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Greg Hawley, 1881 320th Street, Vail, plants corn on 40 acres with a pickup full of seed corn bags yet to be loaded into the hoppers. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

Springing forward with optimismField agronomists say planting off to a good start for 2014 crop

by Gordon WolfSpring brings a season of new life and

growth, and optimism about the 2014 crop season,

Despite some delays due to weather, the season appears to be off to a good start, according to comments provided on May 6 and 7 from Iowa State Univer-sity (ISU) Extension field agronomists in western Iowa,

Joel DeJong, ISU Extension field agron-omist who serves northwest Iowa, said his early outlook for the growing season is “So far, so good. We always start the season optimistically!”

Paul Kassel, ISU Extension field agron-omist stationed in northern Iowa, added he is always optimistic at the start of the growing season.

Clarke McGrath, ISU Extension field agronomist in west central Iowa, said planting in his area was going well and his outlook is “So far, so good, for the most part.”

He said most of the nitrogen has been applied and that a lot of the residual her-bicides and burndowns are on.

“That lightens the pressure on grow-ers and custom applicators if we do run into wet and/or windy conditions that keep guys from sprayer,” McGrath said. “As far as crop health, it’s too early to tell anything yet, but anytime we are plant-ing into optimal conditions like we have had the last few days, we are off on the right foot.”

Mark S. Johnson, ISU Extension field agronomist serving portions of north-

ern and central Iowa, added that it is too early to tell about plant health with such a small portion of the crop emerged.

Some field agronomists in western Iowa advised producers and keep a watchful eye on crops planted prior to a cold spell in April.

Field agronomists responded to the fol-lowing questions.

Q: How has planting progressed in your area?

DeJong: We had a good start about the 21st of April, and got back in the field Sunday or Monday this week. Right now, Wednesday morning (May 7), probably 80 percent of the corn is planted, maybe 20 percent of the soybeans. Both are get-ting planted fast right now, and if we miss

the rain, the corn will be nearly done on Friday, and beans likely almost half done.

Kassel: The corn is mostly done. I would say 10 to 15 percent of soybeans are planted.

McGrath: We are doing great on corn given the last few days and the next couple days forecast; probably 50 to 60 percent done by the end of today (May 6), will be pushing 80 percent+ done if we get a good day tomorrow and at least part of Thursday prior to the predicted showers. If those hold off a few days, we’ll prob-ably nearly wrap up corn by the weekend. Beans really haven’t started full speed ahead, maybe 3 to 5 percent of the acres are in.

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Johnson: According to NASS, through May 4, the North Central Crop Report-ing District - corn planted was 6 per-cent, Central Crop Reporting District 22 percent. I also cover Carroll and Greene counties in West Central, and that was listed as 41 percent.

Q: What is the soil moisture situa-tion in your area? If it is low, does it pose any planting and growing chal-lenges?

DeJong: Much of the area is about av-erage compared to the long-term data we have. But, soil moisture sites in Monona County, western Plymouth County, near Sibley and Melvin (Osceola County) all had below-normal soil moisture levels and could use some additional precipita-tion to recharge those soil profiles.

Kassel: Concern of subsoil moisture, but soil conditions for planting are excel-lent. We should see some corn emerged this week.

McGrath: We were in pretty tough shape coming out of winter. We like to have 10 to 11 inches of subsoil moisture in the rooting zone (approximately 5 to 6 feet deep). We only had about half of that up until the April showers. Now we are probably 8 to 9 inches in most spots; that is a pretty good supply and allows us some cushion for better infiltration after any May rains that could delay planting. With a little room to hold moisture it can sometimes soak in better and we can get back into the fields a little faster than if our profile is completely full.

Long-term April/May subsoil moisture in our part of the world probably averag-es around 8 inches, give or take, so while we don’t like losing field days in late April/early May, the rains were needed to get us back to “average,” which helps a lot when we start to need moisture in the heat of the summer.

Johnson: Calhoun, Webster, Carroll, Greene, Boone, and to a less degree, Hamilton, are still dry, especially Cal-houn, southwest Webster, northern Car-roll and much of Greene and western Boone. On the other hand Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright, Hardin, Mar-shall and Warren have been so wet there has been very little planting. The good news is these wet counties, as well as Story, are now out of the drought.

