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Agriculture is where the big dynamicskeep rumbling, and I enjoy being involvedin the rumble. But just maybe I shouldspend a bit more time getting educatedabout the exciting things happening ineducation. Like Apple’s hand-held, tablet-sized, touch-screen computer devicescalled iPads. Where have I been?
Perhaps iPad education is ramping up rap-idly across rural Minnesota. If so, I say kudosto school board members voting to go “theiPad route.” Much to my surprise the schoolboard of Renville County West last yearvoted to present to each student, fourthgrade through 12th, with a new iPad2(these newer versions include a built-in camera). Thesecost the district $500 each and RCW put iPads in thehands of about 350 students.
There are some serious discussions about going theiPad route. Principal Jeff Wilson said, “We have aprogressive board. We know this is ideal technologyfor education. We’ve got to get on the train. Weneeded to be proactive because in today’s world thisis how kids learn.”
State aid into the RCW district is about $6,000 per stu-dent.Wilson said theboard accepted the factthat $500 per studentwas a small investmentfor a huge potential prizeof better education.Therules and regulations ofiPad usage were care-fully spelled out to thestudents.They do take theiriPads home each day, and atthe end of the school year theiPads will be turned back tothe school for redistributionsagain next fall.
Students (parents) paid$50 for “accidental insurance” coverage on each iPad.So far there have been about 17 damaged iPads withfourth through sixth graders; about the same for sev-enth through 12th graders. However, there were twodamaged iPads for the same student and he/she is onthe hook for a $100 assessment.
The RCW school year is now half complete so howare students and teachers reacting to this newest21st century classroom technology?
My local paper, the Renville County Messenger,touched base with RCW students and teachers about
iPad learning. Here are a few excerpts: “Mykids don’t hate taking spelling tests any-more, because they take it on the iPad,” saidfourth grade teacher Marie Grothe. “It tellsthem right away what they got wrong.”
Corrine Dahl, fifth and sixth grade lan-guage arts instructor, said the quality ofwriting by her students has improved sig-nificantly. In Aimee Mooney’s seventh andeighth grade math classes, iPads havecompletely changed how her students dotheir work. “For the most part I’ve gonecompletely paperless,” Mooney said.
“As a teaching tool it is tremendouslyuseful,” said high school science teacher
Phil Sinner. He mentioned the many special pro-grams iPad offers for science like videos in physicsthat allow a student to track the movement of arocket second by second, or creating graphs with adata analysis tool or using the iPad to take photos ofwhat a student sees through the lens of a micro-scope. “It’s really quite remarkable,” Sinner said.
High School English teacher Pat Elfering simply said,“I have everything at my finger tips. My students usetheir iPads for college literature reading. It’s been fun.
Kids are so fearless. Theypick it up so fast.”
Students like iPadlearning, too. In fact,85 percent said theywould be upset if thedistrict decided to dis-continue the iPad pro-gram. Eighty percentsaid having the iPadimproved their studyhabits, grades andorganizational skills.
Wilson said, “It’s beenenlightening. We’re still
learning, both teachers and students, about all thethings that iPads can provide. It’s been a fun path to beon. Thanks to iPads we’re going to continue to get betterin providing a solid education to our kids.”
And perhaps none too soon. Speaking at a MinnesotaEarly Childhood Initiative program sponsored by theSouthwest Initiative Foundation, Redwood ValleySuperintendent Rick Ellingsworth said that if a childgets quality pre-kindergarten care, they will be 40 per-cent less likely to need special education.
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8 — Speciality corn crop doesn’thave growers singing the ‘blues’
10 — On-farm research leads tofamily’s sustainability for the longhaul
40 — Large bird keeps an eye onthe Pelican River
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LAND MINDS
By Dick Hagen
Technology rumble in education
It’s been enlightening. We’re still learn-ing, both teachers and students, aboutall the things that iPads can provide. It’sbeen a fun path to be on. Thanks toiPads we’re going to continue to getbetter in providing a solid education toour kids.
— Jeff Wilson, Renville County West principal
See MINDS, pg. 3
MINDS, from pg. 2Check the budget of your
own school district. I thinkyou will be amazed at the cost of special ed thesedays. However early childhood education apparentlyis money well spent. The community gets back $17for every dollar put into the education of young chil-dren according to Sherry Ristau, president of SWIF.
SWIF recently partnered with the BOLD (Bird Island,Olivia, Lake Lillian District) school district to become oneof many coalitions in southwest Minnesota.The objectiveis to bring shareholders within the community together torally behind a movement to improve the learning abilitiesof children zero to five. Now that indeed is young.
According to Ellingsworth, 80 percent of a child’sbrain development occurs during the first five yearsof life. He shared these additional early childhoodfacts.
• 50 percent of Minnesota children are not fullyprepared for kindergarten.
• 42 percent of child care programs ask families towithdraw their infants and toddlers because ofsocial-emotional problems.
• The opportunity to attend a quality pre-K classmakes a child 40 percent less likely to need specialeducation services, 40 percent less likely to repeat agrade and twice as likely to attend college.
• Three-quarters of students who are poor readers inthird grade will remain poor readers in high school.
Education is always interesting. Even more so withnew technologies energizing both students andteachers. Rumbles in education and rumbles in agri-culture add zest to life for just about everyone.Oil boom
But now let’s switch to an even bigger rumble, theWilliston, N.D., oil boom.
An early January meeting of the North DakotaSheriffs & Deputies Association in Bismarck dis-cussed impacts of the oil boom.
Here’s just a few summary points from that partic-ular meeting of the minds of law enforcement people.
• Currently there are 84 companies involved in theoil industry in western North Dakota.
• It takes between 2,000 and 2,200 semi loads ofwater per well. Currently there are 258 wells inprogress with so many schedules it is hard to deter-mine the exact amount.
• At a traffic intersection on Highway 85 south of Willis-ton, in one 24-hour period there were 29,000 vehiclesthrough the intersection with 60 percent being semis.
• The North Dakota Highway Department closed theWilliston area weigh scale house because it was causingsuch a traffic jam that it was closing the roadway.
• Rent in Williston currently is $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment to $3,400 for a three-bedroom.
• Williams County allows three campers per farm-stead. Almost all farmers have three campers ontheir property and are charging $800 per camper permonth for rent.
• Walmart in Williston no longer stocks shelves.Instead they set pallets of merchandise in the aisles.
People then take off from the pallets what they want.• On Jan. 1, the Williston Walmart had 148
campers overnight in their parking lot.• The Williams County jail has increased bookings by
150 percent and inmate population 100 percent. Bonds of$5,000 and $10,000 are typically paid with cash out ofpocket.The Williams County Sheriff stated that a coupleweeks ago he received a $63,000 bond in cash carriedinto the jail in a plastic Walmart bag.
• The Williams County Sheriff’s Department has morethan doubled its staff in two years.They are now buyingtrailer houses to rent to newly hired deputies.
• The Williston McDonald’s just announced thatthey will pay $15 an hour; plus a $500 immediatehiring bonus and a “paid for” single medical plan.
• There is an hour wait in restaurants, regardlessthe time of day, or night.
• The local Motel 6 in Williston now rents roomsfor $129.95 per night.
• Drug problems are immense, and they are seeingnarcotics that they have never seen in the area, likeblack tar heroin.
• Law enforcement said they make as many DWI
arrests at 10 a.m. as they do at midnight.• The Williston General Motors dealership has
now become the No. 1 seller of Corvettes in theUpper Midwest.
• Trinity Hospital in Minot just hired 115 nursesfrom the Philippines because they cannot getenough local nurses.
• The current message from oil companies is thatthey will continue to grow for the next five yearsand stay for 10 years. At the end of 10 years, theyproject communities will drop in population.
• Many of the local citizens are taking retirementand moving out of the area.
By comparison the agricultural boom of Minnesota ismighty quiet, even tame. Despite the incredible debt ofthe United States, let’s hope our farm economy continuesstrong with common-sense legislation devoid of nuisancerules and regulations.With each of our 201 state legisla-tors up for reelection this fall, I think it is reasonably safeto predict a short session with the Viking’s new stadiumbeing the only issue that continues to rumble.
Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land. He may bereached at [email protected]. ❖
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The lead story on the front page of theJan. 30 Wall Street Journal reported“that a ‘significant amount’” of an esti-mated $1.2 billion in customer moneythat disappeared when investment bankMF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed “couldhave ‘vaporized’ as a result of chaotictrading ... the week before the company’sOct. 31 bankruptcy filing.”
Oh, baloney.MF Global may have sank into a vapor-
filled cauldron of Greek bonds, dumb betsand major hubris but the customermoney it used to get there didn’t vapor-ize. It existed before the company’sHalloween implosion and it existstoday. You know it, I know it, they know it.
The only folks who don’t seem to know it, however,occupy swivel chairs at the Wall Street Journal.Even as the paper was alerting its masters-of-the-universe readers that they — again — might slipthe noose of accountability, Linda Smith, the mar-kets editor at DTN, reported the opposite.
“(I)t appears the missing client funds were trans-
ferred to MF Global’s UK subsidiary to beused in purchasing the $6.3 billion inEuropean sovereign debt that led to thefirm’s financial problems,” Smith noted onher “Market Matters Blog” at DTN thevery day the Journal reported the oops-it’s-all-gone version.
Furthermore, Smith went on, “the goodnews is that KPMG, the firm handling thebreak-up (of MF Global) in the UK,reports that the majority of the fundshave been accounted for.”
A day later, on the evening of Jan. 31,the New York Times not only confirmedDTN and Smith’s reporting, it expanded
it: “Investigators have determined whathappened to nearly all the customer money that dis-appeared from MF Global around the time of itsbankruptcy last Oct. 31.” The story made the Times’Feb. 1 front page.
Funny how these competing versions of the samestory appeared the day before, the day of and the dayafter final client claims against MF Global’s bank-ruptcy were due. Not so funny was that it took threemonths to file all the customer claims against the
firm; plenty of time for a billion or so of client moneyto, oh, maybe vaporize.
“Futures customers — including farmers, ranchersand manufacturers — have been suspended in excruci-ating limbo, wondering when they will receive theirfunds,” Scott O’Malia, one of five commissioners of theCommodity Futures Trading Commission, opined in aJan. 31 speech in New York. “This situation is intolera-ble and unacceptable,” the Times reported him saying.
No it’s not. Doing it wrong is intolerable and unac-ceptable; just ask the Journal. Sorting through theashes of MF Global required examination of 38,000customer records and 10,000 e-mails by warringsides of the disaster. Time is the one thing all had.
Besides, there’s never anything wrong in gettingthings right, even if it takes 30 or 60 more days to do so.
After that misstep, O’Malia then stumbled evenworse. He chided his colleagues for their “all consum-ing fixation on swaps regulation,” the task given theCFTC after Dodd-Frank, the banking law passed byCongress in the wake of the 2008 financial marketmeltdown. That crack-up was built on the shakysands of little-understood, unregulated swaps.
Whoa there, cowboy. All consuming fixation onswaps regulation?
The CFTC standing firm in the MF Global messuntil “the majority of the funds have been accountedfor” is not a fixation on anything but doing its job right.Thousands of farmers and ranchers will likely agree.
Rather than being quick on the draw and wrong,let’s take our time and get it right. Like MF Globaland all new swap laws.
After all, no one wants to see their money vaporized.Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published
weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North Amer-ica. Contact him at [email protected]. ❖
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Minnesota is a headwaters state forthree major watersheds — the Missis-sippi River, the Red River and GreatLakes. That means a rain drop thatfalls on a Minnesota farm field can endup in the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bayor the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
It also means that decisions made inmanagement of Minnesota land —whether urban, suburban or rural —can make a difference thousands ofmiles away.
Minnesota farmers are aware of thisconnection, and they work hard topractice sound resource management.As the understanding of cropping sys-tems and their impacts has evolvedover the decades, more and more farm-ers have embraced conservation prac-tices like grass buffer strips, precisionnutrient application and minimaltillage.
At the same time, farm families aredoing their best in a challenging global
economy. They faceintense pressure, even intimes of strong commodityprices, to keep a lid on expenses andoperating costs. That pressure hasdriven many farmers to express con-cern about the impact of an evolvingand uncertain regulatory landscape ontheir business plans and prospects.
Farm families are accustomed todealing with tumultuous markets andweather, but the uncertainty aboutwhat they will be asked or required todo with regard to water quality is awild card. The concern is that farmerswill be asked to bear the cost of imple-menting one set of practices only tofind a few months or years later thatthey face new expenses related to dif-ferent requirements.
That’s why Gov. Dayton and Irecently joined U.S. Agriculture Secre-tary Tom Vilsack, U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency Administrator LisaJackson and commissioners from sev-
eral state agencies in anagreement to go in a newdirection — one that gives
farmers long-term conservation claritywhile also accelerating the state’sprogress on clean water goals.
Minnesota will be the first state toaccomplish this “win-win” scenariothrough a program called the Min-nesota Ag Water Quality CertificationProgram. Our goal is to accelerate vol-untary adoption of on-farm water-quality practices while at the sametime giving farmers more certaintyabout future requirements for addi-tional conservation measures.
Details still need to be worked out,but the program likely will include thefollowing provisions.
• Farmers and ranchers who committo implement and maintain anapproved conservation plan willreceive assurance and recognition thattheir operation meets water quality
goals and standards;• Conservation plans will be tai-
lored to fit the unique circumstancesof different farms, watersheds andproduction systems; and
• So long as participating farmersmeet their obligations under the pro-gram, they will not be required to imple-ment additional water-quality practicesfor the duration of their agreements.
We expect this program to have apositive and long-lasting impact onthe quality of Minnesota’s lakes,rivers and streams. We all know cleanwater is important, and that there arecontributions we all can make toimprove water quality.
I am excited at this opportunity towork with farmers and other partnersto accelerate our progress.
This commentary was submitted byMinnesota Department of AgricultureCommissioner Dave Frederickson. ❖
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>>Commentary: Minnesota farms at head of the class
By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer
Susan Koppendrayer, a full-timeteacher who with her husband,Arlan, also operates The Long Sid-ing Farm near Princeton, Minn., isa five-acre, five-year certifiedorganic producer.
“We mostly concentrate on veg-etables in our (Community Sup-ported Agriculture) marketing but are adding somefruits as ‘customer demand’ suggests we broadenour offerings,” Koppendrayer said while attendingthe 2012 Minnesota Organic Conference in St.Cloud recently. Because of their farm’s location inthe western suburbs of the Twin Cities, she saidthey can’t keep up with marketing requests.
CSA marketing essentially entails the weeklydelivery of garden produce to a customer list thatpre paid for this convenient service directly to theirfront door or “setting up shop” at specific farmersmarket locations where customers make their pick-ups right there on the scene.
“There’s really high demand. We are known for ourcertified organic lettuce but I love growing anythingrelated to the squash plant, particularly the heir-loom squash,” Koppendrayer said. She talked aboutthe beauty of this squash growing in the field. Plusthe squash has some longevity bonuses. “Once har-vested and hardened, if kept in cool storage you canuse them all winter. We’re eating squash throughoutthe winter season in our house. It’s nutritionally richand definitely adds color to any plate.”
Her farm now also has a high tunnel obtainedthrough a special state grant. “The tunnel lets us
grow tomatoes quicker and in ourMinnesota climate that’s always aplus. Also the high tunnel lets usgrow more variety, like hot peppers,green peppers and lots of differentheirloom tomatoes.”
Their 30-foot by 90-foot high tun-nel has now produced for two sea-sons. “I think it’s the wave of thefuture for Minnesota growers. The
tunnel pretty much eliminates bad weather as a haz-ard in your special gardening,” Koppendrayer said.Time constraints plus lack of available ground willlikely keep The Long Siding Farm at its present size.
“But I’d love to link people in the suburbs to actualfarmers in the country so these folks would betterunderstand what it would be like to eat with the sea-sons from locally produced foods. And because I’m aneducator during the school year, this is a great wayto link children and their families to healthy foodand where it comes from is something I firmlybelieve in,” Koppendrayer said.Life in the soil
Cecil Deschene, an Argyle, Minn., wheat, soybeans,sugar beets and hay farmer living about 15 milesfrom the Canadian border and 10 miles from NorthDakota, was attending his first organic conference.He’s also a newly appointed member of the Min-nesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council.
Like much of Minnesota, weather at the tail end ofthe season turned dry after an extremely wet springand early summer.
Deschene used to grow about 90 acres of organiccrop — soybeans and corn — but is down to onlyabout 15 acres which is mostly hay but also includes
about 3 1/2 acres of vegetables. He admits he proba-bly could get a better price for his certified organichay crop but always sells at conventional pricespartly because he also feeds to his own horses.
His primary reason for attending the conferencewas to hear Elaine Ingham’s “Life in the Soil” pres-entation. Ingham provided an introduction to thefascinating world of soil microbiology and how itaffects soil and plant health.
“She has a reputation for exciting wisdom aboutbugs in the soil, especially the beneficial bugs likecertain bacteria, fungi, etc., and how they breakdown the soil. I want to learn about how to make mysoil healthier. Get that achieved and your richer soilswill simply give you greater production.
“Eliminate some of these pesticides, especiallyRoundup which we’re learning is very harmful toyour soils, and the net result should be healthiersoils and perhaps healthier foods from these soils.That extends, I’m told, even into the meats, eggs andmilk produced from livestock raised on organic feeds.It seems our universities are reluctant to talk aboutthese negative implications of certain pesticides,”Deschene said.
Even in his far north country of the Red River Val-ley, Deschene said Roundup resistance is being notedin certain weeds. “With Roundup now labeled forsugar beets it often means the typical farmer in mycountry is using the product on both his beets andhis soybeans. That’s two of three years whereasbefore it was maybe one year out of five where thefields were being sprayed.”
For more information about the Koppendrayers’ farm,log on to www.thelongsidingfarm.com. Koppendrayercan be contacted at [email protected]. Formore information about organic agriculture, log on towww.mda.state.mn.us/en/food/organic.aspx. ❖
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By RICHARD SIEMERSThe Land Correspondent
Jeff Hilgendorf ’s duties can changedepending on the day of the week.
One day he’s working in the mill,bagging rolled oats. Another day hemight be grinding and bagging flourfrom wheat, rye, buckwheat, spelt ormillet, or grinding hi-lysine cornmeal.
Whole Grain MillingCo. has a lengthy prod-uct list, all made fromcertified organicgrains. The listincludes pancake andwaffle mixes, breadmixes and tortillachips. There is alsoorganic flax, beans,popcorn, sunflowerkernels ... the list goeson.
The mill is on thefarm of Jeff ’s parents,Doug and Lin Hilgen-dorf, situated in southcentral Minnesotabetween Welcome andTrimont. While Jeffoperates the mill, Dougfarms with his olderson, Ross.
“Ross and I eachhave 240 acres, andthen we custom farmabout another 300 formy brother,” Doug said.“We have around 730acres of certifiedorganic on the farm.”
Since Ross’ brother-in-law, Curt Gwin,became a full-time employee, that 730acres and the mill are supporting fourfamilies.
The Hilgendorfs have been certifiedorganic for more than 20 years.
“My father started farming in the1920s, when everyone was organic,”Doug said. “He passed away in 1978,but in the early 1970s already he wassaying something isn’t right here. Thefeed don’t feed the way it did years ago.He tried to steer us away from all thechemicals and commercial fertilizers.”
Doug credits his brother, Ralph, withsteering them in the direction of build-ing an on-farm mill.
“We wanted to add value,” Doug said,“but we didn’t know how. Ralph losthis sight when he was a youth, andworked for the Department of theBlind in the Twin Cities. He was famil-iar with all of the co-op stores in the
cities. We felt that if we could makeproducts they would sell, we wouldbe able to find a market.”
Ralph came on as a partner to getWhole Grain Milling started, andlater sold his share to Doug andLin.
Their primary clients are co-opsand restaurants in the Twin Cities,
but they also sellto stores inRochester, RiverFalls, Wis.,Menominee, Wis.,Sioux Falls, S.D.,and other places.A supermarket inFairmont, Minn.,carries some oftheir products.Even a bakery inSt. Louis.
“The bakery haschanged hands butthey still order fromus,” Lin said.
The family deliversdirect rather thangoing through a dis-tributor. It enablesthem to deliver afresher product. Theydon’t process untilthey have an order.
“A lot of our productis made the week wedeliver,” Doug said.
Whole GrainMilling produceswhat the name says.
“We don’t take any-thing out,” Lin said.
“It’s the whole grain.”Doug tells the story of a government
inspector who wanted to see the labelsfor their byproducts. He persisted thatthere must be some byproduct fromgrinding flour until Doug pointed himto the company name.
“That says it all,” Doug told him. “Wedon’t have byproducts. We grind it all.”
The Hilgendorfs grow what they canand purchase the rest from organicfarmers in the Midwest. Only for prod-ucts like garbanzo beans do they needto go farther afield. Due to theweather, there may be a problem get-ting some of the grains in the nearfuture. Lin said they raised no spelt in2011 because it winter-killed. Dougmentioned that sunflower kernel andsome edible beans come from north-western Minnesota, North Dakota andSouth Dakota, and in the Dakotas
“some of it didn’t get planted at all.”Organic growing is a combination of
knowledge and wisdom that comesfrom experience. The Hilgendorfs wereamong those who farmed organicallybefore it started to become popular,before the University of Minnesotawas involved at all. While he is happyfor the research and support the Uni-versity is giving to organics, he wrylysuggested the money might be betterspent on visits with experiencedorganic farmers than on test plots.
“You have to realize that every farmis a little different,” Doug said. “Andevery year is different. Timing is socritical. A lot of times the weatherdoesn’t allow you to do things in atimely manner. We’re relying upon thelife of the soil for our fertility. If it gets
too wet, or too dry, your life kind ofgoes dormant.”
Managing the fertility of theirfarm includes crop rotation, greenmanure and the manure their cat-tle produce.
“I’m buying chicken manure tosupplement the cattle manurethat we’ve got,” he said. “A lot ofour green manure crops — oursweet clover, alfalfa — that wehad planted with small grain andthat we would rely on to build fer-tility, this year (2011) is very shortor non-existent because of howdry it is.”
With all the variables thatorganic farmers deal with, and noquick fixes to which to resort,would the Hilgendorfs considerorganic farming an adventure?
“I was going to say frustrating,”Doug said. After some discussion,
he and Lin settled on “challenging.”With the much-debated concerns
about chemicals and genetically mod-ified organisms, about safety andnutrition, the Hilgendorfs are willingto put in the extra labor and take therisks to raise highly nutritional food.Their on-farm milling company helpsmake it possible. And their loyal cus-tomers who start calling when a pop-ular product like their tortilla chipsare not on the store shelf adds to theworthwhile nature of their venture.
“No way would we ever go back toconventional farming,” Doug said.
For more information [email protected], call(507) 728-8489 or log on towww.wholegrainmilling.net. ❖
Whole Grain Milling goes back in time today
Doug Hilgendorf Lin Hilgendorf
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Timing is so criti-cal. A lot of timesthe weatherdoesn’t allow youto do things in atimely manner.We’re relyingupon the life ofthe soil for ourfertility. If it getstoo wet, or toodry, your life kindof goes dormant.
— Doug Hilgendorf
North Dakota farmers responded tosome unique opportunities this past fallto increase their winter wheat acres. TheU.S. Department of Agriculture’sNational Agricultural Statistics Servicereported acreage in North Dakota was upby 75 percent to 700,000 acres.
“Growers were likely most influenced bythe record number of prevent plant acresthey experienced this year and severalother factors that were favorable for plant-ing winter wheat,” said Blake Vander Vorst,Ducks Unlimited senior agronomist.“Whenthe weather finally turned dry in late sum-mer,some of the fields dried out and the tim-ing was right for planting winter wheat.”
Producers were also encouraged toplant more acres because of the crop’sbenefits of workload spreading, higheryields and profitability. Winter wheat
also helps growers to build their over-all crop insurance proven yield forwheat. Federal crop insurance consid-ers hard red spring wheat and winterwheat as one crop for crop insurancepurposes in North Dakota and insome South Dakota counties.
Minnesota’s farmers increased winterwheat seeded acreage by 67 percent.
NASS yield data for North Dakotafor the 13-year period from 1999 to2011 reports winter wheat had a 19percent yield advantage over springwheat and a 1 percent to 30 percentyield advantage on any given year.
