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The list of things I have to be thankfulfor is lengthy, and it gets longer everyyear.

The latest addition to the list — mygranddaughter; I may have mentioned herbefore? — is our shining light thisThanksgiving. A new generation is alwaysa symbol of hope for the future; no pres-sure, little girl.

I’ll admit that my wife and I didn’t feel“ready” at first for this new stage in ourlives, but I’m thankful that in a few yearsI’ll get to attend the Grandparents Dayprogram at school with the hottestgrandma in town.

I’m also thankful that my wife happensto be the most patient, kind, protec-tive, trusting, hopeful and persever-ant person I know.

I’m thankful my elder daughter isa loving mom, and is engaged tomarry a really nice guy. They’re ayoung couple struggling with all ofthe issues young couples do, butthey’ve got a great attitude and willgo far.

I’m thankful my younger daugh-ter has matured so much in recentyears, yet retained her youthfulexuberance and positivity. Thesecharacteristics will serve her wellas she pursues opportunities afterhigh school.

I’m thankful I don’t have anindoor pet.

I am thankful for the love and support I’ve receivedover the years from my parents, siblings, in-laws andfriends. They may not all want to take credit, but Iwould not be who I am without them.

To be fair, I should also give a shout-out to thetwists of fate that led me to being a white, heterosex-ual, American male. These four characteristics, noneof which I had any say in, have combined to give mea tremendous leg up versus the vast majority of theworld’s population. I’ve avoided discrimination thatmany others face on a daily basis, merely by luck of

the genetic draw. I’m not ashamed of whoI am, and have nothing to apologize for,but I do have an obligation to recognizethe privileges I enjoy, as well as use myadvantages for the betterment of society.(As a great man once said, “With greatpower comes great responsibility.”)

I’m thankful to be alive, and hope tokeep that up for as long as possible. Don’twant to miss Grandparents Day, after all.

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Finally, a few quick thoughts...• There’s room in agriculture for all

types of production. Organic, conven-tional, genetically modified, GMO-free,

you name it. The market —whether foreign nations or theAmerican consumer — will deter-mine what it wants produced. TheAmerican farmer who produces it,and produces it efficiently, will suc-ceed regardless of the inputs andmethods used.

• The U.S. Senate failed toapprove the proposed XL pipelinethat would transport Canadian oilacross America’s Heartland to theGulf of Mexico. There are seriousenvironmental concerns, and dubi-ous positive impacts on the U.S.economy — the oil wouldn’t be useddomestically, and the constructionjobs created would only be tempo-rary — but the oil is going to trans-

ported one way or the other.• Too many politicians have been pulling the “I’m

not a scientist” card to avoid taking action on climatechange. I should send my kids to Washington, D.C.,and have them explain the problem with willful igno-rance.

• On Nov. 3, Congress’ approval rating was anabysmal 11 percent. A day later, 96.4 percent of thoseno-good, unproductive turkeys had been re-electedby the American voter. Discuss.

Tom Royer is managing editor of The Land. He canbe reached at [email protected]. ❖

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By Tom Royer

I am thankful forthe love and sup-port I’ve receivedover the yearsfrom my parents,siblings, in-lawsand friends. Theymay not all wantto take credit, but Iwould not be whoI am without them.

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While Republicans, Democrats andIndependents voted nationwide Nov. 4,coincidence, irony and “Huh?” were thebig winners Nov. 5.

For example, nationally, according toearly numbers compiled by the Center forResponsive Politics, candidates spent $3.7billion on 2014 elections, the most in U.S.history, to get Americans to vote for them.

(Links to source material are posted athttp://farmandfoodfile.com/in-the-news/.)

The money, however, according to datareleased by the University of Florida,bought neither love nor votes. Only36.4 percent of all eligible voters wentto the polls Nov. 4, the lowest percent-age since 1942.

Money did play the key role in turning back thegreen tide of genetically modified organism labelinginitiatives in Colorado and Oregon.

Oregon’s labeling idea, Measure 92, lost 51-to-49percent as Big Food outspent pro-labelers $20 mil-lion to $8 million. Colorado’s labeling measure wasconvincingly crushed 2-to-1 by voters after Big Foodpoured another $12 million into that race.

Coincidentally (Ironically?), Maui County, Hawaii,voters narrowly agreed to ban the planting of GMOcrops in their backyards. Big Seed, including Syngenta,Monsanto, Pioneer and BASF, all maintain large opera-tions in the state because its climate allows three,

sometimes four, growth cycles per year.The defeat, by a slim 1,007 votes out of

nearly 45,000 cast, was particularlypainful because the big firms outspent anti-GMOforces 87-to-1 ($12 million to about $140,000) and stillgot beat. The companies quickly promised legal actionto have the pending ban declared unconstitutional.

Despite the decidedly mixed GMO election results,the U.S. Department of Agriculture had no case ofGMO dithers. On Friday, Nov. 7, it approved for use agenetically modified potato and, later that same day,a new variety of GMO alfalfa.

Coincidence? Irony? Coincidental irony?Maybe the biggest Election Day “Huh?” arrived cour-

tesy of rock-ribbed Republican Kansas where rock-ribbed Republican Sen. Pat Roberts beat his Indepen-dent Party opponent, Greg Orman, by a rock solid 10

points. Forecasters had pegged the racewhisker close and some saw Roberts losing.

In his victory speech, Roberts, never one tobe uncertain, claimed he “always had confi-dence we would win.”

His Republican colleagues were far lesssure. In the campaign’s closing weeks thenational GOP dropped an unprecedented $10million into his stumbling campaign and senttheir biggest guns past, present and future —Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, JohnMcCain and Rand Paul — to the Land of Ahsto pound Orman. It worked.

The victory puts Roberts in the rarest of ag air; theformer House Ag Committee chairman is now poisedto become Senate Ag Committee chairman.

The seat, however, is already hot. No sooner had heclaimed victory than an old farm program nemesis,House Ag Committee’s ranking Democrat, Collin Peter-son, publicly warned him not to touch the 2014 farmbill which Roberts so disliked that he voted against it.(On Nov. 11, Roberts promised to leave the bill alone.)

Two more coincidences will dog Roberts as hereaches for the committee gavel.

First, as boss of the House Ag Committee in 1996the Kansan was the principle force behind Freedomto Farm, that year’s farm bill designed to decouplefarm program payments from production controls.Its estimated cost was $35.6 billion.

The decoupled idea, however, went south fast andFreedom to Farm’s actual cost from 1996 through2002 (when a new farm bill replaced most of it) wasnorth of $120 billion.

Second, Roberts’ Wikipedia page — evidently notcurated by the Senator or his staff — notes that “Dur-ing his tenure in the Senate, Roberts missed 130 (65percent) of his Agriculture Committee meetings.”

So the person who needed massive party help toget re-elected, has missed the majority of Senate AgCommittee hearings and served as principal authorof a farm bill that cost four times its estimated priceis now poised to chair of the Senate Ag Committee.

That’s neither irony nor coincidence. That’s justpolitics today.

Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is publishedweekly in more than 70 newspapers in North Amer-ica. Contact him at [email protected] columns, news and events are posted atwww.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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Despite the decidedly mixedGMO election results, the U.S.Department of Agriculture hadno case of the GMO dithers. OnFriday, Nov. 7, it approved foruse a genetically modifiedpotato and, later that same day,a new variety of GMO alfalfa.FARM & FOOD FILE

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By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

There is strength in numbers in the 8,000-mem-ber Iowa Corn Growers Association, but ICGA’svalue to Iowa farmers lies in education, lobbying tocurb unnecessary regulation, and advocacy for theenvironment, ethanol production and transporta-tion infrastructure. According to ICGA, one in sixjobs in Iowa is directly related to the agricultureindustry.

This grass roots association brings corn growerstogether across Iowa, giving them a voice in Iowa,Washington, D.C., and the world. Governed by aboard of directors from each crop reporting district,growers are directly involved in the organizationand the issues that affect their livelihood.

Dean Meyer, a Rock Rapids, Iowa, corn producerand three-year Board member of ICGA, under-stands that Iowa corn growers play a major role inthe food supply chain and feeding the rapidly-grow-ing world population, as well as ethanol productionand the world grain market. These issues put Iowacorn growers in the middle of the controversy sur-rounding genetically modified organisms and theviability of ethanol to reduce the use of gasoline.GMO debate

In Colorado and Oregon, voters rejected ballotmeasures to label GMO foods. Colorado’s proposi-

tion would have required food companies to labelpackaged foods with the text “produced with geneticengineering” while the Oregon measure requiredlabels to include the text “genetically engineered.”

The biggest problem with state-by-state measuresis that processed food may be made in one state, butshipped to many other states and worldwide for con-sumption.

“The issue that needs to be addressed is that itneeds to be a national policy. We can’t have one statemaking its regulations with another state also set-ting up regulations. It’s too confusing for the con-sumer. If there needs to be GMO labeling, then itneeds to be universal. I think that would take care ofthe problem,” said Meyer, who is also the vice chair-man of ICGA’s Animal and Ag Environmental Com-mittee.

While there is a growing market for non-GMOhybrid seed, Meyer questions if the growing worldpopulation can be fed with non-GMO seed. Heexplained that yield protection is a primary functionof the various traits of GMO seed. Meyer said hedoesn’t believe Iowa corn growers are willing to takeon that added risk, especially with production costscontinually escalating.

“What the public doesn’t under-stand is that GMO seeds are safer.We use fewer chemicals, less insecti-cides because of the protection ofthese traits. GMO seed doesn’tincrease genetic yield of the hybrid.But protecting the yield inherent ina particular hybrid is the benefit,”said Meyer. “I would argue thatbecause of these trait benefits, yieldsare higher with GMO seed.”

At the same time, there can beroom in the market for GMO and non-GMO corn.

“I think there’s a market for both, but to continuefeeding this growing world population, GMO seedsneed to be a major player in agriculture,” said Meyer.

“By the same token we do need to be sensitive tothose countries who aren’t buying GMO grains. It’ssomewhat like consumers here in America. We can’ttell them what to buy but we do need to producewhat they want,” he said.

More education on the GMO issue would be helpfulto consumers, regardless of the nation, and to thepolicy makers, said Meyer.

“Too often the debate with officials becomes politi-cal. The Chinese people want our products, both ourgrains and our meats. They’re not hung up on theGMO issue. But within official ranks, it’s all politicaland until those barriers are broken we’re going tostruggle with some of these foreign buyers.

“But I think the day will come that when officialsrecognize growing issues with hungry people, they’regoing to buy what their people need,” said Meyer.Flex-fuel confusion

Education on ethanol and flex-fuel vehicles is as

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Dean Meyer

What the public doesn’t under-stand is that GMO seeds aresafer. We use fewer chemicals,less insecticides, because of theprotection of these traits.

— Dean Meyer

MEYER, from pg. 6Anecessary as GMO education. Confu-sion surrounds even the drivers of thegrowing fleet of flex-fuel cars acrossAmerica and there seems to be a hang-up on getting more E85 (85 percentethanol and 15 percent gasoline) intothe market.

Lay the blame on confusion and igno-rance, said Meyer.

“I think there still is some reluctancebecause of reports in the media. Wehad an E85 day in Sioux Falls thissummer and were surprised how manydrivers of flex-fuel vehicles didn’t real-ize that meant their car could use E85.Once we explained, they gladly filledup, especially with a 60-cent priceadvantage,” noted Meyer.

The Renewable Fuels Associationestimated that roughly 25 percent ofnew vehicles sold in the United Statesin 2014 would be flex fuel vehicles

capable of operating on up to E85.According to a Nov. 13 report from theFuels Institute, E85 has opportunitiesfor growth, but only if prices remainsignificantly below regular grade gaso-line.

Of course, Meyer observed driverschoosing with their wallets, first-handat the pump.

One drawback is that E85 produces27 percent less energy per gallon,

according to cars.com, so it can end upcosting more in the long haul. That’swhy a significant price difference maybe necessary for people to convert tothis renewable fuel.Corn prices

Like most large-scale farmers, Meyeracknowledges that record crop yieldsworldwide and depressed corn, soy-bean and wheat prices are likely onthe agenda for a couple of years.

“However, we do have a tremendousworld demand for U.S. agriculturalproducts and that’s going to keep ushopefully financially solvent until thismarket starts turning up again.Mother Nature always plays the keyrole but even so, world trade for ourgrains, our meats and our ethanol isvital,” said Meyer.

“Plus livestock will start rebounding.Cattle numbers are at all-time lows,but they’ll climb back. The PED virus

has suppressed pork production butwe’ll get through that. Once theseissues turn around and productionbumps back up, demand will comestorming back too,” he said.Membership

The Iowa Corn Growers Associationis shooting for 10,000 members, whichwould continue the organization’srecord of being the largest member-ship group of any Midwest state thatgrows corn. Minnesota Corn GrowersAssociation is 7,000 members strong,while Illinois Corn Growers Associa-tion has 5,000 members.

“We’ve been No. 1 for a few years.We’re on our way to 10,000 paid mem-bers,” said Meyer.

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Mother Nature alwaysplays the key role buteven so, world tradefor our grains, ourmeats and our ethanolis vital.

— Dean Meyer


Corn exports and value-addedexports of products produced fromcorn such as meats, dairy products,corn syrup and dried distillers grainsare a major driver in the corn-grow-ing industry. However, geneticallymodified corn is not accepted in someoverseas market and there may be agrowing market in the United Statesfor non-GMO corn as well.

Roger Knoblock of LyonCounty, Iowa, cuts to the quickwhen addressing corn exports,a major issue facing today’scorn growers. Knoblock, whospent 10 years on the IowaCorn Growers AssociationBoard of Directors, from 2001to 2010, has traveled to Asianand South American countries,touting the value-addedbonuses of Iowa corn products.

“Exports are our bread andbutter these days. In boththese trips it was very appar-ent that our foreign buyerslike our products and thatincludes our meat,” saidKnoblock, current member ofthe ICGA Animal and AgEnvironmental Committee.

Knoblock sees corn exports,including distillers grains,

continuing to grow especially in China,India and other Asian countries wherethe new middle class of wage earnerscontinue to expand their tastes. Dis-tillers grains, a by-product of ethanolproduction, is gaining popularity as alower-cost alternative feed ingredient.

Knoblock addressed the debatearound GMO versus non-GMO corn.Knoblock doesn’t see a quick solution,but the issue does not interfere with

his own farming strategy.“We switched to non-GMO corn two-

and-a-half years back. This year Ibelieve we are 100 percent non-GMO,”he said.

Typically the argument for non-GMO corn is based on the consumerdemand for non-GMO grains in foods.At Knoblock Farms, the consumerdemand for non-GMO corn came fromtheir hogs.

“We farrow-to-finish. We noticed thedifference when we switched to non-GMO corn in the nursery, the gesta-tion, even with the breeding livestock,”said Knoblock.

Knoblock cited less mortalities in thenursery, healthier pigs overall andimproved conception, according to themanager of their swine operation.

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If you grow it, learn to sell it. Thatold fashioned phrase caught onwith corn growers in the early daysof ethanol production. Denison,Iowa, corn producer David Reiszwent whole hog to sell ethanol.

Reisz built an ethanol-poweredstock car. His rig, running on purealcohol, can hit up to 110 mph onthe 3/8-mile dirt track at Denisonand other area race tracks.

“We’re cranking at 8,000 rpm.This 100 percent corn alcohol fuelprovides about 115 octane so it’s gotsome real punch,” said Reisz, show-ing off his car to onlookers at theClay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa.

His alcohol-powered machineruns cool too.

“8,000 rpms, 20 laps on a featurerace and when my driver shutsdown, water temp is only 180 to190 degrees Fahrenheit,” he said.

Weight of his stock car is right at 3,200 pounds.Reisz said his 30-year-old driver claims he’s beenstock car driving since he was 16 years old.

“He loves it out there and keeps my machine in avery competitive mode every race he drives,” Reiszsaid.

Thanks to support from the Iowa Corn GrowersAssociation, Reisz said alcohol-powered stock carsare showing up at every track he goes too these days.Reisz and his car catch a bunch of races each seasonsince he recently retired from the ranks of full-timefarmer and now rents his ground.

Not suggesting he’s a hot rod mechanic, Reisz saidstock cars got into his veins.

“It’s always a bit of a challenge to see how your rig

stacks up against the other cars. Plus I get a kick outof talking about alcohol fuels. The big boys on theIndy 500 are now using our fuels,” said Reisz.

He mentioned that ethanol events also are a bigdeal “up there in Minnesota” thanks to the state cornpromotion board.

“Sure I’m biased, but when I’ve got a car that deliv-ers then it’s worth talking and telling the story,” saidReisz.

His interest in ethanol dates back nearly 10 years.Reisz is a former board member of Amaizing Energy,the 55-million gallon ethanol plant constructed in2006 by Minnesota-based Ron Fagen. During theethanol boom era, Fagen’s firm built about 80 per-cent of the several dozen ethanol factories erectedacross middle America. ❖

Ethanol powers farmer’s stock car

Dick Hagen

David Reisz, of Denison, Iowa, created an ethanol-powered stock car,which proves that corn can punch up the speed.

CORN, from pg. 8AKnoblock sometimes gets into the crossfire of this

debate because he promotes corn.“But if foreign countries want non-GMO corn we

should offer them what they want. That’s the samewith livestock. We don’t want to go overseas and tellthem what they need; we want to provide what theywant and we’ll produce it for them,” said Knoblock.

“The world likes our products, be that our grains orour meat products. There are three reasons: foodsafety, supply and quality.”

In view of these tugs and pulls in the market andseed industry, Knoblock said he does have concernsabout the availability of seed stock. His firm usesAgriGold, Legend, and Federal non-GMO seed stock.He indicated that Pioneer also can provide non-GMOhybrids.

He said he is not aware of any yield drag with the

non-GMO seed stock being used.“We hire a field scout that walks and monitors our

fields. He’ll let us know if we need to spray and/orother issues out there. This year insects were not anissue,” he said.

Nor were weeds. Knoblock said weeds are takencare of with today’s herbicides. He is no longerinvolved in chemical inputs used in the farmingoperation, but did note cleaner soybeans now thanwhen they relied exclusively on the glyphosate orRoundup Ready chemistry.

The use of cover crops is still questionable becausedry soils each fall lessen germination of the covercrop seed, said Knoblock. This year that might nothave been an issue, but since they strip till and plantcorn-on-corn, they haven’t found a need for covercrops.

Roger Knoblock was interviewed by The Land at theClay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa, in September. ❖

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By RICHARD SIEMERSThe Land Correspondent

The Obama White House has a pro-gram called Champions of Change,where citizens from different walks oflife are honored for their innovationand efforts. This past summer a Min-nesota couple joined 13 other recipi-ents in ag-related enterprises to berecognized as Future of AmericanAgriculture Champions of Change.

Ryan and Tiffany Batalden, whofarm south of Lamberton, Minn., knewthey had been nominated but weresurprised when the call came that theywere among the few selected to be rec-ognized. At the end of July, they werein Washington, D.C. where they heardfrom Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vil-sack, met with Assistant SecretaryKrysta Harden, sat on a panel explain-ing what they are doing, and touredthe White House vegetable garden.

The Bataldens were nominated bythe Land Stewardship Project, whereRyan serves on a committee on landaccess for beginning farmers. One rea-son for their selection may have beenbecause the long-term future of agri-culture, not just their short-termprofit, figures into all of the Bataldens’planning. They feel blessed to havegotten connected with landowners whoshare that value.

Ryan said that when he graduatedfrom high school, he “did what everygood farm kid does — leave the farmand get a college degree so you don’thave to farm.”

His degree in journalism landed hima good job with a Twin Cities’ publica-tion. He liked the work and the people,but felt stir-crazy sitting in a cubicleall day. After seven years he quit anddid some traveling, then returnedhome in the fall of 2001. His parentshired him to help with the harvest.

“A month or two into it, I realizedthat I was just as excited for Mondaymorning as I was for Friday night,”Ryan said. “I’d never had that in a job

before, when you’re as excited to get towork as you are to leave. I thought, if Ican find a way to make a living doingthat, I’ll be a very happy man.”

His parents were supportive of hisdesire to farm, but with the price ofland around Lamberton, buying wouldnever pay out.Starting a farm

Ryan got connected to a landownerwho had 80 acres to rent, but shewanted it farmed organically. That wasin line with Batalden’s thinking, sincehis parents had transitioned to organicfarming while he was in college, andhe had three uncles who farmed organ-ically. The real benefit was that thelandowner was willing to sharecrop(no cash outlay) and she gave him a10-year lease in 2002 (renewed foranother 10 years in 2012)

In 2005, he married Tiffany, “a citygirl through and through,” as shedescribes herself, but she also was sup-portive of his desire to farm. The cou-ple had 80 acres of organic corn, soy-beans, and small grain, to which theyadded a herd of cattle for direct-mar-keting meat. It was a small beginning,but they had a foot in the door.

Tiffany added income by grindingthe organic wheat and baking 60-80loaves of artisan bread each week tosell at a farmers market she helpedorganize in Walnut Grove, Minn. Nowthat they have three children, she nolonger has time to do that.

Then he got a phone call from Wis-consin-based New Spirit FarmlandPartnership, which works to matchlike-minded investors and farmers. Alandowner had a quarter section. Shewanted cash rent, but wasn’t asking

“top dollar,” Ryan said, and sheoffered a 15-year lease. Now they had240 acres. This same landowner thenpurchased another 100 acres andrented it to the Bataldens.

“We’re really happy with the situa-tion,” Ryan said. “Having these long-term leases has allowed us enoughfinancial stability that we can investin equipment knowing that we’ll haveland enough to justify it, and to takesome risk.”

He said that organic premiums“have stayed strong enough to makefarming profitable.” Since corn andsoybeans are the money makers mostyears, his risk taking is with thesmall grain portion of his rotation.After a few years of spring wheat, heswitched to buckwheat for a while.

“The buckwheat is planted reallylate, so it’s all different timing thanany other crop,” he said, breaking upweed and insect cycles. “This nextyear we’re going to plant a field ofbarley and field peas. You seed themtogether, and actually combine andstore them together.”

There is a specialty hog market thatlikes them for their feed value, hesaid.

“And growing peas, you get nitrogenfor your next corn crop,” saidBatalden.

He has also planted oilseedradishes, which he described as thecurrent “star” of cover crops. He saidthe big green tops make a good greenmanure, the roots grow deep and suckup nutrients that otherwise wouldleach out of the ground, and the tap-root goes even deeper, breaking uphardpan.

“If you plant it later in the summer,it doesn’t go to seed,” he said. “It’sbecome a popular cover crop, and Ican attest to it. There is way betterweed control the next year, and theground, the tilth is just spectacular.”

Couple awarded for innovative farming practices

Richard Siemers

Tiffany and Ryan Batalden were named Future of American Agriculture Championsof Change for their sustainable farming style on acreage near Lamberton, Minn.

See COUPLE, pg. 12A

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COUPLE, from pg. 11ASince there is a growing demand, this is the sec-

ond year he planted 80 acres for seed production.Sustainable farming

The Bataldens value diversification. Tiffanywanted to sell something besides bread at the farm-ers market, so they planted some popcorn.

“I didn’t do my homework and we planted vari-

eties that did not do well in this area,” Tiffany said.Once the family started growing and there wasn’t

time to bake all that bread, she did do her homeworkand talked to other growers, and thus was bornPatriot Pops Popcorn.

“Three years ago we planted an acre of red, white,and blue popcorn,” she said. “We were blessed thatyear. We had no problems.”

Through a website, contacts with co-ops and gro-cery stores, and word of mouth, they sold out thatyear. They planted 2-and-a-half acres the next year,and this year put in 4 acres. They also have a con-tract with a cosmetic company to raise pink popcornfor a breast cancer awareness fundraiser.

Ryan does the planting and cleaning, while Tiffanycombines, packages, labels, markets, and ships all ofthe popcorn.

“We’re slowly building that enterprise,” she said.“It’s something I’ve been able to do as a stay-at-homemom.”

Diversification is one value. Another is farming forthe future. Their long-term leases allow them to trydifferent practices.

1) Ryan put four acres into the Conservation Stew-ardship Program pollinator habitat, a program thatpays farmers to plant tough farming acres withnative flowering plants. It’s a five-year program, buthe’s thinking of leaving it as habitat even when thepayments stop. He explained, “Once you stop farm-ing these tough spots, and you’ve got these nice flow-ers in it, then you realize you’re actually getting intothe field earlier because you’re not waiting for thisspot to dry out.”

2) He has started to put in grass waterways wherespring rains suggest they are needed.

3) He plants cover crops wherever possible, forgreen manure and soil protection. “Soil organic mat-ter helps you in drought years, it holds nutrients bet-ter,” he said, “but I don’t know if I’d spend $30-40 anacre to build organic matter if I didn’t know whetherI’d be farming it the next year.”

4) He seeds clover and other plants along the fenceline to get more flowers for pollinators. “I think thelandscape around your field benefits your bottomline in the longer term,” he said. “Having more bene-ficial insects, wildlife…I really think a diverseecosystem benefits everyone, including the farmer.You might not see it year-to-year on your graincheck, but I really think it’s there.”Stewardship

Ryan and Tiffany are very appreciative to havelandladies who give long-term leases, and who sharetheir values about diversification, caring for theland, and taking a long-term view.

“That’s what I bring to my landladies,” Ryan said.“I’m going to treat the land like it’s my own. Andthem not asking for what we call top dollar meansthat I’m not forced to really push the land to its pro-duction limit.”

With fluctuating prices, and the costs of inputs andland, Ryan understands why not everyone farms ashe does. But the Bataldens think they have theapproach that is right for them and fits their values.

“You have to find that balance,” Ryan said. “Youhave to make a living.”

And they do see their future in agriculture. Thispast year the Bataldens purchased 32 acres.

Visit www.patriotpopspopcorn.com to learn moreabout the Bataldens’ operation. Visit the New SpiritFarmland Partnership site www.newspiritfp.com formore information. ❖

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With the drop of commodityprices, Realtor and Broker RogerHeller of The Heller Group 1 StopRealty in Olivia, Minn., has seen asoftening in the farmland market.But having been in the real estatebusiness since 1963, Heller hasexperienced the lows of the farmcrisis of the 1980s as well as thehighs of recent years.

In fact, The Heller Group made the 2013 Top Auc-tion Houses, a listing of only 22 auction houses andthe only auction house in the Great Lakes Region.

“Thanks to very strong pricing on good crop land,2013 was the largest sales revenue year we haveever experienced,” said Heller with modesty.

In 2014, Heller has observed less sales activity, butthat’s to be expected in view of reducing commodityprices.

“There has been some softening in terms of priceper acre, but good land is still surprisingly strongconsidering the economics of farming right now,”said Heller.

The best indexes of land values come from Iowa,which has nearly 31 million acres of farmland. TheIowa Farm and Land Chapter #2 Realtors LandInstitute released a survey of local farmland brokersthat placed the average price of the highest-qualityIowa farmland at $11,674 per acre. Even themidgrade dirt was fetching $8,300 per acre. In thelate 1990s, you could buy midgrade farmland for lessthan $1,700 per acre.

Heller said the current softening of the local mar-ket may not signal a continuing reduction in farm-land prices.

“On the good land, price drops will be slow. There’sstill capital available out there in the country. Whena farmer has been looking at a piece of land at theend of his driveway for 40 years and it’s now up forsale, that land still brings good money, particularly ifhis neighbor is also looking at the same parcel,” saidHeller.Credit availability

Bankers are not worried about lending to potentialfarm buyers as long as the transaction will cash flowand the loan represents about 40 percent of thefarmland value, said Heller.

Heller indicated that bankers traditionally areconservative on farmland loans ever since the farmcrisis of the 1980s when bankers were loaning inpercentages in the mid to high 40s. For example, 47percent instead of today’s 40 percent values.

Due to this restraint, farmers who are buying landare doing so with a lot of equity capital. In straighttalk: both lender and farmer are not in danger.Investors today are minor players in the farm realestate market, said Heller.

“By far the largest driver in farm auctions areexpanding farmers,” he said.

Heller also said that the American farmer isunique in this onward quest for more land owner-

ship.“In most European nations, the earnings and land

price ratio is low. Land is a tightly held commoditymostly staying within a family generation after gen-eration,” Heller said.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve in its recentOctober meeting decided to stay steady on interestrates. Heller said this should be encouraging pri-vate lenders to put more money to work. Loans on

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Roger Heller

See HELLER, pg. 14A

HELLER, from pg. 13Amost farm real estate auctions are tied to the U.S.bond market.

“So there is no question that these low interestrates (almost zero percent) impact bond money very

directly,” said Heller.AuctionsHeller’s first live auction was in 1979 when he real-

ized that auctions were becoming a major player inthe farm real estate business.

