Ramblings from the

RidgePage 30

Columnists

Getting Kerryd Away

Page 27

The Next Generation

Page 33

Columnists

Veterinary WisdomPage 34

Ag InsiderPage 6

Just Thinking Out LoudPage 32

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Third Section

Its all inside...

FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5Growth describes WI dairy industryPage 16 From Our Side of the FencePages 22 - 23 Safety rstPage 26 FSA News & NotesPage 28 How healthy is the employment situation on your farm?Page 29 Feeding dairy steers on pasture; grain or no grain?Page 31 On the MarkPage 35 Counties searching for princess candidatesPages 36 - 37 Oregon dairyman content in Willamette ValleyPage 39 Boylen Over SECOND SECTION Pages 3 - 4 Record high year for milk quality in 2012

Page 6 The Mielke Market WeeklyPage 7 Dairy Markets Page 10 Iowa Hay Auction ResultsPages 14 - 15 People in the Dairy IndustryPage 16 Mid-American Hay Auction ResultsPage 19 2012 SCC for herds under 150KPage 22 Dairy RecipesTHIRD SECTIONPage 9 Zweber expands community through social mediaPage 12 Agricultural producers have more time to le tax returnsPage 13 Crop insurance homeworkPages 14, 16 Some Udder StuffPages 17 - 19 Dairy CalendarPages 20 - 23 Classi eds

Dairy Star Saturday, February 9, 2013 Page 3

Contents

MDA program links beginning with retiring farmersPages 1, 9

Galls give their allPages 1, 8

Schmitt introduces Ralma September Storm Crystal to social media networking sitePage 8Third Section

Crossbreeding, timed breeding

boost Hazels reproduction

programPages 18, 20

Reber uses UV light pasteurizerPages 4 - 5Third Section

Schuttes make improvements Page 2Third Section

Love and where it started for dairy

farmers.Pages 12 - 13

Readlyn

DarlingtonDe SotoPostville

LanesboroMantorville

PepinZumbrota

St. Paul

Rice

Buckman

St. Joseph

Cupid used Internet to bring

Morgan and Nate together

Pages 10 - 11

Kilmer gives tips for coping with current dairy, feed situation

Pages 38 - 39

Walleser learning about Wisconsin

Milk Marketing Boards work

Page 25

Producers meet with Governor Dayton, legislators

during Dairy Day at the Capitol

Pages 1, 5

Goodwin

A Day In The Life at MoDak DairyPages 12 - 13Second Section

SPRINGWILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU

KNOW IT!

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USED EQUIPMENT - SAUK CENTRE LOCATION

www.modernfarmequipment.comSAUK CENTRE, MN

320-352-6543 Hwy. 71 SouthStore Hours:

Monday-Friday 8-5, Saturday Seasonal

PIERZ, MN(formerly Morrison County Tractor & Equipment Inc.)

320-468-2161 Hwy. 27 West

MODERN FARM EQUIPMENT 320-468-2161 Pierz, MN

NH BB940, 3x3, applicator, single axle .................................Coming InNH BR7090, net, twine, XS, 5x6 ..... $24,800NH BR780A, auto wrap, XS, 5x6 .... $18,500NH BR780A, net, twine, 5x6 ........... $19,500NH BR7070, net, twine, XS, 4x6 ..... $24,800NH 740A, roto-cut, xtra sweep, net wrap ............................................... CallNH 678, 5x5, auto wrap, crowder wheels ............................ $11,500NH 654, net, twine, wide PU, 4x6 ... $11,500NH 848, twine, hyd. wrap, SS............$3,800NH BR780A, net, twine, XS ............ $22,700NH BR780A, AW, ex. sweep PU, 5x6 $18,500NH BR780, 5x6, auto. wrap, std. pickup ................................... $14,900NH BR 740, 4x5, auto. wrap, wide pickup .................................. $14,000NH 565 sq. baler, thrower ..................$7,800Vermeer 554XL, twine, accu., 4x5 .....$9,800JD 535, wide pickup, bale eject .........$8,200

