farmer Labor Party of Minnesota: 2210Dennis Carpenter Ford Reproduction Parts: 3213Diamond Mowers: 53WDick Hansen Sales, Inc.: 423Diers Ag & Trailer Sales, Inc.: 9Diesel Specialties Inc.: 4306Digi-Temp: 2306Direct Enterprises, Inc.: 48EDistel Grain Systems, Inc.: 226NDK Diesel Injection Inc.: 2111DTN — The Progressive Farmer: 520EDuPont Pioneer: SR07

EEast Side Oil Companies: 2102Easy Automation Inc.: 2303Easy Way Cattle Care: 517SEasyFix Rubber Products North America: 3309Edney Distributing Co., Inc.: 916Electric Cleaner Company, Inc.: 3302

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Endless Energy — Agri SC: 311Enduraplas: 60Energy Panel Structures: 637Enestvedt Seed Co.: SR06Engineered Products Company: 3203Erickson Marketing: 530Excelsior Homes West, Inc.: 836Exmark Manufacturing: 624Extreme Panel Technologies, Inc.: 4604

FFabra Dome: 230Fair Manufacturing Inc.: 111SFantini North America: 603Farm Bureau Financial Services: 512bFarm Country Trader, Inc.: 2605Farm Forum: 3411FarmChem: 801Farmers Agency Inc. & Farmers Finance Company:

2410Farmers Hot Line: 4409Farm-Oyl, a brand of CHS Inc.: 2608Fast Manufacturing Inc.: 532Fastenal: 218SFastline Publications: 3106FEI East: 605Fellowship of Christian Farmers International:

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FHR Farms / BRT Ag & Turf: SR03First Security Bank: 3308Flag Pole Solutions: 4309Flex-Till: 526Flexxifinger: 535NFor-Most Inc.: 537Forward Farm Lines: 330Friedman Distributing, Inc.: 1011Frost Services Inc.: 113

GGalena Genetics LLC: 3509The Gator Center: 54GDF Enterprises Inc.: 119General Motors: 22Genex Farm Systems: 3603Geno’s Concessions: 933Geringhoff: 522Geronimo Energy: 3104Gideons International: 2205GK Technology, Inc.: 3304Gobbler Concessions: 213NGold Country Seed, Inc.: SR12Gone 2 Green Solar & Wind Energy: 3410Gopher State One Call: 4301Graham Tire Co.: 906Grain Handler USA, Inc.: 909Grain Millers, Inc.: 4609

Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health:3610

Great Plains Mfg., Inc.: 932Green Energy Products, LLC: 19EGreener World Solutions, LLC: 4508Greystone Construction Co.: 729Grizzly Buildings, Inc.: 2103Growers Mineral Solutions: 905SGSI Group LLC: 720GVL Polymers, Inc.: 915

HH & S Manufacturing Co. Inc.: 730Hagie Manufacturing Company: 601Hansen Agri-Commodities, LLC: 3110Hanson Silo Company: 313NHARDI North America, Inc.: 202Harms Manufacturing, Inc.: 937Harvest Energy Solutions: 830Harvest International Inc.: 731Haven Industries: 307SHawaiian Moon: T2106Hawke & Company Ag: 203Hawkins Manufacturing, Inc.: 914WHazelwood Flagpoles: 308SHeatmasterSS / SteelTech Inc.: 50Hector Tile Co. Inc.: 2513Heritage Exteriors & Restoration: 3604

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Hewitt Drainage Equipment: 323HH Fabrication & Repair, LLC:

716High Plains Apache: 43EHigh Plains Journal: 2505Hiniker Company: 606Hi-Pro Mfg. Inc.: 3600Hitchdoc: 403Honeyville Metal, Inc.: 436SHoover Tarp Sales: 2206Horizon Products: 3413Horsch, LLC: 335NHotsy Cleaning Equipment Inc.:

15Hughes Real Estate & Auction

Service: 3403Hutchinson / Mayrath: 604Hydro Operating, LLC: 629

IIndependent Community Bankers

of Minnesota: 2208Industrial & Environmental Concepts,

Inc.: 3303Innovative Basement Systems:3512IntelliAir: 3404Intelligent Agricultural Solutions:

3503Isaacson Sales & Service, Inc.: 437SIt Works: T4111Iverson Tree Farms, LLC: 635

JJ.C. Ramsdell Enviro Services, Inc.:

310NJ.R. Dale Sales & Leasing, Inc.:

404NJamesway Farm Equipment: 1EJanzen Fabricating & Repair LLC:

410NJenkins Iron & Steel Inc.: 47Jerry Rankin Mini Doughnuts:C2

Jesse Company: 51EJet Company Inc.: 319Jim Hawk Truck Trailers, Inc.: 6WJMC: 535SJoe’s Supplies Inc.: 313SJohn Day Company: 232EJohn Deere — Kibble Equipment:

531Johnson Drainage Plows: 40Johnson Mfg., Inc.: 327NJUG Waterers: 637W

KK & M Manufacturing: 4201K & M Silo Demolition: 4310K & O Manufacturing Co, Inc.: 332Kaler Farms: 3511Keltgens, Inc.: 503K-Fence: 117KNUJ AM 860 / SAM 107.3 FM:

617NKohls-Weelborg Truck Center: 432Kongskilde Industries, Inc.: 817

Koyker Manufacturing Inc.: 331NKuchar Combines: 115Kugler Company: 304Kuhn North America, Inc./

Kuhn Krause: 822KZValve: 2508

LL.A. Stuart: T3106The Land Magazine: 2402Landoll Corporation: 717Lankota, Inc.: 928Lano Equipment Inc.: 833Latham Hi-Tech Seeds: 4106Leading Edge Technologies: 328NLee J. Sackett, Inc.: 2609Legacy Steel Buildings: 2607The Legal Professionals: Somsen,

Mueller & Franta: 3109Legend Seeds, Inc.: SR20Lester Building Systems, LLC: 715LG Seeds: SR05Liebrecht Mfg., LLC: 505N

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Lifetime Shingles, LLC: 3111Linder Farm Network: 512aLiquiTube Marketing International: 3606Livestock Equipment & Manufacturing, LLC: 49Living Green Renewables: 13WLoftness Specialized Equipment: 506Lorenz Manufacturing Co.: 205Loup Electronics, Inc.: 2610Lowry Mfg. Co.: 225SLundell Plastics: 913

MM&E Sales: 2509M.H. Eby, Inc.: 326M/C/M Fabrication: 6EMagic Massage Therapy: 3607Magic Water Inc.: 4112Mantek / NC4 Corp.: 3205Mark Seed Company: 3602Maschio Gaspardo: 838Mast Productions Inc.: 505SMathews Company: 820Mathiowetz Construction: 4606Maverick “Tile Finder”: 323May Wes Mfg.: 907McDaniel Sales: 726McFarlane Manufacturing Co.: 607McPherson Crop Management: 2308MDS Manufacturing Co. Inc.: 610Meridian Manufacturing Inc.: 802Metalcraft by K: 206NMetLife: 4506Meyer Manufacturing Corporation: 722MFS/York/Stormor: 602Micro-Trak Systems, Inc.: 2109Midland Garage Door Mfg. Co.: 2112Midsota Manufacturing Inc.: 738Midwest Building Materials: 206SMidwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service:

4511Midwest Power Up of Minnesota: 2602Midwest Ready Mix & Equipment Inc.: 68Mike’s Sales & Distributing: 13EMiller Legal Strategic Planning Centers, P.A.: 2203Miller Sellner Implement, Inc.: 808Miller St. Nazianz Inc.: 921Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association, Inc.: 4302Minnesota Board of Animal Health: 3108Minnesota Corn Growers Association: 702Minnesota Department of Agriculture: 431

Minnesota Department of Commerce: 3204Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation: 7, 8Minnesota Farm Guide: 224NMinnesota Farmers Union: 509

Minnesota Pneumatic Products: 437NMinnesota Pork Board: 614Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council:

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Minnesota State Cattlemens Assoc.: 513NMinnesota State Patrol: 225NMinnesota Truck & Tractor / Mahindra Tractors:

42WMinnesota Association of Townships: 3408Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:SR25Mobile Washer: 436NMoly Mfg., Inc.: 438Monsanto BioAg: SR24Montag Manufacturing, Inc.: 911Monty’s Plant Food Co., Inc.: 4510Morton Buildings, Inc.: 422Mustang Seeds: 501MVTV Wireless: 2411My Pillow Inc.: 4401

NNACHURS: SR17NAPA Auto Parts Stores / STAR Group: 619National Farmers Organization: 2108Nature’s Best: 4512NDY Manufacturing Inc.: 4504New Tec, Inc.: 827

New York Life: 4608Nextire Inc.: 213SNice Touch Massage: 4203Nitro Ice Cream: 9ANordaas American Homes: 4104Norstar Industries Ltd.: 131North Country Marketing, Inc.: 930NorthStar Genetics, Ltd.: SR14North Star Scale, Inc.: 4503Northern Grain Design & Construction, Inc.:

934WNorthern Insulation Products: 4210Northern Plains Track: 929Northland Buildings, Inc.: 419Northland Farm Systems: 707Northland Ford Dealers: 502Northland Trenching Equipment, LLC: 3409Northstar Commodity: 2403Norwex: T4112Norwood Sales Inc.: 626N-Rich Plant Food, Inc.: 4206Nuss Truck & Equipment: 1033

NuTech Seed, LLC: SR04Nutra-Flo Company: 407

OO’Connell Farm Drainage Plows, Inc.: 226SOffice of Senator Al Franken: 2209OK Tire Stores, Inc.: 4605O’Reilly Auto Parts: 4108Orthman Manufacturing: 56