“That was alsothe year we starteddoing multi-parcelauctions, the firstin Minnesota.These were com-puter driven andprovided servicesabove and beyondwhat the normalauction servicemight offer,” saidHeller. “Todaymulti-parcel auc-tions are the natural course of virtually every farm-land auction…selling 40-acre parcels; 80-acreparcels or whatever to generate maximum revenueto the entire farm being auctioned.”

Back in 1979, most farmland prices were in themid-$2,000 per acre range, but even then an excep-tionally good piece of ground was doing $3,000 peracre. The 1980s farm crisis quickly rearranged theprice of land and the price of money.

“Farmers financing on variable rates quickly andpainfully found out what cash flowed at 8 percentinterest didn’t cash flow at 16 percent. Many of thosefarms ended up in the hands of banks; then the reg-ulators forced the banks to sell those farms and toomuch land went on the market too soon whichquickly collapsed farm values across the nation,”explained Heller.

Looking at today’s real estate business, Hellerpointed out that his group did multi-parcel auctionsat five western Minnesota locations in 2013. Thelargest was a single-day event with three sales: amorning, afternoon and evening.

Multi-parcel auctions maximize sale revenue

Today, multi-parcelauctions are thenatural course ofvirtually everyfarmland auction...

— Roger Heller

See HELLER, pg. 15A

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HELLER, from pg. 14A“That day we generated $13.3 million in sales on

2,000 acres with the highest parcel selling for$10,000 per tillable acre (Traverse County),” saidHeller adding that a total of 11 parcels were soldthat day to six buyers.

A typical land auction occurs in a comfortable,well-lit restaurant or service club facility.

“Often the farm family that is bidding, or thefarmer and his banker, can sit comfortably at a tableand calculate dollar totals as the sale progresses.Coffee and cookies add to the comfort of the event,”Heller said.

The occasional no sale is a growing reality today.Toward the end of 2013, Heller said there were sev-eral no sales on low quality land.

“I recall we had six or seven parcels involved inthat situation. But almost all of those sold within amonth after the no sale auction event. Sometimeswhen you have low quality land there just isn’tenough local buying power that day to take all theland that might be on the market,” Heller said.

Recreational land buyers have backed off consider-ably, according to Heller.

“There’s just not much demand. Up until the hous-ing crises of 2008, people were of the opinion thatyou could always buy real estate and do well with itas an investment. A lot of people lost their homes

finding out it was not always automatic to own realestate and resell for more money. Plus extra moneyjust lying around to make these purchases no longerexisted. Today recreational property has to be fairlyoutstanding and with good terms before it moves,”

said Heller.The Heller Group 1-Stop Realty is made up of five

licensed realtors and two support staff members. TheHeller Group in Olivia, Minn. is a business affiliateof 1-Stop Realty in Kason-Mantorville, Minn. ❖

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By MARIE WOODThe Land Associate Editor

Jolene Brown can harvest corn and beans on herWest Branch, Iowa, farm until 2 a.m., run a financialconsulting business by day, and never lose her senseof humor. For 30 years, Brown has been a familybusiness consultant who entertains and educates inbooks and presentations on building, growing andtransitioning the family farm to future generations.

Do you know the top three farmers’ lies? Brown does.“One: Work hard, someday this will all be yours.

Two: I’m going to retire. Three: Don’t worry aboutyour brothers and sisters, they have their jobs.They’re not interested in this business,” said Brown.

Brown may deliver her material with the punch-lines of a stand-up comic, but she is all businesswhen it comes to giving farm families the take-awaytools they need to create and implement an effectivefarm business and transition plan.

“I’m on such a mission. People are fighting on theway to the funeral home — brothers and sisters arenot talking. My mission is to honor the family businessby doing it right,” said Brown. “I’m here to wake themup, celebrate where they are at and let them knowthey have work to do to be where they need to be.”

In four locations across Minnesota and NorthDakota, Brown is presenting the workshop “Transi-tioning Your Farm: The Positives of Passing It On,”

sponsored in part by the Minnesota Soybean Grow-ers Association. Brown will also facilitate a panel ofexperts in accounting, financial planning and law.

“She brings real-life examples from farm families,”said Cathy Riley, MSGA regional communicationsmanager. “The examples are both gratifying and hor-rifying — the things that can go on with a family busi-ness if things aren’t put down on paper. She’s veryuplifting. You will not fall asleep listening to Jolene.”

Riley wants the workshop to help farm families getmotivated to take that first step to ensure their familyfarm will continue into the future.

Direct and plainspoken, Brown peppers her lessonswith anecdotes from her family and hundreds of farm-ers she meets at speaking engagements nationwide. Asa consultant, she has worked with producers across thecountry and world — Midwest farmers, Western ranch-ers, kiwi growers in New Zealand.

Brown cringes when she hears farmers tell her, “Ithought my father’s word was good, but found out itwasn’t.”

“The conversation is not a contract. You must havethings clarified in writing,” said Brown.Take-away tools

Workshop attendants will go home with eight toolsbeginning with a one-page template for a family

Workshop to aid in farm transitions with humor, hard talkTransitioning Your Farm: The Positives of Passing It On• Dec. 9, 1-7 p.m., Alerus Event Center, Grand Forks, N.D. • Dec. 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Bigwood Event Center, Fergus Falls, Minn. • Dec. 16, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Southwest Minnesota State, Marshall, Minn. • Dec. 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., South Central College, North Mankato, Minn.Register: Call (888) 896-9678. Visit www.mnsoybean.org to registeronline. Seating is limited. Cost: Free for MSGA members; $50 per farm family for non-members.

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See WORKSHOP, pg. 17A

Submitted photo

Family business consultant Jolene Brown combineshumor with serious information for farmers.

WORKSHOP, from pg. 16Abusiness plan. A “managing people” chart guidesfarmers to clearly define jobs, duties, the personresponsible for each job, and salaries.

Every business should have a code of conduct. Afarmer in Mississippi told Brown that his son is aslow starter, which makes him late for work. Brownadvised setting work hours and issuing three warn-ings before firing his son.

“We show up on time,” said Brown. “You have justset the standard at 10 o’clock in the morning. Is thatwhat you want?”

“We tolerate stuff in a family business you cannotpull off in any other business. We also have so muchjoy and benefits when we work well together that noother business will,” said Brown.

Take-home tools include templates for conflictmanagement, pre-requisites for bringing a familymember into a business and pre-requisites for trans-ferring ownership in a family business.

“We are hiring worthy employees who may or maynot be family members. A family member is not abirthright in a family business,” said Brown.

Both senior and junior farm generations presentattitudes that drive Brown nuts.

“When a senior generation says ‘I want all my kidsto be happy and I want them all to get along; we’regoing to let them tell us how we will divide the estate’— It is your responsibility, not theirs,” said Brown.

Brown is just as frank with the junior generation.“I have no tolerance with this thing called entitlement.

Parents do not owe their children a business,” said Brown.Family dynamics

Brown has sat at many kitchen tables with clientswho want to get their farm business on the righttrack. When Brown begins the meeting, she asks thefamily members to switch chairs.

“Now we have the daughter-in-law sitting in Dad’schair. That makes everyone a little bit nervous,” saidBrown.

Another effective technique is to have the familypatriarch play dead and ask the family members tofigure out how to run the farm. One family learnedthey had to sell the farm. And Brown had to remindDad that he’s still dead!

Brown keeps her clients’ hearts and best interestsin mind, but she does so with realism, humor andlaughter.

“There’s nothing better than passing on a legacybusiness, but you have to have a business worthpassing on. Then we honor the family,” said Brown.

Brown understands that getting your businessaffairs in order holds families and farms together inchallenging times.

“Get these things done when times are good, not whenyou’re fighting with a pitchfork in the barn,” said Brown.

Now that the corn and beans are in the bin, Brownis jumpstarting the planning season with these farmtransition workshops.

“I want them to bring all generations, in-laws, out-laws, people who influence your business. We willhave upstarts and ‘old farts.’ Each have different

needs and expectations,” said Brown. “It’s going to beworth their time to come; the hours we spend nowcan save families down the road.”

Visit www.jolenebrown.com to learn more aboutBrown’s family business tools.

The “Transitioning the Farm” workshop is spon-sored by the Minnesota Soybean Growers Associa-tion, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, EideBailly, Gislason & Hunter Attorneys at Law andBremer Bank. ❖

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Local Corn and Soybean Price IndexCash Grain Markets

DoverEdgertonJacksonJanesvilleCannon FallsSleepy Eye

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $3.27 +.14$3.42 +.22$3.32 +.08$3.43 +.16$3.35 +.19$3.39 +.14

$3.36

$4.01

soybeans/change*$9.52 -.28$9.78 +.26$9.73 +.13$9.79 +.31$9.68 +.13$9.73 +.18

$9.71

$12.48

Grain prices are effective cash close on Nov. 18. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain AnglesIt’s planting

time You read correctly, planting is in full swing — in Brazil

and Argentina, that is. By now most of the full seasoncorn crop has been planted in South America and soy-bean planting is in full swing. The Brazilian state ofMato Grosso (the largest soybean producing state inBrazil) was estimated to have just short of 67 percent ofthe crop planted as of Nov. 10.

South America competes withthe United States on global cornand soybean exports. AlthoughBrazilian corn production is onlyapproximately 20 percent of whatthe United States produces, Brazilis typically in the top three globalexporters of corn. Many timesChina is forgotten as the world’ssecond-largest producer of corn,but China is a net corn importertherefore they look to South Amer-ica and the United States for com-petitively priced corn imports.

Soybean production is much more concentrated:roughly 85 percent of the world’s soybeans are producedin the United States, and South America (Brazil,Argentina,and Paraguay).China uses about 25 percent ofthe world soybean production so again, the United Statesand South America compete for this business. With soy-bean crop returns looking to be more profitable in the2015 growing season, both the United States and SouthAmerica plan to plant more soybeans and less corn.

There are currently many factors affecting the com-petitiveness of corn and soybeans in the UnitedStates versus South American grain. For example,the currency devaluation in Argentina has pushedmany farmers to not sell their crop. As the currencydevalues, soybeans and corn that are not sold appre-ciate in value so holding grain is the farmer’s way ofhedging against the falling Peso. Another issue in

Grain OutlookWinter appears,

corn ralliesThe following market analysis is for the week end-

ing Nov. 14.CORN — Corn extended its rally as winter

weather made its first appearance of the season.Corn harvest was 80 percent complete as of Nov. 9,leaving nearly 3 billion bushelsof corn to be harvested.

Huge fund buying was a majorfactor to the market throughoutthe week, even when the soy-bean market was reluctant torally and ultimately declined.December corn traded to itshighest point since July when itreached $3.89 per bushel.

Corn volume Nov. 12 on theChicago Mercantile Exchangehit its third-highest level ever onthe 166-year-old exchange. Forthe week, December corn rallied14 1⁄4 cents to close at $3.81 3⁄4 per bushel.

The release of the Nov. 10 U.S. Department ofAgriculture monthly crop report gave the corn mar-ket a small spark ignited by a smaller yield numberthan last month. In an unusual move, the USDAdropped the yield from 174.2 bushels per acre inOctober to 173.4 bu./acre this month. This is still arecord yield number. The trade was anticipating anincrease to 175.2 bu./acre.

Since 1970 they have only lowered the Novemberyield twice after raising it from September to Octo-ber. In both years, the January yield saw smallincreases. This month, Minnesota’s yield was cut 5bu./acre to 165 bu./acre and Iowa’s yield fell by 2bu./acre to 183 bu./acre. Illinois was unchanged at200 bu./acre and Indiana was steady at 186 bu./acre.

Production remained a record 14.407 billion

Livestock AnglesCattle areadvancing

The first half of the month of November startedwith the livestock markets moving higher. Cattle areadvancing toward new high territory, while the hogsappear to have turned the corner and are recoupingsome of their earlier losses of this fall.

The supply of cattle still domi-nates the market and has beenthe main focus for quite sometime. Packers continue to beaggressive in their bidding forlive inventory to fill their needs.This is happening despite thefact that they are deep in the redon each animal. For the timebeing the supply of cattle is notexpected to increase, so this willcontinue to dominate the market.

On the other side of the coin, soto speak, is the demand for beef.As the beef cutout advances it isnoticeable that the demand for beef products shrinks.It would suggest that at some point the supply of cat-tle will equal the demand for beef and this will end thecontinuous uptrend we have seen for the past year.

The only question left is: what price does thisequate to a top? This is a question no one individualcan answer. This will only be answered by the con-sumers of beef, which falls under the category thatthe answer to ending high prices is high prices. Untilthat price is found, expect this current trend to con-tinue with the ratcheting up of prices paid for livecattle. Producers should continue to monitor themarket and protect inventories as needed.

The hog market has apparently turned the cornerand has begun to advance higher in prices paid forlive animals. At the same time the pork cutout isimproving, indicating increased demand for pork. It

JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

KURT LENSINGAgStar Assistant VP

and Industry SpecialistWaite Park, Minn.

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

PHYLLIS NYSTROMCHS Hedging Inc.

St. Paul

See NYSTROM, pg. 19A See TEALE, pg. 19A See LENSING, pg. 19A

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DEC’13 JAN ’14 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV

NYSTROM, from pg. 18Abushels, but was down 68 million fromthe last report and was 144 millionbushels under the average guess. Thiswas the biggest lower deviation fromthe trade estimate on a Novemberreport in 20 years. This will be the lastsupply update until the final Januaryreport since the USDA does not makecrop updates in December. Usage cate-gories may be updated in December.

On the demand side of the balancesheet, ethanol usage rose 25 millionbushels, industrial usage fell 20 mil-lion bushels. Ending stocks for thismarketing year at 2.008 billionbushels are 73 million bushels lessthan the October projection and 127million below the pre-report estimate.

While the report was viewed on paperas slightly friendly, the trade seemedunwilling to latch on to a lower yield fig-ure. Post-report chatter indicates manyanticipate a rebound in the yield on sub-sequent reports. In six of the last sevenyears, the January crop report produc-tion number was less than 100 millionbushels from the November number.The exception was in 2009 when pro-duction increased from November toJanuary by 230 million bushels.

World ending stocks for 2014-15were higher than the expectation at191.5 million metric tons compared toan estimate for 190.8 mmt and lastyear’s 173.0 mmt ending stocks.China’s corn production was cut 3 mmtto 214 mmt and its imports werereduced from 3 mmt to 2.5 mmt.

Weekly ethanol production was up17,000 barrels to 946,000 barrels perday. Ethanol stocks rose 500,000 bar-rels to 17.7 million barrels. There hasbeen discussion in the market aboutethanol demand with the freefall ingasoline prices and strength in ethanolprices. This does not, however, encour-age excess usage of ethanol or exportdemand.

The Farm Service Agency releasedcertified acreage updates that showedcorn acreage up 640,000 acres fromlast month’s FSA number at 85.84 mil-lion acres. The USDA is currentlyusing 90.9 million planted acres. TheFSA and USDA acres never come intoagreement since not all planted acresmust be reported to the FSA. There isno agreement that the January cornacreage number needs to be changed,but a small decrease would not be asurprise.

OUTLOOK: The job of the marketover the course of the year will be tofigure out how to find a home for the

tremendous crop. Even though thismonth’s balance sheets were on thefriendly side, a two-billion-bushel car-ryout is huge. Growers were on theball this week and sold into the rally.Tremendous strength in the wheatmarkets lent a supportive tone to cornthroughout the week. Talk of win-terkill in the United States, increasedtensions in Ukraine, and quality con-cerns around the world pushed wheatprices significantly higher. Corn closedhigher four out of the last five tradingdays, keeping it in an uptrend. Season-ally, December corn trends lower intoDecember, and with the pullback inthe soybeans, a sideways to lower pat-tern is expected as we head into holi-day mode.

SOYBEANS — The November soy-bean report was kicked to the curbwith activity in the meal market tak-ing center stage. The USDA report wasslightly friendly to the market andprovided underlying support, but themain thrust of early week gains camefrom the strong cash meal market.

November soybeans worked steadilyhigher as they followed meal, but ques-tions lingered over how long such arally could be maintained when rumorsintensified of South American mealcargoes being booked into Wilmingtonswirled around the market. These con-cerns were addressed mid-week whenit was noted that South American mealwas trading a record $85-per-ton dis-count to U.S. origin and several cargoeshad been traded into the UnitedStates. Meal soared to a new contracthigh, and hit an air pocket that sentprices over $6 per ton higher than theold contract high. The euphoria wasvery short lived before prices reversedand meal closed $22.60 off their newcontract high of $417.60 per ton.

Soybeans mirrored the play andclosed 38 1⁄2 cents off the new high forthe move of $10.86 1⁄4 per bushel. Thisleft many wondering if this was ablow-off top that could signal the endof the rally. The job of the market is toration the tight pipeline and it mayhave accomplished that assignment.In the big picture, a 450 million bushelcarryout is burdensome. Producer sell-ing for both the 2014 and 2015 croppicked up substantially on the mid-week surge higher, rewarding the mar-ket with bushels into the pipeline. Soy-beans crumbled the last two sessionsof the week to settle at $10.22 1⁄2 perbushel, down 14 1⁄4 cents for the week.December meal was down $10.50 perton for the week at $379.90 per ton.

The monthly crop numbers were no

cause for excitement. This month’syield number was raised 0.4 bu./acre to47.5 bu./acre and just under the 47.6bu./acre estimate. Minnesota’s yieldwas unchanged at 42 bu./acre, Illinoisunchanged at 56 bu./acre and Iowaincreased 1 bu./acre to 52 bu./acre. Thisyear’s production at 3.958 billionbushels is up 31 million bushels fromlast month to a new record. This wasonly marginally under the 3.967 billionbushel trade forecast. In five of the lastsix years, the January production num-ber exceeded the November figure.

Exports were raised 20 millionbushels to 1.72 billion bushels. Withcurrent export commitments at 1.349billion bushels, they represent over 78percent of the new export forecast.Crush got a 10 million bushel boostwith strong crush margins and themagnitude of the meal export line.Residual use was increased 1 millionbushels. Ending stocks for 2014-15were unchanged month-to-month at450 million bushels.

World ending bean stocks of 90.3mmt were in line with forecasts butwell above last year’s 66.9 mmt carry-out. Brazil and Argentina’s crop esti-mates were unchanged, butArgentina’s exports were cut from 8.5mmt to 7.8 mmt. Informa’s 2015 new

acreage number is 88.3 million acres,down 200,000 acres from their previ-ous estimate and up 4.1 million acresfrom this year.

The November FSA certified soy-bean acreage number was 81.39 mil-lion acres, up 390,000 acres from theirlast report. The USDA is using 84.2million on their balance sheets. As incorn, there is no inherent connectionto expect the bean acreage number tobe lowered significantly in January. Ifacres were to be reduced, an offsettingyield increase would be expected.

OUTLOOK: The burdensome endingstocks of 450 million bushels shouldeventually be felt in the market, aslong as South American weather does-n’t raise any red flags. Demand hasbeen extremely strong for beans andmeal, but can this pace be sustainedwhen cheaper South American sup-plies become available? Fundamentalsdon’t seem to support the currentprice level, but until meal relinquishesits lead, the pipeline is refilled, andfunds reach their buying fill, soybeanswill be pulled along. The poor close tothe week in beans and meal, plus anegative seasonality picture, weakerprices may be expected. ❖

Strong cash meal market takes center stage

TEALE, from pg. 18Awould appear that retailers are featur-ing more pork these days because of themuch higher price of beef at the whole-sale level. Because of this disparity inwholesale prices, pork should continueto find increased demand, which shouldreflect into higher hog prices over time.

On the contrary to the cattle market,the cure for low prices is low prices andthis could help the recovery of hog pricesin the short run. The caveat to this

whole scenario for the hogs is the ques-tion of expansion in the industry. Itappears that the hog industry is goingthrough some expansion currently andas numbers increase this could halt theprice advance in hog prices.

In other words, supply could exceeddemand which could slow or end priceappreciation down the road. There-fore, producers should be aware of themarket conditions and use cautionand protect inventories if the opportu-nities present themselves. ❖

Teale: Hogs are expanding

LENSING, from pg. 18AArgentina is the export taxes on soy-beans. I understand the export taxes arenear 35 percent and there have beenreports of soybean trucks trying to smug-gle beans into Brazil to avoid these taxes.

As we move forward in the globalizedgrain and oilseed markets, it’s impor-tant to understand the dynamic mar-ket influencers happening around theglobe. As the world’s populationincreases expect to hear more and more

about factors influencing the growingdemand of corn and oilseed imports todeveloping countries looking for com-petitively priced crops. Visitwww.agstar.com/edge for additionalinsights and educational materials.

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The Chicago Bears may have lost to theGreen Bay Packers, but the “other Chicagobears” won this week at the Chicago Mer-cantile Exchange where bearish funda-mentals crashed cheese prices.

Block cheddar fell below $2 per poundThursday, first time since July 31 andclosed Friday at $1.9425 per pound,down 25.75 cents on the week but still12.25 cents above a year ago and thelowest they have been since Dec. 16,2013. The barrels finished at $1.9150,down 20.5 cents on the week but 15.75cents above a year ago. One car ofblock and four of barrel tradedhands on the week. The NationalDairy Product Sales Report-surveyed U.S. averageblock price fell to $2.2198, down 1.7 cents, while thebarrels averaged $2.0921, down 3.6 cents.

Midwest cheese production has been active withsome plants operating near capacity, reports DairyMarket News. Milk supplies are readily available.Some cheese plants are fortifying vats with nonfat drymilk. This has resulted in a situation where increas-ingly cheese supplies are being viewed as long as holi-

day orders move closer to being filled. Buy-ers have been adding to inventories, butrecent CME activity reflects sellers withextra blocks and barrels finding less buyerinterest than expected. The weaker buyerinterest has surprised some cheese sellers.

Western cheese manufacturers have“good” milk supplies, even with this beingthe seasonal low for milk production. Somecheese manufacturers with multiple prod-uct production options are running cheeseproduction close to full, rather than divert-

ing milk into other dry dairy products.Cash butter closed Friday at

$1.9875 per pound, down 2 cents onthe week, 33.75 cents above a year

ago, but $1.0725 below its September record highpeak of $3.06. Twenty-two cars traded hands on theweek, up from five cars the previous week. NDPSRbutter averaged $1.9672, down 2.1 cents.

Dairy Market News says the Central butter market isactive. Production is steady and demand for both printand bulk butter is good. Cream supplies are in balancewith churning needs. Retail butter orders are good.Some Western butter manufacturers are using their

available cream to churn for retail butter orders ratherthan sell cream. Retail orders are keeping churns busy.

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Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.18, up2 cents on the week.Ten cars were sold in the spot mar-ket. NDPSR powder averaged $1.4633, up 0.6 cent, anddry whey averaged 64.54 cents per pound, up 0.6 cent.

Falling powder prices are indicative of what’s ahead,according to HighGround Dairy’s Eric Meyer in hisanalysis of last week’s Dairy Products report. Hewrites that “Though U.S. supply-side fundamentalshave been lining up bearish for the past few months, ithas taken until now to witness some global marketprice convergence. CME butter prices dropped by $1.29per pound or 42 percent of its value during the monthof October and cheese prices have likely seen the lastof the $2.30s for a while. However both markets are ina short-term upside correction phase, meaning domes-tic holiday building is not yet through.”

Meyer says “There is one U.S. market that is down-right weak. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk priceshave declined by 22 cents or 16 percent over the pastthree weeks and settled at two-and-a-half year lows(April 2012) this past Friday.

“Though domestic sales ran hot in September dueto favorable cheese manufacturing economics andvalue buying, monthly exports were their lowest in20 months. Once domestic inventory building sub-sides, there will still be plenty of powder available asU.S. farmers will likely not get the signal to produceless milk until first quarter, then count four-sixmonths to see year-over-year declines.”

Why is this important? Meyer believes nonfat dry milkis a leading indicator for many U.S. dairy commodities.

“The cheaper NDM gets, protein substitutes (drywhey, whey protein concentrate) become less attrac-tive and cheese manufacturers begin using more intheir make process, increasing yields which requiresless fluid milk to make a pound of cheese. And asU.S. exporters either lose or choose not to participatein international tenders for first quarter or first half2015 delivery, the reality of NDM backing up domes-

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MIELKE MARKETWEEKLY

By Lee Mielke

See MIELKE, pg. 21A

MIELKE, from pg. 20Atically is growing by the week.”

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Checking the price front, the California Depart-ment of Food and Agriculture announced its Decem-ber Class I milk price at $23.72 per hundredweightfor the north and $23.99 for the south, lowest levelthis year since February. Both are down 61 centsfrom November, $1.99 above December 2013, but$2.37 below the record high set in October.

That put the 2014 average for the north at $24.76,up from $20.29 in 2013 and $19.06 in 2012. Thesouthern average is $25.03, up from $20.56 in 2013and $19.33 in 2012. USDA announces the Federalorder Class I base Nov. 19.

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World AgriculturalSupply and Demand Estimates report, released Nov.10, raised the milk production forecast for 2014 fromlast month “as growth in milk per cow has increased.”However, for 2015, the production forecast was low-ered “as the expansion in cow numbers and growth inmilk per cow are expected to be more moderate.”

The 2014 production and marketings were pro-jected at 206.2 billion pounds and 205.2 billionpounds respectively. Both are up 100 million poundsfrom last month’s projections. If realized, 2014 pro-duction and marketings would be up 2.5 percentfrom 2013. The 2015 production and marketingswere projected at 212.3 billion pounds and 211.3 bil-lion, respectively. Both are down 500 million poundsfrom a month ago. If realized, 2015 production andmarketings would be up about 3 percent from 2014.

Export forecasts for 2014 and 2015 were lowered asU.S. dairy products, especially on a skim solids basis,remain less competitive in world markets.

Cheese and nonfat dry milk prices were raised for2014, reflecting current price movements, but theprice forecasts for 2015 were lowered as domesticsupplies are expected to be relatively large. Butterprices were reduced for both 2014 and 2015 based onprices to date and weaker expected exports. Wheyprices were unchanged from last month.

The Class III milk price average for 2014 was raisedon stronger cheese prices, but weaker cheese prices in2015 result in a lower expected Class III price. The2014 average is now put at $22.50-$22.60 /cwt., up adime from last month. The 2015 average, at $17.50-$18.05, is down a dime from last month’s estimate.

The Class IV price was lowered for 2014 as lower but-ter prices more than offset a higher NDM price. For 2015both butter and NDM prices will be weaker, resulting ina lower Class IV price forecast.The 2014 Class IV aver-age is now at $22.05-$22.25, down 35 cents from lastmonth’s projection.The 2015 average, at $17.05-$18.05,is down 40 cents from what was projected last month.

While a cloud remains over U.S. dairy exports, thefarmer-funded Cooperatives Working Togetheraccepted 18 requests for export assistance this weekto sell 4.99 million pounds of cheese, 2.87 millionpounds of butter (82 percent milkfat) and 17.7 mil-lion pounds of whole milk powder to customers inAsia, the Middle East, North Africa and South Amer-ica. The product will be delivered through May 2015

and raises CWT’s 2014 cheese exportsales to 97.616 million pounds, plus

56.287 million pounds of butter and55.623 million pounds of whole milk powder to 45countries on six continents.

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Dairy farmers face some tough decisions planningtheir risk management strategy. Falling dairy prod-

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MIELKE, from pg. 21Auct prices mean lower milk pricesahead and the Dec. 5 deadline isapproaching for signing up for the newMargin Protection Program. They alsohave the option of the Livestock GrossMargin program, and there’s the trad-ing of CME dairy options and futures.

I asked FC Stone dairy broker DaveKurzawski in Friday’s DairyLine, ifdairy producers need anything beyondthe Margin Protection plan. Kurza-wski admitted that his “crystal ball isnot that clear,” but warned if produc-ers go with the MPP, they can’t usethe LGM, “it’s one or the other.”

The use of dairy options and futuresand forward contracts with co-ops, onthe other hand, can be used witheither program, he said, but a lotdepends on a producer’s location inthe country and how much feed hasalready been purchased for next year.

“It’s a unique year to go into the MPP,”

Kurzawski stated,“Because there are somefolks who have some higherpriced feed in inventory already, whichwould negate some of those potential ben-efits that might kick out from the MPP.”

Going into next year, Kurzawski saidhe believes more people will sign up forit, though he thinks we’ll see “widespreadparticipation but we just don’t knowwhat level people are going to look at it.”The question, he added is “How meaning-ful it would be if a producer already hasfeed inventory already put away.”