For more information, log on towww.wintercereals.us. ❖
Winter cereal acres up in N.D., Minn.
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If you’re into organic farming andwant to add a different look to some ofyour 2012 yellow corn production,grow some blue corn. Seed price is$140 a bag, its only “trait” is a flex-eargrowth habit and the outfit dealing inblue corn is Richland IFC Inc. inBreckenridge, Minn.
The Land visited with Matt Bohn,Richland crop production manager, atthe recent Organic Food Conference inSt. Cloud, Minn., where his exhibitwas touting innovative food crops.They’re 12 years into working witharea organic farmers on the productionof blue corn and other specialty crops.
“As our seed improves, we usuallydon’t have issues getting productioncontracts with growers,” Bohn said.Their contracts spell out acres andprices. “Our prices are evaluated annu-ally based on end manufacture needsand overall organic farm price matrix.
Our prices may fluctuate each yeardepending on above factors.”
Bohn said there is not a minimumacreage requirement to get into busi-ness with Richland IFC. Their biggestcontract grower to date of blue corn isabout 1,000 acres. His firm providesthe seed, a proprietary product avail-able only through Richland.
Planting rates of blue corn are muchlike conventional corn. In essence,plant populations depend on soil fertil-ity, moisture and drainage conditionsand management ability of eachgrower. “We have growers at 34,000ppa; we have growers at 22,000 ppa. Sothat’s the call of each farmer,” he said.
Their highest reported yield on bluecorn was 165 bu./acre by an areaorganic farmer.
Mark Lampert, a Stevens County(Minn.) organic farmer in the Chokioarea, got into blue corn in 2002
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Matt Bohn of Rich-land IFC Inc. showsoff some of theBreckenridge,Minn., firm’s organicblue corn at therecent OrganicFood Conference inSt. Cloud. RichlandIFC has been work-ing with organicfarmers in the pro-duction of specialtycrops for 12 years.
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BLUE, from pg. 8because, “it just sort of fell in my lap. I also farm con-ventionally (about half-and-half currently) but ‘par-allel production’ is frowned on within the certifica-tion language of organicfarming. This means Ican’t be growing both yel-low corn on my conven-tional side and yellowcorn on my organic side.
“Blue corn, however,works in this schematic. Iknew very little about thecrop. But the plant is onlyabout 60 miles north ofmy farm so I tried it. I’vebeen with them ever since.”
Like all seed products, there’s room for improve-ment and that was certainly the situation with bluecorn seed in its earlier days. Quite a bit of yield drag,some significant lodging and ear droppage were seri-ous issues 10 years ago. “But there’s been a lot ofprogress,” Lampert said. “Every year they seem tocome out with a new hybrid so yields keep improv-ing. Stalk strength is much better so we don’t havequite the lodging concerns.”
He plants his organic blue corn seed at about32,000 ppa; just a couple thousand plants less thanhis conventional yellow corn. That provides a 28,000to 30,000 harvest population because with organics“…. we drag, we cultivate, we flame, we rotary hoe tocontrol weeds. All those trips invariably take outsome corn plants,” Lampert said.
Crop fertility is always an issue in organic farm-ing. Fortunately, Lampert said, he has a lot of hogmanure, both from his own livestock operation butalso from a neighboring hog producer. “Fertility isvery important in organic farming.”
He grows about 300 acres of conventional yellowcorn and 160 to 200 acres of blue organic corn. Butthere’s a decidedly later planting date for his organiccrop, usually mid-May is the date. Since chemicalweed control isn’t permitted, every organic farmer
wants as many “whacks”at his weeds before plant-ing as time permits. Plusthe warmer the soil, thequicker the emergence ofyour organic seeds.
Pricing for the organicblue corn somewhathinges on current com-modity prices of corn. Onemarket sort of drives theother market because
they have to stay competitive.“Richland needs to grab the acres to meet their
food market demands. So to stay competitive, they’vegot to price their blue corn accordingly,” Lampertsaid. “You’ve got to price blue corn substantially bet-ter because it doesn’t have the yields and there defi-nitely are some additional management risks.”
Ear retention isn’t the issue it used to be, but earlyharvest to escape the lodging and droppage risks issort of standard with him. He turns the heat downwhen artificially drying blue corn. Proper combineadjustment is important because this edible food-grade product is closely screened at the Richlandplant. Dockage can readily be an issue. “Low-tempdrying and bin stirators are the usual procedure.”
He acknowledges that yellow corn could be deliver-ing a few more bucks into his bank account but hementioned this additional caveat. “With RichlandIFC you always know you’re going to get paid.They’re a strong company and a good working rela-tionship is so important in farming these days.
Everyone in organic farming has a horror storyabout putting their production into a truck andsometimes waiting and wondering if the check isever going to arrive.”
Besides his run with organic blue corn, he alsogrows organic sunflowers, organic barley andorganic alfalfa, plus he runs an organic beef produc-tion business.
Richland markets their processed organic bluecorn mostly to East Coast food processors. The No. 1usage of blue corn is in specially flavored blue tor-tillas.
For more information, call (218) 643-1797 or logon to www.richlandifc.com. ❖
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— Mark Lampert
By RICHARD SIEMERSThe Land Correspondent
Research isn’t easy.It took Thomas Edison a thousand
tries before he found the right mate-rial for the incandescent light bulb.
Mike Jorgensen and Kathy Draegerare hoping to get it right quicker thanthat. They are part of research toorganically grow edible beans, in par-ticular black turtle beans, on theirfarm in Big Stone County, Minn. Thefirst year they planted a couple acreson their own and found that blackturtle beans were no competition for
weeds. Then they joined a Universityof Minnesota research project, but theweather has inhibited progress.
“I worked on edible beans for mymasters degree work,” Draeger said.“Some days the practical is a whole lotharder than the academic.”
Their first attempt at growing thebeans fit perfectly with the researchinterest of Craig Schaefer and TomMichaels of the U of M. The projectwas to simulate a conventional farmconverting to organic. The most recentsetback was wet weather.
Schaefer and Michaels “wanted to
grow edible beans onland that had beencorn and alfalfa theyear before,” Jorgensensaid. “Two years agowe planted alfalfa,thinking we’d be readyto go this spring. Wehad 10 inches of rain inAugust that drownedout the alfalfa.” But the corn was phe-nomenal, he added.
Jorgensen and Draeger are not yourtypical farmers, neither from wherethey are coming nor in the directionthey are heading.
In the first place, both have experiencein U of M research programs. Jorgensen,after helping his parents milk cows onthe 320-acre farm where the couple andtheir three children now live, received adegree in agronomy and plant genetics,and continued for a time at the univer-sity working in research programs.
Draeger, who had not lived on a farmbefore they moved there in 2007, has amasters degree in soil science and a doc-torate degree in water resource science,
and continues to workat the university as anadjunct professor andas statewide director ofthe U of M RegionalSustainable Develop-ment Partnership.
In the second place,they are heading awayfrom the usual “spe-
cialize and expand” philosophy offarming to provide for their family offive on a 320-acre diversified farm. Theorganic edible bean research projectsuits their objectives, but their experi-ence isn’t making it easier.
They hope to continue as part of theU of M research project, but that isonly one of the enterprises on the por-tion of the farm that they are working.(About half is currently farmed by afriend on a cash rent basis. Jorgensensaid that’s the mortgage payment forthe foreseeable future.)
They expect the cornerstone of theirfarm to be the specialty market of
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BIG STONE, from pg. 10grass-fed beef.They are in the process of growing a grass-fed beef enterprise using intensive rotational grazing.Thenine head of purebred Dexter cattle they currently havewill eventually reach a herd of around 75.
They also are part of the local foods market, witheggs and broilers from their free-range flock of Rock Cornish crosschickens and produce from theirlarge garden. Their latest innovationis the construction of a wind tunnelto extend the growing season.
The couple does not just try what-ever pops into their minds. Theyresearch and discuss (and sometimesdebate) what they will do. They needto make a profit, but for them farming is about morethan making money. “Conservation is a part of every-thing we’re trying to do here,” Jorgensen said.
“That bare spot south of the driveway has beendrowned out since I married Mike 17 years ago,”Draeger said. “Starting this fall we’re going to beconverting that into a wetland.”
Part of the reason for taking 30 acres out of pro-duction and putting it into wetlands is to provide aplace for runoff. “We’ll have a little containment sowater doesn’t pass through here at lightning speedand move on down to the next guy,” Jorgensen said.“And part of the rationale is the migratory patternfor waterfowl. We’re in about a six-square mileregion that is critical habitat.”
They are working with a Natural Resources Con-servation Service program to create the wetlandsand have met resistance for weed control research
they want to do. Jorgensen said the program ispretty strict about using conventional weed control.
“We’ve asked if we can do some research usinggoats as weed control,” Draeger said. “We’re trying tokeep a portion of our farm in an organic program.”
With a large buffer around the wetlands, theymight still be within organic stan-dards using conventional methods,but “philosophically I just don’tspray,” Jorgensen said. They werestill negotiating with the NRCS.
Energy conservation naturallyfits in with what they are doing.They cut down about 200 dead ordying mature trees. That woodfuels a backyard boiler that pro-
vides all of their home heat and hot water. They haveused no propane since they installed the boiler inJanuary 2008. This past August they put up a windturbine to provide their electricity. When all is run-ning, they will be net exporters of energy.
The old trees were replaced with 400 fruit andberry trees — aronia, chokeberry and hazelnut. Ifthey produce well, it will be another contributingenterprise to the farm.
“We’re looking for an operation that will allow us toadd value to a product on-farm,” Jorgensen said.“There has to be some value-added or it’s going to betough to make a go on 320 acres.”
That realism, along with their interest in conserva-
tion, habitat, animal welfare and a good work ethic issomething they hope will be picked up by their 11-year-old daughter,Alma, and 7-year-old twin sons, Lake andJens. So far, they said, garden weeding hasn’t firedtheir interest, but herding cattle has. Alma cares fortheir guard mule that provides protection during calv-ing in hopes that someday she may have a horse.
Mike is the third generation on the Jorgensen farm.Keeping the farm in the family and leaving it as alegacy for the children is a long-term goal, but build-ing that legacy will happen only if they can make itwork now. When they moved to the farm, theyattended the Land Stewardship Project’s Farm Begin-nings program, to help them come up with a businessplan. Why would a couple with their education andJorgensen’s farm background need such a program?
“I got my degree in 1992,” he said, “and we weren’ttalking about organic or sustainable farming at thattime. Academically it gives me the fundamentals insoil science and conventional weed control, but now Icome here and I have to rethink everything.”
Farm Beginnings was only the start of that think-ing. They continue to do a lot of thinking and dis-cussing and innovating. While others are specializingand expanding, Jorgensen and Draeger want to diver-sify and thrive on their 320 acres. They want to do itwhile being a part of local food production, instilling awork ethic in their children, and practicing good con-servation working with the land they have.
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— Mike Jorgensen
By SARAH JOHNSONThe Land Correspondent
What do you need to re-create a 12-course mealfrom our colonial past?
An enormous, blazing-hotwoodstove, a trove of “lost”kitchen skills, months of research and recipe testing, anda good sense of humor are all essential ingredients in“Fannie’s Last Supper” (Hyperion), a food-lover’s journeythrough time to create a gourmet meal from 1896.
Fannie Farmer was a real woman who wrote ahugely popular cookbook and ran a famous cookingschool for women in Boston. Some of her recipeswere bizarre by today’s standards: calf ’s heads andfeet and various other body parts that are no longerconsidered delicacies. Other recipes have stood thetest of time and could easily find a place at today’stable. The Victorian era is recalled in all its gloryand its shortfalls, and parts of the book are down-right hilarious.
Author and PBS food host Christopher Kimball isfascinated by the challenges of locating authenticingredients, using old-fashioned tools, and doingwithout anything “newfangled” (including electric-ity). The book reads as much as a historical “scav-enger hunt” as a cookbook, with Kimball scurryingaround setting up the ambitious meal he intends toserve his celebrity guest list.
He enlists, trains and learns from a battery ofassistants and guides, making this not just one fab-
ulous meal, but a captivating story as well.Here are some recipes that today’s cooks can still pre-
pare with today’s ingredients — and skills. No need tostoke a wood fire or skin a carcass to enjoy these dishes.Glazed Beets
8 to 10 golf-ball-sized beets, greens discarded,washed and patted dry
2 tablespoons oilKosher saltGround black pepper2 tablespoons butter, cut into 2 piecesPinch of ground cloves3 tablespoons light brown sugar6 tablespoons aged balsamic vinegar2 tablespoons chopped parsleyHeat oven to 350 F and adjust oven rack to middle
position. Place beets in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.Drizzle with oil; season with 1 teaspoon kosher saltand 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; and toss tocoat. Cover with foil and bake until beets are tender,shaking dish occasionally, 60-70 minutes. Remove foiland continue to roast until pan is dry and beets beginto brown, about 15-25 minutes. Cool. Peel, cut in half,and then cut each beet into 1-inch wedges.
Melt butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet overmedium-high heat until foaming subsides. Add beets,cloves, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoonground black pepper. Cook until edges begin tobrown, about 5-7 minutes. Add brown sugar andcook, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves andcoats the beets, about 30 seconds. Add vinegar and
cook to a syrupy glaze, so that beets are coated,about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; add parsleyand toss to coat. Serve immediately.
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Victorian Sponge Cake is a basic lemony cake withenough “heft” to be cut up and re-formed into manydifferent finished desserts. It’s also delicious on itsown with fruit or a powdered-sugar icing. We servedit simply with frozen strawberries and whippedcream, and it was a lovely finish to our “gourmet”meal of hamburgers and waffle fries. Four out of four“yums” from the always hungry Johnson family!Victorian Sponge Cake
4 eggs, separated1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar8 ounces sugar4 ounces cake flour2 teaspoons lemon rind2 tablespoons lemon juice1/8 teaspoon saltBeat egg whites with cream of tartar and 2 table-
spoons of the sugar (reserve the rest) until it holds 2-inch peaks. Whites should still be moist and slightlysoft. Remove to a separate bowl. Using the samemixing bowl as for the whites, beat the yolks withthe remaining sugar until light and ribbony, 4-5 min-utes in an electric mixer. Add flour and mix on lowspeed for 10 seconds. Remove bowl from mixer; addegg whites, lemon rind, lemon juice and salt; and foldtogether by hand with a large rubber spatula. Bakein a 375 F oven for about 30 minutes.
If your community group or church organizationhas printed a cookbook and would like to have itreviewed in the “Cookbook Corner,” send us a copy to“Cookbook Corner,” The Land, P.O. Box 3169,Mankato, MN 56002.
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Friday night we gathered in thekitchen to a table set for three —grandson Landon, Mike, and me.
That kid is power-packed with anticsand facial expressions that can almostmake frozen pizza taste gourmet. Wewere especially grateful for his pres-ence since daughters Stephanie andMelanie ditched us for the night.
“This fall it’ll be just you and memost of the time,” I said. Mike nodded.With all the talk about college fromMelanie and wedding planning fromStephanie, we couldn’t block out ourcoming reality if we tried.
I sighed, “It’ll be so quiet.”“Only if you quit talking,” Mike said.Funny. Real funny.It’s been 20 years or more since I
wrote a marriage article for the Febru-ary issue of our church’s newsletter. Iinterviewed couples who had cele-brated their 50th anniversary andasked them when they experienced thebest years of their marriage. With onlyone exception they said, “When ourkids were living in the house.”
As I recorded their answers, Idelighted with the majority. We had
preschoolers. To these seniorsaints, we were living thedream. Today with an emptynest on the horizon I’mmore apt to side with thelone interviewee who said,“Every year is the best yearof our marriage!”
Those weren’t words offluff to get on the good sideof his wife or to impress theneighbors. This man cher-ished his bride. Their rela-tionship was the stuff that chick flicksand Hallmark cards are made of.
Recently a friend commented on thepoor choices of many of her women co-workers. “They spend more time goingout with their girlfriends than theirhusbands on the weekends,” she said.“And then they wonder why they havemarriage problems.”
According to research released by theBarna Group in 2008 four out of fiveAmericans get married at some pointin their lives. Among those who havesaid their wedding vows, one out ofthree have been divorced at least once.George Barna who directed the studysaid, “Interviews with young adultssuggest that they want their initialmarriage to last, but are not particu-larly optimistic about that possibility.There is also evidence that manyyoung people are moving towardembracing the idea of serial marriage,in which a person gets married two orthree times, seeking a different partnerfor each phase of their adult life.”
How do we reverse the mindset thathappily ever after isn’t limited to fairytales and that marriages vows should-n’t come with expiration dates?
“Never stop dating,” a friend wrote inour wedding card that contained movietickets. “Keep having date nights,”another woman advised when our girlswere young.
During the days of diapers and babybottles, date nights typically includedgoing out for dinner and then the gro-cery store.
Exciting? Not always, but we wereyoung parents. A night without spilledmilk and tattling was good news.
Necessary? It was worth every pennyto speak full adult sentences and needonly one napkin, instead of six.
Dating your spouse is timelessadvice, but I’ve got to be honest, with aquiet house, his and her recliners, anda north winter wind howling that it’sbitter cold outside, it’s easier to stayhome.
“We should go out tonight,”he says.
“I know, but it’s cold,” I say.“There’s a possibility that
we could get old before ourtime,” he says.
“You’re right, we should goout tonight.”
“I know, but it’s cold.”Marriage takes work no
matter what the season ofthe year or season of life.
From our parents we learned that afamily who prays together staystogether. From Gary Chapman, best-selling author of “The 5 Love Lan-guages — The Secret to Love thatLasts”, we learned the importance ofmeeting each other’s emotional need tofeel loved by understanding what lan-guage best expresses love to us.
Chapman explains that people speakdifferent love languages. As with lin-guistics, which identifies a number ofmajor language groups like Chinese,English, Japanese, German and so on,we each have a primary love languagethat we learn as we grow up within ourfamilies. Those five love languagesinclude:
♥ Words of affirmation♥ Quality time♥ Gifts♥ Acts of service♥ Physical touchWhat love language we learn as our
“native tongue” may be completely dif-ferent from what our spouse learned.Maybe a husband equates love withgifts and makes frequent trips to theflorist, but his wife equates love withacts of service and would much ratherhave him hang up his clothes thanbring home one more flower. Or maybea wife equates love with physical touch— holding hands in public, a back rub,a hug, but what her husband reallywants is to hear that she’s proud ofhim.
The book is an easy read with power-ful and practical information on how tokeep a love that lasts for a lifetime. Tolearn your love languages, take a freetest at www.5lovelanguages.com. Thenget cozy in your recliners and startreading. This book may be the bestValentine’s gift you ever gift oneanother.
Lenae Bulthuis is a wife, mom andfriend who muses from her back porchon a Minnesota grain and livestockfarm. ❖
Language of love can be best Valentine’s gift to one anotherTH
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THE BACK PORCH
By Lenae Bulthuis
Local Corn and Soybean Price Index
Grain AnglesBulls, bears arehungry, grouchy
The grain market during this time of the wintercan be dreadfully boring.
I grant the fact that there has been a troublingdrought in much of Argentina and part of Brazil, yetwe have been talking about that event for twomonths and it has become oldnews. The European sauvignondebt crisis still has the potentialto wreak havoc on the globaleconomy, yet this seems to be oldnews in the marketplace. TheU.S. Department of Agriculturereleased its report on the 2011-12crop production and stocks earlyin January, yet many in the mar-ket are tired of the debate overthe “old crop” numbers. Marketanalysts are starting to put outtheir estimates for planted acresfor the 2012-13 crops, yet we havethree months before we will haveany clue as to what impact the weather will have onplanting.
The markets are waiting for some fresh news totrade on these days. The result of this market envi-ronment is continued volatility. With the stocks-to-use ratios so tight in corn and soybeans, the pres-sure continues to build. The markets are nervousand want to know how the next year’s supply willmaterialize. The basis is volatile, as grain producersare not in a position that they need to sell grain forcash flow purposes and are in no mood to sell in thismarket. The end-users are bidding up the basis tobuy grain. Without any fresh news, the “bulls” andthe “bears” get hungry and grouchy.
This is the time of year when many grain produc-
Grain OutlookFundamentalnews steady
The following market analysis is for the week end-ing Feb. 3.
CORN — Corn managed to post a small gain thisweek as fundamental news was steady and techni-cals were featureless.
March corn has now closed higherin 10 out of the last 12 sessions.Basis values leveled off after rally-ing the previous two weeks. Growerselling could be called slowly steadyand demand improving.
Ethanol stocks, however, are atrecord levels with gasoline demanddown roughly 5 percent versus lastyear. Ethanol margins are crummyand space is filling up.
Can local basis hold? Weekly export sales were strong at
nearly 36 million bushels and Mexicoshowing as the best buyer of old crop. Also of note wasChina’s purchase of one cargo of new crop corn. U.S.exports are running 6 percent behind last year while totalexports are estimated to be down 10 percent from last year.
Mexico has been stepping up their import pace and mayhave to continue if their drought continues. They alreadyhave committed to 7 million metric tons of corn from theUnited States, which is the highest ever for this time ofyear. The U.S. attaché lowered Mexico’s crop estimate to18.4 mmt from 20.5 mmt. They also raised their importline from 9.8 mmt to 10.5 mmt.The United States suppliesvirtually all of Mexico’s corn imports.
There was talk throughout the week that Russiawould announce plans to increase taxes on wheat forexport or at least limit the amount that could be
Livestock AnglesCash, futures ondifferent paths
The livestock markets continue to be extremelyinteresting. The cash and futures markets seem to beon different paths as we move into the new year. Thiscould continue to keep the markets uneasy anderratic in the weeks ahead.
What can you say about the cat-tle market? It is moving into newhigh prices and the packers aredeep in the red, yet this has notstopped the packers from chasingthe market higher for the pastseveral weeks. The leader hasbeen a futures market that hascontinued to rise despite the lackof domestic demand for beef. Theexport market has been the cata-lyst behind the increasingdemand for the beef productswhich is making up the differencein the domestic slippage.
Cattle numbers have been thought to be greater atthis time of the year according to U.S. Department ofAgriculture reports. However it appears that thoseestimates are either incorrect or cattle are being heldback and fed longer. Weights have shot up which doesgive rise to the fact that the possibility exists thatanimals are being delayed in their marketing.
At the same time weather has been a positive forbetter gains since temperatures have been warmerthan normal, creating better feeding conditions. TheUSDA released the semiannual Cattle InventoryReport on Jan. 27 which indicated total U.S. cattleinventory at 98 percent of 2011. The calf crop was 99percent of a year earlier. The report was seen as neu-tral to friendly, but is not expected to have a greatdeal of effect on the current market.
JOE TEALEBroker
Great Plains CommodityAfton
Cash Grain Markets
Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy
Average:
Year AgoAverage:
corn/change* $6.02 +.07$6.16 +.21$6.19 +.16$6.18 +.13$6.14 +.19$6.22 +.17
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$6.09
soybeans/change*$11.27 +.17$11.76 +.21$11.82 +.17$11.72 +.18$11.74 +.17$11.82 +.17
$11.69
$13.52
Grain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 7. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.
PHYLLIS NYSTROMCountry Hedging
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Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.
See NYSTROM, pg. 16 See TEALE, pg. 16 See NEHER, pg. 16
TOM NEHERAgStar VP Agribusiness
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NYSTROM, from pg, 15exported. An announcement finallycame on Friday, but not the one that wasexpected. Russia’s first deputy prime minister sees noreason to restrict grain exports. In fact, they raised their2011-12 export tax trigger cap to 27 mmt from 24 mmt.
Also rattling around is what they may do with theirwheat intervention stocks. Will they be released fordomestic use if their crop suffers winterkill?
Informa Economics updated their world crop numberson Feb.3.They pegged Argentina’s corn crop at 22.5 mmt,down 1.5 mmt from their last estimate and compared tothe last U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast for 26mmt. Brazil’s corn production is projected at 61.0 mmt,unchanged from last month and matching the USDA fig-ure. Ukraine’s expectation at 22.5 mmt is up 3.5 mmtfrom Informa’s last estimate.
OUTLOOK: Our $5.80 to $6.60 trading range inMarch corn has held, but I would move up the supportin the March contract to $6.25 per bushel. If we pushthrough $6.64 1/4 on the upside, $7 could be in sight.
