the land ~ jan. 1, 2016 ~ southern edition

Artist Michelle Weber built a career on herpassions — ag and art.

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SOUTHERNEDITION

(800) [email protected]. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002

January 1, 2016© 2016

Earlier this season I boasted Min-nesota’s average corn yield in 2015 wouldbeat the average corn yield of Iowa pro-ducers. I was guessing 185 bushels peracre for Minnesota. But I lost! Based onNov. 10, U.S. Department of Agriculturereport Minnesota did set a new recordyield of 187 bu./acre. But the Iowa guysalso set a new record with 189 bu./acre.The previous record for Minnesota was177 bushels set in 2010. For Iowa, 2008was the previous record at 189 bushels.

How did our neighbors do? Illinois andIndiana both had wetter springs so norecords. Illinois at 168 bu./acre (200bushels in 2014); Indiana at 156 bu./acre(188 bushels in 2014). However new records inNebraska at 187 bu./acre(179 bushels in 2014) and162 bu./acre in South Dakota (148 bushels in 2014).

Record-breaking yields are evident at country ele-vators and even farm yards that didn’t have bin orbunker storage capacity. Even more evident are thediscouraging commodity prices projected into thismarket for the next several months. Barring majorweather disasters, this huge production of Americanagriculture plus the modernized cropping technolo-gies now ramping up around the world is suggestingthe pain will linger.

Yes, this likely lessened the cheer of your holidayseason. You’re searching every possible way to shaveproduction costs for the 2016 season. Unfortunately,land owners and seed companies aren’t yet willing tocollaborate with you. But it’s still three-plus months’til planting begins.

Enough gloom. Let’s be thankful for your tremen-dous season. Many producers tell me the quickest,easiest and cleanest harvest ever. And because ofthat environment, less wear and tear on your bodiesand your equipment.

Probably not so for your minds. Brain Power, I sus-pect is working overtime searching for solutions.

Quit worrying. Stay healthy. Thank theLord. You’re alive.

And even though consumers won’t tell itto your face, we all do appreciate yourtremendous effort in feeding us and muchof the world. God bless our farmers.

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Just a few days into the New Year andalready a few realities about the realworld for us senior citizens are surfacing.

• If walking is good for your health, thepostman would be immortal.

• A whale swims all day, only eatsfish, drinks water, but is still fat.

• A rabbit runs and hops but only lives 15 years.• A tortoise doesn’t run, does mostly nothing, yet

lives for 150 years.Here’s a few more discoveries about aging:• I started out with nothing and still have most of it.• If all is not lost, then where the heck is it? • It was a whole lot easier to get older than to get

wiser.• Kids in the back seat cause accidents; accidents

in the back seat cause kids.• It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t

been anywhere.• If God wanted me to touch my toes, he’d have put

them on my knees.• These days I spend a lot of time thinking about

the hereafter; I go somewhere to get something, andthen wonder what I’m here after.

Wrapping up my words are few: Make 2016 aGreat Year; live each day wisely; love God and loveyour family.

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

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LAND MINDS

By Dick Hagen

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6 — Expected grain prices belowbreakeven prices 9 — Soybean selection tips fromMinnesota Soybean Director ofResearch 10 — Soil safari captures soil healthacross the country 12 — Conservation tillage alters Mid-west environment 14 — The Back Porch: Start newyear by envisioning finish line atyear’s end

15 — In the Garden: Coniferbranches dusted in snow dazzle allwinter long

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By most personal and profes-sional metrics, 2015 was one forthe books. On the figurativeside, since late May co-author/daughter Mary GraceFoxwell and I have talked, read,and signed our way throughnearly 70 events highlightingour book, “The Land of Milkand Uncle Honey,” from Bis-marck, N.D., to New York City.

Literally, across the tens ofthousands of miles we traveledand the thousands of readerswho gathered to listen, chat,and ask questions aboutfarming and food, only onemildly disparaging remark — aimed more at me thanthe book — was heard.

Not so with this weekly effort. Letters, telephonecalls, and e-mails from Maryland to Montana arriveddaily to comment and question, debate and deflate.Twice a year these writers get their due, likeClarence from Illinois who began a September e-mailto me with, “You disappointed me, Alan.”

Clarence’s disappointment arose when, in notingthe rise of corn and soybean production in his nativeNorth Dakota, I had “assume(d) that wheat produc-tion there was seriously declining.” In fact, “Hard redspring wheat was grown on nine million acres” in thestate last year as its farmers continued to “diligentlyseek INCREASED diversification!”

Clarence did close on a sweeter note, however:“Don’t worry, I will continue to read your articles; andI’m sure you will try to be accurate with your facts.”

I’m sure.Another e-mailer was more direct: “Regarding your

July 10 article… you are slipping. A 15-paragraphcolumn without mentioning your beloved UncleHoney? You should be ashamed. Ask your priest for aproper penance.”

Slipping or not, I’m pretty sure we Lutheransremain priest-less.

An August e-mail from a Wisconsinite began withkudos on the book before offering a 1,000-word editorialon why I should limit any enthusiasm about “consumers(who) vote with their dollars…” because decades in theanimal feed business had shown him that “…whengiven an option, the consumer doesn’t give a rip.”

That may be true of the fogey generation — hisand mine. Younger generations, however, care deeply.Twenty years ago organic food was for hippies; todayit’s a $40 billion market that will grow by eight per-cent in 2016.

Another e-mailer wrote to comment on twocolumns that examined the checkoff ’s $60 millionpurchase of the slogan “Pork. The Other White Meat”from the National Pork Producers Council.

The checkoff, he recalled, began when a group ofmostly hog farmers “got together in Moline, Ill., tosee if something could be done about” losing groundto “the Tysons of the world with broilers. That wasthe embryo of the NPPC.”

All “committed to participate in collecting a volun-tary checkoff” and, soon, “money poured in like water

over Hoover Dam.”Shortly thereafter an administrator was hired,

“then an office building complete with a copper roof”was built, and the checkoff, through Congressionalaction, became “mandatory so even more moneycould be played with.”

The result? “…Per capita consumption of pork didnot increase… margins tightened to lead to consoli-dation… China became the largest pork producer inthe United States.”

“The lesson,” he concludes, is that “if you wantsomething screwed up, get the government involved.”

OK, but someone invited the camel, government,into the checkoff tent and that someone was theNPPC. The invitation eventually paid a dividend

— a fat, $60 million dividend — that NPPC thenused to largely transform itself from a Midwesternhog grower group to a Capitol Hill political organiza-tion.

For every criticism or complaint received sinceJune, many others arrive with praise. Some, like alate November e-mail from Tom in South Dakota,came with both.

“Though I often don’t take the time to read yourcolumn because, quite frankly, our political views arepretty much opposite, your latest column… touchedmy heart and left a tear of joy in my eye as I sharedit with my wife…”

Thanks for the gracious note, Tom. I hope to hearfrom you — and many more — in 2016.

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FARM & FOOD FILE

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OPINION

By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

Local cash grain prices in southern Minnesotastarted 2015 at about $3.70-$3.80 per bushel forcorn, and from $9.50-10 per bushel for soybeans.Local cash prices dropped to near $3.30 per bushelfor corn, and below $9 per bushel for soybeans byAugust of 2015. Regional cash grain prices are near$3.40-$3.50 per bushel for corn, and $8.00-$8.30 per

bushel for soybeans, as we end 2015.New crop prices for the fall of 2016 at local grain

markets are very close to the current cash prices forboth corn and soybeans. Breakeven grain prices insouthern Minnesota for the 2016 crop year, based onaverage crop yields, input costs, and land expenseare expected to be near $4 per bushel for corn andover $9.50 per bushel for soybeans.

These statistics are directly fromKent Thiesse’s Focus on Ag Dec. 21e-mail newsletter.

Theisse’s message tells farmerswhat they suspected all along.Growing crops in 2016 looks to bean exercise in rust prevention. Vir-tually every acre in production in2015 will likely be right back at itagain in 2016. We’ll continue to

have too much supply for world markets. And thepain continues.

There may be some reshuffling of corn acres to soy-bean acres because farmers are likely to lose lessmoney growing soybeans.

Input costs may be slightly down. Fertilizer pricesare lower: Nitrogen and potash prices are down 40percent; phosphate average prices are down 30 per-cent. Charlie Head, agronomist for Western Consoli-dated Cooperative in Holloway, Minn., reports fertil-izer prices are some of the lowest in 10 years.Rents

Do you have a ‘fair’ farm rental agreement? Uni-versity of Minnesota Extension and educator DavidBau wrapped up a statewide series of Fair FarmlandRental Agreement Workshops.

In Olivia, Minn., Bau presented a hypothetical2016 corn/soybean budget. He estimated inputexpenses for seed, fertilizer, land cost, insurance,hired labor, fuel, and machinery. Next was projectedyields for each crop. His next batch of arithmetic wasbreakeven prices. For corn, that figure was $4.57; forsoybeans it was $10.94.

The elephant in this process continues to be landcosts. Flexible agreements based on commodityprices and actual yields seem to be a starting pointsuggesting the importance of beginning with a baserate component of dollars per acre.

Bau urged landowners to pick an option and workthrough it with renters. He also encouraged bothparties to do a written lease. He stressed the impor-tance of covering your land with liability insurancein case an accident were to occur.

So what’s a fair rent? There is no fair rent that fitsall parties. It’s a matter of sitting down and talking;getting figures on a piece of paper; negotiating onwhat those figures should be; checking with yourfarm management contact; then agreeing with ahand shake and a written contract. You can findmore information at www.aglease101.org.Fertility

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By RICHARD SIEMERSThe Land Correspondent

“Follow your dream!”That’s old advice, but Michelle

Weber is a new rural voice pro-claiming it.

Weber’s dream was to find a wayto build a life around her two inter-ests — agriculture and art. Shefeels blessed that her real life has surpassed herdream.

Weber lives in the country and works with her hus-band, Jesse, raising Red Angus cattle, and at thesame time has started her own business, Weber Cus-tom Painting. Customers supply her with photos,which she uses to produce original oil paintings.

“The root of all my work is agriculture in general,”Weber said, “but cattle are what I specialize in.”

She has helped her husband and in-laws with rais-ing cattle, and has seen the cycle from breeding tobirth to their sale across a wide area of states.

“(What I like about cattle) is probably the beauty ofthe natural life process. But then who doesn’t likethe view of looking out and seeing a bunch of red cat-tle on green grass,” Weber said.

That is a view that Weber can enjoy as she worksin her home studio near Lake Benton.

Growing up as a farm girl from Windom, she wasan avid 4-H participant, so it is not surprising thatshe would like agriculture and marry a farm boyfrom Lake Benton. She met Jesse through collegefriends at the Minnesota Beef Expo.

The art element didn’t come so naturally. Her firstart class was as a junior in high school.

“I hated that class, because I didn’t think I wasgood at it,” she said. “But my art teacher, Mark Nass,

saw some potential and he pushed me. I owe him alot of credit.”

She soon couldn’t be in the art room enough. As asenior, she won a Congressional Institute sponsoredcompetition in her congressional district and had herwork on display for a year in the U.S. Capitol.Going for it

When she went to South Dakota State Universityin Brookings, she had to choose between art educa-tion and ag education and chose art, but after asemester: “I decided I wanted a job when I graduatedand the first things schools cut are art and ag.”

In 2010, she graduated with an advertising major,and marketing and sociology minors. Weber got a jobat an area publishing company and did graphicdesign at a computer. It was a good job, but not satis-fying to an art-loving farm girl. She painted when-ever she found time.

While working on the painting of a newborn calfcalled “A New Beginning,” Weber posted progressphotos on Facebook. The progress was followed byAmanda Radke, a writer, blogger and author sheknew somewhat from college. Radke had written achildren’s book called “Levi’s Lost Calf,” and neededan illustrator. They connected and Weber did 20

paintings for the book in less than a month whilestill holding her job.

“Art was always in the back of my mind, and I didit as a hobby,” she said, “but when I started postingsome of my paintings on social media sites likeFacebook, it skyrocketed.”

The exposure on social media and from illustrat-ing Radke’s book led to a growing number ofrequests. In 2011, she decided to quit her job andmake a career out of her art.

“Thank goodness for good in-laws,” Weber said.She told them, “I don’t know if this is going to

work, but I want to give it a shot. I don’t want tolook back five years from now and wish I had doneit earlier. I’m probably going to need some help, andI’m willing to work.”

She worked almost full-time on the farm for ayear while building up her business. Now thoseroles have switched and she works full-time doingcustom paintings while helping out on the farmwhen needed. She is also grateful to her parents,who have always backed her in her decisions.Instead of telling her to play it safe, “they encour-aged me, and told me if I think I can do this, I’d bet-ter work hard and see where it goes.”Dream job

It has gone extremely well. Weber’s work is almostexclusively on commission, doing custom paintingsfrom photos. On average, she has 15-20 projectsawaiting completion. If someone needs a paintingfor a special occasion, they need to plan ahead.