Q: Did precipitation in your area delay planting, and if so, will the delay pose any short-term or long-term problems, or was the precipita-tion worth the wait?

DeJong: The rainfall totals from the last week weren’t very high, but it was cold and damp most days, so that kept us out of the field for about a week. However, it still looks like almost all acres will be planted in a very timely basis.

Kassel: Not much happened the week of April 21 to 25, but otherwise it has been a good spring.

McGrath: Right now it looks like the precip was worth the wait, as long as we can wrap up corn planting in the next week or so. In a perfect world guys like to have all the corn done by the first week of May and start on beans right away, but if we can get the corn in by around the second week of May, we are still in the “100 percent” yield potential bracket. We like to get the beans in by mid-May to maximize yield potential so we will be hoping for a warm and dry window to get them planted soon.

There are still a few “dry pockets” where the guys could use more rain, but no doubt they want to get the planting done before they do any rain dances!

Johnson: In the areas noted above (his answer to the previous question), the delay has been nearly complete to date. It is not panic time yet. Good yields could still be achieved if we can get the acres

planted in the next 15 days.

Q: Did cold temperatures experi-enced in your area delay planting or have the potential to cause any prob-lems as the planting season progress-es?

DeJong referenced his response to the previous question and said: The concern is for the planted crops before that cold time period - how will they react to that stress? Likely okay, but we need to look carefully as it emerges.

Kassel: Could be a concern. A lot of corn planted before the April 21 through 25 cold spell - we will see when it emerg-es.

McGrath: We had some corn planted in early April. I saw guys going from around April 9 through 12 or so prior to the cold/wet spell we had. We want to keep an eye on that corn as it emerges as extended spells of cold/wet weather can combine to create some emergence issues.

Usually today’s genetics pull through well, but occasionally we do see isolated issues, so we urge the guys to run across their early planted fields on their ATVs as the corn comes up to make sure there aren’t issues. If they see areas where emergence is a problem they can watch it and take any corrective action if needed.

So far, knock on wood, what I have looked at seems to be doing well. We’ll know for sure as everything fully emerg-es in the next few days.

The cold weather also has slowed down some of the “burndown” activity of some of our herbicides we use in no-till to control early emerged weeds and cover crops. The good news is that as it warmed up, we saw increased activity on the emerged weeds and cover crops so hopefully they will die back rather than need hit again. So far my money is on most of the early applications working based on what I saw over the weekend and early this week.

Johnson: I have not seen any emer-gence issues from the cold.

Q: Do you have any advice for pro-ducers as they continue preparing fields and/or planting their crops? Any challenges or unique situations they will have to overcome?

DeJong: Watch emergence and check stands as the crops emerge.

Kassel: Check early planted fields for emergence this week.

McGrath: We’ll continue to feel pres-sure to get planting wrapped up, so if we get into some rain days we always try to exercise patience in getting back into the fields - easier said than done, for sure. But, if we push it too early, compaction issues can haunt us for the entire season.

The other thing is to be careful as we are spraying on these windy days. I spent a decade as a co-op manager and under-stand the time crunch we are all under to get spraying done, and I also know how conscientious and professional sprayer operators are, which is why we have a pretty small number of drift com-plaints compared to the millions of acres sprayed. So experience tells me that we’ll get along pretty well. We can cover a lot of ground in a hurry with the quality equipment and operators we have today.

Johnson: Only to continue to be aware of soil moisture level at tillage depth when doing tillage and at planting depth when planting. Still avoid causing com-paction.

I also suggest in the wetter areas, if they don’t have their nitrogen on yet, they may want to consider planting first and sidedressing second. I would hate to see them miss a window of opportunity by working on N application and then the window closes and they still haven’t planted. That happened to some last year. Sidedressing is a good option and can be done anytime from the moment the field is planted.

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Mikkelsen, who has 18 years of res-taurant experience, said his first thought when he learned his restaurant had won the contest was “Pinch me.”