BALERS

HAY TOOLS

SKID LOADERS

TRACTORS

USED EQUIPMENT - PIERZ LOCATION

TRACTORS NEW! NH T8.360,

front susp., front duals, auto guidanceNEW! NH T9.560

WE SELL WESTFIELD AUGERS!AUGERS

SKID LOADERS

TILLAGE

HAYNEW! NH TC35, FWA, Hydro, Loader-

In StockNEW! NH TC50, FWA, Shuttle F/R Trans, Loader- In Stock

IN STOCK

SPREADERS

New T6.160, cab, FWA ...................... In StockNH T8.275, FWA, cab, suspension .... In Stock NH 8670, FWA, SS, 145 HP, 14.9x46 duals ........................................ CallNH TN65S, FWA, SS, cab, ldr. ..........$23,400NH TC35DA, FWA, SS, hydro, cab, ldr., 35 HP .........................................$19,600JD 2955, 2WD, open station, 18.4x38, 540/1000 pto, 2 remotes, clean .........$15,800CIH Farmall 55A w/ldr., 460 hrs. ...Coming In

NH L220, 2000#, cab/heat/AC, 2 spd. In StockNH L230, 3000#, cab/heat/AC, air seat, 2 spd., boom ride control ..............In StockNH LS180, 2000# lift, cab/heat, 2 spd. ........................................Coming InNH L175, 2 spd., hi-fl ow, cab, ht. .... $18,900NH L170, cab, ht., 1900 hrs. .......... $21,500Bobcat S205, cab, ht./ac ................ $18,500

NH 195, 410 bu., upper beater, endgate .$12,600NH 185, 287 bu., hyd. drive, endgate ..$7,900New NH M2080, 353cu. ft. ................ In StockNew NH Hydra Box 550V, vert. beater, 442 cu. ft. ........................................ In Stock

FARM RAISED.

MODERN FARM EQUIPMENT

IRRIGATION

TILLAGENew Salford 7206 plow, 6 bottom, on land, coulters ............................. In StockJD 215 tandem disc, 15, 22 blades, dual wheels .......................................$5,500

CIH DCX91, 9 disc mower, rubber rolls ...............................Coming InNH 1441 discbine, 15, swivel ........ $13,000NH 1465, 9, 2005 model, hyd. swing.................................... $11,900NH 1475 haybine, 14, 2300 HDR .... $10,500NH 499 haybine, 12, swing ..............$6,800NH 499 haybine, 12, swing ..............$3,500NH 492 haybine, 9, stub guards, good condition ................................$5,700JD 820, 9 sickle ................................$6,800NH 1038 bale wagon, 105 bales........$7,900

NH T6020 Elite, super steer, 2000 hrs., sharp ...........................Coming InNH T8040, 305 HP, 1875 hrs., front susp., front duals, front/rear weights, all new rubber, auto guidance ........$164,500CAT MT765B, EZ Guide 500 guidance, HID lights, frt. weights, 30 tracks ......................................$134,900

NH LS170, 1750#, cab/heat, new tires, new bucket ......................$16,500New L230, 3000# lift, cab/heat/ac, 2 spd. ............................................... In Stock2) New L220, 2000# lift, cab, heat, AC, 12.00 tires ................................ In StockNH L175, 2000# lift, cab, AC, heat, 12.00x16.5 tires, only 350 hrs. ... Coming In

WE SELL REINKE CENTER PIVOTS -CALL MIKE FOR MORE INFO

NH 1411, 1000 RPM, std. hitch .....Coming InNH 1411, 1000 RPM, std. hitch, nice ..............................................Coming InNH BR780, 5x6, 1000 RPM, net wrap, no stalks, nice ..............................Coming InNH 1475, 14 HS head, low acres, shedded, like new.............................$17,900NH BR740A, 4x5, wide pickup, twine/net, nice ..................................$19,500NH 1431 13 discbine, drawbar swivel hitch ......................................$22,900NH BR7070, roto cut, 4x6 bale, roller wind guard, rubber teeth, clean ........$28,500NH 590 3x3, preser., consigned .........$34,500NH 565 small square baler, 72 belt thrower, NICE, low bales, consigned..............$10,900Bush Hog HM2408, 7 10 3 pt. disc mower.........................................$5,500 Massey Ferguson 124 small sq. baler, above avg. ...........................$2,500Sitrex RP2, 3 pt., 2 wheel windrow turner $450Pro Quality hay basket, 105 bales ........$2,650

New - Salford 7206, 6 bottom, on-land, coulters ............................................In StockNew - Salford 9811 19 HD disc ripper ........................................In StockJD 512 9 shank disc ripper ............... $27,500

Westfi eld MK 12x111 w/fl ex hopper option, like new, consgined .............. $28,500

MODERN FARM EQUIPMENT 320-352-6543 Sauk Centre, MN

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KRONE ROTARY TEDDERSKRONE off ers an extensive range of high-quality and dependable rotary tedders. These machines stand out for high-quality work and plenty of in-novations such as the maintenance-free OctoLink fi nger clutches and liquid grease rotor drives.