An exception was a commissioned memorial

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ARTIST, from pg. 7painting she did for the family of Brent Beit-elspacher, a young cattleman who died in a planecrash. She is still moved when she talks about it,feeling God was working through her hands, andthrough the whole project.

The request came on a weekend she had plannedto be gone, but plans had changed and she washome to take the call. She had just purchasedacrylic paints, which dry faster than the oils shenormally works with, so working day and night shecompleted the painting in two days. Even theframer happened to have an assembled frame of thesize and color she needed. The framed painting wasdelivered in time for the funeral.

“It was like God was working,” she said.She thinks that doing commissions keeps her

work fresh.“I never know what’s going to be in my in-box,”

she said. “People send me pictures that I wouldn’thave thought of painting, but they’re all special tosomeone. Upcoming paintings are a tractor pull,another memorial painting, cattle in a pasture —such a wide variety that it keeps me inspired andfresh. I’m always doing something different.”

There were times when she questioned if shecould do what people were asking, but she alwayspushed through and challenged herself.

“I’m always up for a challenge. I never want toback down because that’s part of my job, too, always

exploring a new avenue. I’m always trying to findnew and exciting ventures, because I never knowwhen the commissions are going to stop. For asquickly as this exploded, it can be gone that fast,too.”

For now, there is no end in sight, for either the

Weber’s Red Angus cattle or Michelle Weber’s com-missioned paintings. To be able to raise her childrenin the country, fulfill her love for painting, and workwith cattle is about as good as she could imagine lifecould be right now.

“My dream was to work in art or ag,” Weber said.“but I’ve been able to tie them both together! I workout of my home, so when Jesse needs me on theranch I’m right down the road. I truly have mydream job.”

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It’s time to think about soybean seed purchasesand variety selection. If you are like most, you’vealready spilled coffee on the seed catalog, thumbedthrough it, read which variety has the best yield, andlearned how each company has the solution foreverybody. The problem is; you are not everybody.

My approach is slightly different. First, make a listof the fields where you plan to plant soybeans nextspring and list the issues with each field. Next askyourself questions like these:

• Will that southern stretch be planted first, last orsomewhere in the middle?

• Did that western old field have iron deficiencychlorosis develop in the beans the last time it wasplanted?

• Didn’t that northern field have an aphid out-break in the neighbor’s beans?

• Wasn’t there soybean cyst nematode in the east-ern field last time we planted to soybeans?

Once you determine the problems, review the solu-tions (i.e. varieties) that will best help you managethose problems. Fourth, focus on yield potentialbetween the varieties, and which varieties solve yourmultiple issues. Lastly, pick the varieties that pro-vide the best solution to your problems.

Try to use honest, unbiased information, such asthe University of Minnesota Variety trials, to makeyour decision. However, no one source has informa-tion on all varieties available.

Necessity requires the seed company to be thesolution to common problems. They have a goodproduct, but their publications are designed to serv-ice the many.

You have to determine your problems, and thenfind solutions. You don’t need to purchase a solutionlooking for a problem.

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A quick and convenient way tolearn about the soils of America is tosit in on a power-point presentationby John Heard who wears the titleFarm Production Extension-SoilFertility for Manitoba Farm Produc-tion Extension. Heard kicked off theConservation Tillage Conference,Dec. 15-16 in Willmar, Minn.

He shared his obsession of hunting state andprovincial soils. But his hunting weapon is a three-foot soil augur. Soils are pinpointed with localguides, dug out, photographed and released. In twoyears the safari has captured soils from 27 statesand four provinces.

His day job currently is being Soils ExtensionAgent for the province of Manitoba. But his two-year safari, capturing the many soil types acrossAmerica revealed a tremendous variety of soils asone might expect based on the original source ofthese soils. For instance, Minnesota’s designatedstate soil is the Lester soil, predominant in therolling terrain of south central Minnesota.

How does a soil become a state soil? In 1985 theMinnesota Association of Professional Soil Scien-tists voted to designate Lester as the state soil. Noword as to how many other soils were considered bythis group but online information says Lester got 37percent of the votes cast and that was enough. Itwasn’t until April 28, 2012, that Governor Mark

Dayton signed legislation establishing Lester as the“Official Minnesota State Soil.”

Lester soil was identified in 1939, in McLeodCounty, near Lester Prairie. According to the Min-nesota Soil Scientist website, Lester has beenmapped in 16 Minnesota counties. Described as well-drained and formed in loamy, calcareous glacial till,Lester is a dark, grayish brown loam surface withproperties developed from both grassland and forestenvironments.

Learn more about Lester soil at www.mnsoilscien-tist.org/minesota-state-soil website. For a treat, lis-ten to the Ballad of the Lester Soil, a fun little diddy.

Iowa’s State Soil is the Tama, first identified inBlack Hawk County in 1917. Today the Tama soil isfound on more than 933,000 acres in 28 counties.The top soil and subsoil are textures of silty clayloam and extremely productive. Tama soils are

formed in wind-blown, predominantly silt-size parti-cles, known as loess and are more than 60 inchesdeep.On the hunt

Traveling across the United States hunting oursoils, John Heard sees how soils are used and some-times abused.

Heard says that without proper care we could bewearing our soils out with intensive row crop pro-duction in some parts of the country.

“In Manitoba we’ve seen a large adoption of cornand soybeans in recent years. We’ve got 1.3 millionacres of soybeans just in our province now. And we’renoting that growing a warm season crop in a coolenvironment causes our growers to do more tillage,”said Heard.

“So as a result we are seeing some erosion issues.But we are showing them how to grow soybeans in areduced tillage system and that is catching on good.We are fortunate. Our soils are still young enough sothey are still quite resilient.”

Heard explained that in black dirt farming furthersouth, the corrosive impact of soy crops is more evi-dent.

University extensions preach minimum tillage androtation systems, but Heard says that in his area,growers have too many crops so rotations are a chal-lenge and so is tillage.

“In the area around where I work and live, afarmer can grow from 12 to 15 different crops.Canola, flax, sunflowers, potatoes, soybeans, corn,dried beans, wheat and all the cereal crops so oftenthere is no standard rotation,” he said.

Heard also grows sweet corn on his rural acreage.“The very best sweet corn in the entire province,”

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OLIVIA, Minn. — Olivia Realtor Roger Heller hasgrowing concerns about Minnesota’s escalating prop-erty taxes plus the state’s tax burdens in general aresending the wrong message to prospective farm landbuyers. So he sent a letter to State RepresentativeTim Miller, R-Prinsburg.

Miller met with Heller at his office in November.The tax discussion also prompted former Olivia insur-ance agent Bob Porath and auctioneer and farm real-tor Gary Hotovec to sit in on the two hour meeting.

Property taxes aren’t likely to recede because fed-eral and state aid is drying up so counties have noalternative other than to increase property taxes.With the significant increases in farm land valuesbumps in real estate taxes seem inevitable in theminds of most legislators, said Miller.

“We have about $1.7 billion surplus in the statetreasury right now. But if there was an effort to usethat surplus on everything everyone is requesting itwould balloon to $8 billion. It appears to me everyoneis using the surplus as a reason to spend more moneyon just about everything,” Miller said.

“The bind for counties came with the shifting ofstate mandates to each county. Plus we have an agingpopulation in rural Minnesota, coupled with a declin-ing population.”

Heller countered that because of Minnesota’s hightax reputation capital is fleeing Minnesota.

“Land investors are heading to Iowa and SouthDakota. Both states have more favorable propertytaxes,” Heller said. “Plus Minnesota has estate taxes,now indexed at $5 million. Some states, South Dakotafor example, don’t have estate taxes.”

Miller was emphatic on one issue; there will be nonew tax on gasoline. Minnesota House Speaker KurtDaudt, R-Crown, said the same at a recent Hutchin-son conclave.

“Transportation will be a major issue when wereconvene next March. But we won’t be moving on agas tax. The money is there. It will be that perennialissue of where should it go,” said Miller.

Heller said, “Our twin city politicians can’t keepbuilding more light rail unless there is proportionalspending in rural Minnesota.”

Miller responded that according to the Governor’sHighway Transportation Committee, Minnesotashould be spending $20 billion on roads and bridgesover the next 20 years. He indicated House studiessay it is more like $8 to $10 billion.

“Call me, write me, e-mail me. Or just get to St. Paulwhen we’re in session. And I strongly encourage thevoices for Minnesota agriculture to become morevocal. We’re being drowned too often by the voices ofthe non-ag people,” said Miller. “Speak up. We all havea say in how our state should function.”

Tim Miller can be reached at (651) 296-4228 or bycell phone at (320) 905-1010. [email protected] ❖

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WILLMAR, Minn. — The Conservation TillageConference, held Dec. 15-16 in Willmar, Minn., wasan information-jammed session on issues, advances,technology, breakthroughs and new twists in rip-pers, coulters and applicators to get it all done.About 210 people were in attendance.

The conference was a combined project of NorthDakota State University Extension Service andUniversity of Minnesota Extension Service. Speak-ers included farmers from North Dakota and Min-nesota and specialists from Iowa State University,U of M, NDSU and University of Wisconsin.

Bruce Potter, insecticide and pesticide manage-ment specialist at the University of Minnesota’sSouthwest Research and Outreach Center in Lam-berton summarized the focus of the conference.

“Basically we’re looking at changing the environ-ment, perhaps just a little, perhaps quite a lotdepending upon differing situations. We’re modify-ing tillage systems across much of our Midwestlandscape these days,” he said.

“That has an impact not only on the crops we growbut also on the weeds, insects, pathogens and visualstrength of our landscape. These changes mean pro-ducers are going to have to do some things a bit dif-ferently.”

The squeeze across the farm belt may be drivingsome of these decisions. As farmers strive to reduceproduction costs in every conceivable and practicalway even the cropping sequence may be altering.Already the crunch on corn profits is generating talkon less corn and more soybeans for 2016.

“There’s more interest in soybeans, less interest incorn — especially going away from the corn on cornagenda that has been the popular play with many,”Potter said. “I think that will be good for both crops.It gives producers a bit more hedge on money man-agement. Because of significant reductions in pro-duction costs per acre for soybeans, risk manage-ment is lessened in the marketing procedures.

“However I think we will need some modificationsin how we grow soybeans and pay more attention torotations because of soybean cyst nematode prob-lems. Watching how often we put soybeans into therotation becomes more of a challenge.”

Are cover crops part of this new landscape?Potter recognizes value in the role of cover crops

but the questions of how do you get them establishedand how do you take them out persists with mostfarmers. At the Lamberton station, scientists areinvestigating the connection between cover cropsand insects.

“At the Station we’re taking a closer look at howcover crops interact with insects. We’re seeing someevidence of black cutworms and army worms cominginto these cover crop fields,” Potter said. “So it poten-tially means some thinking on how to adapt ourinsect and disease management strategies to takecare of them.”Soil health

Potter noted growing interest within the soilhealth industry of developing certain biologicalorganisms be that specialized fungi or bacteria. Hecautioned that because these are biological organ-isms they react to the environment much like thecrop and insect react.

“And that is why it’s a bit more difficult to get con-sistent results from some of these new productswe’ve engineered. Biologicals like certain tempera-tures, certain moisture regimes and because they areinteracting with another living organism there hasto be a good fit,” Potter said.

Estimates vary, but there are more microbes in onegram of soil than people on the earth. And many ofthose billions of organisms are in some way affectingthe plants with which they come into contact.

“They all interact with the plant in some way.We’re looking at utilizing what nature gave us, iden-tifying and singling out the microbes that have abenefit on certain crops in certain conditions. Thereare billions of opportunities,” said Colin Bletsky,Novozymes vice president, in a recent SeedWorldarticle.

Though not a tillage specialist, Potter is cognizantthat as climate changes minimum tillage is likely todevelop as a means to conserve moisture, improvesoil health and rebuild organic matter content. Hesuggested warming temperatures will make reducedtillage easier because you’re not having to deal withcolder soils and the potential of slower crop emer-gence.

Following a near ideal cropping season acrossmuch of Minnesota in 2015, with record yields ofcorn and soybeans as ample proof, have precipitationpatterns been good enough to recharge soil moisturein Minnesota?

Speaking for the Lamberton area, Potter thinkssoil moistures have mostly recharged even thoughtile lines are moving little or no water as of earlyDecember.

“We’re in good shape moisture-wise but it would beokay to get some cold weather to knock back some ofthese pathogens. I think they’re mostly still in Mis-souri or Iowa right now but that will change. Whatwe don’t want is a wet spring,” Potter said. “This pastspring we got off to a good start because cold, wetsoils weren’t an issue. Plus we had good moisture allsummer and plenty of mineralization in our soilswas providing good N release.”Use caution

Potter also talked about the challenges facingfarmers. For instance, some farmers have looked toplanting non-genetically modified organisms seed,but that can come with new challenges.