Dryness in the Upper Midwest is getting men-tioned, but that could be fixed by a few good springrains. If ethanol margins don’t improve, it couldlimit the upside in futures and basis. For now how-ever, basis levels are holding.
March corn was up 2 3/4 cents this week to closeat $6.44 1/2; the December contract was up 10 1/2cents at $5.81 1/2
SOYBEANS — Shaking off early week losses, soy-
beans extended their rally again this weekas basis levels rose to attract bushels into
the pipeline to meet demand. March beansare now back to pre-Jan. 12 crop report levels.
South American weather was non-threatening tocrops at least for this week, but demand and techni-cals lent support. Don’t get too complacent withweather in the United States and South America.The United States will need spring rains and SouthAmerica still needs timely rains.
It was thought that China was a buyer of U.S.beans off the West Coast throughout the week.Weekly exports were a disappointment at only 11.3million bushels. I don’t think anyone would be sur-prised if the export category is lowered on the Feb. 9USDA report. China was the best buyer last week,but overall exports need to pick up.
Informa Economics’ refreshed world soybean pro-duction forecasts put Argentina at 46.5 mmt, down4.5 mmt from their January estimate and comparedto the USDA’s 50.5 mmt forecast. Brazil’s productionat 70.0 mmt is down 2 mmt from last month’s esti-mate and down 4 mmt from the last USDA forecast.
OUTLOOK: The outlook for March soybeans is$11.50 to $13 with a bias to the upside in the short run.While South American production may be stabilizing,
they still have a ways to go before it’s in the bin.Demand has been OK, but the market is keeping
some risk-on premium in the market as well as trying tokeep the pipeline flush. March soybeans were 13 1/2cents higher this week to close at $12.32 1/2; Novemberbeans were up 15 cents at $12.37 1/4 per bushel.
On a final note, if the six more weeks of winter asforecast by Punxsutawney Phil are like the last six,that’s fine with me.
Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week end-ing Feb. 3: Minneapolis wheat gained 12 1/4 cents,Chicago was up 13 1/2 cents and Kansas City wasup 12 3/4 cents. March crude oil dropped $1.72 to$97.84, heating oil jumped 5 1/2 cents, gasoline fell apenny and natural gas declined 25 1/2 cents. TheDow was up 179 points for the week the U.S. dollarindex was nearly unchanged, and gold fell $7.10 to$1,725.10 per ounce.
January unemployment fell to a three-year low of8.3 percent from 8.5 percent and was better thanexpectations, but it was noted a large number of peo-ple left the workforce. Reportedly, the percentage ofadults in the work force is at its lowest level in morethan 30 years. Non-farm payrolls for January rosemore than anticipated, up 243,000 versus estimatesfor an increase of 140,000. ❖
MARKETINGBean basis levels rise to attract bushels to pipeline
TEALE, from pg. 15With the futures market still leading the way to
higher prices, and beginning to approach an over-bought condition, producers should continue toapproach the market with the idea of protection onfuture inventories.
The hog market has been slowly creeping higherafter the sell-off that occurred in the late fall of 2011.Demand for pork has been the key to this recovery inprice as retailers look at value in comparison to com-petitive meats. Packers have been fairly aggressivein accumulating live inventory and prospects remaingood that this situation will continue. Exportdemand has been on the increase once again and hashelped solidify the underlying support in the market.
With pork cutouts at less than half the value of thebeef cutouts, it would seem reasonable to think thatprice-conscious retailers, exporters and consumerswould look at the value in pork products. Given thefact that hog numbers are near constant according tothe USDA, and demand is steady to rising, the out-look for steady to higher prices seems in the futurefor hog producers. The only detraction to this sce-nario would be the economic conditions here in theUnited States and worldwide if they were to turnworse which would more than likely effect demand.
Producers are urged to not get too comfortable withthe idea that prices will continue to rise, and to keepinventories protected when conditions provide goodprice protection. ❖
Pork demand key to price recovery
NEHER, from pg. 15ers in this part of the country like to take a vacationto a warmer climate. The grain bins are shut tightand cash flow is solid. It is a natural time to get awayfrom the normal routines and stressors of life. Theseexperiences are healthy and rewarding in nurturingour souls and relationships with loved ones. It istime to enjoy the bounty of a profitable year.
The hard part about going on a vacation is gettingeverything in order to be away from the operationalside of our business. Then there is always the return-ing to a desk piled high with mail or e-mails thathave filled the “in-box” on the computer. This “returnstage” of the vacation can be important to the successof your business.
If one can put together a plan for action upon thereturn, they can use the rejuvenation of the vacation
for maximum gain. This plan should include improv-ing communication and management skills. Strate-gies for spring tillage and planting can be estab-lished. Marketing plans must be reviewed on aregular basis. Crop input acquisitions can be fine-tuned, to manage production costs. This is a timewhen one can find a grain angle or two.
The market will find some fresh news and the bat-tle for acres between corn and soybeans will soon bein full force. The markets are efficient at “pricing” thefresh news into the price. The communication sys-tems that we enjoy today enable this efficiency. Thisis why it will be so important to have your marketingplans in order. Conditions can change quickly in thisenvironment. Those who have a plan of action and afresh spring in their step will be more nimble andable to take action when the time arrives to maketheir moves. ❖
Corn-beans acre battle soon in full force
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During the next few weeks,many farmers will be finaliz-ing their crop insurance deci-sions for the 2012 crop year.
March 15 is the deadline topurchase crop insurance forthe 2012 crop year. The Com-mon Crop Insurance Policy(COMBO) was introduced inthe 2011 crop year, and willcontinue for the 2012 cropyear. The COMBO insurancepolicy options are actually asimplification of themany and varied cropinsurance choices thatexisted previously forindividual policies.Yield Protection insurance policies
• YP policies provide protection fromyield losses only.
• The price guarantee for YP policiesfor corn is the average settlement pricefor December CBOT corn futures in Feb-ruary, and for soybeans is the averagesettlement price for November soybeanfutures in February.
• Producers may select coverage rang-ing from 50 percent to 85 percent of theAPH or “actual production history”(“proven yield”) to arrive at a “yieldguarantee”.
Soybean example: 50 bushels per acreAPH X 80 percent = 40.0 bu./acre guar-antee
• Replant and prevented planting cov-erage apply to YP policies.
• Indemnity payments are calculatedby subtracting the harvest yield on a“farm unit” from the yield guarantee andmultiplying times the YP market priceminus the crop insurance premium.
Soybean example: 40.0 bu./acre guar-antee and 30.0 bu./acre harvest yield
(40.0 bu./acre - 30.0 bu./acre) = 10.0bu./acre x $12.25/bu. - $16/acre =$106.50/acreRevenue Protection insurance policies
• The Revenue Protection and Rev-enue Protection with Harvest PriceExclusion insurance policies functionessentially in the same manner, exceptthat the RPE policies are not affected byharvest prices.
In this discussion, the focus will be pri-marily on the RP policies, since they aremost popular for Midwest corn and soy-bean producers.
• The yield guarantee, “farm unit”determinations, insurance coverageselections (50 percent to 85 percent),replant and prevented planting cover-age, etc., for RP and RPE insurance poli-
cies are the same as for YPpolicies.
• Following is how RP andRPE price guarantees arecalculated.
(All prices are based onChicago Board of Tradefutures prices, and not cashprices.)
CornBase price for RP and RPE
policies is the average settle-ment price for DecemberCBOT corn futures dur-ing February. Harvest
price for RP policies is theaverage settlement price for DecemberCBOT corn futures in October duringthe year of harvest.
Limit: The harvest price maximum forRP is limited to the base price times 200percent.
Example: $5.70/bu. base price x 2 =$11.40/bu. maximum)
There are no restrictions regardingdownside price movement.
SoybeansBase price for RP and RPE policies is
the average settlement price for Novem-ber soybean futures during February.Harvest price for RP policies is the aver-age settlement price for NovemberCBOT corn futures in October duringthe year of harvest.
Limit: The harvest price maximum forRP is limited to the base price times 200percent.
Example: $12.25/bu. base price x 2 =$24.50/bu. maximum)
There are no restrictions regardingdownside price movement.
• 2012 YP, RP and RPE base priceswill be finalized on March 1
As of Jan. 27, the prices are estimated at:Corn: $5.70/bu.Soybeans: $12.25/bu.• The higher of the base price or the
harvest price is used to calculate rev-enue guarantee per acre for RP policies,and the harvest price is also used todetermine the value of the harvestedcrop for both RP and RPE policies.
• RP (80 percent policy) corn crop lossexample
(190 bu./acre APH; 152 bu./acre guar-antee; and 150 bu./acre harvest yield
$5.70/bu. CBOT base price; and $5/bu.CBOT harvest price) $30/acre premium
Revenue guarantee = 152 bu./acre X
$5.70/bu. = $866.40/acreHarvested crop value = 150 bu./acre X
$5/bu. = $750/acreIndemnity payment = $866.40/acre -
$750/acre - $30/acre = $86.40/acreSee Tables A and B for comparison
examples of YP insurance policies withRP policies at similar crop yield levels.
Enterprise unitsA few years ago, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Risk ManagementAgency increased the federal subsidyfor purchasing insurance coverageunder Enterprise units, which combinesall acres of a crop in a given county into
Deadline nearing for crop insurance decisions for 2012
FARM PROGRAMS
By Kent Thiesse
MARKETING
See PROGRAMS, pg. 18
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PROGRAMS, from pg. 17one crop insurance unit.
Many producers who previously usedoptional units, which allow producers toinsure crops separately in each townshipsection, are now switching to enterpriseunits, due to large premium savings.
Enterprise units will be available forYP, RP and RPE insurance policies in2012. Following are some things to con-sider regarding enterprise units.
• There are substantial premium sav-ings by utilizing enterprise units ratherthan optional units. (As much as 50 per-cent or more on insurance coverage lev-els of 80 percent or lower.)
• Producers need to be aware of thelimitations of insurance coverage onindividual farms with enterprise units.In 2011, some producers had crop losseson individual farms due to wind, hail,flooding, etc., but were on enterpriseunits, and as a result did not reach thethreshold for any insurance indemnitypayments. This can be quite costly.
• Enterprise units appear to work quitewell with RP policies to protect againstprice drops during the growing season, alsowhen a producer has most of their land inthe same general area, and when supple-mental hail insurance coverage is also partof the overall risk management plan.
• Enterprise units do not work aswell when a producer has a variety ofland that is spread across a wide area,or when producers have individualfarms that are highly susceptible to
natural disasters,such as flooding,
drought, frost, etc.• Producers should contact their crop
insurance agent to better understandinsurance coverage with enterprise units.TA-APH Yield Option for 2012
Beginning with the 2012 crop year,producers purchasing Federal CropInsurance for corn and soybeans willhave the option to use the Trend-Adjusted Actual Production HistoryYield Endorsement on their crop insur-ance policies, rather than the standardActual Production History.
The TA-APH option is available on acounty basis in 14 states, including Min-nesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakotaand South Dakota.
The TA-APH yield adjustment factorsare made on a county basis, based onhistorical annual increases in county-average corn and soybean yields, as cal-culated by the National AgriculturalStatistics Service.
Most counties in south central andsouthwestern Minnesota have a TA-APHyield adjustment factor of 2.2 to 2.5bu./acre for corn, and 0.35 to 0.50 bu./acrefor soybeans. Producers should check withtheir crop insurance agent for the TA-APHyield adjustment factors in their county.
A producer’s actual APH yields foreach year are then used with the countyTA-APH adjustment factors to arrive ata final TA-APH yield.
The TA-APH yield adjustment factor is
added for each year of pro-duction history, up to amaximum of 10 years ofproduction history. Forexample, if the yieldadjustment factor for cornis 2.5 bu./acre, then 2.5bu./acre is added for themost recent year (2011),5.0 bu./acre is added for thepreceding year (2010), and7.5 bu./acre for the yearbefore that (2009), etc. TheTA-APH yield adjustmentcontinues back as manyyears as necessary toarrive at 10 years of yielddata on a farm unit.
The TA-APH yieldadjustment does have amaximum or “cap,” whichis the highest reportedyearly yield during thereporting period plus theyearly adjustment factor.For example, if the highestreported corn yield on afarm unit was 195bu./acre, and the yieldadjustment factor was 2.5bu./acre, the maximumTA-APH adjusted yieldwould be 197.5 bu./acre.
A producer must have atleast one actual reportedyield for a crop from a farmunit in the past four yearsfor that crop and farm unitto be eligible for the TA-APH endorsement, whichmust be an actual yield,and not a T-yield that wasused. There must be a min-imum of four reportedannual yields in past 12years for a crop insurancefarm unit to be eligible forthe full TA-APH yieldadjustment; otherwise the yield adjust-ment factors will be reduced as follows.
• 100 percent adjustment for four ormore years of reported yields in the past12 years.
• 75 percent adjustment for threeyears of reported yields.
• 50 percent adjustment for two yearsof reported yields.
• 25 percent for one year with areported yield.
The use of the TA-APH yield endorse-ment will not directly affect crop insur-ance premiums, as the premiums arebased on the level of coverage and dollarguarantee. However, there could be somereduction in premiums for the same dol-
lar guarantee with TA-APH, if the cover-age level is lowered (example: from 85percent to 80 percent coverage), due tohigher federal subsidies for crop insur-ance premiums at lower coverage levels.
The TA-AHP yield endorsement looksto be an attractive option for many pro-ducers on their 2012 crop insurance poli-cies. The combination of the TA-APHendorsement, along with the reductionsin crop insurance premiums at compara-ble coverage levels for most producers,will allow many producers to enhancetheir crop insurance revenue guaranteesfor corn and soybeans in 2012.
Producers are encouraged to contacttheir crop insurance agent well ahead of
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Table A: Comparison of YP and RP for cornAssumptions• APH: 190 bu./acre• 75 percent YP bu. guarantee: 142.50 bu./acre• 85 percent YP bu. guarantee: 161.50 bu./acre• YP market price (Jan. 27 estimate): $5.70/bu. (CBOT December futures)• RP/RPE base price (Jan. 27 estimate): $5.70/bu. (CBOT Decemberfutures)• 75 percent RP minimum guarantee: $812.25/acre
Estimated actual 2012 production (bu./acre)Insurance type 190 175 160 145 130
Estimated insurance indemnity payment per acre (Before premium deductions)
YP (75 percent) 0 0 0 0 $71.25YP (85 percent) 0 0 $8.55 $94.05 $179.55RP (75 percent)(CBOT harvest price/bu.)$7 0 0 0 0 $87.50$6 0 0 0 0 $75$5.50 0 0 0 $14.75 $97.25$5 0 0 $12.25 $87.25 $162.25$4.50 0 $24.75 $92.25 $159.75 $227.25$4 $52.25 $112.25 $172.25 $232.25 $292.25
Table B: Comparison of YP and RP for soybeansAssumptions• APH: 52.0 bu./acre• 75 percent YP bu. guarantee: 39.0 bu./acre• 85 percent YP bu. guarantee: 44.2 bu./acre• YP market price (Jan. 27 estimate): $12.25/bu. (CBOT November futures)• RP/RPE base price (Jan. 27 estimate): $12.25/bu. (CBOT Novemberfutures)• 75 percent RP minimum guarantee: $477.75 per acre
Estimated actual 2012 production (bu./acre)Insurance type 50 45 40 35 30
Estimated insurance indemnity payment per acre(Before premium deductions)
YP (75 percent) 0 0 0 $49 $110.25YP (85 percent) 0 0 $51.45 $112.70 $173.95RP (75 percent)(CBOT harvest price/bu.)$14 0 0 0 $56 $126$13 0 0 0 $52 $117$12 0 0 0 $57.75 $117.75$11 0 0 $37.75 $92.75 $147.75$10 0 $27.75 $77.75 $127.75 $177.75$9 $27.75 $72.75 $117.75 $162.75 $207.75
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See PROGRAMS, pg. 19
PROGRAMS, from pg. 18the March 15 deadline for2012 crop insurance enroll-ment to find out more details about theTA-APH yield endorsement.Bottom line
• Crop insurance premium reduc-tions for 2012
2012 crop insurance premiums formost coverage levels of corn and soy-beans in the Midwest will be lowerthan comparable 2011 premium levels,due to RMA premium adjustments thatare based on updated crop insuranceactuarial data for several years.
Minnesota crop insurance premiumsfor 2012 are expected to drop by anaverage of 10 to 12 percent for corn and7 to 9 percent for soybeans, as com-pared to 2011 premiums, for compara-ble insurance coverage.
• View crop insurance decisions froma risk management perspective.
How much financial risk can youhandle if there are greatly reducedcrop yields due to weather problemsand or lower than expected crop prices?
• Take a good look at the TA-AYPEndorsement for 2012.
It appears that many producers willbe able to significantly enhance theirinsurance protection by utilizing theTA-APH option, with only slightlyhigher premium costs. The TA-APHendorsement will replace the BiotechYield Endorsement for corn in 2012.
• There are a wide variety of cropinsurance policies and coverage levelsavailable.
Make sure you are comparing “applesto apples” when comparing crop insur-
ance premiumcosts for variousoptions or types of
crop insurance policies, and recognizethe limitations of the various cropinsurance products.
• Take a good look at the 80 percentand 85 percent coverage levels, espe-cially if you are using enterprise unitswith RP insurance policies.
Additional protection can be added atthese higher coverage levels for a mod-est increase in premium costs. Manyproducers will be able to guaranteeover $850/acre for corn and over$500/acre for soybeans at these highercoverage levels.
• Be cautious when consideringenterprise units, GRIP or GRIP-HPpolicies for 2012.
Enterprise units and GRIP policiesbecome quite attractive due to signifi-cantly lower premium costs comparedto optional units on RP policies. How-ever, enterprise units and GRIP poli-cies are based on larger coverage areas,and do not necessarily cover lossesfrom isolated storms or crop damagethat affect individual farm units.
• Where to get more information on2012 crop insurance alternatives.
A reputable crop insurance agent isthe best source of information to findout more details of the various cover-age plans, to learn more about the TA-APH endorsement, to get premiumquotes and to help finalize 2012 cropinsurance decisions.
• Following are some good websiteswith crop insurance information.
•• University of Illinois FarmDoc:www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu
•• Iowa State University Ag Deci-sion Maker:www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm
•• USDA Risk ManagementAgency: www.rma.usda.gov
Kent Thiesse is a government farmprograms analyst and a vice president atMinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn.He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 [email protected]. ❖
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Volunteers from the nutrition com-munity are being asked to serve as net-work “correspondents” and will besharing their personal videos through-out the year on wheat and grains-related nutrition issues and events.