PP & R Countryside: T2109The Pampered Chef: T2111Par-Kan Company: 103NPequea Machine Corp.: 903NPeterson Farms Seed: SR18Peterson Motors: 306Pluto Legal, PLLC: 3311Poly Tech Inc.: 903SPrairie Brand: 902EPrecision Planting: 718Preferred Welder Sales: 320Principal Financial Group: 3609Prinsco, Inc.: 931Pritchett Twine & Netwrap LLC: 4101Pro Marketing Services LLC: 412NProducer’s Choice: 4304Producers Hybrids: SR21, SR26Product Development Group: 2305ProfitPro, LLC: 904EPT Steel & Fabrication: 109

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Pump and Meter Service, Inc.: 32SPurple Wave Auction Inc.: 4406

QQuality Craft Tools: 125

RR. Clausen Enterprises: T3107RCIS: 2405RDO Equipment Co.: 936Real-Tuff, Inc.: 2Reaves Building Systems: 217Redwood Area Chamber & Tourism: 4600Redwood County Dairy Association: 902ARedwood Soil & Water Conservation District: 4305Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc.: 633Remlinger Manufacturing Co.: 724Renewtech LLC: 4501Renk Seed Company: 302Renville Sales Inc.: 634Rescue Tape / Harbor Products, Inc.: 3510Rhino / Earthmaster: 927Rick’s Welding, Inc.: 417Ringsted Welding & Fabrication Inc.: 4602Rinke Noonan Law Firm: 4208Rite Way Mfg. Co. Ltd.: 732Rob-See-Co: 66Rostech Electronics: 3508Roto-Mix, LLC: 814Royal Prestige: 3102Runnings Farm & Fleet: 917Rush River Steel & Trim: 228Rust Sales, Inc.: 307NRyder Truck Rental: 534

SS&R Sales, Inc.: 414NS.I. Distributing Inc.: 214Safe-T-Pull: 3306Scentsy: T3111Schaben Industries Inc.: 1017Schaeffer Oil: 327SSchuneman Equipment Company: 44Schweiss Doors: 519Seedpoint Solutions: 806SFP: 222Shivvers Mfg., Inc.: 517NShoup Manufacturing Co.: 2311

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Show-Me Shortline Company LLC:834

Shur-Co: 415Silver Stream Shelters: 312Simes Systems LLC: 4610Sioux Steel Company: 334Skarpohl Pressure Washers, Inc.: 413Sommers Masonry Inc.: 223Soucy International Inc.: 832South Central College: 2204South Central Portage & Main:

208Southwest Initiative Foundation:

3504Southwest MN K-Fence: 117St. Raphael Church: 127Star Trailer Sales, Inc.: 818Starr Cycle Yamaha Inc.: 53ESterling Equipment & Repair, Inc.:

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Stine Seed Company: SR10Stoller USA, Inc.: 2401Stor-Loc: 212NStructural Buildings Inc.: 2412Sudenga Industries, Inc.: 329Sukup Manufacturing Company:

622Summers Mfg. Co.: 723Sunrise Ag Sales: 107NSuperior Concrete Block Co. Inc.:

428Sustane Natural Fertilizer, Inc.:

4411Swede’s Portable Buildings: 406Syngenta: SR11

TT.R.S. Industries, Inc.: 513STalk Inc.: 33NTapLogic, LLC: 4601Taylor Made Clothing: T1105

Te Slaa Manufacturing: 210Teamco, Inc. / Snowblast: 923Tebben Enterprises Inc.: 638TEK Mechanical Services, Inc.:46WTerra Therm, Inc.: 2600The Land Magazine: 2402Thirty-One Gifts Independent

Consultants: T2107Thunder Creek Equipment: 1000Timewell Drainage Products: 57Timpte, Inc.: 408TIREBOSS Tire Pressure Control:

3201Titan Machinery Inc.: 918

Titan Pro SCI: 314Tom’s Farm Toys: T4100Tools-N-Toys: T1100Total Administrative Services

Corporation (TASC): 3211Total Body Care: 2406, 2506Total Track & Performance Products:

1029ATouchstone Energy Cooperatives:

2301Track, Inc.: 32NTractorHouse: 215STraeder Enterprises, Inc.: 735Tri-State Neighbor: 2211

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Tri-States Grain Conditioning, Inc.: 2511TruAG: 835True North Steel: 1035

UUnited FCS: F1United Prairie Bank: 412SUnited States Senator Amy Klobuchar: 3412Universal Industries, Inc.: 902WUniversity of Minnesota: 615SUnverferth Mfg. Co., Inc.: 621Upper Midwest Management Corp.: 2413USDA — Minnesota Farm Service Agency: 4402USDA — National Agricultural Statistics Service:

4403USDA — NRCS: 4404

VValley Industries: 34Van Ahn & Company, Inc.: 2107Vander Haag’s, Inc.: 821Ventera Wind: 45Vinco Electric: 4505

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WNAX: 520WWood & Conn Corporation: 721Woodford Ag, LLC: 736Wood-Mizer Products, Inc.: 837Worthington Ag Parts: 418WW Tire Service Inc.: 55

YYamaha Motor Corp., USA: 16Your Next Tire: 518

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By KENT THIESSEThe Land “Farm Programs” columnist

Farmfest 2014 will featurean exciting line-up of featureforums, highlighted by a Min-nesota Governor candidatesforum, as well as U.S. Senateand Congressional candidatesforums.