Potter suggested the GMO advent was the easybutton.

“On one side we’ve lost some of the efficacy forwestern corn rootworm so we could get into a lowspot for European corn borer issues. So a shift backinto non-GMO seed could trigger a rebirth of cornborer populations. Growers will have to do somescouting. They recognize that corn borers are easilycontrolled with an insecticide application if needed,”he said.

“Cutting costs is a high priority item for producers.But I caution producers to not abandon corn root-worm and corn borer control without knowing what’sin your fields. Also cutting fertilizer when you need itisn’t good strategy.”

The Conservation Tillage Conference was spon-sored by 25 vendors. Vendors included seed compa-nies, corn and soybean grower associations, tillagefirms, and biological product companies.

For more information on tillage, visit www.exten-sion.umn.edu/agriculture/tillage/. ❖

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We’re modifying tillage systemsacross much of our Midwest land-scape these days. That has animpact not only on the crops wegrow but also on the weeds,insects, pathogens and visualstrength of our landscape.

— Bruce Potter

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Jan. 8-9 – Minnesota Organic Conference – St. Cloud, Minn. –Annual educational event on organic crops, livestock, vegetableproduction, certification; trade show – Contact MDA at (651) 201-6012 or visit www.mda.state.mn.us/moc Jan. 13-15 – 2016 Winter Crop Days – Five locations: Jan. 13, St.Charles; Jan. 14, Arlington and Lake Crystal; Jan. 15, Kasson andWaseca – University of Minnesota Southern Research and OutreachCenter presents sessions on giant ragweed, cover crops, cornproduction, pest control, nitrogen management, forage management– Contact Deanne Nelson at (507) 835-3620 or [email protected] visit www.sroc.cfans.umn.edu Jan. 19-20 – Minnesota Pork Congress – Minneapolis, Minn. – Tradeshow, seminars on buffers, PEDv, antibiotic use, networking for porkproducers and pork industry – Contact Minnesota Pork at (507) 345-8814 or [email protected] or visit www.mnporkcongress.comJan. 27-28 – MN AG EXPO – Mankato, Minn. – Trade show,seminars, expert panels, annual meetings for Minnesota Corn andSoybean Associations – Contact Minnesota Corn at (952)460-3607or [email protected] or visit www.mnagexpo.com Jan. 30-31 – Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference – St. Paul,Minn. – Conference offers education and resources to smalloperators and fosters relationships between farmers and communitypartners – Contact Hli Xyooj at (651) 223-5400 [email protected] or visit www.imfconference.org Feb. 17-18 – Midwest Soil Health Summit – Alexandria, Minn. –Sustainable Farming Association gathers soil health experts andfarm leaders for education and networking for soil health – Contact(844) 922-5573 or [email protected] or visit www.sfa-mn.org

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It’s been a couple decadesor more since I workedthrough a puzzle book. Andwhile puzzles with numberswere always more challeng-ing to me than the oneswith words, I had a surefireway to pencil throughmazes. My method of choicewas to begin at the end. It’swhen I started at the finishline that I could successfullynavigate my way to thestarting blocks.

You may or may not find my puzzlestrategy permissible, but this I know.There is value in living life by back-tracking from the finish line. A greatway to decide how to begin a new year

is to look at how you wantit to end. It’s when we visu-alize the end of a project,goal, year, or even our verylife that squares us up tothe path that will get usthere.

Pastor and author, ChuckSwindoll, asks, “What epi-taph, in one sentence or afew brief words woulddescribe your life?” Swin-doll starts at the finish line.By beginning at the end

with an epitaph, obituary, or phrase forour headstone we can determine howto live today.

Vaughn Garwood got that. He wrote,

“The only way to live your last day asyou would want to, is to live like thatall the time.”

Maybe writing an obituary is notwhat you had in mind at the beginningof a new year filled with joy, hope, andpromise. If so, start small. Jot threepotential bullet points for next year’sChristmas letter. What do you authen-tically hope you’ll be able to say aboutyour life and character at next year’sholiday celebrations? What do youwant to be true for the way you livethis year — your relationships, yourwork, your passions? Write it down andyou’ll be 42 percent more likely toachieve your goals than those whodon’t (Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychologyprofessor at Dominican University inCalifornia).

The whole finish well epitaph is big-ger than percentages or intentions.What you desire needs to be worthwhat it’ll take to get there. It needs toprofoundly matter to you and those youlove. What you want has to be impor-tant enough to take action that pushesthrough obstacles and perseveresthrough storms. Here’s the reality. Noone drifts into strong endings or mean-ders their way into finishing well.

But let’s be honest. We don’t alwaysfeel like working hard. Sometimeswe’re tired, sick of the task at hand orlife in general, or are distracted by athousand little things that keep usfrom the main thing. There’s nothinglike the beginning of a new year orwhen death feels a layer closer in ahospital waiting room, the scene of anaccident, or someone else’s funeral tobring clarity to what matters most.

Today is one of those days. We’vebeen gifted a new day to make a slightshift or an about face to the end of ourstory with the choices we make today.

In the book, “21 Great Leaders: LearnTheir Lessons, Improve Your Influ-ence,” Pat Williams ask two questions:What is your dream? What is yourvision for the future? Then he chal-lenges the readers, let’s insert our-selves into that group, to “Write downyour vision. Post it on the wall. Read itevery day.” And if you’re not sure whereto start, start at the very end.

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

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WILLMAR, Minnesota. — Haug Implement Co., a Minnesota equipment dealer, is nowsupplying aerial surveying for Minnesota farmers with a company called Ag Pixel.Headquartered out of Willmar, Minnesota, Haug Implement Co. has been on the fore-front of Precision Farming since 1994.

Haug Implement Co. has been very active this last year surveying a large number oflocal fields and is now ready to bring their solution to a wider market. Aerial surveyingdata, once collected, is submitted into the grower’s own farm management system.This additional data from the season can then be used to create management zones.“The image resolution paired with a less than 48 hour turnaround time from flight com-pletion, is allowing farmers to be able to capture imagery and use it before it’s toolate,” said Sam Romain, the lead coordinator for Haug’s Aerial Program. “We can usethis imagery to look for a large variety of conditions happening in field including insectdetection, weed pressure, as well as possible nutrient deficiency, allowing us to fix theproblem before it is even seen by the naked eye.”

Through the use of manned aircraft, Haug Implement Co. has the ability to surveysections of land for any size farmer looking to utilize NDVI imagery on their operation.Whether it’s just to gain more knowledge of their fields during the growing season, ora need to make an immediate fix to a problem, high quality aerial imagery is just thetool required. The decision of Haug Implement Co. to use a manned aircraft allows theability to provide quick turnaround statewide while maintaining a final resolution of teninch or better.

Aerial Imagery has recently seen a steep increase in popularity, particularly in thedrone marketplace. In 2014, Haug Implement Co. was on the forefront of drone tech-nology and had concluded that it wasn’t efficient enough for the kind of operationalspeed they wished to achieve and have since switched to 100% manned systems.

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About: Haug Implement Co. is a John Deere dealership in West Central Minnesota which specializesin not only service, but also in precision service. The dealership employs only the best of the best toensure that all aspects of the grower’s operation can be taken care of swiftly and properly. HaugImplement Co. has been working with precision technologies since early 1994 when the first yield mon-itoring system was released, and, still to this day, Haug Implement Co. strives to be on the cutting edgeof technology.

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A snowy frosting on coniferbranches can transform anordinary winter scene into oneof breathtaking beauty.Larry and I have been ardentconifer connoisseurs for over15 years now and we add toour collection with new speci-mens every year.

One of our favorites is aDwarf Montgomery ColoradoBlue Spruce on a standard. Ona ‘standard’ means the trunk isvisible and can be six inches tosix feet tall. The visible trunk is the standard andthis added height adds some drama to the tree andallows it to show off around other plants.

Dwarf Blue Spruce is a first-class evergreen accentplant. It naturally takes on a compact, roundedshape without pruning, has a gorgeous blue greencolor and is deer resistant. The birds also love theseconifers and we always have a pair of English spar-rows nesting in the summer as well as numerouschickadees enjoying the dense and prickly habitatyear-round.

The female cones in the spring are an eye catchingpurple shade turning to a bright pink color. Thecones almost seem to light up like a Christmas tree.

Our fascination with conifers started when we pur-chased the first specimens for a new garden. Theplan was to create a low maintenance garden andconifers fill that bill. They come in many sizes,shapes and colors including numerous shades ofgreen, gold, yellow and silver.

When the marigolds die and the lilies and otherperennials are asleep for the winter, the conifersstand steadfast and hold their own providing beauti-

ful living sculptures.To distinguish little conifers from full-sized ones

the American Conifer Society has established fourcategories of conifers based on their rate of growthand size in any direction. Miniatures grow less thanone inch per year and after 10 years are less than 12inches. Dwarf conifers grow one to six inches peryear and reach one to six feet after 10 years. Inter-mediates produce six to 12 inches of annual growthand attain a size of six to 15 feet after 10 years.Large is any conifer beyond that range.

It is very important to carefully read the label andfind the growing zone and the ultimate size before

purchasing a new conifer. These trees are expensiveand quite an investment but are well worth thehigher cost when one considers their longevity,year-round beauty and carefree nature.

Dorothy Danforth, a Wisconsin gardening legend,wrote an article about why she loved conifers andshe ended with this statement. “One thing is cer-tain, conifers will be around as long as the Universeis viable. They will live to thrill new gardeners longafter I am gone. I bet they’re grown in heaven.”

Sharon Quale is a master gardener from centralMinnesota. She may be reached at (218) 738-6060 [email protected]. ❖

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By SARAH JOHNSONThe Land Correspondent

Congratulations, Minnesotans!Thanks to your healthy eating habits,as well as your delight in eatinglocally produced food, the number offarmers markets in the state hastripled in the last decade, from 45 in2002 to more than 150 today.

In honor of our multitude of mar-kets, Voyageur Press has released“Minnesota Farmers Market Cook-book: A Guide to Selecting andPreparing the Best Local Produce”(2014), a celebration of local vegeta-bles, meats and fruits.

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The Johnson family is a big lover ofBrussels sprouts, but we always seemto serve them the same way, and it’sgetting a little boring. “Fancy Brussels

Sprouts” ramps up the excite-ment with the addition ofbacon, almonds and currantsto make a dish that shouts“Now that’s what I’m talkin’about!” This recipe rates fourout of four “yums” from thefamily (as they licked theirplates).Fancy Brussels Sprouts

8 ounces bacon, chopped1 cup thinly sliced shallots1 1⁄2 pounds Brussels

sprouts, sliced in half3 sprigs fresh thyme or 1

teaspoon dried thyme1⁄2 cup slivered almonds1⁄2 cup dried currants or

raisins1⁄2 cup white wineCook bacon and shallots in a large

sauté pan over medium heat untilbacon is crispy and shallots are brown.Drain off most but not all of the grease.

Add sprouts and turn upheat; cook until sprouts havestarted to brown.

Add remaining ingredientsand cover. Cook over medium-low heat 30 minutes, untilsprouts are quite tender.Remove lid and turn up theheat and cook, stirring often,until any remaining liquidhas boiled off.

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If you’re a lover of lamb –and if you’re not, you will beafter eating this next dish –you know that lamb andgrilling complement eachother perfectly. Whisk up asimple garlic-laden mari-

nade, add lemons and onions, and

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COOKBOOK, from pg. 16you’ve got a meal fit for royalty. Goahead, be a queen (or king) for a day.You deserve it.Lamb Kebabs

1 onion, divided1-2 pounds cubed lamb meat, such as

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kebabs2 tablespoons dried oreganoSalt and freshly ground pepper to

taste5-10 cloves of garlic, mincedGrate half the onion on a box grater

to use in the marinade, reserving allliquid. Cut the other half into wedgesand reserve to thread onto skewers.Mix all ingredients together in a bowl,squeezing lemons halves well. Useyour hands to blend everythingtogether. Cover and let sit in the refrig-

erator one hour to overnight.If you use wooden skewers, soak in

water half an hour beforehand. Threadcubes of meat onto skewers, alternat-ing with onion and lemon wedges.Push the pieces tightly together on theskewers.

Light charcoal grill and wait for coalsto ash over, or heat gas grill on high for10 minutes. Grill skewers, turningonce, for 10-15 minutes, until theyreach an internal temperature of 135degrees. Remove from grill, tentloosely, and let rest 10 minutes.