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*For agricultural use only. Customer participation subject to credit quali cation and approval by CNH Capital America LLC. See your participating New Holland Dealer for details and eligibility requirements. Down payment may be required. Offer good through March 31, 2013. Not all customers or applicants may qualify for this rate or term. CNH Capital America LLC standard

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EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST:

Freeport State Bank is proud to announce we are expanding to Greenwald. A true community bank and trusted partner for over 105 years, our commitment to serving the people of Central Minnesota is stronger than ever. Stop in and visit our experienced stafffor all your banking and lending needs.

Opening February 7th.

Carol BertramTeller

Veronica InderriedenTeller

Alvina Van DrehleLoan Of cer

A TRUSTED NEIGHBOR.

IS NOW IN GREENWALD.

Freeport . New Munich . Melrose . Greenwald

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Greenwald: 320-987-2265Freeport: 320-836-2126New Munich: 320-837-5297Melrose: 320-256-7208

Visit our new website at www.byronseeds.net

For more info or dealer inquiries - please call:

Rick Tamm NW Territory Manager

320-267-5021

Larry HawkinsNC Territory Manager

608-516-0101

Dwight BurkholderClaremont, MN507-279-0292

Winscher SeedsMike Winscher320-282-6748Shawn WinscherRoyalton, MN (320) 420-4516

Tony BarthelMonticello, MN(320) 420-1167

Jack StamschrorKellog, MN(507) 259-0269

Tim Huff manPeak Dairy Consulting, Hollandale, WI608-574-7918

Luxemburg Feed ServiceLuxemburg, MN(320) 252-1513

Stock ServiceJosh StockCorrell, MN(320) 596-2170

Nelson HorstMt Hope Seed SupplyMt Hope, WI608-988-6855

Dale Ommodt, CCACrop & Livestock NutritionAtwater, MN(320) 212-3190

Gerard BeckerLong Prairie, MN(320) 290-9261

Timberline Dairy ServiceJoe GraberKalona, IA(319) 656-3527

Lee KurtenbachMechanicksville, IA(319) 241-5105

Edwin LiedOsage, IA(641) 732-1079

DJ Cattle Co.Daryn YoderLeon, IA(641) 344-6002

Valley View AgRuss FunkeDyersville, IA(563) 590-6939

Lawlor Farm CenterDavid BurnsLawlor, IA(319) 240-6351

Schueler FarmsSherman SchuelerWillmar, MN(320) 894-4808

Hy View Feeds507-493-5564Wayne LeitzenMabel, MN(507) 493-5564

Greenwald Elevator330-987-3159John DockendorfGreenwald, MN(320) 290-1240

Spring is just around the corner!!??!!

This years seminars feature Tom Kilcer, CCA, owner of Advanced Ag Systems in Kinderhook, NY and publisher of Crop Soil News. Tom is a leading researcher on such topics as Wide-Swathing (Hay in a Day), Summer and Winter Annuals for dairy-quality forage and Double-Cropping in the North. Tom will challenge conventional ideas and make you think. This is information you will not want to miss!

DATE Tue., Feb. 12 Wed., Feb. 13 Thu., Feb. 15 Fri., Feb. 15

VENUE

ADDRESS

St. Augusta Legion Post 6211894 247th St.St. Augusta, MN

Gerards Dining1225 Timberlane Dr.Sauk Centre, MN

Pizza Ranch205 S. Union St.Rock Rapids, IA

Cabelas3900 Cabelas Dr. NW

Owatonna, MN All Seminars start at 10:00 a.m. sharp and will end at 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL RICK TAMM AT 320-267-5021

WINTER FORAGE SEMINARS

Its not too early to start thinking about next years seedings Common nurse crops like spring triticale and forage oats will be in short supply due to the huge 2012 fall plantings 2 to 3#s of Perun or Lofa Festulolium or Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass can be your nurse crop. Byrons Premium Hay(lage) Blend Plus has the proper proportions of Tall Fescue and Festulolium when added to your alfalfa seedings at 8 to 10#s per acre This mix with 10 to 15#s of Kingfi sher Award winning alfalfas will provide to highest yield and quality Its also not too early to avoid shortages of Gene 6 bmr Alta Sorghum and Sudans! Check out our website www.byronseeds.net for informative articles in our Resources tab

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Dairy Star Saturday, February 9, 2013 Page 19

Thank you for saving our cow...