If a producer elects to use dairyoptions and futures, what does Kurza-wski recommend? While he admits that“things have got a little worse for2015,” he still believes you can getsome “decent coverage that would rivalanything you can get on the MarginProtection Program for next year.” Hesuggests a “min/max type structurewhere you have a floor that might bearound $16 on Class III and maybe $15

on Class IV and a ceil-ing closer to around

$18.” It depends on afarm’s basis, he said.

The use of futures or forward con-tracts on a portion of their milk at a $17Class III average or a $16-$16.50 ClassIV average would be “wise strategy,” heconcluded, “But it depends on whattheir profit margin looks like, wherethey got feed locked up or where theydon’t, so it’s really a case by case basis.”

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Checking milk production, USDAreports milk output is steady across thenorthern tier of states. Milk haulersserving indicated declines in milk loadvolumes have tapered down. In theSouth Central and Southwest areas,California and Florida, milk productionis increasing. Milder weather through-out this southern tier has improved cowcomfort. Bottler orders are generallysteady to declining as some school sys-tems did not operate meal programs onVeteran’s Day. However, orders forThanksgiving week are increasing asthat is generally an active week for con-sumer sales of milk products.

Western Europe milk production hasdeclined to its lowest levels of the season,according to USDA. Week to week pro-duction levels are mixed with some coun-tries continuing to decline, others are

showing steady production, and a few areshowing some marginal increases.

Milk production in Eastern Europecontinues to decline, but remains sig-nificantly above year ago levels. Anundetermined amount of cream andraw milk is making its way to Belarusmanufacturing plants. Skim milk pow-der manufacturers in Poland and Fin-land saw increased exports to Chinaduring September.

Going “down under,” Australian milkproduction has peaked in most stateswith intakes above year ago levels.Domestic dairy commodity stocks arerebuilding with additional supplies avail-able for the export market. Concerns aregrowing regarding the dry conditions.

New Zealand production is verystrong with volumes above year agolevels. The seasonal peak will bereached this week in some areas withvolumes at or exceeding historic highs.Weather is favorable and pastures andfeed supplies are in good condition.August output totaled 1.39 millionmetric tons, up 4.5 percent fromAugust 2013 and 14.1 percent higherthan two years ago.

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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Sign-up for the new farmprogram, which is part ofthe Commodity Title of the“Agricultural Act of 2014”(the new farm bill), is nowunderway at local U.S.Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency offices.The new farm program willbe in place for the 2014 to2018 crop years for all eligi-ble crops under the Com-modity Title of the farm bill,including corn, soybeans,wheat, and other crops.There are several farmprogram analysis toolsnow available to producers andlandowners, through various land-grant universities, in cooperation withthe Farm Service Agency. Local FSAoffices are scheduling several informa-tional meetings in the next couple ofmonths, many of which are beingjointly conducted with the land-grantuniversities.Sign-up process

The sign-up process for the new farmprogram sign-up at local FSA officeswill take place in a three-step process,which is as follows:

• Step No. 1, now until Feb. 28, 2015— Landowners make final decisions onupdating FSA payment yields and real-locating crop base acres on each FSAfarm unit.

• Step No. 2, now until March 31,2015 — Producers complete the farmprogram choice on each farm unit, andpotentially on each eligible crop. Farmprogram choices include the Price LossCoverage, Agricultural Risk Coverage-County, or Agricultural Risk Coverage-Individual Coverage programs. Allfarm program payments will be madeon the basis of crop base acres. Anypotential 2014 farm program paymentswill not occur until October 2015.

• Step No. 3, mid-April to summer2015 — Producers enroll in the 2014and 2015 farm program simultane-ously. Even though the farm programchoice (listed earlier) is for five years(2014-18), producers will still berequired to make annual enrollmentinto the farm program at local FSAoffices.

Landowners will make the final deci-sions at local FSA offices on updatingFSA program yields and reallocatingcrop base acres for each FSA farm unit.If a producer is an owner/operator, theywould make the decision on that FSAfarm unit. If an FSA farm unit is undera cash rental agreement, the producerwould need to work with landowner in

order to have input on thefinal decision. If there aremultiple landownersinvolved on a FSA farm

unit, they must agree onupdating FSA programyields or reallocating

crop base acres.Producers will make the final five-

year farm program choice betweenPLC, ARC-CO and ARC-IC for the2014-18 crop years. All producersinvolved in a farm unit will need toagree on the farm program choice.Landowners with crop-share rentalagreements are considered producersby FSA. Landlords with cash rentalagreements will not be required tosign-off on the farm program decision.

In cases where there is a switch ofproducers from 2014 to 2015, the pro-ducer listed at the FSA office on thefarm unit at the time of farm programsign-up would make the programchoice.

If no farm program choice is made bythe sign-up deadline, the farm unit willbe enrolled in the PLC program for2015-18, and there will be no farm pro-gram payments for the 2014 crop year.Considerations

Following are some considerations onthe choices that landowners and pro-ducers will need to make during thefarm program sign-up period in thecoming months.

Reallocation of Crop Base AcresLandowners will have a one-time

choice for crop base acres (2014-18)between reallocating crop base acres ona FSA farm unit (based on the averageplanted acres from 2009-12) or continu-ing with existing crop base acres(2013).

Key points to consider on Base AcreReallocation:

• All farm program payments forboth the new ARC and the PLC pro-grams will be calculated on crop baseacres, rather than on year-to-yearplanted crop acres.

• Total reallocated crop base acres for2014-18 cannot exceed the total cropbase acres that existed in the 2013farm program.

• Base acre reallocation is based onFSA farm units, and may vary amongfarm units.

• Landowners and producers shouldhave received a listing of existing cropbase acres and reported planted acresfor 2009-12 from the FSA in late Julyor early August. Any errors in the datashould be reported to their local FSAoffice as soon as possible.

• Prevented planted acres that wereproperly reported will count as plantedacres for base acre reallocation.

• If there are multiple landowners ona FSA farm unit, all landowners mustagree on the base acre reallocation

• If no decision on reallocation of cropbase acres is made by the sign-up dead-line, or if there is not agreement on thechoice, the crop base acres that existedfor 2013 will remain in place for the2014-18 crop years.

• Many Midwest farm operatorsplanted more corn from 2009-12, so

there may be an opportu-nity to increase corn baseacres on some FSA farmunits, if that is desired.

Updating Farm Pro-gram Payment Yields

Landowners will also havea choice for farm program

payment yields (2014-18) oneach FSA farm unit between keepingthe existing counter-cyclical paymentyields or updating the FSA paymentyields (based on 90 percent of the five-year (2008-12) average actual cropyields for each crop).

Key points to consider on updatingFarm Program Payment Yields:

• Updated payment yields will bemade on crop specific basis for eacheligible crop on each FSA farm unit.

• FSA has issued a form titled “PriceLoss Coverage Yield Worksheet”(CCC-859), which will be used as aworksheet for potentially updatingFSA payment yields. On Form CCC-859, the crop yield for each year (2008-12) that a particular eligible crop wasraised is listed. Only the years thatthe crop was raised on a particularfarm unit are considered for the yieldupdate. For example, if corn was onlyraised in three of the years, then those

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See PROGRAMS, pg. 24A

Local FSA offices are scheduling several informationalmeetings in the next couple of months, many of whichare being jointly conducted with the land-grant univer-sities.

PROGRAMS, from pg. 23Ayears are used in calculations.

• FSA offices will not be verifying the yield dataon Form CCC-859; however, the yields reported onthat form will be subject to FSA “spot checks” at alater date. Acceptable records for yield verificationduring “spot checks” will include RMA data that is

used for crop insurance APH calcula-tions, production evidence for grainsold or placed in commercial storage,on-farm grain storage records, or FSA loan records.

• A “substitute yield” equal to 75 percent of thecounty average yield (2008-12) will be used in anyyear that the actual farm yield for a given crop fallsbelow that level.

• Landowners with cash rentedland will likely need to work withtheir farm operators in order the get

the actual yield data for 2008-12.• FSA payment yields will be used for payment cal-

culations for the new Price Loss Coverage program,but not for the Ag Risk Coverage program options.

• It may still be a wise choice to update the FSAprogram yields for eligible program crops on FSAfarm units where there is an advantage, as theseupdated yields may be carried forward for futurefarm programs beyond 2018. The opportunity toupdate FSA payment yields has not been madeavailable since 2002, and if the program yields werenot updated in 2002 (counter-cyclical program), thecurrent payment yields are the “direct paymentyields,” which date back to the early 1980s.

• If no decision on is made on updating FSA pay-ment yields by the sign-up deadline, the current FSApayment yields (CC) will remain in place for the2014-18 crop years.

Farm Program Choices (2014-18)Farm operators will be given a one-time choice for

the farm program option on each FSA farm unit(2014-18) that they are listed as the “producer” atthe FSA office, at the time that the farm programchoice is made. The farm program choices (2014-18)are Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Cover-age-County or Agricultural Risk Coverage-IndividualCoverage.

Key points to consider on the Price Loss Coverageprogram option:

• Producers will have a one-time choice to selectthe PLC program option for each eligible crop oneach individual FSA farm unit (2014-18).

• The PLC program is based on established cropreference prices (formerly target prices) for eligiblecrop commodity, which will be in place for the 2014to 2018 crop years. Crop reference prices for commoncrops raised in the Upper Midwest: Corn = $3.70 perbushel; Soybeans = $8.40/bu.; Wheat = $5.50/bu.;Oats = $2.40/bu.; Barley = $4.95/bu.; Grain Sorghum= $3.95/bu.

• PLC program payments will be made if the 12-month market year average price falls below theestablished reference price for a given crop. The mar-keting period for the 12-month marketing year aver-age price for corn and soybeans is Sept. 1 in the yearthat the crop was produced until Aug. 31 of the fol-lowing year. The MYA year for wheat, oats, and othersmall grain crops is June 1 to May 31.

• PLC payments would be made in October of theyear following crop production, and will be made on85 percent of eligible crop base acres for a given crop.

• PLC payments can occur even if an eligible cropis not raised in a particular year on a FSA farm unit,as payments are made on crop base acres, and not onactual planted acres.

• Maximum PLC payment rates are $1.75/bu. forcorn, $3.40/bu. for soybeans, and $2.56/bu. for wheat.Based on the recent November USDA MYA priceestimates, the 2014 PLC payment rates would be

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PROGRAMS, from pg. 24A$0.20/bu. for corn, and zero for soy-beans and wheat.

• Producers choosing the PLC pro-gram will also have the option to pur-chase the Supplemental CropOption insurance coverage onan annual basis from 2015 to2018 for eligible crops. SCOallows producers to purchase additional county-based crop insurance coverage above their existinginsurance coverage, up to a maximum of 86 percentinsurance coverage. The SCO sign-up will take placethrough crop insurance agents, not at FSA offices,and will occur during crop insurance enrollmenttime, starting in 2015.

Key points to consider on the Ag Risk Coverage-County program option:

• Producers will have a one-time choice to selectthe ARC-CO program option for each eligible crop oneach individual FSA farm unit (2014-18).

• The ARC-CO program is based on actual countycrop revenue (yield and price) for each crop in agiven year, which is compared to average benchmarkcounty crop revenue for each crop, in order to deter-mine potential ARC-CO program payments for eachcrop for that year.

• Benchmark revenues and potential payments forthe ARC-CO program will be determined by county-level yields. The most recent county five-year aver-age yield for a crop, dropping the highest and lowestyields, will be used to calculate the ARC-CO bench-mark yield for a crop. The annual National Agricul-ture Statistics Service county average yields will beused for calculations.

• In low yield years, 70 percent of the county T-yield is used for any year that the county averageyield was below that level.

• The most recent five-year MYA prices, againdropping the highest and lowest prices, will be usedto calculate the ARC-CO benchmark price for a crop.Benchmark prices for 2014 are: Corn = $5.29/bu.;Soybeans = $12.27/bu.; Wheat = $6.60/bu.

• The calculated benchmark county yield times thebenchmark MYA price will be the annual countybenchmark revenue for a crop in a given year. Thecounty benchmark yields, five-year average MYAprices, and benchmark revenues are adjusted eachyear.

• The ARC-CO program guarantee for a given cropis 86 percent of the calculated county benchmarkrevenue for that year.

• ARC-CO payments for a given crop will occurwhen the actual county revenue (county yield x MYAprice) falls below the annual county revenue guaran-tee for that crop. The maximum ARC-CO paymentsare 10 percent of the county benchmark revenue peracre for a crop.

• Any potential ARC-CO payments would be madein October of the year following crop production, andwould be paid on 85 percent of eligible crop baseacres for a given crop.

• ARC-CO payments can occur for an eligi-ble crop, even if that crop was not raised in a particu-lar year, as all payments are on the basis of crop baseacres on a FSA farm unit.

• ARC-CO payment levels will vary county-to-county for each crop on a yearly basis, depending onthe benchmark revenue and final county averageyield in a given county.

Key points to consider on the Ag Risk Coverage-Individual program option:

• Producers will have a one-time opportunity toselect the ARC-IC program option for all eligiblecrops on each individual FSA farm unit (2014-18).

• The ARC-IC program must include all eligiblefarm program crops on a FSA farm unit, with nooption for either the PLC or ARC-CO programs onspecific crops.

• The ARC-IC program operates very similar to the

ARC-CO program, but is based onfarm-level crop yields, rather thancounty average yields.

• The ARC-IC program combinesthe five-year “weighted” revenue(actual farm yields x MYA) for theprevious five years for all crops onFSA farm units in a given State that

are enrolled in ARC-IC, in order to calcu-late benchmark revenue for ARC-IC, rather thanthe crop-specific approach used in the ARC-CO pro-gram.

• The “weighting” for the ARC-IC program is onthe basis of the percentage of planted crop acres onthe FSA farm units; however, any potential pay-ments are made on crop base acres.

• The maximum payments in ARC-IC programare limited to 10 percent of the “weighted” bench-mark revenue for the farm, similar to the ARC-COprogram.

• Potential payments in the ARC-IC program aremade on only 65 percent of crop base acres, as com-pared to 85 percent of base acres with the ARC-COprogram.

• Individual crops must be planted each year inorder for that crop to be considered for ARC-IC cal-

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The Supplemental Crop Option sign-up will take placethrough crop insurance agents, not at FSA offices, andwill occur during crop insurance enrollment time,

starting in 2015.MARKETING

PROGRAMS, from pg. 25Aculations for a given year, which is dif-ferent from the PLC or ARC-CO pro-gram options.Farm program resources

The USDA Farm Service Agency hascreated a website with up-to-dateinformation and resources on the vari-ous farm program choices. Severalland-grant universities have also beendesignated to develop spreadsheetsand decision tools, in cooperation withFSA, to assist producers and landown-ers with their farm program decisions.Following are the websites for thefarm program information, spread-sheets, and other resources.

• FSA ARC/PLC website:www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc

• The University of Illinois FarmDoc

Farm Bill Toolbox:www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/farmbilltoolbox

• The University of Missouri Food &Ag Policy Center:www.fapri.missouri.edu

• Texas A & M Ag & Food Policy Cen-ter: www.afpc.tamu.edu

The University of Minnesota Exten-sion Service is working with the stateFSA office to offer over 70 farm programeducational meetings for producers. A

complete list of those meetings, as wellas other farm program decision tools arelisted at www.extension.umn.edu/ agriculture/business/farm-bill/Bottom line

The basic commodity farm programsin the new farm bill are being imple-mented by USDA for the 2014 cropyear, which is nearly completed. Thegood news is that all farm sign-updeadlines are well into 2015, so there issome time to review all the informationand run various scenarios on spread-sheets before making the final farmprogram decisions. It is important toremember that all farm program deci-

sions are for five years, from the 2014to 2018 crop years.

A “no decision” on reallocating cropbase acres and FSA payment yields,will result in continuation of the exist-

ing base acres and payment yieldsfor 2014-18. A “no decision” onthe farm program choice on aFSA farm unit will result in that

farm unit being in the PLC programfor 2015-18, with no farm program cov-erage or payments for the 2014 cropyear.

Not making the correct base acre,payment yield, or farm program choicecould potentially result in loss of signif-icant ARC or PLC payments for cornand soybeans in 2014 and 2015, as wellas potential payments in future years.

Kent Thiesse is a government farm pro-grams 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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The good news is that all farm sign-up deadlines arewell into 2015, so there is some time to review all of theinformation and run various scenarios on spreadsheetsbefore making the final farm programdecisions. MARKETING

By TIM KROHNMankato Free Press

MANKATO, Minn. — A major effortis being launched to symbolize south-central Minnesota as the “agribusinessepicenter of the United States.”

“We’re going to take the best keptsecret in the Midwest and make it thebest known,” said Gary Koch, of Gisla-son & Hunter and a member of theagriculture steering committee organ-ized through Greater MankatoGrowth.

Sheryl Meshke, of the large butter-making/dairy cooperative AMPI inNew Ulm, called agriculture “a quietgiant” and said the new effort aims toincrease and expand the agribusinesspotential in a large swath of southernMinnesota and northern Iowa.

“It’s the original industry in south-central Minnesota and it’s the largest,”she said of agriculture, which has morethan $6 billion in annual sales —nearly double that of the retail or man-ufacturing sectors.

She said developing an ag epicenterhere will make it easy to attract new

top talent and businesses and retainexisting ones.

Jonathan Zierdt, president and CEOof GMG, said there’s no reason theregion can’t become identified as an agmecca in the same way Silicon Valleyor The Research Triangle are knownfor their industries.

The GMG board approved a plan tocommit $370,000 to the effort duringthe next three years. Of that, $250,000comes from GMG’s reserves with theremainder generated through new rev-enues and external funding. GMG andvarious ag groups have been workingon the idea for two years.

The group will hire an executivedirector to lead the effort with a goal ofhaving someone on board by Jan. 1.

“It’s likely to be someone alreadyestablished in the agribusiness sector,”Zierdt said.

The group will focus on four areas:promoting agribusiness, public affairs,education, and developing a supportsystem for existing business and mar-keting for new ag-related businesses.

“If you are a person or a businessthat finds value in being connected tothe ag business industry, the SouthCentral Minnesota AgriculturalRegion is where you will want to be,”Zierdt said.

Mitch Davis, of Davis Family Dairiesand a steering committee member,said that while the region already hasa host of major and smaller agribusi-nesses, there are many ancillary busi-

nesses that could be attracted here. “Alot of the technology is just gettingstarted,” he said, referring to thingssuch as drones used to analyze farmfields, vaccine research and new seedtechnologies.

The region, with some of the richestfarm land in the country, has longbeen a leader in agriculture andagribusiness. The area produces moresoybean oil than anywhere in NorthAmerica. The state is fourth in thenation in ethanol production. Area hogproduction is among the highest in thestate and nation. Mankato is home toRidley, one of the largest animal feedproducers, has a large Dupont/Pioneerseed research facility, and is home formost of the state’s farm organizations.

Zierdt said that besides hiring apoint person for the new effort andgetting the organization rolling, theywill need to come up with a catchyname like Silicon Valley. “Right nowwe’ve just been calling it Project Ag.”

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Be careful what you wish for.No doubt, you’ve been told

that before. What you wantand what you need are oftentwo different things, anddesires can be dangerous. Thewrong wish acquired couldlead to disaster. Or, as in thenew novel “Falling fromHorses” by Molly Gloss, itcould also be a means ofescape.

For Bud Frazer, Hollywoodwas almost a last-minutethought.

Oh, the notion to go there had fleetingly occurredto him a time or two while watching westerns at thelocal theater. After awhile, he reasoned that if moviecowboys could get paid for riding, then so could he;riding was something he knew well. Winning sec-ond-prize rodeo money only sealed the idea.

It was 1938, and Bud’s parentsworked on somebody else’s Oregonranch, after having lost their own.Bud was eighteen, and Hollywoodsounded good; he couldn’t bear to gowith his folks away from the land heconsidered home. There was just no

point. After his sister died,there was nothing left to say.And as the bus crossed intoCalifornia from Oregon , Budmet Lily Shaw.

She wasn’t much to look at;she was older than Bud, buthe decided he liked her any-how. She was bold; said shewas headed to Hollywood tobe a screenwriter, and sheseemed to know what she wastalking about. Once they hittown, she even pointed himtoward a place to stay.

She couldn’t help with work, butBud managed that. He spent a couplemonths wrangling on a ranch thatprovided horses for movie companies,then a ramrod gave him decent

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www.Toppersplus.comCOWBOY, from pg. 28Amoney for stunt riding. He worked afew movies, collected a few scars, andlearned enough about the industry tosour him. Every now and then, hecalled his parents, and he thoughtabout Lily Shaw.

She was irritating, driven, and coura-geous, always acting like she wassmarter. She liked to pretend that shehad things to teach him.

It took years for Bud to learn ...I had a bit of a hard time with

“Falling from Horses” at first. It’s slow,and moseys a little too much; in fact, Ialmost quit it twice.

But then, after thirty pages or so, Igasped at one of author Molly Gloss’ssmall plotlines. My “awwww” responsewas on high, and I realized that I wascompletely wrapped up in what’s ulti-mately a quiet novel of friendship andhaunting memories.

The kicker is in the way that Gloss

ekes out her backstory. Through that,we get to know characters that areintegral to the tale but that barelymake an appearance in it.

Those glimpses were my favorite parthere because they act to smooth outthe edges of the rest of the novel. Andno, I can’t tell you more.

Again, this book starts slow but stickwith it. It’s worth it in the end, espe-cially if you like old movies, old cow-boys, or gentle tales.

For you, “Falling from Horses” couldbe all you wish for.

Look for the reviewed book at a book-store or a library near you. You mayalso find the book at online book retail-ers.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichen-meyer. Terri has been reading since shewas 3 years old and never goes any-where without a book. She lives in Wis-consin with three dogs and 10,000books. ❖

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I had the amazing oppor-tunity to be present when ayoung family moved a barnonto their farm this pastfall. The barn was at least103 years old by the family’sbest estimate.

The father of the youngfamily was the youngest offour boys who grew up onthe farm to where the barnwas coming. I stood by hisfather and we talked aboutthe fact that his younggrandchildren were taking the morningoff from school to be part of their fam-ily’s history.

“They’ll remember this all theirlives,” he said, as he looked up at thebarn and continued on about its con-struction in a time when technologywas not what it is today. “I think of allthe wood that was cut by hand, and thepeople who built this barn.”

The excitement was building foreveryone there as the mover said it wastime to start.

“It’s quite a job you have there,” Isaid to him.

He smiled, continued his work andreplied, “It’s just a job.”

But to family and friends there thatday, it was obvious that it was far more

than just a job — it was ateam of people deliveringboth the past and the pres-

ent; delivering history and now afuture for an old building that mayhave otherwise fallen into disrepairover time, being unused and outdated,and eventually forgotten, dismantledand buried.

The barn slowly came off of its cen-tury-long foundation, did a U-turn inthe grove and exited the abandonedfarm place via a soybean field. It wassomething to see.

The barn seemed to glide, with thehelp of a large quad-track tractorpulling the moving truck and the barnthrough the black gold that is Iowafield soil. What a striking sight — see-ing a modern tractor slowly pull morethan 100 years of history behind it.

The cows grazed in the nearby pas-ture, unaware that something big was

happening.I thought of all the things that could

have gone on in the barn in 100 years.Back in the day, farm families oftenbuilt the barn before they built thehouse on the homestead — so yes, somepeople really were born in a barn. Ithought of the animals that weretended to there, the grain that waspicked by hand (or threshed) andstored there, desperate prayers forrain, and private, tearful prayers forrestored human health for a loved one— or asking God ‘why.’ And back in theday, even some child disciplining mostlikely went on out in the barn.

Yes, a barn was part of a family.Finally the barn made its way out on

to the gravel road and its true size wasplain to see. It dwarfed the vehiclesthat had dotted the quiet country roadahead of it, and slowly made its waythrough, with cameras clicking and

people watching with great anticipa-tion, as if the barn were to be revered.

The giant structure seemed nearlypersonified as it neared its new home.I was imagining it being happy to bewith a family again who would restoreand care for it, to have life breathedback into it after so many years ofabandonment. And to once againhouse animals and grain. It would berepurposed, in a manner of speaking.

As the barn slowly and steadilymade its way onto its new home, Iasked the owner if he had overdosedon antacids yet. We moved a house afew years ago. I remembered.

“As long as she keeps moving, I’mokay,” he said with a nervous smile.

The movers delivered the barn, andthe barn delivered the anchor to thefarm. And it was plain to see thateverything was good.

Our son had driven by in the midstof it all to check the cows in thenearby pasture.

“Only in Iowa do you get stuck wait-ing because there’s a barn on theroad,” he joked, openly proud of hisown Iowa heritage.

Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk”to The Land from her home near Mil-ford, Iowa. She can be reached [email protected]. ❖

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Richard SiemersFor sale: Fire truck, used

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

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When David “Bear” Anderson and his wife,Carol, move next year from Johnson, Minn.— population 29 — the town will lose more

than two of its long-time citizens. It will also lose itsfire engine and museum. Neither one was official,but both were the work of “Bear” Anderson.

The “museum” was housed in the Bear’s Den, thebar along Highway 28 that Anderson operated formany years, closing in 1999. He was a collector ofadvertising mirrors, wheel covers, license plates,and pens, along with whatever else his customersdonated.

“I’d come to work and find a wheel cover sittinginside the entry,” Anderson said.

He had license plates from 43 states. He had over1,800 pens strung above the bar, looking like holiday

decorations.His largest items never made it inside of the bar.

He has owned three fire trucks.“I always wanted to be a fireman,” he said. “When

(the neighboring town of) Beardsley sold its 1948Ford Super Pumper in 1980, I put in a bid.”

His was the highest bid and he had his first firetruck, which he owned for more than 20 years. WhenBeardsley sold its flat-nosed 1963 Ford fire truck,his bid won again. His third winning bid got him atruck from the Morris, Minn., Fire Department, theonly one he still owns.

Instead of going to fires, Anderson drove his trucksin parades, wearing his fire chief helmet.

“They were fun to drive,” he said, with sirens blow-

ing and lights flashing. He usually pulled a trailerloaded with picnic tables and kegs and some of hispatrons, a not-so-subtle promotion of the Bear’s Den.

Five years ago he drove the 1963 Ford all the wayto Casselton, N.D., and joined a parade of 181 firetrucks, setting the Guinness World Record for thelargest parade of fire trucks. (The record was brokenin 2012 by a parade of 220 trucks in Atoka, Okla.)

Anderson, who is 79, has had his fun and has putaway his fire chief hat. He hopes to sell his lasttruck before leaving Johnson. His said his “museum”collection may end up on eBay.

“Bear” Anderson has been a local legend duringhis time in Johnson. Now he is moving his den toanother small town — Dumont, Minn. But don’texpect him to go into hibernation. ❖

Johnson, Minn.

By KRISTIN KVENOThe Land CorrespondentThe ThronsonsGary, Minn.

Jared Thronsonearlier feared that hewould be combiningcorn this spring, butthose fears were qui-eted Oct. 30 when hefinished combiningthe last of it. WhenThe Land spoke with Thronson on Nov.11 he was happy with his corn harvest— it “went good,” he said, adding thatthis fall was ideal. “I got everythingdone I wanted to get done.”

He was also able to do “dozing workon ground that came out of CRP lastyear.” There are now a few more acresthat will be ready. Eighty acres weretaken out of Conservation ReserveProgram ground in 2013, and 60 ofthose acres were tillable last yearwhen Thronson planted winter wheat.His plan is to continue to get more andmore of those acres next summerready for planting.

As for what Thronson will be plant-ing next year, he expected the sameamounts of soybeans, wheat and corn,although he said he is “tossing aroundthe idea of growing barley.” He wantsto gather more information beforemaking his final decision, but said helikes that it’s an earlier crop. “It would-n’t be a bad deal to get into earliercrops than later crops,” said Thronson.

He said this year’s harvest “wentpretty well.” Thronson is keeping to abudget due to the low commodityprices and will “spend as little as Ican.” He did put some fertilizer downthis fall for next year’s wheat — thefirst time he had done so in the fall —in hopes that it would translate into“less to do in the spring.”

Thronson’s only complaint about the2014 growing season was it “would’vebeen nice to get in the fields earlier.”But in the end, “it all worked out.”The WiltsesHerman, Minn.

“We’re all done.”Dennis Wilts was happy to announce

that field work was complete when TheLand spoke with him on Nov. 11, justafter more than seven inches of snowhad fallen in the area.

Well, technically, field work wasn’t

totally complete forWilts — there were“about two days ofwork left to do” headmitted — but thatwas close enough asthe snow put an endto any more chancesof getting into thefields. He said he was

pleased to get in as much field work ashe did.