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Dreaming of green? Green grass,green gardens, green farmers markets!Save this next recipe for the very firstgreens of the season, which will beginto grow sooner than we think. I hope.Herb Garden SaladServes 4-6

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the remaining ingredients in a nonre-active mixing bowl. Pour the dressingover the greens. Toss well. Serveimmediately.

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Local Corn and Soybean Price IndexCash Grain Markets

DoverEdgertonJacksonJanesvilleCannon FallsSleepy Eye

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $3.20 -.05$3.15 -.17$3.22 -.17$3.22 -.21$3.14 -.21$3.22 -.16

$3.19

$3.75

soybeans/change*$8.21 +.01$8.08 -.06$8.10 -.14$8.05 -.03$8.04 -.06$8.06 -.08

$8.09

$9.92

Grain prices are effective cash close on Dec. 29. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain AnglesGrain marketing

basicsIn today’s agricultural industry there continues to be a growing interest in

improving one's education and skills in selling or marketing grain. Topics thatare commonly discussed include developing a marketing plan, understandingcosts, learning about pricing tools, and how to work with acommodity broker.Developing a marketing plan

Getting started is probably the most difficult part. Thefirst rule is to understand no one can tell you what the mar-kets are going to do. Does this mean we should stop listen-ing to markets on the radio, magazine, or online? No. Mar-ket experts can help you better understand what the marketinfluences are and what impacts they could have to price.But, ultimately, prices are predictably unpredictable.Instead of trying to shake our crystal balls in hope, fear, orgreed, let’s focus on what we can control, or at least influ-ence.

I’ve broken down the basics into three sections. Two fac-tors we can control, and one we can influence:

When to Sell: This does not mean trying to guess sales dates or picking the“top of the market.” This does mean understanding and training yourself to sellin increments, or at historically better times of year. For example, understandlocal market and basis and price trends. What does it cost you to store grain permonth?

How to Sell: Are you using the right grain marketing tools? Many use cashsales and forward contracts. Other’s use “hybrid elevator contracts” or futuresand options. Sometimes selling your grain and owning “paper” grain offers theright amount of risk-to-opportunity ratio for the operation. The farmer of todayand tomorrow will be competing with those who continue to educate themselveson how to manage price risks.

Returns: Can we control the return on each dollar invested? Probably not,but we can greatly “influence” the farm’s returns. Commodity prices are oneaspect that we can only control how and when we sell. Costs and yields areaspects that we can control. This is the tough one, as no banker, advisor or farmmarketer has the answer. However, each business partner you work with shouldbe helping you put these pieces together to enable you to make the best decisionon your farm.

Livestock AnglesMarketing

year in reviewThe year of 2015 was a very interesting and at times very volatile in the price

movement in livestock.The year will end with livestock prices lower in all categories including live

prices and wholesale prices. The only area that didn’t seelower prices were the retail prices which were eithersteady to slightly lower or higher than a year ago. This inthe face tight supplies of live inventory in some instancesand over abundance in other instances throughout theyear.

As for the cattle market, this year has been nothingmore than a battle of tight supplies of animals vs. everdecreasing demand for beef. When all is said and donethe declining demand for beef has so far won the battle.This decline in beef demand is the result of several fac-tors such as the strength in the U.S. dollar which madeU.S. beef more expensive in the world market and thiscaused a decline in exports.

Another major reason is the disparity of beef prices incomparison to pork and chicken prices. Beef in relation to these competitivemeats is too high on a per pound basis especially in a weak economy. Theprospect for this disparity to change in the months ahead does not look partic-ularly good for the cattle market. This is not to say that prices will not rallyfrom time to time. However, the overall picture would suggest that prices arelikely to remain defensive in the months ahead.

The hog market has struggled throughout the past year as numbers havebeen on the increase. The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigsreport suggest that numbers are still increasing. From a supply picture thisdoes not reflect well for any major upward move in price.

The good news for the hog market has been a constant or even slightlyincreasing demand for pork. It appears that the disparity in price of beef topork has benefited the pork industry more by being a better value to the con-sumer. As long as this disparity continues the hog market should benefit. Itmay not come through much higher prices but more of a stabilizing of hogprices. This will allow for rallies from time to time, but the overall picture con-tinues to look as if prices will sag through the year.

JOE TEALEBroker

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KURT LENSINGAgStar Assistant VP &

Industry SpecialistWaite Park, Minn.

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

See TEALE, pg. 19 See LENSING, pg. 19

Editor’s Note: Phyllis Nystrom’s Grain Outlook column will return next issue.

DEC. ’14 JAN’15 FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC.

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LENSING, from pg. 18Ethanol is one factor that influences

grain markets. Ethanol processor mar-gins have deteriorated since Novemberwith ethanol prices dropping morethan corn and natural gas, which isused in the production of ethanol.

Today ethanol margins are “average”with Minnesota plants around a 5 centpositive margin for the next couplemonths. The “I” states, Iowa and Illi-nois, are estimated to be losing 5 and10 cents respectively, while the plantsin Indiana and Ohio are paying big

basis premiums due topoor regional produc-tion. The most profitableethanol margins in the western CornBelt are 70 cents higher than the worstmargins in the eastern Corn Belt.

Nationally, ethanol plants are aver-aging above breakeven marginsdespite lower ethanol prices needed tocompete with cheaper gasoline.

Another headwind that the industrycontinues to battle is the dried dis-tillers grains export market. With over50 percent of all distiller exports going

to one country, the mar-ket is easily influenced

when disruptions inmajor trade partners occur. You proba-bly guessed the top importer of U.S.DDGs — China.

Last winter China rejected DDGsand corn from the United States due toan “unapproved genetically modifiedorganism trait.” Following thoseannouncements, DDG prices fell byover 20 percent in less than a week.According to a Dec. 17 article fromRueters: “China has formally accepteda petition from Chinese producers ofdistiller’s dried grains (DDGs) seekinganti-dumping duties on imports of thefeed ingredient from the UnitedStates, according to a report by U.S.agricultural attaches in Beijing.”Under Chinese law officials mustmake a decision to either investigate

the matter or not.If history repeats itself the decision

to pursue the matter will likely not bea quick one. I’d expect trade disrup-tions (halted shipments) and prices tobe under pressure in the coming daysand weeks, of course, depending onthe outcome of the situation.

This is just one of the many factorshappening abroad that affect prices inour backyard.

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TEALE, from pg. 18

Any weakness in the U.S. dollarwould aid in the export market.Should that happen, it would also helpstabilize or even give a boost to prices.

From an overall economic prospec-

tive the possibility of continued defla-tion presents a negative shadow overall commodity prices. Producers shouldremain aware of these conditions andprotect inventories as needed.

I would like to wish everyone a happyand prosperous New Year. ❖

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This column was written for the mar-keting week ending Dec. 24, 2015.

Cash dairy product prices softened inwhat I call the “weak” before Christmasand have pulled Class III futures lower.The block Cheddar closed Thursday at$1.4050 per pound, up a half-cent on theday, but down 3.5 cents on the holidayshortened week, and 9 cents below ayear ago when they fell 11.5 cents. TheCheddar barrels closed Thursday at$1.43, up a penny on the day, but down 2cents on the week, and a penny abovea year ago. Ten cars of block tradedhands on the week at the ChicagoMercantile Exchange and seven ofbarrel.

Midwest cheese makers report good movement ofcheese leading up to the Holidays, according toDairy Market News. Domestic specialty cheese, foodservice and retail demand have been good, but are

slowing slightly. Processors anticipatemore milk to become available the nexttwo weeks. Some loads are available $6 to$7 under Class. Cheese production is vig-orous, inventories are building and addingto already heavy cheese supplies.Western cheese output is steady to higher.Retail and food service sales have beengood, but have slackened slightly as theholidays draw near. Milk is readily avail-able and so is cheese, especially cheeseused for further processing.

FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski wrote inhis Tuesday Early Morning Updatethat the cheese market is “not in bal-

ance as domestic demand is not com-pensating for a decrease in exports.”

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Central butter production is steady to higher ascream availability improves compared to last week,says DMN. Spot loads from the East region continue

to find processing in the Central region. “Buttermakers indicate the market has them in a quandary.Although prices have declined from the $2.90s, thereis no sure price direction for the beginning of 2016.Should stocks be purposely built up and held withconfidence, or should churn operators lighten hold-ings before prices further deteriorate? “

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk ended Dec. 24 at 76cents per pound, down a half-cent on the week and24 cents below a year ago, on one car sold this week.

Speaking to the powder, FC Stone’s Dave Kurza-wski says; “Coming up on the holiday break therewon’t be much action as buyers are well covered fortheir short term needs. Demand from bakeries iswinding down seasonally as well. The question to con-sider is will Mexico continue buying large volumeswhich was spurred by low prices? Or are they sittingon some comfortable inventories at this point and willbe more patient if we experience a price rally? Other-wise other key markets such as the Middle East andNorth Africa are in a quandary as their wallets aremuch thinner with their low oil revenues.”

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’slatest Cold Storage report, Nov. 30 butter stockstotaled 132.7 million pounds, down a hefty 46.1 mil-lion pounds or 26 percent from October, but 25.1 mil-lion pounds or 23 percent above Nov. 30, 2014.

HighGround Dairy’s Eric Meyer doesn’t see the 23percent increase in butter stocks from 2014 as a con-cern. Speaking in a DairyLine interview, Meyer saidstocks have been running ahead of a year ago for quitesome time but November stocks being down 46 mil-lion pounds from October was more attention getting.

That drawdown is fairly normal, he explained, buta little more than anticipated, and “Given that we’vecome off quite a bit on the butter prices, this maycause some time for stabilization. We may not seethose numbers that we’ve seen in years past comeJanuary. We may see much more elevated levels onthe butter side and our expectation is, due to the lackof production and relatively decent demand fordomestic butterfat that is going to be the bullish sur-prise of 2016.” He admits that imports are arrivingbut he still sees prices elevated vs. prior years whenwe’ve had these kinds of stocks.

Meyer is not so optimistic on cheese, reasoningthat stocks through summer, fall, and now early win-ter have remained elevated versus the prior year.Total natural cheese up 13 percent from a year ago ismore concerning to dairy farmers, he said, in thatstocks didn’t move much from October.

Expectations were for the drawdown to be a fewpercentage points, he said, but “we got nothing. That,I think, is a concern going into the end of the yearand First Quarter.” He also warned that “could putmore pressure on cheese prices, even from where theyare at low levels today, in the next 30 to 60 days.”When asked about Super Bowl coming to the rescue,Meyer said most orders are already in the pipeline.

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

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ALL EQUIPMENT...✔ PRESSURE WASHED✔ INSPECTED✔ REPAIRED✔ TEST RUN✔ FIELD READY

www.dairylandsupply.com

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HAPPY NEW YEARFROM YOUR FRIENDS AT

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PARCEL ONE: Consisting of 162 acres, (more or less) Freeborn Township,Section 33. Tillable Acres: 150. CPI Rating: 91.PARCEL TWO: Consisting of 76 acres, (more or less) Freeborn Township,Section 34. Tillable Acres: 75. CPI Rating: 90.

Both parcels enrolled in ARC-County Program.No Buyer’s Fee On This Auction. What You Bid Is What You Pay!

FOR FULL COLOR PICTURES & LISTINGVisit Our Website www.hollandauction.com

• A Professional Full Service Auction Company• Member of State & National Auctioneer’s Association

Auctioneers:Tracy Holland & Associates#7405002 • Ellendale, MN

(507) 684-2955or (507) 456-5128 (cell)

HOLLAND AUCTION & REAL ESTATE(507) 684-2955

“YOUR #1 AUCTIONPROFESSIONALS”

HELEN SCHOEN - TRUSTFreeborn, MN

FREEBORN COUNTY, SECTIONS 33 & 34FREEBORN TOWNSHIP

FOR REAL ESTATE TERMS, COLOR AERIAL SOIL & TILE MAPSGO TO HOLLANDAUCTION.COM OR FOR MORE INFORMATION

CALL: (507) 684-2955 OR (507) 456-5128

238 ACRES FARMLANDFREEBORN COUNTY, MN

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 • 10:30 A.M.

Auctioneer’s Note: If you’re in the market for some of Freeborn County’s best farmland, thenyou’ll want to be sure to attend this auction. With average CPIs in the 90’s represents somevery highly productive soils. Farm is available for 2016. Tracy Holland

Auction Location: To be held at TB3’s Bar & Grill – Freeborn, MNProperty Location: From Freeborn, MN – 1/2 mile west on County Road 29.Please Note: Bad weather day – Saturday, January 30th. WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS!