“I’m in shock that we accomplished this so soon,” he said.

Mikkelsen explained he lets the beef to the talking for his winning burger. He uses a proprietary chuck blend, ground on order and delivered fresh to the restau-rant. There, it is hand-pattied and flat-top grilled on order with only salt and pepper added.

“The flat top sears the burger and lets it cook in its own juices so you get a juicier burger that way,” he said. “You can put all the toppings on it, but you are still going to taste the beef.”

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Other restaurants that made the Top Ten with Brick City Grill are (alphabetically): Ankeny Diner, Ankeny; Big City Burgers & Greens, Des Moines; Elm’s Club, Cres-ton; Ferg’s My Tighe’s, Grand Junction; First Street Grille, Keosauqua; Rides Bar & Grill, Fort Dodge; Sam’s Sodas and Sand-wiches, Carroll; The Ritz, Arnold’s Park; and Zombie Burger, Des Moines.

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Bridgewater cattle producers are nominees for environmental award

Nichols Farms LTD of Bridgewater (Adair Coun-ty) is the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association’s nomina-tion for the national En-vironmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). This family farm opera-tion is managed by Dave Nichols, Phyllis Nichols and Lillian Nichols, and covers Adair, Adams and Cass counties.

As Iowa’s ESAP repre-sentative, Nichols Farms has been nominated for recognition at the region-al level, which includes four other states. If it is successful in the re-gional competition, Nich-ols Farms will move on to the national level. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association initiated the environmental award pro-gram in 1991 to highlight exceptional work done by cattle producers to protect and enhance the environ-ment. Since its inception, Iowa cattle producers have

won 15 regional awards and three national ones.

Nichols Farms is known internationally for its in-novative techniques in using genetic and pro-duction data from cattle to produce beef more ef-ficiently. However, the farm operation has always been conservation minded since Dave Nichols’ par-ents purchased land in Adair County in the late 1930s. The family pur-chased farmland that had been highly eroded, and in some cases abandoned, and began the process of nursing it back to health. Dave Nichols says the phi-losophy used by the family is simple: “It needs to be better when you are done.”

The area where the Nichols both own and rent land is known as the Hun-gry Canyons area, which is identified with deep cut gullies and stream trench-ing. Over 70 percent of the farmland managed by

the Nichols (some owned, some rented) has been designated as highly erod-ible. Typical for the area, row crops are grown on 64 percent of the land, with 29 percent in grass-land and pasture produc-tion. Nichols Farms has 46 percent of the farmland in row crops, and 54 percent in grassland and pasture production.

“Managed livestock pro-duction is a crucial compo-nent to rebuilding highly erodible land that has been mismanaged,” Dave Nichols said. In the 1960s and 1970s, Dave and his brother, Lee, outlined a plan to include livestock production which would hold soil in place and re-claim the land’s productiv-ity.

“It took at least three to 10 years of both commer-cial fertilizer and manure applications to get the land to be marginally produc-tive,” Dave said. Between

owned and rented farm-land, Nichols Farms has 1,480 acres that has been in no-till for 34 years. Thir-ty-five ponds and 50,860 feet of terraces have been built and the farm includes than 2,700 acres of refur-bished pastures.

Eventually, on the re-claimed land they could run a cow-calf pair on about half the acres need-ed by adjoining property that was not renovated or conserved.

Dave said the greatest challenge in maintaining the farm operation was when his brother Lee died in the early 1980s. Lee had been the leader on the crop production side of their cattle and crop farm.

“After Lee’s death, I walked out to the machine shed and looked at seed corn stacked to the ceiling and a no-till planter that Lee had built (commercial planters were still scarce at the time), and I thought ‘I

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wife Phyllis, and Lee’s widow Lillian, was strong commitment to moving the farm operation forward.

“Their support, along with the support of four very committed employ-ees, kept the farm opera-tion alive. Together we formed a team,” Dave said.

It won’t be known until August whether Nichols Farms was selected as the ESAP Region 3 winner. If it is selected, it will com-pete for the national ESAP title with six other region-al winners. The national winner will be announced during the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in San Anto-nio, TX, in February 2015.