We use Udder Comfort faithfully for our fresh cows. We also use it on any cow with mastitis or an elevated SCC. It is defi nitely the best product available, says Les Olson, Olson Dairy, Spring Valley, Minnesota, home to a 275-cow mixed herd, which includes a Brown Swiss Genetic Honor herd.

A while back, the Olsons were frustrated by high SCC that would creep up over 400,000. Using a combined approach of DHIA testing, culturing, comforting and culling, they made tremendous strides to get counts down at 165,000.

Udder Comfort is a big part of the process, Olson explains. We were even more convinced when our cow Katrina came off the trailer at the Minnesota State Fair with a leaky, rock-hard right front quarter.

There were samples of Udder Comfort yellow spray at the show parlor. We kept the quarter sprayed, and two days later she was the top three-year-old and Reserve Intermediate Champion Brown Swiss.

All I can say is: Thank You Udder Comfort for saving our cow.

For external application to the udder only after milking, as an essential component of udder management. Always wash and dry teats thoroughly before milking.

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Call to locate a distributor near you.

OLSON DAIRY, Les and Jo Olson and their children and grandchildren, Spring Valley, Minnesota Milking 275 cows RHA 27,962 m 1154 f 900 p SCC 165,000

Les Olson of Olson Dairy is pictured above with Diane Fjelstad of Fjel-Mar Dairy. The Olson family, Fjelstad family, along with Matt and Myriah Klug (not pictured) make up the Katrina Syndicate. Their three-year-old Brown Swiss Tierra Verde KL Katrina (above) was Reserve Intermediate Champion of the 2012 Minnesota State Fair and fourth place Senior Three at the 2012 World Dairy Expo, and was nominated All-American.

Dairy Star Saturday, February 9, 2013 Page 21

PLANTERS PLANTERS PLANTERS 9 - JD 1750 , 8R30, 3.0 bu, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,500 4 - JD 1730 , 12R22, 1.6 bu, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,900 1 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,900 3 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,500 4 - JD 1770 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 56,000 4 - JD 1780 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30,000 6 - JD 1720 , 16R30, 3.0 bu, VRD, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,500 2 - JD 1770 , 16R30, 3 bu, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 68,500 8 - JD 1780 , 16R30, 1.6 bu, VRD, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 5 - JD 1780 , 16R31, 3 bu, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 5 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 117,000 2 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, 1.6 bu, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,000 1 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 123,900 9 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 127,000 6 - JD 1770NT , 24R30, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 167,000 6 - JD 1770NT , 24R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165,900 3 - JD 1770NT , 24R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 169,900 3 - JD DB60 , 24R30, CCS, VRD, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 169,000 1 - JD DB60 , 24R30, CCS, VRD, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 170,000 6 - JD DB60 , 24R30, CCS, VRD, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 215,000

TILLAGE TILLAGE TILLAGE 4 - Case IH 4300 , 50 field cult, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,900 2 - JD 980 , FC, 31.6, 3-bar, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,500 3 - JD 980 , FC, 33.5, 3-bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,500 5 - JD 980 , FC, 44.5, 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,500 3 - JD 980 , FC, 44.5, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24,900 1 - JD 985 , FC, 49.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,900 2 - JD 2210 , FC, 23.5, 3-bar, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,500 4 - JD 2210 , FC, 34.5, 4-bar, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 4 - JD 2210 , FC, 41.5, 4-bar, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,000 5 - JD 2210 , FC, 45.5, 4-bar, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,000 6 - JD 2210 , FC, 47.5, 4-bar, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 77,000 6 - JD 2210 , FC, 50.6, 4-bar, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60,000 7 - JD 2210 , FC, 54.6, 4-bar, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 65,900 9 - JD 2210 , FC, 55.5, 2-bar, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 74,000 8 - JD 2210 , FC, 60.5, 4-bar, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,000 9 - JD 726 , mulch finisher, 30 9, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,500 4 - JD 726 , mulch finisher, 33, 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,000 5 - JD 726 , mulch finisher, 38, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,500 9 - JD 2310 , mulch finisher, 39 9, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 69,000 6 - JD 2510S , strip till, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 112,000 8 - JD 637 , disk, 321 flex fold, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 54,000 7 - JD 637 , disk, 452 flex fold, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,900 7 - Ezee On 2600 , disk, 32.5, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 96,259 3 - Salford RTS-41 , low transport, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,500 4 - JD 2623 , disk, 4411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 87,900