Ag Distributing ..................7

Ag Power ..........................27

Allen Merkel ......................8

Anderson Seed ..................4

Avoca Spray ....................29

Bayer Truck......................16

Big Gain............................13

Boss Supply ........................5

Broskoff Structures ..........4

C & C Roofing ................15

Central Livestock Assn ..26

Courtland Waste..............17

Curt’s Truck & Diesel ......6

Dahl Farm Supply ..........10

Dairyland Seed ..................3

Dairyland Supply ............21

Diers Ag ..............................5

Doda USA ..........................8

Duncan Trailers ..............23

Farm News ......................15

Fennert Trucking ............28

Greenwald Farm Center 26

Haug ..........................14, 25

Holland Auction Co ........22

K & S Millwright ..............9

Keith Bode........................25

Kerkhoff Auction ............23

Kiester Implement ..........23

Larson Bros................25, 29

Latham Hi-Tech ..............13

Letchers Farm Supply ....20

Linder ..............................19

Massop Electric ....4, 20, 28

Matejcek ..........................30

Mies Outland ..................31

Mike’s Collision ..............10

Minnesota Soybean..........11

Morris Grain......................8

Northern Ag Service........24

Northland Building ........15

Pruess................................28

Rabe International ..........24

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

Rush River........................12

Ryan MFG Flex Til ........19

Schweiss ............................28

Six Point Berk ..................23

Smith Implement ............31

Sorensen Sales & Rentals24

Southwest MN K-Fence ..15

Steffes Group ..................23

United Farmers Coop......16

Upper Midwest Mgmt ....23

Wahl Spray Foam............16

Wearda ............................26

Westman Freighliner ........7

Willmar Farm Center ....28

Wingert Realty ................22

Woodford Ag....................23

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JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for infoKIESTER IMPLEMENT, INC.

110 S. Main, P.O. Box 249 • Kiester, MN

507-294-3387www.midwestfarmsales.com

EQUIPMENTJD 4410, w/cab & loader..............$20,900JD 4100 Compact ..........................$7,900JD 70, gas........................................$4,900JD 60, gas........................................$3,900IH 656, hydro, high-clear ..............$15,900IH 70, hydro, high-clear ................$20,900IH H-width Belly Mower..................$1,995IH 5088 ..........................................$10,900(2) IH 1026, hydro ........................$10,900IH 856, 1256, 1456 ..........From $10,900(2) IH Super MTA..................From $3,900Allied Buhler 695 Loader ..............$4,900JD Sound Guard Cabs ....................CALL

LOADERS - ON HAND - CALL“New” K 510, JD 148, JD 158, JD 48

COMPLETE LISTING & PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE

Upper Midwest Mgmt. Corp.; New Ulm, MNGreg Thomas, Broker or Scott Nelson, REALTOR®

507-359-2004 • www.ummc.co

Lester Newell, etal, Owners. 317.2 acres, m/lLocated in Section 12, Hope Twp.

265.95 acres tillable, m/l

Lincoln Cty. SEALED BIDSLand Sale!

Jan. 12, 2016 – Senior CenterTyler, MN – 10:30 a.m.

Steffes Auction Calendar 2015For More info Call 1-800-726-8609

or visit our website:SteffesGroup.com

Opens Monday, December 21 & ClosesMonday, December 28: David & LeAnnMoe Reduction Farm Online Auction,Alexandria, SD

Opens Monday, December 21 & ClosesTuesday, December 29: MCM FarmsReduction Farm Online Auction, St.Thomas, ND

Opens Wednesday, December 23 &Closes Wednesday, December 30:Jason Salter & Sons Liquidation OnlineAuction, Modale, IA

Opens Wednesday, January 6 & ClosesWednesday, January 13: January OnlineAuction, Upper Midwest Locations.

NEW HARVEST INTERNATIONALAUGERS ~ ON HAND- - - CALL FOR PRICE - - -

*************** USED EQUIPMENT ***************

‘12 10x72 Auger &Mover ............$7,500

‘12 10x62 Auger &Mover ............$8,000

‘14 13x42 TruckAuger, Demo ..$5,800

‘14 8x32 Truck Auger,Demo..............$3,200

‘06 10x71 HutchAuger & Mover........................$7,000

CIH 260 MagnumTractor, Loaded,Like New!• NOW:......$134,900

JD 930, 30’ Flex Head........................$3,500

JD 510 Ripper,7-shank ..........$7,500

IH 720 Plow, 7-18”........................$5,500

TruAg 2 Box Tender....................$11,750

EZ Trail 860 GrainCart, Red ....$17,500

J&M 350 Bu. Wagon........................$2,700

Hesston 1170 MowerCond., Swing Tongue,1-steel /1-rubber roll• NOW: ..........$4,950

Woodford Ag BaleRacks, 10’x23’- Call For Sizes........................$2,295

FLATBEDS‘02 Great Dane, 48/102, AR, Closed

Tandem Slider ..........................$8,750‘03 Wilson, 48/96, SX/AR, Alum. Floor, Alum. Crossmembers, 80% T/B,

Sandblasted, Painted ...............$8,750‘95 Trail King, 48/102, Alum. Floor, 60% T/B, Sandblasted, Painted .................................................$8,000‘97 Transcraft, 48/102, 80% Tires, New Brakes, Alum. Floor

& Crossmembers, SX/AR ..........$9,000‘97 Wilson, 48/102, Alum. Floor, SX/AR .......................................$8,250‘95 Utility, 48/102, Alum. Floor, SX/AR .......................................$8,250

Hay Sides with anyFlat or Drop Deck sales,

– $1,000 –

HOPPERS(2) ‘94 Wilson, 42/66, 11/24.5, 80% T/B, Good Tarps, SPR Ride, New 5th Whl. Plate, Clean 1 at.........................................$14,500 1 at.........................................$12,750‘11 Agerlite, 40/66 Alum., AR, Ag Hopper, 11/24.5 Alum. Whls., New T/B .................................$24,500‘06 Wilson, 39/96/72 SS Front/Back

AR, 445/50R22.5 Alum. Whls., Nice Clean Hopper .................$24,500'06 Merrit 42/66 AG Hopper, clean

Nebraska trailer .....................$20.500

DROP DECKS‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 48/102,

Steel, SX, Air Ride, Wood Floor ...............................................$19,000‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 53/102, Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle, Wood

Floor, Sandblasted & Painted, Beavertail ...............................$25,000

‘75 Transcraft Drop Deck, 40/96, Red, New Floor, Tires, Brakes $10,000‘05 Transcraft Drop Deck, 48/102,

Steel Like New, SX, 255/225, Super Clean, AR .....................$19,250‘96 Featherlite Alum. Combo, 48/102, Alum. Floor, Crossmembers,

SX, 255/22.5, AR ....................$16,500Engineered 5’ Beavertail Kit: Includes: Paint, LED Lights & All Electrical ....................$3,750 Kit .................................$5,750 Installed

DOUBLE DROPS‘80 Transcraft Double Drop, 53’, 33’ Well Non-Detachable, AR, Polished

Alum. Whls., New Hardwood Decking, 80% T/B, Clean .......................$10,000

‘99 XL Specialized Double Drop, 48/102, 29’6” Well, New 255/22.5, RGN, Mechanical Detach RGN

...............................................$19,000

MISCELLANEOUS(30) Van & Reefer Trailers - On Hand,

48/102 - 53/102, Water Storage Or Over The Road ....... $3,500-$5,500Custom Haysides: Stationary .................................$1,250 Tip In-Tip Out ...........................$1,750AR or SR Suspensions: 96”/102” Axle Also: Vans On Ground For Storage ..................... CALL FOR YOUR NEEDSAlum. Wheels: 24.5/22.5 ......Ea. $150‘97 Peterbilt 379 Conventional, N-14 435 Cummins, Cruise, Jake, 13-Spd., AR, 48” High-Rise Sleeper,

New 11R22.5 Alum. Whls., 3.70 Ratio, New Brakes, 234” WB, Clean Hard To Find Truck, New Rods & Mains,

New Tires, Clean ....................$22,000‘01 Dodge 2500, Dsl., New Eng., Tires, & Brakes .......................$13,500‘05 GMC Quad Cab, Well Maintained,

90% Tires & Brakes, 195K Miles .................................................$8,500

HANCOCK, MNwww.DuncanTrailersInc.com

Call: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361• Will Consider Trades! •

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FOR SALE: '83 JD 2950MFWD 12pt, 4-42 rear tires,ROPS, w/ canopy, runs,looks good. $13,900; SharpIH766 dsl 3pt, new, torque& PTO, cab avail, $8,700; 77Ford 7700, cab heat, AC,QT ldr, chains $11,900OBO/trade. 320-543-3523

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

Bins & Buildings 033

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

Grain Handling Equip 034

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

Ask for Gary

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ADVERTISING NOTICE:Please check your ad the

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

Employment 015

WANTED: Looking for livein care giver who likeshorses, room and board isfree. Can bring your ownhorse. 715-832-7494

Real Estate 020

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

Real Estate Wanted 021

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

(952)447-4700

Hay & Forage Equip 031

Anderson hybrid bale tuber.New condition, asking$27,000/OBO. 608-792-8051

Bins & Buildings 033

FOR SALE: 2 10' powersweeps for 48' bins,$2,500/ea; 14,000 bu bin w/floor & 8” unload. 507-697-6133 www.usedbinsales.com

New GSI Grain Bins. Steel is at an all time low!

Check on a new grain binbefore you buy a used one.

507-256-7501Broskoff Structures

Bought It Because You Saw itin The Land?

Tell Advertisers WHERE You Saw it!

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Building LastingRelationships UPCOMING

ISSUES

JANUARY 15CORN

JANUARY 29 SMALLGRAIN

FEBRUARY 12 LAMB &WOOL

FEBRUARY 26AG DAY (800) 657-4665

CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDS

PPLLAACCEEYYOOUURR AADDTTOODDAAYY!! !!

TRACTORS‘11 CIH 315, Tracks- $214,500

‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 36” PTO- $219,500

TILLAGECIH RMX370, 28’, 3 bar- $36,500

CIH 730C - $24,900CIH 870, 14’ w/spikeharrow - $38,500

CIH 870, 18’, 4 basket- $53,500

HARVEST‘08 CIH 7010 - $169,500‘10 CIH 6088 - $199,500‘04 CIH 1020, 30’ - $8,950‘10 CIH 2608, 8-30chopping head - $55,000

‘01 CIH 2208, 8-30- $18,500

LOCAL TRADES LOCAL TRADES

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

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

– CLOSE OUT PRICES –New Aluma 8218 tilt w/4800# axle - $6,395, plus tax & licenseDemo - 870, 22’ w/Reel (e) - $75,500

DAMAGED GRAINWANTEDANYWHERE

We buy damaged corn andgrain any condition

- wet or dry -TOP DOLLAR

We have vacs and trucks

CALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC

800-205-5751

Apply today at:418 South Second St. • Mankato, MN

507-344-6320

WEB PRESS OPERATOR WANTEDExperience preferred but will train mechanically inclined individual.

Union shop uniforms provided. Full benefits. Nights 4:30 - 1:00,weekends and some holidays. Advancement potential

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

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

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

– We Rebuild Smidley Cattle & Hog Feeders –Sioux Equipment:

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

& Tubs • Calf WarmerJBM Equipment:

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

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

• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.• 150 Bu. Steel Calf Creep w/Wheels• Bohlman Concrete Waterers• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• Hog Scales• Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’• EZ Trail Wagons Boxes & Bale Baskets• Taylor-way 3 way dump trailer• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor• Sitrex Wheel Rakes• SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks• Goat, Sheep & Calf Feeders• For-Most Livestock Equipment• Ameriag Poly Mineral Feeders• Lorenz Snowblowers, 3-pt. & Skidsteer Models

Lot - Hwy 7 EOffice Location - 305 Adams Street

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

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

• Wishek #842NT Offset Disc w/Coil Springs, 131⁄2’,11” Spacing, 28” Blades, Used Very Little

• Lorenz #7810 Skidsteer Snowblower, 78” High-Flow Hyd., Double Auger, Used Only 3 Times

• MDS Roto-King Bale Processor for skidsteers- Demo Unit - Special Price

• Schwartz 150 Bu. 2-Wheel Feeder Wagon• SI 4-Wheel 20’ Bale & Silage Wagon• Rebuilt Smidley Hog Feeders• Smidley Steer Stuffers

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• DR® POWER EQUIPMENT

We can also sell your equipment for youon consignment

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

Kinze #1040 1000 Bu GrainCart (Row Crop) w/ TarpShedded. 30 Ft GreatPlains Turbo-Till #3000TT,(Blades 19 1/2”) Second Set.Both Real Good. 319-347-2349 Can Deliver

Planting Equip 038

2009 NH #BR7090 RoundBaler (5x6) Loaded/Shed-ded Absolutely Like New.2015 Great Plains #1006NT10 Ft Pull Type No-TillDrill, 2 Boxes for GrassEtc. 319-347-6138 Can Del

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18 Ft GREAT PLAINS#1800 Turbo-Till (2008)