ESAP is supported by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation, Dow Agro-Sciences, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Last month I went to a friend’s baby shower in Cedar Rapids with my mom.

The night before the shower we went out to eat and met a very nice lady who was dating a farmer. She came from a non-farming family, and we spoke for a few minutes, comparing notes. I had questions.

For example, is it just my husband who calls everything that can hold something a bucket? The answer to that question is yes ... and we must always keep every bucket that comes into our possession because we might need it to carry random things around the farm.

And is “farmer time” really something with all farmers, or just my hus-band. When he says he’ll be done in a half hour, I always hear hour.

This hasn’t always been so. In the beginning I heard a half hour, so I planned on a half hour.

Over the course of the last 20 or so years, I’ve learned to double the time.

Yes, her farmer did the same thing, which drives her crazy too.

I saw a question online this week: First thing that pops in your head: “The number one piece I believe is missing from my life puzzle of ‘insanely awe-some’ is __________.”

I thought about it. Then I thought some more. Then I read some of other peo-ple’s comments.

Someone said she would like a “mom cave” in her house. I have my own of-fice. It’s nothing special, but I can escape the chaos.

Someone else said “a cleaning lady” but then again, I think that would cause me more stress.

Money was a big point with people. While we are far from rich, we do have enough to put a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes on our backs, so that wouldn’t be my thing.

New car? Nope, I’m pret-ty happy with my vehicle, though he has more than 100,000 miles on him.

In the end, there wasn’t a single material posses-sion that I could think of that I “needed” to make my life insanely awesome.

Because, no matter how much I complain about being married to a farmer,

much of the time in jest, it’s pretty good and has some great benefits.

I may not have an ocean view, or be able to take a lot of vacations to get that ocean view. However, I do get a pretty good view of pretty trees and fields out my back door.

Depending upon the crop, I get a nice shades of greens and yellows to look at.

When the breeze is just right, we get waves of leaves rolling across the

hills.So to those who don’t

understand life on a farm, all I can say is, when ev-erything is going great and everything is running, life is rather peaceful.

At night you can sit out on the deck to have sup-per or read a book with-out traffic or other noise. You can hear the animals around you.

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However, Joan and Tim Sullivan wanted to make sure that fourth graders at Broad-way Elementary School in Denison realize that Wilder was a real person who wrote about her life as a member of a pioneer family.

The Sullivans, who had lived in Earling and have owned the Ingalls homestead one mile south of De Smet, South Dakota, for the past 18 years, presented a program about Wilder, her life and her books to fourth graders in April. Their program was conducted at the request of their niece, Katelyn Hodne, a fourth grade teacher at school.

The Sullivans also wanted the students to understand the work and hardships, as well as the rewards, experienced by pio-neers who homestead in states like Iowa and Minnesota and what was then, in Wilder’s childhood, the Dakota Territory.

The Sullivans pointed out that, like Wilder, the fourth graders are growing up in a prairie state, like to play games, may have moved several times and have had to make new friends, and are close to their families.

However, today’s fourth graders don’t face the hardships that Wilder and her family had to endure – being isolated and going hungry with other residents of De Smet during the relentless winter of 1890-1891, enduring the physical hardships of eking out a living on a homestead and going without conveniences that are taken for granted today.

Along with showing the fourth graders that Wilder was a real person, the Sul-livans also wanted to impress upon the students that she knew how to persevere.

“She wasn’t a quitter. She endured,” Joan Sullivan said. “No matter what hap-pened, she would try to find a way to fin-ish whatever she was doing. That is a re-ally good lesson to learn from a famous author.”

Charles and Caroline Ingalls moved their family many times as Charles tried differ-ent places to homestead. Homesteading, explained Tim Sullivan, meant working hard to turn 160 acres of prairie land into a farm. If you were able to do that for five years, you owned the land.

The Ingalls family started out in Pepin, Wisconsin, then moved to Kansas where they built a log cabin, only to learn that the territory wasn’t yet open to homestead-ers. They homesteaded land next to Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, then moved to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they ran a hotel. The Ingalls family moved back to Walnut Grove and finally homesteaded south of De Smet.