The forums will be held Aug.5-7, in the Wicks Buildings Forum Cen-ter on the Farmfest site, which islocated at the Gilfillan Estate, sevenmiles southeast of Redwood Falls,Minn.

The forum schedule for 2014 has aheavy emphasis on national and stateagricultural policy issues, and onissues affecting rural Minnesota. TheFarmfest forum schedule will featurethe three candidate forums, as well asspecial forums on implementation ofthe new farm bill and the impacts of achanging climate.

Special keynote addresses will begiven by Bob Stallman, American FarmBureau President; Mary Kay Thatcher,National Ag Policy Analyst with Ameri-

can Farm Bureau; and Univer-sity of Minnesota PresidentEric Kaler. All of the forumswill provide ample time forquestions, and follow-up dis-cussion by panel members.Governor candidatesforum

The “Governor CandidatesForum on Rural Minnesota”

will be held Aug. 5, at 10:30 a.m.Incumbent Democratic Governor

Mark Dayton and all other major can-didates have been invited to partici-pate in the forum. Confirmed candi-dates include Republicans JeffJohnson, Scott Honour, Marty Seifertand Kurt Zellars, as well as HannahNicollet from the Minnesota Indepen-dent Party.

A panel of agriculture and rural lead-ers will pose questions to the candi-dates on a variety of issues affectingthe agriculture industry and ruralMinnesota, including the following top-ics:

• Ideas to strengthen the rural econ-omy in Minnesota.

• Future strate-gies for Minnesota’srenewable energyindustry.

• Strategies toaddress the rapidly rising property taxburden on Minnesota farm land own-ers.

• Maintaining a strong livestockindustry in Minnesota.

• Finding a balance between eco-nomic development and environmentalissues in Minnesota.

• The need for a GMO labeling lawand other GMO regulations in Min-nesota.

• State financial support to counties,cities and townships in rural Min-nesota.

• Strategies to enhance the publiceducation system in rural Minnesota.

• Enhancing value-added agricultureand other new economic ventures inthe state.

• Providing adequate health care torural families.

• Other revisionsneeded in currentagricultural policy inMinnesota.U.S. Senate and

Congressional candidates forums

The “U.S. Senate Candidates Forumon Agriculture and Rural Issues” isscheduled for Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m.

The major candidates for U.S. Sen-ate in Minnesota have agreed to par-ticipate in the forum. This includesincumbent Democratic Senator AlFranken, as well as challengers MikeMcFadden and Jim Abler from theRepublican Party, and Kevin Terrellfrom the Minnesota IndependentParty.

A panel of agriculture media repre-sentatives will pose questions to thecandidates on a variety of issuesaffecting farmers and rural families.

The “Congressional Candidates Forumon Agriculture and Rural Issues” will beheld on Aug. 6, at 1:15 p.m.

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FORUMS, from pg. 23FCongressional candi-

dates from Minnesota’sFirst, Second, Sixth, Sev-enth and Eighth Con-gressional Districts were invited toparticipate in the forum. Confirmedcandidates for the forum include Sev-enth District Congressman CollinPeterson (D), and his challenger TorreyWestrom (R); First District Congress-

man Tim Walz (D)and his opponentsAaron Miller (R)and Jim Hage-dorn (R); Eighth

District Congressman Rick Nolan;Sixth District Candidates Tom Emmer(R) Rhonda Sivarajah (R) and JoePerske (D), and Mike Obermueller (D),who is endorsed in the Second Districtto challenge Congressman John Kline.

A panel of agriculture leaders repre-senting various farm organizations andcommodity groups will pose questionsto the candidates on a variety of issuesaffecting agriculture and rural commu-

nities.Following are the broad issue topics

that the questions for the U.S. Senate

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Aug. 6

8-10 a.m. — “Minnesota Farm Bureau Breakfast”8:30 a.m. — Comments by Mary Kay Thatcher, Policy Analyst with American

Farm Bureau9 a.m. — “Tax Savings for Farm Families”10 a.m. — Comments by Eric Kaler, University of Minnesota President10:30 a.m. — “U.S. Senate Candidate’s Forum on Agriculture and Rural Issues”12 p.m. — Linder Farm Network “Ag Outlook Hour” and Minnesota Pork

Ambassador Program1:15 p.m. — “Congressional Candidate’s Forum on Agriculture and Rural Issues”3 p.m. — “Big Data: A New Frontier in Agriculture”3:45 p.m. — “Drones: the Next Technology Break-through in Agriculture ?”