Blades measure 19 1/2”. MC15 Ft #180SB 6-30 Shredder(4 Whls) Both Real Good.Can Deliver 319-347-6150Leave Message

MR FARMER $2,000 REBATE

With Purchase of New M&W EARTHMASTERS #1710 or #1465 or #1165

$2,000 Rebate Ends January 5, 2016

A.L. Buseman Industries 319-347-6282 Can Deliver

Machinery Wanted 040

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

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

WANTED: Hay crimperwith good steel rolls. 608-625-2412

WANTED: NH 455 & 456mowers. 608-625-2412

Feed Seed Hay 050

2nd, 3rd & 4th crop hay.Dairy quality, all arewrapped, $45-50. Also 3rdcrop big squares, $35/each.715-235-9272

Alfalfa square baleage, indi-vidually wrapped, 160 to 190RFV, delivered by truckload, clean 3x4 straw balesalso available. 866-575-7562

Buyers & sellers of hay,straw, corn, wheat, oats &other grains. Western Hayavailable. Fox Valley Al-falfa Mill 920-853-3554

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

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


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

FOR SALE: JD 6600 com-bine, '78 model w/ 404 mo-tor, very well maintained,always shedded. 507-247-3928

JD 9650STS, 2WD, AHH,DAS, Mauer hopper ext,GreenStar ready, Thru JDshop yearly w/ servicerecords, 18.4x42 duals, 2189sep hrs, very nice, alwaysshedded, $64,000. 320-359-2692

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FOR SALE: '77 JD 4430, P/S,cab/air, 2 SCVs, 3pt, 18.4x38Firestones (75%), 150 hrson JD OH, farmer ownedfor 15 yrs, very clean &nice, starts, runs, drivesexc. $17,000. 715-222-1737

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


BIG DISCOUNT on New X-TREME Unverferth Grain Cart

700-850 Bu ------------------ $1,5001000 Bu ---------------------- $2,5001100-1300 Bu --------------- $3,000

Deal Ends Dec 31, 2015A. L. Buseman Industries319-347-6282 Can Deliver

Farm Implements 035

FOR SALE: Caterpillar 8CCw/ dozer, 7644855. Call 507-822-1223

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

Tractors 036

'98 JD 8300, duals front &rear, 4 hyds, quick hitch,HD rock box, exc cond; '83JD 8440 4WD, 3 hyds, quickhitch, rock box, duals, ex-tra lights, complete refur-bish, exc cond. 507-649-0963

FOR SALE: 1985 Steiger(Case IH) Cougar KR12254WD, 4011 hrs, 275 hp, Cum-mins L10 engine, 20 speedtrans, 18.4-42 tires & duals,4 hyd valves, 1000 PTO.Very good condition. $31,000OBO. (320) 583-9896

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New combine beltsfor all makes.

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

‘09 JD 9670 Combine, Contour Master,20.8R42 duals, 806 sep. hrs., Nice Combine............................................................$129,500

‘09 JD 8330 Combine, PS, 1300 front axle,480/80R46 duals, front & rear wgts., 2275 hrs.............................................................$108,000

‘12 Case 521E Wheel Loader, JRB coupler,2.0 cu. yd. bucket, 3rd valve, 20.5-25 tires,620 hrs...................................................$95,000

‘11 NH W130B Wheel Loader, JRB coupler,3.0 cu. yd. bucket & fork attachment, 550 hrs...............................................................$87,000

‘12 CIH Magnum 290, Lux. cab, cab susp.,480/80R50 duals, 1750 hrs., Warr. ......$98,000

‘11 JD 8260R, PS, 1300 front axle, 480/80R50duals, 3812 hrs., Comprehensive Warr. ‘tillNov. 2016 or 5,000 hrs. ......................$109,000

‘12 CIH Steiger 350HD, 480/80R50 duals,1000 PTO, 6 remotes, Lux. cab, GPScomponents, 1287 hrs. ......................$145,000

‘14 CIH Magnum 235, Lux. cab, cab susp.,19-spd. trans., 480/80R50 duals, 420/85R34single fronts, high cap. hyd. pump, 4 remotes,305 hrs., Warr. ....................................$115,000

‘12 NH TD5050, MFWD, cab, 430 hrs. $33,000‘14 JD Gator TS, 4x2, bed lift, bed liner,309 hrs. ....................................................$5,250

‘12 CIH RB564 Round Baler, net wrap $18,000

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332

507-381-1291

E Hwy 12 - Willmar • 800-428-4467Hwy 24 - Litchfield • 877-693-4333

www.haugimp.comJared Cal AdamPaal Neil Hiko Dave Brandon

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‘11 JD 9870STS, 1061 eng/742 sephrs, PWRD, 800R38, duals ....$299,000

‘13 JD S660, 273 eng/183 sep hrs,AWD, 710-70R38 ....................$330,000

‘12 JD S670, 196 eng/158 sep hrs,AWD, 650-85R38, duals ..........$340,000

‘14 JD S680, 181 eng/123 sep hrs,AWD, 800-70R38, duals ..........$389,000

‘10 JD 9770STS, 1185 eng/742 sephrs, RWA, duals ......................$289,000

‘03 JD 9550, 2320 eng/1590 sep hrs,18.4Rx38 ................................$105,000

‘14 JD 6140D, MFWD, 140 hp, 18.4x38,3 hyds........................................$65,900

‘11 JD 7430, 4180 hrs, MFWD, 166 hp,480-80R42, 3 hyds, loader......$110,000

‘11 JD 8285R, 514 hrs, MFWD, 285 hp,380-90R54, duals, 4 hyds ......$206,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 988 hrs, 4WD, 510 hp,76x50 ............................................CALL

‘12 JD 9460R, 718 hrs, 4WD, 460 hp,800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds ......$250,000


‘13 JD 8335R, 1041 hrs, MFWD, 335hp, 380-90R54, duals, 5 hyds $250,000

‘13 Kubota M135, 338 hrs, MFWD, 135hp, 3 hyds, loader......................$75,000

‘13 JD 9560RT, 796 hrs, Track, 560 hp,36" belts, 4 hyds......................$345,000

‘13 JD 9560R, 194 hrs, 4WD, 560 hp,800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds ......$333,000

‘10 JD 9530T, 1265 hrs, Track, 475 hp,36" belts, 4 hyds......................$289,000

‘12 JD 6125R, 349 hrs, MFWD, 138 hp,460-85R38, 3 hyds, loader......$108,000


‘12 JD 8235R, 1204 hrs, MFWD, 235hp, 380-90R54, 5 hyds............$162,000

‘13 JD 5100E, 3083 hrs, MFWD, 100hp, 18.4x30, 2 hyds ..................$38,000


‘02 JD 8220, 7305 hrs, MFWD, 190 hp,380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds ......$104,000

‘13 JD 5075E, 1534 hrs, MFWD, 75 hp,16.9x28, 2 hyds ........................$36,000

‘13 JD 6170R, 1230 hrs, MFWD, 170hp, 380-90R50, duals, 3 hyds $129,000

‘10 JD 7830, 1024 hrs, MFWD, 205 hp,480-80R46, duals, 4 hyds ......$136,000

Feed Seed Hay 050

FOR SALE: 3x4x8 wheat-straw bales, clean & dry,850 lbs each, Delivered bysemi load. 218-280-1722

FOR SALE: Oat straw & haybales, large squares, 3x3.Delivery possible. 507-473-3613

FOR SALE: Wheat Straw3x4x8' bales combined w/rotary combine, stored in-side, excellent quality, de-livery available. (320)-808-4866

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

FOR SALE: 15 head Red An-gus heifers, 15 head ofBlack Baldy cattle, 15 headof 3-5 yr old black & redcows, all home raised, bredto calving ease bulls, excquality, $2,100/ea. 320-905-4490

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– • YEAR END SPECIALS • –COMBINES / HEADS

Was: NOW:‘02 JD 9650STS, 1942 Sep. Hrs. ............$95,000 ......$59,900‘04 JD 9760STS, 2000 Sep. Hrs. ..........$132,500 ......$84,900‘05 JD 9660STS, 1325 Sep. Hrs. ..........$160,000 ......$98,900‘08 JD 608, 8R30”, Chopping ..................$56,900 ......$34,900‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, Chopping ................$74,900 ......$61,900‘08 JD 608, 8R30”, Chopping ..................$39,900 ......$29,900‘07 JD 635F Platform, 35’ Full Finger ....$26,500 ......$14,900

SPRAYERSWas: NOW:

‘12 JD 4940, 1682 Hrs., 90’ Boom SS Tank............................................................$242,750....$169,900

‘12 Ag-Chem RG1100, 1006 Hrs.,90’ Boom ............................................$205,000....$149,900

TILLAGEWas: NOW:

‘08 JD 2210 Field Cult., 64.5’ ..................$62,500 ......$44,900‘97 DMI Tigermate II Field Cult., 39.5’....$24,900 ......$19,900‘04 JD 726 Mulch Finisher, 30’9” ............$29,900 ......$19,900‘00 JD 512, 7-Shank ................................$18,500 ........$9,900

MISC. EQUIPMENTWas: NOW:

Brent 670 Grain Cart, 24.5x32’s ..............$16,000 ........$9,900‘11 JD 825i Gator, EFT, 882 Hrs. ............$12,900 ........$8,900‘93 JD 7200, 12R30” Planter....................$19,900 ........$9,900‘05 JD 1770 CCS, 24R30” Planter ........$120,000 ......$59,900‘10 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” Planter ..........$97,000 ......$69,900

TRACTORS• Rental Return Tractors •

(N) ‘14 JD 9510R, 629 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$299,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 466 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$289,900(N) ‘15 JD 8370R, 486 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$289,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 512 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$289,900(B) ‘15 JD 8370R, 516 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$284,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 491 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$274,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 371 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 778 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$267,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 882 hrs., IVT, ILS ........................$249,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 1157 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$239,900(N) ‘14 JD 8320R, 944 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ..........$239,900(H) ‘14 JD 8320R, 920 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..........$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 737 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty........$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 600 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty........$214,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 1001 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty......$199,900(OW) ‘14 JD 6150R, 627 hrs., IVT, Loader Ready ......$138,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 342 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 379 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 394 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 6150R, 396 hrs., AQ Plus, Ext. Warranty ..$124,900(OW) ‘14 JD 5100E, 208 hrs., MFWD, cab....................$44,900

4WD Tractors(B) ’15 JD 9620R, 276 hrs, Ext. Warranty ..................$382,000(N) ‘15 JD 9470R, 172 hrs., 800/38’s ..........................$295,000(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 595 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ....$289,900(OS) ‘12 JD 9510R, 1079 hrs., 800/70R38’s................$289,900(N) ‘14 JD 9460R, 374 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$284,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO..............................$259,900(OW) ‘12 JD 9410R, 1073 hrs., hi-flo hyds. ................$239,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1497 hrs., 800/38’s........................$234,900(B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1328 hrs., 800/70R38’s ....................$225,900(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s ......................$219,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630, 2138 hrs. ..........................................$212,900

(OS) ‘09 JD 9330, 2203 hrs., PTO ..............................$189,900(OS) ‘05 JD 9620, 2119 hrs., 800/70R38’s, duals ......$175,000(OW) ‘07 JD 9620, 4092 hrs., PS ................................$169,900(OS) ‘98 JD 9200, 5200 hrs., 620/42’s, AT Ready ........$84,500(OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..................$79,900(N) ‘97 CIH 9350, 3365 hrs. ............................................$58,500

Track Tractors(N) ‘15 JD 9570RT, 259 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$397,500(OW) ’15 JD 9470RT, 210 hrs, Ext. Warranty..............$354,900(N) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 537 hrs., 1000 PTO ......................$297,500(OW) ’15 JD 8345RT, 586 hrs, 18” tracks ..................$279,900(OW) ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2249 hrs., PTO ....................$277,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ..........$249,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 2094 hrs. ........................................$244,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9630T, 1737 hrs.......................................$239,900(H) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1695 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks ............$235,900(B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1928 hrs., PS, 25” tracks ............$195,000(H) ‘05 JD 9620T, 3213 hrs. ........................................$134,900