Wilts said this fall was “wonderfulfor getting stuff done,” including apply-ing anhydrous which “went on betterthan we thought it would.”

“Overall I’d say we had an averagecrop,” he said, although he was “prettysatisfied with what we ended up with.”As for next year, Wilts said he willstick to the same crop rotation. Therewill only be a few changes — “Just’cause of the low prices, we didn’t putas much fertilizer on in the fall. ... (We)might side dress our corn with nitro-gen.”

Wilts isn’t going to spend the wholewinter freezing in Minnesota. He andhis wife, Marcy, will be heading to GoldCanyon, Ariz., in January to thaw, andto Texas with some friends in Febru-ary. Wilts’ plan is simple: “Head forwarm places most of the winter.”

Wilts said Marcy — a nurse at theclinic in Morris — will be retiring thefirst of the year. This will allow “moretime with the grandkids.”

As for looking ahead, Wilts said “it’s

going to be a while before prices comeback.” He’s not very optimistic about2015, but has been farming for a longtime so he knows “you take the goodyears with the bad years.” Ultimately,he said, despite the uncertainty that isalways there, “you got to have hope.”The HoffmansNew Ulm, Minn.

In between doingtillage over deeropener weekend, DonHoffman was able tosqueeze in a littlehunting. With twobucks to show for hisefforts, it was back towork Nov. 9 from afternoon intoevening. When The Land spoke with-Hoffman Nov. 12 he was “thankful wedidn’t get the snow they were talkingabout.”

On the dairy side, the overhead doorsand curtain installation has been afull-time job. The cold weather came onquickly so it ended up being a big job.“I think by the end of the day, we’llhave it in control,” Hoffman said.

“Milk has been coming up again inthe last few days,” he said. “Put inwheat gluten last week that might beshowing signs it’s working for us.”

Overall, he said 2014 was a “veryaverage year.” On the plus side the“silage tonnage was a little better thanlast year,” said Hoffman. Cow produc-tion was average but prices were “fan-tastic, best ever ... The dairy side ofthings shines, I prefer that.”

Looking forward, he said winter is a“time to sit down and figure out whatyou actually did.” He’ll also gothrough insurance policies, and taxseason “is around the corner.”

“Seed selection happens in the win-ter months,” said Hoffman. He alsouses that time to put a crop plan intoplace.

As for the conclusion of the 2014growing season? “It’s a relief when it’sall done.”The HagensLake Mills, Iowa

Corn harvest fin-ished on Nov. 1 forJim Hagen, and it“worked out prettygood.”

When The Landspoke with Hagen onNov. 12, he said they “saved the bestfor last” when it came to combining.He “finished all the tillage work onSunday,” just in time for a few inchesof snow to fall right along with themercury — “it got pretty cool.”

Looking forward to next year,Hagen said he will continue with a“50-50 rotation.” He’ll also keep with“mostly minimal tillage; a little no-till.” Hagen did some vertical tillagethis fall, his first attempt with thatpractice. He believes that “the best Ican do is side dress the corn.” He alsowill “buy the corn with genetics.”Spraying fungicide on his beans thisyear made a difference.

“For being such a cool wet spring,”said Hagen, “it’s kind of amazing wegot that good of a crop.” The fallhelped, he said, with “only one rainyday.” Hagen said he worked 58 daysstraight this fall without a day off. Hetook Nov. 11 to spend the day with aseed corn dealer, noting that “theearly bird gets the worm” when itcomes to seed.

Hagen said they “finished every-thing we want done.” And that’s good,he noted, because “it looks like Janu-ary here,” adding that there were stillsome fields in the area with unhar-vested corn.

“The next few years in farming aregoing to be interesting,” Hagen said. “Iwish more young people would getinto it.” He’s hoping for more 1,000-acre farmers than 6,000-acre farmersin the years to come. ❖

From the Fields: In the end, ‘it all worked out’

The Thronsons ❖ Gary, Minn ❖ Norman-Mahnomen Counties

The Wiltses ❖ Herman, Minn ❖ Stevens County

The Hoffmans ❖ New Ulm, Minn ❖ Brown County

The Hagens ❖ Lake Mills, Iowa ❖ Winnebago County

corn, soybeans and wheat

corn, soybeans, wheat and sugar beets

dairy cattle, corn, soybeans and alfalfa

corn and soybeans

Jared Thronson

Don Hoffman

Jim Hagen

Dennis Wilts

The Land’s ‘From the Fields’ series will return Spring 2015

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Founded in 1968, the Minnesota Agri-GrowthCouncil brings together members from the state’sdiverse food and agriculture sectors to represent andadvocate for all Minnesotans involved in agriculture.On Nov. 6, Agri-Growth hosted its annual meeting atthe Minneapolis Convention Center, and The Land’sDick Hagen was there to report on the key issues fac-ing modern agriculture.

He’s a veteran agricultural fore-caster. He develops credit and riskstrategies for his customers. He’skeenly listened to when he givesan international perspective onagricultural production andagribusiness.

He’s Michael Swanson, Ph.D.,agricultural economist and seniorvice president at Wells Fargo.

At the Nov. 6 Agri-Growth Annual Conference inMinneapolis, Swanson spoke directly to farmersabout future income prospects.

“I’m putting the burn on our farmers. I’m tellingthem they need the discipline to step away fromtheir worst acres,” said Swanson. “If you know it’snot going to make you any money, why would youlose money farming it? No farmer wants to down-size, but you need to identify your poorest-perform-ing acres and have a definitive plan for what you’regoing to do about those acres, whether you like it ornot.”

Conservationists could be hugging Swanson. Hiscomments certainly suggest a chunk of poor-produc-

ing farmland could and should be returned to a non-farming status. Of course, that depends upon whatthe government’s Conservation Reserve Program orprivate entities are willing to pay for the land. Swan-son refers to the Federal government as “the world’ssilliest landlord.”

“Right now they are paying some of the best CRPrates that we’ve ever seen because they are lookingbackwards at what they need to compete against,” hesaid. “So if you are a farmer or land owner with aCRP option on the table, you might get the bestrental rates you will ever see on a relative basis soconsider your CRP opportunity very carefully beforeyou walk away from it.”

In a Q&A session, Swanson suggested rather thanlooking at total production, policy specialists shouldbe looking at production on a per capita basis.

“We consume on a per capita basis. What dimen-sion you use is important when looking at the num-bers,” said Swanson. “Landlords are paid by the acre;farmers are paid by the bushel. So knowing the rightmetric is vital when doing the numbers game.”

Q: How do you see the agricultural landscape

today?Swanson: Most obvious is the flip within our com-

modities. Grain and oil seeds had four years of phe-nomenal profitability while livestock paid; now live-stock are enjoying nice prices and great profitability.And this shine could be for two to three years for thelivestock industry.

Q: What impact will this have on land rentalrates?

Swanson: When you look at the pre-cash flowwith $3.50 corn and the same yields, something hasto give. These are the big board items: cash rent, fer-tilizer, seed and machinery. These all have to adjustto lower revenue per acre. Landlords don’t want tohear that. If you’re already top dollar you’re going toget more push back.

Q: What about interest rates in this new sce-nario?

Swanson: The Fed is a tough one to predict. We’vebeen wrong for five years on the curve, but that does-n’t mean that we won’t be right sooner or later. Zerois not a normal interest rate even though we’ve beenthere for six years. We’re closer to that going up logicthan we’ve been for five years.

Q: With profitability questionable for bothcorn and soybeans right now, what acreageshifts do you foresee?

Swanson: The market reacts quickly. If the shift isto more soybeans, prices will logically decline.There’s about a 2.4 ratio on the price of soybeans rel-ative to the price of corn. The point being that youcan’t move one without affecting the other.

Q: You mentioned 80 percent of the world’spopulation gain is likely to be in just one conti-nent, Africa. Can the world continue to pro-duce enough food?

Swanson: My quick answer is yes. There’s still alot of hand cultivation going on in the various coun-tries of Africa. Yes, it is a huge land mass. Any agron-omist worth their salt will tell you that yield isdependent upon number of plants per acre times thenumber of grains per plant times average weight ofthat grain. In Africa, the number of plants per acre isa fraction compared to what we do in the UnitedStates ... basically because they aren’t mechanized.They could increase yield dramatically with just alittle mechanization. So I think with just a fewadjustments and some adoption of some ratherminor agronomic strategies, there is potential formuch greater food production in Africa.

Q: Will China continue to be a major driver ofagricultural exports?

Swanson: Currently 70-plus percent of China’ssoybean needs are imported. So far the UnitedStates continues to be the key source. Also the sweet-ness trend in eating habits keeps ramping up inChina and elsewhere. Because of better incomes,these people want to eat better which leads tostronger export markets for our soybean industry,our pork industry, our beef people, our poultry indus-try and even our dairy industry. China continues tobe a shining star, but recognize that China is also avery volatile customer. ❖

Poorest acres may get better payout from CRP

Michael Swanson

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With consumers voicing concernregarding genetically modifiedorganisms in America’s food chain,the agricultural and food industryhas an opportunity to educate peo-ple about safe practices in foodproduction.

Charlie Arnot, CEO of of theCenter for Food Integrity, a national non-profitorganization dedicated to building consumer trustand confidence in today’s food system, addressedthe GMO issue at the Agri-Growth Conference.

“Transparency is no longer optional. Whoeverdefines the issue gets to control the debate,” Arnotsaid.

In a conversation with The Land, Arnot talked

about how producers and processers can approachthe GMO debate in a way that is not polarizing.

“GMOs have become an icon for what people don’tlike about big foods. They’ve become a focal pointabout the big food conversations. I think we start byembracing the concerns and embracing the skepti-cism and welcoming their dialogue by letting themknow they have a right to safe food that is producedresponsibly,” said Arnot.

The agricultural industry must relate to con-sumers in a way that is meaningful to them.

“Our historical approach is to use science to con-vince people that we are right and they are wrong.Our research is telling us that approach is no longersuccessful,” Arnot said. “We need to engage peoplewhere they are and answer their questions in a veryauthentic, transparent way and continue in that dia-

logue on anongoing basis.”

Arnot is notsurprised by thegrowing interestand trendtoward conven-tional corn seedby some farm-ers.

“What we are seeing is that opportunities can anddo exist in all sectors of agriculture. We’re fiercelyagnostic when it comes to production practices. Wehave members who are fully into organic farming,members who grow conventional and members fullyinto biotech seeds. I think we’ll see plenty of opportu-nity in the marketplace for all of those crop choices,”he said.

“Farmers generally have the skills to choose thetechnology or system that works best to make theirfarming business profitable. The great thing aboutAmerican agriculture is that there is plenty of oppor-tunity for all of them.”

Arnot is founder and president of CMA, a consult-ing firm that helps clients across the food systembuild customer trust. His company has offices in Mis-souri and Iowa. ❖

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Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and AdvisoryGroup’s finalized a new report, “Waiting for theRecord U.S. Harvest to Flow” with these bullet points: • A late 2014 harvest and strong incentive to store

corn has created an early season U.S. corn deficit. • Due to storage and potential for transportation

disruptions, opportunities for securing physical cornstocks may be best in November.

• Storage liquidation is only expected to begin inthe second quarter of 2015.

• Despite a record 2014 U.S. soybean harvest,October rallies in soybeans (plus 14 percent) and

soymeal (plus 38 percent). Futures were fuelled bystrong demand and a near-empty soybean pipeline.

• A long drawn-out harvest has slowed therestocking of U.S. soybean inventories.

• Harvested U.S. soybeans have gone directly toboth the export pipeline and domestic crushingfacilities to fill both back and current orders.

• It will take time for U.S. crushers to fill all theirorders, so end users should not expect cash prices todecline until the end of November or shortlythereafter.

-Dick Hagen

Rabobank reports on record harvest

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After the midterm election results,Kevin Paap, fourth generation farmerand president of Minnesota FarmBureau, discussed the potentialimpact on agriculture at the state andfederal level with The Land at theAgri-Growth Annual Conference inMinneapolis.

“It means pure and simple that thepeople who voted sent the messagethat they want their elected officialsto work together and, more impor-tantly, get something done,” saidPaap.

Paap said the best example of this isthe willing-to-compromise attitudes

of agricultural committees at both theState Legislature and U.S. Congress.

“We’ve seen that on our ag commit-tees, whether in St. Paul or Washing-ton, D.C. Hopefully our state legisla-ture and our Federal congress will lookat these committees and say, ‘Hey, weneed to reach across the aisle and

learn to com-promise,’” hesaid.

Paaplearned early that nobody gets every-thing they want, but compromisemakes things happen.

“We’ve got a lot of big issues ahead,especially at the national level, buthere at the state level, too,” he said.

The Farm Bureau’s state andnational political action committeeshad a high win percentage in endors-ing candidates. Of the 71 MinnesotaHouse of Representative candidateswho were endorsed by MinnesotaFarm Bureau PAC, 64 were elected.The endorsed Senate candidate,

Republican Mike McFad-den, was not elected. How-ever five of six endorsedcandidates for the Houseof Representatives wereelected.

Paap has met MitchMcConnell, the new Sen-ate Majority Leader, andhas good things to sayabout the Republican gen-tleman from Kentucky.

“Anyone who governs atthat level are highly intel-

ligent people. They’re in those posi-tions for the right reason. They doindeed want to make a difference. Butit’s an immense challenge when youcover the multitude of topics andissues. And obviously you might haveas many people disagreeing with youas agreeing, even amongst your ownconstituency,” said Paap.

“Our vast country has lots of differ-ent priorities, too. That’s only naturalwhen you look at the tremendousdiversity of America, both in terms of

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The people who votedsent the message thatthey want theirelected officials towork together andmore importantly getsomething done.

— Kevin Paap

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PAAP, from pg. 6Bnatural resources and cultural diver-sity. I think McConnell will do agreat job. But as I stated the art ofcompromise will continue to be theonly way that work gets done.

“Now is the time to move forward.Lots of new faces both in St.Paul and D. C. Getting thesenewly elected people to at leaststart grasping what Americanagriculture is all about will bea top priority,” Paap said.

Gridlock in Congress has ledto inaction in recent years, butcan gridlock be prevented inthe incoming Congress?

“You get rid of gridlock by preventingthe attitude that I would rather donothing than compromise,” said Paap.“You can’t have the attitude that if I’vegot to move an inch to be on board onthis particular issue, I’d rather donothing. I know compromise doesn’tpoll well, but forget the polls. Dowhat’s necessary to get the best resultseven if you don’t agree 100 percent.”Waters of the United States

Paap commended the EnvironmentalProtection Agency for extending thecomment period for the proposed Defi-nition of Waters of the United States, arule designed to clarify the types ofwaters protected under the CleanWater Act. Farmers and farm advo-cates are concerned how the rule willaffect watering and drainage practices.

“That shows they must be interestedin the comments that farmers acrossAmerica are submitting on this whoowns the water issue,” Paap said. “Ourprimary concern is that their recom-mendations are based on science.We’re not against regulations. They’rea necessary part of our system. We doneed the protective hand of our gov-ernment on many things: food safety,airline safety, highway safety, etc. Butwe don’t need regulations that areoverlapping where we have both astate and a federal agency trying to dothe same thing.”

“Water is probably the most impor-tant resource of this nation, this world.We’ll soon have 9 billion people to feed.Water will be the primary resource to

get this done. So let’s be cer-tain that restrictions on wateruse don’t adversely restrict theability to produce food,” hesaid.Food safety

Paap is emphatic on the subject offood safety and the growing chorus ofadvocates for genetically modifiedorganism food labeling.

“The last thing we want is a patch-work of regulations from state to state.So this has to advance on a nationalbasis. There aren’t rules against label-ing something GMO-free. You can dovoluntary labeling today. But labelingshould be validated on the basis ofproven food safety. Food safety is morethan just labeling,” said Paap. “It’s theproper raising of the food, the properhandling, and of course the propercooking of that food in the home. Onthis issue we need to work together,including the consumer.”

Paap serves on the American FarmBureau Trade Advisory Committeeand has traveled to Europe to meetwith the European Union about foodlabeling. He acknowledged that thepolitical will and public opinion of theEuropean people is a major driver ofEurope’s food safety program.

“However it needs to be based on sci-ence, not necessarily political science,however,” said Paap.

Despite the public clamor about foodproduction without the usage ofgenetic traits, growth hormones,antibiotics and pesticides, Paap pointsout that the European nations don’traise enough food to sustain them-selves, hinting that Europeans mayneed to understand what the variousinputs do to enhance production.

When it comes to conventional seedcorn versus GMO hybrids, Paap looksat all aspects of the issue. He placesvalue on the potential benefits of thehybrid trait package, specifically as itrelates to water efficiency. In hisfields, Paap wants a product that canadjust to not enough or too muchmoisture.

“Now’s the time when every inputmatters — proper soil tests, the right

management strategies for differentfields, different soils, when and howmuch fertilizer to use, and perhapseven that decision about plantingsome non-GMO corn next spring(assuming such seed might still beavailable).”

“The easiest way to make a littlemore money on each acre I farm is togrow another bushel on each acre,”said Paap. ❖

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Consumers are asking two questions about theAmerican food chain: 1) “Where is my food grown?”and 2) “How is my food grown?”

Steve Peterson, chairman of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Board of Directors, said these twoquestions need to be answered by the agriculturaland food industries.

Peterson owns and manages Peterson Farms, agrain and livestock operation in Paynesville, Minn. Healso is the director ofsourcing sustainabilityat General Mills andrecently returned froma trip to the NestleFoods Corporation inNew York City.

“Nestle has hired amarketing/consumerconsulting firm to mapthe farm and planta-tion source of all theingredients in theirNestle brand foods.This study will alsoidentify by location allthe intermediary han-dlers and processors ofthese various ingredients,” said Peterson.

Studies of this nature do not suggest that more pre-cise food product labeling is at hand, according toPeterson. The information is important to consumersin order to better understand the source of the ingre-dients in their food products and to make sure theseingredients are the result of safe and ethical proce-dures from the source to consumer, he explained.

Peterson said it’s OK that consumers want to knowmore about their food. Agriculture and food manufac-turers have built a modern supply chain that doesn’thave the capability of traceability, Peterson said.However, Nestle staff indicated that their studyproves that traceability is doable.

“So, yes, I think this is a trend underway. It takestime. It likely adds to the cost of food since thecost/price ratio gets impacted in the development oftraceability. And consumers will have to accept thateconomic reality of the food business world,” saidPeterson.Family farmers

As a farmer of corn and soybeans in StearnsCounty, Minn., Peterson understands the plight offarmers in this area of Minnesota which got ham-mered by spring rains that resulted in lots of “preventplanting” acres.

Peterson shrugged. “We did not do so well. Maybeonly about 140 bushels on corn. And lots of variabilityin our fields so certainly not our best year. Fortu-

Consumers to gettraceability offood, at a price

See PETERSON, pg. 9B

It likely adds tothe cost of foodsince the cost/price ratio getsimpacted in thedevelopent oftraceability.And consumerswill have toaccept that ...

— Steve Peterson

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PETERSON, from pg. 8Bnately we don’t have land debtso we can weather these chal-lenges.”

In 2015, Peterson expects thatproducers will shift away fromcorn to soybeans in StearnsCounty. The region is also knownfor dairy and turkey production.In fact, Peterson’s dad was anoriginal board member of the MinnesotaTurkey Growers Association.

“On our farm we’re using alfalfa as acash crop to area dairy farmers as wego forward. We’re a small beef opera-tion with a 45-cow calf operation, plusfeeding out 200 to 300 steers, so we’lluse livestock manure to reduce fertil-izer costs,” said Peterson.

When it comes to growing non-genti-cally engineered food, Peterson said thatproducers need to look at what con-sumers want and provide accordingly.Conventional crop producers can learnfrom organic producers and vice versa.

“This is a very real thing in the foodchain already,” said Peterson. “It both-ers me that we sometimes polarizeourselves in agriculture, but there isroom for both and we need both underthe tent as we go forward.”

Public opinionThe ongoing strength of Agri-Growth

Council will continue to be lobbyingand education, both of politicians andthose activists heading up food identi-fication issues, said Peterson.

“We have not done much shaping ofpublic opinion. That’s obviously of grow-ing importance but to do that we needmore resources,” he said. “In Minnesotawe have an awesome story to tell aboutboth production agriculture and ourtremendous food industry. That storyneeds to get to our consumers. Theyhave a high regard for farmers and thejob they do in producing food.”

Since its founding in 1968, Agri-Growth has sought to define commongoals among agribusiness industriesand organizations, family farmers, andthe service sector that support them.The organization is non-profit and

non-partisan, which allowsAgri-Growth to be a credibleadvocate on behalf of its mem-bership.

“Agri-Growth functions wellin being a catalyst for bringingother groups together for acoalition to advance the qualityof our foods and the sustain-ability of the resources and

inputs that are part of this tremen-dous food chain,” said Peterson.

Peterson was interviewed by TheLand at the Nov. 6 Annual Meeting.

The Agri-Growth Executive Commit-tee includes: Vice-Chair Pat Lune-mann, partner and general manager ofTwin Eagle Dairy and president of

Minnesota Milk Producers Associa-tion; Secretary Jim Winter, vice presi-dent of North American Agribusiness,ECOLAB; Treasurer Mark Jirik, com-mercial manager, West Fargo, Grainand Oilseed Supply Chain, NorthAmerica, Cargill Inc.; and ImmediatePast Chair Kristin Weeks Duncanson,owner, Duncanson Growers.

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Organized in 1968 to define common goals amongagribusiness industries, family farmers, and theservice sectors that support them, Minnesota Agri-Growth Council celebrated its 47th birthday at itsNov. 6 annual conference in Minneapolis.

Perry Aasness, the council’s executive director,identified three key priorities of Agri-Growth:

1) Being an effective advocate in a competitivebusiness climate with special emphasis on lobbyingat both state and Federal levels. “Working withother partners at the State Capital is important,”said Aasness.

2) The annual meeting of Agri-Growth displaysthe diversity and strength of Minnesota agricul-ture, including the important connection with theacademic world, particularly the University of Min-nesota and its College of Food, Agricultural andNatural Resource Sciences. “This event providesthat network of our entire agri-industry that is soimportant in presenting a unified voice to the non-agricultural segment of our society and businessworld,” he said.

3) Another function, growing in importance andpublicity, are the changing demands of the con-sumer, and their lack of trust in the food system andthe entire food chain. “We need to build that aware-ness, that trust, by explaining how our food is pro-duced and why it is produced in this manner,” saidAasness.

Today food labeling is the thrust of the consumer’sconcerns about food. But are consumers driving anagenda that realistically can’t meet all their manydemands?

“There’s a segment of consumers tuned into thisissue and they are trying to convince all consumersthat there is something wrong with our food. Thissuggests we haven’t done a good enough job explain-ing these new technologies and how it is permittingfarmers to produce more per acre while cutting back

on inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides, and tillage,”said Aasness.

“But rather than being reactionary and defensiveabout their questions and criticisms we need to workon building that social license. This means beingcomfortable about tough questions that consumersask. It also suggests being very precise about nutri-tion information on a food label such as health issuesrelating to allergies and the GMO ingredients in aparticular food.

“There are certain things that need to be on a labelbut where do you draw the line?” asked Aasness.

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TRUST, from pg. 10B Aasness acknowledged

a disturbing challenge isthe growing disconnectbetween agriculturalproducers and processorsand the non-ag segmentof the population.

“Trying to put a face onour industry is vital tobuilding this confidence,”he said.

“Many of our producer groups aredoing this via video clips featuringfarm families and what they do ontheir farms. Many host tours and do‘show and tell’ explaining exactly whatgoes on in today’s modern farming.Just being as transparent as we can bein the process. Agriculture is alwaysabout continuous improvement whichmeans new technology, new research,and new production strategies are thetools making Minnesota agriculturebetter. But we’ve got to share thatinformation with consumers becausethey don’t quite see it that way.”

Aasness credited the media withbeing attentive to the business scope ofMinnesota agriculture and the role itplays in the total financial landscape

across the state. Aasness said he seesmedia as receptive to cover new tech-nologies, new marketing strategiesespecially into foreign markets, andnew foods into the food chain, with par-ticular notice of the growing organicfoods market.

“But I think it’s a charge to all of usinvolved in agriculture that we need toreach out to those media sources andbuild relationships so that they canfeel comfortable asking us questions,”he said.

“That doesn’t mean we shouldn’tcomplain when we view a story asbeing very negative about Minnesotaagriculture. We have every right tovoice our issues but being proactiveearly on is the best way to ensure com-patibility with the media.” ❖

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Trueman-Welters Inc.Buffalo, MN

Rabe InternationalFairmont, MN

Hammell EquipmentChatfield, MN

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Ag Builders ..................................8AAg Distributing ..........................31AAg Power Enterprises Inc ..........29BAg Systems ................................22AAgro-Culure Liquid Fertlizers ......3BAll American Coop ....................14BAnderson Seed ............................29ABancroft Implement Inc ..............21BBig Gain ......................................10BBlue Earth County Extension ......6BBob Burns Sales & Service ........28BBoss Supply Inc ..........................23ABroskoff Structures ....................26AC & C Roofing..............................7ACase IH........................................12BCourtland Waste Handling ............9BCroplan........................................13ACurts Truck & Diesel Service ....24ACyrilla Beach Homes Inc ..............6BDairyland Seed Co Inc ..................5BDiers Ag ......................................10BDistel Grain System Inc..............16ADuncan Trailers LLC ..................31BEdney Distributing Co Inc ..........12AExcelsior Homes West Inc............4AFahey Sales Agency Inc ..............15BFairmont Auctioneer Alley

& Clerking ..............................16BFennert Trucking ........................26BGehling Implement

& Auction ......................16B, 18BGreg Jensen Real Estate ....15B, 19BHaug Implement..........................24BHenslin Auctions ........................18BHewitt Drainage Equipment ........7AJaycox Implement Inc ................19BJudson Implement ......................23BK & S Millwrights Inc ..................8BKeith Bode ..................................20BKeltgens ......................................10BKibble Equipment Inc ................22BKubota ..........................................7BLagers of Mankato ......................25ALano Equipment - Norwood ......23BLarry Danielson ..........................15BLarson Brothers Implement24B, 25B

Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids ............21ALetchers Farm Supply ..................4BM S Diversified ..........................20BMankato Ford..............................27AMankato Motor Co ....................28AMassop Electric ..........................20BMatejcek Implement ..................27BMiller Sellner ..............................32BMN Soybean Processors ..............6ANorthern Ag Service ..................24BNorthland Building Inc ..............15ANorthland Farm Systems ............26BNorthStar Genetics......................17ANuTech Seed, LLC ....................30AOlsen Diesel inc ..........................26APioneer ........................9A, 10A, 11APoet Biorefining............................6APruess Elevator............................14BRabe International Inc ................21BRitter Ag Inc ..............................22ARush River Steel & Trim ............16ARyerson Auction Realty ..............14BSchweiss Inc................................26BSentinel Building Systems ............2BSmiths Mill Implement Inc ........24BSonstegard Cattle Co LLC..........13BSouth Central Seed & Chemical 14ASouthwest MN K-Fence ..............7ASteffes Group ............14B, 15B, 17BSuess Auction Service ................14BSun Opta ....................................20ASyngenta ................................3A, 5ASyntex ........................................20AToppers Plus................................29AUnited Farmers Cooperative ......25BVermeer ........................................8AWagner Trucks ..............................7AWearda Implement ......................20BWestbrook Ag Power ..................20BWhite Planters ............................15AWillmar Farm Center ..................28BWillmar Precast ..........................31AWindridge Implements................30BWingert Realty ............................15BWoodford Ag LLC ......................21BZiegler ........................................14A

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302 acres of SportsmanParadise! Over 1½miles of MN River run-ning thru property, per-fect place to camp, hike,fish & hunt. Owner will-ing to divide property up.$1,640,000 mls#7006894For more informationcall Ambrose 507-995-1770

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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

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WANTED: 1909-1959 Fordcars & parts, tin & porcelinsigns, old gas pumps &globes. Please call 507-665-6893

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FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 &6000 & 7000 series forageharvesters. Used kernelprocessors, also, used JD40 knife Dura-Drums, &drum conversions for 5400& 5460. Call (507)427-3520www.ok-enterprise.com

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

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PRIMEFARMLAND FOR SALEWritten and signed bids will be accepted bymail until December 19, 2014, on the land listedbelow:148.98 deeded acres of highly productive, welltiled bare land in the N.W. 1/4 of Section 16,range 44W, of Providence Township, Lac quiParle County, MN. The land has a CPI of 90.The property I.D. is 36-0079-000.Owners are Miller, Danielson, Hendrickson, etal.Sellers reserve the right to reject any or all bids.Bids should be submitted to:Peggy Danielson4578 340th Ave.Montevideo, MN 56265Phone: (320) 226-1256