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CIH 535 Quad, '10, 800 hrs ..........................................$299,000 CIH 535 Quad, '09 ........................................................$287,500 CIH STX530Q, '06, 2340 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '11, 405 hrs ........................................$265,500 CIH 485 Steiger, '08, 1560 hrs ......................................$210,000CIH 430 Steiger, '07, 8100 hrs ......................................$125,000 CIH STX375, '01, 4230 hrs............................................$126,000 CIH STX275, '02, 2875 hrs............................................$125,000 CIH 9390, '97 ..................................................................$88,500 CIH 9380, '97 ..................................................................$79,000 CIH 9380, '97, 4600 hrs ..................................................$79,500 CIH 9370Q, '98, 4690 hrs................................................$99,500 CIH 9270, '91, 4815 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 9170, '89, 7825 hrs ..................................................$56,500 CIH 9150, '88, 6405 hrs ..................................................$45,300 Case 550H, '00, 1675 hrs ................................................$35,500 Challenger MT865B, '06, 3745 hrs ................................$199,500 JD 9400T, '01, 3765 hrs ................................................$109,000 CIH 9380, '96, 8075 hrs ..................................................$65,000 NH T9060, '08, 1440 hrs ..............................................$212,000 NH TJ330, '07................................................................$139,500 Versatile 835, '78, 11,000 hrs..........................................$15,500
CIH 7110, '91, 7645 hrs ..................................................$32,500 Case 830, '69, 4190 hrs ....................................................$5,000 Farmall H, '41 ....................................................................$1,500 Farmall H ..........................................................................$1,350 IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs ........................................................$9,950 IH 886, '79, 6195 hrs ......................................................$12,500 IH 706, '66, 3700 hrs ........................................................$7,500 IH 656, '72, 2090 hrs ......................................................$10,500 IH H, '41 ............................................................................$1,800 IH M, '49............................................................................$1,500 Allis 7060, '76, 3140 hrs ..................................................$9,900 JD 4030, '75 ......................................................................$9,900
CIH 335 Mag, '11, 50 hrs ..............................................$219,000 (2) CIH 335 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '11, 360 hrs ............................................$194,500 CIH 305 Mag, '11, 1300 hrs ..........................................$167,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $182,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1595 hrs ..........................................$182,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 2505 hrs ..........................................$162,500 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 180 hrs ............................................$192,500 CIH MX285, '05, 2770 hrs ............................................$126,500 CIH 275 Mag, '11, 600 hrs ............................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 600 hrs ............................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 800 hrs ............................................$175,000 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 950 hrs ............................................$155,500 CIH 275 Mag, '09....................................................................Call CIH 275 Mag, '09, 765 hrs ............................................$169,900 CIH 275 Mag, '07, 2220 hrs ..........................................$146,900 CIH MX275, '06, 2020 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '11, 300 hrs ............................................$153,500
CIH 245 Mag, '10, 945 hrs ............................................$138,900 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2160 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2250 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2460 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '08....................................................................Call CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3145 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '11, 555 hrs ............................................$135,000 CIH 215 Mag, '11, 695 hrs ............................................$130,000 CIH 215 Mag, '10, 3100 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 770 hrs ............................................$129,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 880 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 230 Puma, '11, 130 hrs ..........................................$135,000 CIH 8950, 8725 hrs ........................................................$62,500 CIH 7220, 4940 hrs ........................................................$61,500 CIH 7140, '91 ..................................................................$45,900 CIH 5130, '92, 2170 hrs ..................................................$35,500 CIH 3594, '87, 4210 hrs ..................................................$23,500 CIH 55A, '11, 4 hrs ..........................................................$28,000 Farmall 350........................................................................$3,900 Fendt 818, 4220 hrs ........................................................$79,500 Ford 8970, '95, 5600 hrs ................................................$57,500 Ford 8970, '94, 8140 hrs ................................................$57,500 Ford 8630, '91, 4385 hrs ................................................$26,500 JD 8640, '79, 9315 hrs....................................................$16,900 JD 8400, '97, 3560 hrs....................................................$79,500 JD 7800, '93, 6375 hrs....................................................$55,000 McCormick TTX230, '09, 615 hrs....................................$90,000 McCormick XTX215, '06, 870 hrs....................................$85,000 McCormick XTX165, '09, 260 hrs....................................$84,900 NH 8870, '00, 4145 hrs ..................................................$62,500 NH TC210, '06, 1795 hrs ................................................$94,900
CIH 40 Farmall CVT ........................................................$36,250 CIH DX25E, '04, 175 hrs..................................................$13,900 Agco ST 40, '02, 435 hrs ................................................$15,500 JD 4310, '02, 1090 hrs....................................................$21,000 Kubota B2410HSD, '04, 215 hrs......................................$10,500 Kubota BX2360T, '09 ........................................................$8,950 Kubota BX2350TV, '08, 655 hrs ........................................$7,950 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1965 hrs ..........................................$7,750 Kubota BX2200, '01 ..........................................................$8,750 Kubota BX1830, '04 ..........................................................$6,950 Kubota BX1500, '04, 1235 hrs ..........................................$6,100 Kubota L5740HSTC, '10 ..................................................$36,800 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06, 670 hrs....................................$7,975 Kawasaki Mule, '02, 2670 hrs............................................$5,500 Kubota RTV900R, '08 ........................................................$9,350 Kubota RTV900W, '06, 800 hrs ........................................$9,900 Kubota RTV900, '06, 935 hrs ............................................$7,950 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 830 hrs ........................................$8,200 Steiner Hawk, '00 ..............................................................$3,250
Select combines eligible for18 month waiver, or up to
a $2,388 rebateCIH 9120, '11, 290 hrs ..................................................$320,000 CIH 9120T, '10, 655 hrs ................................................$329,000 CIH 9120, '09, 725 hrs ..................................................$289,000 CIH 8120, '11, 260 hrs ..................................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '11, 210 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120, '11, 250 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120T, '10, 970 hrs ................................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '10, 190 hrs ..................................................$315,000 CIH 8120, '09, 930 hrs ..................................................$253,400 CIH 8120, '09, 1120 hrs ................................................$265,000 CIH 8120, '09, 1265 hrs ................................................$249,500 CIH 8120, '09, 1060 hrs ................................................$260,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ................................................$215,000 CIH 8010, '06, 865 hrs ..................................................$175,000 CIH 8010, '06, 1410 hrs ................................................$191,500 CIH 8010, '06, 1900 hrs ................................................$164,500
CIH 8010, '04, 2115 hrs ................................................$139,000 CIH 8010, '04, 2440 hrs ................................................$159,000 CIH 7120, '10, 465 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7120, '09, 915 hrs ..................................................$252,500 CIH 7088, '11, 585 hrs ..................................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '11, 640 hrs ..................................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '10, 470 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7088, '10, 810 hrs ..................................................$225,000 CIH 7088, '09, 845 hrs ..................................................$215,000 CIH 7010, '07, 2875 hrs ................................................$155,000 CIH 6088, '11, 470 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 545 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 500 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '10, 450 hrs ..................................................$228,500 CIH 6088, '10, 525 hrs ..................................................$235,000 CIH 6088, '10, 500 hrs ..................................................$225,000 CIH 2588, '07, 1910 hrs ................................................$178,900 CIH 2388, '06, 1440 hrs ..................................$159,500 CIH 2388, '06, 1735 hrs ..................................$157,500 CIH 2388, '05, 2320 hrs ..................................$126,900 CIH 2388, '04, 1270 hrs ..................................$125,000 CIH 2388, '04, 2350 hrs ..................................$133,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2740 hrs ..................................$135,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2415 hrs ..................................$140,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2540 hrs ..................................$117,900 CIH 2388, '03, 2550 hrs ..................................$125,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2760 hrs ..................................$119,900 CIH 2388, '02, 2975 hrs ....................................$99,000 CIH 2388, '01, 2400 hrs ....................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2580 hrs ..................................$106,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2840 hrs ....................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 3250 hrs ....................................$99,900 CIH 2388, '00, 2000 hrs ..................................$115,000 CIH 2388, '00, 3295 hrs ....................................$86,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3210 hrs ....................................$77,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3250 hrs ....................................$85,700 CIH 2388, '98, 3780 hrs ....................................$82,500 CIH 2366, '02, 3125 hrs ....................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '00, 2810 hrs ....................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '00, 3135 hrs ....................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '99, 3845 hrs ....................................$79,500 CIH 2188, '97, 3800 hrs ..................................................$69,500 CIH 2188, '97, 2365 hrs ..................................................$79,000 CIH 2188, '96, 2950 hrs ..................................................$72,500 CIH 2188, '96, 3045 hrs ..................................................$79,500 CIH 2166, '97, 4150 hrs ..................................................$62,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3250 hrs ..................................................$59,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3430 hrs ..................................................$63,500 CIH 1688, '94, 3305 hrs ..................................................$49,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4160 hrs ..................................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4325 hrs ..................................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '93, 4560 hrs ..................................................$47,500 CIH 1666, '93, 3180 hrs ..................................................$49,500 CIH 1660, '91, 3255 hrs ..................................................$35,000 CIH 1660, '91, 3650 hrs ..................................................$27,000 CIH 1660, '90, 4360 hrs ..................................................$29,500 CIH 1660, '87, 4605 hrs ..................................................$27,500 CIH 1440............................................................................$5,900 Gleaner R62, '98, 3265 hrs..............................................$57,900 JD 9870STS, '09, 830 hrs ............................................$275,000 JD 9870, '09, 1100 hrs..................................................$256,000 JD 9770S, '08, 890 hrs..................................................$217,000 JD 9660, '07, 1805 hrs..................................................$169,500 JD 9660STS, '04, 2115 hrs ..........................................$149,000 JD 9610, '96, 3265 hrs....................................................$62,500 JD 9500, '89, 4520 hrs....................................................$37,950 JD 9400, '97, 3250 hrs....................................................$44,500 JD 9400, '91, 4720 hrs....................................................$35,950 MF 8570, '95 ..................................................................$41,900 MF 750, '77 ......................................................................$3,500 NH TR97, '95, 3955 hrs ..................................................$29,500 NH TR86, '89, 3860 hrs ..................................................$18,500 NH TR86, '85, 3245 hrs ....................................................$9,900 NH 970, '03, 2020 hrs ..................................................$139,000
CIH 2162, 35' Beanhead ..................................................$59,900 (2) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead ..........................$45,000 & $48,000 CIH 2062, 30' Beanhead ..................................................$39,500 (4) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead............................$27,900 - $32,500 (6) CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead............................$19,500 - $33,500 (3) CIH 2020, 25' Beanhead..........................$$18,900 - $23,000 CIH 2020, 20' Beanhead ..................................................$24,000 (29) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $2,000 (21) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $5,500 (3) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ............................$4,950 - $9,700 (4) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead............................$10,500 - $15,500 CIH 1020, 15' Cornhead ....................................................$8,500 CIH 920 Beanhead ............................................................$3,500 Gleaner 800, 25' Beanhead..............................................$16,000 (4) JD 930F, 30' Beanhead ................................$9,550 - $11,900 (2) JD 920, 20' Beanhead ..................................$5,500 & $5,900 (3) JD 635F, 35' Beanhead ..............................$32,000 - $34,500 JD 630F Beanhead ..........................................................$36,900
Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ............................................$45,000 Macdon 30' Beanhead ....................................................$41,500 MF 9750, 25' Beanhead ....................................................$7,000 NH 960 Beanhead ..............................................................$1,400 (3) CIH 2612 Cornhead..................................$77,000 & $82,300 (3) CIH 2608 Cornhead ..................................$52,900 - $65,000 CIH 2606 Cornhead ........................................................$44,500 (9) CIH 2208 Cornhead ..................................$26,500 - $35,500 (2) CIH 2206 Cornhead..................................$24,500 & $30,000 (2) CIH 1222 Cornhead..................................$12,500 & $16,900 (12) CIH 1083 Cornhead ..................................starting at $9,500 (5) CIH 1063 Cornhead ....................................starting at $9,500 CIH 1000, 1R222 Cornhead ............................................$15,750 CIH 9R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,000 IH 12R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,500 IH 983, 9R22 Cornhead ..................................................$10,500 IH 963, 6R30 Cornhead ....................................................$7,950 IH 883 Cornhead................................................................$3,500 (3) IH 863 Cornhead ..........................................$2,750 - $4,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ..........................................................$29,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$21,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ................................................$135,000 (6) Drago 12R22 Cornhead............................$49,500 & $85,000 (2) Drago 12R20 Cornhead ............................................$84,500 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................................................$65,500 (3) Drago 10R22 Cornhead ............................$39,500 - $65,500 (15) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ............................$29,500 - $57,500 (2) Drago 8R22 Cornhead..............................$33,000 & $44,900 (3) Drago 6R30 Cornhead ..............................$41,500 - $50,000 Geringhoff 1222 Cornhead ..............................................$69,500 Geringhoff 8R30 Cornhead ..............................................$29,900 (4) Geringhoff Roto Disc ................................$29,900 - $46,000 Gleaner 3000, 6R30 Cornhead ........................................$16,000 Harvestec 4306C Cornhead ............................................$34,000 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ........................$25,000 - $39,500 Harvestec 6R30 Cornhead ..............................................$15,900 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead ..............................................$45,500 JD 10R22 Cornhead ..........................................................$8,500 (5) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ............................$14,500 - $33,000 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ................................................$12,500 JD 843, 8R30 Cornhead ....................................................$7,500 JD 843, 8R22 Cornhead ..................................................$10,000 (2) JD 643, 6R30 Cornhead ..............................$5,500 & $6,500 Lexion C512R30 Cornhead ..............................................$38,000 NH 962 Cornhead ..............................................................$1,400 IH 810 Platform ................................................................$1,500 JD Platform........................................................................$1,500 Homemade 30' Head Transport ............................................$900 Homemade 4 Wheel Head Transport ................................$1,000 P & K 30' Head Transport ..................................................$3,995 Walco CHC30, 30' Head Transport ....................................$2,500
(7) CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ..............................$59,000 - $75,000 (4) CIH 870, 18' Subsoiler ..............................$43,500 - $57,500 (4) CIH MRX690 Suboiler ..............................$20,900 - $28,500 (5) CIH 9300, 22.5' Subsoiler ........................$24,500 - $45,000 (2) CIH 9300, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..................$36,000 & $36,500 (7) CIH 730B Subsoiler ..................................$17,500 - $26,000 (3) CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler ........................$35,000 - $41,500 (4) CIH 730C, 7 Shank Subsoiler ....................$34,900 - $39,900 (2) CIH 730B, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..................$22,500 & $24,000 IH 11, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..................................................$1,950 DMI 9300, 22' Subsoiler..................................................$29,500 DMI 2500, 4 Shank Subsoiler............................................$6,950 DMI 730B Subsoiler ........................................................$17,500 (4) DMI 730B, 17.5' Subsoiler ........................$15,000 - $19,500 (3) DMI 730B, 7 Shank Suboiler ....................$17,000 - $19,500 (3) DMI 730, 7 Shank Subsoiler ......................$7,500 - $12,900 DMI 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$16,900 DMI 530, 12.5' Subsoiler ................................................$15,500 DMI 530, 5 Shank Subsoiler............................................$13,500 (2) DMI CCII, 11.5' Subsoiler ............................$5,250 & $7,750 (2) DMI Tiger II Subsoiler ..................................$2,400 & $7,950 Bourgault 2200, 30' Subsoiler ........................................$92,400 (14) JD 2700 Subsoiler ..................................$21,500 - $38,000 JD 960 Subsoiler ..............................................................$6,500 (2) JD 512, 22.5' Subsoiler ..................................choice $49,500 (3) JD 512, 22' Subsoiler................................$40,000 - $46,500 (2) JD 512, 17.5' Subsoiler ..........................$17,000 & $25,500 (3) JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler ........................$23,900 - $27,750 JD 510, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$10,500 Krause 4850, 18' Subsoiler ............................................$43,500 Landoll 2320, 5 Shank Subsoiler ....................................$15,950 M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................................$14,900 M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................................$14,900 M & W 1875, 17.5' Subsoiler ..........................................$12,900 M & W 1860, 9 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$9,300 M & W 1465, 7 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$6,500 NH ST770, 17.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$22,500 Sunflower 4412, 7 Shank Subsoiler ................................$29,500 (6) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler ......................$23,500 - $33,900 Wilrich 6600 Subsoiler ......................................................$8,500 IH 4700, 30' Chisel Plow ..................................................$3,950
White 423 Chisel Plow .........................................CIH 800, 9x18 MB Plow .......................................CIH 710 MB Plow .................................................IH 710 MB Plow ...................................................IH 700, 7x18 MB Plow .........................................JD 3710, 9 Bottom MB Plow ...............................JD 3600, 6x18 MB Plow .......................................JD 726, 34' Combo Mulch ...................................Sunflower 6432, 30' Combo Mulch .....................DMI 40' Crumbler .................................................Flexicoil 75, 45' Crumbler .....................................NH SG110, 45' Crumbler .....................................Summers 44' Coil Crumbler .................................Unverferth 1225, 33' Crumbler.............................
Claas 980, '10, 645 hrs.........................................Claas 980, '10.......................................................Claas 980, '09, 1135 hrs.......................................Claas 980, '08.......................................................Claas 980, '08, 1495 hrs.......................................Claas 970, '08, 1040 hrs.......................................Claas 900, '09, 1625 hrs.......................................Claas 900, '07, 1935 hrs.......................................Claas 900, '07, 2430 hrs.......................................Claas 900, '03, 2275 hrs.......................................Claas 890, '04, 2865 hrs.......................................Claas 890, '02.......................................................Claas 890, '02, 2555 hrs.......................................Claas 870 GE, '06, 1585 hrs .................................Claas 870 GE, '06, 2590 hrs .................................Claas 870, '03, 2790 hrs.......................................Claas 860, '98, 5205 hrs.......................................JD 7550, '08 .........................................................JD 6850, '01, 2360 hrs.........................................JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs.........................................JD 5400, 2660 hrs ...............................................NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs .......................................NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs .......................................
Gehl CB1285 PT Forg Harv...................................Gehl CB1275 PT Forg Harv...................................Gehl CB1265 PT Forg Harv...................................Gehl 1075 PT Forg Harv .......................................NH FP240 Forg Harv.............................................IH 830 PT Forg Harv.............................................(8) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ..........................$13(3) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead ........................$23(8) Claas PU380 Hayhead ..............................$12Claas PU300 Hayhead...........................................(4) Gehl HA1210 7' Hayhead.................................Gehl HA1110, '95 Hayhead ..................................Gehl 7' Hayhead....................................................JD 640B Hayhead .................................................JD 630A Hayhead .................................................JD 630 Hayhead ...................................................JD 10' Hayhead.....................................................JD 7' Hayhead ......................................................JD 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead ..........................................NH 3500 Hayhead.................................................NH 355W Hayhead ...............................................NH 340W Hayhead ...............................................NH 29P Hayhead...................................................(3) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead ....................$110,0(3) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead ........................$76(4) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead ........................$65(10) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ................$24(3) Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ....................$42(10) Claas RU450 Cornhead............................$28(3) Gehl TR330 Cornhead ..................................$(2) JD 688 Cornhead ....................................$28,JD 686 Cornhead .................................................JD 676 Cornhead .................................................JD 666, 6R30 Cornhead .......................................JD 3R30 Cornhead ...............................................Kemper 4500 Cornhead .......................................Kemper 3000 Cornhead .......................................NH 3PN Cornhead.................................................(2) NH R1600 Cornhead ................................$39,
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6,000 - $79,000 5,000 - $68,000 4,500 - $59,000 2,000 - $46,000 8,000 - $48,000 $2,600 - $5,500 000 & $51,500 ...........$27,900 ...........$52,000 ...........$12,500 .............$2,600 ...........$29,500 ...........$22,000 .............$8,500 500 & $42,500
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CIH SC412 MowCond ........................................................$7,900 (2) Claas 8550C MowCond ............................$36,500 & $42,500 Claas 8400RC MowCond ................................................$55,000 Hesston 1160, 14' MowCond ............................................$5,350 JD Moco 946 MowCond ..................................................$29,500 JD 1600, 14' MowCond ....................................................$6,995 JD 945, 13' MowCond ....................................................$15,000 NH 1475 MowCond ..........................................................$7,500 NH 1441, 16' PT Windrower............................................$21,500 (2) NH 116, 14' MowCond ................................$5,900 & $6,500 Vermeer 1030, 13.5' MowCond ......................................$18,500 Fransgard 240, 8' Disc Mower ..........................................$4,200 Kuhn GMD55 Disc Mower ................................................$3,900 IH 120, 7' Sickle Mower ......................................................$795 NH 455, 7' Sickle Mower ..................................................$1,750 CIH FC60, 60" Rotary Mower ................................................$550 Landpride FDR2584 Rotary Mower ..................................$2,750 Woods RD7200D Rotary Mower ......................................$1,895 H & S TWM9 Wind Merg ................................................$26,500 H & S TWN2-P Wind Merg..............................................$22,500 (2) Millerpro 310............................................$65,000 & $67,000 (3) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg .................... $28,500 - $35,800 NH H5410, 9' Wind Merg ................................................$17,900 NH 166 Wind Merg............................................................$3,750 NH 144 Wind Merg............................................................$2,000 Victor 245 Wind Merg ....................................................$34,800 Kuhn GA8521 Rake..........................................................$23,500 Kuhn GA7301 Rake..........................................................$14,500
CIH 4420, '09, 1320 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH 4420, '09, 1560 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH SPX4260, '99............................................................$85,000 Hagie 2100, '01, 2600 hrs ..............................................$73,000 Hagie STS-14, '10..........................................................$218,000 Rogator 854, '01..............................................................$83,500 Rogator 854, '97, 4475 hrs ............................................$44,000 Tyler Patriot XL, '94, 4360 hrs ........................................$37,900 Walker 44, '99, 2050 hrs ................................................$49,500
Ag Chem 1000 ................................................................$13,500 Ag Chem 750 ....................................................................$8,900 (2) Demco Conquest......................................$18,900 & $19,500 DMI 2800 ........................................................................$17,500 Fast 9512E, 80' ................................................................$32,700 Hardi NM550, 60' ............................................................$12,500 Hardi 500, 60' ....................................................................$7,900 L & D Land Pro..................................................................$8,900 Redball 690......................................................................$36,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$29,500 Redball 670, 1200 Gal ....................................................$21,500 Redball 650, 400 Gal ........................................................$8,500 Redball 565......................................................................$15,500 Top Air 1600, 120' ..........................................................$52,000 Top Air 500, 45' ................................................................$3,800
Case SR250, '12, 2 hrs....................................................$42,500 Case 1845B, '92, 5550 hrs ................................................$7,400 Case 1845C, '00 ..............................................................$14,900 Case 1845C, '96, 7080 hrs ..............................................$10,000 Case 1845C, '90, 2240 hrs ..............................................$12,500 Case 1840, '99, 5960 hrs ..................................................$9,975 Case 1840, '95, 4395 hrs ................................................$10,500 Case 1840, '91, 6355 hrs ..................................................$9,850 Case 1840, '89, 2495 hrs ................................................$10,900 Case 1840, '89, 3350 hrs ..................................................$9,900 Case 1840, 4400 hrs..........................................................$9,750 Case 1840, 4855 hrs..........................................................$9,500 Case 1830..........................................................................$3,500 Case 1825, '89, 4000 hrs ..................................................$5,500 Case 435, '07, 1050 hrs ..................................................$20,900 Case 430, '06, 2105 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 430, '06, 3905 hrs ..................................................$22,000 Case 430, '05, 3720 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 420, '06, 600 hrs ....................................................$21,000 Case 40XT, '02, 1735 hrs ................................................$15,900 Bobcat S650, '11, 275 hrs ......................................................Call Bobcat 863C, '97, 2140 hrs ............................................$13,900 Bobcat 743, '88, 3820 hrs ................................................$7,250 Cat 257B, 2705 hrs..........................................................$22,500 Gehl 7800, '01, 6395 hrs ................................................$18,500 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3350 hrs ......................................$34,500 Gehl 5640E, '07, 1915 hrs ..............................................$19,900 Gehl 5240E, '10, 380 hrs ................................................$27,500 Gehl 5420E, '08, 400 hrs ................................................$27,500
Gehl 4825SX, '98, 5640 hrs ..............................................$8,500 Gehl 4640E, '06, 2705 hrs ..............................................$15,000 Gehl 3825 ..........................................................................$9,500 Gehl SL3410, '90 ..............................................................$5,000 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs......................................................$19,500 JD 320, 2210 hrs ............................................................$19,900 NH LS170, '02, 2765 hrs ................................................$16,900 Kubota U35SS, '05, 140 hrs ............................................$28,000
CIH 1260, 36R22 ..........................................................$185,000 (2) CIH 1250, 24R30 ................................$113,900 & $121,000 CIH 1250, 16R30 ..........................................................$105,000 (3) CIH 1200, 24R22 .................................... $39,900 - $66,900 (3) CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................$48,500 - $52,500 CIH 1200, 12R23 ............................................................$65,300 CIH 955SRC, 8R13 ..........................................................$19,500 CIH 950, 16R22 ..............................................................$15,900 (2) CIH 900, 12R30 ................................................choice $6,500 IH 800, 16R30 ..................................................................$8,950 IH 800, 12R30 ..................................................................$3,900 (2) JD 7300, 18R22 ......................................$17,500 & $18,000 JD 7300, 12R30 ..............................................................$12,500 JD 7100, 12R30 ................................................................$6,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$65,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$46,300 JD 1760, 12R30 ..............................................................$46,500 White 8524, 24R30........................................................$109,900 White 6100, 24R22..........................................................$24,500 CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ........................................................$6,950 IH 510 Drill ........................................................................$1,500 (3) Great Plains 20' Drill ....................................$4,500 - $5,500 JD 750NT, 15' Drill ..........................................................$15,000 JD 520, 20' Drill ................................................................$4,500 JD 455, 30' Drill ..............................................................$21,900 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder..................................................$129,500
(3) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ............................choice $67,500 CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$57,900 (2) CIH TM 200, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................$41,250 & $55,000 CIH TM 200, 40.5' ACS Fld Cult ......................................$58,950 CIH TMII, 60.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$57,500 (2) CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ..........................$46,750 & $57,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$39,500 (2) CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..........................$34,500 & $39,500 CIH TMII, 36' Fld Cult ......................................................$34,500 CIH TMII, 30.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,500 CIH 4900, 40' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,000 CIH 4300, 37.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$7,500 IH 4600, 31' Fld Cult..........................................................$4,500 DMI TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,900 DMI TMII, 32.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$22,900 (2) DMI TM, 44.5' Fld Cult ............................$11,500 & $12,500 Brent 28.5' Fld Cult ..........................................................$15,500 Brillion HFCT, 36.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$9,750 Flexcoil 820, 40' Fld Cult ................................................$11,500 (2) JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult ............................$49,500 & $61,500 JD 2210, 34' Fld Cult ......................................................$35,000 JD 985, 60' Fld Cult ......................................................$345,000 JD 985, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$15,500 (4) JD 980, 44.5' Fld Cult................................$13,500 - $17,950 (2) JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult ..............................$14,500 & $16,900 JD 980, 29.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$16,750 JD 960, 32.5' Fld Cult ........................................................$5,995 JD 726, 38' Fld Cult ........................................................$27,500 Sunflower 5053, 39' Fld Cult ..........................................$19,900 Wilrich 2500, 27.4' Fld Cult ..............................................$1,950 CIH RMX340, '03 ............................................................$29,500 CIH 3900, 33' Disk ..........................................................$14,900 CIH 370, 31' Disk ............................................................$52,500 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$54,500 White 271, 22' Disk ..........................................................$5,995 Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk ..................................................$29,900
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Farm milk prices continue tohead down.The U.S.Depart-ment of Agriculture announcedthe January 2012 federal orderbenchmark Class III price at$17.05 per hundredweightdown $1.72 from Decemberbut $3.57 above January 2011,$2.82 above California’s com-parable 4b cheese milk price,and equates to $1.47 pergallon.
Looking ahead, ClassIII futures were trading late Fridaymorning as follows: $16.17/cwt. for Feb-ruary; $15.88 for March; $15.95, April;$16.44, May; and $16.70 for June. Thepeak was $17.09 in September.
The January Class IV price is$16.56, down 31 cents from December,but 14 cents above a year ago.
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Service-surveyed cheese priceaveraged $1.6097 per pound,down 19.7 cents from Decem-ber. Butter averaged $1.59,down 2.2 cents. Nonfat drymilk averaged $1.3942, down2.6 cents, and dry whey aver-aged 68.76 cents, up 3.4 cents.
California’s comparable 4bcheese milk price is $14.23,down 91 cents from December,and $1.74 above a year ago.The4a butter-powder price is
$16.18, down 41 centsfrom December and 31cents below January 2011.
Increased volumes of milk availableto cheese plants are allowing somemanufacturers to increase production,according to the USDA’s Dairy MarketNews. Others are waiting for orders toarrive before increasing production.Buyers are reluctant to place addi-tional new orders while the market istrending lower.
The cash Cheddar blocks closed thefirst Friday of February at $1.4850/lb.,down 2.5 cents on the week, and 32.5cents below a year ago. The barrels rolledthree-quarters of a cent lower butregained it on Friday to close at $1.4950,28 cents below a year ago. Sixteen cars ofblock and nine of barrel traded hands onthe week. The NASS-surveyed U.S. aver-age block price edged 0.7 cent lower, to$1.5832, while the barrels averaged$1.5788, down 2.7 cents.
FC Stone dairy broker Dave Kurzawskiwrote in his Feb. 1 eDairy Insider Open-ing Bell, “not only are we making slightlymore cheese, but more cheese is alsobeing put into storage. In December,cheese manufacturers produced 1.2 per-cent more cheese than a year earlier andthey put away 2.9 percent more cheese,which indicates there was probably aslowing of demand in December and itlikely hasn’t picked up much in January.”