Row Crop Tractors(N) ‘15 JD 8320R, 223 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..........$282,500(N) ‘14 JD 8360R, 338 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ..........$269,500(OS) ‘14 JD 8320R, 100 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ........$263,500(N) ‘15 JD 8270R, 157 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..........$249,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310R, 735 hrs., PS, 480/50’s ................$229,900(B) ‘13 JD 8260R, 402 hrs., PS, Ext.Warranty ............$202,900(N) ‘15 JD 8270R, 250 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..........$218,000(N) ‘15 JD 7270R, 250 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ..........$209,500(OS) ‘14 JD 7270R, 444 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$209,500(OS) ‘14 JD 7210R, 250 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$179,900(OW) '10 JD 8245R, 1786 hrs, IVT, ILS........................$179,900(OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 950 hrs., PS, front duals ............$169,900(OS) ‘14 CIH Mag. 260, 1163 hrs. ..............................$167,500(OS) ‘08 JD 8430, 1526 hrs., PS..................................$165,000(OW) ‘10 JD 8245R, 2065 hrs., IVT..............................$162,500(OS) ‘14 CIH 235, 214 hrs., PS ....................................$160,000(N) ’15 JD 6150R, 150 hrs, AQ, loader........................$155,000(H) ‘13 JD 6170R, 568 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ..........$142,900(H) ‘06 JD 8130R, 4742 hrs., 540/1000 PTO ..............$112,500(OS) ‘13 JD 6125R, 111 hrs., IVT ................................$108,900(H) ’03 JD 8320, 3847 hrs, PS, AT ready ....................$105,500(N) ‘01 JD 8310, 7307 hrs., 480/80R46’s ......................$85,000(OW) '00 JD 8310, 6141 hrs., PS, MFWD......................$83,500(N) ‘15 JD 6130D, 350 hrs., MFWD ..............................$64,000(N) ‘93 JD 7800, 4600 hrs., 2WD, loader ......................$56,500(B) ‘13 JD 5085M, 460 hrs., power reverser ................$53,900(B) ‘09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs., loader..............................$52,500(OW) ‘03 Agco RT130, 5290 hrs., MFWD, PS ..............$49,900(N) ‘94 JD 7700, 4460 hrs., 2WD, loader ......................$47,500(N) '92 JD 4560, 4733 hrs., 2WD, PS ............................$43,500(B) JD 5085M, 133 hrs., PS ............................................$42,900(OS) ‘14 JD 5065E, 60 hrs., MFWD ..............................$29,500

COMBINES(OW) ‘15 JD S690, 330 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$399,000(N) ‘14 JD S670, 294 sep. hrs. ....................................$319,900(H) ‘13 JD S680, 651 sep. hrs. ....................................$305,900(OS) ‘15 JD S660, 174 sep. hrs., 520/42’s ..................$301,000(OS) ‘14 CIH 8230, 491 sep. hrs. ................................$299,900(H) ‘14 JD S660, 305 sep. hrs., 520/42’s ....................$279,900(H) '12 JD S660, 275 sep hrs, duals............................$255,900(N) ‘13 JD S660, 511 sep. hrs., duals..........................$232,000(OS) ‘12 JD S660, 1050 sep. hrs., 1-Owner ................$225,000(OW) ‘11 JD 9770, 758 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$219,900(OS) ‘11 JD 9670, 770 sep. hrs., duals ......................$218,500(OW) ‘10 JD 9870, 945 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$205,900(OS) ‘10 JD 9770, 1000 sep. hrs., duals ....................$192,500(OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 571 sep. hrs., duals ......................$182,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1173 sep. hrs., duals ....................$179,900(H) ‘10 JD 9770, 719 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$179,500(B) ‘09 JD 9670, 1097 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$169,900(OS) ‘10 JD 9570, 724 sep. hrs., duals ......................$169,900(H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$154,900

(H) ‘07 JD 9660, 1364 sep. hrs. ..................................$139,900(OS) ‘07 JD 9660, 1675 sep. hrs. ................................$137,900(H) ‘06 JD 9760, 1511 sep. hrs., duals ........................$134,900(B) ‘04 JD 9760, 1365 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$134,900(B) ‘05 JD 9560, 1133 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$132,500(OW) ‘06 JD 9660, 1542 sep. hrs., duals ....................$125,900(N) ‘05 JD 9560STS, 1454 sep. hrs., duals ................$119,500(H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1355 sep. hrs., Walker......................$102,500(H) ‘01 JD 9650STS, 2006 sep. hrs., duals ..................$95,900(H) ‘03 JD 9750, 2049 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$84,900(H) ‘02 JD 9550, 1652 sep. hrs., Walker ........................$84,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9550, 1857 sep. hrs., Walker ....................$79,900(OW) ‘00 JD 9550, 1841 sep. hrs., duals ......................$78,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9650, 2500 sep. hrs., Walker ....................$68,000

SPRAYERS– More Sprayers Listed On Our Website –

• Dry Box •(N) ‘15 JD R4045, 486 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$325,000(OW) ‘14 JD R4038, 488 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$285,000(OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 952 hrs., Certified Pre-Owned ....$274,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4940, 1392 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$222,900(OW) ‘11 JD 4930, 1150 hrs., 480/80R50’s ................$159,900

• 120’ Boom •(N) ‘15 JD R4045, 210 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$368,000(OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 93 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$329,900(OW) ‘13 CIH SPX4430, 900 hrs., SS tank, boom leveling

..................................................................................$238,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 995 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ....$229,500(OW) ‘11 JD 4830, 1135 hrs., section control ............$218,900(B) ‘11 JD 4930, 1303 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ......$199,900

• 100’ Boom •(OW) ‘15 JD R4030, 294 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$245,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 1009 hrs., Ext.Warranty ................$209,900(H) ‘12 JD 4730, 1330 hrs., boom trac, SS tank........$179,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4730, 676 hrs., One-Owner ....................$166,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 2050 hrs., 15” spacing, HTA ........$159,900

• 90’ Boom •(N) ‘15 JD R4030, 154 hrs., section control ................$265,900(N) ‘13 JD 4830, 384 hrs., AT activation......................$234,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 552 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ....$229,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 1682 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ..$209,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 1156 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ..$199,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4730, 923 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$189,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4730, 923 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$189,900(OW) ‘15 JD 4630, 268 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$187,900(OW) ‘11 JD 4830, 1815 hrs., SS tank, 20” spacing ..$169,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 1080 hrs., HTA, traction control ..$142,900(OW) ‘12 Miller N2XP, 1700 hrs., SS tank, 15” spacing

..................................................................................$135,000(OW) ‘06 Ag-Chem 874, 4400 hrs., SS tank, HTA ........$69,900

• 80’ Boom •(OW) ‘15 JD 4630, 32 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..................$183,000(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 734 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................$146,900

PLANTERS/SEEDERS– (More Can Be Found On Our Website) –

(OW) ‘15 JD DB60, 36R20”, tracks..............................$282,500(OS) ‘13 JD DB60, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............................$210,000(N) ‘15 JD DB60, 24R30”..............................................$192,000(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, liq. fert. ..........................$149,900(B) ‘07 JD DB40, 24R20”, tracks ................................$124,900(B) ‘15 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ................................$121,900(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ................................$109,900(N) ‘15 JD 1990 CCS, 40’, 15” spacing ......................$102,000(OW) ‘11 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ..............................$89,900(N) ‘07 White 8524 CCS, 24R30” ..................................$88,900(N) ‘08 CIH 1250 CCS, 24R30” ......................................$84,900(OS) ‘08 JD 1790 CCS, 23 split row..............................$79,900(OW) ‘98 JD 1750, 8R30”, dry fert. ................................$24,900

‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”,Liq. Fert. ............................$99,900

‘10 JD 4830, 2050 Hrs., 100’ Boom,15” Spacing........................$159,900

‘14 JD 4940, 592 Hrs., Dry Box,CPO..................................$274,900

‘10 JD 9630T, 2094 Hrs.,AT Ready..........................$219,900

‘14 JD 8295R, 1001 Hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..................$199,900

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

‘13 JD 6125R, 111 Hrs., IVT,AT Ready ..........................$108,900

‘11 JD 8310RT, 1928 Hrs.,30” Tracks ........................$195,000

‘08 JD 9570, 984 Sep. Hrs.,18.4R38’s ..........................$154,900

‘08 JD 2210, 64.5’, Harrow............................................$44,900

‘11 CH 200, 50.5’, 4-Bar Harrow,Low Acres............................$49,900

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USED SPRAYERSTop Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom ............................................................................$55,000Top Air 1600 gal., 132’ boom ............................................................................$53,000(2) Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom ......................................................................$33,000Broyhill 1500 gal., 90’ boom..............................................................................$29,500Brandt 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..............................................................................$29,000Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................................$22,000Sprayer Specialties 1250 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................$18,000Sprayer Specialties 1250 gal., 80’ boom ..........................................................$18,000Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom ..........................................................$16,000Red 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..............................................$12,500Hardi 1000 gal., 66’ hyd. fold booms ................................................................$12,500Top Air 1100 gal., 60’ X-fold boom ....................................................................$10,500Fast 1500 gal., 3-wheel cart, Big-Wheel, 60’ boom..........................................$10,000Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom ............................................................$9,500Application Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom ......................................................$8,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................................$6,800Blumhardt 1000 gal., 72’ boom, tandem ............................................................$6,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ............................................................$6,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 80’ NYB boom ..................................................................$6,000Blumhardt 750 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ..............................................................$6,000Demco 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem ......................................................$6,000Top Air 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom........................................................................$6,000Bestway 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom ....................................................................$5,500Blumhardt 1000 gal.. 60’ boom ..........................................................................$5,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ hyd. fold boom............................................................$5,500Bestway 500 gal., 60’ X-fold boom ....................................................................$5,000Hardi 500 gal., 60’ boom ....................................................................................$5,000Pleasure Products 12,300 gal., 90’ boom, tandem............................................$4,500Top Air 500 gal. ....................................................................................................$4,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom ..........................................................................$4,000Demco 500 gal., 45’ boom..................................................................................$3,500Home Made 750 gal., Big-Wheel, AgChem boom ..............................................$3,500Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem ............................................................$3,500Home Made 500 gal. round tank, 60’ Demco boom, tandem ..........................$3,500Bestway 500 gal., 60’ boom ..............................................................................$3,000Blumhardt 500 gal., 60’ boom ............................................................................$2,500Demco 500 gal., 60’ boom..................................................................................$2,500Top Air 500 gal., 60’ Blumhardt boom ................................................................$2,500500 gal. Big-Wheel pull-between ........................................................................$2,500Demco 600 gal., 60’ boom..................................................................................$2,500Demco pull-between, 60’ ....................................................................................$2,000Demco 500 gal., 3-wheel 45’ boom....................................................................$2,000Kuker 500 gal., 45’ boom, single wheel ..............................................................$1,500

SNOWBLOWERS(2) New HitchDoc 10’..........................................................................................$13,500(2) New HitchDoc 9’ triple auger........................................................................$12,100Used HitchDoc 9’ ................................................................................................$10,500Used HitchDoc 9’ ................................................................................................$10,000Used Flair 9’ ........................................................................................................$9,500New Farm King 10’ ..............................................................................................$8,300New SB Select 9’..................................................................................................$7,920New HitchDoc 8’ ..................................................................................................$7,350Used Inland 9’ ......................................................................................................$6,500Used Farm King 9’................................................................................................$6,500Used Farm King 9’................................................................................................$6,000New HitchDoc 6’ front mount ..............................................................................$5,800Used Schweiss 9’ ................................................................................................$5,500New Farm King 8’ ................................................................................................$4,200Used Lorenz 8’ ....................................................................................................$3,570New Farm King 7’ ................................................................................................$3,570Used Schweiss 8’ ................................................................................................$2,200Used Buhler 7’ ......................................................................................................$2,000(3) Used Farm King (Choice) ..............................................................................$2,000Used Schweiss 8’ ................................................................................................$1,500Used Schulte 8’ ....................................................................................................$1,500Used Lundell 8’ ........................................................................................................$800 LARSON IMPLEMENTS

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TRACK TRACTORS‘15 Challenger 765D, 210 hrs., 25” tracks,

3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd. valves ......$190,000‘13 Challenger MT 765D, 726 hrs., 25”

tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts.......................................................$180,000

‘04 Challenger 765, 4598 hrs., 18” tracks,3 pt., 1000 PTO, front wgts. ............$78,000

‘10 Challenger 7656, 2866 hrs., 3 pt., PTO,18” tracks, 4 hyd., EZee-Steer 500 AutoGuidance ........................................$120,000

‘12 JD 9560RT, 1250 hrs., 30” tracks,4 hyd. front wgts. ..........................$210,000

‘08 JD 9630T, 2483 hrs., 1000 PTO, 36”tracks, 4 hyd. valves, front wgts. ..$155,000

4WD TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560R, 1088 hrs., 4 hyd., 800x38”

duals ..............................................$205,000‘14 JD 9560R, 963 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd.,

Hi-Flow, 800x38 tires & duals ........$239,000‘13 JD 9560R, 685 hrs., 5 hyd., Hi-Flow,

HID lights, wheel wgts., 800x38” tires &duals, Ext. Power Train Warranty - 6/2/17or 2000 hrs. ..................................$229,000

‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., HID lights, 4 hyd.,Michelin 800x38” tires & duals ......$225,000

‘13 JD 9460R, 1377 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt.hitch, 5 hyd. valves, Hi-Flow, 620x42” tires......................................................$220,000