Friday, November 14 @ 10 AM: Roger & Phyllis Malenke Farm Auction,Brewster, MN, Farm Retirement

Opens Monday, November 10 & Closes Tuesday, November 18: RASFarms Online Auction, Dumont, MN, Excess Inventory Reduction Auction

Wednesday, November 19 @ 10 AM: Byron & Kathleen Richard,Belfield, ND, Farm Retirement Auction

Opens Monday, November 10 & Closes Thursday, November 20:IQBID Gillespie Family Farm, Johnson, MN, Excess Equipment OnlineAuction

Opens Tuesday, November 11 & Closes Thursday, November 20:IQBID City of East Grand Forks, MN, East Grand Forks, MN, Online Auction

Friday, November 21 @ 10:30 AM: Dumonceaux Farms, Foley, MN,Retirement Auction

Opens Monday, November 24 & Closes Thursday, December 4:IQBID Haud Implement, Litchfield, MN, Online Auction

Opens Tuesday, November 25 & Closes Thursday, December 4:IQBID Magic City Implement, Minot, ND, Online Auction

Opens Monday, November 17 & Closes Tuesday, November 25:IQBID Frontier Ag & Turf, Osceola, WI, Online Inventory Reduction Auction

Wednesday, December 3, 10 AM: AgIron West Fargo Event, Red RiverValley Fairgrounds

Tuesday, December 9 @ 10 AM: Kibble Equipment, Montevideo, MN,Large Late Model Equipment Auction

Opens Wednesday, December 3 & Closes Wednesday December 10:IQBID December Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, AdvertisingDeadline to Consign is November 15

Opens Monday, December 8 & Closes December 15 & 16: IQBIDArnold Companies Inc., Kimball, MN & Glencoe, MN, 2 Day Online AuctionClosing

Opens Tuesday, December 9 & Closes Friday, December 19: IQBIDMies Outland, Watkins, MN, Online Auction

Thursday, December 18 @ 10 AM: AgIron Litchfield Event, Litchfield,MN, Advertising Deadline November 19 to Consign Your ExcessEquipment

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FOR SALE: '08 WilRich 20'stalk chopper, pull type, 13/4” PTO, very good condi-tion, used only 900 acres,$16,500/OBO. Retiring. LeeStern Springfield MN 507-220-0448

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'89 IHC 1680 combine;24R30” JD planter, Kinzebar; 708 & 706 White CH;964 C-IH CH; 175 Michiganldr; Hiniker 3300 FC; Big Afloater; JD 40' FC; Whiteplows & parts; 8R Artswaystalk chopper; Killbrosgrain cart. 507-380-5324

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'03 Parker 605 gravity wag-on, 4 whl brakes, very goodcond., $12,200 OBO. Retir-ing. 507-220-0448 Lee Stern

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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

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Case IH 600 blower, $2,400;JD 435 round baler, $5,000.320-510-0468

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

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TRACTORS: Case-IH 9350 4x4, 3,853 hrs, 16spd, 3 pt, 4 outlets, new 20.8x38 rubber, SN0036025; Case-IH 7240, MFWD, 3,837 hrs,18.4x42 rubber w/duals, SN 0069334; JD 4430,8,048 hrs, 1,500 on new motor, 18.4x38 rubber,duals, SN 052999; JD 2630, 4,890 hrs; IH 504,gas w/IH 345 loader; JD B; IH Farmall Super C; IHFarmall M w/loader; IH Farmall F-20; Bobcat 542B,gas, 906 hrs. COMBINE & HEADS: JD 9510 Combine, 2,400engine hrs, 1,800 sep hrs SN 680811; JD CH 693,knife rolls; JD 925F BH. TRUCKS: 2005Freightliner, 300 hp Cat eng, Allison auto, 367,000mi, TS, 22.5 Lo Pro rubber, alum whls, 20' ITBalum box, roll tarp & HD hoist; 1980 Ford F-800,429 gas eng, 5-2 spd trans, 60,000 mi, TS, llR/22.5rubber, 18' Crysteel box, roll tarp & HD hoist.EQUIPMENT: Rotary mowers; 2014 Bushhog 6’ &7’; JD2 40 4 disc; Parker 500 Grain Cart; GravityWagons; Augers. JD 1770 12 row 30" Planter w/3bu boxes, row cleaners; Case-IH Tigermate II 40'Field Cultivator; Wilrich 25' pull type Chisel Plow;PLOWS: (2) Case 500 6 bottom on land; (2) Case500, 5 bottom semi mount; MANY ANT., COLL.,TOOLS & MISC.Online [email protected] Flyer - www.auctioneeralley.comTOM WINCHOwner507-327-7839

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SELLING: Tractors, Combines, Heads, Tillage Equipment,Hay & Forage Equipment, Planters & All Other Types ofMiscellaneous Equipment, Trucks-Trailers & Vehicles. (2)Local Farm Lines & a Large Consignment of Equipment &Attachments from a JD Dealer.To consign a single item, a complete farmline or for moreinformation, call Gehling Auctin Co. 1-800-770-0347, Fax 507-765-3672 or email: [email protected]

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FOR SALE: '98 Lorenz 885snowblower, 540 PTO, 8'wide, 2 augers, good cond.,$3,750. Lee Stern, Spring-field, MN, retiring. 507-220-0448

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

IH 80 snowblower, hyd spout,very good; Parker 600 bugravity wagon, 4W brakes,fenders, lite pkg, nice. Pe-terson Equipment NewUlm MN 507-276-6958 or6957

IH 8x18 plow, $5,500; Parker300 bu box, $2,500; JD 4440FWA, tractor, w/duals,$19,500; 8x32' auger w/5 hpmotor, $1,200; JD 3020Gw/ldr & cab, restored,$10,000. 507-330-3945

JD 7800 MFW tractor, PQ,18.4x42, 3pt w/ 2h, $37,900;IH 856 dsl tractor, cab, 2ptw/ 3pt conversion, $4,750;black Miller model 12 ldr,bucket w/ grapple lift grap-ple fork, choice stick con-trols, JD mounts, will fitmost tractors, $2,350; JD686 2 auger 3pt snowblower,$1,650; 1000 gal fuel tank w/pump, $650. 320-769-2756

John Deere #712 9 ShankDisk Chisel w/ Leveler.Great Plains 36 Ft Discova-tor/Finisher (2006) w/ Hi-Residue. Both Real Good.319-347-2349 Can Deliver

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4320 JD, work or parade, excshape, $16,500. 4230 JD,work or parade,cab/air/heat, $19,000. (715)287-3396

5220 IHC 4WD w/cab, ldr w/8' bucket, new rear rubber,front exc. (920)787-4760

FOR SALE: '09 JD 9330, PS,1130 hrs, 1000 PTO, 710x38s,auto steer, excellent.$187,500/OBO. 641-220-6108

FOR SALE: 1086 IH tractor,dual PTO, excellent condi-tion. (715)964-1052

IH tractors restore or use:1466, very good 20.8x38rears, straight draw bar(has rock shafts &controls) cab w/ no glass,fenders avail, runs well,$4,700. 706 Wheatland dsl,wide fenders, 18.4x34 rears-70% Firestone Field &Roads, good TA, dual PTO,straight draw bar, runswell, low hrs, $5,500. Veryrestorable. Call 715-235-3394

JD 70 skidloader, rebuilt en-gine, looks & runs like new,$3,600; Bobcat 600 skidload-er, $2,700; Rounder skid-loader, very nice, $2,800;IHC M loader tractor,$1,400; New tractor chains,$175. 320-766-3758

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‘13 CIH Steiger 350, 400 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, PTO, 18.4x50 ..........................$17,700 ......$20,645‘13 CIH Steiger 550, 427 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, susp. cab, 800R38’s..................$24,118 ......$28,144‘14 CIH Steiger 470 Quad, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, diff. lock, 30” tracks ..........$22,594 ......$28,403‘14 CIH Steiger 470 RowTrac, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, PTO, HID, 24” tracks ....$25,598 ......$30,752‘14 CIH Steiger 550 Quad, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, HID, diff. lock, 30” tracks ....$27,767 ......$32,657‘14 CIH Steiger 580 Quad, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, HID, diff lock, 30” tracks ....$39,634 ......$45,021‘14 CIH Steiger 620 Quad, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, Accuguide ready, HID, diff. lock, 30” tracks ....$42,194 ......$47,890

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FOR SALE: Brillion Com-mander II ripper, 9 shank,15” spacing, good condition.Priced only at $9,500. 507-220-0487

Intl 7-18's trailer type plow,AR, w/coulters; also, JD 5-18's plow, trailer type. 320-760-5622

Landoll #6230 23 FtHeavy Disc (2008) (LowAcres) Like New. FarmKing 10x80 Auger w/ TwinAuger Hopper. J&M 350 BuWagon Truck Tires NiceUnit. 319-347-6138 Can Del

WANTED TO BUY: JD 845,16R30” cultivator or 24R22”cultivator, any brand. 320-219-0052

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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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FOR SALE: '05 JD 9660STScombine, 3238 eng/1920sephrs, 20.8x42 duals, PWRD,big unload auger, high capfeeder house, Y&M, singlept hookup, $99,000; (2) BII300 bu gravity boxes w/ JDrunning gears, $2,000/ea.;JD 643 oil bath cornhead,$7,000. 320-510-0468

FOR SALE: CIH 2206 corn-head, hyd. deck plates,plastic snouts, low acres,very nice; CIH 2606 chop-ping cornhead, nice. 507-530-8875

FOR SALE: JD 643 corn-head, oil drive, nice roller,auger cover, good shape,$8,000. 507-317-3396

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3 RENTAL UNITS – Great Plains 35 Ft Turbo-

Max (2014) 500 Acres. Also24 Ft Turbo-Max (2014) 800Acres (Hyd To TurnBlades 0-6 Degrees). GreatPlains #5109 (2013) 9 ShankTurbo Chisel 300 Acres. AllHave New Warranty. Deal-er 319-347-6282 Can Deliver

FOR SALE: '02 JD 726 fin-isher, 38', 5 bar spike har-row, hyd disk gang, shed-ded, $30,000/OBO. Mustsell! 641-220-6108

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FOR SALE: Case 1070, dsl.tractor, low hrs, cab; also,Case 930, dsl. 320-760-5622

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

Specializing in most ACused tractor parts forsale. Rosenberg TractorSalvage, Welcome MN56181, 507-848-6379 or 507-236-8726

Harvesting Equip 037

'05 JD 9560STS combine,1,667 sep. hrs., exc. cond.,893 cornhead, 930F flexhead. 507-236-0610

'10 JD 9770STS, top notchcond., 1000 sep. hrs., yieldmon., 2WD w/duals, Con-tour Master & Auto Track,$165,000. 320-444-7267

BRENT #974 Grain Cart,(New Augers), Scale, HydEtc. Sunflower #4311 7Shank Disc Ripper w/Heavy Harrow. Both RealGood. 319-347-2349. Can Del

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NEED A NEWNEED A NEWTRATRACTCTOR?OR?

Plow Right In and- LOOK IN THE CLASSIFIEDS!!

THE LAND1-800-657-4665

www.westbrookagpower.comHwy. 30 West • WESTBROOK, MN • Ph. (507) 274-6101

TRACTORSVersatile 535, 800 hrs. ....................................$194,900Versatile 936, PS, 3 pt., 8150 hrs.......................$19,900JD 8430, PTO, 3 pt., 8000 hrs. ..........................$19,900Versatile 280, FWA, SS, PS, 700 hrs.................$124,900Versatile 2180B, FWA, SS, PS, 2850 hrs.............$98,900NH T7040 w/GP30 Miller....................................$98,500NH TV140, 4377 hrs...........................................$49,900NH TL80, FWA, w/loader, 2400 hrs.....................$27,900Ford 7710, 2800 hrs. ........................................$15,900NH 1530, Boomer, hydro, 1800 hrs. ....................$7,900IH 986, 6500 hrs. ..............................................$11,900IH 606 w/loader ..................................................$3,900

COMBINESNH CR9070, 580 hrs. ......................................$239,900NH CR9070, 800 hrs. ......................................$209,900NH CR9060, 735 hrs. ......................................$199,900NH CR9060, 815 hrs. ......................................$179,900NH CR9060, 780 hrs. ......................................$189,900NH TR-99, RWA, 2255 hrs. ................................$49,900NH TR-98, 1950 hrs. ..........................................$44,900Gleaner R-62, 2400 hrs. ....................................$29,900Gleaner R-40, 1800 hrs. ....................................$15,900

CORN HEADSNH 99C, 8R30....................................................$56,500NH 99C, 8R30....................................................$53,000NH 98C, 8R30....................................................$28,500NH 98C, 8R30....................................................$22,500NH 98D, 8R30, fits TR/CR ..................................$29,900NH 98D, 6R30....................................................$26,500Drago N8TR ......................................................$29,900

GRAIN HEADSNH 740CF, 35’ w/Crary air..................................$34,500NH 740CF, 30’ w/Crary air ................................$34,500NH 74C, 35’ w/Crary air ....................................$31,900NH 74C, 30’ w/Crary air ....................................$29,900NH 74C, 35’ w/Crary air ....................................$29,900NH 74C, 30’ ......................................................$17,900

TILLAGEWilrich Quad X2, 60’ w/basket ..........................$44,900Wilrich Quad 5, 46’, 4-bar..................................$19,900Wilrich Quad 5, 37’, 4-bar..................................$18,900Wilrich Quad 5, 41.5’, 4-bar ..............................$17,900

DMI TMII, 46.5’, 4-bar........................................$17,900DMI TM, 43’, 4-bar ............................................$12,900‘08 Wilrich 957, 7-30 ........................................$27,900‘04 Wilrich 957, 7-30 ........................................$17,900Wilrich 357, 5-30 ..............................................$11,500‘07 JD 2700, 7-30 w/Summers harrow ............$17,900JD 2700, 9-24 ..................................................$15,900‘07 Brent CPC, 7-30, Nice ..................................$12,900Wishek 862NT, 26’ w/harrow ............................$39,900Wilrich 5850, 40’ chisel plow ............................$28,000Wilrich 5830, 25’ chisel plow ............................$27,900

SKIDLOADERSNH L225, cab/heat/AC, hi-flow, 126 hrs. ............$42,900NH L220, cab/heat, 1100 hrs. ............................$33,500NH L185, cab/heat, hi-flow ................................$33,900NH L185, cab/heat, 1330 hrs. ............................$31,900NH L213, 915 hrs. ............................................$18,900

DRILLS & PLANTINGKinze 3600, 16R30 ............................................$53,900Kinze 2600, 12/23 hyd. drive ............................$39,900Kinze 2600, 16/31 ............................................$32,900Kinze 3600, 16/31 ............................................$49,900Kinze 3600, 16/32, 9600 acres..........................$58,900JD 1760, 12R30 w/insect. ................................$29,900

HAY EQUIPMENTNH BR7090, twine/net ......................................$21,500NH 688 baler, net wrap ......................................$13,500NH 1431 ............................................................$14,900NH 499 ................................................................$9,900NH 3PN head ......................................................$8,900‘11 Vermeer 6040 disc mower ............................$5,950NH 616 ................................................................$5,450New Tonutti Raptor 12 V-rake ..............................$8,500Gramip 9-wheel rake ..........................................$3,000

MISCELLANEOUSMandako 40’ Land Roller ..................................$19,900Frontier 1108 cart ..............................................$18,900Killbros 690 cart ..................................................$9,900JD 1210A cart......................................................$3,950Rem 2100 vac. ....................................................$7,900Wilrich 20’ pull-type shredder............................$10,900King Kutter 5’ rotary cutter......................................$550

USED EQUIPMENT

WESTBROOK AG POWER

‘11 CIH 8120 combine, 520/85R42 duals, extendedwear rotor, HID lights, 1126 eng. hrs., 694 sep. hrs. ....................................................$149,500

‘12 JD 8235R, MFWD, powershift, 1300 front axle,380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 single fronts, 60 GPMhyd. pump, 4 remotes, 3350 hrs., comprehensiveWarranty till 7500 hrs or Jan., 2016..........$113,500

‘10 JD 608C Stalkmaster 8x30 choppingcornhead......................................................$36,000

‘11 JD 8285R, powershift, 1300 front axle,480/80R46 duals, 420/90R30 single fronts, wgts.,60 GPM hyd. pump, 5 remotes, 2820 hrs.,Powertrain Warranty until June 2015........$136,500

‘07 JD 2700, 9 shank 24” spacing ripper, goodcond.............................................................$14,500

‘14 JD 825i Gator, power steering, bed lift,15 hrs. ........................................................$12,900

‘11 JD Gator 825i, bed lift, 300 hrs. ..............$8,750

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332507-381-1291

1409 Silver Street E.Mapleton, MN 56065

507-524-3726massopelectric.com

We carry a full line of Behlen& Delux dryer parts;

Mayrath and Hutch auger parts.Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs,

bearings, chains & pulleys

USED DELUX DRYERSDELUX 10’ MODEL 2515, LP/NG, 1 PH, 300 BPHDELUX 20’ MODEL 6030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 600 BPH

USED DRYERSKANSUN 1025 215, LP, 1 PHBEHLEN 380, 1 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIMBEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM

M.S. [email protected]

Fairfax, MN800-432-3565 • 320-894-6560

www.ms-diversified.com

‘13 JD 9460R, 4WD Powershift,875 hrs., 520/85R42 triples, hi-flowhyd. w/5 remotes, PTO, HID lights,POWERGARD WARRANTY..........................................$244,500

‘11 JD 8285R, 1375 hrs., IVT,ILS, 60 gal. pump, 480/80R50’sw/duals, 380/80R38 fronts w/duals,POWERGARD WARRANTY........................Reduced! $169,500

‘13 JD 635F, Hydra-Flex, Used OneSeason, Low Acres ............$29,500

‘13 JD 606C Stalkmaster choppingcornhead, HHS, Row-Sense,Used One Season ..............$48,500

‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ploww/coulters, auto reset, low acres............................................$36,500

PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT

• Sunflower Tillage• Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac• Woods Mowers• J&M Grain Carts• Westfield Augers• Summers Equipment• White Planters• Wilrich Tillage

• White 8524-22 planter• Friesen 240 seed tender• Pickett thinner, 24-22• Alloway 22’ shredder• Alloway 20’ shredder• J&M 1131 grain cart• J&M 1151 grain cart• Killbros 1810 cart, tracks• Killbros 890 cart• Tebben 45’ land roller• Mandako 45’ land roller• Sheyenne G520, 10x50 EMD• Sheyenne 1410, 10x66 hopper• Sheyenne 1410,

10x70/hopper• Westfield MK 13x71• Hutch 13x71, swing• Westfield 8x31, EMD• CIH 870, 13X24, deep till• ‘09 JD 2700, 7-30• Wilrich 957, 9-24 w/harrow• Wilshek 862, 26’ disk• EZ-On 4600, 30’ disk

• JD 2410, 41’ chisel• Wilrich 5856, 39’ chisel• DMI crumbler, 50’• Wilrich QX2, 60’, rolling

baskets• Wilrich QX, 60’, rolling basket• Wilrich Quad X, 55’, rolling

basket• Wilrich Quad X, 50’ F.C.• Wilrich Quad 5, 45’ F.C.• JD 2210, 581⁄2’ F.C.• CIH 200, 55’, rolling basket• CIH 200, 50’ rolling basket• Kongskilde 3500, 28’• Hardi 4400, 120’• Hardi Comm. 1500, 132’• Hardi Nav. 1100, 90’• Hardi Nav. 1000, 88’• Hardi 1000, 66’• Redball 570, 90’• ‘12 Amity 12-22• ‘10 Amity 12-22• ‘04 Amity 8-22• Amity 8-22, (3)• ‘11 Artsway 6812, 12-22• ‘10 Artsway 6812, 12-22• ‘11 Artsway 6812, 8-22• ‘06 Artsway 6812, 8-22• Artsway 898, 8-22• Artsway 692, 8-22• Amity 12-22 topper, St. Ft.• (2) Alloway 12-22 folding

topper• (2) Alloway 12-22 topper,

St. Ft • Artsway 12-22 topper

Clara City, MN 56222 320-847-3218

www.wearda.com

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KOYKER LOADERS & PRODUCTS

‘11 CIH 260 Magnum tractor ..$153,000‘93 NH 8770 tractor ..................$55,000‘98 JD 9610 combine ................$42,500JD 12-22 CH, 12R-22” ..............$13,000JD 930, 30’ flex head ..................$4,750JD 510 ripper, 7-shank ..............$12,500IH 720 plow, 7-18” ......................$5,500CIH 3900, 30’ disk......................$22,000Alloway-Woods 20’ stalk shredder

..................................................$7,500

EZ Trail 860 grain cart, red ........$17,500J & M 350 bu. wagon ..................$2,700Westfield 1371 auger w/swing

hopper walker, PTO..................$8,500Top Air 12”x30’ belt conveyor ....$1,800‘07 Mandako 50’ Landroller ......$22,000‘13 Maschio 12 wheel high capacity

rake ..........................................$8,500‘13 SS-400 seed tender, scale ..$24,500White 6700, 18R22” planter ......$16,500

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

TRACTORS‘10 CIH 435 Quad, 575 hrs.- $269,500

‘09 CIH 385, 1000 hrs. - $189,500‘14 CIH 550 Quad Trak, 475 hrs.- $330,000

NEW CIH 500 Quad - Call forSpecial Price

‘11 CIH 315 w/Soucy tracks,550 hrs. - $239,500

‘05 CIH 500 Quad w/PTO,2350 hrs. - $209,000

‘12 CIH Puma 130 CVT, 380 hrs.- $89,500

PLANTERS & TILLAGECIH 7 shank auto ripper - $4,850CIH 530B w/lead shanks (red)- $18,500

CIH 730C - $26,500CIH 870, 18’ w/reel - $51,500

‘07 CIH 1200, 16 row, bulk full- $69,500

‘08 JD 1760, 12-30 - $39,500

HARVEST‘11 CIH 7120, 339 hrs.- $249,500

‘10 CIH 7088, 528 hrs. - $219,500‘08 CIH 7010, 954 hrs.- $179,500

‘04 CIH 2388 RWA - $99,500‘10 CIH 2608 chopping head- $59,500

‘93 1666 - $22,500‘91 1680 - $19,900‘95 2166 - $41,900‘99 2388 - $69,500‘02 1020, 25’ - $9,500‘03 1020, 30’ - $8,500‘01 2208 - $18,500J&M 620 cart - $14,500Brent 420 cart - $7,450

LOCAL TRADES LOCAL TRADES

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

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

BANCROFT IMPL. INC.Hwy. 169 • Bancroft, IA

515/885-2319

10 STORES STRONG COVERING NOR10 STORES STRONG COVERING NORTHERN IOWTHERN IOWAA

TRACTORS:

2012 JD 9560T, 792 hrs ............$335,0002013 JD 9560R, 70 hrs ..................$340,0002014 CIH 500 RT, 230 hrs ..............$385,0002013 CIH 500 Stgr, 622 hrs ............$285,0002012 JD 9410R, 698 hrs ................$220,0002012 CIH 315, 505 hrs ....................$219,0002012 CIH 315, 447 hrs ....................$218,0002010 CIH 385 4WD, 1123 hrs ........$212,0002011 JD 8260R, 728 hrs ................$182,5002012 CIH 290, 530 hrs ....................$179,5002014 CIH 235, 125 hrs ....................$176,5002013 CIH 235, 254 hrs ....................$164,0002008 CIH 335 Stgr, 2027 hrs ..........$162,5002007 JD 9420T, 3669 hrs................$160,0002006 CIH STX 330, 1548 hrs ..........$155,0002007 CIH STX 430, 4117 hrs ..........$145,0002006 CIH 305, 2072 hrs ..................$145,0002007 CIH MX 305, 1076 hrs ..........$139,5002011 CIH 235, 915 hrs ....................$138,5002007 CIH 305, 2500 hrs ..................$138,0002008 CIH 275, 2670 hrs ..................$137,5002008 CIH 245, 1914 hrs ..................$137,5002006 CIH 245, 1928 hrs ..................$128,0002005 CIH MX 285, 3085 hrs ..........$112,0002004 CIH MX 285, 4768 hrs ..........$100,0002014 CIH MAX 140, 200 hrs ............$98,5002007 Challenger MT 575B, 1860 hrs $85,0002001 CIH MX 240, 4315 hrs ............$84,5001994 NH 9480, 6750 hrs ..................$55,9001998 NH 9682, 7350 hrs ..................$55,000

COMBINES:

2012 JD S670, 550/415 hrs ........$295,0002012 CIH 8230, 525 hrs ..................$298,5002012 CIH 8120, 650 hrs ..................$289,5002012 CIH 8120, 891/645 hrs ..........$279,0002009 CIH 8120, 1552/1130 hrs ......$185,0002006 JD 9760, 2027/1382 hrs ........$165,0002007 CIH 7010, 2139/1684 hrs ......$160,0002008 CIH 7010, 2536/1652 hrs ......$155,0002007 CIH 8010, 2105/1450 hrs ......$145,0002005 JD 9660STS, 2167/1964 hrs..$140,0002007 CIH 2588, 2457/1858 hrs ......$115,000

2005 CIH 2366, 1587/1274 hrs ......$115,0002001 JD 9550, 2917/2137 hrs ..........$59,500

HEADS:

CIH 3412, 12R30, AHHC..............$67,5002009 Drago 12R, JD-9770, chop ......$59,5002012 CIH 2608, down corn auger ....$59,5002008 Drago 8R, CIH, chop ................$52,5002005 Drago 8R, CIH-8120, w/o chop$34,5002010 CIH 3408, tall corn pkg ............$34,5002005 Drago 6R, CIH-2366, chop ......$33,0002010 CIH 3208, tall corn ..................$32,5002004 Drago 12R, CIH, chop ..............$31,0002009 CIH 3406, tall corn pkg ............$28,5002005 Drago 8R, JD, w/o chop ..........$25,0002014 CIH 3020-35', AHHC ................$37,5002012 CIH 3020-35', IN CAB ..............$35,5002013 CIH 3020-35', used 400 acres..$35,5002009 CIH 2020-30', Crary Air Reel....$28,0002012 CIH 3020-25', 3" knife ..............$26,5002008 CIH 2020-35', FT, AHHC ..........$26,0002010 CIH 2020-30', Crary Air Reel....$24,5002010 CIH 2020-35', 3" dbl knife ........$22,5002009 CIH 2020-35', 3" cut ................$22,000

RIPPERS:

2013 CIH 870, 11 shank ..............$75,5002013 Wil-Rich 513, 11 shank ............$65,0002013 CIH 870, 9 shank......................$62,5002012 CIH 870, 9 shank......................$54,5002010 CIH 870, 11 shank....................$59,0002009 CIH 870, 11 shank....................$52,5002012 CIH 870, 7 shank......................$44,5002010 CIH 870, 9 shank......................$42,5002012 KRAUSE 4850, 18' ..................$38,5002011 JD 512, 9 shank ......................$32,5002010 KRAUSE 4850, 18' ..................$35,5002008 CIH 730C, 7 shank....................$30,0002007 KRAUSE 4850, 9 shank............$29,0002008 KRAUSE 4850, 7 shank............$28,5002010 JD 714 Soil Saver, 17 shank ....$27,5002011 JD 512, 7 shank ......................$25,5002009 JD 512, 7 shank ......................$21,5002007 JD 2700, 9 shank ....................$19,500

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

Feed Seed Hay 050

2015 SEED CORN SALEProven hybrids starting at$94. Full lineup of Conven-tional & Bio-Tech varieties.10% discount ends Nov. 30.

Online at www.kleenacres.com or call 320-237-7667.

We're the home of affordablehybrids!

Alfalfa Round Bales 90R.F.V. 19% protein, GoodBeef Hay. (218)689-6675

All types of HAY for sale.Delivery avail. Call (715)829-3547. Chippewa Falls

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‘10 Toolcat 5610, 440 hrs., 3 Pt &PTO ....................................$37,000

‘10 Toolcat 5600, 1350 hrs ..$31,500‘02 Bobcat V-623, Verahandler,

4126 hrs. ............................$38,900‘12 A-770, glass cab w/AC,

350 hrs................................$47,900‘13 T-700, glass cab w/AC, 290 hrs,

joystick controls ..................$58,500‘06 T-140, glass cab & heater,

3210 hrs..............................$22,900‘12 S-770, glass cab w/AC,

1150 hrs. ............................$43,500(2) ‘12 S-750, glass cab w/AC,

1800 hrs..............................$36,500

‘10 S-250, glass cab w/AC, 2 spd.,1125 hrs..............................$32,500

(2) ‘12 S-650, glass cab w/AC, 850hrs. & up ..........Starting at $34,900

‘13 S-130, glass cab & heater, 1600hrs., joystick control ............$18,250

610, cage, reman. engine ........$4,250Bobcat 8A, chipper, used very

little ......................................$6,250‘09 Bobcat Brushcat 72”........$3,850‘07 Bobcat 90” mower ............$1,250Bobcat 30H auger....................$2,250‘12 Bobcat 84” sweeper..........$3,250‘12 EZ Spotur, 3”-14”, rotator $4,500

USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST!