During all those travels and time, the family grew to include four daughters,

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Laura was 12 years old when her family moved near De Smet. What she saw, Joan Sullivan explained, was the wide open prairie covered with prairie grasses and wildflowers.

“There were no fences, no telephone poles, no roads. Just wide open prairie and sky as far as they could see,” she told the fourth graders.

After Laura married Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885, they homesteaded north of De Smet but ran into hardship with ter-rible weather and lost a baby boy. They moved to Manfield, Missouri, where they settled the Rocky Ridge Farm.

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In the 1930s, when she was in her 60s, Laura decided to write about her childhood on the prairie and her early married life to preserve the stories for young people and to share what it felt like to be a pioneer girl.

Joan said Wilder at first put all her sto-ries in one big book, called “Pioneer Girl,” but no publishers were interested in print-ing it.

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Joan Sullivan, who, along with her husband, Tim, own the Ingalls family homestead south of De Smet, South Dakota, helps Denison Broad-way Elementary fourth graders Brady Boell and Diana Castillo (facing camera) make corn cob dolls. The Sullivans made a presentation for an Iowa history unit at the school in April, at the invitation of their niece, Katelyn Hodne, a teacher at the school. Photos by Gordon Wolf


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Wilder wrote six more books. A ninth book, “The First Four Years,” which was about her early married life with Almanzo, was published after her death at age 90 in 1957; it was written from her notes.

“She wrote from her heart because she lived all that,” said Joan.

Students also learned about Wilder through some hands-on activities taken from her books. They churned cream into butter by shaking jars filled with cream and were able to sample the butter they’d made, spread on crackers. They made corn cob dolls using cobs covered in fabric and tied with a string, using buttons for eyes. The corn cob doll is from the first chap-ter of Wilder’s first book. They also made a yo-yo-like toy using a piece of string looped through button holes.

Tim Sullivan explained that string was available for such uses as good purchased at stores were wrapped in brown paper, then tied with a string. Buttons were al-ways salvaged from worn-out clothing.

The Sullivans relied on Wilder’s own words to sum up the important lessons her books can teach children and adults.

The words came from a book called “Dear Laura,” a collection of letters children sent to Wilder after reading her books, and Wilder’s responses: “So many things have

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Tim and Joan Sullivan decided to pur-chase the 160-acre Ingalls homestead one mile south of De Smet after visiting it on a vacation to South Dakota.

The couple that owned the farm had decided to establish a site about Laura Ingalls Wilder because so many people were stopping. The Sullivans also saw that the couple was retiring and had the busi-ness for sale.

At the time, the eldest of the Sullivans’ four children was in high school, two were middle-school aged and one was in kinder-garten. They are now 34, 31, 29 and 22.

The farm was still planted in corn and soybeans and had a center pivot irrigation system when the Sullivans purchased it. They seeded more than 100 acres back to prairie grasses.

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“The average estimated cash rent for corn and soybean land in the state for 2014 was $260 per acre, a decrease of $10 per acre or nearly four percent from last year,” said Edwards. “Significantly lower crop prices for the 2013 crop and lower price forecasts for this year’s crop have tempered farmers’ optimism about prospective profits.”

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“Average rents were lower in all nine crop reporting districts except for the southeast district, which showed no change,” Edwards said. “The largest de-crease was in north central Iowa, $24 per acre, where a wet spring last year reduced yields and prevented some acres from being planted. Grundy County had the highest average rent in the state, $330 per acre.”

Typical rental rates per bushel of corn yield, soybean yield and CSR point are computed for each county and displayed as a chart in the publication. Also includ-ed are the typical charges for land grow-ing oats and hay, for grazing pasture and corn stalks, and for renting hunting rights.

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The beef industry has improved its sustainabil-ity by five percent in just six years according to the results of the checkoff-funded Beef Industry Sus-tainability Assessment.

Kent Pruismann, cattle feeder from Rock Valley, serves as chairman of the Joint Freedom to Operate Committee of the Cattle-men’s Beef Board and Federation of State Beef Councils.