COMBINES COMBINES COMBINES 3 - JD 9400 , 1624 sep hrs, 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 53,900 6 - JD 9500 , 2450 sep hrs, 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,500 4 - JD 9510 , 2631 sep hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55,000 6 - JD 9600 , 6328 sep hrs, 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,000 6 - JD 9560 , 1535 sep hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 130,000 1 - JD 9650 , 1822 sep hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 95,900 5 - Case 2366 , 1599 sep hrs, 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 110,000 1 - Case 7120 , 1021 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 209,000 2 - JD 9570STS , 1005 sep hrs, RWA, 08 . . . . . . . . . $ 189,000 9 - JD 9650STS , 1595 sep hrs, RWA, 02 . . . . . . . . . $ 127,000 2 - JD 9660STS , RWA, 553 sep hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 194,900 9 - JD 9670STS , 680 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 205,000 4 - JD 9670STS , 367 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 225,000 6 - JD 9750STS , RWA, 3034 sep hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . $ 102,000 2 - JD 9750STS , RWA, 1599 sep hrs, 03 . . . . . . . . . $ 127,500 6 - JD 9760STS , RWA, 1656 sep hrs, 04 . . . . . . . . . $ 159,000 5 - JD 9760STS , RWA, 1151 sep hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . $ 172,000 8 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 522 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 290,000 6 - JD 9860STS , 1556 sep hrs, AutoTrac, 04 . . . $ 137,500 1 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 449 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 305,000 9 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 184 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 319,000 6 - JD S660 , RWA, 182 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 310,000 6 - JD S670 , RWA, 138 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 339,000 6 - JD S680 , 273 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 370,000 2 - JD S680 , 260 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 370,000 3 - JD S690 , RWA, 328 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 387,000 ROW CROP TRACTORS ROW CROP TRACTORS ROW CROP TRACTORS

3 - JD 7800 , MFWD, 2,367 hrs, 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,000 5 - JD 7810 , MFWD, IVT, 3,615 hrs, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 87,500 6 - JD 7810 , MFWD, 2,125 hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 92,500 5 - JD 7230 , MFWD, 1,760 hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 69,500 9 - JD 7230 , 2wd, 250 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,000 1 - JD 7330 , MFWD, 350 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 89,500 7 - JD 7330 , MFWD, w/ ldr 1,750 hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . $ 104,900 6 - JD 7730 , MFWD, 608 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 142,000 4 - JD 7930 , MFWD, IVT, 3,400 hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,000 6 - JD 7939 , MFWD, IVT, ILS, 690 hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . $ 167,000 4 - JD 7200R , MFWD, 150 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 152,500 1 - JD 7230R , MFWD, 230 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 160,500 6 - JD 7230R , MFWD, IVT, TLS, 300 hrs, 12 . . . . . $ 185,000 5 - JD 7260R , MFWD, IVT, 171 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 192,500 1 - JD 8100 , MFWD, 6,000 hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 73,500 3 - JD 8120T , 3,188 hrs, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 110,000 9 - JD 8120 , MFWD, 3,340 hrs, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 122,000 4 - JD 8130 , MFWD, 3,200 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 133,000 3 - JD 8130 , MFWD, IVT/ILS, 3,100 hrs, 09 . . . . . . $ 140,000 5 - JD 8210 , MFWD, 8,488 hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 89,000 4 - JD 8230 , MFWD, 2,000 hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 154,000 9 - JD 8300T , 6,420 hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 65,000 9 - JD 8310 , MFWD, 5,602 hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 88,500 4 - JD 8320 , MFWD, 4,135 hrs, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 122,500 7 - JD 8330 , MFWD, 2,850 hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 153,000