� Check us out at: www.lanoequipofnorwood.com

NorwoodYoung America952-467-2181

A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy

www.bobcat.com

Lano Equipment of Norwood Inc.Norwood Young America • 952-467-2181

USED TRACTORS‘08 NH T-9050, 2100 hrs. ..........................$169,000‘94 NH 7740SLE, MFD, cab, 2500 hrs, Tiger Boom

mower ......................................................$25,900‘00 NH TC-35, MFD, 1700 hrs. ....................$11,500‘78 White 2-180, 7600 hrs ..........................$12,900‘90 JD 4455, 8800 hrs ................................$39,900JD 820, Ult, loader..........................................$9,500‘80 IH 686, cab, 6356 hrs...............................$8,950‘69 Massey Ferguson 1100, loader ..............$8,950‘72 David Brown 1210, cab ..........................$3,500‘61 Case 730, gas ..........................................$2,250

USED TILLAGE‘99 Wilrich Quad 5, 50’, harrow ..................$24,500(2) ‘97 Wilrich Quad 5, 27’, harrow ............$15,900‘04 JD 2210, 58.5’, 3 bar harrow ................$33,000‘08 JD 2210, 50.5’, 2 bar harrow w/rolling

baskets......................................................$46,500JD 960, 42’, harrow........................................$7,950Flexi Coil 800, 32’, harrow ............................$7,950‘08 CIH 110, crumbler, 50’ ..........................$11,000‘12 Wishek 862NT, 16’ disk ........................$29,900‘10 Wishek 862NT, 14’ disk ........................$25,900‘07 Wilrich 957, 7 shank ripper ..................$17,500‘06 JD 2700, 9-shank disc ripper ................$15,200White 598 plow, 5-btm, vari width, coulters ..$3,500Glencoe 4450, 19’ disc chisel ......................$10,900JD 220, 22’ disk ............................................$3,950

USED PLANTERS‘93 White 6100, 8x36, liquid fert. ................$13,500‘87 White 5100, 8x36 ....................................$4,950‘06 Kinze 3600, 16x30, trash whipper,

3 bu. boxes................................................$65,000‘98 Kinze 2600, 16x30 ................................$29,900(2) JD 7000, 4x36..........................................$2,950‘11 Great Plains YP1225A-24, 12x30 twin row,

liq. fert.......................................................$99,500IH 800, 8x30, dry fert, end transport ..............$4,500

USED HAY EQUIPMENT‘79 NH 1495, 12’ self prop haybine, diesel ....$3,500

‘06 NH 1431, 13’ discbine............................$17,500‘02 NH 1411, 10’ discbine .......................... $11,900‘91 NH 499, 12’ haybine ................................$3,500‘83 JD 1219, 9’ MoCo ....................................$4,750‘08 CIH DCX161, 15’ discbine ......................$20,500‘06 CIH DCX131, 13’ discbine ......................$14,750‘97 CIH 8312, 12’ discbine ............................$8,750‘91 CIH 8370, 14’ haybine..............................$3,750‘12 NH FP-240, hay head only ....................$37,500‘00 NH FP-240, Crop Pro, 3R cornhead,

hay head ..................................................$27,500‘‘00 NH FP-230, Crop Pro, 2R cornhead,

hay head ..................................................$26,500Gehl 1580, forage blower ..............................$1,950‘05 H&S 20’ HD twin auger forage box &

416 wagon ................................................$12,900‘04 NH BR-780 round baler, netwrap & twine,

bale slice ..................................................$16,500‘06 NH BR-750A round baler, twine only ......$15,250‘07 NH BR-740A round baler, twine wrap ....$13,500‘97 NH 654 round baler, net & twin wrap......$12,500‘00 NH 648, round baler, net & twine wrap ..$12,500‘04 CIH RBX552, round baler, twine only......$10,950‘00 CIH RS551, round baler, twine only ..........$8,000(6) Cond. Rolls for 2300-HS14 NH headers,

New..........................................................Ea. $800‘06 H&S X10 rake ..........................................$7,500‘05 H&S CR-12 rake ......................................$3,250‘08 CIH WRX301, 12 wheel rake ....................$7,950‘04 JD 702, 10 wheel cart rake......................$3,250Kuhn SR-112, 12 wheel cart rake..................$4,250

USED MISCELLANEOUS‘11 Meyers 2636 speader ..............................$9,500‘04 H&S 270 spreader....................................$4,500H&S 430 spreader ..........................................$4,950‘07 NH 165 spreader ......................................$6,500‘04 Unverferth 9200 grain cart, tarp ............$28,500

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: Alfalfa hay, 4x6rounds, first cutting, goodbeef hay, $90/ton. Can haul34 bales at a time. $4 load-ed mile. 218-926-5666

FOR SALE: Bean strawlarge & small square bales.507-276-0420

FOR SALE: Large quantityof round bales and bigsquare bales of grass hay.Also wrapped wet bales.Delivery available by semi.507-210-1183

Grass Hay: Large rounds9-16% protein @1200#/bale. 1100 tonsavailable. Delivery avail-able. Quality tested. CallGrant. (507) 430-0607

Premium tested, high pro-tein, high RFV, alfalfasquare, wrapped baleage.Delivered by truckload.Call Wes at Red River For-age 866-575-7562

Straw & grass hay in largerounds & 3x3x8s. NetWrapped. Delivered in semiloads. Call Tim 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

Dairy 055

3 breeding age, red & whiteHolstein bulls for sale. Ask-ing $1,500/ea. (715)265-7105

FOR SALE: All milk replac-er minimum 22% protein,18% fat, discount prices,delivery possible. Otherfood and feed products -dirt cheap. 920-878-0688

FOR SALE: Calf Blankets -Thinsulate lining, $23, Quilt-ed lining, $21. Buy 10 get 1FREE. Papoose CreekFarm, 12200 Cty C, BRF,WI 54615

Reg. Holstein bulls. Goodmaternal lines and goodsires. Merritt's Elm-ChrisFarm (715)235-9272

WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLERALL SIZES. 920-867-3048

WANTED TO BUY: Dairyheifers and cows. 320-235-2664

WANTED TO BUY: Qualityherds & heifers. Buy, Sell,Lease. Also free stall andtie stall herds available.(715)579-7200

WANTED TO BUY:Springer dairy cows. 320-760-6050 No jockeys.

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75 Black steers & heifers,500lbs., double vacc.

(608)792-9423 or (608)788-6258

Fancy Holstein steers 200 to800 lbs in semi load lots.319-448-4667

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Information - Education- Insighthas it all for YOU!

DAMAGED GRAINWANTEDANYWHERE

We buy damaged corn andgrain any condition

- wet or dry -TOP DOLLAR

We have vacs and trucksCALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC800-205-5751

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.

USED TRACTORSCALL FOR YEAR END

SPECIAL PRICING AND FINANCENEW NH T9.565, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALLNEW NH T8.300, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH T7.200, FWA ....................................CALLNEW NH T4.105 w/loader ..............................CALLNEW NH 65 Workmaster, w/loader ................CALLNEW Massey 7620, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 6615, FWA ................................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader ................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD ................................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA ................................CALLNEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALL‘98 NH 8970, SS ..............................................CALL‘96 NH 8970, SS ..............................................CALLNH TD5050 w/loader ..................................$42,500NH TV6070 bi-directional ............................$87,500Versatile 895, 4WD ......................................$21,500

TILLAGESunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..................CALLSunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ......................$29,500Wilrich 957, 7-shank....................................$18,500Wilrich 513, 5-shank, Demo............................CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/bskt. ....................$54,500‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$52,500‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$34,500CIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ..........................$38,900

SKIDSTEERSNEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALL‘11 NH 225 h/a, loaded ..............................$38,900NH L170 cab, New Rubber ............................CALLJD 125 ............................................................$6,500

PLANTERSNEW White planters ........................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ......................$97,500

‘10 White 8186, 16-30 w/3 bu. ..................COMINGWhite 6222, 12-30, front fold ......................$29,500White 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row ....................$18,500‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 ....$105,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20 ..................CALL

COMBINESCALL FOR YEAR END

SPECIAL PRICING AND FINANCENEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALL(2) Fantini pre-owned 8-30 chopping CH ......CALL‘10 Gleaner R66, Loaded ................JUST TRADED‘11 Gleaner S77‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded‘03 Gleaner R75, Loaded‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals‘96 Gleaner R62 w/CDF rotor exc.

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALLNEW Salford Plows ........................................CALLNEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HANDNEW Westfield augers ....................................CALLNEW Rem 2700 vac ........................................CALLNEW Hardi sprayers ........................................CALLNEW Riteway rollers........................................CALLNEW Lorenz snowblowers ..............................CALLNEW Batco conveyors ....................................CALLNEW Brent wagons & grain carts ..................CALLNEW E-Z Trail seed wagons ..........................CALLNEW rock buckets & pallet forks .................. CALLREM 2700, Rental............................................CALLUnverferth 8000 grain cart ..............................CALLKinze 1050 w/duals ........................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ......................CALLPre-owned Sprayers........................................CALL

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MNPhone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noonwww.smithsmillimp.com

(DMI Parts Available)

‘13 JD 9560R, 153 hrs,4WD, 560 hp, 850-42,duals, 4 hyds........$333,000

‘10 JD 9630, 911 hrs,4WD, 530 hp, 800-70R38,duals, 4 hyds........$277,000

‘09 JD DB60 Planter,24R30, Seedstar 2, fert.............................$154,500

‘13 JD DB66 Planter,36R22, CCS, rowcommand ............$236,000

‘09 JD 2210 Field Cult.,45.5’, harrow, rear hitch..............................$40,000

‘11 JD DB44 Planter,24R22, pull-type, vacuum............................$159,900

‘12 JD 9510R, 371 hrs,4WD, 510 hp, 76x50..................................CALL

‘10 JD 9530T, 1100 hrs,Track, 475 hp, 36” belts,4 hyds. ................$289,000

‘12 JD 1790 Planter,3600 hrs, 24R20, CCS,Seedstar ..............$124,000

‘13 JD 2625 Disk, 33’7”folding harrow ......$65,000

‘11 JD 2700 Mulch Ripper,9-shank, 18’, 24” spacing..............................$38,000

‘13 JD 320D Skid, 600 hrs,66 hp, 2-spd, cab,reversing fan ........$36,500

‘13 JD 326E Skid, 320 hrs,74 hp, 2-spd, cab, joystick,84” bucket ............$49,600

‘14 JD 328E Skid, 28 hrs,86 hp, 2-spd, cab,84” bucket ............$54,000

‘14 JD 332E Skid, 680 hrs,97 hp, 2-spd, cab,84” bucket ............$49,900

‘13 Salford 8214 Plow,14-bottom ............$63,000

‘13 JD R450 Windrower,480-80R38, cab, 995platform ..............$120,000

‘10 JD 4930 Sprayer,752 hrs, self-propelled............................$285,000

‘12 Killbros 1311 GrainCart, 1300 bu, 22” doubleauger ....................$52,000

‘12 JD 3710 Plow,10-bottom ............$46,900

‘11 Wishek Disk, 26’,rotary scrapers ......$54,500

‘13 Salford 8212 Plow,12-bottom, 18”......$57,500

‘12 Salford RTS30, 30’,grease bank, harrow..............................$55,900

‘13 JD 1770NT Planter,24R30, CCS, front fold............................$165,000

E Hwy 12 - Willmar 800-428-4467

Hwy 24 - Litchfield 877-693-4333

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HAUG IMPLEMENT CO. ONLINE AUCTION– Starts Mon., Nov. 24.....Ends Thur., Dec. 4 –

Located at 62105 MN Hwy. 24, Litchfield.COMPLETE LOT LISTINGS & PHOTOS at SteffesGroup.com!

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

FOR SALE: 2 PurebredPolled Hereford heifers,born April 2014, show quali-ty. 320-796-0000 Spicer MN

FOR SALE: Purebred BlackAngus bulls, calf ease &good disposition. 320-598-3790

Registered Texas Longhornbreeding stock, cows,heifers or roping stock, topblood lines. 507-235-3467

WANT TO BUY: Butchercows, bulls, fats & walkablecripples; also horses,sheep & goats. 320-235-2664

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FOR SALE: Pulling bredstud colts. (715)279-3756

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United Farmers Cooperativewww.ufcmn.com

(L) Lafayette 507-228-8224 or 800-642-4104(G) Gaylord 507-237-4203 • (W) Waconia 952-442-7326

Main Office: Ag Service Center, 840 Pioneer Avenue • PO Box 4 • Lafayette, MN 56054-0004

USED DRYERS & AUGERS ..........Good Selection of Used Dryers-CALL!(L) Feterl, 12”x72”, Swing Hopper Auger

........................................................$8,995(L) Kansun 10-25-215, FF 190, GSI 260,

GSI 1218 Dryers..................................CALL(L) Westfield MK 13-71, swing hopper......CALL(L) Westfield WR, 100”-51’ PTO................CALL(L) Westfield WR, 80”-46’, electric ............CALL(L) Westfield WR, 60”-61’ EMD..............$1,800(L) GSI 1122 Dryer ....................................CALL(L) Hutch 10”x72’, Swing Hopper ..........$5,900(L) Hutch 6”x61’, electric........................$2,400(L) Sudenga 10”x31’, electric ................$3,495(L) Sudenga 10”x56’, electric ................$4,995

SKID LOADERS ......................(L) Bobcat S650, heat, 2-spd. ..............$41,500(L) Bobcat S630, heat, 2 spd., 400 hrs $34,800(L) ‘09 Bobcat S160, heat, 2-spd. ........$25,900(L) ‘12 Gehl V330, heat, AC, 2400 hrs..$34,600(L) Gehl V330, heat, 2-spd. ..................$40,900(L) Gehl 5640E, heat ............................$22,900(W) ‘05 Gehl 5640 ................................$18,100(L) Gehl 5240E, heat, 2-spd. ................$24,900(L) Gehl 5240, heat, 2 spd, 400 hrs......$29,975(W) ‘04 Gehl 4840, 1995 hrs. ..............$17,999(L) Case 1830 w/bucket ..........................$6,250(L) Case 430, 2 spd ..............................$26,800(L) OMC 320 w/bucket............................$4,375

SPREADERS ..........................(W) New Idea 3709 ................................$3,499(W) New Idea 352, (23035) ....................$1,899(W) H&S 560 ........................................$13,900(L) H&S 270 ..........................................$6,450(W) Knight 8124 slinger spreader ........$15,500(W) Knight 8114, (A088) ........................$8,400(W) Knight 8132, (B0077) ....................$19,200(W) Knight 8132 ..................................$17,500(W) Knight 8018 spreader ....................$10,900(L) JD 370 spreader................................$5,950(W) Meyer 3954, (1250) ........................$4,500(W) NH 185 ............................................$5,650(W) Gehl 329 Scavenger ........................$4,200

TILLAGE ..............................(G) Wilrich 957, 9-shank ......................$33,900(L) Wilrich 957, 5-shank ......................$16,500(L/G) Wilrich 957 (3), 7-shank ....From $20,600(L) Wilrich 513, Soil Pro, 9-24..............$39,600(W) Great Plains, Turbo chisel

7 & 11-shank ......................................CALL(W) Great Plains 24’ Turbomax..................CALL(L) Glencoe Soil Saver, 11-shank............$7,950(L) Glencoe DR 8600, 7-shank ..............$8,500(L) Krause Dominator, 21’ ....................$36,500(L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ....................$34,900(L/G) (2) Krause 18’ Rippers ................$44,800(L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ....................$33,900(L) DMI Tigermate II (2), 38.5’, 4-bar ..$29,900(L) DMI Tigermate II, 42.5’, 3 bar ........$20,600(G) DMI 730 (2) Rippers ......................$10,900(L) JD 2700, 9-24 Ripper......................$25,900(G) JD 2700, 7-shank ..........................$23,900(L) JD 2400 chisel plow, 33 shank ......$29,950

(L) JD 2210, 38.5’, 4-bar ......................$31,900(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 4-Bar........................$21,600(L) JD 985, 49.5’, 3-bar ........................$20,700(L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar ........................$17,500(L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar ........................$19,600(L) JD 960, 3-bar, 36.5’ ..........................$5,600(G) JD 3 pt. Plow, 5-bottom ..................$2,850(L) CIH 730B ........................................$19,800(L) CIH 54.5, 8 bar Tigermate II............$39,900(L) CIH 4900, 36.5’, 3-bar ......................$6,975(L) CIH 4800, 36.5’, 3-bar ......................$6,975(L) CIH 4600, 27.5’, 3 bar ......................$4,700(L) CIH 4300, 26.5’, 3 bar ....................$11,950(L) CIH 4300, 34.5’, 3 bar ....................$13,400(L) Wishek disc, 26’..............................$59,500

TMR’S ................................(W) Knight 5073, tow ..........................$17,199(W) Knight 3042 ..................................$12,500(W) Knight 3050 ..................................$11,499

SPRAYERS ............................(L) Hardi 1000 gal., 60’ boom ..............$14,400(G) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ..............$9,500(L) Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ..............$7,950(L) Demco 700 gal., 66’, front fold ......$14,900(L) Redball 670, 1200 gal., 66’ boom ..$13,800(G) Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom..................$9,900(L) Top Air 800 gal., 60’ boom................$9,350

MISCELLANEOUS ....................(L) H&S 18’ Power Box ..........................$6,950(L) Loftness 20’ Chopper ........................$9,600(G) Minnesota 250, 10-ton gear ............$1,900(L) Empire 45’ Roller ............................$20,500(G) Gehl 1410 Spreader ..........................$8,250(L) Gehl 970, 16’, tandem gears....2 @6,350 ea.(G) Used Grain Legs ..................................CALL(L) Woods 3 pt. 20’ Chopper ..................$5,950(L) EZ-Flow 300 bu. Box ........................$1,950(L) Unverferth 400 bu. Cart ....................$7,950(W) Unverferth 400 bu. Grain Cart ........$7,550(L) Used Snowblowers ..............................CALL(L) Tonutti 5’ Disc Mower ......................$4,500(W) Meyers 4618 Forage

Box’s ....................................4 at 12,900ea.(W) Brillion, 12’ Seeder ..........................$6,500(W) J&M 875 Grain Cart............................CALL(W) 74” Grapple, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$1,850(W) 72” Box Blade, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$2,899(W) 72” Dump Bucket, skid steer, universal

attachment ........................................$3,299(W) Thundercreek 3” Portable Welder ....$4,950(W) Westin 84” Snow Bucket, skid steer,

universal attachment ............................$975(W) ‘80 Allied 8’ 3 pt. Single Auger

Snowblower w/hyd. chute ..............$1,999

STOP IN TOSEE THE KUHN/KUHN KNIGHT/KUHN KRAUSEEQUIPMENT!

LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95763-689-1179

Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings -www.larsonimplements.com

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560RT, 799 hrs., 36” tracks,

1000 PTO, 5 hyd., hi-flow ..........$259,000‘12 JD 9560R, 685 hrs., 800x38” tires

& duals, 5 hyd., HID lights ........$240,000‘12 JD 9560R, 910 hrs., hi-flow hyds.,

5 hyd. valves, 520x46” triples ....$225,000‘13 JD 9460R, 467 hrs., hi-flow hyds.,

5 hyd. valves, 1000 PTO, 520x46” triples..................................................$223,000

‘13 JD 9460R, 721 hrs., 4 hyd. valves,1000 PTO, 710x42” tires & duals..................................................$213,000

‘13 JD 9510R, 685 hrs., 3 pt. hitch,620x42 tires & duals, 5 hyd., hi-flow..................................................$225,000

‘12 JD 9410, 688 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,big pump, 5 hyd., 480x50” tires & duals..................................................$230,000

‘12 JD 9410, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,480x50 tires & duals ..................$205,000

‘12 JD 9410, 1398 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,4 hyd., 480x50” tires & duals ....$215,000

‘13 CIH 450HD, 535 hrs., luxury cab,4 hyd. hi-flow, 710x42 tires & duals..................................................$205,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., luxury cab,6 hyd. hi-flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50 tires& duals ......................................$195,000

‘13 CIH 400HD, 140 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd. hi-flow, 480x50” tires & duals..................................................$209,000

‘09 CIH 485, Quad Track, 2995 hrs.,1000 PTO, Pro 600 screen, auto steer,30” belts ....................................$195,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 318 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump,520x46” tires & duals ................$185,000

‘09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., 4 hyd.,12-spd., 800x38 tires & duals....$148,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘11 JD 8335R, MFWD, 1777 hrs., ILS,

IVT trans., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,big pump, 480x50” tires & duals..................................................$178,000

‘11 JD 8335, #1500 MFWD, 1467 hrs., PS trans., 4 hyd., big pump, 3 pt., 1000PTO, 710x42” tires & duals........$169,000

‘10 JD 8270R, MFWD, 3888 hrs.,powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,380x50 tires & duals ..................$110,000

‘11 JD 8285, 1324 hrs., PS trans., bigpump, 4 hyds., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,18.4x46” tires & duals ..............$157,000

‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, IVT trans., 18.4x46 tires & duals..................................................$120,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 3100 hrs.,4 hyd. valves, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,420x46” tires & duals ..................$95,000

‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 4100 hrs.,3 pt., 4 hyd. valves, 540/1000 PTO,420x46 rear tires w/480x42” duals....................................................$85,000

‘12 CIH 315, MFWD, 481 hrs., Lux. cab,4 hyd., big pump, 1000 PTO, 480x50”rear tires & duals........................$165,000

‘12 CIH 315, MFWD, 481 hrs., 19-spd.,powershift, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 480x50”tires & duals ..............................$165,000

‘12 CIH 290, MFWD, 390 hrs., Lux. cab,5 hyd., big pump, HID lights, front & rearduals, 480x50” rear tires............$160,000

‘06 CIH 245, MFWD, 5100 hrs., 4 hyd.valves, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46”tires & duals ................................$77,000

‘12 CIH 210, MFWD, 885 hrs., 4 hyd.valves, big pump, 540/1000 PTO, 380x50”single rear tires ............................$98,000

‘13 Kubota M.135GX, MFWD, 550 hrs.,cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd.w/Kubota loader w/joystick ..........$67,000

COMBINES‘12 JD 680, 931 eng./764 sep. hrs.,

Pro-drive, 5-spd. feederhouse w/contour,chopper ......................................$200,000

‘12 JD 670, 404 eng./256 sep. hrs.,Prodrive, 5 spd. feederhouse, 650x38”tires & duals, Power bin ext. ......$227,500

‘09 JD 9870, 1895 eng./1233 sep. hrs.,Pro-drive, 5-spd. feederhouse, chopper,520x42” tires & duals ................$140,000

‘11 JD 9770, 880 eng./613 sep. hrs.,5-spd. feederhouse, Pro-drive, 20.8x42”tires & duals ..............................$182,000

‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs.,4WD, chopper, 1250/45/32 tires,28Lx26 rear tires ........................$140,000

‘09 JD 9570, 1496 eng./904 sep. hrs.,Contour Master, chopper, 30.5x32 tires,very clean ..................................$130,000

‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. hrs.,chopper, bin ext., 20.8x42 duals ..$40,000

‘00 JD 9550, 3508 eng./2425 sep. hrs.,Contour Master, chopper, bin ext.,24.5x32 tires ................................$57,000

‘02 JD 9750STS, 3359 eng./2271sep. hrs., updated feederhouse to60 Series heads, CM, chopper, duals,$29,000 repairs in February ........$65,000

‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777sep. hrs., well equipped, 520x42”tires & duals ..............................$205,000

‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42 tires& duals ......................................$180,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs.,Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42” tires& duals ......................................$185,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, lateral tilt feeder,power bin ext., 30.5x32 tires......$139,000

‘08 NH CR9060, 1782 eng./1332sep. hrs., 4x4, Terrain tracer, chopper,rock trap, 620x42 duals ..............$99,000

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ..$68,000

‘99 JD 9610, 2791 eng./1983 sep. hrs.,chopper, chaff spreader, yield & moisturedisplay, 18.4x42 tires & duals ......$45,000

COMBINE HEADS‘05 Geringhoff Roto Disc 830, 8R30”

....................................................$28,000‘07 Geringhoff RD1622, 16R22”

chopping head..............................$35,000‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head............$12,500‘05 JD 630, 30’ flex head ..............$13,000‘07 Geringhoff Roto Disc 600, 6R30”

....................................................$29,500‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head............$11,000‘95 JD 893, 8R30” w/pixall rolls ....$13,500‘90 JD 643, 6R30” cornhead ..........$8,500

TILLAGE‘07 JD 512, 9-shank disc ripper ....$19,500

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FOR SALE: 3 Columbiaewes 1 ½ yr old, $75/ea. 952-465-7974

FOR SALE: 35 Texel CheviotFinn crossed ewes, 3-5years old, $150/ea. Bred forfirst to middle of Feb lamb-ing. S-983 County Rd D,Cashton WI.

Minnesota Bred Ewe SaleSaturday, Nov 29, 2014.Fairgrounds in RochesterMN. 9am Show, 1pm Sale.For catalog, call 507-760-0949 or go to

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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

FOR SALE: Yorkshire,Hampshire, Duroc &Hamp/Duroc boars, alsogilts. Excellent selection.Raised outside. Exc herdhealth. No PRSS. Deliveryavail. 320-568-2225

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ABCA Border Collie pups,tough working cow-dog par-ents, 1st shots, slick coat,guarantee livestock intensi-ty, $350. 715-642-1966

FOR SALE: Blue Heelerpups, smart w/cattle,$50/ea. Daniel Borntreger,21395 Co Hwy N., Kendall,WI 54638

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FOR SALE: Ford 7.3 dsl en-gines, transmissions &parts. All years new &used. 320-583-0881

Trucks & Trailers 084

'97 GMC 3500 pick up, 6.5diesel, 4x4, w/gooseneckhitch, no rust. Good condi-tion, $4,900. (715)498-4988

WANTED: 1962 – 1965 Chevor GMC truck tractor; alsoolder Chev cab over trac-tor. 507-227-3961

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Are you interestedin going on a 15day Trip to Greece& Italy including aMediterraneanCruise from 3/10 to3/24, 2015? CallJim Anderson, Bel-grade @ 320-254-3598 or MartyGjerde, Brooten @320-295-1435 formore details andprices.