Aug. 7

8 a.m. — Welcome and Invocation9 a.m. — “DTN Grain Marketing and Ag Weather Update”10:30 a.m. — “Climate Change — Impact on Future Ag Production Practices”12 p.m. — Linder Farm Network “Ag Outlook Hour” and “4-H Scholarship

Auction”1 p.m. — Minnesota Farmers Union Watermelon Feed1:30 p.m. — “Farm Family of the Year” Recognition Program

Farmfest forum schedule

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FORUMS, from pg. 25Fand Congressional candidate forumswill focus on:

• Issues related to implementationof the new farm bill.

• “Tweaks” that are needed toimprove the new farm bill passed lastyear.

• Maintaining funding and supportfor a strong crop insurance program.

• Renewable energy policies (E-15,Renewable Fuel Standards, cellulosicethanol, biodiesel, etc.)

• Potential enhanced regulations onthe agriculture industry by Environ-mental Protection Agency and otherFederal agencies.

• Expanded Federal authority underthe Clean Water and Clean Air Acts.

• Role of Federal government in reg-ulating GMO labeling and use of GMOproducts.

• Importance offree trade agree-ments and exportenhancement pro-grams for U.S. agri-culture.

• Role of the Federal government indeveloping strategies for addressingclimate change.

• Livestock industry issues (increas-ing regulation, animal housing restric-tions, State and local regulations,improved risk management programs,etc.)

• Enhancing rural development ini-tiatives to strengthen rural communi-ties.

• Strengthening agricultural educa-tion efforts at universities, colleges,and high schools.

• Other agriculture or rural policyideas, or revisions needed in currentpolicy.

Ideas for questionsfor any of the candi-date forums may besubmitted via e-mailto Kent Thiesse,

Farmfest Forum Coordinator, atkent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com.Feature forums

The feature forum on Aug. 5, at 1:15p.m. is titled “Farm Program Decisionswith the New Farm Bill.”

The forum panel will include DebCrusoe, Farm Service Agency StateDirector; Michelle Page, State FSA AgSpecialist; Duane Voy, State Risk Man-agement Agency Director; Kevin Klair,U of M Center for Farm Financial Man-agement; Paul Simonsen, Chair of theMinnesota Soybean Research and Pro-motion Council, John Mages, Govern-ment Relations Committee Chair withthe Minnesota Corn Growers Associa-tion.; and Paul Gorman, Farm Finan-cial Consultant.

The feature forum on Aug. 7, at 10:30a.m., is titled “Climate Change —Impact on Future Ag Production Prac-tices?”

The forum panel will include BrianBuhr, Dean of the U of M College ofAgriculture, Food and Natural Sci-ences, Mark Seeley, U of M ClimateSpecialist; Bryce Anderson, DTN AgWeather and Climate Analyst, andTodd Hultman, DTN Grain MarketingAnalyst.

Anderson and Hultman will alsopresent the “DTN Grain Marketingand Ag Weather Update” on Aug. 7,from 9-10 a.m. A special Grain Market-ing Forum featuring Ed Usset, U of MGrain Marketing Specialist, will beheld Aug. 5, from 9-10 a.m. in theForum Building.Special events

Special keynote addresses at Farm-

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FORUMS, from pg. 26Ffest will be presented by Bob Stallman,American Farm Bureau President, onAug. 5 at 1 p.m.; and by Eric Kaler,University of Minnesota President, onAug. 6, at 10 a.m.

The free “Minnesota Farm Bureau

Breakfast” will beheld in the ForumBuilding on Aug.6, from 8-10 a.m.Mary KayThatcher, Senior Policy Analyst withAmerican Farm Bureau, will provide aNational Ag Policy update at 8:30 a.m.

A presentation titled:“Tax Savings for FarmFamilies” will be pre-sented from 9-10 a.m.,during the breakfast.

The “Farm Family of the Year” recog-nition program will be held Aug. 7, at1:30 p.m., in the Forum Building.Approximately 70 honored farm fami-lies from throughout Minnesota havebeen selected at the county level forthis recognition.

This recognition event is jointly spon-sored by Farmfest and the Universityof Minnesota. The “Minnesota FarmersUnion Watermelon Feed” will be heldat 1 p.m. on Aug. 7.