1 - JD 8400T , 10,890 hrs, 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 59,900 6 - JD 8420 , MFWD, 4,423 hrs, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 146,500 6 - JD 8430 , MFWD, 3,698 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 172,500 7 - JD 8235R , MFWD, 350 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 173,000 3 - JD 8235R , MFWD, IVT, 500 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 202,000 4 - JD 8245R , MFWD, 1,000 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 167,000 4 - JD 8260R , MFWD, 701 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 180,000 6 - JD 8270R , MFWD, 1,250 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 178,000 8 - JD 8270R , MFWD, IVT, 2,178 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . $ 179,000 9 - JD 8285R , MFWD, IVT, 351 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 207,000 8 - JD 8285R , MFWD, 31 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 215,000 1 - JD 8285R , MFWD, IVT, ILS, 351 hrs, 12 . . . . . . $ 224,500 3 - JD 8295RT , 1,350 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 212,000 1 - JD 8310R , MFWD, ILS, 462 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 229,000 4 - JD 8310R , MFWD, ILS, 668 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 230,000 4 - JD 8310RT , 800 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 225,000 8 - JD 8335R , MFWD, IVT, 1,100 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . $ 229,000 3 - JD 8335R , MFWD, ILS, 137 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000 3 - JD 8335R , MFWD, IVT, ILS, 212 hrs, 12 . . . . . . $ 265,000 6 - JD 8345R , MFWD, IVT, ILS, 852 hrs, 10 . . . . . . $ 265,000 3 - JD 8345R , MFWD, IVT, ILS, 309 hrs, 12 . . . . . . $ 265,000 3 - JD 8360RT , IVT, 598 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 273,000 1 - JD 8360RT , IVT, 702 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 275,000

4WD TRACTORS 4WD TRACTORS 4WD TRACTORS 8 - Ford 9280 , 4,832 hrs, 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55,000 1 - JD 8560 , 4,670 hrs, 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,500 9 - JD 8650 , 6,480 hrs, 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,500 1 - JD 8760 , 7,257 hrs, 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,900 5 - JD 8770 , 2,605 hrs, 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 86,000 2 - JD 8970 , 6,900 hrs, 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 73,500 3 - JD 9220 , 2,600 hrs, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 152,500 7 - JD 9230 , 1,325 hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 195,000 5 - JD 9300 , 9,200 hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 68,500 5 - JD 9400 , 4,800 hrs, 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 112,000 3 - Case IH Steiger 350 , 605 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 205,000 5 - JD 9420 , 3,070 hrs, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 149,000 7 - JD 9430 , 3,121 hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 209,000 3 - JD 9520T , 6,930 hrs, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 114,900 1 - JD 9520 , 2,850 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165,000 4 - JD 9530 , 400 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 267,000 8 - JD 9530T , 1,108 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 269,000 5 - Versatile 485 , 650 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 209,000 2 - Case IH STX485 , Trk 1,642 hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000 1 - JD 9630 , 750 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 260,000 1 - JD 9630T , 573 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 305,000 6 - JD 9460R , 750 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 265,000 8 - JD 9510RT , 151 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 335,000 3 - JD 9560R , 397 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 315,000 2 - JD 9560R , 199 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 328,000 3 - JD 9560RT , 550 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 350,000 6 - JD 9560RT , 196 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 361,000

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(2) = HOWARD LAKE 320-543-2170 320-543-2170 866-875-5093 866-875-5093

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55349 55349

(3) = STEWART 320-562-2630 320-562-2630 800-827-7933 800-827-7933

78412 CO RD 20, 78412 CO RD 20, STEWART, MN STEWART, MN

55385 55385

(4) = ST. CLOUD 320-252-2010 320-252-2010 800-645-5531 800-645-5531

1035 35TH AVE. NE, 1035 35TH AVE. NE, SAUK RAPIDS, MN SAUK RAPIDS, MN

56379 56379

(5) = GLENWOOD 320-634-5151 320-634-5151 888-799-1495 888-799-1495

1710 N FRANKLIN 1710 N FRANKLIN GLENWOOD, MN GLENWOOD, MN

56334 56334

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5005 STATE HWY 27 E, 5005 STATE HWY 27 E, ALEXANDRIA, MN ALEXANDRIA, MN

56308 56308

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2011 JD 9530T, 1314 hrs

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R, 2182 hrs 2010 JD 8270R, 2182 hrs

2010 JD 8270R, 2182 hrs

$179,000 $179,000 $179,000 2006 JD 9760

STS, 2519 hrs 2006 JD 9760STS, 2519 hrs

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STS, 553 hrs 2006 JD 9660STS, 553 hrs