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Cash butter is at the lowest point sinceMarch 2010, closing Friday at $1.4925,down 5.75 cents on the week, and 60.75cents below a year ago. Three cars weresold on the week. NASS butter averaged$1.5897, down 0.3 cent.
Churning activity across the country isstrong as cream is plentiful and clearing
from one region to another to find process-ing. Producers are gearing up schedulesand often churns are running at capacitylevels; as such, they are greatly surpassingdemand, thus clearances to inventory areheavy, according to the USDA.
Butter demand is fair at best asmany buyers are hesitant to procuretoo heavily in a down price cycle. Thethinking is that, with milk productionlooking strong, there will be plenty ofbutter churned ahead.
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Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk lost9.25 cents, closing Friday at $1.3575.Extra Grade plunged 18.25, to $1.2975.NASS powder averaged $1.3936, up 2.8cents, and dry whey dropped for thefirst time since mid October, averaging67.53 cents, down 3.6 cents.
“Cash (powder) had to come down tomeet futures to bring prices back intorealignment,” said FC Stone marketanalyst Derek Nelson in their Jan. 30Insider Closing Bell. “China hasstarted to depend more on NewZealand product, which has decreasedexport opportunities for the U.S.”
Commercial disappearance of dairyproducts in the first 11 months of 2011
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By Lee Mielke
See MIELKE, pg. 23
MIELKE, from pg. 22totaled 182 billionpounds, 1.5 percent above2010, according to the USDA. Butterwas up 11.1 percent; American cheese,up 1.2 percent; other cheese, up 3.9 per-cent; NDM, down 4 percent; and fluidmilk products, were off 1.6 percent.
But there are plenty of dairy prod-ucts available. The latest Dairy Prod-ucts report pegs December butter out-put at 165.9 million pounds, up 8.9percent from November and 5.2 per-cent above December 2010. Nonfat drymilk totaled 150.2 million pounds, up24.8 percent from November and 8 per-cent above a year ago.
American-type cheese production, at370.7 million pounds, was up 5.6 per-cent from November and 1.2 percentabove a year ago. Total cheese outputhit a record 929.5 million pounds, up4.2 percent from November and 2.4percent above a year ago.
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’sDaily Dairy Report says the biannual“Cattle” inventory report shows fewerreplacement heifers in the pipeline.
On Jan. 1, there were 4.53 millionhead, down from 4.57 million a year
ago, according to theUSDA. There were 49replacements for every
100 cows, down from 49.9 at the startof 2010.
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The DDR also reported that milkprice declines in January left farmprofitability at an eight-month low. Theall-milk price was estimated at$19.20/cwt., down 60 cents fromDecember, while feed costs were frac-tionally lower, according to the USDA’slatest Ag Prices report.
The corn price increased 4 cents perbushel to $5.90 and soybeans increased20 cents, to $11.70, but alfalfa haydropped $7 a ton to $192. Feed costs com-pute out to $10.85 per hundred pounds ofmilk, according to the DDR, leaving“income over feed costs” of $8.35/cwt.,down from $8.86 in December and belowthe 10-year average IOFC of $8.98/cwt.
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Looking “back to the futures,” theClass III milk price average for thefirst six months of 2012 stood at $17.60on Jan. 6, $17.28 on Jan 13, $16.81 onJan. 20, $16.85 on Jan. 27, and $16.37late morning Feb. 3.
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Cooperatives Working Togetheraccepted 17 requests for export assis-tance this week to sell 2.84 millionpounds of cheese and 10.96 millionpounds of butter to customers in Asia,Europe, the Middle East and NorthAfrica. The CWT also announced itwould begin assisting member coopera-tives in making sales of butter overseas.
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In other market news, prices movedlower in Wednesday’s Global Dairy Tradeauction. The weighted average price forskim milk powder was $1.50 per pound,down 0.5 percent from the Jan. 17 auc-tion. Whole milk powder averaged $1.60,down 0.9 percent. The weighted-averageprice for anhydrous milkfat was $1.79,down 3.5 percent. Cheddar cheese aver-aged $1.65, down 1.1 percent.
The overall trade-weighted index wasoff 0.9 percent from the previous event,according to the DDR, and almost 14percent below a year ago. However, theDDR adds that the index has fluctu-
ated in a narrow range (less than $300per ton) since August.
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A headline in the InternationalDairy Foods Association’s Jan. 25Smart Brief caught my eye: “Dairy iskey to PepsiCO growth.”
It quoted a story from Agweek whichreported that “dairy product sales willgrow faster than other foods in develop-ing countries in the coming years, andPepsiCo Inc. intends to be a part of thatgrowth, a key PepsiCo executive toldmembers of the IDFA Jan. 15 at the2012 Dairy Forum in La Quinta, Calif.”
I well remember the “beverage wars”between soda and milk a few short yearsago. Guess a truce was called and com-petitors have joined in some fashion.
Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnistwho resides in Everson, Wash. Hisweekly column is featured in newspa-pers across the country and he may bereached at [email protected]. ❖
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Milk Source is a growingmulti-site farming enter-prise w/ 18,000 cows &10,000 acres. We strive toprovide a safe work envi-ronment for our employeesand optimal stewardship tothe land. We are seeking aCrop Manager to oversee a11,000 acre enterprise. Thisindividual must have supe-rior knowledge of largescale crop production & in-put purchasing. MilkSource will offer a competi-tive salary, full benefits, &exc opportunity for futureadvancement. To applyplease contact or send re-sumes to Ryan Knorr [email protected]
Employment 015
Earn $75,000/yr Part Timein the livestock or equip-ment appraisal business.Agricultural backgroundrequired. Classroom orhome study coursesavailable.
800-488-7570
HELP WANTED: Full-timeemployment on grain & hogfinishing farm in St.James, MN area. Depend-able person w/CDL driverslicense w/references re-quired. Housing available.
507-920-8217
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ADVANCE NOTICEAGIRON 60 CONSIGNMENT EVENT
Brought to you by: Steffes Auctioneers Inc.,2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078
Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319,Bob Steffes ND82
www.steffesauctioneers.com
Location: Red River Valley Fairgroundson the west edge of West Fargo, ND
WEDNESDAY,March 14, 2012 — 10:00 AMThis is a large multi-ring event with many
items already consigned.Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks,
Semis, Tillage, Construction Equipment,Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!
CONSIGN EARLY!ADVERTISING DEADLINE:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15thCall (800) 726-8609 or (701) 237-9173
or email at [email protected]
The Nation’s Largest Ag Live/OnlineAuction Company
• 52nd Consecutive Year Serving the AgIndustry
• 27 Member Professional Team with Over 236Combined Years of Auction Experience
• Our Bidders are Buyers! In 2011 they purchasedover 184 late model combines, 693 tractors, and391 trucks in 131 auction events.
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buyers!• We have bidders & buyers in 25 states,
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Sell your land or real estatein 30 days for 0% commis-sion. Call Ray 507-339-1272
We have extensive lists ofLand Investors & farm buy-ers throughout MN. We al-ways have interested buy-ers. For top prices, go withour proven methods over
thousands of acres. Serving Minnesota
Mages Land Co & Auc Servwww.magesland.com
800-803-8761
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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
Antiques & Collectibles 026
1979 Pontiac Trans Am. 403V8, automatic, power win-dows, AC. 86,000 miles.
(715)896-1050.FOR SALE: '66 Ford 750N
truck, very good body,$3,000/OBO. 320-398-7112
FOR SALE: JD plows, mod-el 4D, 214 on steel, re-stored, very nice; model 44214 hyd lift plow, recond;F145H 416, semi mountplow, good cond; 2500 518hyd reset in very goodcond. All plows in verygood cond complete w/ coul-ters. 320-732-3370
FOR SALE: VAC Case forparts. '36 B JD for parts.Extension rims & cutoffwheels for JD. 763-434-5282
Parting out Deere B#151181.Excellent engine parts &others. (715)442-6020
Pull type Road Grader(Road Patrol), $500.
712-297-7951Pull type Road Grader
(Road Patrol), $400. 712-297-7951
WANTED: Old gas pump.608-884-6855 or leave message
Hay & Forage Equip 031
FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830and 6000 series forage har-vesters. Used kernel pro-cessors, also, used JD 40knife Dura-Drums, anddrum conversions for 5400and 5460. Call (507)427-3520www.ok-enterprises.com
New oak flatbeds, bunks,green chop boxes. Cedarlawn furniture. 715-269-5258.
NH BB940A baler, tandem,accumulator, applicator;NH 2550 windrower, 14'head; Vermeer R23A rake;2 Brillion SS12 drillsw/grass. 320-394-2103 Eves.or 320-394-2243 Days.
Material Handling 032
'03 NH 195 spreader, upperbeater, slop gate, 425 tires,always shedded, exc. cond.,$12,500. 507-828-4155
Employment 015
Milk Source, LLCHerd Manager
Milk Source is a growingmulti-site farming enter-prise w/ 18,000 cows &10,000 acres. We strive toprovide a safe work envi-ronment for our employees& optimal stewardship tothe land. We are seeking aHerd Manager w/ extraor-dinary leadership skills,cow health & parlor man-agement experience. Thisindividual must haveproven large herd leader-ship experience. This posi-tion will oversee day to daymanagement of all cowhealth, maternity and milk-ing operations. MilkSource will offer a competi-tive salary, full benefits, &exc opportunity for futureadvancement. To applyplease contact or send re-sumes to Ryan Knorr at:[email protected]
Milk Source, LLCVeterinarian
Milk Source is a growingmulti-site farming enter-prise w/ 18,000 cows &14,000 heifers. We strive toprovide a safe work envi-ronment for our employeesand optimal stewardship tothe land. We are seeking aVeterinarian. This is an op-portunity for a vet to gainexperience & hone theirskills on multiple largedairies. The candidate willwork as a member of theherd team at the dairies.Duties will also include per-forming surgeries, preg-nancy checking, reviewingtreatment protocols, & re-productive protocols. MilkSource will offer a competi-tive salary, full benefits, &exc opportunity for futureadvancement. To applyplease contact or send re-sumes to Ryan Knorr at:[email protected]
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1,242 acres. 860 crop landplus wooded/non crop land.Great hunting/recreational.Several locations w/ build-ings. Central WI
(715)255-8751.
BEAUTIFUL 570 acre organ-ic farm. 2 homes, 230 till-able, 138 pasture. Nicewoods, miles of new 4-wirefence. Hunting. Milking 90head now, additional rentedland & could split into 2farms. (218)837-5217 or
(218)[email protected]
Notice of Farm Sale: 105A in Blue Earth County,
91A tillable, 35A +/- in NW¼, 70A +/- in SW ¼, Sec-tion 18 T105N, R26W,Mapleton Twp to be sold bysealed bid/private auction.Bid deadline 3:30pm Feb17, 2012. For info contactSteve Gleason US BankRochester MN 507-285-7924
Older Harmony mobilehome, 12x68, porch 12x16,treated plywood skirting, tobe moved, $2,800 OBO. 320-354-2635 or 320-295-0281
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800-657-4665PLACE YOURAD TODAY!
ADVANCE NOTICEAGIRON 28 LITCHFIELD
Brought to you by: Steffes Auctioneers Inc.,
24400 MN Hwy. 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355. (320) 693-9371 • Eric Gabrielson MN47-08, Ashley HuhnMN47-06, Randy Kath MN47-001, Scott Steffes MN14-51,
Brad Olstad MN14-70 • www.steffesauctioneers.com
AGIRON 28 LITCHFIELD CONSIGNMENT EVENT
LOCATION: Steffes Auctioneers,24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield MNTHURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
10:00 AMThis is a large event with many
items already consigned.Tractors, Combines, Heads,
Trucks, Semis, Tillage,Construction Equipment,
Hay & Livestock Equipment& much more!
LIVE ONLINE BIDDING WITHREGISTRATION & DETAILS ONLINE:
www.steffesauctioneers.com
Call Eric, Ashley, & Randy at (320) 693-9371or e-mail at [email protected]
CONSIGN EARLY! ADVERTISINGDEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH
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18' Hanson ring Drive, 16'Van Dale surface Drive, 7.5HP motors. 9''x24' LoyalFeed Elevator NH 60 For-age Blower, same as CaseIH 600. 608-487-6121
Stormer 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
(2) 20,000 bu bins; (2)20,000 bu bins w/ floors &8” unloads, (2) 12,000 bubins, (1) 9,000 bu bin w/floor & 8” unload, (1) 24'bin floor, (3) 18' binfloors. All bins down &ready to load507-697-6133
FOR SALE Seed cleaningequip.: Delta 114, 4 screencleaner; Forsberg 12Mgravity sewing machinebagger & conveyor. 320-855-2527 or 320-226-3405
FOR SALE: '01 DMC 1700 5”Air System, new 40hp 3phase motor in '09, newblower in '10, 6 hole distrib-utor, lots of pipe, elbows,deadhead, & connectors.
507-380-1947
FOR SALE: '09 Brock superair, 5” air system, 40hp, 3phase, 600 hrs, 300' of pipe& a 6 hole distributor,many elbows & deadheads.$23,500/OBO. 507-215-0957
For Sale: '89 Super B GrainDryer, Model SE 1000c,DMC Calc-u-dri, 440 volt 3phase, natural gas.
Cal 320-238-2188 Ask for Mark or Doug
FOR SALE: (2) Kansun 10-25-215 grain dryers, 3phase, stainless steelscreens, $22,000/ea. Suden-ga 42' 3,000 bph Grain Leg,8 yrs old, $8,000. Batco 1800series portable drive overpit, hyd drive, used 1 yr,$13,000. 320-583-8465 or 320-562-2178
FOR SALE: 4” DMC AirTransfer System, consistsof blower, air lock, transferauger, control box & mo-tors. 507-823-4642
FOR SALE: Grain bins, 30',24', 18'; 1500 bu. hopperbin; aeration fans; 10” in-cline unload augers; sweepaugers; exc. cond. Best of-fer. 507-427-2197 or 507-227-0491
FOR SALE: HandlAir GrainVac, used very little, likenew cond, $5,000/OBO; VanDale 24' silo unloader,$500/OBO. JD Heavy offsetcast wheels, 38”,$1,000/OBO. 651-983-4741
FOR SALE: JD Model 500Grain Cart. Exc. condition.
715-896-1050.
FOR SALE: Like NewBrent 472 grain cart, latemodel, low use, shedded.Asking $14,500. Call Chris at 507-383-2303 or
Bruce at 507-383-2190
FOR SALE: Used 80' Suden-ga grain leg, 2500bph, usedvery little, $12,500/OBO.
507-215-0957
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Opening February 7 & Closing February 21: IQBIDKibble Equipment Inc., Montevideo, MN, Late ModelFarm Equipment
Thursday, February 16 @ 10 AM: Richland CountyFarmland Auction, Mooreton, ND, SW1/4 Section 2 inDanton Twp.
Opening March 1 & Closing March 8: IQBID Tri-StateMarch Consignment Event. Advertise now to sell yourexcess equipment! Advertising Deadline: February 15
Wednesday, March 14 @ 10 AM: AgIron 60Consignment Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, WestFargo, ND. Advertising Deadline: February 15
Wednesday, March 28 @ 10 AM: Don Seltvedt, Harvey,ND, Farm Retirement Auction. Most Equipment HasBeen Stored Inside With Excellent Maintenance
Wednesday, April 4 @ 10 AM: CS Dubois ConstructionInc., West Fargo, ND, Business Realignment
Tuesday, April 10 @ 10 AM: Ken & Ted Weshnevski,Tower City, ND, Farm Auction
Thursday, April 12 @ 11 AM: Cedar Bend Farms,Warroad, MN, Farm Auction
Steffes Auction Calendar 2012For More info Call 1-800-726-8609
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'07 Rite Way 4342 42' landroller. $28,000. 507-381-1871
2 or 3 pt blades 6', 7', 8' & 9',$100 to $1250. Tractors &other equip. avail. 712-299-6608
3 pt Snowblowers, 7', 8', $850to $2850. Tractor weights &chains. 712-299-6608
30' (12 row) Loftness stalkchopper, good, $3,900/trade.
319-296-2236
8-bolt tire w/rim 25.5Lx16.1for $85. 6-bolt 10x15 implrims. PU shock hitch
712-299-6608
Ag Wrap 6x6 bale wrapper,3pt or loader mt, w/plasticrolls, $9,950. 641-425-5478
Flare, 6-7x12 barge & gravitywagons, $250 to $2250. NIpull pickers 30”-38”. 712-299-6608
FOR SALE & WILL PUR-CHASE: NH BALE WAG-ONS. ROEDER IMPLE-MENT SENECA, KS 66538785-336-6103
FOR SALE: '05 Rite-waySS250 rock picker, all hyd.,always shedded, used verylittle, exc. cond., $6,250OBO. 320-543-2242
FOR SALE: '10 Tebben 41'land roller, low acres, mudscraper, acre meter,$29,500. Parker 2600 400 buw/ Christiansen seed vac,roll tarp, wide truck tires,sight glasses, exc shape,$6,000. 320-226-3963 or 320-226-3946
Grain Handling Equip 034
FOR SALE: Used Sukuptower dryer, new fall of '07,very good cond, soft start,wired for 3 phase 230 voltor 480 volt. Call Steve at
320-760-0634
FOR SALE: Wallinga 7614Deluxe, 7” grain vac. 4500bph, (1) new $28,000 (2)used $22,000 each. Call fordetails.
Olivia MN 320-523-1099
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
REM Grain Vac 2700, new....................$19,450
Mike 507-848-6268
Westfield Augers, New: 10-61...... $8,19910-71...... $8,799
All sizes available.Call Mike 507-848-6268
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'65 JD 4020, dsl PS; JD 530,3pt fenders; '39 AllisWC;'41 Allis, JD 158 ldr;JD 146A ldr; Case IH 2255ldr; Hesston 10 stacker;Schweiss 3 axle 8x16 trail-er; JD 350 7' mower; NH455 pull type 7' mower; IH100 7' pull mower; JD 640hay rake; JD 851 hay rake.
Koester Equipment 507-399-3006
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(800) 657-4665P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002
Woodford Ag507-430-5144
37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MNWWW.WOODFORDAG.COM
NEW EQUIPMENT
USED EQUIPMENT
E-TRAIL GRAIN CARTS710 Bu. - On Hand......................$18,795510 Bu. - On Hand ..Starting at $10,995
GRAVITY WAGONS600 Agrimaster, On Hand ..........$13,500500 E-Z Trail, On Hand ....$7,995-$9,020400 E-Z Trail......................$6,895-$7,250HARVEST INTERNATIONAL/AUGERST10-32 PTO Truck Auger ..............$3,500T10-42 Truck Auger ......................$4,250T10-52 Truck Auger ......................$4,950H10-62 Swing Hopper ..................$8,500H10-72 Swing Hopper ..................$9,300H10-82 Swing Hopper ..................$9,750H13-62 Swing Hopper ................$13,500H13-72 Swing Hopper ................$14,500H13-82 Swing Hopper ................$15,500H13-92 Swing Hopper ................$18,50018-44 Belt Conveyor, 7.5 hp ........$9,95012 Volt Auger Mover ....................$1,995Hyd. Auger Mover ........................$1,350
HITCH DOC SEED TENDERS2 Box Tandem, On Hand ..............$9,850
4 Box Tandem, On Hand ............$15,9506 Box Gooseneck ......................$25,000
NEW KOYKER LOADERSCall For Other Sizes
510 Loader, On Hand....................$5,750COMBINE HEAD MOVERS
E-Z Trail 4-wheel21’......................................$2,550-$2,75026’......................................$2,890-$3,90930’......................................$3,120-$3,320Koyker Stor-Mor Grain Baggers &
Bag Unloaders ........................In StockNEW ROUND BALE RACKS
10’x23’, On Hand ..........................$1,995NEW WHEEL RAKES
14 Wheel, high capacity ..............$3,99512 Wheel, high capacity ..............$5,49510 Wheel, V Rake, On Hand ........$3,7505 Wheel, 3 pt. Rake, On Hand......$1,325Land Levelers, 10’ & 12’ ........On HandLand Roller..............................On HandWalco Ground Pounder, 45’ ..$31,500
TRACTORS‘05 JD 9320, 3 pt., 3200 hrs. ....$139,900‘01 JD 9400T, 3 pt., 5400 hrs.,
30” tracks ................................$93,900‘01 JD 9200, 3 pt., 8500 hrs. ......$66,500‘90 Ford 946, 6100 hrs. ..............$44,500‘90 Ford 876, 6200 hrs. ..............$42,500
GRAIN CARTS‘10 E-Z Trail 510 ..........................$10,500Unverferth 4500, Nice! ..................$8,000Parker 450 ....................................$5,250
MISCELLANEOUS‘96 Chevy 1500 EXT 4x4 ..............$3,995‘96 Towmaster 18’ trailer ..............$1,500‘97 JD mower conditioner, 16’......$5,750‘07 Mandako 50’ Land Roller ....$27,500‘10 Tebben 45’ Land Roller ........$30,500AJAX self loading round bale mover
....................................................$4,500
JD 1000, 34’ field cultivator..........$1,250WAGONS
‘10 E-Z Trail 3400 w/brakes..........$6,900(2) Parker 4000, 450 bu ................$3,750(2) Parker 2500 ..............................$1,750Demco 325 ....................................$2,450‘11 Agrimaster A600, tarp ..........$12,000
AUGERSWestfield 10x61 ............................$2,000Hutchinson 10x72 hyd. swing hopper
....................................................$1,750Westfield 10x71 w/right angle drive,
hyd. swing hopper ....................$4,500Koyker 10x71 hyd. swing hopper $1,850
GRAIN BAGGER ANDBAG UNLOADER RENTALS
GRAIN VAC RENTALSKID LOADER RENTALS
Bus. 800-432-3564 • Res. 507-426-7648www.ms-diversified.com800-432-3565
‘09 JD 9870STS, 613 hrs, Premier Cab, CMw/5 spd, reverser, self leveling shoe, 20.8x42’s,28Lx26 rears, w/RWD, JD chopper w/powercast tailboard ........................................$225,000
‘09 JD 9870STS, 4-WD, 556 hrs, Premier Cab,CM, w/5 spd. reverser, 650/85R38’s 28Lx26’srears w/RWD, IPM, JD chopper w/power cast tailboard ................................................$229,500
‘74 MF 2500 Forklift Rough Terrain Forklift,ROPS, 21’ 3-stage mast............................$6,500
Lease/Finance Programs Available!
BE READYFOR SPRING!
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FOR SALE: Used 18,000 gal.propane storage tank. 507-925-4114
Hardi 1100 Navigatorsprayer, 60' boom, OH 1000PTO pump, $21,000.
641-425-5478
IH 5088 tractor, 6700 hrs., 3hyd., 3 pt., just checkedover, 18.4x38 w/duals,$13,750; 18.4x38 duals, 3 1/2”hubs from IH 1086, $850;Loftness 8', 2 auger snow-blower, $2,450; Hoelschler10 pack accumulator &fork, $4,500. 320-361-0065
JD 4960 MFW tractor, 3 pt, 3hyds., 18.4x42 w/duals 90%,frt wgts, recent OH,$42,500; CIH 4800, 25' fieldcult., all walking tandems,$6,500; CIH 900, 6x30planter w/dry fert., $1,900;14.9x46 band duals, $1,350.320-769-2756
Koyker 500 ldr for JD 4020 ortractor w/ 20” frame,$2,650. (712)684-2613
Loaders for 1940 thru 1970tractors $250 to $3650. 712-299-6608 Pomeroy
NH BR7090 Baler, applica-tor, bale command net &twine, 1200 bales, $31,000.
641-425-5478
NH HW345 windrower, 437hrs, 15.6' discbine head,cab/AC, $71,000. 641-425-5478
Rite Way Land Rollers, New46'.........$35,97262'.........$51,537
Mike 507-848-6268
We buy Salvage Equipment
Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.