Another special event will be the“Goldy Connect” Agriculture CareerFair being hosted by the U of MCFANS and IDEAg, scheduled for Aug.5, at 3 p.m. Other special educationalprograms in the Farmfest ForumBuilding on Aug. 6, are a program at 3p.m. titled “Big Data: A New Frontierin Agriculture,” and a program at 3:45p.m. titled “Drones: the Next Technol-ogy Break-through in Agriculture”

The Linder Farm Network “Ag Out-look Hour” will be held each day from

12-1 p.m. with many special guests oncrop conditions, ag weather, marketanalysis, ag policy, and much more.The Minnesota Pork Ambassadorrecognition program will be held Aug.6, at 11:50 a.m., as part of the noonshow that day.

On Aug. 7, a “4-H Scholarship Auc-tion” will be held during the noon showfrom 12-1 p.m. All proceeds from theauction will be used to support 4-Hscholarships, which will be presented todeserving college-bound 4-H livestockproject members at the MinnesotaState Fair 4-H livestock auction.

Several nice items have alreadybeen donated to the 4-H auction onAug. 7. If any businesses or individu-als are interested in donating items tothe Farmfest 4-H Scholarship Auction,please contact Kent Thiesse, FarmfestForum Coordinator via e-mail atkent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com orcall (507) 381-7960.

Kent Thiesse is a government farmprograms analyst and a vice president atMinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn.He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 orkent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. ❖

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Located just inside the entrance between gates 1and 2, the Craft, Toy, Home & Garden Pavilion offersa one-stop shop for all your entertaining, decorating,and home improvement needs. The pavilion alsofeature entertaining and informative seminars.

10:00 a.m. DailyHerb Gardening — Easy to grow, Easy to use Demonstration of planting , using and preservingherbs for cooking. Come and learn aboutcompanion planting with herbs and tips forhealthy eating. — Presented by Mo Therkilsen,Sunrise Gardening

12:30 p.m. DailyFarm Trauma and Injury PreventionTrauma is the No. 1 killer of people ages 1-44.Farm injuries range from cuts to total disabilities

and fatalities. Two of Minnesota’s RegionalTrauma Advisory Committees are coming togetherto bring important life and limb savinginformation to the farming community. TheRegional groups are multidisciplinary and includeFirst Responders, Ambulance Services,Community Hospitals, and large ReferralHospitals all working together to decreasemorbidity and mortality of trauma patients acrosssouthern Minnesota. — Co-presented by membersof SMRTAC and SWRTAC

2:30 p.m. DailyContainer Gardening — Keep gardening simpleGrow your own plants in containers and liven upany space. Demonstrations include fairy gardens,succulent containers, annuals, perennials andmore. — Presented by Mo Therkilsen, SunriseGardening

Home, Garden Pavilion offers daily seminars

Representing agricultural achievement in diversefarming operations, 74 families from throughout Min-nesota are being honored as a 2014 Farm Family ofthe Year by the University of Minnesota.

The farm fami-lies will be recog-nized in cere-monies beginningat 1:30 p.m., Aug.7, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest on the GilfillanEstate near Redwood Falls. The event is in the WickBuildings Farmfest Center on the estate grounds.

The farm families represent each county participat-ing in the program. They were chosen by local Uni-versity of Minnesota Extension committees based ontheir demonstrated commitment to enhancing andsupporting agriculture.

“The farm families receiving this year’s honorsexemplify what makes Minnesota agriculture strong.They bring innovation, science and hard work tofarming. They care greatly about the land and ani-mals and delivering quality products to consumersworldwide,” said Bev Durgan, dean of Extension. “TheUniversity of Minnesota takes great pride in honor-ing these families.”

A sampling of farmers and their contributions toagriculture follows, as does a complete list of 2014Farm Families.

Northern Light Farm — Beltrami CountyAfter many years of being sustainable farming

advocates, Paul Conklin and Becky Marty finallydecided to buy a farm of their own in 2000. They pro-duce two acres of market vegetables distributedthrough a CSA and a farmer’s market. The couplealso has a small herd of Highland cattle, honeybeehives and a free ranging flock of laying hens. Paul is afull-time farmer and Becky is a DNR regional ecolo-gist; they have two children. They’re long-time mem-bers and supporters of the Minnesota SustainableFarming Association, the Land Stewardship Projectand the organic program of the Carolina Farm Stew-ardship Association.

John Irrthum Family — Goodhue CountyJohn grew up on the Irrthum family farm near

Wanamingo where his parents, Walter and Pat,milked Ayrshires and Holsteins. Along with hismother Pat, wife Linda and two children, he contin-ues the dairy tradition. The Irrthum family is well-known for their quality dairy livestock, and wasrecently awarded the Progressive Breeder Award atthe All-Dairy Breeds Convention. Pat coordinates theCounty Extension Home Study Program; John hasbeen a 4-H leader, which has allowed him to volun-teer in many ways at the county fair. John also servesas president of the Minnesota Ayrshire Association.