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$194,900 $194,900 $194,900

2011 JD 1770NT, 16R30 2011 JD 1770NT, 16R30

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Where there is livestock, there is also dead stock. Its a quote not overrated in the farming community. It is really a fact of farm life. You learn this at a very young age on any farm, and ours is de nitely no exception. With my dad being a vet, I was always quite sure he could and should save any animal that was important to me. I remember one of my rst Jersey calves getting a miserable case of the scours. Butterscotch was outside in a water tank (not really sure why-but thats the memory) and so terribly ill she could hardly move. I was all of eleven years old and positive that my dad, with all his vet-erinary skills, could save her. No such luck. He tried, but to no avail, that little body just couldnt do it. I vaguely remember being mad at him for his lack of effort. The vet should know how to save every special animal. Over the years, I have matured in this idea, and now take comfort in knowing that if he cant save them, at least he tries, and when and if they do die, he can tell us why immediately, not to mention its handy having a veterinarian on the farm for those near death experiences. Dad is trained as a large animal veterinarian, but when you are on a farm, there is a token amount of small animals that no doubt need emergency veterinary attention. Kittens with their eyes glued shut? Give them mastitis tubes in their eyes and mouth. Sick sheep? Well, a sick sheep is usually a dead sheep, but try some of this. Donkey acting funny? Give her some Kaopectate (cow grade Pepto-bismal) to make her poop. Our dear Maggie was a fan of biting cows if she thought they were going to hurt someone, and one time I swung the cane back to tap her and stop her, so I could deal with the cow. The swing had more umpf behind it than I realized, and I knocked her out. A screaming phone call to Dad brought him running with some medicine, I had

made her brain start to swell up, but within minutes she was up and ne again. Bull wasnt a big fan of Bessie when we got her as a puppy, and he made this fact known more than once when she got too close to him in the presence of food. Dad has stitched up her face at least twice, and yesterday it was quite the production to hold the chubby thing still, so he could stitch up her leg. It wasnt a Bull in icted wound. We dont know what happened, but good thing we had an on farm vet. My sewing skills are pretty good, but Ive yet to try my hand at sewing skin together, though I know that day will come when my on farm vet may not be on farm, and I just might have to try it myself. I think part of the reason that no one in our family has a weak stomach is because we have grown up assisting with twisted stomach surgeries, and helping dad post cows and calves. I have a picture in one of my cookbooks drawn by seven year old me depicting me helping dad with a DA sur-gery. My children are no different, already learning to hold the ends of the plastic sleeve so Grandpa can cut the tips off, hold the suture container down so he can pull out the right amount, and listen to the gas bubbles that come out the cows stomach. It fascinates them as much as it intrigued us when we were little. They also like to be right there when he is posting a cow. What a biology lesson, learning what the lungs are, the heart, the intestines, and what colors they are supposed to be. My dad will constantly explain things as he goes, pointing parts out, talking about why she probably died, and showing things to Ira and Dane. I observed this being played out one day while I was working on the cow computer. Do you see this right here? Its her heart, thats why she died. Dane exclaimed as they were dissecting a card-board box with screwdrivers. Dane, Dane, do you see the color in here? Thats what was making her sick. We have to get the calf out. Ira very adamantly explains. I know they are learning about life and death. They are also learning that sometimes we have to shoot a cow that went down unexpectedly, but we will use her meat. She helped us out by making milk, and now she will help us out by feeding lots of people. Last week, we had a rough week around the farm, even

our vet was befuddled. The craziest death experience wasthe nice looking cow I brought in to check the status of hercalving and found a twisted uterus. Good thing my vet was just steps away. Dad reached in and shook his head, yes, atorsion it was. After the chains were attached on the legsof the rst calf, some twisting and turning was involved toget the uterus untwisted so the calf could come out easily.A backwards, live bull, followed minutes later by his notso live heifer twin. As we worked to turn the cow out of the stall to help her get up easier, she appeared dead. We hurriedly ran to start an IV of calcium thinking she had abad case of milk fever. Half a bottle in, she was most de -nitely dead. When we got her outside and opened her up to determine the cause of death, blood poured out. Dad saidsometimes when the uterus is twisted, the main artery run-ning through it becomes twisted as well, and if it develops ahole, it wont leak until it is untwisted again. Life and death are all a part of living on the farm, some-times seeing both in a matter of minutes. We are lucky we have a vet on the farm for all of those cases, good, bad, andotherwise. With him right there, there is always the chanceeven the worst ones can be saved, and if not, at least we have immediate answers to probing questions.

Jacqui, her dad, sister, and brother milk 550 cows andrun 1,000 acres of crops in the northeastern corner of Ver-non County, Wis. Her children - Ira (5) and Dane (3) - farm with her while her husband, Keith, works on a grain farm. She loves to cook, quilt and garden and wishes there were more hours in the day to get it all in. Farming and teachingothers about farming are her passions.