(507)867-4910
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'00 JD 9200, 4WD,(bareback), 24 spd., difflock, 8 new 20.8x42R tires,10 hrs. on eng. OH (havework papers), new hingepins, 9000 hrs., $70,000. 507-381-1723
'94 JD 7200, CAH, MFWD,quad, 6800 hrs, 320-90-50tires or 20.8x38, easy onfuel, $30,900; '00 JD 4200utility, MFWD, hydro, 26hp, JD 420 ldr, $9,900. 320-543-3523
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FOR SALE: 16' Parkhurstgrain box w/ 13T hoist, verygood cond, $3,000/OBO
320-398-7112
FOR SALE: 200 gal Ellipti-cal tank w/ saddle, yellow;4-710/74R42 Michelin tireson Kirchner rims for 70 se-ries JD combines, New-used only 100 hrs.
507-428-3270
FOR SALE: 21' White 445coulter chisel, folding;White 2-105 dsl., 3 pt., 1710White ldr., $9,500; 1002 Con-cord, $2,400; Mindako 40'side arm markers, $1,700;8'x24' Donahue trlr., $3,200;service body. 218-955-0888
FOR SALE: CIH 1063 corn-head, very good cond.,$9,500; also, stainless steelnursery hog feeders, 4' &5', $200 & $250. 320-356-7196
FOR SALE: Hyd flat foldmarkers for planter or tool-bars etc. $2,500/set.
712-297-7951
FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22',exc. blades, new bearings &tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170
FOR SALE: JD 200 stackers,choice of 2, both in goodcond. & always shedded.507-828-4987 or 507-829-0922
FOR SALE: Meyers 390 ma-nure spreader, 3 yrs old,exc shape, $11,000.Evenings 507-766-0928
FOR SALE: Olson irrigator,1420' long, low pressuredrop nozzles, good tires,knuckles, booster pump,barricades included, noleaks. 320-249-5934
Gravity Wagons, Demco &Parker, 275, 365, 500, 550 buwagons; JD 20' Hoe;8”auger 38'; IH 560 w/ orw/out hyd bucket ldr; Case1825 skid; JD 48 ldr; JD 964gear; Peterson EquipmentNew Ulm MN
507-276-6957 or 6958
Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re-pair Repair-Troubleshoot-ing Sales-Design Customhydraulic hose-making upto 2” Service calls made.STOEN'S Hydrostatic Ser-vice 16084 State Hwy 29 NGlenwood, MN 56334 320-634-4360
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(2) ‘05 T-250, glass cab & heater, 1875 hrs...............................................................$29,500
‘06 T-140, 450 hrs.....................................$22,000‘07 S-330, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd.,
4000 hrs.................................................$29,500(2) ‘09 S-300, glass cab w/AC Starting at $25,900‘04 S-250, glass cab & heater, hi flow aux.,
2100 hrs.................................................$23,500‘94 853 ........................................................$7,900‘08 S-185, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd.,
1200 hrs.................................................$24,900‘09 S160, glass cab & heater, 2-spd.,
1000 hrs.................................................$24,900‘04 S-130, glass cab & heater, 3200 hrs. ..$14,900‘98 763, glass cab & heater, 1750 hrs. ......$12,950‘99 751, glass cab & heater, 5700 hrs. ........$8,900
743 ..............................................................$7,500‘05 NH LS185.B, glass cab w/AC, 1000 hrs.
..............................................................$26,500‘08 NH L-175, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd.,
2400 hrs.................................................$22,450‘09 NH L-170, glass cab & heater..............$13,000‘06 NH LS-170, glass cab & heater, 900 hrs.
..............................................................$17,950‘03 NH LS-160, glass cab & heater ..........$13,900‘78 NH L-425 ..............................................$4,950‘08 JD 328, glass cab & heater, 2-spd.,
3500 hrs.................................................$21,750‘87 Gehl 3510 ............................................$4,500‘09 Case 420 Series 3, glass cab & heater,
106 hrs...................................................$26,000Silage Defacer ............................................$3,000
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USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST!
USED TRACTORS‘07 NH TG-245, MFD, 2100 hrs. ................$108,900‘01 NH TM-115A, MFD, cab, loader, 350 hrs.
................................................................$55,900‘92 NH 7740SL, cab, loader, 5100 hrs. ........$22,000‘07 NH TL-100A, MFD, cab, loader, 178 hrs.
............................................................Coming In‘04 NH TL-90A, MFD, loader, 3200 hrs. ......$27,500‘07 NH TL-80A, cab, creeper gears, 2800 hrs.
................................................................$21,750‘02 NH TN75, MFD, cab, loader, 3500 hrs. ..$25,500‘04 NH TT75, loader, 675 hrs. ......................$16,500‘11 NH Workmaster 55, 20 hrs. ..................$15,900‘03 NH TC-30, MFD, loader, 700 hrs. ..........$11,950Ford 9N, loader, Nice Shape ..........................$2,950Oliver 1600, diesel ........................................$4,000‘69 AC 180, diesel ........................................$4,950AC WD-45, gas ..............................................$2,400‘95 C-IH 5250, MFD, cab, 4300 hrs. ............$35,900‘86 C-IH 1896, 9300 hrs. ............................$12,000‘42 Farmall H ................................................$1,250‘86 JD 1250, MFD, loader, 3250 hrs. ............$8,250Zetor 8540, cab ..........................................$10,500‘99 Cub Cadet 7205, MFD, 60” mower deck,
843 hrs. ....................................................$7,500
USED COMBINES‘89 Gleaner R-60, 2400 hrs. ........................$28,500‘80 NH TR-75, 4x30 cornhead ......................$7,250‘08 Gleaner 8200, 30’ flex header ..............$26,500
USED TILLAGE‘09 Wilrich XL2, 60’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling
basket ......................................................$58,500Wilrich 10FC, 27’, 3 bar harrow ....................$4,000JD 985, 49’, 3 bar harrow ..........................$21,000‘94 JD 980, 36.5’, 3 bar harrow ..................$14,900Glencoe FC3500, 40’ harrow ........................$7,000‘07 C-IH Tigermate 2, 32.5’, 2 bar harrow
w/rolling basket........................................$30,500DMI 40’ crumbler ..........................................$5,250‘11 Wilrich 513 Soil Pro, 9-shanks, 24” spacing,
harrow ....................................................$44,000‘07 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper, harrow ......$26,500‘03 DMI 730B, 7-shank disc ripper ..............$19,900DMI Coulter Champ, 5-shanks, disc levelers$11,500Wilrich chisel, 17-shanks ..............................$2,650Kovar 30’ multi weeder, 400 gal. tank ..........$2,500
USED PLANTERS‘96 White 6100, 12x30 ................................$19,500White 6700, 12x30, 3 pt., lift assist ............$13,500‘90 White 5100, 8x36, dry fert., vertical fold ..$5,950‘00 Kinze 3700, 24 row, 20” spacings ........$56,000Concord 1100 air seeder ..............................$5,500
USED HAY EQUIPMENT‘88 Hesston 8200, high contact rolls ..........$20,750‘99 C-IH DC-515, 15’ discbine ....................$12,500‘07 NH 1441, 15’ discbine ..........................$22,600‘98 JD 1600A, 14’ MoCo ..............................$7,500Gehl 2170, 9’ haybine ..................................$2,250‘84 Versatile 4814, 14’ haybine for 276/9030$3,500‘09 NH BB-9060 large square baler, 30,000 bales
................................................................$59,900‘97 JD 100, large square baler ....................$17,900‘08 NH BR-7080 round baler, netwrap &
twine ........................................................$21,900‘07 NH BR-780A round baler ......................$20,000‘05 NH BR-780 round baler ........................$16,500‘03 NH BR-780 round baler, netwrap ..........$20,900‘06 NH BR-750A round baler, netwrap ........$17,500‘83 NH 849 round baler ................................$2,500‘79 NH 846 round baler ................................$2,250‘04 Gehl 2850 round baler, twine ................$10,500‘78 NH 315 square baler w/75 kicker ............$3,950‘78 NH 310 square baler w/70 thrower ........$2,950‘09 NH FP-240, 29P hay head, chopped
hay only ..................................................$38,900‘88 NH 900, 900 W hay head, 824 cornhead
................................................................$12,500NH 790 chopper, 2 row cornhead, hay head ..$7,500NH B62B forage blower ................................$2,950NH 30 forage blower ........................................$500JD 65 forage blower ........................................$350‘09 H&S X13 rake..........................................$8,900
USED MISCELLANEOUS‘05 NH 195 spreader ....................................$9,950‘06 NH 185 spreader ....................................$9,000‘04 H&S 270 spreader ..................................$7,250‘96 H&S 235 spreader ..................................$2,850NI 3639 spreader ..........................................$5,500‘11 Meyers 190A spreader ............................$6,750‘05 NH 3110 spreader ..................................$4,750‘03 Gehl MS1329 spreader..........................$11,500
✔ Check us out at: www.lanoequipofnorwood.com
A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy
NorwoodYoung America
952-467-2181
TRACTORSIH 1586, NiceJD 8450, 3 pt, PTO-$25,000‘97 CIH 8940, 4150 hrs‘98 CIH 9370 Quad, 2500 hrs‘09 CIH 305, 570 hrs‘89 CIH 9170
TILLAGEDMI Tigermate II, 44’, 4-barCIH 4300, 46’, low transportJD 960, 441⁄2’JD 980, 361⁄2’-$4,995CIH 5400, 20’ drill-$3,850CIH 1830, 12R V.S. cult.-$3,850
CIH 5700, 27’ chisel plowDMI 730B (Blue)-$16,500DMI 730B (Red)-$19,500CIH 9300, 9-shank-$22,500Artsway 240, 8-30 shredderArtsway 180, 6-30 shredder
PLANTERS‘08 1200, 16-30 Pivot, bulkfill, 2500 acres-$83,500
‘07 1200, 16-30 Pivot, bulk
fill-$76,500‘08 1250, 24-30, bulk fill,3500 acres-$123,500
JD 1760, 12-30-$34,500JD 7200, 12-30, liquid fert-$16,500
Kinze 3200, 12-30, liquid fert-$38,500
COMBINES‘90 1660, 4258 hrs‘87 1660, 1850 hrs‘97 2166, 2650 hrs‘98 2388, 3400 hrs‘09 6088, 553 hrs‘10 7088, 265 hrs‘08 7010, 428 hrs‘97-’05 1020, 25’ platformsIH 983, 8-30-$5,950CIH 1083, 8-30-$8,950CIH 2206, 6-30CIH 2208, 8-30-$28,500‘08-’10 CIH 2608, 8-30chopping head
‘98 Geringhoff 8-30-$24,500‘97 JD 893, 8-30-$18,500
LL O C A L T R A D E S O C A L T R A D E S
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
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'94 JD 4960, MFD, 18.4x42, w/duals, 4800 hrs, 3SCV, QH,sharp, $69,000.
(715)495-7543 or (715)926-5099
1850 dsl Oliver, good cond,$5,800/OBO. 715-594-3051.
4450 JD, MFD, power shift,cab, $26,500; 4255 JD, pow-er shift, cab, MFD, $28,995;4440 JD, cab, power shift,$15,250; 4440 JD, cab,$16,500. Call (715)772-4255.
FOR SALE: '06 JD 9620, 3225hrs, 800 metrics 50%, powershift, 4 SCVs, diff lock, HIDlights, Greenstar ready,exc condition. 320-226-1182
FOR SALE: '68 Oliver 1850gas. 3spd shift. 5,200 hrs.Tires 80%. Ldr w/ 7' snowbucket. Orig paint. Newdistributor & carburetorwithin 3 yrs. Heat houser.$4,900 firm. Chatfield, MN
(507)867-3827 or (507)273-0424.
FOR SALE: '81 IHC 3588,150HP. tractor, 3934 acthrs, This is a very clean &low hr tractor for its age &is mechanically solid.$14,900. 320-221-2039
FOR SALE: Case IH 7120MFD, 3 remotes, 4 REV,dual PTO, 14.9-46 duals,good rubber, low hrs ontrans plus eng OH, verygood cond. 507-327-0858
FOR SALE: Case IH 8920,MFWD, 18.4x42 duals, 80%,went through the shop.$47,500; IH 656 dsl, WF,$6,500; JD 8760, 24spd,PTO, 18.4x42 duals, $47,500;CAT 85D, $49,500; '11 NHL225 skid steer, 10 hrs,loaded, cab & air, warran-ty, $38,500. Trades possible.
320-250-7720FOR SALE: IH 560, G, FH,
NF, OH, 16.9-38 tires,Schwartz hyd ldr, $5200.
515-368-1358
FOR SALE: JD 4630, 8000hrs, 20.8-38 duals, quadrange, very good cond.$14,500. 715-273-4942
FOR SALE: MF 5455, 20 hrs,cab, 4WD, rock box, 2valves, radial tires, airseat, power shuttle, 16 spd.List $86,733. Cash $49,500.952-466-5538
Ford 7700 dsl., good rubber,pwr adjust whls, frt wgts,duals w/wide spacers for30” rows, nice tractor. 320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583
IH 1466. Complete restore &OH. New clutch, pump,brakes, paint & rebuiltfront end. $16,000/OBO.
608-863-1708.IH 766 G, good cond, good
TA, w/GB hyd loader goodcond, $7,600/OBO.
641-847-1992JD 4255, 2WD, 5,200 hrs.,
Q.R., 2 hyd., JD duals, verysharp, $34,800 OBO. 952-240-2193
JD 4320, 8,200 hrs., 38” tires,2 hyd., cab, 3 pt., 1,000RPM PTO only, good cond.,$8,800. 952-240-2193
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
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(1) = GLENCOE320-864-5571800-558-3759
4561 HWY 212GLENCOE, MN 55336
(2) = HOWARD LAKE320-543-2170866-875-5093
5845 KEATS AVE. SWHOWARD LAKE, MN 55349
(3) = STEWART320-562-2630800-827-793378412 CO, RD 20
STEWART, MN 55385
(4) = ST. CLOUD320-252-2010800-645-55311035 35TH AVE. NE
SAUK RAPIDS, MN 56379
(5) = GLENWOOD320-634-5151888-799-14951710 N. FRANKLIN
GLENWOOD, MN 55334
(6) = SAUK CENTRE320-352-6511888-320-29361140 CENTRE ST.
SAUK CENTRE, MN 56378
(7) = ALEXANDRIA320-763-4220888-799-1490
5005 STATE HWY 27 EALEXANDRIA, MN 56308
(8) = PAYNESVILLE320-243-7474866-784-5535725 LAKE AVE. S
PAYNESVILLE, MN 56362
(9) = PRINCETON763-389-3453800-570-3453
3708 BAPTIST CHURCH RDPRINCETON, MN 55371
Harvesting Equip 037
FOR SALE: JD 1290 corn-head, 12-20, near newcalmers, BT choppers,$22,800. 641-512-5141
FOR SALE: JD 930F beanhead, single point hookup,very good cond., $13,750;trailer available. 507-647-4120
Planting Equip 038
220 Friesen seed tender, notrailer, good condition,$5500. 515-545-4246
FOR SALE: 16 used Martinfertilizer coulters, goodshape, $187.50 each or$3,000 for entire grouping,fits on JD planters.
507-383-9266
FOR SALE: Electric driveclutches for most brands ofplanters. 507-521-2589
FOR SALE: Gravity flowwagon w/ Christiansen seedvac, used very little.
320-365-3663
FOR SALE: IHC 5500 mini-mum till grain drill, 30',markers, 7” spacing, shaftmonitor, rubber presswheels, nice condition.
320-226-1182
FOR SALE: JD 520 beandrill, 20', 10” spacings, 3pthitch, markers, $3,500.
507-456-8652
FOR SALE: Kinze 24Rplanter, shout bar. $20,000.
507-456-8169
Great Plains Late Model 6-30Twin Row 3 Pt No-TilPlanter w/ Markers, Moni-tor Etc For Corn & Beans,Plant in Standing Stalks,Shedded, Like New Only900 Acres, Half Price ofNew. 319-347-6677 Can Del
JD 7000 mounted 8R cornplanter, finger planter,Dickey John mon., dual liftassist. 507-747-2749 or 507-828-8503
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JD 7220. 2 WD, loader ready,2000 hrs. Many options.Sharp! 715-273-4510.
Specializing in most ACused tractor parts forsale. Now parting outWD, 190XT, #200 & D-17tractors. RosenbergTractor Salvage
507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726
We have new completelyoverhauled AllisChalmers W.D. Enginew/ all new parts.
Rosenberg Tractor Salvage
507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726
Harvesting Equip 037
'97 Gleaner R-52 combine w/520 flex BH, hugger 630 CH.Well maint, always shed-ded. 2,450 hrs.
(651)459-8114.
Brent 672 Catch Cart/CornerAuger w/ Scale, Nice Unit.Farm King 10x31 Auger w/Gas Ind Engine. C-IH 26 Ft#4500 Field Cult w/ HarrowReal Good. 319-347-6676 Can Deliver
FOR SALE: '06 JD 635 beanhead, new sickle, new drivebelt & chain, can deliver.$15,900. 507-327-1903 or 507-964-5548
FOR SALE: '06 JD 893 hyddp, knife rolls, 60 seriesHK-up, shedded, very nice.$28,000. 507-847-3600
FOR SALE: Harvestor silos120x80, 120x50, both 20' dia,(2) Harvestor unloaders.507-375-4179 Call for details
FOR SALE: I'ntl 810 pickuphead, 9', sund pickup, hyddrive, $1,500/OBO.
320-583-4796FOR SALE: IH 826 corn-
head, 8R22” w/ 66 SeriesPTO drive & Poly Snouts,$3,000. 507-430-8966
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FOR SALE: 42' CIH crum-bler, exc. cond. 320-212-1410
FOR SALE: Flexi-coil 75packer, 46', heavy coils,$8,500. 320-226-5144
FOR SALE: JD field cultiva-tor, 24' w/ leveler, pull type,$600. 515-827-5162
FOR SALE: Precision plant-ing parts, trash whippers,new & used. 507-521-2589
IH 5500 pull type chisel plow,19 shank, can reduce to 13shank, $2000; NH3 pull typebar, 13 shank, coil shanks,no controller, $1,000.
507-553-3754
JD 922 30' soil finisher, verygood cond, $10,000.
952-240-2193
JD 960, 42' field cult., pricedright; 2 JD 500 gal. spraypups, will split off tanks;1500 gal. sprayer supplytank; 150 bu. gravity box on6T gear. 320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583
JD 985 49.5' cultivator, 7”sweeps, 5 folds, $12,900. 507-327-1903 or 507-964-5548
Wil-Rich 3400 38' double foldfield cult, new harrowteeth, $11,000/OBO.
952-240-2193
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
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YETTER New residue man-agers. Also, full line of Yet-ter Equipment available.
507-236-1934 C 507-235-9593 H
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'02 48.5 Case IH TigermateII, red w/ 2 bar harrow &rolling baskets, shedded &good cond. $38,000.
507-381-1871
28 Ft Kent/Great Plains Se-ries 7 Finisher, Very Good.Farm King 13x36 TruckAuger PTO. 5 Ft HeavyDuty Rock Picker w/ ReelAll Hydraulic (Built Heav-ier Than Most) AlmostNew. 319-347-2349 Can Del
FOR SALE: '06 DMI 730 CRipper, red, shedded &good cond. $30,000.
507-381-1871
FOR SALE: '11 Case IHRMX340 disk, 32', harrowloaded, only did 300 acres.$42,500; JD 960 cult, 32',harrow, no welds, $6,900.Trades possible.
320-250-7720
FOR SALE: (2) Tebben 6RNcult, 1 6R liq fert applica-tor. 400 gal saddle tanks for440 or 1086. 763-434-5282
FOR SALE: 16R B&H 9100cult, all new bearings, coul-ters & barring off disk,same as new, includes navi-gator guidance & lift assistwheels; 16R Orthman cultw/ B&H shields & NH3 clos-ing disks; 16R Orthmanrow stalker. All in exc cond& stored inside. Sunflower1434 36' disk, little use.WANTED: Landoll 7431-33vert till disk. 507-993-1803
FOR SALE: 21' Kewaneetandem disk, good cond.James R. Johnson 54943CSAH# 16 Grove City MN.
Phone: 320-857-2480 Email: [email protected]
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~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~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 Scaler
Sioux Equipment:• Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders• Cattle Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates• Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs• Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes)• Bergman Cattle Feeders• Lorenz & Farm King Snowblowers• Mandako Land Rollers, 12’-60’• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.• Sheep & Calf Feeders• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg.• Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley• Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates• Garfield Earth Scrapers• Peck Grain Augers, 8” - 10” - 12” • Special Price
• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders• Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment• Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’• Jari Sickle Mowers• Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now!• “Tire” feeders & waterers• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for
skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers• Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain
Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts• Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock• Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders• Bale Baskets• SI Feeders & Bunks• (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders• Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks• E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts• Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns• R&C Poly Bale Feeders• Farm King Augers and Mowers• Corral Panels & Horse Stalls• EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks• Roda Mini-Spreaders• Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks• Walco log splitter• Goat & Sheep feeders
• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers OrWe Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You
• We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers OrWe Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You
• #206 Vermeer stump chipper, 16 hp. rebuilt engine• Aitchinson 7’ 3-pt. (grass farmer) inter-seeder• #370 GT PTO grain dryer• 6’ Green chopper• 18’ Meyers bale rack w/10-ton Meyers wagon• NH #513 spreader, VG• 81⁄2 yd. Garfield hyd. push off scraper, used only 3
days in past 2 yrs.• Grasshopper 723 w/52” deck, “Demo”
• Early Order Discounts Now In Effecton New GT Dryers, Grasshoppers &
Zero Turn Mowers• Woods 6’ 3 pt. snowblower w/orbit motor spout• Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG• Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower• Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders• 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good• Special Prices on new Augers & Gravity Boxes
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~ USED EQUIPMENT ~
LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95
Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD763-689-1179Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings -
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4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘11 JD 9630T, 582 hrs., 36” tracks, wgts.,
Well Equipped................................$284,000‘11 JD 8360RT, 502 hrs., 30” tracks, wgts.,
3 pt., 1000 PTO ............................$250,000‘10 CIH MX275, MFWD, 708 hrs., 3 pt.,
540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, 18.4x46 tires& duals, front tires & duals ..........$146,000
‘10 CIH MX145, MFWD, 580 hrs., 3 pt.,540/1000 PTO, 18.4x46 tires & duals,front wgts., Like New ....................$135,000
‘97 JD 9300, 5568 hrs., 24-spd., 20.8x42duals................................................$78,000
‘95 JD 8970, 6443 hrs., 12-spd., 20.8x42tires & duals, 4 hyds., EZee Steer autosteer ................................................$65,000
ROW CROP TRACTORS‘10 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 750 hrs.,
3 pt., 4 hyd., front wgts., 540/1000 PTO,380x50 tires & duals, 380x34 front duals......................................................$144,000
‘03 JD 8320, MFWD, 4838 hrs., 3 pt.,5 hyd., 1000 PTO, 20.8x42 tires & duals, 20front wgts., front fenders ..............$100,000
‘03 JD 8420, 4486 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,P.S. trans., 380x50 tires & duals, frontwgts...............................................$108,000
‘08 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 450 hrs.,cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd.,18.4x38 tires....................................$78,000
‘08 JD 7130 Premium, MFWD, 95 hrs.,18.4x38 tires, 3 valves, 16-spd., powerquad, Like New ..............................$78,000
‘93 JD 4960, MFWD, 9060 hrs., 3 pt.,1000 PTO, front wgts., 14.9x46 tires& duals ............................................$48,000
‘88 JD 4650, 2WD, 7450 hrs., PS, 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 28.8x38 tires & duals ....$29,500
‘10 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 800 hrs.,4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 380x46 tires &duals..............................................$130,000
‘09 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 1001 hrs.,380x50 duals, 380x34 front duals, 4 hyd.,540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., front wgts. ..$135,000
‘03 CIH MX210, MFWD, 5635 hrs., 3 pt.,1000 PTO, front wgts., 380x46” tires& duals ............................................$65,000
Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$16,500
‘08 NH T8020, MFWD, Super Steer,540/1000 PTO, 685 hrs., 4 hyds.,380x54 tires & duals ....................$118,000
‘07 NH TG275, MFWD, 2295 hrs., supersteer, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO mega-flow hyd., 380x50 tires & duals ....$110,000
COMBINES‘05 JD 9660, 1147 sep. hrs., 1633 eng. hrs.,
hi-cap unload, Contour Master, 20.8x38duals, touchset, chopper ..............$125,000
‘06 JD 8010, 1325 eng./1050 sep. hrs.,20.8x42 duals, tracker, chopper, rock trap,auto header, Sharp! ......................$145,000
‘06 JD 9760, 1445 eng./1037 sep. hrs.,bullet rotor, Contour Master, 20.8x42 duals,chopper, touch set, Y/M monitor ..$140,000
‘05 JD 9760STS, 1462 eng./1086 sep. hrs.,Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals,chopper, header controls ..............$129,000
‘06 JD 9660STS, 1282 sep./1777 eng. hrs,Contour Master, bullet rotor, chopper,20.8x38 duals ..............................$129,000
‘04 JD 9760STS, 2358 eng./1612 sep. hrs.,hi-capacity unload, Contour Master,chopper, Greenstar yield & moisturemonitor, 800x32 tires ....................$119,000
‘04 JD 9660STS, 1761 eng./1289 sep. hrs.,18.4x42 duals, Green Star yield & moisturemonitor, touch set ........................$118,000
‘09 CIH 7088, 910 sep./1235 eng. hrs.,20.8x42 duals, tracker, rock trap, Pro600 monitor w/yield moisture ......$169,000
‘06 CIH 1688, 3734 eng. hrs., rock trap,chopper, auto header, thru shop ....$34,500
‘88 CIH 1680, 3426 hrs., rock trap, chopper,30.5x32 tires, Bison rotor ..............$24,000
COMBINE HEADS‘06 & 07 JD 635 flex heads, nice
....................................$24,000 & $25,000JD 693, 6R30” cornhead ..................$12,500
LOADER TRACTORS‘10 JD 6330 Premium, MFWD, 1200 hrs.,
cab, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, JD 673 selfleveling loader w/joystick ................$65,000
‘89 JD 4755, 2WD, cab, 3 pt., PS, 3 hyd.,1000 PTO w/Westendorf TA46 loaderw/8’ quick tach bucket & joystick, loaderLike New ..........................................$39,000
GRAIN CARTS‘07 Parker 938, 1000 bu. cart, scale
& tarp ..............................................$26,500
Machinery Wanted 040
JD 7000, 4R30” corn planter.320-732-6280
WANTED : Used tile stingertrailer, 320-760-6283 or
701-388-8667
WANTED TO BUY:18.4x42's or 18.4x46 duals on10 bolt rims. 320-352-3878
Wanted: 48” pallet forks tofit JD 542 ldr. 715-415-0316
WANTED: 8 disk style rowcleaners, used on JD 7000planters, tin adjust. 507-278-3872 Evenings
WANTED: Gravity box w/brush auger for seed.