Van Lin Family — Houston CountyVan Lin Orchards on South Ridge was bought in

1958 by Frank and Helen Van Lin. It began as a dairy

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FAMILIES, from pg. 28Ffarm, but changed in 1959when Frank started a treenursery. In the nursery,dwarf trees were raisedfrom stock imported from Holland. In1994, Van Lin Orchards was passeddown to Frank’s sons Dan and Rick.Varieties they grow include Haralson,Regent, Fireside Honey Crisp, GoldenDelicious and Zestar. Van Lin Orchardshas been a member of the MinnesotaApple Growers Association for morethan 30 years, as well as a member ofthe La Crescent Chamber of Commerce.

Richard and Vicki Syverson —Pope County

Richard and Vicki Syverson are thefourth generation on their family farm.The Syversons use precision agricul-ture practices such as grid samplingand making sure all fertilizer is vari-able-rate applied. In addition to thecorn and soybean crops, Richard andVicki feed out 80 dairy steers per year.They also have a solar power project,which they added in 2013. They havethree grown children. Vicki is execu-tive director of the Swift County Hous-ing and Redevelopment Authority.Richard is involved with MinnesotaCorn Growers Association and in nine

corn and soy-bean organiza-tions in WestCentral Min-nesota.

Paul Red Elk — Ramsey CountyPaul, a master herbalist and Exten-

sion Master Naturalist, has multipleprojects in Ramsey County and otherlocations, in an effort to preserve seedsand native plants. Paul has partneredwith museums and local archeologiststo collect seeds. He has collected seedsfor squash, beans, and corn plants, all ofwhich have been used by native com-munities for over 2,000 years. He also isdeveloping two herbal gardens, includ-ing one at the American Indian MagnetSchool in St. Paul, where he teaches. Inaddition, Paul has coordinated with 73different wild rice producers through-out Minnesota to offer and sell rice atthe Farmer’s Market in Minneapolis.

Kiefland Holsteins LLC —Winona County

Raising Holstein cows has been a tra-dition for the Kieffer family since 1952when Gary’s father, Leon purchasedthe original farm. In 1988, Gary andLinda purchased the farm from Leonand his wife Fern. Over the years, Garyand Linda have made improvements to

the farm, including the addition of afree stall barn to hold 200 cows, theremodeling of the old barn to a parlorwith a holding area, and the addition offive robots, which milk 300 cows daily.In addition to the cows, the Kieffersfarm alfalfa and corn on 600 acres.They have three children and havebeen involved with the Winona CountyDairy Showcase, Winona County OpenDairy Show, Winona County DairyJudging, and the Minnesota HolsteinAssociation. In addition, they havebeen hosts for the Precision Dairy Con-ference, and participated in manydomestic and international tours.

The full list of farm families is here:http://mnfarmfamilies.cfans.umn.edu/families-by-year/2014-farm-families/.Complete list of 2014 Farm Families

Aitkin County — R & R HansonTurkey Farm, Inc.

Anoka County — Swanson FarmBecker County — Nelsons-Barry,

Jamie, Taytum, Kendra, and MaceyBeltrami County — Martonklin

Family

Benton County — KaschmitterFamily Farm

Big Stone County — JorgensonFamily

Blue Earth County — LeRoy RahnFamily

Brown County — Dan and LisaSteffl Family Farm & Michael Steffl

Carlton County — The ButkiewiczFamily

Carver County — Buetow FarmsInc.

Cass County — Chuck and BarbNorman- “Norman Hay Farm”

Chippewa County — Richard Han-deen and Audrey Arner

Chisago County — Petersen FarmsClay County — Wesley and Etta

Mae ChristensenClearwater County — Alroy and

Debbie LewisCottownwood County — Brent and

Jane Imker Family

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FAMILIES, from pg. 29FCrow Wing County —

Russell and AmberWoitalla & Family

Dakota County — Greg and Sandi FoxDodge County — Patrick and Emma O’Brien

Family Douglas County — Kevin and Ellen Roers FamilyFaribault County — Duane and Joyce EhrichFillmore County — Chris and Melissa MillerFreeborn County — Paul and Linda LynneGoodhue County — John Irrthum FamilyGrant County — Steve and Karen Ellis, Old Mill

Honey Co.Hennepin County — Dennis and Jan Stieg

Houston County — The Van Lin OrchardHubbard County — Carters’ Red Wagon

FarmIsanti County — The Bondeson Farms

Itasca County — Peter and Rebecca WalkerJackson County — Dave and Brenda PomerenkeKanabec County — Dave, Tina, Sheila, Jeremiah,

of Highway Herford’sKandiyohi County — Gatewood FarmKoochiching County — Neil and Jody RellerLac qui Parle County — DeRon and Sylvia

Brehmer FamilyLake County — Chelsea Morning FarmLeSueur County — Braun Farms FamilyLincoln County — Randy and Connie JaniszeskiLyon County — Greg and Karen LanoueMartin County — The Hugoson Family McLeod