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USED SKIDLOADERS‘07 Gehl 6640E, Gehl T-bar controls, Deutz dsl. eng.,

12x16.5 tires, 2600 lb. lift cap., sgl. spd., 5012 hrs.,SN:6789 ......................................................................$12,500

‘13 Gehl 5640E, T-bar controls, Yanmar diesel eng., 12x16.5tires, 2200 lift capacity, cab, heat, 2-spd., pwr. Q-tach(cold weather version), 2250 hrs., SN: 4796 ............$24,750

‘12 Gehl 5240 P2, Gehl hand T-bar controls, 64 hp. Yanmardsl. eng., 12x16.5 tires, 1900 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd.,wgt. kit, 2526 hrs, SN:3595........................................$21,900

‘13 Gehl R220, Gehl hand controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2spd., counter weight, susp. seat ..............................$27,250

‘11 Gehl 5640E, Gehl T-bar hand controls, 84 hp. Yanmardsl. eng., 12x16.5 tires, 2200 lb. lift capacity, std. hyds.,sgl. spd., 2600 hrs., SN:2742 ....................................$20,500

‘08 Gehl 5640E, T-bar controls, Deutz dsl. eng., 12x16.5tires, 2200 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., susp. seat, 2800 hrs.,SN:0606 ....................................................................$18,750

Gehl 5640, Gehl T-bar hand controls, 2 spd, counter weight,suspension seat ........................................................$19,850

‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, pilot joystick controls, std. hyd,. cab,heat, 2 spd., PQ tach, radio, counter wgt., suspensionseat, block heater ......................................................$27,500

‘05 Gehl 4840, Gehl T-bar controls, cab, heat ............$17,200‘12 Gehl 4240E, T-bar controls, 46 hp Yanmar diesel eng.,

10x16.5 tires, std. hyds., cab, heat, defrost heater, blockheater, counter wgt., sgl. spd., 1200 hrs., SN:7558 $20,900

‘94 Gehl 5625SX, T-bar hand controls, 60 hp. Perkins dsl.eng., 2000 lb. lift capacity,12x16.5 tires, std. hyds., sgl.spd., 2950 hrs., SN:0958............................................$11,500

‘13 Gehl 5640E, Gehl hand T-bar controls, cab, heat, 2 spd.PQ-tach, counter weight, susp. seat ........................$24,950

‘12 Gehl 5640E, Gehl hand controls, sgl. spd., PQ-tach,counter weight, susp. seat ........................................$19,900

‘12 Gehl 5240E P2, Gehl T-bar controls, 68 hp. Yanmar dsl.eng., std. hyds., 12X16.5 tires, 1900 lb. lift capacity, sgl.spd., 2600 hrs., SN:3286............................................$19,400

‘13 Gehl 4640E P2, T-bar controls, std. hyd., s spd, counterwgt., suspension seat, englne block heater ............$22,900

‘12 Gehl 4640E P2, Gehl T-bar hand controls, sgl. spd., std. hyd.......................................................................$21,500

Gehl 4500, Gehl T-bar controls, single speed ..............$4,995‘02 Gehl 7800, Gehl T-bar, cab, heat, 2 spd. ..............$24,200 ‘81 Gehl 3510, Gehl controls, 27 hp. Ford gas eng.,

27x8.50x15 tires, 850 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., 822 hrs.,SN:1404 ........................................................................$6,900

‘89 Gehl 3310, Gehl T-bar controls, 20 hp. Onan gas eng.,27x8.5x15 tires, 750 lb, lift capacity, 2485 hrs., SN:2470 ........................................................................$5,300

‘95 Gehl 3725, Gehl T-bar controls, 35 hp. gas Ford eng.,27x8.5 tires, 950 lb. lift capacity, 1100 hrs., SN:6827 $7,700

Gehl 3000, Gehl T-bar controls, gas eng., sgl. spd.......$3,750‘13 Mustang 2056II, Case all hand controls, std. hyd., cab,

heat, 2-spd., PQ tach, counter wgt., suspension seat ............................................................................$26,500

‘12 Mustang 2041, H/F controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, s spd.,counter wgt., block heater, mirror ............................$21,250

‘09 Mustang 2041, H/F controls, cab/heat, sgl. spd.,suspension seat ........................................................$20,700

‘05 Mustang 2054, hand/foot controls, 46 hp. Yanmar dsl.eng., 10x16.5 tires, 1650 lb. lift capacity, 1990 hrs., SN:6526 ......................................................................$15,500

‘08 Mustang 2054, cab, heat, sgl. spd. ......................$19,700‘05 Mustang 2109, H/F controls, CAH, 2-spd., 1401 hrs.,

SN:2250 ......................................................................$28,900‘10 Mustang 2044, T-bar controls, sgl. spd., 765 hrs.,

SN:6822 ......................................................................$18,900‘12 Mustang 2086, hand/foot controls, 84 hp. dsl. eng.,

12x16.5 tires, 2600 lift capacity, std. hyds., air, 2-spd.,Power Q-Tach, radio, counter wgt., suspension seat, 390hrs., SN:4407 ..............................................................$33,900

‘06 Mustang 2066, Gehl T-bar, cab, heat, 2-spd., radio,2700 hrs., SN:5382 ....................................................$19,900

‘06 Mustang 2054, dual/lever foot controls, 49 hp. Yanmardsl. eng., 10x16.5 tires, 1650 lb. lift capacity, cab, heat sgl.spd., SN:7366 ............................................................$16,500

‘08 Mustang 2054, Case controls, 49 hp. Yanmar dsl. eng.,10x16.5 tires, 1650 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., 2533 hrs.,SN:8360 ......................................................................$15,500

Mustang 2066, Gehl controls, 2177 hrs., SN:5356......$20,900‘02 Mustang 2044, Universal attach., 3800 hrs.,

SN:2255 ......................................................................$12,200‘96 Mustang 940E, H/F controls, sgl. spd. ....................$7,800

‘06 NH LS185B, hand/food controls, cab, heat, 2-spd.,SN:8464 ....................................................................$21,500

‘81 Hydra Mac 9C-3, hand controls, sgl. spd., 3760 hrs. ......................................................................$5,990

‘12 Bobcat S130, H/F controls, cab, heat, s spd, PQ tach,radio............................................................................$19,500

‘84 Bobcat 642, dual lever/foot, gas eng., std hyd, s spd ............................................................................$5,950

‘74 Bobcat M600, hand/foot controls, 25 hp. WisconsinVF4D gas eng., 7x15 tires, 700 lb. lift cap., 1314 hrs., SN:4892 ........................................................................$2,950

‘11 JD 315, H/F controls, std. hyd., heat, sgl. spd, PQ tach,counter wgt. ..............................................................$21,500

TELEHANDLER‘09 Gehl CT5-16T, steering wheel/joystick, 75 hp. Perkins

dsl. eng., std. hyds., hydrostate drive, CAH, radio, susp.seat, 12.5/80-18 tires, 5000 lb. lift capacity, 16’2” liftheight, 4175 hrs., SN:6034 ........................................$36,500

‘05 Gehl RS8-42, 125 hp JD diesel engine ..................$35,500Manitou MLT625, steering wheel/joystick controls,

cab/heat/air, power Q-tach, radio, suspension seat$55,000

TRACTORS‘72 International 666, 2WD, 69 hp. gas eng., front tires

7.50-16, back tires 15.5-38, 7823 hrs., SN:1281 ........$7,900Ford 2N, 23 hp. Ford eng., 11.2-28 rear tires, 4.00-19SL

front tires, SN:3795 ......................................................$3,900Ford 1000, 2WD, 25 hp., 540 PTO, front tires 5.00-15, rear

tires 11.2-24, 2563 hrs., SN:0212 ................................$3,900‘51 International H, 540 PTO, 5.5-16 front tires, 12.4-38 rear

tires, 6 volt system ......................................................$1,995

TMR’s/MIXERS‘12 Penta 6020SD, 540 PTO, 650 cu. ft., 8” rubber

extension, 4’ flip up/front conveyor, LH discharge, ladderplatform, magnets on conveyor spout, hurricane augers, 3/4” flighting ..............................................................$33,800

Knight 3036, 540 PTO, slide tray, Digi-Star EZ210 scale,SN:0397 ......................................................................$12,900

Knight 3030, 540 PTO, 385 tires, 300 cu. ft., 3 auger discharge....................................................................$15,900

‘04 Penta 4110, 540 PTO, 26x12 flotation tires, 425 cu. ft.,side corner door delivery, SN:0404 ..........................$18,500

‘05 Penta 6710, 540 PTO, 12.5L-15SL tires, 670 cu. ft., 2-spd., twin vert. mixer, right hand 4’ flip up conveyor, SN:0517 ......................................................................$22,000

‘07 Penta 1110, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 1110 cu. ft., 2 spd. gear box,flat SS conveyor, w/8” rubber top skirt ....................$26,895

‘09 Penta 1420, 13⁄8 PTO, 1420 cu. ft., SS front dual flatconveyor, 2 spd w/shift cable, rear commodity door, EZView Digi-Star scale ..................................................$35,500

‘07 Penta 6720HD, 540 PTO, front right corner door del.,Digi-Star scale, Tornado auger’s, 2 spd. gear box ..$26,500

‘03 Knight 5073, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 44x16 tires, 800 cu. ft., sidedelivery, twin screw, 105” loading height, SN:0065 $15,500

‘‘00 Gehl 170, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, Gehl scale indicator 2100 ............................................................................$10,900

’07 Kuhn Knight 5144, 540 PTO, 385 truck tires, 440 cu. ft.,EZ 2000U scale, SN:0074 ..........................................$16,500

Kelly Ryan AW wagon, 540 PTO, 7.0-15 tires, 70 bu., SN:9 ..............................................................................$1,200

‘04 Patz 9300 Series truck mixer, 435 mounted on ‘81 Intl.4300 truck, Cummins 400 motor, 13-spd., SN:1247 $43,000

Patz V350, Patz 800 Series/V350 vertical mixer, 540 PTO,flotation tires, 350 cu. ft., side door disch., Avery Weigh-Tronix scale model 640XL, SN:388............................$14,900

Patz 305, 305 cu. ft., elec. motors, 3 augers, scale, relined,SN:1027 ........................................................................$4,500

OMC 430, 540 PTO, 2-ton cap., Hammer Mill w/2 screens,good running condition, unload auger has been replaced& lenghtened, SN:1228 ................................................$2,500

‘08 NDE 2802, 1 3/8 CV PTO, flat cross conveyor, EXV 2500scale, 2 spd., step down floor, rear disch. & front conveyordisch. ..........................................................................$31,500

Henke 2209, 540 PTO, 200 cu. foot, 615XL Weigh-Tronixscale, auger discharge, SN:2054 ................................$4,300

JD 700, 540 PTO, 95 bu., SN:1929 ................................$3,000

MISCELLANEOUSWhatcom 850, 540 PTO, 850 cu. ft. ..............................$9,500Mensch M1100 sawdust shooter, SN:2562 ..................$2,200Bobcat concrete hammer, universal skid mount, flat face

couplers, rebuilt charge system, SN:0483..................$4,200Berlon BSC lifts full size round bales ..............................$450

Mensch M1400, 8’ sawdust bucket, holds 4 yds., 15gal./min., 3250 wgt., fits payloader (used w/Case 521 or621), JRB quick tach mount, SN:9854 ........................$3,500

‘11 Everest 6072 snoblower, 540 PTO, 6’ width............$3,400Midsota 66” manure grapple..........................................$1,600Lorenz 834, 540 PTO, 8’, hyd rotation, manual deflector,

fits 100-174 hp. tractor ................................................$3,200‘95 H&S 612 running gear, 12.5Lx15 tires, 12 ton,

tandem..........................................................................$1,700Farm King Y60SD, 540 PTO, 60” tiller ..........................$1,995

SPREADERS/PUMPS‘08 Kuhn Knight 8132, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 425 tires, front & rear

splash guards ............................................................$23,500Kuhn Knight 8132, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 425 truck tires,

3200 gal ......................................................................$20,500‘08 Balzer V6, liquid manure pump, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 2-pt.

hitch, 6” discharge, 8’ pit depth, agitate option ........$6,500Gehl MS1329, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 49x17 aircraft tires, 550 bu.,

2900 gal., SN:4619 ......................................................$5,500‘07 Kuhn Knight 8124, 1 3/4 1000 PTO,

2400 gallons ..............................................................$17,900Kuhn Knight 8118, 540 PTO, 400 bu., SN:B0114 ........$13,500‘96 Knight 8018, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires, 1800 gal. ..$8,100H&S 430W spreader, 2-spd., upper beater,

SN: 209730 ................................................................$10,700N-Tech manure pump, 3 pt. 6”x8’, impeller, 1000 RPM$5,250‘95 Knight Mfg. 8018, 540 PTO, 295-75x22.5 tires, 1800 gal.,

new flighting ................................................................$9,200‘09 Meyer V Max 3245, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires, 450 bu.,

2200 gal., SN:5280 ....................................................$11,950New Idea 3743, 540 PTO, 430 cu. ft., endgate, new beater,

Pintle chain ..................................................................$7,900NI 3639, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires, 390 bu., upper beater,

SN:2940 ........................................................................$7,800NI 3639, 540 PTO, 390 bu., single beater ......................$4,400

HAY & HARVEST EQUIPMENTGehl 2680 round baler, 540 PTO, 33x13.5x15 tires, 6 belts,

net wrap, 45” width x 72” diameter, 70 hp. tractor,SN:7810 ......................................................................$12,500

‘10 Teagle 8080WB, 540 PTO, 10/75-15.3 tires, processes5’ wide x 6’ round bales, spout controller, self loading, SN:1038 ......................................................................$24,500

‘12 Teagle 8080WB, 540 PTO, 10/75-15.3 tires, processes5’ wide x 6’ round bales, spout controller, self loading, SN:1146 ......................................................................$25,900

Vermeer Top Gun, 1 3/8” 1000 PTO, processes 5x6’ bales ..................................................................$15,500

‘09 Bale King 200, processes 5’ wide bales................$10,500‘10 Teagle T8080WB, 540 PTO, hyd. bale loader, electronic

in-cab controls ..........................................................$21,700NH 166, 6’ extnsion, hyd drive & ground drive ............$4,450NH 855, 540 PTO, Bale Command monitor, twine tie,

SN:8860 ........................................................................$3,350NH 144, standard cross conveyor, no ext., ground driven,

SN:6053 ........................................................................$3,200Case IH 600, 60” blower ................................................$2,100Gehl 960, 540 PTO, 16’ box............................................$2,500‘97 JD 930, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 9.5x14 tires, 11’6” cut, flial

conditioners, SN:9024..................................................$7,500Gehl 980, 540 PTO, 16’ box w/12 ton tandem gear, H&S

6-12 running gear ........................................................$6,950Gehl CB1250, 1 3/8 PTO, hay head only ......................$3,950NH 411, 540 PTO, 9’ cut, SN:4937 ................................$6,500MF 37, 9’ bar rake..............................................................$850Tonutti RPT10, 10 wheel V rake ....................................$3,300Vermeer WR22, 10 wheel V rake ....................................$3,200 ‘08 Faza RP-4, mounted 8-wheel V rake ......................$1,250Valmetal H5600, 540 PTO, process bales up to 5x5 ..$18,900‘89 Haybuster H1100, 1 3/4 1000 PTO & 1 3/8 1000 PTO

(has both), 9.5Lx15 tires, processes 5’x6’ round bales, beltconveyor discharge, belt in good condition, SN:2204 ......................................................................$17,500

‘06 Woods S20CD, 1 3/8 1000 PTO, 9.5x15 tires, 20’ width ....................................................................$12,500

NH 144, standard cross conveyor, no extension, grounddriven, SN:3539 ............................................................$3,900

‘90 JD 1600, 540 PTO, 11L14 tires, 12’ width ..............$3,995Badger BN2054, 540 PTO, 54” forage blower..................$895

Penta 6020SD, 540 PTO, twinscrew, dual disch. conveyor,

3⁄4” HD flighting • $31,900

‘14 Mustang 2600R, H/Fcontrols, cab, heat, 2 spd, PQtach, counter wgt • $39,900

‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, T-barctrls, sgl spd., counter wgt,manual all-tach • $26,900

‘13 Kuhn Knight VT144T TMR,Maxx mixer, Digi Star 2500V

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

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

‘14 C-IH Steiger 620Q, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide, PTO,COMING IN AFTER THE SEASON ..........................................................................................................$379,900

‘14 C-IH Steiger 620Q, 250 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide,COMING IN AFTER THE SEASON ..........................................................................................................$369,900

‘12 C-IH Steiger 600Q, 864 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd pump, 36" tracks, Full Pro 700 auto guide..........$297,500‘14 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 500 hrs., Lux. cab, FARM USE ONLY, Full Pro 700 auto guide ......................$338,500‘14 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 1400 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, auto guide ready ....................................$285,000‘13 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 1637 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide..........................$269,900‘13 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 790 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd. pump ....................................................................$305,000‘12 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 735 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 36" tracks, big pump, HID lites ..............................$295,000‘12 C-IH Steiger 550Q, 1245 hrs., FARM USE, Full Pro 700 auto guide, big hyd pump, Lux cab,

HID lites ....................................................................................................................................................$269,900‘14 C-IH Steiger 550, 710/70R42 duals, Lux. susp. cab, PTO, high cap. hyd.......................................$289,900‘08 C-IH Steiger 535Q, 2762 hrs., HID lites, HD hyd. pump, Lux. cab ..................................................$189,500‘02 C-IH STX450 QUAD, 3900 hrs., 5 hyd. valves, 1000 PTO, Trimble auto steer ................................$159,900‘14 C-IH Steiger 450, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, 710/70R42 dual, high cap. hyd. ............................$244,500‘13 C-IH Steiger 450, 606 hrs., Lux. cab, PTO, 800/70R38 tires, auto guide ready..............................$228,500‘13 C-IH Steiger 350, 1704 hrs., PTO ......................................................................................................$169,900‘08 CIH Steiger 485, 3445 hrs., Lux. cab, 710x42 duals ........................................................................$129,900‘01 JD 9400, 3542 hrs., 710/70R42 tires ....................................................................................................$99,900

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‘14 C-IH 8230, 350 eng. hrs., Lux. cab, 620/42 duals, HID lights ..........................................................$295,000‘14 C-IH 7230, 255 eng. hrs., hvy. feeder lift, HD hydro drive, Lux. cab, HID lights ..............................$275,000‘12 C-IH 7230, 380 eng. hrs.......................................................................................................................$239,900‘12 C-IH 8120, 910E/746S hrs., full auto guide, leather, HID lights ..........................................................JUST IN‘10 C-IH 8120, 1319E/1044S hrs., leather, HID lights ..............................................................................$179,900‘11 C-IH 7120, duals, HID lights, Lux. cab, 789 eng. hrs., 660 sep. hrs. ................................................$189,900‘11 C-IH 7120, duals, HID lights, Lux. cab, 1018 eng. hrs.......................................................................$169,900‘10 C-IH 6088, 694 sep. hrs., duals ..........................................................................................................$169,900‘09 C-IH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead..................................................................................................$39,900‘11 Geringhoff 8R chopping cornhead........................................................................................................$59,900‘08 Geringhoff 8R chopping cornhead........................................................................................................$32,000‘12 C-IH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ..................................................................................................................$44,900‘09 C-IH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ..................................................................................................................$34,900‘04 C-IH 2208, 8R30” ..................................................................................................................................$24,500‘14 C-IH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform ......................................................................................................$66,900‘14 C-IH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform ......................................................................................................$66,900‘13 C-IH 3020, 35’ w/in-cab cutter bar suspension ..................................................................................$37,500‘10 C-IH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ..............................................................................................$32,500‘10 C-IH 2020, 25’ platform w/Crary air reel ..............................................................................................$26,800‘05 C-IH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard......................................................................................................$13,900‘04 C-IH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard......................................................................................................$10,900

USED 2WD TRACTORS24 Months Interest Free • Call For Details

USED SPRAYERS‘02 Wilmar Eagle 8500, 80’ boom, 1000 gallon tank ................................................................................$69,900‘12 C-IH 3330, 546 hrs., 90’ boom, standard spray, active suspension ................................................$199,500‘09 C-IH 3330, 1750 hrs., 100’ boom, Aim, auto boom, Pro 700 steering, active suspension..............$179,900

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‘10 CIH 8120, 1319 eng., hrs.......$189,900 Reduced $179,900

‘12 CIH 7230, 380 eng. hrs.............................................$239,900

‘11 CIH 7120, 1018 eng. hrs.............................................$169,900

‘14 CIH Steiger 550Q, 233 hrs.,Farm Use Only! ..................$339,900

‘10 CIH 6088, 694 sep hrs.............................................$169,000

‘14 CIH Magnum 315, 19-spd., FulL Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, dual PTO,380/54 tires, front duals............................................................................................................................$208,400

‘14 CIH Magnum 315, 19-spd., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, Dual PTO,480/50 tires, front duals............................................................................................................................$208,400

‘14 CIH Magnum 290, 23-spd., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. susp. cab, HID lites, high cap. hyd., dual PTO,480/50 tires................................................................................................................................................$194,500

‘12 CIH Magnum 290, 583 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 360 HID lites, 480/50 tires, frt. & rear duals, high cap. hyd.,Full Pro 700 auto steer ............................................................................................................................$178,500

‘12 CIH Magnum 290, 1108 hrs., 23-spd., susp. frt. axle, high cap. pump, 360 HID lites ....................$165,000‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 533 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer ready, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump,

360 HID lites..............................................................................................................................................$162,200‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 1463 hrs., big hyd. pump, 3 PTO's ....................................................................$119,300‘12 CIH Magnum 235, 400 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites,

auto steer ready........................................................................................................................................$149,900‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 419 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites, auto steer ready

..................................................................................................................................................................$149,900‘11 CIH Magnum 235, 1163 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, frt. & rear dual, HID lites ..........................................$129,900‘13 CIH Puma 160, CVT trans., 150 hrs., L765 loader, w/grapple, 320X50 tires ..................................$122,900‘14 CIH Maxxum 140, Dlx. susp. cab, MFD susp. frt. axle, dual PTO, 4 remotes ..................................$94,000‘14 CIH Farmall 105C, 75 hrs., cab, MFD, pwr. shuttle, w/loader, Rental Return Unit............................$55,500‘14 CIH Farmall 105C, 75 hrs., cab, MFD, pwr. shuttle, w/loader, Rental Return Unit............................$49,900

USED 4WD TRACTORS24 Month Interest Waiver or Low Rates Avail.* • Call For Details

‘11 CIH 7120, 789 eng. hrs.............................................$189,900

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$$111199,,330000

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purchase. Available to CNH Qualifiedcustomers. CALL FOR DETAILS.

3 Yr./600 hr. lease

3 Yr./300 hr. lease

$16.00/Hr.

$25.00/Hr.

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PPuurrcchhaassee PPrr iiccee::$$116677,,550000

1660 hrs., 350 eng. hp., HD axlew/diff. lock, high capacity hyd.

pump, PTO



3 Yr./600 hr. lease

3 Yr./300 hr. lease

$27.60/Hr.

$45.14/Hr.

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1600 hrs., 550 eng. hp., Lux. cab,HID light pkg., high capacity hyd.

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3 Yr./600 hr. lease

3 Yr./300 hr. lease

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3 Yr./300 hr. lease

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$67.50/Hr.

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3 Yr./600 hr. lease

3 Yr./300 hr. lease

$39.99/Hr.

$67.31/Hr.

LEASE THIS:2013 MAGNUM 260


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3 Yr./600 hr. lease

3 Yr./300 hr. lease

$35.92/Hr.

$55.96/Hr.

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ldr.• ‘13 MF 8690, 340 hp.• ‘13 MF 7626, 240 hp.• ‘13 MF 7624, 225 hp.• (2) ‘14 MF 6616, MFD, cab

w/ldr. • ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp.,

400 hrs.• ‘14 MF 1754 Compact,

MFD, w/ldr., hydro• MF GC1705, MFD

w/60” deck• 18.4-38 duals off JD 4440,

75% rubber

CORN HEADS• ‘09 Geringhoff 1822RD • ‘09 Geringhoff 1820RD,

w/reel• (2) Geringhoff 1622RD • (9) Geringhoff 1222RD • (5) Geringhoff 1220RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 830NS• (9) Geringhoff 830RD • ‘13 Geringhoff 822RD • (4) Geringhoff 630RD • ‘12 CIH 2608, chopping • ‘04 Gleaner 1222, GVL poly• ‘84 JD 843, LT• ‘96 JD 893, KR, HDP• ‘96 JD 693, reg. rolls• JD 822 KR• JD 622, GVL poly

COMBINES• ‘11 MF 9250, flex draper, 35’• ‘13 MF 9540 RWA, duals• MF 9540, RWA, duals• ‘07 MF 9790, RWA, duals,

1440/1001 hrs.• ‘91 MF 8570, RWA, 5007

hrs.• ‘86 MF 8560, 4941 hrs.• ‘95 CIH 2188, 3219 hrs.• ‘92 Gleaner R62,

4210/2643 hrs.

GRAIN HANDLING• Brandt augers: 8x35, 8x40,

8x47, 8x62, 10x35• ‘02 Brandt 8x62, SC, PTO• Brandt 8x45, 18 hp. Briggs• ‘11 Hutchinson 10x61• (3) Brandt 1070XL swing

hoppers• Brandt 1080XL swing

hopper• ‘13 Buhler 1282 swing

hopper• Brandt 1390 swing hopper

XL & HP• Brandt 20 Series drive over

deck• Brandt, 1515LP, 1535TD,

1545LP, 1575, 1585 grainbelts

• Brandt 7500HP grain vac.• ‘03 Brandt 4500 EX, grain

vac.• Parker 839 grain cart• Parker 1048 grain cart, tarp,

900 tires, 1000 bu.• A&L 850S grain cart,

850 bu.• ‘08 Unverferth 5000 • ‘05 Demco 650 gravity box• ‘05 Parker 625 gravity box• Parker 165-B gravity box• Parker 1020 seed tender

HAY & LIVESTOCK• Roto-Grind 760T bale

grinder• Kodiak SD72 rotary cutter

• Everest 5700 finish mower• Sitrex RP2, RP5, 3 pt. rakes• Sitrex 12-whl rakes on cart• JD #5, sickle mower• Chandler litter spreaders,

26’ & 22’

MISCELLANEOUS• Degelman 7200 & R570P

rock pickers• Degelman RD320 rock

digger• Degelman LR7645 & LR7651

Land Rollers - Rental Units• Degelman 5’ skidsteer

buckets• JD 520 stalk chopper, high

speed• Loftness 20’ stalk chopper,

SM• Loftness 240 stalk chopper• Wil-Rich 25’ stalk chopper• JD 520 press drill, 20’• Maurer HT42, HT38, HT32 &

HT28 header trailers• WRS 30’ header trailers• SB Select 108 snowblowers,

540 & 1000 PTO• Lucke 8’, snowblower• Loftness 96” & 84”

snowblowers

TILLAGE• Sunflower 1550-50, 1435-36

& 1435-21 discs• Sunflower 5035-36, 5056-49

& 5056-63 field cultivators• Sunflower 4311-14, 4412-

07, 4412-05 disc rippers• Sunflower 4511-15 disc

chisel• Sunflower 4212-13 coulter

chisel

HAY SPECIALS‘12 NH 7450, 12’, disc mower conditioner ..................................$27,900‘14 MF DM1308 disc mower, 8’ ......................................................$7,750‘14 MF DM1361 disc mower, 10’ ..................................................$10,625‘14 MF 1375 disc mower conditioner, 15’ ....................................$35,850‘14 MF 1358, 8.4’, disc mower........................................................$9,750‘14 MF 1361, disc mower, 3 pt, w/tine condit. ............................$16.250MF 1372, disc mower conditioner, 12’..........................................$29,750‘14 MF 1308 disc mower, 8’ ............................................................$7,750Bale King 2881 bale processor, RH discharge............................$16,700‘89 MF 200 windrower, cab, 14’ auger head w/condit...................$9,950‘12 MF 2856 baler w/kicker, w/net & twine wrap ........................$30,500

WILLMAR FARM CENTERWillmar, MN

Phone 320-235-8123

ELITE SERIES ROTA-DISC CORNHEADSGENERATIONS AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION1) Slices stalks vertically with 15 serrated discs. No swing blades2) Ground speed and moister have very little effect on material size.3) Much lower horse power requirements than competition.4) Corn head driven with drive shafts and gear boxes. No chain and sprockets like the competition.5) Aluminum alloy gear boxes to reduce weight and dissipate heat.6) Self-tightening gathering chains.7) Double acting stripper plates with welding on hardened edge.8) Large diameter auger that turn slower, reducing ear loss.9) Corn stalk stubble in field is splintered to reduce tire damage if driven over.10) Optional Integrated Crop Sweeper and End Row Augers for improved crop.

#1 Dealer in the USA

Misc.Equipment:- Hardi 1500 gal. w/90’ boom- Top Air 1100 gal., 88’ boom, Raven 150monitor- Top Air 1100 gal., 60’ boom- Demco Conquest 1100 gal., 60’ boom,Raven 440 monitor- Redball 665, 1000 gal., 60’ x-fold boom- Redball 565, 1000 gal, 60’ front foldboom- AgChem 750 gal., 60’ x-fold boom- Walsh 500 gal., 45’ boom- M&W center dump, 400 bu. gravitywagon- Brent 640 gravity wagon- Demco 550 gravity wagon- New Balzer 20’ stalk chopper- New Balzer 15’ stalk chopper- Hiniker Model 1700, 20’ stalk chopper- MC Model 24085B, 20’ stalk chopper- Alloway semi-mount 20’ stalk chopper- JD 27, 15’ stalk chopper- Brady Model 80TC, 2 row stalk chopper- MC 9’ rotary scythe- JD 7830, MFWD, 1689 hrs.- JD 9530T, 2730 hrs.- JD 8120, MFWD, 1997 hrs.- NH 9282 w/3704 hrs. - JD 8400T w/8932 hrs.- Summers Model 700 rock picker- JD 724, 29’ soil finisher- JD 714 7-shank pull-type chisel plow,- New 3 pt. 10’ mounted blade- Krause 7-shank pull-type chisel plow- DMI Coulter Champ II, 9-shank- DMI Tiger II 5 shank chisel plow- JD VanBrunt 13’ end wheel drill- Kewanee Model 760, 141⁄2’ rock flex disk- Kewanee Model 740, 151⁄2’ rock flex disk- Brady Model 1000, 12-shank, 3 pt. chisel plow- Big Dog pull type 8 yd. hyd. scraper- JD 3710, 10 bottom flex frame mold-board plow- Clark C-30-B forklift- CIH Model 4600, 31’ field cult.- CIH Model 5400, 3 pt, 15’ grain drillNew Tanks & Pumps:Any Size Available

Other- Doda 13’ vertical pump- Balzer 8’ V-6 vertical manure pump- Balzer 314 agitator- 8”x30’ wheeled load stand

Balzer Express Tank

BALZER BUILDS THE BEST LIQUIDMANURE HANDLING EQUUPMENT

The most durable anddependable high capacity

pump available.