952-466-5686
WANTED: Krause disk26'-28' long, rock cushiongangs. Call Jerry Swartz
218-583-2626
WANTED: Laforge or Zuid-berg front 3 pt. & PTO for7810 or 7930 tractor. 507-276-4760
WANTED: Log splitter,Morehouse or similar style,must be in working order.Call 320-587-4544, leavemessage.
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FOR SALE: (1) pr 200 galsaddle tanks, universalmountings; (1) pr Big John500 gal saddle tanks mount-ing for 40-50-60 JD tractor.
320-579-0557
FOR SALE: 45' Hydraulicfront boom Spraymastersprayer, 750 gal, 14.9x30tires, new pump & stainlesssteel foamer. $5,500/OBO.
952-446-1120
FOR SALE: Chem Farmstainless steel saddle tanks,like new, 500 gal, CIHmounts, CIH row crop 4WD& JD mounts w/ pump.$2,500/OBO. 507-215-0957
FOR SALE: Hardi Naviga-tor 1100, 90' booms, 5 sec-tion, diaphragm pump, 2500controller, foam, Chem-Fill, flush & rinse, triplenozzles, 46” tires, axle sus-pension, DH box, premiumlow acres, $28,000/OBO.
320-587-7332
FOR SALE: Schweiss EasyWeeder, 3 wheel, 3 seat,11HP Briggs & Stratton, hy-drostatic drive & powersteering, 25 gal sprayingtank. $500/OBO. 320-583-4796
FOR SALE: Top Aire 1100sprayer, 60' x-fold hydboom, Raven 440 monitor,adj axle. 320-815-1925
Top Air 1200 Sprayer 60-90Booms. All the options.Very Nice. $28,500.
715-760-0926
White 6106, 6R30 cornplanter, trash whips, liq.fert., Keatons, PTO pump,$8,500. 612-490-0507
Wanted 042
WANTED: 1175 Case tractorin good cond; Gleaner Fcombine, 15' beanhead. 507-583-7193 or 507-438-8075
WANTED: Used outdoorwood boiler in good condi-tion. 320-444-4436
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conveyors• Brandt GBU-10 unloader• Brandt 10x35 auger• Brandt GBL-10 loader• Parker 1348 grain cart, 1300 bu., PTO drive• Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu.• Parker 505 gravity box, 550 bu., brakes• Hutchinson 10x61 auger• Wheatheart transfer auger, 8”
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TRACTORS• (New) MF 5460, 95 PTO hp., MFD, cab• (‘07) MF 3645, 73 PTO hp., MFD, cab, loader• (New) MF 2680, 83 PTO hp., MFD• (New) MF 1529 Compact, 29 hp., hydro, MFD• (‘05) MF 451, 45 PTO hp., 350 hrs.• (‘93) Agco 5680, 73 PTO hp., loader, 4250 hrs.• IH 70 Hydro w/loader• MF 8690, MFD, 290 PTO hp., cab, cut
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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332
507-381-1291
‘02 NH TV140, bi-directional tractor w/7614loader & grapple, 18.4R34 tires, PTO &rockshaft for 3 pt. hitch on cab end only,missing 3 pt. hitch arms & drawbar on cab end,has weights & drawbar on engine end, radiatoris leaking, also has a few oil leaks, runs & drivegood, as is ............................................$32,000
‘00 JD 8410, MFWD, 420/80R46 duals,weights, 4 remotes, 10,400 hrs ............$58,500
‘01 CIH MX240, MFWD, 18.4R46 duals,5050 hrs.. ..............................................$59,500
‘09 NH BB9060, big square baler, tandemaxle, Phiber 3 bale accumulator, no cutter,includes roller chute, 11,300 bales ......$61,500
‘08 JCB 940, rough terrain forklift, 4WD,8000 lb. lift, 2750 hrs. ..........................$31,500
‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flexible platform ........$19,500‘10 CIH 2020, 30’ flexible platform ........$19,500
USED PARTSLARSON SALVAGE
6 miles East of
CAMBRIDGE, MN763-689-1179
We Ship DailyVisa and MasterCard Accepted
Good selection oftractor parts
- New & Used -All kinds of
hay equipment, haybines, balers,
choppersparted out.
New combine beltsfor all makes.
Swather canvases,round baler belting,used & new tires.
Feed Seed Hay 050
Dairy Quality AlfalfaTested big squares & roundbales, delivered from SouthDakota John Haensel (605)351-5760
Dairy quality western alfal-fa, big squares or smallsquares, delivered in semiloads. Clint Haensel(605) 310-6653
FOR SALE: 2-NH stack wag-ons, 1033 & 1034, each pick-up & stack 105 bales; also,15 bale grapple. 507-383-7396
FOR SALE: Western Hay &Straw In small squares orlarge squares by the semiload. Protein 18-26%, RFVup to-200. SmikrudGalesville, WI 800-588-2143608-484-0916 cell (Over 23years in the Hay Business)
Farm Services 045
Barn roofing Hip or roundroof barns & other build-ings. Also barn & quansetstraightening. Kelling Silo
1-800-355-2598
Silo demolition. We pay cashfor Harvestors, & chargefor take-down of stave silos. Dennis 507-995-2331
Feed Seed Hay 050
4x5 net wrapped soybeanstubble, raked w/ leaves &some beans, $35/ea. Cornstalks, $25 (Dry!). Somegrass hay. Can deliver.
320-905-6195
4x5 Round Bales, mixedgrass, alfalfa. No rain,baled dry. $35/bale, 200avail., will load. Call week-days 8am-5pm, 715-962-3277,in Colfax, WI.
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Emerson KalisEaston, MN 56025 • 507-381-9675
Farm Equipment For Sale‘08 Cat 965B, 800 hrs ....................$199,500‘04 Cat 855, 3000 hrs. ....................$185,000‘07 JD 9860STS, 800 hrs., loaded
w/all options....................................$175,000‘07 Cat MT755B, 2100 hrs. ............$150,000‘07 CIH MX305, 200 hrs. on new motor,
warranty ..........................................$112,500‘07 CIH MX275, 1750 hrs., loaded
w/all options....................................$137,500‘89 Versatile 846, 4000 hrs.,
(So. MN tractor) ................................$42,500‘08 Lexion 595, 650 hrs. ................$265,000‘08 Krause Dominator, 18’ ..............$38,000‘04 DMI Tiger Mate II, (50.5’) ..........$37,500‘96 Terragator 1844, 1800 gal.,
3900 hrs. ............................................$45,000‘95 Loral, 1600 hrs. ............................$40,000‘09 Hagie STS14, 120’ boom, loaded
........................................................$190,000‘03 Wilrich 957 VDR, nice shape ....$16,000
Financing Available
WANTED
DAMAGED GRAINSTATE-WIDE
We pay top dollar for yourdamaged grain.
We are experienced handlersof your wet, dry, burnt
and mixed grains.Trucks and Vacs available.
Immediate response anywhere.
CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY
PRUESS ELEV., INC.1-800-828-6642
JD 7000, 12R30 planter......................$4,500JD 7000, 8R30 planter........................$4,000JD 9600 combine, new duals............$25,000IH 460/560, gas, WF ..........................$2,000IH M loader, new tires........................ComingJD 3010, gas, WF, 3 pt. ......................$4,500JD 2510, gas ......................................$6,250(2) JD 3020, gas ....................$5,000/$7,500(2) ‘72 JD 3020, syncro,
diesel ..............................$10,500/$12,500JD 2030, Utility, diesel ........................$4,750JD 2355, Utility, diesel, 2200 hrs. ....$11,500(2) JD 3020, PS ..................$8,500/$17,500JD 4010 D..........................................$5,500JD 4010 D, F11 loader ......................$6,500(2) JD 4020, PS ....................$7,500/$8,900(3) JD 4020, PS, SC ..........$12,500-$15,500JD 4000, WF, 3 pt. ..............................$9,750JD 4230, Quad, engine OH ..............$14,500JD 4430, PS......................................$13,500JD 4440, PS......................................$19,250JD 4250, Quad, JD 4450, PS ..........$24,500JD 4250, PS, FWA ............................$28,500JD 4650, PS, duals ..........................$24,500JD 4850, PS, FWA, duals..................$24,500JD 4255, Quad, new engine..............$37,500JD 7800, FWA ..................................$39,000JD 4960, MFD, duals ........................$40,000JD 2940, FWA, JD 260 loader ..........$16,500JD 2640, JD 146 loader....................$12,500
NH BR 780A baler, net wrap ............$17,500NH BR 780 baler, net wrap, Sharp ....$14,500NH BR 780 balers ..............................$9,500JD 843 loader, Like New ..................$12,500JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts. ..............$9,500JD 740 loader, self leveling, Nice ......ComingJD 720 loader......................................$5,500JD 721, Sharp ....................................$7,500JD 260 loader......................................$4,500JD 280 loader......................................$7,500(2) JD 158, JD 148 loader......$3,500/$4,250IH 2350 loader ....................................$3,250Leon 1000 grapple, (off JD 8100) ......$5,500(2) Dual 3100 loader, blue cyl$1,250-$2,500Dual 310 loader ..................................$3,000Farmhand F358 loader, IH mts. ..........$3,250Miller PL-4 loader ..............................$3,500New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’......................CallNew & Used Skidsteer Attachments ......CallPallet Forks, Grapples, Rock Buckets....CallNew & Used Batco & Conveyall belt
conveyors..............................................Call8”, 10”, 13” Augers, various sizes ........Call‘75 IH 1600, new clutch, 15’ steel b ..$2,500(4) Gravity Boxes ......................$750/$4,000Davis Backhoe, (off Case)..................$2,500IH 80, 7’ snowblower..........................$1,400Bobcat T200 skidsteer ......................$13,500Bobcat T300 skidsteer ......................$27,500
HAASHAAS EQUIP., LLC • 320-598-7604 •Madison, MN From Hwy. 75 & 212 Jct., 3.5 mi. W., 2.5 mi. S.
2007 ModelCH MT865B
TrackTractor
3217 hrs., 59 GPMhyd. pump,
5 valves, radar,wide hyd. swinging
drawbar, 30Camoplast belts2 @ 60%, Beelineautoguide system,Deluxe cab, HID
lights
$221,500
Cattle 056
Bred Corriente heifers, ex-cellent sport cattle. $600each. 715-262-3898
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: 50 years in theCharolais seed stock busi-ness, performance testedCharolais bulls for sale,polled, easy calving w/ excdispositions. Put more prof-it in your pocket w/ aCharolais bull. WakefieldFarms 507-402-4640
FOR SALE: P.B. PolledBlack Salers bulls, greatE.D.P.s, most rank in thetop 10 of the breed, topbloodlines, easy calving,some 2 yr olds.
Oak Hills Farms 507-642-8028
FOR SALE: Reg. Black An-gus bulls w/ great growth &disposition, breeding out ofSchiefelbein Genetics.,
320-597-2747
Red & Black Angus Bulls,most AI sired. weaningweights 700-850 lbs., Care isincluding through May 15thin price, 1/3 down, balancewhen picked up.
Meado-West Farms (715)664-8854.
Reg. Angus Bull, 3 yrs old,proven breeder, $2,000.
651-380-6921.Registered Texas Longhorn
breeding stock, cows,heifers or roping stock, topblood lines. 507-235-3467
Simmental bulls, black year-lings & 2 yr olds, , Polled,exc quality, disposition,rate of gain & feed conver-sion, 5 spring-summer calv-ing cows. 40 yrs Simmentalbreeding. Polzin RiverSideSimmentals, Cokato MN
320-286-5805WANT TO BUY: Butcher
cows, bulls, fats & walkablecripples; also horses,sheep & goats. 320-235-2664
Horse 057
WANTED TO BUY: Reg.Arabian horse, broke toride, mare preferred. 715-556-0678 or 715-828-2779
Sheep 060
Sydell style Lambing pens.Make 8 pens, w/hay bas-kets, water bucket holders.$1,600. 715-790-7221
Swine 065
Compart's total programfeatures superior boars &open gilts documented byBLUP technology. Duroc,York, Landrace & F1 lines.Terminal boars offer lean-ness, muscle, growth. Ma-ternal gilts & boars areproductive, lean, durable.All are stress free & PRRSfree. Semen also availablethrough Elite Genes A.I.Make 'em Grow! CompartsBoar Store, INC. Toll Free:877-441-2627
Feed Seed Hay 050
FOR SALE: 525 3x3 squarewheat straw, asking$23/bale; 300 3x3 squaregrass, $25/bale. 218-201-0218
Hay for Sale. LeRoy Ose,Thief River Falls, MN cell
218-689-6675
Small squares (3'), 40-50 lbs.,mixed hay. Stored inside.$3/ea. (715)442-6020
South Dakota Western Alfal-fa 3 x 3 x 8. Various RFB's
KNS Hay & Transport605-999-1118.
Straw, Grass, Alfalfa, &Corn Stalks in LargeRounds & Large Squares,in net & plastic twine. De-livered in semi loads. CallTim at 320-221-2085
WANTED AND FOR SALEALL TYPES of hay &straw. Also buying corn,wheat & oats. Western Hayavailable.Fox Valley Alfal-fa Mill. 920-853-3554
Fertilizer & Chem 051
FOR SALE: (2) 300 gal sad-dle tanks to fit JD 30-40-50-60 series tractors,$750/OBO. 320-587-9319
Livestock 054
Black Angus Yearling bulls:Hamp, Duroc & Yorkshire
Boars & Gilts Alfred Kemen 320-598-3790
WANTED TO BUY: 10 -60head of milk cows, Hol-stein, Jersey, Swiss orGuersney. For tie stallbarn. Must have Joneesfree, SSC under 450, nojockey or sales barn cattleplease. 320-355-2231
Dairy 055
75 Reg. Holstein cows. 25%Red or RC. RHA 23,698. 3.7butter fat 874 lbs. 3.1 pro-tein 731 lbs. Bulk tank avg.75 lbs. (715)223-4534 or
(715)613-9172.
Expanding Family Dairy inneed of Dairy Herds. 10-400cows, small or big herd.Stanchion side stall or freestall herds. Please leave amessage. (608)482-3335
FOR SALE: Calf Star contin-uous flow mini flash pastur-izer. Also, 45 gal. stainlesssteel transportation tank.
(715)495-1984.
FOR SALE: One Red factorline back bull calf. Fired byshottle 2 more Red onesalso available. 715-299-0061
Nice, smaller herd of Hol-stein cows. Good udders,low SCC. Monthly herdhealth program, priced rea-sonable. Please leave amessage. 608-214-1617.
WANTED TO BUY: Dairyheifers and cows. 320-235-2664
WANTED: Holstein heifercalves from AI breeding tobuild a small private herd.
715-651-4133.
Cattle 056
100 nice black steers &heifers. 500#. Call 507-251-2616 or 608-788-6258
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800-205-5751• Agco-Challenger• Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac• Woods Mowers• J&M Grain Carts• Westfield Augers• Sunflower Tillage• White Planters• Wilrich Tillage
• Westfield 10x60 hopper• Westfield 13x71• Wishek 862, 38’ disc• Wishek 862, 30’ disc• Pickett thinner, 24-22• Alloway 22’ shredder• Alloway 20’ shredder• Wilrich 20’ shredder• Balzer 20’ shredder• Killbros 1810 cart, tracks• UTF 760 grain cart• J&M 750 grain cart• Wilrich 957, 7-30 w/harrow• DMI 730B, 7-30• JD 960, 36’ F.C. w/harrow• Wilrich Quad X2, 60’, rolling
basket, (3)• Wilrich Quad 5, 60’, rolling
basket
• Wilrich Quad X2, 53’, rollingbasket
• Wilrich Quad X2, 50’, rollingbasket
• Hardi Com. 6600, 132’• Hardi Com. 6600, 132’, tracks• Hardi Nav. 1100, 90’• Hardi Nav. 1100, 88’• Hardi Nav. 950, 88’• Hardi Nav. 1000, 66’, (2)• CIH 200, 60’, rolling basket• CIH 200, 50’, rolling basket• CIH Tiger II 32’, rolling basket• Blumhardt 750, 60’• Brittonia 500, 60’• Amity 11’, 12-22 (3)• Amity 10’, 12-22• Amity 8-22, (5)• Artsway 6812, 12-22, ‘11• Artsway 6812, 12-22, ‘07• Artsway 6812, 12-22, ‘06• ‘05 Artsway 6812, 12-22• Artsway 898, 8-22, (2)• Amity 12-22 topper St. Ft.• Alloway 12-22 topper St. Ft.• Alloway 12-22 folding topper• Alloway 9-22 topper• Alloway 8-22 topper
Clara City, MN 56222 320-847-3218
www.wearda.com
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KIESTER IMPLEMENT, INC.110 S. Main, P.O. Box 249 • Kiester, MN
507-294-3387www.midwestfarmsales.com
CIH MX270, 8000 hrs. ..........................$69,900CIH 1140, compact w/60” deck ............$7,995Cub Cadet 7235, compact w/72” deck $8,995NH TC29, MFD ......................................$7,995JD 5403, MFD ......................................$19,900‘79 JD 8440, Loaded, 50 Series Eng...$17,900JD 4650, PS..........................................$29,900‘77 JD 4630, PS....................................$15,900JD 4620, w/cab, air ..............................$11,900JD 4440, PS..........................................$18,900JD 4430, Quad, open station ..............$14,900JD 4240, PS..........................................$18,900JD 4230, Quad......................................$14,900(2) JD 4020, dls., PS ............................$12,900‘67 JD 4020 D, Syncro ........................$12,900IH 856, Custom ......................................$8,900IH 1026, Hydro............................Coming SoonIH 460 & 560, gas ..........................from $3,000JD Sound Guard Cabs................................CallGehl 4635 Skid Steer, 6’ bucket ............$7,995
MACHINERY SPECIALS
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HOPPERS‘87 Cornhusker, 42’, 20”
hopper height, newbrakes/tarp, 80% tires..................................$13,750
‘90 Timpte, Elec. Tarp,Clean..........................$15,500
(2) ‘92 Wilson, 41’ AL, Hopper,Roll Tarp ....................$16,000Hopper short term rentals
also now availableBELTED TRAILERS
‘97 Trinity, 42’, 36” Belt, Tarpw/Wet Kit ..................$24,500
DAY CAB TRUCKS‘90 Int’l 9400, 196” WB, AR
..................................$11,500FLATBEDS
‘00 MANAC 45/96 Spread Axle,AR, Pintle Hitch, Sandblasted,New Paint ....................$8,500
(2) Fruehauf 45/96, ClosedTandem..................Ea. $5,000
‘97 Transcraft, 48/102 ALCombo,New 5th Wheel, CTS, AR, SBw/new paint ................$9,250
‘95 Stoughton, 48’ Winch Railw/Winch, Sliding Tandem....................................$7,500
‘95 Transcraft 48/96, ALCombo,Rail w/Winch, Tiedowns,Storage Box ......Call For Price
‘02 Transcraft 48/96, ALCombo,
Rail w/Winch, Spread Axle, AR..........................Call For Price
‘97 Wilson 48/102, AllAluminum, Spread Axle, AR..................................$12,500
‘74 Fontaine, 40’ Call For PriceCustom Haysides2’-6’ Custom Extensions to fit
any trailer back ..............$350Standard ......................$1,250NEW Tip-In Tip-Out ......$1,750
DROP-DECKSEngineered Beavertail forDrop Deck ....Installed $5,500..............Unassembled $3,500
VAN TRAILERSGood Selection (over 30) of
Van Trailers ‘95-’01, 48/102-53/102, great for waterstorage or over the roadhauling ............$3,500-$8,250
‘95 GD AI Reefer, 48/102,Clean............................$4,750
48’ & 53’ Van Trailers to rent.$135.00 per month plus tax.$1.50/mile for pickup &delivery
MISCELLANEOUSAR/SR Axles & SuspensionsFor Trailers..............$1,000 Air Ride/Axle,............$500 Spring Ride/Axle
1/4” Plastic Liner,10’ Wide ................$27.50/Ft.
Rims - 22.5 & 24.5 ............$60
Will Consider Trades!Call 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!! www.DuncanTrailersInc.com
Delivery Available!
HANCOCK, MN
• All Trailers DOTable •SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN
Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon
USED TRACTORSNEW Versatile 435, 4WD ......................................CALLNEW Versatile 250, FWA ......................................CALLNEW Versatile 305, FWA ......................................CALLNEW NH TD5050, FWA, w/cab ............................CALLNEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ....................CALLNEW Massey 8670, FWA......................................CALL‘98 NH 8870, FWA, 4900 hrs. ........................COMINGWhite 2-105 ......................................................$13,500‘60 IH 560, WF ....................................................$5,200IH 460 ..................................................................$3,960IH 806, gas, w/Allied loader ..............................$7,850IH 706 w/cab & loader ........................................$7,500JD 4010 gas, w/cab............................................$7,500‘79 Allis 185, nice................................................$6,800‘66 Allis 190 gas..................................................$6,500‘81 Case 2290 w/loader....................................$16,900Ford 971 w/loader ..............................................$1,800
PLANTERSNEW White planters ............................................CALLWhite 6108, 8-30 ............................................COMINGWhite 5100, 12-30 ..............................................$5,500Hiniker 30’ seeder ............................................$19,500
TILLAGECIH 5800, 27.5 chisel plow ..............................$16,500M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ............................$14,500Salford 24’ RTS ....................................................CALL‘07 JD 3710, 10-bottom........................................CALLJD 2800, 7 btm, onland ........................................CALLWilrich 10-bottom plow........................................CALLWilrich 3400, 50.5’ w/4 bar ............................COMING
SKIDSTEERSNEW NH skidsteers on hand ..............................CALL
‘05 NH LS185B, cab/heat ................................$21,500NH L553 w/bucket & fork ..................................$5,500Westendorf WL40 w/IH mts ..............................$2,600
COMBINES‘94 Gleaner R72 w/new engine............................CALL‘00 Gleaner R72 w/CDF........................................CALL‘02 Gleaner R62 w/’04 8-30 CH, ‘03 825 flex
w/Crary..............................................................CALL‘03 Gleaner R65 ....................................................CALLGleaner R60 ......................................................$25,000‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead..............$68,000NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................CALL
HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand
Hesston 1150, 12’ ..............................................$1,800
MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RT units ..........................................CALLNEW Unverferth seed tenders......................ON HANDNEW Salford RT units ..........................................CALLNEW Westfield augers................................AVAILABLENEW Rem 2700 vac..............................................CALLNEW Century HD1000, 60’ 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........................ CALLNEW Hardi sprayers ............................................CALLREM 2700, Rental ................................................CALLUnverferth 8000 grain cart ..............................$19,000Kinze 1050 w/duals ..........................................$48,500
(DMI Parts Available)
NOW HIRING SERVICE TECHSPlease send resume to: 63065 206th St., Attn: Mike
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‘08 JD 8330, MFWD, 540/1000 PTO, 1521 hrs.............................................................$158,500
‘05 JD 8320, MFWD, F&R duals, 540/1000PTO, 3419 hrs. ....................................$134,500
‘02 JD 6420, MFWD, MSL loader, 4314 hrs...............................................................$56,900
‘90 JD 4955, MFWD, duals, 8977 hrs.......$45,900‘83 JD 4650, MFWD, duals, 7361 hrs.......$42,900‘98 JD 6110L, MFWD, open station, loader,
new tires, 2752 hrs. ..............................$36,900‘75 JD 4630, QR, 18.4x42, JD duals, 7639 hrs.