County Engelmann DairyMeeker County — Tony and Patti Fisher FamilyMille Lacs County — Blomer & Rapatz FamilyMorrison County — Jerry and Jackie JanuschkaMurray County — Verlinde FarmsNicollet County — Annexstad Dairy FarmNobles County — Clayton and Carla Schilling

FamilyNorman County — Kevin and Melanie Quick Fam-

ilyOtter Tail County — Gorentz DairyPine County — Kersey FamilyPipestone County — Cottonwood Angus Farms-

Butman & Oye Families

Polk County — Bennett and Gloria OsmonsonPope County — Richard and Vicki SyversonRamsey County — Paul Red ElkRed Lake County — Patty and Gary PurathRedwood County — Grandview Valley WineryRenville County — Lundstrum Family FarmsRice County — Twin Oaks FarmsRock County — Harlan and Sue StuevenScott County — Norm and Lori Pint Prairie Haven

FarmSibley County — Ron and Pam KruegerStearns County — John and JoAnne LahrSteele County — Starks & SonsStevens County — Stee-po Farms Inc.Swift County — Scott and Trudy Olson FamilyTodd County — Mike Motl and Kim HarffTraverse County — Paul and Amanda FrischWabasha County — Pleasant View Dairy- Jim,

Marcy, and Mark DoseWadena County — The Connell FamilyWaseca County — Brent and Lianne Possin FamilyWashington County — Keene Farms LLCWatonwan County — Spitzner Family FarmWinona County — Kiefland Holsteins LLCWright County — Carlsons Orchard, Bakery, and

RestaurantYellow Medicine County — Chuck and Benay Cole

& FamilyThis article was submitted by University of Min-

nesota Extension. ❖

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Aug. 53 p.m. — Goldy Connect Career FairIt’s been said, “Good help is hard to find” but with

today’s competitive economy the amount of talententering the agribusiness world is unmatched.Farmfest is bringing that talent to the show duringour all-new Goldy Connect program. Students andalumni of University of Minnesota will meet withparticipating exhibitors to discuss opportunities inagribusiness. This one-of-kind career fair will offeryoung people the chance to meet with representa-tives from some of the top companies in Minnesota tolearn about their future in the industry. Participat-ing exhibitors: United FCS and NutraFlo.

5 p.m. — Farmfest Young Farmer BBQ (WickBuildings Farmfest Center)

The BBQ will give young Minnesota farmers thechance to network with one another, eat some greatfood, and learn more about the future of Minnesotaagriculture. RSVP through the Farmfest registrationwebsite — www.farmfest.com — so you don’t missthis chance to network with the best and brightestyoung farmers in the state. Sponsored by TASC,AgriPlan NOW, and Redwood Area DevelopmentCorporation

6:30 p.m. — Minnesota BioDiesel Pull-Off(Redwood County Fairgrounds)

Organized by the United Pullers of Minnesota, astate organization of National Tractor Pullers Associ-ation, this fun and exciting event promises somethingfor everyone featuring seven classes of tractors,trucks and semis. Come out and support the RedwoodCounty Fair Board and get ready for a night of greatentertainment. Tickets will be available at the fair-grounds beginning at 4 p.m. the day of the pull.Adults: $15. Children 6-12: $10. 5 & Under: free.Aug. 6

8 a.m. — Free Pancake Breakfast (Wick Build-ings Farmfest Center)

Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation is proud tosponsor this year’s Free Pancake Breakfast to thefirst 1,000 people. Join the local leaders from 78county and regional Farm Bureaus for a free pan-cake breakfast and a cup of coffee. Featuring musicby Uncle Roy and the Boys.Aug. 7

1 p.m. — Free Watermelon Feed (Wick Build-ings Farmfest Center)

Be sure to join Minnesota Farmers Union whenthey serve free watermelon to Farmfest attendees.Get there on time because the watermelon goesquickly. MFU has a hoop barn just west of the WickBuildings Farmfest Center. Come by to purchase aslice of Big River Pizza, and while you are there haveyour child sign up for a free bike. MFU and FarmersUnion Insurance Agency will be giving away boy andgirl bikes on Aug. 7, but you can sign up any day ofFarmfest.

1:30-3 p.m. — Farm Family of the Year Recog-nition Program (Wick Buildings Farmfest Cen-ter)

The Farm Family of the Year Recognition Programhas existed for over two decades and honors farmfamilies from throughout Minnesota for their contri-butions to the agriculture industry and their local

communities. Hosted by Emery Klevin of the Min-nesota Farm Network, the 2014 Farm Family of theYear will honor approximately 70 families fromaround the state, one from each county. Along withFarmfest, University units sponsoring the recogni-

tion event include the College of Food, Agricultureand Natural Resource Sciences, the University ofMinnesota Extension, the Minnesota AgricultureExperiment Station and the College of VeterinaryMedicine.

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