He explained that the beef sustainability assess-ment is the most detailed examination of a commod-ity value chain ever com-pleted, taking into account every aspect of beef pro-duction from the growth of feed to the disposal of packaging by the final consumer.

“All of the inputs and outputs required to pro-duce a pound of boneless, edible beef were exam-ined for the 1970s, 2005 and 2011,” said Pruis-mann. He explained that the 1970s and 2005 each represents major shifts in beef production practices, while 2011 represents present-day.

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“The completion of the life cycle assessment (LCA) project provides the industry, for the first time, the science-based evidence necessary to lead conversations about the sustainability of beef,” said Stackhouse-Lawson. “The Beef Checkoff and the Beef Promotion Oper-ating Committee had the foresight three years ago to see the importance of this work and make it a priority for the industry. By completing the LCA, the checkoff positioned beef as a leader on the topic of sustainability.”

Stackhouse-Lawson said the project was ex-tensive.

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“The results of this work show the beef industry is becoming more innovative and efficient, while also doing an excellent job pro-tecting the resources with which they have been en-trusted,” said Pruismann. Iowa cattle producers can be proud that we had the foresight to contribute ad-ditional checkoff funds to this project.

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“When we talk about the sustainability of an in-dustry, that’s what it’s all about, getting better over time. As an industry, beef is doing a good job at mak-ing progress on the path toward a more sustainable future. The certification of these results confirms that,” she said.

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The following FFA mem-bers from western Iowa were elected at the Iowa FFA Leadership Confer-ence in late April to the po-sitions of vice president for their district:

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Applications for new USDA Wetland Easement Program due May 23

In a hearing on Wednesday, May 7, before the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley urged the U.S. Sec-retary of Agriculture to use his authority to make changes to stop the abuse of the farm program which enables 10 percent of the wealthiest farmers to receive 70 percent of the benefit from the farm program.

Grassley asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the department’s rule-making for what’s known as the actively engaged definition. Grassley fought dur-ing the legislative debate on the farm and nutrition bill to limit abuse of farm pro-grams by only allowing one non-farming manager per operation to be eligible for the farm program.

During his questioning, Grassley showed a chart that explained how one entity abuses the farm program. The ex-ample was organized as a general partner-

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“The loophole puts small- and medium-sized farms and young and beginning farmers at a disadvantage. Despite being fixed in both the House and Senate bills, the provisions were taken out of the bill by a few members in conference.

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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Iowa is now accepting applica-tions for its new Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP) to purchase conservation easements on eligible wet-lands in Iowa.

“This is an exciting new opportunity for even more people to get involved in con-serving natural resources,” said Iowa state conservationist Jay Mar. “We encourage Indian tribes, non-governmental organi-zations and private landowners to contact their local NRCS office to find out how to apply.”

The ACEP, created through the 2014 Farm Bill, funds both agricultural land and wetland easements. The ACEP combines NRCS’ former Farm and Ranch Lands Pro-tection, Grassland Reserve and Wetlands

Reserve programs.This initial signup in Iowa only includes

wetland reserve easement (ACEP-WRE) applications. Wetland reserve easements restore and enhance wetlands and improve habitat. Eligible lands include farmed or converted wetlands that can be successfully and cost-effectively restored.

Accepted ACEP-WRE applications will be rated according to the easement’s potential for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds, fish and other wildlife.

Applications must be submitted to Iowa NRCS by May 23 and are available at local USDA Service Centers and at www.nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted. Applications will be evaluated starting in late June. Learn more about ACEP and other Farm Bill programs at www.nrcs.usda.gov/farmbill.

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ZimmermanSales & Service

Neola, IA • 712-485-2677 or 1-800-377-1685

Specializing in • Grain Bins • Buildings

• Electrical • Contracting

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Tractors For Sale

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IA: I586 Model 4CH-7 duals. good condition. 712-2515493

IA:900 Ford tractor with 3pt. grooming mower, or can sell separate. 712-748-4466.

IA: 5088 model 4CH-13I duals, good condition. 712-251-5493.

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

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

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

Tilliage Equipment for Sale

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

IA:Kewanee 1020 disk, 21’ fold, stored 712-251-5493.