..............................................................$17,900‘65 JD 4020, dsl., QT1 cab, eng. OH’d. ....$12,000‘10 JD 6330, MFWD Premium, 540/1000,
673 loader, 1685 hrs. ............................$69,900
“MISCELLANEOUS”Dual 3000 loader, 7’ bucket, JD 2WD tractor
mtg...........................................................$1,500New Frontier RB2308, 8’ blade, hyd. tilt-
angle-offset ..............................................$3,900New Frontier PHD300, 3 pt., 9” post auger ..$950New Frontier 5’ blades & box blades ............CALLLoftness 8’ single auger snowblower, 540 PTO
................................................................$1,650McKee 8’ snowblower, 13⁄8 1000 RPM ............$695JD 843 loader, 96” bucket, Like New! ......$13,000Westfield MK130, 81’ plus auger, Like New!
..............................................................$15,900Brent 1080 grain cart, Trelleborg tires ......$28,500Brent 880 grain cart, 30.5x32, scale ........$26,500Brent 420 side auger cart, 23.1-26 ............$9,750***JD round bale fork, JD 600/700 loaders ..$650New Brent grain carts on hand ......................CALL
“TILLAGE”JD 960, 26’6” field cult., 6-whl., harrow ..........$4,650JD 960, 24’6” field cult., 6-whl., harrow ..........$5,950Brillion 30.6” field cult., 8-whl., harrow ..........$2,850JD 2410, 33’ c. plow, 12-whl., 25 std. X 16” spacing
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Swine 065
FOR SALE: Duroc, Hamp-shire, Yorkshire, &Hamp/Duroc boars. AlsoHamp/York gilts. 4-H pigsalso available. Geneticsfrom top AI sires, manywinners over the years.Exc herd health. No PRSS.Delivery Available. StanAdelman. 320-568-2225
Pets & Supplies 070
Australian Shepherd Pup-pies. Champion herdingbloodlines. Wonderful fami-ly pets. All colors available.$150. (715)664-8340.
FOR SALE: Purebred bluet-ick coon hounds, 14 weeksold, exc bloodlines,$150/each. 320-327-2852 Silver Lake MN
Livestock Equip 075
FOR SALE: (4) bulk feedbins 4.8 ton capacity, excel-lent condition. 320-226-5384
FOR SALE: Lorenz 100grinder/mixer, fair cond,$1,100/OBO. WANTED TOBUY: Hold down wheel forChief or Olson barn clean-er. 320-485-3929
For Sale: New steer feed-ers, calf & finisher sizes 3/4to 8 ton cap. 920-948-3516
www.steerfeeder.com
WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLERALL SIZES. 920-867-3048
Cars & Pickups 080
'05 Ford Crown Vic, had exc.maintenance, servicerecords avail., low costtransportation, $2,975. 320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583
Industrial & Const. 083
'89 Nissan gas forklift, 3stage, 6,000 lbs lift cap,$9,500. 507-381-1871
FOR SALE: '72 Case 450Dbulldozer w/ 6 way blade,under carriage very good,90% plus, nice tight ma-chine, $10,000. No Sundaycalls please. 320-630-8247
Trucks & Trailers 084
'98 East 26' tandem enddump, roll tarp, freshDOT'd, good cond., $19,500OBO. 952-240-2193
FOR SALE: '81 Alum Cham-berlain flat floor livestocktrailer, 96”x50', left load,good tires & brakes, freshDOT, farmer owned 320-760-4210 or 320-424-0246
FOR SALE: '94 & '95Freightliner, FLD120,10spd, N14, Cummins, '98Strongbox live bottom trail-er. 320-583-5951 or 320-848-2306
FOR SALE: '99 F250, 81Kmiles, 4x4, gooseneck & aghitch, 5 spd, 80% tires, verynice; also Gehl 325 manurespreader. 507-276-7466
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‘11 JD 9530, 207 hrs.,Lease Return ................$264,900
‘11 JD 4730, 353 hrs., 800 gal.,90’ boom ......................$208,500
‘09 JD 4930, 2213 hrs.,1200 gal., 120’ boom ..$199,750
‘98 JD 1760, 12R30”, liquid fert.........................................$38,900
Your Southern Minnesota & Western Wisconsin John Deere Commercial Sprayer Center
4WD TRACTORS(W)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,000(O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,900(O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,900(B)’11 JD 9630, 285 hrs., Lease Return ................................$279,900(O)’11 JD 9530, 207 hrs., Lease Return ................................$264,900(O)’10 JD 9630, 810 hrs., Extended Warranty ......................$255,900(H)’09 JD 9630, 1060 hrs., Extended Warranty ....................$244,900(B)’77 JD 8630, 8500 hrs., 3 pt., PTO ....................................$11,900
TRACK TRACTORS(H)’10 JD 8345RT, 250 hrs. ..................................................$257,900(H)’08 JD 9630T, 2245 hrs., auto trac ready ........................$238,500(O)’11 JD 8310T, 300 hrs., 25” tracks ..................................$233,900(O)’11 JD 8310T, 400 hrs., 18” tracks ..................................$226,900(B)’07 JD 9620T, 2283 hrs. ..................................................$209,900(O)’00 JD 9400T, 6150 hrs., 36” tracks ................................$109,000
ROW CROP TRACTORS(B)’89 JD 4755, 9781 hrs. ......................................................$49,900(H)’80 JD 4640, 7306 hrs., PS ................................................$24,500(H)’80 JD 4240, 7666 hrs., Quad ............................................$22,500(H)JD 2630, 148 loader ..........................................................$16,500(B)’88 JD 2755, 2WD ..............................................................$14,900(B)’70 JD 3020, diesel, Syncro, 2 SCV ....................................$12,900(H)’73 IH 1466, cab ................................................................$11,500(B)’59 IH 560, gas, wide front ..................................................$5,950
COMBINES(O)’11 JD 9870, 1467 sep. hrs. ............................................$314,900(O)’11 JD 9870, 261 sep. hrs. ..............................................$297,500(O)’11 JD 9770, 256 sep. hrs. ..............................................$268,900(H)’10 JD 9870, 559 sep. hrs. ..............................................$259,900(H)’09 JD 9870, 490 sep. hrs. ..............................................$257,900(H)’10 JD 9770, 405 sep. hrs. ..............................................$239,900(H)’10 JD 9770, 552 sep. hrs. ..............................................$233,500(O)’08 JD 9770, 759 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$219,500(O)’10 JD 9570, 419 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$206,000(O)’09 JD 9670, 990 sep. hrs., auto trac ready ....................$199,000(H)’08 JD 9570, 475 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$198,900(O)’08 JD 9570, 418 sep. hrs. ..............................................$196,000(B)’08 JD 9770, 1011 sep. hrs. ............................................$188,000(O)’07 JD 9660, 1032 sep. hrs. ............................................$179,900(B)’05 JD 9860, 1235 sep. hrs...............................................$169,900(O)’07 JD 9660, 1185 sep. hrs., duals ..................................$164,900(H)’04 JD 9560, 1200 sep. hrs., duals ..................................$153,900(H)’04 JD 9760, 1237 hrs. ....................................................$149,500(B)’04 JD 9560SH, walker, 1525 sep. hrs. ............................$139,900(H)’04 JD 9860, 2121 sep. hrs. ............................................$136,900(H)’01 JD 9650, 1777 sep. hrs. ............................................$109,900(H)’98 JD 9510, 2284 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$79,900(H)’95 JD 9500, 1851 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$53,900(B)’91 JD 9500, 2057 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$49,900
(W)’97 JD 9500, 3021 sep. hrs. ..............................................$49,900(B)’83 JD 6620SH, sidehill, 3700 hrs. ....................................$15,900(B)’80 JD 6620, 4384 hrs. ......................................................$14,900(B)’87 JD 4425, 2443 hrs. ......................................................$12,900(H)’80 JD 7220, 4365 hrs. ......................................................$11,900(B)’81 JD 7720, 4590 hrs. ........................................................$9,900
SPRING TILLAGE(B)’05 JD 2210, 58.5’ ..............................................................$42,500(B)’05 JD 2210, 36.5’ ..............................................................$37,900(W)’03 JD 2200, 34.5’ ............................................................$32,900(O)’94 JD 980, 44.5’ ................................................................$18,500(B)’94 JD 980, 39.5’ ................................................................$16,900(W)Case 4300, 43’ ..................................................................$13,500(H)JD 960, 36.5’ ........................................................................$4,950(B)Glencoe 2R30” ......................................................................$2,900(B)Hiniker 35’ cultivator ............................................................$2,900(B)JD 1000, 32.5’ ......................................................................$2,795(H)JD 1000, 32.5’ ........................................................................$950
UTILITY VEHICLES/ATV(B)’11 JD 885 XUV diesel, Lease Return ................................$11,900(B)’10 JD 850 XUV diesel, loaded, camo ................................$10,900(O)’10 JD 620I XUV, 83 hrs., loaded........................................$10,700(B)’10 JD 620I XUV, 117 hrs., loaded......................................$10,500(O)’09 JD 620I XUV, 60 hrs., loaded........................................$10,200(W)’09 JD 620I XUV, 270 hrs., loaded ......................................$9,750(H)’10 JD 620I XUV, 1500 hrs., cab ..........................................$9,500(B)’08 JD 620I XUV, 226 hrs., loaded........................................$9,500(O)’08 JD 620I XUV, 257 hrs., loaded........................................$9,500(O)’10 JD 620I XUV, 454 hrs., loaded........................................$9,350(O)’08 JD 620I XUV, 251 hrs., loaded........................................$9,000(W)’05 JD 6x4, 392 hrs., loaded................................................$6,950(B)’06 JD HPX 4x4, 682 hrs. ....................................................$6,500(O)’08 Kawasaki Brute 750 ATV, 47 hrs. ....................................$6,250(O)’04 JD HPX 4x4, 800 hrs. ....................................................$5,850(B)’04 Bobcat 2200 4x4, 438 hrs...............................................$5,200(B)Cub Cadet Big Country 4x2, 439 hrs. ..................................$4,500(B)’07 Yamaha 660 ATV, 2694 mi. ............................................$4,250(B)’06 JD Buck 500 auto, 131 hrs. ............................................$3,500(W)’04 JD CX, 1025 hrs.............................................................$2,995(B)’06 JD 6x4, 4044 hrs. ..........................................................$2,000
SPRAYERS(O)’10 JD 4930, 1330 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$228,500(O)’11 JD 4830, 341 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$227,900(O)’11 JD 4730, 90’ boom ....................................................$208,500(O)’11 JD 4730, 359 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$208,250(O)’08 JD 4930, 1563 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$205,000(O)’11 JD 4730, 155 hrs., 100’ boom....................................$203,500(O)’09 JD 4930, 2213 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$199,750(O)’10 JD 4730, 916 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$187,750(O)’10 JD 4730, 951 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$182,500
(O)’10 JD 4730, 610 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$181,800(O)’10 JD 4730, 90’ boom ....................................................$181,700(O)’09 JD 4730, 735 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$179,850(O)’10 JD 4730, 894 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$179,850(O)’09 JD 4730, 1222 hrs., 90’ boom....................................$178,900(O)’08 JD 4730, 1282 hrs., 90’ boom....................................$176,500(O)’06 JD 4720, 2227 hrs. ....................................................$137,250(O)’06 Ag Chem 1074, 2505 hrs., 1000 gal., 90’ boom ........$102,500(H)’01 JD 4710, 2421 hrs., 80’ boom......................................$99,900(H)’00 JD 4700, 1755 hrs., 80’ boom......................................$89,900(O)Top Air TA1600, 1600 gal., 90’/120’ boom ........................$36,900(O)Top Air TA1100, 1100 gal., 80’ boom ................................$24,500(O)Sprayer Specialties, 110 gal., 80’ boom ............................$21,500(O)Spraymaster, 1100 gal., 80’ boom......................................$18,500(O)Top Air 1100, 60’ boom, duals ............................................$8,000(H)Top Air 1000, 60’ boom........................................................$6,500
PLANTERS & DRILLS(H)’10 JD 1990, 40’, 15” spacing, CCS ..................................$84,500(B)CIH 1200, Bauer Built bar, 36R20” ....................................$79,900(H)’00 JD 1770, 16R30”, liq. fert.............................................$54,900(O)’97 JD 1780, 24R20” ..........................................................$48,500(H)’98 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert.............................................$38,900(H)’04 JD 1710, 12R30” ..........................................................$26,900(H)’00 JD 750, 20’ no till drill ..................................................$26,900(B)’94 JD 455, 30’, 15” spacing ..............................................$24,900(B)’02 JD 1560, 15’ no till ......................................................$24,900(B)’97 JD 455, 25’, 10” spacing ..............................................$18,900(H)’90 JD 7200, 12R30”, wing fold ........................................$14,800(O)’82 JD 7000, 12R30”, dry fert, FF ......................................$12,500
HAY & FORAGE(B)’07 JD 568, surface wrap....................................................$29,900(H)’08 JD 468, silage special, 6800 bales................................$25,900(B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ............................................$19,900(W)’02 JD 567, surface wrap ..................................................$19,900(B)’08 NH BR7090, twine only ................................................$19,900(B)’05 NH 1431, 13’ ................................................................$19,900(B)’03 JD 467, cover edge ......................................................$16,500(W)’05 CIH RBX552, twine, low bales ....................................$13,750(B)’05 JD 525, 8’2” MoCo ......................................................$12,900(B)NH 499, 12’ center pivot ....................................................$11,900(B)Vermeer MC830 rotary MoCo ..............................................$8,900(B)’98 NH 664, 2200 lb. bale ....................................................$6,995(B)’92 JD 1600, center pivot, MoCo ..........................................$5,900(B)NH 278 square baler ............................................................$3,500(W)’79 JD 336, ejector ..............................................................$2,950(B)Meyer throw wagon........................................................2@ $1,995(W)H&S throw wagon ........................................................2@ $1,500
www.agpowerjd.com
“Contact Paul Gohlke for your John Deere crop insurance needs. 612-756-0001”
Recreational Vehicles 085
FOR SALE: '92 16' LT Bay-liner Capri, 70HP outboard,new seats. $2,100.
Call 507-381-4089
Miscellaneous 090
FOR SALE: (8) 14.9-46 onrims to fit CIH 9330 (6) areat 75% (2) at 45%, $6,200.
641-512-5141FOR SALE: Flitter tile lift
pump, 10hp, 10” pump, 2500GPM, never used, $4,900.
507-317-6782For Sale: Log deck 21' x 8',3 strand, new. (715)535-2910
FOR SALE: Snow Cretesnow blowers, sizes tomatch HP, on hand 6,8,9,&10' long. Dave SchwartzSlayton MN 507-920-8181
FOR SALE: Tractor drivenWinpower generator,25KW, trailer & PTO shaftincluded. $1,600.
507-823-4642GENERATORS: 15kW-
500kW PTO & automaticgen sets, new & used. Lowtime hospital take-outs.Standby Power-WindomServing farmers since 1975800-419-9806 9-5 Mon-Sat
IF YOU IRRIGATE,it will pay big money to talk
to us. We have a productthat can increase youryields w/ minimum invest-ment & labor. (715)220-3648
ONAN ENGINES 25 hp re-built engine for skid loader;rebuilt Onan engines 16 to20 hp for JD garden trac-tors and others. Pricesstart at $1095.00 exchange.BCM, Inc 763-755-0034
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Propane ready heater, 250000BTU, $125. 507-381-1871
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‘11 CIH 9120, track drive, RWA, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs., leather, loaded ..........................$359,000‘11 CIH 7120, 205 eng./170 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$257,000‘09 CIH 5088, 290 eng./230 sep. hrs., 30.5x32 tires, hyd. folding covers..........................$189,900‘04 CIH 2388, 1550 eng./1350 sep. hrs., duals, chopper, topper ......................................$129,500‘11 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..............................................................................$59,800‘95 CIH 1083, 8R30” cornhead ..............................................................................................$13,900‘11 CIH 2162, 40’ draper head ....................................................................................................CALL‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel ..............................................................................$39,900‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 11⁄2”, rock guard ..........................................................................$32,900‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel, 3” knife ................................................................$39,900‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard ..................................................................$39,900‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ platform, 11⁄2” knife, tracker ......................................................................$14,900‘92 CIH 1020, 20’ platform, 3” knife..........................................................................................$6,500
‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2061hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2355 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, Full Pro 600 steering‘07 CIH Steiger 480, 2185 hrs., 710/70R42 tires‘05 JD 9620T, 2170 hrs., new tracks‘99 CIH 9380Q, 6500 hrs.‘09 CIH 8120, 873 eng./646 sep. hrs.‘09 CIH 7120, 852 eng./712 sep. hrs.‘08 CIH 7010, 1628 eng./1252 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, 4WD‘06 CIH 8010, 1762 eng./1329 sep. hrs.‘10 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead‘06 CIH 2208, 8R30”‘06 CIH 2208/2408, 8R30”‘11 CIH 3020, 35’ flex head‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head, Crary air reel‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head, Crary air reel‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head.
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‘11 CIH Steiger 500Q ............$325,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 550Q ............$335,000‘11 CIH 535Q, 1306 hrs., big pump,Lux. cab ..................................$289,000
‘02 CIH STX375Q, 5700 hrs. $124,000 ‘08 Magnum 215, 835 hrs., 360 HIDlgts., 320R54 tires & duals ....$122,900
‘95 CIH 7240, 5026 hrs. ..........$59,500
‘11 Magnum 215, Lux. cab, auto guideready, 360 HID lgts., 233 hrs. $138,900
‘11 CIH 7120, 205 eng./170 sep. hrs.................................................$257,000
‘06 CIH MX285, 2084 hrs. ....$124,900 ‘92 CIH 7120, 5870 hrs., read duals..................................................$45,000
‘10 Magnum 335, 1465 hrs. $189,000 ‘11 CIH Magnum 275, 570 hrs.,susp. axle, Lux. cab ................$177,800
Bobcat 5600 Toolcat ..............$26,90060” SB200 snowblower ..............$4,500
‘04 CIH 2388, 1550 eng. hrs.................................................$129,500
DMI Tiger II, 50’ field cult. ......$20,000
‘03 Bobcat 5600 Toolcat, 1982 hrs.......................................................CALL
‘11 CIH 9120, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs.................................................$359,000
‘11 870, 18’ Ecolo-Tiger, Demo ....CALL
‘06 Bobcat S250 ....................$29,800 Bobcat 5600 Toolcat, 578 hrs...................................................$33,900
I-35 & Highway 60 West • Faribault, MN • 507-334-2233
Paul Herb
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CNH Capital’s Commercial Revolving Account provides financial assistance for parts and service when you need it, keeping yourequipment running as its best with the quality parts and service you’ve come to expect from Case IH. Contact your local dealeror visit www.cnhcapital.com today for details.
USED COMBINESInterest Waiver or Low Rate Financing Available ••• Call For Details
‘11 CIH Steiger 500Q, scraper tractor, 30” tracks, Lux. cab, big pump, HID lights,92 hrs. ....................................................................................................................................$325,000
‘11 CIH Steiger 550Q, scraper tractor, Lux. cab, big pump, HID lights, 732 hrs. ............$335,000‘11 CIH Steiger 535Q, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide steering, 1306 hrs. ..............$279,900‘11 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. cab, HID lights, 1000 PTO, 710/70R42 tires, 450 hrs. ............$228,900‘02 CIH STS375Q, Quad Trac, big pump, HID lights, diff. lock, 5700 hrs., Very Nice ......$124,000
STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!
USED 4WD TRACTORSUp To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details •••
USED 2WD TRACTORSUp To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details •••
‘10 CIH Magnum 335, 1419 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, dual PTO ..............................$189,000‘11 CIH Magnum 275, 567 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, susp. axle, 480/85R64 tires,
full auto guide........................................................................................................................$177,800‘11 CIH Magnum 215, 223 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, auto guide ready ..........................$138,900‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 835 hrs., 320R54 tires & duals, Lux. cab, 360 HID lights ..............$122,900‘06 CIH MX285, 2086 hrs., HD drawbar, HID lights, auto guide ready ..............................$124,900‘95 CIH 7240, 5026 hrs., 20.8x42 tires & duals ......................................................................$59,500‘89 CIH 7120, MFD, 8016 hrs., 18.4x42 tires & duals ..........................................................$42,500‘92 CIH 7120, 5870 hrs. ..........................................................................................................$45,000‘06 CIH DX45, w/LX116 loader ....................................................................................................CALL
LOW RATE FINANCINGAVAILABLE thru Call For Details
MACHINES LISTED BELOW TO BE SOLD AT RITCHIE BROS.AUCTION: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondents Tim King (story) and Jan King (photo)
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Down by the riverside, Pelican Rapids, Minn.
White Pelicans are large white, fish-eatingbirds with wingspans of eight feet or
more. A male, thanks to his foot-long beak, canbe over five and a half feet long. They are oneof Minnesota’s largest birds and Pelican Pete isthe largest of all.
Pete, a giant who may suffer from genderconfusion because he is known as the Motherof All Pelicans, is a towering 15 and a half feettall. He stands at the base of the mill ponddam on the Pelican River in downtown PelicanRapids, Minn.
Unlike his real flesh-and-feather relatives,Pete does not leave the North Country for theGulf Coast each winter. Year in, and year out,he stands in spray and ice and wind to serveas the gateway between Pelican Rapids’ pleas-ant downtown and what is one of the prettiestparks in small-town Minnesota.
Above Pete are the large millpond, trails anda suspension footbridge over the river. Belowhim the river rushes under Main, splashesagainst building foundations, and is gone.
Pete’s service to the village has been loyal,but lonely. He’s been on duty since 1957 andnot once has he deserted his post. Althoughvisited by humans numbering in the thou-sands, this bird, with a heart of twisted steeland plaster, has rarely, if ever, been visited bya pelican.
This has been difficult.Pelicans are social. They nest together in
colonies of hundreds, even thousands, of birds.They soar in the summer sky together andthey fish cooperatively.
It may have been in recognition of Pete’s mis-erable social life that the community of PelicanRapids, on Pete’s 50th birthday in 2007, cre-ated an entire flock of miniature Petes. Thecolorful little birds can still be seen today upand down Main Street, tucked away on sidestreets, and in the occasional front yard.
Some of Pete’s relatives made the newsawhile back. It seems that someone shot a few.They were eating the crops, the shooter said. Ifyou raise fish or crawdads, you may need to beconcerned about white pelican depredation.But your average corn, bean and dairy farmerhas nothing to fear from Pete or his relatives.They just aren’t interested. So, next timeyou’re in Pelican Rapids, greet Pete. Throwhim a fish, or two, and then stroll Main Streetin search of his little cousins. ❖