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Turn to COPING | Page 38also needs to be considered. Some by-products have too small of particle size, such as beet pulp and soy hulls, and do not contribute to the total time the cow spends chewing her cud. Kilmer suggested adding a few pounds of straw or low-quality, mature hay to the diet of lactating cows to in-crease cud chewing to enhance rumen fermentation. Kilmer advised against reducing trace minerals and vitamins, point-ing out although you may not see the impact on production, it will affect the herds health. It could be a long-term disaster to reduced growth rates on heifers, reduced immunity on all animals and reduced fertility on both cow and heifers, said Kilmer, adding that reduced immunity can also lead to higher somatic cell counts. Feed additives should also be kept in the ration because they have a return of three to 14 times over their costs. Ad-

ditives to keep include ionophores, si-lage inoculants, organic trace minerals, yeast-based products, rumen buffers and biotin. At the Tools for Coping seminar, Lee Schulz, ISU Extension and Out-reach livestock specialist and assistant professor in the Iowa State Depart-ment of Economics, predicted the pro t margin for dairy producers will remain tight in 2013. He added there could be an opportunity for dairy farmers to get ahead by contracting feed and milk prices early to mid 2013. Elwynn Taylor, agricultural meteo-rologist at Iowa State University, fore-casted that the Corn Belt, as a whole, is most likely to have better yields than 2012, but still below trend. I do not an-ticipate this year will correct the lack of soil moisture, at least before June, he said. But things should not be as bad as they were in 2012.

Have you ever given any thought as to why people in some parts of the world do so well and others do not? I bet as farmers one of the rst reasons for that which comes to your mind is the soil. To that response, some would say you are only partially right. I watched a fascinating PBS show a little while back (yes, I watch crappy TV too, not just the educational stuff, I am not a complete nerd). Scholar Jared Diamond wrote a book by the name Guns, Germs and Steel which the three episodes of the show are based on. Diamond has traveled the world, and in 1974, he began to ponder what he calls the roots of inequity. As he says, the people of a place, such as New Guinea, are just as intelligent as and even more resourceful than their European counterparts, so why do people that live there have so little while others have so much? Why did Europeans end up dominating much of the world? The answer, of course, comes down to who had steel, who had guns and who carried and transmitted the germs. This is where it starts to become really interesting, and I think you will get a kick out of his conclusions as well. At the end of the last Ice Age about 13,000 years ago, the limited number of people throughout the world were all hunt-ers and gatherers living in the Stone Age. When hunting and gathering became dif cult due to weather changes, the people of the Fertile Crescent area of the Middle East started to cultivate plants. Yes, it was the farmers who started it all. Diamond says of the millions of plant species on earth only a limited number can be domesticated, and even fewer of those are actually useful. The most useful of these, plants such as wheat, rice and barley, are native to Europe and Asia. You need the right soil and climate to make it all happen on a large scale. A few thousand years later, animals started to be domesticated. Diamond says of all the animal species in the world, only 14 have ever been domesticated, and 12 of these were native to Europe and Asia. Diamond says only ve have become farm animals found across the globe the goat, the sheep, the pig, the horse and, the one he refers to as our champion the cow. Really. Those friendly bovines out in your barn helped to change the world. Dia-mond says, Their ability to provide meat, dairy and draft while reproducing them-selves and eating nothing but grass, has made cows a source of wonder throughout human history objects of worship, even

to which European civilization may owe its very existence. Well that is pretty impressive. Okay, so once cows are domesticated, they also gure out that those cows are not only food; they can be beasts of burden. They are able to farm much more land and grow a lot more food with the help of ani-mals which can till the land and carry the harvest. Oh, and lets not forget the wonder-ful bene ts of the fertilizer those cows sup-plied too, and the nice leather. Once every waking hour doesnt have to be lled with nding food, people have time to gure out things like how to make steel, how to make weapons and how to de-velop languages. We all know the stories of smallpox kill-ing Native Americans, but Diamond says up to 95 percent of the native people of North and South America were killed by germs, which moved much more quickly than the actual white people, germs that came from numerous generations of humans breathing and eating animal germs. With only about ve percent of the population remaining, the Europeans horses, steel and guns easily conquered the Americas. All of this world conquering is thanks to the rst farmers, the humble cow and her friends the goat, sheep, pig and horse. I am of course really summarizing all of this, Diamond wrote an entire Pulitzer winning book on this topic after years of re-search. To learn more go to www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel or all three episodes are available for instant streaming through Net- ix. Kelli Boylen is a former full-time Dairy Star staff member who is now a regular freelance writer for the paper. She grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin and now lives in Northeast Iowa with her hus-band and two children. Kelli also writes a blog at www.goodblogs.com/bloggers/21.

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