IA: JD 960 Field Cultivator, 27ft, 3 Bar Harrow, walking Beam Axles, $4200. 515-402-1219.

IA: Massey Ferguson 820, 21 foot disk 2,950. 641-345-2885

Grain Harvest & Han-dling Equipment For Sale

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

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

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

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

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

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

Building Materials For Sale

IA: Wooden poles 30 - 35’ long for sale. 712-210-7680 Lake City, Ia

Irrigation Equipment For Sale

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

Livestock Equipment For Sale

IA: Livestock equipment for sale. 26 4’ x 12’ precast concrete hog slats. 515-230-4733 or 515-230-1485

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

IA: 2 Smidley feeders, 10 hole with lids, new, $900 each. 641-590-2815.

IA: IH 560 gas Fendens fast hitch. NF good rubber Westendorf W130 losfr t zz45,000 515-368-1358

Other Equipment for Sale

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

IA:12 3 bushel boxes from JD 1760 planter, used one year. Looks like new. $425 each 712-348-1128

IA: 200 gal slim line saddle tanks with brackets 712-384-2438

IA Kuhn Bale Accumutator with two grapples 319-640-5215 after five. IA: Westendorf loader mounts for TA series loader on 1655 Oliver or similar tractors $450. 712-375-5077

IA: M.M rope tie small square baler bought new 1955. Always inside $700. 712-722-0655

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LIVESTOCK & ANIMALS

Livestock For Sale

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

IA: Minature donkeys any sex any age [email protected] or call 712-353-6730

IA: Leonard Limousin & Angus Bulls for Sale Private Treaty. 70 red, black, polled Limousin and Angus bulls, Holstein, Iowa. 712-368-2611. [email protected]

Livestock For Sale, continued

IA: Registered Gelbvieh Bulls, qual i ty black gent le pol led yearning bulls. Hobbs Gelbvieh 641-766-6779 or 641-203-0863

IA: AKA Australian cattle dog pupplies (AKA Blue Heelers) Farm family raised. Had shots and de-wormed 712-883-2249

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

Livestock Wanted

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

Hay, Grain & Forage For Sale

IA: Sioux Big Round Bull hay feeder 712-210-2611

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

Hay, Grain & Forage Wanted

IA: “Wanted: Alfalfa, round and square bales, picked up or deliver, call Roy at Pleasant Acres. 620-804-1506

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

VEHICLES

Cars/SUV’s For Sale

IA: 1989 Ford F250 pickup0, clean, low miles, new brakes, alternator, water pump, asking $1775 obo 515-981-4067

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

Campers/RV’s For Sale

2000, 31 ft Fleetwood bunk bed camper, slide out, sleeps 6, hear and air, good condition. $7,800. 712-263-6591 (228-318)

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A: 1996 Allegro bus 87,000 miles diesel 8.3 Cummings, many extras $36,000 obo 319-269-6431 Jack @ Dike Iowa

Vehicle Parts/Service

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

Cars/SUV’s Wanted

IA:1950 Ford Crestliner & 1951 Victoria Call 308-876-2515

IA: 1928 Dodge Bros 4 dr sedan good solid stored in barn, very little rust, tacky org int. $4,000 712-229-1735

Cars/SUV’s Wanted, continued

For sale by owner. 2001 Chev-rolet 2500 HD 3/4 ton extended cab 4 door, 4 x 2 6.0 liter V-8, Ali-son trans, 106,000 miles. $6,750 firm. Call 712-269-2190 (304-tfn)

Trucks/Trailers For Sale

IA: l1979 Chevy C60 truck 16ft Scott box and hoist good truck good runner roll tarp. 641-425-6139

IA: 1995 International 4000 series, 6 cyl,. 13 ton, flat bed, 13,000 miles, dual wheels, Mal-lard, Iowa 712-857-3432.

OTHER

Other For Sale

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

IA: 76’ x 112’ 8512 square foot insulated building that will be available Jan 1, 2014. We would be happy to dicuss your needs. Adams Turkey Farms, Kirkman, Ia 712-766-3318 or 712-579-1355.