‘13 JD 9460R, 336 hrs., 24-spd. trans.,1000 PTO, 5 hyd. valves, stand & pump,710x42” tires & duals ....................$192,000

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

‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals......................................................$219,000

‘13 JD 9360R, 290 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000PTO, 5 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x46” tires & duals......................................................$199,000

‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,HID lights, 520x46 tires & duals ....$179,000

‘13 CIH 550, 235 hrs., Lux. cab, 1000 PTO,6 hyd., Hi-flow, HID lights, 800x38 tires& duals ..........................................$225,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd.,big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ....$195,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump,520x46 tires & duals ......................$185,000

‘02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 12-spd. manualtrans., 4 hyd., 710x38 tires & duals $95,000

’09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., gear drive,12-spd., 4 hyd., front & rear wgts., 800x38tires & duals ..................................$140,000

‘13 NH T9.615, 634 hrs., 4 hyd., Hi-flow,800x38 tires & duals, full auto steer......................................................$200,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘13 JD 6190R, 765 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt.,

540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires &duals ..............................................$115,000

‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires & duals ........$109,000

‘04 JD 8120, 5083 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,3 hyd., 520x42 tires & duals ............$78,000

‘12 CIH 315, 481 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals......................................................$149,000

‘13 CIH 290, 1249 hrs., Lux. cab, cab susp.,18-spd. PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,Hi-flow, 480x50 rears & duals, 480x34fronts & duals, front wgts. ............$135,000

‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50rear duals ......................................$149,000

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd.PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-flow,1000 PTO, 480x50 rear tires & duals,14 front wgts. ................................$115,000

‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46 tires &duals ..............................................$129,000

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

‘11 NH T8.330, 2155 hrs., Lux. cab,Complete Auto Guidance System, 480x50duals, front duals, 4 hyd., Hi-Flow ..$92,000

TILLAGEJD 512, 9-shank disc ripper ..............$15,000

COMBINES‘09 JD 9670, 1842 eng./1181 sep. hrs.,

CM, chopper, extended wear ..........$110,000‘11 JD 9670, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs., CM,

chopper, 20.8x38 tires & duals ......$149,000‘10 JD 9870, 1500 eng./1220 sep. hrs.,

5-spd. feederhouse, Pro-drive, chopper,1250x32 single tires ......................$125,000

‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs.,chopper, 20.8x38 duals, Goood Combine........................................................$57,000

‘12 CIH 7230, 605 eng./434 sep. hrs.,Lux. cab, rock trap, chopper, 520x42”duals ..............................................$185,000

‘14 CIH 7130, 511 eng./399 sep. hrs.,lateral tilt feeder, rock trap, chopper,power bin ext., 800x32 drive tires..$159,000

‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, power topper ..$195,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, 520x42 duals ..$165,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 singles$129,000

‘10 CIH 9120, 4x4, 859 eng./615 sep. hrs.,field tracker, chopper, extended wear,HID lights, 620x42 tires & duals ....$162,500

‘13 Challenger 560C, 489 eng./278 sep. hrs.,(Has ATI Track System), 36” belts, 4WD,chopper, lateral tilt, HID lights........$189,000

‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, 520x42 tires & duals........................................................$79,000

‘08 NH 9060, 4x4, 1786 eng./1332 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 620x42 duals ....$95,000

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, aircompressor, 520x42 tires & duals ..$65,000

COMBINE HEADS‘05 Geringhoff 830 roto disc, 8R30” ..$25,000‘10 NH 98D, 8R30” cornhead ............$24,500‘09 NH 74C, 35’ flex head ..................$14,500‘08 CIH 3408, 8R30”, hyd. deck plates

........................................................$23,000‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head................$12,500‘07 Geringhoff roto disc head, 16R22”,

for JD ..............................................$29,000

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©2014 CNH Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. CNH Capital and Case IH are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC. Printed in the USA.

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

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LLEASEEASE OOPPORPPORTUNITIESTUNITIESThree-Year ‘Walk Away’ Leases

•‘15 Steiger 580 WheelFull Pro 700 auto guide, susp. cab, PTO, HID lites

• 300 hrs./yr. - $63.00/hr.• 600 hrs./yr. - $39.43/hr.

* Call us and find out how we can tailor a lease to your needs! *

‘15 CIH Steiger 580, 358 hrs., 710/70R42 tires, Lux. susp. cab, PTO, HID lites, Full Pro 700auto steer......................................................................................................................................$275,000

‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2500 hrs., Lux. cab, Trimple auto guide................................................$199,900Steiger Tiger, 525 hp. Cummins eng., Allison auto. trans., Like New 520/85R42 Triples ..........$89,000Cat 765B, 3365 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, 265 PTO hp. ..............................................................................$79,900‘97 Cat 75D, 9524 hrs., 330 hp. ......................................................................................................$39,900CIH 9170, powershift, 5861 hrs., Like New 24.5x32 tires ..............................................................$39,900

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

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

‘15 CIH 8240, 400 hrs., Luxury cab, HID lites, auto guide, folding unload auger,CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ........................................................$289,900

‘14 CIH 7230, 530 eng./410 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine,CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ........................................................$229,900

‘13 CIH 9230, Tracks, RWA, 702 eng./610 sep. hrs., Luxury cab ..............................................$327,500

USED 2WD TRACTORSInterest Free • Call For Details

COMBINE PLATFORMS & HEADS

‘14 Case 580SN, Extend-A-Hoe Backhoe, 272 hrs., pilot controls, cab, A/C, loader ................$78,500‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 700 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer, HD drawbary, high cap. hyd. pump,

susp. front axle, 360 HID lites ....................................................................................................$129,900‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 762 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer ready, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump,

360 HID lites ................................................................................................................................$129,900‘15 CIH Puma 165, MFD, powershift, cab, CIH 765 loader w/grapple ..................................COMING IN‘14 CIH Puma 145, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ......................................................$109,900‘14 CIH Maxxum 125, MFD, 291 hrs., cab ....................................................................................$72,000‘15 CIH Farmall 105C, 29 hrs., Dlx. cab w/hi-vis panel, dual PTO, 12x12 power shuttle..........$47,900‘15 CIH Farmal 105C, 29 hrs., Dlx. cab w/hi-vis panel, dual PTO, 12x12 power shuttle................CALL‘13 CIH Farmall 105C, 1100 hrs., MFD, cab w/loader ................................................................$37,700

USED 4WD TRACTORSInterest Waiver or Low Rates Available* • Call For Details

‘15 CIH 4408, 8R30” chopping cornhead......................................................................................$69,900‘14 CIH 4408, 8R30” non chopping cornhead ..............................................................................$49,900‘09 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead......................................................................................$29,900‘11 Geringhoff, 8R chopping cornhead ........................................................................................$49,900‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ......................................................................................................$39,900‘10 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ......................................................................................................$29,900‘08 CIH 2208, 8R30”........................................................................................................................$28,500‘04 CIH 2208, 8R30”........................................................................................................................$24,500‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform..............................................................................................................$18,000‘09 CIH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ..................................................................................$23,900’15 CIH 3162, 40’ flex draper platform ..........................................................................................$69,900’14 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform ..........................................................................................$62,500‘95 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ............................................................................................$9,900‘03 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife ................................................................................................................$7,500‘04 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard..........................................................................................$10,900

‘14 CIH 7230, 530 eng./410 sep. hrs.,leather seat, HID lites, Loaded! $229,900

‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 1221 hrs.,Lux. cab, susp. front axle ........$129,900

Steiger Tiger, “Rebuilt” - MUST SEE!New Tires ....................................$89,000

‘06 Cat 765B, 3365 hrs.......................................................$79,900

‘12 CIH Tigermate 200, 46’, 4 barharrow ..........................................$45,900

2014 Case 580SN Extend-A-Hoe, 4WD,pilot controls................................$78,500

‘97 Cat 75D, 330 hp., 9524 hrs.......................................................$39,900

‘15 CIH Steiger 580, susp. Lux. cab,PTO, full auto guide ..................$275,000

CIH Farmall 105C, power shuttle,90 PTO hp. ..................................$47,900

‘15 CIH 8240, Lux. cab, auto guide,HID lites ....................................$295,000

‘14 CIH 9230, Track, 710 eng. hrs.,RWA, Loaded ............................$327,500

‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2500 hrs., Lux.cab, 36” tracks, auto guide ......$199,900

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USED TRACTORSNEW NH Boomer 37, w/loader ......................CALLNEW NH T9.645, w/Smart Trac ......................CALLNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T8.320, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH T4.105, w/loader..............................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader................CALLNEW Massey 1736, w/loader ........................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD ................................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 260, FWA ................................CALL‘97 NH 8970, FWA......................................$63,900NH 946, 4WD..............................................$34,500‘12 NH T9.560, 4WD ................................$210,000NH TV6070 bi-directional ..........................$84,000‘12 Versatile 280 w/F&R duals, 760 hrs. $125,000‘12 Cat MT945C, 480 hrs. ......................$235,000

TILLAGESunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..................CALLSunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow................CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/basket ................$48,500‘01 Wilrich Excel 36’ FC w/3 bar ..............$24,500(2) DMI 530B’s ................................................CALL‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ............................$48,000‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ............................$30,000‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ........................$35,500JD 2210, 31.5’ FC w/3 bar ........................$27,900

SKIDSTEERSBobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ............................$35,900NEW NH Skidsteers – On Hand ....................CALL‘11 NH L230, Loaded ......................................CALL

PLANTERSNEW White Planters........................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ....................$92,000White 6122, 12-30......................................$14,900White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row ..................$15,000‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 ....$92,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20 ............$38,500

COMBINESNEW Fantini Chopping CH ............................CALLFantini Pre-Owned 8-30 Chopping CH ..........CALL‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ........................$210,000‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop..............$95,000‘03 Gleaner R65 ......................................$115,000‘02 Gleaner R62 ........................................COMING

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

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

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SPECIALS– On All Equipment –

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- • - Deer Hunting Special - • -ON SELECT JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT

‘08 JD 3710, 10-btm. Plow, Nice ....Was $30,000 NOW $23,000‘12 JD 3710, 10-btm. Plow............Was $48,000 NOW $41,000‘09 JD 1790, 24-20 w/Liquid, 20-20 e-set, loaded

........................................Was $92,000 NOW $82,000JD 1780, 24-20 w/Fert., Ins., 20-20, 3-bu. boxes

........................................Was $38,500 NOW $32,000

JD 4450, MFWD ..............$36,900

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Do you have a Back Roads story suggestion? E-mail [email protected] or write to Editor, The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002.

No library card neededThis week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondents Tim King (story) and Jan King (photo)

Last Father’s Day 85-year old Long Prairie residentChuck McMurray received an unusual gift fromhis son Brian. The wooden box had a rainproof

roof, two shelves, and a door with glass in it. Those arethe basic requirements for a Little Free Library. OnceChuck and Brian had it mounted on a post near thesidewalk and Chuck had filled it with books, that’sexactly what they had.

That day Chuck and Alice McMurray, who have livedin their Lake Street home for half a century, joined anestimated 25,000 other Little Free Library Stewardsaround the world. The idea of the legion of Stewards issimple but grand. Literacy, community, and friendshipcan all be increased by the simple act of offering a freebook to a neighbor or a passing stranger. If that personwants to leave a book in an exchange they are welcometo do so.

“They aren’t required to leave a book,” Alice says.The McMurrays, who enjoy a wide range of books, join

LFL Stewards in Monticello, Faribault, Mankato,Winona, Northfield, and numerous other towns acrossthe region. Many of the Stewards are, like the McMur-rays, retired. But in Clear Lake, Iowa, Nick Chizek builtone as part of his quest to become an Eagle Scout.

Clear Lake Library Director, Jean Casey, supportedyoung Chizek’s efforts. When she was asked about thepossibility of book theft from the Little Free Librariesshe paused and then said: “You can’t steal a free book,so we just don’t worry about that.”

Librarians have embraced the concept because itincreases access to books. In Clay County, in northwest-ern Minnesota, the Lake Agassiz Regional Library Sys-tem co-sponsored an LFL architecture project duringthe summer of 2015.

The McMurrays library drew visitors throughout thesummer of 2015.

“Whenever I saw someone I knew I would go out andtalk to them,” Alice said.

“A friend of mine really enjoyed the science fictiontitles that he found,” Chuck said. “He left some bookstoo.”

Chuck says he’s also found some very interestingtitles in the library and has enjoyed reading them.

“We’ve found some really nice books for our nine greatgrandchildren as well,” Alice said.

With the onset of cold and damp weather, the McMur-rays temporarily closed their Little Free Library.

“We found that the covers of the paperbacks curled inthe cold weather,” Chuck said.

You can learn more at littlefreelibrary.org. ❖

McMurray residence, Long Prairie, Minn.

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