Used Tanks:• Balzer 6350, Lo Pro slurry, w/6 unit disk, inj.• Balzer 3750 slurry• Better Bilt 3400 gal. vacuum tank, w/4 unit rear mnt inj.• Balzer 2600 vacuum tank• Better Bilt 2300 gal. vacuum tank• Calumet 2250 tandem vacuum tank• Better Bilt 2100 gal. vacuum tank• Better Bilt 1500 gal. vacuum tank• Van Dale 1500 gal. tandem axle vacuum tank• Better Bilt 1100 gal. vacuum tank

• 1/4” Uni-body Construction• 5” and 6” Solid Steel Spindles in Sleeves• Long Tongue and PTO• 5,000, 6,000 and 6,750 gallon sizes available

• Up to 4000 gallonsper minute

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‘13 JD 9560R, 606 Hrs.,Ext. Warranty ..................$304,900

‘14 JD 8295R, 477 Hrs., IVT, ILS,Rental Return ..................$244,900

‘14 JD 6150R, 520 Hrs.,Auto Quad, Duals ............$129,900

‘97 JD 9200, 4722 Hrs., 710/38’s............................................$99,500

‘06 JD 9520T, 3900 Hrs.,Autotrac Ready................$149,900

‘14 JD 8320R, 412 Hrs., PS, ILS,Leather ............................$253,900

‘14 JD 8370R, 420 Hrs., IVT, ILS,Ext. Warranty ..................$293,900

‘12 JD S680, 600 Sep. Hrs.,2630 Display ....................$345,000

‘12 JD S550, 203 Sep. Hrs.,Ext. Warranty ..................$255,000

‘12 JD 4730, 694 Hrs.,90’ Boom..........................$215,500

‘09 JD 3710, 6 Bottom,1000 Acres ........................$31,900

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Tractors4WD Tractors

(N) ‘14 JD 9560R, 250 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..............$343,000(B) ‘14 JD 9560R, 379 hrs., Rental Return ............$334,900(OS) ‘13 JD 9560R, 172 hrs. ..................................$331,500(N) ‘13 JD 9560R, 218 hrs. ....................................$331,500(OW) ‘14 JD 9510R, 419 hrs., Rental Return..........$314,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 300 hrs., PTO ........................$307,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9560R, 606 hrs., Ext. Warranty ..........$304,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 281 hrs., Rental Return..........$291,900(N) ‘14 JD 9460R, Ext. Warranty ............................$290,000(OW) ‘14 JD 9410R, rear PTO, Rental Return ........$279,900(N) ‘13 JD 9410R, 770 hrs., rear PTO ....................$259,900(N) ‘13 JD 9410R, 600 hrs., rear PTO ....................$259,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9530, 2538 hrs., 800/38’s ..................$214,900(OW) ‘07 JD 9620 3890 hrs., PS ............................$169,900(B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4722 hrs., 710/38’s ........................$99,500(OS) ‘01 JD 9100, 3100 hrs., 20.8x38’s ....................$95,000(OW) ‘98 JD 9400, 5128 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$94,900(OW) ‘00 JD 9300, 4610 hrs. ....................................$89,900(B) ‘00 JD 9100, 4802 hrs., 20.8x42 ........................$79,900(OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$79,900(OS) ‘90 JD 8760, 4906 hrs.......................................$56,500

Track Tractors(N) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 300 hrs.....................................$379,500(H) ‘12 JD 9560RT, 950hrs., PS ..............................$314,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1544 hrs. ................................$288,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8335RT, 180 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks ......$274,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1740 hrs. ....................................$269,900(H) ‘13 JD 8335RT, 606 hrs., 18” tracks ................$259,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ......$259,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1202 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ....$255,900(N) ‘04 JD 9520T, 3268 hrs. ....................................$157,000(H) ‘06 JD 9520T, 3874 hrs. ....................................$149,900(OW) ‘01 JD 8410T, 2650 hrs., 24” tracks ..............$109,500(OW) ‘00 JD 8410T, 4140 hrs., 25” tracks ................$99,900

Row Crop Tractors(OW) ‘14 JD 8370R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$292,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 387 hrs., IVT, ILS....................$279,900(H) ‘13 JD 8360R, 636 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$278,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$276,900(H) ‘14 JD 8320R, 355 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$268,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$262,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 377 hrs., PS, ILS....................$255,900(OS) ‘13 JD 8310R, PS ..........................................$255,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, PS, ILS, Rental Return ..........$253,900(N) ‘14 JD 8295R, 330 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$249,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, IVT, ILS, Rental Return ..........$244,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310R, 412 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$244,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 340 hrs., PS, ILS....................$234,900(H) ‘14 JD 8295R, PS, MFWD, Rental Return ........$221,900(OW) ‘12 JD 8310R, 916 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$217,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8260R, 372 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty....$202,900(H) ‘12 JD 7260R, 1000 hrs., IVT, loader ................$199,500(B) ‘14 JD 7230R, 300 hrs., IVT, lease return..........$189,900(B) ‘10 JD 8225R, 388 hrs, IVT ..............................$189,900(N) ‘12 JD 7260R, 300 hrs., IVT ..............................$185,000(H) ‘07 JD 8530, 2970 hrs., IVT, ILS........................$185,000(OS) ‘13 JD 7200R, 200 hrs., IVT............................$169,900(N) ‘13 JD 7200R, 200 hrs., IVT ..............................$169,900(OW) ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 hrs., IVT ..........................$154,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 492 hrs., IVT, duals....................$136,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 491 hrs., IVT ..............................$132,900

(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 390 hrs., auto quad ..................$126,900(N) ‘13 JD 6125R, 50 hrs., IVT ................................$108,900(N) ‘13 JD 6125R, 195 hrs., auto quad ..................$101,500(OW) ‘03 NH TG255, 4030 hrs., PS ..........................$87,500(N) ‘14 JD 6115M, 60 hrs., power quad ..................$81,000(B) ‘04 JD 7820, 4391 hrs., 2WD, PQ ......................$79,900(H) ‘04 JD 7320, 3100 hrs., IVT, loader ....................$77,500(B) ‘14 JD 6130D, 210 hrs., p/reverser, 18.4x38’s ....$59,900(OW) ‘93 JD 7800, 4655 hrs., MFWD ......................$54,900(N) ‘14 JD 6115D, 115 hrs., p/reverser ....................$54,000(B) ‘06 JD 6120, 2300 hrs., MFWD ..........................$36,900

Combines(B) ‘13 JD S680, 282 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................$377,500(OW) ‘13 JD S680, 239 sep. hrs. ............................$352,900(OW) ‘12 JD S680, ext. warranty ............................$345,000(OW) ‘13 JD S670, 260 eng. hrs. ............................$332,000(OW) ‘13 JD S670, 190 sep. hrs., duals ................$329,900(N) ‘13 JD S670, 223 sep. hrs.................................$326,000(OS) ‘13 JD S670, 234 sep. hrs., duals ..................$320,000(OW) ‘12 JD S670, 502 eng. hrs., duals ................$299,000(H) ‘12 JD S670, 350 sep. hrs., ext. warranty ........$289,900(N) ‘11 JD 9870, 827 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................$280,000(N) ‘12 JD S660, 292 sep. hrs., duals ....................$270,000(OW) ‘11 JD 9770, 758 sep. hrs., PRWD................$257,500(OS) ‘13 JD S550, 203 sep. hrs., duals ..................$255,000(OS) ‘01 JD 9670, 392 sep. hrs., duals ..................$250,000(B) ‘10 JD 9670, 732 sep hrs, PRWD ....................$232,900(OS) ‘11 JD 9570, 521 sep. hrs...............................$220,000(B) ‘09 JD 9770, 1323 hrs., duals ..........................$214,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1068 sep. hrs., duals................$204,900(OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 571 sep hrs, duals ....................$195,000(OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 775 sep. hrs...............................$190,000(H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 sep. hrs., duals ....................$179,900(H) ‘07 JD 9660, 1203 sep. hrs. ..............................$169,900(H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep. hrs., duals ..................$168,500(OS) ‘05 JD 9660, 1325 sep hrs, duals ..................$160,000(N) ‘05 JD 9760, 1911 hrs., duals ..........................$159,000(B) ‘04 JD 9760, 1365 sep. hrs., PRWD..................$154,900(OW) ‘06 JD 9760, 1760 sep. hrs., duals................$149,000(OS) ‘07 JD 9560, 1049 sep. hrs., duals ................$148,000(H) ‘04 JD 9760, 1962 sep. hrs., duals ..................$132,500(OW) ‘06 Cat. 580R, 2100 sep. hrs., duals ............$125,900(OS) ‘02 JD 9650, 1942 sep. hrs., duals ..................$95,000(H) ‘02 JD 9550, 1652 sep. hrs., walker ..................$95,000(H) ‘00 JD 9650STS, 2746 sep. hrs., duals ..............$89,000(B) ‘01 JD 9550, 2716 sep. hrs., walker, PRWD ......$84,900(B) ‘99 JD 9510, 1928 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................$69,900(OS) ‘99 JD 9510, 2026 sep. hrs., duals ..................$69,000(N) ‘97 JD 9600, 2052 hrs., duals ............................$53,000(N) ‘91 JD 9500, 2877 sep. hrs., duals ....................$47,500(OS) ‘90 JD 9500, 2765 sep. hrs...............................$39,000(B) ‘96 JD 9600, 3300 sep. hrs., PRWD....................$29,900(B) ‘92 JD 9500, 2803 sep. hrs., duals ....................$29,900

Sprayers(N) ‘14 JD 4940, 166 hrs., 120’ boom ....................$348,000(N) ‘ 14 JD, 387 hrs., dry box..................................$320,000(B) ‘12 JD 4940, 768 hrs., 120 boom......................$283,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 768 hrs., 120’ boom ................$281,500(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 387 hrs., 120’ boom ................$279,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4940, 982 hrs., 120’ boom ................$269,750(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 603 hrs., 120’ boom ................$269,700(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 413 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$259,900

(OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 552 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$257,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 744 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$236,500(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 1155 hrs., 90’ boom ................$235,750(OW) ‘12 JD 4830, 792 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$233,000(N) ‘11 JD 4930, 1725 hrs., 120’ boom ..................$229,500(N) ‘13 JD 4730, 182 hrs., 80’ boom ......................$222,000(OS) ‘12 JD 4730, 694 hrs., 90’ boom....................$215,500(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 637 hrs., 100’ boom ................$214,900(OW) ‘12 JD 4730, 965 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$209,700(N) ‘12 Hagie STS12, 717 hrs., 90’ boom ..............$208,500(OW) ‘09 JD 4930, 1924 hrs., 120’ boom ..............$189,500(OW) ‘10 JD 4830, 1934 hrs., 100’ boom ..............$182,900(OW) ‘09 JD 4930, 2403 hrs., 120’ boom ..............$169,900(OW) ‘10 Ag-Chem 1386, 1835 hrs., dry box ........$159,900(OW) ‘13 JD 4630, 950 hrs., 80’ boom ..................$159,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4730, 1815 hrs., 90’ boom ................$154,900(OW) ‘10 JD 4730, 2050 hrs., 90’ boom ................$150,900(B) ‘05 JD 4720, 3832 hrs., 80’ boom ....................$124,900(OW) ‘06 JD 4720, 3744 hrs., 90’ boom ................$119,900(OW) ‘02 Ag-Chem 1254C, 2132 hrs., dry box........$84,900(OW) ‘02 Willmar Eagle 8500, 120’ boom ..............$58,900

Planters/Seeders(N) ‘14 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30” ..........................$175,000(N) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, liq. fert. ......................$154,000(OW) ‘08 JD DB44 CCS, 24R22”, liq. fert. ............$141,000(OS) ‘11 JD 1790 CCS, 32R15”..............................$135,000(OW) ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert...........$126,900(H) ‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............$119,000(H) ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert. ............$114,000(N) ‘14 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ..........................$111,000(OS) ‘07 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30” ........................$110,000(N) ‘07 White 8524 CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ............$109,900(N) ‘14 JD 1990 CCS, 40’ @ 15” spacing ..............$101,500(OS) ‘09 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert..............$97,500(N) ‘10 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ............................$97,000(OS) ‘10 JD 1770NT CCS, 16R30” ..........................$92,500

Fall Tillage(H) ’13 JD 2623, 29’ disk ..........................................$58,900(OW) ’12 JD 512, 9-shank, folding............................$49,900(B) ’02 JD 637, 33’ disk ............................................$42,900(N) ’13 JD 2410, 33’ c/plow ......................................$42,500(OW) ’10 JD 3710, 9 bottom plow ............................$39,000(B) ‘12 JD 2410, 28’ chisel plow ..............................$38,900(OW ‘10 JD 2410, 25’ chisel plow ............................$36,900(H) ‘11 JD 2700, 7-shank ..........................................$35,000(OS) ‘06 JD 2700, 7-shank, 24” ................................$32,000(OS) ‘10 JD 2700, 5-shank........................................$31,500(OW) ‘11 JD 2700, 5-shank ......................................$29,900(H) ’05 JD 2700, 7-shank, 30” ..................................$29,900(H) ‘04 JD 2700, 7-shank, 30” ..................................$29,900(B) ’00 JD 512, 9-shank, folding ..............................$27,900(OS) ‘11 JD 512, 5-shank..........................................$26,000(B) ‘05 JD 2700, 7-shank, 30” ..................................$25,900(H) ‘07 JD 2700, 7-shank ..........................................$21,000(OW) ‘05 NH ST770, 5-shank ..................................$20,900(B) ‘05 Wilrich 957, 7-shank, harrow........................$19,900(B) ‘90 JD 3710, 8-bottom ........................................$19,900(OS) ‘04 Sunflower 4411, 7-shank ..........................$18,000(B) ‘98 JD 510, 7-shank ............................................$11,900(OW) ‘96 DMI 730, 7-shank ......................................$10,000(OW) ‘97 JD 510, 5-shank ..........................................$9,900(H) ‘99 M&W 1875, 9-shank, 24” ................................$8,950

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‘11 CIH Puma 185, 610 hrs., 4 hyd. outlets,AutoGuidance ready, radar, auto. climate control cab,10 front wgts., 2200 lb. rear wgts., HID front lights,Xenon HID rear lights. #16211 - $117,500

‘13 CIH Magnum 210, 174 hrs., mech. front drive,power beyond hyds., AFS monitor, 3 pt. heavy dutyhitch, 19F/6R PowerShift trans., 2000 lb. rear wgt.,360 HID light pkg. #14423 - $139,995

‘09 NH T8010, 1244 hrs., 175 PTO hp., front FWDfenders, SuperSteer, Intellisteer ready, 540/1000 PTO,19/4 powershift trans. #14350 - $119,995

‘12 Manitou MLT735-120LSU TeleHandler, 3450 hrs.,2.25 cu. yd. bucket w/bolt-on edge, reversible edge,auxiliary hyds avail. at boom, hyd. quick attach bucketmounting, Turbo model. #16607 - $67,995

‘13 JCB TM320 TeleHandler, 53 hrs., Michelin460/70R24 tires, LSD front & Maxtrac standard reardifferential axles, JCB Q-fit style quick hitch, 4 cu. yd.bucket w/cutting edge. #16479 - $115,495

‘07 JCB 536-60 Agri Plus TeleHandler, 6250 hrs.,7,000 lb. cap., new 460/70R24 tires, 1 aux. hyd., 48”Q-fit carriage w/2” fork shaft, auto. 4WD disconnect,2.5 yd. bkt. w/rev. bolt-on edge. #16074 - $57,800

‘04 CIH STX500Q, 4WD, 4150 hrs., diff. lock.#16560 - $184,500

‘11 JCB 541-70 TeleHandler, 2300 hrs., 2.5 cu. yd.bucket w/cutting edge, 48” pallet forks w/rod, frontboom auxiliary. #14392 - $87,500

‘11 CIH Magnum 235, 859 hrs., 235 hp., 185 PTOhp., MFD heavy duty axle, Luxury cab, power adjustmirrors, heavy duty drawbar, 360 HID light pkg., 700Pro, Nav. II, 262 RTK receiver. #14302 - $153,500

‘12 JCB 535-95 Plus Agri Loadall TeleHandler, 836hrs., Michelin 500/70R24 tires, 48” Q-fit carriage w/2”fork shaft, hyd. pin lock, rear 1-ton tow hitch, 48” palletforks (new), 2.25 cu. hyd. bkt. (new). #16564 - $91,000

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– USED EQUIPMENT –TRACTORS

1984 International 3688, #14399 ....................................$18,9952005 John Deere 8520, #14372....................................$135,0002010 John Deere 8320R, #14143 ................................$183,5002010 John Deere 8320R, #14144 ................................$183,5001992 John Deere 4760, #14353......................................$78,5002013 Case IH 105U T4 w/loader, #14408 ......................$59,9952003 John Deere 7320-CAB, #14371 ............................$67,5002011 Case IH Magnum 290, #16681 ............................$196,8002000 Case IH Magnum 200, #18016 ..............................$74,9002013 Case IH Magmum 210, #14423 ..........................$139,9952013 Case IH Farmall 110A w/loader, #14264 ..............$43,4102012 Case IH Farmall 105U w/loader, #14332 ..............$53,5952010 Case IH Farmall 35 w/loader, #16503 ..................$19,4002010 Case IH Farmall 45 w/loader, #14376 ..................$27,4002011 Case IH Farmall 95 w/loader, #16470 ..................$51,0002011 Case IH Magnum 235, #14302 ............................$153,5002012 Case IH MAXXUM 110 MC w/loader, #14349 ......$83,9952012 Case IH MAXXUM 140 MC w/loader, #14297 ....$103,9951997 Case IH MX100 w/loader, #14413 ........................$26,5002006 Case IH JX1095C w/loader, #14411......................$28,0002011 Case IH Puma 185, #16211 ................................$117,5002012 New Holland T7.250 Sidewinder, #16673 ..........$137,9002009 New Holland T8010, #14350................................$119,9951953 Agco Allis WD45 w/loader, #16644 ........................$2,450Allis Chalmers C, #18017..................................................$1,4951943 Farmall H, #16645 ....................................................$2,5502011 New Holland Workmaster 65, #14418 ..................$23,600

TRACTOR 4WD2011 JCB 8250 Fastrac, #16587 ..................................$138,9502010 JCB 8250 Fastrac, #16586 ..................................$136,500JCB 185-65 Fastrac, #16564 ..........................................$31,5002009 Case IH Steiger 435, #13325 ..............................$189,9952011 Case IH Steiger 550, #14073 ..............................$294,5002004 Case IH STX500 Quadtrac, #16560 ....................$184,500

COMBINES2011 Case IH 7088, #14084..........................................$218,9502009 John Deere 9770STS, #14177 ............................$208,5002010 Case IH 5088, #16631..........................................$167,5002005 Case IH 2388, #18007..........................................$135,0002009 Case IH 7088, #13393..........................................$178,9952008 Case IH 7010, #14215..........................................$172,0002007 Case IH 2577, #16307..........................................$127,5002005 Case IH 2366, #14438..........................................$118,000

2013 John Deere S670, #13333....................................$293,5002008 Case IH 2577 w/Hillco, #16603 ..........................$169,9952014 New Holland CR8090 NEW, 5 hrs., #14415 ........$347,500

CORN HEADS2012 John Deere 608C, #14178 ....................................$72,5002011 Case IH 3408, #13324............................................$44,5002010 Case IH 3408, #13380............................................$39,8002009 Case IH 3408, #13394............................................$41,0002011 Case IH 3406, #16255............................................$35,5002009 Case IH 2608, #16079............................................$52,5002012 Case IH 3406, #18000............................................$36,5002011 Case IH 3406, #14059............................................$35,9952010 Case IH 3406, #16632............................................$34,5002009 Case IH 3208, #13256............................................$34,9952009 Case IH 2608, #13238............................................$44,5002013 Case IH 3206, #13388............................................$37,0002009 Case IH 3206, #13359............................................$34,7502009 Case IH 2608, #13596............................................$44,0002009 Case IH 2606, #13635............................................$41,9952011 Case IH 2606, #13639............................................$49,9952012 Case IH 2608, #14228............................................$67,5002013 Case IH 2608, #13370............................................$63,5002004 Case IH 2208, #14221............................................$29,0002007 Case IH 2206, #16599............................................$25,5002012 Case IH 3408, #16514............................................$42,5002012 John Deere 608C, #13379 ....................................$69,995

DEEP TILLAGE2011 Sunflower 4511, #14369 ........................................$45,0002010 Case IH 730C, #16202 ..........................................$38,5002010 Case IH 730C, #14389 ..........................................$35,5002010 Case IH 730C, #14417 ..........................................$28,800Case IH 730B, #16203 ....................................................$34,0002004 John Deere 512, #14356........................................$22,9952002 John Deere 512, #18002........................................$15,0002003 CMI 2500, #18009 ....................................................$7,900

FIELD CULTIVATORSCase IH Tigermate II-44.5’, #16379................................$39,9002013 Case IH TM 200-28.5’, #16630 ..............................$38,5002006 DMI Tigermate II-31.5’, #16440 ............................$24,9951992 DMI Tigermate-30’, #14260 ..................................$16,9002010 John Deere 2210-31’6”, #16410............................$31,995

MOWER CONDITIONERS2011 Case IH DC102, #13204 ........................................$21,5002009 Case IH DC132, #16473 ........................................$26,2502011 New Holland H7230, #16399 ................................$21,900

PLANTERS2011 Agco White 8824, #13357....................................$119,8002011 Case IH 1250, #13360..........................................$102,5002008 Case IH 1200 (12/23 16/31), #14357 ....................$57,0002007 Case IH 1240-16R, #12760....................................$89,9952007 John Deere DB90 36RN/30, #14266 ..................$156,000Kinze 3600, 16/31, #14286..............................................$99,800

SKIDSTEER LOADERS2012 Case SV250, #16605 ..............................................$35,9952012 Case SV250, #16563 ..............................................$31,4002013 Case SR200, #16627..............................................$35,5002012 Case SR200, #16491..............................................$25,9952011 Case SR220, #13327..............................................$28,5002012 Case SV300, #14141 ..............................................$47,8002012 Case SV300, #16267 ..............................................$36,5002012 Case SV185, #14280 ..............................................$29,9952008 Case 445 S3, #16561 ............................................$25,0002008 Case 440 S3, #13246 ............................................$19,5002008 Case 430 S3, #16438 ............................................$19,9952008 Case 430 S3, #16629 ............................................$19,5002011 Case IH SR250, #14267 ........................................$33,9952002 Case 90XT, #13395 ................................................$19,9952011 Case SV300, #13288 ..............................................$34,9952012 JCB 300, Side Door, #14301..................................$43,9952011 New Holland L220, #16593....................................$23,9951993 New Holland L553, #18018......................................$6,695

TELEHANDLERS2011 JCB 541-70 Loadall, #14392 ................................$87,5002011 JCB 541-70 Agri Xtra, #14338 ..............................$74,9952012 JCB 535-95, Plus Agri Loadall, #16564 ................$91,0002012 JCB 536-60 Agri Plus Loadall, #16304 ................$84,9002007 JCB 536-60 Agri Plus Loadall, #16074 ................$57,8002013 JCB TM 320, Articulated, #16479 ......................$115,4952012 Manitou MLT735-120LSU Loadall, #16607 ..........$67,995

MISCELLANEOUS2009 John Deere 1990CCS No-Till Drill, Fresh Trade ..$78,9002007 Case 440CT Track Loader, #12888 ......................$31,9002007 Case 440CT Track Loader, #13356 ......................$33,000Glencoe SS7400 Disk Chisel, #14211..............................$9,9952008 Krause 4850, 15’ Disk Ripper, #14129 ..................$39,9002003 DMI 730B Disk Ripper, #13358 ............................$18,9002010 Case IH 330 Turbo, 25’ Disk Tandem, #14092......$45,0002009 Case IH 330 Turbo, 25’ Disk Tandem, #16129......$39,5001998 JCB 214 Series 3 Backhoe, #16642......................$28,800

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‘80 Transcraft Double Drop,53’, 33’ Well Non-Detachable,AR, Polished AL Wheels, NewHardwood Decking, 80%Tires & Brakes, Clean ..............................................$12,000

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Location Model Hours Year Stock # Price Advertised SALE PRICESE 1460 4866 1979 17943S $8,500 $7,225SE 1660 3583 1986 08464S $25,000 $21,250BL 2166 E:3530 S:2250 1995 12131B $59,950 $50,957SE 2188 E:4408 S:3009 1995 17951S $54,500 $49,050BL 2366 E:2932 S:2240 1998 07938B $84,950 $72,200SE 2366 E:3404 S:2534 2000 10884S $91,500 $82,350SL 2366 E:1997 S:1549 2005 KU5301 $120,000 $108,000BL 2377 E:2051 S:1547 2006 12561B $140,000 $126,000BL 2388 E:4230 S:3094 1998 08708B $87,900 $79,250SE 2388 E:3143 S:2383 1999 B11127 $94,950 $80,700BL 2388 E:3300 S:2500 2001 12130B $94,500 $80,250BL 2388 E:3232 S:2046 2001 10137B $112,500 $101,250SE 2388 E:2375 S:1861 2003 KU5089 $117,500 $99,875SL 2388 E:2030 S:1583 2005 KU5214 $139,950 $118,950SL 6088 E:1073 S:734 2009 K0186 $235,000 $211,500BL 7088 E:827 S:619 2009 10399B $239,875 $215,900SL 7120 E:993 S:723 2010 KU5099 $235,000 $211,500BL 7120 E:1130 S:823 2010 B10429 $223,900 $201,500SL 7120 E:655 S:548 2011 K0197 $265,000 $238,500BL 7130 E:515 S:415 2012 1740B $282,000 $253,800SE 7130 E:263 S:216 2013 17137S $285,000 $270,750SL 7230 E:400 S:300 2013 KU5298 $315,000 $283,500BL 8010 E:2383 S:1909 2005 08158B $169,850 $144,375SE 8120 E:494 S:391 2012 17501S $285,000 $256,500SE 9120 E:1102 S:778 2011 15015S $329,900 $296,900SE 9230 E:784 S:650 2012 16339S $318,000 $286,200

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SE 75C 5522 1995 12247B $59,900 $49,950CRESSONILocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

BL 630 Corn Head 2008 12413B $13,000 $10,950DRAGOLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SL N8TR Corn Head 2006 KU5259 $46,000 $39,000BL 830 Corn Head 2008 12166B $54,000 $45,900

FAIR MFGLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

BL 954A Snow Blower, 9ft $15,345 $12,500GERINGHOFFLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SL RD630 Corn Head 2008 KU5059 $44,500 $37,825SL RD830 Corn Head 2003 KU5056 $35,000 $29,750SL RD830 Corn Head 2005 KU5019 $37,500 $31,875SL RD830 Corn Head 2007 KU4570 $44,000 $37,400SE RD830 Corn Head 2008 KC1044 $45,000 $38,250SL RD1230 Corn Head 2008 KU5288 $68,500 $58,225

GREAT PLAINSLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SE 2200TT 22' Disk 2007 17412S $22,500 $19,800BL TC5109 Ripper 2012 12664B $23,800 $20,944

HARVEST TECLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SL 4308C Corn Head 2008 KU5328 $28,000 $25,200M&WLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SE 115 7S24 V Ripper 18080S $2,500 $2,250BL 1700 Ripper 2003 12397B $18,000 $15,840

WIL-RICHLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

BL 7650 25' Disk 2007 12353B $23,500 $21,150SE Quad X 52' FC 2007 17687S $44,500 $37,825BL Quad X 44.5 FC 12189B $26,500 $22,525

WHITELocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

SE 8816 16R30FF 2012 17369S $91,500 $80,520WISHEKLocation Model Hours Year Tag Advertised Price SALE PRICE

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