Other Wanted

IA: Detroit Diesel 60 series motor for 1999 Volvo 712-288-5889

WORK

IA:Wanted: Person to custom far-row bred sows and gilts. Includ-ing facility and care. Nov 2014 - March 2015 or possibly year around. Will bring them bred and ready to farrow. Bruce Lorch 712-260-4555 or 712-735-4555.

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www.exiraauto.com‘13 Polaris Razor 900 XP, 341 miles ................................................. $14,900‘12 Dodge 3500 Crew Cab dually, flatbed 4x4, diesel, auto. .............. $29,800‘12 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab short bed 4x4, diesel, 6-spd .................... $36,900‘12 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab short bed 4x4, diesel, auto., 49K ............ $33,900‘12 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab short bed 4x4, 5.7 gas, 68K .................... $24,900‘11 Chevy 3500 SRW Crew Cab 2WD diesel, 58K ............................. $31,900‘11 Chevy 3500 SRW Crew Cab 4x4, diesel, long bed, 107K ............ $28,900‘11 Ford F-250 Crew Cab XL long bed 4x4, 6.2 gas .......................... $16,700‘10 Ford F-250 X Cab 4x4, V8, auto ................................................... $12,900‘09 Chevy 2500 Crew Cab short box 4x4, 6.0 gas ............................. $11,900‘09 Chevy 2500 X Cab 4x4, diesel, long bed. auto ............................. $17,900‘08 GMC 2500 Crew Cab long bed 4x4, leather, 6.0 auto .................. $17,900‘08 Jeep Wrangler 4x4, 6-spd., V6 .................................................... $13,900‘08 Jeep Wrangler, V6 4x4, hard top, right hand driver. .................... $10,900‘08 Chevy 2500 X Cab 4x4, 6.0 gas ................................................... $10,700‘08 Dodge 4500 Quad Cab 4x4 diesel, flat bed .................................. $23,900‘08 Dodge 3500 Dually, Reg, Cab 4x4, diesel, auto., cab and chassis. ..$16,700‘08 Ford F-250 Reg Cab 4x4, 5.4 gas, 6-spd ....................................... $9,400‘08 Ford F-250 X Cab 4x4, auto., V10 .................................................. $8,900‘07 Chevy 2500 Crew Cab long bed 4x4, diesel. ................................ $18,900‘07 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab Dually, 4x4 auto., flat bed,5.9 diesel ....... $18,700‘07 Dodge 3500 Reg. Cab Dually 4x4, 5.9 diesel., auto ..................... $17,800‘07 Chevy 1500 Crew Cab 4x4, short bed, auto, V8 ............................ $9,800‘07 Chevy 2500 Reg. Cab 4x4, 6.0 auto., utility bed ............................ $6,950‘07 Chevy 2500 Crew Cab 4x4, 6.0 gas ............................................... $6,900‘06 Dodge 2500 Mega Cab 4x4, diesel, auto ..................................... $18,900‘06 Ford F-250 Reg. Cab 4x4, 5.4 gas, auto. w/V-plow ..................... $10,950‘06 Dodge 3500 SRW Quad Cab 4x4, auto., diesel ............................ $10,700‘06 Chevy 2500 X Cab long bed 4x4, auto., 6.0 V8 ............................. $7,950‘06 Chevy 2500 X Cab 4x4, auto. 118K, 8.1 V8 ................................... $6,700‘05 Dodge 2500 Quad Cab long bed 4x4, diesel, 6-spd ................... $16,9000‘05 Chevy 2500 X Cab 4x4, 6.0 gas, Utility bed ................................... $6,950‘04 Chevy 2500 Reg Cab 4x4, auto., 6.0 V8 ........................................ $6,950‘04 Chevy 1500 X Cab short bed 4x4, auto., V8 .................................. $5,800‘03 Dodge 2500 Reg Cab 4x4, diesel, auto. 78K ............................... $13,900‘03 Ford F-350 Crew Cab XLT Dually, 2WD, diesel, 80K. ............. .....$12,900

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70 yearling & 2-yr-old red, black, polled

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